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I had the privilege of interviewing Ben Pring the co-author of the book Code Halos - How the Digital Lives of People, Things and Organizations are Changing the Rules of Business this week! In addition to the book, there is also a free companion Code Halos iPad app available for download. As well as writing books, Ben Pring is also the Co-Director of the Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant. Wiley will be publishing the book nationwide in 2 weeks. It is available now for pre-order. Enjoy!
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But following the Falcons' 30-28 victory following a 77-yard drive highlighted by a 60-yard pass from Matt Ryan to Roddy White, there was much discussion of the Panthers' decision to even give
It's because
Leading 28-27 with 1:51 to play and facing third-and-two at the
After a mad scramble in which both teams motioned they had the football, game officials ruled
Rivera chose to send
After the penalty,
"If you don't get it right there, they only have to go 30 yards to try a field goal and that's why we decided to punt," Rivera said of his decision. "We got the ball where we wanted on the 1 yard line. (We) couldn't have asked for a better punt, couldn't have asked for better coverage and we put the ball where we needed it and we gave ourselves an opportunity."
"It shouldn't have even got to that point," said
"I want to apologize to my teammates, and the fans that were watching out there because it's a lot that goes into each and every play. I clearly had the first down, but I have got to hold onto the football."
Happy homecoming
The defeat ruined what had been a solid homecoming for
Edwards sighting
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Edwards caught his first career pass — a 12-yarder for a first down on a third-quarter touchdown drive. And he stayed in the game as quarterback for the next play and threw an incomplete pass to Steve Smith.
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Apparently, they're still worried as they placed
Other inactives were quarterback Jimmy Clausen, safety D.J. Campbell, tackle Bruce Campbell, guard Mike Pollak, defensive end Antwan Applewhite and defensive tackle Frank Kearse.
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When Smith caught a 27-yard first-down pass from
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South Dakota Abortion Ban, Initiative 11 (2008)
An Abortion Ban Initiative appeared on the November 2008 ballot in South Dakota as an initiated constitutional amendment. The ban measures was known as Initiated Measure 11. If the state's voters had approved it, the South Dakota Constitution would have banned all abortions in the state except for those performed because of rape, incest or to protect the woman's health. Doctors who perform an abortion in violation of this initiative's provisions could have been charged with a Class 4 felony, which in South Dakota carries a maximum punishment of 10 years in jail and a $20,000 fine.
The South Dakota ballot question was one of three abortion-related ballot measures that appeared on November ballots around the country.[1]
2008 election results
These results are based on the Elections Division of South Dakota.[2]
|Abortion Ban Initiative
|Yes or no
|Total votes
Pro-life measures have been attempted twice in the last two legislative sessions in South Dakota. The first attempt was in 2006 when the state legislature passed HB 1215, a bill that banned all abortion except those undertaken to protect a woman's health. Pro-choice organizers then collected signatures under the state's veto referendum laws, putting the new bill before the voters in the Abortion Ban Referendum. About 44% of South Dakota's voters agreed with the legislature's bill, so it was rejected and never took effect. The legislature's repudiated bill would have assigned criminal penalties to those that performed abortions outside of the new parameters.[3]
HB 1215 was introduced by the South Dakota Task Force to Study Abortions, which would "study and evaluate medical evidence, reporting findings, and make recommendations as to the need or any additional legislation governing medical procedures."[4] The task force included a total of four doctors and the husband of one of the HB 1215's proponents, Dr. Allen Unruh.
The groups and individuals who backed the 2006 legislative bill were the main sponsors of Initiated Measure 11. Supporters included Dr. Patricia Giebink, a Chamberlain obstetrician-gynecologist who preformed abortions in 1996 and 1997 before becoming a pro-life advocate. The other 12 sponsors of the petition were: Leah Anderson of Sioux Falls; Rep. Mary Glenski, D-Sioux Falls; Debra Hoy of Gregory; Karen Nelson of Elkton; Nicole Osmundson of Sioux Falls; Stacey Wollman of Rapid City; Allen Carlson of Rapid City; Robert Fischer of Rapid City; Dr. Donald Oliver of Rapid City; Dr. Ann Church of Spearfish; Kala Kickul of Sioux Falls; and Rory King of Aberdeen. [5] The group is known as Vote Yes For Life.
The stated reason behind their desire to ban abortion was to "stop abortion from being used as birth control". [6] To that end, the Pastor Urgency Tour scheduled for February 26 through March 1, 2008 was held. The goal of the Urgency Tour was to "Rally 300 Pastors to collect signatures in their churches and get the people in their churches to collect signatures in their cities."
Arguments for ban
Arguments made in favor of the ban include:
- The initiative "does allow exceptions for incest, rape, and the health of the mother."[7]
- Abortion is the termination of innocent life and should be avoided whenever possible.
The South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families is the leading opponent of the measure. It is "a coalition fighting abortion bans in South Dakota. We are a political committee registered with the South Dakota Secretary of State and the IRS and formed in an effort to repeal HB 1215, the ban on abortions." [8] The Campaign is co-chaired by fourteen prominent South Dakota leaders. The group has successfully campaigned against the last two measures brought before the legislature.
A poll taken in 2007 by a Washington, D.C.-based polling company showed that 75% of South Dakotans believe there are alternative methods short of criminalizing abortion in order to reduce the abortion rate in the state. The poll also showed that 52 percent do not support the issue being on the ballot.[9]
Arguments against ban
Some arguments that have been made against the ban are:
- It is "a dangerous government intrusion into the private medical decisions that affect how doctors treat women".[10]
- The constitutionality of the measure has been called into question by South Dakota attorney general Larry Long, who takes note that if the law is passed and then challenged as violating the federal constitution, lawsuit costs to defend it will be borne by the South Dakota government.[11],[12]
- Studies that have been promoted in South Dakota to conclude that abortion harms women have been criticized. Sen. Stan Adelstein, R-Rapid City, said one report was filled with dishonest statements. "That's when I hit the ceiling. The report is theologically based, has patent untruths and misrepresentations, and no reasonable attention was paid to any amendments."[13]
Polling information
- See also Polls, 2008 ballot measures.
|Month of Poll
|Polling company
|In Favor
|October 2008
|Sioux Falls Argus Leader
|44 percent
|44 percent
|12 percent[14]
Campaign expenditures
Opponents to the proposed measure have raised and spent more than double what supporters have. The opposition campaign, South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families, received approximately $1.7 million in contributions and have spent $1.6 million of it. Meanwhile, supporters VoteYesForLife.com raised $720,000 and spent $700,000 on its campaign to get the ballot measure passed. [15]
According to a timeline created by the Associated Press:[16]
- 1980: Legislature passes law requiring a 24-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.
- 1981: Dr. Buck Williams begins to perform abortions at his clinic in Sioux Falls.
- 1994: Planned Parenthood takes over operation of the Sioux Falls clinic.
- 1997: Legislature passes a parental notification law.
- 1997: Legislature passes a ban on partial-birth abortion.
- 1998: Legislature passes law saying pharmacists don't have to dispense medications that would be used to cause an abortion or assist in a suicide.
- 2000: Legislature passes law prohibiting anyone other than a doctor from performing or inducing abortions.
- 2004: Legislature passes bill to ban abortions. Vetoed by governor.
- 2005: Legislature passes law that bans abortion if the Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade decision allowing abortions.
- 2005: Law goes into effect requiring parents to be notified if their minor daughter has an emergency abortion.
- 2006: Legislature passes bill banning abortions that results in the [[South Dakota Abortion Ban Referendum (2006).
- July 2008: Law that requires doctors to ask women if they want to see ultrasounds before an abortion goes into effect.
- July 2008: Enforcement begins of a 2005 law that requires doctors to tell women seeking abortions the procedure ends a human life.
- September 2008: South Dakota Supreme Court asked to decide whether the name must be made public of the person who gave $750,000 in support of the South Dakota Abortion Ban Referendum (2006).
- November 2008: Vote on Measure 11.
Path to the ballot
Supporters of the initiative collected more than twice the amount of signatures required to put the measure on the ballot in November, and the measure was subsequently certified to appear on the November ballot.[17]


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Women's Golf Picked to Finish Second in Preseason Coaches Poll
January 27, 2011
HIGH POINT, N.C. - Belmont Abbey College has been voted the 2011 women's golf preseason favorite by league head coaches. The 2010 Conference Carolinas Tournament Champions wrapped up this past fall season ranked sixth in the NCAA Division II rankings, competing in four tournaments by winning three and setting individual, school and tournament records in two of those. Pfeiffer University comes in second, with one first place vote while Queens completes the top three.
The Abbey finished third in the tournament it did not win, the NSU Shark Invitational. The Crusaders closed out the fall on October 19 with an eight shot win at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational. The Abbey set the 18 hole record with an opening round 294 and added to its first round lead with a 297 on the last day. The two day score of 591 is also a new tournament record.
Abbey senior Michelle Low is ranked tenth in the NCAA Division II rankings with a scoring average of 74.88 in eight rounds played. Low is joined by Sophomore Meagan Wallace who set school and tournament records with a final round six-under par 66, the lowest round of the year nationally featuring six birdies and a dozen pars, and her 139 total also set a new Patsy Rendleman Invitational tournament mark.
The Pfeiffer University women's golf team has been selected to finish in the runner's up spot in 2011 as voted on by the league's coaches. The Lady Falcons welcomed in five freshman and one transfer in the fall, adding on to the return of senior Jackie McMenimon and junior Chelsea Demers. In four fall events, Pfeiffer finished in the top four under first year head coach Greg Flesher.
In the season opener at Anderson, the Lady Falcons ended up second behind fourth and fifth place finishes by freshman Steph Peareth and Angela Jimenez. In a tough Falcon Cup field, Pfeiffer rounded out fourth again led by Jimenez and Peareth. In a talented DI field at the Boscobel Intercollegiate, the young Lady Falcons again held their own finishing fourth in front of High Point and Presbyterian. The freshman duo finished again inside the top 10. Facing an even tougher field at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational, Gimenez finished eighth overall leading Pfeiffer to a third-place finish.
Queens University of Charlotte has been selected in the third spot for the third consecutive year. The Royals prepared for the spring with some of the toughest tournaments around, including their own Royals Invitational at TPC Sawgrass. In addition to challenging tournaments on challenging courses, Queens went toe-to-toe with exceptional competition this fall. The upperclassman showed good promise against some of the nation's best and the younger players started to find their composure as the fall finished up. With those components and consistent play by all, Queens looks to roll a solid fall season into an even better spring season.
Rounding out the women's golf preseason poll 4-8 was: Limestone & Mount Olive (tied), Erskine, Coker, and St. Andrews respectively.


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GoldenKnight wrote:Where did I point out that you were the one overreacting? Should I apologize for hurting your feelings indirectly?
therealdeal wrote:Yes.
GoldenKnight wrote:No...that's what I thought as well.
therealdeal wrote:What?
I don't get your last response there. Are you looking for an apology for not specifically mentioning you, even though you thought it was directed towards you, when I said "major overreaction here from a joke sig?"


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"This helps us really get a much better sense of what we have, and we're going to roll it out to some of our other core HR job position categories," she told Federal News Radio.
Nancy Potok, deputy director, Census Bureau
Those positions include survey and math statisticians.
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"We have people here who have done censuses for maybe one, two, even three decades," she said. "And now we have to look forward and do something really non-traditional in a sense. So we want to make sure that we have the right skillsets here."
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Census upgrades employee development, training
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"And this not only gets people in positions where they can build the skills that they need, but it's also a way for us to start developing our future leadership-people who have kind of a broad view across the whole Census Bureau," she said.
But training and developing employees takes time. So the agency is using contractors to temporarily fill competency gaps, Potok said. Leaders might also offer new rounds of buyouts and early retirements to make room for new employees who already possess the skills necessary to modernize census operations. But the agency has not made any final decisions, she said.
Census revamps internal structure
The bureau's effort to modernize its workforce comes as the agency also is updating its internal structure. The effort began in 2011, when leaders decided to close six of 12 regional offices.
"We will be done [closing the offices] by Dec. 31," Potok said.
But the agency also is restructuring its headquarters operations.
The internal changes will help the bureau stay current with fast-changing data collection technology, said then-Census Director Robert Groves in July 2011.
He stepped down last month to become provost at Georgetown University.
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SILVERADO CANYON – This close-knit canyon community is reeling over the loss of a husband and father of three who crashed a friend's motorcycle early Saturday morning.
John Minor, known to most as John Black because he took his wife's last name, died Saturday. He was 44.
"He loved his family more than anything," said Angie Black, Minor's wife of 11 years. "No matter what struggles he had, his family was the most important thing to him."
Minor was born Oct. 4, 1968. He grew up in Huntington Beach, lived in San Clemente for a time and moved to Silverado Canyon nearly eight years ago.
"We were looking for places, and we just found this house and we fell in love with it," said Black, who works at the Silverado Children's Center. "We both love nature and hiking and not having city lights. ... It was like this house was meant for us."
Minor worked "really, really, really hard" to support his family, Black said, commuting to Hawaiian Gardens where he'd worked his way up to a project manager with Hi-Tech Painting & Decorating.
"He went from a 19-year-old punk, skateboarding to work, to painting whole HOAs and high rises," Black said.
Minor also was active in canyon events, helping to organize a summer concert series. Though "Johnny," as she called him, wasn't much of a musician, Angie Black said her husband was one of a few locals who could play the "hillbilly bucket bass," where strings are attached to a bucket that serves as a resonator.
"He always had a twinkle in his eye, a smile and a willing heart," resident Mary Schreiber said. "John's death has had a profound effect on a lot of people."
Minor was dedicated to his children, his wife said, playfully joining in one of his daughter's ballet classes as he encouraged the kids to pursue their talents. He also liked to balance the girls on his hands, telling them not to be afraid of anything.
"He was the most amazing dad in the world," Black said. "People would almost be in tears watching him with his girls."
John and Angie eloped a dozen years ago, then had a wedding a year later at Crystal Cove. Though Minor was still his legal name, Angie said he started going by her last name of Black after they got married, since he'd never met his father.
The couple celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary Feb. 8, eight days before the crash.


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Here are a two photos taken at the "Legends of the Autobahn" West Coast Summer Concours in Carmel, California 2011 by photographer Larry Loney. Enjoy!
Here are a two photos taken at the "Legends of the Autobahn" West Coast Summer Concours in Carmel, California 2011 by photographer Larry Loney. Enjoy!
Simply perfect.
That is all.
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Thank you for keeping this car awesome for future generations.
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life would be better if he had a twin turbo. Or a ****ing pirate
ship." nm+
Thank you gentlemen.
Meanwhile, I landed a very rare AMG 32v DOHC M117 engine. It arrived in bits, pieces missing, considered unreliable and is known to leak like a sieve but said to sound like a symphony when turning 5-6k and tuned.
Another piece of AMG history that deserves a shot at being brought back to life.
wallet > brains
but for that, I applaud you for taking the chances that no one else will.
someone's gotta do it, and that someone has to be you, sir!
I am right there with you, Chapel. Here's hoping that beast will arise to roar yet again!
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Just discovered this thread. Have a 94 W140 500 Coupe in the family and since I'm a technician by trade I keep it in top running shape and have done a few mods but I have more of a softspot for the W126 Coupes especially the almighty Widebody AMG, the holy grail of Mercedes big body cars. I'm definitely keeping track of this thread. Great work man, great work!
If you ever want to sell it, not that you probably would .....PM me please.
Through the support of fellow enthusiasts our coupe was named October's Ride of the Month
Congratulations and well deserved. The interior is as stunning as the rest of the car.
this car is sick. i can't believe i never saw it on here until now. you really need to hire a professional car photographer and head out to the windmill farm by cochella.
Thanks again!
AMG Private Lounge hosted a driving event at Laguna Seca in October. Our coupe was very well received amongst a sea of 70+ contemporary AMG examples.
AMG put on a spectacular event which included hot laps with a professional drivers in their AMG CLS63 and AMG SLS63. They also organized an autocross event giving visitors an opportunity to throw the AMG C63's around the course.
any progress on the MT swap?
these cars are without a doubt my all time dream car.
i am speechless(trust me that never happens).
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When I win the lotto I'm gonna buy that off you okay?
that is one beautiful car. I really enjoy admiring the AMG cars from the 80's.
Thank you for saving history!
Gorgeous car.
Here's one of my favorite photos taken by one of the photographers present at the event.
So much 80's goodness. I love it.
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Tha Benz looks Bad Ass with those wide wheels under that wide body!
Simply amazing and thank you for sharing it with us who can only dream to restore a classic MB.
you need to find a girl that looks like this for a photoshoot:
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If anyone has more technical info on the DOHC engine or knows someone that might please let me know. The heads above are missing the intake/exhaust valve,springs, cups and keepers. Thanks in advance.
BTW, AMG themselves currently do not have any information on their early years.
awesome build dude
Are you going to Motor4Toys?
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All the religions in the world are equally important and equally dangerous. Religion should only be the way to developed Spirituality or Enlightment. Unfortunately most people never get there and then become Religious Beings instead of Spiritual Beings. The idea that one single religion will developed the spirituality of humanity is as good as the earth is flat. Most religions have spiritual leaders or role models which are as good as any idea of God that we may have. Agnostics and atheism is also a way to develop a spiritual being. The problem begins when the religious way become the spiritual goal; in the process of understanding our own nature and defining something may be bad/good for me, then I turn and make it bad/good for the rest of the world and the intolerant fundamentalist religious being is born, now I am the goal and I am the Enlightment. (Being there done that, and getting out of there takes a quantum leap in life) How can we limit the role of religion as an educational pathway only that prevents the formation of Religious Beings or they maybe just a by product of our spiritual development?
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Students filter into the expanded part of the lunchroom at Jackson High School on Thursday.
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Students filter into the original half of the lunchroom at Jackson High School on Thursday during the second lunch period of the day. Jackson expanded the space three years ago into an existing courtyard. This year's freshman class is the largest ever at Jackson.
That means about 27 new high school classrooms are needed in the central and southern end of the school district.
School officials have scheduled two meetings next week to hear from the public on whether to build a new high school or instead construct additions to existing schools.
If another high school is built, it would be the fifth in the Everett district. Right now the high schools are Everett, Cascade, Jackson and Sequoia, the alternative school.
The meetings are scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Evergreen Middle School cafeteria and from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Henry M. Jackson High School annex.
"We hope that people will come," said Mary Waggoner, Everett School District spokeswoman. "Even if they have elementary students, this will impact all the students as they move through the district."
The suggestions from the public will help the school board as it considers the school district's upcoming building needs, she said.
The school board is considering the additional high school classrooms and other construction projects to include in a bond issue expected to go to voters in February. The school board is expected to approve the final list of construction projects in November.
Jeff Russell, school board president, said if a new high school is built, it would be a "small" high school.
The school district considers 1,500 students just about the right size for a high school. Jackson has more than 2,000 students, meaning it's at or above capacity,
If the addition were added only at Jackson, it would push its enrollment to at least 2,700 students.
So some of the options under consideration are building a new, smaller high school or converting a middle school into a high school and building a new middle school, Russell said.
The school board also is expected to discuss building an additional elementary school in the southern portion of the school district, he said.
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Watkins, 6-foot-2, 185-pounds, currently holds more than 15 offers, including Northwestern, Louisville, Iowa and West Virginia. Tuesday afternoon, he picked up an SEC offer.
"Kentucky just offered," Watkins stated. "I just got off the phone with Coach (Vince) Marrow and he told me they were offering me a scholarship. This is a great honor for me, and my cousin (Teven Eatmon) plays there. Playing with him would be pretty awesome."
"I'd like to get down there soon for a visit, but I need to speak to my parents about that," he added. "I was there before for the game against Louisville, and I like Kentucky a lot. The only visit I have planned is to Northwestern in a couple of weeks."
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EAST WILLIAMSON – Mingo County Redevelopment Authority (MCRA) Director Steve Kominar is pleased to report that the Mingo County plant was chosen over the Melbourne, Arkansas facility for adding a second shift.
Kominar gave this news to his board of directors last week at their regular monthly meeting.
"This is great news and would not have been possible if we haven't had a collaborative relationship with the West Virginia Development Office personnel Mark Julian, John Mallet and Sharon Adams," Kominar said, "Also with the West Virginia Department of Tax and Revenue General Counsel Mark Morton - in conjunction with the Board of Directors of MCRA - this team effort showed the positives of doing business in the state of West Virginia and Mingo County. "
"The great relationship that has been established with local plant manager Andrew Messenger and Human Resources Director Linda McIntire was very important in this process," Kominar added. "We have every reason to believe that the Mingo County Plant will expand to third shift as well."
Kominar said employment applications can be completed on line at Unlincarrers.com or Mohawkcareers.com .
Kominar also announced that the new building has been completed and the Division of Forestry has moved in at the Industrial Park site. "This addition to the park is very beneficial to our county as well as Logan and Boone County. This location is a permanent location for the Division of Forestry. This is our first collaboration with the State of West Virginia at this site."
Kominar, a former House of Delegate representative, also shared good news about the Mingo County Air Transportation Park.
"We are bringing water and sewer to this 650 acre site, the cost is approximately $7 Million Dollars for this project. We have been successful in last year's state budget to receive $3.5 million and expect we will receive the balance this budget year. We want to thank Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and our state Legislative group for their support on this valuable asset," Kominar stressed.
"This water and extension project will also provide access to the White Flame No. 10 property that Alpha Natural Resources will donate to the MCRA for a residential housing site," Kominar added. "The IBR ( variance) has been granted for this site that includes approximately 1,300 acres. Alpha Natural Resources has made an incredible commitment to Mingo County and our future and we all should be extremely supportive and proud to have Alpha in our community."
Kominar said the MCRA has made strides toward the Integrated Energy Park and Integrated Energy Research Center. "There is a positive movement forward on a national basis for the development of Integrated Energy Parks. While there is much work to do going forward, we find that technology is advancing at light speed in this arena and we are committed to keeping Mingo County in the forefront," he told the board or directors.
"This leads us to the Integrated Energy Research Center. Our initial proposal is to establish a research center in Mingo County and we envision a facility of academia of every energy discipline working in collaboration to research and define going forward energy sources," Kominar said. "Not only for the present but the future."
The Tug Valley Entrepreneur Group is also working with the Redevelopment Authority. "This is a Collaborative formed by SWVC&TC and MCRA to promote entrepreneur growth in our community," said Kominar. "The group consists of 20 to 30 people presenting a broad section of our community. Southern is heading this movement and has committed to including these studies into their various business programs. Randy Keathley, Superintendent of Mingo County Schools, is involved and has made a commitment for the same into the secondary school system starting in a student's early years. This is an active group that meets monthly at the office of MCRA."
"I have mentioned Alpha Natural Resources and their commitment. CONSOL Energy and MCRA have begun preliminary discussions on 200 acres for agricultural use," Kominar said. He announced that the State Department of Agriculture has chosen Mingo County for its southern site for a 500 head hog farm. (See story in Sunday's Williamson Daily News.)
"This is still in the preliminary stages, but the Department of AG is touring other sites throughout the east coast to discover the best state of the art facilities to be built in West Virginia," Kominar added. "This will be a state supported facility. The process section will offer new job opportunities and skills or our local residences."
The MCRA board of directors also voted to write a letter in support of the Williamson Memorial Hospital and the proposed sale to ARH. "Dr. Dino Beckett and I have made two trips to Charleston expressing our opposition to this acquisition," Kominar said. "The first meeting was with the Governor and senior staff, the second was with Majority Leader Harry Keith White, Delegate Justin Marcum and Senior Staff from the Governor's Office."


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Yeah, seriously. I realize there's an opportunity cost to making just one choice, but that 855R seems like a no-brainer as long as the A/C works and he flushes the trans fluid before you pick it up.
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I may be going to look at this next weekend:
1988 E28 528e. Everything I know about the M20s in a slightly larger package... 1988 so it's a SuperEta motor. Easier to bump up to 170-190bhp thanks to using nearly everything from the M20B25s 170hp but with softer cams and valvetrain. Upgrade the cams and valvetrain, change out the fuel injectors and get the right ECU and you can get a 2.7L with quite a bit of oomph.
My wife even doesn't hate it.
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Great looking car. They also have a "buttoned-down" vintage driving feel them. Solid and planted, yet special enough to keep my interest.
Let us know how this goes.
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Originally Posted by .skully.
I love the M30, but I'm ultimately familiar with the M20 and upgrading it to 190ish HP isn't that expensive. That said, if it falls through, I'll look at some M30 powered ones too. They're tanks
That said, even the standard supereta motor goes reasonably well AND it gets ridiculous gas mileage. in the 30s on the highway.
with the supporting i mods I mentioned above, redline would increase to 6900rpms
if you leave the eta alone and put JUST a chip in it, yes 5300rpms.
Though this is a SuperEta, so the redline is already 5500rpms
I asked him to send me photos of the rust.
here's the ONLY spot that concerns me:
the other are the front door edge and the front fender.
You can see all the photos here:
My lady's previous car was a 1987 528e. It had a Conforti chip and shorter diff gearing, so it had some get up and go. It would get OK mileage at highway speeds, but around town it sucked down gas like crazy.
These cars also eat front suspensions for breakfast. Seriously. Check for front end wobble at highway speed during the test drive.
I would also replace the steering wheel if it hasn't been already. The stock ones are HUGE.
Seriously? This car has 295,000 miles on the engine and major drivetrain components. Trust me--I know the eta motors have a reputation for being long-lived. But 300k = time for a minor or major rebuild if it hasn't had anything done already.
"Perfect candidate for a full restoration" does not = uber-reliable daily driver in my book.
Why this over the Volvo?
I'm looking at 535is as well. That said, I'm mostly attracted to the euro bumpers... and the M20...
the guy has a pretty comprehensive service history.
I'm going to be bringing my absolutely brilliant BMW engineer friend with me.
M20s are a dime a dozen. I could even swap it for something fancier in a few years like a built M30 or M50...
Here's my take:
The E28 is a full generation of BMW older than the E30. It shows in a number of ways--the electrics in particular.
My friend who was the GM of the best independent BMW shop in the region says they are one of his least favorite BMW's due in large measure to the electrics, but also they just don't feel as modern as an E30 or E34. The driving position isn't as good as an E34, and the overall drive isn't as good.
Not trying to pee in your Wheaties here, Jared. I nearly bought a beautiful one owner 535is a number of years ago, having convinced myself it was The Car for me; then I drove it a fair bit. And talked with my friend about it.
I bought my E30 instead.
The E28 debuted only 2 years earlier than the E30 so it really wasn't a generation behind, they also shared most electrics if I remember correctly. I owned an E12 beforehand so the E28 seemed very modern to me by comparison.
That being said I know it is hard not to, but ignore the Euro bumpers and buy the best maintained, no rust, under 150K mile example you can find. If you only want the car for its bumpers then only pay as much as you would for those bumpers and find a better example to put them on.
Interesting. Not quite sure why someone would spend so much $ on restoring a 533i Auto. But it's been done nicely, for sure. I'm not quite sure I understand the ad, though--is he saying the car had a bad trans when he bought it? Or it does now?
Always worries me when someone describes a BMW of that vintage as having a "V6". Often a sign of an ignorant owner.
well, that 855 got sold out from under me rather oddly...
the guy said it wasn't done, wasn't ready to be seen over the weekend... then today he tells me it's on it's way to Canada...
What do you guys think of E39s (6 cylinder ones, the V8s seem to be too much of a hassle)
I've driven a euro-spec E39 525i all over Ireland many years ago.
I was shocked at how competent that car was. Yes, 170hp wasn't a lot but the drivetrain was very willing and the chassis made the most of it. (Frankly, on most of the 'roads' I was driving you wouldn't have been able to use much more anyway.)
I'm also a big fan of E34's, any with either an M50 or M30B35 underhood.
I'm looking at an E34 525i as well (M50 powered)
530i is out of my price range
My other concern right now is there's a good chance I might hold off until I get my raise in November and my bonus amount laid out... that way I know what I can afford on top of the $2500 I already have.
You're not getting an E39 that isn't a basket case in the $2500 range.
It's asking a lot to find a decent E34 in that price range, honestly.
I'd wait if I were you. As stated, you don't NEED the car. So why not hold off?


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Lopo L. Rego
Contact Information
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- Associate Professor of Marketing
- Bloomington
- PhD, Marketing, University of Michigan Business School, 2000
- MBA, Marketing and Strategy, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1993
- BS, Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1991
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of Marketing, Indiana University, 2011-present
- Associate Professor of Marketing, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, 2010-11
- Assistant Professor of Marketing, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, 2003-10
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, 2001-03
- Adjunct Lecturer, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, 2000
Awards, Honors & Certifications
- Gary C. Fethke Research Fellowship, 2008-2011
- University of Iowa - School of Management Marketing Faculty of the Year, 2007-09
- Dean's Teaching Award, University of Iowa Tippie College of Business, 2008
- Marketing Science Institute Research Award #4-1462a, 2007
- Marketing Science Institute Research Award #4-1462b, 2007
- University of Iowa Instructional Improvement Award, 2007
- Old Gold Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2005
- Old Gold Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2004
- Marketing Science Institute Research Award, #4-1262, 2004
- Doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1998-99
- European Union PRAXIS XXI - Fellowship and Scholarship, 1994-98
- Gerald & Lillian Dykstra Fellowship for Teaching & Academic Excellence, 1997
Professional Interests
Marketing-Finance Interface, Strategic Marketing, Shareholder Value Creation, Strategic Brand Management, Customer Satisfaction, Brand Equity, Empirical Generalizations.
Personal Interests
Running, photography, cooking, technology-junkie, traveling
Lopo joined the faculty in 2011. Originally from Lisbon, Portugal, he has been in the US since 1994 when he started his "Grand Tour of the Midwest": Ann Arbor, Michigan, Iowa City, Iowa and most recently, Bloomington, Indiana. His undergraduate degree is in Economics and he also earned a master's degree in Economics, although he hopes that people do not hold that against him. Later on and while working on his MBA, he fully converted to the "dark side" and has since been very interested in the associations between Marketing Strategy and Firm Performance. In further exploring these associations, he discovered this curiosity to be life-long, leading him to Ann Arbor, where he eventually earned his Ph.D. in Marketing at the University of Michigan. Not surprisingly, his research interests focus primarily in understanding how Marketing decisions, strategies and investments aimed at customers, products, brands, collaborators and competitive context translate into different levels of firm performance, be it at the product-marketplace level, financial-accounting level or shareholder wealth level. His research has been published in such outlets as the Journal of Marketing, Marketing Science, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Empirical Generalisations in Marketing, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Research in Marketing, and Marketing Science Institute Working Paper Series.
Selected Publications
- Billett, Matthew T., Zhan Jiang and Lopo L. Rego (2014), "Glamour Brands and Glamour Stocks," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 107, Part B (November), Pages 744–759.
- Lopo L. Rego, Neil A. Morgan and Claes Fornell (2013), "Reexamining the Market Share-Customer Satisfaction Relationship," Journal of Marketing, vol. 77, issue 5, pages 1-20.
- Wiles, Michael A., Neil A. Morgan, and Lopo L. Rego (2012), "The Effect of Brand Acquisition and Disposal on Abnormal Stock Returns," Journal of Marketing, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 38-58.
- Jung, Sanguk, Thomas S. Gruca, and Lopo L. Rego (2010), "Excess Loyalty in CPG Markets: A Comprehensive Examination," Journal of Empirical Generalisations in Marketing Science, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1-13. Read Abstract
- Rego, Lopo L., Matthew T. Billett and Neil A. Morgan (2009), "Customer-Based Brand Equity and Firm Risk," Journal of Marketing, 73 (6), 47-60. Read Abstract
- Morgan, Neil A., and Lopo L. Rego (2009), "Brand Portfolio Strategy and Firm Performance," Journal of Marketing, 73 (1), 59-74. Read Abstract
- Morgan, Neil A., and Lopo L. Rego (2008), "Rejoinder: Can Behavorial WOM Measures Provide Insight into the Net Promoter© Concept of Customer Loyalty?" Marketing Science, 27 (3), 533-534. Read Abstract
- Pingitore, Gina, Neil A. Morgan, Lopo L. Rego, Adriana Giglotti, and Jay Meyers (2007), "The Single Question Trap: The Net Promoter Score Has Limitations in Predicting Financial Performance," Marketing Research, 19 (2), 9-13. Read Abstract
- Morgan, Neil A., and Lopo L. Rego (2006), "The Value of Different Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty Metrics in Predicting Business Performance," Marketing Science, 25 (5), 426-439. Read Abstract
- Gruca, Thomas S. and Lopo L. Rego (2005), "Customer Satisfaction, Cash Flow, and Shareholder Value," Journal of Marketing, 69 (3), 115-130. Read Abstract
- Dholakai, Utpal M. and Lopo L. Rego (1998), "What Makes Commercial Web Pages Popular? An Empirical Investigation of Web Page Effectiveness," European Journal of Marketing, 32 (7/8), 724-736. Read Abstract