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In Pennsylvania, there's an industrial revolution going on. Battalions of drilling rigs are boring into the earth to extract natural gas from an underground layer of shale called the Marcellus formation.
And as the wells multiply all along the western end of the state, people worry they may be facing another toxic legacy.
The first one came from coal mining. All over the state, you can see bright orange rivers and streams. The aquatic life was killed by acidic runoff from abandoned mines.
"Are we really going to let this happen to Pennsylvania again?" asks David Yoxtheimer, a hydrologist at Penn State who grew up here. "Are we going to make sure that we have enough money and that these companies' feet are held to the fire to make sure that once their operations are done, they put everything back together, tidy it up, and make it look like nothing happened there in the first place?"
Progress isn't always pretty. In the natural gas boom, a lot of the ugliness has to do with water.
An Unexpected Nuisance
Drillers need billions of gallons of water. It's their dynamite: They use it to split rock.
And they need trucks to move that water. Everywhere you drive in Pennsylvania's gas country, you're stuck behind a truck. You get mud all over your car. One-stoplight towns have traffic jams at noon.
Dan Lopata, who's in charge of water for Chesapeake Energy, says trucks are a pain for everybody.
"The transportation of all the fluids is probably our biggest expense, and that's our highest exposure to the local community," says Lopata. "That's what they see driving up and down the road are the trucks."
I asked Lopata if those trucks annoy local people. "I would say yes to that question," he replied.
I visited a Chesapeake Energy well site in the northeast part of the state; it was half the size of a football field. Machinery and workers were everywhere, all surrounded by forest. Deer in the woods, and John Deere on the pad.
To get the natural gas out of the Marcellus layer of shale, engineers drill about a mile deep, then out horizontally through the shale layer. Explosive charges create cracks in the shale. Engineers then mix water with sand and chemicals. Big pumps drive this slurry down into the shale. The fluid is so highly pressurized that it opens the cracks wider and liberates gas.
What comes gushing up is called "flowback," a bubbly mix that looks like muddy champagne. Chesapeake senior director Brian Grove points to the 12-foot-high steel well head that's attached to several big hoses. That's the plug at the opening of the well where gas will emerge. "It will come up through the well head," he explains over the din. "We will then put it through a large-scale separator, which will send water in one direction into steel tanks to be recycled, and then the gas will go in the other direction."
What To Do With Toxic Wastewater?
Flowback is nasty stuff. Grove explains that the water has been exposed to what once was a seabed. "When you expose fresh water to it, you absorb the salts. That is something you don't want to spill on the surface."
Besides salt, the water picks up minerals that had been buried in the rock, some of them toxic and some radioactive, like barium. And it still contains some of the chemicals that engineers add to the frack water, some of which are classified as toxic as well.
This wastewater flows back up out of the well for about a month, but the well will continue to regurgitate a salty brine for years, which has to be collected and disposed of. How the industry handles this wastewater is a controversial issue.
For a while, the wastewater was dumped directly into rivers, untreated. Some drillers shipped it to municipal water treatment plants, which weren't equipped to handle the toxic material in the waste. A current practice is to pump it temporarily into man-made, lined holding ponds. But some of those ponds have leaked. Trucks leaked wastewater as well. And there are the claims, most noticeably made in the HBO documentary Gasland, that backyard drinking water wells were being polluted by drilling.
Grove says the industry should have warned people about the kind of mess fracking can make. "I think the biggest mistake the industry made early on in Marcellus development was just remaining silent," he told me. "I think the industry as a whole has, for 50 or 60 years, operated largely in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana. The folks that moved east were people that were not used to having to explain themselves; they were used to being understood."
So, under a lot of public pressure, the state Department of Environmental Protection cracked down. Since 2008, the DEP has tightened rules for holding ponds where frack water is stored, to keep them from leaking. Another big change was to tell drillers to stop running frack water through public water treatment plants.
A New Model For Wastewater: Treat And Reuse
These rules helped create a new business: recycling frack water. Cheseapeake Energy recycles its frack water itself, but other companies send their wastewater to recycling plants such as Eureka Resources in Williamsport, Pa.
Eureka is in an old brick factory next to the Susquehanna River. The first thing you see are water trucks pumping polluted frack water into tanks. I put on a hard hat and went in to talk with plant owner Dan Ertel about this new business.
"We saw an absolute lack of any water treatment businesses or companies here," Ertel says. So in 2008 Eureka modified off-the-shelf technology and set up a factory to clean up the peculiar mix of gunk in frack water. The gunk is solid material like dirt, but also minerals like calcium, barium, sulfur compounds and others pollutants. They also remove any radioactive material that might have come from the shale.
Then drillers take the water — still too salty to go into rivers — and use it again to fracture shale at another well. What isn't recycled goes to waste wells in Ohio or into holding ponds or steel tanks in Pennsylvania. The solid material left over is shipped to landfills, as regulated by state law.
Ertel says now that they can't dump water in streams, more drillers are showing up on his doorstep. "Basically what we're seeing is, we're seeing a gradual, controlled but necessary crank-down of regulation," he says.
Ertel says his company can also put frack water through a more rigorous process so it can go back into rivers. But that costs more. For now, about 90 percent of frack water is recycled in Pennsylvania and then re-used in fracking.
That's an improvement. But that recycled water still requires more trucks to haul it around. Marty Muggleton says it's time to fix the truck problem. Muggleton is vice president of TerrAqua Resource Management, another recycling company in Williamsport.
"Nobody likes them," he says of the trucks. "And nobody likes to pay for them. The communities would like the least amount of truck traffic. The operators would like to allocate the least amount of money to support truck traffic."
Muggleton's company is designing centralized water treatment facilities closer to fracking sites, and pipelines that would replace water trucks.
Following The Frack Water
But no matter how it's moved, it's inevitable that water is going to get spilled. Since 2008, more than 5,000 new wells have been drilled in the state. Those wells have brought with them more than 700 violations of state law related to water, with fines totaling over $1.5 million. And spills tend to take place out of sight — at frack pads up in the woods, or at recycling plants. People worry about what they can't see.
So scientists are trying to see for them. One of them is a hydrologist, Andrew Gavin. He works for the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, and the day I met up with him, he was at a very nice trout stream called Gray's Run. It's surrounded by forest — and a frack site. As we pulled on waders, Gavin explained what the commission was up to.
"What we're doing in this monitoring project is really establishing what the general health is of the streams, so we can measure if there any changes in the quality of the water."
Gavin and his team regularly take "grab samples" of stream water near fracking sites. The commission has also planted battery-powered monitors in over 50 streams. If something unusual gets in the stream, their computers in Harrisburg alert them. There are other groups in the state monitoring stream water around frack sites as well, employing both volunteers as well as scientists.
Over the past four years, the water used for fracking has won more protection. But scientists say they need to be vigilant. Frack water chemistry, for example, can be surprising. Water engineer Jeanne VanBriesen at Carnegie Mellon University points out that bromide in frack water behaved in an unexpected way when it went through public water treatment plants. It reacted with chlorine to create compounds that were potentially hazardous.
"We're not omniscient," she says of water scientists. "We can't see everything, and sometimes there are downstream effects, particularly ones that involve the waste systems that interact with each other."
VanBriesen also wonders about what happens to all the frack water that's left underground. Pennsylvania is already a pin cushion. Oil and gas drilling has gone on for over a century here, long before fracking arrived.
"There are lots of holes in Pennsylvania," she says. "Knowing where the old ones are is very important when you're putting in a new one."
George Jugovic Jr., who runs the environmental group PennFuture, says the location of a lot of those wells is unknown. "We have over 300,000 oil or gas wells that have been abandoned," he says, "that are out there somewhere, that have not been properly plugged and that can serve as conduits for contamination to migrate up into existing groundwater."
Brian Grove of Chesapeake argues that it's unlikely that the water left behind in the Marcellus shale layer could ever contaminate groundwater — it would have to travel upward at least a mile through rock. But a study by the Ground Water Protection Council of fracking water in Texas and Ohio found that water used in drilling has in fact come back up through old, unplugged wells.
Yoxtheimer, the Penn State hydrologist, says fracking has been a "lightning rod" for the nation's environmental movement. And he says Pennsylvania, like it or not, has been a case study for other states, like New York, that are weighing whether to allow hydraulic fracturing. "I think it's been very interesting to watch the industry change its practices because of public pressure," he says.
Pennsylvania's government appears to be listening. There's a new law that charges a fee for each well drilled. The fee is not as high as some wanted, but it should generate millions of dollars for Pennsylvania and the counties where drilling takes place. And the state has also raised the bond amount that companies must post to cover the costs of cleanup once they've left.
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Robert Siegel.
This week, we're taking a closer look at the natural gas industry and its impact on human health and the environment. In just under a decade, some 200,000 gas wells have been drilled in the U.S. The boom is largely the product of an engineering technique that allows drillers to tap gas reserves that were once unreachable. The technique is called hydraulic fracturing.
BLOCK: Fracking has generated much-needed jobs - about 600,000 of them - and billions of dollars for the U.S. economy. But scientists warn very little is known about how much pollution it's causing. We begin our series in one of the nation's biggest gas hot spots, the vast Marcellus shale that runs through Western Pennsylvania.
NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on the struggle to prevent the region's water from being polluted by the gas industry.
CHRISTOPHER JOYCE, BYLINE: Water is a big deal in Pennsylvania. It's got great trout streams, beautiful rivers. But industry has ruined a lot of Pennsylvania's water. Coal companies hammered this place. Mining left behind acidic water that's killed thousands of miles of streams. I stood on a bridge over a patch of the Lockawanna River and every rock I could see was bright orange.
And now, Pennsylvanians fear a new toxic legacy, this time from shale gas. David Yoxtheimer is a hydrologist at Penn State University.
DAVID YOXTHEIMER: Are we going to let this happen to Pennsylvania again? Are we going to make sure that we have enough money and that these companies' feet are held in the fire to make sure that once their operations are done, they put everything back together, tidy it up, and make it look like nothing happened there in the first place.
JOYCE: New gas drilling companies in the state want Pennsylvania's water to bust open shale. That means, first of all, water trucks. Everybody complains about these, even people in the industry. I visited a truck staging area run by Chesapeake Energy and I talked to...
DAN LOPATA: Dan Lopata, L-o-p-a-t-a.
JOYCE: And you're in charge of the water?
LOPATA: I'm the field superintendent with Chesapeake, in charge of all our water infrastructure, that's correct.
JOYCE: For the Marcellus?
LOPATA: For the whole Marcellus.
JOYCE: That's a lot of water.
LOPATA: That's a lot of water, a lot of trucks. The transportation of all the fluids is probably our biggest expense and that's our highest exposure to the local community. That's what they see driving up and down the road are the trucks.
JOYCE: And that's what they're annoyed with.
LOPATA: I would say yes to that question.
JOYCE: The water trucks roll up to a Chesapeake frack site, a drilling pad about half the size of a football field on a leveled hilltop. There's machinery and workers everywhere, all surrounded by forest - deer in the woods, and John Deere on the pad. Workers here drill about a mile down, then out sideways into a layer of shale that holds natural gas.
They detonate charges to crack the shale, then they pump millions of gallons of water, mixed with sand and chemicals, down at high pressure to pry open those cracks and release the gas. When the gas comes to the surface, it brings up a lot of that water. And it's pretty nasty.
Brian Grove is a Chesapeake senior director. He explains that the water has been exposed to what was once a seabed.
BRIAN GROVE: When you expose freshwater to it, that water absorbs the salts. That is something that you don't want to spill on the surface.
JOYCE: Besides salt, the water picks up the minerals from the shale, some of them toxic, some radioactive. About a third of that polluted brine comes right back up. But more salty liquid will spew out of the well over a period of years. This wastewater is what makes people really twitchy. That's because industry used to dump the water straight into rivers. And pools holding the waste sometimes leaked. Brian Grove says the industry should have warned people how messy fracking is.
GROVE: I think the biggest mistake the industry made early on in Marcellus development was just remaining silent. I think the industry, as a whole, has for 50, 60 years operated largely in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana. The folks that moved east were people that were not used to having to explain themselves, they were used to being understood.
JOYCE: But explaining what fracking looks like may not have satisfied people in the face of this onslaught. Over 5,000 new wells just since 2008 in the Marcellus shale, and there have been close to 700 violations involving water. And those violations have cost the industry a little over a million and a half dollars.
So, under a lot of public pressure, the state Department of Environmental Protection has cracked down. They said no more dumping frack water straight into rivers. So, some companies ran it through public water treatment plants. But the state stopped that, too. It came out just too salty and too dirty. So the industry was forced to find another way to deal with frack water. And that's how the recycling business got started.
JOYCE: Eureka Resources in Williamsport is in an old brick factory next to the Susquehanna River. I put on a hard hat and went into the plant to talk with owner Dan Ertel about this recycling business.
DAN ERTEL: Oh, you can smell that. That's flowback water. This is where all the flowback (unintelligible) come.
JOYCE: When Eureka started in 2008, the state wasn't ready for all this frack water from the wells.
ERTEL: We saw an absolute lack of any water treatment businesses or companies here.
JOYCE: So, Eureka modified off-the-shelf technology to clean up this peculiar mix of gunk in frack wastewater. There's solid material like dirt, minerals like calcium, barium, sulfur compounds and other pollutants. Then drillers take the cleaned up water back and use it again to break shale in a new well.
All of this is an improvement. But at some point, companies will stop drilling news wells and leave. And the state will have to find a way to get rid of the wastewater that's left behind. And in the meantime, there will be more spills. They tend to take place out of sight, in places people don't go to - a frack site, out in the woods, or on a deserted country road. And people worry about what they can't see. So there are scientists who are out there trying to see for them.
JOYCE: I met hydrologist Andrew Gavin at a very nice trout stream called Gray's Run. He works for the Susquehanna Basin River Commission. We pulled on some waders and Gavin explained what he was up to.
ANDREW GAVIN: What we're doing in this monitoring project is really establishing what the general health of the streams so then we can measure, you know, if there any changes in the quality of the water.
JOYCE: Scientists have to know the chemistry of a clean stream now so they'll know if frack water gets into one.
GAVIN: You just keep going until you fill up the sampling container.
JOYCE: The commission Gavin works for has planted battery-powered monitors in over 50 streams. If something unusual gets in the stream, their computers in Harrisburg alert them. So, overall, there has been improvement in the way frack water is handled. But scientists say they need to be vigilant. Frack water chemistry, for example, can be surprising. I heard that from a water engineer, Jeanne VanBriesen at Carnegie Mellon University.
JEANNE VANBRIESEN: We're not omniscient. We can't see everything. And sometimes there are downstream effects, particularly ones that involve the way systems interact with each other.
JOYCE: In fact, that happened in Pennsylvania. Bromide in frack water reacted with disinfectants at water treatments plants and created new compounds that could be hazardous to peoples' health. VanBriesen says she also wonders about what happens to all the frack water that's left underground. Pennsylvania is a pin cushion. Oil and gas drilling has gone on for over a century here. She worries that frack water could seep up to the surface.
VANBRIESEN: There are lots of holes in Pennsylvania. Knowing where the old wells are is very important when you're putting in a new one.
JOYCE: And people don't know where all those old wells are. Pennsylvania's struggle with this new industry is being repeated in other states, where there is gas-bearing rock. Penn State's David Yoxtheimer, the hydrologist who follows the frack water, says this issue has really galvanized people.
YOXTHEIMER: The natural gas industry and fracking has sort have been a lightning rod for America's environmental consciousness.
JOYCE: And although each state with natural gas is unique, one thing is common to all of them - the need for water, lots of it.
Christopher Joyce, NPR News.
SIEGEL: Our series on America's fracking boom continues tomorrow on MORNING EDITION. We'll hear from sick patients living near gas wells in Pennsylvania and from the doctors who are searching for answers. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Financial firms have become the Achilles heel of the Orange County office market in Southern California as the industry continues to shed jobs and consolidate operations. Over the past eight quarters, the county posted negative net absorption of 3.4 million sq. ft, including 691,274 sq. ft. in the first quarter of 2009. The vacancy rate has risen from 13.78% to 15.58% over the past year while asking rents have fallen 13.1% during the same period.
Still, the long-term outlook is far from gloomy. Orange County's diverse economy includes the growing high-tech, biotechnology and health care sectors. These juggernaut industries are expected to boost employment opportunities and help trim vacancies in the quarters ahead. Peter Castleton, senior vice president of Voit Commercial Brokerage, has 23 years of experience chasing deals as a broker in Orange County. NREI spoke with Castleton about the volatility in the office sector and the investment outlook for the rest of 2009.
NREI: Has the recession's impact on the office market yielded any surprises? Castleton: It hit different sectors harder than others. Small building sales for the last two quarters were virtually dead. Those were the 5,000 sq. ft. to 10,000 sq. ft. office condos that were hot in 2006 and 2007. Small business entrepreneurs who looked to their Charles Schwab accounts or their home equity lines to finance building purchases found that their investments were down 50%. So, all of the equity that they had built up to purchase these small office condo projects got wiped out.
Developers who purchased and built some of these projects got burned. They bought these properties at very low cap rates with the expectation that they could put a condo map on the project and sell the units at prices that were 60% to 80% higher. But there was no demand. Those are some of the first projects that are back with the banks and being evaluated.
NREI: What accounts for the dearth of office building sales?
Castleton: Fear. Where is the bottom of the market? If investors have $100 million in the bank and they're looking to invest, there is no way they're going to jump in the water right now. What they would consider doing is buying a note [at a discounted price].
NREI: You've made the point that a wave of real estate owned (REO) properties will come to market this summer. Then what?
Castleton: Over the next 12 months, you will see more properties for sale. Prudential Real Estate Investors is ahead of the curve. It's disposing of $1 billion in commercial real estate assets, a combination of office and industrial properties. Chapman University recently purchased a 115,020 sq. ft. Class-A building at the Irvine Spectrum from Prudential at a very aggressive price (an estimated $20 million).
NREI: Long term, why are you bullish on the Orange County office market?
Castleton: In South County, you've got University of California, Irvine, which is a big contributor to the tech and biotech community as far as jobs and research. We've got the California State University system. Chapman College is another major contributor. The March unemployment rate in Orange County was 8.5% compared with 11.2% for the state. We're outperforming the market, and I think that we will continue to do so.


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A Spirited Parramatta Win At Home
The first game at home in 2003 for the Parramatta Eels, and they performed in style in front of the home crowd defeating the Knights by 30-12.
A Newcastle side riddled with injuries were up against it right from the start.
With possession favouring the Eels, and a penalty count 6-0 against them after 15 minutes, the young Knights side dug deep, but it was only a matter of time before the Eels started to widen the gap in the scoreline. The first time Newcastle were near their line, Simpson scored a soft try but the Eels side had the game under control at that stage.
Half time had the Parramatta side ahead 18-6, with Luke Burt kicking 3 penalties to go along with two converted tries which were scored by Widders and Dykes.
A more even contest in the second half had the play going from end to end. With Newcastle scoring a try to come within 6 points, the game could've gome either way.
Parramatta to their credit patiently waited, and in the last 10 minutes scored 3 tries to put the game well and truely out of reach for Newcastle.
A fine performance by the Eels at Parramatta Stadium in front of a passionate home crowd. Newcastle with their young players, and mounting injury woes have their work cut out before Round 4.
League Unlimited Players of the Match:
3. Lyon (Eels) 2. Morris (Eels) 1. Woolnough (Knights)
Eels 30 Tries: Widders, Dykes, Richards, Moodie, Lyon Goals: Burt (5/5), Richards (0/1), Moodie (0/2)
Knights 12 Tries: Simpson, Bates Goals: Johns (2/2)
By the clock:
5th min: PENALTY - Burt for Eels. Knights penalised for a tackle infringment, close to the Eels line. Eels 2-0
12th min: PENALTY - Burt for Eels, from out in front. Penalty count 4-0 to the Eels, slightly different to last year's fiasco between the 2 teams when Harrigan sent off 4 Eels players. Eels 4-0
14th min: PENALTY - Burt for Eels, from out in front, 45 metres back. Penalty count now 6-0 to the Eels. Will the sin bin be used by Harrigan soon? Eels 6-0
22nd min: TRY - Widders for Eels. With almost all the possession in the 1st 20 minutes, it was only a matter of time before the Eels broke through the Knights defensive line. Burt gets the conversion. Eels 12-0
25th min: TRY - Simpson for Knights. 1st penalty to the Knights and they make good use of it, a soft try with Simpson busting through the Eels line with ease. Eels 12-6
36th min: TRY - Dykes for Eels. Lyon with a good bust on the 40m line, has Dykes in support who sprints to the line. Burt gets the conversion from out in front. Eels 18-6
HALF TIME: A few tired Knights players with the amount of defence they've had to endure, it may take it's toll in the 2nd half
50th min: Bates for Knights. The first try for Bates in 1st grade, after replacing the injured Smith. Bates did well to force the ball, with the Eels players doing their best to stop him. Johns converts. Eels 18-12
65th min: A fine battle looming with both teams trying hard, but not quite getting the points. Eels still lead 18-12
69th min: NEWS - Poor attempt by Green (Eels) for a field goal after being given a sloppy pass
70th min: TRY - Richards for Eels. After a lot of effort in the half to get to their line, the Eels finally get the rewarfds. Great pass by Lyon to get Richards over out wide. Richards misses converting his own try. Eels 22-12
74th min: TRY - Moodie for Eels. A lovely kick into the corner from Green, Moodie jumps high and gets the points. Moodie fails to convert his own try. Eels 26-12
77th min: TRY - Lyon for Eels. Thoroughly deserving the 4 pointer through a good game, the centre takes 2 Newcastle defenders with him across the line. Moodie misses the conversion. Eels 30-12
FULL TIME: In the last 10 minutes, the Eels showed true courage to come away with the


text: Student Profiles Daniel Schuberth '06 Daniel Schuberth '06 Hometown: East Brunswick, New Jersey Major: Government and Legal Studies Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? My father, Richard Schuberth, graduated from Bowdoin in the Class of 1971. I grew up on the Bowdoin legend, and had wanted to visit Bowdoin ever since I was little. I finally made it up to Brunswick during my junior year in high school and fell in love with the place. It was really exciting to be a part of an important family tradition. I also really appreciated the fact that Bowdoin was a small school with a tight-knit community feel to it. I had gone to a very large high school in New Jersey, and wanted to come to a place where I could get to know my classmates better. Why did you choose you major? I had begun to work on political campaigns back in New Jersey before coming to Bowdoin. Taking on a government major seemed like a great way to add some background to my activities as well as a way to gain some additional political connections. I knew that Bowdoin had one of the best government programs in the world and soon discovered why after I began taking classes with fantastic professors like Marc Hetherington, Paul Franco and Richard Morgan. I planned on pursuing a career in law when I entered Bowdoin, and thought that a government major would best prepare me for law school. What has been your favorite course at Bowdoin? That's a pretty tough question actually. I would have to say that Constitutional Law with Professor Morgan has been my favorite class at Bowdoin. Professor Morgan is extremely entertaining in class, and has a fantastic way of engaging students in the intricacies of Constitutional Law, while other professors would probably bore us to death! The man also has an incredible understanding of the Constitution and is a walking library of information about the Supreme Court. I learned more in Professor Morgan's class than in any other class at Bowdoin. Have you engaged in any independent research while at Bowdoin? I have completed two independent studies while at Bowdoin. My first study was with Professor Potholm, and it was a reflection on my involvement with the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I had taken a semester off from Bowdoin to serve as the Youth Director for the President's Maine campaign, and I worked on a study with Professor Potholm that critiqued the campaign activities we executed in Maine to try and win the state for Bush. I also contributed to a number of other independent studies outside of Bowdoin. My second independent study was with Professor Morgan, and it examined the constitutional merits of Bowdoin's fraternity [elimination]. My father was a proud Kappa Sigma president at Bowdoin, and I was interested in finding out how such a strong fraternity system was eliminated in a relatively short time period, and how the college justified its elimination in light of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Both studies were very rewarding. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? My Bowdoin experience has been unique in that I have been involved in more activities outside of Bowdoin than on campus. I was involved in Bowdoin Student Government and the Debate Team my freshman year, but transitioned into republican politics my sophomore year when I was elected to serve as the chairman of the Maine College Republicans. Bowdoin has been incredible in its constant encouragement of my activities, and willingness to work with me to allow me to travel and fulfill my responsibilities across the state. Did you study abroad during your time at Bowdoin? 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- Makes 6 servings
- 1 cup shelled pumpkin seeds*
- 2 cups chopped romaine lettuce
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 tablespoons chopped seeded jalapeño chilies
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 tablespoon chopped radish leaves
- 3 1/2 cups canned low-salt chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons corn oil
- 1 2-pound boneless pork loin roast
- Stir pumpkin seeds in heavy medium skillet over medium heat until golden and beginning to pop, about 8 minutes. Cool. Reserve 2 tablespoons seeds in bowl. In blender, mix 7 tablespoons pumpkin seeds and half each of lettuce, onion, cilantro, chilies, garlic, radish leaves and broth. Blend to smooth puree. Transfer to large bowl. Repeat with 7 tablespoons pumpkin seeds and remaining lettuce, onion, cilantro, chilies, garlic, radish leaves and broth. Pour into same large bowl. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add puree; boil until slightly thickened, stirring often, 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; cover partially. Simmer puree until reduced to thick sauce, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork; brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Place skillet in oven; roast pork until thermometer inserted into center registers 150°F, about 45 minutes. Transfer pork to cutting board; let stand 10 minutes. Reserve pan juices.
- Slice pork thinly; place on platter. Re-warm sauce, adding pan juices; spoon sauce over pork. Top with reserved seeds.
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- Calories407
- Carbohydrates7 g(2%)
- Fat27 g(41%)
- Protein37 g(74%)
- Saturated Fat5 g(24%)
- Sodium106 mg(4%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat8 g
- Fiber2 g(8%)
- Monounsaturated Fat7 g
- Cholesterol81 mg(27%)


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CAMBRIDGE, UK – Oct. 9, 2003 –ARM, [(LSE:ARM);(Nasdaq:ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions, today announced at the FSA Expo, San Jose, Calif., that is has expanded the offerings available through the ARM® Foundry Program to include the ARM926EJ™ core, the ARM926EJ PrimeXsys™ Platform and the Embedded Trace Macrocell™ module. These products are combined into the ARM926EJ Prime Starter Kit which OEMs and fabless semiconductor companies can license directly from ARM. By establishing this combined licensing model for the first time, ARM is now able to offer OEMs and fabless design houses access to the first Jazelle® technology-enabled ARM core along with a platform for accelerating designs to market.
Leading semiconductor foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), (NYSE: UMC) will be the first two foundries to offer the ARM926EJ core through the ARM Foundry Program.
The ARM926EJ core features ARM Jazelle technology providing optimum Java byte code execution performance with low-power consumption. The core has an MMU feature for enhanced virtual memory support to run popular, complex Open operating systems, such as Symbian OS, Windows CE, Linux, Palm OS and QNX. The core also includes advanced system architecture features such as fixed 16K instruction and data caches, interfaces to configurable instruction and data Tightly Coupled Memory (TCM) and an integral AMBA™ 2.0 AHB interface with separate instruction and data AHB masters for optimum performance in a multi-layer AHB system. The ARM926EJ core is ideally suited to support designs in the wireless, portable, broadband, networking, storage, and automotive telematics and infotainment markets.
The Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM9) real-time trace module, is capable of instruction and data tracing inside a core and is an integral part of the ARM RealView® development tools.
The ARM926EJ PrimeXsys Platform is the best possible starting point for any ARM926EJ core-based design and will reduce the development time cost and risk of any first-time design.
Through the combined licensing of the ARM926EJ core, the PrimeXsys Platform and the Embedded Trace Macrocell module, fabless design houses and OEMs will be able to shorten their design cycles and have the flexibility to achieve end-product differentiation.
"Today's announcement demonstrates our continued commitment to the Foundry Program as it marks the first time we have combined the licensing of a core with the PrimeXsys Platform to fabless Partners," said Kevin Smith, Foundry Program manager at ARM. "The availability of the PrimeXsys Platform integrated with the Foundry Program core deliverables enables fabless design houses to accelerate their design time through a channel that fits their needs. It also means our fabless Partners will have access to a greater level of ARM Intellectual Property (IP) at an appropriate entry point while having a manufacturing route offered through two of the world's leading pure-play foundries."
With the combination of the ARM926EJ core, the PrimeXsys Platform and the Embedded Trace Macrocell module, ARM is able to offer OEMs a new level of choice and support when designing ARM core-based devices for a wide range of applications. By licensing the ARM926EJ core as part of its Foundry Program, TSMC and UMC are able to provide a valuable channel to designers targeting products based on one of ARM's most successful cores, the ARM926EJ microprocessor, which has been licensed to more than 26 Partners since its launch in June 2001.
About ARM Foundry Program
The ARM Foundry Program is an innovative business model that enables fabless semiconductor companies in emerging markets to gain access to ARM processor technology, for use in the design and manufacture of advanced system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. The Foundry Program builds a three-way partnership between ARM, an approved silicon foundry, and a fabless semiconductor company that accelerates the time-to-market for ARM core-based designs and enables OEMs without access to fabrication facilities, to work directly with an approved ARM semiconductor foundry. There are currently 62 Partners in the Foundry Program. ARM now offers the ARM926EJ Prime Starter Kit, (combined ARM926EJ core, PrimeXsys Platform and Embedded Trace Macrocell module), the ARM7TDMI® core, the ARM922T™ core, the ARM946E™ core and the ARM1022E™ core through its Foundry Program
The ARM926EJ PrimeXsys Platform will come directly from ARM rather than being delivered through the Foundry Program. The new business model enables fabless design houses to gain access to the PrimeXsys Platform deliverables at the same time as the core deliverables, thereby giving them a starting point for their ARM926EJ core-based design.
The PrimeXsys Platform plus Design Kits for the ARM926EJ core and the Embedded Trace Macrocell module are available to license directly from ARM immediately. Deliverables include design kits for the ARM926EJ core and the Embedded Trace Macrocell module plus RTL for the PrimeXsys Platform.
About ARM
ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMHY) is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com/ .
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Grove Tree Lighting: A certain shopping destination that's plunk in the middle of our city (give or take) has gained a certain reputation over its decade+ existence for going big when the holidays arrive. This is why: Stars show up to sing -- Mary J. Blige, Jewel, and Cee Lo Green are on this year's docket -- the tree is massive -- you can spy its pointy top from higher hills and buildings across town -- and Santa shows with the faux snow. Oh, and yep: There are fireworks, too. Oh, Grove: You make other places that go big look positively eensy by comparison. Sunday, Nov. 17
Mustache Dache: It's hard to throw a facial hair comb and not have it bounce off a Movember-themed event this month. (Also, don't throw combs, because it isn't nice.) The Mustache Dache is a fundraiser that'll be hoofing it, hirsute-style, near Dodger Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 17. Will there be a mechanical bull, a beer garden, or more festively fuzzy doings (all in the name of hair growth)? We wouldn't have posed it as a question if not. Help men's health, donate money, and show off what's going on above your lip (even if you're wearing false fur).
Folk Revival Festival: Suspendered-wearing, porkpie-sporting musicians have become so much of a thing lately that even purveyors of such sounds send up the look (hi, Mumford & Sons). But folk is folk, folk lovers will tell you, and spending half a day, or nearly, taking in some 20 bands along Pine Avenue in Long Beach needs no sending up, just enjoying. Old-timey pleasures await. Saturday, Nov. 16
Elephant Parade Farewell: Didn't yet get your chance to eye the pretty pachyderms gracing Dana Point? The awareness-raising large-scale sculptures are about to parade out. Not literally, via their big elephant via, but by closing up shop and to horizons. There's an auction on, too, if you're keen to care for one of the beauties. Final day is Saturday, Nov. 16 and the auction shutters on Nov. 17.
Downtown on Ice: It's weekend number one for Pershing Square's annual frosty draw. The hours are long-ish, the skate rentals affordable -- two bucks, plus eight to skate -- and, yep, you can indeed hit the rink at night, when all of those surrounding buildings are lit-up, window-wise, and looking positively cinematic. Can't make it? You've got two months to mitten-up and make for downtown.


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A: Tokyo Sax Destruction
B2: Wall Free Jericho
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Pharoah Chromium, named after a song by the band Chrome, is a project by German-Palestinian musician and sonic performer Ghazi Barakat. He has released albums on labels such as Grautag, Deep Distance and Labelle69 and has collaborated with Günter Schickert, Vincent Epplay and Osman Arabi among others.
The material included on this tape is based on a live Korg MS-20 recording session for his 2016's "Gaza" album, a sonic deconstruction of the war waged in the summer of 2014 in Palestine. In the beginning of 2017 Barakat added layers of a woodwind instrument, the rauschpfeife. These recordings stem from an admiration for Japanese artists C.C.C.C. and deceased saxophone player Kaoru Abe.
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Yep, it could render 4096 colors out of the full 16.7 million pallet at a time when PCs only had 16 colors. It also had (or rather has) a 32 bit pre-emptive multitasking OS when Windows was still stuck with a mix of 8, 16 and 32 bit code and cooperative multitasking.Originally Posted by gore
Well, it's not exactly emulated. What it does is 'convert' a Linux Kernel ABI call to the respective FreeBSD Kernel ABI call. So it's actually a full-on ABI implementation, not an emulation.Originally Posted by gore
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NEW YORK (AP) — "The Hunger Games" novelist Suzanne Collins has a new book coming out.
Scholastic Inc. says the multimillion-selling author has a picture book scheduled for next fall. The book will be called "Year of the Jungle," based on the time in Vietnam served by Collins' father. "Year of the Jungle" is her first book since 2010's "Mockingjay," the last of her "Hunger Games" trilogy.
Scholastic also announced Thursday that Collins' five-volume "The Underland Chronicles" will be reissued with new covers and that "Catching Fire," the second of her "Hunger Games" books, will be released in paperback.


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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Education Association has filed a new suit seeking to overturn a law providing private school tax credits.
MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Education Association has filed a new suit seeking to overturn a law providing private school tax credits.
The suit filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court raises the same issues as the first, including whether the Legislature violated its own rules and the open meetings law when it passed the legislation Feb. 29. The Alabama Supreme Court dismissed AEA's first suit because it was filed before the governor signed the legislation into law. Now that the bill is law, AEA is again suing four Republican legislators who helped prepare the legislation.
On Wednesday, the defendants asked Circuit Judge Gene Reese to dismiss the suit on grounds that the legislators have immunity during a legislative session.
The new law provides tax credits to parents who choose to send their children to private school rather than a public school rated as failing. It also allows schools to try different approaches to education by asking the state school board for flexibility in complying with state education laws.
The legislation started out solely as a flexibility bill, but got tripled in size by a legislative conference committee to include the tax credits.
AEA argues that the law will drain money from public education because the tax credits come from taxes set aside for education. "AEA will never retreat in our battle to overcome this law, which hurts every public school in the state just to pay for some to go to private school," AEA Executive Secretary Henry Mabry said in a statement to teachers.
One of the law's supporters, House Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, said AEA "is draining taxpayer dollars to fight against school choice for parents of children stuck in failing schools across the state, and it is wasting the union dues of hardworking teachers on a lawsuit the state court tossed out last week."


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Bobby Flay's Arthur Avenue burger is topped with fresh arugula, a crispy frico and his spicy fra diavolo ketchup. Flay found his inspiration on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, a place where authentic Southern Italian food rules. A trip to New York City is not complete without a visit to Arthur Avenue for some shopping and dining where you will find some of the best Italian-American food. Ever.
The fra diavolo starts with a base of ketchup and infuses garlic and chili flakes into it along with fresh oregano and basil. Fra diavolo is Italian for 'brother devil' and is typically a name reserved for spicy dishes. Bold and sassy, it also makes the best dipping sauce for fries or onion rings. The 'frico' is a pan-fried cheese crisp that is salty, chewy and irresistible. I wanted to eat them right out of the pan. They will test your willpower. It's a good idea to make extra.
All who ate this burger loved it! Some even wished for a second one. The special ketchup adds a sweet and spicy element that is really the star of the show. It's outstanding. And so uniquely delicious when combined with the frico and the arugula that I'm giving it 4 stars, the highest rating possible as part of the Burger Club.
Arthur Avenue Burgers
(adapted from Bobby Flay)
Fra Diavolo Ketchup:
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon red chile flakes
3/4 cup ketchup
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh oregano leaves
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh basil leaves
sea or Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 cup grated fontina cheese, parmesan, asiago, or a combination of any or all
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1 1/2 pounds ground chuck (80 percent lean) or ground turkey (90 percent lean)
sea or Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
Sesame Seed Hamburger buns, split; toasted, if desired
a handful of baby arugula leaves for each burger
1. Make the ketchup by heating the oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and chile flakes and saute for 1 minute. Add ketchup and oregano and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the vinegar and basil. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a small bowl and let cool or cover and refrigerate for up to a day. Bring to room temperature before serving.
2. To make the fricos combine the cheese and flour in a small bowl. Heat a small nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add 3 tablespoons of cheese mixture and cook until light brown on the bottom. Turn over with a heat-proof silicone spatula and continue cooking for another 10 to 15 seconds. Remove to a plate to cool. Wipe any grease out of pan with a paper towel and repeat each time to make 3 more fricos.
3. Divide the meat into 4 equal portions form loosely into a 3/4-inch-thick burger. Make a depression in the center with your thumb. Season each burgers on both sides with salt and pepper. Cook the burgers in a large pan/skillet with the canola oil or grill as desired.
4. Serve the burgers on buns topped with a handful of arugula followed by the frico with a generous dollop of ketchup.
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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018 took place at Goodwood House in Sussex, from Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 July 2018. This year, Porsche took centre stage as the featured marque for the third time, to celebrate 70 years of Porsche.
One of the highlights from this year's festival was a moving display of iconic Porsche models which shaped our history over the last seven decades, as well as the Porsche Experience Centre once again showcasing the Porsche model range and hosting the popular Cayenne Driving Experience.Discover more
You can browse the Approved Pre-Owned cars that we have available by launching the Porsche Pre-Owned Car Locator - simply click the button below to search our stock.
The advertised price of all Porsche Approved Pre-Owned cars includes the cost of an optional Porsche Assistance and Porsche Approved Warranty insurance product. Cost included is for price indication only.Search our Pre-Owned stock
Your Porsche needs regular maintenance for optimum safety and performance. To help you manage the cost of this we have a transparent menu of pricing for scheduled service work and the cost and fitting of key replacement parts.
To keep you mobile and enable you to make effective use of the time whilst your car is being serviced we can collect and deliver your car or can offer you a courtesy car*. You may decide to wait at the Centre where you can use the free Wi-Fi and have refreshments or make use of a meeting room (if booked in advance).
*These services are subject to availability and meeting insurance criteria, so please contact our Service team to book and avoid any disappointment.Find out more
Porsche want to ensure you can continue enjoying your car even when things do not go to plan. Porsche can offer you a number of reassurance products to give you peace of mind that we will look after you and your Porsche if the unexpected happens.
The Porsche roadside assistance programme provides comprehensive cover in the unlikely event of a breakdown, anywhere in Europe. As part of the programme, a customer service team dedicated to Porsche customers is available all year round. They will ensure that the most appropriate kind of assistance is sent to help you, and will assist you with onward transport and accommodation, to meet your needs. If your car is recovered, they can arrange for you to have a courtesy car for up to two days from an approved list of premium manufacturers.Read more
All Porsche Centres can precision fit 'N' rated tyres and offer a wheel alignment and balancing service. Unique to Porsche, the 'N' rating is given to tyres that have been approved by Porsche engineers in Weissach. Porsche Centres guarantee this standard by only fitting 'N' rated tyres to Porsche vehicles.
Advances in tyre technology mean that tyre wear or even mixing different brands, patterns or 'N' numbers, even if from the same manufacturer, could result in an increase in road noise and significant changes in shock absorption, steering and smooth handling. Your Porsche Centre stocks a wide range of 'N' rated tyres for all Porsche models to maintain your car's performance.Read more
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It's very rare that you'll see any love lost, in the cut and thrust world of Premier League football. But, Valentine's Day comes only once a year, and so it's time to put rivalries to one side for a moment.
Forget all the hostility, the hatred, and 'win at all costs' attitude, that has been adopted by players, and ingrained amongst fans across the land, and sit back and enjoy this utterly unnecessary outpouring of affection.
As you prepare to unwind, for an evening of fine dining with your loved one, (as opposed to the usual wiling away the hours on GiveMeFootball.com) take a rare opportunity to evoke some emotion, and enjoy our portfolio of provocative player romances.
Specifically selected for your own personal pleasure, GiveMeFootball has prepared a special treat. Because we love you very much. So, without further ado, here are five of the Premier League's best football love-ins…
Gary Neville & Paul Scholes | Manchester United
The prize for the most memorable footballing snog of the modern era has to go to former Manchester United defender-turned Sky Sports pundit, Gary Neville, and his much more shy and retiring Old Trafford team-mate, Paul Scholes.
In April 2010, the 38-year-old midfielder scored a last-minute winner against local rivals Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium, to clinch a vital three points for Sir Alex Ferguson's side.
Scholes's strike prompted a spontaneous full-on kiss from Neville at the full-time whistle - an image that was essentially a sign of undying gratitude, but has also been described as one of the most harrowing images now etched onto the retinas of football fans watching that day.
Steven Gerrard & Jamie Carragher | Liverpool
When Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher recently announced he will retire at the end of the current campaign, it didn't take long for club captain Steven Gerrard to reveal that he had pleaded with his team-mate to reconsider.
The reality is that these two Anfield icons have shared many a fine memory over the past three decades - League Cup wins, FA Cups, UEFA Cups and one Champions League trophy - with both playing instrumental roles in the success achieved on Merseyside in recent years.
Gerrard refers to Carragher as 'the club captain without the armband' and the duo always share hotel rooms on away days. He will be sorely missed.
Frank Lampard & John Terry | Chelsea
Two of Chelsea's oldest love-birds, are at risk of being forced apart this summer. With Frank Lampard's contract set to expire at the end of the season, could the unthinkable be about to happen, and Roman Abramovich ask captain John Terry to sustain a long-distance relationship?
'Lamps' and 'JT' have been pretty much inseparable - for club and for country - ever since the former arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2001. The duo have been the bedrock behind Chelsea's success of recent years, and even the most hardened, and unemotional fans will be saddened to see them split.
Mousa Dembele & Clint Dempsey | Tottenham Hotspur
An unusual Premier League love-in pairing, yes. And, one that certainly has little foundation to be built upon - other than the fact that the USA international Clint Dempsey followed former Fulham team-mate Mousa Dembele to White Hart Lane.
The Belgian's amicable £15million move to Tottenham in the summer went through with a few days of the transfer window to spare. But, the same cannot be said for Dempsey.
It had been widely reported that the forward - who had gone on strike at Craven Cottage in a bid to push through a move - was going to move to Liverpool. However, at the final hour, he too was snapped up by Spurs, after their move for Porto's Joao Moutinho fell through.
Andre Villas-Boas has been pleased with the way both players have settled during their first season in north London. And the transition has undoubtedly been made easier by the fact Dempsey and Dembele are able to rely on an old friend in their new surroundings.
And last, but not least...
Olivier Giroud | Arsenal
Riding solo, the summer signing from Montpellier might not be Robin van Persie, but ooh la la he's a looker! The French forward has made an impressive start to his Arsenal career too, with 11 goals and six assists in 19 starts for the Gunners this season.
Giroud has already made a striking difference for an under-performing Arsenal side in 2012/13, with Arsene Wenger looking like he has unearthed another gem from Ligue 1.
Voted his country's sexiest footballer last year, the 26-year-old has established himself as something of a gay icon - as well as a fans' favourite at the Emirates - after posing topless for a mens magazine, in a bid to help tackle taboos on the terraces.
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In a prospective cohort study with 8 years of follow up done a the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, in Boston, 81,093 women in the Nurses' Health Study were assessed by food questionnaires. Over the 8-year follow up, 719 cases of kidney stones were documented. After controlling for other risk factors, the researchers compared the relative risk for stone formation for women in the highest quintile of total fluid intake compared with women in the lowest quintile. There was a definite increase in the risk for stones in women with the lowest fluid intake. Although difficult to analyze, the researchers estimated that there was a 10 % decrease in the risk for kidney stones in those who drank coffee and tea, a 60 % decrease in those who drank wine, and, surprisingly, a 44 percent increase in those who drank grapefruit juice.
A previous prospective study from these same researchers on men had also indicated an increased risk associated with the consumption of apple juice and grapefruit juice, and a decreased risk with the consumption of coffee, tea, and alcoholic beverages.
It is interesting to find out that different types of beverages are not alike in their ability to influence stone formation or prevention. However, it's certainly premature for doctors to make sweeping recommendations on the choice of beverage consumption in those who have had a kidney stone based on these preliminary studies. For the time being, though, it would seem prudent to recommend a decrease in the amount of fruit juice consumption in those who have already had a kidney stone, particularly a decrease in grapefruit juice.


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MOUNTAIN HOUSE - The Mountain House Community Services District is conducting a search for a new full-time general manager.
MOUNTAIN HOUSE - The Mountain House Community Services District is conducting a search for a new full-time general manager.
The district announced last week that former General Manager Mimi Duzenski resigned effective Dec. 28 to take on a new role as clerk of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors.
Consultant Richard Ramirez has been named interim general manager while the district recruits for a new full-time leader. Ramirez is a retired city manager with 36 years of public works experience. He recently worked as interim general manager of the El Dorado Community Services District.
"I will miss Mimi but understand that this is a great career move for her," said district board of directors President Celeste Farron. "In the meantime, we look forward to having Rich fill in as we recruit for a new GM."
LODI - The Lodi Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services department will be closing the Hutchins Street Square swimming pool indefinitely because of deterioration of its surface.
The pool was in the midst of a scheduled two week closure for routine maintenance and was expected to reopen Wednesday. However, once the pool was drained, workers found advanced deterioration of the pool's fiberglass material that poses a potential hazard for swimmers.
City officials said a short-term fix is not possible. Estimates for a full repair are being made.
The Hutchins Street Square pool is used mostly by senior citizens for exercise and therapy. The city recently increased fees and reduced hours to keep the pool open.


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Midvale Utah Union Fort Family History Center
|This article describes the services and resources available at a Family History Center, a branch facility of the Family History Library.
The Midvale Utah Union Fort Family History Center services the Midvale, and Union Fort areas.
- 1 Center Contacts and Hours
- 2 Calendar and Events
- 3 Summer Classes 2013 "Basic Family Tree"
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- 5 2012 Family History Classes Overview:
- 6 Staff Training Meetings
- 7 Center Resources
- 8 Center Services
- 9 Resources in the Local Area
- 10 Links
- 11 Volunteer at the Center
Center Contacts and Hours
Location & Map:
- Address: 7155 South 540 East, Midvale, UT 84047
- Please use North Door. Ring upper door bell for access.
- Come straight in and turn right and Library is first door on right.
- Location on Map
Phone: 801-569-1621
Hours of Operations:
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- FHC Director
- (801) 255-1617
- Asst.Director
- (801) 352-2503
- Asst.Director
- (801) 943-1336
- Asst.Director
- (801) 561-4535
- Asst.Director
- (801) 255-2253
We are in need of additional staff at our Family History Center. If you are comfortable with a computer and available to volunteer for 3 hours per week, we would love to have you, and happy to help you learn additional skills. Please contact: Alice Neff: (801) 255-1617 .
Calendar and Events
Summer Classes 2013 "Basic Family Tree"
Tuesday, June 4, 11, 18 3:00-5:00 PM Jacque Evans
Wednesday, June 12, 19, 26 7:00-9:00 PM Dave & Jackie Pierce
Monday, July 8, 15, 22 2:00-4:00 PM Alice Neff
Tuesday, August 6, 13, 20 3:00-5:00 PM Alice Neff
Plan to attend all 3 sessions to learn to edit and add additional relatives, sources, pictures and stories and clear names for Temple Work.
You are welcome to drop in at the Family History Center any time we are open without an appointment. We have trained staff who can often answer your questions and help you with the concepts, skills, resources, etc. you need right now. Also, through the Church, we have Internet Sites and Databases you have to pay to use from your home.
The Family History Center is open:
Mondays and Fridays: 9 to 5
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: 9 to 9
Closed July 4, 24 and September 2 (Labor Day)
See below for Free Consultation Sessions. These are individual training sessions where you will get personal help with FamilySearch.org/Tree and other tools designed to help you find and prepare names for the Temple. Please sign up for a 1 ½ hour session and let us help you. Sign-up by calling the Family History Center 801-569-1621. For your session, bring your LDS Account username and password (or membership number) and your pedigree chart (filled out as best you can.)
2012 Family History Classes Overview:
(Classes will be held in the Midvale Union Fort Multi-Stake Family History Center unless otherwise noted)
Classes Beginning in March
Intermediate Computer (4 week course)
Discover the magic of using Microsoft Windows including file organization and
tips and tidbits for easier computer manipulation.
Fri. Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23 10:00 a.m. - 11:30am Instructor: L. Hadfield
IrfanView (new) (1½ hour class)
Enjoy the versatility of this FREEWARE to help you capture screens, straighten,
edit, and utilize documents in family history work. Works on PC & Mac.
Tue. Mar. 13 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Instructor: D. Hanson
Newspaper Archives (1½ hour class)
Get a glimpse of your grandmother's life. Read her obituary, learn about who
came to visit, or where she was going on a trip. Small town newspapers kept a
close eye on the inhabitants. Their activities became the "talk of the town".
Thu. Mar. 8 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Instructor: K. Beers
Priesthood Leadership Training (1 hour class)
Training for Priesthood Leaders responsible for Family History work, primarily
High Priest Group Leaders.
Thu. Mar. 22 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Instructor: T. Stroud
Write Family Histories your children and grandchildren will read (2 weeks)(1½ hour class)
It's easier than you think. Clipart illustrations included.
Thu. Mar. 22, 29 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Instructor: J. Evans
FamilySearch Wiki (new) (3 week course)
Family history advice by the community. What is it? What does it mean to you?
How can it help you? Can you contribute?
Wed. March 21, 28 April 4th at 7:00 p.m. Instructor: D. Knox
Staff Training Meetings
1. Usually held on the third Thursday of the month in the Relief Society Room.
2. August topics are: MacFamily Tree, Advanced Geneology built for Mac; and Find a Grave.
Center Resources
- Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
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Databases and Software
Hardware and Equipment :
1. We have computers, printers, copying equipment, Microfishe readers.
2. Copies are .05 cents each.
Center Services
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Concealed handgun course set for February
Class prerequisite to obtain La. state permit
Concealed handgun course set for February
Class prerequisite to obtain La. state permit
RACELAND, La. —
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office will be offering a concealed handgun training class in February.
The course will be on Feb. 23 at the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office Shooting Range, at 3451 Highway 182 in Raceland. Organizers send the class will run from 8 a.m. until about 5 p.m. with a break for lunch.
The cost of the course is $110, and organizers ask attendees to register in advance by contacting Sgt. David Robichaux at 985-449-4480 or email@example.com. The course is a prerequisite for anyone applying for a Louisiana concealed handgun permit.
The course will include:
- One hour of instruction on handgun nomenclature and safe handling procedures of a revolver and semi-automatic pistol.
- One hour of instruction on ammunition knowledge and fundamentals of pistol shooting.
- Three hours of instruction on the use of deadly force and conflict resolution, which will include a review of R.S. 14:18 through 14:22 and which may include a review of any other laws relating to the use of deadly force.
- One hour of instruction on handgun shooting positions.
- One hour of instruction on child access prevention.
- Two hours of actual live range fire and proper handgun cleaning procedures.
- Live range fire shall include 12 rounds each at 6 feet, 10 feet, and 15 feet for a total of 36 rounds.
- Each applicant or permittee must perform at least one safe reload of the handgun at each distance.
- Each applicant or permittee must score 100 percent hits within the silhouette portion of a NRA B-27 type silhouette target with at least 36 rounds.


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Breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer in some women
Among women with a mother or sister with breast cancer, the researchers found that those who had breastfed were less than half as likely to develop premenopausal breast cancer as those who had not breastfed. The authors did not find a difference in risk among women without a family history of breast cancer.
(Media-Newswire.com) - CHAPEL HILL According to a new study, women with a family history of breast cancer were 59 percent less likely to develop breast cancer themselves if they breastfed their children.
This is good news for women with a family history of breast cancer, says Alison Stuebe, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and lead author of the study, which is published in the Aug. 10, 2009 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Our results suggest a woman can lower her risk of cancer simply by breastfeeding her children, Stuebe says.
Among women with a mother or sister with breast cancer, the researchers found that those who had breastfed were less than half as likely to develop premenopausal breast cancer as those who had not breastfed. The authors did not find a difference in risk among women without a family history of breast cancer.
For women with a family history, the reduction in risk with breastfeeding was similar to taking an anti-estrogen drug such as Tamoxifen for five years. But unlike Tamoxifen, Stuebe says, Breastfeeding is good for mothers and for babies.
Stuebe and colleagues reviewed data from the Nurses Health Study II, a long-term study of more than 100,000 women from 14 states. Stuebes study followed more than 60,000 who reported at least one pregnancy in 1997, when breastfeeding was assessed in detail, and followed them through 2005 to determine how many developed invasive breast cancer.
How long a woman breastfed seemed to be less important than whether or not she had breastfed, Stuebe says. The reduction in risk was similar whether women breastfed for a lifetime total of three months or for more than three years. Also, there was no significant difference in risk for women who breastfed exclusively versus those who breastfed while supplementing with other foods.
Why breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer is unknown. The authors suspect that when women do not breastfeed, inflammation and engorgement shortly after birth causes changes in breast tissue that may increase risk for breast cancer. Breastfeeding followed by weaning may prevent this inflammation.
When the researchers compared data about women who breastfed and those who did not, there was a 25 percent total reduction in incidence of premenopausal breast cancer. But, Stuebe says, that statistic was accounted for by women without a family history of the disease.
We did not find an association between breastfeeding and premenopausal breast cancer among women without a family history of breast cancer, Stuebe says. This could be because theres something about genetically caused breast cancer thats affected by breastfeeding, or it could be because rates of breast cancer were so low in women without a family history that we couldnt see an association in this data set.
Stuebe says the research underscores the public health impact of policies that help mothers successfully breastfeed. In a recent CDC study, more than half of women said they stopped breastfeeding earlier than they wanted to. Mothers and babies need supportive hospital policies, paid maternity leave, and workplace accommodations so that they can meet their breastfeeding goals, Stuebe says. Public health begins with breastfeeding.
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