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The nominations are in and the committee selecting the recipients of the 11th annual Dunavant Public Servant Awards is weighing its choices.
The awards, to be given at an April 21 luncheon of the Rotary Club of Memphis East at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis, honor one elected official and one non-elected official each year who meet the standards of public service identified with the late Probate Court Clerk Bobby Dunavant.
The awards, cosponsored by The Daily News and the University of Memphis, are also about promoting those standards in leaders to come as well as fostering discussion about what the standards mean on a day-to-day basis in government service.
So far, presales of tables for the event indicate a crowd larger than last year's crowd.
The keynote speaker of the luncheon will be U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who is also a former governor of Tennessee, U.S. secretary of education and president of the University of Tennessee.
For more information on the event, go to www.rotaryclubofmemphiseast.org.
The University of Memphis is organizing a symposium on public service the same day as the luncheon. It is the second annual symposium and is also cosponsored by The Daily News.
The awards take place against the political backdrop of an election year statewide and in Shelby County.
Alexander is seeking re-election to another six-year term in the Senate.
Meanwhile, the courthouse clerks' offices and judges positions are on the ballot this year in the once-every-eight-year election cycle that politicos refer to as the "big ballot."
Memphis' East Buntyn neighborhood is gearing up for the fifth annual East Buntyn Artwalk, a celebration of art and community that happens April 27.
St. James Church at 461 S. Prescott St. will serve as the event's hub, hosting live music, a silent auction, food trucks and more. For the event, homeowners will host regional artists in their front yards to create an open-air bazaar of galleries around the neighborhood. The galleries will display and sell work and will represent an expected pool of more than 60 artists.
St. James Church also will host a silent auction tent, live entertainment and food trucks.
The state Senate has approved legislation that changes the way certain charter schools are authorized.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Dolores Gresham of Somerville was approved 20-12 on Thursday. The House version was approved 62-30 last year. It must now approve technical changes made by the Senate before heading to the governor for his consideration.
Under the legislation, the State Board of Education would become an authorizer and be able to overrule local school board decisions on charter applications in five counties where there are failing schools.
Those counties include the state's four largest cities: Davidson, Hamilton, Knox and Shelby. Hardeman County also would be affected.
Currently, local school boards decide whether to authorize a charter application, and opponents of the legislation say it should stay that way.
The Internal Revenue Service says more than 16,000 Tennesseans who didn't file their tax returns in 2010 are due refunds totaling more than $12.8 million.
The IRS says those who are owed refunds have a deadline of April 15 to file their 2010 tax return in order to collect the money.
There is no penalty for filing late for a refund. However, in order to get the money, taxpayers have three years to file a return to claim a refund.
Nationwide, more than 900,000 people who did not file a tax return in 2010 are due almost $760 million in refunds.
If the refund is not claimed within the three-year window, the money becomes the property of the U.S. Treasury.
A proposed constitutional amendment calling for the popular election of the state's attorney general has failed again in the Senate.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mae Beavers of Mt. Juliet was defeated 16-15 on Thursday after failing to get a majority of 17 votes. It failed to pass 15-14 last month.
Under the state's constitution, the attorney general is appointed to an eight-year term by the state Supreme Court.
Senate Majority Leader Jim Kyle was the only Democrat to vote for the measure on Thursday.
Kyle has said the popular election of the attorney general could present the best opportunity for a Democrat to run a competitive statewide race. The only current positions elected by the entire state are the governor and the Tennessee's two U.S. senators.
Under Senate rules, Beavers cannot bring the measure up again.
Sales of U.S. existing homes slipped in February to their lowest level since July 2012 as severe winter weather, rising prices and a tight supply of homes discouraged buyers.
The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that sales declined 0.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.6 million. That was the sixth decline in the past seven months.
Freezing temperatures and snowstorms likely kept many buyers from visiting open houses. And higher mortgage rates have weighed on sales since last fall.
Still, there were some signs that the market could pick up in the coming months. Sales improved in the South and West, where weather was less of a factor. And more people decided to sell, boosting the supply of available homes 6.4 percent to 2 million.
Home prices are rising despite the sluggish sales, a sign that the number of homes for sale remains low. The median sales price has risen 9.1 percent in the past year, the Realtors said, to $189,000.
Investors are accounting for an increasing share of purchases, while first-time buyers remain historically low. All-cash sales, which are mostly by investors, rose to 35 percent of purchases in February, up from 32 percent a year ago.
First-time buyers accounted for only 28 percent of sales in February, slightly more than in January. That's far below the 40 percent that's typical of a healthy market. First-time buyers are being held back by tight credit standards and high levels of student loan debt, the Realtors said.
Sales of existing homes climbed steadily in the first half of last year, reaching an annual pace of 5.38 million in July. And sales totaled 5.1 million in all of 2013, the most in seven years. That's still below the 5.5 million that is consistent with a healthy housing market.
Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages declined last week, edging closer to historically low levels.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for the 30-year loan fell to 4.32 percent from 4.37 percent last week. The average for the 15-year mortgage eased to 3.32 percent from 3.38 percent.
Mortgage rates have risen about a full percentage point since hitting record lows roughly a year ago.
The increase was driven by speculation that the Federal Reserve would reduce its $85 billion-a-month bond purchases, which have helped keep long-term interest rates low.
Deeming the economy to be gaining strength, the Fed announced in December and January — and again on Wednesday — that it was reducing its monthly bond purchases.
The Fed said after its latest two-day policy meeting that even after it raises short-term interest rates, the job market strengthens and inflation rises, the central bank expects its benchmark short-term rate to stay unusually low.
To calculate average mortgage rates, Freddie Mac surveys lenders across the country between Monday and Wednesday each week. The average doesn't include extra fees, known as points, which most borrowers must pay to get the lowest rates. One point equals 1 percent of the loan amount.
The average fee for a 30-year mortgage was unchanged at 0.6 point. The fee for a 15-year loan also held steady at 0.6 point.
The average rate on a one-year adjustable-rate mortgage edged up to 2.49 percent from 2.48 percent. The average fee remained at 0.4 point.
The average rate on a five-year adjustable mortgage fell to 3.02 percent from 3.09 percent. The fee was unchanged at 0.4 point.
The West Tennessee Home Builders Association is kicking off the 2014 Fall VESTA Home Show with a special groundbreaking ceremony.
The groundbreaking ceremony, which will include the introduction of the 2014 VESTA homebuilders, will be held Thursday, March 20, at 10 a.m. at Shaw's Creek Reserve Piperton, at 100 Kilmory Drive in Rossville.
The fall VESTA show will feature five new homes from some of the Mid-South's top homebuilders. Fayette Cares, an interdenominational, nonpartisan organization that brings churches, businesses, service agencies and individuals together to provide aid for Fayette County residents in need, will be this year's charitable partner and receive a portion of the show's total proceeds.
Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to create a community college program for all high school graduates is advancing in the Senate.
The "Tennessee Promise" legislation advanced out of the Senate Education Committee 8-1 on Wednesday. It's similar to one moving in the House.
The proposal would cover a full ride at two-year schools for any high school graduate, at a cost of $34 million per year.
The measure was amended to change lottery scholarship amounts. Initially, the bill sought to lower the current $4,000 lottery scholarship amount at four-year colleges to $3,000 for freshmen and sophomores, but increase it to $5,000 for juniors and seniors.
The amended version makes the amount $3,500 for freshman and sophomores, and $4,500 for juniors and seniors.
The move is meant to encourage students to consider going to two-year colleges first.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to headline the Tennessee Republican Party's annual fundraiser on May 30.
State Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney said the appearance will give voters a chance to form their own impressions about Christie as he considers a presidential bid.
Christie has been working to revive his image following a political retribution scandal in which his aides ordered the closing of lanes near New Jersey's George Washington Bridge.
Wednesday's announcement comes on the same day that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, another potential Republican presidential candidate, was making an appearance in Nashville.
The Tennessee GOP event is chaired by U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, who cited Christie's electoral successes in a largely Democratic state and said the New Jersey governor "knows what it takes to lead."
Big gains in exports and overseas investment income narrowed the U.S. current account deficit to the lowest level in 14 years in the October-December quarter.
The imbalance fell to $81.1 billion in the fourth quarter, down from $96.4 billion in the July-September quarter, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. That's the smallest gap since the third quarter of 1999.
The current account is the country's broadest measure of trade, covering not only goods and services but also investment flows. A smaller trade deficit usually means that U.S. companies are producing more to meet domestic and overseas demand.
Goods exports rose 1.9 percent to $405.4 billion, driven by higher overseas sales of petroleum and agricultural products.
Americans received $206.1 billion in overseas income, mostly from investments, a 4.3 percent increase from the previous quarter. Payments to overseas owners of U.S. assets rose 2.4 percent to $137.8 billion. That helped push the U.S. income surplus to $64.4 billion.
As a percentage of the U.S. economy, the current account deficit declined to 1.9 percent, the lowest since the third quarter of 1997.
Tennessee officials say Greenfield Products, a manufacturer of heavy equipment attachments, is investing $6.3 million to expand its operations in Obion County, adding 100 jobs during the next two years.
The company says it is adding 80,000 square feet of manufacturing space in Union City to begin engineering and manufacturing large heavy equipment.
Greenfield Products makes custom fork mounted attachments such as masts and carriages. The company also manufactures intermodal attachments including handling spreaders, container chassis shipping units and bomb carts for the container handling industry.
Greenfield Products will be hiring certified welders, fabricators, machinists, production planners and painters.
JPMorgan said on Wednesday that it has made a deal to sell its physical commodities business for $3.5 billion, after new regulations crimped its ability to control power plants, warehouses, and oil refineries.
If it's approved by regulators, the deal would put the commodities business in the hands of energy and commodities trading company Mercuria Energy Group Ltd.
Big banks have long profited from price swings in metals, energy, and other commodities. But some had branched out into owning physical facilities. Last summer JPMorgan said that the possibility of new regulations on whether banks could continue to do that was a factor behind its decision to consider selling some of its physical commodities business, which includes metals and energy assets.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Wednesday that after the sale it will still provide traditional banking activities in the commodities markets. It will also continue to make markets, provide liquidity and risk management and offer advice to global companies and institutions.
The Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County has been accepted as a contestant in the 2014 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge.
HSMSC is competing with 50 other shelters nationwide for a chance at more than $600,000 in grant funding, including a grand prize of $100,000. The competition is aimed at getting more animals adopted or returned to their owners. The contest period is June 1 through Aug. 31.
In order to qualify, each shelter must adopt out more than 300 animals in the three-month period than in the previous year.
HSMSC will host a community brainstorming session Monday, March 24, at 6:30 p.m. in the community room at the 935 Farm Road facility to discuss ideas and strategies for increasing adoptions.
U.S. home construction fell for a third month in February, but in a hopeful sign, applications for building permits rose to their highest level in four months.
Builders started work on 907,000 homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate in February, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. That was down a slight 0.2 percent from January, when construction had fallen 11.2 percent. The declines have been blamed in large part on severe winter weather in much of the country.
Applications for permits to build homes, considered a gauge of future activity, rose a solid 7.7 percent in February to 1.02 million units. Many analysts expect housing sales and construction to show further gains this year, helped by a stronger economy.
The weakness in construction came in the apartment sector. Construction of single-family homes rose 0.3 percent in February to an annual rate of 583,000. But this was offset by a 1.2 percent drop in apartment construction, which fell to a rate of 324,000.
By region of the country, construction activity fell a sharp 37.5 percent in the Northeast, a region hit by frigid weather in February. Construction was also down in the West, dropping 5.5 percent.
But activity in the Midwest, which had fallen sharply in January because of bad weather, rebounded 34.5 percent in February. Activity was up 7.3 percent in the South, the region which accounts for more than half of home construction.
Hard Rock Café International has filed a $2.5 million building permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for its coming renovation of the Lansky building at 126 Beale St.
The restaurant chain featuring music memorabilia and live performances announced earlier this year its plans to move to the Lansky building from its current location at Beale and Hernando Street in the Beale Street entertainment district. The new location is on the other side of Second Street from the current western border of the district.
The contractor is W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co.
Hard Rock executives filed a $2.5 million permit in February for interior renovations at the site, which is owned by BJHA LLC, an entity affiliated with the Lansky family.
In other building permit news, a $20 million permit application was filed by Wynright Corp. for the expansion of the Nike plant at 3100 New Frayser Blvd.
The Memphis and Shelby County Airport Authority is seeking to enhance its air service development program by hiring a Senior Manager of Air Service Research and Development.
"We are in the process of reinventing the Memphis International Airport," said Scott Brockman, president and CEO of the airport authority. "Our primary focus is the relentless pursuit of frequent and affordable air service, and this management-level position will ensure that we maintain that focus."
The new manager will be responsible for researching, developing and executing air service development strategies designed to increase domestic and international passenger activity and cargo air service at Memphis International Airport. This position will also work with closely with local business leaders to identify areas of focus.
Details about the position and requirements can be found at mscaa.com. The closing date for applications is April 13.
If it isn't fermented in Tennessee from mash of at least 51 percent corn, aged in new charred oak barrels, filtered through maple charcoal and bottled at a minimum of 80 proof, it isn't Tennessee whiskey. So says a year-old law that resembles almost to the letter the process used to make Jack Daniel's, the world's best-known Tennessee whiskey.
Now state lawmakers are considering dialing back some of those requirements that they say make it too difficult for craft distilleries to market their spirits as Tennessee whiskey, a distinctive and popular draw in the booming American liquor business.
But the people behind Jack Daniel's see the hand of a bigger competitor at work — Diageo PLC, the British conglomerate that owns George Dickel, another Tennessee whiskey made about 15 miles up the road.
"It's really more to weaken a title on a label that we've worked very hard for," said Jeff Arnett, the master distiller at the Jack Daniel's distillery in Lynchburg, Tenn. "As a state, I don't think Tennessee should be bashful about being protective of Tennessee whiskey over say bourbon or scotch or any of the other products that we compete with."
Republican state Rep. Bill Sanderson emphasized that his bill wouldn't do away with last year's law enacted largely on the behest of Jack Daniel's corporate parent, Louisville, Ky.,-based Brown-Forman Corp. The principal change would be to allow Tennessee whiskey makers to reuse barrels, which he said would present considerable savings over new ones that can cost $600 each.
"There are a lot of ways to make high-quality whiskey, even if it's not necessarily the way Jack Daniel's does it," Sanderson said. "What gives them the right to call theirs Tennessee whiskey, and not others?"
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has received the Arbor Day Foundation's 2014 Forest Lands Leadership Award.
The award is given annually to an individual or organization that provides leadership in advancing sustainable forestry on public land.
The TWRA was recognized this year for its bottomland hardwood forest restoration program in West Tennessee. Through that program, approximately 3 million trees have been planted on 6,800 acres of former row crop land.
As the trees and shrubs grow into forests, they will provide habitat and mast in an area where it is critically needed. TWRA's goal is to connect the fragmented forests of West Tennessee into an uninterrupted travel corridor through which wildlife can freely fly, walk and crawl.
Unemployment rates fell in 43 U.S. states in January as more Americans began looking for work and most quickly found jobs.
The Labor Department said Monday that the unemployment rate rose in just one state – Iowa – where the rate increased to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent. Still, that's far below the national rate of 6.6 percent that month. Rates were unchanged in six states.
Tennessee's unemployment rate stood at 7.2 percent in January, down from 8.1 percent a year ago and down from 7.7 percent in December.
The data demonstrates that the steady decline in the unemployment rate nationwide has been broad-based, occurring throughout much of the country. The overall U.S. unemployment rate has fallen 1 percentage point in the past 12 months.
Twenty-three states reported more hiring in January, while 27 said that the number of jobs fell. Harsh winter weather weighed on hiring nationwide, with employers adding just 129,000 jobs in January. That's below the average monthly gain of about 180,000 in the previous two years.
U.S. factory output rebounded strongly in February after harsh winter storms caused a steep drop-off in production in January. Manufacturers produced more autos, home electronics and chemicals.
The Federal Reserve said Monday that factory production surged 0.8 percent, nearly reversing a 0.9 percent plunge in January that was due mainly to weather. February's gain was the largest in six months.
The figures suggest that factories are poised to boost output and drive more economic growth as the weather improves.
"Assuming that the weather returns to seasonal norms, output will rise rapidly in the coming months," Paul Dales, an economist at Capital Economics, said in a note to clients.
Overall industrial production, which includes manufacturing, mining and utilities, rose 0.6 percent in February, the biggest increase since September. Industrial production had fallen 0.2 percent in January.
Utility output dipped 0.2 percent despite the cold weather. The drop came after a sharp 3.8 percent jump in January. Mining production rose 0.3 percent.
Auto production rose 4.6 percent after falling 5.1 percent in January. Home electronic output increased 0.7 percent. And food production rose about 1 percent.
Factories ran at 76.4 percent of capacity, up one-half of a percentage point over the month and 2.3 percentage points below the long-run average.
The Pepsi Beverages Co. plant in Collierville is laying off 55 workers as it shut down soft drink and other beverage production immediately at the plant at 110 S. Byhalia Road, according to a notice the company sent to Collierville city leaders.
The facility will remain open as a warehouse and distribution facility for Pepsi products. That part of the operation employs approximately 100 people.
In North America, PepsiCo has been struggling with a decline in overall soda consumption in the U.S. and loss of market share to rival Coca-Cola. PepsiCo includes the Frito-Lay snack food division, which has prompted some speculation that PepsiCo executives might spin off its soft drink sector to focus exclusively on the Frito-Lay division.
PepsiCo executives said in February they intend to keep the soft drink pairing with snacks.
Magna Bank enjoyed a strong 2013, with newly released results for the year including a 40 percent gain in net income from 2012 to 2013.
Among the bank's other highlights for the year, Magna grew its assets by almost 7 percent to $532 million. Loan growth was up 15.6 percent and retail deposit growth grew 8 percent.
One of the largest areas of growth for Magna in 2013 was commercial real estate, where loan production had a 40 percent improvement over 2012. In 2014, Magna expects increased growth from consumer and business loans, plus deposit growth from businesses as corporate cash flow improves.
Dr. Adam G. Walker has rejoined the University of Memphis Athletic Department as senior associate athletic director for development. Walker previously served the department as its director of major gifts.
In his new position, Walker will manage and direct all athletic fundraising operations, including major gifts, endowments, capital campaigns and the annual fund.
Walker returns to athletics after working almost two years as the senior director of development for the Fogelman College of Business & Economics at the University of Memphis.
Dr. Matthew T. Ballo has received appointments as founding chairman of the new Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and director of radiation oncology at the UT/West Clinic.
Previously, Ballo was at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where he served as professor of radiation oncology in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
Ballo will play a key role in expanding the radiation/oncology program at UT/West Clinic. He also has plans to develop a radiation oncology residency program.
A Federal Reserve report shows economic conditions in the housing sector in the Memphis area are healthy, but the employment market can do better.
The Federal Reserve in St. Louis released its quarterly Burgundy Books last week, examining economic conditions St. Louis, Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis. The Memphis zone includes northern Mississippi, eastern Arkansas, and western Tennessee, with a population of about 3.1 million people
The zone's unemployment rate averaged 9.6 percent, essentially unchanged from the previous quarter and higher than the national average.
Employment growth in fourth quarter 2013 outpaced the nation in the education and health, manufacturing, and financial activities industries. However, overall growth was weaker compared with fourth quarter 2012.
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Tmonews have got hold of a leaked T-Mobile US roadmap, detailing a release date for a "Nokia Flame 4G" smartphone. Name rings a bell? If not, don't worry as we've previously covered the mysterious handset, which is a low-end offering if our report is anything to go by. But don't let that get you down as this is a 4G Windows Phone, and not everyone wants (or requires) a high-end smartphone.
Should previously stated specifications hold out to be true, we'll be looking at a 4-inch screen, 512MB RAM, 1.0GHz dual-core processor, 5-megapixel camera, and 4GB of storage. As mentioned above, the "Flame" that we know already is to be a cheap and cheerful handset. That said, we're sure T-Mobile customers will be crying out for a super advance Windows Phone.
The roadmap states that the Nokia Flame is set to arrive on April 24th. There'll be more information nearer to the time.
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"This marks the 36th consecutive year (since 1976) that the yearly global temperature was above average. Currently, the warmest year on record is 2010."
There were stretches where the weather in January felt genuinely miserable.
However, as it has been for so many recent months in the past, the new weather normal in our region was January that had above normal temperatures. January 2013 ended up nearly six degrees above the average high for the month according to the numbers provided by The Weather Channel's website.
The average high this January was 28.96 degrees F. The historic average for a St. James January is 23 degrees.
We must be getting spoiled or use to these 'balmy' January temps, because this month had several days that felt downright unpleasant.
Part of why we might be getting spoiled is last winter. In January of 2012, the average high for the month was just under 34 degrees. That was 11 degrees above the average daily January temperature.
I've been reporting on the weather story for the last 14 months. In that stretch of time, St. James has had one below average month, one month at average (a couple of hundredths of a degree below average) and the rest of the months had noticeably above average temperatures.
Back to January 2013, as far as low temperatures went, we did not experience a double digit below zero night.
We had a stretch between the 21st through the 24th where the low temperature was below zero every night. The coldest night in that stretch was seven below zero. That is the coldest night of this winter in St. James - so far. The ten day forecast into the middle of February has no below zero nights predicted.
Last winter St. James did not experience a teens below zero night. If the weather patterns holds, this will mark the second winter in a row without a teens below zero night for St. James.
The above average temps for St. James translates to Minnesota, which tied its warmest year on record in 2012.
What St. James experienced, what Minnesota experienced is also what the earth experienced in 2012.
According to Minnesota Public Radio's Updraft blog, "The year 2012 was the 10th warmest year since records began in 1880.
"This marks the 36th consecutive year (since 1976) that the yearly global temperature was above average. Currently, the warmest year on record is 2010.
"Including 2012, all 12 years to date in the 21st century (2001-2012) rank among the 14 warmest in the 133-year period of record. Only one year during the 20th century - 1998 - was warmer than 2012.
"Think about that for a second. Every year since 2001 is in the top 14 warmest on record globally. In a 'normal' climate system, we might expect four cooler than average years, four 'near average' years and four warmer than average years in the past 12 years.
"Instead we have the two hottest years on record globally (2005 and 2010) and all 12 in the top 14 years going back to 1880. The odds of that as a natural occurrence? Incredibly remote."
Another pattern that has persisted in our region is the drought. January was another month with below average precipitation. The average for January is .77 inches and we had only .52 inches of precipitation. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Watonwan County remains in a phase of extreme drought.
When it comes to the weather there's science and then there is a particular rodent.
It's been reported that Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog did not see his shadow last Saturday.
So if Phil's saying it's going to be an early spring, then I'd be OK with that. Even a mild Minnesota winter is still a Minnesota winter!
I'd also be happy with a wet spring. The soils need water, as do the river systems and the lakes of Minnesota.
The more scientific National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center has a forecast that says our region might experience above average precipitation in the next one to three months. It also predicts we have an equal chance of having near average temperatures in the next one to three months.


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The Tuesday, April 2 Council meeting covered a discussion and potential approval of one of the following actions related to the Case CX36B backhoe.
The Tuesday, April 2 Council meeting covered a discussion and potential approval of one of the following actions related to the Case CX36B backhoe.
The first option on the agenda was to return the equipment to the vendor. The second option was to continuing to pay the outstanding interest as well as continuing to shell out a monthly payment along with monthly interest. The third choice for council to consider was to forego the interest and pay the vendor in full for the outstanding balance and keep the equipment.
According to Mayor Michael, The two items on the agenda were about the backhoe and on developing a policy or procedure for contracts of rental buildings. The motion to pay the remaining balance for the backhoe and forego the interest was voted against by 3 of the 4 members.
Said Ihle, "I, Jared (Bloxton), and Mike (Kelly) were for paying the remaining balance and forgoing the interest payments. The others were against. I repeatedly asked Council for a motion on either of the other two options for the backhoe. No one did, and I, as the Chair, should not make motions. So, we were unable to consider those options."
A discussion and potential approval of policies and procedures for rental agreements for City buildings was also a topic of discussion.
According to Ihle, the issue surrounded two separate citizens who double booked one of the City facilities for rental.
"The initial bookings took place before my administration. Neither the City nor the renter has the contract, but the City does have a cancelled check, which constitutes an implied contract. The other renter has all the paperwork in order and apparently began renting before the other's contract completely ended.
Ihle added that City Attorney Steve Cogar has volunteered to mediate the dispute between the two citizens.


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Dr. Chithra Ranjani is the Dean of Faculty of Commerce & Management Studies, University of Kelaniya. She earned her Masters & PhD from Business School in Panjab University, India. She counts more than 20 years in academia. Her research interest includes Finance & Accounting and has published number of papers both internationally and locally.
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· Professor Ananda Patabendige (Uni. of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka )
· Professor D. R. Dissanayake (Uni. of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka )
· Professor E.G.Ubayachandra (Uni. of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka )
· Professsor H.H.D.N.P. Opatha (Uni. of Sri'Pura, Sri Lanka )
· Professor Nevil Warnakulasooriya (Uni. of Sri'Pura, Sri Lanka )
· Professor H.D.Karaunarathna (Uni. of Colombo, Sri Lanka )
· Dr. P.M.C. Thilakarathna (Uni. of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka )
· Dr. Ariyarathna Jayamaha (Uni. of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka )
· Professor Dinesh Kumar Gupta (Uni. of Panjab, India )
· Professor Krishn A Goyal (Bhupal Nobles'College, India )
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· Mr. Ruwan Abeysekera
· Mrs.U.L.T.P Gunasekara
· Mrs.Prasadini Gamage
· Mrs.Sunethrani Amarathunga
· Mr. Ajith Medis
· Mr. Ravi Dissanayake
· Mr. Sampath Gunawardana
· Mr. R.M.S. Bandara
· MR.A.M.I.Lakshan
· Ms. K.K.D. Perera
· Ms. K.M.N.S.Kulatunga
· Mr. S.C.Thushara
· Ms. Ridmi Gajanayake
· Ms. Chathuri Senarath
· Ms. Gayani Hewagama
· Ms. Saroja Wanigasekara
· Ms. Prabashini Wijewantha
· Mr. P.Morawakage
· Mr. Indunil Liyanage
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Stephen King Comments on JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer
Feb 03, 2009
Scores of readers let us know about a new interview with acclaimed author Stephen King, who has made some new comments regarding Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer. Speaking with USA Weekend, Mr. King compared the two authors and had some blunt things to say about the Twilight author Meyer. Quotage as follows:
Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking
directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is
a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's
not very good."
"Somebody who's a terrific writer who's been very, very successful
is Jodi Picoult. You've got Dean Koontz, who
can write like hell. And then sometimes he's just awful. It varies. James Patterson
is a terrible writer but he's very very successful. People are
attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie
Meyer, it's very clear that she's writing to a whole generation of
girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those
books. It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly
threatening because they're not overtly sexual. A lot of the physical
side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her
forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold.
And for girls, that's a shorthand for all the feelings that they're not
ready to deal with yet."
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Toyota's $40 billion cash pile draws calls for new plants, higher dividends
TOKYO (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, whose company has accumulated a cash pile of almost $40 billion, is facing calls to put that money to better use.
The world's largest carmaker is seeing profits surge as the yen weakens and demand rises in the U.S. and China. The company will probably report on Tuesday net income quadrupled to 434.3 billion yen ($4.3 billion) last quarter, according to the average analyst estimate compiled by Bloomberg, adding to the 3.88 trillion yen in cash and short-term investments it had at the end of September.
Toyoda's reluctance to spend has prompted the likes of Takaki Nakanishi, Institutional Investor magazine's top-ranked Japanese auto analyst, to say the Camry maker should return more money to shareholders or increase capital investments. Options include higher dividend payments, stock buybacks, or building more factories in markets such as North America and China, where capacity is strained.
"Capital efficiency is not improving as fast as the fundamental improvement of Toyota," said Nakanishi, founder of Nakanishi Research Institute in Tokyo. "So I am not happy, but that's how Toyota is."
Toyota has said it aims to pay 30 percent of net income as dividends -- a lower payout ratio than at Honda Motor Co. last fiscal year -- and that the company won't build any new factories until 2015 as it focuses on improving efficiency at existing plants.
Net cash
"Our fundamental approach to production is to build cars where the demand is," said Shino Yamada, a Toyota spokeswoman. "Based on this idea, we are working to maximize the utilization and productivity of existing plants and facilities."
Instead, Toyota plans to increase its "net cash" -- available funds minus some liabilities -- to 6 trillion yen, from 4.6 trillion yen at the end of last fiscal year.
Behind Toyota's hesitation to spend are memories of tougher times, such as when it reported a record loss in the year ended March 2009, followed by millions of vehicle recalls related to unintended acceleration -- adversities that Toyoda has partly blamed on over-expansion.
The company, which hasn't announced any new car plants since January 2012, has the capacity to make about 9.5 million units annually, according to Issei Takahashi, an analyst at Credit Suisse Group AG in Tokyo. Still, production can exceed capacity through added shifts or working hours.
Takahashi estimates capacity is tightest in North America, Toyota's biggest market. Its plants are so stretched that Toyota produces some of its Camry sedans at a Subaru factory -- and that relationship may be ending.
U.S., China
By comparison, Volkswagen AG announced plans at last month's Detroit auto show to spend more than $7 billion during the next five years in North America. VW seeks to boost sales of its namesake and Audi brands to 1 million vehicles by 2018, the year it has set as a goal to become the top-selling automaker in the world.
In China, Toyota forecasts its sales will rise to above 1.1 million vehicles in 2014, though the company has only disclosed plans to build up annual capacity in the country to 990,000 units in 2015. Toyota saw record sales in the world's largest auto market last year as it recovered from the consumer backlash triggered in 2012 by a territorial dispute between Asia's two largest economies.
"They have to make a decision very quickly," Edwin Merner, president of Atlantis Investment Research Corp. in Tokyo, said in reference to Toyota's capacity in China. "If they don't do it, they'll lose market share. They can't lose more market share."
Geopolitical risks
One risk of doing so is that like other Japanese carmakers, Toyota is vulnerable to geopolitical tensions, as illustrated by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, which includes World War II soldiers convicted of Class-A war crimes. In 2012, consumers shunned Japanese products because of a dispute over a group of uninhabited islands, sending Toyota sales down by 4.9 percent, while competitors such as General Motors and Hyundai Motor Co. increased sales.
"They can't just walk away from China," said Yoshihiro Okumura, general manager at Chiba-Gin Asset Management Co. in Tokyo. "GM, VW are not hampered by the political headwinds and increased capacity a lot. Toyota will have to be aggressive too."
VW, which has said it plans to invest 14 billion euros ($19 billion) in China through 2016, is building a new plant in the far western Xinjiang region along the old Silk Road. GM expects to invest at least $11 billion in China from 2013 to 2016, adding four assembly plants and raising capacity to 5 million vehicles.
Returning cash
In the luxury segment, Toyota's Lexus is the only main brand that doesn't make cars in China. Even smaller marques including Cadillac, Volvo Cars, Infiniti, and Acura are going to be manufactured in China.
For Satoshi Yuzaki, general manager at Takagi Securities Co. in Tokyo, investments into future growth are often better than returning cash to shareholders.
"Is it better to return profits to investors, or keep an appropriate level of cash to invest for the future?" said Yuzaki. "I personally prefer them to invest wisely for projects that can guarantee their future growth."
Toyota returned 20 percent of profit last fiscal year as dividend payments, compared with 28 percent at Nissan Motor Co. and 35 percent at Honda.
Still, Toyota's payouts are rising as profits increase, with the company last paying an interim dividend of 65 yen a share, more than double what it paid a year earlier. The trend should continue as earnings keep rising, Credit Suisse's Takahashi said.
"They should return cash to investors no matter in what form," he said.
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Virtually every wine region in Chile benefits from proximity to the Pacific Ocean and the cooling Humboldt Current that flows up from the South Pole. Although Chile extends more than 2,000 miles from north to south, its grape-growing regions are clustered in the center of the country, where rainfall is concentrated during the winter months, and where an absence of fungal diseases makes for relatively carefree grape-farming. The towering Andes Mountains that run down Chile's eastern border block wind and rain from the east, but, more important, trap cool air from the Pacific, with the result that nighttime temperatures even in most of Chile's warmest vineyards typically descend into the 50s. This diurnal variation enables Chile's vineyards to produce grapes with healthy acidity, strong aromatic character and intense varietal flavors.
For decades, Chile has been an excellent source of user-friendly, fruit-driven wines, often at bargain-basement prices. Due to a stable political environment, Chile's wine growing regions have steadily attracted foreign interest and investment since the 1970s; and, at the same time, Chile has benefited from association with large and established trading companies with powerful networks that have helped to raise the profile and expand distribution of Chilean wines in major export markets.
Chile is a solid source of wonderful-if largely commercial-grade-wines made from familiar varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc. Recently, Chile has faced growing competition in the under-$15 range from Argentina, as well as from Spain, Portugal, Australia, and South Africa. At the same time, a growing number of producers are attempting to capitalize on the country's idyllic growing conditions by cutting vine yields and attempting to make more serious and concentrated Chilean wines that can bear comparison to the best of the New World.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 10:30am to 11:00am
Pre-School Story time! We invite you and your preschool age child to join the Chickadee Society here at the Natural History Museum of Utah. This program is designed for the emergent reader and will include science themed stories, hands-on activities, movement activities and gallery exploration. Be a part of the Chickadee Society the last Thursday of every month.


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Martha Stewart's Cooking School "Dressing and Emulsions" Homemade dressings far outshine any store-bought varieties, and Martha will show you how easy it is to make your own. She starts the lesson with a delicious shallot vinaigrette prepared two ways: whisked directly in the bottom of a salad bowl and shaken in a small jar. She also makes a creamy blue cheese dressing - just the thing for drizzling onto a wedge of iceberg lettuce. D
10:00 am
Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Chicken for Everyone!" Test cook Julia Collin Davison shows host Christopher Kimball how to make perfect One-Pan Roast Chicken and Vegetables. Then, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top picks for kitchen shears. Next, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of canned tomato soup. D
10:30 am
The Mind of a Chef "Pig" Explore David Chang's relationship to the pig. He travels to San Sebastian to discuss pork bushi, prepares pork belly and tonkotsu, and visits Montreal with comedian Aziz Ansari for Wilensky's fried bologna sandwich. D
11:00 am
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Mediterranean Specials" Test cook Bridget Lancaster reveals the secrets to making the ultimate Beef Kebabs. Next, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges host Christopher Kimball to a tasting of Greek yogurt. And finally, test cook Bryan Roof uncovers the test kitchen's secrets to perfect Greek Spinach and Feta Pie. D
11:30 am
Scrapbook Soup Julie Fei-Fan Balzer opens the show demonstrating a technique for upcycling wrapping paper. Next, Tonya Lutz uses a variety of techniques with colored pens, pencils, rubber stamps, and inks to design a scrapbook page. Then, Jo Pearson creates an angel using a papier mache mannequin. D
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Jerry Yarnell School of Fine Art "Apple Harvest, Part 4" Jerry completes the painting by adding the final details to the apples _ shadows, light, stems and indentations. Part 4 of 4G
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This Old House "Old and New In Harmony" Roger replaces the existing concrete front walk with a beautiful new bluestone design. Tom shows Kevin the modifications he specified on the replacement windows. On the third floor, tile contractor Mark Ferrante uses a shower waterproofing system. D
1:30 pm
Ask This Old House "Installing a New Kitchen Sink and Faucet/Installing Insulated Sidelights on a Front Door" Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey heads to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to install a brand new kitchen sink and faucet. Then, general contractor Tom Silva installs insulated sidelights on a front door. D
2:00 pm
American Woodshop "Built In Shaker Inspired Painted Cabinets" Milk paint often adorned Shaker furniture. Why? Because Shakers liked a space to be balanced and perfect. Color was often the only way to take ordinary wood and turn it into extraordinary woodworking. D
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Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac "Steam Bent Chair" On this installment of Rough Cut, Tommy builds a beautiful, sleek steam bent lounge chair - perfect for inside and out. To teach us more about the ancient art of steam bending, he takes us on a Road Trip to Newport, Rhode Island's International Yacht Restoration School. Back in the shop, Tommy is joined by Rough Cut regular, Eli Cleveland. D
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MotorWeek "Callaway Corvette" Road Test: 25th Anniversary Callaway Corvette/2013 Chevrolet Corvette 427. Road Test: 2013 Audi Allroad. Goss' Garage: Cheap Gas Issues. D
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America's Heartland Take to the range in Wyoming where goats are essential to a cattle ranching operation. Haul in a sweet harvest of sugarcane in Louisiana. Travel back in time to find out about George Washington. D
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NOVA scienceNOW "What Will The Future Be Like?" Host David Pogue makes some predictions about which technologies will transform daily life within the next several years, based on advancements already taking shape in laboratories around the world. Gadgets that once were purely science fiction are on the verge of becoming as common as the smart phones Pogue reviews today.G
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Antiques Roadshow "Cats & Dogs" From a ceramic dog to a painted cat, this special is filled with appraisals featuring felines and canines, including an original "Hush Puppy" mascot, dog portraits and one "naughty cat" bronze.G
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Priceless Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce presents more of the series' choicest cuts. Veteran ceramic expert Henry Sandon is finally cast in clay and a poignant selection of items remembers those who fell in the Great War.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Paris: Regal and Intimate" Rick cruises the Seine River, visits Napoleon's tomb, and takes in the Louvre. He also shops in village-like neighborhoods, attends church in a grand pipe organ loft, and celebrates with a big, patriotic Bastille Day bang.G
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The Lawrence Welk Show "Thanksgiving" The group presents "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays" to set the mood. Guy and Ralna sing "A House With Love in It." Joe Feeney reminds everyone to "Be Thankful."G
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Are You Being Served? "Sit Out" With sales slow, staff members are asked to take a 10 percent salary cut. This leads to a rooftop protest.G
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "Skis" Hyacinth, determined to give Richard a pair of skis, tells him to strap them atop the car to cultivate the correct image without ever having to step onto them.G
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As Time Goes By "Welcome News" Jean and Lionel hear unexpected but welcome news from Lionel's father, Rocky, and his wife, Madge.G
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Outnumbered There is a lot to discuss during an evening with Ben's parents, including muggers, dangerous chemicals and reenactments of the Great Plague. Mum is still suspicious Jake is hiding something and Karen decides which of the world's great religions to lead.G
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The Red Green Show "Angel" Red and the boys argue about the existence of angels. Mike volunteers to produce one. Red makes a bread maker out of an automatic washing machine.G
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My Family "Dutch Art and Dutch Courage" Michael is devastated when he fails his driving test. To cheer him up Susan suggests Ben drive him to his university interview. Ben agrees only to watch Susan drive off with her attractive boss on an art-buying trip.G
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Doctor Who Series "The Impossible Astronaut" The Doctor returns for new adventure, along with newlyweds Amy and Rory. They receive a secret summons that leads them to the Oval Office in 1969. Enlisting the help of a former FBI agent and the irrepressible River Song, The Doctor promises to assist the President in saving a terrified little girl from a mysterious Space Man.G


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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Ruff Needs His Herring Checked" Ruff has finally lost it! He's hearing a voice that no one else can hear. Even stranger, the voice is telling him to bake cookies to woo Charlene, the poodle next door. Ruff's sanity is at stake as he sends Isaac and Liza to meet with an audiologist to find out everything they can about hearing. D
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Nightly Business Report With just 15 days to go.President Obama and House Speaker Boehner meet again for negotiation on the fiscal cliff. NBR's Darren Gersh takes a look at whether the talks are reaching a new level. D
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Antiques Roadshow "Greatest Gifts" This show is a compilation of appraisals of items received by guests as presents. Finds include a Louis Comfort Tiffany necklace from a husband and a Fender bass guitar as a birthday gift, along with other valuable and interesting items.G
8:00 pm
Market Warriors "Antiquing In Canton, TX (Part 1)" Pickers Miller, John, Bob and Kevin head to First Monday trade days. At the outdoor monthly market with a mix of antiques and new wares, they look for authentic Mission Oak furniture amid recently made crafts.G
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Globe Trekker "Globe Trekker Special: Volcanoes, Ring of Fire" Trekkers explore volcanoes from Pompeii, Stromboli and Santorini in Italy and Greece to Krakatoa and Mt. Fuji in Indonesia and Japan. Other explosive sites include Montserrat, Pacaya in Guatemala, Cotopaxi in Ecuador, La Palma in the Canary Islands, and Mount St. Helens and Kilauea in the U.S.G
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Independent Lens "Lives Worth Living" Fred Fay's life proves that one man can change the world, even though he has to lie flat on his back just to stay alive. This film looks at Fay's struggle to survive after a spinal cord injury and the small group of dedicated activists who formed the Disability Rights Movement to drive the nation toward equal rights for the physically challenged.G
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The goal of treatment is to remove as much of the cancer as possible, while preserving the as much of the breast and its function. Additional treatment may help to prevent the spread or recurrence of cancer. The treatment plan will often involve a combination of approaches based on the characteristics of the cancer, woman's age, general health, and prognosis. Treatment for advanced stages may include management of symptoms for comfort measures.
The healthcare team will be made up of a variety of health professionals including doctors, surgeons, nurses, and pharmacists. It is important to maintain contact with your medical team, adhere to recommended treatment, and go to any recommended appointments for best outcomes possible.
Breast cancer treatment includes:SurgeryRadiation therapyChemotherapyLifestyle changesHormonal therapyMedicationsOther treatments
Existing treatment protocols have been established and continue to be modified through clinical trials. These research studies are essential to determine whether or not new treatments are both safe and effective. Since highly effective treatments for many cancers remain unknown, numerous clinical trials are always underway around the world. You may wish to ask your doctor if you should consider participating in a clinical trial. You can find out about clinical trials at the US National Institutes of Health website.
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Doc Martin "Movement" Bert Large abandons his plumbing business to open a restaurant. Doc Martin's blood phobia kicks in when he finds a spot that looks like blood on his plate while eating there. Restaurant patrons line up the next day at the doctor's office.G
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Saving The Ocean "Destination Baja" On Mexico's Baja peninsula, local fishing people developed a whale-watching co-op that now draws tourists from across the world. The co-op runs the tourist accommodations, polices the lagoon, regulates access to the whales and preserves most of the area as a quiet sanctuary for the whales and their calves. There also are now several other successful, self-regulated fishing co-ops along Baja's Pacific coast.G
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Midsomer Murders "Garden of Death, Part 2" More deaths occur and within the current investigation, Barnaby and Troy solve a five-year-murder. But as the investigation deepens, Barnaby finds older and more deep-seated motives than the threat of the new tea room poses. Part 2 of 2G
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Billy Connolly's Route 66 Billy continues west stopping at a cattle auction; the Devil's Rope Museum in McLeary, Texas, to learn about the history and lore of barbed wire; Cadillac Ranch, the art installation where 10 Cadillacs stand up-ended, their tails in the air; and a ghost town. He sees the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, detours north to Navajo Nation's Monument Valley Park on the Utah-Arizona border, and experiences a Navajo healing ritual. Part 3 of 4G
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Assassin's Creed III follows 20 years of conflict, the 13 American colonies and the British Crown are on the brink of war. Battle lines are drawn. Bloodshed is inevitable. Eliminate your foes with an expanded arsenal of weaponry including bows, pistols, the tomahawk and the signature blade of the Assassin's Order. Explore densely populated cities, situated along the vast wilderness of a dangerous frontier, teeming with wildlife. Experience new PlayStation 3 gameplay that delivers the brutality and beauty of a nation caught up in an epic war for independence.
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Assassin's Creed 3, the latest installment in the Assassin's Creed franchise, throws players into the chaotic shadow war that's going on behind the scenes of America's revolutionary war against England. With a new assassin to take charge of, new environments and new combat styles, Assassin's Creed 3 is different from most of the other games in the series while still holding true to the spirit of what those games have been about since the very beginning.
Players take on the role of Connor, a man of English and Native American heritage who has become the latest recruit embroiled in the ages long struggle between the Brotherhood of Assassins and the Knights Templar. The Templars are working within the British government to try and subjugate the colony, meanwhile Connor and his contacts in the Brotherhood are attempting to fight for the freedom of the evolving country so that it need no longer be subjected to the tyranny of the old world.
Assassin's Creed 3 gets back to basics with the plot, choosing a setting rife with conspiracy and the presence of so many different national interests. The storyline slips easily through history, stitching itself into the actual events of the period, in places as diverse as the hearts of major cities and the wild, western frontier of 18th century America. A graphical feast for the eyes.
Beyond the plot though, Assassin's Creed has always been famous for its high flying combat style, integrating smooth switches between a variety of different weapons and combat maneuvers depending on the situation. In this, the third installment of the series, Connor's maneuvers are some of the most fluid and unique in the game's history. Incorporating his new signature weapon, the tomahawk, combat is brutal, bloody and often short lived for the individuals who find themselves on the wrong end of the Assassin's blades. The game also maintains the acrobatics and adventure of the previous games, despite the relative lack of huge cities that were much more common in the game's first two installments.
Overall, Assassin's Creed 3 takes everything that the previous games did well and keeps it. At the same time it goes in a new direction with its plot, its graphics and its setting, trying something new. Though there has been some criticism from some reviewers regarding the plot within the plot, namely that the entire game is the ancestral memory of someone in the far flung future undergoing mysterious regression therapy, Assassin's Creed 3 is best enjoyed by people who can forget that aspect and stop wanting the game to be something it isn't. This installment is, more or less, the story of Connor and the war that he fought within the greater context of the Revolutionary War. In that aspect, Assassin's Creed 3 is a great story that explores one more of the mysterious assassins throughout history. It is not the story of the host for all these memories in the far future, and if players remember that, they're more likely to have fun.
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Courtney to future college students: Make smart choices
New London - About 10 high school seniors in the middle of the college application process spoke with U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, at Higher Edge on Thursday about their paths to college and how they plan to pay for their educations.
"Education is the great equalizer. There is no question that higher education is almost mandatory if you want to be able to compete and succeed in a competitive workforce," Courtney said. "But it is not just an automatic process, you really have to think through your choices and your decisions."
Higher Edge, a nonprofit organization founded by Chris Soto three years ago, strives to do just that. The organization works with high school juniors and seniors from low-income households, and those who will be the first in their families to attend college, and helps guide them through the process of choosing a college, applying for admission and securing financial aid, all free of charge to the student.
The program serves students who attend New London High School and New London residents who attend Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School.
"I feel that I wouldn't be going to college without this program and if I didn't have the help to guide me through the process," Naje Ramos, a 17-year-old senior at Three Rivers Middle College Magnet High School, told Courtney. "They bettered my future for me."
Courtney also stressed to the students the importance of having a financial plan to help pay for college. Just managing debt after leaving college is not enough, he said.
"The student loan debt levels people are starting to carry is now greater than credit card debt, greater than car loan debt," he said. "On balance, it is still a great investment. But again, you really have to make smart choices when you're going through this process."
Many of the students Courtney spoke to said they are considering the University of Connecticut, where annual costs for state residents are approximately $23,744, including room and board.
Courtney, a former member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, helped pass the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, which cut interest rates for the Stafford student loan program and bolstered the Pell Grant program. Last summer, he supported a bill that prevented interest rates on federal student loans from doubling from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
"At some point, we need to look at the issue not just on the back end, after students have left college," Courtney said. "We need to start focusing on the decision-making on the front end."
Students and parents, if given more information about a school's affordability, could make better decisions about financing a college education, he said.
This school year alone, Higher Edge has helped high school seniors complete and submit more than 230 college applications. Many of the students have already been accepted to college, Soto said.
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"Completion is as important as admission," Courtney reminded the students. "It's not just about getting in, it's about getting across the finish line."
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I have to confess.... I was running an errand/(my job) during most of the first half of the Atlanta game... so I missed it. I like most here believed the myth of the last 30 secs being our demise in that game.
I just love You Tube... It doesn't lie or make up lame excuses about how we lost the game in the last 30 seconds do to a poor pass rush.
Now that I actually saw the parts of the game I missed this evening I'm gonna go with the Marshawn Lynch fumble in the first qtr while we were driving with momentum on Atlanta's 40 as the real reason we lost the game. We were 1st down 15 yards from a certain field goal at the very least. Also the GREAT Russell Wilson's air game sucked in the first qtr. His passing choices and delivery of catchable balls was very "UnWilsonLike". There was one great run.
Nope ...it was lynch. His first qtr running and the fumble blew chunks. See for yourselves...as I provided the link.. you can mouse to the timeline ball and go over and over all the TRUTH!
Lynch was careless with the ball...AKA BeastMode choked when he should have been focused.


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NeighborWorks, a nonprofit group that provides a bevy of services to help revitalize the community in southern New Hampshire, will be able expand its reach thanks to Bellwether Community Credit Union.
The $361 million cooperative in Manchester, N.H., said it recently sub-leased 2,100 square feet of office space at below market rates to NeighborWorks Southern New Hampshire.
The reduced cost of the leasing arrangement will save the nonprofit more than $14,000 per year and will help it to expand services into the Greater Nashua area, according to Bellwether.
"The lease of space in this manner demonstrates Bellwether Community Credit Union's continued support of our organization's mission and helps to ensure access to quality programs for New Hampshire residents," said Robert Tourigny, executive director of NeighborWorks Southern New Hampshire.
The organization said it is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families by providing access to quality housing services, revitalizing neighborhoods and supporting opportunities for personal empowerment through educational seminars and meetings on home ownership, financial fitness, saving programs, predatory lending, and one-on-one counseling to help people purchase a home.
Bellwether President/CEO Michael L'Ecuyer said NeighborWorks Southern New Hampshire has led in the reinvestment and re-invigoration of neighborhoods throughout Greater Manchester over the past 20 years.
"We are proud to support their expansion in Greater Nashua," said L'Ecuyer, adding Bellwether has a long-standing relationship with NeighborWorks.
Claire Castanino, the credit union's executive vice president and chief operating officer, serves on several of the group's committees. Mike Perrella, senior commercial loan officer, is also a director of the group.


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FIRESTONE -- After an unexpected week off, most St. Vrain Valley School District students returned to school Thursday with just a few hiccups.
Burlington Elementary had trouble with some computers and its intercom system because the school had been without electricity for a week. Even Thursday morning, the school was running on generator power.
Principal Janis Hughes took it all in stride though, even as she scooted from room to room to figure out where repairs were needed.
Even though the school sits in the middle of the Southmoor Park neighborhood, from which residents were evacuated early as the flooding began on Sept. 12, most students made it in on time.
Nine-year-old Olivia Seiler and her sisters, 7-year-old Isabel and 5-year-old Lily, were among the late arrivals. The trip from their Firestone home took about 45 minutes because of road closures and heavy traffic, said their mom, Audra.
The Seiler family home wasn't damaged by the storm, but when a boil order was issued to Firestone residents, they decided to leave town, Audra Seiler said.
They spent two nights with their grandmother in Denver and one with an aunt in Lakewood. And they went to the zoo, Lily quickly pointed out.
Hughes wasn't sure Thursday how many of her students might still be out of their homes. The school's part-time counselor, Emily McClay, came in on her usual day off to help any children who needed it.
"We really care about students. We want to see them back in the classroom," McClay said. Students were happy to get back to school and see their friends, she said.
"Kids heal kids. They really heal each other," she said.
On the other side of the district, the biggest problem at Frederick High School was getting some of the teachers and staff to school on time.
Eight employees who live in Boulder or Longmont were late because of the road closures and traffic issues, principal Pete Vargas said.
Frederick High School senior Sabrina Duey was glad to be back at school, particularly since the week off set her Advanced Placement classes behind schedule. And the student council, of which she and junior Makenzie DiGesualdo are members, lost a week of preparing for the school's homecoming celebration.
"It's complicated," Duey said.
Student council members are trying to figure out how they can help students from Lyons and other schools who suffered losses in the storm, Makenzie said.
"That's a concern of our school," Makenzie said.
Because of the devastation to the infrastructure in Lyons -- roads, power and water systems were destroyed -- all students who attend Lyons schools are being moved to Main Street School in Longmont. They will start classes there next week.
Anna Brooks, also a junior, said she heard some Frederick students complaining about returning to school, but she was thankful.
"At least we have a school to come back to," Anna said.
Not far from the year-old high school, some floodwaters made it inside Spark! Discovery Preschool. District officials had cleaning crews in the building on Sept. 12 and -- after Sunday's additional rain -- on Monday and Tuesday, said head of school Paige Gordon.
Outside, the water reached about a foot high on the eastern walls of the school. It entered through the doors on the loading dock and spread through the kitchen, the cafeteria, the gym and up the halls to two classrooms, Gordon said.
Baseboards have been removed and, on Thursday, fans were still running to dry and air out the building.
"We're still working on it," Gordon said.
The roof also leaked at Spark!, as district chief operations officer Rick Ring said Sunday had occurred at several schools.
Gordon wasn't surprised, though.
"That's what buildings do when they have a year's worth of water in a few days," she said.
Despite the storm's effects in the Carbon Valley -- numerous closed roads, boil orders for drinking water and damaged houses -- only seven students were absent Thursday, she said.
And one of those had an incredibly good reason, unrelated to the storm.
"We had a family that had a baby," Gordon said.
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