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Three Grand Prairie school district Destination Imagination teams are headed to Austin for the state competition this weekend.
Debbie Midkiff, GPISD's director of college readiness/elementary/advanced academics, said Destination Imagination is an opportunity for all ages to participate in a fun, real-world experience involving creativity, teamwork, risk taking and problem solving.
"The goal is to learn higher-order thinking and improve creative thinking, critical thinking and collaborative problem solving," Midkiff said.
She said corporate America believes in creative thinking and critical problem-solving, and the ability to work in teams. Destination Imagination does this.
Destination Imagination is a nonprofit education organization supported by 3M, Pearson, Motorola, IBM and CVS, just to name a few.
South Grand Prairie High School's team consists of Josh King, Jacob Adix, Ryan Adix, Michaela Criswell and Brad Long. Managers are Joe King and Leah Adix.
The Reagan Middle School/Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy team includes Megan Novak, Jenna Warneke, Rylee Johnson, Giovanni Orozco and Tacoma Velez. Managers are Tracy Novak and Valerie Warneke.
Moore Elementary School's team comprises Eli Zuckerman, Cassidy Fixico, Avery Rodriguez and Kassandra Martinez. The manager is Amber Zuckerman.
"Destination Imagination can change lives," Midkiff said. "It is a life-long learning experience for students."
Students are given a problem in any number of broad subject areas of the curriculum. Team members must then create a solution to that problem. Managers can help team members stay on track but cannot give them specific help. Outsiders can only facilitate the acquisition of skills and knowledge.
If any or all of the three GPISD teams win, they'll advance to the global finals in Tennessee next month.
Art winners show pieces
Sharon Chaparas took Best of Show in the fourth annual Grand Prairie Arts Council/Market Square Juried Art Show & Sale last week.
Sergio Turrubiartes took home first place in the adult division. Kelly Giessner earned second place and Dana Cline took third-place honors among the adults.
Carlos Merlo won Best of Show in the student division (secondary students). Natalia Santillana won first place in that division, with Iris Gutierrez taking second place and Brittany Bell taking third.
Run for the Shelter set
First United Methodist Church will host its Third Annual Run for the Shelter 5K at 8 a.m. April 19 at the church, 121 N. Center St.
The 1-mile Bunny Hop will start at 8 a.m. The official, timed 5K run will start at 8:30 a.m.
Visit runforsheltergp.org for sponsorship or race information, or to register.
All proceeds benefit LifeLine Shelter, which provides housing for Grand Prairie school district families who are homeless.
Race participants will receive a free breakfast and there will be an Easter egg hunt as well.
KIDS In Need of Clothing plans to collect donations during the race. The organization, an outreach of the Grand Prairie Woman's Club, provides clothing to Grand Prairie school district students who are referred by school counselors. Clothing needs include: new jeans or uniform pants, new tennis shoes, new socks and underwear, gently used tops and coats, hats and gloves.
Monetary gifts are also appreciated. KIDS I.N.C. clothes 400 to 500 students each year including children helped by LifeLine Shelter.
Call a board member at 972-647-1966 to make a donation.
Foundation racing for results
The Grand Prairie Independent School District Education Foundation will host the Race for Results event at 5 p.m. April 11 at Lone Star Park, 1000 Lone Star Parkway.
Tickets are $75 per person. Ticket purchase includes entry to Lone Star Park Silks Dining room, a buffet dinner and a free concert from the Josh Abbott Band.
Visit gpisd.org/edfoundation-lsptickets or consider becoming a sponsor at gpisd.org/edfoundationsponsor.
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April concerts continue
Shoot Low Sheriff, a classic Texas swing band, will play a free concert at 7 p.m. April 11 at The Summit, 2975 Esplanade.
The Grand Prairie Arts Council's Concert in the Park series will continue throughout the month of April.
Admission is free. Food and beverage concessions are available, but no outside food or drink is allowed in the park.
Visit artsgp.org or grandfungp.com for more information.
Westchester garage sale set
The annual Westchester Community Garage Sale is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 11-12.
Westchester roughly straddles Carrier Parkway south of Interstate 20 between Robinson and Westcliff roads.
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Shred it day planned
The Grand Prairie Crime Commission is sponsoring a shred-it day from 8 a.m. to noon April 12 at The Summit parking area, 2975 Esplanade.
A $5 donation is suggested. Call Gary at 972-890-4130 for more information.
Dragon Boat Festival arrives
The Grand Prairie Dragon Boat Festival, sponsored by the Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce, will start at 9 a.m. April 12 at Loyd Park, 3401 Ragland Road.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce's career technology scholarships and the program of work at the chamber.
Visit gpdragonboat.com for more information.
Cupcake decorating class
Learn decorating styles and tips at a free cupcake decorating class 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Warmack Branch Library, 760 Bardin Road.
Free cupcakes will be made.
Call 972-237-5770 for more information about the free class.


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ANAHEIM -- The Padres have a potential ace in 22-year-oldright-hander Mat Latos, and they plan to protect theirinvestment.
Sources close to the situation said to look for the Padres to place Latos on the 15-day disabled list on Friday with what will probably be described as a right oblique strain.
The move will be retroactive to July 9, and Latos will be eligible to come off the DL July 24 in Pittsburgh.
Latos has become the team's best pitcher, with a 10-4 record and a 2.45 ERA in 17 starts.
But the plan all along was to limit him to 150-180 innings thisseason. He's already at 106 2/3. If the Padres stay with theirrotation and stay in the hunt for the NL West crown, Latos couldmake as many as 14 more starts. At seven innings a start, thatwould push him over the 200-inning mark.
"As an organization we've talked about watching his innings,"Padres manager Bud Black said before Tuesday 81st All-Star Game."At his age, we need to protect him."
Latos last pitched July 8 in Washington, throwing seven scoreless innings. He has thrown 18 scoreless innings since grabbing his side in a June 27 game.
With the All-Star break and a day off Monday, the Padres won't need five starters until July 24. So the club would like to rest Latos while also getting a fresh arm up from Triple-A Portland for the eight days they would be without him.
The other option on Latos beside the DL would be to send him to Triple-A Portland, then recall him on July 24.
"It would be nice to give Mat a nice two-week breather, let his arm freshen up," Black said.
He also said the Padres are checking up on reliever Mike Adams,who came out of last Sunday's game in Colorado with a side injury.That means the Padres could have two new pitchers when the seasonresumes Friday. If moves are made, the club would bring uprelievers, not starters.
The best bets are Ernesto Frieri and Luis Perdomo, both of whomare on the 40-man roster.
Frieri, who turns 25 on July 19, was signed as a non-drafted free agent out of Columbia in 2003. He's 3-1 with 17 saves and a 1.43 ERA in 34 appearances at Portland. In 37 2/3 innings, he has allowed just 14 hits, walked 18 and has 39 strikeouts. Left-handed hitters are batting .114 against him, right-handers are even worse at .075.
Perdomo was a Rule 5 selection from the Giants in 2009 and spent all last season with the Padres.
He's 2-2 with a 2.24 ERA over 36 appearances -- 33 in relief -- at Portland. In 56 2/3 innings, he has allowed 45 hits, walked 19 and has 35 strikeouts.
Second baseman David Eckstein's calf is a concern for thePadres, while outfielder Will Venable (back), is expected to comeoff the DL as soon as Saturday.
"Aaron Cunningham and Chris Denorfia have been playing reallywell for us with Will out," Black said. "We certainly want Willback, but we'll have make a tough decision here pretty quick."
Contact staff writer John Maffei at 760-740-3547.

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ONLINE BAN AS WELL: In Florida, Nathan Crabbe reported the SEC also will "ban media outlets from posting game highlights online, beginning with the upcoming football season." Bloom said, "This is not a restriction of overall coverage. ... It's a restriction of video." Univ. of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Dean John Wright said the new restrictions are a "way of protecting content in an evolving media landscape." Wright: "It looks to me to be a smart and prudent thing to do to protect the rights to their product" (GAINSVILLE SUN, 8/8).
ON THE TUBE: In Orlando, Iliana Limon notes Conference USA's $67.8M agreements with CBS College Sports and ESPN "expire at the conclusion" of the '10-11 season, and if the conference "finds the TV marketplace less lucrative than in the past, its future becomes less stable." Univ. of Central Florida President John Hitt, who will be "overseeing the negotiations" for a new deal, said, "It's very important." Limon notes the TV agreements "will help determine whether Conference USA keeps up with the Mountain West Conference," or "slips closer to the funding levels of the Western Athletic, Mid-American and Sun Belt conferences." C-USA's teams "have come to expect quite a bit more than the reported $330,000 per school WAC teams get each year from ESPN." C-USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky said that he is "optimistic about hanging on to one of C-USA's unique features: national TV deals with more than one network" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 8/10).


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Partnership offers help to businesses
It's tough to start and run your own business. But the people who are brave enough to do so make many communities run.
To help those people thrive, the city of Rosemount and the Dakota County Community Development Agency have partnered to bring an Open to Business consultant to town once a month to offer their counseling services.
Additionally the consultant, Laurie Crow, will be available to residents by appointments on an ongoing basis.
"We are hoping to get existing businesses or people looking to start business to come in," said Rosemount Community Development Director Kim Lindquist.
Open to Business is a program that provides free one-on-one business counseling to current and prospective entrepreneurs. Program manager Rob Smolund said the programs offers non-biased advice to people on business matters. Smolund said the consultant can be a sounding board for potential business ideas or can offer advice on a variety of business topics including financial management, bookkeeping, business planning, real estate analysis, marketing, strategic planning, regulations and more.
"There's no barrier to access. You don't have to even have a business plan to come in and talk to a consultant. We want existing businesses too," said Smolund.
In addition, Smolund said Open to Business offers business loans. He said the program can work with people to determine what is appropriate.
Open to Business started as a partnership between the City of Brooklyn Park and the nonprofit community development organization Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers.
Since 2010 the program has grown to serve 17 communities, serving 1.4 million people in Dakota and Hennepin counties.
Smolund said the program has helped provide guidance to successful business.
On another note, Smolund said they have helped people not go into business too. Smolund said consultants want to help people succeed and will be upfront about bad business concepts.
Laurie Crow will serve all of the cities in Dakota County. As an entrepreneur herself, Smolund said Crow has a breadth of knowledge.
In Rosemount, Crow will provide counseling from 1 to 3 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of the month at city hall. The first session will be held Feb. 27.
To set up an appointment for any other time, contact Crow at 952-484-3107.
The city invested in the program, Lindquist said because the program is in line with the port authority's efforts to start a business incubator program. Lindquist said they feel the program offers a valuable serve and could help create and retain jobs in Rosemount.
The program also will offer consulting in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Hastings, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, South St. Paul and West St. Paul.
There is more information available on the city's website as well at www.ci.rosemount.mn.us.


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The Tradable-Permits Approach to Protecting the Commons: Lessons for Climate Change
Tradable-permit approaches for rationing access to the commons have been applied to many different types of resources in many different countries. This essay reviews the experience with three main applications of tradable-permit systems--air-pollution control, water supply, and fisheries management--as well as some unique related programmes. The purpose of the review is to draw together what we have learned about tradable permits in practice that might offer some useful insights for the implementation of the three tradable-permit mechanisms that are part of the Kyoto Protocol. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.
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NUM: A wage agreement could have saved lives at Marikana
This view, by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) health and safety national secretary Erick Gcilitshana, who was testifying at the commission's hearings in Rustenburg, was heard at the Farlam commission on Tuesday.
Evidence leader Geoff Budlender asked him if it was true that lives could have been saved by a pay settlement. "I think so. I can't be confident in saying that," he said.
Earlier, he recalled his shock on hearing that a police shooting left 34 workers dead. "I got [the news of the shooting] from the radio. To me it was a shock and surprise," Gcilitshana said. He was the first witness to be called by NUM.
He was the chief negotiator during the Lonmin mineworkers' strike at Marikana in August. He is also a Lonmin employee. Budlender asked him what his response was to hearing the news. "I don't recall very clearly. As I remember, we did phone the company to verify."
He was asked if he took any action following the confirmation, to which he answered: "Not". Gcilitshana will be cross-examined by Lonmin lawyer Schalk Burger.
The commission is probing the deaths of 44 people during an unprotected strike at the mine last year. Thirty-four striking mineworkers were shot dead and 78 were wounded when police opened fire while trying to disperse a group gathered on a hill near the mine on August 16.
In the preceding week, 10 people, including two police officers and two security guards, were hacked to death. – Sapa


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Blue Square Axes Two Veeps in Rejig
Blue Square Israel has fired two vice presidents, VP Marketing Sandrine Montesuma and VP Operations Miki Lev, Haaretz has learned.
The dismissals come as part of the firm's broad policy of transfering responsibility over its chain stores from centralized operations and marketing departments to the branch managers themselves. Blue Square intends to implement a similar strategy at its subsidiary chains Shefa Shuk, which serves the ultra-Orthodox sector, Mega, the discount chain, and Super Center.
Montesuma, 35, took over as VP marketing just a year and a half ago. Prior to joining Blue Square, she served in several positions at Elite, starting with bakery department manager in 1999. When Elite split the department into two - chocolates and sweets and baked goods - she was named general manager of the baked goods company as well as a member of Elite's management board. She was then appointed marketing and strategy manager at the end of 2002.
When Elite merged with Strauss, Montesuma decided to leave the company.
Before joining Elite, Montesuma held a series of positions at Procter & Gamble Israel, leading some of its big product launches including Pantene hair products and Head & Shoulders shampoo. She also served as a manager for Pringles Europe.
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That's how much Netflix will give the Warner Brothers Television Group of Time Warner and the CBS Corporation (so many names here - I suggest wearing name tags in the commissary, so they can all get to know one another). The contract is for shows on the CW channel and lasts eight years. It will bring demographically young-skewing shows, with scary names like "the Vampire Diaries," "the Secret Circle," and "Gossip Girl," to Netflix. Seriously, there's nothing more scary than a girl who likes gossip. Be afraid.
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The issue doesn't officially hit newstands until tomorrow, but we have a feeling Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Vogue cover will be one of the fashion bible's biggest best-sellers.
While editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's decision to put #worldsmosttalkedboutcouple has received a fair share of backlash, the supporters have been just as vocal.
"I think it's cool," power stylist Rachel Zoe told me about the Kimye cover last night at MOCA's 35th Anniversary Gala Presented by Louis Vuitton in downtown L.A. "I do. I think it's awesome. I like both of them.
"I think it shows you the marriage of pop culture and fashion [has] completely meta-ed at this point," she added.
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Wintour defended her cover subject in her editor's letter.
"Part of the pleasure of editing Vogue, one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature those who define the culture at any given moment, who stir things up, whose presence in the world shapes the way it looks and influences the way we see it," she wrote. "I think we can all agree on the fact that that role is currently being played by Kim and Kanye to a T. (Or perhaps that should be to a K?)
"As for the cover, my opinion is that it is both charming and touching, and it was, I should add, entirely our idea to do it; you may have read that Kanye begged me to put his fiancée on Vogue's cover," she continued. "He did nothing of the sort. The gossip might make better reading, but the simple fact of the matter is that it isn't true."
The superstar couple happily tweeted after the magazine unveiled their cover. Kim excitedly said it was a "dream come true," while Kanye simply stated "TRILL, Thank you @voguemagazine."


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April 21, 2010. 1:51 IST
Campuses might be brimming with placements, but MBA student Ronak Solanki wasn't lucky enough to find a job. Very few companies visited his institute in Mysore.
As he scouted all around Mysore and Bangalore for a decent job, his friend Arun Kumar, an engineering student, suggested an alternative with a temporary staffing firm in Bangalore.
Kumar knew that some temporary staffing firms were hiring. If they join the firms, Kumar and Solanki will work on project basis for IT, retail, and insurance companies, but will be on the payrolls of the staffing firms as temps.
The temp jobs will not only provide them with a salary of Rs8,000-10,000 per month and work experience, but also flexibility and exposure to different organisational cultures and processes.
Though recruitment across MBA and engineering campuses this year has been better compared to last year, students from tier II and III institutes are finding it tough to get jobs.Hence, students like Solanki and Kumar are exploring options like temping, which sometime ago was not given much thought.
E Balaji, CEO of Chennai-based human resource solutions firm Ma Foi Management Consultants, says that earlier, job seekers had a strong preference for being on the payrolls of companiesthey would be working for. "But that attitude is gradually changing with people ready to join temping companies."
Sometime ago, mostly arts, commerce or science graduates would join temping firms, but now engineering graduates and MBAs are joining as well, says Rajesh AR, vice-president of Bangalore-based staffing firm TeamLease Services.
Human resource consultant Anish Laikar says companies look for temps for functions like finance, administration, accounts, sales and data processing.Starting salaries in temping can range from Rs6,000 in retail to Rs8,000-12,000 in insurance, IT and financial services.
Temping companies are seeing demand from India Inc surging by approximately 12% quarter on quarter. "We are witnessing growth. Hence we should be adding 10,000 temps per quarter," says Sudhakar Balakrishnan, managing director of Adecco India, a Bangalore-based firm with 81,000 temps.Rajesh says TeamLease would be looking at adding 2,000 temps per month to their current strength of 65,000.
Experts say the demand for temps is growing, as temping allows companies to save 10-15% of their manpower costs in areas like pensions, insurance, healthcare expenses and provident fund.Moreover, for short-term projects, like the marketing of a new product, companies prefer having temps rather than adding more people to their payrolls.
"Moreover, in scenarios like these, where recovery is still slow, companies would prefer not to add to their manpower costs," Rajesh says. "Thus, they would go for temps."
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THE LIMOUSINES from Mathieu Wothke on Vimeo. Mathieu Wothke directed and produced this creative music video for The Limousines' (catchy) song "Very Busy People." It cleverly incorporates aspects of the multi-window technique seen popularly in Arcade Fire's recent interactive film "The Wilderness Downtown" and this video for Japanese band Sour that I mentioned here. [Via]


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Australia destroy Pakistan to reach Olympic semis
Tournament favourites Australia sent Pakistan home after a crushing 7-0 victory, erasing any doubts created by two chastening pool-stage draws and comfortably booking the world champions a spot in the semi-finals.
Australia started their campaign by steamrolling South Africa and injury-stricken Spain, but were then held to draws by Argentina and Britain.
The world number one team only needed a draw against Pakistan to advance to the final four but went into a 2-0 lead within six minutes of the start and stayed in control.
In the fifth minute, Liam De Young got the final touch on a penalty corner rebound to score the first and, just a moment later, Mark Knowles converted a penalty stroke after a defensive foul in the circle on Matthew Butturini.
With seven minutes to go before half time, five Pakistani players broke into the Australian circle in a rare counter, but were stopped by Jamie Dwyer intercepting a pass across the shooting area.
Pakistan would have needed to win to advance. But after their counter attack, Australia upped the score to 3-0 with a low, hard penalty corner flick by Christopher Ciriello.
It was Ciriello again in the 33rd minute, who slammed the ball into the goal from the top of the circle past Pakistan's goalkeeper Imran Shah, whose great saves otherwise stopped the first half from becoming a rout.
Early in the second half, Russell Ford hammered a spectacular goal just under the cross bar.
Dwyer netted the ball half way through the second 35 minutes and Glenn Turner added a seventh goal with just over a minute to go, sliding onto a drop pass by Edward Ockenden.
"We would have been happy to get a draw today," said Australia's coach Ric Charlesworth.
"We now have to play Germany, so we have a task ahead of us. They're a high quality team, they're physically strong, they are skilled and they have some match winning players. It's going to be very tough. But when you get to this level of competition, whoever you play is very good."
Australia, who have won three of their five matches with five or more goals to nil, will now play world number two and Olympic champions Germany in their semifinal on Thursday.
Germany, who lost to the Dutch in their pool, are qualified in second place ahead of their match against New Zealand at 2015, thanks to a Dutch victory over South Korea earlier.
The Dutch, the only team yet to drop a point, had already qualified before Tuesday and will play either Britain or Spain in the semis.
Spain need to win to advance, while Britain are through with a draw.
Britain or England - all the players on the British squad are English - have not beaten Spain at a major international competition since 1987.
But the Spanish have lost two of their most experienced players. Skipper Santi Freixa broke his shoulder in the first match and striker Pol Amat dislocated his shoulder in the second.


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|Cookbook: Asocena Media: Asocena
Asocena is a Filipino dish primarily consisting of dog meat. The term asocena was first used in the 1980s and became popular when a film entitled Azucena,[1] written by Enrique Ramos and directed by Carlitos Siguion-Reyna, was screened in 2000.[2] The dish's name is a compound word, from aso, the Filipino word for "dog" and Spanish word cena, which means "dinner" or "an evening meal", the literal translation being "dog-meal" or "a meal of dog meat". It may also be a play on the Spanish name Azucena, which is also used to describe a variety of fragrant, white rice.
Asocena is usually consumed as pulutan (Tagalog; snacks or food served while drinking alcoholic beverages; loosely translates to finger food).
The killing of dogs as a livestock animal has been banned in the Philippines since 1998 via Republic Act No. 8485, known as the Animal Welfare Act, with exemptions for dogs killed and eaten as part of indigenous rituals in some northern regions of the country. In the capital city of Manila, Metro Manila Commission Ordinance 82-05 specifically prohibits the killing and selling of dogs for food.[3]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Azucena". Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- ^ Melencio, Gloria Esguerra. "Asocena: History of Dog Meat-Eating in the Philippines". Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- ^ "Metro Manila Commission Ordinance 82-05". Archived from the original on 2005-12-16.


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I'm thinking of building a " Wing " for ALES. I kinda like the looks of the Bernard Gross Flying wing from the 1940's and would like to build something along those lines.
And as it stands, I have more questions then answers concerning the dynamics of this type of wing.
So I built this quick and dirty experiment . It's made of MPF foam and has a KFm # 4 airfoil. ( prefer a real airfoil, but this is slightly better then a flat plate ).
There is no "twist " in the wing. Instead I used a fence at the 65% span of each wing. My hopes were to eliminate the dreaded "Death Spiral" And I've never used an inboard fin. Also I wanted to see what those elevons that are larger at the tips would do.
First I built the wing with a straight taper and set the CG at 15%. It took a lot of up elevator to keep it level! A quick circle and semi crash landing and the battery was moved back for a CG of 20% and things were much better! Later 21 to 22 % seemed like the sweet spot for me.
I climbed to about 80 to 100 feet and started applying up elevator until it started mushing down ( high rate of decent) with the nose up but could not get a real "break" in the stall. Making turns in this condition does not make a wing drop. I did this several times, holding full up ( 45 degrees on the elevator) all the way to the ground then climb back up and do it again. No death spiral.
So my question is if "fences" are put on a wing does it need to be twisted?
The KFm airfoil is not the best performer for gliding flight ( kinda like a streamlined rock!) Would a real airfoil perform differently as far as the function of the fence goes?
The Fin size was a TLAR kind of thing, So I cut quite a bit off of them and added triangles to the outboard elevons. The extended elevons did increase its roll rate. It didn't seem to know that it had smaller fins.
Any input or suggestions much appericated!
Blue Skies.............................Tim
Since the elevon is nearly the whole wing, you are creating a reflexed airfoil with up elevator input. With a swept wing, having wing twist with elevons at the tips, can improve efficiency. A flying plank doesn't need 10 degrees of wing twist, it just needs a reflexed airfoil, full width elevons and fins. Your plane is kinda right in the middle.
45 degrees of up elevon is too much. Try moving the CG back until the death spiral shows up, then inch up from there.
All right ,I'll buy that the wing is twisted. So I should start moving the CG back.
45 degrees of up is when I'm trying to stall it , not when it's normally flying. Unfortunately I dismantled this ,thinking that I didn't need it anymore! So I'll put it back together and move the CG back.
Thanks for the replies!
Blue Skies......................Tim
OK ,I slapped it back together. Then I moved the battery back 1 inch!! A quick check with Compufoil said the CG was about 29% MAC. I wasn't afraid of destroying the thing, so didn't want to take the time to move the CG back in increments, but move it forward if needed.
At 29% it was difficult to control, and although will drop a wing it recovers quickly. Then I moved the battery forward an 1/4 inch at a time. As the CG moved forward it handled better, then when it got back to about 22% it flies like I want it to. I still can't get it to spiral down in a deep stall.
I think that the fences are helping here.
So another question. If some of the wing is used for stability, how do you figure wing loading? Do you count the total wing area of just part of it?
And is the A/R the same?
Blue Skies........................Tim
Tim - From my experience flying swept wings with fins, a SM of 3% is about the aft limit of good flying qualities. I would probably use 4-5% but SM is just a starting point anyway. You find where you really want it by flying it. The elevon extension probably move the NP back somewhat so your actual calculated SM may be larger than just 3%
Good question about wing loading and aspect ratio. On a flying wing with a positive static margin the outer part of the wing carries a bit of a down load to compensate. That makes the effective wing loading higher than Weight/Area. How much depends on how large the SM is and some other factors. I've never seen a mathematical approach to figuring it out.
As to calculated AR - it would be the same = Span^2/Area. However in some flight conditions the way the lift is distributed on twisted wings, the effective AR can be actually a bit higher than the calculated value. Also, fins at the wing tips can have an influence on effective AR.
Your performance issues may just relate to the relatively low AR, low - or now greater than 1.0 taper ratio and the stepped airfoil. As to the fences - yes they should help with the effectiveness of the outer part of the wing - delaying stall and improving control at high AOA.
Thanks HerkS !
I'm not a big fan of the stepped airfoil. But in the past on non swept wings they do seem to help the L/D over flat plate airfoils.
In my mind the fences are worth the effort to put on. They help to make this ,at high AOA a pretty good parachute!
While this has answered a couple of questions, it has raised many more for me. Guess there are no short cuts!
Well now I'll dismantle it again and give it to the kids down the street, they like playing with my old foamies!
Blue Skies.......................................Tim
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Album Rating: 4.5so is Dr. Dre but look at those ratings.
Album Rating: 3.5Yeah don't get the hate on this album. This was the only one he made worth anything.
Album Rating: 3.5Don't Push Me is awesome.
3.5 lol
Digging: Langhorne Slim - Lost At Last, Vol 1
Album Rating: 3.5"3.5 lol"
wasn't attempting to burn you just having fun i'm bored.
honestly though i could never stand 50 cent but at least this is better than his next album.
Album Rating: 3.5Or ask you 21 Questions?
lol candy shop was so terrible
bump thx
Best Fiddy song isn't even by him
Album Rating: 3.5Can't believe this has a 2.7 rating...
Album Rating: 4.5It's like 3.5 average
in da club really is a timeless single. 10 years and it still gets ppl hyped
Album Rating: 4.5We don't give a fuk it's not ya birthday
Album Rating: 4.5Yeah this is some of dr dre's best production
I liked this album when I was 11 years old. I still enjoy a bunch of singles but nowdays I consider this one poor album. Of course is far better than other crap he made in the past like the massacre or curtis
Album Rating: 4.0loved this when i was 14/15. stiill enjoy going back to it every now and then. the good tracks still go hard and the shitty tracks are still shitty
first two albums were great.
Album Rating: 3.0this is his better than stuff from his later albums, I'm not a fan of it though.
Power of the dollar was semi decent. Still there is far, far better shit
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Hi Aquaflare2, I would like to ask why you are removing Rain Dance from Generation II and putting it to Generation IV. ht14 21:38, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
I did it because the it said thunder was 100% accuarate in starting in 2nd generation but that is incorrect because I have seen thunder miss during rain dance in 2nd and 3rd generation several times and then it was changed in 4th generation so the accuaracy was 100% and still 70% in 2nd and 3rd generation --Aquaflare2 (talk) 23:04, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- That may be understandable, but Rain Dance was introduced in Generation II and you removed it entirely from that section. Also, is it possible to show me a link that displays the inaccuracy of Thunder despite it being under rain? ht14 23:29, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Oh I don't remember the video but I have had it happen on cartridge (no cheating) for crystal and emerald and heard many reliable people talk about it too. And I forgot to put the rain effect in the page cause I was confused why it said that. --Aquaflare2 (talk) 01:15, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- Oh, ok then. Sorry about that. Can you edit the page to reflect that? Also, if that's the case, can you do it for the respective pages as well? In other words, Thunder, etc. ht14 04:18, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Yeah ok I'll do that and sorry for not replying back in so long cause I kinda forgot about it. So I'll take out the thunder accuaracy thing and leave the rain part and put the accuaracy in 4th gen along with the hail blizzard thing cause its the same with that and it wasn't till 4th gen the accuarcy was 100% in hail. Also thunder is --% accuaracy in 5th gen so I'll add that too if its not there and the same with blizzard. So just reply back if you have a problem with it. --Aquaflare2 (talk) 16:32, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
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Yeah okay I do try it most of the times. I'll use it all the time now --Aquaflare2 (talk) 16:55, 29 September 2012 (UTC)


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Julia Kristeva, writer, psychoanalyst, and professor of linguistics, Institut Universitaire de France/Université de Paris 7, and visiting Professor, New School University. A leading intellectual figure of our time, Julia Kristeva is a pioneering thinker in the fields of semiotics, psychoanalysis, and literature, which she has rethought and reshaped, profoundly impacting the Humanities. She has written over thirty books on a vast range of subjects, most recently the three-volume Le Génie féminin, 1, Hannah Arendt (1999), 2, Melanie Klein (2000), and 3, Colette (2002).
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I received my M.Sc. from School of Physics D A University, Indore in 2006 and M.Phil from the same in 2007, Later I got my Ph.D. from Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (Raj), in 2013 under the supervision of Dr. Anshuman Dalvi. Recently, I have joined Department of Physics, NIET, NIMS University as Assistant Professor, from August 2012. My research area is experimental solid state ionics, a field dedicated to study of fast ionic solids and their applications to energy devices.


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By Father John Flynn, LC
ROME, MARCH 16, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Misguided compassion for the sick continues to spur attempts for the legalization of euthanasia. The Luxembourg Parliament recently voted in favor of a law to permit the practice, Reuters reported Feb. 20.
Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker and his Christian Social Party opposed the bill, but were outvoted. As ZENIT reported March 7, Benedict XVI raised the issue with the prime minister during an audience with him that day.
Before giving the final go-ahead to legalized euthanasia, Luxembourg may wish to examine what has happened in other countries. Just a short distance northward, in Holland, the practice of euthanasia for terminally ill adults is now being extended to babies.
In 2005, the so-called Groningen Protocol was published, setting out under what circumstances doctors could kill the newly born. Although the practice came in for heavy criticism, an article in the January-February issue of the bioethics journal the Hastings Report defended it.
In "Ending the Life of a Newborn: The Groningen Protocol," Hilde Lindemann and Marian Verkerk acknowledged that the new norms had been accused of allowing a form of infanticide and of failing to distinguish with precision between cases of babies who are certain to die and those who could continue to live.
Criticism was mainly from other countries, the authors claimed. Within Holland, they argued, there is little opposition to ending the lives of the newborn, at least in most situations. They distinguished three categories of cases: Those who either have no chance of survival; those who after intensive treatment face a very grim future with severe problems.
More controversial, they admit, is the case of a third group who are not dependent on intensive medical treatment, and who may survive for many years, even into adulthood. Among the examples in this category Lindemann and Verkerk mention those with progressive paralysis, complete dependency or a permanent inability to communicate.
"In bringing within its compass babies who are in no danger of dying — and, indeed, with proper care could live to adulthood — the protocol is even more radical than its critics supposed," they observed.
Preemptive death
Moreover, they mentioned further on, the protocol leaves the door open for the euthanasia of babies whose suffering will take place only in the future, and who in the current status are not in great pain.
Is it permissible for a doctor to engage in, "lethal preemptive strikes before any actual suffering has occurred," ask Lindemann and Verkerk? The disturbing answer is: "We can see no reason why, in at least some cases, the more responsible course of action might not be to end an infant's life in advance of intense, unrelievable suffering it will otherwise surely have to endure."
Experience in North America, where the state of Oregon approved assisted suicide in 1994, also gives cause for concern. Rita Marker, executive director of the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, analyzed the situation in an article published last Dec. 18 by the Web site InsideCatholic.com.
Proponents of assisted suicide argue that there have not been any abuses on the law in Oregon, noted Marker. Nevertheless, she explained, this claim cannot be proved. In fact, all the information in official reports on each case is provided by the very same people who carry it out.
There are, in addition, no legal penalties for doctors who simply do not report cases where they have participated in assisted suicide.
As well, once the individual reports are submitted to state authorities and compiled in an annual report, the original records are destroyed. There is, therefore, no possibility to examine the documentation if at some subsequent point doubts are raised.
Marker also criticized the provision in Oregon's law that permits a doctor to help a mentally ill or depressed patient commit suicide. This is troubling, she observed, considering that, according to the last official state report, doctors referred only 4% percent of assisted-suicide patients for psychological or psychiatric evaluation.
Bending laws
Even without explicit legalization in a number of cases the legal system looks with increasing leniency on people involved in assisted suicide. In Canada the National Parole Board decided to release Robert Latimer, convicted in 1993 of killing his daughter Tracy, who suffered from cerebral palsy, reported the National Post newspaper Feb. 28.
Latimer had argued it was a "mercy killing," but was convicted of murder. His prison sentence started in 2001. Late last year his parole was declined, given he refused to admit he had done anything wrong. Authorities, however, soon reversed their decision.
Meanwhile in England, Robert Cook admitted the manslaughter of his wife Vanessa, but was given a suspended sentence, reported the BBC on Feb. 1. Cook had helped his wife, who had multiple sclerosis, commit suicide. The Lewes Crown Court sentenced Cook to 12 months in jail, suspended for two years.
"The law of murder, against killing someone, is a vital one for the protection of the most vulnerable in society," commented But Andrea Williams, of the organization Care Not Killing, to the BBC.
Pro-euthanasia groups, however, used the occasion to renew their appeal in favor of legal changes to allow assisted suicide. Not a good idea, argued Mick Hume, opinion columnist for the Times newspaper Feb. 5.
Hume noted the tendency for tribunals to look with leniency on those how help the ill commit suicide. This tendency can lead to tragic cases, he warned. He cited the case of Jennifer Allwood, who thought it would be merciful to smother her 67-year-old father who had cancer.
Her father wanted nothing of it, and was able to fight back and survive. In spite of this Hume observed that last December a court only imposed a suspended sentence on Jennifer Allwood.
Value of life
Benedict XVI has spoken out clearly on the need to respect the value of human life in the face of attempts to legalize euthanasia. "If it is true that human life in every phase is worthy of the maximum respect, in some sense it is even more so when it is marked by age and sickness," he told participants in an international congress organized by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry last Nov. 17.
"Today's efficiency mentality often tends to marginalize our suffering brothers and sisters, as if they were only a 'weight' and 'a problem' for society," the Pope commented.
We should indeed do all we can to alleviate the pain caused by illness, he urged, but at the same time we also need to demonstrate our capacity to love and our sense of human dignity.
The Pontiff also encouraged his listeners to learn from the example of Christ on the cross and to use his love for us to sustain ourselves in times of trial.
Last month the Pontifical Academy for Life held its annual congress precisely on the theme of the incurably sick. In his Feb. 25 address to participants the Pope called for appropriate medical treatment for the sick, and also for support of the families involved who often bear a great burden.
Growing numbers of elderly people are threatened by a combination of financial pressures and a utilitarian vision of the person, the Pope warned. He called on Church institutions and parishes to create an environment of solidarity and charity for those close to death and at the same time reaffirmed the Church's long-held teaching on the immorality of direct euthanasia.
The Pontiff also cited a passage from his recent encyclical "Spes Salvi": "A society unable to accept its suffering members and incapable of helping to share their suffering and to bear it inwardly through 'com-passion' is a cruel and inhuman society" (No. 38). A cruelty that will extend its reach if pro-euthanasia groups are successful.


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Vibify aims to inform you for any pending notifications on your phone. To do that, Vibify does a very small vibration when you pick up your phone. Vibify works only if your phone remains locked and still, saving up as much battery as possible. Select the applications you want to be supported by Vibify and enjoy.
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- New options: Sleep Time, Vibration duration, Still time threshold, Sleep duration.
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Martha Stewart sews a simple and stylish beach bag out of terrycloth towels.
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Ultimate Fakebook singer/guitarist Bill McShane wears big black spectacles, and not just to advertise his myopia. He's aligning himself with other -- for lack of a better term -- "nerd rockers," from Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and MU330's Dan Potthast to New Wavers Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson, and even all the way back to Buddy Holly. (Okay, Jackson technically didn't wear glasses, but he probably had contacts.) But what sets this corn-fed Kansas trio apart from other emos is that they're just as likely to name-check anomalies like '80s pop headbangers Cinderella as the de rigueur Replacements.
From their inside-joke name to the monsters of rawk poses they strike on the cover of their third record, Open Up and Say Awesome, the Ultimate Fakebook guys have obviously spent a lot of time in their bedroom mirrors waiting for their musical close-ups. On the heels of the minor success of This Will Be Laughing Week, they're now concentrating on the "power" part of power pop. The band straddles the line between KISS dreams like "Forever, Forever" and the angst of geeky youth, as on the revenge fantasy "Inside Me." "I'm a reject in this town, my ears ache from the sound," McShane sings on "When I'm with You, I'm OK."
But the Fakers don't really take themselves as seriously as that. Given a choice between lyrical satire and emotional outpouring, they'll usually opt for the former, as on "Girl, Here's Another Lie," Open Up's catchiest tune. The narrator gives his big break-up speech -- with the qualification that he'd love to keep things as they are for the two months until he leaves town. He just wants to get the messy part out of the way early, thank you very much.
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After touring in support of bands like At the Drive In, Nada Surf and Dashboard Confessional, Ultimate Fakebook seemed poised to establish its own place in the increasingly crowded landscape of overly earnest modern pop acts. Not likely; this trio seems just as likely to bare their asses as their souls.


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You have to know Alichino really well to know where this version of Myoubi comes from. ^_~ It's from the the front cover of the June 2001 Eyes magazine (which Alichino used to be seralized in.) I've always loved this version of Myoubi, because it's the only painting of her with wavy blonde hair. Plus, the outfit reminds me of a mix of EGL & turn-of-the-century (1900's). I felt so pretty. ^^ I also worked many hours on this, only to wear it for 2 1/2 hours on the last day of Anime Expo 2005!! ^^; I want to wear it again.
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The first double-spirited men -- now known as vampires -- were created by kabalistic magicians during the inquisition as a means to fight the inquisitors. Although they had to act in secret, their fight was largely successful. The fact that vampires were originally created to fight a corrupted church also explains why vampires are so easily upset by the appearance of crosses.Now, if only he can show us some real vampires. That would be great!
The reason that vampires now have such a bad rep is that if the magic that binds their second spirit to them is not periodically renewed, their mind begins to age, even though their body remains young forever. This leads to a specific kind of madness, often expressed in unnatural desires (e.g. for blood). Fortunately, someone with experience in the particular kind of kabalistic magic needed to create a vampire can restore a vampire to sanity. If we could encourage this, vampires would once again be a force for good.
Update: For real blood sucking action, take a look at this National Geographic video showing "vampire birds" in action.


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New scoreboard adds to excitement as Lancaster opens football season
There's nothing like high school football on Friday nights under the lights.
And it's bound to get even better in Lancaster with the additional pizzazz of a just-installed $22,500 scoreboard for the high school's Redskins football team, complete with bright and LED bulbs. It replaces the original scoreboard, which dates from 1960, the year the field opened.
"This is a huge deal. The football program goes back to 1919," said Athletic Director Brian Wild, who is also an assistant football coach.
The black-and-white scoreboard makes its official debut Friday – also Alumni Night – when Lancaster takes on visiting West Seneca West.
The new scoreboard, installed in late August, was first used Aug. 24 during a new tradition, dubbed the Red & White Game, a varsity intersquad scrimmage. "It was to generate excitement for this year's season, and it was really to show off the new scoreboard," second-year head coach Chris Dickson said.
Perched on top of the football team's field house at the far end of Foyle-Kling Field above 16 championship medallions hung on the building, the new sign sports Lancaster's slogan – "Pride, Tradition, Spirit." It has "Lancaster" on it instead of just "Home."
In many ways, the new scoreboard closely resembles the old one in appearance and its 18-foot width. But it also sports a few new features, including displaying details such as the line of scrimmage.
Wild said the old scoreboard was beginning to show wear, with rust building up on it, and it also had outdated bulbs.
"It means a lot to the Class of 2014. It's a special group of kids," said Dickson. "It is bright. I haven't seen it at night yet, but am looking forward to seeing it. Our old scoreboard was nostalgic and it worked, but I'm very happy to have a new scoreboard."
The district's top officials have expressed their gratitude to the two remaining members of the Lancaster Redkins Boosters Club, which solely funded the new scoreboard.
The boosters club raised the money back in 1997, when it was scrambling to save the fall sports program that was in jeopardy that year. The club raised $225,000 at the time – much more than it needed to cover the $60,000 shortfall for sports programming needs that fall.
Over time, as the funds raised were spent on various needs and kept in savings, there remained nearly $25,000 this year – a little more than was needed to cover the cost of a new scoreboard.
Booster Club President Patrick Farruggio, the club's 24-year leader, and its treasurer are all that is left of the club that once numbered about 60 members.
Farruggio decided the time was right to buy a new football scoreboard.
"I wanted one of those digital ones, but we didn't have that kind of money," said Farruggio, a 1969 Lancaster graduate. "The money had been sitting around for a while in a CD, and we wanted to put it to good use. I just thought it was time to change it. It needed to be updated and add some new life to it. It's cleaner, fresher, brighter."
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Everything can turn into a political battle and nothing generates more political news than the new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings. But as the race for the Republican nomination for governor continues to develop, the issue of the new stadium has the potential to be one of the marquee issues which separates the Republican candidates; it also may be one the strongest issues for Gov. Mark Dayton. I'll disclose at the beginning that my family has been season ticket holders to Minnesota Vikings since they arrived in Minnesota and I've been a supporter of a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings.
State Sen. Julie Rosen (R-Fairmont), who was the chief-author of the Vikings stadium bill, has yet to announce if she will be a candidate for governor. Sen. Rosen labeled her bill "the best stadium bill we've had on the table, ever" and the bill passed the Minnesota Legislature and was signed by Gov. Dayton. But the "best stadium bill…ever", required additional work, as the new gambling taxes generated by the expansion of gambling which was expected to pay for the state's portion of the new stadium, specifically electronic pulltabs, come in well-below projected levels.
Sen. Rosen also serves as the co-chair of the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Sports Facilities, which hasn't met in over five months, but is scheduled to meet this Thursday, in Room 123 of the State Capitol. One of the primary functions of the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Sports Facilities is to "oversee the operating and capital budgets of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority." During the last five months, there have been numerous stories in the media about legal problems facing the owners of the Minnesota Vikings in New Jersey. But the commission specifically formed to provide oversight of how public money is spent by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority on the new stadium hasn't met in over five months – yet it is co-chaired by a Republican who may want to run for governor and authored the Viking's stadium bill.
Earlier this month, State Rep. Joe Atkins (DFL-Inver Grove Heights), who is a member of the Legislative Commission on the Minnesota Sports Facilities, raised concerns that the commission had not met in months. Sen. Rosen told KSTP-TV, "there is no point in having a meeting until we have something to review." By failing to call a meeting of the commission, Sen. Rosen completely passed her oversight responsibility to Gov. Dayton and other legislators and missed a golden opportunity to be pro-stadium, while also being seen as an advocate for taxpayers getting the best deal from the Minnesota Vikings.
While Sen. Rosen wasn't calling meetings of the Legislative Commission on the Minnesota Sports Facilities, some legislators were calling for more information and new legislation related to the new stadium. State Rep. Bob Barrett (R-Lindstrom), who voted against the final stadium bill, called for additional transparency in the Vikings deal, specifically for more information on how much the Vikings will make from personal seat licenses and naming rights for the new stadium. State Rep. Barrett also wants a new funding solution because "e-pull tabs failed miserably." Also, State Sen. Roger Chamberlain (R-Lino Lakes) has called for a complete do-over of the stadium deal, rather than trying to fix the deal signed into law. But again, no meetings of the Legislative Commission on the Minnesota Sports Facilities to discuss any of these issues.
The Republican candidate with the most consistent and clearest articulated position against funding for the new Vikings' stadium, backed up by a voting record, is Sen. Dave Thompson (R-Lakeville). Thompson who announced in strong language that he wouldn't support the state paying for a new stadium and he voted against the stadium legislation. Former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Kurt Zellers' position and messaging on a new Vikings' stadium has been inconsistent at best. On May 3, 2012, Speaker Zellers went on KFAN and said that while he wanted the stadium bill to pass, he would be voting no. Speaker Zellers added "hopefully it will pass and hopefully the governor will have a chance to sign the bill." The next day, Speaker Zellers reversed on his comments, saying his "head got ahead of my mouth" and that he didn't support the stadium bill, didn't want it to pass and he would vote no.
Hennepin County Commissioner and Republican National Committeeman Jeff Johnson was not serving in the Minnesota Legislature when the stadium bill passed, but Johnson drafted a blistering op-ed on the stadium deal which appeared in the Star Tribune. Johnson wrote: "[b]uilding Zygi Wilf a new stadium was a populist piece of legislation that the governor and politicians of both parties decided last year simply had to get done — regardless of the details." Johnson was taking aim at Gov. Dayton and Republican and DFL legislators who passed the stadium bill and it seems he's laying the groundwork for pointed criticisms of Sen. Rosen's leadership, should she decide to run for governor.
In the political arena of the stadium debate, Gov. Mark Dayton has occupied two important positions: he's been the chief advocate for getting a new stadium built and keeping the Minnesota Vikings in Minnesota. Yet, he has also been the chief watchdog and critic of the ownership of the Minnesota Vikings, providing the oversight needed to ensure the final details on the stadium package are the best possible for the taxpayers and fans of the Minnesota Vikings. No Republican directly involved with the construction of the stadium deal signed into law, has done anything close to the amount of work of Gov. Dayton in the last few months to scrutinize when needed, analyze when needed, and criticize when needed. A new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings is being built – that is reality. Gov. Dayton knows the work isn't done and he continues to fight. My question is where are the Republicans? Apparently, in London.
UPDATE: I received the information below from Scott Honour's campaign on the new Vikings' stadium.