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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KTLA) — Two suspected gang members were charged with murder and a third man was charged with being an accessory in connection with a shooting near Santa Monica College, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
Christopher Osumi, 19, Meliton Lopez, 23, and Noah Farris, 32, were scheduled to be arraigned at Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday.
Around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, Osumi allegedly used a handgun to open fire on two men standing in the 1500 block of Michigan Avenue, shooting both victims multiple times, according to a press release from the DA's office.
Santa Monica resident Gil Verastegui, 29, later died.
The second victim remained hospitalized.
Osumi and Lopez were each charged with murder and attempted murder with gang allegations.
Farris was charged with being an accessory.
The incident followed a shooting rampage in Santa Monica on Friday that left six people dead, including the gunman.
There was no indication that the two incidents were related, police said.


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By Foot: Travelling by foot is the best way of exploring a city like Paris. There is plenty to see when travelling by foot.
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World Palace, 33-34, rue de Marbeuf, Paris, 75008
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The World Palace has three celebrity owners (Sean Penn, John Malkovich and Johnny Depp). It is a frequently changing club. There are occasional live acts as well as DJ's that keep the music flowing nicely.
8-12, rue Boissy d'Anglas, Paris, 75008
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The Buddha Bar is a relaxing place to enjoy a night of drinks, dinner and dancing. The Buddha Bar with its 18th Century wrought-iron fixtures, amber lighting and luxurious red and gold fabrics, is definitely worht a visit.
Rex Club, 5, Boulevard Poissonniere, Paris, 75002
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On towards the Champs Elysees, you will be able to shop at a trendy Zara and for all your cosmetic needs a trip to Sephora's flagship store is a must see. You will also pass the newly remodeled Luis Vuitton store.
Eiffel Tower: The most iconic symbol of Paris
The Louvre: The Louvre is one of the world's largest museums, and a historic musuem
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Harvard's big squash match at Dartmouth was livened up by some rowdy Big Green fans, and now Crimson supporters are crying homophobia and antisemitism. But wait until you read about what must be the most innocuous Jewish stereotype ever.
Visiting Harvard won both the men's and women's squash matches this week, but came away complaining about abuse from the crowd.
Dartmouth student Bryan Giudicelli said Thursday he and his soccer teammates are routinely cursed at and heckled while playing on the road and were seeking to create a similarly intimidating atmosphere at Berry. However, he said the soccer players and some Alpha Delta fraternity brothers didn't realize how hostile such behavior would appear in the crowded squash courts.
So far, so good, right? Squash could use a little vitriol, and it's always cute when the Ivies pretend they take their sports seriously. Well, things got a little ugly.
Words such as "dick," "fag" and "——sucker" were repeatedly shouted at the visitors Wednesday, many times with "f———" added as an adjective. Harvard's female players eventually sought the protection of an assistant coach after they said they were called "whores" and "sluts" while they cheered on their male peers. While playing his match, Franklin Cohen was told he had small genitals and asked if he liked bagels, a phrase his mother viewed as a reference to the family's Jewish surname.
Wait, the worst thing they came up with about the Jewish kid was that he likes bagels? As a card-carrying member of the tribe, I say, damn straight. If the Procotols of the Elders of Zion was all about our love of bagels, that would be wonderful. If Kristallnacht had only targeted the bagel stores in Nazi Germany, I'd take that in a second.
And, worst of all about this misplaced racism accusation, the bagels weren't even about the Judaism.
Giudicelli said Susan Cohen confronted his group about the bagel phrase immediately after her son's match and was told it referred to Franklin Cohen having a zero or "bagel" on the scoreboard at a certain juncture in play.
"We discussed whether to say doughnut or bagel and obviously we decided to use the wrong word," said Giudicelli, a junior defender from Emerald Hills, Calif., located between San Francisco and San Jose. "There was no anti-Semitism behind that."
Of course, if they had used the term doughnuts, it probably would have been deemed offensive to the obese or the diabetic. You really can't win.
Dartmouth Students Slur Harvard Athletes During Squash Match [Valley News]


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Wednesday marked a milestone in the implementation of President Obama's health reform law as insurance companies quietly doled out $1.1 billion to 12.8 million Americans in rebates.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to limit the amount of money insurers can collect in profit, while lowering the cost of health care for consumers and maintaining the same standards of coverage. To do this, the Administration created new federal standards for the Medical Loss Ratio, a tool long used by state governments to regulate insurers. As TIME's Kate Pickert describes in detail, the ACA requires insurers to spend a certain percentage of what consumers pay them (either 80% or 85%, depending on the size of the market in which the insurer operates) on medical claims and quality improvement initiatives. The remainder can be used for administrative costs and profits. If insurers stray from that ratio, they will now have to send out rebates to cover the difference.
So how did the first ACA rebates turn out? According to the Department of Health and Human Services, most insured Americans–66.7 million people–did not get rebates. Those that did were mostly in the individual market or in a small group market. The average rebate per family was $151, with the highest rebate exceeding $800 for families in select markets in Georgia.
The rebates were smaller than some expected, in part because many insurance companies have already changed their practices, slashing administration costs or spending more on quality improvement in anticipation of the new MLR rules going into effect.
"The rebates were certainly smaller than what would have been reported last year," says Tim Jost, a law professor at Washington and Lee University. "Last year there were no rebates, but the insurers filed supplemental blanks with the National Association Insurance Commission, and those blanks showed that if rebates had been paid it would have been around $1.9 billion dollars."
Robert Zirkelbach, a spokesman for America's Health Insurance Plans, a lobbying group, emphasizes that rising health insurance premiums are the result of increasing medical costs, not corporate profits. "Ninety-six percent of the increase in premiums over the past five years was due to an increased spending on health care services," he says.
Jost agrees that health care services drive up premiums, but insurers still play a part. "The situation we've had for two years, three years, is that health care costs have not been going up very fast, and premiums have been going up much faster. Medical Loss Ratio is not a silver bullet, it's not going to kill health care cost inflation. What it is going to do is, and is doing, is to align premium increases with health care cost increases."
According to a recent study conducted by the consulting firm Towers-Watson, health care costs have grown 5.9% in the last year, while employees' share of premiums increased 9.3%.
Future rebates will likely be smaller and doled out to fewer Americans as more insurers comply with the ACA's MLR rules. But the new round of rebates has arrived at a convenient time for President Obama. While most of the larger provisions of the ACA like the individual mandate won't kick in until 2014, the rebates are a tangible reminder to 12.8 million Americans that Obama's signature domestic initiative is doing a little something for them. In an election year, that's good news for the President.


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CHICAGO — Yesterday was a busy day in Birdland, and despite the Orioles' 5-2 loss to the White Sox here in Chicago, Baltimore fans had to be happy with the progress made Tuesday.
Acquiring veteran right-hander Scott Feldman from the Cubs – along with catcher Steve Clevenger – for right-handers Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop and international signing bonus money is a good move on several fronts.
Feldman, who will make his Orioles debut tonight in Chicago, will be a good fit. The Orioles were interested in signing him last offseason and he's on his way to a productive season. He's not going to save the Orioles' starting rotation, but his arrival – combined with Wei-Yin Chen's return next week – should stabilize it for the stretch run.
Credit the Orioles brass for making the difficult decision of cutting bait on Arrieta and Strop. Both needed a change of scenery. Arrieta truly had nothing to prove in Triple-A, but couldn't show consistency in the big leagues despite his flashes of brilliance. And until he did, he didn't serve a purpose at the big league level besides being an occasional extra bullpen arm. Making him into a reliever was a likely move down the road to help him work on his confidence, but that would still have been a tedious process. And looking ahead, his shuffling between the majors and minors couldn't continue next season as he would be out of minor league options.
Over the past few weeks, the Orioles tried to hide Strop in the bullpen, but even when he was given an opportunity in low-pressure situations, Strop struggled, the crowd stirred and it got a little ugly. While the Orioles knew they couldn't just release Strop – who has no minor league options – they also couldn't keep him much longer. So to get any value for him by packaging him to the Cubs and getting Feldman and Clevenger was a plus.
You also have to applaud the Orioles for being proactive enough to make a move early. They knew there would be suitors for Feldman, and they knew that the trade value on Arrieta and Strop wasn't getting higher any time soon. So instead of waiting to see the trade market play out and possibly get left in the cold, they made a move. Bravo.
Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette and manager Buck Showalter are also very careful with who they bring into the clubhouse so they don't interrupt the existing clubhouse chemistry. Feldman is the perfect fit for that. Darren O'Day was in his wedding. O'Day, Chris Davis, Tommy Hunter and Taylor Teagarden all played with Feldman back in Texas and he's known as a blue-collar grinder who will mesh well in the Orioles' tightly knit clubhouse.
Before completing the Feldman deal, the Orioles were interested in his Cubs teammate Matt Garza, but the Cubs wanted a bounty that included prospects Jonathan Schoop and Eduardo Rodriguez. That wasn't happening.
The Orioles aren't necessarily done dealing, but at this point something would have to be very enticing to make another impact move. But for now, they're intrigued to see what a Chen, Feldman, Jason Hammel, Chris Tillman and Miguel Gonzalez rotation looks like. Make no mistake, it's no Tigers rotation, but it's pretty steady throughout. And the Orioles have filled that rotating-door back end of the rotation. And the timing of the move gives them a little bit of time to see that and still make another deal if needed.
As for Hammel, he was frustrated in his start Tuesday night, when he allowed two homers, including a two-run shot to Adam Dunn that put the game away in the seventh inning.
Hammel has allowed 18 homers this year, which is tied for second most in the majors, through 17 starts. His previous career high is 21 in 2011 in homer-happy Colorado in 32 games (27 starts).
Both of Chicago's homers off Hammel were on pitches up in the zone. But Hammel was more frustrated in a hit batter that fueled that inning. In his previous start, he hit a batter just before allowing a go-ahead homer to Cleveland's Jason Kipnis.
That was frustrating to Hammel because in both cases it was the difference between a solo homer and a two-run shot.
Still, Hammel has allowed 10 homers in his past six starts after allowing just eight in his first 11 outings, so he will have to correct that. Hammel's success lies in keeping the ball down in the zone with his two-seamer and getting ground-ball outs. The good thing is Hammel – who is rough on himself after outings – knows it is a problem.


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14.05.2018 - Successful financial year for Liechtenstein Post AG
(lpag) 'Liechtensteinische Post AG', the postal administration of Liechtenstein, has been able to present once again – after several difficult years – a successful financial result. Despite a decline in sales of 1.3%, various efficiency measures have resulted in a positive outcome of 2.23 million Swiss Francs. Risks that have burdened the company in the past years have now been eliminated. Other risks are essentially reduced to future changes in the postal environment.
Despite the good business results, the fundamental challenges remain unchanged. The areas of universal service are facing major challenges. The decline in sales in the strategically important mail business continued in the past year. Although this decline was partly offset by optimizing logistics and the almost unchanged turnover in philately, the situation remains difficult. The strong pressure on the market prices will not lead to any relief, even if the increasing gains in the parcel section are taken in account. Therefore, a further drop in sales is expected for the coming years. This development will have a negative impact on the future result.


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DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit automakers said on Wednesday they will not revert to practices like pushing consumer incentives to profit-eating levels even as they deal with oversupply on some key models.
Heading into the 2008-2009 downturn in the auto industry and the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler, U.S. automakers routinely overproduced in order to keep factories running and then piled on consumer incentives to prop up sales.
This was a money-losing proposition General Motors Co (GM.N), Ford Motor Co (F.N) and Chrysler Group LLC FIA.MI vow not to repeat.
While each of the three major U.S. domestic automakers has several models that are overstocked, most worrisome, analysts say, is the 139 days of supply at the end of November for pickup trucks at General Motors Co (GM.N).
The preferred level in the auto industry is to have about 80 days of supply for full-sized pickup trucks like GM's Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra.
Ford Motor Co has 89 days of supply for its industry sales leader F-Series pickup truck, which Erich Merkle, sales analyst with Ford, says is right where the automaker wants to be heading into December.
U.S. auto sales in December are often 20 percent higher than in November, and December is one of the best-selling months for pickup trucks as businesses purchase at the end of the year to reap tax advantages, all three Detroit automakers said on Wednesday.
When GM announced November U.S. sales on Monday, analysts expressed concern that GM would layer on incentives that lower the price for consumers while cutting profit for the automakers on pickup trucks, a major revenue and profit source.
According to Edmunds.com, November incentives on the Silverado were $4,610 per vehicle sold, compared with $4,533 for the Chrysler's RAM 1500 pickup truck and $4,166 for the F-150, the most popular F-Series pickup from Ford.
Mark Reuss, North American president for GM, did not detail the company's incentive plans for pickup trucks, but said he's pleased with the company's discipline in holding the line on incentives even though the Chevrolet Silverado has been the oldest truck on the market for the past three years.
"We're trying to run this on a longer-term basis than just matching (competition) in the market on a short-term basis," Reuss said Monday.
Analyst Jim Hall of 2953 Analytics said GM's pickup truck inventories are high, but it's because GM is making smart business decisions.
"The company's making a bet in a way that they would rather have the revenue right now," said Hall. "The bad old ways would have been high production, high stocks and high inventories. They've broken that equation."
Ford has changed its ways on layering on the incentives since it instituted a turnaround plan about five years ago, said Merkle.
"We have every intention of running our business in a very consistent fashion," he said. "We produce to demand and we're very consistent with our incentive spend."
Reid Bigland, head of U.S. sales for Chrysler and also chief of the Dodge brand, said his company also has become more disciplined when it comes to incentive spending.
GM is preparing for production of a new version of the Silverado in the second quarter of 2013, and is building up its stocks of pickups to smooth out any production launch problems.
"The last thing we want to do is get caught short of inventory in a growing market," said Jim Cain, GM spokesman. "Then, you are just handing sales to the competitors."
GM on Monday admitted its truck inventories were too high, and that it will miss its end-year target of having U.S. inventory of no more than 220,000 pickup trucks, or about 85 days of supply.
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My problem is the following: Every time I try to delete a file from my auto-mounted drive Nautilus freezes up. First I get the prompt-screen saying 'Cannot move file to trash, do you want to delete immediately?'. No matter what option I choose, Nautilus will freeze and stay frozen until I force it to quit.
I have no problem deleting files from my 'system' disk. And I tried deleting files on my mounted disk by using CLI and from Nautilus on an other computer over SSH, both methods work fine. It's just deleting that gives me problems. Copying, moving files around will work as it should.


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The Bluest Eye tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young African American girl immersed in poverty and made "ugly" by the American culture of the early 1940's that defines beauty in terms of such actors as Greta Garbo, Ginger Rogers, and Shirley Temple. Her mother beats and abuses her, and her father rapes and abandons her. Toni Morrison introduces the novel with a two-page parody of the Dick-and-Jane reader; the monotonous sentences of the reader repeat with increasing speed until the words run together. The parody is followed by a one-page interior monologue from the main narrator, Claudia MacTeer, who sets the scene for the four sections that make up the rest of the novel: "Autumn," "Winter," "Spring," and "Summer." The subsections are introduced by run-together lines from the Dick-and-Jane parody.
"Autumn" begins with Claudia MacTeer's bleak sketch of her own home and impoverishment and moves toward Pecola's brief stay with Claudia's family after Cholly, Pecola's father, burns the Breedlove home. While staying with the MacTeers, Pecola begins to menstruate and learns that she can now have a baby if some man loves her. "Autumn" ends with a sketch of three misanthropic "whores" who, unsentimentally, provide Pecola with the little warmth that she experiences.
"Winter," a shorter section of the novel, begins by sketching the face of Claudia and Frieda's father and then sketching his nakedness, which the daughters see accidentally. Because Mr. MacTeer's nakedness is nonthreatening, it leaves Claudia and Frieda more astonished than offended. In contrast, the section ends with Pecola's misery in the home of Louis and Geraldine, elitist African Americans who regard people such as Pecola as trash. Pecola has been lured into the home by their mean son, Junior, who promises to give Pecola a kitten. Once there, Junior, who is jealous of his mother's blue-eyed, black cat, throws the cat in Pecola's face and locks her in the room. When Junior discovers that Pecola likes the cat, he hurls the cat against the wall, leaving it unconscious when Geraldine arrives home. Junior blames the cat's near-death on Pecola, and Geraldine, enraged by Pecola's impoverished ugliness, calls Pecola a "black bitch" and tells her to get out.
"Spring," comprising almost a third of the novel, begins with Claudia's father beating up Mr. Henry, their roomer, for fondling Frieda, another scene contrasting the father-daughter relationship in the Breedlove family. Most of "Spring," however, focuses on flashbacks to the earlier lives of Mrs. Breedlove and Cholly. In Mrs. Breedlove's narration, she traces the loss of her romantic illusion and recollects the details of making love with Cholly in their youth. Her section ends shortly after her recollection of an orgasm. In Cholly Breedlove's narrative, Morrison avoids interior monologue but uses an external first-person perspective to reclaim Cholly's history in Georgia as an infant abandoned by his insane mother and reared by his Great Aunt Jimmy. Though Cholly's story includes his marriage to Mrs. Breedlove, the final sexual image refers not to her but to his rape of their daughter.
"Spring" concludes with the pregnant Pecola seeking out Soaphead Church to petition him for blue eyes. Soaphead affirms Pecola's desire to have blue eyes so that she will no longer be ugly. As Pecola's rite of passage, Soaphead tricks her into poisoning his landlady's dog, an animal that offends Soaphead's sensibilities. Concluding "Spring," Soaphead writes a letter to God on Pecola's behalf and then sleeps dreamlessly while Pecola drifts into madness and his landlady finds her poisoned dog.
"Summer," the shortest section of The Bluest Eye , is narrated by Claudia. She and her sister try to sell marigold seeds to earn a bicycle, and as they listen to neighborhood gossip, they piece together Pecola's story. Pecola is pregnant with Cholly's child....
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LEED Certification, and LEED in general has been a GREAT marketing tool. That said, should LEED be a requirement? Is LEED cost effective? Should LEED be modified?
The below letter clearly states that cost will INCREASE should the GSA move away from LEED? How can that be? What costs would increase? Is there no better way for GSA to meet sustainability requirement than via LEED?
Take a look at the letter and please post you comments.
July 25, 2012
Acting Administrator Daniel Tangherlini
U.S. General Services Administration
One Constitution Square
1275 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20417
Dear Acting Administrator Tangherlini,
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is to be commended for its leadership in improving energy and environmental performance across its federal building portfolio. The recently released sustainability and energy "scorecard" by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demonstrates just how successful GSA has been at reducing costs, improving efficiency and eliminating waste.
GSA earned the highest rating in all categories in the 2011 sustainability scorecard released from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
GSA reduced emissions from federal buildings more than 20 percent compared with 2008. That incredible reduction led all federal agencies.
GSA is ahead of schedule in reducing its potable water and electricity use.
These efforts are paying off in real terms. According to the OMB, investments in efficiency over the last four years are expected to save $18 billion in energy costs over the life of the projects.
In an effort to continue this success, GSA is evaluating the building rating tools at its disposal, as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. LEED is the most widely used high‐performance building rating system in the United States. The private sector uses LEED to both verify and communicate the quality of high performance buildings. If GSA, as the "landlord of the federal government," were to require or use something else, it would add cost to the building and leasing process across the building industry. We are not in favor of adding cost.
Again, we commend your agency for its success in reducing the operating cost and impact of the federal building stock. We support your continuation of the rating tool evaluation process and focus on the usability, market acceptance, and effectiveness of rating tools rather than distractions focused on a single issue.
Thank you for your consideration of our views.
106 Greenway
2 B Green Profitably
2M Design Consultants, Inc.
360 Architecture
4240 architecture
7group, LLC
Above and Beyond Energy
Abruña & Musgrave, Architects
Ackerstein Sustainability LLC
Acme Paper and Supply Co, Inc.
ActiveWest Builders
Adomatis Appraisal Service
Advanced Comfort Solutions, Inc.
Advanced Furniture Services
Advanced Home Energy Solutions
Aedis Ince
Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
AGR Consulting
AHA Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Ahold USA Retail
Airco Commercial Services, inc.
Airfresh Inc.
Alabama Green Building Solutions & SLS Construction
Alaska Thermal Imaging LLC
Albertin Vernon Architecture LLC
Albuquerque Old School
Alfandre Architecture, PC
Alicia Ravetto Architect PA
All Home & Energy Services LLC
Allcare Maintenance Services
Alliance Corporation
Alliance Environmental & Natural Systems Utilities, LLC
Alliance for Environmental Sustainability
Allied Construction Services LLC
Alpar Architectural Products
Alt Breeding Schwarz Architects
Alterna Corp.
Alternative Energy Systems
Alternative Solutions
AlturaSolutions Communications
Alvin E. Benike, Inc.
Alvin Holm AIA Architects
Balfour Beatty Construction
Banister Homes, Inc.
Bank of America
Barbara A. Campagna/Architecture + Planning PLLC
Barras Architects
Bath Engineering Corporation
Bay City Supply
Benefect Corp
Benefield Richters Company
Benson Woodworking Company, Inc.
Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects PC
Berner International Corp.
Better World Group
Big Ass Fans
Big-D Construction Corp
Big-D Signature
Biositu, LLC
Bird & Kamback Architects
Bird Group
BKM Construction LLC
Black United Fund of Illinois
Blackmon Rogers Architects LLC
Blue Camas Consulting Ltd.
Blue Marble LLC
Blue Moon Enterprises
Blue Sea Development Company, LLC
Blue Water Studio
Bluegill Energy
BlueGreen Alliance
Bluestone Building, LLC
BMI Mechanical, Inc.
BNP Media
Boone Gardiner Garden Center
Boreas Arquitectos
Bork Architectural Design, Inc.
Boston Global Investors
Boston Properties
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Brailsford & Dunlavey, Inc.
Brandywine Realty Trust
BRAZEN Architecture INC
BRC Acoustics & Audiovisual Design
Breedlove Land Planning, Inc.
Brewer Ingram Fuller Architects Inc.
Brewery Vivant
Cascadia Green Building Council
Cassidy Turley Commercial Real Estate Services
Catalyst Partners
Catherine Hall Designs, LLC
CBRE Commercial Real Estate Services
CCI Mechanical, Inc.
Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
Center for Sustainable Building Research
Cerama-Tech of Southern Nevada
Certified Building Analysis LLC
Chambersburg Waste Paper Co
Chapman Construction / Design
Chartier Redevelopment Group
Chatham County Commission
CHB Industries, Inc.
Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters
Chidester Engineering, PLLC
Choate Construction Company
Christie Development Services
Christine Ervin/Company
Chula Ross Sanchez
Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future
City of Atlanta, Office of Sustainability
City of Chicago
City of Cincinnati
City of Grand Rapids
City of Philadelphia
City of San Antonio, Office of Environmental Policy
City of San Francisco, Department of the Environment
City of Santa Barbara, Office of the County Architect
City of Santa Monica Green Building Program
City of Tempe
City of Winston-Salem, Office of Sustainability
Clark Nexsen, Architecture and Engineering
Clayco, Inc.
Clean Age, LLC
Clean Energy Coalition
Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority
Cleaning First Impressions
Clivus Multrum, Inc.
Clothing Matters
CMA Architects & Engineers LLP
Coastal Building Maintenance
Coastal Therapy
Coldwell Banker/Schneidmiller Realty
Dale Corporation
Dale Partners Architects P.A.
Davis Davis Architects
Davis Energy Group
DCP Marketing Services LLC
DECOLights, Inc
DeFeo Associates
Delaware Valley Green Building Council
Delphi Corporation
DERBIGUM Americas, Inc.
Desert Moon Productions, Inc.
Design AVEnues LLC
Development Center for Appropriate Technology
Development Management Associates, LLC
Devine Brothers Inc
Dewberry Architects Inc.
Diversified Design Group LLC
Diversified Energy Services
DJ Construction Co. Inc.
DNV Business Assurance
Dominican Republic Green Building Council
Donia & Associates, Inc.
Donnelley Energy Solutions
Doo Consulting, llc
Dore Property Ventures LLC
Dover, Kohl & Partners Town Planning
DPR Construction
Drawing Conclusions LLC
Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects
Drysdale Energy
Dunlap & Partners Engineers
Dunlop Development, Inc.
DVA Home Improvement, LLC
DVL Automation
E.W. Dunn
e2 Homes, Inc.
e3 Bank
E3 Building Sciences
E3 Regenesis Solutions, Inc.
e4, Inc.
EA Buildings
Early New England Home Designs
Energy Inspectors Corporation
Energy IQ
Energy Master & Environmental Solutions
Energy Matters
Energy Opportunities, Inc.
Energy Upgrade Services, Inc.
Energy Wise Solutions Inc
EnergyLogic Inc.
Enermodal Engineering
Engineered Representation, Inc.
Engineered Tax Services
Engineering Services
Ennead Architects, LLP
Enovative Group, Inc.
Enterprise Green Communities
Environamics, Inc.
Environmental Concepts Company
Environmental Dynamics, Inc.
Environmental Planning Associates
Envision Design
EnVision Realty Services
ES2, Inc
ETC Group
Ethos Sustainable Finishes
Everest Properties
Everyday Green
Evolution Partners Real Estate Advisors
Exact Solar
Excel Dryer Inc.
Exoterra | Architects+Consultants
Exp U.S. Services, Inc.
Facilities Design Group
Farr Associates
Faulhaber Engineering & Sustainability
FBG Service Corp.
Fergus Garber Young Architects
Ferrand ACS
Filmop USA
Final Air Balance Co., Inc.
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
First Community Housing, Inc.
Golangco Global
Goodwyn Mills Cawood
GR Planning
Gray Construction
Green Advantage, Inc.
Green and Profitable
Green Building Certification Institute
Green Building Consulting
Green Building Education and Services, LLC
Green Building Education Services
Green Building Pages
Green Building Services Inc.
Green Capital Advisers
Green Chapps, LLC
Green Dinosaur, Inc.
Green Earth PR Network
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Green Education Inc.
Green Energy Solutions
Green Hive Foundation
Green Ideas, Inc.
Green Innovative Design
Green Insight, LLC
Green Property Funds LLC
Green Schools Inc.
Green Seal, Inc.
Green Stone Consulting
Green Street Development Group
Green Street Properties
Green Works Corp.
Greenbank Associates
GreenCE, Inc.
GreenDream Enterprises
Greener Country
Greenhut Construction Company
GreenShape LLC
Group 70
Group Mackenzie Inc.
Group14 Engineering
Grundfos Pumps
Holder Construction Company
HOLOS Collaborative
Homage Design
Home Energy Group, LLC
Horizon Residential Energy Services Maine, LLC
HSB Architects & Engineers
Humann Building Solutions
Hunzinger Construction
Hutton Architecture Studio
HW Davis Construction, Inc.
Hyland Fisher – Architect
IBS Advisors, LLC
IceStone, LLC
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA
Imery & Co, LLC
Impact Infrastructure, LLC
In Balance Green Consulting
Incite Directives
Indoor Environmental Testing
Indra USA
Ingenuity LLC
Ingersoll Rand
Inner Space Consultants
Innovative Associates LLC
Innovative Design
Innovative Green Strategies, LLC
Innovink, LLC
InSites PLC
Institute for Market Transformation (IMT)
Institute for Supply Management
Institute for the Built Environment
Integral Group
Integrated Environmental Solutions LLC
Interior Directions
Interiors for Business, Inc.
Interiorscapes, Inc.
International Commissioning Engineers West, Inc.
Intex Solutions Inc.
Iowa-Des Moines Supply
Koch Hazard Architects
Kohler Co.
Komorous-Towey Architects
KONE Inc.
Krafft Cleaning Service, Inc.
Kramer+Marks Architects
Kristina Hahn Atelier
Kruger Bensen Ziemer Architects
Kruger Sustainability Group
Kulka KLC
Kupcha Marketing Services
kW Engineering
KYA Design Group
Lake Affect Design Studio
Lakemary Center
Landis Construction
Lane Transit District
Lapointe Architects
Larsen & Associates
Larson Binkley, Inc.
Larson Darby Group
Law Office of Paul Kaplan
Lawrence Environmental Group
LCA Arquitecta
LDa Architects LLP
LEAP, Inc. (Local Energy Alliance Program)
Leonardo Academy Inc.
Leopardo Companies
Lewis Alan Office Furniture, Inc.
LINAK U.S. Inc.
Little Consulting
Living Machine Systems, L3C
LoraxPro Software
LORD Green Real Estate Strategies, Inc.
LTLB Envirotecture
Lucas Tax + Energy
Lucile Glessner Design
Lunchbox Consulting Inc.
Luper Neidenthal & Logan
LWPB Architecture
M&E Engineers, Inc.
M. Landman Communications and Consulting
M.E. GROUP, Inc.
M3 Engineering Group PC
Macnet Global, Inc
Mobile Janitorial & Paper Co.
mode associates
Modus Architecture Collaborative
Moody Nolan
MOORE Consulting Engineers
Moore Nordell Kroeger Architects, Inc.
Morse & Cleaver Architects
Moseley Architects
Moshier Studio
Multivista IA
Musson General Contracting
N. Barton and Associates
Naomi Mermin Consulting
Nassau County
National Education Association
National Education Association,
Health Information Network
National Facility Solutions, LLC
National Life Group
National Organization of Minority Architects
National School Supply and Equipment Association
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Wildlife Federation
Native Geothermal LLC
Navarro Lowrey Inc.
NBC Solutions
Neighborhood Energy Connection
Neumann/Smith Architecture
Nevada ENERGY STAR Partners
New Axiom, LLC
New Horizons Group
New Leaf Systems, Inc.
New Story Solar
NewCom Real Estate Services, LLC
Newman Consulting Group, LLC
New-Tex Mechanical Reps, Inc.
Nexant, Inc.
Nisenson Consulting
NJ Carpenters Apprentice Training and
Educational Fund
North Shore LIJ Health System
Northbay Energy Services, Inc
Philip Rosenau Co., Inc.
Philips Electronics North America Corporation
Phillips & Bacon
Pieper Properties, Inc.
Pieri Architects
Pierson Land Works LLC
Pino Diaz Design Partnership
Pirtle Construction Company
PIVOT Architecture
PlanetReuse Marketplace powered by InvenQuery
Planning Resources Inc.
Plant Solutions, Inc.
Platinum Earth
Plumb architecture
Plumbers Local 1 Trade Education Fund
PNC Financial Services Group
Poole Fire Protection
Populus, LLC
PorterWorks, Inc
Posty Cards
Powers Home Design
Prairie State General contractors
Praxis, Building Solutions, LLC
Prendergast Laurel Architects
Primary Integration
Primera Engineers, Ltd.
Principal Real Estate Investors
Processes Unlimited International, Inc.
Professional Janitorial Services
Progressive AE
Project Coordinating Services, LLC
Project Resource Group, LLC
Prosser Architects
Protect Environmental
PURETI Inc.
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels
R/R Briggs Inc.
Raimi + Associates
Rand Construction Corporation
Re: Vision Architecture
Seabold Architectural Studio
Sears Gerbo Architecture
Seasonal Energy
Sebesta Blomberg & Associates
Sellen Construction
SEQUIL Systems, Inc.
SERA Architects
Service Employees International Union
ServiceMaster by Kleidosty
ServiceMax Cleaning Systems
Servicon Systems Inc.
Shaw Consulting Service
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
Sheridan Associates
Sherwin Williams Co.
Shive-Hattery, Inc.
Shorenstein Realty Services
Sieben Energy
Siemens Industry, Inc., Building Technologies Division
Sierra Club
Signature Systems of Florida
Simon & Associates, Inc.
Simply Sustainable LLC
Site Based Energy
Site Source, llc.
Site Story
Skipping Stone
SKS Investments
Sky Air llc.
SKYed, LLC
SMACNA of Southern Nevada
Smart Growth America
SMART Management Consulting, LLC
Smith Consulting Architects
Smithlogic, Inc
Sol Developments
Solamente Clay Walls, LLC
Solar Design Studio
Solaris LLC
Sustainable Energy Analytics
Sustainable Engineering Group LLC
Sustainable Furnishings Council
Sustainable Learning Systems LLC
Sustainable Options, LLC
Sustainable Performance Solutions LLC
Sustainable Solutions Corporation
Sustainable Solutions LLC
Sustainable Town Concepts
Sustainable Transitions US
Sustainably Built
Sustainably Verdant
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
Synergy Green Building Group, Inc.
Syntax Land Design, LLC
SystemWorks LLC
Taitem Engineering, PC
Talcott & Associates
Tax Analytics Group
TBD+ Architects
TBG Architects + Planners
TDC Pacific Properties
Team Plan, Inc.
Technical Group Services, Inc
Telemark, Inc.
Tellabs, Inc.
Tempo Partners
Terracon Consultants, Inc.
Terrapin / Bright Green, LLC
TerraScapes Environmental
Terrastructure Engineering Corporation
Terrazia PC
Teter, LLP
TexEnergy Solutions, Inc
The Agora Group
The Ashkin Group
The Boudreaux Group
The Brickman Group, Ltd.
The Community College of Baltimore County
The Dinerstein Companies
The EcoLogic Studio
The Energy Doctor
The Energy Studio Inc.
The Epsten Group, Inc.
UA Plumbers Local One Trade Education Fund
Unabridged Architecture
Uncommon LLC
Unico Systems
United States Gypsum
United Supply Group of Companies
University of California, Merced
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Louisiana, Lafayette School of Architecture & Design
University of Pennsylvania
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Urban Engineers, Inc.
Urban Fabrick Design
Urban Green Council
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UrbanBiology LLC
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USGBC Heart of Florida Chapter
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USGBC Indiana Chapter
USGBC Inland Empire Chapter
USGBC Iowa Chapter
Veliz Construction
Venue Solutions Group
Verdant HFC Sustainability Consulting
Verdi Workshop
Verdigris Group
Vermont Green Building Network
Vermont Heating & Ventilating Company Inc
Vertegy, an Alberici Enterprise
VERTEX Companies
Vetrazzo, LLC
Vidas Architecture, LLC
Village Builders VT
Vireo Design
Virgin Islands Energy Office
Virginia Beach City Public School
Visual Cue Thermal Imaging
Vital SPEC inc
Vornado Realty TrustW.S. Cumby, Inc.
Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
WARM Training Center
Waste Management
Watchman Consulting
Watkins Architect LTD
WAXIE Sanitary Supply
WCIT Architecture
Weber Thompson
Well Fed Savannah
Always Peachy Clean, Cleaning Services
Ambient Energy
American Architectural Foundation
American Federation of Teachers
American Ground Water Trust
American Lung Association
American Maintenance
American Paper and Supply Company
American Standard Brands
American Sustainable Business Council
Ames + Gough
Ampajen Solutions, LLC
Amvic Inc
AndersonPacific, LLC
Andersson Architecture + Design
Annadel Building Solutions LLC
Antony Stefan Architect, PLLC
Applied Aesthetics Painting Studio
Applied Green Consulting
Applied Solar Energy / SOLEX
Applied Solutions
Arcadia Studio
Architects Hawaii Ltd
Architects, Hanna Gabriel Wells
Architectural Fusion, LLC
Architectural Resources
Arcus Design Group
Armstrong Commercial Ceilings
ArtHaus, LLC
ASP Enterprises, Inc.
Assa Abloy Door Security Solutions
Association of American Geographers
Atelier Ten USA LLC
Atkin Olshin Schade Architects
Atlantic Energy Concepts
Atlantic Irrigation
Atlas Project Support
Autodesk, Inc.
Axiom Sustainable Consulting, LLC
Aye Partners LLC
Aztec Products, Inc.
B Lab
Bachmann Construction
Bridging The Gap
Bright Green Strategies, Inc.
BrightKey Inc.
BrightLine Construction, Inc.
Brightworks Sustainability Advisors
Brion Jeannette Architecture
Brodie & Associates PLLC
Brownstone's Green Services, Inc.
Brumbaugh & Associates
Brummitt Energy Associates, Inc.
Bruner/Cott & Associates
Building Green Generations
Building Ideas, LLC
Building Knowledge Inc.
BuildingGreen, Inc.
BuildingWise, LLC
Bullock Tice Associates, Inc.
Bunker Hill Community College
Bureau Veritas
Burgess Green Facililities Service
Burns & McDonnell Engineering
Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers
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BWZ Architects
Byrne Electrical Specialists
C.T. Haydock, Landscape Architecture, P.C.
C.W. Brown Inc.
Cadmus Group
Caesars Entertainment Corporation
Cagle Design, Inc.
CalAg LLC
Caldwell Constructors, Inc.
California Polytechnic State University
CALMAC Manufacturing Company
Cameron McCarthy Landscape Architecture & Planning
Campaign for Environmental Literacy
Campbell Coyle Holdings, LLC
Cannon Design
Carbon-Key LLC
Care Design Group, LLC
Career and Technology Education Centers
Carlson Studio Architecture
Carroll Construction
Collaborative Project Consulting
Colliers International
Columbia Forest Products
Columbus Property Management & Development, Inc
Commercial Flooring Distributors
Commissioning & Green Building Solutions, Inc
Commissioning WorCx
Community Design + Architecture
Community Environmental Council
Complete Resources Building & Repair Inc
Composite Wall Systems, LLC
Concept 22 Inc.
Connecticut Green Building Council
Conservation Services Group
Consilience LLC
Construction Specialties, Inc.
Contects LLC
Control Service Company, Inc
Control Technologies, Inc.
Controlled Air Inc
Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons
Cope Architecture Inc.
Corcoran Expositions, Inc.
Cornerstone Design
Corporate Floors Inc
Corporate Image Maintenance
Corporate Sustainability Communications
Corvarys Group
Costa and Rihl Mechanical Contractors
Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI)
County Line Nurseries, Inc
Courchesne and Associates inc.
Craig Kneeland Consulting
Creative Contractors Inc.
Critical Energy Solutions
CrossOver Recruiting
Crossville Incorporated
Crozier Architecture
Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc,
Cushman & Wakefield
Cx Associates, LLC
Cypress Creek Design Inc.
D. Gordon Consulting, Inc.
D.R. Wastchak, LLC
Earth Advantage, Inc
Earth Day New York, Inc.
Earth Design
Earth Ethics, Inc
EarthSTEPS, LLC
Eastern Air Balance Corporation
Eastham & Associates
Easy to be Green
EBS Consultants
Eco Fundraisers
Eco Interiors
EcoEnergy Consulting and Supply Corp.
EcoLogic Life
Ecos Materials and Services
Ecosmith Architecture + Consulting, LLC
Ecosouth Green Building Services
EcoTech International
EcoUrban Construction
Ecoworks Studio
EDC magazine
Edifice Rx
EEA Consulting Engineers
Efficient Energy Advisors, LLC
EHDD Architecture
elg Design
Elite Solar Services
Elizabeth Eason Architecture, LLC
Ellen S. Light, AIA
Emerald Cities Collaborative
EMerge Alliance
emersion DESIGN, LLC
Emmer Management Corp
Empower Design Studio
Encore Recycled Granite LLC
Energy & Environmental Solutions
Energy and Sustainable Design Consultants, Inc.
Energy Center of Wisconsin
Energy Coordinating Agency
Energy Efficient Services
Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc
Fisher Town Design, Inc.
Fitzmartin Consulting Company
Fletcher-Thompson, Inc.
Flintco, LLC
FM Solutions Inc.
Focal Point Communications, Inc
Foliage Design Systems
Forbo Flooring Systems
Forest Stewardship Council US
Forum Architects, LLC
Forward Thinking Consultants, LLC
Foundation Communities
Frederic H. Dean Architect
Frederick Ward Associates
Freedman Engineering Group
Freeman French Freeman, Inc
Fremont County BOCES
Freshwater Farms, LLC
Frontline Copy
Full Spectrum of New York LLC
Future Engineering & Management, P.C.
G2 Gordon + Gordon Architecture LLC
Gaia Development LLC
Garner Development Services
Garrett Smith Ltd
Gary E. Hanes & Associates, LLC
Gavo Communications
Generation 3 Development Company, Inc.
GHA/Geoffrey Holton and Associates
Gibbs, Giden, Locher, Turner, & Senet LLP
Gibson Landscape Services, LLC
Global Green USA
Global Platinum Sustainability Consultants, LLC
GMK Associates
Go Germ Free
Go Green Investments
Goby LLC
Goetz Printing Company
GoGreen Buildings
GSD Contracting LLC
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Guidon Design
Gulf Geoexchange & Consulting Services, Inc.
GWB Consulting, LLC
H Design Group
H2 Ecodesign
Habitat for Humanity of Ohio
Habitat for Humanity of Sacramento
Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area
Habitat Studio Architecture
Habitat Studios
Halcom Consulting LLC
Hampton Roads Green Building Council
Hannon Armstrong
Harley Ellis Deveraeux
Harvard University
Haworth, Inc.
Hawtin Jorgensen Architects
HD Supply Inc.
Healthy Building Network
Healthy Buildings Solutions, LLC
Healthy Schools Campaign
Heapy Engineering
Heffernan Holland Morgan Architecture, P.A.
Heinze Energy and Environmental Management
Helix Architecture + Design
Hellmuth + Bicknese Architects, L.L.C.
Hempfully Green
Henderson Engineers
Hepper Olson Architects
Herman Miller
Higgins Horticultural Services, LLC C
High Plains Architects
Historic Green
HITT Contracting Inc
HJKessler Associates
HKS Architects
HNTB Architecture
Hoboken Quality of Life Coaltion, Inc.
Ithaca College
J M Smith Corp
J T Turner Construction
J W Crouse, Inc.
Jackson Architecture & Consultancy Firm
JAG Engineering Services Inc.
James River Green Building Council
JB Architecture Group
JDM/Structural Engineering, PSC
JE Dunn Construction
Jean Terwilliger, AIA Architect
JEST Properties LLC
JLG Architects
JMPE Electrical Engineering
Joan Stigliano Interior Planning
Joe Janitor University
Joel Ann Todd Consulting
John D. Kelley, AIA Architect
John Hueber Homes
Johnson Controls Inc.
Jonathan Rose Companies
Jose Morla and Associates
Joslin Construction Consulting
K. Norman Berry Associates Architects
Kahler Slater Inc.
Kariher Daughtry Architects
Karpman Consulting
Kath Williams + Associates
KB Home
KD3 Design Studio, Inc
Keller Williams Realty/Boise
Keller Williams Realty/David Kelman
Kelley Green Consulting
Kelly Green Energy Raters, LLC
Kenerson Associates, Inc.
Kenneth Hahn Architects, Inc.
Kentucky Community and Technical College System
Kidder Mathews
Kirksey Architecture
KJWW Engineering Consultants
Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt
Knoxville Corrugated Box Company
Madison Environmental Group, LLC
MaGrann Associates
Mahogany Enterprises
Majora Carter Group
Manning Architects
Marion Construction Inc
Marsden Bldg Maintenance, LLC
Martin Riley
Mary Davidge Associates, Inc.
Mary Nolte Designs
Mascaro Construction Co LP
Masland Contract
Masters Building Solutions Inc.
Mathew Davis Landscape Architect, LLC
Maxxon Corporation
MBA Waste Enterprises LLC
MBD Community Housing Crop.
McCool Carlson Green Architects
McCownGordon Construction, LLC
McDonald Building Company, LLC
McKenney's, Inc.
McKenzie Engineering Co., Inc.
McKinley & Associates
McLelland Architecture
MCM Corp.
McWane, Inc.
Meadowlark Builders
Mechanical Contractors Inc
Mechanical Engineering Consultants
MEI Hotels Incorporated
Mercedes Corbell Design + Architecture
Mercovery Int llc
Meta Brunzema Architect PC
Meta-WEB LLC
Metropolitan Energy Center
Michael E Fowler Consulting Services
Micma Group LLC
Microgrid Energy
Miller Consulting Group, LLC
Miller Sellers Heroux Architects, Inc.
Mindswing Consulting
MinuteBids, Inc.
Miron Construction Co., Inc.
MJ Realty Service, PLLC
MMM Design Group.com
Northeast Collaborative Architects
Northeast Green Building Consulting LLC
Norwich University
Norwood Marble & Granite
Nuestra Tierra Realty/Vida Verde y Sustentable
O,R&L Inc.
Oasis Brands Inc
Oberlin College
O'Brien & Company
Office Furniture Dealers Alliance (OFDA)
Ohio Environmental Council
Okapi Architecture
Oklahoma State University – Oklahoma City
On Earth Energy Group LLC dba
On Point LLC
ONSITE Design LLC
Optima Engineering
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Peggy Fikac: Why would Texas rely on the lottery to fund a gap in veterans' services? Same reason it backed the lottery in the first place.
AUSTIN - Why would Texas rely on the lottery to fund a gap in veterans' services? Same reason it backed the lottery in the first place.
"I mean, the choice is they're either going to vote for a lottery or they're going to vote for a tax bill. And I think their inclination is to vote for the lottery," the late Ann Richards said in 1991, when she was governor and lawmakers faced a budget shortfall.
Today's lawmakers had a third choice on the Permanent Fund for Veterans' Assistance: Do nothing, leaving it nearly dry.
But they wanted to help bridge a gap for such services as counseling and transportation to medical facilities, despite no evident will to raise taxes. John Miterko of the Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations said, "Any legislator that goes before the people and says, 'I've got a great idea. Let's raise taxes' - after they burn his house down and shoot his dog. ..."
Lawmakers instead wanted creativity, so veterans pushed for Texas' first lottery ticket with revenue dedicated to something besides education. Veterans Cash scratch-off tickets, expected to raise some $9 million annually for services when fully operational, go on sale today, just ahead of Veterans Day.
State Senate Veterans Affairs and Military Installations Committee Chairwoman Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, a champion of the new ticket, said lawmakers funded other key veterans programs and wanted a way to fill the gaps.
"There are a lot of gaps (in veterans services). It seemed incredible to us that we've built basically billion-dollar sports complexes but we have homeless vets living under bridges."
The fund was created in 2007 and gets money through such means as gifts and grants, but the dollars haven't poured in. The VFW gave $10,000, but a $10,000 grant to the Kleberg County Veterans Service Office has left just a few thousand dollars available.
Kleberg County Veterans Service Officer Tomas R. Sanchez Jr. said his group transports veterans for medical care - mainly to a Corpus Christi VA clinic - with a van donated by the county and Kingsville. The first grant installment came during a week that the van broke down, and it paid for repairs. On an ongoing basis, the money will fund fuel and maintenance.
The veterans need the service, Sanchez emphasized.
"They're blind. They're deaf. They're confined to wheelchairs. They have no vehicles."
Such services, in a broad way, support veterans' dignity, Miterko said. Picture yourself as a veteran with disabilities, he said, having to ask for rides.
"You've given everything," he said, and yet, "You start feeling like a beggar. ... Restoring self- esteem is a real important benefit that will be coming out of this program as well."
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Cook the Book: Sweet Potato Sausage Stuffing
This Sweet Potato Sausage Stuffing from Lyniece North Talmadge's The Sweet Potato Lover's Cookbook is pretty incredible in that it combines three Thanksgiving sides into one—cornbread stuffing plus sausage stuffing plus mashed sweet potatoes. The combo is a savory-sweet-meaty-bready Thanksgiving explosion, ideal for stuffing the bird or as a dressing, cooked on its own. As a big fan of both cornbread and Italian sausage, I loved the way the porky, fennel-flecked sausage flavored the crumbly-sweet cornbread cubes, and the brightness from the orange zest and juice was just enough to add a bit of complimentary brightness to the mashed sweets.
Since stuffing is a forgiving medium, it's easy to throw in your own touches, and this recipe is ripe for personalization. Next time, I might add another pound of sausage since this really is a recipe for a crowd—and really, who wouldn't appreciate a few more sausage crumbles in their stuffing? Chopped fennel and even a sprinkling of fennel seeds would also work particularly well, complimenting the sweetness of the orange and sweet potatoes.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of The Sweet Potato Lover's Cookbook to give away this week.
Adapted from The Sweet Potato Lover's Cookbook by Lyniece North Talmadge. Copyright © 2010. Published by Cumberland House. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:10 to 12, enough stuffing for a 16- to 20-pound turkey
- 1 pound ground pork sausage
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 3 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 2 eggs, beaten
- Two 8-ounce packages corn bread stuffing mix
Preheat the oven to 350° and spray a large casserole dish with vegetable spray.
Brown the sausage in a skillet. Drain. Sauté the onion, celery, and green pepper in the same skillet until tender. Combine the sausage, vegetables, sweet potatoes, orange peel, and parsley in a large bowl. Add the chicken broth, orange juice, and eggs, blending well. Combine with the stuffing mix. Transfer the stuffing mix to the prepared dish. Bake for 1 hour.
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A few years into the most desperate struggle in the history of mankind, and with the conflict focused around the Mediterranean, the Pan Asian Coalition (PAC) seizes the chance to claim the undefended natural resources beneath the ice of mainland Europe. By the time the EU is aware of their presence, the enemy is firmly entrenched in the continent's harsh ice fields, among abandoned city ruins and soaring mountain peaks. Only fierce close-quarters infantry battles along claustrophobic city streets and narrow rocky passes will eject the PAC forces from their well-defended positions and push them back towards the sea.
Three new maps provide the setting for the Booster Pack. High up in the Alps the EU uses launch pods to assault a PAC Titan docking harbour in the map Port Bavaria. Bridge at Remagen, the scene for one of WWII's major battles, is once again the setting for intense battles as both sides fight to secure the bridge. Finally, night has fallen when the EU launches their assault on the city in the Liberation of Leipzig.
Battlefield 2142™: Northern Strike introduces two new vehicle types. The heavy IFV Goliath is a massive, slow-moving firing platform available to the EU. It is used to provide cover, as well as health and ammunition, to nearby infantry. The fast-moving hovering light IFV Hachimoto, available to the defending PAC only, is an efficient vehicle killer when staffed by a well coordinated pilot/gunner team.
With ten new unlocks and ten new awards, Battlefield 2142™: Northern Strike offers unprecedented persistence for a Booster Pack. The epic Titan mode introduced in Battlefield 2142™ is available on two maps, and for the first time in an urban setting. All maps also feature Conquest mode with the Conquest Assault Lines set-up, in which the attacking army now has to conquer all control points before taking the enemy's main base.


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This was the beginning of what would be a crazy 8 days. Actually a crazy couple of weeks. For the Stars Fashion House opened with a Gala befitting Hollywood's Old Glamour. Only with more Pizzazz, hotter women, and cooler Dudes !
I interviewed Jacob Meir, the Owner, and found that this Opening `For The Stars' is the culimnation to date of his 30 years in the business. Love Love swimwear would present a sexy line of Bond themed bikini's. And the Fashion show would also highligt Costumes by Rocky Gathercole and Xtina Milani. Some of the many Stars who have worn these designers costumes include Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry. The creativity of the Haute Couture Costume lines can be seen dailly in movies, on television, as well as in music Videos and advertsements around the globe.
Started by Jacob Meir with his For The Stars Shoes Boutique, the STARS Fashion House has become the hotbed in Hollywood circles for Celebs and Performers who need outrageous, and beautiful costumes. Jacob's life ambition has been to build the Brand into a global name, to embody what celebrities and performers need: Costumes, Shoes, Headpieces, Makeup, and Studio Space. He travels the world in search of inspiration and to find new and exciting designers.
Tonight would also serve as a preview up the upcoming Metropolitan Fashion Week, to be held in Pasadena, the following week. Designers such as Rocky Gathercole, Marika Suderlund-Robinson, and Sean Purucker, would also participate in MFW.
The night started off with people moving into For The Stars and of course everyone is always dazzled by the array of sparkly costumes, headpieces, and shoes adorning the walls. From the floor to the ceilings, there is something new and wild in every corner. The hair and makeup room was a gaggle of models and MUA's getting ready for the fashion show.
And awaiting outside were a bevy of beautiful people. The Bar was packed, the Champagne flowing. The Go-Go dancer high above the crowd was entranced in her own world. The fashion show started and beautiful girl after beautiful girl strolled up and down the runway in their Bikinis...Not your everyday bikinis mind you.
And I noticed, people kept on coming in...all night long. I wondered how were all these people fitting inside, and then I realized that they were spilling out to the outdoor lounge in back. Where hundreds more people were meshing in the Gala "Scene".
It was crazy. Crazy Fun. I can't believe I get paid to do this . And the audience has as many beautiful women (and men) as did the runway. I'd see a beautiful face, a beautiful dress, or a beautiful body and I had to shoot it. No sooner did I point my D700 one way, than someone else would catch my eye, or someone would tug on my shirt sleeve and ask for a picture. I was spinning all night long.
Frankly, there were so many beautiful people, dressed so gorgeously, that I could still be there taking pictures. The wild costumes by all the incredible designers speak for themselves. So without description, I will let the photos speak to them. I will add more photos in my BLOG and on my FACEBOOK Page ( Greg Autry Art & Photo ). So take a look please.
The next night will follow up with a Couture show at The Sunset Gower's Studio as part of LA Fashion Week, and then conclude in Pasadena, with Metropolitan Fashion Week the following weekend.
I'll also follow up with individual stories on some of the designers, and models, with a special look at some of Rocky Gathercole's private costumes, as modeled exclusively for me by International Russian Supermodel, Playboy Playmate, and my friend, Irina Voronina. Now let your eyes wander on down the page for more beauty, and lots of sizzle.
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Remember all the way back, 14 days back, to the June 8 statewide primary elections? Did you think that those races for governor and senate and various ballot initiatives were a big deal?
Think again. The June 8 election might not even be the most important California campaign of this month.
Today in the 15th State Senate District along California's Central Coast, voters go to the polls to choose a state senator in a wide-open special election. Two high-profile legislators (high profile at least by the diminished standards that prevail in a state in which most voters are checked out), Democrat John Laird, a former Assemblyman, and Republican Sam Blakeslee, a current Assemblyman, are running to replace Republican Abel Maldonado, who vacated the seat to become California's lieutenant governor.
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Who cares? You should, for two reasons.
First, in a California full of legislative districts that are safely in the hands of one party or the other, this is a rare competitive seat. The outcome in the 15th may give a preview of which party does better in the fall. That's why labor and business groups are throwing big money into the race.
Second, if the Democrats win and pick up the seat, they will have 26 seats in the 40-seat state senate -- that's only one vote shy of the all-important supermajority of 27, or 2/3 of the seats. Since Democrats stand a good chance of picking up another seat in November's elections, a victory Tuesday could reshape budget politics in this state.
California is the only state in the U.S. that requires a two-thirds vote to pass budget bills and to raise taxes. But since the majority party doesn't have a supermajority, each budget negotiation resembles a hostage-taking, with the minority Republicans using its ability to block the budget to demand costly concessions from the majority Democrats. If the Democrats get a supermajority, that hostage taking would likely end, at least in the Senate, where Democrats could pass a budget without Republican votes.
Having that kind of power also would put more pressure on Democrats, and perhaps make them more responsible about spending. Under the supermajority rules, Democrats find it easier to be irresponsible, since they never fuly own a budget and can blame Republicans, who eventually have to put up votes for a budget to pass, for anything that goes wrong. In this way, the supermajority allows Democrats and Republicans to escape being fully accountable for the budget.