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"This debut by Wolf, the award-winning creator of the television series Law & Order, introduces Jeremy Fisk, a detective in the NYPD's antiterrorism intelligence-gathering agency. After an attempted airline high-jacking is foiled by a handful of passengers just days before the President is scheduled to attend a July 4th celebration in New York City, Fisk and other law enforcement specialists surmise that the high-jacking was just a diversion. But then who -- or what -- is the real target? And how can the plan be foiled without knowing the identity of the real terrorist? Time is of the essence in this well written page-turner."
— Ellen Klein, Hooray for Books!, Alexandria, VA
Dick Wolf makes his literary debut with this tense, driving thriller, reminiscent of the classic The Day of the Jackal, an extraordinary tale filled with the ingenious twists and high-wire suspense we have come to expect from this master storyteller
Days before the July Fourth holiday and the dedication of One World Trade Center at Ground Zero, an incident aboard a commercial jet flying over the Atlantic Ocean reminds everyone that vigilance is not a task to be taken lightly. But for iconoclastic NYPD detective Jeremy Fisk, it may also be a signal that there is much more to this case than the easy answer of this being just the work of another lone terrorist.
Fisk assigned to the department's Intelligence Division, a well-funded antiterror unit modeled on the CIA suspects that the event might also be a warning sign that another, potentially more extraordinary scheme has been set in motion. Fluent in Arabic and the ways of his opponents, Fisk is a rule breaker who follows his gut even if it means defying those above him in the department's food chain. So when a passenger from the same plane, a Saudi Arabian national, disappears into the crowds of Manhattan, it's up to Fisk and his partner Krina Gersten to find him before the celebrations begin.
Watching each new lead fizzle, chasing shadows to dead ends, Fisk and Gersten quickly realize that their opponents are smarter and more agile than any they have ever faced. Extremely clever and seemingly invisible, they are able to exploit any security weak-ness and anticipate Fisk's every move . . . and time is running out.
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"A spectacular fiction debut . . . A pulsating plotline. Clever characters. Dramatic dialogue. Surprising twists. All make for an edge-of-your-seat read that will have thriller fans eagerly awaiting the next series installment."
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"Dick Wolf has proven he's a master storyteller in any form. The Intercept is gripping, telling and timely. Bottom line: It's a great read!"
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DENVER – Senators who want the state to buy its own aerial firefighting fleet failed to convince their colleagues to fund it Wednesday.
But it wasn't for a lack of creative effort.
Sen. Steve King, R-Grand Junction, has been working on his plan to have Colorado buy and operate heavy air tankers for the better part of a year.
He suggested Wednesday that the state could pay the $17 million cost by selling advertising on the planes.
"Can you imagine a Colorado Rockies seal on the tail wing of this plane putting out Colorado fires? And it doesn't have to be the Colorado Rockies. You put in the advertiser. Colorado casinos," King said. "That is how you offset costs of running this."
California operates its own firefighting fleet, and King said Colorado could learn from the Golden State, especially the way it got its planes at bargain prices from the federal government.
Colorado also could make money by hiring out its aircraft when there are no fires here, King said.
The Senate voted to pass his Senate Bill 252 in an initial vote, but it did not appropriate money to buy any planes or hire pilots. If the bill passes, it will create the Colorado Firefighting Air Corps on paper only.
Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, said legislators are interested in the idea, but it needs more work.
"I think there's a lot of unanswered questions about whether it really is cost-effective in the end to purchase the equipment or rent the equipment. There isn't really a solid business plan," Steadman said.
Sen. Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch, blamed fellow legislators and Gov. John Hickenlooper for not finding a way to fund the aerial fleet.
Harvey cited an article in a jihadist magazine to say that al-Qaida terrorists are planning to light Western forests on fire by time-delayed incendiary bombs.
"Remember how the bombs in Boston were set off last week? For those of us who live in Colorado, we're already engaged in fire combat," Harvey said.
SB 252 has one more vote in the Senate before it heads to the House for further consideration.

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Hello All,
Is any one came across this before.
I am revered with them and despite that have still 4 patches on my farm
On alt started doing dailies maybe 4-5 days ago and already have 8 slots...
Done the quests given by Farmer Yoon? Where you have to go talk to an NPC, the NPC gives you another quest, then the NPC goes to your farm and spends 15 mins clearing weeds/rocks/wheelbarrows?
If yes, you have a bug. Ticket it. If no, go do them. If no but the quests aren't available, again you have a bug, ticket it.
So you say that the quests at honored and revered for the upgrade didn't unlock?
"It's not the job of the artist to give the audience what the audience wants. If the audience knew what they needed, then they wouldn't be the audience. They would be the artists. It is the job of artists to give the audience what they need."
— Alan Moore
Well, usually you get quests to upgrade and increase your farm with reputation advancements. You sure farmer Soon hasn't given you any quests to go find someone to help you expand it?
The quest starts on your actual farm ,from yoon, at certain stages of rep
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TUPELO – As Mississippi State's Road Dawgs Tour winds its way around the region and the state this week, Dan Mullen keeps hyping Tyler Russell hard.
That continued Thursday, when the tour made a stop in Tupelo at the BancorpSouth Conference Center. Mullen, who's 29-22 in four years as head football coach, reiterated that he's expecting big things from his quarterback.
"That's what it's going to be when you're a fifth-year senior," Mullen said. "I think he's ready. … He knows he has the whole coaching staff behind him, the team's behind him, and we expect him to have a huge year this year."
As a junior, Russell passed for 2,897 yards, 24 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, putting his name in the MSU record book along the way. But the season ended poorly for him, as he threw two interceptions in an Egg Bowl loss to Ole Miss and four more in a Gator Bowl loss to Northwestern.
"It's something that really frustrates him," Mullen said. "Unfortunately, quarterbacks are always going to have some off days, and the worst thing to do is to do it the last game of the season, because you get a long break before you get to go prove yourself.
"I think he would've liked to have played a couple of days later, gotten back out there on the field. Being an older guy, I think he knows how to handle that adversity."
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By CAROLE LARSENOrangeville City Council person over planning and zoning, board of appeals.
It would take too long to rebuff the letter from last week's Emery County Progress. But, just so you know, the tree house matter and the corner lot problem were addressed and resolved at the planning and zoning meeting on July 27, before last week's letter was printed or before I knew of its existence.
The interested parties were at that meeting and as far as I could tell, they were satisfied with the outcome. The proper channels were gone through and the process worked for the citizens. This was an ongoing issue for several weeks, but not forgotten or pushed aside.
I, along with other members of Orangeville City Council, had been researching it and looking for ways to help the citizens. At city council on July 13, I promised those involved in these two issues that we would come to some resolution at the July 27 meeting, something that was not included in last week's letter.
I am sorry that some of the problems got to the point that words were exchanged between some and possibly feelings injured. I hope that we can work together for the betterment of Orangeville, abiding by the laws that we have, or changing them through the proper channels, if they aren't what we feel are right for Orangeville.
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At the intersection of dreams gone by and dreams yet to be, you'll find the auction block of Gallery 63. Hopeful sellers flock to the shop with rare relics and surprisingly valuable mementos - usually in attempts to finance the next dream on their lists. When presented with priceless treasures such as Elvis's Cadillac or Edison's letters, Paul and the Gallery 63 crew must consult a variety of experts to reveal the true value. But whatever the treasure - space oddities or war memorabilia or a whole lot of bling - these ten episodes prove that every day holds a surprise when you're an Auction King. Follow Atlanta auction house owner Paul Brown and crew as they hunt for and auction America's most unusual rarities. Will the seller get a deal or the buyer get a steal?
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|Head Graphene Radical Midplus Scores
The Head Graphene Radical Midplus boasts power and maneuverability. Head introduces a new dynamic 16x19 string pattern in the Graphene Radical Midplus that is tighter in the middle and more open on the edges to ease the shock and increase the power on balls hit outside of the sweetspot. Proving to be more powerful than its predecessor, the YOUTEK IG Radical, the Graphene Radical Midplus allowed all of our playtesters to hit big groundstrokes from the baseline. However, our testers had mixed results when they weren't hitting groundstrokes. Some found this racquet to be a maneuverable, crisp volleying machine, while others felt this frame didn't have enough weight to volley effectively. When serving, some of our playtesters benefited from the lighter weight and found ample access to spin, while others thought the racquet lacked the mass to really get their serves going. All of our playtesters agreed that this powerful racquet was quick and easy to use when returning serves. If you enjoy maneuverability in a quick, precise racquet, the Graphene Radical Midplus could radically change your game for the better.
Right off the bat, our team of playtesters found the Radical Midplus to have a different feel than the racquet it replaces. Power was notably present in this update, as well as a new "dynamic" string pattern that creates less shock and more power on off-center hits. "My favorite part of this playtest was hitting groundstrokes," Chris began. "It was a very fast and easy racquet to accelerate through the ball. I found I could get a lot of topspin because of that. The added spin opened up some nice angles. I felt like I was driving the ball pretty well off both wings when hitting topspin. I would have liked some added weight on my backhand slice to help me knife through it like I could with the Graphene Radical Pro."
Karly started this playtest on a high note and needed no time at all to get comfortable with this racquet. "Where do I even begin?" she said. "The list of positives for the Head Radical Midplus racquet is long! All of which made the racquet easy to use. I immediately felt comfortable playing with it because of its tremendous maneuverability, the combination of power and control, and the great access to spin. On top of all that, the feel was exceptional. It was a very soft, comfortable racquet that was really easy on the arm. I could take big cuts at the ball without having to worry about losing control, and with all the spin I could easily add variety to my shots." There wasn't much Karly didn't like from the baseline, but she did wish for better stability. She explained, "It wasn't extremely bad, but there were times when I wanted more plow through and felt slightly pushed around. If I didn't hit directly in the sweetspot the racquet felt unstable in my hands. If the racquet had more stability and force when I was following through with my groundstrokes I would have absolutely no complaints."
Sean, who is familiar with the history of the Head Radical line of racquets, found this update to have a very different feel, but he still thought it performed very well from the baseline. "I was impressed with the solid feel for a racquet with less heft than I'm used to," he said. Sean noticed that despite the open string pattern and the lighter weight, this racquet still felt very control-oriented and low powered, which is typical of the Radical line. "I could really go for my shots to take control of the rally, and I could keep my groundstrokes deep in the court. I preferred the dense string pattern of the previous model, although the spin production with this racquet was incredibly helpful for keeping my shots in."
Echoing the rest of the playtesters was Brittany, who agreed that this racquet was easy to use from the very first hit. She said, "The Graphene Radical Midplus was very comfortable to play with. After my first solid hour hitting with it I determined that it had much more power than the previous IG model. I also noticed plenty of spin, which helped keep my balls deep in the court. The maneuverability was outstanding, and I was able to really get a lot of racquet head speed. Even slices felt really solid with this racquet. However, when I was hitting with bigger hitters there were times that I felt the racquet was being pushed around."
There were some mixed opinions when it came to volleying with the Graphene Radical Midplus. The lighter weight tripped up some of our playtesters, but there were no complaints when they made clean contact in the center of the sweetspot. Karly was really impressed with the overall performance of the Radical Midplus at the net, saying, "I'd have to say the standout feature for me was the touch. I could easily absorb the pace of the ball and place a soft drop shot more confidently with this racquet. In addition, the lightweight feel and great maneuverability made it easy to get the racquet on the ball. I just had to make sure the ball hit the sweetspot, because the racquet seemed less forgiving up at net. If I hit on the edge of the stringbed my shot felt dead and drastically different from when the ball hit the sweetspot. The lack of forgiveness and instability was more apparent with volleys."
Chris found this racquet very fast and easy to maneuver at the net. He said, "It felt nice and crisp at contact, and I felt well connected to where my shots were heading. Again, I was wishing for more weight as the racquet got pushed around some. When I was volleying from deeper in the court I had to really punch through the ball to make sure I got depth. However, when I was given a high volley close to the net it was easy to snap the racquet through contact and punch the volley quickly away."
Brittany had a mixed experience with volleying. She described her ups and downs by saying, "The racquet was very maneuverable and I had plenty of time to block volleys back. I thought my deep put-away volleys were very effective as well. My one knock would be that if I hit just outside the sweetspot there was a noticeable drop in power and control."
Sean struggled the most at the net with this racquet. "I had considerable trouble controlling my volleys because of the lighter feel. I felt a lack of touch and feel when compared to the soft, flexible feel of the previous version of the Radical, and its response at net suffered. Redirecting hard shots was also a difficult task due to the lighter static weight." Sean did find an upside to the lighter weight. "I did enjoy the maneuverable feel when wielding this racquet at net, although I stayed back for the most part to avoid getting myself into trouble when coming forward."
Most of the playtesters agreed that this racquet added variety and pace to their serves. "I found I could get a lot of racquet head speed and really go up and after my serve," said Brittany. "I enjoyed mixing up my serves with this racquet in both singles and doubles. If I wanted to be aggressive I could hit a bigger, flatter serve up the T. If I wanted to jam my opponent I could hit a slice into the body. I think my most successful serve was out wide on the ad side, whether I was hitting flat or with spin. The spin potential of this racquet was a real bonus on serves. I had a lot of confidence hitting second serves not only consistently in, but also placing them where I wanted."
While he didn't love it at the net, Sean was impressed with this racquet when it came to serves. "It was far more solid than anticipated, and I found that I had a ton of confidence on both my first and second serves. I was concerned that without enough weight I would lose stability on my first serves, but I was happy to find that I could swing freely and generate some huge serves without any loss of stability or plow through. I could also hit my second serves better than I did with the previous version. I could generate more spin and place the ball more accurately in the service box."
Chris struggled to serve well with this racquet. He explained, "It was just too light to help my serves penetrate the court. I was able to swing quickly and get good spin, but I was hitting short and my serves were sitting up a little. It made it tough to follow my serve to the net because returns were really getting cracked back at me. I would add some weight just to get a little more on my serves."
Karly had no complaints when it came to serves. She said, "Serving with the Graphene Radical Midplus was a cinch! It felt light and extremely easy to swing. My shoulder didn't wear out and I could generate some fast racquet-head speed for good power. That mobility also made it easy to control the direction of the serve and produce a ton of spin. I didn't have to try very hard to put topspin on my kick serve, which was really nice. I'd like to try adding a little more weight to the top of the frame just to see if I can get more plow through and power, but I really didn't mind the serves as is."
For most of our team, the racquet's precision and maneuverability made returning simple and effective. However, Sean found a bit of a love-hate relationship when it came to returning serves with the Radical Midplus. "My shots suffered when I didn't have time to set my feet and put a good swing on the ball. Slicing the ball back deep can be an effective return, but I found that many of those returns were dropping short in the court and causing me problems. This racquet performed beautifully when I was able to hit a return in my strike zone. Its low powered feel allowed me to hit through the shot and keep the ball close to the baseline."
Controlling and spinning the ball on returns was easy for Chris. He said, "I could go down the line or cross court with pace, accuracy and consistency. I preferred hitting topspin returns or flatter drives. Slice was OK, but the racquet got pushed around a little on slower swings. I much preferred the response on a fast swing, and I felt this racquet was a good option when looking to rip a return."
Considering how maneuverable this racquet is, it came as no surprise that Karly really enjoyed returning with it. "I loved how fast it felt," she said. "Not getting my racquet back in time was rarely an issue, and when it was I could still move the racquet quickly to at least make contact with the hard serve. The fairly even combination of power and control let me swing aggressively without worrying too much about overhitting. However, I thought the racquet lacked stability. The frame didn't feel solid, and it lacked drive unless I hit directly in the sweetspot."
Brittany found this to be a great racquet for returning. For her, the maneuverability really stood out. She offered, "I was able to get my racquet back into position, even when I was facing big first serves, and hit the ball back aggressively and consistently. When returning second serves I had enough power to take big cuts at the ball. This allowed me to start a lot of points off on the offensive."
Chris - "I liked the response and feel when I was swinging quickly and hitting with pace and topspin."
Brittany - "I loved the power, spin and maneuverability. It was a really easy racquet to use."
Sean - "The racquet performed extremely well in my favorite areas, which tend to be the ones that involve instant offense. I had the ability to swing out on groundstrokes and serves without fear of overhitting. Overall - a fairly stable, yet lightweight racquet, with a maneuverable feel."
Karly - "It is one of the most user-friendly racquets I've tried. No adjustment period, easy to swing, good power and control, and great access to spin -- talk about a recipe for an easy-to-use racquet!"
Chris - "The racquet was too light for my serve, and I need more weight to improve the stability on shots with a slower swing, such as volleys, touch shots and chip returns, etc."
Brittany - "My very small dislikes were that I thought the racquet got pushed around a tiny bit and there was a drop in power on volleys hit outside the sweetspot."
Sean - "I would have liked this racquet better with a slightly heavier overall feel, especially when having to deal with heavy shots from my opponent. The unstable feel was far more evident on slower paced shots."
Karly - "Sometimes the racquet felt a little too light and needed more plow through. A little more weight would also help improve the stability."
Chris - "I felt like this racquet lacked some of the solid feel of previous Radicals. It definitely came through the ball faster and offered better topspin, but it was not as stable at net or as solid on a touch shot. I've always found Radicals to be good platform racquets for adding weight, none more than this one. In that regard, I'd compare the Graphene Radical Midplus to the Tecnifibre TFight 315 LTD and Donnay X-Dual Silver 99, both of which I'd customize with weight."
Brittany - "Compared with the previous version, the YOUTEK IG Radical MP, I found the Graphene Radical Midplus to have the power that I felt was lacking in the past. I thought the control and maneuverability were very similar between the two racquets. I would say that the IG version had a tad more stability."
Sean - "There is nothing that quite compares to the solid feed and lightweight swing of the Graphene Radical Midplus. When I first hit with this racquet I was reminded of other light, whippy racquets like the Wilson Juice 100 and the Yonex VCORE 100S. In reality, I felt far more confident using the Radical against harder hitters than any other racquet with similar specifications."
Karly - "The Graphene Radical Midplus reminded me of a more control-oriented and stable Head YOUTEK Graphene Speed MP. They're both comfortable and easy-to-use racquets."
(Scores are determined by averaging individual play test scores)
|Chris' Scores
|Brittany's Scores
|Sean's Scores
|Karly's Scores
Chris: 5.0 all-court player currently using the Wilson Six.One 95S. Chris uses a full-western forehand grip, has a fast swing style and hits a one-handed backhand.
Brittany: Open level player with a semi-western forehand and a two-handed backhand. She currently plays with the Yonex V-Core 100S.
Sean: 4.5 baseliner using the Head YOUTEK Prestige Pro. Sean has a semi-western forehand, 1 handed backhand.
Karly: 4.0 baseline player currently playing with the Wilson nCode nTour. She hits with a semi-western forehand grip and uses a two handed backhand.
Review date: October 2013. If you found this review interesting or have further questions or comments please contact us.
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Nancy Krulik, the author of the How I Survived Middle School series will be joining us in our November Live Chat. Here is your chance to ask her all your burning questions about the series, about middle school, and about what it's like to be a real live published author! (Believe me, she knows. She's written more than 150 books!)
WHEN: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 6-7 p.m. (ET)
TOPIC: Chat with author Nancy Krulik!
To find out more about Nancy and read her books before the chat, visit the How I Survived Middle School website. There are also some very fun games and quizzes there. Hope to see you at the chat!
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Five things: More of the same
Ryan Lambert
June 01 2012 11:18AM
1. More rumors, more denials
Hey is John Davidson coming to Calgary? No, says everyone involved, apparently. And yet the rumors persist, which is interesting especially given that his current employers, the St. Louis Blues, are going through a bit of a shakeup.
Despite all the "this didn't happen" talk, would it really surprise you to see Davidson out job hunting? The Blues, under their new ownership, have seen more than a one front office guy get shuffled out, the latest being the team's CEO over the weekend. Now, John Davidson is one of the dyed-in-the-woolest hockey guys on Earth, and one assumes that the Blues would be loath to 86 him, especially given the work he's done in turning the Blues into one of the best teams in the league last season (disappointing playoff ouster notwithstanding, obviously).
It all makes sense. Ken King has largely been a failure at promoting a good hockey product in the past four years or so, and Davidson is an ultra-respected hockey guy with a proven track record. He also has an out in his contract that will allow him to do any old thing he likes if he chooses to walk away. The quotes in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the new owner don't exactly inspire confidence that Davidson thinks he's long for the team, but I guess we have to take him at his word that he hasn't had any talks whatsoever with the Flames about anything from a senior hockey ops job to the weather.
Would it be nice to get Davidson under the Flames' umbrella? Sure. But I'm not holding my breath.
2. Can't wait for this matchup
The Stanley Cup Finals began on Wednesday and I have to say I might be looking forward to it more than last year's, and I was very much looking forward to last year's.
These are two teams for whom I have next to no dislike, filled with players whose games I very much enjoy. This was the best possible matchup from any of the possible ones in the Conference Finals, as I would have been ill-tempered to see John Tortorella complain his way through as many as seven games in the Cup Finals (to say nothing of the largescale media bitchfest that would follow each of his pressers).
So help me, I just love Darryl Sutter hockey, and Pete DeBoer's brand isn't too bad itself. Both teams are aggressive in the forecheck, have dynamic two-way players on their top lines in Anze Kopitar and Zach Parise, both have strong defenses (obviously), both have excellent goalies, even if they're going on opposite escalators to and from greatness — and I wonder if Jon Quick will ever come close to replicating this performance again.
I'm fully confident the Kings win, and I'm fully confident that, unlike their previous opponents, the Devils actually win more than once. But nonetheless, I'm very much anticipating these next six games or so.
3. Some thoughts on the Memorial Cup from an American, which you will surely hate
As a person who lives in America, you probably understand why I don't get to see a lot of CHL games. Never mind regular season, and never mind the league playoffs, we didn't even get a Memorial Cup game until the London/Shawinigan final.
So I watched it, for lack of any other hockey on television. And, well, the nicest thing I can say about it is that I hope that's not representative of the entire CHL product. Obviously, the CHL is great for development of top-end players and can churn out some very good middle-of-the-road guys as well, but as far as entertainment value goes, that was some ugly, poorly-played hockey.
That's not to say it wasn't exciting. Low-scoring championship games that go to overtime are usually pretty watchable, but this was on the lowest imaginable end of that spectrum. I can't imagine why people like this brand of hockey if it's all like this, except that it's what's available in small towns like Shawinigan.
Maybe it's the fact that I come from a part of the U.S. with five or six elite college hockey programs within three hours by car, and therefore I'm used to seeing the best non-professional 20-year-old players in the world on a nightly basis, but that game was ugly and borderline unwatchable. I was more than happy to change it to Game of Thrones at 9.
Please, tell me it's not always this bad.
4. Thankfully, sanity from the Blackhawks
Yesterday, the Blackhawks held a presser to announce the re-signing of Johnny Oduya to a nice little three-year deal that should work out pretty well for both sides. And of course, this being what it is, the subject of Patrick Kane's lost weekend in Wisconsin inevitably came up.
The team said they were disappointed in Kane, and that he had been made to fully understand that. And that was it.
No public excoriation for the supposedly shameful behavior the Chicago media had been crowing about, not idle threats about how it's time to shape up or get shipped out. Just, "We're obviously disappointed with how it played it out, and Patrick is aware of that fact. But at this point, it's a private matter. I think, out of respect for Patrick, we're not going to comment further. We're going to look forward and try to focus on things in improving our team leading into the summer."
That's how it should be. The kid, who by the way, won the team a Stanley Cup two summers ago, didn't deserve the kind of beating he took in the media for partying with what amounts to kids his own age, in the offseason no less.
Good for Chicago.
5. Time for Happy Iggy Again
June 01 2012, 12:17PM
"The Stanley Cup Finals begin tonight and I have to say I might be looking forward to it more than last year's, and I was very much looking forward to last year's."
Missed deadline?
"Please, tell me it's not always this bad."
fortunately, it isn't. As soon as the Memorial Cup started, every team involved (with the possible exception of Shawinnigan) suddenly forgot how to play. The entire tournament was pretty much completely horrible right from the get go (particularly the Oil Kings). I didn't see every game, but there were flashes of somethingness in one of them... which I can't remember (I think London was playing..)
For myself, I wish more NCAA games were broadcast north of the border. There's some great hockey played at that level, and I think it would keep some Canadian fans from being disappointed when their team drafts a college-bound prospect (rather than a Major Junior one) if they were more frequently exposed to that level of play.
June 01 2012, 12:24PM
Yeah, completely my fault though.
June 01 2012, 12:26PM
I have seen no info on the Kane issue, this was my first intro to it.
News Flash:
College age kids binge drink and generally behave like idiots. Always have, the picture brings back fond memories, not shock. Let the guy have something resembling a normal life for god's sake. So, I guess, I agree with you on that RL.
However having learned that you are an American, to many Americans involved in Calgary hockey, as we have been told recently. I think we need more Canadian content. Is FN regulated by the C.R.T.C.? No, I am not serious.
Hey Lambert try watching more than one game, then decide the hockeys terrible, London is quite possibly the most trap happy team in the chl( outside of possibly kootenay), if college hockey is so unreal why are a lot of your top American players coming up to the chl. Get informed then make intelligent comments. I love how you have an oppinion after watching one game, the final was admittedly boring. If you wanted to watch some great hockey you should have caught some oilking winterhawk series where it was wide open and passionate and fast paced.
June 01 2012, 03:51PM
I'm no Lambert apologist by any means, but there is a reason that you know he only watched one game - he very clearly stated it. Also, he asked for input as to whether or not the hockey in the championship game was indicative of the rest of the year. I thought it was very clear. Apparently it wasn't for you.
Maybe it's just me, but I think Hartley's face would look good/hilarious as the horse in the happy Iggy drawing.
Just sayin'.
1. Flames missed out on Yzerman (not sure he would've been good, hard to go wrong with Marty St. Louis setting up Stamkos every night) and other potential GMs. Flames hired Bob Hartley when they could've had a slew of other guys that could potentially have been better.
Not sure they're going to sink this putt with Davidson. I had no idea who he was until recently though so I've not formulated a good/bad opinion yet on him. Seems like he would be a boon to the organization from what I've read.
2. I'm intrigued by this match up and look forward to it as well. Kings just steamrolled their way through the West and the Devils fought and clawed their way here. Devils were terrible last season too - note that Parise played this season and Zajac actually got to play with him. Still have to say the Kings will win.
3. I feel your pain of living in the U.S. and being a rabid hockey fan.
4. This is what I have said time and time again. These people are young celebrities and enjoy partying like every other university-age person. Writers saying that Kane is "troubled" or that he's not taking their first-round loss seriously are idiots. Hawks lost, Kane is out enjoying his summer before he has to start working out again in a few weeks.
5. What are you going to do if they trade Iginla?
If you need to ask if the rest of the CHL games are the same as the one and only final one you watched,than i suggest you admit you know nothing about the CHL and some of the players it,s spawned.Ther have been a few good players from this league.
@ Fire On Ice
Happy Sven.
At the risk of sounding like a dumbass, what is it exactly that the president of hockey operations does? I mean on a day to day basis.
I ask this cause we've all heard people say that King is the reason the team sucks and that he's not a hockey guy and that Lanny McDonald would be a good president and all that crap. I'm still not clear though on how King or JD or Lanny could/would affect the hockey team.
I'm hoping someone could clarify this, maybe an article idea? Thanks!
June 02 2012, 09:36AM
I, like you (I assume), am a fan. I'm not a "hockey guy" by their definition.
I have no idea why King is so hated (by some). I also see no reason why he needs to be a hockey guy. He needs to be a smart business guy in his role. As far as I can see the only meddling he has done (for sure) with the team has been in helping get GlenX signed, and I see that as a good thing. I think he would have been far better off if he had not grabbed his moment in the sun and taken some credit for the signing. If Feaster had announced the signing with no mention of King, I think the hate for him would be less. Now his haters see him as Feaster's "puppet master", I don't believe it, not till I see some clear evidence.
He probably also has put certain restrictions on the GM, like you can't trade #12. This is either due to $$ considerations, or just cause the owner(s) love Iggy. Though, I hope this position is softening. Who among us, has no restrictions on them at work? Pretty standard stuff.
As for Lanny, love him. He is a public relations dream. But, is he president material? Probably not. Correct me if I am wrong on this, as I have no idea what his qualifications for the position are, other then that we all love Lanny.
@ Steve & loudog: I had heard from insiders that King doesnt want the hockey sideof it & doesnt get as involved as many think. He's a business operations guy. He is in his element just overseeing the whole thing, press people to do better & make money for the organization. I think there is real truth to him bringing in a hockey operations President & just oversee the whole lot. Thats his gig, not making trades & signings. He is a very persuasive man & if he can be part of a presentation to assist his people, he is all over it. I think he has huge value to Murray & the Ownership group in many other capacities & if he didnt have that, he would have been sent packing with Daryl. He was very good friends with Dutter & had put a lot of trust in him, probably way more than he should have, & that was a very tough situation he went thru letting Dutter go back then.
@supra steve
I agree with you, he's a guy in charge Flames marketing and profitability. I see how the on ice product has a lot to do with that, but if he was actually in charge of on ice too, he'd be the GM right?
The one thing that's clear to me is that he's Edwards right hand guy when it comes to Calgary Flames Corp. This is why I also agree with you that Lanny as president would look good to the community, but probably a wrong fit for the business side of the team.
@Kevin R
You've mentioned in other posts that you're privy to some inside info on the Flames. Do you know what a guy like JD or whoever would actually be doing as a replacement to King?
Again, I sound like foreigner when I ask the question. Well, I kind of am but I've been a Flames diehard since the mid 80's. I just don't get all the hate for KK. Maybe @Domebeers would like to chip in?
A President of Hockey operations I would imagine would have Managers of every aspect of running the hockey club reporting to them. Work closely with the GM to layout the blueprint of the team, its direction and be a valuable hockey resource for decision making. A bad example is with condominiums, they have a reserve analysis and reserve study to project future needs & ensure there is funding to deal with those needs. NHL teams in a Cap league need to run their player assets in a similar way. Its the only way to find a consistency to be a legitimate threat year after year like Detroit has been. That is a big part of a President who really needs to know the hockey side of it. I have said all last year that when a hockey team in a cap league has 9 million or 14% of your cap sitting in the press box as healthy scratches, something is drastically wrong. When you are paying a player 4.0million to either play low minutes on a 4th line or being scratched, something is drastically wrong. A strong Hockey President would never have allowed some of the contracts & trade decisions to happen if they properly had a blueprint for the team not only for present but for future. King knows how to make money and run the business side, so it would make sense for a structure that has all the Presidents of the Flames sports group (Hitmen/Flames/Stamps/Lacrosse)to report to him as the CEO. I truly think King is very needed for this new building which is going to play a huge role in all the Calgary sports franchises. No one would ever question a JD going in a meeting with a free agent with the GM to do the sales pitch to getting that player to sign but for some reason people see it as a negative when King got involved with the GlenX negotiation. Why? Because King isnt perceived as a hockey person? Not sure about that one but one I thing I have learned is perception becomes reality. I was actually quite excited to hear Ken King say that they are reviewing the corporate structure where his role will probably change, he just plans to do it on his time table not the medias & rumour mongers. To me it does give legs to the fact the Flames may be hiring a new President for hockey operations, whether its JD or someone else. The timing of that will probably be when things get really heated up with the new building/arena.
You really want to throw a hail mary out there way out of the box, King takes a CEO of the total Flames sports group, Feaster moves to President & Weisbrod takes over as GM & Conroy gets the Asst GM title. How about that for spitballing :-)
Add to five things - - - more random thoughts.
Sutter right place at the right time.
Iginla -- Only in speculation: Just think if the rumors from last season were true. How much more happier would he be at this moment?
What about going after Jaimie Benn from Dallas or Matt Duchene with Colorado as RFA'S? If not signed by their respective teams, what would be the compensation for signing one or the other? Maybe both?
Other than Flame's UFA's {excluding the top 2 on the list} who should they target to fit in with new coach Hartley?
Possible candidates for the Flames soon-to-be vacant President position include JD from the Blues, but I also heard that the next President of the club might be a woman. Very interesting perspective. Note: source of the infomation was mentioned on the radio, but I cannot recall who said it.


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Viola in pink
February 13, 2012 22:54:32 Posted at February 13, 2012 22:54:32 Photos:
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Viola Davis has been working a lot of colour this award season. There's been an orange, a green, a white with gold accent, but she seems to prefer pink. Pink has been chosen several times, actually. Some brighter than others. So far, no major metallics. What will be for the Oscars then? Gold? White? Or does she go back to the brights?
Viola did not win Best Actress last night. This time it was Meryl Streep's turn. Do you believe in lucky colours? She wore red to Critics' Choice and started building the momentum. My mother, the Chinese Squawking Chicken says gold or red. Like good luck at a Chinese wedding.


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Skip to comments.Pope Francis, Theological Wreck
Posted on 10/02/2013 1:14:47 PM PDT by Obadiah
Its another week and thus another interview with Pope Francis. This one, Im sorry to say, is more than just confusing. Its a theological wreck.
In an interview with La Repubblica, in response to a question about whether there is a single vision of good, the Pope said, Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place, and The Son of God became incarnate in the souls of men to instill the feeling of brotherhood. When the reporter commented, Some of my colleagues who know you told me that you will try to convert me, the Pope also said Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us.
From Augustines Confessions to Well, everyone has his own ideas about good and bad
is a mighty long path.
I'm with you...
He is a public heretic. Public heretics can not be popes.
Sede Vacante.
That's very clear from his statements.
He is old and has serious medical problems. He will not be with us for long. Hopefully a new, young, Conservative Pope will replace him and forcefully dictate known Catholic Truths.
if so (no pope, and that does sound rather jarring for a Christian statement, no matter what form of small-o orthodox Christendom made it) — does that put the Roman Catholic church in evangelical mode or what? obviously nobody expects it to shut down like the government....
there should at least be a good theoretical answer to the question of good and evil... good is what you get from being invested in God, and evil is what you get from being invested in the enemy. the difficulty of doing this does not excuse falling into moral relativism... that was the sin of the garden.
The writer is commenting on an English translation of an article in a radical left wing Italian newspaper, between Pope Francis and an atheist journalist. Let's begin with the translation, which is riddled with errors. For example:
Italian: Il Figlio di Dio si è incarnato per infondere nellanima degli uomini il sentimento della fratellanza .
Eng. Translation: The Son of God became incarnate in the souls of men to instill the feeling of brotherhood,
Proper Translation: The Son of God was incarnate in order to instill in the soul of men the feeling of brotherhood.
I don't think he is saying that there isn't absolute good and evil. He's saying that everyone's compass doesn't measure the same.
You see it in the New Testament. Some were offended by eating meat that had been offered to idols. Other knew the idols weren't real and that meat was meat.
You see it today among denominations. Some feel drinking is a sin. Others recognize drinking in moderation is okay.
And in some cases there are ligitimate differences in conscience that do not arise differences in understanding scripture.
What may be okay for one person is not for another because God has told that person not to do something. And the inverse could be true to. God could have commanded someone to do something, so it's a sin if they don't do it, but God didn't command that same thing of others.
Part of the problem with this interview is poor translation from Italian to English.
See this thread where Fr. Z. clears some of this up:
the problem is the vague language. "as he conceives them" — due to what? due to the direction of God (that's great) or due to some unknown factor (that's asking for big trouble)?
This is no improvement. This pope is a true Jesuit.
The Son of God was incarnate so that he may die as the ultimate sacrifice so that sins may be forgiven.
As other have noted (and I have noted, as well), part of the problem is translation. The thread linked twice in this thread has a discussion by Fr. Zuhlsdorf, an American priest currently residing in Rome, who is pretty fluent in Italian.
In the case of "conceives," Fr. Z believes that's not such a good translation, but rather, what is being said is more along of the lines of becoming aware [of the objective moral law]. Which is actually Catholic teaching, that men are capable of becoming aware of, of learning, of detecting, of developing a conception of the moral law unaided by grace.
there is a single vision of good, the Pope said, Everyone has his own idea of good and evil...
If he is being mistranslated then I hope he recognizes this ongoing problem and takes greater steps to grasp that his statements bear some manner of weight and that the margin for haphazardness is quite small.
Does the Catholic Church continue when a pope dies? Of course it does. We are just in a much longer period of sede vacante than normal.
I'm so tired of the excuses...mistranslations, media bias, not reading it in context.
Exactly. Pure modernism.
Some of my colleagues who know you told me that you will try to convert me, the Pope also said Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us.
And this is exactly what sets apart a Spirit-filled Christian from a professing Christian. We are called to go and make disciples of men and that means evangelize and proclaim the Gospel to all who don't know Him and even to those professing they know Him.
You cannot serve two masters. You either believe Jesus and His word or you try and please everyone in the world. Sounds like that is what this pope is doing...appeasing and pleasing everyone but Christ.
Is a light bulb beginning to shine in your vicinity, pius?
It's not just this pope. This has been going on since Vatican II.
Thats the way it looks to me. It would also be in line with prophesy.
If he spoke in Italian, he could have avoided mistranslation by saying, "Il Figlio di Dio si è incarnato per infondere il sentimento della fratellanza nellanima degli uomini ."
But it still isn't scriptural.
Why is Francis continually more susceptible to mistranslation than any pope en recent memory?
The way is narrower than we know.
Maybe it is time to come out of Catholicism? If you have not already?
Then why did they put the crappy translation on the Vatican website and call it a speech?
He is right! Without Torah there is no actual definition of right and wrong. The church and nearly all of Western civilization has decided that somehow Yeshua who was, is and will always be the Torah, did away with the Torah; himself!? Wow.
The complete collapse of law, since there is no absolute law which leads to there being no supreme law; which leads to everyone deciding what is _good_ on their own terms; leading to the recent and accelerating, decent of mankind.
Was, "I have the humility and ambition to want to do something" a mistranslation also?
Don't think for a minute that I'm going to defend all that Pope Francis says. Regarding his comments about narcissism, etc., I think there is a certain irony in his remarks. My experience is that many clerics are narcissistic. He doesn't seem to stray from the type.
I can't say that I'm delighted by every word that issues forth from this pope. Nonetheless, not all criticisms are deserved, and that includes those directed at a couple of seemingly bad translations discussed here.
Can't help but ask myself "What the heck is this Pope smoking?"
You are correct. God became man to instill feelings in us? Oy vey!
Does not the Pope bear the responsibility of controlling to the best of his ability the message he conveys?
And who is Rachel Moore or Obadian to judge? Are you the next Popes?
We can't be the judge.
Why do you say that?
It was the U. S. Bishops who misinformed the people in the U. S. after Vatican II.
Actually things did not change that much in the document. Read it, please.
Oh, it happened to John Paul II, and to Benedict XVI, and Popes before them. The lamestream media love to harrass the Catholic Church and the Popes. Don't take the news stories seriously unless you read the REAL document first.
Aren't you traveling elsewhere today?
Nope, still stuck with me. :)
Don't the Self Alone folks know that no reporter would ever make subtle changes while translating a speech when that reporter knew the translation probably wouldn't be double checked by their allies or gullible dupes within the Vatican?
It's just like when Nancy Pelosi spouts exactly the same beliefs the people FR who lie about and slander the Catholic Church preach. The loudmouths demanding eveyone leave the One True Church try to pretend Nancy hasn't joined the ranks of the Evangeical Self Alone crowd even though she sounds like and professes exactly the same Self an Self Alone trash the anti-Catholic folks preach and claim is the Truth.
The country is falling apart because every individual makes up their own definition of right and wrong as well as their own laws. The short bus Self and Self Alone crowd claim recruiting more people to their clearly failed delusion that each individual is their own highest authority in all things is the solution. The millions who Self Alone doctrine annually leads to the logical and inevitble conclusion of either spiritual apathy or outright hedonism don't phase them a bit. Now that's one strong deluion.
But what else can you expect from people who insist Jesus Christ lied when He said He would protect His Word from error, that the Holy Spirit cannot and did not protect His Word from the inclusion of error, that Jesus Christ lied again when He said, "This is my body", and that Paul lied by saying
Romans 11:21 For if God hath not spared the natural branches, fear lest perhaps he also spare not thee.
Romans 11:22 See then the goodness and the severity of God: towards them indeed that are fallen, the severity; but towards thee, the goodness of God,if thou abide in goodness, otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
The short bus Self and Self Alone heresy has been the professed faith of the majority of the people in this country ever since Protestant denominational authority fell apart and marketing what Detrich Bonhoffer called cheap grace took over during the 1960s.
Hows that working out ?
Sorry, Rick Warren is not where He is at either.
Try again.
You know, rash, when your eyes are finally open and you SEE Jesus...the sorrow you are going to feel for keeping a denominational war going will be great.
There is no Catholic or Protestant...there is only those who are filled with the Spirit of the Lord and those that are not. And those of us who are Spirit filled are trying to take as many to heaven with us as we can...instead of crying on and on about denomination.
Do you not know anything about how late the hour is? It is not about this country or that country anymore. It is about saving souls and gathering as many to Him as possible before it is too late.
There is a much bigger picture that Catholics cannot see and we are trying to change that. When Jesus says the way is narrow, it is even more narrow than we know. One billion Catholics is not narrow. Do you see my meaning?
A few papal quotes to start with:
Pope Adrian VI ( 1523)
If by the Roman Church you mean its head or pontiff, it is beyond question that he can err even in matters touching the faith. He does this when he teaches heresy by his own judgment or decretal. In truth, many Roman pontiffs were heretics. The last of them was Pope John XXII ( 1334). (Quaest. in IV Sent.; quoted in Viollet, Papal Infallibility and the Syllabus, 1908).*
Pope Innocent III ( 1216)
The pope should not flatter himself about his power, nor should he rashly glory in his honor and high estate, because the less he is judged by man, the more he is judged by God. Still the less can the Roman Pontiff glory, because he can be judged by men, or rather, can be shown to be already judged, if for example he should wither away into heresy, because he who does not believe is already judged. (St. John 3:18) In such a case it should be said of him: If salt should lose its savour, it is good for nothing but to be cast out and trampled under foot by men. (Sermo 4)
Just because one recognizes heretical statements by so-called popes does not mean one renders Traditional Catholicism heresy and walks away from it and joins some other heresy such as sola scriptura. Quite the contrary, one holds fast to it. This pope is saying things contrary to Traditional Catholicism. He is a Modernist and Modernism was condemned pre-Vatican II as heresy.
I see...well, good luck with that then.
One, that's translated from Italian to English. I'm sorry, but that's just a fact; it's also a fact the old cliche is true: things get lost in translation.
With that in mind, it's been Catholic teaching for ages that everyone is born with a conscience, with the law on their hearts (cf CCC 1954). This is everyone, atheists included. This fact is undoubtedly to what the Holy Father was referring. That is, he was clearly saying, "everyone has the ability to know what is basically good and basically bad. If everyone just followed this ability, the world would already be a better place"
Is he a bit "loose" with his words? Does he use terms in a non conventional way? Perhaps. And maybe that is a bad thing if all it does is cause confusion and scandal. I can see that and acknowledge that's a valid concern. I'm not saying that we shouldn't care at all about him being more precise. He is the Pope after all. Perhaps he should take more care.
However, how do I "know" this is what he was saying (what I wrote above)? Because he speaks a lot like we do in Communion and Liberation, an ecclesiastical lay movement in the Church, and you can rest assured, CL is not heterodox in any way. It's just another way of speaking. It's not formal in any way. But that's the point, as ours is a movement of true evangelization, going out into the world and meeting the people at their level, speaking about real things and real needs, not theological ideas and abstract concepts.
That's what real evangelism is anyway.
Appreciate your thoughts. I like your optimism. I do hope you are accurate in your assessment.
Good post. I think others here (including myself) have been trying to communicate this, but none as successfully as you.
IOW: Do your own thing.
The Pope is a hippie from the seventies!
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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
The Emery County Public Lands Council met in their regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 14. Those present were Chairman Dennis Worwood, Wes Curtis, Ray Petersen, Joe Fielder, Vernell Rowley, Dickson Huntington, Kirk Johansen, Craig Johansen, Thomas Roush and Commissioners Ira Hatch, Gary Kofford and Drew Sitterud.
The first item on the agenda was an update on water. Currently the snotel reported snowpack being 80 percent of normal. Craig Johansen reported that Joes Valley was sitting with 20,000 acre feet of water, 13,000 of which is usable water. He said a full water right is 28,000 acre feet so the reservoir is currently 15,000 acre feet below the point where full water rights could be issued. He said they are hoping for some runoff this year. Johansen reported that the wild and scenic river designations were quiet at the present time with the evaluations expected to take place in February and March.
The situation with Skyline Mine in Huntington Canyon and Utah Power was discussed. Utah Power is pumping water from a well drilled outside of the mine. The water goes back into Electric Lake. They anticipate to be pumping 5,000 gallons per minute with a new pump. They have also applied with the department of water quality for a permit to pump out of the mine and discharge into Electric Lake. The comparison of the water before and after any discharge must be taken into account to see that the water doesn't degrade the stream. Utah Power is hopeful this can take place and they can circulate the water being lost.
Meetings are currently being held for discussion of this ongoing problem with Electric Lake between the various entities involved.
Skyline Mine is currently moving out of the area with the water problem and into another lease area.
Worwood said the ultimate goal was in trying to put water back into the Huntington drainage. Commissioner Hatch said they feel left out of the circle and they haven't been to a meeting for some time. He questioned the need to take the half a million dollars from the CIB to fund a study of the water situation if they have everything worked out. He said they have already advertised for a hydrological firm to investigate the water situation, but if it is already cut and dried then why spend the money to do it.
Richard Snowball from the Huntington/Cleveland Irrigation Company pointed out that the underground water in question is part of their drainage. They have talked with Utah Power and the irrigation company has made it clear they want the dam repaired and the water returned to their drainage. Huntington/Cleveland owns the water rights and they pointed out that no deals have been made anywhere and that everything is still in flux.
Johansen pointed out that if they need hydrological expertise at a later time then maybe the available pot could be divided between the three counties involved. Snowball pointed out that they expressed their desire to Utah Power that if a hydrological study does take place that a new independent firm be hired and not the same person who said it was old water with no connection with the surface.
It was pointed out that those areas of the Skyline Mine are now sealed where the water is and you cannot access those areas now. Any firms doing analysis would have to use prior data. Skyline Mine was checking the water where it came out of the rock and not checking the water in the reservoir. Lee McElprang from the irrigation company pointed out the need to check the water in the reservoir and compare it to that water in the mine.
Snowball mentioned that Utah Power is taking over the wells drilled by Skyline and the costs associated with those wells. The question of whether the water in Skyline Mine will stabilize was discussed. With the portal of the mine being higher than the dam the idea was that the mine should fill with water and stabilize. This is the theory unless the water comes out somewhere else. They have been informed that the tighter faults run to the north and the wider openings run to the south.
Snowball again pointed out they want the lake patched and fixed.
The current stoppings in place at the mine wouldn't hold 300 cfi of pressure. It was estimated they could hold 80.
According to the prior hydrological study the water wouldn't reach the portal. Eventually Skyline would install water tight concrete plugs and make the seals permanent. Johansen pointed out that issue needs to be part of the discussion. McElprang said the current seal in place is to keep people out not to hold water.
Snowball said the seals will not stop the water from rising and the mine is 25 feet higher than the spillway of Electric Lake.
The Heritage subcommittee report was next on the agenda. Curtis reported that everyone should be aware that the Bureau of Land Management had extended the resource management plan by nine months. The BLM travel plan is due out the end of January or the first part of February. He said that the Heritage Bill had been filed in the last session of Congress. It was introduced by Congressman Jim Hansen. As a county we need to decide if we want to pursue the bill. The environmental community may not oppose the bill. Further discussions are needed with them and all other interested parties so the county can decide whether to pursue the Heritage Area or not. We need to decide if we want to put some effort into it. "In talking to Brenda Barrett who is the director of all the BLM Heritage Areas she said there is a new wrinkle involved. A feasibility study must be completed before we could get their support of a Heritage Area in the Swell. It is part of their new way in dealing with Heritage Area requests. Barrett toured the area last summer and she seemed to think there wasn't the population or the amenities to support a Heritage Area. She didn't have the time to take the whole loop though to visit Price and Green River. We need to weigh these things before we go down that road."
Craig Johansen wondered who would sponsor the bill. Curtis said that Senator Bob Bennett would support it in the senate and Congressman Jim Matheson and Chris Cannon in the house. A representative present from Senator Bennett's office said she would talk to him about the bill.
Commissioner Hatch was next with a request that they invite John Baza from the division of oil, gas and mining to come to a meeting to explain the measuring and metering of the gas wells and explain how those things are done.
Worwood said they have talked about the need for better management in that area. Craig Johansen said he thought they would be better served by talking with the gas people directly.
Val Payne said the state issues a routine report of production information.....the information from the gas companies goes to the state and back to the county.
Johansen said the county hadn't been receiving such a report. Commissioner Hatch said maybe they do get aggregate figures but where their concern comes in is that there isn't metering for the wells that come out of the north end; those wells on Poison Springs Bench as well as those in Mohrland are metered through the Carbon plant which is the source of concern. Commissioner Hatch said he thinks they need to get a handle on it and get someone to give them specifics because he thinks the county is losing.
Bryant Anderson from planning and zoning said part of the problem might be the changing of hands by the companies involved but in the past he has found the companies quite willing to work with the county.
It was determined that meetings with the parties involved are in order and the obtaining of monthly production reports would be helpful. McElprang wondered about the responsibility of the gas companies in restoring fences and other items on property disturbed in the installation of gas lines and wells.
Anderson said all of these provisions should be addressed in the initial plan. Commissioner Hatch pointed out that a lot of this reclamation work is slim or nonexistent north of Huntington. It was determined that the county plan would be looked at to make sure these matters are addressed and enforced.
Payne pointed out that onsite inspections are a valuable time to look at and address the needs of a particular site. As well as follow up visits to see that they live up to their commitments.
Worwood pointed out that they were addressing two issues one involving metering and the other the reclamation. He said they need to look at who the permits belong to and remind parties involved what their responsibilities are in the matter. Also a look at the county permitting process to make sure everything is included is in order.
Anderson will speak with the gas companies involved and go pick up information from them or have them email it to him.
Worwood suggested an audit be done which compares production figures with actual well figures. It was also determined that those having problems with fences not being restored to meet with Petersen and let him know where these situations are occurring.
It was pointed out that when a company drills on BLM land that they already have all the steps listed right in the plan as to what the company will do as part of the BLM permitting process.
Roush was next with the report on recreation. He said they have the plaque for the Cleveland/Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry ready to commemorate public lands day 2001 which was held at that site. Also the approval for a plaque for Swasey's Cabin needs to be approved by the commissioners. He also mentioned they are anxiously awaiting the release of the BLM travel plan.
The access management report was next with Petersen mentioning that information is still being gathered for the RS-2477 issue. Mark Ward from the attorney general's office is continuing work on the matter. Ward was present at the meeting and available for questions. Johansen said that he had read that President Bush wanted to resolve the RS-2477 issues.
Ward answered that it was published on the federal register that there would be new procedures for applying for recordable disclaimers of interest, but no policy changes. They are looking at revamping the policy.
Rowley also wondered if there was danger of losing access to roads that were included with the land swap. The trading of state sections of land to the BLM.....was part of the deal. Ward pointed out that those roads constructed prior to 1976 have a vested interest and he didn't see their continued use as a problem. The vested right of way for the road doesn't go away. Ward pointed out that the most important thing that states and counties can do is to show use of that road. Even if state land is traded it will not diminish the quality of that road....still show use and maintenance of roads.
Roush wondered if the state could demand access to their land even if it is included within a wilderness study area. Ward said yes that SITLA does that but he didn't know about counties. As part of the enabling act state land was issued to school children and that land is to be utilized and economically maximized and in order to do that you need access to that land. Ward said he would look into county access to their lands, but he was sure that surrounding state lands with wilderness does not negate their right to access their land. Ward again stressed the need to maintain and use your roads.
Payne pointed out that SITLA is not interested in maintaining their lands which are not beneficial to school children.
Worwood pointed out that RS-2477 rights are unconditional and that those roads constructed after 1976, after FLPMA are conditional use and you must jump through hoops to construct or maintain them.
The grazing report by Huntington was next on the agenda. He reported that the Utah Rangeland Conference in Moab was well attended. He reported that his subcommittee had met and they are hoping for cooperation with the BLM and the forest service. He said they had aired the concerns of the grazers in regard to their current situation with the drought.
Johansen expressed concern that the forest service had not been to a public lands meeting since November. Worwood said they would extend a special invitation to the forest service to invite them to continue to meet with the lands council at their monthly meetings.
Fielder reported that SITLA has a new director. He wondered what the council's stand was on support or nonsupport of the land exchange bill. He also reported that Kevin Carter from SITLA said he would be happy to meet with the lands council anytime to discuss SITLA land issues.
A representative from the BLM reported that Mark Bailey had retired from their office and they are currently taking applications for an assistant field manager. They are on target with their travel plan and have been granted cooperating agency status in the environmental impact study for SR-6. He said there have been some reports of emergency closures on Eva Conover road and the devils racetrack but these roads are open.
Craig Johansen reported that the Uinta Basin had received emergency funding to deal with their end of the resource management plan process and received $80,000 to hire a consultant. A representative from the Uintah Basin said that they are updating plans in regards to the dinosaur national monument as well as livestock plans. With the BLM and the forest service both working on new plans, they applied for money to help with costs. She said they are taking a two prong approach with a representative from the county working with the entities involved in their planning processes. She said it is crucial because 75 percent of their tax base is effected by the BLMs RMP, not to mention the trickle down effects to their other businesses.
Commissioner Sitterud mentioned the need for a grazing section to be added to the Emery County Plan. He also said the county plan is 10 years old and might need to be tightened up. Craig Johansen encouraged all council members to become familiar with the county plan.
Snowball explained that lease water to Utah Power is being drained from Cleveland and Huntington Reservoirs in Huntington Canyon and that the ice is dangerously thin in some spots. The irrigation company is placing signs along the reservoirs to warn ice fishermen and snowmobilers about the danger.
Worwood said they would inform Congressman Matheson's staff about the public lands council and invite them to participate. The meeting schedule for 2003 was discussed. Every third meeting will be an evening meeting to accommodate council members who work and to give the general public the opportunity to attend. Craig Johansen wondered if those from the agencies would still be able to attend if the meetings were held in the evenings. Those agencies present said they would send a representative to the evening meetings.
Craig Johansen informed the council that Utah Power is meeting with the irrigation companies to see if they have any water available to lease to them from their drainages. They are working through the irrigation companies and if an individual does not want to participate they wouldn't be required to do so.
The meeting was adjourned into executive session. The next public lands council meeting will be held on Feb. 11 at 10 a.m.


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Photo: Historic Tall Ships, Washington
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