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PITTSBURGH, PA (August 18, 2010) – During the summer season, electricity demand peaks sometimes causing brown outs or black outs. The Allegheny County Airport Authority is voluntarily participating in an energy conservation project called PJM Demand Response program to aid in the reliability of the regional electric grid. PJM Interconnection is a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 states including Pennsylvania.
As participants in this conservation effort, the ACAA is committed to proactive participation to ensure a stable and reliable energy system in Pennsylvania.
"A team of Airport Authority employees has implemented a plan for voluntarily reducing our electricity use when heavy demand threatens the dependability of the electricity grid," said Bradley D. Penrod, Executive Director, CEO, Allegheny County Airport Authority. "The goal of the program is to temporarily reduce electric consumption locally during peak energy demand to eliminate blackouts and the associated emergencies related to insufficient power."
A test program will be implemented Thursday, August 19 from 2:00-3:00 pm. These measures will not have an impact on flights departing or arriving on time. They will have a temporary impact on reducing consumption in three areas: air conditioning and ventilation, general and accent lighting and passenger conveyances such as escalators, moving sidewalks, and airside transit. The Authority is also implementing a customer service plan to ensure impact on passengers and employees is minimal.
In August of 2003, a massive blackout hit the Northeast United States affecting more than 45 million people living in eight states. The culprit of the blackout was an outage in Ohio, which put a greater demand on power stations throughout the Northeast, which caused a domino effect of outages of more than 100 power stations throughout the Northeast.
"If more organizations and companies took part in efforts to respond to power demand emergencies, fewer people and communities would be impacted by a blackout. The Airport Authority is proud to be doing its part," added Penrod.


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Dordt student engineers meet energy needs and build educational tool
April 26, 2013
A team of three senior engineering majors designed a Solar Power Generation System and, with Dordt's Laboratory Systems Engineer Andrew Kroeze, installed it at Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO) headquarters in N. Fort Myers, Florida, in April. ECHO provides support to a diverse network of people around the world who work with those in poverty, helping them be more effective, especially in the area of agriculture.
After learning of the organization's need, Dordt students put together a proposal with a preliminary design in September. ECHO chose their proposal a month later.
Hannah Orlow, Ryan Tholen, and Tyler Woudstra designed and built the system as part of their Senior Design project. It gives ECHO an alternative source of energy to power their Appropriate Technology Center and allows them to use the solar generator system as an educational tool for tourists, missionaries, and development workers on solar power generation system design, assembly, operation, and maintenance.
"The beauty of this design is that it is made from parts that can be bought off the shelf, and we provided educational signage and documentation so anyone could understand its function and learn how to build their own system," said Tholen.
"ECHO works with many agricultural development workers and missionaries, and our students' design gives us a chance to help in their mission," said Engineering Professor Nolan Van Gaalen. In addition, the project allowed Dordt to further develop its relationship with ECHO, which has already worked with the college's agriculture department.
The solar power system has a capacity of 2.3 kilowatts, which is sufficient to provide for the needs of the Appropriate Technology Center. It is simple, reliable, has relatively low maintenance, and is durable and safe. It is a system that could easily be incorporated in a developing country to power a village or home.
"This kind of project is what you hope for as a student engineer," Tholen said. "It's a chance to meet needs in a positive way."
"This design has almost endless possibilities," Van Gaalen said. "It's meant to stand alone, run without being connected to a power source, and store energy. It's easy to put together and can easily be scaled up or down to any needs. Now ECHO is going to be able to share with their constituents how this tool can aid them in the field."
Dordt's new science building will include a similarly designed solar generation system that can be used to provide power and as an educational tool for Dordt students.
"It's great being part of a project where you not only get to create an idea but you get to see it fulfill a real need and help people for years to come. Our system is an example of appropriate technology with holistic design that we learn about at Dordt throughout all our courses," Orlow said.
The engineering department is excited about other possibilities for future interaction between ECHO and Dordt College. To learn more about engineering at Dordt College, go to www.dordt.edu/engineering.
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Church is heading back to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the Washington, D.C., area where he'll continue intense rehabilitation.
Doctors said he should be up and walking with the use of a cane by the end of December and walking on his own with just prosthetics in a few months.
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KARNES COUNTY – Election Day is this Saturday, May 11 for local city and school district elections.
Below is information about various election issues on the ballots:
Karnes City
The upcoming city election will be for the reauthorization of a local sales and use tax at the rate of one fourth of one percent in Karnes City, in order to continue to provide revenue for repair and maintenance of city streets.
The election will be held in City Hall at 314 E. Calvert Ave. on Saturday, May 11, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
There will be no Karnes City City Council elections this year, as such elections are held in even-numbered years and will be for May of 2014.
No elections for the Karnes City Independent School District (KCISD) school board will be held this year, as KCISD elections are due for May of 2014.
The Kenedy Independent School District (KISD) will be holding school board trustee elections. District 1 incumbent Jaime Salina Albiar is seeking re-election and is running against Robert A. Trevino. In District 7, incumbent trustee Elisa Garcia Rahmes will retain her seat, as she is running unopposed.
Besides the trustee election, there will also be a school bond election. The school bond is in the amount of $16.95 million and will be for the building of new school buildings for the district. Voters will vote "for" or "against" the school bond.
The election will be on Saturday, May 11, at City Hall (Ruhman C. Franklin Municipal Building) at 303 W. Main Street, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
There will be two ballots. All registered voters in District 1 can vote for the school board trustee, and then all registered Kenedy voters will be able to vote in the bond election.
There will be no Kenedy City Council elections this year due to current incumbents running unopposed.
Falls City
The Falls City Independent School District (FCISD) will hold both a regular and special election for school board trustee seats.
The regular election will be an "at large" election, with the top two candidates with most votes earning the two seats. Candidates are Edward Bordovsky (incumbent), Patrick W. Jarzombek (incumbent), Jason Mabe, and Kelly Hons.
The special election is to fill the unexpired term vacated by Stephen Dziuk due to his resignation. The unexpired term runs through May of 2014. Candidates running for the single seat are Aaron Ermis, Janelle Dziuk, and Marlin Moczygemba.
The FCISD trustee elections will be on Saturday, May 11, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The polling locations will be at Hobson Community Parish Building, FCISD Elementary School Auditorium, and Cestohowa Parish Hall.
There will be no Falls City City Council elections this year due to current incumbents running unopposed.
City elections for mayor will be contested between Florentino M. Martinez and Homer Lott, Jr. Current mayor, Cecil E. Frankie, will not be running for another term.
An "at large" election will be held for two city council seats. Three candidates will be running for the two seats, with the top two candidates with the most votes earning the two seats. The candidates are Richard Ramos (incumbent), Virgil Douglas, and Celia "Sally" Esparza.
The elections will be held in the Runge VFW at 512 E. Aransas on Saturday, May 11, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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The death toll has risen to 32 in Mexico City after an explosion blasted the lower floors of a skyscraper housing the headquarters of state oil monopoly Pemex. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
The death toll from a powerful explosion in the Mexico City skyscraper complex housing the offices of state oil monopoly Pemex rose to at least 33, company and government officials said Friday.
Twenty men and 12 women were killed, the company said — while 121 were injured, 52 of whom remain in hospital.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto arrived at the Pemex administration complex by helicopter Thursday night to supervise rescue operations, Pemex and the news agency La Prensa reported. Hundreds of Mexican military forces were sent to the complex to "preserve security," officials told newspaper El Universal.
Rescue crews had searched most of the area damaged by the blast by Friday afternoon, said Attorney General Jesus Murillo said. But he added that survivors or more victims could still be found in the most unstable parts, which had not yet been fully checked.
Emilio Lozoya Austin, director general of Pemex, which is short for Petrõleos Mexicanos, told Reuters Friday the the company was "working with the best teams in Mexico and from overseas" to find the cause of the explosion.
He was flying home from a business trip to Asia when the blast occured. He said he extended his condolences "to all the families of Pemex workers who have lost their loved ones."
The explosion took place in the basement garage of the auxiliary building, next to the company's 52-floor tower in a busy commercial and residential area, said Eduardo Sánchez, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry.
An injured woman is transferred to a stretcher outside the headquarters of state oil giant Pemex in Mexico City on Thursday.
"They're conducting a tour of the building and the area adjacent to the blast site to verify if there are any still trapped so they can be rescued immediately," Sanchez said Thursday.
A government official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said preliminary findings suggested the blast was caused by aged boiler exploding in a building next to the tower, Reuters reported.
The plaster ceiling of the basement collapsed, a spokesman for the local emergency agency said. He described conditions in the tower as "delicate."
The main floor and the mezzanine of the auxiliary building were heavily damaged, along with windows as far as three floors up.
A man who was on the ground floor when the explosion occurred told Forum TV that the first casualties were taken to a clinic in the adjacent office tower, where several thousand people work.
"It shook the building, and then we were evacuated," he said.
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News of the blast came toward the end of the business day — just a few hours after the company had sent two messages on Twitter celebrating how much it had "reduced our accident rate in recent years," announcing that its "safety indicators" exceeded international standards:
"An explosion took place in the B2 building of the administrative center," Pemex tweeted just after 4 p.m. local time (5 p.m. ET). "There are injuries and damage on the ground floor and mezzanine," it said, promising further information as it became available.
Pemex initially said the building had been evacuated because of a problem with its electricity supply. It then said there had been an explosion, but it didn't give the cause.
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The scene at Pemex headquarters in Mexico City on Thursday after an explosion. There was no official explanation for the blast.
Television images showed people being evacuated — some on office chairs and gurneys. Emergency crews loaded people on stretchers into helicopters and airlifted them out of the area.
"The place shook, we lost power and suddenly there was debris everywhere," Cristian Obele told Milenio news network. "Colleagues were helping us out of the building."
Jose Cuellar, a mechanic who works near the complex, said he was repairing a car when an explosion rocked his entire workshop.
"We went to see and saw people coming out injured," Cuella, 45, told El Universal. "Other people were carrying them."
Edgar Zuniga Jr. and M. Alex Johnson of NBC News, Telemundo and Reuters contributed to this report.


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Tamaki uncharacteristically unleashes a devastating attack, and Toraji makes an honorable - but difficult - decision. If the team is destined to win, it will be up to Kirino to make it so.
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Major League Baseball's 83rd All-Star Game wrapped up Tuesday night in Kansas City, Missouri. The National League trounced the American league in an 8-0 blowout, with impressive performances by some San Francisco Giants. Melky Cabrera of the Giants hit the game's only home run and took home the MVP Award.


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Most often, patients diagnosed with stage 0 and stage I colon cancer are cured by the surgery that removes the cancerous polyps or tumor.
Surgery for colon cancer
- Polypectomy: snaring and removing polyps containing cancer during a colonoscopy.
- Local excision: removal of flat colon growths "piecemeal" during colonoscopy.
- Open abdominal surgery to remove cancer, part of colon, and nearby lymph nodes in high risk situations where:
- There is a spread to polyp stalk
- There is spread to lymphatic vessels (not lymph nodes)
- Cells look very abnormal under the microscope (high grade)
- Surgical margins (edge of tissue) contain cancer cells or can't be evaluated or contain cancer cells.
- Local excision would be too time-consuming or difficult to perform.
Chemotherapy is not recommended for stage 0 colon cancer.
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Colectomy (resection): Abdominal surgery to remove the section of colon where the tumor is located, tissue containing blood and lymph vessels surrounding the colon (mesentery), healthy tissue margins on either side, and at least 12 lymph nodes, if possible. Then the remaining ends of colon are reconnected with sutures or staples. This connection is called an anastomosis.
Open colectomy: An incision is made in the abdomen, surgery performed through the opening, and the incision closed with sutures and/or staples.
Laparoscopic colectomy: Three small keyhole incisions are made to insert a lighted instrument and specially designed surgical instruments that can be manipulated within the abdomen. Sometimes an incision is made just long enough for the surgeon's hand to assist during laparoscopy.
Chemotherapy is not recommended for stage I colon cancer.
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The two inmates who escaped from the Roosevelt County Detention Center on June 22 used a metal bunk bed leg to pound their way through the ceiling and roof before jumping off the roof, according to Jail Administrator David Casanova.
Casanova said he does not know how long it took for Stephen Phillips and Ruben Lozano to break the leg off the bunk bed, or how long it took them to breech the roof.
Casanova said he did know the inmates used the T-shaped side of the bunk bed leg as a handle, which provided leverage, as they thrust upwards to break through an air conditioning vent in their cell and part of the concrete ceiling.
The AC vents in jail are metal panels about one foot square. As of Friday, the bunk bed and floor of the cell still had chunks of concrete from the ceiling strewn across the cell.
The inmates then moved a thin-metal air duct, which was connected to the vent, out of their way, according to Casanova. He said the 3 to 4-foot high crawlspace between the ceiling and the roof had plenty of room for the duct to be moved out of the way.
Casanova said they used the same technique of punching upwards with the bunk bed leg to break through the roof made up of layers of metal, insulation, and a rooftop of tar mixed with gravel.
The bunk bed leg, which is hollow at the business end, was filled with insulation from the roof.
Video surveillance shows the two inmates jumping from the roof at 9:02 p.m. Lozano landed on his feet and sprinted away. Although video did not capture Phillips landing, he can be seen hobbling and hopping away into a field north of the jail.
Casanova said he did not know how tall the roof was at the Roosevelt County Detention center. The inmates brought a blanket up to the roof and tied it off, then draped it over the outside wall.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Milan Parker said Lozano was injured when he jumped from the roof, but declined comment on the specific injuries, citing legal reasons.
About Twenty minutes after the inmates jumped off the roof, Phillips showed up at the home of Jeannie Ornealas and asked for help. Ordeals convinced Phillips to turn himself in and she made him a bologna sandwich while they waited for police to arrive.
Lozano was recaptured in Midland, Texas, Friday morning by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, which is comprised of deputy U.S. Marshals and Midland County Sheriff's deputies.
The hole in the ceiling made by Lozano and Phillips has been repaired. , Casanova said his staff will reinforce all the AC vents in the jail and he is currently exploring ways to make the crawlspace more secure.


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He was preceded in death by his parents, Maurice L. Schmidt and Dorothy Barganski Schmidt; daughter Jennifer Schmidt; and son, Chad Schmidt.
Survivors include his spouse, Gloria Ruiz Schmidt; a brother, Pete (Belinda) of Asherton; a sister, Nanette Musgrove of Franklin, Tenn.; children, Chance (Mistan) Schmidt of Victoria; Jacob (Nickie) Schmidt of Whitsett; Benjamin (Melissa) Hinojosa of Pipe Creek; Tina (Doug) Sowell of Katy; Jolene (Phillip) Zamzow and Londie (Krystal) Ruiz, both of Three Rivers; Jamie (Mark) Zuidmulder of Killeen; grandchildren, Paxton Schmidt, Lyla Schmidt, Corbin Zamzow, Zabeal Zuidmulder, Jagur Zuidmulder, Melia Hinjosa, Kelsie Ruiz, Aaron Sowell, and Tristin Sowell.
Visitation was held Friday, March 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Galloway & Sons Funeral Home chapel in Three Rivers.
A graveside service was held at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Whitsett on Saturday, March 9, at 2 p.m. with Pastor Bevans Welder officiating.


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Aussie SportsWednesday, May 7th, 2008 by Alexander
So one of my main reasons for coming to study in Australia was my love of the sports they play here. Back at Haverford I play both cricket and rugby, and I really wanted to experience living in country where those sports were understood and enjoyed. I've had the opportunity to visit a number of professional matches since I've been down here, including an AFL (aussie rules football) match, an NRL (rugby league) match, and a Super 14 (rugby union) match.
The rugby union (the code I play) game was in Wellington, NZ over spring (technically fall here) break; I'll cover that trip in more detail soon. It was between the Crusaders and Hurricanes, which are both from New Zealand (although the league covers NZ, Aus, and South Africa), and it was an absolutely amazing experience for me, because the Crusaders are the team that I have been following for the past 3 years since I picked up rugby. We had 4th row seats, right behind the try zone, and to see all the players in person that I've been watching play online for so long was absolutely unforgettable.
I also have tickets to see the Australian national rugby union team, The Wallabies, play Ireland next month in an international tour match. That should also be phenomenal, especially since I'm going with a very diverse crowd of rugby players from all over the world who I met down here while playing for the Melbourne Uni team.
Before I arrived, I emailed the recruiting director of University of Melbourne's rugby team, and made sure that I could play, and ever since my second day in the Southern Hemisphere, I've been playing some of the most competitive and educational rugby of my short career. The team is mindboggling; at Haverford we're lucky to field the requisite 15 for any given match, last weekend, we had an A side, a B side, two C sides, and an under 21 side (which I'm playing for), with a total of nearly 100 players getting game time. That's not to say that they are all students, the club is associated with the University, but being a student is not required, and most people on the team have nothing to do with the school, just live nearby. In fact, I was surprised to find out that college sports down here are seriously de-emphasized, especially when you consider that the school has 40,000 or so students.
Nonetheless, playing for the squad has been a great learning experinece. Not only is the standard of play much higher than in the states (because people have been playing the game since they could walk, rather than picking it up in college), but the teams resources are incredible. The coaching staff is as big as a D1 football team would have, and it includes several ex-international players, including 1 guy who was an integral part of Australia's World Cup finals team in 2003. I've actually been getting regular playing time, starting 4 matches, and only coming off the bench for 1 so far, and although the players are better and the game is more ingrained in their subconscience, they are really not THAT much different than players in the US at the college level.
I'm looking forward to the next 7 weeks of the season, as long as my body holds up (I have a soft tissue injury in my knee, a bruised AC joint, more bruises than I can count, and a pretty serious bump on my nose), and I'm especially excited to bring what I've learned back to the Haverford team next season.


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The Department of Education participated in a consultation with regional Tribal Leaders in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, on April 28, 2010. This consultation was hosted by the Oglala Sioux Nation at Pine Ridge High School.
The event, which attracted more than 100 participants, was moderated by Oglala Sioux Tribe President Theresa Two Bulls and Department of Education General Counsel Charles P. Rose. The Department was also represented by Jenelle Leonard, Acting Director of the Office of Indian Education; Frank Chong, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education; and Carl Harris, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. Wizipan Garriott and Tracie Stevens, Policy Advisors to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, represented the Department of the Interior.
While the Tribal Leaders at the consultation spoke on many issues ranging from incorporating American Indian and Alaska Native language and culture into curricula to Tribal education agencies' difficulties in working with state educational agencies and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the perceived need for more cultural sensitivity training for educators, the most-discussed topic was Tribal participants' perception of a lack of resources for tribes and the parallel financial, health, and education crises to which it leads.
In Pine Ridge, funding is scarce and the teenage suicide rate is 150 percent higher than the national average. The infant mortality rate is the highest in North America (at around 300 percent of the national average). The rates at which residents of Pine Ridge contract diseases are elevated, as well; cervical cancer is 500 percent more common than in the rest of the country, while diabetes and tuberculosis are 800 percent more common. Furthermore, a substantial majority (at least 60 percent) of Pine Ridge homes are infested with black mold. Thus, Tribal Leaders urged federal representatives at the consultation to increase funding for child health services.


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The Deflowering of a Blog Virgin
Well, I guess I must be really bored with not much else to do, because after toying with this idea for quite awhile, I have finally taken the plunge. Frankly, I'm a little nervous. Will anyone even read it? And after reading some of the other blogs out there, I feel a bit inadequate. I have no writing background, like some of you. I'm not always witty. But this way I can cast my thoughts upon the cyber-world, and not pester my poor husband all the time.
For my first official rant, I HATE FEBRUARY! Thank God it's the shortest month of the year! It's cold, gray, and dreary here today. From the Super Bowl (which I'll watch though I'm not a big football fan) till the start of Spring Training is the most interminable, boringest (OK, I know that's not a real word) time of the year. Basketball and hockey just don't do it for me. Naked brown trees are really depressing. No baseball to watch! The countdown begins…
Alright, that was pretty painless for the first time – hopefully things can only get better! Some random thoughts are popping into my head, but I'll save them for tomorrow….
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Welcome Sue! Hey…nice photo…he, he! :O) Well, you've got the idea…just put your thoughts down and voila! Blog. Have fun!!
Welcome to MBLogs! Yes, February it a tough month! But pitchers & catchers report in less then 2 weeks – the equipment truck leaves Fenway Park this Friday – and MLB Network is helping to fill the time! I'm so ready to hear Play Ball! Stop by and visit!
Woo hoo! Two readers! Thanks for the warm welcome, and thanks, Jenn, for taking that photo last year. By the way, any idea why a lot of the blogs won't let me comment on them? It says I don't have "permission".
Best month ever. It is the month that love and baseball collide and make loud noises in the form of a crack of a bat and a thud of a baseball into a catcher's mitt. OK, maybe not best month ever. But it's a good month that deserves some love. January, not so much. Welcome to the MLBlogosphere. Welcome to baseball blogging. Welcome to the new world. Welcome to baseball 2009.
Sue, try logging out and then back in to comment on other blogs. You have to be signed in, but sometimes it gets weird and you have to log out and in again. Have fun!
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Spring Training will be starting next week, and the month of February will be gone before we all know it !!! … So, "Think Spring" !!! … Best Wishes and Good Luck with your new mlblog !!! Jimmy [27NYY], "BY&L" … http://baseballtheyankeesandlife.mlblogs.com/


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April 23, 2004
(Springfield, Ill.) - In a first report of its kind,
Illinois received a grade of 'A' for its Highly Qualified
teacher standards designed to meet requirements of the
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The grading was conducted
and recently released by The National Council on Teacher
In the first of several report cards, NCTQ gave Illinois
the highest grade (and only 'A') noting the state is,
"Very rigorous; teachers become highly qualified
(HQ) primarily through a hefty 24 semester hours in content
According to NCTQ's report - Necessary and Insufficient:
Resisting a Full Measure of Teacher Quality - the
non-profit organization reviewed the standards of 20 randomly
selected states. Each state was then given a grade for
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meeting NCLB's requirements. The standards are known as
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HOUSSE. Of the 20 states surveyed, the average grade was
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a B+. As of March 2004, according to the report, only
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"We know that we have been ahead of the curve when
it comes to many aspects of meeting NCLB," said State
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Release of the report comes as the nation is just past
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addressing the problem; their clarity; and on how readily
accessible these are to the public.
According to the report, Illinois and Oregon recognize
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course work is the most reliable, objective measure of
content knowledge. These states have created standards
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In one indicator assessed, the report looked at whether
states set a minimum requirement that is likely to significantly
improve teachers' subject matter competency. Illinois
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option such as course work."
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12-volt heated jacket liners
A defective wire connector can cause the jacket liner to overheat, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Gerbings LLC; toll-free at (877) 242-5595 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET, Harley-Davidson® at (800) 258-2464 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or online at www.gerbing.com and click on the Recalls & Warnings link for more information.
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This recall involves Gerbings and Harley-Davidson® black nylon, 12-volt, heated jacket liners. The jacket liners heat up when plugged into a vehicle, such as a motorcycle or snowmobile. "Gerbing's Heated Clothing" or "Harley Davidson®" is printed on the front left chest of the jacket liners. The Gerbing's jacket liners have model number JKLN and PO# 3796 and Harley-Davidson® jackets have model number 98324-09VM and GM32873, GM32874, GM34188, GM34189, GM34190 or GM34191. The model number, PO number and "Use only 12 Volts" are printed on a label sewn inside next to the jacket liner's front zipper.
Gerbings has received two reports of the jacket liners overheating, causing minor dime-sized burns to consumers' backs, resulting in blisters.
Consumers should immediately stop using the jacket liners and contact Gerbings, LLC for a free repair or replacement liner.
Harley-Davidson® dealerships, Eagle Leather and other sporting goods, retail stores and motorcycle shops nationwide from April 2011 through December 2012 for between $200 and $240.
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At Maritime days in the mid-90s he yelled at the crowd after a thrown shoe came near him: "This bass is worth more than your life. We've already gotten paid, we'll walk off right now. We don't care."
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Following a three-day air, land and sea-based search for the body of drowning victim Brian Baker, the Kauai Fire Department said it has suspended its efforts Tuesday.
"With no sign of Mr. Baker's body over the course of the past three days and extremely hazardous ocean conditions expected to continue today, we have decided to suspend the active search," stated Fire Chief Robert Westerman. "Our hearts and deepest sympathy go out to the families of both men."
Baker, 47, and Griffith, age 46, drowned Friday afternoon in an area off South Kalihiwai Point. It was reported that Griffith died while attempting to save Baker who was swept into the water by a rogue wave.
Griffith's body was recovered on Saturday.
Both men were visiting Kauai from San Francisco and were hiking with three other friends in a remote area just south of Kalihiwai Bay before the tragedy occurred.
A high surf warning remains in effect on Kauai's north and west facing shores through 6 p.m. Tuesday. Beachgoers are urged to stay out of the water in these areas and instead visit guarded beaches at Lydgate, Poipu, or Hanapepe beach parks.
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Lennox, deemed an illegal pitbull terrier type dog in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A pug-nosed Belfast dog named Lennox, who inspired a two-year legal fight and animal-rights protests on both sides of the Atlantic, has been put down, the Belfast City Council confirmed Wednesday.
A two-year international battle to save pug-nosed Lennox, whose resemblance to a pitbull brought it a death warrant from the City Council in Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended Wednesday with the announcement that city officials killed the 7-year-old dog.
The City Council declared Lennox had a severe personality disorder, but his owners, the Barnes family, said he was a well-handled American bulldog-Labrador cross. After measuring his legs and snout, dog wardens declared Lennox a "possible pitbull type" and in 2010 seized him under the UK's dangerous dog act.
Owner Caroline Barnes, said her teenage daughter, Brooke, had been denied the chance to say a final farewell, the Belfast Telegraph reported.
"We had told Brooke that even if we don't win (the case), she can still see Lennox, have her last pictures with him and say goodbye," said Caroline Barnes. "To then have to tell her that no, that is not happening, it has been extremely unfair."
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The euthanizing sparked expressions of outrage, including from celebrities such as Victoria Stilwell, host of Animal Planet's "It's Me or the Dog."
"Outraged & devastated for the Barnes family," Stilwell tweeted. "@BelfastCC are defending their decision to murder this 'dangerous dog, but the world knows different.'"
Stilwell had offered to the Belfast City Council to take Lennox, all expenses paid, to a new home in the United States, but her request for a meeting to discuss the proposal went unanswered.
"I think the council had something to prove, and they were going to do it even though it was wrong," Stilwell told msnbc.com.
To owners of dogs targeted by breed-specific legislation, she warned: "Don't trust your council and don't trust your county. There are vindictive people dead set against bully breeds who will find you and take your dogs away."
She said she will work to fight breed-specific legislation.
"We must target the deed not the breed," Stilwell said. "We must hold irresponsible pet owners accountable. Dogs of any breed can be fantastic, and dogs of any breed can be dangerous. Breed-specific law is flawed; it just doesn't work."
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A Belfast council spokesman on Wednesday, quoted by the Belfast Telegraph, said:
"Lennox, an illegalpit-bull terrier type, has been humanely put to sleep. This was in accordance with the Order of the County Court which was affirmed by the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal.
"Whilst there is an exemption scheme to which dogs of this type (pit-bull terrier type) may be admitted as an alternative to destruction, there were no such measures that could be applied in this case that would address the concerns relating to public safety. The Council's expert described the dog as one of the most unpredictable and dangerous dogs he had come across.
"Over the past two years, Council officials have been subjected to a sustained campaign of abuse including threats of violence and death threats. The Council has been in ongoing contact with the PSNI in relation to that.
"The Council regrets that the court action was necessary but would emphasise that the safety of the public remains its key priority."
Northern Ireland's senior appeals court last month upheld two 2011 court rulings that Lennox should be put down.
However, Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson suggested on Monday that the Belfast City Council consider offers to take the dog elsewhere, raising the hopes of Lennox supporters, some of whom were protesting in New York. Protests were also held Saturday in Belfast, and a candlelight vigil was held there Tuesday night. Protests were also held Tuesday in Spain.
Online petitions garnered 200,000 signatures.
A Short Film Dedicated To Lennox The American Bull Dog Cross Wrongfully Seized By Belfast City Dog Wardens On May 19th 2010 And Sentenced To Death Because Of How He Looks.
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Contributors eager to fund Milne
MONTPELIER Two weeks after filing to run for governor as a Republican, Scott Milne has yet to roll out a website or build a campaign staff, leaving supporters with little way to connect or donate money.
Milne, the president of his familys company, Milne Travel, filed as a candidate on June 12, the deadline to submit a petition for the November election. Since then, Milne has appeared on various news programs and in articles, but still has no social media presence.
Milne said he plans to launch his campaign website next week. He used an inquiry about the lack of an online presence to launch a thinly veiled dig at Gov. Peter Shumlin and the still not fully functioning Vermont Health Connect insurance exchange.
Unlike my opponent, I want to make sure my website works before I roll one out, Milne said. Weve got a couple of little things to get ironed out but my guess is it will probably be toward the end of next week.
Milne said he doesnt plan to hold a campaign launch event until the Fourth of July weekend, but also doesnt see the delay as harmful to his campaign, or his campaigns coffers. He said his effort will be low-budget compared to Shumlins cash, which has crested at $1 million.
Well be delighted if we raise a lot of money, but were planning to run a good campaign without a lot of money, he said.
Despite the slow rollout, Milne said people are already finding ways to contribute. Some have mailed checks directly to the Republican Party, Milne said, and others have called him to pledge money.
Ive got a few thousand dollars, he said. I have a pretty high level of confidence that there will be a fair amount of money coming in over the next few weeks.
Without a campaign staff, strategy is mostly being handled by Milne and his family, including his mother Marion Milne, a former state representative, and his father, Don Milne, the clerk of the Vermont House. There are some other pretty smart people involved, he said.
Meanwhile, a location and exact date for a campaign launch are currently being discussed.
While Shumlin, the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, is flush with cash and has the backing of a well-oiled Democratic Party machine, Milne will see little assistance from the Republican Party. The state GOP only has about $34,000 in cash on hand, and party chairman David Sunderland is pushing a strategy that focuses on snagging a handful of legislative seats from Democrats.
And any basic assistance the state GOP might offer will have to wait until after the August primary, according to Milne, where he faces perennial candidate but first-time Republican Emily Peyton, and Steve Berry. Milne said he does expect some support from the GOP after August.
Theres a primary and there are people there that I like and ask for advice, but theres a primary and there are three candidates in the primary. Once Im through the primary Ill have that resource, he said.
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Negotiations toward a new global climate agreement reach a mid-point next month in Warsaw. And while countries have begun putting forward some concrete ideas about the kind of pact they want, the more immediate question is the process they'll use to get to a final agreement in Paris in 2015. They're planning an important game of show-and-tell between now and then, and need to agree on the terms.
The current round of talks was kicked off two years in Durban, South Africa, when parties set a 2015 deadline for a new agreement that will have "legal force" and be "applicable to all."
Heading into November's COP 19 – the 19th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) [2] – very sharp divides remain, particularly over perennial issues such as the differentiation of commitments between developed and developing countries.
But as I describe in a recent article in Nature [3], there is growing convergence among many parties on a new approach with both "top-down" and "bottom-up" elements. In this emerging model, countries would define their own individual commitments, and agree on a common set of rules to compare them and track their implementation.
The aim of this hybrid approach, as New Zealand [4] put it in a recent submission, would be to "find a point of optimal convergence between overly-prescriptive rigidity and free-for-all flexibility."
Naturally, parties have different ideas on where that point of optimal convergence is to be found. South Africa [5], for instance, proposes that parties set their commitments according to multilaterally agreed criteria – different for developed and developing countries – and that the commitments be legally binding. The United States, on the other hand, proposes that all parties have full discretion in setting their commitments, which wouldn't necessarily be legally binding.
Despite such differences on the agreement's ultimate shape, there is growing consensus on the need for some kind of process leading up to Paris to get countries' proposed commitments on the table so everyone can look them over.
The last time countries put forward self-defined commitments – in the 2009 Copenhagen Accord and the 2010 Cancun Agreements – they offered very brief formulations with little or no explanation and no opportunity for others to ask questions. For instance, some countries pledged to reduce emissions in 2020 below business as usual without defining business as usual.
This time countries are expecting greater clarity upfront, and time to assess one another's proposed commitments before they're finalized. Some argue that this "ex-ante" scrutiny will encourage countries to come forward with their best efforts. Others hope it will induce those who come with weak numbers to ratchet them up.
The United States [6] is proposing that countries describe their proposed commitments in a table including "clarifying information" such as: the gases, sectors and percentage of national emissions covered; the overall emissions reduction anticipated; any use of offsets or emissions trading; and any underlying methodologies.
The European Union [7] argues that countries should go further and justify how their proposed commitments "reflect an appropriate level of ambition" relative to the collective target of keeping warming below 2°C, and how they "represent a fair contribution based on [a country's] responsibilities (past, current and future) and capabilities."
There are also different ideas on how countries' proposals would then be assessed. The United States describes a "consultative process" in which parties, civil society and independent bodies such as the International Energy Agency each conduct their own assessments, and, in an open UNFCCC meeting, parties ask one another for greater clarity or why they think their actions are sufficient. The EU wants an "international assessment phase" that results in "a step up in ambition if necessary" to stay on track for below 2°C.
Another issue is timing. While the EU and others are pushing for countries to propose numbers in 2014, perhaps at the September leaders summit [8] called by UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon, the United States favors early 2015, after the U.S. mid-term elections.
It's plausible that the outcome in Warsaw won't be a specific process or timeline, but simply an exhortation parties to start getting their numbers ready. But a fundamental question about the emerging hybrid approach is whether it can deliver real ambition. How parties prepare themselves for the coming show-and-tell will be an early test.
[1] http://www.c2es.org/blog/diringere
[2] http://unfccc.int/meetings/warsaw_nov_2013/meeting/7649.php
[3] http://www.nature.com/news/climate-change-a-patchwork-of-emissions-cuts-1.13742
[4] http://unfccc.int/files/documentation/submissions_from_parties/adp/application/pdf/adp_new_zealand_workstream_1_20131015.pdf
[5] http://unfccc.int/files/documentation/submissions_from_parties/adp/application/pdf/adp_south_africa_workstream_1__mitigation_20130930.pdf
[6] http://unfccc.int/files/documentation/submissions_from_parties/adp/application/pdf/adp_usa_workstream_1_20131017.pdf
[7] http://unfccc.int/files/documentation/submissions_from_parties/adp/application/pdf/adp_eu_workstream_1_mitigation_20130916.pdf
[8] http://www.un.org/climatechange/blog/2013/09/24/ban-ki-moon-invites-world-leaders-to-a-climate-summit-in-2014/


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- The use of temperature as a metric for the assessment of RF safety
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- McIntosh, Robert L.; Anderson, Vitas; McKenzie, Raymond J.
- Abstract
- This paper presents an overview of international and local research efforts in assessing the thermal consequences of human exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic energy (EME), and the use of tissue temperature as a metric for assessing RF safety limits. This review includes discussion of numerical modelling techniques used to assess RF absorption and the resultant temperature changes; measurements with human volunteers at the USA Brooks Air Force Base, Texas; and a summary of discussion from the 2004 IEEE ICES/COST 281 Thermophysiology workshop held in France. With greater understanding being developed on the thermal consequences of RF exposure, consideration is being given as to whether temperature change should be used as the primary RF exposure metric rather than the use of specific absorption rate (SAR) as is currently the case. This paper discusses this and the research underway to understand the consequences of such a change. An important result arising from studies performed at the Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR) is that the distribntion of the induced tissue temperature is much better correlated with the 109 average SAR, than with either the 1g average SAR or the point (unaveraged) SAR. This has significant implications for the derivation of RF Safety Standards given the importance of thermal effects in their formulation.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
- Source
- Radiation Protection in Australasia, Vol. 25, no. 1 (May 2008), pp. 9-21
- Publication year
- 2008
- FOR Code(s)
- 029901 Biological Physics; 080110 Simulation and Modelling
- Keyword(s)
- Electromagnetic energy; EME; Exposure; Human body model; Metrics; Radiofrequency; RF; Safety; SAR; Specific absorption rate; Temperature; Thermal modelling
- Publisher
- Australasian Radiation Protection Society
- 1444-2752
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- This article is a reprint of a paper presented at the Australasian Radiation Protection Society (ARPS) Conference, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 2005. The paper was named Best Paper at the conference.
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#71447 - 05/27/02 07:32 AM "down pat"
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I just searched the files for this expression, and I don't think it's been discussed.
Where does the expression "down pat" come from as in the sentence:
"After practicing for four hours, she had the composition down pat," meaning she could play it flawlessly.
There's the possibility that I've misheard this phrase, but I'll toss it out for either correction or clarification.
#71448 - 05/27/02 07:46 AM Re: "down pat"
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Nope you didn't miss here, to get something down pat is to have internalized it... why i don't know!
i never use it with a say, a single poem, but rather with complicated, yet flexible patterns -- like school schedules.(monday is band for B, dance of E, tuesday is girl scouts, wednesday drop e off for piano, take B to Alergist, Jim will pick up E, after his work, and pick up take out for dinner...) well you get the idea..
or driving stick.. you could get shifting gears down pat! learn how to do it, so you do it with out thinking.. but its not something memorized, like a poem, or piece of music.. well not for me-- it is something flexible (when to shift gears is a perfect example!)_________________________
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#71449 - 05/27/02 08:39 AM Re: "down pat"
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This was posted in another site. Seems worth posting here.
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In Reply to: Re: pat posted by ESC on January 14, 19100 at 01:29:11:
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: : : this is an assignment for one of my college classes and have not been able to locate anything on the
phrase "down pat" other than what it means. Any help is greatly appreciated.
: : From the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, 1997):
"stand pat. American poker players in the late 19th century invented this expression to indicate that a
player was satisfied with the original hand dealt to him and would draw no more cards. Where did pat
come from? One theory is that because the word meant 'in a manner that fits or agrees with the purpose
or occasion' or 'incapable of being improved' it was a natural for the poker expression. Another holds that
'stand pat' is a corruption of 'stand pad,' an older English expression meaning 'to sell from a stationary
position' and originally referring to peddlers who remained in a fixed location..."
: : I just realized that you were asking about "down pat." I haven't found that yet. But if you'll look at the
word definition in the first theory, that might help.
: PAT -- From The Dictionary of Etymology: The Origins of American English Words by Robert K.
Barnhart (HarperCollins, 1995): pat2 adv., suitably. 1578, perhaps a special use of pat1 (a light tap), in
the sense of hitting the mark; and thus opportunely, ready for any occasion.
One can speculate (and this is pure speculation) that the origin may well be in poker parlance. Every
poker player knows that feeling when one is dealt a pat hand: you glance at the 5 diamonds you've been
dealt, and it makes a vivid impression. You don't need to glance at it again and again to verify what you
have: you have it down pat.. Of course, amateur poker players give themselves away by behaving
differently when they have one kind of hand versus another. They look at it too often, or not often
enough, they lay it down in fornt of them instead of holding it, etc. (Poker players call these "tells,"
characteristic behaviors that give away a hand's strength.) Naturally, an advanced poker player will
strive to eliminate tells, or skillfully plant false tells to deceive. One way to reach a behavioral
consistency is to spend the same amount of time examining your cards each time, regardless of its
content. To memorize (get down pat) the cards at the same pace, with the same hand movements, with
the same poker face. (I play poker against one fellow who changes his rate of breathing when he gets a
good hand...)
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#71450 - 05/27/02 10:07 AM Re: "down pat"
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Loc: Portland,Oregon, USA
Don't know about "down pat," but "pat down" sounds like a lot more fun!
#71451 - 05/27/02 10:59 AM Re: "down pat"
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Thanks for your sleuthing, wwh. Cards it is, then, and poker at that.
"Pat down" sounds like a softened version of the "shake down."
#71452 - 05/27/02 11:06 AM Re: "down pat"
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OOh, can i get in first in line of a pat down?_________________________
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#71453 - 05/27/02 10:54 PM Re: "down pat"
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Posts: 2788
Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA
When I was a first-year student in theology, there was a student in my class named Pat. The dean of the school was named John. Pat and John had an arrangement. If he would never use the expression "get it down pat," she would never use the expression "go to the john."
#71454 - 05/28/02 12:38 AM Re: "down pat"
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Posts: 872
Loc: Birmingham, Alabama
Hereabouts "down pat" and "standing pat" are both understood within the context of "a pat hand" meaning "a set hand with no need to draw". An extension of the term into the outer world of anti-gamblenouses seems obvious. Or, if you prefer, a "pat" eventuality. The "pat" is made sonarphorous by a knock or "pat" on the table signaling no draw.
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For 50 years, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has focused its work on protecting the waters of the Delaware River Basin (DRB). In addition to a decade-long biomonitoring program and other efforts detailed earlier in this series, the DRBC has focused lately on implementing its newest program, "Monitoring for Natural Gas Development (MNGD)."
The program brings together various initiatives to address the DRBC's concern that the existing water quality in the DRB's Special Protection Waters (SPW) is maintained. As such, it is monitoring a suite of parameters to establish pre-drilling conditions against which changes can be measured if and when drilling for natural gas begins in the basin.
MNGD incorporates baseline data gathered by the National Park Service, United States Geological Survey, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, New York Department of Environmental Conservation and Environmental Protection Agency.
It also brings in additional targeted biological monitoring, consistent recording of conductivity and temperature utilizing in-stream devices known as HOBO Loggers and the reanalysis of archived water samples.
At the August meeting of the Upper Delaware Council (UDC), Dr. Thomas Fikslin, who manages the DRBC's Monitoring, Modeling and Assessment Branch, described the program and its focus. Fikslin noted that 36% of the Delaware River Basin is underlain by the Marcellus Shale, with speculation that the largest natural gas yields are expected toward northern Delaware County, NY, Wayne County, PA and parts of Sullivan County, NY.
Fikslin told the UDC that the DRBC's management framework for the SPWs above Trenton, NJ allows for no measurable change to water quality based on data collected prior to 1992. Five years ago, the DRBC began monitoring to evaluate current water quality against water quality targets established in 1992, and to develop data to apply the management framework to the Middle and Upper Delaware River.
The DRBC's 10-year biomonitoring program has tracked the biological community in different parts of the watershed, assessing the health of macro-invertebrate populations, which are key indicators of healthy waterways. Organisms such as stoneflies, river mussels and mayflies respond to changes in water quality and can serve as benchmarks in the current SPW regulations.
The DRBC targeted 103 watersheds of similar sizes in Pennsylvania and New York State to gather existing baseline data for its biomonitoring. Thirty-five sites were sampled in PA in April 2011 and 68 were sampled in New York in July and August.
Fikslin noted that gas companies will be required to do biomonitoring at pad sites. Another new measure will involve ranking the constituents in flowback water from hydraulic fracturing, which differs substantially from wastewater treatment plant effluent or non-point runoff. Flowback water contains constituents generated from the formation itself, and aquatic life is very sensitive to these, according to Fikslin. The DRBC's draft regulations would require sampling for those constituents after a well has been stimulated.
The DRBC is also conducting a re-analysis of 711 water samples, 284 of which were collected in 2009 and 2010 from the Upper Delaware River and archived at the Academy of Natural Sciences. The samples will be analyzed for selected parameters identified in flowback samples, such as barium, strontium, bromide and sulfate.
Another area of concern is conductivity, according to Fikslin, and the agency is making use of devices called HOBO Loggers that measure temperature and conductivity for months. Current conditions indicate very low conductivity, with few ions and metals present. The monitors would potentially document pollution events that could be traced to natural gas development. DRBC regulations would require drillers to install the HOBO meters upstream and downstream of their well pad sites.
Docket holders for natural gas permits would also be required to do surface and groundwater monitoring at intervals including pre-site alteration, following each hydraulic fracturing and annually during production periods.
Representative groundwater wells would be required within
2,000 feet of well pads and at least one upstream and downstream surface water monitoring site would be installed to help identify the source of any chemicals found in the water.
Fikslin confirmed that long-standing policy under the Clean Water Act allows the companies to collect and analyze their own data, but added that the DRBC intends to also employ independent monitoring. He added that the proposed regulations call for the tracking of water used in the natural gas extraction process from its source to flowback to treatment.


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BARRE As a new staff member at the Youth Safety Council of Vermont, Bill Merrylees will be giving Turn Off Texting presentations to high schools and driver education programs across the state.
Merrylees, an East Montpelier resident, said Wednesday that hes excited to join the Middlebury-based council and bring the message to young drivers about the potentially grave consequences of texting while driving.
He fit the job posting, which sought a teen-savvy presenter.
Ive been working with students for 20 years or so, mostly in a nontraditional sense, mostly in after-school programming, he said. Most recently he worked for Community Connections, the after-school activities provider for the Montpelier and the U-32 school districts. The federal grant that funded that job was cut.
He said the work hes doing for the council with young people is very interesting and very meaningful for me, because in the long run, it could save some lives.
Merrylees is an avid cyclist and serves as chairman of the Montpelier Bicycle Advisory Committee. Ive seen drivers who are oblivious to the road because they are on the phone, he said, describing one time when he was nearly hit while on his bicycle, because of someone on a cellphone, driving with one hand.
The new job has him administering golf-cart driving tests to illustrate the dangers of texting.
I set up a course with traffic cones, and there are some turns and some stop signs. Its 6 feet wide, and the golf cart is 4 feet wide, and what they do is they drive this course and I time them, and we count the number of cones they hit, he said.
Then I sit next to them in the golf cart and I dictate a text to them while they are driving. Someone driving but not texting might take a minute or so, and theyll knock over three or four cones. Then if they do it when they are texting, more often they are about a minute 20 (seconds) to a minute 30, but the real significant thing is instead of knocking over four cones, they knock over 10, so its twice the errors.
Kids experience it for themselves, Wow, this just doesnt work, it doesnt feel safe. I tell them to imagine the cones as puppies or grandmas or a class of kindergartners. ... Potentially these errors could be life-threatening to yourself or others. Thats what the texting program is all about.
The program also works with UPS drivers around Vermont, said Merrylees, but typically it is for driver education courses. The council has one other presenter sharing the duties.
According to the council, up to 100,000 crashes a year involve drivers who are texting, and 75 percent of teens say texting and driving is common among their friends.
In a report posted on the website, Vermont Deputy Health Commissioner Tracy Dolan identifies the threat of texting while driving as measured in the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey as a new public health crisis.
The nonprofit Youth Safety Council says the texting presentations are funded by a grant from the Governors Highway Safety Program and support from sponsors.
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