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WCCSD prepares transition to iPads
The Webster City Community School District is making its first steps to rolling out iPads across the district.
At the Monday meeting of the board of directors, technology director Mark Murphy said the iPads arrived slightly ahead of schedule. He oversaw several test runs of a new laser engraver that will identify the mobile computing devices and presented them at the meeting.
Software and other applications are being preloaded on those iPads and will be given to staff starting tomorrow. Murphy said the introduction of those iPads will continue until Feb. 18 to staff. That gives staff a week to get comfortable with the devices before a professional development training day that will focus on the new devices.
Murphy, along with curriculum director Linda Williams, presented the board with a rundown of the professional development day. About 25 speakers will present on a range of topics, such as how to use various apps and how to use mobile computing technology in a classroom.
"It's not really about the device at all," Murphy said. "We don't want it to be about what we're doing with the device, but how we're using the device. This is the start of a journey, not a destination. It's the start of more stuff to come."
The board approved a contract for Elizabeth Hubbell to present a keynote address and will host six breakout sessions during the professional development day. She has authored several books about integrating technology in the classroom, including "Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works," "The Future of Schooling: Educating America in 2020," and "Classroom Instruction That Works."
Superintendent Mike Sherwood said it will be a busy summer for the district with plenty of remodeling work to be done. He said preliminary work is being done, such as schematics and designing, for projects at Sunset Heights and Pleasant View. He expects that work to be done by the end of the month. Those designs will be reviewed by staff in March, and Sherwood said he expects bidding on the project the week of April 27.
Proposed projects at Sunset Heights and Pleasant View include renovations of several classroom wings, removal of non-compliant walls with glass, replacing student cubbies with lockers and more. Sherwood said between $500,000 and $600,000 left over from the gym renovations will be used to help fund those projects.
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The board approved an agreement that will continue to allow student teachers from Buena Vista University to be placed in the district. The agreement will extend through January of 2015.
The board set a date for bargaining with the Webster City Educational Services Association. The board will meet with association representatives tomorrow.
Sherwood said that the Webster City High School class of 1965 has donated over $3,000 towards the victory bell. He thanked them for their contribution.

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Cusco, Sacred Valley, and 4-day trek to Machu Picchu
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Day 1 (Cusco and Sacred Valley ) Our exploration begins at the ancient agricultural terraces of Moray and salt mines of Maras. Situated above the Urubamba River, the mines appear as pools built into the sides of the hills and are still in use today. Along the way, we walk to Pichingoto, a small collection of adobe homes built into the cliffs. Later we linger at a chicheria (bistro), visit a ceramics shop, and meet the elegant Paso Fino horse.
Day 2 (Sacred Valley float, Ollantaytambo, and Cachiccata) On our river float this morning were surrounded by spectacular views of the mountains and amazing Inca terraces. The float features easy rapids with a fun Class III rapid at the finish. We lunch at a wonderful community-owned restaurant at the river take-out, then take a nice walk to the community proper to experience a local Peruvian village.
Day 3 (Pisac, Awanacancha, and Sacsayhuaman) We spend time at the Pisac complex today, with its baths, tunnels, and temples. Our visit includes a foray to the famous Pisac market. Among todays sights will be Sacsayhuaman, a garrison-like structure on a hill above the city, Qenko, with its intricately carved altar, and the stone aqueducts and canals of Tambomachay. We will also visit the weaving cooperative of Awanacancha, where you have a chance to meet some weavers and learn about the Incan heritage reflected in their work.
Day 4 (Cusco) Today enjoy a fascinating walking excursion in the 13th century capital of the Inca Empire. The sun-worshipping Incas built their capital as close to the sun as possible, at 11,000 feet. Well walk the streets, touching stone walls still part of buildings in use today. This afternoon, rest, shop, or just sit in the plaza and soak in the local color. After dinner we get a briefing about the exciting trek ahead.
Day 5 (Soray Pampa Valley) A scenic 4-hour drive this morning takes us up a spectacular Andean mountain range which cradles Machu Picchu. From here, we have the option to either continue the drive or stretch our legs and trek to the lodge through the enchanting valley of Soray Pampa. Our lodge takes its name from Salcantay Peak, the most sacred peak in Inca mythology and, at 20,500 feet, is the highest peak/mountain in the region. Rest your feet and savor the views! Our lodge takes its name from the 20,500-foot Salcantay Peak, the most sacred peak in Inca mythology. Rest your feet and savor the views!
Day 6 (Soray Pampa Valley) Spend the day acclimating with a hike to a sparkling blue glacial lake to take in the incredible panorama. This evening our guide briefs us on the trek aheadmoderate to strenuous hiking at 6,60014,700 feet on steep, rocky trails and stone-paved Inca paths, with warm, intimate lodging waiting at the end of each day.
Day 7 (Soray Pampa to Huayrac Machay) This is the big day: the start of the 4-day trek! We start off up the Rio Blanco Valley, circling Humantay Peak across from Salcantay. The highest point on the trek occurs today when we cross a 14,700-ft. pass. Stop to marvel at the views of the snow-capped peaks of the Vilcabamba Range in every direction, then continue the descent toward the lodge. Well enjoy a hot lunch in the mountains with over-the-top views all around. Hiking time: 6-8 hours.
Day 8 (Huayrac Machay to Colpapampa) After a leisurely breakfast, we hike downhill to the Collpapampa Valley, through astonishing and ever-changing vistas. Here well find bamboo trees, more wildflowers, and walk through the landscape that is home to the elusive spectacled bear. Perched on a hill at the confluence of three rivers, our lodge (the name of which translates to where the wind blows) awaits with wonderful views. Hiking time: 5-7 hours.
Day 9 (Colpapampa to Lucmabamba) We head down the Santa Teresa river valley through rural areas with live coffee plant canopies and orchards. At the river well stop for lunch, then take the final short climb to our lodge, set in a tropical wooded enclave. At Lucmabamba, there will be time to explore the village and meet members of the local community. Lucmabambas greatest glory is its viewof Machu Picchus legendary Watchmans Tower. Hiking time: 5-7 hours.
Day 10 (Lucmabamba to Machu Picchu) On the last day of our trek, we head uphill for 3 to 4 hours towards Pallayata Pass (8,500 ft). Once over the pass we enjoy a 2- to 3-hour descent through lush bamboo forests and diverse mountain terrain to the Urubamba River. Our trek ends at the railway line, where a private railcar transfers us to the village of Aguas Calientes. In the evening, there will be time to explore the town or just relax in the hotels lovely gardens.
Day 11 (Machu Picchu) Today is devoted to the exploration and understanding of Machu Picchuthe Lost City of the Incas. The group can split up to pursue different avenues of discovery, perhaps including one of more strenuous hikes up to the Sun Gate, Machu Picchu Mountain or Huayna Picchu Mountain. Tonight we celebrate this rich journey with a farewell dinner at the lodge.
Day 12 (Lima for Flights Home) Well catch the first train out to Ollantaytambo. From the train, well have great views of the Urubamba River and Incan archeological sites. Upon arrival, our driver will shuttle us to Cusco, where well catch a flight to Lima for evening international connections for home.
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Jim Cramer's Best Blogs
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Jim Cramer fills his blog on RealMoney every day with his up-to-the-minute reactions to what's happening in the market and his legendary ahead-of-the-crowd ideas. This week he blogged on:
- When and how you should buy Whole Foods; and
- the compromise that needs to take place on the fiscal cliff.
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How to Play a Selloff
Posted at 7:23 a.m. EDT on Friday, Nov. 9
You can go back to stocks of companies that have done well that got hammered anyway. You can decide to start picking at stocks you have been waiting for to come down, the preferred way of Action Alerts PLUS. But the one I want to focus on this morning is to look at stocks of companies that are doing terrifically, but they simply got too expensive.
Consider the case of Whole Foods (WFM) . Here's a company that reported 8.3% comparable sales numbers, one of the highest of all the companies I follow. It has a huge growth path as it only has 342 stores with the ability to have as many as 1,000 before it starts cannibalizing itself. It remains a revered institution with a Good Housekeeping seal of approval aspect that amazes while at the same time it has been able to close the price gap between "regular" supermarkets and itself to the lowest level since it came public.
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Best of all, it is spewing cash and has the least-stretched balance sheet in the business, one that allowed the board to raise its dividend to 20 cents from 14 and to continue to buy back shares.
There's only one problem: It has a price-to-earnings ratio of 31. In this environment, where people are selling anything that's not nailed down, where Whole Foods represents a huge capital gain and therefore a giant tax hit next year if nothing is done about the fiscal cliff, Whole Foods becomes Public Enemy No. 1 for the taxable investor. There's just too much gain not to take.
So what do you do? You figure out, OK, where would Whole Foods be a gift? At what price would a 15% grower that can grow for years and years be regarded as cheap? What would you pay for the roughly $3.00 that the company can earn next calendar year?
To me, an ideal price might when it has a P/E of 25. You are not going to get a quality company like this on the cheap, not one with this reputation, this management and this balance sheet.
I think anything more than a P/E of 25, or $75, you take a pass. Remember, this is how you use a sale, not how you let it use you. Plus, when it gets to $75, I wouldn't even put on a full position. Much better to buy half and then wait, say, until it has a P/E of 22 to buy more and then a P/E of 20 to buy the rest.


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Fire Season Begins Wednesday
The Oregon Department of Forestry says it will start fire season restrictions Wednesday in Jackson and Josephine counties. That means debris burning will be prohibited, except in burn barrels with permits.
Southern District spokesman Brian Ballou told the Mail Tribune grass fires have been occurring nearly every day, mostly because of backyard burning. Rural residents are urged to reduce grass, weeds and brush around structures to decrease the threat of wildfire.
The city of Ashland is also joining in the declaration of fire season. In their community, fireworks are prohibited year round, and now, open debris burning is prohibited. Barbecues and fire rings in Lithia Park may still be used at this time.
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AGR: Once again, we salute the best of the best
A-G-R. Three letters that in Section V stand for so much more.
Around here, they mean "All-Greater Rochester" and that means you are among the very best in your high school sport.
AGR was started in the 1960s by Jim Castor, now a retired D&C editor who still does a wonderful job heading up our running coverage, and it has grown and grown. For decades, AGR honored only top football and boys and girls basketball players. There was an attempt in the early 1980s by another ex-colleague, Gary Fallesen, to expand to other sports, but despite his dogged efforts that didn't last.
However, several years ago we finally pulled it off. We expanded again, and fall is our busiest season. Please take a moment to check out our AGR package and especially the outstanding video below honoring the 11 different Players of the Year done by photo journalist Annette Lein. Yes, there is more than a foot of snow on the ground, but it takes one heck of a team effort (and time while managing our daily report) to put a section of this size together. You'll see our bio capsules on each first-team pick and our Coaches of the Year and our stories on each Player of the Year.
This year you can find second-team picks in soccer and football and our expansive Honorable mention lists online. Any player who has earned first-team status in their league is at least Honorable Mention for AGR.
After doing this for 18 years, I readily admit: Picking AGR is not an exact science. Never has been and never will be. We know that. Essentially, it's based on opinion and opinions are what help make the sports world turn. But you should know we do take AGR selections very seriously. Here's the process: In almost all sports, Section V coaches are asked to send us their votes on who THEY think are the top area players. Coaches are our eyes and ears. They see the players a lot more than we do and their cooperation and input is invaluable to us. Their votes shape our teams.
Then we tabulate the ballots and when it gets down to the final few spots we – sports editor Steve Bradley, sportswriter James Johnson and myself – make the hard decisions, factoring in such things as winning and level of competition, on who makes the elite of the elite – the first team.
We're always looking for ways to refine the process and improve our product, so drop us an e-mail if you have any suggestions. Thanks … and enjoy the video.
My favorite comment in it comes from our youngest Player of the Year, Pittsford Mendon tennis player, Raissa Lou, who is in seventh grade. It's what made our POYs who they are: "When you're doing something that you really love, I don't think you ever get tired of it." Well said, young lady.


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Baseball: Cheapest Professional Sport in the Land
Beyond geographically exclusive NASCAR and still-growing Major League Soccer, the top shelf of U.S. professional sports still consists of MLB, the National Football League and the National Basketball Association. After its latest lockout and the loss of more than 2,300 games to lockouts and strikes in the past 20 years, the National Hockey League by rights should lose its place in the upper echelon, but fans and corporate partners keep paying big-ticket prices to see a sport that continues to come up small.
Baseball, meanwhile, hasn't had a strike since its World Series-canceling work stoppage in 1994 through 1995 and hasn't locked out players since 1990. Even the NBA (which locked out players in 1995, 1996, 1998-99 and 2011) and the NFL (which locked out players in 2011 and referees last year) can't say the same. Fans, meanwhile, have been rewarded with ticket prices that average $27.48 a game and a day at the ballpark that averages $208 for a family of four spending on food, drinks, souvenirs and parking, according to Team Marketing Report.
That's a little more than half the price of an average NBA ticket ($50.99), slightly less than half the cost of a ticket to an NHL game ($61.01) and well below the price you'd spend on any given Sunday in the NFL ($78.38). That said, it's not all peanuts, Cracker Jacks and John Fogerty's Centerfield for baseball fans around the league.
Ticket prices jumped 1.8% this year, though the full-game cost for a family of four remained relatively flat. The mileage tends to vary by city, too, so expect to spend an NBA-caliber $53.38 for a ticket to Fenway Park if you want to see a home game featuring a Boston Red Sox team that hasn't made the playoffs in the past two seasons. It's a similar situation in New York, where the Yankees' unceremonious exit from the American League Championship Series last year hasn't stopped the team from charging an average $51.55 a ticket to watch its aging roster hobble through the 2013 campaign.


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I told you I had a ton of unfinished projects that needed to be done... and I wasn't kidding..
First up? Two Spring aprons made using my Auntie Dot's Apron pattern!
Those aprons are gorgeous!
Love them! Great aprons!
Very cute ! Love the embroidery on them. You've been busy !
Love them. The fabrics that you used are great.
oh my gosh Jodi they are just gorgeous!! The first one is my favourite :) Jessie, xo
What adorable aprons!
When I take a blogging break, it's mostly to do ...mmm... nothing.
You are an inspiration!
These are beautiful, what a wonderful apron. You have been busy hope all is better in your life :-)
Beautiful aprons! Could you explain how you found your pattern on the site you linked to?
Love the aprons they look so Eastery! Wish I had one of them yesterday!
Those aprons are so dang adorable!! And the embroidery is so cute! xoxo Debbie
I like the aprons. When I cook, I don't use one but I'm thinking I need to make a cute apron.
I know you've been taking a break from blogging but just want to let you know that you are missed!
Glad to have you back.
Cute aprons.
Thanks for the inspiration.
they are so springy! Lovely.
Super cute aprons--just love the polka-dots! Can't wait to see the quilts you've been working on.
So much sweetness I need insulin!!! Why am I not surprised that you also embroider!?!? Love these aprons!
these are both so precious! I love the detail of the embroidery! Happy Easter to you and your family!
Happy Easter Jodi!
Your aprons are so cute Jodi!!
Wishing you a Happy Easter.
love, Trish xoxo
Those are some of the cutest aprons I have seen!! Glad to hear you are reopening your shop. I made a quilt for friends with some snowman fabric I bought from you and they just love it.
May you and your family have a glorious Easter.
blessings, jilly
Love these! So cute. I'd love to make them! I'm going to keep trying, but I can't get the search to work on the site where you obtained the embroidery pattern. I'll keep trying tho! These really are lovely, look forward to your pattern. Bg
Way too precious. The colors, the embroidery ... the photography.
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Love the aprons!
I love your aprons! Those are adorable!!!
I love the embroidery, that is something that I would love to try!
just adorable!
Soooo pretty!!! I love the bluebird apron!
I can't even thread my sewing machine without getting out the owner's manual but you make me WANT TO SEW!! :) Or at least buy one of your aprons, lol! I didn't see them on your etsy shop, do you sell them or just the patterns?


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Friday, August 29, 2014 - Text by Dev Sukumar | Shi Tang & Edwin Leung
Several favoured players, including Men's Singles third seed Jan O Jorgensen, stumbled at the Li-Ning BWF World Championships yesterday. Here are some images of the day's action.
BWF Home Page: Nitya Krishinda Maheswari and Greysia Polii (Indonesia) upset second seeds Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark) in Women's Doubles, 21-15 21-19.
Home hope in Men's Singles, Jan O Jorgensen, succumbed to a knee injury in his third-round match against Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen 21-9 9-4 retd.
England couple Chris and Gabrielle Adcock would have anticipated a better result than a third-round loss in Mixed Doubles to China's Liu Cheng/Bao Yixin, 21-16 26-24.
Malaysian Men's Doubles veterans Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong went down fighting in probably their last match together as a pair. The Malaysians lost to Chinese Taipei's Lee Sheng Mu/Tsai Chia Hsin 14-21 21-10 21-19.
China's Olympic Women's Doubles champions Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei dismissed Thailand's Duanganong Aroonkesorn/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul, 21-13 21-12.
India's Saina Nehwal struggled to overcome Japan's Sayaka Takahashi 14-21 21-18 21-12 to make the Women's Singles quarter-finals.
Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong relax before their Mixed Doubles match against Korea's Ko Sung Hyun/Kim Ha Na.
Japan's Minatsu Mitani sent Women's Singles defending champion Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand) packing with a 8-21 21-12 21-18 upset.
Kim Ki Jung/Kim Sa Rang was one of three Korean Men's Doubles pairs to advance, with a 21-16 7-21 21-18 verdict over China's Chai Biao/Hong Wei.
China's Chen Long dispatched Kidambi Srikanth of India, 21-12 21-10, to move into the quarter-finals.
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Bubble Blast 2 (by Magma Mobile) Level 93 Tips and Strategies
- App name: Bubble Blast 2
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- Release: Jan 18, 2012
If you are stuck on Bubble Blast 2 level 93 you came to the right place. Below you will find a video walkthrough and some written tips that will guide you through that level. Have fun and enjoy this great game.
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Tupper Lake town board accepts groomer bid
TUPPER LAKE – The town board here unanimously agreed to purchase a trail groomer to better maintain the area's expanding network of snowmobile trails.
The vote happened during a special town board meeting Friday.
"We worked on our budget Friday afternoon, and it looks like we're going to be able to buy that groomer without raising the taxes," town Supervisor Roger Amell told the Enterprise. "It's a win-win situation for the snowmobile club, for Tupper Lake and for updating our grooming facilities."
Amell said money from the recent sale of the 7-acre Setting Pole Dam parcel will not be used to purchase the machine.
The request for a groomer went out to bid in August. During an Oct. 11 town board meeting, three sealed bids were opened, containing machines of various ages ranging in price from $59,850 to $123,850, plus shipping costs.
The town board unanimously voted to hold off on making a decision for a week, and in that time the town received a new bid from Mountain Grooming Equipment in Waitsfield, Vt. The board accepted that company's bid of $109,000, including delivery, for a refurbished 2005 groomer and drag. The machine also has a 100-hour warranty.
Amell said the groomer will be delivered shortly after the approval is finalized at the Nov. 4 board meeting.
The decision to seek bids for a new groomer came in August when Pete Edwards, trail coordinator with the Tupper Lake Snowmobile Club, told the board that improved equipment could make the club eligible for grants from the New York State Snowmobile Association. Edwards said the club's current groomer needs repairs and can't handle the area's 30 miles of trails.
The grants are distributed as a reimbursement to snowmobile clubs statewide to help cover costs associated with trail creation and maintenance. They would relieve that burden from the town and the Tupper Lake Snowmobile Club, which now share those costs.
In June, the Tupper Lake Snowmobile Club submitted a funding application to the NYSSA and expects an answer sometime this fall.
Grant money from the NYSSA is derived from snowmobile registration fees and is disbursed to snowmobile clubs across the state to help pay for the creation and maintenance of local snowmobile trails. Eligible clubs must have networks of well-maintained trails, complete with signage.
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Sugar Grove Area News In Brief
By CANDIS RIEDER
Hunger Games
The Sugar Grove Library and the Sugar Grove community are hosting the inaugural Hunger Games tomorrow, Saturday, June 1. This will be an event like no other. Come down and watch the excitement and visit vendor booths. There is plenty of food and fun happening all day.
There will be rock climbing, bungee running, archery, obstacle courses, races geocaching, laser tag, hoop shoots, baseball throws, and more. There will be events for the younger crowd as well including a magic show, games, and crafts.
It is all happening in the streets of Sugar Grove beginning at 10 a.m. Come on down to the Fire Hall/Elementary School area and join in.
Sugar Grove Cruise-In
The 18th Annual Sugar Grove Cruise In was held on Friday, May 24. Even though many of the visitors felt they needed their coats and gloves, there was a great attendance and more than 100 cars entered the show. This event is hosted by the Sugar Grove Community Development Council and we want to thank everyone who helped out.
Thank you also to the Sugar Grove Volunteer Fire Department for providing the Chicken BBQ.
Miles for Missions
The Otterbein United Methodist Church will be holding its third Annual Miles for Missions 5K Walk/Run on Saturday, June 1 starting at the church in Pittsfield. This year we are adding a 10K for those interested in a longer run. Previously the monies raised benefited a mission trip to Haiti and this year the mission's team is planning a stateside mission's trip in the fall.
It is a flat course on quiet country roads and is perfect for walkers and runners on all ages. T-shirts are guaranteed to all pre-registered entrants and some will be available on the day of the race. Registration fee is $18 for late registration by mail or at the race.
For more information, call Otterbein UMC at 563-3333, Lisa Bush at 706-6067, or Paul Williams at 688-0092. Forms may also be downloaded at www.otterbefamily.com.
Summer Reading
This year's Summer Reading Program at the Sugar Grove Free Library is "Recycle Mania". The program starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, 19, 26, July 10 and 11. Join us and "Go Green" at the library. Learn how you can make a difference by recycling, repurposing, reusing and helping the world you live in by reducing what goes into landfills. There will be a pizza party on the last day with prizes for the Best Recycled Invention and the Most Books read. All grades should sign up early as the class size is limited.
For more information, call the library at 489-7872.
Eisenhower Awards
The Eisenhower Middle Senior High School will be holding its Senior Awards program on June 5 at 1:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. This event will announce the 2012-2013 school year scholarship winners.
Presenters of any scholarship awards are asked to contact Karen Wiltsie in the school office at 757-8878 or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com to make sure your awards are listed in the school program for the day.
Sugar Grove.com
Check out the new revised Sugar Grove website. You just might be surprised at all the changes. Visit www.sugargrovepa.com for all the news, information, and background about our community.
Community Lunch
The Community Lunches in the area continue to be well attended. All lunches begin at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend any or all of the lunches.
Each month lunch is held on the first Friday of the month at the Mission Covenant Church at the corner of Matthews Run and Jackson Run roads. On the second Thursday of each month at the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church located at the corner of Race and Jamestown streets in the center of town. On the third Wednesday of the month at the Hessel Valley Lutheran Church located in Chandlers Valley. Everyone is invited to attend.
Note that the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church will not be holding a luncheon during June, July and August. They will be on a summer break.
Graduation Celebration
The Imaginative Preschool of the Sugar Grove Free Methodist Church held its Preschool Graduation ceremony for the class of 2013 on Thursday, May 30 at 7 p.m. in the SGFM Activity Building. Congratulations to all those students heading on to Kindergarten.
Nyla Luvison 5K
The 11th Annual Nyla Luvison Memorial 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, July 13. The start time is 9:30 a.m. and the starting line is at the Sugar Grove Fire Hall. The cost to register is $15 if you pre-register by June 19. The cost after that time will be $20.
Registration forms can be sent to Sharon Harris, 22 Greenbriar Circle, Russell, PA 16345. Registration forms can found at local businesses. T-shirts are guaranteed to the first 150 entrants. Proceeds for the event are equally divided between the Cancer Care Center at Warren General Hospital and the EMHS Cross Country teams.
Benefit Dinner
In April, Melissa Swanson Braley was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and required surgery. Melissa began treatments in May. Sadly she lost her battle with cancer this past week. Tom, her husband, has been working through this as much as possible while caring for their two young daughters, Taylor age 12 and Caidy age 6.
Due to the bills they have been incurring and no medical coverage, they have not only been fighting cancer but also financial hardships. Their family and friends will be holding a benefit on Saturday, June 15 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Russell Fire Hall. The benefit will have a Chicken BBQ dinner, Chinese auction, live auction, bake sale, and music.
Help support this family by donating gift certificates or gift cards towards the auctions. Any donations given whether big or small are appreciated. Also, mark your calendars to plan to come our and support this event in June 15.
Barnyard Classic
Sign up now for the Eisenhower Barnyard Classic Basketball 3 on 3 tournament. The event this year will be happening Saturday, June 29 on 10 permanent outdoor courts. For more information or to register your team, go to www.barnyardclassic.com.
Book Club
The Sugar Grove Free Library Book Club will meet June 24. The reading choice for the month is "The Burgess Boys" by Elizabeth Strout, currently on the New York Times bestseller's list. Strout is a Pulitzer Prize winner for another of her novels both which are based in Maine. There are several hardbacks at the library to be shared and the library's Kindle has the book and, of course, if you have a Kindle or Nook, go to the library and borrow from it.
Read and join us for our fun book club meeting.
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An enduring legacy can start with a single idea.
Each year in Washington D.C., the arrival of spring is celebrated with the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Did you know that the festival marks a gift of trees from the people of Japan? The blooms signify not only the changing season, but also the long-lasting friendship between the United States and Japan. On March 23, the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington celebrates Japanese Culture Day, and we honor this special bilateral relationship.
Over one hundred years ago, Japan sent the United States a gift of 3,000 cherry trees. The first tree was planted along Washington, D.C.'s tidal basin, joined by hundreds of others to bloom into an annual rite of spring. Last year, the United States marked the anniversary by beginning a reciprocal gift of 3,000 American dogwood trees to Japan. What seemed a far-fetched idea soon flowered into reality with the help of corporate sponsors and the U.S.-Japan Bridging Foundation.
On a fine October afternoon last year, I sat with my colleagues in the National Arboretum's Bonsai Pavilion, where we listened to then-Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Ichiro Fujisaki and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Zumwalt discuss the close ties between our two countries. We were gathered to send the first dogwoods to Japan, where they will be planted throughout the country, including in the Tohoku region affected by the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. A representative from the arboretum told us about the selection of the dogwoods and how the trees were a metaphor for Japan's resilience and regeneration in the aftermath of the disaster. The blossoms also signify our continued positive alliance with Japan, as the United States government rebalances its engagement towards Asia.
Following the remarks at the arboretum, the assembled crowd waved off the first UPS truck laden with dogwood saplings on the first leg of their journey to Japan. Weeks later, on another bright autumn day, November 16, 2012, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara D. Sonenshine presented the dogwoods to the people of Japan in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park. She noted the warmth that the pink and red blossoms would one day bring to the people of Japan. Along with Acting Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose and U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, Under Secretary Sonenshine dedicated the American gift of 3,000 dogwoods, saying, "Future generations will enjoy the shade of these trees for as long as we can foresee. They symbolize a friendship that is already strong and enduring. We see that every day, in the flow of people between our countries, whether they are students coming to study at our universities, or the 3.2 million Japanese tourists who visited the United States last year."
President Obama has spoken frequently about the rebalance of our foreign policy towards Asia. As part of this rebalance, it is important for the United States to strengthen existing alliances in the region, not only through shared political and economic policy, but also through social and cultural exchanges. At the start of the 20th century, the Japanese gave America 3,000 cherry trees as a symbol of our friendship. Through our gift of 3,000 dogwood trees to the people of Japan, we reaffirm that friendship into the 21st century.
Maryann H. in California writes:
Cherry Blossom time in the nation's capital is one of my absolute favorite times to be there! The city looks and smells so great then. Unfortunately won't make it this year but maybe next. Thanks to Japan for sharing those 3,000 cherry trees!
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Lois S. in Ohio writes:
What a wonderful gesture between both countries! May those trees last forever as evidence of friendship!
R. Taketomi in Japan writes:
I knew that the cherry trees were sent from Japan to commemorate the amicable bilateral relations to the U.S., but I didn't know there was a festival called, the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, which celebrates Japanese Culture Day. I think the cherry trees not only signal the coming of spring in Washington, but also remind people of peace and the image of faraway home.
This contribution by sstevenson is such an impressive reading. US Japan relationship, one's hunch is, is ideal and most substantive. Japanese are people with great civilisational pride. A vanquished power of 2nd world war, it came under American sphere of influences under post war arrangements, which must have hurt Japanese sentiments then but then Japanese talent worked and they not only reconciled themselves to their fate but changed their hurt into cooperation and mutual friendship and prospered as a democratic nation. Cherry festival indeed symbolises that. This must have shaped the attitude of many other island states in East Asia and Pacific region including possibly China at higher level of it's leadership, which eventually integrated themselves with US comprehensively and prospered but this relationship is not talked about as much as it should be. One would recommend joint US-Japan road shows in South Asia as US has decided to scale up it's engagements in Asia Pacific region - a move which has been widely welcomed by people. Extending this engagement to South Asia is a logical next step.


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1) Kouz definately needs to be in Buffalo or getting time at either 1b/lf - he has a good arm and yeah the kid can hit - sweet swing...
2) two things impressed me about Laffey
a) he did get in trouble a lot but was able to work his way out of it
b) his stuff was Sean Smith like - not a big fastball - hitting 88 - but the second time thru the lineup he seemed to change his pitching attack on the Seawolf players - mixing in offspeed pitches
3) Van Every made an awesome catch in Center
4) it could be that he was facing one of the top pitchers n the EL (Humberto Sanchez) but Snyder just continues to look lost at the plate - he is not the same player i saw with Akron last year
5) Goleski looks raw, but boy he has the talent - has he been playing RF in the lower minors? the Uht left field is a short porch and i dont know if he knew how to play it - almost thru a couple of runners out at the plate and i think he would have gotten at least one of them if he had taken just a bit off of the ball - and the HR he hit was a nice shot - probably a double in any other EL park, but still a decent hit
6) Ochoa and Torres both look like they could develop into #2 hitters - Ochoa can handle short defensively - and you can tell Torres isn't taking steroids anymore....
7) Seeing Warren and Buchazero coming out back to back was unique - Warren with his 6-7 frame hitting 90 with his fastball and throwing sidearm has to look scarry - esepcially to a righty batter - Buchazero is 8 inches smaller and only ten pounds lighter (according to the program) - Mutt & Jeff? Buchazero should have been able to close the game last night - the two runs that won it were given up with two outs.
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The Kendall Young Library offers 70 magazines for digital download onto mobile electronic devices. The service, through Zinio, requires a library card number and a username for registration. When a magazine is downloaded, there is no return date for the item and can be kept as long as one wants.
Kendall Young Library card holders can check out magazines that cover a wide range of topics, including technology, music, mens and women's interests, publications in spanish and more.
To help library members access the Zinio magazine service and library services to check out electronic books and audiobooks, Kendall Young Library is holding a series of classes. To accommodate the different devices people may own, classes for Kindles and Kindle Fire tablets will be held separately from classes that show how to use the services on iPads, Nook tablets and other tablets.
"There are just enough differences between how you access the services on Kindles and other devices that it's just easier to hold the classes separately," Becca Philipsen, Kendall Young Library circulation and reference clerk, said.
The library has had many inquiries into the classes, according to reference librarian Ketta Lubberstedt-Arjes. About a dozen people showed up to the first class on Tuesday which covered Kindle tablets. The next Kindle class will be held tomorrow in the library meeting room at 6:30 p.m. The library asks that attendees bring their device fully charged, their library card, their email account information and a laptop computer if they have one available.
Classes that cover iPads, Nook tablets and other tablets will be held Jan. 15 at 1 p.m. and Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. Those classes will also be in the downstairs meeting room of the library. Lubberstedt-Arjes said that reference librarians will also be available for one-on-one help with accessing library digital services at request.
"As long as someone calls ahead and makes sure there's someone here to help them, we'll help the same person 10 times to make sure they can wrap their head around it," Lubberstedt-Arjes said.
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quoteA new screenshot has popped up online today for the upcoming multiplatform title, Assassin's Creed 3. The latest image provides a first look at Desmond Miles, Rebecca Crane, Shaun Hastings and William "Bill" Miles during the present day segment of the open-world action-adventure video game. You can check out the new screen, as well as several older shots, in the slideshow at the top of this article (via Assassin's Creed Wiki forum).
Desmond Miles is the main character in the Assassin's Creed. Through the Animus machine, he has the ability to relive the memories of his ancestors: Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad (the first Assassin's Creed), Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Revelations) and Connor Kenway (Assassin's Creed 3).
Ubisoft will be releasing Assassin's Creed 3 for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America on October 30. The Nintendo Wii U will then come out on November 18 and then followed by the PC port on November 20.
quote intoxicationDamn right...but on a serious note, I do miss LucyThat's right. She need to come back and give these fools a helping hand, which they clearly need.
quote Stitch^ I second this. It was as if they didn't want to make her an important character at first but then all of a sudden, they decided to make her one of the "Desmond squad". It was freaking epic when I saw that in the opening of ACII, still love to see that scene <3TBH, in the first game she was uuuugly
quote intoxicationTBH, in the first game she was uuuugly, with that dislocated jaw, and that derpy eyed look when you first person view her in the face when she talks to you, eeeewwww.They should have just kept the same character model, I never understood why they completely changed her.
quote intoxicationKristen Bell did every voice for Lucy in the series, in which Lucy's face is also based on the Actress, the only thing she might have done is change the personality a bit, her character became more lighter after each game, In Brotherhood she was more cheerfull and happy, then in the first game, in which she was mostly depressed and under pressure and stress, which happened occasionally in every game, but I think her character became more faithfull over time, as in the progress Desmond provides with the Animus in search of the pieces of Eden, gave her more hope each time, Alas, it didn't last long.The worst was before the first and the second AC. It was a totally different character with different voice, who just happen to have the same name as Lucy. I was annoyed as preferred the original.
quote StitchThe worst was before the first and the second AC. It was a totally different character with different voice, who just happen to have the same name as Lucy. I was annoyed as preferred the original.quote DragoonThey all have a weird head.The shape of Desmond's head looks weird.
Especially Lucy had many make-overs over the series.
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Instructor: Brendon Swedlow Political Science (POLS) 412 email@example.com Constitutional Law III
Office: 418 Zulauf Hall DU 246 MW
Hours: MW NIU Spring 2005
Phone: 753-7061
This course covers major United States Supreme Court cases interpreting First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment limitations on state power over individuals. Cases in the first part of the course define how state agents must act when searching for and seizing evidence of suspected criminal activity, and how they must treat those they detain, arrest, question, prosecute, and punish. Cases in the second part of the course define the extent to which states may restrict freedom of speech in the interests of national security and public order.
Course Requirements
Your grade in this course will be based on class
participation, two take-home midterms, and an in-class final. Class
participation will determine a significant part of your grade (20%) and is
further described on the next page. The
midterms and final will consist of hypothetical fact-patterns that I will ask
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answers should be six pages in length, double-spaced, with 12 point type. If
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person from this class. The final is open-course-pack, open-note. The course-pack can be purchased at the
Exam Schedule
February 14 Midterm #1 (15%) Take-home, can be jointly authored; six pages; due
following Monday, February 21, at beginning of class
March 21 Midterm #2 (25%) Take-home; must be your own work; six pages; due
following Monday, March 28, at beginning of class
May 9 Final (40%) In-class; open course-pack, open note; but no sharing
of materials or discussion during exam; Monday, 2-3:50.
Bring your own blue books.
Participation (20%) See following page for further explanation
Briefing Cases, Study Groups, the Socratic Method, and Class Participation
We will read and discuss many judicial opinions in this course. I will teach you how to read these cases so that you can extract their constitutionally relevant aspects. This specialized form of note-taking is called "briefing cases." Law students often form study groups to brief and discuss cases. I encourage you to do the same.
In class, I will ask you questions about your readings, particularly about the cases you have read. Your case briefs will be essential to answering these questions. This questioning approach to teaching is called the Socratic Method, and is the most common teaching style used in law schools.
Every day that we meet I will select one or more of you from the enrollment roster to answer questions about the readings. If you are here and prepared to answer those questions, you will receive credit for participating in class discussion that day. If you are absent or unprepared, you will receive no credit that day. Other ways to receive no credit for the day include: (1) cell phone or pager-related interruptions and (2) being late, stepping out of and back into class, or leaving early without good reason.
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Periodically, I will ask you to act as prosecutors and defense attorneys, arguing cases before judicial appellate panels composed of your fellow students. Your performance in any of these three roles will contribute significantly to your participation grade.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys will consist of teams of two students each. Judicial panels will be composed of five to seven students each. Judges will have the opportunity to question counsel before discussing and voting on the case.
Oral argument will consist of opening statements by the prosecution and defense, followed by closing arguments/rebuttals by co-counsel. Argument will focus on constitutional not criminal issues in the cases.
You will be given advance notice of which cases we will be arguing in class, and who will be acting as prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges. This will allow counsel to prepare their arguments and judges to prepare their questions.
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There may be an opportunity for you to serve as a witness or juror in mock trials that function as final exams for students of NIU law school's courses in trial advocacy. The availability of this opportunity will depend on the needs of the law school faculty who teach these courses and on how many public law students wish to serve as witnesses or jurors.
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Reading a Supreme Court Decision
Palko v.
James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling, "Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety," The Atlantic Monthly, March 1982, 29-38.
Samuel Walker, "Arrest Discretion, Generally," Taming the System, 39-41.
Fred Inbow, et al, "Outline of Criminal Procedure," Criminal Law and Its Administration, 5th ed., (The Foundation Press, 1990), 1-15.
Malcolm Feeley and Samuel Krislov, "Searches, Seizures, and the Warrant Requirement," Constitutional Law, 2nd edition, (Scott, Foresman/Little, Brown, and Company, 1990), 555-69.
Akhil Reed Amar, The Constitution and Criminal Procedure (Yale University Press, 1997), 1, 3-13, 16-24, 31-35, 37-44; as excerpted in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, David O'Brien, ed., (Lanahan Publishers, 1999), 137-58.
Mapp v.
Payton v. N.Y. (1980) (homes)
Steagald v.
Schneckloth v. Bustamente (1973) (consent exception)
"Entry of Building for Caretaking" (
Phillip Johnson, "Introductory Commentary," Cases and Materials on Criminal Procedure, (West Publishing, 1988), 200-4. (Robinson, Sibron, Adams)
Terry v.
Chimel v.
"Illegal Searches Used in
David A. Harris, "The Use of Traffic Stops Against
African Americans: What Can Be Done?," Congressional Black Caucus Annual
Legislative Conference,
H. L. Pohlman, "The Exclusionary Rule:
Craig Bradley, The Failure of the Criminal Procedure Revolution (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993), 37-41, 45, 48-51.
Katz v.
Camara v. Municipal Court (1967) (regulatory searches)
People v. Dilworth (1996) (school search)
Wyman v. James (1971) (welfare search)
Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives (1989) (drug testing)
Michigan Department of State v. Sitz (1990) (roadway checkpoints)
Malcolm Feeley and Samuel Krislov, "The Right to Counsel," Constitutional Law, 2nd edition, 617-19.
Anthony Lewis, Gideon's Trumpet (New York: Random House, 1964), 3-10, 44-45, 48, 55, 62-63, 168-70, 173, 185, 187, 223, 226, 237; as excerpted in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, David O'Brien, ed., 177-83.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) (right to counsel in state courts)
Randy Bellows, "Notes of a Public Defender," from Philip B. Heyman and Lance Liebman, The Social Responsibilities of Lawyers (The Foundation Press, 1988), 69-83.
Peter Irons and Stephanie Guitton, "Oral Argument in Miranda v.
William E. Schmidt, "Silence May Speak Against the
Accused in
WEEK 8 Rhode Island v. Innis (1980) (non-interrogative police methods)
State v. Cayward (1989) (trick interrogation)
Roger Parloff, "False Confessions," American Lawyer (May, 1993), 58-62.
McCune v. Lile (2002) (sexual abuse treatment program)
Craig Bradley, The Failure of the Criminal Procedure Revolution, 52-59.
Phillip Johnson, "A Statutory Replacement for the Miranda Doctrine," Criminal Procedure, 595-606.
Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights Against Cruel, Unusual, and Other Punishments
David M. O'Brien, "Post-Furman Rulings on Capital Punishment," Supreme Court Watch – 2003 (W.W. Norton and Company, 2004), 134-5.
David O'Brien, "Recent Rulings of the Rehnquist Court on Capital Punishment," Supreme Court Watch – 1996 (W.W. Norton and Company, 1996), 211-15.
David O'Brien, "Recent Rulings of the Rehnquist Court on Capital Punishment," Constitutional Law and Politics, Volume II: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (Little, Brown and Company, 1991), 222-25.
Malcolm Feeley and Samuel Krislov, "Punishment and Fairness," Constitutional Law, 2nd edition, 651-55.
Gregg v.
McCleskey v. Kemp (1987) (race and capital punishment)
Atkins v.
Booth v.
Payne v.
Callins v. Collins (1994) (Blackmun and Scalia dissents)
Harmelin v.
National Security and Political Dissent
Geoffrey Stone, et al, "Freedom of Expression," Constitutional Law (Little, Brown, and Company, 1991), 1011-24.
Geoffrey Stone, et al, "Expression that Induces Unlawful Conduct," Constitutional Law, 1025-26.
Geoffrey Stone, et al, "Overbreadth and Vagueness: Gooding v. Wilson," Constitutional Law, 1121-30.
Geoffrey Stone, et al, "From Dennis
Masses Publishing v. Patten (1917) ("direct incitement to violence")
Schenck v.
Whitney v.
Dennis v.
Parker v. Levy (1974) (Army captain denounces Vietnam war)
Rust v. Sullivan (1991) (family planning clinic and free speech of doctors)
Public Order and Free Speech
Feiner v. N.Y. (1951) (white-bashing speaker)
Edwards v.
Peter Irons and Stephanie Guitton, "Oral Argument in
Cox v.
Gregory v.
Geoffrey Stone, et al, "The Public Forum: Streets and Parks" and "Regulating the Public Forum," Constitutional Law, 1177-83.
Adderly v.
Frisby v. Schultz (1989) ("focused picketing" in residential area)
WEEK 15 International
Society of
City of
Madsen v.
Chaplinsky v.
Cohen v.
Geoffrey Stone, et al, "Fighting Words," Constitutional Law, 1098-1100.
Beauharnais v.
Peter Irons and Stephanie Guitton, "Oral Argument in
Ira Eisenberg, "Fighting Words: Race and Free Speech
at the
Sarah Lubman, "Judicially Suspect: Campus Speech
Codes are Being Shot Down as Opponents Pipe Up," The Wall Street Journal,
Marc Hardie, "Living Hell: The Price of Dissent," The Defender, January 1995, 9.
Pohlman, "Hate Speech: R.A.V. v.
in Action, 212-37.


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Laura Sanders
Neuroscience Writer, Growth Curve Blog Writer
Neuroscience writer Laura Sanders reports on the latest mysteries of the mind and blogs about the science of raising kids. She earned her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where she studied the nerve cells that compel a fruit fly to perform a dazzling mating ritual full of singing and dancing. Convinced that she was missing some exciting science development somewhere, Laura turned her eye toward writing about brains in all shapes and forms. Laura's research has been published in scientific journals including Current Biology, Developmental Biology and PLOS Biology. She holds undergraduate degrees in creative writing and biology from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, where she was a National Merit Scholar. Her 2012 series on consciousness won an Eddie Award for editorial excellence.


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Theanine can also be purchased in pill form. The Japanese add it to soft drinks and a lot of other things. It's perfectly safe and non-habit forming. I keep L-Theanine on hand for caffeine overdoses and sleep. It's great for "catching up" on quality sleep, as it causes a deep, restful sleep. I usually find myself waking up an hour or two earlier than usual when I take it- fully rested.
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Proposed Rules Regulating Sustained Casing Pressures in Development Wells Within the West Fork Field.
|Conservation Order No. 525.000
West Fork Field: All Pools
July 20, 2004
1. On its own motion, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission ("Commission" or "AOGCC") proposed to adopt rules regulating sustained annulus pressures in West Fork Field development wells.
2. Notice of opportunity for a public hearing on the proposal was published in the Anchorage Daily News on October 30, 2003.
3. No request for a hearing was received.
4. The Commission received written comments on the proposal from West Fork Field operator, Marathon Oil Company ("MOC").
1. In considering proposed rules regulating sustained casing pressures in West Fork Field development wells, the Commission reviewed: the Halliburton Cementing Tables; Commission files for West Fork Field wells; information on well pressures provided by the operator; written comments by MOC in response to the October 30, 2003 notice of opportunity for public hearing; and the records of annular pressure rules for other fields in the state.
2. Unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Commission, AOGCC regulations require all producing wells capable of unassisted flow to be completed with suitable tubing and packer that effectively isolate the tubing-casing annulus from fluids being produced.
3. No current regulation or Commission order for the West Fork Field establishes annular pressure management requirements for producing wells. However, the Commission established such requirements for producing wells in other Alaska fields.
4. Annulus pressure is common in development wells. Pressures may be purposely imposed, thermally induced or the result of leaks in tubing, casing, packer or other well components.
5. Excessive annular pressure can develop in wells as a result of thermal effects. Well startup can involve significant annular pressure increases due to fluid expansion as a well heats above ambient temperature. Changing produced fluid characteristics and production mechanisms can also create thermal conditions that affect annular pressures.
6. Pertinent characteristics of well construction in the West Fork Field are similar to those in other Alaska fields.
7. The West Fork Field is a mature gas field in which reservoir pressures have declined substantially since production commenced. Well pressures in the West Fork Field are now low relative to other Alaska fields, ranging up to a maximum surface pressure of approximately 600 psi.
8. Low pressure in the inner annulus of West Fork Field development wells means that there is little risk of overpressuring the outer annulus.
9. West Fork Field wells produce primarily natural gas. Annular pressure increases due to thermally induced fluid expansion are thus expected to be substantially less than thermally induced annular pressure increases in wells of oil-producing fields, due to the compressibility of gas and its generally lower temperature.
10. Well tubulars in West Fork Field development wells are of sufficient burst pressure rating to contain the full range of reasonably anticipated well pressures.
11. The wellheads of many West Fork Field development wells were installed in below-ground cellars, making access to the outer annulus difficult and somewhat hazardous.
1. It is not essential to adopt rules regulating sustained casing pressures for West Fork Field development wells at this time.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that this proceeding is concluded without amending the West Fork Field pool rules.
By Order of the Commission at Anchorage, Alaska, this 20th day July 2004.
John K. Norman, Chair
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Daniel T. Seamount, Jr., Commissioner
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission


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Zias edged on second-half goal
August 28, 2008
BILLINGS, Mont. — Sophomore midfielder Kourtney Hull scored in the 65th minute Thursday, lifting Fort Lewis to a season-opening 1-0 victory over Eastern New Mexico University in Montana State-Billings' sixth annual MSUB Cup.
In the second game of Thursday's doubleheader, Dixie State rolled to a 4-0 win over the host Yellowjackets. Play continues on Saturday with the Zias facing Dixie at 11 a.m. and Billings taking on Fort Lewis at 1:30 p.m.
ENMU will then stay around to play the Yellowjackets on Sunday.
Hull's goal came on an assist by junior midfielder Jamie McArthur. The Zias managed three shots on goal in the match, two by junior forward Samantha Lawrence.
Freshman goalkeeper Sierra Cardenas stopped nine shots on goal for ENMU, including six in the first half.


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After opening in 1997, the "Home of the Braves" has quickly become an Atlanta landmark and the benchmark for future baseball park design. Turner Field combines the nostalgia and the atmosphere of old-time baseball with state-of-the-art family entertainment unlike that of any other park.
Turner Field is unrivaled in its blend of technology and entertainment. At all times, fans are entertained and informed of Turner Field activities through superior sound systems, the BravesVision video board in center field, the PlazaVision board in the Fan Plaza and over 500 television monitors situated throughout Turner Field. The BravesVision video board is 29 feet by 38 feet, weighs over 21 tons and features over 331,000 fluorescent light bulbs. The PlazaVision board is 17 feet by 22 feet. These two huge boards make Turner Field unique among all sports facilities as two completely different shows can be produced - one for the seating bowl and one for the Plaza. Inside the ballpark, fans are prompted to do the tomahawk chop by the 27-foot long "chopping" neon tomahawk located atop the video board, and are kept informed of the latest scores around the leagues by the out-of-town scoreboard.
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Licensed Professional Counselor
1120 Greenfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217
Whether you are struggling with a substance addiction, behavioral addiction or food addiction, we have counselors who specialize in meeting your needs. We currently offer individual and group counseling for addictions and have a variety of treatment options. At our centers we offer faith based counseling as well as clinically sound, evidence based treatments. With several locations throughout western PA, several counselors and most insurances being accepted, we can meet the needs of most people struggling with additions.
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My approach to treating addiction is contingent on your abstinence. Once you are in a program so you are not using, my approach is to help you examine your need for the addiction and what purpose it serves in your life. This self-knowledge is helpful in understanding why you may feel controlled by your addiction, what it is defending against, and finding the willpower to remain abstinent.
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Dr. John Neyman works with those in addiction of any kind. If you prefer a group setting please let him know of that as well. Dr. John has been working with those who have addictions with drug and alcohol, eating disorders, porn, etc.. He is able to patiently walk beside you until you are set free. Do not be afraid to call him for a chat to discover his calming affects even on the phone.
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What Happened To My Hometown Of Jamestown And Why?
What in the world happened to my hometown, Jamestown, New York, from the vibrant city I remember growing up to its industrial, population and business decline of today?
The City of Jamestown was founded in the early 1800s and grew to be a proud city of over 40,000 people. It became a small boom town before the late 1920s/1930s depression hit the country and city. But it rebounded in the 1940s and early 1950s. Then a gradual slow decline impacted the city. Today manufacturing is a shell of its once diversified and vibrant era. A huge percentage of the population is now on welfare. Young people are leaving the area for greener pastures. The remaining population is 10,000 to 15,000 less than the peak population and is now aged. These are the realities of as I see my hometown today.
Early growth in Jamestown was from the lumber business. Gradually the worsted mills, furniture factories and metal fabrication firms started, grew and boomed, including: Broadhead Mills, Maddox Table, Tillotson Furniture, Dahlstrom Doors, Watson Manufacturing and Art Metal, to name a few firms. Blackstone Corporation developed the washing machine. Marlin Rockwell held virtually all of the ball bearing patents. The Crescent wrench was almost a noun. Where are all of these local giants now? Gone!
Let me be blunt and say that, in my opinion, the key factors in the decline lie with the yesteryear captains of industry and the city fathers of the past. It is my belief that the captains of industry did not innovate and modernize their facilities. For example, Marlin Rockwell, where I worked, continued to use overhead belt drives for machines into the 1950s. That era was of the late 1800s and earlier 1900s. Eventually, the best way for local firms to be competitive, then, was through keeping labor rates low. This contributed to multiple strikes. At the same time, I believe the city fathers gave the captains of industry cover and discouraged new business rom moving in. I remember Chris-Craft and Howard Johnsons coming in after World War II. They had a short stay. Why? The seeds of decline had been sown.
Now, with what credibility do I have to conclude the above? As one who was born in Jamestown in 1933, I grew up with a hometown atmosphere. I also remember my father working only two to three days a week during the Depression. He was a maintenance foreman at Maddox for 37 years. When he went back to work full time, I remember him giving me a nickle to get an ice cream cone. I thought I was the richest kid on the block. I savored the nickle few days before buying the cone.
Growing up, I remember taking the city bus downtown on Friday nights with my parents to shop as the parking spaces were filled. The downtown was a beehive of activity. Very few store vacancies were seen. A large variety of shopping was also available. Bigelows, Lockwoods, Field and Wrights, Carnahans, four five and dime stores (Murphys, Woolworths, Grants and Kresges) and many other shops were full. They are history today.
I attended the Jamestown public schools and graduated from JHS in 1951. When I graduated Jamestown was one of the top schools in the state. While renting a cottage on Chautauqua Lake in 2011, I heard on TV that Jamestown schools were in the bottom tier. What happened here? While attending my 60th high school reunion, my wife Joanne and I toured the high school. She is also a JHS graduate. We were amazed at the wonderful new facilities installed after we graduated. I questioned the tour guide as to why the decline since we graduated. He said that, as you can see, the opportunities are there for those that want to learn. We agreed. He also said that there is a large turnover of some students and they present a challenge to keep academics on a high level. Why the turnover? He didn't respond.
As a child, I thought it would be neat to be an ice delivery person. My parents had an ice box in our home unitl 1940. They then got a refrigerator. Soon after, they got a telephone. Later, I wanted to be a professional skier. I grew up on skis. By high school, I wanted to be an engineer because I wanted to improve things. In 1955, I graduated from Purdue University with an engineering degree. I then joined Marlin Rockwell, who I worked for summers while attending Purdue. Previously during the summer, starting at age 11, I mowed lawns, caddied, delivered groceries, worked in a drug store and worked at Maddox.
In 1963 that all changed. As I was reading the Sunday paper, I found out that I was earning less than the average starting engineering graduate's salary. I had been out of college eight yearsand held a management position. This started a job search. I wound up joining the IBM Corporation in the Poughkeepsie area. I worked for IBM or 23 plus years including at four other locations – Endicott, N.Y., Manassas, Va.; Lexington, Ky. and Boca Raton, Fla. During those early years, we added two sons to the family.
While at IBM, I progressed in my career as an industrial engineer, systems analyst and into management. I had four technical articles published and received several awards. The height of my career was as plant materials manager. My last assignment prior to retirement was as manager of divisional marketing systems. During my years at IBM, I witnessed innovation and the management of change.
To regain the earlier Jamestown stature years ago lost presents some huge obstacles. First of all, to manufacture and market a product with a reasonable return on investment, a firm needs: raw materials; a facility with the latest tools; qualified people; relevant systems; a means of distribution and a market. Above all, it needs to be competitive. My familarity is mostly with manufacturing, materials management, systems, managing, administration, marketing, planning, infrastructure and land development. Jamestown's location is not in major distribution lanes, which is a cost disadvantage. Secondly, the taxation climate in New York state is not conducive to manufacturing and business with its near-highest rates in the nation. It is also not a right-to-work state. Further, the winters here, while ideal for sports, are an impact on operating costs. These are formidable manufacturing obstacles to expand past any local markets.
Perhaps all is not lost, however. With beautiful Chautauqua Lake, Chautauqua Institution, Jamestown Community College, the ice arena and many wineries, the Jamestown area has some unique attractions. In my opinion, instead of pursuing new manufacturing, may I suggest some areas to pursue for their interest to locate in the Jamestown area:
a major data processing center
a major research facility
some other high intelligence/environmentally clean firms.
Now, one may argue or thier causes and disagree with my conclusions, but no one can change the reality of what has happened to Jamestown. I have no further interest than expressing my humble opinion and to with the best for my hometown to turn around economically.


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All That Shines Transcends Time and Passing
I typically share posts about paint- but this one I felt was special and I hope you enjoy reading it.
My father, Ralph Migliore had a life that was not easy growing up. He was born on August 6, 1933 and his own father died from pneumonia that same year. It was a terrible time in the United States and the Great Depression was in full swing. The elementary school he went to would supply him and his brothers with clean clothes and they had very little. It had to have been very difficult, but I suspect that it instilled in him a drive to provide for his own family someday in a way he wished his own father could have.
My mom Lena was a typical American housewife. Over ten years younger than my dad, and totally in love with him. She kept our home spotless, watched soap operas and had her girlfriends like Maria Canella from the neighborhood over for coffee mid-day. We had a wonderful middle class suburban life in Greece, New York.
My dad worked road construction at a company called NORY- which I believe is long gone now. My mom was a bit frugal as any stay at home mom probably was. But I mean that in a nice way, in that she was the type of frugal that she would go without new bras or underwear just to save money so at Christmas there would be a ton of toys under the tree, all wrapped perfectly! My mom and dad were incredible partners in many ways and on many levels. I can honestly say, that I never remember them fighting, but do remember being woke up after I fell asleep because they were laughing so loud! My mother always had our beds made, laundry folded & put away, dinner on the table and some icebox dessert or pudding in little glass dishes ready for us all to enjoy later after our meal. My dad took great pride in our home and kept the lawn and landscape manicured. Every time he mowed the lawn, the hose would come out and he would wash down that mower afterwards. It did not matter how old things were around our home, they always looked new since my mom and dad took care of them so well.
At some point – my parents decided to turn the front family room of our 1964 split level into a dining room. My dad surprised my mom with this chandelier in the early 1970′s. My mom cherished it! I remember it was always sparkling and how often she would clean it. I can still picture her in the dining room with bright sunshine beaming through the front picture window, as she took off each crystal. My mom loved music and would always have it playing when she cleaned the house. I can literally hear Bobby Vinton singing I Love How You Love me, Roses are Red or Blue Velvet right now! She also loved Engelbert Humperdinck!!! She use to tell me she thought he was so handsome! I am having a flashback and can see it like it was just yesterday, versus being 35 long years ago. My mom would play the music ….and sing ….and dance and clean our home. Life was perfect then…safe and warm and it was a really happy time in the home I grew up in.
As for that chandelier, as a little girl I don't think I ever saw something glitter and sparkle more. As I got older, I recall thinking that it was a bit too big for the room and the 8 foot height of the ceiling, but for my mom- it represented how much my dad loved her! I always admired it and enjoyed all the holiday and celebratory family dinners we had beneath it.
Jumping to the year 2003, four months before Steve and I were married, we purchased our home in Macedon, New York. It is an 1880′s Victorian Farm House – and we were so excited on the day we moved in. My mom came to my old house in East Rochester that I just sold and helped with supervising the movers pack up all my boxes onto the moving truck. Upon walking in to the new house – we found that the previous owners took the dining room chandelier and our foyer overhead light….leaving only bare wires hanging for us.
A few days later, my mom brought her chandelier over to us, all packed safely with each crystal wrapped individually and said it was a house warming gift from her and my dad. I should share – that in January of 1982 when I was only eleven years old, my dad, Ralph Migliore passed away from cancer. My dad was the glue that held so many parts of the family together, life changed so much after losing him and our family has never been the same since.
Well, I spent an hour the other night carefully taking each and every crystal down and carefully cleaning them, making sure to not leave a fingerprint……and while doing it- I played songs by Bobby Vinton. I enjoyed ever minute of it!
I was trying to find a photo of us at the table, but instead here is one of the table set waiting for Thanksgiving dinner to begin back in 2008. You might notice the dishes on the table? They have a silhouette of two men sitting at a table on them. Those dishes were my maternal grandmother's. Her name was Theresa Zupparo Mastroeni. She collected the dishes that would come free when you purchased Cooks Coffee and other household staples. The dishes were manufactured in America under two lines- one was Taylor Smith Taylor and the other, was Hall China.
My father always admired my grandmother's collection because it reminded him of the few pieces his own mother Nancy had when he was a child. Nancy Mollo Migliore Giglio only had a few pieces and sadly, she passed away when my father was just a pre-teen. My grandmother Theresa always knew how special the dishes were to my father- so one day she called up my mom and told her to come over to her house. When my mom arrived, there was a big box taped up and my grandma told her to take it home to Ralph. My mom asked what was inside, and my grandma Theresa – in her true nature- told her not to worry about it and just bring it home to my dad (her son-in-law.) I don't know what year that was, or what my father's reaction was- but I suspect it brought tears to his eyes since that was the kind of man he was. Those dishes filled our hutch in the kitchen in that split level I grew up in for most of my life and now they are in my home. I have added quite a few additions to the collection and someday, my 7 year old daughter Danni will inherit them, along with that sparkling chandelier. Danni has a great sense of family and is very interested in family genealogy and always asks me to tell her stories from when I was little- so I know she will cherish them just as much as I do.
It seems now that I know my father more through stories shared with me than my own time spent with him. I am so proud to say that he was a family man, a man who was the first to jump to lend a hand to others and always friendly and smiling. A man who spent Saturday nights with his wife and best friends gathered around our kitchen table playing cards and telling jokes. A man who I believe- I received so much of my personality from.
I love you so much dad and know how happy you must be watching me and my little family live out our lives. We sit under your chandelier every day for our family dinner now. Thank you so much for all that you gave me. Always & forever!
For those of you who took a few moments out of your life to read this about me- I thank you.
Tricia ~ The Purple Painted Lady