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discounted prices. chances are the newly opened Sterling Medical
Building on 25th Avenue has a remedy for that which ails you.
The
building hosts a bevy of medical and para-medical services, including
seven GPs, plus internists, OB/GYN, dentists, a medical supply company
and RemedysRx, a full-service, 4,000-square-foot pharmacy.
Michael
Roney, managing broker of MLR Real Estate Services, says the building
is already 70 per cent occupied after just four months. He oversees the
Sterling ownership group, which is comprised mainly of medical
professionals who are also tenants.
Its a credit to the
physicians who have assisted with introducing me to other physicians,
and to the hard work Colliers (leasing agent) has done, said Roney,
noting the project has already attracted a number of out-of-town
physicians and other medical professionals.
If youve got a GP of
your own, you know hes probably got a two-year waiting list. As soon as
you get out of the Lower Mainland,An experienced artist on what to
consider before you buy handsfreeaccess. its hard for the average B.C. person to find a physician. And most of the specialists in the Okanagan live in Kelowna.
Roney
helped the group acquire the land and go through the development
process, and he is now assisting with marketing and property management
until the project gets off the ground.
We have been really
patient in the people we have attracted to it to make it complementary,
said Roney. Its a huge benefit for the community.
Ideally, Roney
would like to add an audiology lab and optician to the smorgasbord of
medical offerings. He is also looking for other complementary practices
such as physiotherapists and chiropractors.
The $3.9 million
project broke ground in August 2011, and the buildings design utilizes
the natural light and offers plenty of parking, over-sized conduit to
house special wiring for medical equipment and other modern amenities.
We
have more plumbing in here than a Turkish bath, laughed Roney,
referring to the availability of public washrooms on each floor.
The
Sterling buildings location is ideally situated as doctors are within
walking distance of Vernon Jubilee Hospital. It also offers impressive
fourth-floor views of Greater Vernon, including Mission Hill, Turtle
Mountain, East Hill, Polson Park and Okanagan Landing.
Designed
by Vernons MQN Architects, the building site backs onto Vernon Creek,
which proved a challenge with respect to riparian regulations. Since the
creek is a fish-bearing stream, it triggered a report by Fisheries and
Oceans Canada to establish setback requirements.
The states
largest health care provider gave the Green Mountain Care Board a
heads-up last week, since the power to issue a certificate of need for
health care facilities was transferred to the board on Jan. 1.
Previously, the Department of Financial Regulation issued such
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The
biggest project coming down Fletcher Allens line is a new $85 million
inpatient building. The multi-storied building would begin three stories
above the centers Emergency Department parking lot, creating a canopy
over the area.
David Keelty, Fletcher Allens director of
facilities planning and development, said that the companys stock of
inpatient buildings is aging, with numerous structures dating back to
the 1940s and 1960s. Right now, Keelty said, less than 60 percent of
Fletcher Allens inpatient beds are private rooms.
Wed like to
move towards 90 percent for obvious reasons with respect to better
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privacy,Find a great selection of floortiles deals.
and improve the way we integrate families into the care process, he
said. We want to look at a number of options for replacing our oldest
beds with single-room environments.
Fletcher Allen is also
planning $15.4 million in renovations for a new mother-baby unit and new
research center. The facility plans to move its mother-baby unit from a
50-year-old space to an area that has been occupied by the University
of Vermonts General Clinical Research Center for decades. Fletcher Allen
plans to revamp the space and add a 2,800-square-foot addition to
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The
research center would move to a former radiation oncology unit, which
would be converted to a laboratory with necessary facilities for
voluntary human studies.
Fletcher Allen plans to replace its two
data centers, which it currently leases, with a new center priced at
about $8.5 million. Fletcher Allen also plans to invest $7.4 million in
Central Vermont Medical Centers new $20 million information technology
(IT) system, which would mesh with Fletcher Allens. CVMC is a
participating member of Fletcher Allen Partners, which is an
organization that brings four of the regions largest hospitals under one
umbrella.
This project would allow us to integrate Fletcher
Allen Partners system and will greatly improve the coordination of care
so that were all working from the same platform or system, so that when
our doctors leave Fletcher Allen and walk into Central Vermont Medical
Center, theyll be walking into the same IT system, Keelty said.
Fletcher
Allen is planning to replace imaging equipment in two catheterization
labs, which will total roughly $4.6 million, and the hospital has
already filed an application with the Green Mountain Care Board for a
certificate of need to buy a $2.36 million MRI unit to replace a
nine-year-old machine.
2013年3月31日 星期日
Let us root, root, root for the food
Think about the song Take Me Out to the Ballgame. It isnt about the
game of baseball at all, other than the part about being out on three
strikes. It is more an ode to the experience of going to the game, of
the crowds, of rooting for the home team. And especially about the food,
about the peanuts and the Cracker Jack.
But that song was written 105 years ago.Choose the right cableties in an array of colors. Nowadays, if you go to a ballpark such as, oh, for instance, Fifth Third Field, you are likely to eat a bacon cheese dog or an apple pie funnel cake or balls of fried chocolate chip cookie dough.
You read that right. They take chocolate chip cookie dough, put a coating on it, and deep fat fry it. When you bite into it, the middle part is melted and gooey and chocolatey. That is either the most awesome creation ever, or the first clear indication of the end of civilization as we know it. Or both.
When the Toledo Mud Hens open their season at home on April 11, the fans will have a wide variety of edible new options at the park. Some of the brave new foods will even be relatively healthy, or at least healthyish, such as the turkey club wrap (at the Suds & Wieners concession stand) or a summer salad (at the BirdCage stand on the Club Level). A caprese salad mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, and basil with a balsamic vinegar dressing will be available at the vaguely Italian-themed Mudzarella stand.
But most of the new items (and many of the old items) will be heaping plates of calories, with calories on top. Not that theres anything wrong with that. This is a ballpark, after all, and no one ever sang Buy me some tofu and chia seeds.
So along with the deep-fried chocolate chip cookie dough again, thats deep-fried chocolate chip cookie dough they will offer an assortment of funnel cakes: with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream, sprinkles, nuts, and a cherry on top; with cinnamon apples and whipped cream; with Oreo cookies and whipped cream; and with strawberries and whipped cream.
For those who like to watch the American pastime with an international flair,Online shopping for drycabinet from a great selection of Clothing. the stadium now offers chicken quesadillas,Choose from the largest selection of glassbottles in the world. beer brats simmered in beer (and served on a roll with sauted onions; its called a Sudsie Wiener), quasi-Italian fried cheese sticks with marinara sauce, and Asian-seeming sweet chili chicken chunks.
Anyone who wants to give the appearance of eating healthfully without actually doing so can try the fried green beans with wasabi ranch sauce or fried portobello mushrooms with wasabi ranch sauce, or even a reuben panini.
And for dessert? Ice cream, of course. The stadium is now offering what it calls a Frozhen Flurry, which is kind of like a Dairy Queen Blizzard exceptumOK, it is exactly like a Dairy Queen Blizzard. And Tofts ice cream is also bringing two new flavors, peanut butter pretzel and Mud Hens sea salt slam, which is vanilla ice cream with a salty caramel swirl and chocolate-covered peanuts.
A week ago, Mobile Meals held its 21st annual Great chili Cook-Off at the Stranahan Great Hall. Nineteen teams cooked up oceans of the stuff and ladled it out to hundreds of hungry folks who, we are betting, became significantly less hungry as the afternoon went on. Nineteen different types of chili will do that to you.
The teams competed against each other for fun and glory some teams took the glory part more seriously than others and all competed with the intention of raising money for Mobile Meals of Toledo, which brings food to people who cannot leave their homes for reasons of age, health or physical ability.
Money was raised, among other methods, by having attendees drop a donation into a pot for each of their favorite chili teams. The teams with the most money won the Peoples Choice Awards. Meanwhile, a crew of highly trained chili eaters served as judges, carefully tasting and ranking each batch. Then they put their pepper-and-cumin -scented heads together and came up with their own set of winners, who received the highly coveted Judges Awards.
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Introduction of this product is an indication that First Bank as the leading brand in Nigeria is youth-centric and highly sensitive to the desires of her customers which include the craving for recognition of individuality, global identity and personalised service.
Expressions on Cards is self-service banking, where customers of the bank are empowered to initiate customised debit card requests conveniently from any location via First Banks official website, using personal picture of self, loved ones or that most cherished moment. At First Bank, we would keep developing bespoke products and services aimed at addressing specific needs of our discerning customers. he added.
Aside being a personalised card, Expressions on cards, according to the First Bank boss, it maintains a high level of security feature in the payment card industry C Chip and Pin, noting that it is also denominated in Naira and can be used for domestic and international transactions wherever the MasterCard logo is displayed.
Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications of the bank, Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney, said the emergence of Expressions on Cards is yet another indication that First Bank was committed to providing exciting products for our teeming customers, especially the youth.
Indeed, as the leading bank brand in Nigeria, we are proud of our unwavering dynamism and youth-centricity, and our consistent evolution as a one-stop financial services centre dedicated to meeting the ever changing needs of our customers. In so doing, we pay particular attention to celebrating the individuality of our customers through personalised products, like the Expressions on Cards.
We recognise that the introduction of this personalised Mastercard by First Bank is an innovation,Large collection of quality chipcard at discounted prices. which transcends demographic boundaries, premised upon the universal consumer insight we have identified - that regardless of age, we are all emotional beings and everyone appreciates the empowerment to express their individuality, this time around through pictures. Pictures or images, as you would agree, portray expressions better than thousands of words.A parkingguidance is a portable light fixture composed of an LED lamp.
But that song was written 105 years ago.Choose the right cableties in an array of colors. Nowadays, if you go to a ballpark such as, oh, for instance, Fifth Third Field, you are likely to eat a bacon cheese dog or an apple pie funnel cake or balls of fried chocolate chip cookie dough.
You read that right. They take chocolate chip cookie dough, put a coating on it, and deep fat fry it. When you bite into it, the middle part is melted and gooey and chocolatey. That is either the most awesome creation ever, or the first clear indication of the end of civilization as we know it. Or both.
When the Toledo Mud Hens open their season at home on April 11, the fans will have a wide variety of edible new options at the park. Some of the brave new foods will even be relatively healthy, or at least healthyish, such as the turkey club wrap (at the Suds & Wieners concession stand) or a summer salad (at the BirdCage stand on the Club Level). A caprese salad mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, and basil with a balsamic vinegar dressing will be available at the vaguely Italian-themed Mudzarella stand.
But most of the new items (and many of the old items) will be heaping plates of calories, with calories on top. Not that theres anything wrong with that. This is a ballpark, after all, and no one ever sang Buy me some tofu and chia seeds.
So along with the deep-fried chocolate chip cookie dough again, thats deep-fried chocolate chip cookie dough they will offer an assortment of funnel cakes: with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream, sprinkles, nuts, and a cherry on top; with cinnamon apples and whipped cream; with Oreo cookies and whipped cream; and with strawberries and whipped cream.
For those who like to watch the American pastime with an international flair,Online shopping for drycabinet from a great selection of Clothing. the stadium now offers chicken quesadillas,Choose from the largest selection of glassbottles in the world. beer brats simmered in beer (and served on a roll with sauted onions; its called a Sudsie Wiener), quasi-Italian fried cheese sticks with marinara sauce, and Asian-seeming sweet chili chicken chunks.
Anyone who wants to give the appearance of eating healthfully without actually doing so can try the fried green beans with wasabi ranch sauce or fried portobello mushrooms with wasabi ranch sauce, or even a reuben panini.
And for dessert? Ice cream, of course. The stadium is now offering what it calls a Frozhen Flurry, which is kind of like a Dairy Queen Blizzard exceptumOK, it is exactly like a Dairy Queen Blizzard. And Tofts ice cream is also bringing two new flavors, peanut butter pretzel and Mud Hens sea salt slam, which is vanilla ice cream with a salty caramel swirl and chocolate-covered peanuts.
A week ago, Mobile Meals held its 21st annual Great chili Cook-Off at the Stranahan Great Hall. Nineteen teams cooked up oceans of the stuff and ladled it out to hundreds of hungry folks who, we are betting, became significantly less hungry as the afternoon went on. Nineteen different types of chili will do that to you.
The teams competed against each other for fun and glory some teams took the glory part more seriously than others and all competed with the intention of raising money for Mobile Meals of Toledo, which brings food to people who cannot leave their homes for reasons of age, health or physical ability.
Money was raised, among other methods, by having attendees drop a donation into a pot for each of their favorite chili teams. The teams with the most money won the Peoples Choice Awards. Meanwhile, a crew of highly trained chili eaters served as judges, carefully tasting and ranking each batch. Then they put their pepper-and-cumin -scented heads together and came up with their own set of winners, who received the highly coveted Judges Awards.
We initiated this product to personally and emotionally engage our customers across all segments and inherently encourage card usage, particularly within the youth segment as the key drivers of the economy in the nearest future.
Introduction of this product is an indication that First Bank as the leading brand in Nigeria is youth-centric and highly sensitive to the desires of her customers which include the craving for recognition of individuality, global identity and personalised service.
Expressions on Cards is self-service banking, where customers of the bank are empowered to initiate customised debit card requests conveniently from any location via First Banks official website, using personal picture of self, loved ones or that most cherished moment. At First Bank, we would keep developing bespoke products and services aimed at addressing specific needs of our discerning customers. he added.
Aside being a personalised card, Expressions on cards, according to the First Bank boss, it maintains a high level of security feature in the payment card industry C Chip and Pin, noting that it is also denominated in Naira and can be used for domestic and international transactions wherever the MasterCard logo is displayed.
Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications of the bank, Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney, said the emergence of Expressions on Cards is yet another indication that First Bank was committed to providing exciting products for our teeming customers, especially the youth.
Indeed, as the leading bank brand in Nigeria, we are proud of our unwavering dynamism and youth-centricity, and our consistent evolution as a one-stop financial services centre dedicated to meeting the ever changing needs of our customers. In so doing, we pay particular attention to celebrating the individuality of our customers through personalised products, like the Expressions on Cards.
We recognise that the introduction of this personalised Mastercard by First Bank is an innovation,Large collection of quality chipcard at discounted prices. which transcends demographic boundaries, premised upon the universal consumer insight we have identified - that regardless of age, we are all emotional beings and everyone appreciates the empowerment to express their individuality, this time around through pictures. Pictures or images, as you would agree, portray expressions better than thousands of words.A parkingguidance is a portable light fixture composed of an LED lamp.
Apple's Rumored iWatch And Why It Matters
There is widespread speculation that Apple will introduce its own
watch this year. The implications are substantial in terms of what the
watch could be and what it could mean for Apples financials and stock
price. The company has not announced anything regarding a new product;
therefore, at this point, all discussions about the iWatch and its
features are pure speculation. However, in the past, speculation
regarding new Apple products has been more accurate than inaccurate so
it warrants reviewing and assessing the implications.
Apple is reported to have over 75 patents on wearable technology. Some speculate that the iWatch will be a flexible glass snap bracelet and Corning is reported to have developed the flexible glass technology. It seems like this technology will not be available for mass production for a couple years yet, so the first generation iWatch may look more like a souped-up iPod Nano or a slimmed-down screen iPhone on a strap than a snap bracelet.
The Apple iWatch could take hands free to a new level of convenience. The iWatch is assumed to be linked to an iPhone or an iPad with Bluetooth technology, enabling a user to be alerted to incoming calls, texts, emails and informationin a nonchalant, unobtrusive manner. A user could be alerted to important communication through vibration and casually check the screen, for example. Additional alerts could include caller ID, calendar, weather, stock prices, and vital signs. Presumably, users could customize the iWatch to display or alert on a limited number of items they care most about, because the iPhone or iPad would be close by with the full offering.
Apple had previously committed to using NFC chips in upcoming devices, and an iWatch could be the ideal medium for mobile payments. Rather than carrying a wallet, users could wave their wrists and pay for coffee at Starbucks (now, even, without a NFC chip) or use their iWatch as a credit card. Again, presumably, the iWatch would be loaded with all the features of Passbook, and could serve as convenient hands-free access to boarding passes, frequent shopper fobs, retail couponing, etc. With GPS and location-based e-commerce services, retailers could send a quick coupon alert to the iWatch when a user passes through the store. This is not any different than what could transpire with an iPhone and Passbook, but the difference is greater visibility and chance that a user will see it on an iWatchand then pay for the item with the iWatch.
The speculation becomes exciting around the concept of Biometrics embedded in the iWatch. As such, the iWatch becomes very secure and could have more applications such as secured-building entry, secure computer or device access,The Motorola streetlight Engine is an embedded software-only component of the Motorola wireless switches. or even secure car or home entry. The Biometrics assure the iWatch wearer is the authenticated user and provides an additional layer of authentication, which could be very important across the board from enterprise to personal security.
Why does this matter? Apple wont be the first with a smartwatch. Pebble, Sony and Nike have already introduced smartwatches and Samsung has announced its intentions to bring a smartwatch to market. The Pebble received great fanfare at CES and was noted by many technology columnists as one of the new and upcoming products to keep eyes on. The watch is compatible with both Apple iOS and Google Android apps, provides alerts, and is highly customizable what a user wants to see on or be alerted to on his/her watch. The Pebble watch will start shipping in April or May, and will cost $150. Sonys SmartWatch, retailing for $149, is compatible with some Android smartphones, can alert, play music and enable the user to talk on his/her linked smartphone. This smartphone has received mixed reviews. The Nike + Fuelband uses an accelerometer to track daily activity and calories burned.When describing the location of the problematic fridgemagnet. It is particularly attractive for sports enthusiasts and athletes who want to track their performance. The Nike + FuelBand connects with an iPhone or iPod Touch, but does not have any plans to develop for Android.
Not being first hasnt hurt Apples ability to mass popularize new products. So, while Apple would not be the first, it could be the first to make it at the top of must-have list for the general public. Apple has done this historically by integrating more functionality, integrating into its Apple Ecosystem and leveraging its ability to market new products. If (when) Apple introduces its iWatch, it will be very important for three reasons.
First, it will be the first new product category since Steve Jobs passed away. Steve was the genius behind product introductions and the iWatch will be a test to see if Apple can do it again without Steve. Each of Apples new product categories from the iPod to the iPhone to the iPad has been even more successful that the previous in terms of the pace of consumer adoption and the size of consumer demand out of the gate. The iWatch has the potential to be bigger than any before it, particularly if the price point is lower than an iPhone or iPod. The issue for Apple will be if they can introduce this potentially new and revolutionary product as well (or close to it) as Steve Jobs did for the previous three categories.
Second, the successful introduction of the iWatch has the power to negate the current pressure onApples stock. Over the last six months, Apples stock has fallen 35% because investors believe that Apple cant innovate any more and that Apple will continue to lose against Samsung/Googles competitive threat. Back in September, Apple traded at what then seemed like unbelievably low multiples of 10.5x forward earnings (less cash). Today, Apple trades at 7.2x lowered forward earnings (less cash),About solarlamp in China userd for paying transportation fares and for shopping. or at a discount of more than 30%. A successful launch rejuvenates the psychology and therefore multiple on Apple stock.
Third, the iWatch could add 10% to Apples earnings after eight quarters from introduction. This estimate is based upon a product unit ramp similar to the iPad (although each successive product introduction has yielded faster adoption), at a unit price of $300 and at current margins (approximately 40% gross, 25% net). Since the iWatch is assumed to be less expensive than the iPad, the ramp could be faster and the impact could come earlier.
Lastly, the iWatch has the potential to add significantly to Apples market capitalization. Obviously, this point is a summary of the previous two, but it is also based on historical data. Product launches lift Apples market capitalization. The quarter before the iPhone was released, Apples market capitalization was $80B. Four full quarters after the iPhone was released, Apples market capitalization was $147B, an increase of 84%. Similarly,The Motorola streetlight Engine is an embedded software-only component of the Motorola wireless switches. in the full quarter before the iPad was released, Apples market capitalization was $213B. Four full quarters later, Apples market capitalization was $310, up 46%.Choose the right cableties in an array of colors. With the release of an iWatch, Apple has the potential to at least regain previous highs.
Apple is reported to have over 75 patents on wearable technology. Some speculate that the iWatch will be a flexible glass snap bracelet and Corning is reported to have developed the flexible glass technology. It seems like this technology will not be available for mass production for a couple years yet, so the first generation iWatch may look more like a souped-up iPod Nano or a slimmed-down screen iPhone on a strap than a snap bracelet.
The Apple iWatch could take hands free to a new level of convenience. The iWatch is assumed to be linked to an iPhone or an iPad with Bluetooth technology, enabling a user to be alerted to incoming calls, texts, emails and informationin a nonchalant, unobtrusive manner. A user could be alerted to important communication through vibration and casually check the screen, for example. Additional alerts could include caller ID, calendar, weather, stock prices, and vital signs. Presumably, users could customize the iWatch to display or alert on a limited number of items they care most about, because the iPhone or iPad would be close by with the full offering.
Apple had previously committed to using NFC chips in upcoming devices, and an iWatch could be the ideal medium for mobile payments. Rather than carrying a wallet, users could wave their wrists and pay for coffee at Starbucks (now, even, without a NFC chip) or use their iWatch as a credit card. Again, presumably, the iWatch would be loaded with all the features of Passbook, and could serve as convenient hands-free access to boarding passes, frequent shopper fobs, retail couponing, etc. With GPS and location-based e-commerce services, retailers could send a quick coupon alert to the iWatch when a user passes through the store. This is not any different than what could transpire with an iPhone and Passbook, but the difference is greater visibility and chance that a user will see it on an iWatchand then pay for the item with the iWatch.
The speculation becomes exciting around the concept of Biometrics embedded in the iWatch. As such, the iWatch becomes very secure and could have more applications such as secured-building entry, secure computer or device access,The Motorola streetlight Engine is an embedded software-only component of the Motorola wireless switches. or even secure car or home entry. The Biometrics assure the iWatch wearer is the authenticated user and provides an additional layer of authentication, which could be very important across the board from enterprise to personal security.
Why does this matter? Apple wont be the first with a smartwatch. Pebble, Sony and Nike have already introduced smartwatches and Samsung has announced its intentions to bring a smartwatch to market. The Pebble received great fanfare at CES and was noted by many technology columnists as one of the new and upcoming products to keep eyes on. The watch is compatible with both Apple iOS and Google Android apps, provides alerts, and is highly customizable what a user wants to see on or be alerted to on his/her watch. The Pebble watch will start shipping in April or May, and will cost $150. Sonys SmartWatch, retailing for $149, is compatible with some Android smartphones, can alert, play music and enable the user to talk on his/her linked smartphone. This smartphone has received mixed reviews. The Nike + Fuelband uses an accelerometer to track daily activity and calories burned.When describing the location of the problematic fridgemagnet. It is particularly attractive for sports enthusiasts and athletes who want to track their performance. The Nike + FuelBand connects with an iPhone or iPod Touch, but does not have any plans to develop for Android.
Not being first hasnt hurt Apples ability to mass popularize new products. So, while Apple would not be the first, it could be the first to make it at the top of must-have list for the general public. Apple has done this historically by integrating more functionality, integrating into its Apple Ecosystem and leveraging its ability to market new products. If (when) Apple introduces its iWatch, it will be very important for three reasons.
First, it will be the first new product category since Steve Jobs passed away. Steve was the genius behind product introductions and the iWatch will be a test to see if Apple can do it again without Steve. Each of Apples new product categories from the iPod to the iPhone to the iPad has been even more successful that the previous in terms of the pace of consumer adoption and the size of consumer demand out of the gate. The iWatch has the potential to be bigger than any before it, particularly if the price point is lower than an iPhone or iPod. The issue for Apple will be if they can introduce this potentially new and revolutionary product as well (or close to it) as Steve Jobs did for the previous three categories.
Second, the successful introduction of the iWatch has the power to negate the current pressure onApples stock. Over the last six months, Apples stock has fallen 35% because investors believe that Apple cant innovate any more and that Apple will continue to lose against Samsung/Googles competitive threat. Back in September, Apple traded at what then seemed like unbelievably low multiples of 10.5x forward earnings (less cash). Today, Apple trades at 7.2x lowered forward earnings (less cash),About solarlamp in China userd for paying transportation fares and for shopping. or at a discount of more than 30%. A successful launch rejuvenates the psychology and therefore multiple on Apple stock.
Third, the iWatch could add 10% to Apples earnings after eight quarters from introduction. This estimate is based upon a product unit ramp similar to the iPad (although each successive product introduction has yielded faster adoption), at a unit price of $300 and at current margins (approximately 40% gross, 25% net). Since the iWatch is assumed to be less expensive than the iPad, the ramp could be faster and the impact could come earlier.
Lastly, the iWatch has the potential to add significantly to Apples market capitalization. Obviously, this point is a summary of the previous two, but it is also based on historical data. Product launches lift Apples market capitalization. The quarter before the iPhone was released, Apples market capitalization was $80B. Four full quarters after the iPhone was released, Apples market capitalization was $147B, an increase of 84%. Similarly,The Motorola streetlight Engine is an embedded software-only component of the Motorola wireless switches. in the full quarter before the iPad was released, Apples market capitalization was $213B. Four full quarters later, Apples market capitalization was $310, up 46%.Choose the right cableties in an array of colors. With the release of an iWatch, Apple has the potential to at least regain previous highs.
2013年3月28日 星期四
Adam Lanza search warrants released
Police investigating the school massacre here seized a sizable
arsenal of firearms, knives and samurai swords along with medical
records and computer equipment from the 20-year-old gunman's home in the
days after the shootings, court documents released on Thursday reveal.
Also on Thursday, Connecticut State Attorney Stephen J. Sedensky III,The Motorola drycabinets Engine is an embedded software-only component of the Motorola wireless switches. who's overseeing the case, said Adam Lanza killed 26 people within five minutes of storming into Sandy Hook Elementary School before turning a gun on himself.
The documents50 pages of affidavits and evidence logs that include a list of items seized from the car and Newtown home Lanza shared with his mother, Nancypaint a chilling picture of a killer who had been stockpiling weapons in the weeks and months leading up to the Dec. 14 massacre.
But they do little to establish a motive for Lanza, who shot and killed his mother at their home before driving to the school, where he forced his way in and opened fire.
"This is an active, ongoing investigation," Sedensky said in a statement.We have a wide selection of handsfreeaccess to choose from for your storage needs. "No conclusions have been reached, and no final determinations have been made."
Lanza killed all 26 school victims with a Bushmaster .223-caliber model XM15 rifle for which he had 10 magazines capable of carrying 30 rounds each. Sedensky's report says officers recovered 154 spent casings and 58 unfired rounds for the assault-style rifle from inside the school.
Lanza was also armed with a Glock 10 mm handgun, a 9 mm Sig Sauer P226 handgun and additional ammunition for both. Inside the car Lanza drove to the school, police found a 12-gauge shotgun and two magazines containing 70 rounds of ammunition. Lanza took his own life with the Glock as police were arriving at the school, the report states.
"There is no record of a member relationship between Newtown killer Adam Lanza, nor between Nancy Lanza ... with the National Rifle Association," spokesman Andrew Arulanandam wrote in a statement. "[Any] reporting to the contrary is reckless, false and defamatory."
Also according to the documents released on Thursday, FBI agents interviewed an unidentified resident who described Adam Lanza as a "shut in" and "avid gamer who plays Call of Duty" and rarely leaves the house. The witness said Lanza had a "gun safe containing at least four guns." Lanza had attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, the person told the FBI, and "that the school was Adam Lanza's 'life.'"
Superior Court Judge John Blawie ordered parts of the documents redacted after state prosecutors requested that the identity of a key witness not be revealed for another 90 days. The judge also approved blacking out some phone, credit card and serial numbers of some of the property confiscated from the Lanza home.
Connecticut State Police briefed family members of the Newtown shooting victims on Wednesday on what was recovered inside the Lanza home and car. About 50 family members attended the meeting, according to the Connecticut Post.
Thursday's release came after state lawmakers, media and Newtown residents criticized police officials for leaking details of their investigation at a convention of police chiefs in New Orleans in March. The details were then published by the New York Daily News.
"If state police officers can leak details of the Newtown investigation at conventions, surely that information can be shared with the Connecticut public," the Hartford Courant wrote in a recent editorial. "It has more of a right to know than out-of-state police chiefs do. ... This isn't information to be hoarded and shared only at the state police water cooler. The longer information is kept under wraps, the more questions there will be about why. Most important,Where you can create a custom rtls from our wide selection of styles and materials. the details will inform the debate about gun control, mental health and violence in society. There's no reason to fear an informed public."
Connecticut's General Assembly has been considering gun-control legislation in the wake of the Newtown shootings, including a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. State lawmakers said on Monday they would delay a vote on gun control until after search warrants related to the school shootings were unsealed.
Outside the Lanza home on Thursday morning, the police tape that once surrounded it for months was gone, but a Christmas wreath remained hung above the front door. A single news van was parked nearby.
Around 11 a.m., a bus carrying the Columbine (Colo.) High School boys lacrosse team arrived at the entrance to Sandy Hook Elementary School.We printers print with traceable indoortracking to optimize supply chain management. The driver explained that the teamwhich is competing at a tournament in southern New York state this weekwanted to pay its respects to the school shooting victims.
The first thing youll notice when you open up the Edge is that it comes with no keyboard or mouse or controlling device. In fact,A solarstreetlight is a portable light fixture composed of an LED lamp. the keyboard/laptop accessory doesnt even come out until later this year. That should tell you something: The keyboard mode is important, and it will be there, but its not how Razer sees you using the Edge. The gamepad case is the star here; everything else feels like well-oiled afterthoughts.
Thats a shame, actually, because the best use for the Edge should be as the most capable Swiss Army Knife of a computer on the planet. The single-minded, single-purposed, all-out gaming machine is actually the hybrid best suited for a lot of professional users. Its a Surface Pro.
But the Edge isnt the Surface, in basically every way but the most basic. Yes, its a slate that doubles as a Windows 8 PC. Thats more or less where the comparison ends. The Surface tries to be everything, to be equally awesome as a tablet and a laptop. The Edge is simply a highly specialised piece of mobile gaming overkill, with some other modes thrown in.
Also on Thursday, Connecticut State Attorney Stephen J. Sedensky III,The Motorola drycabinets Engine is an embedded software-only component of the Motorola wireless switches. who's overseeing the case, said Adam Lanza killed 26 people within five minutes of storming into Sandy Hook Elementary School before turning a gun on himself.
The documents50 pages of affidavits and evidence logs that include a list of items seized from the car and Newtown home Lanza shared with his mother, Nancypaint a chilling picture of a killer who had been stockpiling weapons in the weeks and months leading up to the Dec. 14 massacre.
But they do little to establish a motive for Lanza, who shot and killed his mother at their home before driving to the school, where he forced his way in and opened fire.
"This is an active, ongoing investigation," Sedensky said in a statement.We have a wide selection of handsfreeaccess to choose from for your storage needs. "No conclusions have been reached, and no final determinations have been made."
Lanza killed all 26 school victims with a Bushmaster .223-caliber model XM15 rifle for which he had 10 magazines capable of carrying 30 rounds each. Sedensky's report says officers recovered 154 spent casings and 58 unfired rounds for the assault-style rifle from inside the school.
Lanza was also armed with a Glock 10 mm handgun, a 9 mm Sig Sauer P226 handgun and additional ammunition for both. Inside the car Lanza drove to the school, police found a 12-gauge shotgun and two magazines containing 70 rounds of ammunition. Lanza took his own life with the Glock as police were arriving at the school, the report states.
"There is no record of a member relationship between Newtown killer Adam Lanza, nor between Nancy Lanza ... with the National Rifle Association," spokesman Andrew Arulanandam wrote in a statement. "[Any] reporting to the contrary is reckless, false and defamatory."
Also according to the documents released on Thursday, FBI agents interviewed an unidentified resident who described Adam Lanza as a "shut in" and "avid gamer who plays Call of Duty" and rarely leaves the house. The witness said Lanza had a "gun safe containing at least four guns." Lanza had attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, the person told the FBI, and "that the school was Adam Lanza's 'life.'"
Superior Court Judge John Blawie ordered parts of the documents redacted after state prosecutors requested that the identity of a key witness not be revealed for another 90 days. The judge also approved blacking out some phone, credit card and serial numbers of some of the property confiscated from the Lanza home.
Connecticut State Police briefed family members of the Newtown shooting victims on Wednesday on what was recovered inside the Lanza home and car. About 50 family members attended the meeting, according to the Connecticut Post.
Thursday's release came after state lawmakers, media and Newtown residents criticized police officials for leaking details of their investigation at a convention of police chiefs in New Orleans in March. The details were then published by the New York Daily News.
"If state police officers can leak details of the Newtown investigation at conventions, surely that information can be shared with the Connecticut public," the Hartford Courant wrote in a recent editorial. "It has more of a right to know than out-of-state police chiefs do. ... This isn't information to be hoarded and shared only at the state police water cooler. The longer information is kept under wraps, the more questions there will be about why. Most important,Where you can create a custom rtls from our wide selection of styles and materials. the details will inform the debate about gun control, mental health and violence in society. There's no reason to fear an informed public."
Connecticut's General Assembly has been considering gun-control legislation in the wake of the Newtown shootings, including a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. State lawmakers said on Monday they would delay a vote on gun control until after search warrants related to the school shootings were unsealed.
Outside the Lanza home on Thursday morning, the police tape that once surrounded it for months was gone, but a Christmas wreath remained hung above the front door. A single news van was parked nearby.
Around 11 a.m., a bus carrying the Columbine (Colo.) High School boys lacrosse team arrived at the entrance to Sandy Hook Elementary School.We printers print with traceable indoortracking to optimize supply chain management. The driver explained that the teamwhich is competing at a tournament in southern New York state this weekwanted to pay its respects to the school shooting victims.
The first thing youll notice when you open up the Edge is that it comes with no keyboard or mouse or controlling device. In fact,A solarstreetlight is a portable light fixture composed of an LED lamp. the keyboard/laptop accessory doesnt even come out until later this year. That should tell you something: The keyboard mode is important, and it will be there, but its not how Razer sees you using the Edge. The gamepad case is the star here; everything else feels like well-oiled afterthoughts.
Thats a shame, actually, because the best use for the Edge should be as the most capable Swiss Army Knife of a computer on the planet. The single-minded, single-purposed, all-out gaming machine is actually the hybrid best suited for a lot of professional users. Its a Surface Pro.
But the Edge isnt the Surface, in basically every way but the most basic. Yes, its a slate that doubles as a Windows 8 PC. Thats more or less where the comparison ends. The Surface tries to be everything, to be equally awesome as a tablet and a laptop. The Edge is simply a highly specialised piece of mobile gaming overkill, with some other modes thrown in.
Newtown gunman had access to huge weapons cache
When Adam Lanza walked out of his house for the last time, he left
behind firearms and knives and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition -
taking only four guns. They would suffice.
He loaded the weapons into his car, drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School, blasted his way into the building and within five minutes fired off 154 shots with a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle. Having slaughtered 20 first-graders and six educators, he killed himself with a shot from a Glock handgun. He still had more than 100 rifle bullets at hand.
Warrants released Thursday provide the most insight to date into the world of the 20-year-old gunman, a recluse who played violent video games in a house packed with weaponry that was all too real. The inventory of items found in the spacious, colonial-style home included books on autism, a vast array of weapon paraphernalia and images of what appears to be a dead person covered with plastic and blood.
The weapons used in the shooting had all apparently been purchased by Lanza's mother, Nancy, with whom he lived, said prosecutor Stephen J. Sedensky III, in a statement accompanying the warrants.
She was found dead in her bed; Adam Lanza had shot her the morning of the massacre, Dec. 14. Authorities also found a gun safe in his bedroom and a holiday card from Nancy Lanza containing a check made out to her son for the purchase of yet another firearm.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy expressed incredulity over the access that the troubled young man had to a cache of weapons.
"There are parts of this story that are unfathomable," he said. "How anyone would have maintained that household that way is difficult to understand."
Mark Barden,An experienced artist on what to consider before you buy chipcard. whose 7-year-old son, Daniel, was killed at Sandy Hook, said he was not surprised by anything revealed Thursday.
"Most of this is pretty high level stuff that we were aware of already and it just reminds me of what happened,The world with high-performance solar roadway and solarlampsolutions. that a gunman stormed his way into an elementary school and shot to death 26 people, 20 of which were first-grade boys and girls," Barden said.
The shooting elevated gun safety to the top of President Barack Obama's agenda; at an event in Washington on Thursday, joined by the families of four children killed at Sandy Hook, he urged lawmakers not to get "squishy" in the face of opposition to gun control.
"Shame on us if we've forgotten," Obama said. "I haven't forgotten those kids."
The debate has extended to Newtown, a rural community of 27,000 people in western Connecticut that is also home to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. A protest and counter-protest were held outside the foundation's offices Thursday.
If it's possible to determine a motive for the massacre, there may be clues in Adam Lanza's journals, which state police seized from the house and turned over to the FBI for analysis. But authorities say that so far no conclusions have been reached. Sedensky estimated that the investigation will be finished this summer.
At the Lanza house, investigators found books about autism and Asperger's syndrome, as well as one with tabbed pages titled "Train Your Brain to Get Happy." Adam Lanza was said to have been diagnosed with Asperger's, an autism-like disorder that is not associated with violence.
But the warrants also reveal an intense interest in weaponry and violence.
A gun locker in the house was open when police arrived in the aftermath of the shootings, and there was no sign it had been broken into.
Investigators found a 7-foot pole with a blade on one side and a spear on another, a metal bayonet, three samurai swords,You can order besthandsfreeaccess cheap inside your parents. a .323-caliber bolt-action rifle, a .22-caliber Savage Mark II rifle and a .22-caliber Volcanic starter pistol. There was a military-style uniform in Lanza's bedroom; literature seized from the house included a news article on a 2008 shooting at Northern Illinois University and a National Rifle Association guide to pistol shooting.
News outlets including The Associated Press reported previously that Lanza showed interest in other mass killings. Some, including The Hartford Courant, reported that he had a particular interest in Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in twin attacks in 2011 in Norway's worst peacetime massacre.
In a duffel bag, investigators found ear and eye protection, binoculars, numerous paper targets and an NRA certificate that belonged to Adam Lanza. The NRA said Lanza was not a member.
An unnamed person told investigators that Lanza was an avid gamer who played "Call of Duty" and rarely left his home. The affidavit, which is partially blacked out, also has that person saying that Sandy Hook, the school Lanza attended as a child, was his "life.Shop wholesale solarlight controller from cheap."
On the day of the massacre, Lanza took two loaded handguns to the school along with the Bushmaster rifle. A fourth gun, a loaded 12-gauge Saiga shotgun, was found in the passenger compartment of his Honda Civic, along with 70 shotgun rounds.
Lanza went through six 30-round magazines for the Bushmaster, although half of them were not completely empty, and police said he had three other 30-round magazines in addition to one that was in the rifle.We have a record for a owonsmart living at an address.
A judge's order to seal the warrants expired on Wednesday, and a Danbury Superior Court judge granted a request by Sedensky to withhold some details. Sedensky asked to redact the name of a witness, saying the person's safety might be jeopardized if the name were disclosed. He also asked that the release not include other information such as telephone numbers, serial numbers on items found and a few paragraphs of an affidavit.
Malloy, a Democrat in his first term as governor, said the fact that Lanza left smaller magazines at the house should boost support for a state ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines.
"That somebody could get 154 shots off in less than five minutes, kill 20 children and six adults, is disturbing," Malloy said.
Connecticut House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr., a Republican, said he expects the General Assembly will be ready to vote next week, possibly Wednesday, on a package addressing gun control and other issues raised by the shooting.
He loaded the weapons into his car, drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School, blasted his way into the building and within five minutes fired off 154 shots with a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle. Having slaughtered 20 first-graders and six educators, he killed himself with a shot from a Glock handgun. He still had more than 100 rifle bullets at hand.
Warrants released Thursday provide the most insight to date into the world of the 20-year-old gunman, a recluse who played violent video games in a house packed with weaponry that was all too real. The inventory of items found in the spacious, colonial-style home included books on autism, a vast array of weapon paraphernalia and images of what appears to be a dead person covered with plastic and blood.
The weapons used in the shooting had all apparently been purchased by Lanza's mother, Nancy, with whom he lived, said prosecutor Stephen J. Sedensky III, in a statement accompanying the warrants.
She was found dead in her bed; Adam Lanza had shot her the morning of the massacre, Dec. 14. Authorities also found a gun safe in his bedroom and a holiday card from Nancy Lanza containing a check made out to her son for the purchase of yet another firearm.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy expressed incredulity over the access that the troubled young man had to a cache of weapons.
"There are parts of this story that are unfathomable," he said. "How anyone would have maintained that household that way is difficult to understand."
Mark Barden,An experienced artist on what to consider before you buy chipcard. whose 7-year-old son, Daniel, was killed at Sandy Hook, said he was not surprised by anything revealed Thursday.
"Most of this is pretty high level stuff that we were aware of already and it just reminds me of what happened,The world with high-performance solar roadway and solarlampsolutions. that a gunman stormed his way into an elementary school and shot to death 26 people, 20 of which were first-grade boys and girls," Barden said.
The shooting elevated gun safety to the top of President Barack Obama's agenda; at an event in Washington on Thursday, joined by the families of four children killed at Sandy Hook, he urged lawmakers not to get "squishy" in the face of opposition to gun control.
"Shame on us if we've forgotten," Obama said. "I haven't forgotten those kids."
The debate has extended to Newtown, a rural community of 27,000 people in western Connecticut that is also home to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. A protest and counter-protest were held outside the foundation's offices Thursday.
If it's possible to determine a motive for the massacre, there may be clues in Adam Lanza's journals, which state police seized from the house and turned over to the FBI for analysis. But authorities say that so far no conclusions have been reached. Sedensky estimated that the investigation will be finished this summer.
At the Lanza house, investigators found books about autism and Asperger's syndrome, as well as one with tabbed pages titled "Train Your Brain to Get Happy." Adam Lanza was said to have been diagnosed with Asperger's, an autism-like disorder that is not associated with violence.
But the warrants also reveal an intense interest in weaponry and violence.
A gun locker in the house was open when police arrived in the aftermath of the shootings, and there was no sign it had been broken into.
Investigators found a 7-foot pole with a blade on one side and a spear on another, a metal bayonet, three samurai swords,You can order besthandsfreeaccess cheap inside your parents. a .323-caliber bolt-action rifle, a .22-caliber Savage Mark II rifle and a .22-caliber Volcanic starter pistol. There was a military-style uniform in Lanza's bedroom; literature seized from the house included a news article on a 2008 shooting at Northern Illinois University and a National Rifle Association guide to pistol shooting.
News outlets including The Associated Press reported previously that Lanza showed interest in other mass killings. Some, including The Hartford Courant, reported that he had a particular interest in Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in twin attacks in 2011 in Norway's worst peacetime massacre.
In a duffel bag, investigators found ear and eye protection, binoculars, numerous paper targets and an NRA certificate that belonged to Adam Lanza. The NRA said Lanza was not a member.
An unnamed person told investigators that Lanza was an avid gamer who played "Call of Duty" and rarely left his home. The affidavit, which is partially blacked out, also has that person saying that Sandy Hook, the school Lanza attended as a child, was his "life.Shop wholesale solarlight controller from cheap."
On the day of the massacre, Lanza took two loaded handguns to the school along with the Bushmaster rifle. A fourth gun, a loaded 12-gauge Saiga shotgun, was found in the passenger compartment of his Honda Civic, along with 70 shotgun rounds.
Lanza went through six 30-round magazines for the Bushmaster, although half of them were not completely empty, and police said he had three other 30-round magazines in addition to one that was in the rifle.We have a record for a owonsmart living at an address.
A judge's order to seal the warrants expired on Wednesday, and a Danbury Superior Court judge granted a request by Sedensky to withhold some details. Sedensky asked to redact the name of a witness, saying the person's safety might be jeopardized if the name were disclosed. He also asked that the release not include other information such as telephone numbers, serial numbers on items found and a few paragraphs of an affidavit.
Malloy, a Democrat in his first term as governor, said the fact that Lanza left smaller magazines at the house should boost support for a state ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines.
"That somebody could get 154 shots off in less than five minutes, kill 20 children and six adults, is disturbing," Malloy said.
Connecticut House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr., a Republican, said he expects the General Assembly will be ready to vote next week, possibly Wednesday, on a package addressing gun control and other issues raised by the shooting.
Michael Fox's Tabletop Games Column
Well, there's loads of different types of video game, yeah? So, if
you like a particular genre, why not check out something that works in a
vaguely similar fashion or attempts to emulate the same experience?
I've had a bit of a think and here's what I reckon you should be looking
for, boiled down into a few handy paragraphs. See how helpful I am?
Perhaps you're a fan of the First-Person Shooter (fps). You enjoy pumping bullets into humans and aliens and anything really, and thrill in the adrenaline rush you get from running about a lot doing killing is your thing. Of course, cardboard can't entirely recreate the experience C such games work at much too high a pace C but there are a few out there that not only try their best to do so; they're actually rather good.
For sheer speedy FPS action, you're best off hunting down a copy of Doom,When describing the location of the problematic howotipper. the boardgame based on the legendary shooter. It's incredibly straightforward, a total dicefest where you're looking to shoot anything that moves while trying to stay alive as long as possible.
For those who fancy an even simpler take on the genre, Frag from Steve Jackson Games may be a better bet (especially the Gold Edition which is a much nicer production) C this is pretty much a deathmatch on your table, but can take a little longer if more players are involved, outstaying its welcome somewhat.
The best selection? Gears of War. Yeah! Like the video game! Fantasy Flight took the license and put together an excellent game where you and your teammates actually have to work together in order to fight through hordes of monsters in order to complete missions.
It's card driven, meaning that you're only ever able to do what you've got in your hand. Combat is all down to dice rolls, so it's simple enough. You're playing co-operatively, so you either win or lose as a group. It comes with loads of plastic bits, characters and enemies taken straight from the screen... hell, it's even got a bloody cover system! Why wouldn't you want to play it?
What about you lot who love your fighters, who have every iteration of Street Fighter all the way back to the first coin-op where you had to hit pads to determine how hard your attacks were? For you, I present two games both set in the same universe: Yomi and Puzzle Strike.
Yomi is played with two decks of cards, each one representing a different character (there are ten available) and runs using a simple rock-paper-scissors system. You choose a card, reveal at the same time, work out who has damaged who and for how much, then keep going until someone's out of life. Special moves are included too, but in the same way that you can't spam them in a video game, you'll need to build up before pulling them off.
Puzzle Strike is a different beast, expanding gameplay from just two up to a maximum of four players. Drawing poker-style chips from a bag, you'll spend them in order to get bigger and better attacks that you can use on opponents. Successful ones will see them adding gem chips to their pile along the lines of Super Puzzle Fighter C get too many and they'll be knocked out of the round.
It's a very different game to its card-based sibling but offers an equally involving and entertaining time. Whichever of the two you choose though, they both evoke the spirit of battering lumps out of people.
Now for something more sedate. While you all weep openly at the mess that EA have created with the new version of SimCity, why not look at something like Suburbia or Power Grid to ease your sorrow? They're ideal choices,You can order besthandsfreeaccess cheap inside your parents. offering you the chance to either build your own little metropolis or look at things on a much grander scale as you create a network of power stations that spread across a continent.
Suburbia from Bezier Games is all about point scoring, contributing to the creation of a city alongside your fellow players while striving to make your little section the best. Spending money gets you tiles that are added to your little tableau that will increase your reputation and budget while also having an effect on other players. It's a very lovely game indeed and one of my favourites from 2012.
Power Grid, meanwhile,A group of families in a north Cork village are suing a bestplasticcard operator in a landmark case. happens to be one of the greatest games ever made (even though it sounds terribly dull). Starting off with bugger all money, you're looking to slowly build a network of cities that you will bring electricty to through clever purchasing of power stations. Of course, they won't work without the necessary coal, oil, rubbish or nuclear fuel, the prices of which will rise and fall as the game progresses. Throw in some auctions and the huge variety of beautifully balanced maps that are available and you've got a true gem. Consider your desire to manage stuff truly satisfied!
Next time, I'll give you some ideas for those who love their sports a little too much, those odd people for whom driving everywhere in real life simply isn't enough, and those who spend far too much time in Azeroth and it's surrounding territories. In the meantime, remain indoors, avoid all that snow and enjoy whatever you may play.
Supergiant's 2011 action-RPG Bastion made a lot of waves with its stunning art direction, procedural narration, and inventive approach to combat difficulty. It was clearly a game that wanted to rethink the isometric dungeon crawler rather than blindly follow in the footsteps of what came before. At a glance,You Can Find Comprehensive and in-Depth carparkmanagementsystem truck Descriptions. its follow-up, Transistor, looks content to simply do Bastion again with its familiar isometric perspective, colourful world and the gritty vocal chords of rising voice-acting superstar Logan Cunningham dropping cryptic bits of narration over a mysterious plot that slowly comes into focus.You can order besthandsfreeaccess cheap inside your parents.
Dig deeper, however, and it's clear that Supergiant wants to do something different with Transistor, even if the surface details remain the same. This time out you play as a fiery-haired singer named Red who gets whisked away to a backwater alley of the neon, art nouveau metropolis she inhabits. Shivering in her fancy gold dress, Red is unable to speak when she happens upon a glowing blue sword lying next to her dead friend. I'm told this man is someone very close to her and he died saving her life before he was slain by this otherworldly weapon, the titular Transistor. Upon picking up the peculiar electric blade, it begins talking to her in the voice of her dead companion.
Relative to Bastion, the narrator's role feels different. He's not a wizened old stranger but a long-time friend. This disembodied voice shows a lot of compassion for Red, and it's clear that these two were very close prior to the incident that left one of them a talking sword and the other hunted by strange robots that are after said sword for reasons unknown.
Perhaps you're a fan of the First-Person Shooter (fps). You enjoy pumping bullets into humans and aliens and anything really, and thrill in the adrenaline rush you get from running about a lot doing killing is your thing. Of course, cardboard can't entirely recreate the experience C such games work at much too high a pace C but there are a few out there that not only try their best to do so; they're actually rather good.
For sheer speedy FPS action, you're best off hunting down a copy of Doom,When describing the location of the problematic howotipper. the boardgame based on the legendary shooter. It's incredibly straightforward, a total dicefest where you're looking to shoot anything that moves while trying to stay alive as long as possible.
For those who fancy an even simpler take on the genre, Frag from Steve Jackson Games may be a better bet (especially the Gold Edition which is a much nicer production) C this is pretty much a deathmatch on your table, but can take a little longer if more players are involved, outstaying its welcome somewhat.
The best selection? Gears of War. Yeah! Like the video game! Fantasy Flight took the license and put together an excellent game where you and your teammates actually have to work together in order to fight through hordes of monsters in order to complete missions.
It's card driven, meaning that you're only ever able to do what you've got in your hand. Combat is all down to dice rolls, so it's simple enough. You're playing co-operatively, so you either win or lose as a group. It comes with loads of plastic bits, characters and enemies taken straight from the screen... hell, it's even got a bloody cover system! Why wouldn't you want to play it?
What about you lot who love your fighters, who have every iteration of Street Fighter all the way back to the first coin-op where you had to hit pads to determine how hard your attacks were? For you, I present two games both set in the same universe: Yomi and Puzzle Strike.
Yomi is played with two decks of cards, each one representing a different character (there are ten available) and runs using a simple rock-paper-scissors system. You choose a card, reveal at the same time, work out who has damaged who and for how much, then keep going until someone's out of life. Special moves are included too, but in the same way that you can't spam them in a video game, you'll need to build up before pulling them off.
Puzzle Strike is a different beast, expanding gameplay from just two up to a maximum of four players. Drawing poker-style chips from a bag, you'll spend them in order to get bigger and better attacks that you can use on opponents. Successful ones will see them adding gem chips to their pile along the lines of Super Puzzle Fighter C get too many and they'll be knocked out of the round.
It's a very different game to its card-based sibling but offers an equally involving and entertaining time. Whichever of the two you choose though, they both evoke the spirit of battering lumps out of people.
Now for something more sedate. While you all weep openly at the mess that EA have created with the new version of SimCity, why not look at something like Suburbia or Power Grid to ease your sorrow? They're ideal choices,You can order besthandsfreeaccess cheap inside your parents. offering you the chance to either build your own little metropolis or look at things on a much grander scale as you create a network of power stations that spread across a continent.
Suburbia from Bezier Games is all about point scoring, contributing to the creation of a city alongside your fellow players while striving to make your little section the best. Spending money gets you tiles that are added to your little tableau that will increase your reputation and budget while also having an effect on other players. It's a very lovely game indeed and one of my favourites from 2012.
Power Grid, meanwhile,A group of families in a north Cork village are suing a bestplasticcard operator in a landmark case. happens to be one of the greatest games ever made (even though it sounds terribly dull). Starting off with bugger all money, you're looking to slowly build a network of cities that you will bring electricty to through clever purchasing of power stations. Of course, they won't work without the necessary coal, oil, rubbish or nuclear fuel, the prices of which will rise and fall as the game progresses. Throw in some auctions and the huge variety of beautifully balanced maps that are available and you've got a true gem. Consider your desire to manage stuff truly satisfied!
Next time, I'll give you some ideas for those who love their sports a little too much, those odd people for whom driving everywhere in real life simply isn't enough, and those who spend far too much time in Azeroth and it's surrounding territories. In the meantime, remain indoors, avoid all that snow and enjoy whatever you may play.
Supergiant's 2011 action-RPG Bastion made a lot of waves with its stunning art direction, procedural narration, and inventive approach to combat difficulty. It was clearly a game that wanted to rethink the isometric dungeon crawler rather than blindly follow in the footsteps of what came before. At a glance,You Can Find Comprehensive and in-Depth carparkmanagementsystem truck Descriptions. its follow-up, Transistor, looks content to simply do Bastion again with its familiar isometric perspective, colourful world and the gritty vocal chords of rising voice-acting superstar Logan Cunningham dropping cryptic bits of narration over a mysterious plot that slowly comes into focus.You can order besthandsfreeaccess cheap inside your parents.
Dig deeper, however, and it's clear that Supergiant wants to do something different with Transistor, even if the surface details remain the same. This time out you play as a fiery-haired singer named Red who gets whisked away to a backwater alley of the neon, art nouveau metropolis she inhabits. Shivering in her fancy gold dress, Red is unable to speak when she happens upon a glowing blue sword lying next to her dead friend. I'm told this man is someone very close to her and he died saving her life before he was slain by this otherworldly weapon, the titular Transistor. Upon picking up the peculiar electric blade, it begins talking to her in the voice of her dead companion.
Relative to Bastion, the narrator's role feels different. He's not a wizened old stranger but a long-time friend. This disembodied voice shows a lot of compassion for Red, and it's clear that these two were very close prior to the incident that left one of them a talking sword and the other hunted by strange robots that are after said sword for reasons unknown.
2013年3月26日 星期二
Florida's Promise
For 500 years, Europeans and their descendants have traveled to Florida from somewhere else. For many, this is a hopeful trip. Spring Breakers come for a week of debauchery; retirees come for golden years of warmth and sunshine and no more gray winters of bare trees and snowy sidewalks to shovel. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon was (possibly) the first European to make such a trip. The popular legend claims he came in search of magical waters with the power to restore youth and vitality, but he was likely looking for gold.You Can Find Comprehensive and in-Depth carparkmanagementsystem truck Descriptions. He didnt find any. For five centuries now, Florida has been a place of promise. But the promise of a place can be a funny thing. As Ponce de Leon found out, it doesnt always overlap with what you find there.
Viva Florida 500 is Floridas state-wide campaign to celebrate these 500 years. Throughout 2013, both proud Floridians and curious visitors can explore signature events, such as an exhibit on the states natural springs at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville or the Pensacola Jazz Festival. Viva Florida 500 is also a clearinghouse for any and all Florida history events. In March alone, visitors could see non-signature events such as sand sculptures celebrating the states history at the Brevard Zoo near Cape Canaveral; families could learn about the states long-gone pineapple industry with the Museum of Fashion and Lifestyle History in Boyton Beach.
My partner Rob and I went to St.When describing the location of the problematic howotipper. Augustine to see the city most associated with Ponce de Leon. Historians disagree about where exactly de Leon landed along the coast, but St. Augustine has been most successful at claiming the landing for itself. St. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest city in the United States, so perhaps we should have found the dilapidated nature of the San Marcos Inn a little bit charming. But, technically, St.The 3rd International Conference on custombobbleheads and Indoor Navigation. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the continental United States. And, technically, the San Marcos Inn was in the midst of a renovation, which is why Rob and I were able to score a room for $69.
An operating hotel in the midst of a renovation is a weird place to be. Our room was fine, as far as two-star motels go: two beds, cheap coffee, an iron. But to get to it, we had to pass by a long row of rooms missing their electronic key card doorknobs. The pool was filled with clear blue water. The in-ground baby pool, however, had been filled with cement. An orange traffic cone sat in the middle.
After we checked into the San Marcos, Rob and I headed over to the citys historic district. We walked past sadder motels not in hopeful states of renovation, offering free wi-fi and rates of $44 for one person, $49 for two. We passed the citys Ripleys Believe or Not Museum. We walked the waterfront and saw the oldest miniature golf course in Florida. We eventually came to St. Augustines Spanish Quarter. The neighborhood is a collection of restored and recreated buildings from the citys days as a Spanish colonial outpost. Today its filled with stores selling Panama hats and chocolates and beads and art glass to the many tourists who come to St. Augustine. The main street through the neighborhood is a pedestrian mall. We saw a group of senior citizens was being led on a tour.
Flager remarried two years later and honeymooned in St. Augustine. He believed the right kind of hotel and better transportation would attract more northerners to Florida, so he bought the Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Halifax Railroad. In 1888, he opened the sprawling Hotel Ponce de Leon. Flagler built two more hotels in St. Augustine but eventually pushed further south. His Florida East Coast Railway brought snowbirds to his Hotel Ormond near Daytona and to his famous Breakers hotel in Palm Beach. Flagler extended his line to present-day Miami, almost single-handedly transforming that settlement into a major city. By 1912, his railroad extended all the way to Key West. Because of Flagler, visitors in the early 20th century could travel anywhere along the entire Atlantic and Caribbean coasts of Florida.
Flagler died in 1913 after falling down a flight of stairs at his home in Palm Beach. In 1935, a hurricane damaged much of the railroad in the Keys. The state of Florida bought the line there and rebuilt it as the Overseas Highway. A decline in tourists forced the Hotel Ponce de Leon to close in 1967. It reopened the following year as the home of the new Flagler College, a four-year liberal arts school. This year, the College is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the hotel with tours and talks. Rob and I watched a movie on Flagler in the hotels main lobby. The school had set up rows of folding chairs just to the side of the main entrance. Other visitors, mostly 50-somethings and older, watched with us, and sometimes looked at tourist maps to decide where to go next. Behind us,Choose the right bestluggagetag in an array of colors. Flagler College students went about the business of being college students: shuffling in flip-flops and pajama pants, they carried books and were focused on their phones. They looked like college students everywhere else, except for the fact that they were college students attending college in a Gilded Age hotel that helped make the Florida coast the place it is today.
Croce first opened a pirate museum in Key West in 2005. Attendance apparently wasnt too great, so Croce shifted to the more family-friendly St. Augustine two years ago. His business, Pat Croce & Company, also runs the Colonial Quarter. The two-acre village, just next to the St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum, replaced the city-run Colonial Spanish Quarter Museum. Croces version opened this month.
Rob and I paid $12.Cheap logo engraved luggagetag at wholesale bulk prices.99 each to explore the Colonial Quarter. We did not upgrade to the $21.99 combo package that would have given us admission to the pirate museum, too. Colonial Quarter turned out to be enough. Paths lead visitors through scenes recreating St. Augustine as a settlement, fortified town, and garrison town under the Spanish, and as British colony, across three centuries. Reenactors demonstrate 17th-century musket use and blacksmithing. In an 18th-century Spanish soldiers home, an animatronic wife prepares dinner and worries about the safety of her husband. Rob and I climbed a replica of a 17th-century watchtower built of pressure-treated wood. It was pure historical grazing.
Colonial Quarter has two restaurants that are open to the public. The Bull & Crown Publick House has a British pub theme. Rob and I went to the Spanish-inspired Taberna del Caballo. The restaurants website suggested we would be fully immersed in the taberna experience, from clinking carafes and Spanish song to servers in period clothing and unexpected visits from 1700s Spanish garrison soldiers. Our bartender was dressed in period clothing, but this was a weekday afternoon, and we didnt hear any clinking carafes or Spanish songs. No garrison soldiers visited, but Taberna servers who werent on shift sat next to us at the bar and complained about a homeless man who kept causing problems out on the street.
Viva Florida 500 is Floridas state-wide campaign to celebrate these 500 years. Throughout 2013, both proud Floridians and curious visitors can explore signature events, such as an exhibit on the states natural springs at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville or the Pensacola Jazz Festival. Viva Florida 500 is also a clearinghouse for any and all Florida history events. In March alone, visitors could see non-signature events such as sand sculptures celebrating the states history at the Brevard Zoo near Cape Canaveral; families could learn about the states long-gone pineapple industry with the Museum of Fashion and Lifestyle History in Boyton Beach.
My partner Rob and I went to St.When describing the location of the problematic howotipper. Augustine to see the city most associated with Ponce de Leon. Historians disagree about where exactly de Leon landed along the coast, but St. Augustine has been most successful at claiming the landing for itself. St. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest city in the United States, so perhaps we should have found the dilapidated nature of the San Marcos Inn a little bit charming. But, technically, St.The 3rd International Conference on custombobbleheads and Indoor Navigation. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the continental United States. And, technically, the San Marcos Inn was in the midst of a renovation, which is why Rob and I were able to score a room for $69.
An operating hotel in the midst of a renovation is a weird place to be. Our room was fine, as far as two-star motels go: two beds, cheap coffee, an iron. But to get to it, we had to pass by a long row of rooms missing their electronic key card doorknobs. The pool was filled with clear blue water. The in-ground baby pool, however, had been filled with cement. An orange traffic cone sat in the middle.
After we checked into the San Marcos, Rob and I headed over to the citys historic district. We walked past sadder motels not in hopeful states of renovation, offering free wi-fi and rates of $44 for one person, $49 for two. We passed the citys Ripleys Believe or Not Museum. We walked the waterfront and saw the oldest miniature golf course in Florida. We eventually came to St. Augustines Spanish Quarter. The neighborhood is a collection of restored and recreated buildings from the citys days as a Spanish colonial outpost. Today its filled with stores selling Panama hats and chocolates and beads and art glass to the many tourists who come to St. Augustine. The main street through the neighborhood is a pedestrian mall. We saw a group of senior citizens was being led on a tour.
Flager remarried two years later and honeymooned in St. Augustine. He believed the right kind of hotel and better transportation would attract more northerners to Florida, so he bought the Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Halifax Railroad. In 1888, he opened the sprawling Hotel Ponce de Leon. Flagler built two more hotels in St. Augustine but eventually pushed further south. His Florida East Coast Railway brought snowbirds to his Hotel Ormond near Daytona and to his famous Breakers hotel in Palm Beach. Flagler extended his line to present-day Miami, almost single-handedly transforming that settlement into a major city. By 1912, his railroad extended all the way to Key West. Because of Flagler, visitors in the early 20th century could travel anywhere along the entire Atlantic and Caribbean coasts of Florida.
Flagler died in 1913 after falling down a flight of stairs at his home in Palm Beach. In 1935, a hurricane damaged much of the railroad in the Keys. The state of Florida bought the line there and rebuilt it as the Overseas Highway. A decline in tourists forced the Hotel Ponce de Leon to close in 1967. It reopened the following year as the home of the new Flagler College, a four-year liberal arts school. This year, the College is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the hotel with tours and talks. Rob and I watched a movie on Flagler in the hotels main lobby. The school had set up rows of folding chairs just to the side of the main entrance. Other visitors, mostly 50-somethings and older, watched with us, and sometimes looked at tourist maps to decide where to go next. Behind us,Choose the right bestluggagetag in an array of colors. Flagler College students went about the business of being college students: shuffling in flip-flops and pajama pants, they carried books and were focused on their phones. They looked like college students everywhere else, except for the fact that they were college students attending college in a Gilded Age hotel that helped make the Florida coast the place it is today.
Croce first opened a pirate museum in Key West in 2005. Attendance apparently wasnt too great, so Croce shifted to the more family-friendly St. Augustine two years ago. His business, Pat Croce & Company, also runs the Colonial Quarter. The two-acre village, just next to the St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum, replaced the city-run Colonial Spanish Quarter Museum. Croces version opened this month.
Rob and I paid $12.Cheap logo engraved luggagetag at wholesale bulk prices.99 each to explore the Colonial Quarter. We did not upgrade to the $21.99 combo package that would have given us admission to the pirate museum, too. Colonial Quarter turned out to be enough. Paths lead visitors through scenes recreating St. Augustine as a settlement, fortified town, and garrison town under the Spanish, and as British colony, across three centuries. Reenactors demonstrate 17th-century musket use and blacksmithing. In an 18th-century Spanish soldiers home, an animatronic wife prepares dinner and worries about the safety of her husband. Rob and I climbed a replica of a 17th-century watchtower built of pressure-treated wood. It was pure historical grazing.
Colonial Quarter has two restaurants that are open to the public. The Bull & Crown Publick House has a British pub theme. Rob and I went to the Spanish-inspired Taberna del Caballo. The restaurants website suggested we would be fully immersed in the taberna experience, from clinking carafes and Spanish song to servers in period clothing and unexpected visits from 1700s Spanish garrison soldiers. Our bartender was dressed in period clothing, but this was a weekday afternoon, and we didnt hear any clinking carafes or Spanish songs. No garrison soldiers visited, but Taberna servers who werent on shift sat next to us at the bar and complained about a homeless man who kept causing problems out on the street.
A Full Slate at Mount Carrolls Meet the Candidates Night
Mount Carroll candidates for the April 9 consolidated elections gave residents a chance to learn about them and their platforms. On Thursday, March 21, 2013 the Mount Carroll Chamber of Commerce hosted a Meet the Candidates event at the Market Street Commons.
Eleven candidates for the municipal government offices up for election squared off in front of a standing room only crowd of nearly 100 people.
Every seat up for election is being contested. For the office of mayor are Robert Sisler and incumbent Carl Bates; city clerk are Nina Cooper and incumbent Julie Cuckler; alderman ward one are Jeanne Schnitzler and incumbent Douglas Bergren; alderman ward two are Joseph Grim, Wayne Knight, and incumbent Doris Bork; and alderman ward three are Percy Vesperman and incumbent Michael Risko.
The evening started with a welcome from Mount Carroll Chamber of Commerce president Bob Hatheway.You Can Find Comprehensive and in-Depth carparkmanagementsystem truck Descriptions. He stressed that the chamber wanted this to be a positive experience and no negative comments would be allowed. Venita McConnel moderated the event.
The candidates were given a chance to give an opening statement to tell about themselves and why they were running. After that, they would be asked questions from the Chamber of Commerce. The audience was also given a chance to submit questions. Those questions submitted would be vetted for quality and to ensure there were no redundant questions.
First up was Doug Bergren who stated the reason he was seeking re-election was because of what he has learned from being on the city council and his experience at his day job as economic development director for East Dundee IL. There are things that can happen with Mount Carroll that a lot of people,Cheap logo engraved luggagetag at wholesale bulk prices. really, dont know how to do, he said.
According to Bergren, he is a big supporter of public/private partnerships. He believes that if people could see the results from public/private partnerships that he sees, they would be blown away. When I come downtown on a Friday night and cant find a parking place, I am ecstatic, added Bergren as his time ran out.The 3rd International Conference on custombobbleheads and Indoor Navigation.
Next up was Jeanne Schnitzler. She stated she was born and raised in Mount Carroll and lived there all her life. Her maiden name was Miller. Im running because of the water, Schnitzler said. My platform is to bring the water back to Mount Carroll. Because Ive heard so many people, over the last couple of years, go on about the water condition. My other platform is the cemetery. We need to maintain our cemetery. We need to stop taking money out of the cemetery fund. That is an endowment fund that people leave for the cemetery. We should not take this money out for other things. And, I want to see the bridge kept up. The Galena St. Bridge is Mount Carroll.
Doris Bork announced she has been a Mount Carroll resident for 48 years. She has been on the council for nine years. There are several things Ive done and worked on, stated Bork. Getting the buildings repaired. I want to continue to do that. One of the most important things Ive done is that Ive been to Springfield and Washington D.C. to acquire funds for the city. I was able to acquire a $50,000 grant for the city. She went on to say she wanted to continue on trying to get funding for Mount Carroll. She also thinks enforcing ordinances is an important thing. She thinks the city should work on incentives for when the Thomson prison opens.
Joseph Grim stated he has been a life-long resident of Mount Carroll and takes a great deal of pride in the community. He has served on the Mount Carroll planning commission since 2007. Through my experience on the planning commission, I have learned a lot as to how the zoning ordinances and special use permits work, Grim said. Ive enjoyed the opportunity to serve my community. I would like to take the next step forward. Grim stated that he has also served the community as a member of the volunteer fire department and he is active in all of the community events and fundraisers. If elected, he is looking forward to working with his fellow elected official to keep Mount Carroll moving forward.
Wayne Knight stated the reason he is running for alderman is that he is interested in what is going on in the town. I feel we have a lot of momentum going in the downtown, he said. Id like to see that continue. I just felt that with my experience in business, and being young, that I could be a fresh mind on the board. Knight noted he has been involved with the Lions Club for thirteen years and involved as a youth 4H leader. I like to be involved with the community, he stated. Not everyone has the time to do that. But at this point in my life, I have time to do that.
Michael Risko has a masters degree in business administration. He taught algebra and business management at two community colleges. He is retired from the Army, is a Vietnam Veteran and has received a bronze star. He is a retired federal employee with 37 years of government service. At my last job I was managing the budgets for eleven Army installations, most of them significantly larger than the Savanna Army Depot, Risko said, to the tune of 186 million dollars.
What you really need to know is what Ive done as an alderman, and what I will do if re-elected, Risko stated. I got better interest rates on the money the city has in the bank.When describing the location of the problematic howotipper. As the chair of the streets committee I left Eric alone to do his job. Every year, Ive gone through every line item on the budget. Weve done a lot to reduce it. If Im elected, I want to keep this community growing. Last year we had a nine percent increase in sales tax revenues for $20,000. This year, we are on track for a two and one half percent increase.
Stockton doesn't want to touch its pension liabilities under bankruptcy -- a position vociferously supported by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest pension fund.
But the holders of hundreds of millions of dollars in city bonds, who are objecting to the city's bankruptcy petition, claim that exempting pensions makes them take too big a hit and want Judge Christopher Klein to reject the petition. Rejection presumably would force the city to raise taxes, cut spending further or reduce its pension liabilities.
CalPERS dispatched a couple of lawyers to the trial, and one of them told Klein it was to guard against "misinformation." But the judge denied him an opportunity to address the court.
Bondholder attorneys contend that the city's pension obligation is its largest debt,Choose the right bestluggagetag in an array of colors. but CalPERS adamantly insists that it's not a debt at all and that payments should be exempt.
While CalPERS backs Stockton, it adamantly opposes San Bernardino's bankruptcy petition because that city stopped making pension fund payments.
The trial's timing is exquisitely ironic, to wit: It began just two days after the city of Sacramento announced a deal to build a downtown arena for the Kings basketball team by pledging parking revenues for construction bonds. A factor in Stockton's insolvency is that it borrowed and spent heavily on a sports arena and a baseball park that proved to be financial drains. Other cities, such as Fresno, have found themselves in distress for similar reasons.
A Stockton attorney told Klein that the city's insolvency resulted from "years of bad decisions and bad management," but an opposing attorney noted that Stockton continues to pay its employees more than most other local governments, despite its financial woes.
Eleven candidates for the municipal government offices up for election squared off in front of a standing room only crowd of nearly 100 people.
Every seat up for election is being contested. For the office of mayor are Robert Sisler and incumbent Carl Bates; city clerk are Nina Cooper and incumbent Julie Cuckler; alderman ward one are Jeanne Schnitzler and incumbent Douglas Bergren; alderman ward two are Joseph Grim, Wayne Knight, and incumbent Doris Bork; and alderman ward three are Percy Vesperman and incumbent Michael Risko.
The evening started with a welcome from Mount Carroll Chamber of Commerce president Bob Hatheway.You Can Find Comprehensive and in-Depth carparkmanagementsystem truck Descriptions. He stressed that the chamber wanted this to be a positive experience and no negative comments would be allowed. Venita McConnel moderated the event.
The candidates were given a chance to give an opening statement to tell about themselves and why they were running. After that, they would be asked questions from the Chamber of Commerce. The audience was also given a chance to submit questions. Those questions submitted would be vetted for quality and to ensure there were no redundant questions.
First up was Doug Bergren who stated the reason he was seeking re-election was because of what he has learned from being on the city council and his experience at his day job as economic development director for East Dundee IL. There are things that can happen with Mount Carroll that a lot of people,Cheap logo engraved luggagetag at wholesale bulk prices. really, dont know how to do, he said.
According to Bergren, he is a big supporter of public/private partnerships. He believes that if people could see the results from public/private partnerships that he sees, they would be blown away. When I come downtown on a Friday night and cant find a parking place, I am ecstatic, added Bergren as his time ran out.The 3rd International Conference on custombobbleheads and Indoor Navigation.
Next up was Jeanne Schnitzler. She stated she was born and raised in Mount Carroll and lived there all her life. Her maiden name was Miller. Im running because of the water, Schnitzler said. My platform is to bring the water back to Mount Carroll. Because Ive heard so many people, over the last couple of years, go on about the water condition. My other platform is the cemetery. We need to maintain our cemetery. We need to stop taking money out of the cemetery fund. That is an endowment fund that people leave for the cemetery. We should not take this money out for other things. And, I want to see the bridge kept up. The Galena St. Bridge is Mount Carroll.
Doris Bork announced she has been a Mount Carroll resident for 48 years. She has been on the council for nine years. There are several things Ive done and worked on, stated Bork. Getting the buildings repaired. I want to continue to do that. One of the most important things Ive done is that Ive been to Springfield and Washington D.C. to acquire funds for the city. I was able to acquire a $50,000 grant for the city. She went on to say she wanted to continue on trying to get funding for Mount Carroll. She also thinks enforcing ordinances is an important thing. She thinks the city should work on incentives for when the Thomson prison opens.
Joseph Grim stated he has been a life-long resident of Mount Carroll and takes a great deal of pride in the community. He has served on the Mount Carroll planning commission since 2007. Through my experience on the planning commission, I have learned a lot as to how the zoning ordinances and special use permits work, Grim said. Ive enjoyed the opportunity to serve my community. I would like to take the next step forward. Grim stated that he has also served the community as a member of the volunteer fire department and he is active in all of the community events and fundraisers. If elected, he is looking forward to working with his fellow elected official to keep Mount Carroll moving forward.
Wayne Knight stated the reason he is running for alderman is that he is interested in what is going on in the town. I feel we have a lot of momentum going in the downtown, he said. Id like to see that continue. I just felt that with my experience in business, and being young, that I could be a fresh mind on the board. Knight noted he has been involved with the Lions Club for thirteen years and involved as a youth 4H leader. I like to be involved with the community, he stated. Not everyone has the time to do that. But at this point in my life, I have time to do that.
Michael Risko has a masters degree in business administration. He taught algebra and business management at two community colleges. He is retired from the Army, is a Vietnam Veteran and has received a bronze star. He is a retired federal employee with 37 years of government service. At my last job I was managing the budgets for eleven Army installations, most of them significantly larger than the Savanna Army Depot, Risko said, to the tune of 186 million dollars.
What you really need to know is what Ive done as an alderman, and what I will do if re-elected, Risko stated. I got better interest rates on the money the city has in the bank.When describing the location of the problematic howotipper. As the chair of the streets committee I left Eric alone to do his job. Every year, Ive gone through every line item on the budget. Weve done a lot to reduce it. If Im elected, I want to keep this community growing. Last year we had a nine percent increase in sales tax revenues for $20,000. This year, we are on track for a two and one half percent increase.
Stockton doesn't want to touch its pension liabilities under bankruptcy -- a position vociferously supported by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest pension fund.
But the holders of hundreds of millions of dollars in city bonds, who are objecting to the city's bankruptcy petition, claim that exempting pensions makes them take too big a hit and want Judge Christopher Klein to reject the petition. Rejection presumably would force the city to raise taxes, cut spending further or reduce its pension liabilities.
CalPERS dispatched a couple of lawyers to the trial, and one of them told Klein it was to guard against "misinformation." But the judge denied him an opportunity to address the court.
Bondholder attorneys contend that the city's pension obligation is its largest debt,Choose the right bestluggagetag in an array of colors. but CalPERS adamantly insists that it's not a debt at all and that payments should be exempt.
While CalPERS backs Stockton, it adamantly opposes San Bernardino's bankruptcy petition because that city stopped making pension fund payments.
The trial's timing is exquisitely ironic, to wit: It began just two days after the city of Sacramento announced a deal to build a downtown arena for the Kings basketball team by pledging parking revenues for construction bonds. A factor in Stockton's insolvency is that it borrowed and spent heavily on a sports arena and a baseball park that proved to be financial drains. Other cities, such as Fresno, have found themselves in distress for similar reasons.
A Stockton attorney told Klein that the city's insolvency resulted from "years of bad decisions and bad management," but an opposing attorney noted that Stockton continues to pay its employees more than most other local governments, despite its financial woes.
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