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Dear Friends of East Tawas Junction,
We are almost at the beginning of 2012 and as usual, we don't know where this year has gone.
Your generous, encouraging and gracious comments and journal entries, were so appreciated. They are the oil that keeps these wheels turning and let's us know that our aim in providing our guests with opportunities to relax, rejuvenate, celebrate and re-create are being met. When we came here 15 years ago ( October 28, 1996) our hope was that your experience here would be a memorable blessing to you. Little did we know what a blessing you would be to us! You have enriched our lives dramatically and we can't thank you enough for making this adventure such a rewarding experience.
There is too much news to share with you as we gear up for another exciting season so will make an attempt to catch up when it slows down a bit toward at the beginning of the New Year. Til then, we wish you all well - would love to hear from you. An e-mail would do it.
Cordially, Leigh and Staff
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Michael Mee wrote:
> Stupid question: does the entire mfs root filesystem get copied into a
> ramdisk on boot, or does it run off flash? Put another way, where would I
> put the timezone tar file so that it only sits on CF and not in memory where
> its unused except for timezone config!
The MFS root file system is built from mfsroot.gz (which lives on the UFS
formatted CF card). But please don't worry; just store the timezone tgz
file in the MFS along with all the other programs (e.g. in
/usr/share/zoneinfo.tgz); we can well afford the 70 KBs of RAM it takes
up. While I'm not 100% sure about this, I assume that the mfsroot (when
loaded by /boot/loader) will always take up the full 10 MBs of space in
RAM (that's the size of the uncompressed file system), regardless of how
many files there are in it. We still have enough space left in there
(about 1 MB, though we can't use it all because 544 KBs of space have to
be left for the logs, and some for filesystem overhead), so adding the
zoneinfo.tgz to the MFS would not increase memory requirements (compared
to the current m0n0wall version).
Storing the file directly on the CF card would give problems with the
CD-ROM version (the CD-ROM is never mounted during normal operation, only
the floppy disk, and for the sake of simplicity I want config.xml to be
the only file on that disk).
- Manuel

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Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 | 7:12 p.m.
Sun archives
- School District to select new superintendent Wednesday (9-23-2010)
- Superintendent candidates differ on views of empowerment schools (9-22-2010)
- Finalist for superintendent withdraws from consideration (9-20-2010)
- School District names 3 finalists for superintendent (9-16-2010)
- Jim Rogers out of contention for schools superintendent (9-14-2010)
- School District to keep superintendent until January (8-4-2010)
- School District chooses search firm to replace superintendent (6-1-2010)
- School District plans meetings on superintendent search (5-11-2010)
Sun Coverage
The Clark County School Board voted 6-1 tonight to offer the job of schools superintendent to Dwight Jones, the commissioner of education in Colorado.
The dissenting vote was Linda Young, who said her constituents were divided and that she thinks the selection process was too speedy.
But, she said, "If he comes here, he will have my full support."
The next step will be negotiating a contract with Jones, who would replace Walt Rulffes, who in March announced his retirement and has been retained by the board until January.
In picking Jones, 48, the school board chose an educator with experience working with other state education commissioners and the federal government. But he has not run a school district since 2007, and Clark County is more 40 times larger than that district, Fountain-Fort-Carson, in Colorado.
In his formal interview last week, Jones said, "Failure will not be an option. It's not about making friends. It's about a sense of urgency."
A school board member asked Jones about his style of leadership.
"My hand is always in the small of the back," he said. "But you also have to reward. I call it the push-pat principle."
Jones also acknowledged mistakes. A U.S. Department of Education audit in February disallowed $24 million in personnel costs charged to federal grants. Jones said he quickly improved compliance.
But what stung, he said, is when the local media implied that he had abused his cell phone privileges by charging $700 in personal calls over three years to his school phone. He said he paid it back.
The original problem, he said, was that he hated carrying two cell phones, one for personal use and the other for official use.
The district that Jones ran is small.
It is near the Fort Carson military base in Colorado and has about 7,500 students and an $84 million annual budget.
As commissioner, however, Jones works with 178 school districts, educating 830,000 students. He supervises an annual budget of $5 billion, but much of that is controlled and spent locally.
Clark County has about 310,000 students and a budget of $2.2 billion. The superintendent's job pays $270,000 a year.
In Colorado, Jones makes $224,000 a year. The Denver Post reported that the commission's board, responding to Clark County's overtures, was considering offering Jones a 10 percent pay increase. It would include a 6 percent pay increase that Jones refused last year because his staff's salary was frozen.
Jones began his career in education as a teacher in Junction City, Kan., before becoming a principal in elementary, middle and high schools, and then assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction in the Wichita district.
He has also worked at the Edison Schools charter network, a management organization for public schools.
He was appointed Colorado's commissioner of education in June 2007 by a unanimous vote of the Colorado State Board of Education.
According to his biography, he holds degrees from Fort Hayes State University and Kansas State University.
He and his wife, Jenifer, have three children and live in Denver.


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By Judyrae Kruse Herald Columnist
Whoa! Hold everything!
The Jan. 18 Forum featured a recipe for chip treasure cookies, plus an easy-do way to convert the basic recipe to make gluten-free cookies.
And that's what we need to get straightened out.
The various changes did not specify gluten-free graham crackers, which must be used for a gluten-free cookie.
Let's do it all over again, starting with the gluten-free version first, then the original recipe.
To convert the following recipe into a gluten-free cookie, all you need to do is exchange the 1/2 cup wheat flour for a 1/2 cup of gluten-free, all-purpose flour mix, and add 1/8 teaspoon xanthum gum.
Substitute gluten-free graham crackers for the regular graham crackers.
Do not use the butterscotch chip option as they contain gluten, so use the chocolate instead.
Chip treasure cookies
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
1 package (12 ounces) chocolate or butterscotch chips
1 cup chopped walnuts
In a mixing bowl, thoroughly combine the milk and margarine, then stir in the cracker crumbs, flour, baking powder, coconut, chips and walnuts, mixing well.
Drop by rounded teaspoons onto greased baking sheets and bake at 350 degrees for 9 to 10 minutes.
Makes 5 1/2 dozen.
The Forum is always happy to receive your contributions and requests, so don't hesitate to send them along to Judyrae Kruse at the Forum, c/o The Herald, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206.
Please remember that all letters and e-mail must include a name, complete address with ZIP code and telephone number with area code.
No exceptions and sorry, but no response to e-mail by return e-mail; send to email@example.com.
The next Forum will appear in Monday's Good Life section.


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PC World reports that Google is being sued for badgering Android device manufacturers into giving its services prominent screen real estate and driving up the cost of Android phones.
According to PC World:
A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Google of strong-arming device manufacturers into making its search engine the default on Android devices, driving up the cost of those devices and hurting consumers.
Android devices would be cheaper if Google's rivals could compete for the same status on devices by paying device manufacturers for such positioning, the lawsuit argues.
It also says the plaintiffs would have experienced better search options without such agreements. Consumers, the lawsuit contends, "do not know how to switch, nor will they go to the trouble of switching, the default search engine on their devices."More at PC World
It's no secret that Google created Android to promote its services, so this lawsuit isn't exactly shocking. It will be interesting to see how it turns out though, and if it will change Google's behavior in any significant way.
Google will launch Android Silver
The Register reports that Google is working on Android Silver in an attempt to regain control of the Android platform.
According to The Register:
Details of the thing have been corroborated by multiple sources – and it looks like a declaration of war on Samsung and wannabe top-tier gadget manufacturers.
Along the same lines as its Nexus range, Google will design and subsidise Silver-branded handsets, handpick the manufacturers, and manage production. The new devices will be first in line for Android updates – today's manufacturers are notoriously slow at pushing out upgrades – and there will be plenty of help advertising the devices. The gear must meet Google's strict specifications to gain a Silver badge.
The handhelds must run Google's flavour of Android – the open-source-ish OS it bought in 2005 – rather than customised, bloatware-ridden versions cooked up by some hardware makers. In all, it leaves little room for manoeuvre.More at The Register
I don't blame Google for doing this. Android's fragmentation has always been a problem, particularly with users not getting prompt updates. Silver looks like it might help fix that, but I do wonder how Samsung is going to react to it. There's certainly no love lost between Samsung and Google, and this is liable to make that relationship even more difficult.


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Twenty four year-old banking analyst, Jessica Disteldorf is beautiful, witty and smart. But she's caught in a race against time to find the man of her dreams, settle down and start a family.
Jessica Disteldorfs life ambitions are no different from those of many Gen Y-ers. But she faces daunting odds. Jessica has cancer and doctors say its terminal.
Jessica began documenting her journey with a video diary for Australian Story that captures the raw, powerful and sometimes amusing twists and turns of her life.
Australian Story viewers first met Jessica well before she was diagnosed, on a high school research trip to the killing fields of Gallipoli. The resulting program, 'Carve their Names with Pride' became one of the program's best loved episodes.
Six years later, the program caught up with her again as a 23 year-old. Between the first program and this one, Jessica had survived a rare form of cancer and been told she was completely cured...
- Dying For Beginners
- Jessica Horton nee Disteldorf's website.


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While many designers list music as a source of inspiration each season, few have made as literal an interpretation of the subject as designer Mandy Coon. For, her Spring 2013 collection, Coon adorned her bold pieces with laser cut imprints of MIDI files, which are digitalized music files. Of course Coon, who moonlights as a DJ, didn't use any generic MIDI file to generate her designs. She partnered with Pontus Winnberg of Miike Snow, who created a piece of music for her, which was then transmogrified into the unrecognizable imprint that adorns the leather dresses and metal waist cinchers deployed throughout the collection. Beyond the brilliance of the concept, the collection itself was a wonder to behold. In signature Coon style, the show was full of the edgy and sharp silhouettes which were tempered with a feminine flounce, as well as digital prints, the aforementioned lasercutting, and of course, a couple giant, scene-stealing bunny bags.
Even though these styles won't be in stores till next year, if you're itching to get ahold of a bunny bag, or another amazing previous season piece at 50-90% off, there will be a Mandy Coon Sample Sale this Thursday-Friday from 4-8 at MC Studio (93 St. Marks Place, 2nd Floor).


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I begin by greeting everyone in the languages of the realm of New Zealand, in English, Māori, Cook Island Māori, Niuean, Tokelauan and New Zealand Sign Language. Greetings, Kia Ora, Kia Orana, Fakalofa Lahi Atu, Taloha Ni and as it is the afternoon (Sign)
I then specifically greet you: Rt Hon John Key, Prime Minister and Ministers of the Crown; Dr the Rt Hon Lockwood Smith, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Hon Phil Goff, Leader of the Opposition; Rt Hon Dame Sian Elias, Chief Justice; Your Excellency Anthony Mongalo, High Commissioner for South Africa and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Guests otherwise; Ladies and Gentlemen.
I have just used this greeting, in the languages of the realm of NZ, for something like the 2000th time since I became Governor General. During that time, Susan and I have had an opportunity to travel to all the corners of this very special realm, and to use each of those greetings with the people for many of whom they have a special resonance. In New Zealand, we have travelled throughout the North and South and outlying islands, and also to Tokelau, Niue, and the Cook Islands in the Pacific. Our journeys over the five years have provided a wonderful landscape of memories over which to look back.
But our most abiding memories will not be of places, but of the people of New Zealand, and their positive spirit and determination. In schools, businesses, marae, awards ceremonies and festivals, we have met, talked to and shared experiences with many New Zealanders and many communities, and have enjoyed time and again the many qualities that make our country and its people special – good-hearted concern for others, practical can-do attitudes, very often accompanied by good humour.
The collective strength of New Zealanders has been amply illustrated in the aftermath of the disasters and tragedies in Canterbury and Christchurch and at Pike River, and the loss of several lives in the New Zealand Defence Force.
But the role of the Governor General also aligns with positive opportunities to recognise the contributions that people make –in good times as well as in bad. Investing the first Victoria Cross for New Zealand and Anzac of the Year are examples of military contributions, and over the past five years we have been privileged to celebrate more than 2000 investitures to say "thank you" to people who have given outstanding service to the nation or to humanity– whether through voluntary community work or for professional and business contributions.
We have celebrated these New Zealanders on home soil, and when requested we have also had the privilege to represent New Zealanders' interests abroad, to add value to New Zealand's international relationships beyond negotiation of precise trade agreements or political compacts. In this capacity we have visited Singapore, Timor Lesté, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands, and further afield Mongolia, India and Canada. In each of those three countries we made the first visit by a New Zealand Governor-General. We also had the wonderful opportunity of supporting New Zealand competitors in the Olympics at Beijing and the Commonwealth Games at New Delhi.
Visiting India was special for many reasons. To return as representative of the Head of State to the land which my grandparents had left more than a century ago was personally meaningful, but I think we can all reflect on the fact that New Zealand is a nation where anyone, regardless of their background, can achieve if they are prepared to work and contribute.
Another standout moment was visiting the United Nations in 2008 with the Kahurangi Māori cultural group to receive the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award on behalf of New Zealand's initiatives in this area.
Back in New Zealand, the closure of Government House in Wellington in late 2008 gave us an unparalleled opportunity to connect with people in many regions. We held investiture ceremonies in a variety of places from Christchurch and Dunedin through to a notable event in the public bar of the Duke of Marlborough Hotel in Russell. At the end of the 30 month Conservation Project, we believe that the refurbished and strengthened House is a national treasure, and that everyone involved in the project can take pride in a job well done. To be mentioned in this context of refurbishment and strengthening is the considerable work undertaken, mainly by officials with my approval and occasionally at my request, to change processes and practices in a way that one might expect a former Ombudsman to encourage for the Governor-General's activities.
Five years ago I outlined three key themes for my term of office: for people to embrace opportunities inherent in New Zealand's growing diversity; for them to engage with our communities; and for them to enhance civics knowledge. On the first two—diversity and community engagement—I believe New Zealand to be doing well, despite the occasional controversy that erupts in the media.
I think though that New Zealanders' knowledge of civics could be strengthened. Many communications requesting the Governor-General to sack the Government or to refuse to sign a particular law arrive frequently, along with requests for inquiries to be conducted into things like parking meters and energy-efficient light bulbs, and a recent request for advice on how someone might fast-track their ambition to become Governor-General! I think it is desirable for New Zealanders to have a better understanding of our system of governance.
Despite good work by the Electoral Commission, it also continues to be disappointing that so few New Zealanders vote in local elections and that the turnout in general elections continues to decline, even if it is still higher than most other similar democracies. In seven years' time, we will mark 125 years of women's suffrage, the date that all adult New Zealanders, regardless of race, religion, income or gender, were able to vote in national elections. New Zealand was the first country in the world to take this step. We promote this international first to the world—and I suggest it is an area where we might practise more what we preach.
In concluding, I want to offer thanks, first to you, Mr Key and members of the Executive Council for your support and for your hospitality at today's luncheon. Thank you Prime Minister for your kind words earlier and for the State gift we have received, which will be treasured. I would add to this my thanks to my predecessors in office whose example has been excellent and whose support has been greatly appreciated.
I would also like to thank you, Mr Goff, as the Leader of the Opposition, for your thoughts, and also fellow members of the House of Representatives for your support through the last five years.
There are so many people who support the role of the Governor-General in their work which makes it difficult to name some for fear of leaving others out. I do, particularly, want to thank Rebecca Kitteridge, Clerk of the Executive Council, and her colleagues in the Cabinet Office, for ensuring I was always appropriately advised on constitutional matters. The staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade have also given invaluable advice and information, both in New Zealand and abroad, as has the New Zealand Defence Force, and the staffs of Parliament and the Ministry of Justice.
I want to thank Niels Holm, Official Secretary, your predecessor Rob Taylor, and the team that Susan and I affectionately refer to as "Government House Inc." From the household to the programme staff, we could not have achieved as much as we have without their attention to detail and efforts to uphold the highest of standards. They have often gone the extra mile to ensure that we were delivered, on time, and fully briefed. Sterling examples of this have been our Kaumatua, Lewis Moeau, and Kuia Hiria Hape who, following the death of John Tahuparae, have all made the Māori dimension of the role something far reaching and enjoyable.
Finally, there is Susan. When we decided to take on this role, we agreed we would do it together; wherever possible we have done just that. Susan has however, been much more than a congenial supporter. I have constantly relied on her advice and feedback. She has also actively extended the Governor-General's role by promoting three themes: children, initiatives to enhance the environment, and volunteering.
So to the end. It has been an honour and a privilege to undertake this role, and we leave, having built on the fine work of our predecessors, with many wonderful memories. Some stones do remain unturned – no picture of the Chatham Islands is yet on the nightly television weather forecasts, New Zealand's premier cricket venue is still sited on a road named Rugby Street, and there are still no traffic lights or road markings at the intersection just outside this building where Museum St runs into Bowen Ave. It is nevertheless time for us to move on. We wish our successors, Sir Jerry and Lady Janine Mateparae, all the best as they take the role forward. It can be respectfully said that, after a run of Governors-General, it will be a positive change to have a General governing.
And on what we trust is a suitable note of thanks and farewell, I will close, for the final time, in New Zealand's first language offering everyone greetings and wishing everyone good health and fortitude in your endeavours. No reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, kia ora, kia kaha, tēnā koutou katoa.
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Diamond Jubilee visitRoyal couple to visit Auckland, Wellington, Manawatu and Christchurch
Royal receptionPrince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall prepare for trip to downunder
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Average grade: 4.2 %
Length: 1.99 km
Altitude start: 99 m
Altitude top: 184 m
Ascent: 85 m
Maximum: 12 %
White Hill rankings
Difficulty ranking world: 12670 (all)
Ranking United Kingdom: 446 (all)
Ranking North Downs: 18(all)
Difficulty score: 14.02 what?
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The White Hill is situated in Berkshire. This climb belongs to the North Downs.
Starting from Kingsclere,
the White Hill ascent is 1.99 km long. Over this distance, you climb 85 heightmeters.
The average percentage thus is 4.2 %.
The maximum slope is 12 %.
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Ben Jones '96 | February 6, 2013
Howdy folks,
Here we are at the start of a new semester, and we find ourselves with some empty blogger positions. Interested? Read on!
Same deal as always...
We are looking for great storytelling first and foremost, but we remain excited to experiment with additional forms of media that can be used to translate Oberlin to the web. Options include:
1) Writing. The foundation of the blogging world. You're a word weaver, one who sees narratives at every turn. You can't keep your fingers off a keyboard or a pen for very long.
To apply, please share a portfolio of your best writing. Links to your favorite entries in your current blog would be perfect if you have one; if not, we recommend uploading your content to Tumblr or Wordpress. You're welcome to submit additional multimedia content with your blog entries, but your writing should be the primary focus.
2) Video. Your world isn't just words. It's a moving, living, breathing, immersive experience.
To apply, please share examples of your video work (ideally via YouTube or Vimeo) and a list of ideas of stories you would be interested in producing as a video blogger.
3) Photography. A picture is worth a thousand words, and you take a lot of pictures. As a photo blogger, the Oberlin blogs will be the primary home for your Oberlin adventures, but we'll also incorporate your work into certain print publications, mostly for Admissions.
To apply, please share your photography portfolio (ideally via Instagram or Flickr) and create two sample photo essays, supplemented as you see fit with writing or captions.
4) Audio. You're a public radio junkie and inspired by Radiolab and This American Life. The audio landscape is your playground.
To apply, please share examples of your audio work and a list of ideas of stories you would be interested in producing as an audio blogger.
5) Illustration/Art/Comics/Graphic Novels/Etc. Pitch your idea; the sky's the limit.
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b) your major or intended major
c) a brief overview of what you do outside of class (athletics, student orgs, etc.)
d) your local residence (dorm or off-campus) as well as your hometown
e) a few sentences on why you want this job
We look forward to receiving your applications!
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Success Story of Research
Last update on: 01/19/2009
Leukemia and malign tumours are fatal diseases. The diagnosis of cancer abruptly changes the lives of the young patients and their families. Yet one can be optimistic:
The treatment optimisation of cancer amongst children and adolescents has developed unexpectedly successful within the past three decades. Findings of the laboratory and clinical research enable specialists of child cancer treatment facilities to make more precise and specific diagnoses, as well performing patient-tailored therapies, which often allows the very straining treatment side effects to be reduced.
"It is our aim to make a public point of the fact that cancer during child and adolescent age is curable in 3 out of 4 cases."
Michael Dworzak, M.D.,
Head of Department at the St. Anna Children's Hospital,
Scientist at the St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung (Children's Cancer Research Institute) and OVERCOMING CANCER WITH RESEARCH partner
Sound recordings taken during the press conference "20 years of the Children's Cancer Research Institute"
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Bai Ling is not engaged to Nick Carter
Nick Carter called Ryan Seacrest's show on Tuesday to deny reports that he and Bai Ling are engaged, after Bai Ling was quoted as saying they were. A rep for Bai Ling has told a rep for Nick that she never said the things that were reported, though it seems pretty clear the woman is insane.
I appreciate that posing in Playboy and not starring in Star Wars is enough to make you think you're famous, but randomly telling reporters that you're enaged to celebrities qualifies you as an idiot. Looks like we have a challenger for the title of Biggest Attention Whore. I expect her next move will be to claim she slept with the President and start dressing only in used condoms. Well played, Bai. Well played.
Nick Carter Tells Ryan Seacrest – 'Hell No' [PR Newswire]


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Mueller tipped to stay at Venice Film Festival for another four years
Marco Mueller will remain at the helm of the Venice Film Festival for a second four-year mandate, Italy's culture minister Francesco Rutelli said Friday as he hailed Mueller's work as 'excellent.' Rutelli has also indicated that Paolo Baratta, a former banker, government minister and previous Biennale president will return to the job as president of the Italian arts organization. Baratta held the role in 1998-2002. While Mueller has to be re-appointed by the new ...
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Late Night Study in McKeldin Library for the Spring Semester will begin on Sunday, January 27. Our goal is to provide a safe and quiet study space for all students. Late Night Study at McKeldin provides the following services:
- All seven floors of McKeldin are open for Late Night, 11pm to 8am. Floors 4 through 7 are designated "Quiet Floors" during this time.
- Late Night Services is open only to University of Maryland (College Park) and UM Baltimore students and faculty with valid ID. UMUC students may also apply for a Late Night Study card through their own library. All other users (including alumni and community borrowers) will be asked to leave the building and escorted out by staff and/or police aides at 11pm.
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The U.S. Army has received its first M109A7 self-propelled Howitzer through a low-rate production contract awarded to BAE Systems.
The M109A7 is a replacement weapon for the M109A6 self-propelled Howitzer, formerly known as the Paladin Integrated Management program, and will give the Army an indirect fire system capable of keeping pace with the Abrams tank and Bradley Fighting Vehicles.
"The M109A7 stands at the vanguard of a series of ground combat modernization upgrades, which will significantly enhance the Army's combat fleet for decades to come," said Heidi Shyu, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology.
The new system features a chassis, engine, transmission, suspension, and steering system. The components are common to the Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicles, thus reducing overall program cost and logistical footprint.
The Army said M109A6 Paladin vehicles and M992A2 Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicles had been shipped to Anniston Army Depot last year and disassembled to provide cab structures, overhauled gun and cannon assemblies, and other vehicle components, which were integrated on the new chassis at the new BAE Systems production facility in Oklahoma for final assembly.
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Air Quality Plan Approval Application No. 03-000-180
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (Department) will hold a public hearing on July 7, 1998, at 10 a.m. in the Department's Allegheny Conference Room, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. The hearing is for the Department to take testimony concerning Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for the Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's (CNGT) South Bend Compressor Station in South Bend Township, Armstrong County.
The purpose of the hearing is to issue a RACT Operating Permit for Air Quality Plan Approval No. 03-000-180.
CNGT has complied with RACT requirements by retrofitting six Clark HLA-8 internal combustion engines driving natural gas compressors with lean emission combustion technology. Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) emissions from these engines have been reduced to 3 g/bhp-hr at full load/full speed conditions.
CNGT has retarded the ignition timing by four degrees relative to standard timing on an Ingersoll Rand JVG-6 internal combustion engine used for moving natural gas through the facility's dehydration system. In addition, an operating limit of 500 hours per year has been accepted for the company's Caterpillar G3512 internal combustion engine which is used for auxiliary electric power generation. These actions satisfy the presumptive RACT requirements pursuant to 25 Pa. Code § 129.93 for these engines.
Those wishing to present testimony during the hearing should contact community relations coordinator Rita Zettelmayer at (412) 442-4183 to register.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Rita Zettelmayer or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
Those unable to attend the hearing, but who wish to comment, should provide written comments to Nicholas J. Waryanka, Air Pollution Control Engineer, DEP, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Comments should be submitted by July 2, 1998.
Copies of the RACT application, the Department's analyses and other documents used in evaluation of the application are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Department's Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Appointments for scheduling a review may be made by calling (412) 442-4000.
Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).
The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District mining office indicated above each application. Where a 401 water quality certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for the certification.
Written comments or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications, may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment and informal conferences).
Where any of the mining activities listed below will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. The NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition to the above, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the above-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor; application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Ebensburg District Office, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.
Coal Applications Received:
56813019. Permit Renewal, Scurfield Coal, Inc. (228 Main Street, Berlin, PA 15530), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine, reclamation, only in Paint Township, Windber Borough, Somerset County, affecting 56.3 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Seese Run; tributaries to Paint Creek; and to Paint Creek, application received May 12, 1998.
11830103. Permit Renewal, Laurel Land Development, Inc. (P. O. Box 629, Carrolltown, PA 15722), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine, reclamation only in West Carroll Township, Cambria County, affecting 46.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributary to West Branch of Susquehanna River, application received May 8, 1998.
11980202. Smith Energy, Inc. (1075 Chestnut Street, Nanty Glo, PA 15943), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip-coal refuse reprocessing mine in Blacklick Township, Cambria County, affecting 10 acres, receiving stream Coalpit Run to South Branch Blacklick Creek, application received May 14, 1998.
Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
63930101R. Twilight Industries (Division of U. S. Natural Resources, Inc., 212 State Street, Belle Vernon, PA 15012). Renewal application received for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Somerset Township, Washington County. Receiving streams: North Branch of Pigeon Creek to Pigeon Creek to the Monongahela River. Renewal application received April 27, 1998.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
54980101. Reilly Mineral Resources, Inc. (P. O. Box 989, Pottsville, PA 17901), commencement, operation and restoration of an anthracite surface mine in Walker Township, Schuylkill County, affecting 817 acres, receiving stream Schuylkill River and Wabash Creek. Application also includes NPDES No. PA0223921. Application received May 11, 1998.
Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
Noncoal Applications Received
65980401. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. (Box 77, Church Street, New Enterprise, PA 16664). Application received for commencement, operation and reclamation of a large noncoal (limestone) surface mine located in Donegal Township, Westmoreland County, proposed to affect 76.7 acres. A social and economic justification is included. Receiving streams two unnamed tributaries to Indian Creek, Indian Creek. Application received April 23, 1998.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
52980301. McKean & Son, Inc., (R. R. 1, Box 628, Hawley, PA 18428-9751), commencement, operation and restoration of a quarry operation in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County affecting 9.72 acres, receiving stream Little Blooming Grove Creek. Application received May 11, 1998.
Under Act 181 of 1984, the Department of Environmental Protection solicits letters of interest from the landowners and/or licensed mine operators for the reclamation of the following abandoned strip mine project:
Project Municipality County Acre BF 431-101.1 Lower Tyrone Township Fayette 27
Letters of interest must be received by Ernest F. Giovannitti, Director, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Department of Environmental Protection, P. O. Box 8476, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8476, no later than 4 p.m., Local Time, July 2, 1998, to be considered.
Telephone inquiries shall be directed to B. P. Rao, Chief, Division of Acid Mine Drainage Abatement, at (717) 783-1311.
The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval, and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 certification will be published concurrently with the permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted above the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Southeast Regional Office: Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E09-769. Encroachment. Morrisville Borough, 35 Union Street, Morrisville, PA 19067. To construct and maintain a 27.5-foot × 24.33-foot dechlorination facility at the Wastewater Treatment Plant which is located in the 100 year floodplain of the Delaware River. The site is located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Riverview Avenue and Delaware Avenue (Trenton West PA-NJ Quadrangle, N: 14.00 inches; W: 2.5 inches) in the Borough of Morrisville, Bucks County.
E09-770. Encroachment. Jon and Angela Hinton, P. O. Box 74, Springtown, PA 18081-0074. To construct and maintain a 15 foot long × 6 foot wide × 3.33 high wooden pedestrian bridge across the channel of Silver Creek (EV). The site is located approximately 600 feet southeast of the intersection of Drifting Drive and Main Street (Hellertown, PA Quadrangle N: 10.25 inches; W: 4.45 inches) in Springfield Township, Bucks County.
E15-575. Encroachment. West Chester United Soccer Club, P. O. Box 1842, West Chester, PA 19380-0065. To construct and maintain a 45-foot long pedestrian bridge with an underclearance of 7 feet across the East Branch of Chester Creek (TSF). The site is located approximately 1,000 feet southwest of the intersection of Route 926 and Creek Road at the West Chester United Soccer Club's fields (West Chester Quadrangle N: 10.6 inches; W: 5.95 inches) in Thornbury Township, Chester County.
E23-371. Encroachment. Ridley Park Borough, 105 E. Ward Street, Ridley Park, PA 19078-3099. To remove an existing 22-foot long, 5-foot wide pedestrian bridge and to construct and maintain a 42-foot long, 5-foot wide pedestrian bridge to accommodate the increased width of the creek; dredge existing lake bed and new sediment basins; widen the streambed at entrance area to lake and miscellaneous maintenance work activities such as repair of 950 linear feet of gabion bank stabilization, installation of riprap for stormwater outfall scour protestion, install an aerator fountain etc. The site is located upstream from Ridley Park Dam (D23-53A) across Little Crum Creek (WWF) (Lansdowne USGS Quadrangle N: 0.50 inches; W: 11.25 inches) in Ridley Park Borough, Delaware County.
E51-166. Encroachment. PA DOT, 200 Radnor-Chester Rd., St. Davids, PA 19087. To provide major maintenance to 166 existing Schuylkill Expressway (S. R. 76) support columns by placing concrete encasement protection around the lower exposed portion of these steel pile supports. R-6 riprap will be used to protect the base of these columns and provide scour protection. Scour protection utilizing R-6 riprap will also be installed at stormwater outfalls. This work extends approximately 6500 linear feet along the west bank of the Schuylkill River (WWF, MF) in the vicinity of Walnut Street (Philadelphia, PA-NJ Quadrangle N: 11.0 inches; W: 8.8 inches) in the City of Philadephia, Philadelphia County.
Southcentral Region: Section Chief, Department of Environmental Protection, Southcentral Regional Office, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
E21-280. Encroachment. Eugene Giza, 440 Criswell Drive, Boiling Springs, PA 17007. To construct and maintain about 475 feet of rock riprap along the right bank of Yellow Breeches Creek to prevent further stream bank erosion located about 4,500 feet downstream of T-545 Bridge (Mechanicsburg, PA Quadrangle N: 4.5 inches; W: 15.3 inches) in Monroe Township, Cumberland County.
E28-252. Encroachment. Waynesboro Country Club, Inc., Rob Bostic, 11000 Country Club Road, Waynesboro, PA 17268. To construct and maintain steel beams at the banks of East Branch Antietam Creek for the purpose of supporting overhead pipelines which runs over the creek for irrigation purposes located about 1,000 feet east of Roadside Village (Waynesboro, PA Quadrangle N: 2.4 inches; W: 3.9 inches) in Washington Township, Franklin County.
E36-652. Encroachment. Lancaster County Commissioners, David McCudden, 50 N. Duke St., Lancaster, PA 17608. To construct and maintain a bridge having three clear spans of 72.25, 69.75 and 67.5 feet each of prestressed concrete beams with a concrete slab deck for the superstructure, with a low-chord underclearance of 31 feet at midcenter over the Conestoga River, supported by two reinforced concrete piers and abutments. Rock slope protection will be placed adjacent to both bridge abutments along the river banks. The bridge is for access to a proposed juvenile detention facility to be located on the Sunnyside peninsula, connecting Circle Avenue to Broad Street (Lancaster, PA Quadrangle N: 5.9 inches; W: 5.2 inches) in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County.
E67-626. Encroachment. Joseph Bene, 60 Crestwood Lane, York, PA 17402. To place 260 linear feet of fill in the floodway of an unnamed tributary to Mill Creek for the purpose of flood control for new medical offices located between Memory Lane and Pleasant Valley Road (York, PA Quadrangle N: 20.3 inches; W: 8.3 inches) in Springettsbury Township, York County.
E67-627. Encroachment. Springettsbury Township, Paul Amic, 1501 Mt. Zion Rd., York, PA 17402. To place fill in a 0.3 acre pond and to construct and maintain 60 linear feet of 42-inch diameter reinforced concrete pipe in an unnamed tributary to Mill Creek for the purpose of constructing the Pleasant Valley Road extension west of Memory Lane (York, PA Quadrangle N: 20.6 inches; W: 8.6 inches) in Springettsbury Township, York County.
Northcentral Region: Water Management, Soils and Waterways Section, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.
E14-325. Encroachment. PA Department of Environmental Protection, 208 W. Third St., Williamsport, PA 17701. To install and maintain an agricultural stream crossing for livestock and streambank fencing along Pine Creek located on Richard and Linda Burd property (N: 2.125 inches; W: 2.375 inches) in Haines Township, Centre County. Pine Creek is designated an Exceptional Value stream.
E49-417. Encroachment. Ralph Knorr, R. R. 3, Box 183A, Sunbury, PA 17801. To extend a 15 inch storm drain pipe and to place about 6 inches of fill along approximately 300 feet of eroded stream bank in Little Shamokin Creek. The project is located on Bush Hollow Road off Rt. 890 approximately 500 feet south of Augustaville (Treverton, PA Quadrangle N: 9.5 inches; W: 16.2 inches) in Rockefeller Township, Northumberland County. Estimated stream disturbance is approximately 300 feet with no wetland impacts; stream classification is Cold Water Fishery.
E53-312. Encroachment. Gospel Tabernacle Inc., 31 Port Allegheny Rd., Coudersport, PA 16915. To place and maintain fill in 0.24 acre of a 2.7 acre Palustrine emergent wetland for the purpose of constructing an elderly housing complex. To compensate for impact, the applicant proposes to meet the wetland replacement requirement by participating in the Pa. Wetland Replacement Project. The project site is located directly north of SR 006, approximately 0.1 mile east of the Eulalia Township boundary (Coudersport, PA Quadrangle N: 2.4 inches; W: 6.0 inches) in Coudersport Borough, Potter County.
E59-359. Encroachment. PA Dept. of Transportation, 715 Jordan Ave., Montoursville, PA 17754. To permanently encroach upon 4.6 acres of wetland and to construct, operate and maintain 10 permanent stream encroachments for the upgrade of a 5.4 mile corridor of an existing highway to a limited access four lane highway. The stream encroachments shall consist of: 1) the enclosure of Flower Run with a 66 inch × 591 foot culvert pipe and a 100 foot long rock apron; 2) the 200 feet of an unnamed tributary to Johnson Creek channel relocation; 3) a six span bridge across Johnson Creek having a total span of 758 feet and width of 50 feet for the northbound lane; 4) a six span bridge across Johnson Creek having a total span of 754 feet and a width of 50 feet for the southbound lane; 5) the enclosure of Mills Creek with a 14 foot × 7 foot × 336 foot box culvert and a 50 foot long rock apron; 6) the 80 feet of Mills Creek channel relocation; 7) the enclosure of Bone Run with a 14 foot × 7 foot × 515 foot box culvert and a 50 foot long rock apron; 8) the 30 feet of Bone Run channel relocation; 9) the 90 feet of an unnamed tributary to Johnson Creek channel relocation; and 10) the placement of roadway embankment in the floodway of an unnamed tributary to the Tioga River. This permit also authorizes the temporary impact to 1.6 acres of wetland and 1905 feet of waterway for the associated construction crossings and stream diversions. The project is located along the eastern right-of-way of existing SR 0015 approximately 0.5 mile south of the Blossburg Borough corporate boundary (Blossburg, PA Quadrangle N: 6.0 inches; W: 12.0 inches) in Bloss, Covington, Hamilton, and Liberty Townships and Blossburg Borough, Tioga County. The permittee shall fully restore all temporarily impacted waterways and wetlands. Permanent wetland impacts shall be mitigated by the construction of 5.6 acres of replacement wetlands.
E59-364. Reissuance. Encroachment. Department of Conservation and Natural Resource, P. O. Box 8451, Harrisburg, PA 17105. To remove an existing structure and to construct, operate and maintain a single span prestressed concrete spread box beam bridge to carry Asaph Run Road across Asaph Run. The bridge shall be constructed with a clear single span of 60 feet, an average underclearance of 5.0 feet and a clear roadway width of 20.1 feet. The project is located along the northern right-of-way of SR 0006 approximately 1.9 miles northwest of the intersection of SR 3022 and Asaph Run Rd. (Asaph, PA Quadrangle N: 5.8 inches; W: 8.0 inches) in Shippen Township, Tioga County. Estimated stream disturbance is 150 linear feet with no wetland impact; stream classification is high quality-cold water fishery.
E59-372. Encroachment. Corey Creek Golf Club, P. O. Box 444, Mansfield, PA 16901. To excavate and place fill in a 0.8 acre Palustrine emergent wetland for the purpose of constructing an irrigation pond. To compensate for impact, the applicant proposes to construct 0.8 acre of onsite replacement wetlands. The project site is located north of SR 006, approximately 1.5 miles east of the SR 549 and SR 006 intersection (Mansfield, PA Quadrangle N: 8.25 inches; W: 2.95 inches) in Sullivan Township, Tioga County.
Southwest Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E63-424. Encroachment. Monongahela Iron & Metal Company Inc., P. O. Box 250, Monongahela, PA 15063-1401. To expand and maintain the existing barge loading facility 350 feet channel and along the left bank of the Monongahela River (WWF) located at river mile 32.8. The new total length of the facility will now be 525 feet (Monongahela, PA Quadrangle N: 12.8 inches; W: 4.8 inches) in the City of Monongahela, Washington County.
E65-686. Encroachment. DeNunzio Properties, Inc., P. O. Box 74, Jeannette, PA 15644. To construct and maintain a single span bridge having a normal span of 33.0 feet and an underclearance of 5.0 feet across Zellers Run (WWF) for the purpose of accessing future garage rental units. The project is located on Weaver Street (Greensburg, PA Quadrangle N: 7.0 inches; W: 7.1 inches) in the Borough of Southwest Greensburg, Westmoreland County.
Applications received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.
D30-047. Dam. Cyprus Emerald Resources Corporation (145 Elm Drive, Waynesburg, PA 15370). To construct, operate and maintain sedimentation pond no. 1 across a tributary to Smith Creek (WWF) to control sediment from coal refuse disposal area 2 at Cyprus Emerald Resources Corporation's Emerald Mine No. 1 (Waynesburg, PA Quadrangle N: 1.4 inches; W: 7.0 inches) in Franklin Township, Greene County.
D48-141A. Dam. Kravco Company (234 Mall Boulevard, King of Prussia, PA 19406). To modify, operate and maintain the Palmer Park Mall Dam across a tributary to Bushkill Creek (HQ-CWF) across Park Avenue from Hackett Avenue at the entrance road to Palmer Park Mall for the purpose of stormwater detention (Nazareth, PA Quadrangle N: 13.2 inches; W: 0.9 inch) in Palmer Township, Northampton County.
Requests for Environmental Assessment approval under 25 Pa. Code § 105.15 and requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 3rd Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.
D44-044EA. Environmental Assessment. Bureau of Facility Design and Construction (Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 8th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101). To breach and remove an unnamed dam across Laurel Creek (HQ-CWF, MF) for the purpose of restoring the stream to a free flowing condition. The dam is located approximately 1,900 feet west of the intersection of S. R. 322 and Filter Plant Road (Laurel Creek Reservoir) (Burnham, PA Quadrangle N: 19.25 inches; W: 16.65 inches) in Armagh Township, Mifflin County.
Applications filed under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (32 P. S. §§ 631--641) relating to the acquisition of rights to divert waters of the Commonwealth.
Southcentral Regional Office: Field Operations, Sanitarian Regional Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4708.
WA 01-1006. Water Allocation. Possum Valley Municipal Authority, Adams County. The applicant is requesting the right to withdraw 72,000 gpd from Big Hill Springs.
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The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications and requests for plan approval and has issued the following significant orders.
Persons aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514), and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law) to the Environmental Hearing Board, 400 Market Street Floor 2, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in braille or on audio tape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).
Northcentral Regional Office: Department of Environmental Protection, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Grit Building, Williamsport, PA 17701.
NPDES Permit No. PA 0110485. Sewerage. Columbia County Industrial Development Authority, has renewed their NPDES permit to discharge treated waste water. Facility located at South Centre Township, Columbia County.
NPDES Permit No. PA 0112950. Sewerage. Con-Way Central Transportation Services Inc. has been granted an NPDES permit to discharge treated wastewater from facility located at Bradford Township, Clearfield County.
WQM Permit No. 4192403 Amendment. Sewerage. Hughesville Wolf Township Joint Municipal Authority P. O. Box 207, R. R. 3, 167 Woolen Mill Road, Hughesville, PA 17737. The Authority proposes to convert two of their existing sludge drying beds into a belt filter press building. The facility is located at Wolf Township, Lycoming County.
WQM Permit No. 1798401. Sewerage. Con-Way Central Transportation Service Inc., 3240 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, California 94304. Applicant has been granted permission to construct and maintain a small flow treatment facility to serve a truck terminal. Facility located at Bradford Township, Clearfield County.
WQM Permit No. 1496411-T2. Sewerage. Jennifer A. Sinisi, 770 Steele Hollow Road, Julian, PA 16844. Transfer of above permit has been completed. Facility located at Huston Township, Centre County.
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The 12th edition of the Festival is the next in a series of confrontations between the music of Chopin and that of the composers closest to his heart – Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Bellini, Jírovec; it also traces the various influences on Chopin's music, as well as that of Chopin's music on the works of other composers; it features Chopin's favorite musical genres – opera, art song, concerto, chamber music; finally, it showcases a phenomenon popular in the 19th century, consisting of arrangements, paraphrases and variations on the themes of the best-known works from that era. It also undertakes daring – though risky, and thereby provocative as well – transformations of Chopin's masterpieces into another type sound. All of this in masterful renditions on both contemporary and historical instruments. A great wealth of various performances styles – especially of music by the festival's patron – will be heard in the interpretations of laureates of the most recent Chopin Competition, both on Steinways and Yamahas, and on Erards, Pleyels and Broadwoods.
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I want to go in fully prepared to advocate for DS1. I live in a very rural area, the nearest Developmental pedi is at a Children's Hospital 7 hours away. She is flying into my area for a week to see a very select few kids for a speciality clinic, and we are one of the few. We have one hour with her and then hour with her and his "team" to discuss. It will be myself, his old EI SLP, possibly his private SLP, and then a LCSW, who was sent out to my house to do a "psych" screening on him. She played with him for an hour and then told me that we could rule out autism because "he is too social". The pedi is new, has never done this clinic before, so one here knows what to expect from her.
DS1 is 3 as of this spring, and does qualify for services through the school district. I asked them not to attend because I have issues with some of the theories the therapists have about him. And hence the reason his old EI SLP is attending because she "gets him", she saw what I see daily with him. In therapy and during other evals, he is a model child, very few people see his behaviors. When I go through checklists for Asperger's, I can basically check every single one EXCEPT that he is highly social. In controlled, contained environments, like during therapies or evals, he WILL be an entirely different kid. I take him home and then he will line up his cars for hours, pace in circles until his feet bleed, and refuse to eat or drink for days all while not speaking.
So tips, advice, suggestions are gladly welcome. I put together a 1.5 page bulletin point, very easy to glance over, list of my concerns with him. Oh and video of him pacing and going "mute" where he will only shake his head instead of using words. I also want to go in with arguments against ruling out anything just because he does not eval well and loves adults.
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Oh yes, definitely other issues. Significant speech issues (he comprehends, but expressive is delayed and he has echolalia) he does not understand nonverbal communication other then shaking head yes or no. Can't "read" others, zero interaction with peers unless to be aggressive, content to be alone for hours, very repetitive behaviors, obsession with all things car related, abnormally long attention span, on and on. Everyone so far just ignores all that and focuses on the fact that he does make eye contact and smiles at them and just tells me that is his personality and the only issue is his speech.
It sounds like he does fine with adults, but that there are issues in his social development with his peers.
Until very recently, Asperger's wasn't dx'ed until later because all of the traits of Asperger's can occur in completely normal toddlers and preschoolers. The real difference comes when children don't outgrow these traits.
How does your child do a list for PDD-NOS?
Is your child in preschool or will he start preschool soon? The observations of the teacher could be very helpful in figuring out what is going on.
In addition to speech, has your child been formal dx'ed with sensory integration issues?
What are you hoping to gain by a more encompassing diagnosis at this time? Although I'm a huge fan of getting kids therapy and help when they are young, I don't think the exact label is uber important. You'd be surprised how many kids get re-labeled as they get older. Would it really make a difference if he were labeled with Aspergers now, or if that was delayed until he was 10? For him, would it make a difference in what services he was provided?
What is the schools districts theory for your son's delays? What do you feel they are missing when they see him?
but everything has pros and cons
I started off wanting to know what else if something else is going on besides his speech. I bumped him up to 8 hours a week all the fall/winter/spring with minimal improvement, progress yes, but very slow. He has been in speech therapy since 19 months of age.
No preschool yet, will start in the fall. I should look at a list for PPD-NOS, I haven't. No dxing of any issues have been done. He did attend a speech program at a center that caters to SPD and nothing was said about him.
The school district thinks he has anxiety issues, that explains his pacing, his periods of muteness, etc... You would have to know my DS1 to realize that the kid has NOTHING close to anxiety. He has no fear, no issues with separation. Heck, I could guarantee that I could leave him home all day tomorrow alone and he would not care, I could send him home with the next person that walked by and he wouldn't care. My DD1 does have an anxiety disorder as does my DH, both take meds and the second the school district heard that, they jumped to conclusions.
I truly do not care what his dx is, Aspergers, PPD-NOS, or just a quirky kid with a speech delay. I just need to know what else I can be doing to help him, because what ever I am doing right now, is not working. He gets (and only during the school year) one hour of speech a week and one hour of early childhood ed through the school district, I pay out of pocket for another 1.5 hours of private speech a week now. We had been doing another 6 hours a week of group speech therapy through that center but it is closed now. The school district will not offer us anything more right now, a dx might change that. He is supposed to go to a regular preschool this fall that does not take unpotty trained children (he is not potty trained) and is not fenced when he has a history of bolting or wandering because there is nothing else for him currently as "just a speech delayed child". Something needs to change, he needs to eat, he needs to not pace until his feet are bloody. I know a dx will not stop that but living in this very rural, isolated area, it might open up some more doors for us. And if there is no dx, and this really is just his personality, well, then I tried and I guess I'll have to figure out what to do then.
I used to believe the same thing about my son and anxiety, down to him not caring if I sent him home with a stranger; then when we did the hospital eval when he was 6yo 11mo we found that things that didn't look like anxiety to us, were manifestations of anxiety--such as when ds would "freeze up" and refuse to move/communicate.
My ds has always made eye contact, but it was fleeting; he looked in your eyes, then looked away, then looked in your eyes again (repeat). Also, Aspgerger's doesn't mean that a person is not social but that they have difficulty with appropriate social interaction (social reciprocity and pragmatics); so providers shouldn't cite this as an excuse not to diagnose. This difficulty can be more evident with peers while interaction with adults is often more "normal."
So, your goal of a diagnosis at this point is to access services the school says he doesn't qualify for.
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I would bring this up before the end of the appointment, particularly if it isn't going well for you. Point to your bullet list and say "look, this is not normal behavior. Without a diagnosis and a recommendation for (x,y,z) services, the school in my very rural, isolated area will continue to deny he has any problems at all."
The state is required to provide FAPE (Free And Appropriate Education). If his issues (even if is anxiety) prevent him from getting FAPE then they need to provide those services that make FAPE possible.
The only way to determine if a disability exists with a child is through comprehensive evaluation.
The school can't evaluate just by casual observation, they need to use actual evaluations (developmental scales) which you are entitled to have a copy of. "From Emotions to Advocacy" has a sample letter for requesting your child's complete educational records.
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My case is very similar to yours. The checklist for Aspergers - all are 2's and 3's except for the social part. He is *very* social, but doesn't know how to interact properly.
DS has just been diagnosed with Aspergers in the past month or so. It was so hard to get others to see what was going on because he is a totally different kid when we take him out. A few weeks ago, we went for an appointment (he was having a bad day) and the doctors finally saw him acting the way he does at home all the time.
I am so new in this myself that I don't have much info for you, but I wanted to say I think you're doing great by your son to keep seeking, even though it gets frustrating.
Im hoping you get the help you need in his upcoming appointment!
Oh - and one thing that really helped me was getting a video together of how he acts at home and showing it to the doctor!
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The city may lose its grant from the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District because R.C. Miller Refuse Service Inc. in Canton has not been separating or recycling garbage taken there for at least the last couple months, and maybe all year.
Phillip Palumbo, executive director of the solid waste district, said the district's board will address the city's $21,400 grant, and whether or not it should be refunded to the district because household waste has not been recycled. The city receives the grant to help fund a recycling program.
"It certainly will be discussed at the January meeting of the board of directors," Palumbo said. "It's the board's decision (whether to take the grant back or not)."
The board will meet Jan. 7. Jean Baird, the city's administration director, could not be reached for comment.
In the application for the grant, the city must state the proposed recycling program, and in that proposal is the percentage of garbage that should be recycled. Roy Parker, the city's representative in the district, was on vacation and could not comment on the amount of trash the city has agreed to recycle.
Canton's agreement, which is very similar to other city agreements, Palumbo said, says that 10 percent of household waste is to be recycled. Canton has an agreement with R.C. Miller for pick-up and separation. That city is currently seeking reimbursement from R.C. Miller for the amount of grant money it paid to the recycling company, a letter from the city of Canton to R.C. Miller said. Whatever it recoups will be refunded to the solid waste district.
Wooster does not have a contract with R.C. Miller, though. It contracts Waste Management to pick up trash, and Waste Management then has an agreement with R.C. Miller for that garbage to be separated and recycled.
To ensure waste is being recycled and the grant money is being used wisely, Waste Management is responsible for giving a presentation every quarter to the solid waste district on Wooster's behalf, showing how much garbage had been recycled in the previous three months.
However, the report is prepared with information from R.C. Miller, Palumbo said, so the accuracy of those reports is questionable.
"We have reports from all sorts of cities," he said, "and we question their validity."
Palumbo said no one knows for sure, except for R.C. Miller, how long waste has not been recycled.
"The company won't own up to exactly how long that has been happening," he said. "It's hard to figure out, hard to pinpoint exactly what happened and when in 1999."
Bill Sigler of Waste Management said Thursday he was surprised R.C. Miller had not been recycling, and his company is working with Wooster to come up with another recycling plan.
Sigler would not comment though, on the fact the city may lose its grant.


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Betty Holden in on a crusade to take broken rosaries stashed away in dresser drawers and give them new life and put them back into service.
The 75-year-old retired travel agent has been making and repairing rosaries for almost 20 years. She spends several hours a day behind a pair of needle-nose pliers repairing rosaries that she sends back into the hands of the faithful and overseas to missionaries.
She gets help from her husband, Dick, who she said "never prays the rosary and goes to church just in case." His main job is cutting string for the strands of beads.
"I'm the lowly string cutter," joked Dick Holden, 76, who got roped into helping his wife after she broke her wrist rollerblading a few years ago. "She's the boss and chief inspector."
For Betty, repairing rosaries is a labor of love and a devotion to the Virgin Mary, whose presence she said she feels with every bead she threads.
"Even if you are just quietly holding them, you feel your heart slowing down," Holden said.
The Holdens' mission started in 1997, when they put a small "broken rosary repair service" notice in their parish bulletin at St. Mary Church in Simsbury, Conn. After Reader's Digest ran their notice in the magazine, requests came pouring in from all over the globe. To this day, their notice appears in church bulletins as close as Northhampton, Mass., and as far away as Africa.
The couple never stops repairing and making rosaries. They even lug their supplies -- plastic containers filled with beads of every kind, crucifixes, string and tools -- to Fort Meyers Beach, Fla., where they spend the winter months.
The Holdens don't charge for their service, but they will gladly accept a $2 or $3 donation to cover their shipping costs and any supplies. Aside from repairing rosaries, they ship rosaries that are made by about 30 volunteers in Connecticut.
Maryknoll Br. Goretti Zilli said he's grateful to Holdens. For years, the couple has been repairing broken rosaries belonging to retired and infirm Maryknoll brothers living at the St. Theresa's residence in Ossining, N.Y.
"The rosary holds a special power for the brothers -- especially for those who can't attend Mass. Some are bed-ridden brothers here and require medical treatment, they can't get together in the chapel with their brothers to pray," he said.
Zilli said many of the rosaries the Holdens send him are given to prisoners at the nearby Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Others he ships to the Universal Living Rosary Association in Dickinson, Texas, which sends them to missions around the world.
"(The Holdens) have been good to me. They fix 'em up very good. They are easy to break. I used to repair them but I stopped because I don't repair them right and they fell apart," Zilli said.
Holden said by cycling through the rosary, a person comes to understand the birth, passion and resurrection of Christ, and the history of human redemption.
But rosaries also hold the history of those who own them.
"People know their rosaries. They say to me, 'Oh these were blessed by the pope, or they were given to me on my First Communion, or these belonged to my mother,' " Holden said. "Whatever shape they come to me, I'm going to make them look great again."
[Ann Marie Somma is the editor of Hartford Faith & Values.]
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feature request: invert plot axes
Hi group,
it seems that it is not possible to invert the x axis
of a plot in a simple way, so that the function is plotted
from e.g. 1 to -1 (PlotRange->{1,-1} does not work).
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Don't be fooled by the National Organization for Marriage's public bravado and supposed unstoppable appearance.
Behind the facade,the organization seems to be ever so slowly but surely heading towards a precipice and the thing nudging it along the way is the state of Maine.
NOM was successful in its ballot initiative to overturn Maine's law allowing marriage equality in 2009. But it was a messy win which is turning out to be a pyrrhic victory (a win which ends up biting the victor in the ass) for the organization.
NOM continues to fight against the state's public discloure laws, losing at every turn. The latest loss for NOM came yesterday:
A federal appeals court is denying a request for a new hearing in a public-disclosure case stemming from Maine's 2009 same-sex marriage campaign.
Religious right group's 2009 victory becomes costly « SpeakEasy
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