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Crow Creek Tribe faces sequester cuts with greater self-sufficiency
The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in South Dakota depends on federal money for basic services, relying on promises made through treaties with the United States government. In March of this year, mandatory spending cuts curtailed education and health care on the reservation, and if Congress won't act to end the sequester for the coming fiscal year, another round of cuts will devastate federally funded programs. But as Crow Creek community leaders tell Victoria Wicks, the tribe is optimistically taking steps toward greater self-sufficiency.


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Last weekend's season-opening round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) ended with accidents for both Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars, giving the team an uphill climb ahead of them heading to Belgium for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in two weeks.
"Losing both cars in a race due to accidents is extremely bitter," said head of Audi Motorsport, Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. "It's the first time since Road Atlanta 2011 that we're going home from a race with the Le Mans prototypes without having scored a single point."
The No. 1 Audi driven by Tom Kristensen, Loic Duval and Lucas di Grassi, along with the No. 2 Audi driven by Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer both spun out on the wet Silverstone circuit during the race, taking both e-tron quattros out of contention.
"The performance at the beginning of the race was good," explains Ullrich. "When it started to rain we trusted our weather radar and waited too long before changing the tires. That was our mistake and, in retrospect, an unnecessary risk."
Indeed the pace was there, as Audi took fastest lap honors during both the qualifying and the race sessions.
"Losing both cars and having to pack up shortly after the first half of the race was absolutely not what we'd imagined," said team director Ralf Juttner. "The positive thing is: The car is good – that was obvious. Up to our retirement we also did a pretty good job of coping with the regulations, even though there's still a lot to learn."
"These things happen," reasoned driver Tom Kritensen, "Unfortunately, our race was much too short after two promising days of practice and qualifying. The conditions became very dangerous in the rain. Our car spun off track.
"We need to avoid getting into such situations in the future. Unfortunately, the World Championship started for us with the worst possible result."Audi R18, FIA WEC, FIA World Endurance Championship, Sports Cars

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As per Laurie Carr, Rangers prospect Mikhail Pashnin will play in North America this year, likely in the AHL with the CT Whale. Pashnin, the Rangers 7th round pick (#200) in the 2009 draft, is a defensive defenseman who plays bigger than his 5'11, 190 lb frame. Don't let the late draft pick fool you, he was the first overall pick in the KHL draft that same year. He fell so far in the draft because he was obliged to the KHL for a few seasons after his NHL draft year. Sometimes good things come to those who wait.
Pashnin is a stay at home guy who won't wow you with his point production, but he will wow you his physical presence for such a small frame. The kid is tough as nails, and for those wanting to see an end to the constant run-ins of the opposition with Henrik Lundqvist, Pashnin will surely help to put an end to that. Having played in the KHL, he is likely to be more polished than some of the other prospects, but will help solidify a solid blue line with Pavel Valentenko and Tomas Kundratek leading the way.
Also, expect Wade Redden to bring him under his wing, like he did with so many prospects last season. You may laugh at that statement, but Redden has done wonders for the defensive prospects.


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Kathleen Jensen and Myrna Leininger have joined the Lutheran Social Services Senior Companions program as a volunteer senior companion in the Barnes County area.
As senior companions, Jensen and Leininger provide free in-home assistance with daily living activities and social and recreational opportunities to help local seniors who are lonely, isolated, frail, disabled or homebound.
Read more in Monday's Times-Record.
A local hip-hop artist is performing a show in Fargo later this month. Erik Kiley, 19, of Valley City, will open for Pledge Empire Records, a group of hip-hop artists based out of the Twin Cities, at concert venue The New Direction in Fargo Sept. 21.
The show begins at 5 p.m., and tickets are $5 in advance or $7 at the door. Kiley can be reached for tickets via Facebook or on his cell phone at (701) 334-9006.
Kiley said his hip-hop career stemmed from writing poetry when he was younger. He began writing lyrics about a year ago.
Local author Wayne McKirdy will be at the Barnes County Museum Saturday, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to promote his book, "Together."
The Rev. Wayne McKirdy, a retired Methodist pastor, described the book he wrote with his wife, Maybelle, as a love story about their courtship and 51 years they spent together.
More in Friday's issue of the Times-Record.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2010 suicide was the 10th leading cause of death in the country. That year, someone in the U.S. died of suicide every 13.7 minutes.
In fact, in 2002, the year Wellness in the Valley was started by Debbie Anderson, Barnes County had one of the highest rural suicide rates in the nation. Two years ago, five Barnes County residents committed suicide in a four-month period.
Editor's Note: The recent arrests of two Valley City residents for possessing a sellable amount of methampethamine brought attention to the prevalence of drug use in the area. For the next couple of weeks, reporter Bonnie Jo Hanson will examine drug use in and around Valley City and its effects on the community. The first two articles detail the two most common abused drugs locally, methamphetamine and marijuana. In future articles, Hanson will explore what it's like to be an addict, the financial and personal costs of using illegal drugs, and what might done to slow the epidemic.
Barnes County native Stacey Lilja of Leonard was one of the members of the North Dakota State University Extension Service's sixth Rural Leadership North Dakota class.
"I'm extremely honored to be chosen," Lilja said Wednesday.
More in Thursday's issue of the Times-Record.
A Times-Record newspaper carrier received an award for her customer service Wednesday morning. Diana Gehlhoff, an Open Door Center resident, has been delivering the newspaper for about a year-and-a-half and has received many compliments, she said.
One person was impressed enough to nominate Gehlhoff for the Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce monthly community service award.
Chamber ambassadors and other community members presented the award to Gehlhoff Wednesday morning in an ODC building.
Read more in Wednesday's Times-Record.
A culprit or culprits in the May vandalism of the decorative water fountain in City Park has still not be found four months after the incident took place.
Valley City Police Chief Fred Thompson said Wednesday, "The culprits have not been located, and the investigation is continuing."
More in Thursday's issue of the Times-Record.
Valley City State University earned the No. 2 spot among Top Public Regional Colleges in the Midwest in the 2014 edition of U.S. News Best Colleges, said Greg Vanney, VCSU director of marketing and communications.
Tuesday Vanney said, this marks the fifth straight year that VCSU has been ranked either first or second in its category, the fifth consecutive year that VCSU has been North Dakota's highest-rated Public Regional College, and the 16th year in a row that VCSU has been recognized by U.S. Newsas a "Best College."
More in Wednesday's issue of the Times-Record.
Two Valley City residents were arrested in Fargo Monday and face several drug-related charges.
With the assistance of drug-seeking dogs, the Valley City residents, a man, 39, and a woman, 37, were arrested during a traffic stop after an ongoing investigation.
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The film, in which she plays a paid escort, features her in sex scenes with co-stars Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore.
"My mom can see whatever she pleases but I actually gave strict rules to my father to not come," she told entertainment website WENN. "He would normally come to my premiere and I am not comfortable with that. If he ever does see this film, he's gonna have to see it in clips. I just don't want to share it with him for a lot of obvious reasons."
Sitting next to her mom while watching her character have a lesbian encounter with Moore was uncomfortable enough, Seyfried admitted. "I didn't know what to do with my hands when the love scene with Julianne was on," she said.
Megan Fox:
Seyfried's "Jennifer's Body" co-star Megan Fox, with whom she has an on-screen makeout session, has said her parents don't have a problem with her steamy sex scenes.
She told Fox News last year when the film came out that her parents "don't care and are good about" watching her romp nearly nude on screen.
But Seyfried, who took her mom to the movie's premiere still had a tough time watching it, even if her mom was fine with it.
"She's OK, she knows it's acting but it's not necessarily OK with me," Seyfried said about her mother. "So it was difficult when my mom sat down next to me to watch 'Jennifer's Body'."
Eva Mendes:
Like Seyfried, actress Eva Mendes banned her father from seeing her first sex scene -- with Joaquin Phoenix in "We Own the Night."
"The Other Guys" star and Calvin Klein model was raised Catholic and once aspired to be a nun.
"I was cringing the entire time we were shooting it," Mendes was quoted saying after the movie's 2007 release. "I was scared about doing it and I'm still like, 'Oh my God, Dad cannot see this movie, Dad cannot see this movie! He would be mortified if he saw it."
Mendes recently released her own sex tape -- one she probably wouldn't mind her dad seeing. In a fake commercial for the website Funny or Die, Mendes' "sex tape" is actually just sticky masking tape, which Mendes says in the video will "take care of the nastiest, dirtiest and most flexible problems you have."
"Now, English isn't my first language," she jokes. "But it doesn't take a genius to know what tape is."
Sienna Miller:
Sienna Miller took her role in last year's "G.I. Joe," to spare her parents from having to watch her in another intimate or violent scene.
While promoting the film, she told reporters, "My parents are very supportive of my work, but they hate seeing me die, overdose or have sex on screen. I have to cover dad's eyes for those parts!"
"I've never done a huge studio movie like 'G.I. Joe,'" she said. "I felt like it was time to do something where I wasn't having a breakdown or addicted to heroin or dying at the end -- something that was really great fun and that people went to see and actually just had a great time seeing and weren't left damaged. I think my parents were also like, 'Please just stop doing these films -- you're killing us.'"
Rupert Grint:
Playing Harry Potter's best friend Ron Weasley over nine years, Rupert Grint has grown from a child to a young man.
In last year's "Cherrybomb," Grint shed his boyish image, as well as his clothing, to play a troubled teen indulging in drugs and sex.
"Filming it was a really nerve-wracking experience but the worst bit was watching it with my parents," he told London's The Mirror.


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While every one of the Supreme One's avataras is to be celebrated, Rama and Krishna avataras remain the most popular. While Rama is praised for his qualities of obedience and patience, Krishna is best remembered for His mischievous pranks. And yet, Krishna, perhaps, was more obedient and patient than even Rama, said Akkarakkani Srinidhi, in a discourse. Rama obeyed Dasaratha and went to the forest, but when He did so, He was at an age when the significance of obedience was understood. But Krishna was obedient even as an infant. When Vasudeva, fearing Kamsa, asked the just born Krishna to conceal His weapons and to appear as a normal child, Krishna obeyed His father.
The dangers Krishna faced were more than the ones Rama faced. Rama was a prince and had the love and affection of the entire royal household and of all the citizens of His father's kingdom. Krishna was separated from His parents Vasudeva and Devaki immediately after His birth. Pillai Urangavilli Dasar, a disciple of Ramanujacharya, would salute the darkness of the night because it was the darkness that had made it easy for carrying Krishna away to safety.
Krishna faced dangers to His life even when He grew up with Devaki and Nandagopa. Rama was born in Treta yuga, a nice yuga to be born in. Even when He was in the forest, Rama had the protection of Lakshmana.
Krishna, on the other hand, was born in Dwapara yuga, which just preceded Kali yuga. Nandagopa, His foster father, was a gentle man, not a warrior. Rama was not by nature prone to mischief. But Krishna was naughty. In the Ramayana, Sita suffered because of being imprisoned in Lanka. Rama Himself was never imprisoned. But in the Krishna avatara, He was born in a prison. In the Rama avatara, Rama was never a messenger. He had in Hanuman a sincere messenger. But Krishna served as the messenger of the Pandavas. Duryodhana treated Krishna with disrespect, when He went to negotiate on behalf of the Pandavas. Krishna's concern for the Pandavas becomes apparent from His patience in the face of such rudeness. Above all, it was Krishna who gave us the Bhagavad Gita, making this His most complete avatara.


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President Pranab Mukherjee addressed a joint sitting of Parliament on Monday, and listed out the priorities and agenda of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government.
The President's address began at 11 am in the Central Hall of Parliament. President Mukherjee said serving the citizens of India would be the first priority of the Modi-led NDA government, and stressed that the government is committed to the poor. "My government is dedicated to the poor, poverty has no religion, hunger has no creed. My government will not be satisfied with mere poverty alleviation but commits itself to the goal of poverty elimination,"" he said.
The President said India's greatest challenge was to end the curse of poverty in the country, and added that the government would focus on those who were in most need of the basic necessities of life. "Containing food inflation would be the top most priority of the government. My government will take effective steps to prevent hoarding and black marketing. My government is aware of the possibility of a sub normal monsoon this year and contingency plan is being prepared," the President said.
Mukherjee added that the government will also take steps to curb hoarding and black marketing. "We will not settle for only poverty alleviation, we are aiming for poverty elimination," he said.
Calling the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls an 'Election of Hope', he said, "The electorate transcended the boundaries of caste, creed religion to come together and vote precisely for development through good governance. The country needed a strong and stable government that could provide effective leadership."
"My government will work to fulfil these aspirations. For these it pledges to its principle 'sabka saath, sabka vikas. We will work to establish the credibility of the institutions of democracy and is committed to minimum government, maximum governance," he added.
President Mukherjee began by summing up the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, saying the it was a matter of great satisfaction that they were smooth and largely peaceful, and called them an 'Election of Hope'. "A party has got absolute majority after almost 30 years," he said. He congratulated the people on voting for stability and development, and expressed solidarity with the families of all those who lost their lives during the election process.
"My government will function with the mantra of "Minimum Government, Maximum Governance", he said.
The president outlined various issues that would be tackled by the government including the economy and inflation, violence against women, education, infrastructure, defence, and the cleaning up of the River Ganga, one of the key issues taken up by the Modi government.


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Bo Carter (Armenter "Bo" Chatmon) had an unequaled capacity for creating sexual metaphors in his songs, specializing in such ribald imagery as "Banana in Your Fruit Basket," "Pin in Your Cushion," and "Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me." One of the most popular bluesmen of the '30s, he recorded enough material for several reissue albums, and he was quite an original guitar picker, or else three of those albums wouldn't have been released by Yazoo. (Carter employed a number of different keys and tunings on his records, most of which were solo vocal and guitar performances.) Carter's facility extended beyond the risqué business to more serious blues themes, and he was also the first to record the standard "Corrine Corrina" (1928). Bo and his brothers Lonnie and Sam Chatmon also recorded as members of the Mississippi Sheiks with singer/guitarist Walter Vinson.
Armenter "Bo Carter" Chatmon (June 30, 1893 – September 21, 1964) was an American early blues musician. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks in concerts, and on a few of their recordings. Carter also managed that group, which included his brother, Lonnie Chatmon, on fiddle and occasionally Sam Chatmon on bass, along with a friend, Walter Vinson, on guitar and lead vocals.^ Cite error: The named reference russell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).^ Cite error: The named reference AMG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Since the 1960s, Carter has become best known for his bawdy songs such as "Let Me Roll Your Lemon", "Banana in Your Fruit Basket", "Pin in Your Cushion", "Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me", "Please Warm My Wiener" and "My Pencil Won't Write No More". However, his output was not restricted to risqué music. In 1928, he recorded the original version of "Corrine, Corrina", which later became a hit for Big Joe Turner and has become a standard in various musical genres.
Carter and his brothers (including pianist Harry Chatmon, who also made recordings), first learned music from their father, ex-slave fiddler Henderson Chatmon, at their home on a plantation between Bolton and Edwards, Mississippi. Their mother, Eliza, also sang and played guitar.
Carter made his recording debut in 1928, backing Alec Johnson. Carter soon was recording as a solo artist and became one of the dominant blues recording acts of the 1930s, recording 110 sides. He also played with and managed the family group, the Mississippi Sheiks, and several other acts in the area. He and the Sheiks often played for whites, playing the pop hits of the day and white-oriented dance material, as well as for blacks, using a bluesier repertoire.
Carter went partly blind during the 1930s. He settled in Glen Allan, Mississippi and despite his vision problems did some farming but also continued to play music and perform, sometimes with his brothers. Carter moved to Memphis, and worked outside the music industry in the 1940s.
Carter suffered strokes and died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Shelby County Hospital, Memphis, on September 21, 1964.^ Let Me Roll Your Lemon Lyrics - Bo Carter^ Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues – From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited. pp. 99–100. ISBN 1-85868-255-X. ^ Blueslyrics.tripod.com^ "Biography by Jim O'Neal". Allmusic.com. Retrieved June 3, 2009. ^ Bo Carter (January 31, 2012). Bo Carter & the Mississippi Sheiks (Box Set). Jsp Records.
Bo Carter's style of playing the guitar and his songwriting won him fans long after he died. One of the most notable examples was blues-rock guitarist, Rory Gallagher from Ireland, who performed several of his songs, including, "All Around Man."


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Even though Alex Rodriguez was reportedly a member of an ultra-exclusive and high-stakes poker ring run by Russian mobsters, the New York Yankees slugger won't face questions from MLB headquarters, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
"As you know, we interviewed him in 2011 (and) thus far, we have not received any new information," a source at MLB headquarters told Radar when asked if Rodriguez would be called to the commissioner's office to be grilled about his involvement.
Nearly three dozen people were charged Tuesday in what investigators said were three organized crime enterprises that operated international gambling businesses that "catered primarily to celebrities, professional poker players and very wealthy individuals working in the financial industry."
The New York Daily News reported one of those charged, Edwin Ting, 41, ran a Manhattan poker club where A-Rod, 37, was spotted in 2005.
Also among those arrested was "Hollywood poker madam" Molly Bloom, who was named in an indictment filed in a federal court in Manhattan as being one of seven people who ran a clandestine poker business from 2010 until it folded, this week.
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It was Bloom who lured Rodriguez to games in Hollywood which involved a cavalcade of Hollywood stars including Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, as RadarOnline.com first reported in July, 2011.
One of those games featured the open use of drugs and turned violent, sources told us.
Initially, the star's spokesman, Richard Rubenstein, denied that the Yankee played in any of the games.
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But Rodriguez and his rep were later caught in a lie when a jailed Ponzi mastermind used a deposition at a prison in Taft, Calif., to admit that he played against the third baseman.
Hedge fund manager Bradley Ruderman embezzled $25 million and used $5.2 million of it to pay off monster poker debts to a slew of high-profile Hollywood identities, including Maguire and The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes.
In his testimony, Ruderman was specifically questioned by lawyers about one particular game.
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"I can give you some of the names I remember," he told the attorneys.
"Kenny Tran, Alex Rodriguez."
"The baseball player?" one lawyer asked, somewhat surprised.
"Yes," Ruderman said.
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In 2005, A-Rod faced questions from the MLB for the first time about his activities at poker dens after he was spotted at a parlor in Manhattan playing with poker pro Phil Helmuth.
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Freeways surround us. Sidewalks, asphalt and buildings are everywhere. In urban and suburban Southern California, it's hard to catch a glimpse of pure nature sometimes.
Art can provide us a pleasant reminder of what the land and coast looked like generations ago, before development, sprawl and human encroachment. Of course, art evolves and morphs over time. A new exhibition in Newport Beach examines the changing modes of landscape representation in art from the Golden State, from 1870 to the present.
"California Landscape into Abstraction" is the Orange County Museum of Art's latest effort to delve into its permanent collection and make some thematic sense out of it. This extensive survey features more than 120 artworks by more than 90 artists, and makes the argument that there's a strong connection between landscape and abstraction in California art.
OCMA's chief curator Dan Cameron is the curator of this show, and he has taken a dizzying array of art and artists and organized the works by theme rather than chronologically. This approach attempts to dissolve some of the rigid boundaries between historical styles and "isms," and, for the most part, it succeeds in doing just that.
"California Landscape into Abstraction" includes some very important and influential artists, including Ansel Adams, Lita Albuquerque, Peter Alexander, Carlos Almaraz, Elmer Bischoff, Rex Brandt, Vija Celmins, Llyn Foulkes, Tim Hawkinson, Dorothea Lange, Helen Lundeberg, Lee Mullican, Agnes Pelton, Ken Price, Ed Ruscha, Millard Sheets, James Turrell and Edward Weston.
This is a large show that occupies the museum's entire 10,000 square feet of exhibition space. It will take the average viewer a while – probably more than an hour – to view all the work, read the text panels and take in everything.
But the effort should prove worth it. Cameron has a good eye and a nice presentation style. His approach is intellectually stimulating but not overbearing, and he situates the works in manageable chunks that make sense.
Highlights include Bay Area Figurative painter Bischoff's fantastic oil "Two Figures at the Seashore" (1957); three works by the sardonic and incomparable L.A. artist Foulkes; Terry Schoonhoven's gigantic "Sons of the Desert," a 1975 oil and enamel on linen that takes up an entire gallery wall; and Kori Newkirk's "Hutch" (2004), an idyllic backyard scene made of artificial hair and hundreds of plastic beads.
While some sculptures and installations populate the exhibit, the focus is on two-dimensional pieces.
Many of the works may look familiar to those who have attended OCMA recently. A number have been featured in the museum's California Biennials, which were transformed earlier this year into a California-Pacific Triennial.
Biennial alumni whose works are in this show include Brian Calvin, Pearl C. Hsiung, Newkirk, Shirley Shor and Mungo Thompson. Shor's technologically savvy "Landslide" (2004) is a standout – sophisticated and socially relevant, yet still reminiscent of a child's sandbox.
"Landscape into Abstraction" features some notable photography, including locally relevant efforts by Lewis Baltz, Arthur Taussig, the late Jerry Burchfield and Mark Chamberlain. Burchfield and Chamberlain's historic Laguna Canyon Project is represented by a blurry 1983 chromogenic print.
It would have been nice to see more from these two, including their El Toro Marine base Legacy Project. Burchfield, who died in September 2009, experimented with different types of photographic techniques, paper and printing processes, and did wonderful things with Lumen prints and flora.
The show features three photographs by John Divola, an influential photographer who currently has a retrospective at three museums: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pomona College Museum of Art and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
One image, an untitled work from his 1978 Zuma Beach Series, is a bit faded, and isn't the best print out there. We've seen better at the Museum of Contemporary Art's "Under the Big Black Sun" and in his current retrospective.


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For an afternoon of holiday fun, Victorian-style, check out Heritage House, decked out for the season in 18th-century British fashion. Gingerbread ornament-making, croquet and wheelbarrow races are just a few of the activities. Free; $1 donation requested for crafts. Participants are encouraged to attend other concurrent festivities in Old Town. Heritage County Park, 2454 Heritage Park Row, Dec. 13, noon-5 p.m. Information: (619) 291-9784.
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The San Diego Symphony launches its holiday celebrations with trumpeter Chris Botti playing seasonal tunes, followed by Holiday Pops! concerts featuring conductor Matthew Garbutt, the San Diego Master Chorale, California Ballet and the San Diego Children's Choir. Chris Botti, Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m., $30-$300; Holiday Pops! concerts Dec. 17-20. $20-$85. Information: (619) 235-0804 or sandiegosymphony.com.
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One contest in the eight-part Freedom Surf Series in Southern California is taking place in Oceanside during the holidays. Sponsored by the Christian Surfing Foundation, the series is open to amateur surfers of all religions and surfing abilities. Highlights include specialty divisions such as switch-foot and parent/child. $40 for the first division; $20 for a second; $10 fee for same-day purchase. Oceanside Pier, Dec. 20. Information: (760) 722-6363 or christiansurfingfederation.com
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Looking for a liquor-free way to usher in the new year? In Escondido, the whole family can roam the grounds of Grape Day Park and the California Center for the Arts. There will be a lot to discover, including entertainment on 12 stages (one's just for teens), a food court, a kids zone and a circus. This is the 14th annual First Night Escondido, New Year's Eve, 6 p.m. to midnight, Grape Day Park, Escondido City Hall, California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Fireworks at 9 p.m. and midnight. Free for kids under 6 and for official volunteers; tickets, $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Information: (760) 715-4448 or firstnightescondido.com.
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BCA's NeuroActive Bike and NeuroActive Program are designed to help all types of people - students, business professionals and seniors - boost their brainpower, keep their brains youthful and help prevent Alzheimer's. As they pedal, NeuroActive Bike users manipulate a wireless mouse to complete the NeuroActive Program, the only brain-fitness software program that uses an advanced artificial intelligence and a series of exercises to train the entire brain and sharpen 16 cognitive functions - more than any other program on the market. The PC- and Mac-compatible NeuroActive Program, which also may be purchased separately from the bike, may be used at home in the office and almost anywhere.
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RICHMOND, Texas Investigators in Fort Bend County are on the hunt for a group of suspects in a felony criminal mischief case at Pecan Grove Country Club.
It happened on January 9, 2012.
Investigators said they were called to the scene in the 3000 block of Plantation Drive after the suspects broke into the club s golf cart facility.
As many as six golf carts were driven into the club s pond and were totally submerged by the time deputies got there.
Club employees said the carts had been visible earlier in the day, but heavy rains in the area that morning had covered them up.
Investigators said 18 other golf carts and a beverage cart were found parked all over the golf course.
Several of the carts were driven out of the barn while still plugged into their charging stations, causing further damage, deputies said.
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21. Ole Miss (7-6)
The overall talent might not be in place for Hugh Freeze to win the loaded SEC West, but his Rebels might have just enough to come really, really close. After a great rebound year with impressive wins over Mississippi State and Pitt to close things out. Now the sky's the limit for one of the nation's most experienced teams. For good and bad, the NFL talent wasn't there to leave early compared to other SEC teams, but that's going to change.
Nine starters are back on each side of the ball, starting with quarterback Bo Wallace leading an offense that started to find its groove late in the year. Jeff Scott is a solid back, Donte Moncrief is a dangerous target, and the line should be better with four starters returning and as much depth as it's had in several years.
The defense was among the best in the nation at getting into the backfield, leading the SEC and finishing fourth in tackles for loss. Ends C.J. Johnson and Cameron Whigham should camp out in opposing backfields, while Mike Marry and Denzel Nkemdiche form one of the league's best linebacking tandems. Depending on the formation, nine starters are back on the D, with everyone back in a secondary that struggled considering all the help from the front line.
22. Notre Dame (12-1)
BCS championship appearances will come on a regular basis now, right? Not quite. Brian Kelly is improving the talent level by leaps and bounds, but it's still going to take a little while to revamp a team that relied so heavily on veterans and seniors last season. However, there are plenty of great young talents – helped by a terrific recruiting class – to expect another great year and at least another run to a BCS game.
The offense has to replace just about every key star of note, but the one area that's stocked deep is quarterback. All the options are back, but it's still Everett Golson's team to run until further notice. Will George Atkinson III play a bigger role for the running game? He'll have to, but it could be tough to find room to move behind a retooled interior of the line that loses center Braxston Cave and guard Mike Golic. Tyler Eifert is off to the next level, but Ben Koyack has the look of the next great Irish tight end to take take some of the heat off of No. 1 receiver TJ Jones.
The defense should once again be a rock despite the loss of Manti Te'o and end Kapron Lewis-Moore. The secondary that had to undergo so many changes on the fly should be more settled with corners Bennett Jackson and KeiVarae Russell coming into the year as veterans who'll know what they're doing. The combination of linemen Louis Nix III and Stephon Tuitt should be as good as any in the nation.
Call 2012 the regression to the mean. The Trojans weren't as good as many thought in 2011, and they weren't as bad as they seemed last year – losing Matt Barkley was a big deal – and now everyone gets to see 1) if Lane Kiffin can guide the team through adversity, again, and 2) if the fan base will be patient enough to get through another year or two until the terrific recruiting classes can start to mature.
Can Max Wittek play? The 6-4, 235-pounder has all the tools and all the talent to be the next great USC quarterback, and he has Marqise Lee to throw to, but he needs to be a lot better than he was against Notre Dame and Georgia Tech to close out the year. The offensive line should be terrific with four starters returning – only losing center Khaled Holmes – and Silas Redd should bust out and be an All-America caliber back. In all, nine offensive starters are back from the bowl loss, and there should be more consistency if the depth can be counted on.
Eight starters are back on the defensive side with three starters returning to a front line that finished fourth in the nation in sacks. Dion Bailey is a terrific linebacker and Lamar Dawson is a potential killer in the middle, but the defense has to be much, much more physical and far stronger against the run. Safeties T.J. McDonald and Jawanza Starling are gone, but corners Nickell Robey and Josh Shaw are back.
24. Oklahoma State (8-5)
2012 was supposed to be a rebuilding year, and the youth and inexperience showed at times in close losses to Oklahoma, Texas and Baylor, but the firepower was still there for the nation's third-ranked scoring offense. This season, watch out.
The Cowboys have some big decisions to make, particularly at quarterback with Clint Chelf, J.W. Walsh and Wes Lunt all proving last season they could play. The won't have Joseph Randle to hand off to, but Josh Stewart and Blake Jackson are emerging as one of the Big 12's most dangerous receiving tandems. The line loses guard Lane Taylor, but three starters are back along with enough good options to play around with the lineup.
The defense that has been such a problem at times under Mike Gundy actually took a big step forward last year, finishing in the middle of the conference pack. Shaun Lewis and Caleb Lavey are sound veteran linebackers, while Shamiel Gary will be one of the Big 12's top-tackling defensive backs in a promising secondary. While the team is improving and should be stronger, it'll have a hard time replacing Quinn Sharp, the nation's best all-around kicker.
25. Miami (7-5)
Miami, this is the year to actually take the chances that are there – don't give back this one. With ten starters returning to each side of the ball, Al Golden has an experienced team that should know what it's doing. The defense has to be far, far stronger and the offense more consistency, but the pieces are there to challenge for the ACC title.
The offense rolled by the end of the year, putting up 162 points in the final four games hanging 40 on both Virginia and South Florida and 52 on Duke. The passing attack was deadly and the ground game found its groove. Running back Mike James is the only loss, but his absence should only open up more chances for lightning bolt leading rusher, Duke Johnson. Stephen Morris started to take the offense by the horns, and he should be in for a huge year working behind Seantrel Henderson at a strong line that should gel into one of the ACC's best. Phillip Dorsett will be the No. 1 target in a deep receiving corps. Can the defense tackle anyone? Dead last in the ACC total defense and run defense, and with no pass rush whatsoever, there's lots and lots of work to do. Corner Brandon McGee is the only loss, and while there are some question marks about whether or not everyone can play, only two players are gone off the three-deep depth chart. Linebacker Denzel Perryman will likely be among the team's leading tacklers again, while end Anthony Chickillo should be the top pass rusher.
26. Northwestern (10-3)
The Wildcats won ten games and finally came up with a bowl victory, but the season was even better than that. There but for two big pass plays against Nebraska and Michigan went a possible shot at the Big Ten championship, but still, it really was a great year for a program that keeps finding ways to produce under Pat Fitzgerald. The talent is there to potentially do even more.
Eight starters are back on offense, highlighted by the combination of Kain Colter and Trevor Siemian at quarterback. Venric Mark never quite got his due as a jack-of-all-trades running back, but that should change this year as he becomes the likely signature star of a rising team. All the receivers are back, and all the top runners return, including Colter, but the line needs some retooling with three starters gone.
The defense needs more from the secondary, and that should come with Ibraheim Campbell a lock for all-star honors at safety and both corners Daniel Jones and Nick VanHoose coming back. The pass rush could stand to be a little bit better up front with Quentin Williams gone on the end. Damien Proby is a big tackling force in the middle, while Chi Chi Ariguzo is a promising strongside defender who should once again be one of the team's leaders in tackles for loss. Kicker Jeff Budzeim is a rock.
27. Kansas State (11-2)
Okay, this has been a fun ride and an interesting resurgence, but enough is enough, right? Maybe not.
Collin Klein is gone, but Daniel Sams and Sam Johnson are interesting options to fight for the starting quarterback job. John Hubert will be even more involved in a workhorse role behind a terrific O line that welcomes back all five starters. The passing game might take a bit of a hit, and losing tight end Travis Tannahill hurts, but the running game will work like usual.
Snyder always finds ways to fill in the gaps on defense, but he'll have to do more work than normal with the entire front seven – including linebacker Arthur Brown – gone. The safeties should be solid – Ty Zimmerman is an all-star lock – but corners Allen Chapman and Nigel Malone are gone. Tyler Lockett will be one of the nation's premier kick and punt returners again, but kicker Anthony Cantele and punter Ryan Doerr have to be replaced.
28. North Carolina (8-4)
Larry Fedora put together a nice year considering the team wasn't eligible for anything, and now it's time to shine again. With a whopper of a recruiting class coming in to go along with a veteran team, the future is bright for a Tar Heel program still trying to fight through its probation. If eligible, it would've played for the ACC title last season, and now it should be ready to battle for the Coastal and a shot at the championship.
With all-star running back Giovani Bernard leaving early for the NFL, the offense will revolve even more around quarterback Bryn Renner, who'll be on showcase for pro scouts all year. The receiving corps needs Sean Tapley and Quinshad Davis to do more with the loss of Erik Highsmith, while it'll be up to the combination of A.J. Blue and one of the nation's top kickoff returners, Romar Morris, to make up for the loss of Bernard. Guard Jonathan Cooper is almost certainly going to be a first round draft pick, and big right tackle Travis Bond is gone, but James Hurst is back at left tackle to lead an excellent line.
The defense that was so good at getting into the backfield has to replace middle linebacker Kevin Reddick and end Dion Guy, but Kareem Martin returns at one end and Tim Jackson is back on the nose. The entire secondary is back led by free safety Tre Boston and corners Jabari Price and Darin Rankin.
29. Arizona State (8-5)
Todd Graham put together a terrific first season with three wins to close things out including a 62-28 stomping of Navy in the bowl and a rivalry victory over Arizona. The offense finished second in the Pac-12 in scoring, while the defense led the nation in tackles for loss and was second in sacks.
Eight starters return to the balanced offense, led by rising star quarterback Taylor Kelly along with Michael Eubank, who saw his share of time and should be more than ready if needed. Running back Cameron Marshall is gone, but Marion Grice ended up leading the team in rushing and turned into a nice receiver. Leading target Chris Coyle is back in an H-back role, but wide outs Rashad Ross and Jamal Miles have to be replaced.
Will Sutton, a terror of a defensive tackle, put off the NFL for another year, and the rest of the defensive line is back including pass rusher Carl Bradford on the outside. Leading tackler Brandon Magee is done, but the rest of the linebacking corps is back. Corner Oshahon Irabor and safety Alden Darby will anchor a pass defense that led the Pac-12 and finished third in the nation. The Pac-12 leading punting game loses Josh Hubner.
30. Arizona (8-5)
The first year under Rich Rodriguez was a success winning eight times and finishing off with a thrilling bowl victory over Nevada. The offense worked, the defense didn't, and now it's going to take a little more work to become just consistent enough to make some more noise in the Pac-12 South. Being loaded with experience should help the cause.
The defense that was the fifth-worst in college football and sixth-worst in pass defense took its lumps, but there's a chance to make a big jump up with all 11 starters back on defense. Not only are all the No. 1s returning, so are all the twos led by pass rusher Marquis Flowers on the strongside while middle linebacker Jake Fischer should be among the Pac-12's top tacklers.
Of course, it's all about the offense, and the spotlight will be on the nation's leading rusher, Ka'Deem Carey. The quarterback situation has to be settled after losing Matt Scott, but Austin Hill is a top target to help make B.J. Denker or Richard Morrison shine. Three starters – including tackles Mickey Baucus and Fabbians Ebbele – are back.


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I haven't had much of a chance to try this out since it happened, but I finally downloaded the surprisingly large update and booted into this afternoon. It might just be me, but I don't remember having this many sound options in the game before (someone please correct me if this is wrong). There are a lot of music tracks in there now, and some of em are actually pretty good. A lot of them also sound like they were recorded well, though there's a few cheesy midi sounds in there too.


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PC Game | Publisher: City Interactive | Developer: City Interactive | 6.5 GB
Languages: English, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Polish, Czech
Genre: First-Person Shooter, Action | Release Date: 29 June, 2010
When the democratic government of Isla Trueno is overthrown, an aggressive and hostile military command rises to power. A highly trained special ops unit is sent in to help the rebels accomplish objectives that only a sniper can handle. In addition to intense sniper missions, players will also take part in a variety of assault scenarios where their prowess with weapons will be a huge help to the undermanned rebels.
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Using technology to enhance capital planning and budgeting: Austin's eCAPRIS project reporting and information system.
Austin is the state capital of Texas. With more than 640,000 residents, it is the fourth-largest city in the state and the 16th-largest city in the U.S. Austin's vision is "To be the most livable city in the country." In addition to providing general government services--public safety, recreation and culture, health services, etc.--the city also owns and operates an electric utility, a water utility, a drainage utility, a convention center, solid waste service, and an international airport.
The budget office manages the city's capital improvement program, which involves all departments that undertake capital projects as part of their mission and operations. Austin spends approximately $550 million per year on capital projects. The program is funded by a combination of bonds, cash, and grants.
Each spring, in accordance with the city charter, the budget office, working with each of the departments, prepares a five-year capital improvement program plan for review by the Planning Commission. This plan details spending, appropriation, and funding needs for every planned or ongoing project, as well as project descriptions and locations. The first year of the CIP becomes the draft for the proposed capital budget, which is presented to the City Council in June of each year. The City Council adopts the annual capital budget, along with the operating budget, in September. The city prepares a quarterly status report on benchmarked capital projects that includes schedules, spending, and status.
In 1997, Austin began its largest-ever annexation, encompassing an area of 15,000 acres and 30,000 people. The city's water/wastewater utility--Austin Water Utility--faced the challenge of inventorying and, where necessary, repairing and upgrading infrastructure, per each annexation area's service plan. It quickly became clear that the utility's existing processes for financial management and project management for capital improvement projects needed to be integrated to ensure that the annexation work was completed on time and on budget. To meet this challenge, Austin Water Utility created the City of Austin Project Reporting System (CAPRIS). This system was an immediate success in the utility's finance and project management divisions, and served as the basis for a Web-based lntranet system (eCAPRIS) that was adopted citywide in 2000.
Before eCAPRIS, each city department had its own internal system for project management and for financial tracking of each of the projects. The budget office used a Microsoft Access database to compile each department's capital requests into the citywide CIP. The departments submitted marked-up pages from the previous year's CIP, along with new capital requests, which were then entered into the database by budget office staff to produce the new CIP.
In the mid-1990s, Austin Water Utility recognized the need for an automated solution to improve the tracking and management of its capital program, the largest in the city. The utility prepared a report that highlighted the benefits of using a management information system to track and monitor capital expenditures and cash flow projections. At the time, the utility was managing its capital program on a handful of Excel spreadsheets that were distributed among department financial managers and then forwarded to others who verified the numbers and added additional project information. Not only was this a laborious process, but it often resulted in incorrect data.
Using internal resources, Austin Water Utility created PIRTS--the Project Information Reporting and Tracking System. This Microsoft Access database with a VBA user interface provided financial and cash flow information for capital projects, but offered no project management tools. After using PIRTS for about a year, the utility recognized the limitations of the system and designed a more robust system in anticipation of the 1997 annexations.
The City of Austin Project Reporting Information System, or CAPRIS, had many of the tools the utility was looking for in an automated solution. Similar to PIRTS, the system used an Access database to store CIP project and financial information. The front-end user interface was deployed to desktop computers in the water and public works departments, thus providing simultaneous access by multiple users. Financial data was downloaded from the city's financial system and then uploaded to CAPRIS on a regular basis, allowing managers to review up-to-date CIP financial information.
By 1999 CAPRIS had been deployed to more than 100 desktop computers in the water and public works departments. As the system grew in popularity, numbers of users, and store of information, it quickly reached the limitations of the technology used to develop it. The processing of reports and viewing of screens became very slow because of the Access database, which had grown to be more than 100 MB in size. The database had to be transferred to the network in its entirety for all updates made by the users. Changes or fixes to the system became troublesome, because they required a separate re-deployment and installation to each and every desktop computer. In spite of the mounting difficulties, CAPRIS provided much of the information needed by Austin Water Utility, which came to rely on the system as the primary management tool for its capital program overall and, most importantly, for the 1997 annexation program.
In the spring of 2000, Austin Water Utility made a presentation to the city manager and the CIP Corporate Committee on CAPRIS and its capabilities. At the time, the city was struggling with how to more efficiently capture and report citywide capital projects information and produce the annual capital improvements plan.
Impressed with the capabilities of the CAPRIS system, the city manager directed the budget office's development team to proceed with the development of a Web-based system that would be easily accessible by all city departments--within 12 months.
To meet this aggressive schedule, the city enlisted the assistance of a consulting firm that had been working on Austin Water Utility's annexation program. With city staff and consultants working side by side on design and programming, eCAPRIS was rolled out for citywide use in February 2001.
A key to the success of the new system was an interdepartmental review of the city's CIP process. The budget office coordinated a multi-departmental team consisting of project managers and financial managers to assess the current CIP process and to recommend changes. The budget office then coordinated with the eCAPRIS development team to ensure that the system was built around the new CIP process. This new process called for the standardization of capital planning and management throughout the organization.
eCAPRIS facilitates the effective and efficient management of all aspects of capital projects across city departments. It is a "homegrown" Intranet application designed to promote consistent standards of information compilation and storage within the CIP process. It makes project information accessible to city staff using intuitive design coupled with a flexible architecture that promotes sustainability. The system is integrated with the city's financial, human resources, and geographic information systems, and is accessed by city users through a Web browser, which greatly simplifies system setup and administration. Below is a summary of the system's major features, as illustrated in Exhibit 1.
* Active/Planned Projects--The system allows for two types of projects: active and planned. Active projects are ongoing projects with approved funding, while planned projects are those that may be approved and funded for future years. Both project types have the same tracking elements.
* Cost Estimation--A project budget is established for each project using standard cost elements.
* Financial Monitoring--Project managers enter spending plans (i.e., cash flows) to request funding, which financial managers use to generate funding needs and plans.
* Project Scheduling--A high-level work breakdown structure is provided for development of the schedule for each project. To maintain strict accountability for schedule changes, the schedule can only be modified under certain conditions. All projects use standardized project phases and milestones to ensure consistent reporting.
* Status Reporting--On a monthly basis, project managers provide project status reports; this information is stored historically and is available to all users.
The eCAPRIS application also includes a module for the solicitations and contracts associated with projects. Citywide processes for issuing RFQs and RFPs for professional services, as well as bids for construction and monitoring participation by minority, disadvantaged, and small businesses, are incorporated into the software. Likewise, once a contract has been awarded, eCAPRIS provides information to support compliance, payment, and change orders.
All information gathered by the system is readily available to users through pre-formatted reports. In addition to the more than 100 criteria-based reports, custom reports can also be generated according to the needs of project managers, financial managers, department directors, and city management.
A particularly valuable tool is the GIS interface that allows employees to define and analyze CIP project areas by location. All projects are "mapped" within the eCAPRIS application by project managers. This process integrates citywide GIS information with project information, giving the city a powerful tool for interdepartmental project planning and communication, not to mention a convenient and effective means for answering questions from the City Council, management, and citizens in a timely manner. Exhibit 2 shows what the GIS interface looks like within eCAPRIS.
The eCAPRIS system has generated a wide range of quantitative and qualitative benefits to the city. Consider the following:
Increased Responsiveness to Council and Citizen Requests. The Web-based interface, with its point and click simplicity, permits users throughout the city to receive a City Council or citizen request for information, access the system, and quickly retrieve status information on projects citywide. The GIS map-based interface is particularly useful in helping users focus on a particular section of the city and visualize the extent of capital projects.
Less Staff Time Required to Compile the CIP Plan. The production of the CIP plan has been entirely automated, such that once information has been entered into eCAPRIS and validated by project managers, department managers, and the budget office, the system generates a single formatted report in excess of 500 pages for the annual CIP plan.
Improved Interdepartmental Communication. The information entered into eCAPRIS is available to all users in "real time." Each department can monitor the system for new projects and status changes, and anticipate where projects may overlap. This improved coordination leads to real cost savings for the city.
Elimination of Multiple Entries into Different Systems. The administrative burden for CIP management has been significantly reduced. Duplicate systems and offline reporting tools have been eliminated. Project managers now spend more time managing their project portfolios and less time keying in data or otherwise duplicating work effort.
Reduced Gap between Projections and Actuals. With improved information access and tools that improve project management practices, the city has closed the gap between planned and actual project performance.
Uniformity of CIP Management Processes. The eCAPRIS system has reinforced a consistent methodology for project management, which streamlines communication among departments and individual project managers. This also allows new managers to be brought on board much more quickly.
Accountability at Appropriate Organization Levels. The system incorporates a limited, yet carefully designed set of checks to ensure that the right people maintain project information, keep it up to date, and provide explanations when project status changes. The system thus supports a basic level of accountability for all project managers.
Real-Time Performance Measurement. Through tight integration with the city's financial system, the eCAPRIS system provides timely information on project actual expenditures, schedule performance, and contract status. This near-real-time performance measurement and reporting gives managers extra time to formulate actions to address financial or scheduling issues.
Improved Accuracy of CIP-Related Data. With a single system, consistent practices, and automated data management features, the eCAPRIS system gives all city departments an information resource they can rely on.
The eCAPRIS system is fully integrated with the city's other core applications, as shown in Exhibit 3. Data from the financial system, human resource system, vendor registration system, and GIS system is delivered nightly to eCAPRIS, ensuring that users have current information. Also included in this nightly "data dump" is a verification and reconciliation process.
eCAPRIS was developed using Macromedia Web development products, and the application is available citywide via Microsoft Internet Explorer. eCAPRIS data is stored in an Oracle 9i database, while reports are generated using Crystal Reports 8.5. The budget office's Web development team, which includes four programmers, is responsible for all aspects of the system.
Now entering its fifth year of citywide use, eCAPRIS has proven to be an indispensable tool for the entire organization. Most recently, the city used the system to conduct a needs assessment in preparation for a 2006 bond election, eCAPRIS' citywide acceptance owes itself to the system's flexibility and user friendliness. Designed and maintained by city staff, eCAPRIS has been able to meet the evolving needs of the City of Austin. Looking to the future, the city is positioned to use eCAPRIS as a platform for further enhancements to the CIP process.
Editor's note: Each year GFOA bestows its prestigious Award for Excellence in recognition of outstanding contributions to the practice of government finance and management. This article describes a 2005 winning entry in the Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting category.
GREG CANALLY is budget officer for the City of Austin, Texas. Before joining the city, he worked as a project manager/economist for HDR Engineering, working with all levels of government to implement water planning solutions. Canally holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Villanova University and a master's degree in economics from the University of Texas at Austin.
BRUCE NEITSCH is programmer analyst supervisor for the Budget Office of the City of Austin, Texas. While working for the Austin Water Utility, he played a key role in the development of both the Project Information Reporting and Tracking System and eCAPRIS. Neitsch holds a bachelor's degree in computer information systems from Texas State University.
To receive a demo CD of eCAPRIS, please contact Bruce Neitsch, programmer analyst supervisor, City of Austin Budget Office, (512) 974-7915.
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