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Titletown Kicking Off Summer Activities June 1
Summer Fun Days Showcase to feature free, fun, outdoor activities and BoDeans concert
Titletown is ready for another fun summer and is inviting community members to see what’s in store with the Summer Fun Days Showcase, presented by Lodge Kohler, on Saturday, June 1, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The free event will kick off the summer season and the wide variety of programs and activities that will be offered at Titletown the next few months. The day will culminate with a concert featuring the celebrated Wisconsin-native rock band BoDeans at 7:30 p.m.
The Summer Fun Days Showcase will feature free activities and fun for all ages, including:
- Fitness: Lodge Kohler Yoga (registration required), Peter Kraus Boot Camp (registration required), live DJ and chair massages
- Interactive games and activities for all ages: inflatable Sumo Wrestling, Ryder Cup “closest to the pin” contest with Lodge Kohler, photo booth, inflatable bungee jumping, face painting, Imagination Station, lawn games and trivia
- Crafts for all ages, including succulent crafts, screen printing and Art Cart projects
- Mini Titletown Market showcase to preview summer evening markets
- Performances from children’s musician Randy Peterson and Aerial Dance
Attendees can also enjoy live music throughout the afternoon and evening, with a large stage on the east side of the plaza near Ridge Road. DJ + Drums will perform from 3 to 6 p.m., singer-songwriter Trapper Schoepp will perform at 6 p.m., and BoDeans will perform at 7:30 p.m.
The full schedule of activities for the Summer Fun Days Showcase is available at titletown.com/events/calendar/summer-fun-days-showcase.
Food and beverages will be available for purchase at the event, including patio service from Lodge Kohler, a special barbecue concession stand on the plaza and 46 Below serving up its fresh summer menu. Guests can also enjoy “drinks with a view” on top of Ariens Hill, and a brand new beer garden on the plaza will offer a variety of beverages, including non-alcoholic drinks. Carry-ins, such as outside food and beverages, are not permitted at the event.
Attendees can park for free at Titletown’s lot along Lombardi Avenue and in Lots 5 and 6 at Lambeau Field.
Community members and visitors to Titletown can look forward to a variety of free, fun summer activities at Titletown, including weekly night markets, movies in the park, fitness activities, art programs, live music and more. Programs and events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. The full slate of daily programs continues to be updated regularly and is listed on Titletown’s calendar at titletown.com/events/calendar.
More information about all of the upcoming activities and events will be available in the next several weeks at titletown.com.

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SPARTA, KY – Jason White and his GunBroker.com team entered the Bluegrass State with high hopes
and a brand new truck. The Virginia native would end up battling the heat and his new No. 23 GunBroker.com Ford but persevered with a solid 11th place finish in the running of the UNOH 225 at Kentucky Speedway.
On one of the hottest days of the year thus far, White started the 150-lap event from the 12th position as a result of his qualifying effort earlier in the day. The early stages of the race saw White and the Doug George led GunBroker.com team try multiple adjustments as they worked to get a grip on their new truck out on its maiden voyage. The multiple changes seemed to work as the race progressed with Jason moving his way inside the top-10 before settling for the 11th place finish.
“We just battled getting a grip on this new truck tonight,” stated White. “This is a brand new truck that we built and it can be a little difficult the first time out. But we learned a lot about the truck tonight and we were pretty good there at the end. It was a hot one out there today and all of the guys on this team battled the elements and did a great job with all of the adjustments and changes we made – I am proud of them. ”
Jason climbed two spots to 11th position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers’ standings – now only one point out of the top-10.
“In all we had a solid outing tonight,” added Jason. “A run like this excites me about the rest of the season. The guys on this GunBroker.com team take great pride in their work and building this new truck is personal for them. This is going to be a very good truck in our stable as this essentially was a test session for us tonight and we made great strides and almost brought it home to a top-10 finish.”
Jason and his GunBroker.com team will have a week off before the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to action on July 14th for the running of the American Ethanol 200 at Iowa Speedway.
About GunBroker.com: GunBroker.com is the world's largest gun auction website. Launched in 1999, www.GunBroker.com is an informative, secure and safe way to buy and sell firearms, ammunition and hunting/shooting gear online. GunBroker.com promotes responsible ownership of guns and firearms. Aside from merchandise bearing its logo, GunBroker.com sells none of the items listed on its website. Third-party sellers list items on the site and Federal and state laws govern the sale of firearms and other restricted items. Ownership policies and regulations are followed using licensed firearms dealers as transfer agents.
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Health workers gathered in front of the Northern Provincial Council office to demand the Sri Lankan government to improve working conditions, including higher allowances.
Workers have been engaged in a series of continuous protests for the past 155 days. The demonstrations prompted Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to visit the Jaffna district and meet with the protesters and arranged for them to meet the President in Colombo.
Demonstrators also met with other government representatives where they were promised adequate employment opportunities and the strike was called off.
However, due to the lack of accountability, health care workers resumed their protests and plan to continue until authorities grant their demands.


CHICAGO — Starboard Value, an investor in Smithfield Foods, approached buyout firms and meat processors to encourage them to form a bidding group to derail a Chinese takeover, said two people familiar with the process.
The activist investor is challenging Hong Kong’s Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd., which agreed in May to buy Smithfield for $4.7 billion. Under Starboard’s plan, the group would bid together and break up Smithfield after the takeover, said the people, who asked not to be named because the negotiations are private.
Starboard, led by Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Smith, has argued for the past two months that the world’s biggest hog producer could obtain a much higher price through a split. “As far down the road as Smithfield is, it’s going to be hard to turn that around,” Michael Cook Sr., CEO of SouthernSun Asset Management in Memphis, which holds a 3.5 percent stake in Smithfield, said in a telephone interview. If a rival bid was “marginally better it would be hard to pull off. The economics would have to be really good.”
Starboard holds a 5.7 percent stake in Smithfield, according to a July 12 regulatory filing. Shuanghui agreed to pay $34 a share for Smithfield.
Spokesmen at Smithfield and Shuanghui declined to comment. About 10,000 of Smithfield’s 46,000 worldwide employees are in North Carolina, where the company has a slaughterhouse in Tar Heel and packaging plants in Kinston, Clinton and Wilson.
Shuanghui, whose takeover proposal is currently under review by U.S. regulators, agreed to buy Smithfield as China’s demand for pork and greater food safety increases. A fresh offer may face less regulatory scrutiny, as politicians have urged the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to take a closer look at Shuanghui’s bid. Smithfield said July 24 that CFIUS is conducting a 45-day review of the takeover after concluding the initial 30-day review.
At the $34 offer price and including debt, Shuanghui is paying about $7 billion, or 7.4 times Smithfield’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, according to data compiled at the time of the bid. That compares with the $44 to $55 a share that Starboard has said Smithfield could fetch in a breakup. The firm said last month it hired Moelis & Co. and BDA Advisors Inc. to advise on the process with Smithfield.
Another shareholder that lobbied Smithfield to consider a breakup, Continental Grain Co., was satisfied with Shuanghui’s offer and said in June that it would exit its stake following the proposal. The investor held a 5.8 percent stake at the time of the bid.
Smithfield said in a July regulatory filing that the board evaluated breaking up the company via carve-outs or spinoffs. The board concluded “such restructuring alternatives were not in the best interests of Smithfield and its shareholders because, among other things, Smithfield’s hog production segment created efficiencies and synergies.”


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Re: WWE Planning A Big Bryan Singles Push Soon?
This is expected. He will get another push like he did this year (9 months in the WHC or WWE Title picture). I don't like the guy, but the guy is probably # 3 when comes to being over. It is what is.


The company Nissan has presented in Japan a new version of the compact crossover Kicks.
The Nissan Kicks crossover we have significantly changed the front part. V-shaped grille increased in size, and the new led lights are longer and thinner. Back innovations much less. The company’s designers developed a new bumper and changed the schedule of the lights (their configuration remained the same).
The interior of the car remained virtually unchanged. The company says upgrading the multimedia system and dashboard.
With the upgrade of the Nissan Kicks for the first time got a brand new system of e-Power, which a few years installs on Japanese car companies, including Nissan Note. The crossover is driven by an electric power unit EM57 capacity of 129 horsepower. It is powered by a lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 1.57 kWh, which constantly recharges the 1.2-liter 3-cylinder internal combustion engine with a capacity of 79 horsepower. Drive the car – only the front.
Sales of the updated Nissan Kicks will start on 30 June 2020. Cost – 2 759 900 yen (about $25 800).


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Sheryl Crow performs 'Hurt' on Johnny Cash Tribute
I watched the Johnny Cash Tribute broadcast the other night on CMT. It was quite well done as these things go. There seemed to be a limited amount of commercial interruption which is a tribute in and of itself.
The portion of the show I found to be quite compelling was an interview with Nine Inch Nail's Trent Reznor discussing Cash's cover of 'Hurt" from 2002. Reznor commented on what a surprise and honor it was to have Cash record the song and later the video, both of which have gone on to receive much acclaim.
The interview was interspersed with snippets of the 'Hurt' video. This was followed by Sheryl Crow performing 'Hurt,' a song about drug addiction. 'When he gave his voice to something, he dedicated his voice and his intellect,' Crow said. " She launched into a hearfelt acoustic rendition of 'Hurt' that was quite powerful and a show highlight.
In some ways it is quite ironic that a song that wasn't a Cash original has garnered so much attention. On the other hand, the song has introduced Cash to a whole new generation if fans. And that's a good thing.

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Dog registration in Jaipur: Castration not required now
There are over one lakh dogs in the city, but only 1% of them are registered with JMC.
JAIPUR: Good news for dog owners in Jaipur’s Nagar city as the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has removed the need for dog castration to register them.
Previously, a castration certificate was required for registration with JMC. Now it is optional and up to the owner whether they want to obtain a certificate or not.
Currently, there are over one lakh dogs in the city, but only 1% of them are registered with JMC. In an effort to increase registration rates and encourage pet owners, JMC decided to withdraw the mandatory requirement of dog castration for registration.
Experts have highlighted health issues faced by dogs due to castration such as increased risks of prostate cancer, kidney stones, diabetes, and aggression. The previous confusion surrounding the registration process led to doubts among owners.
With this new change by JMC, dog owners can now choose whether or not they want their pets castrated while registering them.

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Includes: Four Turnbuckles Two Draglinks. These turnbuckles are used on the steering links and rear camber for the Nitro 4-Tec.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Sempra Energy will have to defend itself against a $24 billion antitrust class-action lawsuit after a California appeals court refused to dismiss the case, plaintiffs' lawyers said Monday.
As a result, the energy-holding company
The lawsuit claims that Sempra and two of its subsidiaries conspired with El Paso Natural Gas, a subsidiary of energy company El Paso
Plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit include the people of the state of California and the city and county of Los Angeles. Shares of Sempra Energy closed down 40 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $36.75.
In a statement Monday, Sempra said it looks forward to "demonstrating in court that plaintiffs' claims are completely without merit and directly contradicted by their own evidence -- and that the plaintiffs' damage claims are based on unrealistic assumptions and grossly inflated."
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Crude-oil futures dropped almost 7 percent Monday, sending the benchmark contract to its lowest level in nearly four months amid growing domestic inventories and expectations for milder winter weather in the United States. See Futures Movers.


New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has unveiled the winning proposal for the 7.2-acre redevelopment of an underutilized portion of the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center campus in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn. That section will give way to a 900-apartment residential community anchored by a 10,000-square-foot grocery store and enveloped in abundant public green space.
The proposal, described by the Governor’s Office as a “modern, mixed-use wellness-oriented development” that presents the “most comprehensive vision for this prime property in East Flatbush,” is led by a development team comprised of Almat Urban, Breaking Ground, Brooklyn Community Services, the Center for Urban Community Services, Douglaston Development, Jobe Development, and the Velez Organization. The New York office of Adjaye Associates and Studio Zewde, the Harlem-based landscape architecture and urban design firm led by Sara Zewde, are helming the design of the $400 million affordable housing development.
Funding for the transformative overhaul comes from Cuomo’s $1.4 billion Vital Brooklyn initiative, a community development program launched in 2017 focused on eight integrated areas of improvement—open space and recreation, healthy food, education, economic empowerment, community-based violence prevention, community-based health care, affordable housing, and resiliency—within Central Brooklyn’s most underserved neighborhoods.
The proposal, as mentioned, calls for 900 units of affordable and supportive housing as well as senior housing. A portion of the apartments will also be set aside for homeownership programs. Additionally, the proposal also includes a pair of new homeless shelters, both of which will replace two aging, L-shaped buildings built in the 1930s on the far western edge of the campus abutting Albany Avenue. The buildings are currently home to the Kingsborough Star Men’s Shelter and the Salvation Army Men’s Shelter.
The grocery store will serve as a core commercial center for the new development while a 7,000-square-foot community hub with a workforce development training center, performance venues, exercise facilities, computer-equipped classrooms, and dedicated community empowerment space will serve as the civic heart of the complex. The proposal also envisions amenities including a basketball court, an urban farm with greenhouse, and expansive open green space. Free public WiFi will be available throughout the development.
Given that greater Central Brooklyn is considered one of the worst food deserts in New York City, the urban farm and grocery store serve as foundational features of the wellness-centered proposal.
“The redevelopment of a portion of Kingsboro Psychiatric Center will bring more affordable housing to a community that desperately needs it, and the opportunities for healthier and greener living,” said Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic nominee in the 2021 New York City mayoral election, in a statement. “As someone who has long promoted the need to overhaul our local food system, I am particularly glad to see that this project will include urban farming opportunities to connect people to healthy foods and activities.”
Although Cuomo’s office did not provide a construction timeline in its release, the Brooklyn Paper reported that work on the project, which will bypass the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) as a state-funded development, is slated to wrap up in four years. Community engagement activities are the next major step. It’s anticipated that the development will create 3,700 constructions jobs and more than 200 permanent jobs for the residents of East Flatbush and surrounding neighborhoods.
It’s worth noting that along with the rebuilt homeless shelters, the state-operated psychiatric hospital itself isn’t going anywhere. Originally founded in 1852 as a Kirkbridge Plan-style facility surrounded by what was once remote farmland, the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center has switched hands—and names—numerous times over the decades. Featured prominently in the 1990 Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro film Awakenings, the historic hospital, located at 681 Clarkson Avenue, is dedicated to “providing competent compassionate psychiatric care to people with serious mental illness with a purpose of reintegrating them to the community.”


As of 9 p.m this evening, Interstate 17 has been closed in both directions due to deteriorating conditions on the freeway.
Northbound, it's closed at the Highway 179 junction headed to Sedona.
Southbound it's closed at the Flagstaff airport exit, and a line of traffic miles long was backed up there as of 6 p.m., ADOT stated. There will be access for locals (Mountainaire, Kachina Village, for example) headed home, but they're likely to face long waits in traffic for part of this evening.
Near Sedona, only people going to Sedona are allowed through northbound.
In all, more than 150 motorists have needed emergency assistance today as a major winter storm roared through the Flagstaff region.
No deaths or major injuries were reported by emergency crews, who were kept busy with rollovers, slideoffs and collisions as night fell and the snow piled up.
By Thursday morning, up to 18 inches of snow is expected to be on the ground, according to the National Weather Service in Bellemont, with up to 5 more inches due today and tonight.
Winds tonight are expected to gust to 40 mph, dropping to 30 mph today.
Frigid cold will move in behind the storm, with the temperature dropping to 18 degrees by 10 a.m. Thursday, then plummeting Thursday and Friday night to near zero.
ACCESS SHUT OFF
Access to Flagstaff from the south was virtually shut off after northbound Interstate 17 and Highway 89A were closed to traffic.
I-17 was closed at about 4 p.m. at the Highway 179 junction to Sedona, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Motorists were turned around to head back south.
Interstate 17 “is flat-out dangerous with icy conditions,” said DPS spokesman Bart Graves.
Highway 89A was closed at the base of the switchbacks north to Forest Highlands at 2 p.m.
Delays and intermittent closures were seen along Interstate 40 near Ash Fork Hill and Williams, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Emergency responders said multiple rollovers and slide-offs were largely responsible for the delays.
State Route 87 had a multi-vehicle collision and a 15-car backup just south of Payson, blocking both the north and southbound lanes. The road was later reopened.
ACCIDENTS PILE UP
DPS Sgt. Gary Phelps said that between 5:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, officers responded to 43 collisions, eight of which involved minor injury. Officers responded to an additional 78 reports of slide-offs and motorist assists.
Lt. Dan Musselman of the Flagstaff Police Department reported that there had been 33 weather-related vehicle accidents in the city from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., with no reports of any major injuries.
Gerry Blair, a spokesman for the Coconino County Sheriff’s Department, said there had been 13 non-injury collisions as well two collisions with minor injuries reported in the county between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Officials with Flagstaff Medical Center reported a total of nine injuries from weather-related accidents as of Wednesday afternoon.
Coconino County closed a portion of Lake Mary Road, also known as Forest Highway 3, due to heavy snow, leading to a bypass through the community of Mormon Lake.
Drivers were able to go no faster than 30 mph on area interstates, and some drivers on Interstate 17 reported 2-hour-long delays in getting from the scenic overlook south of Munds Park into Flagstaff.
Flagstaff drivers were starting to fishtail around the city by 1:30 p.m., with drivers sliding into roadsides and ditches, and turning around abruptly when vehicles couldn’t make it up hills, including on Cedar Hill.
US Airways canceled several flights into and out of Flagstaff Pulliam Airport Wednesday morning and had tentatively canceled two Thursday morning flights. The airport remained open, despite the cancellations.
Visibility was down to a half-mile at the Grand Canyon and down to a quarter-mile in Flagstaff, National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Breckenridge said.
City officials also increased staffing downtown to better enforce the winter parking ordinance.
No warnings were given due to the severity of the storm and any vehicle found in violation will be immediately towed to give snow plows the necessary clearance to remove snow. It was unknown how many vehicles were towed overnight.
The law requires vehicles to be off city streets between midnight and 7 a.m. The downtown business district requires vehicles to be off the streets by 3 a.m. It was unclear Wednesday afternoon as to when city snow plows would begin clearing residential areas.
“Non-essential” city and county employees were being asked to come in later this morning after being sent home at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The Flagstaff Aquaplex will open late today at 10 a.m.
Mail delivery is continuing as usual wherever roads are open.
“We're to deliver to every place we can get to if it's safe for the carriers to get there,” said Gerald Vinson, postmaster for Flagstaff.
LOW OF 29 IN PHOENIX
Rain soaked the Phoenix area and much of south-central Arizona, and temperatures were expected to be as much as 15 degrees below normal.
Breckenridge said low temperatures in the Phoenix area were expected to hit 29 degrees Friday morning.
“It’s really going to be getting cold,” he said, adding that Phoenix hasn’t seen such temperatures since January 2007 and rarely gets this cold.
Snow accumulations of up to 2 feet were expected in areas with elevations above 6,500 feet; up to a foot of snow could fall at elevations between 5,000 and 6,500 feet.
A blizzard warning was issued in parts of eastern and southeastern Arizona, including the White Mountains, the Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains, Catalina and Rincon Mountains, and Mount Graham.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office warned backcountry skiers and others to be alert for potential avalanche danger on the San Francisco Peaks.
Blair said heavy snowfall often causes avalanches during or shortly after a storm, and that backcountry travelers need to be aware that no avalanche control or patrols are conducted on the backside of the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
State Route 89A from Flagstaff to Oak Creek Canyon is closed and snow plows are struggling to keep up with snowfall in Flagstaff.
Emergency responders are assisting amid multiple roll-overs and cars slid off of roads and freeways here.
Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff, and Interstate 40 in the Ash Fork Hill and Williams areas are problem areas right now, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
Drivers are reporting two-hour-long delays in getting from the scenic overlook south of Munds Park into Flagstaff.
One motorist reported traffic was at a standstill in the northbound lanes of Interstate 17 near Camp Verde.
Four non-injury crashes had been reported as of 12:30 p.m., said Sgt. Gary Phelps of the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
According to information from the Arizona Department of Transportation, the winter storm is creating icy and snowy conditions on the roadways.
ADOT has closed State Route 89A between mileposts 386 (Pumphouse Wash) and 397 (Forest Highlands), in order to send those plows to Interstate 17.
That portion of SR 89A will remain closed for at least 24 hours.
Road crews continue to monitor conditions while plow drivers remove snow from roadways and lay down chemical deicer.
In the city and county, police and sheriff's deputies are responding to traffic mishaps said Lt. Dan Musselman of the police department.
Musselman reports there had been 18 weather-related auto accidents in the city since 6 a.m. with no reports of any major injuries. Those were the totals as of 1 p.m.
Gerry Blair, a spokesman for the Coconino County Sheriff's Department, said there have been five non-injury collisions as well as seven collisions with minor injuries reported in the county since 6 a.m.
Coconino County has closed a portion of Lake Mary Road, also known as Forest Highway-3, due to heavy snow, leading to a bypass through the community of Mormon Lake.
City officials were uncertain as of Wednesday afternoon as to when city snow plows would be able to begin plowing in residential areas.
US Airways has canceled its remaining flights into and out of Flagstaff Pulliam Airport this morning, citing inclement weather.
Two morning flights tomorrow to Phoenix have also been tentatively canceled as well. The airport is scheduled to remain open despite the cancellations.
City officials have increased staffing downtown to better enforce the winter parking ordinance.
No warnings will be given due to the severity of the storm and any vehicle found in violation will be immediately towed to give snow plows the necessary clearance to remove snow.
The law requires vehicles to be off city streets between midnight and 7 a.m. The downtown business district requires vehicles to be off the streets by 3 a.m.
Non-essential city and county employees were sent home at 3 p.m. today with a late start scheduled for tomorrow.
The Flagstaff Aquaplex will close today at 5:30 p.m.
Another early closure will be Lowell Observatory at 4 p.m. The observatory will open late Thursday at noon and may be adjusted further depending on weather. For more information, call 233-3210.
In total, there are currently 36 pieces of snow removal equipment out on city roads currently focused on removing snow from main roads.
For more information on road conditions, visit www.az511.gov.
Following are the latest snowfall totals from the National Weather Service in Bellemont:
SNOWFALL REPORTS AS OF 8 PM MST...
2 N PARKS 11.0 730 PM 12/29
4 S WILLIAMS 8.5 629 PM 12/29
FOREST LAKES 8.0 650 PM 12/29
MUNDS PARK 8.0 341 PM 12/29
ARIZONA SNOWBOWL 8.0 428 PM 12/29
BELLEMONT 7.6 500 PM 12/29
6 NW FLAGSTAFF 6.5 349 PM 12/29
WILLIAMS 6.0 315 PM 12/29
FLAGSTAFF 6.0 400 PM 12/29
6 S PRESCOTT 6.0 300 PM 12/29
TONTO VILLAGE 4.0 307 PM 12/29
CLINTS WELL 4.0 320 PM 12/29
PINE 4.0 300 PM 12/29
17 SW FLAGSTAFF 4.0 645 PM 12/29
10 NNE PAYSON 4.0 300 PM 12/29
14 N PAYSON 4.0 315 PM 12/29
10 N SEDONA 3.5 422 PM 12/29
5 NW PRESCOTT 3.5 230 PM 12/29
5 N ASH FORK 3.0 316 PM 12/29
14 NE PAYSON 3.0 200 PM 12/29
PRESCOTT 2.0 330 PM 12/29
2 N MCNARY 2.0 450 PM 12/29
DONEY PARK 1.0 342 PM 12/29
PEAK WIND GUST REPORTS AS OF 4 PM MST...
DONEY PARK ............... 60 MPH.
FLAGSTAFF ................ 49 MPH.
GRAND CANYON ............. 41 MPH.
PRESCOTT ................. 31 MPH.
SAINT JOHNS .............. 39 MPH.
SHOW LOW ................. 43 MPH.
WUPATKI .................. 51 MPH.
WINSLOW................... 48 MPH.


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A break for housing tax breaks?
Oct 25, 2013 Kenneth R. Harney
WASHINGTON — Here’s a side effect of the 16-day federal shutdown and debt-ceiling crisis that could prove popular among tax-sensitive homeowners: The stalemate removed even the remotest possibility that Congress could undertake fundamental tax reforms curtailing housing breaks this year and renders it unlikely next year as well.
This means that the mortgage interest deduction, local property tax write-offs, second home deductions and capital gains exclusions are safe for the time being — despite a far-reaching tax reform package taking final shape in the House which may be outlined by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich. in the coming weeks and could target these write-offs directly. A parallel reform effort is underway in the Senate but reportedly is not as far advanced as Camp’s.
Even if the bipartisan special committee appointed last week to resolve differences between House and Senate budgets by Dec. 13 proposes a tax reform schedule, the prospects for any serious action appear slim.
As a general matter, Democrats insist that any major reforms produce net new revenues — taxes — to help lower the federal deficit. Republicans counter that by streamlining the labyrinthine tax code and lowering the top marginal brackets for corporations and individuals, the economy will be stimulated and generate more earnings. Those additional earnings, in turn, will yield greater tax revenues for the government and lead to lower deficits and debts.
Through an extraordinary effort, Camp has managed to keep details of his plans secret by excluding Democrats from the bill-drafting process, strictly limiting access by staff members to meetings and imposing a gag order on participants. But given his publicly announced goals of sharply lower top tax brackets — 25 percent for corporations and individuals — housing analysts can’t see how he can make up the lost revenue without deep cuts in current individual tax deductions.
J.P. Delmore, federal legislative director for the National Association of Home Builders, said that “we expect to see changes” to existing real estate and mortgage-related write-offs in the Camp tax reform package. The overall plan, according to Delmore and other key tax experts, is likely to touch virtually every industry and taxpayer in some way. Whatever pain a given taxpayer experiences from the loss of deductions or credits theoretically would be balanced out by lower taxes elsewhere. Cutting total write-offs for mortgage interest, for example — whether by eliminating the deduction altogether or capping it — would be counterbalanced by an individual paying taxes at a lower marginal rate.
At the bottom line, so the theory goes, the country would get a much simpler system with lower tax rates on incomes but far fewer tax preferences that favor one group of citizens over another — one of the main critiques of current housing tax breaks.
Reformers often cite real estate property tax deductions as a case in point. These write-offs cost the Treasury approximately $30 billion a year, and reformers argue that they are heavily skewed toward owners in high-cost, high-tax states such as California, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Maryland. The mortgage interest deduction costs the government more than twice as much in tax revenue — about $70 billion a year — and also shows geographical differences based on home prices and sizes of mortgages.
Under the current system, only people who itemize on their federal tax returns — a minority of all taxpayers — can claim deductions.
Details about precisely how Camp’s forthcoming bill and the Senate counterpart handle potentially explosive issues such as reining in housing write-offs may not prove to be crucial in the near term. That’s because there’s no sign in the current Congress of the sort of political comity necessary to craft an agreement.
Democrats and Republicans can barely work out temporary solutions for a single fiscal year’s budget, much less fundamentally remold a sprawling tax code that’s been getting more complex and more heavily influenced by special interests year after year.
Homeownership is one of those special interests, of course, but one with millions of current beneficiaries, large numbers of whom vote their pocketbooks.
Bottom line: With 2014 an election year for all 435 members of the House, and with enormous fissures not only between the parties but within their own caucuses on key issues, the odds against major tax reform affecting real estate next year or even well into 2015 are steep — especially in the wake of the latest budget debacle.
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China on May 19, 2016 unveiled a guideline for a national strategy that maps out three major steps to promote the country's innovation-driven development.
The document, jointly published by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, pledges to build China into an innovative nation by 2020, and an international leader in innovation by 2030.
The blueprint vows to make China a world powerhouse of scientific and technological innovation by 2050, the third step of the strategy.
Wan Gang, the country's science and technology minister says nine areas will be at the center of efforts to drive innovation, focusing on converting technical fruits into business.
"The outline lists nine areas, including information, intelligent manufacturing, modern agriculture, modern energy, ecological environment protection, ocean and space, new-type urbanization, health and modern service. These are the key areas we'll concentrate on in the future," said Wan.
"First we abolished the approval procedure. We give them rights to deal with their research results and make profit out of them. Researchers can get over 50 percent of profits. The most important thing is to set up a service mechanism, to help companies, colleges and institutes with the conversion," said Wan.
According to the document, Innovation-driven development requires making innovation the primary driving force for development.
It also calls for integration of innovation in scientific and technological fields as well as in systems, management, and business models.
The guideline demands efforts to construct a new driving force for development and to build a national innovative system.
It also highlights quality and efficiency of development and the leading role of innovative factors.
Moreover, it urges promoting the talent pool and stimulating mass innovation to implement the strategy, while pledging greater investment in innovation.
The document puts forward missions for developing technology in information networks, modern agriculture, energy, environmental protection, oceanic and space industries, and health and service industries.
Research in fields related to the country's strategic demands and which helps solve bottlenecks in the country's long-term development and national security should be strengthened, it said.
China's total R&D expenditure exceeded 1.4 trillion yuan last year, or about 215 billion US dollars. More than 77% of this came from the business sector. But in China, key and core technologies are still controlled by other countries. Many industries are still at the lower-to-medium ends of the global value chain. The priority now is to speed up converting college and research institutes' research results into business.
China's economic growth slowed to 6.9% in 2015, and the government has set a 5-year GDP growth target of 6.5% to 7%. In the outline, technology and infrastructure investments figure prominently in what officials clearly hope is a new growth strategy less reliant on manufacturing and heavy industry.
Themes in the new 5-year plan include the domestic production of gas-turbine engines and planes, and increased focus on neuroscience and genetic research, national cyberspace security, and deep space exploration. Chinese aerospace officials told state media last week they hope to launch a Mars probe by 2020. Big data, high-tech medical devices, and cloud computing also earned mention as priority projects.


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If you had to look back at our country’s media since last February you will not be surprised to see that Libya and its now-deposed Muammar Gaddafi dominated the headlines. Rivers of ink have been written and we have passionately supported the Libyan people while arguing among ourselves over our own past relations with the Colonel.
...the government would do well to appoint a Special Envoy to Libya - or to the Mediterranean...- Simon Busuttil
This is perfectly normal. For Libya is a neighbouring country and, as is typical among neighbouring countries, we have had a love-hate relationship for decades.
Many of us do not even know Libya without Col Gaddafi and our views on this country – and its people – were often distorted by our views on Col Gaddafi himself. In everyone’s mind Libya was equivalent to Col Gaddafi.
Well, that era is over.
Col Gaddafi met a harrowing death that does not befit a human being, even a monster of his ilk. Probably, we all secretly hoped that he would meet his bullet sooner rather than later. But his mass lynching, understandable as it may be, has tainted the image of moderation that had been carefully projected by the Libyan transitional authority, the National Transitional Council. The onus is now on them to prove that Libya has truly turned the corner.
The task of rebuilding a war-torn country will be a herculean one. To do so within the constraints of a democracy – where people are free to disagree and to protest – will make it harder still. The NTC needs all the luck it can get.
But it also needs our help.
So, the question that we should ask ourselves is what and how can our own country help Libya in the transition to a democracy. There is a lot that we can do and it is not just about business.
First of all, as close neighbours, we should use this new opportunity to get to know each other better. What are Libyans really like when you take Col Gaddafi out of the equation? Well, for the first time we have the possibility of building a truly honest friendship that is based on mutual respect. There are no more inhibitions and we can learn to trust each other again. If truth is to be said, some of us are open to Libyans, not least because of inter-marriages, but prejudice is still prevalent among many others.
Secondly, as a members of the European Union we can help Libya reintegrate itself into the international community, starting with Europe, which is set to be its most important strategic partner. Libya will need a great deal of help in the building of a new statehood based on democracy, rule of law, human rights and good public governance – all areas where Europe has expertise in abundance. So we have a clear role here. Not just as neighbours but also as EU members. Libya will find that Malta can be a useful friend in Brussels. But we must be prepared to deliver.
Thirdly, on a bilateral level, we can participate in the rebuilding of the country and we would do well to do this in an organised fashion. The government is right to plan a strong delegation to Libya – and the interest that it has generated is truly remarkable – but it must get on with it now as soon as possible and it must make sure that it follows it up assiduously.
Business contacts must not only be promoted but must be supported over time. And not just through a strengthening of our presence in Tripoli (as well as Benghazi and, perhaps, Misurata) but also through the facilitation of visas and other bureaucratic hurdles. Crucially, we must also support business through specific public support schemes in which Malta Enterprise has now mustered significant expertise and experience.
Rebuilding Libya as a democratic state is a vast undertaking that does not merely involve governments, public administrations and businesses. There is a lot of space for non-state actors to participate and make their mark. I have in mind bodies such as trade unions and civil society organisations, such as the national councils representing youth and women as well as political parties. The Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin, for instance, has engaged with its Tunisian counterparts following the Jasmine Revolution there.
This is a laudable initiative and it should be replicated in Libya.
The participation of civil society is particularly beneficial because it helps people-to-people contact and goes down to the grassroots.
On the political level, the government has issues of its own to tackle and we all know what they are. But the good chemistry between our Prime Minister and the NTC leaders looks promising.
It is a vast challenge and the government would do well to appoint a Special Envoy to Libya – or to the Mediterranean – perhaps even at Cabinet level, to organise all this in a proper manner and to assume political leadership in the building of our new relationship with our neighbours. The opportunities are great. We can either take them or we can just look at them.
PS: A final note – the Arabic language. For so many years, the teaching of this language in our country has been taboo because there was a time when we were obliged to learn it and, so, we hated it. Well, the Arab Spring and the demise of Col Gaddafi have now knocked that taboo off its historical pedestal and we would do well to rethink our language proficiency. If there was ever any sense in learning Arabic, surely it is now.
Dr Busuttil is a Nationalist member of the European Parliament.

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Cotting School (Lexington, MA) student Davis Raymond has thrived in a class environment that is accessible, engaging, collaborative, supportive, and enjoyable to enhance and accelerate learner-centered education.
Davis, supported by some of his closest friends and family, is one of the inaugural members of Real School's amplifi Adaptive Music Program — the nation’s first-ever provider of music and performance-based extended learning programs designed specifically for those with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
The following article is part of our Student Spotlight series, which highlights the stories and experiences of Real School and amplifi students and their families.
Unlike adaptive sports (which are primarily recreational), or music therapy (which is primarily clinical), amplifi programming is first and foremost educational. Yet, the programs do have both recreational and therapeutic attributes that are an inevitable byproduct of amplifying the voices of those with needs.
By allowing those with special needs to create and perform educationally-based adaptive musical theater productions, amplifi's programs have been shown to positively impact participants' abilities to express feelings and emotions, increase overall self-worth, build confidence, relieve symptoms of depression, and elicit joy and happiness.
Davis and his family have been enthusiastically participating in the program from the beginning. His instructors have included Kelly Surette, Olivia Stiling, Corrine Mina, Terry O’Malley, and Lisa Symmonds.
amplifi Program Coordinator and Instructor Olivia Stiling has worked closely with Davis, and commented, "Davis has been with amplifi since the very first class! He always comes to class with a smile, and is ready to try new things in music class. He has an amazing passion for learning, and is always eager to help both teachers and fellow students when needed."
Olivia continued, "Davis is currently enrolled in two amplifi classes, and has now taken on the role of Classroom Assistant in a third class. I am honored to be his music teacher, and I can't wait to see where his musical journey takes him!"
We were excited to speak with Davis and his mom, Nancy, to learn more about their experience with amplifi...
At what age did you start with music lessons and where did you take lessons?
Davis: I began Amplify at age 17 at the Andover Real School.
Where do you attend school during the day, and what grade are you in?
Davis: I am in the 11th grade at Cotting School in Lexington.
Are you in the school orchestra, band, or choir?
Davis: Yes, I'm in the school choir.
What are some of your favorite things to do outside of school?
Davis: I like basketball, soccer, baseball, and playing wii games.
Why did you decide to join an amplifi class and what do you like best about it?
Davis: My girlfriend invited me to join her class. I enjoyed the first class and have signed up for the all sessions ever since. I like writing the songs for class and being in the group.
How has playing music made a positive impact on your life?
Davis: I am a better singer, so have more confidence singing in front of a group. Singing in the morning before school puts me in a good mood.
Why do you think that you're doing so well with amplifi music classes?
Davis: I have great teachers and a nice group of people I sing with. Everyone is very enthusiastic.
What is one of your most memorable experiences so far?
Davis: Kelly [Kelly Surette, amplifi Executive Director] was so nice to me. She came to the hospital and videotaped my solo song that she wrote for me and then played it on the big screen during the showcase. I was still in the hospital on the day of the showcase. I took voice lessons with Kelly and she helped me sing much better.
What advice would you give to aspiring musicians who are looking to develop their skills?
Davis: Three things: 1) do your music homework and practice, 2) learn the lyrics, and, 3) enroll in an amplifi class!
What are your future plans? What are your career and/or musical goals?
Davis: I want to be on The Voice! I want to be a music teacher.
Here's a question for Davis' mom, Mary. What advice do you have for other parents to help support their child's music growth in this program?
Mary: Take the first step and sign up! amplifi is unique. It is a great program to expose your child or young adult to. I have been so impressed with the teachers and the individuals in the groups.
My son is one of the youngest ones in an adult class and he has made great connections with his fellow singers.

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