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Plumes of marijuana smoke coiled up above a modest crowd of about 15 people in front The Fitter smoke shop on University Hill Saturday afternoon as someone nearby yelled out, "4/20 in Boulder, baby!"
The public smoke session, accompanied musically by the reggae band playing next door at The Goose bar, likely represented the largest public smoke-out in Boulder this 4/20.
On the University of Colorado's Norlin Quad meanwhile, the site of previous 4/20 smoke-outs that had drawn as many as 10,000 people in years past, not a single joint was lit this year. Security crews brought in to close off the campus reported no problems.
Dozens of law enforcement officers had converged on the Norlin Quad Saturday afternoon, using yellow tape to close off the grassy area that in past years staged an unsanctioned 4/20 toking.
This is the second year that CU has shut down the campus to the public and entirely closed off Norlin Quad - and officials said Saturday's observance was the quietest 4/20 in years.
The closure this year was a continuation of the school's efforts to end the pot smoke-out entirely.
"Right now, things are going really well," said CU-Boulder spokesman Bronson Hilliard at an early afternoon press conference briefing.
"We hope that between last year and this year, people are getting the message that the place to be on 4/20 is not the CU-Boulder campus."
The quad was empty much of the day - except for a buffalo made out of snow that was melting fast in the springtime sun.
"I'm glad they're shutting it down," said CU freshman Colin Peterson. "I really don't like the smell of pot."
Peterson and his friend were headed down to a record shop in Denver to celebrate "Record Store Day."
As of 3 p.m., CU officials reported that not a single ticket had been issued for trespassing or marijuana related offenses.
"People are coming about, doing their business. Some are studying; some are participating in other events here on campus," said campus police spokesman Ryan Huff.
Huff said security staff around the campus reported only positive interactions with students and other people at the various checkpoints.
One new addition to the closure protocol this year was small yellow cards being handed out upon request to provide reasons for, and the details behind, the closure.
The cards also provide an outlet for people to express their opinions about the 4/20 campus closure. People are invited to email firstname.lastname@example.com with questions, comments and concerns, Huff said.
But as early as 6 a.m. Saturday, campus security officers were warning dog walkers and joggers about the campus being closed to the public.
Signs were posted throughout the campus warning of the closure.
Those who violate the closure can be arrested on trespassing charges, a misdemeanor that carries up to a $750 fine and six months in jail.
Some were a bit surprised when they were approached by a security guard asking if they had campus identifications.
Asked whether he was a faculty member or student, Hans Flygare replied: "No, I'm just a dog walker."
Stu Smith, who is retired and coaches tennis, said he takes his dog, Bleux, a bichon frise, on a campus walk "365 days a year."
He starts at Macky Auditorium and circles the campus near the Kittredge dorm complex. A few years ago, at the height of 4/20, he said he let some students park in his driveway at his house on University Hill.
"I think it's silly," he said. "I think all of the hub-bub will be in Denver this year."
The administration last year spent $124,561 and the CU Student Government, which put on a concert featuring Wyclef Jean, spent $154,236. The concern, designed to draw students away from Norlin, was poorly attended, attracting just a few hundred students. Student leaders this year decided against staging a similar event.
The university pays for 4/20 enforcement with insurance premium rebates that result from the school's reductions in liability and hazard claims, officials said.
Unlike last year, the university this year did not apply a fishy-smelling fertilizer on Norlin Quad -- which saved the campus $700.


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The zoning board in Weare, N.H., has ruled that a home-based gun shop business can keep operating because the time period for appeals on it has passed.
The board heard testimony last month as to whether the business owned by Michael Stevens meets zoning code criteria for a home-based business.
Board Chairman Jack Dearborn said Tuesday he had evidence since the meeting that the town had approved the shop at least once, in 2009.
Dearborn said that indicated the window of time for an administrative appeal had passed, and that any further challenge would be an issue for the state superior court.
The lawyer for the neighbor that appealed said his client plans to go to court.

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Your iPhone's Settings Menu Options
Check out Settings on your iPhone and Airplane mode.
If you scroll down towards the bottom of the Settings list, you will see settings that pertain to Twitter and Facebook, and settings that pertain to some of the specific apps you've added to the iPhone.
Using a cell phone on an airplane is a no-no. But there's nothing verboten about using an iPod on a plane to listen to music, watch videos, and peek at pictures — at least, after the craft has reached cruising altitude.
So how do you take advantage of the iPhone's built-in Music player (among other capabilities) while temporarily turning off its phone, e-mail, and Internet functions? The answer is, by turning on airplane mode.
To do so, merely tap airplane mode on the Settings screen to display On (rather than Off). The good news is that airplane mode keeps your battery running longer — particularly useful if your flight is taking you halfway around the world.


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Portsmouth Herald: 15-cent increase in NH gas tax is right way to go
After lengthy debate on March 6, the N.H. House passed House Bill 617, a bill that increases the road toll, commonly referred to by opponents as the "Gas Tax," by 4 cents per gallon of gasoline in each of the next three years (fiscal years 2014-2016) and then 3 cents in fiscal year 2017, for a total 15-cent increase over the current road toll of 18 cents per gallon. It is referred to as the 4-4-4-3 plan, with Rep. David Campbell of Nashua as the prime sponsor.
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Gelinas and Duhaime created Granite State Karting as part of their plan to return motor racing to the Londonderry Raceway, a high-banked, 66-year-old oval that first gained fame for its midget-car and motorcycle racing in the post-World War II era.
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I'm a 38 year old who needs to get back into shape after way too long sitting at a desk working on a dissertation. I used to run somewhat about 10 years ago, but exercise kind of fell by the wayside when I went back to university. For health reasons, and because I miss the feeling of control over my body that I used to have, I want to focus on getting back into shape in a healthy manner. My initial goal is to run a 5K in early March. Anyone want to do the program along with me? My running days will be Sat, Mon, and Wed. Advice and motivation are always welcome!
Just got back from first run. Definitely could have done without the cold and wind, but if I can start in this weather, then there is no excuse later on. The first quarter was fine, the second more painful, and was totally winded by the third quarter. Wound up walking the last part home, but managed to get through more than I thought I would be able to. The time certainly went by fast, too. I will need to find a better place to run, though. I live in a hilly neighborhood, and am thinking it might be better to run on a level surface, for now at least.
I did the Day 1 of Week 1 today. I'm on a treadmill, so I can tell you I'm running very slowly (4.5m/h) and walking even slower (2.0m/h). But I did it and that's what counts, right?
Way to go at getting started!! I just finished Week 2 Day 3 (W2D3) and am sooooo proud of myself...I have no past history with running so this is all very new to me and am really looking forward to the challenges every week so here's to W3!! I am running on a treadmill (I live in Canada so there is no way I will risk my limbs to frostbite this time of year...hehe) and downloaded the podcasts which I HIGHLY recommend!! Good luck and Happy Holidays!!
Good for you! Don't know about you, but it was a major feeling of accomplishment to get that first workout in! It wasn't very fast, but it got done and that's what counts, isn't it?
I need to keep motivated and have something for the 'off-days', so today I'm starting the two hundred situps challenge. (http://www.twohundredsitups.com/test.html)
I just started the C25K today. I have been trying to talk myself in to it for a couple of months now. I used to run when I was younger, but have not ran for about 20 years. Yikes! I did D1W1 on the treadmill today. It's too cold outside for me right now. I hope to get outside sometimes for workouts. Your right it felt good to finally get off my duff and get started! Good Luck and day 2 here I come!
"A Champion is someone who gets up even when he can't" - Jack Dempsey
I started W1D1 yesterday. I don't know how fast I was going, because I was outside and don't have gps, but it felt good to be moving again.
Congrats! It really does feel good to get moving again, doesn't it? Today was W1D2--I was definitely feeling it by the end, but made it through. Thank goodness for some really rocking music to focus on. I spent the morning arguing with myself, saying that 'well, you can go to the gym tomorrow', and eventually got fed up with the mental discussion and just went to the gym and worked out. The entire workout took SO much less time than the mental argument.
The next few workouts will be hard, since I fly east to the land of the snow for the holidays. No gym membership, and no treadmill available. I'll do my best, and hopefully the roads will be clear enough. If not, I will have to compromise and use the NordicTrak instead.
Keep up the great work, everyone! : )
I'm not following th C25K program exactly--today was my 6th run, and I haven't been timing it. I do have the podcasts downloaded, but I don't really want to run with my iPod right now. I'm alternating running & walking on my own, and I just haven't figured out yet where I am exactly on the Plan. I'll check my route on the map tonight and see if it comes close to one of the listed workouts so I'll know where I am.
I did notice today that my breathing was much easier. In fact, it was the fatigue in my legs that made me have to walk, not being out of breath. So I guess that shows a little improvement in stamina.
MsCris, even if you're in the land of snow, I'll bet the streets or sidewalks will be clear enough for a run. Don't let anyone talk you out it (not even yourself!!)
Heading out for W1D2 - I'm thinking I may do an extra day of Week 1 if I am still too winded by D3.
Rest day!
Gonna go treat myself to some sushi and try to avoid shopping areas.
Sooooo, rest day turned into all the way through Christmas rest. Gonna head back out today though. Guess I'll go back to W1D1 for good measure.
Tried starting W1D1 today. Ankles and shins hurt too much to finish the whole workout. Got about halfway through before giving in to the pain and hobbling home. Anyone else having similar problems?
owl451, yes I experience this too. My shins and ankles hurt when I try to run, so I'm not quite able to finish the whole routine. I'm wondering if I should do a walk program first to build up my legs to running.
I think I'm going to do a walking program, and then jump back into this when I can walk for 30 minutes. See you when I come back!
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More than $1,000 in merchandise hidden in large trash can
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A West Virginia woman was sentenced Tuesday in Washington County Common Pleas Court for loading up more than $1,000 of merchandise and attempting to slip out of the Marietta Walmart with the goods....
These stupid criminals all look they came from the same gene pool.
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Oh daggon where were they when Piglet was around... She and her grand daughter get caught shoplifting and her grand daughter has to do more of the time and Piglet gets a slap on the wrist!! Seems a little fishy if ya ask me! She never got banned from walmart and she has gotten caught SEVERAL times!! Come on guys grow some and catch Petunia!!
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I'm sure that was the first time they'd ever done anything like that. And they're banned from Walmart? ROAD TRIP!!!!!
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30 days for a felony?
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Oooo! Banned from the WalMart..That hurts????
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Two more stupid criminals. I predict more repeat performances from these criminals in the future.
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Strange coincidence:
Wade Redden's locker stall at the MSG training rink is next to Martin Straka, one of the players he was traded for (along with Bryan Berard) back in 1996 when he became a member of the Senators.
Though Redden was unceremoniously booed out of town by the often fickle and long-term memory afflicted Ottawa fans, Glen Sather still thinks Redden can be a top echelon defenseman in the NHL.
"In our opinion, he's the best first-passer in the game today," Sather said, envisioning Redden on the left point of the Rangers' power play.
I'm inclined to agree with Sather on this one.
It's hard to believe how quickly the fans turned on their franchise defenseman after the years of service he gave to the team. It might be true that it was best for both sides to part ways, but since when did Redden deserve all the negativity?


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Image analysis techniques will be used to explore a series of sub-areas of the area of the measured cotton samples. The size of these sub-areas can be down to pixel level. Sophisticated image processing techniques will be used to analyze the sample images' color distributions and identify the impacts of trash and other impurities. The digital images can have very high resolutions and color levels that are sufficient for differentiating the variations among the different parts of the sample.


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I've been away for a week but i thought i heard a radio story that Bale was in the GB footie squad, then pulled out with injury and then played for Spurs???
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Obviously you along with the other sceptics/critics could not have heard the
statement i did on talksport issued by THFC.
This explained the G BALE situation and was very critical of the bad press/tv coverage that SPURS have had.
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The snippet i heard was that Bale was part of the team, he pulled out through injury and then played (maybe scored as well) for Spurs.
By all means enlighten me on any other facts about this sage but all i have heard is this so far.
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No worries Roy, it's understandable, but I think a lot of Spurs fans have had a lot of people jumping down their necks on this, when actually Bale risked a lot when he publicly said last season he wanted to play for GB, and I think we'd all have loved to see it. It is typical media twisting (assuming the club's telling the truth obviously, but given the strength of their protestations I reckon they are), which is a pity - if it'd been Giggs or someone there would've been national mourning!


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Woman stalked by man, 67, caught with rape kit says she'll drop out of Dartmouth if not allowed to carry a gun
When Bennett was pulled over, KGTV reports, cops found what was they described as a 'rape kit,' which included a flashlight, gloves, binoculars and a rope tied in a noose.
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STOCKTON – A 26-year-old woman was walking in a parking lot in the 700 block of West Hammer Lane at 4:30 this morning when a black, two-door Acura pulled up and the driver got out, brandished a firearm at her and demanded her purse, police reported.
The robber then grabbed the woman's purse, got back in the Acura and fled the scene, according to police. He was described as mixed race "black and white," between 20 and 30 years old, 5 feet 10 inches and 160 pounds, "unkempt," wearing a white T-shirt and dark jeans.
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Mozilla power, Mac style
Camino is an open source web browser developed with a focus on providing the best possible experience for Mac OS X users.
The Camino Project has worked to create a browser that is as functional and elegant as the computers it runs on. The Camino web browser is powerful, secure, and ready to meet the needs of all users while remaining simple and elegant in its design.
Camino combines the awesome visual and behavioral experience that has been central to the Macintosh philosophy with the powerful web-browsing capabilities of the Gecko rendering engine.
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Camino reaches its end
After a decade-long run, Camino is no longer being developed, and we encourage all users to upgrade to a more modern browser. Camino is increasingly lagging behind the fast pace of changes on the web, and more importantly it is not receiving security updates, making it increasingly unsafe to use.
Fortunately, Mac users have many more browsers to choose from than they did when Camino started ten years ago. Former Camino developers have helped build the three most popular – Chrome, Firefox, and Safari – so while this is the end of Camino itself, the community that helped build it is still making the web better for Mac users.
Thank you to all our loyal users, and to everyone who contributed in countless ways over the years to make Camino what it was.
Camino didn't warn me about an invalid SSL certificate, when Chrome, Firefox and Safari, and even Sunrise did.
Given that a "man in the middle" attack on a SSL certificate is a very real risk, I'd prefer to have the safest browser possible.
[camino 2.0.9, chrome 14, firefox 6, safari 5, mac os 10.5]
(FF message: "The certificate is not trusted because no issuer chain was provided. (Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer)")
Camino is still a great browser, but it'd be even better if it supported color management, like the most recent versions of Firefox. You can check for color management support here.
very good, better than firefox (on mac)
2.0 is officially out. I've been using the betas for the past few weeks. I actually find myself preferring Camino now over the other choices.
Note: like many other apps, Camino can be enhanced with scripts.
See macdevcenter for more information.
The scripts can be launched either with the generic script icon in the system menu, or via a button in Camino's toolbar.
Some scripts for Camino are available here:
Latest Intel Optimized Camino 1.6.1 by heronstalker is here:
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It would be a good to have the download link to the multilingual version instead of just the english version.
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The Fremont Union High School District -- which recently discovered a student had purposely planted an anti-Semitic slight in 1,600 current yearbooks to mock a Jewish classmate -- is no stranger to yearbook problems, it turns out.
Last year, two students at Homestead High School in Cupertino purposely hacked into a computer and changed the quote under a senior's photograph to a phrase with homophobic overtones.
"Nothing better than cute boys at the beach!," the altered quote read.
The information about last year's incident surfaced Tuesday after a parent read about the current flap at Monta Vista High School over the insertion of the anti-Semitic taunt by an Indian student and contacted this newspaper.
A school district spokeswoman had not mentioned the previous problem at Homestead when asked Monday about the marring of the Monta Vista yearbooks.
Asked about it Tuesday, spokeswoman Sue Larson said in an email that the student's parents did not want to draw attention to what happened to their son in 2013. Several steps were taken to try to remedy the problem then, she said.
"The page with the error was reprinted by the yearbook company and the victim received approximately 25 copies of the new page in order to correct his yearbook as well as the yearbooks of many of his friends," Larson said. "The original cost of the victim's yearbook was also refunded to him. The boys were barred from graduation."
Larson also said that after the incident came to light, "...stricter yearbook review policies were put in place at Homestead High School in order to help prevent inaccuracies in the future."
But the new policies applied only to that school. Larson said Tuesday, "We will meet with other yearbook advisers from throughout the Fremont Union High School District to insure that review steps are in place so that accurate, informing, and engaging yearbooks are produced."
At Monta Vista, the male perpetrator admitted to school officials that he intentionally changed the last three letters of his classmate's name to "jew" while labeling a team photo. It is unclear whether the Monta Vista boy actually dislikes Jews or was making an insensitive joke that went too far.
Diana Mitsu Klos, executive director of the National Scholastic Press Association, said yearbook pranks are not uncommon nationwide. But she said she's never heard of any based on race, religion, sexual preference or ethnicity, possibly because it is not something schools or parents of victims are eager to advertise.
The parents of the Monta Vista victim, who speak Hebrew at home and have relatives who fled Eastern Europe after the Holocaust, are demanding that the district recall the 2014 yearbooks. But they don't want administrators to explain to students and their families who was involved or what page the slur is on because they are leery of drawing attention to their son. He has told them that jokes about religion and ethnicity are nothing unusual at the school and that he has been trying to laugh off the incident.
Of Monta Vista's 2,351 students, only 16 percent are white. More than three-quarters are Asian, including Indian and Pakistani; almost 3 percent are two or more races; nearly 3 percent are Latino.
Larson has said a recall is still under consideration. But administrators fear it would be "next to impossible" because "it is unlikely that students would be willing to return their yearbooks, which are already filled with messages from their friends and classmates." The yearbooks cost the district $64,000 to produce and sell for $90 apiece.
District officials also plan to educate students about avoiding bigotry. In addition, they offered to reimburse the Monta Vista victim's parents the cost of the yearbook, a refund the Homestead High School student's family accepted.
But the mother of the Monta Vista boy said, "It's not about the cost."
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More than 20 current and "coming soon" stores at Eastview will be participating in a job fair at the mall on Saturday, Sept. 21. The event, which will be held in the Main Court of the shopping center, will run from 11:00am through 4 p.m. Opportunities for full time, part time and seasonal positions are available.
Eastview is home to more than 170 stores, several of which are opening in October including the area's first Athleta, Brighton, L'Occitane, Papyrus and Von Maur. Brooks Brothers, Michael Kors, The Art of Shaving and Vera Bradley have all opened at Eastview since June.
Information on available job opportunities at Eastview are also available online at www.eastviewmall.com/Stores/MallJobs
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in criminal cases that proof must be beyond a reasonable doubt, but
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asserts a claim has the burden of proving it by a fair preponderance
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evidence may weigh so heavily in your mind as to overcome a
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piece of evidence is for you to decide.
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The closed and controlled environment of single-use technologies in a biopharmaceutical production process can significantly reduce processing time. A fully disposable option eliminates cross contamination, cleaning, and subsequent validation, reducing the use of water for injection. Lower operating costs, smaller equipment footprints, increased productivity, and rapid turnaround time are some of the major benefits that are driving the market demand for single-use technology in manufacturing. This article discusses a contract manufacturing organization's perspective on the use of disposable technology in the biopharmaceutical production process.
Because of their customizable design, disposables facilitate faster design, construction, and commissioning of facilities and offer manufacturing flexibility—a significant operational benefit. Reduced processing time, enhanced productivity, smaller and flexible production facility, and reduced operating costs are some of the major benefits that are driving the market demand for single-use technology.
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Contract biomanufacturing companies are continually striving to improve and optimize the process of manufacturing biotherapeutics at every stage, starting from preclinical toxicology material to large-scale current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) commercial production. A contract manufacturer on average makes a 33% profit in manufacturing a biotherapeutic.3 In order to be competitive and be commercially viable, CMOs have to make improvements in this area. They have a pressing need to economize the manufacturing process, skillfully manage their project pipeline, and help their sponsors accelerate their speed to clinic or market.
Process economics is not for just the dedicated CMOs, however. A biopharmaceutical company with inbuilt capacity is in a similar situation, spending more than 20–25% of its operational cost on manufacturing,4 and is equally interested in lowering the production costs. Disposable technology presents an attractive opportunity to cut down production costs for both biopharmaceutical and contract manufacturers.
Where Are Disposables Used in a Biomanufacturing Process?
Single-use filters, single-use tangential-flow filtration (TFF) membranes, flexible tubing, sterile liquid containment bags, disposable bioreactors, mixing systems for media preparation, sterile bags with normal-flow filter manifolds, and aseptic connectors are all used in appropriate steps during the process. These disposables optimize processes and accelerate biomanufacturing production time. In downstream processing, disposable formats are used for cell removal, harvest clarification, membrane absorption chromatography steps, viral filtration, ultra filtration, and diafiltration. At Laureate, we use single-use technology at all of these steps throughout the biomanufacturing process.
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For small-scale culture scale-up, we routinely use disposable flasks and roller bottles. For larger scales up to 1,000 L, we use disposable Wave cell bags.


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Don't get me wrong. LaDoris Cordell, San Jose's independent police auditor, deserves a pay raise. The city attorney and the city auditor deserve pay raises. I'm absolutely convinced City Manager Debra Figone deserves more money.
Frankly, I deserve a pay raise: I can make a good argument. I work hard, I entertain readers, I strive to keep politicians honest. I'm willing to bet that 95 percent of the people attending council meetings think they deserve raises.
Of all those people, only Cordell got a pay raise approved by the council Tuesday. And it was done in a peculiar way that cast doubt on Mayor Chuck Reed's commitment to openness. If this was transparency, the mayor's windshield wipers were broken.
Every veteran government reporter knows that a wealth of questionable moves can be buried in the consent calendar, particularly at the last meeting of the year. So it was with Item 2.28 on Tuesday's agenda, a missive from the mayor.
Reed recommended a new four-year term for the independent police auditor, who provides a check on police abuse, at $170,446 per year. She would be allowed to do outside work -- Cordell, a former judge, does mediation -- after checking with the mayor.
Missing from the mayor's memo was any mention of just how much of a raise, if any, Cordell was getting. The correct figure is 9.65 percent. But it wasn't until Councilman Pete Constant did the math and asked for open discussion that the public knew that.
It turns out that the mayor cut the deal with Cordell himself. And there's nothing necessarily wrong with that. Cordell is one of five city officials whose hiring is approved directly by the council. The others are the city manager, city attorney, city clerk and city auditor.
Almost everyone agrees Cordell has done a good job, and she has had a big impact, warning city officials that cleanups of homeless camps could subject the city to lawsuits if done incorrectly. Like other top officials, she had to swallow a permanent 10 percent pay cut in 2011.
Yet these are tough economic times for San Jose. And you could make the same argument on behalf of the City Attorney Rick Doyle, who stood up to a highly questionable libel lawsuit. You could make the case for City Manager Figone, who -- in my book -- earned combat pay when protesters visited her home.
At Tuesday's meeting, Constant asked Reed why the deal was done with Cordell before the others. "We have a responsibility to treat all of our employees equally," Constant said, explaining that job reviews for the others were similarly favorable.
Reed responded with a weak rationale, the equivalent of a pair of deuces in a poker hand. He said he had been in favor of a system of merit increases in a budget message last June. But there was no system to this raise. It was a bargain between the mayor and a powerful and canny official the city wants to keep.
That was good enough for the rest of the council members, who admire Cordell. They voted to approve the new contract by 9-2, with Constant and Pierluigi Oliverio dissenting. But I think some of them knew they were flunking Human Relations 101.
"We've got the cart before the horse," said Constant, talking about a merit system he had not seen. "I'm disappointed with how this went."
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The Broncs and Gillette remain unbeaten and sit atop the 4-A East conference they meet in the Razor city Friday.
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The Bronc soccer team shutout Cheyenne East in Cheyenne Friday 3-0 to stay unbeaten.
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SHS SOCCER - The Bronc soccer team won at Cheyenne Central Thursday 3-1 to stay unbeaten they are 6-0 overall and 3-0 in conference play they will play at Cheyenne East this evening.
The Lady Broncs have East tonight at Homer Scott stadium, the JV's play at 4:00 the varsity will go at 6:00 tomorrow they host Central game times are at 10:00 and noon.
Lady Broncs Head coach Mallery Marshall has been named as the next head coach for the women's program at Sheridan college she says it's a exciting opportunity to coach at the next level.
BRONC / LADY BRONC SOCCER - The Sheridan high school soccer teams have Cheyenne East and Central on the schedule this week there has a schedule change for the Broncs, a winter storm is set to hit Cheyenne this weekend with a foot or more of snow possible so the Broncs will play tonight at Central and tomorrow at East.
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National Jewish Health welcomed new leadership on January, 25, 2012, as Richard A. Schierburg began his tenure as Chair of the Board of Directors. He succeeds outgoing chair, Thomas Gart, who will continue to serve on the Board.
"It has been an extraordinary and rewarding experience serving as board chair for National Jewish Health," said Mr. Gart. "I am happy to pass the gavel to the very capable hands of Rich Schierburg. With his energy, expertise, and knowledge of National Jewish Health, Rich will be an ideal leader during this remarkable time. "
Schierburg, a veteran developer and investment broker, has founded several companies, including most recently Peregrine Group Development LLC, a land development, retail and multi-family development firm. He began his career as an investment broker at CB Richard Ellis. Schierburg earned a bachelor's degree from Seattle University, and attended both Stanford University and University of Colorado Master of Business Administration programs.
Schierburg joined the National Jewish Health Board in 2004, and has served as chair of the institution's Development Board, and as a member of the Executive, facilities and real estate committees. Schierburg is also board chair of Archdiocesan Housing, and is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the International Council of Shopping Centers and the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks. Schierburg and his wife, Linda, have two grown children.
"As a Colorado native, I am proud to have such an incredible, nationally recognized healthcare institution in Denver, and am honored be taking on this leadership for the institution," said Schierburg. "I look forward to an exciting and productive chapter in the evolution of National Jewish Health."
Gart, president of The Gart Companies, joined the Board of Directors in 1995, and was appointed Chair in 2009. Previously he had served on the Finance and Investment committees. Mr. Gart will remain on the board, serving on the executive committee and leading capital fundraising efforts.
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If you switch the PSU off (at the switch on the back) you will find it uses in the region of 10w of electricity when your computer is not powered on. The PC iself differs in current draw per setup. I find the twin 6 pin PCI-e a very great bonus since its sometimes hard to find quality adapters.. that one of them doubles as an 8 pin only adds to the compatibility with many graphics cards. A great buy.
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Seems Cheap
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Powering an i3 cpu 2 h/drives Gtx660 dvd and still giving enough to power some external usb devices.I can't find any reviews and it is low cost so took a gamble and so far 10 days heavy use and all OK. Three year G/tee is reassuring.
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Reviewed by Keith Cross. Review Posted 06/08/2013
Great PSU generally and great value.It has all the right connections for most uses (Graphics cards even Floppy for latest sound cards). However, if using in a large case with the PSU in the bottom, the CPU power lead only just reaches if you route the cables through the gap in PCI cards. Shame it doesn't have leads as long as Zalman ZM500-GT which seems perfect fr every scenario.
- Overall
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Powerful and quiet.
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Everything on the specifications page appears to be accurate, this PSU powers a quad core with an GTX295 (which is quite the power hog being SLI in one card)in my PC.
Everything seems to run good, I only write this review to point out that if you do buy this PSU, you would be well advised to switch it of at the mains on a night, since to my surprise it uses 10 more watts when the computer is powered off than my old 500w psu which has lower amp ratings on the 12v rail (single rail)... It measures 25w draw here with nothing happeneing. (very surprised, since I expected more overall efficiency).
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Good for the price and very quiet
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I'm using this with an i3 3220 and Radeon HD 7850.
Both are not large consumers so they would work even with a less powerful power supply.
I agree with everything what other reviews on this website say.
I'm not sure though how it would perform with more load,but for more configuration it works perfectly and it was the cheapest option.
Also,it is very quiet. You can barely hear it and it is in general less noisy than an average 120mm fan.
When there isn't much load the fan even turns off.
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Monday's letters: The real traitors
Published: Monday, September 9, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 6, 2013 at 5:50 p.m.
To the editor: During the past 13-plus years, two administrators have overseen the utter destruction of the Constitution of the United States and our Bill of Rights in the name of national security. Two presidents who took a solemn oath to protect, defend and obey the Constitution stood before a bank of American flags and lied.
Weve just recently discovered the magnitude of what they have wrought. Massive unconstitutional domestic surveillance and invasion of privacy. Secret courts, Viper teams, DHS in your face everywhere including checkpoints. Our elected representatives have been totally complicit. They should have been protecting and defending our rights as law-abiding citizens and not allowed us to be made criminals, terrorists and simpletons in our own country. The real traitors are in D.C.
Anyone who thinks that our freedoms will be returned to us has a serious perception problem. This unconstitutional behemoth has far too much momentum to ever be curtailed. The perpetrators are giddy with power and completely in control of our existence. It makes no difference who you vote for. As we have seen, all politicians view us as numbskulls.
There are many disturbing parallels between America today and Germany in the 1930s.
Jim Ryan
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To the editor: Some time ago, in a reasonable essay, Bill Howard defended hunting enumerating the pleasurable aspects of being in the woods for many hours.
He is quite persuasive, but he doesnt appear to realize that he is actually giving a strong argument against hunting when he tells us, Some of my best experiences have been without the climactic shot to bring down the game.
Archer Fred Bear is quoted: The kill is way, way down the line. Of course! Get the same enjoyment without the weapon; its heavy, awkward and lethal.
Another writer, in denigrating Englands health system, announces he was there at its beginning in 1965. His expertise is immediately compromised by the fact that it began in 1948 actually developing since the Great War with no years of debates not even making the 1948 front pages.
If our system is so hotsy-totsy, why havent England and the other single-payer countries emulated it? It couldnt be that ours costs twice as much but leaves us way behind in results like longevity? Nah! Theyre just stupid.
Everyone remembers perennial Republican presidential candidate Harold Stassen claiming that discoveries like penicillin could never occur in socialist countries like England. Right on, Harold!
Joseph Haley
Next election
To the editor: It is good to see that patronage is alive and well in North Carolina. Maybe the ghost of Tammany Hall will rise and roam the streets of Raleigh.
The governors attempt at justifying the hiring of GOP aides into state government job is laughable. After instructing state agencies to curtail costs, he hires inexperienced individuals and gives them sizable raises to boot.
As I was sorry for voting for Ms. Beverly Perdue, I now find myself wondering if once again I have made another mistake. What is an independent to do when the choices are so poor? While each political party considers its victories spoils of war, the common citizen is left to wait for the next election when the choices may be a little better.
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"To me, he's as significant a political figure as this country has ever known," Cutler said. "Certainly as influential a nonpresidential figure as we've ever had. He would describe his vice presidency as the most consequential and controversial, and I agree. I'm making a film about a man who's been a remarkable figure on both the world stage and on the American historical stage, and I was eager to approach him in that way."
Cutler's documentary "The September Issue" screened at the film festival in 2009; "Thin" screened there in 2006. He is perhaps best known for his Oscar-nominated 1993 documentary "The War Room," which went behind the scenes of Bill Clinton's successful campaign for the presidency.
Seven months after Cutler asked Cheney to participate in the progress, the former veep agreed to sit down with him. That resulted in 20 hours of interviews - five hours a day for four consecutive days. "And then on the fifth day, he invited us to join him fly fishing," Cutler said. "My politics haven't been impacted at all. But, certainly, once you get to know anybody, you feel differently about them."
The filmmaker said Cheney had no influence on how he cut together his film and asked for none.
The choices belonged to Cutler and his co-director, Greg Finton. And Cutler is fully aware that some people will have strong reactions to it.
"It raises a lot of issues of who we are as a country and who we were during the Bush administration, and what we look for in our leaders," Cutler said. "I've shown it to a lot of friends - people with a wide range of political convictions - and it seems to stimulate a very strong response no matter what side of the aisle you're on. Those who want to know about who this man is and how he acquired the power he acquired and how he thinks and who want to ask questions about his formidable virtues, which range from intelligence and patriotism to loyalty and conviction, will really enjoy the film."
But he's prepared for filmgoers to react to "The World According to Dick Cheney" based purely on its subject.
"One views every film through the prism of their own experience and philosophy and political convictions. This one, perhaps, more so than any other one I've ever made," Cutler said. "And that's very, very exciting to me because it's a film that's meant to be provocative whether you're a Cheney enthusiast or if you don't agree with anything he ever stood for."


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PARKERSBURG - Spring flowers became works of art with the opening of the first "Bloom, Bloom, Pow" show at the Parkersburg Art Center on Saturday.
Jaime Seltzer, an art teacher at Williamstown High School, said the art show uses plants and plant parts to create works of art, adding the show grew out of a project she assigns to her seventh-grade science students.
"Every year the seventh-grade students gather 20 plants and identify them using a field guide," she said. "Then they press and dry them and mount them. This is the first time they have been used as an art show."
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Looking over selections for pressed flower suncatchers were Sarah Meeks, middle, and Earla Meeks, right. Loran Conley, left, conducted the workshop on the suncatchers Saturday at the Parkersburg Art Center. (Photo by Jeffrey Saulton)
Seltzer said the show was funded by a grant from the Our Community Foundation to integrate the arts and sciences. About 100 students from WHS participated, with about 70 from the school's art classes and 30 were her science students.
The program grew out of projects to give students varied learning experiences, Seltzer said.
"This allows them to come into their own," she said. "Those who aren't great test takers love to go out in the wood and do something they can touch and feel."
Some of the pressed flowers gathered by the students were used for a calendar and greeting cards. They will be on sale during the show, which runs through May 28 at the art center at 725 Market St. in downtown Parkersburg.
Seltzer said she worked with Debbie Shively, an art teacher at WHS, on the show featuring works from students in both classes.
"When I was scanning some of the works I realized they were beautiful in their own right," she said. "I remembered when I was in graduate school I had to a similar project on a larger scale. My housemate at the time said they looked like art, something you would hang in a gallery."
Seltzer said Saturday's opening at the art center brought a lot of positive comments.
"People seemed pleased with the art work," she said. "They think they are really gorgeous. The children loved doing the activities."
In addition to the dried flower works, workshops were offered during Saturday's event. Those included one involving flowers impressed in clay conducted by Katie Ferguson, pressing flowers in between pieces of plexiglass by Loran Conley and painting flowers in vases by Lynda Rhodes.


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BERKELEY -- Though some votes remain uncounted, results from Tuesday's polls appear to show a narrow lossfor the city's most controversial measures, including the contentious sit-lie ordinance.
Less certain is the fate of Measure T, which would alter zoning laws in West Berkeley to allow for flexible development and construction of 75-foot tall buildings.
Measure S, which sought to ban sitting and lying on commercial sidewalks between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. was hotly debated in the months leading up to the election.
Osha Neumann, head of the Committee against Measure S, called the measure's defeat "a vindication of common sense and decency."
John Caner, a lead organizer of Yes on S and the CEO of Berkeley's downtown business association, was not yet ready to concede defeat.
"There are at least 20,000 votes that have yet to be counted," Caner said. "Obviously, we have to close a gap of over a thousand votes, but the outcome's uncertain."
Craig Becker, the owner of Caffe Mediterraneum and supporter of Measure S, was less optimistic about the measure passing, but he said the group had accomplished its goal.
"I'm glad we got our message out," Becker said. "I think we did a really a good job of educating people about the concerns of the merchants, and how we want to be able to have inviting public spaces."
While Becker would like to see the discussion following the election move toward alternatives to Measure S, Neumann remained opposed to considering that the economic difficulties faced by business owners had anything to do with the homeless that critics say the measure targets.
"I hope we put a stake into this that will stick," Neumann said. "It is really a stain on Berkeley's reputation as a progressive city."
Measure T proved to be just as divisive, with supporters and critics accusing each other of lying to voters. Mayor Tom Bates, who supported the measure, said it was "the most scurrilous campaign he had ever seen in Berkeley."
Daryll Moore, who won re-election to District 2 where Measure T would have effect, said close margins at the polls indicated the complexity of the measure.
"I believe that those who are against Measure T campaigned in such a way as to confuse a lot of the voters about the merits of the measure," Moore said.
With more votes coming in, Moore said he hoped Measure T might still pass.
Councilmember Jesse Arreguín, who campaigned against the measure, argued that the measure's most problematic aspect was that it conferred economic benefits to people who wanted to develop in West Berkeley without guaranteeing any specific benefit to the community of people who live there.
"I think this is an opportunity to develop a compromise," Arreguín said.
Less heated were the mayoral and City Council races, where incumbents reigned, and Bates secured a fourth term by winning over 50 percent of the votes. Moore of District 2, Max Anderson of District 3, and Laurie Capitelli of District 5 also succeeded against challengers in winning re-election. Susan Wengraf ran unopposed.
"Getting 55 percent of the vote is a wonderful mandate for me," Bates said. "It says that people like what I'm doing and want me to continue serving as mayor."
Bates, who has held the position since 2002, faced for the first time a ranked-choice voting system, in which three of his five opponents -- Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi, Jacquelyn McCormick and Councilmember Kriss Worthington -- had created a coalition aimed at defeating him by urging supporters to consider one another as their first, second, and third choices.
When asked if this would be his last term as mayor, Bates stuck to the adage: "never say never."
"That'd make me a lame duck," he added, laughing. "I'd rather be a flying eagle than a lame duck."


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The Volvo FH range is the most successful Volvo truck family ever built. The development of the 'bestseller' FH12 has taken place in steps. In 2005, the FH12 was succeeded by the FH, being similar in appearance but incorporating the most dramatic product improvements in years.
The heart of the FH is the 13-litre engine. This does not only have superior performance to its predecessor, but also offers increased fuel efficiency and environmental characteristics which are not only up to the most demanding regulations known today (the Euro 4 and the Euro 5), but also prepared for even more demanding future environmental legislation.
High-tech design features
The 12.8-litre engine has horsepower options of 400, 440, 480 or 520, with torque figures of up to 2,500 Nm. It features high-technology design features like overhead camshaft, four-valve technology and unit injectors, together with the powerful Volvo Exhaust Brake (VEB). As an alternative to the 13-litre engine, two 12-litre engine options are available.
To facilitate the driver's work, Volvo I-shift automatic transmission is available, as alternative to fully-synchronized range-change manual gearboxes with or without splitter options. The Volvo Powertronic automatic transmission with torque converter is also included in the range.
The FH cab is available in four versions; the daycab, the sleeper cab, the spacious Globetrotter cab and the top-of-the-range cab: the Globetrotter XL cab, which provides unrivalled comfort and ergonomics in the truck world. Offering different interior space, all four cabs have the same comfort level, which is second-to-none in the world of trucks.
Traditional and new safety
The FH is the safest truck on the road, with traditional Volvo features like a crash-tested cab and an interior designed with passive safety in mind, but also features like the ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) which automatically maintains the distance to the vehicle in front.
The FH can be made up in thousands of different executions; with different engine outputs, with various gearboxes, with a wide range of rear axles, with several wheelbase alternatives, in two- three- or four-axle execution and with a large number of components to choose from.
The Volvo FH is intended for all kinds of heavy-duty transport operations, and is in the most demanding operations second only to its most powerful competitor: the Volvo FH16.


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Fruits and vegetables can be the key to good health. According to the Center for Disease Control, "... Those who eat more generous amounts of fruits and vegetables as a part of a healthful diet are likely to have a reduced risk of chronic diseases, including stoke and perhaps other cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers." Fruits and vegetables contain vitamins and minerals which the body uses for various jobs including, but not limited to, fighting off illness, good vision and maintaining a healthy blood pressure. Children need to be exposed to fruits and vegetables early in life and they should be included with every meal. Five servings of fruit or vegetables should be seen as the minimum for your child each day. The rainbow is a great model for the types of vegetables and fruits to include in your child's menu. Each color also represents a nutrient and or vitamin you kids need so try to have something from each color available.
Five tips to help your child eat their five:
1. Sample different fruits and vegetables together. Most farmers markets provide samples.
2. Pack them as a snack, instead of cookies or other sweets.
3. Make them fun. PB and apples, Ants on a log (celery, peanut butter, and raisins), etc.
4. Eat the rainbow. Have foods of all colors.
5. Add them to meals. Fettuccini with broccoli, lettuce and tomatoes with tacos or burgers, chicken with vegetables, etc. Be creative.
Avoid Junk food!
Signs of junk food are foods high in saturated fat, salt, or sugar. Junk foods often have very little nutritional value and lack vitamins, minerals, and other key nutrients instead only adding large amounts of calories. Junk food - or, as I refer to it in front of the the kids, "sometimes foods" - are foods that may be seen as a treat or a quick option to eat. If these foods are made into a daily part of anybodies diet they can increase the risk for obesity and many obesity-related illnesses.
For more facts on fruits and vegetables, visit: www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov, www.letsmove.gov or www.choosemyplate.gov.


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The first thing you notice when you walk into Frisco's newest pizza restaurant is the smell. The scent of fresh dough and sizzling cheese wafts from the large oven dominating the kitchen. Standing at the counter, you breathe it in while you mull over your choices and finally give your order to the person at the cash register, who may very likely be one of the owners themselves.Jason and Jacki Caterina have taken more than 20 years of experience in the pizza restaurant business and translated it into Spinelli's Pizza & Subs. "The opportunity came up and we decided to give it a shot," said Jason. Formerly the space of the Summit Eatery, Spinelli's sits right next to Safeway at the north end of Summit Boulevard in Frisco. The Caterinas have completely redecorated to give the restaurant a warm, Italian feel - the walls are red, hung with signs proclaiming 'Rome' and 'Venice,' and every tabletop is red-checkered."We wanted to go with the Italian colors, red, white and green," Jacki said.Italy and Italian cooking runs in Jason's family. Though he is originally from New Jersey, his family history stretches back across the Atlantic."I named it after my grandfather," he said of his new restaurant. "His last name is Spinelli."
Although born on separate coasts - Jason in New Jersey and Jacki in Washington - the two met while attending the same high school in Maui, Hawaii. For the next 20 years, they worked together to manage an Italian-style restaurant owned by Jason's brother. However, as the city became more crowded, Jason and Jacki began to long for a place with open space and fewer people. Having vacationed in Summit County for the past nine years, they decided it was the perfect location to make a new start. The planning for Spinelli's was not rushed. Jason took a job as an electrician while Jacki worked at Frisco's Wells Fargo. "We've been thinking about it for a long time and just waiting for the right opportunity," Jason said. "We always knew we'd eventually get back into this, we just needed the right space and timing."It was October 2012 when everything fell into place. For the next four months, the Caterinas worked to clean and decorate the space, repair heating, venting and electrical and install the giant pizza oven in the kitchen, a process which required disassembly and then reassembly to get it through the door. It's worth it though, Jason said, because it can bake up to 25 pizzas at one time.Spinelli's had its soft opening Feb. 12 and business has been good ever since, the couple says, and although they've been working hard, they've been enjoying it."We just had so much experience with it, we just felt crazy not using it," Jason said. "I mean, working for other people, it was paying the bills, but we weren't really getting anywhere."
One thing that makes Spinelli's distinct is that all of the dough, bread and sauces are made from Jason's personal recipes every morning. "We make all our doughs, breads and sauces from scratch. That's why we're here 14-16 hours a day," Jason said with a laugh.Many of the recipes come from his family or friends of the family, he said, and which he has used for years. He doesn't experiment anymore, he added, because he knows what's good and he knows what works. "I pretty much stick with what we've got, because I know it works," he said. "I just hate to change a good thing."Consistency is one of the key words between Jason and Jacki. The other two are quality and cleanliness. In addition to making things from scratch, they make an effort to use quality ingredients with everything else."Anybody can put steak and cheese on a roll, or mozzarella on dough," Jason said. He believes that his personal recipes mixed with quality ingredients makes all the difference."We want it to be clean," Jacki said, of the third key word. "We're here all week and we have to eat here, too," she said with a laugh.Spinelli's aims for a family friendly atmosphere, although anyone is welcome. The Caterinas say they love having locals come in and come back. They chose Frisco for its sense of community and they haven't been disappointed. "And the tourists are just the icing on the cake," Jacki added.Though Spinelli's has only been open for two weeks, business has been good and looks to be getting better. The employees have been trained and there's a definite rhythm in the kitchen now as things fall into place."It was a lot of work, but we got there," Jason said. "It was a long road."Yet the restaurant goes on - the working, the cleaning, the baking and, of course, the eating."I have been eating this pizza for 20 years and I'm still not tired of it," Jacki exclaims. "It love it, I absolutely love it."


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(Oregon Public Broadcasting) — The website for Oregon's new health insurance exchange is expected to be completed by May. Then staff will conduct four months of testing before the system goes live in October.
The health insurance exchange is a key part of the nation's health care overhaul.
The plan is to allow people to go on-line to buy health insurance and at the same time find out if they're eligible for a federal tax break.
While many states have been slow to set-up exchanges, Oregon has embraced the idea.
It'll be called "Cover Oregon" and executive director, Rocky King, says it's a job to make sure the website can interface with the 14 different insurance providers who want to take part.
It also must connect with the IRS so income can be verified, as well as Social Security and residency status.
"You want to run through that system as many scenarios as you can to ensure that every decision about eligibility, every plan selection, every communication we have with every carrier, that it all works," King says.
The exchange has already hired 65 people. But when it goes live in October, 250 people or more will be working there — at least initially.
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One doesn't need to look far to find handfuls of reports on labor trends and the educational assets our graduates will need to fill jobs related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers.
According to the 2007 Department of Labor Report (The STEM Workforce Challenge: the role of the Public Workforce System in a National Solution for a Competitive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce) "American pre-eminence in STEM will not be secured or extended without effort and investments. Trends in K-12 and higher education science and math preparation, coupled with demographic and labor trends, point to a serious challenge: our nation needs to increase the supply and quality of "knowledge workers" whose specialized skills enable them to work productively within STEM industries and occupations."
In order to help students explore STEM careers, Iowa Public Television is providing a series of free ICN sessions related to STEM careers. During these sessions, students will have the opportunity to meet various professionals in IOWA who are working in STEM careers. Students also have an opportunity to see the professional on the job as we will be viewing a short video produced by IPTV during the session.
Environmental Engineer
This Civil Engineer (environmental focus) works for the Iowa Department of Natural resources. She is a great example of a professional engineer who is working in an interesting and needed career in Iowa and in fact, in the world.
She works in the area of waste water construction. Her job is to assure that the water that comes out of a facility is assimilated back into a water system. She oversees the building of wastewater treatment facilities in Iowa and assures that they meet design standards and Iowa code.
She was raised in China and earned her advanced degrees in the United States. She will talk to your students about her job and her education as well as advise your students on what they should be doing now, in high school, if they wish to pursue a degree in engineering.
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When the home team's in the World Series, there's nothing like cheering and jeering with other fans. But where to go? Here are recommendations from the journalists at the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times and Oakland Tribune like to catch a game. Feel free to add your own suggestions to this admittedly eclectic list by going to the Comments box and sharing your own recommendation.
McGee's Bar and Grill
1645 Park Street
Many of the youth sports coaches and families end up at McGees after games as well as many sports enthusiast. Anywhere you sit, at the bar or in the restaurant, there is a view of a flat screen TV. Very family friendly, lots of beer on tap as well as specialty drinks, and a variety of the American dishes for all tastes. A local institution for five years.
Henry's (at Hotel Durant)
2600 Durant Ave.
While this isn't an official sports bar, it's a popular gathering place and is sure to have on whatever's the big game.
Pappy's Grill & Sports Bar
2367 Telegraph Avenue
Named in honor of legendary Cal football coach Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf, Pappy's specializes in barbecue and burgers. They have 12 beers on tap, 101 different liquors, pool tables, 10 plasma TVs, and a 205 inch HD projection screen perfect for watching the games.
Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill
8065 Brentwood Boulevard
Locally owned and operated, this is a local hot spot for young sports enthusiasts in eastern Contra Costa County.
The Game (Sports Pub N Pizza)
235 Oak St.
Brentwood, CA 94513
Located in historic downtown Brentwood, the Game is a clean and family-friendly place with a variety of food, including thin-crust pizza, beer on tap, and a salad bar.
Ed's Mudville Grill
6200 Center St.
Owner Ed Moresi's small-town sports bar and grill's name is taken from baseball's most famous poem, but sports fans can find joy in the heart of Clayton with games cranking on TVs in every corner below dozens of framed jerseys from Bay Area teams.
Legends Sports Bar & Grill
4050 Port Chicago Highway (at Diablo Creek Golf Course)
Ideal for watching sports events, with three rooms and plenty of TVs. It has the usual sports bar décor (i.e. framed jerseys), but the Russ Reed room, featuring the vintage work of the former Oakland Tribune photographer, is an unexpected treat.
Tower Grille
301 Hartz Ave.
This place near Danville's iconic clock tower has plenty of televisions and sports fans for viewing events. It serves sliders, meat balls, garlic fries, other simple foods with beer on tap. Be warned: It can get noisy.
Norms Place
356 Hartz Ave.
This popular pub and sports bar in downtown Danville has several televisions and a menu with light bites, burgers, sandwiches, pastas, tacos, and lighter fare such as ahi salad. There also is outdoor seating on Hartz Avenue.
Dublin Sports Pub and Grill
7294 San Ramon Road
Reasonably priced food and attentive servers draw Dublin locals here.
El Cerrito
Elevation 66
10082 San Pablo Ave.
El Cerrito's first craft brew pub isn't a sports bar, per se, but the combination of craft beer, small plates and irresistible sandwiches -- plus TV -- is hard to beat. It's the place to go with people who don't like sports bars.
Jack's Brewing Company
39176 Argonaut Way
A sports-themed restaurant with more than 20 HD TVs and one 10-foot "monster screen," Jack's is the Tri-City area's biggest sports bar. It offers a wide-ranging menu from burgers to specialty sandwiches to salads and a bevy of microbrewed beers with sports-themed names, including the Grid Iron Amber Ale, the Hardwood Pale Ale and the Penalty Shot Porter. Jack's has been in Fremont for 13 years.
Los Altos
The Boardwalk
4940 El Camino Real
The Boardwalk features tables and booths, and the HD TVs located throughout the enable you to catch the latest games anytime -- from anywhere in the house. Menu features pizza, sandwiches, chili and salad.
Los Gatos
Double D's Sports Grille
354 N. Santa Cruz Ave.
In 1996, Dean and Darin Devincenzi -- the so-called known as "Double D Brothers" -- opened this sports bar/restaurant and it's been one of downtown Los Gatos' most popular watering holes ever since. Pool tables, several TVs (including two mammoth 65-inch big screens) and a menu that ranges from burgers to pasta. If you don't mind eating your wings and burgers in a place that's always loud, this is the place to be.
Creek Monkey Tap House
611 Escobar Street
Funky Martinez vibe, with young, friendly wait staff. Food from local sources, and a huge selection of locally crafted beers. Table and bar seating, casual, high energy. Three TVs downstairs and 1 large projection TV upstairs. They have two 42" LCD's behind the bar, one 55" LED in the dining room and a high definition 120" projection screen upstairs, running beer specials and food specials throughout the series. We expect they will also create some themed food specials to go with the series.
Menlo Park
The Dutch Goose
3567 Alameda De Las Pulgas
Family-friendly with carved tables, peanut shells on the floor, deviled eggs -- and plasma TVs. Also, a 21-inch barbecue smoker, a heated patio, pool table and arcade games.
The Oasis Beer Garden
241 El Camino Real
Opened in 1958, the Oasis serves brick-oven pizza, chicken wings, salads and burgers. It features a large open interior and enclosed patio with heaters.
Mountain View
Francesca's Sports Bar
2135 Old Middlefield Road
Located in a former house, Francesca's claims it's the oldest bar in Mountain View. The menu features burgers, sandwiches, pockets, wings, craft beers and, on weekends, breakfast.
5940 College Ave.
This friendly Rockridge bar offers over 30 beers on tap and above average pub food. It will show the game on three big TVs, but it's not a huge place, so get there early if you want a good seat.
GO (formerly the Grand Oaks)
736 Washington St.
3000 Broadway
The renovated bar in Old Oakland is easily accessible by BART with lots of TVs, a solid food menu and good happy-hour specials. a fancy new sports bar with high-end food options that includes fresh crab with garlic noodles.
6101 La Salle Avenue (in Montclair)
A great Irish bar that pairs a cozy sports bar steeped in University of California sporting history with an adjacent full-menu, sit-down dining room. A very comfortable neighborhood spot in the Oakland Hills.
Palo Alto
The Old Pro
541 Ramona St.
Plenty of TVs, a lively crowd, good food and a beer selection big enough to keep everyone from slobs to snobs happy. Lots of cool memorabilia, from school pennants to vintage Sports Illustrated covers hang on the wall to keep you occupied during the endless pitching changes a World Series brings.
Pleasant Hill
Mr. Lucky's
2618 Pleasant Hill Road
Solid, casual neighborhood bar with lots of regulars, friendly and for any age group. Free parking on the street and in the parking lot. 7 large TV screens, good wine selection, five beers on tap and full bar. Bar and table seating available with full menu and pub style food. Breakfast, lunch and dinner served. Very enthusiastic fans and staff!
Hopyard Ale House
3015 Hopyard Road
This bar and grill offers a large assortment of craft beer and quality burgers with enough televisions positioned for wandering eyes.
Handles Gastropub
855 Main Street
Situated creekside next to the historic Pleasanton Hotel building, this multi-sectioned restaurant has developed into a hot spot to watch games inside its bar area with an expansive beer menu.
Point Richmond
Up & Under Pub and Grill
2 West Richmond Ave.
This cozy rugby-themed bar evokes merrie old England (or perhaps merrie old Australia), but it's the perfect spot to watch baseball too and The Prop sandwich -- pulled pork with avocado and Guinness barbecue sauce -- is killer.
San Carlos
Sneakers Pub & Grill
1163 San Carlos Ave.
Located less than a block away from the local CalTrain stop, this family-friendly Peninsula pub offers a wide-ranging menu and ample TVs. The food is far better than you'd expect from a sports bar and most of the booths have TVs built in (for those who don't want to crane their necks over the crowd).
San Francisco
Bar Basic
510 Brannan St.
Two blocks away from AT&T Park, this no-frills neighborhood bar in South of Market features three large flat screens, comfortable seating plus beer and cocktail specials during the 4-9 p.m. Control the jukebox music with your own smartphone and relive your youth with classic video games at the back of the bar.
Lefty O'Doul's
333 Geary St.
Classic old-school Union Square sports bar named after the former Giants legend. It's got two kinds of customers: Grizzled old men who've been Giants fans for 50 years, and young, non-hipster San Francisco natives who know where to go to pay their respects to the Church of Baseball. (And tourists, but they don't count.) Great place to soak up the atmosphere.
The Wreck Room
1390 California St.
You'll have a view of a flat-screen TV from anywhere you sit or stand in the bar. Friendly and generally young crowd. About a dozen beers on tap, plus plenty of bottles and liquor to choose from. The bar also has a huge selection of games, including shuffleboard, darts and arcade-style games.
Soda Popinski's
1548 California St.
Soda Pompskini's is not your traditional sports bar, but it's still a local favorite in Nob Hill for Giants games. The bar boasts a giant projection screen that is also hooked up to Nintendo. More flatscreens are mounted around the bar. Lots of drink specials, including 2-for-1s until 7 p.m.
San Jose
Britannia Arms (Downtown)
173 W. Santa Clara St.
This beloved British pub -- know to locals as "The Brit" -- is a great place to watch football (both American and European styles) and, of course, baseball. The Brit is equally known for its menu -- which includes such British fare as fish and chips, bangers and mash and Shepherd's Pie -- and its fine selection of British ales and other beers. The heated 3,000-square-foot patio is the place to be. There is also a Brit at 5027 Almaden Expressway, San Jose.
San Jose Bar & Grill
85 S. Second Street.
Downtown San Jose's best sports bar is loaded with TVs, including a couple of big projection screens, plus a bar menu that leads off with a great selection of sliders and wings.
Rookies Sports Lodge
1535 Meridian Ave.
Rookies gained a huge following during the Giants' 2010 World Series run and you can expect fans of the orange and black again will flock to the former pizza parlor. Plenty of parking, flat-screen TVs and menu choices at this Willow Glen sports bar. There's even a TV right out front so that smokers and customers taking cellphone calls won't miss any of the action.
San Leandro
Ricky's Sports Theatre and Grill
15208 Hesperian Blvd.
While known as a Raiders hangout, Ricky's, commonly ranked as one of the best sports bars in the nation, has more than 90 TV screens: 3D, HD, plasma, LCD and big screen (it even has TVs in the bathroom). The bar, established in 1946, also has free Wi-Fi.
The Englander
101 Parrott St.
This comfortable, casual and trendy English-style bar has a huge selection of draft beers and a pub-grub menu ranging from lumpia or chicken tandoori to bangers and mash or fish and chips. And with three large-screen TVs and 21 high-definition plasma screens, everyone gets a good view.
San Ramon
Firehouse No. 37
250 Market Place
This relatively new place draws a young crowd. It can be loud, but the food and drinks are good and it's a fun place to watch a game.
Santa Cruz
Seabright Brewery
519 Seabright Ave., #107
This longtime hangout in the Seabright neighborhood -- near the marina, minutes from downtown -- is family-run and family-friendly. It has great wings and a bountiful beer selection, and, if you need a break from the ballgame, there's a big outdoor patio.
99 Bottles
110 Walnut Ave.
Reasonably priced with really good burgers (lots of variations) and a wide assortment of beers, 99 Bottles is a popular downtown hangout. With six screens, it was pretty crowded during the presidential debates. Most likely, it'll be overflowing for the World Series.
Walnut Creek
1444 N. California Blvd.
Modeled after AT&T park, this large family-friendly bar and restaurant was inspired by Giants' legend Willie McCovey, and is a veritable museum of Giants (and A's) baseball memorabilia. Lots of beer selections, decent food and 40 HD TVs.
1532 N. Main St.
Sports bar meets upscale taverna at this new Greek restaurant in downtown Walnut Creek. The little sister to San Jose's popular, family-owned restaurant, Opa! offers up more than a dozen flat-screen TVs alongside the savory moussaka, souvlakia and mezzes.
The Stadium Pub
1420 Lincoln Ave.
Located in downtown, The Stadium Pub features 47 televisions, three big screen projectors, outdoor seating, a full menu and 23 beers on tap. A favorite among fans of all sports, Walnut Creek's oldest sports bar also has a wide selection of rye whiskey, scotch and tequila. Walls and tables feature sports photos and memorabilia from the last 40 years and beyond. Stadium Pub can fill up quickly, so it's advised to get there early.