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Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street NE, Room 1A
Washington, DC 20426
Dear Ms. Bose,
The comments submitted below are pursuant to the scoping process for the proposed ET Rover Pipeline (Docket #PF14-14-000). These comments are submitted on behalf of the Sierra Club Michigan Chapter, 109 E Grand River Avenue, Lansing, MI 48906.
Nancy Shiffler
Chair, Michigan Beyond Natural Gas and Oil Committee
December 16, 2014
There is little in this proposal that reflects a "balancing of public benefits with residual impacts." This pipeline is part of an attempt by the natural gas industry to find a market for its over production in the Marcellus play in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, in particular to expand exports. There is no demonstrated need for additional natural gas capacity in Michigan or in the region in general, while the impact on the safety, economic value, and environmental health of local property owners and communities would be considerable.
Public Convenience and Necessity
• In determining the proper scope of an EIS under NEPA, an agency must consider cumulative and similar actions (40 C.F.R. 1508.25).
- "Cumulative actions" are defined as actions which, when viewed with other proposed actions, have cumulatively significant impacts and therefore must be discussed in the same EIS (40 C.F.R. 1508.25(a)(2)). There are at least eight existing pipelines crossing between Canada and the Eastern US and six new pipelines and pipeline expansions planned, and a total of 57 new pipelines and expansions approved or pending flowing in all directions. FERC should consider the cumulative impact of all of these proposed pipelines, including both environmental impacts and the rate of depletion of the resources themselves.
- "Similar actions" are actions which, when viewed with other reasonably foreseeable or proposed actions, have similarities that provide a basis for evaluating their environmental consequences together (40 C.F.R. 1508.25(a)(3)). There are a number of proposed and existing pipeline projects that would fit this definition, including the proposed Spectra Energy Nexus pipeline, which runs parallel to the proposed Rover pipeline through Ohio and Michigan, with similar starting points and the same endpoint, and the TransCanada ANR East project which makes use of similar terminals. The relative impacts of all of these projects should be considered together.
- Also relevant to this issue is the June, 2014, decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, et. Al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, which noted FERC's responsibility to consider cumulative impacts. FERC should consider the cumulative impacts of the entire length of the Rover pipeline and the activities that produce the gas to be transported through the pipeline.
• Michigan does not need this line. It already has considerable existing inflow capacity and outflow capacity from existing pipelines (EIA State to State Capacity, 2013 -- www.eia.gov/naturalgas/data.cfm#pipelines).
• Michigan has more than sufficient underground natural gas storage capacity to lessen any additional need to meet seasonal demands (www.eia.gov/state/print.cfm?sid=mi).
• In 2013 Energy Transfer and FERC agreed that no additional pipeline capacity was needed in the Midwest, when ET proposed abandoning their Trunkline natural gas pipeline (FERC Order to Approve Abandonment, CP12-491-000, 2013). In that order FERC agreed that the company had provided sufficient evidence that current needs could be met with existing infrastructure without the continuation of the Trunkline capacity. FERC further ruled that comments projecting future increased needs if coal plants were converted to natural gas plants were merely speculative. We concur with that conclusion, in that future energy needs could also be met with continued growth of energy efficiency and renewables (www.michigan.gov/documents/energy/ee_report_441094_7.pdf and www.michigan.gov/documents/energy/renewable_final_438952_7.pdf). Any analysis of future natural gas needs in Michigan should also consider the impact of renewables and energy efficiency on those needs.
• Jobs projections are always speculative, and projections for one project can also be met or exceeded by other projects. The ET Rover's projection of 3,000 temporary Michigan jobs for pipeline construction can be met or exceeded by the 100,000 jobs projected from increasing energy efficiency and renewable standards (www.micef.org/index.php/documents), or the jobs created by repairing or replacing our existing aging pipeline infrastructure.
• Given ET's current debt status and current market conditions, FERC should consider whether ET has the capacity to actually complete this project. (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/20140923-at-energy-transfer-shale- boom-brings-big-growth-and-big-debt.ece)
Adverse Environmental Impacts
• Because the final proposed route is still being determined as the deadline for scoping comments approaches, the public may not have adequate opportunity to comment on the actual route. FERC should extend the opportunity for public comment once the final application is filed.
• The EIS should include an analysis of the impacts of all the alternative routes, including the Spectra Energy Nexus and the ANR East routes and a no action option, to address the concerns listed below.
• The proposed route crosses through several watersheds in Michigan, including the River Raisin, the Huron River, the Flint River, the Clinton River, the Belle River, and the St. Clair River. The EIS should address the impact on these rivers and their fisheries, including the health of the watersheds and the potential impact of invasive species. Of particular note in the proposed St. Clair River crossing is a fish spawning reef currently under construction (joint project with Fish and Wildlife Service) and designed to provide a spawning area for sturgeon (a threatened and endangered species), whitefish, and walleye. The fisheries in the St. Clair River are connected by fish migration to both Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair. The St. Clair River Flats, downstream from the proposed route, is one of the largest fresh water deltas in the world.
• Depending on the final route, there is potential harm to a number of important wetland and natural areas in Michigan, including the Irish Hills area in Lenawee County, Pinckney Recreation area in Washtenaw and Livingston Counties, and Metamora/Hadley State Recreation Area, Ortonville State Recreation Area, and Sutherland Nature Center in Genesee County, among others. The EIS should provide an accounting of the total acreage of wetlands that would be affected by each alternative.
• Likewise, the EIS should provide an accounting of the acreage of forests and woodlots that would be affected by the alternatives. A number of landowners in rural areas have commented on portions of the route passing through farmland woodlots, orchards, vineyards, and nurseries, with no opportunity for restoration since trees cannot be planted within pipeline rights of way. Consideration should also be given to the potential for the spread of diseases such as the oak wilt virus if forest and woodlot health is affected.
• In rural areas, there has been insufficient consideration of the impact on farmlands, including farmer's access to farm fields during construction and inadequate restoration of topsoil during reclamation. Temporary plugging or damage to drainage ditches and underground tiling could have affects extending beyond the construction area. Particular attention must be paid to protection for existing conservation easements, Fish and Wildlife Services contracts for resource conservation, USDA-NRCS Conservation Stewardship and Grassland Reserve Programs, and timber stand improvement contracts.
• The alternatives should also be assessed for impacts on state and federal threatened and endangered species, including a habitat suitability survey along each route. For Michigan, the Michigan Natural Features Inventory (www.mnfi.anr.msue.edu/explorer/search.cfm) provides the listings for each of the counties on the proposed routes.
• As part of its environmental review, FERC should estimate the green house gas impacts from the production, transport, and usage of the gas, including methane leakage from the production sites, the pipeline and compressor stations, and the CO2 releases from increased burning of natural gas. This analysis would be in line with the President's recently announced targets to cut net greenhouse gas emissions 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.
• In addition to methane and CO2 emissions, FERC should also calculate other emissions, including benzene, VOCs, arsenic, radium, and other chemicals.
• Finally, FERC should consider the potential environmental impacts of increased use of hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus region as a result of the new markets targeted by this and similar projects. These impacts include: air and water quality (http://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf); health impacts (Concerned Health Professionals of New York. (2014, December 11), Compendium of scientific, medical, and media findings demonstrating risks and harms of fracking (unconventional gas and oil extraction) (2nd ed.). http://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/); and worker safety (http://www.eenews.net/login?r=%2Fenergywire%2F2014%2F10%2F20%2Fstories%2F106000753).
Adverse Impact on Landowners and Local Communities
• Safety impacts are of paramount concern. The required setbacks from homes and other buildings are insufficient to account for the potential impact radius in the event of an explosion. The EIS should analyze the safety risks posed by the number of residences within the projected impact radius of the pipeline.
• Many rural areas are served by small fire departments backed by local volunteer fire fighters, which would be stretched thin in the event of a major explosion or fire. The EIS should assess the response time and capacity for communities along the route.
• Local government concerns over the impact of heavy equipment on local roads and bridges must be addressed. The EIS should assess the potential costs to local communities.
• Individual landowners are rightfully concerned with the impact of the project on their property values, access to mortgages, and insurance coverage. Estimates of these costs should be available from previous pipeline construction projects.
• Landowner complaints have arisen during the pre-filing process concerning the behavior of survey crews and lack of advance information from the company. Such behavior does little to instill confidence that the company would follow through properly during construction, reclamation, and maintenance in the future.
Thank you for the opportunity to present these concerns. We look forward to your responses to all of the comments, which have been submitted during this scoping process.


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Construction is getting started on a new South Carolina facility insurers hope will do for home building what a similar testing facility in Virginia has done for car safety.
The Institute for Business and Home Safety is breaking ground Wednesday on its new research center in Chester County.
The lab will be big enough to hold a full house. Organizers say the $27 million facility will allow scientists to see exactly what winds from a Category 3 hurricane, hail and wind-blown fire do to home construction.
Researchers also will be able to let houses sit in the elements to see how aging affects their ability to withstand different weather issues.
Insurance officials and local lawmakers are expected to attend the ceremony.
Founding insurance companies and organizations that have made this new facility possible through their financial contributions include: Alfa Insurance, Allstate Insurance Company, American Agricultural Insurance Company, American Family Insurance, American Insurance Association, Amica Insurance, Andover Companies, AAA-The Auto Club Group, AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah, Auto-Owners Insurance Company, Bankers Insurance Group, COUNTRY Financial, Enumclaw Insurance Group, Erie Insurance, Farm Bureau Mutual Group, Farmers Insurance Group, Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Group, Gen Re, Guy Carpenter, The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, HomeWise, Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club, IPCRe Limited, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, The Main Street America Group, MetLife Auto & Home, Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, Munich Re, Munich Re America, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Nationwide Insurance, Norfolk & Dedham Group, OneBeacon Insurance Group, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Quincy Mutual, RenaissanceRe Risk Sciences Foundation, South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, South Carolina Wind & Hail Underwriting Association, State Farm Insurance Companies, Swiss Re, Travelers, USAA, Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance.
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Fry, who suffers from bipolar disorder, said in the interview that as president of a mental health charity he wants to be open about his problems.
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SRO Bates Decides That Parents Are Not Entitled To Reimbursement For 1:1 Paraprofessional
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Exmination of Witnesses (Questions 20-28)
20. I want to get you onto the diversity front, Professor. You have said how important imagination is and letting imagination flower. You have also said you visited a specialist school for languages and you were very impressed by some aspects of it. What is your feeling in terms of what this current fashion for diversity is for specialist schools and foundation schools and city academies? Start with specialist schools. Many of us have been to specialist schools and been impressed not only by the buzz it gives the schools generally but also the achievements in that particular specialty. What is your feeling about specialist schools and diversity as applied to Birmingham?
(Professor Wragg) I am in favour of them. I wrote a report for David Blunkett before the 1997 election because I was looking at some specialist schools in other countries. One school in Austria had been a specialist sports school for 25 years. It is not new in some countries. I was in favour of it with some provisos. I did a radio series and I went to quite a few specialist schools and I thought pretty well all of them were very impressive places. That is partly because they are not typical. In the first wave or two of specialist schools you would expect to have perhaps teachers who have bright ideas, energy and are proud of what they are doing, so they are not the same as the others. Whether that means that every single school becoming a specialist school would automatically do the same thing I do not think one can say. I am not in favour of schools being asked to raise money as a pot, like a poker game: here's our Ł50,000; we will see your 50 and raise you 50. I went to one school that raised Ł50,000 from one sponsor. I went to another school that raised it from umpteen donations from Ł50 to Ł500 and I have been to schools where they gave up when they got about Ł4,000 or Ł5,000 because in a poor area they are very unsexy from a business point of view. I do not think that should matter. It seems to me like Robin Hood in reverse to give most to those who have it. The other point I would make is that there are many ways of becoming diverse. I have never believed that there was a bog standard school because I have never seen two schools the same. I have been to schools that in theory have the same number of free school meals or whatever. They are totally different from each other. The teachers are different; the children are different; their families are different; the history is different. I think there is a fair amount of diversity already. I do not mind diversity. I think it is a very refreshing thing.
Mr Pollard
21. Have you considered the Steiner model as being part of that diversity? They are trying very hard to become part of mainstream schools and get recognised by the Secretary of State and get funding.
(Professor Wragg) The sad thing was that at one time it looked as if Ofsted might crush diversity because some of the schools that were different might have come off badly. I am glad that common sense prevailed in the end but Montessori type schools, Steiner type schoolsI would not say the more the merrier, but the thing about education is the lifeblood of education is those who are willing to innovate and have a go at something. For me, diversity has to come within the school, not just between schools. It may be that if you have a secondary school where the science teachers are trying out something and they are pretty excited about it; meanwhile, the maths teachers are trying something quite different that they are pretty keen on, that kind of diversity is just as important as that school being different from the one down the road. In a sense, the Steiner school, because they put a premium on imagination, the least they could do is improvise themselves.
22. You mentioned a ten per cent gap between boys and girls and that had grown and is likely to carry on growing. What ought we to do about that?
(Professor Wragg) It is not just a GCSE problem. If you look at the whole story right the way through, three to five year old boys in nursery schools specialise in formula one noises. Meanwhile, three to five year old girls are discussing Wittgenstein. Well, they are not. Girls talk to each other and get encouraged to talk. Boys make sound effects and probably get told off for being a bit too boisterous and yet boys love talking about their fantasy play. I have interviewed loads of three to five year olds and asked them about their games. They talk quite happily but they tend not to be encouraged to talk so much. In primary schools we found that things like, for example, fathers, grandfathers, uncles, elder brothers, other male parts of a family reading with children, particularly with boys, was very helpful. We found also teachers trying to relate children's reading to their interests. I interviewed one boy who said he hated reading. The only thing he read was his Liverpool Football Club comic. At the end of the year, he said he loved reading. A nine year old boy, by the time he is ten, loves reading. Why? Because his teacher gave him adventure books, sport books and humour books, which he loves. That particular boy benefited from having something tailored to his interests. Going to secondary schools, by then you have 50 per cent or so of boys getting GCSE in English and 68 per cent of girls. There is a huge difference there. Five GCSEs; it is now 55/56; 45/46. Back in 1984, it was 27.1 and 26.2, 0.9 difference between them. I do not go along with the idea that boys do not have the course work gene. Back in the 1970s, people used to say that girls just wanted to leave school. They are airheads. They all want to be secretaries, get out and get a family. It was absolute rubbish and fortunately people put on programmes like Girls into Science and Technology, Women into Science and Engineering. Girls were encouraged to use their brains and that worked. Now we say that boys are incapable of course work. They just want to kick around with their mates. Right through from pre-school, through secondary, I think there are lots of things that need doing. Each of them might help two or three per cent but as a cluster of things between them they could make a real impact. This may not be the single biggest problem facing us but it is certainly one of the biggest.
Jonathan Shaw
23. How should Birmingham respond to pressure on faith schools?
(Professor Wragg) It is a very important issue in Birmingham. It is very hard to know now because Northern Ireland is complicated. I have just done a 40 minute BBC Northern Ireland programme on integrated schools. I had not been to Northern Ireland for a bit and I was quite shocked by some of the things I saw when I was there. In the integrated schools in Northern Ireland there are five per cent of children and yet 85 per cent of people in opinion polls say they want more integrated education. After what happened at Holy Cross School, I think that was a setback for faith schools. There was quite a strong belief that there was nothing wrong with having, say, Moslem schools and so on. I want to be sympathetic to that but I went to the Holy Cross area. I did not see the actual event but I saw where it happened and it tore me to pieces to think that that could happen. I interviewed people who said things like, "I never met a Catholic when I was a child." You are just forced to think again. I am quite confused about faith schools at the moment.
24. You were well disposed to them prior to going to Northern Ireland?
(Professor Wragg) I could not find an argument, if someone said that you have a Catholic school and Protestant school, why can you not have a Moslem school.
25. Would an argument be we would not start here?
(Professor Wragg) But we did and that is the irrefutable bit of the argument. I would now feel uneasy if schools simply carried on segregating because Lord Londonderry, who was the first Minister for Education in Northern Ireland, did not want separate schools. He did not want segregated schools. He said, "This is storing trouble" and he was right. It did. It was the Catholic and Protestant churches that wanted it and got it. Now it is very hard to change it.
26. I went to an early excellence centre which Professor Chris Pascal runs here in Birmingham. I was most impressed by the way that is innovative and a tremendous group of people, working across the disciplines, working across so many facets of early years and across education, health and social services. There is a bit of a conundrum in Birmingham. Here we are, celebrating coming here because what an interesting education authority this is, but it is cheek by jowl with a social services department with an appalling reputation. This has been emphasised by some of the evidence we have heard today. Usually, local authorities, if they are good, are good across the piece. What is the explanation?
(Professor Wragg) It is the history again. These things have evolved sometimes around personalities, sometimes around ways of working, sometimes with a strong sense of territory. Although everybody's buzz words nowadays are interprofessional partnerships and so on, in reality it is not as easy as people think. It came out in the Exeter Education Commission. The police, for example, have a very strong tradition in Devon and Cornwall of community policing so you would think there was a natural fit with schools and yet the police find it frustrating because in some secondary schools they have a clearly named person that they liaise with, the deputy head or whoever. In other schools, they have absolutely no idea and nor has the school. At that time, when we looked at it, they had 17 clusters of primary schools but they had a north, central and south health region for the city. If one grows up that side and does rather well and the other does less well, it does not seem easy to integrate them to share best practice because of their separate histories.
27. Your commission seems to have achieved a great deal. How many places do you think have copied the commission idea? I know you are doing it in Exeter but would you recommend it for a large number of education authorities? Indeed, you might recommend it for social services here in Birmingham.
(Professor Wragg) I think it is a very healthy process but it is only a kick start. The awful thing would be if there is a report that gets put in a drawer, which is what can happen. People feel the report was the Act itself and you have done it. I would want to disarm completely what we did in the commission. Okay, we had a good time. We talked to lots of people, we produced a report and lots of recommendations but frankly, if the politicians and the officers had ignored it, it would have been a waste of time. What has happened in Birmingham happened because of the work of people like Tim Brighouse and the political leaders who got behind it and the key people in schools, the heads and teachers. Without them, it is totally lost. A commission is a good idea provided someone sees it as being serious and a blueprint, not just a cosmetic exercise. Do not waste anybody's time if it is that.
28. That is a very good note on which to end. I was very pleased when I read your material on the commission modelled on the select committee. What you have ended on is exactly what this Committee believes. It is all right having a good investigation and doing a good report but if you cannot sell it to government departments or to anyone else and it does not make anything happen, you add no value and you might as well not have done it. We can agree on that.
(Professor Wragg) Thank you and the best of luck with it because, having seen a select committee from the inside I think it is an extremely important part of our democracy. Do not be put off when the DfES gives you a list of 25 reasons why none of these things can be done. When we did our report, we recommended day release for all and we felt very strongly about it. At that time, the DES as it was said, "No, it would be far too expensive." Then along came things like high unemployment and youth training schemes so then the will and the money were found. Much power to your elbow.
Chairman: Thank you.


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Trouble—perhaps big trouble—in the world of plastics.
It looks like the widespread discontinuation of products containing bisphenol-A (BPA) may have precipitated the adoption of another BPA-like and perhaps equally dangerous alternative. The question now on peoples' minds is, "Are any plastics safe?"
Since 2010, the FDA banned the use of BPA in baby bottles, sippy cups and infant formula packaging. The danger of BPA is that it mimics the hormone estrogen. And while we all have some level of estrogen in our bodies, too much of it especially during pregnancy or infancy can cause problems later on. It has been associated with breast cancer, diabetes, obesity and heart disease. BPA is still widely used in the lining of cans and in many water bottles.
Since the 2010 ban, there has been a surge of products marketed as "BPA-free." However, it turns out that the chemicals used to replace BPA were never tested by a regulatory body. And according to a recent investigative report by Mother Jones' Mariah Blake, many of these plastics exhibit estrogen-like properties and could have similar negative effects on ones' health.
Blake's investigation focuses on Eastman Chemical, a $7 billion company that produces Tritan, a copolyester material that is marketed as BPA-free, as well as free of any estrogenic (i.e. estrogen-like) activity. Apparently Eastman used a select group of labs and chemists to prove their assurances. Specifically, the labs used a certain type of rat that is effectively immune to the effects of high estrogen-like hormones, so according to Blake, of course they never found a negative impact from Tritan. Blake told Amy Goodman in an interview on Democracy Now that it's shockingly "easy... for the industry to bias that safety testing in their favor."
Just over a decade ago, George Bittner, a neuroscientist at the University of Texas, received a National Institute of Health grant to launch a private lab called CertiChem, where he and his team test products for estrogenic activity. In 2011, he tested 455 commercial products, several of which were made with Tritan, and proved that nearly all had estrogenic activity. His results are published in Environmental Health Perspectives an NIH journal. The highest association with estrogenic activity came from a corn-based plastic that is marketed as biodegradable, which reportedly is often found at Whole Foods and in many health food stores; it is also highly associated with the popular sealer Saran Wrap. The main factor that increases the leaching of harmful hormone-like chemicals is heat—think washing with hot water, microwaving or leaving a container in a car on a hot day.
Apparently hundreds of companies, including Nalgene, Evenflo and Rubbermaid, sell products made with Tritan. Although such brands may be forgiven because Eastman gave them the same sell—that their products were safe from estrogenic activity.
Designers should heed Blake's estimate that there are about 80,000 chemicals in current circulation in the U.S. and only a small fraction of them have been tested for safety. In our system, products are assumed to be safe until proven otherwise in the market. Amazingly, under the Toxic Substances Control Act, it is totally acceptable to move into high production of a new material without disclosing its chemical ingredients.
Below is the table of plastic resin codes. Essentially each number refers to an official categorization of all plastics available to the consumer. Next time you hold a plastic container flip it over and you'll see a number—this informs you of what material the container is made of. Beware of number seven: This category is known as "other" and is a catch-all for polycarbonate which includes BPA. Not only might there be chemical leaching from such #7 plastics, they are neither reusable nor recyclable.
Word to those who care about public health in their design: Go to your source, demand information on the material or move on and find another. Until the FDA and EPA change the rules, it's anyone's guess as to how safe is safe.
March 18: Eastman Chemical Company, with whom Core77 has had a working relationship in the past, has offered their response for our readers' consideration.
To ensure the safety of Tritan, Eastman used testing methods regarded as "gold standards" by the scientific community. In fact, Eastman has gone above and beyond government and industry testing requirements. Accredited universities and Independent third-party labs tested Tritan and have proven that it is free of estrogenic activity. This rigorous testing has been reviewed independently and approved by regulatory agencies around the world and has resulted in Tritan receiving health and food administration approval cleared for use in many food contact applications by:
- Health Canada
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- European Food Safety Authority and European Commission
- China's Ministry of Health
- Japan Hygienic Olefin and Styrene Plastics Association
To learn more about these testing methods and results, visit Tritan Safety - Get the Facts.
Statements that all plastics display estrogenic activity are simply not true. Eastman Tritan does not display estrogenic activity, as supported by the science and testing presented on our Safety Testing page and further detailed in a downloadable white paper [PDF].
PlastiPure and CertiChem used a single, non-definitive screening test called the MCF-7 test. It is widely accepted and acknowledged that this test is usually considered an initial screening test and has not been validated by the National Toxicology Program's Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use in its Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program for the purpose of identifying substances with estrogenic activity (EA).
Mariah Blake's statement [in an article referenced in the original post] is false: Eastman has not lied to its customers about Tritan. Eastman has been and will continue to be honest with its customers. The testimony that Mariah Blake has sourced to prove that Eastman lied to its customers about whether or not Tritan displays estrogenic activity has been taken out of context.
Eastman filed a lawsuit against PlastiPure and its sister company CertiChem to prevent these companies from publicizing false and misleading information about Tritan that were based on poor science and used to promote their businesses and not to further a scientific debate as they claimed. These two companies set out to financially benefit from consumer concern by providing false and misleading information. In fact, Dr. Bittner and his colleagues testified at the trial last July that they had no evidence to support a statement that Tritan could be harmful to humans or animals. A jury was convinced by both scientific evidence and expert testimony and Eastman won the case, which resulted in the companies being ordered to stop making additional misrepresentations about Tritan.
The lawsuit was never intended to stop the companies, or any other organization, from publishing test results or to squelch scientific discussion.
When anyone chooses a product made with Eastman Tritan, they need to know that Eastman remains confident in its testing and the safety of our products.
– Maranda Demuth, Eastman Chemical Company, Corporate Communications
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Vault 81 Tour is a miscellaneous quest in Fallout 4, where the player is offered a tour of Vault 81 by child resident Austin Engill.
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|Wait for Austin Engill at the top of the stairs.
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|Pass a persuasion check to be granted a free tour.
|Take the Vault 81 tour.
|Reward: 75+ XP
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On the player's first interaction with Austin Engill, he will offer to take player on tour of vault for a price of 5 caps or for free if the player successfully passes a Charisma check. Austin will then proceed to show the main rooms of the vault to the player. Once the tour is completed, the player will receive 75 experience points.
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TAMPA — The date, May 9, had been circled on Kylee Gorngpratum's calendar for a year.
"Circled because that day possibly would present a big problem," Gorngpratum said. "I worried that I may have to make the toughest choice of my life on that day."
The possible choice: Take an International�Baccalaureate final exam in Tampa, or play in a state quarterfinal flag football game in Tallahassee.
The ramifications: If she did not take the IB test she would not be eligible for the IB diploma, the prized certificate earned after four years of studying day and night (four to six hours of homework) — every day. If she did not play in the flag football quarterfinal, she, Robinson High's leader and top player, might let down her team, which had worked four years to win Hillsborough County's first flag football state title.
Gorngpratum took a breath and looked up with eyes that said, please don't think I'm crazy.
"I'm not going to lie to you," she said. "I would have chosen the flag football game. I know a lot of people would not understand that choice. But it was my senior year. It would be my last chance, my only chance, and I couldn't let my team down.
"I also had gotten all the benefits of being in the IB program. I would have that forever. I had gained the knowledge and developed the self discipline (of being in IB). If I didn't take the final exam, the only thing I wouldn't have would be the piece of paper (the diploma)."
So, May 9 approached — like a train speeding toward a brick wall: Robinson's flag football team proceeded to beat every opponent before the state quarterfinal while the IB biology test was firmly set in Tampa for 12:30 p.m. (The May 9 test date was non-negotiable because every IB test is administered at the same time for IB students around the world.)
The only way Gorngpratum could do both was if Robinson got the last state quarterfinal game of the night, the 8:30 p.m. start in Tallahassee.
"And we did!" Gorngpratum said. "We were fortunate."
With the rest of the team waiting in Tallahassee, Gorngpratum took the test with flag teammates Caroline King and Lauren Peterson.
The girls finished about 3 p.m. and literally ran out of the test to the car where King's sister, former Robinson flag football player Katherine, waited in the driver's seat.
About 20 minutes before kickoff, the girls pulled up and ran onto the field to the cheers of teammates.
Gorngpratum, King and the rest of the Knights then played the best game of their lives, defeating third-ranked Harmony 46-0. A day later, Robinson won the state semifinal, 7-0 against Tallahassee Godby, then followed with a 7-6 defeat of two-time defending state champion Seminole Ridge.
A few days later, Gorngpratum — who finished with 1,090 total yards, 23 touchdowns and 12 interceptions while helping the Knights go 19-0 and outscore opponents by a combined 662-18 — was named Florida's flag football player of the year: An exclamation point to a phenomenal high school career.
Not only had she helped Robinson to the flag title and earned her prestigious IB diploma, but in the fall she led Robinson's volleyball team to the state semifinals, only a year-and-a-half after learning how to play the crucial setter position.
The Knights volleyball team finished 14-14, and Gorngpratum will forever be remembered for her tenacity in the region final at Naples Lely. In that match, Robinson trailed 2-0 in games, fought back to win the next two, then trailed 11-7 in the last game in front of a raucous crowd. The crowd had done its homework to single out the Knights' leader, and Gorngpratum was bombarded with comments, some of them rather rude.
"Of all the players they could have singled out, we were so happy that it was Kylee, because she was our most mentally tough player, and I think she actually gets tougher in those situations," Robinson assistant volleyball coach Shayna Sasse said. "It worked in our favor."
Gorngpratum led an 8-1 surge over the final nine points for the victory.
Gorngpratum will play volleyball for Maine Maritime Academy while focusing on a degree in International Business. But, she said, her senior year at Robinson will always be near and dear in her heart.
"I set high goals for my senior year, but honestly, it ended up better than I ever imagined. I will definitely miss these days.
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Smith, J. A., and J. L. Deppe. 2008. Space-based ornithology – studying bird migration and environmental change in North America. Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology X. Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7104, 710402; DOI: 10.1117/12.801243.
Deppe, J. L., K. Wessels, and J. A. Smith. 2007. Alaska at the crossroads of migration: space-based ornithology. Alaska Park Science 6:53-58.
Smith, J. A., and J. L. Deppe. 2007. Simulating bird migration using satellites and biophysics. In J. P. Wilson, Ed., EMS '07 Proceedings of the Third IASTED International Conference on Environmental Modeling and Simulation, pp. 14-19. Acta Press, Anaheim, CA.
Deppe, J. L., and J. T. Rotenberry. 2005. Temporal patterns in fall migrant communities in Yucatan, Mexico. Condor 107:229-245.
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(AllHipHop News) Kanye West and Kim Kardashian may soon be in court with the very man who indirectly has helped make them international icons. YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley is the one who released the first video of Kanye West's proposal to Kim Kardashian at AT&T Field.
The 36 year old entrepreneur released the video on his collaborative app MixBit and spread it globally on his personal Twitter account of over 510,000 followers:
So this happened last night. Congrats Kim & Kanye! https://t.co/o1FKsB87He
— Chad Hurley (@Chad_Hurley) October 23, 2013
The release of the video seems to have also been aimed to be a promotion of the new app as Hurley did not only release the video on his Twitter but sent it to a few news publications with a press release. Vanity Fair released an excerpt of the press release which simply describes the video:
the orchestra and lights show in anticipation of the proposal, Kanye down on one knee, the reaction from family and friends, and the celebration and toasting to the newly engaged couple afterwards
Earlier today (October 23rd) reports came out that Kanye West is looking to sue whomever leaked the engagement video.
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The pay-per-view telecast of a live, new Broadway production moved closer to becoming a reality Tuesday when an arbitrator ruled that the producers of "Damn Yankees" can make participation in PPV a condition of employment in the show. The arbitrator is expected to rule by week's end on how much actors and stage managers are to be compensated in the event of such a performance.
Under the ruling, the producers' contract with Actors' Equity for the show may require actors and stage managers to participate in a pay-per-view telecast much as they now agree to perform in cast recordings and television commercials.
The producers of the show, primarily Polygram Diversified Entertainment, hailed the ruling, saying it will open up a new revenue stream for Broadway investment and provide an additional source of income for performers. They said that cable operators are anxious to add such programming to the sports-dominated pay-per-view mix, and that even a small buy among viewers could be profitable.
But the issue of pay-per-view has long divided the theater world, and not just along producer-vs.-union lines. Many producers share the same fear as the unions: any telecast of a running Broadway show — whether on broadcast TV, cable or pay-per-view — will hurt the box office. The feelings are so strong that they have so far prevented a real test to actually measure the impact.
"The empirical evidence has been lacking," said Polygram vicepresident Jeff Rowland, adding that the telecast would be offered about a week before the June 12 Tony Awards broadcast and would sell for between $ 19.95 and $ 30, depending on the level of sponsorship.
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The only previous show to have been offered on pay-per-view was "Sophisticated Ladies" in 1982, near the end of its run and at a time when the pay-per-view universe encompassed about 2 million homes — a tenth of what it is today. The film of the Broadway production of "The Pirates of Penzance" was also offered as a pay-per-view event; both outings drew insignificant audiences.
More recently, Polygram has led the fight to produce a pay-per-view performance of a high-profile Broadway show. Last year the company expected to present "Jelly's Last Jam," which starred Gregory Hines and in which they were a major investor. Deals were made with cable operators and a telecast date was announced, but the plan was ultimately defeated by opposition within the industry.
Arbitration was planned
Polygram is the major investor in "Damn Yankees," to the tune of about $ 1 million, or about 25% of the total capitalization. The show, a revival of the 1955 George Abbott/Douglas Wallop/Richard Adler/Jerry Ross musical starring Bebe Neuwirth and Victor Garber, is slated to open March 3 at the Marquis Theater. When Actors Equity again resisted Polygram's plan to offer a pay-per-view performance, the company demanded arbitration.
Both Equity and the arbitrator, Columbia University law professor Walter Gelhorn, declined to comment on the case yesterday.
Because of the "Jelly's Last Jam" experience, Rowland said he waited until the ruling before making any deals with cable operators.
"Our hope is that this will bring Broadway to a constituency that can't access it," Rowland said, "whether because they cannot afford the price of tickets or live too far away."
While the company has other interests in the show besides the telecast, Rowland added, "our involvement in Broadway has always been to be more than just a source for investment."
'Is dilution worth it?'
But Bernard Jacobs, president of the Shubert Organization and a longtime opponent of pay-per-view, said "you're either in the theater business or in the subsidiary rights business. There's more than just compensating actors involved — there are stagehands, ushers, wardrobe people," as well as, he added, venue owners such as Shubert. "Is your dilution worth it?"
That is exactly the question Polygram and its partners hope to answer in June.


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Baton Rouge fire investigators have arrested a bookkeeper accused of setting fire to a local business the evening before she was to be questioned in an embezzlement investigation, authorities said.
Revelea Jacks Lamartiniere, 51, 1735 N. Sherwood Forest Drive, was booked Monday on one count of simple arson, Parish Prison records show.
The fire happened about 6:30 p.m. Jan. 1 at Fabrication Technologies Inc., a business on Darryl Drive that fabricates oil field pipe, according to a warrant. Robert Combs, a Baton Rouge Fire Department spokesman, said four engines and one ladder truck responded to the blaze and had it under control about 25 minutes later.
The company's owner, Kelly Frederick, said he had filed a complaint with the police against Lamartiniere over $6,400 that he said is missing from his business.
The blaze, which immediately spawned an arson investigation, was contained to the office, Combs said, though the warehouse portion of the building received some smoke damage. Frederick estimated the fire caused about $180,000 in damage.
After reviewing surveillance footage of a person setting fire to the building, fire investigators spoke with an unidentified friend of Lamartiniere, who recognized her gait and physical features, according to the warrant.
Lamartiniere told fire investigators she had passed by Darryl Drive about the time of the fire on her way from her home to a Jack in the Box off Greenwell Springs Road, the warrant says.
Surveillance video at the restaurant showed Lamartiniere arrived at the restaurant — located 2 miles north of Fabrication Technologies — several minutes after the blaze began, the warrant says.
Lamartiniere worked as a secretary and bookkeeper for Fabrication Technologies between Aug. 16 and Oct. 31, the warrant says. Frederick became aware of several checks totaling about $6,400 that had been written to Lamartiniere during her employment, the warrant says.
Lamartiniere knew she was being investigated for forgery, the warrant says, and she was scheduled to meet with Baton Rouge Police Department detectives the day after the fire.
Cpl. L'Jean McKneely, a police spokesman, said Tuesday the forgery and embezzlement case remains under investigation.


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Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
A long while ago, I started a blog without much direction. I just thought it would be fun to write a few things, upload a picture or two, add to the noise of the internet. Then I had twins. The blog sat ignored and eventually the site was maliciously attacked and shut down by the web host.
So here we are and this time around I'll probably be writing a lot about my kids, the Shwins. They are my world and most of what occupies the space in my head. I imagine I'll mainly be recording the stuff I don't want to forget about and hopefully the little mung beans can come here one day to read about and watch how they wonderfully impacted my world.
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AFP Top Ten Fundraising Tips for the Week (Oct. 18, 2017): Donor Storytelling, Volunteer Retention, Major Gifts, Checkout Donations Programs & More!
Need some tips on how to do your job better? Or maybe just a reminder on some key skills, the insight on the latest research, and the latest, coolest ideas from the best minds in the fundraising profession?
Each week, AFP gathers the top blog posts, videos, articles and other resources to help you keep on top of latest trends and reach your fundraising goals. Here's this week's Top Ten:
1. Stop Guessing About Your Donors (Nonprofit Storytelling): Jay Love and Steven Shattuck are very smart people. They know a lot about communicating with and cultivating donors. This interview is well worth a listen!
2. What's Your Story? (analyticalones): Is there a certain kind of story that leads to fundraising success? Are there any commonalities in the stories that successful organizations were telling their donors? Analyticalones took a look.
3. Top 5 Volunteer Retention Mistakes and How to Avoid Them (Hilborn): A short but nice list of common mistakes nonprofit leaders make when recruiting and managing volunteers and the solutions to those problems.
4. Major Gifts: Defining and Enhancing Your Strategy (npENGAGE): Some perspective on major gifts fundraising and how we know—and don't know—about what really works and how to get started.
5. Longer Grant Periods and Less Jargon: Funders and Nonprofits Are Working Toward A Middle Ground (Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia): AFP member Valerie Johnson reports on a Meet The Funders event where panelists say they're listening to their grantees—and making changes to their processes as a result.
6. Overcoming Fear During a Donor Solicitation (LinkedIn-Martin Leifeld): Fear and fundraising are oftentimes intertwined in the donor solicitation process. In this video, you will learn how to overcome your fear, apply your faith in your mission and successfully raise funds for your organization.
7. What You Can Learn From Checkout Donation Programs (re:charity): An interesting post not just about checked out donation programs, but key lessons to apply to all fundraising. Well worth a read.
8. National Estate Planning Awareness Week: 1 Reason Why a Donor Might Change Her Will (LinkedIn-Sophie Penney): It's National Estate Planning Awareness Week, and there are a number of reasons why a donor might change her will. Sophie Penney distills them all down into one.
9. Not All Holiday Fundraising is Created Equal (Clairification): When it comes to fundraising and philanthropy, not all holidays are created equal. Which is why you need to be thoughtful in applying any holiday fundraising or marketing strategy.
10. Why Isn't Your Board Supporting the Fundraising Effort? (Fired Up Fundraising): There's a disconnect between board members' enthusiasm and their engagement in fundraising. Gail Perry offers some ideas and asks for your help.


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The TSB investigates civil aviation occurrences that take place in or over Canada and any place that is under Canadian air traffic control. It also investigates occurrences anywhere in the world that involved an aircraft in respect of which or that was operated by a person to whom a Canadian aviation document had been issued under Part I of the Aeronautics Act.
Over the last 10 years, about 270 aviation accidents and 730 aviation incidents in Canada are reported to the TSB every year. The TSB can also be involved in the investigation of some 200 international occurrences in the course of a year as well.
In 2015, civilian flights in Canada (not including ultralights, gliders, balloons, etc.) represented an estimated 4,353,000 hours of flying activity. There has been a significant downward trend in accident rates (the number of accidents per 100 000 flying hours) over the last decade from 2006 to 2015.
The TSB's Air investigators are certified as pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers, air traffic controllers, and airworthiness engineers. They all have varied and extensive experience in the aviation industry. As well as conducting investigations, they participate in national and international government and industry groups to monitor safety trends and communicate safety issues to change agents.
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It takes dedication, motivation and you have to be able to restrict yourself from certain things. This is all made easier when you can't find said things in your pantry to lose weight.
What you keep in your cupboards can either be detrimental or instrumental to your weight loss goals.
By keeping unhealthy snacks like chips, cheese and chocolate on board or even spreads like Nutella, this is a sure fire way to jump off the diet train before the conductor yells, "lose weight".
However, there are seven things you can keep in your cupboards to help curb those pesky hunger cravings.
Fruit helps you to lose weight
For when you are craving something sweet, fruit is your best bet. Not only will it contribute to your five plus fruit and vegetables a day, it will satisfy that sweet craving and keep you feeling fuller for longer than half a block of chocolate would.
Keep your fruit in a fruit bowl on your dining room table. This way they will always be in plain site, ready to pick up for a quick snack on the go.
Crackers high in fibre
High fibre crackers are often lower in calories than other kinds of crackers and they're denser so it takes longer to eat them so they fill you up fast.
Eat them with some marmite or hummus for a quick snack.
Nuts helps you to lose weight
Nuts are ridiculously good for you. They contain protein, omega-3s, fibre, vitamin E and unsaturated fats which help lower cholesterol.
The fibre and protein from nuts help keep you full so a handful of mixed nuts make a perfect morning or afternoon snack.
Vinegar helps you to lose weight
A healthier alternative to salad dressing, vinegar even has less sugar and calories than balsamic salad cream and a milder flavour. Mix with a bit of olive oil and you have a delicious dressing.
Popcorn helps you to lose weight
For when you really want that tastes-bad-for-you-but-is-really-good-for-you snack, popcorn is your go-to.
Three and a half cups of natural microwaveable popcorn is just 130 calories, so you can chomp on as much as you like without any guilt.
Tuna helps you to lose weight
Tuna has a bit of a bad rap but it is one of the best things you can eat while trying to lose weight. A can of tuna (packed with water) and a salad is all you need for a tasty meal.
It's packed with healthy omega-3 fatty acids, has 16 grams of protein per pack (the recommended daily protein intake for women is 46 grams and 56 grams for a man) and is low in calories. It also requires no prep so it couldn't be easier.
Whole grains helps you to lose weight
Not all carbs are bad. They can actually help you lose weight. It's always a good idea to keep whole grains in your cupboard so you can make a quick and easy meal.
Think brown rice and quinoa which are packed with protein and fibre. You can mix these with tuna, chicken or whatever else you have in your cupboard for a filling and delicious feast.


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I am the marketing director at Positive Energy Solar. It is with great respect for the people of this state that I feel I must speak up. I miss the days of truth in advertising. It is amazing to me that Public Service Company of New Mexico gets away with the outrageous claims they make in their full-scale PR assault on the good people of New Mexico. Every time we see a PNM advertisement these days, it is full of half-truths and exaggerated statistics.
"More Sol. Less Coal" is PNM's latest spin in its "green" campaign, but what they aren't telling you is that PNM is, in fact, adding more coal and barely scratching the surface in adopting sol.
Yet PNM is proposing to bring more coal, nuclear and natural gas into the mix at a cost to ratepayers of $66 million annually. This cost does not include costs from any future carbon or coal regulations that might be incurred, nor does it factor future rises in fossil fuel costs. PNM's claims in the ad that they will have cumulatively invested more than $270 million in solar by the end of 2015 is true, but solar only accounts for a measly 2 percent of the whole. This is a tiny fraction of what PNM could be harnessing, in a state that is recognized as the second-best state in the nation for solar power.


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First things first. What is GISI™? It's an Android application intended to show best of your fans in Instagram Social Network. GISI™ analises your twenty recent posts and calculates likes, taken to posts. Then GISI™ shows summarized info for each liker (a man or woman who liked your post) ordering by count of likes or liker's name. You can sort listview as like as you wish.
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GISI™ intended for people, who spend hours per day promoting it's Instagram account. Every day you watch posts of people you follow and like some of their publications. Did you noticed, when you like about 100 posts of people from your mutual following list, then maximum 40% likes back to your publications? Usually percentage is about 10%. Unfair, isn't it? You spend your time, you give likes and the result is so poor... What's up? The reason is you are a good liker for others, but some of them are not. Somebody from your mutual followers doesn't like your posts. The question is "why?". The answer is "they are too lazy to get into Instagram, watch your posts and like it". It's simple. That lazy Instagrammers are not so valuable for you, they do not promote your posts by liking them. Do you need these people in your following list? I guess no. How to discover your best fans? How to find out who are the valuable promoters for your posts and your account then? GISI™ helps. The application calculates your best fans by counting likes they do for your recent twelve posts (it's pretty enough to get true statistics).
After you install GISI™ from Google Play Store™, just enter into your Instagram account. Then press button "Get Statistics". GISI™ will find your recent twenty posts and all people who liked it. Now you can play with result list, sorting it by count of likes or liker's name. After you'll see people who like your posts mostly, you should pay them additional attention by commenting their newly appearing materials, to make them more loyal to you in the future. With people who don't like your posts you should goodbye, because they are not estimable for you, your posts and your account at all. Just concentrate on people who pay you back and find a new more similar. GISI™ is your essential tool for that.
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Ron Paul and fellow Republicans failing history
|David Scrivner/The Daily Iowan
Rep. Ron Paul has become an Iowa darling over the last two presidential-election cycles. With cries promoting a less active foreign policy and being the lone candidate to point out the flaws of America's "War on Drugs," enthusiastic Iowa Republicans have rallied behind Paul. But his domestic agenda undermines his foreign-policy appeal. Particularly startling are his ideas on education, terrific ignorance of the Constitution, and an all-too-familiar tone in the Tea Party Republicans' attempts to mislead Americans.
Claiming that the Constitution does not authorize Congress to create a Department of Education (it does), Paul displays a startling lack of Constitutional competency. Article I, Section VIII, Clause XVIII — the "Necessary and Proper Clause" — granted Congress the authority to create the Department of Education in 1979 with the "Department of Education Organization Act." It was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter, serving to consolidate the many bureaus handling federal involvement in public education. While the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and the White House, it is not as if Republicans have not had opportunities to repeal that Act of Congress.
But the willful deception only begins.
He places the blame of No Child Left Behind at the feet of the Department of Education, when in fact Congress, led by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy and then-House Speaker Denny Hastert, passed No Child. President George W. Bush championed the bill and signed it into law. Considering that the Department of Education is a federal bureaucracy, it had no choice but to enact the policy placed before it.
Paul also accuses the department of "forced medication of our children." In fact, parents, teachers, counselors, and other professionals are required to work together when determining and reviewing each student's respective Individual Education Plans. This includes the use of medication.
This seething hatred is shared among all Republican candidates, each claiming that the Founding Fathers would forbid government-assisted public schools.
Wrong again.
President Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, championed this idea from his time in the Virginia Legislature. James Madison, architect and primary author of the Constitution, also defended this belief. Furthermore, Republican presidents since the Republican Party's creation in 1855 would have supported federal government involvement or have (when given the option) used the power of the federal government to aid public education. Those who supported the idea: Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes. Presidents McKinley and Arthur were former teachers. President Eisenhower used the federal government to enforce Brown v. Board of Education, integrating public schools and universities.
President Nixon expanded the role of the federal government in public education. President GeorgeH.W. Bush addressed the nation's students and voiced his support and commitment to public education (just as President Obama has the last two years), and President George W. Bush we discussed earlier.
Ron Paul and his fellow Republican candidates refuse to pay attention to the facts of history.
Fraudulently defending the Constitution, while setting sights on its destruction, should only turn the Ron Paul "Revolution" into a Republican Party "Devolution."
Scott McKeag is UI alum and is currently teaching in the Iowa City School District.
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Today I calculated that I've eaten over 17,000 bowls of cereal in my life.
Here's the math: I've eaten about 2 bowls of cereal a day (one for breakfast, one for dessert after dinner), every day of the year (365 days/year), since I was 2 years old (so for 24 years now).
24 x 2 x 365 = 17,520.
What can I say except I love cereal?