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Affordable Engine Build - Do It Yourself!
Circle Track's First In A Series On Building Your Own Race Motor
Times are tough. The economy is moving slower than out-of-town traffic on a Friday afternoon, money is tight, and race teams everywhere are being forced to tighten their belts a little bit. We've seen too many racers have to mothball their cars until they're able to scrape up enough extra cash to pay the bills. It's understandable. For many of us, racing is done with the money that's left over after we take care of feeding the family, paying the mortgage, and giving Uncle Sam his cut.
With that in mind, Circle Track has embarked on a multipart engine-build series designed specifically for the racer on a budget. This series will be geared toward the first-time engine builder. Granted, this is somewhat of a departure from CT's normally advanced tech focus, but it's always a good idea to revisit the basics every so often.
Throughout our engine-build series, we'll walk you through a buildup of a Chevy 350 built for what's generally known as the Limited Late Model class. It may be called something different at your racetrack, but the idea is to build an engine that's right in the sweet spot of what you see all across the country. It may not be exactly like what you race, but it should at least be close, and you can take many of the ideas from this build and transfer them to just about any race class with any make of engine. The money you save by doing many of the steps yourself may be enough to keep you in racing for another season, or you can use it to upgrade the components in your engine or chassis. It's your choice.
The key is to know what you can do yourself and what you'll need to farm out. That will vary a bit for everyone. For example, almost all of us will need to send out the block and cylinder heads for machine work. Those steps require specialized equipment that's too expensive for anyone other than a professional engine builder. But if you're comfortable making measurements with a dial indicator and a set of calipers, you can do much of the prefitting and assembly yourself. It's all about finding your comfort zone, and we're here to help you push that comfort zone out a little further than ever before.
So follow along as we begin the build of this Chevrolet with an eye toward getting the best bang for our buck. This is no typical magazine pie-in-the-sky engine build where cost is no object. We'll do one of those later. Instead, we've switched things up by keeping an eye on selecting the components most likely to be used in the real world, so that we can evaluate exactly how they'll perform. And finally, it's important to note that this series of articles will be aimed toward showing you as much as possible about the art of building a race engine, there's no way we'll be able to cover absolutely every eventuality. Entire books have been written on the subject, and while we simply don't have that much space here, we can certainly get you pointed in the right direction.
As mentioned earlier, most of these build tips will work with any engine, but some things-such as torque numbers or measurements-are specific to the Chevy small block. Hopefully, next time around we can build a Ford to fit the same class rule set and see how they compare, both in terms of power production and the dent they make in your wallet. Let's get started.
Our block is a standard Chevrolet 350 that we picked up for $450 and had KT Engine Development check out for us. Machining your block and heads is one area you should definitely leave to the professionals. Have your engine machinist check the block for cracks, align-hone the cam bores and mains if necessary, deck the block and heads, and bore and hone the cylinders. Here, the cylinders are being measured just before final honing to 4.030 inches with a deck plate in place. This plate simulates the stresses placed on a block when the heads are bolted in place.
We went with JR Motorsports because it can provide the entire rotating assembly (crank, connecting rods, pistons, bearings, and rings) in one complete package. The benefit of doing this is that JR Motorsports can ship everything already balanced so you don't have to send the crank out to be balanced later. The crank, by the way, is a Scat unit with stock stroke and journal dimensions that should work nicely.
KT Engine's Kevin Troutman decks the block. Standard deck height on a Chevrolet small block is 9.025 inches, and with the flat-top pistons required by most racing classes, one of the only ways to increase compression ratio is to cut the deck of the block down so that the piston top is closer to the combustion chamber at top dead center. Troutman cuts the block so that the piston is still 0.005 inch below the top of the deck at TDC. In order for your machinist to deck the block correctly, he must know your crank's stroke, rod length, and piston compression height (the distance from the center of the pin hole to the top of the piston). Being able to take the compressed head gasket thickness doesn't hurt, either (this information is available from your gasket manufacturer).
The connecting rods are also from Scat. They are the stock 5.7-inch length and a stock replacement design that is very economical. This is one area where, if money is available, you might want to step up to one of the lighter-weight Scat rods that JR Motorsports offers, which will make the engine accelerate more quickly.
The pistons JR Motorsports provided are Mahle units that are perfect for this level of racing. They are relatively lightweight at 579 grams (including pin and locks, but not rings), and use Mahle's great skirt coatings for reduced friction and scuffing. Notice the narrowed pin towers which reduce weight by shortening the length of the wristpins while still maintaining good rigidity.
One easy process that can save you some horsepower is to block the oil drain holes in the lifter valley directly over the camshaft. These holes are designed to provide additional lubrication to the camshaft, but they aren't necessary in a race application and only cause a loss of horsepower through windage. Tap and plug these holes, but make sure the plugs can't extend so far that they can contact a spinning camshaft. The best time to do this is before the block receives its final cleaning. If you plan on having your engine machinist do the cleaning, tap these holes-but do not plug them-before sending out the block.
KT Engine's Nathan Allmond handles final cleaning on our finished block. This is a labor-intensive process and one that definitely should never be short-changed. Dirt or grit left anywhere inside a block can be very harmful to bearings or other components. Make sure to scrub out all the oil galleries thoroughly and then blow them out completely. This requires a specialized set of brushes you can pick up from places like Powerhouse Products. Don't try to get by with stuff you have laying around the kitchen. Begin by washing the block with water to cut the soaps in the cleaners used in engine shops. Then follow up immediately with lacquer thinner and a coat of automatic transmission fluid. The ATF is not only a good cleaner, but it will also stop rust from pitting the freshly machined areas such are cylinder bores.
This is a deck bridge tool, and it has a number of uses. This one came from Powerhouse Products, and it can be fitted with either a single dial indicator in the center or two on the edges. We're using two here to check the piston height to the deck at TDC. You want to do this after the block comes back from the machinist to make sure the deck is machined correctly. Using one set of bearings, one rod, one piston, and the crank, mock up the assembly in each of the four corner cylinders. Spin the crank until the piston is at TDC (the closest to the top of the bore). Use the two dial indicators to make sure the piston is level (both readings should be the same), and measure the distance from the deck of the block to the piston top. You should have already zeroed out the gauges on a flat surface, and make sure the dial indicators are on a flat part of the piston, not the pocket. The distance from the deck of the block to the top of the piston should be the same at all four corners. If not, the deck of the block may have mistakenly been milled at an angle.
This is the rear housing bore for the main bearing. Before installing the bearings, make sure this oil gallery plug is reinstalled. You can see it in the upper hole on the right side of the housing bore.
It's time to install the cam bearings. Before sticking them in the block, take a carbide deburring knife and gently chamfer the edges on the i.d. to make sure none of the bearing babbit gets peeled back when installing the cam. Then thoroughly clean each bearing with a lint-free cloth soaked in lacquer thinner.
Properly installing the cam bearings requires a specialized tool because they must be installed square to the housing bore or they can become deformed. A tool, such as this one from Goodson, is a bit expensive, so if you plan on building engines only occasionally, you will probably come out ahead to have your engine machinist do it. If, however, you plan to build your engines regularly, a cam bearing installation and removal tool will prove invaluable.
It's a good idea to spend an extra buck or two to upgrade to brass freeze plugs over standard steel. This is because most racers run pure water in their cooling systems instead of an antifreeze mix, and brass won't corrode with contact to water, like steel. An easy way to install freeze plugs so they don't leak is to use a seal driver just a bit larger than the outside diameter of the plug. Drive the plug until the outside of the driver contacts the block all the way around, and then you will know the plug is square in the bore. Also, it's a good idea to use red Loctite on the edges of the plug. It not only will help hold the plug in place, but Loctite also expands when it dries to help seal any scratches or gouges.
With all of the block plugs out of the way, it's time to start prefitting the rotating assembly. The first step is to completely clean all the components. Don't forget the galleries that feed oil from the main journals to the rod journals. Make sure to clean them out with a brush. If you don't have access to a parts washer (and if you're using your shop washer, please drain the old coolant and replace with fresh, first), you can use lacquer thinner or brake cleaner.
During the prefitting process, you will have the rods apart several different times. To keep from getting the caps confused, paint the side of the rod with machinists' dye and scribe a number (from one to eight) on both sections of the rod. This way, when you have them all separated, you always know which cap mates to which rod. We use a sharp-pointed punch for a scribe because it makes a nice, legible line.
The idea of prefitting the rotating assembly is to make sure you have the proper clearances at the rod and main bearings. Too little and you run the risk of spinning a bearing. Too much and you waste oil-tighter clearances allow you to run thinner motor oil. As a general rule, you want 0.001 inch for each inch of journal diameter. For example, a standard Chevy main journal is 2.45 inches thick, so you want the clearance between the journal and the bearing surface to be 0.0024 inch (give or take a half of one-thousandth). You can see that this requires some pretty precise measurements. Begin by installing the bearings into the main housing bores (the grooved half always goes into the block) lubricating the threads and underneath the heads of the bolts with motor oil and torquing them down to 70 lb-ft for the inner bolts and 65 for the outer. Although we're using a truck block with four-bolt main caps, blocks with two-bolt mains are usually good for upwards of 400 hp safely.
This is a dial bore gauge, and economical models are available from Powerhouse and Goodson for around $100. Starting with the rear of the block, install one cap and bearing and zero out your dial indicator vertically to the i.d. of the bearing. Do not catch the gauge in the groove in the upper bearing shell, and do not measure near the bearing's parting lines, as it gets thinner there.
Use a micrometer to get the o.d. of the matching journal on the crank for the bearing you just measured. Again, good micrometers can be had economically from the same engine tool supply houses, and for this exercise you don't even have to be able to read the instrument. Just make sure to measure at least 30 degrees away from the oil gallery holes in the journal because they will throw off your measurements.
Lock the micrometer in position so that it won't move, and secure it gently in a vise. Now, place your dial bore gauge inside the micrometer like so. You will know you have the gauge square inside the micrometer when you get the smallest number. With a 2.45 main journal size, you're looking for a bearing clearance between 0.0021 and 0.0029 inch. If your measurements don't fall inside this range, you can get a set of undersized or oversized bearings in either plus or minus one-thousandth of an inch in diameter. By putting in just the upper shells of one set with the lowers of a standard set, you can make changes to bearing clearance by increments as small as 0.0005.
Repeat the process with the rod journals and bearings. Install the bearings inside the big end of the rod and torque to spec. (We'll get into measuring rod bolt stretch later, but this is a good time for that, too.) Rod-bearing clearance follows the same ratio, so for a standard 2.100 rod journal on the crank, the bearing clearance should be between 0.0018 and 0.0022 inch. If in doubt, err on the side of too much clearance to avoid the chance of a spun bearing.
Piston rings have to be file-fit. Proper ring gap depends on horsepower and compression. For a midlevel engine such as this, ring gaps for the top ring between 0.0022 and 0.0024, and 0.0018 and 0.0022 for the second usually work well. Begin by sliding the ring into the bore sideways and then spinning it until it fits fully inside the cylinder.
To properly measure ring gap, the ring must be level inside the bore. A cheap tool for doing this is to install a ring on the oil-ring gap of one of your pistons and insert it upside down inside the bore. The piston should push the ring down until the ring on the piston catches on the deck of the block. When you pull out the piston, the ring should be square in the bore.
We got this ring filer from Powerhouse Products, and it works well. Lower-priced ring filers such as this have no provision for measuring how much material you cut off, so you have to slowly inch your way up to the proper ring gap. But as long as you're careful, they do an excellent job.
Periodically reinstall your ring in the bore-always match each ring to a specific bore, and do not change its location-and measure the gap with a feeler gauge until you get the gap you're looking for.
Use a honing stone to knock off any burrs you've created on the edge of the rings. Just be careful not to round off the ends, which will allow cylinder leak-down. Reinsert each ring into the bore it has been sized for, and leave it there until you're ready to install them on the correct pistons. This will ensure they don't get mixed up.
It's time to install the camshaft. Make sure to liberally lube it up-we're using white lithium grease because it's good and sticky, but you can also use thick assembly lube-and slowly side it into the bore. It's easier to install the cam before the crank is in place so you can reach down and help guide the cam from the inside of the block. One trick to help you control the cam is to attach the cam-timing gear, which will give you a little more leverage.
Next, it's time to check crankshaft endplay. Lubricate all the main bearings with either lithium grease or assembly lube, and gently set the crank into the saddles. Make sure to only lubricate the i.d. of the thrust bearing, not the thrust faces. Grease on the thrust faces of the thrust bearing will throw off your endplay measurements.
After torquing down the main caps, mount a dial indicator so that it contacts the nose of the crank like you see here, and move the crank back and forth. You may need to pry a big screwdriver between one of the caps and the crank's counterweights, just make sure not to scratch any machined surfaces. You should have between 0.005 and 0.010 inch of crank endplay. If you don't have enough, you may have a main cap misaligned, or you may have to rub the thrust faces on the thrust bearing very lightly on ultrafine wet sandpaper laid on a flat surface. If this doesn't take care of it, or if you have too much clearance, you likely have a poorly ground crankshaft.
Once your crankshaft endplay is documented and correct, you can pull the thrust bearing to completely lubricate it and recheck all the torque specs on your main caps. That may seem like a lot of work to only have the crank installed, but next month, things will really get moving!


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After a Friday night loss in Loveland that saw the Beetdigger baseball squad blanked 10-0 at the hands of the now 7-2 overall Resurrection Christian Cougars, Brush head coach Mark Muniz' roster of 'Diggers held fast to their title of 'comeback kids' as they turned around for a Saturday showdown at Sunset that saw Brush take down Strasburg 5-3 for Brush's first Patriot League victory of the season.
Although Strasburg ran in a 2-0 lead in the inaugural inning of play, the Beetdigger triumph was sparked in the top of the third inning in Brush, when the 'Digger varsity earned an Alec Petterson (pitcher) to Kyle Rosenbrock (shortstop) to Mitch Tormohlen (first base) double play that put Brush into scoring mode soon after.
The bottom of the third saw scoring ignite on the heels of a Rosenbrock RBI single that brought home right-fielder and relief pitcher Arnoldo Maltos-Garcia to light up Brush's first point. A Ryan Hirschfeld double followed and a Tormohlen single earned the senior first-baseman two RBIs on runs home by Rosenbrock and Hirschfeld to take the Beetdigger lead to 3-0.
A Strasburg home run dished out by Stephen Hohnholt put a slight halt to Sunset celebrations to top off the fourth inning but the Brush lineup came back in the sixth after another Rosenbrock single advanced him to base where a duo of steals had him round to the corner just before a Hirschfeld RBI single brought him home. Another Tormohlen double ran in Brush's final score that saw base-runner Zane Pfau, in for Hirschfeld, round out the 5-3 win.
Tormohlen finished out the day with three RBIs and two hits. Starting pitcher Ryan Hirschfeld earned one RBI, two hits and one run while Rosenbrock earned one RBI, two runs and two hits. Other varsity Beetdiggers earning hits against Strasburg, with one apiece included Alec Petterson, Arnoldo Maltos-Garcia, Oscar Soto and Grayson Simmons.
A now 5-4 overall, 1-0 in league Brush varsity baseball will gear up for a series of games this week that all begin with a Tuesday, April 16 battle with neighboring foes from Sterling. That contest is slated to take place at Sunset Field in Brush with varsity first-pitch set for 4pm and JV at 6pm. On Thursday, April 18 Brush will travel to Platte Valley High School for an away game slated for a varsity start of 3:30pm and JV at 5:30pm. Saturday, April 30 will have the boys away once again as travel to Valley High School for a 11am varsity and 12:30 JV bout. On Tuesday, April 23 the 'Diggers will bring the action home for a battle with Eaton set for 4pm varsity and 6pm JV action at Sunset Field in Brush.
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Australia 4 for 299 (Hughes 86, Clarke 70*, Warner 57, Welegedara 3-99) v Sri Lanka
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Australian spectators have been spoiled over the past few weeks. In Adelaide, Australia piled on 482 runs on the first day against South Africa, and at the WACA the following week 12 wickets fell on the opening day. But the start of the series against Sri Lanka took a much more meandering course, as first Phillip Hughes and David Warner, then Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey, steered the Australians through the day safely to reach stumps at 4 for 299. It was a good day for the Australians, but by the standards set in the South African series, a somewhat muted one.
Apart from the occasional arresting moment - Mahela Jayawardene's leaping catch to dismiss Shane Watson, for example - nearly everything about the day was subdued. The pitch didn't offer the bowlers a lot of assistance, although the Sri Lankans didn't have the pace and bounce to make best use of what was there; the batsmen accumulated rather than obliterated; and even the crowd of 6221 was lacklustre, given that there was a special lunchtime farewell for Tasmania's finest, Ricky Ponting.
But that's Test cricket. Nearly 300 in a day was a fine outcome for Australia, and Sri Lanka need to find some sort of spark to ensure they are not gradually chiselled out of the match. Quick wickets on the second day would do it, but by the end of the first, Clarke and Hussey were rarely looking troubled. At stumps, Clarke was on 70, continuing his outstanding summer, and Hussey was on 37, and the only hint of discomfort was Clarke's hobbling after being struck a painful blow on the thigh by a delivery from Shaminda Eranga.
The Clarke-Hussey partnership reached triple-figures in the final over of the day and as they have so often, the two men were constructing a middle-order fortress. At least this time, they had a solid base to work from, having come together at 4 for 198. Their partnership began when Hughes missed the chance to mark his return to Test cricket with a century. On 86, he was bowled when Chanaka Welegedara rolled the fingers on an offcutter and tickled the ball off the inside edge of the bat and on to the stumps.
It was an opportunity missed for Hughes, but his comeback was still very encouraging, and not since Shaun Marsh scored a hundred on debut had an Australian No.3 made as many in an innings. Hughes had been powerful through the off side, with his trademark cuts and also some crisp cover-drives, but he was also able to pick up singles through the leg side using his off-stump stance.
He cleared the boundary once, when he came down the pitch to Rangana Herath and smashed him over long-on, and his half-century came up from his 121st delivery with a square drive for three. He was lucky to survive on 77 when he slashed at Welegedara, the only bowler to take a wicket on the first day, and was caught behind off a no-ball. The reprieve wasn't too costly for the Sri Lankans, but it typified a disappointing day for them.
Hughes and David Warner had both played well in the first session until a mix-up in the last over before lunch ended Warner's hopes of a second Hobart hundred after his innings against New Zealand last year. Warner pushed Tillakaratne Dilshan to short cover and took off before stopping, only to see Hughes run through and complete the run while Angelo Mathews threw to the bowler's end.
It ended Warner's innings for 57 from 89 deliveries. He had struck eight boundaries and was especially strong through the off side, driving through cover when the seamers overpitched. Warner and Hughes had come together after Ed Cowan, on 4, skied a catch to mid-on when he tried to pull Welegedara. That left Australia at 1 for 18, hardly the start Clarke hoped for when he chose to bat on a pitch with some green patches.
The Sri Lankan seamers found the occasional edge, including one in the first over when Cowan was nearly taken low to the ground at slip off Nuwan Kulasekara, and a couple of others that whizzed past the stumps. But it wasn't until later in the day when Shane Watson, in his first innings at No.4, drove at Welegedara that an edge produced a result for Sri Lanka.
Watson was done by the angle across him and his thick edge flew to the vacant third slip region, but from second slip Jayawardene hurled himself to his right and plucked a one-handed take that must have been close to the finest of his 190 Test catches. It was the kind of spark that Sri Lanka required. They finished the day needing something special to lift them again.


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AMERICUS - Georgia Southwestern sliced a 16-point deficit to five in the second half, but could get no closer as Albany State beat the Lady Hurricanes, 73-61, on Saturday afternoon in the second game of the Peach Belt Conference/Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Challenge held in the Storm Dome.
GSW falls to 3-2 overall this season while the Golden Rams improve to 3-1. Southwestern won the first three meetings between the schools after joining the NCAA ranks in 2006-07, but Albany State has come out on top the last two contests.
ASU jumped out to a quick 8-2 lead on Saturday, but the Lady Hurricanes responded with a 12-5 run to grab their only lead in the game at 14-13 with 12:19 left until the half. GSW was held scoreless over the next 7 1/2 minutes during which time they missed eight consecutive shots.
Jasmine McSwain stopped the bleeding with a 3-point basket at the 4:45 mark to pull Southwestern within 12 points (29-17).
The Lady Hurricanes trailed 38-24 at halftime.
Kourtney Alexander opened the second period with a layup to put ASU ahead by 16 points. That's when GSW began to chip away at the deficit. A layup by Shanedra Lockett pulled the Lady 'Canes within nine, 49-40, at the 13:19 mark. ASU built its lead back to 13 before Southwestern eventually cut the margin to five when McSwain drained another 3-pointer to make it a 57-52 game.
GSW trailed by five on two more occasions, the last coming with 4:20 to play (60-55). ASU connected on 7 of 9 free throws down the stretch to seal the win.
McSwain finished with 17 points and seven steals to lead GSW. Lockett added 13 points on 6 of 10 shooting and Tiara Thompson and Shatoria Hudson dropped in 10 points apiece.
ASU had two players finish with double-doubles. Keidra Green scored 23 while pulling down 10 rebounds and Artisha Holston added 12 points and grabbed a game-high 16 boards. Alexander chipped in 12 points.
The Golden Rams needed 16 fewer shot attempts to get to their 73 points as the Lady Hurricanes shot 35.8 percent from the field (24 of 67) while ASU connected on 29 of 51 to finish over 50 percent (56.9) for the game.
The Lady Hurricanes launched 20 shots from beyond the arc, but connected on only four. ASU held a substantial advantage on the glass as well, outrebounding GSW 42-30.
Southwestern looks to regroup on Sunday when it hosts Fort Valley State at 4 p.m. in the final game of the PBC/SIAC Challenge. FVSU lost to Columbus State, 98-79, in the opening game of the Challenge on Saturday.


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It's neither trick nor illusion: Ben Stiller will appear on the revived Arrested Development, EW has learned. The film star will reprise his role as Tony Wonder, rival magician to GOB (Will Arnett), in one episode during the new season of the cult comedy, which Netflix will stream in May.Exactly how he fits into the plot is being kept under wraps. But it may not be a bad idea to check the dumbwaiter.
Stiller guest-starred as Wonder in seasons 2 and 3 of Arrested, which originally aired on Fox from 2003 to 2006.
The upcoming season will also include guest spots with Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Conan O'Brien, Isla Fisher, and John Slattery, among others.
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Millenia Also Creates Homes for Businesses
Monday, September 23, 2013
By mid-2014, the first buildings should be sprouting in The Corky McMillin Cos.' long discussed Millenia mixed-use development in eastern Chula Vista, expected to include up to 3,000 residential units as it's built out over the next 20 years.
McMillin Cos. partnered in 2011 with investor Stratford Land of Dallas to move the project forward after nearly a decade of planning. As master developer, McMillin envisions a finished product resembling an urban village along the lines of University Towne Center, with commercial amenities within walking distance of homes and offices, though without vehicle-strewn thoroughfares running through the middle of it.
With office, retail and hotel elements in future phases, the project is also seen by the city of Chula Vista as a key piece of plans to move the city beyond a bedroom community, bringing in job-creating businesses to employ a residential base that has been among the fastest growing in the nation.
"The housing market is improving in South County, and the housing construction financing climate overall has been thawing," said Todd Galarneau, senior vice president with San Diego-
based McMillin Cos., discussing the project's recent momentum.
A formal groundbreaking ceremony is planned by month's end, and Galarneau noted that grading equipment is already in motion on the 210-acre site.
The first project to be completed will be a 270-unit apartment complex being developed on 10 acres by Fairfield Residential Co. LLC of San Diego.
Work on the apartments is expected to begin in early 2014, with the first units to be completed by year's end or early 2015. By mid-2014, McMillin Cos. plans to begin work on its own 215-unit condo development, called Genesis, on a nearby parcel.
Genesis will be targeted to young, entry-level homebuyers, with unit prices starting in the high $200,000s.
"It's generally the kind of product that hasn't been offered that much in the South County area," Galarneau said.
Millenia at completion would represent an investment of about $4 billion by McMillin and other on-site residential and commercial developers.
Retail Ready to Follow Rooftops
Once the first apartments and condos have been occupied, Sudberry Properties of San Diego will be completing a new gateway retail center to serve the development, with talks underway with several potential tenants, Galarneau said.
And after the first 30 acres of residential development are built, the next phase would likely include office and hotel elements, for which McMillin in talks with several development companies. Galarneau said the first hotel would likely be a limited-service property to serve local businesses and residents, and the office developer will be scouting for companies looking to locate in a low- to mid-rise headquarters campus setting.
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Secretary of State Caroline Spelman has said churches have a vital role to play at next month's Rio+20 summit, which aims to tackle global poverty and create an environmentally sustainable future.
Speaking at a 'Faith in Rio' event hosted by four Christian development agencies, Christian Aid, Progressio, Tearfund and CAFOD, the Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs outlined the challenge facing the conference, which marks 20 years since the first Earth Summit in 1992.
'We expect the global population to rise significantly. In just 13 years there will be an extra billion mouths to feed. I think that really brings home the challenge we face,' she said.
'By 2030 the world will need at least 50 per cent more food, 45 per cent more energy and 30 per cent more water and this will need to be produced without further damaging the environment.
'We need Rio to hasten change across all sectors and all continents and we do not have the luxury of time.'
She added: 'The churches have enormous reach. Reach into your own communities to engage them, reach into the wider global community.
'Personally as a Christian I believe the earth is the Lord's and everything in it and we have a responsibility to steward the earth's natural resources, not just for our own generation but for future generations and Rio is an important opportunity to demonstrate just that.'
Also on the discussion panel at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster was the Bishop of Bath and Wells, Peter Price, who said Jesus saw poverty as the greatest challenge for humanity.
'If you were to ask Jesus what is the 'good news', he would give you a very simple answer: the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the dead are raised and the poor will have good news brought to them,' he said.
'So often what we do in relation to poverty in our world is to say we have concern for it. That's not what Jesus had. Jesus saw poverty as the single biggest issue that humanity has to deal with.'
He also called on the Church not to be scared to speak out radically against injustice and oppression. 'It frightens people when the church speaks about justice. It frightens people when the Church speaks about making peace in the world. It frightens people when you say we must stop this perpetual commitment to murder and killing that goes on in the world without due regard.'
Among the issues being examined in Rio is the creation of new Sustainable Development Goals designed to shape the future of development post-2015, when the current Millennium Development Goals come to an end. The new goals could cover poor people's access to clean energy, food security, how farmers can use sustainable agriculture and the role of the private sector in development.
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Geophysics applies mathematical and physical principles to the study of the Earth and planets. The curriculum introduces the global properties of the Earth (gravity, magnetic field, crustal motions, interior dynamics) and the determination of near-surface and interior properties through the use of seismology, electromagnetics, potential fields, remote sensing, geodesy and GPS. The curriculum provides a broad grounding in physical and mathematical fundamentals useful for future graduate study or for work in energy, natural resource or engineering industries. Students will gain experience in the integrated application of geologic observations and geophysical measurements to the analysis of Earth science and related engineering problems using current, industry-standard computational and GIS tools.
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Big Class of Legacies Have Generational Connections• May 14, 2007 Share:
Eighteen Wabash students in the Class of 2007 (19 if you count the Ahmed twins) are connected to the College through their brothers, fathers, uncles, and grandparents who came to Wabash before them or after them.
Daniel Ristine '07 had the deepest Wabash roots of the bunch. Daniel is the 65th member of the extended Ristine family, which includes the Thomson and Osborne families, to graduate from Wabash. Daniel's grandmother, Lou, is also an honorary alumnus!
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Pigs in a Blanket with dijon mustard - I can't eat just one! The secret ingredient makes all the difference!
I think pigs in a blanket are the perfect tailgating snack. They are bite sized and everyone loves them!. Especially me!! These are always the first thing to go at our tailgates.
This recipe for pigs in a blanket it a little different from other recipes I've seen. It has Dijon mustard baked inside the rolls. I really think it makes a difference. Plus, it eliminates the need to have a dipping sauce. Here is a kitchen tip - I use a pizza cutter to cut the crescent rolls; makes cutting so much easier.
These pigs in a blanket are a real crowd pleaser. Serve them at your next gathering for an easy and delicious treat!
Pigs in a Blanket
- 2 (8-count) cans refrigerated crescent rolls
- 48 Hillshire Farms Lit'l Smokies (approximately 1 (14-oz) package)
- 1/3 cup Dijon mustard
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- Unroll both cans of the dough; separate into 16 triangles. Spread a heaping teaspoon of Dijon mustard on each triangle. Cut each triangle lengthwise into 3 narrow triangles.
- Place sausage on wide side of each triangle. Roll up. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.


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palgrave necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 38 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Clearhill is Ireland's market leader in coin-operated vending
in shopping malls, cinemas etc. A more modern logo is required
for the website, which is soon to be overhauled.
New copy not finalized yet. Use
Desired Color Scheme:
green with hints of orange optional
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The current website http://www.clearhill.co.uk is being updated, and a new/renovated logo is to be designed.
We will consider white on a coloured/gradient background or coloured/gradient on a white background.
The font can be a slightly rounded version of what it already is (italicized caps), but there isn't much room for manoeuvre as we aren't rebranding the whole organization at this stage.
Feel free to add shadows, shininess, 3D or any other so-called web 2.0 attributes. Please note, this is not a request to use all of them and we will not choose a design that we consider over the top.
The circle with the jumping girl in it is optional, but if included will need reworked, but any suitable graphic will be considered.
The winning design will be 100% original artwork and the winning designer will be required to sign a contract stating this to be the case and passing full ownership and copyright to Clearhill. You will be able to use it in your portfolio.
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We Just Can't Get Excited About the Environment Any More
For a brief period in the 90s—before 9/11, before the global economic collapse, before endless wars in the Middle East—it was fashionable to "care" about the environment. (You could still get laid wearing a World Wildlife Fund t-shirt, in other words.) Now? I mean, yeah, the environment... eh.
All that aforementioned stuff happened, you know, and video games are much more time-consuming these days, and we're just like, yeah we still support the environment, but we don't really have time to be messing with the environment, you know? I think the moose can take care of the environment like they always have, anyhow. And we, the American poors, can't afford to be spending extra money on "green" products, or to buy anything "eco-friendly" at all, because that crap is probably fake. And now, not only do we care less about the environment—in a new survey, "only 33% said the environment is 'very serious and should be a priority for everyone' this year, down from 39% last year and 46% in 2007"—we also care less about whether corporations are lying to us about the environment. Tell em, Ad Age:
And declining skepticism about corporate motives and environmental claims make it a good time to talk about corporate environmental responsibility, he said.
"There's a thawing in attitudes toward greenwashing," he said. "There's also a realization from consumers, given the economy, that [companies] can only do so much."
Let me tell you about our corporate social responsibility here at Gawker Media: we can only do so much. What do you want from us? I mean, look at the economy. The moose will be fine. The moose can take care of their own... you're not even listening to me any more, are you?
Apathy! Apathy! Three cheers for whatever.


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Recently spotted street art next to our building.
Recently spotted street art next to our building.
Judy was delighted to be featured on the High Resolution video podcast series. Focused on Design Leadership, High Resolution is the passionate endeavor of Bobby Ghoshal and Jared Erondu, showcasing some highly inspired dialogues.
Our conversation ranged from Wert&Co.'s history recruiting creative leadership over the last two decades, to some of our behind the scenes insights and tools, and even our favorite children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon and how it can serve as a metaphor for mapping one's own professional (and personal) journey.
On our recent business trip to the left coast (after a pit stop for the fascinating Renaissance Weekend in Utah), we were finally able to visit the renovated SF MOMA. And while we don't exit thru the gift shop, well, actually we did. And the bookstore left us with plenty of summer reading inspiration — from A Smile in the Mind: Witty Thinking in Graphic Design (the classic had a new edition out last year — over 1,000 visual examples of humour, irony and playfulness in graphic design and branding over the last few decades) to the Little Book of Hygge (which just might make us look forward to the winter or at least a visit to Copenhagen!).
There's a lot happening these days at Wert&Co.–reflected in six books we would like to share with you. We've been preparing for a few talks and seeking to understand ourselves and our work more deeply, finding inspiration from the self discovery of childhood to the wisdom (hopefully) gained over the years. This month we also mourned the loss of John Berger who's seminal Ways of Seeing provided us not just with a tool to view art in a revolutionary way, but a tool to understand critically the images that surround us. Finally with data ruling the day, in both politics and our work, we've found ourselves recently in a deep dive on both the mechanics, design and ethics of this fascinating subject.
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After we stuffed ourselves full of delicious food, we took all the littles bowling. They LOVE to bowl and Kamron and I love to watch them having so much fun. We especially love the dances that they do after every single ball they roll.
After such a tough and crazy week it was so nice to just be together having fun. I just gotta say- it is about flippin' time we had some fun. I didn't think I'd make it much longer. I would have taken a job where I had to stand chin deep in sewage and toxic acid if it would have gotten me away from the post Thanksgiving funk Miles was in! Not sure what happened to make the world flip right side up again, but whatever it is, I'll take it!
Here they are bowling their second frame and having the time of their lives. Hope your weekend is just as delightful as ours has been!
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H-P Says It Was Duped, Takes $8.8 Billion Charge
By BEN WORTHEN
Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ -13.58% said on Tuesday it had been duped into overpaying for one of its largest acquisitions, contributing to an $8.8 billion write-down and a huge quarterly loss.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Autonomy founder Mike Lynch said he wasn't aware Hewlett was preparing these allegations and that they are "utterly wrong." Ben Rooney has details on The News Hub. Photo: Bloomberg.
Hewlett-Packard leveled serious accusations against a software company it bought last year, saying it would take a $8.8 billion write-down after it claimed Autonomy's leadership misrepresented its performance. Scott Austin reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Reuters.
Hewlett-Packard's shares sank to the lowest levels in ten years on as the company took an $8.8 billion charge on its Autonomy acquisition. S&P Capital IQ senior analyst Angelo Zino joins digits to discuss. Photo: Getty Images.
The technology giant said that an internal investigation had revealed "serious accounting improprieties" and "outright misrepresentations" in connection with U.K. software maker Autonomy, which H-P acquired for $11.1 billion in October 2011.
"There appears to have been a willful sustained effort" to inflate Autonomy's revenue and profitability, said Chief Executive Meg Whitman. "This was designed to be hidden."
Michael Lynch, Autonomy's founder and former CEO, fired back hours later, denying improper accounting and accusing H-P of trying to hide its mismanagement. "We completely reject the allegations," said Mr. Lynch, who left H-P earlier this year. "As soon as there is some flesh put on the bones we will show they are not true."
H-P said Tuesday it alerted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.K. Serious Fraud Office and requested that they open investigations. The SEC and Federal Bureau of Investigation are launching inquiries, according to people familiar with the probes.
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The accounting-fraud claim adds to a string of recent setbacks and controversies for Palo Alto, Calif.-based H-P, whose board faced criticism over its handling of the departures of its last two chief executives. Mark Hurd resigned in 2010 after he acknowledged having a personal relationship with a company contractor. His successor, Leo Apotheker, who spearheaded the Autonomy purchase, was forced out in 2011 and replaced by Ms. Whitman.
H-P General Counsel John Schultz said the internal investigation into the Autonomy deal began in May when he told Ms. Whitman he had just spoken with a senior executive in the Autonomy software business, who had alleged that executives at Autonomy had been cooking the books before the acquisition. The identity of that senior executive couldn't be determined.
A spokesman for Autonomy's accounting firm, Deloitte LLP, said Tuesday: "Deloitte UK categorically denies that it had any knowledge of any accounting improprieties or any misrepresentations in Autonomy's financial statements, or that it was complicit in any accounting improprieties or misrepresentations."
Mr. Lynch, the former Autonomy CEO, said H-P is "completely and utterly wrong." He said of Autonomy: "It is a business we spent 10 years building. It was a world leader. It was destroyed in less than a year by the petty infighting at H-P."
The accounting-fraud allegations punctuated another grim set of financial results for H-P, one of the world's largest sellers of personal computers, printers and other technology products and services. In recent years, it has been hurt by executive turnover, cost cuts, mounting debt and slowing demand for some products.
H-P said Tuesday it swung to a $6.9 billion loss for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Oct. 31, while revenue fell 7% from a year earlier. The charge for writing down Autonomy totaled $8.8 billion, of which more than $5 billion is related to the accounting issues, with the balance related partly to the unit's performance. Revenue fell across H-P's PC, printer, services, and server and networking divisions.
Hewlett-Packard has claimed that the leadership at Autonomy, the software firm it acquired last year, misrepresented its performance as the deal was being negotiated. WSJ's Ben Rooney profiles the company and its founder, Mike Lynch. Photo: Bloomberg
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It was the technology giant's fifth straight quarter of big declines, a trend Ms. Whitman said is likely to continue.
H-P's stock, which was already trading near a 10-year low, ended 4 p.m. trading at $11.71, down $1.59, or 12%, on the New York Stock Exchange.
When the deal was announced in August 2011, Autonomy was Britain's biggest software company and second-largest in Europe, after Germany's SAP SAP.XE +2.06% AG. Its customers include intelligence agencies, big corporations, banks and law firms. H-P said then that Autonomy was key to its transformation into a higher-margin seller of software.
H-P said Tuesday that Autonomy, before it was acquired, had mischaracterized some sales of low-margin hardware as software and had recognized some deals with partners as revenue, even when a customer never bought the product.
At least one year before the H-P acquisition, an Autonomy executive brought concerns about the company's accounting practices to U.S. regulators including the SEC, according to people familiar with the matter. Autonomy didn't trade on U.S. exchanges prior to the H-P deal, so it is unclear whether U.S. agencies had jurisdiction.
H-P's internal team was aware of talk about accounting irregularities at the time the deal was struck, people familiar with the matter have said. At the time, one of these people said, H-P was looking for a way to unwind the deal before it closed, but couldn't find any material accounting issues.
Mr. Lynch, in an interview at the time, denied any accounting irregularities. On Tuesday, he blamed any problems at Autonomy on poor management by H-P and executive turnover.
Ms. Whitman said Tuesday the company relied on Autonomy's regular auditor Deloitte and had hired KPMG for an additional review before the deal closed. Neither firm found any irregularities then, she said. KPMG declined comment.
Mr. Schultz, H-P's general counsel, said H-P was shown "significant documentation from former Autonomy executives refuting the allegations" of any accounting issues. In hindsight, "it's fair to say those refutations were questionable," he said.
After H-P completed the deal, Autonomy's sales suffered. On several occasions, H-P said the unit didn't meet expectations.
In May 2012, Mr. Lynch left H-P. Shortly after, the unidentified Autonomy senior executive approached Mr. Schultz. Mr. Schultz said that during a phone call to discuss other matters, the Autonomy executive asked to speak with him in person.
The pair met in a conference room at H-P's Palo Alto headquarters, where the executive provided an outline of the alleged accounting fraud, Mr. Schultz said. The executive later provided some emails and financial information that Mr. Schultz said substantiated the claim.
Working with auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an H-P team re-created Autonomy's books. People familiar with the investigation said that the team found that for at least two years, Autonomy booked sales of low-margin hardware products as software and would label the cost of that hardware as marketing or other expenses, which made products appear faster growing and more profitable than they really were.
In late June 2012, Mr. Lynch met with H-P to discuss issues including "transition and obligations to the company," said Mr. Lynch's spokeswoman. She added that at the meeting, he was asked about the operation of a small number of deals, which he explained.
Mr. Lynch, who founded Autonomy in 1996 and took it public in 1998, said Tuesday he was saddened by the allegations and that he hasn't been contacted by regulatory authorities.
Ms. Whitman, who was on H-P's board when the Autonomy deal was announced, blamed the acquisition on her predecessor, Mr. Apotheker, and the company's former strategy chief, Shane Robison. "The two people who should have been held responsible are gone," she said. Mr. Robison didn't respond to requests for comment.
In a statement, Mr. Apotheker said he was "both stunned and disappointed" to learn of H-P's allegations. He said "the due diligence process was meticulous and thorough, and included two of the world's largest and most respected auditing firms working on behalf of H-P." He added that he will assist H-P and the authorities "to get to the bottom of this."
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As social media becomes more and more a part of the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world, businesses and large industries are beginning to incorporate their usage into how they run their everyday business operations. The healthcare industry, which is one of the largest industries in the world, has proven to be no exception to this rule. As social media trends continue to evolve, the healthcare world will surely find itself riding the wave of new social media practices, but as we can already see, there are plenty of uses for healthcare professionals already in place in the social media world.For starters, a great number of healthcare professionals utilize these constant up-to-date features to keep up with all of the latest news, breakthroughs, and changes in the healthcare world. When there is breaking news that healthcare professionals need to know right away, more often than not they will turn to the constantly updating realm of social media. With instant access to countless other healthcare professionals, news can travel at a very rapid pace, thereby keeping doctors and patients as informed as they could ever hope to be, all at the touch of a button. Since healthcare professionals are generally pretty busy on the job, the ability to receive all of this kind of information in mere seconds is a blessing to their schedules. Whenever they are on a break or enjoying lunch, they can browse for the latest information that they need to know, and find it all in minutes.Those who are on the outside looking in, hoping to join the ranks of the nation's healthcare professionals, are also to benefit. Scores of healthcare institutions, from major hospitals, to small private practice offices, will utilize social media's free services in order to fill their employment needs. Rather than go through traditional means like advertising in the newspaper or the major career posting websites, healthcare institutions can advertise their job openings on their own social media account, completely free, and with little effort. By doing this, they are not only enjoying those benefits, but especially on sites like Twitter, the people who are going to be seeing these career postings are the ones who are following your account. Since these people already had an interest in your institution, provided they have the qualifications, there's a definite chance that they will be more inclined to bring their best effort towards getting a job with your institution.
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MOVIE REVIEW- Career spike: Lee's the real 'Inside Man'
You're in line at the bank. Armed thugs lock the doors and scream at everyone to "Get down on the f**king floor!" If this were anywhere but New York it might seem unusual.
Then again, it's Spike Lee's New York, so anything can happen; and most of it does before Inside Man is over. Homage is paid to Dog Day Afternoon, the king of New York bank-robbery-with-hostages movies, but that's just a fraction of what's on Spike's mind.
Before pulling a Hugo Weaving, and disappearing behind a mask for half the movie, Clive Owen introduces himself as Dalton Russell and promises to tell us the "how" behind his "perfect bank robbery."
Some 50 hostages– about half of them bank employees– are forced to change into dark gray coveralls with white face masks so they'll be visually indistinguishable from their four captors.
The police spring into action. Capt. John Darius (Willem Dafoe) sets up a command post outside the bank but soon finds himself outranked by Det. Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) and his partner, Det. Bill Mitchell (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Darius wants to send in the SWAT team, but Frazier would rather stall as long as no hostages are being hurt, to give the bank robbers time to sweat.
The perps demand two buses and a plane by 9pm or they'll start killing one hostage an hour.
As tension mounts, the action is occasionally interrupted for scenes of Frazier and Mitchell interrogating released "hostages," some of whom may actually have been the captors. One of the film's cleverest devices is to show alternate scenarios of what might happen when Darius' assault team goes into the bank.
But there's another story being played out at higher levels. Jodie Foster plays Madeline White, who's best described as a "power broker." She not only knows anyone who is anyone, she knows their dirty little secrets as well. She's done enough favors for them that they're indebted to her, even though they've paid through the nose.
We get an idea of how she operates when the besieged bank's founder, Arthur Case (Christopher Plummer), seeks her help in recovering his safe deposit box from the bank, or at least making sure its incriminating contents never see the light of day. With the help of the mayor, she gets to Frazier, promising to help his career in return for cooperation, and he gets her into the bank to meet Russell. She has better luck negotiating with him than Frazier does.
Inside Man isn't over, even when it seems to be over. There are still several surprises and ironies ahead. One suspects the ending was compromised for box-office reasons, but the real ending that seems inevitable could occur at any moment after the fadeout. (I wouldn't be surprised to find an alternate ending on the DVD.)
The script by Russell Gewirtz is a brilliant mix of the familiar and the innovative, with enough humor to relieve the tension without breaking it. For instance, when a Sikh complains of always being subjected to "random searches" at airports, Frazier quips, "But at least you can catch a cab."
Washington gives his usual impeccable performance. Owen does it the hard way with very little face time, but makes it look easy. Foster is slimmed down, buffed up and babed out. She has little to do but exude confidence, but she does that so well people in the first three rows may get some on them.
Spike Lee may be a victim of his own success– and of his big mouth. A look at his body of work reveals more versatility and diversity than he gets credit for. Hardly anyone saw a couple of his best films, 25th Hour and Bamboozled, recently. The former, which starred Edward Norton, may have been too white for his core audience, and Spike's name scared off many potential Caucasian viewers. The satirical Bamboozled was controversial, divided those who saw it, and required too much thought to appreciate it.
Then came She Hate Me, about lesbians paying a stud to impregnate them, which was universally loathed. There was little doubt that Spike would bounce back from that one, but Inside Man is one of the highest bounces of his career.


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Update available for Presenter Mobile App!
Packed with multiple quizzing enhancements, an update for Presenter Mobile App is now available in the App Store. We've also revamped the user interface for the application and added a couple of new icons to improve your experience with the app. Here are the details about the features supported for Presenter Mobile App:
Quizzing Enhancements:
- Multiple quizzes and multiple attempts: Presenter courses with multiple quizzes and multiple attempts are now supported on Adobe Presenter Mobile App. If you take a look at the course I have shared, it has quizzes for Physics, Biology, and Geography subjects. Continue reading…


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Looking@Democracy Offers 100K for Digital Media on Democracy
February 12, 2013 in GPRX Blog by Jones Franzel
From Looking@Democracy. Submissions due April 30th, 2013. Throw your hat in the ring!
The Looking@Democracy challenge is offering a total of $100,000 in prize money for short, provocative media submissions designed to spark a national conversation about how we can all come together to strengthen American democracy. Here's how the competition works:
Create and send us short digital media content that either:
(a) Tells a story about why government is important to our lives, or
(b) Tells how we might together strengthen American democracy.
Your submission can come in many formats such as short videos, audio stories, animation, music videos, public service announcements, infographics, graphic art, even Facebook and iPhone apps. They all just need to be digital so they can be shared electronically– the rest is up to YOU!


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Registration Renewal in Washington
The Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) requires WA residents to renew their vehicle registration every year. Vehicle registration fees are instrumental for enabling the state of Washington to maintain a strong transportation infrastructure.
New to Washington?
This page discusses the requirements for renewing a WA vehicle's registration. If you just moved to Washington or need to register a vehicle for the first time, please see our first-time registration.
Washington Registration Renewal Notice
Because of the importance of renewing your WA registration, the DOL sends residents a registration (tab) renewal notice by mail or e-mail several weeks before the registration deadline. Renewal notices include:
- Registration deadline.
- Emissions testing notice, if required.
- Renewal fees.
To guarantee that you receive a renewal notice, sign up for e-mail reminders.
Didn't Receive a Renewal Notice?
You are still responsible for renewing your registration on time, whether you receive a renewal notice or not.
- If you recently moved, update your address with the DOL right away.
- Otherwise, contact your local DOL office as soon as possible.
Renewing Your Registration
You may renew your Washington registration before it expires. You can renew in person, by mail, or online. When you renew, you may also need to replace your license plates (see below).
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Renew in Person
Visit your local DOL office with:
- Proof of successfully completing an emissions test, if required. The DOL usually receives emissions test results within a few hours.
- Your DOL renewal notice or current registration certificate.
- Photo identification.
- Proof of residence.
- Payment for renewal fee (cash, check or money order―most, but not all, offices also take credit or debit cards).
You will be given your new Washington registration certificate and plate stickers before you leave.
Renew by Mail
To renew by mail:
- Make sure your information is correct on the renewal notice.
- Provide proof of passing an emissions test, if required. The DOL will automatically be notified of your vehicle's test results.
- Enclose renewal fee payment (check or money order) with your notice.
- Mail documents and payment to the address listed on your DOL renewal notice.
Expect to receive your new registration and tabs within 5 business days. If you are having your tabs mailed to you out of state, it may take longer. You can contact the WA DOL to check the status of your registration renewal.
Renew Online
Before renewing your registration online, make sure that:
- Your registration is current or has been expired for less than 12 months.
- Your current address is on file with the DOL.
- You have completed your emissions test, if required.
Once you're ready to renew online:
- Go to the DOL's online renewal page and click on the "Start Renewal" box.
- Enter your vehicle's license plate number.
- Enter either your:
- Last name.
- Last four digits of your vehicle's identification number (VIN).
- Last name.
- Enter the driver's license numbers for all registered owners of the vehicle.
- Choose how you want to receive your new stickers and registration certificate:
- By mail (delivered within 5 business days).
- Pick up in person at your local DOL office.
- Pay renewal fee with a MasterCard, Visa, or American Express.
- Print out your renewal receipt.
DOL LicenseExpress
You also have the option of renewing your WA tabs online through the DOL's new LicenseExpress service.
To use LicenseExpress, you must create an account by providing such information as:
- Your full name as listed on your WA driver's license or state ID card.
- Your WA driver's license or state ID card number.
- Your date of birth.
- Your Social Security number.
- Your vehicle license plate and VIN number.
Once you create an account, you will be able to renew multiple vehicles and conduct other online business with the DOL without having to enter your information for every transaction.
WA Registration Renewal Fees
While your renewal notice will include the amount you owe, you can also calculate for fees ahead of time using the state's Fee Calculator.
Fees vary depending on such things as:
- Vehicle make, model, and year.
- Vehicle weight.
- County registered (e.g. Regional Transit Authority Tax for residents in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties).
- Basic vehicle registration fees begin with a $30 license fee.
You may also need to pay a filing fee, a $8 service fee, a $20 license plate fee if you need to get new plates, and any inspection fees, if applicable.
WA License Plates
As of January 1st, 2015 Washington requires new license plates whenever a vehicle changes owners.
New plates are not required if:
- A title change is due to removing a deceased spouse/domestic partner.
- The ownership change is due to:
- Inheritance or gift to a member of your immediate family.
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Sadie born an hour after mom left hospital
Little Sadie Rose, who is a little more than 2 weeks old as of Saturday, will always be able to tell people when she grows up, that she came into the world in an unconventional way.
Her mother, Brittany Branson, said Sadie means princess — and there's a good reason she's going to be called princess, laughed her mom, it's because, "She was born on the throne."
The story began the night of Sept. 6 when Brittany went into labor. The baby's father, J.W. Hill, drove the Mount Airy resident to Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem to have the baby between 8 and 9 p.m. When she got to the hospital, nurses told her she had dilated to a four, full dilation is a 10, which is when it's time to give birth.
"I knew she was coming and was in a lot of pain, but they said I wasn't in labor," said Branson.
She said she was given two sleeping pills and pain medicine and was told to go home at about 1 a.m.
The couple arrived home at 1:50 a.m. She said when she got home, she started feeling sick and went to the bathroom. She asked Hill to bring her something to drink and a cold wash cloth because she had broken out in a sweat.
"I felt a lot of pressure and at 2 o'clock, I went to the bathroom and my water broke. Before I knew it, I felt her head crowning. I told him to call 911," said Branson.
Surry County 911 Telecommunicator Chris Voigt has been working at the 911 center for five years. This was his first call involving a live birth.
Voigt, 25, has volunteered with the Pilot Mountain Rescue Squad for seven years and has helped with a live birth on a call with the squad as well.
"Her husband or boyfriend called and said she is having a baby. When he called, the baby's head was already showing," said Voigt. "The dad was pretty calm."
He walked Hill though the steps on getting the baby's mouth and nose cleared out as well as instructions on how to tie the umbilical cord with a shoelace.
"It went pretty quick. That was pretty neat," said Voigt.
He said it was satisfying to know that everything turned out alright.
"I could here the woman in the background talking to her mom on the phone. I could hear the baby crying in the background," said Voigt.
While he walked the couple through the process, the Mount Airy Fire Department and paramedics with Surry County Emergency Services already were being dispatched to the couple's home on Jeffries Street.
Branson said she is so thankful to everyone who helped take care of them that night. She and her 6-pound, 3-ounce newborn were taken to Northern Hospital of Surry County. They also were thankful for the care they received there.
"The nurses and everybody was great. They took such great care of us. We had Dr. Gitt. They were all wonderful," said Branson.
Her original plan was to have the baby at Northern Hospital, which is not far from her home, but due to insurance requirements, she was told she needed to have the baby at Forsyth.
Branson said having her daughter born while she was on the toilet was something she will never forget.
"It was a once in a lifetime experience," she said.
Branson has two other children, Aaron, 6, and Tyre VanHoy, 3.
Jonathan Bledsoe, director of Surry County 911 Communications, said this is the first live-birth call the center has had since he was named director last summer. He said they are a rare occurrence.
Mount Airy Fire Chief Zane Poindexter said he's been running calls for 20 years and this has been the first call for a live birth to which the fire department has responded.
"Those type calls don't happen often, especially since we are so close to a medical facility," said Poindexter.
Mount Airy Fire Capt. Danny Vipperman, Engineer Jody Seaver and firefighters Robbie Shelton and Kenny Secrist responded to the call that night.
Poindexter said he helped deliver one baby while he was volunteering with the Dobson Rescue Squad. He said a Hispanic woman went into labor at the old Fast Track, that is now a WilcoHess and he delivered the baby. He said before the fire department received advanced medical training, his men would not have been dispatched to that call, but he's glad they were.


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Playoffs: Soccer, field hockey begin Tuesday
Tennis is over, football is down to the semifinal round and cross country is still two weeks away from its second season.
For soccer and field hockey it began Sunday.
The seeding meetings for Section III's field hockey and boys and girls soccer playoffs were held and it comes as no surprise that defending state champion Hamilton has the best seed for any Dispatch-area team in boys soccer and defending Class C field hockey champion Cazenovia leads the way in its sport.
Coach Brian Latella's Emerald Knights needed an overtime win Saturday to secure the top spot in Class D-1 and they begin play Thursday at home at 6:00 p.m. against Utica Notre Dame or Sackets Harbor.
Other area boys teams that qualified are Madison in Class D and Vernon-Verona-Sherrill and Cazenovia in Class B.
Camden has the best seed in any girls class and they open at home in the Class A tourney late in the week. Defending Class C-2 champion Morrisville-Eaton is the lone local team in the C tourney, Chittenango and VVS are in the girls B tourney and rivals Madison and Stockbridge Valley face off in D while the Hamilton girls are at McGraw.
Six of the seven local school are in the field hockey tourney and Cazenovia figures to have the best chance to win its class of the bunch.
But Camden and VVS should have a great chance in a balanced Class B field and perennial power and defending Class D champ Morrisville-Eaton and upstart Hamilton should contend in their equally competitive tourney.
The first round of all three sports begins Tuesday.


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If the Rays could find a nice financial starting point, it could happen. But considering his 2010 season, he might command in the neighborhood of $3 plus Million in 2011 and beyond.
But it is going to be interesting to see who signs and who is still free to mingle in a few days.
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The clock really is ticking for a lot of players and teams. The season may be over but there's suspense out there! Benoit as a closer sounds like a good idea to me.
As long as they got Ramos leadin' the charge (with his motorcycle dance) all should be well!
Bobby Ramos keeps the group laughing and thinking with some of his great stories and adventures.
He has basically had a core of players the last three years with a few insertions for good measures, but this off season the bench will change more than it ever has in one season if some of the veterans are not resigned.
Going to be a huge question mark until the spots are filled.
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Pictured: Noam Mills (left)
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Noam Mills recap her performance from Day One
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After the first day of the 2010 NCAA Fencing Championships, Harvard currently ranks fifth with 46 wins. The Crimson earned 17 victories in the women's epee, 16 in the women's foil and 13 in the sabre on the day. St. John's owns a one-point lead on the field with 58 points while Notre Dame is close behind with 57.
Sophomore co-captain Noam Mills leads the women's epee division with 13 wins through the first day. Mills was undefeated through the first three rounds before dropping a close decision to open the fourth. "It makes me happy that I fenced well today and hopefully it'll keep going tomorrow" said Mills on her performance on the first day.
Mills picked up a crucial victory over Penn State's Anastasia Ferdman, who defeated Mills in the gold-medal bout at the 2009 NCAA Fencing Championships. Mills commented on the win saying, "It's not any different than any other bout, I just want to win every bout I can."
Mills has accrued 68 touches and owns a +36 rating heading into the second day.
After the first day of action, sophomore co-captain Caroline Vloka of the Harvard women's fencing team sits in fifth place in the sabre competition with 11 wins. Vloka has recorded 62 touches and sports a +27 rating. Rebecca Ward of Duke leads the field through four rounds with 13 victories.
Senior Artemisha Goldfeder and sophomore Shelby MacLeod have each accumulated eight wins on day one. Both fencers have amassed 49 touches with MacLeod boasting a higher rating to put her in 11th place while Goldfeder sits in 12th. Columbia's Nicole Ross is in first place with 13 victories through the first four rounds.
Action continues Friday morning with rounds five through seven of the women's competitions of the 2010 NCAA Fencing Championships kicking off at 9:30 a.m. The semifinal bouts will follow the final three rounds of fencing tomorrow and the gold-medal bouts are slated for a 2 p.m. start. The women's individual awards will be presented immediately following the conclusion of the gold medal bouts.
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Monday night at Allen Arena Bowers scored a career-high 27 points and set a new school NCAA era record for 3-point field goals made in a game with seven. Three players _ Courtney Boynton, Renee Logan and Catie Woods _ were tied for the lead with six each.
Bowers led the Lady Bisons to a 77-70 overtime win over Alabama A&M. It was the second win in a row for the Lady Bisons, 2-2. Alabama A&M fell to 1-2.
"We have a number of veterans who really want to turn things around," Bennett said. "The freshmen have really meshed. I think this is the closest team we have had in years. I think they all believe it is possible to play well as a team."
It was also the second game in a row that Bowers has scored 23 or more points.
"The thing with Anna is that she can create her shot at almost any time on any possession," Bennett said. "She is quick enough to make moves to get open.
"She has hit a good percentage two games in a row. She had some clutch shots in this game. She is super competitive."
Bowers gives the credit for her performances to God and her teammates.
"I give all the glory to God," Bowers said. "We have just come together as a team. I think that has a lot to do with it.
"I went into this game knowing we can all score. If it doesn't happen for me I can still play hard. But when you get on a roll it helps."
The game was tied 65-65 at the end of regulation. The Lady Bisons led by as many as nine points in the second half with a 43-34 advantage with 15:01 left to play.
Alabama A&M kept chipping away. With 54 seconds left Alabama A&M took a 63-62 lead, their only lead of the second half, with 54 seconds left. Bowers answered with a 3-pointer with 37 seconds left, but Alabama A&M tied the game with a layup by Whiquitta Tobar with 19 seconds remaining in regulation.
Guard Jenna Bartsokas added 13 points. Forward Leah McAlister finished with 10 including four points in the overtime.
Bartsokas sank a pair of free throws with 1:33 left in overtime to give the Lady Bisons a 74-70 lead. Bowers also scored four points in the overtime.
"Anna and Jenna have to carry the bulk of the scoring load for us," Bennett said. "We have put an especially big load on Jenna because she plays point guard along with the two-guard position.
"People key on Jenna. She wasn't in a real good rhythm, but she gutted it out in this game. She made those free throws at the end. She is our finisher on free throws late in the game."
Bowers, McAlister and center Chelsea McMeans each had eight rebounds to lead the Lady Bisons.
"Leah really gets great position around the basket," Bennett said. "She is strong and she has great hands. That is how she can play the No. 4 position at 5-foot-9. She can shoot the ball outside and she can rebound."
Alyssa Strickland paced Alabama A&M with 21 points.
The one area of concern for Bennett remains rebounding. Alabama A&M held a 59-43 advantage on the boards.
"Our challenge every game is rebounding," Bennett said. "We are going with three guards. We don't have a lot of size. It is a battle.
"We found ways to get rebounds late in this game. That was a big key for us."
The Lady Bisons will a take a few days off for Thanksgiving before returning to prepare for Saturday's game with Tennessee State at 6:30 at Allen Arena.
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I am proud to be a daddy -- and I am a proud of my kids. So, when there's an opportunity to reveal that I have kids, I usually take it:
- "You have kids?! I thought you were like 20!"
- I pretend to understand that they think I look young - but I'm man enough to admit they they're really judging my maturity. No biggie.
- "How old are they?"
-- In a meeting it's like this --
- Them: So Nate, what's your analysis of the situation?
- Me: (chuckle)
- Them: What's so funny?
- Me: You said Urinalysis. LOLz. I shouldn't laugh - it's a bad example to my kids.
- Them: Ha! You have kids?! How many
- Me: I sure do - 4 actually.
- Them: How old are you?
This brings me to the purpose of the post -- as most of you know, today is Linnea's B'day. She would have been 10 - years - old. Whether because my brain preserves itself through selective memory, or am I just "getting old," it now seems a lifetime away when we last held her in our arms. A life without a script to lean on, but has largely defined who I am today... for better or for worse.
Diana and I were only 24 and 25 years old when Linnea passed away. At that age we were faced with many decisions before and after Linnea's death that I will never understand how we made - but I remember making one defiant decision that I am happy to have honored consistently -- I will always include Linnea in the number of kids I have. Numerous are the conversations I've had about my kids, Linnea's death, other people kids, and the death of other children. Endless will the conversations be about coping with the loss of a child. And you know what, that's ok -- in fact, it's more than ok because it gives a grieving parent a purpose that nobody else has a right to fulfill.
To a parent asking how to deal with the loss of her child - asking if the pain will go away -- here was my response:
The pain becomes less intense, but it doesn't go away. I would say that it is different now -- before Linnea passed my life was not defined by the tremendous struggle of my child dying. Now my life is defined by that pain - what I do with that pain is a different story.
For instance, I WILL ALWAYS say I have 4 kids. This inevitably leads to questions like "how old are they" - to which I answer and mention that Linnea passed away at 13mos in 2004. I struggled with this for a while b/c it felt like I was forcing sympathy on myself - but the reality is, I was worried about social comfort - I should not be ashamed that a child of mine has died - it is a fact... as much as the number of living children I have is.
For me - this is a way to "cope," but also is a constant reminder of how proud I am of the life Linnea had - and I continue to talk about what she was like. She is still a part of our family. :)
Happy Birthday, Linnea!!


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