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What We Support
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) places the optimal development of children at the center of all we do and calls for healing the profound racial gaps and inequities that exist in our communities. We believe in supporting and building upon the mindsets, methods and modes of change that hold promise to advance children's best interests generally, and those of vulnerable children in particular.
Concentrating our resources on early childhood (prenatal to age 8), within the context of families and communities, offers the best opportunity to dramatically reduce the vulnerability caused by poverty and racial inequity over time.
There is strong evidence that optimal child development means providing children with the stimulus, tools and support necessary for their emotional, intellectual, physical and cultural growth. To achieve this, we organize our work and investments toward attaining three strategic goals:
- Educated Kids: Increase the number of children who are reading-and-math proficient by third grade.
- Healthy Kids: Increase the number of children born at a healthy birth weight and who receive the care and healthy food they need for optimal development.
- Secure Families: Increase the number of children and families living at least 200 percent above the poverty level.
Within and around each goal are commitments to Community & Civic Engagement and Racial Equity – because both are necessary for communities to create the conditions under which all children can thrive.
We take a place-based approach to our work, concentrating as much as two-thirds of our grantmaking in a limited number of specific places where we believe we can have maximum impact.
- Learn more about our focus areas:
- Educated Kids
- Community & Civic Engagement
- Healthy Kids
- Racial Equity
- Secure Families
Community & Civic Engagement
Partner with diverse communities, amplifying their voices and helping create conditions in which all children can thrive.
Racial Equity
Pursue racial equity for all children by addressing the consequences of structural racism and fostering racial healing.
Educated Kids
Increase the number of children who are reading-and-math proficient by third grade.
Healthy Kids
Increase the number of children born at a healthy birth weight and who receive the care and healthy food they need for optimal development.
Secure Families
Increase the number of children and families living at least 200 percent above the poverty level.
Where We Work
WKKF works throughout the United States, in Haiti, Mexico, northeastern Brazil and southern Africa, and with sovereign tribes. Wherever we partner, we operate with the belief that significant and lasting change begins with individuals and communities coming together to advance children's best interests.
Priority Places
In 2008, the foundation began concentrating up to two-thirds of its grantmaking in several priority places, while maintaining its broader grantmaking efforts throughout the U.S. and in other key areas.
We have found that our social change efforts are most effective when they operate in a limited number of geographic locations, in full partnership with communities, over extended periods of time. Many of these places are also locations where WKKF has a deep history of grantmaking, existing relationships and, in some cases, infrastructure to leverage.
Within the United States, priority places include Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico and New Orleans. Internationally, they also include micro-regions in Haiti and Mexico. We are committed to working in each of these priority places for at least a generation.
United States
Our work includes both nationwide grantmaking and, to a lesser extent, more localized projects in areas other than our priority places. In all cases, grants are focused upon our strategic goals and our commitment to working alongside grantees, communities and others to help create conditions in which all children can thrive.
Historically, Michigan began as our sole priority place, both because Battle Creek is our hometown and because of the limited educational and health resources available to Michigan's then largely rural population. It remains one of our priority places, with an estimated one-in-five Michigan children living in poverty. In addition to Battle Creek, we also focus on Detroit, Grand Rapids and statewide.
Our relationships with grantees in Mississippi date back almost 60 years, and are rooted in eliminating the educational disparities, poor health outcomes, pockets of poverty and enduring racial inequity that impede children's healthy development and limit opportunities for their parents. Grants are concentrated in East Biloxi, Jackson and Sunflower County.
New Mexico
The foundation has been actively engaged in New Mexico since 1945. We remain committed to embracing the wisdom of the state's unique and extraordinarily diverse cultural, social and governance traditions and to promoting equity across boundaries of language, ethnicity and national origin. Grants are concentrated in Bernalillo, Doña Ana, McKinley and San Juan counties and in Native communities.
New Orleans
Our work in New Orleans dates to 1942, and intensified in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as we joined with those rebuilding the city. Grants are concentrated in, but not exclusive to, the Central City neighborhood where we are helping create a child-centered city with quality early education and childcare, engaged parents, healthy food, quality schools and safe communities.
The foundation has been active internationally – in various ways, in numerous countries on four continents – virtually since its creation in 1930. Today, our grantmaking focuses on rural and semi-urban micro-regions in Mexico and Haiti, and on legacy grantmaking in northeastern Brazil and southern Africa.
We began building relationships in Mexico more than 60 years ago. Today, our efforts are concentrated in the Highlands of Chiapas and the inner areas of the Yucatán, areas where poverty is high. Yet both micro-regions also show great potential for improvement – measured by strong social fabric, local leadership, resource availability and a shared sense of priority among governments, private sector and other funders.
Our work in Haiti began in the 1950s, first through fellowships and scholarships, and later with a full-scale grant program that lasted until 2006. In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, a new window of opportunity opened in Haiti, thanks to strengthened solidarity among Haitians, renewed international interest and longer-term strategic thinking. Our current efforts focus on two micro-regions: the Central Area and the Southwest Corridor.
Northeastern Brazil
With people of color representing nearly half of the population, more than 70 percent of the deprived population and possessing a homicide rate more than twice that of whites, surprisingly few financial resources are currently directed to racial equity. The Baobá Fund is an outgrowth of a 2008 Kellogg Foundation initiative to engage Afro-Brazilians and activists in exploring alternatives for racial equity work that would be sustainable over the long-term.
Southern Africa
The foundation's work in southern Africa dates to the mid-1980s. College bursaries (scholarships) from the Kellogg Foundation provide education opportunities to black southern Africans in the countries of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
Mission Driven Investments
WKKF's Mission Driven Investments (MDI) program has dedicated $100 million of our endowment for investments in nonprofit and for-profit entities that advance our mission and generate both social and financial returns.
How We Work
Building a future in which every child thrives will take more than money and good intentions. It will take social change that starts in – and honors the wisdom of – families, schools, businesses, faith-based organizations, Tribes and communities, and expands outward to others who share common interests, to legislators and policymakers, and to later generations.
The Kellogg Foundation works alongside grantees, communities and others in several ways to build that future:
Supporting Dialogue
We support generating dialogue within communities to help them identify their challenges and establish goals and priorities and also dialogue among communities to help build local, regional, national and international networks for sharing resources, experience and knowledge.
Developing Local Leaders
We believe that long-term, sustainable change for communities depends in large part on developing and nurturing community-based expertise.
Investing in Opportunity
While grantmaking remains our primary activity, we see potential opportunity in program related investments and mission-driven investments that enable high impact financial institutions to move capital into communities.
Advocating Change
We lend our voice and knowledge to local, national and international groups working to change public policies that affect children in ways consistent with our vision and goals.
Sharing Expertise
By offering our knowledge, best practices, resources and influence to other foundations, we hope to facilitate progress in support of causes and goals we share.


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Bleach manga = Naruto anime
They both move in quater steps.
Bleach manga = Naruto anime
They both move in quater steps.
"Once the threads of fate are tangled, they cannot be undone" R.I.P Kikyou
Isshin and Ryukken, yea not knowing any more than we do about these two and their relationship with each other annoy's me. However not nearly as much as this Royal Guard who are who knows where with their thumbs up their butts while Aizen threatens exactly what they exist to protect, you don't leave a threat made directly to the king to underlings and outcasts. You send the best you have to take out a threat like that with extreme prejudice! In this case the best is Zero Division.
Ok that is my rant for the night,
Ja ne!
Come visit Anime Guild for all your Anime needs and enjoy the site. Over 2000 complete and running series available for direct download, always free! Much more to come.
wow!!! Aizen has been standing on the same spot since around this time last year...and he still hasnt moved!!! Well done Kubo, now you need to put out 2 chapters a week!
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The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.
"Reality is wrong, dreams are for real"
Aizen = Bleach's plot right now.
Aizen - standing completely still, not moving anywhere.
Plot - standing completely still, not moving anywhere.
Currently Reading:
Naruto, Bleach, Fairy Tail, Gantz, Medaka Box, Beelzebub, Soul Eater, Claymore, Ao no Exorcist
The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.
"Reality is wrong, dreams are for real"
The amount of info and action taken place in a chapter of One Piece could last Kubo a year. I mean if Kubo was in charge of One Piece, (using the latest chapter as reference) that part with Oz Jr charging through the marines, Kubo would have a square for each and every guy he steps on, and a side story for every plant injured, not to meantion the miss treated dirt. It's the same if you compare it with the latest Naruto, if Kubo was incharge, just summoning that water jutsu and adding electricity would equate to one chapter, stopping right before it hit's sasuke.

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When I was catering, seared Filets were one of my favorite entrees to serve. Why? Because almost everyone loves a good steak (well everyone except vegetarians... sorry!) and they are so easy to prepare. My clients and their guests would be so amazed that I was able to cook all of them perfectly - at the same time, in the kitchen!
For some reason, most people (men especially...) think you have to cook steaks outside on the grill. Nope. I actually prefer a steak crusted in sea salt and cracked pepper, seared in a pan and finished in the oven*. The searing of the steaks with the salt and pepper creates a brown crust that seals in all of the juices that a grill just can't match.
After learning how to prepare seared steaks at home, I rarely order a steak at restaurant (or fix them outside on the grill...) because I'm always disappointed! I walk you thru the directions below, but for the Printable Recipe (New!), click here.
I buy the thickest filets I can find - 6 to 8 oz. is a good size.
Coat all sides of the steaks with sea salt and fresh cracked pepper - you can't put on too much! It is important to be generous with the seasoning because it is what creates the outside crust.
Heat the skillet on high until very hot before adding the steaks - about 2-3 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil, then add steaks immediately.
Cook on each side for 2-3 minutes until the steak easily pulls off the pan - this means that they are properly seared.
After doing the top and the bottom, sear the sides for 2-3 minutes.
The steaks will be perfectly medium rare. If you prefer a more well done steak, put them in a 500 degree oven for 3-5 minutes until they are done how you'd like them.
Get the Printable Recipe here.
*If you are preparing them for a crowd, I sear the tops and bottoms ahead of time (earlier in the day), then put them on a sheet pan and refrigerate them. About 10 minutes before dinner, I put them in a 500 degree oven for 5-8 minutes until they are medium rare. The cooking time will depend on the size and thickness of the steaks.
This photo was from our Anniversary Dinner - I've sliced the steak along side Homemade Tagliatelle Pasta with a Truffle Cream Sauce.
Here is the easy to pin snapshot for pinterest!
Get the Printable Recipe here.
I can't get enough of this lilac pattern in our house right now. This airy repeated pattern is giving every room in my house a cottage feel. I normally lean to stripes, or blocks of muted, natural colors, but this entire collection has turned my house into a quaint english cottage, and I LOVE it.
Do you remember when Tessa posted about a Southampton Cottage that repeated a floral pattern in every room? It was so fresh and charming, chic. It made me long for a breezy beach cottage.
The Lilac print is just a touch feminine with tiny bits of a lavender/pink shade, but reads green from a distance making it the perfect, understated way to use a floral pattern. I am just smitten and love how transforming it is for each space in our home.
Lilac Napkins, $34
Set of 4.
The favorite lilac pattern is repeated here with a triple band border around the perimeter.
Lilac Tea Towel
No collection is complete without a tea towel! I'm contemplating turning some of these into cafe curtains in Emma's bathroom. Yes, I'm addicted to this pattern.
Lilac Meena Potholders, $24
Everyone needs a fresh set of potholders. I've never seen a fresher version! Now this is a potholder I would actually use when we have company... instead of the very tattered ones that were in my kitchen drawer! These would make a great gift for a wedding shower, too.
Lilac Jasna Potholders, $24
Here is my pattern again : )
Lilac Cushion Cover, $34
Our white and ivory bedroom now feels like it is a cozy cottage room with just the addition of this lilac covered pillow cover and some fresh lilacs on the bedside.
Lilac Meena Tablecloth, $68
The other tablecloth that coordinates with this collection is the Lilac Meena Tablecloth. It has a small graphic floral print in a pale lilac/pink color with the lacy lilacs at the border. You can see it coordinates beautifully with the Lilac Napkins.
Lilac Jasna Tablecloth, $68
I already have my table set for Mother's Day : ) It would also be the perfect setting for a baby or bridal shower, or birthday.
Lilac French Tumbler Candle, $28.50
Small Willow Vase, $10
This vase gives such an earthy and casual look to anything it contains. I will use it for flowers and also to put candles in
Bath Brush, $14
I had a massage a couple of years ago and the therapist shared insights on body brushing. There is nothing more exhilarating (or exfoliating!) than using a body brush on your legs, feet and back when you are in the shower. Completely transformative and helps circulate energy throughout your body.
Facial Brush, $10
I use this face brush every morning and night along with my facial cleansing oil. It exfoliates and smooths my entire face - without a huge price tag of an electric one.
Wooden Hair Brush, $14
Why are simple, pretty essentials so hard to find? I love the natural colors and materials used in this brush. It keeps my bathroom feeling soothing, instead of something bright and plastic.
Dish Brush Duo, $10
I use all of the brushes in my Kitchen Brush Set, but these are the two that I need to replace on a regular basis because they get used so much.
I put peach ice cream in the mini pots and topped them with tiny, super soft snickerdoodle cookies - a favorite combo.
Appetizer Plates, Set of 6, $24
I love these little 6" round plates. There are always what I need when we are entertaining - to put out with snacks, appetizers or next to a tray of cupcakes. Since they are enamelware, they add just enough of color and charm to any setting, whether it is inside for Mother's Day or outside for a BBQ.
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Mr. Fujiwara makes the complete knife from start to finish. For the blade, he uses a proprietary #1 white high carbon steel (1.5%) called Izuha-kou forged laminated between two layers of stainless steel. The blade is then hardened to Rockwell 64-65 and attached to an ebony handle with water buffalo ferrules. Each knife is fully sharpened to a razor edge. Blade length is 4-3/4", and overall length is 9".
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Versatile, fast-growing and fabulously colourful, not many flowering plants can match dahlias for impact in the garden
Dahlia plants are native to Mexico and were first introduced into Europe at the end of the 18th century by their namesake, Andreas Dahl. They were to be the next big thing, valued as an edible tuber with the potential to be farmed on a big scale. Now I once tasted a cooked dahlia and all I can say is that Dahl must have been rather blinkered. They aren't a patch on the potato, which had already been introduced, so had absolutely no chance of catching on. Dahl quickly realised that their real value was in their fabulous and varied


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Saturday of the 15th Week
The Gospel according to Mark 1:1-8
The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.' John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leather girdle around his waist, and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
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The English Gospel text used is based on the Revised Standard Version from "The Holy and Sacred Gospel" by Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA.
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Spy Games with Buttons
RAY: This puzzler was sent in by a fellow named Ed Cash.
Ed writes, "One of the ways that allied agents in World War II used to get microfilm past German guards was to hide it in hollow coat buttons-- not the kind that you have on your shirt, where the thread goes through, but the kind with the loop in the back like you'd have on a coat. The top of the buttons screwed on and off like a jar lid.
"This worked for a while, but somehow the Germans became aware of this particular trick and they started giving a twist to the buttons on the coat of anyone they weren't sure of, to see if it unscrewed.
"When the allies found out the trick had been discovered, the people in charge of preparing clothing for new undercover agents had to make a change.
"They made one change, and none of those hollow buttons were ever discovered again. "
What DID they do?
Think you know? Drop Ray a note!
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text: Whiiite's debut EP, Whiiite Begins, has truly put this producer on the map. Shrouded in darkness and mystery, Whiiite brings an amalgam of bass music in his productions and performances, and the range of genres has opened wider with 6 new remixes of the initial release. You'll hear bits of Electro, Techno, Dubstep, Trap, and more in the remix EP — featuring new takes from Vandalism & Mr. Fluff, Calvertron, Sharooz, ETC!ETC!, Protohype, and a free Big Room-er from our buddy Fyor which you can grab below. Pick up the whole thing on Beatport now.


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Tony Parker had 24 points and 13 assists, and the Spurs rallied for a 106-102 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night, overcoming the absence of Popovich and Tim Duncan for their 15th straight win at home.
Duncan's absence was noticeable, but Popovich's was more glaring -- or less menacing, to be precise. Coach Mike Budenholzer's substitution pattern differed slightly than his boss', but the main difference were fewer glares and screams following missed defensive assignments -- and Popovich may have screamed himself hoarse in the first half when New Orleans shot 63 percent from the field.
"If (Popovich) was here, there would have been some people fired," Stephen Jackson said.
Popovich did not feel well all day, but waited until two hours before tipoff to say he would miss the game, Budenholzer said. His absence caught everyone by surprise.
"Pop's a warrior," Jackson said. "Pop might be the only person who's tougher than me. I've never known him not to be here; but wherever he is, I hope he's well. I know he pulled his hair out watching this game, but we got a win."
Tiago Splitter had 25 points and added seven rebounds. Jackson scored 15 points, Danny Green 12 and Manu Ginobili nine for San Antonio (34-11).
Eric Gordon scored 17 points for New Orleans (14-28). Ryan Anderson added 16 points, Greivis Vasquez 15 and Jason Smith 13.
The Spurs trailed most of the game with Popovich, Duncan (sore left knee) and Kawhi Leonard (left patella bruise) all sitting out.
The Hornets made their first five attempts, missed a pair on one possession and then proceeded to make their next five in taking a 31-21 lead with 3:30 left in the first quarter.
"You have to give (New Orleans) a lot of credit for the first half," Budenholzer said. "A lot of guys were making shots. I don't think our defense was great, but give credit to New Orleans to how good they were. Our focus offensively, we moved the ball well in the first half and our focus defensively the second half was excellent."
San Antonio picked up its defensive intensity in the second half, especially midway through the fourth. The Spurs came up with three turnovers and forced four missed shots, resulting in a 12-3 run for a 101-89 lead with 2 minutes left in the game.
"We were a little bit tired in the first half," Parker said. "I felt like we had no energy. Then in the fourth quarter, Danny Green did a great job on Gordon. We were able to run the fast break and get some easy baskets and everybody got going."
The Hornets closed within three points twice in the final minute on layups by Xavier Henry and Brian Roberts, but could get no closer. New Orleans coach Monty Williams, a former Spurs player and assistant coach, said San Antonio didn't steal the win.
"No, they beat us," Williams said. "That's what they do. They beat you if you make mistakes and we made too many. They missed 11 free throws and we still couldn't win the game."
Parker, who finished with only one turnover in 36 minutes, had 10 points while shooting 5 for 5 in the final quarter.
The Spurs held the Hornets to 38 percent shooting in the second half while improving to 19-2 at home this season.
Parker's layup gave the Spurs a 72-70 lead, their first since leading 9-8 2 minutes into the game. The advantage was short-lived, as the Hornets went on a 7-0 run.
Ginobili, making his first start after missing three games with a strained hamstring, had five points in the final quarter.
"It was huge that Manu played," Parker said. "Even if it was for 15 or 16 minutes, it was big minutes. He looked good. He didn't go full speed. I think he was trying it (hamstring) and testing it. In Dallas (on Friday), he's going to get more aggressive."
San Antonio started 4 for 11 on free throws, but offset it somewhat by going 7 for 16 on 3-pointers.
Splitter scored eight of the Spurs' first 10 points, with Parker picking up assists on three of the layups. Splitter drew two fouls on top draft pick Anthony Davis in his run.


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Probably one of the most versatile and beautiful stones—sapphire is a right royal choice when it comes to gems. Sapphire belongs to the gem family corundum the same as its fiery red sibling the ruby. But the similarities end here. While you would never imagine rubies to be anything but red, sapphires exist in a mind boggling array of colors enough to entice the staunchest of ruby-lovers. While the deep blue sapphire beads is undoubted king of them all this gem is regularly seen in shades of white, green, yellow, orange, pink, and purple. There is also a lovely, albeit rare, pinkish orange stone known as 'padparadscha' Sinhalese for 'lotus flower' and a sapphire that exhibits different colors in different light known as color change sapphire. Sapphires are fashioned into beads, cabochons, carvings, drops, rose cut stones, briolettes, and slices. Beads are further available in a multitude of shapes and sizes ranging from roundels, smooth rounds, crescent shaped, rose cut, rectangular, carved, pentagon shaped, pear shaped, oval, marquise, briolette, leaf and flower shaped, and teardrop shaped. Apart from beads slices, and cut stones with a variety of finishes such as striated, carved, tumbled, smooth or faceted are also available.


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This article shows how you can process multiple MSI packages in a single bootstrapper. During the first install, all MSIs will be processed, in the order you specified.
How to build a single installer for multiple MSI packages
- First, download the zip file that is linked at the bottom of this article. Decompress it, and copy the contents into the Bootstrap\Templates sub folder of your MSI Factory program folder.
- After your own installer was build, you can now bundle it together with other MSIs into a single bootstrapper. If you installed the template files from my zip file below correctly, you now should have a new option, like shown below:
- Once the new bootstrapper project was created from the template, go to the Files tab. Now it is time to include your MSI packages. Make sure that you assign the ID "mainsetup" to the main installer, the one that will be run at last. Include all the other MSIs, and give them different IDs.
- After you made these edits, make sure you saved your bootstrapper project.
- Now open the mainscript.lua for editing. Look for this code, and change the elements of the tInstallOrder table according to the IDs you used, in the order you want to process the MSIs.
tInstallOrder = { "firstMSI", "secondMSI", "thirdMSI" };
By default, all MSIs that are included in the tInstallOrder table will be processed in passive mode: The user won't need to configure anything, and can see the installation progress. The installer for the main application, which is installed as the final step, will be executed in interactive mode, as usual. Of course you can change this behavior by adapting the script to fit your needs.
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Section 960 - School Area Conduct Regulations
Section 960:00. Defacement of School Property. No person shall mark with ink, paint, chalk or other substance, or post handbills on, or in any other manner deface or injure any school building or structure used or usable for school purposes within the corporate limits of this municipality, or mark, deface or injure fences, trees, laws or fixtures appurtenant to or located on the site of such buildings, or post handbills on such fences, trees or fixtures, or place a sign anywhere on any such site.
Section 960:05. Breach of Peace on School Property. No person, on any school grounds or abutting streets adjacent to any school building or structure, shall engage in, or prepare, attempt, offer or threaten to engage in, or assist or conspire with another to engage in or congregate because of, any riot, fight, brawl, tumultuous conduct, act of violence, or any other conduct which disturbs or tends to disturb the peace and quiet of another.
Section 960:10. Offensive Language and Conduct. No person shall use offensive, obscene or abusive language or engage in boisterous or noisy conduct tending reasonably to arouse anger, alarm or resentment in others on any school grounds or abutting streets or in buildings or structures of any such schools.
Section 960:15. Improper Conduct While School in Session. No person shall, in any school room or in any building or on the grounds adjacent to the same or abutting streets disturb or interrupt the peace and good order of such school while in session. Any person not in immediate attendance in such school and being in such building or upon the premises belonging thereto who shall conduct or behave himself or herself improperly, or who, upon the request of a teacher of such school or the person in charge thereof to leave said building or premises, shall neglect or refuse to do so, shall be in violation of this ordinance.
Section 960:20. Permission Required for Re-entry. No person, having been ordered by a school official to leave a school and having left said premises, shall re-enter said school without the written permission of the School Principal or the school official who gave the order to leave the school.
Section 960:25. Loitering or Lurking. No person shall loiter on any school grounds or abutting streets or in any school building or structure, nor lurk, lie in wait or be concealed with intent to do any mischief or to commit any crime or unlawful act thereon.


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Eleven Castleview Hospital leaders recently completed homeland security training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala.
The group included the CEO, clinical and ancillary managers and a house supervisor who were trained in Healthcare Leadership Emergency Decision Making.
The CDP is operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency and is the only federally-chartered Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training facility in the nation.
Castleview Hospital is working with the Utah State Department of Health and the Center for Disaster Preparedness to obtain training for all it's leaders.
In 2009 healthcare leaders will attend additional classes in healthcare leadership emergency decision making, hazardous materials and decontamination training, preparation for the pandemic flu epidemic and management of an incident command center. Castleview Hospital also participates in training available at the state and local levels.
All who attended felt this training was absolutely the best hands on training in a simulated hospital environment. The training also afforded an opportunity to network with healthcare leaders from across the nation and share experiences.
The CDP provides federally-funded, interdisciplinary training for emergency responders from across the United States and U.S. Territories, for 10 responder disciplines: emergency management, emergency medical service, fire service, governmental administrative, hazardous materials, healthcare, law enforcement, public health, public safety communications and public works.
Healthcare and public health training is conducted at the CDP's Noble Training Facility, the nation's only hospital facility dedicated to training hospital and healthcare professionals in disaster preparedness and response.
Many training courses culminate at the CDP's chemical, ordnance, biological and radiological training facility, the nation's only facility featuring civilian training exercises in a true toxic environment, using chemical agents.
The advanced hands-on training enables responders to effectively prevent, respond to, and recover from real-world incidents involving acts of terrorism and other hazardous materials.
Responders attending CDP training are selected from the nation's 11 million emergency responders. Training at the CDP ensures that responders gain critical skills and confidence to be better prepared to effectively respond to local incidents or potential WMD incidents.
Additional information about CDP training programs can be found at http://cdp.dhs.gov.


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The 2013 Pancho Gonzalez Scholar Athlete grant winners are Xavier Gonzalez of Houston and Jessica Perez of Laguna Niguel, Calif. Here are their winning essays:
By Dylan King
Althea Gibson was an extremely talented woman who played multiple sports at a high level. She was not only a star athlete but a leader among her peers. She was an athlete of color during the 1940s and '50s, so she faced many different obstacles on her way to fame. Because she was one of the first minorities to dominate in a primarily white sport, she is certainly someone that I look up to.
Like Althea, I played multiple sports growing up. Besides tennis, I have played on over 20 soccer, basketball and baseball teams. In all three sports, I was often one of the better players on the team. My coaches noticed this, and before every season, I would have someone tell me that I would be the role model that everyone would look up to. I enjoyed this role and made sure that I always paid attention to the coaches so my teammates would, as well. I quickly noticed that the more the team listened, the better we played.
In the spring of my 7th grade year, I faced one of my toughest challenges as a teammate. It was baseball season, and I had been selected as the No. 2 overall pick in our Little League draft. Arriving at the first practice, I knew immediately that it was going to be a long season. Everyone was messing around, and the team seemed to be filled with kids who made goofing off a priority. A majority of the kids were younger than me, and I had no close friends on the team. It would have been easy to just quit the team, but I was determined to try to turn us into a hard-working squad. I kept my head held high all season and tried to be a positive influence on my teammates. Despite my best efforts, we finished the season with a 2-14 record and lost our last 12 games. My coach noticed my efforts to help the team out and praised me for it. At our end-of-year party, he gave a speech about how I helped the team grow and develop as players and as citizens. He also nominated me for the league sportsmanship award. It felt really good to know that someone had noticed what I was trying to do, and it made me feel like all of my work had paid off.
In basketball, I was once one of the best players on a highly competitive team. During middle school, elite players from other teams transfered to our team, and my playing time decreased. By my 8th grade year, I found myself to be riding the bench for the majority of our games. Although it stunk to not be out there on the court, I was happy to cheer my teammates on with a positive attitude. I was one of the few players that showed up to nearly every practice, and my coach always praised me for my work ethic. During one of our tournaments, we were in the finals against one of our toughest rivals. We won the game handily, and even though I didn't play very much, I felt just as happy as our top scorers did. I knew that I could contribute both on the court as a player or on the bench as a motivator.
Tennis is mainly an independent sport, but once a year, I am selected as one of 12 boys to represent the Pacific Northwest in a team event for my age group. It is one of my favorite tennis events because of the team aspect and because I get to play friends from other sections. At Zonals, you are required to play one mixed doubles match with someone on your team. One year, I was paired with a very inexperienced girl to play doubles against a strong Southern California team. In her previous five singles matches, she had only won a single game. We were getting destroyed in the doubles match, and after every miss, she would put her head down and get even more depressed. I felt awful for her, so I tried to make her feel as good as possible by cracking jokes on the court and directing her attention away from the match. My opponent's coach noticed what I was trying to do, and after the match, he complimented me and told me that he was going to nominate me for the Zonals sportsmanship award. Although I didn't win the award that year, I felt happy that I had lifted the spirits of my doubles partner.
Like Althea, I pride myself in being a positive role model for others. Playing sports has taught me that it takes leadership as well as athleticism to succeed. I hope to carry on Althea's legacy so that someday I can be a leader for millions of kids, just like she was.
By Kimberly Yee
As a junior tennis player, you sometimes feel alone and disliked. Thanks to my parents and the NJTL foundation I am part of, I learned to overcome my insecurities by first realizing that everyone is scared like I am.
Second, I stopped worrying about what others think. Instead, I work really hard and give it my best. I try and reach out to other players and treat them with a good attitude. I have since learned that everyone struggles with these feelings. I can use them as an excuse to quit and get down, or I can overcome the negative to be a positive person, like Althea did.
Althea Gibson had it hard. People were far worse then. At least I can play tournaments, and the USTA is here to help me!
My father left his job many years ago to dedicate the time to teach me, leaving only my mother's salary for our family of five. My mother works the grave-yard shift six days a week to help me with my tennis. She can't fly to see her mom who does not have long to live because we used all our money for my tennis.
Like Althea, I and everyone has challenges. My goal is to work hard, study hard and to one day use my talents to help children like the USTA has helped me. Right now, I volunteer four days a week teaching tennis and mentoring younger children. I literally miss them when I do not see them.
Tennis has done so much for my life, I feel bad even asking for money. But to travel and play, we need help. My parents and the help I get from a local foundation do not come close to covering my tennis costs. I know there are a lot of players like me because I play with children who do not have much every day. If you can help me, I promise I will appreciate every penny. I will work hard, and I will give back, just like Althea.
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Emerging concerns that increases in oil and gas activity and shipping in the Arctic and elsewhere will increase melting and has further spotlighted growing worries but also extraordinary opportunities world-wide linked with so called Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs).
One of these is black carbon—known to you and me as soot—produced by ships and oil and gas flaring as well as millions of other point sources across the planet.
These include inefficient brick kilns, cook stoves, diesel engines and the burning of agricultural wastes—the practice of swaling in Russia considered being a significant source of soot into the Arctic.
Black carbon can, when in the atmosphere absorb heat and thus aggravate climate change linked with the build up of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Falling onto ice, black carbon can reduce its ability to reflect heat back into space: again accelerating melting.
Other SLCPs include methane emitted from rotting organic material in landfills, oil and gas infrastructure and agriculture; low level or so called tropospheric ozone and a range of substances called hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) being now increasingly used as replacement refrigerants.
While HFCs have zero impact on the ozone layer that protects the earth from dangerous levels of ultra violet rays, many are powerful greenhouse gases.
Overall it is estimated that fast action on SLCPs could have a direct impact on climate change, with the potential to reduce the warming expected by 2050 by up to 0.5 degrees Celsius.
At the same time, by 2030, such action can prevent millions of premature deaths linked with for example breathing in soot while avoid the annual loss of more than 30 million tons of crops.
For example the annual average levels of particulate matter including black carbon in the air in a city like Accra, Ghana are close to 100 microgrammes per cubic metre versus a World Health Organization guideline of 20.
In Dakar, Senegal the levels are 150 micogrammes per cubic metre and average levels in Delhi, India or Lahore, Pakistan can be ten times the WHO guidelines. It is a similar problem in many developing countries including in parts of West Asia.
Addressing these SLCPs is now taking centre stage via a new voluntary initiative called the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) whose activities will also be showcased at the upcoming UN climate convention meeting in Doha, Qatar.
The Coalition, whose secretariat is hosted by UNEP, was launched earlier this year as a way of catalyzing world-wide action on SLCPs.
Today its membership stands at close to 30 governments and non-state bodies including Bangladesh, Canada, France, Germany, Ghana, Mexico, the United States, the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative, International Council on Clean Transportation and the Stockholm Environment Institute.
Early action is underway: Mexico for example has recently launched an initiative with the Coalition to modernize traditional brick kilns in the developing world.
The types and quantities of kilns and the fuels used vary within regions and even within countries. For instance, there are approximately 100,000 large operating units in India, around 20,000 artisanal brick kilns in Mexico, while most of the 6,000 units in Bangladesh are the circa 1900´s large-scale kilns with fixed chimneys.
Recent studies show that implementing more efficient technologies, mainly during the firing of bricks, can result in reductions in pollutant emissions of 10 to 50%, depending on the process, scale and fuel used.
Waste generated world-wide is responsible for an estimated one-third of global methane emissions—a greenhouse gas over 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide and one linked to the generation of ground level ozone that is not only damaging to crops but human health.
The Coalition is working with the Global Methane Initiative and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, which is partnered with the Clinton Climate Initiative, to assist urban areas to cut methane emission from across the waste chain including from landfills and pollution linked with organic waste like food.
The initiative is also planning to assist cities in reducing open burning of municipal waste, which results in harmful black carbon emissions.
Another initiative is focusing on heavy duty diesel vehicles and engines. The use of low sulphur fuels opens up the possibility of one method – fitting particle or black carbon filters to heavy duty vehicles.
The Coalition is planning to build off of an existing UNEP-hosted initiative—the Clean Fuels and Vehicles Partnership that was established at the World Summit on Sustainable Development initially to phase-out lead in petrol in developing countries.
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Some countries, including several Small Island Developing States have become concerned that focusing on SLCPs might defocus efforts under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the urgency to agree on a new international treaty by 2015 to come into force by 2020.
The Coalition is clear that its partnership must compliment and support the aims under the legally-binding UN process—no amount of cuts in black carbon for example can spare the planet and its people from dangerous levels of climate change over the 21st century unless big reductions are made in the primary greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.
But given the cost effective benefits of acting on SLCPs—many of the actions needed would eventually save money by for example harvesting methane as a fuel rather than venting it as a pollutant—the range of health, food and climate benefits and the fact that no new technologies are required, it would seem prudent to take this opportunity.
The extent of sea ice on the Arctic Ocean has shrunk this summer to the smallest since satellite records began in the 1970s—black carbon emissions and low level ozone produced by increased oil and gas activity and rising levels of shipping are likely to aggravate the situation with potentially hazardous feedbacks across the globe including in West Asia.
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The Holiday Inn Edinburgh overlooks the landscaped grounds of Edinburgh Zoo and the rolling Pentland Hills. Set on the A8 road, the hotel is three miles from both Edinburgh city centre and Edinburgh Airport.
The Spirit Health and Fitness Club has a heated indoor pool, sauna and a relaxing spa. All of the elegant guest rooms at the Holiday Inn Edinburgh have high-speed internet access.
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A night of treachery and deceit
March 27 2009 09:29AM
We will go uh... WTF for $500 Alex.
A: On March 26, 2009 this team shot itself directly in the foot, losing 3-2 to the Phoenix Coyotes.
Q: Who are the damned Edmonton Oilers of 2009?
If you've just woken from a doctor-induced coma and are seeking to catch up with the world since you were put under, we can bring you up to speed pretty quickly on everything you have missed in the past 10 years:
- Britney Spears was a teenage popstar.
- She rose to the top of the world with her sweet, demure nature and sexy looks.
- She then went completely crazy, nailed half of the paparazzi in LA, shaved her head and trashed a car with an umbrella.
- When all was lost, she sold her soul to Satan and quickly rose to the top of the pop world again, with her demure nature and sexy looks.
- The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Oilers last night 3-2, scoring a goal for every Phoenix fan in attendance in Glendale. Britney's thoughts on the matter are unavailable as of press time.
There. Now that we're all on the same page we can proceed with railing against how awful the Oilers are and worse.
Let's get this straight
Dwayne Roloson started in net AGAIN? Really MacT? You do realize Roloson is older than you right? You do realize that if the Oil manage to get out of their own way and somehow make the playoffs your starting goalie will already have the fatigue level of a 7th-game Cup appearance. You do understand this right?
We could go on about the Oilers losing until the cows come home. But even greater treachery is afoot. Coupled with the Oilers losing, it is probably the greatest attack on our values that we have suffered in a single evening in quite some time.
The worst thing ever
As we have been known to do on most Thursdays we went and played some poker with the boys. It's 51% beer, 40% "something" and 9% poker and on nights when the Oilers play it can go downhill very quickly.
Last night, the Oilers were busy in the long and torturous process of gassing a game that they could afford to lose. Your ol' pal Wanye, on the other hand, was coming off a win the last time we played poker and we were busy slow playing the table to a second place finish whilst drinking our usual 58 Bud Lights.*
We go to the fridge to grip a beer and it was at this point in time the absolutely unthinkable occurred.
At first blush this may look like nothing more than another soldier about to get crushed by your ol' pal Wanye en route to another world class poker performance. But upon closer inspection Members of the Jury, you will note two key facts:
Exhibit A: This can remains unopened – note the sealed top. Exhibit B: There isn't a drop of beer in the can.
Is anyone else's mind just completely blown by this? Is anything sacred anymore? An empty Bud Light can shipped in a case to some devil-may-care Canadian Poker Sensation? Uh WTF?
A pair of losses
We're at a loss to explain how the Oil could show up with as little emotion or skill as they did last night, with the playoffs on the line and facing one of the worst teams in hockey. We can't even begin to explain how in the hell the fantastical beer Oompaloompas at the magical Bud Light factory somehow allowed one of their delicious cans to escape unfilled.
This is an absolute outrage and it won't stand. Doesn't anyone care about professionalism anymore? Is anyone interested in competing on a night in and night out basis anymore? Or is everyone just mailing it in and rushing home to watch American Idol?
Make a note in the log: March 26, 2009. The night both the Oilers and Bud Light completely failed us.
*The cold and crisp taste of BLs are not being endorsed in the least in this article.
A non-Bud-Light-Scandal-related note
As we have never it discussed prior to right now, no one knows that the official band of the OilersNation is a band called Toast. No one knows this, but they totally are. Our boy Chris basically runs most of E-Town with his crazy band and they recently performed a jam called "Smile On," on CityTV's Breakfast Television last Monday morning. Completely unsolicited by Chris we are going to demand everyone able to walk, run or drive should make their way down to the Crown & Anchor pub in Castledowns and witness musical history this weekend.
But if you order a Bud Light at the concert make sure it isn't already empty. Cause that totally can happen.
@ Milli: When in Vegas head to the little dump of a casino, Casino Royale for the $1 Micheloeb's (or the $1 Strawberry Daiquri's)
@ The Towel Boy: I've never understood why one would close a beer.
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@ The Towel Boy: I've never understood why one would close a beer.
If you're used to lady beers, drinking a real beer will force you to take a timeout or two... Drinking the whole thing would be simply overwhelming.
March 27 2009, 02:23PM
I go for lunch and come back to an absolutely tremendous string of comments here. Let me summarize the questions I seem to have been asked.
1."Wanye, you are a puss for drinking light beer." Now listen here. I bet you out of EVERYONE you know I have drank the most RX1 beers in a single game. SCF06G6 - best game in history. A slightly younger Wanye arrives at RX1 for the pregame beer gardens and proceeds to drink 16 - count em 16 - RX1 beers by the end of the game. Then I went out on the town after. I have witnesses to this too btw. Why 16? One beer for every win needed to win the cup.
I was so buckled during the third period that I almost started crying I was so happy. I was completely unintelligible the rest of the evening and the brain damage suffered lasts until this day. Can anyone beat that? Pfft. Puss indeed.
2."Wanye, Bud Light sucks. Instead try ." No thanks. I can see the value of other tasty beers, don't get me wrong. But if you are looking to ingest Quantity over Quality of beer - 100 BLs is the move. No aftertaste, no bloating and a great tasting beer.
3."Wanye, you can't get buckled on beer with less alcahol content." Drink more of them. You will be amazed what you can do.
March 27 2009, 02:34PM
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I've never understood why one would close a beer.
Duh! ....Bumpy roads.
March 27 2009, 02:38PM
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100 BLs is the move. No aftertaste, no bloating and a great tasting beer.
Thank goodness, we've found a new lead trombone player for the Easter Parade.
If you're going to drink 100 anything, it should be Jackie Parkers with whatever concoction it is that hot red-headed dame was puring into Karius and I that time at . . . never mind.
March 27 2009, 03:58PM
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@ Milli: When in Vegas head to the little dump of a casino, Casino Royale for the $1 Micheloeb's (or the $1 Strawberry Daiquri's)
Oh god, last time I was in Vegas I stayed at the Mirage right across from there. Royale was a fantastic place to start the evening.
Oh and for the record I drink Carlsberg. And yes, I wear a visor while I drink my Euro beer
March 27 2009, 07:36PM
that blonde kid with the AK f*ckin rulz!
March 28 2009, 12:56AM
Oh man oh man, my nights before a game usually start out with some Keith's Red and end up with a bottle of tequila swearing at the tv and complaining about taxes. I mean the Oilers are just another reason to stay depressed in these recession times.
Everytime I watch an Oilers game I think back to the old day's when we had guys like Marchant, Grier and Weight here playing for pennies and getting it done. We have fifty million or so invested in a group of guys who couldn't spell effort. And a coach who wants to be articulate and friendly to all those reporters.
Here's an idea for the rest of season, go out there shoot the puck on net. Have our overpaid pansies drive to the net and try spank in as much ugly ones into the net as they can rather then spanking their ugly ones on the bench. Eight straight years of barely making the playoffs and all the stress of a stretch run have worn thin on me and my fingernails. Please oh please guys give an effort and keep me to my beer, with the weather still not being able to make up it's mind I don't wanna be left outside after I finish that bottle of tequila and being thrown outside by my wife. If that's the case I'm going to a hotel and billing the Oilers for the room.


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Mary Mitchell went 10-for-11 on serves with 11 points and an ace. Mitchell was also 33-for-34 on sets. Sadie Steed went 7-for-10 on serves with 10 points and four aces, while finishing with eight spikes and four kills.
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Emery County Commissioners and public lands council recently sent copies of this letter to the Washington representatives stating the position of the county on the BLM- RMP.
Emery County is in the midst of the Price Field Office Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plan which will determine the future policy direction, economic growth opportunities and general land use for the citizens of our county for the next 20 years or more. With the exception of congressional or presidential designation, there is no action that may be taken by the federal government that affects the people of Emery County to a greater extent than land use plans developed by federal agencies, principally BLM and forest service. Ninety-two percent of the land in Emery County is public land (federal or state). The BLM RMP will determine how over 2 million acres, or 72 percent of the land within Emery County is managed. For this reason, county representatives as well as citizens put a very high priority on following BLM Director Kathleen Clark's council to assume our rightful role (under FLPMA) at the table as a cooperating agency. It is our desire to work with BLM to develop a plan that represents Emery County's priorities, and that will help sustain a viable economic base for the county's residents.
The issues identified through the BLM scoping meetings reflect the diversity of the resources in the planning area and the people that depend on them. Residents of the county have long recognized and enjoyed the economic benefit of many of those resources and it is our desire that the traditional economic and social aspects of land use be recognized in this plan. We also recognize that more people and more diverse resource uses are increasing all the time. Management priorities recognizing both the descendents of those who settled this remote desert that we now call home, as well as those from outside Emery County can be achieved only if the RMP respects both views. Achieving that objective is our priority.
In the past, federal land use plans have been developed without state or local representation until the draft proposal was made available for a public comment period. Having a seat at the RMP development table throughout this process has certainly been a welcome change, and the contents of the final document will tell whether Emery County's views are fairly represented. We have persevered through heated discussions when, from our perspective, it appeared we were being ineffective in our participation. We have disagreed and voiced that disagreement with BLM specialists and their supervisors. We have solicited input from user groups, our Public Lands Council and other citizens, and provided data and input to the BLM planning team. In some instances we have appealed to the BLM state office and you, our elected representatives in Washington. Emery County has consistently presented our position as represented in the Emery County General Plan.
Although we are not sure of what the final document will look like exactly, you should know that Emery County has invested significant county financial resources and collective effort in this plan, and we are hopeful that the final decision will reflect that investment. We stand firm on the mandate of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 as amended, that this and other land use plans "�shall be consistent with state and local plans to the maximum extent [the Secretary] finds consistent with federal law and the purposes of this act." Emery County's General Plan is based on the Multiple Use and Sustained Yield principles, and expects that these principles be applied in the RMP.
Frankly, the draft RMP caused us much concern and we responded to that effect. The comments we provided during the public comment period addressed the items which concerned us, including inappropriate decisions, inadequate data and a flawed document.
Some issues that cause us the most concern in the Price RMP include:
Misapplication of multiple management tools or "layering". There are a myriad of tools available to the BLM field offices for management. For one segment of land it may be possible to "manage" that segment using Wild and Scenic River designation, Visual Resource Management Class I, Area of Critical Environmental Concern designation, Special Recreation Management Area, closed determination for OHV use, closed to certain activity for wildlife habitat management. While we are aware that it is technically possible for each of these layers to be imposed upon a single area of land, Emery County believes that "wise" management doesn't require all available management tools to be simultaneously imposed. Is an ACEC necessary where The Antiquities Act already affords resource "protection" or where a WSA already exists? Experience shows that such overlap simply confuses professional managers as well as the public at large. Moreover, the area receives little or no focused management and ends up being neglected. For example, under the preferred alternative, the Sid's Mountain area would be managed as a Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA), a "Scenic" Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), Class 1 Visual Resource Management (VRM), "Closed" to Off-highway Vehicle use, "Primitive" and "Semi-primitive non-motorized" designation under the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS), "Closed" to Mineral Material Development, "Recommended for Withdrawal" from Locatable Mineral Entry, "Scenic" classification for Wild and Scenic River designation, and all of these on top of an existing Wilderness Study Area. Other areas with similar "layering" include Mexican Mountain, Desolation Canyon, Lower Green River, and the Muddy River Canyon.
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) should not be used outside the scope for which they were intended. ACECs are meant to protect relevant and important values that are threatened with irreparable damage. What constitutes irreparable damage is debatable. Reclamation plans quite often leave oil and gas well pads functioning better within the ecosystem than before they were disturbed. How are relic vegetation sites threatened with irreparable damage if cattle can't physically gain access to the site because of geographic obstacles? This is the case in the Flat Tops and San Rafael Reef ACECs.
The Draft RMP is inadequate in recognizing impacts to the power generation industry in Emery County. The final document should address the county's concerns about possible new PacifiCorp generating units. How will the plan recognize the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) under the Clean Air Act?
Potential Wild and Scenic River designation is probably the issue which has been the main focus of Emery County. We aren't convinced that designation doesn't come with an absence of a water right or water use of some kind. It seems that if a portion of river is designated based on a river related outstandingly remarkable value, management of that segment that protects that same value will require water.
Emery County has argued continually that running water should be present in an eligible river segment. In at least two segments that the PFO found eligible, the lack of water is such that the same segments were also designated as open OHV routes in the San Rafael Route Designation Plan.
The lack of data concerning socioeconomics in the Draft RMP was disappointing. Much information was available from Carbon and Emery counties, private enterprise and other sources but was not utilized at that time. Emery County submitted information specifically on the electricity generating industry in our comments on Wild and Scenic River designation. Emery County considers this issue unresolved.
A consistent impediment throughout the planning process has been the lack of necessary time and resources available to local BLM Field Office personnel. This has eroded both our confidence and BLMs over whether this RMP could be adequately prepared. Price Field Office personnel have continually operated on timelines established by someone up the ladder, with an urgency driven by "completion within the budget" thinking. Perhaps this has been necessary, perhaps not. Regardless, it has not been realistic in developing the RMP. For example, deadlines are set only to be set again and then, not realized.
Our involvement in Vernal and Richfield RMPs confirm that the problem hasn't been in Price, exclusively.
In order to salvage the significant joint Emery County-BLM effort so far, we request that you intervene with BLM in Washington to make certain that the agency is able to allow both sufficient time and dollars to complete these Resource Management Plans on timely, but realistic schedules.
Emery County is committed to helping produce the best plan possible.
We are grateful to you for acting now to save the investment we have already made on behalf of the citizens of our county.


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It's been nine years, but the Buffalo Bills finally participated in a joint practice with another NFL franchise on Wednesday. After making the relatively quick trip down to Pittsburgh, the Bills drove down the interstate to Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania to take part in a session with the Steelers.
Many of the joint practices around the NFL have resulted in a testy environment with some skirmishes sprinkled in. Following suit, the Bills and Steelers both raised the intensity from a normal training camp practice.
How did the Bills perform against the Steelers in the controlled setting? Here are some observations from the day:
Control kept in live atmosphere
- After the Bills and Steelers went through their positional drills and stretching, they all came together on the main field and started off the very lively joint practice. When they got to team drills the Bills' offense and Steelers' defense paired off to one half of the field, while the Bills' defense and the Steelers' offense went to the other side. If anyone was expecting them to softly get into the joint practice, they were sorely mistaken. The teams immediately went to a live tackling drill and the tempers flared from there. Cornerback Stephon Gilmore laid a big hit along the sideline on a Steelers wide receiver, fullback Evan Rodriguez got into it with some Steelers defenders and safety Aaron Williams even had his helmet thrown after it fell off on a special teams play. Other than those three instances though, the Bills and Steelers showed quite the amount of restraint and poise throughout the practice. While the attitude and energy was a notch higher than most other practices against teammates, the two teams kept it clean for the most part.
EJ's poor day
- One of the biggest questions heading into the pair of practices in Latrobe is how second-year quarterback EJ Manuel would perform against a team that was so successful in stopping him last year. Even with a solid performance in Carolina under his belt, Manuel showed inaccuracy in the first session with the Steelers more than most his other training camp practices in 2014. His throws were all over the place during team drills, whether they were short, intermediate or deep attempts, the ball just wasn't being put in the proper place to facilitate a reception all the time. He did have his moments with some positive throws in the intermediate area to Scott Chandler, but aside from that, Manuel's performance was one to be forgotten.
First-team run defense
- On the bright side of the day, the Bills on the other half of the field continued their recent stretch of positive play. The first-team was outstanding against the first unit of Pittsburgh's offense, specifically against the run. The defensive linemen were occupying their blocks and the linebackers plugged the gaps to limit what Ben Roethlisberger, LeGarrette Blount and the offensive line could do for the majority of practice. Middle linebacker Brandon Spikes and outside linebacker Nigel Bradham especially stood out in limiting what Blount could do. Pittsburgh's offensive line isn't one of the best in the league, but the defensive line of the Bills once again showed why they are such a potent unit against another group that isn't their own.
Urbik struggles
- The one-on-one battles between the offensive line of the Bills and the Steelers' defensive line were among one of the more entertaining parts of practice, but the men representing the city of Buffalo weren't exactly winning the battle. One of the main players that struggled throughout the drill is incumbent starting right guard Kraig Urbik, who was actually playing out of position on Wednesday. For the first time in a training camp practice the Bills used Urbik as the first-team left guard, partially due to the injury suffered by starter Chris Williams. In that role, Urbik just couldn't seem to find his footing. He failed to engage with the defender on his four separate one-on-one attempts and lost all his battles easily. That, in comparison to the day that his direct competitor for starting right guard duties had in the drill, has to make Urbik feel a bit uneasy.
Glenn, McKelvin getting increased workload
- Two players that figure significantly into the starting lineup are left tackle Cordy Glenn and cornerback Leodis McKelvin, although each have been missing in action due to separate conditions. Glenn was just recently activated from the Reserve/Non-Football Illness list and McKelvin has been slowly recovering from offseason hip surgery. On Wednesday both took a step forward in their potential return from injuries. Glenn actually took some full contact one-on-one drills, the first time he's done that since his activation. McKelvin was at first announced to likely miss practice, but dressed for the day and partook in both punt returns and even some team drills near the end of the practice. With the amount that cornerback Corey Graham struggled on Wednesday, a quick McKelvin return could be a welcomed sight for the Bills.
Bills' Day 16 MVP: G Cyril Richardson
- The fifth-round rookie picked a great afternoon to have his best practice since coming to the NFL. With Chris Williams injured and sitting out of practice, the Bills elected to have Richardson take all the starting snaps at right guard with Kraig Urbik at left guard, and the rookie was quite impressive. He used his strength to lock up defenders along the line during both team drills and one-on-one's, leading to some praise from offensive line coach Pat Morris. If there are more days like that, Richardson could go a long way in potentially securing the starting job as a rookie.
Bills' Day 16 LVP: G Antonie McClain
- On the flip side, second-team guard Antoine McClain couldn't get the hang of going up against the Steelers defense at any point of the practice. McClain lost all three reps in one-on-one battles, and easily. He's gotten some opportunities throughout camp to audition for perhaps a bigger role, and even a roster spot, but hasn't been able to break through just yet. He's running out of time.
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