text: Obama reignites warnings to plan for coal's decline By Ken Ward Jr. June 30, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- President Obama's proposed climate change action plan has reignited rhetoric about an administration "war on coal," but it's also renewed calls for West Virginia political leaders to focus on efforts to diversify the state's economy as the coal industry continues its ongoing decline.Last week, Obama announced a broad effort to curb global warming pollution that includes the first-ever rules to limit carbon dioxide releases from power plants that account for a third of the nation's greenhouse emissions.Elected officials across West Virginia generally blasted the plan. Rep. Nick J. Rahall called it misguided, misinformed and untenable." Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., called it "another move in the president's tyrannical game of picking winners and losers in the energy industry."However, many energy experts said such reactions indicates how out of touch the state's political leadership is to growing recognition of the urgency to take action to try to slow climate change."It just sort of highlights that we're not part of the movement around the country that is addressing this," said James VanNostrand, a law professor and director of the Center for Energy and Sustainable Development at West Virginia University's College of Law. "We're on the sidelines, watching and waiting for it to happen."While limiting emissions from coal-fired power plants is one key part of Obama's proposal, the president also announced a wide variety of other efforts: Pushing for more production of cleaner-burning natural gas; increasing programs to improve energy efficiency; and even pumping substantial federal money into finding ways to control carbon emissions from coal-burning facilities.VanNostrand said many of those items and other measures could be part of a more thorough West Virginia energy policy. As one example, VanNostrand said the state could put more emphasis on encouraging the co-firing of coal plants with waste wood and other biomass that helps lower carbon dioxide emissions.A study published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concluded that West Virginia remains a good target for more wind-power facilities because wind energy built here is more likely to displace coal than wind generation built elsewhere. "A wind turbine in West Virginia displaces twice as much carbon dioxide as the same turbine in California," said the study, authored by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, complained last week that Obama's climate change action plan includes "imminent restrictions on carbon emissions" from coal-fired power plants. However, administration officials say carbon dioxide rules for existing plants won't be finalized for another two years and, even then, they almost certainly will have some sort of lengthy phase-in for utility compliance.Officials from American Electric Power, one of the nation's largest coal-burning utilities, praised Obama for offering a "balanced approach" but said the exact carbon dioxide limits and the compliance timelines are a key piece of information that's not yet known."As with any plan, the details will make the difference," said AEP spokeswoman Melissa McHenry. She added that, "our industry can continue to achieve meaningful reductions and minimize economic pain" if the administration provides "maximum flexibility." As part of its plan, the Obama administration would provide $8 billion in new loan guarantees for fossil-fuel projects, including those that focus on carbon capture and storage, or CCS, for coal-fired power plants. That's on top of the $3.4 billion for CCS that was included in Obama's economic stimulus bill.While coal supporters and many scientists believe CCS technology can be part of the solution to climate change -- and really the only answer for reducing carbon dioxide emissions and still burning coal -- there are major questions about the cost, scale and feasibility of equipment that would need to be installed on power plants around the world.During a radio appearance last week, Rahall noted the administration's investments in CCS but said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shouldn't issue rules to limit emissions until CCS technology is ready to be more broadly deployed. "We need to give industry the time for new technologies to be finalized and kick in that would reduce carbon dioxide emissions," Rahall said on the MetroNews show "Talkline."Many scientists and policy experts, though, have concluded that climate change regulations need to be "technology-forcing," meaning that utilities won't perfect and deploy the technology until government regulators require them to do so.Last month, a Congressional Research Service report noted that utilities dropped three major CCS projects that received $729 million from Obama's stimulus program, at least in part because of "uncertainty regarding future regulations and uncertainty regarding the future national climate policy."One of those projects was AEP's much-touted plan to expand a CCS test at its Mountaineer Plant in New Haven, Mason County.At the time, then-AEP CEO Michael Morris called his company's decision a "classic 'what comes first?'" situation."The commercialization of this technology is vital if owners of coal-fueled generation are to comply with potential future climate regulations without prematurely retiring efficient, cost-effective generating capacity," Morris said. "But as a regulated utility, it is impossible to gain regulatory approval to recover our share of the costs for validating and deploying the technology without federal requirements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions already in place." While its backers say CCS is a vital area for West Virginia to explore, others point to a variety of studies and projections that show that, regardless of climate change rules, coal production in Southern West Virginia is likely to continue to decline because of played-out reserves, continued low natural gas prices and competition from more productive mines in Wyoming and Illinois.In a May report, the Morgantown-based environmental consulting firm Downstream Strategies projected that coal production in Southern West Virginia and the rest of Central Appalachia would drop by 53 percent between 2011 and 2040."It is vital that public officials begin making the political and financial investments necessary to build the foundation for new economic development opportunities in coal-producing counties," said Rory McIlmoil, the report's lead author.Reach Ken Ward Jr. at email@example.com or 304-348-1702. 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Give the first big victory of the hot-stove season to the Atlanta Braves. Signing B.J. Upton means the have beaten their division rival Phillies and Nationals for the coveted center fielder.
It took a deal reported to be worth $75.25 million and five years for the Braves to get their man, but he's an ideal fit in Atlanta. Indeed, better than Michael Bourn, who manned the position for the past season and a half before he became a free agent and also was considered a possibility to return.
Mainly, Upton's right-handed bat helps balance a lineup that leans towards the left, and was even more tilted with the lefty Bourn. Upton, at 28, also is nearly two years younger than Bourn, who turns 30 on Dec. 27.
Upton brings much more power, almost as much speed and is considered at least as good defensively because of a stronger arm. Bourn owns a considerably better career batting average (.272 to .255) and a slim edge in OBP (.339 to .336) but those are offset by Upton's superior slugging percentage (.422 to .365).
There also is speculation that Bourn is seeking a deal worth upwards of $100 million, which means he isn't likely to sign anytime soon. His agent, Scott Boras, is known almost as much for stringing out negotiations as he is for scoring his clients huge deals.
But with Upton's signing setting the bar for center fielders not named Josh Hamilton, teams could start gobbling up other free agents. Bourn, Shane Victorino and Angel Pagan top the field of center fielders after Hamilton (who might not end up in center).
A glut of corner outfielders remains on the market, too. Among those who figure to score more a multiyear deal are Nick Swisher, Ryan Ludwick, Delmon Young, Cody Ross and, possibly, Ichiro Suzuki.
Upton, meanwhile, is scheduled to be introduced by his new club at a news conference on Thursday. He had spent his entire career with the Rays' organization after being picked second in the 2002 draft. His time in Tampa Bay, however, officially ended Wednesday afternoon when an Atlanta logo took front and center on his Twitter page.

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Andrew Garfield and Tom Sturridge spent a pretty adorable day together in NYC yesterday. The British buddies had lunch together at Bubby's in TriBeCa, then took Andrew's dog for a stroll before heading back to his apartment. The two pals talked and laughed as they made their way around town.
Both Andrew and Tom have been holed up in Manhattan recently while balancing work and time with loved ones. Tom wrapped up his stint on Broadway with the final production of Orphans last week, and Andrew has been busy filming The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with Emma Stone. The couple broke from shooting to show PDA while supporting Emma's mother at a breast cancer research benefit earlier this week, but that wasn't the end of Andrew's do-gooding. The actor may have surprised a group of neighborhood kids when he showed up on the basketball court to shoot hoops with them while reportedly dressed in his infamous Spidey costume.


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I was the sr. supervisor with UCLA Telecommunication Dept. during the 1984 Olympics. UCLA Telcom, GTE, PacBell, AT&T long Lines. We had to provide mass communications for T.V. & radio stations, newspaper journalists, wire service. This service was provided in those days with landlines (copper & fiber optics) via satellite. The first photo is my security badge required by the Olympic Organization for access to the Olympic venues and Olympic Village. I also got caught up in the olympic pin collecting, but i collected only law enforcement pins. Only twenty of the GTE cap were made and I was lucky enought to receive one from the GTE crew that were working on the UCLA campus during the Olympic.


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I'm working on a site for a client, basically am recoding entire site in plain HTML b/c they don't want to go thru a CMS anymore... (plus the CMS was generating atrocious markup...)
so how could I go about this? can't do with forms, there a many different addresses on the site (lists of names with email addresses next to them..)
now I found this thread:http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162738&highlight=mailto
response #2 offers a back-end solution.. does this solution seem plausible?
how exactly would it work? if we just print address for duration of the session, would spam-bots still find it?
what other solution is there here? (maybe do one form for all addresses, passing the address in a query string when you link to the form? would that expose the address to spam-bots?)
thank you..
Spammers definitely consider having the email address display in the web page to be a big pro for them regardless of how it is encrypted within the page. They can always employ a few thousand people from some country where a few cents an hour is a good wage to manually view web pages and record email addresses if they can't find any other way to get those email addresses.
As I said in my previous post, "There are pros and cons of both mailto links and contact forms ... Ideally, you'd give people the option of which method they want to use."
The disadvantage of email links is that there are lots of computers where they will not work at all such as schools, libraries, internet cafes etc. The only people guaranteed to be able to use email links are spammers since anything you do to try to block spammers from using an email link will also block at least 10% of your legitimate visitors who could have used the email link if you weren't trying to block the spammers. So if you do provide an email link then providing an email form is just about mandatory as otherwise you'd be blocking at least 15% of legitimate visitors from being able to email you and possibly a lot more.
That's true. Although if that happens, you can always set up a new address and give a bounce message on the old one instructing people to use the new one instead.
There are pros and cons of both mailto links and contact forms. The disadvantage of forms is that some people don't like them - they like using their preferred email client, which has spell-check, maybe formatting, plenty of space to write in rather than the postage-stamp-sized textbox that too many forms have, the option to save drafts and keep a copy of sent messages, no need to type your email address in with the concomitant risk of getting it wrong (which people do a lot). Ideally, you'd give people the option of which method they want to use.
I never rely on Javascript to give necessary information. Unless the point is to only let those with Javascript see that info, but most of the time this isn't what people really intend.
I prefer to display foms than email addresses but when a customer asks for it, I must obey.
What I do is hide the email address into an standard URL.For example, if I must obtain email@example.com, I put http://www.mydomain.com/john.php into the HTML. Then I have a Javascript that, if a human user action is detected (mousemove or keypress), transforms the URL into a full working email address (both in the text and the href of the <a>).In addition to that, I have the page "john.php" that redirects to contact.php (or any other page), where there is a contact form.
This technique provides : - no email address into the page (neither HTML nor JS), - email links on the fly for human users, - a contact form to non-javascript users.
What is not covered : - When the email addres is on another domain. I generally create a local alias that forwards to the real address.
The disadvantage of any method of trying to hide the email address in links is that once spammers figure it out there is nothing you can do to get that address back.
The way to protect email addresses from spammers is to use a form and add the email address after it is submitted. That way if you start getting spam you change the server side form validation to filter it out and they still don't have the address.
I've found that replacing the @ with & #064; (without the space, obviously) in both the href and the link text is quite successful at keeping the volume of spam low - it isn't foolproof, but it is effective.
The spammers will have JavaScript turned off so that the code to hide what they are looking for so that they can't see it will not be run.
The only way to stop spammers seeing mailto: links is to not use them. They are not very user friendly in any case since not everyone has an email program available for it to link to (eg. your local library or internet cafe).
That wasn't the best thread to study regarding the issue of JavaScript obscuring of e-mails... I was answering a weird AAA question regarding; NOT supplying an alternative to a JavaScript written e-mail address via NOSCRIPT when the "only e-mail link option" provided was via JavaScript.
Yes, of course it could work to a degree creating a server-side button to click before it actually revealed the e-mail link. Just like logging to this site needs you to click a button first before you can see additional content but I meant click a button and then it [server-side] will insert your mailto link into a paragraph, etc.
Also Using a mixture of Hexadecimal entity references (i.e., substituting random characters/letters) in a direct mailto does tend to work to some extent. Since if the spam-robot just scrapes a text string; the spam-bot will end-up trying to email things like the & ampersand character within an e-mail address - instead of a normal letter, that can be viewed by a human and browser, etc.
That will hide the email address from the 10% of your visitors who don't have JavaScript making it impossible for them to contact you.
Try MobileFish.com they offer a script generator to hide email addresses.
oh brother, that last one was a stupid suggestion.. since email address would be in markup..
maybe link could be generated from back-end with address somehow obfuscated and then parsing when reach the form? or something like that??)
thank you...


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After 45 years the Woodland Dance Studio is tapped out.
In a move that is bittersweet, owner Jani Albers is relocating to Florida with her husband to be closer to their granddaughter, and is pulling the curtain on the studio.
Nancy Keller originally opened the dance school in 1969. Albers began as her student in 1972, started teaching classes at the age of 14 and eventually bought the business from Keller in 1985.
"It's just something that I just love. I love spreading the joy of dance," said Albers. "I don't know how else to say it. I didn't even know I had it in me. When I started dancing I took to it right away. It was something that was in me that I didn't know I had."
Albers has taught thousands of students, some of whom are second generation, the likes of ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical and hip hop. Classes would begin in August and culminate with a recital in February at Woodland High School's Little Theatre - where Albers herself performed in 1972.
Retiring for Albers is emotional, saying she will "really miss seeing the kids every week." Some students begin at age 3, she said, and are now teenagers talking about getting their driver's license and prom.
"I'm really going to miss the kids and seeing them grow as dancers and kids. I love seeing the progress that they make," Albers said. "It's really tough because it kind of happened all at once. On the drive home from work I kind of let it all out."
Although Woodland Dance Studio is closing, a new one will open at the same location, 1810 E. Main St.
Miguel Garcia will be expanding his Stages Dance Studio in Davis to the Woodland location. Classes will begin in March for students ages 2 through adult. Like Albers, Garcia specializes in jazz, tap, ballet, combination classes, creative movement and musical jazz.
"We have exactly the same teaching philosophy: Dancing should be fun," explained Albers. "It just all came together. It was serendipity, it was meant to be. I didn't want to leave Woodland with no dance. He was the completely right fit."
Albers is directing dress rehearsals this week to prepare for the upcoming shows, starting at 6:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Feb. 20 and 21, and 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 22 and 23.
The shows will take place at Woodland High School's Little Theatre, as they have for nearly half a century.
Tickets for the final recital are available by calling 662-5068. A reception will be held after the Sunday recital for the dancers, their family and friends. "The words 'thank you' just aren't enough," Albers added. "(The dance school) has survived as long as it has because of the kids and parents. It's just made my life unbelievably full. It's been a dream come true, really, as clich? as it sounds."
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Thomas Jefferson: Liberty & Slavery
Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and founded the University of Virginia. Yet, over the course of his life, Jefferson owned 600 people. His way of life always depended on the labor of people he held in slavery.


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All UM students with previous band experience are invited to perform in the University Band, regardless of major. Open enrollment! Meets Wednesday evenings in the spring semester.
If you played in a concert band in high school, and still want to perform in college, the University Band is a perfect fit.
The University Band offers all University of Miami instrumentalists a creative and positive music-making environment. The University Band has an open enrollment policy which welcomes all interested UM students with previous band experience, regardless of major. The University Band meets on Wednesday evenings in the spring semester to rehearse and perform a variety of music ranging from traditional to contemporary band works.


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SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco health officials are stepping up the fight against spread of sexually transmitted diseases by urging the use of a more comfortable, redesigned female condom.
The city is the nation's first to encourage use of the new FC2 condom by women and gay men.
The San Francisco Chronicle says health officials began pushing use of female condoms in the mid-1990s, but they were criticized as awkward, uncomfortable and expensive.
Last year, the manufacturer redesigned the safe-sex female condom using a thinner material. The two rings securing the condom are also made of a softer material.
The condoms will be available at city clinics without charge. Free condoms were distributed Monday at San Francisco's Civic Center, San Francisco State University, Dolores Park, the Bayview and the Castro.


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Cheryl's Eggs with Red Pepper, Basil and Cheese
1 dozen eggs, beaten well
1 red pepper, diced into small pieces
1/2 small red onion, chopped small
1-2 T olive oil or butter (Use olive oil for South Beach Diet, or use a mixture of olive oil and a small amount of butter, amount needed will depend on your pan)
1 1/2 cups grated white cheese such as Mozarella, or Monterey Jack Cheese (original recipe called for 2 cups, but I think a smaller amount is plenty)
1-2 tsp. Spike Seasoning (optional, but recommended)
2 tsp. dried basil (if you have fresh basil, skip the dried basil and add chopped fresh basil when you add the cheese)
Chop red pepper and red onion into small pieces. Break eggs into a bowl and beat with a fork until eggs are well combined.
Heat olive oil or butter in heavy frying pan (non-stick pan will be easier to clean.) Add diced red pepper and onion and saute until barely starting to soften, about 3 minutes. Add Spike Seasoning and basil and saute about 2 minutes more to blend flavors.
Add more olive oil or butter if needed, then add beaten eggs and immediately lower heat. Cook eggs over very low heat, stirring often, until eggs are barely starting to set, about 5 minutes. Stir in about three-fourths of the grated cheese and cook a few minutes more. Eggs should still be very soft and moist looking when you remove the pan from the heat, as they will continue to cook in the pan.
Sprinkle eggs with the rest of the cheese before serving, or put cheese in a bowl to sprinkle on top of each serving.
South Beach Suggestions:
If making this for the South Beach Diet, use olive oil instead of butter, and use a low-fat cheese such as part-skim Mozarella. This is a great brunch or breakfast dish for any phase of the diet. for phase two or three, this would be great served inside a whole wheat flour tortilla.
More Egg Dishes to Try:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Scrambled Eggs with Mushrooms and Feta from Kalyn's Kitchen
Red Kale and Cheese Omelet for Two from Kalyn's Kitchen
Garden Veggie Frittata with Chives and Parmesan from Kalyn's Kitchen
Tuscan Scrambled Eggs from Simply Recipes
Creamy Scrambled Eggs from Cooking with Amy
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July 16, 2012
EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado – Local schools' test scores have reflected the state average the past few years, but school district officials say they're pushing hard toward the upper tier.
After a significant drop in 2006, the Eagle County School District has been tracking near the statewide average in recent years, according to data from the Colorado Department of Education.
In this year's standardized tests, almost three-quarters of local third-graders were proficient or advanced in reading, the same as the statewide average, based on this year's statewide Transitional Colorado Assessment Program, replacement for the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP).
However, local public high school students taking the ACT college entrance exam lag behind the state and national averages, according to the test results.
Last year, 1.62 million students took the test, said Scott Gomer, ACT spokesman.
In Colorado, all high school juniors take the ACT test. If students take it more than once, that student's latest score is the valid one, Gomer said.
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"We're changing the system to line up with the state standards," said Mike Gass, assistant superintendent with the Eagle County School District. "We have not backed off our goal of providing an excellent education for every student. … In our building, we have five groups of teachers working on curriculum work for next year."
The school district overhauled its curriculum to reflect changes in the Colorado Department of Education's new state standards, Gass said.
They're going after career and post-secondary readiness, Gass said. In other words, graduates should be ready to take their place in college, the work force or a vocational program. That expands the focus from what students know – facts and figures – to how and why they know it.
"It emphasizes being able to problem solve, communicate not only face to face but also electronically, in real time," Gass said. "There's more emphasis on how kids process information, as well as the information itself. You can get a problem right, but you'd better be able to explain why you got it right. That's a challenge for limited English speakers."
Gass said the school district is taking a wider view and creating partnerships that it hopes will strengthen the students' support systems and help make learning easier.
"We're going after the whole child," Gass said. "A lot of the work we're doing in student services centers around health care and mental health. The school district has combined resources with agencies like the county's Health and Human Services Department to help families and kids."
They've partnered with the private sector to help provide nutrition and health care, including a clinic for students at Avon Elementary School.
"Through a tough economy, I'm extremely proud of the partnerships we've formed," Gass said.
The Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) tests students' skills in reading, writing and math in grades three through 10 and in science in grades five, eight and 10. It measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Colorado.
It reflects a drop in performance between the third and 10th grades across the state.
The Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network looked at 15 years of CSAP data. It found that 6 percent of fourth-graders scored advanced in 1997 and 5 percent in 2011.
However, it found that more fourth-graders are passing the test. The number of proficient or advanced was up 10 percent over that 15-year period, up from 55 percent to 65 percent.
It also found that:
• The number of students scoring proficient or above was up in 81 percent of Colorado's 178 school districts between 1997 and 2011.
• The number of students scoring advanced in reading fell in 64 percent of the state's school districts since the CSAPs began.
• Reading scores for the majority of school districts are stalled or have fallen slightly since 2006. Most of the reading gains occurred over the CSAP's first 10 years. In about 80 percent of the state's school districts, fourth-grade readers scoring advance in reading remained even or fell.
Deputy Education Commissioner Diana Sirko said the results might reflect a focus on reading during the first several years of CSAP testing. She also said that the state's schools have higher percentages of at-risk students and English-language learners than they did 15 years ago.
Gass has twice studied the local student population and both times found that about 60 percent of the kids take the tests all the way through. But even many of those move up and down the valley from school to school before they graduate.
"That's what drives much of the vertical curriculum," Gass said.
Several years ago, the district standardized curriculum from grade to grade and school to school to help teachers and students cover consistent subject matter and to make sure kids don't get the same material twice if they move from one school to another.
Third-graders who don't read proficiently are four times more likely to drop out or flunk out of high school, studies say.
One in six children who do not read proficiently in third grade do not graduate from high school on time, a rate four times greater than proficient readers, according the report "Double Jeopardy: How Poverty and Third-Grade Reading Skills Influence High School Graduation," commissioned by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Once children fall behind in school, they tend to keep falling further and further behind until they drop out, the study found.
The study followed 3,975 students born between 1979 and 1989, most of whom finished high school by age 19. The numbers of dropouts were highest among those who didn't read well in third grade and those who had lived in poverty. Black and Hispanic students were disproportionately represented in both categories, the study found. They were twice as likely as white children not to graduate on time.
Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or email@example.com.


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Meet THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Missoula Community Theatre
By Brian D'Ambrosio
Writer-director Roger Bean has turned innocent musical nostalgia into his livelihood. He has shaped jukebox musicals out of WWII ditties and radio jingles, but his topmost achievement is The Marvelous Wonderettes, a '50s-and-'60s revue. The irresistible sound of '50s and '60s pop tunes hold a distinctive soft spot in the hearts of those who grew up listening to them; that's for certain. But the music's cross-generational charm has an even broader reach.
"I grew up listening to my parents singing the oldies," says actress Maria Miller, who plays Missy. "I love that fun music a lot, so much that I sometimes feel as if I were born in the wrong era."
Based on the successful Off-Broadway smash musical, the Missoula Community Theatre's production of The Marvelous Wonderettes delivers audiences to the land of sugary, familiar oldies. The show's outline is the chronicle of a quartet of adept young singers chosen to provide entertainment for the Springfield High School Class of 1958 senior prom.
Meet the Wonderettes, four girls (Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy) with dreams and aspirations as large, bright and wild as their crinoline skirts. As we learn about their lives and loves, we are treated to the girls performing memorable songs and plenty of familiar hits. The Marvelous Wonderettes is a mandatory musical trip down memory lane, says director Joe Martinez.
"It's a fun, silly, feel-good show," says Martinez, who zestfully directs the two-hour-plus production. "The musical is lively, recognizable and there is a spirited four-part harmony throughout."
When the entertainment doesn't show up for the senior prom, the Wonderettes step in to save the day. In between belting out favorites, such as "Mr. Sandman," "Leader of the Pack," "Lipstick on Your Collar," and "Dream Lover," the girls trade gossip, one-liners and dreams of teenage romance.
Your toes will be tapping throughout this irresistible jukebox musical. Young or old audience members should be acquainted with at least one of the more than two dozen musical favorites. Theatergoers should be ready for musical, as well as cultural, immersion.
"There is a lot audience participation," says actress Noel Rukstad (Cindy Lou). "The audience votes for prom queen, and certain audience members are spoken to as if they were our prom classmates or teachers."
Though the bubbly performers - Missy (Maria Miller), Betty Jean (Ellen McKenzie), Cindy Lou (Noel Rukstad) and Suzy (Kendra Syrdal) - weren't around when such songs as "It's My Party," and "Stupid Cupid" were top 40 hits, their renditions are a pleasure.
"The characters are all so lovable in their own way," says Miller. "They shine through with their special personalities."
Each Wonderette is a standard classic: there's the know-it-all, highly organized type A Missy, tomboyish Betty Jean, airhead Suzy and diva and queen bee Cindy Lou - and has generic , high-school age boy trouble. There are arguments, mild drama, giggles and confessions, but they're all just stepping stones to the next number.
"The 1950s was a period and time known as a lot of fun," says Rukstad. "Girls were really girls then. There are some awesome 1950s prom dresses, pastel colors, and puffy petticoats. It was a time when butthead was a bad word and, in general, a really romantic era. It's exciting to relive that time a little bit."
Expect The Marvelous Wonderettes and their taut, four-part harmony to leave their audience smiling, and reviving memories diffused through nostalgia and pop music, with "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" and the promise of more: "See you again in 1978."
The Marvelous Wonderettes opens at the Missoula Community Theatre, 200 North Adams Street, Missoula, on January 18. The show runs January 18-20 and 23-27. Tickets are on sale now. For more information, visit www.mctinc.org or call (406) 728-7529.


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Hello forum! Just got back into disc golf last week after about three years. I never learned any proper technique before...just bought a disc with some other virgin friends some years back and went out and started hucking them as hard as my arm would allow lol.
Now I am immersing myself in youtube clinics and this forum with a goal to learn the game and develope legit technique. Learned more in the last few days than the last 5 years lol.
My first and only disc I've ever owned is a Champion Eagle. The videos above are my first attempt since discovering this site three days ago. I've tried incorporating what I've read/seen so far; changed my grip so all four fingertips are against inside rim, read about x-step approach, reaching back with disc on approach, bringing disc straight across chest as opposed to arching it out and around/away from body, not releasing disc but letting it "rip" from fingers, whipping my arm with body torque as opposed to using mostly arm strength. I didn't know any of these before so admittedly I tried changing a lot of my bad habits all at once.
How am I doing so far? My flight has turned from being a straight line drive flight with dropping left at the end to a fairly low elevation s-curve or flex shot...still learning the differences as I've taken in a LOT of new lingo in the last few days. My gps on my phone was showing my drives ranging from 200' to 320', with two around 389' and one 530'....soooo I know with that figure that obviously I can't quite trust the readings as it was nowhere near 500' lol, I wish
About 20% of my drives would break right and almost die into a roller sometimes.
Your guidance and advice would be greatly appreciated and an advanced thank you! Its really great you all take so much time to lend a hand. I will pay forward all knowledge I can too


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Paul Roos recalls bid to recruit Patty Mills to AFL
Paul Roos couldn't be happier to see Patty Mills become an NBA champion, although he had tried to lure the youngster away from basketball to play AFL.
Canberra-born Mills scored 17 points in Monday's game five of the finals against Miami Heat in San Antonio, as the Spurs claimed victory 104-87 to win the series 4-1.
Ex-Sydney coach Roos recalled how Sydney's former skipper Stuart Maxfield had approached Mills who was showing flair in both sports.
"He might have won the medal at the (junior) championships for NSW so he was quite a talented footballer," Roos told Fox Footy's On The Couch program on Monday night.
"At that stage when Stuart Maxfield spoke to him I think he had just accepted an Australian Institute of Sport basketball scholarship in Canberra.
"I'll bet he's glad now. He's joined elite company today.
"Congratulations to him. He's a terrific young fellow as well."
Mills chose basketball over Australian Rules football at the age of 16 in 2005, deciding to accept an AIS scholarship after it was declined by Scott Pendlebury, who is now captain of AFL club Collingwood.
Roos, who guided Melbourne to an upset AFL win over Essendon last weekend, said he had used the Spurs as a teaching tool.
"I'm a massive basketball fan. We showed some tape of the Spurs last week," he said.
"It's all about team and it's all about system."
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With the Apple (AAPL) dividend approaching, traders will likely see a large amounts of deep in the money call buying in near term months. We can see the activity in the regular February contract between the 260 and 425 strikes:
AAPL Options Chain
These are not 'bullish bets.' These are dividend plays on the $2.65 dividend that goes ex-dividend tomorrow. Basically, professional paper is trying to take advantage of non-professional paper forgetting to exercise deep in the money options on the stock. A while back I wrote up on our Option Pit Blog describing how dividend plays work using Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) as an example. At the end I ask (rhetorically) if retail traders should attempt to execute this trade, and the answer is no. However, retail traders need to be aware of this play because if they do not exercise their AAPL calls today, they will lose out on $2.65 of wealth. At the end of the piece I give a helpful short cut for traders to tell whether they should exercise their call.
Here is the piece I wrote:
The Explanation:
First the synthetics behind the dividend play. As we all know: Call-Put=Underlying-Strike Price+ (Cost of Carry). In European style options this always holds true. In American style options though, this can get out of whack. For example, BMY is about to go ex-dividend on $0.33 tomorrow. With the stock closing at $26.85 the 26 strike looks like this:
If we run the put-call parity formula something in this equation doesn't add up:
.85-.25=26.85-26+ (-33)
How can 0.6 = 0.5? The answer is it can't. The 26 calls must be exercised to collect the dividend. In theory a trader that is holding these calls should exercise them, thus buying the stock and buying the corresponding put at the same time creating the synthetic call (in practice, most pros just exercise the calls). If he or she does not, the holder of those calls will lose $0.10 of wealth per contract.
As of tomorrow, the formula will line up again when: .75-.25=26.5-26+ (0) (if you are wondering where I got a $0.75 value for the call, multiply the dividend by the delta of the put when BMY opens at $26.50 tomorrow), a situation where .50=-50. If a trader does not exercise his or her call, there is a transfer or wealth from the holder of the long call, to the person that did not get assigned on his or her call option of $0.10.
If this type of math didn't exist I could buy the stock, buy the put, sell the call and collect the dividend risk free in a trade called a conversion. But, because of put-call parity and American style options, I can get my stock taken away. Essentially, the call and the synthetic call always need to line up or I should exercise/be assigned on the call option.
If this all sounds a little confusing; here is a short cut for those that do not want to do the math: If (I-d) is greater than the value of the put the call should be exercised.
The Execution:
The general public needs to understand one thing. Net positions are not settled up until the end of the day. Therefore it is possible to buy a call and immediately exercise it, even if I am net short calls. Basically if I am short 200 calls that are in the money, and on a given day buy 200 calls, if it is before 5:00 PM Eastern Time I can exercise the 200 calls I purchased.
If traders know one thing it's that there are a lot of times customers forget to exercise calls into a dividend. So being savvy, we try to take advantage of customers forgetting to exercise calls. We will find a stock that has a high dividend. I would then walk into the crowd and sell someone a very large amount of calls on a line that has high open interest, typically about 10x the open interest. Then, the trader I just sold calls too would look at me and sell me the same calls in the same number at the same price. We would then both exercise the calls 'bought today.'
You can see a clear example that happened today in BMY. Notice how many calls got put up on the April 25 and 26 strikes:


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Spend money and tie it into the Black Creek off the Maumee River by Woodburn, and they may need to add a small dam by the Maumee for any overflow. But water can be drastically reduced into flooding Fort Wayne.
Dredging the Maumee starting at Ohio depth is more important than width. The Ohio governor should have an interest in spending money as too much flooding in Ohio from St. Marys River is costly to Ohio.
Besides this, maybe they even need to dredge the Maumee in Ohio. The water simply does not flow properly. The ditch tie-in may be the best of all things to do.
Trier Ditch widening was started and stopped 20 years ago.
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Scours is responsible for more calf deaths prior to weaning than any other cause, according to the USDA National Animal Health Monitoring Survey. Scours reduces the secretion of acid into the abomasum, reducing the ability to digest milk protein. It is characterized by frequent diarrhea, sometimes accompanied by blood, mucus, or bright yellow or white feces. Scouring calves may be weak, reluctant to feed and have sunken eyes, elevated temperatures and peaked or tented skin.
Scours often results from stress and nutritional inadequacies. Stress can be caused by environmental factors such as overcrowding, sudden changes in the weather, extreme cold or heat, dampness, drafts or humidity, poor handling practice and poor sanitation. Nutritional scours can advance to infectious scours, in which viruses, bacteria and protozoa overpower the immune system in the intestines.
Colostrum should be fed as soon as possible after birth, but certainly within the first 24 hours. It should be collected using sanitary equipment, tested for IgG concentrations with a Brix refractometer, labeled and refrigerated quickly.
Careful observation-at least three times a day-helps catch symptoms early. Early symptoms include:
- Milk refusal
- Not getting up eagerly at feeding
- Dry muzzle, think mucus at nostrils
- Changes in feces consistency
- Body temperature above 103 degrees Fahrenheit
Once calves have developed scours, work with your veterinarian to develop a treatment protocol and identify the source of scours. Treatment will most likely include oral electrolyte therapy and in severe cases (due to dehydration) intravenous (IV) administration of sterile saline. Antibiotics may be administered for infectious scours.
Scouring calves should be housed in a clean, dry, warm pen and fed small, frequent amounts of milk replacer (and electrolytes).
Achieve Pro® with Cryptex®, from AgriLabs, is a convenient way to help reduce the possibility of calf scours and get calves get through stressful times, especially during their first, most vulnerable, 14 days.


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Among the nine Olive Gardens in the Bay Area, Palo Alto's is in the most upscale city, although with Panda Express replacing Peking Duck, this intersection is getting pretty chain heavy.
I first experienced an Olive Garden many years ago. My dad picked it as a place to meet for dinner when our kids were young.
In my memory it was bland and plentiful, and there was a children's menu. That is all still true, with the additions of low-fat entrees (highlighted by an olive branch), a gluten-free menu, and detailed nutritional information about each dish, if you dare.
What sticks in the mind are those, "When you're here, you're family" ads and something about unlimited portions.
When I recently visited the Palo Alto Olive Garden, the unlimited part applied to the breadsticks, salad and soup that come with entrees, but not pasta. As the website put it: "Our Never Ending Pasta Bowl promotion has ended."
Breadsticks (150 calories each) are more bread than stick — soft, warm and inoffensive. Salad is a large bowl of flabby iceberg lettuce, carrot strings, a bit of cabbage and some salty croutons. A nice touch is that the salad plates are chilled. Olive Garden has a good handle on temperature, which may have been why my father liked it. He had a thing about temperature.
The minestrone soup was the best dish we had. It had visible vegetables, beans and macaroni pasta and a light touch that's not the norm at Olive Garden.
Appetizers run the gamut from stuffed to fried. Don't look for olive branches in this department. Sicilian Scampi ($12.50) offered a half-dozen large shrimp sauteed in white wine, garlic and lemon, with soggy garlic toasts. Six very stuffed porcini mushrooms ($7.65) were hot, and while very bready they were very welcome by the time they arrived. Pacing is not a highlight of Olive Garden service. It also took a very long time to get a glass of wine.
Venetian apricot chicken ($15.75) came with a few asparagus spears, broccoli and tomatoes. Scallops of chicken breast were lined so evenly they appeared to have grill marks painted on. This entree supplied only 350 calories, as opposed to its neighbor, Chicken Alfredo ($15.95) at 1,440 calories.
Eggplant Parmigiano ($13.95) came with spaghetti and 850 calories. Wisps of eggplant were lightly breaded but heavily fried, and buried in marinara and melted cheese.
The best entree we tried, capellini di mare ($18.50) offered a good portion of shrimp, clams, and mussels in a light sauce. And only 650 calories.
There was no way we could face dessert. We'd come very close to downing a day's worth of calories in one sitting.
The sitting is comfortable, in booths or rolling chairs. And the noise level is a relief from many overheated restaurants. But the why of Olive Garden still eludes me. It isn't cheap, and the food is so bland as to feel pre-digested, as at an assisted living facility.
Finally, our server either really doesn't like her job or was having a very bad day, but we didn't feel any of the warmth implied by "When you're here, you're family." Or perhaps we were like family she didn't like.
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Verlander, Scherzer will have lighter load
LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers have talked about managing the early workload of Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer after back-to-back extended seasons and high innings totals. They now have taken demonstrative action.
While pitchers began live batting practice sessions against hitters on Saturday, neither Verlander nor Scherzer were on the early schedule. They'll throw an extra bullpen session on the back mounds before they take on hitters next week.
That, in turn, will impact their work heading into the spring schedule. Manager Jim Leyland said Verlander will make seven starts, the same as Doug Fister and Drew Smyly and one less than Rick Porcello. Verlander's first start is scheduled for next Sunday, Feb. 24, against the Phillies at Joker Marchant Stadium.
Scherzer, by contrast, is slated for just six starts.


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"And Tottenham do not know what hit them...well I can tell you, it's Theo Walcott!"
"And it's Tony Adams put through by Steve Bould, WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?! That...sums it all up."
Of course, that's not ALL DRose can do. He's also pretty good at remembering when he's disrespected.
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You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
LOL @ Rose. Maybe he should try to drive to the hoop with the intent of making the shot instead of relying on a bailout call. I'll be there, wearing gold swagger and blue collar. Hopefully since it's an early Wednesday night game, not as much black and red will be there. Hopefully some make the trip though, I love to see Bulls' fans cry.
My Gf is going tonight lower level im so jealous. I have a game up in Plymouth so I will be watching at 2 or 3 when I get home. Missing a Bulls game kills me !!
Today at work I had 3 ladies come talk to me about the Pacers and how they are undefeated. This team is over the hump. There is still a ways to go to get back to the love the city had during the Reggie era, but it's happening.
NO MAN! There shouldn't be "a ways to go" damnit, the team has been in playoffs 3 times in a row with the last one being 1 game away from the Finals! I don't understand Indianapolis/Indiana..the team proved themselves already, why are the people not in love by now? This is Andrew Luck's second year and fans were all in..out early in the playoffs! If I lived in Indy, I'd be PROUD to not only have the #1 Ranked team in the AFC North but also the #1 Ranked only-undefeated team in NBA
The Colts are in the AFC South. I don't know what you people want. Government shutdowns for every Pacers home game I guess.
Do you appreciate just how badly the Pacers destroyed their brand from 2004-2010? Meanwhile, the NFL team across the street was going on a phenomenal run of success with one of the greatest players ever that included a Super Bowl championship.
The Pacers have made a TREMENDOUS gain in local popularity over the last couple of seasons, particularly in the last year. Let's just appreciate that the community is embracing them again. Both the team and the local support have come a long way over the last three seasons.
Seriously, I wish people who don't live here would stop chiming in on this. The support from the city and state is fine. We all have jobs, families, lives. There are 41 home pacer games a year, many of them taking place at 7pm on week days and some of them often during months with terrible weather.
The Colts play 8 home games a year typically on Sundays or very occasionally a Monday or Thursday night. It's a lot easier to get to those games.
If you don't live here please stop saying how you "don't understand Indianapolis/Indiana". Because the truth is what you mean to say is you just don't know. It's really easy to say "If I lived there I'd go to every game!" and kudos you may do exactly that, but not everyone will and that doesn't mean we have bad fans.
EDIT: And now since you've opened this pet peeve for me, you have to realize this, Indiana isn't that big of a state. Yet we manage and have managed to support, two major pro sports franchises for 30 years while being within throwing distance of one of the biggest fan base sucks in professional sports, that is Chicago. We also while doing that support, three very major colleges (you're welcome Purdue fans ) all with pretty decently established sporting histories. We also support Final Fours, Big Ten Tournaments, Big Ten championships, motor racing, swimming and lots of other events and we do it while stealing it from huge cities and states with much larger population bases. Our Super Bowl is widely regarded as one of the best ever and not just because of the game, but because the city kicked *** and took names for a whole 7-10 days and put on a ****ing show the likes of which New York (New Jersey) will try to replicate and probably fail.
There are maybe two places in the entire country that can compete with Indy/Indiana for supporting lots of sports, Boston and Chicago IMO.
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GTFOH with excuses.
personally i want free tickets, dont have to be amazing, but you know something nice. also if Herb could lend me that private jet to get me to the games, that would be fantastic.
Are you serious?
Excuses? First of all you're talking to a season ticket holder. So I try to go to as many games as I can, but guess what sometimes I can't. **** happens, things come up, you get stuck at work, your girlfriend bothers you into doing something else, life happens.
Man, this post pisses me off so much I don't even have the time to respond to it in full detail.
Also, I hope everyone sees the irony of a guy who has username referencing Reggie and has Reggie in their avatar not understanding how the team lost support in the mid 2000s.
I'm seriously not trying to be a prick. You support the Pacers, the Brewers, the Buccaneers, and Syracuse. Have you been to a game for ANY of those teams?
Honestly the fact that the Pacers and Colts have established fan bases at all being in shouting distance of the Jordan Bulls and Chicago Bears is amazing in and of itself. Not to even mention IU, Purdue and Notre Dame.
I expect to see more Mustard than Ketchup.....
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
c'mon, two of those last ones are pretty interchangeable
And I was being nice to you! *grumbles*
YES, YES, YES, AND YES! I'm not a bandwagoner.
When I mention support, it didn't nesscessarily mean going to every game. I'm talking seeing people wearing fan gear, water cooler talk, where it was definitely evident that the city has the team back like the Colts. That's all I'm saying. I STILL feel like the city is
Colts>>IU>>>>Pacers and that's sad, how can you have a COLLEGE outrank a GREAT professional basketball team?
it's a bad time, gotta take shots when I can. I do look forward to hoosierguy's rant though.
You've already said you don't live in Indy. So, and I mean this with all due respect, you really don't know what the **** you're talking about.
Walk around downtown for even 5 minutes these days and you will see someone with Pacers gear on. Wear Pacers gear out and the reaction will be overwhelmingly positive.
I'm glad you FEEL like the city is Colts>>IU>>>>Pacers, but the fact is you really don't ****ing know, because you don't live here.
I'll eat that.
Yeah baby!
Have an 11 game package, balcony, above Area 55, but no Bulls tix.
Cooked dinner to help me convince the wife to let me buy tix. Just bought Krieg level for 2.
Dinner was that good.
Buck the Fulls!.
And since I was born and raised in Chicago, I expect to see some of my clown relatives.
Especially, the ones who live in my Aunt's basement on 87th and Pulaski.
"stop drinking all your Dad's beer, go out and get a job!".
I consider myself a die hard fan, and I am one of the people who cannot attend tonights game. I have a family, job, and just life keeps from attending every game. I attend 3-4 game a year with my son and or my whole family. I feel that is more than enough to be considered a die hard fan. I do watch every game and I am on pacersdigest at least 6 or 7 times a day. You don't have to be a season ticket holder to be a die hard fan. That is the biggest crock out there. I not only don't have the money to go to evey game, but I like to spend time at home with family and enjoy the games that way too.
By the way I consider myself a die hard Colts fan and I haven't been to a game since 2009.


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After twists and turns, Kelly makes Opening Day roster
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Manager Jim Leyland had put Don Kelly on the Tigers Opening Day roster without telling Kelly. Once he called in Quintin Berry on Wednesday morning to let Berry know he wouldn't be making the team, he didn't get around to telling Kelly he would. So in the middle of his pregame media session, he brought Kelly in.
"I got too busy," Leyland told him, "but I figured you could count."
Kelly laughed. He could count, of course, but he wasn't going to assume anything. In fact, he wasn't really sure he was getting good news until he saw the crowd of reporters in Leyland's office as he walked in.
"Skipper always keeps it light, doesn't he," Kelly said.
For someone who has made the big league club the last few years, it wouldn't seem like a big deal. For someone who left the organization and was out on the open market this winter -- and seriously considered signing elsewhere -- making this team was special for Kelly. That could all change if the Tigers make a move as other teams finalize their rosters and make cuts, but it appears unlikely.
Kelly had been taken off the roster just days after the World Series last fall. He didn't sign until near the end of the offseason, opting for a Minor League contract with a camp invite over a similar offer from a National League club.
When the roster battle went into this final week, Kelly chose not to exercise the opt-out clause in his contract, deciding to wait and see how the roster shook out. He was rewarded.
"Let's face it, it would've been easy to say, 'OK, it's a fresh start, go sign somewhere else,' and want to leave this in the past. But this is home," Kelly said. "This is where you want to be. Sometimes it's not easy to face the disappointments of the prior year whenever you have a chance to get out, but just to work hard, come back and be ready to play this year was big."
Kelly had a strong start and finish to his spring, capped by Tuesday's 4-for-4 performance, with a 1-for-15 slump in between. Realistically, however, Kelly's versatility was the deciding factor. He can't run like Berry, but he can play a lot more spots, including third base and first.
Along with Matt Tuiasosopo, Kelly brings Leyland's roster back to having super-utility players available from both the right and left sides of the plate.
"We made a decision on what we felt was best for our team at that particular moment," Leyland said. "Things change."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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MCKINLEYVILLE >> On Sunday, June 22, at approximately 11:30 p.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff's Office deputy was driving a marked patrol car in the 1400 block of Hiller Road, McKinleyville. As the deputy approached a group of four pedestrians walking on the side of the road, one of them threw a lit cigarette at the passing patrol car, striking the car.
The deputy immediately stopped the patrol car and contacted the pedestrians. The deputy identified the pedestrian who threw the cigarette as Jacques Kincaid Leroux, 18 years old from McKinleyville. Leroux told the deputy he threw the cigarette at the patrol car by accident. As the deputy spoke with Leroux, he could tell Leroux was intoxicated. The deputy arrested Leroux for throwing an object at a moving vehicle, throwing a lit object onto a roadway and public intoxication.
The deputy noticed one of the other males in the group appeared to be under the influence of alcoholic beverages too. The deputy spoke with that male, who was identified as Riley Kia Clark Walkner, 18 years old from Arcata. While the deputy was speaking with Walkner, he saw he was concealing a large bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey in his coat. The deputy saw the bottle still had the anti-theft cap from Safeway on it. The deputy ran a check on Walkner, and discovered he was on probation for assault with a deadly weapon, with an abstain-from-alcohol clause.
When the deputy told Walkner he was under arrest, he resisted the deputy's efforts to arrest him. He was arrested for violation of probation, public intoxication, resisting arrest and possession of stolen property. The male and female who were walking with Walkner and Leroux were interviewed and released at the scene.
Both men were transported and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. Leroux was released on his own recognizance, Walkner was being held on $25,000 bail.
Anyone with information for the Sheriffs Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriffs Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriffs Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539.


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Late last year, consumers were warned that milk prices could double because of the "dairy cliff."
The problem was averted when Congress passed stop-gap legislation on Jan. 1. People gave a sigh of relief, thinking the issue would be addressed in a new farm bill later this year. But with last Thursday's dramatic rejection of a farm bill by the U.S. House of Representatives, the "dairy cliff" could loom again.
It could conceivably happen next Jan. 1.
"…it's still six months away," points out Chris Galen, senior vice president of communications at the National Milk Producers Federation. "But given that the House didn't pass a new farm bill, and the Senate won't pass an extension of current programs, we may be talking more about the dairy cliff later this year, just as we did in 2012," he says.
Without a new farm bill or extension of the old one, dairy policy could revert to a 1949 law (also known as permanent law). That, in turn, will increase federal price supports for cheese, butter and milk powder to 75 percent to 90 percent of parity (based on the purchasing power that farmers had between 1910 and 1914). If that happens, milk prices could go to $38 to $42 per hundredweight.
While farmers might look at $38 to $42 milk as a blessing, a doubling of milk prices in the supermarket would impact consumers in a negative way, hurting sales.


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HOUSTON - How much would you pay for "value" bread? One dollar? Two dollars? Ten dollars?
Some Houston shoppers emailed Local 2 after they realized they were charged $10 for a loaf of value bread that was advertised to cost a little more than $1.
"Ten dollars for a loaf of bread? Oh, that is not right. If you are not watching you are not going to catch it," said Nina Wilson, who showed KPRC Local 2 her receipt after buying the bread at a Walmart store on the Northwest Freeway.
Wilson buys for her family in bulk and said she doesn't always check her receipts, but was glad she did this time.
"That makes me wonder about my other receipts," said Wilson, a mother of three.
She wasn't alone.
Another Local 2 viewer emailed after he paid $10 for the same loaf of white sandwich value bread at the Walmart on Garth Road in Baytown.
Both alerted customer service and were given their money back.
KPRC Local 2 went to check prices two days later and bought the same bread at the Baytown store. The station was also charged $10 for the bread that should have cost $1.18.
"If they know this is a problem, why have they not pulled the product? I am just going to be more careful from now on," said Wilson.
A Walmart representative said, by phone, it was a pricing error for this particular item and the problem is now fixed.
If you find you were incorrectly charged, take your receipt back to Walmart for a refund.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- With April 1 already taken up by rank-and-file foolishness, here's my big idea for April 2: Let's make it Web Fool's Day, the day investors set aside for a skeptical look at what's really worth what in the digital economy. Take the so-called "per capita" -- or by-head -- perspective. In other words: What each and every one of us spends, makes or loses online on a person-by-person basis. Looking at the Web through the per-capita lens hearkens back to the core one-to-one nature of a real-time, global information exchange. Be aware: They are strictly rated M, for mature investors only. It's grim stuff. But understanding what is lost has helped me make the most value of what remains. Devaluing the electricity the Web runs on
For reasons I have never understood, the Web takes a certain swagger in being worth basically nothing to any single person who uses it. Take last week's breathless buzz on Twitter's revenue doubling by 2014. "The company will earn $582.8 million in global ad revenue in 2013 before nearing $1 billion next year," is what New York-based eMarketer reported. The "logic" here is that with 200 million active Twitter users as of March, the whole shebang has to be worth something, right? Except of course when you divide that $1 billion of expected Twitter revenue by even the current 200 million active Twitter users you wind up with average revenue per user of just $5 per year -- less than what that active Twitter user actively spends on, say, toothpaste. And Twitter is no anomaly. When I gross up the annual revenue per user of Google ( GOOG), Facebook ( FB), LinkedIn ( LNKD), eBay ( EBAY) and Amazon ( AMZN) it takes real work to get to just $50 in total spent by any single user over 12 months. These annual numbers are so low that for many Americans, there is an argument the Web devalues the electricity it takes to run it. Think about it. In 2010, for example, the U.S. Information Energy Administration estimated that power companies -- which do nothing but sell dumb old electrons to dumb old Americans -- still manage to get said Americans to fork over about $104 a month for power. That's $1,248 in average revenue per user per year. Considering that level of spend, what does the $50 the Web makes mean either way? Probably not much.
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FAMILIES of disabled children can find out more about the services available to them at a special information day.
Bolton Area Council for Parents and Carers (BACPAC) is organising its second event after it proved to be a success last year.
BACPAC was formed in 2008 to support families of children who have disabilities.
It is grant funded and enables families to have their say and shape local services.
The information day, being held at the Holiday Inn in Bolton town centre, is designed to signpost families to the services and support available to them as well as update them on the latest developments regarding national changes.
Christine Bleasdale, committee member, said: "We are a voluntary group working to improve services for disabled children in Bolton.
"We decided to organised this information day following the positive feedback we got from the first one.
"There is a lot of information out there for parents and carers and there will be a lots of stands providing information about what services and activities are available in the Bolton area, covering topics including education, leisure and health.
"We will also have free seminars."
The event is designed for families of children with disabilities up to the age of 25 and the Mayor of Bolton, Cllr Colin Shaw, will also be dropping by.
Mrs Bleasdale said: "The event runs from 1pm to 7pm and parents and carers can bring their children.
"We are running it until 7pm so as many people can visit as possible and drop in anytime.
"It is not too late for exhibitors to have stand either."
The event takes place on Wednesday, March 5.
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Locke addresses story on MLB investigation
DETROIT -- Pirates pitcher Jeff Locke spoke Wednesday following the publication of a story in Sports Illustrated that outlined Major League Baseball's investigation into a sports handicapper's claims that he and Locke fixed games together.
Locke, who was notified of the investigation last year, was cleared of any potential wrongdoing. He took the opportunity Wednesday to reiterate that for the record.
"I was 100-percent cooperative with MLB," Locke said Wednesday. "They checked me out -- 100-percent clear."
All of the claims by the handicapper, a childhood friend of Locke's, were made without Locke's knowledge, the investigation concluded.
"I think I come from a small, extremely envious town," Locke said of his hometown of North Conway, N.H. "A lot of jealousy. It can be extremely distracting, extremely frustrating for me to feel like you have to defend yourself for no reason. But the dust settles."
Matt Slovin is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Forum on Chalking Incident Set for Wednesday
April 13, 2006—
A community forum to address the effects of the anti-gay chalking incident that took place on the Michigan Tech campus April 7 will be held Wednesday, April 19, 8:00-9:30 p.m. in the DHH All Campus Lounge, located on the ground level of Douglass Houghton Hall.
Community members Bucky Beach and Julie Belew, both experienced facilitators, will lead an open conversation in which people can express their concerns, no matter what they are.
The forum is part of an ongoing response to the chalkings, and it should not be seen as a resolution. Participants will be asked to listen to what is expressed and communicate their feelings and concerns first as individuals, and then secondly, as representatives of an organization, if they choose.
The forum will not have a question-and-answer format. Given its purpose and structure, this will be a time to speak and to listen.
Members of the Michigan Tech community are welcome to attend.
The forum is being sponsored by Student Affairs. For more information, call 487-2212.Forum on Chalking Incident Set for Wednesday
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When it comes to California Zinfandels, Larry Turley is the master. His are huge, exotic reds that often have head-spinning alcohol and a bit of residual sugar, but at their core, are really showcases for the rich, ripe, old-vine fruit. Today under winemaker Tegan Passalacqua, the winery is focused great old vine vineyards throughout the state, both for the excellent fruit they produce but also ensuring their existence in the future. These powerful Zins got their start when Larry founded Turley Wine Cellars in 1993. At the time, the operation consisted of a single winery in St. Helena; grapes were mainly sourced from Napa producers at sites like Hayne Vineyard, Moore Earthquake Vineyard, and Aida Vineyard. Today, Turley has added a second winery in Paso Robles, a facility in Amador, plus 87 acres of estate vineyards, and fruit from sites as far south as Baja California. While many of the wines still posses big fruit and alcohol, Tegan has moved them beyond that stereotype, with an array of wines from great old vine vineyards throughout the state.
It is remarkable that an industry essentially less than a half-century old could capture the attention of the American wine-buying public to the degree that California has. Powerful consumer interest in California wine is driven by two major factors. The more obvious reason is that California's best wines, which come from grapes grown in a benign climate featuring endless sunshine, very warm summer days, and generally dry harvests, and wonderfully fruity, full, and satisfying, and rarely too austere or tannic to be enjoyed from day one.
California is blessed with an extraordinary range of soils and microclimates, allowing for the successful cultivation of many varieties. In at least three out of four years, the best sites produce healthy, ripe fruits that are the envy of European producers in more marginal climates. The other reason Americans buy so much California wine is that California is the home team. Clearly, a high percentage of domestic wine drinkers are more comfortable buying American wines (and not just wines of California) than imports. Then, too, foreign bottles are generally identified by place name, rather than by the more familiar varieties that American wine drinkers have come to know and enjoy.
Moreover, in much of North America, outside the top 15 or 20 largest metropolitan markets, consumers have limited access to imported wines even if they wanted to buy them.
For many, Napa Valley is California wine, and Cabernet is king in Napa Valley. Meanwhile, the Burgundy varieties Chardonnay and Pinot Noir have gravitated to cooler areas, generally closer to the Pacific, such as the western stretches of Sonoma County, the Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, and the Santa Maria and Santa Ynez valleys within Santa Barbara County. Syrah vines have yielded interesting wines in a range of styles all over the state, in regions as disparate as Mendocino County, the Sonoma coast, Carneros, Paso Robles, and Santa Maria Valley. Very good Zinfandel similarly comes from multiple growing areas, although to date the age-of-vines variable has been almost as important as geography. Zinfandel, though its roots are in Europe, is a true California original and the only California wine imitated abroad. It's also a variety of which there are still significant plantings of very old vines, in some cases dating back to the end of the 19th century.
One of the more versatile red grapes in the world, Grenache thrives in southern France and Spain (where it is known as Garnacha). Ranging in style from light and fruity to deep, brooding and intense; the grape also suits a variety of ambitions: Grenache can be used in inexpensive wines that offer immediate satisfaction, but it is also successful in barrel-aged, cellar-worthy wines that don't come cheaply.
Grenache vines tend to perform best in dry and hot growing regions. For example, in the southern Rhone, Grenache is the dominant grape in the appellation of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, which has emerged within the last decade as one of the "hottest" categories in the North American market. These wines are generally 75-80 percent Grenache, generally with some Syrah and Mourvedre blended in to provide color, spiciness, and complexity. Even in the space of this one appellation, we find that wines range from restrained middleweight entries to low-alcohol, high-acid powerhouses that ooze ripe fruit. The latter wines are responsible for much of the current attention being paid to the area. For rich, Grenache-dominated wines, look to bottlings from Clos du Caillou, Deomaine de Marcoux, and Chateau Rayas.
Elsewhere in the Rhone Valley, many wines produced under the Cotes du Rhone appellation are also dominated by Grenache. Compared to Chateauneuf-du-Pape, these wines are significantly less expensive and can't compare with regard to richness and intensity. Still, we can recommend the more interesting entries on their own merits: bright fruit flavors and immediacy. Look to Chateau Pesquie and Chateau de Segries.
Further down the Mediterranean, Grenache (or, rather, Garancha) shines in the up-and-coming Spanish region of Priorat. In this rugged, rocky area in Catalonia, ancient vineyards have recently been upgraded, and production has shifted from bulk wines to high-quality bottlings. These wines are either 100 percent Garancha, or they also have some Carignane blended in. Expect inky wines with both sweetness and spice. We like the offerings from Cellar Vall Llach and Clos Erasmus.
Rhone varieties have become increasingly popular in New World vineyards, and Grenache is no exception here. In California and Australia, these wines can be even more rich and luscious than their Old-World cousins. From California, we recommend wines from Alban Vineyards and Beckmen Vineyards; while in Australia, we like Clarendon Hills.
Single varietal Grenache wines as well as Grenache-dominated blends are best paired with grilled meats, stews, and game.
1999 only had 4 regions scored 95 or above. Brunello di Montalcino (Tuscany) and Napa, both got the highest score, with a 97.
Other regions that scored 95 points or higher were Chianti Classico (Tuscany), and Columbia Valley.
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