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Opel RAK e concept unveiled in Frankfurt [video]
Might be headed for production
Opel and Vauxhall introduced the new RAK e concept in Frankfurt.
Designed to open a "new chapter in electric mobility," the two-seat prototype has a steel space-frame, a glider-like canopy and a "recyclable synthetic" body.
A 5 kWh battery powers a 50 PS (36.5 kW / 49 hp) electric motor which enables the 380 kg (838 lb) concept to hit an estimated top speed of 120 km/h (75 mph). Furthermore, the RAK e can travel up to 100 km (62 miles) for as little as €1 ($1.39 / £0.87).
Hinting at the possibly of production, Opel said they could limit the top speed to 45 km/h (28 mph) which would allow people as young as 16 to drive, albeit very slowly.
Opel Lightweight Electric Vehicle: 100 Kilometers for 1 Euro
Opel at the 64th Frankfurt International Motor Show
- Energy requirements: Ten times less than modern small car
- Weight: One third of small car
- Costs: Solar panel on the garage roof can provide annual energy needs
- Target customers: Aged 16 and upwards
Rüsselsheim/Frankfurt. Energy costs, efficiency and lightweight design are in the spotlight at the 64th Frankfurt International Motor Show. Opel is staking a strong claim for the center of attention with an all-new battery-powered electric vehicle. The RAK e opens a new chapter in electric mobility and extends Opel's pioneering role in alternative propulsion systems. The radical RAK e is defined by minimal energy costs, 100 kilometers for one euro, one third of the weight of a modern small car, and a maximum speed of 120 km/h.
"We want to develop electric vehicles that everyone can afford. The range-extending concept of the Ampera demonstrates our leadership in electrification of the automobile, the RAK e experimental vehicle aims to deliver pricing that even younger customers can afford. The RAK e has cool looks and production-potential. In future, efficiency will be measured in euros, not liters per 100 km; today we are pleased to present our "1 euro car", said Karl-Friedrich Stracke, Opel CEO, at the world premiere in Frankfurt.
The lightweight concept of the RAK e is based on a steel space-frame structure beneath a skin of conventional synthetic material. This allows a high level of safety as well as affordable pricing. Opel deliberately avoids the use of expensive composite materials in its lightweight-design philosophy, in order to make electric mobility affordable for as many people as possible.
The name "RAK e" recalls the pioneering spirit inspired by Fritz von Opel and his revolutionary rocket-powered car in the last century. In 1928 RAK 2 catapulted the grandson of company-founder Adam Opel to a top speed of 228 km/h. The "e" not only stands for electric, but also takes up again the idea of ground-breaking experimental vehicles.
"The RAK e is inspired by our wealth of experience in the area of electro-mobility, above all by the Ampera"; explains Mark Adams, Vice President Design. "This progressive concept is creating a new class of electric vehicle; this is what future mobility with 'my first e-Opel' could look like. We are eager to see the reaction of visitors to the show."
Design: Connecting Fun and Functionality
The potential of the spectacular experimental vehicle is reflected in the innovative design. The bodywork is made of fully recyclable synthetic material; the tandem two-seat passenger compartment is reminiscent of glider. Thanks to the large cockpit canopy, the driver and passenger enjoy a feeling of spaciousness and all-around visibility. The front seat, steering column and armrests automatically tip forward to enable easy-entry; remote control via smart phone enhances the optical effect of this action. The pedals and the steering wheel adjust to the size of the driver.
The sporty character of the two-seater is underlined by visible chassis components, such as the wheel-integrated front disk brakes and the motorbike-derived rear swing-arm. The rear wheels enhance agility with a tread width of only 600 mm.
"1-Euro Car": Electric Propulsion with Minimal Running Costs
The development objectives - dynamic performance, low mass and optimum efficiency coupled with maximum simplicity - are reflected in the appearance. Young, environmentally conscious, or technology-fans, the RAK e appeals to a variety of customers for whom the cool looks of an electric vehicle are as important as its energy consumption.
Around three meters long and 119 cm high, the aerodynamic RAK e offers zero-emission driving at minimal running costs. After charging the battery for three hours at a cost of about one euro, the experimental vehicle has a range of up to 100 km. This results from the combination of low weight, minimal frontal area, low rolling resistance, and highly efficient electric propulsion.
Energy consumption per person is ten times lower than that of an economical small car. The cockpit features displays showing battery state-of-charge or the nearest charging station, infotainment equipment, and heating and cooling.
Early Start: Electric Driving Aged 16
A wide range of options in a variety of colors, materials and shapes would enable a customer to personalize the RAK e to his or her own tastes. Eye-catching paint, contrasting starkly with the roof, and futuristic LED lights, are aimed squarely at young buyers, "a customer-group for whom we have more new ideas than ever before", says Mark Adams. Subject to local laws, even 16-year-olds could begin their driving careers in the RAK e, by limiting the top speed to 45 km/h.
Weighing only 380 kg the RAK e is only one third of the weight of a modern small car. The turning circle of just 5.5 m makes the experimental vehicle ideal for inner-city mobility. The projected top speed of 120 km/h and zero to 100 km/h acceleration in less than 13 seconds demonstrate that Opel's philosophy for urban mobility includes motorway-capability. It takes very little energy for RAK e to deliver such performance - peak power output is 36.5 kW/49 hp; 10.5 kW/14 hp is continuously available. The useable battery capacity of 5 kWh enables a range of 100 km, which corresponds to fuel consumption of just 0.6 liters of gasoline. Over an annual 10,000 km the RAK e's energy consumption would therefore be a modest 525 kWh. This could be supplied by a five square-meter, 500-Watt solar panel mounted on the roof of the garage.


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Arson probe at fireworks event
Posted: November 03, 2011|
A HUGE blaze at a Hallowe'en fireworks event - which attracted around 2,000 people - is being treated as arson, the Newsletter can reveal.
The fire, at Lower Drayton Farm near Penkridge on Saturday night, saw around 520 bales of hay torched just as a fireworks "Spooktacular" event for families was drawing to a close.
The occupants of two nearby mobile homes which were "dangerously close" to the fire raised the alarm at around 7.56pm and 30 cows were moved. However, no-one was injured.
Now, Staffordshire Police have confirmed they have launched an investigation into the cause of the fire. It is the second time in two years that firefighters have been called to the farm close to bonfire night. Last November crews were called to an Eccleshall Young Farmers' bonfire, which was staged at the farm.
A police spokesman said: "The cause of the fire had been determined as deliberate ignition. There is now a joint fire service and police investigation under way and we are appealing for anyone witho information to contact us on 0300 123 44 55." Farm owner,Ray Bower, said: "It was very close to the mobile homes and could have been very serious - we were lucky it wasn't a lot worse.
"There were about 2,000 people here for the fireworks, but they have been brilliant since the event and we have received a lot of emails of support." Compressed air foam jets were used to protect surrounding outbuildings from the fire and two crews from Brewood and Codsall kept a watch on the fire overnight.

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Guerlain's Exotic Paradise Collection saw the release of four new shades of KissKiss Lipstick and four new shades of Kiss Kiss Maxi Shine Lipstick. All of the lipsticks retail for $30 a pop, which makes them pretty pricey for most of us. To be honest, I liked all of the new shades, but I wouldn't say any of them are absolute must-haves.
I think the Maxi Shines are the perfect answer to anyone hunting for a subtly pigmented, sheer lipstick that goes on smoothly and gives a nice sheen. Grenadine Shine was particularly lovely for me, just because it is a subtle coral, making it an easy, everyday shade for me to wear. I was thinking Forever Beige would be a nice way to do a more neutral lip that wasn't nude, but I wasn't lovin' how it turned out in my lips, so I'll probably have to take that one back. On the other hand, Flushy Beige is a really lovely shade of rosy beige, which is incredibly natural-looking when applied but it amps up my natural lip color quite a bit. It makes my lips look slightly puckered, flushed, and subtly pink.
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(WBIR, Knoxville) - Several law enforcement agencies in East Tennessee now have more money in their budget thanks to a federal case.
Thursday morning, the U.S. Attorney's Office presented 19 agencies from three states with their share of funds forfeited from the case against Francisco Javier Cruz-Ramirez.
Nine of those agencies were in Tennessee.
Through a joint investigation into a Mexican drug trafficking organization, police identified and stopped a semi-truck on Interstate 40 the Cumberland County in March 2011.
They found more than $4 million in the back of the truck.
Cruz-Ramirez pleaded guilty, and now local agencies are profiting from the forfeiture.
"I think this is obviously a larger drug trafficking organization for that kind of money to be confiscated and in the manner in which it was confiscated, how it was packaged, where it was stored," said U.S. Attorney William C. Killian.
The Blount County Sheriff's Office, the Knox County Sheriff's Office, the Knoxville Police Department, the Lenoir City Police Department, the Oak Ridge Police Department, and the Metro Knoxville Airport Authority Police all received a portion of the $4 million as well as the Tennessee Fifth Judicial District Drug Task Force, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Department of Safety.


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Tallahassee, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Ian Miller came off the bench and made every one of his shot attempts, tallying 20 points and five assists for the Florida State Seminoles, who cruised past the Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks, 89-61, at the Tucker Center.
Miller sank 5-of-5 from the field, including 3-of-3 from 3-point range, and also hit 7-of-7 at the free-throw line for the Seminoles (3-0). Aaron Thomas notched 19 points, including 8-of-9 free throw attempts. Okaro White added 17 points and Devon Bookert tallied 13.
Myles Taylor led the Skyhawks (1-4) with 17 points, sinking all seven attempts at the charity stripe. Javier Martinez (13 points) and Justin Childs (10) were the team's other double-digit scorers.
The 'Noles came out of the gate firing, shooting 53.6 percent from the field in the first half, en route to a comfortable 41-23 lead at the break. The Skyhawks struggled mightily from the field, shooting only 30.3 percent in the opening 20 minutes.
FSU only got hotter in the second half, shooting an impressive 66.7 percent. While UT Martin's accuracy did improve slightly, it gave the Seminoles 31 chances at the free-throw line, from which the hosts converted 24 points.
The game was largely decided in the paint, where the Seminoles secured more rebounds (36-33) and scored 40 of their points to the Skyhawks' 28. FSU also got the majority of its points (46) from its bench.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
© Copyright 2015 Clayton News Daily
In an effort to better arm its citizens against crime, the City of Riverdale has joined the National Crime Map.By way of the Internet, or an iPhone application, residents will be able to view real-time data on criminal activity happening within the jurisdiction of the Riverdale Police Department. This month, the city joined more than 700 municipal, county and university police departments in the U.S. and Canada sharing crime information through the National Crime Map, at www.crimereports.com. According to Riverdale Police Chief Samuel Patterson, the city is trying out the program on a 30-day trial period, with the hopes of using it permanently. "We think it's important that our citizens have real-time information relative to criminal activity that is happening within our jurisdiction," Patterson said. "It helps them to protect themselves; it helps them be aware of where crime is occurring; it helps them shore up their own crime-prevention efforts, [and] it helps us compare ourselves to other jurisdictions. "I know there are chiefs who want to hold back information, because they don't want the people to know how bad the crime is," he continued. "I think the opposite. I think information is power. The more informed community you have, the more willing they are to cooperate with us. If we are holding back ... I feel like they would be reluctant." Ryan Lufkin, director of marking for CrimeReports, which hosts the National Crime Map, said that on a nightly basis, CrimeReports will extract reports of criminal activity from the police department's records management system. The information will then be classified, time stamped, and plotted on a map using the Google Maps Internet application. "By default, the information that is shown is [for]: homicide, breaking and entering, robbery, theft of vehicle, theft from vehicle, sexual offenses, and assault," Lufkin said. "All the information is rounded up to the block level to protect the privacy of the victim. The goal is that citizens know what is going on around them, and can take steps to protect themselves. "Usually, crime trends happen in clusters," he continued. "It [the National Crime Map] allows citizens to say, "I'm going to be a little more vigilant about the cars in my neighborhood or suspicious persons. They [the police] are able to turn all of their citizens into eyes and ears in the community and engage them to a level that they have never done before. We also have had a lot of smaller agencies, who have been able to solve crime patterns, and adjust their policing to deal with those crimes." Other Georgia police jurisdictions participating in the National Crime Map include: Atlanta, Decatur, Roswell, Athens-Clarke County, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Georgia, according to the CrimeReports web site. Patterson said that for several years, the police department had been handing manually-plotted crime maps to citizens at Neighborhood Watch Meetings. He said the National Crime Map provides more instantaneous information, allowing police and citizens to "stay ahead of the curve" with "intelligence-led policing." "We used to give out crime maps to people at neighborhood watch meetings, but that information was about two-weeks old," Patterson said. "The horse had left the barn, and we were closing the barn door. Some of this was predicated on technology, but now we have the technology. Data-sharing is the wave of the future. We can put cops on the dots and help stop crime before it even occurs." Patterson said participating in the National Crime Map will cost the city $99 per month. On the web: www.crimereports.com
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- Police chiefs to increase crime-fighting cooperation ( January 23, 2008 )
- 'Skelator' example of cross-jurisdictional policing ( March 4, 2008 )
- Riverdale Police hosting summer youth program ( June 11, 2009 )
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SOCHI, Russia — Youth was not served Tuesday. Instead, age was served on a rain-soaked platter.
The four women who ruined 18-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin's red-carpet debut had a 33-year total age advantage on the young American.
The top three finishers in the giant slalom were Olympic champions before they slid out of the start gate. The winner, Tina Maze of Slovenia, hadn't won a gold medal since … the women's downhill Feb. 12.
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Maze, 30, probably has ski socks older than Shiffrin.
On a brutally relentless day when fog, sleet and rain were the real winners, Maze ripped her first run from the first start position and made it stand up.
"I knew I had to risk everything on the first run," Maze said.
Her two-run time of 2 minutes 36:87 seconds was enough to hold off Austria's Anna Fenninger by seven-hundredths of a second. Fenniger, 24, didn't mind so much because she already had a Sochi super-giant slalom gold "in my back pocket."
Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg, 24, the defending Olympic giant slalom champion, won bronze.
Maze waited until 30 to win her first gold, and then she won two. She became the first woman to win the downhill and giant slalom in the same Olympics since Marie-Theres Nadig of Switzerland in 1972.
Shiffrin seemed to understand the day's context after she finished fifth.
She could see the top from where she stood, only half a second back of the gold and 0.23 from bronze.
Things don't always go as meticulously planned. U.S. teammate Julia Mancuso, the 2006 giant slalom champion, barely made it out of the first-run start gate before skidding off with a "did not finish."
As debuts go, Shiffrin did fine. She actually finished one spot ahead of her current No. 6 World Cup giant slalom ranking.
Shiffrin's specialty is the slalom, where she is ranked No. 1 and will be the favorite Friday.
She advanced expectations, though, by improving so quickly in giant slalom this year she thought she could step in and steal a medal.
This wasn't a day, though, for the young and restless. It was a day for grizzled World Cup fighter pilots who have fought and skied in all conceivable conditions.
"This is not what she prepped for," Jeff Shiffrin, Mikaela's father, said. "I think it takes tons of experience to really kill this and she skied really well. I'm really happy for her. …These are the kinds of conditions that years and years help you with."
Shiffrin had two solid runs. She lost time on a wide turn early in her first run but, because of poor visibility, even her dad didn't notice.
Shiffrin didn't blame the conditions, as she promised she would not.


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Friends of the Lakes Region Library Donate $11,000!
A resounding thank you to the Friends of the Lakes Region Library for their generous donation of $11,000! These monies donated will be used for materials within the branch. Therefore, new material will be available as a result of this donation.
The Friends work diligently throughout the year to raise money for the library system, because they understand and realize the importance that the library serves within the community. Due to the Friends' hard work, the library is able to continue to grow and expand to better serve the educational needs of Citrus County.
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May 16, 2013
TEMPE, Ariz. --- Led by freshman Lee McCoy, the 15th-ranked Georgia men's golf team opened the NCAA's Tempe Regional with an even-par 280 on Thursday at the ASU Karsten Golf Course.
The Bulldogs and five other teams are tied for fourth place at 280, 12 shots behind third-ranked UCLA. Following 54 holes of competition, the top five teams from the regional will advance to the NCAA Championships, which will be held May 28-June 2 at the Capital City Club's Crabapple Course in Alpharetta. The Bulldogs are only two strokes out of second place heading into Friday's round.
"It was a good start for us," Georgia coach Chris Haack said. "We as players and coaches always want more, but we were solid enough out of the gate. We're right in the mix. We knew this would be a tough three-day tournament, so we need to keep plugging away to keep ourselves in contention."
McCoy paced the Bulldogs on Thursday as he signed for a 2-under 68. McCoy is sixth individually, four shots behind UCLA's Pontus Widegren and Austin Peay's Dustin Korte. Senior T.J. Mitchell followed at 1-under 69, while junior Joey Garber had an even-par 70, and junior Keith Mitchell and sophomore Nicholas Reach each posted 3-over 73s.
The second round of the Tempe Regional will be played on Friday. Georgia will tee off at 11:25 a.m. with its counterparts from Duke and UCLA. Live scoring can be found at golfstat.com.


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Thursday, September 12, 2013
© Copyright 2015 Clayton News Daily
JONESBORO — A library card is for more than just checking out books these days.
A Clayton County issued PINES card will give visitors access to thousands of documents via a program like Galileo or learning a new language with Mango.
"We offer so much, even for nonreaders," said Sherry Turner, Jonesboro Library branch manager. "We're an information clearing house."
Patrons have free access to several computers in all six branches of the Clayton County Library System, free classes and programs on various topics.
"A library card is the best bargain in town," Turner said.
Jonesboro resident Ashley Thomas was visiting the library waiting for a turn on the computers. She was there with her son Armand Early, 5.
"We like to read different books while waiting," Thomas said. She and her family visit at least once a week.
The library system classes cover things like stain glass, cake decorating and computer classes. They also provide 150 different practice exams for things like GED, ASVAB, ACT, SAT and civil service.
"We can help with education and job placement, too," Turner said.
For students 1st grade through college live tutors are available through the Homework Helpers program.
Turner also offers proctoring services for test takers.
"I proxy about 400 exams per year," she said. "This is a free service here — to go anywhere else it can cost around $50."
Turner said the library system tries to respond to whatever needs are in the community.
For example, she said, "We have programs about how to start a business or things like understanding Medicare and Medicaid."
Turner said she "keeps an ear peeled to patrons requests."
Obtaining a library card is free. There's no age limit either.
"Mothers could come right from the hospital and sign their baby up," Turner said.
To get a card, residents must show proof of residency. Turner said it could be anything from a piece of mail, check book, rent receipt or photo ID.
A short application must be filled out and the library card will be made while visitors wait.
Turner said the biggest reason most people don't get a library card is because of personal information.
"We want people to know any data gathered is protected by privacy laws and goes no further than the library system," Turner said.
Cards can be obtained at any branch in Clayton County.
In addition to gaining access to everything the libraries in the county offer, Clayton is a member of the PINES program.
"PINES creates a statewide 'borderless library' that provides equal access to information for all Georgians. Georgians with a PINES library card have access to materials beyond what is available on their local shelves and enjoy the benefits of a shared collection of 9.6 million books and other materials that can be delivered to their home library free of charge," according to www.georgialibraries.org.
"It's very unlikely someone won't be able to find what they're looking for," said Elizabeth McKinstry, library assistant.
McKinstry said it's a great program for communities with small libraries and rural communities.
"PINES is only going to keep getting better," she said.
Turner encourages people to visit their local library and take advantage of what they have to offer.
"We have something for everyone," she said.
To see more of what the Clayton County Library system offers, visit www.claytonpl.org. A calendar is posted with a list of classes and programs going on in each library. Visitors can also print off a library card application and fill it out prior to coming to the library.
More like this story
- Community welcomes Lett to library system ( August 15, 2013 )
- Clayton County Library System waves goodbye to beloved Youth Services assistant director ( July 29, 2014 )
- The public library, a far-reaching community resource ( July 24, 2014 )
- Library's Summer Reading program offering host of activities for kids ( June 9, 2015 )
- Clayton County kids become superheroes at the Headquarters Library Saturday ( October 14, 2014 )


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Norwegian mink farms increase
Published on Tuesday, 28th February, 2012 at 14:36 under the news category, by Michael Sandelson and Lyndsey Smith .
The number of mink farms is on the rise in Norway despite widespread condemnation, reports say.
Mink at a Norwegian fur farm
Photo: NSPA/Flickr
Ten new farms have recently been, or are about to be established in Rogaland, western Norway. Five farms are in Hå, Bjerkreim, Gjesdal, Forsand and Rennesøy municipalities.
80 percent of Norway's current mink production is in the district, with 80 farms that produce fur, Stavanger Aftenbladet reports.
Politicians have rallied against the industry demanding farms be shut down amongst health concerns for the animals and reports of cruelty.
Animal rights activists raided farms across Norway, releasing shocking footage. Animals were shown kept in confined spaces behind wire fences, had open wounds, cut off legs, ears, tails, and were even healthy ones were kept in the same cage with animals.
Fur industry representatives lashed out against the government, alleging officials' knowledge is insufficient and that the footage painted a completely distorted picture compared to the rest of Norway."
Nevertheless, many farmers are considering a move into the industry due to considerable profits to be made, which others in the Norwegian Fur Breeders' Association (Pelsdyralslag/NFBA) have welcomed.
Torkil Tveter told NRK, "It's a lawful and good business area. We're a success story within the Norwegian farming industry. It makes good money on exports, thus bringing in good earnings from foreign currency. I'm optimistic about the future."
The average price of each mink fur is approximately 440 kroner. According to Stavanger Aftenblad, the largest breeders could expect a profit of between five and six million kroner per year should these remain constant.
Published on Tuesday, 28th February, 2012 at 14:36 under the news category, by Michael Sandelson and Lyndsey Smith .
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While most of the soccer world was transfixed by the spectacle of the Champions League final on Saturday, fans of English soccer started their day with the final round of the nPower Championship playoffs. The circumstances between the two matches couldn't have been more different. The Champions League pitted two stalwarts of the game, Chelsea and Bayern Munich,the two of which Forbes values at nearly $2B (€1.57B/£1.27B) in total and with via player wage bills eceeding $437M (€343M/£276M) vying for the right to be called European champions. Meanwhile, the nPower Championship playoff was contested by Blackpool and West Ham United, neither of whom show up on the Forbes list and who have combined wage bills of around $94M (€74M/£60M). While the financial circumstances and rewards couldn't be more different, the looks on the winners' faces at the end of each match couldn't have been more similar. Plenty has been written about Chelsea's triumph in Europe. This column will focus instead on the newest (re)additions to the Premier League: West Ham United and their manager Sam Allardyce.
Both Blackpool and West Ham understood the high stakes involved in the playoff, having been relegated from the Premier League the season prior. Both also represented a bit of a break from the tried-and-true method of spending money to achieve Premier League status.
Blackpool had somehow earned promotion in 2010 on the most spendthrift of budgets, and not much changed during their 2010/11 campaign in which they fielded the least expensive team in Premier League history according to the Transfer Price Index (current total team valuation (CTTV) of $33M/€26M/£21M, multiple of median total team valuation (mTTV) of 0.15). Blackpool nearly pulled off the highly improbable as they were only relegated on the final day of the 2010/11 season via a loss to champions Manchester United and wins by both Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Staying lean during their single season in the top flight allowed them to avoid the forced cuts most relegated teams face with the loss of Premier League revenue. Thus, it was of little surprise to find them back in the promotion hunt their first season after relegation. It is a testament to the club's players and their manager that they fell just one game short of being re-promoted to the Premier League this season.
Both Blackpool's opposition and its manager had taken much different roads to get to the playoff. After spending six straight seasons in the top flight West Ham was relegated in 2011 with the 10th ranked squad in terms of total valuation (cTTV = $243M/€191M/£154M) that translated to an mTTV of 1.08. Such a team valuation should have been good enough to see them finish mid table and avoid relegation. Instead, manager Avram Grant was unable to improve on the club's 17th place finish in 2009/10, and the Hammers finished 20th in 2010/11. Having an expensive side that had a number of players with substantial Premier League experience and aspirations to stay in the top flight meant the club was due for a bit of an overhaul once relegated. The overhaul even extended into the front office, where Avram Grant was sacked and replaced by Sam Allardyce. It's the story of how Sam Allardyce became available to West Ham that makes this story of redemption even more intriguing.
Sam Allardyce has been known as an overachieving manager for some time now. How he's done it – via the use of analytics – means that he also holds a place in most quants' hearts since his days at Bolton Wanderers. It was his partnership with men like Gavin Fleig that ensured Bolton knew what it took to not only stay up in the Premier League, but also grossly overachieve versus what the expectations their wage and transfer bill would normally set. As Fleig begins to explain at the 17:45 mark of this video from the 2011 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference,
At Bolton Wanderers we identified what Sam [Allardyce] used to call the "fantastic four"… There were four key areas which we knew that you look at it statistically, and that would define successful teams and unsuccessful teams in the league. But most importantly [the statistical model was] based around our game model. To apply a generic set of set of statistics and philosophies to every football team is very difficult. We had a very unique set of players, we worked on very low budgets, and the collective of all of our individuals as a team was far more than the collective of the individuals.
Those Bolton teams led by men like Allardyce and Fleig would go on to overachieve their predicted performance by nearly four table positions over their 5+ years at the club (see table below). Such overperformance translated to Allardyce-led teams earning 5 points more per season than their valuation suggested they should, good enough to be ranked the 15th all-time best manager against the metric. The second edition of Soccernomics uses a slightly different method to arrive at a similar conclusion, as Allardyce ranks 20th out of the 699 managers in the last 40 years of the English game.
It was under this premise that Big Sam was hired to manage Blackburn Rovers in 2009, as Blackburn were facing the need to get more out of a declining wage and transfer spend (see graph TTV below). Allardyce would coax a 10th place finish and a League Cup semifinal appearance out of a squad that was predicted to finish in the bottom third of the table based upon TTV expectations and had been relegation fodder the season prior. What was a promising start to his Blackburn tenure quickly turned into a nightmare for him and Blackburn's fans with the purchase of the team by Venky's Limited in the summer of 2010.
Sitting thirteenth in the table in mid-December 2010 – right where they were expected to be based upon their TTV – the club sacked Sam Allardyce after only a year-and-a-half in charge. News of the firing sent shockwaves throughout the Premier League managerial ranks, with Alex Fergusson emphatically stating,
I've never heard of such a stupid decision in all my life. I don't know what they're doing up there, but deary me. It confounds common sense. Absolutely ridiculous.
Sadly, it was just the first of many decisions by the Venky's ownership team that seemed to indicate they understood very little about the business in which their club participated. By the end of the 2010/11 season the club had continued to sink to 15th, and continued poor performance this season meant the club was relegated after 11 straight seasons in the top flight.
The ironic cruelty of West Ham's promotion with Sam Allardyce at the helm cannot be understated. Blackburn's loss was West Ham's gain, and after only a single season out of the top flight they'll be back for more in the 2012/13 Premier League campaign. Meanwhile, both of Allardyce's former clubs with which he spent at least one full season, Bolton and Blackburn, were relegated at the same time that West Ham was promoted.
Allardyce and West Ham don't come back to the Premier League without their fair share of critics. Allardyce has been accused of taking bungs while building the successful Bolton sides of the early- to mid-aughts, a claim he denies. His teams' style of play also aren't typically considered the most beautiful, with even some West Ham fans calling for him to spice things up as the team closed in on promotion. It's certainly earned him some pushback from fellow managers who play very different styles of soccer. Nonetheless, no one can take away what Big Sam and the Hammers have been able to accomplish, and they have much to throw back in the critics' faces who just one year ago wondered if the man and club would make it back to the top tier of English soccer.
At the beginning of the ill-fated 2010/11 campaign with Blackburn Sam Allardyce made several comments stating that he was better suited for big clubs like Inter or Real Madrid. While his comments may have been a bit off base, his outlook that managers like him had been given very little shot at big clubs after overwhelming success with mid-table darlings was spot on. In a profession like football management where the candidate pool looks more like a carousel of the same failed characters rather than a steady supply of proven managers, it's surprising that men like Allardyce get as few shots as they do. While West Ham isn't such a big name club, it does have very significant upside. It has one of the more successful mid-table managers in the game leading it back to the Premier League. All signs point to the club being the new owner of one of the London Olympic stadiums with seating for 60,000. This would drastically improve both gate revenue and stature within a crowded London soccer market. Things are looking up for the Hammers.
Now it's up to Sam Allardyce's team to deliver on what will most likely be the most expensive side the Englishman has ever managed. He and his West Ham players may just continue to prove their doubters wrong.


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guys sorry for interaption but i ihave to ask something about this brick phenomenon.... I have a no-softmoded wii .... yet.. thats gonna change ... but my question is something else ... how reversable is brick .... if for example i dont follow the forum instructions ..can i permanently brick my wii?? and in what percentage i can succeed of permanent bricking... is there a way for someone experienced to recover every bricked wii ?? ... or you just open the trash can and bye bye wii ??
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My development server hard drive crashed and i was running Microsoft sql server on it as my database. I was wondering if its possible to export the databases or copy the meta data? the only way i can see the files is through a live boot linux cd so where is the database files located on disk?
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Server Fault is a question and answer site for system and network administrators. It's 100% free, no registration required.
If you can mount the file system and navigate across the directory structure, then there is a chance that you can rescue things. Some steps to consider:
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One thing many people aren't factoring into this budget debate is the fact that it will be happening in a Presidential election season. The more established GOP candidates have begun to enter the race, and they will need to get votes from conservative backers. Therefore they will push the public conversation increasingly to the right. Witness Tim Pawlenty advocating for a government shutdown tomorrow:
(Pawlenty) then launched into a full-throated attack on the other big government spending story moving on Capitol Hill on Wednesday: the vote for the shutdown-averting 2011 budget deal forged by Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and, of course, the leaders of Pawlenty's own party in the House last week.
"The more we learn about" that deal, Pawlenty said, "the worse it looks."
With his attack on the plan, which he said was "forced" by Obama and Reid, Pawlenty joins the ranks of conservatives upset that the largest raw-dollar spending cut in American history didn't go nearly far enough.
"When you consider that the federal deficit in February alone was over $222 billion, to have actual cuts less than the $38 billion originally advertised is just not serious," Pawlenty said in his statement Wednesday. "The fact that billions of dollars advertised as cuts were not scheduled to be spent in any case makes this budget wholly unacceptable."
I've done away with the canard that the budget deal was entirely smoke and mirrors. But here's the comeuppance: that claim, paraded by those who want to believe that the President played a bad hand, is being used by GOP Presidential types to nullify the deal entirely.
I don't think T-Paw will be successful this time around. But this sets the marker for the next fight. In fact, the whole kabuki about the GOP having "trouble" rounding up the votes for the budget deal is in service to playing another round of "bad cop, insane cop" and forcing major concessions in the next hostage event. John Boehner certainly believes that will be the debt limit, and he treated the Obama plan announced today like a first pass on THAT fight. The outside pressure from these GOP Presidential candidates who want to show off their crazy side will help serve that end as well.
So the political dynamic on the right is to move further and further right. The political dynamic on the left is to move further and further right, and give up on some very important priorities.
The United States now really needs the government to be spending an extra $3T on infrastructure over the next 12 years–other Pacific nations are planning to do so. Obama is giving up.
The United States now really needs–and Ben Bernanke recommends–an additional ARRA-sized fiscal stimulus over the next three years of $1T or so. Obama is giving that up.
The United States really needs failure to meet budget-balance targets to trigger high-bracket tax increases. Obama is giving that up.
The United States really needs to deal with the greater fiscal needs of an aging America by either (a) opening the borders, or (b) implementing a VAT. Obama is giving that up.
I list these not to necessarily agree with all of them, but to give you the scope of options that have been written out of this debate. Obama offered a defense of the welfare state today, and he supported mildly higher taxes on the rich, but those were two specks on a large field, with the rest of it not tended to. The fact that Third Way thinks Obama is leading on this fight, and that the deficit debate has moved from "if or when" to "how" tells you most of what you need to know.
Will there be any stop to this death march to the right?


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Local Metal Band Straight Line Stitch Has Walked a Long Road Toward National Prominence
When singer Alexis Brown joined Straight Line Stitch back in 2003, the band shared the floor at local dives with other Knoxville bands, most of whom are now gone and forgotten, lost to the vagrant winds of local music history.
This year, in June, the band will play the Download Festival in Donington Park, England, with the likes of Def Leppard, System of a Down, and Linkin Park, and they'll also tour with the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, headlined by Megadeth, Disturbed, and Godsmack—all in support of the brand-new The Fight of Our Lives, their second major release on eOne. There's only one word that adequately summarizes the band's odyssey.
"Humbling," Brown says, in a voice that's surprisingly small, nasal, and very polite, given that she's both a powerful singer and screamer on record, her vocals the signature element of the band's melodic metalcore.
"We've been on the sidelines of these kinds of shows for years, and to be actually taking part, it's simply humbling. And after working for so many years, for people to finally stop and take this kind of notice, it feels pretty good."
Brown's entrance is a good place to start when talking about SLS history; founding member and guitarist Seth Thacker has said that her coming onboard marked a "rebirth" of sorts for the band. Founded in 1999, SLS's early local releases showcase a band still searching for an identity, wrestling with nu metal, then hardcore, before Brown joined.
Her presence helped SLS find just the right mix of melody and mayhem, while lending the band's sound the distinction of an idiosyncratic female stylist, something different from the death-growl/post-emo mewling that seems to make up the vocal menu of most metalcore and screamo outfits today.
With Brown, the band recorded and released a local CD, To Be Godlike, signed with Raging Nation Management, and produced a video with director Dale Resteghini. From there, says Brown, Resteghini and Raging Nation "pushed and pushed and pushed. They got us a showcase. They really believed in us."
Resteghini believed enough to sign them to his own Raging Nation/KOCH Records imprint, resulting in the band's 2008 release When Skies Wash Ashore. And then: the road.
"At first, we went on tour with DevilDriver and 36 Crazyfists and Napalm Death, and it was really slow," Brown says. "Then we went on tour by ourselves a lot. It was a very gradual thing. We couldn't really see it when it started to happen. First it was five people at a show, then at some point it was 10, and then 20, and then 30. And we were just out there forever; we were exhausted. We couldn't afford to turn down anything."
But the situation is different now, with the release of The Fight of Our Lives on March 22. "We've matured," Brown says. "It's been a learning time. Before, everyone wanted to hold our hand. Now we feel like we want to let go of everyone's hand, not cater to this person or that person and stand on our own.
"Our new music is more organic," she adds. "We wrote what we felt, as opposed to trying to nail a specific sound. My lyrics are also very aggressive on this album. I think I felt angered by certain aspects of the music industry, and that came out in the lyrics, in my state of mind."
As an African-American woman in the white-male-dominated world of heavy rock, Brown is in many ways writing her own rule book, given that she has so few direct antecedents for what she does. (Skin of Britain's Skunk Anansie comes to mind.)
She says sang R&B when she was younger, even fronted her own band. "I decided I wanted to do something different," she says.
Seeing Korn perform back in the 1990s was a game-changer, she says. Still, when asked for vocal heroines, she's hard-pressed to come up with answers—save for one notable, and unanticipated, exception.
"Stevie Nicks," Brown gushes. "Now, she's amazing. She's hands-down one of my favorite singers. She has a very unique voice and I have an odd voice, too. So there's a little bit of, 'If she could do it, I could do it, too.'"


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Results of the University of Hartford's 2012 Post-Graduation Survey compiled by John Kniering, Director of Career Services, and Sabah Hamid, Administrative Intern, are in, and ENHP more than measures up. In fact, 92.6 percent of ENHP respondents recognize a relationship between the work they are doing and the ENHP college mission. Kniering calls this a "striking affirmation that their employment directly and profoundly reflects the mission of ENHP."
Highlights from the 2012 post-graduation survey (ENHP Section) include:
The survey also includes several questions designed to evaluate nine "high-impact" educational practices currently being researched by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) in terms of how often they were experienced during their program of study. Undergraduate students most often cited collaborative assignments, undergraduate research/research with faculty, and writing intensive courses as the top three educational practices they experienced. Graduate respondents also selected collaborative assignments and writing intensive courses as the top educational practices they experienced.
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The way you treat an animal says a lot about a person, and the candidates for the presidential race are using their opponents' treatment of dogs as a basis to discredit their character. Purebred Breeders examines how their candidates' dogs can actually influence the race.
It all started with Mitt Romney and a controversial event involving the family dog. In 1983, Romney tied up their dog Seamus's kennel to the top of their vehicle and drove 12 hours to Canada with the canine on the top of their car. Though Romney states that the dog enjoyed it up there and it is where the dog preferred to be, there is a claim that the stress caused the dog to suffer from diarrhea over the course of the trip.
The law for acceptable pet transportation varies by district. In Miami-Dade County it states that it is only illegal to transport a dog in an open-bed truck if the dog is not confined or restrained, the law also provides that it is fine to have a dog loose inside the cabin of a car.
Many animal advocates have been appalled upon hearing this news, calling the Republican candidate 'insensitive' as many are attesting that animals should ride inside a car and with a pet seat or a dog safety belt to protect them in the event of an accident.
Purebred Breeders took notice that a photo was released on the White House's Flickr account and was tweeted by David Axelrod, an aide to the president, with the subtle statement "How loving owners transport their dogs" on January 31.
In 2008, when running as a Presidential candidate, Democrat Barack Obama pledged to not only be president to the American people, but to the animals as well. He stated at a town hall meeting, "I think how we treat our animals reflects how we treat each other. And it's very important that we have a president who is mindful of the cruelty that is perpetrated on animals." His supporters are no doubt trying to sway animal right activists away from Republican Romney in the event that he does become the Republican candidate.
It is natural to bring up the opponents political history or questionable morals, but can their dogs play a part in who wins this race? We have yet to see, but what is undeniable is that their dogs could sway dog-lovers to vote one way or the other.
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Chiarelli wants Hamilton in the NHL
Sep 19, 2013, 1:54 PM EDT
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli says the "goal" is to have defenseman Dougie Hamilton playing in the NHL, not the AHL, this season.
However, that doesn't mean Hamilton is assured of playing time in Boston. Per CSNNE.com, Chiarelli confirmed the 20-year-old will compete with fellow d-men Torey Krug, 22, and Matt Bartkowski, 25, for two spots on the B's blue line. Which means — barring injuries to regulars Zdeno Chara, Dennis Seidenberg, Johnny Boychuk, or Adam McQuaid — one of the three will be left on the outside looking in.
Hamilton played 42 games for the Bruins last season, scoring five times and adding 11 assists. However, he had his share of rookie struggles, most notably in the playoffs when he appeared in just seven games — none past the second round — as Boston made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final.
Ideally for Boston, Hamilton will earn a regular spot in the line-up, since sitting in the press box as a healthy scratch wouldn't do much for his development. The ninth overall pick in the 2011 draft, Hamilton has the potential to be a franchise defenseman in the NHL.
"I thought Dougie had a good game [Tuesday versus the Capitals]," said Chiarelli, "he was strong on the puck and made some good plays and closed well as the game progressed."
- jcmeyer10 - Sep 19, 2013 at 2:24 PM
The one thing I miss of Seguin is his parents. So what do Hamilton's parents think of this?
- bekay19 - Sep 19, 2013 at 2:33 PM
what ever that means…. kid is going to be a stud and there is no reason for the Bruins to rush his developmental.. give him time in the A, let him play 20 mins a night and both PP and PK. He will be up in the show in no time
- Lupy Nazty Philthy - Sep 19, 2013 at 7:11 PM
"kid is going to be a stud"
that's what you used to say about Seguin too.
- jcmeyer10 - Sep 19, 2013 at 8:22 PM
I made a bad joke.
- spitfisher - Sep 19, 2013 at 2:52 PM
He could the work to firm up, he appears rather dough-ie
- Jackson Scofield - Sep 19, 2013 at 3:39 PM
Me too, let's relocate the Coyotes after the 5-year out clause. /troll
- thesportsjudge - Sep 19, 2013 at 4:45 PM
- Jackson Scofield - Sep 19, 2013 at 4:59 PM
"Hamilton in the NHL", just playing with the term to be Hamilton, Ontario instead of the player… also a complete joke, don't even want that city to have a team to be honest.
- nosefacekillah - Sep 19, 2013 at 5:06 PM
Quebec, here we come!
- amityvillefun - Sep 19, 2013 at 3:43 PM
Dougie has moments last season that he looked very poised, and other moments where you wondered where his head was at. But that is what being a rookie is all about – it's a learning process. He wasn't even expected to make the team last year! But he did.
This kid has a pretty bright future ahead of him and could, someday, have his name mentioned alongside the great defensemen the Bruins have had. He does have some great skills already, and with a little more size and experience, he should be a tremendous asset to the Bruins.
- nosefacekillah - Sep 19, 2013 at 5:00 PM
The only reason he played in the NHL last year was his age. If he did not make the club he would have been sent back to juniors for the year. Once he was on the team he could not be demoted, only sat out.
This year is different as it is his first year of eligibility for the AHL. I expect to see him spend significant time in Providence.
- hockeyflow33 - Sep 19, 2013 at 4:28 PM
I would think getting to work with Chara everyday would benefit him a great deal more than playing in the AHL
- lowenni - Sep 19, 2013 at 6:04 PM
I'm not a professional scout, but I personally believe Hamilton is the most overrated prospect in all of hockey.
- hockeyflow33 - Sep 19, 2013 at 6:32 PM
He isn't a prospect, he's played a full season in the NHL
- lowenni - Sep 19, 2013 at 7:15 PM
Fair enough, and I didn't necessarily mean prospect. I just mean that I think he's a young player who many people project to be a future Norris candidate. I know he's still young, but I don't think his hockey sense is ever going to be Norris-worthy. Sure, he's huge, skilled, and a solid skater, but I think analysts just look at those and then they think the sky's the limit. I don't think he's going to reach his projected potential, although he should still be a very solid defender for years.
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Longfellow Students Volunteer as JMKAC Junior Docents
Seven Longfellow Elementary School 5th grade students recently completed the Junior Docent training that was taught by staff from the John Michael Kohler Art Center (JMKAC). The students volunteered their time after school to study artworks and to learn how to present art to other students in a Junior Docent capacity.
This leadership program taught the Junior Docents how to display proper etiquette when visiting the JMKAC. The Junior Docents also learned how to question the viewers about what they see, what they think and what do you they wonder about when viewing the artwork.
The Junior Docents will now have the opportunity to practice what they learned when the Longfellow classes visit the John Michael Kohler Art Center. The Junior Docent program includes a brief introduction to 4th graders and continues with the junior docent training sessions for 5th graders. All students are invited to participate.
The Junior Docent program, under the direction of Dianne Ahrens, Longfellow Art Teacher and Marisa Underhill, Education and Community Arts Associate, has been offered to the Longfellow students since 2005-2006.
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(AP) GLENDALE, Calif. - A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of hundreds of children from a Southern California elementary school Monday while police searched buildings to make sure the campus was safe.
An anonymous caller phoned the R.D. White Elementary School in Glendale at around 8:30 a.m. and said there was a bomb at the campus, police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said.
The school's 880 students were evacuated to a supermarket parking lot about a block away and parents were allowed to take them home for the day, Lorenz said. No bomb was found and the all-clear was given around midday.
Klara Esposito, who lives a block from the campus, received a call from the school and came to pick up her two children, 10-year-old Tony and 7-year-old Daniel.
"I mean after Connecticut, it was just too scary," she said, referring to last month's massacre by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. "I just ran here like a maniac."
"A few teachers told me it was all just a drill," her son Tony said. "And I was thinking if it was just a drill, why were there so many policemen and firemen and helicopters? I'm really scared."
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OpenGL 4.1 Spec Finalized
New spec focuses on enhancing 3D graphics on mobile devices.
The Khronos Group announced that finalizing the OpenGL 4.1 specifications had been completed and that its release would be immediate. The new API specification is fully backwards compatible and adds several new features including 64-bit floating-point component shader inputs for higher geometric precision and the ability to query and load binary for a shader program objects.
But possibly the biggest addition to the royalty-free speculation is full compatibility with OpenGL ES 2.0, making it easier than ever to port graphics between desktop and mobile platforms.
"Khronos is methodically building their vision for pervasive developer access to cross-platform graphics, media and compute acceleration. The continued rapid-fire OpenGL evolution feeds high-end graphics innovation into that strategy," stated Dr. Jon Peddie founder and principal of Jon Peddie Research.
The Khronos Group last updated the specification only four months ago. OpenGL 4.1 is available for download at opengl.org/registry.
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The Herald-Dispatch West Virginia 5K Championship
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WHAT: The 5K race is a fundraiser for anti-obesity initiatives of the United Way of the River Cities.
WHEN: 8 a.m. Saturday, June 22.
WHERE: Pullman Square in downtown Huntington.
HOW TO REGISTER: Registration is $25, but runners must register by Monday, June 17, to qualify for a T-shirt. Race day registration is $30. Entry fees are non-refundable. Online registration is at www.WV5K.com. Participants may also send a print registration form to: WV 5K Championship, 613 Shaw Street, Barboursville, WV 25504. Make checks payable to WV 5K Championship. Packet pickup is from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, June 21, at the St. Mary's Conference Center, 2825 5th Ave., Huntington.
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WILLIAMSON — "I would like to make a motion that we, as members of the Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce (TVCC), agree to go on record showing our support for the School Levy that is so important for Mingo County Students," said Cecil Hatfield, board member and former director of the chamber.
Hatfield was speaking of the upcoming special election on Saturday, March 23, to authorize the continuation of the existing stand-alone school levy for the Mingo County students and school system. This special levy has been in effect since 1964. The most important thing that the citizens and voters should know, according to Mingo County Board of Education Superintendent Randy Keathley who was the guest speaker at the Feb. 11th meeting of the chamber, is that "this levy does not and will not raise taxes".
The purpose of the levy is to continue funding for the Mingo County school system. This levy provides funding for such items as free textbooks, school equipment, library equipment, school repairs, coaches' salaries and many other extracurricular activities that are provided such as band, choral and theater.
Following you will read an abbreviated and approximate breakdown of what the levy supports and the amount budgeted for each particular component.
• Free textbooks, school equipment and instructional supplies for all students; $1,052,576.
• Support for additional educational opportunities such as evening classes, summer school, remedial programs and extra-curricular trips; $200,000.
• Technology equipment and services to all schools; $345,414.
• Support for band, music, choral, and theater programs; $87,036.
• Support for academic competition and events like the spelling bee, social studies fair, math field day and robotics; $60,000
• Support for public and school libraries (including Mingo County Libraries, Williamson Public Library and Mingo County School Libraries); $200,000.
• Expanded career and technical education programs; $136,1666
• Instructional supplies and materials for classrooms; $50,000
• Support for health services including support for the Mingo County Health Department; $92,110
• Support for compliance with safety standards and security; $345,414
• Support for school repairs and renovations; $600,000
• Supplement employee benefits such as optical and dental; $400,000
• Support for professional personnel; $2,648,211
• Support for service personnel; $1,801,910
• Incentive for unused personal leave; $200,000
• Support for athletic and extra-curricular activities which helps maintain athletic programs; $217,707
• Support for the Mingo County Extension Service which includes 4-H, Archery and ATV safety programs; $30,000
• Salary support for supplemental assignments for coaches, trainers, etc. $240,350
• Classroom furniture upgrades; $100,000
• National Board Certification; $1,000
This bond levy, when approved, will be operational for 5 years, from fiscal year July 1, 2013 to July 1, 2018. The total approximate amount for the bond, after an allowance of discounts, delinquencies and exonerated is $8,843,894. The total amount to be expended during the term of the 5 year levy is approximately $44,219,470. The levy rates are assessed valuation of taxable property in the Mingo County School District.
Other matters discussed during the meeting was the success and popularity of the National Geographic's "Digger's" television show that aired 2 episodes taped in the local area, one being at the Randal McCoy (historical site with the Hatfield-McCoy feud) home place at Hardy, Ky. that is owned by Bob and Rita Scott, and the other being on Blair Mountain where the mine wars took place.
TVCC Executive Director Natalie Young addressed those in attendance and spoke of the impressive turnout for the "Cupid's Shuffle" 5K run held this past Saturday in Williamson, and of the importance of turning our attention to the Hatfield and McCoy Reunion Festival slated for June 7-9, with the world-renowned Hatfield-McCoy Marathon scheduled for the 8th. Race organizer and President of the Tug Valley Roadrunners Club, David Hatfield, told the chamber members that thus far, the marathon registration has increased by approximately 150 percent from last year and stated that if this trend continues, he fully expects to have over 1,000 participants this June. The Tug Valley area played host to 577 runners and their family members in 2012.
Hatfield remarked that the biggest problem or stumbling block he perceives as a hindrance for the festival is the lack of lodging facilities in Mingo County, and expressed his thoughts on why he personally feels that individuals or businesses have not invested in building hotels/motels in Williamson and its surrounding towns.
"We still don't believe in ourselves and the financial opportunities that are standing right in front of us," said Hatfield. "Our area has been in that woe is me, we don't have anything – we'll never have anything, mind set for far too long. With some people, that negative mentality and attitude will never change. You have a few who may change with the proper guidance and motivation, and we're blessed to have others who have hit the ground running and are on fire to bring tourism to Mingo County but they can't do it alone. We all need to get on board and take advantage of this awesome opportunity that will never pass this way again. We've got to keep feeding the fire or the flame is going to go out."
For more information on the Hatfield and McCoy Reunion Festival or to volunteer your time to assist the race organizers, you may contact Young at her office located inside the historical Coal House by calling 304-235-5240, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.