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The detailed textures and structures preserved in glacial sediments when viewed under the microscope can be used to:
Collaboration between scientists at the BGS and the Centre for Micromorphology at Queen Mary University of London has led to the development of a new approach to this type of analysis.
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The study looked at both modern glacial sediments from the Turtmann Glacier in Switzerland, as well as ancient deposits from north Wales and north-east Scotland, and was published in the scientific journal Quaternary Science Reviews in July 2011.
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The '007 franchise has been trapped inlegal limbo thanks to the financial woes at MGM, with the next film, starring Daniel Craig and to be directed by Sam Mendes, having been pronounced dead more than once.
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Portion of El Garces restoration to move forward
By JENNIFER DENEVAN
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NEEDLES — The transportation element of the El Garces restoration project will be getting underway as soon as possible based on Needles City Council's decision March 13 to move forward with using federal grant money the city has for that portion of the project.
Allan Affeldt, of El Garces LLC, gave an update to the council at the March 13 meeting. He gave a brief background of the project and how the project hasn't progressed in the last two years. He said the company and the city had been trying for a joint development agreement to allow for a transfer of the title of the building to El Garces LLC. That has been in the works for nearly two years.
Affeldt said there's finally been a response to the letter regarding the JDA. The FTA stated they couldn't see why the city couldn't move forward with the project for the transportation part, such as parking and a visitors center, but indicated they weren't likely to approve the JDA.
He said what that means is it's highly unlikely any private investor will help with the project. It doesn't matter how much time or money the private investor spends, they will have no security in that investment, which means no bank will back the project, he continued.
There was a conference call about a week prior to the city council meeting to see what should happen next, Affeldt said. There is still about $5 million in grant funding available, which is substantial; the catch is the city can't spend it on anything such as restaurant or hotel. The city can spend that money on basic infrastructure and the shell of the building, he continued.
An additional challenge is Congressman Jerry Lewis is retiring at the end of the year, Affeldt said. All the funding for the project is federal and Lewis has been a big supporter. It is possible the city could lose that support once he retires, he continued.
"My advice to you as an elected official is to spend the money before you lose it," he said. There is no expiration date on that funding, but given the economy, there is a good chance the grant money will disappear, he added.
The recommendation is to spend the money and get as far as the city can and somewhere along the line perhaps a third party will want to participate, Affeldt said. About 80 percent of the architectural engineering has been done for the building and there's already been a process for a construction manager. It is believed the city could go to bid with all those documents within a couple of months, he added.
It's estimated that the entire building could be completed within a year's time since the scope of work has been reduced, Affeldt said. There isn't any reason the city couldn't have all the money spent within a year's time, he continued.
Dan Lutzick, of El Garces LLC, said it is important for the city to be sure to place the proper electrical and utilities so they can expand in the future. If done correctly, they won't have to reconfigure anything in order to expand at a later time, he added.


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Peyton Manning nearly loses his cool, angered by reporter's question
It's rare to see Peyton Manning rattled by questions.
He's an emotional guy, sure, and we've at times seen him close to tears. But mad? That doesn't happen much. However, when he was asked after the Broncos' loss to the Seahawks if the loss was embarrassing, Manning had to fight to keep his composure.
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"It's not embarrassing at all. I would never used that word," he said, before pausing to find the right words. "There's a lot of professional football players in that locker room that put in a lot of work into being here, playing that game. … That word embarrassing is an insulting word to tell you the truth."
Surely there are Broncos' teammates who would disagree with Manning. The NFL's No. 1-ranked offense was thoroughly handled by the Seahawks. Additionally, Seattle dominated Denver's defense and made big special teams plays, as well.


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On October 22, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln relieved Major General John C. Frémont as commander of the U.S. Army's Department of the West. Lincoln's action was not unexpected. Frémont's end-of-August martial law proclamation, which ordered freedom for the slaves of disloyal Missouri slaveholders, had caused Lincoln considerable trouble with the loyal border states. It nearly had undone the President's hard work over the summer reassuring Unionist slaveholders there, in the face of slaves fleeing into Union army camps, that their property rights were safe. So the sentiment in Lincoln's cabinet was that Frémont, especially in light of his defiance of the President's attempts to get him to reverse course, would have to go. It merely took a bit of time to gather evidence of disorganization and incompetence during his brief stewardship of the Department of the West to justify the Pathfinder's removal. But Lincoln and his men fooled no one. Anyone that cared knew the real reason was Gen. Frémont's attempt to emancipate slaves in his jurisdiction.
John C. Frémont would pay a high personal price for his boldness. He would briefly be restored to a battlefield command in the 1862, but after losing the Battle of Cross Keys he would be sidelined for the rest of the war. Yet for the cause of emancipation, his sacrifice would be worth it. Frémont's proclamation forced the Lincoln administration and the nation to see the logical end of the Confiscation Act passed at the beginning of August. The law did much to undermine the future of slavery. As the New York Times put it on September 3, shortly after Frémont had issued his original proclamation:
The Proclamation of Gen. FREMONT, though the first appeal to the law dissolving, in case of treason, the tie between master and slave, only states the inevitable result of the rebel war, no matter what legal provision Congress may have made. Inter arma silent-leges ["In times of war, the law falls silent"]. Slavery is founded upon force, and the moment this is removed the subject is, for the time, free. A return of peace may leave local laws unchanged, which may entitle the master to recover his slave within the domain of such laws. But in the total dislocation and disruption of society, invaded and overrun by a conquering host, a vast number of owners will forever disappear, leaving no claimant for the temporarily enfranchised slave. Others will be too weak to enforce their legal rights. Slaves will be so scattered that identification will often become impossible, so that the previous condition of society can never be restored. Everywhere will be visible the effect of the war in those that have fled, as well as in the freed that remain behind, in working a partial extinguishment and fatal blow to the system.
While Frémont's proclamation predictably was panned by white Northerners who wished a war for Union only, it received support in some surprising places. Illinois Senator Orville H. Browning, a close friend of Lincoln, and by no stretch of imagination an abolitionist, privately chided the President for overruling Frémont. He wrote Lincoln in mid-September 1862, "That proclamation had the unqualified approval of every true friend of the Government within my knowledge. I do not know of an exception. Rebels and traitors, and all who sympathize with rebellion and treason, and who wish to see the government overthrown, would, of course, denounce it. Its influence was most salutary, and it was accomplishing much good. Its revocation disheartens our friends, and represses their ardor."
Even Harper's Weekly, definitely not an abolitionist publication, published a spirited defense of Frémont's proclamation arguing the General in time of war was within his power to free the slaves of rebel owners in his command. It further stated:
It is a solemn warning to the inhabitants of the rebel States, that wherever the armies of the United States are resisted in the interests of slavery, the cause of the resistance will be removed. It is a pregnant hint that the rebels who have falsely accused us of being abolitionists may, if they choose, make their accusation true. It is a notification to Kentucky, which seems to be on the eve of explosion, that open treason will necessarily involve the extirpation of slavery. This rebellion has more than once recalled the old adage, " Those whom the Gods wish to destroy they first render mad :" we shall now see how far the madness extends. The cost of rebellion is abolition. Those who choose may purchase.
Another important result of General Fremont's proclamation has been the discovery of the fact that the people of the North are much more solidly united on the question of slavery than was imagined. It had been generally supposed that the first utterance of the cry of emancipation would divide the North into two hostile camps. How this strange delusion came to be entertained it is difficult to discover; the least reflection should have satisfied every one that it was impossible to build up at the North a party based on protection to slavery any where. But, however the notion originated, there is no doubt it did exist, and that leading men and journals in the confidence of the Administration were so thoroughly imbued with it, that they indignantly repudiated the imputation of being friendly to freedom under any circumstances. It seems, from the temper in which the public receive General Fremont's proclamation, that they are not so tender on the subject. They seem very well satisfied with the prospect. We hear no complaints, no lamentations over the downfall of slavery in Missouri.
So, John C. Frémont's abortive proclamation showed the North where the war should be going. He also succeeded in making the possibility of freedom for the slaves more real than it had been before. Whereas before the end of slavery had not seemed a logical outcome of the war, now it was for many persons who had previously discounted the possibility. So while Frémont's proclamation did not free many slaves, if any, in Missouri, it had a salutary effect on the national debate on slavery and emancipation and sowed seeds of freedom that as the war progressed would germinate and grow strong.
Sources: 1) http://www.nytimes.com/1861/09/03/news/the-war-and-slavery.html; 2) http://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/inside.asp?ID=31&subjectID=3; 3) http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/september/slave-proclamation.htm.


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New coordinator and Tim Tebow have 'long discussion' about future
- New offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinwag says he has had a %22long discussion%22 with Tim Tebow
- While the New York Jets talk as if Tebow might stick with the team%2C that%27s unlikely
- The Jets have flirted with free-agent QB David Garrard in an attempt to bring competition to the position
Part of Marty Mornhinweg's duties as the New York Jets' new offensive coordinator has been catching up with quarterback Tim Tebow, and trying to figure out how Tebow would work into his offensive plans.
"I'm excited to coach all of our players, including Tim. We had a long discussion," Mornhinweg said Monday on a conference call. "He's got my thoughts on the situation, and he has some thoughts as well. If he's on this football team, which he is right now, I would do it a certain way."
And there's the important word: If.
Hours after the teleconference, the Jets announced they had signed free agent David Garrard, who gives them four quarterbacks on the roster: Mark Sanchez (who, according to Mornhinweg, has "a leg up" on other Jets quarterbacks), Greg McElroy (who started last season when Sanchez finally was yanked), Tebow and Garrard.
That makes it difficult to envision a situation in which Tebow remains with the Jets a year after the team's experiment failed. The Jets traded two draft picks to the Denver Broncos for Tebow last March, and spent all summer talking about the innovative ways in which Tebow would be used.
But, of course, that never happened, and Tebow's most significant action came on punt coverage.
At the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis last month, head coach Rex Ryan and general manager John Idzik said there would be an open competition at quarterback, but both declined to speak in much specifics about Tebow. Mornhinweg, hired in January after seven years in Philadelphia, was slightly more open, as he praised Tebow's "gut instincts" -- but that was after saying Mark Sanchez would have "a leg up" on another other quarterbacks in Jets camp.
"What (Tebow) did in Denver a year ago was something else. The man can play football. How you utilize him will certainly be the key," Mornhinweg said. "Just talking in general, (with) quarterbacks, the decision making is key, as well as accuracy and timing, so he certainly has some of that. It'll be interesting to see exactly where he's at."
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The 2010-S Franklin Pierce Dollar was the second Presidential Dollar coin issued in 2010.
Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States. Therefore, the Franklin PierceDollar was also the 14th design issued in the Presidential Dollar Coin Program.
Obverse: A portrait of Franklin Pierce is featured on the coin along with the inscriptions, Franklin Pierce which are located right above his own portrait. Arched below Pierce, are the inscriptions, In God We Trust, 14th President, 1853-1857 or the years in which he served as President of the United States.
Reverse: The reverse of the coin features the Statue of Liberty along with a $1 symbol under Liberty's right arm, with the $1 symbol, indicating the legal tender value of the coin. The words, United States of America, are also encircled around the coin.
Edge: The edge inscriptions will read 2010-S which refer to the date in which the coins were officially released into circulation, along with the S mint mark, representing the Mint in which the coins were produced.
Release Date: The Franklin Pierce circulation strike Presidential Dollars were officially released on May 20, 2010.
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Public Law: Franklin Pierce Dollars were struck under the Presidential Dollar Coin Program Act, which was authorized under Public Law 109-145.


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As I've finally got around to updating the forum to the latest, secure version of PHPBB I thought I'd take the opportunity to install the RSS feed mod too.
For those of you who use RSS aggregators, you can now add a Forum feed should you so wish - the feed URL is http://forum.gn15.info/rss.php. Viewing the RSS feed lets you see the latest posts made to the Gnatterbox rather than having to keep an eye on those bell icons.
If anyone's interested, the RSS reader I use is the web-based Bloglines service (http://www.bloglines.com) - no software installation required and viewable from anywhere with a web connection - but there are many other fine products out there.


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Perttu Häkkinen, one half of the finnish Electro group Imatran Voima has died on 12th August 2018 at age of only 39.
There's no official word on the cause of death yet.
On behalf of the Electro Empire community we send our condolences to his family and close friends.
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Getting children to use their imaginations when writing a story can sometimes be difficult. Drawing, however, can create a bridge between the ideas in a child's head and the blank piece of paper on the desk. In this lesson, students use factual information gathered from the Internet as the basis for creating a nonfiction story. Story elements, including setting, characters, problem, solution, and endings, are then used as a structure for assembling students' ideas into a fiction story.
Venn Diagram: Students use this interactive tool in the lesson to compare and contrast frogs and toads.
Sidelnick, M.A., & Svoboda, M.L. (2000). The bridge between drawing and writing: Hannah's story. The Reading Teacher, 54, 174184.
Vygotsky (1978) stated that children's drawings capitalize on the narrative impulse that emerges in their earliest representational drawings, on their tendency to create stories in drawings, and on the talk that surrounds and supplements drawing events. This talk allows teachers to engage the student in the literacy setting, and provides opportunities for questioning, directing, assessing, instructing, and praising the student.
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BERKELEY — UC Berkeley acting law school Dean Gillian Lester has taken the top post at Columbia University's law school, Columbia President Lee Bollinger announced Wednesday.
Lester will take over as dean of Columbia's law school on Jan. 1, Bollinger said.
Lester is a nationally recognized authority in employment law and policy, whose research has explored distributive justice and the welfare state, workplace intellectual property, paid family leave, and the design of social insurance programs. She became acting dean at Berkeley's law school last year after Christopher Edley, Jr. announced he was stepping down for medical reasons.
Lester will remain acting dean this summer and will be on Berkeley's faculty through the fall semester, according to a Berkeley Law news release.
"Professor Lester brings accomplished scholarship, admired teaching, and first-hand academic leadership experience at a great peer institution to her new role at Columbia," Bollinger said in a news release. "I believe this is a great appointment for the School, and promises over the coming decade to help Columbia Law School flourish at a time of both challenge and opportunity in the field of legal education."
Lester holds degrees from Stanford Law School and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and began her teaching career at UCLA.
In a letter to Berkeley law students and faculty, quoted in Berkeley's announcement, Lester wrote, "Serving as acting dean this past year has been a privilege beyond words. … The values — and the heart — of this institution have touched and inspired me deeply."
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There's no slowing down Rihanna!
After the third day of her 777 tour in Stockholm, she may have hit up Stockholm's after party at 4:30 a.m., but that doesn't mean Ri-Ri wasn't prepared for Paris.
The French capital stop marked the fourth day of her tour in which Rihanna once again switched up her style. After making a big impression on Stockholm by going bra-less, in Paris she opted for only an oversized shirt and, yes, no bottoms!
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The singer paired the look with long black stiletto boots, telling the crowd on arrival: "I couldn't wait to get here, honestly, I couldn't wait to get to Paris. I love you guys, you have the best energy in the world.
And she wasn't kidding--Paris proved to match Rihanna's wattage as the crowd never stopped singing, often picking up the lyrics where Rihanna left off with one fan even opening an umbrella during Rihanna's "Umbrella." Ri-Ri reciprocated the love, giving a shout out to Rihanna Navy.
However, all wasn't smooth sailing for the singer. At one point, she appeared to have an earpiece problem, yanking it out and angrily motioning backstage while one of her techs tried to run out and hand her a new piece, which she pushed away.
Another issue Rihanna may have run into? Paris' strict noise ordinances.
Speaking of her no bottoms look--check out these other styles of Rihanna's!
The City of Light limits how loud and late a performance can be, requiring Rihanna to finish her peformance by 10:30 p.m. Yet, despite starting her set at 9:40, she played straight through until quiting time, opting to skip her acoustic set, telling the crowd: "It's something we haven't done yet, but we're going to skip a section."
However, her Parisian fans got a surprise with the performance of her hit "Stay."
And, as she has after each show, the singer exited the stage on the shoulders of her security guard, while she reaches out to fans and poses for photos.
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The thing I appreciate the most about my job is the way colleagues help each other and share knowledge. Grundfos creates a friendly and collaborative working environment where we can develop both personally and technically. And with colleagues all around the world, there is never a dull moment.
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I joined Grundfos right after graduating from business school, and I immediately got the opportunity to show my worth. My managers have always pushed me forward ensuring that I reach my full potential. Something that I value very much.
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If I am to describe my career in Grundfos with one word, I would say global. With experience from Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, I can honestly say that I have gained valuable international insight into my profession and the Grundfos Group. For me, this is extremely attractive and what made me choose Grundfos in the first place. However, the reason for me staying is different. During the first few years, I quickly discovered that Grundfos enables you to develop and grow professionally in line with your interests and career perspectives.
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1962The first article about the dangers of lead poisoning upon child development is published in Children Limited.
1963- PPMR publishes a report, The Causes of Mental Retardation; the report was written by former President of The Arc, Elizabeth Boggs; - The Arc's advocacy results in two federal laws that support research into the causes of mental retardation, including the establishment of Mental Retardation Research Centers.
1964Ten years of research grants are given to Edward Zigler, MD, Yale University, to support work in early childhood development. The influence of Dr. Zigler's work resulted in the establishment of Head Start.
1965- A research grant to Remington later resulted in a test to detect toxoplasmosis; - A research grant to Goodman helps identify genetic differences in persons with Down Syndrome; - Robert Cooke, MD, recipient of The Arc's Grover Powers Professorship, is named chair of Project Head Start. - Edward Zigler, Ph.D, the first Gunnar Dybwad Distinguished Scholar in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, is appointed to the Head Start Steering Committee.
1966- The Arc's advocacy with other national organizations results in the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid; - The Arc spurs measles campaign; and - Kim Fisher, whose parents were members of The Arc, served as the 1966 Poster Child.
1969The Arc receives a federal grant to support a project on Poverty-related Mental Retardation from the Office of Economic Opportunity as part of the War on Poverty.
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ESSAY- Rich was a pain
Barbara Rich has written a most appalling piece [July 13 essay: "Terminal? More than breath required for life"].
Were she anything but totally self-absorbed, she would have gotten her butt out of her room and met with these people to recognize them as human beings and learn from them.
And I can guarantee you that most of them were enduring far greater physical discomfort than the knee pain she whines about. My guess is that the staff were delighted to have her leave; she must have been more than a "pain in the knee."
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.
A military judge, Army Col. David Conn, found Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder on Monday and imposed the sentence Thursday morning. The only other possible penalty for Russell would have been life in prison with the possibility of release.
Russell will be transferred within the next several days to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, Army spokesman Lt. Col. Gary Dangerfield said late Thursday.
The 14-year veteran from Sherman, Texas, had previously pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder in exchange for prosecutors taking the death penalty off the table. Under the agreement, prosecutors were allowed to try to prove to an Army judge at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state that the killings were premeditated. A streamlined court martial ended Saturday.
The shooting was one of the worst instances of soldier-on-soldier violence in the Iraq war and raised questions about the mental health problems for soldiers caused by repeated tours of duty.
Killed in the 2009 shooting in Baghdad were Navy Cmdr. Charles Springle, of Wilmington, N.C., and four Army service members: Pfc. Michael Edward Yates Jr., of Federalsburg, Md.; Dr. Matthew Houseal, of Amarillo, Texas; Sgt. Christian E. Bueno-Galdos, of Paterson, N.J.; and Spc. Jacob D. Barton, of Lenox, Mo.
Russell's lawyers argued that he was deluded by depression and despair at the time. An Army mental health board found that Russell suffered from severe depression with psychotic features and post-combat stress.
Russell had long sought help with sleep troubles and was stammering and crying for help in the days before the shooting. His commanders were so alarmed that they disarmed him and sent him for repeated visits to mental health clinics, said attorney James Culp.
However, prosecutors argued that Russell was trying to paint himself as mentally ill in an attempt to win early retirement — just as he was facing a sexual harassment complaint that could derail his career and his benefits.
The day before the killings, psychiatrist Michael Jones told him that a mental disability retirement would require "some kind of suicidal psychotic crisis," Maj. Daniel Mazzone said during closing arguments, according to the Los Angeles Times.
But when Russell saw Jones again the next day, the psychiatrist said he had no intention of giving him "a golden ticket" out of the Army.
When Russell returned about an hour later, prosecutors say, he was looking for Jones, but wound up killing two patients, a bystander and two other mental health workers, including Navy Cmdr. Springle, who had also briefly treated Russell in the days before the shootings. Jones escaped injury by jumping out a window.
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With his piercing blue eyes and sexy smile, "The Hangover Part II" star Bradley Cooper is rapidly becoming one of Hollywood's most sought after leading men.
However, the actor, who recently starred alongside veteran screen staple Robert De Niro in the sci-fi thriller "Limitless," says no matter how successful his career becomes, talking about his "private life" will always be off limits.
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"I'll never do it, no matter what's written about me," Bradley told GQ Australia in an interview for their June/July issue. "Some things you just have to keep to yourself. I'll talk about my personal past, family and other stuff but when you bring in other people, I feel there's no reason for it."
While he may not discuss his love life, Bradley was happy to discuss his experience on his last film – and working with Robert, which, he told the mag, "way surpassed anything I could imagine."
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"In no scenario did I envision [Robert] becoming a really great friend of mine. I thought at best we'd have a good experience, but I really care for him," he told the mag. "He's a friend of mine. I would be there for him if he needed me and he's been wonderful. I just love him. He's the greatest."
Bradley, 36, also got his first taste of producing with "Limitless."
"If I could produce every movie I'm involved in, I would," he said. "I love every aspect of it."
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Catch Bradley, along with Ed Helms, Justin Bartha and Zack Galifianakis, in "The Hangover Part II" – in theaters now.
For more with Bradley check out GQ Australia's June/July issue.
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And I'm loving it... except I do miss my interstate adventures in Sydney and Canberra, and that glorious, glorious holiday feeling where work and responsibilities are so, so far away. Gosh. That is a wonderful feeling, I'll tell you that.
Oh, well. At least I can try to re-live my time away with this post, right? And it has the bonus effect of fulfilling my blogging duties as well. Yes!
I'll have to somewhat skip the wedding and baby part of the trip, at least in the pictorial sense, because all those photos are in Simon's camera, though they might eventually make their way to this blog. But I can tell you that the wedding in Sydney was fantastic - the bride and groom both looked incredibly gorgeous and blissful AND they even did a thrilling Gangnam Style performance with their friends! By the end of the night, young and old were kicking up their heels on the dance floor. The celebratory mood was infectious. Also, my sister's baby? CUTE. And definitely a handful. It was lovely to catch up with my sister again and see the baby for the first time. Are we all grown up now or what! I didn't end up entertaining myself much with food during my short time in Canberra, but hey, there'll be a next time, for sure.
Now, back to those food adventures.
After all the wedding stuff, Simon and I chilled out the next day with friends. For brunch, we met up with my friend Em, and we went to Hong Ha for takeaway Vietnamese sandwiches (banh mi). There is quite a bit of hype surrounding this place, particularly their chilli chicken rolls, so that was what I got.
|the famous chilli chicken roll from Hong Ha, Mascot.
The buns here are pretty great - the exterior is delightfully crisp, then descends easily into an equally delightful fluffiness. The fillings tasted fresh, savoury, and yes, spicy when you bite into those chillies. I was happy with my choice. Simon and Em went the pork route, which, according to Simon, was alright, though not remarkable. Overall, even if they may possibly be a tiny bit overrated, for an easy $5, I find the rolls here to be splendid value for money.
After enjoying our brunch in the park, we walked to the nearby Bourke St Bakery in Alexandria. I've heard so much about Bourke St Bakery and was truly looking forward to it. Em, who is no stranger to their offerings, got her favourite, the chocolate tart, while the ginger brûlée tart caught my eye.
|ginger brûlée tart from Bourke St Bakery, Alexandria.
I thoroughly enjoyed my tart. The dense yet flaky pastry somehow felt simultaneously wholesome and sinful. The custard was smooth and sensual, with beautiful caramelisation on top. I washed it down with a refreshing house-made lemonade, and wished I could fit in more of those scrumptious-looking bakery goodies.
Satiated with sugary joy, we parted ways with Em after she kindly gave us a lift into the city centre. We wandered around a bit, and as evening fell we met up with Simon's friends from his university days at Kura Kura for a cheap and cheerful Japanese dinner. My aburi sushi was okay; it did the job but didn't really excite my taste buds. I snuck a bite of Simon's dish - hearty, succulent pork belly and spinach on rice - and preferred his choice to mine. Either way, the food here may not be groundbreaking but at prices of around the $10 mark for most dishes, it's good and satisfying.
|pork and spinach on rice at Kura Kura Japanese Casual Dining, Chinatown.
For dessert, we ventured to N2 Extreme Gelato for what is basically made-to-order gelati conjured up on the spot with the help of liquid nitrogen. This is something you'd want to approach with caution, particularly with some recent news of a cocktail mishap in England, but N2 assures that they have strict safety procedures and the liquid nitrogen is fully evaporised before they serve their icy treats. I've got to say, it does look cool, both literally and figuratively speaking.
|where the magic happens... at N2 Extreme Gelato, Chinatown.
N2 is big on quality ingredients and gleeful flavour experimentation. That night, I opted for Confused Cereal, which is inspired and approved by the well-known Christina Tosi of Momofuku Milk Bar. It's creamy, dense and filling - a cute twist on a favourite childhood breakfast, perhaps a tad on the sweeter side for me but might be just right for others. Simon had the sleek and sophisticated guava sorbet with mint, which tasted super fresh and fruity, if not quite minty enough. The other flavours such as the banana and peanut crumble, the miso caramel with peanuts, and the sour cream chocolate, etc., all sounded extremely intriguing but sadly I could not make room for more.
|my confused cereal ice cream and simon's guava sorbet from N2 Extreme Gelato.
My last day in Sydney was shaping up to be an uneventful one. But then one of my cousins, Daniel, offered to take me out for dinner. Simon and one of my aunts (who flew all the way over from Malaysia for said wedding) was invited too. Hurrah! He suggested a new-ish Japanese restaurant in Kingsford, Niji Sushi Bar.
Daniel and my aunt both went for chicken teriyaki, which was simple but very nicely done. Simon and I weren't too hungry so we ordered just a couple of small dishes to share. The maguro taru taru - diced tuna and avocado with chilli paste, onion tate, black caviar roe, barley miso dressing, and lotus root chips - was excellent. The sweet heat of the chilli jam against the cool, dewy tuna, the crunchy chips, and the dressing that pulled everything together... loved it. The grilled wagyu beef with amayaki sauce, however, took ages to arrive, and when it finally did, it was a little disappointing. It lacked that luscious fattiness, and was somewhat chewy. I've actually found this to be the case with quite a few of my wagyu steak samplings in Australia now. Simon didn't seem to mind it though.
|maguro taru taru at Niji Sushi Bar, Kingsford.
Having waited for so long to receive our final dish, we gave desserts a miss, and just concentrated on finishing up our delicious mocktails instead - mine was a yuzu lassi, made with yoghurt, yuzu juice and yuzu marmalade; Simon's was a concoction of apple, aloe vera, mint, tea syrup and lemon. Both were exquisitely invigorating. Thanks again for everything, Daniel!
|mocktails at Niji - yuzu lassi and apple aloe.
So that's it for my Sydney food highlights! It's a longer post than usual, but I hope you enjoyed reading it from the beginning till the end. I'll be back again soon, most likely, with a recipe!


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I am trying to run Oases for transcriptome assembly. The result is far from expected, so I would like to ask whether I am running it in a right way? Thanks.
Here is my running command:
python scripts/oases_pipeline.py -m 25 -M 29 -o output -d " -strand_specific -shortPaired data/reads.fa" -p " -min_trans_lgth 100 -ins_length 300"
My library is strand-specific and pair-ended with length 67bp. The reads are shuffled as:
I got some transcripts, but are far from the transcripts annotated, also far from the result of Trinity. The longest contig from Oases is ~2500bp (vs. ~10000bp from cufflinks and ~6000bp from Trinity). The N50 value is also low. It only reports 20 contigs those cover full-length of some transcripts from Cufflinks (totally ~4000), while Trinity reports ~650.
The dataset I am using is a subset of S. pombe. Does it matter?
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Ark. House speaker eyeing '14 governor's race
House Speaker Davy Carter says he's considering running for governor next year, but wants some time after the session to decide whether to join the race.
The Republican from Cabot told reporters Tuesday he's thought about and discussed a run for governor, but said he wanted to spend time at home to think about the race. Carter later said he didn't have a timeline for making a decision and declined to say with whom he's been discussing a run.
Lawmakers on Tuesday wrapped up this year's legislative session.
Former Congressman Asa Hutchinson and Little Rock businessman Curtis Coleman are seeking the GOP gubernatorial nomination. Former Lt. Gov. Bill Halter and former Congressman Mike Ross are seeking the Democratic nomination.
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The hardest part of investing can be learning when to get out of your own way.
As human beings, we are emotional, impressionable, and often a lot less savvy when it comes to investing than we think. That can spell disaster for portfolios.
After the fallout of the Great Recession, the SEC commissioned the Library of Congress to research "Behavioral Patterns and Pitfalls of U.S. Investors," a study that shines a harsh light on the shortcomings of individual investors.
Using sources from this and other reports, we've highlighted the pitfalls.
Selling winners and holding onto losers
Researchers call it the "Disposition Effect" –– when foolhardy investors sell off 'winning' stocks in their portfolio to lock in gains and hang tight to losers in hopes that they'll bounce back in the future.
In a study of 10,000 trading accounts at discount brokerage firms, "Trading Is Hazardous to Your Wealth," University of California business professor Terrence Odean found this method almost always had the opposite of its intended effect.
Once sold, the winning stocks went on to outperform whatever gains were earned by the losing stocks that the investor kept behind in his portfolio.
Ignoring fees when signing up for mutual funds
An August report by S&P Indices found more than 80 percent of actively managed U.S. stock funds underperformed the market in 2011.
Why, you ask? Fees.
The average mutual fund charges up to 3 percent of annual returns for the privilege of divvying up your investments, according to Forbes, which means they've got to promise returns of at least that amount for investors to break even.
"More often than not, a majority of funds underperform because returns are reduced by investment fees to cover fund operations, including costs to pay managers and analysts who support them," writes the AP's Mark Jewel. "Those fees are difficult to offset, even if a manager is a strong stock-picker."
Furthermore, the SEC cites a study by former Univ. of Southern California professor Mark M. Carhart, who found "no evidence that portfolio managers are particularly skilled or informed, characteristics that would justify additional fees."
Trading too much
In an article published in The Journal of Finance and cited in the SEC's report, researchers found some pretty intriguing facts about investors who treat the market like an arcade.
Of more than 66,000 households using a large discount broker in the mid-1990s, those who traded most often (48 or more times a year) saw annual gains of 11.4 percent, while the market saw 17.9 percent gains.
Blindly buying into their employers' stock
Finance brains call it "familiarity bias," the force that drives people to favor businesses they have some personal connection with when picking stocks.
In its study, the SEC takes issue with the "particularly dangerous" way employees blindly buy into their company's stock.
"Not only does concentration in one asset violate the principle of portfolio diversification, but, if employees devote a large portion of their portfolios to their own company's shares, they run the risk of compounding their suffering if the company does poorly: first, in loss of compensation and job security, and second, in loss of retirement savings."
Need proof? Just ask anyone who used to work at Enron.
Following the herd
Following everyone else to buy up "hot" assets is one of the surest ways to get burned.
That kind of herd mentality, or "financial mania," as experts call it, happens when investors scramble to buy up stocks that are seeing large gains now in hopes that the trend will continue.
We saw the downside to this approach when the dotcom bubble burst in 2000 and again in 2008 with the housing bubble. The point is never to go all-in just because everyone and their brother says it's a sure thing.
Keep your portfolio well-diversified, and you'll be better prepared to weather blows caused by downturns in the market.
Relying on the media for tips
In today's 24/7 news cycle, the media can be one of the biggest influences on small-time investors looking for a hot ticket in the market.
This is a huge mistake, and one that the SEC says causes investors to "have poor timing, follow trends, and overreact to good and bad news."
"Although individual investors are net buyers of attention-grabbing stocks—stocks that are in the news or that experience abnormal one-day returns or trading volumes—these stocks subsequently do not perform as well as the stocks that the same investors decided to sell."
Making hasty decisions to dodge taxes
Let's go back to Odean's study on hazardous trading behaviors. In it, he noticed a trading frenzy each year around the same time –– December.
It makes sense. Since changes to capital gains rates will typically go into effect after Dec. 31, investors scramble to rejigger their investments in order to minimize their losses in the new year.
The Consumer Federation of America cautions against this approach in a recent report.
"While individuals should be aware of the tax implications of their actions, the first objective should always be to make the fundamentally sound investment decision .... Some investors, rather than pay a large capital gains tax, will allow the value of shares in a well-performing stock to grow so large it accounts for an inordinate percentage of their overall portfolio."
Letting ego get in the way of reality
Overconfidence can spell disaster for portfolios.
In his article, "On Financial Frauds and Their Causes: Investor Overconfidence," Monmouth University economist Steven Pressman found victims of financial fraud were often led astray by their own egos.
Think about it for a minute: It takes a seriously confident investor to throw all their money behind a business or mutual fund that promises extreme annual returns in spite of all research that shows the opposite is more likely. Ron McCabe, an Arizona businessman who lost his life savings when he invested in a "sure thing" that turned out to be a real estate ponzi scheme, admits he was duped by the company's glossy presentations and pristine quarterly reports.
In addition, overconfidence is often cited as a reason that men tend to perform worse than women in long-term investing.
"Because women are less likely to indulge in excessive trading, they outperform men," according to the report. "Investors who use traditional brokers, remaining in touch with them by telephone, achieve better results than online traders, who damage their performance by trading more actively and speculatively."
Putting your portfolio in the wrong hands
It's all well and good to invest in low-cost funds you can "set and forget" over time, but it pays to seek advice from a skilled financial planner you trust at least once a year.
The trick is finding the right kind for yourself.
We recommend choosing a fee-only financial planner, first and foremost. Unlike brokers, they're paid by the hour and don't work on commission for any of their recommendations, which means you'll get unbiased advice.
When you've found the right advisor, half the battle is knowing which questions to ask.
A good place to start: The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors maintains a database of fee-only financial planners in the U.S.
Trying to beat the market
While the professionals chase risky options with high stakes, individual investors have the luxury of kicking back and shooting for the long-term.
"You can just buy low-cost passive funds," Henry Blodget writes in his book, "The Wall Street Self-defense Manual." "This will guarantee that you will beat most professionals, who are paid to try to beat the market and, therefore, can't buy low-cost passive funds."
In short, if you try to beat the market, you will most often fall flat on your face.
Two out of three mutual funds underperform the overall market in a typical year, according to Jack Bogle's Common Sense On Mutual Funds.
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Sight Word Memory is the game we started with. We're focusing on just five sight words to begin with. I made my own cards for the game out of index cards. My Little Reader decided to underline the words on the cards, because he was getting confused about which direction they were supposed to go.
Once he was doing well with Sight Word Memory, we moved on to Sight Word Dash. I took our memory cards and put one of each word in a place in the house (I just spread them on the floor or table). I took MLR down the hall and told him a word to go find; he had to dash down the hall to the room they were in and come back with the correct word card. Then I repeated those steps till he had retrieved all the sight word cards. I would either give him a time limit on a timer or just time to see how fast he could complete the task (we played both ways). He loved this game, and wanted me to have a chance to play too. He set the game up for me just as I did for him, and he read me each word I had to go find and bring back. This variation of the game was great practice for him too since he had to read each word that I was to go find.
As we continue our sight word practice, I'll share more fun ways we're practicing our sight words!


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Adam Dunn went 2-3 with a 3-run home run against Naftali Feliz and a double against a lefty, Gordon Beckham added a 2-run home run, Dayan Viciedo and Kosuke Fukudome added a double each, and Hector Santiago struck-out three and walked 1 in the 2 scoreless innings he pitched. The Sox won 6-3 and Ventura got his 1st win as a manager. Boxscore | Gameday | Recap
J.J. has the strikezone plot of Dunn's home run at-bat from Brooks Baseball (Pitch F/X for Dunn's home run at-bat).
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The up-and down weather -- which has already delivered snow during Spring Break -- will throw us another curveball Wednesday, when the Washington area could see record high temperatures.
The temperatures are expected to peak at 90 degrees Wednesday, said Storm Team4 Meteorologist Tom Kierein. Even before sunrise, the temperatures had jumped into the 60s through much of the region and to almost 70 in much of Maryland.
The record temperature for April 10 is 89 degrees, set at Reagan National in 1922, Kierein said. The record temperature for the entire month is 95, which we are unlikely to reach Wednesday.
The warm weather has led to high pollen counts in the region, particularly from maple, juniper and elm trees.
However, it has also led the cherry trees that famously line D.C.'s Tidal Basin to bloom at last.
During the National Cherry Blossom Festival, as many as 1.2 million people are expected to check out the blossoms. The trees are considered to be in peak bloom now.
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It was only a few days ago that Dr. Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson and incidentally (or not, depending on who you ask), Julian Auctions soon after announced that it will be holding a live auction on December 17 to sell many of MJ's belongings. Serious buyers, fans, and the curious can expect to see many items up for grabs that the superstar used in the Holmby HIlls mcmansion he was leasing when he died.
Some auction items that will surely draw attention include fine art with some estimated to be valued at $30,000, antique furniture, a Victorian Revival Style armoire valued at $8,000, modern furniture, rugs, and a chalkboard that retains a note from one of Jackson's children, an item that is expected to fetch $400. In a morbid twist of the auction block, the very queen size bed where Jackson passed will be for sale too.
Those wanting to take home something well, bigger, have the option of buying the gigantic seven bedroom Holmby Hills estate, Jackson's last home, which is still for sale for an undisclosed amount. Click here to see photos of the home.


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So, you may have heard that the city of Detroit, unable to pay its financial obligations, is declaring bankruptcy.
To everyday conservatives, Detroit is the realization of their worst nightmare: that the house of cards that has been built by various cities, states and the country as a whole will come crashing down if we continue on our current path.
Big problems may take decades to create, but they can quickly prove they exist, and that usually happens all at once, as the Great Depression and 2008 financial crisis taught us.
Hilariously, in the aftermath of the Detroit disaster, liberals claimed that, despite a half century of unchallenged Democratic control of the city, its failure was somehow Republicans' fault.
I think it is safe to say that no amount of spinning will make such a nonsensical claim closer to the truth.
The real reasons that Detroit collapsed are complicated but at their root can be traced to a few specific things.
The city had an obvious overreliance on a single industry (manufacturing cars) and a refusal to diversify and adapt to the changing market realities around it.
Cheaper, more reliable, better made, safer and more fuel-efficient cars began seeping into the American market gradually, displacing the American automobile. The inferiority of the American-made car could be hidden in a protected market that imposed trade restrictions on imported autos, but once trade became fair, the lumbering Detroit manufacturers began to get beaten. Badly.
The auto industry's response was to lean on the incestuous relationship between government and big business, rather than innovate and change. They sought (and received) federal and state help to ensure the survival of their companies without any major structural changes that would make them more competitive. This is a process that was repeated several times over many decades.
Detroit's response was to ignore the decline of auto manufacturing and fail to diversify the city's economic base, which would have insulated itself from the waning influence of American automobiles. Instead it was married to the past for nostalgia's sake, insisting on an almost singular devotion to the auto industry, rather than ensure there was a healthy, self-sustaining future.
As we have seen, a government can only artificially prop up a failing industry for so long. The city of Detroit has been losing people: What was once the fourth largest city in the United States now ranks 18th.
Growth is the only thing that can hide a decaying economic base, and the city of Detroit has had negative growth for six decades. As people leave, so does the tax base and the ability of the municipal government to provide the same level of service to its people.
The remaining people in the city were either being employed by the phantom ghost of what was once a real economic engine, working for the public sector, or unemployed. Public employees and the unemployed draw from the government coffers, they don't contribute net tax receipts, thus exacerbating the problem.
Ultimately, Detroit's bankruptcy was inevitable because it could not afford the $3 billion obligation it has to unfunded public employee pensions. The public workforce expanded as the city's population shrunk, leaving fewer taxpayers available to fund more public workers.
So where am I going with this?
The fear of so many of us is that Detroit is little more than a canary in the coal mine. The rapid expansion of government increases the strain on taxpayers to fund it. For a long time, this problem has been hidden by growth, but what happens when growth stalls?
The entire system could implode.
Here in Maine, these fears are amplified. The Pine Tree State continues to hemorrhage young people, and the resulting population grows very little and continues to get older by the day.
That population has a government that even still seems insistent on expanding itself, adding new employees, new spending, new programs, and expansive bureaucracies. Often times the justification of such spending is as some kind of catalyst for economic growth (which never comes).
Without growth and economic diversification, such things eventually become unsustainable.
Is Maine Detroit? Not yet. But every politician who tries to recreate the Maine economy of the 1950s, every politician who tries to prop up dying industries rather than broadening the economic base of the state, and every politician who spends more money and asks the public to cover their excess gets us closer.
We ignore the lessons of Detroit at our own peril.


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Orland >> The California Highway Patrol utilized a tour bus and a FedEx tractor-trailer on Interstate 5 Thursday in an attempt to re-create the moments leading up to last week's fiery wreck that killed 10 people.
The investigative team — which includes representatives from the CHP, Caltrans and other agencies — was trying to learn about visibility, braking and other vehicle characteristics as part of its investigation. The CHP wanted to determine lines of sight as the bus and truck passed in opposite directions and said there was sophisticated monitoring equipment on board each vehicle as part of the simulation.
The tests included hard braking at high speed as CHP escorts slowed traffic on the freeway, and tests with both vehicles passing at regular speeds on opposite sides of the freeway.
Investigators collected video from the two vehicles, which were the exact make and models of those involved in the crash, to simulate what the drivers saw, CHP Capt. Todd Morrison said. The purpose isn't to re-create the crash, but to capture images from both directions to get an idea of what the drivers saw in the 2011 Setra bus and the 2007 Volvo big rig. Both drivers died, both vehicles were badly burned. A cause for the accident is not known.
Morrison, who oversees the Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team, emphasized that investigators are not close to determining what caused the crash, but closer to gathering all the information that is needed to start analyzing evidence and eventually determine what happened.
"We feel strongly and passionately that we owe it to the families to tell them what happened," Morrison said, mirroring CHP Northern Division Chief Ruben Leal's statement during the press conference. "We're going to find out what occurred. We're going to figure this out."
The agency will not speculate on what caused the collision until all the facts are reviewed, Leal said.
At the press conference, the CHP released emergency calls made in the frantic moments after the crash, which occurred about 5:40 p.m. April 10, just north of Highway 32 on I-5. The calls included students on their cellphones who were involved in the wreck and did not know exactly where they were, but also included Orland residents who described precisely where the accident was on the freeway.
Morrison said Thursday's testing will help determine how fast the bus was traveling prior to the impact.
Investigators recorded from inside the FedEx tractor-trailer the sound as it went over the "rumble strips" — indentations on the outside of the lanes — in an attempt to determine whether the driver would have heard it.
Morrison explained there's been speculation the FedEx truck driver did not apply the brakes, but investigators don't know if he braked. They've found no skid marks, but Morrison said the driver still may have braked.
A Nissan Altima similar to the third vehicle involved in the crash was not tested Thursday but will be tested later.
All the records associated with the vehicles and the drivers, as well as witnesses statements, are still being collected by the CHP.
One electronic control module inside the bus was heavily damaged during the collision, but has been sent to be analyzed, Morrison said. Investigators aren't sure what information it will have. A different electronic module that would tell such things as the speed and whether the brakes were applied was destroyed by the fire, CHP public information officer Phillip Mackintosh said.
During the press conference, CHP officials stated the agency had sought to obtain cellphone records of both drivers to see whether distracted driving played a role but had not acquired them.
CHP will be doing more investigative work in the area, but will be moving down to Los Angeles next week to interview victims.
Witnesses who saw the collision occur have been identified through 9-1-1 calls and will be imperative to the investigation. However, CHP officials are still asking people to come forward. They are encouraged to call 530-225-2715
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August 14, 2017
Dear Parents/Guardians:
We have received the results of the Water Quality Testing for lead taken at Crete-Monee Early Learning Center on June 10, 2017. The testing is required by The Lead in Drinking Water Testing Bill (LDWTB) which was signed into law by Governor Bruce Rauner effective January 17, 2017.
View the 2017-18 Water Mitigation Plan
The LDWTB requires elementary school buildings constructed prior to January 1, 2000 serving 5th grade and below to test the following sources;
Water testing followed the recommended protocol by Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the LDWTB. All water sources have two samples collected. The two (2) samples are intended to help identify if any concentrations are originating from the fixture or the potable water piping leading to the fixture.
Lead is a toxic metal that is harmful to human health. It most frequently gets into drinking water by seeping or "leaching" from plumbing materials and fixtures as water moves through a school's distribution system. Even though the drinking water you receive from the water supplier may meet federal and state standards for lead, your facility may have elevated lead levels due to plumbing materials and water use patterns. Leaching can occur for several reasons but the most significant is corrosion which can occur if water is acidic.
Lead in new plumbing and plumbing repairs was banned in 1986. This ban did not entirely eliminate lead as 0.2% lead is still allowed in solder and 8% lead is allowed in piping systems. Pre-1986 plumbing systems have a higher potential to leach lead into drinking water.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has developed the following guidance for reducing lead in the drinking water in schools; "3Tsfor Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools: Revised TechnicalGuidance: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): October 2006 Version".
While there is no known safe level of lead in drinking water the guidance lists a recommended action level of 20.0 parts per billion (ppb) of lead. Effectively when lead concentrations are at 20.0 ppb or greater some action should be taken to reduce the concentration in the affected outlets.
The LDWTB requires the District to provide notification to parents identifying each location with a detected concentration exceeding 5.0 ppb. The concentrations of lead in samples at the Early Learning Center can be viewed by clicking here.
Based upon the results of this testing the District is taking the following steps;
1. Classroom sinks where water can sit due to infrequent use will be taken out of service and labeled "Out of Service, DO NOT USE".
2. Water fountains that exceed the USEPA's recommended action level for lead in drinking water will be taken out of service and replaced with free standing water coolers.
3. The District will expand its Water Quality Management Plan.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of District Affairs at 708-367-8344.
For additional information about lead in drinking water you can visit the USEPA's website:
Dr. Nathaniel Cunningham, Jr.
Superintendent of Schools


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Our relationships on this planet are tangled up in a complex web of life, where what we do affects other living beings and our physical surroundings. So why then do we seem to damage the natural resources that we depend on? And how can people-centred solutions to conservation protect wildlife and wild places? On the […]Read more