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Style # 203374
Horizontal ribbing, sexy wide neckline and pop-bright hue make this bebe bodycon dress a sexy way to incorporate color into your wardrobe. Try it with a pair of cork sandals and set of bangles for a vibrant day look.
- 61% nylon, 31% lurex. 8% spandex
- Center back to hem: 28" (71 cm)
- Machine wash according to care label instructions
- Made in USA with imported materials
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Mini Ottoman Bodycon Dress is rated out of 5 by 5.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Sely10 from THIS DRESS IS SEXY & CUTE!! I luvvvvvv this dress. i seriously recommend this dress bcz this would look great 4 a girl with curves;) It is simple, yet sexy!
Date published: 2013-06-21
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kirsten81 from Fits like a glove! This dress fits so smoothly. It is very slimming as well . I love it and highly recommend it. I will be buying more like it in the future.
Date published: 2013-05-13
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tychili from What a surprise!!! When the associate brought this dress to me it really didn't look like much on the hangar. I didn't think I would like it at all. Once I actually tried it on it was a different story. Very fitted and accentuates the figure. The blue is gorgeous! I loved it so much I took the only size they had (M/L) - which still fit me fine because it's such a fitted dress and I typically wear a small at BeBe. I also couldn't beat the price. It was on sale for $45 and I received an additional 30% off from the current sale going on, so I walked out with the dress for $30. Amazing!!! So amazing, I just ordered the hot coral dress online, this time in my actual size. I hope the color looks as good on me as the blue. Found a 15% off discount code online and had a $10 reward to apply, so although I didn't get the deal I got for the blue dress, I still feel like I've gotten a bargain for these two dresses at Bebe.
Date published: 2013-04-26
Rated 5 out of 5 by SaltyMama from Another great Bebe dress REALLY into coral right now and bodycon styles, so thought I'd give this dress a try. It did not disappoint! Beautiful color (modeled shade is accurate.) Most importantly with something SO tight and sexy, I always want a thicker more substantial fabric rather than something super thin that would show every bra or panty line...want to be classy sexy. This nice thicker bodycon hugs curves and looks fantastic!! Worth the $$$
Date published: 2013-02-26
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from Awesome Dress!!! Bought this for next Indianapolis Colts season. I needed a blue bodycon dress and this is gonna work perfect. Short but not too short. Works really good with a pair of white tights and blue heels. Luv it!!!
Date published: 2013-02-26


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1PStart's JW finally got his hands on Mass Effect for the Xbox 360. After playing through it, to say he was slightly pleased would be a massive understatement.
"Not only is this the best product BioWare has released, but this ranks up there among the best role playing games ever. If you own an Xbox 360, then you have no excuse to not own Mass Effect. It's the best RPG on the market. It's one of the best shooters on the market. It's one of the best GAMES on the market. It's my pick for Game of the Year. It's just a hair short of absolute perfection, and I'm going to play some more right now."
Forget the [email protected]'s review, read the mothaf***ing comments at the bottom. Sums up the game nicely.
the graphics in this game are some of the best i've seen on the 360 besides gears and bioshock.
i started two new save files, one with the default male character (john shepard), and one with a female custom character.
there both given an extreme amount of detail for custom and default characters.
i am somewhat of a bioware fanboy, having loved all their rpgs, but, and forgive me if I am wrong, because I dont yet own a 360, how does a game that suffers MASSIVE framerate drops and texture loading get a 5/5? I am not hating on the game, because this might be the one that makes me get a 360. I have seen numerous ps3 reviews where points get deducted because of framerate issues, so why is it not the issue here? A legitimate question, please dont flame me, because I will openly admit this game looks AWESOME.
same crap with different name is the only sh1t ms is good @. mass gear halo are all the same lame ass games real boring sh1t. p.s i do hate dumbox360 and ms fanboys...............NO I GOT MORE MOVIES THAN U HAVE FRIENDS UR A GEEK MS ASS KISSER SO F/U AND THEY R THE SAME FORMULA ALL 3 GAMES SAME BS ALL OVER AGAIN
jump out of the RROD AND PLAYB3YOND..........RAZER GET OUT OF BILL GATES A$$ U MORON ALL 3 GAMES ARE THE SAME, SAVE MY WORLD TYPE OF SH1T BORING. DO THE SAME CRAP ALL OVER AGAIN....METHOD I SPEND 637.00 ON MY PS3 ON 06 AND STILL RUNNING PLUS TALKING ABOUT CLONES HALO GEAR MASS ARE THE SAME CRAP PLUS HALO IS ONLY 6 HRS LONG SO GET YOUR FACT RIGHT B4 TALKING SMACK, PLUS MY PS3 IS RROD FREE AND NOT ONLY THAT IS SCRATCH FREE SYS NOT LIKE THE DUMBBOX.............SO METHOD PLAYB3YOND AND JUMP OUT OF THE RROD.EVERY PENNY IS WORTH I CAN DOWNLOAD FREE MUSIC FREE PORN ON MY PS3 CAN U DO THAT ON THE DUMBOX.MMMMMMMMMMMM NOT

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Police union contract a top concern for Bedford votersBy SUSAN CLARK
Union Leader Correspondent
March 10. 2014 9:26PM
BEDFORD — A $26 million operating budget and a four-year police union contract will go before voters at the annual Budgetary Town Meeting on Wednesday.
Voters will be asked to approve the Town Council's proposed $26,020,675 operating budget for fiscal year 2014-15 — an increase of 2 cents per $1,000 assessed property valuation for a projected town tax rate of $4.99, or an $8 increase for a $400,000 home.
The Budgetary Town Meeting takes place at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Bedford High School theater, 47 Nashua Road.
During the budget season, the Town Council cut the proposed operating budget in several areas, including a reduction of $154,000 in insurance costs, applying $100,000 in 2013 surplus funds to 2014 purchases, and increasing motor vehicle and meals and room tax distributions by $181,000. The council also applied funds to the Tax Increment Financing District, which was created in 2010 to identify South River Road property values and tax revenues and to invest in the area's infrastructure.
"The most impact (on the budget) would be the reduction in debt service payments of $108,000 due to the council moving a portion, $900,000, of the 2013 infrastructure bond issue to the South River Road TIF District. With the $900,000 proceeds moved for funding TIF improvements, the associated debt service payments applicable to those proceeds also moved to the TIF expenses," said Crystal Dionne, finance director.
In 2014, the Warrant 5 police union contract will cost $3.3 million in annual salaries, holiday pay, educational incentives, retirement benefits, health/dental and life insurance, longevity and uniform allowances — an increase of $194,920 over the previous contract that expired in December, or about 6 cents per $1,000 property valuation. The cost for 2015 amounts to $3.5 million, an increase of $143,668 from 2014.
"The proposed contract costs are included within the council's recommended budget, therefore, no additional funding is being sought through Article 5. The contract has a re-opener for wages/benefits for years three and four, therefore, we cannot estimate what those amounts or tax impact would be since we have not defined what those benefits are yet," said Dionne.
The police department budget includes $45,000 to re-establish the capital reserve accounts for the dispatch radio console and communications network, $4,000 for a Smartshot camera system, $41,000 for leasing six cruisers, and $107,684 for two new patrol officers for six months. Funding of $112,000 for full-year positions will appear in future budgets.
The fire department budget includes a reduction of $750,000 for anticipated grants, a reduction of $71,000 for three anticipated retirements from 2013, $354,000 to replace Engine 3 with an offset in reserves of $180,000, $215,000 to replace Ambulance 2 with an offset of reserves of $160,000, and a $100,000 capital reserve deposit for a ladder truck.


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|Bears | Dave Ragone expected to stay
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:18:55 -0800
Chicago Bears quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone is expected to remain on the coaching staff under head coach Matt Nagy.
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|Bears | Dave Ragone hired by Chicago
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Washington Redskins offensive quality control coach Dave Ragone was hired by the Chicago Bears Friday, Jan. 22, as their next quarterbacks coach.
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|Redskins | Dave Ragone joins staff
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Former Tennessee Titans quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone was hired as the Washington Redskins offensive quality control coach Thursday, Feb. 26.
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|Titans | Two coaches let go
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Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator Jerry Gray and quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone will not return to the team next season.
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|Titans | Announce several coaching moves
Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:21:14 -0800
The Tennessee Titans have hired Jacksonville Jaguars running backs coach Sylvester Croom as their new running backs coach, former Detroit Lions wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson as their new wide receivers coach and former New Orleans Saints assistant coach George Henshaw as their tight ends coach. The team has announced that offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains will remain in that position and that former wide receivers coach Dave Ragone will now be the quarterbacks coach.
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|Titans | New coaches added
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:45:42 -0800
The Tennessee Titans announced Tuesday, Feb. 22, that they have named Dave Ragone as their new wide receiver coach. The team also added Art Valero as assistant offensive line coach, Chet Parlavecchio as assistant special teams coach and Arthur Smith as defensive assistant/quality control coach.
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|Browns | Team works out Ragone
Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:34:19 -0700
Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports free agent QB Dave Ragone (Rams) has worked out with the Cleveland Browns.
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|Rams | Ragone released from team
Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:13:43 -0700
Jim Thomas, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports St. Louis Rams QB Dave Ragone has been released from the team.
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Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:02:05 -0700
The Associated Press reports St. Louis Rams QBs Ryan Fitzpatrick and Dave Ragone will have one final battle for the team's No. 3 quarterback position in the team's preseason finale Thursday, Aug. 31. "Both will play a very significant amount in this game," said head coach Scott Linehan. Neither played in Saturday's 16-12 loss, Aug. 26, in Kansas City. Statistically, the two almost are in a dead heat.
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Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:45:58 -0700
Bill Coats, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports St. Louis Rams QB Dave Ragone outperformed QB Ryan Fitzpatrick in the team's preseason game Saturday, Aug. 19. Neither threw for a touchdown or turned the ball over, but Ragone led the team on two drives that netted 10 points. Ragone finished the night 9-of-11 for 76 yards with a passer rating of 95.5. Fitzpatrick finished 5-of-10 for 59 yards with a passer rating of 68.3 in his only possession. He took the team down to the 2-yard line at the end of the game trailing 27-20. However, the Rams failed to score on four plays and ended up losing to the Houston Texans. The two quarterbacks are competing for the No. 3 quarterback job with the team.
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Stockton's Dameron Hospital and the University of California, Davis, Medical Center in Sacramento have agreed to form a joint venture that will own and operate Dameron Hospital.
Stockton's Dameron Hospital and the University of California, Davis, Medical Center in Sacramento have agreed to form a joint venture that will own and operate Dameron Hospital.
Officials say the partnership, expected to launch next spring, will improve the Stockton hospital's financial viability while delivering a higher level of care to San Joaquin County residents. It is also expected to strengthen UC Davis' position as health care reform takes hold and extends the university medical center's mission to help provide vital community services.
Lorraine Auerback, Dameron's new chief executive officer, said the deal would bring cutting-edge medical programs, now available only at outside institutions such as the UC medical center, to the 100-year-old community hospital.
"It's a big deal for this community," she said Monday. "It has had good, solid bread-and-butter health care. Now it's going to have good, solid world-class health care."
Dameron, long financially solid, has struggled financially in the past year because of the weak economy, Auerbach said, but that was not the main factor for seeking a larger partner.
Rather it was the prospect of adapting to sweeping changes because of health care reform in a market dominated by hospital giants such as Dignity Health, Sutter Health and Kaiser Permanente.
"We needed something that says, this is how we will connect with the new continuum ... under health care reform," she said.
Peter Hilsenrath, a health care management and economics professor at University of the Pacific, said the partnership makes sense.
"When you're part of a larger group, you have a lot more bargaining power with insurers, you have a lot more bargaining power with suppliers, and you have a lot more bargaining power with physicians," he said Monday. "It is tough to survive as just a standalone, independent community hospital."
The move should also provide Dameron patients with better access to a wide array of advanced medical treatments and highly trained physicians.
"Davis is a big network, so if you need access to a real specialist, Davis has lot more access to that than Dameron," Hilsenrath said.
Formation of Dameron Davis Management Co., a limited liability company, was announced last week following the UC Board of Regents approval in San Francisco.
According to UC documents of that Thursday meeting, UC Davis Medical Center will contribute $10 million and extend its brand, expertise and programs - worth an additional $30 million - to the joint venture. Dameron's contribution, including the hospital and other real estate, equipment, furnishings and cash, is valued at nearly $98 million.
As proposed, Dameron Davis would be ruled by two boards.
One, an eight-member Board of Managers, would make top-level executive decisions, with half of its members appointed by each of the UC Regents and Dameron Hospital Association.
That board would in turn appoint a Governing Board, which could include medical staffers and community leaders, to oversee day-to-day hospital operations.
Auerbach said Monday, her ninth day as Dameron CEO, that all those details and much more still have to be negotiated and formally agreed to in the coming months.
But judging by the reaction of her fellow employees, the hospital already seems to have struck the right note.
"I'm actually pleasantly surprised by all the energy and excitement behind the change," she said.
UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, a 619-bed acute care adult and pediatric hospital, and the faculty physicians in the UC Davis School of Medicine operate as a hub for specialized care in a 33-county service area in inland Northern California.
Dameron Hospital is an independent, not-for-profit, nonsectarian 202-bed general acute-care hospital, with more than 1,200 employees and more than 400 affiliated physicians, serving greater San Joaquin County, and adjacent areas. It has provided adult and pediatric acute medical and surgical care since 1912.
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LAUNCH: California Academy of Sciences Penguins 3 Ways
Today marks the official launch of the California Academy of Sciences 3-way African Penguin cam. You'll be able to watch the birds swim, dive, flirt, nest and relax from any one of three live views. Be sure to tune in daily at 10:30am and 3:00pm PT when Academy biologists answer questions from visitors during meal time. [clear here]
Ricki Lake Live Chat After Dancing with the Stars
8:45pm PT/11:45pm ET
Fresh off filming the latest episode of DWTS, Ricki Lake will let her hair down (and take off her dancing shoes) in the Green Room to chat with fans. If you've ever wanted to know anything about what it's like to try and dance professionally, you definitely won't want to miss this!
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PGA Tour Pressers
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Hellman's Chicken Challenge
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Hellmann's hosts a live head-to-head chicken challenge to help moms diversify their dinner routine. Think mock Iron Chef style cooking challenge. [clear here]
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Join Shira Lazar and her regular crew for an all-new episode of What's Trending! The show tackles all of the hottest topics in news, technology, entertainment, and beyond, and invites some amazing guests to the studio as well! [clear here]
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Our favorite "Stupid for…" show is back! Dexter junkies, you won't want to miss this sneak preview of Season 6 of the popular Showtime series. Hosts Kat and Mandy will dish out all the deets about new cast members and speculate on plot spoilers. [clear here]
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Tom's Of Maine Wicked Fresh Chat with Gabrielle Bernstein
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Join 'Spirit Now' author, motivational speaker, and life coach Gabrielle Bernstein for an engaging, "wicked fresh" conversation with Toms of Maine. [clear here]
Bon Jovi "Live" from Lisbon
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Make sure to watch "Bon Jovi: Live From Lisbon", the stream of Bon Jovi's last show of the 2011 tour performed in Lisbon, Portugal on July 31st! The legendary performance will stream at three times on the 21st so that fans worldwide can rock out! For all times and a complete schedule, check their channel page. [clear here]
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Princeton Health Chat: Options in Bariatric Surgery
Princeton Health professionals go live to answer your questions about options in Bariatric surgery. [clear here]
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Blythe Raw
12pm PT/3pm ET
Blythe Metz, the raw food goddess is cooking up something special every Friday at 12pm PT. From raw fudge to no-meat tacos, she's got the answer for everyone who says, "eating healthy tastes gross." Hint: it doesn't have to! [clear here]
Rico Love Chat with Cherlise
8pm PT/11pm ET
Artist, songwriter, and producer Rico Love will be live with his new artist Cherlise from the studio on Friday for a chat with fans. With her single featuring Lil Wayne dropping soon, Cherlise is poised to take the hip hop and R&B world by storm. To find out what she has planned, be sure to tune in! [clear here]
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UFC 135: Jones v. Rampage
6pm PT/9pm ET
Don't miss the pre-fight action with Heavy MMA, followed by the official UFC PPV event–the headlining fight will pit light heavyweight Jon Jones against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. [clear here]
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Eckhart Tolle Live Meditation
1pm PT/4pm ET
Want to meditate with the man who has been called "the most spiritually influential person in the world"? Well, lucky you, you'll get a chance to do just that when the German-born spiritial leader leads the world in a live meditation on Ustream.
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GamingUnion: "Although they haven't produced bucket loads of original IPs in their lifetime, Naughty Dog has still become a staple brand within the game industry. The IPs they've created have offered gamers the very best in terms of creativity and graphics and you'll be pushed to find someone who will disagree. With Crash Bandicoot, Jax and Daxter, and, of course, the Uncharted series under their belt, many would say Naughty Dog has got it made. In honor of the recent announcement of the Last of Us, we're taking time out to focus on what makes Naughty Dog such an excellent developer and how the brand got started."
It's funny that there are some hidden trolls running through this comment section disagreeing with every positive comment about ND (Which is all of them so far), and not bothering to explain their disagrees. Ignorant children...
There good, Uncharted 3 was kinda ify but seeing the uncharted 2 team was working on LOF i can forgive them. Hopefully LOF will be something more than just generic zombie game
naught dog is my fav studio
but what annoy me , there is no someone famous in it represent it .
like vavle= gabe , epic=kliff , ..etc


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The 2013 Dodge, unveiled officially Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But who will drive it, who will run the teams, and who will build the engines? No answers yet from Dodge execs. (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
Tony Stewart, Joey Logano and Mark Martin are all big name drivers who have had major issues with the new EFI systems during the opening weeks of the Sprint Cup season.
But some are worried about the bigger picture here – that NASCAR executives are leaving it up to teams themselves to deal with McLaren engineers over EFI problems.
Usually NASCAR itself wields a heavy hand with this sport's suppliers, making them toe the line.
However it appears to some here that NASCAR simply doesn't the expertise or engineers savvy enough to get a hand on EFI.
Another point: NASCAR, when introducing new technology (like the sealed gas refueling systems), usually brings it in at a lower level, on the Truck tour or Nationwide tour, to work out the bugs before bringing it into the Sprint Cup realm.
Toyota's Lee White (R), with Kyle Busch (Photo: Toyota Motorsports)
However, Toyota's Lee White points out that EFI is not only good for the sport, in the marketing sense, but that the new system has the capability of almost repairing a damaged engine….or at least protect a damaged engine from blowing up.
"Look at Denny Hamlin in the Shootout at Daytona," White says. "He was involved in that second-lap incident, and it banged up his car, and the water temp from there on was up to 310-312….and the engine didn't blow up. If that had been a carburetor-engine, it would have blown up big-time. But the EFI mapping can be set to take into account various possibilities and adapt the engine to them, like putting more fuel on the piston."
EFI: NASCAR's new electronic fuel injection system (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
White, who worked with EFI engines in sports cars during his years with Jack Roush, says that as good as McLaren engineers are, they simply aren't familiar with the physical demands on an EFI unit in a NASCAR stocker – all the banging that these drivers dish out, for four or five hours.
There is, White says, a lot for everyone to learn with this EFI. Like at Martinsville a few weeks back, during an EFI test, on a cold day, the engines simply wouldn't crank, because it was too cold. All the dyno room work on EFI systems hadn't taken into account the weather, because there is no weather in a dyno room.
"I'm not the expert," White says, "but apparently when you take power away from the 'box,' and then come back with power, it might screw up the cam sensor, which kills the timing of everything.
"And it has to re-sync.
"And in the process of doing that, there is a situation – which everyone at the moment is working around – that when you kill the engine and then try to jump start it with the clutch, the engine is cranking much faster than when it cranks when you just push the (start) button.
"So it doesn't recognize that, and it doesn't go into start mode, and it just doesn't start.
"You're better off, then, pushing the button.
"But at the same time, when the driver does that, he's not turning off all the electrical accessories, like the blowers, and that runs the battery down.
"And believe me, with the fuel pressure required with these things now (75 psi), you have got to have good battery. That is critical.
"There is so much battery requirement in these cars now; everyone has upped their alternators, to 100 amps, and even cooling their alternators.
"But we've seen guys here this weekend where in practice they'll come in the garage and their batteries are down to under 10 volts. And once you get under 10 volts with this system, you can't make the 75 psi fuel pressure to make 'em run."
A top view of a NASCAR engine with the new fuel injection system (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
So where's the blame in all this?
After all, snafus like Stewart, Logano and Martin have encountered could wind up costing someone a spot in the playoffs….or a shot at the championship, if the issues aren't worked out.
White insists "You certainly can't blame McLaren; they're just one part of this. And you can't blame Freescale; it's just making the chip in the ecu.
"The issues we've seen so far have nothing to do with the ecu (electronic control unit). They have to do with hundreds of feet of wires, dozen of connectors, sensors.
"This relay box, the issue with the relays popping – that's a whole different manufacturer. That was what was biting people at Daytona. But we didn't see that issue raising its head last week at Phoenix, so everybody got on it pretty darned quick. At least a bandaid on it.
"In my opinion, it will probably till May or June before we get all these little issues sorted out.
"There's no way in heaven you could uncover all these issues in just testing…because you're not running 500 miles with all the beating and banging, and the heat coming from the exhausts. I'm telling you, a car cranking 850 horsepower, just six inches off your door, it'll rattle your cage."
And a front view of the engine with EFI (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
No one has ever tried EFI in an environment like NASCAR.
And the people dealing with EFI are in a new world too.
"The real challenge here is the installation in this environment," White says. "McLaren has a lot of really smart guys….but with software. Not one of them has ever leaned over a hot motor to check a connector or relay box. That's up to the teams."
And White concedes that during all this on-track development, some teams and drivers will just have to suffer: "There is a period of time where it's going to have an effect. I'm sorry – it's new.
"But EFI makes these cars more relevant to the people in the stands, and that means it's good for you and good for me and good for business. Tell NASCAR they're doing a heck of a job."
Another beautiful day in the NASCAR neighborhood....(Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Dodge unveiled its new 2013 NASCAR stocker Sunday….but the big Dodge story isn't the new sheet metal, but rather who's going to run the 2013s for Dodge, and who's going to own Dodge NASCAR teams in 2013, and who's going to build Dodge engines in 2013.
And the most important question of those three is the engine question.
The Dodge unveiling itself here was rather untimely, considering Roger Penske's recent announcement of moving to Ford in 2013. Penske men have been handling the development of the 2013 Dodge.
There are a number of issues here:
First, with Penske, after 10 years, leaving Dodge at the end of this season and moving to Ford, Dodge would have only Joey Arrington as a veteran Dodge engine builder.
The engine situation with Dodge points up a major issue in this sport, one that NASCAR CEO Brian France has recognized but has so far been unable to reconcile - that building NASCAR engines has become such a highly technical, and highly expensive and specialized job that only a handful of NASCAR engine shops even exist anymore.
In years past, as many as 25 engine builders around the country could build NASCAR-worthy engines.
Today the only men with top NASCAR engine building operations are Rick Hendrick, Richard Childress, Jack Roush, Joe Gibbs/Toyota and Penske. (Even Gibbs has been forced to merge his once independent engine operation with Toyota's Los Angeles-based TRD.)
Every other team on the tour is thus now dependent on making an engine deal with one of those Big Five NASCAR engine operations.
For example, Chip Ganassi's team has to buy engines from Childress, and Tony Stewart's team has to buy engines from Hendrick.
And there is speculation that Penske could be shutting down his own engine program at the end of the season and getting his engines from Roush-Yates.
The Dodge dilemma, which broke just a week ago when Penske made his surprise announcement, has thrown the Sprint Cup garage into a tizzy.
Yes, Dodge might be able to make a deal with the Richard Petty/Andrew Murstein/Douglas Bergeron team for 2013….but there is no engine operation there; Petty's two teams get engines from Ford's Jack Roush and Doug Yates.
Arrington could help fill the void, but Arrington's operation isn't nearly the size of the Hendrick, Childress or Roush engine operations.
Soooo…..little wonder that speculation has become intense over Dodge's future in this sport.
Will Dodge hang in there in NASCAR? Or might it simply abandon this brand of motorsports?
Dodge was on the NASCAR sidelines for more than 20 years until returning in 2001.
Dodge boss Ralph Gilles insists he's not worried about 2013, and he dismisses any talk that Dodge might fold its tent and go home.
Still….Gilles did not attend the Daytona 500…while, for example, Toyota boss Akio Toyoda flew to Daytona from Toyko and even took laps himself in Toyota's new 2013.
And it's unclear if Fiat-Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne has ever been to a NASCAR race. But he does have a NASCAR 'hard card.'
In the Dodge speculation is the possibility that the parent company might simply sell its NASCAR equipment to another car maker, like Nissan.
Certainly if a Nissan, or Honda, were interested in getting into NASCAR, this might be a good opening.
Without Roger Penske, questions surround Dodge for 2013 (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Uh, huh. Lets see if I understand. My 1996 Toyota goes 200,000 miles plus, with ZERO problems on the fuel injection system, zero maintenance btw, and you tell me that 500 miles in a stock car running around in a circle is harder? They dont go in rain, snow, and any temperature.
For gosh sakes stop with the BS!
Sounds like that they are playing games and haven't figured it out yet.
Outstanding article on the EFI issues. Seems Lee White knows what is going on and you were able to present it in a meaningful way. Great interview.
You are the first person that gets it about Dodge and the problem they currently face in NASCAR. Agree they need to stop their participation right now and sell to another manufacturer. Had a family member that was involved in a Chrysler dealership that was familiar with Carl Kiekhadfer (55'-56) and that led to the beginning of the glory years that Petty took to new heights. Now, the company needs to cease involvment because they show no committment and do not have the dollars to set up a competitive program. Being a "field filler" is not racing. Sad day for this Mopar devotee.
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Language Can Hijack Life Itself, if You're Not Careful…
I wish we would save the word "trauma" for trauma, and not apply it to describe inconveniences, experiences we did not like, things that sucked, or any significant change in autonomic nervous system functioning. I get about two hundred of those a day. I do not consider myself traumatized. I do not consider my life experiences traumatic, not even all the so-called "deaths."
I wish we would save the word "healing" for the treatment of true wounds, and not as interchangeable with "I liked it", or "I felt better afterward" or "It made me feel more connected with life, or mother earth, or my higher/truer self." I have about a hundred and eleven such experiences a week. In the absence of what I would call a wound.
Language is such a gift, and it is so powerful. It starts off as a servant, helping us describe and share our experiences But it can end up a tyrant, imprisoning the experience in inadequate syllables, ultimately hijacking the experience altogether and leaving us with only a now-rehearsed version of it that we repeat again and again, playing to the laugh, the groan, the you-poor-thing we have gotten in prior sharings…
I love my new Birkenstocks, but they are not awesome. Both of my parents, and two beloved dogs, Mickey and Molly, "died", but it was not traumatic. I felt less loss as time went on, but I was not healing, for I had not been wounded. It just would not have been my preference that any of them pass when they did, or how they did. I cried about all of them. Crying is not an indicator of trauma or wounding, necessarily; it can be an indicator of how much you loved the one that has passed on.
There is incomprehensible abuse in this old world, and violence beyond words. There is Mt. Everest and Niagara Falls and the birth of a baby, and a puppy.
I wish we would save at least some of our superlatives for the truly superlative. If everything is the greatest, nothing is the greatest. `
Or perhaps, much as I love language, we have to abandon it at certain points on our journey and say "You have to walk in silence from this point on—language cannot take you where you are wanting to go…"
What can you possibly say that would make a rainbow more than it is on its own?
And you know what they say about the Tao that can be spoken…


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Prof. John Mundy
John Mundy is a native of Columbia Heights, Minnesota. He graduated from Mankato State University with a Bachelor of Science Teaching degree in 1975 and a Master of Music Education degree in 1985. He was a high school band director for 25 years, the last 20 at Wabasha-Kellogg Public Schools. He has been an adjunct instructor at Winona State University since 2001. John is active as a trumpet/cornet player, as a member of the Winona Symphony Orchestra since 1987, and the Sheldon Brass Band of Red Wing, Minn. since its inception in 1989. He and his wife Sue (an artist, cornet player, and WSU grad) live in Dumfries, Minn. with their horse, dog and two cats. In his spare time John is a railroad history buff and mediocre golfer.
- Bachelor of Science - Teaching (1975)
Mankato State College
- Master in Music Education (1985)
Mankato State University
Courses Taught
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OTS Admin needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 259 designs submitted by 69 freelance designers.
Only 5 & 4 stars are selected .
Please update your designs as required ASAP
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Optimal Technology Solutions IT & Communication Company Logo
OTS is a grown company specialized in IT & communications services in the middle east.
Our services include:
• Web Development.
• System Development.
• SMS Solutions.
• E-marketing.
• Other IT related projects.
We are looking for a fresh logo that reflects our services and shows clearly our name.
It must combines between modern style and simplicity.
- Web 2.0
- deep colors, not bright
- Smooth Clean lines
- Timeless
- Interesting but simple font choice
- Edgy
- Final format in original Illustrator/Photoshop file
- Print ready .pdf file
- Stock images or clip art
- Overly stylized logos that are hard to read or would be difficult to read from a distance
- ghetto letters
- multiple bright/light colors
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Let's start with Mac OS X Lion: not a whole lot new to report on, feature-wise. Apple mostly covered the stuff they've covered before, and I'm not going to repeat all of it. Two very interesting tidbits: it will only be available through the Mac App Store (boo!) and will cost a mere $29.99 (yay!). It installs without any reboots (yay!), and will be available in July (yay!).
As for iOS 5, there's nothing particularly revolutionary going on here, but it does bring some very, very welcome features to Apple's mobile operating system. Most importantly: Apple finally implemented a decent notification system - by pretty much copying Android's notification system pixel-by-pixel, with a dash of Samsung's TouchWiz. Like I've said before - I applaud copying good ideas, so this is great news for iOS users.
Another new feature is an instant messaging application for iOS users that works on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. It's basically a copy of the many messaging applications available, like WhatsApp - except, of course, it's iOS-specific, unlike the cross-platform WhatsApp.
The most significant feature? No more PC required. Yes, you read that right: iTunes, the world's most horrible music player, is no longer required. You can activate straight from the device, syncing is wireless, and updates will be over-the-air, in delta form. Again - not revolutionary, but about damn time.
There's some other stuff in there as well, but nothing really worth mentioning at this point. It'll be free, as usual, and will arrive for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad 1 and 2, and iPod touch 3rd and 4th generation somewhere this autumn.
The final big thing is iCloud, which is really what its name implies: a service to synchronise all your iOS devices and computers (Mac or PC) via the internet. This includes things like backup to the internet, document syncing via the internet, and all the other things that make sense to be synced over the web. iCloud is free, and signals the death of MobileMe.
Music-wise, every song you buy in the iTunes Music Store can be re-downloaded for each device without any additional costs, and your existing, ripped collection (from CDs or vinyl or whatever) can be added to iCloud as well - this requires iTunes Match, a $24.99/year service that matches your ripped songs against iTunes' database, and turns the songs it can match into iTunes songs, while songs it can't match will be uploaded.
Just as with competing services from Amazon and Google, I'm very wary about sending any ripped content to Apple, Google, or Amazon, because for all we know, the RIAA is watching. Even if they aren't watching every upload, a simple court order might be all that's required for these mafia organisations to peer into your data. Caution advised.
That's it for now. At E3, Microsoft also held its keynote which can be summed up as KINECTKINECTKINECTKINECTKINECT (hell, even Mass Effect 3 (!) gets the Kinect treatment, for god's sake - How To Ruin An Epic Franchise 101), and later tonight - 1 a.m. CET - HP's CEO Leo Apotheker will keynote at HP's Discover event in Las Vegas, where he is expected to announce the release of the TouchPad - rumours suggest it will have a worldwide release on June 12. I will probably not be able to report on that until tomorrow morning due to me being, you know, asleep.


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The trail to Osama bin Laden started with the interrogation policies of George W. Bush, condemned as "torture" by Barack Obama. Yet Obama has hogged the credit for the operation that rendered justice to bin Laden. Former Director of the National Clandestine Service for the CIA, Jose Rodriguez is also the author of the memoir Hard Measures: How Agrressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives. Rodriguez is particularly unamused by Obama, for to insult he has added injury. In the video below, Rodriguez revisits a little of the relevant history with Sean Hannity on Hannity's Fox News show last night.
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The Frenchman, who has been out of action since being substituted during his side's 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on September 29, provided an assist for Andre Santos to equalise as the game finished 1-1.
And, after getting through over an hour unscathed, the midfielder was withdrawn to be replaced by Conor Henderson.
|Arsenal are 14/1 with William Hill to beat Man City 2-0 this weekend at the Emirates
Diaby has made just six first-team appearances so far this season due to his struggles with injury.
Back in November, Gunners boss Arsene Wenger admitted the 26-year-old's absences were a "concern", but emphasised the midfielder's importance to his plans.


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Huawei has lived up to its custom this year by introducing a budget smartphone alongside its flagship device with more or less the same features and some of the essentials cut out. The Huawei P9 Lite as the name suggests is a lite version of its older Pro siblings: The Huawei P9, Plus and Max.
P9 Lite comes with a 5.2 inch body with dimensions 146.8 × 72.6 × 7.5 mm weighing a standard 147 grams. It has gold, white and black colors with a matte finish to top it all off with. This beauty is an appropriate amalgam of plastic, glass and metal and is in every way what you could say… an attractive device. Its looks is one of the commendable features, Huawei has managed to trickle down to its lighter 'Lite' version from the flagship superiors.
It runs on HISilicon Kirin 650 processor which is a creation of Huawei itself. There are 8 Cortex-A53 cores, 4 of them clocked on 2.0 GHz and the remaining on 1.7 GHz. The GPU is a handsome Mali-T880MP2 which only serves as icing on the cake. We've found that these processors run together to give what many may call an awesome experience and it may just live up to the requirements of some heavy users.
We've found some meager games to run efficiently and it provides for some graphics demanding game a satisfactory performance. This efficient gaming performance does not come at a cost of other applications being force closed. We were rapidly switching to and from between apps during the tests we subjected this device to and found this phone taking all the strain like a champ. It handles multi-tasking better than most phones out there and those too with nearly the same specs. We'd give Huawei a thumb up in this regard.
It comes running the android 6.0 marshmallow loaded with Huawei's MIUI skin which many find likeable. We found it an unwanted addition to the software. With this year's Huawei's Nexus 6P, we thought that Huawei may be taking a step towards freeing it's UI of all the bloatware opting the way Motorola did not long ago but sadly it does not appear to be the case.
Integrated within the software, like all the other Huawei phones, is a double-tap to wake feature, an ultra-battery saving mode and a feature that allows you to set shortcuts on asleep device screen; all of which are so definitive of their software.
Its IPS Capacitive LCD comes with a vibrant 424PPI display that supports multi-touch. We'd not hesitate one jiffy to call it the stuff dreams are made of. You don't get to see such LCDs in budget devices these days. While not entirely falling in the category of a budget device, we keep referring to it as one because it is an affordable lite version of a flagship: the unmatched Huawei P9.
One of the very notable features that we found worth mentioning for this device is the efficient memory management. This is where this device rules like a boss. It does not let any lingering apps drain all the juice and lay mounds of memory packets in RAM.
Moreover the addition of a generous 3GB RAM to such a software eases this device's way towards seamless performance. Consumers are not likely to complain regarding the memory consumption on this device.
There are 2 variants of this device a 2GB version and a 3 GB version. Both of them come with 16GB internal storage and an option for expandable storage via memory card slots of up to 128GBs.
It comes with a non-removable 3000mah battery. While the display is power thirsty, the efficient app-management like we mentioned earlier accompanied with this humongous battery would get a heavy user easily through a day. However consumers have reported getting on average two-days of use from this device. Oh, and did we mention that it comes with an ultra-battery saving mode? We might not have, because it's considered a necessary addition to these Huawei devices these days and is what many may regard as a signature. It sure was a surprise when the Nexus 6P by Huawei didn't come with an ultra-battery saving mode. Imminent, but still shocking
We don't mind this mode much; on the contrary, we welcome it. The reason being that it… well… works! This mode allows users some basic functionality and restricts them from using battery hungry apps. How basic, you may ask. Well, all it allows one is the basic call and text functionality and that's it! It restricts background data and turns of all networks automatically leaving you with a basic phone to serve in emergencies. If there's anything that makes the Huawei's skin bearable, it's this and the efficient memory management.
The primary camera on this device is 13MP with f/2.0 and a dual LED flash. The front selfie snapper is an 8MP shooter and that too comes with an LED flash. These cameras come with all the necessary accompanying perks like geo-tagging, face detection and touch focus, panorama and HDR etc. Both cameras allow video recording at 1080p.
This phone comes with accelerometer, proximity, compass and a welcome addition of fingerprint sensor. This fingerprint sensor also allows you to wake the device by placing your finger atop it. This is a praise-worthy feature and handy for those who want to protect their hardware buttons, or are just too lazy to reach for it.
Final Verdict:
With a price of 300 USD, we think that this device may be a little overpriced. If you're not a fan of the MIUI ROM like us than this is not the phone for you. The MIUI skin sits heavily atop android 6.0 architecture and is highly noticeable. Instead we suggest the LG's Nexus 5X that comes with nearly the same features and is a tad bit underpriced as well. But if the Huawei's skin doesn't bother you and you're all for hardware than this might just be the right phone for you.


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November 15, 2013 -
Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement about the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff announcement related to cross-border swaps transactions:
"At a time millions of Americans still can't find a job, this surprise decision made late Thursday afternoon by unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats at the CFTC will do nothing but inject more uncertainty into our weak economy. The CFTC staff – not the commissioners, but the staff – decided late Thursday afternoon that swaps transactions that had been permissible Thursday afternoon would not be permissible on Friday morning. How is this sudden and unexpected change fair to the small business owners, the farmers and the manufacturers who rely on these transactions to stay in business? How is it fair to the grandmother who is planning to fly to visit her grandkids for Thanksgiving that the cost of her plane ticket will go up since airlines use these transactions to keep the cost of fuel down? This is yet another example of out-of-touch Washington bureaucrats making rules in a vacuum and acting with absolutely no regard for the impact their arbitrary and capricious actions have on our economy.
"Republicans and Democrats in the House joined together by a vote of 301-124 to pass H.R. 1256, the bipartisan Swaps Jurisdiction Certainty Act, in an attempt to bring certainty, clarity and some sanity to the CFTC's actions. Regrettably, the Democrat-controlled Senate has so far failed to act on this bipartisan bill, thereby setting the stage for today's market confusion and putting American businesses at a disadvantage with foreign competitors. The Democrat leadership in the Senate needs to bring this bipartisan bill up for a vote and put a stop to this misguided policy that will drive capital away from our shores, eliminate American jobs and raise prices on consumers."
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Would healthcare count? I'm going into Diagnostic Ultrasound.
Eh, I'm getting my PhD in engineering, but I don't really plan to use it. My ambition consists of getting a position at a community college and teaching. Also, are you from an HR recruiting firm? You kinda sound like it.
This thread is now about recruitment of electrical engineers to design quantum transistors.
oh wait....
Statistician. You run some numbers, I'll tell you how screwed you are.
Science and Mathematics is a broad range of majors. In four years about half a million jobs have been created. Where will these 250,00 jobs specifically related to developing space exploration technology will come from? I think any jobs created in engineering would be better suited towards environmental sustainability than space exploration technology; which will most likely end up in military tech before it enters space.
I challenge you!
I have a degree in electrical engineering, and it's definitely a lot easier to get a well paying job with a tech degree, even if it's not directly related to your major. It seems almost any job to do with developing new technology, you need at least a master's degree or PhD and several years of experience in the field. Otherwise it's mostly just running, testing and/or fixing existing technology.
Unfortunately there aren't too many people who pursue technical degrees, because of the amount of time and work it takes. People want to party in college and have fun, and it seems that most people prioritize their fun more than their studies, not to mention high schools in the US are woefully poor at preparing people for college level studies.
I earned a bachelor of arts degree in Mathematics just this Spring after 3 years of undergraduate study--still looking for a job although I've got a pretty promising interview next week ^_^.
And yeah, there definitely is a dearth of people with STEM degrees out there in the USA; what can we say...guess we're an elite club!
Don't forget to enjoy the good moments while they last!
Working on a BS in geology with an emphasis on geospatial analysis. I'll most likely go right into a master's program so another 3-4 years of school for me.
OVZ http://www.crunchyroll.com/ovz check it out
Haven't really decided between getting an international business marketing degree or a culinary lol that counts as science
Only one more semester till my BS in mechanical engineering and then I plan on going for a Masters in physics.
As the new year cometh...
I am going to study either "Physics, math, astronomy, history, programming and philosophy" I really want to go somewhere into the Physics and astronomy (and math, because I'm pretty bad at it >.<) more than the other 3, but those are my other likes I would really like to become a Stephan Hawking or Einstein one day
what is this cr stuff
Im a 3rd year EE student in Canada do I count? It takes about 4 years here in Canada to graduate with a B.A.Sc. for 'traditional' Engineering disciplines. Also, my school (UBC) offers Engineering Physics as a study area ...
Doing a bachelor's degree in biology. Hoping it'll eventually take me to something like conservation or environmental protection, but another thing I'm interested in is astrobiology...
I don't really know what I want to do with it, just that it involves the natural world! I'll see where the wind takes me
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science here. Trying my hand at being an indie game developer at the moment. About to release my first game but if that flops, will probably take the first software development job I find.
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Im a 3rd year EE student in Canada do I count? It takes about 4 years here in Canada to graduate with a B.A.Sc. for 'traditional' Engineering disciplines. Also, my school offers Engineering Physics as a study area ...
Of course you count buddy! Us polar bear-riding, igloo dwelling, snow-loving northerners must stick together eh? (though with the state of science and research in the hands of the government these days... )
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Checking in on… the WACPosted by jstevrtc on January 1st, 2010
Sam Wasson of bleedCrimson.net and Travis Mason-Bushman of Vandal Nation are the RTC correspondents for the Western Athletic conference.
The WAC begins conference play this weekend and the league has made a switch to a Saturday/Monday schedule from a Thursday/Saturday schedule in years past. The breakout non-conference season for the WAC never materialized. The good news is the league finished 73-43 in non-conference play. The bad news is the league was 0-7 against BCS teams, 7-9 against the West Coast Conference, 5-7 against the Big West and just 4-12 against the Mountain West, the league the WAC most likes to compare itself to due to the fact that MWC is made up of former WAC teams (records via Chris Murray, Reno Gazette-Journal and Jason Erickson, WAC Media Relations)
As the nine teams enter league play the standings are as follows:
- Louisiana Tech, 12-2
- Utah State, 10-4
- Boise State, 9-4
- Nevada, 8-5
- Idaho, 6-4
- San Jose State, 7-5
- Hawai'i, 7-6
- New Mexico State, 7-6
- Fresno State 7-7
The conference season could produce plenty of high scoring games. Eight of the nine teams are averaging at least 73.5 PPG. Only Fresno State lags behind, averaging 67.4 PPG. All but two teams in the league are giving up at least 70 PPG with Utah State leading the way giving up just 60.2 PPG. Fresno State is the only other giving up just 63.1 PPG.
Should there be close conference games, which there almost always are, free throw shooting will be vital and seven of the nine teams in the league hit at least 70% of their free throws. Only Idaho (66.5%) and Fresno State (66.4%) are below 70%.
The league features 10 players averaging at least 15 PPG. Louisiana Tech's Kyle Gibson leads the league in points per game with 21.6. There are two players averaging at least 10 rebounds per game, San Jose State's Chris Oakes (10.6) and Petras Balocka (10.1).
Boise State (9-4)
The week's results: 12/29 W vs. Northwest Nazarene, 76-58
Upcoming games: 01/02 @ Fresno State, 01/05 @ Hawai'i
The Broncos enter league play riding a four game win streak and sport a 9-4 non-conference record. They were competitive in three of their four losses (a 26-point loss to Wyoming being the exception). The Broncos will open up league play on the road after having played at home for five straight games. The Broncos will travel to an improved Fresno State team and then travel to the islands to take on Hawai'i. The Broncos are 2-3 on the road this season and are led by forward Ike Okoye who is averaging 14.2 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. La'Shard Anderson is averaging 12.2 points and 3.8 assists per game and Robert Arnold is averaging 10.8 points and 3.7 points per game. Kurt Cunningham is averaging 9.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game and is second in the league in field goal percentage and is hitting 64.5 percent of his shots.
Fresno State (7-7)
The week's results: 12/28 W vs. Colorado State, 73-50
Upcoming games: 01/02 vs. Boise State
The Bulldogs will enter league play on a high note after pounding Colorado State 73-50 in their non-conference finale. The Bulldogs host Boise State to open up league play. Fresno State is 5-3 at home this season and are led by the duo of Paul George and Sylvester Seay. George is averaging 16.7 points and 8.0 rebounds per game while Seay is averaging 15.7 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Center Greg Smith is averaging 12.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Fresno State leads the WAC in field goal percentage defense allowing opponents to hit just 39.1 percent of their shots. They're second in the league in points allowed per game giving up just 63.1 PPG.
Hawaii (7-6)
The week's results: 12/25 L vs. St. Mary's (CA) (Diamond Head Classic), 84-75; 12/29 W vs. Northwestern State, 81-62
Upcoming games: 01/03 vs. Idaho, 01/05 vs. Boise State
The Warriors hung tough with a very good St. Mary's (CA) team losing by nine. The Warriors rebounded with a win against Northwestern State winning handily by 19 points. The Warriors have a great opportunity to make their mark early in league play with Idaho and Boise State coming in to the islands for the opening weekend of play. Hawai'i is 7-5 at home this season and have won five of their last seven games after dropping four straight. Dwain Williams leads the Warriors with 15.6 PPG. Roderick Flemings is averaging 15.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Petras Balocka is averaging a double-double with 10.3 points and 10.1 rebounds per game and Hiram Thompson is averaging 10.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game.
Idaho (7-4)
The week's results: 12/29 W vs. Lewis-Clark State (in Boise, ID), 71-52
Upcoming games: 01/03 @ Hawai'i, 01/04 @ San Jose State
The Vandals have a tough task to start the conference season as they'll face Hawai'i on January 3 and then turn around and play San Jose State on January 4. The Vandals wrapped up non-conference play with a resounding victory over Lewis-Clark State 71-52. The Vandals are just 2-4 on the road this season. Mac Hopson leads the way for the Vandals with 13.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. He is also averaging 4.5 assists per game. Steffan Johnson is averaging 11.7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. Kashif Watson rounds out the double-digit scorers averaging 11.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.
Louisiana Tech (12-2)
The week's results: 12/29 W @ Houston, 99-94
Upcoming games: 01/02 vs. Nevada, 01/04 vs. Utah State
The Bulldogs wrapped up non-conference play with an impressive 99-94 win over Houston to enter conference play with the best record in the league at 12-2. The Bulldogs have a chance to back up their impressive non-conference record when they host the WAC preseason favorites in Nevada and Utah State. Louisiana Tech is a perfect 5-0 at home while Nevada is 0-4 on the road and Utah State is 2-3 on the road. The Bulldogs have five players averaging double-digits in scoring with Kyle Gibson leading the way at 21.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. Magnum Rolle is averaging 12.9 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, Olu Ashaolu is averaging a near double-double with 12.2 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.
Nevada (8-5)
The week's results: 12/28 W vs. Portland, 78-69
Upcoming games: 01/02 @ Louisiana Tech, 01/04 @ NMSU
The Wolf Pack earned a solid 78-69 victory over Portland and will enter conference play at 9-4. They travel to surprising Louisiana Tech and also surprising New Mexico State. The Pack is 0-4 on the road this season. Nevada is the league's highest scoring team at 82.9 PPG. They're led by sophomore sensation Luke Babbitt who is averaging 19.8 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. Armon Johnson is averaging 17.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. The big question for the Wolf Pack is how will their team hold up through what promises to be a wide open conference schedule. The Pack essentially are getting all their production from just six players.
New Mexico State (7-6)
The week's results: 12/28 W vs. Prairie View A&M, 95-76
Upcoming games: 01/02 vs. Utah State, 01/04 vs. Nevada
The Aggies wrapped up non-conference play with a 19 point victory over Prairie View A&M and are on a four game win streak heading into conference play. The Aggies are above .500 for the first time this season and after a somewhat rocky non-conference portion of the season they have a chance to flex some muscle in the first two games. The Aggies host the two league favorites in Utah State and Nevada in the opening weekend and both games will be nationally televised on ESPNU. The Aggies are 5-2 at home this season. Jahmar Young leads the team in scoring averaging 20.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. Mid-season addition Wendell McKines has made his presence felt and is already averaging a double-double with 16.0 points and 10.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game. Hamidu Rahman is averaging 12.4 points and 9.3 rebounds per game but is coming off an ankle injury that sidelined him in their game against Texas Southern.
San Jose State (7-5)
The week's results: 12/28 W vs. UC-Irvine, 78-68
Upcoming games: 01/04 vs. Idaho
The Spartans will enter league play on a two game win streak after defeating UC-Irvine 78-68. The Spartans will open up league play at home against Idaho. The Spartans are 4-1 at home this season. Adrian Oliver leads the way for SJSU averaging 20.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. Big man Chris Oakes is averaging 9.8 points and 10.6 rebounds per game while fellow big C.J. Webster is averaging 9.1 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
Utah State (10-4)
The week's results: 12/29 W vs. Western Oregon, 78-42
Upcoming games: 01/02 @ NMSU, 01/04 @ Louisiana Tech
The Aggies handled their business against Western Oregon winning 78-42 in a blowout. Utah State enters league play on a four game win streak but will take to the road to open conference play. The Aggies will face the southern Aggies to open up league play. Utah State is just 2-3 on the road this season. After a trip to Las Cruces the Aggies will head to Ruston to face the surprising Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. The UtAgs were picked to win the league by both the coaches and the media and will be looking to get at least a road split to get things off on the right foot. The Aggies rarely lose at home and if they can split their road conference games and win all their home games, they have a great chance to wrap up the league's regular season title for the second straight year. Utah State is led by reigning WAC Player of the Week Tai Wesley who is averaging 14.0 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. Point guard Jared Quayle is averaging 12.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game to go along with 4.5 assists per game. The Aggies will get forward Nate Bendall back from a scary situation. Bendall is averaging 11.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game but was sidelined briefly after having a cardiac ablation last Wednesday and having 'minor surgery' to repair an atrial flutter. The Aggies expect Bendall to suit up and start against New Mexico State on Saturday.
- 01/02 – Fresno State vs. Boise State – 7:00 p.m. PT
- 01/02 – Hawai'i vs. Idaho – 7:00 p.m. HT (KFVE Hawai'i)
- 01/02 – Louisiana Tech vs. Nevada – 7:00 p.m. CT (Comcast Sports Net California)
- 01/02 – New Mexico State vs. Utah State – 9:00 p.m. MT (ESPNU)
- 01/04 – Hawai'i vs. Boise State – 7:00 p.m. HT (KFVE Hawai'i, KTVB Boise)
- 01/04 – San Jose State vs. Idaho – 7:00 p.m. PT
- 01/04 – Louisiana Tech vs. Utah State – 7:00 p.m. CT
- 01/04 – New Mexico State vs. Nevada – 9:00 p.m. MT (ESPNU)


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Celebrate Astronomy Day at the Natural History Museum of Utah! Meet local astronomy experts, learn the difference between comets and asteroids and explore magnetism, light and pressure through hands-on activities designed for adults and children.
In partnership with the University of Utah Department of Physics & Astronomy & Salt Lake Astronomical Society
Included in Museum Admission
Astronomy Day Activities:
- Meet local astronomy experts from the Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Examine how telescopes work
- See how planets outside our solar system are being discovered.
- Discover what causes a Blood Moon and why they're occurring so close together.
- View the sun through special solar scopes
- Explore with hands-on activites for all ages!
About Astronomy Week:
This event was started in 1973 by Doug Berger, the president of the Astronomical Association of Northern California. His intent was to set up various telescopes in busy urban locations so that passersby could enjoys views of the heavens. Since then the event has expanded and is now sponsored by a number of organizations associated with astronomy. There are two Astronomy Weeks nationally celebrated each year, one in October and one in April.


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Stockton, CA
Peter I. Herrera Sr.
Oct. 29, 1924 - February 8, 2013
Peter was a baptized and devoted Jehovah's Witness and was employed at Crosby Paints and re-
tired from Fair Oaks and Alpine Pharmacies.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lucy and sister, Rosemarie Herrera. Survived by children, Ruben, Richard, David, Peter Jr., Linda (David) Hernandez and many grandchildren who brought joy to his heart.
Services: Fri., Feb. 22, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 3540 Wilmarth Rd., Stockton, CA.


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Saturday, October 13, 2012
The United States Bankruptcy Court Clerk's Office for the Northern District of Texas will be closed on Monday, November 12, 2012, in observance of Veterans Day.
The closing of the Clerk's office will not affect the court's Electronic Filing System, which will remain available during this time. For emergency filings, please refer to our Emergency Filing Procedure.


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Proposed Common Core alternative will get public review tonightBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 07. 2014 9:16PM
MANCHESTER — The public will get a chance this evening to weigh in on the Manchester Academic Standards, the district's alternative to the controversial Common Core benchmarks.
The school board's Curriculum and Instruction Committee is to hold a public hearing on the standards at 7 p.m. in the Memorial High School auditorium.
The board approved the development of the Manchester standards in the fall, following an outcry from activists opposed to the Common Core State Standards.
Conservatives have charged that Common Core is part of a federal effort to impose rigid and unsound standards on local districts. Common Core has also drawn fire from teacher unions over what they've alleged is the hasty and mismanaged rollout of assessment tests based on the standards.
A special committee of Manchester teachers and consultants has been meeting over the past school year to devise the local standards, which were to draw from numerous sources and experts, including Common Core and its critics.
Members of the committee gave a presentation to the board last month on the proposed Manchester standards. No final document has been produced detailing the standards; the presentation last month was conducted via PowerPoint, and no documents associated with the new standards have been made available with the agenda of today's meeting, nor will documents be distributed at the meeting, according to the school board's clerk.
However, much of the work of the committee is available on a district website at curriculum.mansd.org/resource-documents/standards-development.
The site has draft versions of the standards for language arts and math classes in grades kindergarten through 12.
The documents show that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) remain a central part of the city standards.
For example, the CCSS is cited as a source in all of the math instruction lessons for grades 9-12.
In the lower grades, the CCSS learning goals are retained for most lessons, although there are some modifications. For fourth grade math, the Manchester standards propose replacing the CCSS goal of representing "verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations" with "interpret a multiplication statement as an equation and vice versa."
Among the criticisms of the CCSS are an emphasis on word problems over conventional math.
There is greater deviation from the CCSS in high school language arts courses. Sections on fiction, poetry, drama and traditional literature are added, while CCSS components concerning "comprehension, analysis and interpretation" are retained.
The task of finalizing the Manchester Academic Standards is likely to be complicated by the Smarter Balanced test, the statewide assessment exam that is based on the CCSS and is set to be instituted next spring.
Mayor Ted Gatsas and other school board members supported forming the local standards, with the understanding that the city would be able to get a waiver from the test. However, state education officials recently informed the district that it will not be granted a waiver.


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Nintendo Crushed Again as Apple, Facebook Keep Moving the Cheese
Nintendo lowered its financial forecasts as demand for its 3DS and Wii collapsed.
Nintendo reported a loss of 48.35 billion yen, and said it now expects a full-year loss of 65 billion yen, up from October 2011's forecast of a 20 billion yen loss.
Why? Nintendo just isn't moving product.
The company now expects to sell 14 million 3DS units for the full year, down from an earlier forecast of 16 million. This is despite a significant price cut for the 3DS last July (see: Nintendo Joins the Long List of Apple Victims), and an incredibly silly press release in November 2011 in which Nintendo tried to fool people into thinking the 3DS was back on top. (See: Is the Nintendo 3DS Making a Comeback?) Wii demand also slackened, as Nintendo's full-year forecast just went from 12 million to 10 million.
But most alarmingly, a Nintendo spokesman said that despite the lousy results, "...we are upbeat about hardware and software sales for next fiscal year."
I've been arguing for well over a year that the old-school business model of pushing $30 to $40 mobile games looked troublesome in an era of skyrocketing smartphone adoption. (See: Smartphone Games Likely to Hinder Nintendo 3DS Success.)
Here's how I saw things back then in September 2010, which was five months ahead of the 3DS debut:
I've also been incredibly concerned about the health of the console business, given my disappointment with console sales relative to the last cycle, among other reasons (see: "Modern Warfare 3" Will Mark the End of the Video Game Console Era):
For one, millions upon millions of people are carrying around smartphones, for which most games cost somewhere in the neighborhood of free to $4.99. As of the time I'm writing this, nine of the top 10 selling games in Apple's app store cost just $0.99.
So I can't see the average person (as in not a hardcore gamer) getting excited about ponying up $200 to $300 for a 3DS and $30 to $40 for a game when they already own a gaming device.
Consumers are also rapidly embracing tablet computers like the Apple iPad, which provide a better gaming experience than smartphones -- and another excuse not to carry a separate gaming device like a 3DS around.
Think of it this way, there's almost zero chance that an iPad owner doesn't own a smartphone as well. And if that person's already carrying an iPad and a smartphone, they're not going to want to drag around a 3DS.
Is the money going to companies like Zynga coming straight out of the console-gaming industry?
I'd say that at least some of it is, based upon the fact that literally hundreds of millions of people are playing games on Facebook and other social-gaming outlets. And if that many people are spending more time online playing cheap or free games, then some of them are spending less money on console games.
One could argue that weak sales of consoles and games simply means that we're late in the cycle, where things normally slow before the next generation comes.
However, that would indicate a pretty weak cycle, considering that life-to-date sales of the Nintendo Wii, Sony (SNE) PS3, and Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360 now stand at 194 million units, or 15% below the combined sales of last generation's consoles.
Just recently, we've seen Nintendo bomb, GameStop (GME) offer a lousy holiday sales update, THQ (THQI) announce another restructuring, and NPD report an awful December 2011 industry sales number. Aside from a few bright spots, like Activision's (ATVI) blockbuster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 numbers, and Microsoft Xbox 360 and Kinect sales, the industry is in awful shape.
Again, I can see why people argue that we're just coming to the tail end of the current cycle, where sales typically weaken. And I'll respond that this conclusion implies a pretty lousy cycle compared to the last one, which doesn't exactly bode well for the next.
In fact, I think the next video-game cycle will be way weaker than this one for two reasons:
1. People only have so much money to spend on gadgetry, and that money is increasingly being thrown at expensive smartphones and tablets.
2. Apple (AAPL), Facebook, and Google (GOOG), have moved the video-game industry's cheese by enabling access to games that are incredibly cheap and/or free. This is destroying the traditional mobile gaming business, and hurting the console business at the margins.
Hardcore gamers will always demand and pay up for cutting-edge hardware and software, but the reality is that the average person just doesn't give a damn. Angry Birds is good enough. That would be fine if the hardcore gaming audience was growing, but it just isn't.
I've noticed that serious gamers tend to get very emotional when I broach the topic of the disruption of the old school. They act as if I'm going to personally take their games away while laughing maniacally. Consoles and old-school handhelds aren't dying, and in no way do I want them to die.
I'm just pointing out that they're becoming less and less relevant to the mass market (as in everyday people) as time goes on. And it's simply my job to identify those types of trends for investors. If you disagree, I'm all ears, so post comments below.
So to wrap this up, when I look at the video-game industry landscape, all I see are value traps. I suspect that these stocks can skyrocket after expectations bottom out, but I just don't believe that many people are yet grasping the evolution of gaming.
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Dale Eaglesham's cover art for "Secret Six" No. 1, set for a Dec. 3, is "something that I don't remember ever seeing anything like it before," Gail Simone said. It offers glimpses of the new character designs. Simone, wanting to preserve some mystery, would discuss only Catman (suggested by the center mask) and Black Alice (top left). (DC Entertainment)Link
The previous version of Catman (character design by Dale Eaglesham) is seen on Daniel Luvisi's cover for "Secret Six" No. 19, surrounded by then-members Scandal Savage, Deadshot, Bane and Jeannette. (DC Entertainment)Link
The previous version of Black Alice is seen on the cover of "Secret Six" No. 16. (Daniel Luvisi / DC Entertainment)Link
Nicola Scott's playful cover art for "Secret Six" No. 3 (2008), written by Gail Simone, shows down-on-their-luck villains-for-hire Catman, front, Ragdoll, Scandal Savage, Deadshot and Bane. (DC Entertainment)Link
Now the secret can be revealed: Gail Simone is relaunching "Secret Six" in the New 52, and at its core is a mystery with an answer that she said all DC readers will want to know.
The fan-favorite writer, who recently wrapped a well-regarded run on "Batgirl," will introduce the new gang of rogues to root for in an ongoing series set to premiere Dec. 3, and she promises the same sort of "black humor and edginess" – and unpredictability – that won her previous run on the title a passionate following.
"It's so fun to write these characters that are really poor role models," Simone told Hero Complex in a recent phone interview.
Rather than "brightest heroes or the darkest villains," the book lives in the gray area between, with "private detectives, mercenaries, bounty hunters, failed heroes," she said.
There are still secrets about the Six's new incarnation she isn't yet willing to divulge, but she did discuss a third of the lineup: The master hunter Catman and magic-stealing teen goth Black Alice – who is more powerful than she is mature – will make their new New 52 debuts on a team with the same name (albeit in a different reality) as the one they were last seen with three years ago.
They will be facing a major question in what Simone called "the 'Twin Peaks' of superhero comics": What is the secret?
Any clues will have to wait until the series starts, but the writer framed the story's setup: It opens with six strangers trapped in a room and unsure how they arrived there.
"They instantly do not like each other, and they instantly do not get along with each other," Simone said.
Catman – a once-derided Batman foe whom Simone brought to respectability and reader renown (would there be a Thomas Blake action figure otherwise?) – will be at the center of the series. And he is not happy about being confined – especially after being wrongly imprisoned by a well-known Gotham City character whom Simone isn't revealing yet.
"He's more dangerous," Simone said of the new version of Catman. "This kitten has claws."
And he has a new look by Dale Eaglesham, who's handling character designs and covers, that is "so smokin' and so dangerous-looking," the writer said.
Eaglesham had teamed with Simone on the previous redesign of the character, which saw the "C" on his chest replaced by three ragged claw marks, among other changes. That was for the 2005 miniseries "Villains United," in which they introduced a new, wicked Secret Six (the name had been used fleetingly in earlier decades by DC for a couple of heroic ensembles). The artist – whom Simone hailed as a "genius" — designed several members of the changing team that the writer would carry forward into a "Secret Six" miniseries in 2006 and then, with collaborators including Nicola Scott and Jim Calafiore, the ongoing that ran from 2008 until just before the New 52 reality reset in 2011. After DC co-publisher Dan DiDio came to her about writing a new "Secret Six," she said, they went straight to Eaglesham.
Ken Lashley ("Superman: Doomed," covers for "Suicide Squad") will be the interior artist on the series, fulfilling a longtime mutual desire to work together, Simone said.
"He draws the fiercest heroes, the creepiest villains, and that whole spectrum from Metropolis sunshine to Gotham's deepest shadow," she wrote in an email Wednesday, after DC confirmed he would work on the title. "I can't wait to see what he does with comics' dirtiest wild bunch!"
Simone's previous "Secret Six" series was marked by its ostensible bad guys and gals having dysfunctional but loving relationships – and, as with her other work, by realistic, heartfelt portrayals of diversity.
Shortly after that run ended, Simone wrote on her Tumblr account that Catman is bisexual, and added that "when we bring him back, that will be explicitly in canon."
Asked whether that plan still holds, Simone said yes.
"You're going to see right away kind of what Catman's about," she said. "I don't want to reveal too much just because it is part of his character and part of his story to unfold these things through the story."
Readers who want to try to pry more secrets out of Simone – such as whether the delightfully twisted Secret Six veteran Ragdoll, whom she recently introduced into the New 52 in a "Batgirl" issue, will appear – can find her this weekend at Baltimore Comic-Con at the Dynamite Comics booth (she writes "Red Sonja" for the publisher). She'll also be delivering the keynote address at the Harvey Awards on Saturday.
Or fans can wait in suspense until December for what the writer promised "is going to be a very dangerous, sexy book."
– Blake Hennon | Google+ | @LATHeroComplex
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Opinion: Congress should limit earmark spending, increase transparency
EDITOR'S NOTE: Boris Epshteyn formerly served as a Senior Advisor to the Trump Campaign and served in the White House as Special Assistant to The President and Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations.
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - Americans want to know how our money is being used.
This week the group Citizens Against Government Waste released its annual report on spending by our lawmakers.
It says that in fiscal year 2017 there was $6.8 billion in pork barrel spending, otherwise known as earmarks - those special pet projects lawmakers add to a spending bill.
Historically earmarks were a way to steer funds to a representative's or senator's district in order to secure that member's vote. In other words, hey - you vote for my bill and you can tell your constituents that you brought them some more "moolah."
At times the money went to necessary projects, often it was absolutely wasteful.
In fiscal year 2006, earmarks totaled a whopping $29 billion.
Earmarks got so out of hand that Congress placed a moratorium on them back in 2010.
Some of the most outrageous earmarks? Let's take a walk down memory lane:
- the "bridge to nowhere" in Alaska
- the "big dig" in Boston
- $500,000 allocated to building a teapot museum in North Carolina
Yes, compared to that 2006 number, pork barrel spending has gone down dramatically.
Because of loopholes in the moratorium, earmark spending has actually increased each year since it was implemented.
Earmark spending doubled from the first year after that moratorium was in effect, FY 2012. So what does this moratorium do anyway?
Now, due to the new rules, the inclusion of earmarks is much vaguer and easier to hide in legislation.
The names of legislators are not included on earmarks, there is no list or chart available and there is extremely limited information on where this money is going.
There is no doubt that the federal government has to spend money. That is how we get highways, national defense and other vital services. However, government has to be accountable to the taxpayer. Transparency is key.
It appears that the moratorium on earmarks is now being used to, not just lower pork barrel spending, but hide the specifics of it as well.
Congress should pass new rules which will both limit earmarks and ensure that Americans know where the money goes. That's the bottom line.


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Skeeter necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 48 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
Financial Tax Service is an accounting company that specializes in personal income tax preparation. We expect to both print our stationary in house and through a professional printer. We have a large clientele and provide a very personable service. Hence we would like our stationary to express energy, fun, excitment and professionalism. Our colors are blue and a deep rich yellow. I would like the logo to be prominent as well as the brand name: Financial Tax Service
Financial Tax Service
Exciting Design
1) Letterhead - Standard 8.5 x 11
2) Standard business envelopes #10
3) A 10" x 13" client envelope #13 1/2. The client enveope should have the following centered: TAX YEAR ________ on the client envelope only.
4) Business Cards
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Unbolt the doors, Donna
To the Editor:
It's no secret that Rhode Islanders don't want a lot of airplane gunk in their swimming pools, or in their beautiful wetlands. No matter. Leaders at the Rhode Island Airport Corporation appear to have a little secret in regard to this matter, which they have asked the Warwick City Council to listen to at a closed-doors session. You and I are not invited to attend. The topic is Buckeye Brook, the target of most of the deicing fluid being dumped into our wetlands.
So I'm wondering, what would happen if a large developer asked for the same favor? Would the City Council listen to the Leviton family talk about its wetlands problems at its Warwick plant in secret? Of course not. What then is so unique about the airport? President Donna Travis needs to unbolt the door here.
And what could possibly come out of a secret airport presentation on Buckeye Brook? Unless the litigation between the city and the airport is reinstated, there is no way the City Council can put in a single word about the problem. The protocol for this kind of meeting prohibits the asking of any questions or any discussions.
If the City Council agrees to visit the airport to hear about Buckeye Brook in private, then its hands are totally tied. It will have made a decision to discuss the points presented by the airport in future executive sessions – sessions that would be illegal under Rhode Island law.
The Rhode Island Open Meetings Law is very clear. Unless the city is going to buy or sell Buckeye Brook property, or sue or be sued by the airport, there is no way it can keep any secrets that the airport management whispers at this secret presentation. One possible reason for the secrecy might be an upcoming property acquisition that could draw speculators to make a quick buck while driving up prices.
Is that a possibility? Who would attempt to buy parts of Buckeye Brook from the city and then attempt to sell it to the airport at a profit?
What about the Leviton wetlands? Might the airport be attempting to buy that property as "mitigation" for damage done to Buckeye Brook as the airport has previously discussed? If that is the case, then let's discuss it in public where it belongs. There are enormous environment issues with that wetland. Buying a polluted wetland as a replacement for a healthy Buckeye Brook is an extremely bad deal for the people of Rhode Island.
Another possibility for making this secret pact to hear the airport in private is potential litigation. Might the airport be sued if its secret dealings with the City Council break out into public view? That could tie up the safety improvements project at the airport for years. Would this information enter the public domain? Of course it would.
Federal law requires full disclosure of any environment documents associated with the airport safety project, including wetlands impacts. So the airport could tell the City Council that council members can't release any information because it could lead to litigation, which would be very foolish indeed. This is all the more reason for a public process.
Deciding to attend this secret presentation will be the first major airport decision that Mrs. Travis has to make. Knowing her as well as I do, I am confident that she will think it through and realize that she cannot promise to keep that presentation secret. She would be well advised to be open to her constituents – including me – and inform airport officials that the presentation would be appropriate, but only as long as the public is invited to listen.
Richard Langseth
Executive DirectorGreenwich Bay Watershed Group
If I lived around the airport I would not have a pool. Also, we are so close to the Bay why bother having a pool. Glycol is only a problem in the winter time when temperatures are below freezing and it is winter precipitating. Thank fully due to global warming temps are rising and although we will occasionally still have a blizzard or two the winter precip. days are lowering. So in a way how many days of the year are we really talking about glycol use ???? Spring No, Summer No, Autumn No, but a few days in Winter to keep things in perspective that this problem is not as widespread as Mr. Langseth makes it out to be. Mr. Langseth is trying his last card in attempts to slow or halt the airport expansion and that is the environmental card. Figuring environmental laws are strong that perhaps it will work in regards to the TF Green Airport expansion. I applaud him for his efforts as he doesn't waiver on his stance. The bottom line is RIAC will do what it takes to move forward and break ground this Summer. If it means buying, relocating wetlands it will. They had to agree to moving the softball fields which Mr. Langseth also made a big deal of. Folks don't you see Mr. Langseth does not like the airport. He does not want it in the city ! He would like it returned to the scrap junk yard it once was back in the 40's and 50's before the state bought it.
This letter has everything to do with how to deal with open meetings questions and nothing to do with the underlying environment questions. The City Council has agreed to end an action in federal court based on certain criteria. Going to secret meetings with the airport corporation could cause avoidable problems.
Glycol is a problem by the way. You need to get out of a denial stage and face it head on -- and help find a solution.
Richard Langseth
Perhaps all they need to do is add another vacuum truck or two to suck up the excess spray that lands on the runway after the planes are hosed down. Currently I believe they only have 1 truck. Closed meetings don't bother me because I'm not into their business. The City Council has us in mind don't worry. We have very goot council men and women. The airport can create a few more jobs by adding more glycol collecting trucks. Problem solved.
Also, my theory of milder Winters that equal less glycol use is backed by climatological data and fiigures. Moving forward this will be a non-issue.
Michael2012: Airport management came up with the crazy idea to build the glycol digester plant for $25 million because they wanted to dump the glycol into the city sewer rather than pay a few bucks to ship it to a commercial digester. This is a great example of just how simple-minded the airport's administration is.
They built the $300 million Interlink to open up a couple hundred premium parking spaces that have brought in almost nothing in added revenue while saddling the airport with millions and millions in debt service for the stupid "tube to nowhere." Look at their executive bowling alley -- oh I mean office -- where each desk is about 20 feet away from the next desk. Very stupid project.
You are being terribly naive if you think open meetings issues are not important. And if you think milder winters add up to less glycol use you may be sadly mistaken. With milder winters come more bothersome storms and more glycol use.