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For Bill Hader fans, Saturday was a dark day, as it marked the actor's last episode as a regular cast member of "Saturday Night Live."
Hader, 34, takes with him beloved characters like enthusiastic "Weekend Update" city correspondent Stefon, creepy "Dateline" correspondent Keith Morrison and classic Hollywood horror figure Vincent Price.
The transition from "SNL" to film work can be a bumpy one, but Hader has already been smoothing a path -- he and Kristen Wiig costar as twins who cheat death in the upcoming comedy "The Skeleton Twins"; he plays a loser swimming pool manager in "The To-Do List," a romantic comedy written and directed by his wife, Maggie Carey; and he voices characters in two 2013 animated movies, "Turbo" and "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2."
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We have a few ideas for Hader's future, too. Herewith, a collection of film roles that would make use of his many gifts:
1) "Ant-Man": Edgar Wright's uncast 2015 Marvel origins story, which Wright co-wrote with "Attack the Block" director Joe Cornish, centers on biophysicist Henry Pym, who develops an instrument that lets him control and communicate with insects. We see Hader as Pym, fighting evil with wit, intelligence and antennae.
2) "Lean In": This movie doesn't exist, but it should: Written and directed by Tina Fey, a fictionalized adaptation of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg's memoir would star Fey as Sandberg and Hader as her arch nemesis, a male co-worker who always works weekends, interrupts at meetings and brags about inventing Farmville.
3) "Stefon: The Movie." Hader has said he doesn't think his trademark character could sustain a whole movie, but we beg to differ. Directed by Sofia Coppola and set, of course, at New York's hottest nightclub, "Stefon: The Movie" would costar Jason Schwartzman as a sleazy club promoter, Peter Dinklage as an exploited dancer/performer and Wiig as a tough-as-nails door girl with a clipboard. After premiering at Cannes, "Stefon: The Movie" could serve as both a thoughtful commentary on the decadence of our times and a marketing vehicle for Rob Kardashian's sock line.
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4) "What Ever Happened to Baby Joe?" Someone, ideally Bill Condon, should remake the 1962 psychological thriller "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as dysfunctional, grown-up child-star sisters with Hader in the Davis role and Jon Hamm in the Crawford one. Paint Hader with Davis' mole, throw in a wheelchair dance number for Hamm and it's Oscars for everyone.
5) Vincent Price biopic. Hader's impression of Hollywood's horror icon would lend itself perfectly to a serio-comic biopic about Price, preferably shot in black and white by the Coen brothers, with spooks, scares and Steve Buscemi as Roger Corman.
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"I am a football addict, and I am not alone in this country. We are legion, and we must have football" — Hunter S. Thompson
It's here, and it's happening today. In places such as Kent, Ohio, Columbia, South Carolina, and Portland, Oregon, the American football season begins.
The start of the American football season is a day worthy of both reverence and status as a national holiday.
It marks the impending end of stupid summer with its overbearing heat and skin peeling.
It's a reminder that we'll soon be enjoying a crisp, cool autumn.
It means that from now until December, we'll be able to gorge ourselves on football five days a week, six if we're gifted with one of dem MAC Tuesday night games.
Teddy Roosevelt knew about football's greatness. The mas macho president fell in love with it and later saved it.
Roosevelt wrote, "In short, in life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard!"
Yea, verily.
Roosevelt boxed, practiced judo, and routinely made Great White Sharks tap out to the triangle choke, a skill that is needed for the impending Sharknado.
YOU want to be a manly man like Teddy, so you can start by celebrating the return of the American football.
(Not that there's anything wrong with Canadian football, mind you. GO SASKATCHEWAN)
For the sake of accuracy, Hawai'i began its football season three weeks ago. Alaska started the following week (go CHUGIAK FIGHTING KELSEY GRIFFINS).
(In Alaska, they play their state finals in snow. In Connecticut, teams with field turf postpone due to threat of showers.)
It doesn't feel like football season until college ball starts, though, which is what makes today so dang special.
Alas, we must wait 12 days until OUR football begins. Sure, there are scrimmages abound, and it's nice and all, but it ain't the real thing. It don't rate if it don't count for states.
You'll have some spare hours between now and the Sept. 11 kickoff, so we encourage YOU to spend your free time wisely by reading about sweet, glorious football instead of engaging in lesser pursuits (i.e. family, friends, and/or work).
Consider these your end-of-the-summer reading assignments:
• An incredibly lengthy, comprehensive, and exhausting list of team overviews that were recently published here. It's still worth perusing, though.
• Sean Patrick Starfish put together a very thorough review of the offseason, complete with pictures. And then he left Hearst Inc., traveled east, and joined JRC Amalgamated. He's the captain of its new high school website. HATS OFF.
• Pooch Diggity Dog at the aforementioned JRC Amalgamated has posted several team previews from various parts of the state. Sean has joined him on the blog, thus creating a crafty tag team worthy of battling the Midnight Express.
• Kountry Kyle Brennan has been a busy lad. He's published an NVL record book, and has been pounding out copy for both the NVL Blog and the Waterbury Republican-American.
• A MaxPreps.com featured about the state's talented senior class of running backs, led by Harold Cooper of Hillhouse, Ansonia's Arkeel Newsome, Marcus Outlow of NFA, and Ervin Philips of West Haven. In the interest of transparency, it was written by the Polecat's lead flunkie.
• Also at MaxPreps.com — the preseason Fab 5. Begin complaining. .... NOW.
Many other dudes are filing stories on a daily basis. We recommend you go to the Twitter and search them out at #cthsfb.
Lastly, it's always wise to keep up on your football studies as the game is constantly evolving. Judging from the asinine comments we've heard yelled from the stands, some folks need to do some research as they don't know a hot read from a Hot Pocket.
There are few better teachers of football than Chris Brown. A lawyer by day, he has made his Smart Football blog a must read and even earned himself a gig at Grantland. The dude knows his stuff and can explain it so that even a dingbat will understand it.
A few of Chris' goodies:
• Army, Navy and the flexbone offense.
• How will NFL teams defend the read option?
• What is the inverted veer/dash read?
• Why you can't just play "assignment football" against the flexbone/triple-option.
• Attacking coverages in the passing game.
• The history of the Air Raid offense.
This is awesome — Sean Payton couldn't stop the sixth-grade Springtown Orange Porcupines and their single wing offense.
Payton coached his son's pee-wee team and, despite being one of the sharper NFL coaches, couldn't figure out how to defend the single wing. The Porcupines thrashed the Liberty Christian Warriors in the championship game even after Payton sought the advice of Bill Parcells and Jon Gruden.
There are two morals to the story:
1. Even the best coaches lose big. Please remember that the next time you feel a manic urge to yell from the stands at your local coach after a loss.
2. That the single wing is glorious. There are a few teams in Connecticut that use GOD'S FATHER'S OFFENSE, among them the North Haven Indians.
That's all for now.
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For growers in the Southeast with a history of continuous use of glyphosate-based and ALS-inhibiting herbicides, the question is not if, the question is when will resistant pigweed become a problem.
Since University of Georgia researchers first documented true glyphosate resistance in south central Georgia, the explosion in reporting of weeds resistant to several families of herbicides has rocked farming communities from North Florida to Virginia. The biggest newsmaker continues to be Palmer amaranth, commonly known as big-seeded pigweed, and rapidly becoming known as 'super weed'.
Since first documented in 2005, counties in Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee have also confirmed resistant Palmer pigweed. Eight more counties in Georgia and two counties in Alabama are expected to confirm resistant varieties during the 2008 season.
In less than three years since his initial findings in 2005, University of Georgia Weed Scientist Stanley Culpepper contends there are 15-20 times more glyphosate and ALS-resistant weed acres in his state.
In North Carolina, venerable Weed Scientist Alan York has documented an alarming trend in weeds resistant to several popular herbicide families. The bottom line, he says, is that farmers have a problem that can be fixed, but first they have to admit they have a problem.
A recent international survey of weed resistance by the Weed Science Association confirms herbicide resistant weeds is a growing problem all over the world. Group G/9 herbicides are known as glycines, which cause the inhibition of EPSP synthase. Research has shown these particular biotypes are resistant to glyphosate and they may be cross-resistant to other Group G/9 herbicides and/or other herbicide families.
In North Carolina, York has found pigweed with resistance to both glyphosate and ALS-inhibiting herbicides. Because the ALS inhibitors are commonly used in other crops grown in rotation with cotton and soybeans, York says farmers need to pay special attention to what families of herbicides they are using on all crops.
Herbicides that target the enzyme acetolactate synthase (ALS) are among the most widely used in the world. Unfortunately, these herbicides are also notorious for their ability to select resistant weed populations. Now, there are more weed species that are resistant to ALS-inhibiting herbicides than to any other herbicide group.
South Carolina grower William McElveen says glyphosate resistant pigweed first started to become a problem on his farm in 2006 in soybeans and cotton. "We would see a weed escape here and another in another part of the field. We suspected we had a problem, but it wasn't widespread," he says.
"Last year we really had a problem. In one field we brought in people to pull weeds, and the weeds came right back," he laments. There are many fields in Lee County that have been called 'suspect', but we feel we have resistance, the South Carolina grower says.
Resistance created a big enough problem for McElveen that he revamped his herbicide program for cotton.
"This year, I am planning to broadcast the label rate of Valor in the tank-mix with Roundup two to three weeks prior to planting. After planting, I am going to apply Reflex right behind the planter wheel. Even though we may use the same family of herbicides, we feel like we are spreading them out far enough to help reduce the risk of causing resistance to any one herbicide, he says.
McElveen grows 600 acres of cotton, 600 acres of peanuts, 500 acres of corn and 500 acres of soybeans double-cropped with wheat.
Like so many growers, McElveen says he cannot quit using glyphosate-containing herbicides, even in fields in which he knows he has resistance problems. He explains that glyphosate has been the most economical way to manage cocklebur, sicklepod, grasses and a host of other weed and grass problems.
The recent rise in price of glyphosate-containing herbicides may change that theory for some growers in 2008. Farmers who did not buy their herbicides early in the year are finding prices doubled from 2007.
Reasons for the dramatic increase in price for all glyphosate-based herbicides vary, but include:
Price of fuel and general recession of the economy.
Production of generic glyphosate in China is decreasing.
Demand for glyphosate in Brazil and other growing farm economies around the world is increasing.
Increases in corn, wheat and soybean production in the U.S. is driving supply down.
The price increase may make it more viable for farmers in the Southeast to move away from glyphosate-based herbicide programs to a more diverse system that utilizes several different chemical families.
Fremont, N.C., grower Jerry West says his problems with glyphosate resistant pigweed came from using poultry litter that clearly included resistant pigweed seed in with the corn used in the poultry feed formulation.
"We didn't have any problems with resistant pigweed until three years ago. We like poultry litter for fertilizer — it fits our operation well. In one particular field, we used litter and the next year we had pigweed in the field that we could not kill with glyphosate," he says.
For West it was one more reason to get out of the cotton business for a while. Not a primary reason, he notes, but one of many reasons that he and his sons tired of growing cotton. In addition to leaving off cotton the past two years, they now sell litter from their turkey production facility to a local energy company, rather than have it spread on farmer's fields.
Though glyphosate resistant pigweeds have probably been around for several years, the first documented cases came in 2005. Since that time the problem has skyrocketed, partly because of better detection and reporting. The big question is why?
York says we have an ideal recipe for weed resistance in the Southeast. A number of crops may be rotated with cotton. However, from 1996 to 2000, the vast majority of cotton, perhaps as high as 75 percent, was grown as a continuous monoculture.
Prior to the dramatic drop in cotton acreage in the Southeast in 2007, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas and North Carolina represented 10-12 million acres of cotton annually. With the exception of Texas, all these states planted 97-99 percent glyphosate-resistant varieties as late as 2006.
The end result, York contends is a perfect recipe for disaster, when you factor in growth potential of Palmer amaranth, compared to any of these crops.
Dubbed 'the super weed', Palmer amaranth, or pigweed, can produce well over 500,000 seed from a single mature plant. Mature Palmer pigweed can easily top six feet tall and 6-8 inches wide at the base of the plant. Harvesting cotton fields containing even a small percentage of mature pigweed is no bargain at best and impossible in some severe situations.
There is no single remedy to fight glyphosate resistant pigweed in cotton or soybeans, but with acreage in both crops expected to increase in the Southeast in 2008, farmers likely will be looking for some alternatives that fit into their production system.
York says some of rules of thumb to follow include:
Use both pre-mergence and postemergence herbicides that have different modes of action.
Use a herbicide at layby that has a different mode of action from previous treatments.
Reduce soil seed banks by continuously maintaining good weed control.
Survey weed populations each season and record observations, especially weeds that escape known herbicide applications.
Hand remove, if necessary target weeds not controlled by herbicides known to control these weeds.
In fields where herbicide resistance is known or highly suspected, clean vehicles and equipment prior to moving to fields where resistance is not suspected
Do not continue to treat weeds with herbicides that continue to show an inabilitly to control the target weed.
To help manage glyphosate resistant pigweed, several companies have brought back, or in the process of bringing back old, proven herbicides.
Most of these companies have detailed herbicide resistance avoidance programs on their respective Web sites. Perhaps the best, and most unbiased of these is the National Cotton Council.


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BERLIN -- Response rates to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor certolizumab pegol (Cimzia) among patients with active psoriatic arthritis were twice those seen with placebo in a phase III study, a researcher said here.
After 3 months of treatment, 58% of patients receiving certolizumab in doses of 200 mg every other week had achieved the primary endpoint of an American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) response, reported Philip Mease, MD, of the University of Washington in Seattle.
In addition, 51.9% of those receiving the biologic in doses of 400 mg once monthly reached that level of response, in comparison with only 24.3% of those given placebo, Mease said during a press conference at the annual European Congress of Rheumatology.
"This is a very effective treatment," he told MedPage Today. Mease reported the study results during a late-breaking clinical trials session.
Certolizumab is a pegylated, humanized anti-TNF agent that includes only a portion of the immunoglobulin molecule.
It is approved for rheumatoid arthritis, but its efficacy in psoriatic arthritis was unknown.
"Psoriatic arthritis can be challenging to manage, because treatment involves not only the joint response but also the skin lesions. This is one of the most devastating diseases we have to treat because along with the functional disability there are significant and embarrassing cosmetic problems," he said.
"In fact, among the reasons for early mortality in this disease is suicide," he noted.
This study, known as RAPID-PSA, included 409 patients who had had an inadequate response to at least one disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug and also could have failed on a different TNF inhibitor.
One-fifth had tried a TNF inhibitor previously, without response.
Patients' mean age was 47, and more than 50% were women.
After 6 months of treatment, higher levels of response also were seen in the active treatment groups, with ACR50 responses being seen in 36.2% of the 200 mg group and in 32.6% of the 400 mg group compared with 11% in the placebo group.
A 70% ACR response was seen in 24.6% and 12.6% of the 200 and 400 mg groups, respectively, compared with 2.9% in the placebo group.
Responses were rapid, with significant improvements being apparent after only 1 week of treatment.
At that point, ACR20 responses were seen in 7.4% of the placebo group and in 21% of the 200 mg group (P=0.001) and in 23% of the 400 mg group (P<0.001).
Significantly more patients in the active treatment groups also had a 75% improvement in psoriasis skin scores, being seen in 62.2% and 60.5% of the 200 and 400 mg groups, compared with 15.1% of the placebo group (P<0.001).
Health assessment questionnaire scores, reflecting disability, showed a change by week 24 of −0.50 in the combined treatment groups compared with −0.19 in the placebo group (P<0.001).
As to safety, there was "no news," and was similar to what has been seen in clinical use of certolizumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Mease said.
A total of 4% and 7% of the placebo and active treatment patients experienced serious adverse events.
Two deaths occurred, one of unknown cause in a patient in the 400 mg group and one myocardial infarction in the 200 mg group.
As a possible explanation why certolizumab might be beneficial even in patients who had not responded well to another anti-TNF agent, Mease noted that the molecule is slightly different.
None of the patients had been primary nonresponders to anti-TNF therapy, meaning that they had responded initially but then lost the effect.
"I use the metaphor for my patients that the horse is tired, so it's time to change horses," he said.
The findings of this trial will be used to seek regulatory approval for certolizumab in psoriatic arthritis.
The study was supported by UCB Pharma.
Mease and his co-investigators disclosed receiving grants and consulting for UCB Pharma, or being employees of the company.
- Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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European League Against RheumatismSource Reference: Mease P, et al "Effect of certolizumab pegol on signs and symptoms in patients with psoriatic arthritis: 24-week results of a phase 3 double blind randomized placebo-controlled study (RAPID-PSA)" EULAR 2012; Abstract Late Breaker 1.


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A bomb squad responded to a possible "explosive device" in College Park early Friday morning, a Prince George's County fire spokesman said.
Authorities were called to the 5000 block of Edgewood Road where they removed a suspicious package forcing the evacuation of three homes, department spokesman Mark Brady said. No injuries were reported.
"Basically we use procedures that remove any working component so that it become inoperable," Brady said. Forensic tests are being completed on the package but he said, "it definitely had all the appearances of an explosive device."
Police later arrested 28-year-old John Frank Jenkins and charged him with two counts of manufacture or possession of a destructive device.
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Shakhtar Donetsk striker Luiz Adriano has told Nordsjaelland that he is sorry for his controversial equaliser on Tuesday night.
With 24 minutes gone Morten Nordstrand received treatment for an injury, but with the ball passed back to the hosts' goalkeeper as an act of fair play, the ball was intercepted by Adriano who proceeded to burst through the watching defence and fire home.
"I did not see the start of the move because I was standing with my back to the ball and my face towards the opposition goal," he told the club's website.
"I was in the attacking area and did not notice what had happened in our half. I was very focused on the game and when the ball dropped near me the defenders did not show any initiative. I picked up the ball, beat the goalkeeper and scored - I am a forward, that is what I do.
"Later, after analysing the replay of that episode and after talking to my team-mates, I realised what had happened and I completely changed my view on the episode. I am very sorry about what happened, I apologise to all the fans and to Uefa."
The Brazilian has since been vilified in numerous quarters for his actions but has promised the incident will never be repeated.
"Nothing like this ever happened to me before, I have always respected and will respect the Fair Play rules," he continued.
"Once again I apologise and I promise that this will never happen again. I will be more focused and attentive on the pitch and I will abide by the rules of fair play."
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Communication most definitely, because I know that I cannot read his mind sometimes and he cannot read mine, which ends up as us losing our trusts for each other. We have broken up and gotten back together a lot of times, but it takes a while in between the days of breaking up and getting back together, simply because during those times I guess we realized our mistakes and anger turned into I really miss you and I want you back. So I completely agree with what Zenairis_Serean said under his post. That is what I do to keep my relationship going. And I tell him directly that I sometimes have trust issues, but we work it out somehow. Sometimes communication can be from the heart and body too! If you take the time to sit down and talk it out, it helps quite a lot, even friendship relationships or family relationships, they work the same way - except for the romance part, but they work the same way - communication and trust.
let Marvin Gaye (the best wingman in all of history) set the mood.
Throw some rose petals everywhere. Dim the lights. Light some candles( ALOT not some). Learn to do the toosie roll( roll your belly). Strip buttnaked. thump them fingers in rythem to the music. Raise one eyebrow in a creepy way. Bite that hole bottom lip. make your way towards your women and spin her right around and hug from the back. Move dat hand down dat shirt and show them buttoms who the boss is. Get real close to her her and say '' Just keep lovin meh sugar '' .
Still, I advise marraige beforehand. You love her right? than marry dat girl *tootsie rolls*
Im back. How was studyville you ask? Judging by that question, you should visit.
Live,Listen & Learn...
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Constant Communication... Even the cliche, Good morning, i miss you and etc...
Effort to make the person you love happy and inspired everyday if things starting to get blue...you should be there to comfort.
Respect to him, his friends, his family and his job.
Trust, to what he say is true and not to entertain other thoughts of him if in doubt just ask him directly and be honest.
deleting the acount ASAP... Thank you Everyone!
Sexual compatibility.
The way I hold you and the night just seems to fly
Friendship keeps it going for me. Once you've fallen for your lover, it's not impossible to fall for him/her again but it will fade away. It never stays till the end of times so, when the honeymoon is over we should have a loving and caring friendship.
Lies wil always break it for me, there shouldn't be a reason to lie to me, especially when in a relationship. If you lie to me, I can't trust you. If I can't trust you, I would be afraid to love you. There are only few people worth such a risk in my opinion.
Respect and honesty. The minute I start feeling like I'm taken for granted, I'm out.
Look at my star cause it's shining only at you.
You could try locking them in a giant golden birdcage and threaten their family until they love you forever.
If you're mega rich, just give them money and let them do whatever they want. Even if it's across the world with the pool boy.
Make sure that you brainwash them right away or they might get that disease called 'free will.'
Just kill everyone that they like until only you are left. Problem solved.
Or, just build her to worship you. We have the technology!
work... and lots of it.....I'm not talking about a job...its more as a interest instead of a job
i was in a long distance relationship
and to keep it going it all boiled down to TRUST and COMMUNICATION....
with out those 2 i think there can be no relationship between 2 pipol...
Maybe I'm the only one who believes in this but...I think it all boils down to dumb luck.
The luck of the draw.
There are countless relationships where the guy or the girl are basically perfect and do all the right things. Are good-looking, intelligent, kind, have a bright future, are funny, understanding, supportive. And still, in spite of that, their significant other still breaks up with them, or cheats on them.
Just think back on the news all those years back when Hugh Grant was dating a drop-dead gorgeous Elizabeth Hurley. The one from Bedazzled and Austin Powers. Classy, elegant world-famous supermodel with the charm to boot.
And Grant goes and cheats on her, by soliciting the services of a (frankly) ugly prostitute when he had Hurley waiting at home for him. Not because she did anything wrong, or because he was more attracted to the prostitute. But simply because it was more "dangerous" and "exciting" for him to go against the law and cheat with a street-walker.
There's no rhyme. No reason. No logic. People just do the weirdest things sometimes. So at the end of the day there's nothing you can do to make sure your relationship is going to work out or keep going. You can increase your chances, but it's no real solution. It's dumb luck. Even if you do all the right things.
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PhD, Teaching and Learning with Specialization in Reading, University of Miami
MEd, Counseling (Marriage & Family Therapy), University of Miami
BA Honors, Psychology, University of Pretoria, South Africa
BA, Psychology & Afrikaans, Vista University, South Africa
Yvonne Campbell is a native of South Africa. She earned her PhD in Teaching and Learning, with Specialization in Reading, and her MEd in Counseling (Marriage and Family Therapy), both from the University of Miami. In South Africa she earned a BA Honors in Psychology from the University of Pretoria, and a BA in Psychology & Afrikaans from Vista University. Prior to joining the Barry University faculty, she was assistant professor and Graduate Reading Program Coordinator at Florida Memorial University (FMU) in Miami Gardens. A certified K-12 Reading Teacher (with the ESOL Endorsement), Dr. Campbell is a former Intensive Reading Teacher, Reading Department Chair, and Reading Coach in the public school systems of Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Dr. Campbell is the evaluator of a 5-year $1.25 million personnel preparation grant, that was approved and funded (September 2012) by the U.S. Department of Education, through the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. She is keen on continuing grant-writing initiatives to help promote her sustained interests. Dr. Campbell serves on the Community Learning Partnership of Greater Miami Shores, Teacher Professional Development Sub-Committee and on the editorial boards of Teachers on the Cutting Edge and the Florida Reading Journal. She also serves as Reviewer for the Journal of Research in Education. Her research interests include instructional strategies for students at risk of reading (and writing) failure, teacher preparation and development with an emphasis on culturally responsive pedagogy, collaborative learning, and hybrid- and online learning. Her current research focuses on effective writing instruction in the middle school classroom.
Selected Publications
- Ribeiro de Souza-Campbell, Y.C. (2009). Pygmalion Effect. In E. F. Provenzo (jr.) (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Ribeiro de Souza-Campbell, Y.C. (2009). Summerhill. In E. F. Provenzo (jr.) (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Marshall, J. C., & Campbell, Y. C. (2006). Practice makes permanent: Working toward fluency. In J. S. Schumm (Ed.), Reading assessment and instruction for all learners: A comprehensive guide for classroom and resource setting, (pp.190-121). New York: Guilford.
- Elbaum, B., Arguelles, M., Campbell, Y. & Bardawil Saleh, M. (2004). Effects of a student-reads-aloud accommodation on the performance of students with and without learning disabilities on a test of reading comprehension. Exceptionality, 12(2), 71-87.
Selected Presentations
- Ribeiro de Souza-Campbell, Y. C., Filimon, C. M., Parke, N.C. (October 2015). How to Develop Effective Paragraph Writing for Answering Open-Ended Constructed Response Questions. Paper presented at the Florida Reading Association 53nd Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
- Ricketts-Duncan, J. & Ribeiro de Souza-Campbell, Y. C. (November, 2014). Fostering phonological and cultural awareness through children's literature within the K-3 classroom. Paper presented at the 58th Annual Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) Conference, Delray Beach, FL.
- Ribeiro de Souza-Campbell, Y. C. (October 2014). Teaching Text Structures to Comprehend Informational Text: Strategies for Fourth and Fifth Graders. Paper presented at the Florida Reading Association 52nd Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
- Strange-Martin, N. Y. & Ribeiro de Souza-Campbell, Y. C. (May, 2014). Creating Consciousness about Adult Literacy Certificate Programs. Paper presented at the 2014 Florida Literacy Conference, Daytona Beach, FL.
- Rily, T., Jerome-Raja, A. & Ribeiro de Souza-Campbell, Y. C. (November, 2013). Recruiting and Retaining Effective Special Education Leadership: Recommendations from Emerging Minority Leaders. Paper presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the Teacher Education Division (TED) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Fort Lauderdale, FL.


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LAURINBURG, N.C.—Junior Kayla Hay (Hanover, Ind.) filled up the score sheet with 16 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, four blocks, and one steal for host St. Andrews Presbyterian College but Coker College took advantage of a depleted Knights roster en route to a 81-66 Conference Carolinas women's basketball victory on Monday evening in Harris Court.
The Lady Cobras pulled away after a close first half by shooting 61.8% in the final period, extending their win streak to four games improving to 9-12 overall and 8-8 in the conference. The Lady Knights -- who maintain 1-19 and 0-16 ledgers -- kept it close by converting 57.7% of their attempts in the second half even though they only had five active players for the final 11 minutes after freshman Septembra LeSane (Pompano Beach, Fla.) fouled out.
The Finland junior duo of Henna Koponen and Lotta Aaltonen led the Cobras with 20 and 18 points, respectively. Freshman Jasmine Alston (Sumter, S.C.) added 13 points for Coker.
Hay recorded her second straight double-double with a team-high 16 point and a game-high 10 rebounds. Hay has six double-doubles on the season. Hay dished out a season-high five assists and had four blocks for the fourth time this year.
Freshmen Brittany Roberts (Concord, N.C.) and Kaela Allison (Mirimar, Fla.) both scored 14 points for the Knights. Allison tied her season-high point total while Roberts had her second highest output of the season. Senior Desiree Jones (Tulsa, Okla.) was the fourth SAPC player in double figures, netting 11 points including a game-high three 3-pointers.
Coker held a single digit lead throughout the first half but was unable to pull away as St. Andrews kept fighting with a loud crowd cheering for the Knights during SAPC's "Fan Appreciation Night."
Koponen scored the first five baskets for Coker as the visitors took an early 10-6 advantage. The Cobras had eight assists on their 10 made shots helping take a 28-23 lead into halftime.
Both squads shot 29-percent in the opening period. Coker made 10 steals in the first 20 minutes including four by Alston. SAPC had seven blocks in the first half including four swats by Hay.
The Cobras started the second half on an 8-2 run that extended their lead to double figures for the remainder of the contest. Coker built a 23-point lead but the Knights kept fighting with an 18-10 run in the final five minutes to cut the final deficit to 15.
Both teams shot well with Coker sinking 45.6% and SAPC draining 43.4%. The Cobras held a 41-33 rebounding advantage with Aaltonen leading the team with six boards. Alston made a game-high six steals.
Freshman Melissa Freeman (Cape Coral, Fla.) had eight rebounds for the Knights.
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Seán Connolly (34) from Bluebell, Dublin, was charged with the possession of a firearm and being a member of a number of illegal organizations, which style themselves on the Irish Republican Army (IRA), according to the Irish Times reports.
Connolly appeared before the Special Criminal Court on Friday, after 6pm, and was formally charged. Detective Sergeant Enda Mulryan told the court that he had arrested Connelly in Raheny, at 4.10pm, under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.
It is believed that Connolly is a member of Óglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise known as the IRA. Connolly was the prime suspect in Kelly's murder. He had been questioned by the police about a shooting offense previously and has also served a prison sentence at Portlaoise maximum-security jail for a serious offence.
The Irish Independent reports that Kelly's murder was thought to be part of an ongoing feud between terrorists and organized crime gangs in Dublin. This feud has resulted in several murders including that of Real IRA leader Alan Ryan in September.
Connolly was remanded in custody until December 20th.


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Tattooers, apprentices, collectors and the curious have been registering for the Paradise Tattoo Gathering which is coming up September 13-16 in Keystone Colorado. Hotel rooms and Condos are being booked, and seminar registrations are coming in every day. Jeff Gogue's seminar only has 15 spaces left out of 100, so don't snooze on registering!
This years lineup is truly amazing: Tattooing, workshops, seminars and live painting are being led by the likes of Bob Tyrrell, Adrian Lee, Tommy Lee, Nick Baxter, Jeff Gogue, Tom Strom, Chet Zar, Damon Conklin, Nikko Hurtado, Alex De Pase, Big Gus, Shawn Barber, Jo Harrison, BJ Betts, Megan Hoogland, Cory Ferguson, Seth Ciferri, James Kern, Jason Kundell and many, many more. We hope to see you there!
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ORDERED that each parent, guardian or custodian named above, shall comply with the following directive; which shall be deemed incorporated into any existing Order of Custody ("Parent"), Parenting Team (FKA Visitation) or Order of Protection. (Paragraph 99 on official form)
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9. Address and Phone Numbers: Each parent shall keep the other timely informed of the other's residential address and work and home phone numbers. Calls to the other parent's place of employment shall not be made, except to discuss important matters concerning the children that can not wait until the end of the business day or unless that parent has agreed to accept calls at work. Calls to the residence shall be at reasonable times and intervals. If a child will be staying overnight outside Lewis County, the other parent shall be provided with a travel itinerary and contact phone number.
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Obituary: Mildred Irene (Britt) Buckner
Mildred Irene (Britt) Buckner, 89, passed into the presence of her Lord on Friday, October 19, 2012, from Tucson, AZ.
Born to Lenon O'Leary and Hettie Belle (Littrell) Britt near Kaseyville, MO, on March 13, 1923, she enjoyed the simple farm life with her 11 brothers and sisters.
She graduated from Macon High School in 1941 and married Estel Buckner in the same year.
At the beginning of World War II, Mildred worked at the St. Louis Arsenal, inspecting .50 caliber machine gun ammunition while her husband worked on bomb construction until drafted in the U.S. Army in late 1943.
Upon Estel's discharge from the Army in 1946, they bought a farm near Glasgow, MO, where they raised cattle, hogs, and tobacco.
In 1955, following the extreme drought years, Estel, Mildred, and their sons, Eldon, Don, and Ray, moved to Tucson, AZ, where daughters, Linda and Nona were born.
Mildred retired from Hughes Aircraft Company in 1986 and spent her time teaching Sunday School at Calvary Baptist Church, making quilts, and traveling.
She is survived by five children, Eldon Buckner of Baker City, OR, Donald Buckner of Cairo, MO, Raymond Buckner of Tucson, AZ, Linda Duncan of Tucson, AZ, and Nona Wade of Tucson, AZ; two daughters-in-law; Hope and Karen; two sons-in-law, David Duncan and Mike Wade; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
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We drilled a new well 2 months ago for our new house. While painting and after moving in we noticed that the water was orange / yellowish. After running the faucets for a while it dissapates and runs clear. However the next day it seems to be back to it's usual color and needs to be run for another hour to clear up.
We took some water in to be tested to our local Kinetico dealer. He tested it and told us that it was all "ferrous" iron in the water and that a water softener would clear it up. In fact while discussing this he promised me that he was 100% sure that the softener would clear up the problem. He seemed to be very knowledgeable about the entire problem, since he said it was common in our area. We ended up purchasing a Kinetico 2060s model.
The unit has been installed for two days now and does not seem to be making any difference whatsoever. After running a large amount of water from both hot and cold to make sure they were both clear and that our pipes were thoroughly flushed out we thought everything was great. The next day the water was orange / yellow again. I used a test strip to check to make sure we were getting soft water (that the unit was actually working) and it showed soft water. I also tested the water coming from our kitchen sink that is unsoftened and it showed approx 250 ppm (15 gpg) of hardness.
Upon inspection of the owners manual it stated to use "Iron Fighter" salt pellets to help manage iron...the Kinetico salesman said nothing of this when we discussed it with him. Do they work to remove iron or not?
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I was recently reminded of a recurring line in the movie Forrest Gump: "Life is like a box of chocolates," Forrest said. "You never know what you're gonna get."
I often have that feeling as I leave home for a road trip into farm country. I have a notion of what I'll get: a notebook full of quotes from farmers, crop specialists, and other experts that I try to turn into an interesting narrative about issues on the farm.
I usually get 100 or more photos, maybe five or six minutes of video recordings depicting timely activities from the rural Southwest.
I know where I'm headed and what crops the farmers I plan on interviewing are growing. But serendipity plays a role. And that's a good thing, actually. The unexpected comments a farmer makes as we bounce along his fields often become the heart of the story. I've often discarded a story angle I was planning because an unexpected revelation from a farmer or rancher just seemed more interesting.
And I never know what photo op might show up around the next turn or over the next rise when I'm cruising rural roads to and from farmer interviews.
Last week, for instance, I was headed west on Highway 380, up to the High Plains where I had interviews with cotton farmers scheduled for the following day. I noticed combines harvesting wheat along the way and kept watch for a field with easy access. The one I chose was a large field, flat as—well, flat as a West Texas wheat field. A semi-truck was parked in just-cut stubble, along with a grain hopper. The combine was running on the far side of the field, almost invisible in a cloud of dust.
I parked on the edge of the field and was pleased to see someone smiling as he walked over to greet me. I introduced myself and asked permission to take some harvest photos.
Dan Blanks explained that his brother, Terry, was on the combine. Dan is retired and came up from the Dallas area to help with wheat harvest. "He'll probably let you ride along," Dan said as he punched his brother's number in his cell phone.
Terry made a quick stop, and I climbed aboard. He was gracious, answered my questions without hesitation and told me about his crop. He was not overly pleased with the yield on this parcel but said he had better wheat in a nearby county. Even at that, it was better than last year's disaster.
I stayed with him for maybe 20 minutes, shot some photos through the cab window and some video of wheat rolling into the header. He finished a half-circle and I climbed off, thanked him for his time, shot a few frames as he prepared to make another round and shook hands with Dan as I crunched through stubble to my truck.
I've posted some of the video and will use the photos to illustrate articles on the Texas wheat crop. And I was reminded of the reason I love this job so much. I can't imagine another industry where someone would interrupt his work and ferry a perfect stranger around his workplace and talk candidly about his production challenges.
Neither Terry nor Dan seemed to mind the intrusion. And that's not uncommon with the folks I am privileged to meet in my job.
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I was just about to say - look here :- http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7583 ~ then you noted that you'd seen it! ~ anyway really like those shots as they are natural and as you say people always seem to straighten or pose - I like taking people at weddings and often land the job of Unofficial Photographer where I slink around with a long lens and catch people chatting, unaware of me - nowadays I should still be able to do that as both of my cameras have a reasonable telephoto
Back to the people thread - I reckon it should carry on - either here or on the other one - or if it takes off maybe JK can paste the two together like he did with the Birds threads. Pleas post some more if you have them - or even put some of these in the other thread, maybe that's the way, then carry on in that one.
Thanks for those then - very good!


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SPIN METER: Presidential hopefuls face 2016 chores
Get your face on TV and write a book: Check. Start meeting the big money people: Check. Visit Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina — Israel, too: Check.
Deny any of this has to do with running for president: Check.
For politicians planning or tempted to run for the presidency in 2016, the to-do list is formidable. What's striking is how methodically most of them are plowing through it while they pretend nothing of the sort is going on.
Somehow, it has been decreed that politicians who fancy themselves presidential timber must wear a veil concealing the nakedness of their ambition. They must let the contours show through, however — more and more over time — while hoping everyone doesn't tire of the tease.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, among others, are hewing closely to the scripted chores of soon-to-runs. Hillary Rodham Clinton and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are among those coming out with a book, almost a perquisite these days, while otherwise diverting from the usual path of preparation, for reasons that make strategic sense for them (and, you never know, could merely reflect indecision).
There is so much to do: Polish a record, for those in office; network with central constituencies of the party; take a serious stab at social media; start dealing with pesky baggage; and get going with a shadow campaign, which can mean bringing on national advisers, powering up a political action committee, or both. The little-knowns must get better known. The well-knowns must shape how people know them.
Governors Chris Christie of New Jersey and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana say it's crazy to be preparing for a campaign this soon.
If so, then Christie, Jindal and the whole lot of them are crazy.
Paul is going full steam on prep, making all the necessary moves (visits to New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina among them), while stating his only motive is to help the Republican Party grow. This, despite hard-line tactics in the Senate that do not resemble outreach to GOP factions other than his own.
Still, he's been more upfront than most in acknowledging the possibility of a presidential campaign. Rubio, for one, claims such a campaign hasn't crossed his mind even as he's been running one, in all but name, at least since he darted into Iowa mere days after the 2012 election. Among Democrats, O'Malley now is openly talking about a 2016 race.
Everything Clinton does, short of brushing her teeth, is parsed for presidential campaign meaning. If her brand of toothpaste were known, that would be factored in the punditry, too. "I have absolutely no plans to run," she says, turning to the most time-worn dodge, which persuades no one, including the supporters and donors who raised more than $1 million in June alone without any discouragement from her.
Happily for hopefuls, much of what they do as public officials is multipurpose, giving them a veneer of deniability even if no one believes it.
Vice President Joe Biden chats up people from key primary states and Democratic interest groups, but, hey, that's just Joe the king of schmooze, right?
Christie staged a national fundraising tour this summer, swelling coffers for what's expected to be a cakewalk to a second term as governor but, more important, making the coast-to-coast money connections he'd need for a Republican presidential race. Many could-be candidates travel to raise money for others, similarly introducing themselves to donors for their own potential benefit down the road.
Rare is the presidential prospect who hasn't been to Israel, the New Hampshire of the Middle East, small in size but big as a touchstone of U.S politics, and it's easy for a senator to find reasons to go. Paul and Rubio did early this year. Governors pad thin foreign policy resumes with trade missions or other events abroad, as Wisconsin's Scott Walker did with a summer visit to China. Christie made Israel his first overseas trip as governor last year. O'Malley made a return visit in April.
Many of these people have positions in party organizations or governors associations that make a trip to New Hampshire or a splashy speech in California look like something other than an effort to grease their own wheels for 2016. That's especially handy for governors, who risk flak at home if seen preening for a national audience. That hasn't stopped Christie, though, from going for laughs on late-night talk shows or agreeing to a sitcom stint this fall on Michael J. Fox's new show.
Walker got to preen at home this summer, hosting the National Governors Association annual meeting in Milwaukee. He says he won't think about running for president until the 2014 governor's election is over. No one believes him. Notably, he won't commit to serving all four years if he wins another term.
Both Walker and Jindal are introducing themselves to South Carolina conservatives in a fundraising visit for Gov. Nikki Haley in late August.
Not all prospective candidates have to jump through all the hoops of campaign preparation, at least not this soon. After traveling more than 1 million miles as secretary of state, Clinton can sit on a couch with impunity for a while. She's coming out of a quiet spell with plans for more speeches, some highly paid to bring in personal income.
By now Biden also has been everywhere, gotten to know everyone and had something to say about everything under the sun.
That includes his own future. To GQ magazine: "I can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America." That's the veil.
"But it doesn't mean I won't run." The tease.
Says former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush: "My thinking is not to think about it for a year."
Meantime he's appeared on all five Sunday TV talk shows on one day in March, served as keynote speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference that month, spoken in South Carolina in April and returned in the summer for a party thrown by a leading Republican bundler of donations. This, after speaking in Iowa last year. His platforms are his 2013 book on immigration and his prominent advocacy on overhauling education.
The outlier in this group is Cuomo — like father, like son.
The governor is writing a book to come out next year that is said to reflect "profound moments" of his first term and "a full and frank account" of his private life, the perfect vanity project to get his ideas before a national audience, deal with post-divorce personal baggage on his own terms and generate the buzz that others who may run already are seeking.
For now, he's staying close to home, skipping the usual networking, avoiding the national airwaves and keeping the veil decidedly opaque. When Democrats held their national convention in Charlotte, N.C., last year, Cuomo went to the city but skipped the spectacle, choosing instead a side event for New York delegates at a local hotel.
This, from the son of Hamlet on the Hudson, the label attached to Mario Cuomo when he sent mixed signals about his intentions in 1988 and 1992. "I have no plans and no plans to make plans," the elder Cuomo said over and over, finally opting both times not to go for the Democratic nomination.
Family considerations tend to be a smoke screen when raised, as they often are, by politicians deciding whether to run for office. It's a safe bet Bush will decide whether to run based on factors other than his mother Barbara's comment that "we've had enough Bushes." And no one was thrown off the scent when Christie told David Letterman his family voted 6-0 against his running in 2012.
After all, Mitt Romney had a family meeting, too, producing a 10-2 vote against a 2012 candidacy. He voted no, along with the majority, but history beckoned, as the family told it, and that straw poll was lost in the wind of his 2012 campaign.


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The Raiders interviewed Mike Martz for their offensive coordinator vacancy in an attempt to find an upgrade over the fired Greg Knapp, a person familiar with the situation said.
They also spoke with Juan Castillo about the prospect of taking over for fired offensive line coach Frank Pollack.
To this point, the Raiders have not released any information about their search for replacements for Knapp, Pollack, special teams coordinator Steve Hoffman and linebackers coach Johnny Holland.
All four were fired the day after the Raiders completed a 4-12 season, their 10th straight season without a winning record.
Martz last worked in the league as the Chicago Bears offensive coordinator in 2011. He was fired after a two-year stint. He was the 49ers offensive coordinator in 2008 and served in the same capacity for the Detroit Lions in 2006-07.
Raiders coach Dennis Allen said in his year-end news conference that he isn't in a hurry to find an offensive coordinator.
"I don't have a time frame for getting somebody in," Allen said. "I want to make sure we get the right guy, and however long that takes for us to get the right guy, that's how long that that takes."
Allen also said he isn't averse to working with an offensive coordinator that has experience as a head coach. Martz coached the Rams from 2000-05 and solidified his reputation as a guy that can get the most out of his offense.
"I'll be comfortable with a guy I feel like gives us the best chance to be successful in all areas," Allen said.
Under Knapp this season, the Raiders struggled establishing a consistent running attack and scoring points.
Pollack and Knapp came under fire for their implementation of the zone-blocking scheme upon their arrival last offseason.
Castillo was the Eagles offensive line coach for 13 seasons before then-coach Andy Reid promoted him to defensive coordinator before the 2011 season. The move backfired and resulted in the Eagles firing Castillo in October of this season.
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Updated population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show that Massachusetts has grown by more than 2.2 percent since 2010, with the eastern part of the state leading the way.
Updated population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show that Massachusetts has grown by more than 2.2 percent since 2010, with the eastern part of the state leading the way.
"I think the level of growth is really striking," said Tim Reardon, assistant director of data services for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. "Some of these regions have grown as much in the past three years as they did in all of the 2000s. It's a really critical component of the vibrancy of Massachusetts in the coming decade."
The Greater Boston, Merrimack Valley, South Shore and MetroWest regions saw particularly high growth rates, according to the 2013 population estimates the U.S. Census Bureau released on May 28.
"I think the reason why those places have performed so well is in part due to new job growth there and the incredible job growth going on in the inner core of Boston as well," Reardon said.
Cape Cod and the Berkshires, however, saw population declines. Those regions, he said, haven't seen the same level of development and job creation as Greater Boston.
Situated on the South Shore, Cohasset experienced a population increase of nearly 9.7 percent since 2010, making it the fastest-growing community in Massachusetts, according to the Census Bureau.
Some Cohasset officials, however, question whether the U.S. Census Bureau significantly overestimated the town's population and growth. Figures from the town manager and town clerk's offices show much more modest growth, Selectman Diane Kennedy said.
The U.S. Census Bureau's population estimates are based in part on birth rates, death rates and building permits.
Leading the state, Suffolk County saw a 4.6 percent jump in population since the 2010 census. Middlesex County (3.3 percent), Essex County (2.61 percent) and Norfolk County (2.5 percent) all grew at a faster rate than the state average.
The numbers, Reardon said, are most meaningful in larger communities and on the state and county level, as they show evidence of sustained population trends.
He added that it's important to keep in mind that in small communities — Cohasset has a population of less than 8,300 — it can be hard to draw significant conclusions. One or two major housing developments can significantly skew the growth rates.
A large, new apartment complex is likely behind the statistical spike in Cohasset, Selectman Diane Kennedy said.
"Cohasset is pretty well built-out, so I don't think it's a trend," she said. "We've had some modest growth. I don't see us multiplying over the years."
Taunton's population, which in 2013 was estimated to be 56,069, barely grew from 2010 to 2013.
The growth rate, according to the Census Bureau, increased 0.35 percent during the three-year period when an additional 195 people became Silver City residents.
Former Office of Economic Development director and current Taunton Development Corporation part-time project manager Dick Shafer said the key to success for local, long-term economic growth depends, ideally, on "controlled growth" of population.
The TDC, which more recently has collaborated with state finance agency MassDevelopment to develop a life-science eduction and training center on 50 acres of Myles Standish Industrial Park property, has for decades marketed and managed MSIP.
Shafer, who has been affiliated with TDC since the 1980s and also chairs the regional economic strategies committee of SRPEDD, the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District, said it's a positive sign the city has shown at least some population growth.
He said he recalls how Taunton's population shrunk by nearly 50 people in 2010, marking the first time in modern history that had happened.
Shafer said historically, the MSIP has been a key driver in attracting new businesses, a significant portion of whose workers commute to work from the Boston area.
But he said other employees choose to take advantage of more affordable home prices in Taunton and, as a result, move to and remain in the city.
The key, he said, is to strike a balance so that the city collects revenue without undue burden in providing additional services, such as schools and infrastructure.
City Councilman Gerald Croteau recently asked Economic and Community Development director Kevin Shea whether his office can help promote and market Myles Standish Industrial Park in order to reduce what Croteau said is a 16-percent vacancy rate.
Shafer, however, said recent survey data indicate the vacancy rate is now just shy of 10 percent, including nearly 100 companies and businesses and about 6,200 workers.
The Census Bureau indicated that Raynham's population, which is just under 14,000, grew 1.28 percent from 2010 to 2013; Rehoboth's population for the same period grew 1.97 percent; Berkley edged up by 1.64 percent; and Dighton's population increased by 1.81 percent.
The bureau estimated the population of the entire county of Bristol increased by just 0.82 percent.
Throughout the first decade of the 2000s, Massachusetts saw an overall population growth of approximately 3 percent, experiencing losses in some years. As its population growth failed to keep pace with other states, Massachusetts lost a representative in Congress.
In addition to job creation in and around Boston, the MAPC also points to efforts at the state and local levels to invest in housing.
News that the state is now gaining residents at a higher pace should be welcome news for cities and towns, as population growth typically leads to higher tax revenues and more disposable income making its way into the economy.
"Population growth and retaining young workers is critical to developing our economy, fueling our labor force and economic growth," Reardon said.
Taunton Daily Gazette reporter Charles Winokoor contributed to this story.


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Washington Sq. decision grants city license to lie
By Jonathan Greenberg
The closer you look at the recent decision by the Appellate Division to overturn Judge Emily Jane Goodmans ruling on the redesign of Washington Square Park, the more it resembles a political fix.
Typically, an appeals court overturns a lower courts ruling on issues of law. But in this case, the decision by the five-man Appellate panel (four of them Pataki-appointed conservatives) revised the facts in Goodmans July 25, 2006, ruling, replacing reality with fiction. The Appellate Court has reconstructed what really happened during the past two years, in order to grant the Parks Department a license to radically redesign Washington Square Park.
Judge Goodmans 19-page well-researched ruling highlights the key issue: This litigation turns on whether two major elements of the plan, the placement and capacity of the fountain jets, and the size of the fountain plaza, were clearly revealed to both the community board and the Landmarks Commission. I conclude, on the basis of this record, that essential aspects of the Parks Departments plans for the fountain and the fountain plaza, which could have a substantial impact on the historic role of the Washington Square Park, were not adequately revealed to Community Board 2 or the Landmarks Commission, precluding the exercise of their roles in the oversight process
Judge Goodman reviewed sworn affidavits, from myself and current C.B. 2 Parks Committee Chairperson Arthur Schwartz, affirming that during the C.B. 2 approval hearings, the Parks Department never disclosed the plans 23 percent reduction in size of the central plaza. Nor, she found, did Parks Department officials ever mention their intended transformation of the fountain to an ornamental fountain off limits to sitting, performing or wading without a special permit, until the Art Commission hearing in January 2006, long after other approvals had been granted. Goodman also cited our transcript from a Landmarks Commission hearing, in which commissioners were assured, by Parks designer George Vellonakis, that the central plaza would be exactly the same after the redesign.
The Appellate court ignored all this, relying on unsubstantiated interpretations of fact. Most prominently, the Appellate judges stated:
The Supreme Court erred in finding that the Parks Department provided Community Board 2 with inadequate disclosure in this case.
The record demonstrates that
in April 2005 the Parks Department made a detailed presentation of the renovation to the community board, supported by photographs and schematic drawings of proposed changes to the fountain and the fountain plaza. Although no specific measurements were provided, the diagrams of the plaza were drawn to scale and consistent with the Parks Departments stated goals.
However, videotaped presentations, documents and the memory of hundreds of us who were present reveal that far from disclosing the departments true plans, Parks representatives assured us that changes to the fountain and central plaza would be insignificant. Remarkably absent from both the citys response to our April 2006 lawsuit and its October 2006 appeal is a single affidavit from designer George Vellonakis or Manhattan Borough Parks Commissioner William Castro, the two officials who presented the plans to the community board and Landmarks Commission. Nor did the city attempt to provide affidavits from any one of the 40-plus C.B. 2 members who voted to conditionally approve the plan based on misleading information in April 2005.
No such affidavits were presented because city officials do not want to perjure themselves. As our free four-minute Web video at www.openwsp.com reveals, in May 2005, prior to a vote by the citys Landmarks Preservation Commission, Vellonakis told C.B. 2s Landmarks Committee that the reduction in the size of the central plaza would be insignificant. When asked what he meant by insignificant, he responded, about 5 percent.
In fact, under the now-set-to-go plan, the central plaza will be reduced by 23 percent, the fountain transformation will reduce the current gathering and seating space by another 10 percent, and the removal of the contiguous blacktop to the east of the center will reduce it by another 10 percent.
The approvals the Parks Department received from C.B. 2 and Landmarks Commission members were, in fact, based upon misleading information. The reason that the city spent eight months appealing Judge Goodmans decision instead of complying with its simple do it right this time instruction was that it did not believe it could win the approval of its true plan for our park through a legitimate review process.
C.B. 2 and the Landmarks Commission have never voted on the fully revealed plan, which destroys the theater-in-the-round that makes Washington Square Park one of the most unique public gathering spaces in the world. The Parks Department deliberately refused to disclose its actual plans until after receiving C.B. 2 and Landmarks approvals. Instead, they falsely marketed their redesign as a relatively minor renovation that would improve the parks current functionality. And from the beginning, they have refused to allow the public a choice over whether our tax money is used to simply repair and improve the current design, or have the park transformed, as it may soon be, into a garden-style, pedestrian pass-through mall.
Had the Appellate court been truly interested in finding out what had been disclosed, it could have easily remanded the case back to the lower court to hear the sworn testimony of the officials who did the disclosing, as well as C.B. 2 and Landmarks representatives who voted to approve the plan. It would then have heard that despite repeated requests, Parks officials refused to leave the so-called scale drawings in the hands of the public or C.B. 2 members for review and measurement.
But the Appellate court had no intention of finding out what material representations Parks actually made. Its ruling exists to rationalize the removal of Judge Goodmans obstacle to the citys plans. Our attorneys, Daniel Alterman and Arlene Boop, are requesting permission from the states highest court, the Court of Appeals, to appeal this misguided decision.
Meanwhile, in Councilmember Alan Gersons talking point in last weeks Villager (Forward and united on Washington Square renovation), he seems untroubled by two years of misrepresentations and an abuse of the community approval process. Given the deceit of Parks and its legal stance officially disavowing the unsigned Gerson-Quinn agreement, few Villagers would agree with the councilmembers statement that Even if Parks fountain proposal proceeds, there will be no real change in Washington Square Parks feel and character.
To be legally binding, a contract needs to be signed by the involved parties. The Gerson-Quinn agreement is a wish list, not a contract; neither the agreement nor the new Washington Square Park Task Force have any legal standing to protect against the most important big picture aspects of this immensely unpopular redesign scheme. These aspects include: the significant reduction and raising to street level of the central plaza, the destruction of the fountains use as a theater-in-the-round, the high fence, the narrowing of all walkways to less than half their current size to allow decorative planters and the unnecessary three-year closing of much of the park for construction.
Forward and united, Gerson wrote last week.
I have a better idea for the city: Try listening to us, the taxpaying citizens, for a change. We are united and this is what we say:
Preserve Washington Square Park, keep it open, repair it, dont redesign it!
Greenberg, a local parent, is lead plaintiff in Greenberg vs. City of New York and founder of the Open Washington Square Park Coalition. He holds a masters law degree from Yale Law School and has lived near Washington Square Park more than 30 years.
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