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Saturday, July 12, 2014 -- Mr Putin And His Chess Games
Active rigs in North Dakota:
Russia to drill off-shore. Off-American shore. Reuters in Rigzone is reporting:
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was hopeful Russian oil company Rosneft and Cuban state oil company Cupet could begin jointly exploring Cuba's potential offshore oil reserves "in the very near future."
Shortly before Putin began his six-day trip to Latin America, Rosneft and fellow state oil company Zarubezhneft agreed to help Cupet explore offshore in Cuba, which has limited onshore production and depends on Venezuela for oil imports.
It appears Putin continues to befuddle the Obama administration with his chess moves. It now appears Putin is engaged in three chess games: the Ukraine; the Mideast (to fill the Iraq void left by the US); and, now Central America. We won't hear any speeches from Mr Obama on this precisely because there's really nothing to say, but worse, there's nothing Mr Obama could say -- he has lost all relevancy in the eyes of Mr Putin.
Another earthquake, magnitude 8.6, hits Japan. To the best of my knowledge, the Japanese are not fracking in this area. They may be rolling sushi, but they are not fracking. At least to the best of my knowledge.
Reynolds and Lorillard in talks to merge. This was also a front-page story in New York Times which had an interesting comment in the article about global warming. The New York Times is reporting:
As was the case during the dot-com boom, when many made wild forecasts of potential Internet users and revenue, people are already predicting that sales of e-cigarettes will surpass those of regular cigarettes — well, by 2047, according to one analysis by Bloomberg Industries.
By 2047, many of us could also be underwater because of global warming, assuming we are alive.
It's refreshing to see The New York Times joke about the claims of the warmists and the cover of The National Geographic some months ago, showing the Statue of Liberty up to her waist in global-warmed oceans.
Speaking of which (global warming), two stories are being reported elsewhere -- Chicago is "bracing" (their word, not mine) for a cold summer; and a 103-year record for low temperature was broken south of the equator. This was originally reported in The Australian but I forgot to link that source (one can find the same story at ABC online):
Not since July 28 1911 has Brisbane (Australia) felt this cold, getting down to a brisk 2.6C at 6.41a.m.
At 7a.m., it inched up to 3.3C.
Matt Bass, meteorologist from BOM, said the region was well below our average temperatures.
"If it felt cold, that's because it was, breaking that record is pretty phenomenal for Brisbane," Bass said.
"The average for this time of year is 12C, so Brisbane was about 9C below average, it is pretty impressive really, to have the coldest morning in 103 years is a big record."
This along with the NOAA admitting that the Antarctic continent is at its largest extent ever, and global sea ice setting new records; the fact that polar bears are back; and even the penguins are thriving, tells me that all this hoopla over global warming is starting to wane. Except as a tool for fund-raising, my hunch is the president doesn't even get all that excited about the subject any more. Pool (as in billiards) and beer is his new interest. And pretty soon, planning his library will take up a lot of his time. I'm waiting to see when he visits the Black Hills -- now that he has visited North Dakota (SRIR, really?). Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Memorial take up their entire mountains, respectively, but there might be room on Mount Rushmore, and maybe it's not too late to change the rider on the horse up at Crazy Horse.
Back to the WSJ:
A story on dead polar bears.
Say what you will about Congress's catering to narrow, special interests.
This past week, the Senate, in blocking a vote on an outdoor sportsman's bill, kept one group quite literally on ice: 41 polar bears that were shot more than six years ago and have largely remained in storage in Canada while U.S. lawmakers debate whether they can be imported.
The polar bears were legally killed by hunters such as Don Hershey, co-founder of an agriculture-equipment company in Lancaster, PA, who traveled to the northern reaches of Canada in March 2008 to hunt the animals. But the hunters ran into a problem when they tried to bring the bears back. The U.S. government's decision to label the bears a "threatened" species in May 2008 made it illegal to import polar-bear trophies, even those killed before the ban went into effect, leaving the bears killed in March and April of that year in bureaucratic limbo.
Front section story on Kurdistan's secession plans. No doubt they are waiting for John Kerry and Christiane Amanpour to show up.
US oil prices at lowest in nearly two months. The consensus: signs of abundant supplies spurring investors to resume selling. Me? I think it is something else. Be that as it may: buying opportunity.
Warning: this is not an investment site. Do not make any investment decisions based on anything you read here or anything you think you may have read here.
A Note To The Granddaughters
We made it safely from northern Texas (near Dallas) to San Pedro, CA (south Los Angeles). Their parents were concerned that the granddaughters would be bored to tears and stuck in the back seat on this cross country drive. Google says it would take 22 hours if driven straight through. We took it very slowly. It took us almost exactly 75 hours. We left on Tuesday night, 8:00 p.m. and arrived in San Pedro at 10:00 p.m. (local; 1:00 a.m. Dallas time -- I guess that's 77 hours). If google says 22 hours driving time and we took 77 hours, that means 55 hours were spent outside of the car.
A huge shout-out to American technology. First, to Firestone. It hit 111 degrees Fahrenheit in the Mojave Desert, when we had already driven 1400 miles or so. I was really worried about the tires on the hot asphalt and in 111-degree temperature, and the tires did just fine. I think the tires are rated for 75,000 miles and they were new 10,000 miles ago.
Second: a huge shout-out to Jiffy Lube. Prior to starting the trip, I took the minivan in to Jiffy Lube to have it inspected, lubricated, and whatever else it needed. They must have done a great job. I felt much more comfortable having the car checked out before we left, and Jiffy Lube did a great job.
Third: a huge shout-out to Chrysler. This is our third of three Chrysler minivans, a 2007 base model with 53,000 miles on it. Our second, a 2005 base model, has about 60,000 miles. We gave away our first minivan, a 1996 model, back in 2010 or thereabouts with 196,000 miles on it. We really enjoyed the minivan on this trip; very versatile.
Fourth: a huge shout-out to a wonderful park ranger at the Petrified National Forest. When we handed him our $10-bill to enter the park, he said that for no extra cost, we could get a lifetime pass for all national parks -- for seniors. The very next day, we entered Grand Canyon with the pass, and did not have to pay the $25 entry fee.
Fifth: a huge shout-out to McDonald's. We only stopped a McDonald's twice on this trip (and no stops at Starbucks) to use wi-fi.
Sixth: a huge shout-out to Shell, Chevron, Exxon, and myriad other national downstream companies providing gasoline at affordable prices 24/7, and also providing restrooms, some much cleaner than others. Even the "worse" restrooms on our trip wer better than the average toilets we experienced in eastern Turkey.
Seventh: speaking of Turkey, a huge shout-out to Lady Bird Johnson (RIP) -- Beautify America. There was almost no litter and no billboards along the entire route except in urban areas. Of course, the billboards are being replaced by wind turbines, most of which were not turning. The turbines may not be generating electricity but they are generating tax credits, especially for folks like Warren Buffett. What a great country.
The list could go on and on. I may add to it later.
Week 28: July 6, 2014 -- July 12, 2014
The most interesting development, not unexpected, is the increasing delay in wells being completed due to pad drilling. I only linked one such posting, but almost every day now, more than half the wells coming off the confidential list are waiting to be fracked. There are few weather delays in the summer and reports suggest more-than-adequate fracking spreads which means that operational reasons (pad drilling) account for all the wells on DRL status.
Another major trend noted this week had to do with all the national and international stories about "Bakken" revolution: a) prices at the pump would be unaffordable without the shale revolution; b) US set to surpass both Russia and Saudi Arabia in oil production; and, c) the shale revolution is fueling a US jobs boom and the "Bakken" prevented further collapse of the US economy. One needs to go no farther (further?) than looking at the railroad statistics for the past five years to see that.
The US economy collapsed (their word, not mine) in 1Q14. However, the Bismarck Tribune is reporting:
North Dakota's taxable sales and purchases increased 4.4 percent during January, February and March when compared to the same three months a year ago.
North Dakota's Tax Department says the state recorded $5.6 billion in taxable sales and purchases during the first quarter.
Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger says taxable sales and purchases increased $239 million from the first quarter in 2013.
Rauschenberger says eight of the North Dakota's 15 economic sectors grew during the first quarter.
The wholesale trade sector showed the most growth in taxable sales and purchases, with the total rising $176 million compared to the first quarter 2013.
Top Stories For The Past Week
Top story: perhaps the top story of for this week will be the one reported immediately above; while the GDP for the US as a whole contracted ("collapsed" was what others called it) while the ND economy actually grew, using the quarterly taxable sales and purchases as a proxy.
Pad drilling leading to huge delay in completing wells; as many as 6 of 7 wells come off CONF status to go to DRL status
Top 20 middle Bakken wells
Random look at Oasis wells under the river; lease sale at $14,000/acre
Random look at Petro-Hunt 5-well pad recently leased in Little Knife oil field
Random update from three sources
Foreign investors have eyes on the Bakken; other Williston Wire stories
For investors only
Baytex to sell some North Dakota Bakken mineral acres -- report
Bakken revolution is fueling US jobs boom; preventing national economic collapse
Shale boom confounds forecasts as US is set to surpass Russia, Saudi Arabia
Not quite "all of the above"; federal lands contributing less to US energy security -- President Obama
Without the Bakken, prices at the pump would be completely unaffordable - IEA
Bakken well efficiency has topped out; rebuttal
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Bakken Revolution Is Fueling A Jobs Boom, Perhaps Preventing A Collapse Of The Economy -- Rigzone; July 11, 2014
Parker Hallam, in an op-ed over at Rigzone, is reporting:
If you want to talk about job growth, reducing unemployment in this country, and providing the next generation with a stable foundation of career choices that pay more than the average, you need look no further than the energy industry.
North Dakota boasts the lowest unemployment rate in the nation. Texas is outpacing the United States as a whole in job growth. Pennsylvania added 1,300 manufacturing jobs in March alone. In 2000, the population of Midland, Texas was about 95,000. City leaders expect it to jump to 200,000 in the next 15 years.
What do these places have in common besides enviable job numbers and increasing household incomes? Oil and natural gas exploration.
The domestic energy boom is fueling a jobs boom, not just in traditional oil states like Texas and Oklahoma, but in the most unlikely places such as North Dakota, and the "Rust Belt" states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
But if some well-meaning, but mis-informed activists get their way, all these jobs could disappear.
Kurds: One Step Closer To Becoming A Sovereign Nation -- July 12, 2014
On Thursday, June 19, 2014, I wrote:
Of all the stories out there right now, I'm really curious how Kurdistan will play out. The tea leaves suggest Kurdistan could take this as their best opportunity yet to separate from Baghdad completely. They won't get US support (but Obama has flip-flopped so much they probably don't pay much attention to hm any more anyway) but they might get Turkish help. Turkey is probably now more concerned about ISIS than the Kurds. Turkey has always had an Islamist problem and it's gotten worse since I retired from the USAF. I think Turkey has a bigger risk of insurgency than Saudi Arabia.
It looks like it is already happening. Today (Friday, July 11, 2014), Reuters at Rigzone is reporting:
Kurdish forces seized two oilfields in northern Iraq and took over operations from a state-run oil company on Friday, while Kurdish politicians formally suspended their participation in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government.
The moves escalated a feud between the Shi'ite-led central government and the autonomous Kurdish region driven by a Sunni insurgency which threatens to fragment Iraq along sectarian and ethnic lines three years after the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
The Kurdish forces took over production facilities at the Bai Hassan and Kirkuk oilfields near the city of Kirkuk, the oil ministry in Baghdad said. It called on the Kurds to withdraw immediately to avoid "dire consequences."
Kurdish forces took control of nearby Kirkuk a month ago after Iraqi troops withdrew in the face of a lightning assault by Islamic State militants, who have seized large parts of northern and western Iraq. The two oilfields have a combined production capacity of 450,000 barrels per day but have not been producing significant volumes since March when Baghdad's Kirkuk-Ceyhan export pipeline was sabotaged.
The Kurd's golden rule: those who have the oil make the rules. As the Mideast spirals into chaos (Foxnews.com), the Kurds are just off the radar scope, consolidating their gains. According to the linked article, there are those who believe President Obama has almost no influence any more in the Mideast. Whether he does or doesn't, there are signs he no longer cares.
Seems Like A Pretty Safe Bet -- July 12, 2014
IEA says US shale boom to extend into 2015. That seems to be a pretty safe bet. Reuters at Rigzone is reporting:
The IEA said it expected nonOPEC supply growth to average 1.2 million bpd next year, in line with increases in 2013 and 2014.
"The U.S. and Canada remain the mainstays for growth, but sources are expected to be more diverse than in 2014," said the IEA, naming Brazil, Britain, Vietnam, Malaysia, Norway and Columbia among countries which will grow output in 2015.
North America will remain the leader in 2015, contributing about two-thirds of the net non-OPEC supply increase compared to 85 percent in 2014.
U.S. light tight oil, mostly from North Dakota and Texas, as well as Canadian bitumen, represent well over half of 2014 non-OPEC supply growth, the IEA said.
It added that the Eagle Ford Shale Play in south Texas will remain one of the most dynamic oil provinces with output growing by 34 percent to 1.4 million bpd this year and exceeding 1.6 million next year.
"Certain OPEC countries have experienced severe disruptions, so North America has made the difference in terms of avoiding severely constrained global supply," the IEA said.
You betcha.
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According to the DSM-IV-TR, people with Paranoid Personality Disorder are hypervigilant, distrustful, suspicious, and pathologically jealous. As noted, Jensen et al. (1997) hypothesized that hypervigilance might have been adaptive in ancestral environments where conditions were unsafe, there were few resources, and time was of the essence. They further proposed that such "response ready" individuals would be at an advantage over more contemplative or phlegmatic individuals, particularly in primitive battlefield situations.
For males in the ancestral environment, distrustfulness, suspicion, and jealousy might have been of adaptive value in reproductive relationships to help ensure that any resulting children from a sexual union were from that male and not some other male. From a female's perspective, these same traits might have helped to ensure that a male mate did not share precious resources with other females. Because these personality disorder traits seem to be highly heritable (and additive), individual differences in the magnitude of these traits is to be expected. The Paranoid Personality Disorder is also one of the more prevalent personality disorders, thus, perhaps reinforcing the notion of the value of hypervigilance and jealousy in the ancestral environment.
Some evolutionary psychologists (e.g., Stevens & Price, 1996) even argue that the paranoid disposition is a trait that all humans share to some extent. They postulate that life has al ways taught us to expect trouble. They hypothesize that typical social interactions keep our suspicions at bay and reinforce our trust in others. In those individuals where their paranoid predispositions are higher than normal, their paranoia and suspi-ciousness further isolates them from social interactions that might otherwise ameliorate their paranoid tendencies.


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Why David Letterman and Bill Murray Are Meant for Each Other
By James Poniewozik
May 19, 2015 12:26 PM EDT
The first night Late Night with David Letterman aired, Bill Murray bounded on stage and vowed to shadow Letterman for the rest of his career. "I know you're on here late night where nobody can stop you," he ranted. "'If it's the last thing I'm gonna do, I'm gonna make every second of your life from this moment on a living hell."
Tuesday night, Murray will appear on the penultimate Late Show as Letterman's last scheduled guest, and there's an obvious symmetry to it, as well as history; Murray's walked or flown onto Dave's stage numerous times over the years. But there's more to it than that.
In the current print edition of TIME (subscribe to read!) I have an essay about Letterman's 30-plus years in late night. One point that I ended up cutting for space is that Murray is not just a fitting last guest because he was Letterman's first. He's inextricably bound to Letterman because in many ways they've had the same career.
When they first emerged nationally, Murray on Saturday Night Live and Letterman in late night, they developed reputations as master smartasses. They were entertainers part of whose acts riffed on the shtick of entertaining: think Murray's lounge-lizard rendition of the Star Wars theme on SNL. The 1970s SNL and the 1980s Letterman, both grimy New York institutions, had a kind of punk-rock sensibility, puncturing the artifice that had bloated showbiz and stripping TV down to essentials and anarchy. (You could say the same of some other classic early-Dave guests, like Andy Kaufman and Sandra Bernhard.)
Fans responded to that same sensibility in Murray and Letterman, but their detractors saw a similarity too. People who didn't like Murray thought he used irony as a crutch, using his laid-back delivery to smugly distance himself from, and make himself superior to, his characters and material. Letterman came in for some of the same knocks, as I write in my TIME essay:
To some detractors, Letterman was the culture's Typhoid Mary of nihilism. In David Foster Wallace's short story "My Appearance," an actress is coached on how to succeed on Late Night: "Laugh in a way that's somehow deadpan. Act as if you knew from birth that everything is clichéd and hyped and empty and absurd, and that's just where the fun is."
But to see Murray and Letterman as mere smirkers sold them both short. Murray's comedy had a well of emotion; Letterman's "irony" was in fact a passionate response against phoniness. And as their careers went on, they each became that rare kind of performer: the comic who matures and learns to express a kind of wisdom without overturning the schmaltz barrel. Murray kept making funny movies, but as he aged and greyed, he tapped into the melancholy that is often the silent partner of comedy, working with directors, like Sofia Coppola and Wes Anderson, who knew how to bring that out in them.
Letterman, meanwhile, struggled in the '90s after moving to CBS; he topped Leno in the ratings for a while, but didn't quite seem to know how to function as top dog rather than underdog. Then in his next decade–maybe not precisely with his heart surgery in 2000, but right around there–he entered his second great period, this time not as a comic bomb-thrower but as a raconteur, a spoken-word essayist. As Letterman aged and mellowed, he may have lost some edge, but he became the one guy in late-night talk who really knew how to talk–be it about 9/11, his 2009 sex scandal, or the mortality of his friend and guest Warren Zevon.
Latter-era Letterman and Murray weren't two wise guys getting sappy in their old age. They were two artists mastering their instruments. I can think of no better way to say goodbye than to hear them duet one more time.
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Police deploy tear gas to impose Ferguson curfew
Protestors refuse to back down
Police deploy tear gas to impose Ferguson curfew Protestors refuse to back down Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: http://wdhne.ws/Vwswe1
David A. Lieb and Jim Salter Published 7:08 a.m. CT Aug. 17, 2014
Law enforcement officers wait to advance Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, after firing tear gas to disperse a crowd protesting the shooting of teenager Michael Brown last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo.(Photo: Charlie Riedel/AP)
FERGUSON, Missouri – Seven people were arrested early Sunday morning as police used smoke and tear gas against protesters who defied a curfew in a St. Louis suburb where a black teen walking down the street had been shot by a white police officer.
Police moved armored vehicles down the street in in Ferguson, Missouri, just after the start of the curfew Sunday. They used smoke and tear gas on protesters who refused to move back, essentially ending the confrontation nearly an hour after the midnight curfew. Seven people were arrested for failure to disperse.
Saturday marked a week since a white Ferguson officer, Darren Wilson, shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9. The shooting ignited racial tension in the mostly-black suburb and has led to looting and several run-ins between police and protesters.
Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said the timing of police action on Sunday was coincidental.
Police received a report that people broke into a barbecue restaurant and some were on the roof — creating a potential danger for officers trying to disperse the protesters. Police were responding to that report — not the fact that protesters were still on the street after curfew, Johnson said.
Things got worse when a man with a handgun went into the street as police were nearing the restaurant. He ran away, but there was plenty of violence. A man was shot and critically wounded in the same area. Police were searching for the shooter. Someone shot at a police car — it wasn't clear if it was hit.
Hundreds of other protesters left peacefully before the curfew took effect. But remaining protesters — chanting "No justice! No curfew!" — refused to leave the area.
As officers put on gas masks, a chant from the distant crowd emerged: "We have the right to assemble peacefully." A moment later, police began firing canisters into the crowd of protesters.
Highway Patrol Spokesman Lt. John Hotz initially said police only used smoke, but later told The Associated Press that they also fired tear gas canisters.
Jayson Ross, who was leading the protesters toward police before the canisters were fired, said: "They got guns. We got guns. We are ready."
Gov. Jay Nixon on Saturday declared a state of emergency in Ferguson. The curfew announcement came after tensions again flared in Ferguson late Friday night. Earlier that day, local police identified the officer who shot Brown as Darren Wilson and released documents and video footage alleging that Brown had robbed a convenience store just before he was shot. Police said Wilson was unaware Brown was a suspect when he encountered him walking in the street with a friend.
Nixon said the U.S. Department of Justice is widening its civil rights investigation of the shooting.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson, who is in charge of security in Ferguson, said 40 FBI agents were going door-to-door in the neighborhood starting Saturday, talking to people who might have seen or have information about the shooting.
In announcing the curfew, Nixon said that though many protesters were making themselves heard peacefully, the state would not allow looters to endanger the community.
Darrell Alexander, 57, worried Saturday night that the curfew might spur anger and more violence.
"I think it's an antagonistic decision to not allow people to express their freedom of speech. It's an overreaction," he said.
On Saturday, some residents said it appeared the violent acts were being committed by people who came from other suburbs or states.
Wilson, the officer who shot Brown, is a six-year police veteran who had no previous complaints against him, the local police chief has said.
The Ferguson Police Department has refused to say anything about Wilson's whereabouts, and Associated Press reporters were unable to contact him at any addresses or phone numbers listed under that name in the St. Louis area.
Wilson has been on paid administrative leave since the shooting. St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch said it could be weeks before the investigation wraps up.
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I used to play a game on my Mac Plus in college that was a black and white war game. You explored the map square by square and when you captured a city you could either build troops or if it was by the water, you could build ships. Does anyone know the name of this game or if is available to play online?
Sounds like Strategic Conquest. They came out with a version later on that was in color and had more pieces you could build. I spent a lot of hours playing that one too.
That is exactly the name of the game. Thank you!


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We are paying tribute to a legend.
NBC Sports Philadelphia will re-broadcast three of Kobe Bryant's landmark games Monday night — the 2008 Olympic gold medal game at 6 p.m., followed by Bryant's final game in Philadelphia at 8 p.m. and the 2012 Olympic gold medal game at 10:30 p.m.
Bryant honed his Hall of Fame talents at Lower Merion High School and sharpened his skills and competitiveness in the Sonny Hill League and on playgrounds across the Delaware Valley.
Bryant had his share of highs and lows as a professional in his hometown.
He played 17 regular-season games in Philadelphia, finishing with a 7-10 record and a 22.8 scoring average. More importantly, he had a perfect 3-0 record in postseason games in Philadelphia, with all three wins coming in the Lakers' 4-1 series victory over the 76ers in the 2001 NBA Finals. Bryant averaged 25.7 points in those three games and captured the second of his five career NBA championships.
Here's a look back at some of Bryant's most memorable moments in Philly.
First NBA game in Philadelphia — Nov. 26, 1996
Bryant played his first professional game in his hometown as an 18-year old reserve, scoring 12 points in 21 minutes in a 100-88 Lakers win. He shot 4 of 10 from the field, 2 of 5 from three-point range and made both of his free throw attempts.
Bryant's rookie counterpart Allen Iverson finished with 16 points on 6 of 27 shooting and 10 assists. Former Temple star Eddie Jones and Shaquille O'Neal each had a game-high 23 points for the Lakers.
Bryant came off the bench in 65 of the 71 games he played as a rookie, averaging 7.6 points in 15.5 minutes per game.
NBA Finals — June 2001
The Lakers and Sixers arrived in Philadelphia for Games 3, 4, 5 of the 2001 NBA Finals with the series even at one game apiece. The 22-year old Bryant famously proclaimed that he was coming to Philly to "cut their hearts out."
The Lakers went on to win the next three games in Philadelphia to secure their second straight NBA championship.
Game 3 was the closest of the three games — the Lakers won 96-91 behind Bryant's 32 points. He had 19 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in a 14-point win in Game 4 before closing out the series with 26 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in a 12-point win in Game 5.
2002 All-Star Game MVP — Feb. 10, 2002
Bryant's "cut their hearts out" comment was still fresh in the minds of Sixers fans eight months later when the 2002 All-Star game was played in Philadelphia. Bryant was booed throughout the night, but he fed off the negative energy to score a game-high 31 points and win the first of his four career All-Star Game MVP awards.
He was subsequently booed during the All-Star MVP presentation and admitted that his feelings were hurt by the frosty reception from his hometown crowd.
Bryant averaged 25.2 points during that 2001-2002 season and led the Lakers to a third straight NBA championship.
44-point outburst — Dec. 20, 2002
Bryant's best game in Philadelphia came 10 months after that 2002 All-Star Game, when he posted 44 points and 10 assists in a 107-104 loss to the Sixers. He shot 16 of 35 from the field, 2 of 5 from three-point range and made all 10 of his free throw attempts.
Iverson led the Sixers to victory with 32 points, nine steals and five assists. Keith Van Horn had a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds.
The 2003 Lakers came up short in their quest for a fourth straight NBA title, losing to the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals.
Snapping the streak — Dec. 21, 2007
Bryant and the Lakers got their first regular-season win in Philadelphia in nearly eight years, beating the Sixers 106-101 to snap a six-game losing streak at the formerly named Wachovia Center.
Bryant had 19 points in the win, but Andrew Bynum stole the show with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Andre Miller led the Sixers with 21 points and eight assists.
The 2007-2008 season marked the first of three straight trips to the NBA Finals for Bryant and the Lakers. They would lose the 2008 Finals to the Celtics before beating the Magic in 2009 and winning a rematch with Boston in 2010.
Last great performance in Philadelphia — Dec. 16, 2012
This was Bryant's last vintage performance in his hometown. The 34-year old Bryant had 34 points and six assists in a 111-98 win over the Sixers. Nick Young led the Sixers with 30 points, while Evan Turner and Spencer Hawes each scored 16 points.
Bryant's 2012-2013 campaign ended with a torn Achilles tendon late in the 80th game of the regular season. The Kobe-less Lakers were swept by the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs.
This turned out to be Bryant's last great season. He averaged 27.3 points, 6.0 assists and 5.6 rebounds to earn First Team All-NBA honors in his 17th NBA season.
Final game in Philadelphia — Dec. 1, 2015
Bryant's last game in Philadelphia came nearly 14 years after he was booed during the 2002 All-Star Game. That proved to be plenty of time for old wounds to heal. He was showered with applause and tributes in his Philly farewell, and for a while it looked like he would deliver one final great performance in his hometown.
Bryant opened the game by hitting 3 of his first 4 three-point attempts, whipping the Wells Fargo Center into a frenzy. But at 37 years old, Bryant eventually ran out of gas and finished 7 of 26 from the field in a 103-91 loss to a Sixers team that entered the game with an 0-18 record.
Bryant scored 20 points and finished his 20th and final NBA season with a 17.6 scoring average.
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Q: How to test main method in bin folder (Dart standalone command-line app) I have written a simple command-line Dart app. The functionality of the app is in file app.dart located in the bin directory.
bin/app.dart
import 'dart:io';
void main(List<String> args) {
   //(...)
}

I'd like to test the main method with unit tests. For this purpose I have a file app_test.dart in the test directory
test/app_test.dart
import 'package:test/test.dart';
import 'package:app/app.dart';

void main() {
  test('main method runs through with exit code 0', () {
    //I'd like to run the main method from bin/app.dart here
  });
}

How can I refer to the main method in bin/app.dart from the file test/app.dart to run the main method for testing?

A: The solution is apparently to use a relative path import instead of a package import. So I changed the line
import 'package:app/app.dart';

in file test/app_test.dart
to
import '../bin/app.dart' as app;

This enabled being able to call the main method with
app.main();

from the test file.
I couldn't not easily find a reference to this behaviour in the official documents, but this Stackoverflow answer came to rescue: How to reference another file in Dart?

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"I want it. It's exactly what I want." And with those words, my heart sank. The reality set in rather quickly because next came,"Guess we better get her hitched up." WAIT…this is too fast! I was totally unprepared to see our baby hitched up behind a strangers tow vehicle. The anxiety was almost more than I could take! I'm not one to get super attached to my stuff but, this was different. Gut wrenching, instant grief and then I felt grateful to have had her. She was so pitiful when we brought her home, I never dreamed she could be so beautiful. I must admit we both feel a little bit, OK, a lot of satisfaction in knowing we saved her. We had no idea how much she would give back though. So…Thank You and Happy Trails to our 1976 Overlander! Disco on!
Awesome! So happy/sad for you! You SHOULD feel good about giving her new life! We were just saying a few days ago, "if we could sell our trailer fast, we would buy Dan & Steph's!" Now we don't have to think about that….Congrats, you two!
We would have loved to see it go home with you guys to Oklahoma! Looking forward to the next time we see you both!


The results of a landmark study that evaluated the impact of Vitamin D on cancer in 25,871 people was just published!
My short answer to this question was "We don't know!" Due to the lack of clinical randomized studies, it has been unclear whether supplementation with vitamin D reduces the risk of cancer or cardiovascular disease. I also mentioned that we should soon have the results of a large randomized clinical trial, funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH), that is attempting to answer this question. The results of this study were recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In this nationwide, randomized, placebo-controlled trial with 25,871 participants, the impact of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) at a dose of 2000 IU per day and marine n-3 (omega-3) fatty acids at a dose of 1 gram per day for the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease among men 50 years or older and women 55 years or older were evaluated. The investigators reported that supplementation with vitamin D did not result in a lower incidence of invasive cancer or cardiovascular events than placebo. Investigators also performed a pre-specified subgroup analysis of patients with serum 25(OH)D <20 ng/mL (50 nmol/L) and found similar results. There was also no difference between the vitamin D and placebo groups in the incidence of breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer.
In summary, based on the current scientific literature, we should take vitamin D if our baseline 25-hydroxyvitamin(25[OH]D) levels are below 10 ng/mL (25 nmol/L) to increase muscle strength (and therefore fall prevention). But as of now, there is no causal association between vitamin D levels above 10 ng/mL and a number of diseases such as cancer, infections, autoimmune diseases, and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
Of course, as always, you should consult with your healthcare provider to decide whether you need vitamin D supplementation or not. Some genetic predispositions may warrant your therapeutic vitamin D levels to be different than the above recommendation.


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Q: How to handle state transitions and yet replace "if" statements with polymorphic types? Recently I was listening to a tech talk on clean coding. The speaker was a test engineer, who emphasized on avoiding the "if" statements in the code and use polymorphism as much as possible. Also he advocated against global states.
I quite agree with him, yet i need a clarification on replacing the global state and "if" statement using polymorphism for the below scenario,
I have 3 states in my document. I want to change the state of the UI components based on the document state. Right now, i use "if" blocks and an enumeration type holding the current state of document to transition the states of UI components.
eg:
enum DOC_STATE
{
DOC_STATE_A = 0,
DOC_STATE_B,
DOC_STATE_C
};

void QMainWindow::handleUi(_docState)
{
switch(_docState)
{
case (DOC_STATE_A):
{
menu.disable();
....
}
case (DOC_STATE_B):
{
menu.enable();
...
}
case (DOC_STATE_C):
{
...
}
}

I think i can have separate child classes for each state and have the handleUI() method in each class. Calling handleUi() method calls the right method call. But say i maintain these objects in my doc, how do i switch from one object to other each time there is a transition in state?
In other words, how to handle UI transition by tracking the change in state of document without using a global state and "if" or Switch statements?
I use Qt. Thanks.

A: If you are using Qt, take a look at The Qt State Machine Framework and the State Machine Examples.  No need to re-invent the wheel when your framework already provides a sports car :)

A: I don't think I understand the problem because the answer is too trivial: you replace the pointer to your state instance with a new state instance and discard the old one.


Bernie believes that this plaque is still in the Abbey Ruins. Also the 'SUMMER IS ACUMIN IN' plaque but he can't check this as the ruins have been closed ready for restoration.
Shelagh Anderson, Anita Page, Nora Delany and Pat Cleere (Michael Cleere's sister) were a sort of gang.
The Lake brothers used to live in a cottage directly opposite the Reading Jail in Forbury Road. Their father was an invalid who rode around in a motorised covered wheelchair. When the cottage was demolished in 1949, they were relocated to Spencer Road in Whitley Wood. Dez's family also relocated to Spencer Road at the same time and therefore he became friends with the Lake brothers, especially Tony and later Malcolm. When Dez returned to school after his year off, he used to cycle to and from school with Malcolm until Dez's family moved to Caversham in 1957.
Dez says they had some great times together in the 1950's including he and Tony Lake organising a Dads vs Lads cricket match for the Coronation Day in 1953. For this, they had to mow a pitch from a waste piece of grassed land in Spencer Road called "The Mudflats".
He also remembers good times with Malcolm Lake including cycling from Reading to Hayling Island and back.
My first two years at primary school were at Coley Primary School but I have absolutely no recollection of those years. My mother, who was not a Roman Catholic, baptised me as an Anglican while my step father was away during the war. But he was an RC and insisted I be baptised in the Catholic Church. I was seven years old when I was baptised at St James – I actually remember that day and also remember that it was the only time I ever saw my step father in church!
Sadly – I don't have too many memories of those years at St James.
But I remember Aubrey Cheshire because he seeemed to need to assert himself. Now yours truly was just the opposite – I couldn't punch my way out of a paper bag – except when I am pushed to the limit. Young Aubrey taunted me one day and did just that – pushed me to the limit and I just turned round and without any warning hit him straight between the eyes. Gave him a magnificent shiner. The problem was that the headmaster witnessed it and we both got the cane. It was the only time I ever got the cane. I seem to recall I was a hero for about two days until people woke up to who I really was!


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Topics > Tees Valley > Little Stainton
Little Stainton
STAINTON, LITTLE, a township, in the parish of Bishopton, union of Sedgefield, S. W. division of Stockton ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 7 miles (N.E.) from Darlington; containing 74 inhabitants. It belonged to the family of Conyers, who in the year 1613 assigned the lands to their tenants, of whom the Elstobs and Wellfoots were the principal; in 1684, the freeholds were the property of the families of Tatham, Fewler, Allinson, Newton, and others. The township comprises 1,083a. 1r. 21p., of which 637½ acres are arable, 376 pasture, 60 woodland, and 10 waste. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for £9. 10., and the impropriate for £136. 6.
Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
Tees Valley Bishopton Parish, 1848 Little Stainton Civil Parish
Little Stainton.
Village street, Little Stainton
Hambledon View Farm, Little Stainton
Road bridge over Little Stainton Beck
Bus stop at Little Stainton
The Hawthorns in Little Stainton
Tees Valley
Bishopton Parish, 1848
Little Stainton Civil Parish
Wikipedia: Little Stainton
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District: Tees Valley
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Microsoft posted its first quarterly loss in its 26 years as a public company on Thursday as it declared a struggling online ad business a bust and prepared for one of the biggest product updates in its history.
The software company had warned two weeks ago that it would take a $6.2 billion charge in the April-June quarter because its 2007 purchase of online ad service aQuantive failed to help it compete with Google Inc. The amount reflected the bulk of the $6.3 billion acquisition cost.
The online ad business remains just a tiny part of Microsoft — comprising just 4 percent of its annual revenue. Most of the company's sales come from its Office suite of productivity software, Windows operating system and, increasingly, computer servers.
Upbeat business software and server sales in the quarter helped offset a flat market for personal computers, which had put a damper on Windows sales. Take as a whole, the software giant's results beat analyst expectations.
Shares rose 2.4 percent to $31.39 in after-hours trading following the earnings announcement.
Including the big write-down on aQuantive, Microsoft booked a $492 million loss in the fiscal fourth quarter, or 6 cents a share. That compares with earnings of $5.9 billion, or 69 cents, a year ago.
Revenue rose 4 percent to $18.06 billion.
Excluding the adjustment and the deferral of some revenue related to its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, earnings came to 73 cents per share.
Analysts polled by FactSet were looking for 62 cents per share of earnings on revenue of $18.15 billion.
"The quarter was pretty much in line across major segments of the business," Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund said.
Microsoft's fortunes are now tied to the Oct. 26 release of Windows 8, the most extreme redesign of the company's flagship operating system since 1995. Windows 8 will feature a new look and boast new technology that will enable the operating system to work on touch-controlled tablet computers, as well as Microsoft's traditional stronghold of desktop and laptop computers. In conjunction with Windows 8, Microsoft is planning to release its own tablet, the Surface.
A revamped version of Office, which bundles word processing, spreadsheet and email programs, is also in the works. Earlier this week, Microsoft previewed how the next version of Office will work on tablet computers running on Windows 8.
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Microsoft excluded from its forecast any extra Windows sales that would come from its Surface tablet, for which it gave no outlook.
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Q: How to implement og:tag in each post? In my cakephp project in developer.ctp file i have implemented og:tags. I have done with four types of this. and when i add a new post, at that time i want to implement that each post should have og tags like this:
<meta property="og:type" content="discussion" />
<meta property="og:url" content="URL" />
<meta property="og:title" content="any title" />
<meta property="og:image" content="any comment"/>

A: In Cakephp 3.x you can simple using this
$this->Html->meta(null, null, [
    'property' => 'og:title',
    'content' => 'this is an article title',
    'block' => 'meta']);

Result
<meta property="og:title" content="this is an article title"/>

A: To get the meta tags to appear, place this in the header of your default.ctp layout:
<?php echo $this->fetch('meta'); ?>

Place something like this for each meta tag in the views where you want them to appear:
<?php echo $this->Html->meta(array('name' => 'og:type', 'content' => 'discussion'), NULL, array('inline' => false)); ?>

A: Creating a meta tag with a property attribute instead of a name attribute can be done by passing some specific options to the meta helper:
$this->Html->meta(array('property' => 'og:title', 'type' => 'meta', 'content' => 'My brilliant page', 'rel' => null));


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Welcome To The Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association
Page last updated on Saturday, 8 January, 2022 11:54 PM
Edward John Chipperfield
Intrigued? Then indulge yourself in this brief insight into Edward John Chipperfield - 'The Porthill Sniper' - His WW1 Escapade.
In addition to the above, Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association is delighted to have received a selection of photographs relating to Edward John Chipperfield, which detail his involvement within the sport of smallbore rifle shooting in Staffordshire.
To view a selection of the photographs, which includes photographs of various awards presented to Mr. Chipperfield, please visit the Edward John Chipperfield - A Selection of Photographs webpage.
What Do I Need To Do To Be Able To Shoot At The Chipperfield Ranges?
In order to shoot at the Ranges you must be a member of an Affiliated Club.
As a member of such a club you can shoot on the Ranges by paying an annual subscription to the Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association of £36.00 or paying £5.00 per visit. (For full details see Range Fees)
For more details regarding memberships of Affiliated Clubs please contact SSRA Website Manager
Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association Secretary - Margaret Susan Willcox (Sue) - Funeral Details
Saturday, 8 January, 2022 1:54 PM
The above photograph shows Margaret Susan Willcox.
It is with deep regret that Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association has to formally announce that SSRA Secretary - Margaret Susan Willcox (Sue) - aged 79 - sadly passed away on Tuesday 7th December 2021, as a result of a heart attack.
The funeral will be at 12 noon on Wednesday 26th January 2022, at the East Chapel, Streetly Crematorium, 296 Little Hardwick Road, Walsall, WS9 0SG.
Sue wouldn't want this to be a miserable occasion, so please no mourning attire. It is also her wish that there are no flowers, but donations please to Cancer Research UK. Cheques should be sent to Hodgson and Sons, 657 Kingstanding Road, Birmingham, B44 9RH, up to the date of the funeral, at which there will be a collection box.
Following the service, Sue's family warmly invite you to join them at Druids Heath Golf Club, Stonnal Road. Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 8JZ for light refreshments. If you would care to join the family for refreshments after the service, then please contact Mike Willcox.
Sue was elected Secretary of the City of Birmingham Rifle Club in 1991, a position she held to this day except for a few years' break from 2007 to 2012. In 1996 she qualified as a Club Rifle Instructor. Sue was for many years a scorer for the N.S.R.A. and Midland Leagues and also Secretary and Organiser of the Black Country League and scorer until the league changed to self-scoring.
In 2013, Sue was elected Secretary of the Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association, a position which she still held to her demise due to a heart attack on the 7th December 2021.
God Bless Sue, may you rest in peace. You will be truly missed by everyone who knew you.
Sincere condolences to Mike and all the family, from all connected with the Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association.
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Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association - Air Section - Individual Leagues - Round 6 Results
The Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association - Air Section - Individual Leagues - Round 6 Results are now available to view online.
SSRA Air Section - Individual Air Pistol League - Winter 2021/2022 - Round 6 Results
SSRA Air Section - Individual Air Rifle 'A' League - Winter 2021/2022 - Round 6 Results
SSRA Air Section - Individual Air Rifle 'B' League - Winter 2021/2022 - Round 6 Results
News From Around The Clubs - City of Birmingham Rifle Club
Friday, 31 December, 2021 11:06 AM
In this section of the website, Clubs which are affiliated to the Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association may submit a brief item of news, which will then be considered for inclusion on the SSRA website.
The latest Affiliated Club to be featured in this spot is the City of Birmingham Rifle Club, who are pleased to announce that there is a new Honorary Secretary of the City of Birmingham Rifle Club - Matt Walford.
Everyone connected with the SSRA and the City of Birmingham Rifle Club would like to wish Matt all the best in his new role.
If your Club has any potentially newsworthy items (other than the usual club-specific day-to-day items) that you may wish to be considered, then please contact the SSRA Website Manager.
More Memorabilia - Staffordshire Rifle Association Astor Cup 1960
The above photograph shows multiple views of the ceramic Staffordshire Rifle Association Astor Cup 1960
As can be seen from the back stamp on the bottom of the mug, the manufacturer is 'Alton Towers Handcraft Pottery.'
Alton Towers Handcraft Pottery was a studio pottery based at the Alton Towers theme park, and was in operation from around 1952 to 1994.
Any further information regarding this mug would be appreciated, i.e. which team in Staffordshire won the Astor Cup in 1960, whether this item was an official presentation piece, or a commemorative item.
As always, if there are any inaccuracies in the above article, or if you have further information, please contact SSRA Website Manager.
Medals And Memorabilia
The above photographic montage shows a selection of Staffordshire County Association Medals, and a ceramic Staffordshire Rifle Association Centenary Mug.
It's time for another trip down Memory Lane, as we unearth a few items of interest from days gone-bye.
Just what are the items pictured above, and what is their relevance to the Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association?
The two images of medals shown at the bottom of the montage, as shown above, are of two new additions to the collection.
All can now be revealed by visiting the Medals and Memorabilia section of the website.
Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association Blazer Badge
This beautifully created cloth blazer badge, with silver bullion wire detailing upon a blue background, depicts the Stafford Knot with the words 'Staffordshire Smallbore Rifle Association' encompassing the central design. This striking design is mounted on a black background to further enhance the badge.
If you would like to purchase one of these very desirable badges, please visit the News webpage for full details.
Check The Location Of The Chipperfield Ranges Using The Interactive Google Map
You can now plan your route to the Chipperfield Ranges by using the embedded Google Map, which can be found on the Contact and Location Details webpage, also on the Facilities webpage.
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Q: The confirmation of close vote says "flag submitted" Casting a close vote from Android app 1.0.26 brings up the confirmation "Flag submitted":

I checked on the site that I indeed cast a close vote on that question, not a flag.
Although close votes are internally handled as a type of flag, from user's perspective a vote and a flag are different things. This notification made me wonder if I fat-fingered an option, or if the app converted my vote to a flag, etc.
I think the notification should say "Vote submitted" when it confirms a vote.

A: As of version 1.0.28 it'll say "Vote submitted" as suggested, thanks!


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Stafford High School Chapter of the National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is the premier academic organization in the United States. Parented by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, NHS has been supporting student achievement since 1921.
Our chapter is led by the Executive Committee led by our Chapter President, Diana Gonzalez Meija, Stafford Faculty Advisory Council led by Cynthia Toliver, and our Chapter Adviser, Oseas Romero.
The mission of Stafford High School Chapter of the National Honor Society is to live out the ideals of our organization: scholarship, service, leadership and character. NHS is constantly looking for opportunities to work inside and outside our community. We have worked alongside national organizations like Swim For MS, Pennies for Patients, and Cards4Kids. We have also worked with the City of Stafford, Second Mile Mission, East Fort Bend Charities. We are always looking for ways to partner with groups and organizations that live out the ideals of NHS.
If you have any questions about National Honor Society, please contact Oseas Romero at oromero@staffordmsd.org
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National Honor Society Bylaws
The following information is the pertinent information regarding nomination and acceptance into the National Honor Society. The requirements of the Stafford Chapter of the National Honor Society follow or exceed the standards set forth by the National Chapter of National Honor Society.
Only Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors are eligible for membership into the National Honor Society.
All Stafford Students have a maximum of four opportunities to join the National Honor Society.
All members must achieve and maintain a 3.5 weighted grade point average.
Grades alone do not guarantee acceptance into the National Honor Society. In accordance to the pillars of National Honor Society we take into account scholarship, service, leadership, and character. All four are taken into account equally.
The membership process is done in three steps and they are as follows:
Potential members are given a Student Activity Form. They are to provide information on themselves and get required signatures for their activities.
The Student Activity Forms will be judged by the adviser in conjunction with the Faculty Advisory Council. Those that meet the required requirement move on to the next step.
Students will go through a vetting interview with the Faculty Advisory Council or the Executive Committee. This vetting process is to get to know the potential member better and see if they would be a good fit for our program.
The Adviser and the Faculty Advisory Council will discuss each nominee and decide if they will be given a letter of acceptance into the National Honor Society.
Prior or current membership in another Honor Society (NTHS, SNHS, ANHS) does not qualify a student for admittance into the National Honor Society. If a student already admitted into the National Honor Society at another high school transfers to Stafford High, they will be accepted as a full fledged members as long as they can provide a letter from the Chapter Adviser from their previous school.
Revised May 2017
Article I: Name and Purpose
The name of this chapter shall be the Stafford High School Chapter of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools, which appears on the charter granted by the National Council of the National Honor Society, duly signed by the national secretary.
The purpose of this chapter shall be: to create an enthusiasm for scholarship; to stimulate a desire to render service; to promote worthy leadership; and to encourage the development of character in all students of Stafford High School.
Article II: Selection of Members
Membership in this chapter shall be based upon scholarship, service, leadership, and character.
Membership of this chapter shall be recognized as active or graduate. The graduate members have no vote; active members become graduate members at graduation.
Candidates eligible for election to this chapter must be members of the sophomore, junior, or senior class, and they shall have attended Stafford High School for at least one complete semester. They shall meet the minimum scholarship requirement of a non-rounded 3.5 weighted grade point average based on semester grades only. The scholastic level of achievement shall remain fixed and shall be the required minimum scholarship level of achievement for admission to candidacy. Sophomore students who can rise in scholarship, to or above such standards, may be admitted for election in the spring. Junior students who can rise in scholarship, to or above such standards may be admitted for election the fall or spring. Senior and junior students who can rise in scholarship, to or above such standards, may be admitted for election in the fall. A student who has failed a course during candidacy nominations will be automatically excluded from consideration. All students' eligibility shall then be considered on their scholarship, service, leadership, and character.
Election of new members will be held twice a year. Seniors and juniors will be admitted to membership in the fall semester. If a junior does not achieve membership in the fall they will have two more opportunities to achieve membership. Sophomore students will be admitted to membership in the spring semester. Election of new members will be based on a list of all eligible students compiled by the school's registrar and/or counselors. Eligible students will complete an activity form on which they will outline their service and leadership qualities. The faculty and staff will rate the students on character. After eliminating the highest and lowest score, the sponsor(s) will average the scores on character for each student. The activity forms and the students' character rating averages will be transferred to the Selection Criteria Point System worksheet by the sponsor(s). These worksheets will then be presented to the Faculty Advisory Council for selection using a blind process. After reviewing the Selection Criteria Point System worksheets, The Faculty Advisory Council or the Executive Council if the Faculty Advisory Council is unable to meet, will conduct interviews of the students. The Faculty Advisory Council will then take the Selection Criteria Point System and the information presented during the interview to determine those students who are approved for membership. The sponsor will then send out invitations to those selected to become members. Those candidates who wish to join will receive a copy of the chapter's bylaws and must sign an acknowledgement of receipt of the chapter's bylaws. They must also sign an honor code and a statement acknowledging their understanding and their acquiescence to adhering to the National Honor Society rules and guidelines, both for this chapter and the National office.
As of Fall 2017, we will remove the Merit Based System. All members accepted through it, will not be removed and the following rules apply
Achieve a 3.4 GPA
All other rules will apply
Possible reasons why a student who meets the scholastic requirement as specified in Article II is not selected as a member include, but are not limited to, the following:
One or more assignments to In-School Suspension (ISS),
Five or more hours of assigned after-school detention or Saturday School,
No participation in co-curricular activities and/or community activities,
No leadership positions in school or community service projects, and
A low average character rating from the faculty and/or staff members.
Any student who transfers to Stafford High School and who was a member in good standing of the Senior National Honor Society at the school he/she previously attended will automatically be granted membership in this chapter upon receipt of appropriate documentation from the adviser and/or principal of the former school. Any such new member will be subject to all rules and regulations of this chapter. If the student's grade point average is below the standard of this chapter, the student will not be placed into academic probation; however, the student will be held liable for this chapter's grading standards from the date of admission forward.
Article III: Rights, Responsibilities, and Dismissal of Members
Each member of this chapter shall be entitled to wear the emblem adopted by the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools.
The chapter dues (not including polos) for each member inducted will be due at the first monthly meeting following their induction: juniors shall pay $45 seniors shall pay $35. All members will be required to turn in dues at the latest a month after the first chapter meeting, failure to pay dues constitutes a loss of membership.
All members are required to own the Honor Society Polo. The cost of the polo varies based on outside factors, but at no time will the Honor Society try to make a substantial profit (more than 20% the cost of the polo). Members are required to wear the polo every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Members are expected to maintain the non-rounded grade point average of 3.5 as specified in Article II on a per semester basis. Any member receiving (a) grade(s) that lowers his/her average below the appropriate grade point average shall be given a warning letter and placed on academic probation. Any student who is on academic probation shall have his/her grades revaluated each grading period. If in any six weeks the student fails to meet the required grade point standard, the student will be subject to disciplinary action(s) from the Faculty Advisory Council. Once the student raises his/her grades to meet the grade point average the student shall be removed from academic probation. Any student who has been on academic probation who fails to maintain the required grade point standard will be immediately referred to the Faculty Advisory Council or Executive Committee. If a member does not maintain the required grade point average for two full grading periods (ensuing progress report and report card), the member will be dismissed from the Honor Society.
Members are expected to complete twenty hours of individual service each semester. Members of the Honor Society must complete twenty hours of individual service each semester and twenty hours for each summer of membership. At least five of the hours completed during the school semester must be school service (defined as hours completed to benefit Stafford Municipal School District and at least five of these hours must be community service. The other ten hours can be any combination of community or school service hours as desired by the member. Hours completed through the student's place of worship are considered community service hours; however, a maximum of five church hours per semester will be accepted unless prior approval is received from the adviser(s). In all cases, service should be meaningful to the member and should clearly benefit an individual or a non-profit organization. All service hours must be documented and include the signature of the adult supervisor for the service. All service hour documentation must be turned into the adviser(s) or Vice President on the assigned day which is to be determined by the first monthly meeting of the semester. No service hours completed for family members will be accepted unless said hours clearly benefit a non-profit organization such as a school. No tangible rewards can be received for the completion of the service hours.
Any conduct which warrants suspension from school also necessitates an immediate appearance before the Faculty Advisory Council within two weeks from suspension. Any student who conducts him/herself in such a way that disciplinary action is necessary from the school administration will be issued demerits as outlined in Section 6 of Article III of these bylaws. Any member who receives ten or more demerits during a full school year shall appear before the Faculty Advisory Council or a panel of the Executive Committee (NHS Officers and Advisor) and face disciplinary action up to and including dismissal from National Honor Society, two weeks from receiving tenth demerit. A student at any time may wave their right to appeal and the probation will stand until advisor specifically clears their membership. Probation will last a full semester. Any student who violates the chapter's Honor Code will immediately appear before the Faculty Advisory Council and face disciplinary action up to and including dismissal from National Honor Society. According to the terms of the National Constitution, a member who has been dismissed must voluntarily return the pin, the wallet card, and the certificate to the National Honor Society adviser (if awarded).
The demerit system includes, but is not limited to, the issuance of demerits for the following actions. Other appropriate action may be determined by the Faculty Advisory Council or Executive Committee. The member will be given notification of any new demerits every meeting or at the earliest possible time. Students with 6 demerits shall be notified by warning letter and/or shall sign an acknowledgement regarding their status. Refusal to sign does not dismiss demerit.
DEMERIT SYSTEM:
5 – receiving a grade of 69 or lower on six grading period
4 - an assignment of 3 days or more to ISS or Saturday School
3 - an assignment of 2 days or less to ISS, Saturday School, or detention
3 - failure to complete 20 hours of school and/or community service per semester of membership
3 – receiving a grade of 69 or lower on a progress report
2 - failure to complete 20 hours of school and/or community service per summer of membership
2 –failure to turn semester hours
2- disciplinary notice with warning
2 - insubordination to administrators, staff, teachers, and elected NHS Officers
2 - failure to fulfill all committee obligations
2 - failure to take part in a mandatory chapter activity without prior approval from adviser(s)
1 - an unexcused absence from a meeting
1 – for every day that community service hours are not turned in (five consecutive days maximum)
1 - failure to notify adviser(s) of a detention, ISS assignment, or a disciplinary notice
½ -a tardy of less than 10 minutes to a mandatory chapter activity
½ -failure to wear NHS shirt on designated days without prior approval from elected officers or sponsor
No member will be allowed more than one warning letter before dismissal. In all cases of impending dismissal, the President or Vice President will notify the member with a written letter within two weeks of decision. In all cases of impending dismissal, a member shall have a right to a hearing before the Faculty Advisory Council within two weeks of being notified of this decision. Notice of dismissal must be reported to the Faculty Advisory Committee or Executive Committee.
Any member who withdraws or is dismissed from the chapter must return the certificate and any item that bears the National Honor Society emblem.
Once a member is dismissed, he/she is never again eligible for membership in the National Honor Society.
Senior membership does not guarantee awarding of senior chords and regalia. Awards will be based on the following
Maintain required GPA at induction of member
Complete all senior graduation goals
a. All hours must be received and approved
b. Active Participation at Stafford during Spring Semester-Must be done primarily afterschool and no grade can be attached to participation in the event.
i. Varsity Sport- player, trainer, manager
ii. Musical
iii. One Act Play
iv. UIL*
v. Competing Clubs*
• *UIL participation cannot be primarily done during school hours
• *A Competing Club requires membership and active competition
DECA competing at district
HOSA competing at district
Student Council competing at district
Article IV: Chapter Officers
The officers of this chapter shall be president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, historian, a senior trustee and a junior trustee. The officers with the adviser(s) form the executive committee.
An election of the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and historian (majority members of the Executive Committee) shall be held after the spring induction of selected sophomores. A majority of votes from the senior and junior members shall be necessary. The election of the Executive Committee will be determined by popular vote and recommendations of the prior officers and advisor.
The sophomore and junior trustees shall be selected following the election of the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and historian. Trustees shall be selected by the executive committee and newly elected officers based on active participation in the chapter, worthy character, and strong leadership capabilities.
It shall be the duty of the president to preside over the meetings and activities of this chapter to ensure they are held in accordance with proper parliamentarian procedures and provisions of these bylaws. The president shall prepare agendas for all meetings, see that officers carry out all assigned duties, and is to represent this chapter in any outside activities.
It shall be the duty of the vice president to preside over the meetings and activities of this chapter in the absence of the president. The vice president shall be charged with overseeing the smooth running of all committees, the maintenance of accurate service hour records for the chapter, and actively issues members' demerits.
It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep the minutes of meetings, track member attendance, record all chapter business, and maintain an accurate record of members' forms and demerits. The secretary shall, with the approval of the adviser(s) or principal, certify to the national secretary of the National Council the names of all members of the current year on the annual report submitted to National Headquarters.
It shall be the duty of the treasurer to receive and disburse all funds of the chapter, keep an accurate account of receipts and disbursements in accordance with school regulations, maintain a budget for the chapter, prepare reports on revenues and expenses, and coordinate all chapter fundraisers.
It shall be the duty of the publicity manager to coordinate all publicity for the chapter and its activities and shall maintain a current and accurate pictorial and written accounting of all chapter activities.
The trustees shall assist elected officers in all chapter activities. Trustees will also have the dual responsibility of Parliamentarian.
No member on scholastic probation may hold any office. If at any point during their term a member falls under probation, they will be asked to resign their position.
An officer can be removed from their office when duties assigned have not been met satisfactorily according to standards set by the adviser(s). The first warning will be given verbally to the officer in question by the adviser(s) with an explanation of the problem areas. If necessary, a second warning will be given in writing to the officer in question by the adviser(s) and the parent(s) will be notified. The second warning will once again outline the problem areas and explain why removal from office is possible. If the officer's performance does not become satisfactory, a third and final warning will result in removal from office. Removal from office will not affect membership within the National Honor Society.
In the event that an officer position is vacated and a new officer needs to be selected, then the members will be asked to nominate potential candidates and an election will be held. The candidate that receives the majority vote from the members in consideration with the current officer and advisor team; will become the new officer. If no member is nominated and the position remains vacated then the Executive Committee will decide which member will fill the position.
If a member believes that an officer is not fulfilling their responsibilities, they may during a general meeting of the membership call for a no confidence vote. If a vote is called the membership must vote on the issue. A call of no confidence will also serve as a final warning to an officer.
Article V: Faculty Supervision
If feasible, there will be at least two faculty advisers for the chapter.
All meetings and activities will be with the approval of the principal.
The activities of the chapter shall be subject to the approval of the principal.
The principal or administrator or designee shall appoint a five-member Faculty Advisory Council which shall not include him/herself. The council shall approve all new members and the dismissal of current members. Any member who is dismissed by the Faculty Advisory Council shall have the right of appeal to the principal and or designee.
Article VI: Chapter Meetings
The meetings of this chapter shall be held once or twice a month at an agreed upon time as decided by a majority vote of the chapter officers. Special meetings shall be held at the calling of the executive committee and/or faculty advisers.
The May meeting will be for installation of officers and newly inducted members for the coming year.
All meetings must have a quorum of the Executive Committee present.
Article VII: Bylaw Changes
These bylaws may be amended by the advisers with the approval of the Faculty Advisory Council.
The membership shall be notified of any amendment(s) in an open meeting at least one month prior to activation of said changes.
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