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Landowners interested in learning more about conservation easements can contact Continental Divide Land Trust at (970) 453-3875 or email@example.com or visit the website www.cdlt.org.
Forty acres in the Lower Blue River Valley of Summit County are now protected with a permanent conservation easement donated to the Continental Divide Land Trust by the Hill family of Dillon. The easement closed in December 2013.
Conservation easements protect the natural qualities of private land by a voluntary agreement that limits development or other activities potentially harmful to conservation values. The grantor of the conservation easement continues to own the land and use it as he or she historically has. The Continental Divide Land Trust (CDLT) is qualified to hold conservation easements and is certified by the state of Colorado.
The conservation value of the Hills' 40 acres includes Blue River frontage, the confluence of the Blue and Rock Creek, scenic views along Highway 9, wildlife habitat, a native spring and a wide variety of ecosystem types, including riparian, sage scrub and aspen and spruce forests.
"Even though we (the public) might not have public access, we still benefit from the scenic views, from the protection of the natural habitat and wildlife habitat, from watersheds and riparian areas," said Leigh Girvin, executive director of the CDLT.
The property is bisected by Highway 9 and all development rights have been removed from the 10-acre section along the Blue River, helping to preserve scenic views. One homesite has been reserved away from the river and wildlife habitat areas.
The conservation easement was a longtime wish of Raymond Hill, who died in December 2012. The easement was donated by Raymond's wife, Marjorie Lott Hill, and their daughter, Ann B. Hill, who own the land.
The Hill family has a long history in Summit County. In 1896, Marjorie's great-uncle Joseph H. Gould received a homestead patent for 137 original acres near the confluence of the Blue River and Rock Creek at a stagecoach stop known as "Naomi." On the other side of the family, Raymond Hill's grandfather Frederick Horatio Hill was married in the Naomi Hotel in 1884. Generations later, Raymond Hill married Marjorie Lott at Father Dyer Church in Breckenridge. Neither was aware of their common history and their connections to Rock Creek.
Raymond was born on the Mumford ranch, which now lies beneath Green Mountain Reservoir. He graduated from Leadville High School in 1939. Raymond's father, Horatio F. (Ray) Hill, was a Summit County commissioner and in his younger days worked in mines in Summit, supervised the Dillon Dam construction, owned the Dillon Garage and worked for the Public Roads Administration and Summit County Road and Bridge. Raymond's mother, Mildred Mumford Hill, taught in a one-room school house in Lakeside, now also under Green Mountain Reservoir.
Gould's land, reduced in acreage through time, was passed on to his niece, then to her children, including Marjorie Lott Hill. Through a complicated transaction and subdivision process among family members, Marjorie combined her acreage with adjacent land owned by her husband, Raymond, to achieve the 40 acres.
Marjorie and Ray were married for 65 years. Their son Richard died in 2008. Their daughter Ann has lived at Rock Creek Ranch since 1979. The family loved hiking, cross-country skiing and backpacking. Marjorie and Ray climbed 43 of the 53 Fourteeners in Colorado and had both of their kids climbing 14,000-foot peaks at an early age. Raymond and Marge retired to Dillon in 1986 and spent a lot of time at Rock Creek Ranch.
According to a family history shared with the CDLT: "All generations on both sides of the family have loved the property at Rock Creek Ranch. Raymond and Marjorie wanted this property in a conservation easement to always protect it. Raymond Hill was instrumental in his quest to get this conservation easement accomplished and to know that the property would always be protected. Although Raymond passed away before the completion of the conservation easement, he knew that it was in the final stages of completion and was very happy."
The Continental Divide Land Trust holds conservation easements on 17 properties in Summit and Park counties, permanently protecting the natural qualities of over 2,600 acres.
In addition to open-space protection, the CDLT also offers educational opportunities and events to connect people to the land. The CDLT's next events are the Phantom Ranch Ball on April 1 and the Wild About Colorado Art & Outdoor Festival at Breckenridge's Carter Park Pavilion, July 16-19.
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The scholarship was created in 2000 in honor of Virginia "Ginny" Toombs, a 1982 graduate of the UC Davis School of Medicine, to assist UC Davis medical students who are single mothers with financial need. The primary purpose of the fund is to help cover the cost of fees and tuition. While attending medical school, Toombs raised her young son as a single mother. She took pride in the dual achievement of becoming a medical doctor and raising her son, Cameron, to be a fine young man.
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Honor Flight sends WW II vets to Washington, D.C., for a day
Springfield resident Bernard Carver, 89, remembers loading ammunition, refueling four-engine B-24 bombers and flying along with pilots in the Eighth Air Force, to pick up equipment during World War II.
Early Tuesday morning, April 5, Carver, along with his son, Bernie Carver, boarded a plane, this time chartered by Land of Lincoln Honor Flight. The elder Carver was among 86 veterans who spent one day touring sites at the World War II Memorial, and both the Korean and Vietnam War memorials, along with witnessing the changing of the guard at Arlington National Cemetery.
"I'd never seen the monument and I guess it's getting to where if I'm going to see it, I better go," said Bernard Carver, before he flew to Washington, D.C.
With donations from businesses and individuals, the organization not only picks up the tab for the veterans' flight from Springfield and back, but all meals, beverages and incidentals along the way. Wheeled chairs are available for veterans who need them, as are trained guardians like Bernie Carver, 64, who is among 74 guardians who guided the men to and from sites throughout the day.
Wiedle, a veteran of Vietnam, helped found the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight along with Springfield resident Bob Matteson, 85. Wiedle, a 24-year resident of Chatham before moving to St. Ann, Mo., was first a guardian for an Honor Flight in Missouri, where he met Matteson. Bob Matteson, A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, flew with Honor Flight out of St. Louis at the time, because there wasn't a program through Springfield. Matteson is a former board member for Land of Lincoln Honor Flight and remains a strong supporter.
"A lot of these guys never had the opportunity to go out and see the memorial," says Matteson. "We'll take them out there and we will keep them up for long hours, we will tire them out, wind them up and they'll love every minute of it," Matteson said at the Veterans of Foreign Wars banquet on the eve of the flight.
Even before the daylong trip, the thought of being near fellow veterans and seeing the memorial dedicated to those who served in World War II brought out veterans' stories and recollections overlooked or forgotten. Some shared their stories with Illinois Times days before takeoff.
It was long into their marriage that John Knoepfle's wife, Peggy Knoepfle, 76, heard about his service in the U.S. Navy.
"He used to say he didn't want to become obsessed with it," she says, as she looks over at him on their living room couch. "He also downplayed a lot of what he'd done."
"We did what we were assigned to do," says John Knoepfle.
He compiled much of his war and life experiences into an autobiography titled, I look around for my life, published in 2008. Knoepfle, whose knee and leg were severely injured by shrapnel from "friendly fire" at Iwo Jima, almost didn't make it though the war, something he never used to talk about, Peggy Knoepfle says.
He was a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy and led a small boat transport of troops and wounded men to and from Okinawa. The 88-year-old recalls sailing over the straits of the Solomon Islands, a watery grave for servicemen who had died in the defense of Guadalcanal.
"When we were going through the straits, you could have heard a pin drop on the ship," says John Knoepfle. "The poor guys, they were stuck down there," he says. "It was very solemn."
"I have war stories to tell, and I do have shrapnel in both legs, but my war was nothing like somebody coming out of North Africa and up through the boot of Italy," he said.
For Bob Murphy, memories of the war mainly involve a ball and glove. The resident of Divernon smiles and laughs heartily as he sits next to his son, Mike Murphy, owner of Charlie Parker's Diner in Springfield. The father and son both made their way to the memorial for the first time together, with his son as guardian.
Before the trip, memories were shared about hurling a softball from a dirt pitcher's mound for the "Seabees," named for the construction-savvy sailors on its roster. It was on the softball diamond in Pearl City, in Oahu, Hawaii, where he was stationed for three years before he met his wife, Betsy Jane Murphy. She was three years his senior, and played for a women's softball team. When they married she was a petty officer first class, a higher rank than he, and served as a store clerk with the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Services).
Fresh off of their honeymoon, Bob Murphy remembers his commanding officer telling him, "You better get ready, you're shipping out tomorrow morning."
The newlyweds were parted when Murphy was shipped off to Wake Island aboard the USS Hale. The island is a coral island overtaken by the United States after it was occupied by the Japanese. He was stationed on Wake Island for six months.
As a Seabee, Bob Murphy helped repair landing strips, build barracks and transport building supplies on the island. The men slept in tents on Wake Island, and Murphy remembers a downpour that caused his tent to leak. The tents were manufactured by Armbruster Tents in Springfield, Ill., at the time, and Murphy had worked as a rope foreman for the owner, Dick Armbruster, when he went to Springfield High School before enlisting in the Navy at 17. Armbruster Manufacturing Co. is still in business in Springfield.
"That tent I was in, I looked up and it said R.H. Armbruster on the door up above."
After sending a letter to Armbruster, saying that the tents were "leaking like hell," his old boss sent him a kit with patches to seal it.
Throughout his tour of duty, he made friends that lasted a lifetime. The Seabees held reunions, where Mike Murphy says he learned about most of his dad's Navy experiences. But with many World War II veterans now reaching 90 and older, many of his friends from the war have died. Which is why before the flight, he said that he looked forward to meeting guys like himself who were in the Navy during the war.
"They'll all have different stories. And I'm going to show Mike where his mother buried a turtle," he said.
Father, son and daughter-in-law, Cindy Murphy, ate together with veterans and their families at the VFW banquet the night before the trip, a tradition before every Land of Lincoln honor flight to the nation's capital.
Mike Murphy said even though his mother, Betsy Jane Murphy, passed away in 2006, she would be joining the family at the memorial in her own way. The father and son brought the United States flag given them at her memorial in 2006.
"My dad will actually hold her flag and I'll take a picture of it for everybody in front of the Michigan pillar, because that's where my mother was from when she enlisted. We will honor her in that way," Mike Murphy says. "And so she's actually going with us."
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar fell below 103 yen on Monday, the lowest level in nearly four weeks, as investors continued to digest data that showed the U.S. labor market grew at a markedly slower pace than anticipated.
The dollar USDJPY, -0.01% weakened to ¥102.91 from late Friday's ¥104.08. That's the lowest level since Dec. 17th's ¥102.62, according to FactSet data.
Chris Tevere, senior currency strategist at Forex.com, highlighted the drop in Treasury yields in the wake of the labor data as indicative of a larger move lower in the dollar against the yen. "We wouldn't be surprised to see a little bit of a deeper correction; we're eyeing ¥102 to ¥102.10 levels carefully," he said.
The ICE dollar index DXY, -0.46%, a measure of the greenback against six other currencies, was at 80.529 versus 80.646 late Friday in North America.
The ICE dollar index fell 0.2% last week, swinging to a loss on Friday after the U.S. Labor Department said the world's largest economy added 74,000 jobs in December, the smallest monthly gain in three years, and well below the 193,000 jobs analysts polled by MarketWatch had projected. The unemployment rate fell to 6.7% from 7% as more people dropped out of the labor force.
"The dollar is generally looking quite soft in response to the payroll numbers," said Shaun Osborne, chief foreign-exchange strategist at TD Securities. Retail sales data due Tuesday will attract attention, he added.
Still, analysts warned that the bigger story about the U.S. economy is still positive, with some pointing to possible weather distortion's in the December data.
The Fed said at its December meeting it would reduce the pace of bond purchases in January by $10 billion to $75 billion a month, indicating in part that policy makers believe the economy can handle less stimulus. The bond buys have hurt the dollar's value, many analysts have said.
"With a string of better-than-expected data lately suggesting that the U.S. economy was gaining momentum at the end of 2013...we are inclined to treat the December job report as a head fake," said David Woo, head of global rates and currencies research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, in a note. Woo said investors should take long positions on the U.S. dollar, or bets that the greenback will rise over time, at these lower entry levels.
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Woo said the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.7% is more significant than the headline jobs number. First of all, the unemployment rate is "within a striking distance" of the 6.5% threshold the Fed had established for keeping short-term rates low, though the central bank has repeatedly emphasized that the 6.5% level is not a trigger.
Second, the decline was fueled by a decline in the labor force, which questions whether the labor force will pick up as the economy recovers, he said. The labor force narrowed at an average pace of 45,000 a month in 2013, which could put the unemployment rate below 5% by the end of 2014 if the economy adds 200,000 jobs a month on average, he said.
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When comparing the joints of the human body to an automobile engine, the joint fluid in the body mimics the oil in a car engine. At regular intervals we replace the oil in our car engines because the heat and friction breakdowns the oils viscosity. The oil becomes thinner and less able to protect the metal surfaces from excessive wear. Hyaluronic acid benefits our joints in the same way. As we age the viscosity of the joint fluid lessens. HA helps to maintain normal joint cushioning.
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Joints (like the elbows and knees) are surrounded by a membrane called the synovial membrane which forms a capsule around the ends of the two articulating bones. This membrane secretes a liquid called the synovial fluid. Synovial fluid is a viscous fluid with the consistency of motor oil. It has many functions, but none more than providing the elastic shock absorbing properties of the joint. It's second most important function in the joint is to carry nutrients to the cartilage and to also remove waste from the joint capsule.
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Connective tissue is found everywhere in the body. It does much more than connect body parts; it has many forms and functions. Its major functions include binding, support, protection, and insulation. One such example of connective tissue is the cordlike structures that connect muscle to bone (tendons) and bone to bone (ligaments). In all connective tissue there are three structural elements. They are ground substance (hyaluronic acid), stretchy fibers (collagen and elastin) and a fundamental cell type. Whereas all other primary tissues in the body are composed mainly of living cells, connective tissues are composed largely of a nonliving ground substance, the hyaluronic acid, which separates and cushions the living cells of the connective tissue. The separation and cushioning allow the tissue to bear weight, withstand great tension and endure abuse that no other body tissue could. All of this is made possible because of the presence of the HA and its ability to form the gelatinous ground substance fluid.
Hyaluronic Acid in Scalp Tissue and Hair Follicles
Structurally the scalp is identical to the skin tissue located throughout the body except it also contains about 100,000 hair follicles that give rise to hair. Actually the hair and the hair follicle are a derivative of skin tissue. There are two distinctive skin layers, one, the epidermis (outer layer) which gives rise to the protective shield of the body and the other, the dermal layer (deep layer) which makes up the bulk of the skin and is where the hair follicle is located. This dermal layer is composed of connective tissue and the connective tissue, with its gelatinous fluid like characteristics provides support, nourishes and hydrates the deep layers of the scalp. The result is healthy lustrous hair and a moisturized scalp. Again, all of this is made possible because of the presence of HA in the scalp.
Hyaluronic Acid in Lips
The lips are a core of skeletal muscle covered by skin tissue. The dermal layer of the lips is composed primarily of connective tissue and its components hyaluronic acid and collagen that give the structure (shape) and plumpness to the lips. The HA binds to water creating a gelatinous fluid that hydrates the surrounding tissue and keeps the collagen (responsible for keeping the skin tight) nourished and healthy. The result is healthy well hydrated and plump lips that are well protected from the environment.
Hyaluronic Acid in Eyes
Hyaluronic acid is highly concentrated inside the eyeball. The fluid inside the eye called the vitreous humor is composed almost completely of hyaluronic acid. The HA gives the fluid inside the eye a viscous gel like property. This gel acts as a shock absorber for the eye and also serves to transport nutrients into the eye. HA has been directly injected into the eye during procedures to help maintain the shape of the eye during surgery. It has been said that after the 5th decade of life, our eyes stop producing the much needed hyaluronic acid resulting in various eye needs.
Hyaluronic Acid in Gum Tissue
The Gums (gingivoe) are composed of dense fibrous connective tissue (ligaments) which secure the teeth to the aveloar bone (jaw bone). Once again, connective tissue is composed of a fibrous tissue surrounded by hyaluronic acid (extra-cellular matrix). Without the presence of HA, the gum tissue becomes unhealthy. If it is present it helps to provide the tensile strength of the ligaments that secure the tooth in place by providing hydration and nourishment. The result is a healthy set of gums.
Hyaluronic Acid in Skin
Although Hyaluronic Acid (HA) can be found naturally in most every cell in the body, it is found in the greatest concentrations in the skin tissue. Almost 50% of the bodies HA is found here. It is found in both the deep underlying dermal areas as well as the visible epidermal top layers. Young skin is smooth and elastic and contains large amounts of HA that helps keep the skin stay young and healthy. The HA provides continuous moisture to the skin by binding up to 1000 times its weight in water. With age, the ability of the skin to produce HA decreases.
The skin is the largest organ in the body comprising about 15% of the body weight. Roughly 50% of the Hyaluronic Acid in our body is found in the skin. HA and Collagen are vital to maintaining the skin's layers and structure. It is the collagen that gives the skin its firmness but it is the HA that nourishes and hydrates the collagen. Imagine the collagen as the stretchy fibers that restore the skin back to shape when stretched. Collagen is like a rubber band but stretch that rubber band a million times, like what we do with our skin and without any moisture. Eventually that rubber band gets overstretched (saggy) and dried out and will most likely break. This is much the same way the collagen in our skin reacts leaving our skin in need of moisture. Now imagine that same rubber band stretched a million times while under water the whole time. Chances of that rubber band drying out and breaking are minimal. Consider the Hyaluronic Acid as the water that keeps the collagen moist and elastic. Collagen is continuously surrounded and nourished by the gelatinous HA substance. Young skin is smooth and highly elastic because it contains high concentrations of Hyaluronic Acid, which helps skin stay healthy. As we grow older, the body loses its ability to maintain this same concentration in the skin. With decreasing levels of HA in the skin, so goes the ability of the skin to hold water. The result, the skin becomes drier and loses its ability to maintain it's hydration. Hyaluronic acid acts as a space filler by binding to water and thus keeping the skin wrinkle-free.
ECM (ground substance)
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a gelatinous (gel-like) fluid that surrounds almost all living cells and is essential to life. It gives structure and support to the body and without it, we would just be a trillions cells without a shape or function. It is essentially the mortar between the bricks. The skin, bones, cartilage, tendons and ligaments are examples where the ECM is located in the body. The ECM is composed of material (fibrous elements) called elastin and collagen surrounded by a gelatinous substance (Hyaluronic Acid). HA's roles in the ECM is to help the stretchy fibers in the body from overstretching and drying out by continually bathing them in this nutritious water base gelatinous fluid. It also serves as a wonderful medium through which nutrients and waste are transported to and from the cells of these structures. This fluid would not exist if it was not for the ability of the HA molecule to bind up to 1000 times its weight in water.
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College Rating System
In a Federal Register notice published October 30, the Department announced four public forums across the country to gather public input about President Obama's proposals to address rising college costs and make college more affordable for American families. The first forum was held at California State University at Dominguez Hills on November 6; future forums will be held at George Mason University (VA) on November 13, the University of Northern Iowa on November 15, and Louisiana State University on November 21. These forums coincide with the Department's upcoming Request for Information to ask experts to weigh-in on methods for creating a college rating system that would better inform students and encourage institutions to improve. "One of the best ways to address the challenges to our higher education system is through shared input," Secretary Duncan asserted. "We plan to engage as many stakeholder groups and individuals as possible to help us develop proposals that are useful to students and take into account the diversity of America's colleges and universities."
Those who wish to present comments or feedback at a public forum should register by sending a message at least three days prior to the forum to firstname.lastname@example.com. Walk-in registrations will also be accepted for any remaining time slots, on a first-come, first-served basis. Each participant will have five minutes. Transcripts of the forums will be posted on the College Affordability web site. For those unable to attend a forum in person, ideas may be submitted to email@example.com. Also, anyone can join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #valuecollege.
In addition to hosting the forums, the Department will continue to plan and participate in outreach events like roundtable discussions, town hall conversations, and meetings with key stakeholders. To date, senior officials have participated in events in Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., with groups, including the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the American Council on Education, the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), independent college groups, and student leadership associations. Over the next few weeks, officials will also meet with community colleges, business leaders, faculty, parents, and others.
Early next year, the Department will also host a technical symposium where external experts can engage in further discussion and deliberate on these issues in depth. The agency will then publish a summary of the recommendations that were developed as a result of the Request for Information and the symposium, as well as other resources identified by those participating in the symposium, on the College Affordability web site. The Department will use all the feedback it receives to inform the development of college rating metrics, which it will share in the spring for public comment.
In related news:
- The Department's Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced an outreach campaign to groups of federal student loan borrowers to ensure they know and understand all their repayment options. The new outreach augments the day-to-day communications provided by borrowers' student loan servicers. FSA's campaign is aimed at reducing borrower delinquency and default and improving awareness of income-driven repayment plans, which allow borrowers to repay their student loans on a sliding scale that adjusts their payments based on their income and family size.
- A FSA blog post identifies "Four Things You Need to Know About Repaying Your Student Loans."
- A FSA blog post addresses "Which Student Loan Repayment Plan Should You Choose?"
NAEP Reading and Math
According to data from the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the "Nation's Report Card," the nation's fourth- and eighth-graders continued their steady upward trend in reading and mathematics, posting the highest scores ever on the test. Notably, after remaining flat for the last decade, scores edged up in eighth-grade reading. Also, Hispanic achievement is up since 2011, and higher-achieving students are making greater progress than in recent years. Nevertheless, the increases are modestAmerican students still score significantly below their peers from high-performing nationsand the majority of achievement gaps have remained unchanged since 2011. Tennessee, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity showed statistically significant improvement in all four grade/subject combinations. California, Hawaii, and Washington also showed real progress. (Note: Secretary Duncan's statement on the results is available online.)
Travel Log
Secretary Duncan traveled to Ohio last week for events as part of his Partners in Progress tour to see America's ingenuity in education. First, he delivered remarks at the Rural Education National Forum, hosted by Battelle for Kids and the Ohio Department of Education, in Columbus. He highlighted education reforms that are working for students in rural areas and the President's ConnectED proposal to connect 99% of students nationwide to next generation broadband in their schools and libraries in five years. Second, he hosted a town hall at Dunbar Early College High School, a Race to the Top and School Improvement Grant (SIG) recipient, in Dayton. He recognized significant academic strides by students and praised school partnerships with an early college charter school, local community college, and business organizations.
The Secretary also traveled to Kentucky last week, delivering remarks to more than 15,000 FFA (formerly Future Farmers of America) members at the organization's national convention in Louisville; meeting with students, teachers, and leaders at Sand Gap Elementary School in rural Jackson County, which receives federal Promise Neighborhoods grant funding; and visiting with a family in Save the Children's Early Steps to School Success program and hosting an early learning town hall at Pleasant View Elementary School in rural Whitley County.
Then, this week, the Secretary traveled to Haiti. He visited three schools, met with national leaders, and shared insights aimed at helping the Haitian Ministry of Education implement a reform agenda. He also announced a new education investment in Haiti under the U.S. Agency for International Development's Room to Learn program, focused on making education more accessible for all children.
Recognition Day/Weeks
Veterans Day (November 11) celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans. Schools are encouraged to invite veterans into their classrooms. Veterans can share their experiences and teach students lessons about the history and significance of Veterans Day, helping students reflect upon the importance of the ideals of liberty, freedom, and democracy. (Note: A teacher resource guide is available online.)
American Education Week (November 18-22) celebrates teachers and school staff. The week's tagline, "Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility," is a call for all Americans to do their part in making public schools great for every child. During the week, education support professionals will be honored on Wednesday, and substitute educators will be honored on Friday.
International Education Week (November 18-22) celebrates the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This year's theme is "International Education: Learning Matters Around the World." Secretary Duncan has recorded a message inviting the general public to participate.
The Big Read
The National Endowment for the Arts' The Big Read, now in its seventh year, provides citizens with the chance to read and discuss a single book within their communities. Governments, libraries, and non-profit organizations are encouraged to apply for one of approximately 75 grants that will be awarded for programming occurring between September 2014 and June 2015. The application deadline is January 28, 2014. Besides the grant, communities will receive resources, including reader's and teacher's guides and audio guides with commentary from artists, educators, and public figures. Communities will also receive publicity materials. For this cycle, communities will choose from 36 reading selections (books and poems), including two new titles: The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu and When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka.
Odds and Ends
President Obama announced his intent to nominate Ted Mitchell as Under Secretary of Education and Massie Ritsch as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach.
Last month, Secretary Duncan discussed the politics and promise of the Common Core standards at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics.
On October 31, the Department announced an additional Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant to Chardon Local School District in Ohio to help with ongoing recovery efforts, following the 2012 shooting death of several students and injuries to others.
Also on October 31, the Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an agreement with the State University of New York (SUNY) to ensure each of its 29 state-operated campuses respond promptly and effectively to allegations of sexual harassment, including sexual violence.
Teaching Ambassador Fellow Joiselle Cunningham recently sat down with Secretary Duncan to pose questions she and other Fellows heard from teachers during the Back to School bus tour across the American Southwest. The conversation, among other topics, covers teacher evaluation, professional learning, and the effects of the federal government shutdown. Teachers are encouraged to send their questions for the "Ask Arne" series on Twitter using the hashtag #AskArne.
Richard Culatta, Director of the Department's Office of Educational Technology, served as a panelist during the Washington Post's "Bridging the Digital Divide" forum.
In a new blog post, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans David Johns pinpoints caring adults as "The Ultimate Back-to-School Supply."
Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary Hal Plotkin blogged about his experience on the fifth leg of the "Education Built to Last" Best Practices Tour, visiting U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) in the American Northwest (Oregon and Washington).
Capping National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, the Department hosted a presentation and discussion about substance abuse and academic achievement and the national drug control strategy elements that focus on preventing such use among youth.
Marking the first full week of National Entrepreneurship Month, the Department of Commerce released a new report, "The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University," underscoring the diverse ways in which colleges and universities are promoting cultures of entrepreneurship and encouraging students to start companies.
Speak Up 2013 is a national online research project that provides individuals the opportunity to share their thoughts on how to leverage technology in schools to promote learning. Surveys for students, educators, parents, and community members/business partners will be open through December 20.
Quote to Note
"I reject the idea that rural school districts are too isolated to pioneer innovation and propel powerful partnerships. I reject a narrative that says rural America cannot provide a rich and rigorous curriculum or compete for attention or funding. And I reject the idea that rural America cannot implement transformational reform.... I believe that geographic location should not dictate results.... I believe that traditional formula funding must be supplemented with competitive funding and incentives for changewith appropriate priorities for rural areas, to help ensure a level playing field. And I believe that a balance of formula and competitive funding is necessary to drive innovation, raise the bar, and expand the capacity of rural districts to implement far-reaching reforms."
|Secretary Arne Duncan (10/31/13), speaking at the Rural Education National Forum
Upcoming Events
Through November 15, the Department is accepting applications for winter-spring 2014 internships.
Nominations for the 2014 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are now open. Anyoneprincipals, teachers, students, parents, or the publicmay nominate exceptional math or science teachers who are currently teaching grades K-6. Teachers may also self-nominate. The President bestows up to 108 awards each year. Since the program's inception, over 4,200 teachers have been recognized for their contributions in the classroom and to their profession.
Register today for the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Sneak Peek Friday, a special event for students to experience the festival's exhibits before they open to the general public. Students will have access to more than 2,000 hands-on, interactive activities offered by over 750 leading science organizations from around the country. The no-cost event is April 25, 2014, in Washington D.C.
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Flux Emerges From Google's Moonshot Factory
Many of the long-term, risky projects thought up by Google's innovation lab Google X are scrapped before they get going, while a fraction become real projects aimed at potential markets, such as self-driving cars.
A third potential outcome has emerged in the form of a startup called Flux.
Flux began life as one of the earliest Google X ideas. It was started about three years ago by a group of Googlers, Michelle Kauffmann, Jen Carlile, Nick Chim and Augusto Roman, who wanted to develop software that helped architects and builders design houses and offices more efficiently, while meeting rising demand for new structures to hold families and workers.
About two years ago, a subset of that Google X team was spun out of the company and formed their own business. That emerged Tuesday as the start-up Flux, which announced $8 million in funding from venture capital firms including DFJ and Borealis Ventures. Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures, the VC arm of Google, are also investors.
"The power required to heat, cool, light, and power devices in the places we live and work is responsible for 40% of our carbon emissions," said Kaufmann, who is co-founder of Flux with Carlile. "Much of this power is wasted due to inadequate design, antiquated technology, and poor construction quality."
Chim is now CEO of Flux, while Roman is also at the startup, along with about 15 other employees.
Flux hopes its software will handle the complex task of designing low-power, environmentally friendly buildings that meet the business goals of their owners. Flux said its system will use data and algorithms to manage trade-offs between upfront construction costs, operating expenses over the life of the buildings, the experience of the occupants and the impact on the environment. The software will be available publicly in early 2015, the company said.
The real estate, construction and architecture sectors are a large potential market – one of the main criteria for a project to get the go-ahead at Google X.
But other requirements that may not have applied to Flux. For example, a Google X project has to try to fix a difficult technical challenge typically involving hardware, rather than just software.
"One of our earliest project teams at Google (X) explored the area of building design to see if there were ways that technology could lead to improvements in things like speed, cost savings, or even encouraging environmentally friendly buildings," a Google spokeswoman write in an email on Tuesday. "Ultimately a subset of this team left Google and set up a separate company dedicated to exploring this area further."
She declined to comment further.
Flux's funding was reported earlier on Tuesday by Gigaom.


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The background and purpose of Syracuse Community Court is committed to invigorating justice for both the community and the defendant. Prior to the Courts existence in 2001, defendants charged with traditional quality of life infractions were typically fined minimally and released into the community without penalty or supervision. This practice addressed neither the social service needs of the defendant nor the community's need for justice.
Syracuse Community Court is held every Thursday morning in the John C. Dillon Public Safety Building before Hon. Rory A. McMahon. The court typically hears local law cases such as littering, loitering, open container, park curfew, violation of noise ordinance, and nuisance parties violations. Community Court is like many other courts in which the defendants can represent themselves, or have an attorney to represent them. If the defendant chooses to plead guilty, the sentence imposed by the Judge is performing community service or paying a fine of up to $500. Habitual violators may also be sentenced by the court up to l5 days in jail. If the defendant chooses the option of community service, he/she is assessed by the client assessment specialist to ensure they are both physically, and mentally capable of doing community service. In addition, defendants are also screened for various social service needs, and identifying any substance abuse or mental health issues that might exist. Community service consists of a six hour shift working in the neighborhood in which the offense was committed. The emphasis is placed on giving something back to the community and cons ists of cleaning various sites of litter, brush and debris, and even removing snow from areas around fire hydrants. As of December 31, 2014, over 7,324 defendants performed 42,643 hours of community service since the courts inception.


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I have never proclaimed to be a fortune teller, tarot card reader or future predictor of any kind.
I never even read my horoscope.
I have never proclaimed to be a fortune teller, tarot card reader or future predictor of any kind.
I never even read my horoscope.
In this week�s column, however, I want to take a look in my crystal ball of sports at a possibility that I deeply fear for one of the NBA�s greatest all-around guys and players.
Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder has emerged as (in my mind) the best pure scorer in the game not named Kobe Bryant.
To watch the 6-foot-9 forward matriculate the basketball up and down the court with effortless fluidity is aesthetically pleasing to basketball eyes.
Durant is sure to see his name alongside the likes of Bryant, Jordan, Bird and Johnson someday on Springfield, Mass. at the Basketball Hall of Fame.
However, I fear he may see his name somewhere else alongside Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller, hall of famers who never won a championship.
Why do I say this?
Not because I do not like Durant, I do very much.
Not because I do not think he is good enough, he is fantastic.
But, because of the shape of the league and the direction Oklahoma City is seemingly going.
One year removed from the NBA Finals, the Thunder are laboring through the playoffs without star guard Russell Westbrook, who is injured and part of the problem anyway.
The Thunder have one imposing big in Serge Ibaka at 6-foot-10, who is proving that he cannot handle Memphis big men Zach Randolph or Marc Gasol on the blocks right now in the playoffs.
Recently on the cover of Sports Illustrated, Durant is quoted saying �I am tired of coming in second place.�
He talks about being second-best in high school to Greg Oden, second pick in the draft to Oden, second in MVP voting to LeBron James and Kobe Bryant and second in last year�s Finals to James� Miami Heat.
What�s more about the Thunder, they play in the Western Conference with young, imposing teams like Memphis, Houston, the L.A. Clippers, Golden State and Denver.
James will be at a high level for some years to come in Miami in the East, whereas the Lakers and Celtics are sure to reload and retool.
I feel that OKC is letting some guys hang around too long.
Kendrick Perkins is effective on defense only, as is Thabo Sefelosha.
Kevin Martin, who the Thunder got from the Rockets in the James Harden trade, is proving this year that cannot carry the beard from Harden and Westbrook, when healthy, is still taking key shots away from Durant.
I hope I am wrong, and I am not ready to say Durant will not win a title, I just have that fear for him and could see it happening.
For it to happen, he may have to pull a �Benedict Arnold James� and switch teams, but with Durant�s character and loyalty to the franchise I cannot see that happening.
So, the pressure is on Thunder General Manager Sam Presti again.
He hit a home run drafting Durant, Westbrook and Harden, then swung and missed by trading Harden.
His next move may in fact have vital bearing on if �KD� ever hoists the Larry O�Brien championship trophy.
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I'm not sure if this is a developing trend or not of what guilds will be evolving into. I stumbled across a recruiting thread. What stood out for me was that this guild wasn't just a raiding guild. It wasn't a PvP guild. It wasn't a leveling guild or a social guild or a casual guild. It's a guild that houses multiple guilds within it. It boggled my mind at first because some of these smaller or medium sized guilds would be sacrificing their identity along with other privileges. But the more I read about it, the more it made sense.
The main purpose of this organization is to bring as many guilds under one banner as much as possible. The rewards? Accelerating into guild achievements, unlocks and progression rewards. With multiple guilds within this guild, hitting those rewards and achievements would be amazingly quick. Maxing out the guild experience everyday would be a certainty. I think what I'm witnessing isn't just an organized guild. It's an actual raiding alliance. The efforts of one guild would spillover and help other guilds. Those other guilds will also be contributing in their own way. After looking at the infrastructure, the sub-guilds would be able to operate under whatever conditions they desired. Each sub guild had their own raid times, standards, and so forth. Players won't be forced to raid with each other. But it's basically like guild <A>, guild <B> and guild <C> giving up their individual tags and merging into one giant super guild. Their sites don't change, they still use their own voice servers and such. It's all just under one tag. Everything else is logistics when it comes to ranks.
All of a sudden, catching 100000 fish doesn't sound so bad.
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The success of the surge of American troops in Iraq is putting pressure anew on the Pentagon to build a surge plan to counter a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan. But experts warn that it will take more than just additional troops to turn things around there.
US military officials are scrambling to devise a plan to send as many as three brigades to Afghanistan by next year, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates saying last week that he would send more forces "sooner rather than later." Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain have in the past week voiced support for an Afghanistan surge, with Senator Obama, who just visited the country, calling the requirements there "precarious and urgent."
But a surge for Afghanistan, analysts say, must also recognize that the insurgency there – as well as the NATO command structure – is not like that in Iraq. And without a new strategy, the deployment of more forces won't mean much, they say.
"Afghanistan is not Iraq, and you cannot just template Iraq's solutions onto Afghanistan's problems," says Fred Kagan, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, who played a direct role in shaping President Bush's surge strategy for Iraq in late 2006. The surge for Afghanistan, like the one implemented for Iraq last year, must not only mean more forces but also a proper counterinsurgency strategy that defeats the insurgency by isolating insurgents from the population, Mr. Kagan says.
The NATO-led mission in Afghanistan had in many ways failed to recognize that the violence amounted to an insurgency, and it has struggled to get its arms around the fight. Now, recognition is increasing that the violence must be countered with a proper counterinsurgency strategy, but there are no simple solutions. Mounting such a strategy will be challenging in Afghanistan, where the NATO-led mission has a labyrinthine command structure made up of 40 countries with divergent political and military views. In Iraq, one top American commander essentially calls the shots.
Pentagon officials are considering significant changes to the command structure in the NATO-led mission. In the coming weeks, the US four-star general who leads the NATO command, Gen. David McKiernan, will probably be given a new command relationship with US Central Command in Florida. The aim is to give a more cohesive, if not American, influence on the mission.
"With everything that we face, I think that has to happen. It's going to streamline," says one senior military officer who didn't want his name used because he was commenting on an active proposal.
And in a sign that the United States is still pushing for more control of the troubled southern sector of the country, where the fight against the Taliban and other "anticoalition militias" is the most violent, the US is considering installing a new deputy commander to work under the NATO commanders there to help focus efforts. These and other proposed changes to the command structure would help "clean up the spaghetti sandwich," as one retired officer put it.
As part of mounting a proper counterinsurgency strategy, analysts and military commanders are also calling for a more coordinated approach – one in which combat action complements reconstruction and aid.
Many American officials, including Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I) of Connecticut, have also called for a bigger Afghan Army to help offset the impact the enemy has had.
Still, in the end, more troops will be necessary in Afghanistan, military experts and analysts say. The first of those three brigades, possibly amounting to more than 10,000 troops, could be deployed by the end of this year, defense officials say.
But the senior military officer says no decision on troops will probably be made until October, when Gen. David Petraeus, now the top commander in Iraq, will make a final assessment, before leaving that post, about the number of troops necessary for Iraq. That assessment will largely determine what size force can be deployed to Afghanistan, where there are now about 63,000 troops – about half American.
When General Petraeus becomes head of US Central Command this fall, he will add Afghanistan to his portfolio of responsibilities. Many had feared that the Afghanistan mission could suffer under Petraeus in his new role since he might favor the Iraq mission, for which he was chief architect. But he has already begun to ponder what can be done in Afghanistan, sources say.
"Petraeus is absolutely thinking hard about Afghanistan," says an officer who is knowledgeable about Petraeus's thinking but didn't want to be named due to the sensitive nature of the issue. "It would be criminal if he wasn't. They're both his baby now."


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The Shroud's Rosary Connection
New Jersey Dominican Monastery Is Home to 'True Copy'
One of the most treasured relics in Christendom is the Shroud of Turin. Countless people believe it is the burial cloth of Jesus.
Not many people can travel to the Turin cathedral, where the shroud is kept. Even if pilgrims could go to Italy, the shroud is rarely displayed for the public. The April-May 2010 showing was a result of Pope Benedict XVI's giving special permission to "move up" the showing originally scheduled for 2025.
The faithful here in America can pray before a replica. My wife, Mary, and I headed 30 miles west of Manhattan — on a knoll at an intersection a stone's throw from downtown Summit, N.J. — to Our Lady of the Rosary Monastery (NunsOPSummit.org) to see for ourselves what's known as a "true copy" of the Shroud of Turin. The monastery's cloistered Dominican nuns have been its guardians since April 6, 1924.
400-Year Journey The story begins nearly 400 years ago. It was then that Maria Maddalena of Austria, the grand duchess of Tuscany and the wife of Cosimo de Medici, wrote to Margherita of Savoy, duchess of Mantua and daughter of Carlo Emanuel I, to request two copies of the Sindone — the Holy Shroud — be made for her.
Since 1453, the House of Savoy had control of the Shroud of Turin before it was transferred to Turin in 1578. Maria's request was granted, and a painter composed two copies on linen, bearing an inscription: Cavato Dall'originale in Tvrino L'anno 1624 (Taken from the original in Turin, the year 1624).
Duchess Maria, whose relatives include St. Casimir and Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella, gave a replica as a gift to nuns in Rome at what was then St. Catherine Monastery. (It is unclear where the other replica is.)
They were its guardians for 300 years; then they gave it to the New Jersey convent as a thank-you for the help the American nuns gave to the Rome monastery in the wake of World War I.
Providentially, we met Edward Insinger at the shrine. He has studied the Dominican archives and wrote about this replica in 1986 for the journal Shroud Spectrum International. Among details he brought to attention: After the replica reached America and the Dominican procurator general researched and re-authenticated its history, Bishop John O'Connor of Newark, N.J., granted its public veneration for the first time in America on Palm Sunday in March 1926.
Later, the replica was stored on rollers with only part of it visible; then it was moved to an area for private-invitation viewing only.
"But it bothered the sisters it was downstairs in the chapel hall," Sister Mary Catharine, the monastery's novice mistress and vocation director, told us. No spot in the church-sized chapel seemed appropriate to permanently display it without distracting from adoration of the Blessed Sacrament — until a simple solution dawned on them last fall.
"We think it was in God's providence," Sister Mary Catharine said. Removing a small section of pews at the rear of the chapel proved the perfect place for the custom-built wood-and-brass case that protects this precious relic.
There, with the replica now on permanent public display, visitors can easily recall Our Lord's passion and death.
But more than age makes this New Jersey replica significant. It was placed directly on the original shroud for a time.
When this copy was removed, the wound marking where Christ's heart was pierced left a miraculous stain on the replica. In March 1987, 15 scientists from the Association of Scientists and Scholars International for the Shroud of Turin arrived at the monastery to study this copy. Among their findings, they confirmed this stain was not only human blood, but the same blood type as found on the Shroud of Turin.
Chapel of Prayer The nuns arrived in New Jersey in 1919. In 1925, they started building their neo-Gothic church on the foundation of what they originally intended to be a 15-altar basilica.
The monastery's grotto was officially blessed on May 22, 1921, becoming the earliest record of a pilgrimage and procession to honor Our Lady of the Rosary in the United States. By the mid-1930s, up to 10,000 pilgrims arrived on the first Sunday in May and on each first Sunday through October. In those days, there were many physical healings, and people would leave their crutches in the grotto as evidence of their cures.
We hope vast crowds will soon come again. In the chapel, visitors can pray before the exposed Blessed Sacrament and at prayer times hear the celestial singing of these nuns who devote themselves to perpetual adoration and the perpetual praying of the Rosary.
In the chapel, the light of the Rosary shines down on everyone through clerestory windows picturing each mystery.
They're like smaller versions of the traditional Munich-influenced, vibrantly colored scenes.
Here, I recalled Pope Benedict's words when he visited the Shroud of Turin on May 2, 2010. He explained how people venerating the shroud and those contemplating it through images — like the copy — "see in it … not so much the defeat of life and of love, but, rather, victory: the victory of life over death, of love over hatred. They indeed see the death of Jesus, but they also see his resurrection." Joseph Pronechen is the Register's staff writer.
Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/the-shrouds-rosary-connection/#ixzz1sLzXSNuY


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Dreamliner launch customer All Nippon Airways has canceled flights that were scheduled to operate with Boeing 787s through Jan. 28, the airline said Monday.
As the largest operator of the 787, ANA has taken the biggest hit to operations since aviation authorities grounded Boeing's Dreamliner last week. ANA has 17 787s.
The Japanese carrier called off 787 flights beginning Jan. 16. From Jan. 16 through Jan. 28, ANA has scrapped 320 domestic flights, affecting 46,800 passengers. The airline also has canceled 51 international flights, affecting 4,500 passengers.
ANA said it would provide an update Thursday for 787 flights scheduled for Jan. 29 and later.
The investigation into what caused batteries aboard two different 787s to malfunction continues. The National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday that excess battery voltage wasn't the cause of a Jan. 7 fire on a Japan Airlines 787. The NTSB also is assisting in the investigation into the Jan. 15 battery failure that forced an ANA 787 to make an emergency landing in Japan.


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You remember the nutrient cycle from high school? How organic matter breaks down and spreads throughout the ecosphere? Now it looks like the role of animals in this cycle may be larger than previously thought, and far more direct.
When the herbivorous grasshopper Melanoplus femurrubrum is under the stress of being in the presence of predator spiders, it does more than just freak out and escape. It undergoes major metabolic and chemical changes — and after the grasshopper dies, these alterations have a major influence on the surrounding soil.
In a new study, Israeli researchers raised one group of grasshoppers stress-free, and another exposed to simulated predator spiders. Once they were dead, the two different groups biodegraded at the same rate — but had significantly different effects on the biosphere around them.
Through laser analysis of the conversion from organic carbon to inorganic carbon in the decomposition of dead plant material, they found that the stressed-out insects notably slowed the rate in the areas around them. The plots with the remains of the frightened grasshoppers had slower decomposition and slower nutrient cycling.
We've never seen evidence before that animals have such a direct influence on the nutrient cycle. And this reveals another wrinkle in the complexity of an already labyrinthine cycle — and shows how important predators can be to maintaining the biosphere at every level.
Image: The herbivore grasshopper Melanoplus femurrubrum, courtesy of Dror Hawlena


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Word Document (DOCX)
DOCX is the file format for Microsoft Office 2007 and later.
DOCX should not be confused with DOC, the format used by earlier versions of Microsoft Office.
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Commissioner Bruce Adams reported that he had testified before a legislative committee last week on the need for culinary water on the reservation using the Navajo water right from the San Juan River.
Adams said that there has been a precedent set in Montana using Indian water rights to supply culinary water to residents on the reservation. According to the precedent, if the state puts of five percent of the money for the project, the Federal Government is obligated to fund 95 percent of the project.
The state is considering a $154 million project to supply water to Monument Valley using a 24-inch water line that would run from Mexican Hat to Monument Valley. The water would be treated in Mexican Hat and then distributed using lift stations and storage tanks.
Adams reports that the committee unanimously approved the project. There will also be two or three additional projects in the future to supply treated culinary water to other areas of the reservation.
According to Adams, the next step is to ask the Utah State Legislature to set aside $2 million dollars a year for four years to come up with their portion of the funding in order to pressure the Federal Government to fund the remainder of the project.
County resident Monte Wells approached the Commission regarding a road in the Indian Creek area that has been closed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Wells reports he has found no evidence that the BLM went through the proper channels or process to close the road, which is listed in the BLM travel plan as open. According to Wells, the entrance was dug up with a backhoe.
Commissioners expressed serious concern. Commissioner Bruce Adams said, "The County needs to make a strong statement at this point about an illegal road closure. An absolute and strong statement."
There was concern from the public regarding a $35,000 fine that the BLM has imposed on county residents for doing unauthorized trail work, and whether the BLM has to follow protocol or if they can be prosecuted under the same laws. The county will research the issue and submit a Freedom of Information Act request to the BLM.
The commission approved a$34,689 bid from Ridge Rock Inc. for maintenance on the Bluff Airport. Four bids were received on the project, with a high bid at $53,170. The original engineers estimate is $32,270.
County Administrator Rick Bailey reported that 90 percent of the project would be paid by a grant from the State of Utah Aeronautics. The county will pay $3,200 on the project and the engineering fees.
Bailey presented the Commission with a purchase request for a SCB fill station for the Bluff Fire Department. A Homeland Security Grant reimburses the $44,380 cost in full. The equipment is used to fill the breathing apparatus bottles used by the firefighters. The Commission approved the request.
Also approved was $50,000 to purchase a trailer that holds 250 gallons of foam for fighting oil and battery fires. A Community Impact Board grant paid for the trailer.
In other business, the commission approved a building permit on Bridger Jack Mesa. Also approved was $5,355 to purchase a training and management system for the San Juan County Sheriff's Office.
Commissioner Phil Lyman said that it's "great to see a proactive approach... This has the potential to pay huge dividends in terms of actually following through on keeping the county out of major liability, so I think it's money well spent."
The commission also granted a surplus vehicle from the Sheriff's office to San Juan Counseling.


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There's barely a day going by where Nokia isn't updating something on Windows Phone, so why should today be any different? We just got notifications for version 2.6 of their popular Cinemagraph Lens app for Windows Phone 8, which is now live in the Store, allowing you to continue making those hilarious animated GIFs. And the super creative PhotoBeamer has also been given a refresh.
The latest update of Nokia's Cinemagraph app (see overview) now allows you to create landscape and portrait 'Graphs on the go and reportedly supports a "wider range of device", which we presume includes the Lumia 505, 510 and 620. Sadly, this does not enable support for Windows Phone 7.8 Lumias although that is expected to be coming at some point (we're guessing through a separate app release).
We gave 2.6 a spin and maybe it's just us but it seems to load faster, which is always a bonus. Portrait mode does work but for some reason it doesn't seem as accurate to us at picking up movement, but that could be just our experience.
We wish we could tell you what's new with PhotoBeamer but alas it has no changelog and whatever is new, is not really evident. That tells us this is probably a maintenance release as opposed to a feature one. Either way, it was a cool app before and it's still a cool app now, so you if you're looking for a quick NFC-less way to share photos with others, then you'll want to grab this app.
There are two versions of PhotoBeamer, one for Windows Phone 7 Lumias and one for Windows Phone 8 Lumias. Both have been updated today.
Pick up Cinemagraph 2.6 here, PhotoBeamer 1.1 (WP7.x) here and PhotoBeamer 1.1 (WP8) here in the Nokia Collection. Thanks, everyone, for the tips


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It seems the people who play more fast and loose with language than any other spectrum of society are those people called 'advertisers.' We don't tend to pay much attention to advertisements, but they surround us. Some studies say as many as 3,000 ads a day bombard our senses.
...whoa, Michael, what studies? I realize that the article is an opinion / editorial and you are not bound to publish your sources but it sounds to me that you just wrapped a hyperbole around a hyperbole. What would you call that?
Taco Bell would probably call that delicious!


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