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We live in the information age. Unfortunately, not all of the information we get is credible or true. The Extension Entomologists in the Clemson University Entomology Department field many calls each year about insects, spiders and related critters. Among those calls are questions and beliefs about some well-entrenched myths. The following are some top pest myths you may have heard and we get asked about.
Myth 1. Grand daddy longlegs "spiders" are extremely poisonous. False. First, grand daddy longlegs are not spiders. They are related to them, but they are not true spiders. Grand daddy longlegs are more correctly called harvestmen. True spiders are hunters and have venom. Harvestmen are scavengers and do not have venom. So, unless you are a very tiny insect or some type of organic goo, you have nothing to fear from the harvestman lurking by your garage door.
Myth 2. Chiggers burrow under skin and suck your blood. False. Contrary to popular belief, chiggers do not burrow into the skin nor do they feed on blood. These immature mites pierce skin around hair follicles and release a skin dissolving saliva. Chiggers then feed on the resulting liquid. On humans, chiggers often accumulate in areas where clothing is tight, such as a belt at the waist or socks around the ankle. By the time you feel itching and see a red dot on your skin, it is not the chigger but your skin's reaction to the chigger. By then, the chigger is probably gone, so don't start digging at yourself to "get it out" or painting the spots with nail polish to suffocate the phantom chigger. Take a warm, soapy shower and use soothing skin creams to relieve the itch. The next time you go out where chiggers live, use repellents or protective clothing to keep them from biting you.
Myth 3. Paper mites in an office will fly or jump and bite people. False. First, there is no such thing as a paper mite. Second, mites cannot fly or jump. The myth of paper mites probably is related to a phenomena know as cable mite dermatitis. The fictitious "cable mite" term was coined by entomologists asked to investigate "mites" attacking workers in a laboratory. The symptoms started after an electrical cable was installed in the ceiling of the lab. Particulate matter was dislodged from insulation during the installation and got into the ventilating system. The dust or "cable mites" was then circulating throughout the lab, irritating the occupants. When they removed the dust, the dermatitis that the workers experienced, ceased. If you think mites are biting you, collect them, bring them to your county Extension office and have them identified. What you think may be a mite, might not.
Myth 4. Brown recluse spiders are very common and bite many people in South Carolina. False. Just like every snake is a poisonous snake for some folks, every spider is a brown recluse for others. Misidentifying spiders as brown recluse is common for pest control professionals and medical doctors. Over the last ten years, of all the spiders sent to Clemson that people thought were brown recluse, were not! Unfortunately, many spiders look like brown recluse, but they do not have the same dangerous venom. In fact, South Carolina is not in the native range for the brown recluse. So the next time you think you see a brown recluse, think again. It is probably one of the other 3,000 species of spiders known to live in the United States.
Myth 5. Palmetto bugs are not cockroaches. False. They are. There are more than 15 species of cockroaches in South Carolina. However, only a few species may be pests in your home. In South Carolina, people like to call smokybrown cockroaches, palmetto bugs. Adult smokybrowns are usually one to 1.5 inches in length and as the name implies, smoky-brown in color. The young smokybrowns are about 3/8 inch long, with black bodies and white marking on the middle of their bodies and tips of their antennae. As they grow, they turn a mahogany color before becoming smoky-brown adults. Adult smokybrowns are very mobile and can live in a variety of places including mulch, log piles, thick vegetation and gutters around roofs. Along the coast they are often found in trees, especially live oaks and palmettos. In your home, they can reside from the attic to the crawl space.
If you have a mysterious bug, crawling in your home, try to figure out what it is before you spray it with bug spray. It may just be a hapless, harmless creature that wandered in. If you think you've been bitten by a dangerous spider or irritating mite, try to the collect the culprit and see your medical doctor. To identify other pests, your county Extension office is a great place to go. Your agents will give you the straight facts and identify the "bug" if possible. If your county agents can't identify your bugs, they'll send them to Clemson University for analysis. There is a $10.00 charge for this service. To find the number of your local Extension office, look under the county office listings in the phone book and then look for Clemson University Cooperative Extension.


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Summer Session and J-Term
Summer Session and J-Term courses and programs will be offered to expand academic access for UWRF students and to allow faculty and staff to support and enhance student-learning opportunities. Courses and programs offered will be guided by the Goals and Initiatives set forth in the University Operational Plan as well as the Strategic Plan which include, but are not limited to, Goal 1: Create a Culture of Learning, and Goal 7: Invest in Human Resources. Academic units will refer to the spirit of the Strategic Plan when choosing course offerings that meet the needs of various learner constituencies, such as currently matriculated students, working professionals, life-long learners, regional businesses, organizations and agencies and under-represented and minority populations. All program and course offerings will be based on a model that is fiscally sustainable. The procedures set forth in this paper are intended to allow UWRF to offer, over the course of an academic year, the broadest possible mix of classes to meet our diverse learner population needs, provide students greater opportunity to graduate within four years, and compensate faculty and staff in a manner commensurate with their rank.
Summer Session, Winter Session (J-Term), including Fully On-Line, Hybrid, Internship, Independent Study, Research, and Reading Compensation Policy guiding principles and requirements.
The UW-River Falls Chancellor issues this policy in accordance with the Administrative Policy process.
The Assistant Chancellor for Business and Finance is responsible for the administration of this policy. Request an exception to this policy by writing to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Failure to adhere to the provisions of this policy may result in appropriate disciplinary action as provided under existing procedures applicable to students, faculty, and staff, and/or civil or criminal prosecution.
UW System and UWRF institutional plans will guide the allocation of expenditure authority for Fudn 104 from UW Extension to UWRF.
Prior to 2003 (and the development and implementation of the UWRF Strategic Plan), Summer Session courses were taught on a compensation model that was proportional to a faculty member's nine-month academic year salary up to a maximum of 2/9 (0.2222) of that salary. A full summer session load was considered to be eight credits and course enrollments of 18 students were required for instructors to receive full compensation. Courses with fewer than 18 students were taught at a reduced rate as individually negotiated with the respective Deans. This policy changed in 2003, without Faculty Governance input or consultation, to a per-credit rate model with built-in salary plateaus. The result of this change was faculty and staff teaching courses for significantly less compensation as well as the introduction of a tremendous disincentive to offer classes whose enrollments were above the designated plateau levels or below reasonable compensation enrollments. This, along with other reasons, has resulted in a stagnant summer session program. With the introduction of the Wisconsin Growth Agenda and More Graduates for Wisconsin initiatives, it is imperative that UWRF leverage our talent and physical resources more effectively to reach our goals and expand student opportunities. Enhancing our summer school and J-Term offerings will play a significant role in teaching our objectives and better serve our student body by offering additional scheduling flexibility.
The express purpose of this policy is to align our summer session/J-Term compensation policy with overall Goals and Initiatives set forth in the Strategic Plan while specifically addressing Goal 7.1.3: "Develop and implement a new summer and J-Term session salary schedule/model." It is a model that, among other things:
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My interest in birds was casual when I was younger, but got a boost in the late '70s when I returned to the U.S. from military service and started flying small aircraft over our region's scenic Upper Delaware River Region as a way to unwind.
Aside from the scenic ridges and swift water rapids below, I kept an eye out for birds. In this bird-rich region, what started out as a safety necessity became more and more a quest to identify the rapidly growing dots that quickly appeared as feathers and wings whizzing by at cruising speed.
Birds like vultures and hawks were easily recognizable, but occipiters such as sharp-shinned hawks were smaller and more of a challenge. Geese and waterfowl were present, with flocks easy to spot during migration season. One species was missing though; during my early flights, I saw no bald eagles—no majestic dancers of the sky to share the airspace with.
Eagles, taken for granted by many people today, can be seen throughout the region, and all of our local counties have several occupied bald eagle nests. This wasn't always the case; the effects of DDT caused eagles, as well as several other bird species, to experience reproductive difficulties in the form of thin and brittle eggs that would not endure the incubation process.
In the late 1970s, Pennsylvania was down to three breeding nests and New York was down to a single breeding pair that could not reproduce due to DDT effects, before the chemical was banned. The bald eagle was on the verge of extirpation (local extinction) in NY and PA, and there were no nests within our region.
In 1976, New York State (NYS) initiated a bald eagle reintroduction program where eaglets from Alaska's plentiful population were placed in cages on man-made elevated nesting platforms called "hacking towers." Eaglets were fed by people who stayed out of view of the birds so the eaglets did not "imprint" on humans as a parent.
At around 12 weeks on, the cages were opened so the eaglets could perch on branches placed on the cages and eventually make their first flight, or fledge. Four years later near Watertown, NY, a pair of these "hacked" eagles was found successfully breeding at a nest of their own. In 1980, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) went large scale with the project, hacking close to 200 eaglets during the next nine years. PA initiated its own reintroduction in 1983.
The Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (UDS&RR), with its 73 miles of river from Hancock to just below Sparrowbush, NY, offers prime habitat, with much undisturbed area, many potential nesting locations and a plentiful uncontaminated source of food for the fish-eating bald eagle. It took close to a decade from the time the first hacked eagles reached breeding age until the first pair of bald eagles established a territory within the Upper Delaware River Area.
Eagles typically establish a nest and take a mate within 50 to 100 miles of their natal nest (where they themselves were raised). The spread of eagles was slow at first, and perhaps some of the area's earlier territorial eagles may have originated from the Pennsylvania Game Commission's hacking facility at nearby Shohola Lake in Pike County, PA. The first occupying pair appeared in 1993 along the river, but they did not produce young for the first two years, typical with some newly mated pairs.
The number of bald eagle pairs increased slowly but steadily over the next 20 years to the point that 19 breeding pairs were tallied during the past season in 2013. Nest surveys show that in some cases, the distance between the natal nest and that young's new territory was five miles or less.
Eagles reach breeding age at four to five years, and newly established territories by banded eagles has shown that they tend to get started young; five- to seven-year-old eagles was the norm for banded eagles and a four-year-old female was observed establishing a new territory with an older male (unbanded, but showing four-year sub-adult plumage).
It is impossible to determine the age of eagles by sight once they molt to full adult plumage at five years or so, so banded resightings by birders or photographers are very valuable.
The UDS&RR has proven its worth for bald eagle habitat; even before eagles started to breed here, winter visitors from Canada were utilizing the river for a winter food source while their own breeding habitat was frozen over. For our resident eagles now, the immediate threat is habitat loss. We as a people can work as partners and stewards to minimize this threat.
As I watch an eagle in flight, I stand in awe of nature's perfect airframe. Watching an eagle soar in a thermal, we can see a circle of motion. We are fortunate to live in an area where we are able to observe this winged one's circle of life.


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According to the Goliad County Sheriff's Office, Juanito John Rojas of Berclair was arrested in Victoria and awaited transfer to the Goliad County Jail.
GCSO deputies were dispatched to the 300 block of Mission Ave. in Berclair at 3:43 a.m. Wednesday. An investigation revealed a male suspect had entered the residence by opening an unlocked window on the north side.
The suspect found the woman asleep and attacked her. According to the report, the woman tried to call 9-1-1 with her cell phone, but the suspect took the phone from her and fled the residence.
The victim then went to a neighbor's home to call 9-1-1.
The victim said she did not know the suspect's name. The vistim picked Rojas from a photo lineup provide by the GCSO.
Rojas has been charged with first-degree felony burglary with an enhanced charge of assault and robbery for taking the cell phone.
More on this story coming to mySouTex.com.


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not really on-topic but whenever I get a crushing I headache I secretly hope it's my unformed evil twin plotting to take me over a la the Dark Half
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:38 (four years ago) Permalink
i vote for this:http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/30/stephen-king-tax-me-for-f-s-sake.html
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:08 (four years ago) Permalink
the last three, tbh. Once SPOILER
he turns up for fuck's sake
it was a struggle to stay into it
I've read the whole series a few times and yet I struggle to recall anything from him showing up, yet I can remember details about how Cuthbert supposedly looked etc.
Also, this reminds me, I have the new Dark Tower one which I have to read now.
― gyac, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:36 (four years ago) Permalink
I forgot how he wrote himself in
god I hated that
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:37 (four years ago) Permalink
re: Bag of Bones being more "literary" than his previous stuff -- the book is nominally about a house/town that's haunted by a malevolent spirit, but the first 3/4ths of the book is surprisingly realist, for king. the main character is a lolwriter who's dealing with the loss of his wife and unborn child, his feelings for a new woman, his grief and writer's block, etc. the last quarter of the book eventually does go full-on thriller, but until that point the paranormal stuff is handled with a pretty light touch.
bear in mind i haven't read it in forever, so these are my remembered opinions from when i stanned for it in high school.
― supreme sundae (reddening), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:46 (four years ago) Permalink
All the shit with Cuthbert and his "lookout" in Wizard & Glass is serious LOLz.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:49 (four years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 3 May 2012 00:01 (four years ago) Permalink
I have read zero of these books, though I think I read everything up through The Dark Half. The only post 1990 books I've read are the Dark Tower series (mixed bag) and On Writing (the best of his I've read). I'm going to use the results of this as a guide to the last 20-odd years of King.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 3 May 2012 00:08 (four years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:01 (four years ago) Permalink
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:02 (four years ago) Permalink
well that isn't helpful at all!
― Number None, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:02 (four years ago) Permalink
On Writing (the best of his I've read).
I actually don't like On Writing as much as I like Danse Macabre, but they're both up there for me.
I don't feel like Tom Gordon getting 3 votes over a whole cluster that got two votes is any indicator that I should start with Tom Gordon. I'm most intrigued by ideas behind Under the Dome, the Regulators, and Cell though, so maybe I'll start with one of them.
― how's life, Friday, 4 May 2012 12:28 (four years ago) Permalink
I mean, if two people each agree they don't totally blow...
― how's life, Friday, 4 May 2012 12:41 (four years ago) Permalink
More than one person out there thinks Dolores Claiborne doesn't totally blow. Don't know how that one ended up so underrated.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:43 (four years ago) Permalink
tom gordon was only ok for me, but i enjoyed the pulpiness of the regulators.
― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:56 (four years ago) Permalink
Cell has a virtuoso first act but never really figures out what to do afterwards.
Ahhhhhh, worried about this. I'm about halfway through the book at this point (when they get ready to leave the boarding school) and it hasn't faltered a step for me so far. Very vivid and well-paced.
Regulators was really good too. Although it was almost too brief (I guess there's more to learn about Tak in the companion novel) the ending and epilogue are satisfying.
― coat news for people who love boat shoes (how's life), Thursday, 12 July 2012 00:27 (four years ago) Permalink
The main problem with later SK novels is the way WTF is so often replaced by smh.
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis)
bears repeating
― deems irreverent (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 July 2012 00:32 (four years ago) Permalink
Ahhhhhh, worried about this.
You should be. King can't write an ending that isn't utter shit.
― an inevitable disappointment (James Morrison), Thursday, 12 July 2012 00:35 (four years ago) Permalink
I really, really liked the second act of Cell, btw. Haven't explored any of these since last summer though.
― how's life, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 17:16 (three years ago) Permalink
Wait, I started on 11/22/63, but only made it a couple of chapters in.
― how's life, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 17:17 (three years ago) Permalink
Cell was fine. I dunno that I'd go back and reread it but it was enjoyable enough.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 17:43 (three years ago) Permalink


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Members of the Tynan Volunteer Fire Department, Mengers and a Monsanto representative will participate in a check presentation ceremony on Thursday, May 10, at 7 p.m. at the Beeville Fire Station, 100 E. Cleveland St..
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For more information and to see a full list of winners, visit www.growcommunities.com.


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Sarah Lureau, assistant professor of accounting, and Alli Purcell Hayes, assistant professor of accounting, presented an active learning strategy, titled "Simulating 'Real World' Team Working Environments Within the Classroom," at the annual Illinois Accounting Teachers Conference in Chicago Nov. 5.
The peer review process Lureau and Hayes discussed is a teaching method that enables students to develop technical competence of the curriculum, while providing students with an opportunity to foster a professional skill set. In addition to traditional teaching strategies, "real world" team working environments are simulated through a series of peer reviews. In this process, students learn to engage effectively in groups to compile critical feedback and constructive criticism of their colleagues' work while also learning how to receive and digest constructive criticism. During the presentation, Lureau and Hayes illustrated the peer review process along with the pedagogical importance of the teaching method.
The Mission of the Illinois Accounting Teachers Conference (ILATC) is to offer an annual gathering for full-time and adjunct faculty that encourages excellence in teaching that serves the student and focuses on student learning through presentations on teaching techniques, presentation skills, changes in the profession and available resources. The conference is a voluntary gathering of persons interested in accounting education and research.
Lureau has been a member of the College's faculty since 2008. A C.P.A., she earned a B.S. from Marist College and an M.A.S. from Northern Illinois University.
Hayes joined North Central's faculty in 2009. A C.P.A., she received a B.A. from St. Ambrose University and an M.A.S. from Northern Illinois University.


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I'm very excited to announce a really fun opportunity later this month!
Let me know in the comments below if you are planning on coming!
I'm very excited to announce a really fun opportunity later this month!
Let me know in the comments below if you are planning on coming!
Michelle Rodgers says
Wow Kate!! This is kind of a big deal. How cool. Days like these I wish that I had stayed in NC and TN was a memory. I will miss out but I am sure this will be an awesome thing! I am so excited for you (you would think we are besties) LOL.
still being [molly] says
ah yes! i am so there!!
Kate says
great! 🙂
HannahDickerson says
That would be so fun! Sounds like it would be worth driving to NC from VA just for that! But thats my son's 1st birthday 🙂 Hope you have a GREAT turn out! Be blessed <><
Kate says
Happy Birthday to him!
Melissa says
How exciting! I wish I could make it! I'm sure everyone will have a blast! Maybe one day I'll get to meet you! Still holding out hope for a hair appointment. 🙂
Susan says
That sounds so fun! I wish I lived closer so I could come! Loft is def my go to store! Have so much fun!
Abbey Duperon says
i wish i didnt live all the way in michigan!!
Abbey Duperon says
i wish i didnt live all the way in michigan!!
Lauren says
Darn it, I wish this is about 6-months later. If I wasn't going to be hugely pregnant at the time I would definitely go!
mcfamilyof4 says
Count me in!
Lori Capel says
Oh man! I wish I lived closer!
Shelley says
so fun! definitely wish i lived in the area!
Valerie says
Sounds like a blast…wish I lived in North Carolina- what a bummer!
chantelle says
I'm sure that coupon will offset my flight from Utah…right?!
Kate says
totally. haha!
Jenn D says
whyyyyyy do I live so far?
Jamie says
Aww I wish I could be there!! I'm way too far away in Washington 🙁 I would LOVE love to shop with you!!!
Laura says
I'm totally coming! Looking forward to it!!!
My So Called Plans says
Will definitely be there! I also told my small group about it, so it might become an unofficial Summit small group outing. 🙂
Kate says
sounds awesome. 🙂
Tara says
I'd like to come! I found your blog through Pinterest, and was shocked to see that you were so close. I'm in Durham, so if I can get the hubs to watch the little ones, I'll drop by. I look forward to meeting you! Tara
ginna says
I was just saying how I needed new Loft work pants. I'm in! 🙂
Kait says
Oh shoot I wish I lived around you because I'd totally go!
Wish I lived in North Carolina!
Hope you have fun at this event. I'm sure you will.
Rebecca says
First roomies, now shopping together…what a fun year already!!! Wish I lived closer to Durham. Have fun…post pics, of course!!!! (Give out a prize to the shopper saving the most $!!)
Kristen516 says
I so wish I lived closer. I am in desperate need of some fashion advice. Sounds like a fun time.
Heather Carson says
uuuuuugh, wish i lived closer!
that's AWESOME for you! congrats 🙂
xo – heather
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Kara says
I will definitely be there! I have a new job in the Raleigh area and need a new work/semi-professional looking wardrobe. I need some serious fashion help!
Jennymccool says
I would love to – but Wisconsin is a little too far away! Have fun ladies!
Jill says
Oh how I wish I could go! Hawaii is too far away from NC and we don't even have a LOFT here for me to pretend with! Hope it goes great!
I need to move to NC!
Morgan Neal says
I'll be there!
Aimee says
That sounds like so much fun! Wish I could but I'll be in AZ at the time:(.
-Aimee, the out of it mama you met at Panera today, hehe:)
Aimee says
That sounds like so much fun! Wish I could but I'll be in AZ at the time:(.
-Aimee, the out of it mama you met at Panera today, hehe:)
Sarah Murray says
This local law student could definitely use some fashion help! I'll be there!
Morgan says
I'll be there!
Jill says
This is SOOOO exciting and SO AWESOME! I wish I were in the NC area, I'd totally be there 🙂 Kentucky is probably a little far to justify a Sunday shopping trip to Loft though. Maybe you can get Lauren's bf and your hubby to be bouncers, and you can have Lauren photog the evening for the blogs. Because you know we all wants to see the outfits you style for others!! 🙂
Emily G. says
I'm in Chapel Hill, and I'm definitely going to try to make it there!
Rebecca says
Awesome!! I might be able to go! That would be so much fun 🙂
Danielle Hogg says
I will definitely be there!!
Merabella says
I'm totally coming! I can't wait!
Cheap and Pretty says
I'll try and stop by for sure! Sounds fun!
Lynn Lovejoy says
I'll be there with two friends! Can't wait thanks Kate!–Lynn from Order in the Kitchen
Anita Robinson says
I would definitely come if it were not on Sunday night! Sounds like fun!
Roman's Mommy says
I hope to make it!! Really looking forward to it!
JD and Alicia says
So wish I lived in NC! That would be awesome! LOFT is the best! Maybe you should do one in Utah? Seems like you have lots of followers here 🙂
SH says
Wish I lived closer! 🙁
Laura Mack says
Sounds like fun! Like others, I wish I lived closer! You should travel and do this! Make Evansville, Indiana or Indianapolis one of your next stops…lol…i'm half way between both 🙂
Just saw this!! Gonna see if a friend and I can make it!! – Southpoint is our mall. Sounds like a load of fun!! 🙂
emmagomez says
Sounds like fun. I just live over in Raleigh, so I'll be there!
Teri says
Oh, this sounds like fun! I wish it was on a Saturday night, though! I don't shop on the Sabbath so I can afford others the opportunity to rest from their labors. 🙂 Have fun!
Sophia Varnam says
I think I'm coming! I cannot wait to meet you!!! LOFT is my favorite store too!
Meredith M. says
I'm planning to be there with some other friends! Looking forward to it!
Katherine Nobles says
I'm planning on coming. Sounds fun! I'm looking forward to it!
MICHELLE CURRY says
Jealous!!! Maybe LOFT will make crazy $ that night and decide to put you on a tour, then you could come to Tallahassee LOFT. A girl can dream, right? haha.
Randomly Alli says
That sounds like so much fun! If only I lived close enough.
Katie says
I am a student at UNC and just started student teaching! I will be there, and I can't wait to add a few things to my professional wardrobe!!!


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Put town meeting awayMarch 08,2013
Put town meeting away
Mr. Pappas, I dont know you, but I want to second your recommendation in Thursdays Times Argus.
I was a selectman in the town of Essex for three years. I did not run for re-election last year on my doctors advice. Although I have worked in some pretty responsible jobs with some really good people Jim Jeffords, Bob Stafford, Dick Snelling, John B. Anderson and Hubert Humphrey I have never experienced more frustration than I did as a board member in Essex. Without going into details, let me say that Essex, Vermonts second-largest municipality, is run by a small coterie as if it were the size of Buels Gore.
Essex approves its budget from the floor at town meeting. Now, we have over 15,000 registered voters, and the high school auditorium holds 600. Average attendance is roughly a little over 200. The town manager loves this because all he has to do is manipulate two or three board members and he gets the budget he wants without very much public participation. When I tried to get the board to go to Australian ballot, they trotted out Frank Bryans book and that was it. The rationalizations for the status quo are numerous, but none really holds water.
In 2008, for instance, town meeting lasted 10 minutes, and no debate was held over our then roughly $10 million budget (not including the capital budget, which the public never gets to vote on). Thats about $1 million a minute. It is also frustrating for me, personally, because the Burlington Free Press never does anything with this despite its editorial positions on open government, etc.
So, thanks for your gumption. You are exposing a Vermont myth for what it really is.
Bruce S. Post
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- Shear stress mapping in microfluidic devices by optical tweezers
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- Wu, Jing; Day, Daniel; Gu, Min
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- We present an optical tweezer sensor for shear stress mapping in microfluidic systems of different internal geometries. The sensor is able to measure the shear stress acting on microspheres of different sizes that model cell based biological operations. Without the need for a spatial modulator or a holographic disk, the sensor allows for direct shear stress detection at arbitrary positions in straight and curved microfluidic devices. Analytical calculations are carried out and compared with the experimental results. It is observed that a decrease in the microsphere size results in an increase in the shear stress the particle experiences.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Micro-Photonics
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- Optics Express, Vol. 18, no. 8 (Apr 2010), pp. 7611-7616
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- 2010
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- Microfluidic systems; Microspheres; Optical tweezers; Shear stress mapping
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Melissa Angeles teaches science at Hononegah Community High School in Hononegah Community High School District 207.
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Are you using up all of your parents' allotted trash cans with your basement bacon grease, Enty?!ReplyCancel
I personally have one for trash, one for recycle, one for the decomposing body parts of my lazy ass coworker, one for biohazards, one for latent explosive materials, one for my blue meth enterprise waste materials, and one for used sex toys (as advised by CDANer Mad Robin!)
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Recycle and Trash.ReplyCancel
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We have 2 cans – 1 for trash, 1 for recycling (we have a HUGE bin for that and we can combine everything – cans, glass bottles, papers, etc.) However, we also have those large paper bags for disposing of lawn & leaf clippings, tree branches, etc. and our city has recycling days for things like old paints, expired medications, etc.ReplyCancel
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Here you need paper, cans, organic, glass (bottles and such) and batteries. Considering that most houses are tiny because of our awful economic situation (goverments, however it's spelled), I live among thrash cans.
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During the Jan. 31 meeting of Commissioners Court, the court voted unanimously to move the county attorney's office from its current location in the juvenile probation building to office space at the Karnes County Offices on the Square.
The court also approved moving the county judge's office from the juvenile probation building to the Karnes County Offices on the Square, into the space currently in use by the AgriLife extension service office.
The court approved the move on a 4-1 vote with County Commissioner James Rosales voting against because of concerns about negative consequences of relocating the extension service office.
The next vote concerned moving the extension service office from the Karnes County Offices on the Square to the juvenile probation building located at 115 N. Market in Karnes City. The court voted to move the office unanimously.
About a month later, at the Feb. 28 meeting of Commissioners Court, during the public comments part of the meeting, several people expressed opposition to Karnes County Judge Barbara Shaw's decision to move her office, which made it necessary to move the extension service office.
The reasons expressed at the Feb. 28 meeting resurfaced in more detail four days later in a special meeting of Commissioners Court under an agenda item for discussion placed by County Commissioner James Rosales.
Rosales said he placed the agenda item at the request of several local residents and then recognized individuals who asked to speak to the court.
"I have concerns for many reasons," said Maria Mohr. "We would like some of those concerns addressed."
Mohr said there is a cost to moving the offices and none of the costs are in the current budget.
"Why is this an emergency?" Mohr said. "Why are county tax dollars going to have to be paid? I know good and well that no one works for free. It is not a free move."
Privacy issues, were another concern expressed by Mohr.
"There has got to be some privacy issues with this," Mohr said. "If a child who is on juvenile probation goes to school and tells them, that is his right, but when 4-H kids are coming in and out of this building and they see the kids that are in here that are on probation, and then they go say something, that is a privacy issue. Has that been addressed?"
Security and safety of 4-H club members coming into close contact with juvenile offenders was another concern expressed by Mohr.
In response to Mohr's comments, Commissioner Shelby Dupnik said the extension service is not part of county government.
"I understand and the safety of the kids concerns me as well," Dupnik said. "But the safety of the kids concerns me more at the school than at this building."
Dupnik said the workload of the county court has increased since Jan. 1 and it is important that the county offices connected with the county court system be under the same roof.
County Auditor Lajuana Kasprzyk made the point that while the extension service is not a county office, it is partially funded with county tax dollars.
County Commissioner James Rosales said that the privacy of juvenile offenders was a concern because they would be visible to 4-H club members attending meetings at the juvenile probation building.
"They are all children," Rosales said. "They are all our children," Rosales said. "None of them are better than the others. They are all our children and they should be treated equally. They should both have privacy."
Mohr told Shaw that she thought the whole plan was not very well thought out.
"It is not fair for us to have to pay for something that is a mere convenience for you," Mohr said.
Maurice Yarter told the court that when construction of the Karnes County Offices on the Square neared completion, Judge Shaw was encouraged to join in the planning process and have space allocated for her office in the new building.
"She resisted to the point that you could not believe," Yarter said. "To the point where she said, 'Not now. Not ever. I am never going to move to the new annex.'"
Yarter said the expenditures associated with the move do not meet the legal standard required of making emergency budget amendments to allocate funding the expenses.
Former County Attorney Robert Busselman told the court that Shaw's lack of understanding of how county courts work contributed to a backlog of cases. He said that Shaw's court met twice per month, which was different than Judge Alfred Pawelek's court that met twice per week.
"So where is the problem here?" Busselman said. "I think the problem here is that we have a judge who thinks that her powers are absolutely unlimited, and that's not correct."
"She's a narcissist," Busselman continued. "I have heard her talk about 'my people' and 'my roads' – These are not her roads. These are the county's roads and you people have got to wake up."
Phyllis Krause told the court that her main concern was for the children.
"I am also here for the extension agent," Krause said. "I know he probably agreed to this move, because this is his job, and he doesn't want to lose it."
Krause asked the court how temporary the extension office move to the juvenile probation would be. Commissioner Jauer, in response to Krause's question said that there is not a specific timeframe for making the old annex building space above the tax office ready for to be occupied again by the extension service. Jauer said the county's long range plans include moving the offices of the county judge, county attorney, county clerk and district clerk back into the courthouse, but that move may be two to four years from now.
4-H Parent Courtney Hodges told the court that the street in front of the juvenile probation building is a poorly lit street and might present problems with the night meetings of the clubs.
"I feel like people feel that this was very deceitful," Hodges said. "There are people who want answers. If you are in public office, you should be a servant to people. If it is for personal reasons, then you should find something else to do because there are plenty of jobs where you can serve yourself but public office is not one of them."
AgriLife Extension Agent JD Folbre said that the extension service office is provided by the county, wherever office space is available. He said the safety issues were discussed with the juvenile probation office who assured him that since the juvenile offenders are under supervision at all times, he believes they would be as safe or safer than when they attended meetings at the Karnes County Offices on the Square.
"4-Hers were exposed to worse offenders at the new annex than at the juvenile probation building," Folbre said during an interview last week.
AgriLife Extension Service District Administrator Donnie Montemayor told The Karnes Countywide during a phone interview Monday that he was not concerned about potential safety issues associated with moving the office at this time.
"We appreciate the support of the county's Commissioners Court," Montemayor said. "We can't do our job without this support."
Montemayor explained that the county is under a cooperating agreement with AgriLife to provide office space and other types of support.
"Hopefully there is an opportunity for outreach," Montemayor said. "We may be able to work hand in hand with the juvenile probation department to provide some programs that could help them."
"We have to abide by the county Commissioners Court," Montemayor said. "They provide us a tremendous amount of funding and support. If they want us to move, then we need to move."
Karnes County Extension Agent JD Folbre said his preference for office space would be at the location in the old annex building on the second floor, where the office was located before the move to the Karnes County Offices on the Square.
The problem with that, Folbre explained, is that the office can not return to the building until it comes into full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Commissioner Pete Jauer said funds are in the budget to install an elevator in the building, but to bring the building into full compliance could significantly more expensive than just adding an elevator.
Commissioner Dupnik suggested that the multi purpose room at the Karnes County Offices on the Square perhaps could be used for club meetings, but comments were made that there are materials needed for the meetings that would need to be moved back and forth.
Judge Shaw told Mohr that there are many bills that the commissioners never see.
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I just got it last night..but for PS3 sadly ):
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Yesterday, Carlos Ruiz was suspended for 25 games by the MLB for a positive test for amphetamines. According to Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, MLB does not suspend or publicize a player's first positive test for the substance, which means this is Chooch's second positive test.
From that page:
B. Stimulant Violations
A Player who tests positive for a Stimulant, or otherwise violates the Program through the use or possession of a Stimulant, will be subject to the discipline set forth below.
1. First violation: Follow-up testing pursuant to Section 3.D.2 above;
2. Second violation: 25-game suspension;
3. Third violation: 80-game suspension; and
4. Fourth and subsequent violation: Suspension for just cause by the Commissioner, up to permanent suspension from Major League and Minor League Baseball, which penalty shall be subject to challenge before the Arbitration Panel.
Now, we all know that Shane Victorino battles ADHD, and he, along with many others, take stimulants thanks to the "Theraputic Use" clause in the policy.
I. Therapeutic Use Exemption
1. A Player authorized to ingest a Prohibited Substance through a valid, medically appropriate prescription provided by a duly licensed physician shall receive a Therapeutic Use Exemption ("TUE"). To be "medically appropriate," the Player must have a documented medical need under the standards accepted in the United States or Canada for the prescription in the prescribed dosage. A specimen which is found to contain a Prohibited Substance will not be deemed a positive test result if such specimen was provided by a Player with an effective TUE for that substance. A Player with a TUE for a Prohibited Substance does not violate the Program by possessing or using that substance.
With the TUE, a player can, by the looks of it, take Adderall or another stimulant without consequence–so long as they have a physician to sign for them.
But this post isn't about the legalities of the testing policy, or the fact that some players take the same thing Ruiz took without consequence. This post is about why illegally taking Adderall is not such a petty thing, as many fans seem to think.
Here's a little background on me. I was always a very smart child, but I was evaluated by a psychologist when I was very young and was diagnosed with ADHD. I did not go on medication, however, until junior year of high school. Up until that time, I had struggled with school, even though I was considered smarter than 99% of kids my age. When I began the medication (not Adderall, however), my struggles vanished. I was one of the many people in America that legitimately needed the drug.
Along with my better performance in school, I also was able to work out more because I had more energy. Moreover, I was able to do things at 100% effort on only a few hours of sleep because the medicine kept me awake and alert. And these are effects on someone who needs the medication.
In Ruiz's case, it's obvious he most likely didn't need it. So imagine how much more the effect of the drug would be on him. He was likely able to do the things I stated above–but to a higher degree. There is a reason that MLB and other sports ban a drug like Adderall. It gives you a boost that you wouldn't normally have.
If you still think that it is "just Adderall", remember that it is a Class II drug, which is defined as follows: "SCHEDULE 2 DRUGS (CLASS 2) DRUGS have a high potential for abuse and dependence, an accepted medical use, and the potential for severe addiction." It is federally controlled and is in the same drug category as Cocaine.
Adderall isn't quite a steroid, but Chooch's suspension was deserved. He took an illegal drug that undoubtedly helped his performance–or at the very least, his energy–on and off the field. A baseball season is 162 games long, plus the time that players put into practice and Spring Training. Guys wear down and need rest towards the end of the long season, but with Adderall, those effects are lessened.
So think twice before you try to defend Chooch's actions. We all love the guy, but this is definitely a black mark on him.
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Cooch! I'm sooooo disappointed.
"the Player must have a documented medical need under the standards accepted in the United States or Canada."
Considering the fact that so many players, including Ruiz, don't dwell in Canada or the US, I would wonder if some of these "stimulants" could be prescibed in those foreign countries for legitimate problems and that no matter what the reasons, MLB wouldn't recognize the need and not issue a TUE simply because the doctor is Dominican.
I'm not saying this was the case with Ruiz, but I am saying that the MLB policies are basically a bunch of poorly thought out crap.
Terrific read. Ties up and validtaes some bits and pieces reading I did today prioviding elmentary education on the subject. Nice personal touch, too, with yur own experience, and understandug the pulse of the reaction by concluding that we all still love Chooch, but find a lot of faut with his course of action (I reserve the right to withdraw the last statement if a form iof addiction is somehow involved in this).
Poor chooch…can't get him some crank and get around mlb drug testing policies.
"In Ruiz's case, it's obvious he most likely didn't need it."
How in the world can you possibly know that?
Also, I'm real happy for you and all, with your soi disant smarts, but you know what they say: The plural of anecdote isn't data. Finally, drug scheduling in the United States is substantially politically determined, rather than on the scientifically measured physiological effects, so that really means little when it comes to judging the severity of the issue. Marijuana, for example, is a Schedule I substance, which is supposed to be reserved for drugs with no known medicinal use and a high probability for abuse. GHB is a schedule I drug as well, except it's also a schedule III drug because it has medicinal uses. [And I might add that alcohol and nicotine would likely be schedule I or II substances if they were so rated.] In any event, like I said, using US CSA Drug Scheduling tables isn't the best way to support the argument that this stimulant is highly problematic.
Because if he did need it, he would have gotten the exemption after the first positive test.
Except it's a drug you can only obtain via prescription, so he had at least one physician already decide he needs it. But, hey, I'm sure internet commenters know more about Carlos Ruiz's medical history than his actual prescribing physician.
I don't care to read excuses by some fans here. Ruiz admitted his mistake and appropriately apologized for it. He should have known better after testing positive the first time.
His apology; "I am sincerely regretful for my mistake in taking a prohibited stimulant," Ruiz said in a statement. "I apologize to my teammates, the Phillies organization and the Philadelphia fans. I will serve the imposed 25-game suspension to begin the season and I look forward to returning to the field and working toward bringing a championship back to Philadelphia in 2013."
We can only hope that he can still play to last year's level of success without the use of a "stimulant".
Nobody should have expected Ruiz to repeat his 2012 performance, irrespective of what he was or was not ingesting. It was a career year, way above all his career averages, which is okay, players have career years, but you have to be able to recognize the outliers and understand that a mid-30s guy isn't likely to repeat a huge outlying year when the rest of his career points to him being not quite that good.
In other words, we should have be expecting regression even prior to this revelation.
How is it obvious that Ruiz didn't need it? I, like many others I am friends with, have used Adderall. It certainly DOES elevate focus and attention for EVERYONE WHO TAKES IT. Who are you to determine that he didn't need it? Or that you DID need it? Sounds like you used it just like Carlos did. Open your self-righteous, myopic mind.
Geez folks. Give it up. If Ruiz could document that he needed this drug he would have appealed and won. Any issues with foreign or domestic doctors would have been resolved after the first finding. Yes you only get the suspension on the second positive test. By then everything would have been understood. Given that he did not qualify under that ruling it seems obvious that he had not medical need for the drug.
Who says he obtained it legally? If a physician prescribed it for him, and he tested positive, Ruiz would have immediately gotten the exemption from his physician.
Maybe, maybe not.
I really don't think it's appropriate to speculate as to the conditions of what led to the positive test, because that's how you spread wildly inaccurate information. Maybe Ruiz changed doctors and/or medications; maybe he has a non-MLB certified Panamanian doctor wasn't able to effectively convince the Expert Panel that the prescription was necessary. Maybe the prescribing doctor never returned the relevant documentation to the Program Administrator. There are dozens of things that might have complicated the issue beyond, the assumption that he was intentionally cheating. He may well have been, but we just don't know that, and jumping to that conclusion is, in my opinion, irresponsible.
The TUE has to be applied for, it is not just granted upon revelation that a player was given a legitimate prescription for the substance. There are a number of hoops to jump through if a player is seeing a non-MLB certified or US licensed physician, which may well be the case here. (See sub-section 3(b) of the rule book quoted in the article).
Dave, you must not have read the part where I explained that I was evaluated by a psychologist prior to being prescribed the medication. Don't know where I'm being "self righteous and myopic".
Here's why he probably didn't need it
First positive test, all he had to do was show MLB that he has a prescription for it, and then his physician signs the Theraputic Use Exemption. And if that happens, there is no second positive test.
No, as I said in my above comment, it's much more complicated than that.
I'm wondering if Ruiz could still apply for the "Therapeutic Use Exemption" after serving his 25 game suspension? It's possble Ruiz may have been unaware of the rule for TUE? Of course, he would need all the necessary documents verifying his condition (ADHD) including a "valid prescription" from his physician. He could also enlist the aid of the Phillies team physician for assistance. Furthermore, he could ask for advice and have discussion with ex-teammate, Shane Victorino on his successful application for TUE.
Yes. If he has a legitimate condition which is treated by stimulants, and he gets either an MLB-Certified physician to prescribe it he can be granted a TUE from the point he applied for it onward. If he's not using an MLB Certified physician then he can still get one, but he has to have the paperwork and explanations forwarded by his personal physician to the Expert Panel that MLB has set up which makes the determination in that case.
You make valid points, but Ruiz did not mention anything like that in his official statement. And I would find it hard to believe that Ruiz's agent couldn't handle the paperwork, etc needed to get the exemption. It's an assumption by me, yes, but I don't think it's irresponsible.
"I am sincerely regretful for my mistake in taking a prohibited stimulant,"
I agree it is "possible" he needs the medicine, but his statement infers that whether he needs it or not, he still knows he didn't properly follow MLB requirements after the first test. He admits his "mistake".
Did MLB not lay out a plan of instructions of what he needed to do in order to continue taking the medication after the first violation? Isn't the idea of no suspension on the first violation a reasonable chance for the player to prove he does have need for the medicine? Did he not understand? Did the Phillies not help him understand? Did he not see that both Frandsen and Collier sought TUE's for their condition? Well, I guess all of that is possible, but it's not likely. I really don't think Jon's assertion is irresponsible at all.
He was warned and he kept taking the stuff. It doesn't matter how complicated the panel or paperwork process is, or that his doctor might be Panamanian, or any of the other arguments you make, he KEPT on taking it. He knew he wasn't supposed to take it, and he still did.
He cheated and admitted his mistake, and he even suggested that he would not appeal the suspension. "I will serve the imposed 25-game suspension to begin the season and I look forward to returning to the field and working toward bringing a championship back to Philadelphia in 2013." While hard to accept, all information we presently have points to him admitting to cheating.
Eric – I think it is reasonable to not jump to conclusions but I do think it is reasonable to consider the following facts –
1. Ruiz tested positive for the substance twice.
2. He was notified of the first test results.
3. He has representation to protect him.
4. MLB did not grant him a TUE.
5. Ruiz issued a statement which did not offer any medical reason for taking the substance. He could easily have issued a statement of regret and mentioned that he and his physician had requested a TUE but were turned down.
6. He could have appealed the suspension.
Given those facts I do not think it is unreasonable or irresponsible to assume that he knowingly violated MLB substance abuse policy. If there is a different story it is not up to you or others to create possible scenarios. It is up to Ruiz to offer another explanation. He has not, why do you feel that you must?
I suppose you've never run into a situation when it's a lot easier to admit to something that's not quite true than to jump through a few dozen hoops or spend weeks of valuable time trying to prove innocence. Many times (just as an example) a husband will lose an argument with his wife because he knows he has to keep living under the same roof. How many times has a congressman voted on a compromise he doesn't like, just to pass a law that basically is okay?
My biggest issues with the drug policy are that it's stupidly enforced, stupidly explained, and provokes way too much chatter among people who have no qualifications to interpret it. And one can not flat out say that just because one person has a certain effect from a drug, that the effect will be the same in everbody. Medicines affect people differently, and prescriptions always warn of side effects that you "might" have.
Except Ruiz doesn't owe anybody (other than perhaps his bosses) an explanation, because we're talking about his medical records and history, which are personal, private information.
It's very easy to put out an apologetic statement because that's what is best for your professional career and at the same time believe you did nothing wrong.
My point in all this isn't to defend his possible actions. I'm not saying that he DIDN'T knowingly cheat. It's that we CANNOT KNOW whether he did or did not knowingly cheat, and speculating as to which (or, worse, criticizing him for it) is not productive. We're not working with all the facts here, so to definitively say he did or didn't do something is wrong.
"Many times (just as an example) a husband will lose an argument with his wife because he knows he has to keep living under the same roof."
WOW! That oughta go over well with the female portion of the readership. And here, those former residents of Venus were no doubt thinking they won those verbal assaults fair and square. One thing for sure. If Amber got through last week's discussion on male strategies to marraige proposals still engaged, she gonna think twice now about walking down the aisle with the fiancee.
Al Campanis couldn't have worded that a whole lot better!
Years ago I tried to use a variation of this technique when I would get in trouble by my mother. She would yell at me for something I had done wrong, and regardless of whether or not I felt I had done anything wrong, I would just quietly say, "You're right. I'm sorry I disappointed you."
Most times it just made her more angry because I was preemptively cutting off her line of attack, which was probably frustrating 🙂
I did not deliberately single out the husband/wife situation, because many times it works the opposite way, with the woman losing. Sometimes one must keep comments fairly short, and that's why I failed to include all instances of deliberately losing an argument. Being a male, myself, it's the husband side I'm most familiar with, and unfortunately, that's what came out. I'm sorry if I offended anyone. I also don't believe my earlier comment should have any effect whatsoever on Amber. Proposals are entirely different than arguments.
And by the way, I think your comment about "those former residents of Venus" is far more insulting to the female readership than anything I've said.
If there is offense taken, it's because of a lack of familiarity with the best seller from yers ago entitled "Men are From Mars, Women From Venus." I thought you'd recognize the reference being as we're around the same age. Book about relationships.
Eric, that's your opinion and I respect it.
I understand everything you said Jonathan, but it still doesn't really mean anything. The fact is that often these athletes are viewed as celebrities and can easily get a doctor to prescribe them. I'm sure other players in MLB don't need the drug either, but they have a doctors note so its all in good health, right? RIIIIIIGHT.
You guys are dilusional. If he had a medial need for it, he would have had the exception. The league isn't stingy with giving them out. More than 100 major leaguers have the TUE exception. The fact that some people want to argue that we CANNOT KNOW is a complete joke for the following reasons.
1. If it was a medical need, why is it that his numbers jumped jsut last season? This medical need gernally does not "just happen." And if it does, it does not tend to increase performance dramitically. Rather, it would level out poor performance.
2. Arguing that you need a perscription to get a particular drug when you're a millionaire is just ignorant. The ability to legally obtain it and obtain it all together are completely different stories. If he had a perscription (from an American or Canadian doctor), he would have been able to present it upon his first failed test and been written off for the exception.
3. Aruging that his Dominican issue perscription not being valid here is dumb too. First off, he is Panamanian. Second, the league doesn't exist in any countries besides America and Canada. That is the reason the perscriptions need to be valid in those countries. If he had one in his native country, he clearly does have an issue and would have been able to present that perscription to an American doctor for the proper clearance
4. He admitted it. He said he did it. Why wouldnt he fight it if he had a case? braun proved that you can "be guilty" and get off anyway, then come back and perform just as well depite the criticisms.
people are just in denial about this. I love Ruiz as much as the next guy, but we as Philly fans are a little quick to excuse our own cheaters. JC Romero's left arm out of the 'pen rode us through the playoffs. He was on PEDs. No one seemed to care about Galvis AT ALL. But despite continued clean tests on Braun this season, people still wanna knock his performance this year and knock his 1 bad test. He has proven he can do it clean, yet he continues to be questioned by fans outside his own fanbase. He should have been the MVP again this year, but the politics gave it to someone else.
understand ruiz cheated and get on with it. He's still the same beloved all star we've always had, but he's admit


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The Obama Administration did not budge this time. During the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by the din of the AIPAC conference in Washington where half of the members of Congress turned up to hear "Bibi" speak on March 5 President Obama stuck to his guns, to the surprise (and dismay) of the Israeli hardliners around Netanyahu.
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