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Driving an electric car in California will soon be a lot easier thanks to a new $120 million dollar settlement. California governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has announced a $120 million settlement with NRG Energy Inc. that will fund a network of electric vehicle charging stations across the state. The electric vehicle charging network will include at least 200 public fast-charging stations along with an additional 10,000 plug-in units at 1,000 locations across California.
The settlement stems from California's energy crisis and follows the state's Air Resources Resources Board's (ARB) update to its zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) program. The revisions include the most significant change to California's ZEV program in its 20-year history-requiring battery, fuel cell, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to account for up to 15 percent of California's new vehicle sales by 2025.
This fee-based charging network will consist of at least 200 publicly available fast-charging stations-installed in the San Francisco Bay area, the San Joaquin Valley, the Los Angeles Basin and San Diego County, which can add 50 miles of range in less than 15 minutes of charging. Additionally the plan includes the wiring for at least 10,000 individual charging stations located at homes, offices, multifamily communities, schools and hospitals located across the State.
"Governor Brown's executive order and the settlement are significant and creative commitments to a clean energy future for California. More electric vehicles on the road and more charging stations will help create jobs in California while cleaning our air, tackling global warming, and protecting consumers from pain at the pump," stated Adrienne Alvord, California and Western States director for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Nissan also released this statement following Governor Brown's announcement, "Nissan applauds California Governor Brown's clear vision and strong commitment to electric vehicles through the $120 million investment for the creation of the Electric Expressway. California is leading the way in fostering the growth of electric cars, such as the zero-emissions Nissan Leaf. More than 40 percent of the 11,000 Leafs sold in the United States are on the roads in California. Today's landmark commitment, which will bring more than 10,000 electric-vehicle charging points to the state, paves the way for widespread adoption of this critical technology."
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Sharon Day, the former Costa Mesa High standout athlete, put herself in position to qualify for her second Olympics, this time in the heptathlon.
Day, who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in the high jump, is in second after the first day of the women's heptathlon at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
Day scored 3,797 points and trails Hyleas Fountain, who leads with 3,948 points. Day, the reigning U.S. champion, can qualify for the Olympics if she finishes in the top three, since she attained the 'A' standard in April. She scored 6,337 points then and the 'A' standard is 6,150.
Fountain won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics. Chantae McMillan (3,762), Barbara Nwaba (3,736) and Bettie Wade (3,680) trail Day after the 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shotput and 200 meters.
Day was ninth in the 100 hurdles (13.71) and second in her heat. She took third in the high jump, clearing a season-best 6 feet, 1 1/2 inches. In the shotput, Day was fourth, with a mark of 43-11 3/4. Day took seventh in the 200, crossing in 24.26.
She competes in the long jump, javelin and 800 meters Saturday.
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Feb. 25, 2006
The Lipscomb men's tennis team defeated Western Kentucky in Bowling Green, KY on Friday evening. The match score was 4-3. The Bisons lost the doubles point, but then won four singles matches to win the team match.
Lipscomb winners were:
Doubles: Colten Jones and David Carrillo
Singles: Mike Sherman, Colten Jones, David Carrillo, and Daniel Carrillo.
The Bisons trailed 3-2, needing the Carrillo brothers at singles 5 & 6 to win in order to win the team match. This is the second time this season the Bisons have been in that positon and both have won. This is the 3rd time this season that Daniel Carrillo has won the deciding point.
The Bisons record is now 6-2.
The men will be on the road to Chattanooga February 26th, where they will face off with UT-Chattanooga at 3pm.


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steevyray needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 28 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
40 year old accounting firm has new name and fresh new logo. Need business cards & stationary to reflect the new image.
Virginia Accounting Services
Need business cards and stationary to reflect our new name and logo.
- Just needs to match our logo http://www.box.net/shared/y0g7mscek5
Must be professional.
Need to promote: accounting, payroll, taxes & auditing.
We have 3 locations:
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UCGraphics necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 50 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
Samurai of Legend is an online multiplayer with players from all over the world. After over 2.5 years in operation, they have had over 800,000 player accounts created. Samurai of Legend World 2 just launched in August 2009 and is trying to attract new players.
The current design at world2.samuraioflegend.com/register.php has proven to be a little too cartoonish for their prime demographic of males age 18-25. Samurai of Legend is looking for a new design that attracts a more mature clientel. At the same time, however, SOL does have early teen visitors so we need to stay away from anything overly adult-oriented.
The design must keep in mind the wide range of screen resolutions used by internet users world-wide. Current resolution demographics on the site include
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If you have HTML cut-up skills, let us know as well as eventually we will need this service despite it NOT being part of the contest. If we find an outstanding design, we may be interested in paying for matching banners and even potentially a new in-game design.
But to be clear, the contest itself is for a new registration/Landing Page which should be designed to get as many people to register as possible. When we pay for visitors to come to the site, and they do not signup, we lose money.
ALL images used in the design must be of legal use. This generally means they come from istockphoto.com, stockphoto, shutterstock.com or other legal sources. We've had great entries in past contests which lost because the graphics used were copyrighted. We will not be offended if submissions have water-marks in place, as long as winning designs are without them.
Images of interest can be found at the following location. These images may be used, and are copyrighted property of samuraioflegend.com. Using them is not a requirement of the contest but the two HighR images were commissioned with this landing page in mind.


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Darvin wrote:Well, technically the latter is your doing, it just wasn't something you intended to do. It's annoying, it can make you angry, but I feel strongly that it's part of the game and it adds to the experience when taken in perspective rather than on its own.
dislekcia wrote:Out of the last month or so of logged games, 34.613% have ended through outright player death compared to 30.438% of runs ended with players retiring. That's over 10000 runs in which players died. That's way too high a number, surely! The game is broken!
Well, no, it isn't. 96% of those death runs are immediately followed by another run from the same account. Compare this to the 32% following runs when players retire and 65% following runs that win. That means that death actually engages players more than winning...
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anneorch needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 113 designs submitted by 42 freelance designers.
I am looking for a logo for a new website http://www.familiesfacingcancer.org. See also my other contest for book cover image
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I am launching a new website for the families of people who have cancer. It will be an information rich website to provide emotional and practical support.
I need a logo for the website, which should show a stylised 'family', and the words Families Facing Cancer. I don't have a tag line, but am open to suggestions.
I envision some colour in the logo.
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As the auspicious birth anniversary of Lady Fatima Zahra(as)--the mother of Imams--approaches, a group of panegyrists and eulogists, who honor Ahl ul-Bayt, from across the nation met with Ayatollah Khamenei on Thursday morning, March 8, 2018.
The Leader of the Revolution, in the meeting with Panegyrists and Eulogists on Lady Fatima's (SA) birth anniversary, focusing on women, said:
"The woman, as a role model, is represented by a complete framework within Islamic ideology. The woman is with faith and chastity. She is responsible for the most important part of human education. She is influential in society; she manifests a spiritual and experiential growth; she is the leader of the family, as a critical part of society; she brings about peace for mankind."
Ayatollah Khamenei went on to list the characteristics of the Islamic woman by stating, "All of these qualities are combined with the feminine characteristics of softness, tender-heartedness, and her readiness for receiving divine blessings."
However, he warned the audience on negative characteristics and role models that do exists. He said: "In contrast, there has always existed misleading role models throughout history. Today, that misleading role model can be found among Western females, whom are expected, in contrast with all qualities we've mentioned for the Islamic woman, to physically appeal to males and appease them."
Ayatollah Khamenei asserted: "Thus, a major feature promoted of the Western female role model is her nudity (in society). You can see, in their gatherings, men are well covered; however, women are uncovered as much as possible."
"They spend a lot of money, make many efforts, use hundreds of media outlets in order to impact the independent identity of the Muslim woman.
Despite all the funds, energy and thoughts behind this plot, their efforts are futile. The mere result of their work might be a few girls here or there who are deceived, or for various motivations take off their head scarves.
All of their efforts have minor effect, which are unimportant. What makes me sensitive, is when an elite group talk of "compulsory hijab."
This means that a number of the people--hopefully unknowingly--follow the same path that the enemies couldn't achieve, despite all the spent expenses. Among them are also journalists, intellectuals and clerics.
They say: "Imam Khomeini's words 'women wear hijab' did not refer to all the women." Nonsense! I was present at that time; I know the reality. Imam Khomeini stood like a mountain against a clear repudiation, promoted by Pahlavi and their successors.
Now some people say, "This sin is not worse than backbiting. Why don't you prosecute someone for backbiting?" Here, the poor recognition is cause for distress.
We never said we would prosecute the person who, at home, takes off her headscarf in the presence of men (non-mahram: men not in the family, who should not see the woman's hair and body). That done in public, is a social deed and public education, and brings responsibility for a government with the title of Islam.
Otherwise, the forbidden (haram) is always forbidden, be it big or small.
If a person does something wrong in private, that remains between them and God. But what happens in public, the Islamic government--like that of the Prophet (pbuh) and Imam Ali (as)--has a responsibility to encounter.
The logic, which says let the people choose themselves, can also be used for other wrong doings, like selling alcohol. This can also be said for all other big social crimes. Is this a sensible ideology?
The Sacred Lawmaker (God) has obliged the Islamic government to prevent rise of sins in the society. The Islamic government is responsible to encounter sin and haram."
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In the early colonial period the bitterness and quarrels continued, resulting in giving the Massachusetts Bay colony a foothold in Narragansett Bay. It also resulted in Roger Williams going to England to obtain a charter. One of the worst crimes of this early period occurred when Massachusetts soldiers arrested Samuel Gorton and many of his followers and took them to Boston.
In time, however, the bitterness began to wane and eventually the Gortonists and the Arnolds and the Rhodeses began to live in peace. As the Rhodes family grew in stature and prosperity, they build a number of significant homes in the village, many of which still exist well maintained and well preserved. One of these, of course, is the Carder Tavern.
Pawtuxet Village is rich in colonial houses and historic places. One of the most fascinating of these old homes is the Carder Tavern that stands at 118 Post Road. This large, imposing, graceful structure dates back to 1740, when it was built by Malachi Rhodes II. In its entire 243 years of existence, it has always been owned by family members and is presently owned by Mrs. Knowles. In December 1983, L. Hazard Knowles, who until his recent death owned the Carder home, emphasized this as he traced his ancestry back to the Arnold, Carder, Aborn and Rhodes families. Mr. Knowles, of "Hap," as his friends and neighbors referred to him, was long regarded as one of the most knowledgeable historians in Warwick. He had a deep love of the house and of the part it played in our history. An hour's chat with Hap was worth more than one could get by plodding through volumes of old texts. Listening to him brought the past, alive and vibrant, to his house.
The land that the house is on can be traced back to the very beginning of Rhode Island's history. According to Knowles, this land was owned by William Arnold. He contends that Arnold purchased the land form the Indians in April 1636, at least a month before Roger Williams settled in Providence. Much of the dating of land purchases and early settlements is still open to debate, and William Arnold remains one of the most controversial figures in Rhode Island history. Arnold was one of the most outspoken foes of Samuel Gorton, and in some instances of Roger Williams. Gorton, Arnold and Williams all lived to be over 80 years of age, and even in their advanced years the bitterness and quarrels of the three never fully ended.
Arnold's four children lived with him for a period of time in Pawtuxet. One of his sons, Benedict, moved to Newport, where he became Rhode Island's first governor form 1633-1666. Arnold's daughter, Joanna, married Zachariah Rhodes, who very early had moved into Pawtuxet at the invitation of his father-in-law. Zachariah and another of Arnold's sons, Stephen, built the first grist mill in Pawtuxet. In 1740 Zachariah's descendant, Malachi Rhodes III, decided that it was time to build a home of his own and this lovely, stately house was built. Malachi referred to his 2 ½-story gable-roofed house with its paired interior chimneys as his "new house" in a document dating back to 1774.
Malachi's post and beam structure boasts of four very large rooms on each floor as well as spacious hallways and seven large fireplaces. It remained a comfortable, private home for about 20 years and then, because of the size of its rooms and the demand of the times, it became a stagecoach stop and tavern. "Hap" Knowles made it clear that the function of a tavern in the colonial period was a great deal more than what the term implies today. He indicated that it was a welcome stop for weary travelers and a place to get fresh horses. While serving as the equivalent of our hotels and restaurants of today, it also functioned as a meeting place for town officials and a gathering place for the citizens of the area.
"In order to run a tavern, a man had to have a very good reputation and be a man of quality," Knowles stated.
While the Rhodes family kept actual ownership of the house until 1838, the Carders, who were related, ran the tavern in Revolutionary times. The Carders were considered to be "men of quality." They could trace their ancestry back to Richard Carder, one of the men who accompanied Samuel Gorton to Shawomet in 1643. Ironically, Carder, along with Gorton, Wickes and other settlers in Shawomet, was arrested and imprisoned by the Massachusetts Bay colony because Arnold and "the Pawtuxet men" placed themselves under the jurisdiction of the bay colony. Years later, the Carders, the Arnolds and the Rhodeses intermarried, and the Carders came into the possession of the house.
The Carder Tavern today presents a very pleasant addition to the charm of Pawtuxet Village and also serves as a good visual reminder of many of the significant events that took place in and around Pawtuxet in the late colonial period. The most dramatic of these events was the burning of the Gaspee, which took place at nearby Namquit Point (now Gaspee Point) in June 1772. Form the Carder Tavern it was only minutes to Stillhouse Wharf. It was here that Abraham Whipple and the crew that burned the Gaspee took their British prisoners. The light form the flames of the Gaspee illuminated the Carder house and, it has been said, Dr. John Mawney, the man who tended the wounded Gaspee commander, Lt. William Duddingston, was summoned from the tavern. The significance of the event, called "the first act of violence in the American Revolution," had far-reaching effects. As Knowles pointed out, "This action prompted the formation of a committee of correspondence which, in turn, became the Continental Congress and a nation was born as a result."
The tavern played host in the years that followed to important events and significant people. After the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777, a group of Pawtuxet Rangers, Knowles asserted, decided to pay an impromptu visit to their wives and sweethearts as they had been away form home for a long while. The Rangers had hoped to take part in an action that would have driven the British form Newport, but Washington, if Knowles' assumptions are correct, sent them to New York to help stop General Burgoyne and his large army of British regulars.
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Everyone has heard about the drought in Texas in 2011. But crop consultants got to hear some of the grim details at the opening session of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences yesterday. Bob Glodt, a crop consultant from Plainview, said more than 85 percent of Texas' dryland cotton acres were failed due to the drought. Here's more on the drought and a new type of thrips from Glodt's presentation in Orlando.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting on the subject of pregnancy discrimination and caregiver issues at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) Wednesday, Feb. 15, at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations.
At the meeting, the Commission will examine recent trends in discrimination against pregnant workers and workers with caregiving responsibilities, examining these two forms of discrimination as a continuum. The Commission is scheduled to hear from the following invited panelists:
Panel 1: Understanding Pregnancy and Caregiver Discrimination in Today's Workplace
Panel 2: Statutory Framework and Enforcement Efforts
EEOC's General Counsel P. David Lopez will provide introductory remarks.
Panel 3: The Way Forward: Implications for the Future
Seating is limited and it is suggested that visitors arrive 30 minutes before the meeting in order to be processed through security and escorted to the meeting room. Any matter not discussed or concluded may be carried over to a later meeting.
The Commission agenda is subject to revision. Additional information about the hearing, when available, will be posted at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/meetings/index.cfm.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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In an effort to treat all employees equally and fairly, the School Committee unanimously approved a series of step increases and pay raises for administrators Tuesday night, to the tune of approximately $100,000.
Prior to the vote, Acting Superintendent Dr. Richard D'Agostino explained the need for the pay increases. First, he addressed step increases for administrators.
"We have three groups with steps in their contracts in the Warwick school system. We have the teachers, the WISE [Warwick Independent School Employees] union and we have administrators," he said. "Two of those groups have received their step increases over the last three years and one didn't. I believe we should all be treated equally, and if people are working hard, they should receive their steps."
D'Agostino said some administrators have not received step increases for the past six years.
"I think it's unfair and unjust that some administrators have been at Step 3 for six years," he said.
Rosemary Healey, who serves as legal counsel for the committee as well as director of human resources and compliance, explained how steps work.
"Employees work under a five-step pay scale. Steps 1 to 3 are automatically granted from year to year, but in order to go from Step 3 to Step 4 and Step 4 to Step 5, it requires a vote from the School Committee," she said.
Healey said a step increase freeze has been in place since 2007, which means 12 administrators have been frozen at Step 3 since that time.
While D'Agostino said he understands the tough economic times everyone is dealing with, he feels not allowing administrators to increase their steps is hurting the district.
"It's difficult to start a person at a higher step if other districts are paying more," he said. "Also, there's no incentive for our teachers to move into an administrator position because they see it as working longer hours for less pay. We should send the message that we're all treated equally and fairly."
School Committee member Christopher Friel said he agreed with D'Agostino's assessment.
"If one group of employees receives their steps in a timely fashion, then so should the others," he said.
Healey said the total cost to implement the step increases for 12 administrative positions would amount to between $27,000 and $28,000.
Next on the agenda was a request to approve a 1 percent pay increase for administrators, middle managers, confidential secretaries and the acting superintendent, for a total cost of $55,000 for 67 employees.
D'Agostino said since teachers received a 1 percent pay increase and the WISE union received a 2 percent pay increase, that administrators should also be considered for a pay increase.
"All of the groups work together for a common cause, working hard side by side, and we should send a positive message that everyone is treated fairly in this district," he said, echoing his earlier comments. "It sends the message that we appreciate what you do for our schools."
School Committee Vice Chair Patrick Maloney said he was conflicted about approving the raises.
"I've visited schools and talked to administrators, who do a lot of good work and find money where it doesn't exist, which keeps us in budget, but I can't ignore our current economic situation," he said. "I've voted against every raise that has come up during my time on the School Committee, except for a small one in 2009. The administrators deserve raises, but it's difficult to give anything to anybody with our current economic climate."
Maloney continued his comments, addressing the district's need for additional principals this school year.
"We saw a need for additional principals this year and we had some excellent candidates, but on the day we were ready to vote on them, we had to go back out and search again because they went elsewhere," he said. "I believe we compensate people fairly, but we're missing out on some great candidates."
Contrary to Maloney, Friel said he wasn't conflicted at all.
"Both sets of professional workers have done a great job. The pay increases have averaged less than 1 percent since 2007, and even if we approve this [tonight], it will still average less than 1 percent," he said. "We need to also look at the scope of work and duties of administrators during the time when they weren't receiving raises, such as dealing with a new evaluation system and taking on the Uniform Chart of Accounts, so I support this without hesitation."
With regard to adjusting the pay scale for support staff, including bus monitors, lunch aides and non-teaching substitutes, the request was to increase the hourly rate by 3 percent, or from a range of $8.02 to $9.97, to a range of $8.26 to $10.27.
Healey said it was hard to calculate what the total cost would be since the number of substitutes changes, but said the last time she checked, the total cost was less than $20,000.
"This is a large group of individuals that work behind the scenes in part-time jobs, but they're important jobs because they watch the students and keep them safe at lunch and on the bus," she said.
According to Healey, the last time this group of employees, who are non-union and who do not receive benefits, saw a pay raise was November of 2005.
"This is long overdue," Friel said. "It's almost unimaginable, when you take into account the increase in living expenses."
Maloney asked Healey how difficult it is to fill those positions and how many of the positions are currently open.
Healey said it was hard to gauge but said the district does what it can "to get people's foot in the door."
"We used to have a chance to turn substitute positions into a permanent teaching job, but unfortunately with cuts over the years, that opportunity has decreased," she said. "In Warwick, we also have a higher level of requirements for teacher assistants than other districts, but I think that's good and we should maintain those."
Healey said while there's a healthy level of interest in positions, it's much tougher to retain people because once they get an offer for a full-time job somewhere else, they leave.
"Our hope is that people will be patient and stick with us for the long haul with this [pay] increase," she said.
In other action, the committee approved the addition of a paralegal/compliance specialist assistant position for an estimated total cost of between $39,000 and $42,000 a year.
Healey explained that when she was hired as the director of compliance, her duties solely consisted of dealing with legal matters but two years later when there was a vacancy in the director of human resources position, she agreed to take on the responsibilities of both positions to help out the district.
"I was unable to perform both duties without an assistant director of compliance to assist in legal matters, and that worked well for five or six years," Healey said, "until 2010 when the position was replaced with a lower paid position with the description to be determined by the then-superintendent, but that never materialized. So, I'm asking for that promised position."
Healey said she reconfigured the position request by changing it from an assistant director of compliance to a paralegal/compliance specialist, which does not require a law degree, and results in a significant lower cost to the district, "about half of what the assistant director of compliance was earning."
Healey said she's been dealing with an inordinate amount of work lately, such as having to reconfigure the district's policy on bullying as well as having to respond to information requests much quicker with the new open records regulations, which involves a lot of paperwork.
"I think this [position] would be a great service to the school department," she said.
Committee member Eugene Nadeau added, "We can't ask any employee to perform two jobs without the proper assistance and compensation."
When Maloney asked for D'Agostino's opinion on the matter, as he often sees things others may not in his capacity as the acting superintendent and director of special education, he said, "We always would like to have an attorney prepared for any situation that arises. Yes, I feel this is needed."
Prior to the vote, which was also approved unanimously, Maloney pointed out that it could cost the district roughly the same amount of money if it were to hire an additional attorney on a part-time or as-needed basis to help out, but by creating the paralegal position, it's an employee that would be retained full-time at similar cost.
Again, we are spending money that we dont have and that has not been budgeted. Does anyone understand this concept?
The School committee made cuts and these positions and raises are within the budget. The School Committee budget will not go up this year because of these increases. The step increase was $29,000 and the raise for the administrators was $55,000. So, for far less than the cost of 1 teacher salary, 67 employees got a small raise.
Here is how it was done: We have chosen NOT to fill positions and have eliminated positions. Administrators have absorbed additional tasks and responsibilities WITHOUT additional compensation.
This is the equivalent of a 40 cent per hour raise. The administrators have not had any raise 3 of the last 5 years. They have received about $1.50 an hour raise in 5 years and the School Budget has NOT gone up in the same amount of time. The school budget is at the same level it was at in 2008.
The school committee understands the concept TheCaptain, the city council and Mayor should take some lessons from the school side.
It should be noted that the Administrators also starting paying the 20% co-pay a year prior to the Teacher/ WISE unions as well. This is several years before the city side started paying an equivalent amount.
There should be no raises....PERIOD.....the same excuses we hear all the time...they haven't received a raise in years. Who cares...the taxpayers who work in private industry haven't either and they wish they had the gold plated healthcare plan the administrators get for ONLY a 20% copay.
Patrick...apolgize to the taxpayers for your baseless justification !!!!!!!!!!!!
The schools have the same budget as 2008, the costs have been kept to a level amount, we have secured savings in all areas including maintenance. Our budget was slashed $6 million and we still came in within our budget. I repeat, Slashed $6 million and still came in under budget. How could this possibly be achieved without good administrators making good decisions? I know I didn't do it alone. They deserve nothing? These people deserved a small pittance of a raise. I have several administrators doing 2 and 3 jobs now and they used to do one AND for no extra pay. They are leaving and we would replace them with people who don't know how to do the job, it would cost us more.
I lost a principal who was filling in as a temporary principal for 2 years. This guy was great. He knew technology, the teachers liked him and were willing to learn technology from him. They were doing EXTRA work because he was very charismatic, he knew how to get things done without paying the teachers or staff extra. We offered him a full time principal position and he didn't take it because he got a job somewhere else for $1000 more. I lost a great principal with great ideas who got more work out of the employees for no extra pay over $1000. Doesn't sound like a good deal for Warwick. I would have paid him the $1000 to stay if I had the chance because he worked as hard as 2 principals. We lost 2 or 3 principals for the same reason in 3 years. They knew if they took the job no matter how hard they worked it didn't matter they were not going to get a raise.
Go back and check the school committee minutes. Do you go to every school committee meeting? I voted for NO raises for 4 years. They only time I voted for a raise was in 2009 when if I didn't vote for a 1.5% raise, administrators would have gotten a 3% raise. There are 5 members of the committee, I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO VOTE AGAINST EVERY RAISE (except the 1.5% in 2009, again, I only voted for it because if I didn't it would have been double). Contact the other committee members, contact your city council and mayor. Hold them all accountable. I am accountable, I held the line for 4 years.
As a side note, I was already working on a 25% co-pay but as I was not re-elected, we will have to see if that happens. I know Mr. Nadeau was pushing for the 25% co-pay too. We needed 1 more vote. Who else on the committee is willing to push for it? Will it be our new Union School Committee member? Doubt it. I would have gotten it done. I was the one who pushed for the 20% and I got it done. Period. Go back and look at the SC minutes from early 2009, I was the first to bring it up when they were looking at closing schools. It wasn't even on anyone's radar.
I made sure the schools paid back the city the $3.2 million deficit created before my time on the Committee. I stayed within the budget for 4 years, we had a surplus each year due to cuts not a higher budget. NO schools had a roof leak during the storms we recently had because proper maintenance was done and roofs were fixed. When I started half the schools had roof problems. I secured a contract with the WISE union after no contract AND no raises for 5 years. We saved millions on outsourcing Special Education transportation to first student. I secured a contract with no raise for a year (I believe it was the first time in Warwick History) with the teachers and secured a 20% co-pay. I raised the co-pay for all administrators. We saved millions every year from closed schools and for getting federal grants. We are not Central Falls or Woonsocket. The school committee from 2008 to present has saved the city at least $18-20 million in 4 years by my count. The school committee did it with the help of the administrators and other employees at the schools.
Fedup1, You are welcome. I wish I could have done more.
It should be noted that the amount of money given in raises to administrators is less than the amount of money the city pays to Kenneth Naylor the city worker who took city property and "borrowed" it to fix his house. He was out of work from Sept 2011 to Aug 2012 and was awarded full back pay. He is back on the job. I would much rather reward the good workers than keep a thief on staff.
The City budget is up $30 Million in the same 4 year period that the schools were level funded. Actually, the school budget was cut $6 million. If the city and the Schools both did an equally good job at watching out for the taxpayers, then the taxes would not have gone up each year and we would not have an outrageous car tax.
There should have been raises period! No amount of spinning can justify wage increases with the state economy doing so poorly.
Ok Gordianknot (Mayor?) Talk about spinning. Are we talking about the State economy now? Let's talk about Warwick. School Spending = same as 2008 level. City spending up $30 MILLION, $30 Million, $30 Million since 2008. $30 Million more EVERY YEAR. Thank you City Council, Thank you Mayor. No thanks to the schools for keeping costs down. No thanks for the schools. There is no spin there, just the truth. The numbers don't lie. Look at the numbers.
Check out the headline. Beacon says 100K in raises and step increases. 55K + 29K= 85K, not 100K. There is your spin. The Beacon Spin. The Mayor "owns" the Beacon, they print what he wants. Get it straight.
The schools have done great since 2008 and the city over spends and raises taxes just like the state. I listened to Fogarty on the radio this morning spewing lies. He says the state is getting better, we improved .1% this month. Meanwhile I have 5 people in the last 2 days walk into my store and tell me they are laid off from their full time jobs. The only reason we didn't go down is because temporary jobs went up. Seasonal jobs saved the unemployment rate. Companies are cutting the hours of employees to save money on healthcare.
The schools ARE NOT breaking the backs of the Warwick Taxpayers. The Mayor and city council is to blame. Good thing we voted them all back in, now maybe they will fix it. Give them one more chance to fix it. They promise they will every 2 years. They fix it by spending more and raising taxes.
When Warwick ceases with the idiocy of paying for three high schools, I'll believe there's a sense of fiscal responsibility. Each school was built to accomodate 2000 students. All three now have about 1000 students. At what point will the school committee openly address what many have been saying for five years: It's time to close a high school.
John Stark. The schools are still at 2008 funding levels. That should lead you to believe that there is fiscal responsibility in the schools. No other state or city in RI is still working at levels from 4 years ago.
As far as the umber of schools, this is being addressed. Several elementary schools have closed in the last several years. The bubble of a large class has moved through the jr high and is in the last year at the senior high school level. I believe the School committee is looking at the future of all the secondary schools and is not going to look at only the high schools. I believe the long term facilities committee and/ or an outside agency will be reviewing the situation so a decision can be made. I hope the decision made is not politically motivated and the correct decision is made.
I believe it is important to look at the whole picture prior to making a rash or quick decision. The real money savings is in the salaries not the number of schools open. The number of teachers on staff, the number of administration and the number of support staff have all been reduced as the student population has reduced. The number of buildings are also being reduced. I would like to see the administration building on Warwick Ave returned to the city so it can either be used for another purpose or be sold.
John, you would like the idiocy of 3 high schools being open to stop. Which High School and/ or Jr High school would you like to see closed? Which would you decide to close and why? Will you be volunteering for the Long term facilities planning committee? Would you like to be harassed by parents, children, teachers or others for years for closing the school your kids or their parents went to after it is closed? Believe me, it is not an easy decision. Making the wrong decision will cost more money in the long run.
What would you say about closing all the high schools and building one new building? What about closing all the Jr high schools and moving the Jr High students into one of the High Schools? These options are all able to be looked at but the largest group of students (the bubble) had to move through the secondary schools for it to be looked at completely.
I believe the schools were also waiting for the airport situation to stabilize before making a change.
"As far as the umber of schools, this is being addressed", should have read: As far as the number of schools, this is being addressed,
Are you aware that the middle school does not have math books that adhear to the new math curriculum? My kid has no math books, you got raises. Does that make sense?
Hello fenceman. This is a good question. I am aware the Math program did not get new books. The committee voted last year to not get new math books. The reason was not funding related. We were ready to get all new math books but the math books were written for the old curriculum and not the new required PARK curriculum. We need books for the new PARK curriculum that all students will be required to take for state testing. If we had bought the books last year, we would have to replace them after only a year or two because they would outdated. The curriculum coordinator and team recommended not getting the books until they were updated for the proper curriculum. I am sure the Math books will be reviewed again this year and if the books are fully updated, they will be purchased. Once again, this is an example of administration doing their job to save the district money. They could have easily said, spend $1 million on the math books and in 2 years been looking for another $1 million for new books again. Administration continuously has made recommendations to save the schools money. This decision alone saved us $1 million. So I believe, giving them the $55,000 raise and step increase was appropriate and it did make sense at this time. If these administrators with experience left we could have had someone else that didn't know the job or the curriculum and made a poor recommendation. We would have paid a much larger amount than the raise they received. Over the last few years, I have voted several times to replace outdated books and always after a careful review from the curriculum committee and the curriculum coordinator. New books have always been a concern of mine. We can't replace all of them over night but I worked hard to make sure the correct books were purchased.
I also believe that there is funding reserved in the budget this year for new books so if they are written properly for the PARK assessment tests, they will be purchased.


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Fitformyfamily needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
2 winners were selected from 209 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Fit For My Family
Help us help millions of families and children worldwide. Childhood Obesity is becoming more and more prevalent all across the world and everyone in politics, Hollywood, and professional athletics is trying to "fight it" in some way. Our approach is different and we do not believe that the answer is fighting against anything or anyone. Our mission at Fit For My Family is to help families, particularly targeting mothers to start, educate themselves on healthier eating and an active lifestyle so you could say we are advocates "For Healthy, Happy Families."
We believe that by working with families as a whole to improve their overall health and understanding of proper nutrition and an active lifestyle we can truly make a lasting change in the lives of children across the world and make them advocates for healthy future generations to come. The only way to make lasting change with anything is to support future generations in creating that change and what better place to start than within the family.
Moms are the key to making this work and for that reason our logo needs to appeal to moms and it needs to make them feel like they are participating in our program for themselves and also for their family. They are getting "Fit For Their Family".
This contest is only the beginning. We are looking for a lead graphic designer to work with us in growing our company and have many projects that need to be done in the coming months including a book cover, website design, banner ads, car wrap, lead boxes, and several signs/banners. If we like your work and feel like you fully understand the concept of our brand and our mission we would like to continue working with you. Good Luck! We look forward to seeing your designs and working with one of you in the future.
Our primary target market is mothers between the ages of 30 and 55 who have young or school aged children present in their household. These moms are the key to making a difference with future generations because they are the ones responsible for creating healthy habits in their children from an early age. If healthy changes happen in the household and moms educate their kids on the importance of healthy eating and an active lifestyle and lead by example then families everywhere will become healthier and happier!
We'd like a multicolor (2-4 colors) logo that incorporates some blues or greens and possibly some browns or light oranges.
We'd like to have several digital formats available when completed, but prefer Photoshop documents (.psd) so that they can be easily converted when needed.
This logo will be a foundational portion of the brand and will be seen by millions of families across the world so we really want it to be easily recognizable and targeted.
The logo must be clear, unique, memorable, and transferable to all types of media and physical products. Some of the uses for the logo include our blog, other websites, business cards, gift cards, signs, banners, flyers, car wraps, television shows, t-shirts, apparel, lead boxes, other promotional items, and other physical and digital products.
Please include name "Fit For My Family" in logo
Ideally we would like it to also look good in monochrome, but don't let this limit your creativity. (e.g. black on white or white on black)
Please do not use any stock images/photos or clipart in this logo.
We would really like to incorporate a family in the logo with the mother holding everyone together or holding them up while being the most prominent represented form in the design. Here are some examples from the logo store that will give you an idea of what we mean and get you started. We particularly like the ones that are more realistic and portray the human form more realistically like the 1st and 2nd examples below while including some of the other family figures like the other five below.
The goal is to be able to see the form and understand what the program is ultimately about and what it means to be "Fit for my Family"
Here are a couple other designs that we like:
We like the way this logo incorporates shoes and the colors are nice as well
This logo is also one that we like http://www.mommytracked.com/
This is probably our overall favorite because of the way that incorporates the whole family http://www.fitgeneration.com/
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Cyprien.noel necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 83 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
I am the founder of a startup which provides developers with a much faster way to program connected applications.
Technical people, like software developers, CTOs, technical journalists, in domains like mobile & desktop applications, dynamic web sites, and cloud platforms.
The logo must convey the concept behind the technology: It allows a local machine (e.g. mobile phone) to connect to a data-center containing a large set of interconnected software objects. A subset of those objects are replicated on the device, but remain connected with the data-center. The whole thing is tightly connected, and forms a kind of "fabric".
I attached a file where I experiment with using perspective to show the connection between local objects and remote ones. It tries to show that there is a huge set of objects in the background, from which we pull some in the foreground.
We could also use the idea of a grid from which we pull a piece, like in the "Vortex" image I attached. (But unfortunately we loose the circles which represent objects, and the randomness of their connections...).
Ideally, the logo would give a feeling of simplicity and conciseness, like a Google page, to help forget the complexity of the system. Or it could also express a high sophistication, or advanced technology feeling.
Feel free to experiment wildly, I have no idea of the best way to express this concept, and we only have the technology for now, no web site, color chart or anything. We will need a high def or vector file (.ai). Good luck!
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Nursery Ravine
Nursery Gambles
Getting There
From the city, take De Waal Drive (M3) in the direction of Muizenberg, at the first traffic light intersection turn right (southwards) into Rhodes Drive (M63) and follow the signs to Kirstenbosch.
Nursery Gambles
Leave the Nursery Ravine path and move up along the foot of the rock, through a clump of trees to a recess, which after 7 meters changes into a long, narrow overhang. This overhang stretches some 20 meters across the bottom section of the buttress. The recess is directly under the left-hand end of the overhang and almost directly under the crack in the top overhang.
1. 21m '13': Climb 5m up the recess, then traverse to the right under the overhang to reach a wide ledge. Walk 5m to the right.
2. 10m '9': Climb a right-angled recess which ends in a crack with a chockstone in it.
3. 11m '13': Climb up into the recess, continue to a small ledge, then traverse around to the left into a deep chimney.
4. 7m '9': Climb a chimney to a ledge under a big overhang. Walk 7m to the left to a notch in the overhangs with a dassie-ledge (a dassie is a small animal) immediately under it.
5. 10m '16': Climb the notch, via the dassie-ledge, and continue up the recess to a stance.
6. 7m '9': Climb a chimney, passing to the left of a projecting flake. There is a stance in the cave.
7. 13m '14': Climb up into the crack, then move out along it to round the overhang. Climb the right-hand one of two recesses above the exit to the crack.
Descent: Walk of to the left to the top of Nursery Ravine.
Heni Snijders & Marie Kotze 28/01/1967
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With many schools resuming, some children are old enough now to skip after-school day care and be alone at home for the first time.
With many schools resuming, some children are old enough now to skip after-school day care and be alone at home for the first time. Alyson Roach, at the American Red Cross, says it's important for families to develop and practice a safety plan for children to follow. Parents need to set clear rules and the children need to follow them. Children shouldn't post on social media web sites that they'll be home alone, Roach says, they should know how to handle emergencies from fires to tornado warnings, and set guidelines with their folks on where they're allowed to go. A child should also know how to reach a parent or another adult if there's a problem. Roach says there are a few other tips parents should instill in their children if they'll be at home alone. Kids should know not to open the door to strangers and not let any phone caller know they're home alone, and don't have friends over and don't go outside if they hear an odd noise but to call 911 instead. Some older children will be responsible for watching younger siblings until their mom or dad returns home from work. Many Red Cross chapters offer a baby sitter training course, which Roach says targets children between the ages of 11 and 15. The class teaches sitters how to care for children safely and responsibly and it includes infant and child CPR and first aid. The course also teaches children how to write a resume and how to approach potential clients by touting the skills they've learned in the course.


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Today in Mixed Messages: making grandma babysitter will make your kids fat.
This is all very confusing. When the Obamas moved into the White House with grandmother in tow, it was hailed as a return to a best-for-all-parties family dynamic in which older generations helped out with childcare. Then Michelle Obama declared war on childhood obesity. But a new study finds that letting grandparents tend kids results in a higher risk of childhood obesity. What are we supposed to think now?! And what of Sasha and Malia?
As Babble summarizes,
Published in the International Journal of Obesity, the study examined the weights of thousands of three-year-olds and looked at who was caring for them. They found "informal" daycare arrangements - typically with a grandparent - put kids at a higher risk for childhood obesity than a formal daycare setting or staying home with a parent...The risk was heightened if the granny daycare arrangement was full-time.
Why? Well, grandparents love to spoil their grandkids and give them what they want. What they want is often junk food they can't eat at home. Adds blogger Jeanne Sager,
Also a likely factor? The older you get, the less active you typically can be - throwing much of the activity level out the window. Even a hands-on grandparent who engages kids in crafts and worksheets all day to stimulate their mind needs to be aware that they need to get them moving as well.
I wonder, though, if this dynamic won't shift as the boomer generation, increasingly, become the grandparents in question: the first generation, after all, to equate organics with godliness is hardly likely to keep a larder of Mallomars and lunchables. Indeed, the power struggles are likely to be of a very different caliber all around. Or just stick them with my grandparents, trapped with no edible food and the occasioal bowl of shredded wheat swimming with weevils. The pounds drop off, if that's your concern. And is anyone else seeing a public service announcement role for the Grandma-in-chief?
They Say: Granny Daycare Makes Kids Fat [Babble]
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Whatever your interests, there is a job for you on Campus Council. As representatives of the students, all members of the council put their leadership skills to work.
In order to become part of ASFC, you have to:
The weekly meetings of Campus Council are open to all students and staff and are traditionally held Thursdays at 2:00 p.m., (Except during finals, college breaks, and summer session. Meeting times are as needed to be announced.) in the Toyon Room (upper level, Campus Center). Attend a meeting and see student leadership in action. Applications are also available in the ASFC student government suite, and the Office of Student Activities.


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Tarantism wrote:migya wrote:TMC wrote:Certainly doubt the Celtics are retarded enough to go for that one...
Worth a try and you never know, Monta is on a tear
Yeah but they already have scorers and Rondo is their catalyst.
Yea, but it is all about whether a GM sees Monta as a real star, like what he looks like the last couple of weeks. Reckon Ainge might actually go for that, but only after trying to trade something like Ray Allen and a bench player for Monta. Come to think of it, the pathetic management of the Warriors would probably take that
warriorsstepup wrote:Rondo won't change nothing here, what's a Rondo-Curry-Watson line-up going to change from the previous ? Rondo won't change the injuries or the coaching, this season this team is built to lose, any wins from now on will be a miracle, even against the Nets.
Rondo is doing real well, but he definately has his flaws, like outside shooting and FT shooting. It's his playmaking and defensive abilities that are what would fit great on the team. There are plenty of outside shooters here and he brings the two things I mentioned the the team is lacking.
I think Curry's weaknesses are less of a negative with Rondo's defense and playmaking, allowing Curry to be the scorer he is. Rondo would make AR and the other bigs better I think, if only just a bit more than they are now
"Always" Next wrote:only if xbay was the Celtics GM and you made the call Mig....sorry xbay
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Most Canadians feel this way. Minus the Afghan war, which was a just and noble war.Per wrote:I think It's safe to say I speak for all Europeans, that we are happy to see Obama win another term.
The last republican in the White House started two wars and dug the US into a financial hole so deep it spiralled into a global recession. The longer we can stay away from a repeat of that, the better.
Obama's shine, as a great orator, has worn off. But his policies ring true an make sense to a vast majority of Canadians.
It's too bad that America has become a corporatocracy. The downward spiral will continue, because (aside from some social policies) both parties are the same.


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Learning Index >> Ceramic Decoration: a selective guide to pots in the collection of the Crafts Study Centre
No 16: Bowl, 1976 (P.77.2)
The interiors of wide bowls offer excellent surfaces for painting on. Alan Caiger-Smith works in tinglazed red earthenware, the white surface of which sets off his lustre brushwork and infuses it with light. This bowl is decorated with an interlocking, dynamic motif in broad sweeping and twisting brushstrokes worked in a dark red copper lustre. Two narrow bands of the same lustre are painted on the rim, and the centre is treated as a solid bull's-eye. The grey cast over the bowl's white areas is due to a smoke firing.


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Unit B: Environments and Energy
The books listed below may be available through publishers, distributors such as bookstores or online retailers, or library systems.
Leveled Independent Science Books
Extra Support
- Down by the Stream
- Summary: A young girl describes how plants and animals rely on a stream near her home.
On Level
- River Otter
- Summary: Readers learn about the habitat and habits of river otters.
- 7 Ways to Get Energy
- Summary: Readers learn about how plants and animals get the energy they need to survive.
- I See a Kookabura!
- Animals around the world adapt to their habitats in different ways.
- One Small Place in a Tree
- A look at the microcosm of a decaying tree reveals how animals adapt to its demise.
- Nature in the Neighborhood
- Children discover the plants and animals that can be found in their own neighborhoods.
- River Discoveries
- Twenty-four hours in the existence of a river environment are brought to life.
- Plants Feed on Sunlight
- Readers learn the different ways in which plants get energy to grow.
- Energy: Heat, Light, and Fuel
- This book explains different kinds of energy, including the energy that comes from food and water.
- Energy Makes Things Happen
- This primer on different types of energy uses familiar examples for explanation.
- Feel the Power: Energy All Around
- An introduction to the various forms of energy includes the Sun and people power.


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Top riders have gathered here in Adelaide, Australia, for the 2013 Tour Down Under, to test their early season fitness. Blanco team sprinter – and Aussie local – Mark Renshaw is testing Giant's new Propel Advanced SL aero road bike, too, and hopes its new low-drag shape will carry him to success at the finish line.
Giantlaunched its new bike just days prior to the start of the race, so it's no surprise that Renshaw is using it here. According to Giant, the new bike is substantially speedier aerodynamically than the team's TCR Advanced SL – a second per kilometer, to be exact – while still only weighing 950g for Renshaw's medium frame, and coming close in terms of rigidity.
We suspect Renshaw's particular bike closes that gap substantially, though, and perhaps even surpasses a stock TCR Advanced SL in that respect based on the 7.59kg (16.73lb, without SRM computer) actual weight. For reference, a comparable Propel Advanced SL 0 would weigh about 7.25kg with Shimano's admittedly lighter Dura-Ace Di2 9070 group and identical pedals but heavier aero clincher wheels.
Given that Giant has built specially reinforced bikes before for powerful riders like Mark Cavendish before, we're guessing some of the extra mass in Renshaw's bike comes courtesy of a few extra carbon plies.
Mechanics route the Dura-Ace Di2 wire along the base of the stem
Blanco team bikes also sub in team-only machined aluminum linear-pull brakes instead of the molded carbon composite arms used on production Giant Propel Advanced SL. The material change and chunkier shape certainly add weight – and look to possibly impact the aerodynamic performance, too, at least on paper – a quick pull of the lever reveals that they work quite a bit better, too.
Lever feel is firmer and more positive than on production bikes we've ridden, the cable anchor uses a bigger and more cable-friendly clamp design, and the fully enclosed stainless steel noodle locks into a more secure socket. Team brakes sport a dual-position noodle anchor, too, to more easily accommodate narrow and wide-profile rims without requiring additional adjustment.
Finally, we spotted what looks to be a new PRO stem on Renshaw's bike, slimmed down with a particularly low-profile FSA upper headset cone. Key features include a Giant OverDrive 2-friendly 1 1/4in steerer clamp, a carbon-wrapped body, and four-bolt handlebar clamp. Otherwise, Renshaw's bike comprises mostly off-the-shelf gear.
Though Shimano has already introduced its new Dura-Ace Di2 9070 group, Renshaw – and other Shimano-sponsored riders here at TDU – is still using the previous-generation 7970 edition since supplies are still too limited for teams to make the switch. Renshaw's 50mm Dura-Ace carbon tubular wheels are standard issue, too, although they're wrapped in prototype 25mm-wide Vittoria tires.
The down tube is specifically shaped to work with a round water bottle
Somewhat surprisingly for a sprinter, Renshaw isn't using Shimano's optional sprint shifters on the drops, either, instead relying on the standard buttons to get the job done.
Capping things off are a Fizik Aliante k:ium saddle, Tacx Uma carbon fiber bottle cages, and an SRM PowerControl 7 computer head.
Critical measurements
- Rider's height: 1.79m (5ft 10in)
- Rider's weight: 72kg(159lb)
- Saddle height, from BB (c-t): 752mm
- Saddle setback: 67mm
- Seat tube length, c-c: 510mm
- Tip of saddle nose to c of bars: 572mm
- Saddle to bar drop (vertical): 126mm
- Head tube length: 145mm
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- Total bicycle weight: 7.59kg (16.73lb, without SRM computer)
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- Bottom bracket: PF86 with aluminum cups, unknown brand
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I'm not very reachable right now, and less so via Facebook since they implemented that horrific series of changes to the UI recently. While I wasn't addicted to Facebook, I certainly used the site a lot, and my productivity was probably down because of it. Not to worry though, because I hate the new UI so much that FB will be lucky if I log-in 1x/day or even once every couple of days.
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Dirty Bird wrote:HawksFTW wrote:Dirty Bird wrote:I have a hard time believing your this ignorant.
Wait...do you actually think that fact that your team's stadium holds more people than Century Link Field is MORE relevant than the percentage of seats filled?
No, just pointing it out.
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Dirty Bird wrote:Wow. It's sold out. Those are tickets for resale. If you look at attendance numbers were ranked ahead of you guys. What a terrible fanbase...
About you being ranked "ahead" of us, and used that metric as a compare the two fanbases, what exactly was your point? That you routinely fail to fill your stadium to capacity?


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Turns out Obama's comment that California's callipygian Kamala Harris is the nation's best looking attorney general was not just politically incorrect, it may be inaccurate. Some folks in Nevada have cried foul, and are saying "Hey—wait a minute, we have the hottest state attorney general! Check out our Cortez Masto!"
[UPDATE] But wait! There's also Florida's attorney general, Pam Bondi! And she's a Republican! (Thanks for reader tips on this breaking story.)
It's the perfect job for Power Line, especially since we seem to be between beauty pageants right now. So check 'em out, and cast your vote. We report, you decide.
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Levy County native and Sheriff's Maj. Evan Sullivan announced he is running for sheriff as a Republican in the 2012 election.
The fourth generation law enforcement officer said he is running because, "I was born and raised in Levy County, and my family has served our community for decades. It would be a great honor for me to serve my fellow citizens as sheriff."
Sullivan's career in law enforcement extends over two decades. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, and has served in nearly every position in law enforcement including patrol, investigations, SWAT team, K-9, honor guard, drug task force, public information and professional standards.
"I've been working for years to prevent and solve crimes right here in Levy County," he said. "Our community must continue to be a safe place to work and raise a family."
Sullivan is director of law enforcement for the sheriff's office. "I have diverse experience in law enforcement. I've managed hundreds of employees during my career, developed and oversaw multi-million dollar budgets, and worked with our county commission and other government agencies. My roots run deep in Levy County and so does my passion for protecting our families. We must continue to reduce crime in order to maintain the high quality of life our citizens deserve," explained Sullivan.
Sullivan said he could streamline the Levy County Sheriff's Office in order to make the office more effective, efficient and responsive. "I will be frugal with taxpayer's money, continue and build upon community outreach efforts, and strive to reduce our crime rates. No one will work harder for Levy County."
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Nancy Zambell: Right now the market, as you know, is floating around 14,000. What do you think is going to be the next big thing?
Keith Fitz-Gerald: Nancy, it's very interesting to see the market run like it is, given the underlying fundamental situation in our economy right now. We still have debt problems. We still have just squeaked by the fiscal cliff. Congress is a wreck.
There is no adult supervision in Washington, so there are plenty of reasons to be concerned. I think that whenever the markets get toppish and long in the tooth like they are today, you want to make a conscious shift as an investor, from what the world wants to what the world needs. The reason to do that is twofold:
- No. 1, I think that you want to build an upside because if the markets continue to run, you want to grab a piece of that.
- But, at the same time, you want to begin very consciously building in defensive positions, on the assumption that something could reverse unexpectedly.
And the market is overdue for a correction. If we get one, changing to what the world needs versus what it wants, gives you a defensible position.
One of my favorites right now, for example, is in the energy sector. That's clearly something the world needs. The world's growth is continuing in every industry. So never mind the headlines, the fact of the matter is oil is in demand.
Nancy Zambell: Especially in the emerging countries, right?
Keith Fitz-Gerald: Absolutely. Not only that, but they have never known cheap energy. So if you look at a country like China, or much of the Pacific Rim, or Africa, those economies have a unique advantage that we haven't had historically, in that they are partially asset-backed and they're backed by oil.
So not only do they have growing demand that is outstripping our conservation efforts here, but they actually have the asset in the ground. And that gives them an advantage and makes them attractive and appealing for investment.
Nancy Zambell: What is your favorite pick in that area?
Keith Fitz-Gerald: Believe it or not, one of my favorite picks in that arena right now is right here in the United States. Because even if we're talking about emerging markets, I think we've got a choice here in Kinder Morgan Partners (KMP).
In the interest of full disclosure, I do own it. I don't have any investment banking relationships with them, but they're like a toll road for wealth.
The United States is critically short on pipelines. We have a lot of energy needs, and we need to move a huge amount of this stuff all over the place.
It's a simple business. You cram stuff in one end of the pipeline, you charge money for it, and you unpack it at the other end. They've got a 5.8% dividend, the last time I looked, which is a great compensation for the risk you take being in the marketplace.
Nancy Zambell: Interesting. Now, let's move on and talk about something that a lot of people have talked about, and that's technology. We've seen Apple come down from $700 to $450. Facebook made a big splash and then nothing. So what do you think about technology?
Keith Fitz-Gerald: It's interesting to me, because any time the market achieves an inflection point, this is another area that changes tremendously.
And the reason it changes is not so much that the market doesn't want to do stocks anymore, but it's the psychology of the investors that change. People feel like they're getting left at the station, so they start to look for those things that are media darlings.
I think many of the media darlings today—Intel (INTC), Microsoft (MSFT), Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL)—those are all going to be dead money for years to come.
Now that's a very controversial view, so let me explain what I mean by that. I don't mean that the companies are bad; I don't necessarily mean that they're going to fail; but what I do see happening are better alternatives.
Microsoft, for example, has become the very IBM (IBM) that it set out to dethrone, when it was created. Intel is no longer a small, innovative company. Facebook is a behemoth that I think is worth $7.50. Social media is totally overrated in my book. I don't touch those things.
I'm looking at small innovative companies, particularly in cyber security space. One of my favorites is called Commtouch Software (CTCH). It's out of Israel, growing 30% a year, a cloud-based security solution.
They've got a who's-who client list, including Google (GOOG), Microsoft, McAfee (MFE), Netgear (NTGR), etc. I've recommended this. I have no ownership, but am looking to accumulate it.
Nancy Zambell: Okay, but what about bonds? Interest rates have done nothing at all this year. You're practically better off in a CD than anything else, unless you're buying stock with income. So what do you think about bonds?
Keith Fitz-Gerald: That's an interesting question. I've thought a lot about bonds here. I think we're near the end of that game. I'm leery of much more upside.
I don't think we can be without them as investors. We have to have them in our portfolios. So to that end, I think that the best thing investors can be doing right now is shortening up duration.
They want to get their maturities in a duration under three to five years, if they can, because that allows them to do two things. If rates really start to rise, they can build a bond ladder at higher rates as they're issued. And they're mitigating most of the risk that's associated with five-, ten-, and even 30-year bonds, which are going to get hammered when rates start to rise.
Nancy Zambell: So even though you really do need to have a little bit of your portfolio in fixed income, would you suggest a bond fund for the average investor?
Keith Fitz-Gerald: I've always been a fan of bond funds or ETFs, and the reason is that individual bonds can be problematic for the individual investor. They're easy to buy, but they're tough to trade.
And they're a very sophisticated market, thanks to all of the derivative trading that's going on. They have really taken on a life of their own, and I think better to leave that part to the professionals. Go with the bond fund.
Nancy Zambell: That sounds good. Now do you have a favorite trade for 2013?
Keith Fitz-Gerald: Oh, you bet I do, and it's one that's near and dear to my heart.
As you know, I've spent more than 20 years of my life closely involved with the Japanese markets. I live in Japan part of the year, so I'm intimately connected with that society. I think shorting the Japanese yen is the trade of the year. It's certainly the trade of the next few years.
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I have been a TIM customer in Italy for nearly 20 years and through my business, we have sold and rented thousands of them over the past 12 years. While we no longer sell TIM due to some of the issues that I will address, I think that I know a thing or two about them.
TIM, or Telecom Italia Mobile, branched off of SIP, the now extinct national carrier. They were the first mobile solution in Italy and are still the largest, albeit not by a large margin. The coverage is very comprehensive and it has always been a force to be reckoned with. The other two main carriers, Vodafone and Wind, are also major carriers (Wind is a distant third place and is known as the "immigrants' carrier" and it is also very widespread in the South). While Wind probably has the best deals, their coverage, with the exception of the south, including the islands, is sketchy in central and northern Italy. Vodafone, while practically unknown to most Americans, is a huge carrier and is second in subscribers only to China Mobile. The fact of the matter is, I really like TIM and the service and have had my phone number, a very easy one to remember (ex. 3333843333, not exactly this but very close) for many years. However, would I recommend TIM to Americans or Canadians or really any other nationality traveling to Italy? Not unless you speak Italian. This is why.
As I mentioned previously, Cellular Abroad sold thousands of TIM SIM cards each year. About 5 years ago, we switched to Uno Mobile. Uno Mobile is an Italian SIM card that uses the Vodafone network. The main reason we were frustrated with TIM is this. On occasion, when you attempt to add call credit or even to make a call, the operator comes on the phone, basically to solicit and sell a new product to the user. While this is aggravating enough, the real issue is that if they do not understand you, they can, and often WILL, block your SIM card, requiring you to go to a store and present them with a passport or another form of ID and confirm your identity. In addition, if they see irregular calling patterns, like many international calls, which is what our customers did, they can block your SIM card. This would occur to about 2 or 3 percent of our customers. While it was beyond our control, asking them to go to a TIM store while on vacation was certainly not the first thing on their agenda. This was the main issue with TIM when we were still selling them and I know that this still occurs, probably even more than before, as I always find myself having an (unwanted) conversation with someone from TIM when I am using my phone in Italy. Still, since I speak Italian, they can confirm my identity over the phone and I can tell them that I don't want to know about their new products and services…thank you very much!
Another big issue that I am aware of is receiving expensive text messages. According to a conversation I had recently with TIM, this is a problem even for Italians. It works like this. You receive a message that prompts you to answer so that you get free – whatever, weather report, news, money, etc. The problem is, in the terms and conditions, this signs you up for weekly or monthly texts that cost you money. I have seen them up to 5 Euros per message. Although we do not use TIM anymore, we do hear from TIM customers all the time who complain about this.
Another issue, and one that we struggled with back in the day, is the different calling plans and TIM's efforts trying to get people to switch their calling plans. It is difficult enough to begin with to try to figure out what plan works best for you (call landlines for free but cell phones or competitors cell phones cost a ton of money, or nights and weekend rates great, poor during the day, etc.etc.) but what happens on a regular basis is that TIM texts you and says, "we are switching your plan to the XYZ plan. Text 'no' if you are not interested". Many of our customers of course didn't understand and the rate we promised, and originally had, would change.
About 5 years ago, thanks to this issue as well as the fact that TIM makes you give them a copy of your passport to register the SIM card, we met with Uno Mobile. They were looking for a SIM card that would work perfectly for English speaking travelers to Italy. Since we were in the business of selling SIM cards to English speaking travelers going to Italy, they listened to what we had to say. They asked for a list of what a tourist going to Italy would want in a SIM card and we gave them this list:
1. Low rates within Italy and back to the US
2 No registration required with a copy of the passport
3. Easy to understand rates
4. English prompts
5. English speaking customer service reps
They were able to implement all of our suggestions and we even became exclusive vendors for Uno Mobile in North America.
For the last 5 years, we have been selling this SIM card with great success but, to be fair, I do have to mention what the number one problem, and probably really the only one that I am aware of. Recharging the SIM card can present a slight challenge. Here is why. In Italy, when you need to add call credit to a SIM card, you go into a cafe' or tobacco storeor even a gas station. You can go into one of these stores and add call credit to your SIM card. Virtually all of these stores sell top ups. These top ups are done through a terminal that the clerk behind the counter has access to. Sometimes, if you ask for an Uno Mobile voucher, especially with pronunciation that is not typically Italian, the clerk will say they do not have them. The fact of the matter is that if they can top up any carrier, they can also top up Uno Mobile. All top ups are done automatically through a terminal, hence, if they have one they have them all. Here is my recommendation:
1. Insist with the clerk
2. Buy a voucher through Cellular Abroad
3. Buy a voucher online at the Uno Mobile website
If you purchase it through the Uno Mobile website, the credit will be added automatically. Please note that they do not take American Express credit cards and the service is in Italian. This by the way is another advantage of the Uno Mobile SIM card. You cannot purchase TIM, Wind or Vodafone vouchers through their online stores unless you have an Italian credit card.
I would truly like to hear your experience about purchasing TIM or any other SIM card in Italy. Again, it works for me as a client but as vendors, working with TIM SIM cards was a challenge.


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