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Three governors crisscrossed the state Monday, all looking to bolster their business strength, and no, there won't be a punch line here — other than the knockout that Texas Gov. Rick Perry and South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard are trying to inflict on our own Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
It was a day for the high art of political civility, which is to say, brutal competition barely masked. From the way these red-state dignitaries were talking, it's lights-out time in Connecticut. You'd think the cost of doing business, in dollars, is the whole ballgame. It isn't.
They have a point and the many people who called Monday's visits a wake-up call are right. Texas, and even ultra-remote South Dakota, can offer enough savings and lack of regulations to lure some firms to their soil. For now, their economies are booming and Connecticut's ain't.
Out of Monday's talks, we learned that the Colt Firearms companies, with 700 employees in West Hartford and a history to match that of any manufacturer in America, could pick up and move out of state, an executive said. Or Colt may stay put, expand elsewhere or perhaps move to another town in Connecticut, the same executive said.
But on Monday, Colt and other gun makers welcomed Perry, and planned to welcome Daugaard Tuesday, in a very preliminary dance.
And despite what those two governors say, victory in economic development is a matter of balance. Just as no amount of state largesse to corporations can fully make up for the costs of operating in Connecticut, no lack of income tax in Texas, no eye-popping jobs growth, can make up for the Lone Star State's shameful socio-economic record contained in a Texas legislative report this year that put the state last in health insurance, last in high school graduation, last in voter participation, and near the bottom in per-pupil spending.
And as for South Dakota, the tall and stately Daugaard almost had me wanting to plant myself in a state where I have as much chance as the deer and the antelope of getting an airline flight anywhere. He made a case that there's a burgeoning manufacturing sector there, and one of his targets — Mark Malkowski of Stag Arms in New Britain — promised to pay a visit in September. Will Malkowski really move his workforce of 200 heavily Polish employees to the shadow of Mount Rushmore?
The point is not to trash those other states. They are wonderful places, just as Connecticut is marvelous for its highly educated citizenry and proximity to the heart of the megalopolis — well worth the higher taxes and worker compensation costs to some, but not others.
And so the game is played, and will not end soon.
"That's the kind of competition I think our Founding Fathers had in mind. I don't think they realized there were going to be 50 laboratories of innovation," Perry said on former Gov. John G. Rowland's radio show on WTIC-AM 1080. "In a very civil way we are trying to compete with other states and that's how you become stronger."
Many suspect he's bolstering his credentials for a 2016 run for president after his cash-and-burn 2012. He would only say, "Twenty-sixteen will take care of itself."
It all came together at high noon Monday at Max Downtown, where Perry convened a reception in a back room. We in the media peered in through glass doors to see a strange yet familiar sight: Malloy entering the fray. He was uninvited but welcomed by Perry, who called Malloy's drop-in "a great show of hospitality."
"I wanted to welcome him to our state," Malloy said. "We wanted to show him what good Yankee hospitality is all about."
Malloy happened to be in the neighborhood, addressing the bar association across the street, on his way from doling out a few tens of millions of dollars to Alexion Corp., the pharmaceutical firm that broke ground on its move to downtown New Haven, and promises to add at least 300 jobs.
Perry, whose sojourn to Connecticut and New York is aimed precisely at firearms, pharma and finance firms, would love to have companies like Alexion in the Austin orbit. He was satisfied meeting Monday with disgruntled gun makers.
By all accounts, in Perry's meetings with firearms manufacturers and others, he offered few if any details about what Texas might give them. The Texas reforms that make that state among the friendliest for business go back more than a decade.
"You're going to be most comfortable in a place where you get to keep more of what you work for," Perry said, briefly addressing reporters between handshakes with Malloy and finger-food with his guests.
When I asked whether those reforms — including a loosening of regulations — contribute to situations like the fertilizer plant explosion near Waco, Perry shot back that there's no clear connection. "Until we get to the bottom of that investigation, I think it's a bit premature."
Indeed, it may be sabotage or even terrorism, but that doesn't take away from the fact that the company had too little liability insurance in the Wild Wild West of the town of West, Texas.
On a tour of Colt's Manufacturing Co., and Colt Defense LLC earlier in the day, Perry shot a half dozen pistols and rifles for about 15 minutes.


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the tools panel is missing and give me an 'internal error occured' warning window.
the ctrl + F2 doesnot change anything. i've tried the uninstall reinstall, but that doesnot help either.
the display was set to the highest setting, and i did not find any colapsed icon to expand or drag in.
and the property inspector is just blank.
can any body help?
thank you
I don't know if it'll help or not, but you might want to check out this thread:
i cant find where it is.
i've opened the mozilla plugin folder, but the there are none of Flashbug/FlashFirebug plug-in in there.
unsolved still.
but thank you for your kindness response
In Firefox, try looking under Tools > Add-Ons to open the Add-ons Manager window, and then look under Extensions. At least that's where I think you'd find it—but you may not have it installed. I have to plead ignorance here: I have the Firebug extension (which I never really use), but not Flashbug or FlashFirebug, which I guess are extensions of Firebug that are geared towards Flash.
Again, this may not be the answer, but it seemed worth suggesting.
thank you, again.
i've tried it.
but it seems doesnt solved my problems.
When i compare folders in CS3 and CS5, the required folder of my CS5 seems to be more 'emptied' than the other.
if i compare it to the required folder at Photoshop, in fireworks there are no default tool preset, no defaults of anything.
i am stuck.
Sorry to hear that! Problems like yours are a bit out of my area of expertise... Is your version of Fireworks recent enough that you still qualify for tech support from Adobe?
Adobe Support and Customer Service
Monday–Friday, 5am–7pm PST
Fireworks Help: http://helpx.adobe.com/fireworks.html
I'm wondering if the problem might be related to a bad preferences or user configuration file. Do you have another user account on your computer? If you did, I'd log into the other user account, open Fireworks and see if the same problem occurs. If the tools panel appeared, then I'd imagine that it's that type of issue. (Then again, your original post referred to an "internal error" warning dialog, so maybe not...). The following Adobe Help page provides some information on where to find the configuration and preference files:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/fireworks/cs/using/WS4c25cfbb1410b0021e63e 3d1152b00db4b-7ffc.html
To avoid losing settings you'd rather preserve, I'd probably move any suspect files into a folder on your desktop, rather than trashing them. Then you could restore them later, if it turned out they were not causing the problem.
Oh, wait! I just found a more detailed set of instructions for troubleshooting Fireworks preferences:
http://helpx.adobe.com/fireworks/kb/restore-preferences-fireworks-cs5. html
As for the Required folder, I'm not sure where that is... Is that application-specific? I have older versions of Fireworks and Photoshop, and they may not have the same folders that your version does.
Hope this helps somehow!
many many thanks for your kindly attention.
i dont know which one did i do that make it right today.
all i know is that i've tried so many ways, and finally end up fixed.
yes, it is fixed.
i guess, i do install it right after the last uninstalling. i ve update the video driver as well, though the GPU at my photoshop is still can not be enabled.
but, the first frustrating problem was solved. beautiful.
again, thank you.

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Still can't get over the firing of Mike Brown after five games of the NBA season by the Los Angeles Losers. Because it was the all-mighty Loser/Lakers, media critics immediately gave them a pass, saying it would be weird anywhere else but, somehow, makes perfect sense in Hollywood.
Bull hockey. It makes no sense at all.
Fire him before the season. Fire him after 20 games. But firing him after five suggests that the team owner woke up Friday with a really bad headache and said: "Get me some aspirin and, oh, I don't know, fire Brown. That might cheer me up."
Think about it. Five NBA games is about 1/16th of the regular season, so it corresponds to firing a NFL coach after one game of a 16-game season. (Although that might not have been a bad idea in Jacksonville, Kansas City, Cleveland and the loser of the Dallas-Philadelphia game.)
Poor Mike. Oh sure, they cut him an "out-the-door" check in the millions, but it's so insulting to be fired. And GM Mike Kupchak said he was "hard working and dedicated." That always translates to "why did we ever hire him in the first place?" When someone calls you "hard working and dedicated," you are either fired or dead.
My theory is that appearance on the court (or sideline) is a major factor. Brown is one of those guys who looks like he's suffering and doesn't have a clue what to do about it. Think about the coaches of the NFL teams named above because they have that same look.
Now think about a coach such as Doc Rivers. He suffers, too, but looks like he's going to fix it any second now. You believe Doc can fix things. Also, as far as I know, Doc has never used the Princeton offense.
Fab Five Football Picks
Last week: Nobody firing me, at least not this week. So how did you do last week? Really? That's nice. How did I do? Well, seeing that you asked, I DIDN'T MISS A GAME! Yep, 14-0, best score of course in the Clear Channel contest. That bumps me up to 86-46 for the season (65 percent.) Also 11-3 against the spread (62-69-1 for season). But now I'm afraid to pick anything because I don't want to come crashing back to earth. When I crash, it hurts.
San Diego (4-4) at Tampa (4-4) — Yucs favored by 3
When you look at who these two have beaten, it's easy to suspect both are frauds. But the Yucs are home frauds with a QB that has passed for 12 touchdowns and a yardage average of 311 in last five games, plus a rookie running back who is channeling Jim Brown. That should be enough.
Jerry says: Home Frauds by 6.
Tennessee (3-6) at Miami (4-4) — Fish favored by 6
How's this for a cool accomplishment by the Titans last week? They scored in all the ways an offense can score — 2 touchdowns, a field goal, a safety, a one-point conversion and a two-point conversion for 20 points. Neat, huh? Unfortunately, the sloppy Chicago Bears scored 51.
Jerry says: Fish by 11.
Buffalo (3-5) at New England (5-3) — Patriots favored by 11
Let's make this quick. In Week 4, the Pats pounded the Bills 52-28. Works for me.
Jerry says: Pats by 24.
East Rutherford Jets (3-5) at Seattle (5-4) — SeaTurkeys favored by 6
Did you know Tim Tebow has a 102.1 passer rating? Sensational, right? Granted, he's completed 2 of 3 passes but that just means he needs more work, right? Right? Hello?


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USS Gary Celebrates New Year with Damage Control Olympics
Guided-missile frigate USS Gary celebrated the New Year with its own Damage Control (DC) Olympics while conducting Counter Transnational Organized Crime (C-TOC) operations while assigned to U.S. 4th Fleet.
Divided into 12 four-man teams, Gary's Olympians were timed in several events including suiting up in full firefighting gear, aligning and using dewatering equipment, emergency egresses from main engineering spaces while blindfolded, as well as a final dash to dewater a 50 gallon trash can with buckets.
The winners of the competition were Gary's electronics technicians and were honored with a specially soldered fire hose nozzle. The team was comprised of Electronics Technician 1st Class Russell Shirk, Electronics Technician 2nd Class Joshua Turner, Electronics Technician 3rd Class Jeffrey Christiansen, and Electronics Technician Seaman Justin Davis.
"It was fun," said Turner. "We had some trouble the first day, but we took first in the egress and flaking out the fire hose and prepping our hose team to come out on top."
While all this was going on, the ship was busy conducting C-TOC operations. Gary's crew and her Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) conducted a boarding of a suspected drug trafficking vessel. While the sea state was extremely rough, the boarding team and those onboard Gary maintained station and conduct the boarding without incident.
"It felt good to successfully perform our mission. It's a good reminder of what we're doing out here," said Ensign Jeffrey Clayton, one of the boat officers during the boarding.
As the day wound down, the crew was treated to a roast pig feast provided by the ship's culinary specialists and galley. Chief Culinary Specialist Kalama Kramer used his "magic seasoning" to offer the crew something out of the ordinary to start off the New Year.
"I thought we rang in the New Year pretty well here. We rang it in style by chasing down the boat and topped it off well with that roast pig. It certainly was good for morale. It was a good one, with many more to come," said Chief Fire Controlman Jerry Sutherland.
Gary is homeported in San Diego, and is currently deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Operation Martillo and U.S. 4th Fleet's mission, Southern Seas 2012.
Operation Martillo (Spanish for "hammer") is a U.S., European and Western Hemisphere partner nation effort targeting illicit trafficking routes in coastal waters along the Central American isthmus. U.S. military participation is being led by Joint Interagency Task Force South, a component of U.S. Southern Command.
Operation Martillo is part of the U.S. government's coordinated regional security strategy in support of the White House strategy to combat transnational organized crime and the U.S. Central America Security Initiative.
Article by Ensign Ian McConnaughey, USS Gary Public Affairs


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UCC actively participates in men's basketball, women's basketball, and women's volleyball. UCC is a member of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC). Competition comes from community colleges in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California.
Recent Acheivements
- The UCC Women's Basketball Team became 2013-14 Southern Region Champions and NWAACC Championship Tournament Finalists.
- UCC scholar athletes were recognized by NWAACC with a third place outstanding academic award.
- Dave Stricklin, the Women's Basketball Coach, completed his 700th career win this year.
Play with the Riverhawks
What we offer.
UCC offers a balanced mix of education and athletics in a nurturing environment. You can play sports, achieve your educational goals, and enjoy the pacific northwest in a way few can. The UCC campus is located along the North Umpqua River, a prime destination for outdoor enthusiast all year long.
Why play with us.
Many of our athletes receive scholarships and go on to play for four-year universities in Oregon and beyond. In a nutshell, we can help you achieve your education and athletic goals.
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VINELAND, NJ - Baseball is the perfect game. Ninety feet to first base. Just a foot shorter or longer and the entire history of the game would change.
Our fourth grade class investigates the majesty of the diamond, the roar of the crowd, the blunders of the game, and the numbers that make baseball each year.
This project is our way of giving back just a bit of ourselves to the boys of summer. We have chronicled how to score this beautiful game and what we have learned along the way. In addition, we have used our scorecards to generate two projects: statistics to help determine who the best players are and news stories of the games we have scored.
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Sentiment indicators have always been popular among traders, but as the market undergoes seemingly endless gyrations these days, more and more investors are looking at measures of sentiment to provide some insight into where the market may be headed next. One sentiment measure that garners a lot of attention is the put-call ratio: It is widely recognized as being one of the most reliable indicators of future market direction.
The put-call ratio is called a sentiment measure because it signals the possibility of market reversals by measuring the "feelings" of options traders. When options traders become too bullish, the likelihood of a market downturn increases, and vice versa.
The put-call ratio is a contrarian sentiment indicator, meaning that the market tends to move against the mood of the investors. The put-call ratio is used to gauge the feelings of options traders who, by some estimates, lose about 90% of the time. Since this group as a whole has such a poor track record, it is perhaps not surprising that the put-call ratio is considered a contrarian indicator. When options traders are feeling especially good about the market, history shows that it is due for a downturn. Likewise, when traders are feeling especially bearish, a market bottom may be upon us.
Options traders typically buy puts when they feel the market is going to decline. The buyer of a put has the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying asset to the writer or seller of the put for a specified strike price during a specified time period. By providing a guaranteed buyer and price for the underlying asset, put options offer insurance against excessive losses.
Alternatively, traders buy calls when they think the market is going to rise. The buyer of the call option has the right, but not the obligation, to buy an agreed quantity of the underlying asset from the seller of the option at or before a predetermined time at a predetermined strike price. The buyer of a call option wants the price of the underlying instrument to rise in the future prior to the exercise date.
When the market becomes overly bullish, most potential buyers are already in the market, meaning that the potential for new buyers entering the market has reached a limit. Likewise, the number of potential sellers looking to capitalize on the run-up in asset prices is on the rise. Since demand is a key driver of asset prices, the upward momentum of the market will begin to falter as demand dries up. In this case, extreme bullishness in the market is represented by high call option volume.
Likewise, when extreme bearishness sweeps the market, most people are out of the market, so selling pressure is at its peak. At this point, potential buyers are ready to come in and take advantage of the low prices. A sign that a market bottom may be near is a high level of put option buying.
There are several different ways to calculate a put-call ratio, so it is important to know the methodology used when viewing this data on a website or in the newspaper. The "traditional" CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange) weekly put-call ratio uses the weekly total of the volume of all puts and calls of equity and index options. It is the ratio of the total volume of equity and index put options for the last week to the total volume of equity and index call options for the same period.
One drawback to using a measure that includes index option volume is that index options are a popular tool of professional money managers to hedge, or protect, their portfolios. Using options in this manner is not the speculative behavior we are trying to capture in the put-call ratio.
Therefore, there is also the CBOE equity-only put-call ratio, which measures the volume in equity options only and is considered to be a "purer" measure of the speculative fervor of options traders.
Tracking the day-to-day or week-to-week movements in the put-call ratio is not overly useful to traders. Furthermore, the put-call ratio can change drastically on a daily or weekly basis.
Figure 1 plots the CBOE equity-only put-call ratio for the last year. The black line is the daily value of the put-call ratio, while the blue line is the 20-day exponential moving average of the daily values. On a daily basis, the put-call ratio is quite volatile. Smoothing the data using the exponential moving average allows us to more easily identify trends in the ratio.
When bullish speculation reaches a peak in the market, the put-call ratio (whether the "traditional" or equity-only) will be low, as the volume in call options will far exceed that of put options. At this point, there is a likelihood of a market reversal to the downside.
The put-call ratio reaches high levels when buying of put options outstrips that of call options, which is what happens when traders are overly bearish. This is when traders should start looking for a market turnaround to the upside.
It is when the put-call ratio reaches extreme levels that the chance of a market reversal—either up or down—increases. The best way to determine when the put-call ratio enters "extreme zones" is by looking at historical activity.
Figure 2 shows the daily values of the CBOE equity-only put-call ratio from its beginning in late 2003 through August 27, 2010. The orange line is, again, the 20-day exponential moving average of the put-call ratio. The red and green trendlines attempt to illustrate the "drift" in the extreme levels of the put-call ratio over the last seven years.
Figure 3 plots the weekly movements in the CBOE equity-only put-call ratio and the S&P 500 large-cap index over the last five years. This time we plot a four-week exponential moving average of the put-call ratio. The vertical lines on both charts indicate intermediate extremes for the put-call ratio, as represented by the moving average. As we can see, many of the intermediate market tops and bottoms over the last five years have corresponded with intermediate extremes in the put-call ratio.
Most recently, in mid-April the put-call ratio's moving average fell to its lowest level over the last five years. The following week, the S&P 500 peaked for the year. While the market bottom of March 2009 was not foretold by a long-term extreme high value in the put-call ratio, the ratio was still near extreme levels for the five-year period.
While not exact, the put-call ratio historically has been shown to be a good predictor of future market movement. It measures the speculative temperature of options traders, a group that, on the whole, is not overly successful.
It is important to view movements in put-call ratio values in the context of historical levels. Over time, these levels tend to be dynamic, as they adjust with trends in the data.
Like any indicator, it is best to use the put-call ratio in conjunction with other indicators, such as those measuring price momentum. Momentum indicators can provide confirmation that a market reversal is actually taking place.
Charles from New York posted over 3 years ago:
Instead of doing the opposite of what the PC equity indicates with the average person, why not use the PC index and do exactly as the "pros" do?
John from Michigan posted over 3 years ago:
If option traders lose money most of the time why are options so popular to investors?
Wayne from Illinois posted over 3 years ago:
I have sat in on a few free options trading courses over the years and they all border on "get-rich-quick" affairs. They tend to gloss over the risks of option trading and focus on the low cost and potential for high profits.
Dave from Washington posted over 2 years ago:
The charts are not readable even when blown up.
Marjorie Holden Ph.D. from New York posted over 2 years ago:
I am not a very skilled options trader. However, when you own about 1000 shares of a volatile stock, it is not really difficult to sell a covered call- not too far out. Usually one to three months, although I have done longer. If the stock does not reach the call price, even at a $1.00 a share, you have made an easy $1000. If the stock gets called, and it really is volatile, you can now sell a put. Or just wait for it to go down, if puts make you edgy.
I don't do spreads or anything fancy, but just doing this can give you a nice of chunk of change annually. Obviously you have to have a reasonable number of shares and the stock should be volatile, but perhaps not too volatile. Stocks I do this with regularly include Exom, Microsoft and Qualcom. They always go down again- and up again. In the beginning its scary, but after you've done it a few times, its just investing as usual.
I generally won't sell calls on the entire position, just in case the market really takes off. And I don't do a lot of call writing in a short period. I stagger it over the year depending on the market and the stock's price, and the price of the call.
Antonio Alvarez from Pennsylvania posted about 1 year ago:
A web site with the Equity only Put to call ratio is:
Maybe the author can direct us to some other site where we can draw the EMAs over the data.
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Regardless i better get my ass ready i guess since i did pre-order on ToW
Regardless i better get my ass ready i guess since i did pre-order on ToW
Captain America: The New Deal (collects Captain America v4 #1-6)
Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America (collects Fallen Son #1-5, Captain America Comics #1)
Captain America: Forever Allies (collects Captain America: Forever Allies #1-4, Young Allies Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1, Young Allies #1)
Captain America: Theatre of War (collects Captain America: America the Beautiful #1, Captain America: Brother in Arms #1, Captain America: To Soldier On #1, and Captain America: Ghosts of My Country #1)
Captain America: America First (collects Captain America: America First #1, Captain America: Operation Zero Point #1 and Captain America: Prisoners of Duty #1)
Captain America: Red, White and Blue (collects back-up stories in Captain America #50 (2002), a collection of short stories and Marvel Spotlight: Captain America Remembered)
Also there's Invaders Now! and Marvels Project that are quite strongly Cap related.
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I'd just like everyone to know that not only am I dropping Marvel, I'm dropping this forum considering I'm not even allowed to voice a negative opinion because a thread "isn't about me".
Woo! New thread!
So I didn't realize AOA is coming out so soon. I have it pre-ordered from Amazon, but I just payed off a bunch of bills for school (including books and a deposit on my new apartment), so I might have to hold off until I have a bit more cash. For some reason I was thinking it wasn't getting released until August...
Regardless, I'm excited for it. I'm actually buying it blind, based only on a) my love of many of the artists that contributed, b) the recommendation of great folks in this thread (and many others over the years who have raved about it), and c) my genuine interest and excitement over a very cool sounding story.
Although now that I thinik about it, I realize that ALL of my Omnibus purchases so far (Astonishing X-men, X-Statix, Ghost Rider, Simonson Thor, and Dark Tower) have been blind as well-- but I've never been led astray so far and I don't imagine I will be this time either.
Here's to vol. 4 of this thread!
Might as well list some current deals in the new thread for new people.
Captain America by Jack Kirby Omnibus $38.86 (51% off)
X-Men: Operation Zero Tolerance OHC $39.06 (48% off)
Avengers The Crossing Omnibus $52.07 (48% off)
Avengers Kree Skrull War OHC $18.22 (48% off)
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*smashes bottle*
Happy sailing, new thread.
In other news, I finally polished off the last CW OHC. X-Statix and my official February reading selection begins tomorrow.
I gave Iris West -- the kiss of death!
I believe the Captain America Fallen Son is also a OSHC collecting the one shots that followed Captain America's "Death"
Original Art Collection
Don't pay cover price for comics, I don't. Use DCBservice.com
What happened to the old thread?
Also I notice from the few pictures of people's collections that are posted, you guys don't buy Masterworks, but you buy the Omnibuses. Is there a reason for that? Aren't the Omnibuses too thick and heavy to open and read properly? I've been thinking of ditching singles and going with hardcovers and digital. Any suggestions?
Fallen Son is a great buffer for between the first and second Brubaker Captain America omnis... plus there's a few things in it that are later picked up on in the main book (concerning Stark and Hawkeye).
I'd just like everyone to know that not only am I dropping Marvel, I'm dropping this forum considering I'm not even allowed to voice a negative opinion because a thread "isn't about me".
Omactivate! RIP
Attention! Invading alien scum! I am Bentley, scourge of man, destroyer of hope, and I also have a passing interest in dinosaurs -- Prepare to surrender now!
I know some people have difficulties reading omnibus editions, but I've never really run into any major problems. Yes, you may occasionally have to shift your reading position or give you hands/forearms a break, but in my mind those are small concessions in order to enjoy the oversized art and high issue counts.
Avengers The Crossing seems seems a bit overpriced even with the discount.


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A tornado that ripped across central Oklahoma on Monday killed at least 24 people. Here's a look at the 10 deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history, according to the NOAA.
3. St. Louis (1896) -- Buildings and homes along the Mississippi River were swept away or damaged by this twister, which killed 255 and injured an estimated 1,000 people.


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What can be done about noisy air-conditioners?
Issue: The office building near a reader's home has a loud air-conditioning unit and she wants to know how to address the issue.
Status: Jim Beix, epidemiologist with the Wauwatosa Health Department, said that the city doesn't get complaints about air-conditioner noise very often, but there is an ordinance that addresses this issue.
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Doctors are working to learn more about uterine cancer, ways to prevent it, how to best treat it, and how to provide the best care to people diagnosed with this disease. The following areas of research may include new options for patients through clinical trials. Always talk with your doctor about the diagnostic and treatment options best for you.
Tumor genetics. Advances in DNA technology have helped scientists understand how genetic mutations (changes) of tumor suppressor genes (genes that prevent tumor growth), such as PTEN, p53, and Rb, can cause cancer. A uterine cancer with these mutations seems to be less responsive to conventional treatment and is more likely to recur. By testing for these genetic changes, doctors may be able to decide which treatment is appropriate for each woman.
Targeted therapy. Targeted therapy is a treatment that targets specific genes, proteins, or the tissue environment that contributes to cancer growth and survival. Doctors continue to find new targets for treatment in tumor cells. Types of targeted therapy being studied for uterine cancer include anti-angiogenesis therapy, which is focused on stopping angiogenesis, the process of making new blood vessels. Because a tumor needs the nutrients delivered by blood vessels to grow and spread, the goal of anti-angiogenesis therapies is to "starve" the tumor. Other research includes immunotherapy (treatments designed to boost the body's natural defenses to fight the cancer).
Radiation therapy after chemotherapy. For advanced uterine cancer, doctors are exploring the use of radiation therapy after chemotherapy.
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Hyperthermia therapy and chemotherapy. Hyperthermia therapy kills cancer cells by increasing body temperature; it also may make cancer cells respond better to chemotherapy.
Improved drug delivery. Chemotherapy is incorporated into fat molecules called liposomes to improve how the drug works.
Tumor markers. Tumor markers are substances found at higher than normal levels in the blood, urine, or body tissues of some people with cancer. Researchers are investigating whether a tumor marker blood test for CA-125 is helpful in detecting recurrent or metastatic uterine cancer.
Sentinel lymph node biopsy. A sentinel lymph node biopsy is a procedure that helps the doctor know whether cancer has spread to the lymph nodes. This procedure is proven to be useful for breast and other cancers, and doctors are researching its usefulness in uterine cancer.
Fertility preservation. The use of the hormone progesterone is being researched as a treatment for women with early-stage uterine cancer who want to have children in the future.
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Assuming equivalent fitness, what is a fair way to split up weight when hiking as a couple/in mixed gender groups? Should the weight be proportional to the individuals weight? Are there other considerations?
Someone who has overweight isn't normally able to carry more, so weight isn't as important. The height would be more adequate... Muscle strength isn't much important when you go on long hikes... Strength doesn't translate directly to endurance, often it's the opposite - people with smaller muscles are more endure and are actually able to carry more on greater distances.
The most practical solution is not to care about fairness, but of outcome for the group. If someone is doing poorly that day, stays behind etc., take some things from them and give it to the best performing members of the group. As the result, the fastest will go a bit slower, the slowest will go a bit faster and the group as the whole will perform much better.
When I go hiking with my wife or a mixed group, we don't use any fixed figures of x%. Instead we all know roughly what weight we are happy carrying, and if someone feels they could carry more they will offer to help out someone who appears to be struggling or overloaded.
In general, if you are experienced hikers, you will have your pack size/type pretty well nailed for most occasions so shouldn't need to do this, but you may have an inexperienced member of the team, or someone may be a bit off their usual strength through illness etc.
My advice - just work it out between you.
Dividing loads between your trek-mates is a good idea. A better one would be to pack light. In case you want to collectively gain by individually reducing the weight, then my suggestion would be to go by the comfort level of the individuals involved. A strong person might be able to haul more load. But the same one might not be able to perform the same way the next day. The division of labor changes dynamically during treks.
For example: I am used to carrying heavier backpacks during my treks. I usually carry over 15Kg over treks spanning 7 days or more in the Himalayan regions. Whereas, during a weekend trek, with a backpack of just over 3Kg, I whined like a baby (my bad).
Hence, when deciding on dividing your backpacks, think about the current day and the stronger person(s) on the given day. DO NOT go by weight or gender. That never works out.
Happy trekking!
Different people have vastly different styles. Some people carry a lot more weight, some a lot less. If you're interested in cutting your pack weight or moving toward a more lightweight or ultralight style, a good web site to check out is http://backpackinglight.com .
I think many people do use percentage of body weight as a criterion, e.g., I recently hiked with a very small woman (who, BTW, kicked my ass hiking), who had a certain strict figure -- she never carries more than x% of her body weight. (This was just her rule for herself. The three of us on that trip all brought our own gear and didn't re-divvy-up anything.) If you want a figure for comparison, I practice a pretty lightweight/ultralight style for summer in the Sierra, and my normal setup has a base weight (i.e., not counting food or water) of about 9% of my body weight.


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Catering >Celestins Restaurant & Voodou Lounge
1815 K St, Sacramento, CA | Directions 9581438.576237 -121.482439
Tue-Thu 11am-3pm, 5pm-11pm
Fri 11am-3pm, 5pm-12am
Sat 5pm-12am
Neighborhoods: Midtown, Central Sacramento
NO LONGER A FAN – My husband and I decided to revisit Celestin's last night. As it was prime time for dinner, we didn't expect to wait so long for someone to attend to us. It appears that they were "under staffed" and we were subsequently waited on by the bus-boy. He had no idea how to take an order, didn't write anything down, and had to come back to our table several times to clarify our orders and tell us that he wasn't a waiter....Despite specifiying in detail that I was allergic to peppers and onions, our food arrived and my salad was covered in green onions. I ate my entree and promptly handed my salad to my husband. It wasn't until we were done that the bus boy came round to check on us. My husband showed him all of the onions from the salad, and he looked a little puzzled until my husband reminded him of my onion and pepper allergy. There was no offering of a new oinionless salad or anything, just an "oh, I'm sorry about that", and then he dashed off.
After dinner, we left the restaurant unsure of whether we would ever return. Several hous later, both my husband and I battled one of the worst cases of food poisoning we'd ever had. Each of us spent at least 30-45 minutes in the bathroom. We will never be back...
Awesome!! – Break your neck getting to this place. I have never had a bad meal here and I've been coming here for five years. Strange someone from Cuba has no idea how Grio is spelled. The bartenders hands are as heavy as your tips. the Mojitos there are heavenly. without fail I order the sweet potato fries and a small order of GRIO for appetizers. first timers, i would suggest one of about 10 different types of gumbo ranging from chicken to rock shrimp. if youre adventurous, try the rum cake but be warned, i had to take a cab home. bring about 60 bucks and sample the best Cuban, Jamaican, or Carribean food the city has to offer. one star? This place is awesome.
Bad service,Bad food – I went there last night for the 3rd time very disappointing,we order the plantain side dish with the crio and the chicken,got the plantain is a apetizer and 20minutes latter the dinner,rice not cook at all and the plantains where not ripe.Lest no said we wait at the table 15minutes for water and another 15minutes to get our order.I know how this food should be prepare i'm from cuba and our food is similar.Will not go back.
upsetting news – The owners of this restaurant have no loyalty to there employees and treat them like garbage. It is proven by how many people they have let go recently. I would not recomend that anyone dine at their restaurant.
Such a breathe of fresh air! – Colorful, fun, clean and very friendly. It's different -It's new music I haven't heard elsewhere. I felt happy just being there.
Best gumbo in town – The restaurant is festive and wonderfully decorated. I love the voodoo flags. The wine selection is great. The staff is very friendly and professional. Very clean. Great good. I love the plantains and gumbo. Very good desserts.
Great Gumbo – This place has amazing house gumbo. I usually have them kick it up with habanero (they are only too happy to oblige). I think people may have the wrong idea about this gumbo- yes, it is expensive if you look at it as a bowl of soup, but it's more like an entire meal in a bowl. Start it off with some sweet potato fries and a mojito and you've got a spicy break from the usual humdrum downtown fare.
Good – I thought it was great! Great service to, I suggest you get Shanda or Sandra as your waiter she is fantastic! I love the Gumbo.
Service was good, Gumbo wasn't. – I went to Celestin's today for a work lunch. There were nine of us and the service was great. The place had nice colors that were interesting to look at. We were there for a really long time with our lunch, just because we were talking so much. I ordered the house gumbo with sausage because I was told it was great. I didn't think it was that good and I would have been dissapointed if I had to pay for it because I thought it was expensive. Luckily my lunch was picked up by the boss. The bathroom was clean but I didn't like walking by all the prepared meals there from the kitchen on the way to it. I tried the chocolate ice cream, chocolate pie and rum cake and they were all delicious. I think I would try Celestin's again, but I would NOT get the gumbo again.....it is better in New Orleans!
Very good service – We went to Celetin?s for the first time on a Wednesday for dinner and just about had the whole place to ourselves. I believe there may have been three other couples there at the time. The atmosphere was fine but the music was very loud ? not conducive to having an enjoyable and relaxing dinner. We tried the Gumbo which I thought was fairly good but the price was very high ($18) for a bowl. If you don?t have the bread and butter with it you?ll go away hungry. I would say there are many other restaurants in the Sacramento area where you?ll get plenty of good food at a much better price.
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A focus of Dr. Kalkunte's research has been to develop in vitro and animal models for preeclampsia, understand mechanisms for target development, and to screen potential molecules that can prevent the onset of disease. His recent work suggests that preeclampsia is a disorder of protein misfolding and amyloidogenic aggregates. Apart from translational therapeutics and diagnostics, his long-term research interest is to understand factors influencing the developmental origins of chronic disease
BiographyA focus of Dr. Kalkunte's research in collaboration with Dr. Sharma has been to develop in vitro and animal models for preeclampsia, understand mechanisms for target development, and to screen potential molecules that can prevent the onset of disease. Using patient's serum as a "blueprint", Dr. Kalkunte has established novel in vitro and in vivo models for preeclampsia. Using proteomic approaches to identify causative factors in serum, Dr. Kalkunte's work has contributed to identification of dysregulated transthyretin that suggest that preeclampsia is likely disorder of protein misfolding and amyloidogenic aggregates. In addition, Dr. Kalkunte's work has contributed to the understanding of the role of hCG, Tregs, heme, angiogenesis, and complement factors in preeclampsia. His complementary work on enviormental toxicants in preterm birth and polyhydramnios is well appreciated. Together, his long-term goal is to propel translational therapeutics and diagnostic tools from bench to bedside and pursue developmental origins of chronic disease.
AffiliationsAmerican Association of Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA
Sigma Xi,The Scientific Research Society, USA
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New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), USA
American Society of Reproductive Immunology (ASRI), USA
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Lead Investigator Pilot Project I: Satyan Kalkunte, COBRE for Perinatal Biology
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The major goals of this project is to develop in vivo models of preeclampsia, understand the interplay of angiogenesis, apoptosis, and immunology at the maternal-fetal interface that can lead to identification of causative biomarkers and potential targets. This would further help develop strategies for new therapeutic interventions by defining how several of these events impact fetal and newborn development.
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- Kalkunte S, Neubeck S, Norris W, Kostadinov S, Hoang DV, Ahmed A, Shaikh Z, Padbury JP, Berg G, Olofsson A, Markert U, Sharma S. Transthyretin is dysregulated in preeclampsia and its native form prevents the onset of disease in mice. 2012 (Under Revision) (2012)
- Lai Z, Kalkunte S, Sharma S. A critical role of IL-10 in limiting hypoxia-induced preeclampsia-like disease in mice. Hypertension. 57(3),505-14 2011. (2011)
- Kalkunte S, Norris W, Friedman J, Lai Z, Kurtis K, Lim K, Boij R, Padbury J, Matthiesen L, Sharma S. Sera from preeclampsia patients elicits symptoms of human disease in mice and provides a basis for an in vitro predictive assay. Am J Pathol 177, 2387-2398, 2010 (2010)
- Tewari N, Kalkunte S, Murray DM, Sharma S. The water channel aquaporin 1 is a novel molecular target of polychlorinated biphenyls for in utero anomalies. J Biol Chem 284 (22),15224-32, 2009 (2009)
- Kalkunte S, Mselle TF, Norris WE, Wira CR, Sentman CL, Sharma S. VEGF C facilitates immune tolerance and endovascular activity of human uterine NK cells at the maternal-fetal interface. J Immunol 182 (7), 4085-92, 2009 (2009)
- Kalkunte S, Lai Z, Tewari N, Chichester CO, Romero R, Padbury J, Sharma S. In-vitro and in-vivo evidence for lack of endovascular remodeling by third trimester trophoblasts. Placenta. 29, 871-878, 2008 (2008)
- Kalkunte S, Singh AP, Chaves FC et al. Antidepressant and anti-stress activity of GC-MS characterized lipophillic extracts of Ginkgo biloba leaves. Phytother Res. 21(11), 1061-65, 2007 (2007)
- Satyan KS, Jaiswal AK, Ghosal S, Bhattacharya SK. Anxiolytic activity of Ginkgolic Acid conjugates from Indian Ginkgo biloba Linn Psychopharmacology, 136 (2), 148-152, 1998 (1998)
- Satyan KS, Jaiswal AK, Ghosal S, Bhattacharya SK. Effect of Ginkgolic acid conjugates on the brain monoamines and metabolites in rats. Biogenic Amines 13(2), 143151, 1997 (1997)
- Jaiswal AK, Upadhyay SN, Satyan KS,Bhattacharya SK. Behavioral effects of prenatal and postnatal under nutrition in rats. Ind J Exp Biol 34, 12161219, 1996 (1996)


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Record Visitor Participation at "Summer in Prazdroj" Beats All Expectations
15 October 2013
Plzeň, October 14, 2013 – The "Summer in Prazdroj" music festival celebrated its 10th anniversary with a record number of visitors; the series of Thursday concerts at the courtyard of the brewer was visited by nearly 26,000 people. More than 40,000 half-litre glasses of Pilsner Urquell and Gambrinus, plus 8hl flavoured beer novelties of Plzeňský Prazdroj, were served.
This year, from July 11 to August 29, during the "Summer in Prazdroj" event, the series of Thursday concerts traditionally taking place at the courtyard of the Pilsen brewery, about 26,000 visitors consumed more than 40,000 half-litre glasses of traditional Pilsen beers and nearly 8hl of beers mixed with fruit juices, which are now becoming a traditional summer hit.
"Summer in Prazdroj" again gave an opportunity to young talented bands; the winner chosen by public voting got a chance to perform at the renowned Pilsen festival, "Pilsner Fest." This year's series of concerts, which hosted the popular Burma Jones, YoYo band, Odyssea, and even Kamil Střihavka, who came at the end of the festival, offered its visitors high-quality sound provided by a linear sound system. A new tap station distribution system and the introduction of a calm zone had a positive impact on the amount of beer served and the total number of visitors to the Thursday entertainment evening in the brewery.
"We are glad that the Pilsen brewery has become not only a popular tourist destination but also a place where people regularly come to enjoy a good beer and an exceptional music experience provided by known as well as new bands," said Drahomíra Mandíková from Plzeňský Prazdroj, who added: "The best reward for organisers is always the rich participation of visitors and this year it exceeded all our expectations."
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- Plzeňský Prazdroj Inc. is a member of SABMiller plc. group. Pilsner Urquell is the international flagship brand of the SABMiller brand portfolio.
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Kitchen Spotlight: Leslie's Sunny Yellow
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beautiful. anyone know where those chairs came from?
i love this.
i'd be thrilled if this were my kitchen!
*sigh* how nice this is!
Do you know what I want the Kitchen, and AT in general to do? I think that y'all should have a "I rent therefore I can not paint" week. All your posts would be themed around those of us with grumpy landlords who don't allow us to make any permanent changes to our apartments -- you could round up all your best ideas for those of us who live in beige-on-white rooms, with popcorn ceilings, 20 year old appliances, and greige colored wall-to-wall carpet.
My kitchen is the worst -- ugly appliances, ugly linoleum, ugly cabinetry, terrible lighting, and white walls...
Where did those ruffle flowers come from, or how can I make them?? Love this color of yellow, I have it in my living room and it just makes a happier home.
And mlleErica -- promise to paint it back and beg beg beg. I rent too, and I've painted EVERYTHING and nailed a thousand holes in the wall....screw the deposit, just paint.
I emitted a little *sigh* too :)
nice space
that's gorgeous! I painted every room in my rental (my yellow kitchen was a color called Pineapple Soda), just spackle all the holes and paint it back to white when you're about to move out and your landlord (unless he's a complete ahole) will refund your deposit.
just dont paint any walls brown or black- it'll take many days to cover up! every time i get the itch to paint my new apt i remember how big a pain it is to paint it back.
I love yellow kitchens and this is a great one! The flowers are also beautiful and look great against the yellow walls.
I saved today some of my yellow favorites:
Would be very happy to have any of these one day...
Oooo I love yellow kitchens.
i love the green walls in the bedroom complimenting the cheerful yellow kitchen. what color of green is on the bedroom walls? *sigh*...i wish i had as sunny of a kitchen as she does. Cooking would be fun again.
wow, i am jealous.
This kitchen is eerily similar to mine! I even have the same calendar with the cabbages on it, though if it's the same one, we should be on peas right now. :) The yellow on my walls is just a bit more pale, but otherwise pretty close.
I love yellow walls in a kitchen. Kitchens are so broken up with cabinets and appliances, it would be hard for the yellow to become overwhelming. It's sunny and cheerful.
I lovelove white cabinets.
I wish my kitchen got that much light.
Double sigh.
Hi guys - sorry a little late on answering questions.
Shlowzi - the chairs were from DWR years ago. Don't think they have them anymore.
RoseMars - you can get the flowers online here:
Lona - the green in my bedroom is Kelly Moore 'Pick of the Meadow'.
The funny thing about this is that the kitchen is really much more orange in person, but I love how it looks in the photos, too :).
thanks! - Leslie


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Thousands leave Westcountry primary schools without good results in core subjects
Posted: December 13, 2013|
Around a quarter of Westcountry pupils are failing to meet new educational standards in reading, writing and arithmetic, official figures show.
Almost 4,000 primary school pupils in Devon and Cornwall have fallen below the Government's new standards, according to national curriculum tests – known as Sats – which are taken by 11-year-olds.
Schools that fail to meet the target are considered under-performing and face being taken over and turned into academies.
Under new Department for Education rules, for the first time schools are judged on the number of children achieving at least a Level 4 – the standard expected of the age group – in reading and writing as separate subjects, as well as maths. They must ensure that at least 60% of pupils reach this level in all three subjects and meet national averages in pupil progress to be considered above the floor.
Rankings by local authority area put Devon schools top in the region, with 77% of the 6,862 pupils judged as meeting the target. This was a drop from 78% in 2012. The county was rated 57th out of 152 local authorities.
Devon County Council, which was rated above its neighbouring unitary councils as well as Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, said the results must be seen in the context of comparatively low state funding.
Cabinet member for education Will Mumford said he was "delighted" that the county primaries were in the top half of the national achievement table and "ahead of our geographical neighbours".
"We are determined to help our schools close the gap between those who are performing well and those who are achieving high standards," he said.
"The results are a measure of the success of teachers and staff, particularly when you consider they are the sixth worst funded schools in the country. If they were funded at the national average they would have much greater financial flexibility, not only to sustain their position but to ensure our children can succeed and compete on a global basis."
The regional results chimed with national performance which saw 129,000 leaving primary school in July without hitting the expecting standard for their age in the three core subjects.
In Torbay, 77% of the 1,222 pupils made the grade, up from 72% last year – 75th position nationally – while Plymouth's 2,485 pupils also saw a rise from 72% to 77%, making it the 113th best in England. Cornwall, where there are 265 primary schools teaching 5,165 pupils, saw an increase from 73% to 75% making the grade, leaving it in 96th position.
The Department for Education said the data suggested schools are improving and had responded to the challenge of tough targets.
A spokesman said: "Schools with a long history of under-performance, and who are not stepping up to the mark, will be taken over by an academy sponsor.
"The expertise and strong leadership provided by sponsors is the best way to turn around weak schools and give pupils there the best chance of a first-class education."


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My current project involves SharePoint 2010 and Access 2007. The project keeps track of our organization's electronic publications and forms. I started by building lists in MS-Excel. Next I converted the data ranges to tables in Excel and imported them into SharePoint 2010 as lists. Then I exported these SharePoint lists into an Access 2007 database.
The tables in Access are linked to the SharePoint site, so a change made in Access instantly reflects in the SharePoint lists. A colleague had warned of the potential for compatibility problems between Office 2007 and SharePoint, but so far this arrangement has worked pretty much flawlessly.
I exported the list to Access for one reason: to allow me to print. Queries in Access arrange the data, which I then print as reports. The problem now is that I'm the only person who knows the Access database even exists. My boss periodically asks for printed reports, and I'm the only guy who knows how to give them what they want.
In my mind's eye, the ideal solution would be to place a "Print" button in the SharePoint dashboard that any user can click to print out a usable report from Access. They don't even need to know that Access is involved. (Whenever I bring up Access, people's eyes start glazing over.)
Do I need to get acquainted with SharePoint Designer? Any tips or suggestions?


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Yes, I started the lynch on Paperhorse. You, however, followed me in lynching her. You can't fault me for lynching her if you're someone who agreed on the reasons for doing so. As well as that, I also led a bandwagon on Soulmaster, who turned out to be town as well. You can't use the alignment that a lynchee flips as evidence towards someone being mafia unless there are pretty obvious reasons for doing so; a lynch carried out with at least decent reasoning shouldn't really count against the person who led it. Additionally, there're examples from earlier on in the game wherein townie members led a mislynch -- like Day 6. Baron Dante led the lynch of Synthesis, who turned out to be town. Nobody doubted him for that.
As for your 'second' accusation, I didn't 'vehemently' defend her. It was a mild 'defence' at best, and it's possible to put trust in the wrong person. I've done it before, and it's not that difficult to repeat mistakes like those in mafia games. :/
I know you're only just semi-suspicious of me.


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Firefighters, town talk contract
Date: September 30, 2009
by: Kurt Schultheis | City Editor
Another meeting between the Longboat Key Fire Rescue union and the town's labor attorney did nothing to bring either side closer to a contract that's suitable for both parties.
For the third meeting in a row, labor attorney Reynolds Allen, of Allen, Norton & Blue, told firefighters the town is in no position to offer them raises in the first year of a three-year contract.
And, for the third meeting in a row, firefighters voiced displeasure with that claim.
The town is offering a new three-year contract — from Oct. 1, 2009, through Sept. 20, 2012 — that denies the firefighters cost-of-living and step increases for at least the first year of the contract.
"We are, for the most part, proposing to keep the contract the same as it is," Allen said. "And the union made a counter proposal that includes $750,000 in new money over a three-year contract."
The firefighters want 5% cost-of-living allowance increases in years two and three of the contract, eligibility of wage increases and the creation of a retirement health-savings plan that allows participants to access 100% of their balance when they leave.
Allen said he went over the firefighter proposal with the Town Commission, and they found it unacceptable.
"We tried to make it clear we are not willing to spend money in the first year of this contract," Allen said.
"That position has not changed."
The town, however, is looking into a firefighter proposal that would amend the firefighter pension plan, allowing eligible participants to retire after 20 years of service at any age or 10 years of service and age 55.
Keith Tanner, a firefighter-paramedic and district vice president for the Longboat Key District of International Association of Firefighters, said decreasing the eligible retirement age from 25 years to 20 years and creating the health-savings plan will help save the town almost $700,000 over the course of the three-year contract and close to $2 million over a 10-year period.
"With this proposal, what the town will save on pension costs alone will more than adequately give us what we're asking for, and, in turn, bring us up to par to the departments in this area," Tanner said.
Allen confirmed that Finance Director Tom Kelley and the town's pension actuary are reviewing the pension proposal.
"If those numbers are correct, then we have something to talk about," Allen said.
But Allen refused to budge on raises, even after the firefighters disputed the town's current financial status.
"The town wants to decrease millage rates at the expense of $300,000 worth of raises and cost-of-living allowances," said firefighter-paramedic Jeff Bullock. "I don't see where the town likes me anymore as an employee."
Tanner agreed.
"The town has money," said Tanner, referring to the town's $4.7 million in reserves. "But the town tells us we have no money, and then the commission gets together and lowers the millage rate."
Allen, however, insinuated that the firefighters should be happy that they still have jobs and are not being forced to take a pay cut.
"The bottom line is whether the town has the money or not. It's obvious financials are not like they once were," said Allen, who pointed out that the city of Fort Myers just laid off 17 firefighters. "We are not proposing to you nearly as severe of an activity as many other communities are."
But the firefighters were concerned with the town's actions.
"All I can say is it's a slap in the face to us when the town's unreserved fund balance goes up, and the commission lowers the millage rate," Tanner said.
If the town and the union cannot agree on a contract, one side would declare an impasse, at which time a special magistrate would review both proposals and make a decision that's not legally binding, essentially bringing both sides back to the table for future negotiations.
The fire department's current contract expired May 31, which means the department continues to operate on the status quo on a month-to-month basis until a new contract is reached.
In the town's current contract, a Longboat Key firefighter paramedic's top salary is $76,643, and the entry-level salary is $51,309.
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