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Johnny Manziel continued to pile up the touchdowns (two running and three passing) in a 47-28 home victory over Sam Houston State on Nov. 17, 2012.
Johnny Manziel passed for 372 yards and three touchdowns in Texas A&M's final home game of the 2012 season, a 59-29 conquest of Missouri. Manziel also rushed for 67 yards and two touchdowns.
Texas A&M's quarterback Johnny Manziel, the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner, poses for photos during a press conference Saturday Dec. 8, 2012 at the New York Marriott Marquis hotel in New York, New York.
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel appears on the Late Show with David Letterman to introduce the Top Ten Perks of Winning The Heisman.
If Johnny Manziel needed a season-ending victory to live up to the Heisman hype, he got it in Texas A&M's 41-13 Cotton Bowl victory over former Big 12 foe Oklahoma on Jan. 4, 2013. Manziel dominated the game on the ground by averaging 13.5 yards per carry. He finished with 229 yards and two touchdowns rushing and 287 yards and two more touchdowns passing.
Planners say extra money would cut down traffic growth.
Traffic modeling suggests a proposed sales tax increase to benefit transportation could improve the area’s road congestion outlook by about 50 percent.
That's the difference calculated by a team of planners at the Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organization, who added the proposed tax to the figures in their 25-year long-range plan.
The report comes as members of the Washington County Commission consider whether to put the tax on the Nov. 8 election ballot.
They’re scheduled to make their decision during their regular 4 p.m. meeting Tuesday, and if the plan moves forward it would be up to voters to decide whether they think the costs would be worth it.
Individual cities and towns are performing their own analyses of the tax and equating the new money to specific projects, but the overall picture from a countywide perspective suggests revenues from the tax — or at least some other funding equivalent — would reduce traffic delays substantially, according to the MPO report.
Using computer modeling software — the MPO favors a well-known program called Cube, the same program used across the state — planners calculated the number of hours each year caused by traffic impediments associated with congestion — time spent waiting in line at traffic lights, time spent waiting to turn, time spent moving more slowly behind a line of traffic and so on.
They concluded there are about 2,200 hours of traffic delays currently slowing down Washington County drivers each year.
But because of a number of factors, especially projected population growth and some natural traffic barriers created by the collection of hills, mesas, rivers and other obstacles of the local geography, the figure is expected to grow quickly if new road projects don’t come online.
Without any new road facilities, the county is projected to see 45,000 hours of delay by 2040, according to the model. Almost every major thoroughfare in the area would fail, meaning there would be more cars trying to use them than they can accommodate.
If projects were built out according to the long-range plan using existing revenue, that delay would be cut about in half, down to 19,000 hours, but many local roads would still fail, including Dixie Drive, Snow Canyon Parkway, Red Cliffs Drive, Mall Drive, River Road, 3000 East, Brigham Road and a long list of others.
The potential revenues that could come from the new sales tax proposal could cut those delays in half again, to 10,000 hours, according to the models, and on a per-capita basis traffic delays would not be significantly more common than they are today, Lee said.
The local option sales tax, known throughout much of the state as Proposition 1 after it was made available to counties by the Utah Legislature, would add a quarter-cent tax to every $1 spent on non-food goods and require the money be spent on transportation.
It is estimated the tax would cost the typical Utah citizen about $40 per year.
If enacted, it is projected to put about $1.9 million of new monies into the transportation budgets of the county, with another $2.3 million going to cities and towns based on a calculation that counts both population and point-of-sale.
St. George, the area’s largest city, could see about $1.4 million, with another $1.6 million going toward its SunTran transit service.
Before voters have a chance to decide on the measure in November, the county commission would need to vote to place the item on the ballot.
Commissioner Zachary Renstrom said the plan is for the three-member commission to vote Tuesday after hearing a presentation from some of the mayors of the area’s largest cities.
The city councils of St. George, Hurricane, Santa Clara and Ivins — representing a large majority of the county population — have all passed resolutions in favor of seeing the tax on the ballot.
SIUE’s Donshel Beck scored 11 points and had eight rebounds in the Cougars’ 62-47 loss at Illinois State Thursday night in Normal.
NORMAL – Illinois State University shot 51.3 percent from the field and held the SIUE women’s basketball team to a season-low 26.6 percent shooting as the Redbirds defeated the Cougars 62-47 Thursday at Redbird Arena.
Both teams are now 3-2.
Donshel Beck was SIUE’s top scorer with 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds while Lauren White added 10. As a team, SIUE shot 17 of 64 and was outrebounded 47-25.
Illinois State, which never trailed, started the game with an 8-2 run and controlled the game’s tempo.
“We didn’t come out of the gate playing good defense,” Buscher said.
Viria Livington led all scorers with 17 points for the Redbirds. Hannah Green pumped in 16 points while Megan Talbot scored 12. Illinois State shot 20 of 39 from the field.
“We didn’t shoot the ball well and I thought our defense dropped off,” Buscher said.
SIUE returns to the Vadalabene Center Sunday for the first of two straight home contests. The Cougars face Stetson Sunday in a 2 p.m. contest and Central Michigan Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
Royal Mail has intercepted three million fraudulent letters from reaching UK homes in under 18 months.
Since stepping up its drive against scammers in November 2016, several initiatives have been set up to protect consumers from fraudulent mail which has included invitations to participate in fake lotteries and letters from people posing as clairvoyants.
Some of the fraud prevention initiatives has included training frontline workers to identify fraudulent material and impounding the scam mail at distribution centres.
Stephen Agar, managing director of letters at Royal Mail said: “We are committed to doing everything we can to stop this fraudulent material from reaching UK households.
A joint initiative with the National Trading Standards Scams Team was originally introduced in 2014 where thousands of frontline workers at Royal Mail were trained in how to identify scam mail and spot potential victims. The work was stepped up in late 2016.
The team estimates postal scams could be netting criminals worldwide up to £10 billion a year.
Spanking infants is not uncommon among urban families, a University of Michigan study finds.
The study, published in March 2014, found that 30 percent of 1-year-old children born in urban areas were spanked at least once in a month-long period by their guardians.
U-M social work professors Shawna Lee and Andrew Grogan-Kaylor examined 2,788 families who participated in a longitudinal study of new births in urban areas.
Both Lee and Drogan-Kaylor determined that spanking is a "misguided and potentially harmful" form of discipline, according to a U-M news release on the study.
"Intervention to reduce or eliminate spanking has the potential to contribute to the well-being of families and children who are at-risk of becoming involved with the (social services) system," Lee said in a release.
The study, which appears in the current issue of Child Abuse & Neglect, was also co-authored with Lawrence Berger of the University of Wisconsin.
Quintessential Catskills Farm located on 163 acres of open pastures and mature woodlands. Known as Maple Crest Farms, the gracious 1920s farmhouse is perched with a stunning view overlooking the rolling Catskill Mountains and an open pasture with the West Brook meandering through the fields. The property is situated on both sides of the road, ensuring your immediate view remains protected. The original chestnut woodwork, built-in cabinetry and elegant staircase remain intact. A thoughtful modern addition was added in the 1990s housing a gourmet kitchen and open concept family room with a wood burning fireplace. The kitchen has a Thermador Professional 4 burner gas stove, Bosch D/W, GE side by side refrigerator and an additional under the counter 2 drawer refrigerator. The kitchen is also finished with cherry cabinetry and a custom built-in desk space. Step out of the sliding doors, from the family room, to a gorgeous patio with tremendous privacy. There are four large bedrooms with ample closet space and a modern claw foot tub, separate shower and double vanity sink. One of the bedrooms has a private terrace with stunning views across the valley. There are two finished rooms in the attic which would make great studio space. Outside you will find a Wagon House/Storage Barn, saved from demolition and brought to the property and reassembled. The storage barn has electric with 100 AMP service with the roof replaced in 2014. There is a charming 1900s three-story Dairy Barn, measuring 70x70 feet, with the stalls still intact! The barn can be accessed from multiple entry points. The barn roof was replaced in 2012 and many walls replaced/secured at the same time. There is a stone quarry on the far end of the property with its own entrance. The quarry currently has a contract yielding $3,000.00-$4,000.00 profit annually. The home is located outside the hamlet of Walton and close to Franklin, NY. Located just 2.5 hours from the GWB!!
Former NRL player Alex McKinnon has married his fiancée Teigan Power surrounded by family and friends.
Images obtained by 9NEWS showed McKinnon making his way down the aisle in his wheelchair during the ceremony in NSW’s Hunter Valley this afternoon.
Later snaps captured Ms Power in a sequinned white dress alongside her father.
The wedding party beamed as the wedding photographer took a group shot.
McKinnon, 25, has spent the past three years in a wheelchair after a spinal injury sustained during a match against Melbourne Storm in March 2014 left him a quadriplegic.
He proposed to his girlfriend just two weeks after coming out of a coma after the incident.
McKinnon was filmed walking with minimal assistance last month.
Ms Power filmed the inspirational video during McKinnon’s session at Gold Coast spinal recovery centre Making Strides, and shared it to her Instagram account.
"So proud of all the hard work Alex McKinnon puts into his rehab! We are back at Making Strides and he is smashing out the walking again," she wrote.
"So grateful to have such a determined man by my side."
Newfield Exploration (NFX), like many of the oil and gas firms working U.S. shale plays, has been stung by steep declines in the price of natural gas, with its share price falling sharply over the past 12 months as a result. The company is working to overcome that concern by reorienting its budgets to higher-priced oil and liquids, NFX management says.
Newfield Exploration is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. Its principal domestic areas of operation include the Mid-Continent, the Rocky Mountains and onshore Texas. Internationally, Newfield focuses on offshore oil developments in Malaysia and China.
“Over the last several years, we have diversified our portfolio of assets and therefore our exposure to the unique risks our industry faces, such as geologic, geographic and commodity price risks (crude oil and natural gas),” Newfield management said in a recent filing.
Strategies to achieve this include growing oil and liquids-rich production to half of total production and allocating substantially all of the company’s $1.5 billion to $1.7 billion in capital investments to these activities while cutting natural gas activities.
“Our oil and liquids production is expected to grow more than 20 percent in 2012. Conversely, our natural gas production will decrease as much as 15 percent in 2012 due to natural field declines and reduced investments,” management said.
Newfield Exploration has a market cap of $3.72 billion in a sector, oil, gas and consumable fuels, where the average company size is $44.46 billion. Its trailing 12-month P/E ratio is 5.54 and its five-year projected price-to-earnings-growth (PEG) ratio is 0.64, compared to 1.18 for the sector.
Its projected earnings per share growth for the coming year is 14.75 percent, compared to a sector average of 15.72 percent.
Analysts are generally positive on NFX shares, with buy or outperform calls in from RBC Capital Markets, Stifel Nicolaus, Jefferies, and Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. Raymond James rates the stock at underperform.
“Its diversified portfolio seems to be the long-term growth driver. However, because of its sensitivity to gas-price volatility, as well as costs, geopolitical risks and project timing delays, we see limited upside potential for shares,” said the analysts at Zacks Investment Research at the end of March, rating the stock at neutral.
Newfield Exploration next reports on July 18.
The new vehicle will replace the current fleet of 257 Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) - based on General Dynamics' Piranha III. New 8x8 vehicle designs allow for significantly increased weight, supporting much improved protection protection, and electronic system architecture supporting advanced applications, a necessary step toward fully digitized Land Combat Vehicles that will be fielded as part of the follow-on Phase 3 - "Mounted Close Combat Capability", fielding a replacement for 431 Australian M113s.
General Dynamics Land Systems and Thales Australia are teaming to bid to the Australian Defence Land 400 Phase 2 – Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability (MCRC) Request For Tender. The Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle (CRV) fleet will support seven mission roles identified within the LAND 400 Operational Concept Document (OCD). The Australian tender seek a military-off-the-shelf (MOTS) based capability, and maximise Australian industry content. Through-Life Support for the MCRC is being acquired under a collateral contract. First delivery of the CRV is expected in 2020 with first unit achieving initial operational capability (IOC) three years later.
The new vehicle will replace the current fleet of 257 Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) – based on General Dynamics’ Piranha III. New 8×8 vehicle designs allow for significantly increased weight, supporting much improved protection protection, and electronic system architecture supporting advanced applications, a necessary step toward fully digitized Land Combat Vehicles that will be fielded as part of the follow-on Phase 3 – “Mounted Close Combat Capability”, fielding a replacement for 431 Australian M113s.
The two companies have collaborated in the past on a number of international military vehicles programs including Canada’s LAV III Upgrade, the UK Foxhound and Scout SV Programs, Switzerland’s Piranha CBRN Program, and in Australia the ASLAV Program for Crew Procedural Trainer and electro-optics.
General Dynamics Land Systems is the manufacturer of combat-proven 8×8 and tracked Military Off The Shelf (MOTS) Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle (CRV), Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) and Manoeuvre Support Vehicle (MSV) products, and has proven performance in delivering international programs in a timely and cost-effective manner. Thales Australia has an established in-country industrial base of vehicle design, manufacture and through-life support and expertise in electronics, electro-optics, simulation and platform systems integration. The General Dynamics Land Systems / Thales team will offer Australia a compelling value-for-money solution comprising the complete suite of LAND 400 capabilities as required by the Australian Army.
General Dynamics Land Systems – Australia was established in 2000 to support the delivery of the ASLAV wheeled armoured fighting vehicles and has manufactured approximately 400, LAV-25 turrets, mostly for export. General Dynamics Land Systems – Australia currently provides comprehensive support to the fielded fleets of M1A1 Abrams tanks and the ASLAVs.
Banners posted at predominantly white churches across the country in support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement have been vandalized — some of them more than once.
Since the Unitarian Universalist Association passed a resolution last summer affirming the movement, 17 of more than 50 congregations that have posted signs have seen them vandalized or stolen.
The Rev. Neal Anderson, senior minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada in Reno, said his largely white congregation posted its fourth sign after the third one was stolen on Halloween weekend. The first banner was vandalized in August.
Many of the affected congregations — most of which are predominantly white — are taking additional steps to address racial justice. Next week, Anderson’s Nevada church will show “Cracking the Codes,” a film about racial inequality, and host a discussion.
“When we say that ‘Black Lives Matter,’ we are not saying that all lives don’t matter but we are saying that at this point we really need to lift up racial injustice in the United States,” he said.
A sign at First Parish, Unitarian Universalist, in Bedford, Mass., was vandalized twice in September.
Gibbons said his congregation posted a second sign in October, higher off the ground in hopes of keeping it intact. And the mostly white congregants visited a predominantly black Roxbury, Mass., for a racial justice dialogue.
Donna Auston, a Rutgers University researcher and an activist in the “Black Lives Matter” movement, condemned the vandalism but praised the affected churches’ response.
“It is heartening to hear that communities are using these incidents as teachable moments and opportunities to grow,” she said.
Some congregations, such as River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Bethesda, Md., have been involved in racial justice before and after the incidents of vandalism.
The Rev. Nancy Ladd said the word “black” was cut out of her church’s signs twice and a third banner was stolen. She traveled to Selma, Ala., with church members earlier this year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of civil rights marches there and her church has since posted signs that said “Selma Is Now.” It is holding Friday night vigils with people holding signs with names of black male, female and transgender victims of race-related violence.
Jill Goddard, a UUA spokeswoman, said she was not aware of charges being filed in any of the instances of theft or vandalism of signs of churches in her faith group.
Unitarian Universalist congregations are not the only ones that have been hit by vandalism.
For example, someone cut the word “black” out of the “Black Lives Matter” sign at Rocking Spring Congregational United Church of Christ in Arlington, Va., which advertised its yearlong racial justice conversations on the same sign. The Rev. Kathy Dwyer said the vandalism at her church — its second this year — and others is symbolic of a nationwide need.
“I think it demonstrates how important this conversation is and how the issue of racial justice is striking a chord that we need to be paying attention to,” she said.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu. Ogbeh, says the ministry is working with the Nigeria Security and Defense Corps ( NSCDC ) to ensure that quality seeds are supply to farmers by authorised seed dealers.
Ogbeh made this known on Tuesday in Gwagwalada, FCT, at the Seed Fair and Farmers’ Field Day, organised by the National Agricultural Seed council ( NASC ).
According to him, quality seed is paramount to enhancing agricultural productivity as it contributes more than 50 per cent of increased crop productivity in the country.
He said seed was very important to the sub-sector, and that any group or individuals engaged in selling adulterated seeds to farmers must face the fuĺ wrath of the law.
“I am a victim of fake seeds. I am a farmer you all know. I sent my manager to a shop to buy seeds. He got a very nice packaged envelops and when we opened them, they were broken seeds from the market.
“We are going to open extension offices in every local government to monitor the quality of seeds being supplied to farmers.
“We will compel agro companies to sell their seeds to authorised dealers. Farmers will be told if you buy seed from anybody else aside the authorised dealers, don’t blame us if you buy fake seeds from them.
“And if they buy from authorized dealers and it turns out to be fake, report them to us. We will get police to arrest them, ” he said.
According to him, the Federal Government ( FG ) through NASC has over the year engaged in regulating the activities of seed producing entities.
He added that this was aimed at ensuring that enough quantities of improved quality seeds are available for farmers use across the country in any given time.
He expressed regret for still owing seed companies that participated ai the 2014/2015 Growth Enhancement Support, GES, assuring part payment of the debts owed soon.
Dr Olusegun Ojo, the Director General, NASC, said that council has carried out sensitisation and campaign to educate the public in order to rid the market of fake and adulterated seeds.
He added that through the enforcement and surveillance activities, some fake and adulterated seeds were confiscated at various markets across the country.