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1. Pursuant to K.S.A. 8-259(a), a person whose driver's license has been suspended by the Kansas Department of Revenue may obtain review of the suspension order by the district court. Without limitation, K.S.A. 8-259 provides that a driver's license suspension review shall be in accordance with the Act for Judicial Review and Civil Enforcement of Agency Actions. The action for review shall be by trial de novo to the court.
2. The Act for Judicial Review and Civil Enforcement of Agency Actions (KJRA), in K.S.A. 77-614(b), requires a petition for judicial review to set forth specific information, including the petitioner's mailing address. The KJRA does not exempt a trial de novo judicial review from the specific pleading requirements of K.S.A. 77-614(b).
3. A person utilizing K.S.A. 8-259(a) to seek judicial review of a driver's license suspension order must comply with the pleading requirements of K.S.A. 77-614(b) in order to invoke the jurisdiction of the district court to conduct the trial de novo review.
4. K.S.A. 77-613(e) of the Act for Judicial Review and Civil Enforcement of Agency Actions (KJRA) requires an agency to serve an order, pleading, or other matter upon the petitioner, in addition to providing service upon the petitioner's attorney of record, if any. Thus, the inclusion of the petitioner's mailing address in the petition for judicial review serves a specific purpose in a KJRA proceeding which is not present in an action governed by the Code of Civil Procedure.
5. A petition for judicial review of a driver's license suspension order under K.S.A. 8-259(a) that fails to include the petitioner's mailing address does not comply with the pleading requirements of the Act for Judicial Review and Civil Enforcement of Agency Actions and does not invoke the district court's jurisdiction to review the actions of the Kansas Department of Revenue.
Appeal from Ellis District Court; THOMAS L. TOEPFER, judge. Opinion filed September 15, 2006. Affirmed.
Michael S. Holland II and Michael S. Holland, of Holland and Holland, of Russell, for appellants.
John D. Shultz, of Kansas Department of Revenue, for appellee.
Before JOHNSON, P.J., ELLIOTT and BUSER, JJ.
JOHNSON, J.: William A. White, Anthony W. Loreg, Joseph W. Shaver, Mitchell L. Koerner, Rebecca Holloway, Eric Patrick Mortensen, Justin Miles McDonald, John Wickham, Marc A. Hudson, and Christopher John Hann (collectively referred to as the appellants) appeal the district court's dismissal of their petitions for judicial review of their driver's license suspensions through the agency action of the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDR). We affirm.
All of the suspensions followed arrests for driving under the influence (DUI). Each appellant requested and received an administrative hearing, after which KDR issued an administrative order affirming the driver's license suspension for each appellant. Each appellant then filed a petition for judicial review with the district court. In each case, KDR moved to dismiss the petition, claiming that it did not contain the information required by K.S.A. 77-614(b).
The district court consolidated the cases for the purpose of considering KDR's dismissal motions and ordered the parties to brief the issues. Ultimately, the district court granted the motions, filing its dismissal order on February 1, 2005, in which the court "[adopted] as its own the suggested findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth in KDR's brief." The dismissal order also recited:
"This follows the decision of Pittsburg State University v. Kansas Bd. of Regents, 30 Kan. App. 2d 37 (2001), in which the court held that the required elements of K.S.A. 77-614(b) are jurisdictional, and which rejected the prior decisions of University of Kansas v. Department of Human Resources, 20 Kan. App. 2d 354 (1995) and Karns v. Kansas Bd. of Agriculture, 22 Kan. App. 2d 739 (1996)."
At the appellants' requests, the district court consolidated the cases to appeal the dismissals. In the consolidated appeal, appellants make two arguments, which we will rephrase as follows: (1) in finding that strict compliance with the pleading requirements of K.S.A. 77-614 is jurisdictional, the district court misapplied the Kansas Act for Judicial Review and Civil Enforcement of Agency Actions (KJRA), K.S.A. 77-601 et seq., and corresponding cases and failed to consider that their agency appeal was subject to a de novo review; and (2) the appellants' petitions satisfied the requirements of K.S.A. 77-614.
To the extent that we must interpret the KJRA or other statutes, our review is unlimited. Pittsburg State University v. Kansas Bd. of Regents, 30 Kan. App. 2d 37, 39, 36 P.3d 853 (2001), rev. denied 273 Kan. 1036 (2002). Likewise, the existence of jurisdiction is a question of law, subject to unlimited review. Mid-Continent Specialists, Inc. v. Capital Homes, 279 Kan. 178, 185, 106 P.3d 483 (2005).
Pursuant to K.S.A. 8-259(a), the appellants' driver's license suspensions were "subject to review." Accordingly, the district court had statutory authority to acquire subject matter jurisdiction of these cases. Two statements in K.S.A. 8-259(a) are particularly germane to this appeal: (1) "Such review shall be in accordance with the act for judicial review and civil enforcement of agency actions [KJRA]."; and (2) "The action for review shall be by trial de novo to the court."
KDR focuses on K.S.A. 8-259's incorporation of the KJRA and that Act's specific requirements for commencement of review, contained in K.S.A. 77-614(b), which provides:
"(b) A petition for judicial review shall set forth:
(1) The name and mailing address of the petitioner;
(2) the name and mailing address of the agency whose action is at issue;
(3) identification of the agency action at issue, together with a duplicate copy, summary or brief description of the agency action;
(4) identification of persons who were parties in any adjudicative proceedings that led to the agency action;
(5) facts to demonstrate that the petitioner is entitled to obtain judicial review;
(6) the petitioner's reasons for believing that relief should be granted; and
(7) a request for relief, specifying the type and extent of relief requested."
KDR contends the appellants' petitions did not set forth all of the information required by the KJRA and, therefore, did not invoke the jurisdiction of the district court. KDR relies on this court's prior holding in Pittsburg State University, which concluded: "A petition for judicial review of an agency action is jurisdictional. Failure to comply with the pleading requirements set forth in K.S.A. 77-614(b) precludes a litigant's statutorily granted right of appeal." 30 Kan. App. 2d 37, Syl. ¶ 3.
In reaching its decision, the Pittsburg State University court rejected the previous holding of University of Kansas v. Department of Human Resources, 20 Kan. App. 2d 354, 357, 887 P.2d 1147 (1995), that the specific pleading requirements of K.S.A. 77-614(b) are not jurisdictional so long as the petition provides appropriate notice of what is being appealed. Pittsburg State University noted that the University of Kansas opinion was criticized by then Chief Judge Brazil in his concurring opinion to Karns v. Kansas Bd. of Agriculture, 22 Kan. App. 2d 739, 750, 923 P.2d 78 (1996), where he stated:
"In forming its holding, the University of Kansas v. Department of [Human] Resources court noted that there are no Kansas cases which address this issue. The court then analogized cases under Chapter 60 which indicate that a failure to plead with specificity is not considered a jurisdictional defect. The inherent problem with such an analogy, however, is that the very issue involved is whether, pursuant to the KJRA's directive, administrative agency actions are to employ the same pleading procedures as general civil cases."
Additionally, the Pittsburg State University opinion quoted from Professor Ryan's analysis in The New Kansas Administrative Procedure and Judicial Review Acts, 54 J.K.B.A. 53, 67 (1985):
"'Obviously, the KJRA contemplates a petition that goes beyond the simple "notice" petition which was conceptually the cornerstone of the new Code of Civil Procedure a few decades ago in this state. The reason is quite simple. By having a universal remedy that is universally available under one form of action no matter what type of agency action is challenged, the petition itself becomes significant in terms of identifying the type of agency action challenged. It is important to know whether the agency action is basically a rule challenge or is appeal of a specific order. One reason is critical. The timeliness for filing the different types are significantly different . . . . In addition, because the remedies under K.S.A. 77-622 constitute the broad range of all remedies conceptually available, then the kind of agency action complained of need be identified as well as the kind of relief requested. In other words, specificity in pleading is necessary to provide a more manageable framework for processing the petition within this "universal" appeal structure.' [Citation omitted.]" 30 Kan. App. 2d at 45.
Appellants attempt to distinguish Pittsburg State University based upon the applicable standard of review. They point out that in the more typical KJRA case, such as Pittsburg State University, the court is reviewing the record of the agency action utilizing a substantial competent evidence standard. In contrast, K.S.A. 8-259(a) specifically provides for a trial de novo of a driver's license suspension, and there is typically no transcript of the administrative hearing.
Appellants characterize the K.S.A. 8-259 trial de novo review as starting over except for the possible restriction of being limited to the issues raised at the administrative hearing. As such, the parties will conduct discovery, file motions, and perhaps have a pretrial order. In other words, the proceeding is more akin to an original civil proceeding. Therefore, they contend that Professor Ryan's explanation for the necessity of requiring specificity in the review petition does not apply to a trial de novo. Appellants suggest that a petition for review which clearly gives notice to the proper parties of the issues being appealed should be sufficient, apparently intimating that the liberal notice pleading provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure should govern a petition for judicial review pursuant to K.S.A. 8-259.
Appellants' arguments have some practical appeal. As they point out, the KDR was apparently able to participate in huge numbers of driver's license suspension judicial review proceedings before it decided to challenge the specificity of these petitions. Further, some of the agency's challenges appear hypertechnical, at best, and devoid of any prejudice to the agency. Nevertheless, our function is simply to construe the applicable statutes, using the familiar rules:
"The fundamental rule of statutory construction to which all other rules are subordinate is that the intent of the legislature governs if that intent can be ascertained. The legislature is presumed to have expressed its intent through the language of the statutory scheme it enacted. When a statute is plain and unambiguous, the court must give effect to the intention of the legislature as expressed, rather than determine what the law should or should not be. [Citation omitted.]" Williamson v. City of Hays, 275 Kan. 300, 305, 64 P.3d 364 (2003).
Plainly, K.S.A. 8-259(a) says that a judicial review of a driver's license suspension is to be in accordance with the KJRA. The statute does not excise that portion of the KJRA which specifies the content of the petition for review. Just as plainly, the KJRA says that the petition for review "shall" contain certain specific information. K.S.A. 77-614(b). That provision makes no distinction based upon the applicable standard of review and does not exempt trials de novo from the specific pleading requirements. Appellants would have us rewrite the statutes. However, "a statute should not be so read as to add that which is not readily found therein or to read out what as a matter of ordinary English language is in it. [Citation omitted.]" GT, Kansas, L.L.C. v. Riley County Register of Deeds, 271 Kan. 311, 316, 22 P.3d 600 (2001).
We perceive that the only way in which we could find that strict compliance with K.S.A. 77-614(b) is not required would be to reject the Pittsburg State University holding in favor of the previous holding in University of Kansas. However, we perceive our Supreme Court's decision in Pieren-Abbott v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue, 279 Kan. 83, 106 P.3d 492 (2005), suggests that it would concur that strict compliance with K.S.A. 77-614(b) is necessary.
Pieren-Abbott also involved a review of a driver's license suspension, although it applied the provisions of K.S.A. 8-259 and K.S.A. 8-1020(o) in the context of service of process upon the Secretary of Revenue. The opinion mentioned that Pittsburg State University had rejected the notice pleading standard applied in University of Kansas. It noted that one commentator had criticized the University of Kansas decision, arguing that the KJRA applies a more stringent standard than the Code of Civil Procedure. Pieren-Abbott then proceeded to adopt another aspect of the Pittsburg State University opinion when it held "that the Code of Civil Procedure may be used by the district court to supplement the KJRA if the provision is a logical necessity that is not addressed within the KJRA." 279 Kan. at 97.
Pieren-Abbott did not specifically say that it approved of that portion of the holding in Pittsburg State University which found that compliance with the specific pleading requirements of K.S.A. 77-614(b) is jurisdictional. However, the opinion clearly stands for the proposition that the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure cannot trump a specific provision of the KJRA. Given that the KJRA specifies the required content of a petition for review, the liberal pleading provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure simply do not come into play. Accordingly, we apply the holding in Pittsburg State University to find that the appellants were required to strictly comply with pleading requirements of K.S.A. 77-614(b) in order to invoke the jurisdiction of the district court.
Before proceeding to the second issue, we pause to acknowledge appellants' lengthy discussion of Cross v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue, 279 Kan. 501, 110 P.3d 438 (2005). Basically, Cross held that the evidentiary restrictions placed upon a licensee at the administrative hearing do not violate due process, because a licensee can obtain a trial de novo that provides a full and complete opportunity to be heard, during which the licensee will retain his or her driving privileges. Appellants contend that this unique aspect of driver's license suspension proceedings corroborates its argument that the K.S.A. 8-259 petition for judicial review upon a trial de novo should be governed by a notice pleading standard. Simply put, the Cross holding does not change our analysis.
COMPLIANCE WITH K.S.A. 77-614(b)
Alternatively, appellants argue that their petitions for review did strictly comply with the pleading requirements of K.S.A. 77-614(b). The parties do not dispute the applicable facts, resulting in a legal question turning upon statutory interpretation. Our review is unlimited. See Pittsburg State University, 30 Kan. App. 2d at 39.
Appellants' brief reviews the seven sub-paragraphs of K.S.A. 77-614(b), explaining why their petitions strictly complied with each requirement. However, the appellants trip over the first hurdle. K.S.A. 77-614(b)(1) requires that the petition shall set forth the name and mailing address of the petitioner. Appellants do not dispute that none of their petitions contained the petitioner's mailing address.
Appellants point out that the petitions included their attorney's address and indicated that the agency was to serve its answer upon the attorney. In arguing that this information was compliant, appellants return to their theme that the proceeding is a trial de novo which is more akin to a civil action than a typical review of agency action. Therefore, they argue for the application of the rules of civil procedure which require pleadings and correspondence to be directed to the plaintiff's attorney and not directly to the plaintiff.
As clarified in Pieren-Abbott, the rules of civil procedure can supplement the KJRA where necessary to fill in the gaps, but the Code of Civil Procedure cannot alter or override express provisions of the KJRA. 279 Kan. at 96-97. The KJRA contains an express provision for service of pleadings not found in the Code of Civil Procedure. K.S.A. 77-613(e) mandates that "[s]ervice of an order, pleading or other matter shall be made upon the parties to the agency proceeding and their attorneys of record, if any . . . ." (Emphasis added.) Thus, the inclusion of petitioner's mailing address in the petition for judicial review serves a specific purpose in a KJRA proceeding which is not present in an action governed by the Code of Civil Procedure.
In Reifschneider v. Kansas State Lottery, 266 Kan. 338, 342, 969 P.2d 875 (1998), our Supreme Court found that an administrative order sent to the complaining party's attorney, but not to the complaining party, did not strictly comply with K.S.A. 77-613(e). Therefore, appellants' direction to the KDR to serve its pleading only upon petitioners' attorney was an invitation for the agency to violate its duty under the KJRA.
Therefore, we find that the failure to include each petitioner's mailing address in the respective petition for judicial review was a critical omission, prejudicial to the KDR. The petitions did not strictly comply with the requirements of K.S.A. 77-614(b)(1) and, therefore, the petitioners did not invoke the jurisdiction of the district court to judicially review the agency action.
1REPORTER'S NOTE: Previously filed as an unpublished opinion, the Supreme Court granted a motion to publish pursuant to Rule 7.04 (2006 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 50). The published version was filed with the Clerk of the Appellate Courts on July 13, 2007.


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Buckley was found dead in her home on March 2, 2012 — murdered, police say.
But nearly six years later, there is still no justice for Vicki Buckley, and her son, 23-year-old Jack, has had his own life tainted with suspicion.
Jack was charged twice with killing his mother. The first time, in 2012, he was charged with second-degree murder, but police acknowledged there was little chance of conviction. In 2016 he was charged with first-degree murder when the police said they had new evidence.
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Hart confessed to their deaths in 2005 during an intense Mr. Big operation that introduced him to a glamourous lifestyle he had never experienced before.
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It's easy to see why Jack Buckley — who his lawyer said "had told (undercover officers) all along that he was not involved in his mother's death, but they had indicated that they could only help him if he confessed to his involvement" — might be tempted if he thought it might bring his nightmare to an end.
Whatever the case, the judge felt nothing in the RCMP's evidence against Jack Buckley would withstand scrutiny in court.
And so Vicki Brauns-Buckley's murder remains unsolved, with no justice served and no closure for her friends and family. Jack Buckley, though freed, likely feels dogged by suspicion.
Perhaps no one will ever know — apart from Nelson Hart himself — whether Hart killed his two daughters; whether his "confession," though improperly obtained, was the truth.
That's why the RCMP should take a hard look at its performance record with Mr. Big operations and determine whether they should continue the practice, even with stricter rules.
True, there have been convictions obtained through such stings that have held up. But there is too long a list of cases in Canada that were thrown out with the Mr. Big bathwater than can be overlooked.
Surely no confession is better than one that can't be trusted.
There is far too much uncertainty when pressure, ploys and intimidation are among the tools of the trade.
Pam Frampton is The Telegram's associate managing editor. Email email@example.com. Twitter: pam_frampton


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• hijack •
Pronunciation: hI-jæk • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Verb, transitive
Meaning: 1. To rob in transit, to commit highway robbery on land, on the sea, or in the air. 2. To illegally take control of a transport vessel or vehicle and divert it to a different destination.
Notes: It might seem that this good word is a journalistic spelling of highjack; The Oxford English Dictionary suggests as much. However, the earliest examples it gives of this word are spelled as it is above. The activity is hijacking and a person involved in it is a hijacker.
In Play: The meaning of today's word has been changing recently, from stealing the contents of some form of transport to stealing the carrier itself, "The robber then hijacked a car from a passing motorist to make his escape." However, it also applies to a wide assortment of metaphors, "The conversation was pleasantly random until Stu deBaker and Ford Parker came in and hijacked it; after that, the only topic discussed was cars."
Word History: The origin of this word is a complete mystery. We can only speculate that it derives from one of the meanings of the verb to jack referring to nefarious activities, such as poaching. In current US slang, 'to jack a car' means to steal it but no one seems to know if this sense predates the 1920s, when hijack began appearing in print. So, jack could be (back)derived from hijack. It does seem to be the case that the term originally applied to ships, so it may have originally referred to jacking by filibusters on the high seas. That, however, is pure speculation. (Patricia Castellanos of Montevideo, Uruguay wondered, as we all do, how this word came to be.)
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Montana Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.7 Percent
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to 5.7 percent in December, a rate the state hasn't seen in nearly four years.
The state's unemployment rate has been on a downward trend since mid-2011, when it was at 7 percent. The national unemployment rate held steady at 7.8 percent in December.
Labor Commissioner Pam Bucy says Montana is starting 2013 with a strong economy that has been adding jobs and gaining wages for two years. She says she expects the state to continue to have a lower unemployment rate than the national average.
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Calgary, AB. June 01, 2014 – A night after earning a straight-sets victory, Canada
had to dig deep Sunday to emerge with a 3-2 win (19-25, 25-21, 25-18, 23-25, 15-11)
over plucky Finland in FIVB Volleyball World League action at the Stampede Corral in
Calgary, Alberta.
Led once again by a 28-point effort in just four sets from Gavin Schmitt
(Saskatoon), Canada weathered the storm early and sent their home fans happy after a
thrilling finish.
Finland battled to the end, never giving Canada any sustained momentum. The twin
Finns Mikko and Matti Oivanen combined for back-to-back blocks in the fifth set to
make it 9-9, and Antti Siltala's kill ended a great rally to make it 11-11 – but
Canada scored the final four points, punctuated by a service ace by captain Frederic
Winters (Victoria, B.C.) to move to 2-0 in the intercontinental round.
"We expected the game to be much tougher and it was," said Canada's head coach Glenn
Hoag. "(In the) first set we tried a couple players that we wanted to see if they
were ready to help us out and obviously that didn't work too well. … The second and
third set got better as we put Gavin in and he started playing better and also we
were serving too tentatively in the first set, we started putting more pressure with
our serves which is one thing that we keep working on. We need to keep working and
make big serves and put them in. We made too many mistakes but at least we didn't
lay off. We tried to be very aggressive and that helped us quite a bit."
"First of all, I am happy about the way we came back today," said Finland head coach
Tuomas Sammelvuo. "We are not so physical, so we have to be better at defence and be
patient. We had our chances and it was a good game to learn how to be patient – to
stay focused and not to be too hurried to win the game. Of course there are a lot of
technical things that we have to improve, but we have to start from the positive
things and move forward."
The Finns came out with renewed energy after dropping Saturday night's match in
straight sets, taking the opening set 25-19 thanks in large part to a seven-point
effort from Urpo Sivula.
The Canadians turned things around in the second set with the return to the floor of
Schmitt, Canada's offensive catalyst Saturday. Schmitt's return brought back a power
game for Canada, and the red-and-white-clad home side rode that to a comfortable
25-21 win in the second set.
The home side continued to establish its game in the third, with middle Justin Duff
(Winnipeg) contributing while Gord Perrin (Creston, B.C.) came on strong in the
third as well. Down the stretch it was Schmitt once again, with his service ace
putting the finishing touch on a 25-18 Canada victory.
But Finland were not about to roll over. Canada seemed destined for the win in four
sets, holding a 20-16 lead in the fourth and holding the momentum. The visitors'
defence held them in, and Finland clawed their way back to take a tight 25-23
decision to force a fifth set.
Perrin added 20 kills to Schmitt's 25 as Canada out-killed Finland 62-55. Winters
added five kills and three blocks for Canada. Siltala, the Finnish captain, led his
side with 14 kills and 17 points while Urpo Sivula contributed 11 kills. Matti
Oivanen was a force at the net, recording a match-high five blocks.
"It was much better today," Siltala said after the match. "We took one step forward.
Some moments we were playing pretty good. I am sad that we lost the game for a
couple of easy balls. I think Canada made a lot of mistakes in service today and
that helped us a lot. We had our chances to take this game, but I think we need one
step more as we move forward."
The teams will meet again in Tampere, Finland June 27-28. First, Pool C action
continues for both teams next weekend across the oceans. Canada will cross the
Atlantic to face Belgium in Liège and Antwerp June 6 and 8, while Finland will head
down under to take on Australia June 7-8 in Canberra.
Canada returns home to take on Belgium June 13-14 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird
Sports Centre in Vancouver.
Report by Ben Matchett for Volleyball Canada


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In the last eight years of its dream run, Flipkart has achieved much beyond what Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal must have imagined in 2007. Flipkart today is the leading destination for online shopping in India.
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Having given up on tea bags, and forgotten to keep you updated on the full gruesome Charles Hurst experience of buying a Toyota Aygo (great car - just past 1000 miles after three months!), small houses could well become a preoccupation of this blog!
Moving house is such a pain. Just ask the removal firm we've used the last couple of times! But imagine you could eliminate the need to pack everything into badly labelled boxes and never quite get around to unpacking all of them at the far end. Instead you could simply take your house with you!
Well, this isn't a post espousing the joys of caravanning, or news that we've bought a Dormobile or a Volkswagen Camper van.
No it's news of the Walking House, described as
"a modular dwelling system that enables persons to live a peaceful nomadic life, moving slowly through the landscape or cityscape with minimal impact on the environment."
Solar cells and small windmills supply your power needs, while collected rain water is channelled through solar heaters. There's a mini-kitchen and a composting toilet. Oh, and six legs.
Back to the blurb …
"It is a common fact that walking often helps a person concentrate their thoughts and creates a mental state that enforces mobility of the mind."
Ok so far.
"The WALKING HOUSE is constructed to move at a pace similar to human speed exactly for this reason."
Clump, clamp, clank! (Check out the youtube clip.) Like something out of The Tripods, a hexagonal house walks up the street in the middle of the night. Oh, that must be the Smith family making a midnight flit. Funny only the other day she said she was fed up with the neighbours!
"By adding several modules together the system can provide dwellings that adapts to social needs for living as a single person, in a family, a collective or even in a WALKING VILLAGE. In this way the WALKING HOUSE adapts to persons instead of persons having to adapt to the house."
I'm not sure if the Caravan Club will be offering membership to Walking House owners any year soon, but it's a novel design idea that grew out of the N55 group (can't find a better word to describe them) being
"... asked by Wysing Arts Centre to collaborate with a group of travellers in the area around Cambridge, where there has traditionally been a large population of travelers [sic] living in a symbiotic relationship with the settlers, making a living as seasonal workers on the farms. After an initial meeting with one of the groups, it was clear that the traditional nomadic culture was disappearing fast and the Romani people where settling down and living as a marginal group with all the problems that goes with this situation."
And so the modern version of a Romani horse-drawn carriage was created. Coming to Boston soon.
"The WALKING HOUSE requires no permanent use of land and thereby challenges ownership of land and suggests that all land should be accessible for all persons. Society could administrate rights to use land for various forms of production of food for example, but ownership of land should be abolished."
N55 have also experimented with other Micro Dwellings and Urban Free Habitat Systems.
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|Day 26 Deets-Hijab: Pearl Daisy, Ring: Torrid, Overgarment: Tawanda Makay
|Day 27 Deets- Iman & Beauty, Overgarment: Tawanda Mackey
Sorry it has taken so long for me to get these last pics up. I can say that if you have been FOLLOWING me on the BU FB page that everyone LOVED this challenge. I was TRUELY a challenge. I have a SHORT attention span and worked REALLY hard at posting daily pics. Then life got hectic.Work, work and more WORK.
But Alhumdulillah I would like to thank ALL the sister's that not only participated but FINISHED the challenge. There were THREE winner. Check out that FB page.
I hope you viewers have enjoyed all the pics...and hope to see you around here again.
B Beautiful,
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|Day 28 Deets- Shoes: Nine West, Ring: The Souq, Hijab pin: Pearl Daisy, Outfit / Including hijab: Mubah Enterprise
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Salvation: Aboard the Salvation 2
Force push your way through the window and into the room. Inside you'll be attacked by some cloak and terror droids. Destroy them and then look for the door with the force grip indicator. When you see it, pry the door open and exit into the adjoining hall. Press forward and you should come to a long, straight corridor. As you near the end a swarm of terror droids will attack destroy them and make your way to the end of the corridor.
When you reach the end of the corridor, head through the hole in the wall to your left. You'll enter a small room. There will be another hole up on the right hand wall. Jump through and advance. You'll continue into a chasm of sorts. Lining the walls are a series of ledges. Jump from each to the next to advance through the area. When you reach the second to last ledge you'll notice that it leads into a small nook with three fuses lying on the floor. Force grip one of these and move it over to the ledge across from the one you're on. It's the last ledge so it's hard to miss. Once you've moved the fuse, jump across to the aforementioned ledge. There will be a door nearby that you can open with the fuse.
Head through the door and make your way up to the top of the nearby ledge. You'll find yourself at the start of another chasm area. Below your position will be some grating along the left wall. Jump down to it and move. The grating will fall out from beneath you very quickly. When you reach the end of the grated floor, jump to the nearby platform. There will be a large hole in the nearby wall. It leads into a small room that leads into a corridor on the right. Follow the corridor and you'll come to a small hole in the floor.
Jump down through the hole and you'll enter an area filled with machinery and obstacles. The obstacles come in the form of two varieties of energy field. The first will be red and based shoot out of nodes on the ceiling and floor. The second will come from revolving electrodes that spin around a metal wheel. Both are dealt with the same way. Just wait until they switch off and proceed. Make your way to the back of the room and you'll encounter a third obstacle. This is a spinning gear that needs to be stopped with your force grip. Once you've brought its movement to a halt, jump through before it starts moving again.
Jump through and move through the next area. It will be lined with all the same sorts of obstacles, the only difference being some of the energy fields don't shut off. Just find a path and when you reach the end of the room jump down through the hole in the floor. When you hit the floor below you'll drop into a swarm of terror droids. Destroy and again move through the room's obstacles until you reach the spinning gear at its end. Stop it with your force grip and jump through to the next room. You'll to some more energy fields. Pass through them and destroy the terror droids just after them. At the end of the area on the left is another hole. Jump down to the floor below.
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Waite Park 13AAA Team Starts WS In Seattle Area
The Waite Park 13AAA youth baseball team starts play in the 13AAA Babe Ruth World Series Wednesday in Kitsap, Washington in suburban Seattle. Waite Park opens pool play Wednesday against Westfield, Massachusetts at 11am (CT). Waite Park will play the host team from Kitsap, Washington at 9pm (CT) Thursday. The head coach of the Kitsap team, Michael Smith is a St. John's graduate.
The tournament continues through August 22 in Kitsap.
Players on the attached picture are as follows:
Back row: Bryan Backes (Coach), Tanner Brosh, Chris Backes, Jack Schramel, Camren Dehler, Joey Atkinson, Drew Amundson, and Mike Dehler (Coach)
Front row: John Atkinson (Manager), Keaton LeClaire, Reagan Garden, Peter Nelson, Sam Nelson, Dan Schoborg, Michael Petron, and Bill LeClaire (Coach)


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6 questions on Obamacare
The bombshell announcement came from the Treasury Department on Tuesday night, catching even the administration's close allies by surprise: A key part of Obamacare will be postponed for one year.
The employer mandate — or as the administration calls it, the shared responsibility rules — was put on hold. Businesses won't have any new requirements to cover workers, or penalties if they don't, until 2015.
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The news came just as the White House was building momentum for its public education campaign and trying to send out signals that everything was on track for enrollment to begin in October.
( Also on POLITICO: Key Obamacare rule for business delayed)
Tuesday's announcement throws such assurances off course.
Here are six questions about what it all means.
Does this derail Obamacare?
It doesn't derail it. But it hurts, at least in how the public sees it and how the critics can talk about it.
Polls have already shown that Americans still don't know much and have a lot of misperceptions about the 3-year-old law. This won't help, particularly with the critics emboldened to talk about chaotic implementation of a fatally flawed policy.
The administration insists that the new health insurance exchanges or marketplaces will start enrollment on time this Oct. 1. A lot more people will get covered in those new markets than through the employer mandate, which wasn't as central to the coverage push because most big businesses already offer health benefits. But it could mean that fewer people do get coverage next year.
( PHOTOS: 10 alarmist quotes on health law ruling)
The announcement gave fresh ammunition to GOP opponents.
Republicans used it to again say that the law should be repealed and replaced. Repeal won't happen as long as President Barack Obama's in the White House, but some groups on Tuesday renewed their calls for defunding the health law – a throwback to congressional fights in the previous Congress. Even before this announcement, some in the GOP had been pushing for another funding fight, maybe tied into the coming battles over the debt ceiling. And of course it will resonate in the 2014 House and Senate campaigns.
"Pushing the implementation of the employer mandate until after the 2014 election confirms the law was a historic mistake," said Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Health Committee.
Will more health law dominos fall?
One immediate question people were asking: Is this the only delay the Obama administration will be announcing? Or is it the first in a line of dominos — with the individual mandate being the most important domino. After all, the administration has already delayed until 2015 a key feature in the small-business exchanges that would have given workers more choice in health plans.
And the individual mandate is a prime target for opponents who can say, why should big companies get out of confounding Obamacare rules if an average citizen cannot?
The White House put up a blog post stressing that the main elements of the law will be ready to go in October. And allies said the move Tuesday put a piece of the law — but not the core of it — on hold.
( Also on POLITICO: Valerie Jarrett: We're listening to business)
Asked whether the individual mandate could be pushed back, Ron Pollack, head of the Families USA advocacy group said, "I believe that is inconceivable." The employer mandate is a segment of the law, but the individual mandate is its core.
And don't expect the individual mandate, which survived a Supreme Court challenge last year, to go down easily. For starters, insurance companies would pitch a fit. They need the individual mandate if they are going to provide costly new services to cover everyone, sick and healthy, as the law requires.
Why did Treasury have to do this?
Businesses with more than 50 workers were supposed to provide health insurance starting in 2014 or face a penalty of $2,000 per employee. That's been put on hold after a noisy outcry from business groups and a lot of commentary about how the law was hurting business as the economic recovery was still fragile.
Business groups said the rules and regulations about employee coverage — who was full time, what kind of benefits they were getting, what requirements were being fulfilled — were cumbersome. So on Tuesday the Treasury, which is responsible for this piece of Obamacare, said it had agreed to go back to the drawing board.


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Great Gatsby Business Card Poster
Heads of State designed this F. Scott Fitzgerald inspired poster, capable of bringing tears of joy to English teachers and designers everywhere. It is an epic layout project containing 32 calling cards of fictitious Great Gatsby characters. Each card is its own nugget of typographic excellence modeled after 1920's social stationery. This was an ambitious letterpress printing. (did we mention 32 card designs up on a sheet) With its large size, four ink colors, full dry back between each color, tiny type plus full solid areas, tight register and heavy stock this took some patience on press. We printed on French Poptone Sweet Tooth 140lb C - a massive 20 x 26 press sheet trimming down to the final 18 x 24 inch poster.
The poster is for sale at the Heads of State store
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Assemblywoman Joan Millman announced recently that she would be stepping down from her post, leaving a rare open seat in the state legislature that wasn't the result of an elected official seeking a new post (or worse yet, stepping down in disgrace!).
And Millman has already handpicked her successor in Jo Anne Simon, who has served as Democratic district leader since 2004, and in 2009 ran an unsuccessful campaign for City Council, despite receiving the endorsement of the New York Times. This time around, in addition to the departing incumbent, Simon has the support of Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez.
You would assume that with all of that political heft behind her, Simon would have little to worry about in challenger Pete Sikora, a political newbie.
But Sikora isn't just rolling over; he's got some big names behind him, too. At his campaign announcement on July 1, he was joined by councilmen Brad Lander and Steve Levin and State Senator Daniel Squadron, who are all supporting him.
It looks like we've got an old-fashioned political showdown brewing in Brooklyn as well.


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BOSTON - The widow of a man who prosecutors say was killed by James "Whitey" Bulger's gang testified Tuesday that after her husband disappeared in 1975, Bulger told her that he "was probably in Canada robbing banks."
The body of Tommy King, a former rival who had joined forces with Bulger, was found 25 years later, buried in a shallow grave along the Neponset River in Quincy.
Margaret King said Boston police officers came to her house on Nov. 6, 1975, looking for her husband. She said police told her that a man her husband had grown up with - Francis "Buddy" Leonard - had been found dead in her husband's car. She said she never saw her husband again.
King and relatives of others allegedly killed by Bulger and his gang were called to the stand by prosecutors Tuesday in Bulger's racketeering trial.
The 83-year-old Bulger is charged with participating in 19 killings during the 1970s and '80s while allegedly leading the Winter Hill Gang. He was one of the nation's most wanted fugitives after fleeing Boston in 1994, and was finally captured in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2011.
King testified that around the time of her husband's disappearance, she saw Bulger getting into a car outside Triple O's, a bar in South Boston that was used by Bulger's gang, and asked him if he knew what happened to her husband.
Bulger told her "that he was probably in Canada robbing banks," and "that's what he originally wanted to do," King said.
When asked by Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary Hafer what Bulger's demeanor was, King said, "I am sure he was a little agitated that I would even bother him ... I was quite upset."
Prosecutors say Bulger hit man John Martorano shot Tommy King because Bulger saw him as a threat. They say the Bulger gang killed Leonard the following day in an attempt to divert attention from King's disappearance.
Leonard's brother, Joseph Leonard, told the jury he received a call in the middle of the night to come to the morgue to identify his brother's body.
"It was my brother, and he had been shot many times ... his teeth were covered with his own blood," he said.
Sandra Castucci, the widow of nightclub owner Richard Castucci, said her husband left the house on Dec. 29, 1976, but did not return. Prosecutors say Castucci was killed by Bulger's gang after former FBI Agent John Connolly told Bulger that Castucci had become an informant and had told the FBI where two members of the gang were hiding in New York.
Sandra Castucci said Bulger's partner, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, came to her house after her husband was killed and said he would take over her husband's share of the Squire Club to "make sure I got my checks every week."
She said she was later summoned to a meeting in Providence, R.I., with mob boss Raymond Patriarca.
"He said that my husband owed him money and that he was going to take his end of the club," she said.
Castucci became tearful when she was asked to identify a photo of her husband.
"That's my husband with Frank Sinatra," she said. The photo shows Castucci with the singer at the wedding of Sammy Davis Jr., she said.
She said her husband played golf with Davis and met Sinatra that day at Davis' wedding.
Castucci said she did not know before her husband's death that he was a member of the Patriarca group.
Bulger's lawyers have challenged the credibility of three former Bulger associates who have agreed to testify against him, including Martorano, who spent three days on the witness stand. Flemmi and former Bulger lieutenant Kevin Weeks are also expected to testify.
James Marra, a special agent with the Justice Department's Office of the Attorney General, also spent hours on the witness stand testifying for prosecutors Monday and Tuesday by reviewing reports in a 700-page FBI file on Bulger's alleged role as an informant.
Bulger's lawyers deny that Bulger was ever an FBI informant.
Marra said that based on documents in the file, Bulger was an informant from 1975 until 1990, providing information on the rival New England Mafia as well as other criminals in the Boston area.
Under cross-examination by Bulger attorney Hank Brennan on Tuesday, Marra acknowledged that former FBI agents John Connolly and John Morris both failed to include descriptions of their own wrongdoing in the reports they put in Bulger's file.
"They weren't reporting their own criminal activity," Marra said.
Connolly was convicted of crimes accusing him of tipping off Bulger and other gang members to an upcoming indictment, prompting Bulger to flee. Morris, who received immunity, admitted accepting cash from Bulger. Morris is expected to testify Wednesday.


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"The Best News on Anna Maria Island Since 1992"
Webb out, five in for Anna Maria election
By Rick Catlin
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Anna Maria City Commissioner Chuck Webb has decided against seeking a second term, citing his growing legal practice on the Island.
Webb had previously been undecided about seeking a second term on the commission.
With Webb out of the running, five candidates have qualified for the three two-year terms on the commission to be contested Nov. 4.
City Commissioner John Quam is seeking re-election, while political newcomers Carol Ann Magill and Randall Stover will also be on the ballot.
They will be joined by Jeff Smith, who was defeated for a commission seat in the February 2003 commission election, and Dale Woodland, who made an unsuccessful bid for a commission seat several years ago.
Anna Maria commissioners are paid an annual salary of $4,800.
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Karachi, Pakistan, 11 March 2010 - The Board of Directors of BOC Pakistan Limited, a member of The Linde Group, on 11 March 2010 approved an investment of more than Rs. 2 billion (EUR 17 million) for the installation of a new state-of-the-art air separation plant and related supply chain equipment in Lahore. The approval also includes additional investment in vacuum insulated tanks and tankers to significantly add to the existing logistics capability in the northern part of the country.
This new air separation plant will be the largest in the country and will have the capability to produce up to 150 tons per day of merchant and gaseous products such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon. The project is expected to be commissioned by the first quarter of 2012, according to BOC Pakistan Limited's Chief Executive, Syed Ayaz Bokhari.
Speaking on the occasion Mr Bokhari said, "The investment is critical for BOC Pakistan to both serve the growing markets of North Pakistan and more importantly, enhance its production capacity in Lahore. The investment is also a commitment to the continuous process of enhancing service to our existing and potential customers."
The investment will not only meet the existing demand of customers in the steel, glass, food, hospital, chemicals, and oil & gas sectors, but is also reflective of the continued commitment of BOC Pakistan Limited and The Linde Group to meet future demand and market opportunities in Pakistan.
Sanjiv Lamba, Regional Business Unit Head for The Linde Group's South & East Asia markets said from Singapore, "BOC Pakistan is part of The Linde Group, a world leading gases and engineering company. This latest investment is in addition to other recent investments of over Rs. 250 million (EUR 2 million) in modern facilities for the production of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide plants. The investment in the largest plant in Pakistan is reflective of The Linde Group's commitment to grow its business in Pakistan by serving our customers and industry sectors in the most efficient and effective manner."
About BOC Pakistan Limited
BOC Pakistan Limited is the leading industrial gases company in the country which owns and operates oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and dissolved acetylene manufacturing plants in Karachi, Port Qasim, Multan, Lahore and Taxila. The company has been operating in Pakistan since 1947 and is committed to continually improving services and products to a variety of industries across the country.
The BOC Group Limited, U.K., the majority shareholder of BOC Pakistan Limited, has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Linde AG, Germany. Accordingly, Linde AG is the ultimate parent company of BOC Pakistan Limited, and BOC Pakistan Limited is a member of The Linde Group.
About The Linde Group
The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with almost 48,000 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2009 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 11.2 billion. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
For more information, see The Linde Group online at http://www.linde.com
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Leslie Coker, 54, Wichita, jailed Friday by court order.
Denise Jantz, 38, Peabody, arrested Feb. 5 by Peabody police on charges of aggravated battery and domestic battery.
Jacob Schultz, 32, Tampa, arrested Jan. 31 by sheriff's deputies on a charge of domestic battery.
Saulo Sotelo, 28, Emporia, arrested Friday by Kansas Highway Patrol on charges of driving while habitual violator and failure to appear in court on a Shawnee County warrant.
Carolyn Tyson, 55, Tampa, arrested Jan. 31 by sheriff's deputies on a charge of domestic battery.
Cyle Wilson, 20, Marion, jailed Feb. 3 by court order.
Remaining from previous weeks:
Todd Beneke, 29, Herington, jailed since July 24.
Brandon Doherty, 26, Salina, since Jan. 31.
Alan Hattan, 44, Peabody, since Jan. 31.
Jennifer Humphrey, 30, Salina, since Jan. 14.
Chris Lieder, 24, Hillsboro, since Jan. 8.
Anthony Magee, 34, Wichita, since Jan. 14.
Shane Mascareno, 45, Herington, since Jan. 10.
Nehemiah Violett, 22, Newton, since Jan. 30.
Eric Williams, 26, Florence, since Jan. 27.


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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Gold and silver prices fell on Friday as investors continued to digest the Federal Reserve's decision to keep its economic stimulus intact.
The December contract for gold fell $36.80, or 3 per cent, to $1,332.50 an ounce Friday. December silver dropped $1.37, or 6 per cent, to $21.93 an ounce.
The decline follows a stunning rally for gold and silver in the last two days, when the two metals had their biggest gains since the financial crisis. Investors made heavy bets that the Fed's continued stimulus might cause inflation or hurt the dollar. Gold serves as a hedge against those trends.
Commodities analysts at Barclays Capital said that gold and silver's move earlier this week was a "knee-jerk reaction" to the Fed.
"We expect the impact to be short-lived," wrote Barclays' precious metals analyst Kevin Norrish.
Norrish said the Fed's decision might have lift gold in the medium term, but the impact would be minor.
Other metals prices also fell.
December copper was down 3 cents to $3.32 a pound. October platinum fell $40.40 to $1,432.60 an ounce and December palladium was down $16.25 to $721.95 an ounce.
Energy prices fell.
Benchmark oil dropped $1.72, or 2 per cent, to close at $104.67 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Wholesale gasoline fell a penny to $2.68 per gallon, natural gas was down 3 cents to $3.68 per 1,000 cubic feet and heating oil was unchanged at $3.00 per gallon.
Crop futures were mostly lower as well.
December wheat was unchanged at $6.46 a bushel. December corn was down less than a penny to $4.505 a bushel and November soybeans rose 1 cent to $13.15 a bushel.


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UPDATE (11:33 a.m., April 1) - A statement from Entergy says six of the eight workers injured in Sunday's accident were treated for injuries and released from Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. Officials have not released the names or status of the two other injured workers who remained hospitalized.
UPDATE (9:45 a.m., April 1) - Wade Walters, 24, of Russellville has been identified as the person killed in the accident at ANO Sunday morning.
Pope County Coroner Leonard Krout said the cause of death is under investigation.
UPDATE (5:00 p.m.) - An Entergy spokesperson told The Courier the total number of Arkansas Nuclear One employees injured in the Sunday morning accident at the plant was eight, not three, as earlier reported.
The spokesperson provided no other details about those injured, including their names or medical status.
One worker died in the accident.
The spokesperson said that even though the identity of the person killed has been reported by some media outlets and has been discussed in social media, Entergy officials have not released the name of the deceased at this time out of respect to the family.
The accident happened in a secondary area of the plant, in a non nuclear area, the spokesperson said at about 4:30 p.m.
UPDATE (4:10 p.m.) - According to the Arkansas Department of Health, the nuclear reactor at Arkansas Nuclear One was not affected by the Sunday morning accident at the plant. The agency stated there is no immediate threat to the public in Pope, Johnson and Yell counties.
Entergy officials confirmed Sunday that one person was killed, and three others injured in an accident at Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville, and that no nuclear material was released during the incident.
The release states the accident occurred around 7:45 a.m. when a generator stator fell while being moved out of a turbine building.
The injured workers were transported to a local hospital, officials said.
Entergy officials say both units are in a "stable shutdown condition" and there is no danger to the public.
At an early afternoon press conference, Arkansas Nuclear One and Arkansas Department of Health officials told the media there was no release of nuclear materials following the industrial accident at the plant.
The area surrounding ANO was placed at emergency Level 4 because of the potential for local impact, but no call to evacuate was issued by the Arkansas Department of Health. Some evacuation signs were posted throughout the community today showing emergency evacuation routes.
Entergy officials said the reactor in Unit 2 is in a stable configuration.
An Arkansas Department of Health official categorized it has an industrial accident that did not involve any radiation or affect to the reactor.
Jeff Forbes, Executive VP and Chief Nuclear Officer, said, "We are deeply saddened by what has happened today. Out greatest sympathy is with the family and friends of the employee who lost his life and with those who sustained injuries. I also want to express my sorrow and support to all those who work at ANO. I know this is especially hard on them."
UPDATE (11:21 a.m.) - A person who witnessed the accident says one person was killed and two more injured when a large piece of equipment fell from a crane. Officials have not released names of anyone involved in the accident, but a press event is expected to be scheduled this afternoon.
A spokesperson for Entergy's nuclear division forwarded requests for information to Arkansas Nuclear One spokeswoman Donna Gregory.
Officials have said there is no threat to public safety following the accident.
UPDATE (9:43 a.m.) - According to Pope County Sheriff Aaron Duvall, a construction accident occurred at the plant, and there is no threat of leakage now and no threat of future leakage. He did not release further details about the incident.
Arkansas Nuclear One's two reactors generate enough power for about a third of the state, according to Entergy's website.
Read more: The Courier - Your Messenger for the River Valley - Construction accident at ANO Sunday morning


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All-new crossover has new roots.
Sport Utility Vehicles
Editor: Jim McCraw
$33,330 Base Price MSRP
$45,820 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: Cadillac SRX ($33,330), SRX Luxury ($36,910), SRX Performance ($41,350), SRX Premium ($43,895), SRX Luxury AWD ($39,405), SRX Performance AWD ($44,995), SRX Premium AWD ($47,540)
Standard Engine: 3.0-liter dohc 24-valve V6
Engine Options: 265-hp 3.0-liter dohc 24-valve V6
Standard Transmission: 6-speed automatic
Transmission Options: 6-speed automatic
Basic Warranty: 3 years/36,000 miles
Assembled In: Ramos Arizpe, Mexico
Model Tested MSRP: Cadillac SRX Performance AWD ($44,995)
Standard Equipment: dual-zone climate control, leather upholstery, wood trim, seat heaters for the front seat, eight-way power for front seats, sunroof, power sunshade, Park Assist, Bluetooth wireless connectivity, remote starting, power liftgate, navigation system, rearview camera, adaptive suspension, 20-inch wheels, integrated fog lights, adaptive xenon HID headlights with auto-leveling, cruise control, multi-function tilt steering wheel, power windows, mirrors and locks, AM/FM/CD with auxiliary plug, iPod compatibility, 10 speakers, surround sound
Options As Tested: none
Standard Safety Equipment: front, side and roof airbags, ABS, traction control, yaw control
Optional Safety Equipment: all-wheel driveDestination Charge: $825
There's nothing left of the original SRX but the name. Whereas the original SRX used a rear-wheel-drive platform with a longitudinal engine and a choice of V6 or V8, the new version is built on a front-wheel-drive platform with a transverse-mounted V6 engine.
Where the old SRX was a three-row, seven-seat SUV, the new one has two rows and five seats. And, although GM has been known for its global platform-sharing way of doing things, this vehicle shares its underpinnings with only one other vehicle, the Saab 9-4X, which has not been introduced yet.
The exterior design is all new, crisper and sharper than the original, with a lot less of the slab-sided look. The interior shares much of its technology and some of its design with the 2010 Cadillac CTS sedan, which we count as a good thing.
The Cadillac puts the SRX in the midsize luxury sport utility vehicle segment, one of the largest and fastest-growing segments in the industry at about 25 percent of the total sales. Cadillac counts as the SRX's direct competitors the Acura MDX, Lexus RX 350, Mercedes-Benz GLK, Audi Q5, and BMW X3.
Initially, all SRX models will be powered by a 3.0-liter V6 engine, the same engine that powers the Cadillac CTS, and will come with a Hydra-Matic six-speed automatic transmission. All models come standard with front-wheel drive.
In the fall, Cadillac will add an optional 2.8-liter turbocharged V6 engine sourced from Saab, an engine rated at 300 horsepower and 295 foot-pounds of torque, with a completely different Aisin-Warner six-speed automatic transmission capable of handling the higher power and torque of the turbo engine.
The changes are welcome. We found the luxurious new SRX cabin beautiful and comfortable. Though loaded with features, everything is easy to use and the SRX is very quiet underway.
Underway, the handling and braking are very good. The new SRX feels like a high-riding CTS sports sedan. We preferred the responsiveness of the 20-inch wheels and tires over the standard 18-inch setup.
We found the engine lacking in power and on the loud side. The 3.0-liter V6 gets an EPA-rated 18/25 mpg with front-wheel drive.
The available Haldex II all-wheel-drive system is excellent, among the world's best. It makes the SRX highly capable in the winter or on unpaved roads or when encountering a slippery corner. It also tames the handling on dry roads, and we recommend getting it.
The 2010 Cadillac SRX comes in four models: SRX ($33,330), SRX Luxury ($36,910), SRX Performance ($41,350), and SRX Premium ($43,895). All-wheel drive comes on SRX Luxury AWD ($39,405), SRX Performance AWD ($44,995), and SRX Premium AWD ($47,540).
SRX comes standard with leatherette upholstery (vinyl), dual-zone air conditioning, cruise control, multi-function tilt steering wheel, power windows, mirrors and locks, 18-inch aluminum wheels, AM/FM/CD with auxiliary plug, iPod compatibility, and four speakers.
SRX Luxury upgrades to leather upholstery, wood trim, seat heaters for the front seat, an eight-way power passenger seat, a sunroof, a power sunshade, Park Assist, Bluetooth wireless connectivity, remote starting, power liftgate, and other features.
SRX Performance gets a navigation system, rearview camera, upgraded steering, adaptive suspension, 20-inch wheels, upgraded audio with 10 speakers, integrated fog lights, adaptive xenon HID headlights with auto-leveling.
SRX Premium upgrades with three-zone automatic climate control, rear audio controls, heated rear seats.
Safety equipment on all models includes six air bags: front, side-impact, and curtain. All come with anti-lock brakes (ABS), traction control, StabiliTrak yaw control, OnStar emergency notification.
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Cadillac's latest designs are all full of sharp edges and well-defined creases, and the new SRX is no different in that respect. The 2010 Cadillac SRX looks very much part of the family, and is far less slab-sided than the outgoing truck.
Its design impact starts with a jutting, pointed nose, very complex headlamps, and a racy, rounded lower spoiler with a large air intake for engine cooling. The side window treatment ends in a forward-slanted D-pillar leading to the Cadillac trademark knife-sharp vertical taillamps.
All in all, it's a very pleasing, crisp and modern design on a chassis that is nearly six inches shorter than the original SRX, with a 4.6-inch shorter overall length, and a 2.1-inch lower roofline. But is also about an inch wider, allowing for more interior comfort and more shoulder and hip room.
The SRX features a power liftgate that can be set for full opening, or programmed for three-quarter opening to keep the sheetmetal safe in low-roofed garages and parking structures.
Loaded is too weak a word for the interior accoutrements of the new 2010 Cadillac SRX. Most models will have an enormous list of standard equipment including pushbutton starting, a tilt-and-telescope steering column, upper and lower adjustable ambient lighting. Available are adaptive headlights, a huge, two-segment power sunroof with 95-percent UV protection, a power tailgate, a full-color driver information center between the main gauges, OnStar, and satellite navigation with voice recognition.
Audio entertainment starts with a radio system with 2-gigabyte memory that will download up to 20 CDs to its memory through a single-CD loader. Then there is a very, very good optional Bose sound system with AM/FM/XM/CD capability, USB and iPod inputs, an optional 40-gigabyte hard drive for music storage, and optional upward-tilting twin screens and wireless headphones for dual rear-seat entertainment through DVDs or radio.
The comprehensive driver information center has two main sections, one for the vehicle and one for the trip you're on. With the navigation system, it has the capability of displaying speed limit signs, because the system knows what road you're on and what the posted limit is.
The rear seat is split 66/33 and reclines through a fairly wide range of adjustment but does not slide back and forth, so available legroom is fixed. When up, the rear cargo area holds 29.2 cubic feet of cargo, and when folded down, the seatbacks lock into place to create a nearly flat load floor and space for more than 61 cubic feet of cargo (compared to 32.4 cubic feet and 69.5 cubic feet for the previous three-row SRX). The cargo area behind the second seat features an under-floor storage area for precious cargoes and a U-shaped channel built into the floor that accepts any number of sliding hold-down cleats. Cadillac will offer first- and second-seat doggie screens that secure into the roof to keep canines contained.
We found the SRX interior to be beautifully made and finished, sumptuous, comfortable, quiet, and very easy to use. The steering wheel is nice and thick, the pedals are adjustable, as is the column, and the eight-way power seats with memory are beautifully made, supportive yet cushy. The center stack is full of buttons with icons and words on them, but it's all well laid out, very intuitive and easy to understand and use.
Driving Impressions
Our test SRX was a Performance version with all-wheel drive, remote and pushbutton starting, 20-inch Michelin 235/55R20 Latitude Tour HP tires and alloy wheels, a power liftgate, and the huge ultra power sunroof. It carried the full load of electronics including the optional Bose sound system, navigation, voice activation, sport suspension, adaptive xenon headlamps, front and rear park assist, chrome roof rails, Sapele wood trim, power sunroof, heated power seats, power adjustable pedals, ambient lighting, keyless access, Bose audio with 40-gig hard drive, navigation, rearview camera, USB and iPod sockets, voice recognition, and Bluetooth connectivity.
The powertrain is modern and efficient, a direct-injection 24-valve V6 with a very high 11.7:1 compression ratio that burns regular fuel where many competitor engines do not, an engine that gets segment-leading fuel economy ratings of 18 mpg City and 25 Highway and 17 City, 23 Highway in all-wheel-drive versions like ours (by comparison, the 3.6-liter V6 engine in the old SRX got only 15/22 and 14/22). It makes more power at higher rpm than the 3.6-liter engine it replaces, but substantially less peak torque. In our test, we got better city mileage, and at highway speeds between 65 and 80 mph, we matched the rating, at 23 mpg, according to the car's information center.
That said, we didn't care much for the noisy startup and for the engine's droning sound at anything less than full-throttle. Power, torque and acceleration were all on par with everything else in the class, but many V6 and I6 entries sound better than this in light-throttle acceleration and cruise modes. This smaller engine is way down on useable torque compared to the larger, outgoing 3.6-liter engine, an apparent tradeoff for mileage. The transmission dithered here and there, especially on the 2-1 downshift, but was always ready for full-throttle upshifts.
Driving dynamics of the new SRX are very, very good in terms of handling and braking, helped by the fact that this truck is 1.2 inches lower to the ground than the older, larger SRX. The base SRX and the Luxury versions have power steering for their 18-inch wheels and tires, but the Performance and Premium versions come with a completely different ZF variable-ratio power steering system that's better matched to the 20-inch tires and feels quicker and more sporty out there on the road.
A Sport mode for the transmission on the Performance and Premium models allows for semi-manual shifting. And when the shift lever is eased to the left, not only the transmission but also the real-time-damping suspension programming changes instantly and stiffens the shock absorbers for crisper handling.
At the end of the day, the new SRX is even more like a CTS sports sedan that's been turned into a high-riding hatchback. (A real CTS sport wagon is also available.)
The SRX AWD features the Haldex II all-wheel-drive system that debuted last year on the Saab 9-3X, and it is among the world's fastest-acting and most capable systems, able to move up to 100 percent of the engine's torque from front to rear tires in about one wheel rotation, and able, through its electronic limited-slip rear differential, to transfer up to 85 percent of the drive torque from left to right in a few milliseconds.
While it is designed for ice, snow, rain and mud driving, this all-wheel-drive system makes high-performance dry-road driving a lot more fun because there's no torque steer or tire spin on full-throttle starts in first gear, and high-speed, high-force cornering is accomplished by all four tires. The system adds $2495 and some weight to the price of the truck, but we wouldn't have one without it.
The all-new 2010 Cadillac SRX is the latest arrival in a huge, crowded market of crossover SUVs. It's priced $3500 less than the segment-leading Lexus RX 350, with about the same power, performance and fuel economy. It's a tidier design with less room inside, and its chassis is a marvel of competence and composure and a paragon when you're counting up safety features. Now that GM officially has a future as a viable car company, we think the SRX is worth a long look from those who are looking to downsize and economize.
Jim McCraw filed this report to NewCarTestDrive.com after his test drive of the SRX near Birmingham, Michigan.
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