| Freeport students learn about construction
Saccamanno brought a class of about 23 students to tour the site Friday and learn about construction while also getting some hands-on experience with a saw and nail gun.
�This is cool for me because I want to become an architect some day,� said 14-year-old Ruben Estrada, an eighth-grader. �This will also help me if I ever want to build my own house one day.�
When the students arrived at the site, they each were given blueprints of the home and allowed to walk inside the wooden frame of the building. As they watched, the company�s construction manager told them about the building�s design.
�I�m only in eighth grade and I already know how to build a house,� said Dillian Johnson, 13. He hopes to become an engineer.
After the students were given a tour of the home, they were led outside, where the workers showed them the different tools and equipment they use and spoke to them about safety.
Taxes fuel discontent
Ehrlich's job approval ratings never dipped below 50 percent in his four years, and the Republican remains one of the most popular politicians in Maryland, with 58 percent of voters viewing him in a favorable light, compared with 28 percent who do not.
However, the survey found that only a third of voters thought the state improved under Ehrlich's tenure, with the rest believing it stayed the same or got worse.
If there is any silver lining for O'Malley in the figures, it may be that putting aside his job performance, 48 percent of voters view him favorably compared with 39 percent unfavorably.
And there is still a sizable portion of the electorate, 20 percent, that is unsure whether they approve of how he's doing his job.
The governor said in a recent interview that he advocated his budget-balancing plan knowing that it could hurt him politically because he believed that finding a fiscal remedy was unavoidable.
US Horse Meat is Unsafe for Human Consumption
Again, this does not apply to horses because the FDA and USDA do not view them as food animals. Therein lies the issue. US horses are not raised nor regulated as food animals, yet 1% of the 9 million American horses ARE being slaughtered for human consumption overseas. * Veterinarians should be in violation of their own AVMA law by administering bute and almost all of the other medications they give to horses — "Extralabel drug use is not permitted if it would result in a violative food residue or any residue that may present a risk to public health." (http://www.avma.org/onlnews/j avma/oct00/s100100a.asp) What are the side-effects of bute? * Phenylbutazone has been determined to be a carcinogen to humans by the National Toxicology Program (NTP). * Phenylbutazone is also known for its ulcerogenic, nephrotoxic, and hemotoxic effects in humans.
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