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Maxim's sales up 51.2%
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Maxim Integrated Products Inc. reported record net revenues of $305.1 million for its fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 30, a 51.2% increase over the $201.7 million reported for the same quarter a year ago. Net income increased to a record $99.1 million in the second quarter, compared to $64.6 million last year, a 53.3% increase. Diluted earnings per share were $0.31 for the second quarter, a 55.0% increase over the $0.20 reported for the same period a year ago.
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ON Semiconductor, Phoenix, Wednesday announced that total product revenues in the fourth quarter of 2000 were $490.7 million, an increase of $62.9 million, or 15%, compared to the fourth quarter of 1999.
ARM's Q4 sales flat, but company bullish for 2001
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CAMBRIDGE, England -- ARM Holdings plc here today reported sales of $20.3 million (29.8 million) for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, up 58% from $12.9 million (18.9 million) in the like period a year ago. The company also reported flat earnings of $5.95 million (8.75 million) in the period, compared to $5.99 (8.81 million) a year ago. Earnings per fully diluted share increased to $0.13 in the quarter, from $0.8 a year ago. The company was projected to earn $0.03 a share, according to Zacks I
Departing CEO spells out Zilog's problems
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One day after announcing he was stepping down as chief executive officer of Zilog Inc., Curtis Crawford offered a blunt assessment of a disappointing year.
Cypress shifts USB burden onto hardware
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For its second generation of USB microcontrollers, Cypress Semiconductor has concentrated on building hardwired logic to implement the most commonly used parts of the USB protocol.
Java coprocessor squashes loops for faster code
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Intellectual property developer Insilicon has developed a co-processor for Java that can run at up to 200MHz.
Falling DRAM prices take toll on Infineon results
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A weak DRAM market saw Infineon's sales slip from their Q42000 levels in the company's first financial quarter of 2001.
CISC returns to the embedded 32bit world
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Toshiba has decided to bring CISC back into the 32bit world with a family aimed at consumer electronics, airbag controllers and car radios.
Infineon sales fall 30% sequentially in quarter due to DRAM prices
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MUNICH--Hammered by lower DRAM prices, Infineon Technologies AG here today reported a 30% sequential drop in revenues to 1.66 billion euros ($1.53 billion) in the company's first fiscal quarter, ended Dec. 31, compared to 2.38 billion euros ($2.19 billion) in the prior three-month period. Compared to a year ago, Infineon's revenues were up 8% from 1.54 billion euros.
Infineon's gross margins hurt by DRAM pricing pressures
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Infineon Technologies AG witnessed a sharp decline in its gross margin during the fiscal 2001 first quarter, ended Dec. 31, and said it sees a difficult second quarter ahead.
Crawford to step down as Zilog's CEO
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Zilog, Inc. today announced that Curtis J. Crawford, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of ZiLOG will step down as chief executive officer.
Micro Linear reports loss for fourth quarter
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Micro Linear Corp., San Jose, Calif., reported a net loss of $3.4 million, or 28 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2000. That compared to a net loss in the preceding quarter of $3.8 million, or 33 cents per share, and a net income of $228,000, or 2 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 1999.
Toshiba launches integrated 64-bit RISC processor with PCI interface
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SAN JOSE --Toshiba Corp. today announced availability of a new RISC-based series of embedded 64-bit processors with a range of integrated peripherals. The series is based on a 64-bit processor architecture from MIPS Technologies and intended to be an alternative to custom-designed ASICs.
Stanford Microdevices rolls out SiGe-based RF device for 3G
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Gearing up for third-generation (3G) wireless networks, Stanford Microdevices Inc. here today rolled out a radio-frequency (RF) device based on a high-speed silicon-germanium (SiGe) process technology.
Singapore government takes 15% stake in 300mm wafer fab
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In a move to support the first 300mm wafer fab project in Singapore, the Singapore government said that it has taken a 15% stake in the $3.6 billion facility to be built by United Microelectronics Corp.
Intel says PC processor uses less than 1-V
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Intel Corp. today announced the industry's first PC microprocessor that operates with less than 1 volt of power while consuming less than 1 watt.
Chartered cuts capital spending 20% as plant utilization falls
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Tower warns of lower sales in first half of 2001
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd., Migdal Haemek, Israel, today announced sales for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2000, increased by 30.1% to $29.2 million from $22.5 million in the fourth quarter of 1999.
Arrow to handle Connect One's Web-enabled IC
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Aiming to conquer the Web-enabled communications market, Connect One Ltd. is strengthening its position in the channel by signing with Arrow Electronics Inc.
Motorola drops Psion from wireless development plan
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The wheels have fallen off the deal cut last year by Motorola Inc.'s Personal Communications Sector and Psion plc to develop wireless information devices that use the EPOC 32-bit operating system.
Convergence of video and broadband gains momentum
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The convergence of interactive video and broadband communications was underscored last week when communications heavy hitter Broadcom Corp. and video IC pioneer C-Cube Microsystems Inc. disclosed their separate strategies to extend beyond their core competencies and deliver set-top-box (STB) solutions.
IDT extends 36-bit dual-port SRAM series to 9-Mbit
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Integrated Device Technology Inc. here today extended its Bank-Switchable dual-port SRAM series to 9-megabit memory devices with 166-MHz performance per port. The new 36-bit dual-port SRAM is aimed at high-bandwidth applications in routers, switches, and wireless base stations used in third-generation cellular phone applications.
MIPS, Hughes ink deal to develop set-top boxes
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MOUNTAIN VEIW, Calif. -- MIPS Technologies Inc. and Hughes Network Systems today announced a three-year agreement to co-develop next-generation set-top boxes. As part of the deal, Hughes announced that it has standardized all of its system design activities on MIPS' 32-bit RISC processors. In addition, MIPS will provide HNS with advanced simulation and design tools.
Anadigics Q4 sales drop 24%
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Saddled with lagging revenues in its wireless sector, Anadigics Inc., Warren, NJ, reported net sales of $30.7 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2000, a 24% decline from the $40.1 million reported in the fourth quarter of 1999.
Dallas agrees to $2.5bn Maxim offer
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NEC joins suppliers backing Quad Data Rate SRAMs
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SAN JOSE -- NEC Corp. today announced it was joining Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. to support new Quad Data Rate (QDR) static RAMs for high-performance memories in switches, routers, and other systems applications with data rates above 200 MHz.
Mitsubishi puts mobile spin on memory plans
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Reaffirming its commitment to memory production for mobile terminals, Mitsubishi Electric Co. this year will integrate flash, SRAM and the company's Mobile RAM technology into a new memory package that will go on sale this fall.
Anadigics sales fall 40% sequentially in Q4
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WARREN, N.J.-- Radio-frequency chip supplier Anadigics Inc. here today reported a 24% drop in sales to $30.7 million in the fourth quarter compared to $40.1 million in the same period a year ago. Anadigics' sales plunged 40% sequentially form $51.1 million in the third quarter of 2000.
TI bundles VoIP solutions, plans chip for 2,016 channels in 2002
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DALLAS -- Texas Instruments Inc. today announced bundled software and digital signal processor solutions for a range of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) systems, and the Dallas company said it aims to be the first DSP supplier to integrate 672 channels on a chip for T3 capabilities in the second half of 2001.
Maxim to acquire Dallas Semi for $2.5 billion in stock
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DALLAS--Silicon Valley-based Maxim Integrated Products Inc. today announced an agreement to acquire Dallas Semiconductor Corp. for about $2.5 billion in stock. The agreement comes two months after a heart attack killed C.V. ("Vin") Prothro, Dallas Semiconductor's president, CEO, and chairman.
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Cypress samples 9-Mbit dual-port RAM
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Cypress Semiconductor said it was sampling what it claims is the industry's first 9-Mbit dual-port RAM.
Chartered, Simtek expand foundry alliance
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Unable to obtain enough foundry capacity in 2000, Simtek Corp. here today announced it has expanded its ties with Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. Under the terms, Simtek, a supplier of nonvolatile memories and other products, has secured commitments for additional processed wafers from Chartered in 2001.
Vendors prep arsenals for DRAM architecture battle
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This year could be pivotal in the battle over DRAM architectures as PC-133, double-data-rate and Rambus memories all make their way into the hands of PC vendors, which are as anxious as their memory and chip set suppliers to learn the market's preferences.
Microchip forecasts flat to lower revenues
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Microchip Technology Inc., Chandler, Ariz., posted profit and revenue increases in the fiscal third quarter, but warned of a rocky road ahead as a result of industry-wide corrections.
TranSwitch acquires French design team
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TranSwitch Corp., Shelton, Conn., today announced the acquisition of privately-held French semiconductor design house ADV Engineering S.A.
Fujitsu names new head of Systems Solutions Group
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Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc. has named Shigeru Fujii to head its Systems Solutions Group, as the company attempts to build a stronger ASIC front to attack the North American chip market.
Qualcomm re-evaluates chip spin-off's IPO
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Qualcomm Inc. reported revenues for its first fiscal quarter for 2001 were $684 million, compared with $764 million for the same period last year.
PMC-Sierra's Q4 up 152%
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BURNABY, British Colombia, Canada -- PMC-Sierra Inc. today reported sales of $261.6 million for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, a 152% jump over the like period a year ago. PMC-Sierra said net income before one-time items rose to $62.5 million, or $0.34, from $19.3 million, or $0.11 a share, a year ago. The consensus analyst earnings forecast for PMC-Sierra was $0.34 a share, according to First Call/Thomson Financial.
Rambus exec says Intel DDR chipset not a big threat
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SAN JOSE, CALIF.--Avo Kanadjian, vice president of worldwide marketing for Rambus Inc., said he isn't worried about Intel Corp. providing a Pentium 4 chipset this year as a rival to Direct Rambus DRAM. He said he believed it would be 2002 before Intel brought its own DDR chipset to market, "and by that time RDRAM would have ramped up so strongly for Pentium 4 that a DDR chipset won't be able to compete."
ATI has $65 million windfall from Broadcom shares
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ATI Technologies Inc. said today that it has realized cash proceeds of (US) $65 million through the sale of shares held in Broadcom Corporation, the Irvine, Calif.
Matsushita to sample 1394 chip for A/V and peripherals
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. has developed an IEEE 1394 interface chip suited for protocol processing in both digital audio/video equipment and in PC peripherals.
Taiwan motherboard makers hedge bet with new DDR-based products
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SAN JOSE -- In a major boost for the double-data-rate (DDR) SDRAM standard, Taiwan's PC motherboard giants this week threw their weight behind this new, emerging memory technology.
SanDisk Q4 income up, but slowdown expected for first half
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Although SanDisk Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., boosted its net income by nearly 200% in the fourth quarter, the company performed below analysts' estimates and is predicting a slowdown in the first two quarters of 2001.
Intel and Synopsys invest in Canadian analog design startup
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OTTAWA, Ontario -- Intel Corp. and Synopsys Inc. are among new investors pumping $8 million into Analog Design Automation Inc. here. The startup is applying intelligent systems technology to synthesizing analog and mixed-signal IC designs.
Micro Linear delays financial results until next week
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Micro Linear Corp. has postponed the release of its fourth quarter financial results until Tuesday, January 30.
Bullish ST rejects chip slump forecasts
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Franco-Italian group posts highest 2000 sales growth of all top ten semiconductor vendors.
QuickLogic revenues fall 18% sequentially in Q4
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Programmable logic vendor QuickLogic Corp. today announced revenues for the fourth quarter of 2000 were $12.2 million, up 10% from revenues of $11.1 million in the fourth quarter of 1999 but down 18% from net revenues of $14.9 million reported in the third quarter of 2000.
Cirrus remains confident in Internet entertainment chip sales
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AUSTIN, Tex. -- The near-term outlook at Cirrus Logic Inc. is a little better than other chip companies, which this week have been forecasting lower revenues in the first three months of 2001. Cirrus Logic today said it expects sales to be flat in the current quarter from $208 million in its fiscal third quarter, ended Dec. 30.
ServerWorks plans chip sets for range of Intel processors
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SAN JOSE -- Two weeks after agreeing to be acquired by Broadcom Corp., ServerWorks Corp. today outlined its strategy in the server-based chip set market, reportedly including a major deal with Intel Corp.
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The County Commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing on Lots and Blocks/Primary Travel Corridor Standards on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 1:30 p.m. in room B14 of the County Administration Building located at 199 W. Pine.
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The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will have a public hearing on Infrastructure Standards on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers. The County Commissioners are scheduled to hold public hearings in August.
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Denver Nuggets President Josh Kroenke said Friday that it was hard to let both the NBA's executive of the year and its coach of the year get away following a franchise record 57-win season, ''but I'm not here to win awards, I'm here to win banners.'' Kroenke said he wasn't going to stand in the way of Masai Ujiri leaving for his dream job as GM of the Toronto Raptors last week and he couldn't stomach watching George Karl serve as a lame duck next season, so he fired him Thursday. Ujiri and Kroenke had a handshake agreement on a new deal earlier this year, but Kroenke said the one team he would allow to step in and break up their partnership was the Raptors, the team that had given Ujiri his first shot at a front office job. He said Ujiri told him not to try to match the reported five-year, $15 million offer from Toronto because he'd already made up his mind he wanted to return to Toronto. Karl had one year left on his contract with a three-year team option and he sought to parla...
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The Islanders finished 21-9 after going 5-15 last year.
TACOMA — A tear trickled down Kaela Yuen's cheek as she walked toward the Mercer Island locker room in the Tacoma Dome on Friday.
"I hate it when they cry," the coach said of her players.
The Islanders (21-9) were sad to see their comeback season end in a 57-47 loss to seventh-ranked Kamiakin of Kennewick in the consolation round of the Class 3A state girls basketball tournament. The Braves (19-6), who play University of Spokane Valley at 8 a.m. Saturday to decide fourth and sixth places, were sparked by junior guard Sira Toure, who scored 15 of her 26 points in the opening quarter.
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"I'm just really proud of them," Yuen said. "They stuck with the goal. They know what it feels like, they know what it takes, and we're already planning for next year."
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For designers who want to get more out of InDesign CS4, plug-ins offer a great option for adding to the finished project. With InDesign CS4: 10 Free Must-Have Plug-ins, instructor and InDesign guru David Blatner shows designers how to tap into some of the best free plug-ins to boost productivity and streamline page layout and workflow. From the practical Keyboard Shortcuts to the engaging Tetris plug-in, David introduces a batch of quick solutions for getting more out of InDesign.
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SANFORD – Maine drug enforcement agents, along with Sanford police, arrested a local man Thursday and charged him with selling cocaine, according to a press release from the Department of Public Safety.
Agents say David Lingenfelter, 46, of Springvale, faces two counts of aggravated trafficking in cocaine and is connected with another cocaine arrest from November. That arrest involved 45-year -old Michael Frechette of Sanford, also charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking in cocaine.
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency Supervisor Peter Mador said the two have been selling cocaine in York County for several months and were working together.
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I can't help but compare the discussion involving the merits of the CIP project for the proposed North Community Regional Park and Community Links with what I do for a living: provide apartment housing for people living in Los Alamos.
I own and manage a number of buildings in town that are almost the same age as is the golf course and believe it or not, there are more similarities than you might think.
By the time our current projects are completed this summer, we will have invested well over $1,500,000 in upgrades and innovations in recent years. We do this because we have to meet or exceed the needs and desires of our customers.
As a result, we have stayed competitive in the market and have a successful business.
The same cannot be said for the golf course in Los Alamos.
There is little disagreement that the course needs a new irrigation system. The current system is nearing 30 years of age, was not properly installed in the first place and is a component that typically requires replacement every 20-25 years.
What is being debated is the proposed renovation of the course, which would include completely new turf and the re-design of several holes for safety concerns.
The basic problem with America's educational system is not that college is too expensive. Nor is the basic problem that public school teachers are underpaid or that educators are poorly trained. The basic problem with America's educational system today is that far too many children are given the implicit message at home that education is not a priority. "Perhaps the nerds and the geeks need these educational skills, but in our home, they just are not that important."
Our schools face a huge challenge today, because the educational message that teachers are trying to inculcate into their students is far too often dismissed at home. If you live in a subculture where education is not valued, it is unlikely you will come to value your own educational opportunities. We cannot expect our schools to inculcate values of learning when there is little to no reinforcement at home.
The reality of life is that education and learning is not always fun. I was, and still am, an eager learner; nevertheless, some topics were uninteresting and seemed pointless when I first learned them.
I'm proud that the House of Representatives recently passed a budget that will not only keep New Mexico on solid financial ground, but also chart a better course for the future of our state.
With this budget, we underscore our commitment to fiscal responsibility while also putting our families first. We did this by dedicating a large chunk of new revenue toward education reforms aimed at helping struggling students learn. On top of that, we secured funding to diversify our economy and protect our children.
I am proud to say that these legislative priorities are not partisan policies, which is why both Democrats and Republicans backed the final budget. Together, we understand that what matters most is making New Mexico a better place for you and your family.
It starts with education. Our budget invests an additional $44.7 million into K-12 education, with more dollars going directly into the classroom than ever before.
With this money, we will be able to expand tutoring and interventions for a total of $61.7 million.
The money goes toward important programs like Pre-K and K-3 Plus, a program that provides additional instruction to struggling students.
The funding also calls for raising the starting teacher salary from $32,000 to $34,000 a year.
On Jan. 1, 2005, food bought at New Mexico's grocery stores was excluded from the gross receipts tax (GRT). In exchange for the break, the GRT was hiked on all other purchases.
A decade later, it's clear that the tax shift was a mistake.
With several proposals before the legislature to reinstate the GRT on food, it's time for an honest examination of how and why the well-meaning exemption failed.
While it's all but forgotten now, many of the state's liberal activists and organizations opposed ending the food tax. In 2003, New Mexico Voices for Children argued that the "very poorest people will not receive the benefits," because most "use food stamps, which are not subject to gross receipts taxes."
Currently, a qualifying New Mexico family of four receives $514.32 per month, tax free, in food stamps. A staggering 21.5 percent of our citizens participate in the federal program.
In addition, many household essentials such as soap, paper products and toothpaste remained taxable. Utility and motor-fuels taxes were not touched, either.
We've reached saturation with gaming.
Because tribes and racinos scramble for every new dollar, it makes for some strange politics.
Last Saturday, the legislative Committee on Compacts heard from tribes and examined every pore of the compact produced by intense negotiating between the Governor's Office and five tribes — the Navajo Nation, the Jicarilla Apache Nation, the Mescalero Apache Tribe, and Acoma and Jemez pueblos.
For a change, party affiliation didn't matter. Republican committee members wanted to move the compact for Gov. Susana Martinez, but that didn't stop them from pointing out its flaws and trying to amend them despite time constraints.
Democrats dug in for their Native American constituents, but they too didn't hesitate to flush out problems and demand renegotiation.
Most interesting was Sen. John Arthur Smith, a Democrat who defended his constituents, the Fort Sill Apaches, perched on 30 acres near his city of Deming, and their right to have a casino. Smith also worried that we've exceeded market saturation.
If you're worried about paying for your child's college education, keep this statistic in mind: during the 2011-12 school year, the U.S. Department of Education reported that 85 percent of all full-time, four-year college students were receiving some form of financial aid.
Consider planning way ahead of time to develop a college savings strategy that fits with your finances. If you need more resources to cover additional costs, get to know the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as FAFSA (fafsa.ed.gov).
FAFSA is the universal application for current and prospective U.S. college students to receive college financial aid. It is the gateway to grants, student loans and work-study programs on the federal and state level.
If you have a kid headed for college, it's a good idea to learn about the FAFSA as early as possible. The universal form is the first step for any current or prospective student who needs help paying for higher education. For the 2014-15 academic year, the College Board reported that annual tuition, room and board (trends.collegeboard.org) averaged $18,943 at in-state public universities, $32,762 for out-of-state students and $42,419 at private, nonprofit schools.
The first school for Seeing Eye Dogs was opened on Jan. 29, 1929 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Following a short-lived program in Germany after World War I, this guide school trained dogs to assist those in need, and since then has influenced programs all over the world, including the Texas A&M's Aggie Guide Dogs and Service Dogs (AGS).
Today, service dogs are exposed to very thorough and extensive training, and their duties can extend much farther than assisting only the blind.
"When people see a service dog in a vest, they automatically think it's a guide dog. When in reality, a huge percentage of service dogs assist people with all sorts of other medical, physical and emotional things," said Dr. Alice Blue-McLendon, faculty advisor for AGS and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Some examples include mobile assistance dogs, which help people who have trouble getting around due to cerebral palsy, severe arthritis or other conditions, and hearing dogs, which help the hearing impaired by responding to sound with a certain behavior.
For instance, when they hear a knock at the front door, they might be taught to go sit in front of the person to alert them.
After initially driving down the price of oil by increasing its production, which gave Americans a welcome drop in prices at the pump, could Saudi Arabia now be pushing them back up?
Prices at the pump have gone up nearly 40 cents a gallon from the January low. Every year, at this time, refineries shut down to make adjustments from the "winter blend" to the "summer blend."
However this year, the increase is exacerbated.
The unexpected extreme weather in the south has caused some of the refineries in the south to shut and restart, resulting in disruption for a couple of days. There was a California refinery explosion.
Then we have the expanding steelworker's strike — the first in 35 years.
Opinions vary on why the United Steelworks chose now to strike — especially in a time when labor unions, according to the WP, "rarely exercise that right."
The paper explains, "There were only 11 strikes involving more than 1,000 workers last year, down from hundreds annually in the 1970s."
What if the union workers chose this time to strike because of outside influence — specifically Saudi Arabia? There are many coincidences that seem too obvious to ignore.
A legislative tradition is a speech by each member of our congressional delegation to a joint gathering of the two houses.
The exercise is useful. It puts the people self-selected to live on airplanes flying between New Mexico and Washington, D.C., in front of a bipartisan political audience. A chance exists of something useful or revealing.
From Albuquerque Rep. Michelle Luján Grisham, a Democrat, on Feb. 17 came the charge, "It's time you declare a war on poverty in New Mexico." The comment was in an Albuquerque Journal story.
The sentiments are noble. Questions arise, however. (I can hear the liberal knives sharpening. Gasp! Question a principle of pious liberalism?)
It's not that Luján Grisham is wrong. It would be nice to eliminate poverty. The trouble is that such words are easy to say and tough, if not impossible, to execute. This would be a state level war, I suppose.
To talk of solving a social problem such as poverty, Washington Post economics columnist Robert Samuelson once observed, is itself a problem. "'Solution' implies a perfect resolution, but many social problems do not admit to that." Poverty is one of the "conditions with which we have to struggle, for better or worse."
I'm writing to voice my opposition to the idea of a plastic grocery bag ban that's been going around lately.
Bag bans have become the latest Eco-Fad for people that don't have anything better to do than to punish everyone for the actions of a few. They are just a warm fuzzy feel good idea that's completely ineffective.
Most of the time I shop at Smith's I bring my own cloth bags since they are sturdy, carry more, and I get bonus rewards points for doing so. However, I don't keep any cloth bags in my truck for various reasons, so if I'm driving my truck I need the plastic or paper bags available at the store. Today I rode with a friend to Smith's to get some lunch. I don't carry my cloth bags in my wallet, so used plastic provided by Smith's.
I re-use my grocery bags for many things. I've actually run out of bags at the house and had to intentionally leave my cloth bags in the car on the next shopping trip just so that I could obtain more.
Plastic bags are likely the most re-purposed and reused product that people bring into their home! If there is a bag ban, I'll just have to buy them from Amazon.
As these lines are written the bumptious Republican majority that controls the U.S. House seems prepared to shut down the Department of Homeland Security or, perhaps, avoid a shutdown by funding its operations for only three weeks.
It's madness. By a large bipartisan margin, the Senate has already sent the House a measure funding the department through September. It is a straight-forward funding bill, no gimmicks, no distractions.
But wingnuts in the Republican House are demanding a measure that includes language invalidating some of President Barack Obama's executive orders on immigration reform. Slipping extraneous stuff like that into a bill is called adding a "poison pill," something calculated to kill a proposal.
House speakers who are serious about getting things done, especially where national security is concerned, usually knock heads of supporters who foster such nonsense and tell them to cool it. But the current House Speaker, John Boehner, acquiesced and tried to borrow three weeks to avoid an immediate shutdown.
Boehner has accomplished little as Speaker, but he plainly likes the title.
His latest caper began last fall when congressional Republicans joined Democrats in sending the president a measure funding the federal government, pending his signature.
In the last month there have been some very emotionally charged letters to the editor published in various media outlets here in town, by Jody Benson, a member of the Sierra Club, demanding a ban on plastic shopping bags in Los Alamos County.
Understandably, this topic is going to generate a lot of discussion because it concerns how people choose to shop and live their lives.
Before we ban plastic bags and allow needleless government intrusion into a private transaction let's look at some facts regarding plastic shopping bags.
• Plastic bags are made of No. 2 (high-density polyethelyne, HDPE) or No. 4 (low-density polyethelyne, LDPE), both of which are 100 percent recyclable through the "Bag-2-Bag" program Smith's participates in.
• Smith's also recycles its own cardboard and other waste, thus not impacting the county's solid waste system.
• Ninety percent of plastic shopping bags are reused in households. The most common reuse is to line trashcans and to dispose of pet waste.
Engineers aim to streamline everything to work better, faster and cheaper.
Over the years, countless techniques for doing this have been launched and proved valuable. More come every year.
Almost every process works better, faster and cheaper than it did 10 years ago. A dusky exception is the vital process of regulating.
Regulating has built up a backlog of inefficiencies that have remedies on hand in other fields.
This is not surprising for a system like regulating that works, not by design, but as shaped by a long chain of votes cast on a tangle of super politicized issues.
The system of regulating emissions has four main steps: rule-setting, permitting, inspection and enforcement. Each step affects all the other steps and each affects the efficiency of the regulating system as a whole.
Yet, the steps are designed separately, with barely a glance at the thriving engineering field of systems analysis.
Systems analysis comes in forms that range from very complex to common-sense simple. Systems analysis in the 21st century can use information theory and game theory to shape high-level math problems run on computers.
Probiotics, or "good bacteria," can be defined as living microorganisms that, when administered in adequateamounts, can offer multiple health benefits to the host. Though they have been gaining popularity amongst humans in the past decade, the possibility of similar probiotic supplements for your pets' health is on the rise.
"Essentially, we are trying to give live bacteria in supplement form that have beneficial properties to ananimal in order to improve their digestive health," said Dr. Jan Suchodolski, clinical associate professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. "It is imperative that bacteria are alive once they reach the gut and that they are also delivered in high amounts. That's why a high-quality product is needed."
In order to fully understand how probiotics work, it's important to know that the beneficial effects of probiotics are bacterial strain specific, meaning every bacterial strain has a potentially different effect. Some probiotic strains, for instance, stimulate the immune system, while other strains produce anti-inflammatory biomolecules or antimicrobial molecules to combat pathogens.
There has been a great deal of conversation in the community and the media about immunizations against certain communicable diseases.
In fact, one recent story (lamonitor.com, Feb. 6) noted Los Alamos County was "… second in the state for the number of vaccination exemptions at 3.1 percent for children ages 4 to 18…."
For Los Alamos, the number of parents who requested vaccination exemptions (immunization waivers) amounted to about 100 students out of the more than 3,500 enrolled in school. The vaccination exemptions requested by parents were primarily based on religious or medical reasons, which are allowed by state law.
Our community will be pleased to know Los Alamos Public Schools is in compliance with the New Mexico Department of Health rules and New Mexico School Manual regarding immunizations and exemptions.
Michele Wright RN, LAPS Nursing Team leader stated, "Either students have completed their vaccines, are following a schedule to catch up on missing vaccines, or have valid religious beliefs or medical conditions for not receiving their vaccines."
Earlier this week, millions of people wasted their time watching the Oscars.
With so many other things happening in the world, you'd think people would demand more variety. It's the same old thing year after year.
But on the same day as the Oscars, in Daytona, Florida, Matt "Megatoad" Stonie (world class eating champion) consumed 182 slices of bacon in five minutes (a little more than six pounds). Watching someone gulp down 28,000 milligrams of sodium is true entertainment.
And they know how to do it right in Guadalajara, Mexico, too. With 2,600 pounds of pork, 2,400 pounds of tortillas and enough hot sauce to kill a Roman Legion, 130 people constructed a 2-mile long chain of tacos! Yes, this is entertainment with a bite!
Whether its a competition to see who can squirt milk the furthest from their eyeballs, or attempting to break the world record for spit distance (currently at 7 feet), humans know no bounds on the extents of pure sport and merriment.
It took a while for people to realize that the true value of setting a record is that it offers someone the opportunity to break it.
Parental notification on abortion, an issue I hoped had been put to rest years ago, is back with New Mexico, thanks to House Bill 391, sponsored by Rep. Alonzo Baldonado, R-Valencia.
The bill requires that if a minor is seeking an abortion, her parents must be notified first. The requirement is notice, not consent.
The bill provides exceptions, including so-called judicial bypass — a way for the minor to get approval from a judge instead of her parents in certain circumstances. It also requires statistical reporting by all doctors who perform abortions (not limited to minors) — a provision that might be seen as a prelude to more restrictive legislation.
Should the law require girls under the age of consent — or the healthcare providers who want to help them — to notify parents before they can get an abortion? This question is not just about abortion. It's about parenting and the precious protective relationship between parents and children.
Except sometimes the relationship is not protective.
How you react to this question depends on the point of view you take when you think about it. Some people take the issue personally. They relate the legislation to their own children, grandchildren, relatives or other favorite kids.
Los Alamos Public Schools will soon begin testing students in third through 11th grade on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC). This will mark the first year this test has been administered in our community.
The purpose of the assessment is to help determine our students' understanding of the Common Core State Standards in reading, language arts and mathematics, as well as provide data about our students' college and career readiness. For example, a fifth grade student who demonstrates proficiency on the PARCC assessment is viewed as on a path to college and career ready.
In the past, the annual assessment was known as the New Mexico Standards Based Assessment (SBA), which was administered over a two-week testing window.
In contrast to SBA that students took in the past, the PARCC will be taken online. Students in Chamisa and Mountain Elementary Schools will be the first to participate in the PARCC testing. Other schools in the district will soon follow.
PARCC will be administered in two phases. As such, students in grades 3-11 will be assessed in three tests in English Language Arts and two tests in mathematics in March. In April, students in grades 3-11 will take two end-of-year tests in English Language Arts and two end-of-year in mathematics.
There is a lot of misinformation circulating regarding the upcoming Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test (PARCC) that will be administered to students from grades 3-11 this spring. I want to clarify the options parents have in deciding to opt their children out of taking this test.
Many of you have expressed concern and, indeed, dissatisfaction with the intensity of the current amount of standardized testing taking place in our schools.
One of the top concerns I share is the elimination of a parent's right in deciding whether or not their child has to take the test. I was appalled to be notified that school districts are intentionally telling parents that they cannot "opt out" their children from taking standardized tests.
This blatant effort to misinform parents is a violation of a parent's right to choose what is best for their children and it is unacceptable. Our children must not be used as leverage in a misguided national trend of high-stakes testing in public education.
The fact is, according to the United States 14th Amendment of the Constitution, parents do have a say, and their rights are protected by Supreme Court decisions, especially in the area of education. It is their right to choose to have their children take these tests or not.
After six years of dithering, the Keystone pipeline project has finally cleared both the Senate and the House with strong bipartisan support — mere percentage points away from a veto-proof majority. Now it goes to the White House where President Barack Obama has vowed to veto it.
The Keystone pipeline should have never been an issue in Congress. Because it crosses an international border, the pipeline requires State Department approval.
With millions of miles of pipeline already traversing the country and dozens already crossing the U.S.-Canada border the Keystone pipeline should never have made news, except that Obama's environmental base has made it the literal line in the sand.
Within the president's base, only two groups feel strongly about the Keystone pipeline — the unions want it, the environmentalists don't. Each has pressured him to take its side.
I've likened the conflict to the classic cartoon image of a devil on one shoulder prodding an activity saying, "Oh it will be fun, everyone is doing it," vs. the angel on the other warning, "be careful, you'll get into trouble."
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The problem is not how they are licensed (public, open source, whatever). What Oracle claim is that their copyright precludes unlicensed copies - so IEEE could require "posix certification" for all libraries implementing the POSIX API, so they could prevent glibc or any other "libc" from being distributed. That might not be a huge risk for POSIX, because of the IEEE involvement, but there are a lot of APIs out there.


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2. With a small ice cream scoop or a melon baller, quickly scoop small balls of the ice cream, using about 1 tablespoon for each; make 3 or 4 at a time, placing them on a plate, then transferring them to the plate in the freezer. Freeze for at least 30 minutes, or until firm.
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Immigration: it's an issue that's been on the minds of a lot of prominent people involved in politics lately. One group you've probably heard of is the so-called "Gang of Eight" in the Senate – four Democrats and four Republicans who have proposed a new framework for moving forward on comprehensive immigration reform. So what's the deal with this "gang?" You've heard a lot of back-and-forth bickering about their proposals and agenda, but how well do you really know them?
Luckily, here at Project Vote Smart, we've been keeping tabs on these guys for years. Here's a quick rundown of this "Gang of Eight," including links to some of their key positions, statements, and votes on immigration issues.
As the Senior Senator from Illinois and the Senate Majority Whip, Durbin has been a driving force behind the current "gang's" negotiations. He led a press conference a few weeks ago to unveil this framework for a comprehensive immigration reform bill, including strengthening border security, reforming legal immigration, and establishing a pathway to citizenship for those undocumented individuals already in the country. Senator Durbin was also the original sponsor of the DREAM Act, which would have provided a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants brought to this country as minors. You can read a summary of that ultimately unsuccessful legislation here, and you can read what Durbin had to say about it, too. In the aftermath of the bill's failure, the Senator was also supportive of ...
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The excellence of Suffolk New College's School of Creative Arts has been recognised by one of the world's most illustrious arts universities.
Incoming Suffolk New College Principal Viv Gillespie has outlined her vision for the future of the institution after officially taking up her new position today.
Mrs Gillespie, who holds a first class honours degree in Business Studies, joins the College with an outstanding track record in further education, having taught and managed in the sector for more than 25 years. She was previously Principal at South Worcestershire College, where she led the fastest turnaround from an inadequate to good Ofsted rating.
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USMC 13th MEU | 13thmeu.blogspot.com | September 15, 2011
INDIAN OCEAN (Aug. 20, 2011) Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Sailors with the USS Green Bay (LPD-20), run in the early morning hours during the 2011 Pfc. Ryan Jerabek Memorial Challenge aboard ship, Aug. 20. Marines and sailors ran 40 laps around the ship's flight deck or approximately four miles in honor of Jerabek, a Green Bay native who died April 6, 2004 during combat action in Ramadi Iraq. A run was held in Hobart Wisc., a week earlier in his honor. Governor Scott Walker proclaimed Aug. 13, 2011 to be Pfc. Ryan Jerabek Semper Fi Fund Day with proceeds from the run in the United States to benefit the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund. Read the rest of this entry »