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Could you tell me if we should be aiming for certain portions in these recipes? I'd love it if it didn't matter, of course, hoping that somehow the foods themselves will help reduce my hunger pains, but my weight loss has slowed, not surprisingly, when I don't look at how much I am eating. The main issue for me is that for various reasons I cannot just limit my eating to three meals as I need to eat more frequently and in smaller amounts, making it more difficult to know overall how much I eat.
Also, I noticed that the basic grocery list doesn't appear to include all ingredients for all the recipes...it would be helpful if it did have the specific vegetables in the recipes, for instance...
Serving sizes do not matter! That's the best part!
The basics list is just to get you started, making no assumptions about what recipes you might choose to try. You can, however, print a grocery list from the menu by choosing the "Print the grocery list for the 21-Day Meal Plan" option.
I hope that helps!
Susan Levin, MS, RDPCRM Director of Nutrition Education
Just saw how to reply to your message...Okay, so does that mean it's okay to eat more frequently as long as I eat from the suggestions? If I don't lose weight, is it more a matter of eating too much of some of the more fatty foods, such as nuts and dried fruit? I have to admit that they are more of a temptation! Thanks...
That's right. Eat all you want of fruits, vegetables, beans, and grains. Definitely not the case with nuts and seeds and other fatty foods: http://pcrm.org/health/diets/pplate/what-about-nuts-and-seeds.
Thanks, I suspected as much! One last question...are dried fruits worse than fresh? I do find dried apricots particularly tempting!
Dried fruits have less water so are much easier to over consume. For example, I can sit down and eat probably 10 prunes but 10 plums would be much trickier and more time consuming. I wouldn't be too worried about it unless its displacing a variety of other foods. I'd also avoid dried fruits that have added sugar or other additives.
It is the quality of the food, not the quantity. I experimented with this in January. I ate restaurant-sized portions three times a day plus snacks. Everything was whole-food, vegan, and low-/no-fat. I didn't gain weight and dropped my body fat percentage. It works.
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Oh good I was wondering about portion sizes too. I always enjoyed food but now I love every mouthful so I eat more. I try to keep my dry fruit and nuts to just occasional snacking like twice a week but I do like my pretzels. Anyone know of wholegrain alternative in the UK?
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Okay, mates. Based on your authorial suggestions, I've six books waiting for me at the library (keep in mind that these represent just about everything I can get through our inter-library loan system).
Knees up mother earth / by Robert Rankin.
Retromancer / Robert Rankin
The witches of Chiswick / Robert Rankin.
That angel look / Mike Ripley.
Playing the Moldovans at tennis / Tony Hawks.
Angels in arms / Mike Ripley.
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A Collaborative Effort by Researchers at Intermountain Medical Center and the University of Utah Identifies a New Approach to Personalize the Prevention of Pre-term Birth
Jess Gomez
New research findings that physicians from the Intermountain Medical Center fetal medicine program helped play a key role in discovering may soon help doctors personalize pre-term birth prevention treatments by identifying which women at higher risk for preterm birth will be helped by progesterone injections.
Injections of one type of progesterone, a synthetic form of a hormone that is naturally produced during pregnancy, have been shown to reduce the risk of recurrent preterm birth by about a third.
Nearly half a million babies are born too soon each year in the United States. Pre-term birth (birth before 37 weeks of pregnancy) is the leading cause of newborn death, and babies who survive an early birth often face an increased risk of a lifetime of health challenges, such as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities and others. Even babies born just a few weeks early have higher rates of hospitalization and illness than full-term infants. It is a serious health problem that costs the United States more than $26 billion annually.
Tracy Manuck, MD, assistant professor of Maternal Fetal medicine and co-director of the University of Utah Prematurity Prevention Clinic at the University of Utah Health Care, is the chief investigator of the study, which received the prestigious March of Dimes award for best research in prematurity at this week's annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Manuck worked closely with a team of collaborative investigators from the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare's Maternal Fetal medicine program at Intermountain Medical Center, including Marc Jackson, MD, Sean Esplin, MD, and Michael Varner, MD, to understand why progesterone treatments prevent preterm birth for some women, but not for others.
The team hopes to determine whether there is a way to personalize the treatment of women at risk for preterm birth based on their genetic makeup.
Their latest findings, titled "Genetic variation in key biologic processes may influence response to 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P) for recurrent preterm birth" were presented at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine's 34th annual meeting in New Orleans.
"This is the first step in using pharmacogenomics to prevent preterm birth," said Edward R. B. McCabe, MD, March of Domes chief medical officer. "There is a group of women in whom progesterone will be effective and others for whom it will not be and who will need different treatments. Knowing which group a woman belongs to would fast track her to the proper treatment. The goal is to find personalized treatments that work for individuals to prevent preterm birth."
Dr. McCabe presented the team with the prestigious March of Dimes award for Best Abstract in Prematurity. This is the second time in five years that this collaborative team has won this award. Dr. Manuck was the principal investigator on both studies. Dr. Manuck and her colleagues at Intermountain looked at 50 women followed in a prematurity prevention clinic headed by Dr. Esplin at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah.
All of the women received progesterone treatment, but some delivered prematurely despite treatment. The team then sequenced all of the areas of the women's genomes that code for proteins and general biologic pathways that are involved in progesterone metabolism. They found that several genes and mutations were more likely to be expressed in women who did not respond to progesterone.
"There are a lot of reasons that women have pre-term babies, and there is not going to be a single "fix" that cures the problem for everyone," says Dr. Jackson. "But this research is important because it can help identify women who would benefit from treatment with progesterone, lowering their risk for preterm birth. And it may be especially important in some families who have multiple women – sisters, aunts, and cousins - having premature babies, as they can share a genetic predisposition for preterm birth."
Intermountain supports work such as this in several ways.
This research received financial support from the Intermountain Research and Medical Foundation. The study is also part of an ongoing clinical effort to reduce pre-term births in Utah, including the Prematurity Prevention Clinic in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Intermountain Medical Center that is staffed by Dr. Esplin.
This clinic, which focuses on the pregnancy care of women who have already had one pre-term baby, has shown that specialized care can lower the rates of recurrent preterm birth and NICU admission. The results from that clinic have already been published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, with Drs. Manuck, Esplin, and Jackson as authors with others.
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The décor at this pint-size NoPo pub and bottle shop might scream Wisconsin (Green Bay Packer paraphernalia abounds), but the beer list is an ode to Old World delights. Opened in 2008, this 12-table bar and bottle shop boasts one of the biggest collections of European beers in the city, with some 66 to choose from, including an especially impressive collection of Belgians, like potent Koningshoeven Quadruple and a surprisingly tasty gluten-free variety of Green Quest Tripel. But don't worry, Midwesterners, they've still got Hamm's on tap, just for you. —Kasey Cordell
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Homebrewing in the Bay Area
By Jay Brooks
Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 12:48 pm in On Beer
My next column is about learning to homebrew, so here are some resources in the Bay Area to get you started.
Homebrewing Supply Stores
- Barley and Wine (Modesto)
- Beer and Wine Makers of America (San Jose)
- The Beverage People (Santa Rosa)
- BrewMaster (San Leandro) [online sales only]
- Fermentation Solutions (Campbell)
- The Good Brewer (Livermore)
- HopTech Homebrewing Supplies (Dublin)
- J&M Brewing Supplies (Novato)
- Napa Fermentation Supplies (Napa)
- Oak Barrel Winecraft (Berkeley)
- Portable Potables (Santa Cruz)
- MoreBeer (Concord, Los Altos)
- San Francisco Brewcraft (San Francisco)
- Seven Bridges Co-op Organic Homebrew Supplies (Santa Cruz)
- Williams Brewing (San Leandro) [online sales only]
Homebrew Clubs
- Affinity Home Brewing Club (San Jose)
- Almaden Brewers (San Jose)
- Bay Area Brew Crew (South San Francisco)
- Bay Area Mashers (Berkeley)
- Brewbirds Of Hoppiness (Pacifica)
- Central Coast Zymurgeeks (Capitola)
- Coast Masters of Pacifica (Pacifica)
- Cotati Home Brewer's Collective (Cotati)
- Delta Brewing Club (Antioch) [new website live mid-February]
- Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts a.k.a. DOZE (Diablo)
- Draught Board Homebrew Club (Oakland)
- The Grain Trust (SanJose)
- Grand Order of Beverage Enthusiasts (Daly City)
- The HeadQuarters (Campbell)
- Hetch Hetchy Hop Heads (Redwood City)
- Hollister Hoppers Homebrew Club (Hollister)
- HOME Brewers (Petlauma) [no website]
- Kettle-2-Keg (Martinez)
- Mad Zymurgists (Pleasanton)
- Marin Society of Homebrewers (Napa)
- Modesto Mashers (Modesto)
- Motown Brewers (Modesto)
- Napa Bung Brewers a.k.a. BUNG (Napa)
- The Odd Grogs (Healdsburg)
- Redwood Coast Brewers Association (Santa Cruz)
- The San Fermenters Homebrew Club (San Francisco)
- San Francisco Homebrewers Guild (San Francisco)
- Santa Clara Valley Brewers (Santa Clara)
- Santa Cruz Craft Beer (Santa Cruz)
- Silicon Valley Sudzers (South Bay)
- Sirwisa Brewing Collective (Mill Valley)
- SF Base Malts (San Francisco)
- Sonoma Beerocrats Homebrewing Club (Santa Rosa)
- Sonoma Valley Homebrewers Alliance (Sonoma)
- Stanford Brewing Club (Palo Alto)
- Trout Gulch Brewers (Aptos)
- Worts of Wisdom Homebrewers (San Jose)
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Wendell Taylor, one of six finalists for the county administrator's job in Walton County, was terminated as county manager of Glades County in 2012 when charges of bullying behavior were leveled against him.
Asked about the charges Wednesday, Taylor responded by reading a letter from a law firm that investigated the case and cleared him of all wrongdoing.
"And if I'm called over there for an interview and they want me to verify the report, I'll read it to them, too," he said.
Taylor was ousted on a 3-2 vote of the Glades County Commission on Nov. 26, 2012. Two employees, a maintenance tech and a 911 coordinator, had filed complaints alleging he used coarse language and made threats against employees.
The law firm of Allen, Norton & Blue investigated the charges, Taylor said, and concluded that neither state or federal laws nor county ordinances had been violated.
Taylor, who was the Glades county manager for seven years before he was fired, also noted that he had been terminated without cause by the Jackson County Commission after six years as administrator there.
"The average term of a county administrator in the state of Florida is less than two years," he said. "I've worked for two counties and done it for 13 years."
The only other administrator candidate who checked "yes" on his application when asked if he'd been fired from a job was Larry Jones, Walton County's present special projects coordinator.
Jones, a Walton County commissioner for 12 years, was terminated as Waste Management's government liaison when an ethics complaint was filed against him with the state of Florida.
That complaint ultimately was dismissed.
Candidate Richard Hampton noted on his résumé that he'd left the county manager/clerk position in Jackson County, Ga., in 2011 when the political climate became unbearable.
"Changes in priorities and projects fostered dissension," Hampton wrote. "I became the center of this and saw no alternative to resolve it other than resign."
Other candidates include Jack Brown, who has been the county administrator in Taylor County since 2007. He bills himself as a "strategically focused manager" and a "results-driven, detail-oriented leader."
Tony Gomillion has been Santa Rosa County's public works director since 1985.
Ron Rabun is as a government consultant but has held several positions in city and county government in Georgia. His last local government job was as city manager for the small city of Avondale Estates.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Tom McLaughlin at 850-315-4435 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @TomMnwfdn.


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3rd February 2014
Italian Prime Minister promises to raise Russia's anti-gay laws at Olympics 6
2:22 PM — Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta says he will raise the issue of Russia's anti-gay laws during his trip to the Winter Olympics.
Russian gay expat: No gay people in Sochi? 'I laugh because I've been to Sochi' 2
1:59 PM — A gay Russian expat who sought asylum in the US has spoken out against the Sochi mayor who claimed there are no gay people in his city, saying "I laughed out loud, because I've been to Sochi."
Russia: Middle school girl accused of spreading 'gay propaganda' placed under supervision 14
12:07 PM — A middle school girl in the Bryansk region of Russia has become the first ever minor to be accused of breaking the country's notorious anti-gay "propaganda" law.
Video: Coca-cola features 'first gay family' in a Super Bowl advertisement 18
11:32 AM — On Sunday, soft drinks giant Coca-Cola became the first ever Super Bowl-sponsored company to include a gay couple as part of its advertising campaign in the US sporting event.
2nd February 2014
New Channel 4 documentary to show methods of anti-gay gang violence in Russia 35
1:04 PM — In a forthcoming Channel 4 Dispatches documentary, "shocking" footage of the methods used by anti-gay groups in Russia will be broadcast as part of the lead up to the Sochi Winter Olympics.
31st January 2014
Australian Olympics boss: 'Athletes should keep protests off the podium in Russia' 31
7:12 PM — The head of the Australian Olympic committee has told the country's athletes to keep protests 'off the podium' at the Winter Olympics in Russia next week.
Russia: Woman charged under anti-gay law over social network page 3
7:08 PM — A woman has been charged under Russia's anti-gay laws for setting up a pro-LGBT group on social networking site Vkontakte.
30th January 2014
Russia: Newspaper editor fined under anti-gay law for printing 'being gay is normal' 16
7:41 PM — A Russian newspaper editor has been fined 50,000 roubles (£860) under the 'gay propaganda' law for printing that "being gay is normal".
Shadow Commons leader Angela Eagle: 'We can't ignore homophobic Russian laws at Sochi' 2
12:45 PM — The Shadow leader of the House of Commons Angela Eagle has spoken out about the persecution of LGBT people in Russia ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics and has asked for the Government to outline what will be done to express those views.
29th January 2014
Amnesty stages ballet protest outside Russian embassy over anti-gay laws 1
7:19 PM — Amnesty International has staged a protest against Russia's anti-gay laws by getting ballet dancers to perform outside the Russian embassy in London.
Princess Anne to attend Winter Olympics, but David Cameron is too busy 4
6:32 PM — Downing Street says David Cameron turned down Vladimir Putin's invitation to attend the Winter Olympics, but not because of Russia's stance on gay rights.
28th January 2014
Broadcaster Alice Arnold: It would be 'bizarre' to boycott the Sochi Winter Olympics 23
4:44 PM — Former Radio 4 newsreader Alice Arnold says it would be "bizarre" to boycott the Winter Olympics over Russia's position on gay rights.
Former UKIP donor takes out newspaper ad to say: You cannot be 'homophobic' 43
3:22 PM — A former donor to UKIP has inexplicably responded to a Times columnist's article condemning a Russian anti-gay law, by taking out an advert in the Telegraph and claiming that homophobia does not exist.
Ellie Goulding 'won't play in Russia' over gay propaganda law 6
3:05 PM — Ellie Goulding has said she won't perform in Russia any time soon, due to the country's poor gay rights record and homophobic legislation.
Coca Cola pulls plug on ad campaign that banned the word 'gay' 3
1:55 PM — Coca-Cola has pulled the plug on a 'virtual coke' website after a row erupted over the site filtering the word "gay".
27th January 2014
Gay Russian artist makes statement against anti-gay discrimination with 'black woman' chair parody 21
7:49 PM — A gay Russian artist has responded to a controversy involving a magazine editor who was pictured sitting on a "black woman" chair, with a parody which he says is meant as a demonstration against discrimination.
Mayor of Sochi: 'There are no gays in my town' 34
4:12 PM — The mayor of Sochi says there are no gay people in his city which is preparing to host the Winter Olympics next month.
Elton John: Anti-gay law is 'damaging and divisive' to gay Russians and HIV campaigns 3
12:32 PM — Reflecting on time spent in Russia since the passage of a law which bans the promotion of "non-traditional relationships", Elton John has written on the "deeply dangerous and divisive" nature of the law.
26th January 2014
Russian MPs submit proposal to exclude the term 'non-traditional relationships' from propaganda law 17
1:52 PM — Russian MPs from several political parties have jointly submitted a proposal to amend the country's notorious anti-gay propaganda law by throwing out the term "non-traditional relationships."
Martina Navratilova: Anti-gay laws make it 'impossible' to separate sport from politics at Sochi Games 8
1:16 PM — Tennis star Martina Navratilova has warned that anti-gays laws in Russia will make it "impossible" to separate sport from politics at the Sochi Winter Olympics.


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I'll be honest, when the Zaskar Carbon showed up to test, I was initially skeptical. The original Zaskar hardtail is a legendary bike, raced by the likes of Juli Furtado and Rishi Grewal two decades ago. But GT lately has poured most of its sponsorship and marketing dollars into promoting its gravity bikes, and establishing itself with younger riders as way to separate itself from its sister brand, Cannondale, which has made a splash lately with its Flash and Scalpel cross-country bikes. Even this Zaskar has a full-carbon frame, top-end components and a suspension design that I knew was fast, it sat in my garage for a few days while I rode other bikes. But when I finally rolled it out on the trails, I quickly realized that I never should have waited so long. This bike immediately impressed me by how well it rode.
From the first climb, the suspension surprised me with how efficiently it controlled the bike's 100mm of travel. It had been a few years since I last rode a cross-country bike with GT's i-Drive suspension (now named Independent Drive) and the platform has been significantly improved. The Independent Drive features a new linkage design that moves the floating bottom bracket link inboard of the carbon rear triangle, which wraps around the pivots like a clamshell. The old pivots required a bottom bracket tool and inner-fixing bold and were difficult to service, but the updated system is easier to maintain. GT also replaced the flexible plate that linked the two main pivots with a more rigid structure, which it calls the Dogbone. The changes increase stiffness and reduce weight, GT claims.
The updated suspension system is stiffer, lighter, and smoother than previous i-Drives. (Photo: Michael Darter)
Updates notwithstanding, the system is one of the longest-running suspension platforms available. And it's still one of the best when you need to lay down power over rough, loose or uneven trail surfaces. There's no feedback at the pedals, bobbing or funny suspension movement—just a crisp firm feel as the shock reacts to the terrain and drives the bike forward. The Zaskar Carbon Pro comes with a Fox CTD shock, and I mostly left in the Trail mode and used the least amount of platform damping. That provided the best combination of smooth pedaling and small-bump sensitivity. The suspension also easily absorbed larger hits, something the Zaskar's racier cousin—the 100mm-travel Cannondale Scalpel—is less proficient at.


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Water is derived from a well near the Fish River and is treated. All households and facilities are connected to the piped water and wastewater system. The school was completed in August 2009 and is connected to the city's water and wastewater system. The city has requested funding to relocate the landfill; the current site is not permitted. The city is waiting for the village corporation to transfer the 1280 acres that will become the city's land. Until this transfer is completed, the location of a new landfill site cannot be determined.
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Contact with the White Mountain Utilities has been minimal this past quarter. RUBA staff is continuing to work with the Utilities Clerk on reformatting the water and waste-water ordinance at the request of the mayor and the city council. The City Council does not want a complete overhaul of the ordinances. It just wants to have re-formatting and other minor changes to the code of ordinances.
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The utility has adopted a collection policy and actively follows it.
The utility bills customers on a regular basis.
An accounts receivable system is in place which tracks customers and reports past due accounts and amounts.
An accounts payable system is in place.
The payroll system correctly calculates payroll and keeps records.
A cash receipt system is in place that records incoming money and how it was spent.
The utility has a cash disbursement system that records how money was spent.
Sustainable Indicators
A chart of accounts is used that identifies categories in a reasonable, usable manner.
Monthly bank reconciliations have been completed for all utility accounts.
The utility has a purchasing system that requires approval prior to purchase, and the approval process compares proposed purchases to budgeted amounts.
Accounting Systems Comments
The water and wastewater utility ordinance is complete and meets the needs of properly running the water and wastewater utility. The collection policies are included in the ordinance. The utility clerk has taken most of the past due accounts to small claims court and is expecting the court to make judgment in the city's favor. Once the judgment is made, the utility clerk expects to have the utility do the paperwork to garnish the past due customers' Permanent Fund Dividends (PFD) checks. The utility has at least 68 residential customers who are billed $105 a month. There are 21 commercial customers who are charged $105 a month. The school district is charged $47,000 a month. All the customers are billed regularly on a monthly basis as required by the water and wastewater utility ordinance. The utility clerk uses QuickBooks for all the utility's accounting, including keeping track of customer billing accounts and past dues and amounts, utility bills, payroll calculations and payroll records. All expenses are recorded in the utility's checking accounts and petty cash account. A chart of accounts is set up using budget line items. Bank reconciliations completed regularly. The utility clerk makes sure that all purchases are approved by the mayor and all purchases are within the utility's budget. If the expenses incurred are not in the budget, the requests for purchases are noted in the request to issue a check before approval by the mayor. The utility received a one-time, on-site QuickBooks training by a RUBA sponsored consultant in November 2013. The one-time on-site training has been very beneficial to the Utilities as stated by the Clerk after the training was completed.
Tax Problems
Essential Indicators
The utility has a system to accurately calculate, track, and report payroll tax liabilities.
The utility is current on filing tax reports.
The utility is current on making tax deposits.
If there are any past due tax liabilities or recorded tax liens, a lien release has been issued or a repayment agreement has been signed and repayments are current.
Tax Problems Comments
The utility clerk exclusively uses QuickBooks to calculate, track and make reports of payroll tax liabilities. Tax payments are made using Electronic Federal Tax Payment System. A tax authorization was submitted to the IRS to confirm compliance with the Federal tax. The utility is also current with quarterly Employment Security Contribution (ESC) reports and payments. The W-2s and W-3T were completed and given to the utilities employees and submitted to the SSA in a timely manner.
Personnel System
Essential Indicators
The utility has a posted workers compensation insurance policy in effect.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted and uses a Personnel Policy, which has been reviewed by an attorney, AML or Commerce for topics and language.
The utility has adequate written job descriptions for all positions.
The utility has adopted and follows a written personnel evaluation process that ties the job description to the evaluation.
The utility has an adequate written hiring process.
The utility has personnel folders on every employee that contain at least: I-9, Job Application and Letter of Acceptance.
The utility has a probationary period for new hires that includes orientation, job training/oversight, and evaluations.
The utility provides training opportunities to staff as needed and available.
Personnel System Comments
The city has workers' compensation coverage with Alaska Municipal League Joint Insurance Association (AMLJIA) and is valid to July 1, 2014. The utility uses the city's personnel policies and procedures ordinance including personnel evaluations that are done annually. The utility has excellent written job descriptions for all its positions. As required by the personnel policies, the city council, acting as the utility board, posts notices of positions that are vacant. The notice of hire is posted for at least two weeks. Interviews are made by the city council. The utility clerk, who keeps employee records, has an excellent employee file system. The utility clerk provides orientation, job trainings and evaluations for new employees or has an experienced employee provide the training, depending on the position and job description. All employees are given the opportunity to attend workshops or training that are either sponsored by RUBA or other organizations.
Organizational Management
Essential Indicators
The entity that owns the utility is known; the entity that will operate the utility is set.
The policy making body is active in policy making of the utility.
The policy making body enforces utility policy.
The utility has an adequately trained manager.
The utility has an adequately trained bookkeeper.
The utility has an adequately trained operator or operators.
The utility has adopted the necessary ordinances (or rules and regulations) necessary to give it the authority to operate.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted an organizational chart that reflects the current structure.
The policy making body meets as required.
The utility complies with the open meeting act for all meetings.
Organizational Management Comments
By ordinance, the city council acts as the utility board for the water and wastewater department. The city council has the water and wastewater department on its regular monthly meeting agenda. The utility clerk makes comprehensive and detailed monthly reports. Recently, the city council told the utility clerk to take the water and wastewater past due customers to small claims court. RUBA staff has noted that filings were made and several past due customers' names have appeared on the regional newspaper in the small claims court section. The utility clerk acts as the utility manager and also does the bookkeeping. She has successfully attended numerous RUBA sponsored training and has earned high grades for her efforts. The utility has a comprehensive and complete organizational chart and is updated often and as needed. The utility board meets on a regular monthly basis and also holds special meetings as needed to discuss water and wastewater utility issues. The utility clerk posts utility board meetings in at least three or more public places. All meetings are open to the public.
Operation of Utility
Essential Indicators
The utility operator(s) are actively working towards necessary certification.
The utility has a preventative maintenance plan developed for the existing sanitation facilities.
Sustainable Indicators
The manager receives a monthly O&M report from the utility operator and routinely "spot checks" the facilities to see that the maintenance items are being completed.
The utility has a safety manual and holds safety meetings.
Utility facilities have not suffered any major problems/outages due to management issues that are unresolved.
The utility is operating at the level of service that was proposed.
The operator provides status reports to the manager on a routine basis.
The utility has completed and distributed its "Consumer Confidence Report".
The utility is not on the "Significant Non-Complier" (SNC) list.
The utility maintains an inventory control list.
The utility maintains a critical spare parts list.
Operation of Utility Comments
The alternate operator has a Water Distribution Provisional certification and the main operator is working toward his certification. The utility clerk has Provisional Water Distribution and Provisional Water Treatment certificates. The utility has preventative maintenance plan for the sanitation facilities and the operators work closely with the Norton Sound Health Corporation's Remote Maintenance Worker to upkeep with the preventative maintenance plan. As the utility clerk is certified and is familiar with operation and maintenance of the utility, she is able to make sure that the operators keep up with spot checks on the facilities. The employees of the utility attend AMLJIA's monthly safety meetings via teleconferences. Most employees are required to attend the teleconferences. The utility has not suffered any major problems or outages due to management issues. The utility is up-to-date with Consumer Confidence Reports and work with NSHC's Office of Environmental Health (OEH) to complete the annual CCR report. The utility is currently not on the SNC list. The utility works with the RMW to maintain and inventory control list and a critical spare parts list. As needed, the utility has an account with ANTHC to order spare and critical spare parts.
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The first book I read cover-to-cover in one sitting was 'Pinquo' by Colin Thiele. I sat awkwardly perched on a dining room chair, hungrily turning the pages, and putting everything else on hold. There were no breaks, no timeouts for food, and no pauses to indulge in idle family chit chat. It was impossible for me to put the book down until the story of that incredible little fairy penguin was complete. While it brought many tears to my eyes, Pinquo was my first book love and I therefore recall only the very fondest of memories of that intense reading session.
The day Colin Thiele visited my primary school on a promotional tour, was the happiest day of my then short-lived life. In typical fashion I had forgotten to bring my copy of Pinquo to school for him to sign, and so instead I bought a copy of 'February Dragon' (the only book of his that I had yet to read). I was probably too shy and awestruck to say anything beyond a quiet 'thank you' when he signed my book, and in any case I probably wouldn't have been able to express exactly what his books meant to me.
Not too distant from that event, for my birthday one of my uncles gifted me a beautiful hardcopy edition of 'Playing Beattie Bow' by Ruth Park. Here then was another story to fall in love with. With a plot set in Sydney, a young girl as the main character, and time-travelling elements of the fantastical, it was a book I connected with in many different ways. I was smitten.
I'm sharing these memories because I'd always thought that I've never been much of a reader or supporter of Australian writers, but of course as it turns out that's not at all true. Over the years I've enjoyed many works by other local authors such as David Malouf, Joan Lindsay, Markus Zusak, John Marsden, John Birmingham and Geraldine Brooks. More recently I caught up with Kate Morton's novels, and I've just finished reading Anna Funder's 'All That I Am', and 'Foal's Bread' by Gillian Mears (both of which I enjoyed).
Just last week I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Kate Morton's upcoming novel 'The Secret Keeper'. It's next on my 'to read' list and I'm so looking forward to continuing my love affair with her words. What a happy occurrence this is, to be reading the latest work of a Brisbane author, given that it is currently 'Queensland Writer's Week'. The only downside is that it's quite a weighty tome to carry on my daily commute, but when it comes to books I'll happily sacrifice personal comfort for a good story.
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I understand that this is designed to be a tug toy, not a chew toy. However, it is labeled as "durable, not indestructible." My dog is not one of those that shreds kongs, nylabones, and other heavy-duty toys. However, she ripped this open after two tugs with our other dog...once it ripped, in 15 seconds, she gutted it. Sigh...25 one dollar bills would have lasted longer as toys...
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From us here at the Sustainability Office, we hope you have a safe, happy and green Holiday Season! Check out these interesting tips from the Environmental Protection Agency on how to have a "green holiday":
1. Create your own decorations! Reuse old greeting cards and make garland using popcorn and potpourri made from kitchen spices, like cinnamon and cloves. (Pinterest is a great hub for other people to share their crafty ideas!)
2. Turn off your holiday lights during the day, better yet, but a timer so you don't forget!
3. Shop green. Buy recycled products or products with minimal packaging. Also, bring your own reusable bags when shopping.
4. Wrap gifts in reused wrapping paper or newspaper (I personally like to use gift bags).
5. Donate old toys and decorations instead of throwing them out.
6. After dinner, fill your dishwasher to capacity before running it. This will reduce energy and water!
For more ideas, check out their website at http://www.epa.gov/students/holiday.html.
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General Petraeus, Just Like Us
The Petraeus affair would be ever so boring if it didn't involve the resignation of the head of the CIA, the most celebrated general in recent history, the reputed inventor of modern warcraft, the man who got us out of Iraq, the backer of drones—need I go on?
I know people are shocked, shocked, but—maybe because national security isn't my beat—I'm more shocked that anyone is shocked. So an extremely important (and self-important) long-married man falls into bed with a woman who is writing his biography. Ho hum! It can't be easier to imagine.
Maybe it's especially easy because I'm a journalist. When you're writing about someone, you are interested in every detail, every little thing they have to say. It's an amazingly intimate conversation—or rather, a long monologue with an absolutely rapt audience hanging on every word. You ask them everything about what they think, believe, or have done. I can easily see how that intense connection could become erotic—especially when it's between a powerful man and an ambitious younger woman who's trying to borrow some of that power for herself, that traditional method of exchanging power. (It may not be a feminist-approved method, but I'm writing about the real here, not the ideal.) Multiply all that times a zillion when the situation is all spiced up with war zones and spycraft and tension.
Human beings slip up now and then. Don't we know this by now? I know, we're supposed to care that he left himself open to blackmail. But how would he have been blackmailed if the rest of us didn't care? And yes, he was stupid enough to send emails—traceable, discoverable—to try to fix the fact that his ex-lover turned out to be a little crazy and was harassing one of his friends. But once you've gotten messed up in something stupid, it's hard to extract yourself without getting a lot more stupid.
Did he abuse his power by coercing one of his subordinates into a sexual relationship and then sexually assault them, as Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair is alleged to have done? Did he misuse military or CIA funds? Did he spill national security secrets? No? Then why do I care?
Sure, he may have hurt his wife and children. Yes, she may have hurt her husband and children. So they were painfully human. It's very sad when someone stumbles, especially for those close to them. But I don't see what that has to do with their professional lives. This isn't Joe Paterno, covering up a subordinate's serial sexual abuse so he could keep winning football games. This isn't the BBC covering up for Jimmy Savile, serial child molester. A powerful man had a consensual affair. And he has to resign? Really?
No wonder there is, and will continue to be, buzz that he's really resigning to avoid having to testify about Benghazi. A powerful man has a consensual affair with a woman who is not his subordinate—and yet he resigns from one of the most powerful jobs on the planet. If you're outside Washington, it's hard to believe there's not something else being hidden by this explanation.
I know that there was a cult of Petraeus, and that this revelation of human failing is causing some angst, as Spencer Ackerman laid out nicely in Wired over the weekend. But I wasn't part of it, so I'm still baffled. I called my friend Heather Hurlburt, the executive director of the National Security Network and a longtime part of Washington's national security circles. "This guy who was like a god for the better part of a decade turns out to be like a god in the Greek sense, or like a reality TV star," she explained. "This institution that has such a different. set-apart status from everything else in American life turns out to be just like everything else in American life." What Hurlburt cared about was someone making a career living by a particular "officer and a gentleman" code, which it was his job to enforce it on subordinates—and then we discover that, "he can't keep up with that code, just like the rest of us."
She added that Petraeus's personal life has long advanced his professional life, beginning at West Point, where he courted and married the daughter of the commandant, certainly an advantage in his ambitions. So he was Gatsby, but successful rather than spurned. That suggests even more that once he achieved such a pinnacle of power, he would be vulnerable to falling for someone else's twinned sexual and political ambitions. Like responds to like, after all.
Mon, 2012-11-12 15:11
There is a code of ethics that he, and those he was selected to represent, MUST live by-He is the one setting the example, and he failed that badly –The spin that "he is just like the rest f us" is not an excuse for the choice that he made - He made a choice, and these are the consequences
George McMurphy
Mon, 2012-11-12 21:08
You say, "This isn't Joe Paterno, covering up a subordinate's serial sexual abuse so he could keep winning football games." Did you know that Sandusky was investigated by several agencies, including child protective services, after the 1998 accusation and no charges were filed? Did you know that it would have been illegal for said agencies to inform Penn State of this accusation? Did you know that Sandusky was no longer employed by Penn State after 1999? Did you know that his organization, The Second Mile, has yet to be investigated? Did you know that the alleged victim in the 2001 shower incident has denied that anything happened? And you call yourself a journalist?
Philo Vaihinger
Tue, 2012-11-13 05:04
N Romer
Tue, 2012-11-13 06:09
You wrote: "This isn't Joe Paterno, covering up a subordinate's serial sexual abuse so he could keep winning football games."
As a journalist, you should know by now that this statement is positively untrue, because "When you're writing about someone, you are interested in every detail".
Fact Check: Joe Paterno did not "cover up" anything, he made a report to his superiors, including the man in charge of the campus police as the Pennsylvania Code requires him to do. In all 13 people were told of the 2001 incident. If he wanted a coverup, he would have told Mike McQueary to be quiet, not advance his report up the chain!
Jerry Sandusky was not his subordinate, he was a FORMER subordinate. His Second Mile Charity is where he culled his victims, and they were notified as mandatory reporters.
Not many were aware of any serial sexual abuse until the subpoenas arrived, they were only aware of inappropriate behavior. Joe Paterno testified FOR the prosecution and was praised by the Attorney General for doing the right thing under the law. . Those who were trained to spot it, and "may" have been aware , are currently under indictment , and more are coming . It goes far higher and wider than the lkow man on the totem pole.
What makes you think Joe Paterno was only concerned with "winning football games?" A little research shows you that, to the contrary, his major contribution to that University was in the area of education.
Oops! You are now like the rest of the media who trot out this slanderous misinformation, who forgot to get every detail of the facts. However, as a journalist, you should be held to a certain code, which is to fact-check before you publish. Please try in the future not to fall into that trap again. I hope you did not use that line just to get hits for your article, as some do.
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