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A revised Metropolitan Council population projection forecast is in line with Woodbury's expected growth.
The new 30-year forecast, which replaces preliminary numbers issued last fall, indicates a changing mix of households will continue to increase demand for development in suburbs like Woodbury.
"There was a little bit of confusion in the end of 2013 when the forecasts came out and the Met Council seemed to be backing away from a growth trend," Woodbury housing specialist Karl Batalden said. "We're much happier with the revised numbers that they came up with that show the population trends again continue to grow in a healthy manner."
Woodbury's current Comprehensive Plan projects a population growth of 84,000 by 2030, while the Met Council's old model stated a 78,200 number in 2040 – 10 years later, but still 5,800 fewer.
The new forecast released in February projects a 2040 population of 87,200, which is much closer to Woodbury's predictions.
Numerous Washington County cities responded to the Met Council's preliminary numbers that predicted a 900,000 population growth throughout the metro area with Minneapolis, St. Paul and first-ring suburbs seeing a big chunk.
The cities were concerned that underestimating housing and job growth would affect major infrastructure investments already in the works to accommodate growing housing demands.
"In the fall when the numbers came out we were quite surprised that they were as low as they were," Batalden said.
Woodbury responded with "a significant amount of data" to share with the Met Council from a historical perspective where growth has taken place as well as current housing and job growth trends, Batalden said.
"Just demonstrating to the Met Council demographic staff that Woodbury is continuing to position itself to be a vibrant community to live in," he said. "We're making investments on the public side and the private sector is making investment on the private side."
The original forecasts show growth that would have required major redevelopment efforts in older urban cities like Minneapolis and more established suburbs like Bloomington.
But the new numbers use a balanced approach across the board.
"Comments from local officials about the preliminary forecasts showed a clear geographic pattern," said Libby Starling, regional policy and research manager for the Met Council. "Officials from suburban edge communities and rural centers felt the preliminary forecasts were too low, while a number of officials from fully developed communities were concerned that the earlier forecasts exceeded their land supply and growth capacity."
The Met Council releases complete 30-year regional and local forecasts at least once a decade, consistent with state statutes, to provide a foundation for coordinated and consistent planning between the region and local units of government.
Woodbury revises its Comprehensive Plan every 10 years. The Met Council's 2040 projections will not impact the 84,000 population number estimated by the city for 2030, Batalden said.
But the new 87,200 projection will be considered when the city adopts its 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
"The 2040 draft forecast does not impact the adopted 2030 Comp Plan," Batalden said. "But it will certainly be one of the key inputs for the 2040 Comp Plan."
Over the next few weeks, Met Council officials say they invite further discussion of the forecasts. The Met Council will consider adoption of the regional and local forecasts in May.


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|October 11, 2012, 10:32 PM
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However, it's important to understand that both the rifle and shooter errors are random so they don't always end up pointing in the same direction. The rifle's error for a particular shot might be in the 5 O'Clock direction while the shooter's error for that same shot might be in the 11 O'Clock direction (opposite the rifle's error) from the aiming point. The effect on the target in that case would actually be a shorter distance from the center than either of the errors ALONE would have caused.
In fact, the odds that both errors will end up pointing in exactly the same direction (or in exactly opposite directions) are vanishingly small.
So when you try to calculate the group sizes generated by a 1MOA shooter and a 2MOA rifle you have to consider that both the magnitude of the error (distance from the aiming point) and the angle of the error (direction of the error from the aiming point--say 10 O'Clock or 6 O'Clock) are random.
For the expected group size to be generated by a simple addition of 1MOA and 2MOA, the angular error for the rifle and the shooter would have to line up for each shot which is impossible in any practical sense. To calculate the actual expected group sizes of a 1MOA shooter using a 2MOA rifle, one must use techniques for adding random variables.
|October 12, 2012, 06:20 AM
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John, I understand your reasoning.
My point is, the accuracy of a rifle and its ammo is the largest group they shoot. Half its size is the furthest a bullet will strike from where the rifle's aimed. If the rifle's aimed somewhere inside a 1 MOA circle 'cause that's the area it moves around in when held by a shooter, the furthest a shot will land from the edge of that circle is half the size of the rifle and ammo's accuracy.
So, a shooter aiming at a point on the target holds within 1/2 MOA of that point; his area where the sights align is 1 MOA. His desired impact point's in the middle of it. His rifle and ammo's largest groups are 2 MOA. The furthest a bullet will strike from where it's aimed is half that amount; 1 MOA.
Therefore, the resultant group on target should the shooter fire many shots will be 1 MOA of holding plus 2 MOA of accuracy and that's 3 MOA. The shooter's shot will land somewhere between his desired impact point and 1-1/2 MOA away from it. The fewest number of shots will be at the outside edge, but they're still gonna be there. They have to be counted in the measurement of the group he shoots. Most of the shots will be inside about 2 MOA, but not all of them. About one third will be in the 2 and 3 MOA range.
In talking with ballistic folks at Lake City Army Ammo Plant on their 7.62 NATO match ammo tests, I've gained some insight on the realities of accuracy tests. They would shoot a couple hundred shots per test group and they told me the following. It's been their observations for a "rule of thumb" that about 10% of the shots fall in the outer 10% of the group radius, 20% in the next inner 20%, 30% in the next on and finally 40% in the inner 40% of the group's radius. Which correllates well with the mean radius (their standard measurement of accuracy) covering about 70% of the bullet holes; inner 40% and 30% of the shot holes and about 70% of the group's radius. Oft times there would be 5 or 10 holes by themselves at the outer edge of a 200-shot cluster typically about 6 to 11 inches in diameter depending on the quality of the ammo lot tested. Yet those outliers very precicely represented the furthest a bullet would strike from group center or where the rifle was aimed and have to be counted as part of the group. I've seen a couple of their test targets and it's hard, but one can fairly easy identify each bullet hole for measuring its location with reasonable accuracy. They're fired at 600 yards.
Where the rifle's aimed about a desired point for bullet placement by the shooter, any error in that has to be added to the radius of the shot group to determine the maximum miss distance from the desired point of impact.
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|October 12, 2012, 08:34 AM
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Look at it this way,
When I say "out shoot the rifle" I mean if you have a 2 MOA rifle and constantly shoot that rifle at 2 MOA, then its time to move up in equipment.
When I first got my M1A (1977) it was a standard grade. I reached a point in High Power where I could shoot certain scores and could not improve. I could outshoot the rifle.
I gave my rifle to the All Guard Armors at the Wilson Matches (National Guard Championships) who converted it to a Super Match. Only then could I improve to the point I could shoot master scores and get my Distinguished Rifle badge.
You can add 2 MOA plus 1 MOA and get 3 MOA all you want. There comes a point where it is time to move on, or move up rifle wise if you want to improve.
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|October 12, 2012, 09:21 AM
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Kraig, I agree with you. When you can hold better than the rifle and ammo shoots, then you need to get better ammo and rifle. Your rifle and its ammo needs to shoot better than you can hold if best accuracy's the goal. The better that "hardware" is the smaller your groups will be, the higher your scores will be and you'll miss your desired point the least amount.
There are exceptions but I'll not address them here. There's been National champions who've picked a less accurate firearm than what was available because they shot it more accurate than what the could do with the more accurate ones.
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|October 12, 2012, 09:30 PM
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Each shot has a random error associated with it. That error has both a magnitude and an angle. If you consider that the shooter contributes some error and the rifle contributes some error, now each shot is the vector sum of two random errors. That is the combination of two random magnitudes and two random angles.
To get a group of 3MOA, you'd first need a shot where the random error magnitudes of both shooter and rifle are essentially at their maximums and the random error angles of both the shooter and the rifle are lined up in the same direction. Then you need a SECOND shot where both random magnitudes are again essentially at their maximums and the two random angles are lined up with respect to each other but in the OPPOSITE direction of the two random angles of the other shot where everything lined up.
So you need two shots in your group where all of the following are true.
The bottom line is that a X MOA shooter with a Y MOA rifle will shoot groups that are larger than the larger of the two accuracy figures but smaller than X+Y MOA.
|October 13, 2012, 10:58 AM
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Shooter^2 + Rifle^2 = Group^2
A 1 MOA shooter + a 2 MOA rife will produce, on average, a 2.24 MOA group.
|October 20, 2012, 01:14 PM
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Absolutely, a 1 MOA shooter + a 2 MOA rife will produce, on average, a 2.24 MOA group.
And the biggest group will be 1 + 2 = 3. 3 MOA. This happens when all the errors or variables add up directly.
If all the errors for a given bunch of shots cancel each other out, the smallest groups will be zero MOA. Or close enough to not matter.
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|October 20, 2012, 03:35 PM
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Indeed -- as number of groups goes to infinity, the outliers will be 3MOA and 1MOA, but the average "should" be as stated. This thread is a fascinating example of everybody being right, but in different ways, and talking "past" each other.
All of that, of course, assumes that the deviations are truly random (and thus, evenly distributed). They probably aren't, since there are certain phenomena that create these deviations. The result will likely not be random. I would guess that some of the deviations, such as a wobbling hold or inconsistent cheekweld, "tend" to produce linear deviations (rather than "planar", if that distinction communicates) such that you might well approach the "extreme case" of 3MOA more often than root-mean-square indicates.
Nevertheless, 3MOA is a "worst case" given the conditions. Math IS awesome, especially since it includes probability and statistics .
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|October 20, 2012, 07:13 PM
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Assuming that the 1 and 2 MOA figures are hard limits--no shots ever go larger than those limits for the shooter and rifle respectively. (This isn't really a good assumption. In reality the figures aren't hard limits, they are a very simplified representation of the probability distribution of the shots on the target. That's why the MOA figures for 10 shots groups is larger than that obtained shooting 3 shot groups. The more shots you get, the better the representation of the probability distribution you get and the farther the extreme shots are likely to be from each other. But the math gets complicated and I don't want to mess with it so I'm going to assume these are hard limits. It will serve to illustrate the probabilities that explain why it's problematic to think about it in terms of straight addition of accuracy figures.)
Assuming the shot distribution over the magnitude limits are uniform. (This isn't really a good assumption either but it will suffice for illustration. The shot distribution would probably be better modeled with a normal (Gaussian) distrubition but I don't want to fiddle with the math.)
Assuming that we accept magnitudes that are 95% or greater as being sufficiently large.
Then you'd need a group containing about 400 shots in order to get JUST the magnitudes to line up so you'd have a really good chance of getting a group that was 2.9MOA or greater.
That completely ignores the error angles which would also have to line up just right to get a group that large. So...
Making the same general assumptions as above and assuming that the error angles have to line up within 18 degrees (5%) to make everything work, then you'd end up again needing a group with maybe 400 shots before you'd have a really good chance of having JUST the angles lined up just right.
If we assume that the magnitude and angle errors are independent of each other and independent from shot to shot.
Then, to get the magnitudes AND angles to line up just right all at the same time--based on the above assumptions, we would need a group with something like 160,000 shots in it to have a really good chance of getting everything to line up just right.
That's why it's much better to talk about averages when we combine accuracy figures than to try to define maximums. Averages provide useful information. If you talk about maximum group sizes instead of averages, the resultant figures aren't very representative of what is likely to be encountered in the real world.
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|October 21, 2012, 08:36 AM
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John, how many call vs. impact plots for 20-shot groups have you made with 1/2 moa gear fired hand held?
And isn't the average of 2 3 4 5 6 7 & 8 the same as 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 & 6? If these are groups fired with two systems, one is more accurate than the other in spite of having the same average.
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|October 21, 2012, 11:58 AM
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Corrected my post above. Got a 4 where there should have been a 2 and since it was an exponent, it really made a difference.
So if you're getting a wide variance across your groups (as with the first system in your example)--especially with a relatively small number of groups then you won't be able to provide a representative accuracy figure and the combination won't be representative either.
|October 21, 2012, 03:31 PM
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While the odds of both sources of variables adding to the maximum is one in a huge number, nobody can predict the shot it will happen on. Might be in the last thousand, middle hundred or the first ten. Therefore I'll include it in the accuracy measurement of the shooter and his equipment.
Mean radius of a many shot group is better than the average of several few shot ones.
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|October 21, 2012, 03:37 PM
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Sure, it won't hurt anything. On the contrary, you'll be pleased to find that the groups shot will be always be significantly smaller than the accuracy measurement you've chosen to espouse would suggest they should be. It'll be like Christmas every time you measure a group.
I believe the military uses Mean Radius rather than extreme spread because they are less interested with how far the farthest two shots are from each other and more interested in how far the shots land, on average, from the aim point.
|October 21, 2012, 03:51 PM
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I agree but 2.999999 moa is close enough to 3.000000 moa to be insignificant.
|October 21, 2012, 03:57 PM
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The problem is that the figure in question (when combining 1MOA and 2MOA) is not 2.999999 MOA, it's about 2.24MOA. 2.24MOA is significantly different from 3 MOA--especially to someone who's concerned with precision.
You'd actually be better off in this case approximating the result by simply using the larger of the two accuracy figures and ignoring the other entirely than you would be by adding them together.
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Go do the statistics on that to explain why that's reality.
|October 21, 2012, 08:04 PM
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First, a call plot from a dryfire session does not tell the complete story as far shooter accuracy is concerned.
Second, the free-recoiling accuracy of a rifle does not fully characterize its performance from all shooting positions.
I responded to a comment about the combination of a 1MOA shooter and a 2MOA rifle. My response was based on the very reasonable assumption that those numbers were actually representative of the live-fire capability of the two systems and that the testing used to generate those representative figures (including the combined figure) is done under conditions that are reasonably similar.
If one has truly representative accuracy figures for the two systems and those two figures are 2MOA and 1MOA, then the resultant combination for the two systems, under similar testing conditions is going to be about 2.24MOA.
Nothing I've said was intended, nor should it be construed, to mean that it's impossible to construct a scenario whereby it's possible to combine a 1MOA shooter and a 2MOA rifle and get groups that are larger than 2.24MOA. That is certainly possible.
|October 22, 2012, 08:26 AM
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The rifles accuracy with the ammo it shoots is fixed. It doesn't know how its held nor where it's pointed when shot. It performs the same for each and every shot. Where it's pointed and how it's held for each shot it totally controlled by the shooter. Which is why there's 1/4 to almost 2 MOA change in zero across several shooting positions for the same rifle and ammo combination.
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|October 22, 2012, 08:47 AM
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Go buy "Magpul: The Art of The Precision Rifle. Watch all the DVDs. It is a very informative video series. It helped me with the proper shooter position and with a slight pull I had when squeezing the trigger. I shoot a .308, and .243 at up to 800 yards, and a 50bmg, and 338 Win Mag past 800... The best thing is practice and being able replicate results over and over.
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|October 22, 2012, 10:34 PM
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It shouldn't affect the accuracy on target too much as long as the hold is consistent, because from a given position and with a consistent hold the recoil behavior of the rifle should be pretty consistent too.
However, the fact remains that careful shooting from a well-designed machine rest will produce accuracy results that a human can not duplicate from a formal shooting position, even if that shooter can completely eliminate aiming error, wobble and flinch.
All that is assuming a rifle set up so that things like hand positioning and sling tension don't affect the point of impact to any significant extent. Those things are additional complications that can certainly make a big difference in the accuracy of some rifles when shot from different shooting positions.
|October 23, 2012, 07:22 AM
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Regarding rifles fired from good machine rests.....
A friend shot a dozen or so 10-shot groups testing his Win. 70 based match rifle clamped in an identical machine rest as I posted above at 600 yards. The 308 Win. ammo groups were between 3/4ths inch and 1-1/2 inch. He then shot a 40-shot group with the same ammo that went into 1-7/8ths inch. When he hand-held the rifle slung up in prone shooting the same ammo, his groups were in the 7 to 8 inch range on target at the Nationals. He won all three of the 600 yard matches that year. Not too shabby for full length sized cases either.
The best competitors shooting prone hold their aiming area inside about 3/4 MOA. Then try to break their shots inside 1/2 MOA. Such is the way things are when our pulse beat wiggles the line on a Richter scale of vibrations. Best I've observed was in 1997 watching Corky Tyson set the 600-yard prone record shooting all 20 shots inside about 4 inches using aperture front and rear sights.
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3) Many policies will pay for breast reduction if 500 grams (a little more than a pound) or more are removed from each breast.
4) Some policies take your height and weight into account. So that if you are tiny, smaller reductions will be covered. Find out the details of your policy.
5) DON'T get too much of a reduction just to satisfy the insurance company. You will be unhappy with tiny breasts.
6) Your surgeon needs to request pre-certification IN WRITING, and attach as much evidence as possible.
7) Evidence includes letters from your internist, orthopedic surgeon, and/or chiropractor stating that breast reduction will relieve your symptoms.
8) Some companies require that you try "alternative treatments" such as weight loss and physical therapy first.
9) Don't give up. If the first request is denied, demand an appeal.
10) If there is no insurance, and you cannot afford to pay a private surgeon, go to the plastic surgery clinic of a teaching hospital. There, residents do the surgery under supervision, and the cost is minimal. In New York City, we train residents and fellows at Lenox Hill Hospital, and they do good work.
Breast reduction as a covered benefit
Mandatory is not a word used by the insurance industry when it comes to breast reduction and what you should look for in an insurance plan is breast reduction as a covered benefit. Many now refuse coverage, or exclude coverage no matter what kind of complaints you have, or how much breast reduction will improve your life. Even if breast reduction might be covered, there may be a long list of excluding factors which would deny benefits, such as the ability to wear several bras to reduce symptoms instead of surgery. Shop carefully and ask questions.
Best of luck,
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Back pain may be a reason to consider breast reduction
If you are experiencing back pain and have large breasts you may be a candidate for breast reduction which could be covered by your health insurance. I recommend consulting with a plastic surgeon to review your options and determine if you have enough breast tissue to be eligible for this procedure under insurance.
The results are fairly dramatic and your neck/back pain could go away immediately with this surgery.
Best wishes,
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We hear the voices of some artists more frequently than others, but for the others we wait patiently because we expect they will only give us their best–knowing it is worth the wait. Syleena Johnson is one voice in particular that continues not to be silenced, as this diva has planted her footsteps straight out of Chi-town; she has hit impressive milestones over the past few years working with some of the best in the music game such as R. Kelly and Kanye West ("All Falls Down"). Leading up to the release of her fifth studio album Chapter V: Underrated on September 27th, this Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter has done it all and is here to give us more. Syleena was kind enough to speak with Soul Train in the midst of preparing for the release of her latest album to talk about what we can expect to hear in her newest chapter, plans for the future, the music industry, and her influences that have contributed to her music career.
Soul Train: So the big topic of discussion is Chapter V: Underrated. Tell us which artists and producers you worked with on this album and the story behind it–there definitely has to be a new story in this chapter, right?
Syleena: Well, Chapter V: Underrated was produced by Toxic Productions, and I have AK of Do or Die on the intro. Na'Tee is an artist from Louisiana and she's on one of the songs; [so are] my artist Malone and Tweet. Chapter V is called "Underrated" because it is supposed to showcase all of the different elements of my voice and what I can do musically, kind of show why it's underrated so to speak. That's the theme I was trying to go for, but the album title was picked by the fans. So it was their idea, I just rounded it out.
Soul Train: How do you feel you've evolved as an artist since Chapter 4?
Syleena: I'm a lot more focused, I understand the business a lot better, tried to forward the project that I did on my own so it was a really good learning experience. I learned a lot more about the music industry from a label standpoint. I think I'm more mature and more confident in what I want to sound like, and what I want to do without any influence on the outside.
Soul Train: Noticing the constant growth of new artists coming out every day, how easy or hard is it to stay true to your own sound and style?
Syleena: By not listening to the radio. Seriously, and I don't mean that in like a mean way but there are a lot of songs that are out now that I like. Everybody's always trying to talk bad about the industry, and it is in a different place. I wouldn't necessarily say it's in a bad place because you have some good music out there like Adele, Monica's new song which I really like, you have Lil Mo coming out with an album. You just have to search for stuff too, we can't just be so surfaced all the time, just because stuff is on the radio then that's it. Go find what else is out. There are new artists coming out all of the time. We can't just say Jay- Z, Beyoncé, and Kanye came out great so that's the end of the year, you know, we have to go find new artists, we have to go find and search for new music. Beyoncé came out with an album, she had new music. I didn't really like her music this time but I'm a die-hard Beyoncé fan so it doesn't matter to me if I don't really like a particular album, I'll still support it. And I feel like as an artist I know where artists come from, and I'm sure she wasn't in the studio like, 'I'm going to make real terrible music'; she was calmly in the studio like 'I'm going to do something different, this is how I feel, I want to sing like this', and she has every right to do that. Just because it's not one of my favorites of her albums doesn't mean it's bad at all, it's still the same Beyoncé. I love that Lil' Wayne song "How to Love"! That's my jam and I know that he's not a singer and I don't care, I just feel he's artistic, he's doing music, he's doing what he feels. Why can't he do that? I also think there's some mess out there, too, but there has always been some mess, even at the time when I was coming up, there was mess at that time. If you listen to it in the process of making your album–and this has happened to me before–you'll start to pick up on some of this things and you'll start to sound like some of the things subconsciously, so when I'm recording I do not listen to the radio at all. The only thing I listen to is my music.
Soul Train: Coming from a musical background, you grew up during the Soul Train era. How would you say this has contributed to your direction you've taken as a musician?
Syleena: Great. A huge influence. I'm lucky enough to have been exposed to all kinds of music. My main music was classical music actually. That was my baby. I wasn't really that into R&B in the beginning. I was classically trained since my freshman year in high school and I went on to college and trained in classical music, but I started recording mainstream type music, the R&B type music when I was fifteen with my dad. When I got to college, I really started getting into R&B. I just love R&B now, I've always listened to it and danced to it but it was not something that I wanted to do, I just really loved to sing. My first love was classical, I wanted to go all of the way but it's just real hard being a classical vocalist, it's just total and complete isolation from the world, you can't be anywhere, you can't be at clubs, you can't holler, you can't talk loud, seriously total isolation. It's just really difficult. And I developed nodules in my vocal chords so that hindered me as well. But I think having that background has really contributed to my writing, to my melody, being able to sing in classical choirs, taking piano, taking instruments in grammar school and just being full of music all of my life. Always being surrounded by music, choirs, and gospel has enhanced me and has made me a well-rounded musician.
Soul Train: With the release of Chapter V: Underrated, what else is next on your list? A lot of artists are doing Broadway or reality television–do we see any reality TV shows in your future?
Syleena: Reality TV. I'm actually in negotiations with a reality television show right now called "Diary of a Diva" and that is actually going to happen, it's actually going to air in January. That's going to be me, Faith Evans, Nikki Gilbert of Brownstone, Monifah, Angie Stone, Keke Wyatt, and LeLee of SWV. It's about the struggle of R&B in the Black woman category because it's really lacking. We're definitely lacking female R&B music in the industry. Some of us have disappeared. We're going to talk about being mothers and wives. Every last one of us is a mother. And most of us are wives and to live as a celebrity but be in a normal person status is very difficult. You live your life like a normal person but you're a celebrity, so it's contradicting. All of the hustle and bustle of trying to be a career woman and have kids and husbands and trying to deal with each other and unify ourselves as Black women in the industry, that's a dilemma. How we deal with men in the industry, that's a dilemma, and I'm sure everybody wants to see that. Where have we been, what has happened? So that's going to be one of the most awesome shows on television. We have a spot that comes on right after "The Braxtons" on WeTV. The reality show is like the new record deal right now.
Soul Train: Should we expect any drama like "Basketball Wives" on the show?
Syleena: Well, all I can tell you is that anytime you but Black women in a room together, it's definitely not going to run smoothly. The good news is that you're dealing with a group of women who have careers and lives and focus, where we don't really have time to sit around and argue. So it there's drama, which I'm sure there will be, there's definitely going to be resolutions, you're going to be able to see resolutions as well. It's not going to be all we do is "hate her the whole episode"; we're not going to be doing that because we're grown and have kids and that's whack. That's disrespectful, that's a certain line you don't cross. No disrespect to any other shows–I actually watch reality shows and like "Basketball Wives" so no disrespect. I understand an angry Black woman. I just wrote a song about it, it's called "Angry Girl", so clearly I understand. That's just not what our show is going to be. I'm very excited about this show.
Soul Train: Are there any artists that you haven't worked with, that you would like to work with in the future?
Syleena: Yes, I'd like to work with Puffy, I love Puffy. I think he's a phenomenal businessman. Lauryn Hill, Dr. Dre, Timbaland and Missy. That whole set up, I like all of them. Oh and Brandy, I would love to do a song with her one day, she's my absolute favorite.
Soul Train: So can we expect a Chapter 6 in the future?
Syleena: Definitely. There definitely will be a Chapter 6. My goal is to go all the way to 10.
Soul Train: You already spoke about there being a lack of women in R&B. Why do you think that is, compared to the amount of attention given to hip hop and pop right now?
Syleena: Well, that's why: Because there is so much attention on hip hop and pop. The female R&B diva used to be the bomb that was the staple. The Whitney and Mariah area, Mary, they set the standards and they were the focus, and everything else was on the backburner. That was before me. When I was coming up in music just as a music lover, if you were doing hip hop it was important that you got a singer on your song and now it's the other way around. You need to get a rapper on your song. It's taken a shift because hip hop has a much stronger influence in R&B now, so I think that's why it's on the backburner. But I think it's reemerging. Jill just released an album, [as did] Kelly Rowland. I think it's going to do alright and it's going to come back.
Soul Train: While the music industry is always changing, do you favor going the independent artist route over being signed to a major label?
Syleena: Definitely. It has its pros and cons. But the pros outweigh the cons in my opinion. The pros are personal attention, small units, so you have access to everyone. I love the element that they work harder because they're independent, even though indie is the new major. Because what I've found is that the people who work there, because they work at that label they think they are stars, so they don't put in the workload, they don't even have to believe in the artist. So in their eyes, the artist is lucky to even be on their label, compared to a smaller label– they're honored to have that artist on their label, honored to be working with that artist. And that's the place where I want to be. I don't want to be with somebody who thinks they are the stars when they don't do anything but sit in an office. I don't have time for that. I have kids to feed, I'm working hard out here. I was born with this gift, it's not something I was taught to do, so I feel like we're in a partnership. You should be honored to have me on your label and I should be honored to be there. I have to do my part and you have to do yours. That's the problem with major labels–they don't get into their artists like they should as opposed to a smaller label.
Soul Train: What do you remember about Soul Train on television, growing up with Soul Train, favorite Soul Train memories?
Syleena: Growing up with Soul Train, I clearly remember my father (blues artist Syl Johnson) being on there and then being on there myself. That was a huge moment. I remember Shemar Moore was the host and I use to think he was so fine. I was so excited! It was just so monumental because I was on Soul Train and I had grown up watching Soul Train. Remember the Chinese girl with the long hair? She was there! And Don Cornelius comes up to me after the show and tells me, "Your father and I are such good friends", and just talking to me and I was like 'Am I really talking to Don Cornelius?'. It was me and I remember Silk was backstage and they were getting ready to do their taping. And I also presented the Lady of Soul award. Those were my proudest moments.
Be sure to grab your copy of Syleena Johnson's upcoming album Chapter V: Underrated on September 27th, as well as your ticket for her live online album release performance at Stageit.com/SyleenaJohnson. Follow her on Twitter @Syleena_Johnson.
–Danielle Turner
Danielle Turner is a writer based out of Los Angeles, CA. A certified music junkie, she has always combined her love of writing and music to create a formula for doing what she loves and loving what she does. Follow her at Twitter.com/thisisdanielle.


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St. Pat's volleyball coach Shelly Byrn had bittersweet feelings after her teams' five-set loss on Tuesday to Paxton.
"They battled back," said Byrn, who was a little choked up at the moment. "They've faced adversity all season long and I am so proud of the girls, right now."
But without Lawrence, St. Pat's fell 16-25, 25-22, 25-21, 18-25, 15-12 to the Lady Tigers.
The Irish (17-11) got off to a good start. They took an 18-14 lead in the first set after Lawrence served for five straight points and they held on late to go up one set to none.
The second set was pretty even until Paxton (17-8) broke away for a 23-16 lead on a five-point run served by Karlee Schow. Soon the Tigers evened the match up.
Early in the third set, Lawrence went down with a left ankle injury. Since the 6-foot-3 Creighton recruit is such a big part of its offense, St. Pat's struggled and Paxton won the third to move within one set of victory.
But without Lawrence, the Lady Irish had other plans. They took a 13-11 lead in the fourth after Bree Saner served for two straight aces. Then Amanda McClellen made a kill on the next play for a three-point advantage.
St. Pat's held the lead and forced a decisive fifth set.
"We pulled together and won the fourth," Byrn said. "We just came together and we showed great chemistry. We just got better and we just got stronger."
But the Irish fell short in the fifth. Paxton scored the first three points on kills by Austin Hackney and Bailee Schow, as well as a hitting error by Alli Skala.
St. Pat's got back in it and it closed to within 5-4 after a pair of Skala kills and a hitting error by Bailee Schow.
But the Lady Irish couldn't tie or take the lead. The Tigers broke out to a 10-6 and they then had matchpoint at 14-9.
St. Pat's won three points straight with Skala serving before Bailee Schow ended it with a kill on the left side.
"They came out and scored two or three on us," Byrn said. "We just fizzled. That's probably our youth again and we were inconsistent."
The loss ends the regular season for the Irish. Whether Lawrence returns for subdistricts next week or not, Byrn said that she felt pretty good.
"A lot of people will look at the score but I am looking at how the girls pulled together," she said. "That's huge this time of year."
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But like most things in life, the following lesson applies:you get what you pay for. Correctly drawn fonts have built in kerning and usually contain extra glyphs (ñ,ü,ß, etc.) and characters, which is important if your typography purist or are working on a design with non-English text; free fonts often don't contain this.
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I love Storm! I'm too pale to wear strong black eyeliner so I like sketch in a softer, off-black line with a little wing. It does smudge a bit, but so does every eyeliner on me! The texture is on the dry side, but I like it for sketching in my eyeliner: I don't like bold lines. After I get the color on, it seems to intensify a bit with my oily lids and stay in place for the most part, but what makes me rate this product highly is that this is a really perfect color for those of us who want an off-black that isn't too cool (when it leans blue) or too warm (when it leans sepia). It complements my complexion well I think. I got it for $3 at a beauty supply store. The pencil itself is sturdy, and sharpens well because of its' waxy nature. Here's a pic of me wearing it:
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I don't get the negative reviews on this, I will probably keep buying this. Prestige liners are my favorite cheapie ones; they are good quality. In this particular line of eyeliners, I saw a LOT of really beautiful colors. At a fraction of the price of MAC Powerpoint and Kohl liners (which smudge just as this one does on me: my eye shape is such that the color smudges and collects on my eye's outer corner!) which are my usual go to liners, these compare favorably. I will try other colors and report back! : )
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I actually like this product, it's just the color that isn't that great. Storm is as black as you can get by still staying a nice gray color. It's a bit hard to apply, because even though it's smooth it takes a couple times of "going over" before you can actually notice it.
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Via the Blogosphere I found coRD (a Cocoa Remote Desktop tool).
It is great. Not only does it solve the problem of being able to connect to two servers at the same time, but it does it in a nice apple look and feel. Going to my remote desktops doesn't make me shudder anymore.
The ability to keep all the servers in a single window, and then navigate through them is particularly useful. I also like the server drawer option. I'm not a big fan of using a full screen mode to a remote server, but it is available for those who do.
The only feature from the Microsoft RDP client that I miss is the automatic sharing of my drive. It made for an easy way to transfer files between the servers. I can still easily do this through the filesharing options available on the Mac, and I think I actually kinda prefer the more obvious sharing that is done that way.
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Suspended police Chief Thomas LaCroix was stripped from the Waltham city payroll as a consequence of being convicted last week of twice assaulting his wife in their Maynard home last year.
LaCroix faces sentencing next Wednesday, as well as questions on his continued employment with the city and whether the convictions will affect his pension.
Mayor Jeanette McCarthy said Monday that LaCroix was no longer being paid by the city but still is on administrative leave, following his conviction in Concord District Court on two counts of assault and battery.
LaCroix had been on paid leave from his chief's job since his arrest by Maynard police on June 14 2012. He collected $182,358 in salary and other benefits last year, including a $16,814 longevity bonus he received after he was arrested, according to city payroll records.
Waltham's city charter allows the mayor to remove the police chief from office, but requires the mayor to send to the chief a letter stating why. The chief can request a City Council hearing to appeal the decision and request to have a lawyer represent him.
McCarthy would not comment on LaCroix's job status.
"Now that the criminal and constitutional issues have been addressed by the Middlesex district attorney's office and the jury, I will proceed with the administrative end of this," McCarthy said. "It would be inappropriate for me to make any further comment at this time."
She has previously said that the city must conduct its own investigation to determine whether LaCroix should be fired, and that such an investigation would not start until a verdict was reached in the case.
LaCroix did not return phone calls Monday seeking comment.
The Waltham Police Department is being run by Acting Chief Keith MacPherson.
A jury last week convicted LaCroix on charges that he assaulted his wife twice on June 12, 2012, once when he picked her up and threw her in the couple's garage and another time that left her with a bloody, swollen lip.
He was acquitted of charges that he assaulted his wife by slamming her head on a kitchen countertop, that he attacked his wife's friend Shannon Policano, and that he threatened to kill both if they went to police.
The convictions came even though his wife, Andrea, testified that LaCroix never assaulted her.
However, Policano testified that she saw LaCroix assault his wife in the garage. She and two of Andrea LaCroix's coworkers said Andrea had told them that her husband had assaulted her. They also said they saw injuries on Andrea.
Laura Van Zandt, executive director of REACH Beyond Domestic Violence in Waltham, refused to discuss the LaCroix case specifically. However, she said some domestic violence cases do not go to trial because the alleged victim and the alleged attacker say they will work the issues out. They choose a path called "accord and satisfaction," Van Zandt said.
"We see a lot of situations where people are asked to testify, or even when police show up and there is evidence of injury, and it's actually common for someone to say, 'No, nothing happened,' " Van Zandt said. "They'll tell the judge, 'No, we figured this out ourselves,' and the judge can dismiss the case, even if the district attorney's office doesn't want it dismissed."
However, Van Zandt said a bill is pending in the Legislature that would do away with the court unsatisfaction rule in domestic violence cases, by considering a power imbalance between the two parties.
"It's possible for the abuser to threaten the victim with violence to go forward [with a request to dismiss the case], and that can actually create the agreement," she said.
A spokeswoman for the Middlesex district attorney's office, Stephanie Chelf Guyotte, said the court unsatisfaction approach can't be taken if the charges are felonies.
LaCroix faced both felony and misdemeanor charges. He was acquitted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and intimidation of a witness, which are felonies, and convicted on the misdemeanor charges of assault and battery.
In a statement following LaCroix's conviction, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said the case shows "that tragically, anyone can be the victim of domestic violence, even at the hands of someone who has worked to protect and serve the public.
"We urge anyone who is the victim of domestic violence to seek help, support, and utilize all of the resources available to them. No one should ever feel threatened in their home or be afraid to confront their abuser because he or she is in a powerful position."
When he goes before Judge J. Elizabeth Cremens for sentencing, LaCroix faces a possible maximum sentence of 2½ years in jail on each count. But defense attorney Thomas Dreschler said he will ask for probation and expects the district attorney's office will go along with the request. The district attorney's office said they could not speculate on sentencing.
LaCroix, who is 50 years old, has worked for the Waltham Police Department for 26 years, receiving the appointment to chief in 2007. His pension would generally depend on his age, length of service, and salary, but the criminal case could add another element.
Neither McCarthy nor Waltham Retirement Board administrator Joseph Juppé would comment on whether the city would seek to take away or reduce LaCroix's pension. Juppe said he could not answer any questions about general pension policies or procedures.
Boston-based attorney Walter Foster, who specializes in public pension law, said city officials could make a "strong argument" that LaCroix should forfeit some or all of his pension.
Foster said the state allows a pension to be taken away if a person has been convicted of a crime related to his or her office.
"I know there are similar cases where arguments have been made for forfeiture because police officers are sworn to uphold the law, and people say, 'Here you are, breaking it,' " Foster said.Jaclyn Reiss can be reached at email@example.com.
Correction: Due to a reporting error, an earlier version of this story misquoted Laura Van Zandt, executive director of REACH Beyond Domestic Violence in Waltham, and Stephanie Chelf Guyotte, spokeswoman for the Middlesex District attorney's office. Both women discussed a legal process that is sometimes used in domestic violence cases. That process is accord and satisfaction.


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|xxx, 247 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm
|From Scotland to Wisconsin : in the fullness of nature's glad wildness --
Canada and Indianapolis : to botanize in glorious freedom --
Kentucky to the Gulf of Mexico : scarce a familiar face among the flowers --
California : the High Sierra and Yosemite --
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|Bonnie J. Gisel ; with images by Stephen J. Joseph ; foreword by David Rains Wallace.
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The leaders of France and Germany have marked the 50th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty, which sealed their reconciliation after World War II. French flags are flying beside those of Germany in Berlin.
President Francois Hollande told a joint session of their parliaments in Berlin that a generation had grown up knowing only peace and democracy.
But he warned that they faced "an economic and social crisis of unprecedented duration".
Chancellor Angela Merkel said the two states would work on deeper economic and fiscal integration.
The Elysee Treaty was signed by Charles de Gaulle of France and Konrad Adenauer of Germany on 22 January 1963.
''I'm very happy with what France and Germany have been able to accomplish to get the eurozone out of its crisis,'' said Mr Hollande on Wednesday. "If you look at the results, it's clear we're on the same wavelength."
However, the BBC reports the two countries remain at odds on several issues, including how to deal with the eurozone crisis.
President Hollande - who is pushing for fresh spending to bolster growth - believes that the Germans are wrong to place such emphasis on austerity and cutting deficits.


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In 1912, about 400 people came to West Side Park this afternoon to hear the Hon. Perry Belmont of New York speak on Democratic Party principles. Among those in the local welcoming committee were Capt. J.R. Trevett, D.C. Dobbins, J.B. Busey, Mayor Coughlin and H.J. Robinson. They met Belmont on the noon Illinois Central train.
In 1962, civil defense officials called results of a countywide practice alert good but expressed concern that few people knew how to respond to siren warnings. A steady siren blast, the universal signal of a probable air attack, sounded between 10 and 10:15 a.m. The practice alert was hurriedly prepared as tension mounted throughout the country over an arms quarantine of Cuba called by President Kennedy.
Record high today?
The record high in Champaign-Urbana for Oct. 24 is 80 degrees, set in 1899. The National Weather Service is forecasting a high today of ... 80 degrees!
The average high on this date is 62 degrees.
Meister, Hays endorsed by Tribune
From the Chicago Tribune ...
"103rd District: Rob Meister is an Italian restaurant owner from Champaign who decided to run for office after growing tired of reading about corruption and pension abuse in the newspapers. He is a fiscal conservative with real-world experience in the state's regulatory environment. Reduce burdens placed on small businesses, and they'll grow, he says. He is endorsed over Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-Urbana. He says she's "a nice woman who is there when someone wants to talk to her" but hasn't done much to move the ball forward on the issues crippling Illinois' finances. We agree. The GOP's Meister is endorsed.
"104th District: Freshman Rep. Chad Hays, R-Catlin, is outspoken about the state's financial mess. He supports comprehensive pension reform and altering school funding formulas that, he says, favor Chicago over downstate. We don't agree with him on everything — he says he would vote "hell no" on shifting teacher pension costs to local schools — but we appreciate his candor. He was the only legislator from his region to support a bill forcing state government retirees to pay toward their health insurance premiums. Democrat Michael Langendorf is an impressive, well-informed school social worker from Urbana. We wish he were running in a different district. Hays deserves more time to detonate the status quo. He is endorsed."
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Biggest 'indepenedent' congressional contest spending is downstate, not in Chicago area
This morning's update from the Federal Election Commission shows the amount of spending by outside or "independent" groups in six Illinois congressional districts this fall:
17th -- $6.9 million
11th -- $5.9 million
13th -- $4.64 million
12th -- $4.39 million
10th -- $4.32 million
8th -- $3.38 million
But if you listened to National Public Radio last night, you'd think Illinois' big battleground contests were in the Chicago area, in the 10th and 11th districts. The FEC numbers show, though, that two of the top three are downstate ...
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The Slovaks didn't wait for the clock to strike midnight to celebrate New Year's Eve.
A four-goal third period scoring binge gave Slovakia a 6-4 victory over Switzerland.
Matus Chovan scored a hat-trick and said the celebration was already on.
"We're going to celebrate but it's not going to be something huge because we have a game in a couple of days," Chovan said through teammate-turned-interpreter Tomas Jurco.
That game will be a quarterfinal tilt against Finland Monday (7 p.m. at the Dome).
The Slovaks scored four times in a span of 4:29 in the final frame to turn a 4-2 deficit into the 6-4 win.
Jurco, who had four assists said the come-from-behind win is huge for his country.
"This is a big thing for our small country," Jurco said. "A lot of families are cheering and supporting us.
"We are a really strong team. We scored four goals so that shows our big heart."
Tomas Matousek, Martin Marincin and Martin Gernat also lit the lamp for Slovakia, which last medalled in 1999 (bronze).
Joel Vermin had a pair of goals while Sven Andrighetto and Tanner Richard chipped in with singles in a losing cause.
It was a devastating loss for the Swiss, which had expected to compete in the medal round.
"My disappointment is big," Vermin said. "We were leading twice by two goals and we lose the game.
"Now we go to the relegation round. That's just terrible."
Switzerland will face Denmark Monday (11 a.m. at the Saddledome) in the releagtion round.
Swiss goaltender Lukas Meili, who turned in a heroic 50-save performance against the Swedes last time out, wasn't able to come up with a repeat performance and was yanked after surrendering five goals on 28 shots.
Slovakia starter Juraj Simboch made 24 stops to pick up the win.
Richard gave the Swiss a two-goal cushion 47 seconds into the final frame, but then the roof caved in.
Matousek and Marincin scored 51 seconds apart to bring the Slovaks even.
Chovan completed his hat-trick with the eventual game-winner and then Gernat gave the high-flying Slovaks some insurance.
The Slovaks stayed on the ice after the game and formed a large huddle at centre ice where they sang a song.
"The song is from when the Slovakians won the gold medal at the world championships in Sweden in 2002," Jurco explained.
"It's a Slovakian song that reminds us of that. It's about believing. We play it before the game and it gets us pumped."
Slovakia outshot the Swiss 31-28.
Richard took advantage of a slow linechange by the Slovaks in the opening period. His high shot was stopped by Simboch, but Vermin cashed in his third of the tournament on the rebound.
Brandon Wheat Kings import Alessio Bertaggia made a perfect pass from behind the net 1:05 later and Andrighetto one-timed it for a 2-0 lead.
The Slovaks responded just over a minute later when Ceresnak's shot from the side boards went off a Swiss defender and landed on the stick of Chovan, who made no mistake.
Things got physical late in the period. Swiss defenceman Dario Trutmann rattled the glass and Slovak forward Michal Toman with a thunderous hit.
Slovak Michal Cajkovsky delivered a big open-ice hit but whisted for elbowing.
Vermin potted his second of the night on a two-man advantage in the second period, walking in from the blueline and beating Simboch to the blocker side.
Chovan kept the Slovaks in it with his second of the afternoon four minutes later. With a delayed penalty being called against the Swiss, Tomas Jurco got the puck out front to Chovan, who shoveled it under Meili's pad.
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FYI/TMI: Russian Dancers Harlem Shake Their Way To Jail
(In an effort to keep you fully informed, and fully entertained, below we present today's FYI and TMI — news you need and news that's, well, sometimes needless….)
Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy To Resign
Internet radio service Pandora announced its President/CEO Joe Kennedy will be stepping down to "recharge," according to Billboard.biz. Kennedy, who joined Pandora in 2004, will resign once the company names a replacement. The announcement comes on the heels of Pandora's fiscal year-end report, which showed a revenue increase of 56 percent to $427.1 million. Pandora's mobile revenue rose 105 percent to $255.9 million.
Russian Dancers Harlem Shake Their Way To Jail
The Harlem Shake, an internet meme inspired by Canadian producer Baauer's No. 1 hit of the same name, has been performed everywhere from college campuses to airplanes, and now possibly in jail thanks to five dancers who were arrested for shaking on a WWII memorial in Russia. Police arrested the dancers after they posted a video on YouTube of them cutting loose on a WWII tank in tribute to an army friend.


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text: Coal industry competition made mines bigger By Ken Ward Jr. June 6, 1999 Story Share In July 1997, Arch Mineral Corp. acquired Ashland Coal Inc. The merged companies formed St. Louis-based Arch Coal Inc., the largest coal producer in West Virginia.Arch Coal's West Virginia operations mined 26.9 million tons of coal in 1997, just enough to edge out the longtime top producer, Consolidation Coal. Arch Coal owns four of the five largest surface mines in West Virginia. All four are mountaintop removal jobs. They produce 16 million tons of coal a year.But competition to sell that coal is fierce. The main threat to West Virginia operators is cheap coal from huge Wyoming surface mines, industry officials say.Ten years ago, Wyoming produced 181 million tons of coal a year, about one-fifth of U.S. production. Today, Wyoming produces 320 million tons of coal annually, nearly a third of nationwide production.Over the same period of time, central Appalachia's share of national coal production has remained the same, about one-fourth."The pricing power and market share of West Virginia's coal has been eroded by competition from Wyoming's Powder River Basin," a task force appointed by Gov. Cecil Underwood concluded in November.In Wyoming, coal seams are 100 feet thick. Coal companies remove 20 or 30 feet of rock and earth to reach them.West Virginia coal seams are much thinner, and the rock and earth above them much thicker. Coal companies remove 100 feet of rock and earth to reach a couple of coal seams. If they're lucky, each is 2 or 3 feet thick.Wyoming coal costs much less to mine. Ohio River power plants can afford to haul it across the country. By 2000, central Appalachian coal will cost one of American Electric Power's plants in Mason County $1.27 per million Btu. Powder River Basin coal will cost the same plant $1.22 per million Btu."There is no room for costs for central Appalachian coal to go up," said Jerry Eyster, a Washington-based coal consultant. "The marketplace will shift further to western, Powder River Basin coal, and Appalachian production will decline."So far, West Virginia mines have only kept pace by producing more coal with bigger equipment and fewer workers."It takes these large-type mines to create this type of volume," said Ken Woodring, executive vice president of Arch Coal. "This is by far the best approach." In 1986, the average coal miner in West Virginia produced 4,000 tons of coal a year, according to the state Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training. By 1996, the average miner produced 8,000 tons a year.A decade ago, West Virginia produced 152 million tons of coal a year. Nearly 25,000 miners were working. Last year, West Virginia produced 171 million tons of coal. About 18,000 miners had jobs. Surface mines played a big role in the state's increased productivity.Twenty years ago, only about 10 percent of West Virginia's coal production came from surface mines. Today, about a third of the state's coal is produced by surface mines.In 1997, the average surface miner in West Virginia produced 46 tons of coal per day, according to the West Virginia Coal Association. The average underground miner produced 38.5 tons per day.Mountaintop removal miners are the most productive of all. Draglines can move 4,000 cubic yards of material an hour, according to a report by the Marshall Miller Associates consulting firm. Conventional loaders can move only 1,600 cubic yards an hour. Dozers move about 600."MTR methods are essential to maintain the state's present levels of coal production," the governor's task force concluded. "The lower production costs of MTR have contributed significantly to maintaining West Virginia as a competitive coal producer."More than many in the West Virginia coal industry, Bob Bays understands how competitive Wyoming mines are. He manages Arch Coal's West Virginia mines. On July 1, 1998, Arch Coal bought the western coal holdings of Atlantic Richfield Co. The purchase included huge surface mines in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. Some of these mines dwarf Arch's West Virginia operations. One mine alone, the Black Thunder, produces more than all of Arch's West Virginia mines combined.When West Virginia mines need a new dozer or truck, Bays has to compete with Wyoming. If mines there will make more money, Arch Coal invests there instead of here."We compete internally for those investment dollars," Bays said. "If we can't do that, nothing else matters."Woodring has an even bigger problem. He has to make sure Arch Coal can get people to buy stock in a coal company instead of a software firm or some other business.In 1998, Arch Coal made its investors a 6.5 percent return on their money, Woodring said. The Standard & Poor's average return on investment was about 21 percent, Woodring said."I don't know what's acceptable, [but] certainly, I would like to see us have a 20 percent return on investment, instead of a 6 percent return on investment," Woodring said. "That is an unacceptable level of performance, and we have to improve." To contact staff writer Ken Ward Jr., call 348-1702. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 Plans for all-ages venue rise in old bakery building 3 Judge gives water crisis settlement preliminary approval 4 Body found in Kanawha River, near South Charleston 5 Andrew N. 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Taking over for an elected official who spent 20 years in office isn't easy.
Christine Pauley took on that challenge when she defeated incumbent Diana Cordray in May to become Carmel's clerk-treasurer.
But adding to the difficulty was the fact that Pauley, who came in without any prior exposure to the office, had to close out the city's 2015 documents less than a week after she took over the job on Jan. 1. That came without much of a transition from her predecessor, Pauley said.
Now that she's settled into the job, Pauley has made some sweeping changes to the Clerk-Treasurer's Office.
She's established a bond bank to help manage the city's more than $200 million in bonds. She's reorganized the office with new staff in new positions. And she said she's looking to save the taxpayers' money by analyzing city contracts and financial tools, such as payroll systems, to find the most efficient way possible.
When Cordray left office, it was uncertain what would happen to her staff. Many of her employees had been with the city for more than a decade and were loyal to Cordray. Pauley said she allowed any of those six staff members to apply for the openings, which are slightly different from the previous positions. Two applied, but none of the previous staff were chosen.
Pauley hired seven staff members, one more than her predecessor, but one staff member is part time. There were increases in pay because Pauley hired two certified public accountants to help manage the city's finances. Previously, no CPAs were on the staff. The increased salaries were offset by no longer utilizing a consultant's budget, which was used by Cordray to hire Mike Shaver to work on projects relating to the Carmel Redevelopment Commission.
In the past, City Council President Ron Carter was very critical of Cordray's use of consultants, saying it was done for only politically-motivated projects, such as a report that was sent to the media about the threat of Carmel's debt leading to a special benefits tax.
In order to help smooth the transition into becoming a second-class city, Carmel created a "bond bank," which is a municipal corporation that provides debt management services for a city. It's a board of individuals, hand-selected by Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard. Bond banks can save taxpayer money by becoming a well-known entity for bond investors. It also allows the city to consolidate and lock in lower interest rates. The bond bank cannot create new debt, only manage the debt that already exists.
Critics complained about the makeup of the board, because it isn't filled with bond experts. Pauley said it was important to have a diverse group of taxpaying citizens to provide input and transparency. She runs the board and the bond bank holds monthly meetings that are open to the public.
Pauley pointed out that before the bond bank's creation, many of these financial decisions could be made behind closed doors, but this system creates more transparency.
Pauley said there are plenty of little things she's vowed to change since she's taken office. She said she's cracking down on gifts given to the office by potential vendors. She said banks would drop off gifts such as pizzas or potted plants or other items so they would be chosen for the city's financial services. She said decisions won't be made that way, and she's ordered that many of the city's current contracts be bid out again since they haven't changed in many years.
"There's no funny business," she said. "We're here to do the people's business."
She's looking at possibly changing the city's payroll system and using a system that's compatible with Carmel Clay Parks.
She has attended and sent her staff to many statewide conferences to stay up-to-date on financial practices and reporting requirements.
She's even trying to fix inaccuracies in bookkeeping. She said many files were kept on hard copy only in filing cabinets. She said her predecessor only had one person handle some functions such as payroll, and she found a mistake where someone entered in the number nine instead of six while doing payroll, which led to Judge Brian Poindexter being overpaid by around $1,800. Pauley said she had to ask for that money back, and he complied.
As a result, Pauley is now requiring that many financial practices such as payroll or accounts receivable have two people sign off before it can be finalized.
Pauley said she's trying to improve cooperation with the Carmel City Council and the Mayor's Office, but she isn't afraid to tell someone if they are doing something the wrong way.
"This office is independent from the mayor but we are part of a bigger wheel," she said.
Initiatives of Clerk-Treasurer Christine Pauley:
- Prepare for transition to become second-class city led by controller
- Review all systems for cost efficiencies and paper flow reduction
- Establishing a Bond Bank within the fiscal office
- Build stronger relationships with fiscal officers at other Indiana municipalities
- Analyze current in-house payroll systems versus third-party payroll systems in terms of cost savings and reporting requirements
- Competitively bid out city financial services contracts including lock box and treasury management
- Enhance use and knowledge of Laserfiche, a system for posting city documents online


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Get an overview of this hotelEco-friendly Madrid hotel in Chamartin, near Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
Popular property highlights
Located in Chamartin, this eco-friendly hotel is 1.2 mi (1.9 km) from Parque de Berlin and within 3 mi (5 km) of Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and Las Ventas. Cuatro Torres Business Area and Torre Cristal are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
Along with a restaurant, this hotel has a fitness center and a bar/lounge. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a coffee shop/café, a conference center, and self parking.
Room Amenities
All 214 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and room service. For entertainment, flat-screen TVs come with satellite channels, and guests can also appreciate comforts like pillow menus and down comforters.
Guest Highlights
- Spacious guestrooms
- Proximity to public transit and airport
- Convenient parking
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
Hotel ILUNION Pio XII
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms.
Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Event facilities measuring 4306 square feet (400 square meters) include a conference center. This eco-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 214
- Multilingual staff
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Wedding services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Business center
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 7
- Meeting rooms 6
- Terrace
- Conference space size (feet) - 4306
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Conference center
- Conference space size (meters) - 400
- Year Built 2002
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Room service (limited hours)
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Private bathroom
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Bidet
- Desk
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Flat-panel TV
- Soundproofed rooms
- Turndown service
- Free toiletries
- Shower/tub combination
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Down comforter
- Pillow menu
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM.
Pio XII Restaurant - This brasserie serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 14.00 for adults and EUR 7.00 for children (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 15.00 per day
- Late check-out fee: EUR 20.00
Hotel Name
- Confortel Pio
- Confortel Pio XII
- Confortel Pio XII Hotel
- Confortel Pio XII Hotel Madrid
- Confortel Pio XII Madrid
- Pio XII Confortel
- Hotel ILUNION Pio XII Madrid
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- ILUNION Pio XII Madrid
- ILUNION Pio XII
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.


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ahh, very funny
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It's a soda, sort of a French version of Sprite. It was created by Perrier in 1954 and Chirac famously mentioned it in an interview in 2001.


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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wants to learn about unified Internet Protocol communication systems that could cut its operating costs.
The Commerce and Agriculture departments received 2,200 applications for broadband projects.
Commerce Department and Small Business Administration officials plan more than 200 events before mid-October.
The FCC is considering requests to form a broadband network for first responders rather than waiting for the commission to create a nationwide network.
Federal Computer Week convened a virtual roundtable with three telework program managers that run some of the most successful programs in government to find out what works with new telework programs — along with the major remaining stumbling blocks.
Facebook and Twitter make it possible for government agencies to communicate and interact with the public in ways not possible just two years ago. But these social media tools also create new types of security risks that agencies must anticipate and plan for.
Support is growing for proposals to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission additional authority to act during an emergency involving a cyberattack on the country's electric power system.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said cybersecurity is among its priorities for standards being developed for the country's next-generation, technology-enabled electric grid.
Bills pending in the House and Senate would create inventories of RF spectrum managed by the NTIA and FCC, along with a Web portal to make the information public.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration wants volunteers to review applications for $4.7 billion in grants for broadband expansion.
The General Services Administration has released a list of 86 federal agencies that have awarded contracts to telecom providers through the Networx contract.
In a recent interview with Federal Computer Week's acquisition editor, Matthew Weigelt, Ed O'Hare, assistant commissioner of the Office of Integrated Technology Services at GSA's Federal Acquisition Service, clarifies and expands upon his comments made during a panel discussion at the Washington Technology Top 100 Conference.
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