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from the Illinois Board of Higher Education
June 24, 1998
Contact: Ross Hodel, 217/782-2551
Board to Consider Citizen's Agenda for Higher Education
Seeking to put the customers of colleges and universities at the center of higher education, the Illinois Board of Higher Education will consider creating a "Citizens' Agenda" to tackle the emerging needs of a new century at its July 7 meeting at Northern Illinois University's Hoffman Estates Center.
The Board also will act on recommendations to establish a World Wide Web site offering a virtual information kiosk for consumers of higher education and to address the shortage of workers in information technology; Board members will discuss revisions to the process for constructing the fiscal 2000 budget for Illinois colleges and universities.
Executive Director Keith Sanders will ask the Board to launch a dialogue on a master planning initiative built on eight strategic goals aimed at redefining the public purposes of higher education. "These goals, still in a preliminary stage of development, will help us make higher education relevant and responsive to the people of Illinois at a time when all trends tell us education will become increasingly vital to economic security and quality of life of all citizens," Sanders said.
The goals proposed as a starting point for the initiative are:
In a related matter, the Board will hear an update of its study of higher education in Lake County focusing on feedback from employers about their satisfaction with existing programs and graduates and future needs.
Meetings with a variety of employers in the north suburban area from several different fields revealed some common themes about the preparation and quality of graduates seeking employment: the need for employees who are better prepared in communications, problem-solving, creativity, and ethics; a willingness to participate in identifying educational needs of the area and to become partners with higher education institutions in meeting those needs; a concern about the ability to recruit a broadly educated and diverse workforce; a shortage of well-trained applicants for jobs in information technology and systems analysis; and support for new approaches to instruction, including increased use of technology.
In other action, the Board will be asked to endorse a plan for an Internet-based consumer information system. The Web site would be designed to be an entry point for consumers needing authoritative and accurate information about higher education opportunities and services. As envisioned, the system will orient consumers to higher education in Illinois, post warnings about active "diploma mills," advise students how to find a college that is suitable for their needs, offer links to higher education programs and services, supply comparative information about Illinois institutions, and seek feedback from consumers about needs and experiences.
On another matter related to technology, the Board will act on a recommendation that it give priority in developing next year's budget to programs expanding opportunities in the field of information technology, where a shortage of workers is plaguing employers. A report on the issue notes that despite increased enrollments in such disciplines as computer science, programming, and management information programs, the number of degrees granted has declined. The report also cites national studies that have discovered a "mismatch" between what universities teach and what industry needs. Employment projections suggest a growing need for specialists in information technology, and the report urges that colleges and universities scrutinize their programs to ensure they meet employers' needs as well as working among themselves and with the private sector to provide a "career ladder approach" to meet the growing demand.
Also related to the fiscal 2000 budget is a report outlining a revised process for developing budget recommendations for colleges and universities as they enter the new century. The Board will review a proposal for new budget procedures, including development of a document known as the "Statewide Budget Context" that will guide institutions in matching budget requests to state strategic goals and initiatives.


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No. 2: Grilling trinkets
Just about every man fancies himself a grillmaster.
That does not, however, mean that every man wants a Williams-Sonoma nonstick vegetable grilling basket, a fish holder, a remote-operated meat thermometer or a hand-sewn grilling mitt for Father's Day.
Don't buy him sacks of exotic smoking woods, barbecue sauces made with unpronounceable tropical fruits or spice rubs that contain more cayenne pepper than riot control spray.
And above all else, do NOT buy your father a new grill for Father's Day. When you buy a grill for a man, what you're saying is, "Here, you've been doing it wrong for all these years. Use this and you can grill properly." You're taking all those years of burgers, steaks, hot dogs and s'mores made over the dying coals and dumping charcoal ash on them.
But even that's not as bad as our last selection.

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I'm putting together a "boobie care kit" for my best friend who's due in a few weeks. Since I know she won't listen to my advice, I'm getting her stuff myself. I don't know what bf will be like for her, but I think it's wise to be prepared and I hope this will get her started. I've already included:
a bravado nursing bra
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any other suggestions? (Personally, I loved the codine & motrine combo they gave me at the hospital. I didn't know nipple pain until I stopped taking them!!!)


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Government shutdown protest in Rutland todayOctober 10,2013Members of a federal employee union are forming a picket line in downtown Rutland today to protest the ongoing government shutdown.
Ten days into a shutdown brought about by a failure in Washington to agree on a new budget, members of the American Federation of Government Employees local plan to gather at 11:45 a.m. in front of the Social Security Administration office located in the Asa Bloomer Building on Merchants Row.
Protest organizers say the event is designed to urge Congress to pass a continuing resolution that will allow vital government programs and services to restart.
We need Congress to do what they were elected to do and pass a budget that allows the federal government to function. Debates over increasing the debt ceiling and implementing the Affordable Care Act should not jeopardize federal programs and services upon which millions of Americans depend, wrote Gail Earley-Renaud, vice president of the union chapter which represents federal employees in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER A new report from a commission that studied the cost, availability and quality of... Full StoryVermont fish hatchery changes focus, looks inland
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quote bionicle1995Machine Gun Turret at the Farm:Welcome to Call of Duty Zombies Multiplayer. Thats what you get for playing with randoms.
Personally my internet on BO2 is pretty crap (on zombies at least) so I have been playing endless solo games. I play on easy and just mess about dancing around like a retard, and trying to get trophies. Speaking of which, what are the 4 pick-up buildables in Tranzit?
theres the Zombie Shield, the Turbine, the electric trap, and what?
quote YogurtWelcome to Call of Duty Zombies Multiplayer. Thats what you get for playing with randoms.There aren't any really good camping spots, though. That is probably one of the better ones but camping on Tranzit doesn't work so well. I think it could be interesting if you could build things to help you 'camp' in almost any place you want. Or just build-ables to help you with anything, whatever you're doing. Not sure how it would work out, depends how it's done, obviously. Anyway, if you're playing with randoms, it's best to stay away from them, even if you're in the same place (like the Diner) you should be in different places. I'd say it's best if you stay away from your team when you have your perks (and upgraded guns). It's a good idea to take the Zombies for a 'walk' and just round them up, lol.
I almost forgot, why is it that loads of randomers when they get the Ray Gun just waste it? (And try to show off and *bleep* themselves up when the Zombies get close enough). They also seem to fire like 20 Rays/shots when they get it to alert you to the fact they got it. These are also the people that 'hog' the mystery box. Nonetheless, you can have numerous Zombies chasing you when you're on top of the bus and you can take literally all of them out with one shot but no, these fools waste like 10 shots hip-firing it just to get one or two zombies.
quote YogurtI'm guessing because it's one of those universal strategies, similarly to camping the Pack a Punch room in Five. When playing with randoms (without headsets), you can't really coordinate so most people pick the most common strategy that everyone will most likely know.Oh and how many times are people going to stay down by the Pack a Punch machine, unless you've got the best guns and all know what the *bleep* you're doing, you're going to get completely *bleep*ed up down there. Hell, even if you know what you're doing, it's best not to stay down there so ironically you don't really know what you're doing if you do stay down there.
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On Saturday February 2, 2013 Sullivan County Sheriff's Deputies arrested Daniel Hipsman, 21, of Shohola, PA for burglary, petit larceny and criminal mischief. Hipsman admitted to breaking into the Towne Diner in Barryville on January 23, 2013 and stealing approximately $40 dollars in cash.
Hipsman was arraigned before Town Justice Anthony LaRuffa and sent to the Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $35,000 bail. Deputies are working with other police agencies to investigate the recent rash of burglaries in the Town of Highland area.. According to reports, the Towne Diner has been hit a total of 3 times in the past 2 months, as well as St. Anthony's Church in Yulan and St. Ann's Church, just over the bridge in Sholoa, PA.


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I ran into Times Sports Editor Joe Ferolito at an eatery in Bristol. He was over there helping someone out, which seemed perfectly natural to me. Joe has been in the helping-someone-out business as long as I have known him.
It's finally happened. The glow in which our new president had basked has faded.
One month after President Barack Obama took his oath of office, 60 percent of Americans approve of the job he's doing, down from 65 percent three weeks ago. The percentage of people who disapprove has increased to 26 percent, up from 16 percent.
Some would argue that this is due to grumblings among Republicans. But numbers show that in mid-January, the majority of Republicans had a favorable opinion of Obama.
As of last Friday President Barack Obama has been in office one month. But from some of the comments I have heard on television and radio, and from individuals, you would think the man had been in office for four or five years.
It started the day he was sworn into office. Immediately, some of the people over at Fox News were counting the minutes. It was almost as if they were saying,"Well, he's been in office for 30 minutes. Now let's see what he can do."
The next day, it was, "He's been in office for a whole day and what has he done? Nothing."
Cathy wants to go on a vacation. I told her, "We live in Florida!" I don't see how we can improve on that! I invited her to sit out on the back steps and enjoy the sun slowly sinking into the Gulf. I volunteered to take her out to Indian Pass and watch the tide roll in. We could stop by Jim McNeil's store and have a romantic fried scallop sandwich on the way home. I offered to rent a canoe…
OK...I'm just going to say it, despite the fact that it will make me seem like such an old fogey.
I am sick of loud, thumping, booming music coming from cars. I hate hearing it when I am working. I hate hearing it at home. I hate hearing it at a stoplight. I hate hearing it alone – OK...it doesn't matter whether I'm alone, I just wanted to pay tribute to Dr. Seuss.
But the point is, I can't stand when someone forces me to listen to their music. And that's exactly what those rude people do. And they are rude...very rude.
I can't dance. I've tried, but there is something wrong with the side of my brain that controls dancing.
When line dancing became popular a few years back, I thought I was saved. This, I thought, is something I can do, since you're in a line with a bunch of other people and all of you are doing the same thing. I did pretty good, too. For the most part, I kept up and didn't throw too many people off.
I keep hearing "economic meltdown," "Wall Street havoc," "depression," "bailout"…it's enough to drive you batty if you let it. You watch two minutes of CNN and you'd think Gabriel blew the horn eight days ago and we missed it. Woe is us! If we can be pushed into a panic in this country, the news media is doing all it can to help.
I'm just so thankful that my happiness, well-being and state of mind is not tied to Wall Street.
I, like most everyone else, get a kick out of reading about stupid or inept criminals. You know, the kind that rob a bank, then realize they locked the keys to the getaway vehicle in the vehicle...so they're stuck.
I decided to google and see what I could find, for your enjoyment and mine. But in addition to finding some stories about dumb criminals, I also found some rules of thumb that any dumb criminals who may be reading this may want to consider. The rules, and the stories, are courtesy of The Freeman Institute. Enjoy.
Rules for bank robbers
I went to the 65th annual Steer and Market Swine Show and Sale last Thursday night and, as usual, it was a lot of fun. I was surprised to find that this is the 100th anniversary of 4-H. During the program the masters of ceremonies, Billy Poston, asked everyone who was an alumnus of 4-H to stand. Then nearly 200 people sang "Happy Birthday."
That was a very proud moment for me.
I was so happy to be able to head to Tampa recently to help celebrate my niece's fourth birthday. She was even more happy to celebrate it than I was. We all had a great time, and Amanda got lots of nice – and pink – gifts.
But in the backs of our minds, we were ever-mindful of the one person who was unable to be present at the celebration – my sister-in-law's father and Amanda's Papa... Rex Whitaker.
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Alloa (Scottish Gaelic: Alamhagh, meaning "rock plain") is a town and former burgh in Clackmannanshire, set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the north bank of the Firth of Forth close to the foot of the Ochil Hills, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of Stirling and 7.9 miles (12.7 km) north of Falkirk.
The town was a burgh of barony, and today is the administrative centre of Clackmannanshire council. The economy of the town relied heavily on trade through its port with mainland Europe, but due to competition from modern ports it closed in 1970. Nowadays the economy is centred on retail and leisure after the closure of the main industries of the town; only one brewer and one glassmaker survive today. Alloa had a resident population of 18,989 at the time of the 2001 census


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The feminist art movement of the 1970s set off an explosion of artmaking and analysis that still reverberates in the art world today, and the Woman's Building in Los Angeles was one of the major centers of activity. Through this site, you will find out more about its history, programs, projects, and the women behind the vision.
Exhibition: Organized by the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, "Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building," Oct. 1-Jan. 28, 2012 documents the contributions of the Woman's Building through exhibition and two books.. It is as part of Getty-sponsored region-wide initiative, Pacific Standard Time.
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There are two distinct requirements concerning lead in children's products. One requirement deals specifically with the levels of lead contained in the paint or other surface coating of a children's product (discussed on this page), while the other requirement concerns the total lead content of the children's product. Please see our webpage on total lead content for information on this requirement.
Lead in Paint and Similar Surface Coatings
All children's products, and some furniture, for adult and children, must not contain a concentration of lead greater than 0.009 percent (90 parts per million) in paint or any similar surface coatings. Household paint must also meet this requirement.
Total Lead Content
With a few limited exceptions explained below, all children's products manufactured must not contain more than 100 parts per million (ppm) of total lead content in accessible parts.
You can find the law in section 101 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) (pdf) (Public Law 110-314), as modified by H.R. 2715 (Public Law 112-28, August 12, 2011) and in 16 CFR part 1303.
These terms apply generally to liquid or semi-liquid products that change to a solid film when you apply a thin coating to wood, stone, metal, cloth, plastic, or a similar surface.
Printing inks, materials such as pigments for plastic that become part of an article itself, and materials such as ceramic glaze and electroplated coatings that become bonded to the surface of a product are not paints or similar surface coating materials. See 16 CFR §1303.2(b)(1) for more detail. Printing inks refer to inks used for printing on paper. Inks used to print on textiles are addressed in another question in this document.
The lead limit in paint and surface coatings applies to: (i) paint and other similar surface coatings; (ii) toys and other articles intended for use by children; and (iii) certain furniture articles.
Pieces of moveable furniture that contain a surface coating, such as beds, bookcases, chairs, chests, tables, dressers, and console televisions are covered by the regulation.
Appliances such as ranges, refrigerators, and washers, fixtures such as built-in cabinets, windows, and doors, and household products, such as window shades and venetian blinds, are not covered by the regulation.
In addition to those products that are sold directly to consumers, the ban applies to products that are used or enjoyed by consumers after sale, such as paints used in residences, schools, hospitals, parks, playgrounds, and public buildings or other areas where consumers will have direct access to the painted surface. Paints for boats and cars are not covered by the ban.
If you have a product subject to the ban on lead in paint and similar surface coatings, you must be able to certify, in a written certificate of conformity, that your product does not contain levels of lead in excess of the 0.009 percent limit (90 parts per million). In order to draft the written certificate of conformity properly, you must do either of the following, as appropriate:
Children's Products: Conduct third party testing on each children's product from a CPSC-accepted laboratory. Based upon compliant test results that indicate that your product does not contain levels of lead in paint that violate the limit, you must issue a Children's Product Certificate. The correct citation to include in CPC for this total lead content requirement is: 16 CFR 1303.
General Use Products (e.g., furniture that is not designed or intended primarily for children 12 or younger): You must test your general use product or institute a reasonable testing program before you can certify that your product does not contain levels of lead in paint that violate the limit. You must then issue a General Certificate of Conformity. (You may, but are not required to, conduct third party testing on each product from a CPSC-accepted laboratory.)
While it is best to make the determination regarding whether the substance meets the definition of a "surface coating" before it is added or applied to the product, CPSC staff generally applies a "scraping test" to determine whether a substance on a product is a "surface coating," as defined by 16 CFR §1303.2, and subject to the ban on lead in paint or other similar surface coatings.
In most cases, if a substance can be scraped off and separated from the underlying substrate of a product, such as paint on plastic substrate, it is treated as a surface coating that must comply with the 0.009 percent (90 parts per million) limit for lead in paint or any surface coating. Likewise, if a substance cannot be scraped from the substrate without also removing the substrate, such as colored plastic substrate, ordinary ink on paper, or fired-on decorations on glazed ceramic, it would be treated as part of the substrate that must comply with the lead content limit of 100 parts per million. A single product may have some components that bear a surface coating and are subject to the lead paint rule and have other accessible component parts, made of metal or plastic, subject to the lead content rule.
(Note: The testing methods approved by the CPSC differ for the ban on lead in paint or other similar surface coatings and the limit for the total lead content in the product's substrate. When testing for the concentration of any lead in paint or another similar surface coating, the concentration is based on the weight in the non-volatile portion of the dried paint film. However, when testing for total lead content, for example, a product where a topically applied material has bonded with the accessible substrate, such as a fired-on decoration on a ceramic mug, the proper laboratory testing method is to grind or otherwise homogenize the entire substrate for testing. The limit for lead in substrate (content) applies to this entire homogenized "part.")
No. If you are manufacturing a children's product, you must ensure that your product, or all of the painted components of your product, have been third party tested by a CPSC-accepted laboratory before you can certify that your product does not contain levels of lead in paint that violate the limit. No distinction is made depending upon where a product is manufactured.
You may be able to rely upon a Component Part Certificate issued by a supplier, provided the supplier complies with the rule on Component Part or Finished Product Testing or Certification, 16 CFR part 1109. A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) or similar document is not sufficient to certify compliance for a children's product.
If you are manufacturing a general use product, like non-children's furniture, then you must test the paint (in its dried state), test the finished product, and/or institute a reasonable testing program to ensure that your products do not contain levels of lead in the paint that violate the limit. Contacting a paint manufacturer and asking for written assurances that their paint does not contain lead and/or asking for their test reports may be one part of a reasonable testing program. Due care must be taken to ensure the compliance of the paint or the surface coating.
Yes. All testing must be performed by a CPSC-accepted laboratory using the methods approved by the Commission. Other countries have requirements and testing methods that differ from those of the CPSC.
Yes. Certain states, like Illinois and California, have other regulatory requirements concerning lead content. You may contact the attorney general or Department of Health in each state for further guidance on specific state laws and requirements.
Currently, the applicable test methods for the ban on lead in paint and other surface coatings are:
CPSC Standard Operating Procedure for Determining Lead (Pb) in Paint and Other Similar Surface Coatings, Test Method CPSC-CH-E1003-09.1 (pdf); and/or
ASTM F2853-10 "Standard Test Method for Determination of Lead in Paint Layers and Similar Coatings or in Substrates and Homogenous Materials by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry Using Multiple Monochromatic Excitation Beams."
Yes, provided that certain conditions are met. See our additional FAQs on composite testing.
Yes, but the component part testing must be conducted on the dried paint film that is scraped off of a surface in order to measure properly by weight. Consistent with the regulation, testing paint or similar surface coatings in their liquid form cannot provide a basis for properly issuing a Component Part Certificate. See our additional FAQs on component part testing.
No, the paint does not need to be scraped off of a sample of the finished product. The paint may be applied to any suitable substrate in order to dry, and the substrate used need not be of the same material as the material used in the finished product. For testing purposes, a larger quantity of paint may need to be tested than the quantity actually used on the finished product.
No. Small, painted areas are not exempt from the applicable lead limits. The law2 does allow the Commission—not manufacturers or importers—to rely on x-ray fluorescence (XRF) testing or other alternative means to screen for products bearing lead paint, where the total weight of such paint or surface coating is no greater than 10 milligrams, or where the surface area of such paint or surface coating covers no more than 1 square centimeter of the surface area of such products. This alternative method for measurement may not allow more than 2 micrograms of lead in a total weight of 10 milligrams of paint or other surface coating or in a surface area of 1 square centimeter or less.
No. Electroplating is specifically addressed in the definition section of the lead paint banning rule (16 CFR 1303), and it is not considered to be a surface coating for purposes of the rule.
Yes. Some consumer products are exempt, with restrictions, and there are others that are exempt without restriction.
Exempt with labeling restriction:
The following products are exempt as long as they are labeled with specific warnings indicating they contain lead: coatings used to refinish industrial or agricultural equipment; building and equipment maintenance coatings; products marketed solely for use on billboards, road signs, and similar products; touch-up coatings for agricultural equipment, lawn and garden equipment, and appliances; and catalyzed coatings marketed solely for use on radio-controlled model airplanes.
Please refer to the regulation for the specific label statements required and the location where those statements must appear on product labels. Some of the above-mentioned products may be banned by other federal authorities (e.g. the EPA has restrictions on the use of leaded industrial coatings for bridges).
Exempt without labeling restriction:
Mirrors that are part of furniture articles with lead-containing backing paint, artists paints, and metal furniture (other than children's furniture) that has a factory-applied lead coating, like powder coating, are exempt from the regulation and require no labeling.
It depends on whether the textile ink bonds with the fiber or if it can be scraped off of the textile substrate.
The majority of ink systems used in textile screen printing are plastisol-based or water-based and, if applied properly, fuse with the textile substrate and will not be able to be scraped off the substrate. (Each case may vary, depending upon the type of ink system used and the individual characteristics of the screen print and substrate.)
Accordingly, where the ink cannot be scraped off the textile, CPSC staff treats the ink as being part of the substrate. Therefore, an entire children's garment (i.e., both the textile garment and the screen printing on the garment tested together), must comply with the 100 parts per million limit for total lead content and must be tested using the test methods set forth here.
Importantly, the Commission has already determined that many natural and manufactured textiles (dyed and undyed) will not contain lead in excess of the 100 ppm limit and therefore, are actually exempt from testing. See 16 CFR §1500.91. Thereafter, if you choose to apply a screen print to such a textile, as discussed above, the resulting garment would need to be tested for compliance with the total lead content requirement. However, if you are able to obtain a Component Part Certificate for the ink or paint used to screen print, or you can test the ink or paint used to screen print using composite testing, you may not need to test the entire finished garment and may only need to third party test the ink or paint. In so doing, you must remember that testing the ink or the paint is based on the weight in the non-volatile portion of the dried paint film, not its liquid state.
If you intend to rely on the Commission's determination to avoid testing the textile substrate of your children's product for total lead content, you must secure assurances (for your records) from your supplier or manufacturer that the materials are, indeed, what your supplier or manufacturer claims they are.
Certain specialty textile ink systems may use inks that effectively act like dyes. Those inks are absorbed into the fabric and bond with the fabric substrate, effectively acting like a dye. CPSC staff treats such textile ink systems as a "dye-like ink." In that case, the garment would likely be treated as a dyed textile and not subject to any testing for lead in paint or for total lead content. (Each case may vary depending upon the type of ink system used and the individual characteristics of the screen print and substrate.)
Finally, all garments for adults and children are also subject to other regulatory requirements, such as requirements on the flammability of wearing apparel and children's sleepwear. In addition, certain child care articles used to facilitate sleeping and eating, such as children's sleepwear and bibs, are also subject to the ban on phthalates.
No. Paper printing inks are not considered to be paints or similar surface coating materials. See 16 CFR §1303.2(b)(1). Ordinary printing on paper is subject to compliance with the total lead content requirement of 100 parts per million. However, the Commission, in 16 CFR §1500.91, has exempted paper and other similar materials and CMYK process printing inks commonly used in printing on paper from third party testing for compliance with the lead requirement. In addition, Congress specifically exempted ordinary books and ordinary printed materials from third party testing for compliance with the total lead content requirement.
Yes. For toys, ASTM F963-11, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety, places additional limits on the amount of antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, and selenium based on the soluble portion of that material using a specified extraction methodology given in the standard.
It is necessary to conduct ASTM F963-11 solubility testing on applicable toys for antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, mercury, and selenium because those are not covered by 16 CFR § 1303.1. For lead, however, testing for the soluble limit is not necessary for products subject to 16 CFR § 1303.1 because the maximum total lead content in paint is 90 ppm in 16 CFR § 1303.1, which is a more stringent requirement in all cases.
This testing, and other requirements specifically for toys, are addressed in our frequently asked questions on toys and the mandatory toy standards.
This additional requirement is only for toys and not for other children's products.
Yes, provided that the outdoor playground equipment is designed for and primarily intended for use by children 12 years of age or younger.
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August 13, 2012
$4.6 Million Renewal from NIH to Penn Program that Aims to Diversify Biomedical Education
PHILADELPHIA - Yvonne Paterson, PhD, professor of Microbiology, at the Perelman School of Medicine, and professor and associate dean, at the School of Nursing, has been awarded an almost $5 million renewal by the National Institute for General Medical Sciences for the University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Training, or PENN-PORT, the postdoctoral-training program she leads.
This program funds 15 postdoctoral fellows who teach in local colleges and universities that have a significant minority enrollment. The PENN-PORT program combines a traditional, three-year postdoctoral research training with a two-year mentored teaching experience at one of three partner minority-serving institutions: Lincoln University, Rutgers University-Camden, and Delaware County Community College.
The goals of the postdoctoral program are to enhance research-oriented teaching at the partner institutions; to promote research collaborations between faculty members at the three partner institutions and Penn; and to encourage minority students to enter graduate school and increase minority participation in biomedical research.
"The program has been in existence for five years, and in addition to having a significant impact at the three partner institutions, it has also helped mend the diversity pipeline between getting a doctorate and becoming an academic faculty member," says Paterson. "Of the 30 or so fellows who have benefited from the program, about 75 percent of them are from underrepresented groups or have serious physical challenges. The majority of the fellows who have completed the program have gone on to faculty positions in a variety of small colleges and universities."
The program partners postdoctoral fellows with investigators in many labs based in schools across the Penn campus: Perelman School of Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, and allied programs at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The fellows are even taught a course on how to be a college instructor by Professor Marybeth Gasman from the Graduate School of Education.
The program has lasting effects. One postdoc, Michael Lipscomb, PhD, who worked in the laboratory of Dr. Janis Burkhardt, and taught two courses -- Immunology and Molecular Genetics at Lincoln University -- is now a tenure-track professor at Howard University. Additionally, he continues long-term collaborations with Penn and CHOP by bringing undergraduate and graduate students to work summers in research laboratories. This summer, Lipscomb brought Obianuju Chikwere, an undergraduate at Howard University, to conduct immunology research at Penn and CHOP. "The Penn-PORT program uniquely bridges smaller institutions with tier-1 research institutions to allow reciprocal exchange of resources with excellent, high-caliber students and faculty, who would otherwise not have the opportunity to exercise their talent and intellect in that academic environment." says Lipscomb.
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 17 years, according to U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $392 million awarded in the 2013 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Chester County Hospital; Lancaster General Health; Penn Wissahickon Hospice; and Pennsylvania Hospital -- the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional affiliated inpatient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region include Chestnut Hill Hospital and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a partnership between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine.
Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2013, Penn Medicine provided $814 million to benefit our community.


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melo feeling it early !!!
shump has improved his 3 point shooting the last couple of games..
We don't need that speed ball guys, c'mon, don't try to make unprepared shots!
That Fat chick in pink almost made me puke..
we r opening up the lane like the red sea for these guys ..
I've seen chandler play harder on defense.
Real Talk
Seriously, Tyson's effort level is pissing me off right now.
Real Talk
@shem: we've commited just 2 so far... IMO our interior defense is a much bigger problem at this stage of the game.
@nyk_nyk: TC's playing through injuries...
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Scary: The terrifying new banking acronym
Analysts love acronyms. Jim O'Neil's Bric has stood the test of time, and the grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, and China has been seared into financial lexicon. Today, Berenberg has coined the term "Scary", which focuses on a bank's solvency, complexity, adaptability, risks and belief in structural change. Should we be afraid?
Despite the rather dubious acronym (the "Y" in scary stands for "Yes we do believe in structural change"), it is not a bad idea.
Berenberg's analysts break each European bank down according to the five key factors that make up the Scary framework, with each bank scoring up to four marks for each factor.
For example, Barclays gets three marks for the capital solvency test, which measures factors such as Tier 1 capital and changes in risk weighted assets, but scores no marks for believing the banking industry is undergoing a cyclical, rather than structural change.
In comparison UBS, which recently began a wholesale reduction of its investment banking capabilities, passes the structural test with flying colours.
Berenberg's banking analyst team, led by Nick Anderson, is particularly bearish on the European banking sector – today's note was titled 'European banks: Mad, bad and dangerous to know'.
Speaking to Financial News, Anderson said: "Banks have very long tail risks due to the assets they hold, so it is very important not just to think about the next quarter or the next year's earnings. You need to look down the road, be it at trading risks or credit risks."
And Anderson, formerly an airline analyst, knows all about firms in decline. Over a decade ago, he applied the same framework, albeit without a catchy title, to the airline industry.
It worked. The airlines with the three highest scores (Lufthansa, Air France and BA) survived and low scorers Alitalia, Iberia and KLM were taken over.
According to today's research note: "That it worked for airlines does not imply it will work for banks of course. However, what the analysis does show is that during periods of major upheaval in an industry, not all incumbents will survive. Identifying long-term winners and losers is therefore a critical task for all investors in banks to undertake."
So who is predicted to survive? Handelsbanken, HSBC, ING, KBC, Swedbank and UBS are all earmarked for long term survival. And if you are a Spanish, Italian or French bank, be afraid. Be very afraid.


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I'm going to Mexico! And I want you to come with me.
I was left behind once, and I'm grateful it wasn't in the "missed the Rapture" sense. Because of that experience I will do my best to make you feel like you're in Mexico with me.
I'm going to Mexico as a co-leader on a sponsor tour, not as a Compassion Blogger.
My first responsibility on the trip is to support the sponsors who are traveling with us to meet their sponsored children. However, you will always be in my thoughts.
I intend to:
- upload photos to our Flickr photostream, and I'll add the best ones to our Flickr group, which you can see in the sidebar under Your Flickr Photos.
- tweet – send regular text updates of what's going on – so follow us on Twitter
- write colorful and moving commentary you'll find here, on this very blog
- take some Blair Witch/Cloverfield amateur-style video to share with you when I get back
- eat lots of beans and rice
- hug lots of kids
- et cetera
I don't sponsor a child in Mexico but if you do, and they're at one of these child development centers, let me know. I will TRY to get a photo of your child for you. I cannot promise anything other than I'll try.
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- The King's Children Ambassadors Student Center (ME-730)
- The Jesus' Friends Student Center (ME-737)
- The House of Bread Student Center (ME-708)
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At city council's April 2 meeting, Zermeno said he met with in San Antonio with SARA officials to discuss financing the needed repairs.
"They were considering loaning us $1 million so we could start the rehab of our plant," Zermeno told the council. "That would still leave us with half a million to three-quarter of a million to complete the job. (SARA) was ready to take that to their board."
Zermeno said the loan would be short-term, approximately five years.
"They knew we were not in a position to do that," Zermeno said. "The (SARA) director of finance offered to have SARA issue bonds to finance our project. He said they could issue up to $2 million in bonds to do all the rehab and give us like a 20-year payout. he said that was on the table if we wanted to proceed with that. I needed to get some feedback from council."
Zermeno said the total rehab for the plant would cost approximately $2 million.
"SARA is on hold, waiting on a decision from us," Zermeno said. "They will actually be the bond issuers. They will basically do all the work for us as far as the financing."
"You have run the numbers and we're good to go as far as the 20 years?" Mayor Jay Harvey asked Zermeno.
"I'm not comfortable with the numbers yet," Zermeno said. "I told SARA we are looking at our fund balances. ... We are still a few weeks out."
Councilman Buddy Zavesky suggested the Municipal Development District could help fund the project with infrastructure.
"There are things we can filter from them to help us out," Zavesky said.
"I think we can handle that over 20 years," Zermeno said. "I would be comfortable saying let's do it. I think our payments would be about $146,000 a year."
"We've got to do something," Harvey said. "Twenty years down the road, we'll be sitting in the same boat saying I wish we would have done something. We've been repairing, repairing and repairing. I don't know if we'll ever get this opportunity again."
In business items:
• council unanimously approved an increase for water tap fees from $550 to $734 for short taps and from $1,000 to $1,184 for long taps to cover the increased cost of the new meters;
• council unanimously rejected a 20-percent user fee for sub-contracting the city swimming pool for swimming lessons and water aerobics classes;
• council unanimously approved the advertising of the position of community and economic development director;
• council unanimously approved the authorization of Mayor Harvey to sign an amendment to the state park concessions contract.


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Helping students gain understanding and self-confidence in algebra.
japiga wrote:And moreover it works for any expression in the form k/(n+k+2), e.g. 32/(1/2+34), 33/(1/2+35), 34/(1/2+36,... and I assume for all others expressed in this form. Do you think so?
japiga wrote:Yes, I accept it as a Game of God with us, ordinary people! Since, we are affected by restriction where restriction doesn't exist!
japiga wrote:This task we need to bring back. I recently discovered that your previous formula k/(n+k+2) gives a proper answer only if n= k - 3. May you confirm it?


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#96982 - 02/26/03 01:50 PM clichés
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
Boohoohoo! They have denied me acess to word list I was using in Meta-words
But here is link to a very long list of clichés, quite a few of which are amusing.
#96983 - 02/26/03 09:21 PM Re: clichés
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
I hope somebody can help you with whatever word list that is, Dr. Bill.
These "SELF-ANNIHILATING SENTENCES" are great!! I've found several that suit me: I feel a lot more like I do now than I did when I came in; I am certain of it, but I may be wrong; I am going to be healthy if it kills me; What keeps me going is my inertia; If it involves me, I want nothing to do with it; Just because I have nothing to say is no reason why you shouldn't listen; etc.
Here's a good one for you, Anna (because you're the first person I ever knew to use the term lingua franca): English is the Lingua Franca par excellence!
#96984 - 02/27/03 06:12 AM Re: clichés
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 12/01/00
Posts: 13803
I would challenge the idea that many of these are self-annihilating. English is the Lingua Franca par excellence, in particular, seems to support itself quite well.
#96985 - 02/27/03 09:27 AM Self-annihilation
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/06/01
Posts: 6929
Loc: Worcester, MA
Remember Grouch Marx's quip? "Any club that would have me as a member I wouldn't want to join."
#96986 - 02/27/03 09:33 AM Re: clichés
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/06/01
Posts: 6929
Loc: Worcester, MA
...and Shame On Them for not giving credit where credit is due.
"She ran the gamut of emotions from A to B." is [attibuted to] Dorothy Parker, in a review of a new Kathryn Hepburn play.
#96987 - 02/27/03 10:28 AM The cliché expert strikes again
Registered: 01/29/02
Posts: 320
Loc: Sarasota, Florida, US
by ROGER ANGELL
(Mr. Chip Arbuthnot, the cliché expert, enters the courtroom slowly and takes his place in the witness box. He is wearing a neck brace.)
Q: Mr. Arbuthnot! You look terrible!
A: Ow!
Q: I'm so sorry. Have you been in an accident?
A: Negative. I just overdid it.
Q: A party?
A: More stress-related.
Q: But you've seen a doctor, I see.
A: I went to my man.
Q: And he
A: Sent me to his manhis go-to guy.
Q: Yes, of course. But your neck?
A: He took some tests.
Q: And then?
A: He tweaked them.
Q: Ah, yes!
A: We had a defining moment. I'd had more than a man could bear.
Q: I'm sorrymore what?
A: Why, more heads-ups, of course. Everyone was giving them to me, on a daily basis. Dozens of them, 24/7. "I'm sending you a heads-up." "Just wanted to give you a little heads-up . . ." From my department head. From my wife, from my dog-walker. The latte lady. No wonder my neck gave way. That and the rest.
Q: There's more?
A: Damn right. What about taking no prisoners?
Q: O.K. Is there anything else?
A: Sure, there's more.What about the shooting?
Q: Shooting?
A: Well, not shooting, technically. Not shooting the messenger.
Q: Strenuous stuff. Also raising the bar, perhaps?
A: There's no end to that. And what about telephone tag? At my age!
Q: Plus thinkingthinkinguh, it's on the tip of my tongue.
A: Thinking outside the box.
Q: Thank you! That'll take it out of a cliché expert, for sure.
A: And all that boat floating.
Q: Boat floating?
A: Whatever floats your boat.
Q: But of course.
A: And don't forget the learning curve. That took a while to master, believe you me.
Q: Wow! No wonder you're all beat up. But I think
A: Hold it right there.
Q: Huh?
A: You don't think, you have a
Q: I have agot it! I have a perception.
A: Bravo. And your perception is?
Q: My perception is that we've been getting our ducks in a row here.
A: If you will. Quote unquote.
Q: Mr. Arbuthnot, I have to say it. You're still in top form here, despite all. And these haven't been easy times for a cliché expert, have they?
A: No, the market has been terrible.
Q: You've lost a lot?
A: Yes. The good days are gone. What fools we were. We were in cliché heaven, and then, almost overnightjust think about it. "Slippery slope" has bottomed out. "Arguably" is worth pennies today. "With all the bells and whistles" is a dead guppy. "No-brainer," "My plate is full," "written in stone," "I.I.R.S."these were blue chips just last year. All gone-zo. My portfolio is tapped.
Q: It's shocking. But what's "I.I.R.S."something to do with taxes? I know I should know, but
A: "It isn't rocket science."
Q: Yes, of course. I'm sorry.
A: Don't feel badI'm comfortable with us. This has been good face time.
Q: Really!
A: Yes, you resonate with me.
Q: Why, Mr. Arbuthnot! You flatter me.
A: Yep. You're a regular hottie.
Q: Zowie! Damn, man!
A: No, you da man!
Q: I am?
A: You my rap star! You mah Antowayne! You mah
Q: Mr. Arbuthnot! Contain yourself! We are not a gangsta. This is a courtroom, not a dog-and-pony show.
A (crestfallen): Yes, you're right, of course. It's just that it's such fertile ground.
Q: Entendu. But now what's happening, Mr. Arbuthnot? You've grown extremely pale.
A: Uh-oh. And you, too. I can see the whole courtroom hereit's like I'm looking through you.
Q: And I can see your spine, right behind your tasteful Ferragamo.
A: Can it be? Yes, it is!
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Random thoughts on the passing scene:
I: can't get excited by the question of whether Senator Robert Menendez had sex with a prostitute in Central America. It is her word against his — and when it comes to a prostitute's word against a politician's word, that is too close to call.
If an American citizen went off to join Hitler's army during World War II, would there have been any question that this alone would make it legal to kill him? Why then is there an uproar about killing an American citizen who has joined terrorist organizations that are at war against the United States today?
Of all the things said during the gun control controversy, one of the most disquieting has been the emphasis on "mental health." If that ends up letting the guesses of shrinks put more murderers back on the street, the public can be in even greater danger after such a "reform."
However emotionally similar envy and resentment may seem, their consequences are often very different. Envy may spur some people to efforts to lift themselves up, while resentment is more likely to spur efforts to tear others down.
New York's Mayor Bloomberg wants to restrict the use of pain-killers in hospitals. Is there any subject on which this man does not consider himself an expert? There are, after all, doctors treating individual patients who currently decide how much pain-killer to use.
One of the talking points in favor of confirming Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense is that he was a wounded combat veteran. How does that qualify anyone to run the whole military establishment? Benedict Arnold was a wounded combat veteran!
In the modern welfare state, a vote becomes a license to take what others create — and these others include generations yet unborn.: : : Some people seem to think that glib and shallow political correctness becomes Deep Stuff when it comes from a TV commentator with a foreign accent.
Can anyone explain why, when someone dies, most of what he has saved up over a lifetime should be turned over to politicians, rather than to his heirs?
The front page of the February issue of Townhall magazine says: "It's Messaging — not principles — that's hurting the GOP with Minority Voters." Neglecting to make their message clear hurts Republicans with all voters, but especially minority voters.
Why do so many judges' views of criminals seem to be the opposite of policemen's view? It could be that judges see criminals when they are on their best behavior, while the police see them at their worst. But I believe it is because judges have usually spent more time in educational institutions than policemen, and have picked up more politically correct nonsense as a result.
With all the discussion about gun control, I have not heard anybody on any side of this issue mention how many lives are saved by guns every year — which are far more than are lost in even the mass shootings that get so much media attention. But most of the media never mention the lives saved by guns.
Does anyone think that Iran and North Korea would be as threatening as they are if Ronald Reagan were President? I don't think it was a coincidence that the Iranians freed their American hostages just hours before Reagan took the oath of office.
People who are forever ready to charge others with "greed" never apply that word to the government. But, if you think the government is never greedy, check out what the government does under the escheat laws and eminent domain.
The latest anti-trust farce is the Justice Department's lawsuit to prevent the makers of Budweiser from buying up Corona beer. Even if this sale goes through, more than half of all the beer in the country will still be made by more than 2,700 other brewers, large and small.
I don't know how many Hispanic votes the Republicans think they are going to pick up by going soft on illegal immigration. But it may not be enough to offset the votes they lose from their existing supporters, not counting the future voters added for the Democrats as a result of legalizing existing illegals and attracting more illegals in the future.
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is: www.tsowell.com.
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ATV access would benefit seniors
I appreciate the response from Monongahela Forest Supervisor Clyde Thompson about our proposal to allow ATVs on existing forest service roads that are presently open to all other motor vehicles.
I believe that Mr. Thompson now realizes that there is a real need to open areas of our national forest to seniors like me and disabled West Virginians who cannot hike the trails anymore. He knows that the majority of other national forests in our area and across the country have already opened areas for ATV access.
The Open Trails Association has demonstrated support for this project. We have resolutions supporting this effort from five county commissions, representing over 62,000 people that live in and around the Monongahela Forest.
The consensus that Mr. Thompson wants is from organizations such as the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Coalition. That is like asking Sen. Manchin to get consensus from these organizations before working to save the oil, gas and coal industries in our state to secure well-paying jobs.
The West Virginia Open Trails Association has been working with the management of the Mon Forest for about two years, and for reasons I do not understand, they have rejected our proposals. Mr. Thompson says that they cannot revise the Land Management Plan without doing another Environmental Impact Statement, which is not in the present budget. We have obtained copies of the Environmental Statement and the Land Management Plan and have found nothing in either document that would restrict ATVs from using existing forest service roads that are presently open for all other motor vehicles.
There are over 1,000 miles of forest service roads that senior citizens and the disabled could enjoy by riding their side-by-sides with their grandchildren.
I bought an old Jeep, took the doors and top off and put big knobby tires on it so I could legally ride in the forest. The ruling to ban ATVs from using existing forest service roads makes no sense.
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Freedom New Mexico: Liliana Castillo Wendell Blair cooks all of the meat for his family's meals on the grill. "We eat together as a family a lot," Blair said. "It's what we do."
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Justin Johnson said it doesn't take much to change a backyard barbecue into a healthy meal.
"Instead of using hamburger meat, use ground turkey," Johnson suggested. "It's a lot leaner and is high in protein. You can also get turkey hot dogs."
Johnson is a certified personal trainer in Portales and makes nutrition plans for his clients. Johnson tells his clients healthy doesn't mean a lack in flavor, and that applies to barbecue as well.
"I use a lot of spices," Johnson said. "Spices don't change the nutritional value of a meal, just the flavor."
Johnson said to keep barbecue healthy to stay away from beef in general.
"If you prefer beef, go with lean cuts and lean ground beef," Johnson said.
The same small detail tweaking applies to sides and toppings, according to Johnson.
"Use fat-free mayonnaise, go sparingly on the ketchup because it has a lot of sugar, but mustards fine," Johnson said.
Doug McGregor, a Clovis resident, said he always tries to keep his barbecue a healthy as possible by picking lean meats.
"I always try to get leaner, that's why I do a lot of pork loins," McGregor said.
McGregor says he cooks meals on the grill for he and his wife three to four times a week.
"It just depends what I'm hungry for," McGregor said. "But I grill pork loins, chickens, turkeys, pulled pork, ribs, steaks, hamburgers."
McGregor even grills the couples dessert of fruit.
"We all need more servings of fruit," McGregor said. "There's nothing you can't cook on a grill if you try."
Another Clovis resident, Wendell Blair, cooks all of his meat outside on the grill. Blair said his family gets together for freshly grilled chicken dinners all the time. And grilling dinner isn't just a summer thing for the Blair family.
"We grill year round. I remember one time we were in Germany and it was snowing. My wife held an umbrella over me and we made dinner," said Blair, who spent 19 years in the U.S. Army.
But keeping his barbecue healthy is simple for him.
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Stop It, Chicago Cubs, Just Stop It
*Dear readers, pardon me while I step away from being an unbiased observer and put on my wrathful fanboy hat*
Stop it, Chicago Cubs. Just stop it.
You are a 6-win team thus far, and while yes, your last two wins (unfortunately, against my World Champion St. Louis Cardinals) were full of drama, let us not forget: you suck.
But you wouldn't know that watching your celebrations the last two nights. Unbridled bedlam. Unwarranted one-upsmanship. Beating your chests then dogpiling like you won the goddamned World Series?
Please. You were the beneficiary of TWO blown calls. Also, you are a terrible team.
I'm not saying you shouldn't celebrate a walk-off victory, because it is only natural to do so. But there is celebration and then there is what you've done two days in a row: act like blithering fools.
Consider a touch of class, or at least a nod to the
baseball gods umpires who handed you a victory on Tuesday night.
Hate me 'cuz I speak it straight, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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This is the first real thing the team and the fans have had to celebrate. Hence the bedlam. You could say this falls under "take what you can get." BUT, this is the first time we've won two back-to-back walk-off wins against your Cards since 19-f-ing-61. So, I'd call it legit. For us, anyway.
Not to mention I'm hoping this is the spark that lights a fire under their asses.
ps. Besides, I think you can forget the wrath and just rewatch a Youtube clip from last October. 🙂
If you're going to be all reasonable and right-minded about this, then I can't have this conversation with you. 🙂 The Cubs are awful, it's going to be an awful year, I say we take it where we can get it. It's about mental health.
Ahh…the luvable losers. Let them celebrate. They've had so little to celebrate but I know what you mean, I have seen some annoying Cubs fans at Dodger Stadium. I like to have fun with them but in a friendly way. Is a beautiful day today and Kershaw is on the mound! Can't wait to see the Nationals tonight!
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An Unseasonably Warm Lament
It's 55 degrees in Chicago today and my entire Bridgeport neighborhood is wet with the sound of Irish keening.
We should all be outside, throwing the ball around with the neighborhood kids, hitting grounders with the fungo bat and telling little Jimmy to keep his eye on the ball, to level his swing.
Instead, we find ourselves trapped inside our apartments — breaking things — deeply saddened by today's news and seriously questioning our loyalty to a game that continues to let us — an entire nation — down.
This, my friends, will be the legacy of Bud Selig.
Screw revenue sharing. Forget the WBC. Eat it on interleague play.
Bud Selig is the sole reason why we the fans — the rock-solid foundation of Major League Baseball — find ourselves in the midst of yet another seriously debilitating depression.
Go ahead, Bud. Pretend like you didn't know anything. Entertain your highfalutin, self-righteous, narcissistic thoughts as being the trailblazing ambassador of the game.
We know.
Yes. We all know.
The Truth is: YOU dropped the ball.
And you will forever be remembered for that.
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Very sad day. I don't have much to say about it except that I am very disappointed and I hope something is done to fix this problem baseball has.
Just continue to wait as the slow drip of the other 103 names comes out. This will be resolved sometime around 2019. Or so.
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As disgusting as this is all turning out to be, there is a tiny glimmer of hope that I just found by reading this. I have hope with little Jimmy. If we tell all the little Jimmys of the world that this is bad and this is wrong, maybe they'll be the ones to grow up and fix everything Selig and the steroid users have messed up.
I hope Selig reads this. Ugh, days like these make it hard to be unashamed to call yourself a baseball fan. I don't know how the game can get out the hole it's dug itself but it needs to happen soon.. and the first step is releasing it all now instead having it revealing little by little out of the blue, continuing the damage. I know it was supposed to be anonymous and blah blah blah, but c'mon.. this has to end.
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Jeffy – Today I do "hate" you because you are right. Because our hearts have been trampled again. And I'm Red Sox fan and I can't even find a glimmer of humor in this because it was a Yankees player who was caught. The knot in the middle of stomach is getting tighter and with each blog that I read that is written by a young Yankees fan here it hurts even more. Buddy – I know I said in a blog earlier this week that you & I were "tight" – I'd like to take that back. You are not a person I want to be friends with right now. END IT! Or you know what? We fans will take it into our own hands – and you won't like it.
Will it ever end? I'm going to go beat myself into a coma, now.
Sad to say, I doubt it will end. Athletes are human beings and there will always be some who cheat the system, just like "regular people" do. (Madoff anyone?) So baseball will come up with a new test. Then there will be a new drug that's undetectable. And so on.
Selig's legacy. It's so true. Let's see MLB Mark respond to this one. Poseur.
Amen. Let's not forget the role Selig and all of the owners played in this whole mess. At the very least they turned a blind eye to the shenanigans, at worst they actively encouraged doping. Whatever puts butts in seats, you know.
Similar to Wall St, at the heart of baseball is a Culture of Deception, aimed at enriching elite at the expense of ordinary folks. I agree Selig dropped the ball, but this deception implicates franchise owners, the MLBPA, agents and players as well. And sadly, I think, it implicates us.
Unlike a Wall St victim who was misled on derivatives, adult baseball fans should more or less "know" they're being hoodwinked. If we whine about steroids, then go out and buy $50 seats by the foulpole year after year after year, I wonder if we really have anyone to blame but ourselves.
Singing your praises man! I wrote on the cash cow of Bud a while ago on my blog Bud Selig not a fan of baseball, but he does love his money He's like a NBC educational spot "The More you Know"
Get him outta here!!!
I completely agree with you. Bud Selig should be fixing everything about baseball but he sits by, collects his ridiculous pay check, and does nothing. Baseball needs a new commissioner bad, does Roger Goodell have a brother?
I think Matt at Diamondhacks hit it on the head here. I guess I am just as guilty, ain't I? What do I do now?
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When the man got out of his vehicle, deputies noticed he was armed with a revolver. The man began walking toward the neighbors residence, at which point the deputies tried to reason with the man for approximately one and a half hours.
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Re: BK - Who Knew?
Still apprehensive, it struck me later on as I watched a movie that she was my friend. She did not care about what anyone around here thought, she saw some characterizations that were completely off and she felt that I was wronged. So she did something. Nothing that would change the course of history but something that is right. No one had to agree with me, but I think it would have been nice if someone told others that I am not an a-type stereotypical New Yorker who is a hermaphrodite. Of course I am taking that out of context to get a point across. It made me realize that I cared more than I should about things on this board. It also made me realize how blessed I am, that in my real life I have such good people around and how dear they are.
So, this brings us to the point of why I was even discussing what had transpired with a friend who has nothing to do with anything that has ever happened on this board. It is simple, it is because I am an intelligent human being and I use everything as a moment to learn something new, to grow through a process and continue to strive to be a better person. I take what I write and say to others very seriously. My words are mine and that entails my thoughts, character and moral fiber. The conclusion is that this board does not make me a better person. While I might enjoy the banter and candor of a few, there is nothing this board has done to make my world a better place. Really if anything I think it has been the exact opposite. And judging by how many of you behave, say and what you do, you too are in this same spot.
See, I will walk away with this knowing a few things- I never wrote anything on here that was not truly me- so sorry I am not playing the role of someone or a person from long ago. I am truly a female from NYC who loves NASCAR, and hates drama that is not in a race. So I know I have been honest the whole time, while I have heard many accounts of people come on here playing the female who is a male or stories like that. I am just sad that I became so skeptical of something on a computer screen that I too was sucked into a bit of drama. I will call the pathetic card on myself, but it ends here. I choose better, to be a better person, to keep questioning myself, to be introspective to make myself a better woman, mother, friend and citizen of this world.
Am I being judgmental about some of you, yes, but just as I am about myself. See, unlike many I talk the talk and walk the walk. I expect nothing less of myself then I do of others. And some I will imagine will rush to say that I am just a self-righteous blow hard. But I can truly say and believe that I am not, I am just choosing to grow and move on the path to something more positive and dignified.
For some, and I hope you know who you are, I wish you nothing but the best. May your journey be fruitful and pleasurable. For others, I hope you come to the place where you realize that life, a real one is around you, not on a screen in front of you.
And please do not waste your time typing a rebuttal, or another condescending rant- I will never see it, so I imagine that will not being any pleasure.
Ah, I did want to clear up one thing, the reason why I left SC. I did enjoy my 1+ year living down there and would have continued as it was a lovely pace of life and a beautiful state. It was because I became pregnant and was concerned about the education in the state. At that time it was ranked 48th and was far below minimum standards. Even the privates I looked at with the intention of staying down there were not up to par. It was not going to offer my unborn child the academic education that I wanted. At this point it is ranking either 44 or 42 depending upon the list you look up and still considered far below minimum standards for elementary education. So, I made the right choice, gave up a bit of a slower pace for a higher quality of education and hopefully a gift that will last my child a lifetime. Again, a personal choice that worked for me and my family.