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"From the very start we were followed by gas security people": how the gas industry harasses and intimidates us into silence
Active Dehydrator, PGE, Tract 293, Pad G, HuntleyRd.
Tiadaghton State Forest, Lycoming County, PA
Photo Wendy Lynne Lee
UPDATE: For photographs of the trees marked for conversion to stumps, please see:
The Birth of a New PGE Frack Pad is Death Row for Trees - an album on Flickr.
UPDATE: For photographs of the trees post conversion, as well as the decimation of state game lands 75, Tiadaghton, please see:
Taking down the forest one tree--or a hundred--at a time: Tiadaghton State Forest, PA - an album on Flickr
UPDATE: I now have permission to share with my readers the name of the gentleman whose words follow my brief introduction: Bob Deering. Bob's story has been profiled before--but I think his own words capture something more intimate and invaluable about what's happening in the "shalefields," a polite word for our forests, our farms, our homes.
The following is a first-hand example of how the gas industry is allowed by the state to behave effectively like an invading army--and how citizens in the path of the gas wells live under what can only be described as martial law.
We might be tempted to think that stories like this are exaggerated, embellished, or even fiction.
But this is a first hand account of a private property owner living out his life on his own land--surrounded by gas wells and fracking infrastructure operated by Pennsylvania General Energy in Tiadaghton State Forest, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania--what one DCNR (Department of Conservation and Natural Resources) agent called Tiadaghton Industrial Park.
I have not altered the written description in any way, nor have I deleted or added anything to it. I took the photographs on 6.22.14.
"This is a description of events that occurred on June 18, 2014.
I was ask to give an interview from NPR/WITF about how gas drilling has affected my quality of life since its inception 7 years ago. I began by giving a short site tour of an area to the rear of our property.
From the very start we were followed by gas security people. As we proceeded out a state forest road--School House Road--we were approached by a guard vehicle that had been following us. he ask what we were doing, our names, and then proceeded to take a picture of my vehicle and another picture of my license plate. He then told us we were not allowed to take pictures of any well pads and mentioned this incident would have to be reported. At this point I made a cell phone call to the DCNR office to clarify what I was allowed to do and where I was allowed to walk; unfortunately I had to speak to a voice mail system and was told I'd be called back.
We turned around and stopped at a construction site where a new pond and a compressor site is to be placed; one of the people with me mentioned: we have company again. We had a security car in front of us on School House Road. another parked in front of us on Okome Road. he ask me whether I thought they were trying to block us in.
We were totally off either road that would obstruct traffic flow. The guard cars just sat there and watched us, as we moved, they moved, we stopped they stopped, until we left and they followed us until I turned onto the road to our house.
At what point is this type of activity harassment of the public. I am tired of being followed like I am a criminal, I'm tired of telling the guards every day where I'm going on the roads. These people were originally only placed to prevent traffic flow problems when an OVERSIZED GAS COMPANY truck was using the road.
Now they have taken total control of all traffic flow no matter what type of vehicles are using the roads. This is not an issue totally with the security people, they work for PGE.
After returning the people doing the interview I proceeded to the DCNR office since I didn't get a return phone call. I spoke with a forestry person that explained to me that I did nothing wrong and where I was allowed to go and the incident would be taken care of...After that visit I returned towards home, when I got to the intersection before my home, another guard approached me and ask how things were going and then proceeded to tell me why I was being followed. he said it was for my own safety from any truck drivers or gas well personnel.
I disagree with that answer; if that is the case why don't they follow every vehicle that uses the road. If it is the answer they have some very severe personnel issues to deal with.
I do not believe this is going to be the end of this issue.
LAND OF THE FREE--HOME OF THE BRAVE, Yea right...
The more I think about the circumstances, the madder I am getting. I wish I would have been accepted as a candidate for the PEDF hearing in harrisburg. To me it was an embarrassing situation.
Typed while I still remember the conditions.
Pa code part 18 section 2709 Harassment:
a) Offense defined.--A person commits the crime of harassment when, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another, the person:
(1) strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects the other person to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same;
(2) follows the other person in or about a public place or places;
(3) engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which serve no legitimate purpose;
(4) communicates to or about such other person any lewd, lascivious, threatening or obscene words, language, drawings or caricatures;
(5) communicates repeatedly in an anonymous manner;
(6) communicates repeatedly at extremely inconvenient hours; or
(7) communicates repeatedly in a manner other than
specified in paragraphs (4), (5) and (6).
Section 2709 - Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES."
Harassment. Intimidation. Silencing.
There are, however, really two issues here:
1. The liquidation of Tiadaghton State Forest by PGE.
2. The repressive jackboot tactics utilized with the blessing of the state by the gas industry.
Under such conditions, none are free.
Under such conditions, freedom of expression, freedom of movement, are effectively criminalized.
When did the gas companies take over? When did they gain the right--in the name of safety--to tell me what to do?
Can anyone really "stop the job at any time"?
Only when we, the citizens, become brave enough to take seriously the promise of democracy.
The gas companies are counting on us to remain cowards.
They count on us to be pacified by the hollow promise of "regulations," "best practices" and perhaps a severance tax. A tax, of course, is just a gift to the frackers--it legitimates and institutionalizes the industry by making social programs and education dependent on the revenue. So--they're even liars when they feign opposition to taxation.
State Gameland 75, Tiadaghton
Note the deer fencing--to protect the forest from the deer.
My new friend, who generously gave me his words, may not agree with me here. I don't know. What I do know is that his quality of life--his very way of life--has been sorely compromised, and without justification.
Message to PGE: I am a citizen. These are public roads. I have a camera. You have no right whatever to stop me, harass me, intimidate me. And I have every right--indeed
responsibility--to record and expose what you are doing to my fellows, and the polluted wasteland you're making of the air and water upon which we all depend.
Tiadaghton State Forest
Taken while detained with Bloomberg reporter Isaac Arnsdorf
for 15 minutes--on a public road.
My rights are not dictated by your profit margins.
For the complete set of pictures, please see:
When the Forest Becomes the Shadow of Tree Stumps: PGE's Liquidation of Tiadaghton - an album on Flickr
For my own experience of intimidation, in this case, by police who may as well be the gas company's own bought jackboots, please see:
http://thewrenchphilosleft.blogspot.com/2014/02/when-gas-industry-uses-state-police-to.html.
Tiadaghton State Forest--now a NO TRESPASSING zone.
Lycoming County, PA
For another piece similar to this one, please see: http://preservethebeartoothfront.com/2014/03/25/a-personal-story-bob-deering-pennsylvania-our-dream-has-become-a-nightmare/
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Labels: DCNR, Pennsylvania general Energy, Tiadaghton State Forest
The Road Paved With Frack-Tax Dollars Leads to an Industrialized Hell
Collapsed road sign, sharp curve, public road, Chief's Dacheux Well Pad, Cherry Township, Sullivan County, PA
Photo, Wendy Lynne Lee
Below is my response to Democrat Party candidate, Steve Todd, and his defense of the claim that it is consistent with identifying as a "fractivist" the Democrat Party gubernatorial candidate, Tom Wolf's plan to impose a tax on the natural gas industry.
The response can be found here:
Former state health employees say they were silenced on drilling | StateImpact Pennsylvania
The defense of a tax on the gas industry is not consistent with any position whose goal is to end fracking. In fact, it's self-defeating.
Steve Todd:
Collapsed road sign, sharp curve, public road,
Chief's Dacheux Well Pad,
Cherry Township, Sullivan County, PA
"Wendy, I call myself a fracktivist. And I support a tax. Because I know the entire world is not going to march lockstep to my edicts. I admire your work (we have attended numerous events together, are FB friends and have met several times). I am on your side. And Alex Lotorto's side. The same Alex I had to unfriend on FB because of his relentless and very personal attacks on my positions. I am backing Wolf, being a Dem Committeeman (Dauphin County), but I wish you and Glover all the best. But if you do win, I am 100% certain you will be a little disappointed. Winning a political office does not mean you march in and everyone shuts up, and prepares their pens for orders. Folks like Victoria and Tom (with whom I am also acquainted and have worked) are on our side…yours, Alex', Vera's, Rebecca's and mine. It should shock no one to learn that none of those folks march lockstep on the issues of the day…it would be a scary world in which we did."
Wendy's response:
Hi Steve, and thank you for your reply. The argument against a tax--severance or otherwise-- is very clear, as are its implications with respect to who gets to honestly call themselves anti-fracking--and that is not and cannot be you or, for that matter, anyone who supports a tax.
1. A tax on natural gas extraction via fracking will institutionalize the industry by making social programs dependent on its revenue stream. However much the industry resists it, they know that any tax will have this positive effect for them--and so their resistance is feigned and simply aimed at the lowest tax possible. The amount of the tax has no real bearing on the extent to which it institutionalizes the industry as part of the state's internal revenue structure.
2. Wolf is the best thing that could happen to the gas industry--far better than Corbett--because while the duped are celebrating Wolf's imposing a tax, the industry will go about their dirty business as usual--but with the added bonus that they now have the cover of legitimacy behind a painless tax that will guarantee their presence in the state forever--or until they leave us a spent industrialized wasteland. Corbett could never have lent them this cover.
3. Taxing the industry will actively encourage even less regulation. The formula is simple" Imposing a tax=insuring dependence of social programs=pressure to generate more revenue=pressure for the industry to make more money=weakening regulations. In other words, the more dependence, the more pressure to generate greater tax revenues, and because the tax as a percentage of profit is never going to amount to anything substantial, the thing that's going to have to give is the regulations and their enforcement. When you add to this the fact that--as this article demonstrates once again--the regulations are meaningless and unenforceable now, just imagine what that will mean given the institutionalization of the industry. Welcome to Texas.
4. Once the industry is institutionalized in the state's tax structure, they will be able to exert pressure like never before. They will be in a position to level substantive threats of withdrawal and whoever is governor will cave to the threat precisely because essential social programs--and (thanks to Wolf) funding for education will now be tied to gas tax revenue. The regulations will then be enforced even less, more and more Democrats will jump on board for horrendous bills like the gutting of the state's endangered species act--and representative like yourself will have paved the way for the future industrialization of the state including the further erosion of property rights, rights to clean air and water, rights to speak out against the industry. In short, an invitation to become part of the state's essential economic wherewithal in an invitation to corporate hegemony.
5. (1)-(4) can have only one conclusion: more fracking including all of its dirty and damaging infrastructure.
Erosion and Sediment Plan,
I invite you to demonstrate where this argument fails.
You might argue, for example, that the argument for a tax is "being realistic," and that a tax is better than no tax.
The problem with this reasoning is that I have shown that a tax is far worse than no tax because it institutionalizes the industry in the state's fiduciary structure--with the implications I have spelled out.
You might argue that these implications-- social program dependence, education funding--don't necessarily follow. But indeed they do, and the history of the state shows it. Moreover, we cannot rationally believe otherwise given that Corbett has gutted these programs such that there exists a funding vacuum that Wolf is clearly prepared to fill with frack-dollars.
You might argue that there's no necessary connection between social program dependence and the weakening of already weak environmental and safety regulations. You're correct--there is no necessary relationship. But there will be an empirically demonstrable one since the need to fund these programs will continue--and for some escalate--creating pressure to generate more revenue. That just IS the history of taxation.
To use the language of "march lockstep to my edicts" is ad hominem and implies that I have acted in a dictatorial fashion. That is false--I have laid out arguments premised on reason and evidence, and to resort to this variety of name-calling only implies that because you can't offer reasoned and evidenced objections you're comfortable with punches that are below the belt. That is unbefitting a candidate for office.
That you are backing Wolf because--as you put it--you are a Democrat councilman is simply to say that you feel yourself compelled to march lock-step with your party regardless their positions. You are not so bound--and this is the pot calling the kettle black.
Wishing myself and Glover the best is wholly disingenuous and easy for you because it costs you no political capital. I also am not interested in being patronized--and your claim about being disappointed that winning does not mean people will simply "shut up" and follow orders is just that. But it is consistent with your strategic attack to get readers here to identify a clear and resolute position with "lock-step" and dictatorial.
This is how those who want to have it both ways--be identified as anti-fracking, all the while acting in a fashion that is in fact complicit with the gas industry--paint those who are genuinely anti-fracking as irrational because we argue that given the failures of regulation and the inherent hazards of extraction infrastructure, the only morally defensible rational position to take is to fight for a ban.
But your unwillingness to take up this fight can neither be identified as moral nor rational--and one evidence for this is your willingness to paint those who'd defend a ban as the dictatorial radicals in order to make yourself appear reasonable. But in this case appearances are deceiving.
Truck with unspecified filled containers heading up narrow muddy road to frack operations, Dacheux Well Pad
Cherry Township, Sullivan County, PA. Photo, Wendy Lynne lee
Your promotion of a tax is not morally defensible because--as I have shown--it will lead to indefensibly harmful consequences. Now that you know this, to continue to defend the tax can only be seen as politically expedient--about being electable--but it is not anti-fracking.
The time to defend a tax, to defend regulation--especially in the face of pieces like this one--to defend "best practices" is over. None of us have a right to this ignorance--least of all those who'd pretend to represent us. To make this claim is not dictatorial, sectarian (and nathan Sooy would have it) or narrow. It is realistic. It is to acknowledge the fundamental truth that none of us involved in this struggle have any right to find one iota of this article about silencing surprising.
We all know better, and it is high time we acted like it.
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Labels: fracking, severance tax, Shale Justice, Steve Todd, Tom Wolf
Doh! When "Neutral" Ain't: The Columbia County Landowner's Coalition Meeting, 6.2.14, Benton, Pennsylvania
TRANSCO pipeline cut through farmland, Hughesville, PA. Photo Wendy Lynne Lee
Bruce Anderson goes to great lengths to reassure his audience that he's an "environmentalist," and that he's not employed by the gas companies. He is keen to establish his credibility as a " federally licensed nuclear reactor control room operator" presumably to reassure us that he's got his own income and that he's a smart guy.
But that's just the set up for a meeting of the Columbia County Landowners Coalition (Columbia County Landowners Coalition) designed to reassure the audience that what they'll be hearing is neutral, objective information.
And that's true--as far as it goes. But clues that this isn't really an informational meeting--but a promotional for Williams Partner's (WPZ)"Atlantic Sunrise" (ASP) expansion of the TRANSCO begin to pile up the minute Anderson transits from "you can trust me" reassurance to what amounts to lease coordinator for WPZ.
Clue One: Consider Anderson's first content slide. This claim is true--but it assumes that all that is needed to make the region's shale plays productive are the pipelines to move the gas to market--leaving his audience with the impression that if they had leased land to drilling they might still make out on future royalties.
But while that is possible, it's unlikely. Here's the Martin Well Pad (DEP permit #037-20001) as of 9.29.11:
Not much has changed. There was a truck rig on site last week. Williams is still prodding the well. Workers were pumping out frack fluid and attempting an operation to try to bring the well to life. The well has no pressure. When the workers opened the well cap there was a huge 'whooshing sucking sound' I was told. The sound was the frack fluid in the well bore dropping. Think of how you put a straw in a glass of water, place your thumb over the top of the straw and remove the straw from the glass..then remove your thumb from the straw. The water quickly drops through the straw. I'm told what the workers are attempting is a long shot. Evidently the Marcellus has dead zones where the shale is so compacted that the gas can't escape after the initial fracking operation. The pressure in the well went from 2200 psi the day the fracking was completed to about 5 psi five days later. (Forum 656148: Martin Well Status)
And as of the last status report for Williams' drilling interests in Columbia County, 11.17.11:
All drilling activity by Williams is on hold in Columbia county pending the status of the Martin well. The well next to Bear fuel on #118 is also on hold indefinitely. That site had a test well drilled earlier this year. The major operator is EXCO with Williams being a joint venture partner with a 10% interest. Williams was informed several weeks ago that EXCO has abondoned any further operations at that site due to lack of positive data from the test well and the failure of the Martin well to produce any meaningful gas volume. (Forum 656148: Don't Get Too Excited).
To imply that "lack of pipeline" is responsible for lack of frack gas production is a bit disingenuous--there's no pressure down the hole, and there isn't likely to be in these "dead zones."
Moreover, the claim that "the economics were not here," while also true isn't the whole story. As I've shown, the economics aren't here, or even "here" in the United States. The economics are in LNG export to global markets, and while Williams claims that "there are no LNG [Liquified Natural Gas] terminal facilities related to or proposed as part of the Project," the relationship between Williams and Dominion--who wants to convert an LNG import to export at Cove Point, MD--is cozy if not incestuous. Dominion purchased the Cove Point facility from Williams in 2002 for $217 million, and the reference to Fairfax County, Virginia in the WPZ FERC Pre-Filing Documents is at least indirectly connected to Dominion's plan at Cove Point.
Dominion's project slogan is "Support Maryland Sending Clean Energy to the World," and Williams certainly comprehends the opportunity to export to Chinese and Indian buyers, for example, the Gulf Trace Project (THE WRENCH: When Sunrise for the Global Gas Markets is Sunset for Pennsylvania: Williams Partner's "Atlantic Sunrise" Expansion of the TRANSCO). At the CCLC WPZ Promotional, Anderson bristled audibly when I pointed out that ASP was on its way to LNG export--but the maps he himself presented make this clear.
UPSHOT: (1) whatever money lease-holders might stand to make off the ASP, it isn't going to be because any drill sites in Columbia County are going to miraculously re-pressurize. So it just isn't lack of pipeline--at least not here--that's going to make folks rich. (2) Any notion you might have that you're doing your patriotic duty or contributing to national security is unvarnished Bull-Pucky. As I have said a gazillion times, the gas industry waves the flag for one reason, and one reason only, to sucker you into leasing your land so they can make piles of profits all the while externalizing the long-term costs to your property value loss, your polluted water, your fractured community, your ill-health, and your screwed over kids.
Clue Two: Anderson resorts to fear-mongering and an "us against them" strategy to get his audience to circle the wagons--and lease their land.
One of the public meetings Anderson attended was a meeting of Columbia County Pipeline Awareness (CCPA)--a newly formed group aimed primarily at encouraging folks along the ASP right-of-way to engage the FERC comment process. Despite his claim that "all the guest speakers were from outside Columbia County" all of the speakers at the CCPA meeting --guest or otherwise--were either local or regional--and several had farms directly on the ASP right-of-way. To claim otherwise is not only false, it's an attempt to create distrust--fear--among landowners on the ASP right-of-way by implying that these "outsiders" have some agenda other than, say, telling the truth.
It's also notable that when Anderson and his wife were cordially asked to identify themselves and provide a reason for coming to the meeting, they did not reveal that they headed the Columbia County Landowner's Coalition, and that CCLC's stated objective is "to help land owners in their respective communities to obtain the best value and lease options for a comprehensive gas lease on their property in the Marcellus Shale and other formations," AKA: make the most money leasing their land (Columbia County Landowners Coalition). The Anderson's came to the CCPA meeting to do reconnaissance for CCLC in the interest of insuring that resistance doesn't reach the landowners.
Why else have Benton Police at the CCLC Shin-dig?
TRANSCO, Hughesville, PA. Photo Wendy Lynne Lee
What Anderson means by "fear," of course, is that these out-sider meetings include factual information that CCLC doesn't want its members to think about too much--like WPZ' record of accident and explosion. But if this was my land, I'd surely want to know stuff like this--wouldn't you?
1. 2008 – Natural gas explosion in Virginia [Transco] the blast ripped a 32-foot section of pipe from the ground and caused a 1,100 feet burn zone. Property damage reported to exceed $3 million. 2. 2010 – Transco Pipeline leak in Texas. Leak was not reported for 4 days. The 1/4 inch diameter leak caused a reported $57,000 in property damage. Aerial patrol did not see the leak. Found by an operator who saw some bubbles.
3. 2010 / 2011– FINED $275 Thousand over failing to implement and/or maintain storm water measures to prevent potential pollutants during planned construction in Parachute, Colorado. State inspectors notified Williams (Bargath) in Nov. 2010 of violations and told them to take immediate action. According to report, Williams did not fix violation for 7 months. 4. 2013 (Jan) – Williams discovers leak of NGLs in Parachute plant while working on construction to expand the plant. Reports say the leak was found by ACCIDENT. Leak stopped, but Benzene, a cancer causing agent, has contaminated soil. Williams says leak not affecting creek. (March 15) – Groundwater in Parachute is contaminated with Benzene from NGL leak. Spill finally announced to public. Benzene is cancer-causing agent that breaks down bone marrow. 5. 2012 – Gas leak caused explosion at Natural Gas Compressor Station inPennsylvania. Williams restarts the station within 24 hours and started pumping fracked gas despite request from PA Dept. of Environmental Protection not to do so. DEP states they make it very clear on the above matter but because it was not an official order no fines were issued. 1 ton of Methane released.
Pipeline Rupture, Rt. 220
Sonestown, PA
6. 2013 (April) – Williams say faulty pressure gauge cause of leak in Parachute. Diesel found at gates of Parachute water supply. Benzene detected in creek. State Health Dept takes over oversight of leak. (8) (9) (May) – Benzene levels rise in Parachute, CO creek. State agency tells Williams violated it the law. (8). Williams announces it will not expand the Parachute, Co plant expansion NOT because of the NGL leak but due to low gas prices. 7. 2013 (June 13) – Williams' Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) cracker plant that process NGLs in Louisiana. Explodes and Burns. That chemical plant was in middle of $350 million expansion. 700 contract workers were present; 2 people killed (ages 29 & 47); 70 injuries; 62,000 pounds of toxic chemical released.
8. 2014 (May 14)A probe into safety practices at pipeline operator Williams Cos. (WMB) is being expanded after a natural gas plant fire led to the evacuation of a town in Wyoming last month, the company's third accident in a year… In December, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Williams for six safety violations at the Geismar plant and proposed a $99,000 fine.
Does that information potentially create fear? You bet. At least if you've got any sense. But that's not rightly called "fear mongering." In Williams' case, it's called truth telling.
Upshot: just because you may not want to know the ecological and health hazards of Williams expansion of the TRANSCO doesn't mean they don't exist. Any informational meeting that does not include this is far more than remiss--it is grotesquely liable for omission.
Clue Three: Anderson tells the audience that the letters they've received from Williams "contain a permission form which grants permission for survey work only." While that may be true--it is a serious misrepresentation of Williams' intentions. Once you grant them access to your land, they are going to exert all the pressure of an invading army to get you to sign a lease.
If you still refuse to do so, they're coming back as a "public utility" granted to them through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to take your land as eminent domain. If you experience any confusion about what this means--especially in light of legitimate worries borne of the nasty accident record profiled above, please go here, and scroll down to the property owner's guide to eminent domain:
Atlantic Sunrise Project: Williams Companies, Inc. | Shale Justice
Anderson acknowledges the possibility that Williams can take your land without your permission--but hedges it. He then answers a question about whether land can be taken via forced pooling by claiming that it can't because ACT 13 was overturned!
It's hard to know where to begin to dispel this level of ignorance. But suffice this much for now:
1. ACT 13 was a state law overturned in part--not in whole, and the part that was overturned did effectively gut municipalities from being able to control drilling operations within their borders. This was patently unconstitutional, reflected the corruption of the Corbett administration, and was rightly shot down.
2. Act 13 never addressed forced pooling. Period. End of story.
3. The ACT 13 decision is irrelevant at least to the extent that ASP crosses not only municipality boundaries--but state boundaries--and hence state law would have had virtually no say about ASP in any case. This will be reinforced if FERC grants Williams the status of a public utility. All the Act 13s in the world weren't going to keep Williams from appealing to eminent domain to get right-of-way on your land.
4. By allowing Universal Field Services to survey, you're helping Williams plan and execute a 42 inch natural gas pipeline--including its compressors, dehydrators, and LNG export to the highest bidder.
Upshot: don't waste your time thinking that a little bitty survey isn't an agreement with Williams. It is. Once that flagging is up, once Williams is settled on their route, they are going to build that pipeline, and if they have to use eminent domain to do it, be prepared.
The moral of my story is simple: there are lots of "Andersons," and whether they're on the payroll of the gas companies or not, their aim is to deliver you to the landman. Meetings that advertise themselves as informational--but omit critical data about property rights, potential for accident, the refusal of insurance companies to insure you if you have a gas lease (See Erie's above) do you a serious disservice.
Could be your land. Picture Rocks, PA. Photo Wendy Lynne lee
Starting with the survey "request," tell the landman no. Tell him to leave. Then make a copy of this, and go talk to your neighbor. FERC is entirely useless, but when enough folks on the right-of-way say no, stick to their guns, and act like a community, Williams just might get the message.
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Labels: Act 13, Atlantic Sunrise TRANSCO expansion, Bruce Anderson, Columbia County landowner's Coalition, fracking, Shale Justice, Wendy Lynne Lee, Williams Partners
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Echo & The Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch on why he abhors "With A Little Help From My Friends"
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In HateSong, we ask our favorite musicians, writers, comedians, actors, and so forth to expound on the one song they hate most in the world.
The hater: Since 1978, Ian McCulloch has been best known for fronting Echo & The Bunnymen, a band that ruled college radio in the '80s with such songs as "The Cutter," "The Killing Moon," and "Lips Like Sugar." Yet while the Bunnymen continue to tour regularly and record sporadically, McCulloch occasionally pursues a solo career as well. His latest effort, Holy Ghosts, is a two-disc set which offers both an album's worth of new material (Pro Patria Mori) as well as a concert performance (Live At London's Union Chapel) that features rearranged and re-imagined versions of solo songs and Bunnymen classics.
The hated: The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends" (1967)
Ian McCulloch: I hate the song. I hate Ringo's version, and I hate Joe Cocker's version. I can't imagine anyone ever doing that [song] and me liking it. [Laughs.]
The A.V. Club: And yet you're an avowed Beatles fan.
IM: Well, I like the Beatles, though I prefer the Stones. But Ringo Starr came to Liverpool a few years ago and tried to milk his Liverpudlian-ness for a few days. Then he went on a London chat show a few days later, slagging off Liverpool and saying there's basically nothing about it that he likes. So for that reason as well, Ringo Starr's version is probably my least favorite version. 'Cause I just don't like Ringo Starr.
AVC: Just to clarify, when you say "Ringo Starr's version," does that mean you have more tolerance for the original than his more recent interpretations?
IM: Well, wasn't the original Ringo's version?
AVC: He sang it, yeah. But he's issued at least half a dozen versions on various live albums since then—
IM: Oh, I see. No, this covers any version, so from the Beatles onward. [Laughs.] Joe Cocker's version's horrible as well, but at least he's never slagged off Liverpool. I just don't like it as a song… even if it is by the Beatles. I'm sure I won't have Paul McCartney come after me, though. He's got a few pounds now, hopefully he won't mind.
AVC: What is it about the song? Are the lyrics too upbeat?
IM: That, and I don't like the melody line. But the sentiment behind it… I hate it. "What would you think if I sang out of tune?" Ugh. Compare that to "In My Life," and see what you get. I mean, I like Paul McCartney, and I know it's a very popular song, but it's just so cheesy. It sounds like the biggest crowd-pleaser ever written. Maybe I wouldn't have minded it as much if any other Beatle would've sung it. Does Paul sing on that one at all?
AVC: He does backing vocals, although John's voice tends to be more prominent.
IM: [Snorts.] I'm surprised John bothered. So maybe if one of the other Beatles had taken the time to sing it properly, I might've liked it better. But as it is, nah, I don't like it at all. I should say that I tried to think of other songs, stuff that people might be more likely to expect me to hate, but even with really crap songs, a lot of the time I'll sing 'em and I'll find 'em funny, so at least I get something out of 'em. There's plenty of those. I don't know if you know the song "Agadoo," by Black Lace, but the lyrics are something ridiculous like, "A-ga-doo-doo-doo, push pineapple." [Laughs.] It must've sold a million copies, and every sane person came to hate it. But to be fair, even with songs like that, there's always something there. [Hesitates.] So what have some of the other people picked, then?
AVC: As far as your contemporaries, Robyn Hitchcock's not a fan of "Arthur's Theme."
IM: Oh, actually, I like "Arthur's Theme!" It's fantastic, man! [Starts to sing.] "When you get caught between the moon and New York City…" The lyric's fantastic. "The best that you can do is fall in love." That's better than "With A Little Help from My Friends," anyway! [Laughs.] What an odd choice. Anyone with a shattered heart's gonna love that one. What were some other choices?
AVC: Funnily enough, the only other person's pick that can really compete with yours is probably Frank Turner's. He picked "Imagine," saying that, by Lennon's standards, it "seems almost lazy."
IM: [Shocked.] Did he? What a stupid idiot. It's only one of the most beautiful, perfect songs ever written. I mean, it might get on his nerves now, but… oh, yeah, nice one, Frank Turner. As if you could write anything that anyone would remember close to that. Lazy? That's like saying "Love" is lazy because he just goes, "Love is real / Real is love." That's lazy? What a fucking idiot. [Laughs.] Well, I reckon you can tell who my favorite Beatle is…
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      The Game of Logic

      by Lewis Carroll

      Chapter 2

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            Carroll, Lewis. (1886). The Game of Logic.

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	"The Man in the Wilderness asked of me 'How many strawberries grow in the sea?'" __________

	1. Elementary.

	1. What is an 'Attribute'? Give examples.

	2. When is it good sense to put "is" or "are" between two names? Give examples.

	3. When is it NOT good sense? Give examples.

	4. When it is NOT good sense, what is the simplest agreement to make, in order to make good sense?

	5. Explain 'Proposition', 'Term', 'Subject', and 'Predicate'. Give examples.

	6. What are 'Particular' and 'Universal' Propositions? Give examples.

	7. Give a rule for knowing, when we look at the smaller Diagram, what Attributes belong to the things in each compartment.

	8. What does "some" mean in Logic? [See pp. 55, 6]

	9. In what sense do we use the word 'Universe' in this Game?

	10. What is a 'Double' Proposition? Give examples.

	11. When is a class of Things said to be 'exhaustively' divided? Give examples.

	12. Explain the phrase "sitting on the fence."

	13. What two partial Propositions make up, when taken together, "all x are y"?

	14. What are 'Individual' Propositions? Give examples.

	15. What kinds of Propositions imply, in this Game, the EXISTENCE of their Subjects?

	16. When a Proposition contains more than two Attributes, these Attributes may in some cases be re-arranged, and shifted from one Term to the other. In what cases may this be done? Give examples.

	__________

	Break up each of the following into two partial Propositions:

	17. All tigers are fierce.

	18. All hard-boiled eggs are unwholesome.

	19. I am happy.

	20. John is not at home.

	__________

	[See pp. 56, 7]

	21. Give a rule for knowing, when we look at the larger Diagram, what Attributes belong to the Things contained in each compartment.

	22. Explain 'Premisses', 'Conclusion', and 'Syllogism'. Give examples.

	23. Explain the phrases 'Middle Term' and 'Middle Terms'.

	24. In marking a pair of Premisses on the larger Diagram, why is it best to mark NEGATIVE Propositions before AFFIRMATIVE ones?

	25. Why is it of no consequence to us, as Logicians, whether the Premisses are true or false?

	26. How can we work Syllogisms in which we are told that "some x are y" is to be understood to mean "the Attribute x, y are COMPATIBLE", and "no x are y" to mean "the Attributes x, y are INCOMPATIBLE"?

	27. What are the two kinds of 'Fallacies'?

	28. How may we detect 'Fallacious Premisses'?

	29. How may we detect a 'Fallacious Conclusion'?

	30. Sometimes the Conclusion, offered to us, is not identical with the correct Conclusion, and yet cannot be fairly called 'Fallacious'. When does this happen? And what name may we give to such a Conclusion?

	[See pp. 57-59]

	2. Half of Smaller Diagram.

	Propositions to be represented.

	                        -----------

	                       |     |     |

	                       |     x     |

	                       |     |     |

	                        --y-----y'-

	__________

	1. Some x are not-y.

	2. All x are not-y.

	3. Some x are y, and some are not-y.

	4. No x exist.

	5. Some x exist.

	6. No x are not-y.

	7. Some x are not-y, and some x exist.

	__________

	Taking x="judges"; y="just";

	8. No judges are just.

	9. Some judges are unjust.

	10. All judges are just.

	__________

	Taking x="plums"; y="wholesome";

	11. Some plums are wholesome.

	12. There are no wholesome plums.

	13. Plums are some of them wholesome, and some not.

	14. All plums are unwholesome.

	[See pp. 59, 60]

	                          -----

	                         |     |

	                         |     x

	                         |     |

	                         |--y--|

	                         |     |

	                         |     x'

	                         |     |

	                          -----

	__________

	Taking y="diligent students"; x="successful";

	15. No diligent students are unsuccessful.

	16. All diligent students are successful.

	17. No students are diligent.

	18. There are some diligent, but unsuccessful, students.

	19. Some students are diligent.

	[See pp. 60, 1]

	3. Half of Smaller Diagram.

	Symbols to be interpreted.

	__________

	                       -----------

	                      |     |     |

	                      |     x     |

	                      |     |     |

	                       --y-----y'-

	__________

	                  -------            -------

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	             1.  |   | 0 |      2.  | 0 | 0 |

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	                  -------            -------

	                  -------            -------

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	             3.  |   -   |      4.  | 0 | 1 |

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	                  -------            -------

	__________

	Taking x="good riddles"; y="hard";

	                  -------            -------

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	             5.  | 1 |   |      6.  | 1 | 0 |

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	                  -------            -------

	                  -------            -------

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	             7.  | 0 | 0 |      8.  | 0 |   |

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	                  -------            -------

	__________

	[See pp. 61, 2]

	Taking x="lobster"; y="selfish";

	                  -------            -------

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	             9.  |   | 1 |     10.  | 0 |   |

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	                  -------            -------

	                  -------            -------

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	            11.  | 0 | 1 |     12.  | 1 | 1 |

	                 |   |   |          |   |   |

	                  -------            -------

	__________

	                          -----

	                         |     |

	                         x     |

	                         |     |

	                         |--y'-|

	                         |     |

	                         x'    |

	                         |     |

	                          -----

	Taking y="healthy people"; x="happy";

	            ---          ---          ---          ---

	           | 0 |        |   |        | 1 |        | 0 |

	      13.  |---|   14.  |-1-|   15.  |---|   16.  |---|

	           | 1 |        |   |        | 1 |        |   |

	            ---          ---          ---          ---

	[See p. 62]

	4. Smaller Diagram.

	Propositions to be represented.

	                         -----------

	                        |     |     |

	                        |     x     |

	                        |--y--|--y'-|

	                        |     x'    |

	                        |     |     |

	                         -----------

	__________

	1. All y are x.

	2. Some y are not-x.

	3. No not-x are not-y.

	4. Some x are not-y.

	5. Some not-y are x.

	6. No not-x are y.

	7. Some not-x are not-y.

	8. All not-x are not-y.

	9. Some not-y exist.

	10. No not-x exist.

	11. Some y are x, and some are not-x.

	12. All x are y, and all not-y are not-x.

	[See pp. 62, 3]

	Taking "nations" as Universe; x="civilised"; y="warlike";

	13. No uncivilised nation is warlike.

	14. All unwarlike nations are uncivilised.

	15. Some nations are unwarlike.

	16. All warlike nations are civilised, and all civilised nations are warlike.

	17. No nation is uncivilised.

	__________

	Taking "crocodiles" as Universe; x="hungry"; and y="amiable";

	18. All hungry crocodiles are unamiable.

	19. No crocodiles are amiable when hungry.

	20. Some crocodiles, when not hungry, are amiable; but some are not.

	21. No crocodiles are amiable, and some are hungry.

	22. All crocodiles, when not hungry, are amiable; and all unamiable crocodiles are hungry.

	23. Some hungry crocodiles are amiable, and some that are not hungry are unamiable.

	[See pp. 63, 4]

	5. Smaller Diagram.

	Symbols to be interpreted.

	__________

	                          -----------

	                         |     |     |

	                         |     x     |

	                         |--y--|--y'-|

	                         |     x'    |

	                         |     |     |

	                          -----------

	__________

	                  -------             -------

	                 |   |   |           |   |   |

	             1.  |---|---|       2.  |---|---|

	                 | 1 |   |           |   | 0 |

	                  -------             -------

	                  -------             -------

	                 |   | 1 |           |   |   |

	             3.  |---|---|       4.  |---|---|

	                 |   | 0 |           | 0 | 0 |

	                  -------             -------

	__________

	Taking "houses" as Universe; x="built of brick"; and y="two-storied"; interpret

	                  -------             -------

	                 | 0 |   |           |   |   |

	             5.  |---|---|       6.  |---|---|

	                 | 0 |   |           |   -   |

	                  -------             ---|---

	                  -------             -------

	                 |   | 0 |           |   |   |

	             7.  |---|---|       8.  |---|---|

	                 |   |   |           | 0 | 1 |

	                  -------             -------

	[See p. 65]

	Taking "boys" as Universe; x="fat"; and y="active"; interpret

	                  -------             -------

	                 | 1 | 1 |           |   | 0 |

	             9.  |---|---|      10.  |---|---|

	                 |   |   |           |   | 1 |

	                  -------             -------

	                  -------             -------

	                 | 0 | 1 |           | 1 |   |

	            11.  |---|---|      12.  |---|---|

	                 |   | 0 |           | 0 | 1 |

	                  -------             -------

	__________

	Taking "cats" as Universe; x="green-eyed"; and y="good-tempered"; interpret

	                  -------             -------

	                 | 0 | 0 |           |   | 1 |

	            13.  |---|---|      14.  |---|---|

	                 |   | 0 |           | 1 |   |

	                  -------             -------

	                  -------             -------

	                 | 1 |   |           | 0 | 1 |

	            15.  |---|---|      16.  |---|---|

	                 |   | 0 |           | 1 | 0 |

	                  -------             -------

	[See pp. 65, 6]

	6. Larger Diagram.

	Propositions to be represented.

	__________

	                         -----------

	                        |     |     |

	                        |   --x--   |

	                        |  |  |  |  |

	                        |--y--m--y'-|

	                        |  |  |  |  |

	                        |   --x'-   |

	                        |     |     |

	                         -----------

	__________

	1. No x are m.

	2. Some y are m'.

	3. All m are x'.

	4. No m' are y'.

	5. No m are x; All y are m.

	6. Some x are m; No y are m.

	7. All m are x'; No m are y.

	8. No x' are m; No y' are m'.

	[See pp. 67,8]

	Taking "rabbits" as Universe; m="greedy"; x="old"; and y="black"; represent

	9. No old rabbits are greedy.

	10. Some not-greedy rabbits are black.

	11. All white rabbits are free from greediness.

	12. All greedy rabbits are young.

	13. No old rabbits are greedy; All black rabbits are greedy.

	14. All rabbits, that are not greedy, are black; No old rabbits are free from greediness.

	__________

	Taking "birds" as Universe; m="that sing loud"; x="well-fed"; and y="happy"; represent

	15. All well-fed birds sing loud; No birds, that sing loud, are unhappy.

	16. All birds, that do not sing loud, are unhappy; No well-fed birds fail to sing loud.

	__________

	Taking "persons" as Universe; m="in the house"; x="John"; and y="having a tooth-ache"; represent

	17. John is in the house; Everybody in the house is suffering from tooth-ache.

	18. There is no one in the house but John; Nobody, out of the house, has a tooth-ache.

	__________

	[See pp. 68-70]

	Taking "persons" as Universe; m="I"; x="that has taken a walk"; y="that feels better"; represent

	19. I have been out for a walk; I feel much better.

	__________

	Choosing your own 'Universe' &c., represent

	20. I sent him to bring me a kitten; He brought me a kettle by mistake.

	[See pp. 70, 1]

	7. Both Diagrams to be employed.

	__________

	                -----------

	               |     |     |      -----------

	               |   --x--   |     |     |     |

	               |  |  |  |  |     |     x     |

	               |--y--m--y'-|     |--y--|--y'-|

	               |  |  |  |  |     |     x'    |

	               |   --x'-   |     |     |     |

	               |     |     |      -----------

	                -----------

	__________

	N.B. In each Question, a small Diagram should be drawn, for x and y only, and marked in accordance with the given large Diagram: and then as many Propositions as possible, for x and y, should be read off from this small Diagram.

	               -----------              -----------

	              |0    |     |            |     |     |

	              |   --|--   |            |   --|--   |

	              |  |0 | 0|  |            |  |0 | 1|  |

	          1.  |--|--|--|--|        2.  |--|--|--|--|

	              |  |1 |  |  |            |  |0 |  |  |

	              |   --|--   |            |   --|--   |

	              |0    |     |            |     |     |

	               -----------              -----------

	[See p. 72]

	               -----------              -----------

	              |     |     |            |     |    0|

	              |   --|--   |            |   --|--   |

	              |  |0 | 0|  |            |  |  |  |  |

	          3.  |--|--|--|--|        4.  |--|--|--|--|

	              |  |1 | 0|  |            |  |0 |  |  |

	              |   --|--   |            |   --|--   |

	              |     |     |            |     |    0|

	               -----------              -----------

	__________

	Mark, in a large Diagram, the following pairs of Propositions from the preceding Section: then mark a small Diagram in accordance with it, &c.

	     5.  No. 13. [see p. 49]    9.  No. 17.

	     6.  No. 14.               10.  No. 18.

	     7.  No. 15.               11.  No. 19. [see p. 50]

	     8.  No. 16.               12.  No. 20.

	__________

	Mark, on a large Diagram, the following Pairs of Propositions: then mark a small Diagram, &c. These are, in fact, Pairs of PREMISSES for Syllogisms: and the results, read off from the small Diagram, are the CONCLUSIONS.

	13. No exciting books suit feverish patients; Unexciting books make one drowsy.

	14. Some, who deserve the fair, get their deserts; None but the brave deserve the fair.

	15. No children are patient; No impatient person can sit still.

	[See pp. 72-5]

	16. All pigs are fat; No skeletons are fat.

	17. No monkeys are soldiers; All monkeys are mischievous.

	18. None of my cousins are just; No judges are unjust.

	19. Some days are rainy; Rainy days are tiresome.

	20. All medicine is nasty; Senna is a medicine.

	21. Some Jews are rich; All Patagonians are Gentiles.

	22. All teetotalers like sugar; No nightingale drinks wine.

	23. No muffins are wholesome; All buns are unwholesome.

	24. No fat creatures run well; Some greyhounds run well.

	25. All soldiers march; Some youths are not soldiers.

	26. Sugar is sweet; Salt is not sweet.

	27. Some eggs are hard-boiled; No eggs are uncrackable.

	28. There are no Jews in the house; There are no Gentiles in the garden.

	[See pp. 75-82]

	29. All battles are noisy; What makes no noise may escape notice.

	30. No Jews are mad; All Rabbis are Jews.

	31. There are no fish that cannot swim; Some skates are fish.

	32. All passionate people are unreasonable; Some orators are passionate.

	[See pp. 82-84]

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Example Question #1 : Using Prefixes, Suffixes, And Roots To Identify Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
Inaccurate name
Accurate name
A "misnomer" is an inaccurate name. The best choice is "inaccurate name," as it is part of the definition of "misnomer." This is fitting as a misnomer is a mistake in naming something. Considering the other options, "nominate" means suggest for an honor, "miss" means fail or fail to meet, and "snore" means breathe with harsh sounds while asleep.
Synonyms: Select the word or phrase that best matches the word in capital letters.
PRESCIENCE
Amorous
"Prescience" is the quality of knowing what is going to happen; foresight. To provide further help, a "potentate" is a powerful leader; "dread" means fear and "loathe" means hate; "amorous" is a feeling of love.
Hatred of old people
Hatred of children
Hatred of women
Hatred of men
Hatred of animals
"Misogyny" is the hatred of women. A misogynist is a man who hates and mistreats women.
The prefixes "pro-" and "fore-" are very similar to one another. Both prefixes describe something that comes before something else. A "prologue" is the introduction to a story, and as such, the word is most similar in meaning to a "foreword." None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "prologue": "formless" means without shape; "forerunner" means precursor or thing that comes before something else; "forsake" means abandon; and "forensic" means relating to the application of science to crime solving.
Synonyms: Choose the answer that most closely matches the word in capital letters.
Misinformed
The prefix "mal-" means bad, so "malpractice" means bad practice, improper behavior. The prefix "mis-" also means bad and is often used similarly to "mal-." The key here is to figure out which suffix is closest in meaning to "practice" and the correct answer is "conduct." "Misconduct" means doing something wrong, bad conduct. To provide further help, "misappropriated" means given to the wrong people; "misinformed" means told incorrect information; "maladjusted" means not adjusted to one's social environment; "malcontent" means not happy, not content.
Synonyms: Choose the word or phrase that most closely matches the word in capital letters.
DISPARITY
The word "parity" means equality and the prefix "dis-" is a negation prefix, so "disparity" is the opposite of "parity." The correct answer is therefore "inequality." To provide further help, someone who is "astute" is shrewd and shows good judgment; "credibility" means believability; "accountability" means responsibility; "repudiate" means reject, renounce, disavow.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Prefixes From Latin
Despondency
The prefix equa- means same as, equal to, even, so the word "equanimity" means having an evenness of mind, showing "composure." "Composure" is a calmness in the face of difficulty. To provide further help, "inspiration" is something that makes you want to do something; "motivation" is the reason for doing something; "despondency" means hopelessness.
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
To "disavow" means to deny or renounce responsibility for someone or something, as such "disavowal" is closest in meaning to "renunciation," which means rejection or denial of something. To provide further help, "encouragement" is support; a "proviso" is a condition that must be met in order to get something done or attain something; "acceptance" means agreeing to receive something or go along with a plan; and "denunciation" means condemnation.
A synonym of "imperceptible" is __________.
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Last week our crew made Pasta Primavera from scratch (noodles included) and it was wonderful to watch the kids take turns digging into the dough. It was my first time to take part in the Summer Program here at HOPE and being a part of the process was a special treat. I remember the first time I ever dug my hands into something messy. . . it was meatloaf and I was a lot more hesitant and dare I say grossed out than our crew members were. They were all eager to have their turn mixing and kneading the dough, not as many were that eager to do the dishes by hand, but they worked as a team and got everything cleaned up and put away.
They work together, include each other and help one another with every task.
Our day began with a question. Each of us took turns giving our answer as we went around the room one by one.
We put our heads together to solve a mystery and had fun playing detective.
According to Brad, it all began when two friends decided to take a few veterans fishing. The response was so amazing that first year, they all agreed to do it again. Now after only five years they are able to host an annual event of over 800 guests and send veterans on one-off trips all year. In 2016 alone, they sent over 80 veterans fishing on local charter fishing trips, and 10 veterans to Alaska where they fished with Prince of Wales Sportsfishing.
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It is with that idea fresh in our minds that our crew set off to make lunch.
1 | Knead together the flour and eggs into a good ball. Dough should hold together and not be wet.
2 | Roll out the dough to desired thickness and use a knife to cut noodles, or us a pasta maker.
3 | Add noodles to boiling water. Noodles should only take one minute or so to cook.
4 | Toss pasta with desired fixings.
We tossed our pasta with olive oil, parmesan cheese, cherry tomatoes & basil, and paired it with a salad fresh from the garden.
Our crew is made up of a wonderful group of kids. They're not afraid to take their turn and jump right in to do their part.
After the crew has had their fill of the amazing meal they made, they clean up the kitchen and dining area. We were notified that morning that the dishwasher was broken, so today, HOPE crew did every single dish by hand. They had quite the dish washing assembly line going and I was impressed by the teamwork they displayed when met with obstacle upon obstacle.
No dishwasher, we'll wash by hand. No hot water in one sink, we'll use two. Their ability to adapt is admirable.
When everything was cleaned and put back in its rightful place, our incredible crew headed to the Evergreen Elementary Garden to work in the dirt.


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Naeem Khan Bridal, Rachel Scott Couture, Edinburgh Wedding Boutique
A very, very happy Christmas to you, and all my love and congratulations to you if this Christmas has gifted you with the newly acquired status of 'engaged'.
In this lovely period that sits between Christmas day and New Years day, I want to share with you a slice of what we're all about here at Love My Dress; introduction to some exquisite wedding dresses, amazing designers, boutiques, editorials and real weddings. We exist to share beauty and connect brilliant businesses with couples planning weddings, and on that note, I want to tell you immediately about Edinburgh bridal boutique, Rachel Scott Couture, and their exclusive new collection of luxury wedding dresses from internationally renowned designer, Naeem Khan.
Rachel, please introduce Naeem Khan to our readers
Naeem Khan's work combines modern styling with traditional textile techniques that he learned from his father and grandfather in India, where they made ornate and intricate clothing for the Indian royal families. The outcome of which is quite unique and as a result Khan's work has adorned A-listers all over the world with the likes of Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift, Michelle Obama, and even becoming a royal favourite with the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton wearing his designs.
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Naeem has an innate understanding of clothing and the power it has to transform us into the most iconic version of ourselves, something we repeat almost daily to our brides at Rachel Scott Couture.
Now based in New York, Khan had moved to the United States as a teenager to begin his career in design, becoming an apprentice to legendary American designer Halston at the age of only twenty.
It was here that Khan learned how to drape and cut fabric to create clean, elegant silhouettes that he eventually merged with his familial knowledge of beautiful and intricate textiles to create what we see today, and what is now Khan's signature style.
Having grown up in Mumbai surrounded by beautiful art and culture, Naeem cultivated a vast knowledge of textiles under the watchful eye of his grandfather and father, both of whom designed intricate clothing worn by the Indian royal families.
Now tell us about Rachel Scott Couture
We're 19 years in business and still retaining our reputation for being the go-to place for cutting edge bridal design and couture wedding-day tailoring in Scotland.
We constantly strive to bring new inspirational designers to the UK and choose all of our designers based on their quality and craftmanship. Then it's easy to focus on doing everything for our wonderful clients!
When we approach a new brand we really consider each designer partnership very carefully which leads to long term relationships that we value and trust. We believe in great design that stands the test of time, avoiding fads and trends that might come around in the fast fashion cycle, so that there is longevity in each iconic piece.
We want our brides to feel empowered and in the process we aim to redefine what luxury really means – for us it means inspirational, vibrant, creative, flexible, relaxed and non-judgmental.
What sets Naeem Khan designs apart from other bridal fashion designers?
Heritage. Khan has a unique perspective that comes from a long history in textiles with ancestral knowledge he has combined with modern minimalist garment design.
Integrity. The in house construction and studio means that they have full control over all of that intricate ribbon detailing and embellishment.
Naeem's designs embrace flirty, fun design and detailing but still remaining elegantly sophisticated. These are gowns for brides who love texture and embellishment, a little (or a lot) of glitz with a classic and timeless elegance.
We'll be launching his collection in store fully from early Spring 2023, with a series of preview launch events planned for early March 2023 which you will be able to find on our website and social media, and of course via Love My Dress.
I came from a very humble and stable home and my parents have been in the business of fabrics and hand embroidery for decades. I've stuck to my craft, because of the importance it holds in my family — making them who they are and making me who I am. I am thrilled to bring my designs to Rachel Scott Couture and I look forward to dressing many future Scotland brides. Naeem Khan
Are you able to provide a price guide?
At Rachel Scott Couture, we focus on the finest quality couture designers with prices ranging from £3000 and upwards. Our new Naeem Khan collections will range from £6000 to £16000.
Tell us what brides can expect on visiting Rachel Scott Couture?
Genuine, honest and truly personal support, teamed with tailored advice given by bridal styling experts who are full of fabric, fibre and tailoring knowledge. Everything we offer is centred around doing the right thing for each individual, offering bespoke creative input to help each person find their own unique style, always doing so at their own pace. Using our patience, understanding and moral support to help a client discover their perfect confidence building outfit combination purely because it's right for them.
We like to avoid the jargon and keep things simple for our brides, we have the knowledge so our brides don't need to worry about it.
What advice would you give to brides setting out to find their wedding dress?
Think about the whole shopping experience, not just the dress – think about who you're trusting with the most important outfit you'll ever choose, don't compromise and don't settle on any aspect of it. We always consider quality and luxury from the inside out, not only in the dress construction but also in the responsibility we have for our clients wedding dress memories.
This is a once in a lifetime experience and you need to make sure you get the truly special, genuine experience every bride deserves from start to finish.
How can brides book an appointment or make an enquiry to try on any of these beautiful Naeem Khan gowns?
The designs you see on this page here today will be available to try on in March 2023 at Rachel Scott Couture. This is the first time the gowns have ever been available to try on for brides in Scotland.
To book an appointment, email hello@rachelscottcouture.co.uk or call 0131 556 1520 / 07791 880 251.
Rachel Scott Couture is located at 29b Dundas St, Edinburgh, EH3 6QQ, where a very warm welcome and relaxed environment awaits you. Book yourself to a new year treat and spend some time trying on some of the most beautiful wedding dresses in the world.
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April 1, 2017 March 17, 2017 ~ idrawonmywall
Directed by James Cameron
Almost right away I decided that I didn't like this film as much as I liked Alien. This decision was based on me not wanting to like this movie as much as that one, and an early nightmare Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) has that felt like a cheap attempt to scare the audience while we lay down poor exposition to set up the story.
Alien is slender, lean, thrilling, horrifying and surprising. It feels innovative where Aliens feels repetitive. At the same time, I felt like I wanted to hate this movie just because it's not the same as Alien. I rushed to a conclusion early in the film, but this movie works in a lot of ways that I struggled to appreciate. I have to admit that when we got that shot of the door rising up revealing an armored-suit clad Ripley, I was losing my shit. This climactic scene is famous, so it's not like I didn't know it was coming, but it was a great payoff and an awesome escalation of events that had, to that point, begun to feel a little too stung out. The cliches and predictability and lulls of the middle of the film were all forgiven, as if theoretically well-written scenes died as a sacrifice to this awesome moment.
So I think I liked this film. It's more 'Hollywood' and summer blockbustery than Alien which to me had much more purpose. Alien was a horror film, and it committed to its genre. There were moments of extreme tension and surprising gore as well as creative moments of body horror that stuck with you. Aliens is kind of a like a greatest hits album, but a band doesn't typically release a greatest hits album after only a single release.
The story picks up right where the first one left off, sort of. Ripley is in deep sleep alongside her cat, Jonesy, in her escape pod following the events of Alien. A crew finds her and wakes her up. I think 57 years have passed, but I'm not entirely sure because Burke (Paul Reiser) tells her this in what turns out to be a nightmare she awakens from. I was waiting for the amount of time that has passed to be part of the nightmare, like someone might walk in and say "haha it's only been three months," but that never happened. The nightmare was Ripley imagining one of those baby aliens emerging from her stomach as in Alien. This was annoying because it wasn't an earned scare. It's shoved in there, and it doesn't enlighten anything about Ripley. We already know she's terrified based on her behavior and what's already happened. I suppose this film did come out 7 years after the original (and I just watched the original the night before) so maybe Cameron felt the need to make sure we knew how petrified Ripley was.
Okay, so then she is challenged by a group of people who don't believe her story from the first film. It would have been great if she told them this story like it was a movie pitch, "and then at the end of act 2 we found out Ash was an android!" The group of studio executives or whoever they were are more concerned with the cost of the ship Ripley blew up, but then, wait, if this did happen 57 years earlier wouldn't they have already accepted the sunk cost of a missing ship? Okay, I'm not sure how much time has passed.
Anyways, Burke pressures her into a mission back to the planet where the original alien was uncovered. Apparently the society that has been built on that planet is unresponsive. This is great timing because in the previous meeting where the studio executives doubt Ripley's story, they tell her that people have been happily living on this planet for years! And then, suddenly, they realize Ripley might be right, of course. The plan, as in the prequel, is to find and kill the aliens, not to study them or anything, but to obliterate them. Ripley is accompanied by Burke and a group of cocky, young marines as well as another android, Bishop (Lance Henriksen) whom Ripley does not trust based on her previous experience with androids trying to kill her.
This is where the movie drags on too long, at the beginning of act 2. They investigate the planet which seems completely devoid of life. Then the marines go in and are royally screwed as they are surrounded by aliens. This sequence, actually, is another good example of where the film struggles while Alien flourished. In Alien, Ridley Scott established early on that the alien bleeds acid, meaning that you can't simply shoot them. This was established early enough that you knew this problem for the next occasion in which it came up. You were there with the crew, trying to figure out how to attack the problem with the same knowledge they had. In Aliens, the crew ventures into a settlement while Ripley, Burke and a young, inexperienced Lieutenant Gorman (William Hope) follow the crew's progress from the safety of the ship. The crew goes deeper and deeper until they hit a level where they're right under a cooling system. Ripley realizes they can't fire their guns or else they'll destroy the cooling system and all hell will break loose (it will explode or something). What I hate about this is that it's brought up right before it becomes an issue. Ripley's right, of course, but this gives the audience no time to form a plan alongside the characters in this film.
In Alien I felt engaged as a viewer, like I was trying to decide what the crew should do as if it was a 'choose your own adventure' type of game but they simply weren't listening to me. In Aliens, we just follow what happens. To add to this, there are scenes later in the film where we can't figure out a way out of the conflict because we don't know the geography of the space they're in. We're always a step behind, and it doesn't seem like it's for a good reason.
Anyways, half the crew is wiped out. Later they are about to get a ride out of the settlement, but an alien kills the pilot who is coming to get them, and their ride is gone. Ripley, Burke and the other marines hide in a command center on the planet and formulate a new plan. Burke becomes more of an obvious enemy (though his guilt was always implied) as he is only interested in money and taking one of those aliens home for profit. Ripley insists that the aliens must all be killed.
Because of the helicopter that crashed, something was damaged and the planet or command center will explode or something. Bishop the android crawls through a tube to a spot where he can remotely pilot the remaining ship to come pick them up.
Oh jeez, I haven't even mentioned Newt. She's a little girl Ripley finds who has improbably survived the alien attack for who knows how long. She's basically Jonesy 2.0, another effort to copy the success of Alien. Ripley and Newt sleep in a room where two of those face hugger aliens (which impregnate you) attack them. Burke deliberately turns his back on them, willing to let them die and making it extra clear how evil he is. The other marines soon find out, though, when Ripley uses a lighter to set off the sprinkler system. They save her, and Ripley accuses Burke of planning to set the face huggers on her and Newt so they could be impregnated, allowing him to smuggle the aliens back home.
More aliens attack, and more people are killed, including Burke. Ripley and another marine, Hicks (Michael Biehn) are all that remain when Newt falls down a shaft. They go looking for her, but an alien takes her before they can get to her. It has been established that the aliens don't kill their victims, but rather make a cocoon out of them. Ripley sets off to find and save Newt, venturing to deep within the mother alien's lair.
This is the best part of the movie. Describing the plot up until now has been exhausting, but this is where the movie kicks it up a notch. Ripley ventures into this dark, misty area while the settlement threatens to explode (because of what we established earlier), and she finds Newt as well as a bunch of eggs that will hatch those dreaded face huggers. When Ripley gets Newt, she backs away from the aliens which don't attack her because she demonstrates a willingness to use her flamethrower on the unhatched eggs. This is where the aliens become a little unbelievably smart. They understand the threat, so they back off until Ripley decides to burn the eggs when she's far enough way. She gets away with Newt, but the angry mother alien comes after her and learns how to use an elevator to catch up to her.
When Bishop arrives with the plane, the alien latches onto the bottom of the flying object, only to reveal itself by stabbing and ripping apart Bishop the alien right after he and Ripley share a moment of tenderness and respect. Ripley gets that crazy armored suit and kills the mother alien, much like she did the first alien in Alien.
There's a concept in screenwriting that coincidences are only allowed if they make life harder for your character. So the alien learning to use an elevator might feel a little too easy, but it makes Ripley's story more challenging, so it's okay.
This film was a drag for much of the first half of the story, but the action was great in the final act. I think you should embrace this movie as a B action movie. It's fun, and it'd be great to see in theaters. Everything is a little heightened or exaggerated, whether it's the fact that they up the danger from a single alien to as many as they need (there seem to be hundreds here), and the marines are so douchey and aggressive. They feel like cartoon characters, paritcualrly Bill Paxton's character. He's great in this film, but his performance feels like something out of a comedy. Everything is heightened so as to be scary or funny.
I much prefer the first film to this one, but James Cameron seems like he wants to be a crowd please. He feels like he wants to give them the moment to cheer for in a nice, chilled movie theater on a hot summer day, and that moment with Ripley in the suit gives us that empowered feeling.
I think the biggest takeaway from this film, in terms of storytelling lessons, is the way Cameron heightens and builds on the action to create more suspense and more drama and more of a thrill. Ripley's journey into the mother's nest is a little eerie, but it does the best job of building excitement and showcasing an entire short film, really, contained within this sequence. This part of the story is more like something out of Indiana Jones than the first alien. It's like a puzzle that needs to be solved. As a self-contained story it deals with the idea of motherhood and protection (both Ripley and the alien mother) as well as evolution. The alien evolves in front of us. Not only is she the biggest, baddest alien we see (suggesting an evolution of the alien we've come to expect), but she learns new behavior (the elevator as well as her stabbing, sharp tail).
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Real Esteli Fútbol Club is a Nicaraguan football club playing in the top flight of Nicaragua's league system, the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Primera División. The club play out of their home stadium, Estadio Independencia, based in the northern city of Estelí.

Real Estelí has 18 national championships, more than any other team in Nicaragua (except Diriangén).  They also won a CONCACAF record eight consecutive championships from 2006 to 2014.

History

The club was founded in 1960 as Estelí FC, adding Real to its name in 1961.  Estelí FC plays at the Estadio Independencia, one of the biggest stadiums in Nicaragua, with a capacity of 4,800. The club is known by the nickname, El Tren del Norte (Train of the North), coming as it does, from the northern region of Las Segovias.

Real Estelí has finished in the top five of Nicaragua's top flight every year since 1986.  In that time, they have also achieved traditionally high attendance numbers.  However, it took time for the club's burgeoning popularity to translate into championships.  They won their first title in 1991, then added another in 1999.  Nonetheless, their fierce rivals Diriangén FC remained the dominant power in Nicaraguan football.

This began to change in 2002–2003.  The two clubs met for a two-legged tie to determine the year's champion.  Diriangén won the first leg 1–0, but Real Estelí answered by winning the return match 3–0, claiming the title 3–1 on aggregate.  That was the last year Nicaragua determined their championship with a "long season"; for 2003–2004, the league adopted an Apertura/Clausura format.  Real Estelí won both tournaments, and each time they defeated Diriangén in the finals.

The following September, Real Estelí made history in Nicaraguan football by eliminating favorites Real España in the First Round of the Copa Interclubes UNCAF.  They thus became the first Nicaraguan football team in history to advance to the second round of the tournament.

Back home, Diriangén won the next two championships, but quickly gave way to Real Estelí, who embarked on their dominant run of eight championships in a row from 2006 to 2014.  Then, after a brief interruption by Walter Ferretti, Estelí won two more.

Real Estelí FC has finished in the top five of Nicaragua's top division every year since 1986 and has achieved some of the highest attendances in the league during this period.

Crest

The club crest consists of a crown, representing 'Real' (meaning 'Royal').  Similar crowns can be seen on the crests of many other clubs with the prefix 'Real', such as Spanish clubs Real Betis, Real Zaragoza and Real Madrid

The two gold stars of the crest mark the first two national championships won by the club (in 1991 and 1999), while the red and white striped shield represents the club colours as used on team shirts. The logo was redesigned and digitalised in 2000 by Nakor'd J. García and Michael D. Raney (current President/CEO of the World Football Organization), based on the original design by Arnulfo Rivera Zeledón and Johnny Herrera Vallejos.

'El Clásico' rivalry
There is often a fierce rivalry between the two strongest teams in the national league, where the game between Real Estelí and Diriangén has become known as El Clásico (The Classic).

Current squad
As of August 2022

Former players

  Dshon Forbes (capped for Nicaragua)

Personnel

Management

List of Coaches
Real Esteli has had various coaches since its formation in 1961. Ramón Otoniel Olivas and Honduran Roy Posas has served two terms as head coach. Ramón Otoniel Olivas was the club's most successful coach, having won  Primera División titles, following closely is Roy Posas, Sergio Rodriguez and Holver Flores & Leonidas Rodriguez won one Primera titles.

Jersey sponsors

Performance in CONCACAF competitions
CONCACAF Champions League: 6 appearances
Best: Group stage in 4 times
2009 : Preliminary Round
2012 : Preliminary Round
2013 : Group stage
2014 : Group stage
2015 : Group stage
2017 : Group stage
2021: Round of 16

CONCACAF League: 5 appearances
Best: Quarter-finals in 2020
2017 CONCACAF League: Round of 16
2019 CONCACAF League: Round of 16
2020 CONCACAF League: Quarter finals
2021 CONCACAF League: Round of 16
2022 CONCACAF League: Preliminary Round

Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 5 appearances
Best: Quarter-finals in 2004
2000 : First Round
2003 : First Round
2004 : Quarter-finals
2006 : First Round
2007 : First Round

Record versus other nations
 As of 15 April 2021
The Concacaf opponents below = Official tournament results:
(Plus a sampling of other results)

Honours

Campeonato Nacional/Primera División de Nicaragua:  1991, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019 Clausura, 2019 Apertura, 2020 Clausura, Apertura 2020, 2022 Apertura
 Copa de Nicaragua: 1991

See also
Real Estelí Baloncesto

References

External links

Real Estelí FC | Sitio Oficial

Football clubs in Nicaragua
Association football clubs established in 1961

1961 establishments in Nicaragua
Estelí

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Q: Custom Sort in Document Library (with Group By) I have a Document Library with a custom "choice" column.  I use that column to "Group By" in my views.  The column sorts alphabetically, but instead I would like it to sort in a custom order.  Is there a way to do this?  I'm using SharePoint 2010.  The obvious work around is to add an entry number to the choice list (i.e. 1. Choice X, 2. Choice B, etc).  I'm looking to see if there is a way to to this without the workaround.
Thanks

A: Use a calculated column and the Contains formula.

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*Create a calculated column.

*Enter the Contains formula.  Below is a template to get you started.  Replace [ColumnName] with the name of your column and Text with the choice value from the column.  Match the choice entry with the number you would like the entry be associated with for sorting.
 =IF([ColumnName]="TEXT",1,IF([ColumnName]="TEXT",2,IF([ColumnName]="TEXT",3,IF([ColumnName]="TEXT",4,IF([ColumnName]="TEXT",5,IF([ColumnName]="TEXT",6,IF([ColumnName]="TEXT",7,IF([ColumnName]="TEXT",8,IF([ColumnName]="TEXT",9)))))))))

*Create a view and sort by the new calculated column.
For step-by-step instructions with screenshots view my post on sorting items in a list using the Contains formula.  Post:  http://jennyssharepointtips.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/create-a-custom-sort-using-the-contains-formula-in-a-calculated-column/

A: I'm afraid your workaround is the only option you have

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*Create a single line of text column named Position. In this column, you will enter in the position you want for that list item's group in this column. 1 for all items in the first group in the list, 2 for the second, etc.

*Create a calculated column that you will use to group your list, e.g. Calculated Choice

*In the formula section, enter the following: =REPT(" ",(20-Position))&[Choice]. I had a total number of 20 choices, hence the 20. This will repeat a space 19 times and then concatenate Choice on the end for the group with Position 1.

*In your view, group by the Calculated Choice column you created. Then, SharePoint will sort this automatically, with values that have more spaces appearing higher on the list.

Solution adapted from Christophe's Path to SharePoint blog. This saved my butt!

A: Ok.  Here is a way to get exactly what you want.

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*Create a calculated column that returns type number.

*Record the background color of your view page - usually this will be white.

*For the calculated column, use:

=IF([*Group Column Name*]="*Group Heading of First Group*","1*Group Heading of First Group*",IF([*Group Column Name*]="*Group Heading of Second Group*","2*Group Heading of Second Group*",*","3*Group Heading of Third Group*"))

*Group by your calculated column.

The example above contains 3 groups.  The 'number' return type of a calculated column will be read as html and not escapced.  When you add a span with the same background color it will not show up but it will be read for Alpha order.
Here is an example of the calculated formula:
=IF([Environment Type]="Production","1Production",IF([Environment Type]="Test","2Test","3Development"))

A: My attempts to use the Calculated Formulae approach kept failing, but then the following very simple solution popped into my head... and it works!! :) So here you go - enjoy :)
First step is to create two columns in your document library:

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*GROUP_HEADING will contain the actual Group Heading names you want to apply to your document groupings.

*GROUP_SORT will contain a number (01, 02, 03, etc). These numbers will indicate the order in which you want your groupings to appear in your document library.

So basically, if you want your items to appear in a certain order that is NOT alphabetical - e.g. HeadingC, HeadingD, Heading B, Heading A - then you would allocate the GROUP_SORT numbering as follows:

*
*01  HeadingC

*02  HeadingD

*03  HeadingB

*04  HeadingA

You then need to open up your library's "Modify View", and under the "Group By" options:

*
*first group by the column: GROUP_SORT

*then group by the column: GROUP_HEADING.

Lastly, you need to add the following code to your SharePoint page.This will hide the GROUP_SORT heading:
.ms-gb {
    display: none;
}

DONE! Couldn't be simpler :)

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