| CLOVIS POLICE & FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS
A Fresno woman ended up in a Clovis ponding basin after she left the Super Shine Hand Car Wash on Willow and Nees avenues Feb. 27. According to the Clovis Police Department, the 63-year-old driver was getting ready to drive out of the car wash when she appeared to put the car into reverse, according to witnesses. The car lurched through a chain link fence and into a nearby ponding basin. The woman was rescued by five carwash employees and three officers. She reportedly was not hurt. Fire reports The Clovis Fire Department responded to 158 calls for service between Feb. 18 and 24. The calls included one structure fire, three refuse fires, three hazardous conditions calls, 19 public assistance calls, 124 medical aid calls and eight false alarms. Thefts and vandalism Clovis police reported 12 vehicle burglaries and 30 thefts last week, which included seven residential burglaries, three identity thefts and 12 petty thefts.
Whirlpool Corporation Showcases Portfolio-Wide Innovations at ...
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) , the world's leading marketer of home appliances, rolls out a host of insight-driven innovations at this week's International Builders' Show under its leading brand names. Each brand within the Whirlpool Corporation portfolio markets products to provide new and better solutions for meeting evolving consumer and household needs. According to Michael Todman, president, Whirlpool North America, Whirlpool Corporation's unmatched offerings of differentiated brands -- including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Jenn-Air, Amana and Gladiator -- meet the needs of every consumer segment. "Consumers will be amazed by the number of outstanding innovations that Whirlpool Corporation is bringing to the marketplace from our leading brand names," notes Todman.
Absolutely, incredibly, utterly wrong!
Its not everyday that the government sponsors a premier league football club -I wonder how long Northern Rock will continue to sponsor Newcastle Utd FC. If so how could the govt square subsidising premiership footballers exorbitent wages whilst pensionners are having to choose between food or heat and sell their homes to afford care despite having paid tax and NI all their working lives. Perhaps Gordon Brown will now be able to put some meat behind his proclamation of 'British jobs for British workers' and get rid of Newcastles non British players like heâs getting rid of non-doms. .
Flat Tire? Keep Rolling With Amerityre
Inventiveness, hard work, and perseverance have long characterized America's spirit of free enterprise. Charles Goodyear endured years of hardship — even a stint in debtors' prison — trying to find a process that would make rubber more useful for mankind. “The creature," he said, “imagines he is executing some plan of his own, while he is simply an instrument in the hands of his Maker for executing the divine purposes of beneficence to the race." Goodyear's labors finally bore fruit in 1839, when (according to some accounts), after boiling rubber with sulfur, he accidentally dropped some on a hot stove, and vulcanization was born. The process has not changed substantially since Goodyear patented it in 1844; by the time of his death 16 years later, vulcanized rubber had found hundreds of uses.
Citizen scientists track climate change
You'll join thousands of others across the country who are recording the first buds to open, the first leaves to unfurl this spring. Your data will be used by atmospheric and climate scientists, botanists and ecologists who want your help in tracking signs of change. Project Budburst is a national effort designed by scientists who need the data to plan for the effects of climate change on natural ecosystems. It was launched in mid-February. Keeping track of the timing of natural events is a science called phenology. ''Natural events can be anything from when a plant leafs out, blooms or sets fruit to when birds migrate and insects hatch out,'' explained Kay Havens, director of the Institute for Plant Conservation at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Havens is on the committee that designed Project Budburst.
Girardi, Please Don’t Default to the Vets
Joe Girardi has a ton of bullpen options in the Yankee's camp. The Yankees could probably make two bullpens - both better than the Giant's relief corps - from their group. Chad Jennings has an extensive rundown of the Yankee's options here. The Yankees may have a lot of decent options, but they'll need more than a decent bullpen to beat the Red Sox this year. Here is the depth chart that I would draw, assuming that Girardi carries 12 pitchers. The Starters 1. Chien-Ming Wang - Pencil in him for 200-220 innings with an ERA of 3.70. Better yet, use pen. 2. Andy Pettitte - Despite all the health worries, he's missed just 1 start in 3 years, pitching at least 214 innings each time. 3. Mike Mussina - I have a feeling that you'll see a marked improvement from last year, thanks in part to Dave Eiland.
Katie King/kking@pnj.com
He's also a principal in another California company, R.E. Loans, which provided the financing to purchase 2,718 acres of land in Santa Rosa County under a company set up by Ng called 2718 Santa Rosa LLC.
Ng also developed the Siena Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nev.
Ng said he came into the Santa Rosa County project simply as an investor but has now stepped into the role of developer and owner of the property. He said The Eagle Group ran the cost of the project many millions of dollars over budget. .
|
