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Applications are invited by The Central Recruitment Agency, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh on behalf of the District and Sessions Judges of the State of Haryana, from eligible candidates for the Recruitment of 424 Clerks in the Subordinate Courts of Haryana under EMPLOYMENT NOTICE No. 13C/CRA/HR/2015. Interested candidates can apply online only through www.recruitmenthighcourtchd.com from 06.04.2015 to 26.04.2015
High Court of Punjab and Haryana website: http://highcourtchd.gov.in
Recruitment page: www.recruitmenthighcourtchd.com
Vacancy Details:
Post: Clerks in the Subordinate Courts of Haryana
Total No. of Posts- 424
Age: 18 to 42 years. Age Relaxation is applicable as per the rules.
Pay Scale: Rs.520020200/-
Qualification: The applicant should possess a degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science or equivalent thereto from a recognized university. He must have passed matriculation with Punjabi as one of the subject and must have proficiency in operation of computers (Word Processing and spread sheets).
Selection Process: written examination
How to Apply: Interested candidates can apply online only through www.recruitmenthighcourtchd.com from 06.04.2015 to 26.04.2015
Important Dates:
Candidate can apply online from: 06.04.2015
Last date/time for Registration Step I: 26.04.2015 11:59 P.M.
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University of Calgary Firearms Association (UCFA) / Pheasants Forever Calgary (PFC)
First-Time Mentored Pheasant Hunt
On Saturday, September 15th, the Inaugural University of Calgary Firearms Association (UCFA) / Pheasants Forever Calgary (PFC) First-Time Mentored Pheasant Hunt took place at the venerable Spruce Creek Upland Club (SCUC). The event was made possible thanks to funding from an Anonymous donor and MacFarlane's Pheasants who provided the birds.
17 members of UCFA were provided a seminar on Upland Birds and Upland Bird Hunting in Alberta. This was followed by a shooting session that featured professional one-on-one coaching aimed at improving technique for success afield.
The highlight of the day featured teams of three mentees, a mentor and a dog handler. The groups wandered the fields behind some of the best pointing dogs in the business in pursuit of the wily ring-necked pheasant. Everybody got shots at roosters and most everyone was successful in bagging at least one bird. Some first-timers shot as many as three.
It was a cool, cloudy day with a low ceiling, high humidity and drizzle. The valley was lit up with red, yellow, orange and green fall tones. The hunt was as close to the real thing as it could get. The dogs and the birds did their part and the volunteers stepped up accordingly.
The day ended in the cleaning room with a cleaning demonstration where everyone got to try a hand at skinning a whole bird. A discussion on cooking upland birds ended the day and everyone got to take home a professionally-wrapped whole pheasant for the table.
A good time was had by all and several members suggested that the event 'exceeded expectations.'
Thanks to all of the volunteers that worked the day and special thanks to the staff and board of SCUC for their excellent service and support. There could not have been a better venue for this event.
More Photos of this event can be viewd in our Photo Galleries

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1. Richmond (Last week: -)
The Tigers produced a very even team performance in their biggest game of the season, beating Collingwood by 28 points. The premiers will look to win their 19th straight game at the MCG on Friday night, where they will host the Cats.
2. West Coast (-)
The Eagles struggled in Hobart, playing without Josh Kennedy and Luke Shuey and paid the price, losing to North Melbourne by 40 points. Kennedy is doubtful to play in the derby on Sunday, while Shuey is expected to return after being managed this weekend.
3. Collingwood (-)
The Pies fought bravely but in their end their mounting injury list proved to be too much against the Tigers. Collingwood lost Jeremy Howe to a concussion early in the game and appear to have lost defender Matt Scharenberg for the season with a suspected ACL tear, denting their premiership chances.
After a poor first half, the Giants did what they needed to, overcoming St. Kilda by 25 points to stay within striking distance of the top four. They will take on Carlton at Etihad Stadium on Sunday, looking to continue their rise up the ladder.
5. Port Adelaide (-)
A dominant second half from the Power in Ballarat gave them a 44-point victory over the Bulldogs. In a tough day for big men, Charlie Dixon starred kicking five goals. Port Adelaide take on cross-town rivals Adelaide in the Showdown, where they could end the season of their arch rivals.
6. Melbourne (+2)
The Dees produced a mighty performance in Adelaide to beat the Crows by 13 points and move closer to their first finals appearance since 2006. Another powerful third quarter in which they kicked seven goals helped them salute in Jordan Lewis' 300th game. Melbourne hosts the Suns on Sunday at the MCG.
7. Geelong (-)
The Cats finished comfortable winners at home against the Lions, winning by 42 points. Big forward Tom Hawkins continued his hot patch of form, kicking another seven goals. They will need him to replicate this form when they take on Richmond at the MCG in a Friday night blockbuster.
8. Essendon (+1)
Essendon remain a chance to play finals following a big win against the Swans on Friday night. Their 43-point win came thanks to a dominating midfield performance and a nine goal to four second half. Essendon play the Hawks at the MCG on Saturday afternoon, a crucial game for both teams' finals chances.
9. Hawthorn (+3)
The Hawks dominated Fremantle at Optus Stadium, recording a 59-point victory. Brownlow favourite Tom Mitchell starred again, collecting 42 disposals and kicking two goals. Hawthorn faces Essendon at the MCG on Saturday.
10. North Melbourne (+1)
The Kangaroos defeated a depleted Eagles side in Hobart to stay a chance to play finals. Paul Ahern had 37 disposals and 12 clearances to help the Kangas win by 40 points. They travel to the Gabba to face the Lions on Saturday, trying to stay alive in the finals race.
11. Sydney (-5)
The Swans have now lost four of their past five and are in serious danger of missing out on September action. Sydney's inability to score continues to haunt them, kicking a solitary point in the final quarter as the Bombers ran riot. They host the Pies on Saturday night at the SCG, desperately needing a win.
12. Adelaide (-2)
The Crows' season appears to be done after their loss to the Demons at home on Saturday night. They could not recover from a disastrous third term, losing by 13 points. The Crows will have to beat their arch rivals Port Adelaide to remain a slight chance to feature in September.
13. Brisbane (-)
Brisbane had no answers for Tom Hawkins and the Cats, finishing 42-point losers at the Cattery. Brisbane held firm in the first half, but conceded 11 goals in the second half, seemingly ending their run of good form. The Lions host North Melbourne at the Gabba on Saturday.
14. Fremantle (-)
The Dockers posed no challenge to the Hawks at home, losing by 59 points. They continued to struggle without star captain Nat Fyfe. Fremantle face rival West Coast on Sunday afternoon.
15. Western Bulldogs (+1)
The Bulldogs get the rare honour of moving up after a loss, no thanks to their own performance on Sunday. After a spirited first half, the Bulldogs once again fell away in the second half to continue the trend for them. The Dogs face St. Kilda Saturday night at Etihad Stadium.
16. St. Kilda (+1)
The Saints' poor kicking kept them from holding a commanding half time lead against the Giants. They were able to have 40 inside-50s to 18 in the first half but could not replicate that form, falling away to lose by 25 points.
17. Carlton (+1)
This, for the record is not an error. Carlton actually won another game in 2018, thanks mainly to star Patrick Cripps. The Blues won their first game in over two months up at Metricon Stadium. They will look to go back to back when they face the Giants at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
18. Gold Coast (-3)
After what they would have hoped would be a club inspiring victory against the Swans in Sydney, the Suns failed to repeat the good work of the week prior. Midfielder David Swallow did not feature after the first quarter, suffering a concussion after a Patrick Cripps tackle, with skipper Steven May reported for a high bump on Ed Curnow.


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Have you get done with regular movie concept and hunting for the serious movie? Mulk is here to entertain you in a great way starrer Rishi Kapoor, Tapsi Pannu, Prateek Babbar and Ashutosh Rana. Let's check it out movie review here.
Mulk Movie Review
- Genre – Drama
- Star Cast – Rishi Kapoor, Manoj Pahwa, Taapsee Pannu, Ashutosh Rana, Prateik Smit Babbar, Neena Gupta, Rajat Kapoor, Prachee Shah, Kumud Mishra
- Director – Anubhav Sinha
- Rating – 3.5/5
Story of Mulk movie
The story of Mulk revolves around Muraad Ali and his family living in Banaras. But Muraad Ali's son takes a wrong way and becomes a terrorist. Muraad Ali and his family are not aware of it. And therefore Muraad and his family have to go through a lot of problems since they are accused of being terrorist. Now, the story is that how this family claims their innocence for the crime that they did not. And how to get their respect once again. Apart from it, this movie is worth to watch as it also puts light on other important issues. The story of this movie is very intriguing and will keep you engaged with the chair.
Weakness of the Movie
The starting 15-20 minutes are all about introducing the characters and therefore you need to hold some patience since it can make you a bit bored. If the starting 15-20 minutes would have been managed in a sophisticated manner then the overall movie is good and does not hold any weak points.
What Are The Plus Points
Talking about Mulk's plus points, the script, screenplay, and dialogues are excellent. The movie is worth to get applauded because of outstanding direction. Moreover, Anubhav Sinha did a great job by emphasizing other aspects. Whether it is Swachh Bharat or Notbandi issues, prominent cases have been shown in this movie. You will definitely love this movie since it is not all about Hindu Or Muslim but a father fighting for justice and peace. The movie is more than what you think.
Talking about the performance of the actors, everyone did a great job. Manoj Pahava introduces his outstanding performance. On the other hand, Rishi Kapoor adds an incredible value to this movie adding his unparalleled acting skills. Whether is about body language or dialogue delivery, he did everything in a beautiful way. Ashutosh Rana also impresses you and will keep you engaged with the chair until the end. Among these talented peoples, Taapsi Pannu does not leave any stone unturned to impress you. Prateek Babbar will be shown in small character but it is an impressive role. If you have been looking for a great option, you have landed at the right platform as this movie would not let you confused or down. The best thing about the movie is that everything about the movie is brilliant and worth to watch with family and friends. Do book your ticket to enjoy and have a great lesion.
If you have been hunting for a good movie, then you have landed at the right place. So, what are you waiting for? It is time to go ahead and book your ticket for Mulk. Do not forget to do share your feedback with us. We are here to listen to you.
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15.4 – "Clean up" your Handstand Push-Ups
What you need to know:
- Go by feel, not tactic;
- Never go to failure in Handstand Push-Up;
- Keep your rest at a minimum;
- Do Power Cleans;
- Stay focussed;
- Don't make a Josh Bridges;
- Keep a "tracker" in the corner.
Wow. This one really shocked me.
When Castro announce that there would be a scaled division in the Open, I knew that would be some changes and my guess where that the workouts would start with some more skilled movements in the RX division then usually.
My first guesses came true last week, I thought that they would make a workout, where instead of finishing with a muscle-up you would have to start with one, which by the way I truly hope that you did get your first muscle-up, or even your second to.
I wasn't prepared for this that he, Dave Castro, would add another skilled movement to The Open. But he did, so lets talk about 15.4.
I really like this workout. I might even love this on. It is one of those workouts that I think that most people would enjoy to do.
It would not give you the same horrible feeling as workouts like Fran, Grace etc. would do. Instead it demands that you are focussed all the way thru or else you will get a technical breakdown which in the end would mean, that you are getting a "no rep", and nobody wants a "no rep".
Let see, what does 15.4 has to offer to you:
As you can see it only consist of two movements, Handstand Push-Up and Cleans.
My first advice, and maybe my best advice to thise workout: DO NOT, make a Josh Bridges. By that, I mean do not try to make strict handstand push-ups.
Be smart, take your time and make some beautiful kipping push-ups. It will help you in the end. This is only a 8 minute workout, and to be honest I think that you should forget all about tactics. No need to make a master plan before this workout. Its a sprint.
You should go by feel. By feel, I mean that you should do as many handstand push-ups as possible every time, but always feel like you have 2-3 HSPU left in the tank. That way, your body is recovering faster and therefor you can keep the rest at a minimum while still maintaining a good pace.
I'm not going to talk so much about the clean, as most people can make a good clean. For some, the weight in this workout can be heavy.
If you think that the weight is heavy, then do singles and preferably, what some may refer to, as a squat clean. But if you can then do power cleans, they are faster and allows you to keep a higher pace. Remember, this is only a 8 minute workout and most of you, are going to need the rest over at the handstand push-up.
I'm going to steal an good advice from Nicole Carrol, as she said, the rep scheme is a little bit tricky in this workout, so have someone in your corner tracking your reps and telling you what to do next. Your should only be focussing on making some good reps as fast as possible.
For those of you, who don't know how to perform a kipping handstand push-up, here is a little guide for you:
1.To perform a handstand push-up your foundation has to be good: So place your hands on the ground and the put your head on the ground to. Your two hands and head should form a triangle where the head is the top of the triangle. Your hands should be a little wider than shoulder's width and your forearms should be vertical. Now you should have a good foundation for your handstand push-up.
2. Now kick up against the wall, so that you now are standing up side down. From here, you take your knees slowly down to your elbows while trying to maintain as flat of a back as possible, as it should only be you butt, which isn't in touch with the wall by now.
3. You are now standing in a good position, to make an explosive movement (the kip). Now, simultaneously, drive your hips thru the ceilings as explosive as possible while you are pushing into a handstand. If you did it well enough, you should now be standing up side down, just like in before. While pushing your self into a handstand, remember to keep your head neutral and drive your head thru your arms to ensure a full lockout.
4. Repeat previous, until finish with your set of handstand push-up.
As you begin to master the kipping handstand push-up, you will find out that you can begin to shorten the length of your kip, which means that you don't always has to bring your knees all the way down to your elbows.
But have fun, and play around with the handstand push-up. It is a great and fun movement to master.
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The defining motive of the cottage reconstruction was a comfortable ambient within a reasonable budget upon a client's request. The original composition is remodeled by restructuring volumes of existing materials within the building. By shifting of components we connected the whole interior space. The only moment of cubature increasing is a C-shaped terrace and a submerged exterior storage room. A carve-out of the terrace and a connection of multiple terraces (indoor, garden and front terraces) implies the possibility to keep it engaged during every season. It's presumed to host the majority of cottage life and happenings. The original object's mass is remarkably lightened, yet it still shows in the final visage. A fusion of old and new is tangible in the material as well – in wood paneling in bright shades. Sliding wooden shutters create a feeling of plasticity on the facade even with window openings closed. Closer contact with the surrounding nature is realized through larger glazing, mostly towards the terrace. The reconstruction created "open space" in the daily section of the proposed disposition. Its dominant feature has become a central hanging fireplace, which is complemented by the illumination of the upper part of the kitchen and entrance stairs. This space is visually connected all around the perimeter of the terrace with its surroundings.
This solution created a new, contemporary layout within the required standards. After its reconstruction, the cottage has the potential to provide an enjoyable experience of merging surrounding nature with the interior.


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Our work in criminal justice
Contact with the criminal justice system can have a significant impact on people's chances in life, particularly for those who are very young or who are vulnerable or disadvantaged, for example by homelessness, substance misuse and mental health problems. At the same time, many of those from vulnerable groups are over-represented within the criminal justice system, as both victim and perpetrator.
Youth justice is our main focus in criminal justice research. Through our research, we explore the factors that lead to young people coming into contact with the justice system, what could have been done to intervene earlier, and the extent to which their interaction with the system can help (or hinder) them to stop offending and improve their educational outcomes and wider life chances.
Our team
- Ash PatelProgramme Head, Justice
- Director, Justice
Our impact in criminal justice
Research from the Prison Reform Trust has been influential in the campaign for reform of the controversial law of joint enterprise, whereby defendants can be convicted of the same offence even where they have different levels of involvement in the incident. The report informed a Parliamentary briefing and subsequent debate, as part of a body of evidence revealing the extent of miscarriages of justice under the law.
Our work with the Michael Sieff Foundation to secure implementation of the recommendations of the Carlile Report on the effectiveness of the Youth Court has had some early impact. For example, the Bar Standards Board has introduced standards for barristers dealing with youth cases, and we are funding the Centre for Justice Innovation to pilot problem-solving courts for children.
Research we co-funded with the NSPCC led to improvements in policy and practice for young witnesses in criminal proceedings, as well as revealing areas in which the state is failing in its commitment to enable young witnesses to give their best evidence. This work, presented in our Measuring Up? reports was updated by the NSPCC in 2019.


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2018 is upon us. Right about now, most companies are looking at Q1 budgets, and planning for the next thing never stops. This post helps you with some tips for setting your 2018 online advertising budget.
Consider Your Overall Marketing Budget
How much you allocate to online advertising is dependant on your overall marketing budget, which itself depends on annual sales, the size of your business, and how much your competition is spending, among other factors. Typically, a marketing budget will include a base amount, divided into subcategories.
One method used to determine the base amount is through percentage of your gross revenue. For example, The U.S. Small Business Administration recommends spending 7 to 8 percent of your gross revenue for marketing and advertising if you're doing less than $5 million a year in sales and your net profit margin — after all expenses — is in the 10 percent to 12 percent range.
Other methods used to determine the base marketing budget include setting a flat dollar amount based on what you think the company can afford, or reviewing how much your competitors are spending. With the base amount set in your overall marketing budget, you can then determine how much you can spend on online advertising.
Consider Specific Spend Across Different Online/Digital Channels
Online advertising has one benefit that other advertising methods can not offer. It enables measurement of ROI for every dollar spent. Now, how much should you spend across the different online/digital channels you ask? Here are some conclusions generated from Forrester Research and eMarketer, which show the estimated allocation of marketing funds offline vs. online and across the digital channels.
- In 2018, the average firm was expected to allocate 41% of their marketing budget to online, and this rate is expected to grow to 45% by 2020
- Search engine marketing will capture the largest share of online spend with online display (banner ads, online video, etc.) taking the second largest share
- Social media advertising investments will continue to grow, with a 17% compound annual growth rate from 2016 to 2021, and is expected to represent 25% of total online spending in 2018.
- Mobile marketing has grown to a point that it's no longer tracked in the forecast and it's presumed to be considered across all channels
- Digital marketing is pacing at an 11% compound annual growth rate between 2016 and 2021 with the biggest growth occurring in online video.
- Investment in paid search, display advertising, social media advertising, online video advertising and email marketing is predicted to account for 46% of all advertising by 2021.
Ultimately, the nature of your business, analyzing the competitive marketplace, and knowing how your target customers typically find your type of product, content or service, should be the driving force behind where your marketing funds are allocated.
Production Costs for the Content
The quality of your content for online advertising is dependant on how much you want to spend to produce the ad. With content being more important than ever in gaining attention, driving traffic and growing revenue, keep in mind "you get what you pay for," and you want your ads to look professional.
If you want stellar online ads that have the potential to go viral, you have to have a good production budget. Production costs to consider within your online advertising budget include:
- Video
- Photography
- Graphic Design
- Written Content
- Website / Landing Pages
Production costs for online ad creation can often be overlooked or not budgeted accordingly, because – far too often – creative is an afterthought. However, these are necessary costs if you are looking to have effective online advertising.
Thinking about adding video advertising into your mix for 2018?
Read the Video Advertising Playbook to get started on the right track.
In order to achieve success in 2018, review your overall marketing budget, determine how much to spend on online advertising, and consider where to allocate your production funds. With online advertising, you can enjoy the perk of being able to monitor your marketing costs and effectiveness throughout the year so you can well prepare for the next.


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Begin working with photos – a smart and great strategy to assist your kids if they are just starting out discover ways to read will be to understand the sounds of letters by making use of photos. If you keep on doing this, your kids will remember all of the letters the soonest time possible. When training my pupils to read through, Normally I commence with photos, it's just natural and simple for those my little ones : ) As an illustration, existing the message "a", reduced circumstance, audio it all out together with a photograph of any the apple company.
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The perfect method is the one that educates the two phonetic reading and reading by eyesight. It has to also integrate things How To Teach A Child To Read – Advice From A Primary School Teacher make your child captivated and actually seeking to understand how to go through. If you get your children experiencing their training, it only indicates that they are savoring looking at also.


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At Mavatar we are offering a different solution: a digital marketplace that changes the way advertisers and shoppers create mutual growth. Our clients are big retailers and brick and mortar shops that are competing with Amazon. We are giving them software to create their marketplace and/or their social/affiliate marketing platform and control their own brand image and influencer marketing.
We are using Google Analytics and Mixpanel but we are moving everything to Pyze. We are happy with it because there is no other platform that allows us to track customers on mobile, web and offline. They offer an end-to-end omnichannel experience.
We use Crashlytics for mobile app tracking.
We have Insightly and we like it so far. Our customers are big retailers and there are only so many of them and each has a different need. Our solutions are customized to each customer.
Slack is pretty good--people love it. Unfortunately with all these different channels, it is very easy to lose important information. It would be nice to have a search navigator across all of them.
We like to keep our relationship with our customers personalized so we do not need to use any tools.
So far so good with MailChimp, but we have a series of in-house tools designed to integrate it.
I personally love Dropbox, and they are constantly improving the tool. We started with them and we will stick with them for awhile as it is really hard for a company to migrate from one platform to another.
We have our own office but we work out of some shared places--for example Bespoke in San Francisco and Spaces in Menlo Park.
We have our own office but we work out of some shared places--for example Bespoke in San Francisco and Spaces in Menlo Park.
Papertrail has brought great value to the engineering team buy allowing to us see, in real-time, the execution of our algorithms. Our code relies on communication and synchronization with external sites, and Papertrail allows us to quickly see, in real-time, if anything goes wrong.
Mavatar is a recipient of the Google Developers Startup Pack. This program allowed us to build and scale our platform on Google Cloud Platform efficiently and quickly. We are very happy with the platform and proud that Mavatar was qualified to receive such a valuable grant.
By providing a clean and unified interface for using SMS and MMS, Twilio has made it very straightforward for our platform to close the gap between online and offline using our proprietary interface and capabilities. To implement these functionalities, the platform has shielded us from the complexities of dealing with multiple different telecom carriers and having to deal with exchange protocols and various pricing models. We have a clean interface and unified pricing, for domestic as well as international.
We use Google Hangouts every day to connect with our offshore team. It is better than Skype. We were able to have 12 people on a call at one time and we could still do screen sharing etc.
Attach.io is a great tool to create presentations and get analytics from it. When you send the presentation, it tracks how many people viewed it and the time spent on each slide. Data analytics is very close to my heart and Attach.io provides good insights.
Asana doesn't have a lot of the features that other tools have. It is a bit hard to create and track soft tasks. It is cheaper for startups. The learning curve is really low. When our business scales up, we may need to integrate it with more extensive tools. We hope that by then they will have added more features.
We are happy with GitHub and Apiary.
We are happy with GitHub and Apiary.


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Mousetrap - 'Snowman Workshop'
8th December 2017
We're walking in the air…WOW! What a treat for Year 7. This month the students are studying 'The Snowman' by Raymond Briggs in English and Humanities. On Wednesday 29 November Year 7 were lucky enough to see the stage show at the Peacock Theatre. It was fantastic and the children were all brilliant. On Monday 4 December the students took part in a two hour drama and movement workshop based on the story and show with the Mousetrap Theatre Company. Once again, the children were all excellent and really enjoyed feeling like a part of the show. Miss Driver and Miss Swaffield would love to see any pictures and props the children make about The Snowman at home to complement the work taking place in class.


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cat-and-mouse fun with the Bank of England; interesting to hear that Google's cache is still trackable via CSS references
A python framework based on one-way pipes and generators, from the BBC, used to build their "Macro" super-PVR. May be some ideas for IPC::DirQueue here
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CSG Transportation Policy Academy 2012: Highlights & Resources
The Council of State Governments hosted the 2012 CSG Transportation Policy Academy June 26-28 in Washington, DC just as Congressional negotiators were reaching final agreement on a new federal surface transportation bill. Eight state legislators from seven states and representing all four of CSG's regions attended the academy. The group included five legislators who chair transportation committees in their respective states. The policy academy agenda included visits to Capitol Hill and the U.S. Department of Transportation, a bus tour of regional transportation construction projects hosted by the Virginia Department of Transportation and briefings on such topics as the state of the nation's infrastructure, the importance of infrastructure investment to the economy, the future of the federal-state partnership in transportation and innovative transportation financing options for states including public-private partnerships and state infrastructure banks. Here are some highlights of remarks by policy academy briefers and links to resources where you can learn more.
Transportation Policy Academy attendees following meeting at U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., June 28, 2012. Attendees included from L to R: Rep. Jonathan Barnett (R-AR), Rep. Judy Clibborn (D-WA), Rep. Karen St. Germain (D-LA), Rep. Christopher Perone (D-CT) and Rep. Rex Damschroder (R-OH). Not pictured but also attending the policy academy: Rep. Bob Godfrey (D-CT), Sen. Jeff Mullis (R-GA) and Rep. Alex Willette (R-ME)
Keynote Speaker: Sean Connaughton, Virginia Secretary of Transportation
On the High-Occupancy Toll Express lanes under construction on I-495, the Capital Beltway…
"One of the things we're finding is that we have to get more out of the (road) capacity that we have. If you look and see how urban and how congested and how built up the community is around our roadways, we can't go any further out. So we're trying to figure out ways we can get more out of the capacity that we have. Those Express Lanes (on I-495, the Capital Beltway) are exactly that … When we had it as a state project, we were just going to add two extra lanes onto the Beltway. It was going to be $2.5 billion project and we were going to take 400 homes and 30 office buildings in the Tyson's area. We had an unsolicited (public-private partnership) come in. They could add four lanes. They took four homes, no office buildings and the cost was $1.5 billion. They're ahead of schedule. In fact, they're delivering bridges a year ahead of schedule. And so we're actually going to open them up in November of this year and we're very, very excited about it."
On Virginia's inland port in Front Royal…
"We built this facility to take trucks off of I-81 down to the port. We've been successful. We've taken about 45,000 to 50,000 trucks a year going down to the port and coming back. But what we didn't expect to happen is at this intermodal facility—it's essentially an intermodal facility—we now have 7,000 jobs located in and around this inland port, $2 billion in economic development, logistics facilities, chemical plants. We've had all different types of manufacturing facilities locate around this facility. Now everyone is demanding one of these intermodal facilities."
On why the state has emphasized public-private partnerships and tolling…
"In Virginia, we have not raised our gas tax since 1986-87. It is at 17.5 cents. It's one of the lowest in the country. And also if you look at inflation, it's essentially half of what it was. The other challenge that we have is we are really starting to see the impact of the CAFÉ standards … I have more cars in Virginia than I had five years ago. I have dramatically more vehicle miles being driven in Virginia. My gas tax revenues are going down … Tolling is to me the wave of the future. Virginia is a little bit ahead of everybody else because we've been able to get some of these projects moving …When you look at really where the future is going to be, it is about tolling and it is about public-private partnerships."
Additional Resources
Virginia Office of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - Morning Plenary Session
Speaker: Brian Pallasch, Managing Director of Government Relations and Infrastructure Initiatives, American Society of Civil Engineers
On "identifying the problem…"
"We're actually making progress on (infrastructure). It may not feel like progress … but I think one of the ways that we see progress being made as we've looked at some of the opinion polls, as we've gone around the country and talked to not only state legislators and engineers but regular citizens shall we say, they all acknowledge that there's a problem. No one is left standing saying 'oh, our infrastructure's great. We don't need to do anything about it.' So we're at the point of what I call problem identification and everyone sort of agrees that there's a problem. We are not at all yet agreed on what the set of solutions are to solve those problems …"
On ASCE's 2009 "Report Card for America's Infrastructure"…
"In 2009, ASCE gave the infrastructure a grade of a 'D' and that's based on 15 categories … With the grade of a 'D,' the other thing that we've tried to calculate is sort of what's it really going to cost for us to actually rebuild some of our nation's infrastructure and when we talk about that, our goal is sort of a grade of 'B.' … We felt after all of our calculations … that the total need on infrastructure over a five-year period starting in 2009 was about $2.2 trillion … We feel if you look at how we've been investing at the federal, state and local level, that about half of that money is going to be spent over that five-year period."
On the condition of transportation infrastructure…
"One third of our major roads are in poor or mediocre condition. Forty-five percent of our urban highways are congested …We spend 4.2 billion hours a year stuck in traffic. That's a cost of $78 billion … The current spending is about $70 billion for capital investment from all levels of government … When it comes to our bridges, 26 percent or one in four are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete."
On ASCE's report on the cost of failing to act to invest in infrastructure…
"The calculation … was $1,060 dollars a year over the next 10 years to a family due to this problem of under-investing in our surface transportation system. Part of that's in lost wages. Part of that's in the money that we pay to fix our vehicles and our lost time. There were about 800,000 jobs that will be lost over that 10-year period between now and 2020 … The job gains are actually in things like auto repair because we're going to have to spend money on fixing our vehicles. But we lose jobs in high-skilled areas and wages get suppressed in certain areas as well … The transportation costs to businesses also go up. The calculation in this report says $430 billion over the 10 years, which is a significant amount of money. If you just divide that by 10, you get to $43 billion, which is more than the Federal government is currently spending on surface transportation … Our gross domestic product underperforms by $897 billion …"
On raising the gas tax…
"We pay every day already. We're already paying. We're paying in a different way … If you raise the gas tax 10 cents, which is anathema to many people and I understand that, but if you did that, you'd raise X millions of dollars—at the federal level, it's about $1.5 billion for every penny … And the amount of change that you might have might actually save me the equivalent of whatever extra I was paying. It's possible and we certainly would have better infrastructure. But to have that conversation is an impossibility at this point … Everybody wants something but they don't want to have to pay for it."
Additional Resources
"2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure"
"Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Surface Transportation Infrastructure," July 2011
Speaker: Janet Kavinoky, Executive Director for Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Vice President, Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition
On MAP-21, the federal surface transportation authorization bill…
"You're going to see I think substantial opportunities to speed up project delivery … You'll see a consolidated set of federal programs so states aren't going to have to deal with 108 different categories. But in that consolidation of programs there will be more requirements for accountability and part of that is states being able to say 'this is how we spent the money.' …
"This is going to be a reform bill. It may not be massive amounts of reform, not a total overhaul of the federal program but that's not what we do in Washington. But at least the groundwork I think to be able to go out in the future—and by the future I mean starting about the week after this thing passes—and talk about how we need sustainable, predictable, growing sources of revenue so the federal government can keep up its commitment to transportation. So I think that there are going to be a lot of positive things coming out of this."
On why the impetus will remain on states despite the bill…
"I personally believe I think you will continue to see more money (for transportation) coming at the state and local level in part because it's easier to identify projects, it's easier to tell the voters what they're going to get for it. But that doesn't mean that you give Washington a pass and let them walk away …"
On what's left undone by the legislation…
"(This bill) will be good through (September 2014) and it does not solve the problem of what's the future role and the future funding sources for transportation at the federal level. On the one hand you could say we'll just throw it in with the rest of the federal budget, forget the Highway Trust Fund, nobody wants to increase user fees, nobody wants to increase the gas tax. But that means that we're just going to play the appropriations game every year and you certainly aren't going to know what your state is going to get. On the other hand we can find a way to find revenues, keep them in a protected trust fund and at least provide some certainty going forward. Unfortunately I think that still puts in your hands the issue of how do we do a good job of prioritizing, how do we choose our wants from our needs and then what kind of campaigns or ballot initiatives are going to have to be waged at the state level or what type of courage is it going to take from you all to raise the state revenues that you need overall."
Additional Resources
Free Enterprise blog: Articles by Janet Kavinoky
Speaker: Edward Wytkind, President, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
On inaction from Washington…
"There are too many members of Congress who are ignoring what's happening to the country, who are ignoring what state and local government are having to deal with. … The transportation system is falling apart and we have too many politicians who either don't get it or don't care … We have lost our way in trying to figure out how to fund a transportation system that is completely falling apart … The economy is the victim here and if businesses don't thrive, my members don't work. Pretty simple stuff. It's not about ideology. It's not about whether I like Democrats or Republicans. It's about the fact that Washington is not doing its job and it's forcing Georgia (which has a local option sales tax for transportation on the ballot this summer) and a bunch of other states to do Washington's work for them and take the tough votes and increase gas taxes and do the things that unfortunately Washington is not doing … We have a real disconnect between state and local government and Washington. I think we're giving them a pass. And it's requiring I think some very innovative, perhaps effective, but still short on money initiatives because Washington is not doing its job and we have to not let them get away with that."
On the politicization of transportation…
"We're sort of just deferring the bill again for the future … We have a policy problem yes. We have challenges that need to be addressed through reforms I agree. But we have a messaging problem. We've allowed transportation to become Obamacare … It's become just more fodder for electoral politics and as a result we're no longer doing things that Democrats and Republicans used to do … The sort of party discipline that's going on nationwide over all these issues is hurting our ability to have a real discussion … We have to stop kicking the can down the road but it requires a political truce. If Democrats and Republicans don't work together on this, we're doomed … When you've got the Chamber, the labor movement, and all sorts of other politically viable organizations and institutions in Washington all pushing in the same direction and you can't even come close to having—we can't even get a debate on the House or Senate floor on how to fund (transportation) let alone pass it—I think we have a political crisis and a messaging crisis in this area. It's not about the facts. It's not about who's right and who's wrong. It's not Democrats and Republicans. We're losing this fight and I don't see a solution unless we completely change the game and I haven't found the magic strategy yet."
On public-private partnerships in transportation…
"We don't oppose, in fact we support the role of public and private sector together in these initiatives. The problem is that they're not guaranteed for a long time. And I think the whole public-private partnership discussion is a symptom of Washington's inaction. It's forced governors, mayors, state legislatures and others to look for alternative ways to deal with their needs because Washington is completely inactive on it."
Additional Resources
Move America: The blog of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
Speaker: Joshua Schank, President & CEO, Eno Center for Transportation
On the federal and state roles in transportation…
"What (the Eno Center has) been focusing on with respect to the federal role (in transportation) is trying to define where the federal government has a clear role and where things should be delegated to the states. The reasons you want to do that: one, you want to do that because no matter how much money you have, you want to make sure it's being spent effectively and you want to define what your national priorities are if it's a federal program to make sure that you're achieving what you think you should be achieving at the national level. But second, we also are facing a time when there is a funding crisis and not just in transportation but for the whole country. And the programs that effectively demonstrate that they have accomplished national priorities are the ones that are going to survive and the ones that don't, will not. If transportation is to maintain a strong federal role or really any federal role, it's going to have to demonstrate value at the national level. The reality is that transportation has never really been forced to do this in the last 20 or so years. We've been fortunate to have an abundance of resources that we were able to use and the strategy that we used to create a federal program that was sustainable was to have a continually expanding pie and bring more and more people into it and make sure everyone got paid so that at the end of the day, we could have a larger transportation program. And that model is not going to work anymore."
On why there should be a federal role in transportation…
"There are certain goals that can only be accomplished through a strong federal role and they're essential to the nation and they're essential to transportation. One of them is economic growth. The federal government plays a specific role with respect to economic growth and transportation that can't really be borne by states alone. And that's because of two things: one, the federal government helps support investment within metropolitan regions that increase accessibility within those regions and those regions are where we get innovation and that's where we get the bulk of our economic growth and productivity. And two, by connecting the nation through interstate commerce, which is a clear role that the federal government has and without it, we couldn't do that effectively. But the federal government also has a role in addressing transportation's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and our dependence on oil and it has a role in reducing fatalities and injuries on the nation's transportation network."
"We said that these are the things that we should be focusing on and anything that isn't clearly under that purpose we can devolve to the states. It doesn't mean it isn't important but important is not the same thing as national, federal responsibility and so let's figure out what belongs there and what doesn't. And the approach that we came up with was to say it's not for the federal government to mandate (that) you need to spend money on this X thing because it clearly is in line with national purposes but rather that the federal government's responsibility is to say let's measure the performance and the outcomes from what you are trying to build and see if those things are in line with national purposes and then base our funding investment on that performance outcome rather than the means by which you're achieving that performance. So this was the general concept and we had a good amount of success in convincing lots of folks on the Hill that this was a good idea—a surprising amount of success actually."
On the future for the federal role in transportation…
"It doesn't look good for the federal role to expand as it has over the last 20 years. If anything it looks good for the federal role to either be stagnant, which is what's been happening lately and is always the easiest thing for Congress to do, keep trying to kick the can down the road as much as possible. Or it could be cut and it could be a reduced federal role. And the biggest danger we face, the worst case scenario is if it's a reduced federal role and it's not better defined. Because if you have a reduced federal role that doesn't necessarily mean that you are causing a transportation crisis although it could. But if you have a reduced federal role and you don't allocate the resources you do have effectively, that could be a real problem and that's the outcome we're trying to avoid."
On the importance for states of demonstrating performance…
"If I'm in a situation and I'm a state and I'm looking at what the federal government is doing, there are a number of actions I would want to take: One is I want to figure out how I can demonstrate performance within my state, within my region with respect to the transportation investments I'm making. Because if you don't demonstrate that performance, you're unlikely to be able to raise revenue at the state level either and more than likely you're going to have to raise revenue at the state level. Because if states aren't able to raise revenues for their transportation networks, we're going to see a real problem in our transportation system in the coming decades. Two, I would be looking to see how I can use that reform and that measurement of my transportation investments to spur the federal government to recognize the value of transportation and the investments that they could be making. If you look at how reform has come about in virtually every policy area, it almost always comes from the states … It's up to states to do that innovation because unfortunately the federal government is not meeting the needs at the moment … I do think there's an opportunity for real reform at the federal level. I do think that there are people who care about it and want to make it happen. And I think that if the federal program is going to survive, it's going to have to have that reform. But it's not going to do that on its own and it's not going to do that if the priority of all the stakeholders is just to make sure they get as much money as possible. The priorities have to shift from how much money I'm getting to how is the money being spent effectively and once that shift happens, we at least have a prayer of having a successful federal role."
On the absence of leaders pushing for new transportation revenues…
"Coalitions are important and obviously you want to have a broad coalition, you want to reach out to all the different people who should be involved in this stuff. But bottom line is you're not going to get a state initiative passed unless the governor is a strong leader who is behind it. And the bottom line is you're not going to get a federal gas tax (increase) passed unless you have a president and Congress with strong leadership who are willing to put their necks out to pass it. We don't have a lot of leaders right now who are staking their political futures on transportation policy, certainly not at the federal level. But even at the state and local level, it's hard to find."
Additional Resources
"The Federal Role in Transportation: Four Ideas for Greater Federal Involvement," May 2012
"The Federal Role in Transportation Part II: Four Ideas for Lesser Federal Involvement," June 2012
"Better Use of Public Dollars: Economic Analysis in Transportation Decision Making," June 2012
Speaker: Emil Frankel, Visiting Scholar, Bipartisan Policy Center
On the future of the federal transportation program…
"The period of growth in the federal (transportation) program is over at least, I think it's fair to say, for the balance of the time you all are going to serve in public life. I think we're facing a generation of no substantial growth in federal spending in transportation and infrastructure … We need to have a clearer articulation of national goals and national purposes. (The federal program) needs to be a program that is based on outcomes and results, on performance measurement and accountability … We can't invest in everything. The days of bridges to nowhere, of paving the parking lot for the local art museum, of money for every small airport in the country—those days are over at least from the federal and I would judge at the state and local level as well. We can only invest in those projects which reflect and offer the promise of real benefits and returns in terms of national goals particularly long-term economic growth. And that's really the change we face I think in this federal-state relationship."
On transportation as a factor in global fiscal policy…
"The issue of transportation funding and creating sustainable sources for investment in our infrastructure will only be resolved, in my opinion, in the context of this "grand bargain." That is figuring out what we're going to do more broadly as a nation in terms of our fiscal policy and getting our house in order and stop living beyond our means which is what we are facing along with the rest of the Western World. We've been living beyond our means for the last 25 years or more and the bills have come due. And transportation has to be part of that (consideration)."
On the role of states in transportation investment…
"Public money because it's scarce, because it's constrained and will be for the next generation, we've got to use it more effectively to leverage other sources—other public sources and private sources. And we've got to be imaginative in thinking about it … We have to create new revenue streams because existing revenue streams are not going to be adequate to support the kind of investment that we need to make. And I think we need that kind of creativity and the innovation and creativity has to come … from the bottom up. It has to be developed in these laboratories of democracy which are states and specifically state legislatures. We'll learn from each other and the federal government will learn from you and we'll reshape this federal-state partnership around transportation investment over the next 25 years and longer I think largely on the things that are developed at the state level."
"We have to create the capacity to make wise decisions about the investment of scarce resources. We hoped that this bill at the federal level would make a start towards that … That's what this is going to be about for the next generation."
Additional Resources
"Statement by Emil Frankel on the Surface Transportation Conference Committee Report," June 29, 2012
"Performance Driven: Achieving Wiser Investment in Transportation," June 2011
"Strengthening Connections Between Transportation Investments and Economic Growth," January 2011
"Transitioning to a Performance-Based Federal Surface Transportation Policy," June 2010
Speaker: James Corless, Director, Transportation for America
On future revenue sources for transportation…
"In addition to perhaps a miles traveled tax, which I know is sort of the most popular alternative, I think we're going to have to bundle sources of revenue together like never before. And frankly—and I know every state's different—we're going to have to go to voters like never before."
On the importance of diverse coalitions to getting state transportation funding initiatives passed…
"It requires these very unusual coalitions to come together. When I have the Sierra Club and the nurses and the road builders standing in one room and saying 'pass this sales tax,' nobody's seen that before. And when (California) first tried on these tax measures they failed and it honestly (took) a second and third attempt. And I will tell you … I think those measures got better after we failed and had to go back to the drawing board, try again, fail again, come back to the drawing board … The more we had to do that, the bigger the coalition got, the more thoughtful we had to be, throw out certain projects, rethink others and really make the case. That is not a bad thing for us to have to do … It's these kinds of coalitions I think in the future we're going to need to bring to bear to be able to understand why transportation investments are important, to convince the public and voters so that we can get more revenue. And if we can't build those bridges and those coalitions, I think we're going to be in crisis not just for years but for decades in transportation."
Additional Resources
"Ten key things to know about the new transportation law," July 13, 2012
"Newly approved transportation bill is a clear step backwards—a message from T4America," June 29, 2012
"Conference Committee Deal a Step Backward from Current Transportation Policy," June 28, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - Breakfast Briefings
Speaker: Christopher Lloyd, Senior Vice President and Director of Infrastructure and Economic Development, McGuireWoods Consulting Public Affairs Solutions
On private sector dollars available for investment in U.S. infrastructure…
"There is a lot of money out there but that doesn't mean it's free. It doesn't mean that (public-private partnerships are) easy to do and it's not a panacea. Because at the end of the day, that money is sitting on the sidelines and it wants to invest but money isn't for free. It wants a return on that investment. Money from the private sector is not going to be as cheap as you can bond it yourself. It doesn't mean that there aren't advantages from using private money. There are a lot of advantages to using private money. But if you're trying to get a project necessarily cheaper, it's not necessarily cheaper. You're going to get probably a lot of innovation."
On Virginia's Office of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships
"What a lot of other states have done and Virginia has created one and a number of states have started to investigate it--and this is the Canadian model--is creating a public-private partnership office. In addition to the legislative oversight, you've got an independent body within the executive branch. Instead of vesting everything within the DOT or the secretary of transportation, you've got a separate office which is led by people with private sector expertise who help get out the word regarding public-private partnerships, who run the process. They hire the consultants that do all the oversight and review on behalf of the state. They're out there promoting the state as a great place to invest for public-private partnerships. They're there leading the negotiations. They're the ones that pull together the Attorney General's office, the Treasurer's office, the outside consultants to look over these projects so you're not adding to someone within the DOT. You're not adding to their responsibilities. You've got truly a team which is there not to promote public-private partnerships … at all costs. It's to be there and to run the process. So again that is something that as you all are looking at public-private partnerships in your own state you might want to think about is the creation of a public-private partnership office."
Additional Resources
Christopher Lloyd PowerPoint presentation, June 28, 2012, CSG Transportation Policy Academy
Speaker: Jonathan Gifford, Dean and Director of the Master's in Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics Program, School of Public Policy, George Mason University
On state infrastructure banks…
"There are a lot of benefits and potential for infrastructure banks that are there. There are a number of challenges that go along with it looking at diverse states and diverse needs. Payoffs are the regional and statewide development, accelerated project delivery, and the ability to attract capital from the private markets."
Additional Resources
Jonathan Gifford PowerPoint presentation, June 28, 2012, CSG Transportation Policy Academy
"State Infrastructure Banks: A Virginia Perspective," November 2010
Speaker: Gus Bauman, Former Chairman, Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding
On the value of a diverse blue ribbon commission making recommendations…
"The value of a blue ribbon commission … is that it is truly a diverse group. When you can come up with a report with a bunch of recommendations and you've got all the interest groups, it's very hard for elected people to say 'oh, I'd love to do it but y'know, the labor unions will kill me on it or the chamber of commerce will kill me.' No, because they were all on board with this. That's the value of this. They're all on board and it gives the elected people that comfort level to say 'I'll put the bill in and I'll fight for it.'"
On the importance of restoring faith of voters that funds intended for transportation will be used for transportation rather than raided for other budget priorities…
"The phrase that I use is we have to put the trust back in the Transportation Trust Fund. There was no way on God's green earth that taxpayers (were) going to say to the government 'yes, please recommend and go ahead even and implement a tax or fee whether it's a gas tax or anything else if the money's going to go into what you call a trust fund and you're going to just simply do what you want with the money as you've been doing for years so that there's no linkage, there's no nexus between what I'm paying as a transportation user and the money going to transportation needs and projects in my state.' That trust was broken long ago."
On the importance of creating a report with shelf life…
"I made it real clear. I'm no Pollyanna. I know how the world works. I understand law and I understand politics and government. We were writing this report not just for this governor and this general assembly. We were writing a report for the people of Maryland and if they didn't want to do anything about it this year, there's next year and the year after. So you will notice if you're reading the report it is written with no time elements in it. It is written for someone to read today or three years from now after the next election."
Additional Resources
"Final Report to the Governor and Maryland General Assembly by the Blue Ribbon Commission on (Maryland) Transportation Funding," November 2011
"Transportation Funding Commissions," (CSG Capitol Research Brief), May 2012
The 2012 CSG Transportation Policy Academy was made possible through the support of CSG associates the American Society of Civil Engineers and United Parcel Service.


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Flooding could extend into summer
Experts from the National Guard to Conservation and Natural Resources and Emergency Management say there's so much snow in the mountains around western Nevada if we get more storms and a warm spring, flooding is inevitable.
But Gov. Brian Sandoval, chairing a briefing on the potential flooding, said the state is doing everything possible to minimize the damage that could come.
He said he's confident the state and local officials have the necessary resources including enough revenue and have made the preparations they can.
"It's important we let people know we are prepared for what's coming," he said. "But it's important the public know there is the potential of flooding for an extended period of time."
Col. Cory Schulz of the Nevada National Guard said the potential is there to have flooding into May, June and July because there's just so much water in the snowpack.
Estimates are when the Sierra snows melt, up to six feet of water will come down the mountains into the valleys in Carson City, Douglas, Lyon and Churchill counties.
"This will be saturation flooding," he said, noting the ground is already soaked.
Since February, the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District has reduced Lahontan Reservoir's storage and built an emergency weir and spillway off the V-line canal to send water into the desert toward Sheckler Reservoir. The water has reached newly constructed culverts on U.S. 95 south of Fallon and has spread out toward Carson Lake. TCID has also increased the flow of the Carson River below the Lahontan dam to 2,600 cubic feet per second.
"I am amazed at the orderly movement of water and how the water is moving around and spreading out," said Ernie Schank, director of the TCID Board of Directors, who flew over the valley during the weekend.
He said the Sheckler area has spread out with an expansive amount of water that is moving south down the west side of the valley and then under U.S. 95 to irrigate the Carson Lake pasture.
Eventually, TCID expects the water to move east with the Sierra Nevada snow runoff and April rainstorms. As of the weekend, the area between Carson Lake and U.S. 50 was dry.
"I could not see any water within a half mile of the highway," he said of the federal two-lane route between Pasture Road and Macari Lane.
He said "The Big Ditch" that will eventually carry water from Carson Lake to the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge is beginning to fill with water.
An adjacent waterway next to the recently constructed U.S. 50 culvert was also cleaned of debris and vegetation.
"This has given us more movement of water," Schank said.
Caleb Cage, head of the Nevada Division of Emergency Management, said Nevada has already received two emergency disaster declarations from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and is looking at potentially a third application this spring.
Sandoval petitioned the federal government for those declarations and thanked the Trump administration for its prompt, positive response to the state's situation during January and February flooding. Cage said three Nevada counties — Douglas, Lyon and Churchill — have independently declared emergencies ahead of the spring melt.


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Acupuncture assumes the universe is made of Qi (pronounced "chee") named by the Chinese ancients for life energy, which also flows through human beings.
The ancients believed the human body consists of channels or small passageways called meridians where Qi flows like an irrigation system coordinating the body's many systems.
In the healthy person, energy flows through the meridians freely and in abundance, resulting in a state of balance and well-being. Acupuncture attempts to regulate the flow of Qi in the body by supplementing systems that may not be flowing properly.
When this balance is interrupted by stress, injury, emotional trauma or infection it results in an energy deficiency, an imbalance of body energy (e.g., yin to yang) or blockages of energy along the meridians. It is thought that these patterns of disharmony in the body's energy are at the root of all illness.
By locating the skin points along the meridians that relate to a certain condition, the Acupuncture Physician can address blockages, imbalances or deficiencies in that energy meridian and insert needles at those locations. The insertion of the needles serves to unblock and stimulate energy in the meridians and allow the Qi to flow freely and sufficiently once again.


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The Rockstar Games empire has indeed been extended again, a new partnership with Techicolor will have the India-based animation studio working on future Grand Theft Auto projects. Working out of Bangalore, India, Technicolor has contributed to other Rockstar titles in the past. These games include Max Payne 3, L.A. Noire, and Red Dead Redemption.
Sweeping Technicolor under the Rockstar umbrella gives GTA V even more hands on deck. But whether or not the new studio would have its hand in the next Grand Theft Auto title was not officially confirmed. Though officially, Rockstar has only two announced titles in the works: GTA V and Agent, so its likely that they will indeed be working on Grand Theft Auto 5.
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Release date projections for Grand Theft Auto V currently mark 2013 as the return for the open-world franchise.
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LONDON - British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn moved a step closer to paving the way for another referendum on European Union membership by trying to use parliament to grab control of Brexit from Prime Minister Theresa May.
With the clock ticking down to March 29, the date set in law for Brexit, the United Kingdom is in the deepest political crisis in half a century as it grapples with how, or even whether, to exit the European project it joined in 1973.
After May's Brexit divorce deal was rejected, 432-202, by lawmakers last week, the biggest defeat in modern British history, some lawmakers are trying to take control of Brexit from May's weakened minority government.
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Lawmakers will debate and vote on the next steps Jan. 29.


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As you no doubt know
In a high growth startup there's tonnes going on. It's super easy to forget a lot of things – especially as CEO or Founder. I wanted to use this post for some simple quick wins that have helped me over the past decade. This is by no means an exhaustive list, just things that popped into my head whilst having this morning's coffee!
P.S. I wish you the very best this week, keep pushing hard — if I can do anything to help anyone who reads this, it would be mission accomplished. Hit the chat thing in the bottom right and I'll usually respond in a few mins. Also, I've just launched my first book on Amazon ???? be sure to check it out, but more on that in another post.
Righto, back to the post…
Come up for air
It's super easy to let the day-to-day operations consume you. Firefight after firefight. Flip this on its head. Using a wafty management term, you want to be proactive rather than reactive. How do you do that? Easy, don't get lost in the detail. It's easy to fall into the habit of micromanaging ????, and ensuring that you have final say and sign-off on everything. Don't. Build a team around you that you trust and let them get on with it. Yes, there'll be mistakes along the way — but that's how people learn. Your team members will respect you for it — what do we all crave in a professional setting, a sense of autonomy.
Doing all of the above enables you to come up for air, and think big picture. Rather than thinking on a micro day-to-day level, you're now able to think – how are all of these pieces going to fit together 4-6 months from now. You get to think of what actions you need to initiate now. One example for me, we were probably 6 months away from starting our fundraise, and I knew having a prominent ex-public service member on the board would considerably strengthen our funding prospects – had I not been able to come up for air and think this work stream through – it would have seriously impacted our fundraising prospects.
Be transparent to investors and team members
Every week, every day; heck, every hour there is something newsworthy going on in your startup. You as founder are the only person (most likely) that knows how all the strings hold together. One thing that has worked well for me in the past is being transparent upstream and downstream.
Upstream to the board, and investors; get into the habit of producing a weekly, or at the very least a monthly update. There's a bunch of services springing up which somewhat automate this. Don't for a second think that just because an investor has a tonne of cash that they don't mind about the £50k that they put into your startup. Angels will typically invest because they're excited by the vertical and the space you occupy within it. This means they want to know the challenges you are facing, they most likely don't want to be silent partners — they want to help wherever possible. I can't urge you enough — be open, be transparent, and frequently update them. Give random phone calls to them and let them ask you questions. Don't try and have answers to everything. It's okay to say you don't know.
Get an office manager as soon as you've raised >£500k
Contracts, holiday time, invoices, admin, the list is endless. As CEO, you don't want to be entering team members' holidays into HR software. You need to stay focused on three things: hiring, strategy, and investment. Office admins are worth their weight in gold – plus you can double them up as someone to manage your calendar and take your inbound calls – again allowing you to focus on the business critical stuff. As a benchmark in London, you'll be able to get an office admin for anywhere between £18k – £25k dependent upon experience.
Don't be afraid to ask for exactly what you want
I see so many partnerships take longer to establish than they should, simply because the person doing the asking won't be direct and ask for exactly what they are looking. By being upfront and honest – it helps establish the dynamic and setting.
Culturally, it's not always the norm to ask directly for what you want, or if we do ask, we do a terrible job of it. (Also, women face significantly more challenges in both cultural norms and consequences for making direct asks; see HBR and NYT for more). Instead of specifying what we want, we hem and haw about ideas, often walking away from great conversations without clearly articulating our message, what we hope to achieve, and how the other person can directly help us.
Take care of your health and your body, you kinda need them
Unlimited beer on tap, late night, pizzas, the list of temptations for you is endless. Also, don't forget – you will have most likely worn down your willpower from all the decisions and stress you're faced with on a day-to-day basis. So that midnight pizza, once you get home from the office starts to look mighty inviting. This is one of those easy to write, hard to put into practice posts. Also, it's a bit cliche – sorry for that. But from my experience – I can 100% say you need to take care of your body. The stress will wear you down. You'll be more susceptible to colds and flus. If you're pitching with a cold or flu, it's makes your thinking hazy, you won't be able to portray your message as clearly and I guarantee the investor will spend most of their time thinking "I hope I don't get sick". Get some rest, switch off, go for a run, etc.
Partnerships, partnerships, partnerships
I always seem to be banging on about this – but trust me, partnering early on is a shortcut to growth. And it usually centres around distribution or partnering into someone else's already established customer base. What do you lose from it? At most a bit of margin. Think laterally – who has a huge customer base of relevant people that isn't being hit up by every startup under the sun?
Overtime start to diversify and don't sign any exclusivity or long term contracts without break clauses. As you approach funding, you'll want to demonstrate that you aren't reliant upon the partnerships, you just used them to springboard your growth.
Get used to making notes – either voice or written
This is maybe more a a person specific post – but if you're anything like me, I forget everything unless I've written it down or make a note. This can be fatal if you're the founder of a startup. The most clear thoughts can come at the most random of times. Make sure you get in the habit of offloading all of the brain time dedicated to storage. You want to use your brain primarily for thinking, not storage – plus we're pretty useless at storage.
Random list and thank you
Thanks for making it all the way to the bottom! Hopefully you found this useful ????I could have written a tonne more, maybe I'll put it into a few posts or make it a Monday thing. Please do take the points above onboard, hopefully they'll help you achieve you mission.0