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Email your organization's events to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please have them in by noon on Friday to have them included in the following Thursday's edition. Visit our website, www.abingtonsuburban.com, for the complete calendar listing, including additional events.
Saturday, June 7: Flea Market and Craft Show
The Joseph W. Hall Memorial Auxiliary to the Clarks Summit Fire Co. No. 1 will host its eighth annual flea market and craft show on Saturday, June 7, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Clarks Summit Fire House, 321 Bedford St. This indoor/outdoor event will be held rain or shine. Raffle baskets, breakfast and lunch will be available. Call Nancy at 570-586-8061 for more information.
Sunday, June 29: Calli Car Show
The 10th annual Calli Memorial Car Show will be held on Sunday, June 29, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fleetville Fire Co. grounds off Route 407. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Northeast Pennsylvania. The event is held in memory of Calli Irene Walter, who died of Leukemia at four years old in 2003.
The event will feature food, live entertainment, a flea market and more. Trophies will be awarded in all classes and pre-registered cars will receive a goodie bag at the gate. There is free admission as well as free vendor spots; car registrations are $8 in advance and $10 the day of the show. Anyone interested in vendor spots may call 570-563-2029 or email email@example.com.
Tuesday, June 10:
Book Club Meeting
The Mysteries and Detectives Book Club will meet on Tuesday, June 10, at the Abington Community Library, 1200 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit. This month's selection will be a reader's choice of any of the Lew Archer detective stories by Ross Macdonald. The author for July will be Tarquin Hall.
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The Abington Memorial Post No. 7069 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 402 Winola Road, Clarks Summit, meets the first Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. New members are always welcome.
Glenburn 4-H
The Glenburn 4-H Club is open to young people ages 8-19 who would either like to learn how to sew or know how and would like to learn new skills. Hilda Lewis and Ann Northup are instructors. Call 570-563-1369 for more information.
Social Singles Club
A social singles club meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month at Our Lady of Snows Church rectory basement, 301 S. State St., Clarks Summit. Meet other active, mature singles for fun activities and friendship. Call Linda at 570-470-5220 for more information.
Through Thursday, July 17:
Vacation Bible School
The Clarks Summit United Methodist Church, 1310 Morgan Highway, will host its "Weird Animals" vacation Bible school from Monday, July 14, through Thursday, July 17, from 5:45-8 p.m. Donations of canned goods for the Dalton Food Pantry will be accepted. Register on the first night or by calling 570-587-2561.
Bus Trips
The Abington Senior Community Center has announced the following bus trips:
• Knoebel's Amusement Park: Tuesday, July 22. Trip includes a day at the park and an Italian hoagie lunch. Shopping and dinner at Cracker Barrel on your own. Cost: $28/members; $33/non-members.
• Around the Towns: Friday, Aug. 8. Trip includes stops in Honesdale, the birthplace of America's commercial railroad; White Mills, home of the Dorflinger Glass Museum; and Hawley, with a wine tasting at the Antler Ridge Winery and a visit to Coutts Blueberry Farm. Lunch will be at the Riverview Restaurant at Rusty Palmer's. Cost: $48/members; $53/non-members.
• Baltimore and Annapolis: Wednesday, Sept. 10 through Friday, Sept. 12. Trip includes two nights lodging, two dinners, a guided tour of historic Baltimore, a tour of Annapolis and the Naval Academy and a one-hour Inner Harbor Spirit cruise, plus a Blue Angels practice session. Cost: $354/double occupancy; $443/single occupancy.
Call 570-586-8996 for more information or for reservations.
Donation Request
The Newton-Ransom Elementary School, 1549 Newton-Ransom Blvd., is seeking a donation of a full-sized digital piano with 88 keys for student use. Roland or Yamaha brands are preferred. Call principal Bob Bugno at 570-585-8300 for more information.
Reflective Address Markers
The Fleetville Volunteer Fire Co. is selling reflective address markers for the residents of Benton Township. Organizers say that the markers are highly visible day and night, with reflective material on both sides. They are also fade-resistant and will last for years. Markers are $20 and will help the fire department find residences quickly in case of an emergency. Call 570-945-3139 for more information or to place an order.
Garbage Collection Notice
Garbage collection days will be delayed one day in the following weeks that include major holidays for residents of South Abington Twp.:
• July 4, due to Independence Day;
• Sept. 1, due to Labor Day;
• Nov. 27, due to Thanksgiving; and
• Dec. 25, due to Christmas.
Residents are reminded that the collection hauler is allowed under contract and for the safety of the general public and their employees to stop collection on any given day due to inclement weather conditions. If that is the case, residents are to leave their items out for collections for the next few days, as the hauler will return the first clear day to finish the route.
South Abington Township residents may call the township building at 570-586-2111 with questions.
Through Saturday, May 31: Newton Rec. Center Fall Hours
The Newton Recreation Center, 1814 Newton-Ransom Blvd., will continue its fall hours through Saturday, May 31, 2014. The center will be open weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon and from 3-8:30 p.m. On Saturdays, the center will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sundays it will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Call 570-586-7808 for more information.
Assistance Available
The Voluntary Action Center (VAC), 538 Spruce St., Scranton, was recently awarded a grant to help seniors age 60 and older enroll in SNAP, formerly food stamps. Officials say that the Senior SNAP Enrollment Initiative Grant will increase the enrollment of senior citizens residing in Lackawanna County in the SNAP program and that approximately two out of three senior citizens who qualify to receive SNAP are missing out on benefits. Senior citizens who have an income at or below $1,916 for single individuals or $2,585 for married couples and resources under $9,000, excluding primary home, vehicle and other itens, could qualify for SNAP benefits. Call Jennifer Wynn at 570-347-5616 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Volunteers Needed
The borough of Clarks Green is recruiting residents to serve on various boards and commissions. These include the borough's zoning hearing board, board of health, planning commission and shade tree commission. Residents should send letters of interest to Clarks Green Borough, 104 N. Abington Road, or email them to email@example.com. Call 570-586-4446 for more information.
Preschool Available
The Oppenheim Family Children's Center at Keystone College is accepting new enrollees. Located on Keystone's campus in La Plume, the program offers several preschool program options for children three to five years old. Children must be three years old by Sept. 1 to participate. Preschoolers will receive developmentally appropriate educational services provided by qualified early-childhood professionals. The center also serves as a training site for students majoring in education and related fields at Keystone College.
Licensed and inspected by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, the center is accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs and has earned a "Four-Star" rating by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning Quality Rating System. This designation recognizes child care facilities which exceed state requirements.
Call 570-945-8260 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Clarks Green Shade Trees
The Clarks Green Shade Tree Commission is seeking to assist borough residents by providing free or low-cost trees for resident properties. The commission is also looking for volunteers for plantings, scheduled in November and April, as well as attendees for its monthly meetings. Residents interested in either free or low cost trees for their properties are asked to contact the commission by emailing Jan Brown at email@example.com or by calling her at 570-586-4446.
Volunteers Needed
Serving Seniors Inc. is seeking dedicated and caring people of all ages to provide friendly visits and companionship to residents in long term care and personal care homes within Lackawanna County. Visitation volunteers will help to improve the quality of life of an older adult. Training is provided. Call Lisa M. Torch at 570-344-3931 for more information.
Ombudsmen Needed
Serving Seniors is in need of volunteers for its Ombudsman (Resident Rights' Advocate) Program. Volunteer ombudsmen are community neighbors who are specially trained to help clarify responsibilities and the rights of consumers in long-term living facilities. Applicants need to be available for a few hours a month, older than age 18 and concerned about the rights of nursing home and assisted living/personal care home residents. Call Lisa M. Torch at 570-344-3931 for more information.
Volunteer Opportunities
The Voluntary Action Center, a United Way agency, matches volunteers with volunteer opportunities at more than 100 nonprofit agencies in Lackawanna County. Visit the Voluntary Action Center's website at vacnepa.org to learn more or call 570-347-5616 for more information.
Used Clothing Drop Off Shed
The Church of the Epiphany, 25 Church Hill Road, Glenburn, is sponsoring a used clothing drop off shed, which is located in the church parking lot. All clothing, sneakers, shoes, belts, purses, blankets, sheets, pillowcases, drapes and stuffed toys will be accepted.
Organizers are asking that no rags, fabric scraps, pillows, toys or household goods be placed in the shed. Donations will not be cut up or shredded.
The items will be sent to people who can use them either in the United States or internationally.
Donations are tax deductible and receipts are located on the shed. If possible, please place items in tied or closed bags.
Items Needed
The Griffin Pond Animal Shelter, 967 Griffin Pond Road, South Abington Twp., is requesting donations of the following items: blankets, sheets, towels, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, paper towels, dish soap, kitty litter, puppy chow, kitten food, dog food, cat and dog toys and gift cards. Call 570-586-3700 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Park Survey
The Abington Area Joint Recreation Board (AAJRB) is conducting an online survey in order to gauge public interest and participating in the Abington Area Park community as well as to help the park better serve residents' needs. Those interested in participating can visit abingtonparks.com and follow directions to the survey.
Donations Needed
The Benton Township Lions Club, in cooperation with Abington Memorial Post 7069, Veterans of Foreign Wars, has placed a deposit box for eye glasses and hearing aids at the post home, 402 Winola Road, Clarks Summit. The yellow box is in front of the post and is clearly marked for deposits.
Online Fundraiser
An internet-based fundraiser is available for Abington-area residents who would like to help the Abington Area Community Park raise needed funds. If you use goodsearch.com and enter the Abington Area Community Park as your selected charity, one cent from each web search that you do through their site or toolbar addition to your browser will go toward benefiting the park's various initiatives.
Pavilion Rentals Available
The Lakeside Pavilion at the Abington Area Community Park, located at the intersection of Winola Road and Grove St., is available for rentals. Amenities include the use of Eston Wilson Lake, the boundless playground, soccer and softball fields, hiking and nature trails and a dog park. Handicapped-accessible parking is also available.
Reservation forms are available at the Clarks Summit Borough Building, 304 S. State St., or online at abingtonparks.com. Call 570-585-4811 for more information.
Dining/Meeting Room Available
The dining/meeting room at Abington Memorial VFW Post 7069, 402 Winola Road, Clarks Summit, is available for rental and catering. Call the post at 570-586-9821, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. for more information.
Help for Disabled Persons
Lackawanna County Coordinated Transportation is offering reduced-fare transportation to persons with disabilities living in rural areas of the county. Those eligible must live in Lackawanna County, be 18 to 64 years old, and have a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Applications are available by contacting Lackawanna County Coordinated Transportation, 800 North/South Road, Scranton, PA 18504 or by calling 570-963-6795.
BBC Sports Camps
Baptist Bible College and Seminary, 538 Venard Road, South Abington Twp., will host several sports camps throughout the summer:
• Defender Basketball Camp: Sunday, June 22, through Friday, June 27;
• Lady Defender Basketball Camp: Monday, June 30, through Friday, July 4;
• Big Blue Basketball Camp: Sunday, July 6 through Friday, July 11;
• Defender and Lady Defender Soccer Camp: Sunday, Aug. 3 through Friday, Aug. 8; and
• Big Blue Soccer Camp: Monday, Aug. 11 through Thursday, Aug. 14.
Call 570-585-9322 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more
Little League Registrations
Anyone who would still like to sign up for Christy Mathewson Little League baseball and softball may still do so. Benton, Dalton, Factoryville and Nicholson, residents may call Phil Evans at 570-563-0223 to register. Lake Winola residents may call Gene Dziak at 570-955-9653 to register.
Soccer Openings
The Abington Fire Girls U12 Competitive Soccer Team has several openings on its roster for the spring season. Potential players should have previous soccer experience. The team will compete in league play and practice several times a week. Birthdates for eligible players must fall between Aug. 1, 2001 and July 31, 2002. Residency in the Abington area is not required to be on the team. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Free Yoga Class
The Clarks Summit United Methodist Church, located at the intersection of the Morgan Highway and Grove St., is sponsoring a free yoga class on Tuesday evenings from 6-7 p.m., instructed by Tina Young.
Yoga Classes for Seniors
A yoga class for beginners is offered to seniors 55 years of age and older at the Abington Senior Center, 1151 Winola Road. The class is held each Monday at the center from 11:15 a.m. to noon. A fee of $4 per class is required to help pay for the professional instructor. Call 570-586-8996 for more information.
Zumba Classes
Zumba classes will be held at the Waverly Community House, 1115 N. Abington Road, on Mondays and Thursday evenings at 7:15 p.m. and on Saturday mornings at 9 a.m. Call Diane Hibble at 570-878-8212 for more information.
12-Step Program
The Waverly United Methodist Church, 105 Church St., is hosting a support group for Christians who are in recovery from various addictions that uses the twelve-step program as well as related scripture readings. Meetings are held on Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon and on Thursdays from 5-6:30 p.m. and on in the church's fellowship hall.
Call Theresa at 570-587-2081 for more information on Tuesday meetings and Nancy at 570-878-7408 for more information on Wednesday meetings. Call Pastor Barbara Snyder at 570-586-8166 or Ron Hackman at 570-586-1043 for general information.
Weekly Children's Program
The Waverly Community Church, 101 Carbondale Road, hosts a weekly series every Friday for children from three years old to fifth-grade level from 6:30-7:45 p.m. The "Badge of Honor" program will feature Biblical and character education while providing children the opportunity to earn merit badges. Call 570-587-2280 for more information.
Countryside Community Church Events
The following is a list of events taking place at the Countryside Community Church, 14011 Orchard Drive, Newton Twp.
• Bible study is held on Monday mornings at 10 a.m., followed by a prayer group at 11:30 a.m.
• The "Pins and Needles" sewing group meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m.
• Choir rehearsal is held on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. from September through May.
Call 570-587-3206 or visit countryside-church.org for more
Clarks Green UMC Events
The following is a list of events taking place at the Clarks Green United Methodist Church, 119 Glenburn Road.
• Sunday Drive Discussion will be held on Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. in the church lounge. Sunday Drive Discussion is an open-forum conversation on contemporary questions and spiritual living in a secular world.
• A Christian book study is held on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. in the church lounge. Come and enjoy thought-provoking studies of Christian authors with diverse perspectives.
• Tae Kwon Do classes for all ages are held at the church. Children's classes are held Monday through Thursday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. and adult classes are held on Saturdays from 7-8:30 a.m. Classes are open to the public for nominal prices.
• Exercise classes are held at the church on Mondays and Thursdays from 9-10 a.m. Classes are open to the public for nominal prices.
Call 570-586-8946 for more information on these events.
Bible Study
Bible Study will be held at the Countryside Community Church, 14011 Orchard Drive, on Monday mornings at 10 a.m. For more information, call 570-587-3206 or visit countryside-church.org.
Sunday School
The Chinchilla United Methodist Church, 411 Layton Road, is offering a refurbished nursery and children's Sunday school during Sunday services. Call the church at 570-587-2578 for more information.
Alzheimer's Association of Greater Pennsylvania
The Alzheimer's Association of Greater Pennsylvania hosts a support group meeting at Elan Gardens, 465 Venard Road, Clarks Summit, on the last Tuesday of the month from 7-8 p.m. For reservations, contact Rhonda Falk, 570-585-8099, or Rita Fenton, 570-342-1776 (work) or 570-586-0179 (home).
Lung Cancer Support Group
A newly-formed support group for people with lung cancer and their caretakers will meet at the Center for Comprehensive Care, 5 Morgan Highway, Suite 7, Scranton, every first Wednesday of the month. Call Rita Fenton at 570-586-0179 for more information.
Families Helping Families
Families Helping Families meets at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday during the school year at the Abington Community Library, 1200 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit. This support group, provided by the library and the Clearbrook Foundation, gives families who face drug and alcohol addiction a place to find support, education and information.
Lupus Support Group
The Tunkhannock-area monthly lupus support group meets every third Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Tunkhannock Library, 220 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. For more information, call 1-888-99-LUPUS or visit www.lupuspa.org.
Overeaters Anonymous
Clarks Summit meetings of Overeaters Anonymous at the First Presbyterian Church, 300 School St., are as follows: Sundays, 4 p.m.; Mondays and Wednesdays, 7 p.m.; Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. Call 570-587-4313 for more information.


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In backyards and on rooftops all over the world, the top-bar hive design is revolutionizing the art and practice of beekeeping. With top-bar hives the bees naturally construct their own wax combs rather than relying on prefabricated frames of plastic cell foundation in a typical box-type hive. And top-bar hives are now being used to raise healthy bees organically, without the use of antibiotics, miticides, or other chemical inputs.
In this instructive video, New Mexico beekeeper Les Crowder shares his thirty years' experience in developing best practices for working with bees in top-bar hives. Les and Heather Harrell, authors of Top-Bar Beekeeping (Chelsea Green, 2012) discuss everything from hive management techniques to how to harvest and process honey and beeswax to the best plants to grow for the foraging bees.
The natural, low-stress methods outlined in this video are perfect for home or hobbyist beekeepers who have the time and interest that's necessary to manage bees intensively and holistically. The material will also be valuable for home orchardists, gardeners, and permaculture practitioners who are interested in bees as pollinators, as well as for their honey and beeswax.
Library Journal-
"Top-Bar Beekeeping shares New Mexico beekeeper Crowder's best practices gleaned from 30 years' experience working organically with top-bar hives, the one-story frameless hives in which bees build combs downward from horizontal wooden bars at the top of the structure. Top-bar hives are a less expensive way to get started in beekeeping. The video shows methods for establishing bees in such hives, managing bees and combs, and harvesting honey and wax, plus natural methods of pest control and planting forage crops for healthy bees. VERDICT These two outstanding videos for those interested in exploring beekeeping were inspired by same-titled print works by the beekeepers and are highly recommended for general audiences." (reviewed with Natural Beekeeping)
ForeWord Review-
Farmers who seek a guide to hive maintenance told through a thoughtful personal narrative will benefit from the discussion of this topbar style of beekeeping. The first-person style of the book allows a window into the practices of the topbar beekeeper while conveying a wealth of knowledge and a well-researched comparison of hive practices. The book is appropriate for beginning beekeepers as well as those experienced but looking for information on natural and organic beekeeping practices.
The book's ten sections discuss optimal practices of an organic beekeeper juxtaposed with discussion of industry standard practices and their drawbacks. Each section contains stories of the authors' successes and failures as well as diagrams and pictures to explain everything from hive design to plant species for optimal pollination.
Chapter 2, "The Supercreature," contains a thorough discussion of the social and industrial structure of a bee colony for farmers inexperienced with keeping a hive. The following section, "Beekeeping Basics," discusses issues such as being stung, placing a hive, and trapping a swarm of bees for commercial use. The authors' familiar voices elevate the book from a simple how-to manual to a memoir of common mistakes and earned victories in the beekeeping process.
In "The Seasons," section, Crowder and Harrell deal with diverse problems in an accessible way. The chapter provides succinct answers to common questions that beekeepers would have. When contemplating dividing a hive, they suggest: "Ideally, the queen would be moved to a new yard altogether, but this is not absolutely essential." In addition to dealing with times of the year, the chapter addresses a common pest for hives: bears. "It is important to set up the bear fence first.," advise the authors. "It is inconsiderate to bees and bears to leave bees unprotected in bear territory."
Whether the reader is looking to start their own hive or simply increase their knowledge of honeybees, the book provides interesting and detailed discussions of all aspects of raising them. Crowder and Harrell offer not only advice on how to get started, but an in-depth discussion of all aspects of keeping a hive, from bee capture, breeding, and selection to honey processing. They have crafted a book that is both informative and engaging, filled with introspective advice and practical knowledge.
Publishers Weekly Review-
Cave drawings show beekeepers "smoking" their hives, preparing for insect interaction. Today's mass-produced honey relies mostly on the venerable Langstroth method of beekeeping, which has produced plenty of honey—but also has introduced plenty of chemicals into the process—through the years. Top-bar hives, named for the bars that run across their tops, are popular with bee beginners even though they produce less honey than Langstroth hives. But this account, the culmination of Crowder and Harrell's 40 years of top-bar beekeeping adventures, shows the reader their method's advantages: it avoids antibiotics, miticides, and other chemicals inherent to the conventional process. Crowder and his wife, Harrell, leave no comb unharvested as they take the top-bar aspirant from bee basics (stings, smoke, and hive transfers) through hive management (comb removal and feeding) to beneficial, and profitable, byproducts like beeswax. For those a bit lukewarm to the swarm, the book gives a fascinating insight into bees' elaborate organizational and geometry skills, and it may even make one reconsider buying mass-marketed, chemical-laced honey.
Paperback $24.95

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Poland, South Florida defeat George Mason 61-57
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Jawanza Poland scored 16 points as South Florida beat George Mason 61-57 Saturday night in a game that saw a scary injury involving Bulls' point guard Anthony Collins.
Collins was hurt with 10:30 to go in the second half, which resulted in the South Florida sophomore having his neck and head stabilized before being taken off the court on the stretcher.
''He had pain in his neck area,'' South Florida coach Stan Heath said. ''That was the concern. That's why he left the way he left. The latest news we have is A.C. does have sensation in his hands and feet, so that's a good sign.''
Collins' head hit the knee of another player. He did have movement in his arms and legs. Heath said Collins was undergoing tests late Saturday an area hospital.
South Florida (8-3) also got 14 points from Martino Brock.
Sherrod Wright had 22 points for George Mason (7-5). The guard became the first Patriots' player to have 20 or more points in four straight games since Jason Miskiri in January 1999.
''He's having a very good year, but he can get better and he knows it,'' George Mason coach Paul Hewitt said. ''There's some things there defensively and rebounding the ball, but obviously, I'm pleased that he's having a terrific year shooting the ball.''
The Bulls used a 12-0 run to go ahead 34-24 5 minutes into the second half. After 3-pointers by Brock and Poland, Collins had a layup and Victor Rudd added two slams.
Rudd, who had 29 points in the Bulls' 87-84 triple overtime win over Bowling Green on Dec. 21, scored all of his six points during the second half. He left late in Saturday's game with a concussion after getting hit in the head.
George Mason got within 55-53, but Poland helped secure the win with four late free throws.
''I'll give our team a lot of credit because we could have folded, but we didn't,'' Heath said. ''We fought like crazy.''
Wright had nine points as George Mason, which trailed by five 16 minutes into the game, pull even at 22 through the opening half.


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Fresh from victories in Seattle and San Francisco, grassroots activists advocating city and college divestment from fossil fuel companies are already thinking big about how to reinvest the billions of dollars they want to free up. While very little money has actually been divested to date, the campaign is building connections between climate activists and renewable energy advocates. Where one group is attacking a problem, the other is offering a solution. However the goal of delegitimizing dirty energy companies and funding renewable energy futures is fraught with problems, including the notion of fiduciary responsibility, investment risk and narrow conceptions of social and environmental responsibility.
Divestment Alone Not the Goal
To date, divestment activists have succeeded in convincing six colleges to begin the process of removing university funds from oil company stocks like BP and Shell. A handful of churches and foundations have also begun this process. The city of Seattle's commitment to divest - the first of any big US city - includes a pledge by the mayor to immediately scour the city's $1.5 billion short-term investment pool for fossil fuel securities, and to eliminate them. San Francisco's recent vote was a nonbinding resolution urging the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System to divest, and it's unclear whether the pension's board will follow through. Even so, many other cities and colleges are expected to vote on the issue by the fall.
Will it slow down the fossil fuel industry? Hardly.
Divestment from fossil fuel stocks is expected to have little effect on the values of company share prices or their abilities to raise capital and fund operations. Most large energy companies raise capital in the bond market, and most bond buyers are private investors. Many of the larger oil, gas and coal companies use internally generated profits to pay for new wells, pipelines and other infrastructure. Large global banks like JP Morgan and Wells Fargo provide lines of credit to oil companies like Chevron and Shell. Financing the fossil fuel industry is mostly a private affair guided purely by investors' appetites for high yields.
"We're not going to bankrupt them," said Ophir Bruck about companies his student group is targeting for divestment. Bruck, a 3rd-year UC Berkeley student, pointed to the University of California's enormous endowment and pension system, noting that each holds billions of dollars in coal, oil and gas company stocks and bonds. "Divestment is largely about hitting the reputations of these companies, their image as an industry, and in that sense removing their social license to operate. We want folks to associate their brand with the destruction of the earth's climate system." Students at various universities are therefore using divestment demands as a platform to engage boards of trustees and administrators in conversations about environmental destruction and social inequities, linking these to the profit motives of big oil.
Bruck believes divestment is just the first step and not even the most important one in a political fight to shift the economy from a CO2 energy base to renewables. "This is an opportunity for the university's board to take leadership and spearhead this paradigm shift." Bruck and other students are working with faculty members and groups like 350.org to devise options for reinvestment of university pension and endowment money into alternative energy and other ecologically sustainable activities. So far students at seven campuses within the UC system have voted to endorse the goal of divestment. Faculty at UC Santa Barbara voted on May 30th to endorse divestment.
Protests at dozens of other universities and colleges have already done some public relations damage to the world's largest carbon energy companies like Exxon Mobil, BP, and ConocoPhillips. Carbon Tracker, an organization that traces fossil fuel assets across equities markets and through corporate holdings, maintains a listing of the world's 200 largest coal, oil and gas companies. Divestment activists have adopted this list as a starting point for divestment, asking their college's trustees to begin by dropping these particular stocks.
On May 11, former EPA chief Lisa Jackson even endorsed the national student campaign during a commencement speech at American University. "I salute this school and its students for facing head-on the issue of investments in fossil fuels and what that means to your individual futures," she said to an audience that included dozens of divestment activists and their parents. Students at American University voted in April to endorse divestment, followed by a faculty senate vote, also in favor.
To date, only six colleges have formally voted to pursue divestment. Five are in New England. Hampshire College's trustees committed in November 2012 to extract the Massachusetts school's $31 million endowment fund from fossil fuel securities. Unity College of Maine also formally moved to divest in November of last year.
"You don't just simply extract the fossil fuel companies from your portfolio and go on with the portfolio as it was," explained Unity college president Stephen Mulkey after the vote. "You make strategic decisions about how to reallocate your investments."
Following another energetic student campaign, Vermont's Sterling College voted to divest in February 2013. Sterling's president said afterward, "It makes no sense for us to invest in companies that are wreaking havoc on our climate."
Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, long a center of environmental organizing, especially against the mountaintop removal practices of coal companies, hosted a convergence in February, pulling together students and activists from numerous colleges to strategize around divestment. Going after the financials of companies engaged in environmental destruction was already a tactic for Swarthmore's anti-coal activists, who are credited with instigating the national divestment campaign now in full swing. Swarthmore's endowment is currently valued at $1.5 billion, according to the school. Should Swarthmore's activists succeed this fall in convincing their school to divest, it would be the biggest college commitment to date.
Jamie Henn, a spokesperson with 350.org, said divestment alone will not succeed in reversing climate change. "We have no illusion that we can bankrupt a company like ExxonMobil through divestment, but we can vilify them to the point where they begin to lose their political influence."
"Our goals with this campaign are to turn climate change into more of a moral fight, weaken the political power of the fossil fuel industry and to make an economic impact by moving money out of the fossil fuel industry and towards climate solutions."
Judy Pope of 350 Bay Area, a California group that is independent of 350.org but which works on similar campaigns, said divestment has the potential to politicize investments and pull more people into the climate change movement. "I like divestment because it's something the ordinary person can grasp. We saw that with the campaign against South African apartheid. What it did was galvanize thousands of people to act and yanked legitimacy out from under the regime."
Oil, gas, and coal companies spend millions yearly on lobbying, and millions more on public relations to bolster their legitimacy. Chevron's "We Agree" ad campaign has attempted to link the company's image with various causes, from fighting AIDS and funding schools, even to investing in renewable energy, all while the company books record profits and funds internal alternative energy research at minimal levels. Exxon Mobil has rolled out ads promoting fracking and claiming that groundwater contamination is not linked to the practice of using injectants to squeeze gas from shale deposits. Chevron's federal lobbying bill this year alone is $3.6 million. Exxon Mobil has spent $4.8 million in the first five months of 2013 to influence federal lawmakers and officials.
Pope's 350 Bay Area team is working with community colleges, city pension systems and has even started to approach the massive California Public Employees Retirement system about divesting from fossil fuel companies. "Even if a portion of that turned to clean energy, it would be amazing," said Pope.
A preliminary scan of the CalPERS investment portfolios shows that the nation's biggest public pension system held $5.7 billion in fossil fuel company stocks, and $1.4 billion in corporate bonds, as of 2011. That's 10 percent and 14 percent of the total equity and bond holdings of the pension system, respectively.
Reinvestment in Local Clean Energy
So far most college trustees and pension board members have received divestment demands with respectful skepticism at best. They ask activists where they would rather the money be invested and claim that dropping fossil fuel securities exposes endowments and pensions to higher risks, perhaps in violation of their fiduciary duties to prudently manage public and educational dollars.
This is where the divestment movement matches up with the goals of people like Al Weinrub. Weinrub is the coordinator of the Local Clean Energy Alliance, a network of 90 organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area that advocate for, and develop renewable energy. Weinrub, and dozens of colleagues in local government and NGOs, have worked for years on different proposals that would boost clean energy generation and create local jobs in California and beyond.
The most ambitious of these is community choice aggregation (CCA), an energy procurement law (approved in California in 2002 and approved in many other US states) that allows local governments to purchase electricity on the open market. Cities and counties can require energy vendors to meet goals such as low-carbon emissions and local energy sourcing to create jobs. CCAs can also choose to become energy developers, using ratepayer dollars to invest in local, publicly owned wind turbines and solar arrays, or simply to pay for efficiency upgrades that reduce overall consumption. CCA has already taken off in several US states because it cuts private utility companies out of the ratepayer revenue stream and lowers utility bills. The greening potentials of CCA remain largely unrecognized, however.
In San Francisco the city is readying the launch of its own CCA program that includes a plan to build local solar and wind generation projects to meet much of the city's needs in the near future. Advocates note that under this plan, called CleanPowerSF, not only would the city go green in its energy consumption, it would likely create thousands of local jobs. Initially, however, San Francisco's renewable energy will be purchased from generators far outside the city and greened partly through the purchase of renewable energy credits.
A major stumbling block in the way of actually building solar, wind and other renewable projects for San Francisco concerns the financing arrangements. "If you want to do a local buildout of renewable energy that's significant, you need a billion dollar-level of investment," explained Weinrub. Although San Francisco's voters authorized the sale of bonds to fund clean energy investments, the city's financial managers fear loading up on too much debt to build the project. The blueprint for a local renewable buildout, authored by the respected consulting firm Local Power, Inc. was sidelined by city managers who believe it is too risky.
Weinrub and other clean energy advocates frustrated by these financial hurdles have spent the last year searching about for innovative sources of funding in addition to utility revenue bonds. Divestment might just play a roll they think. "How do you raise a billion dollars over 10 years to fund a local clean energy buildout?" asked Weinrub. "Well, when we talk about divestment, what are we going to reinvest in?"
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' decision in April to urge the city's pension funds to divest from fossil fuel companies provides a potential answer to both the question of how to redeploy divested dollars and how to possibly fund ambitious green energy programs like CleanPowerSF.
"Since the alternative to fossil fuel-based electricity requires massive investment in new infrastructure, what better way to finance this investment than through the divestment of fossil fuel holdings?" asked Weinrub in a recent blog post distributed to his network's members. "For example, a robust Community Choice program in San Francisco to build local renewable energy assets calls for about $1 billion of financing over the next 10 years. The divestment of fossil fuel holdings by the San Francisco Employee Retirement System ($583 million) could provide half that amount."
$260 Billion In Search of Green Opportunities?
Other state and city pension systems and hundreds of university endowments could collectively free up hundreds of billions if they move ahead with divestment. The nation's 831 largest colleges and universities are estimated to possess $406 billion in assets in their endowments, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
US public pension systems collectively own $939 billion in corporate stocks, and another $349 billion in corporate bonds, according to the most recent US Census survey of pensions.
It's possible that as much as 10 to 15 percent of these holdings are directly in coal, oil, and gas companies, meaning that public pensions hold perhaps $150 billion to $200 billion in fossil fuel securities, while university endowments possess another $40 billion to $60 billion in oil, gas and coal investments.
A few hundred billion dollars untethered from fossil fuel holdings could play a transformative role in America's energy sector, say activists. Projects like San Francisco's clean energy program, to more traditional investments like solar rooftop arrays, soak up a very small amount of capital compared with fossil fuel projects.
Few colleges and universities have policies to screen investments for social and environmental criteria. According to David Hales, president of Second Nature, only about 5 percent of US institutions of higher education use some kind of environmental screening when making investments. Only 4 percent of colleges and universities use "negative screens" to divest from specific companies or sectors.
Recent reports from mainstream financial analysts have begun to cast doubt on the continued profitability and security of fossil fuel investments. For example, HSBC bank released a report in January 2013 warning that fossil fuel company stock prices may collapse in the near future as governments act to avert catastrophic climate change. The bank bases its assessment on research published originally in the journal Nature that modeled the chances that different levels of CO2 emissions between now and 2050 would cause a more than 2 degree centigrade rise in global temperatures. Two degrees is seen as an extremely dangerous rise in temperature that must be avoided. The Nature report, and subsequent research built off it by the International Energy Agency, concludes that upwards of one-third of the proven reserves of coal, oil and gas must be kept in the ground to avoid catastrophic climate disruptions.
Because this "unburnable" carbon energy mass is counted as an asset for the world's biggest fossil energy companies, keeping it in the ground will likely reduce their corporate valuations, sending their stock and bond prices tumbling. This poses a risk for those with significant investments in companies with big carbon energy holdings. Carbon Tracker makes the same point, calling the current valuation of fossil fuel companies the product of a "carbon bubble." When the bubble bursts, investors could lose trillions of dollars in their scramble to exit.
On the flip side, HSBC's analysts are promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency as two major investment opportunities in light of the climate crisis and financial risks of fossil fuel companies. Other investors like Goldman Sachs - hardly a member of the green movement - are now taking similar positions with big monetary stakes in solar and other renewable energy companies. In May, Goldman Sachs inked a $.5 billion dollar lease-financing agreement with SolarCity, one of the larger solar electricity generators in the United States.
Even so, the entire investment management business is poorly set up for those who want to truly go green. Swarthmore College's administrators have pushed back against divestment campaigners claiming that divestment will reduce the value of the college's endowment, forcing tuition hikes. According to Swarthmore's treasurer, dropping fossil fuel securities alone wouldn't reduce investment returns, but it would require costly changes in the way that Swarthmore manages its money. It's a valid point: The investment management industry has countless ways to actively and passively place money into diversified sets of stocks and bonds that include fossil fuel companies. There are few products or managers who can extract fossil fuels from the mix, and doing so might cost more unless it becomes a widely demanded service.
Risky Business
Investment managers are still averse to risk, especially for public pension systems that have seen their funding levels dip in recent years, forcing either significant cuts in other government priorities, or unpopular tax hikes. Fossil fuel investments have been seen as a key sector to remain invested in so as to distribute risk and harvest large earnings on the recent fracking boom.
In response to an inquiry about the divestment campaign sweeping across the United States, Sabrina Fang, a spokesperson for the American Petroleum Institute defended fossil fuel companies as smart investments for pensions and colleges.
"The development of oil and natural gas in America has done more to create jobs and generate revenue than any other industry during these difficult economic times, including helping to fund higher education, by outperforming other investments." said Fang. "This is allowing colleges to provide aid to students who may not otherwise have an opportunity to attend college."
Fang referred to a study that was funded by the oil industry through API. Its authors analyzed investment returns from oil and gas companies over one-, five-, and 10-year periods, comparing them to other assets in college and university endowments. The authors concluded that "U.S. shares of oil and natural gas companies outperformed both the overall performance of these endowments and every other asset class examined here." In other words, divestment from oil, gas and coal stocks would seem to reduce investment returns for pensions and endowments, and increase the risks facing less diversified portfolios.
A recent analysis of the impact of divesting from oil, gas and coal stocks on a diversified portfolio conducted by the Aperio Group shows, however, that the actual increased risk is small. In fact it's so small, it may not matter.
Aperio's analyst ran an investment model for a standard portfolio of stocks that excluded 15 of the largest fossil fuel companies to see how much it would increase the risk of below average returns. According to Aperio, doing so increases an investor's risk by 0.0006 percent. "In other words, the portfolio does become riskier," concluded the report's authors, "but by such a trivial amount that the impact is statistically irrelevant. In other words, excluding the 'Filthy Fifteen' has no real impact on risk."
Excluding virtually the entire oil, gas and coal sector of the economy from a portfolio increases risk by one tenth of one percent and adds a theoretical return penalty of 0.0034%, or less than half a basis point, claims Aperio.
The mainstream investment management industry is already piling aboard climate change because it's seen as providing new market opportunities to sell advice and products. In September, the Association of Climate Change Officers, a trade association that counts Waste Management, Pfizer, and the Air Force among its members, is hosting an "Endowments, Pensions & Climate Change Conference."
Weinrub and other climate change and energy activists are trying to push the conversation beyond these narrow boundaries, however. "It's crazy to say oil stocks are low risk," said Weinrub. "If the concept of risk is just reduced ultimately to this market concept, it eliminates all other risks that could be much more grave."


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It's about time … time for meaningful conversations. Time for setting goals. Time for employees to have a voice in their professional development.
Time to get rid of the old SRDP system.
Over the last several years, the Penn State Office of Human Resources, along with University leadership, thousands of staff members from a variety of campuses and units, and Sibson Consulting, a strategic human resources firm, have worked together to re-engineer the performance management program for Penn State's approximately 10,000 full-time staff members.
"Finding a way to improve performance management at Penn State has been an objective of the Office of Human Resources since late 2010," said Susan Cromwell, director of Workplace Learning and Performance. "Our goal was to develop a fair and consistent tool that would promote a more positive, future-focused approach toward work, regardless of one's work unit or campus location."
Developed following a series of focus groups, questionnaires and an extensive pilot, the new performance management program, YOU@PSU, will launch next month. It aims to align employee goals with University goals while ultimately supporting opportunities for employees to grow professionally.
"The SRDP system simply had to go," said Susan Basso, vice president for Human Resources. "It didn't accomplish what the new system is designed to do: honor the valuable contributions staff members make to this University. YOU@PSU can be embraced by supervisors and employees at all levels because it was co-created by a comprehensive cross section of people. The collaborative spirit with which the program was developed has resulted in a trustworthy process that truly gives all individuals the opportunity to evaluate their roles and have a voice in what they accomplish."
With regular and meaningful communication between supervisors and employees, a more proactive goal-setting system, and an improved recognition and reward program, YOU@PSU encourages full-time staff members to perform at their best levels.
"We heard the difficulties people were having with the SRDP system, and we've worked to address them," explained Stephanie Flanagan, senior coordinator for Performance Management in the Center for Workplace Learning and Performance. "YOU@PSU is designed to bring positive change by ensuring that performance management at Penn State is championed by leadership and owned by employees with their supervisor's support."
"By listening, collaborating, testing, and refining, we have developed a system that helps equip supervisors and employees alike with the skills and tools needed for effective performance discussions, goal setting and recognition," said Basso. "YOU@PSU will form the foundation for more effective staff development, succession planning and other talent management processes."
More information about the launch and roll-out of YOU@PSU will be coming soon. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Stephanie Flanagan within The Office of Human Resource's Center for Workplace Learning & Performance: email@example.com; 814-863-4614.


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Season opens Saturday
With 10 lettermen, and three state qualifiers returning to the Mexico High School wrestling team this season, first year coach Gayle Adams is looking to have a successful year.
Adams' expectations for the year is to improve every day, be in the top two as a team in conference and in the top five as a team in the state tournament. Leading the way will be Jake Vitale a three-time state qualifier and three-time state award winner. He took fifth as a freshman, second as a sophomore and fifth as a junior. Also leading the way will be Hunter Smith and Jayde Moran, both state qualifiers last year. But Adams believes every wrestler will contribute to the team.
"I feel that every wrestler will make an impact this year. I had a few wrestlers that lost on the bubble at Districts last year to qualify for state and they have worked hard this off season," stated the MHS coach.
According to their coach, the MHS matmen have depth, knowledge of wrestling and will provide hard nose in "your face" wrestling.
The roster for this year's team includes: Jadin Taylor, 113, sophomore; Hunter Smith, 120, sophomore; Jordan Jones, 126, freshman, Scott Speaks, 132, freshman; 138 Jayde Moran, sophomore or J.W. Turner, freshman; Jake Vitale, 145, senior; Sam Fayad, 152, junior; Dalton Wilson, 160, senior; Anthony Brower, 170, junior; Payton Turner, 182, junior; Thorne Cheney, 195, junior; John Lummis, 220, Zach Manns, HWT, sophomore. Jordan Jones and Scott Speaks will both wrestle 126 and 132.
The MHS wrestlers will begin their season Saturday in the Grain Valley Tournment.


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If JIM BROWN was young again, he'd be great. He's not. Landry missed half of the last two seasons. RED FLAG. He's not suddenly Polamalu.
And the Pats can and HAVE gone 5 receivers. Often.
There's a difference between being a "hate the Jets" and a realistic attitude. Objectivity. It comes from watching a team since their first game as Jets. Seen it all before. Heard all the praise before. See similar results before.
SS, but their strength is in supporting the run and not the pass. By no means are they horrible in the passing game, just that they are borderline/good vs the pass, their skills match up well with a typical TE but not with a Gronk, Hernadez,Graham, Witten type.
Some people need to go back and watch the 2007 Patriots/Redskins blowout. Landry got toasted all game long. He was targeted a bunch of times.
I'm not saying he hasn't improved since his rookie year but to think a safety who has never been known for his coverage skills is going to shut down anybody is a guess at best.
I think it's a good pick up for the Jets but the guy's got flaws like most.
He likes to play in the box so and has a habit of biting on play-action because he wants to cover the run...
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Look what he did to Suggs.
Stopping the Pats TEs will be very difficult, not one team did last year, including he Giants in the Sb where a one legged Gronk was neutralize by injury, but Hernandez had a big day. and if the WRs are halfway decent, you basically make it impossible to double team.
Because the Pats play a TE set, you have to play base D, or at least nickle, or the Pats will run all day, even an average running team , can run it on a dime defense. Than when you have your run stopping personnel on the field, the Pats go no huddle and throw it, when you bring in your pass defense, they go no huddle and pound the ball.
You need to get to Brady fast with only 4, with your base D, play off the TEs to minimize the damage, but the Pats will still score.
Really you need to score, and keep the Pats offense off the field. The Pats D is still not world beaters, you can have long scoring drives on them, but you better get TDs, cause if you get FGs, you will be in trouble.
The greatest show on turf got beat, air-Coreyl got beat, Zone blitz got beat, wildcat got beat. [I]t is just a matter of time.
Like everyone's been posting, you gotta pressure Brady to stop their TEs or receivers in general. Even Welker got space against Revis when Brady had time to throw. If Brady has time, their TEs are gonna make our safeties look like clowns.
Regarding who should cover who, I say
Revis - Lloyd (he'll be the big play guy. WE can't give up cheap points)
Wilson - Welker (time for Wilson to be a big boy)
Cro - Hernandez (Hernandez to me is their most dangerous guy)
Landry & LB - Gronk (gotta double team him with a S and LB)
Bell - Gaffney/Stallworth (Bell's gotta be able to take on the 5th receiver one on one)


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Udi Dahan is The Software Simplist, recognized by Microsoft Corporation with the coveted Most Valuable Professional award for Solutions Architecture now 3 years running. Udi is a Connected Technologies Advisor working with Microsoft on WCF, WF, and Oslo. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of the Microsoft Software Factories Initiative and the Patterns & Practices' Prism Project. He provides clients all over the world with training, mentoring and high-end architecture consulting services, specializing in Service-Oriented, scalable and secure .NET architecture design.
Udi is a member of the European Speakers Bureau of the International .NET Association, an author and trainer for the International Association of Software Architects and a founding member of its Architect Training Committee. He is also a Dr. Dobb's sponsored expert on Web Services, SOA, & XML.
Presenting at international conferences like TechEd USA, SD Best Practices, DevTeach Canada, Prio Germany, Oredev Sweden, TechEd Barcelona, QCon London, and TechEd Israel – Udi covers in-depth mission-critical topics like durable services, persistent domain models, and multi-threaded occasionally connected clients.
Udi can be contacted via his blog: UdiDahan.com.
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I wasn't aware of this site but my regular correspondent John O'Hare sent me the link.
This stuff is right up my street. Here is a cross section of what I have found there.
First a letter from Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol about the cover for 'Sticky Fingers'
How about this high resolution photo of London in 1949? If you click here you'll see other photos and you can enlarge to full screen.
And what about this postcard of a hotel from 1969?
I found that by clicking a link on this page which took me here
Then there's a whole page of 60s and 70s Soviet car ads
But really there is just a whole treasure trove of stuff.
Expect to read more about it!
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|Anal Skin tag surgery
Oct 26, 2012
What is the standard for removing anal skin tags. are these considered to be 'cosmetic". Or can underlying colorectal issues (also experiencing severe diarrhea cycled with constipation). I had a break out of anal hpv about 6 years ago that went away on its own. My hiv primary seems to think its jut cosmetic and not worth the risk of infection from anal surgery. But to me it seems worth it. Should I see colorectal surgeon?
Response from Dr. Henry
In the setting of abnormal anal cytology on anap pap or presence of cancer associated HPV (human papilloma virus) management of anal abnormalities is more than cosmetic. If all of those assessment are negative then removal of a tag may fall more into cosmetic category. Standard specialist to surgically manage anal abnormalities is a colon rectal surgeon. KH
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Portland State University's (PSU) easy access to hip bars, burritos and librarians have earned it a spot on The Huffington Post's top 10 "hipster schools."
The website says it "scoured the country for campuses where skinny jeans, American Spirits and Moleskins are de rigueur" to compile this year's tongue-in-cheek list.
PSU comes in at No. 5 with the following commentary: "Ah, Portland, you hipster enclave, you. Hipsters are so prominent at Portland State that they have their own bars and their own guide to burritos. Most amazingly, Portland State is the epicenter of a rare species (becoming more common) called the Hipster Librarian. Have hipsters infiltrated every facet of Portland? The question is begged: Are hipsters attracted to the melancholy Oregon city, or does it produce them?"
The other universities on the list are: Grinnell College, University of California-Santa Cruz, University of Georgia, Parsons The New School for Design, Brown University, Colorado College, Prescott College, University of Chicago, and Earlham College.


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University News
Epperson Gift Achieves WIU's Campaign Goal
September 23, 2013
MACOMB, IL -- The Western Illinois University Foundation is pleased to announce that its Higher Values in Higher Education Campaign has met its $60 million goal with a most generous gift from distinguished alums, longtime friends and loyal supporters Dr. Ken and Lorraine Epperson.
"Our commitment to Western and to this campaign is a gift of love and appreciation for what Western has meant to us, and an investment in the future of Western and the Center for Performing Arts," said Lorraine.
The Epperson's seven-figure gift, a combination of an outright gift and a bequest, directs $1.5 million to the long-anticipated Center for Performing Arts (CPA) to be located on the southwest side of campus along Western Avenue. Both Ken and Lorraine selflessly worked to bring a Center for Performing Arts to the campus of Western Illinois University and the Macomb community since 1970s.
"We will be so happy when the CPA is constructed at last, and believe strongly that it will positively impact the quality of life for the University, the community and the region," Lorraine added.
The more than 5,000-square-foot iconic lobby of the center will be named in honor of Dr. Ken and Lorraine Epperson in recognition of this gift. Ken and Lorraine have been involved with Western in some way for most of their lives.
"Our loyalty to Western has never changed a bit since we were students," said Ken. "We got our start at Western, and everything we have achieved is possible because of the education we received. We are giving back so that current and future students can be as fortunate."
The couple met as students at Western and were married the year following Lorraine's graduation. As students, they were both involved: Ken as a three-sport letterman (football, basketball and track) and Lorraine as the first president of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. They both earned education degrees then went on to education careers – Ken as a teacher, principal, superintendent, and later Community College Relations Director for Western; Lorraine as a teacher and 18 years as guidance director for Macomb High School.
Lorraine entered the real estate business in 1974 and Ken joined her upon his retirement from Western. Together, they purchased the Purdum Real Estate Firm in 1985, and in 1990 acquired a Century 21 franchise.
The Eppersons have strengthened their commitment to Western throughout their lives. As a couple, they have served on the Performing Arts Society Board of Directors. Lorraine was a member of the WIU Alumni Council for several years, serving as its president for two years. She was a Board of Governor's Trustee, then appointed by Gov. Jim Edgar to Western's Board of Trustees in 1995, including terms as vice chair and chair of the Board. In 1988, she received the College of Business and Technology's Distinguished Alumni Award, and in 2006, was awarded Western's Distinguished Alumni Award. She is currently in her third term on the WIU Foundation Board of Directors. Lorraine received the Sigma Sigma Sigma Centennial Woman of Distinction given by the national sorority. She received her bachelor's degree in 1948, and master's degree in 1952 from Western.
Ken earned his bachelor's degree in 1946, and his master's in 1952 from Western, and later his doctorate 1969 from Indiana University. He was awarded WIU's Alumni Achievement Award in 1987, and was initiated into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996. Ken is a talented woodworker, crafting the large WIU seal on display in the Registrar's Office (made in 1974 in honor of Western's 75th anniversary) and the Ceremonial Mace (a symbol of university scholarship and integrity since the 11th century) featured in convocations and commencements. Ken learned basic woodturning skills while at Western, nearly 70 years ago, from Wayne Wetzel, for whom Wetzel Hall was named.
"The Foundation and WIU are thrilled that this noteworthy gift, the one that achieves our campaign goal, comes from Kenny and Lorraine," said Vice President for Advancement and Public Services Brad Bainter. "Their relationship with Western and their history of giving, both of their time and resources, makes this particular gift and attaining this goal all the more meaningful. Truly, all of Western is grateful to them for all they do."
The Eppersons have supported numerous Western initiatives, including the Leatherneck Club, Performing Arts Society, the College of Business and Technology, University Libraries and several scholarships. They made a commitment to the previous Centennial Campaign in 1996 to establish an endowment to support future generations and are among the University's leading donors.
"It is a day for rejoicing," said WIU President Jack Thomas. "Not only are we celebrating Founders' Day at Western Illinois University, we are celebrating meeting our campaign goal thanks to two very special people who have been connected to Western since the 1940s. We are so happy that they are part of this important occasion."
The "Set the Standard: Higher Values in Higher Education" $60 million campaign for Western Illinois University began silently in 2006, and went public in 2010. The campaign has focused on increased scholarship support for students, support for faculty, improvements to capital facilities and enhancing information and technology for all the staff and students of Western Illinois University. The campaign will conclude Dec. 31.
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The Treasury reckons its December forecasts for economic growth are still intact as New Zealand continues its gradual recovery, though the headwind of a strong kiwi dollar is likely to endure into next year.
Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf told Parliament's finance and expenditure committee its forecast average annual growth of 2.5 percent in the coming five years is by and large intact, though the risks are still skewed to the downside, if not quite as extreme in the face of the US fiscal cliff debate and heightened uncertainty over Europe's ability to stave off a sovereign debt crisis.
"Since HYEFU (half-year economic and fiscal update), revised GDP data from mid-2012 indicates growth was weaker than we expected, but the run of recent data is pointing to a pick-up in December," Makhlouf told politicians. "Reports relating to Canterbury indicate the rebuild is gaining momentum and businesses seem more upbeat."
Mahklouf didn't have any good news for exporters on the currency, saying "the exchange rate is assumed to remain near its current level in the current year and into 2014 impacting on growth in the tradable sector."
While that's acting as a drag on exports, it is keeping inflation low and aiding capital investment, he said.
Mahklouf's testimony followed Finance Minister Bill English, who used his time to announce the budget will be on May 16.
English said the budget will include measures to encourage domestic and foreign investment, saying that will help stoke jobs and wage growth.
In 2009, the Finance Minister tried to loosen barriers for overseas investors, though the government later backed down and ended up tightening restrictions in the face of growing opposition to foreign buyers of large tracts of farmland.
Both English and Mahklouf today talked down their ability to make any sustainable impact on lowering the exchange, which is effectively a pawn in the currency wars between larger economies.
"There's some discussion about whether you can get some exchange rate effect that will relieve pressures on those exporters, but we haven't seen a viable sustainable proposition to do that," English said. "If you could just make that choice well of course you would if it was costless, but it's not costless."
The currency recently traded at 84.07 US cents and 75.90 on the trade-weighted index.


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ERG in the News
The Many Unknowns of Inevitable Arctic Oil Spills
Published on InsideClimate News (http://insideclimatenews.org)
Inside Climate News, 05/14/2015
ENE Student Wins one of the CYOS honors - Katerina Messologitis
Create Your Own Story recognizes current students who have made their UNH stories successful. This initiative exists not only to highlight dedicated students but also to inspire others to take advantage of all UNH has to offer. Ten students are recognized each year for a wide pool of nominations that are made by faculty and staff members. Their stories are made into a traveling display including poster and video. The students and their chosen faculty/staff mentors participate in a luncheon in April celebrating their achievements and unveiling the display.
Environmental Engineering, 04/16/2015
Portsmouth Herald: EPA's storm water rules draw criticism (UNH Stormwater Center)
By Jeff firstname.lastname@example.com Posted Jan. 18, 2015 @ 2:01 am PORTSMOUTH – Officials throughout the Seacoast are preparing for the release of draft stormwater runoff regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency and bemoaning what they see as another unfunded federal mandate.
Seacoast Online, 01/21/2015
Kinner showers for lab safety
Lab safety took a zany, soggy turn Tuesday, when the Environmental Research Group tapped Nancy Kinner, professor of civil and environmental engineering, for a hands-on demonstration of the emergency shower in their Gregg Hall lab. Her dousing not only gave students and faculty experience with this important (if rarely used) piece of equipment, it raised funds for the student group Environmental and Water Resources Institute, which sold raffle tickets for the chance to pull the shower handle. "Demonstrating operation of laboratory emergency equipment is an important component of safety training, but this level of participation took it to a whole new level," said Andy Glode, laboratory safety officer with UNH's Environmental Health and Safety office. "Nancy is very supportive of laboratory safety initiatives and doing this to promote the student group was a wonderful, memorable gesture." The shower demonstration was one part of the ERG's annual safety review, which included demonstrations of safety components like the fume hoods and eye washes and discussions of dangerous chemicals. "It's easy to become complacent in the lab, to forget that the chemicals you're using every day can be dangerous to your health," said ERG research engineer Scott Greenwood, who helped organize the safety shower. "We hope that when the students go back into the lab, safety will be in the forefront of their minds." Raffle winner Alyson Packhem '14, a graduate student of Kinner's, said the demonstration's lessons are likely to last. "I suppose it was a little awkward to douse my esteemed professor in cold water, but it would be completely necessary in the case of an emergency," she said. "If Nancy actually got exposed to hazardous chemicals, I would be glad to pull the shower again."
UNH Today, 11/21/2014
EPA Announces Funding to Create Two New Drinking Water Innovation Centers
Robin Collins PI and Jim Malley Co-PI of the Environmental Research Group and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are part of a USEPA Grant Award for a National Center for Innovation in Small Systems (NCISS) that was announced by USEPA August 2014. This Center, named DeRISK, is a three year, $4.1 million dollar award to a University consortium consisting of CU-Boulder, UNH, University of Alaska and University of Arizona will create decision analysis tools for assessing and implementing innovative technologies for small drinking water systems that will be a
Martinsville (Va.) Bulletin: Intern makes an impact (Robin Collins)
Intern makes an impact Student designs a device that could save thousands
Martinsville Bulletin, 08/24/2014
Dr. James Malley, elected to Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of American WaterWorks Association (AWWA)
Jim Malley, professor of civil and environmental engineering, chairperson of the UNH CEPS Environmental Engineering Program and director of the UNH Environmental Research Group, was recently elected to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American WaterWorks Association (AWWA). The AWWA is a 50,000 member association representing North America and the largest nonprofit, scientific and educational association dedicated to managing and treating water for human use. He will serve a three-year term and serve as chair of the association's technical and educational council. Please click here for more: http://www.awwa.org/about-us/leadership/executive-committee.aspx
NOAA Again Joins Coast Guard for Oil Spill Exercise in the Arctic
by Amy Merten It is no mystery anymore that the Arctic is undergoing unprecedented change and the extent of summer sea ice continues to shrink. As the ice contracts, shipping within and across the Arctic, oil and gas exploration, and tourism likely will increase, as will fishing, if fisheries continue migrating north to cooler waters. With more oil-powered activity in the Arctic and potentially out-of-date nautical charts, the region also will see an increased risk of oil spills. Although the Arctic may have "ice-free" summers, it will remain a difficult place to respond to spills, still facing conditions such as low visibility, mobilized icebergs, and extreme cold. Much of the increased activity exploits the longer amount of time between the sea ice breaking up in the spring and freezing up in the fall. Accidents on either end of this longer window could mean responding to oil spills complicated by sea ice.
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During the academic year, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., the wastewater treatment plant that serves the University of New Hampshire experiences a surge in the amount of urine flowing into the facility. It's not hard to figure out why, but for the plant, it's no joke. The increase in urine flow is so dramatic that monitoring data from those time periods show peaks in the concentration of nitrogen entering the plant. Wastewater treatment plants have a maximum nitrogen concentration they are permitted to discharge, and the higher the incoming nitrogen concentration, the more resource-intensive and costly the treatment is. David Cedarholm, a UNH alumnus who works for the Durham Department of Public Works, brought the nitrogen spikes to the attention of Nancy Kinner, a professor of environmental engineering at UNH—and Kinner saw the potential for a learning experience.
Towns in northeast U.S. develop adaptation strategies for climate change
In many northeastern towns along the coast of the United States, local officials are attempting to identify and predict the effects of climate change which will occur over the next few decades. "You're going to feel impacts. It's a global issue with local effects…We don't know exactly what's coming, so let's plan to be adaptable," says a leader of a regional climate adaptation project.
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President Reagan touched many lives while in office, most he never met, and a lot of his compassion went unnoticed by the media.
That's the way he wanted it. R.L. Alford and his wife Hilda never met the now late President Reagan, but they did come face to face with his compassion.
"Not only once, but twice at least that we heard from him with a donation each time. I told somebody that he was my favorite president anyway."
The Alford's lives were changed forever in 1956 after an ambulance hit their car on its way to an emergency.
"She was wrapped around this stop sign."
Hilda would never walk or use her arms again.
"Next month will be 48 years since Hilda has walked."
In the late 1980's the Alford's needed a house that would accommodate Hilda's deteriorating disability, but they couldn't afford it. Then President Reagan was so moved by the couple's story he sent two personal checks totaling $1,500.
His gift kicked-off a national effort to help the Alford's build the house they live in now. R.L. remembers Reagan's letters and a phone call:
"He said, 'what do your friends call you Mr. Alford?' I said just to call me R.L. and he said, 'is it all right if I call you that too?' and I said I'd be glad for you to."
As life would have it, Alzheimer's destroyed Reagan's memory, but it did not destroy his memories, those are captured in the hearts and minds of those who remember his goodwill, and in a house in Blountstown where the power or love is greater than time.
"But that's the way it is: she's forever mine and I'm forever hers."
The Alford's had only been married 10 months when they had their accident in California.


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Augusta's Joe Cannady was named All-Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League-Div. III First Team for baseball as a third baseman.
Cannady also earned honorable mention as an All-League pitcher.
During his final season with the Orioles, Cannady had a .920 fielding percentage and committed just four errors in 21 games. On the mound, Cannady finished with a team-low 1.59 ERA in 35 1/3 innings. He had 27 strikeouts while allowing 25 hits and 11 walks. He allowed eight earned runs and 11 total runs.
At the plate, Cannady tied for the team lead in total hits (26), led the Orioles with 14 RBIs and finished second with a .371 batting average (min. 20 ABs).
Logan Hiser was selected to the All-League Second Team. Hiser led the team in innings pitched (42 2/3), saves (4), strikeouts (44) and opposing batting average for starters (.191). Hiser only allowed 16 earned runs in 12 game appearances, but finished with a 2-3 record. He allowed the second lowest batting average (.191) for the team.
Dalton Wheat earned All-League Second Team honors at shortstop. Wheat had a .916 fielding percentage with eight total errors in 21 games. At the plate, Wheat had team-highs with a .388 batting average (min. 20 ABs), .537 on-base percentage, 26 hits (tie with Cannady), 11 doubles, 10 steals and 23 runs scored.
On the mound, Wheat had one save and finished with a 2.84 ERA after 12 1/3 innings. He had 20 strikeouts to eight hits and six walks. He had a team-low .170 opponents' batting average.
Kolton Schenker earned All-League honorable mention as a pitcher for the Orioles. Schenker finished with a 4-1 record in eight games appearances. He pitched 34 2/3 innings and had a 3.03 ERA. He had 36 strikeouts to 31 hits and 20 walks. Opponents had a .230 batting average against Schenker, who is only a sophomore.
Chase Winter earned All-League honorable mention as a catcher. Winter had just one error and a .993 fielding percentage. He six assists and caught six runners stealing base. While hitting, Winter had a .255 average with two triples, 9 RBIs, a pair of sacrifices and eight runs.
Mulvane, which made it to the state tournament, dominated the First Team selections with seven - Jarrett Price (first base), Michael Bird (second base), Nolan Smith (outfield), Connor Dempsey (pitcher), Austin Duncan (pitcher), Ty Reddington (shortstop) and Alex Evans (utility).
Rose Hill's lone First Team selection was Gage Grant (catcher). Buhler's Tanner Fisher (outfield), Winfield's Landon Fox (outfield) and El Dorado's Jared Erpelding (outfield) and Aaron Riffel (pitcher) round out the First Team selections.
Division III League Record Overall Record
Augusta 7-3 10-11
Buhler 4-6 8-14
El Dorado 3-7 9-14
Mulvane 9-1 20-3
Rose Hill 2-8 4-17
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Fishooked has the perfect arsenal for this type of situation.
So Im in Dunkin Donuts getting my medium hot/half and half. One person ahead of me at the counter. Chick comes in behind me and stands like one inch from me, right on my arse. She looked like pizza face George Washington. Not only that, now she starts exaggeratedly craning her neck to look past me as if Im in the way, making little impatient type noises with her wooden toofed maw. I move up, George moves up.
I had been in a good mood because I remembered to bring a nickel so I wouldnt get 95 fargin cents change AGAIN.
FU General, and choke on your "oysed gawfee wit two shoogiz", beeeotch.
Fishooked has the perfect arsenal for this type of situation.
Fart: problem solved
Geez, one would think she tried to cop a feel from your reaction. Or were you disappointed she didn't?
Seriously, you shoulda told her that if she got any closer, she'd better introduce herself.
She seems like a real space invader. Did she cough on the back of your neck?
the complaint in the OP is subjective at best.
Because if the space invader looked like Keely Hazell, for example, this would've been the reaction:
I am a natural magnet for self-absorbed, one-way, misfits. I got dragged to Target yesterday with the wife. As we turned into every aisle, gape-jawed cretins automatically turned their carts sideways and focused uncomprehending stares upon tissue box's as we struggled to get by them. We were turned invisible by the aura of their stupidity.
Ask my wife, she see's it.
These are the stories that keep us coming back.
Fvckin' raccoons
If only Gary Moore was alive, these types of things wouldn't happen more and more.
LMFAO at the tags


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KAHULUI - On Saturday, Sept. 7, Imua Family Services and its team of specialized children's therapists will host "E Holomua Kakou-Moving Forward Together," a free drop-in fair, at Queen Ka'ahumanu Center.
Families can meet and speak with therapists regarding their children's strengths and any possible areas of concerns, growth, behavior and development.
If parents are unsure of developmental milestones their children should be reaching, this is the perfect opportunity to find out if their child is on track.
Around center stage, Imua will set up individual talk story tables, where parents can have private, one-on-one conversations with Imua's highly trained staff.
On stage, Auntie Ro (Rochelle Dunning) and Uncle Deano (Dean Wong) will entertain with puppets and sing-a-longs. Special appearances will include Maui Taiko on stage at 11:30 a.m. and Hello Kitty both in the morning and in the afternoon.
Speech Language Pathologist Ashley Jung will be available to communicate in American Sign Language and provide information to families who need to learn to communicate via sign language and participate in ongoing class support.
Other Imua therapists on-hand to answer questions will include occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, special instruction teachers and Imua's Care Coordination Services staff.
The event focuses on children from birth through age six milestones and development. Each child/family that receives a developmental screening from Imua's team will receive a coupon for a free train ride on the Cubby Caboose that day.
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Over this year we've been talking to a range of Aboriginal people living in and around Darwin, and collecting their stories as a set of radio diaries. Here is our fifth diary, from Mary, telling us about Christmas Day in Bagot Community.
Every show has a Christmas special and the Darwin Radio Diaries is no exception. And like every Christmas special, this one will leave you feeling good. For me, when we recorded it, it also left me feeling a bit like "Wow, really?! I didn't know that!"
Today Mary tells us today about the bitter-sweetness of the Christmas period for Aboriginal families and a unique Christmas tradition that I didn't know about even after living up here for six years!
Mary is a grandmother from Bagot Community. She raised 9 children and has 4 grandchildren. She has lived in Bagot nearly all of her life.
You might remember her previous diary about catching the bus after The Intervention was announced. If you missed it, you can play it again here.
The Darwin Radio Diaries are played every afternoon on ABC Drive with Vicki Kerrigan. We post them here after they're played for you to listen to again, catch any you missed and to share with your friends.
If you aren't familiar with The Radio Diaries, you can find out what it's all about in our first post here.
And catch up on our previous diaries:
Diary One: Mary's Bus Ride - About catching the bus after The Intervention was announced
Diary Two: Jason Walks in Both Worlds - About the challenges of walking in both whiteman's and Aboriginal worlds.
Diary Three: Wet Season in the Long Grass
Diary Four: Dawn's trip to the shopping centre
The aim of the project is to give the broader community a glimpse of day to day life for different Aboriginal people living in and around Darwin. A chance to walk in their shoes for a while and see things from a different perspective.
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The Beeb sticking up for Open Source...?
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guy wrote:But it is a bit hypocritical of the BBC to plug OSS. (hypocritical? How can that be when iPlayer has such a reputation for open standards compliance and OSS licensing?)
AndyBaxman wrote:Oh, and don't get me started on F1. Feel completely shafted. Do I want to watch half the races? No! Do I want to (or even afford to) cough up £400+ to the Murdoch empire to watch the other half (about £40 a race, 'cos I have no other use for Sky), not a chance!
So, despite watching almost every race since the days of Mansell, I'm probably not going to bother next year.
nordle wrote:As for gov involvement in OSS. I remember typing a fairly long and waffly post (as per) in August 2004 on this forum about why OS "won't make huge in-roads in local gov for at least another 5 years". Looking back, some of the post was fairly offensive.
On the flip side, in that time, my Dad is now using it, my Uncle was (until he passed away), my brother is.
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Reminds me of a younger Marshawn Lynch. I like what I see
Our running game is going to be so much better this year. Screw all the haters(media).
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Reminds me of a younger Marshawn Lynch. I like what I see
That was pretty impressive... I don't want to go getting my hopes up too much, but, DAMN!
We may actually be pretty good.
the man is a baller plain and simple.....that for a 4th rounder....sheet that was a steal.
He is Shonn Greene with a second gear. What strikes me most is his balance. His knee doesn't touch the ground until it absolutely has to.
Injuries are the issue. Other than that, rotating out with Goodson and Powell/McKnight, the running game is going to be above average. Perhaps VERY above average.
Let me add an addendum to that.
I think it would be foolish for the Jets to use Ivory as a three-down, workhorse back. He did what he did in NO because he was buried on the depth chart and always fresh.
Goodson is a third-down weapon. Powell is serviceable. McKnight has shown playmaking ability when used sparingly and in the right situation.
Use them all. My ideal breakdown is Ivory/Goodson/Powell/McKnight = 50/20/20/10.
Ivory sucks.
We overpaid.
Jets are a circus.
Fire Idzik.
(Am I doing it right, SAR?)
A quick, relatively simple play until you realize how many things he did right in a short amount of time.
I've heard he has some fumble-itis and may not be the best passcatcher out of the backfield. Hopefully he can improve on those, but what I see is a guy who does have some good fundamentals and looks like he can be a clear #1.
The run at 2.12 of the video was spellbinding. Overall he runs tough but shows excellent awareness and body control. Where you been all these years?!?
MM has to use his rb's judiciously and sparingly to keep 'em all fresh for the post season run. I like the ratio you've suggested. Looks like Jets' WCO/smash mouth will be claiming its victims this season, and play action just got its power surge back.
Jets Oline was not as bad as people made it out to be.
Morono changed the blocking scheme & Greene was the worst back after contact in the league.
With the competition for the 2 guard positions between Ducasse, Winters, Oday, Campbell, Peterman, & whoever else they bring in, we will start 2 competent guards out of that bunch.
My feeling is Winters will start at RG, & they will put the winner out of that bunch at LG, like they did with Slausen when he came in.
Dbrick & Mangold have the experience to cover for a newbie.
It's gonna be nice to see guys running in the open field again!
All of the backs will have more opportunities in open space in MMs offense.
I especially love the sprint draws with Ivory or Goodsen, you catch a D trying to get upfield too quickly & your off to the races.
A co-worker of mine (Saints fan) told me that if we can keep him healthy we are going to love him. He is a violent runner with good vision and deceptive breakaway speed. "Poor man's Peterson" is the way he described him. Based on the little I have watched him, I think the Marshawn Lynch comparisons are pretty accurate.
Two things M Goodson has to improve on ball security and pass protection. He couldn't with his two previous teams) but somehow if he does improve in those two areas , than he can be a lot more third down weapon.
Good looking player but don't forget that teams respect the passing game of the Saints and don't load up the box as much. Interesting to see how he will do when teams doesn't respect the Jets passing game so much.
Loved that video though. He brings something to this team that we havent' had in a while. Considering the last time we traded a 4th round pick for a RB we got Kevan Barlow, I'm much happier here.
Pretty much all crap teams, but i like his reads just what the WCO needs, hopefully his foot will be ok.


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(SANTA ANA) – Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona and Secretary Maria Contreras-Sweet of the State Business, Transportation and Housing Agency today unveiled Cal-Photo, a new tool developed to help law enforcement agencies identify and apprehend criminals and improve officer safety through the use of a statewide criminal and DMV photo data bank. The system is already in use by the California Anti-Terrorism Information Center and state-federal-local anti-terrorism task forces established after September 11. And, over the next several months, Cal-Photo will be made available to local law enforcement agencies throughout California.
"Cal-Photo is a breakthrough crime fighting tool that will allow law enforcement to quickly identify suspects and prevent crime," Lockyer said. "Instead of delays that allow suspects to slip away, law enforcement will have instant access to identity information to put criminals away." "Cal-Photo is a partnership between the State of California and local law enforcement agencies that will have a very real impact on our ability to fight crime," stated Carona. "The 'instant-access' to photographs provided by Cal-Photo will be an invaluable tool for our investigators as they pursue dangerous criminals."
Secretary Contreras-Sweet added, "Anyone who has ever seen an officer checking a vehicle registration or a driver's license from a police car knows what a vital role the massive DMV database plays in law enforcement. The new Cal-Photo system will be a huge step forward in making DMVs photographic database instantly accessible to police agencies. We are delighted that DMV was able to work so closely with the Attorney General's Office to help bring the Cal-Photo system online. We're all part of the same law enforcement team."
The California Attorney General's Office, Department of Motor Vehicles, Orange County Sheriffs' Office and six other local law enforcement agencies have been testing the Cal-Photo system in a demonstration project over the past two years. While many local law enforcement agencies have their own internally accessible data banks of criminal booking photos, there has been no system in place allowing instant access to other criminal photo data banks and DMV's more than 32 million driver's license and identification photographs. Prior to Cal-Photo, in order to obtain photos from another agency, law enforcement would often have to make a written request, the photo would have to be manually retrieved, and it could take several hours to days for the photos to be delivered thus wasting valuable time. Cal-Photo will allow participating agencies to access suspect mug shots and other important information in a matter of seconds without delay.
Using a secure law enforcement website, law enforcement agencies use Cal-Photo to search for an image utilizing the subject's name, physical description, such as tattoos or scars, or one of the subject's identification numbers, such as a driver's license number or arrest record. If the inquiry results in a match or "hit" on any of these criteria, a screen display will be returned with an index of the possible matches. The index will include limited personal data record information about each possible match. The system will allow officers to quickly verify the identity of suspects in custody and obtain photos of criminals that meet the physical description of suspects.
The unique software for the system was designed and developed by state employees working at the Department of Justice, rather than private contractors, and will be provided at no cost to law enforcement agencies capable of using the system.
In addition to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, the following law enforcement agencies have been participating in the demonstration project: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office; Ventura County Sheriff's Office; San Diego Automated Regional Justice Information Systems; San Jose Police Department; Fresno Police Department; and Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. In the future, any authorized law enforcement agency with a connection to DOJ's law enforcement network can apply for access to the Cal-Photo System.