I am not sure why he received so few stars. Please do not confuse being extremely prudent, and he is, with anything else. He was extremely concerned and acted as quick as possible when he examined the lump on my breast. His suspicion was correct, which he did not disclose me, and he mobilized his staff urgently so that I can have a biopsy and he referred me to the best surgeon not just in Bakersfield but anywhere else Dr Jorge Enriquez. You want your doctor to have intuition, rigor. He is.
Dr. Walker does not listen to the patient or allow the patient to voice how they are feeling. She thinks she knows best and won't take the patient's thoughts or feeling into account.
He is pious and self righteous. At first I was comforted by his ease and style, his bedside manner, he seemed really "cool". But when my baby measured far too small according to my calculations, I had to voice my concerns. He gave me every lousy excuse in the book, from my own miscalculations to a FALSE POSITIVE test too early. I was crying and trying to explain that something was wrong. He called me hormonal, said he was the best OB around, not to question him. I miscarried at 13 weeks.
When I requested MY records for another Dr. to tell me my possibilities of a vbac. I was told I would be dropped from their care and I needed to explain why I was wanted them to Dr. Shakespeare. When I spoke to him he was upset because I had agreed to a csection with him, I told him I wanted to find out if a vbac was even a possibility and wanted to make an informed decision. He said he wasn't going to waste his time in someone that was looking around and dropped me from his care.
He is amazing! Perfect bedside manner, doesn't sugar coat things but has a way of explaining that you truly understand.


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On January 9th, 2014, during the hearing at PERB in case # SACO 4645, CAPS President David Miller was asked why the organization's Bylaws and Policy Manual were changed in 2011 and why they had been disregarded for over a decade. President Miller explained the changes were made to make the document clearer. When pressed on what clarity the board was trying to arrive at, Miller explained that it was "ridiculous" to hold regular annual membership meetings. He explained that member's concerns could be freely addressed to the board at the quarterly executive board meetings in person, in writing, or via a district representative.
If the leadership continues to play footsie with the Democratic Party (and in cases with the Republicans), giving gobs of our dues dollars to the candidates, the lobbyists and the lawyers while neglecting to build rank and file organization and democracy, the consequent defeat (in the upcoming negotiations) will drive Unit 10 members to seek alternatives and other organizational affiliations.
To turn the situation around, CAPS must convene immediate emergency membership meetings at all campuses, form up action committees at each section and unit where Unit 10 members work and prepare united job actions to impress on HR how serious our members are. Without the serious threat of job actions by the membership our negotiators look like beggars with their hands out, rather than our true advocates convinced of the resolve of the membership and prepared to exert our collective strength.
January 9th the Governor released his proposed budget and there were no raises for the Unit 10 rank and file indicated. Supervisors, on the other hand, found some indication that their pay parity concerns would be met. For the rank and file to win it requires that we act now to assure that the CAPS negotiators do not come back to us with a Tentative Agreement equivalent to the SEIU 1000 concessionary contract that gained only 1.6% per year, and which does not cover the losses to pension and medical insurance premium increases, and will leave many workers with smaller checks than before the furloughs started 4 years ago.
Membership meetings are not ridiculous! Membership meetings are where members chart their course, develop strategy and organize the membership for action. What is ridiculous is the long-term failed strategy of the CAPS leadership, which has resulted in most Unit 10 members being 30% behind their peers in municipal employment and private industries. What is ridiculous is to think that a board that sequesters itself out of sight of the membership for decades, which demobilizes the membership, denies the members their rights, and is oblivious to the fact that most members hate the organization, can win us our long overdue pay parity.
Rachlis went to PERB not only to get the second illegal expulsion expunged, but to learn from CAPS President David Miller the true belief of the current leadership-that worker's democracy-that holding regular membership meetings is "ridiculous"!
But if history is a guide playing footsie with the politicians will not win our demands; it will take a rank and file upsurge to win! Time is working against us but if CAPS acts now it could convene membership meetings at every job site next week and have informational pickets and press conferences across the state immediately in preparation for the negotiations. For Unit 10 to win pay parity the rank and file must run the organization themselves!
In a sadly comic rendition of "We've got plenty of nothing" sung in three part harmony by the CAPS leadership, President David Miller sang back up for Blanning and Baker LLC. Partners (and CAPS Agents) Chris Voight and Matt Austin. They put on the old song and dance for a weakly attended (less than 10% of membership) pre-contract negotiations informational meeting in Richmond at the CDPH auditorium on June 4th.
We will ponder the reasons for the weak attendance and offer a strategy for how State Scientists can gain pay parity, advancement opportunity, stable pensions and regular COLA's after considering the strategy and tactics the President and the highly experienced Blanning and Baker team had to offer.
After telling us what we already know: our pay and benefits are 30% behind both local county and city benchmarks, that the 3% "won" in the last contract barely offset the pension give back, they acknowledged that this years' negotiations are all about the money; that we've been waiting for a long time, that we "shared the pain", that we've done more than our share for this governor and then Voight lamented that we have a stingy governor .
The following refrain was played over and again to a dwindling audience: You can help! Yes you can! Go to your managers, tell them to write the need for salary pay parity into the strategic plan, that is the only way it will go up through the chain of command of the state executive across to the legislative and create receptivity at the negotiating table.
They then referred to sympathetic Branch Chiefs like Barbara Materna who favor pay parity, admonishing the membership to be proactive and shoot this concept up the chain of command. This ignores the fact that many at the level above the Rank and File are Unit 10 supervisors*, many of whom are voluntary CAPS dues payers and should have been pushing this up the chain of command, according to the Blanning and Baker theory, for over a decade now. Additionally, if this is the strategy of the CAPS leadership they wouldn't just drop it haphazardly at an informational meeting. They are not serious about this kind of campaign because if they were, they would be writing and calling the membership about it, they would provide informational packages to create template letters and petitions and provide a structure to run the campaign, either on paper or online, creating a record of the struggle for pay parity. But they are not serious. They threw this sop out because they have nothing else to offer. With this game plan the blame for the failure is assigned to the membership.
Their big negotiating ploy is to bring a young new employee to tell HR that he cannot afford to work for the State and if they do not fix the pay structure they will not be able to retain him. Blanning and Baker base this strategy on the false premise that HR cares if the departments fall apart. HR does not care; HR already knows. The Governor has drawn the line. Unions and programs that serve the people are on the chopping block. He is committed to imposing austerity at the expense of the state workers and the public who depend on state services. He will not be swayed by logic, mutual benefit schemes, or pleas from the underpaid. There is only one tool workers have which can win back what we lost and that is the All Public Workers Strike. To win, labor must also strike out independently of the bosses' politicians and political parties, be they Democrats or Republicans and only run our own candidates in a workers party.
CAPS members were solicited to send any relevant Pay Parity information (ads for comparable jobs) to the negotiating team.
As benchmarks have been established for years, and considering that Blanning and Baker have staff already doing nothing for us, why don't they run the Google searches for new employment and benchmark information? All this was a poorly presented song and dance obligatorily delivered without any pretense that CAPS (as organized today) can win!
What they did not mention was: that they choose to give "this stingy governor" $53K in his election campaign, that CAPS supported prop. 30 and No on prop.32 with the highest per capita contribution of any state workers, that we dropped our fight for reimbursement for the illegal furloughs, that they forgot to say anything about when we would get the money for the 2 stolen holidays that we worked, or that lack of COLAS have impacted our purchasing power >20% over the past decade, or that by accepting a two tier medical retirement benefit a wedge is driven between the various tiered workers, or that they have been denying the membership democracy for over a decade, or that Blanning and Baker partners took no cuts during the furloughs, or that the membership is purposefully demobilized to keep the strategy of partnership with management in place, and to keep subsidizing politicians, lawyers and lobbyists, which ultimately gets us nothing but keeps the dues dollars flowing to the coffers of the Blanning and Baker LLC. partnership.
Why then did this pathetic trio play to an empty opera house? Because the members have been alienated from their organization by design. We know their record, we know how they have done it, we know how they violated the bylaws and the promises to hold meetings and when the last real meeting was. We know and can show that their installation of officers has been illegal under the CCC. So who would want to go down the block to see these guys? What have they ever done for us? We know that our final pay it tied more to the SEIU 1000 contract than to anything Blanning and Baker and the CAPS leadership negotiating team will supplicate for at the table.
Because all their strategies fail the workers, because they are never going to mobilize the membership and because they are in bed with management, the politicians and lobbyists, it is time for us to turn out the current leadership, fire Blanning and Baker LLC., and form a democratic union politically independent of the Democrats and Republicans.
*For over a decade the plan for pay parity has ridden a one trick pony, to win parity first for the supervisors by forcing the executives hand in court which presumably would result in corresponding Rank and File raises although the logic of this assumption would escape anyone who has ever worked for wages. The failure and future of this strategy was not even addressed at the meeting. Without this plan Blanning and Baker alongside Miller were grasping at straws telling us to beg management to fight for us in the strategic plan! Is this a joke or what?
BROWN DEMANDS A COST NEUTRAL BUDGET-READ WAGE FREEZE!
CAPS LEADERSHIP IS NOT PREPARED TO WIN BACK WHAT THEY LOST IN THE LAST TWO CONTRACTS…LET ALONE MAKE PROGRESS.
CAPS LEADERSHIP HAS NO WINNING STRATEGY.
ONLY YOU CAN ORGANIZE TO WIN A FAIR CONTRACT.
Their strategy is to depend on politicians, lawyers and judges instead of the rank and file. Their practice is to demobilize the membership, disassociate from the labor movement, to deny members their legal right to regular membership meetings and to illegally expel members who stand up for membership rights.
They bet your pay parity on a failing decade-long show trial for supervisors pay parity!
CAPS represent both management and labor in grievances! Like in a fascist union. How can CAPS grieve against your supervisor when your supervisors pay CAPS and are invested in CAPS winning pay parity? How can a worker expect CAPS to protect them from management when the supervisors pay CAPS voluntarily while rank and file must pay (at least) fair share!
President Dennis Miller promised regular membership meetings in his 2011 campaign. Yet he continues to violate both California Corporate Code section 7510 and the CAPS 2007 Bylaws Article III Section 1 and the illegally updated 2011 Bylaws by refusing to convene regular membership (not just informational) meetings. The only meetings CAPS holds are informational-not regular membership meetings!
PERB's finding exposed CAPS leadership and Blanning and Baker LLC. to be scofflaws. The leadership illegally expelled Rachlis and illegally suspended Cosentino. The expulsion and suspension were overturned by PERB.
CAPS LEADERSHIP THEN EXPELLED RACHLIS AGAIN! TWO TIMES IN 2012 ON TRUMPED UP CHARGES! REINSTATE RACHLIS! TURN OUT THE SCOFFLAWS!
WE NEED REGULAR MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS RUN BY THE MEMBERS! WE NEED FAIR ELECTIONS WITHOUT CENSORSHIP!
WE NEED A NEW STRATEGY WHICH DOES NOT DEPEND ON POLITICIANS, LAWYERS OR JUDGES, BUT ON THE MOBILIZED RANK AND FILE UNITING WITH ALL PUBLIC WORKERS TAKING JOINT ACTION TO WIN!
TO WIN A DEMOCRATIC UNION AND A FAIR CONTRACT SCIENTISTS NEED TO INITATE UNIT TEN ACTION COMMITTEES AT EACH WORK PLACE!
TAKE ACTION: JOIN THE INTER-UNION ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND PROTEST FOR A FAIR CONTRACT AT NOON, JUNE 5TH, AT THE FRONT GATE!
Answer: 2006 (but it was insufficient; it did not catch us up). Today your pay check buys only 3/4s of what it did in 2000!
ASK: Why were the Bylaws changed in February, 2011?
Answer: To deny members rights enshrined in the 2007 Bylaws for annual membership meetings. Rachlis revealed in Nov., 2010 that this right was being knowingly violated by Blanning and Baker LLC., the CAPS board and Gerald James Esq., for over a decade. Without the annual meetings the membership has been denied any semblance of democracy. The annual meeting was the only legal venue for installing officers and putting members concerns on the agenda or for addressing the assembled membership. Thus all officers elected for over 12 years now were not legally installed and all their actions have been illegal. This denial of regular meetings is a denial of CAPS contractual duty (based on the dues for bylaws exchange) to the membership and is thus the basis for the 15 million dollar theft of services charge against Blanning and Baker.
ASK: Why did the new Bylaws eliminate the annual membership meeting?
Answer: Because Rachlis exposed the leadership for not holding legally mandated (CCC & bylaws) annual meetings.
ASK: When was the last regular membership meeting?
Answer: Over 12 years ago. Disregarding the Bylaws and CCC, members have been denied an annual regular membership meeting for over a decade.
ASK: Why are members not allowed to hold and run their own regular meetings?
Answer: Because Blanning and Baker LLC. don't want the membership to control their own organization. They like keeping their fingers on the purse strings.
ASK: What is Blanning and Baker LLC. (the CAPS agents.)?
Answer: It is not a law firm as members have been led to believe. It is a Labor Consultation firm. Their project is not to make you money but to make money for their partnership! Their method is schmoozing with politicians and keeping you under control.
ASK: Why do we need a profit making labor consultant to run our affairs?
Answer: Considering their track record, we don't!
Answer: Only if a rank and file slate with a class struggle strategy and program runs for office and wins, removes Blanning and Baker LLC. as agent and charts a politically independent course of action based on a mobilized membership.
ASK: What can I do?
Answer: Form Unit 10 action committees, talk to other Unit 10 members and listen to their experiences with failed representation by Blanning and Baker LLC., and discuss the failed CAPS steward system. Run for office to replace the entrenched team, remove Blanning and Baker and reclaim CAPS for the rank and file of Unit 10.
The Unit 10 Action Committee met on 5/21/13 and adopted the following principles and demands both on the State and on ourselves/our organization.
We will build the action committee at the CAPS informational meeting on June 4th.
We will build for inter-union solidarity action to win back what was taken from us in the last contract on June 5thduring lunch at the front gate of CDPH in conjunction with labor demonstrations in Sacramento.
1) Turn CAPS into a union run by the democratically organized, mobilized and assembled rank and file.
2) For political independence of labor. Fund only labor candidate.
3) Unite with workers organizations (public & private), employed and unemployed, to defeat the austerity and win a fair contract.
4) Run candidates committed to political independence, to class struggle tactics, based on organizing, assembling and mobilizing the membership to develop and struggle for their own program.
4) NO GIVE BACK OF HOLIDAYS! Holidays were accepted years ago in exchange for wage demands not granted, PDD's were granted after they stole 2 holidays.
5) Make up pay for increased worker contribution to medical and pensions.
7) Overturn new retirement requirement. Pits new workers against old workers. No two tier system. Equal benefits for all! No extended vestment periods.
1) Hold regular membership meetings, not informational meetings.
2) Regular meetings at every job site (monthly or quarterly, more often in lead up to contract talks), linked by web for broadest democratic discussion.
3) Initiate CAPS members e-forum for democratic discussion of the membership.
4) Build unity with the broader labor movement for actions against the austerity.
5) Organize the unorganized. End contract labor. Defend the contract workers. Demand equivalent service time and state jobs for regular contract workers.
6) Supervisors out of the union.
7) For an active steward system that communicates, mobilizes and defends the membership.
8) Elevate the strategy of membership mobilization and assembly over that of lobbying and lawsuits.
SET UP CONTRACT ACTION COMMITTEES AT EACH JOB SITE NOW! CAPS LEADERSHIP AND BLANNING AND BAKER HAS NO STRATEGY TO WIN!
As our contract period comes to a close the Miller/Valez leadership has done nothing to prepare the membership for the contract fight. They continue to believe that their "Chump change" contributions to the Democrats ($1,000 per head to assemblymen and senators) and $53K to the Brown Campaign will buy the influence needed to navigate the upcoming contract negotiations.
Indeed it will, if you don't put COLA's on the agenda, if you don't demand make up pay for additional contributions to medical and pension, if your not serious enough to really fight for pay parity then the current conciliatory leadership will skate through just fine! They will say the negotiations were tough but they did the best they could and come out with something similar to if not less than what SEIU gets!
The membership will fall further and further behind. BUT THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN!
These leaders gave up three years of furloughs without a fight despite happily funding their lawyers and agents payroll! The current leadership does not prepare scientists doing the states work for this contract and in so doing they prepare for defeat.
To win we must set up contract action committees at each job site develop our demands by democratic discussion among all rank and file scientists both locally and coordinated state-wide then we must vote down anything short of what is develop in democratic rank and file meetings.
CAPS LEADERS HAD THEIR CHANCE TO HOLD REGULAR AND LEGALLY MANDATED MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED FOR OVER A DECADE! THEY ONLY HOLD IRREGULAR AND INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS NOT TRUE MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS! THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE BYLAWS AND CALIFORNIA CORPORATE CODE.
Since this statement (see post above) was sent to a small list of Unit 10 workers, the room was booked and the leaflets were posted. Since then the profit takers of Blanning and Baker have been working overtime to protect their profit center (CAPS) from cutting them loose and running their own affairs.
To prevent democracy from breaking out in unit 10 they have gone to management to force facilities to prevent the rank and file scientists from holding their own meetings in a facility room despite the fact that Blue Shield, Scientific equipment vendors, Toast-Masters, SEIU, Weight-Watchers etc all use facilites with no charge and no objection. THE ONLY PEOPLE NOT ALLOWED TO USE FACILITES ROOMS ARE THE RANK AND FILE WORKERS IN THE FACILITY!
THIS ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THE WORKERS BY BLANNING AND BAKER AND THE MILLER/VALEZ TEAM IN COLUSION WITH MANAGEMENT IS A VIOLATION OF WORKERS DEMOCRACY. This behavior shows exactly how the CAPS leadership is working hand in hand with management to prevent the membership from meeting and charting a democratic course forward into the contract negotiations.
Rank and File Scientists will hold our meeting on Tuesday May 7th. It may not be in C-140 as originally planned, it may be in a Cafeteria, in the hallway, on the lawn directly outside the Auditorium at C building, in the picnic area waterfall of building P or another place of our choosing. For information come to C-140 or check the break room near your work area.
Union members met on May 1st 2012 before marching down Broadway to City Hall.
For Matt Austin this is a no…no!
On April, 30th Matt Austin, Blanning and Baker partner and agent for CAPS scabbed against the rank and file by demanding that management stop Unit 10 Rank and Filers, CAPS members, expelled CAPS members and contract scientists at CDPH from holding an organizing meeting. But the workers of CDPH prevailed, WE WILL HOLD OUR MEETING! We will discuss how to win a fair contract and build a democratic union.
As ever Matt Austin is responsible for attempting to prevent CAPS members meeting. Not that he is the only one to prevent CAPS members from meeting, but he is always one of those who do! Each and every time he is always one of those who do.
CAPS president David Miller promised in his election campaign literature that he would hold regular membership meetings. But the real power controlling CAPS, Blanning and Baker LLC., will put up with none of that! CAPS has not had a legally mandated regular membership meeting in over 12 years! And we've seen neither hide nor hair of David Miller or Matt Austin at the CDPH laboratories since long before the election.
Labor organizations, or any organization that is not a fiction holds regular meetings. Does CAPS hold regular membership meetings? NO! Well we are going to hold a meeting. We call on state scientists to initiate job site meeting across the state! Organize the contract workers make a state service union wall to wall!
President Miller plays footsie and poses regularly for photos with Democratic Party politicians (see back page pictures in the CAPSULE.) But he runs from convening regular annual CAPS membership meetings because the leadership is afraid the membership will build a democratic union a throw out the parasitic labor leaches those corporate profiteers Blanning and Baker LLC.
BREAK WITH THE NO GOOD-FAITH, NO WIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY STRATEGY!
CAPS gave Brown's Campaign 53K then he prolonged the illegal furloughs then imposed Schwarzenegger's concessionary contract on us! CAPS leadership caved in without a fight!
STOP FUNDING THE BOSSES POLITICIANS! BREAK WITH BROWN AND HIS AGENTS!
As the current contract comes to a close we have to consider if the current leadership is capable of leading Unit 10 to win back what their failed policies have lost us already.
In order to win in the next contract negotiation we need self-organization of the membership. We need regular membership meetings to prepare our demands and our strategy to win. We will need to convene unit 10 rank and file membership meetings in each job place to build democratic input into the negotiating process. The Fighting Union Caucus asserts that the current leadership has no solutions, can not win what it has lost, that it refuses to fight for the membership and thus needs to be removed if we are to win a fair contract.
We need to look at how CAPS is run, how come we don't have our own offices, our own phones, our own meetings, how come there are supervisors in our union, how come we have not had a COLA that keeps our purchasing power equivalent to that of 12 years ago? We will ask who profits from our dues dollars?
We have discovered that profiteering corporation which runs CAPS and PECGS Blanning and Baker LLC and their empire makes millions off of California public workers dues dollars and delivers nothing.
We will look at the relationship of Blanning and Baker to the lobby firm and labor consultants Aaron Read & Associates and at Bruce Blanning's daughter's policial consulting firm, Gilliard Blanning and Associates which promotes Republican candidates.
We will consider the basis for Blanning and Bakers insistance at keeping non-rank and file supervisors in our organizations. We notice this allows the use of the supervisors (as adjunct CAPS members) to manage the contractors who do Unit 9 and Unit 10 members work.
We assert that grievances between rank and file and their direct supervisors are not fairly grieved by our representatives at Blanning and Baker, because they favor the supervisors (who voluntarily contribute to the "union") over the rank and file who are obliged to pay 'fair-share'.
We will ask the hard questions. How can the rank and file expect a profit taking firm to organize scientists and engineers to defend our wages and benefits while they promote in-sourcing and allow union members to manage them?
We will ask hard questions like how come Blanning and Baker partners profited while we were put on furlough and our wages and benefits were rolled back and have stagnated? We will ask hard questions like what has Blanning and Baker done for you lately?
We will ask why have over 400 PECGS engineers left PECGS and why are they currently suing Blanning and Baker in Court?
We will ask why did Blanning and Baker get a 5% raise from PECGS and did CAPS give them a raise also in 2012?
We will ask how come current CAPS president David Miller promised to hold regular annual meetings two years ago when he ran for office and is yet to convene a single meeting?
We will ask what kind of union denies its members the right to meet each other in regular membership meetings for over 10 years? We will assert that this is not a workers organization, not a union but a profit center for Blanning and Baker LLC.
We will answer why CAPS candidate for VP in the last election was expelled twice in one year. We will explore how the PERB decision reinstating the expelled member proved the CAPS leaders and Blanning and Baker to be scofflaws who trample on the rights of members.
We will promote the self organization of the membership and united action with members of Unit 10 with our co-workers in Unit 9 to expose the profit takers, drive them out of our organizations and rebuild democratic representation for our rank and file which can establish fighting unions to defend our interests.
1) The ossified self perpetuating CAPS board works obediently to maintain the subservience of CAPS to its agents (the labor profiteers at Blanning and Baker LLC,) Democratic and (on occasions) Republican Party politicians and ultimately the ruling class which profit by the demobilization of organized labor.
2) By denying members their right to annual/regular membership meetings, under California Corporate Code and under the 2007 CAPS Bylaws, for over ten years many members of the current board have participated in an ongoing theft of services. The bylaws (literally second law) are a contract between the members and the organization; the members pay dues dollars and the organization is obliged to follow the bylaws. Yet CAPS denied members their right to annual membership meetings for over 10 years and when I brought it to the attention of the board in a November 2010 letter, the board under the guidance of B&B wrote our right to an annual membership meeting out of the 2011Bylaws. This may come as a surprise to CAPS but as far as I have been able to ascertain only corporate, fascist, and business unions deny their members the right to hold regular meetings where the members can discuss the business of the organization.
3) Adherence to the Bylaws and Policy Manual (PM) is not the practice of this leadership. Had it been, CAPS would have held regular/annual membership meetings for the last twelve years (where members' agenda points can be put before the entire membership,) Rachlis and Cosentino would not have been illegally thrown out and the CAPS leadership team would not have lost to Rachlis in the PERB decision # HO-U-1064-S which required CAPS to reinstate Rachlis retroactively to the date of his expulsion. Playing fast and loose with the rules, are lawyer's games and they may work to control and organization but they come at the expense of worker's democracy which is systematically denied.
4) The failure of the CAPS/B&B leadership team to deliver on the economic front and the ongoing denial of members rights has created a breech between the leadership team and the rank and file of CAPS. By refusing to hold regular meetings CAPS leadership assured that the B&B method of filling the politicians campaign coffers with our dues dollars, and the filling of the partners of B&B's retirement funds with millions from State Workers dues dollars would not be challenged by any attempt to mobilize the membership around a winning strategy and tactics similar to that which worked for the Chicago Teachers last month, and the Marikana miners last week. Indeed the lack of workers' democracy, the failure to take workers' side in grievances with management, the multiple denials of legal counsel by B&B for workers attacked by management has left the rank and file with the feeling that CAPS/B&B work hand in hand with management instead of working for the members. This is why an opposition slate running, of relatively unknowns, despite censored campaign statements and limited access to the ear of the membership won 25% in the last election by running on a class struggle-action program. This type of rank and file response to such a campaign is unheard of in recent labor history. Indeed the fact that the CAPS-Fighting Union Caucus (CAPS-FUC) won 25% in the last election has the ruling clique running scared and for that reason B&B's stooges have launched a smear campaign to drive me out of the organization. Miller/Chatsworth-Brown in their grievance of September 19, 2011accused us of running a campaign for the decertification of CAPS (which was not true then and is not true now) but consider the implication that if it were a campaign for decertification and 25% of the members voted for it B&B's profit taking days and failed methods would clearly be numbered.
5) The current leadership team employs the so-called team concept of labor management relations assuring the supine obsequiousness of labor before management. This method has left the membership with declining spending power for our shrinking dollar (uncompensated for by COLA'S), cuts in hours and wages due to two years of furloughs and two years of PLD's, increased employee contribution to medical, to pensions, we lost holidays and have suffered increase of supervisory harassment, as well as racial, ethnic, age and gender discrimination expressed through arbitrary application of unreasonable work and reporting rules. The membership, 2/3's of which did not vote in the last election and of the remaining 1/3 who voted 25% voted for the opposition, is clearly not inspired by the leadership which reigns by the combination of inertia and denial of workers' democracy.
6) Budroe bases his grievances on a 'damning' blog post at http://wp.me/p1OGRw-2Y published on August 25th (while Rachlis was still expelled) and claims it violated the PM's rule against advocating for decertification. The MDRC must reject this.
7) Budroe twists and misrepresents the meaning of the statements made in the 'damning' blog post. The following quote is lifted directly from the blog. We have highlighted key controversial phrases and will comment on their meaning further below.
9) Budroe and the CAPS /B&B leadership team flummoxed from their defeat at PERB again overstretch the limits of logic as they try to fit a square peg in a round hole; the statement reproduced above is merely a statement of facts. The facts are: there is no internal democracy in CAPS, the organization has illegally expelled me and illegally suspended Mr. Cosentino (thus establishing a track record as scofflaws) in turn it is reasonable for members of units 9 & 10 to consider that in order to establish democracy in our organizations B&B's contract must be severed and to accomplish this objective necessity, internal remedy mechanisms may not be adequate. May is used while expressing possibility as in "It may rain this afternoon." That it may not rain this afternoon is unstated yet implied by the very nature of possibility. The statement from the blog reprinted above merely states a possibility, something scientists are often known to do; we call it stating a hypothesis.
10) The recent denial of democratic procedure and other failures of the leadership indeed put new weights on the scale; commenting on this fact is not an indictable violation of the PM. Indeed I am not alone at weighing the options before CAPS. And there is no statute in the Bylaws or PM that denies members the right to talk about or write about weighing options. Weighing options is not the same as choosing options. Contrary to its own intention by expelling Rachlis twice in one year the CAPS board would be putting more weight on the scale that the membership is currently looking at.
11) Budroe claims that our blog posting makes it clear that we do not advocate 'reform from within' and that rather we call for decertification. Again the enmeshment between the entrenched and ossified leadership of CAPS can not disassociate itself from B&B. The 'damning' blog stated "Today we are convinced that CAPS can not be reformed without getting rid of B&B". Without overstating the obvious we do not see the contract between CAPS and B&B as carved in stone-it must be renewed on a regular basis. The CAPS relationship with B&B is based on a contract that the CAPS membership can, if it so chooses, not renew! This would open the road to reform of CAPS and would shift the weight on the scale toward the possibility transforming CAPS into a fighting rank and file class-struggle organization.
12) We're not lawyer pussyfooters. If we wanted to call for decertification there would be no question about the language. It would be unambiguous and our whole record of the CAPS Fighting Union Caucus (CAPS-FUC) demonstrates this.
14) It is time for CAPS to begin to function in a democratic manner and stop its illegal denial of membership rights and this witch hunt against members who demand our rights be respected. If the MDRC reduces itself to the level of a kangaroo court dutifully and uncritically participating in the Budroe witch hunt, a witch hunt which began with red baiting by Matt Austin in Superior Court, was followed up with addition red baiting by Budroe and Miller during the campaign last year and was reintroduced in the Miller/Brown grievance of September 19, 2011, then this august body will itself be soiled by its actions reducing its respectably in the world of adjudication one akin the McCarthyite House Un-American Activities Committee, the Spanish Inquisition, and the Moscow show trials which sentenced the best working class militants of the 20c to death.
15) In conclusion the MDRC has a choice. You can expel Rachlis on false charges and further expose the undemocratic nature of CAPS. This action would confirm for many that CAPS is not Workers' Organization but is truly a captive corporate controlled union reduced to being nothing more than a profit center for B&B and the dutiful enforcer of the capitalist austerity on the backs of the workers of unit. 10. Or you can reject this witch hunt and open the road to workers democracy in our organization.
The following letter was sent to the board of CAPS on 09/14/12.
Find attached and in the e-mail below a grievance filed by Charles Rachlis against David Miller and Patty Velez on January 9th 2012 for violation of California Corporate Code and denial of members rights to examine and copy the membership list (http://wp.me/p1OGRw-21.) To our knowledge the Membership Disciplinary Review Committee (MDRC) ignored and took no action to adjudicate this grievance, neither has the MDRC made any report to the membership on the submittal of this grievance, nor have they responded to the author of the grievance.
This lack of action on the part of the board and the MDRC stands in violation with the rules (bylaws and Policy & Procedures Manual) of the organization and thereby denies members just rights. This grievance was submitted prior to the illegal Kangaroo court which expelled Rachlis and suspended Cosentino. The leadership acting under the inept guidance of councel provided by Blanning and Baker LLC, Gerald James Esq. and Lisa Crevich Esq., decided to place this grievance in the circular file.
I demand that the CAPS board remove David Miller from the role as chair of the MDRC. I demand that the Board convene a meeting of a new MDRC to address the violation of memberships rights by the last seated MDRC which was convened to adjudicate the Miller/Brown v. Rachlis and Miller/Brown v. Cosentino grievances. I demand that the new MDRC address the violations of members rights carried out by the MDRC convened under the Chair of V.P. Patty Velez. This new MDRC must address the grievance (see attached) submitted on January 9th 2012. As that Charles Rachlis has had all rights of membership restored by the finding of illegal activity on the part of the MDRC/CAPS by PERB I demand the board assure those rights are respected and the grievance submitted on January 9th, 2012 be fairly adjudicated by an impartial MDRC without interference from the Blanning and Baker LLC, or any of the members who sat on the previous MDRC.
CAPS is organized as a mutual benefit non profit corporation which must abide California Corporate Code. CAPS must provide a venue for membership to convene a special meeting. That venue is provided pursuant to CCC and outlined Bylaws Article III Section 2(a); in which, a members' right to petition the membership to hold a special meeting is enshrined. In order to reach the membership for the purpose of distributing the petition, a list of the members' names addresses and voting rights must be made available with in ten days of demand. Due to the actions of President David Miller and Ex President Velez CAPS stands in violation of CCC 8330. Their reckless disregard for the law under which CAPS is mandated to function opens the organization to liabilities for denial of services, theft of dues, and denial of dues payers rights.
According to the by-laws I need 5% membership signatures to call for a special membership meeting. I would like to circulate a petition to call for a special membership meeting. To do so I will need the list of the membership including their e-mail addresses, home addresses and phone numbers as is my right according to California Corporate Code which governs Mutual Benefit Non Profit Corporations such as CAPS. Please submit the list to this email address or let me know when I can pick it up at the CAPS office in San Francisco. I can be at the office this Friday at 11:00 does this work for you?
President David Miller responded on behalf of the current board and refused to comply with California Corporate code thereby making it impossible for me to reach the membership to gather a petition to hold a special membership meeting. See David Millers' e-mail of December 29th, 2011.
You have requested that CAPS provide you a "list of the membership including their e-mail addresses, home addresses and phone numbers".
I respectfully deny your request.
I have instructed CAPS staff provide no such list to you, or to anyone else.
The CAPS Board is aware of your request and my response.
In a follow up e-mail I asked how to go about petitioning the membership as is our right. No response has been received to date.
Please explain how a member is to petition the membership to convene a special meeting of the organization without a way of knowing who the members are.
Refusal to abide the CCC 8330 is violation of the law as enforced by the attorney general of the state of California. The Membership Disciplinary Review Committee may review the law below. For violation of members' rights, for violation of the bylaws, and for violation of CCC in the name of CAPS we request that David Miller and Patty Velez's membership in CAPS be terminated.
of which the list is to be compiled.
related to the members' interest as members.
Members want to know how much money was wasted in the illegal harassment of Rachlis and Cosentino? How much did CAPS pay the lawyers during the Kangaroo court illegally convened to expel Rachlis and Cosentino? How much was spent paying for E-Board members to convene the Membership Disciplinary Review Committee which illegally expelled Rachlis and Cosentino? How much was spent on lawyers and e-board members per-diem to defend their illegal actions infront of the PERB board? Members want to know how long we must endure the guidance of the Profit Takers of Blanning and Baker LLC. whose incompetent legal team allowed the e-board to harass and expel Rachlis and Cosentino!
WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE REINSTATEMENT OF GIORGIO COSENTINO!


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Q: Why Jenkins requires login password for sonar 6.2? Using pipeline code,
withSonarQubeEnv {
        dir ('/mydirectory/') {
            sh "'${mvnHome}/bin/mvn' org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.2:sonar -Dsonar.projectKey=somemykey -Dsonar.projectName=somemyname"
        }

Which outputs:
Failed to execute goal org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.2:sonar (default-cli) on project myproject: Not authorized. Please check the properties sonar.login and sonar.password.

If that is expected behavior then how to avoid pasting login and password? If not what is the root cause of it? Is it a problem with Sonar server configuration?

A: At the global level you should configure your server instance to include an analysis token from a user with Global Execute Analysis permissions. Either that, or include a project-specific user token at the analysis level.
The error message asking for login/password is a bit outmoded. You can still use login/password, but analysis token is the recommended way.

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Learn how to make a cold frame for the garden with these tips. When those first frosts of fall hit, you'll want to protect your precious plants!
At their simplest, cold frames are bottomless boxes that are set over plants in the garden to protect them from adverse weather. They are usually built low to the ground and have a transparent roof to let in light and a hinge for easy access.
Cold frames protect plants from strong winds and retain heat. Gardeners use cold frames to extend their gardening season—both in the autumn to protect plants for a few more weeks and in the spring to get a jumpstart on sowing seeds. Cold frames are also used to "harden off" seedlings that were started indoors.
Try sowing seeds of crops such as radish, lettuce, endive, and scallions directly in the frame for an early or late harvest.
You can even raise them there all summer as long as the cover is removed when warm weather arrives.
Consider growing winter lettuces or other salad greens, like spinach or kale.
Cold frames can be bought or constructed from timber and plastic, but concrete blocks or bricks can also be used. You can even construct a simple, bottomless wooden box and set it in the garden or atop other good soil in a sunny location. Watch our video, below, for step-by-step building instructions!
Most gardeners use wood to build the frame, since it's readily available and is easy to cut to the required size using hand tools. If you're lucky enough to find scraps of hardwood, then use this, as it will last longer than softwood.
Avoid old wood that's been treated with creosote or similar non-earth-friendly products, especially if you'll be positioning the cold frame directly on the soil. The wood can always be painted with a non-toxic paint if you're worried about it looking scruffy.
Top the box either with glass (perhaps an old storm window) or a frame covered with clear plastic. Thicker materials will provide more insulation, of course. Old windows and shower doors are classic subjects for this project. Hinge the cover or add a sliding lid so that it may be opened for ventilation on warm days.
Temporary frames or "cloches" can also be made by leaning old storm windows tent-style over the plants along the length of the garden row.
For those of us with limited time and/or DIY skills, try cutting the bottoms out of plastic milk jugs and placing them over individual plants, holding the jugs in place with mounded soil. During sunny days, remove the caps for ventilation.
A hot bed is a cold frame that is heated. Some gardeners use electric heating tape or cables, but the age-old method of using horse manure or compost works well, too.
For a nonelectric hot bed, excavate 18 to 24 inches under the frame and add fresh manure or compost.
Turn and moisten this material every couple of days for a week until it settles, then cover it with 6 inches of soil.
As the manure or compost decomposes, it will generate enough heat to protect against early or late frosts.
See our video with step-by-step instructions on how to build a cold frame.
Do you use a cold frame or hot bed in your garden? Share your technique in the comments below!
All of our sources indicate that it is not recommended. Instead, use glass, twin layers of plastic film, fiberglass, Plexiglass® or other translucent material. But if you do it and it works, let us know.
Just reverse the time, you are in the Fall now and we are in the Spring. During our Summer you have Winter, so you would now be busy with early fall gardening chores.
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"And, yes, I will go wherever the wind may blow me." That's what Mark Moldre sings on his second solo album, and the Sydney singer-songwriter is a man of his word. An Ear To The Earth is one of 2013's tastiest trips, taking the listener on a rollicking, rootsy journey. One minute, it rumbles; the next, it's gentle and poignant. Remarkably, it all hangs together beautifully - props to producer Jamie Hutchings (of Bluebottle Kiss). "Jamie and his brother, Scott, are my oldest friends," Mark reveals. "I've known him since he was about three or four." As teenagers, they played in bands, including The Fallen Scarecrows, but never really ventured into the studio together until they made this record - live to reel-to-reel tape. "It was organised chaos," Mark laughs. "We wondered whether half the gear was even going to power up each morning. But if I continue making records, I don't think I'll ever do it any other way. It was some of the best fun I've had." The release saw Mark reunite with Laughing Outlaw's Stuart Coupe, who put out two albums by Mark's band, Hitchcock's Regret, in the early 2000s. The new album has seen Mark compared to Tom Waits, Ryan Adams and Willie Nelson, while The Music's Michael Smith called it "an album Nick Cave would be proud of". "The Nick Cave comparison surprised me," Mark admits. "And I've only just recently started listening to Willie Nelson. My voice used to be compared a lot to Peter Gabriel, which I found a little disconcerting, as I wasn't really a fan. It made me search out his pre-So stuff. It's an interesting way to discover new music when unexpected comparisons come up." The Sydney Morning Herald's Bernard Zuel hailed An Ear To The Earth "album of the week", calling it "music to drink to". What's Mark's poison? "For me, it's gin. Jamie has always been a bit of a red wine connoisseur, and for the rest of the band it was mainly Coopers during the recording." Buy 'em a drink when they hit town this weekend (Saturday afternoon at Pure Pop, Sunday at The Workers Club). "You've no idea what the road has done to me," Mark sings on the album. "The highlight of touring is definitely having a band full of old friends," he says. And the lowlight? "Running out of gin money."
The great Renée Geyer was born in Melbourne 60 years ago today (Wednesday), and she's still heading in the right direction. Renée shares a birthday with another Howzat! fave. Ben Lee is 35 today.
POWER AND THE PASSION
Why was Tony Abbott welcomed to the Maton Guitars factory in Melbourne for an election eve photo-shoot? What has the Liberal Party done for music? Saturday's election was a wipeout for music candidates. Peter Garrett did not re-contest his seat, Angry Anderson (running as Gary Anderson for the National Party in the NSW seat of Throsby) got just 10 per cent of the vote (though he did double the Nationals' vote from the last election), while Katter's Australian Party candidate James Blundell - who shocked the party's conservative base by saying he supported gay marriage - looks like missing out on a Senate spot in Queensland.
HOT ASH
Ashley Naylor launches the vinyl version of his stunning solo album, High Horse, at the Thornbury Theatre on Sunday afternoon.
"You can know where you are and still be lost" - Mark Moldre, I Don't Know What's Become Of Her
CHART WATCH
Ricki-Lee has a Top 30 debut.
Riptide VANCE JOY (number 14)
Come & Get In Trouble With Me RICKI-LEE (28, debut)
Purple Rain DAMI IM (29, debut)
Fire Starter SAMANTHA JADE (37)
Parachute TIMOMATIC (39)
Resolution MATT CORBY (40)
The Paper Kites have a Top 20 debut.
Harlequin Dream BOY & BEAR (number five)
The Great Country Songbook TROY CASSAR-DALEY & ADAM HARVEY (seven)
Learn To Exist THE JUNGLE GIANTS (12, debut)
The Very Best Of Slim Dusty SLIM DUSTY (16)
States THE PAPER KITES (17, debut)
Atlas RUFUS (19)
Sharkmouth RUSSELL MORRIS (22)
More Than A Dream HARRISON CRAIG (23)
Circus In The Sky BLISS N ESO (24)
A Hell Of A Career! JOHN WILLIAMSON (25)
The Catalyst Fire DEAD LETTER CIRCUS (34)
Flume FLUME (38)
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Nowhere At All MARK MOLDRE
Fairhaven ASHLEY NAYLOR
All Mine THE DAMES
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Court acquits South Korean for following pro-North Twitter account
A local court has acquitted a 73-year-old former journalist accused of following a Twitter account praising North Korean ideology, court records showed Thursday.
The Seoul Western District Court found the defendant, identified only by his surname Lee, not guilty of following the account of North Korea's main propaganda website, Uriminzokkiri, which means "only by Korean ourselves."
Prosecutors indicted Lee on charges of following the account and posting pro-Pyongyang writings on his blog in November 2009.
The court, however, said just following an account cannot be deemed as distributing pro-North Korean content as they are only shown on the follower's account.
Those who follow Lee can see the pro-North tweets if the defendant retweets or writes comments on them. The court said there is a lack of evidence to say Lee conducted either of the actions.
Still, Lee was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years, for writing North Korean propaganda on his blog.
South Koreans are banned from joining a pro-Pyongyang organization or having unauthorized contact with North Korea. They are also prohibited from supporting or praising the North in any way under the National Security Law. (Yonhap)


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MPCL achieves "01 Year without Lost Time Injury" with more than 16 million safe hours as a Major HSE Milestone
On 15th Feb 2022, MPCL achieved a significant milestone in its ongoing journey towards becoming an injury-free company by completing 1 Year without Lost Time Injury with more than 16 million safe hours. This achievement marks MPCL's commitment to Continual Safety Improvement and adherence to the Health and Safety policies of the company.
MPCL's HSE policies, initiatives, and their implementation at ground level ensure an injury-free environment for the people of MPCL, especially the operations, projects, seismic, and drilling crews who work in challenging, remote terrains coupled with continuous harsh weather conditions.
With this milestone, MPCL is geared towards focusing on key learnings to achieve Process Safety, Management of Change, and Work Control by systematically evaluating risks, hazards, and processes to implement best international practices.
Poised to sustain its world-class safety performance in day-to-day operations, the company believes in a vigilant emphasis on areas that require constant focus, such as Road transport and Contractor safety, to protect our people, assets, environment, and reputation. The credit goes to collaborative efforts from all departments and contractors for successfully adhering to safe operations.
Pronounced HSE performance and operational performance go hand in hand, and in the face of new challenges, MPCL continues to maintain focus and commitment on excellent HSE performance as a foremost priority, keeping aside time & production pressures.


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Manville, Wyoming
Manville is located at the junction of Highways 20 and 270 --- 9 miles west of Lusk, Wyoming.
H. S. Manville of Milwaukee, Wis. migrated to the Territory of Wyoming in 1879. He became partners with James Peck in a cattle ranch seven miles west of the Hat Creek Stage Station. In 1880 Manville was named manager for the Converse Cattle Company. He hired Addison A. Spaugh as ranch foreman.
When the railroad came in 1886, a new town was born. Addison Spaugh was asked to name the town and he named it after his good friend and business associate.
Hiram S. Manville was also influential in the early development of the community. Manville passed away at Oakdale, Nebr. on December 14, 1911.
Oscar Selden filed the original town plat in October 1886. He paid to have the land surveyed and platted by Henry Chase. Selden purchased this land, subdivided the site into lots, streets and alleys and offered the lots for sale. He would give anyone a lot if they would build a house of value on it. He was killed by a shot fired through the window of his home. The killer was never apprehended.
Almost all of the original houses in Manville were of rock and some of those landmarks are still standing.
Manville has been situated in Laramie County, Converse Co. and Niobrara County. The first mayor was J. F. Christensen. At the height of Manville's prosperity, the population grew to 1500 people. Oil had been discovered at Lance Creek and several oil companies had their headquarters in Manville as well as their warehouses. The town boasted two lumberyards, a realty office, insurance business, two banks, post office, variety store, telephone office, four hotels, elevator, hardware store, bakery, furniture store, mercantile, meat company, candy store, a shop that did general repairing, plumbing and tinning, several barber shops, numerous saloons, several cafes, a town hall, three newspapers, physician, surgeon, drug store, attorney at law, two garages, billiard hall, dance hall, theatre, baseball diamond, Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star, Royal Neighbors Lodge, grade and high schools and at one time there were about 100 pupils in the grade school. Later the schools were closed and the pupils were bused to Lusk. There was also a cheese factory, livery barn, sawmill, blacksmith shop, dentist, jewelry store and watch repair shop.
Manville's first post office was allotted in 1887 with John A. Shaeffer as postmaster.
Early day volunteer firemen were summoned by the tolling of a bell hung on Main Street. A hand-drawn cart carried limited equipment and courageous fire fighters did their best to control the blazes.
Part of the J. A. Manorgan homestead became the Bell View Cemetery. In it rest many of the early day pioneers.
When the Lance Creek Oil boom came to an end, Manville began to dwindle. There is still a post office, Community Church, mayor and town council and a population of 94 people.
In the late eighteen hundreds a tornado ripped thru Manville wrecking many buildings. Shaeffer's hall and opera house were completely destroyed and the post office and Manorgan & Company's general store were badly damaged.
The Lusk Herald
Manville proclaimed 1920's 'best home town'
by Irving Goff McCann, President of Manville Commercial Club...About 1920
Manville is a town of about 1000 inhabitants. It is the headquarters for three of the largest oil companies in the United States, the Ohio, the Texas and the Union. The Midwest is moving its headquarters here in the near future.
Manville is the best home town in Eastern Wyoming. Its residences are well built and not of the boom order. Its social life is high class. Toughs and immoral people are not countenanced. For more than a year the city administration, backed by public sentiment in Manville, has not allowed the riff-raff of society to settle in Manville. Time and again influences have been brought to play by the vultures of society to make their lodgment in Manville on the ground that Manville was a boom town, and the evil as well as the good had to be provided for. To these people, the Mayor and the City Council have answered that Manville was not building in that manner and did not desire their presence.
On the other hand, every effort has been made to advance every worth cause. Manville has a new public school building which a town of 10,000 people could consider an asset and an ornament. The Protestant life of the community worships in one church and the entire community has co-operated with the Catholic Church in erecting a place of worship for that organization. The business life of Manville is united to a man in the upbuilding of the community as a whole. The co-operative spirit of the business men of Manville could not be surpassed by any town. The Commercial Club is thoroughly organized and harmonious. Last year the businessmen of Manville expended for the community good the sum of $18,000.
Has two banks
Manville has two banks. They will, and they have, gone the limit with every individual and every proposition that is honorable and worthy. From an agricultural point of view, Manville is surrounded with splendid farms and ranches. There is no question that the finest farm land in eastern Wyoming lies adjacent to this town. Opportunities are here in this line which the Easterner could not believe. The finest farm land can be purchased from $25 to $35 per acre adjacent to our town. When farm land in the East is selling for $200 to $500 per acre, no better investment could be made by men who are adapted through training for intensive farming. No doubt land will increase in value in the next five years. Several times in the day of the rancher has passed in this community, and the opportunity is ripe for the small farmer.
Manville has a fine climate and splendid water. An electric plant will be operating as soon as engines arrive. Our town has unlimited possibilities for growth and an ideal location for a city. No town in the United States has more to offer capital at present than Manville, Wyoming. Real estate values and living expenses are reasonable.
God made Manville what it is. He put Lance Creek oil field at our front door. We are sitting on top of the world and invite you to sit beside us. If you are a man or a woman with business or professional talent or capital that you desire to invest, Manville offers you the biggest opportunity, the finest co-operation, and the heartiest welcome that can be found in the United States.
Is mentally alert
In 1898 Manville was mentally alert. Their literary society debated that "Resolved, a woman is more adapted for home duties than for business pursuits." In June they dedicated their new Congregational church. They ordered $45 worth of fireworks to celebrate the 4th of July. They also had a band and listened to an orator. In December, the Hitshew Brothers blacksmith shop and all of its contests burned.
Sheldon murder in Manville apparently still unsolved
Did you know that Manville had an unsolved murder in its history? It is an old tale. Mr. Shaffer and Mr. Sheldon were in partnership. They sold lots on the townsite of Manville. They were both prominent men of the town. Both of the men had families.
It was a dark night with no moon. Mr. Sheldon was seated in his home with his family at the supper table. The table was in front of the window. A shot rang out and Mr. Sheldon fell dead. The murder as never solved, for there was no evidence of who did the shooting.
Mr. Sheldon was the first man to be buried in the Manville cemetery. It has often been said, "Wyoming is so healthy they had to kill a man to start a cemetery."
Manville hosted Converse County Fair in October 1891
Converse County Fair was held in Manville in October, 1891. A.A. Spaugh was secretary of the fair association. Accommodations, tents, were furnished for all who attended, without charge. Liberal premiums were given on stock, farm products, fruit, vegetables and flowers. A $2 prize was given for the best two loaves of bread. "The race track was a daisy," with races of all kinds. A feature was a wolf race. A wolf was turned loose and a pack of hounds stationed nearby. The wolf stood off the hounds and killed one of them. The fair was again held in Manville in 1898, with more racing and fewer premiums.
The first Niobrara County Fair was held in September 1913. The Niobrara County Fair and Racing Association was organized in August. A. P. Stewart was president; J.E. Hawthorne, secretary; finance committee, H.C. Snyder, M.D. Barnes and G.D. Cureton; agriculture, H.L. Koontz, W.K. Daniels, M.J. McCormick, A.A. Spaugh and S.E. Snyder; arts and crafts, Miss Bruch, Mrs. M.C. Agnew and Miss Hattie Federle; sports and races, M.C. Agnew, Chas. McGinnis, Harry Rogers, A.H. Faust and George L. Willson; entertainment, Ed Arnold, Miss Florence Miller and Mrs. Ed C. Daley; publicity, J.H. Slater and G.C. Forsythe.
Premiums were made on the usual exhibits. Bronco busting, all types of foot and horse races, two ball games and a big dance made the first fair a gala occasion. The vacant space between the Masonic Temple and the IOOF Hall in Lusk was temporarily roofed over for the agricultural exhibits. Livestock was kept in the livery barn back of the Northwestern Hotel. People of Lusk accommodated visitors in their homes. Many brought their own tents: The hotels were "chock full."
Niobrara county had the best booth at the State Fair in 1920.
This scene shows the town of Manville in its infancy. The photo was taken about 1918 and was shot looking west.
Obituary Selden, Oscar (07/28/1815 - 08/14/1887) View Record
Obituary Rogers, Harry (07/24/1868 - 10/13/1935) View Record
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I'm on the quite the recap roll, so why not fast forward to current day (hello mid January) and give you a little glimpse at our weekend. Conor had been out of town on business travel for part of the week, so I was thrilled when he snuck out early on Friday and joined the boys & I for lunch. We then took the littlest to the pediatrician... He's had some pretty bad eczema for about two months now, so we believe he may have a dairy allergy. Since I am breastfeeding, this affects me too. So as of Saturday, I am officially dairy free. It's going to be a very difficult transition for me. Luckily, we make most of our meals from scratch, so I will be able to find substitutes and hopefully get in a good non-dairy groove. Thanks to all for the kind thoughts and words of support on my Instagram post. I would love to hear even more about recipes you love or good dairy substitutes. Surely, I can use all the help & support I can get. This change left me in a bit of a bad mood, which was no good coupled with the post holiday funk, which always seems to happen after long visits home. Thankfully we had a pretty packed weekend that kept me in relatively high spirits.
We had not one, but two birthdays parties to attend, so we divided & conquered on that front. I took Liam to a tea party (even boy moms get invited too!) Saturday morning. The host had goodies for everyone, which included a bowtie & suspenders! I was able to get Liam on board with the bowtie, but not the latter. However, come Easter, he most definitely will be sporting the suspenders. Eek, I can't wait! And then that same evening, Conor took Liam to soccer party where he ran around for 2 hours straight kicking the ball whenever he managed to get his little feet near it! It was nice to have one-on-one time with each of the boys; I don't get that often enough!
Sunday was a true "funday"! Conor took Liam up skiing early in the morning. They had a little man date with another father-son duo. I stayed home in my cozy bed with Finn, but I want to get up on the mountain Liam soon too! They rushed back to catch the Seahawks playoff game, which if you saw was part massacre, part amazing comeback... But alas, they lost! Then naps all around before an epic evening of sledding. The sun was just starting to set as hit one of the fastest sledding hills I've ever been on! I was terrified, yet completely exhilarated. Liam never stopped smiling. And Finn was perfectly content to hangout in his little sled, just taking in the sights. We took him for a couple of spins down the hill whenever he would get antsy. We were joined by friends and shared some fresh brewed hard cider at the top! It was the perfect way to end our weekend!
Cheers to another, just like this one!
What a perfect weekend! Hang in there with the non-dairy diet! What helped me was knowing that it wouldn't last forever :) Also, Odette's eczema was so terrible that I knew I needed to make a change. Hopefully, your little guy will grow out of it. Odette still has eczema on her legs, etc. from time to time but it's nothing like it was when she was a baby.
Bummer about the dairy, try coconut cream for your coffee if you need something. I use it on Whole30 and it's a good substitute. Your pictures from the weekend are way too cute!
I'm so sorry to hear about Finn's possible, most likely diary allergy. Sophie and I are lactose intolerant but that's nothing to an allergy. I'm glad you have support through this though! How much longer are you planning on breastfeeding Finn? Will your diet go back to what it was after you've finished breastfeeding?
Finn is adorable in his snowsuit just hanging out while Liam is sledding and skiing. What's the age difference between the two again?
Perfect weekend! So sorry to hear about Finn's allergy though - poor guy. Hoping the dairy free life isn't too bad for you and that he starts feeling better soon!
Sledding looks like so much fun! Sorry about the dairy allergy! That sounds tough.
Best of luck to going dairy free. Whole Foods has great nondairy subsitutes, the only thing that is not worth subbing is cheese. I went vegan for awhile (pre babies) and I lost a lot of weight so thats also a plus. Hope Finn gets a diagnosis so you know what youre dealing with.
So fun! What a great weekend! Finn looks so cute just hanging out!
Such a fantastic weekend. You are excellent at shooting those sun flares! Bummer about Finn's dairy allergy. Avocados are a nice sub for cheese with eggs, sandwiches, or tacos. They are just good any time really ;) did his exzema flare really bad with dairy specifically? I ask bc Ben has exzema but he has had it since he was born. I don't think it's diet related... It seemed to get better for us when we switched soaps..and used the Aveeno Naturals for Exzema lotion religiously.
I have a friend who recently cut out dairy. And the two recipes I blogged about today can easily be made without any dairy. She even used almond meal instead of bread crumbs. As she gives me recipes I can totally forward them on if you are interested :).
What a fun weekend! (Minus the Eczema and dairy allergy!) The snow pictures are beautiful. There is just something so sweet about a bundled little babe in the snow. I am bummed we don't get snow here in Texas.


Who's in it?: Boris Karloff; those other people from the Inspector Wong series.
What's it about?: Wong, Street, and Logan investigate the murder of a shipping magnate.
How is it?: It's a forgettable mystery, but has the same advantages of the other one I watched. That is, Police Captain William Street and reporter Bobbie Logan have some fun chemistry and I enjoy watching them argue and try to beat each other to the mystery's solution. Of course, Wong's always going to outdo both of them.
I wouldn't mind watching all six of the Wong films some day (this was the fifth, and the last one for Karloff; Keye Luke took over for the final movie), but I'm frustrated by 50 Horror Classics' including two of them in the set. One was a novelty; two feels like a rip-off. As much as I can be ripped off when I only paid 50 cents per movie, I guess. I really don't have room to gripe.
Anyway, under other circumstances I'd enjoy these more, but right now they just make me want to watch an actual horror movie. Or Charlie Chan.
It decently dawned on me how Boris Karloff has a very unique and distinctive voice. Hearing it, you would never associate it with the brutish speech of the "Frankenstein" features. Its impossible for me to hear his voice without his face and not immediately think "Grinch Who Stole Christmas". Listening to it some more there is an eerily hypnotic quality in his delivery. Its as soothing as it is sinister. I think of it like a razorblade, sharp, but leaving behind a smooth path. It burns like whiskey but soothes like ice water.
Does this set include his picture "Walking Dead"? I was fond of the poster for that flick.
Unfortunately Walking Dead isn't in it. You're right, that's an awesome poster. Slinky dame and creepy Karloff!


International Solidarity of Workers Can Stop War on Korean Peninsula!
Overthrow warmongers Trump and Abe with angry workers uprising all over the world!
Workers all over the world!
A fresh war—a nuclear war—is imminent. Subsequent to the war in the Middle East, now a war on Korean Peninsula is about to break out. If a war erupts, the whole East Asia would become embroiled in an awfully devastating and bloody battlefield.
The US Trump administration and the Japanese Abe administration have taken us to the brink of nuclear war. Since the division of Korean Peninsula into North and South after World War II against the will of Korean people, the US and Japan governments have been consistently hostile to North Korea and increasing military pressure on it even after the Korean War (1950~53). The US-Japan military alliance continues to make threats even by holding "beheading operation" and "nuclear first strike" over the Kim Jong-un regime, which, in its turn, is driving it to the last extremity to arm with nuclear weapons.
Being scared by the impact of global economic crisis and Japan's economic ruin, the Abe administration is trying to find the only way of survival in large expansion of armament and militarization of economy (dependence on war industry), revising the Constitution that would again enable Japan to launch an aggressive war in Asia. That is why Abe overtly denies the past war crimes including the comfort women issue, as if nothing had ever happened.
Whatever the reason the Japanese government would put up, we should never allow it to embark in a war again on the Korean Peninsula and East Asia. This is the mission for us Japanese working class to be carried out resolutely.
We declare our unity with the KCTU appeal, and are firmly determined in front of the workers all over the world that Japanese working class will overthrow the Abe administration and Japanese imperialism with our own hands.
The assaults of neoliberalism, which cares money than lives, has forcibly led to a rapid increase of massive unemployment, poverty, casualization and "karoshi" (death from overwork), and resulted in the collapse of whole social system such as education and medical care. Now, the violent practice of these onslaughts has gone far beyond the limit. Workers' revolts for pursuing radical transformation of society have begun to spread all over the world. In the forefront, the struggle of South Korean working people has overthrown Park Geun-hye government.
Summit talks between Trump and Abe to be held in Tokyo in November will give go-ahead to aggressive war on the Korean Peninsula. On November 5th, we will hold the annual international workers' solidarity rally and demonstration in Tokyo together with participants from abroad to crush the Japan-U.S. summit talks for war.
With the workers of Japan, Korea and the United States at the forefront, let's stop the war before it starts by the strength of international solidarity and unity of workers of the whole world!


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With New Year's Eve right around the corner, you're probably planning your regular trip to the liquor store for Champagne. French bubbly is certainly festive, but we drink it every year! Why not mix things up a little and experiment with other tasty sparklers?
Although I enjoy drinking Champagne, I'm kind of clueless when it comes to the finer points. I asked wine expert Suzanne da Silva, from New York City–based wine and spirits marketing firm Deussen Global, to give me a quick primer.
When it comes to sparkling wines, where should you begin? After tasting several (I know, poor me), I chose my favorite categories and my picks in each one.
My pick: Lucien Albrecht Brut Blanc de Blancs ($16.99). Made of 100 percent pinot blanc, this versatile wine has a light, delicate palate and can be paired with many foods.
Cava is the Catalan name for sparkling wines made using the traditional Champagne method. Mostly produced in the Spanishregion of Catalonia, these wines incorporate local grapes like parellada, macabeo and xarel-lo,but some producers are turning to traditional chardonnay and pinot noir.
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If you prefer a white wine, try the lovely (and inexpensive) organic Tarantas Cava ($14.99), which Wine & Spirits listed as one of 2010's best cavas.
Prosecco refers to the sparkling wines made from the glera ("prosecco") grape in the Veneto region of Italy. Unlike Champagne, Prosecco is made using the Charmat method, meaning that the second fermentation takes place in tanks, not in the bottle. This method gives prosecco its characteristic crispness.
prosecco grapes. This is a nice dryish wine that can be enjoyed before or after a meal and also with chilled first courses.
Da Silva says that lambrusco "refers to both a red wine grape and an Italian wine made primarily from this grape." She says that the highest-rated lambruscos are of the frizzante (slightly sparkling) variety. Lambrusco can be dry or slightly sweet.
My pick: Mionetto's IL Lambrusco ($10.99) is a dry frizzante that pairs well with food and has a rich ruby color with dark berry flavors.
This sparkling white is made from the moscato bianco grape and is produced mainly in northwest Italy. The wine is sweet and usually enjoyed with dessert.
My pick: Mionetto's Il Moscato ($9.99). This frizzante is quite light and delicious when paired with dessert or spicier cuisine. The bottle is sealed with an easy-to- open "crown" cap, much like you'd find on a soda bottle.
If you love a dry, red sparkling wine, look for pinot noirs that are dark cherry in color, like the delicious and unusual Mumm Napa Sparkling Pinot Noir ($30; available only online). To achieve the deep hue, the delicate pinot noir grapes undergo a process similar to still wine, where most of the grapes are left uncrushed until the juice enters the press. The result is a ruby red wine with flavors of plum, clove and chocolate.
Punches really feel like a party drink. Check out these Freixenet punch recipes made with sparkling wines, or click here for punch recipes made with Mionetto wines.
If you're not inclined to totally booze it up on New Year's, be sure to have some sparkling water on hand. My pick is Ayala's Herbal Water ($24 for 12 bottles). These lightly carbonated waters are infused with organic herbs resulting in exotic but very delicate flavors like lemongrass mint vanilla, cinnamon orange peel, ginger lemon peel and lavender mint. Delicious before, after or during your New Year's meal.


Home » HUMANS WORKING ALONG SIDE ALIENS IN AREA 51, CHILLING STORIES AND STOLEN FOOTAGE!
Bill Uhouse, then a 71 year old man, claimed to have been a Area 51 engineer and revealed that he use to work in collaboration with a Grey Alien at the Area 51 site. Bill Uhouse claimed to have worked with an alien he dubbed "J-Rod" who helped him in understanding how to control the alien vehicle. Bill Uhouse passed away in 2009.
1. There is a massive underground system composed of bases and compounds. These facilities contain labs, workshops for reverse engineering and secure "rooms" for the "Extraterrestrial Biological Entities" or EBEs for short.
2. In relation to number one, these bases were constructed toward the end of the Truman Administration.
3. Multiple humanoid races exist.
4. A race of "Greys". Three types: Tall or "Large" Greys. Short Greys and Greys the average human height as well.
5. A race of tall "Nordic" Human Extraterrestrials with large eyes.
6. There is even mention of a "Reptilian" race by many as well.
7. Each race is thousands of years more advanced than us. We are basically newborns in the galactic community of intelligence.


I'm not sure if you've noticed, but we really, really like mason jars here at A&C. So when we saw these DIY travel cups crop up on Pinterest, we knew that we had to try them.
They're an easy, quick project. And so charming! You do need a power drill, however. This tutorial has instructions for a hard-core hole punch that we didn't have, but that you might be lucky enough to own.
My dad worked the power tools, so that's his huge hand you see in the drilling image below (just in case that photo raises concerns about my testosterone levels). I have a mild fear of cutting off body parts or drilling holes where they don't belong (like in thumbs), and he's really good at these sorts of "dad" things. Oh, and he's very patient. And he has always been ridiculously supportive of all of my creative ventures, which have included (among other things) helping to build a very detailed miniature replica of a Pompeiian Villa for my Latin class in high school. Yes, I was that cool. Thanks, Pops!
Drill a hole off-center in the mason jar lid. I tried centering them, but they really look better off-centered. My dad used a slightly smaller drill bit to make the initial hole, then enlarged it to the 5/16 inch size. We found that we got a cleaner edge that way, but it would still work if you cut only one hole since you're going to cover it up with a grommet anyway.
Work the rubber grommet into the hole. Don't be afraid to squeeze it in there!
Add a straw and decorate the jars however you please. Enjoy!
We think that they would make fantastic (and affordable) wedding favors. Fill them with flavored ice water to hand to your guests as they leave, so they can hydrate on their way home! You could order custom straw flags on etsy (or make your own, if you're savvy like that!), or you could design a sticker to put on the lid or glass.
Hi Carla and fellow Merry Mail partner! I love mason jars and jelly jars! My husband and I used them in our wedding centerpieces. This is a must DIY project, although I'm not so great with a drill but I'll learn (: Excited to exchange ornaments!
We made these for my daughter's wedding in August. They were a hit once guests figured out what they were for!


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Oregon lawmakers vote to ban single-use plastic bags
Stores will still able to offer recyclable plastic and paper bags for a minimum 5-cent fee.
Author: Sarah Zimmerman (Associated Press)
Published: 5:04 PM PDT June 11, 2019
Updated: 5:14 AM PDT June 12, 2019
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Senate voted Tuesday to prohibit single-use plastic shopping bags, joining a growing movement to reduce plastic pollution in oceans.
The Senate voted 17-12 to keep grocery stores and restaurants from providing such bags. Stores would still be able to offer recyclable plastic and paper bags for a 5-cent fee, something opponents said punished consumers.
The bill will now go to Gov. Kate Brown for consideration. She previously spoke in support of the measure.
Oregon would join California, New York and Hawaii in banning single-use plastic bags.
"Something we use once shouldn't be able to pollute our environment for hundreds of years," said Sen. Michael Dembrow, a Portland Democrat behind the measure.
Democrats were stopped short of pushing through their full environmental agenda when then Senate rejected a ban on food containers made of polystyrene, also known as Styrofoam.
Republicans were against both measures and argued that the bans stifled technological innovation. They also said lawmakers should let the free market come up with solutions to the plastic problem.
Supporters said that the bans were meant to reduce the ever-increasing amount of plastic pollution in the oceans.
Sen. Arnie Roblan and Sen. Betsy Johnson, two Democrats representing coastal areas, voted for the plastic bag ban and joined Republicans in rejecting the prohibition on Styrofoam containers.
Plastic bags and Styrofoam containers are some of the most common types of beach litter. Over 8 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean each year, and the World Economic Forum projects that there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050.
Plastics can take hundreds of years to break down, and even then they break into smaller pieces of debris called microplastics which never degrade and can pose a threat to aquatic life.
The U.S. produced over 126 billion plastic grocery bags in 2015, according to EPA data. Only 12.8% of those bags were recycled.
Styrofoam food containers, meanwhile, are nearly impossible to recycle and only one recycling facility in the state of Oregon accepts them. Maine and Maryland approved statewide bans on the containers last month.
The bills were part of a trio of measures aimed at reducing reliance on disposable plastics, the third being a plastic straw ban that gained legislative approval in late May.
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