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Take the New York State Thruway heading toward Albany to Exit 41 (Waterloo). At the exit, turn right onto 414 South for a short distance. At the first traffic light, turn left onto Route 318. Take Route 318 until you reach the T in the road, which is Routes 5 & 20. Turn left onto Routes 5 & 20 going east which will then take you approximately 11 miles directly into Downtown Auburn.
Take Route 690 West from Syracuse. Stay to the right and pick up Route 695- look for the Auburn signs. At the end of Route 695, stay to the right and merge onto Route 5 heading west toward Elbridge. Go straight through Elbridge on Route 5, which takes you directly into Auburn where Route 5 is also known as Grant Avenue and then becomes the Arterial. This leads into Downtown Auburn.
Take Route 34 North straight through to Auburn which will place you directly into the heart of Historic Downtown Auburn. Route 34 is also South and North Streets which intersect Genesee Street and Route 20.
Take Route 81 South to the New York State Thruway. Follow the Thruway signs toward Buffalo. Get off at exit 40 (Weedsport). At exit turn right onto Route 34 over bridge, straight through Weedsport. Route 34 leads directly into the heart of Historic Downtown Auburn. Route 34 is also South and North Streets and intersect Genesee Street and Route 20.
There is plenty of parking available in Downtown Auburn for both visitors and employees. This page provides information on the short term and long term parking policies and gives you a guide on where to park. This interactive map will help you find the location of the parking areas referred to in the text below. Click on the map icons to see more information about each area. Use the arrows to move around on the map, and the plus(+) and minus(-) icons to zoom in or out.
On-Street / Short Term Parking
The vast majority of on-street parking in Downtown Auburn is limited to a 2-hour maximum. If you remain in an on-street for longer than 2 hours, you will be subject to receiving a parking ticket, regardless of whether you put additional money in the meter or not. Therefore, if you think you may be spending longer than 2 hours Downtown, we encourage you to park in the long term parking spaces that are available.
The cost to park on-street in Downtown Auburn is 25 cents for each half-hour (50 cents per hour). To pay, insert coins into the parking meters adjacent to each spot or pay for time at a parking kiosk. Please note that with the exception of the handicap accessible spaces which do have meters, the on-street parking spaces on Genesee Street and State Street in the center of Downtown Auburn do not have meters. Therefore, you must pay at a parking kiosk to park in those spaces.
Long term parking is conveniently located in several areas throughout Downtown. If you will be in Downtown for more than two hours, please park in one of the following locations:
Parking Kiosks are installed on Genesee Street between the William Street (Tourist Information Center corner) and Loop Road (Wegman's corner) intersections, and on State Street in Downtown Auburn. There are also kiosks in the City parking lots at Dill and Lincoln Streets.
The kiosks are green with solar power panels on the top. The kiosks only accept nickels, dimes, and quarters. There is a 25 cent minimum, which can consist of one quarter OR a combination of dimes and nickels. One half hour is 25 cents, one hour is 50 cents.
To pay, approach the kiosk and do the following:
Please note that you can pay at any kiosk to park anywhere. The kiosks in the Dill Street and Lincoln Street parking lots are designed to make it easy to drive up to them. It is permissible to drive to these kiosks, pay for receipts, and use those receipts to park in an on-street space. Many people take advantage of this convenience in order to avoid walking back forth from the car to the kiosk.
Also, please note that if you have time left on your receipt when you leave a parking space, the receipt is still good until the time indicated. If you move to another location Downtown, you can use the previously purchased receipt and do NOT need to pay again.
If you park in an on-street spot that has a parking meter, it is permissible to use a valid kiosk receipt to pay for the space instead of using the parking meter.
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Surveillance video of recent flooding inside the Curry County jail reflects images one commissioner calls distressing and a Clovis attorney says shows the county isn't in control of the facility.
Inmates are shown frolicking in standing water, running and then sliding along the flooded floor in a crest of water while detention officers appear to be doing nothing to stop it, according to Clovis attorney Jennifer Burrill. At one point, an inmate completing a watery slide gives a high-five to a detention officer in the pod of cells.
"That video shows that the county does not have control over that facility," said Burrill, who obtained it through a public records request.
Jail Administrator Gerry Billy said while he has not seen the video, he asked an officer at the jail to view it. Based on that officer's assessment, Billy said he is confident jail staff handled the situation correctly.
"Do I think it was out of control? We got it under control," Bill said. "Am I upset that it happened? Yes. But it is a jail and sometimes people do bizarre things."
The flooding was set off about 11:45 p.m. Sept. 9, when an inmate allegedly broke off two sprinkler heads from an overhead fire suppression system in Pod 1, according to reports compiled by jail staff and Curry County Sheriff's investigators. Jail staff was in the middle of a shakedown after receiving information that inmates were tattooing in a cell.
The video, about two hours long, shows inmates milling around in ankle-deep water, then engaging in about 15 minutes of running and sliding in the mess, according to Burrill. Later, an inmate is seen lighting a T-shirt on fire, she said, tossing it on the floor of the second tier of cells. Inmates from an adjacent cell are seen tossing other items that appear to be paper on the flaming T-shirt.
"I'm concerned about the length of time it took to address the flooding," Burrill said. "It's approximately two hours before it's cleaned. Then, the next morning, they were still wading inmates through standing water nine to 10 hours later."
Burrill said she requested the video because at 9 a.m. the next morning, she and her clients stood in water still on the floor in an attempt to perform video arraignments before District Court Judge Donna Mowrer. The arraignments had to be moved to Mowrer's courtroom because of the mess, said Burrill and another defense attorney, Sarah Field with Dan Lindsey's firm.
"Inmates," said Field, "were sitting on metal benches with their feet in the water. Jennifer and I were walking around in heels in this stuff."
Field said the standing water in the video arraignment area was choked with what appeared to be toilet paper and other bits of trash.
"It was kind of disgusting," Field said.
Burrill said she requested the video to preserve her clients' rights.
"I'm concerned because my clients are in there and many of them haven't been convicted of anything," Burrill said, noting the county has an obligation to protect inmates.
"It's unclear who is in control of that jail and that places all of the inmates at risk."
Commissioner Robert Sandoval, who saw the video briefly in Burrill's office Friday, said he wants to discuss it with Billy and the other four commissioners.
"I think I can say that I'm very distressed with what I saw," Sandoval said.
Commissioner Frank Blackburn said while he hasn't seen the video, he isn't pleased with recent events at the jail.
"I'm not satisfied with what I hear and what I see," Blackburn said. "I just expect better. I hear everything is going well and then I hear just the opposite. It just seems like there's no good news."
Billy said no one was injured in flooding and subsequent fire and an inmate was charged with misdemeanor criminal damage for allegedly breaking off the sprinkler heads.
"It's inevitable that things happen," said Billy. "This was just one of those situations that has been repeated hundreds of times (at other jails) across the country.
"Am I hung up on this one? No," Billy said. "I've got bigger things to worry about."


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In 2005, 4-time PGA TOUR winner Notah Begay III, the only full-blooded Native American on the PGA TOUR, founded the Notah Begay (NB3) III Foundation. Notah, throughout his career, has been a passionate and committed advocate for the health and well-being of Native American youth and their communities. He formed the NB3 Foundation to use sports and wellness as a means for social change and to fight the epidemic of type 2 diabetes.
Based at the Santa Ana Pueblo in New Mexico, the NB3 Foundation operates soccer, golf, health and youth leadership programming at San Felipe Pueblo, in the greater Albuquerque area and other tribal communities in New Mexico, including the Navajo Nation community of To'hajiilee. Beginning in 2009 the Foundation has expanded its impact to tribal communities nationwide through strategic grantmaking and education and outreach through soccer and diabetes prevention education.
- 7,770+ youth have been served since 2005
- This past year, 3,935 Native American youth were served by the NB3 sports, health and youth leadership programs in New Mexico, South Dakota, New York and California
- The Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health recognized the NB3 Soccer Program as positively impacting the physical fitness of Native American youth to help prevent obesity and the onset of type 2 diabetes
- Proceeds from the 2009 NB3 Challenge helped to fund a $785,000 soccer field and community park for San Felipe Pueblo, the first recreational facility in the Pueblo's history
- Grants have helped 16 different Native American communities and schools in 11 different states, to support youth sports and health programs and the creation of recreational facilities to fight obesity and type 2 diabetes
- Through its advocacy efforts and the NB3 Challenge, the NB3 Foundation has increased national awareness and support for the prevention of obesity and diabetes in Native American youth
- 75% of every dollar raised will support obesity and diabetes prevention and leadership development programming for Native American youth


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Keeping American boaters aware of the need to make early preparations for the upcoming hurricane season is a tough job for the nation's boat owners group, BoatUS. That's because we're all human - it only takes of few years after a devastating hurricane before memories start to fade, leading to a little apathy.
With the prediction of an 'active' 2011 hurricane season by the renowned Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project just out, BoatUS says the 72% chance that at least one major hurricane will make landfall should give boaters the reason to make one early preparation.
'If your hurricane plan is to have your boat hauled and maybe strapped down, talk to your marina staff now about their plans,' said BoatUS Director of Damage Avoidance Bob Adriance. 'It's the one simple, easy step that could lead to a big outcome - whether or not you still have a boat when the season ends on November 30. I don't want to tell people the 'sky is falling,' but the longer you wait to have that discussion the worse shape you could be in.'
Doug Hillman of Sebastian River Marina and Boatyard in Sebastian, Florida, which was recently battered by hurricanes Frances and Jeanne, says it simply, 'I need my customers to start contacting me now, because I may be too busy to help them later.'
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Adriance also reminds boaters, 'It doesn't take a major hurricane to damage or sink a boat, especially if you choose to do nothing.'
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Academic SIS Strategic Plan
July 2007–June 2010
July 15, 2007 Revision
Adopted by the membership at the ALL-SIS Annual Business Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunday, July 15, 2007.
Recognizing that the American Association of Law Libraries and other Special Interest Sections address many issues and functional responsibilities of academic law librarians and the Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section has limited resources, the Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section will pursue goals that are of high priority to its members and that are not presently addressed by other groups.
Mission Statement
The Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section provides leadership in identifying the needs and concerns of academic law librarians and developing appropriate programs and services to address them; and represents the interests of academic law librarians within law schools, universities, and to other groups.
Strategic Direction I: Advocate
Academic Law Librarians play the leading role in advocating and supporting the role of professional librarians in academic libraries and in ensuring the value of law librarians to the academic institution.
Outcome I.A. Academic institutions recognize the essential role of academic law librarians and acknowledge that they are the primary legal information resources in their institutions and the surrounding communities.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Collaborate with AALL to develop and utilize basic and advanced core competencies to demonstrate to the academic institutions the professional nature of the work done by law librarians.
- Supply members with information on new developments in legal research that they can use in communicating with library patrons.
- Train librarians in skills and strategies to influence decision-making within their institutions.
Outcome I.B. Academic law librarians advocate for appropriate compensation and status, both financially and professionally.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Continually monitor and report on the current state of professional status (including benefits) within academic law libraries.
- Periodically provide comparative information on the status and benefits of academic law librarians to provide to their governing institutions.
- Periodically update the ALL-SIS web site for information and links to current tenure/continuing status and promotion documents from academic institutions throughout the country.
- Train librarians in skills and strategies to influence decision-making within their institutions.
Outcome I.C. Attract and retain diverse and qualified librarians into academic law librarianship.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Actively promote the profession of academic law librarianship to law and library schools and undergraduate career centers.
- Partner with professional library associations and schools of library and information science to develop and teach courses on law librarianship.
- Investigate ways of funding scholarships, grants, and internships for minority and disadvantaged library students interested in academia.
- Encourage retention through programs such as NALLM, mentoring, and other initiatives.
- Encourage and promote diversity scholarships and programs.
Outcome I.D. Provide both general and targeted educational programs for academic law librarians' professional development.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Survey members periodically to identify key professional development needs.
- Develop continuing education and professional development opportunities for academic law librarians in conjunction with AALL and/or other library organizations.
- Develop and/or subsidize programs, including ones that encourage the interchange of ideas in current positions, assist in the learning of new skills and/or provide guidance on career advancement.
Strategic Direction II: Coordinate and Disseminate
Academic law librarians are informed of issues and activities relating to legal education and law schools. The Academic Special Interest Section provides programs and services designed to enhance this understanding and role of its members in the academic environment.
Outcome II.A. Academic law librarians understand their role in the ABA accreditation process, and lobby for necessary changes and consistent and meaningful library standards in the evaluation of law libraries.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Assist the ABA Section on Legal Education in setting current standards by which law school libraries are evaluated, taking into account format, access, and retention issues.
- Survey the membership and post reports on members' libraries data collection policies and practices.
- Establish liaisons to the ABA and AALS and submit a formal report on these relationships and activities to the membership once a year.
Outcome II.B. Academic law librarians play a leading role in assisting law schools in the changing nature of legal education.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Take the lead in working with faculty to integrate technology into the educational process.
- Advocate for the role of librarians in formal classroom instruction especially in legal research and serve as a clearinghouse for the kind of legal research instruction which librarians are doing in law schools.
- Serve as a clearinghouse to develop strategies with law review, moot court staff, and legal writing instructors to develop standards for cite checking and other areas of instruction and assistance.
- Partner with private and court librarians to ensure students make a successful transition from student to attorney.
- Foster relationships with the legal writing community, including the appointment of a liaison to the Legal Writing Institute.
Outcome II.C. Academic law librarians effectively engage patrons in all library activities, including the promotion of library services and activities.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Develop programs to work with all organizations, including student bar associations and alumni groups, to assess patron perspectives and respond to their needs.
- Use educational programs, publications, listservs, etc. to assist members in providing services and educating patrons on their roles in law school and library development and publicize successful strategies.
- Engage with faculty on instructional programs and teaching needs.
Outcome II.D. Academic law librarians support, understand, and participate in campus, law school, and law library fund raising initiatives.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Host listserv discussions, sponsor educational programs, and prepare publications, such as wish lists, tip sheets, and tool kits, on fundraising.
- Raise the profile of the law library as an integral part of the law school and as an individual fundraising identity.
Strategic Direction III: Develop and Adapt
Academic law librarians play the leading role in understanding the role of the library as the intellectual, historical, and cultural center of the law school and for educating law school administrators and patrons on the role and importance of the library to the institution and community.
Outcome III.A. Academic law librarians learn, implement, advocate for, and are responsive to new technologies.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Provide leadership and advocate for the development and use of consortia and encourage the creation of cooperative ventures between and among libraries and library associations.
- Provide leadership in and disseminate information on identifying and evaluating methods of long term information storage and retrieval, including print and digital initiatives, software programs and products and hardware specifications.
- Explore and report on practices of other information professions, and examine their usefulness for law libraries.
- Develop cooperative programs between law libraries and non-library organizations, where the programs might meet needs that cannot be met by either organization independently.
Outcome III.B. Academic law librarians develop information collections that integrate the formats that best serve library patrons and that ensure long term archival retention.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Create and support educational programs within AALL and other organizations to address format issues in collection development and collection management.
- Identify grants and other funding sources for academic law libraries to study, support and/or to implement retention and archival projects.
Outcome III.C. Academic law librarians coordinate the sharing of information regarding development and planning for multi-functional space within their institutions.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Work with AALL and other library organizations in developing programs to explore new technologies and services for patron access (e.g., adaptive technology).
- Develop programs and recommendations for libraries to plan with administrations for space planning initiatives.
- Collect and disseminate information about on-going space initiatives and concerns in member libraries.
Strategic Direction IV: Preserve and Enhance Information Policies
Academic law librarians play a leading role in shaping information policy to ensure access to legal information.
Outcome IV.A. Academic law librarians work to ensure free access to government information at the national, state, and local levels.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Coordinate activities with or be aware of the activities of the Washington Affairs Office.
- Provide leadership in advocacy and educational efforts concerning the changing nature of state and federal depository programs.
- Strongly advocate free access to government information through educational programs, publications, listserv discussions, etc.
Suggestion: Outcome IV mentions the Government Affairs Office, but AALL's website still refers to the Washington Affairs Office.
Outcome IV.B. Academic law librarians work to ensure copyright law and licensing practices preserve the rights of users, including fair use in all formats.
The ALL-SIS will:
- Work closely with professional library associations, especially the AALL Government Affairs office, to provide leadership in working with legislators, the Copyright Office, and others to:
- Develop federal and state licensing legislation that preserves the right of users.
- Ensure that database protection legislation preserves user rights.
- Preserve user rights to information in all formats.
- Develop educational materials and courses on the substantive law and issues in copyright and licensing in conjunction with the AALL Copyright Committee.
- Develop educational materials, courses, and strategies to use in negotiating with legal information providers.
- Support AALL's model code of fair business practices for legal publishers.
- Organize academic libraries to join together to encourage worthwhile and beneficial publishing practices and discourage those practices that are harmful to end users.
- Continue to foster relations with the Government Printing Office.
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About 150 gravely ill children and their families embarked on a special "flight" to the North Pole on 13 December, aboard a Boeing 777 out of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C..
For the second year in a row, members of the Rotary Club of Herndon, Virginia, USA, were there to see them off and help the children make holiday crafts as they prepared to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus.
"It's magical for the kids," says Steve Cohen, a member of the Herndon club and one of many United Airlines employees who volunteer for the annual Fantasy Flight. "Everyone forgets what's happening in their lives, and for a couple of hours, including for the parents, it's a winter wonderland."
Since 1990, United Airlines has partnered with Children's Hospice International to bring the joy of the holidays to children battling terminal illnesses. The children, selected from hospitals and hospices in the region, were shuttled from the main terminal to Gate D7, where they and a few family members boarded United Flight 9908. The plane headed onto the runway and the pilot throttled up, simulating a takeoff.
The pilot then threw the engines into reverse before taxiing back to Gate D29, decorated as the North Pole. Cartoon characters, musicians, face painters, and other entertainers joined Santa and Mrs. Claus, who distributed gifts selected from the kids' wish lists.
Cohen, a flight attendant, has taken part in the Fantasy Flight for five years. When organizers faced a shortage of volunteers last year, Cohen suggested that members of his Rotary club could help.
This year, United welcomed the club back, and a dozen Rotarians, joined by Charles Davidson, governor of Rotary International District 7610 (Virginia), helped the guests make Christmas ornaments, decorate gingerbread cookies, and create Christmas cards.
"The children were really enjoying themselves," says Davidson. "You could see the great expressions of excitement on their faces. At least for part of the day, they could forget about their personal troubles."
Chazz Banks, manager of international operations for United Airlines at Dulles and chair of the event, says his team appreciates the Herndon club's help. "It's a massive undertaking."
"It's a wonderful experience for everyone," Cohen says. "We feel very grateful for United allowing us, as an outside organization, to be involved."
Davidson says the event gave Rotary great exposure, and "shows what you can do partnering with other people."
Cohen hopes to encourage clubs in other cities where United has a hub to get involved in the program. Banks says other Fantasy Flights were planned this year in Denver, Colorado; Phoenix, Arizona; Chicago; and Los Angeles.


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Lopez and Lorenz Garner Weekly Softball Honors
Prairie View A&M freshman Shontel Lopez and Mississippi Valley State junior Alicia Lorenz are the SWAC softball Player and Pitcher of the Week respectively.
Lorenz finished the week with a 2-0 record and an ERA of 1.17. She surrendered two runs in 12 innings of work in wins as MVSU moved into a tie for first place with a sweep of Alabama A&M. Lorenz scattered eight hits, while striking out 18 batters, including 10 against the Lady Bulldogs on April 7.
Lopez went 8-for-18 with seven RBIs. She a home run, two doubles, and a stolen base. Lopez also scored four runs. She had 13 total bases and had a slugging percentage of .722. In addition, Lopez had an on-base percentage of .444. One defense, Lopez had four assists from behind the plate as PVAM went 5-0 on the week.


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Over President�s Day weekend, nearly 500,000 Morgan Keegan client accounts were moved to the Raymond James technology platform and legacy advisors officially began practicing under the Raymond James brand. The move puts the finishing touches on nearly ten months of consolidation since the $1.2 billion deal was finalized in April of last year.
�It went extremely well,� Raymond James� private client group president, Tash Elwyn, said in a phone interview with On Wall Street. �Having invested 10-plus months of time and preparation into being ready for the conversion last week, we were confident, we were excited, we were prepared, [and] at the same time you head into it with cautious excitement that everything is going to go as smoothly as you practiced it to be. And the conversion from a technology, data and back office standpoint went nearly as perfectly as one could have hoped.�
Prior to Feb. 19, Morgan Keegan had operated as a distinct brokerage unit under the Raymond James name. The final integration will make Raymond James one of the largest brokerage firms behind the four wirehouses with almost 6,300 advisors in its brokerage, roughly 900 of whom come from Morgan Keegan.
�The Morgan Keegan branch managers - now the Raymond James branch managers - feel very much that for the first time in several years that they now have a tailwind and that they can now pair their value proposition with the Raymond James culture [and] with the access to Raymond James technology and resources.�
Bella Allaire, Raymond James� executive vice president of technology and operations, said that the success of the integration was a result of the capability of the firms� cultures.
�Having been through a number of large and complex integrations, I can honestly say this was a far superior experience, and I credit the same reason that brought the two firms together � our culture,� Allaire said.
To help maintain the culture, Raymond James decided to keep the conversion in-house, deploying 100 conversion specialists from within the company to assist legacy Morgan Keegan branches. In many cases, the specialists were Morgan Keegan client associates who had spent three weeks at Raymond James� home office in St. Petersburg to familiarize themselves with the new platform.
�That successful conversion of a week ago positioned us to very confidently head into the training aspect of all this that too has gone extremely well in that by design we developed an internal team of conversion trainers,� Elwyn said. �Whereas so many of the firms have used outside consultants to lead and manage conversion training by doing this entirely with internal people who not only know the systems but know the culture they�ve been extremely well received within the Morgan Keegan branches.�
Executives also spent the past week traveling to legacy Morgan Keegan branches to check on the status of the conversion as well as to show support.
�Virtually every single one of us spent the entire week on the road this past week recognizing what we saw was the importance of physically being in as many Raymond James | Morgan Keegan offices as we could simply to show our support of all that was happening with the conversion,� Elwyn, who visited with seven Raymond James branches from Atlanta to Memphis, said.
Overall, Raymond James has managed to retain the majority of the legacy Morgan Keegan advisors. While some lower producers left the firm following the deal, Raymond James said that it had retained 95% of the revenue associated with the Morgan Keegan name. Moreover, the firm integrated all of the Morgan Keegan senior executive team, including more than a dozen officers and the former CEO of Morgan Keegan, John Carson, who became the president of Raymond James. The move also resulted in the promotion of two Raymond James complex managers to regional managers, Elwyn said.
The plan was originally for the Morgan Keegan brand to be preserved in certain business segments for up to two years, but several Morgan Keegan executives pushed for the brand to be retired sooner �signaling a sign of confidence in [their] collective future,� Raymond James said.
�While we were certainly sensitive to the rich history and the heritage and the strong reputation of the Morgan Keegan name, it was with the full support and even urging of financial advisors and branch managers of the private client group leadership team that the firms have moved forward with the rebranding to Raymond James as a consolidated private client group,� Elwyn said.


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Virgin Valley High School Senior Ryan Baeza was crowned the 3A State Champion in the 2012 NIAA Boys State Golf Tournament Tuesday, May 15.
Baeza shot a 31 on the front nine holes, and a 38 on the back nine, for a total score of 69 at Boulder Creek Golf Course on the first day of the tournament.
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Hafen added that "it was very windy during the tournament and that made for some tough play. He put it altogether for the State tournament. Ryan is not just a good golfer, he's a great kid. As his coach, I can't beat him."
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My favourite pieces included (previously mentioned) Rob and Nick Carter who assembled over 100 diamonds in the shapes of constellations, and then captured the images by exposing the configurations to a single flash of light on light-sensitive paper.
Also noteworthy was the work of Turner Prize nominee, Steven Pippin whose response to the phenomenon of the everyday photographer was to fire a gun straight at the lens of a vintage camera, and to capture the moment before the camera is destroyed. The result is an eerie depiction of somewhere between inside and outside the camera, a photograph and a void.
Lastly, the brilliant works of Chris Bucklow were on display. Somewhat lost in the digital version, these vibrant pieces from his "Guest" series were made by drawing a life size silhouette on a sheet of aluminum foil which is then penetrated with thousands of pinholes that act as the camera's lens. Using a homemade camera, the artist then exposed the work on photographic paper using direct sunlight, resulting in an ethereal and ephemeral portrait.
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The other day we got the chance to check out the brand new 4GB variant of the Palit Jetstream GTX 680 and found ourselves impressed with what was on offer. Today we're going to get the opportunity to look at the same card again, but in SLI, to see what performance is like with two of these 4GB bad boys.
Palit has been able to come out of the gate very aggression this time around offering not only a custom designed GTX 680 very fast, but weeks after launch they've managed to offer a 4GB variant of the video card on the same custom design.
Like when we looked at the 2GB version in SLI we won't be looking over the video card again and we already did that in the single standalone review. Because of that we'll just be getting straight into the testbed side of things while also just covering the video cards we'll be using in our graphs today along with a quick look at the GPU-Z screenshot.
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Let us abandon the sinking ship of the profit system!
The capsized Costa Concordia, a gigantic floating leisure mall with capacity for over 3,000 passengers who pay thousands of pounds to escape the dullness of day-to-day life, provides a striking image of today's society.
Not least, because of the haste with which the ship's owner, wealthy giant company Carnival, which describes itself as "The World's Most Popular Cruise Line", blamed the disaster on the captain and crew, causing the captain to be arrested.
How convenient - and how predictable! Those who benefit from the profit system never take responsibility for the damage they cause! Nor do they ever foot the bill for their criminal irresponsibility. Of course, Carnival's shareholders are covered by an insurance policy which will pay the costs and damages incurred by the disaster.
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Likewise in today's crisis. The bankers and big shareholders whose profiteering brought the system to the brink of bankruptcy in 2007, have never taken responsibility for the cost of their greed.
On the contrary, they got their politicians in government to pay for their losses out of public funds and then to make us, working people, foot the resulting bill with brutal austerity measures and massive cuts in welfare provisions and public sector jobs and services.
With the bailout cash they were awarded, the profit sharks went on to create even more chaos in the economy. Instead of using this state bonanza to create jobs (as their government henchmen alleged they would), they closed down factories, cut jobs and wages and reduced investment to the bare bone, while using the mountain of cash on which they were sitting to speculate on financial markets.
Predictably, the weaker economies of the developed world were the first to be hit by their speculative drive: Iceland, then Ireland and the small central European states. The EU states of Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy have followed. Last week, it was the turn of France, Europe's 2nd largest economy, whose credit rating was downgraded. It lost the famous "AAA", supposed to be a symbol of economic "health".
Meanwhile, the bailed out banks are making a killing out of the exorbitant interest they charge on the soaring public debt of every country!
Now the French and British governments are using this latest episode in the financial crisis to justify the need for more austerity measures against the working class. In France, the measures were already on the agenda, so that it won't change much to what the working class was already expecting. Here, Osborne is promising us further cuts, arguing yet again, that this has nothing to do with the health of the British economy - which is apparently good, thanks to him - but everything to do with the troubles exported by the Eurozone.
But of course, neither in France nor over here, is there is any question of making the real criminals foot the bill for their crisis. Their ship may be sinking, with all of us on board, but until the very end they will still tell us that their system can work! Yes, they would like us to quietly drown, while they go on grabbing all the resources of society to keep themselves afloat.
Strike now to make them pay!
However something can be done about that. Because, like the Costa Concordia, the capitalists' ship only "sails" because we, the working class crew ensure that it does: we run the engines, pull the levers, tighten the bolts and turn the wheels. Which gives us immense potential power over their system, but also over them. And that is precisely why the capitalist class gets its politicians to lure the union leaders, who in theory at least, are at the "head" of our power, into their pockets.
So even Len McCluskey, leader of Unite, who just told off Labour's leaders for supporting the ConDem cuts, can't or won't jump Labour's ship. He says, "It is time for those who want a real alternative centred on investment, job creation and public intervention to end the slump - and a Labour party that will articulate that - to get organised in parliament and outside."
But at least he says we should get "organised"! That we should, and we can. The bosses are using every opportunity to cut their labour costs, now and into the future, by cutting jobs, pensions and wages via 2-tier and using all kinds of other tricks.
We in turn need to use every single opportunity to fight their attacks. This is the only way we will reach the point where we can start issuing our own demands in order to get rid of this capsizing system, once and for all. So let us bring as many others as possible on board - and strike now!
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I'm actually hoping we "fall" off the fiscal cliff. I doubt it will have the deleterious effects everybody just seems to assume it will and as an added bonus this will probably be the only way we will ever see the military gravy train being at least somewhat defunded.
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From the data I've seen so far, it's a complete fallacy to think that simply making programs more efficient or ending loop holes is going to solve this problem. The scale of the debt/deficit is simply to large to be fixed in this way. Maybe I'm wrong, we'll see. |
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NO ONE suggested tax increases alone are the answer. NO ONE believes you can cut spending alone to fix all of our problems. NO ONE would bet that we will have this solved in our lifetimes. I believe that if we do some of the painful things the Democrats have proposed, we will get close, but just about every 8-12 years, the Republicans get power and **** all over the hard work and progress we have made. You want a program that is effective and efficient? Just look at the IRS. Seriously, look at almost any governmental program, and you will find massive amounts of responsibility being handled by fewer people and for less money than any private counterpart. Medicare is the most efficient healthcare delivery system we have in the country, yet the GOP opposes universal healthcare. Bafoons!
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Problem #2) You actually believe that one party has been creating financial problems while the other is solving them. Problem #3) You appear to have an insatiable appetite for spending, as long as it's backed by higher taxation. Problem #4) It's not clear that you understand the concept that raising taxes can actually reduce government revenues. Problem #5) You seem to have actually consumed, hook line and sinker, the fallacy that government programs like Medicare, are efficient and/or sustainable over the long-term. There's no other explanation I can find for these things other than that you're getting all of your information from a singular biased news source, or you haven't don't the research necessary to actually realize what shambles our entitlement system is in. Raising taxes would have a nearly meaningless effect on our overall debt and deficit. You seem to realize how wars effect our debt, but are willingly blind to the largest portion of our monetary problems which is in fact the entitlement/welfare state. These are facts - if you're not willing to accept them there isn't much the rest of us can do to help. Quote:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6-u8OIJTE EA is greedy. They sell the game for way too much, and then nickel and dime the people playing the game. EA needs to go. But they have Crysis 3 coming next year, that is probably going to sell a ton, so they aren't going anywhere. BF3 was great, but I have not bought any of the DLC. Crysis 2, I bought it for $9 during a Steam sale, so I wouldn't have to play it through EA Origin anymore.
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FIFA, Battlefield, and Mass Effect publisher Electronic Arts is "destroying" gaming, according to Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson.
Persson sounded off today via his Twitter feed about EA's newly launched Indie Bundle, which is presently available on Steam. Notch said, "EA releases an "indie bundle"? That's not how that works, EA. Stop attempting to ruin everything, you bunch of cynical bastards."
Persson later said his studio, Mojang, is no longer indie (something he had alluded to earlier) and offered a more damning take on EA.
"Indies are saving gaming. EA is methodically destroying it," he said.
[UPDATE] After the publication of this story, Persson dispatched a tweet of clarification. He wrote, "I got into trouble on the interwebs again! The games in the bundle are good, I'm not questioning them. I'm questioning EA."
Persson is not the first to speak out publicly against EA. Earlier this year, readers of consumer affairs blog The Consumerist named EA the "worst company in America," following more than 250,000 votes.
The EA Indie Bundle in reference launched this week on Steam and includes DeathSpank, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, Gatling Gears, Shank, Shank 2, and Warp for $20.98. The offer expires on May 9.
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It has been a long strange trip for the Chinook High School football team. Three years ago it was struggling in District 2B, a district it once dominated.
A year ago, the school was without a varsity program. This season Chinook dropped to Class C and had to adapt to playing eight-man football. Now, things seem right with the world as the Beeters prepare to host the first round of the 2005 Class C playoffs on Saturday afternoon when they welcome the Power-Dutton-Brady Titans.
Coming into this season, no one really knew what to expect out of the Beeters' first year in eight-man football. Since August, the Beeters have won every game they have played. Chinook romped to an 8-0 record and the Northern C North Division championship.
Along the way, the Beeters developed one of the highest scoring offenses in all of Class C football, averaging more than 40 points per game. Chinook's defense is also top-rated.
At one point this season, the Beeters were surrendering less than a touchdown per game. That number inflated somewhat in Chinook's only two close calls this year. The Beeters outlasted Big Sandy in a wild shootout in Chinook three weeks ago. The next week, Chinook found itself in another scoring fest against then fourth-ranked Gardiner. The Beeters prevailed in that contest, 42-40.
While Chinook possesses one of the deepest rosters in Class C, it isn't without some outstanding individual talent. Quarterback Adam Hayes and running back/wide receiver Chad Beck are certain all-conference picks. Casey Barber has also had a solid season for the Beeters offensively, as has wide receiver Tad Darrah.
Chinook's suffocating defense has been a result of a total team effort. The defense has been paramount to the Beeters' success this season and on Saturday, they will be called on again when the Titans come calling.
Chinook's first playoff game in seven years should be a barn burner. The Beeters will enter Saturday's contest favored to win. But the Titans have been a Northern C perennial playoff contender and this year they finished second in the Northern C South Division with a 6-2 record.
Power-Dutton-Brady is one of the highest scoring teams in the Northern C Division and it has several quality running backs. The Titans are a run-first team, but they do have the skill players to move the ball downfield.
The winner of Saturday's game will face the winner of tonight's first round matchup between Drummond and Sheridan.
Saturday's Class C playoff game between Chinook and Power-Dutton-Brady is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. in Chinook. The game is expected to be a sellout. It can be heard locally on 101.3 KRYK-FM.


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CSS Issues in THL

Contributor(s): ?? and Than Grove

Topics: Images In Essays | Search Forms

Images in Essay

You'll notice the images working pretty well now, it just requires that you not space them immediately after each other. Let a little text wrap, even a few lines spill in between them when you line them up on the right like some of the essays have.

Also the text is set for the default width of 300px which is what all pictures in essays I assume will soon be. If you want to actually code in a larger size and msaller size class name into the markup then I could get control.

Additionally, you do not need to add extra classes on the h6 and the essay-img, I can target these with the body class for the minor temporary styles the essay images need until the MMS in on board and all the images are set at 300px width.

Now that said, there is one thing you'll need to do for Internet Explorer, and possibly other broesers I've not checked, and that is to put a unique wrapper around the whole of the essay contents and have this clear it all. IN fact you may just have to use the double wrapper all of the templates I made for the portals have. See the following wrappers from the layout style sheet:

/*

 Main wrapper for the clearing of content floats

*/ .container-wrapper { clear:both; width:100%; margin:0 0 5px !important; margin:0; padding:0;}

/*

 Single division of content

*/ .container-1col { overflow:hidden; float:left; width:99%; margin:0; padding:0;}

Try just the outer main wrapper but both would not hurt anything.

Also, I added a new style to give a little extra white space ont he left side. If you do not want this let me know.

Also, what did you do to change the side-column height on production? I was not sure if you reversed this already or not…? I never heard anything back about this.

Then the images should be okay with no extra styles or classes for essays…I'll do some further browser testing in my next life but I don't expect you needing to add any extra markup as long as you use the images carefully and let text wrap them. Otherwise, you can try to make the best use of tables in a nice xhtml way…

One other thing about the essays.... I just noticed that would be more intuitive and conventional for the users would be if the print document call came from a link on the top right of the document itself. Having this in the dropdown and in the navigation column is not natural based on my Web experience. Just add an ID tag to some text, "Print", in a P tag and I'll add an icon to it, like the envelope for email contacts.

That said it's nice to have this print feature at all, and the overall page and table of contents area is looking slick.

*title="image caption info"*

what should be… *alt="image caption info"*

That alt statement in the img tag may be a simple fix switching from the title since this comes from the javascript I assume. The width and height however we'll need to adddress with Andres when that time comes.
All img tags must have the height and width and an alt tag as the norm.
The title is fluff most people don't use at all.

first you cannot float image right and left and expect them to do that -

there are layout containers created for dividing content in columns 5050 and such, these things importantly will clear the floats - THE FOOTER is moving intot he content area in other browesers like Interet Explorer

note: you can wrap text around a floated image but don;t epect another floated image to go along like the text does.

use the containers in the templates for clearing the floats - I"m seeing the footer crawling halfway up the page in IE and I may have no other way to do this without you adding container and wrappers liek we use in the main portal templates.

lastly the essay image style is created for a 300 pixel wide image so the text is spilling out on images larget han that.

When do we convert to all images being from the MMS - then we only have 300px images

Than
you have to addd the style manually to the td tag to set the width about 30px larger than the image to control the text for different width images. We've been emailing about this in recent weeks -

better yet - keep the darn captions to a reasonable length

sorry to make this sound more dire than it is - I"ll expermient for a day and see what I can do without adding the extra containers but I'm not confident on this

/m

BTW -
also, i've realized that the proper way to have several classes on one style is NOT to have them touching - so I corrected this one I just found and will go back and check one or two I"ve done it with also.

div.img-right-shadow .essay-img { clear:both; margin-bottom:10px; } #ie-root div.img-left-shadow .essay-img, #ie-root div.img-right-shadow .essay-img {padding-bottom: 8px;}

Search Forms

If you go to http://dev.thlib.org/, you will see a search form in the middle of the page, but if you go to the same page on stating, http://staging.thlib.org/, the search form will not be there. This is not do to a difference in the markup but to a difference in styling. All the sites contain the basic search form and search forms on other pages but on staging and development they are hidden. The search forms are all wrapped in the same div:

<div id="search-wrapper"> …

On staging and production this div is hidden by a style in /global/css/thdl-temp.css with the following command:

/*------- hide search box */
div#search-wrapper { display:none; }

But this is absent from the same file on development. Taking out that line in thdl-temp.css on staging or production would result in all the search forms throughout the site appearing, which at this time (July, 2011) is not advisable. Instead to get a specific search form to appear, one should override that general instruction with an instruction on the portals unique CSS stylesheet. This is done for the page at: http://www.thlib.org/places/maps/ in the CSS file (http://www.thlib.org/places/maps/css/maps.css), the following line has been added to make the search form show:

div#search-wrapper { display: block !important; }

This will make the search form appear for any page that uses the maps.css stylesheet.

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We are a group of people, Parliamentarians and others, who have come together to win the freedom of same sex couples to marry, and to ensure that religious freedom is protected.
What we believe
1. Our core belief is that marriage is an important institution that should be cherished and promoted. When two people love each other and are willing to commit publicly to a lifelong relationship, society is enriched and strengthened. As such, marriage should be open to all, regardless of sexuality.
2. We recognise that civil partnerships were an important step forward in giving legal recognition to same sex couples. But civil partnerships are not marriages, which express a particular and universally understood commitment.
3. We feel strongly that religious freedom must be protected. This means that religious communities should be allowed to conduct same-sex marriages if they choose, but equally none should be compelled to do so. The strongest legal safeguards must be put in place to guarantee this freedom.
4. While the majority of the public, including people of faith, support same sex marriage, we appreciate that some people have a different view, including many who are not homophobic but have a profound religious conviction about the nature of marriage. We believe that this debate should be conducted in a spirit of mutual respect and understanding.
We hope you find our website interesting, and that you are able to support our campaign.
If you do, let us know! You can sign up to hear more from us too.
Tonight, the House of Commons passed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill by 366 votes to 161- a majority of 205. Once again, around half of Conservative MPs supported the freedom to marry. Welcoming the passage of the Bill to the House of Lords, where the Bill will receive its' Second Reading on June 3rd, Paul Swaddle, Conservative Party National Convention President 2012/13, said: "Today the House of Commons passed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill with with a resounding majority. Read more Following on from our January round-up on the state of public opinion on same sex marriage, the team has updated our polling summary. All independent polling continues to show a majority of the public continue to support same sex marriage. Moreover, the Coalition for Marriage now seem to poll only on specific aspects of the policy in order to attack it - they have conceded that the public do support this measure. |
Here's a tale of two worlds. Last week, Delaware and Minnesota became the latest states in the US to allow gay marriage. Twelve states and the District of Columbia now do so, and more are likely to follow. In the same week, a headline in the Kuwait Times screamed, "Over 200 homos and lesbians held in countrywide net cafe raids." Read more Sign the letter by following this link ****Update 12:11 21/02/13 - More than 500 Conservative Party activists have now sign a letter supporting same sex marriage**** ****Update 12:56 20/05/13 - Now more than 400 Conservative Party supporters, senior activists and association chairmen have signed the letter supporting the move to legalise same sex marriage**** Equal Marriage - An Open Letter to The Prime Minister Read more John Stuart Mill held "that the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others." Take, then, the Quakers, who wish to conduct gay marriages. At present the law forbids them from doing so. What harm will it do to others, or to society, to allow Quakers to solemnise a marriage between two people who love each other and want to commit to a faithful, lifelong partnership? |


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CeBIT Open Source 2011 - Project Presentation Crypto Stick
ByDuring CeBIT 2011 open source projects such as Crypto Stick, USB stick developed to allow easy and high-secure encryption of emails and more, will have the opportunity to showcase what is currently in active development.
When did the project begin?
Since August 2008.
How many active members does the project have?
The core team consists of three Persons. About 10 Persons are supportingthe project and took responsibilities for smaller parts.
Why was the project created?
We were facing the problem to encrypt e-mails securely in internet cafes while beeing travelling. Pure software solutions implicate the risk that malware on the computer steals the secret key which allows to intercept all encrypted communication. The only solution to prevent it is to use a secure device - the Crypto Stick.
Why should a CeBIT visitor come to your booth?
Nowadays secure authentication in the Internet, encryption of e-mail and data are more important than ever, for every computer user. The Crypto Stick is the central basis. At our Cebit booth the visitor can get information how to encrypt e-mails and data and how to use the Crypto Stick.
Also we give insight in the development of the Crypto Stick. Because we are a hardware project this may be interesting variety compared to other open source projects.
As a goody we raffle off Crypto Sticks to all booth visitors on a daily basis. Therefore you must come around!
Who do you make your software for?
The Crypto Stick can be used by any Internet and computer user easily. Use cases are e-mail encryption (e.g. OpenPGP, S/MIME), data encryption (e.g. via TrueCrypt), user authentication locally and in the Internet. The Crypto Stick kann be used to replace passwords and can be used in the future as the only key for the digital identity. Therefore the Crypto Stick is highly flexible and targets both personal as well as cooperate users.
Where do you see your biggest current challenges?
Currently we are very busy developing an encrypted mass storage which allows to store and encrypt several gigabyte of data. A challenge in particular is to achieve a high performance.
If you could hire a full-time project developer now, what problem should he or she be ready to solve?
The PKCS#11 driver, which enables the usage with TrueCrypt and Firefox, is not stable yet and should be published as open source. This work could easily be assigned to another developer.
Under which license is the software currently offered?
The software is publishes as GPLv3 and the hardware as Creative Commons.
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These are not easy times for companies in the industrial or steel sector. The economic crisis in Europe and the slowdown in China are producing lackluster demand for many firms in the industry. However, you couldn´t tell that by looking at the financial and operating performance of The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) which reported better than expected results over the last quarters.
The company supplies anti-friction and power transmission components to an ample variety of industrial clients. Its products are used to reduce frictions in planes, trains and automobiles. Timken is also in the steel business, manufacturing specialty alloy steel bars, tubes and precision components. Although the company is quite diversified, we could say that its markets are also very exposed to the economic cycle, and for that reason it sounds reasonable to expect some weakness in times of economic uncertainty.
But that is not the case at all: In fact, Timken reported record earnings per share for the last quarter, and also increased guidance for the rest of the year. Management sounds quite optimistic about performance in the following months, form the press release:
"Our record performance, as well as our confidence in our improved full-year earnings outlook, stand as further testimony to the company's ability to execute at a structurally higher level of performance," said James W. Griffith, Timken president and chief executive officer. "Around the globe, our company is operating very well, leveraging momentum we see in our target markets, earning new business through our expanded product and services portfolio, and successfully driving those gains to the bottom line."
The last quarter was not an isolated event; Timken has a solid track record at performing better than estimated by Wall Street analysts and last year was another historical record in terms of sales and earnings, fully recovering from the last recession and challenging the adverse economic scenario.
Management has been moving away from low margin operations and into businesses with higher profitability. In 2009 for example, Timken sold its needle roller bearings business to JTEKT for $330 million reducing its presence in the light vehicle market. From 2007 to 2011 Timken has made several acquisitions in the aerospace and industrial sectors, and those deals have provided the basis for above average performance in the current environment.
The steel division has been able to translate higher raw material prices into surcharges, sustaining attractive margins, and demand has been very strong for this segment lately, which is not the case for other companies in the industry. Timken has started the construction of an expansion project in its Faircrest steel plant which is expected to add 25% in capacity by 2014.
The company has sustained a dividend payment since 1922, and dividends were increased by a 15% in February versus the same quarter in the last year, this gives a projected dividend yield of 1.8% for the next year at current prices. Timken also has authorization from the board to repurchase 10 million of its own shares over the next four years.
Although the stock has performed pretty strongly in the last years, earnings have been improving at the same peace, as we can see from the chart comparing price and earnings per share over the last 5 years. Trading at a P/E ratio of 10 and with a forward P/E below 8, shares of Timken are attractively valued in spite of the company´s outstanding performance.
When analyzing valuation and financial statistics for Timken versus other machinery and steel companies, the company looks pretty good. In the following table we have some data for Timken and Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW), Nucor Corp (NYSE: NUE), United States Steel (NYSE: X) and Kennametal (NYSE: KMT).
Timken comes ahead of all the companies in the group when it comes to earnings per share growth over the last five years and return on equity, reflecting the quality of the business and the smart decisions made by its management. Kennametal has a barely lower P/E ratio, but the company reports a decrease in earnings per share over the comparison period and a slightly lower level of profitability as measured by ROE. Nucor and ITW have lower growth rates and ROE, while at the same time carrying higher relative valuations. US Steel has negative results for the last year, which makes it a much riskier proposition.
There are no signs of economic problems at Timken, and that probably has a lot to do with a high quality management leading the company into the most attractive sectors and industries. Even in the face of economic uncertainty, Timken looks poised for superior performance.
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