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I"d like to get some opinions and thoughts on something.
On my current rebuild, just for something to do, I started checking online for parts prices and found some real deals on eBay for pistons and valves and just about everything I needed. I bought a set of stainless valves for $60 and took them to the machine shop thats doing my heads. I had previously asked how much their valves were, same exact ones, $105! I told them where I got them and he said "well then, why don't you have eBay bore your block too!".
I asked him to price a set of Speed Pro Hyper/teflon coated pistons too, his price to me was $281, eBay everyday price is $169.
We had a long conversation on pricing and machine work. With all the mail order ( Summit and PAW etc.) and online sites and eBay, the machine shops cannot compete on parts anymore. He's not pissed at me, but at the way business is going with everyone bringing in their own parts, he's thinking about having 2 different labor rates, one for "bring your own parts" and one for "we supply the parts.". What do you think about all of this?
With the likes of Pep Boys and Checker and Auto Zone, the independent parts houses are dying off here in Phx faster than you can imagine. We had 11 good parts houses/machine shops 2 years ago in my area, all established and doing ok, but now we only have 3 and the one I'm using has been in the red for 2 years.
I really want to support my local machine shop because they are really good and have been there a long time, but price is a consideration. I don't mind a few bucks here and there, but a hundred bucks on pistons and fourty plus on the valves is enough to pay for balancing. I almost hate to get the bill for the rest of the parts when he's done! LOL
What kind of experiences have you guys had in this area?
Do your machine shops mind if you bring in your own parts?
Do they charge different labor rates?
My biggest concern is if we all start buying elsewhere, all the machine shops will die off and we'll all be screwed. Whaddyathink?
Our premier independent parts shop here in Bakersfield, Southern Auto, affiliated with Car Quest consortium a few years ago and it has been a great marriage. They still have the really good counter people, great independent machine shop and dingy old stores we all love but the Car Quest contribution has been competitive pricing and a great stocked warehouse. I rarely go to Auto Zone and Pep Boys with their slack-jawed mouth breather clerks 'cause Southern Auto has people, parts and prices.
we`ve got a few shops here in town, the one I use is united with Car Quest as they do the best work, they don`t mind if you bring them parts you got elsewhere, and they have your parts finished in a matter of a day or two. I used another shop here and it took them 2 months to finished my heads and even then I had to take them right back off since they screwed them up.
Here on the far east coast it is very hard to get any machine work done correctly and everything has to be checked , We use to do a lot of engine rebuilds in house but now most motor jobs are used or crate motors, to much turn around time on getting the work done right. I still have a man for our performance stuff if you are not in a hurry! and its 150 miles away!
Here on the far east coast it is very hard to get any machine work done correctly and everything has to be checked , We use to do a lot of engine rebuilds in house but now most motor jobs are used or crate motors, to much turn around time on getting the work done right. I still have a man for our performance stuff if you are not in a hurry! and its 150 miles away!
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I recently called the local NAPA machine shop. I had previously had a crank turned for $55. He said the turning would be $55, or $110 if I didn't buy their bearings! He mumbled that they were tired of being the machine shop ofr Autozone. My thought was it's better to have some work than none at all!
I own a high performance machine and fabrication shop. I do almost all work in house. Boring, honing, balancing. crankshafts, flow testing, cyl head service, almost every engine machining need. I also di industrial balancing and fabrication ( tig welding, mid welding, plasma cutting, milling and lathe work etc..
I have been in business about 30 years, and yes almost all of these types of shops are closing.
In this area automotive machining rates are about half of the rate a dealer charges with minimal profit available on parts its about a break even deal.
There much more profit in the industrial side of this buis.. I build a lot of drag racing and lower class stockcar motors for, that I enjoy but its not very profitable. I really don't see how anyone new (and young) has a chance starting out. A new crankshaft balancer is $20 to $30 grand. And you still need at least a tig welder, mill, lathe. disc grinder, and many precision tools. And a shop to house the equipment, raw material and considerable skill.
The average price to balance a rotating assembly ( pistons, rods, crank, flywheel and balancer) is about $150.00 and takes an average of about 2 to 3 hours (holding very tight tolerances).
That averages out to about $50.00 an hour. Throw in utilities and other expenses and its a no win situation.
I try to be optimistic but some days its kinda tough. IM not complaining i really enjoy the racing and the freedom I have and no one held a gun to my head to enter this field. Im just an a addicted racer and having all the equipment to bud my owns cars, engines, trans, and diffs makes it fun. but not profitable.
Ouch, I didn't realize it was that bad for your guys stock...
Now I see why my machinist was so pissed when he found out that my crank clearances were off...
Supply and demand it's the basis for a capitalist market.
I agree Bigmark thats why i dont blame Jegs or Summit I would have done the same thing if I were them.
The only draw back is that when most of the local HP shops fold the market also looses a lot of expertise and convience.
Having said that Im as bad as anyone.
Do im but lures and tacke to fish with at the local bait shop? No I usually buy that at wallmart. JUst live bait at the local shop. but Im reall going to miss his knowledge of fishing when hes gone.
Do i buy tools locally? Nothing big its Menards, Wallmart, Lowes etc..But I reallyt miss all all those hardware store real harware stores when I need that "special allen head cap screw" when i need it. Forget the big chains theres no profit in that much inventory. Sell 1 every 2 years, I dont think so.
It goes on and on and it is just capitalisam. I have no problem with it but I do miss all that knowledge. I dont know what I would have done when I was 16 (Im 50 now) with out all the local speed shops arround, meeting racers asking info. and getting some to actually LOOK at my problems. Those days are almost gone. Thats why web sites like this are valuable. But i still cant get those Holley parts when i really need them because no one is arround that can afford to stock them.
I spend more on shipping charges now than i used to spend on All my small items. Add in what I forced to keep on hand and Im not sure Im saving any thing (assuming I can find what I have in my shop!).
But it is supply and demand and eventually everthing works out.
I think the point I made with out realizing it with my above dissertation on Southern Auto is that ANY business must constantly adapt and change or go obsolete. Southern Auto saw the handwriting on the wall that the chain auto parts stores were going to revolutionize how people buy auto parts so they found a way to keep their local shop advantage and still adapt to the volume 'chain' buying power to keep prices down by associating with a buying consortium. Very creative and profitable solution that is a win-win for everyone. I'ts the old buggy whip manufacturer's story we have all heard. One day buggy whips were in huge demand but with the advancement of technology, one day no one wanted a buggy whip.
Our town is currently fighting WalMart building 3 super stores in town. They have been successful in keeping them out so far but it will eventually happen and that will unquestionably put a lot of veteran retailers out of business. However, there will be several who prosper under the shadow of the big guy. Staying in business requires all of the creativity it required to start the business in the first place. Just ask Montgomery Ward, The Saturday Evening Post, Texaco Oil, Gulf Oil, Oldsmobile, etc. You either move forward or die.
As most of you know, I own business and it's mainly auto repair related, but I also have a small machine shop.
First off Jmark, always remember that no matter who is providing you service, it is the service you are paying for. Regardless if it's automotive machining or repair, the facility has to make money on PARTS AND LABOR. You cannot make a go of it on labor only. Generally speaking, if you are not making 35 per cent profit on parts, then you are pissing in the wind. I don't always charge this much mark-up, but look at the sheer expense of the equipment in a machine shop. It's astronomical what the stuff costs, and to get only 11 bucks a hole to bore and hone, it's no wonder machine shops are going down the drain.
I think the only shops that are going to flourish will be involved in specialty stuff like diesel engines and industrial type stuff or very specialized areas like flow-tested cylinder heads, etc. The general automotive machine shops are shutting down because modern cars run forever, and not too many people overhaul engines anymore unless it's for a hobby car of some kind.
I know it seems foreign to you to pay more for parts, but you are merely paying for service. You wouldn't take a hamburger into Pizza Hut, sit down and eat it would you? It's no different for your machinist, he needs to sell parts along with his labor to make enough money to survive.
Well stated NAIRB, All the machine shops are feeling the pinch. In this area we have lost over half a dozen shops in the last couple of years, costs are ever rising and the income levels in this part of Michigan are on the decline because of lower pay scales in the southern states and foreign outsourcing, and just plain relocation of the auto plants.
If you remember back ( 60's-70's) a car used to be a real fine piece if it went over a hundred thousand miles of everyday use. Now even the lowly bottom of the line cars go well over that with little problems(Quad 4's and 2.2 chevy's are the exception). Even then it's usually a head repair and they are out there again. Overdrive tranny's and modern parts all help for longevity. But the long life of a component doesn't help machine shops!
We do lots of resto's , tractor stuff, and specialty work, but the small block Chevy is the biggest income producer, thanks to GM's use of thin head castings on a workhorse of a motor.
In the spirit of supporting the local machine shop.....
since a bunch of machine experts are reading this thread, what is the going price to have a block machined? Is there anything special that needs to be done? how about a crank?
Well said Bob, The problem is now, here in the South, we got all these foreign auto makers pouring into Alabama, and the gov. welcomes them with open arms, they come here for 1 reason, cheap labour, there turning my state and my city into a hell hole, people are pouring in all over, more and more arrive everyday. I was born and raised here, and town used to be small, everything closed at 8 to 9 at the latest and the population wasn`t more than about 30,000, now it`s 95,000 and increaseing more and more. and the clowns in the mayor`s office say that`s what we need, and I say "who`s we? you mean YOU" a example is, Wal Mart came here in the early 80`s, the city owned the building, paid for 99 years rent in advance, so how much we talking here? about 5 million for 99 years rent as a example, the store decided it didn`t like the location, so after about 8 years it moves, then at the new location another mini mall is built, and again, the city owns it, gets paid in advance for 99 years rent, they decide after 7 years "we want to have a super wal mart" and close that one, only to move a block, that`s right, a BLOCK away from the old building. so I have to ask the mayors office "where did that 10 million go?" and you`ll hear "uhh,, ohh,, I don`t know, I`ll have to get the books" it lined there pockets. Lowe`s did the exact same thing, they moved a mile and a half away from the old building which was 6 years old, and these buildings are now abandoned. it`s all about money now, that`s all they care about, there gonna turn my city into the next Detoilet, and it`s gonna get flushed when the cost of living and labour goes up, the buisnesses will split and go to the next state they can sucker, and the only thing left here will be nothing but abandoned buildings and a city full of smog, trash and pollution, a huge amount of people will be stuck here cause they won`t be able to find work, the crime rate will go through the ceiling, and the companies that just split will say "hey we made Millions off those suckers and there cheap labour, worked them to death and now I don`t gotta pay them retirement cause we fired them before they could retire ha ha ha" greed will be the gov`s and the city`s own undoing down here.
Hi Snowicki.
It varies greatly with what you specifically need. Bored? Honed? Align honed? Decked? Balanced? you get the point.
The application is the most important thing to consider and discussed with your local shop. "Freshening" a bock can run from
a couple hundred to a couple grand depending on what is desired. For an extreme example, an NHRA stocker (to be competitive) 305 with all the tricks sonic testing, special cyl wall finish, bushing the lifter bores, assembling for measurements etc. can cost a few grand but takes about 40 hrs and many special operations and tooling. But this is a rarity its usually much less.
Just talk it over with your machine shop and don't be afraid to ask questions most engine builders will go out of their way to help you obtain the best combination of work and compatible parts.
Most really want satisfied customers as word of mouth is by far the best advertising in the performance market.
Good Luck.
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I'm not certain of your question. Why don't you just do something like this:
Plot[((2 x + 1) Sqrt[x + 1])/Sqrt[x - 1], {x, 1, 5},
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With Plot[( (2x+1) Sqrt[x+1] ) / Sqrt[x-1] ,{x,-5,5}]
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Just for Laughs: Gags (in French, Juste pour rire: Gags) is a Canadian silent comedy/hidden camera reality television show that is under the Just for Laughs brand. It is based on the similar American series Candid Camera.[1] The series is also on YouTube. In December 26, 2000, JFL: Gags began airing on French Canadian network Canal D. In the following years, the show was picked up by TVA, CBC and The Comedy Network in Canada, BBC1 in the UK, TF1 in France and ABC and Telemundo in the United States; the Canadian version (unlike the ones produced for ABC) aired in the United States in first-run syndication starting in the fall of 2015 and ended in February 2016.[2]
The series uses a hidden camera format, playing pranks on unsuspecting subjects while hidden cameras capture the subjects' responses; each episode presents multiple gags. While some segments have included brief dialogue, most do not contain any sound or dialogue; the audio is replaced with sound effects, a laugh track, and public domain music. Most segments are filmed in Quebec City, Montreal and Vancouver, while some have been filmed in Mexico. British and Asian versions have been produced in the UK and Singapore, respectively. In 2011 the show spawned a spinoff, Just Kidding, which consists exclusively of kids playing pranks on adults.
With its silent format and no translation required, Just for Laughs: Gags has been purchased for use in over 100 countries throughout the world as well as in airports and by airlines. Reactions to the gags range from "inane"[3] to cross-culturally funny.[4] The same distributors also distribute Surprise Sur Prise, a similar show.
In March 2011, Just for Laughs Gags entered into a partnership with Montreal-based, entertainment site, Videobash.com[5] and now have their own devoted channel there. (No video has been posted as of this writing.)
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In the opening of each prank, the actors introduce how the prank was done and how it will be shown as well. Here are just a few illustrative examples from the thousands of pranks filmed for the 3,000+ shows include:
- Alien in the bushes: as people pass by a street, bushes shake uttering a strange language. As they try to check it, an alien pops out and chases them away;
- Hand out of the coffin: a coffin is abandoned in a park and when people pass by, a hand pops out;
- Stolen tires: an elderly lady asks bystanders to help her carry two tires to her car. But as they do so, they pass a police vehicle which is missing them. They tell the officer that they were the lady's and they were helping her take it to her car but as they look back, she was nowhere to be found;
- Dead bird in a race: people passing are asked to fire a starting pistol to help start a race. Once they give a shot in the air, a pigeon falls down;
- Honking at Hookers: a traffic police officer stops drivers and checks their license. Two hot prostitutes walk by and the officer honks a horn and the women appear to believe the drivers honked at them.
- Instant Accomplice: stranger's friend or love ones take part on a prank.
At the end of every prank, the hidden cameras are revealed. During the pranks, actors would also participate as victims for uninvolved bystanders or crowds.
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Creating Café Barcomi's in Berlin
Entrepreneur: Cynthia Barcomi, 46
Background: Just one month after graduating from Columbia University in 1985, Cynthia Barcomi decided on a whim to move to Berlin to become a professional dancer. It was a difficult transition for the Seattle native, who had earned a degree in theater/dance studies and philosophy but could barely speak German. Determined, Barcomi learned the language, eventually joined a dance company (where she was a principal dancer for eight years), and got married. After giving birth to her second child, Barcomi decided it was time to change course again. This time she wanted to start her own business. She came up with the decidedly un-German idea of opening a café serving American-style baked goods and roasting her own coffee beans.
The Company: Barcomi started off small, selling her baked goods to Berlin's largest department store, Kaufhaus des Westens, better known as KaDeWe. A year later, in 1994, with $15,000 in savings and a bank loan of $100,000, Barcomi, by then fluent in German, opened Café Barcomi's on Berlin's Bergmannstrasse, serving brownies, New York cheesecake, muffins, bagels, and roasted coffee. In 1997, she opened a second, larger outlet (this one with a restaurant) in the Mitte district in the former East Berlin. Now celebrated in the German media as "Berlin's Coffee Queen" and "Miss American Pie," Barcomi is set to publish her third baking book, is filming a pilot TV program about baking, and is in discussions about opening a café in the city's new airport.
Revenue: $2.07 million in 2008
Her Story: I had a concept, and I knew what I wanted to do. But I had no idea where coffee was cultivated or how to roast it. Still, I learned growing up that I could do anything if I put my mind to it. I started by going to Berlin's main library and checked out books about coffee and how to roast beans. Back then, there was no Internet or Google (GOOG). There was a specific kind of roasting machine that I wanted. To find it, I had to go to Berlin's Commerce Dept. library. That was the only the place where you could get access to the Yellow Pages for every city in the country. Next, I needed a loan.
I learned pretty quickly that there were a lot of cultural bridges that I needed to cross. I was instructed to calculate how much it would cost to start my business and explain my plan and ask for a credit line. It seemed simple enough. I went to the first bank; they turned me down flat. Then another and another. I went to about 12 banks and was rejected by them all. I represented a triple whammy: I was a foreigner, a woman, and I wanted to start a food business. While I didn't doubt my concept, I did wonder whether I would get a bank to help me.
Perhaps naively, I refused to give up. The kind of American-style entrepreneurial spirit that I had grown up with doesn't really exist here. Repeatedly, I was given the prevailing wisdom in Germany: If my idea were a good one, it would already exist—and since it doesn't, then we don't need it. I was told there are no new good ideas. I said: "I'm sorry, I beg to differ. With that attitude we'd all be riding around in horse carriages because nobody would have invented the car."
To Go Far, Exude Confidence
I doubled my resolve and came up with a new line of attack. I started taking my cookies with me to my bank meetings, and I put my theater background to good use, approaching meetings like a scene study class. The other people were often mistrustful and skeptical. I told them of course I knew how to roast coffee. Nobody checked, and the trick was to act as if I could do it. I came across full of confidence. I made sure to speak only German, and I refused to let my husband attend these meetings. I was a woman, and I was going to convince them I could do it. Sometimes I think had I not been a Girl Scout and studied theater, I would never have been able to get through the process.
After about two months, I got my loan! (I also had to find a second bank to assess my project, deem me a low risk, and guarantee the first loan.) I found a space and began renovating it. I learned everything by doing it, and that usually meant the hard way. Initially, I did all the baking and roasting. It was crazy. I may have been naive, but I needed to find my footing.
I soon came to discover that the cultural gaps weren't just in business, they were also gastronomical. I was tired of Germans constantly telling me that Americans have no culture, especially no food culture. I knew that I had a great idea, but I had to find a way to communicate it to the German palate. They didn't have a culture of roasting specialty coffees. And while they did have a big baked-goods tradition, a lot of what they did have was packaged, supermarket-quality. It's actually quite horrible.
I was insistent on staying true to my original concept. I see lots of ideas that are successful in the U.S. that seem to make people think they can bring them here and conquer a new market. But each country and culture has its own idiosyncrasies. You can't take an American idea and translate it one to one. I found that it is really important to stay connected to your ideas and communicate them, but you have to know the context.
Chocolate Cherry Muffins
We had a really big opening, but afterward business trailed off. I dug in and realized I had to come up with a way to get people in the café. I knew Germans loved their cake and coffee, so I promoted cake-and-coffee Sundays. My goal was to have Barcomi's filled to standing room only on the weekends.
Once I got people in, I knew they'd love the food. I hung bagels from fishing line in the window because people didn't know what they were. I also adjusted my products to a more German palate. I still made muffins and cheesecake but I used ingredients they favored in an American way, like chocolate cherry muffins. I made my food accessible without compromising. Within six weeks, the place was packed. The press got interested. I was seen as exotic, this American in Germany making handmade baked goods.
I was really successful pretty fast. It was like getting hit by a truck. People wanted more and more. I said yes to almost everything. Had I known then what I know now, I might have been a lot more careful. When KaDeWe came to me and asked for a huge order for its food hall, I didn't think twice. I was working so hard. I had hired a German pastry chef who had worked in New York to help me. He said: "Cynthia, the more successful you are, the more organized and structured you are going to have to be."
No Preconceived Notions
For me, not having a background in the food business had its advantages and disadvantages. I had no preconceived notion of how to do things, which expanded my horizons. But on the other hand, this learning by doing was tough. I was managing people who had a lot more experience than I did. Also in Germany there aren't many female entrepreneurs, and the kitchen is an especially male-dominated arena. I would say to myself: "I hope nobody realizes I don't know what I'm doing."
One of my biggest blunders came when I hired two experienced French pastry chefs. I thought they'd be great in my kitchen, but things turned sour fast. They were disrespectful of me and jealous that I had less education than they did as a pastry chef. I was their boss, and I fired them. They sued me, and I countersued. I eventually won, but it was an awful experience. As a result, I learned you really need to take a good long look at what is going on in front of you. It was a hard lesson to learn, but as an employer it is a big deal. Employee rights in Germany are far-reaching, but you have to know your own rights, too, and be responsible to both of them.
Recently I was asked to be on a panel here for women entrepreneurs. The people in the audience were trying to get a recipe for the personality characteristics needed to be successful, as though there were a checklist. I think a lot of it comes down to the fact that we have very different educations and mentalities. In America I was taught you can be anything. In Germany the attitude is that the government will take care of you or you learn a trade and that's what you do. Most people here see starting their own business as an alternative to being unemployed. For me it was definitely advantageous to have stuck with it and figured out how to run a business here, but I don't think I could have done it had I not been fluent in the language and lived here for many years first. I was self-critical about what I could do and what I couldn't, and then I persevered.
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Bulldog Track Has Three Scorers, One Qualifier During NCAA's Day One
Highlights and an interview with head coach Wayne Norton following the first day of the 2014 NCAA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
June 11, 2014
EUGENE, Ore. --- Georgia's track and field teams had three scorers and a qualifier to highlight the opening day of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Wednesday.
Junior Nick Vena paced the men's team by taking third in the shot put while sophomore Chanice Porter (long jump) and sophomore Freya Jones (javelin) each finished in the top six in their respective events for the women at historic Hayward Field.
Also, sophomore Maicel Uibo is in fourth in the decathlon after five events and junior Garrett Scantling is one spot below his teammate in fifth following the first half of the 10 total events.
In the team standings, Oregon leads on both sides with 13 points for the women and 15 for the men. The Bulldog men are tied for seventh with six points while the Georgia women are in eighth after tallying seven points.
"The first day went fairly well for us in a lot of areas, but we had some things that didn't go well for us," said head coach Wayne Norton. "The decathletes are right on pace to score more than 8,000 points and get into the top four. If we can do that on Thursday, that would be very big for this team's goals. Nick Vena had a big throw and is starting to establish some true consistency after coming out of high school as one of the nation's top throwers.
"We didn't get exactly what we wanted or expected in the javelin from Freya or long jump from Chanice, but in a competition like this with great teams we will take those points and move forward to the next day. Also, Megan did an outstanding job in the 800 and she is in a position to have a chance to be in the top three in the finals. Overall, I would say it's an `A' grade for the day."
Scantling and Uibo wrap up the final five events of the decathlon on Thursday starting at 2 p.m. ET. Freshman Kendell Williams, who leads the nation, and junior Quintunya Chapman start the heptathlon at 4 p.m. on day two.
Freshmen Alex Larsson and Alex Poursanidis kick off the open events with the men's hammer on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Junior Carly Hamilton will also run in the 1500-meter semifinals at 7:45 p.m. and the men's 4x400 relay team will run in their semifinal round at 9:20 p.m.
A first-time scorer in his fifth appearance at the NCAA indoor or outdoor meets, Vena continued to stay in his groove in the shot put and lifted the ball 66 feet for the second consecutive meet. The Whippany, N.J., native recorded a mark of 66-1.75 on his second try to take third and score six points for the Bulldogs. Vena was ninth at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships, missing out on scoring by a single spot.
Porter scored for the second consecutive NCAA Championships after the Pratville, Jamaica, native was second at the 2014 indoor Nationals. In Eugene, Porter reached 20-9 on her second jump to hold off the nearest two competitors (who were at 20-8) for fifth place. The First Team All-American scored the first three points of the meet for the Lady Bulldogs.
Jones, who was returning to a location where she won the 2013 NCAA meet, tallied the next three points for Georgia after finishing sixth in the women's javelin. The Hampshire, U.K., native chunked her second attempt 174-1, which was her second-best throw of the year. Jones becomes the first back-to-back All-American in the javelin for the Lady Bulldogs since Krista Woodward scored for three straight years in 2005-07.
In the decathlon, Scantling and Uibo shot out of the blocks with season-best efforts in the 100 to start their 10 events. Scantling's 10.89, which is just .04 off his personal record set in 2013, gave him an eighth-place finish with 885 points. Uibo finished in 11.05 to be .06 slower than his previous career-best time of 10.99 set last year to take 12th (850).
With one foul apiece mixed in their three jumps, Uibo and Scantling tied for fifth and took 17th in the long jump, respectively, during the day's second event. Uibo concluded with a mark of 24-0.75 for 893 points while Scantling opened with a season-best effort of 23-0.75 on his first try for 821 points.
Scantling and Uibo each posted their best shot put toss of the day on their third attempts. Scantling worked up to a throw of 45-8 for 723 points. Uibo recorded a top effort of 44-6 for 701 points as the Estonia native tries to score for the second consecutive year in the decathlon.
For only the second time in his career, Uibo reached 7 feet in the high jump to win the event and earn 934 points. He cleared 7-0.25 on his second attempt as the second-place competitor cleared 6-11. Scantling hovered in his usual zone after soaring over the bar at 6-8.75 on his first try for 850 points.
Senior Megan Malasarte was sole Georgia qualifier on Wednesday. The Fayetteville, Ga., native cruised to a victory in the third 800 heat by two seconds after running a 2:03.35. This was the third-best time of the day for Malasarte, who has gone 2:03 or better in four meets this year. She was 13th at last year's NCAA Championships.
Malasarte races in the 800 finals at 8:25 p.m. on Friday.
Senior Elizabeth Tepe completed her two-year Lady Bulldog career by taking 13th in the women's hammer at her first NCAA Championships. Tepe, who transferred from Saddleback Junior College after setting the junior college record, recovered from an opening foul to reach 202-1 on her final throw at Georgia. The Parker, Co., native hit the 200-foot mark five times in 2014 and is expected to be a Second Team All-American.
Despite not having an opportunity to run his leg of the 4x100 relay, senior Johnathan Smith did run the 100 semifinals and missed the finals by one spot. Smith ran a 10.27, which matched his NCAA East Regional time, to take third in the third heat with the top two finishers advancing. The Apple Valley, Ca., native was 20th at last year's NCAA meet and was 16th this time around.
With the 4x400 relay still coming for junior Drew Branch on Thursday, the Alpharetta native was fifth in his heat and 17th overall in the 400 hurdle semifinals with a 51.51 time. This marks a six-place improvement for Branch from his performance at the 2013 NCAA Championships.
Junior Brandon Lord made his debut at the NCAA Championships and managed a 17th-place finish in the 10,000. Lining up in a race that featured six scorers who ran in the 28-minute range, Lord made his 25 laps in 30:11.96.
The Bulldog 4x100 relay did not give the squad a chance to qualify for the finals after an issue with the initial handoff. Sophomore Jamario Calhoun took off with the baton, however freshman Reggie Glover did not manage to connect with Calhoun during the first handoff and the race for Georgia ended on the second turn.
Results and recaps from the NCAA Championships will be located at georgiadogs.com. Updates about all Bulldog track and field news can be found on Twitter at @UGA_XCTF.
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'Give us £800 or your boiler cover won't pay out': British Gas pushing costly repairs on homes that already pay £300 a year
Pressure: Households who already pay £300 a year for boiler insurance say engineers tell them their cover will be invalid if they do not pay extra
British Gas customers claim they are being pressured to spend up to £800 on their boiler.
Households who already pay £300 a year for boiler insurance say engineers tell them their cover will be invalid if they do not pay extra to have sludge removed from their pipes or have a Powerflush of their system.
Money Mail readers claim they have been told to have a 'Magnabooster' filter installed — to prevent sludge from clogging central heating — which costs £350 to £400.
Or they have been pressed into having an £800 Powerflush, which cleans dirt and mineral deposits from your system.
The hard sell comes when engineers call round to give homes an annual heating check-up. Customers who pay for HomeCare maintenance contracts run by British Gas have these reviews as part of the deal.
During the check-up, the engineer typically suggests the heating is not working as well as it should do or looks as if it may need work done to it, and so recommends one of the expensive procedures.
Homeowners are reluctant to fork out for this and have told of being frightened by the tough sales approach.
Engineers are paid commission on top of their regular salary for selling extra services. Former employees of British Gas say they used to get as much as 20 per cent commission on each sale. British Gas says this is not correct, but would not comment on how much these incentives are worth.
Small print in the HomeCare contract allows British Gas to refuse claims if the boiler later breaks and the customer refused one of these pricey extras.
Paul Wrightson, 63, a retired accountant from North London, says this clause made him feel pressured into paying £800 for a Powerflush he didn't want.
'Service engineers are acting like cowboy salesmen by frightening people into spending £800 on work that is often not required, with the threat the service contract will no longer cover repairs if the flush is not carried out.
Boiling over: British Gas customers are being urged to fit expensive devices such as the Magnabooster (left), or procedures such as the Powerflush (right).
'When my system wouldn't work properly, the engineer said it must need a Powerflush. I panicked that I would be left without hot water, so signed the papers.'
Salesman David Delvery, of Chingford, Essex, was told his £27-a-month HomeCare policy could be invalid if he didn't have a Magnabooster.
'It was made clear to me that if I didn't spend this money, the next time the boiler stopped working it wouldn't pay out,' he says. 'This felt like a threat, and it's money I can't afford. Surely the point of cover is to protect me from things like this.
'My mobile kept ringing with British Gas staff asking about whether I was going to get the work done. I really resented this.'
More than 4.6 million households have signed up to a HomeCare policy, according to the latest annual report from Centrica, British Gas's parent company.
Last year, the operating profit for the division of the firm that sells insurance policies and installs central heating was £312 million. It makes an average 18.6 per cent profit on each policy it sells and heating system it puts in. These types of policies are an easy sell for energy companies, especially to older customers who don't want the risk of being left without heating or hot water.
And this time of year is one of the busiest for selling policies, as householders turn on their central heating for the first time after summer and run into problems.
More than a third of households have boiler cover, according to the comparison website Uswitch. And one in five suffered a broken boiler last year, with an average repair bill of £314. Boiler or heating insurance — offered by energy companies as well as the AA and Corgi — covers boiler repairs, parts and labour if your system packs in.
Most include annual inspections to make sure your boiler, radiators and pipes are working properly.
However, there can be exclusions in the policy. You may be covered only up to a certain cost, often no more than £1,500 a year, and most policies do not cover boilers more than 15 years old.
There are £50 excesses for claims and not all providers dispatch engineers immediately — what constitutes an emergency, such as a water leak or cold home, will vary between providers.
The 18 pages of small print in the British Gas HomeCare policy includes the loophole that it will not cover you for damage 'if we have told you on a previous visit that improvements or a British Gas Powerflush are needed to help make sure your appliance or system works properly'.
John Thompson, chief executive of the Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors, says: 'With any service contract, you must always read every detail in the small print and look for exclusions. You must be willing to go through every page of the contract.'
A spokesman for British Gas says: 'We take this very seriously. Our engineers follow a strict diagnostic routine to identify the root cause of a boiler or central heating fault.
'Our advice is led by what's right for each individual customer, not by any particular product or service.
'We're sorry that Mr Wrightson and Mr Delvery feel that they've had a bad experience and we can assure them we'd only recommend the best solutions for their needs.'
British Gas says policy-holders can pay a plumber to carry out the work if they prefer.
However, if a fault develops related to the flush, repairs won't be covered by their policy.
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text: Joan M. Shipman, age 80, life-long resident of Flint, died Thursday (May 2, 2013) at F.F. Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua. There will be no calling hours or service. Burial will be in Sand Hill Cemetery. Prayers can be made by friends and cousins then.Contributions may be made to the House of John, 14 Spring St., Clifton Springs, N.Y. 14432; or to the Aloquin-Flint United Methodist Church, 2760 Rte. 5 & 20, Stanley, N.Y. 14561.Joan was born in Flint on May 24, 1932, the daughter of the late Gladys and Bill Shipman. She was an IBM operator for Shuron Optical and Stern's Nursery, both in Geneva.Joan leaves a friend, Philip Davis, and several cousins and friends.She is predeceased by her brother, Albert.Funeral arrangements are by the Kenneth J. Perkins Funeral Home in Gorham, N.Y.


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I suppose this is a good reason to start a diary. My kitty brother, Jasper has a diary. Mommy needs to stop being lazy and let me have one!
Anyway, the best look-a-like there is, Summer, tagged me. So here we go!
Here are the rules:
Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Dogs who are tagged, need to post in their Diary the rules & their 7 pawsome facts. Then choose 7 dogs to tag and list their names. Don't forget to bark them a pmail that they have been tagged and to read your Diary, or, send them a fun Rosette announcing they've been Tagged!
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Improvement number one is one that will either have you grinning surreptitiously in delight, or completely nonplussed - we sit on the former side of the fence. This is because while the SE535 earphones are available in the tastefully elegant metallic bronze finish sported by the SE530 before them, they're also available in a clear plastic finish, which looks absolutely fantastic. Maybe it's our inner geek speaking, but there's something fundamentally cool about being able to see the internals of a high-end piece of audio equipment - or any item of consumer electronics for that matter.
Improvement number two may prove even more divisive of opinion. As ever, Shure employs an over-the-ear cable design, which helps reduce cable microphonics (that is, brushing noises). The SE535 now has a length of formable wire where the cable meets the driver unit. It takes a bit of time to get used to this stiffness, and in fact the entire Kevlar-reinforced cable is tougher than the SE530s' was, but it does help keep the fit secure if you're moving around a lot.
Those that do find themselves longing for a more flexible (pun apologetically intended) wiring option shouldn't despair. The most interesting feature of the SE535s is found right at the point where the cable joins the drivers. Instead of the wiring being directly attached, inside these units, Shure has implemented a lock-snap MMCX connector. This is free to rotate, so there's little chance of it disconnecting unintentionally, and the other benefit is obvious. If, providence forbid, you somehow break the wiring of your SE535's you'll be able to buy a new length of cable - which is definitely cheaper than replacing the entire set of earphones. Similarly, it's entirely possible that Shure might offer cable lengths with in-line remotes or thinner wiring to suit different customers' needs. In an ideal world we'd all buy custom-made earphones designed exactly to the specification we want anyway, but as the world is far from ideal this is an excellent step further from Shure towards making universal-fit earphones truly universal.
The SE535's driver units have been overhauled, too. They are now a little flatter, and generally just smaller, so they fit into the ear that bit better. If you happen to wear earphones while in bed that will be a particularly useful as you can wear the SE535 earphones without having your pillow shove the 'phones through your eardrum. Not that a more comfortable fit isn't an improvement in every other situation as well.
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I think you may have missed the most significant improvement these 535s offer over their predecessor. The 530s were prone to cable problems. The cable would harden (sometimes within months) and start to fray. I've gone through 3 pairs in less than 2 years. By having removable cables (as well as sturdier ones) they have now gotten rid of their weakest link.
I've persisted with the hardened cables and detached rubber strain relievers on my 3 year old 530s for some time now. I'm seriously considering replacing them just to be free from cable problems, but I'll wait for the price to drop.
The alternative is getting the 530s custom remoulded, but that invariably involves sending them to the US or China.
Best earphones you can buy for £400? You're treading on dangerous water here
I said best universal-fit (caveats always caveats), but please elucidate if you disagree.
I think it very much depends on the type of music. I had a Shure SE530 and now I have a Westone UM3X, they sound different, but neither is clearly superior over the other.
@Dagher, I'm just about to phone Shure to arrange a warrenty replacement for my se420's for that exact reason. The left cable near the ear is stiff and split. Maybe they'll send me some of these as compensation :)
Then again my biggest problem is the 2nd half of the cable between the device and the earphones, I'm on my 5th I think.
@Alex: Agreed, and perhaps you could add UE's Triple Fi 10s to that list as well as a couple others. In terms of sound quality, these high-end universal IEMs seem to be so close to each other. The law of diminishing returns in action I suppose.
However, if you're after a balanced, accurate sound without embellishment, I think the SE530s take the prize. Other 'phones might be better for impact or sheer bass.
Emperor's new headphones ;).
Not quite, we're reviewing this next: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy...
I can definitely not justify spending this much on headphones but I really like the idea of the clip-in wires. I'm always breaking the wires on my headphones and its so annoying to have to throw away a pair of phones because a bit of wire has snapped or is coming loose and cutting out.
To be honest, I'm dissapointed with the updates (which are minor at best). And certainly not worth their asking money. I'm a big fan of the shure, I have the SE530's but it is showing its age and there are certainly other (better?) alternatives in the asking price range.
Not that I disagree (nor am I agreeing, I hold no opinion), all I meant was that if anyone from one of those high-fi websites, namely head-fi, saw this, they'd have a wholehearted argument, and there might be blood, hehe.
Caleb - what alternatives? Not to sound facetious, but nothing I've used. Which makes me think I need to get to work requesting. :)
Jiamenguk - I take your point. Everyone's got a different idea of what's 'better' or not. I'll eat a pair of IE8s before I concede they're even half as good as these, but you'll hear some folks calling them the epitome of in-ear audio. Obviously I'm right, but I'm happy for anyone fail to... sorry, try to, prove me wrong ;)
Been waiting for aaaaaaaages for them to get round to detachable cables. I hope the cable toggle is a bit sterner now too, the SE530's was pathetic.
My SE530's are still in rude health after so many years and a wash at 60 degrees celcius. The only signs of wear are the faded gold-plating, a partially torn toggle and the rubber support at the end starting to disintegrate. The thick cabling is also going strong.
Well . . . it's a good excuse to wait for the price to come down I supppose.
Hugo - There are many alternatives. Earsonics SM3 is available for £299. Its a triple BA driver and it outperforms the Shure SE530 in every deparment, even in the famed mids. There are others as well, like Audio-Technica CK-100, Westone UM3 and all of them are well below the asking price of the new Shures.
Also, anyone willing to part with more than £400 for an IEM, should IMO go for custom IEM's.
JH Audio JH5 Pro is available for £50 more and that basically outclasses the SE530.
So yes, there are alternatives. You just have to look for them ;p
@Caleb: Yeah, the JH5's are well regarded, but you're looking at a solid £450 odd there, and that price won't drop like the SE535s will. You also have to factor in the time and cost of going to an audiologist to get ear impressions made, then it all goes pear-shaped if the impressions shrink or warp in the post, etc, etc...
I'm hoping the SE535s will drop to <£300 in time, at which point they'll be more competitive.
The SM3s are a true alternative, but perhaps they're a little hard to find and the ergonomics aren't quite as good. How about a review? ;)
Having owned the Se530s i'd say the Ortofon eq-7 would be a better buy than Se535s. Beats the shures in every department along with comparable mids//
How come TR never reviews BOSE headsets or any of thier product line up?
They are meant to be one of the best manfucturers of audio products out there.
Is a bias or grudge against BOSE?
I love these phones.Best sound and amazing materials.And I got them for 300£ hehe.:)Im really stunned by the sound quality :O.If you have the money to spend on them you'll not regret it.
I like all audiophiles tweak our audio hifi systems to best sounds possible. I found a significant tweak that really worked for the Shure 530 & the 535.I wish to share this simple tweak with with you. Use the smallest earplug (Olive colour) and insert as far as possible into the ear canal. You will hear another higher level of performance from the earphones.
Just like many people out there, we think that earbuds sizes don't matter. Try the smallest and get a 25% increased in sound resolution especially like having a tighter bass , clearer mid and highs.
Please don't hurry. Take your time on a range of music, classical, jazz and vocals. You, just like my audiophile friends got a surprise- another higher level of performance from these great Shures. Please post your reply as to whether it works for you. Thanks.
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2013 Fall Greater Richmond Career Fair
Economic Empowerment Ministry of Mt Gilead FGIM and the Workforce Partnership Team
Thursday, October 17, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (EDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The Economic Empowerment Ministry of Mt Gilead FGIM and Resource Workforce Partnership Team invites you to attend the 2013 Fall Greater Richmond Career Fair. Your attendance will provide you with the opportunity to meet with top area employers in both the private and government sectors.
The 2013 Spring Greater Richmond Career Fair yielded 1081 job seekers, 51 hiring employers and 21 area agencies. Two companies hired 70 job seekers on site the day of the event. This Fall we are aiming to break this record.
Here is a partial list of confirmed Employers:
Accounting Principals
Aditya Birla Minacs
Advancement Concepts
Allied Barton
American Red Cross
Averett University
B&B Electric
Bankers Life
Bridging the Gap in Virginia
Capital One
Care Advantage
Care Med
CDS Tractor Trailer Training
Chesterfield Co Police
Class A Grounds
Dominion Youth Services
Express Employment Professionals
EZETT Youth and Family Services
Goodwill Talent Acquisition
Handcraft Services
HCA Henrico Doctors Hospital
Henrico Co Public Schools
Home Depot
Home Watch Caregivers
Job Corps
Lake's Catering To You
Mc Donald"s
Nurse Advantage
Overcomers Daycare
Partnership Staffing
Portsmouth Police
Red Diamond Technologies, Inc.
Richmond City HR
Richmond City Sherriff
Robert Half
Rose International
Second Chances Youth Services
Shamin Hotels
Sheraton Park South Hotel
Swift Transportation
The Ithiel Group/Harrison House Services
The Lee Group
The Mergis Group
Transamerica Agency Network
US Dept of Veteran's Affairs
VA Dept of Juvenile Justice
VA State Police
Wells Fargo
Your B.E.S.T. Connections
This list will be updated weekly. Revisit the site to see additional confirmed employers. To make the most of your Career Fair experience, follow these steps:
1. Visit the website of each confirmed employer
2. Apply for ALL jobs in which you are interested and qualified to perform.
3. Write down the date the application was completed, company name, job title and job id number for EACH position to which you have applied.
4. Bring a copy of this list along with current resumes to the Career Fair.
5. Visit the companies on your list FIRST. Make sure to let employers know you have already applied and give them the job titles and job id numbers.
Be sure to take advantage of the Career Fair Readiness Training available at the following sites:
Viriginia Employment Commission
Richmond, VA 23227
Thursday, September 19, 2013 4-6pm
Richmond Public Library
101 E Franklin St
Richmond, VA 23219
Monday, September 23, 2013 1-4pm
Mt Gilead FGIM
Richmond, VA 23235
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 7-9pm
Goodwill Northside Community Employment Center
2606-B Chamberlayne Ave
Richmond, VA 23227
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Register by calling: 804-823-2787
Be sure to tell all of your family and friends. We look forward to seeing you there.
When & Where
Mt Gilead FGIM
2501 Mt Gilead Blvd
Thursday, October 17, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (EDT)
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Economic Empowerment Ministry of Mt Gilead FGIM and the Workforce Partnership Team
The Economic Empowerment Ministry. One of the hallmarks of the ministry of Bishop Daniel and Co-Pastor Elena Robertson has been a passion for proclaiming a practical and balanced message regarding the financial health and well-being of God's people. Bringing people and jobs together is the mission of Economic Empowerment's annual job fair. Our contacts with some of Central Virginia's most competitive employers continue to give us the inside track on employment opportunities in both the public and private sector.
The collaboration with the Workforce Partnership Team has opened doors to numerous community resources as well as granted access to an increased number of high caliber employers. We thank God for the countless testimonies from job seekers and employers who have benefited from our efforts to bring people and jobs together. As the event date draws near, please visit our website for more information: http://www.thebalmingilead.org/economic_empowerment.htm
The Workforce Partnership Team members are joined together in a collaborative effort to develop a system that provides business services and employment and training opportunities to the unemployed and underemployed. The partners aim to create a collaborative seamless network of services that will streamline processes and facilitate sustainable employment that enhances the economic development of the region.
The partners' goal are to be recognized by the business community as the source for recruiting job candidates and building the workforce to answer the needs of the emerging economy. The Workforce Partnership Team is focused around task force groups, which develop and implement projects related to the improvement of our workforce system; currently, we have created a task force around these five areas:
- Partnership Events
- Service Integration/Process Improvement
- Communication/Marketing
- Servicing Clients with Barriers to Employment (i.e. Criminal backgrounds, mature workers, etc.)
- Digital Divide (The issue around access to and the ability to use technology in both careers and job search)-This project is an outgrowth of research conducted by VCU which we decided to explore, develop and implement a solution for within our region.
All of these are designed to provide practical solutions to challenges our partner members have identified at a service level while working with our shared clients. Our goal is to create a truly seamless, comprehensive workforce system, which develops career pathways to success for individuals and talent pipelines for our business community.


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Expanding the Focus of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Health as an Equal Partner to Health Care
A 1993 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association by J. Michael McGinnis and William Foege estimated that more than 40 percent of all deaths in the United States could be attributed to behavior-related causes. For example, the authors attributed 400,000 deaths in 1990 to tobacco, 300,000 to diet and activity patterns, and 100,000 to alcohol. This widely cited article served to wake up many in the health field to the fact that medical care alone cannot always ensure better health, nor is it a dominant determinant of health status. It was among the factors that led the Foundation to reconsider its priorities and, in 1999, to make an important change in its focus.
This chapter offers a detailed examination of why and how the Foundation moved from an approach focusing largely on improving health care services to one that gives equal importance to addressing the behavioral and social causes of poor health. It explores the ramifications of this shift, including the largest-ever reorganization of the Foundation's staff into two groups, one focused on health care, the other on health. Additionally, it lays out a blueprint for a grantmaking program that is currently being developed by the health group.


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As the title says, I am selling my full EPL stage 3 (fueling, intake, tune) Ko4 s4. The car has about 158,XXX miles on it. She runs strong and holds boost at 24psi. No leaks, no knocks. CV's inner and out replaced as well as boots. Brand new front brakes (calipers pads and rotors). Rear brake pads, rotors and calipers just replaced. So all new brakes all around. Wheel bearings have been replaced and all are in good working order. All control arms, struts, front axles and tie rods are brand new (meyle control kit). Timing belt, serp belt, water pump and alternator all done at about 150. Always run 93 octane and mobil 1 0W - 40 fully synthetic. Oil changes every 3 grand. Shes my baby and Ive always taken care of her. Never beat on it and always let warm up and cool down before start.and shut off (very anal about my cars) I work at a carwash so im always cleanin the car and keepin her clean. Only problem with the car is a malfunctioning bank 2 sensor 1 o2 sensor. rear o2s have been deleted so no need to worry about them. I love my nog but im surrounded by them and i just think its time for another color.
- Borgwarner Ko4 turbochargers (about 12,000 on them)
- Rs4 clutch (works great no slipping)
- Light weight flywheel
- Ev14 injectors (brand new)
- AWE DTS bar
- Rs4 replica grill (color matched lip)
- Samco hose kit
- Rs4 silicone hose (MAF to Y-Pipe)
- O34 motorsport MAF housing (hitachi)
- Spectre air filter (cheap brand but works great, very clean like new)
- APR Bi-pipe
- Momo shift knob
- Has short throw shifter but unsure of origin, came with car. Tranny shifts smooth no noise whats so ever.
- APR 2 1/4 downpipes
- Borla 3" exhaust (has 1 muffler) sounds good
- Eibach lowering springs
Car has been caught up on all services. As i said shes running great and i would love to see it go to a great home. Car comes with blue suede with silver trim. Looks very clean and very sporty. I personally love the look myself. Rears are wrap around suede, better looking in my opinion. Interior is in good condition, headliner on pass side is a little loose but i have brand new headliner included. Includes bose system of course, sounds great. Exterior could use some work. Only reason im selling so low. Rear quarter needs to be replaced and driver side side skirt need to be replaced. (can ask for specific pictures) Other than that cars mint. Comes with stock rims on fairly new tires. Can include my type E borbets with brand new tires if price is right.
Dont waste my time if youre going to lowball me. I know the money and work I put into the car. Its well worth the price.
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True cost of El Paso's Downtown ballpark
EL PASO, Texas - The original cost estimate for the ballpark was $50 million, but the actual cost of some amenities caused it to rise to $64 million.
To cover that $64 million the city set out to sell $60.8 million in bonds with the the additional $3.2 million needed coming from a year's worth of the Hotel Occupancy Tax.
The expectation was that the bonds would sell at a premium, meaning it would bring in more than the bond asking price of $60.8.
The bonds, however, didn't sell.
Deputy City Manager Bill Studer believes an announcement by the chairman of the Federal Reserve played a huge role.
"We hit a point in the market where when we went out to sale (Ben) Bernanke started talking about how the Federal Reserve was going to cut back on their purchase of treasuries and it drove the interest rate market up substantially. Over about a three-day period it went up six-tenths of a percent, 60 basis points."
So, was there some fault there? Should someone have moved quicker?
Studer says "I don't think so. There were a number of circumstances that came together that forced that. There were a lot of reasons for it. You try to time your sale for a certain market and you really can't."
But, that's not the only reason the city had to offer a higher interest rate on their ballpark construction bonds. Something happening nearly 2,000 miles away also had an impact.
"They looked at what was happening in Detroit and said 'oh no, El Paso is another big city like Detroit,'" said Studer.
Because of Detroit's bankruptcy, El Paso had to entice bond buyers even more, and that meant higher interest on the debt.
"You're probably talking about $10 or $15 million dollars over the 25 years so you're talking about half a million per year," said Studer.
The city borrowed $60.8 million, but how much will it actually pay out when the bonds are ultimately paid off.
A 30-year-debt service schedule shows the city will pay $76.5 million in interest alone.
That amount coupled with the actual cost of the ballpark comes to a little more than $137 million dollars.
"Why should the taxpayers of today pay the total cost of building that facility? Why shouldn't it be shared by my children or grandchildren who are going to use that building over the course of 25 to 30 years," Studer said.
A bullet or balloon payment in 2013 might give the city the chance to pay more to the principal and refinance the remaining debt if rates are better then.
Studer says "You're going to have to refinance in year 10 some portion of it."
The city will pay for the debt using the HOT tax, team revenues and sales tax subsidies.
And, if and when necessary, the general fund.
According to the Texas comptroller, El Paso's total debt stood at $1.4 billion as of August 2012. That number does not include the additional $137 million for the ballpark.
That averages out to about $2,132 per person.
According to the website tellthetruthtexas.org, maintained by the state comptroller, El Paso is much less than cities like Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio with debts of upwards of $5,000 per person.
To see those numbers look under links mentioned at KVIA.com.


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I have tried botox 2 times within a week, and it never seemed to take.
The first time I had what my Dr Called a "typical" amount for the forehead and between the eyes. Two days later I came back becasue it was as if nothing had been injected-although I had TONS of bruises- I am a Redhead-Dark Auburn- Fair Skin.
So my Dr put twice the amount in two days later and after 3 days again_NOTHING.
He said he has seen that only a few times and that maybe I have a fast metabolism-although I dont think so, I am not the type that can eat anyting and not gain weight, but then again I dont know how to measure my metabolism.
Radiesse and Restalyn work around my nasial folds and mouth but Botox was a HUGE waste of money.
The injections Hurt Like Heck- Bruised in every single injection site-although I am fair skined and thin skin.. maybe that matters I have two massive wrinkles on each side of my inner eyebrow- so there are 4 deepset wrinkles there and my Dr said that Radiesse or Restlyn is not able to be used in that area unless botox is used first- but botox literally dissipates on me. The Dr was and is great but the botox is my issue.Any idea why? Thanks.


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John B. Swarbrick Jr.
Athletics Director
John B. "Jack" Swarbrick Jr., a University of Notre Dame graduate who rose to national prominence as a lawyer, consultant and executive in the collegiate and Olympic sports industries, serves as vice president and director of athletics at his alma mater.
During his time at Notre Dame Swarbrick has attached his signature to a variety of new initiatives:
- Launching Fighting Irish Digital Media—a major initiative that will deliver better information about and access to Notre Dame and its athletic programs via expanded production and distribution of programming.
- Creation of new community outreach and youth programming functions through student-athlete welfare and development office.
- Building of student-athlete programs and services that expand recognition of high academic achievement—and mentor and facilitate career development.
- Meeting the performance needs of Notre Dame student-athletes through establishment of a new sports performance division.
- Reaching out to more former Irish student-athletes, via the Notre Dame Monogram Club and other programs.
The past four years combined have featured a variety of on-and off-the-field Notre Dame athletics successes:
- Number-one rankings for Notre Dame (among Football Bowl Subdivision schools) in the four most recent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) surveys--in 2008 with a 98 for all student-athletes, in 2009 with a 99 (including a 97 score in football that also ranked number one), in 2010 at 99 (including football number one at 96) and again in 2011 at 99 (including football number one at 97).
- 124 All-Americans, 21 Academic All-America selections and five NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winners.
- Record involvement in community service hours by Irish student-athletes.
- NCAA championships in 2011 in fencing (a men's and women's combined championship) and 2010 in women's soccer.
- NCAA runner-up team finishes in 2012 and 2011 in women's basketball, 2010 in men's lacrosse, 2009 in fencing and 2008 in women's soccer.
- NCAA semifinal appearances in men's lacrosse in 2012, hockey in 2011, women's tennis in both 2009 and 2010 and women's soccer in 2009, plus 2010 and 2012 third-place fencing finishes.
- National coach-of-the-year honors for Randy Waldrum in women's soccer in both 2010 and 2009 and for Mike Brey in men's basketball in 2010-11--to go with a 2011 Hall of Fame induction for women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw and a Hermann Trophy for women's soccer national player of the year Kerri Hanks in 2008.
- Construction of the 5,022-seat Compton Family Ice Arena that opened for the 2011-12 season and features two sheets of ice (one Olympic sized). The 2009-10 school year also featured dedications of new facilities for soccer and lacrosse--as well as opening of the new Purcell Pavilion within the south dome of the Joyce Center.
Born in Yonkers, N.Y., and raised in Yonkers and Bloomington, Ind., Swarbrick is a 1976 magna cum laude graduate of Notre Dame with a bachelor's degree in economics. Upon graduating from Stanford University Law School in 1980, he returned to Indiana to accept a position as an associate in the Indianapolis law firm Baker&Daniels, one of the largest in the state. He was made partner in 1987 and spent 28 years with the firm.
As a member of the Indiana Sports Corporation, including the chairmanship from 1992 to 2001, Swarbrick led many of Indianapolis' successful proposals to a wide array of athletics organizations--from the National Football League (NFL) to the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to the Big Ten Conference. His leadership efforts resulted in the city:
- Earning the right to play host to the 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium.
- Becoming the home of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national headquarters in 1999.
- Hosting the 1987 Pan American Games, where Swarbrick served as the director of competition.
- Hosting the 1991 World Gymnastics Championships.
- Hosting NCAA Men's Basketball Final Fours and other college championship competitions and a wide array of national and world championships in the Olympic sports.
- Securing rights to host the Big Ten Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments at Conseco Fieldhouse for five consecutive years beginning in 2008.
At Baker&Daniels Swarbrick served as general counsel for numerous national governing bodies of Olympic sports, including USA Gymnastics, and as a consultant to various bid cities and host committees for Olympic Games and world championships.
In his work as an advisor to the NCAA, Swarbrick coordinated the men's College Basketball Partnership, an NCAA-led group that addresses the opportunities and challenges in the sport; developed the business plan for the new NBA/NCAA youth basketball enterprise, iHoops; served as a member of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Discussion Group, and chaired the NCAA/USOC task force dedicated to developing proposals to expand sponsorship of Olympic sports among NCAA member institutions.
In 2000 Swarbrick received one of the NCAA's highest honors, The Flying Wedge Award, for his work in establishing Indianapolis as the new home of the NCAA. In 2001 he was honored by the State of Indiana with the Sagamore of the Wabash Award. In 2002 he received the Pathfinder Award from Youthlinks Indiana for his service to youth in the state of Indiana.
Born March 19, 1954, Swarbrick was named Notre Dame's 12th athletics director on July 16, 2008. He and his wife, Kimberly, are the parents of four children: Kate, a 2010 graduate of St. Louis University; Connor, a 2011 graduate of Wake Forest University; Cal, a junior at TCU; and Christopher, a University of Notre Dame sophomore.


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BourbonBlog.com drinks at Char No. 4 in Brooklyn, New York on this video episode. This whiskey bar and restaurant features over 150 American whiskeys, including rare finds like Maker's Mark Black and Blanton's Japanese Exports. BourbonBlog.com interviews Brad Danler Char. No. 4 General Manager.
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text: Posted November 11, 2012 I'm a PSL owner. Have been since '95. Attended all but three (3) games until the 2010 season... Good post. I don't blame you at all, especially after the big F-U given to the fans by JR in 2010. If the Panthers put a good product on the field and consistently do all they can to maximize the potential of the franchise, the fans will come and stay. Worst case, should a fan no longer be able to attend for whatever reason, the PSL's will still be a hot item because of the heightened fan interest. How anyone could criticize someone that invested so much time and money as this gentleman did is beyond me. 1 person likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites