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Steel Point fast becoming a reality
BRIDGEPORT -- With the first tangible signs of progress on Steel Point underway nearby, developer Robert Christoph Sr. on Monday expressed confidence he can both deliver new tenants and begin work on the project's waterfront later this year.
The Miami-based developer was in the city to symbolically break ground on improvements at the site.
For several weeks, crews have been working to widen Stratford Avenue, build new sidewalks and bury utilities. The improvements should help market the 52-acre peninsula to businesses at the International Council of Shopping Centers networking convention in Las Vegas next weekend, Christoph said, adding that is where he met Bass Pro Shops founder John Morris last year.
Bass Pro, an anchor store featuring gear for fishing, hunting and camping as well as marine and outdoor supplies, is slated to open by next Christmas.
"This will just further convince everyone we've talked to in the past about the reality of the project," Christoph said of progress on the development. "Hopefully. later this summer we'll have some more announcements."
It's a moment in time few people thought would ever arrive after so many false starts over the last 30 years, each speaker at the groundbreaking noted.
"This is something the doubters told us may never happen," Mayor Bill Finch told the group of developers and city, state and federal officials at the event. "Well, Steel Point is happening."
U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., joked about locking the Connecticut delegation and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood in a room to get the $11 million federal grant paying for the infrastructure work.
"For too long, for decades, Steel Point was a punchline," Himes said. "Today in Bridgeport, something is happening at Steel Point. But the day we celebrate, of course, is the day thousands of people in the city of Bridgeport are waking up every morning and coming to work here."
While the federal grant is paying for street improvements and other work, the city is still awaiting a decision from the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on whether the $3.6 million bill for burying utilities will be paid by the city and developer or United Illuminating Co. and its customers. In the meantime, the city has moved forward with $1.3 million in an escrow account.
Work on the peninsula's waterfront, on the other hand, will be done largely using tax increment financing, or TIF bonds, which allows the improvements to be paid by diverting a portion of new real estate taxes generated on the site.
That work, including dredging of that part of the harbor and reshaping of the peninsula tip, will begin as soon as the Tallmadge Bros. oyster operation's new building further down the street is completed later this year, said Christoph's son, Robert Christoph Jr.
It will coincide with the start of construction on Bass Pro.
The waterfront phase across the street, meanwhile, is to include a marina, boardwalk and several restaurants.
Christoph Sr. said four or five restaurants have already expressed interest in coming to the site.
Once these two phases are complete, though, most of the northern part of the peninsula will still be undeveloped, a fact that state Sen. Andres Ayala was the only one to note.
"Folks, this is real," Ayala said. "We may not finish it in our lifetime ...," he said, stopping when the crowd began to laugh.
"Well -- not all of it," he clarified.
Still, Ayala, who noted that one of his first votes as a councilman 16 years ago was approving a developer and the exercise of eminent domain for the land, said the infrastructure work moves the project along further than ever.
"It's not just about a plan. It's about having backhoes, having bulldozers there," he said. "Without all of this, everything else is a moot point. This is actual movement. This is something actually being done."
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Sundial necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 473 diseños de 124 diseñadores freelance.
Sundial Market Research
The Company:
• A start-up market research consulting firm focused on serving companies' marketing decision-making needs.
• Offers custom market research services to the pharmaceutical industry, as well as retail and entertainment industries.
• Core team of experienced professionals, offering higher quality and a more integrated service offering than many of its competitors.
• Female owned and operated
The Beliefs:
• We turn information into meaning (like a sundial turns light into meaning)
• Market research projects should be an exciting and enlightening process, not a chore
• Great market research offers critical insights and gives you the confidence that you are making the best decisions
• A client-researcher partnership approach allows reciprocal guidance, each according to their own expertise. We are highly strategic, consultative and partnership oriented.
The Brand Personality:
• Strong, confident, intelligent, opinionated
• Yet approachable, friendly, respectful
• If the company were a celebrity: Michelle Obama
• Market Research Managers at Pharmaceutical Companies
• Market Research Managers at Retail and Entertainment Companies
This logo is for our company – Sundial Market Research. This logo will help define the brand's look and feel. We are looking for a logo that is clean, simple, fresh, modern/contemporary, artsy and smart.
We are open to images that make reference to the shape of a Sundial, but please do not be too literal with the graphic. Other imagery is also welcome.
The name "Sundial" should appear in the logo. "Market Research" can be included in smaller font or excluded.
• We would like the logo to be used in several formats (letter head, business cards, website, presentation materials)
• We need to be able to resize the logo without distortion
• The designer of the winning design may be asked to contribute to ongoing design efforts (e.g. website, presentation template, etc.) if those services are offered by the designer
Color families that can be the predominant color:
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The Middle East Studies Center announces recipients of two scholarships for Middle East language and area studies. Congratulations to the following students!
The Patricia & Gary Leiser Scholarship for Middle East Languages supports the study of Middle Eastern languages. Applicants must demonstrate a serious interest in the Middle East by taking courses related to the region, although not necessarily a Middle East studies degree program. 2013 recipient, Nickolas Smith (Arabic), is pursuing a Masters degree in Conflict Resolution and is in his fifth year of Arabic study. He has also received support for his studies through the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship and Boren scholarship programs.
The Elizabeth Ducey Scholarship is open to students intending to pursue a Middle East studies degree program. Students must be enrolled in and making satisfactory progress in a Middle Eastern language. 2013 recipient, Touraj Houshmand-Shafii (Turkish), is majoring in International Studies with a focus on the Middle East, with minors in Persian, International Studies – Africa, and Black Studies. He has received Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) funding, the John Damis Middle East Studies scholarship, the Patricia & Gary Leiser Scholarships in Middle Eastern Languages, and the Persia House Scholarship for study of Persian. Houshmand-Shafii is a member of the Arab Persian Student Organization and the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and works at PSU's Disability Resource Center.


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Penn State kept its football uniforms remarkably plain over the years (except for the right price), but those famous blue and white duds are getting a slight makeover this fall, the school announced today. Individual players' names will now appear on the backs of the jerseys, and there will also be a blue ribbon to show support for victims of child abuse:
Coach [Bill] O'Brien says after speaking with some members of the team, they made the decision together to add names to the uniforms. Players indicated the names on their jerseys also mean they will hold each other accountable to uphold the traditions of Penn State football, both on and off the field.
"We want our fans to know and recognize these young men," O'Brien said. "They have stuck together during tough times, and I commend them for the leadership they have shown."
Of course, displaying the names on the back also makes it easier to keep track of which players elected not to transfer as a result of the NCAA sanctions.


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Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Clinical Professor of Nursing; Director, Yale Center for X-Linked Hypophosphatemia; Medical Director, Hospital Research Unit
Research & Publications
Patient Care
Dr. Carpenter has maintained a career-long involvement in metabolic bone diseases in children. He currently directs the Yale Center for X-linked Hypophosphatemia (XLH) and the Physiology Core of the Yale Core Center for Musculoskeletal Diseases. His research interests center on the pathophysiology and development of therapy for XLH, the most common inherited form of rickets. He also has a major interest in the metabolism and function of vitamin D, and disorders related to vitamin D in children. He served as director of the Yale Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program for over 20 years, and is Clinical Director of the Yale's Pediatric Endocrinology Section.
Education & Training
- MDUniversity of Alabama (1977)
- FellowHarvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston
- Intern & ResidentUniversity of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham
- Board CertificationAB of Pediatrics, Pediatrics (1982)
- Board CertificationAB of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology (1983)
Honors & Recognition
|Awarding Organization
|Who's Who in America
|Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
|George Lowry Lecturer
|University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
|Pfizer/Endocrine Society International Award for Excellence in Published Clinical Research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
|Twelfth annual Judson Van Wyk Lecturer
|University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill


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IndieResults necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 51 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
(read more at our website, basically consult sales owns several companies)
At Consult Sales, Inc. we create innovative business models through world class direct marketing and phone sales. Some have called us "market disrupters" due to our consistent record of entering mature or maturing markets and finding creative solutions to old problems.
Our two main businesses are:
Sterling Satellite
We provide consumers with great TV through one of the best companies in America - Dish Network. We serve the entire United States.
Rocket Clicks
We are an online advertising agency that provides business owners with three things:
1. Peace of Mind that a critical aspect of their business is being handled by caring experts.
2. Time Freedom to work on other demanding areas of their business.
3. Release of Entrepreneurial Guilt as we start to implement all the things they know need to be done but have not done yet.
* Phone Sales: We have a highly skilled and elite phone sales team. Our phone sales experts are what give us an edge over our competitors in any market we choose to attack.
Our target is not really to sell anything but to represent our business in the best way possible.
We do use the website to recruit new employees, or potential business partners though.
We would really like to update the site to show a more cutting edge design, we are an industry leader in online marketing but our website does not show it.
Colors should be white/blue (blue like the IBM logo) the blue on the site now is too light.
Our Company
This tab would start with a paragraph about how Consult Sales started and why it exists. It would be much like the home page we currently have, but it would be cleaned up and the copy would be much clearer regarding the two divisions.
We would also include our purpose and BHAG in this section.
Our Values
For this tab, we would outline each value and have a brief definition underneath. Each value would be a link that would lead to a page with different company stories illustrating that value.
Our Team
This tab would have pictures and bios of the leaders in the company. We would also have pictures of the different events we've had.
We would explain how important the "team" mentality is at Consult Sales and what we do to ensure we never lost sight of that.
Our Growth
This tab is where we would house all of the information regarding our training programs and our leadership development program.
We could have a section for EDW's and possibly post testimonials or sample agendas, maybe start a blog for some of the books we have studied, and so forth.
We could also have a section for our Leadership Development Program. Here, we could have a letter from you explaining your passion for developing leaders. This is where we could have recordings of your series', summaries of the programs we offer and so forth.
Our Community
Here would discuss the importance of community involvement and we could list events that we have been a part of or initiatives we are taking to improve the community.


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The British press has already dubbed President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron's trip to Tuesday's Western Kentucky-MVSU First Four game "The Hot Dog Summit," and U.K. news reports all appear to be uniquely concerned with Cameron's consumption of the mid-game snack.
The BBC, Sky News, and nearly every major U.K. print source covered Cameron's wiener consumption—and this isn't even the first time he's eaten one. Do they think the humble frankfurter is beneath their refined British culinary tastes? Because I've got a word for you, limeys: I'm familiar with your native cuisine. If you think Marmite, bangers and mash, pickled eggs, or spotted dick is somehow above a hot dog, you've got another thing coming. [BBC]


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You can make changes to the distribution group or you can delete the distribution group altogether. You can add a new member, change ownership, change permissions, change the group name, delete the group altogether, and more.
Note: You don't need to be an administrator to make changes to your distribution group, but there are some tasks that only admins can perform. For example, only admins can grant membership access to people outside your organization by creating them as shared contacts. See your admin for more information.
- Log into your Microsoft Office 365 portal. (Need help logging in?)
- In the upper right corner of the page, click the gear button (Settings) .
- At the bottom of the Settings panel, under Your app settings, click Mail.
- In the left panel, click General to expand the list, and click Distribution groups.
- Under Distribution groups I own, click the distribution group you want to edit, and do one of the following:
- To delete the distribution group, click Delete , and click Yes to confirm you want to delete the group.
- To change the distribution group, click Edit , and use the following to make your changes:
|Setting type
|Change the group name, alias, email address, and notes.
|Add or remove group owners. Owners can make changes to the group.
|Add or remove group members. Members are the people who receive email sent to the group. By default, owners are added as members.
|membership approval
|Specify whether owner approval is required to join the group, and if members are allowed to leave the group.
|delivery management
|Specify who can send email messages to this group, both inside and outside your organization.
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|Approve whose messages need approval before being sent, and set up group moderators.
|email options
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Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has been offered big money by bosses at a saucy website in exchange for his leaked sex tape.
Editors at Gawker.com posted a 90-second preview clip of the footage, which reportedly shows the star cosying up to a mystery brunette.
Hogan – real name Terry Bollea – moved swiftly to stop publication of the tape, and instructed his lawyers to draft a cease and desist letter demanding chiefs of the website remove the footage.
However, bosses at Sex.com are eager to post the video on their site, and have approached Hogan about a potential deal.
In a letter, obtained by TMZ.com, the website's Martin Ellison writes, "As we have all read and seen a sex tape was recorded and posted online without your permission.
"While this may be an embarrassing ordeal for you to go through right now, it doesn't need to be. We are truly serious about working with you, this isn't some shameless press opportunity, we have an open checkbook."


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A yard stick. A t-ball hat. Multiple socks. The outside "Welcome" mat. A 300-page book. All items that found their way to the trash can since my husband left. And all thanks to my child of the four-legged variety.
My dog is the cutest black Labrador Retriever in the whole wide world. He's a cuddle monster who wakes me up every morning with a level of enthusiasm matched only by my spinning instructor after three cups of coffee. He somehow hasn't quite figured out how to play catch with a tennis ball, but he sure is good at cleaning up all the morsels of food his human brother and sister manage to drop on the kitchen floor after every meal. He's the perfect pet.
Until my husband leaves.
And then the cutest, cuddliest puppy in the whole wide world morphs into pure naughtiness matched only by that dog in the movie Marley and Me. The chewing, the jumping, the disobeying. My husband leaves, and everything we thought we had taught him disappears into the trash along with the remnants of my daughter's Angry Bird underwear he swiped out of the laundry basket.
I expect that my children's behavior will be a little off when mom is the only parent in the house. But even the dog seems to know we're one man down, and if he's ever going to get away with taking a nap on the patio table, that time is now.
It's times like these that I have to remind myself that even short absences like my husband's most recent 2-weeker affect everyone in the house, even the furbabies. The entire atmosphere in the house changes. Mom's stress level multiplies, while the parental attention is cut in half. The kiddos know they have to fight for the attention that dad took with him when he left, any attention they can get.
Negative attention is still attention, a basic fact of psychology that even a dog can figure out. So while the kids are busy discovering fun and interesting ways to one-up each other to earn my attention, the dog is right there in the mix, shredding toilet paper, eating crayons and generally destroying anything that will create the messiest of messes. (And I swear he purposely eats those crayons to leave me Crayola-colored messes a few hours later in the backyard.)
But just like my human babies, my canine baby knows exactly what mommy buttons to push to get back into my good graces. And as I snuggle up in bed at night after the naughty pup morphs back into a cuddle monster, I remember that I have to give extra lovin' to this sweet animal who doesn't understand why his family can't stay in the same room at the same time every minute of every day.
So I give him that extra love that is matched only by his daddy.
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Call for Applications for PhD Research Scholarships
Food Security in a Rapidly Urbanising Country: The Goroka Fresh Food Market, Papua New Guinea
Funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand, Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland
CLOSING DATE: 30 July 2012.
Applications are sought for two PhD scholarships, each for three years, to run from 2012 to 2015. Successful applicants will carry out ethnographic research in and around Goroka in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, under the supervision of Dr Mark Busse.
The research project, which is funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand's Marsden Fund, addresses food security through an anthropological study of the Goroka fresh food market. The goal of the research is to understand the Goroka market as a set of complex social relations from the perspectives of the diverse participants in it rather than through the application of Western economic models. This will be achieved through long-term anthropological research in the marketplace and surrounding rural hinterland. Successful applicants will spend 15 to 18 months doing research in Papua New Guinea. The research will involve both team research and individual research projects which together will provide the basis for individual and joint publications as well as for each student to write a PhD thesis.
Each scholarship includes:
- a stipend of NZ$25,000 per year for three years,
- student fees for three years (international students at the domestic student rate), and
- field expenses (including travel expenses).
- A Masters degree (2nd class, First Division or above, or Merit and above) or equivalent in Anthropology or a relevant social science, or a BA Honours postgraduate degree (First Class / Distinction) or equivalent in Anthropology or a relevant social science
- Availability to study in New Zealand
- Willingness and ability to carry out 15 to 18 months of research in Papua New Guinea
- Availability to take up the scholarship in the very near future
- Satisfy the PhD registration requirements of the University of Auckland in terms of qualifications and residence in Auckland for the period of the scholarship (other than the time spent in Papua New Guinea)
- Demonstrated writing ability
- Ethnographic research skills
- Experience in rural areas in a developing country
- Demonstrated research ability
APPLICATION: Potential applicants should contact Dr Mark Busse by email (email@example.com) for further information about the research project and application process.
Applicants should provide:
- a letter detailing relevant education and skills,
- a curriculum vitae,
- the names and contact details of two academic referees,
- academic transcript(s), and
- a sample of academic writing (publication, thesis chapter, or an extended essay).
Email applications to Dr Mark Busse (email@example.com).
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND PhD ENROLLMENT INFORMATION:
See the University of Auckland website for information on doctoral registration requirements, fees, other scholarships, and the registration process:


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The wireless hotspot feature that Verizon is packaging with its version of the iPhone 4 will cost users $20 per month in addition to regular data charges. The company confirmed the pricing late Tuesday when speaking to Macworld, noting that it's the same price that other Verizon smartphone owners pay for the privilege.
AT&T iPhone owners currently cannot share their 3G connections with multiple users over WiFi in the same way Verizon iPhone owners will be able to. Instead, AT&T users must tether the phone to their computers via cable or Bluetooth and pay $20 per month on top of the $15 or $25 monthly fee they already pay for data—they don't get any extra data allotment for tethering, either.
Contrast that with Verizon's hotspot plan: although it also costs $20 per month on top of the normal monthly data plan, the hotspot feature will get its own 2GB pool of data to pull from that is separate from the phone's individual data use. 2GB may be plenty for many smartphone owners, but it isn't much for a "real" computer or two sharing a single hotspot; some users will undoubtedly be disappointed that they can't share the unlimited data pool that they can get on the phone itself.
Verizon announced yesterday that it was keeping the $30 unlimited monthly data option for the iPhone launch. However, as Verizon COO Lowell McAdam said during the company's quarterly earnings call, the offer is only temporary—Verizon will be switching to a tiered system in the "not-too-distant future."


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Hundreds of flights were canceled Monday morning at Chicago's airports as a winter storm with potential heavy snow and white-out conditions moved into the area.
By 4 p.m., more than 1,000 flights were canceled at both airports. About 770 flights were canceled at O'Hare International Airport, where flights were running about 30 minutes late, according to the city's Department of Aviation. About 270 flights were canceled at Midway International Airport.
A Winter Storm Warning was issued for much of the area with up to eight inches of snow predicted by the evening.
The system moved in around 10 a.m. and is expected to taper during the early evening hours.
Periods of heavy snow are possible, with snowfall rates reaching an inch or more per hour.


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Exceptional Learners: Introduction to Special Education
Allyn & Bacon, 2000 - Special education - 608 pages
The eighth edition of this best-selling introductory text in special education is the most extensive overall revision in its twenty-two year history. It is a general introduction to the characteristics of exceptional persons and their education. It is written with both special education and general education students in mind. The authors' clear and concise writing style makes research and theoretical issues easily understood. In addition to factual information, readers are exposed to material that will help them explore and develop their attitudes and feelings towards persons with disabilities.
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Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future
What is history?
History is not just one "fact" after another, instead it is an attempt to explain both change and continuity. It is one of the most exciting subjects that you can study because history teaches us how to think! The study of history allows us to understand and appreciate the great achievements as well as the limitations of civilizations, of nations, of men and women in the past.
Why study history?
History is one of the oldest academic disciplines known to mankind. For centuries, it has been an important source of knowledge and wisdom. History serves as the collective memory of humanity; without it, we would be like amnesia patients unable to comprehend the past, present or future.
What are the benefits derived from the study of history?
The study of history allows us to learn from the mistakes of the past, to understand other cultures and peoples and to gain new perspectives on the past, present and future. Studying history develops skills in writing, speaking and analysis. In brief, history is a challenging discipline that can serve as the basis of a true liberal arts education as well as a preparation for graduate and professional studies in fields such as law, government, business, communications and journalism.
The study of history prepares students for careers in a number of fields, such as government, museum work, communications, business and industry. History majors are also prepared for graduate study in history, law, diplomacy, international studies, political science, museum and archival administration and education.
Niagara University history graduates have been admitted to a variety of top-notch graduate and professional schools, including Columbia University, Fordham University, Harvard University, the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, the State University of New York at Buffalo, St. John's University and Yale University. Many of our history/social studies majors go into teaching on the elementary or high school level, while others have pursued studies toward a doctorate degree and teach on the college level.
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Make These 7 Homebrewing Resolutions for 2012
Tips and techniques to help you brew better beer at home.
The process of making beer is a cycle: inspiration, recipe formulation, gathering materials, brewing, fermenting, packaging, drinking, and back to the beginning again. The brewing year is also cyclic, with particular beers enjoyed in certain seasons: pale ales and light lagers in the summer, stouts and winter warmers in the winter. Each revolution of a cycle offers opportunity for improvement. Here are seven New Year's resolutions to launch you on a happy and fulfilling year of homebrewing.
1. Plan Ahead
I don't know about you, but I want to drink hoppy pale ale on the 4th of July, Munich Helles during Oktoberfest, and Pumpkin Ale on Halloween. Some years I might need a special brew for a special event, like a wedding. The nature of homebrewing means you cannot make a beer today to drink tomorrow. You have to plan further ahead, and making a calendar is a good way to do that. Besides having the beer you want when you want it, making a brewing calendar can help you be more efficient with your supplies and your time. For example, you can make one trip to the homebrew store for multiple ales that will use the same yeast, repitched from batch to batch.
2. Sanitize!
Did you open any beers in the last year that had significant off flavors? Did you have any bottle bombs or gushers? If so, chances are you had some contamination from unwanted yeast or bacteria. Nothing is more frustrating (and expensive) than losing a batch of beer to contamination. This year, be extra diligent. Sanitize, sanitize, sanitize!
3. Drink More Beers
No. Not more beer. More beers. Try new styles you've never tried. Try many beers of one style. Go to a homebrew club meeting and try fellow homebrewers' beers. Try beers from Thailand, Japan, Ethiopia, and France. Try very-low-alcohol beers and eisbocks, hop bombs and super-malts. Try fusion beers like Belgian IPAs and spiced porters. Try ciders, meads, braggots, and melomels. The more beers you try, the more you'll know what is possible. Your homebrewing will be better for it, even if you generally like to make a few favorite styles.
4. Make More Beer
The best way to improve your brewing is to do it more often. Each batch—each cycle—offers a fresh chance to improve something about the process. And the more often you brew, the less skill you will lose between sessions. Also, more brewing means more beer to share and happier friends.
5. Change It Up
This year, make three beers you have never made before. Pick styles that will require you to do something new. Haven't made a lager before? Find a system for cold fermentation and brew a lager. Never dry-hopped? Make an American IPA. Haven't lagered a brew long-term? Make a mead this month and open it during the winter holidays.
6. Build Something
No brewery is ever complete. Perhaps this year you are going all-grain and need a mash tun? Here's how to make one. Is your chiller less efficient than it could be? Does your basement need a kegerator? Is it time to take brewing outside with a self-contained, propane-powered, march-pump-equipped brewing stand? Take a Saturday to build an improvement to your home brewery.
7. Start An Annual Tradition
Many homebrew projects make great annual traditions. Go apple picking once a year and make a hard cider. Save your bottles for pressing day next year. If you like sours, choose a date to make a lambic that you can repeat year after year. Each year, brew a lambic on the same date, then blend three or more years of lambic to make a Gueuze. If sweet is more your style, make a mead every year before New Year's and, after two years, open two-year-old mead on New Year's Eve.
What are your homebrewing goals and resolutions for 2012?
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The difficulty that many underserved communities face in accessing dental services can mean that dental treatment is delayed, resulting in more complicated — and more costly procedures — later. The Pacific Center for Special Care strives to create systems change that will promote oral health and the overall wellbeing of underserved communities.
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April 27, 1929 - January 16, 2013
Middletown, NY
Francisco Torres of Middletown entered into rest Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Valley View Nursing Home in Goshen, surrounded by his loving family. He was 83 years old. He was born on April 27, 1929 to the late Benito Torres and Virginia Ramos in Puerto Rico.
Francisco, known as Paco by his family and friends, was a devoted husband and father. He was a compassionate and empathetic person, with a captivating smile and natural charm. He freely and generously gave of himself to others. He loved children, dogs and nature. He was deeply loved by all and will be missed.
Francisco is survived by his loving wife, Livia, at home; two sons: Frank and his wife, Tania of Long Island and Felix and his wife, Pok Sun of North Carolina; daughter, Virginia Gregal and her companion, Stephen Smith of Chester; five grandchildren: Felix Jr., Virginia, Gilbert, Jessica, and Cristian; seven great-grandchildren: Kristen, Thalya, Milissa, Julian, Harmony, Halyn, and Iren.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, January 21, 2013 at Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, 130 Highland Avenue, Middletown, NY 10940. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, January 22, at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's R.C. Church. Burial will follow at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home.


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The Niagara University Student Veterans Organization will hold its second annual Memorial Day disc golf tournament at Joseph Davis State Park Saturday, May 24.
All proceeds benefit the Sergeant Major Fred E. Kirtchen Memorial Scholarship Fund, which assists returning military veterans who are attending NU.
Entry fees range from $20 to $45 depending on skill level. Registration for the event is available online at www.niagara.edu/discgolf, or onsite on tournament day, beginning at 9 a.m.
Participants receive a commemorative glow-in-the-dark Innova Disc, while trophies, challenge coins and cash prizes will be awarded to the top finishers in each division. In addition, each "golfer" will receive a dog tag engraved with the name of a fallen hero from New York state.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available.
Forty-six people participated in last year's inaugural tournament, traveling from as far as Toronto and Las Vegas. More than $1,000 was raised for the scholarship fund.
Sgt. Maj. Kirtchen graduated from Niagara University in 1980 while assigned as an instructor in the department of military science. During his military career, he was decorated for valor in Vietnam and rose to the highest levels of responsibility in the Army. A proud Niagaran, Kirtchen continued his education after retiring from the army and maintained a close relationship with military alumni. In 2010, he was posthumously inducted into Niagara University's Military and ROTC Hall of Fame.
For tournament registration and information, call 716-286-8341 or visit www.niagara.edu/discgolf.
To learn more about the benefits that Niagara University offers to military veterans, contact Robert Healy, veterans' services coordinator, at 716-286-8341 or [email protected].


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A. W. Pink
Evangelist and Biblical scholar
Pink was born in Nottingham, England on April 1, 1886 and became a Christian in his early 20's. Though born to Christian parents, prior to conversion he migrated into a Theosophical society (an occult gnostic group popular in England during that time), and quickly rose in prominence within their ranks. His conversion came from his father's patient admonitions from Scripture. It was the verse, Proverbs 14:12, 'there is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death,' which particularly struck his heart and compelled him to renounce Theosophy and follow Jesus.
Desiring to grow in knowledge of the Bible, Pink immigrated to the United States to study at Moody Bible Institute. In 1916 he married Vera E. Russell, who was from Kentucky. However, he left after just two months for Colorado, then California, then Britain. From 1925 to 1928 he served in Australia, including as pastor of two congregations from 1926 to 1928, when he returned to England, and to the United States the following year. He eventually pastored churches Colorado, California, Kentucky and South Carolina.
In 1922 he started a monthly magazine entitled Studies in Scriptures which circulated among English-speaking Christians worldwide, though only to a relatively small circulation list of around 1,000.
In 1934 Pink returned to England, and within a few years turned his Christian service to writing books and pamphlets. Pink died in Stornoway, Scotland on July 15, 1952. The cause of death was anemia.
After Pink's death, his works were republished by the Banner of Truth Trust and reached a much wider audience as a result. Biographer Iain Murray observes of Pink, "the widespread circulation of his writings after his death made him one of the most influential evangelical authors in the second half of the twentieth century." His writing sparked a revival of expository preaching and focused readers' hearts on biblical living.
Works by A. W. Pink
A.W. Pink was an English evangelist of Puritan and Calvinist background who lived in the 19th century. His work Antichrist is a complete collection of all the Bible's references to an antichrist figure, from both the Old and New Testaments. Pink first describes the nature of the Antichrist -- who he will be like, what his purpose is, etc. Then he works through all of the names used to describe the Antichrist in scripture (The Lawless One, The Son of the Morning, The Prince that Shall Come). He notes the "genius and character" of the Antichrist, compares him to Christ, and even outlines his doom. Before conversion, Pink was a member of an occult gnostic group, and so shows special interest in this dark, speculative subject, but his work is studied and replete with Biblical references. Not for the faint of heart, this book serves as both an informative study guide and a warning for modern Christians.
This short devotional book focuses on God's promises in the New Testament, the Pauline letters especially. These promises of contentment, everlasting life, mercy, and justice empower Christians and give them hope in times of affliction. At the same time, these same promises challenge Christians to serve and persevere in times of suffering. Pink not only writes with great sensitivity towards his reader, but he also reveals his precision as a Moody Bible Institute scriptural scholar. To this day, Pink remains a source of knowledge and inspiration for evangelical Christians.
"Deny that the Bible is, without any qualifications, the very Word of God, and you are left without any ultimate standard of measurement and without any supreme authority." In his book Divine Inspiration of the Bible, Arthur Pink aspires to defend the groundwork of Christianity--the Bible. Pink defines the Scriptures, or Word of God, as the foundation of the Christian religion. The Bible claims to be a divine revelation, and as such, it transcends human productivity. Pink's book examines the idea of divine inspiration and presents several arguments which aim to prove that God Almighty is the author of the Bible. As Christians, the Bible demands our attention, and Pink's book helps Christians gain a firmer understanding of the Bible's authority.
During the Reformation, the doctrine of justification was considered a distinguishing factor in the division between Protestant and Catholic theology. In his book The Doctrine of Justification, Pink makes note of this division and proceeds to present a Protestant doctrine of justification--its meaning, basis, nature, sources, evidence. What is justification? What is it not? How can we harmonize the idea of justification with other religious truths? Pink defines justification as God's declaration of forgiveness and acceptance through which our souls are moved from a state of sin and guilt to a state of righteousness through Christ. Pink emphasizes the fact that this change in our souls is not subjective; it is a change in the sinner's legal status in the eyes of heaven. In the event of justification, we are confronted with God's goodness, justice, and wisdom. We are delivered from death through Christ, and by justification, God calls us his own. Justification is a topic that is relevant to all Christians, and this book successfully dispels some of the confusion surrounding the term.
A.W. Pink was an English evangelist of the 19th century. His Puritan and Calvinist background no doubt inspired him to write Godhood of God. These traditions emphasize the absolute power of God. "What is Godhood?" Pink asks. It is "the omnipotency of God, the absolute sovereignty of God. When we speak of the Godhood of God we affirm that God is God," he says. "We affirm that God is something more than an empty title: that God is something more than a mere figure-head: that God is something more than a far-distant spectator, looking helplessly on at the suffering which sin has wrought." Pink believes that Godhood is seen in creation, administration, the giving of scriptures, and salvation, and he writes a brief chapter on each aspect. This book is very short and easily understandable for readers of any level. The piece emphasizes God's dominion over all other powers and things of the world, which is comforting to modern believers. It also encourages Christians to remember not only God's love, but his other nature as the all-powerful ruler of the universe who should be revered.
In his book The Law and the Saint, Pink claims that our age is an age of lawlessness. As Pink worked in churches, homes, and communities, the contemporary evangelist witnessed an increasing disrespect for the Divine Law. Why has creation drifted so far away from the moral law which the Creator placed upon us? By expositing Scripture, Pink demonstrates the ways in which the moral law binds us as rational creatures and as Christians. Several passages in the New Testament reveal that this connection between creation to Creation is lasting--even today, God commands that we obey his law. Pink explores the relationship between modern Christians and the ancient rule of the Ten Commandments. Even though the Ten Commandments may sometimes seem inapplicable in today's fast-paced world, Pink reminds us that God's law is timeless. It is Pink's hope that one day all Christians will be able to say, "The Law of Thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver...O how love I Thy law! It is my meditation all the day."
The early converts of the New Testament were instructed by the apostles to wait vigilantly for the second coming of Christ. Sadly, many of today's Christians have abandoned the task of preparing for Christ's return. In this book, Pink searches the Old and New Testament for information regarding Jesus' second coming. First, he looks at several examples of Biblical prophecies which foretell Christ's second coming. Then, he discusses the necessity of Jesus' return and explores signs leading up to His arrival. Pink closely examines Christ's first coming to gain a better understanding of the glory and power that will manifest itself in Christ's second coming. Finally, Pink discusses the events that will occur in the church and the world as a result of this momentous occasion. Redeemer's Return is designed mainly for those who are beginners in the study of prophetic and dispensational truth.
In his book The Sovereignty of God, A.W. Pink outlines the sovereignty of God from a Calvinist standpoint. He defines God's sovereignty, and then explains how God's sovereignty is characterized in creation and salvation. Then Pink discusses the relationship between God's sovereignty and the human will. Finally, Pink describes the appropriate attitude Christians should take towards God's sovereignty, and considers several difficulties that Christian may face in adopting this attitude. The issues Pink raises in this book have previously been addressed by many prominent figures such as St. Augustine, St. Aquinas, Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards. Pink studied these wise men and draws from their conclusions in his own writing, but ultimately, the author places his perspective in light of God's Word. Pink strongly believed that true faith rests "not in the wisdom of men but in the power of God." Pink wants his readers to gain a firm grasp on the biblical text rather than the secondary literature, and he aims to highlight Scripture in his book.
In his book Tithing, A.W. Pink uses the Bible as a guide to Christian giving. In Leviticus, the Mosaic Law was given to God's people, and the obligation to tithe was clearly stated within it. But Pink shows us that even long before the Law was handed down at Sinai, God's people tithed in the form of sacrifices. Pink notes several passages in the Old and New Testament where God shows his disappointment with those who fail to give back to him. In the New Testament, we see that God places today's Christians under an even stronger obligation to tithe. Pink speaks directly to those who, as a result of their ignorance, laziness, financial distress, or pride believe that the call to tithe does not apply to them. Pink gives these readers practical advice which helps make tithing meaningful and manageable.
Since all of the Gospels in the Bible tell the story of the same man, Jesus Christ, why did we need four different accounts? Given the overlap we observe in the Gospels, it may seem as if one Gospel would have been sufficient. In his book, Why Four Gospels, Arthur Pink explains how the four Gospels necessarily work together to paint a multi-faceted picture of Jesus. In Matthew, we see Jesus as the Son of David, King of the Jews. In Mark, Jesus is presented as the Servant of Jehovah. In Luke, we see Jesus as the Son of Man, Adam's descendent. Finally, John presents Jesus as the Son of God, emphasizing Jesus' relationship with the Divine. Christ fulfilled four distinct roles during his time on earth, and these four roles are illustrated in the four distinct Gospels. Pink's Why Four Gospels will give Christians a better understanding of Jesus' earthly ministry.
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1. The general rule regarding abandonment of property set forth in Botkin v. Kickapoo, Inc., 211 Kan. 107, 505 P.2d 749 (1973), does not control the disposition of an easement dedicated for public use and held by a public or quasi-public entity.
2. An easement for the maintenance of an adjacent drainage right-of-way dedicated to the public and held by a drainage district does not revert to the underlying fee owner unless its purpose, which is to facilitate maintenance of the drainage right-of-way, has become impossible or so highly improbable as to be practically impossible.
3. Unpublished opinions of the Kansas Court of Appeals are not binding precedents, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. They are not favored for citation but may be cited if they are persuasive with respect to a material issue not addressed in a published opinion of a Kansas appellate court and if they would assist the court in its disposition of the issue.
4. Rights cannot be acquired in public lands by adverse possession or by the application of any statute of limitation.
5. The lessons of Moore v. Bayless, 215 Kan. 297, 524 P.2d 721 (1974), that parties may fix a boundary line between their properties by mutual agreement and occupy their properties accordingly and that the line so established is binding upon them and their grantees, do not apply when the issue is not the dimensions or location of a maintenance easement but rather its very existence.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; DAVID W. KENNEDY, judge. Opinion filed October 29, 2004. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions.
Edgar Wm. Dwire, of Malone, Dwire and Jones, of Wichita, for appellant/cross-appellee.
John R. Hamilton and David E. Watson, of Hamilton, Laughlin, Barker, Johnson & Watson, of Topeka, for appellees/cross-appellants.
Before RULON, C.J., McANANY, J., and BRAZIL, S.J.
McANANY, J.: Riverside Drainage District of Sedgwick County, Kansas (drainage district), appeals the district court's denial of its petition for declaratory judgment and the order quieting title to the easement property in Jack R. Hunt. Hunt cross-appeals the district court's conclusion that Hunt could not acquire the subject property by adverse possession. We affirm the district court's ruling on the issue of adverse possession, reverse its ruling on the issue of abandonment, and remand the case for the entry of judgment in favor of the drainage district on its petition.
Background Facts
In 1964, the Seneca Construction Company (Seneca) platted Silver Spur Third Addition which consisted of two lots and a 125-foot drainage right-of-way dedicated to the public immediately north of the two lots. The plat also provided for a flood control maintenance access easement which consisted of the north 15 feet of the two lots. The plat was approved by the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Wichita and by the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County in 1965. In 1972, Seneca's president obtained a building permit to construct a mobile home sales lot on Lot 1. In about 1974, Seneca installed a fence along the southern border of the drainage right-of-way. The fence encroached upon the easement.
In 1996, Hunt purchased Lot 1 from Seneca without first having the property surveyed. Seneca gave Hunt a warranty deed that conveyed the property subject to easements and restrictions of record. Hunt believed the north boundary of the land was the existing fence line, which included the maintenance access easement area. Hunt acknowledged that mobile homes, flagpoles, light poles, and two signs were located within the easement area. He testified that while the drainage district performed various maintenance activities on the drainage ditch in the past, it never expressed a desire or need to use the easement.
Glenn Shottler, the president of the drainage district's board, testified that he became aware of the easement in 2001 after the drainage district completed a survey. The survey disclosed that some of Hunt's property, including the fence, encroached on the drainage right-of-way. Hunt removed some of the property and the fence from the right-of-way. The drainage district then requested Hunt to remove his other property from the easement area, but he refused.
In 2002, the drainage district filed a declaratory judgment action seeking an order requiring Hunt to remove his property from the easement area. The district court found that while the drainage district's land was not subject to adverse possession, its actions in not using the easement since 1974 and permitting the area to be fenced off constituted an abandonment of the easement. The district court denied the drainage district's petition and ordered title to the easement area to be quieted in the name of Hunt. The drainage district appeals. Hunt cross-appeals the district court's ruling that Hunt could not obtain the land by adverse possession.
Standard of Review
Our task is to determine whether the district court's findings of fact are supported by substantial competent evidence and whether the findings are sufficient to support the district court's conclusions of law. Substantial evidence is such legal and relevant evidence as a reasonable person might accept as sufficient to support a conclusion. U.S.D. No. 233 v. Kansas Ass'n of American Educators, 275 Kan. 313, 318, 64 P.3d 372 (2003). Our review of the district court's conclusions of law is unlimited. Nicholas v. Nicholas, 277 Kan. 171, 177, 83 P.3d 214 (2004). We do not weigh conflicting evidence, pass on credibility of witnesses, or redetermine questions of fact. State ex rel. Morrison v. Oshman Sporting Goods Co. Kansas, 275 Kan. 763, 775, 69 P.3d 1087 (2003).
Abandonment The Drainage District's Appeal
Preliminarily, we note that the drainage district now claims that the easement was actually owned by the City of Wichita and that there is no evidence to indicate that the City intended to abandon the easement. We will not consider this. This was not an issue identified in the pretrial order. A pretrial order "controls the course of the action unless modified to prevent manifest injustice. [Citation omitted.] An issue or claim for relief that is not contained in the pretrial order should not be entertained by the trial court. [Citation omitted.]" McCain Foods USA, Inc. v. Central Processors, Inc., 275 Kan. 1, 18-19, 61 P.3d 68 (2002). The trial court did not address this issue in its ruling. Generally, issues not raised before the trial court cannot be presented on appeal. Board of Lincoln County Comm'rs v. Nielander, 275 Kan. 257, 268, 62 P.3d 247 (2003). Further, this issue does not fall within the exceptions to the general rule. See Smith v. Yell Bell Taxi, Inc., 276 Kan. 305, 311, 75 P.3d 1222 (2003).
The general rule regarding abandonment of property is set forth in Botkin v. Kickapoo, Inc., 211 Kan. 107, 109-10, 505 P.2d 749 (1973):
"The law respecting abandonment as applied to property and property rights is well established. Generally, abandonment is the act of intentionally relinquishing a known right absolutely and without reference to any particular person or for any particular purpose. Abandoned property is that to which the owner has voluntarily relinquished all right, title, claim and possession, with the intention of terminating his ownership, but without vesting it in any other person and with the intention of not reclaiming future possession or resuming its ownership, possession or enjoyment. In order to establish an abandonment of property, actual relinquishment accompanied by intention to abandon must be shown. The primary elements are the intention to abandon and the external act by which that intention is carried into effect. Although an abandonment may arise from a single act or from a series of acts the intent to abandon and the act of abandonment must conjoin and operate together, or in the very nature of things there can be no abandonment. The intention to abandon is considered the first and paramount inquiry, and actual intent to abandon must be shown; it is not enough that the owner's acts give reasonable cause to others to believe that the property has been abandoned. Mere relinquishment of the possession of a thing is not an abandonment in a legal sense, for such an act is not wholly inconsistent with the idea of continuing ownership; the act of abandonment must be an overt act or some failure to act which carries the implication that the owner neither claims nor retains any interest in the subject matter of the abandonment. It is not necessary to prove intention to abandon by express declarations or by other direct evidence; intent to abandon property or rights in property is to be determined from all the surrounding facts and circumstances. It may be inferred from the acts and conduct of the owner and from the nature and situation of the property. Mere nonuse of property, lapse of time without claiming or using property, or the temporary absence of the owner, unaccompanied by any other evidence showing intention, generally are not enough to constitute an abandonment. However, such facts are competent evidence of an intent to abandon and as such are entitled to weight when considered with other circumstances. [Citations omitted.]"
The drainage district claims, however, that a different rule applies when the land is an easement dedicated for public use. When land is dedicated for a specific purpose, "'neither the legislature, a municipality, or its successor, nor the general public has any power to use the property for any other purpose than the one designated . . . . ' [Citation omitted.]" The State, ex rel., v. City of Manhattan, 115 Kan. 794, 795, 225 Pac. 85 (1924) (quoting 18 C.J. [Dedication] 127, § 167). The court in City of Manhattan went on to state:
"Inasmuch as there are three parties interested in every dedication--the dedicator and his representative, the general public, and the property owners with special interests, such as owners of lots abutting on streets--no one of them without the consent of the others can change or destroy the use. [Citation omitted.]" 115 Kan. at 795.
The drainage district argues that the easement in question was dedicated for a public use and that Hunt cannot unilaterally change or destroy the use. The drainage district relies upon Matlack v. City of Wichita, 195 Kan. 484, 407 P.2d 510 (1965), in which the City acquired property through condemnation for street purposes. A strip of the condemned land was not used and was unoccupied for over 10 years and the plaintiff, who purchased the property, claimed that the City lost the easement by not using it for its intended purposes. The court stated:
"An easement on land dedicated to or condemned for a public use does not revert to the fee owner unless its use for the dedicated or condemned purpose has become impossible, or so highly improbable as to be practically impossible. [Citation omitted.]" 195 Kan. at 486.
The drainage district argues that the purpose for which its maintenance easement was dedicated has not become impossible or so highly improbable as to be practically impossible. The purpose of the easement is to facilitate maintenance of the existing drainage ditch. The drainage ditch exists and will need maintenance from time to time. Thus, the drainage district argues, the district court erred in finding that it abandoned the easement.
Hunt relies on Pratt v. Griese, 196 Kan. 182, 409 P.2d 777 (1966), in which the federal government condemned an easement in 1943 during World War II to construct and operate a railroad line to an airfield. Tracks were laid and used for rail access to the airfield. In 1945 at the end of the war, the airfield was shut down, the tracks were removed, and the airfield was eventually sold. In finding that the federal government had abandoned its easement, our Supreme Court held that "[h]owever created, an easement for a railroad right of way is limited by the use for which the easement is acquired, and when that use is abandoned the easement is terminated and the property reverts to the owner of the servient estate. [Citation omitted.]" 196 Kan. at 185. The court went on to state:
"'The general rule is that the right and title to a mere easement in land acquired by a quasi-public corporation, either by purchase, condemnation or prescription, for a public purpose is dependent upon the continued use of the property for that purpose, and when such public use is abandoned the right to hold the land ceases, and the property reverts to its original owner or his successors in title. See Canton Co. v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 99 Md. 202, 57 Atl. 637 (1904), where it was said at p. 218 (quoting in part from Vogler v. Geiss, 51 Md. 407 [1879]):
"'"'A cesser of the use, coupled with any act clearly indicative of an intention to abandon the right, would have the same effect as an express release of the easement, without any reference whatever to time.'"'" Pratt, 196 Kan. at 186 (quoting MA. & PA. RR. CO. v. MER.-SAFE, ETC., CO., 224 Md. 34, 39, 166 A. 2d 247 [1960]).
Of particular note in Pratt is the specific finding that the government's acts "conclusively rendered it impossible for the easement to be used for the purpose for which it was taken, viz, any military purpose, thereby constituting an abandonment of the easement and causing defendant's land to be relieved of it." 196 Kan. at 187. This is consistent with the court's reasoning in Matlack. Accordingly, Hunt was required to satisfy the "impossible, or so highly improbable as to be practically impossible" rule of Matlack in order to prevail. See 195 Kan. at 486. This he failed to do.
Hunt's reliance on the unpublished Court of Appeals opinion in Riverside Drainage Dist. of Sedgwick County v. Wichita Boeing Employees Assoc., No. 82,806, opinion filed June 2, 2000, is misplaced. In that case the court used the more general abandonment principles in finding an abandonment without consideration of the rules set forth in Matlack. There is no indication that the parties raised Matlack at trial. Supreme Court Rule 7.04(f)(2)(i) (2003 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 48) states that unpublished opinions "are not binding precedents, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel." Supreme Court Rule 7.04(f)(2)(ii) (2003 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 48) further states that unpublished opinions are not favored for citation, but they "may be cited if they have persuasive value with respect to a material issue not addressed in a published opinion of a Kansas appellate court and they would assist the court in its disposition." Since Matlack is a published opinion, its reasoning applies.
The district court erred in finding that the drainage district had abandoned the easement. In oral argument, the drainage district concedes that in order to preserve its easement Hunt need not be required to remove from the easement area the existing pavement or underground utility lines. Their presence will not interfere with the drainage district's future use of the easement area. Further, Hunt may continue to park vehicles or mobile homes on the easement area, so long as they can be moved whenever the drainage district needs access to the easement area to maintain the drainage ditch.
Adverse Possession Hunt's Cross-appeal
Hunt's cross-appeal challenges the district court's determination that since the drainage district is a quasi-municipal corporation, its property is not subject to adverse possession by an individual or private entity.
In Gauger v. State, 249 Kan. 86, 92, 815 P.2d 501 (1991), our Supreme Court reaffirmed the rule that "[r]ights cannot be acquired in public lands by adverse possession or any statute of limitation. [Citations omitted.]" Hunt, however, points to Wichita Boeing Employees Assoc. for support that the rule in Gauger does not apply to easements. The court found in Wichita Boeing Employees Assoc. that the association could claim the land by adverse possession after the drainage district abandoned the easement and title reverted to the fee owner. These are not our circumstances. The drainage district did not abandon its easement so as to make it subject to adverse possession against the private property owner to whom it reverted. Hence, Wichita Boeing Employees Assoc. does not apply. The rule in Gauger stands: Hunt could not acquire the drainage district's maintenance easement by adverse possession.
Finally, Hunt argues that a new boundary line was established by agreement or custom of the parties, as was the case in Moore v. Bayless, 215 Kan. 297, 524 P.2d 721 (1974). In Moore, the court stated:
"[W]here parties by mutual agreement fix a boundary line between their properties, acquiesce in the line so fixed and thereafter occupy their properties according to the line agreed upon, it must be considered as the true boundary line between them and will be binding upon the parties and their grantees. The line becomes the true dividing line between the lands in question by virtue of such an agreement, even though a subsequent survey should establish a different boundary line. [Citations omitted.]" 215 Kan. at 300.
The boundary line between Hunt's land and the drainage right-of-way is not in dispute. When the drainage district's survey of the property disclosed that the fence encroached on the drainage right-of-way, Hunt removed the fence from the right-of-way. This suit arose when Hunt refused to remove his other property from the easement area. Hunt testified that he believed the north boundary of the land was the existing fence line, which included the maintenance access easement area. In truth, Hunt owns the property to its northern boundary, but it is subject to the maintenance easement. There is no dispute as to the dimensions or location of the maintenance easement. It is the very existence of the easement that is in dispute, not its boundary. The reasoning in Moore does not apply.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions for the entry of a declaratory judgment consistent with this opinion.


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Guest Post: Jennifer Fox "The Next 14 Things I Learned From Our Six-Figure Kickstarter Campaign"/
Yesterday, Jennifer Fox shared with us six things she recommends doing BEFORE launching a Kickstarter campaign. Today she brings the list up to twenty. She's giving us a lot. She's got a few days left on her campaign. Perhaps you can give back?
The campaign continues and we keep marching forward. There's nothing like this excitement as we approach our 90-day goal! Doing Kickstarter is not just about the work, but it's also about creating that right frame of mind. Here are some more tips my team and I have gathered during the last 85 days campaign of Kickstarting:
7. Write, Write, And Write:
As you may have noticed, my writing style can be a bit longwinded. Early on in the process, I would send my eblasts to my team to edit. We thought one page max – so they cut and cut. Then we noticed that we were receiving the most donations following longer, more personal messages. They received overwhelmingly positive feedback. What at first seemed like a weakness, turned out to be one of our strongest tools. Writing became fun. As some of you may know, being on the road with a film can be the one of the most uncreative jobs one does over the course of film. But suddenly, writing these weekly Kickstarter updates and email blasts became a creative outlet for me. That leads us to #8:
8. Turn Your Negatives Into Positives:
I think the key to any creative producing is to turn your circumstances into strengths. In our case, we were really worried that the film was already screening on the festival circuit. I couldn't change that, so I used it as an excuse to make regular video updates for our website, eblasts and pitches. The other thing I started to do, which I would have never thought appropriate, was talk about our fundraising campaign during every MY REINCARNATIONfestival screening. Here is an example of one video (Part 2 of 2) we posted from the film festival in Singapore. We made postcards with the Kickstarter pitch on one side and the film's artwork on the other. I hand them out at every screening. I aso privately ask festival programmers to ask me a question on stage about financing during the Q & A, giving me an opportunity to talk about the campaign. I always try to have one of my postcards conveniently in my hand to wave at the audience to remind them! Most of you reading this will not have to raise funds for a completed film that is already touring. But wherever you are in the process, try to use that place to generate stories and images to support your campaign.
9. Evaluate Your Email List.
Thanks to Peter Broderick and many others, every filmmaker should know that you need to build a mailing list to survive as an independent in America. We already had a 7,000-person mailing list built during the theatrical campaign for my previous film, FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN. The problem was that it was not exactly the right list for a Buddhist film! So we had to work hard to broaden that list.
10. Build your mailing list.
Everyone tells you to have people sign up for your mailing list on your website. But I have found that very few people do this. Most people prefer to get film updates from our Facebook page (which we post to frequently). However, many people are not on Facebook, especially the older generation. Building an email list requires active, ongoing work. We ask people to sign up on our website, get names from festivals goers, and as with the NYC Sneak Preview Screening, gather all ticket buyers' emails addresses. (It is important when making deals with venues to try to get them to agree to this as the Rubin Museum of Art did prior to making a screening agreement.) In addition, we actively built our US mailing list by researching every Buddhist, spiritual, Tibetan, New Age, religious and family organization on the web. We are still building that email list now. When we have the time, we make phone calls to organizations to get them to personally connect with the film and share information about our Kickstarter site with their members.
11. Reach out to Appropriate Partners to Help Blast for your Campaign / Befriend the Tastemakers
The first tier we reached out to were listserves connected to the students of the film's protagonist, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. Rinpoche has centers around the world, so we regularly write new, special updates to be blasted to their membership. These letters are less chatty than the ones I send to the general mailing list or post for our Kickstarter patrons. In these letters, we always try to have additional information – such as upcoming festivals or new video clips – so that it is not just another request to donate. We started a web series called OUTTAKES FROM THE FILM (O.F.F.) that we edit and post online and in our Buddhist eblasts to give those communities new video to enjoy and entice them to become more involved with the project. So far we have posted five O.F.F.'s. They have helped assuage Buddhist students around the world, who are anxiously waiting to see MY REINCARNATION and are not so happy that they have to wait for the distribution rollout. The other thing we did – but could only do with the Sneak Preview NYC Fundraising screening – was offer incentives to appropriate organizations to blast their membership on behalf of our campaign. We gave the heads of each organization a free ticket to the screening in exchange for sending out an announcement. And of course, this is laying the groundwork for establishing partners and building and audience for the film down the line.
12. Use Web 2.0: Facebook, Twitter, Bloggers…
This is absolutely obvious in today's world, but we are posting updates on social networking sites many times a week. We work hard to build up our Facebook and Twitter pages daily. We also post on other organizations' and individuals' pages and walls – searching for related topics like "Buddhism," "Tibet," "Spirituality," "Religion," and "Yoga" – with information about the Kickstarter campaign, new videos, incentives and screenings.
13. Blast Often, Regularly, and Best at the Beginning of the Week
Get those eblasts out on Monday or Tuesday. Later in the week they get lost in people's over-loaded inboxes. It's important to keep up the pressure. It's hard to know what the "tipping point" is for someone to make a donation. It can be the first letter or the twentieth letter that brings them over to the Kickstarter site.
14. Write Personal Letters and Ask Questions
When I write my patrons back on Kickstarter, thanking them for their donations, I ask them where they heard about the campaign. I often get answers back proving the wide reach of the campaign. By asking questions you engage your patrons' participation. In a post to the entire group, I asked for advice on how to get the message out and I got several good solutions, one of which was to improve our web page and clarify some of the writing. Three of our patrons decided to make it their personal hobby to help get the word out and have been eblasting and working the web. One person wrote a letter on Kickstarter asking everyone to double their donations and several people responded by doing so. When I get an interesting letter, I often post it in an update. It takes a village and this is a community movement.
15. Widen Your Team:
Since many people in the Buddhist Community do not have much disposable income, we wanted to make one of our incentives non-monetary. We created the first level incentive – "Outreach Partner" – at a donation level of $1 for people who want to get involved by spreading the word about the campaign and the film. By spreading the word, they get their name on our "Donor's Wall" on our website. In fact, every level of donation, large or small gets their name on our "Donor's Wall," giving an immediate level of gratification like having your name in the film's credits.
16. Cultivate A Positive Attitude:
No one asked you to be an artist in the most expensive art form in history. Being a filmmaker is a privilege. Have perspective; some people have "real" jobs. Having to raise funds is a rite of passage. Try to find a way to frame the campaign as fun, playful, and joyous. This is where building a team (Tip #2) really helps. Laughter is key.
17. Stay Away From People Who Are Negative About Fundraising.
There are always people who think asking for money abhorrent and will find all sorts ways to pull you down. Don't let them inside your head. They can still be friends or lovers, but it's better to avoid the subject around them. But don't forget about # 18:
18. Be Aware Of Cultural Differences.
Crowd funding is a very American way to raise money that may seem strange to many outside our borders (although it is slowly coming to Europe). Be ready to explain the system, and back off when your "go-get-em" attitude is too much. We were semi-blacklisted from one main international Buddhist listserve, because the manager felt I was asking for money too much. Rather than confront him and risk being kicked off that site forever, we broke up the territories and tried to get on individual country's Buddhist listserves. Not as effective, but better than nothing. In certain countries – such as Singapore – donors prefer to give cash or checks than to donate on the Internet. So, we have also accepted some cash donations…
19. Go Beyond Your Limits
Every step of the way on this journey, I have had to go beyond my comfort zone to publicly ask for money: on the web, in emails, in person, on stage – over and over again. At every point, I have had to push through my reticence, fear and a general "I just don't want to do it again!" attitude. Facing these inner demons is necessary if you are going do this type of campaign. Forgive me, but once again there is a Buddhist teaching in this! We all fear being the fool and being foolish. Believe me, crowd-funding certainly pushes those buttons, but it also requires you to let go and not listen to your ego so much…
My motto is, "Never say die!" Despite years of experience facing rejection, it can still be hard to pick yourself up each time. Somehow we have to find a way not to take rejection personally and move on. Of course, with some potential funders, you just have to give up, back off, and try somewhere else. But I am often reminded of something my Father said when I was making my first film, BEIRUT: THE LAST HOME MOVIE, "No is never no, it's just maybe." A person, who says no today, may still say yes tomorrow. If you give them new evidence to change their mind, they often do.
20. Be ready – to be absorbed. It is a full-time job.
I couldn't have imagined how much work a Kickstarter campaign is. I have had many sleepless night thinking about how we could achieve our goal, but I have also felt enormous glee when a wave of donors contribute. It has been a huge learning experience that I suspect has changed me for the better. I've come to realize that time moves differently on the web. When we started, I thought 90 days would never be enough to achieve our goal. But then I noticed how many unique things could happen in 24 hours. Every day provided opportunities to reach out to people. Everyday people wrote us. Most days at least one person (and often more than one) joined the campaign from somewhere new. Even on Sundays. The campaign has shown me how a time limit can work for you. Today is day 84 in our campaign and it seems like I have been doing this for a lifetime.
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In my next post, I'll talk about how Kickstarter Campaigns create communities that dovetail into distribution and outreach campaigns. I'll also share important information about the positive things people receive from participating in Kickstarter campaigns: a crucial thing to understand to properly craft a campaign.
Stay Tuned as we countdown towards D-Day… Our Campaign ends on May 28th and we are still hustling to get to those 6 figures!
-- Jennifer Fox
Jennifer Fox is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning Producer, Director, Camerawoman. She is known for her groundbreaking work on both documentary features and series, including BEIRUT: THE LAST HOME MOVIE, AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY, FLYING CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN, and now MY REINCARNATION. She is the subject of three films on filmmaking, TO HECK WITH HOLLYWOOD!, CINEMA VERTE: DEFINING THE MOMENT and CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY She has Executive Produced many award winning films, including LOVE & DIANE, ON THE ROPES and UPSTATE. She teaches and consults on directing and producing internationally at institutions such as New York University, the Binger Lab in Amsterdam, the University of Zurich and many others.


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GREENSBORO � Elon University shot 64.3 percent from the field in the second half for a 70-57 women�s basketball victory against host UNC Greensboro on Saturday afternoon at Fleming Gym.
Ali Ford�s 15 points led Elon (13-11 overall, 10-5 Southern Conference), which snapped a two-game losing streak and won for the second time in a five-game stretch.
UNCG (5-19, 2-13) received 18 points from Breonna Patterson. The Spartans held a 26-25 halftime lead.
Elon made 18 of 28 shots from the field in the second half. That helped the Phoenix, buoyed by an 11-point burst, built a 16-point edge on Jessica Farmer�s jumper with slightly less than 10 minutes to play. Ford scored 13 second-half points.
So even UNCG�s 52-percent shooting from the field in the second half wasn�t good enough.
Earlier, a 14-0 spurt for the Phoenix created a 21-8 advantage before it went six minutes without a point.
Elon�s Zora Stephenson scored 12 points and Farmer, a reserve playing 17 minutes, added 10 points. Kelsey Evans grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds.
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Reading (2002-2003)
Admission | Certificate | Courses | Program | Requirements
Department Chairperson: Kathy Barclay
Graduate Faculty
Associate Graduate Faculty
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction offers work leading to the Master of Science in Education degree with a major in reading. The objective of the program is to provide elementary and secondary teachers with opportunities to increase their professional competency. The focus is on in-depth understanding of both developmental and remedial reading theory and instructional practices based on theory and research. The goal is to prepare teachers for a variety of professional positions: as effective elementary and secondary classroom teachers, as reading specialists endorsed to teach in specialized reading programs such as Title I at either the elementary or secondary level, and as K-12 reading specialists.
The program requires a minimum of 32 semester hours.
The student may need to take other courses to meet certification requirements in the state in which he/she resides.
A student majoring in reading may be permitted to transfer a maximum of six semester hours of approved graduate credit from an accredited institution. Courses taken through the Quad Cities Graduate Study Center are considered residence credit. Reading courses taken at extension centers where the reading core of courses is offered is considered residence credit. All transfer and extension credits are subject to the approval of the adviser and the Departmental Graduate Committee.
Courses graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis cannot be included on a degree plan.
The following policies are effective for courses taken after September 1, 1984: A degree plan cannot contain more than six semester hours of any combination of the following courses: 450G, 475G, 550, 599, and 675. Students may write to the department chairperson for information concerning the scheduling of courses.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program
The department offers a post-baccalaureate certificate in Language Literacy. For program details, please go to www.wiu.edu/grad/0203catalog/langlit.shtml.
433G Introduction to Corrective Reading. (3) A course emphasizing group and individual identification and instructional procedures for corrective reading in the elementary school. Prerequisites: EIS 301, RDG 383 and RDG 584 or departmental approval.
468G Teaching Reading in Secondary School and College. (3) A theory-based course that translates knowledge and research concerning reading at the junior high, senior high, and college level into recommendations for effective instruction, and focuses on the various kinds of reading programs that exist at the post-elementary level.
508 Phonics for Decoding and Spelling. (3) From an approach that focuses on environmental print and authentic literature experiences, this course examines a variety of aspects of phonological processing: (1) phonological/phonemic awareness, (2) phonics and other word identification strategies, and (3) spelling.
533 Special Problems in Reading. (1–3, repeatable to 3) Not allowable on degree plans but rather designed to give teachers an opportunity for in-service growth through application of problem-solving strategies in dealing with individual education problems in a specific school setting. Graded S/U.
550 Professional Workshop in Reading. (1–3) Workshops are usually organized around a particular theme based upon student demand.
553 Integrating Reading and Writing Through Inquiry. (3) This K-12 course explores relationships between reading and the use of collaborative, authentic reading and writing learning experiences within an inquiry-oriented curriculum.
569 Reading in Early Childhood. (3) Designed to help teachers of preschool, kindergarten, and primary grades to plan and design developmentally appropriate programs aimed at facilitating the acquisition of pre-reading and reading abilities. Emphasis on how early guidance and instructional programs can attend to all aspects of language: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
570 Teaching Reading in the Elementary School. (3) An introductory course comparing various approaches to teaching reading and translating knowledge and research concerning elementary reading into recommendations for effective instruction.
571 Assessment of Reading Abilities and Disabilities. (3) A K-12 course focusing on the uses of diagnostic tools, tests, and procedures (both formal and informal) for investigating reading abilities and disabilities in clinical and classroom settings. Prerequisite: RDG 468G or RDG 570.
573 Correction and Remediation of Reading Difficulties. (3) A K-12 course focusing on effective corrective reading and remedial reading instruction that arises from assessment information and considers techniques, strategies, and programs for individual, small group, and classroom settings. Prerequisites: RDG 570 or RDG 468G; RDG 571.
574 Practicum in Reading. (3) An advanced course where knowledge of diagnosis and instruction is refined, applied, and extended as students work individually with small groups of elementary and/or secondary students in a closely supervised instructional setting. Prerequisites: RDG 570 or 468G; 571; and 573.
576 Psychology of Reading. (3) A theory course for elementary and secondary teachers focusing on the psychological and linguistic factors that influence the reading process, including topics such as language learning and reading disabilities, processing differences between good and poor comprehenders, and the effect of current reading process theory on teaching practices. Prerequisites: RDG 570, RDG 468G, or permission of the instructor.
580 Reading in the Content Areas. (3) An individually designed course for elementary and secondary reading majors and non-majors, this introductory course helps enrollees become familiar with concepts and teaching strategies needed to assist students to learn from textbooks and nontextbook materials.
581 Reading in Adult Basic Education. (3) This course, designed for the volunteer tutor, ABE teacher, or adult literacy program coordinator, focuses on a philosophy of teaching adults to read, appropriate assessment procedures/instructional strategies/reading materials, and trends in the adult literacy movement. Prerequisite: RDG 570, RDG 468G or permission of the instructor.
586 Language Development and Reading. (3) This pre K-12 course explores theories of language development and the relationship between language development and learning to read. Of special interest are populations (such as second language learners, those with a learning disability with respect to oral communication, and hearing impaired students) who find learning to read difficult because of language barriers. Prerequisite: RDG 569, RDG 570, or RDG 468G.
588 Leadership in Reading. (3) Designed for the reading specialist in the classroom or remedial program and for the administrator responsible for the reading program, this course prepares participants to act as change agents within the school-based reading program in areas of curriculum/methodology, organization, administration, and staff development. Prerequisites: Fifteen graduate hours in reading to include RDG 468G or RDG 570, RDG 571, and RDG 573. School administrators may enroll with permission of the instructor.
599 Independent Study. (1–4, repeatable to 4) An investigation of problems related to the student's major area. A substantial written report, as well as an informal report, will be required. Students will meet regularly with an instructor during the course on an arranged basis. Enrollment by permission only.