MORGANVILLE, N.J., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- InfoComm Booth 3159 -- Aurora Multimedia, a leader in IP control systems and HD video distribution, celebrates its 15 year anniversary with a combination of its core competencies in One Room – One CableTM: solution based products...
Reported by PR Newswire 3 days ago.
Aurora Multimedia Celebrates 15 Year Anniversary With One Room - One Cable™
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Aurora Networks Announces Further Expansion of North American Sales Team
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aurora Networks announces further expansion of North American sales team. Additions of Jeff Gruitch and Sergio Ahumada strengthen company’s strategy to meet optical transport needs.
Reported by Business Wire 3 days ago.
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Aurora Networks Announces Distributed Broadband Access Architecture Solution at The Cable Show 2013
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aurora Networks to Showcase New Innovative Technologies at The Cable Show 2013
Reported by Business Wire 3 days ago.
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Cellucor to ‘Take Over’ GNC; Will Demo Its Products in Select Cities
Cellucor will demo its extensive line of sports nutrition and weight loss supplements at select GNC locations beginning June 11th.
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 11, 2013
Cellucor is “taking over” GNC stores across the country, giving customers a taste of what its premium sports nutrition and weight loss supplements have to offer. The “Cellucor Market Takeover” will kick off June 11th and will continue through July 4th, spanning across nine different states. Two to four Cellucor representatives will be on site at select GNC locations to demo a variety of Cellucor products that will range in flavor and function.
Cellucor’s VP of Retail Development, Eric Bryant, described the takeover as, “A great way to further expand brand awareness and demonstrate how Cellucor products can help our customers achieve their fitness goals, all while strengthening our partnership with our largest retail partner, GNC.”
The takeover is a new initiative for Cellucor, however, the company has more than three years experience partnering with the industry giant, and its relationship continues to grow.
“We are always excited for opportunities such as this to partner with GNC in new and exciting ways,” said Cellucor Marketing VP, Daniel Lourenco. “We know these takeovers will energize GNC teams and fans across the country, and allow us to consistently reinforce the personal approach to marketing that Cellucor has always been known for.”
Cellucor is an award-winning, safe and effective supplement brand known for its premier weight loss and sports nutrition product offerings. Cellucor products can be found at GNC, Bodybuilding.com, Vitamin Shoppe and select retailers internationally. For more information on Cellucor’s GNC Takeovers and Cellucor products, visit Cellucor.com or connect with the company on Facebook or Twitter.
GNC Takeover Dates/Locations
6/11/13: Beverly Center, Los Angeles, CA
6/11/13: University Town Center, San Diego, CA
6/12/13: Westfield Culver City, Culver City, CA
6/12/13: Plaza Bonita, National City, CA
6/13/13: Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA
6/13/13: Westfield Mission Valley, San Diego, CA
6/17/13: Washington Square, Tigard, OR
6/17/13: LLoyd Center, Portland, OR
6/18/13: Lancaster Mall, Salem, OR
6/18/13: Rogue Valley Mall, Medford, OR
6/18/13: Stone Crest @ Piper Glen, Charlotte, NC
6/18/13: Morrison Plantation, Mooresville, NC
6/19/13: Village @ University Place, Charlotte, NC
6/19/13: Cotswold Village, Charlotte, NC
6/19/13: AAFES-Fort Lewis Mini Mall, Fort Lewis, WA
6/19/13: Fort Lewis Main Exchange Mall, Fort Lewis, WA
6/20/13: North Cross Village, Huntersville, NC
6/20/13: Carolina Mall, Concord, NC
6/20/13: AAFES North FT, Tacoma, WA
6/20/13: AAFES-Fort Lewis Mini Mall, Fort Lewis, WA
6/20/13: Fort Lewis, Main Exchange Mall, Fort Lewis, WA
6/21/13: Concord Mills Mall, Concord, NC
6/21/13: Afton Ridge, Concord, NC
6/24/13: Woodlands Mall, Woodlands, TX
6/24/13: Firewheel Town Center, Garland, TX
6/24/13: Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX
6/24/13: North Star Mall, San Antonio, TX
6/25/13: Westheimer Galleria, Houston, TX
6/25/13: Burleson Town Center, Burleson, TX
6/25/13: Ridgmar Mall, Fort Worth, TX
6/25/13: The Forum @Olympia Parkway, Live Oak, TX
6/26/13: Parks at Arlington, Arlington, TX
6/26/13: NorthPark Center, Dallas, TX
6/26/13: Las Aguilas Mall, Eagle Pass, TX
6/26/13: Randolph AFB, Randolph AFB, TX
6/28/13: Gulfport Plaza, Gulfport, MS
6/28/13: Bel Air Mall, Mobile, AL
6/29/13: Pensacola NAS, Pensacola, FL
6/29/13: Cordova Mall, Pensacola, FL
6/30/13: Santa Rose Mall, Mary Esther, FL
6/30/13: Silver Sands Factory, Destin, FL
7/1/13: Pier Park Mall, Panama City Beach, FL
7/1/13: Tyndal AFB, FL
7/1/13: Fort Carson, CO
7/2/13: Town Center at Aurora, Aurora, CO
7/2/13: Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, CO
7/3/13: Mesa Mall, Grand Junction, CO
7/4/13: Park Meadows Town Center, CO
*Visit the GNC Store Locator page to find the address of the store nearest you. Reported by PRWeb 2 days ago.
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 11, 2013
Cellucor is “taking over” GNC stores across the country, giving customers a taste of what its premium sports nutrition and weight loss supplements have to offer. The “Cellucor Market Takeover” will kick off June 11th and will continue through July 4th, spanning across nine different states. Two to four Cellucor representatives will be on site at select GNC locations to demo a variety of Cellucor products that will range in flavor and function.
Cellucor’s VP of Retail Development, Eric Bryant, described the takeover as, “A great way to further expand brand awareness and demonstrate how Cellucor products can help our customers achieve their fitness goals, all while strengthening our partnership with our largest retail partner, GNC.”
The takeover is a new initiative for Cellucor, however, the company has more than three years experience partnering with the industry giant, and its relationship continues to grow.
“We are always excited for opportunities such as this to partner with GNC in new and exciting ways,” said Cellucor Marketing VP, Daniel Lourenco. “We know these takeovers will energize GNC teams and fans across the country, and allow us to consistently reinforce the personal approach to marketing that Cellucor has always been known for.”
Cellucor is an award-winning, safe and effective supplement brand known for its premier weight loss and sports nutrition product offerings. Cellucor products can be found at GNC, Bodybuilding.com, Vitamin Shoppe and select retailers internationally. For more information on Cellucor’s GNC Takeovers and Cellucor products, visit Cellucor.com or connect with the company on Facebook or Twitter.
GNC Takeover Dates/Locations
6/11/13: Beverly Center, Los Angeles, CA
6/11/13: University Town Center, San Diego, CA
6/12/13: Westfield Culver City, Culver City, CA
6/12/13: Plaza Bonita, National City, CA
6/13/13: Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA
6/13/13: Westfield Mission Valley, San Diego, CA
6/17/13: Washington Square, Tigard, OR
6/17/13: LLoyd Center, Portland, OR
6/18/13: Lancaster Mall, Salem, OR
6/18/13: Rogue Valley Mall, Medford, OR
6/18/13: Stone Crest @ Piper Glen, Charlotte, NC
6/18/13: Morrison Plantation, Mooresville, NC
6/19/13: Village @ University Place, Charlotte, NC
6/19/13: Cotswold Village, Charlotte, NC
6/19/13: AAFES-Fort Lewis Mini Mall, Fort Lewis, WA
6/19/13: Fort Lewis Main Exchange Mall, Fort Lewis, WA
6/20/13: North Cross Village, Huntersville, NC
6/20/13: Carolina Mall, Concord, NC
6/20/13: AAFES North FT, Tacoma, WA
6/20/13: AAFES-Fort Lewis Mini Mall, Fort Lewis, WA
6/20/13: Fort Lewis, Main Exchange Mall, Fort Lewis, WA
6/21/13: Concord Mills Mall, Concord, NC
6/21/13: Afton Ridge, Concord, NC
6/24/13: Woodlands Mall, Woodlands, TX
6/24/13: Firewheel Town Center, Garland, TX
6/24/13: Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX
6/24/13: North Star Mall, San Antonio, TX
6/25/13: Westheimer Galleria, Houston, TX
6/25/13: Burleson Town Center, Burleson, TX
6/25/13: Ridgmar Mall, Fort Worth, TX
6/25/13: The Forum @Olympia Parkway, Live Oak, TX
6/26/13: Parks at Arlington, Arlington, TX
6/26/13: NorthPark Center, Dallas, TX
6/26/13: Las Aguilas Mall, Eagle Pass, TX
6/26/13: Randolph AFB, Randolph AFB, TX
6/28/13: Gulfport Plaza, Gulfport, MS
6/28/13: Bel Air Mall, Mobile, AL
6/29/13: Pensacola NAS, Pensacola, FL
6/29/13: Cordova Mall, Pensacola, FL
6/30/13: Santa Rose Mall, Mary Esther, FL
6/30/13: Silver Sands Factory, Destin, FL
7/1/13: Pier Park Mall, Panama City Beach, FL
7/1/13: Tyndal AFB, FL
7/1/13: Fort Carson, CO
7/2/13: Town Center at Aurora, Aurora, CO
7/2/13: Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, CO
7/3/13: Mesa Mall, Grand Junction, CO
7/4/13: Park Meadows Town Center, CO
*Visit the GNC Store Locator page to find the address of the store nearest you. Reported by PRWeb 2 days ago.
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Aurora theater shooting jury selection could take weeks, judge says
Picking a jury for the trial of the accused Aurora movie theater gunman is expected to be so complicated that the court plans to summon a jury pool exclusively for the case.
Reported by Denver Post 2 days ago.
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Man Pleads Guilty to Pirating, Selling Rosetta Stone Software
Patch Clarendon-Courthouse-Rosslyn, VA --One can't help but wonder if Christopher Adkins knows the word for "steal" in a variety of languages.
Adkins, 36, of of Aurora, Ill., pleaded guilty in federal court last week to charges related to pirating and selling software from language giant Rosetta Stone, which is based here in Rosslyn.
He pleaded guilty to felony criminal copyright infringement in connection with his sale of counterfeit copies of Rosetta Stone language-learning software, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Adkins’s sentencing has been scheduled for Sept. 13, when he will face a maximum punishment of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
For more than three years, Adkins sold more than $100,000 in copyright-infringing computer software, according to court documents. He sold the software through the website Learningpartners.mybisi.com, which he operated from his home in Aurora.
Adkins admitted that he downloaded pirated versions of Rosetta Stone language-learning products, including Spanish, Russian, Hebrew, Italian, German and Korean, and then copied the programs onto CDs, according to a news release.
He then sold the discs to online customers for prices discounted at more than 50 percent off the manufacturer’s suggested retail price for the real thing.
The case was investigated by the FBI's Washington Field Office. Reported by Patch 1 day ago.
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Former Aurora Police division chief says rights violated in demotion
A former Aurora Police division chief is accusing Chief Dan Oates of demoting him because he testified that he disagrees with the chief's discipline of another officer.
Reported by Denver Post 1 day ago.
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Winds whip Aurora fence fire into 3-alarm blaze, 10 families displaced
Ten families were displaced when winds whipped a fence fire into a three-alarm blaze in a condominium complex in Aurora Tuesday afternoon.
Reported by Denver Post 1 day ago.
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Mile High Veterinary Hospital in Aurora Helps Oklahoma Displaced Pets
Mile High Vet is having an educational and entertaining open house on June 15th from 1-5pm to benefit displaced pets as a result of the devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma.
Aurora, Colorado (PRWEB) June 11, 2013
Mile High Veterinary Hospital in Aurora is having an Open House this Saturday with food, fun and classes to benefit the homeless pets in Oklahoma. Just bring pet food or treats, washable toys, slip leads, collars or leashes for the homeless pets and participate in the family fun from 1-5pm on Saturday June 15th. Mile High Vet has planned fun for the kids including Teddy Bear Doctor and informative classes for adults including leash training and obedience training.
See the details of this family and pet friendly open house at http://www.MileHighVet.com, or call at 303-693-6484. Dr. Ilan Waskow and his staff are expecting some fun in the sun on Saturday. "Everybody is welcome to come to this free event, including their pets," says Dr. Waskow. "We really hope that we can do some good for the pets in Oklahoma." Mile High Vet is located in Aurora on E. Arapahoe Rd. Jamie Davis, the office manager at the newly built veterinary clinic has been tirelessly setting up this open house, "We'd like everyone to come out, meet our staff, have some food and fun, get some useful pet info, and help some pets that really need help in Oklahoma." Reported by PRWeb 1 day ago.
Aurora, Colorado (PRWEB) June 11, 2013
Mile High Veterinary Hospital in Aurora is having an Open House this Saturday with food, fun and classes to benefit the homeless pets in Oklahoma. Just bring pet food or treats, washable toys, slip leads, collars or leashes for the homeless pets and participate in the family fun from 1-5pm on Saturday June 15th. Mile High Vet has planned fun for the kids including Teddy Bear Doctor and informative classes for adults including leash training and obedience training.
See the details of this family and pet friendly open house at http://www.MileHighVet.com, or call at 303-693-6484. Dr. Ilan Waskow and his staff are expecting some fun in the sun on Saturday. "Everybody is welcome to come to this free event, including their pets," says Dr. Waskow. "We really hope that we can do some good for the pets in Oklahoma." Mile High Vet is located in Aurora on E. Arapahoe Rd. Jamie Davis, the office manager at the newly built veterinary clinic has been tirelessly setting up this open house, "We'd like everyone to come out, meet our staff, have some food and fun, get some useful pet info, and help some pets that really need help in Oklahoma." Reported by PRWeb 1 day ago.
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Arlington Win Not Enough for Chopra in Lieutenant Governor Race
Patch Ballston-Virginia Square, VA --Aneesh Chopra, the country's first chief technology officer, carried his home county of Arlington on Tuesday in the Virginia Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, but it wasn't enough to win his party's nomination, according to unofficial results.
State Sen. Ralph Northam, a Democrat from the Norfolk area, won the statewide contest in an election that saw abysmal voter turnout. Northam will face Republican E.W. Jackson, a minister from Chesapeake, in November.
· Virginia Democratic Primary: A Slow Day at the Polls
· Democrat Team: McAuliffe, Northam, Herring
"I want to congratulate Senator Ralph Northam on his victory tonight in the Democratic Primary," Chopra said in a statement released by his campaign shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday.
"Senator Northam and his staff should be proud of their campaign. While this was not the result that we hoped for tonight — I look forward to coming together to ensure the Democratic ticket wins a clean sweep in November. The work to bring fairness, equality, and opportunity to Virginia continues."
This was Chopra's first bid at elected office.
He did well in the money race, receiving sizable contributions from the likes of Sean Parker, the famous technology entrepreneur, Napster founder and Northern Virginia native, and Eric Schmidt, the California-based software engineer and executive chairman of Google.
Chopra carried Arlington County with 53.58 percent of the vote. He received 4,545 votes in Arlington, compared to Northam's 3,938.
Chopra carried 38 precincts in Arlington; Northam, 14.
In most cases, precincts were won or lost by only a few votes. Chopra lost the Oakridge Precinct by a single vote (35-36), for instance. Northam carried Clarendon by eight votes and Lyon Village by the same.
Chopra did his best in Ashton Heights, Fairlington, Woodlawn and scattered other precincts. He also won the key Madison and Marshall precincts in North Arlington.
Northam carried nearby Alexandria by 61 votes, winning the city in Arlington's back yard with just more than 50 percent of the vote there.
As Tuesday night wore on, Northam was in line to carry Fairfax County with 54 percent of the vote there.
Chopra carried Falls Church with 390 votes to Northam's 297.
Precinct Aneesh Chopra Ralph S. Northam TOTALS
Absentee 231 180 411
Provisional
001 - ARLINGTON 55 36 91
002 - ASHTON HEIGHTS 148 105 253
003 - AURORA HILLS 74 69 143
004 - BALLSTON 86 62 148
005 - BARCROFT 73 81 154
006 - CRYSTAL CITY 33 57 90
007 - CHERRYDALE 136 126 262
008 - HUME 83 82 165
009 - COLUMBIA 75 64 139
010 - WILSON 66 61 127
011 - EAST FALLS CHURCH 91 71 162
012 - FAIRLINGTON 145 104 249
013 - GLEN CARLYN 79 60 139
014 - CLARENDON 45 53 98
015 - LYON PARK 65 59 124
016 - LYON VILLAGE 108 116 224
017 - OVERLEE KNOLLS 152 124 276
018 - PARK LANE 71 61 132
019 - ROSSLYN 84 59 143
020 - THRIFTON 169 180 349
021 - VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS 70 51 121
022 - ABINGDON 79 75 154
023 - WESTOVER 104 94 198
024 - WOODLAWN 162 107 269
025 - ARLINGTON FOREST 97 86 183
026 - FILLMORE 89 65 154
027 - JEFFERSON 96 65 161
028 - CLAREMONT 98 60 158
029 - DOMINION HILLS 148 128 276
030 - GLEBE 69 42 111
031 - LEXINGTON 141 118 259
032 - OAKRIDGE 35 36 71
033 - ROCK SPRING 140 132 272
034 - YORKTOWN 96 81 177
035 - MADISON 138 126 264
036 - MARSHALL 150 135 285
037 - NOTTINGHAM 102 111 213
038 - ARLINGTON VIEW 62 64 126
039 - ASHLAWN 56 58 114
040 - VIRGINIA SQUARE 73 54 127
041 - WOODBURY 51 41 92
042 - SHIRLINGTON 41 43 84
043 - ARLINGTON MILL 27 30 57
044 - DAWSON TERRACE 55 52 107
045 - BUCKINGHAM 42 53 95
046 - CENTRAL 45 43 88
047 - FOUR MILE RUN 41 30 71
048 - COURTLANDS 49 31 80
049 - MONROE 52 40 92
050 - CRYSTAL PLAZA 20 25 45
051 - TAYLOR 23 43 66
052 - GUNSTON 25 9 34
TOTAL 4545 3938 8483
*Herring Wins Attorney General Nomination*
State Sen. Mark Herring, a Loudoun County Democrat, won his party's nomination in the state attorney general race, the only other contest on Tuesday's ballot.
Herring won a tight race against Justin Fairfax, a former federal prosecutor who worked to fight drug and human trafficking in Alexandria.
Herring won more than 60 percent of the vote in Arlington County. Herring won 45 of Arlington's 52 precincts, several of them handily.
Fairfax carried Gunston Precinct by a single vote and Crystal City by two.
Precinct Mark R. Herring Justin E. Fairfax TOTALS
Absentee 244 156 400
Provisional
001 - ARLINGTON 44 43 87
002 - ASHTON HEIGHTS 138 104 242
003 - AURORA HILLS 82 53 135
004 - BALLSTON 80 67 147
005 - BARCROFT 96 54 150
006 - CRYSTAL CITY 52 54 106
007 - CHERRYDALE 154 96 250
008 - HUME 76 85 161
009 - COLUMBIA 89 52 141
010 - WILSON 75 51 126
011 - EAST FALLS CHURCH 99 56 155
012 - FAIRLINGTON 150 95 245
013 - GLEN CARLYN 83 47 130
014 - CLARENDON 58 38 96
015 - LYON PARK 48 74 122
016 - LYON VILLAGE 133 79 212
017 - OVERLEE KNOLLS 167 92 259
018 - PARK LANE 61 62 123
019 - ROSSLYN 78 59 137
020 - THRIFTON 202 136 338
021 - VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS 72 46 118
022 - ABINGDON 83 62 145
023 - WESTOVER 124 65 189
024 - WOODLAWN 166 92 258
025 - ARLINGTON FOREST 114 63 177
026 - FILLMORE 80 68 148
027 - JEFFERSON 93 62 155
028 - CLAREMONT 101 50 151
029 - DOMINION HILLS 182 81 263
030 - GLEBE 33 76 109
031 - LEXINGTON 177 78 255
032 - OAKRIDGE 41 29 70
033 - ROCK SPRING 190 70 260
034 - YORKTOWN 119 47 166
035 - MADISON 155 98 253
036 - MARSHALL 165 105 270
037 - NOTTINGHAM 145 54 199
038 - ARLINGTON VIEW 64 55 119
039 - ASHLAWN 64 48 112
040 - VIRGINIA SQUARE 71 54 125
041 - WOODBURY 53 37 90
042 - SHIRLINGTON 44 40 84
043 - ARLINGTON MILL 36 19 55
044 - DAWSON TERRACE 47 58 105
045 - BUCKINGHAM 57 34 91
046 - CENTRAL 50 38 88
047 - FOUR MILE RUN 41 29 70
048 - COURTLANDS 41 34 75
049 - MONROE 48 41 89
050 - CRYSTAL PLAZA 24 20 44
051 - TAYLOR 45 20 65
052 - GUNSTON 17 18 35
TOTAL 4951 3244 8195 Reported by Patch 1 day ago.
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Oklahoma City Wins “Best of the Best” Tap Water Taste Test
Water Provider Secures Top Honor at American Water Works Association’s Annual Conference and Exposition
DENVER (PRWEB) June 11, 2013
The American Water Works Association announced today that Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, Okla. has won the annual “Best of the Best” Tap Water Taste Test. The event, composed of regional winners from water-tasting competitions across North America, was held at AWWA’s Annual Conference and Exposition in Denver.
The Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust delivers tap water to more than 200,000 homes and businesses, and more than 20 nearby communities and water districts everyday through a system of more than 3,200 miles of underground pipes. This is the second time the utility has won the title of “Best of the Best”.
Second place in the competition was a tie between the City of International Falls, Minn. and Northeast Sammamish Sewer and Water District, Sammaamish, Wash. The People’s Choice award winner, as determined by the conference attendees, was Louisville Water Company, Louisville, Ky.
Other “Best of the Best” participants in today’s competition included: Anchorage Water and Wastewater, Anchorage, Alaska; Arcadia Water Utility, Arcadia, Wisc.; Aurora Water, Aurora, Colo.; Canandaigua Water Treatment Plant, Canandaigua, N.Y; City of Baltimore, Md.; City of Barnesville, Ga.; City of Denton, Texas; City of Emporia, Kan.; City of Fairhope, Ala.; City of Hamilton, Ohio; City of Mount Clemens, Mich.; Denver Water, Denver, Colo.; E J Water Cooperative, Inc., Dieterich, Ill.; Greenville Water, Greenville, S.C.; Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority, Lakewood Ranch, Fla.; Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Trujillo Alto, P.R.; Sioux Rural Water System, Watertown, S.D.; Taylorsville-Bennion Improvement District, Taylorsville, Utah and Town of Silverthorne, Colo.
An esteemed judging panel rated each water system on its flavor characteristics. Judges included Dr. Pinar Omur-Ozbek of Colorado State University and developer of the first international odor standard to be adopted and used for Flavor Profile Analysis of drinking water; Dr. Susan Mirlohi a recent graduate of Virginia Tech and expert in water quality and treatment who has conducted research characterizing metallic off-flavors in drinking water; Ari Copeland, operational specialist for Black & Veatch; Kimberly Lord Stewart, director of content for Modern Healthcare Professional and contributing food editor for Denver Life magazine and CBS Denver; and Cathy Proctor, reporter for the Denver Business Journal.
This is the ninth year AWWA has held the national competition. Previous winners are Fremont, Neb (2012), Greenville, S.C. (2011), Stevens Point, Wis. (2010), Macon (Ga.) Water Authority (2009), the Louisville (Ky.) Water Company (2008), Oklahoma City Water and Wastewater Utility (2007) and Illinois American Water, Champaign District (2006 and 2005).
ACE13, which will bring an estimated 11,000 water experts to Denver June 9-13, is the longest running water conference in the world, having first convened in 1881. The event features several hundred expert presentations and an exposition of more than 500 companies showcasing the latest innovations in water technology.
Founded in 1881, the American Water Works Association is an international, nonprofit, scientific and educational association committed to the safety and improvement of water quality and supply. Focusing its work in four strategic areas, Knowledge Creation and Exchange, Leadership and Advocacy, Member Engagement and Development, and Organizational Stewardship, AWWA unites the full spectrum of the water community to advance water management, education and science and to advocate for smart water policies. Reported by PRWeb 1 day ago.
DENVER (PRWEB) June 11, 2013
The American Water Works Association announced today that Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, Okla. has won the annual “Best of the Best” Tap Water Taste Test. The event, composed of regional winners from water-tasting competitions across North America, was held at AWWA’s Annual Conference and Exposition in Denver.
The Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust delivers tap water to more than 200,000 homes and businesses, and more than 20 nearby communities and water districts everyday through a system of more than 3,200 miles of underground pipes. This is the second time the utility has won the title of “Best of the Best”.
Second place in the competition was a tie between the City of International Falls, Minn. and Northeast Sammamish Sewer and Water District, Sammaamish, Wash. The People’s Choice award winner, as determined by the conference attendees, was Louisville Water Company, Louisville, Ky.
Other “Best of the Best” participants in today’s competition included: Anchorage Water and Wastewater, Anchorage, Alaska; Arcadia Water Utility, Arcadia, Wisc.; Aurora Water, Aurora, Colo.; Canandaigua Water Treatment Plant, Canandaigua, N.Y; City of Baltimore, Md.; City of Barnesville, Ga.; City of Denton, Texas; City of Emporia, Kan.; City of Fairhope, Ala.; City of Hamilton, Ohio; City of Mount Clemens, Mich.; Denver Water, Denver, Colo.; E J Water Cooperative, Inc., Dieterich, Ill.; Greenville Water, Greenville, S.C.; Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority, Lakewood Ranch, Fla.; Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Trujillo Alto, P.R.; Sioux Rural Water System, Watertown, S.D.; Taylorsville-Bennion Improvement District, Taylorsville, Utah and Town of Silverthorne, Colo.
An esteemed judging panel rated each water system on its flavor characteristics. Judges included Dr. Pinar Omur-Ozbek of Colorado State University and developer of the first international odor standard to be adopted and used for Flavor Profile Analysis of drinking water; Dr. Susan Mirlohi a recent graduate of Virginia Tech and expert in water quality and treatment who has conducted research characterizing metallic off-flavors in drinking water; Ari Copeland, operational specialist for Black & Veatch; Kimberly Lord Stewart, director of content for Modern Healthcare Professional and contributing food editor for Denver Life magazine and CBS Denver; and Cathy Proctor, reporter for the Denver Business Journal.
This is the ninth year AWWA has held the national competition. Previous winners are Fremont, Neb (2012), Greenville, S.C. (2011), Stevens Point, Wis. (2010), Macon (Ga.) Water Authority (2009), the Louisville (Ky.) Water Company (2008), Oklahoma City Water and Wastewater Utility (2007) and Illinois American Water, Champaign District (2006 and 2005).
ACE13, which will bring an estimated 11,000 water experts to Denver June 9-13, is the longest running water conference in the world, having first convened in 1881. The event features several hundred expert presentations and an exposition of more than 500 companies showcasing the latest innovations in water technology.
Founded in 1881, the American Water Works Association is an international, nonprofit, scientific and educational association committed to the safety and improvement of water quality and supply. Focusing its work in four strategic areas, Knowledge Creation and Exchange, Leadership and Advocacy, Member Engagement and Development, and Organizational Stewardship, AWWA unites the full spectrum of the water community to advance water management, education and science and to advocate for smart water policies. Reported by PRWeb 1 day ago.
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Major National Guard Exercise at Community College of Aurora Readies Soldiers by Injecting Real-life Hurdles
Elite unit chose CCA, a Colorado community college, for important June 8 training due to wide scope of indoor, outdoor spaces that enhance experience for tragic events that soldiers will encounter in the field.
Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) June 12, 2013
Real-life events in recent months in Boston, Waco, Texas, Oklahoma City and elsewhere have shed an important light on the training necessary to combat wide-scale disaster scenarios, whether resulting from manmade or natural causes.
Such incidents served as a backdrop for a training exercise June 8 hosted by CCA, a community college in Colorado, that featured a combined force of more than 200 National Guard soldiers from both the Army and Air Force that could be called to respond to such real-life events at a moment’s notice.
This particular unit ensconced in training is one of only 17 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRBE) Enhanced Response Force Package teams in the country.
The training at CCA highlighted the military’s expertise in search and evacuation, decontamination, and medical capabilities. The scenario was built around an overarching storyline in which multiple explosive devices allegedly leveled a parking structure, resulting in mass casualties and injuries at an adjoining “hotel,” which was actually Building 900 on CCA’s Lowry campus.
“Chemical dispersal devices” were placed in areas adjacent to the target. In such a real-world crisis, fire agencies and FBI would respond but their involvement was understood as having already occurred. Also assumed in the mock scenario were that Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) alarms were activated, necessitating aid of expert team trained in weapons on mass destruction. That elite force allegedly discovered trace amounts of potentially lethal chemicals and mitigated the explosive devices, setting the action on the ground at CCA in motion.
“What’s most important is that we have different areas that are unique and present different challenges,” said LTC Seamus Doyle, commander of the Colorado National Guard CBRNE Response Force package. “What’s great about the location at Community College of Aurora is that we have a building that we can tear up to replicate an actual disaster-type event occurring at that location and also the area outside of it for establishing our area of operations and a rubble pile.”
“What that does is stress us to deploy multiple teams simultaneously in different types of events that we don’t really get in other training areas. So it’s unique that CCA has different areas that require different skills that we can customize.”
Building 900, a former Air Force sleeping quarters, was outfitted with jumbled hallways and guest rooms just after an explosion. Remnants of the bomb blast were evident everywhere on the first two floors, including “injured” live actors, who had undergone moulage (detailed makeup) to mimic injuries consistent with this type of event, and “deceased” guests, portrayed by mannequins. Additionally, high-tech simulation mannequins owned by the college’s Center for Simulation mimicked specific medical conditions as part of the assessment process by the triage and medical teams. The mannequins are often used by CCA’s EMS department, which provides Aurora and Denver EMT training.
An outdoor rubble pile was constructed to mirror a collapsed concrete parking structure, with a car buried underneath, hiding potential trapped victims and/or casualties.
The scope of the activity could be monitored from the Disaster Management Institute (DMI) on CCA’s campus that serves as a fully functional Emergency Operations Center and allows incident command to assess the exercise from afar via technology rare to a community-college setting around the country.
The City of Aurora’s fire chief served as an incident commander on the civilian side working hand in hand with command-and-control in the military to oversee all operations.
“When I found this place, I didn’t know what to expect,” said SFC Joe Ziser, incident commander for the exercise. “But the training venues that are provided, between the simulation laboratories in the DMI as well as the 900 building are fantastic. And the flexibility to add and subtract training opportunities based on our requirements is huge.”
Ziser added that events such as Boston, Oklahoma City and the like “are getting the highest visibility within the National Guard bureau for our oversight and there’s a lot of impetus for us to train up and be able to respond to these kinds of incidents. So it’s very high visibility at the absolute highest levels at the Department of Defense.”
In the mock scenario, intel suggested there were 677 occupants in the hotel prior to the explosion and 189 unaccounted for. The team established a footprint for command and control, decontamination, medical, and search and evacuation, while beginning tactical objectives.
Both Doyle and Ziser said emphatically that training will return to CCA in the future to take advantage of its spaces, resources and knowledge staging such events. Numerous Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) compliant exercises have been held at CCA. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, high-level operators for the Department of Defense, law enforcement, SWAT, Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) bomb squads, Hazmat, and as many as 80 fire departments are among the entities holding vital training at the college.
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About CCA
Community College of Aurora has campuses at CentreTech and Lowry in the greater Denver area. Equipped with the latest technologies, CCA allows students to study new and traditional programs, while also offering Colorado online classes and degrees. CCA’s service community spans 325,000 people in a 350-square-mile area and CCA’s student population reflects that diversity. The college provides lifelong educational opportunities, prepares the current and future workforce, and promotes excellence in teaching, learning and service. Reported by PRWeb 22 hours ago.
Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) June 12, 2013
Real-life events in recent months in Boston, Waco, Texas, Oklahoma City and elsewhere have shed an important light on the training necessary to combat wide-scale disaster scenarios, whether resulting from manmade or natural causes.
Such incidents served as a backdrop for a training exercise June 8 hosted by CCA, a community college in Colorado, that featured a combined force of more than 200 National Guard soldiers from both the Army and Air Force that could be called to respond to such real-life events at a moment’s notice.
This particular unit ensconced in training is one of only 17 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRBE) Enhanced Response Force Package teams in the country.
The training at CCA highlighted the military’s expertise in search and evacuation, decontamination, and medical capabilities. The scenario was built around an overarching storyline in which multiple explosive devices allegedly leveled a parking structure, resulting in mass casualties and injuries at an adjoining “hotel,” which was actually Building 900 on CCA’s Lowry campus.
“Chemical dispersal devices” were placed in areas adjacent to the target. In such a real-world crisis, fire agencies and FBI would respond but their involvement was understood as having already occurred. Also assumed in the mock scenario were that Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) alarms were activated, necessitating aid of expert team trained in weapons on mass destruction. That elite force allegedly discovered trace amounts of potentially lethal chemicals and mitigated the explosive devices, setting the action on the ground at CCA in motion.
“What’s most important is that we have different areas that are unique and present different challenges,” said LTC Seamus Doyle, commander of the Colorado National Guard CBRNE Response Force package. “What’s great about the location at Community College of Aurora is that we have a building that we can tear up to replicate an actual disaster-type event occurring at that location and also the area outside of it for establishing our area of operations and a rubble pile.”
“What that does is stress us to deploy multiple teams simultaneously in different types of events that we don’t really get in other training areas. So it’s unique that CCA has different areas that require different skills that we can customize.”
Building 900, a former Air Force sleeping quarters, was outfitted with jumbled hallways and guest rooms just after an explosion. Remnants of the bomb blast were evident everywhere on the first two floors, including “injured” live actors, who had undergone moulage (detailed makeup) to mimic injuries consistent with this type of event, and “deceased” guests, portrayed by mannequins. Additionally, high-tech simulation mannequins owned by the college’s Center for Simulation mimicked specific medical conditions as part of the assessment process by the triage and medical teams. The mannequins are often used by CCA’s EMS department, which provides Aurora and Denver EMT training.
An outdoor rubble pile was constructed to mirror a collapsed concrete parking structure, with a car buried underneath, hiding potential trapped victims and/or casualties.
The scope of the activity could be monitored from the Disaster Management Institute (DMI) on CCA’s campus that serves as a fully functional Emergency Operations Center and allows incident command to assess the exercise from afar via technology rare to a community-college setting around the country.
The City of Aurora’s fire chief served as an incident commander on the civilian side working hand in hand with command-and-control in the military to oversee all operations.
“When I found this place, I didn’t know what to expect,” said SFC Joe Ziser, incident commander for the exercise. “But the training venues that are provided, between the simulation laboratories in the DMI as well as the 900 building are fantastic. And the flexibility to add and subtract training opportunities based on our requirements is huge.”
Ziser added that events such as Boston, Oklahoma City and the like “are getting the highest visibility within the National Guard bureau for our oversight and there’s a lot of impetus for us to train up and be able to respond to these kinds of incidents. So it’s very high visibility at the absolute highest levels at the Department of Defense.”
In the mock scenario, intel suggested there were 677 occupants in the hotel prior to the explosion and 189 unaccounted for. The team established a footprint for command and control, decontamination, medical, and search and evacuation, while beginning tactical objectives.
Both Doyle and Ziser said emphatically that training will return to CCA in the future to take advantage of its spaces, resources and knowledge staging such events. Numerous Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) compliant exercises have been held at CCA. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, high-level operators for the Department of Defense, law enforcement, SWAT, Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) bomb squads, Hazmat, and as many as 80 fire departments are among the entities holding vital training at the college.
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About CCA
Community College of Aurora has campuses at CentreTech and Lowry in the greater Denver area. Equipped with the latest technologies, CCA allows students to study new and traditional programs, while also offering Colorado online classes and degrees. CCA’s service community spans 325,000 people in a 350-square-mile area and CCA’s student population reflects that diversity. The college provides lifelong educational opportunities, prepares the current and future workforce, and promotes excellence in teaching, learning and service. Reported by PRWeb 22 hours ago.
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Aurora Businesses Rev Up for 6th Annual Cruzin’ Havana Car Show & Poker Run this Saturday On Havana Street
Aurora Businesses Rev Up for 6th Annual Cruzin’ Havana Car Show & Poker Run this Saturday On Havana Street
Aurora, CO (PRWEB) June 12, 2013
Each June, Aurora, Colorado, businesses gear up for a large, multi-state contingency to arrive and enjoy the Annual Cruzin’ Havana Car Show & Poker Run. The Havana Business Improvement District (BID), dba On Havana Street, organizes the event. The 6th Annual Cruzin’ Havana Car Show & Poker Run is this Saturday, June 15, 2013.
“Cruzin’ Havana is one of the most popular events we do all year long, every year,” said Havana BID Executive Director Gayle Jetchick. “About 20,000 people from seven states come to see over 5,000 classic cars, participate in the Poker Run and do a little shopping in Aurora.”
A Poker Run is an organized event where participants must visit the five Aurora business locations serving as Festival Sites, drawing a playing card at each one, within a defined timeframe. The object is to have the best poker hand at the end of the run. The poker run grand prize is a 5 day/4 night ocean cruise for two or $500 cash. The Cruzin’ Havana Poker run requires no entry fee; participants simply register at any of the five Festival Sites:
· The Stampede, 2430 S. Havana St. (Parker Rd & Havana St)
· Gibby's Aurora Sports Saloon, Buckingham Village Shopping Center, 1555 S. Havana St.
· Havana Machine, 850 S. Havana St.
· Gardens on Havana, Mississippi & Havana
· Mike Naughton Ford, 150 S. Havana St.
Each site features musical entertainment and free souvenirs including a Cruzin’ Havana hatpin (while supplies last) and a collectors’ edition 2013 Cruzin’ Havana program/calendar. Participants get a chance to win gas cards in the Fuzzy Dice Roll. No purchase is necessary to win.
This year, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, the Bicycle Village parking lot at 2802 S. Havana will feature the free Cruzin’ Havana Kidz Zone! This year, Radio Disney brings its Disney Pixar Cars Movie Road Show to Aurora. The entire family can see Cars movie props, drive radio-controlled cars on the race track provided by Colpar Hobbies and enjoy music and a dance party.
“Radio Disney is a perfect pre-event complement to the car show and poker run,” said Jetchick. “It’s a great opportunity for the kids and all the Disney fans to get in the spirit.”
There is no cost to attend any of Saturday’s events. The car show and poker run immediately begin at 1:00 PM and end at 7:00 PM. For inbound travelers, the Marriott SpringHill Suites Denver Airport is offering a Cruzin’ Havana Special Hotel Package.
Local motorists on Havana Street may notice Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) signs saying construction will begin June 10. “Not to worry,” says Jetchick. “CDOT will only be conducting a thorough street cleaning in preparation for Cruzin’ Havana. There will be no construction or ‘Cone Zones’ during the event.”
Another Havana BID flagship event, the annual Havana Farmer’s Market, opens Monday, June 17. The market is open Mondays 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM in the Havana Exchange Shopping Center parking lot, 2802 S. Havana Street, Aurora, Colorado.
About Havana Business Improvement District
The Havana Business Improvement District (BID) dba On Havana Street is a special district in Colorado created in 2007 by business and neighborhood leaders and Aurora city staff working together to build a stronger, better community. The District makes a difference by focusing on unique, culturally diverse events and fun new things to do and working to keep the area clean, safe and beautiful. For more information please contact Gayle Jetchick, Executive Director info (at) OnHavanaStreet (dot) com, (303) 360-7505. Reported by PRWeb 19 hours ago.
Aurora, CO (PRWEB) June 12, 2013
Each June, Aurora, Colorado, businesses gear up for a large, multi-state contingency to arrive and enjoy the Annual Cruzin’ Havana Car Show & Poker Run. The Havana Business Improvement District (BID), dba On Havana Street, organizes the event. The 6th Annual Cruzin’ Havana Car Show & Poker Run is this Saturday, June 15, 2013.
“Cruzin’ Havana is one of the most popular events we do all year long, every year,” said Havana BID Executive Director Gayle Jetchick. “About 20,000 people from seven states come to see over 5,000 classic cars, participate in the Poker Run and do a little shopping in Aurora.”
A Poker Run is an organized event where participants must visit the five Aurora business locations serving as Festival Sites, drawing a playing card at each one, within a defined timeframe. The object is to have the best poker hand at the end of the run. The poker run grand prize is a 5 day/4 night ocean cruise for two or $500 cash. The Cruzin’ Havana Poker run requires no entry fee; participants simply register at any of the five Festival Sites:
· The Stampede, 2430 S. Havana St. (Parker Rd & Havana St)
· Gibby's Aurora Sports Saloon, Buckingham Village Shopping Center, 1555 S. Havana St.
· Havana Machine, 850 S. Havana St.
· Gardens on Havana, Mississippi & Havana
· Mike Naughton Ford, 150 S. Havana St.
Each site features musical entertainment and free souvenirs including a Cruzin’ Havana hatpin (while supplies last) and a collectors’ edition 2013 Cruzin’ Havana program/calendar. Participants get a chance to win gas cards in the Fuzzy Dice Roll. No purchase is necessary to win.
This year, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, the Bicycle Village parking lot at 2802 S. Havana will feature the free Cruzin’ Havana Kidz Zone! This year, Radio Disney brings its Disney Pixar Cars Movie Road Show to Aurora. The entire family can see Cars movie props, drive radio-controlled cars on the race track provided by Colpar Hobbies and enjoy music and a dance party.
“Radio Disney is a perfect pre-event complement to the car show and poker run,” said Jetchick. “It’s a great opportunity for the kids and all the Disney fans to get in the spirit.”
There is no cost to attend any of Saturday’s events. The car show and poker run immediately begin at 1:00 PM and end at 7:00 PM. For inbound travelers, the Marriott SpringHill Suites Denver Airport is offering a Cruzin’ Havana Special Hotel Package.
Local motorists on Havana Street may notice Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) signs saying construction will begin June 10. “Not to worry,” says Jetchick. “CDOT will only be conducting a thorough street cleaning in preparation for Cruzin’ Havana. There will be no construction or ‘Cone Zones’ during the event.”
Another Havana BID flagship event, the annual Havana Farmer’s Market, opens Monday, June 17. The market is open Mondays 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM in the Havana Exchange Shopping Center parking lot, 2802 S. Havana Street, Aurora, Colorado.
About Havana Business Improvement District
The Havana Business Improvement District (BID) dba On Havana Street is a special district in Colorado created in 2007 by business and neighborhood leaders and Aurora city staff working together to build a stronger, better community. The District makes a difference by focusing on unique, culturally diverse events and fun new things to do and working to keep the area clean, safe and beautiful. For more information please contact Gayle Jetchick, Executive Director info (at) OnHavanaStreet (dot) com, (303) 360-7505. Reported by PRWeb 19 hours ago.
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Aurora fire started by careless smoker
AURORA —A fire that displaced 10 families living in a condominium was caused by "carelessly discarded smoking materials," the Aurora Fire Department announced Wednesday.
Reported by Denver Post 7 hours ago.
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Kathleen J. Light, 88, was a Member of St. Anne Catholic Church
Patch Oswego, IL --Kathleen J Light, 88 years, of Montgomery, IL died Saturday, June 8, 2013 at her residence. She was born February 9, 1925 in Aurora, IL the daughter of the late Valentine A and Hattie S nee Eckland Klein.
She was a longtime member of St Anne Catholi Reported by Patch 4 days ago.
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2nd Colorado Lawmaker Faces Recall Over New Gun Control Laws
A second Colorado lawmaker is facing a possible recall over her support of the sweeping new gun control laws that were signed into law earlier this year.
The Associated Press's Kristen Wyatt reports that gun rights activists in Pueblo, Colo. turned in signatures on Monday to the secretary of state's office for a recall election of Democrat Sen. Angela Giron for her support of a gun control package that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law earlier this year including expanded background checks to include all private gun sales and transfers and a 15-round limit on ammunition magazines.
The organizers of the Giron recall effort say they turned in about 20 percent more than the required signatures to force a recall -- only 11, 285 were needed, but the gun rights activists say they turned in more than 13,000.
“Giron’s disregard for the majority of her constituents to vote no on anti-Second Amendment issues and her general disregard of our Constitution and the rights of the citizens of Colorado demonstrates she must be removed from the Senate,” Victor Head, a plumber who has organized the recall through Pueblo Freedom and Rights group, said to The Denver Post.
Head told ABC World News that he had never set up a recall campaign before and didn't know how to before this year. "I'm a plumber," Head said. "I've never done anything like this in my life."
However, Giron remains defiant saying resignation "hasn't even crossed her mind," The AP's Kristen Wyatt tweeted, and that she did, in fact, listen to her constituents, Wyatt added:
No second thoughts on gun bills she supported, @sengiron says. "This is what my constituents wanted." #coleg
— Kristen Wyatt (@APkristenwyatt) June 10, 2013
Although the signatures were just turned in today, George Rivera, a retired police officer, is not wasting any time in campaigning for Giron's seat -- he announced plans to run against Giron in the November 2014 election, but is eager to run against her sooner if the recall election happens, KRDO reports.
Giron now joins Colorado Senate President John Morse who also faces a potential recall after gun rights group, the Basic Freedom Defense Fund, delivered a petition with more than 16,000 signatures (they only needed around 7,000) to the Secretary of State's office last week for his support of the new gun control laws in the state.
Morse also responded to the recall effort with defiance. “[W]e had 20 6-year-olds shot in the face, and we have the other side arguing we should do nothing, and I’m sorry, that doesn’t cut it," Morse said in response to the recall effort to the Associated Press referring to the 2012's Connecticut school shooting.
Assuming the petition signatures are deemed valid by the Secretary of State, Morse says he will not resign and says that even if he loses his seat the gun control measures were too important to dodge in the wake of 2012's Aurora theater massacre and the Sandy Hook shooting in Conn. “Keeping Coloradans safe from gun violence is very worth your political career," Morse said.
If the signatures are verified, the recall elections will happen sometime between August 23 and October 23 of this year.
The AP reported that the National Rifle Association got involved with the recall effort and sent a political mailer saying it was coordinating the effort with local groups, however local recall petitioners denied that the NRA was involved in any way.
"I ran this campaign. The NRA did not run this campaign," said Rob Harris, organizer of the recall effort, to the AP. "We the people are making a stand against the people who refused to represent their constituents."
A Morse-supporter group called A Whole Lot of People for John Morse claims that many of the petition signatures gathered were obtained fraudulently and that outside interest groups paid workers to gather signatures, CBS News reported.
According to the Gazette, since the recall effort was started, it has felt like election season for Morse's district with signature gatherers, radio ads, robocalls, polls and a total of almost $40,000 raised for both supporters and opponents of Morse.
Sen. Morse was recently even asked to sign the petition to recall himself at a local supermarket, 9News reported. "I said no, really, I am John Morse. And I pulled out my wallet and showed my driver's license so that he could see that I wasn't making it up," Morse said.
Morse told KDVR that he understands that his recall is only partially about him, and that it's also symbolic. "It's a litmus test," Morse said and added that he believes the success or failure of the recall effort will be interpreted as a referendum on gun control. “There doesn’t seem to be any question that money’s coming from outside the state to say, look, if you do this, we can take out the Senate president -- we can take out anyone across the entire country if you decide to implement common-sense gun legislation.”
Secretary of State Scott Gessler has 15 business days to determine if the Giron signatures are indeed valid, and 10 more days to determine if the Morse signatures are valid. If they are, this will be the first time in history that a Colorado lawmaker has faced a recall vote since the state adopted the recall in 1912, the AP reports. The special election will ask if Morse should be recalled, and if so, who should replace him. Reported by Huffington Post 4 days ago.
The Associated Press's Kristen Wyatt reports that gun rights activists in Pueblo, Colo. turned in signatures on Monday to the secretary of state's office for a recall election of Democrat Sen. Angela Giron for her support of a gun control package that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law earlier this year including expanded background checks to include all private gun sales and transfers and a 15-round limit on ammunition magazines.
The organizers of the Giron recall effort say they turned in about 20 percent more than the required signatures to force a recall -- only 11, 285 were needed, but the gun rights activists say they turned in more than 13,000.
“Giron’s disregard for the majority of her constituents to vote no on anti-Second Amendment issues and her general disregard of our Constitution and the rights of the citizens of Colorado demonstrates she must be removed from the Senate,” Victor Head, a plumber who has organized the recall through Pueblo Freedom and Rights group, said to The Denver Post.
Head told ABC World News that he had never set up a recall campaign before and didn't know how to before this year. "I'm a plumber," Head said. "I've never done anything like this in my life."
However, Giron remains defiant saying resignation "hasn't even crossed her mind," The AP's Kristen Wyatt tweeted, and that she did, in fact, listen to her constituents, Wyatt added:
No second thoughts on gun bills she supported, @sengiron says. "This is what my constituents wanted." #coleg
— Kristen Wyatt (@APkristenwyatt) June 10, 2013
Although the signatures were just turned in today, George Rivera, a retired police officer, is not wasting any time in campaigning for Giron's seat -- he announced plans to run against Giron in the November 2014 election, but is eager to run against her sooner if the recall election happens, KRDO reports.
Giron now joins Colorado Senate President John Morse who also faces a potential recall after gun rights group, the Basic Freedom Defense Fund, delivered a petition with more than 16,000 signatures (they only needed around 7,000) to the Secretary of State's office last week for his support of the new gun control laws in the state.
Morse also responded to the recall effort with defiance. “[W]e had 20 6-year-olds shot in the face, and we have the other side arguing we should do nothing, and I’m sorry, that doesn’t cut it," Morse said in response to the recall effort to the Associated Press referring to the 2012's Connecticut school shooting.
Assuming the petition signatures are deemed valid by the Secretary of State, Morse says he will not resign and says that even if he loses his seat the gun control measures were too important to dodge in the wake of 2012's Aurora theater massacre and the Sandy Hook shooting in Conn. “Keeping Coloradans safe from gun violence is very worth your political career," Morse said.
If the signatures are verified, the recall elections will happen sometime between August 23 and October 23 of this year.
The AP reported that the National Rifle Association got involved with the recall effort and sent a political mailer saying it was coordinating the effort with local groups, however local recall petitioners denied that the NRA was involved in any way.
"I ran this campaign. The NRA did not run this campaign," said Rob Harris, organizer of the recall effort, to the AP. "We the people are making a stand against the people who refused to represent their constituents."
A Morse-supporter group called A Whole Lot of People for John Morse claims that many of the petition signatures gathered were obtained fraudulently and that outside interest groups paid workers to gather signatures, CBS News reported.
According to the Gazette, since the recall effort was started, it has felt like election season for Morse's district with signature gatherers, radio ads, robocalls, polls and a total of almost $40,000 raised for both supporters and opponents of Morse.
Sen. Morse was recently even asked to sign the petition to recall himself at a local supermarket, 9News reported. "I said no, really, I am John Morse. And I pulled out my wallet and showed my driver's license so that he could see that I wasn't making it up," Morse said.
Morse told KDVR that he understands that his recall is only partially about him, and that it's also symbolic. "It's a litmus test," Morse said and added that he believes the success or failure of the recall effort will be interpreted as a referendum on gun control. “There doesn’t seem to be any question that money’s coming from outside the state to say, look, if you do this, we can take out the Senate president -- we can take out anyone across the entire country if you decide to implement common-sense gun legislation.”
Secretary of State Scott Gessler has 15 business days to determine if the Giron signatures are indeed valid, and 10 more days to determine if the Morse signatures are valid. If they are, this will be the first time in history that a Colorado lawmaker has faced a recall vote since the state adopted the recall in 1912, the AP reports. The special election will ask if Morse should be recalled, and if so, who should replace him. Reported by Huffington Post 4 days ago.
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Santa Monica shooting raises specter of mental health, again
Alleged mass shooters from Aurora, Colo., to Tucson, Ariz., have had brushes with mental-health issues. Early reports suggest that Santa Monica shooting suspect John Zawahri might have, too.
Reported by Christian Science Monitor 3 days ago.
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Survivors Of Attack Say Navy Balked at Naming Ship 'Liberty' For Fear Of Angering Israel
A Navy document released under the Freedom Information Act suggests the Navy planned and then retreated from naming one of its Littoral Combat Ships "Liberty," say members of the Liberty Veterans Association.The group, made up of survivors of the June 8, 1967, Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, believes the Navy dumped the name for fear of rekindling debate over the attack, which has never been investigated by Congress. Thirty-four men died and 174 were wounded.
The document is a web page from the Naval Vessel Registry, the official inventory of U.S. Navy ships. Liberty association Director of Operations Joseph Meadors got it through a Freedom of Information Act request last year with the assistance of MuckRock, a Boston-based public records request service for journalists, researchers and activists.
Retired Lt. Cmdr. James Ennes, a Liberty survivor, told Military.com in an email he recalled "that Liberty was originally scheduled to be the name for the newest LCS [after the Freedom]. The Liberty name was actually used in the early planning papers for the new ship. But there were protests (from some unidentified source) and the name was quietly withdrawn and Independence was used instead."
Chris Johnson, a spokesman for Navy Air Sea Systems, or NAVSEA, said he is familiar with the "LCS Liberty" question and had researched it previously.
"At no point was an LCS going to be named Liberty," said Johnson, who also expressed doubts about the document listing "LCS Liberty" as a planned ship. He said it is "just an error by NVR."
According to the NVR's website, ships are listed in the registry when the classification and hull numbers are assigned to vessels authorized to be built by the President, or when the chief of naval operations requests instatement or reinstatement of vessels as approved by Navy Secretary.
Former Navy Secretary Donald Winter, who would have been in the job at the time an LCS Liberty was supposedly being planned, said in an email to Military.com he recalls no debate about LCS naming. The ships were all to be named after American cities and towns, he said.
But a "Liberty" designation would not be inconsistent with that plan. In the same FOIA request in which he got a copy of the NVR page listing "LCS Liberty," Meadors also got a list of possible ship-names for LCSs prepared for the Chief of Naval Operations. The four-page list, compiled by the Navy History and Heritage Command, included spaces for recommendations for LCS-2, -3 and -4; by this time LCS-1 had already been named Freedom.
The suggested names were listed A through K, with Independence in the first spot, followed by Liberty, which the historians noted would honor communities by that name in Missouri, Texas, South Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, Mississippi, New York and Pennsylvania.
LCS-2 was ultimately named Independence and LCS-3 was named Fort Worth, which was the letter D on the list, after Aurora.
There is no indication that then-CNO Adm. Mike Mullen ever saw the list or made any recommendations to Winter, who said in an email he recalls no dispute over ship naming. Mullen did not reply to Military.com's request for comment made through his spokesman.
The British journal Naval-technology.com, reported that Liberty was to be the name of the fourth LCS, until the Navy terminated the contract with builder General Dynamics over projected delays and cost overruns in late October 2007.
Six months later the Navy put the work out to bid again, and in April 2009 General Dynamics again won the contract, though now the ship would be named Coronado.
Ennes and Meadors say they do not believe the Navy Vessel Registry entry was a mistake. They believe that politics is even playing a role in keeping a new "Liberty" from the Navy's inventory.
The Navy, Ennes said, "lost their nerve and will not use USS Liberty as it is ‘too sensitive.' "
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Reported by Business Insider 3 days ago.
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Reflex CES Records Four Consecutive Years of Growth in its FPGA-Based Systems
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*Reflex CES Records Four Consecutive Years of Growth in its FPGA-Based Systems*
*International Focus for 2013*
New partnerships and record revenue in 2012 set solid foundation for 2013
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Reflex CES, a leading provider of custom embedded and complex systems, today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012. The company posted annual revenues of €7.8M and annual net profits of €1M (15%). These figures represent an increase of 13.2% over 2011 and 22% of compound annual growth rate for the last four years, giving Reflex CES four consecutive years with net profits representing more than 13% of revenue. The strong results are primarily due to the success of the company's embedded systems design and manufacturing skills in the military and defense sectors and of Reflex CES's commitment to embrace new international business.
"We are delighted with the consistent increase of revenues thereby reinforcing Reflex CES's global expertise in complex high-speed electronics boards, high-density FPGAs and rugged systems design, "stated Sylvain Neveu, Reflex CES Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer. "We are building on the success of the past four years to further develop Reflex CES business internationally. Several influential new partnerships and distribution agreements are in their final stages, which will broaden the scope of our offering to a full embedded solution, including COTS and custom electronic designs."
The company generates most of its revenue through major French customers serving military and defense markets. Another significant portion of its business lies in other markets demanding the same high performance technology, including medical, transportation, industrial and telecommunications segments.
In 2012, Reflex CES initiated its international growth with major agreements in USA and China, for example with Golden Sea (China) for the design of HDMI video boards.
In 2013, Reflex CES has already launched a number of new « industry's first" products, including its Aurora-like IP core, based on Altera FPGAs, an innovative and cost effective FPGA prototyping FPP25 platform, as well as advanced high-speed data recorders. Together with its sister company, PLDA, Reflex CES unveiled a new line of programmable ARM-FPGA based System-on-Module (SoM) platforms at Embedded World 2013.
*About Reflex CES*
For more than a decade, Reflex CES has designed and manufactured high-speed boards and rugged systems solutions based on high density FPGAs, with the aim of significantly reducing its customers' technology risks.
The company provides custom embedded and complex systems, and specializes in Modified-Off-The-Shelf (MOTS) solutions for VPX/OpenVPX, CompactPCI, VME rugged systems, embedded systems, industrial systems, high-speed boards, FPGA boards and PCIe boards. Its expertise spans from the design of chip-level and software-level components, up to complete system-level solutions, and the manufacture, and production of small and medium volumes of turnkey systems. Target customers are in the military/aerospace, defense, telecommunications, medical and industrial sectors. For more information, please visit http://www.reflexces.com
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The article Reflex CES Records Four Consecutive Years of Growth in its FPGA-Based Systems Reported by DailyFinance 3 days ago.
*Reflex CES Records Four Consecutive Years of Growth in its FPGA-Based Systems*
*International Focus for 2013*
New partnerships and record revenue in 2012 set solid foundation for 2013
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Reflex CES, a leading provider of custom embedded and complex systems, today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012. The company posted annual revenues of €7.8M and annual net profits of €1M (15%). These figures represent an increase of 13.2% over 2011 and 22% of compound annual growth rate for the last four years, giving Reflex CES four consecutive years with net profits representing more than 13% of revenue. The strong results are primarily due to the success of the company's embedded systems design and manufacturing skills in the military and defense sectors and of Reflex CES's commitment to embrace new international business.
"We are delighted with the consistent increase of revenues thereby reinforcing Reflex CES's global expertise in complex high-speed electronics boards, high-density FPGAs and rugged systems design, "stated Sylvain Neveu, Reflex CES Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer. "We are building on the success of the past four years to further develop Reflex CES business internationally. Several influential new partnerships and distribution agreements are in their final stages, which will broaden the scope of our offering to a full embedded solution, including COTS and custom electronic designs."
The company generates most of its revenue through major French customers serving military and defense markets. Another significant portion of its business lies in other markets demanding the same high performance technology, including medical, transportation, industrial and telecommunications segments.
In 2012, Reflex CES initiated its international growth with major agreements in USA and China, for example with Golden Sea (China) for the design of HDMI video boards.
In 2013, Reflex CES has already launched a number of new « industry's first" products, including its Aurora-like IP core, based on Altera FPGAs, an innovative and cost effective FPGA prototyping FPP25 platform, as well as advanced high-speed data recorders. Together with its sister company, PLDA, Reflex CES unveiled a new line of programmable ARM-FPGA based System-on-Module (SoM) platforms at Embedded World 2013.
*About Reflex CES*
For more than a decade, Reflex CES has designed and manufactured high-speed boards and rugged systems solutions based on high density FPGAs, with the aim of significantly reducing its customers' technology risks.
The company provides custom embedded and complex systems, and specializes in Modified-Off-The-Shelf (MOTS) solutions for VPX/OpenVPX, CompactPCI, VME rugged systems, embedded systems, industrial systems, high-speed boards, FPGA boards and PCIe boards. Its expertise spans from the design of chip-level and software-level components, up to complete system-level solutions, and the manufacture, and production of small and medium volumes of turnkey systems. Target customers are in the military/aerospace, defense, telecommunications, medical and industrial sectors. For more information, please visit http://www.reflexces.com
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