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The Built Environment: Designing Communities to Promote Physical Activity in Children
An estimated 32% of American children are overweight, and physical inactivity contributes to this high prevalence of overweight. This policy statement highlights how the built environment of a community affects children's opportunities for physical activity. Neighborhoods and communities can provide opportunities for recreational physical activity with parks and open spaces, and policies must support this capacity. Children can engage in physical activity as a part of their daily lives, such as on their travel to school. Factors such as school location have played a significant role in the decreased rates of walking to school, and changes in policy may help to increase the number of children who are able to walk to school. Environment modification that addresses risks associated with automobile traffic is likely to be conducive to more walking and biking among children. Actions that reduce parental perception and fear of crime may promote outdoor physical activity. Policies that promote more active lifestyles among children and adolescents will enable them to achieve the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity. By working with community partners, pediatricians can participate in establishing communities designed for activity and health.
- physical activity
- youth
- neighborhood
- active transport
- walk to school
- parks
- built environment
- active living
- urban design
- pedestrian safety
A child's life is affected by the environment in which he or she lives. Relationships between health and the quality of air, water, and food are well recognized.1–3 The physical environments of the home and school also influence health through exposures to lead,4 mold,5 noise,6 or ambient light.7 In addition, the overall structure of the physical environment of a child's community (referred to as the "built environment") can also affect health in diverse ways.
As cities have expanded into rural areas, large tracts of land have been frequently transformed into low-density developments in a "leapfrog" manner. The resultant urban sprawl can increase automobile travel, which increases air pollution8 as well as passenger and pedestrian traffic fatalities.9 Some urban areas may have few supermarkets, produce stands, or community gardens, thereby limiting access to fresh fruits and vegetables.10 The physical environment of a community can support opportunities for play, an essential component of child development,11 and for physical activity, a health behavior that not only reduces risk of excess weight gain12,13 but also has many other benefits for overall well-being.
Many factors influence a child's level of physical activity, including individual-level psychosocial factors such as self-efficacy14,15; family factors such as parental support16; and larger-scale factors such as social norms.17 Although these are all important contributors, this policy statement is limited to focusing on how the physical design of the community affects children's opportunities for physical activity. Opportunities for recreational physical activity arise with parks and green spaces. "Utilitarian" physical activity, such as walking or bicycling to school and to other activities, is an equally important part of a child's daily life. Environments that promote more active lifestyles among children and adolescents will be important to enable them to achieve recommended levels of physical activity.
The term "built environment" refers to spaces such as buildings and streets that are deliberately constructed as well as outdoor spaces that are altered in some way by human activity. This term may be unfamiliar to most clinicians, but with the high prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity,18 the subject is increasingly relevant. An individual's lifestyle and behaviors influence weight-gain patterns and physical fitness, and health education through clinicians and public health or community affiliates has long been recognized as important in influencing health behaviors. However, as the relationship between physical activity and obesity unfolds, it has become apparent that certain aspects of the environment influence the adoption of positive health behaviors. For example, a pediatrician's recommendation that a patient get regular physical activity loses its salience if this patient's everyday world lacks opportunities to walk, play, or run.
Physical activity has many health benefits.12 As an important component of play,11 physical activity contributes to children's organization and social skills19 and promotes self-esteem and higher grade achievement among adolescents.20 The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children be physically active for at least 60 minutes/day.12 This can be met with structured activities, including sports and school-based physical education classes, or through an active lifestyle, including outdoor play and walking or biking for transportation. For preschool-aged children, outdoor play may be particularly important, because their highest levels of physical activity occur outside.21,22 Environments that support recreational opportunities for children and adolescents also support the engagement of adults as they supervise, coach, and mentor youth.
The physical layout of communities can promote or limit opportunities for physical activity. There is growing research and policy interest in active living, defined as "a way of life that integrates physical activity into daily routines."23 Under this principle, by establishing communities that support an active lifestyle, neighborhood design can promote physical activity patterns that are sustainable and important to health.
Although parks do not guarantee physical activity among nearby residents, they offer the opportunity.24 In an experimental study in which children were made to decrease their time spent being sedentary, they increased the time spent engaged in physical activity, and the extent of increase was associated with proximity to a park.25 The same research team has shown that as the percentage of park area within a child's neighborhood increases, so does the physical activity among children 4 to 7 years of age26 and nonoverweight children 8 to 12 years of age.27 Park space may vary considerably between neighborhoods. In Los Angeles, California, park acreage within neighborhoods ranges from 0.6 to 31.8 acres per 1000 people.28,29
Children living in low-income or predominantly minority neighborhoods may have less access to parks or other recreational facilities. In a national sample, access to a physical activity or recreational facility (including parks) was most often found for adolescents living in areas with higher percentages of the population having a college education. In areas where ≤25% of the population had a college education, higher proportions of minority population were associated with a lower likelihood of having a recreational facility.30 Youth with low socioeconomic status are more likely than their affluent peers to report that a nearby recreation facility is important for their degree of physical activity,31 possibly because they have limited access to more remote (or more expensive) opportunities for physical activity.
Examples of successful strategies to promote public space exist. Local communities have created parks and playgrounds in previously unused areas. Nonprofit organizations, such as the Trust for Public Land, have helped communities by assisting them in tasks ranging from park siting to development of funding strategies. Between 1971 and 2002, the Trust for Public Land's work in US cities resulted in the acquisition of 532 properties totaling 40754 acres of newly created public land.28 Legislative efforts are also an important mechanism to fund park development and maintenance. Proposition K, enacted in 1996 in Los Angeles, generates funds to provide $25 million annually to the improvement, construction, and maintenance of city parks. In the November 2002 elections, voters in 93 communities in 22 states approved ballot measures that committed $2.9 billion to acquire and restore land for parks and open space.28 In addition to parks, community gardens are also being created.32 (Community gardens provide a space for generation of food and the opportunity for gardening, a beneficial physical activity in its own right.)
An important component of a healthy lifestyle is participation in activities for which exercise is not the primary goal. This might be a "purposeful walk"—an errand to buy groceries or a trip to school. Such incidental physical activities (also known as "utilitarian trips"33) play an important role in energy balance and can be influenced by neighborhood design.34
Neighborhood Design
The positioning of homes, schools, businesses, parks, and sidewalks within a neighborhood can influence physical activity. Neighborhood design typically considers 4 land uses: residential, industrial, green space, and institutional (eg, schools). Sprawling urban design has less mixing of these types (or less "land-use mix"). Figure 1 illustrates this distinction. Houses and apartments in the lower section of the diagram (the traditional neighborhood) are closer to other types of destinations such as the school or the mall, and the houses in the upper section (suburban sprawl) are more isolated. This figure also demonstrates a second core concept from urban planning known as "connectivity," or the ease of moving between origins (eg, home and work).35 Street grids with many intersections provide many options for navigating to a destination.36 In the low-density upper part of the diagram, although there are houses that are not far from the school "as the crow flies," getting to the school requires winding out of the enclave of houses to a busy main road. Thus, a child who lives close to school may still find walking to school prohibitive.
Building new communities that are less car dependent and making existing communities more dense are 2 strategies that can make it easier for people to walk to their destinations of daily life. Higher land-use mix encourages more utilitarian trips among residents and increases their ability to reach their destinations on foot rather than by automobile. Proximity of neighborhood shops to residences promotes trips on foot or by bicycle.37–39 In addition to mixed-land use, other measures, such as higher residential density, smaller street blocks,40,41 and access to sidewalks,42,43 have been reported to translate to increased walking in adults. Increased urban sprawl, by which farther distance between destinations decreases walkability, has been associated with less physical activity and with more obesity in adults,44,45 as well as higher automobile passenger and pedestrian fatality rates.9
Air pollution exposure has been associated with the development and exacerbation of asthma in children.46–48 Although physical activity is a positive aspect of outdoor play, it is important to recognize that time spent outdoors can make a child more vulnerable to ambient air pollution. Direct exposure to vehicle exhaust can affect a child's health, and higher urban density theoretically can increase one's daily exposure to vehicle exhaust and street traffic. Conversely, low-density sprawl promotes vehicle dependence and long-distance commuting, thus threatening air quality of the population at large. Children will benefit from planning that actively promotes outdoor play and walking while addressing the negative health effects of traffic and air pollution.
Higher housing density with increased land-use mix is a design strategy that promotes more physical activity among residents. However, there are other hybridized approaches that include creative design solutions that blend the benefits of connected streets with green space that is protected from automobile traffic. A street block plan can have "shared outdoor space,"49 set aside within the heart of a cluster of residences. In this plan, front entrances of homes face the street and the back entrances face the shared outdoor spaces, which are accessible only to the residents. This design promotes a separation of outdoor recreational areas from traffic and an increased sense of ability to supervise children while preserving the community's ability to fit well onto a traditional grid of streets, which promotes walking to nearby destinations.
Walking to School
The most universal opportunity for incidental physical activity among children is in getting to and from school. Walking or biking to school has not yet been documented to lower BMI,50 but it is a valuable opportunity for activity51 and promotes higher levels of physical activity in boys.52 Among middle-school girls in the Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG) study, every mile that a girl lived farther from school translated to significantly fewer minutes of metabolic activity per week.53 Closer proximity to school also provides the opportunity for use of school grounds for physical activity in after-school hours, and researchers have shown that provision of an open (supervised) school yard led to increased levels of physical activity and less television and video game use.54
In 1969, 40.7% of all American children walked to school. Currently, approximately 12.9% of all American children walk to school,55 and in some areas as few as 5% of children walk to school.56 Two national telephone surveys, HealthStyles in 199957 and ConsumerStyles in 2004,58 queried parents about what barriers prevented their children from walking to school. The most commonly cited reason from those surveys and from the National Personal Transportation Survey from 1969–200155 was that the school was too far away.
School Sprawl
Suburbanization and decisions about school siting are important determinants of why children now live so far from school. Historically, small neighborhood schools served as "anchors" within the community and places for after-school programs, for social and recreational gathering, and as disaster shelters.59 However, after the 1950s, many states established policies on the size and location of school buildings that influenced school siting. According to those guidelines, to receive state funding, schools had to have a minimum acreage (eg, elementary schools needed to be on at least 10 acres), and more students translated to larger required school-grounds size (eg, an extra acre for every 100 students).8,60 Because untapped acreage sufficient to meet these standards is most often at the edge of an urban area, neighborhood schools (typically only 2–8 acres in size)60 were frequently demolished or closed in favor of "big-box schools" at the outskirts of cities. Recommendations on school size from the Council of Education Facilities Planners International (CEFPI) were revised in 200461 and no longer recommend a minimum acreage. There is increasing interest in supporting smaller schools,62 but change to policies on school land size occurs slowly. It is also important to acknowledge that there may be some trade-offs to consider regarding school size and physical activity. There is some research suggesting that larger school campuses, buildings, and play areas may promote youth physical activity during the school day.63
Distance is, of course, not the only barrier preventing children from walking or biking to school. A recent nationally representative study found that even among children who lived within 1 mile of school, less than half walk to school even 1 day/week. The proportion of children walking to school was the lowest among those living in the South, those living in a rural area, or those whose parent had an advanced degree.64 The ConsumerStyles survey determined that parents' foremost concern was distance from school, followed by concerns about danger from traffic and crime, weather, and other miscellaneous factors.58 These barriers are important, because they may prevent children not only from walking and biking to school but also from getting other physical activity in their neighborhood. To address these concerns about children's commutes to school, schools and parents in many US cities have organized a "walking school bus."65 A walking school bus is created when groups of schoolchildren, supervised by volunteer adults, walk together through the neighborhood to "pick up" other children waiting with a parent at designated "bus stops." These programs represent an example of practical solutions to address concerns about environment and safety.
Roads and Traffic
When parents are asked what prevents their children from walking to school, the second most commonly mentioned factor is traffic danger.57,58 In addition, parental concern about traffic is a major barrier to children having opportunities for active free play.66 "Traffic calming" refers to a variety of modifications and engineering techniques that can be applied to roads to slow driver speed. For example, road-design interventions can force cars to slow as they pass through undulations of the road surface.67 A meta-analysis involving studies from multiple countries has shown that traffic calming reduces traffic injuries,68 and research from the United Kingdom has shown that area-wide traffic-calming programs decreased pedestrian injuries in both affluent and poor areas.69 There are traffic-calming programs in cities in 39 states, in cities such as Seattle, Washington, and Austin, Texas.70 Research in Oakland, California, showed that children living near speed humps are less likely to be struck by an automobile in their neighborhood.71 Measures that facilitate pedestrian crossing, such as single-lane roundabouts and islands in roadways, are effective countermeasures against pedestrian injury.72 Taken together, there are many existing tools that address this very important parental concern about traffic danger.
Streetscapes, Esthetics, and Crime
Sidewalks and the perceived attractiveness of a neighborhood have effects on walking behaviors that are independent of socioeconomic status.42 In addition, sidewalk presence seems to be protective for pedestrian safety in urban, residential, and mixed-use settings.72,73 Although many new housing developments are encouraged to install sidewalks, installation is often waived with the substitution of other amenities.62
Safety concerns play an important role in how people respond to the built environment, with perception and fear of crime an important contributor to inactivity. Signs of disorderliness, such as broken windows, cue children to feel unsafe at school.74 Children of parents who report anxiety about neighborhood safety get less physical activity.75–77 A recent study that examined data on crime incidents showed that adolescent girls living near high-crime areas participate in less outdoor physical activity.78 Urban design strategies may be able to foster "eyes on the street" to reduce fears by achieving natural surveillance with storefronts that face the street or transit facilities (such as bus stops) that can be seen by shop owners or residents.79 Living in a neighborhood considered "walkable" by objective methods was associated with more walking to school but only among neighborhoods with higher-level socioeconomic status.80 This disparity may be attributable to the higher levels of concern about child safety found among parents in neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status.
In 1999, California passed Safe Routes to School legislation, which funded improvements such as pedestrian crossings, sidewalks, and bicycle routes. Subsequent data have demonstrated that children walked to school more frequently after the improvements were made.81 Because of the proven success of the California program, legislation established the Federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program in 2005, permitting communities to compete for funds administered by state departments of transportation.82 This program funds a range of different approaches to increasing the number of children who walk to school, ranging from programs such as a walking school bus (groups of children walking to school under the supervision of volunteer adult) to traffic-calming engineering interventions or sidewalk improvements.83
Built Environment and Physical Activity: Translating Opportunity to Action
Research on relationships between the built environment and physical activity is an emerging field. Most studies are limited in that they are cross-sectional or focus only on adults. Nonetheless, the studies suggest that the built environment has a facilitative role in promoting child physical activity.84–86 Furthermore, understanding relationships between the built environment and adult physical activity behaviors is important. Urban patterns that lengthen parents' time spent commuting to work may limit the time they have to engage in physical activity with their children. Factors that affect adult physical activity also affect the degree to which parents can serve as positive role models for their children. Ultimately, an environment in which physical activity is prohibitive will mean that our youth inherit a society in which sedentary behavior is the social norm.
Many communities are working to make their communities more walkable and bikeable and to make these activities more accessible and safe. These efforts provide timely research opportunities to examine the effects of built environment changes on children's physical activity.86 However, the path from inactivity to activity is complex. Research will need to account for attitudes, beliefs, and social factors that influence behavior change, and interventions will require multifaceted approaches to overcome barriers that foster the status quo. Providing opportunities for physical activity through the built environment is only 1 of many important steps toward an active lifestyle.
Ask patients and families about opportunities for recreational and incidental physical activity in nearby parks, playgrounds, or open spaces. Identify barriers that could be preventing children from using community locations and offer suggestions, when possible.
Encourage patients to advocate on behalf of their children and their schools for relevant environmental improvements, such as Safe Routes to School programs or a walking school bus. When present in their communities, encourage families to participate and use these programs. Encourage families who are considering a move of residence to consider the opportunities for physical activity at the new location.
Advocate for environmental improvements that will promote physical activity in children. Become involved in local community planning processes to encourage cities and local governments to prioritize space for parks. Emphasize the need for built structures, such as playgrounds, which will provide more opportunities for physical activity. Advocate for safe routes for incidental activity opportunities, including walking or biking to school.
Pass and promote laws and regulations to create new or expand existing efforts to promote active living. Federal programs can incentivize states to incorporate these principles into planning and zoning standards. State and local governments should examine planning and zoning efforts to ensure that children's ability to walk, play, and get to school safely are a top priority.
Create and maintain playgrounds, parks, and green spaces within communities as well as the means to access them safely. Prioritize resources to low-income neighborhoods to ensure that all children and adolescents have access to safe and desirable opportunities for play and active lifestyles. Funding should also be prioritized to support specific evidence-based goals, such as building sidewalks in new and existing neighborhoods to create safe corridors to schools and neighborhood parks.
Promote legislation and fund programs that allow communities to create programs and environmental improvements to neighborhoods that can support children's active commuting to school. Consider children's ability for active transportation to school in the process of determining the location of a school.
Fund research on the impact of the built environment at neighborhood and community levels on the promotion of overall health and active lifestyles for children and families.
Serve as a model for communities. Whenever possible, new government buildings should be sited within walking distance of public transportation, walking trails, and residential areas to promote active living.
Helen J. Binns, MD, MPH, Chairperson
Joel A. Forman, MD
Catherine J. Karr, MD, PhD
Kevin Osterhoudt, MD, MSCE
Jerome A. Paulson, MD
James R. Roberts, MD, MPH
Megan T. Sandel, MD
James M. Seltzer, MD
Robert O. Wright, MD, MPH
Janice J. Kim, MD, PhD, MPH,
Elizabeth Blackburn, RN
US Environmental Protection Agency
Mark Anderson, MD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Environmental Health
Sharon Savage, MD
National Cancer Institute
Walter J. Rogan, MD
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH
*June M. Tester, MD, MPH
Paul Spire
This document is copyrighted and is property of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its Board of Directors. All authors have filed conflict-of-interest statements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Any conflicts have been resolved through a process approved by the Board of Directors. The American Academy of Pediatrics has neither solicited nor accepted any commercial involvement in the development of the content of this publication.
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Alfriston Clergy House - National Trust
The Clergy House is remarkable as a surviving example of a typical thatched Wealden Hall House dating back to the fourteenth century. It was probably built for a yeoman farmer and later passed into the possession of the church. By the 1890s it was virtually derelict and would have been lost forever but for the efforts of Reverend Beynon, the vicar of Alfriston, who set up an appeal to save this ancient building. In 1896 the newly formed National Trust purchased the building for a token £10. The Clergy House was the first historic building acquired by the National Trust. One of the oak beams in the hall features an oak leaf carving which may have been the inspiration for the National Trust logo. The floor in the hall is made of an unusual mixture of chalk and sour milk. The cottage style garden was laid out by Sir Robert Witt, the tenant in the 1920s, and includes many old scented roses and cottage garden favourites. Features of the garden include a 100 year old Judas tree, clipped box trees, herb garden, orchard and a small kitchen garden with raised beds.
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Okay, so the next generation of media is coming. My concern is that we are going to get some new encryption that we won't have a DVD-John for. Which, if any, do you think will have any or better linux support? I suspect that Sony is going to end up in the dirt picking up some teeth after this tussle; Blu-Ray seems like something the industry will have to exert much more effort to integrate, unlike HD-DVD which is cheaper and easier to incorporate. But aside from which one will or won't work; which one does the linux community want to win?
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I wouldn't even think about getting either until the format is well established (not to mention the price drop below $200). My personal preference right now is HD-DVD, just because the price should be lower AFAIK.
Frankly though, DVD is high enough quality for me, and I don't see myself doing backups on any sort of optical discs anytime soon.
My guess is Blu-Ray will more likely become the standard. It seems to have a lot more industry support.
Anyway, there's a fairly interesting comparison of the two formats here.
I'm not afraid of the technical side of things, since every DRM-scheme will be cracked when its time comes (and if it takes quantum computing to factor primes at linear speed, there WILL be a point of time in history when everything we consider "secure" these days is obsolete) - but I'm _very_ afraid of the legal situation we're about to slide in ever deeper.
It's already PITA to be able to consume content protected by the (almost trivial) CS-System (most commercial DVD's protection scheme) because of DMCA and equivalent pro-megacorp-laws in Europe, and will prove more and more difficult in the future, since "Intellectual Property" upholders are on a jurisidictional frenzy to implement even sicker penalties on actions originally guaranteed by Fair Use.
I use DVD for backup purposes only, and so I'll sit back, wait and let the dust settle before I actually buy a drive capable of writing HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, or possibly both of them. Which one wins the format wars to come, I don't really care that much about.
One of the items to keep in mind about Blu-Ray DVD support under Linux is that the Sony PlayStation 3 will pre-install Linux on the hard-drive. Though, to what extent the Blu-Ray drive will be supported under Linux is not known at this time.Michael Larabel
Well, Plextor just announced a blue-ray drive, and I don't see them siding with a loser
Honestly though, I still don't have a DVD burner at home. I'm about to pick up a PX-760A as the last generation DVD burner to care about, and just wait a couple years for the next gen to mature.
Maybe I'll pickup a blue-ray for work to do a quarterly backup, otherwise I only have enough space to save about 2 months of backups.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The last non-league game of the 2010 Yale football season – and the first of three straight Yale on YES games - is Saturday at noon when Fordham comes to Yale Bowl and the Class of 1954 Field. The contest can be seen on the YES Network, while audio is available on WELI Radio (AM-960), weli.com and wybc.com.
Yale has won four of the five games with Fordham. The Elis won the inaugural contest 21-14 in 1950 at the Bowl. Forty-two years later, the Bulldogs took a 31-12 decision at home. The last meetings were in 2000 (24-17) at Coffey Field, 2001 (36-27) at the Bowl and then 2008 (12-10 Rams) back in the Bronx.
Philippe Panico (Boston, Mass.) booted a 19-yard FG as time expired in Yale's 23-20 Ivy win over Dartmouth at Memorial Field last week. The Elis, who have won eight straight against the Big Green (2-2, 0-2 Ivy), were in position to take the road win after senior CB Chris Stanley (Los Angeles, Calif.) pulled the ball out of the hands of a Dartmouth runner at midfield. Stanley also registered his first career interception to go along with three tackles. Senior QB Patrick Witt (Wylie, Texas), who completed 28 of 37 passes for 238 yards, and sophomore RB Mordecai Cargill (Cleveland, Ohio), who had a career-high 18-126, took over from there to set up the winning kick. Cargill ran for 12 yards on a pair of carries while Witt, who took a big hit and never saw the play, connected with Jordan Forney (Bloomington, Ind.) for a 28-yard gain. The visitors called timeout with four seconds left following Cargill's final run. The Bulldogs, who doubled up Dartmouth with 24 first downs and had 464 yards, took the opening kick and went 70 yards, the last 13 on an Alex Thomas (Ansonia, Conn.) run along the right sideline. Dartmouth answered with a 37-yard field goal and a six-yard scamper by Nick Schwieger (26-128) to take a three-point lead early in the second. The Blue was two-for-three on fourth-down conversions in the first 30 minutes. One miss gave the Green the ball at midfield and resulted in a score, while one make came late in the half – a pass to Chris Blohm (San Francisco, Calif.) over the middle – and led to Yale taking a 13-10 lead at intermission on Witt's play-action pass to Shane Bannon (Southbury, Conn.) from three yards out. Panico's PAT, which could have been the difference in the game, was blocked. Foley Schmidt's second field goal of the day, a career-long, 45-yarder, evened the score for Dartmouth with 3:33 left in the third. Sophomore RB Javi Sosa (Miami, Fla.), who came in when both Thomas and Cargill went down with injuries, sliced through the line from seven yards out on his first collegiate TD run on the last play of the third quarter to put Yale up 20-13. Big Green QB Connor Kempe (11-23, 181) had WR Michael Reilly (124 yards) open in the end zone for a moment but Stanley jumped with the big receiver and came down with his first career interception at 9:26 of the fourth quarter. Yale, trying to run out the clock and get out of trouble in its own end, suffered three holding penalties and was forced to punt out of its own end zone. Dartmouth DB Shawn Abuhhoff jumped all over the chance to even the game again with a 41-yard TD return at 6:19. Panico, one of three on field goal chances in the game, was short on a 43-yard attempt that could have given the Elis the lead, but instead gave the home team another shot. But with the clock running down and Dartmouth driving, Stanley stripped the ball from Schwieger at midfield with 1:06 left.
Here are some interesting numbers from last Saturday: The Bulldogs converted four of 13 third downs but were two of three on fourth downs… Yale, which has converted 75 percent of its red-zone chances this year, was perfect on four opportunities at Hanover… There were no sacks… There were a combined 12 penalties for 159 yards.
CB Chris Stanley, who became a starter this fall, enjoyed his finest day for Yale last week. He forced and recovered a fumble (Dartmouth's first of 2010) that led to the game-winning kick, picked off a pass in the end zone and notched three tackles. Collegefootballperformance.com listed him on its honor roll for defensive players of the week. He is also a member of the Yale track & field team and has competed in numerous events with a rare combination of sprints (10.86 100m), long jump and pole vault.
His first carry went for negative yardage, and he was helped off the field two or three times last Saturday, but sophomore RB Mordecai Cargill kept bouncing back before finishing with a career-best and Yale season-high 126 yards on 18 carries. It was his first 100-yard collegiate game. "I did not want to be the reason we lost," he said in the post-game press conference. "If I could walk, I was going to be on the field."
Philippe Panico will remember his first collegiate field goal forever, his teammates might too. The sophomore kicker's boot as time expired bounced off the right upright and went through from 19 yards away in Yale's 23-20 Ivy win at Memorial Field last week. "It was a great snap and a great hold and it kissed the upright," said Panico, who was clearly drained from the emotional ending. Yale's first (now 1-for-7) field goal of the year could not have come at a bigger time. It was Yale's first game-winning FG with under a minute left since 2004.
Philippe Panico's first varsity field goal and extra point headed the list of collegiate firsts for the Bulldogs at Dartmouth. Here are the others: Javi Sosa's TD run; freshman TE Keith Coty's (La Mirada, Calif.) reception; Elijah Thomas's (Rochester, N.Y.) first carry; and Chris Stanley's first interception, forced fumble and fumble recovery.
Blake Wayne completed 24 of 41 passes for 343 yards but his Fordham team fell at Lehigh 21-17 last week. Wayne connected with Stephen Skelton (7-89) and Jason Caldwell (6-77) often while leading the offense to 415 total yards and 21 first downs. Xavier Martin (14-34) was the team's top ground gainer against the Mountain Hawks. Brendan Menlaophy (Danbury, Conn.) led the Rams with 10 tackles. Fordham has lost three straight close games after winning two in a row.
Yale won its first two Ivy games for the fourth time in six years but the first since 2007. One (2006) of those four resulted in a league title.
Yale's rushing defense ranks ninth among FCS teams with a 94-yard average, while the Elis are 27th in scoring defense (21.25) per game. The Blue is third and fourth respectively in those categories among Ivy schools. Sophomore LB Will McHale (Old Greenwich, Conn.) led the Bulldogs with 10 total tackles at Dartmouth, while senior DT Joe Young (Shrewsbury, Mass.) had a team-best four solos.
Senior Shane Bannon is Yale's h-back, the guy who can block, catch passes and run with the ball. He had a career-high six catches last week at Hanover and now has eight catches for 55 yards this fall. His first career carry resulted in a TD at Princeton in 2009, his first catch went for a score against Georgetown in 2008.
Senior SS Adam Money (Whiteland, Ind.) is the active career interception leader for Yale with six, including two (77 vs. Brown '09, 60 vs. Georgetown '08) taken back for scores. A 2009 first-team All-Ivy pick, Money, who needs three more to crack the school's top 10 career list, has a 3.46 GPA (biology major) and has been interviewing at medical schools this fall.
A pair of fleet-footed offensive players from Belen Jesuit Prep in Miami, Fla., helped the Bulldogs win at Hanover last week. Senior WR Gio Christodoulou had five catches for 69 yards and leads the 2010 team with 19 grabs for 342 yards. Sophomore RB Javi Sosa was called on when Yale's top two backs left the field with injuries in the second half. His first carry of the game (second of the season) resulted in his first career TD on a seven-yard run late in the third. Sosa finished with eight carries for an important 50 yards.
Gio Christodoulou, who had a career-best nine catches for 124 yards against Georgetown on opening day, has two career punt returns for TDs and ranks among the top 10 at Yale in career punt (434, 4th) and kickoff (553, 10th) return yardage.
Junior LB Jordan Haynes (25-15-40) has led the Bulldogs in total tackles in three of four games this fall. He had 2-6-8 at Dartmouth. The National Football Foundation High School Scholar-Athlete from Folsom, Calif., leads Yale in tackles and recovered fumbles (2) in his first year as a starter. Haynes also scored Yale's first TD of the year on a four-yard fumble return late in the first quarter on Sept. 18.
Adam Danko's 20-yard field goal with 14 seconds left gave Fordham a 12-10 victory over Yale at Jack Coffey Field in 2008. The kick spoiled a four-turnover performance from the Yale defense that included an 86-yard fumble return for a touchdown by LB Bobby Abare '09. Fordham limited Yale to 53 yards rushing on 27 attempts, and the Rams enjoyed a nearly 17-minute edge in time of possession.
Yale has scored game-winning TDs as time expired in the fourth quarter twice this season. Patrick Witt dove into the end zone from a yard out to erase a deficit against Georgetown on the game's last play. Philippe Panico split the uprights at Dartmouth with no time left. The Elis have not won a pair of games in a season on the last play since 1937.
Junior QB Patrick Witt (Wylie, Texas) proved how resilient he is with a big day at Hanover. Recovering from an Oct. 2 injury that limited him in practice, he shook off a number of big hits to complete 28 passes for 238 yards while scrambling to avoid being sacked. Witt, whose parents are both commercial pilots, leads an air attack which rates 11th in the FCS with 277 yards per game, while he is 14th in FCS total offense (280). Witt now has 14 career TD passes to go along with a pair of rushing TDs this season. Witt was named Ivy League co-Player of the Week (35-55, 407) on Sept. 20 after he threw for 400 yards (6th time it has happened at Yale) and scored the winner against the Hoyas. A backup at Nebraska in 2008, Witt started six Yale games in 2009 and led the team with 1,449 yards and eight TDs.
Witt in 2010
Game Com-Att, Yds TD Int
Georgetown 35-55, 407 2 1
Cornell 18-32, 232 1 2
Albany 21-46, 231 2 1
Dartmouth 28-37, 238 1 1
Totals 102-170, 1108 6 5
Yale's QB connected with eight different receivers two weeks, while nine caught passes at Dartmouth. Ten Bulldogs have caught passes this fall while six different Elis have one TD catch. Gio Christodoulou leads the team with 19 grabs. Sophomore WR Chris Smith (Midlothian, Va.) has 18 for 158 yards. Senior WR Jordan Forney (Bloomington, Ind.) is third with 16 while senior TE Chris Blohm (San Francisco, Calif.) has 14 after not making a catch in any of the 10 games he played in 2009.
Patrick Witt has been sacked twice in four games, a far cry from the 32 sacks given up in 10 games by Yale last fall. It's clear the offensive line has improved in 2010. Freshman Wes Gavin (San Diego, Calif., 6-5, 275) and sophomore Roy Collins (6-4, 230, Carbondale, Ill.) got the starts at tackle in game four. Collins, a TE last year, replaced Alex Golubiewski (Green Bay, Wis., 6-6, 280), who was taking the LSAT exam. Junior Colin Kruger (Sarasota, Fla., 6-3, 300) and Gabe Fernandez (Honolulu, HI, 6-0, 273) got the nods at guard. Junior Jeff Fell (6-5, 286, Garden City, N.Y.) was the starting center, filling in for an injured Jake Koury (Dublin, Ohio, 6-2, 270), while senior John Pedersen (Great Falls, Va., 6-7, 303) also saw significant time at tackle.
Senior DE Tom McCarthy (Chester, N.J.), the Yale captain, was back in the lineup after missing two games with an injury. He registered three solos and nine overall stops. He has been one of the leaders on the defensive line the last two years. The second-team All-Ivy pick last fall (4 sacks, 8 TFL) was Yale's MVP of the defensive line. He earned a medical hardship from his freshman year and is now the fifth Yale captain since 2001 who has taken a fifth year of eligibility.
Alex Thomas has shown why he is the most prolific (8,279 yards, 114 TDs) runner in Connecticut High School history. The junior RB from Ansonia, who scored three times in an opening day win, leads the team with 284 yards and four TDs. His 124 yards (matched career-high vs. Harvard '09) and 6.9 average were game-highs at Cornell. His 47-yard run at Cornell is the longest run by a Bulldogs this fall. Thomas, who added 15 pounds of muscle over the summer, is fifth on the team with 13 catches.
Senior P/PK Alex Barnes (Chesterfield, Mo.) has handled all the punting (35.6) duties and most of the placekicking (9-11 PAT, 0-4 FGs) opportunities this season. Philippe Panico, a second-year PK, got his first start at Dartmouth and was 2-3 on PAT and 1-3 on FGs.
San Diego natives OT Wes Gavin and RB Deon Randall, WR Cameron Sandquist (Redmond, Wash.), DT John Oppenheimer (Menlo Park, Calif.), TE Keith Coty, snapper Kyle Wittenauer (Richmond, Va.) and DB Nick Okano (Los Angeles, Calif.) are the class of 2014 Elis who have seen varsity action this fall. Gavin is the only starter among the newcomers but Randall has seen regular action.
The Blue has scored on the opening drive in two of the four games and is averaging 62 yards per scoring drive... Yale's last three games have taken less than three hours to play. The longest (3:06) was game one vs. Georgetown, the shortest (2:39) was at Cornell... Two of Yale's 2010 non-league opponents offer football scholarships, Albany and Fordham… Gio Christodoulou needs 10 punt return yards to pass Gary Fencik '76 (443) for the No. 3 spot on the Yale career chart. Todd Tomich '01 tops the list at 788 yards… With 102 completions and 1,108 passing yards in four games, Patrick Witt could challenge the school single-season marks held by Alvin Cowan (227-2994, 2003)… The largest crowd to see a Yale game this fall was 16,026 at Cornell… The Bulldogs have played 23-20 games the last two weeks… Yale has outscored opponents in every quarter.
Smith is the most common surname in America, so it's no surprise that Yale has three (Caleb, Chris, McConnell) from different classes on its roster. All three are on offense, two are WRs (Chris, McConnell) and Caleb is an end. Chris and Caleb (West Orange, N.J.) played in both games this fall, McConnell (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) is looking for his first varsity action.
Dick Jauron '73, who has spent 32 years in the NFL playing and coaching, is the secondary coach for the Philadelphia Eagles… TE Nate Lawrie '04, who played with UFL Sacramento last year, signed with the Eagles on Aug. 9 but was released on Sept. 3... Jeff Mroz '05 played QB in one 2010 game for the AFL Alabama Vipers… Pat Graham '01 is an assistant coach for the New England Patriots… Michael McDaniel '06 is an assistant in the UFL for San Francisco.
For the 13th consecutive season, all 10 Yale Football games can be heard live on New Haven's News/Talk 960 WELI-AM and free online at 960WELI.com. Ron Vaccaro '04 (play-by-play) and Carm Cozza (color) have the call, which can be heard on AM radio throughout Connecticut and across Long Island Sound, for their sixth season together.
Every third quarter this season, a different former Yale player will join the WELI Radio broadcast. P.J. Collins '04 (Georgetown), Rick Fehling '74 (Cornell), Jay Pilkerton '09 (Albany), Kevin Kelly '78 (Dartmouth), Joe Walland '00 (Fordham), Bobby Fernandez '75 (Columbia), Matt Polhemus '08 (Penn), Chuck Mercein '65 and Scott Rooth '77 (Princeton) and Bill Primps '71 (Harvard) are the 2010 lineup.
Tom Williams, the Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football at Yale, is in his second season at Yale and his second as a head coach overall. Williams is 7-7 overall with the Bulldogs and is Fordham for the first time. He came to New Haven after two seasons as an assistant with the Jacksonville Jaguars and is in his 13th season of college coaching. Williams has worked at his alma mater, Stanford, Hawaii, Washington and San Jose State. He has been part of four Bowl Game appearances and two Bowl victories.
All six home games this season will be video streamed live (pay per view) on yalebulldogs.com through Yale's All Access with Ron Vaccaro and Carm Cozza providing the call.
The Bulldogs, off on Mondays, are on the field at 7:30 a.m. (until approx. 9:30) Tuesday and Thursdays, and 7:00 on Wednesdays behind the baseball stadium. Fridays are walk-through days either at Yale Bowl or on the road and times vary. Players and coaches are available for interviews with working media following the practice if there are no class conflicts. All schedules are subject to change.
Broadcasts of Yale football, along with several other sports during the year, are available on the Yale student station, WYBC, and can be heard free on-line at wybc.com. Sports director LeRoy Cole '12 heads each broadcast.
Tom Williams, the Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Yale Football, and some of his players are at the world famous Mory's (306 York Street) every Tuesday (Sept. 14 through Nov. 16) at 2 p.m. for the Dick Galiette Yale Football Press Conference. This event is limited to media only. Please contact Yale Sports Publicity Director Steve Conn (firstname.lastname@example.com) if you would like to attend.
Yale on YES is back for 2010 with three (Fordham, Penn, Columbia) straight home games that can be seen live on many cable systems as well as DirecTV, AT&T U-verse and Verizon FiOS. Chris Shearn handles the play-by-play while former Yale defensive player Jack Ford '72 and Ross Tucker, a former Princeton and NFL offensive lineman, provide the color.
The Yale-Harvard game on Nov. 20 at Boston is the Ivy League Game of the Week on Versus, the national sports cable TV company.
A former Yale kicker (Brian Clarke '74) became a famous (General Hospital, Eight is Enough) TV actor, and more recently ex-Eli receiver (Kip Pardue '98) had a starring role as a QB in the hit movie Remember the Titans. Sophomore QB Dez Duron (Shreveport, La.) has been singing since he was two and might follow in that mode. He and his siblings sang for preaching tapes mailed by their father. Their mom wrote Christian songs with videos and tapes for kids called "Best Buddies." Duron, at 11, and his siblings were signed to a Christian recording label. They toured and made a CD. Duron got more involved in sports and stopped singing with his family. He recently began making his own music, including the recording of two songs that can be heard on Myspace. There are also two youtube videos.
Five Bulldogs recently visited the Boys and Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley's Joel E. Smilow Clubhouse in Ansonia to help kids learn the importance of eating healthy and staying fit… Junior RB Alex Thomas (Ansonia, Conn.) and Ansonia native John Coughlin (Yale Football Office) spoke to 125 fourth graders this fall at John G Prendergast Elementary School in Ansonia... Junior CB Drew Baldwin (Alexandria, Va.), co-chair of the Yale Black Men's Union Community Outreach Committee, is in his third year of outreach work. Baldwin is responsible for creating the lesson plans and the calendar of events, working to promote personal growth and development through educational activities. "We try to do this through exposing the mentees to new ideas and experiences and, most importantly, through building lasting relationships between mentor and mentee. We work toward trying to help these high school kids become young men. In the Black Men's Union we measure success by how many lives we impact. Because our mentoring program puts us in a position to impact lives to a great extent, we take that responsibility very seriously," said Baldwin (31-8-39 last year with two interceptions), who has mentored over 30 kids. Classmate Jordan Haynes works closely with Baldwin on the project.
The Yale JV team returns to action again on Oct. 31 against Bridgton Academy. Here are the three remaining games.
Date Opponent Time
Oct. 31 Bridgton Academy Noon
Nov. 7 Army Noon
Nov. 19 at Harvard 1:00
Jesse Reising (Decatur, Ill.), a senior LB, has been named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, a scholar-athlete award handed out December 7 at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan by the National Football Foundation. Reising, second on the team with 18 tackles after three starts, owns a 3.75 GPA with a focus on economics and political science. He may be locked in on his majors and football right now, but this Eli has his sights set on his country. The Bulldog defensive standout was home last summer taking classes to get his flight license before he completes Marine Corps Officer Candidate School next year. Reising recently spent time in Washington, DC, working closely with veterans' service organizations such as the Wounded Warrior Project, American Legion and Disabled American Veterans. Reising, the class valedictorian at Eisenhower High School, also participated in various community outreach activities through his Yale fraternity, including events to raise money to fight prostate cancer, Relay for Life, and making care packages for Navy SEALs in Afghanistan. Yale players are often selected as semifinalists for the Campbell Trophy, but only 10 have made the final squad picked as NFF Scholar-Athletes since Rick McCarthy became the first in 1967. Casey Gerald, who spoke at the national event representing all the scholar-athletes in 2008, was Yale's last selection.
This season marks the 50th anniversary of Yale's last perfect football squad. The 1960 Elis, who shared the Lambert Trophy with Navy, were Ivy champions and ranked 14th in the final Associated Press poll, went 9-0. They will be honored during the weekend of the Princeton game at the Bowl.
Here are the weekly league or conference awards garnered by Bulldogs:
Ivy League Offensive Player of Week: QB Patrick Witt (9/20)
Ivy League Honor Roll: LB Jordan Haynes & WR Chris Smith (9/20); RB Alex Thomas (9/27); WR Jordan Forney (10/3); QB Patrick Witt & DB Chris Stanley (10/11)
ECAC Offensive Player of Week: QB Patrick Witt (9/20)
Here's who the Yale coaches honored after Saturday's game: Offense (Patrick Witt, Shane Bannon, Mordecai Cargill, John Pedersen); Defense (Joe Young, Jesse Reising, Chris Stanley); Special Teams (Phillipe Panico, John Powers).
High on the facility wish list of Tom Williams was moving his team from multiple rooms at the Smilow Field Center to one large locker area. That wish came to fruition in the form of the Carm Cozza Complex. A dressing area designed by ProZone Lockers and meeting rooms for coaches and players highlight the complex that will also include a shrine to the hall of fame former Yale head coach.
The annual survey of Bulldogs produced the anticipated results; Yale is a team full of leaders who produced as much off the field as they did on it. Here is the 201 breakdown.
81 players were captains of their high school football team
55 players were captains of another sport in high school
57 players were a national honors society member
8 players were class president at their high school
8 players were student body president at their high school
11 players were class valedictorian at their high school
2 players were class salutatorian at their high school
The following Yalies have distinguished themselves according to a vote by their teammates.
DB Josh Grizzard (Jr, Zebulon, N.C.): most humorous
DB Geoff Dunham (Jr, Dallas, Texas): most intelligent
DB Adam Money (Sr, Whiteland, Ind.): most vocal leader (not captain)
LB Jesse Reising (Sr, Decatur, Ill.): most likely to be U.S. President
QB Dez Duron (So, Shreveport, La.): most interesting activity (musician)
best singer
RB Alex Thomas (Jr, Ansonia, Conn.): strongest player (pound-for-pound)
WR Jordan Forney (Sr, Bloomington, Ind.): most involved in community outreach
"Hawaiian Fridays" are the rule in the Yale Football Office. Show up without a Hawaiian shirt and you risk a fine. Three coaches (Tom Williams, Ikaika Malloe, Doug Semones) have worked in high school, college or pro football on the island while three players, Gabe Fernandez (Honolulu), Kolu Buck (Kaneole) and Jake Semones (Haleiwa), grew up there.
The Yale Bowl may be in West Haven, but the press box has a taste of New Haven with Yorkside Pizza & Restaurant serving slices and salad on home Saturdays. Rather than interrupting your work with a lunch at halftime, the food is now served on its arrival before kickoff.
filed by Steve Conn, Yale Sports Publicity Director


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From a business executive who grew up in poverty to a longtime legislator who defends public assistance programs, the candidates for governor have widely differing perspectives on welfare in Maine.
Whoever wins Nov. 2 is sure to oversee changes in Maine's welfare system.
For one thing, voters appear to be demanding it. In a poll conducted last week for MaineToday Media, more than 60 percent of respondents said the state doesn't do enough to encourage welfare recipients to work.
Even if angry voters don't drive reforms, a looming budget shortfall will, said L. Sandy Maisel, a professor of government at Colby College in Waterville.
"The budget requires it. It's going to require cutting in a lot of places or raising revenue, and nobody wants to do that," he said.
Although their plans for welfare vary, all five candidates on the ballot say they want to do more to encourage work and create more economic opportunity. But specific welfare reforms are sometimes more easily promised than achieved, say state officials, political experts and people who work with the poor.
Some programs are shaped by federal rules, so they will be beyond the control of Maine's next governor. In other cases, state officials say, candidates' proposals are already in place. And officials at the local level fear that cutting benefits at the state level could shift demand to city and town budgets.
Any significant reform or cuts will face a political fight, Maisel said.
Outgoing Gov. John Baldacci was reminded of that in 2004, when more than 1,000 people, many disabled or ill, crammed into the Augusta Civic Center to denounce his proposal to eliminate Medicaid funding for 15 services for adults.
"It's easy to talk about this stuff on one level and to talk about the need for welfare reform, but when you start digging into it, you realize it isn't that easy," Baldacci said.
Here is a look at what the candidates are saying:
LePage, the Waterville mayor and Republican nominee, has made welfare reform a central theme of his campaign.
LePage has talked often about growing up in a large family in Lewiston that relied on state aid. He left home when he was 11.
"Maine's welfare system fails both the recipient and the taxpayer when we fail to help people move from a life of dependency," LePage said in an e-mailed statement last week. He declined to be interviewed for this story.
According to his speeches and website, LePage would increase employment assistance and toughen sanctions for recipients who don't satisfy work requirements.
LePage also wants to create tiers of benefits so cash assistance is phased out more slowly when people are working. He has spoken about a Marden's employee – his "poster child of welfare" – who turned down a raise so she wouldn't lose benefits. Under his tier system, a parent would not lose more than 20 cents in benefits for each $1 earned at work.
"If a step toward independence comes with too large a cost, we create disincentives to work," LePage wrote in the e-mail.
According to state officials, benefits already are reduced gradually and the state provides transitional benefits so that people aren't penalized for leaving the system. "But at some point, people have to be on their own," said Barbara Van Burgel, director of the office that oversees state public assistance programs.
LePage wants to eliminate food stamps and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits for certain groups, including immigrants who are legal residents but not yet citizens.
And he wants to impose a five-year limit for other families receiving TANF, even saying he would buy a bus ticket to Massachusetts for anyone who needs welfare after that. The state cannot impose a time limit on food stamps.
Such changes would reduce caseloads, although not dramatically.
About 2 percent of the people who now receive food supplements or TANF assistance – 5,800 people – are legal noncitizens, according to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
And 4 percent of the current TANF cases – about 600 families – have exceeded five years, according to the state.
Local officials fear that families who are cut off by the state would come to them for General Assistance, which communities are required to provide.
Mitchell, the Democratic nominee, was speaker of the Maine House in the late 1990s, when lawmakers from both parties created the framework for Maine's modern welfare system.
She said she understands the system enough to know there are no easy answers. "Anybody who has taken a close look at it realizes how complex it is," she said.
At the same time, Mitchell said, "People are feeling very insecure. They want to make sure there's no money being spent on anything that's not necessary. "
Mitchell is critical of some of the solutions proposed by LePage and others.
Most of the people who receive cash benefits for more than five years are disabled, she said. And the state's system already requires parents to work or look for work.
Mitchell has not offered specific reform plans, and says she wants to make sure the system is efficient and encourages work. "I want to make sure we make thoughtful decisions," she said.
Cutler, an attorney from Cape Elizabeth and an independent candidate, said the economy is clearly the biggest challenge in reducing welfare costs.
"We're the oldest state. We have a lot of people who are elderly, disabled," he said. "One huge problem we have is that our economy is dead in the water and we need a jump start."
But Cutler has been critical of Maine's welfare system. He favors a five-year limit for able-bodied welfare recipients, conceding that it is a small portion of the families getting aid. He also wants to create tiers of benefits because he says the current system discourages work in some cases.
Cutler also said he wants to simplify the system and increase accountability.
"It's a system that has grown dramatically and is not being administered very well," he said. "DHHS doesn't focus on outcomes. They are focusing on expanding their services."
Independent Moody, a businessman from Gorham, said welfare has to be more focused on "bare essentials."
"When someone comes to you for assistance, you counsel them and find out exactly what their needs are and you meet those specific needs with the purpose of providing them a lifeline and not a lifestyle," he said.
Moody has criticized the state for its one-stop-shopping approach, in which a caseworker screens an applicant for more than 20 programs to see what he or she qualifies to receive. The state should offer only the minimal help needed, he said, not everything it can provide.
Moody said he would like to tighten up on abuse and restrict what recipients can buy with their TANF cash benefits.
The benefits are now issued on debit cards. Unlike food supplements, cash benefits can be used for any expense, including cigarettes or alcohol.
"It's the taxpayers' dollars that we're talking about," Moody said. "People will only take advantage if you let them, and right now we're allowing a lot of people to take advantage."
But states have limited control.
Maine can restrict where the debit cards are used – they cannot be used at Hollywood Slots, for example. But there is no way to prevent a recipient from using a card to get cash, then spending it any way they want.
Scott, an independent candidate and a businessman from Andover, said some of the simple solutions proposed on the campaign trail won't work, in part because of federal requirements.
Scott, who met with state officials this summer, said many welfare recipients are already working and "it's a myth that we're extending everybody beyond five years."
He said he supports the idea of restricting what recipients can buy with their aid, to the extent that Maine can control it.
Scott said he would start with a complete analysis of Maine's system. "We need a visual map of where our welfare dollars are going in Maine," he said.
Scott would zero in on working-age adults who aren't disabled. "Then I want to know why you are working or not working," he said. "That's the first step toward improving the problem."
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For the past few days, ever since daylight savings, I've been thinking about winters back in Massachusetts. When I was younger, around this time of year, the old Jordan Marsh department store in Boston (now a Macy's) would set up the "Enchanted Village", an almost-over-the-top holiday wonderland that took up a whole floor of the building and drew in hoards of visitors with its lavish window displays. There were mechanical teddy bears in Santa hats waving at you. Toy trains chugging over and under snow-capped plastic mountains in dizzying figure eights. Endless repetition of Jingle Bell Rock and other holiday standards. Parents and kids and babies in strollers coming from all directions. And I went back year after year, loving every single minute.
(To this day, I'm a huge sucker for Christmas displays, even though my Sunday school education and church-going ended somewhere around third grade.)
And en route from Jordan Marsh, next to the Salvation Army bell ringers, there would inevitably be a guy selling fresh roasted chestnuts. I'd share a bag with whoever I was with, either my mom or aunt or a friend. Munching on the chestnuts, I'd also start humming the opening lines of The Christmas Song to myself, even the nuts weren't actually roasted, as the song goes, over an open fire.
It wasn't until I moved away from Boston that I realized buying a brown bag of roasted chestnuts off the side of the street was actually a rare thing. It's pretty hard to find in New York, outside of Chinatown in Manhattan and Flushing. And I haven't seen it in any other city in the US. (If you have, let me know where! And do they even sell roasted chestnuts in Boston anymore?)
Roasting chestnuts is, however, more a bit common in China. In Beijing's hutongs, you can smell the roasting an alley away, and it's much more pleasant than the stinky tofu they also sell in the hutongs. In Macau, I came across a vendor that sold it from his cart, roasting them in big cast iron drum with charcoal-fueled fire underneath, and no encasement whatsoever. And wow, were those popping sounds and sparks intense.
This is all to say that I love chestnuts this time of year, and wanted to make this Sichuan braised chicken with chestnut dish once again. It's adapted from Fuchsia Dunlop's recipe in Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking. Instead of cutting up a whole chicken, I simplified it by using bone-in chicken thighs, then adjusted the ingredient amounts accordingly. And instead of raw chestnuts in their shell, I used the easier-to-find pre-packaged roasted chestnuts. (I bought mine at Tokyo Mart in Chinatown, but you can also find them online here, here, and here.)
I love how this dish has so few flavoring ingredients, yet tastes rich and robust from the long braising time. The chicken is fork-tender, and the chestnuts are soft without being mushy. The thickened sauce is amazingly savory when you consider that only 1 tablespoon of soy sauce used in the entire dish. I devoured 2 large pieces of chicken for a really late lunch, and another for dinner 3 hours later.
So if you also have a hankering for chestnuts once the Christmas standards start playing in every department store, try this dish out. Or if you're in New York, hop over to Chinatown or Flushing and get a bag of them freshly roasted. The vendor might even give you the musical accompaniment.
Braised Chicken with Chestnuts
Serves 4
- 2-inch piece fresh ginger
- 2 scallions
- 2 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
- 6 to 8 ounces whole roasted chestnuts
- 2 1/2 pounds chicken thighs, preferably bone-in and with skin
- 1/4 cup Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Peel the ginger and cut into thick slices. Cut the whole scallions into 2-inch lengths.
- Heat a wok or heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat until a bead of water evaporates on contact. Swirl in 1 tablespoon of the oil. Add the chestnuts and stir-fry for about 1 minute, until golden. Transfer the chestnuts to a plate lined with paper towels to drain, and set aside.
- In the same wok or pot, swirl in the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil and carefully add the chicken. Allow the chicken to sear untouched on one side until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Flip the chicken over and sear on the other side for another 3 minutes. Add the ginger and scallions and sear for about 30 seconds. Splash in the Chinese rice wine and stir well.
- Slowly add the chicken stock and bring the liquid to a boil. Stir in the sugar and soy sauce. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the chestnuts and mix well. Simmer for another 15 to 20 minutes until they're softened. The liquid should also have thickened to a sauce consistency by now. Adjust the seasoning with salt if desired, then transfer to a deep serving dish.