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UPDATED 11:57 a.m. BISMARCK—Help will soon be on the way to help with infrastructure needs across North Dakota, particularly in the state's oil-producing counties.
The state Senate unanimously approved the state's Department of Transportation budget on Monday. The budget includes $370.6 million in one-time funding for oil counties and $60 million in one-time funding for the non-oil producing counties.
The oil money is slated to be split so $142 million goes to townships and counties and $228.6 million goes to state highways in oil country, said Sen. Rich Wardner, R-Dickinson.
As for the non-oil county money, the Senate approved $10 million more than the House. The Senate directs $35 million to go out by July, with the other $25 million for the 2011-13 biennium.
Eighty percent would go to counties and cities and 20 percent to townships. The money would be allocated using the highway distribution formula.
Senators praised the budget and the much-needed help it will provide the state's stressed infrastructure.
"I'm pretty excited about it,†said Sen. George Nodland, R-Dickinson. "To me, it's probably one of the most important bills in this session.â€
People don't realize how much the funding means to western North Dakota, he said.
Rep. Shirley Meyer, D-Dickinson, also said she was pleased with the budget and that additional money was provided to help the state's non-oil producing counties.
The Senate's version of House Bill 1012 also provides authority for the DOT to use $1.2 million in previous funding for highway rail grade crossing safety projects.
The bill allows the DOT to borrow up to $120 million from the Bank of North Dakota to provide funding for emergency relief projects on the state highway system.
Wardner said they don't foresee the DOT borrowing that much money, and federal funding received for projects would repay the loans. Authorizing the borrowing allows projects to begin sooner rather than waiting for the federal money to arrive, he said.
The Senate also approved nine new DOT positions. The bill also requests a study of the state's airplanes, including the justification for each one and how often they're used.
The overall DOT budget is $1.5 billion. Of that, about $1.2 billion is from federal and special funds, such as gasoline tax revenue, Wardner said. The budget is also financed with money from the state's permanent oil tax trust fund. The general fund provides $5.85 million for Devils Lake, he said.
Both Republican and Democratic Senate leaders applauded the bill, which must now go back to the House for review.
The Legislature has also approved increasing the state's oil impact fund from an $8 million cap per biennium to $100 million. Oil-impacted areas can apply for additional aid from that fund, which is financed through oil tax collections.
The Legislature has also approved a study that will look at transportation infrastructure needs for all county and township roads in the state during the next two years. This will help legislators determine funding needs for the 2013 legislative session.


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Your home away from home...Vacation Condo in Fairfield Bay
Welcome to our website! We are proud to offer you a newly remodeled and beautifully furnished Lakewood Condo for vacation rental in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas.
Our vacation home features:
- Newly remodeled and beautifully furnished! Tasteful surroundings will make your Fairfield Bay stay all the more enjoyable!
- Roomy 2 Bedroom, 1 1/2 bath unit, with a queen size bed and a full/twin bunkbed (sleeps two on the bottom bunk, one on the top bunk. Great for 2-3 kids or also a second couple with child. The living room sofa is a full-size sleeper as well. Master bedroom includes a full-size desk. Sleeping capacity: 7
- Fully enclosed patio with barbecue
- Ground-level entry, 2 parking spots directly in front of the condo
- All amenities are included: washer, dryer, fully equipped kitchen with all new quality appliances (microwave, dishwasher, coffee machine, toaster etc.)
- Quality bedding and towels
- 42" flat panel TV and DVD player
- Crib and high chair for families traveling with small children
The Lakewood Condos are located off the main street of Fairfield Bay, adjacent to the Hart Center, Library and Senior Center. The Lakewood pool (approx. a block away) is reached by walking through a grassy park area. The Woodland Mead Park is a short walk away from the Condo and offers a great playground and miniature golf course. Also available at the park during the summer months are: shuffleboard, volleyball, flag football, horseshoes and picnics.
The tennis courts, an additional swimming pool and the Bay View Grill at Chelsea are located approx. 1 mile away down the main street. Two gas stations/convenience stores are located within 1 mile of the Lakewood Condos and also provide breakfast or lunch for those wanting a bite to eat, or you can chose from two restaurants within walking distance. Two excellent golf courses, both with restaurants, are located within a 5 mile radius. The marina is located approx. 4 miles away.

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Have you ever been to a zoo and seen kids (or worse, adults) taunting the animals? It seems like some folks simply can't resist roaring at the lions, trumpeting at elephants, or making oo-oo-aa-aa noises at the monkeys.
Despite signs everywhere asking visitors to refrain from teasing the animals, kids did just that at a recent visit to the Dallas Zoo. In this video, they go beyond making animal noises and yell taunts like "You ugly," at the zoo's 400-pound gorilla. But don't feel too sorry for the gorilla. He can apparently take care of himself.
After tolerating the taunts for a few minutes, the gorilla gives those kids the scare of a lifetime. Don't worry, nothing awful happens. The gorilla just scares the kids, and you can almost hear him snickering as he walks away from the now silent (and admonished) kids.
Certainly worth a watch ...
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Kalona Course Should Be a Good Host for District Meet, says PC Golf Coach
Posted By Sports On May 15, 2011 @ 5:59 am In Today's Local Sports | Comments Disabled
After playing some top-notch 3-A programs in the Little Hawkeye Conference, the Pella Christian girls golf team will tee it up against 2-A competition tomorrow in the District 4 meet at the Kalona Golf Club.
With inconsistent weather and busy spring schedules, the Lady Eagles will enter the meet having not played the course before, but Head Coach Larry Hessing says they're excited to be playing one of the best venues in the state.
Hessing adds that though he has not seen all of the teams in the field play this season, he expects Colfax-Mingo to make a run at the team title and says Iowa City Regina boasts one of the top individual golfers in all of Class 2-A. The two teams and four individuals with the best scores will advance to the Regional Meet in West Liberty on May 23rd.
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About 29% of Michigan local jurisdictions report they are better able to meet their financial needs this year compared to 2012. This years Michigan Public Policy Survey marks the first time since the survey began in 2009 that the percentage of local governments reporting fiscal decline did not exceed those that reported improvement from the prior year (41% of communities reported no change).
The report also found differences by community size. Among jurisdictions with more than 30,000 residents, 44% report they are in better fiscal health compared to last year, while 25% of communities with less than 1,500 residents reported improved fiscal health.
Some of the smallest jurisdictions (fewer than 1,500 residents) in the central and southern region of the Lower Peninsula where University of Michigan researchers note decreases in state aid, property taxes and increasing foreclosures reported the worst fiscal health.


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First Android Smartphone Satellite Now Orbiting Earth | Video
A Google Nexus One, with an Android operating system, is the heart of a 30cm cubesat. The mini satellite was launched from India on February 25th, 2013. The University of Surrey's Surrey Space Centre breaks down the STRaND-1 mission.
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Skyline edges Liberty in dual swim meet
October 1, 2008
By Jim Feehan
Toni Scarcello drinks a lot of water the day of swim meets, and while competing, she has a song on her mind.
"I'll be playing 'Hotel California' in my mind," Scarcello, a member of the Skyline High School swim team, said of The Eagles' hit song.
Good thing she's not thinking of Iron Butterfly's 17 minute, five second album version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" while racing. The Skyline junior would finish her events long before the 1968 classic song barely got started.
Scarcello turned in her best times of the season in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle in helping Skyline defeat Liberty 109-77 in a dual meet Sept. 25 at Julius Boehm Pool.
"I just try to prepare myself mentally before each match," Scarcello said. "Thinking of a song helps me keep focused."
Scarcello was second in both the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle events.
Skyline junior Kels Kosenkranius won the 1-meter diving competition. Kaitlyn Tsutakawa, a sophomore at Liberty, placed second. Liberty's Krista Lockhart and Danielle Kemmerer, both juniors, finished third and fourth, respectively.
In one of the match's feature events, Liberty's Michela Lecoq edged Scarcello at the finish by 0.61 seconds in the 100 freestyle.
Liberty's Elise Tinseth won the 200 freestyle in 2:04.96. Tinseth, a freshman at Liberty, also won the 500-yard freestyle in 5:35.41. Both were personal best times for Tinseth this season.
"I'm excited by my times," she said. "I challenge myself to be my best and place high."
Skyline freshman Meghan O'Keefe won the 200-yard individual medley with a state qualifying time of 2:16.26. Michela Lecoq's younger sister Nicole posted a state qualifying time in winning the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:11.37. She also won the 50-yard freestyle in 25.98.
"I'm pleased with the state qualifying time in the 100 breaststroke and I'm hoping to do the same in the 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle," said Nicole, a freshman swimmer on the Liberty squad. "Coaching, training and lots of practices have helped me this year."
Liberty coach Kris Daughters said she was pleased with the team's effort in the dual meet with Skyline.
"Nicole Lecoq made state qualifying in the 100 breaststroke and dropped three seconds off her previous best, and Elise Tinseth has done great in the IM, the breaststroke, middle distances and the 500. She's six seconds from state qualifying in the 500 freestyle."
Daughters said she was also impressed with the team's outing against Issaquah High School in a dual meet Sept. 23.
"They beat us by only four points and we've never been that close to beating them before," she said. "I'm really proud of them."
Liberty won the 200-yard freestyle relay, while Skyline won the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard medley relay.
Skyline freshman swimmer Hailey Theeuwen recorded her best times of the year in the 100-yard backstroke (1:09.42) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:33.26). She also swam as a member of the Skyline "B" medley relay and 400-yard relay teams.
Pacing oneself is important with only two to three minutes between events, Theeuwen said.
"I eat a lot of power bars and visualize what I'm going to do in my next race and put it into action," she said.
Skyline coach Susie Miller said she was happy to get out of the meet with a win.
"My hat's off to Liberty. They've got a great time and Kris has done a great job," Miller said.
Four varsity swimmers did not participate in the dual meet with Liberty, among them Andie Taylor, the state champion in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle. Taylor competed in seven events in the U.S. Olympic trials this summer and finished third in the U.S. nationals in the 400-meter individual medley.
Taylor was held out of the Liberty dual meet to prepare for upcoming dual meets against Newport and Redmond, Miller said.
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MUST WATCH – Nice Little Behind The Scenes Featurette For 'Star Trek Into Darkness' featuring JJ Abrams & Chris Pine
Paramount released a new featurette last week for the highly anticipated Star Trek Into Darkness in parntership with Esurance. The behind-the-scenes look gives us some interviews featuring J.J. Abrams, Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana discussing the film.
This film is eagerly anticipated by all nerds including this one and this featurette definitely whets the appetite further. Although it is brief, it definitely does the job.
Check out the featurette below and let us know in the comments below how badly you want to see this film.
Star Trek Into Darkness has a May 17th, 2013 release date in 3D.
About The Film
In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness. When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.
As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.
Directed by J.J. Abrams and stars Chris Pine as Capt. James T. Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Karl Urban as Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Zoe Saldana as Nyota Uhura, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov, John Cho as Hikaru Sulu and Benedict Cumberbatch as an unnamed villain.


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Oil firms on Chinese dataComment on this story
London - Global oil prices climbed on Tuesday after data showed key crude consumer China imported more record amounts last month, dealers said.
New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in May, gained 36 cents to $99.96 a barrel.
Brent North Sea crude for May rose 30 cents to stand at $107.11 a barrel, from Monday's closing level.
"The focus today has been on inventories following news overnight that China's crude inventories rose to a new high in February following two months of record imports," said Saxo Bank analyst Ole Hansen.
On Wednesday, the US government's Energy Information Administration is forecast to reveal that American crude oil reserves grew last week.
The news would signal weaker demand in the United States, which is the world's biggest crude consuming nation.
"Baring any flare up in geopolitical tensions (this) should leave the upside limited at this stage," added Hansen.
Crude futures also rose after a key petroleum shipping channel in the United States was closed following a collision resulting in an oil spill.
Kenny Kan, an analyst at CMC Markets in Singapore, said the temporary closure of the Houston shipping route had lifted WTI prices.
The Houston Ship Channel was shut down after a weekend collision between a barge and a ship resulted in the spill of about 168,000
gallons (636,000 litres) of fuel oil into the waterway.
The closure disrupted supplies to refineries in the US Gulf Coast.
Kan said in a market commentary that "although the temporary closure of the shipping channel may not have a tangible impact on this week's crude inventories report, it has caused much volatility".
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JACKSON, Ga. (February 22, 2013)—Andrew Allen Cook, 38, who was convicted of killing two college students in 1995 in Georgia, was executed late Thursday night.
Cook was pronounced dead at 11:22 p.m. Thursday.
The two Mercer University students were shot several times as they sat in a car at Lake Juliette.
Cook apologized to both his family and the victims' families.
Cook didn't know either victim, and authorities say the crime was random.
The Georgia Appeals Court on temporarily stayed Cook's execution on Wednesday to consider a challenge to the state's lethal injection procedure, but the Georgia Supreme Court lifted the stay Thursday.
Other appeals were exhausted.
Cook was the first inmate to be executed since the state changed its execution procedure in July from a three-drug combination to a single dose of the sedative pentobarbital.
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Michigan coach Brady Hoke, left, and Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio.
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First the good news, as they say: Michigan State's Mark Dantonio is the eighth-best coach in the nation, according to Athlon Sports, which ranked all 128 FBS coaches.
That also makes him second only to Ohio State's Urban Meyer in the Big Ten (who's No. 2 overall to Alabama's Nick Saban).
But Michigan's Brady Hoke is ranked just 38th overall and eighth in the Big Ten. Worse, he's eight spots behind Arizona's Rich Rodriguez. ...


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A Sinopec facility in Tianjin. (Photo/Xinhua)
China's reliance on oil and gas imports has been rising, forcing the country to scramble for control over overseas oil businesses and possibly heightening tensions in the Middle East.
The country's dependence on oil imports shot up to 58% in 2012, with a total of 284 million metric tons imported that year. Its dependence on natural gas imports has also jumped on an annual basis from 2006 to the current 29%.
The reliance on imported oil and gas is projected to rise further to 59.4% and 32%, respectively, this year, according to a recent report issued by the Economics & Development Research Institute under state oil giant Sinopec.
This growing dependence could prompt China to risk war and conflict by getting involved in a battle for control of energy-related businesses in countries such as Pakistan, Iraq and Algeria.
Since 2003, state oil companies CNPC, Sinopec and China National Offshore Oil have been investing in oil businesses located in Sudan, Venezuela, Iraq and Myanmar and have recently expanded into Algeria, Egypt and Iran.
The three companies acquired a total of US$25.4 billion in overseas oil and gas assets last year, making China the world's largest buyer of petroleum interests.
More recently, the Pakistani government has been planning to hand over the management of a deep-sea port at Gwadar to a Chinese firm, according to the BBC. The managerial control will result in the construction of pipelines that will directly transport oil from the Middle East to western China, sources said.
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences projects that the risks China will face in its attempt to acquire oil and gas resources are set to increase.
Prolonged political instability in Iraq, the lingering tensions between Israel and Pakistan, as well as Western intervention in the Middle East have all placed safety and stability in the area into uncertainty.
The rise of developing countries has also squeezed the global energy supply. According to an International Energy Agency forecast, the Asia-Pacific region will emerge as the world's largest consumer of oil by 2020.
Furthermore, as Chinese and Indian reliance on oil imports rises to the IEA's projected 77% and 91.6%, respectively, by 2020, their increasing dependence could also fuel a geopolitical power struggle in the Middle East.
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Dear Master of Infinite Appliance Awareness,
Please forgive me if I'm redundant in my question. I can't seem to find a solution in searching the site data. Feel free to point me to it if you are prone to ponder...who IS this numbskull and why can't he read?
My Whirlpool Duet Dryer (GEW9250PW0) is overheating to the point of blowing the thermistor. I've replaced the thermistor & hi-limit thermostat. Tested the cycling thermostat and cleaned the machine thoroughly including the less than 5 foot exhaust vent, the blower path, (all the way to the blower) and brushed/vacuumed the inside of the machine completely. The blower is powerful enough to be blowing the outside damper open COMPLETELY and consistently. I've also removed the heater element, found no breaks in the coils & tested it for continuity which was good. There is also no sign of any part of the coils touching the chassis anywhere. The dryer diagnostic test comes up "88" which is a system "ok".
That's the b/g....here's my question. What I DID find that seemed unusual was a horizontal hairline crack in the heater element chassis on the upper end opposite of the element terminals. That portion of the chassis was also visibly darkened from the excessive heat and the lower end was not. The crack was not, (and looks to have never been) dramatic enough to slope or in any way and was only across the center portion of the chassis and did not break on the outer frame. I'm assuming, (perhaps incorrectly) that because the element works, the crack is not a functioning factor or grounding the element. Am I all wet in my assumption? Finally, although the element tested good for continuity on my analog ohmmeter, I get a ZERO reading when I test either post by touching one meter cable to the chassis. That is to say....the meter doesn't move AT ALL. My meter is set on the lowest ohm measurement (1k) for THAT test. Am I missing something about the crack that is in fact grounding the element?
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Seth Godin posted this awhile back: "The problem with browsers is that they rarely buy anything." He is spot on, then again when isn't he. The folks who browse your website are just looking at the images. If that is all you put them up thre for then you have succeeded. If you put them up to sell them then you have most likely failed. If I go shopping to buy a car and I tell the car sells person that "I'm just looking." It is a sure sign that I'm just there to look over the models. If however I say "I'd like to learn more about the (insert your favorite ride here), then it's likely I'm interested in actually dropping cash.
It's all in your intentions. Are you just looking at a new car, a new camera, a new lens, a new educational goal or are you ready to make the jump. Stop looking, start acting.


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Saints Hope "The Preserve" is Ready to Go
Posted By Sports On April 12, 2013 @ 5:58 am In Today's Local Sports | Comments Disabled
Both Melcher-Dallas golf squads are hoping for good conditions when they hit the links today in Moravia for a pair of varsity golf matches at The Preserve. Yesterday's golf meet in Pleasantville was cancelled due to the weather and condition of the course. The Saints' boys are averaging a team score of 206 after just two meets; a good start, said Coach Dennis Rowley. His girls only have one event under their belt; scoring 282 as a team in their meet at Pleasantville last Thursday. Both the boys and girls are scheduled to tee off today at 4:00 p.m.
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Recently we talked with an interesting Indonesian company, StartupBisnis.com, which is aiming to provide useful knowledge and content for entrepreneurs in the country. It is still very much a very young startup, dating back to just this February when it was founded by Denny Santoso and Rhein Mahatma. Interestingly, the young startup's Twitter account already has reached more than 18,000 followers so far. So how did StartupBisnis achieve that feat?
StartupBisnis puts out about one article per day, mostly on the subject of entrepreneurship. The topics covered range from startups, finance, leadership and management, and sales and marketing. There are even pitches, similar to the entrepreneur guide website Inc.com. The Indonesian website sources its ideas and content from successful entrepreneurship stories and interviews from across the world. Recently it had an interview with Hendy Tanata, the CTO of US-based startup Love With Food, who is of Indonesian descent; you can see the article here.
Rhein explains to us that he started the website to help out Indonesian entrepreneurs with ideas for proper business strategies so they could have information about the competitive startup landscape. During his time helping out a tech incubator finding good startups in 2011, he discovered that most of them were lacking proper knowledge about entrepreneurship.
When asked about StartupBisnis's revenue model, Rhein explained that the website makes money from "ads, affiliate services, sponsored content, and paid tweets." He added that he might consider adding premium content, and events, in the future.
StartupBisnis' is ranked 1,773 in Indonesia according to Alexa, and averages around 500 to 900 visits every day, which is not bad for a six-month-old website. Regarding the secret to their Twitter followers Rhein said that 18,000 followers isn't that impressive, and that he is expecting to greatly exceed that number. He explained about his Twitter strategy:
For the last two years I've been working as social media strategist and it connected me with some friends that have big [amounts of] followers on Twitter. I also help advise some friends on how to grow their followers so it's just natural if you connect well with these guys, they will help you achieve your vision.
The team consists of only four people so far: Rhein and Denny as the founders, and two freelance writers. Denny Santoso also runs Indonesian health portal DuniaFitnes.com and SixReps.com, while Rhein himself was an online community manager for a marketing magazine back in 2010. They all work part time for the StartupBisnis.


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About a decade ago, Connecticut started getting serious about reclaiming and reusing former and abandoned, environmentally tainted industrial sites known as brownfields. Around that same time, Newtown's Director of Economic and Community Development Elizabeth Stocker began compiling an informal list of local brownfield sites.
Once she realized there were grant and other assistance programs offering funds and services to assess these contaminated former industrial sites, she also began applying for help in the hopes of eventually returning some or all of these local parcels to some degree of productive use.
Pursuing that goal would not only provide financial benefits to the community and its taxpayers by returning these unused or abandoned properties to the tax rolls, but would also help to mitigate the types of public health issues that arise around these sites like contaminated water tables.
Today, Ms Stocker's office is administering more than a half-million dollars in brownfields grants, and has recently seen a federal investment in Newtown's brownfield reuse initiative. In 2013, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided a surface cleanup of one of the community's most familiar brownfield sites — the Batchelder parcel off Swamp Road in Botsford.
Last week, Ms Stocker told the Board of Selectmen that the federal investment at that site was worth in excess of $2 million, and she was aggressively looking for other programs and grants to help return nine classified brownfield sites back to productive use.
One of those sites is already partially cleaned up and is being used daily by hundreds of residents — Fairfield Hills. This high profile, town-owned location is among nine key sites spread across the community that possess great potential for reuse.
The other sites are at 75 Church Hill Road, 57 Church Hill Road, 7-9 Glen Road, 28A Glen Road, 350-352 South Main Street, 2 Buttonshop Road, 11 Prospect Drive, and 46A Swamp Road.
Five of the nine sites are currently in arrears for property taxes, with the aforementioned Batchelder site, which has been taken over by the town, currently showing a tax liability of more than $1.9 million outstanding.
The tax collector's office reports that the 75 Church Hill Road property owners owe $541,730; the 7-9 Glen Road owners owing $290,558; the 350-352 South Main Street owners owing $1,845; and the 2 Buttonshop Road owners owing $581,370 to the town with another $300,000 owed to a company that previously purchased an outstanding tax lien on that parcel from the town.
Current assessments on these brownfield sites are as follows: 75 Church Hill Road, $93,510; 57 Church Hill Road, $131,730; 57A Church Hill Road, $952,850; 7-9 Glen Road, $248,260; 28A Glen Road, $427,220; 350 South Main Street, $101,690; 352 South Main Street, $631,270; 2 Button Shop Road, $1,376,410; 11 Prospect Drive, $274,330; 46A Swamp Road, $3,023,490.
Bryan Atherton, a Newtown resident and commercial real estate broker who is familiar with each of the sites, offered some ideas about what these sites could be worth if they were cleaned up or otherwise made available for reuse.
Mr Atherton cautioned that was offering only his best opinion of value, and does not take into consideration things like specifics on building conditions, structural components, environmental conditions.
He said that "feasibility of development and the highest and best use analysis is the only way to understand what demand is if it even exists for a specific piece of property in a specific market and that is determined by many variables, but most important is demographics.
"Everyone misconstrues that demographics mean income and how many people," Mr Atherton added. "Well it does, but that is just scratching the surface. Density, daytime population, nighttime population are some of the many other variables that are most important in determining the feasibility with any one of these properties or any properties in a community."
That said, he provided the following estimates on the possible value or worth of the following brownfield parcels:
75 Church Hill Road — 1.10 acre of land B-2 zone. Land of similar quality has traded between $100,000 to $300,000 per acre over the last few years.
57 & 57A Church Hill Road — two separate parcels, 57A has improvements of a 31,194-square-foot building, while 57 is a 1.20-acre parcel. Buildings similar to this have traded in the $20 to $70 per-square-foot range, depending on quality, location, tenanting ability, utility of building etc. More details would be needed to offer a more specific price range. Mr Atherton noted this would be closer to the bottom range.
7-9 Glenn Road — There has been some serious interest in this parcel in the past. The value for raw land in the Sandy Hook Design district with similar qualities have range in the $200,000 per acre value in my opinion.
28A Glen Road — 1.58 acres, M-4 zone. Land similar to this has traded in the range of $50,000 to $200,000 per acre. In a residential area, most likely not a viable industrial location.
350-352 South Main Street — 350 South Main Street, .53 acre R-2 zone. It is a nonconforming lot, so there would be no opinion as to valuation direction. It may have no value depending in what is needed for improvements to stabilize to have the ability to rent for cash flow. No commercial value for sight lines, access and visibility are all limited at best. Highest and best use would be to consider renovating residential structure, but do not know condition so cannot conclude if feasible.
2 Button Shop Road — 120.26 acres, M-1 zone. A large track of land with watercourse and such. In order to make an opinion more details are needed with site maps, surveys to see what is useable and not useable. When a useable land ratio is determined, the value could be in the range of $20,000 to $100,000 per acre.
11 Prospect Drive — 11.49 acres M-1 zone. Acreage similar to this is trading in the range of $20,000 to $100,000 per acre. In this current market with the site limitations to access, utilities, etc, suggests the lower side of that range.
46A Swamp Road — 30 acres, M-3 zone. Making an assumption that buildings are in poor condition and would be demolished, land value would be in the range of $20,000 to $100,000 per acre (trending toward), the lower side of that range because of the limited access, utilities or lack of sewers.
Ms Stocker told The Bee that her office is in the process of determining its own estimated values for each of the properties, and she is currently researching some of the unknowns pointed out by Mr Atherton. Her office hopes to have those details available to report to applicable town boards in the near future.
First Selectman Pat Llodra said she expects Ms Stocker will be regularly reporting to selectmen on the future progress at various local brownfields sites.


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Please refer to me by my Latin name: illegitimus frugalis.Posted by Donna Freedman on May 13, 2010 | 12 comments
Apparently some folks think that frugal people are really just cheap bastards. Witness this response to my most recent Living With Less column on MSN Money, "Stock a closet with $1 gifts":
"I really can't stand articles like this. No matter what you've been told, you really should learn to pass up a bargain," wrote someone named "Kaplan."
"It doesn't matter how bad the economy is, going el-cheapo on your gift-giving is like telling a person, 'You matter to me, but not that much.' … Come on, people! Stop being so materialistic. Stop feeling like you have to buy things. If you can't afford it, don't give it. And if you are materialistic, tell your cheap friends you don't want their store-reject coupon deals!"
Anybody but me think that Kaplan wanted a pony last Christmas and didn't get one? What puzzles me is that he or she suggests that people "stop being so materialistic," yet rants about how they're not spending ENOUGH on gifts.
As for the "If you can't afford it, don't give it" aspect of the argument, the entire point of shopping in this way is that this is the only way some people can afford to give.
Oh well. Everyone is entitled to the wrong opinion.
For other Living With Less columns — topics like "Get paid to save money," "Free toothpaste for life," "How to play the cashback game," "Free stuff: Get it, give it, swap it," "How to live rent-free" and "Surviving Armageddon on a budget" (or, in case you don't survive, "How to get a free funeral") — bookmark this URL:
Incidentally, you have to scroll way down to leave a comment on these articles. There's mondo white space and then a box with MSN videos. But you can voice an opinion if you choose. Not that I'd ever lean on readers to do that. (Do it.) Because that would be pushy. (Do it!) I mean, just because I wish I had more comments on some MSN columns (do it do it do it) is no reason to strong-arm folks.
And could somebody send Kaplan that pony?


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Public Star Night at the Little Thompson Observatory 850 Spartan Ave at Berthoud High School (park east of the high school; directions are posted on the website, www.starkids.org). Friday, February 21, 2014 7:00 – 11:00 pm The guest speaker is Dr Paul Lightsey, mission systems engineer at Ball Aerospace, and the title of his talk is "The James Webb Space Telescope: The Magic's in the Mirrors." The James Webb Space Telescope is sometimes referred to as the Hubble ... Full Story
LTO Star Night – November 2013
Public Star Night at the Little Thompson Observatory, Friday, November 15, 2013 7:30 – 11:00 PM. 850 Spartan Ave at Berthoud High School (park east of the high school; directions are posted on the website, www.starkids.org). The speaker for the evening will be Steve Kendrick, senior project engineer at Ball Aerospace. The title of his talk is "No Longer Lost in the Glare: Detecting Hidden Planets." NASA is leading one of the most exciting searches in astronomy—the search for Earth-like ... Full Story
Sky Tonight—April 29, Five planets before sunrise
Courtesy of EarthSky A Clear Voice for Science Visit EarthSky at www.EarthSky.org Only Venus easily visible We show the moon and planets for about 30 minutes before sunrise tomorrow (Saturday, April 30) as seen from North American mid-northern latitudes. At mid-northern latitudes all around the world, the only two worlds that you are likely to see before sunrise tomorrow are the moon and blazing planet Venus. Look for them low in the east some 60 to 30 minutes before sunup. Binoculars might ... Full Story
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Visit the NASA/JPL website to view more Astronomy Pictures of the Day Six Worlds for Kepler-11 Illustration Credit: Tim Pyle, NASA Explanation: Six worlds orbit Kepler-11, a sunlike star 2,000 light-years distant in the constellation Cygnus. The new discovery, based on data from NASA's planet hunting Kepler spacecraft, makes the Kepler-11 system the fullest exoplanetary system known. Compared to our Solar System in this illustration, five of Kepler-11's planets orbit closer to their ... Full Story


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Your tour begins with a scenic drive through the lush and green North Kohala countryside. You'll pass through the quaint plantation towns of Hawi and Kapaau, site of the life-size statue of King Kamehameha the First. At the end of the road ypou'll make a brief stop at the historic Kohala Mule Station for one of Hawaii's most spectacular coastline views. And then the real fun begins with a bumpy but short four-wheel drive on an old cane road over private ranchland to our trailhead.
Out of the van, you'll embark back into the early 1900s, when plantation owners there began construction of the Kohala Ditch Trail to bring much needed water to the sugar cane fields. Along the 1.5 mile loop trail you'll see the tunnels, cross bridges and pass by seven beautiful waterfalls. You can take a refreshing dip in the last pool we visit, and actually sit under a cool rainwater cascade.
With its stunning mountain panoramas, green valleys and pasturelands, and of course abundant streams, waterfalls and pools, the Kohala Country Falls Adventure is a fascinating way for young and old to experience Kohala's "story of water."
Schedule: Daily, year-round
Duration: 10 hours including transportation. Hike itself is appx. 2 hours.
Hike Length: appx. 2 miles
Hike Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Location: North Kohala
Time: Check in 6:30am
Included: Walking Sticks, Raingear, Warm Wear, Daypacks, Bottled Water, Deli-style wrap, chips, cookie, sodas and juice drinks.
Transportation from Waikoloa. If staying elsewhere, meet at our Kona Headquarters.
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(Palmer Auditorium to reopen)…It was closed after a series of earthquake in 2012.
The Auditorium had been the performing arts center in the north county for years. Part of the Brawley Union High School, the District decided it was worth saving. Palmer Auditorium will reopen April 28th with a performance by the San Diego Ballet, presented by the North County Coalition for the Arts.


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Before I start, I just wanted to say that I understand that this website isn't based around internet type issues, but I figure there are plenty of very intelligent people on this forum who may have some possible solutions to my problem.
Anyway, my Comcast cable connection has been slacking off lately. It isn't consistently going slow, or giving me an intermittent connection(where the lights on the modem actually go on or off when the connection slows) there are just these periods where the connection speed drops to 0.01% or 0.00%. I've monitored them on graphs and it all seems to occur at random.
Now, I am an avid online game player and I have a couple favorites...I like warcraft 3 and counter-strike. With counter-strike my game will freeze and I will get a "warning connection-problem" signal at the top of my screen. My netgraph will be redlining. With warcraft3 I lag out, until eventually someone clicks the drop player button and im gone.
This problem has been going on for several weeks now and I'd like to get back to battling it out online!
things i've tried:
System Restore (maybe some settings were messed with)
Disabling SP2 Windows Firewall
Disabling Norton Anti-Virus
Selective startup
Calling the Comast support guys (its like talking to rocks, they are so dumb)
any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!
EDIT: If you need any other information that would be relavent to the problem I would be MORE than happy to provide it!


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During that Democrats for Life meeting today, held at the Monaco Hotel not far from the Pepsi Center, some of the speakers criticized an ostensibly pro-life Republican Party for failing to make serious progress on a pro-life agenda. One criticism in particular was that despite the fact that Republican presidents have appointed all but two of the last nine Justices, the Supreme Court still hasn't overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision in which the Court declared a constitutional right to abortion.
Three thoughts:
First, Democratic congressman Lincoln Davis, one of the speakers who made this argument, failed to distinguish between (1) an overruling of Roe, which would restore to the people the authority to decide abortion policy, and (2) what that policy should be. After all, you can regard Roe as awful constitutional law (if even constitutional law) and still be for the abortion right as a matter of policy. Of course, pro-choicers would regard an overruling of Roe as a huge setback, since what the Court handed them in Roe would now have to be won again through the ordinary political process. From that perspective, an overruling of Roe could be said to be pro-life, but only in the sense that a loss for us is a win for them.
Second, if Davis truly laments the Court's failure to strike down Roe, he can blame the pro-choicers who dominated his own party in 1987 when a Senate Democratic majority blocked the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. No one right or left doubts that had Bork been confirmed, and thus his eventual replacement Anthony Kennedy not nominated and confirmed, Roe would have been overruled, probably in one of the series of abortion cases in the late 1980s and early 1990s in which the Court was explicitly asked to overrule Roe.
Third, the Senate Democrats' general in the Bork confirmation battle was none other than Joe Biden. Wonder what the pro-life Davis thinks of Biden's role in that historic showdown. Biden, by the way, flip-flopped on Bork, changing his mind little more than a week after the judge was nominated, thanks to the anguished importuning of liberal interest groups.


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|Content Category: Projects & Contracts
|Juhl Wind Executes 20-Year Utility Contract For Danielson Community Wind Farm
|by NAW Staff on Tuesday November 03 2009
|Woodstock, Minn.-based Juhl Wind Inc. has completed a 20-year, 19.8 MW power purchase agreement between Danielson Wind Farms LLC and Xcel Energy. The Danielson Wind [read more]
|AltaGas' Bear Mountain Wind Park Fully Commissioned, Connected To BC Power Grid
|by NAW Staff on Tuesday November 03 2009
|The Bear Mountain Wind Park is now fully commissioned and connected to the British Columbia power grid, according to developer AltaGas Income Trust. The [read more]
|Catch The Wind LWS Deployed On Offshore Wind Resource Assessment Buoy
|by NAW Staff on Monday November 02 2009
|Manassas, Va.-based Catch the Wind Ltd.'s Vindicator laser wind sensor (LWS) has been deployed by AXYS Technologies as part of validation testing of the WindSentinel, [read more]
|Cielo Wind In First U.S.-China Utility-Scale Wind Power Joint Venture
|by NAW Staff on Friday October 30 2009
|The U.S. Renewable Energy Group and Cielo Wind Power have entered into a joint venture agreement with China's Shenyang Power Group to construct a 600 [read more]
|Aeronautica Selects New Hampshire Supplier
|by NAW Staff on Friday October 30 2009
|Plymouth, Mass.-based Aeronautica Windpower has selected Goss International to produce an electromechanical component for mid-scale wind turbines that Aeronautica markets for commercial, agricultural and other [read more]
|Canadian Hydro Terminates Agreement
|by NAW Staff on Friday October 30 2009
|Citing a shift in priorities, Canadian Hydro Developers has terminated its previously announced definitive agreement with Wasatch Wind to acquire a subsidiary of Wasatch that [read more]
|Montana Governor Dedicates Second Phase Of Glacier Wind Farm
|by NAW Staff on Thursday October 29 2009
|Gov. Brian Schweitzer, D-Mont., and NaturEner company officials recently dedicated the second phase of the 103.5 MW Glacier Wind Farm. Combined with Phase I, the [read more]
|SaskPower Plans To Double Wind Power Production In Saskatchewan
|by NAW Staff on Thursday October 29 2009
|SaskPower, a utility that provides power to the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, is launching two programs that will enable the corporation to more than double [read more]
|Wind Works Power Corp. Deal Includes Acquisition Of 10 Wind Project Developments
|by NAW Staff on Wednesday October 28 2009
|Wind Works Power Corp. plans to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests in Zero Emission People. The deal includes the acquisition of 10 wind [read more]
|Vestas Receives Order For 102 MW Project In Mexico
|by NAW Staff on Wednesday October 28 2009
|Vestas has received an order for 51 units of the V80-2.0 MW wind turbine for the Oaxaca I project in Mexico. The order includes supply, [read more]
|Wind Capital Group Closes Financing For Lost Creek Wind Project In Missouri
|by NAW Staff on Tuesday October 27 2009
|St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group has closed financing on the 150 MW Lost Creek Wind Project in DeKalb County, Mo. A group of international leaders [read more]
|Public Service Commission Of Wisconsin To Hold Public Hearings On Wind Project
|by NAW Staff on Tuesday October 27 2009
|The Public Service Commission (PSC) of Wisconsin will hold public hearings on Wisconsin Electric Power Co.'s (WEPCO) application to construct the Glacier Hills Wind Park [read more]
|Ontario Ministry Of Natural Resources Approves Anemometer For Offshore Research
|by NAW Staff on Monday October 26 2009
|Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc. (TH Energy) has received final approval from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to build a wind research platform (anemometer) [read more]
|Wind Works Power Corp. Acquires Controlling Interest In Skyway 126 Wind Energy
|by NAW Staff on Monday October 26 2009
|Wind Works Power Corp. (WWPW) will acquire a controlling interest in Skyway 126 Wind Energy Inc. The company has signed an agreement to acquire a [read more]
|CPV Renewable Energy, TVA Sign PPA
|by NAW Staff on Friday October 23 2009
|Silver Spring, Md.-based CPV Renewable Energy Co. has executed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for 200 MW from [read more]


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...President Bush as "the devil" during a speech to the United Nations. The African Union announced it would extend the mandate of a peacekeeping force in Darfur. Nationalist Shinzo Abe became head of Japan's ruling party by a landslide.
Now Playing Synopsis: A haunted Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) journeys to Japan to bid an old friend farewell, and gets drawn into a conflict involving ninja and yakuza in stand-alone spin-off set following the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, and preceding the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past. The story begins in Nagasaki. As a B-29 bomber appears in the sky and air-raid sirens howl, panicked Japanese troops begin committing ritual seppuku. Terrified, yet unwilling to sacrifice his own life, young soldier Yashida takes cover in a heavily fortified prison pit containing the immortal mutant Wolverine, who shields him from a deadly blast. Decades later, Wolverine has sworn off violence after he was forced to kill his beloved Jean Grey (Famke Janssen). He's confronting a hunter who has been using illegal, poison-tipped arrows when the sword-wielding Yukio (Rila Fukushima) comes to his aid, and summons him to Japan at the behest of the dying Yashida (Hal Yamanouchi), now the head of Japan's largest and most powerful tech giant. Just hours before passing away, Yashida implores Wolverine to protect his granddaughter Mariko (Tao Okamato), whom he has personally chosen to take over the family business -- much to the chagrin of her plotting father Shingen (Hiroyuki Sanada). When the yakuza attempt a high-profile kidnapping of Mariko during Yashida's funeral, Wolverine comes to her rescue, and receives some much needed help from enigmatic ninja Harada (Will Yun Lee). Narrowly escaping with their lives, Wolverine and Mariko go into hiding with the yakuza and ruthless mutant Viper (Svetlana Khodchenkova) hot on their trail. But the battle is far from over, and with Wolverine's healing powers mysteriously diminished, he may not be able to protect Mariko for long. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Svetlana Khodchenkova Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review
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Queen Rania checks on QRTA programs in schools
(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- Amman) – Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah visited Al Shmeisani Al Gharbi School in Amman, to witness firsthand the effect of the Queen Rania Teachers Academy (QRTA) training programs on the educational environment in the school. The Queen toured the school and was briefed on the new teaching techniques being implemented.
Her Majesty observed the remarkable ripple effect teachers' training has had on the learning environment, which benefits the students, principles, parents, and subsequently affects local communities as a whole.
In one of the classes, Queen Rania witnessed new techniques for teaching English writing. Her Majesty interacted with the students and saw their progress. She was then briefed on how QRTA monitors progress and evaluates the trained teachers' work.
Her Majesty met with a group of three teachers and ten students who shared their success stories, the challenges they face and the benefits they gained from QRTA programs.
The discussion visibly highlighted the impact of QRTA programs in schools. The students attributed their elevated scholarly achievement and better understanding of the subjects taught, to the training their teachers received.
QRTA recently started to record mini-lessons for round table feedback discussions in order to give teachers a chance to watch and evaluate themselves. The videotaped lessons give other teachers a chance to proactively engage in collective feedback sharing, thus elevating the level of the learning experience in the classroom.
Throughout the year, QRTA staff, workshop leaders and experts from Teacher's College visit participating schools in the network program to provide onsite follow-up support and evaluate the effectiveness of workshops.
QRTA works cooperatively with supervisors from the Ministry of Education and workshop leaders in some site visits, so that all parties involved in the educational sector can gain insight into the teachers' training needs and have an opportunity to observe program implementation on the ground.
To date, 1,499 teachers, supervisors and principals have benefited from all QRTA programs. In 2011, QRTA aims to target 1,500 new teachers for the Network Program, the Induction Course, and TESOL. The Academy is currently expanding its reach in southern Jordan in coordination with Queen Rania's Madrasati Initiative.
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Fire destroyed a home on Ridge Hill Drive in Higland Heights early Monday.
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Firefighters credit a young boy and a teenage girl with saving their mother as their house burned early Monday.
Liam Ostendorf, 9, was playing video games at about 3 a.m. while his sister, Olivia, 13, watched TV, when they began to smell smoke. Olivia looked out the window and saw flames, presumably coming from the basement of the Ridge Hill Drive home. The two quickly woke their mother, Carla, who had gone to bed but allowed the children to stay up late because they're on a school break.
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The Second Season..
Green Bay Packers-It was a storybook season for Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, the loss to Kansas City aside, as Rodgers set a team-record with 45 touchdown passses. Green Bay lit teams up on a weekly basis, scoring 33 points or more in 11 games. At 15-1, the Packers clinched the top record in the league and home-field advantage.
Why They Win-Green Bay went an entire calendar year without losing a game, that's serious business. Rodgers' aeriaul assault is an impressive one, one that only Drew Brees could truly keep up with. Points come in bunches with this team and anyone would be hard-pressed to keep up. Even with a quality defense, if you can hold this team to under 30 points, it would be a major victory.
Why They Won't-The defense has been a liability for most of the season. Their excuse has been that they are an agressive unit, one that is able to take chances thanks to it's high-powered offense. There are playmakers in Clay Matthews, A.J. Hawk, and Charles Woodson, but too often they have allowed teams to come back in games which were seemingly out of reach. Rodgers doesn't have many off days, but a game like they had against the Chiefs would smell trouble if the defense is needed to save the day.
San Francisco 49ers-It was a renaissance season for the 49ers as rookie Head Coach Jim Harbaugh changed the culture in the locker room along with providing a stout defense and a steady offense to complement it. The likely coach of the year led San Francisco to a 13-3 season and a bye week as the No. 2 seed.
Why They Win-Defense wins championships and this one is one of the better ones, if not the best defense in the playoffs. Alex Smith has had a career year under Harbaugh. Not one with the glitz and glamour ala Rodgers and Drew Brees, but completed over 60 percent of his passes and only 5 interceptions. Smith also has a nice runnning game to work with in Frank Gore and two nice weapons in Vernon Davis and Michael Crabtree.
Why They Won't-The NFC is loaded with high-octane offenses, and the 49ers will likely have to face New Orleans and/or Green Bay to get to the Super Bowl. The defense may be able to contain them slightly, but as mentioned earlier, holding either under 30 would be a great accomplishment. That being said, the 49ers offense is not built to win shootouts, so falling behind early won't bode well for Smith, who would have to step out of his element and go into a heavy passing mode.
New Orleans Saints-After a terrible loss to the then-winless St. Louis Rams, New Orleans reeled off 8 wins to end the season as Drew Brees had a season for the ages, surpassing Dan Marino's passing yards record with 5,476. Brees play the last 2 months puts him in what will be a tight race for MVP with Rodgers. The Saints won the NFC South at 13-3.
Why They Win-The script is no different for the Saints than the Packers. Their offense can score with the best of them and Brees rarely has an off game.
Why They Won't-Again, much like the Packers, it will be interesting to see what the defense has to offer. If they can simply contain opponents, they should have no problem rolling into the Super Bowl. If they have a letdown circa Marshawn Lynch and the Seattle Seahawks last season, they'll be doomed.
New York Giants-It was a roller coaster season for the New York Giants. A 6-2 start while sitting atop the NFC East was followed by a 4 game losing streak, which was then followed by an improbable come-from-behind win against Dallas Week 14 which saved their season, only to fall flat on their face against the Redskins the following week. The Giants recovered, winning their last two, the final one against the Cowboys, to clinch the division at 9-7.
Why They Win-Momentum has proven to be significant heading into the postseason, often playing a bigger part then seeding in recent memory. The Giants aren't a Wild Card team that snuck in, but their backs were against the wall much like one for much of the second half. Eli Manning is playing arguably his best football right now and has developed a nice rapport with Hakeem Nicks, Mario Manningham, and rising star Victor Cruz.
Why They Won't-Inconsistencies at defense and in the backfield can hold the Gmen back. The defense has shown flashes at times, but has gotten lit up by teams like the Packers and Saints, understandably so. With that, can Manning keep up with either of those two? They couldn't in the regular season.
Atlanta Falcons-My Super Bowl pick got off to a rocky start, but rounded into form during the second half on their way to an 11-5 record. Julio Jones recovered and gave the Matt Ryan a nice toy on offense that he hasn't had in the NFL.
Why They Win-The Falcons have transformed into an offense that leans on the pass, but the running game is one of the more formidable ones in the playoffs with Michael Turner. Head Coach Mike Smith makes the aggressive play, which has cost him in the past, but bold moves will also lead to bold rewards.
Why They Won't-Their defense is middle of the pack and their offense doesn't look to be able to compete with the Saints and Packers. Ryan has elevated the passing game, but it still pales in comparison to the aforementioned ones.
Detroit Lions-A great season for the Lions which ended a long playoff drought was soured by a weak finish to the season. The Lions finished 10-6, but lost the 5 seed after losing to the Packers sans Rodgers. Matt Flynn may be a quality quarterback, but Detroit had everything to play for in locking up the 5 seed. The 5 seed would face the Giants and 49ers assuming the Saints win, a far more desirable path than the Saints and Packers. Flynn, a backup quarterback, couldn't be stopped, good luck with Brees.
New England Patriots-The defense left plenty to be desired, but Tom Brady was, well, Tom Brady, and would win MVP any other season if not for guys like Rodgers and Brees. The Patriots snagged the top seed in a conference that was up for grabs until mid-December.
Why They Win-Tom Brady and Bill Belichick have done this before, having won 3 Super Bowls. Experience is invaluable, which can compensate for a shoddy defense which will likely have to withstand at least one high-powered offense to win a 4th title. Brady's offense is no slouch, as he has Rob Gronkowski, arguably the most dynamic weapon in the game. As far as we know Gronk is human, but it would surprise noone if we found out he was in fact, man-made.
Why They Won't-The Patriots offense lacks a vertical threat for Brady to expand the field. Chad Ochocinco never lived up to that role, leaving New England with an intermediate passing game. The defense may be the worst Belichick has ever had in New England, which has been an issue all season.
Baltimore Ravens-Believed to be the most complete team in the AFC, Baltimore won the AFC North at 12-4. The Ravens toyed with experts throughout the season, dashing positive momentum time after time with mind-boggling road losses to the Titans, Seahawks, Jaguars, and Chargers. Joe Flacco was more of the same this year, consistently inconsistent, showing flashes of being a potential top-10 quarterback only to throw in games with completion percentages hovering around 40. Ray Rice was ol' reliable in the backfield, piling up 1,364 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Why They Win-The Ravens are the most complete team in the playoffs, a stiff defense anchored by seasoned veterans Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs, and Ed Reed along with a run-heavy offense behind Flacco. Rice can carry the load when given carries, controlling the clock and sitting on leads they build. Although inconsistent, Flacco has shown signs of dominance under center, and can be counted on when playing ahead.
Why They Won't-A road game is possible down the road, and as we've learned with Baltimore, anything goes once they leave home. Rice at times has been inexplicably forgotten by offensive coordinator Cam Cameron. So it's not safe to assume Rice will be heavily involved with Cameron calling plays.
Houston Texans-The team's best season in their short history took a turn for the worse as players dropped like flies throughout the season. Matt Schaub was lost for the season in November from a foot injury, Mario Williams has been out since October, and Andre Johnson is returning, albeit in a limited role. The defense has carried the team since while Arian Foster and Ben Tate have become the team's main outlet on offense. T.J. Yates and Jake Delhomme are Houston's options under center, yikes.
Why They Win-It would oppose what the NFL has become, but it would be all about the defense and the ground game. Houston boasted an elite defense all season and managed the clock game behind Foster and Tate. Yates and/or Delhomme would be best suited when not being relied on for more than 15, 20 passes.
Why They Won't-The defense has little room for error as the run-heavy approach with no quarterback leaves them unable to compete in shootouts. If a team puts up 21 on the Texans, say goodnight.
Denver Broncos-The most unlikely playoff participant, the Denver Broncos will be hosting a playoff game as the Pittsburgh Steelers come to town. Tim Tebow is the story here and one of the biggest this past NFL season. His unconvential style of play at quarterback has been discussed enough to last us a lifetime by now.
Why They Win-Denver's run to the playoffs ranks among the most improbable as Tebow led the Broncos to one unlikely win after another. The storybook ending calls for a championship and for Tebow to put all the doubters in their place. Now in all seriousness, Tebow cannot be relied on to take the Broncos far with his arm, so a heavy dose of the running game along with the defense contuining its solid play is a must.
Why They Won't-The defense is not capable of shutting teams down entirely, especially elite offenses, and Tebow hasn't shown that he's capable of beating teams with his arm. Until he can solidify the passing aspect to his game, the Broncos won't go far.
Pittsburgh Steelers-It was a solid campaign for the Boston Celtics of the NFL, a team many deemed aging and on the decline. Only head-to-head losses to Baltimore prevented the Steelers from winning the division as they finished tied at 12-4. Pittsburgh comes into postseason play hit by the injury bug.
Why They Win-Experience is present here much like New England, where Ben Roethlisberger has won 2 Super Bowls and played in a third last season. The defense is among the best remaining and is capable of shutting opponents down. That leaves Big Ben to work his magic, albeit on a gimpy leg.
Why They Won't-Injuries coming at the worst time. Rashard Mendenhall tore his ACL and will miss the playoffs. Isaac Redman will replace him and looks capable of matching Mendenhall's production. Roethlisberger is the biggest concern. Since the high-ankle sprain against Cleveland, Roethlisberger has been limited to say the least. It's especially restrictive considering Big Ben works best while on the run and adjusting to the defense.
Cincinnati Bengals-The Bengals came out on top in the battle for the final Wild Card spot over the Jets, Titans, and Raiders. A rookie duo of Andy Dalton and A.J. Green highlighted the team's unexpected success.
Why They Win-This team isn't going to win any shootouts, but they play a style of football much like their AFC North counterparts, strong defense and heavy doses of running. Sprinkle in some production from Dalton who has proven to be clutch down the stretch in games and there's potential for a Cinderella story.
Why They Won't-Inexperience and a lack of firepower to compete with the elite will likely do them in. They face a depleted Texans team which they may be able to take down, but I don't like their prospects against the rest of the field.
Prediction-Baltimore over New Orleans
The Ravens are the most complete team in the field and put aside their road woes. New Orleans gets past Green Bay as the Saints are on the upswing while the Packers have seemingly slowed down. My original pick of the Falcons, don't feel so good about them anymore.


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FARMINGTON — East Piñon Hills Boulevard will be restricted to one lane between La Plata Highway and the Farmington Sports Complex beginning Monday to allow for sewer line construction.
The sewer line will be the first installed on that stretch of the boulevard and is expected to serve the growing population on Farmington's west side.
Construction hours will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 8 through April 26.
"Growth on the west side is something that is anticipated," said Mayor Tommy Roberts in a phone interview on Friday. "From my perspective, that should be encouraged."
Farmington's growth for the past few decades has occurred almost exclusively in its northeast corner, he said. This has put a significant strain on infrastructure, especially roads.
"I think we need to encourage development on the west side," Roberts said.
It appears that some development is already underway.
The project was spurred by the anticipated need for a sewer system to serve the new Tibbetts Middle School site, currently under construction, Roberts said.
The $1 million project includes both a sewer line and a pump station, said Jeff Smaka, public works director.
Although Piñon Hills Boulevard is a major bypass that allows traffic to travel rapidly across Farmington while avoiding Main Street, Smaka said that the construction should not cause major delays.
"The volume use between Butler (Avenue) and Main (Street) on the east side is much higher," he said.
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? New York Jets @ Buffalo Bills, CBS
What to watch: The Jets are in total disarray. There's not too many positive things I can say about Buffalo, except for the fact they're in better shape than Gang Green. No matter who the Jets trot out at quarterback, advantage Bills.
? Philadelphia Eagles @ New York Giants, FOX
What to watch: I've been expecting Big Blue to break out of their giant slump for weeks. Maybe this is the game I'm vindicated.
? Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Atlanta Falcons, FOX
What to watch: I'm not sure if or how long the Falcons will play their starters in what is a meaningless game. Basically, I'm assuming Josh Freeman has another four-pick game and Tampa costs themselves a free win.
? Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals, CBS
What to watch: Cincinnati broke through, beating the Steelers in Pittsburgh for the first time with Andy Dalton under center. The Ravens seemingly corrected all of their issues with a routing of the Giants Sunday, which spells trouble for Cincy.
? Chicago Bears @ Detroit Lions, FOX
What to watch: The Cardinals revitalized the Bears on both sides of the ball, which is bad news for Detroit, which looked good, great and awful all in the same 60 minutes last week against Atlanta.
? Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tennessee Titans, CBS
What to watch: Talk about meaningless games. This is perhaps the last Jaguars game without Tim Tebow at quarterback. And after a valiant effort against New England, they're probably all out of juice.
? Houston Texans @ Indianapolis Colts, CBS
What to watch: Houston got blindsided by the visiting Vikings Sunday. Expect them to bounce back against Andrew Luck, who leads the NFL in turning the ball over.
? Carolina Panthers @ New Orleans Saints, FOX
What to watch: The Saints are playing determined. Carolina has won three in a row, but expect them to them to fall on the losing end of a shootout in the Big Easy. Perhaps this will end Cam Newton's streak of ridiculous over-celebrations.
? Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers, CBS
What to watch: Rarely are the Steelers playing for nothing at this point in the season. Frustrated with the disappointments of 2012, expect Big Ben and Co. to end this year on a high note before they look to 2013.
Sunday, 4:25
? Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers, FOX
What to watch: Similar to how Alabama plays Western Kentucky at the beginning of every college football season, San Fran needs a tune-up game to get its offense and defense back on track before the playoffs.
? Oakland Raiders @ San Diego Chargers, CBS
What to watch: Another game of non-competitive teams fighting for draft picks. Should Matt Leinart start for Oakland, that's almost a guaranteed loss. Then again, can you really trust Philip Rivers?
? St. Louis Rams @ Seattle Seahawks, FOX
What to watch: St. Louis has made tremendous strides in Year 1 of the Jeff Fisher Era. Quietly, the Rams have seven wins. Still, they're about to run into a team that's dismantled its last three opponents.
? Green Bay Packers @ Minnesota Vikings, FOX
What to watch: Green Bay has a chance to overtake the Niners for the 2-seed, and all that's stopping them in a force better known as Adrian Peterson.
? Miami Dolphins @ New England Patriots, CBS
What to watch: Like the Pats, many playoff teams that at any given point we thought were "the best" in the league this season need a tune-up before the post-season. Expect Tom Brady to work on the kinks at the expense of Miami.
? Kansas City Chiefs @ Denver Broncos, CBS
What to watch: One team that's rolling and has been for the better part of the season is Denver, who will try to win its 11th consecutive contest at Mile High against the two-win Chiefs.
Sunday, 8:20
? Dallas Cowboys @ Washington Redskins, NBC
What to watch: It's the NFC East, so anything can happen. My money (figuratively, of course) is on the 'Skins, who now have the defense to match to prolific offense. Nonetheless, this has to makings of being a classic, as the division hangs in the balance of this regular season finale.


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Catherine Boswell from The Salinas Californian awards a $5,000 check to Erin McLaughlin of AmeriCorps Monterey County's United for Literacy project. The funds are given by the Gannett Foundation in honor of Make a Difference Day on Oct. 27. / Jay Dunn/The Salinas Californian
AmeriCorps tutors Maggie Slavin, left, and Anjel Harris work with students Friday after school at Loma Vista Elementary School in Salinas. / Travis Geske/The Salinas Californian
Sometimes, it can be a little overwhelming for Salinas native Richard Vela.
A tutor with AmeriCorps Monterey County United for Literacy program, Vela is one of 30 full-time members placed in 12 Salinas Valley schools.
Their goal? For at least 25 percent of students to increase one reading grade level by the end of 20 hours of tutoring, said Erin McLaughlin, the groups program coordinator.
It can be (daunting but) with the kids, I try to engage them on a personal level, said Vela, referring to the pressure of helping students overcome reading difficulties.
The program, part of the Monterey County Office of Education, is federally funded through the California Volunteers and Corporation for National and Community Service, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The literacy program earned a $5,000 grant from The Salinas Californian and Gannett Foundation as part of Make A Difference Day, which falls on Oct. 27.
The program is partnering with Chinatown Community Garden to help with the revitalization project on Soledad Street.
Through the program, which began in the county in 2000, AmeriCorps members strive to raise reading levels and fluency by having one-on-one sessions with students ranging from grades K-4.
Members are stationed at Alisal Union, Greenfield Union and Salinas City Elementary school districts.
In the 2010-11 term, 61 percent of students tutored increased a half a grade level in reading. Meanwhile, 22 percent of students increased one grade level, and another 10 percent met grade level proficiency standards.
According to the program, more than two-thirds of the entire countys K-4 students read below grade level and more than half are non-readers.
This is where the program comes in.
The tutors are at the campuses Monday through Friday, tutoring during and after school hours. The tutors are trained on a range of subjects including phonics and phonemic awareness, community awareness, basic effective instruction, concepts of print, tutoring English-learners and CPR/First Aid certification.
Tutors are given a living stipend of $12,000 per year, with medical benefits. McLaughlin said they also receive a $5,350 education award after completing a minimum of 1,700 hours.
Lizz Johnson of Marina and Luke Carlisle of Florida are both about a month into their first year with the program.
Together with Vela, the three tutor 49 students during school hours at Alisal Unions Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary. Each student is allotted half an hour, Johnson said.
Johnson said their focus on third- and fourth-graders is especially crucial. She said the intent is to get these students up to speed in reading so that they are able to read to learn by the fourth grade.
I think a lot of the kids wouldnt have anywhere else to go to for the extra reading (help), said McLaughlin, referring to the importance of the program for local students.


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First-place Florida (21-3) remains in strong contention for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, possessing a profile bolstered by early-season wins over Wisconsin and Marquette, which are ranked 19th and 20th, respectively, in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. But what does the SEC ...


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21 out of 24 people found this review helpful:Hilarious and wonderfulFeaturing a cast of a retired-police-dog/werewolf, a yandere-male-cross-dresser, a very attractive police-officer who dotes on his daughter, and a pathetic, poor assistant by the name of Kei (the sole sensible character of this series), this anime has both great art, and is absolutely hilarious. The art style chages from chibis-to-attractive-full-size characters every second frame, as well as the ...Read more
11 out of 13 people found this review helpful:Hilarious! it's full of weird scenes but very funny.The story revolves around Hiroshi Inaba, a genetically altered part human and part wolf being. Inaba is also a private detective, who runs his agency with the help his cross-dressing secretary, Yuta and his "mostly normal" teenaged assistant Kei. The plot mostly centers around the gang trying to arrest Don Valentino, a goat who literally eats money.
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful:First Episode ImpressionsWell, the first episode was like an acid trip. This show makes no sense, has no basis in reality and slams every series in recent history. In other words, it is pure comedy gold. But, check your brain at the door; it will just get in the way.Read more
Okay, four episodes in my initial impressions still stand but, the joke pacing has slowed a bit. Also, it looks like there is going to be a ...
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful:Funny anime but don't expect too muchI found this anime very funny but you should know before you watch this that don't expect too much from this anime, it does have the little bit of action in it but it mostly runs of comedy aspects but that's why I love this anime because it's in a genre I call bored anime (Anime I watch when I am really bored and have nothing to do.)Read more
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful:Humorous and Incredibly Strange ShowAs there are only three episodes out, I've got very little content to form a well informed opinion on the series as a whole, but based on those three episodes I'd have to say that this show is an extremely silly but charming comedy with a lot of promise for those of us that enjoy non-traditional comedies. The characters are all a bit "colorful" (a werewolf/dog/human hybrid private detective with a ...Read more
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful:Hilarious! I want more!Okay, so this is not for everyone, but i really like it. The characters are well thought out, and it has a very good gag-atmosphere. People need to consider this as a gag anime, not a detective one. The animation is very good (Reminds me of Sket Dance). The humor is very random, but the chibi scenes are cute
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful:Not for Everyone but Worth TryingThis show is definitely not for everyone, but it's hilarious in it's own way and doesn't seem to take itself seriously--something I enjoy. The humor is strange, too strange for a lot of people, but if you're into something a little weird I highly recommend checking this one out.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:The Ultimate Gag AnimeIf you're expecting a plot with a whole bunch of background information and a random plot twist in every episode out of this anime turn back now.Read more
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Later on in the series however, there is a hint of darkness and seriousness that pulled me into the story and wanting ...
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A Werewolf former police dog detective(with a hair fetish) chases a chibi goat (with an amazing singing voice) and his mafia gang, while his former boss dotes on his toddler daughter?
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