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Approximately 1026 reservoir acres and 272 stream miles within the North Fork Watershed have designated beneficial uses as defined in Tables G and H of the Rules of the Department of Natural Resources Division 20-Clean Water Commission Chapter 7-Water Quality (Table Wq01; MDNR 1996a). These streams and reservoirs must meet or exceed established criteria as defined in Table A of the Rules of the Department of Natural Resources Division 20-Clean Water Commission Chapter 7-Water Quality for those beneficial uses (MDNR 1999a). Noblett Lake is designated for livestock/wildlife watering, protection of aquatic life, and whole body contact recreation. Norfork Reservoir is designated for livestock/wildlife watering, protection of aquatic life, whole body contact recreation, and boating/canoeing. All watershed streams listed in Table H are designated for livestock/wildlife watering as well as protection of aquatic life. Several streams within the watershed have additional designated beneficial uses. These streams include The North Fork of the White River, Bryant Creek, Hunter Creek, Hurricane Creek, Lick Creek, and Spring Creek (Table Wq01). Approximately 22.0 miles of the North Fork of the White River is designated for irrigation, livestock/wildlife watering, protection of aquatic life, cold water fishery, whole body contact recreation, and boating/canoeing. Approximately 28.0 miles of the North Fork of the White River is designated for irrigation, livestock/wildlife watering, protection of aquatic life, cool water fishery, whole body contact recreation, and boating/canoeing (MDNR 1996a). In addition to the the aforementioned designated uses, 46.5 stream miles within the North Fork Watershed have been designated as "Outstanding State Resource Waters" (Table Wq02) (MDNR 1996a). No streams within the North Fork Watershed are designated for use as a drinking water supply. The streams of this watershed have no public surface water withdrawals.
Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Law requires that states identify those waters for which current pollution control measures are inadequate (MDNR 1999a). This is accomplished by comparing data from those waters with water quality criteria established for designated beneficial uses of those waters (MDNR 1999b). Those waters are then included in the 303(d) list. The state must then conduct Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studies on those waters in order to determine what pollution control measures are required and then insure those measures are implemented (MDNR 1999a). No streams or reservoirs within the watershed are included in the 1998 list (MDNR 1999c). The Clean Water Act requires that the list be updated every 2 years thus the next 303(d) list should be available in the year 2000 (MDNR 1999b).
Chemical and Biological Water Quality
Data regarding the chemical and biological quality of stream flow within the North Fork Watershed has been collected by several different entities since the 1960s. The extensive amount of water quality data available for various parameters and varying time periods within the North Fork Watershed, makes an adequate summary of water quality data within this document, impractical.
In order to avoid going beyond the scope of this document by attempting to provide a comprehensive summary of all water quality data by all agencies for all available years, three stations within the North Fork Watershed have been selected in order to provide a spatial and temporal snapshot of selected water quality values. USGS stations 07057750 (Bryant Creek below Evans), 07057500 (North Fork River near Tecumseh), and 07057475 (Double Spring near Dora) have been selected for this purpose (Figure Wq01). Data for the years 1993-1997 were used to examine selected parameters at stations 07057750 and 07057475. Data for the years 1983-1987 were used to examine selected parameters at station 07057500. The differences in time periods analyzed are due to the differences in time periods with available water quality data.
Tables Wq03, Wq04, and Wq05 list selected water quality parameters and state standards as well as maximum and minimum observations of selected parameters from stations 07057500, 07057750, and 07057475 for respective periods of record. Observations at the previously mentioned stations consistently met water quality standards for the selected parameters during the years examined with the exception of fecal coliform bacteria (USGS 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998a, 1999a, 2001). The data indicates that all three stations periodically experienced fecal coliform levels exceeding standards for whole body contact recreation (200 colonies/100ml) (Figures Wq02, Wq03, and Wq04). Out of 31 observations conducted from 1994 to 1997, fecal coliform levels at Station 07057750 exceeded these standards twice. Both instances occurred during the month of April. Fecal coliform levels at station 07057500 exceeded state standards 7 out of 44 observations. All of these instances occurred during the recreational period, April 1-October 31 (as designated by MDNR 1996a). Levels at Station 07057475 exceeded these standards 6 times out of 24 observations from 1994 to 1997. Five of these instances occurred during the recreational period. Even though Double (Rainbow) Spring has not been designated for whole body contact recreation, its waters flow directly into a portion of the North Fork River which does have this designation. Water quality data also indicates that water at stations 07057750 and 07057475 (data not available for 07057500) is hard to very hard as defined by the USGS (1999f).
As stated previously, a large amount of water quality data for a variety of parameters and time periods is available for the North Fork Watershed. Two previously discussed stations (07057750 and 07057500) have been part of the ambient water quality monitoring network in Missouri (USGS 2001). Water quality data is also available for additional parameters from the USGS Historical Water Quality Data Website and the annual USGS Water Resources Data Reports as well as the EPA Storage and Retrieval (STORET) Database. In addition, volunteer water quality monitoring data is available from the Missouri Stream Team online database. Additional State Water Quality Standards are available in the most current document of the Rules of the Department of Natural Resources Division 20-Clean Water Commission Chapter 7-Water Quality.
The United States Geological Survey conducted water quality samples within the North Fork Watershed from 1993-1995 as part of the Pesticides National Synthesis Project in order to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of contamination by pesticides in the water resources of the United States (USGS 1999g). The North Fork Watershed was part of the Ozark Plateau Study Unit of the National Water Quality Assessment Program. Two surface water and four ground water sampling sites were selected within the watershed (Figure Wq03)(USGS 1999h and 1999i). Ground water samples were only performed once at each site in 1993. However surface water samples were taken in 1994 and 1995 (USGS 1999j and 1999k). Analysis of data from these samples indicate pesticide compounds were not detected in either surface water sample from 1994. However pesticide compounds were detected in the 1995 samples at both sites with a maximum of 5 pesticide detections at one site (Table Wq06). Pesticide compounds were not detected in any of the four ground water samples. By Comparison, 39 of 43 surface water sites within the Ozark Plateaus Study Unit had detections of pesticides with 18 sites having samples with six or more pesticide detections (Bell et al. 1997). In addition 73 of 215 ground water sample sites within the Ozark Plateaus Study Unit had pesticide detections with a maximum of 5 pesticides detected in any one sample (Adamski 1996).
Duchrow (1976) conducted water quality/aquatic invertebrate sampling at 6 sites on Bryant (2), Hunter Creeks (3), and Watered Hollow (1) in 1974-1975 (Figure Wq05)(Duchrow 1976). A total of 89 types of benthic invertebrates were collected in these samples. Water quality was evaluated by comparing calculated species diversity index values as well as the similarity of the benthic invertebrate communities at these sites to those criteria established for unpolluted Ozark streams. Invertebrate communities from these sites met or exceeded water quality criteria established for Ozark streams. Samples were conducted once again in 1976 at 2 sites on Hunter Creek in order to determine the impact, if any, of construction of the Ava Landfill which became operational in 1975 (Duchrow 1977). Results from these samples indicated that the stream had not been adversely impacted since the opening of the Ava Landfill. Future benthic invertebrate sampling will need to be performed in this area as well as throughout the watershed in order to consistently monitor potential pollution problems.
Ground Water Quality
Water quality tests performed by the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory in Springfield on 408 wells in Howell, Ozark, and Douglas Counties from July 1998 to August 1999 indicate that 138 (33.8%) well samples tested were unsafe. A well is considered unsafe if any coliform colonies result from the sample (Farmer, personal communication). Howell County had the highest percentage of unsafe wells with 40.9% of the wells tested in this group deemed as unsafe. It is important to note that other samples probably exist which are not included in these results. In addition, these results are inclusive of those portions of the counties mentioned which are outside the boundaries of the North Fork Watershed. Many other variables such as spatial and temporal distribution of samples, as well as sample method variability, limit the use of this data.
Point Source Pollution
Table Wq07 lists 9 National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) sites currently within the North Fork Watershed (Figure Wq03) (MDNR 1998a). The city of Norwood is the only permitted (by MDNR) municipal wastewater discharge within the watershed in Missouri (MDNR 1998a). As of 1997, the Norwood Waste Water Treatment Facility (WWTF) was discharging .030 million gallons per day (mgd) into a tributary of Dry Creek. This is believed to impact less than 0.1 miles of the receiving stream (MDNR 1994).
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey has identified 23 active mines and 137 past producers within the North Fork Watershed in Missouri (MDNR 1998b). Of the 23 active mines, all are gravel removal operations or limestone quarries. The highest percentage of past producers are iron mines. Nearly all of these are surface mines which dot the watershed. These open pits can act as a direct link to the ground water system and thus pose a threat to ground water quality if pollutants are allowed to enter in. This can effect wells from which the watersheds population receives its water.
Land disruption from road and bridge construction as well as urban expansion often results in increased sediment loads to receiving water systems. Bridge construction also results in stream channel modification, which affects stream flow both up and down stream from the bridge. Since 1995 there have been twenty-eight 404 permitted operations within the North Fork Watershed in Missouri. Eight of these involved bridge work or culvert work (Table Wq08) (USACOE 1999). According to the Missouri Department of Transportation Highway and Bridge Construction Schedule, there currently (1999) are no state highway projects involving bridge work scheduled within the watershed from 2000-2004 (MDT 1999).
Gravel mining also has the potential to threaten water quality within the watershed. Poor gravel mining practices can negatively impact water quality, riparian and aquatic habitats, and aquatic biota. Increased sedimentation and turbidity are a few problems associated with poor gravel mining practices. In 1998 there were 24 permitted operations within the North Fork Watershed (Figure Wq03)(USACOE 1998).
Non-point Source Pollution
Perhaps one of the more difficult challenges to address within any watershed is non-point source pollution. Whereas point source pollution can usually be traced to a single discharge point or area such as a waste water treatment plant discharge, non point source pollution, such as sheet erosion of topsoil, runoff of nutrients from pastures, or pesticide or fertilizer runoff from a fields, is much more difficult to detect as well as remedy. It takes the cooperation of the landowners within a watershed to minimize non-point source pollution and its impacts.
The greatest non-point threat in the North Fork Watershed is the potential contamination of the groundwater system. Seventy four percent of the water withdrawn within the watershed comes from the groundwater system. Domestic use is the single most prevalent use of this supply. In addition, much of the permanent flow within the watershed is enhanced by springs. Thus, any contaminant which affects groundwater quality is likely to affect surface water quality and vice versa. There are several ways in which contaminants can enter the groundwater system. These include losing streams, sinkholes, and abandoned wells. The potential for contamination by septic systems has been shown by Aley (1972 and 1974) to be increased in areas of soluble bedrock. (MDNR 1984). As indicated by dye traces performed within the watershed, ground water movement is not always restricted by surface watershed boundaries. Some groundwater does exhibit movement from other watersheds. The most notable example of this is groundwater movement from the Upper Gasconade Watershed to Hodgson Mill, Double (Rainbow) Spring, and North Fork Spring. Waste water from the Mansfield Waste Water Treatment Plant is discharged into a tributary of Fry Creek which, itself, is a tributary of Wolf Creek. As stated previously, water from both streams is lost to the ground water system and eventually emerges from Double, North Fork, and Hodgson Mill Springs. The North Fork River at Blue Springs and Double Spring (Rainbow Spring) changes from a clean substrate to a substrate which has an abundance of snails (MDNR 1984). The amount of filamentous algae also increases significantly. This condition continues for approximately 10 miles; indicating the influence of high nutrient loads from the spring flow.
A major contributor to the total organic waste within the North Fork Watershed is livestock waste (MDNR 1984). Livestock waste contributes to the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), suspended solids, fecal coliform, and fecal streptococci loads within streams. Table Wq09 lists the number of cattle and hogs within counties that intersect the watershed as well as percent of counties within the watershed. Most cattle within the watershed are on pasture and in most instances have direct access to streams. Results can include increased organics and bacterial loading, turbidity, and high concentrations of algae (MDNR 1984). The impact of livestock in streams is often more obvious than impacts from upstream point source discharges. In addition cattle may cause soil compaction, as well as reduce stream bank and corridor vegetation which can lead to increased erosion and/or flood plain scour. "No discharge" lagoons or pits serving confined lots also pose a threat to streams in cases of accidental discharges (MDNR 1984). In 1984, there were 16 of these facilities within the North Fork Watershed.
Water Pollution and Fish Kill Investigations
No chronic water pollution or fish kill areas are known within the North Fork Watershed. Table Wq10 lists eleven water pollution and/or fish kill investigations which have been conducted within the watershed since 1990 (MDC 1991-1995; MDNR 1999d; and MDC 1999a). Only one known fish kill has occurred within the watershed since 1990. The Missouri Department of Conservation has not performed toxicological sampling of fish from the North Fork Watershed.
Water Use
Estimates of water use for the North Fork Watershed obtained from the United States Geological Survey National Water Use Database (1998b) indicate that total water withdrawn within the watershed in 1995 was 6.52 million gallons per day (mgd) (Table Wq11). Most of the water withdrawn in the watershed is from the groundwater system. All surface water withdrawn is for livestock or irrigation use. Water withdrawal for livestock was the most prevalent use within the North Fork Watershed in 1995 (USGS 1998b). Domestic use was the second most prevalent (Table Wq09).
Major water use information for the North Fork Watershed was obtained from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), Division of Geology and Land Survey. The MDNR maintains records of "major" (those facilities capable of withdrawing 100,000 gallons/day) surface and ground water users throughout the state. Recent records (1997) indicate there were a total of six major water users, two of which were private surface water users with intakes on the North Fork River, Bryant Creek, Brush Creek, and Lick Creek (Table Wq12)(MDNR 1997). Surface water withdrawals for 1997 totaled approximately 156,480,000 gallons. The four major ground water users within the North Fork River Watershed included Fairview R-XI School, the City of Gainesville, Howell County Public Water Supply District #1 and a private entity. Ground water withdrawals by major water users in the watershed in 1997 totaled approximately 80,669,900 gallons.
Recreational Use
In 1982, the North Fork of the White River was ranked with 36 other major watersheds in Missouri according to recreational value (MDC and MDNR 1982). Results were obtained by surveying professional staff from six state and federal agencies. The North Fork River recreation rank was 12th within the state. This value was expected to drop due to problems associated with intensive recreational use, bank and shoreline development, and poor land use. Remote location was also listed as a reason for a future drop in recreational importance.
Angler surveys are useful for evaluating angler use, species preference, and satisfaction. Angler surveys can also be used to identify changes or trends in angler responses over time. These surveys provide the information necessary for managers to meet angler needs, as well as improve and validate decisions to change or maintain regulations. Results from statewide annual angler surveys which were conducted by the Missouri Department of Conservation from 1983 to 1986 estimate that on an annual basis, 12,437 total days were spent angling on the North Fork River and its tributaries (MDC 1987). During the period of record, catfish were the most preferred species. On average, 3268 (26%) days were spent fishing for catfish, 2699 (22%) days for rainbow trout, and 2654 (21%)days for bass sp. per year.
Besides fishing the North Fork Watershed receives a large amount of other recreational use including floating. From May 29-August 8, 1999 canoe "put-ins" were counted at North Fork Recreation Area as part of a United States Forest Service (USFS) Study (Hyzer, personal communication and Dickens, personal communication). Counts were primarily done on weekends and usually ended around 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Data from these counts indicate an average of 163 canoe "put-ins" a day on the weekends during the previously mentioned time period. It is important to consider that the North Fork Recreation Area is just one of 11 public accesses within the watershed. Additional study will be needed in order to determine canoe use throughout the entire watershed.
Bank and shoreline development continues to occur in some areas on the major streams of the North Fork Watershed. Housing construction on the North Fork River down stream of the Mark Twain National Forest is one example. Problems associated with this type of development include destabilization of stream banks and flood plains due to vegetation removal which can then lead to increased sediment loads in streams, water quality impacts from poorly treated sewage, and loss of aesthetic value for recreational purposes.


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22 U.S. Code § 2421a - Capital projects office within Agency for International Development
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(a) Establishment of office
The Administrator of AID shall establish a capital projects office to carry out the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Purposes of office
The purposes referred to in subsection (a) of this section are—
(1) to develop an AID program that would focus solely on developmentally sound capital projects, taking into consideration development needs of the host country and the export opportunities for the United States; and
(c) Activities of AID
The Administrator of AID (acting through the capital projects office), in coordination with the appropriate members of the Trade Promotion Coordination Committee—
(1) shall support capital projects in developing countries and in countries making the transition from nonmarket to market economies;
(2) shall periodically review infrastructure needs in developing countries and countries making the transition from nonmarket to market economies and shall explore opportunities for United States firms in the development of new capital projects in these countries, keeping both United States firms and the Congress informed of these reviews;
(3) shall ensure that each capital project for which AID provides funding is developmentally sound, as determined under the criteria developed by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;
(4) shall coordinate its activities with other AID offices, and work with AID country missions, in developing capital projects that provide opportunities for United States firms consistent with AID's primary mission to help developing countries with traditional development projects;
(6) shall play a special role in helping to meet the infrastructure needs of countries making the transition from nonmarket to market economies by meeting the challenge of infrastructure assistance provided by foreign governments to those countries, including by undertaking a comprehensive study of the infrastructure needs of the various countries making the transition from nonmarket to market economies—
(A) to identify those sectors in the economies of these countries that are most in need of rebuilding, and
(B) to identify the state of technology in these countries and the opportunity for United States high technology firms to help develop a technological infrastructure in these countries, including an assessment of export opportunities for United States high technology companies.
The results of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph (6) shall be reported to the appropriate congressional committees within 12 months after October 28, 1992.
Source(Pub. L. 102–549, title III, § 302,Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3658.)
Section was enacted as part of the Aid, Trade, and Competitiveness Act of 1992 and also as part of the Jobs Through Exports Act of 1992, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.
Short Title of 1992 Amendment
Pub. L. 102–549, title III, § 301,Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3658, provided that: "This title [enacting this section and sections 2421b to 2421e of this title and provisions set out as notes below] may be cited as the 'Aid, Trade, and Competitiveness Act of 1992'."
Reports to Congress on Capital Projects
Pub. L. 102–549, title III, § 305,Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3660, directed President, not later than May 1, 1993, to submit to Congress a report describing the extent to which United States Government resources have been expended specifically to support specified projects in developing countries and countries making the transition from nonmarket to market economies, the extent to which the activities of the United States Government have been coordinated, and the extent to which United States Government capital projects and tied-aid credit programs have affected United States exports.
Report on Feasibility of AID Credit Guarantees To Finance Capital Projects
Pub. L. 102–549, title III, § 307,Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3660, directed President, not later than May 1, 1993, to submit to Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Appropriations of House of Representatives and Committee on Foreign Relations and Committee on Appropriations of Senate a report on feasibility of allowing AID to offer credit guarantees for financing of capital projects.
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The fallout from yesterday's tumultuous developments at Baxter Academy continues. The decision by the charter school's board of directors to oust Executive Director and founder John Jaques has effectively led to a stand-off. As the organization's founder, Jaques maintains ownership of the domain name and all the intellectual property associated with it, even though he's no longer part of the school. The board of directors wants him to reliniquish ownership, and they're accusing him of effectively "hijacking" the school's online presence. Tom Porter has more.
"Well, that's one way of putting it - absolutely. He's retaining control of something that we need to operate the school, so you can say it however you want - it's not a very professional decision in my estimation," says Allison Crean Davis, vice chair of the board of directors at Baxter Academy for Science and Technology, which is expected to be Portland's first charter school when it opens in the fall.
Crean Davis says Jaques ignored a noon deadline to hand over the domain to the board. While the next legal step in the process is unclear at this point, she says the board is close to offering the director position to a new candidate.
Meanwhile the Academy's Web site remains offline, and Crean Davis says without owning the domain it's going to be much harder to move forward, although school is doing what it can. "We're creating alternatives as we speak. We have a new Facebook page that I have literally just logged on to," she says. "And I understand a new Web space is being created as well. Hopefully I'll have an address for that shortly."
"It's an issue of ownership of the intellectual property rights. There were many, many pieces of this that were put together well before I became executive director of the school," says John Jaques. Jaques says he wants a quick resolution to the dispute - although not one that involves him giving up the intellectual property to the Baxter Academy domain without financial compensation.
"We are still continuing to talk," he says. "My attorney has been in contact with their attorney today, so I'm hoping that on Monday we'll be able to finalize something here. When you have lawyers involved, things don't exactly move quickly."
The board announced it had ousted Jaques on Thursday, citing charges of financial mismanagement. In a statement, the board said Jaques had failed to put the "proper finances" into place for the school's doors to open in the fall.
Jaques denies this, and claims his firing was a precondition of a $250,000 gift from a major donor who wanted Jaques out - a donation, which, according to the board, has secured a $500,000 line of credit from a local bank.
The board denies being pressured by the donor - Portland attorney Daniel Amory - and says it would have removed Jaques anyway.
All this has left some of Baxter's prospective parents a little bemused. "I was completely shocked," says Meg Kursturin, of Gorham. Kursturin has a 14-year daughter who's one of the 160 kids due to go to Baxter Academy later this year.
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Scott Schnapp is executive director of the Maine Association of Nonprofits. He says it's up to the board now to restore confidence in the organization. "I think stakteholders expect the board to clearly explain why they made the decisions that they did," he says.
Two years ago, Maine became the 41st state to legalize charter schools, which are publicly-financed but run independently of the public school system. The aim, say advocates, is to offer more flexibility to students. But critics say they take money away from public schools, and operate without the oversight of a school board.


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I met with Leonora Russo today to catch up find and out what she had been up to. She let me know that she had just finished three movie projects and was awaiting what was in store for her next. She looked as wonderful as ever! Check out some more shots of the ever stylish "Queen of Williamsburg" below.
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An Afternoon with Leonora Russo
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- Pearl Westwood said...
Ah she is one of my favourites! It would be great to read an interview with her and with some of your other regulars!
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- BossyMa said...
the photo of her against the grafitti/mural wall is perfect!
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Divine! A true inspiration!
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- WILLIAM said...
Mrs. Russo's birthday is March 10th. She is currently in Cabrini Center of Nursing and Rehabilitation 542 E 5th St. New York, NY 10009
Phone: (212) 358-3000 She is recovering from a hip replacement operation and would love to hear from friends and fans. Please send her a birthday or get-well card or go visit her. She's lonely and depressed being in the hospital. lots of love, william basinski
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Shaker Heights (Ohio) two-way lineman Donovan Munger has been on the Ohio State recruiting radar for over a year now. The 6-foot-3, 278-pound defensive tackle/offensive guard was one of the standout's at the Buckeye's two-day underclassmen camp last June and has seen his offer list soar during the winter. On Wednesday afternoon, Munger tweeted that Ohio State became the latest school to extend a verbal offer. "Just got the Ohio State offer!" tweeted Munger. Munger has previously scooped up 14 offers from the likes of Auburn, Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Notre Dame, Penn State, and West Virginia, among others and is considered among the top defensive tackle prospects in the state of Ohio. BuckeyeGrove.com will have more on this story as circumstances warrant and will be attempting to reach Munger for further comment.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Authorities say a Chicago Bears fan who came to Jacksonville for the Bears-Jaguars football game died after his throat was slashed inside a bar.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says 42-year-old William C. "Chris" Pettry died early Sunday inside Fionn MacCool's, an Irish-themed restaurant at The Jacksonville Landing.
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(1) To the extent of the availability of funds for such purpose, the Secretary of the Interior shall:
(A) enter into a thirty-year agreement with the College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, to provide educational facilities for the use of, and to develop cooperative educational/arts programs to be carried out with the postsecondary fine arts and museum services programs of, the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and
(1) The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is directed to conduct a study for the purpose of determining the need, if any, for a museum facility to be established for the benefit of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, the feasibility of establishing such museum, and the need or desirability, if any, to establish any such museum in close proximity to the facilities currently being used by such Institute at the College of Santa Fe.
(2) On or before February 1, 1985, the Secretary of the Interior shall report the results of such study, together with his recommendations, to the Congress.
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This new version of the classic game Sims starts with your character as a member of the band, as a celebrity, and eventually become a vampire. The new version Late Night is described as the "return to the open-ended gameplay of the Sims" which is focused mainly in getting your character out of the house and engage into a nightlife. The setting takes place in a brand new town of Bridgeport which contains various bars and clubs where your character can hang around on. The town of Bridgeport was modeled from the famous towns and streets of San Francisco and Los Angeles so you should expect some familiar landmarks and places.
A hot spot will be featured on this game where most of the sims will be often be gathering and having a party. Your sim can level up as much as you want until you reach the 5-star rank. However, your character may also gain low levels of fame which will cause them to enter only small-time clubs. This can be difficult since you will need skills to sneak the bouncers in the bar. Part of the skills that you will need to possess will be to hack the bars' computer in order to gain access to its back door.
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NEW YORK - The National Hockey League (NHL) on Monday announced the cancellation of the 2012-13 regular-season schedule through December 30.
League officials say the cancellations are necessary due to the absence of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHL Players' Association and team owners.
A total of 526 regular-season games, 42.8 percent of the season, were originally scheduled for October 11 through December 30.
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Monday, September 10, 2012
* Leave A "Space" Writing Sticks For Kindergarten
I shared with you the fun I had helping my friend set up her
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Now, I'm going to share another little project I made for her classroom.
The kids in her kindergarten classroom use popsicle sticks to
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on big sentence paper. Last year, she had sticks with a simple astronaut glued
on them - the concept was good but they weren't very cute (no offense, Mrs. P).
We're going for cute this year
so, I asked if I could give them a makeover.
I started with a batch of popsicle sticks
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I did not take a photo of this step = boring.
After both sides had good coverage and were completely dry,
I used a white out pen to add stars - you could also flick the sticks
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Then, I printed out Space Shuttle pictures found and reduced from
Google Images - cut them out carefully and glued them to the sticks
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Oh Mod Podge, how I love thee.
While the Mod Podge was still wet, I added a sprinkle of silver glitter
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The finished sticks look great and Mrs. P was thrilled
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- September 10, 2012 at 8:44 AM
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What a great idea! I'll be making my kindergartener one for sure. Right now, she likes to put hyphens between her words...or hearts! :)
- September 10, 2012 at 11:07 AM
- Michelle said...
Just what I was looking for-we'll definitely be making these tomorrow!
- September 10, 2012 at 7:33 PM
- Angell @ Passionate and Creative Homemaking said...
What a cool idea! My son struggles with that. He's now in second grade so I wonder if I can make him one using a regular size Popsicle stick? Hmmm...
- September 11, 2012 at 8:47 AM
- Partycraft Secrets said...
I love this idea - my daughter is a preschooler - but we've just begun the writing stage and I've resorted to "start a new line" because the "leave a space" has been too hard to explain - you've just solved my problem - I'm pinning this and sharing it on facebook today:
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Ash's Snorlax
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When Ash and his friends arrived at the Grapefruit Islands, they discovered that a Snorlax was eating every grapefruit in the orchards. Eventually, the group, with help from Jigglypuff, managed to stop Snorlax and Ash as well managed to catch it.
Snorlax remained on Ash's team right up until the Orange League final, where it had to be switched with one of Ash's Tauros because it would not wake up. After Ash won the Orange League, he left Snorlax at Prof. Oak's lab on a permanent basis, as he could no longer fuel its large appetite.
In Ring Masters, Ash used Snorlax in the Sumo Conference and it ended up winning. Later on, in Better Eight Than Never, Ash used Snorlax against Clair's Kingdra and it won the battle. During the Johto League, Ash used Snorlax in his battle against his long-term rival Gary Oak. Snorlax defeated Gary's Nidoqueen and Arcanine before being defeated by Gary's Scizor. Snorlax was also used in Ash's next battle against Harrison and defeated his Steelix and Hypno, but was knocked out by Harrison's Houndoom.
Upon Ash's return from Hoenn, along with May and Max, Snorlax made fast friends with May's Munchlax, possibly because of their evolutionary relation. In Wheel of Frontier, Ash used Snorlax in his battle against Greta. Snorlax managed to defeat her Hariyama with an Ice Punch attack and her Medicham with Body Slam.
Snorlax reappeared in An Old Family Blend, where it had gone missing from its Poké Ball, like Ash's other Pokémon. Snorlax was found in the kitchen eating food. Ash tried to use it to battle Team Rocket, but it refused to wake up and accidentally tipped over Team Rocket's mecha. Snorlax was shown defeating an unknown Trainer's Grumpig with Body Slam during the Sinnoh League.
Snorlax will reappear at the lab with all of Ash's other Pokemon in an upcoming episode of Best Wishes Season 2.
Known Attacks
|Body Slam +
|Snack Attack
|Snack Attack
|Mega Kick
|Snack Attack
|Mega Punch
|Bound For Trouble
|Hyper Beam
|Pokémon Food Fight!
|Ice Punch
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|The Right Place and the Right Mime
|Wheel of Frontier
|Wheel of Frontier
|+ indicates this Pokémon used this move recently.*
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Episode Plot
Once again, the time has come. After Cilan lost to her, Ash decides to battle Skyla next with a proper battle. However Skyla predicts she will win again using her "Air Battle" methods. The next day, the time for their battle was nigh. Will her prediction come true? And why is Ash's Tranquill glowing?
- Who's That Pokémon?: Swanna (US) Unfezant (Male Forme) (Japan)
- This episode would be the only time Ash uses his two different Pokémon in a battle with Pikachu that he caught. Which is Tranquill and Krokorok other that his three starter Pokémon Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott.
- This would be Ash's Krokorok's first on-screen battle since it's capture along with his Palpitoad.
- A spectator for the Gym battle resembles Kenta from Beyblade: Metal Fusion.
- This is the second time a person summons out a Krokorok in the gym battle and lost the first match since BW063: Battling the King of the Mines!. But the difference, is that the Driftveil Gym Leader Clay's Krokorok is not wearing a sunglasses like Ash's Krokorok.
- This is the third time when Ash's Pokémon evolved during a gym battle. First, was his Sewaddle evolving into Swadloon in BW025: Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!. Second, is his Roggenrola evolving into Boldore in BW063: Battling the King of the Mines!. This time Ash's Tranquill evolved into Unfezant (Female Form).
- It's true that Skyla said about Ash using Tranquill against her Unfezant when its not "evolved" yet, but when he returns it back and summons out to battle her Swanna, it did evolve.
- This is the second time Ash looked up Unfezant on the Pokedex from the last episode but the difference is it says "females flying skills surpass that of male Unfezants" instead of saying in full paragraph sentence.
- This is the second time Ash tells Pikachu to lure a gym leader's Pokémon in with Iron Tail. First, was Elesa's Tynamo in BW052: Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym! after Ash's Pikachu created a smoke path just for Tynamo to home in on him but its been hit straight back with Pikachu's Iron Tail with a final blow. This time he used it on Skyla's Unfezant as Ash tells Pikachu to finish him off with Electro Ball which causes him to be knocked out.
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KANSAS CITY, mo. —— The man who can do no right is trying to explain why everything is going so wrong. He must know this is a fool's errand.
Romeo Crennel is not crazy. He is not stupid. But when the coach of the sport's worst team stands in front of reporters and cameras and his boss to explain a 10th loss in 11 games, well, this is not Crennel's finest moment.
"I thought our guys played a good football game," he says about a team that is on track for the first pick in the 2013 NFL draft with a roster many picked to make the playoffs.
"I thought it was better today," he says of an offense that gained 264 yards, somewhere around the 15th percentile of production for NFL teams this year.
"We were still in the game until the end," he says of a $1 billion franchise that plays in perhaps the most cutthroat and bottom-line league in American sports.
This is what happens when a thoughtful man becomes the face of a disaster that just lost 17-9 to the Broncos, a game he knows his team could've won.
One of the narratives of this rotten garbage season is that the Chiefs have been unlucky. That, you know, if not for a turnover here or there (their season total of 32 is comfortably the worst in football), they'd be much better.
Well, the Chiefs had just one turnover in each of their past three games and lost all of them.
They actually didn't turn it over until the last play against Denver, and still haven't led in the fourth quarter of any game. They had seven penalties on Sunday, including four false starts that Crennel tried to blame on the Broncos barking defensive calls at the line of scrimmage — a somewhat shady practice that many NFL teams do.
This season has long gone from losing to lost, leaving Crennel awkwardly close to bragging on non-blowout losses. He singles out his quarterback, running back and offensive line for good efforts after a second consecutive game without a touchdown.
He kicked a field goal on fourth-and-short inside the 5, and if he really wasn't sure if the Chiefs would need touchdowns to beat Manning instead of field goals — honest to goodness, his postgame excuse — then he was the only one.
He wasted a fourth-quarter timeout to punt at midfield because he wasn't sure if he should go for it, knowing that part of the job description is to make these decisions beforehand. He is perhaps the most mild-mannered head coach in the NFL, and cameras caught him giving assistant Brian Daboll the verbal business. The cracks are showing.
Last month, Crennel talked of the urgency for better results, saying that every team has a breaking point of hope, where it realizes the tides have risen too high and the effort fractures. That was four losses ago.
This is a man out of answers.
"I was proud of the way they competed," Crennel says, "and (how) they played against a very good football team and particularly here at home in front of the home fans (where) we haven't been very good this year. I was proud about that."
The Chiefs have lost seven in a row in the place formerly known as the NFL's loudest stadium. That wasn't too long ago, actually. Back when Crennel was just the defensive coordinator.
Back when the Chiefs played games that mattered.
For as long as he has his job this season, Crennel will be one of the least envied coaches in sports.
He is now our local version of Steve Spagnuolo or Rod Marinelli, in charge of an inept group of underachievers that — if human nature applies — are now playing for something much harder to define than team glory and a postseason spot.
You don't have to look too hard to see hope's breaking point.
"A lot of people expect a lot of things out of life and they don't go their way," safety Eric Berry says. "This is a game. If you fight back in life, it's easy to fight back in a game. Nobody's dying or anything like that. It's just a bad season. So we gotta finish this out strong and, I hate to say build for next year, but we need to build that momentum going into next year. It just is what it is."
This is one of the Chiefs' most earnest and hard-working players, a bright guy with a refill of football passion after missing virtually all of last season with a knee injury. And with more than a month left, he's reaching for motivation.
While Berry is speaking, Crennel walks by, through the Chiefs' locker room and back toward an office. He wakes up Monday morning trying to excavate hope from the hopeless. This is the worst coaching challenge in sports.
This is now Crennel's life.
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