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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 21, 2009) - East Tennessee State University head track and field coach David E. Walker hosted a press conference luncheon this afternoon at the Best Western to discuss the final preparations for the Niswonger Foundation Track and Field Invitational, that will be held in ETSU's Memorial Center January 30th and 31st. This year's meet is the seventh year that the Niswonger Foundation will be sponsoring the event and the 31st annual track and field meet overall.
"Coach (Walker) takes pride in hosting this annual meet, and he has a tremendous staff to make this a special event each year," said ETSU Director of Athletics Dave Mullins. "Dave has built an all-around solid track program over the recent years and continues to bring in fine athletes; while he and his staff have the passion and commitment to help produce championships as well."
The meet will showcase some of the world's top collegiate, post collegiate, and professional athletes. In addition, the KTC High School Indoor Track Classic will be taking place during the same time as the collegiate Niswonger meet. Also, for the third straight year, the Elementary School Shuttle Relays will take place on Friday evening at 7 p.m.
The expected numbers for the collegiate teams range from 60-to-80 programs, and over 850 competitors for the high school meet will be in attendance. The teams are coming from all around the southeastern region; which includes high school programs and club squads. An exact number of teams will be announced once the registration process closes next week.
"I appreciate all the help the Niswonger Foundation and my staff have provided for making this a successful event over the years," mentioned
This year's meet features the following six elite invitational events: women's and men's 3000 meter, women's and men's 60 meter dash, and women's and men's 60 meter hurdles.
There was a great turnout at today's press conference which included a number of media members, Niswonger Foundation members, community representatives, ETSU track and field coaches and athletic staff.
A detailed scheduled, list of entrants, and results from the meet will be posted on http://www.cfpitiming.com/.
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Broad beans, also known as fava beans, are sweet, tender and delicious pod beans with a smooth creamy texture. This is a lovely summer salad which can be eaten on its own or as an accompaniment to any meaty main dishes.
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- Briefly cook the broad beans in simmering water, drain and refresh in cold water. Squeeze them out of their grey outer pods, if you want.
- Put the cilantro in a bowl, add the shallot and feta. Heat the olive oil in a small frying pan and toast the almonds, add a little salt to the pan, toss, then add the cilantro mix along with the beans. Dress with the lemon juice.


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Help is on the way for stay-at-home parents being denied credit cards because they don't have income of their own.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will propose a rule within the next few months that will make it easier for applicants without personal income to qualify for credit cards, the agency's director Richard Cordray said at a congressional hearing last week.
That's good news for many stay-at-home parents. Currently, an amendment to the Federal Reserve's Card Act rules that took effect last October requires credit card issuers to consider applicants' individual income instead of household income when making lending decisions. So stay-at-home moms and dads who rely on a spouse's income may have a harder time getting approved for cards on their own, even if they have perfect credit.
After gathering information and input from the public this summer, "we have determined that it is a significant problem," Cordray said at the hearing. "There are tens -- and perhaps hundreds -- of thousands of individuals who perhaps have been denied access to credit as a result of the way the law was interpreted."
Related: $600,000 mortgage debt, but wants to be a stay-at-home mom
Rather then amend or clarify the current legislation, the CFPB plans to write a new rule, which will be proposed before Congress reconvenes in November.
Holly McCall, a 34-year-old stay-at-home mother of two from Vienna, Va., says she was denied a credit card because of the current rule, and launched a petition in May urging the CFPB to take action. The petition received more than 50,000 signatures, and about a half-dozen supporters brought the petition to CFPB headquarters in Washington, D.C.
"Stay-at-home moms shouldn't have to ask their husbands for permission to get a credit card, and I'm glad to hear Director Cordray agrees," McCall said.


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Panama Asks Spain To Help Resolve Canal Expansion Dispute
Panama's president on Monday expressed confidence that a multi-billion dollar Panama Canal expansion will get back on track after a European-led consortium threatened to halt construction unless it gets paid for massive cost overruns.
As we reported last week, Spanish builder Sacyr, the leader of a consortium known as Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), which includes Impreglio of Italy, Belgian firm Jan De Nul and Constructora Urbana of Panama, said the Panama Canal Authority, which runs the waterway, has until January 20 to come "in line with the contractual terms" or it will walk away from the project.
The firm says there have been $1.6 billion in cost overruns in the project to construct a third set of locks that can, for the first time, handle the largest "post-Panamax" ships. The original bid was for $3.2 billion. Construction began in 2009 and is supposed to be completed in June 2015.
On Monday, Panama's President Ricardo Martinelli met with Spain's Public Works Minister Ana Pastor in Panama City.
Pastor said that even though the dispute was between individual companies, "we are here to help them reach agreement."
Martinelli said he was "confident that these meetings will resolve disagreements."
The Panama Canal Authority insists that the work must go ahead dispute cost overruns, saying such added expenses are "normal" in such a large construction project.
The Panama Canal, completed in 1914, now handles about 5 percent of the world trade.
The BBC reports:
"Further north, Nicaragua is planning to build its own canal linking the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, with capacity for bigger ships."
"But on Saturday the Nicaraguan government announced work on the $40bn (£25bn) project would not start until 2015, a year later than planned."
"The Chinese company which won the bid says it can finish building the waterway in six years, but critics say it lacks experience."
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What, pray tell, does one wear to a speed dating event for vegetarians, vegans, and the veg-curious searching for their perfect match?
This reporter flirted with donning her son's "Meat is Murder" T-shirt, which felt a tad obvious and then promptly opted for her typical uniform (jeans, shirt, boots, all sans slogans) and headed to the vegetarian Saturn Café, the site of the meatless speed dating meetup.
Since said reporter is both 1. single and 2. vegetarian (as long as you don't count the occasional lapse in her mostly plant-based diet of some 30 years), it made sense to go undercover.
Can you imagine how awkward it would be for speed daters to have a reporter with notebook in tow chronicling, for public consumption, their attempts at meeting a soulmate over vegetable taquitos?
The Veg Speed Dating night was hosted by Berkeley-based Karine Brighten, 29, a vegan who met her husband (also vegan) online. Brighten believes that finding a partner who shares the same politics of the plate is one of the keys to a happy relationship.
"I don't have meat in my home, go to zoos, wear clothing made from animals, or eat at restaurants that serve meat, so it's important to me to have a partner who shares my lifestyle choices," said Brighten, who specializes in vegan events. "Then there's no explaining or defending to do, you're both on the same page."
Wednesday night's meetup was aimed at heterosexual adults 21 and over, though Brighten hopes to hold events for gay folks in the future. Early birds paid $25 to attend. For those who left "looking for luv" to the last minute, tickets at the door cost $35.
Brighten worked hard to keep the genders evenly balanced, capping female sign ups until more men bought tickets. In the end, there were a couple more guys than gals in a group of about 40. Two women dropped out because they'd found themselves in relationships since they purchased tickets. Lucky them.
The assembled crowd, mostly Caucasians in their early 20s through to early 60s from around the Bay Area, mingled over appetizers in the Space Lounge, an area separate from the restaurant.
(A word on the food: mostly fried and fatty, with salsa laden with raw onion. In short: Overwhelmingly unimpressive and not particularly dating-friendly. Raw onion? Some folks eyes lit up at the end of the evening when vegan cupcakes came out, others begged off saying they avoid sugar or that the treats were too sweet.)
But folks weren't there for the food. If you're unfamiliar with speed dating, here's how last night's worked: people wore name tags and were given a sign-up sheet. After some preliminary schmoozing, the women were asked to sit on bench seats and men sat opposite. Each "pair" had a chance to chat for three minutes. A bell signaled when it was time to move on. After the allocated time, each male slid down a seat and a new conversation began. Every guy got to meet every girl. At the end, each guest could jot down the names of any person/s of interest, which were then passed on to Brighten.
In the event that two people each picked the other, contact details are passed along via email. What happens next is up to the two individuals.
As a neophyte to the speed dating scene, who knew what to expect? It turned out that the men and women at the event were mostly kind, curious, and thoughtful during the brief interactions.
In the name of research both professional and personal, this writer did check out some speed dating tips in advance. Fresh breath and easy on the booze. (Really? Check.) Accentuate the positive and don't interview or interrogate. (Professional hazard alert.) Off-limit subjects on one list (work, politics, religion) were given the green light on another. But, no worries, if these topics were even broached they were dispensed with quickly.
The event featured a self-described dating expert, Anna Hennings, 25, who has co-authored articles on the subject and counts among her credentials being raised by sex educators/therapists. Her speech was brief, upbeat and encouraged folks to keep things light.
This participant learned a few things. Talking to 20 men, three minutes apart in rapid succession can make your head spin, throat parched, and keep even a professional listener on her toes. When meeting a fella who announces he works for the Oakland As, it's probably not a dating-savvy move to blurt out, "Seriously? My son would love that." And telling a yoga instructor that you stopped practicing after herniating a disc in class can make a conversation falter. Also: keeping a mental tally of how many of the male participants are grad students and/or young enough to be your offspring is probably not what the organizers had in mind.
It turns out I wasn't alone in my thinking. The gal sitting next to me agreed on the food, age range, and acoustics (really difficult to hear), while acknowledging the need for opportunities for like-minded singles to meet. The organizers plan to tweak the format for future events.
"From a romantic-partner perspective, it seems like a waste of time for a 63-year-old to be mingling with a 22-year-old," concurred Henning. Brighten said she plans to offer events with narrower age ranges down the track. As for grumblings about too many dates to meet and not enough time to talk, the old adage comes to mind: you can't please everyone. That said, Brighten claimed the night a success with 24 tabulated matches.
The event also made me ponder how much a prospective dating partner's dietary preferences really matter in the realm of relationships. It was clear in a crowd that contained many vegans that finding a match who labelled themselves as such was a motivating factor for attending the event, as Brighten predicted. But non-vegans didn't seem as concerned about finding a perfect match on the food front.
Speed dating is not confined to people who identify with a certain way of eating. The Jewish community has long offered such match-making mixers for singles and the San Francisco Public Library recently ran its first literary speed dating events for 20- and 30-somethings, one for straights and one for gays, as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle. Speed dating opportunities for people who are secular, slender, tall, 50+ and a variety of other niche groups are run by private companies.
What to make of these first impressions? A 2005 study at the University of Pennsylvania based on multiple HurryDate events found that most people made their choices within the first three seconds of meeting. And issues such as religion, previous marriages, and smoking habits were found to play much less of a role than expected. The research did not address eating choices.
Intriguingly, Malcolm Gladwell's book on split-second decision making, Blink, includes the work of two professors at Columbia University who run speed-dating events. These doctors found, from having participants fill out questionnaires, that what people said they wanted in an ideal mate did not match their subconscious preferences.
Could that mean that chemistry can top health-environment-animal-rights-ethical concerns? Is it possible for a committed vegan to fall for an unabashed omnivore and do such mismatches last? Can a rabbit-food loving lass hook up for life with an offal-loving lad? Or is a locavore who subscribes to a CSA doomed if his love interest favors fast food joints?
What say you readers: do our dietary preferences factor into our love relationships and what happens when opposites attract?
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You know times are tough when a Daytona winner like David Ragan can't land a sponsor (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
However the NASCAR market at the moment is filled with several drivers looking for rides – Brian Vickers, for example – and with hundreds of crewmen looking for jobs.
And a visit to a dozen Sprint Cup haulers here Friday in the NASCAR garage was a downer pretty much all the way around, with too many trucks filled with disgruntled and fearful crewmen, wondering just what's coming next.
Two big points here:
-- Major team owners Richard Childress and Roush both appear now virtually forced to cut back from four Cup teams to just three for the 2012 season.
-- And there is no word yet from Team Red Bull on what might happen to those two teams when the sponsorship ends in seven weeks.
Roush concedes that, while he is still looking for a sponsor to keep Ragan in his current ride, there are still no great prospects. And Roush says he's told Ragan to start looking for a new deal, because without major sponsorship Roush says he won't be able to run four full-time Cup teams in 2012.
Speculation is that Ragan could be penciled in for a ride with Kevin Buckler, the sports car racer turned NASCAR team owner, and a Ford man.
But Ragan himself says he's focused more on finishing this season as strongly as he can.
"Right now I am not focused on 2012 just yet," Ragan says. "I think it's important for us to finish this season strong. And the stronger we can finish 2011, that will only help our chances of finding a sponsor and a package to go racing next year.
"Everyone at Roush Fenway is working hard at selling sponsors for us and for Matt. They have to sell some sponsorships for us to go racing next year.
"Jack has always done a good job of selling our race cars. Even though it's come to the last minute, we have confidence we'll be out on the track racing (next season). And hopefully we can find a partner we can announce, sooner rather than later.
"We still have a little time before it would hurt. Sometime in November is when you start building cars for the next season, and we really haven't gotten there yet.
"So far, I have not been a party to any discussions of 'worst-case-scenario' what's going to happen?
"The bottom line is every Cup operation would love to run four teams. But you can't run four teams on a two-team budget.
"That's why operations like Joe Gibbs haven't expanded to four teams. And it's been hard for operations like Richard Childress' and Jack's and some others – except for Rick Hendrick – to keep going with four teams.
"All we can do – me and (crew chief) Drew Blickensderfer – is to keep running as strong as we can and get some good, positive TV time and things to talk about….and then it's up to our sales team management to go sell some sponsors. The sooner they can get a few positive things announced for me and Matt, that would give us all a breath of fresh air."
Happier times: Jack Roush (C) in Daytona's victory lane in July, with David Ragan (R) and crew chief Drew Blickensderfer (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
On the positive side Friday, Michael Waltrip announced signing Clint Bowyer and sponsor 5-Hour Energy.
However while Waltrip may be a NASCAR pitchman extraordinaire, as a Sprint Cup team owner, well, he hasn't had that much success.
Only two wins, in fact, since the first full season, 2007.
Now, however, Waltrip has made two big moves in the past few weeks, picking up veteran competition director Scott Miller and now proven playoff contender Bowyer.
Waltrip's announcement Friday that Bowyer would be driving for his Toyota team next season, with sponsorship by 5-Hour Energy, wasn't a well-kept secret.
But Waltrip wouldn't reveal Bowyer's new crew chief. However sources close to the team suggest it could be veteran crew chief Brian Pattie, who has been running Juan Pablo Montoya's team for car owner Chip Ganassi. Ganassi replaced Pattie with James Pohlman in July.
The big question: will these latest moves pay off?
Neither of Waltrip's two current drivers, Martin Truex Jr. or David Reutimann, made the playoffs this season. Truex is 20th in the standings, with a season-best finish of second at Bristol, though an average finish of 18.26; Reutimann is currently 28th in the standings, with a season-best finish of second at Kentucky, though an average finish of 22.862.
Bowyer himself, 13th in the standings, barely missing the playoffs, finished second at Texas and Talladega, and his last tour win was last fall at Talladega.
Clint Bowyer is all smiles. In the annual NASCAR game of musical chairs, he's just got a big ride, with Michael Waltrip (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
"Our goal this year was to make the chase, but we just didn't get the job done," Waltrip concedes. "We did have a change-of-direction with the team in February, leaning more heavily on Andy Graves and Toyota to build our cars more competitively. Now we believe we are structured right. And Scott Miller will be a key part of our operation in 2012."
The Scott Miller angle may be key here. Miller was a major player in last year's turnaround at Childress', after a down season or two. Now Miller will try to work his magic at Waltrip's.
"Scott is a good friend of mine, and when I learned Michael was hiring him, that really tripped my trigger," Bowyer said. "Scott was influential in everything that has happened at Richard's. He's a great guy and a good leader."
When Waltrip hired Truex last year, things were expected to pick up. The high point was teammate Reutimann's win at Chicago.
Now Waltrip is announcing another new addition: Bowyer, after 210 Sprint Cup races with Chevy team owner Richard Childress, is indeed moving to the Waltrip/Toyota camp.
"This has been a very long summer, but I think for everyone involved, the best decision was made to be at Michael Waltrip Racing," Bowyer, a four-race winner during his six years with Childress, said.
Sponsor 5-Hour Energy, the 'energy-shot' beverage, is putting up a reported $13 million or so to back the operation. Precise figures were not announced.
Bowyer said the sponsor first came to him about three months with the deal, which Bowyer said he pitched to Childress. However Childress didn't seem all that interested, for whatever reason. So Bowyer began shopping, first trying the Jack Roush-Richard Petty operation.
Some six weeks ago Bowyer and Waltrip began talks, which were just finalized within the past week, and the press release was glowing, with references to "our young organization… a growing team…a watershed moment."
Bowyer, during the months of negotiations, reiterated his hope of staying with Childress. "But when they couldn't put together a deal with 5-Hour, I said 'Well, we'll just go someplace else.'"
Here Friday, however, Bowyer said that part of his career would soon be behind him: "It's time to move on.
"It's all about the future. The future is bright, and I'm looking forward.
"I see a young, aggressive team (in Waltrip's)…in a down market. And I see an energetic sponsor. Both are pushing forward. And I see this as an opportunity to catch up.
"Michael has done a great job marketing with the sponsors, and in keeping sponsors, better than anyone in the garage.
"I see this as a wonderful opportunity to prove myself to everybody. Richard's operation has had a lot of success, won a lot of championships…and you're just another guy there. If we can put these guys in the chase (next season), it will be great.
"Everyone knows we've got room to improve. And I look forward to the opportunity to make it happen."
Michael Waltrip (R): Can he make this whole thing work? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
What a pathetic waste of $13 million. A bottle of that garbage is likely going to cost about 12 bucks now.
Richard needs the $$$ to keep his grandsons in NASCAR so he can't afford to also support Bowyers team also. The sponsors are checking the books a lot closer these days because they know $$$ are fungible and they want to keep their $$$ for their teams staying with their teams not helping to support some other team the owner has.
Always respected RCR alot but i am trying hard to figure why 13 million woulldnt work. Why cant he run a team on that??
i imagine a lot has to do with driver salaries, parity, stuff like that. when you've got more than one team, cant have too much imbalance.....
but, gee, i still remember when alankulwicki won the championship on a budget of 1.2M...and when Felix Sabates ran a top-notch operation on 5M a season. now nascar is letting cup teams dominate nationwide by indirect subsidies, engines and all. it's a financial mess. and you've got to keep up with the big guy, rick hendrick.....
Ragan in the #71 would be a step up for TRG.
Bowyer was smart to get out now while he has a pretty good team to drive for. Had he stayed another couple of years, Childress would have blown him out in favor of the grandkids. If Childress has to keep the number of cars at 3 due to lack of sponsorship, then the two of the three drivers left there had better have their eyes on other opportunities too. The grandkids will both be piloting Cup cars within 3-4 years, and Grandpa won't be looking out for any of his current drivers.
The COT was supposed to make these cars so much more "affordable" for the teams and cut down on expenses greatly. Whatever became of that? NASCAR needs to start a major internal project to figure out how to cut costs for these teams, or they are going to start to pay a much bigger price in the form of smaller fields and smaller gates. If Jack Roush can't find sponsorship, then there is a big problem with what it costs to fully sponsor a Cup team. NASCAR wants to let the teams take care of all of these details and play the role of the wizard behind the curtain, but to solve a problem like this you need proactive leadership. NASCAR has little of that and from my experience in watching them the last 25 years, they are only reactive. Are they going to wait until teams like Roush have to close up shop completely because they can't keep up with millions it takes to try to outdo Hendrick? There are only 30 full-time teams as of now, and just from this story we will be losing at least 3 more. So that's 27 full time teams in a 43-car starting field. Do something NOW Nascar. Don't wait until you're down to less than 10 full time teams to do something about it.
There are many ways to turn this around IF NASCAR wants to. Some monies would be freed up to teams if NASCAR would give up some of the sponsorship monies they have taken to promote their name. I think it's more important for the teams to have the monies to build and race than for NASCAR to have ads running. More teams and cars would be advertising enough. The traveling from east coast to west coast and back to east coast is travel expenses used unwisely-try to schedule areas of races. If there were races all in one area, I know of fans that would take a 3 week vacation or whatever and catch 3 races in a general area. Teams having to send parts, etc. to NASCAR to check-find a better way than the back and forth mayhem. It all stems on "IF NASCAR" wants to and IF they want this sport to survive and IF they want to be transparent and out of their private backroom.
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"This budget is close to perfect," Gov. Hickenlooper says, as people in room laugh. "I don't anticipate any fights." #coleg #copolitics— Ivan Moreno (@1TrueIvan) November 1, 2012
Here's the release from Governor Hickenlooper's office (Eric Brown/Megan Castle):
Gov. John Hickenlooper today delivered the FY 2013-14 proposed budget to the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) that makes targeted increases and restores funding in many critical areas.
The proposed budget includes new and continuing resources for: protecting the last and the least in Colorado, restoring and even improving K-12 education funding, enhancing economic development efforts, investing in infrastructure and local communities, enhancing public safety, improving State government performance and saving for the future.
"Colorado's economy is outperforming other states," Hickenlooper said. "This gives us the ability to restore some cuts and modestly increase funding in critical areas of the state's budget. But we still have a long way to go to fully recover from this recession."
The FY 2013-14 proposed budget is $21.9 billion, of which $8.1 billion is from the General Fund. Relative to the FY 2012-13 appropriation, these amounts represent increases of $1.1 billion (5.4 percent) in total funds and 5 percent ($387 million) in the General Fund.
The rebound in revenue in the General Fund finally exceeds the pre-Great Recession peak this year (FY 2012-13). But when inflation and population growth are accounted for, expected revenue is still $1.1 billion, or 14.4 percent, below the FY 2007-08 level.
"When you have this big of an economic downturn, it takes time to dig your way out," Hickenlooper said. "That is why we've been so focused on finding efficiencies, pursuing statewide efforts to streamline a wide range of processes and consolidating government functions wherever appropriate. At the same time we have taken bold steps to increase the State's reserve fund to help protect against the inevitable next economic slowdown."
The proposed budget for FY 2013-14 includes these major policy changes and initiatives:
The administration places a very high priority on protecting the most vulnerable in our state. Some requests from the Departments of Human Services and Health Care Policy and Financing include:
– $13.1 million Total Fund (TF) dollars — $6.5 million from the General Fund (GF) — to provide services to 809 additional people with developmental disabilities. This amount includes an increase of 576 funded waiver slots to eliminate the Children's Extensive Services Waiver Program waiting list. Unfortunately, numerous other waiting lists exist for the developmentally disabled and other populations that are not fully eliminated in this request.
– $1.8 million TF ($1 million net GF) for early intervention services for children from birth to 2 years of age.
– A 1.5 percent provider rate increase for community providers including Colorado's county departments of human services. This equates to $56.5 million total funds, $25.8 million GF. In addition, this will apply to providers of services in the Departments of Corrections and Public Safety.
– $5 million GF as a legislative set aside for the estimated costs of the recommendations of the Elder Abuse Task Force to increase protections for vulnerable seniors. These costs will fund a system of mandatory reporting of instances of exploitation or mistreatment of seniors.
– $2 million GF for programs funded by the Older Coloradans Act.
The recovery in revenue allows for increased funding for both K-12 and Higher Education:
– In K-12 Education, the budget includes an increase of $201.6 million in State ($189.1 million) and local funds ($12.5 million) for total program funding, which allows for $31.7 million above what the inflation and enrollment calculation over the current year would require. In this way, the "negative factor" will decline to 15.5 percent from 16.05 percent.
– With this increased funding, the administration proposes that Colorado's school districts focus $23.9 million to enhance full day Kindergarten and pre-school opportunities and to improve teacher quality in hard to fill areas of the state.
– The state expects 8,592 new students in the K-12 system at an average cost of $6,659 compared with $6,474 in the current year ($185 per student more).
– In the State Education Fund, the budget targets an ending balance of $435.5 million at the end of FY 2013-14. It is essential that a meaningful balance remain in the SEF for stability and protection of education funding levels.
– In Higher Education, $30 million GF for operations at the Governing Boards, Local District Junior Colleges, and Area Vocational Schools; separately, the budget includes $5.3 million for need-based financial aid.
– The budget request includes $250,000 for higher education tuition assistance for National Guard members.
To help sustain Colorado's economic momentum, the budget sets aside money for several programs aimed at attracting and retaining job-creating employers. The plan also invests in efforts to ensure that people around the country look at Colorado as a great place to visit and work. Notable requests include:
– $3 million to bring the annual appropriation for the Strategic Fund in the Office of Economic Development and International Trade. This funding is expected to spur the recruitment of 1,230 new jobs to Colorado.
– $2 million additional GF for tourism promotion and the establishment of a unified branding platform for the State.
– $600,000 to retain existing jobs here in Colorado.
– An additional $1 million for the existing film incentive rebate and loan guarantee program.
The vast array of assets owned by Colorado's State and local governments require ongoing investments in maintenance and repair. Because much of the state's revenue is one-time in nature, the budget request includes a dramatic increase in efforts to sustain and improve many of our most important assets. Meanwhile, some of Colorado's most important government services are delivered locally with State support. The administration believes strongly that enhancing these partnerships is integral for the quality of life and economic vitality of the State. Requests in this area include:
– $102.8 million transfer to the Capital Construction Fund, including $15 million for local water projects to deal with new standards related to "nutrients" such as phosphorous and nitrogen in wastewater [ed. emphasis mine].
– $44.9 million GF for controlled maintenance of State buildings, including $25.4 million at institutions of Higher Education.
– $23.1 million to continue building up the balance in the Controlled Maintenance Trust Fund;
– $3.0 million in the Department of Local Affairs for a grant program to assist communities with diversifying their economic development portfolios.
– A multi-agency effort to repurpose the Fort Lyon correctional facility into a key component of a drug treatment and homelessness prevention program.
– $2.0 million to the Department of Local Affairs for affordable housing support. These funds will leverage the construction of 1,200 units, 800 of which will be affordable.
Public Safety is a shared priority and responsibility at all levels of government in Colorado. The budget request for FY 2013-14 reflects the continuing needs in the Departments of Corrections, Public Safety and Human Services. The request this year is unique because it includes a comprehensive request for improvements in mental health services:
– For expansions and improvements related to mental health issues, in the Departments of Health Care Policy and Financing and Human Services, $17.1 million GF comprised of: $10.3 million GF for expansions of the behavioral health crisis response system, $4.8 million GF for improving behavioral health community capacity, and $2.1 million General Fund for increasing access to civil beds for those defendants determined incompetent to proceed with their trials.
– In the Department of Corrections, the incarcerated population is expected to decline, but the number of parolees to increase. Thus, the request reflects an overall decline of 137 FTE at the Department, though the budget includes an additional 25.1 FTE and $2.1 million GF for the increase in parole.
– Also in DOC, the budget includes $2.1 million GF for an expansion of the Sex Offender Treatment Program, though the final recommendation is dependent on a forthcoming study.
The administration is focused on making State government more efficient, effective and elegant. The budget proposal continues this important work through investment in critical IT systems and other assets, an enhanced focus on across-the-board improvements in the processes that serve the customers and taxpayers of Colorado, and pursuing thoughtful personnel and compensation policies. Selected initiatives in this area include:
– The information technology system that supports the Medicaid program is called the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). The time has come to replace this antiquated system. With a 9 to 1 federal match, the budget includes $15.6 million TF and $1.4 million GF to begin the multi-year procurement of this replacement.
– $372,000 in the Department of Personnel and Administration to restore and protect critical legislative and other historical archives.
– In the Office of State Planning and Budgeting, just under $1 million to continue the implementation and expansion of Lean management and process improvement initiatives. To date, 2,100 employees have received training and departments have completed 55 projects, with more than 30 more expected by March 2013.
– After four fiscal years without a raise, it is time for State employees to receive a modest cost of living adjustment of 1.5 percent and to reward top performers from a pool of funds equivalent to 1.5 percent of payroll. In total, these items require $57.8 million TF and $27.4 million GF. These totals include funding for the Judicial and Legislative branches as well as the Departments of Law, Treasury and State.
The proposed budget also includes 5 percent general fund reserve starting in FY 2012-13. Some may call this a rainy day fund. The state's current 4 percent reserve represents only two weeks of operating expenses in the event of a downturn. The last two recessions each caused roughly 16 percent reductions in General Fund revenue.
A reserve of 5 percent ($387.3 million) would represent 18 days of operating expenses and would help protect existing state expenditures and buffer the State against slower out-year growth and volatility outside of the State's control.
The entire letter from the governor to the Joint Budget Committee about the FY 2013-14 proposed budget can be found online at http://1.usa.gov/SrHj32.
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By Anatoly Liberman
There is something righteous about the right hand: it is supposed to point in the right direction and do everything right. In older Indo-European, even a special word existed for "right hand," as evidenced by Greek dexios (stress on the last syllable), Latin dexter, and others. A strong association connects the right hand with the south and the left hand with the north. Someone standing with his face turned to the rising sun (for example, while praying), will have his right hand stretched to the south and his left hand to the north. Old Irish tuath meant both "north" and "left" (when facing east). This case is not unique. Here is a variant of the most common definition of "left" in our dictionaries: "Connected with that part of the body which is situated to the west when one faces north." Compare right: "straight, direct, not curved or bent; further from the main part of the heart." In an old post on the etymology of north, I discussed the tie between the concepts "left" and "north" and the possibility of explaining north as meaning "left." If Sanskrit naraka- "the kingdom of the dead" is related to Engl. north (which is uncertain), we can assume that in the opinion of the ancient Indians the Other Word was a cold place, rather than hell with its eternal fire, frying pans, and boiling pots, as we see it in medieval European pictures. Reference to "down" in north and some words for "left" cannot be excluded either. But the most noticeable thing is the paucity of Indo-European words for "right hand," as opposed to the abundance of names coined for its opposite.
A first look at Latin dexter "right" and sinister "left" shows that both end in -er, an element reminiscent of, though not identical with, -er in Engl. smaller, longer, and the like. Both Latin words are comparative degrees. However, it is unclear what their bases designate (more than what?). A right-handed man emerges from language studies as adroit, and the left-handed one as awkward. The derivation of many words for "left" poses almost insoluble problems. Engl. left (from lyft-; originally "weak, worthless," but the origin of left is debatable) has nothing to do with the verb leave and it past tense (or past participle) left. It looks like Russian levyi and its Latin congener laevus; yet it is not related to them. The Old English for "left" was winstre, familiar from its modern Scandinavian cognates: Norwegian vinstre, Swedish vänster, and Danish venstre (Old and Modern Icelandic vinstri). All of them end in -tre/-tri/-tra resembling -ter in dexter and sinister and may mean "more friendly, more auspicious." If so, this is a rare case of ascribing something good to the left side. The Romans treated the left side as more favorable and faced south when taking auspices, so that the left side was to the east, or fortunate quarter; also it was closer to the heart.
The Goths called the left side hlidumei, from an etymological point of view "the weakest, the most crooked," perhaps with the suffix of the superlative degree, but this part of the interpretation has been contested. Italian manco "left" has developed from "crippled, deficient" (the same root appears in French manchot "a person having one hand or one arm") The Standard German for "left" is link (perhaps from "awkward" or "lame"), while Bavarians have lerz among other similar-sounding forms, and elsewhere one hears glink, from gelink, and slink, that is, s-link. (Reinforcing s- is equally typical of English dialects; that is why many people believe that slang has been derived from language.) British dialects, especially in Ireland and the north, display a great profusion of words for "left" beginning with c-/k-: keg-handed, cork(y)-handed, corry-handed, car-handed, cat-handed, coochy-handed, and so forth. The source of most, if not of all of them, can be found in Danish kejte "left" (Swedish dialectal kaitu also exists). This is the word that ended up as the first element of American Engl. cater-corner, changed in the Midwest by folk etymology to kitty- ~ kiddy-corner. In many northern British dialects, cater means "diagonal," so again "bent, crooked." (Cater-corner was the subject of another old post in this blog.) The numerous variants—cat-, keg-, corky–handed, and so forth—appear to be attempts to make the otherwise opaque word sound like something familiar, even if meaningless, for what is cat- or corky-handed? One can understand why Italians use mana stanca, literally "tired hand," for "left hand," but keg-handed…. Wallet-handed and t'other hand afore, which also occur or at one time were current in British local speech, make better sense. The Irish word kitoque "left-handed" goes back to Old Irish cittach and has the same origin as cater- in cater-corner (from Scandinavian).
Then there is the much-discussed gaulick-handed, competing in northern British dialects with gaulish-, gallack-, and gallick-handed. French gauche "left" and Engl. gawk(y) immediately spring to mind. The origin of those words, though it has been debated for more than a century and a half, is still unascertained. Despite the cautiously negative attitude of the OED toward this etymology, gawk may be a variant of the older noun gowk "cuckoo." The attempt to present gawk as a contraction of gaulick carries little conviction, and the origin of gaulick remains unknown. We cannot even be sure whether it is an English or French word. Gaul- is either its root or an element taken for the word's root, for otherwise gaulish would not have been formed. By contrast, gauche may be a borrowing from Germanic, though the etymons proposed for it in dictionaries should be taken with a whole pinch of salt. Once again we are confronted with an array of unexplained adjectives for "left." The reason may be that such words are sometimes slangy, and slang is notoriously hard to etymologize. Our guides—"weak," "bent downward," "crooked," "turned in the direction of the north," "inauspicious," or conversely, "friendly; favorable," the latter as in the practice of the augurs—fail us. It may be that gaulick and gauche are related, but we are unable to pinpoint the nature of that relationship. One of them or both may mean "weak" or "crooked," or "inauspicious," but again we lack the resources to detect the sought-for meaning in their form.
Obviously, etymology is partial toward right-handed people. In playing favorites, it follows nature that made most of us right-handed. When it comes to physiology, it pays off to remain with the crowd. But not everything is lost. We no longer torment left-handed people by making them switch to the other side. Also, a colleague in my department is left-handed, and his daughter gave him a cup with the words engraved on it: "Lefties are the best lovers." If this is a true statement, the corky-handed have more than made up for the trick nature played on the hemispheres of their brain.
Anatoly Liberman is the author of Word Origins…And How We Know Them as well as An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction. His column on word origins, The Oxford Etymologist, appears here, each Wednesday. Send your etymology question to him care of [email protected]; he'll do his best to avoid responding with "origin unknown."


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How Genesis Took It to New Level With Their Self-Titled LP
If you're looking for the precise moment when Genesis made their sharp turn away from prog, here it is. Their self-titled album was released on Oct. 3, 1983.
After engineering 1981's Abacab, Hugh Padgham took over as the group's producer on Genesis. He quickly got to work overseeing the band's – and Phil Collins' – transformation into mainstream pop stars. The album got its reboot name because of this, and also because it was the first group LP to feature a complete set of songs composed by all three members.
From the prominent use of a drum machine on "Mama" to the Top 10 pop hook of "That's All" to the radio-ready ballad "Taking It All Too Hard," the album aimed squarely at the mainstream. And let's not forget the shockingly wrongheaded decision to release a song called "Illegal Alien," which came with a blatantly racist music video.
Dig deeper and you'll find a glimmer of what had come before. "Home by the Sea / Second Home by the Sea" starts crunchy and limber, and then it gets spacey and progressive. The lengthy suite – combined, it's more than 11 minutes long – represents the last rickety bridge between Genesis' two periods.
Listen to Genesis' 'Mama'
Keyboardist Tony Banks, who composed the song's lyrics, is particularly effective during the extended instrumental passage that links the tracks. He skitters with a gutsy verve over a metronomic rhythm that encloses listeners and then helps shape a towering, almost paranoid wall of sound before the song's theme is reprised at the end.
Collins had by then developed into a singer of exceptional range, angrily imploring "sit down, sit down ... sit down!" in the song. But more importantly, "Home by the Sea / Second Home by the Sea" retains a distinctive musical character that rounds out the narrative. It's all a perfect reflection an era of the band that was definitively drawing to a close. But a new one was just beginning.


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Setting up a state-based exchange would be irresponsible, Corbett said, as he faulted federal authorities for what he called inadequate answers to his questions about cost and other issues.
"Health care reform is too important to be achieved through haphazard planning," Corbett said. "Pennsylvania taxpayers and businesses deserve more. They deserve informed decision making and a strong plan that responsibly uses taxpayer dollars."
The Corbett administration also is rejecting the option of running the exchange as a partnership with the federal government, spokeswoman Christine Cronkright said. But she also noted that the administration has the ability under the law to re-evaluate every year whether to get involved.
Corbett said it "would be irresponsible to put Pennsylvanians on the hook for an unknown amount of money to operate a system under rules that have not been fully written."
Many Democratic lawmakers, insurers and hospitals wanted Corbett to set up a state-run system. As Pennsylvania's attorney general in 2010, Corbett joined a federal lawsuit with officials from other states challenging the constitutionality of the landmark federal health care law that was ultimately upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The state Republican Party thanked Corbett for rejecting the exchange. The Washington, D.C.-based group Americans for Prosperity, which was founded by billionaire energy executives Charles and David Koch, had urged Corbett along with other governors to reject it. The group even sent a news release 20 minutes before he released his decision publicly Wednesday, saying they expected Corbett to "bring Christmas early to Pennsylvania" by rejecting an exchange.
State Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery, said Corbett's reasons for not participating appeared to be more thoughtful than some Republican governors who refused to participate strictly on partisan or ideological grounds. A better test of Corbett's interest in helping the uninsured will come when he decides whether to pursue a federally funded expansion of Medicaid under the law, Leach said.
Antoinette Kraus, of the Philadelphia-based health care advocacy coalition Pennsylvania Health Access Network, said the Corbett administration could have taken advantage of the opportunity to be innovative in crafting the health care exchange specific to Pennsylvania. But, she said, the most important thing is that people will get help finding coverage through the exchange.
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So far, 17 states and Washington, D.C., have said they will set up their own exchanges, while 20 other Republican-led states have opted to allow the federal government in. Another seven states have picked the partnership model, and the rest are trying to decide. States that want to run their own exchanges had until Friday to submit plans, and the deadline for partnership applications isn't until February.
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The digital magazine battle royale has gone up a notch today, with the publishers of Popular Science magazine creating this beautifully graceful concept. Game on, Wired and Sports Illustrated, game on.
Publisher Bonnier has worked with design agency BERG to come up with the Mag+ tablet, which has the magazine pages run vertically, rather than on the next screen like we've always seen so far. It actually replicates the experience of reading a magazine really well, as pages can be flipped like you would with a normal magazine, and when you encounter an article you'd like to read, you scroll down to view it.
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NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams will air a four-minute package at 6:30 p.m. (ET) on Tuesday, May 31, featuring footage of the evening news anchor's address to Fordham graduates.
The piece will also feature interviews with members of the Class of 2011 from Fordham and four other universities. This year, NBC worked with schools across the nation to create an unprecedented amount of footage on-air and online. While all interviews may not make it to the on-air broadcast, there will be more online.
A producer at NBC warned that breaking news could bump the segment, but for now, please make sure to turn on your local NBC station tonight when NBC Evening News airs, 6:30 p.m. ET.
For more information on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, visit their site, where the additional footage will be found after the story airs tonight.
And again, don't forget to tune into your local NBC station tonight.


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Samsung ATIV Smart PC and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Available at AT&T Retail Stores Nationwide Nov. 9 on AT&T's 4G LTE Network
AT&T and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung Mobile)2, today announced availability of the Samsung ATIV smart PC, a new tablet designed for the new Windows® 8 operating system, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab® 2 10.1, a 4G LTE Android tablet. Both tablets will be available for AT&T customers this holiday season beginning Nov. 9. The Samsung ATIV smart PC will be priced at $799.99 and the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 will be available for $499.99.
AT&T is giving customers more reasons to purchase a Samsung device this holiday season as part of a limited time offer that gives customers up to $100 off the purchase of any connected Samsung device of lesser or equal value, including the new Samsung ATIV smart PC and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, when they purchase any Samsung Galaxy smartphone (w/ two-year agreement incl. qualifying voice and data plans).
AT&T* and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung Mobile)2, today announced availability of the Samsung ATIV smart PC, a new tablet designed for the new Windows® 8 operating system, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab® 2 10.1, a 4G LTE Android tablet. Both tablets will be available for AT&T customers this holiday season beginning Nov. 9. The Samsung ATIV smart PC will be priced at $799.99 and the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 will be available for $499.99.
AT&T is giving customers more reasons to purchase a Samsung device this holiday season as part of a limited time offer that gives customers up to $100 off the purchase of any connected Samsung device of lesser or equal value, including the new Samsung ATIV smart PC and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, when they purchase any Samsung Galaxy smartphone (w/ two-year agreement incl. qualifying voice and data plans).
Samsung ATIV smart PC
Samsung ATIV smart PC combines premium computing power in an elegant tablet form factor while providing AT&T customers the ultimate in productivity and entertainment features. The powerful ATIV smart PC has an 11.6-inch HD PLS display, 64GB of internal storage memory and a microSD card slot to support up to an additional 32GB of memory and the Intel® Atom™ dual-core processor, up to 1.5 GHz. ATIV smart PC comes installed with Windows 8 (which can be upgraded to Windows 8 Pro). It is also backward compatible and supports all existing software and applications that run on older windows OS such as Windows 7, Vista, and XP. ATIV smart PC also comes preloaded with a trial version of Microsoft Office 2010 for a complete PC experience and for productivity while on-the-go.
ATIV is Samsung's brand for Windows 8 products including Smart PCs, tablets and Windows Phone 8 forsmartphones. Samsung will continue to announce ATIV products to provide advanced, productive and creative experiences.
"We are excited to offer the Samsung ATIV smart PC in stores nationwide ahead of the holiday shopping season," said Chris Penrose, senior vice president, AT&T Emerging Devices. "Connected by the nation's largest 4G network, this Windows 8 tablet gives customers optimized touch interface, instant live tile updates and PC capabilities."
Samsung Mobile and AT&T are offering the following accessories3 to get the most out of the ATIV smart PC:
- Stand Dock – Dock the ATIV smart PC in the Stand Dock to turn any environment into a personal office. In addition to providing a charge when docked, the Stand Dock is equipped with a built-in USB port and Ethernet (RJ45) port to connect the ATIV smart PC to LAN and various USB peripherals.
- VGA Adapter – Expand your workstation and give presentations with ease with the VGA Adapter (micro HDMI to VGA connectivity). Use the VGA Adapter to connect the ATIV smart PC to external displays, monitors and projectors for second-screen viewing and enhanced productivity.
- Additional accessories will also be available.
Beginning in late November online at www.wireless.att.com, the ATIV smart PC Stand Dock will be available for $49.00 and the VGA adapter will be available for $40.00.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.14 is a 4G LTE Android 4.0 tablet that delivers entertainment and productivity to fit your whole life. Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 offers a 10.1-inch display and premium entertainment options including Media Hub, Smart Remote and AllShare® Play. 3 Features like on-device encryption and VPN access ensure the tablet is secure for business use, while the 7000 mAh battery allows for all-day connectivity. For more information on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, please visit www.att.com/galaxytab2.
AT&T customers have access to the nation's largest 4G network, covering 285 million people. AT&T has two 4G networks that work together for customers, LTE and HSPA+ with enhanced backhaul. That means AT&T customers are able to enjoy a widespread, ultra-fast and consistent 4G experience on their compatible device as they move in and out of LTE areas.5 With other carriers, when you travel outside of their LTE coverage area, you may be on a much slower 3G network.
Customers purchasing tablets from AT&T have more options in choosing the plan that's right for them and their mobile devices. With new AT&T Mobile Share plans, new and existing customers can share a single bucket of data across smartphones, tablets, and other compatible devices. AT&T Mobile Share allows customers to build a plan to fit their devices and usage. For as low as $10 per month, customers can connect the Samsung 4G LTE tablets with AT&T's new Mobile Share plans. Customers can select one of the new shared data plans or choose one of AT&T's existing individual or family plans. 6
Beginning Nov. 9, Samsung ATIV smart PC and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 will be available in AT&T company-owned retail stores nationwide and online at www.wireless.att.com.
For more information on AT&T, please visit www.att.com.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
1 Samsung Galaxy promotion requires two-year smartphone agreement including qualifying voice and data plan.
2Samsung Mobile is the No. 1 mobile phone provider in the United States according to Strategy Analytics, North America Handset Vendor Marketshare, Q2 2012. Samsung Electronics Company is the No. 1 smartphone provider worldwide according to Strategy Analytics Global Smartphone Vendor Market Share by Region: Q2 2012.
3ATIV smart PC accessories sold separately.
4Samsung, Galaxy Tab, and AllShare are registered trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Other company names, product names and marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners and may be trademarks or registered trademarks.
54G speeds not available everywhere. Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. Learn more at att.com/network. 4G when used in connection with the ATIV Smart PC refers to the fact that the device can operate on AT&T's 4G network.
6Smartphone required. Up to ten devices per plan. Additional monthly charge per device. $15 per GB for add'l data. Unlimited talk and text for phones only. Activation fee may apply. Additional deposits and other restrictions may apply. Access to corporate email, intranet sites and apps available for $15/mo. per device.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's largest 4G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T |DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available athttp://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at@ATT.
About Samsung Telecommunications America
Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, (Samsung Mobile) a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets wireless handsets, wireless infrastructure and other telecommunications products throughout North America. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2011 consolidated sales of US$143.1 billion. Employing approximately 206,000 people in 197 offices across 72 countries, the company operates two separate organizations to coordinate its nine independent business units: Digital Media & Communications, comprising Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, and Digital Imaging; and Device Solutions, consisting of Memory, System LSI and LED. Recognized for its industry-leading performance across a range of economic, environmental and social criteria, Samsung Electronics was named the world's most sustainable technology company in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
© 2012 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 4G not available everywhere. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.


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"Love is in the Air Tour" featuring Marci Baun
The Whispering House by Marci Baun
Science Fiction Romance/Horror/Paranormal
After her mother's death, Eleanor Radcliffe retires from her job in San Jose and escapes to a small place outside of Fresno to heal.
But her new home hides a secret. A secret that could claim her life. When strange, frightening things start to happen, she turns to her mysterious neighbor Michael Stevens and the handsome sheriff Rodney Tyler for help.
As the incidents grow more bizarre and violent, she is forced to flee. Her world is turned upside down. Long-suppressed supernatural powers resurface, and she struggles to deal with everything that is happening.
With her world spinning out of control, Eleanor will have to face her deepest fears and learn to use her powers if she's going to survive...
The whispering house.
The house was quiet when she returned. Nothing out of place. No windows or doors stood open. She could almost believe last night had never happened.
The doorbell rang, sending her pulse racing faster than a greyhound. Could it be Michael? She drew in a deep breath and walked briskly to the door, almost throwing it open. Disappointment filled her at the sight of a chest clad in tan and sporting a sheriff's badge instead of soft flannel and leather.
She had to tip her head back to see his face. The somber expression on the handsome face gave nothing away.
"Miss Radcliffe? I'm Officer Rodney Tyler." Intense brown eyes studied her.
Eleanor shook his hand. Memories of her fear from the day before came rushing back.
"May I come in?"
"Uh, sure." She stepped back to give him room to enter. Cold air wrapped its arms around her. A shiver shimmied down her back, and she quickly shut the door. The fog's embrace had lost its allure.
He scanned the sparsely furnished living room, stopping on her dinosaur of a television. He didn't even raise an eyebrow. "You reported a break in? Was anything taken?"
"No. I…" Embarrassment heated her cheeks. How could she explain what had happened without sounding psycho? She licked her lips, looked down at her feet, and grimaced. Mud covered her sturdy hiking boots. She'd obviously just been out walking. Would he question her story more because of it?
A warm hand rested briefly on her shoulder. She jumped, startled. Their gazes met. For the second time that day, she read interest in a man's eyes. She, who barely made a ripple when she walked through a room, had two very good-looking men interested. The sensation was heady. Blushing, she moved to the couch and sat down. When she faced him again, she felt more in control.
"I don't know how to explain this without sounding like a crackpot, but yesterday I was sitting at my kitchen table when I saw a figure standing out in the fog…" She told him what happened.
He remained silent through the whole recitation, making her nerves jump. Did he believe her or was he merely humoring her?
"Does anyone else have a key?" Officer Tyler asked.
"Not that I'm aware of. I bought this house over a month ago, but only moved in last week. When I moved in, it was vacant."
"Are you certain you didn't open the window?"
"In the middle of winter?"
"I have to ask to rule out all of the possibilities," he replied. He once again scanned the living room. "Do you mind if I take a look around? Maybe you missed something." He closed his notebook and strode toward the front door.
"Do you want to see the bedroom window?" Heat flooded her cheeks. That hadn't come out the way she meant it. Would he think it was an invitation? His lack of response told her it was only in her mind. She sighed in relief and continued. "I didn't see anything that would suggest someone had forced it, but I don't have much experience with this kind of thing."
He shook his head. "Let me look around outside first. I'll check inside later."
She followed him to the door and watched him through her window. He pulled his radio out and started to talk to someone the second he stepped out of earshot. She sensed that he didn't believe her. Heck! She had a hard time believing it and she'd lived through it.
"He's a fool," a voice whispered.
The hair on the back of her neck stood on end. Her heart pounding an uneven tattoo, she turned to look behind her, afraid of what she may, or may not, see. The room was empty, but she heard the kitchen door slam. Pulling open the front door, she ran outside to the officer.
"It happened again." Her breath came in short gasps. "Someone was in my house. They went out the back."
"Stay here," he ordered and rushed into the house.
She looked around and scuttled after him. Nothing could induce her to stand outside in the cold, with the fog hanging in the distance, alone. He moved quickly through the house with Eleanor on his heels. He stopped so abruptly in the kitchen that she bumped into his back. The look he gave her made her insides churn, but fear of the unknown kept her glued to his side.
Peeking around his shoulder, she saw two small muddy footprints on the floor about the size of an eight- or nine-year-old child. He crossed to the backdoor and looked out the window. She knew he wouldn't see anything.
"I called the station," he began, but stopped. Concern filled his eyes.
"I know. I saw you on your radio. I figured you were calling in about the crazy lady."
He shook his head and appeared hesitant to continue. "What do you know about this house?"
"Only that I love it. Why?" A very bad feeling stole over her, similar to how she felt right before her mother told her she had cancer.
"Apparently, your house is a favorite place for neighborhood kids to pull pranks. At least, that is the best we can figure." He took in the cozy kitchen before he turned back to her. "You've been here a week?"
She nodded, wondering how the sheriff's department could call this a neighborhood kid's prank, especially after seeing the small bare footprints. What child would run around in the middle of winter without shoes? What mother would let them? And how could there be neighborhood kids without a neighborhood? "Yesterday was exactly a week."
"It fits the pattern. That's when the pranks begin. Most of the pranks are harmless."
"Most?" she interrupted.
"Yes. On occasion, things are destroyed. In any case, we've been unable to catch them. The best I can do is write down another report and advise you to get to know your neighbors."
"That's it?" she asked. This was all he was going to do?
"Miss Radcliffe, I wish I could do more for you. Unfortunately, beyond setting up camp, which I am not allowed to do, it's the best I can do. However," he pulled out a card, quickly jotted something down on the back, and handed it to her, "when…uh, if this happens again, call me directly. Or just call me if you feel the need…for anything." His radio squawked. "Officer Tyler here," he answered. "I'm sorry. I have to go." He strode across the yard to his parked patrol car, climbed in, and started the engine.
Stunned by his abrupt exit, she stared after him. She finally found her voice as she watched his car pull out of the driveway. "What about my bedroom?" she asked to the air. With his card in her hand, she wanted to cry then throw something and cry some more. Useless. Absolutely useless. She had expected to feel safer after talking to a sheriff. Instead, she felt even more vulnerable. She looked at the back of the card. 555-0892 – home. Officer Rodney Tyler.
Where was Michael when she needed him? And how did she know he could help her?
Where to buy this book?
Barnes & Noble
Social Media links:
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Other authors participating in the tour:
Cassandra Ulrich - http://cassandraulrich.blogspot.com/
Karen Kelly Boyce - http://donegalarizona.wixsite.com.karenkellyboyce/blog
Kyra Dune - https://theshadowportal.blogspot.com/
Lisa Middleton - http://literalleeme.weebly.com/blog
Marci Baun - http://www.marcibaun.com/blog
Patricia Middleton - http://www.patriciamiddleton.com/blog
Sherrie Wilkins - http://sherrieyvette.com/sherriesjournal/


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[Insert sustained grumbling.]
Back to to the vacation part. Each summer we visit family in a rural Rocky Mountain valley. It's an outdoor paradise of hiking, mountain biking, mushroom hunting, and above all, fishing. The Rockies boast some of the most hallowed angling waters on the planet. On the drive home, I pointed out old haunts that my children will hopefully experience as they get older: the Green and the Henry's Fork; the Beaverhead and the Big Hole. We must have crossed the Clark Fork and its tantalizing riffles a couple dozen times on our final leg home on I-90.
Lots of grandchildren fish this pond, so we don't take home stringers loaded with trout. Therefore it's important to sometimes make a dish that can stretch the main ingredient. One day Riley brought home an average rainbow of about 13 inches and we decided to see how big a meal we could make of it. I suggested Trout Cakes. Most of my family has feasted on my Crab Cakes recipe at one time or another, and this was no different. It's quick and easy and can be modified to taste. Trout Cakes love a bin of leftover veggies.
1 trout, cleaned
1/2 onion, diced
1/2 red bell pepper, diced
1 egg
1 dollop mayo
1 dollop mustard
1 handful fresh parsley, chopped
lemon juice
olive oil
seasoning, such as Old Bay
1. Brush trout all over with olive oil, place on foil in a roasting pan, and broil until barely cooked through. The meat should separate easily from backbone and skin yet still be very tender and moist. Make sure to fetch out all bones. Set meat aside.
2. Saute diced onion and red pepper in butter. Remove to large bowl. Mix together with the trout meat, mayo, mustard, egg, breadcrumbs, parsley, and a squeeze of lemon. Add seasoning and spice to taste.
3. Form into patties or balls or whatever, and fry in butter until cakes are lightly browned on the outside.
Depending on how much filler you add, you can stretch a single pan-sized trout a long way. We ended up getting three hockey puck-sized cakes out of the first half of the batch before refrigerating it for later. The second half yielded more than a dozen mini cakes that the adults ate as an appetizer that night with a little sriracha sauce dabbed on top.
It's hard to deny the educational elements to all this. As with so much in life, truth in fishing is generally found somewhere in the middle. Catch and release has its place, as does catch and kill.


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Understanding Contact in SolidWorks Simulation27 Oct, 2010 By: Glenn Whyte
Solid Thinking Tutorial: Emulating real-life part interaction is essential for accurate stress analysis results.
Editor's note: This tutorial courtesy of SolidWorks.
If you're going to perform a stress analysis on a SolidWorks assembly, you must be very careful to ensure that you accurately represent how the parts interact with each other. In SolidWorks Simulation, this is referred to as contact, and it is critical for accurate results. Contact is also one of the most frequently misunderstood areas of analysis. Fortunately, once you understand what the software is doing in the background, and the assumptions it is making, you can follow a simple procedure to make sure that your assembly closely approximates what happens in real life.
To perform an assembly-level analysis, you'll need a SolidWorks Premium license, or a SolidWorks Simulation license, as the SimulationXpress tool in every license of SolidWorks will only analyze single parts.
If you start you a new study in Simulation, and drill into the Connections folder, you'll notice an item called Global Contact, and it will probably indicate that it is "Bonded." This is the overall contact scheme that is being applied in the assembly; however, it is important to realize that this contact condition only applies to surfaces in the model that are touching at the start of the analysis. If the scheme is set to Bonded, all faces that are touching are assumed to be rigidly locked together, almost as if perfectly strong glue has been applied right across the faces. If it is set to "No Penetration," the two surfaces are free to slide on top of each other, and free to separate, but can't go through each other.
Users sometimes hit a snag here, because if you have a small gap between those faces — no matter how small — the global contact doesn't apply any contact condition to those faces. Therefore, if you have a small tolerance gap between two objects, no contact will be recognized, and if you apply a load to one of them it will pass right through the other. However, it's good engineering practice to design with appropriate tolerance gaps so that things fit together in real life, so obviously we need a way to tie assemblies together.
The first step is discerning where the global contact is being applied. To do this, I like to use the interference detection tool in SolidWorks, and I activate the "Treat Coincidence as Interference" option. This method will show you all the interfaces in the model where faces are touching. If there's an interface between two parts that doesn't show up in this interference check, it won't be recognized by the global contact.
For any situation where there is a gap between two parts, or if you want to specify a contact condition different from the global type in a particular area, you need to use the Contact Sets tool. Right-click the Connections folder, and choose Contact Set.
There are two ways to provide contact information between parts in your assembly. The first, and simplest, is manual application of the contact. To do so, press the Contact Tool, select the contact type (normally bonded or no penetration), and pick the two surfaces that come together. If there are multiple surfaces, you can specify a series of surfaces on one part in the first box, and a series of surfaces on the other part in the second box.
The second method is to switch the option at the top of the Contact Set Property Manager to "Automatically find contact sets." This allows you to search the model for touching faces — and more importantly, non-touching faces — and apply contact conditions automatically in those areas. To do this you will need to specify whether you want to look for touching or non-touching surfaces, pick the minimum and maximum gap size you wish to consider, select the components you want to check between (or select the entire assembly), and choose Find Faces.
Once the software finds the face sets, you can review them one by one, then pick an appropriate contact type, and click the green arrow to Add Contact Set. You can use Shift + select or Ctrl + select to choose and create multiple sets at once.
In the screenshot below, I've used this method to find and control the interaction between the top of the connecting rod and the piston, even though there is a very small gap between the sets of surfaces.
It pays to systematically work through the assembly, considering the interactions between each part, and make sure they have been accurately captured. I'll close with some more general reminders regarding contact in SolidWorks Simulation:
- If you've got interference between parts in your model, you'll need to apply contact sets just like you would if there was a gap — but really, you shouldn't have interference unless you're applying a shrink-fit or press-fit condition, as interference is not realistic.
- If you're working with shells, beams, and solids in one model, you'll need to apply manual contact sets at any interference between different types of mesh. The one exception to this is that shell mesh automatically created from SolidWorks sheet metal will automatically bond to solids, provided the sheet metal part is touching the solid.
- Use the exploded view in SolidWorks to separate your parts when selecting the contact sets. This will allow you to easily pick on the faces of the model, which are normally obscured and under one another.
About the Author: Glenn Whyte
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Internet Access in 56376 (Saint Martin, MN)
Internet Connectivity in 56376
^ An estimated 0 of residents in 56376 are connected to the Internet either at home, work, elsewhere or at multiple locations [1].
Internet Availability in 56376
^ Collectively (all cities), 83.9% of all Minnesota residents live in a household where Internet is available, which ranks 5th in the nation [2].
Connected in 56376
^ There are an estimated 0 residents in 56376 who are not connected to the Internet at all - whether at home, work, or elsewhere [1].