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United Rentals, the world's largest rental equipment provider headquartered in Stamford, has agreed to pay $780 million to acquire National Pump, a privately-owned business that is the second-largest specialty pump rental company in North America.
The deal, which will include cash and $15 million in restricted stock, will enable United Rentals to move into pump rentals, a high-margin business which primarily serves the oil, gas and petrochemical industries but is also used in commercial and utilities construction.
National Pump, a Beaumont, Texas-based firm consisting of four companies with about 300 employees in the U.S. and Canada, had revenue of $211 million over the last 12 months ending in February. United Rentals said the acquisition of National Pump is part of its strategy to expand its specialty businesses.
"The company has the right scale to have an impact on our business and be a platform for growth," said Michael Kneeland, president and CEO of United Rentals, during an investor conference call Monday.
Kneeland said United Rentals intends to double the size of National Pump's business in five years, with the majority of growth to come from end markets outside of the oil and gas sector. Currently, half of National Pump's revenue is generated from upstream oil and gas customers.
Founded in 1997, United Rentals rents equipment such as compressors and various types of lifts to construction and industrial companies as well as to utilities, municipalities, government agencies and independent contractors. Last year, the company had $4.96 billion in revenue and $387 million in profit.
United Rentals said it expects to finalize the acquisition in the early second quarter of 2014. The company boosted its earnings outlook, projecting 2014 revenue in the range of $5.45 billion to $5.65 billion, up from a range of $5.25 billion to $5.45 billion the company estimated in January.
In June 2013, United Rentals moved its corporate offices from Greenwich to a 47,000-square-foot space at 100 First Stamford Place, a commercial property owned by Empire State Realty Trust, formerly known as Malkin Properties.
The company's Stamford headquarters has 82 employees. In addition, the company boasts more than 830 customer service locations in the U.S. and Canada staffed by approximately 11,850 employees.
Along with the building's proximity to the train station, United Rentals official cited having a larger space-double that of its space in Greenwich-as one of the reasons for the move.
"The space allows us to grow," Fred Bratman, senior vice president, investor relations, said on Monday.
However, Bratman said the purchase of National Pump, which will still be based in Beaumont, Texas, should not impact the company's operations in Stamford.
"This is an asset we haven't really rented before," he said. "Part of our growth is to find assets that are financially attractive but also are assets that our customers need and want, and National Pump fills that need."
Shares of United Rentals, traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "URI," rose 3.8 percent to $91.82 on Monday.
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The Hogwarts kitchens is a room located in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The kitchen is located directly under the Great Hall, down the staircase leading to the Hufflepuff Basement[1]
In the corridor outside, one will find a painting of a bowl of fruit; one such fruit is a pear. If one tickles the pear, it will squirm, laugh, and then transform into a green door-knob. Hence revealing the doorway, one can open the door and enter.[1]
The kitchen is a gigantic, high-ceilinged room with five tables identical to the ones in the Great Hall above; they are also in the exact same position. There are large quantities of pots and pans heaped around the stone walls, presumably on counter-tops or stoves, and a large brick fireplace at the other end of the hall from the door.
All of the meals served at Hogwarts are prepared in the kitchen by the Hogwarts house-elves. The five tables in the kitchen were magically linked to the tables in the Great Hall, and dishes placed upon the tables would be transported to their counterparts in the Great Hall.
During the Triwizard Tournament there were a few changes made to the kitchen system. The addition of the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students demanded a greater variety of dishes to better suit foreign tastes. In addition, during the Yule Ball, dining was accomplished through guests selecting their meal choices through menus.
Medieval historyEdit
Helga Hufflepuff brought the house-elves in to work so that they could avoid being abused[3]; she also created many of the recipes used to this day at Hogwarts[4].
In 1992, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore decided, upon the rescue of Ginny Weasley from the Chamber of Secrets, that the students of Hogwarts needed a feast. Hence, he sent Minerva McGonagall to the kitchens to persuade the house-elves to hold such a banquet. Two years later, Hermione Granger discovered the kitchens, and although initially she attempted to convince the house-elves employed there to accept pay and holidays. Upon seeing Dobby, she instead brought her friends Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley to visit Dobby. The next year, Fred and George Weasley brought tons of snacks from the kitchens to the Gryffindor Common Room after the Gryffindor Quidditch team won the cup. The rest of the House were amazed at this accomplishment.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ An interview with J. K. Rowling
- ↑ Pottermore

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"Kung Fu Panda 2" added another $48 million to the mix, and the fourth installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean" brought in the booty with a staggering $39 million.
Not a bad weekend for sequels, overall.
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Likewise, Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," which debuted last weekend with limited release, grossed $1.9 million as it upsized to 58 more theaters across the country.
And, lest we forget, "Bridesmaids" is still raking in viewers—the comedy staring Kirsten Wiig is expected to earn at least $4 million on Memorial Day, totaling the film's earnings to an impressive $89.4 million.
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In early writings about the Transition movement, one of the guidelines was to "Let it go where it needs to go." Don't attempt to control the growth of your budding initiative or local group. Allow it to develop -- "organically" if you will -- however it needs to. Given the unique dynamic between individuals on our initiating core teams, given the particular issues in our local communities, given the preexisting status of transition-oriented activity around us, what needs to happen next in one localle has been quite different from what needs to happen next in another.
I've already written about the early development of Transition activity here in the greater L.A. area. (part I, part II) At this point in time, our city hub is a little over 2.5 years old. Next month will mark 3 years since the initial public gathering when we first began using the word "Transition" for what we have been doing in the initiating group since 2005.
In these three years, Transition action in L.A. has grown from one active local group with a pretty little food garden, to a city hub (TLA) plus eight-going-on-eleven active local groups holding public meetings under the banner of the Transition movement.
More about TLA structure (word docx); TLA map circa Dec 2008; TLA map today
Here in L.A. "Let it go where it needs to go" has meant that working groups pop up where they need to, operate for a while so long as there is participant interest, and then organically evolve into whatever they need to become next. We have discovered that working groups, rather than being plugged into some predesignated place on the org chart, work best when they are allowed to form spontaneously from groups of interested individuals.
Right now we have some topic-focused working groups at the local group level. For instance Transition Mar Vista/Venice has a strong interest in sustainable health care. Thus they are creating events and gatherings around that topic. They offer Community Wellness Mondays which are gatherings of local alternative medicine practitioners. They have published articles on sustainable health care in regional magazines. They host visitng speakers from various alt med modalities.
Designations of "hub" versus "local" seem to blur when we consider the Inner Transition working group. Its core people are from two adjoining local groups, so is this geography-based or city-hub-based? (Since we don't run a formal org chart, we don't worry about it.) They host events together, alternate sites for meetings, and bring in wisdom speakers. They also do quite a lot of outreach into "faith based activism" groups and the broader interfaith communities.
The Transition Enterprise working group grew out of a gathering which was thrown open to area-wide participation. Thus one could say that on an org chart the Transition Enterprise working group is a "city hub level" working group. This group is exploring the concept of what business and/or social enterprise might be like within a Transition context.
At the city hub we maintain a Speaker's Bureau -- in a way this team is an "Outreach" working group at the hub level. There is also a "subcommittee" of people who field media requests ("Media" working group).
Recently some new participants expressed interest in forming a legal committee focused on preventing legislative roadblocks to the path of Transition. Since they are from diverse geographies, perhaps this is a city hub level working group.
Another important team/subcommittee/"working group" at the city hub level is the Crosspollinators. These are individuals who attend the meetings of multiple local groups, crosspollinating ideas. They carry ideas from one group to the next and help knit the relationships between the various sites. This job evolved years ago when the area was first starting several local groups and we had one person who liked to attend many if not all of the meetings. This proved to be very useful, so we have tried to continue the practice, giving it a title and welcoming the Crosspollinators to core team meetings for feedback on what they have experienced.
The local groups each seem to have their own unique spirit/vibe/atmosphere. Transition Mar Vista/Venice, with their emphasis on healing arts and Inner Transition, tends to be warm and nurturing. NELA (Northeast LA) is demonstrating more artistic tendencies. Westchester does a lot with food and gardens. Transition South Bay LA works with and co-hosts events with many other local activist groups in a coalition style. Transition Culver City (located in a small city nestled within the folds of L.A.) has a strong interest in working with local government. The Inglewood group is working with a school. Transition Culver City seems to be forming an interest in watershed, while the geographically-flat Transition South Bay LA area has offered several events on the topic of bicycling.
Two of our local groups, Transition San Fernando Valley and WATIF (Whittier) have formed local time banks. The NELA group works closely with a time banking group which somewhat overlaps with the Transition group but not exactly. A time bank was formed in the Transition Mar Vista/Venice and Transition Culver City geography by an individual who came from outside the Transition group. Transition members joined and use it although the time bank itself isn't "run by" the Transition group. By contrast, Transition San Fernando Valley uses the time bank they created to run all their Transition operations, including reskilling workshops and more. In the Westchester area, a LETSystem was created 1.5 years ago, it operated for a short while, then died a slow death from lack of cheerleaders dedicated to that specific cause.
Other projects at local levels: nearly every local group is involved in some sort of food gardening project. Three local groups have active food redistribution programs. Spin-offs from the Transition Mar Vista/Venice garden have included a Seed Library.
We're just getting started on the EDAP for L.A. so that will soon become a big project at the city hub level.
One of the initial "projects" -- if you want to call it that -- of our city hub has been mentoring new local groups. To this end, we now have designated volunteers who can take new local initiators under their wing and answer questions, help troubleshoot, and share experiences and what worked/didn't work from the varied history of the local groups we have thus far.
The Whittier group is mentoring budding activities in not-so-nearby Pomona, yet since Whittier is the closest active local group to Pomona, they have taken it on. Transition South Bay LA splits events between two sites which are miles from each other. Thus they are helping to grow pockets of Transition action in both the Beach Cities/Manhattan/Redondo/Hermosa area and the Palos Verdes area.
Both Transition South Bay LA and Transition San Fernando Valley operate within enormous territory/geography. Each of these Transition groups go forward with the ongoing understanding that they will one day be more like hubs themselves with subgroups within the various neighborhoods of their current territory. Yet for now it works for them to be a gathering place for like-minded people, some of whom have to drive distances to meet with each other.
Additionally, as a "regional" network of hub and multiple local groups, we're trying to become more aware of what other groups are doing, with the realization that we don't have to do it all. Plenty is already underway. Our networking efforts strive to bring triple-crisis awareness into other groups so that we can work in partnership rather than duplicating the work.
The TLA city hub coordinates communication between the local groups. The city hub has a core team -- about 25 people from among those who are actively involved in leading a local Transition group. They're together on a GoogleGroup and from this virtual communication they coordinate events, arrange to fill requests from outside groups for Transition speakers, and handle other city hub tasks. Representatives from this core group (it has never been the full group of 25) get together at monthly leadership meetings. There they touch base about what is going on in local pods, troubleshoot leadership issues, and give each other encouragement and support.
The city hub core team recently set aside a whole day for a TLA Retreat to reflect on our future direction. The 30+ attendees throughout the day included core team members and representatives from nearby non-L.A. groups.
In seven of our eight active local groups there is some semblance of a core team / steering group. In most cases the local core team meets regularly to strategize group direction.
The Westchester group, where all this Transition action began almost 6 years ago, doesn't technically have a core team. Since that's my home turf, I used to worry about that a lot.
Event and project ideas in the Westchester area of L.A. are spearheadded by one of three people and from there we find volunteers to staff it and make things happen. Periodic efforts to gather more Westchester leaders have thus far failed -- we've held "leadership meetings" hoping to draw Westchester faces, which resulted in no-shows or in people coming from other areas to gain coaching in how to start a new group in their local geography. From Westchester residents we seem to get participants and project leaders but not core group leaders.
But a few months ago I came to peace with this. Westchester is doing a lot -- it merely isn't following the same track that the other areas seem to be. Westchester is project-based. There are lots of different projects going on here. Christine B and her informal team run one community garden with weekly workdays. Christine T and her larger team are building a second, 1 acre garden which will have public plots and a school garden. Christine B, Peter and Margie run a local harvest redistribution program which collects excess backyard fruit. There have been art and drum series. John and I offer ongoing vegetable gardening classes. Peter offers a great site where the city hub often hosts events. We do group purchasing periodically throughout the year. Peter hosts an Inner Transition series once a quarter or so. We seem to have plenty of participants and attendees; we have plenty of name recognition and our presence is known to all the local politicians and activists.
In a way, Westchester kind of has a "core team" -- all the people who lead all the different projects. They just don't gather together for "core team meetings"! Plenty is happening, thus "Let it go where it needs to go" would logically dictate: It's okay. Give it time. The core team part will come along when it's right. Meanwhile isn't it funny that a group can be so successful when it has backed into all of this, in a fashion so different from the "typical" Transition model?
There seem to be many ways to get Transition-type action started. The Transition US and Transition Network models describe some of the more common ways. But through the wide variety that makes up "Transition in L.A." it is clear there are as many ways to approach this Great Turning process as there are groups that are doing it.
Joanne Poyourow is widely regarded as the initiator of Transition action in Los Angeles. She co-founded the Environmental Change-Makers community group, which became the initiating group for the Transition Los Angeles city hub. Joanne continues to keep her fingers (and wrists and elbows and shoulders...) in the pie as the TLA city hub grows. Joanne's recent projects have included a white paper on "Economic Resilience: What We Can Do in our local communities." An index to the online portions of "Economic Resilience" is here.


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Personal goal setting is one of those activities that people take for granted. Some people live their lives without any objective. They run around the field, going in every direction, until they somehow hit the big bull's eye of life. However, people need to be reminded that the chances of this happening are quite slim. When you do hit a target you do not know about, the chances are, you won't even see it. You will just go on, day after day, seeking something you know nothing about.
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2) Financial - some people set personal goals based on monetary wealth. People who go with this type of personal goal setting often do everything they can to reach their target amount at their targeted age. These people often learn all they can about business and work very hard to make their dreams come true.
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After being around AO for quite some time I have started to see alot of questions which keep creeping back up time and time again. This isn't at all strange as many of the original threads have been pushed of the main screens long before some of the new sign-ups ask the questions.....now some may say that they should have searched the forums first before posting but that doesn't always work as am sure anyone who has searched for a particualar post will now
So I thought I would put together a quick list of the most asked questions at AO and hopefully a lil info about them so that instead of trawling the search pages a quick glance in this thread could answer alot of the FAQ's
Yes I know AO has its on FAQ but that is purely site related where as I am refering to actual questions asked by people in threads - read some of the questions you'll get the idea!
Ok so on with the questions.....
1: I've lost my password how can I get it back?
- Ok this type of question is normally viewed as a thin veil to cover someone looking to access something that doesn't belong to them. But from time to time these questions can be valid. Am sure everyone at some time has lost their password for something. First thing to do is to contact the company say for example its Hotmail. Next to the sign up area they have a link just for people who can't remember their passwords. Answer some questions that you provided the answer for when you signed up and voila you can once again access your emails.
But what about if its not something like hotmail? What if its a .zip archive that you have password protected. Well do a search for the answer
google - (zip password recovery)
a quick search turns up about 111,000 results for password recovery tools. This is the same for most mainstream products. But what about smaller products? they may not have tools speacily designed to retrieve passwords from them....well you could try a brute force attack.....this is where a proggie sends thousands of different combinations of letters numbers and special characters until it comes across the right combination which is your password.
This however may take a long time to complate depending how strong your password is. So why not get in touch with the company that makes the product? Usualy something like firstname.lastname@example.com they may be able to help you retrieve your forgotten password.
some examples of this sort of question
2: I think I've been hacked!!!!
- This happens alot - i think it is mostly due to the fact that people writing these posts (99%) of the time are a lil paniced and dont think to search for similar posts but just come on and ask about it on boards. But most of the time not enough info is provided....if you are going to ask this type of question always remember some key points:
- Why do you think you have been hacked?
- What defences do you have? (firewall, AVP etc)
- What type of connection do you have?
- Is your ip dynamic (dial-up...in most cases) static (cable...once again inmost cases)
- What operating system are you running?
- What ports are open?
- What steps have you taken to stop the attacks?
Now there isn't really one answer that can be given for this type of question so I can't include it here but before posting please check tonybradley's tut.....
3: What are antipoints?
- As seen recently the ap system is subject to change the same as any toher part of the site so any specifics given about them may change as time goes on...and prolly will so heres a brief over view taken from [url=http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=235123]Ennis's Antionline member FAQ[/quote]
some examples of this sort of questionAntiPoints Explained by allenb1963
Q: Once I'm able to assign AntiPoints, how do I do it?
A: Each post has an "Assign Positive or Negative AntiPoints to This Post" link located in the upper left corner of the post which opens an assignment box. AntiPoints of a positive nature should only be assigned to posts that are worthy in that they provide a correct answer to a question, provide useful and relavent information, or make a valid point that you STRONGLY agree with. Negative AntiPoints are used for posts that provide misleading information, request information that can be used for illegal purposes, are derogatory or insulting in nature, or make a point that you STRONGLY disagree with.
As you rise through the ranks of AO and increase your number of AntiPoints, the impact of your assignments increases as well. As that influence grows, so should the sense of responsibility you use to assign those points. Forming alliances in order to enhance your position or defile someone else's AP status is a practice that is frowned upon and dealt with severely when discovered. You are strongly urged to avoid such behaviour.
When you assign points, you will notice an area where you are allowed to put in comments. Please attempt to use this area in a constructive manner and refrain from name calling and profanity. There will be cases where you may receive comments of this nature, but please remember that the bad behaviour of others does not excuse us from acting in a civilized manner.
4: When can I....(upload own av/post in addicts forum)
- These types of things are dependant upon member status and are covered in the site FAQ's
I forget the exact number of posts needed for each thing and I have a feeling these have changed since I started out....for example as far as I remember you needed 45 posts to ulpload your own custom av but i think that has now been reduced to 10 - best bet is to check actual site FAQ's as posts made on this subject or anything else that is directly related to the site as from time to time the site may change and these may be amended as well making the information in the posts inaccurate.
5: *** Several questions answered ***
- While searching thro for more examples of commonly asked questions I came across this post by Alcatraz
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hehe saves me a bit of typing answering them again....so as you can see even us more senior members may miss old posts that are similiar to ones we are writing.Whats the best firewall?
Where can I get a tutorial for...?
How do I hack hotmail/yahoo/school server?
Whats the best operating system?
Where can I learn about hacking?
Whats the best browser?
What programming languages should I learn?
6: Is p2p software / downloading software safe?
- ok first things to ask yourself are
- Do you have a virus checker?
- Is it up-to-date?
- Do you trust the download source?
if the answer to any of them are no then its prolly not....but it depends upon what your downloading. Most peoples fear of downloading arrises from the fear of being infected with a virus. Now if your only downloading .jpg .mp3 .txt etc then you aren't at risk but if your downloading files with .exe .bat .com type extensions then they could def contain virii
remember to check everything with an up-to-date virus checker (avp) by up-to-date i mean ensure that you have downloaded the lastest updates from the avp's website...if you can run the prog first on a test machine to see if it causes any probs - this is not a fool proof way as some virii can lay dormant for ages before awakening to wreak havoc.
But no matter how protected you think you are always ensure to make backups of all important information just in case. I think i summed it up best in my quicktip
7: How do I hack [insert webmail company here]?If you are unsure of a prog test it with an up-to-date virus checker. If your sure of a prog test it with an up-to-date virus checker.
- /me shakes head....right just get out :P
ok thats the first ones i can think off but will add more as i remember some more of the questions..


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One of New Zealand's best-known commercial construction firms, Mainzeal, placed its operating business in receivership as a combination of leaky homes suits and a botched supply chain from China combined to take the company down.
In a dramatic afternoon on New Zealand's national day, Waitangi Day, Mainzeal Property and Construction (MPC) was placed in the hands of receivers at the accounting firm, PwC.
At the same time, the former Prime Minister Dame Jenny Shipley, former head of Brierley Investments Paul Collins and a Tauranga businessman, Clive Tilby, resigned from the board of Mainzeal Group, which owns MPC, which they had already left last December.
The joint statement said all three had resigned from MPC last December at the request of Richard Yan, the ultimate shareholder in Mainzeal and a celebrated Auckland business leader who came to New Zealand from China in 1981 for tertiary education and stayed while building business links back to China.
Yan is chairman of the Richina group of companies based in Auckland and Shanghai, and spoke at the launch of the government's China trade strategy in Auckland last year.
BusinessDesk understands the receivership is over the failure to make a $1.8 million payment on an outstanding $20 million credit facility, and that this was the last straw in a string of difficulties the company had faced in recent years.
MPC had been emerging from the aftermath of a multi-million leaky building suit involving Hobson Towers, a two-tower, 97-unit block in Hobson St, Auckland.
More recently, it's understood MPC had been caught in supply chain difficulties involving the New Zealand arm of the King Façade Decoration Engineering Co, a Shenzhen-based company supplying product to the New Zealand market.
Yan's company, Richina, was in a joint venture with King Façade to supply Mainzeal with product, according to King Façade's New Zealand website.
Mainzeal is a well-known New Zealand construction company, and a major player in the Christchurch post-quake rebuild.
In a statement, receivers PwC said Yan had advised them that MPC had suffered "a series of events that adversely affected the company's position, coupled with a general decline in commercial construction activity."
Shipley, Collins and Tilby said in a statement that MPC had been "meeting its obligations as they fell due and had facilities with its bankers that enabled it to continue to operate."
"We agreed to accept the role of directors Mainzeal Group Ltd based on the undertakings and assurances given by the shareholder (Yan) at the time. Sadly, these have now changed, which have led to our resignations."
The company had been "working towards a positive cashflow and profitability in 2013."
Insurance group Vero, which uses Mainzeal as a major partner in the commercial reconstruction of Christchurch, said it had "not been using Mainzeal for any domestic projects."
"They have been involved in a small number of our commercial reinstatements. We will continue to work closely with our customers to ensure their progress is not impacted.
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Mainzeal's website shows it had been reacting to the lack of demand for commercial construction by moving into construction of affordable housing projects, which has emerged as a key political issue in 2013.
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1. Liverpool convincingly dealt with Man Utd yesterday and Dirk Kuyt will never, ever score an easier hat-trick. It was very surprising to see Fergie start with Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick in central midfield – recent history has normally seen him go with three in the middle in big matches in an attempt to gain control and stop the opposition playing.
Neither Scholes nor Carrick are particularly energetic or mobile in the way Darren Fletcher is, but with the Scotsman left on the bench after his shift against Chelsea (he can only do one big game a week) it meant United were unable to gain a foothold on the game.
As you can see in the Chalkboards below, between them they won only one tackle and the likes of Meireles would consistently run or pass around them.
The decision to give Carrick a new contract during the week was greeted with some derision but at the same time I don't think Ferguson considers him a first choice player. He's not bad against weaker sides and he has long been found out against the best – playing him yesterday was more out of necessity than want.
Still, with his continued mediocrity, Scholes' potential retirement, Fletcher's one game a week effectiveness and Hargreaves and Anderson's consistent injury problems, Man Utd's midfield will certainly need some work in the summer.
2. Yesterday's match could have easily seen two red cards, and probably should have. Carragher went in high on Nani and created quite the wound (see below) while Rafael was similarly lucky to stay on the pitch following his wild lunge on Lucas. There is something to be said for a referee to take into account the situation and the context, but really Phil Dowd made errors in giving both players just a yellow.
Interestingly, Rafael is developing quite a reputation as someone who may not have the temperament (or indeed the positional sense) to go with his natural talent.
A red card would have meant his third in under a year, while he was nowhere near where he should have been when Suarez tip-toed through the United defence for the opener.
Recently Ferguson has seemed to prefer someone more dependable in tough matches, with Rafael being omitted against Man City, Chelsea and Marseilles. It will intriguing to see when the Brazilian next plays again, I imagine he might find himself out of the team for a few weeks.
3. In the context of yesterday's result, it is difficult to say whether Arsenal's draw against Sunderland is a point gained or more likely two points dropped.
Wenger's team have struggled in recent seasons against Sunderland having won only one of the last six games, so it was always going to be tricky without out several players and against one of the best defences outside the top five.
Wenger had a similar problem to Fergie in that first choice midfielders weren't available so he was forced to play Denilson and Diaby alongside Wilshere. They can usually get away with one of those in the team but having to play both meant it was one of those days where the team struggled to get going, Wilshere unable to do all the tempo setting himself.
Sunderland were lucky to get away with Bramble clearly fouling Arshavin in the box and a goal incorrectly ruled out for offside but having said that they also had their moments and drew a couple of very smart stops out of Szczesny.
I would think that once Aaron Ramsey has a bit more fitness under his belt, he will swiftly move ahead of Denilson and Diaby in the pecking order. He might not have the same experience but he makes things happen, and in a game like Saturday's and indeed for the run in, that could be priceless.
4. Momentum at this stage of the season is key so it's fascinating to see who is making a move at the bottom end of the table.
Just nine points separate ninth place Newcastle from bottom placed Wigan but realistically it's looking like everyone from Blackburn downwards are the ones who should be worried.
Things are swiftly grouping together for a climatic last few games and as the old cliché goes, a couple of wins and "you're right back in the mix" (© every pundit going).
I'm willing to condemn Wigan already to be honest, they're tough to beat but they don't win many either. As I've written here many times before, draws can be rather useless at times and a team like Blackpool who either win or lose has a far better shot and getting the points needed to stay up.
5. Of the teams not in that bottom group, Stoke are looking a little vulnerable. They've won just one of their last seven and still have to play four of the top five. They seem to have a slightly resigned air about them at the moment – certainly away from home where they've lost their last six (and not even scored in the last five).
The earlier point about momentum is key – they face Newcastle, Spurs and Chelsea next. Fail to win the first one and you could be looking at mid-April before they are favourites in a match, by which time they could be in a much more serious position.
I do think they should be ok, given the cushion they have, but it wouldn't at all be surprising to see them need something against Wigan on the last day.
6. Jermain Defoe has only just scored his first league goals in a year. If he fulfils Harry Redknapp's wish and gets to ten by the end of the season, then it will go a long way to ensuring Spurs finish in the top four again. As it is, the lack of a striker in double figures for 2010/11 may be what costs them. Van der Vaart's ten goals should complement not lead.
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'American Idol' Top 6: Rock this country
Wednesday, American Idol was a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll.
'Cause the first thing a show that desperately wants to win back younger viewers needs to do is reference Donny and Marie Osmond.
Even judge Jennifer Lopez knows it's a down year for Idol: "I haven't got a lot of goosies this season," she told Sam Woolf after his performance of Imagine Dragons' It's Time (which gave them to her).
How bad is it? The show's now relying on guest appearances by second-tier boy bands (R5) and viral-star animals (Grumpy Cat) to entertain the audience between numbers.
Forcing the contestants into two genres did yield some surprising results, though. C.J. Harris, for instance, the closest thing to a country singer remaining on the show, stumbled horribly on his country choice, with an abysmally out-of-tune performance of the Zac Brown Band's Whatever It Is. There's no excuse for the Alabama native to have the night's worst country performance, but it may have saved Alex Preston, who stumbled when he tried to go uptempo with a version of Neon Trees' Animal.
Caleb Johnson continues to be the season's most consistent performer, blowing the judges away with the Black Crowes' Sting Me, then delivering an underwhelming but still solid rendition of Carrie Underwood's Undo It.
Jena Irene continues to help herself in the competition, starting the night with an exceptional performance of Heart's Barracuda, then splitting the voting panel with Carrie Underwood's So Small. Even Connick, the dissenter, said his issues probably wouldn't matter in the voting. And he's right. I wasn't a big fan of Irene's at the start of the season, but now I'm starting to think she might be the only winner worth having.
Here's how I ranked Wednesday's performances.
Alex Preston, Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson). Preston returns to his comfort zone with this ballad, with exceptional results. He plays with the melody the way Nelson would have, which serves both as a tribute and as a way of personalizing the song. The band reharmonizes the song, too, adding even more magic. And Preston does an odd little run at the end, followed by a falsetto note, and it's just gorgeous. "I think this is a good night," Connick says. He feels lucky to have heard the performance. Urban says he would have liked a little more heartbreak in the song: "I heard it, but I didn't feel it as much as I wish I would have." Lopez calls it "really beautiful … Right here was the perfect balance of Alex and a great, beautiful song that everybody loves." Grade: A
Caleb Johnson, Sting Me (Black Crowes). The rock choice puts Johnson perfectly in his element, and he picks a Black Crowes song that sounds a lot like the Rolling Stones. Johnson's probably the one performer on the show for whom a strong performance like this is more important than the actual song. And he turns a near-disaster into a great moment, losing the mic, then retrieving it by sliding into it, never missing a beat. "That was some real rock 'n' roll!" Lopez says. Connick adds, "When you take a perfect song choice and you couple that with an incredible performance, it's virtually impossible to beat." Urban commends him for turning a potential disaster into TV gold. Grade: A
Jena Irene, Barracuda (Heart). Irene brings a touch of Paramore's Hayley Williams or Evanescene's Amy Lee to the '70s Heart hit — a song that found a younger audience several years ago via the Guitar Hero video game franchise. Irene continues to look like she's peaking at just the right time. The show introduced her as "The Wildcard" at the top of the show — if she keeps this up, she could be "The Favorite." "That was a perfect song for your voice and your range," Keith Urban told her. "You set the bar high." Lopez feels she has a real chance at making the finale: "What it's going to take is performances like that, every single time." Connick tells her, "You have such a strong voice, Jena, and it was such a perfect match for that song." Grade: B+
Sam Woolf, It's Time (Imagine Dragons). Woolf picked a great song for his voice, and the backing band swiped the staging straight from Imagine Dragons. I wish he'd relax a little bit. He looks so earnest and intense when he's performing. But he does connect with the camera. Lopez starts the commenting, though she has a hard time over the screaming audience: "I got goosies on that one. I haven't got a lot of goosies this season." She calls it a full-blown performance. Connick says he could hear Woolf singing that song in a concert. "All those wonderful things that make you you — you're such a sweet, humble, kind guy … You're blossoming, man." Urban liked two moments in particular: A high note and the last note. "There was a gravitas, there was a weight about it. You've got a lot of stuff in you, Sam. You've got a lot of emotion." When he learns to tap into that, "it'll explode. You've just got to release it." Grade: B+
Jessica Meuse, Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane). Meuse is looking more and more like a star. She looks — and, more importantly, sounds — like she belongs with this song. "You're here because you have this fantastic voice," Connick tells her, adding that she presented it in the strongest possible way tonight. Urban agrees, saying it played to her tonal strengths, thought "I would still like to see a little more release, and you've got to figure out how to do that." Lopez says, "There has to be a freedom to the performance. … Once you get up there, you kind of have to throw all that out the window and just feel." Grade: B+
Caleb Johnson, Undo It (Carrie Underwood). Considering what a hair-metal fan Underwood is, having Johnson pick one of her songs probably wasn't that much of a stretch. Johnson strips any pretense of country away from the song and plays it like a full-throttle rocker. The only problems with the performance were with the song itself. "Sometimes magic happens," Lopez says. "It happened for you tonight. It just happened earlier." Connick also was underwhelmed. "The magic really happened in the first song." This one, he says, sounded more forced. "It was still an extremely strong performance." Urban thought it was great: "I can't wait to hear what country song you do later." Grade: B
Sam Woolf, You're Still the One (Shania Twain). Woolf makes a smart move, flipping the gender on the Twain song, which gives him lots of bonus romance points. He gets even more when he crouches at the edge of the stage and starts holding hands with the girls in the audience. And it's a good vocal, too. "It's a good song for you, lyrically," Urban says. "These girls were going crazy down there." Woolf still needs to relax more, Urban says. Lopez thinks he's "so cute, it's crazy." Her favorite parts are when he goes over to the girls, or has feelings: "The more you can tap into that, the better and better you're going to become." Connick says, "You have found the people, now it's just a matter of not singing it so perfectly." That is, to the point of being dull. Grade: B
Jena Irene, So Small (Carrie Underwood). Irene takes a smart approach to Underwood's song, letting piano and string patches carry her through it. She throws in a lot of vocal embellishments at the top end of her range, though, and, while she nails most of them, not all of them work. Urban doesn't care. "You're everything that Idol has always been about," he says. "We watch you get better and better and better every week." Lopez, who got goosies during the performance, thought the power of her vocals took over: "Very, very beautiful." Connick thinks the song has so many vocal ornaments that it was hard to hear the melody: "The ornaments that you chose to sing didn't necessarily match what was going on underneath you. … It didn't work for me, but I don't think it's really going to matter tonight." Grade: B
Jessica Meuse, Jolene (Dolly Parton). The only way Meuse could have made a more obvious choice would be for her to have chosen Patsy Cline's Crazy. She rocks out on the song, completely obliterating the fragility and vulnerability that makes the song special. It's bar-band stuff, the reason she'll have a hard time building a career for herself beyond this show. Connick thinks she delivered it in a strong and convincing way. Urban hated the arrangement: "It didn't need the weight and the darkness of the way the band played it." Lopez says, "Your vocal was really strong." And it was, but that's not all there is to delivering a song. Grade: B-
C.J. Harris, American Woman (Guess Who/Lenny Kravitz). Harris' voice has an enjoyable rootsy quality, but a hard-rocker he's not. His version of American Woman owes more to Kravitz than the Guess Who, and he just doesn't have Kravitz's raw funkiness. A strong performance from the band props him up. Connick thought it was a good performance and continues to like the "cry" he has in his voice — though he notes intonation continues to be an issue for Harris. "I thought it was pretty good; I've heard you do better." What struck Urban about the song is "it's all attitude." The guy in the song's not a nice guy, he says (actually, he's a Canadian — it's the woman, America, that's the problem, but whatever). Lopez loves the look: "You look the part." Even she can't tell rock and roll's not his thing, "but I really did think you pulled it off." Grade: C+
Alex Preston, Animal (Neon Trees). Nice to see Preston step out of singer-songwriter mode for a change. Too bad he doesn't just drop the guitar entirely and play the crowd at the foot of the stage instead. It might distract people from one of his most inconsistent vocal performances. "Man, I just wanted you to release a bit more," Urban tells him, saying he didn't dominate the band the way he should have. Boos ensue. "You expect so much, and it just felt there was a little bit something missing, for me, from you," says Lopez, who didn't think it had the explosiveness rock needs. (Urban blames the socks, which Preston doesn't usually wear.) Connick thinks he'll get a pass for having been so good in the pass: "It almost sounded like you couldn't get your breath," though he was pleased to see Preston finally sing an uptempo tune. Grade: C
C.J. Harris, Whatever It Is (Zac Brown Band). I don't usually notice Harris' intonation problems as much as Connick does, but, boy, I do this time. It's bad enough to make you wish for AutoTune. Lopez says, "This is more your style, but, I have to say, I expected a little more from you." Connick says, if he's lucky enough to stick around, he should find some songs choices "that will kill. … You have to come out and give everything." Urban says, "I love you as a guy." But, "at this point, you've really got to choose these songs carefully." Grade: D


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Music faculty member Hale named Fulbright Ambassador
By Kristina Kenney
University News Service
February 21, 2012
Daris Hale (left) dances in Tanzania.
Texas State University-San Marcos School of Music Senior Lecturer Daris Hale was recently named a Fulbright Ambassador after being nominated for the position in January.
The selection comes on the heels of Hale's trip to Tanzania as part of a lecturing and research award she was given after being named one of 1,100 Fulbright Scholars for the 2010-2011 year. During the trip she taught music theory, western music history and professional writing in music as part of the music program at Makumira University in Arusha, Tanzania.
"I had a spectacular experience and love sharing it with people," said Hale.
After learning of her nomination to be a Fulbright Ambassador in January, Hale went to the Fulbright headquarters in Washington, D.C., to attend a training session and learned shortly after that she had been selected. Fulbright Ambassadors are expected to travel to various American universities and national conferences to promote the program and encourage other scholars to consider applying for the fellowship. Hale said each Ambassador represents various demographics, with hers being artists, families, adjuncts and women.
"These categories are important because they all hold a wealth of talented individuals that can benefit the world through cultural exchange," said Hale.
For more than 65 years the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, a division of the Institute of International Education, has served as the collaborating agency for the U.S. Department of State in administering the Fulbright Scholar Program. The worldwide success of the Fulbright Scholar Program has been built on the talent, commitment and professionalism of scholars who have served universities and research institutions in more than 155 countries.
For more information, please contact Texas State Fulbright Campus Representative Steve Wilson at (512) 245-7680 or by email at email@example.com.


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Daytona Steel
Daytona Yellow gold
Daytona White gold
Daytona (from 2016)
Daytona (1988-2015)
Daytona (up to 1988)
Daytona Rose gold
Daytona Gold/Steel
Daytona Platinum
The Daytona is the chronograph in the Rolex family. Sporty and functional, it's an icon of this Swiss manufacturer and was popularized by actor and racecar driver Paul Newman. It is one of the most coveted timepieces among watch enthusiasts.
Rolex introduced the Cosmograph Daytona to the market in 1963, one year after the first long-distance car race took place in Daytona. The chronograph watch was named after the famous racetrack in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is an anomaly for the Geneva-based brand most well-known for prestigious watches with three hands. Some of the manufacturer's most famous models are the Submariner and the Datejust.
When the company first presented the Cosmograph with the reference number 6239, the "Daytona" inscription had not yet made its way to the dial. With time, the name was added above the 12-hour counter at 6 o'clock on every watch. The extra large and easy-to-read tachymeter scale on the bezel allows the wearer to calculate speeds, further emphasizing the fact that the Cosmograph Daytona was developed for motorsport and racecar drivers. Every year, the winner of the 24-hour race in Daytona receives a Rolex Daytona with an engraved case back in honor of their achievement. These models are extremely rare, making them all the more desireable and expensive.
|Price (approx.)
|Paul Newman's Daytona, Ref. 6239
|17.75 million dollars
|Stainless steel
|The most expensive watch in the world
|Ref. 6239
|Stainless steel
|No Paul Newman dial
|Ref. 116506
|Ice blue dial
|Ref. 116508
|Yellow gold
|Gold Oyster bracelet, gold bezel
|Ref. 116518LN
|Yellow gold
|Ceramic bezel, Oysterflex bracelet
|Ref. 16520
|Stainless steel
|Zenith El Primero caliber
|Ref. 116500LN
|Stainless steel
|Ceramic bezel
|Ref. 116503
|Stainless steel and gold
|Ref. 116520
|Stainless steel
|In-house caliber 4130
The 2016 Rolex Daytona with the reference number 116500LN costs approximately 20,500 USD in mint condition. Pre-owned models are just slightly less expensive at 20,000 USD. These prices are more than 6,100 USD above prices at retail shops; however, you also get to avoid the long wait of multiple months – if not years – that you would have with offline retailers. Stainless steel Rolex watches are generally quite highly coveted, thus making them a safe investment.
Rare models like the Rolex Daytona Paul Newman only appreciate in value and can reach astronomical prices at auction. Paul Newman's own Daytona ref. 6239, which had been a gift from his wife Joanne Woodard, sold for an incredible 17.75 million USD at auction in 2017 – a record price for a wristwatch.
You can purchase a "normal" Paul Newman Daytona for around 123,600 USD. That being said, it's not uncommon to see prices fluctuate up to and beyond 247,100 and 370,700 USD. Those who can do without this special, multicolor dial design will find the ref. 6239 for as little as 66,700 USD. In terms of technology, these vintage watches are identical.
More recent models like the ref. 116520 are significantly more affordable than watches with less common reference numbers from the 1960s and 1970s. The 116520 was introduced at the turn of the millennium and replaced by the ref. 116500LN in 2016. At 19,300 USD, never-worn models of the previous edition are barely less expensive than the current version with a ceramic bezel. Prices for pre-owned examples of the former are quite a bit lower at 15,500 USD. In 2016, the list price for one of these watches was still around 13,500 USD. It's clear how much value the ref. 116520 has gained since then. The performance of the Daytona ref. 16520 is even more impressive. When it came to market in 1988, it was still outfitted with a heavily modified Zenith El Primero movement. Expect prices of around 23,500 USD for this timepiece.
A Rolex Daytona made of 18-karat gold and with the reference number 116508 costs about 30,300 USD when new and around 27,200 USD when pre-owned. This means its 39,000-dollar list price is much higher than the online price. The ref. 116508 comes in yellow, white, or rose gold. Rolex refers to the latter as "Everose" gold. These three versions all include a gold bezel with a tachymeter scale, which differentiate them from the ref. 116518LN introduced in 2017. Rolex outfitted this latest model with a Cerachrom ceramic bezel and replaced the gold 3-piece link Oyster bracelet with their Oysterflex bracelet. This new bracelet is composed of flexible metal inserts that are then covered with elastomer. The yellow gold version costs just under 27,200 USD, making it slightly less expensive than prices at offline retailers.
A highlight within the Rolex Daytona collection is the model made of platinum with the reference number 116506 , an ice blue dial, and a chestnut brown Cerachrom bezel. Prices for new examples sit around 61,000 USD. You can find pre-owned models for 56,200 USD. The stainless steel and gold bicolor versions (ref. 116503) are markedly more affordable at 14,600 USD for a pre-owned watch and 15,800 USD for one in mint condition. You can even get a model from the 1990s for around 11,100 USD.
So-called "Pre-Daytona" vintage watches are highly coveted among collectors and are extremely difficult to find. This is because these watches were produced before 1963 and only in relatively limited numbers. Even though Rolex first trademarked the name "Cosmograph" in the early 1950s, only the word "Chronograph" was written on the dials of the Pre-Daytonas. However, these watches never became a real hit since Rolex was already known for their chronographs and, in a rare move, opted to go with a caliber from a third party instead of their own. Gold examples with the reference number 6234 may cost more than 123,500 USD. Prices for the stainless steel versions come in at between 24,700 and 74,100 USD.
Actor and racecar driver Paul Newman is one of the most famous wearers of the Rolex Daytona. This watch with three subdials, two pushers, and a tachymetric scale on its bezel enthralled Newman. The model with reference number 6239 was a particular favorite of his during the late 1960s. He wore his Rolex Daytona during races, which only added to its fame.
Models with a contrasting seconds ring on the dial received their "Paul Newman" nickname from collectors in the 1980s. These versions are treasured by watch enthusiasts and sell for astronomical prices at auction. The original Newman chronograph featured a white dial with three black subdials and large, easy-to-read Arabic numerals. The last models to feature manual winding calibers from the 1970s are even more coveted. Christie's auctioned off one of these watches in 2013 for nearly one million Swiss francs.
The designers developed the Daytona for car racers. The original version of the watch included a chronograph function which measured periods of up to 12 hours. The 30-minute counter was at 3 o'clock and the small seconds counter was at 9 o'clock. It was well laid out and easy to read. The tachymeter scale on the bezel allowed for measurement of an average speed over a certain distance. Unlike other manufacturers, Rolex engraved a much larger scale on the bezel, then made of stainless steel.
The 1960s Daytona was powered by the manual winding Valjoux caliber 72. Production of these manually-wound watches ended in 1976 when Rolex presented the first automatic Daytona watches. The Geneva-based manufacturer introduced further improvements to their chronographs at Baselworld 1988. The automatic chronographs presented there were powered by the caliber 4030. This movement is based on the El Primero watch by Zenith, which vibrates at 36,000 alternations per hour (A/h).
Rolex watchmakers liked neither this higher frequency of 5 Hz nor the El Primero's date display. Therefore, they completely reworked the Zenith caliber. The design engineers ended up rebuilding almost half of the movement's components. For example, the balance wheel now oscillates at 28,000 A/h. The well-known Breguet balance spring was also added to the caliber. The movement is regulated via the usual Rolex system of Microstella nuts, which are located on the inner side of the now larger balance wheel. This is unlike most standard movements, which are regulated via a so-called regulator. The steel versions were the most sought after, resulting in incredibly long waiting lists. They're still just as popular today.
The Daytona with reference number 116520 was one of the highlights of Baselworld 2000. The stainless steel watch featured the in-house automatic caliber 4130 . The first chronograph movement from Rolex premiered a year earlier in the gold version of Daytona. It has a diameter of 30.5 mm and is 6.5 mm thick. It features 44 ruby jewel bearings and its balance wheel vibrates at 28,800 A/h. The small second hand stays still even while the time is being set. The movement has an impressive power reserve of 72 hours when the chronograph is off and 66 hours when it is on. The balance wheel and escape wheel are protected from jolts by the KIF shock protection system from KIF Parechoc. Since 2005, the balance spring has been unaffected by magnetic fields thanks to Rolex's patented Parachrom hairspring, developed in-house.
The design of the Daytona has barely changed in the 21st century. The case is a twin to its predecessor; only the dial has been slightly altered and adapted to fit the in-house chronograph movement. The small second hand is now located at 6 o'clock, while on the "El Primero" Daytona it was at the 9 o'clock position. For the watch's 50 year anniversary in 2013, Rolex introduced a platinum version with a brown Cerachrom-ceramic bezel. This complements the stainless steel and bicolor models perfectly. The bicolor Daytonas feature bezels, pushers, and crowns made of yellow gold, as well as the bracelet's middle links.
The Daytona is on par with chronographs from other manufacturers. Competitors include the Speedmaster from Omega and the Carrera from TAG Heuer. The Speedmaster Professional, also known as the Moonwatch, is one of the Daytona's biggest rivals and a part of the Speedmaster collection. This Omega watch was originally developed for car racing but ended up finding its way to the moon. It was the official watch of NASA for the Apollo 11 mission and accompanied Buzz Aldrin when he stepped foot on the moon in 1969.
A TAG Heuer watch was the first Swiss watch to make it to space. In 1962, with a Heuer watch on his wrist, the astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. The most well-known chronographs from this La Chaux-de-Fonds-based company include the Carrera, which Heuer introduced in 1963. The watch was named after the Rallye Carrera Panamericana car race. Within a short amount of time, the watch established itself as a worldwide success.
The Rolex Daytona unites precision and robustness with precious materials such as gold and platinum. Simultaneously, the watch embodies the feeling and functionality of car racing. After all, there's a reason that car racer Jackie Stewart has sworn by Rolex chronographs since 1969. More than any other watch manufacturer, Rolex stands for luxury and prestige. Whoever buys a Rolex has more than just a watch – pieces from this Swiss company are investments. A consistent model range, harmonious designs, and perfect Swiss watchmaking have made this brand a legend adored by both famous personalities and laymen watch lovers.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A chain of convenience stores is cutting ties with Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun in the wake of his season-ending suspension.
Gary Gonczy, director of marketing and advertising for Kwik Trip, Inc., says the company will no longer use Braun as a spokesman. He says in an email Tuesday that the company is ending a promotional contest where the winner got to have lunch with Braun at a Milwaukee restaurant.
Braun accepted a season-ending 65-game suspension Monday rather than fight Major League Baseball over evidence he used performance-enhancing drugs.
Kwik Trip is a chain of 300 convenience and Tobacco outlet stores that are found in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.
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DUI checkpoint set for Friday near downtown Carson City
Nevada Appeal Staff Report
The Carson City Sheriff's Office is stepping up its patrols, especially for drunken drivers, during Memorial Day weekend.
The extra patrols begin Friday and will last through the holiday, Sgt. Darrin Sloan said.
A DUI checkpoint will be set up close to downtown from 6 p.m. until midnight Friday. Enforcers of underage-drinking laws also will be on patrol.
"We're hoping the high presence (of officers) will" quell any bad activities during the weekend, Sloan said.
The Sheriff's Office recommends committing to a taxi or designating a sober driver for those who are drinking.