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In February 1932, the United States was in the midst of the Great Depression. Franklin Roosevelt was plotting a run for the White House. And in northeast Pennsylvania, the Morris Run Coal Co. had just finished drilling a 5,385-foot-deep gas well on a farm owned by Mr. W.J. Butters.
Eighty years and four months later, the Butters well was tied to another incident — even though it had been inactive for generations. It played a key role in a methane gas leak that led to a 30-foot geyser of gas and water spraying out of the ground for more than a week.
Methane is an odorless, colorless gas that exists naturally below the surface. It isn't poisonous, but it's dangerous. When enough methane gathers in an enclosed space — a basement or a water well, for instance — it can trigger an explosion.
The gas didn't come from the Butters well, nor did it originate from the Marcellus Shale formation that three nearby Shell wells had recently tapped into. What most likely happened to cause the geyser in June, Shell and state regulators say, was something of a chain reaction. As Shell was drilling and then hydraulically fracturing its nearby well, the activity displaced shallow pockets of natural gas. The gas disturbed by Shell's drilling moved underground until it found its way to the Butters well, and then shot up to the surface.
Companies have been extracting oil and gas from Pennsylvania's subsurface since 1859, when Edwin Drake drilled the world's first commercial oil well. Over that 150-year period, as many as 300,000 wells have been drilled, an unknown number of them left behind as hidden holes in the ground. Nobody knows how many because most of those wells were drilled long before Pennsylvania required permits, record-keeping or any kind of regulation.
It's rare for a modern drilling operation to intersect with an abandoned well. But incidents like Shell's Tioga County geyser are a reminder of the dangers these many unplotted holes in the ground can cause when Marcellus or Utica Shale wells are drilled nearby.
New Well Meets Old Well
Fred Baldassare worked at Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection for 25 years. He spent more than half his career investigating cases of methane migration, where gas from wells, coal mines, landfills or other sources broke loose and made its way to the surface.
Baldassare investigated more than 200 different episodes. Only a handful of them, he says — perhaps five or six — involved an active drilling site communicating with an abandoned oil or gas well. But when the new and old operations did intersect, Baldassare says, the results were often "dramatic."
When energy companies drill down to the Marcellus Shale, deep below the surface, their wells pass through several smaller, shallow gas formations. Drillers go to great lengths to seal off their gas wells, and Pennsylvania regulations require companies to bond their multiple layers of steel casing with top-grade cement. Most of the time, this casing prevents the shallow gas from moving to the surface.
But if an old, unplugged gas well has been drilled into the same formation already, the new activity can displace pockets of gas, through pressure changes and physical interaction. Baldassare explains, "that gas can move to the old well, because [the well] represents a low-pressure zone and a natural migration highway.
"Gas always wants to go from high pressure to low pressure," Baldassare continues. "That old well represents a low-pressure zone. Much like water wants to move downhill, gas wants to move to low-pressure zones." The lowest pressure is near the surface, so once the gas reaches an old well, it will shoot straight up.
And a new well doesn't need to be present to trigger this migration. Gas can migrate to the surface through these pathways on its own. The state has investigated dozens of cases where unknown wells have led to gas pooling in basements, water wells or other locations.
So it's critical for regulators and drillers to find these wells before it's too late. That's much easier said than done, though. In the decades since these wells have been drilled, towns have been built over top of them, vegetation has covered them up, and the physical signs of wells — metal casing and pipes — have been removed by scrap collectors. The result: Oftentimes, the first indication of a well's presence is a methane gas leak at the surface.
The best guess of both the state and the energy industry is that somewhere in the neighborhood of 325,000 wells have been drilled in Pennsylvania since Drake's. Of those, about 120,000 have state permits on file. "Just do the math," Gene Pine of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection says. "There's probably close to 200,000 wells that are largely or relatively unaccounted for in the commonwealth."
So finding old wells can require a good amount of forensic work. To find one, you can employ high-tech radar or use a musty antique survey map. Whatever method you choose, it's going to be a time-intensive effort.
Well Hunting
Laurie Barr knows this. She's spent the last two years driving across northern Pennsylvania, hunting for wells.
Until recently, Barr had no inkling that abandoned wells could be dangerous. Then she heard about a house in northwest Pennsylvania that blew up last year. State regulators centered their investigation of the incident on gas from an abandoned well, drilled in 1881 and located about 300 feet from the home.
"I thought, whoa, what the eff?" Barr recalls. "Can you imagine stepping out to shovel snow and your whole house goes poof?"
Ever since, Barr has made hunting down abandoned wells her life's calling. Earlier this year, she launched an online "scavenger hunt," encouraging others to look for wells and pass along their locations and information.
Barr has plotted about 100 new wells since her hunt began in November. She drives me to a northwest Pennsylvania forest to point one out. It's a jagged, rusty pipe sticking out of the ground. "Depending on the pressure underground, or the water table, this pours with water," she says.
The Department of Environmental Protection knows about this well, but won't be plugging it anytime soon. That's because well-plugging funds are limited, so state regulators triage their list of wells. If an old well isn't near a water source or people, it will likely stay unplugged.
We head north to a town along the New York/Pennsylvania border, where Barr points to pipes poking out of streams. "This is like a 13-year-old's bedroom with all the pizza boxes laying all over the floor. They're not being responsible," says Barr. "This area has a lot of old pizza boxes laying around. They haven't cleaned up their mess."
Scott Detrow is a reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania. StateImpact is a collaboration between NPR and member stations examining the effect of state policy on people's lives.
Here's an occasion where the present crashes into the past. Natural gas drilling has shaken up the domestic energy landscape and Pennsylvania is at the heart of that. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has brought a lot of money and jobs to the state and a lot of wells. Thousands have been drilled in the past few years. But this is not Pennsylvania's first energy boom. The world's first commercial oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania followed by hundreds of thousands more, all of them now out of use.
As Scott Detrow of member station WITF in Harrisburg reports, when new wells meet old wells, bad things can happen.
SCOTT DETROW, BYLINE: That's a geyser erupting alongside a rural road in northeast Pennsylvania this summer. Without warning it started blasting water and natural gas 30 feet into the air. Natural gas is mostly methane and it can be flammable. In this YouTube video, a landowner asks a firefighter what's happening.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: So there's nothing in there, nothing.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I don't think we can shut it with fire.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: It's too much right there.
DETROW: The geyser spewed for about a week and it just so happened that right nearby, Shell was operating some natural gas wells tapped into Pennsylvania's Marcellus shale. Was there a link? Yes, but it's a bit more complicated than you'd think. Here's Shell spokeswoman Kelly OpDeWeegh.
KELLY OPDEWEEGH: Our evaluation of the methane release indicates that the abandoned Butters Well likely did play a role.
DETROW: The abandoned Butters Well had been there for 80 years before Shell started drilling in the area. It was drilled in 1932 on a farm owned by Mr. W. J. Butters. All these wells, the new Shell operations and the old Butter site run through underground pockets of natural gas. Here's what happened. As Shell drilled into a gas pocket, it put pressure on the underground pocket forcing the gas to look for a way to ease the stress.
The gas found that old abandoned well and it used its pathway to shoot to the surface.
FRED BALDASSARE: Gas always wants to go from high pressure to low pressure so that old abandoned well represents a low pressure zone, a natural migration pathway, because it's always trying to seek that, much just like water wants to go downhill, gas wants to move to a low pressure zone.
DETROW: That's Fred Baldassare. He investigated this sort of thing for 15 years at Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection. Sitting in his office near Pittsburgh, Baldassare plays me another video of another geyser, this one from 2008.
BALDASSARE: That one was a fairly dramatic one because the geyser threw 90-feet of film material vertically. That was a very dramatic one.
DETROW: This geyser had the same dynamics. The underground gas feeling the squeeze from a new well looked for a way to come out. It comes across this old well, a perfect elevator to the surface if it hasn't been properly sealed with cement. If it makes it above ground this flammable gas can gather in water wells, basements or in extreme cases, spout like a fountain. So the big challenge for regulators and drilling companies is to find these old wells before it's too late.
It's not easy, because most of these wells are nearly impossible to find. People were drilling for oil and gas for nearly a century before Pennsylvania set down rules for documenting wells. As time went on, cities and towns were built on top of them and forests grew back. Regulators estimate there are probably 200,000 abandoned wells. At best, they know where four percent of them are.
Laurie Barr knows this. She's spent more than two years driving around northern Pennsylvania, looking for wells. We get out of her car in the middle of the forest. She climbs up a steep hill and into the woods to show me a rusty, slimy, jagged pipe, an old well head.
LAURA BARR: The thing that happens, depending on the pressure, underground or the water table, this pours with water.
DETROW: Barr says she never thought too much about abandoned wells until a nearby home blew up last year.
BARR: And I just thought, whoa, you know, like, what the F, you know? Can you imagine, like, stepping out into your driveway to shovel your snow and your whole house goes poof?
DETROW: State regulators blame a leaky abandoned well drilled in the 1880s. In this case, a new well was not involved. All on its own, gas found its way into the well and then into the home. Soon Barr was on a mission. She read every report she could find about abandoned wells and began studying old property records and hiking through the woods to find them. She organized an online well scavenger hunt where other people can add well sightings to her growing database.
BARR: This is like a 13-year-old's bedroom with all the pizza boxes laying all over the floor, you know, and they're not being responsible. They haven't cleaned up their mess.
DETROW: Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection does not have enough money to plug all the abandoned wells it's found. Gene Pine runs Pennsylvania's well-plugging division. He says the state can only do triage.
GENE PINE: A well that's been out there and there's no evidence at all that it's leaking oil or venting gas and it's not near a home or it's not near a surface water body, like a stream or a lake, then that would be given a lower priority.
DETROW: The program is funded by a 150 to $250 surcharge on well permits and has plugged around 20 wells so far this year. Since it began the project in 1989, the unit has plugged about 2800 wells. That means there's still about 200,000 to go and all that in the midst of a new drilling boom. For NPR News, I'm Scott Detrow.
INSKEEP: And that report comes to us from State Impact, a collaboration of NPR and local member stations which explores how state level issues affect American lives. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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SANTA CLARA — Released Tuesday by the 49ers, wide receivers Kyle Williams cleared waivers until getting snatched by the 32nd team in that order, the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs.
Williams, a fourth-year wideout, will reunite with quarterback Alex Smith. In a corresponding roster move, the Chiefs cut wide receiver Chad Hall, who conceivably could return to the 49ers.
The 49ers have an open roster spot, and although they appear to be saving that in case they need a temp to fill in for tight end Vernon Davis or safety Eric Reid because of their concussions, they also could use depth at wideout and on punt returns.
Hall was among the 49ers' final training-camp cuts Aug. 31. He joined the 49ers' practice squad last November and was promoted to the active roster for the NFC Championship Game, in which he failed to catch the one pass targeted for him.
In other waiver-wire news, cornerback Perrish Cox went unclaimed after being waived along with Williams. Cox is now free to sign with any team, and so is fellow cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, who got cut Nov. 4.


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Conejo Food & Wine Fest 2013
Conejo Food & Wine Fest
Sunday, June 30, 2013 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
With 20 Food establishments, 9 wineries and 3 breweries, the Conejo Food & Wine Fest is a premier event that showcases the best in the Food & Beverage scene in the Conejo Valley.
Sample fine food from local establishments like Cafe Firenze, Tifa Chocolate & Gelato, Draughts Restaurant and Bar, local wines from San Vicente Cellars, Sunland Vintage Cellars, Wades Wines and beer from The LAB and Firestone and much more.
Proceeds from this wonderful fundraiser will be to benefit Many Mansions - one of Ventura County's best-loved non-profit organization. From its humble beginnings in 1979, Many Mansions has grown to provide well-managed, service-enriched, affordable housing to low-income residents of Ventura County and its surrounding communities. By providing decent housing and life-enriching services to those most in need, Many Mansions aims to break the cycle of poverty and remove the barriers that prevent members of our community from having a basic need met—a roof over their head.
Join us for an afternoon of fine food, great wine, wonderful music and fantastic company!
Take advantage of Exclusive Discount Prices which are good only for the month of June.
From June 1 to June 29, prices will be our Early Bird prices. Regular prices are $75 for general admission. Sorry, but VIP Tickets are sold out.
Must be at least 21 years old to attend.
When & Where
155 E. Janss Rd
Corner of Janns & Moorpark Roads
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Sunday, June 30, 2013 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM (PDT)
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WHO offers new definition of 'universal' health care
While Americans ponder the dilemma of the disparities in health care delivery assured by a system which rations care based on the ability to pay for or otherwise acquire health care insurance, a study from the World Health Organization ("Primary health care: Now more than ever ") reminds us that vast disparities between health care outcomes are hardly a U.S. problem alone.
It is a gulf that can be measured across a global divide, but with one similarity—it is always the wealthier folk, whether measured as an individual or as a society, who have access to quality care, while the world's poorest—and typically as a result the poorest in health—who have the least access to quality care or even the most basic health care. The stark outcomes of such inequity can hardly be a surprise.
According to the report, a citizen of a wealthy nation can live up to 40 years longer than someone in a poor country, and of the 136 million women who will give birth this year, about 58 million (43 percent) will receive no medical assistance during childbirth or the postpartum period.
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan reminds us residents of the affluent world that the health-care gap is more than just a moral problem. It has real-world implications.
"A world that is greatly out of balance in matters of health is neither stable nor secure," she said in a statement from Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the report was released.
There is a wide gulf between per capita health care expenses in wealthier nations ($6,000 or more) and in the poorest, which succumb to a low of just $20. But there are lessons for rich nations like the U.S. which emerge from that astonishing disparity: High spending does not translate into better health outcomes in quality of life or longevity, suggesting that if the world's resources were more equitably distributed on health care, all nations could still anticipate improvements in health care performance.
"When countries at the same level of economic development are compared,those where health care is organized around the tenets of primary health care produce a higher level of health for the same investment," according to the report.
Here are five global shortcomings on health care identified by WHO:
Inverse care. People with the most means – whose needs for health care are often less – consume the most care, whereas those with the least means and greatest health problems consume the least. Public spending on health services most often benefits the rich more than the poor11 in high- and low income countries alike.
Impoverishing care. Wherever people lack social protection and payment for care is largely out-of-pocket at the point of service, they can be confronted with catastrophic expenses. Over 100 million people annually fall into poverty because they have to pay for health care.
Fragmented and fragmenting care. The excessive specialization of health-care providers and the narrow focus of many disease control programs discourage a holistic approach to the individuals and the families they deal with and do not appreciate the need for continuity in care. Health services for poor and marginalized groups are often highly fragmented and severely under-resourced16, while development aid often adds to the fragmentation.
Unsafe care. Poor system design that is unable to ensure safety and hygiene standards leads to high rates of hospital-acquired infections, along with medication errors and other avoidable adverse effects that are an underestimated cause of death and ill-health.
Misdirected care. Resource allocation clusters around curative services at great cost, neglecting the potential of primary prevention and health promotion to prevent up to 70 percent of the disease burden. At the same time, the health sector lacks the expertise to mitigate the adverse effects on health from other sectors and make the most of what these other sectors can contribute to health.


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June 8
• The Steppin' It Up Coalition meets from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Pickens Recreation Department, 545 Sangamo Road in Pickens. Meetings are open to anyone interested in educating youth on the dangers and health implications of alcohol, tobacco and drug exposure and use.
June 13
• The Parenting Place, 1899 Gentry Memorial Highway in Easley, hosts the 19th annual Ride for the Child. Registration will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The ride will begin at 11 a.m. The cost is $30 per vehicle plus an additional $10 per extra passenger or extra poker hands. The fee includes a T-shirt, one poker hand, lunch and music. Visit www.theparentingplacepca.org for more information or to register.
June 16
• The Fine Arts Center of Easley presents a Rhythm Section Clinic at 6:30 p.m. in the Carr Conference Room at West End Hall in Easley. Trey Lundquist, a Pickens High School and Berklee School of Music graduate, will present the clinic with Berklee alum Sam Enright, on the relationship between the drummer and bass player. The clinic is free to the public.
Ongoing events
• The Easley Rotary Club meets from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. each Tuesday at West End Hall in the Carr Center, 201 S. 5th St. in Easley.
• The Clemson Sertoma Club meets at noon the first and third Tuesday of each month at the University Inn, 1310 Tiger Blvd. in Clemson. New members and visitors are welcome. Call Randy Shaw at 864-423-5469 for more information.
• Easley Newcomers & Friends meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Capt. Kimberly Hampton Public Library, 304 Biltmore Road in Easley. The social is at 10 a.m. and the meeting is at 10:30 a.m. Guests are welcome. Call Donna Medgyesy at 864-855-5231 for more information.
• The Moving Forward Group meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Silver Bay on S.C. 123 in Easley.
• The Confection Connection of the Upstate meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 1200 Powdersville Road in Easley. Call 864-859-4252 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
• The Upcountry Quilters Guild meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month in the community room of Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, 734 W. Main St. in Pickens. Visitors are welcome. Visit www.upcountryquiltguildsc.com for more information.
• The Powdersville Branch Library, 4 Civic Court in Powdersville, holds its PreSchool Story Time for ages 1-5 at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays throughout the fall. Contact Branch Manager Alex Currin at 864-295-1190 for more information.
• The Pickens Rotary Club meets from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. each Wednesday at Pickens Presbyterian Church.
• The Easley Business and Professional Women's Chapter meets at 12:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Fatz Cafe in Easley. Send an email to Lynne Mathis at email@example.com or call 864-608-3268 for more information.
• The Powdersville Water District Board of Directors meets the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. in the meeting room of the Powdersville Library, 4 Civic Court in Easley. The Executive Committee meets the week prior to the regular board meeting. All meeting times are subject to change. Call 864-269-5440, ext. 3108, for more information.
• The Arts Council of Pickens County meets at 2:30 p.m. the first Saturday of each month at Starving Artist Cafe, 114 NW Main St. in Easley. The group is open to those wanting to build support for the arts. Visit artscouncilofpickens.wix.com for more information.
Outside Pickens County
Anderson County
The Art Gallery on Pendleton Square, 102-A E. Main St. in Pendleton, holds its Second Friday event from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. featuring a reception to showcase Lou Koppel, a metal and mixed-media sculptor.
Oconee County
Keowee Marina, 150 Keowee Marina Drive in Seneca, is hosting a series of free family events in June, July and August. Kids Day will be held from 10 a.m. to noon June 9 followed by Toons & Board from noon to 5 p.m. June 10 and Movie Night by the Lake at 9 p.m. June 11. July events will include Kids Day from 10 a.m. to noon July 7 and Movie Night by the Lake at 9 p.m. July 16. August events will include Pirate Day from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 11 (RSVP required) and Movie Night by the Lake at 9 p.m. Aug. 13. Call 864-882-2047 or visit www.keoweemarina.com for more information.
Community Calendar items can be submitted in writing to P.O. Box 709, Easley, S.C. 29641; in person at 205 Russell St.; via fax to 864-855-6825; or via email at email@example.com. Call 864-855-0355 for more information. Items run on a space-available basis.


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Enhanced Box Score: Nationals 7, Cubs 4 – April 7, 2012
If you were watching another team, you probably wouldn't believe it.
Should I just copy and paste the preamble from Thursday's game? Starting pitching good, just enough offense, and then Kerry Wood and Carlos Marmol combine to blow the game.
The Cubs slapped Gio Gonzalez around early, and knocked him out before the end of the fourth inning. But then the Cubs' bats went lifeless, thanks in large part to the best reliever in baseball, Craig Kimbrel. What's that you say? Craig Stammen? Who the hell is that?
Matt Garza had an overall solid outing today. The only runs he gave up came when Garza allowed a two-run homer to Adam LaRoche (on a decent pitch), after which Garza went absolutely nuts in the dugout, stomping around, screaming in the general direction of the field. That was the kind of thing we heard about before Garza came to Chicago, but didn't see much of last year. But, within seconds, he was sitting calmly on the bench looking downward, regrouping. So, it wasn't really a big deal.
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Cherie R. Lowell is UW School of Nursing Distinguished Alumna
Cherie Lowell, who received her bachelor of science in nursing degree in 2000, has been named the University of Wyoming Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing's 2012 Distinguished Alumna.
Lowell will be honored for her outstanding contributions to the nursing profession during the school's convocation ceremony Saturday, May 5, at 1:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center concert hall. She is the event's keynote speaker.
After becoming a registered nurse (RN) following her graduation from UW, Lowell worked as an RN in Georgia and then in Utah. She quickly rose to an administrative role, being placed as the director of surgical services for Mountain West Medical Center in Tooele, Utah, only three years after graduation. She remained in that position for seven years while she completed her master of science in nursing degree with an emphasis in health care administration. At that time, she took over as director of clinic operations in the same medical center.
From a letter sent to support her nomination for the award, the recommender noted:
"Lowell is an exceptional administrator and nurse. Cherie has been asked to manage two of the most challenging departments in our organization and has exceeded senior management expectations in doing so. She is responsible for growing our surgical volumes by 20 to 30 percent a year, while maintaining quality and structural control of a complex and demanding department. She managed a multifaceted expansion (doubled capacity) of our surgical physical plant in such a way that operations were not impaired, and grew volumes during this complicated construction process."
Following her years of service to the Mountain West Medical Center, Lowell was named director of the operating room at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City, where she oversaw 14 operating rooms and approximately 90 staff members.
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After 32 years in the classroom, many public school teachers would be ready for retirement. But Collette Williams, an English language arts teacher at Golden Meadow Middle School, jokes that she's just getting started.
After 32 years in the classroom, many public school teachers would be ready for retirement. But Collette Williams, an English language arts teacher at Golden Meadow Middle School, jokes that she's just getting started.
"I'm trying for 40 years," Williams said. "If teaching is your calling — and there's no doubt it's mine because kids are my passion — there's no other way to feel but excited. How can you not be excited?"
And Williams should be excited. The vibrant classroom veteran is one of five finalists for 2014 Louisiana Teacher of the Year. She will find out if she wins the title tonight.
Williams has taught multiple subjects and nearly every grade level at schools across south Louisiana, jumping from Grand Isle to Houma to New Orleans and back. She has worked at Golden Meadow since 2001 and now teaches eighth grade.
"I absolutely belong in middle school," she said. "Middle school kids are a different animal."
Williams described herself as an unconventional teacher who "doesn't sweat the small stuff." She's a bit unorganized, and sometimes she loses her train of thought because "she's getting old," she joked. But that doesn't mean she doesn't push her students to work hard. Williams emphasizes success.
"I refuse to let them fail," she said. "It's not an option."
She works with students until they understand the material, no matter how long it takes or how she has to teach it, she said. She also tries to keep her lessons fun and interesting.
Golden Meadow Principal Tim Long said Williams identifies each student's strengths and weaknesses. By the end of the year, he said, she knows the students so well that she can predict how they will perform on standardized tests. This year, her students' proficiency scores on the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP exam, jumped from 65 percent to 86 percent, he said.
"She has it," Long said. "Whatever it is, she has it."
Long said Williams builds respectful relationships with her students and motivates them. Before he could continue his compliments, Williams burst into his office.
"Have you seen this?" she asked, waving an application for a Lowe's school improvement grant. "We need to do this. What's our school code?"
Long laughed, "Yeah, that's Collette. She's always up to something."
Williams is constantly ready to hit the ground running, he said. For an experienced teacher, that can be rare, especially in the wake of new curriculum requirements and changes.
"I'm a learner by heart," she said. "And at the end of the day, at the end of this process, the Common Core, all of that, I'm focused on what's best for my kids at this time, on this day."
Williams said that's one mark of a true educator.
"I'm not organized, I'm not always the most patient, but I do know what makes a good teacher," she said, starting her list. "One: you have to have the willingness to form a relationship with the kids; two: you have to love the age level you are working with and love the subject matter; and three: you have to be willing to grow professionally and never give up on your job or on the people you work with."
And though these are the qualities that have guided her to be a state finalist for the award, she remains humble.
"I keep thinking, 'I don't have a master's (degree), I haven't written any books, I'm not published... I'm not big enough,'" she said. "But we're all girls from small towns and schools, and maybe we are big enough."
In addition to Lafourche, the finalists are from Terrebonne Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, St. Charles Parish and the Central Community School System.
"The teacher of the year should be a voice for kids and a voice for teachers, and that shouldn't be any different," Williams said. "Whoever wins needs to be a voice for both. One can't succeed without the other."
Although she has no idea who will win the award, she said, any of the candidates would fit that mold.
"But if I do win," she said, "it would be a really cool way to end my career."


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ST. PAUL (AP) — Law enforcement officials say Minnesota's local jails are overburdened by inmates suffering from mental illness who aren't getting the kind of treatment they need.
The state Senate's Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on mental health issues facing both the state Corrections Department and county jails. Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek estimated that 25 to 30 percent of inmates in Hennepin County jails at any given time suffer some kind of mental illness, and that many of those are untreated cases.
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Official says Manchester lost out on $1.5m for cell tower court has now ordered builtBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 07. 2014 10:39PM
MANCHESTER — The chairman of Manchester Water Works said the city could have received $1.5 million from AT&T if aldermen would have agreed to build a cell-phone tower just up the street from where it will now be built under federal order.
Paul Lessard said politics were responsible for a deal, negotiated by Mayor Ted Gatsas, being rejected. Now, a tower will be built anyway, after a federal judge last week sided with AT&T and ordered city regulators to allow the tower on a wooded lot off South Mammoth Road.
The tower could have gone just up the road to the east of the Water Works reservoir on Mammoth Road. In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe mentioned the alternative spot and said it was ironic that the city did not take the Water Works deal. He noted it would have come with an income stream.
Lessard said the deal called for $1.5 million over 25 years.
"We had a contract in hand," he said. He blamed Ward 6 Alderman Garth Corriveau and at-large Aldermen Joe Kelly Levasseur for killing the deal.
"They did it for votes. It's that simple," Lessard said. Now the neighborhood will get a tower, he said, in a terrible spot.
The two aldermen said they have no reservations about opposing the deal. Corriveau said the location bordered two other wards — Wards 7 and 8 — and it had no neighborhood support. He said the money would have gone to Water Works, not the city treasury.
"It was really a very easy decision for us to make and just say no," he said.
Levasseur said the tower would have been an eyesore in the neighborhoods east of the reservoir. "It was wide open, no trees, not blockage," he said.
Both aldermen are lukewarm about a suggestion from a tower neighbor that the city ask for a reconsideration and appeal the decision if necessary.
Corriveau said he hasn't read the decision but would defer to Thomas Katsiantonis, the alderman whose ward the tower will be in.
"I don't know why you would (appeal)," Levasseur said. He said he had a bad feeling when the case went to federal court. "They had the money, guns and lawyers," he said.
Katsiantonis said he wants to speak to the city's lawyers before deciding on an appeal, given the possible costs. He said constituents in the neighborhood complain about the tower, but customers in his pizza shop complain about poor cell-phone reception in the area.
In his ruling, McAuliffe said the federal Telecommunications Act prevents communities from adopting regulations that effectively prohibit the provision of wireless service. Manchester's zoning ordinance keeps residential areas off-limits for cell towers. AT&T had sought a variance, but had been twice denied.
The lawyer who argued the case, Peter Chiesa, said he will consult with the city Zoning Board of Adjustment and elected officials to see what the next move will be.


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First Ward book proves popular, with interest from across the world
The response to Timothy Bohen's book about the First Ward of Buffalo has been, he says, "astonishing."
Several local publishers Bohen consulted before self-publishing "Against the Grain: The History of Buffalo's First Ward," told him that he could expect to sell his first printing of 1,000 copies in three years. Instead, that printing sold out in three weeks.
Now on the fourth printing, and after "well over a dozen book-signings," Bohen is preparing for a busy March, when St. Patrick's Day celebrations have people thinking about the community's Irish roots.
But first, Bohen will appear in the Larkin Square Author Series, speaking informally and signing books from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Filling Station Restaurant, 745 Seneca St., Larkinville.
The link between the Larkin empire and the First Ward was strong, Bohen says. "The Larkin Co. was born in the First Ward on Chicago Street, was raised in the Hydraulics, and was buried [the remains of the administration building] in the Ohio Basin in the Ward."
Bohen, a Buffalo pharmaceuticals salesman and self-taught historian, became intrigued by the history of the First Ward when he began looking into the proper spelling of his great-great-grandfather's last name. Along the way, he discovered a fascinating history of blue-collar workers, prominent politicians and successful sports figures, disasters and prosperity, all set in a tight-knit community.
He says the interest in "Against the Grain" came from two groups: "Those who are from the Ward or are descendants of the Ward are the largest segment. There is a real hunger from this group to learn about how their parents, grandparents, or other relatives lived in this unique neighborhood. Also, many people who grew up in the Ward want to share their life with their loved ones or friends.
"The second group includes Buffalo history enthusiasts. This group of people has turned out to be much larger than I initially thought," he says.
Tom McDonnell, who owns and operates the nonprofit Dog Ears Bookstore and Enlightenment Literary Arts Center on Abbott Road in South Buffalo, says sales of "Against the Grain" have greatly benefited his store, which has also held a couple of book-signings with Bohen.
McDonnell estimates that he has sold some 500 copies of the book, and that many people have been excited to find themselves, friends and family members listed among the 900 names and nicknames printed at the end of the book. "They see that, and then they want to buy the book," says McDonnell.
Bohen says, "There seems to be something unique about the Ward because of the mystery of this neighborhood," due to the insular nature of the families, who often knew each other for several generations and also intermarried during the 170-year history of the First Ward.
The fact that the Ward was both an industrial and a residential neighborhood "also makes it unique," Bohen says. "I am not sure if there would be as much of an interest in a Buffalo residential neighborhood with a history that starts in the 1920s, let's say."
Bohen praises other movements to preserve ethnic heritage in the city, including the magazine "Per Niente," published by Joe Di Leo, which tells the story of the Italian West Side.
During his talk at Larkinville, Bohen will discuss ways in which the Ward and the Larkin Co. interacted.
"They were actually two very distinct neighborhoods, even though they bumped up against each other on Exchange Street," he says. "Bridges, canals, railroad tracks and the Thruway kept the Ward, the Valley, and the Hydraulics all very distinct throughout most of the 19th and 20th [centuries]. Some areas of overlap include the Larkin Co. Some Ward residents have told me the Larkin Co. was the largest employer of women from the Ward. It was a comfort for these women to know that they could always find a job there if they needed one, and many did."
Leslie Zemsky, whose title is Larkin Square Director of Fun, says, "We're excited to hear Timothy's fun stories about the First Ward and the ways in which they spill over to Larkinville. It's also a great way to gear up for our upcoming Live at O'Larkin event themed around St. Patrick's Day."
The Celtic-themed Live at O'Larkin event will run from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 15, kicking off St. Patrick's weekend.
The free outdoor event will include music by McCarthyizm, Poor Ould Goat and the Greater Buffalo Firefighters Pipes and Drums, as well as dancing by Clann Na Cara School of Irish Dance. Irish coffee, stout and food will be sold at The Filling Station, The Grill, and Square 1 Sandwiches, and the Larkin Square Marketplace will feature a variety of vendors.
As for Bohen, the outpouring of response to "Against the Grain" has kept him busy. He has received more than 200 emails from people offering their own memories and family stories. His website, oldfirstward.com, has been visited by more than 3,000 users from 48 states and more than 1,000 spots outside Western New York, including Nigeria, Nepal, Ethiopia, Chile, Thailand, Japan and New Zealand.
"Many of them are probably Buffalo ex-pats," Bohen says. "But it's extraordinary, that somebody in Nigeria, even a Buffalo ex-pat, would care about the First Ward."
--------Anne Neville/Buffalo News
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Bear further in mind that she doesn't actually suggest that the "another" is the one who alters memories. It's just that, somehow, no one seems to remember when the extra appeared. It's as though it's always been there. In other words, it would feel more as though one plane of existence had suddenly shifted into another, to use a multiverse scenario.
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Somewhat blunt idea, but...
What if this curse kills people and alters their memory only to prevent the dead one from remembering that he/she is actually... well, dead?
Doubt that something like that is actually there, but this at least is partly ironic. And has some bittersweet vibes aswell.
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Let's give class 3-3 a hand. How would you go about finding out who's the dead one?
Personal memories and school records have been altered to make it look like the another has always been there, and the effect may even be more widespread than that. In addition, even the another's memories have been altered and they think they're still alive also.
I think I would start by checking into the students' homes. Start with the ones that are said to be "living alone." If that comes up empty, then move on to the rest.
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It's more than likely that the "extra" would be living with family just as normally as everyone else. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be able to go through each day thinking it was still alive and "normal". The family members are either going to be just as oblivious to the extra's supernatural existence as everyone else, or are possibly just as dead.
For example, if the curse isn't exorcised by the end of the year, Sakuragi could reappear in future classes, along with her mother, outside of school. Both of them wouldn't be aware that they are dead. For them, it would be as though they are living in the year that everyone else knows they've lost. Again, to use my multiverse analogy, it would be as though Sakuragi and her mother's alternate reality got spliced into the time-space that everyone else exists in. (Think of the resultant deaths as the conservation of energy in this time-space.)
That being the case, I think it would be next to impossible to find out where the alterations occurred. It would require some extraordinary ability to deny one's physical senses, to completely ignore what one's brain thinks it perceives to spot the blurred boundaries between two different realities. (Maybe this is how Misaki's doll's eye would come into play.)
The key then would be find out why the dead keep coming back, rather than to find out who the "extra" is. It started with the original invitation, the initial denial by the Class of '72. How would you undo that invitation, to uninvite the dead?
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Anyway let's round up what we know for sure based on episode 5:
1. Mei is a real living person.
2. Sakakibara was supposed to follow the class rules and ignore Mei, he fucks it up.
3. A change in headcount is the assigned cause of the curse, and no one remembers who the new person is.
4. It's inherently tied to the students and not some physical room or something like that.
Mei seems to suggest that one of them in the class now is either an immortal or a continuous reincarnation of previous students, thereby causing the class to always have 1 more student. When you consider point 4, it makes a bit of sense that if the curse is not limited to a physical place, then it exists as being tied to a factor shared by people that gives them a "Class 3 Quality."
So as it stands, I'm inclined to think that the binding factor in the curse is that there is this "quality" that inherently makes you a Class 3 student. This quality is what ties them all to death and causes the curse to manifest.
The one thing I wanted Mei to answer is why she was ostracized. If headcount is the source, and Sakakibara is the one that caused the excess, then I can only think of 2 logical reasons that Mei is ostracized:
1. Because Sakakibara will definitely be acknowledged, someone took the bullet and gets ignored for all their sakes. Mei was chosen for some reason.
2. Mei is involved in the curse further back, and has been ignored for a long time.
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To quibble with TRL, I don't think we know Mei is a "real, living" person. We know she's corporeal, and that the other students can see her but choose to pretend they can't. But if everyone's memories are altered, I see nothing precluding the possibility that Mei (or whoever is the designated "dead" person every year) could actually be the "another".
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And as I said before, the actions of class 3-3 of '72 created a "space" for a student who should not have been there. For the dead to use this "space" they have to be a student. If the dead one was a teacher or staff, the curse should affect the whole school, not just a single class.
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It seems people are overlooking some details:
1. In episode 5, Kou receives a note from Mochizuki (the art club kid), telling him to ask Mei for more details. Why has no one questioned this act yet? If merely speaking her name causes people to die, why hasn't any concern being raised over Mochizuki yet? It's possible that he will die next episode, but the mere fact that this doesn't seem to bother anyone seems odd to me. This looks to me like all the deaths so far are purely coincidental, and that Mei's story is either a lie, or a figure of speech.
2. A bit later, when Kou goes to visit her, Mei says that her silent treatment didn't start at the start of the school season, but since May 1st, a few days after the death of her cousin. That looks quite significant to me, but I don't see anyone here taking note of that. I think that, as well as the resemblance of her name to the Miskai of '72, is the reason why they're shunning her.
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It's possible that Mei's cousin's death was caused by the curse. Remember the curse extends to relatives as well. That may be why Mei was selected to be ignored.
My money is currently on that the protag is the "Another". Remember the countermeasures girl's comment that she seemed to have seen him somewhere before and how she tried to ascertain whether he had lived here before? He probably died in episode 1 and their memories all got altered.
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THQ made great wrestling games in the N64 era. Its a shame how things have changed.
this guy obviously has not played this game this has been the best one since here comes the pain this guy is nuts
who the hell is shogun gamer anyway? oh yeah only on N4g you here of shogun gamer.
all i can say this game is way better than a 3, the attitude era mode alone is worth at least a 6 or 7.
Thanks for the feedback, would love to hear specifics on why you think it should be a higher score. Thought the provided support / links / videos made a pretty solid case. Lots of unacceptable bugs. Feels like a early beta at best, which is why I gave THQ time to make statements about the problems. It's a big game, bound to be issues. Their response has been horrible.


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Barrow County law enforcement officials remain on the lookout for the suspect in the killing of one Athens policeman and the critical shooting of a second policeman.
The suspect, Jamie Hood of Winterville, allegedly shot and killed APD officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian and injured officer Tony Howard as the two searched for a suspect in an alleged kidnapping and carjacking that had occurred earlier in the day.
The shooting took place between Alps Drive and the Oconee River on the Atlanta Highway around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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I hope they catch him very soon. I don't want my kids outside until they do.
notice his picture is a mug shot, Hope they kill this POS!
When they catch him, they should just slap handcuffs on him, taze him for the hell of it, beat the crap out of him and hang him on the spot. He doesn't deserve a trial. He's obviously guilty. Strangle him with piano wire and film it for amusement.
Oh But what about the "accused" rights ? He is suppose to be innocent until proven guilty ! Thats what some "Lib-tards" will be crying.
Just like Nichols in Atlanta, why give them rights when you know they did it, no matter why they did it. Just give them the death penalty automatically within a week and then charge the perps family for the expenses for allowing their son to be a piece of manure.
Our prayers are with the officer and his family and I pray that the Lord will bring them peace
Just like Nichols in Atlanta, why give them rights when you know they did it, no matter why they did it. Just give them the death penalty automatically within a week and then charge the perps family for the expenses for allowing their son to be a piece of manure.
Our prayers are with the officer and his family and I pray that the Lord will bring them peace
Now tell the truth: In your closet hangs a brownshirt adorned with a swastika. Heil, baby, heil! Sorry that your dream police state does not exist. Do Gideon, Escobito, and Miranda ring a bell? That man, as much as you despise him, has rights. And you & I are going to pay for his defense (if he is captured alive). Just like Brian Nichols.
No, it is a blue shirt !. I said give him a week if its an open and shut case, what more should you want. A long and expensive trial why he tries to come up with some defense about being on a slave ship or whatever Nichols used to get life ? I know he has "rights", however, if he pulled that 30-50yrs ago, would any murderer have such a long stay ?
It would be nice if you could just TRY not to live 30-50 years ago: the very definition of a reactionary. However, you seem deluded enough to equate that with bravery. I'm sure you feel right at home in Barrow county, where chickens, a dilapidated hotel and internecine squabbling over a putative airport are more important than filling a few lousy potholes.
#126.96.36.199.1 Anonymous on 03/28/11 at 09:05 AM [Reply]
Funny thing is...America WAS a better place 40-50 years ago, before the liberal left wing elitist that thought they knew better than everyone else got to be so vocal and corrupted our system.
#22.214.171.124.1.1 Old Hippie on 03/28/11 at 09:38 AM [Reply]
Wait a sec...40-50 years ago would take us back to the 60's and 70's, wouldn't it?
Whoo-hoo! Sounds like a party to me!
Whoo-hoo! Sounds like a party to me!
No he wouldn't and furthermore, if he had done this years ago, the citizens would not have put up with it. I wish we were still in the times where the people would stand against something like this. Back in the day a posse would have gathered and the community would have taken care of this. I'm not talking about a lynching...well ok, in this case I am. It's time for the people to stop this kind of BS. Killing a police officer is not only killing a human but it is making a statement against society and its rules. So HE made the decision to throw out the rules. No rules = no rights. If he doesn't want to play by the rules then lets take him out of our game!
#18.104.22.168.1 Ben on 03/25/11 at 10:42 AM [Reply]
Please provide the proof showing he did this. When you provide substantive evidence and a jury convicts him, THEN you take him out of the game. I can't arbitrarily take someone out because I believe they did something wrong. But I go back to my original statement time and again... if he resists arrest when the police find him, they need to use the force necessary to keep themselves and others safe.
#220.127.116.11.1.1 go get em on 03/25/11 at 06:29 PM [Reply]
It was all caught on video. There's your trial. If trials are designed as a search for truth, and it was all caught on video, then why do we need a trial....due process I know. And you're right, just seems a BIG waste of money. The video doesn't lie. The accused (and his lawyers) certainly will.
#220.127.116.11.2 anonie mouse on 03/25/11 at 11:41 AM [Reply]
I want them to catch this guy, too. If he decides to resist arrest and gets shot in the process, so be it. The mob mentality you seem to advocate is just wrong. Too many innocent people were tracked down and lynched by angry mobs for crimes they didn't commit. I certainly do not want a return to those times.
I'm sorry for the families of the officer who died and the one who was injured, but we do need to follow due process as he IS innocent until proven guilty. Its very interesting that conservatives normally spouting the virtues of the Constitution will be so quick to string someone up and ignore it. And that's coming FROM a conservative. Now if he were to resist, then the officers need to use whatever force necessary.
This guy has no rights and there should be no process to follow. He is pure evil and needs to be taking out. He shot 2 cops and would shoot you if you were standing there Ben. Take his ass out.
I can accuse you of shooting someone, does that mean you should be shot on sight with no chance of a trial? Regardless of whether I think this guy did it, we have a process in this country to try people for their crimes. As I said, if he resists, police need to do what is necessary to keep themselves and others safe, but if he is taken into custody peacefully then he should stand trial just like everyone else.
4.1 I believe you would need to refer
Tennesse. V. Garner for the conversation. Miranda v. Arizona makes no point especially since he is not in custody.
Tennesse. V. Garner for the conversation. Miranda v. Arizona makes no point especially since he is not in custody.
Accuse? The man shot the police officers. There is no accusations there BEN. He did I period. He is nothing more than toxic slime on this earth that needs to be gotten rid of. Do you know what an eye for an eye means? The bastard needs to be shot as many times as he shot both cops. Maybe you just don't care about anyone but BEN. I hope you never commit a crime and I am on your jury. I will take special note.
Anon, you know nothing about me or my interests. You want the truth? I have multiple friends in law enforcement and I'm proud to know them. I also grew up with a friend as close to me as any blood relative who shot and killed a police officer. When he plead guilty, I put in a letter requesting the death penalty. If someone kills someone else, I fully believe if it was their intent to kill, they should be given the death penalty, period. I care about many others much more than myself and the reason you won't be on my jury is because I do not commit crimes (other than the occasional speeding ticket).
What you fail to read in my words Anon, is that I do not disagree that this man should die for his crimes. I just do not agree that it should be done without giving due process, one of the rights that has given you and I the ability to live freely throughout our lives. Believe it or not, we're on the same side in this, we just wish to take different roads to the same finish line.
What you fail to read in my words Anon, is that I do not disagree that this man should die for his crimes. I just do not agree that it should be done without giving due process, one of the rights that has given you and I the ability to live freely throughout our lives. Believe it or not, we're on the same side in this, we just wish to take different roads to the same finish line.
I see folks on here with one breath say "string him up" and "take him out" and with the other breath talk about the Lord and peace. Yes it is pretty cut and dry that this man killed one officer and attempted to kill the other. That does not mean we are allowed to take the law that those two officers swore to uphold into our own hands. You can't justify it by saying he deserves it. While I believe that he should be tried and found guilty and condemmed to death. It is our courts and judicial system that MUST serve out that judgement. NOT US!
Steve you just made me giggle. You must like your tax money being wasted on people like him. It's your money that pays for scum like this to go to trial and to be put in jail. Just write him a check.


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With a crew name like Dust Busters, it's no mystery what Jason Barbee, Braton Jurasevich and Kevin Gehrig are doing with two Pulaskis and trowel.
Miles up a steep trail from the nearest vehicle, the three -- and dozens of others -- were up by sunrise, ready with leather boots, gloves and faces, hiking into the western reaches of the Dollar Lake Fire before most valley residents have had their morning coffee.
Picking away at a charred stump on the steep, rocky edge of Cathedral Ridge, the three - part of a contract crew out of Eugene - search for hotspots that would hardly put up a smoke, but could reignite a fire on a hot windy day.
It's tedious work, and there's nothing easy about it.
"Once the flames are gone, there's still a lot going on that the public doesn't necessarily think about," said Mike Smith, Division-G supervisor trainee. Smith, a Colorado resident, was reassigned to the Dollar Lake Fire after working fires in Texas. "There's still a tremendous amount of important work to do, from clearing gear and pulling miles of hose to rehabbing lines, putting in water bars and the meticulous job of searching for hot spots."
Thursday was Smith's 12th straight day on the fire, and for several days Division G was the frontline of the battle between the 6,000-acre fire pushing west and crews battling to keep it from pushing beyond Cathedral Ridge.
"It took some serious hard work and heads-up firefighting to catch it where we did," Smith said. "I was up here when the fire pushed into the canyon. It spread through the moss and lichen first, torching the tops of trees before the fire ever hit the ground. If it broke over the ridge and ran much more to the west, we would have lost it. We'd be looking at a much bigger beast if that happened.
"This has been a Dr. Jekel and Mr. Hyde fire," Smith said from a rocky vista on the Mazama Trail. "At times it laid low and was relatively calm; at other times there was extreme and unpredictable fire behavior unlike anything I've ever seen. With the terrain, the views, the fuel and weather conditions, it has been a stunningly beautiful and dauntingly difficult fire to fight."
As it is now, the fire is sized at just over 6,300 acres, about double the size of the Gnarl Ridge Fire of 2008 that burned on the northeast side of Mount Hood. The eastern edge of the Dollar Lake Fire met the western edge of the Gnarl Ridge Fire at the base of Eliot Canyon, creating a ribbon of burnt area around about half of the mountain; from Cathedral Ridge on the west side to Gnarl Ridge on the east.
Although the two fires - both of which burned through August and September - occurred in similar fuel types and similar terrain, the end result is quite different.
Cedar Drake, lead fire effects monitor for the Dollar Lake Fire, evaluated the severity of the burn zone and had the following to say:
"Gnarl Ridge was primarily a high severity wildfire that resulted in near complete canopy mortality along the east flank of Ghost Ridge. This was a stand replacement fire, meaning in essence that the "slate was wiped clean." Forest soils, down to mineral soil, were reduced to ash and ecological succession (the progression of vegetative replacement in disturbed areas from forbs to shrubs to trees) must begin from the most basic levels.
"In comparison, the Dollar Lake fire provides an excellent representation of a mixed severity fire; creating a mosaic pattern of varying fire severity within the burn perimeter. While there are pockets of high intensity stand replacing burned areas, a large portion of the fire is of moderate and low intensity, characterized by 'underburning.' These underburns tend to consume dead and downed material and younger understory trees without significantly affecting the larger canopy trees.
"These types of fires are ecologically significant and beneficial to the forest in that they 'clean out' pockets of diseased and insect-weakened trees and provide valuable 'gaps' in the canopy which increase species biodiversity and provide forage to wildlife.
"Forests in our region have always burned on an irregular schedule dictated by natural factors. Without periodic wildfire forests often become weakened by insects and disease.
"Mixed severity mosaiced wildfires like the Dollar Lake fire provide an important opportunity to maintain the ecological integrity of forested ecosystems."
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When you look into the history of anodizing you will find out that its existance has been around before the wide usage in the automotive industry. Anodizing was first used on an industrial scale in 1923 to protect Duralumin seaplane parts from corrosion. This early chromic acid-based process was called the Bengough-Stuart process. Variations of this process soon evolved, and the first sulfuric acid anodizing process became and remains the most common anodizing electrolyte.
Anodizing has always been a good method to keeping the car's aluminum looking good while keeping it durable. The thickness is thinner than chrome and is more forgiving than when you chrome plate aluminum. If you were to chrome an aluminum grille and caught a rock or road debris, the aluminum will crack and or peel; versus the anodizing which would flex with the aluminum.
Project Fearless has been coming together and, like most builders, we are multi-tasking to try and get the build completed as soon as possible. While the bodywork is getting done, we sent out the trim to Silvano of Premier Polishing, who took on the complete restoration duties for all of the car's trim. From the anodizing on down to the chrome on the bumpers, this job was not too big or too small for the pros at Premier to handle.
1. Project Fearless gets her grille done.
2. The original upper and lower grilles were stripped from the original anodize and had to be polished and straightened out.
3. While Silvano polished all of the '68 trim, he had the original chrome stripped down on the bumpers. This will assure a good bond between the coatings.
4. The bumpers had to go through a belting process to get them as smooth as possible.
5. After polishing the bumpers, they were ready to be copper plated to begin the process of becoming a showpiece.
6. The die cast, or pot metal as it is commonly referred to, was stripped down to be restored correctly.
7. To get that deep look, your parts need to be copper plated. These bumpers were ready to be polished one more time to get the deep shine that we were looking for.
8. The copper plated parts need to get polished.
9. All of the aluminum was stripped down before it was run through a belting process to remove any blemishes. Given how thin these aluminum moldings are, they can only be belted a few times to not blow through them.
10. These moldings turned out good and were ready to be reinstalled onto our car. After the final polish they should look like this.
11. The anodized finish was wrapped up and ready to be delivered.
12. Since stainless steel has natural nickel in it, most chrome shops do not recommend chroming it, as it will eventually peal because you are adding nickel on top of nickel and it will not bond properly. In our case, the moldings were polished to a mirror finish.
13. When the parts are done being polished, the final polish they should look like this.
14. After a few hours of belt sanding, the trim was done.
15. The trim was going to look good once it was bolted back on.
16. Since the car is still not ready to have the trim attached, we are going to leave them in their protective packaging.