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We encounter CO2 in the air we breathe, as the bubbles in soft drinks, as a coolant
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sequestration) or into the deep ocean.
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addressed by international efforts and by individual countries. The President's Global Climate Change
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2012. Conservation, more efficient power systems, renewable energy, and sequestration are all tools to help
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The Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership is a diverse group of over 80 public and
private sector stakeholders working together to better understand the technical and economic feasibility
of capturing and storing CO2 emissions from stationary sources of CO2 in the central
interior of North America. The PCOR Partnership is led by the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
at the University of North Dakota and is one of seven regional partnerships designated by the U.S.
Department of Energy's (DOE's) Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (RCSP) Program. Funding comes
from the RCSP program and a broad range of project sponsors.
Phase I activities were completed in September 2005. On June 9, 2005, the EERC was awarded a contract
for Phase II, which began in October 2005. Phase II is a 4-year program focused on demonstrating and
validating promising CO2 sequestration opportunities in our region. The total value of Phase
II is currently over $21.5 million, with two-thirds of that funding coming from DOE and the balance
contributed by industry and other nonfederal partners, including partners in Canada. New partners are
welcome. About the PCOR Partnership
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the central interior of North America. PCOR Partnership Region
Who Is in the PCOR Partnership?
The PCOR Partnership comprises over 80 public and private sector stakeholders that represent
experience and expertise in agriculture, forestry, economics, energy exploration and production,
geology, engineering, and the environment. Partners provide technical services to the PCOR Partnership
by providing data, guidance, and practical experience with direct and indirect sequestration, including
value-added projects. Complete PCOR Partner Listing
What Did the PCOR Partnership Accomplish in Phase I?
Phase I occurred between the fall of 2003 and the fall of 2005. During that period, the Partnership
assessed and prioritized the opportunities for sequestration in the PCOR Partnership region and helped
to resolve the technical, regulatory, and environmental barriers to the most promising sequestration
opportunities. At the same time, the PCOR Partnership informed policy makers and the public
regarding CO2 sources, sequestration strategies, and sequestration opportunities.
Phase I products include:
What Are the PCOR Partnership Phase II Goals and Objectives?
The 4-year PCOR Partnership Phase II program is scheduled to run from the fall of 2005 to the fall of
2009. Phase II is focused on the validation of sequestration technologies and the identification of prime
locations in the partnership region that can support future full-scale geological and terrestrial
sequestration opportunities. Phase II is designed to broker working relationships between industries that
generate CO2, industries that can use it for value-added sequestration activities such as enhanced
oil recovery and the government agencies that oversee such activities. Phase II partners have a voice in
determining the direction of the PCOR Partnership and early access to the results of the program. Participation
in Phase II will also provide partners with unique opportunities to develop working relationships with
stakeholders that represent a diverse cross section of CO2 producers, end users, and regulators.
What Are the Phase II Field Projects?
There will be one terrestrial sequestration field trial and three geologic field trials in
Phase II. Field projects and their respective
key partners include:
What Is the Phase III PCOR Partnership Program?
In the fall of 2007, the PCOR Partnership was selected for a 10-year, multimillion dollar Phase III
program focused on implementing a commercial-scale geologic carbon sequestration demonstration project in
the region.
What are the CCS (Geologic Sequestration) Projects in the PCOR Partnership Region?
CO2 has been sequestered in the subsurface at the Weyburn oil field in Saskatchewan since the
late 1990s, and the PCOR Partnership is planning geologic sequestration projects in depleted oil reservoirs,
unminable coal seams, and a saltwater reservoir layer deep underground.
The Weyburn oil field is the site of an active CO2 flood, a technique of displacing oil by
pumping CO2 into oil-bearing formations to improve oil production. Weyburn is also the site of a
major international effort, coordinated by the Petroleum Technology Research Centre, located in Regina,
Saskatchewan, to assess geologic sequestration practices. The results from Weyburn have demonstrated the site
to be safe and secure for sequestration. It is expected that more than 20 million metric tons of CO2
will be successfully sequestered in the Weyburn oil field by 2025. More on CO2 Sequestration Projects
What Terrestrial Sequestration Are under Way in the PCOR Partnership Region?
Depending on how humans use the land, soils can trap carbon (CO2 sink) or release carbon
(CO2 source). Agricultural practices like no-till and low-till keep more carbon in the soil than
conventional practices. Current research activities in the central interior of NOrth America include
determining the amount of CO2 that can be sequestered in different settings like forests,
grasslands, croplands, or wetlands; developing monitoring practices to determine the amount of carbon
staying in place; and determining optimal land management practices for carbon storage in different
ecoregions and settings.
One such setting is the prairie pothole wetlands. Scientific studies suggest that restoration of prairie
wetlands has great potential to sequester carbon. Over the next decade, scientists have estimated that
restoration of cropland wetlands would result in the sequestration of more than 72 million metric tons of
soil organic carbon in the prairie pothole wetland region in the United States. Restored wetlands also
provide benefits such as wildlife and fish habitat enhancement, water quality improvement, sediment and
chemical filtration, erosion and nutrient transport reduction, floodwater retention, groundwater recharge,
biological diversity conservation, and increased opportunities for education, scientific research, and
recreation. More on Prairie Pothole Region
Are Landowners Willing to Restore Wetlands for Carbon Sequestration?
Prairie potholes have only been recently recognized as an important avenue for carbon sequestration,
and as a result, CO2 emitters are only beginning to understand the potential for sequestration
offered by wetlands for CO2 emission offsets. However, numerous wetland and grassland habitats
on private lands have been restored in the Prairie Pothole Region through programs sponsored by federal,
state, and private entities. The most notable restoration programs include the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Farm Bill Conservation Reserve Program and Wetlands Reserve Program, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Partners for the Fish and Wildlife Program, and conservation activities of Ducks Unlimited
Canada. Collectively, these programs have enabled the restoration of 2 million hectares of
habitats in the U.S. portion of the region. This demonstrates that, given proper incentives,
private landowners have been willing to restore wetlands and grasslands.


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Monday, January 11, 2010
Why Can't I Be a Boy Fairy?While this blog is geared towards girls franchises, the answers to the questions below its headline are really non-gender specific but seem to come up again and again in conversations about gender, narrative, storytelling and marketing the problem with most content driven towards girls is that it shows characters without much complexity and limited world that surrounds them. The same problem exists when you look at many male-oriented franchises, and when you look at characters in franchises without a gender-bias.
So, stereotyping of both genders, poorly considered secondary characters, and plots that make those characters act outside of their core personalities are major flaws that diminish storylines and diminish the possibilities to extend a franchise. (Tangent: this is a great article about the Plot vs. Story issue that was on io9.com last year)
In his review of Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure on Nintendo DS for IGN Jack DeVries said something that had me giggling manically: Why Can't I Be a Boy Fairy?
It would have been nice if players could create boy fairies though. I realize that a large majority of players will be girls, but there are male characters in the movies, and games, so it seems like the developer could have had the option. One of the cooler features in the game is that players can transfer their fairy and ingredients to the online multiplayer Pixie Hollow game, essentially turning this game into one giant mini-game for the online world.There was something just so deeply charming and amusing to me about hearing a critique of a game that I've heard so many times in the opposite direction from women and girls, "Why Can't I play as a girl?" When Fable came out there was much hay made about the fact that a game touted as a game about choices didn't even have the option of creating a female avatar, which was addressed by the developers in subsequent chapters. But the inclusion or exclusion of male or female characters in franchises aimed at one gender goes way beyond video games.
I remember that as a little girl, I always wanted to play as a girl when my male friends and I made-believe on the playground that we were Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but playing as April was somewhat anticlimactic as playtime might dissolve into an argument about whether or not she could also be a ninja. Thank goodness Carmen Sandiego was around to steal landmarks and be totally awesome or I might never have gotten past the arguments to be a female submarine captain in the library bookshelves, or as a CEO trading basketball players from team to team during lunch hour. (I still have no idea why the exclusively sports playing guys went along with my friends and my nerdy machinations, but they did and it was great!)
My friends were always male and female; in real life kids have friends that are both male and female, but in the stories presented to them tend to show groupings that are overwhelmingly one gender or another. In games, movies, animated series, and books, there tends to be a lack of this reality shown. One thing that Mr. DeVries points out is that in the Disney Fairies movies, and the franchise as a whole, there ARE male fairies. Disney Fairies is actually a great example of a franchise that is doing something to actually show male and female friends in realistic situations, even though it's primary audience is female and likely to remain so.
TinkerBell has several male friends, her closest friend being Terence, a dust-keeper talent fairy. There is a great verisimilitude in this friendship that is explored in the most recent DVD TinkerBell and the Search for the Lost Treasure, and in the extensive book series. But there's more than just one male character, there's also Bobble and Clank, who are TinkerBell's friends and fellow tinkers, and they get as much time as TinkerBell's female friends when they aren't directly involved in the story. In addition to there simply BEING mixed genders the talents are not distributed by gender exclusively, TinkerBell herself is a tinker, an inventor and engineer, the Fairy in charge of Spring is male, both genders are equally concerned with bugs, flowers, fairy dust, and adventure.
It would be very satisfying to see some franchises aimed at young boys treating their worlds and the people, male and female, that inhabit them with the same sense of reality. There are going to be women around somewhere no matter where these boys go in real life, they will have to deal with them sensibly or face serious consequences. The same concern about whether girls are being shown positive images and realistic ones that make them aspire to do inspiring things and prepare them for adulthood should be asked in relationship to what boys are being shown, beyond the obvious critiques about violence so often thrown at franchises. Boys, as well as girls should be able to see cross-gender friendships and normal relationships between peers in their entertainment because not only is it interesting, it helps them understand the world around them and demystifies the opposite gender.
The next time you hear someone groan about how "they don't understand women" or "they don't understand men" think about what the male and female characters presented to them from infancy to adulthood have showed them, and the question of why they might not understand these mysterious alien creatures tends to answer itself.

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Masks, puppets, magic and performing objects are tools of transformation. They are a kind of seismograph of the consciousness that we have of ourselves and others. They are unique tools of empowerment and group collaboration; keys to cross-cultural and intercultural performance and the promotion of international peace, friendship and understanding.
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The Centre functions as a building-based arts centre with its own studio theatre, library and multimedia room, display gallery, cafe, mask studio, puppet-making/carving workshops, office complex, car park and grounds.
SMPC currently offers two national touring exhibitions to museums and art galleries – The Magic of Masks and Puppets and Behind The Mask. The Centre has an ongoing Cultural Diversity Programme and hosts and promotes intercultural companies and exchanges from overseas as well as an education outreach programme to schools, community and voluntary organisations. A summer masterclasses generally takes place in June , and an Annual Puppeteers Day is held in September. The Puppeteers in Scotland Weekend Programme hosts visiting companies on a weekly basis combined with birthday party workshops.
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Judge orders Larry Reynolds into custody
Federal warrant issued for Valdez man
A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has issued a warrant for the arrest of Valdez man Larry Reynolds, alleging he not only hid monetary assets from trustees from his bankrupt estate, but that he also made unauthorized withdrawals from a trust account.
Judge Russell Nelms of the US Bankruptcy Court in Fort Worth, Texas, found Reynolds in contempt of court during an August 4 hearing. Reynolds failed to appear in court for the hearing, where Dan Laine, court appointed trustee for Reynold's estate, asked the court to compel Reynolds to return $54,511 in funds missing from the bankruptcy trust.
"The evidence shows, among other things, that Mr. Reynolds falsified his bankruptcy schedules and statements of affairs," Nelms said during the hearing. "It shows that he misappropriated assets of both his personal bankruptcy estate as well as the Reynolds Alaska bankruptcy estate. It shows that he concealed assets of this estate, and it shows that he misappropriated monies from the Trustee's account, in violation of the plan of reorganization."
The judge also halted $3000 in monthly income Reynold's had been receiving from two storage facilities he owns that are part of the bankruptcy trust. He also granted the trustee an additional $91,000 in fees that Reynolds must pay.
Nelms has since then denied two motions to stay the warrant pending an appeal.
Nelms ordered Reynolds to pay $35,960 withdrawn from a bank account under trustee control -which the judge found to be misappropriated. The funds were held in an operating account at Wells Fargo to manage revenues generated by two storage facilities that are part of the Reynolds bankruptcy trust.
Trustees discovered the unauthorized withdrawals May 9. According to the complaint, electronic banking statements showed the withdrawals were made in a "series of on-line and branch withdrawals between April 4, 2011 through May 5, 2011."
"On May 12, 2011, the Trustee learned from the Bank that Reynolds was attempting to make an unauthorized $71,945 withdrawal from a branch office in Valdez, Alaska," the trustee's complaint against Reynolds said. "The Trustee, acting together with the bank, was able to stop the transaction before processing was completed and the bank once again froze the account."
Reynolds had been removed as a signer on the account in 2009.
Reynolds was also ordered to repay $18,551 in funds missing from proceeds of hidden mineral rights sales the trustee claims had not been disclosed as part of the bankruptcy estate.
Nelms ordered Reynolds to repay the funds and disclose the source of the funding upon its return.
"One of the ironies of this case, of course, is that to the extent that we order Mr. Reynolds to repay this some -$54,000 and he does so, in all likelihood, he's going to be repaying it out of assets that already are assets of the estate," Nelms said during the August 4 hearing.
On Tuesday, September 6, the court denied a second motion to stay the warrant.
"I do not like to order the incarceration of anyone, and I've only done it two times during my tenure as a bankruptcy judge, and the first one only lasted for one day," Nelms said during the hearing. "So, I mean, I truly do consider this a matter of last resort."
In the motion to stay the warrant filed on behalf of Reynolds by Arlington, Texas attorney Jonathan Finke, it claimed Reynolds will suffer irreparable harm if incarcerated. Among several arguments raised in the document, it claimed Reynolds would suffer irreparable harm if put in jail because "he will not be able to earn a living during his business' busiest time of the year."
"…our question there is that the debtor (Reynolds) has not disclosed any kind of business income that he would now own… in his bankruptcy case," Nancy Ribaudo, attorney for trustee Dan Lain argued before the court. "…this is yet another possible income source that hasn't been disclosed in the bankruptcy and it may be property of the estate."
The property and business in question, Port Valdez Marine and Outdoors, which its business license says is owned by The Reynolds Trust and was granted March 13, 2011, is housed in the old Three Bears Warehouse store on Egan Street. City tax records indicate the building is owned by Janice Reynolds, Larry's wife.
Finke, later in the hearing told the court he had erred when stating Reynolds would suffer if he could not tend to the business.
"That was a misstatement by me in the motion as far as him having another business that he's going to lose income from," Finke said.
Nelms was unimpressed.
"…we have dealt over and over again with this real lack of candor on the part of Mr. Reynolds. And it's not very defensible in business dealings in general, but when it comes to the Bankruptcy Court, it's just downright criminal."
Nelms said he believes Reynolds can pay back the assets he is accused of misappropriating or not declaring, but has chosen not to do so.
"I think, somewhere out there, whether it's his mother's trust, which has come up over and over again in this case – does he have an interest in it? Is it an asset of the estate? At times there's been indications that he controls it and gets all the benefit of it," Nelms said, "At other times his mother owns it. I don't know. But I think he has access to resources where he can respond to the court's order."
Nelms said the trustee may have to travel to Anchorage and file a "miscellaneous action" with the bankruptcy court in Alaska for an order to be issued "…so that the local U.S. Marshall's office up there can actually apprehend him."
Until that occurs, Nelms suggested Reynolds weatherize his home and boat, which he claimed he could not do if incarcerated.
"…apparently he's going to have a little bit more time to attend to them before we actually pick him up," Nelms said.
Reynolds grabbed headlines across the state in August of 2007 when he purchased the much maligned "governor's jet" from the State of Alaska. Reports at the time stated Reynolds paid $2.1 million for the 20-year-old Westwind II with grand plans to use the jet to shuttle well-heeled hunters to Russia. He also purchased several well-established businesses in town and publicly touted his intentions to found a bank in Valdez, as well as plans to build a three story sporting goods store on the corner of Meals and Egan that would include indoor trout fishing.
Whispers of malfeasance began circulating through Valdez, as contractors, employees and business associates became disenchanted with alleged shoddy business practices and non-payment for both labor and goods.
"It pretty much started going south pretty quick," one former associate said, who declined to be identified publicly. "It was a fiasco."
By 2009 Reynolds and his business empire dubbed Reynolds Alaska, were all in bankruptcy. A Polaris dealership he founded also failed. The assets of Reynolds Alaska were converted from a Chapter 11 reorganization to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy and all its assets were sold.
In addition to the contempt warrant, the judge has referred the case to the Dept. of Justice for criminal investigation.


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But you might have noticed that colds, flus, and other seasonal blights seem to hit some people again and again, while others coast through to spring unscathed. Is this punishment random, like a tornado, or is there a method to the cold-and-flu madness?
There is indeed a method. While we can all help prevent viral and bacterial infections by washing hands regularly and avoiding germ-laden surfaces, it's not just the bugs we encounter that determine how healthy we are. Our well-being also depends on how prepared our bodies are to fight them.
Increasingly, scientists are discovering that the way we live our lives can affect whether we succumb to illness -- from the common cold to more serious conditions. "A healthy immune system helps protect the body from disease, infection, and even some kinds of cancer," says Ronald Stram, M.D., physician and founder of the Center for Integrative Health and Healing in Delmar, New York.
What's more, new research shows that the immune system is more complex than originally thought. "The old way of thinking was immune system as closed loop, or an isolated group of defenses," says Sarosh Motivala, assistant professor at the UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology. Instead, it's "a very integrated process" involving many body systems, along with our brains. Diet, sleep habits, exercise levels, and state of mind all influence how our immune cells work.
Staying infection-free therefore requires not only using soap and water (don't neglect those) but also paying attention to your overall state of wellness. Here, we explain how your everyday routines might be dragging down your immune system, and how to shift those routines for optimal health.
Balance is Key
Understanding how the immune system works is the first step to improving it. At its most basic, it tries to block viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites -- collectively called pathogens -- from entering the body. The skin and soft tissue lining the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and vaginal tracts form natural barriers to pathogens, and good bacteria on these surfaces help keep harmful invaders out.
When something slips through these defenses, the so-called "innate immune system" (which we're born with) rises to action, with specialized cells swallowing up invaders and destroying them. That process releases chemical signals that spur the next line of attack: the adaptive immune system (which we develop throughout our lives), which takes on specific invaders and "remembers" past encounters so the body can respond quickly the next time an old foe invades.
And it goes beyond cold and flu viruses. Scientists now believe that this surveillance system may also be directed against cancer cells within the body, helping the body recognize and eliminate them and keeping tumors from growing further. (Some researchers believe it may be possible to harness the immune system to fight cancer, or at least to encourage tumors to remain dormant.)
You might assume that boosting the immune response is always a good thing, but that's not actually the case. In fact, an overactive immune system can prove harmful. Autoimmune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis result from the body mistaking its own tissues for foreign invaders and attacking them. And inflammation, which helps in cases of infection, can persist in the body chronically, a phenomenon that has increasingly been linked to diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and Alzheimer's disease.
So good immune health means doing battle with the bad guys, but also knowing when to fight and when to back down. When something goes wrong with the immune system, says Stram, "what the body wants to do is regain balance." This gets more challenging as we age, since the older we get, the more immune cells we lose (that's why older people tend to be more susceptible to infections, and possibly cancer). But even among otherwise healthy young adults, lifestyle choices can tip the scales toward illness or health.
The Stress Connection
An entire field of research called psychoneuroimmunology has bloomed in recent years. It aims to uncover the links between the brain, behavior, and the immune system. One of its primary targets is the universal phenomenon known as stress.
We've all experienced the nasty cold that comes after a deadline, and scientific evidence has borne out this pattern, with clinical studies showing that psychological stress can weaken defenses and slow recovery from illnesses small and large. A recent study from the University of California, Los Angeles, in fact, found that the effects of stress play out at the cellular level: Hormones cued by emotional stress make immune cells age faster.
What is stress? "It's our body's response to something that taxes or exceeds our resources, whether from external pressures or our own internal worries," says Frances Cohen, a psychologist at the University of California, San Francisco. What feels stressful depends on a person's reaction to a given circumstance. "For some people, getting divorced is a positive step," she says. "But for others, it's devastating." When we perceive something as harmful, our brain triggers hormones such as cortisol, which can affect the immune system. "You can trace it from the brain through the body," Cohen says.
After stress hormones pour into the bloodstream, "the body tries to correct itself, to bring itself back into homeostasis," she adds. So if the stress is brief, the hormones dissipate, and the body returns to normal. In one study, her group found that people who lost their jobs had lower levels of an important class of immune cell. However, she says, "we saw a recovery of immune levels, a bouncing back, in people who got a new job."
Stress that lasts over a long period of time proves far more damaging to our bodies than short-term stress. A study published earlier this year, for instance, found that consistently high levels of perceived stress could reduce women's ability to fight an infection from human papilloma virus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer; no such effect occurred with one-time stressful events such as job loss.
And in a preliminary study published in August, researchers studied people caring for family members with chronic illnesses (a long-term stressor); compared with a control group, the caregivers' white blood cells were less responsive to cortisol and more responsive to a pro-inflammatory compound -- leaving their bodies in a state of chronic inflammation.
Exercise and Sleep
Immunity isn't all in your head, of course; day-to-day physical habits matter a great deal. Exercise, sleep, and nutrition in particular have strong links to immunity -- and, not coincidentally, to our mental well-being.
Start with fitness: Those who exercise regularly, says Monika Fleshner, Ph.D., a professor of integrative physiology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, acquire a resiliency that makes them less susceptible to health problems. "This is especially important when we're stressed and as we age," says Fleshner.
Interestingly, more exercise isn't necessarily better. "While too little exercise is bad for the immune system, too much is just as bad," she notes. Athletes who exercise strenuously may have higher rates of respiratory infections. Just the right amount of movement helps maintain a healthy weight, which in turn plays a role in how well we battle colds and flus: People who are obese have diminished immune responses and more severe infections.
The fact that many Americans don't get enough sleep and rest spells bad news for our immune systems, too, says Motivala, increasing the risk of conditions ranging from frequent colds to diabetes. "A normal sleep cycle is vitally important for immune function," he explains, since immune cells circulate throughout the body according to cycles of sleep and wakefulness. Their levels in the blood peak around midnight, then gradually return to lymph nodes as we sleep. A lack of sleep interrupts this process, lowering levels of "natural killer" cells, important first-line defenders against infections.
Nourishing Immunity
No discussion of colds and flus would be complete without a mention of the food factor. "Nutrition plays a very important role in regulating the immune response," says Simin Nikbin Meydani, director of the Nutritional Immunology Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.
Clearly, poorly nourished people, particularly those in developing countries, are more susceptible to infections. But even people in wealthier countries, Meydani says, can have diets that lack certain nutrients. When deprived of any of the good-health essentials -- vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, protein -- the immune system can suffer.
Antioxidants such as selenium, beta-carotene, and vitamins A, C, and E seem especially critical for immunity; studies have found that diets lacking selenium, for instance, allow viruses to mutate more quickly, making them more dangerous. Some research shows that diets rich in antioxidants from fruits and vegetables, beans, and nuts may benefit the immune system. Green tea, with its potent antioxidants, stands out on the beverage front, while immunity-boosting seasonings like garlic, onion, oregano, cumin, and cinnamon contain natural antibacterial compounds that can help prevent infections.
On the flip side, some types of food actually chip away at our ability to fight infection -- in particular, refined sugar, which can significantly dampen immune system function. Trans fats, found in many processed foods, have been shown to promote inflammation.
Like the immune system itself, many of these health-friendly habits are highly intertwined. Lowering stress levels helps you sleep more soundly and makes you more likely to choose nutritious foods; exercise helps reduce stress and improve sleep; sleeping well gives you the energy to exercise. By developing good habits for both our minds and our bodies, says Stram, "we can significantly affect our health and well-being and improve our immunity."
Optimize Your Immunity
Strengthen your body's defenses against illness with these steps.
Manage Your Stress
You can't control everything in your life -- a job loss, a loved one's death, a personal setback -- but you can change how you react to unpleasant events. "How you cope with stressful situations can reduce the negative effects," says psychologist Frances Cohen.
Relieve tension through methods such as meditation, yoga, or tai chi -- all shown in studies to bolster immunity. Whatever you choose, practice it regularly. Integrative physician Ronald Stram, M.D., suggests meditating for a half-hour a day or practicing yoga three to four times per week to lower stress and improve quality of life, as well as boost the immune system.
If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed, try to step back and view the problem from a larger perspective, suggests Cohen. We tend to feel stressed when we think we're unable to cope. Build your resources by seeking friends, support groups, or information.
Eat Well
Without a nourishing diet, your body is more vulnerable to infections. Tieraona Low Dog, M.D., director of the Fellowship at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, suggests aiming for a 70 percent plant-based diet that emphasizes fruits and vegetables, whole grains, seeds, and nuts. Include protein-rich foods low in saturated fat, such as beans and low-mercury fish such as wild salmon, anchovies, and herring. During cold and flu season, reach for dark fruits and berries, particularly blueberries and raspberries, which seem to have immunity-boosting effects. Use garlic, onion, ginger, and spices liberally in cooking.
Move for 30 Minutes Daily
Getting regular exercise helps your body avoid succumbing to illness in times of stress. But since too much exercise may lower immunity, aim for a happy medium. Integrative-physiology professor Monika Fleshner suggests getting 30 minutes of daily physical activity: Try biking, walking, and even gardening or cleaning. If you're an athlete, take extra care to eat a nourishing diet (including plenty of slow-burning carbohydrates, protein, fruits, and vegetables).
Go for Good Bugs
Food and supplements that contain helpful bacteria, known as probiotics, promote digestive health and have been linked to stronger immunity. For everyday health, eat yogurt with active cultures several times weekly; if you can't tolerate dairy, try miso soup or sauerkraut. During the cold and flu season, consider adding a supplement (which has at least 10 times the amount of good bacteria as yogurt) to your prevention routine. Stram recommends taking a supplement with Lactobacillus GG, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Bifidobacterium, and aiming for 10 billion units of bacteria daily for prevention or up to 20 to 40 billion units during an illness.
Choose Supplements Wisely
Though most of us can benefit from a multivitamin, says Low Dog, we don't need other dietary supplements for immune support. But if you tend to get a lot of colds and flus, try taking the herb astragalus during winter months. Twice a week, suggests Low Dog, add 1 to 2 slices of dried astragalus (available at jeansgreens.com or Frontier co-op) to a pot of soup and cook for 20 to 30 minutes. Remove the astragalus and eat the soup. Alternatively, take 1,000 mg of astragalus extract daily.
Prioritize Shut-Eye
Evidence shows that sleep has wide-ranging effects on immunity. Most of us need about eight hours a night, but quality matters just as much. "Keep track of how you feel in the morning," says Sarosh Motivala. A little grogginess is fine, but you shouldn't be dragging. "If you're waking up tired, it doesn't matter if you had eight hours or five hours, something is not right," he says. Sleep problems can arise from a number of sources, including stress, a poor diet, or a sedentary lifestyle, so talk to your doctor to identify the cause in each case.
Getting Over an Illness
It's not always possible to avoid colds and flus, says Low Dog. But when you do get sick, you can help your immune system conquer the infection and get back on track. Remember that "nothing works well if you don't start it in the first 24 hours," she says.
Pop Some C
While not necessarily a preventive measure, vitamin C does appear to reduce cold symptoms. It quickly gets flushed out of the system, says Low Dog, so take 500 mg three or four times a day at the beginning of a cold.
Try Herbs
Low Dog recommends 1,000 mg of echinacea three to five times a day. Another herb, andrographis, has rendered colds less severe in controlled clinical trials. A combination of eleuthero and andrographis, sold under the name Kan Jang, was also found to reduce symptoms of respiratory infections. Follow the package directions.
Be a Patient Patient
"You need to take time to convalesce and get better," she says, or you risk experiencing symptoms that drag on and on. Follow your instincts for getting extra rest, and you'll get back on your feet much sooner.
Fortify Your System
Western medicine can learn from the Eastern concept of tonification -- the idea that we need to strengthen the body, particularly after an illness, says Low Dog. In addition to sleep, hydration, and good nutrition, she recommends considering Panax ginseng, at 200 mg daily.


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Breakfast for dinner. Those words are like music to my ears. There are many days in a month when I just feel like having a plate of eggs sunny-side-up or French toast or a bagel with lox for dinner. (Similarly, a slice of pizza or leftover pad thai in the morning sounds delicious.)
Last night I was craving eggs with kimchi again. I hadn't made a meal with that particular combo in a while, but I felt like fortifying myself with an extra dose of kimchi, seeing how it's good for the immune system and all. Every other person I know seems to have gotten struck with the flu lately. And when you're riding the NY city subways and people are around you are coughing, it's good to be prepared.
Here's my arsenal of good foodstuffs to prevent illness. Yes, all the orange juice is for one person. Not pictured is the 12 containers of Greek yogurt that also came with the Fresh Direct order.
The omelet itself is super easy, possibly easier than the Fried Eggs with Kimchi that many of you seemed to like. I just sautéed the scallions, mushrooms, and kimchi in the pan, added a bit of seasoning, and poured the eggs into the pan around the other ingredients. Folding the eggs together perfectly requires a bit of practice, but even with a little breakage the omelet is still the perfect quick meal for any time of the day.
Kimchi Omelet
Serves 1
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 scallion, thinly sliced
- 5 fresh shiitake or cremini mushrooms, stems discarded and caps thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped kimchi, plus 1/4 cup kimchi for serving on the side (this can be left whole)
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- Add the oil to a large nonstick skillet over medium heat and swirl to coat the base. Add most of the chopped scallions the chopped scallions (reserving a small bit for garnish) and mushrooms and sauté for about 2 minutes. Add the sesame oil, salt, and black pepper and stir.
- Add the 1/4 cup of chopped kimchi. Pour in the eggs and and tilt the pan all around until the eggs cover the bottom. Cook until the eggs are set, about 1 to 2 minutes, then turn off the heat. With a spatula, carefully fold the eggs in half or into quarters, then transfer to a plate. Add the rest of the scallions on top and serve with the remaining 1/4 cup of kimchi on the side.


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This section describes how to set up your server to be monitored through SNMP.
For a description of SNMP implementation in Directory Server, see Directory Server and SNMP in Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
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You might play games with your kids at home. But would you send your kids to school to play video games?
You might if the teacher were Eileen Jahn, who teaches music at the St. Philip's Academy in Newark, N.J. She's one of 60 music educators around the country that have begun to integrate "Wii Music" into their regular curriculum.
Oh, don't fret — Jahn isn't ducking out to the Starbucks while the Wii teaches harmony to a roomful of third-graders. Rather, she's using the quirky music game to introduce and reinforce material, such as matching and differentiating different pitches. And the kids?
"They are giddy with excitement when they walk into the room and see the Wii set up," Jahn wrote in an e-mail. "Their aural skills are improving with every lesson, and they have developed rhythmic and improvisational skills as well."
That's music (ahem) to Nintendo's ears. The powerhouse game company approached the National Music Education Association (or MENC) in late October — around about the same time that "Wii Music" hit store shelves — to see how the software might work in a classroom setting.
It's working great for Helen Krofchick, a music teacher at Doby's Mill Elementary School in Lugoff, S.C. She got the Wii and "Wii Music" in late November, and she's already thrilled with the way her students are responding to it.
"It don't know if ('Wii Music') was ever intended to be used in an educational setting, but I really appreciate that MENC and Nintendo got this collaboration together," she says.
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"Children spend a lot of their classroom time following specific directions — what to read, what to do — and very little time … actually expressing themselves in the arts," she says. "Some can be shy to come forward and actually sort of jump in and try something.
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Jahn, from the St. Philip's Academy, recounts a story about a particular second-grade student who had been reluctant to participate in music class all year. "She would come in every day with an attitude that said, 'I'd rather be anywhere but here,'" she says. "I tried everything in the book to get her involved, yet she was persistent."
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"Since class that day, I have seen improvement in this student's effort and attitude," says Jahn. "She participates much more than she did, now even when we are not using the game.
"Something clicked that day for her, and although I can't pinpoint exactly what it was, I know that a student who once told me, 'I don't like any kind of music' now has a smile on her face when she comes to class."
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Here is a great article from Jon Favreau, someone who knows President Obama quite well, having been his speech writer since 2005 when President Obama first entered the Senate. Go read it all, here are my favorite parts…
The warnings of those advisers turned out to be true. On the day Scott Brown won an upset victory in the special election to fill the Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy, it appeared that the chances for reform had died along with history's most passionate health-care champion. Obama's advisers told him that the votes in Congress were no longer there, and that unless he was willing to cut his losses and accept a drastically scaled-back version of his health-care proposal—perhaps a small expansion of coverage for children or a few watered-down consumer protections—the political fallout could cost him reelection. And what the president said next is why so many of us chose to work for him in the first place:
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We have focused our nearly three decades in business on pristine health so distinctive, that it illuminates in the eyes of our puppies and throughout their elegant glossy coats. You may find so called teacup dogs cheaper on the Internet, but you will never find smaller happier, healthier or better-socialized than on this website.
Without a doubt, we take our surrogate parental role of your newest family member very seriously. And think our number of years in business, factored with the glow of confidence, A+ personalities, and the sheer elegance that beams in each of our pups photos displayed on our website reflect our passion. We hope you enjoy your visit to our website which is updated regularly for our customer convenience. Get ready to rest your eyes on some of the most ultra-rare smallest teacup dogs in the world! We home breed and home raise white Pomeranians, Red Poodles, Blue Bulldogs, and small teacup size dogs in a rainbow of colors.
Experience Matters – Who We Are
We are famous for our micro teacup puppies, our teacup pups all have our signature 'doll face' look with big eyes, short noses, compact bodies and we aim for puppies with blue eyes and ultra rare coat colors adding to an irristable combo for micro puppies that is in high demand. As we grow -so do our prices! If you are looking for a bargain-this is not the place. Expect our prices to increase on average $500 every 6 months. All of our micro teacup pups are delivered once purchased, either by nanny or by cargo but not picked up.
All our micro teacup dogs are bred by us, at home, and never brokered or sold via 3rd party. We do not have any affiliation with any 'Korean teacup dogs' (nor should you). We have all the teacup puppy parents and can supply photos upon request. We know the history of our dollface teacup dogs and intimately know and love each and every teacup puppy we sell, and assure you your dollface teacup puppy receives the best care, training and socialization for a healthy, happy forever fur friend. We extensively socialize our micro teacup pups from birth onward, they come with us by car to our appointments, the hair salon, grocery shopping, our general errands, even out to dinners. All this is the most important part for YOU getting a confident (not nervous/yappy) well adjusted happy micro size puppy that will flourish for life (10+ years)
We do not provide our home address as we have young children at home, if you want to come and meet us, and pick up your dollface teacup puppy, we happily will meet you at the airport or public location of your choice. We do not sell our teddy bear teacup puppies via social media. We will not sell our teddy bear teacup puppies without speaking to you first.
You will receive a lifetime support when you buy your baby doll teacup puppy from us. You are our fur-family. We specialize in the rarest and most coveted micro teacup puppy colors, for example, blue color puppies with blue eyed puppies, platinum white teacup puppies, rich red teacup poodles puppies, and breathtaking teacup Merle colored puppies. You may never have heard or seen these rare dog colors before! And we breed the tiniest teacup puppies in the world.
If you are not sure which mini teacup puppy breed is right for you to check out our teacup puppy breed descriptions page here
We do not demand deposits. If you like a pocket puppy and need a few days to decide, let us know, we will put your pocket puppy on hold for you, with no risk, no charge. It's a 10+ year decision!
📝Most questions are answered if you take a minute to review our online puppy contact form (no commitment to buy) please review it here before proceeding to purchase a teacup puppy.
Please review our extensive micro teacup puppy Health Guarantee here
We also post our micro teacup puppy deliveries and customer reviews here
The photos you see on our website are currently up to date. 📲text📲call or email on how to make a dream designer dog part of your family today!
Your designer teacup dog will arrive with: IATA certified carrier, Water and food dish, Blanket (scent from home do not wash for at least a week),10 Pee Pads, Leash and harness, 1 month supply of kibble-Royal Canin Puppy X-Small (if you opt for another brand gradually switch by added a few kibbles over the course of the month)
What should you buy?
A bassinet or playpen to keep her safe when you aren't holding her
Don't buy clothes they probably won't fit (kitten clothes might)
Treats: crushed ice cubes, frozen carrot chopped, cooked shredded chicken (natural foods to not upset tummy or make her overweight)
Probiotics, Karo or Maple Syrup
Refunds/Exchange Policy:
We offer the best teacup puppy health guarantee in the world. We do not offer refunds or exchanges. Be mindful you are purchasing a life, not a shoe.
Size Guarantee:
We have been breeding designer teacup pocket dogs for almost 30 years and our teacup puppy breeding program is highly focused for very rare teacup puppies, and specific micro size dogs.
We usually have 1 or 2 teddy bear teacup puppies per litter. There are no runts. We can not guarantee an exact weight because lifestyle factors are not controlled by us. If your baby dollface teacup puppy is happy, healthy, getting exercise and eating a proper diet he/she will weigh the weight listed at adult.
Caring for your Tiny Teacup Puppy:
These tiny pocket dogs are small and crave companionship, it's best if you can 'take your teacup puppy everywhere'
If you are working or out a lot, we recommend to buy 2 teacup pups and to encourage this we offer a $1000USD discount and free shipping.
These pocket pups need access to food and water 24/7(free feed kibble) and you must check to make sure they haven't gone more than 4 hours without (until they are full grown at 2 years old) if you think they haven't eaten, put some maple syrup on your finger and in their mouth (or via a syringe) so you know they are ok.
Until your teeny tiny teacup puppy is 6 months don't take them to dog parks or vet clinics and let them walk (carry and show only)
These tiny teacup pups are not ideal for kids under 10.
Reputable Teacup Puppy Breeders do not sell via social media.
Reputable teacup puppy breeders do not allow 3rd party dog resellers or brokers. These dog resellers know nothing about the parents of the micro size puppies. Dog Resellers know nothing about how the teacup puppy has been cared for nutritionally or socially.
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💯 Amazing Quality and super small size! ** Lifetime Support ** Up to Date Vaccines 💉** 🐩 Microchip ** Free 6 weeks Insurance**
We do not offer to finance. We happily hold a teacup puppy free of charge for a few days.
Feel free to call us with any questions we failed to cover here. We are happy to help! Do read our How to Buy page first please.
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Welcome to our database of our micro teacup puppy reviews. First and foremost we want to thank our wonderful clients for sending in their tiny teacup puppy Reviews.
Without a doubt, it is always good to hear how much all of our hard work is appreciated by our clients. It is always nice to hear the kind-hearted words of admiration our clients have to say.
Absolutely, we see these tiny teacup puppy reviews as our surrogate fur-children and are proud to see that a little bit of us and who we are shines through in each of them in their personalities. We hope you enjoy reading down through some of the Tiny teacup puppy reviews.
We thank our beyond amazing clients who provide such incredible homes for our fur-babies!!
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Purchase Process for all the designer teacup dogs we sell:
1. Click Shop Available Puppies
2. Choose the tiny teacup puppy you love (sizes and prices are listed on each pocket pups page)
3. Review our pocket puppy contract (no commitment to buy) click here
4. Call/Text/Email with any questions not answered on our website
5. Complete the pocket puppy contract (you will have important decisions to make about your fur baby at this time, once complete, we will send your pocket puppy Contract copy via email.
6. We offer tiny teacup puppies globally. We home breed and raise our tiny teacup puppies with us, in Augusta, Maine, and deliver worldwide. 90% of our customers are in the USA and our prices are listed in USD.
7. We will ask you to confirm all the information again, and then we will generate your invoice.
8. Inform us when the payment is made using your invoice # at the top right of your invoice as your reference.
9. We arrange your tiny teacup puppy delivery for you 3 days prior to our agreed delivery date. 3 days before travel we will take your tiny teacup puppy for final deworming, vaccine and teacup dog health certificate, then to the groomer, then a days rest before they travel. Our flight coordinator Bee (or Linda) will contact you to confirm the date before booking. The flight reference number will now be your tracking number. You will pick up your tiny teacup puppy at the airport designated in your contract or meet the teacup puppy nanny at the airport.
10. Your tiny teacup puppy will arrive with its own 'passport' including breed information, vaccines, and your custom teacup dog health certificate (click here for our teacup puppy health guarantee)
11. Once you receive your tiny teacup puppy a photo and testimonial for our future customers reference is greatly appreciated but it is not required and we understand you perhaps prefer privacy.
Local USA/Global Shipping Method for all the designer dogs we sell:
United PetSafe Cargo $500USD 2-3 or via teacup puppy nanny $1500USD
If you have been doing much searching for blue merle or lilac Merle you already know, both are EXTREMELY rare especially quality bred ones. His fur is perfect. We love this blue Merle tiny teacup Pom
His dreamy eyes will continue to evolve into globes of golden wonder as he matures. Don't let this once in a lifetime beauty pass you by or you will always think back and wish you wouldn't have. North the tiny teacup Pom is charting to be under 2.5lbs full grown.
Name: North
Breed: Micro Pomeranian
Color: Blue Merle
Gender: Male
Size: Maximum Expected Adult Weight 2.5LBS
Date of Birth: 16-Apr-19
Price: $7,100.00


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Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's soccer team shutout Mount Saint Vincent 7-0 this afternoon in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams improved to 5-5-1 overall and a perfect 3-0 in Skyline action, while the Dolphins fell to 2-4-1, 0-3 in conference play.
Mount Saint Vincent played a man-down after picking up a red card in the 8th minute of action. Farmingdale State took advantage as freshman midfielder Michael Vultaggio (Massapequa, N.Y.) scored an unassisted goal in the 22nd minute. The Rams increased their lead to 2-0 eight minutes later on a Brian Anderson (Massapequa, N.Y.) goal. Junior defender Matt Kirby (West Islip, N.Y.) scored Farmingdale State's third goal of the half with only 1:37 left to play before the break. The Rams held a 16-5 shot advantage and took a 3-0 lead into halftime.
In the second half, Farmingdale State added goals by freshman midfielder J.T. Famularo (Levittown, N.Y.), sophomore midfielder Vincent Danetti (Wantagh, N.Y.), junior goalkeeper Angelo Viteritti (East Northport, N.Y.) and sophomore forward Jason Bohman (West Islip, N.Y.) to pick up the 7-0 conference win.
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Fresh from paying back a $182 billion bailout, the American International Group has been running a nationwide advertising campaign with the tagline "Thank you America."
Behind the scenes, the restored insurance company is weighing whether to tell the government agencies that rescued it during the financial crisis: thanks, but you cheated our shareholders.
The board of A.I.G. will meet on Wednesday to consider joining a $25 billion shareholder lawsuit against the government, court records show. The lawsuit does not argue that government help was not needed. It contends that the onerous nature of the rescue — the taking of what became a 92 percent stake in the company, the deal's high interest rates and the funneling of billions to the insurer's Wall Street clients — deprived shareholders of tens of billions of dollars and violated the Fifth Amendment, which prohibits the taking of private property for "public use, without just compensation."
(Read More:What AIG Plans to Do Next: CEO Benmosche)
Maurice R. Greenberg, A.I.G.'s former chief executive, who remains a major investor in the company, filed the lawsuit in 2011 on behalf of fellow shareholders. He has since urged A.I.G. to join the case, a move that could nudge the government into settlement talks.
The choice is not a simple one for the insurer. Its board members, most of whom joined after the bailout, owe a duty to shareholders to consider the lawsuit. If the board does not give careful consideration to the case, Mr. Greenberg could challenge its decision to abstain.
Should Mr. Greenberg snare a major settlement without A.I.G., the company could face additional lawsuits from other shareholders. Suing the government would not only placate the 87-year-old former chief, but would put A.I.G. in line for a potential payout.
Yet such a move would almost certainly be widely seen as an audacious display of ingratitude. The action would also threaten to inflame tensions in Washington, where the company has become a byword for excessive risk-taking on Wall Street.
Some government officials are already upset with the company for even seriously entertaining the lawsuit, people briefed on the matter said. The people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, noted that without the bailout, A.I.G. shareholders would have fared far worse in bankruptcy.
"On the one hand, from a corporate governance perspective, it appears they're being extra cautious and careful," said Frank Partnoy, a former banker who is now a professor of law and finance at the University of San Diego School of Law. "On the other hand, it's a slap in the face to the taxpayer and the government."
For its part, A.I.G. has seized on the significance and complexity of the case, which is filed in both New York and Washington. A federal judge in New York dismissed the case, while the Washington court allowed it to proceed.
"The A.I.G. board of directors takes its fiduciary duties and business judgment responsibilities seriously," said a spokesman, Jon Diat.
On Wednesday, the case will command the spotlight for several hours at A.I.G.'s Lower Manhattan headquarters.
Mr. Greenberg's company, Starr International, will begin with a 45-minute presentation to the board, according to people briefed on the matter. Mr. Greenberg is expected to attend, they added.
It will be an unusual homecoming of sorts for Mr. Greenberg, who ran A.I.G. for nearly four decades until resigning amid investigations into an accounting scandal in 2005. For some years after his abrupt departure, there was bitterness and litigation between the company and its former chief.
After the Starr briefing on Wednesday, lawyers for the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York — the architects of the bailout and defendants in the cases — will make their presentations. Each side will have a few minutes to rebut.
While the discussions are part of an already scheduled board meeting, securities lawyers say it is rare for an entire board to meet on a single piece of litigation.
"It makes eminent good sense in this case, but I've never heard of this kind of situation," said Henry Hu, a former regulator who is now a professor at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin.
It is unclear whether the directors are leaning toward joining the case. The board said in a court filing that it would probably decide by the end of January.
Until now, the insurance giant has sat on the sidelines. But its delay in making a decision, some officials say, has drawn out the case, forcing the government to pay significant legal costs.
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The presentations on Wednesday come on top of hundreds of pages of submissions that the government prepared last year, a time-consuming and costly process. The Justice Department, which assigned about a dozen lawyers to the case and hired outside experts, told a judge handling the matter that Starr was seeking 16 million pages in documents from the government.
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County's first 'fracking' well approved
The first oil well in Marion County to use hydraulic fracturing — "fracking" — has been approved by the Kansas Corporation Commission Oil & Gas Conservation Division.
A notice of intent to drill by Zenergy Operating Company LLC of Tulsa, Okla., was approved Dec. 14 for a lease on land in Section 30, Township 19, Range 2 near the intersection of U.S. 56 and Goldenrod Road northwest of Hillsboro. Kevin Jost owns the land. Zenergy Operating said in the notice that it expected to begin drilling Dec. 20.
"Most intent to drills are followed through on, but not all of them," County Appraiser Cindy Magill said.
Fracking uses a mixture of water, sand, and other additives to crack rock formations so they release oil or gas contained in them. Fracking is done after drilling but before pumping, according to the Oil & Gas Conservation Division. It also says the mixture is 98 percent water and sand, with 2 percent or less of other additives.
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- Glutaraldehyde (used in disinfectants and medical sterilizers).
- N,n-dimethyl formamide (used in pharmaceuticals, acrylic fibers, and plastics).
- Borate salts (used in laundry detergents, hand soaps, and cosmetics).
- Polyacrylamide (used in water treatment and as a soil conditioner).
- Petroleum distillates (used in makeup remover, laxatives, and candy).
- Guar gum (a thickener used in cosmetics and food).
- Ammonium bisulfate (used in cosmetics, food and beverage processing, and water treatment).
- Sodium or potassium carbonate (used in washing soda, detergents, soap, water softener, and glass and ceramics).
- Ethylene glycol (used in automotive antifreeze, household cleaners, de-icing, and caulk).
- And isopropanol (used in class cleaners, antiperspirants, and hair coloring).
The well on Jost's land is projected to go to a total depth of 5,138 feet, in the Mississippian rock formation. Magill said the formation lends itself to fracking.
"Some people don't like [fracking], that are environmentalists," Magill said.
The Oil & Gas Conservation Division says fracking can make wells that wouldn't otherwise be profitable into competitive wells.