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261 Kan. 624
(931 P2d 7)
No. 74,690
WILLIAMS NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Appellee, v. SUPRA ENERGY, INC., and SUPRA ENERGY, L.L.C., Appellants.
1. A statute is presumed constitutional, and all doubts must be resolved in favor of its validity. If there is any reasonable way to construe a statute as constitutionally valid, the court must do so. A statute must clearly violate the constitution before it may be struck down.
2. The underground storage of natural gas promotes the public interest and welfare of this state.
3. A common-sense determination of fairness is the standard for determining whether a statute regulating business is unconstitutional for vagueness, i.e., can an ordinary person exercising common sense understand and comply with the statute? If so, the statute is constitutional.
4. Adjoining land for purposes of K.S.A. 55-1210 has its usual and ordinary meaning, that of being contiguous or touching, such that adjoining means any section adjacent to the boundaries of an underground storage field.
5. The specific provisions of K.S.A. 55-1210(c)(2), (3), and (d) are constitutional in that they stand alone, fulfill a reasonable public purpose, are not unconstitutionally vague, and deprive no one of vested rights.
6. The court will not consider the constitutionality of a statute in any particular not necessarily involved in a decision.
Appeal from Elk district court; JOHN E. SANDERS, judge. Opinion filed January 31, 1997. Affirmed.
Lee Thompson, of Triplett, Woolf, & Garretson, L.L.P., of Wichita, argued the cause, and Nancy J. Strouse, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for appellant Supra Energy, Inc.
Teresa J. James, of Adams, Jones, Robinson & Malone, Chtd., of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee Williams Natural Gas Company.
Ann T. Rider, of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Swartz, L.L.P., of Wichita, was on the brief for amicus curiae Northern Natural Gas Company.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
LARSON, J.: This case presents a limited question of the proper grant of a temporary injunction based on the constitutionality of several specific provisions of K.S.A. 55-1210, which relate to testing to determine if natural gas has migrated outside an underground storage field. The statute was enacted in 1993 and has not previously been challenged on appeal. In this appeal we address the narrow issue of the constitutionality of the testing provisions found in K.S.A. 55-1210(c)(2) and (3) and the right to injunctive relief allowed by K.S.A. 55-1210(d).
Defendants Supra Energy, Inc., and Supra Energy, L.L.C. (Supra) appeal from an order granting a temporary injunction which permitted Williams Natural Gas Company (WNG) to conduct testing on Supra's gas wells located on property adjacent to WNG's storage field. The trial court determined K.S.A. 55-1210 authorized the injunction. We have jurisdiction under K.S.A. 20-3018(c).
WNG is a natural gas company operating under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717 et seq. (1994), which maintains a natural gas storage field, the "Elk City Storage Field," in Elk, Montgomery, and Chautauqua Counties in Kansas. This storage field is an integral part of WNG's interstate natural gas pipeline system, in which substantial amounts of gas are injected, stored, and withdrawn. The field is formed by an underground stratum called the "Burgess Sand" formation.
Supra is a lessee of property in Elk County on which it has developed several oil and gas wells. WNG first became aware of Supra through a letter in April 1992, in which Supra informed WNG that it had a new "field [of] discovery," with a well (the Cindy well) located approximately .6 mile from the northwestern corner of WNG's storage field boundary. In the letter, Supra provided a gas analysis and requested specifications for a tap onto a WNG pipeline. Although representatives from Supra and WNG met to discuss possible tap sites, the companies never entered into a final tap agreement, and WNG formally denied Supra's tap request in March 1994. Relying on the 1992 Cindy well gas analysis report, WNG told Supra that the reason for the denial was not based on a suspicion that Supra was producing WNG's storage gas.
Since the summer of 1994, Supra has drilled at least seven additional wells in sections 3, 10, and 15 of Township 31 South, Range 13 East, Elk County, Kansas, all sections adjacent to WNG's storage field. By March 1995, WNG became concerned that Supra was producing gas from its storage field. Records from the Kansas Department of Revenue indicated Supra's gas production exceeded 250,000 MCF for November 1994 through February 1995, when total production in Elk County for all of 1994, excluding Supra's, was only about 150,000 MCF. WNG believed Supra's production was extremely abnormal from shallow wells in southeast Kansas. Other grounds for concern included the close proximity of the wells to the storage field, geological evidence of the northwesterly trend of the storage field in the direction of Supra's productive wells, and similarities between recent pressure test information on the wells of both parties.
In order to obtain additional information, WNG sent Supra a series of five letters between March and May 1995, requesting permission to conduct testing on Supra's wells. Supra responded with three letters essentially requesting a negotiated agreement for reciprocal testing performed by an independent third party paid for by WNG, proof of insurance to cover incidents caused by the testing, and provision for expenses incurred by Supra as a result of the testing. Supra also insisted that WNG add a tracer substance to its injected gas. Unable to reach a voluntary agreement, WNG filed for an injunction pursuant to K.S.A. 55-1210(d) and K.S.A. 60-901 on June 2, 1995.
The trial court heard WNG's motion for temporary injunction on June 15, 1995. WNG presented the testimony of Tom Cook, a WNG geologist. Supra called Ronald Cook, a petroleum engineer, to testify. (Since both last names are Cook, we refer to them by first name.) Tom identified the locations of wells Supra had drilled on a map, one of which was 330 to 335 feet from the boundary of the storage field. He then described the northwesterly trend of the storage formation and claimed the Supra wells were producing from the Burgess Sand rather than the Mississippi Chat formation. Tom said the amount of production from the Supra wells was abnormal and stated available pressure test results from Supra and WNG wells were similar.
Tom then described the four types of tests that WNG proposed in their petition: gas samples, meter runs, pressure records, and chromatographs. Installation of the meter runs would not affect production for longer than one day, and the other tests would not affect production at all. Tom stated gas ownership would primarily be determined through chromatographs of the gas samples, but the meter runs and the pressure records would monitor the flow rates and the pressure to determine if there is communication between the wells and the storage field. Tom believed that conducting all the tests would insure no room for error.
Ronald had participated in a well study on Supra's leases in February 1994 and, based on his reading of geological studies, concluded that the reserves contained native gas and were producing from the Mississippi Chat formation. While commenting upon the various tests proposed by WNG, Ronald acknowledged that gas samples are important, but claimed pressure tests are unreliable and the use of tracers is an accepted method of testing in the industry. Ronald admitted, "The more data you have the better." Finally, he asserted that the wells' proximity to the storage field would not matter if Supra was producing gas from a separate source of supply.
After this testimony, the trial court found the involved provisions of K.S.A. 55-1210 were constitutional and within the legislative prerogative. The court held that WNG had met its burden of proof for obtaining a temporary injunction and granted the injunction, deciding that all four proposed tests were reasonable. Noting that the statute spoke to "adjoining lands," not adjoining leases, the court concluded that the wells on sections 3, 10, and 15 all adjoined the storage field. WNG was ordered to share the results of its tests with Supra, as well as test results from its own storage field.
Supra appealed. We affirm.
Are the portions of K.S.A. 55-1210 permitting the testing to determine whether natural gas has migrated outside an underground storage field and the issuance of the injunction constitutional?
We first set forth K.S.A. 55-1210 in its entirety, although the principal arguments in this appeal relate to (c)(2), (3), and (d):
"(a) All natural gas which has previously been reduced to possession, and which is subsequently injected into underground storage fields, sands, reservoirs and facilities, whether such storage rights were acquired by eminent domain or otherwise, shall at all times be the property of the injector, such injector's heirs, successors or assigns, whether owned by the injector or stored under contract.
"(b) In no event shall such gas be subject to the right of the owner of the surface of such lands or of any mineral interest therein, under which such gas storage fields, sands, reservoirs and facilities lie, or of any person, other than the injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns, to produce, take, reduce to possession, either by means of the law of capture or otherwise, waste, or otherwise interfere with or exercise any control over such gas. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to affect the right of the owner of the surface of such lands or of any mineral interest therein to drill or bore through the underground storage fields, sands, reservoirs and facilities in such a manner as will protect such fields, sand, reservoirs and facilities against pollution and the escape of the natural gas being stored.
"(c) With regard to natural gas that has migrated to adjoining property or to a stratum, or portion thereof, which has not been condemned as allowed by law or otherwise purchased:
(1) The injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns shall not lose title to or possession of such gas if such injector, such injector's heirs, successors or assigns can prove by a preponderance of the evidence that such gas was originally injected into the underground storage.
(2) The injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns, shall have the right to conduct such tests on any existing wells on adjoining property, at such injector's sole risk and expense including, but not limited to, the value of any lost production of other than the injector's gas, as may be reasonable to determine ownership of such gas.
(3) The owner of the stratum and the owner of the surface shall be entitled to such compensation, including compensation for use of or damage to the surface or substratum, as is provided by law, and shall be entitled to recovery of all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, if litigation is necessary to enforce any rights under this subsection (c) and the injector does not prevail.
"(d) The injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns shall have the right to compel compliance with this section by injunction or other appropriate relief by application to a court of competent jurisdiction."
The question on appeal before this court is whether the trial court properly granted the temporary injunction. Therefore, we need only decide whether the provisions of K.S.A. 55-1210 granting gas injectors the right to test adjoining wells and to obtain injunctive relief are constitutional and able to stand independent of the rest of the statute. If these provisions are severable, we should and need not decide whether the rest of the statute is unconstitutional. See State v. Rupert, 247 Kan. 512, 515, 802 P.2d 511 (1990), where we held: "It is generally recognized that, where unconstitutional parts of a statute can be readily separated from the remainder of the statute without affecting the meaning of what remains, the unconstitutional language will be stricken and the constitutional portion will stand."
The constitutionality of a statute is a question of law. The standard of review on a question of law is unlimited. Gillespie v. Seymour, 250 Kan. 123, 129, 823 P.2d 782 (1991). "[A] statute is presumed constitutional and all doubts must be resolved in favor of its validity. If there is any reasonable way to construe a statute as constitutionally valid, the court must do so. A statute must clearly violate the constitution before it may be struck down." Boatright v. Kansas Racing Comm'n, 251 Kan. 240, 243, 834 P.2d 368 (1992). We have also stated:
"The court does not sit in judgment on the merits of such legislation. If the statute here challenged does not contravene significant constitutional or inherent rights of individuals, if the classification on which it is based is reasonable, if it is within the scope of the police powers of the state, if it is appropriately related to a proper purpose of such police power, the statute is not to be invalidated by the judicial arm of government." City of Wichita v. White, 205 Kan. 408, 409, 469 P.2d 287 (1970).
Supra first argues that the testing provisions of the statute are not severable because there would be no reason to allow testing if the remainder of the statute were struck down. Logic refutes Supra's position. The testing provisions would be even more essential if we found the rest of the statute unconstitutional, because if injectors of migrating natural gas could not retain title to their gas, they would have a greater need to ascertain whether their gas was migrating. Injectors need the information provided by the testing in order to prevent further gas migration or to determine if it is necessary to condemn surrounding property. Further, even if we were to strike all the language in K.S.A. 55-1210(a), (b), and (c)(1), the portions remaining in (c)(2), (3), and (d) could stand alone and form a meaningful statute.
Supra makes several constitutional arguments that this statute, as a whole, violates due process because it was adopted for a private, not a public interest. This is contrary to the specific language of K.S.A. 55-1202, which states:
"The underground storage of natural gas which promotes conservation thereof, which permits the building of reserves for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand, which makes more readily available our natural gas resources to the domestic, commercial and industrial consumers of this state, and which provides a better year-round market to the various gas fields, promotes the public interest and welfare of this state."
The statute has a reasonable public purpose, clearly expressed by the legislature.
Supra next alleges that the statute is unconstitutionally vague. In Boatright, we held: "'A common-sense determination of fairness is the standard for determining whether a statute regulating business is unconstitutional for vagueness, i.e., can an ordinary person exercising common sense understand and comply with the statute? If so, the statute is constitutional.'" 251 Kan. at 243.
Supra first contends that "injector" is not defined and it could be held to mean anyone who injects gas, regardless of whether they are a natural gas storage company or have an approved storage site. This argument is without merit. There is nothing unconstitutional about permitting anyone to be considered an injector for purposes of K.S.A. 55-1210. The statute does not give injectors a right to condemn property, nor do the testing provisions constitute a taking of property by injectors.
Supra further alleges that the term "adjoining" is vague. The trial court held that "adjoining" was any section adjacent to a storage field. Therefore, any section of land which touched a section containing a storage field was adjoining. This conforms to our holding in State, ex rel., v. Bunton, 141 Kan. 103, Syl. ¶ 1, 40 P.2d 326 (1935), where "adjoining" had its "usual and ordinary meaning, that of being contiguous or touching." Clearly a person exercising common sense would understand the term "adjoining" in this statute.
Supra finally asserts that the "testing" provision is invalid due to vagueness because what is found to be "reasonable to determine ownership" in courts of one part of the state may be different than in other parts. Supra's position is untenable. District courts are capable of making factual determinations based on the evidence submitted as to what is reasonable in each situation.
Supra offers no compelling reasons or authority for us to find that the testing provisions of K.S.A. 55-1210 are unconstitutional. These provisions do not violate the constitution. We uphold as constitutional the specific provisions of K.S.A. 55-1210(c)(2), (3), and (d).
Did the district court abuse its discretion by granting a temporary injunction permitting WNG to conduct testing on Supra's gas wells pursuant to K.S.A. 55-1210?
The standard of review on appeal from an order granting a temporary injunction is whether the trial court manifestly abused its discretion. Comanche Country Hospital v. Blue Cross of Kansas, Inc., 228 Kan. 364, Syl. ¶ 2, 613 P.2d 950 (1980).
"Judicial discretion is abused if it is arbitrary, fanciful, or unreasonable, which is another way of stating that discretion is abused only if no reasonable person would take the view adopted by the trial court. If reasonable persons could differ regarding the propriety of the action taken by the trial court, it cannot be said that the trial court abused its discretion." Labette Community College v. Board of Crawford County Comm'rs, 258 Kan. 622, 625, 907 P.2d 127 (1995).
On review of a grant of a temporary injunction, we should examine the record only to determine if any reasonable grounds support the action of the district court; if there were, we should affirm the grant. Comanche, 228 Kan. at 367.
Supra contends that because the temporary injunction granted in this case was actually no different than the final relief sought, it should have been given additional opportunity to challenge the basis on which WNG sought the temporary injunction. This point is not well taken. Before deciding whether to grant the temporary injunction, the court held a hearing, where both sides presented expert testimony and both sides argued before the court. The injunction, which preserved evidence of the status quo at the wells, was only in place about 180 days and did not eliminate WNG's need to sue to protect its ownership rights under K.S.A. 55-1210. Because the order at issue was only a temporary injunction, Supra was not entitled to a full trial on the merits. It is further clear that Supra received due process before the temporary injunction was issued.
Four prerequisites must be met before a moving party may obtain a temporary injunction:
"(1) a substantial likelihood that the movant will eventually prevail on the merits; (2) a showing that the movant will suffer irreparable injury unless the injunction issues; (3) proof that the threatened injury to the movant outweighs whatever damage the proposed injunction may cause the opposing party; and (4) a showing that the injunction, if issued, will not be adverse to the public interest." St. David's Episcopal Church v. Westboro Baptist Church, Inc., 22 Kan. App. 2d 537, 543-44, 921 P.2d 821 (1996).
Of these elements on appeal, Supra only challenges WNG's showing of irreparable injury. There is evidence in the record to indicate that WNG could suffer irreparable injury if the injunction were not granted. First, evidence indicated that immediate testing, in light of imminent gas injection, would help best determine whether Supra was producing WNG's gas. Second, WNG alleged that Supra would be unable to compensate WNG if it were eventually determined that Supra had been producing WNG gas and owed damages. Third, WNG presented evidence that it had not delayed upon discovery that Supra may be producing its gas.
The trial court found WNG had met the burden of proof for obtaining a temporary injunction. We find no abuse of discretion in this decision.
Supra also contends that WNG lacked the clean hands required to obtain injunctive relief. This contention is meritless. The record provides no support for finding WNG knew or should have known prior to 1995 that Supra may be producing WNG gas. Nor is there evidence that WNG delayed after discovering Supra may be producing its gas. Other reasons alleged by Supra as to why WNG should have been denied relief are not properly before us. These claims have not yet been adjudicated below. Additionally, Supra's argument that WNG is a trespasser and should not have been afforded relief is spurious. The whole point of the injunction was to determine whether WNG's gas was "trespassing." We do not find the district court abused its discretion in deciding that WNG was entitled to equitable relief pursuant to the statute.
Supra also again challenges the trial court's interpretation of the statute and its application to this injunction. Supra alleges the tests ordered by the injunction were not "reasonable to determine ownership of the gas" and were not on "adjoining" property.
The trial court heard evidence that utilization of all the tests would best help determine ownership of the gas and that the tests would not significantly affect Supra's production or endanger Supra's wells. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding the testing was reasonable.
We have previously stated the trial court properly defined "adjoining." Thus, its determination that Supra's wells were on "adjoining property" is supported by the evidence and is not an abuse of discretion.
Supra finally argues that WNG should not be allowed to invoke the provisions of K.S.A. 55-1210 because it has not availed itself of the Kansas statutory scheme for approval of a gas storage facility underlying Supra's land. The plain language of the statute refutes Supra's position. K.S.A. 55-1210(c) specifically indicates that it applies regardless of whether other statutes of the Underground Storage of Natural Gas Act, K.S.A. 55-1201 et seq., have been complied with. It begins: "With regard to natural gas that has migrated to adjoining property or to a stratum, or portion thereof, which has not been condemned as allowed by law or otherwise purchased." (Emphasis added.)
It would not make sense to require injectors like WNG to go to the expense of certificating and acquiring neighboring land where it suspects gas has escaped from its storage place in order to invoke the testing provisions of a statute designed to help an injector know whether gas is escaping. Supra's suggested interpretation of K.S.A. 55-1210 is unreasonable and must be disregarded.
Is K.S.A. 55-1210 constitutional in its entirety, and does it deprive Supra of vested rights?
Supra attempts to have us consider K.S.A. 55-1210 in its entirety, thereby asking us to give an advisory opinion and answer questions not properly before us. This we will not do. See Sheila A. v. Finney, 253 Kan. 793, 796, 861 P.2d 120 (1993).
In State, ex rel., v. Fairmont Foods Co., 196 Kan. 73, 77, 410 P.2d 308 (1966), we stated: "Another proposition of law frequently expressed is that the court will not consider the constitutionality of a statute in any particular not necessarily involved to a decision." We have found that the testing provisions are constitutional, and we need go no further to uphold the trial court's decision issuing the injunction.
Supra also argues the statute deprives it of vested property rights without due process of law. However, Supra has made no showing that issuance of the temporary injunction under the statute has taken any of Supra's property rights. All arguments as to how the other provisions of the statute involve an unconstitutional taking are not ripe for review.


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Miss USA teaches volleyball to young girls in Zambia
Meriwether, who played volleyball in college, helped coach the 88 children and 10 teachers from schools around Livingstone in the one day program, under the support of the American Embassy.
The participants learned basic volleyball drills and rules. The program, which was designed for children under 14-years-old, was developed in support of the national federation to promote volleyball among girls, especially those living in rural areas.
Along with Miss USA, NF President Dr. Gabriel Muyinda, and US Ambassador to Zambia, Mark Storella, also took part in the program.
Later this year, Zambia is planning to hold a 2013 Festival to teach volleyball skills to youths aged 17 and younger from nearby schools.


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Steel Wall Construction to Begin
Construction of a four-mile long steel wall that runs from Mantoloking to Brick is expected to begin in July. Springfield-based EIC Associates was awarded the contract to build the 45-foot tall storm protection storm-protection barrier at a cost of $23.8 million dollars in May.
According to a report in the Star Ledger, on July 7th the firm will be driving the steel wall 30 feet into the ground and once it's complete, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will move forward with a beach replenishment project.
During Superstorm Sandy, that section of the northern barrier peninsula was breached, cutting a channel from the ocean to the Barnegat Bay. Hundreds of homes in Mantoloking and Brick were destroyed as a result.
The Federal Highway Administration is paying 80 percent of the cost, with the state paying the rest.
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Mantoloking Sea Wall Gets the Okay/ WOBM.com


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Earlier this week, we reported on the dearth of venture-backed initial public offerings during the second quarter. Just 11 companies made the leap during the second quarter, marking a 42 percent decline.
Now, here comes some interesting research from Tableau Software's Daniel Hom who looks at the makeup of today's crop of tech IPOs.
Hom, who writes the IPO Dashboards blog, finds that 73 percent of recent tech IPOs weren't profitable when they made the jump to the public markets. That compares to just 34 percent of tech IPOs that were losing money at the time of their IPOs during the freewheeling days of the dot-com boom in 1999.
But while profits may not be a prerequisite, revenues seem to be. Hom found that 60 percent of tech companies today had revenues of $100 million or more when they completed their IPOs, including companies such as Groupon, LinkedIn and ExactTarget. By contrast, just 34 percent had hit that milestone in 1999.
Washington state's only tech IPO of the past year — online real estate company Zillow — actually ranked at the bottom of the list in revenues. But it also had the smallest loss of the bunch, and it has since become a profitable company in its first few quarters on Wall Street. Investors have applauded Zillow's performance, one of the best in the crop of IPOs. Its stock has nearly doubled from the $20 offering price last July.
Here's a look at Hom's report, with the red lines denoting losses.


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Jayyous Club takes Palestine tournament
Jayyous won against fellow West Bank club Sinjel 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-12) in Friday's match, which was streamed over the internet and shown locally on the Palestine Live station. The match also received a great deal of coverage in local newspapers. Almost 1000 fans attended the match and the General Secretary of the Palestine Olympic Committee, Dr Mazen Khatib was also in attendance.
The pair currently occupy the top two spots in the Premier League, with Jayyous in first place with 27 points, three points head of Sinjel. The team that head to the Arab Club Championships in Tunisia will be nominated over the next ten days, when the top four teams in the current rankings (Jayyous, Sinjel, Azoun, Al Nazleh Al Sharqeieh) with take part in a final tournament. The team with the highest number of points will earn their place at the regional club championships.
Jayyous were formed in 1969, while Sinjel came into existence six years later and they have dominated Palestinian volleyball ever since and produced a string of players for the national team. In 2012 Jayyous won the Premier League, with Sinjel narrowly behind.
With the FIVB's support, the Palestine Volleyball Federation has set out some ambitious plans, which includes putting the country on the international volleyball map. Previous events in Palestine have included the Volley All Festival, which saw thousands of young people get together to play volleyball in the cities, public parks or other locations used by the local community.
Earlier in the year, a course for coaches brought together 20 participants with the objective of supporting the volleyball community in Palestine.
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Asked by Marcus, Houston, Texas
I was controlling my blood sugar with regular insulin injections, so why did my doctor add metformin during my last visit?
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a disease that can initially show no symptoms. Eventually very high blood sugars cause symptoms of blurred vision, increased urination, and increased thirst.
The long-term effects of diabetes, especially uncontrolled diabetes, can include cardiovascular disease, heart attack and stroke, peripheral vascular disease, and kidney disease.
In type 2 diabetes, the cells of the muscles and organs of the body have difficulty bringing blood sugar, which is also called blood glucose, inside to use as fuel for metabolism.
Insulin's normal function is to help bring sugar into the cell, and the problem is these cells have what is called insulin resistance. The body's response to insulin resistance is to increase the amount of insulin secreted by the pancreas.
Over time, higher and higher amounts of insulin are secreted to overcome insulin resistance. Eventually the blood sugar levels rise higher than normal despite the high levels of circulating insulin.
Type 1 diabetes differs from type 2 diabetes in that type 1 is a disease in which the pancreas stops producing insulin. The initial treatment of mild type 2 diabetes mellitus is lifestyle intervention. This usually consists of diet modification, exercise and weight loss.
If this does not control blood sugars, metformin is usually the first drug prescribed. Metformin is an oral medication that is taken once or twice a day. It decreases sugar production in the liver and decreases blood sugar levels by increasing muscle and organ sensitivity to insulin.
The dose of metformin can be increased over a period of weeks to months until the desired effect is obtained or side effects become significant. Metformin at higher doses can cause gastrointestinal problems such as metallic taste, nausea, abdominal discomfort and diarrhea.
It is not uncommon that the dose has to be adjusted downward before getting the desired blood sugar result. Metformin is used as an initial therapy for mild to moderate type 2 diabetes; the initial treatment of moderate to severe diabetes mellitus is with insulin.
An example of a moderate to severe diabetic at diagnosis is a person with a hemoglobin A1C of 10% or greater, a fasting glucose of greater than 250 mg/dl (13.9 mmol/L), random blood sugars of greater than 300 mg/dL (16.7 mmol/L), or ketones in the urine.
Patients who are initially treated successfully with metformin commonly need additional therapy with time. For a physician with a large practice of diabetics, it is estimated that patients need something in addition to metformin at a rate of about 5% to 10% per year.
These patients who need additional therapy generally have hemoglobin A1C levels greater than 7%. Options for additional therapy are insulin or a sulfonylurea drug. Sulfonylureas have the convenience of being taken orally. They cause the pancreas to secrete even more insulin.
Metformin with insulin and metformin with sulfonylureas are synergistic: In either combination, the drugs work together. It makes sense to give a drug that overcomes resistance to insulin and at the same time increase the total amount of insulin in the patient. Many doctors prefer insulin as the second therapy as it is the most proven effective and the least expensive.
Insulin is definitely preferred for those with symptoms of a high blood sugar or a hemoglobin A1C greater than 8.5% while on metformin. Sulfonylurea drugs are associated with weight gain and the same low blood sugar risks associated with insulin therapy.
Newer, very expensive drugs are on the market and gaining popularity. Some doctors will advise long-term use of metformin and insulin together. Others prefer to discontinue the metformin after a while and use insulin only. Insulin-only therapy is associated with weight gain that is generally not seen with the combination of metformin and insulin.
I understand a patient's reluctance to start insulin as it is a sign that the disease is worsening. Insulin is injected under the skin with a needle and syringe. Some patients use insulin up to four times a day.
With some dedication and planning, one can use insulin and not have significant life restrictions. Good blood sugar control is crucial in avoiding so many of the complications of diabetes.
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U.S. military didn't want to release Iranians held in Iraq
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military on Thursday reluctantly turned over to Iraq five Iranians it had accused of fomenting violence in Iraq. The Iraqi government promptly invited them to meet Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and then released them to Iranian custody.
U.S. spokesmen in Baghdad and Washington said the United States had no choice but to free the five men under the terms of last year's Status of Forces Agreement, which requires the United States eventually to transfer the more than 10,000 Iraqi and third-country detainees it now holds.
The United States claims that the five, detained in January 2007 in the northern city of Erbil, were in the Qods Force, the covert arms of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and were arming and training anti-U.S. insurgents. It has not provided detailed evidence to back up that charge, asserting it would compromise secret intelligence methods, and never pressed formal charges.
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said the U.S. military turned over the five Iranians after Iraq issued arrest warrants for all third-country nationals in U.S. custody. Those are said to number about 150, and include Syrian, Jordanian and Libyan individuals who came to Iraq to fight American forces.
Kelly acknowledged misgivings about the release, and its impact on U.S. military personnel in Iraq. "That is a big concern of ours, is the safety of American forces. And we . . . have of course made our concerns known to the Iraqi government," he said.
Kelly and other U.S. officials said the release did not involve a quid pro quo with Iran and was not a part of the Obama administration's attempts to engage that country's leaders.
Rather than re-arrest the five, the Iraqi government granted them a meeting with Maliki and then reportedly turned them over to Iran's embassy in Baghdad,
The Iraqi prime minister's office referred questions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where officials couldn't be reached for comment. Iraqi security guards turned away a McClatchy reporter and Iraqi journalists at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad.
It could not be learned if the United States formally protested Iraq's actions.
Thursday's developments were further evidence of the shifting relationship between Iraq and the United States, which just over a week ago withdrew its remaining combat troops from Iraqi cities. In carrying out the forces agreement — and in negotiating it last year — Maliki has acted with increasing assertiveness, and sometimes in ways not in line with U.S. interests.
The release of the five Iranians also ends a 2-1/2-year saga that began when they were seized by U.S. Special Forces in Erbil, in Iraq's Kurdish region.
Iran said the five were diplomats and that the building where they were detained was an Iranian consulate. Iraq protested the detentions at the time, telling U.S. officials the Iranians were in the country legally. In March 2007, in what may have been a related incident, Iran seized 15 Royal Navy sailors it said were in Iran's territorial waters. They were released 12 days later.
U.S. officials said there was no documentation confirming the Erbil site was a diplomatic facility, and said intelligence data — including material seized after the building was searched — showed the five to be members of the Qods force.
The U.S. officials, who requested anonymity to speak more frankly, made clear they were unenthusiastic about freeing the Iranians. One called it "a situation where we're going to grit our teeth and do it."
(Tharp reports for the Merced (Calif.) Sun-Star.)
4 Americans killed as Iraq takes over its own security
U.S. raids in northern Iraq nab several Iranians
Mass bombings throughout Iraq leave dozens dead
Read McClatchy's Inside Iraq blog


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|May 24th, 2012 02:31 PM
|Pierre Galafassi
Hi all,
The fourteenth century Il-khanid miniature below shows a peacock-feather motif very similar to the motifs in di Pietros and Fra Carnevales paintings.
1330-1340. Il-khanid period. Tabriz school. Bahram Gur in the treasury of Jamshid. Freer Sackler
|February 28th, 2012 08:44 PM
|Pierre Galafassi
One can find quite easily examples of Al Andalus silk brocade featuring peacocks when browsing the net.
In Asia, (especially India) peacocks had a significantly higher status than chicken and their feathers were often linked with royalty. (see the Indian Peacock Throne filched by Nadir Shah).
|February 28th, 2012 04:44 PM
|Filiberto Boncompagni
which I did and found absolutely nothing even vaguely similar.
Could they be Spanish (Moorish) textiles?
|February 28th, 2012 08:30 AM
|Filiberto Boncompagni
Hi Pierre,
Perhaps we should try searching in European Renaissance textiles
|February 27th, 2012 07:13 PM
|Pierre Galafassi
The red and white «chainmail» pattern of Jacques Coeurs rug finds its nearly identical counterpart in the textile (or rug) spread on top of an animal rug (two anorexic birds around a tree of life) in a contemporaneous painting by S. di Pietro. This painting gives a better view of the motif: The weavers inspiration might be peacocks tail feathers, rather than a chain mail.
I can't remember having seen this motif in any extant rug, does anybody?.
S. Di Pietro, 1455, Coronation of the Virgin, Yale Univ.
|January 20th, 2012 02:24 PM
|Pierre Galafassi
Jacques Coeur's strange carpet
Hi all,
This painting by Fra Carnavale (1448, «Jacques Coeurs Annunciation», Munich) shows an extraordinary, long and narrow «animal rug».
FIG 1 and 2
The carpet features an ivory field background and a red border.
In the middle of the field, a narrow rectangular medallion contains a puzzling geometric motif ( a lozenge which itself encloses another narrow rectangle, both ivory-shade and none being filled). On top of the lozenge two slender, long-tailed "rampant" blue beasts face each other. The rug pattern seems to be symmetrical, thus, another pair of beasts is probably hidden under the angels train.
The rectangular medallion is enclosed into a kind of «chain-mail» pattern, drawn in red on the white background and each «mail» contains a small blue «comma» motif (too small to tell, but it could be, perhaps, one of the earliest boteh motif on rug).
«Chain-mails», «wrought irons» and interlaced patterns were rather common in Spanish rugs, even as late as the seventeenth century. An Al-Andalus origin of the rug is a possibility.
A pair of animals or chimaeras facing each other, (quite often with a tree of life in between them) was a ubiquitous medieval- and Renaissance motif, probably imported from Asia (see Yohanns thread «A contribution to animal rugs) and Filibertos thread «What are those?». In the latter, Filiberto even shows a picture of the (fourteenth century) inlaid marble floor of the church of San Miniato al Monte which features nearly identical pairs of lions and griffins.
The «facing pair of beasts» motif was also used extensively on coat of arms. For example the pair of lions on Henri II- and (early) Richard I arms.
Note: Jacques Coeur, the fellow who commissioned this painting and probably owned the rug, was, at the time, perhaps the richest man in France. A banker and businessman, he made part of his huge fortune in import-export activities, trafficking with the middle East and Spain, among other markets.
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New joint degree program launching intensive summer program in May 2015
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Agenda: June 13, 2013 Residential Development and Compatibility PEG Meeting
Residential Development and Compatibility Policy Expert Group
Date: June 13, 2013
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: 1900 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, 7th Floor - Conference Room 7A
Meeting Goals
- Approve summary PEG memo
- Discuss Part 2 mapping issues
Welcome and Overview (4:00 p.m. / 5 minutes)
Presenter: Deb Meihoff, Communitas
Description: Introductions; meeting objectives; announcements
Process Updates (4:05 p.m. / 10 minutes)
Presenter: Barry Manning, BPS
Update on process: "transitions" meeting; All-PEG meeting; PEG feedback/Q&A
RDC PEG Summary Memo (4:15 p.m. / 15 minutes)
Facilitators: Deb Meihoff, Communitas; Barry Manning, BPS
Description: Final approval of RDC PEG summary memo.
Part 2 Mapping Issues (4:30 p.m. / 75 minutes)
Presenters: Tom Armstrong, Debbie Bischoff, Eric Engstrom, Barry Manning, BPS
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2011 NCRS Old Town Meet - Keeping Authenticity Alive
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The Old Town NCRS meet preserves Corvette's proud heritage
From the August, 2011 issue of Vette
By Walt Thurn
Photography by Walt Thurn
Corvette owners tend to enjoy their cars' performance and styling, and many install horsepower and cosmetic enhancements to reflect their own personal tastes. Older Corvettes usually pass through many owners as they age, and quite a few have been modified more than once during these transitions. It can therefore be difficult to verify a vintage Vette's original equipment, especially since assembly-plant record keeping was spotty in the marque's early days. Fortunately, a group called the National Corvette Restorers Society (NCRS) exists to address this issue.
Formed in 1974 by seven enthusiasts, the NCRS is a treasure trove of Corvette documentation. The Society, which boasts local chapters throughout the country, provides owners with detailed "original equipment" information for cars built from 1953 to 1996. Among its members are trained judges who can verify a car's originality using the "Top Flight" Certification program. A Corvette that has achieved Top Flight status increases in value while also preserving its history.
The Florida Chapter of the NCRS has been active since 1978 and holds the Society's first event each year. As in previous years, the 2011 meet was held at the Old Town entertainment complex in Kissimmee, Florida.
This beautiful Panama Yellow '58 is an excellent example of the quality cars displayed at the event.
According to NCRS Florida Chapter Chairman Ed Augustine, 120 Corvettes were displayed on the show field, of which 80 were evaluated to determine their "flight" status. A total of 44 cars were awarded Top Flight when judging was completed on Saturday, with awards presented to the cars' owners at a banquet that night. The dinner also featured a presentation by team members of the '63 "Nickey Nouse" A.J. Foyt Z06 Corvette race effort.
"We were happy with the turnout," said Augustine. "It was somewhat larger than the previous year. Our annual Sunday non-NCRS show had over 180 cars in attendance. This portion of our show is open to all Corvette owners and is growing in popularity each year."
The show field was packed with noteworthy Corvettes of all generations, including a pristine white '56 called "The Chief" that caught our attention. This second-owner car has been driven a total of 33,818 miles and was a bequest from the original owner to his son in 1995. It's unrestored, fully documented, and well cared for.
In addition to the NCRS show, the meet also featured a large vendor area. It was jammed with Corvette suppliers from around the U.S. selling items that ranged from hubcaps to complete cars. It was a great place to shop for those hard-to-find items for your Vette.
Meanwhile, a large For Sale area featured Corvettes of every vintage and provided an excellent opportunity to get an up-to-date look at typical selling prices. Based on the prices we saw at the show, this seems like a great time to buy a Corvette.
If you get a chance to attend an NCRS event in your area, be sure to take it. These meets are a great way to enjoy Corvette's rich heritage, or even get your own car certified. For more information on certification standards visit the Australian NCRS site http://www.ncrs.com.au
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Newlyweds lure man through Craigslist for thrill killing
(CNN) -- It isn't that the 42-year-old man had done anything wrong to infuriate Elytte Barbour and his wife.
The couple - married three weeks -- just wanted to kill someone together, police said.
And Troy LaFerrara happened to be the unlucky one.
The Barbours are accused of luring LaFerrara through a sex ad on Craigslist, and stabbing and strangling him to death.
Barbour told police he and his wife had tried to kill others. But the plans didn't work out.
\"So they continued to try to find someone,\" police said.
\"LaFerrara was just the one with whom the plan worked.\"
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LaFerrara's body was found in the backyard of a home in Sunbury, a small city about 100 miles northwest of Philadelphia, on November 12.
He had been stabbed 20 times and strangled, police said.
The last number dialed on his cell phone led police to the Barbours.
At first, the wife, 18-year-old Miranda Barbour, denied knowing the victim. But presented with more and more evidence that police had gathered, she confessed.
According to the police affidavit, this is what happened:
Miranda Barbour told police she would use Craigslist to meet men -- \"men who wanted companionship,\" and were willing to pay her for it.
On November 11, she met LaFerrara at a mall in nearby Susquehanna, picked him up in her red Honda CRV and drove to Sunbury.
Elytte Barbour was hiding under a blanket in the back seat, he said. The couple had agreed on a pre-arranged signal so that he would know when \"it was time to kill the victim.\"
The death
After driving for a while, Miranda Barbour pulled over. LaFerrara reached over and began touching her, she said.
She then took a knife from between the front seats and stabbed him, she said. Once, twice, three times.
She told police she doesn't remember how long she went on.
LaFerrara tried to fight her, but couldn't. Elytte Barbour had tied a cable cord around his neck to hold his head back.
As LaFerrara fought, Elytte Barbour said he held tight.
The discovery
While they drove around looking for an an out-of-the way spot to dump the victim, LaFerrara was still alive.
He was \"choking and gasping for air,\" Miranda Barbour told police. But soon, his breathing stopped.
The couple dumped LaFerrara's body by the back garage of a house in Sunbury -- which is where resident Brittany Settler discovered it the next morning.
\"I was making myself a cup of coffee and when I opened the fridge to get the creamer out,\" the Sunbury resident told CNN affiliate WHP. \"I looked out and was like, 'What is that?'\"
She walked over to the garage behind her house and saw the body.
LaFerrara's face was purple. He had his keys in his hand. And there was blood everywhere.
The cleanup
With the body gone, the Barbours' stopped at a Wal-Mart, bought garbage bags, carpet cleaner, paper towels and seat covers. They needed to clean up the sports utility vehicle.
\"She related that there was a lot of blood and she wasn't able to get it all,\" police said.
After they were done, they went to a strip club. It was Elytte Barbour's 22nd birthday.
The reaction
In Sunbury, where violent crime is rare, the killing was the talk of the town over the weekend.
\"It's surprising, and it's shocking, and it's unfair,\" Sunbury resident John Mickey told affiliate WNEP. \"The man had a family. It's devastating. It really is.\"
Nancy Sholley was LaFerrara's neighbor. He was married, she said.
\"I just really feel sorry for (his wife),\" Sholley told the affiliate. \"She's a nice woman. We have always thought a lot of her. Just really, my heart goes out to her.\"
\"Evil is all over,\" she added. \"It is.\"
The charges
The Barbours were married October 22, the husband told the Daily Item newspaper. The pair moved to Sunbury from North Carolina, where he worked as a dishwasher.
Strapped for cash, his wife would meet \"unhappy men\" online and charge up to $850 for \"delightful conversation,\" he said.
The couple face a host of charges including criminal homicide, similar to first-degree murder.
\"The defendant stated that they committed the murder because they just wanted to murder someone together,\" police said, referring to Elytte Barbour.
Miranda Barbour was denied bail, and has a court hearing set for December 20. CNN's calls to her public defender were not returned Saturday night.
Elytte Barbour has a court date set for December 17. He is not yet represented by an attorney.
\"We started with nothing,\" Sunbury Police Chief Steve Mazzeo told CNN on Saturday. \"We started with a dead body with no ID on it, dumped in somebody's backyard, no relation to anything in the area or the people who lived there.
\"To close out this particular homicide in three to four weeks, that's pretty impressive.\"
But their work is far from over. In the coming days, \"we are going to try to resolve some of the loose ends,\" he said.
Among them is this: Miranda Barbour has a 1-year-old child, whose father is deceased.
That death is now a part of the investigation.


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So I chatted with Andy Stopka – VP of maintenance for NationaLease – a few days ago about one of his recent blog posts concerning how the almost universal "college for all" approach being taken by the American education system is ultimately starving the truck technician trade of potential recruits.
Indeed, it's a major problem not just where technicians are concerned but for many other vocational trades as well – such as welding, plumbing, carpentry and (yes, it's a skilled trade my friends, no matter what the Dept. of Labor says) truck driving.
"College is the new high school now," Stopka (at right) told me. "Back when I came up in this business, after you got your high school diploma, you spent a few years figuring out what you wanted to do for a living. Today in many cases that now happens after kids finish college – but after they've incurred some pretty heavy debt."
Himself a 30 year veteran of the truck technician field, Stopka pointed to a report by the Harvard Graduate School of Education that indicates today's "college for all" emphasis can actually keep students from viable careers paths as they enter adulthood.
"Faced with a prospect of tens of thousands of dollars of student loan debt on the horizon and degrees that yield few marketable skills, many high school graduates continue to ignore alternate pathways that can have real currency in today's labor market," he added.
[One example is provided by Fox Valley Technical College, seen below.]
"In many ways we've created a monster, where high school is the new 'middle school' and college is the new 'high school,'" he explained. "In a lot of ways we need our educators to reverse course, to see that 'shop class' is a good thing. But I don't know how we get back to that."
Yet it's a shift that will be even more difficult to undertake as even parents themselves have bought into the "college for all" notion pretty strongly.
Just look at a recent survey from the University of Phoenix – conducted by the market research firm Kelton – that polled a representative sample of 1,1019 Americans 18 or over online last November.
That survey found that many American parents are considering going to college themselves to not only help them get ahead in the workplace, but to also set a good example for their children, with parents are twice as likely as non-parents (60% compared to 30%) to consider going back to school.
Indeed, 81% of parents in the University of Phoenix's survey said they believe a college degree is important in today's job market and that, despite today's difficult economic climate, nearly nine-in-ten (88%) parents say they will encourage their children to pursue a college degree immediately after high school – either full-time or part-time while they work.
The troublesome part of this trend is that now in many industries a college degree is now often required to obtain just bottom-level white collar jobs – work with pay scales that frequently doesn't even come close to helping a fresh-out-college graduate retire big time student loan debt. [Click here to read more about this disturbing trend.]
By contrast, Stopka noted that the diesel technician's job is far different than in the past as it requires far more computer skills than John Q. Public might realize.
"The advent of computerized truck engines and other equipment advances has required technicians to be educated in and adept at addressing diesel engine fundamentals, fuel injection systems, electricity and electronics, and starting and ignition systems," he pointed out.
"According to the job search website Indeed.com, the current average salary for a technician is $43,000, but journeymen professionals can earn up to $57,000 at the peak of their careers – and that's not including overtime," Stopka said. "And with demand for qualified technicians so strong, finding a job in today's tough economy can be amazingly easy – with candidates basically unencumbered by staggering student loan debt."
[Returning to Fox Valley Tech, take a look at the school's truck driver program; a program that feeds graduates to TL carrier Schneider National, among others.]
In terms of raw numbers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicates that the total population of truck, bus and diesel engine technicians is expected to expand from 242,200 back in 2010 to over 277,400 by 2020.
Yet that doesn't tell the whole story, for while the agency noted those numbers indicate 35,200 new positions will open up in the technician ranks, the real job opening figure is 87,800, as BLS projects some 52,600 current techs are expected to retire – a massive draw down that's poised to occur in just a scant seven years.
The problem is that technicians – and truck drivers for that matter – just don't grow on trees, as the old saying goes; those positions require significant learning and training to be filled properly, which is partly why shortages are projected for technicians and truck drivers alike for the future.
"The number of young people entering the profession continues to dwindle even as the demand for qualified diesel technicians skyrockets," Stopka pointed out.
"In the past, a lot of our technicians came from the farm; they were kids used to working on equipment and putzing around with their cars," he added. "Today, we've lost a lot of those 'putzers.' I see the problem – I know what it is – but I just don't know how to fix it."
That's why he believes the trucking industry as a whole must figure out a way to get back into the high schools in order to find ways to re-encourage such skills before kids get caught up in the "college for all" mindset.
"The diesel tech school is often manning the loneliest table on career day at a high school, but we must find a way to encourage today's kids to look for other paths besides college; we need to encourage the skills that frankly many kids are just born with," Stopka stressed.
It really all comes down to ongoing and effective education of young people – and maybe not-so-young people who are considering a career change – who have the aptitude and ability to move forward in transportation-related careers such as technicians and truck drivers, he added: "In the end, everyone will benefit."


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