From Yahoo! Sports
At 3 a.m. on November 26, 2011, the NBA owners and players reached a deal on a new labor agreement, ending the 149 day lockout. The deal calls for a 66 game season in 2011-12, that will begin on Christmas Day, December 25, 2011.
As an NBA fan, I'm relieved the lockout is over. As a New Jersey Nets fan I'm really relieved the deal is done because the Nets are moving to Brooklyn in 2012-13. If the NBA canceled the whole season, the Nets would have never played another game in New Jersey, where I live.
Reading through the details of the new labor agreement, I think it's pretty clear that one side got major concessions from the other. Here's the winners from the new NBA labor agreement…(full story)
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Boosts Latest Mars Rover to the Red Planet
From Market Watch
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne demonstrated the consistent reliability of its power and propulsion systems by successfully boosting the Mars Science Laboratory rover, which will travel to the red planet to assess its habitability. The mission launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida by a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Atlas V is powered by the RD AMROSS RD-180 booster engine, and the Centaur upper stage is powered by the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RL10 engine. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a United Technologies Corp. UTX +0.30% company, has powered 14 successful launches this year with payloads that included humans; cargo; and satellites vital to space exploration, worldwide communication, navigation, defense, research and development, and weather prediction. RD AMROSS LLC is a joint venture of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and NPO Energomash…(full story)
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne demonstrated the consistent reliability of its power and propulsion systems by successfully boosting the Mars Science Laboratory rover, which will travel to the red planet to assess its habitability. The mission launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida by a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Atlas V is powered by the RD AMROSS RD-180 booster engine, and the Centaur upper stage is powered by the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RL10 engine. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a United Technologies Corp. UTX +0.30% company, has powered 14 successful launches this year with payloads that included humans; cargo; and satellites vital to space exploration, worldwide communication, navigation, defense, research and development, and weather prediction. RD AMROSS LLC is a joint venture of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and NPO Energomash…(full story)
New Mars rover Curiosity is ultimate off-road vehicle
From USA Today
Today's blastoff of the latest rover raises an interesting question. Since it is as big as a car, with wheels the size of one, how would the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity stack up if it were the latest flashy model in your local showroom?
Well, for starters, we're not sure that name, Curiosity, would rank right up with other space-related monikers like Mercury Montego or Saturn Vue -- even Ford Galaxie. But when you get down to statistic about the latest, biggest rover, you come away seeing the possibilities.
Curiosity is as long as a Mini and as wide as a Hummer, making it plenty stable for the steep sides of canyons or craters, NASA tells Drive On. Some other cool stats that compare it to a car…(full story)
Today's blastoff of the latest rover raises an interesting question. Since it is as big as a car, with wheels the size of one, how would the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity stack up if it were the latest flashy model in your local showroom?
Well, for starters, we're not sure that name, Curiosity, would rank right up with other space-related monikers like Mercury Montego or Saturn Vue -- even Ford Galaxie. But when you get down to statistic about the latest, biggest rover, you come away seeing the possibilities.
Curiosity is as long as a Mini and as wide as a Hummer, making it plenty stable for the steep sides of canyons or craters, NASA tells Drive On. Some other cool stats that compare it to a car…(full story)
It's 'Small Business Saturday' as shoppers take break from Friday's crush at Big Box stores
From www.pleasantonweekly.com
After shoppers competed for discounts largely in major chain stores on Black Friday, several Bay Area cities, including Pleasanton, are encouraging shoppers to take part in "Small Business Saturday" today.
The national campaign is in its second year, and encourages shoppers to spend some time on Saturday doing their holiday shopping in small, locally owned businesses.
San Jose recently officially proclaimed today Small Business Saturday, encouraging residents to visit San Jose businesses, saying the campaign aligns with the city's Shop San Jose Initiative.
"These initiatives are an important way to connect our residents with the many great shops, restaurants and small businesses located here in San Jose," Mayor Chuck Reed said in a statement after the proclamation…(full story)
After shoppers competed for discounts largely in major chain stores on Black Friday, several Bay Area cities, including Pleasanton, are encouraging shoppers to take part in "Small Business Saturday" today.
The national campaign is in its second year, and encourages shoppers to spend some time on Saturday doing their holiday shopping in small, locally owned businesses.
San Jose recently officially proclaimed today Small Business Saturday, encouraging residents to visit San Jose businesses, saying the campaign aligns with the city's Shop San Jose Initiative.
"These initiatives are an important way to connect our residents with the many great shops, restaurants and small businesses located here in San Jose," Mayor Chuck Reed said in a statement after the proclamation…(full story)
NYC promotes 2nd annual Small Business Saturday
From Wall Street Journal
Small business owners hoping to reel in holiday shoppers are promoting the second annual Small Business Saturday in New York and 14 other U.S. cities.
The small-business promotion was first announced in 2010 by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault.
It takes place the day after Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. It is intended to encourage shoppers to patronize independent local businesses…(full story)
Small business owners hoping to reel in holiday shoppers are promoting the second annual Small Business Saturday in New York and 14 other U.S. cities.
The small-business promotion was first announced in 2010 by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault.
It takes place the day after Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. It is intended to encourage shoppers to patronize independent local businesses…(full story)
Take part in Small Business Saturday
From fox11online.com
On Saturday, November 26 people all over the nation are encouraged to take part in Small Business Saturday .
This is the 2nd annual Small Business Saturday . It's a day for people all over to "shop local" and buy from a small business in their area…(full story)
On Saturday, November 26 people all over the nation are encouraged to take part in Small Business Saturday .
This is the 2nd annual Small Business Saturday . It's a day for people all over to "shop local" and buy from a small business in their area…(full story)
After Black Thursday and Black Friday comes Small Business Saturday
From Los Angeles Times
After ditching turkey prep on Thanksgiving Thursday to shop and then braving throngs on Black Friday to shop some more, do consumers have it in them to head out on Small Business Saturday for even more shopping?
American Express, which launched the nationwide effort last year to boost revenues at local businesses, thinks yes.
Small Business Saturday helped independent merchants pull in 28% more sales in 2010 than they did the same day in 2009, according to American Express. Organizers say that 89 million consumers are expected to “shop small” this weekend.
About 2.5 million people have liked Small Business Saturday’s Facebook page. To help shop owners prepare, organizers gave away $100 in free Facebook advertising to the first 10,000 who signed up…(full story)
After ditching turkey prep on Thanksgiving Thursday to shop and then braving throngs on Black Friday to shop some more, do consumers have it in them to head out on Small Business Saturday for even more shopping?
American Express, which launched the nationwide effort last year to boost revenues at local businesses, thinks yes.
Small Business Saturday helped independent merchants pull in 28% more sales in 2010 than they did the same day in 2009, according to American Express. Organizers say that 89 million consumers are expected to “shop small” this weekend.
About 2.5 million people have liked Small Business Saturday’s Facebook page. To help shop owners prepare, organizers gave away $100 in free Facebook advertising to the first 10,000 who signed up…(full story)
The kids are not all right with mobile phones, shows poll
From Reuters
Nearly three-quarters of Britons think it is inappropriate for children under 12 to own a mobile phone, despite the fact that most kids already have them, according to a poll on Thursday.
The survey of 2,000 people found that expensive bills, unmonitored internet use and lack of parental control were some of the reasons adults felt uncomfortable about kids owning mobiles.
However, more than one in 10 would buy a child a mobile phone as a treat to encourage good behaviour, or for doing well at school.
The vast majority of parents (90 percent) also liked the idea of a child having a phone in case of an emergency.
Mobile phone information and price comparison website Recombu.com, which carried out the survey, noted that 79 percent of 7 to 11-year-olds already own a mobile...(full story)
Nearly three-quarters of Britons think it is inappropriate for children under 12 to own a mobile phone, despite the fact that most kids already have them, according to a poll on Thursday.
The survey of 2,000 people found that expensive bills, unmonitored internet use and lack of parental control were some of the reasons adults felt uncomfortable about kids owning mobiles.
However, more than one in 10 would buy a child a mobile phone as a treat to encourage good behaviour, or for doing well at school.
The vast majority of parents (90 percent) also liked the idea of a child having a phone in case of an emergency.
Mobile phone information and price comparison website Recombu.com, which carried out the survey, noted that 79 percent of 7 to 11-year-olds already own a mobile...(full story)
Kurt Budke, Miranda Serna die in plane crash
From www.sfgate.com
Kurt Budke turned Oklahoma State's women's basketball team into a winner and hoped he had found the place where he would coach until he retired. Miranda Serna had passed up opportunities to leave his side, staying loyal to the man whom she had helped to win a junior college national championship.
Having succeeded together, Budke and Serna died together, perishing in a plane crash on a recruiting trip.
Budke, the head coach, and Serna, his assistant, were killed Thursday when the single-engine plane in which they were passengers crashed in steep terrain in Arkansas, the university said Friday.
The pilot, 82-year-old former Oklahoma state Sen. Olin Branstetter, and his 79-year-old wife, Paula, also died when the plane sputtered, spiraled out of control and nose-dived into the Winona Wildlife Management Area near Perryville, 45 miles west of Little Rock…(Full Story)
Kurt Budke turned Oklahoma State's women's basketball team into a winner and hoped he had found the place where he would coach until he retired. Miranda Serna had passed up opportunities to leave his side, staying loyal to the man whom she had helped to win a junior college national championship.
Having succeeded together, Budke and Serna died together, perishing in a plane crash on a recruiting trip.
Budke, the head coach, and Serna, his assistant, were killed Thursday when the single-engine plane in which they were passengers crashed in steep terrain in Arkansas, the university said Friday.
The pilot, 82-year-old former Oklahoma state Sen. Olin Branstetter, and his 79-year-old wife, Paula, also died when the plane sputtered, spiraled out of control and nose-dived into the Winona Wildlife Management Area near Perryville, 45 miles west of Little Rock…(Full Story)
McCormick says Budke had impossible job at Tech
A punch to the gut.
That's what I felt when my wife sent me a text message Friday morning, telling me that Kurt Budke had been killed.
Just to be honest, I hate reading tragic news. I want to be informed, so I read it, but I would much rather read uplifting, inspirational stories.
The Penn State saga is tragic. The kidnapping of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos was saddening, but at least it had a heroic ending.
Sadly, there was no heroic ending for Budke, a former Louisiana Tech women's basketball coach who was one of four people killed in a plane crash in Arkansas Thursday night. Budke was the women's basketball coach at Oklahoma State, and his long-tenured assistant, Miranda Serna, also was killed as they were returning to Stillwater, Okla., from a recruiting trip.
Budke was entering his seventh season in Stillwater, where there aren't many words to describe the job he did in turning around a putrid program and making it competitive in the Big 12, which is quite possibly the best women's basketball conference in the country.
The Cowgirls were winless in Big 12 play in 2005-06, Budke's first season on the job. Two years later, Oklahoma State reached the Sweet 16, and the Cowgirls have advanced to postseason play each of the past five years, including three NCAA tourney appearances.
I remember Budke less for his time at Oklahoma State and more for his rocky tenure at Louisiana Tech, where he was given the unenviable task to trying to replace the legendary Leon Barmore, who built the Lady Techsters into one of the premier programs in the country.
To be blunt, Budke was saddled with an impossible situation.
He was asked to replace a legend in Barmore, but more than that, he was brought in after the heir apparent, Kim Mulkey, had a nasty battle with Tech's administration that saw her decline to replace Barmore -- the job she'd waited around in Ruston for nearly 20 years to get -- and instead go build a national championship program at Baylor…(Full Story)
That's what I felt when my wife sent me a text message Friday morning, telling me that Kurt Budke had been killed.
Just to be honest, I hate reading tragic news. I want to be informed, so I read it, but I would much rather read uplifting, inspirational stories.
The Penn State saga is tragic. The kidnapping of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos was saddening, but at least it had a heroic ending.
Sadly, there was no heroic ending for Budke, a former Louisiana Tech women's basketball coach who was one of four people killed in a plane crash in Arkansas Thursday night. Budke was the women's basketball coach at Oklahoma State, and his long-tenured assistant, Miranda Serna, also was killed as they were returning to Stillwater, Okla., from a recruiting trip.
Budke was entering his seventh season in Stillwater, where there aren't many words to describe the job he did in turning around a putrid program and making it competitive in the Big 12, which is quite possibly the best women's basketball conference in the country.
The Cowgirls were winless in Big 12 play in 2005-06, Budke's first season on the job. Two years later, Oklahoma State reached the Sweet 16, and the Cowgirls have advanced to postseason play each of the past five years, including three NCAA tourney appearances.
I remember Budke less for his time at Oklahoma State and more for his rocky tenure at Louisiana Tech, where he was given the unenviable task to trying to replace the legendary Leon Barmore, who built the Lady Techsters into one of the premier programs in the country.
To be blunt, Budke was saddled with an impossible situation.
He was asked to replace a legend in Barmore, but more than that, he was brought in after the heir apparent, Kim Mulkey, had a nasty battle with Tech's administration that saw her decline to replace Barmore -- the job she'd waited around in Ruston for nearly 20 years to get -- and instead go build a national championship program at Baylor…(Full Story)
ORU women's coach Jerry Finkbeiner remembers Kurt Budke
From newsok.com
Jerry Finkbeiner had known Kurt Budke for about 17 years. He says he has five references on his resume, and Budke was the only a Division I coach.
Oral Roberts women's basketball coach Jerry Finkbeiner said he has five references on his resume, and only one of them is an NCAA Division I coach.
“I could have a whole assortment on that references list, but I chose to have Kurt Budke exclusively on my resume,” Finkbeiner said. “It just shows what I thought of him as a man and a coach.”
Finkbeiner said he has known Budke for about 17 years…(Full Story)
Jerry Finkbeiner had known Kurt Budke for about 17 years. He says he has five references on his resume, and Budke was the only a Division I coach.
Oral Roberts women's basketball coach Jerry Finkbeiner said he has five references on his resume, and only one of them is an NCAA Division I coach.
“I could have a whole assortment on that references list, but I chose to have Kurt Budke exclusively on my resume,” Finkbeiner said. “It just shows what I thought of him as a man and a coach.”
Finkbeiner said he has known Budke for about 17 years…(Full Story)
OSU interim women's coach Jim Littell: Kurt Budke's ‘zeal for OSU was incomparable'
From newsok.com
Oklahoma State women's basketball coach Kurt Budke's “zeal for Oklahoma State was incomparable,” associate head coach Jim Littell said Friday.Budke, Oklahoma State's women's basketball coach, and assistant coach Miranda Serna were killed Thursday in a plane crash in Central Arkansas along with former state senator Olin Branstetter and his wife, Paula. The plane was owned by Olin Branstetter, who was also the pilot.
“He loved this place,” said Littell, who will take over as interim head coach for the Cowgirls.
Littell and OSU president Burns Hargis remembered Budke and Serna at a Friday morning press conference.
“It's our worst nightmare,” said Hargis, who added that he had spent time…(Full Story)
Bangladesh keen to import power from Nepal
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has proposed Nepal to export 1,000MW of electricity to Bangladesh from the Himalayan state’s Sapt-Kosi High Dam, 110 km off Thakurgaon of Bangladesh.
She gave the proposal in a meeting with the Nepalese prime minister, Baburam Bhattarai, at Shangri-La Resort in Addu City on the sidelines of the 17th SAARC Summit that ended Friday.
‘During the meeting, Hasina called for a broader agreement with Nepal for cooperation in the areas of hydropower generation and trade and proposed
for joint venture projects or equity sharing or direct purchase agreement with Nepal to obtain 10,000-MW electricity in the next five to seven years,’ her press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told the news agency.
The two prime ministers agreed to take up projects to harness hydropower and water resources at sub-regional and regional levels.
Hasina said Bangladesh, India and Nepal might jointly construct water reservoirs in Nepal for augmentation of dry season flows of the Ganges.
All three countries, she said, should implement Sapt-Kosi High Dam with augmentation potential of 68,600 cusecs. ‘Bangladesh would import 3,500MW power from the Sapt-Kosi High Dam project,’ she said.
In this connection, Hasina said Nepalese rivers contribute 71 per cent of Ganges natural dry season flow and 41 per cent of the annual flows of the Ganges at Farakka point.
Laying importance on increasing trade with Nepal, she said Bangladesh had undertaken initiatives to improve infrastructure of land customs stations and land ports for trade with neighbouring countries.
The prime minister said Bangladesh had already signed an addendum to an MoU with India for rail transit to Nepal on Rohanpur-Singabad
route, and about 50,000 tonnes of fertiliser had already been transported to Nepal through this route.
Hasina said the multi-gauge conversion of Birol- Radhikapur sector by 2012 would help two rail linkages for boosting trade between Bangladesh and Nepal as well as third country.
Referring to the signing of the Standard Operating Procedure with India during her visit to India in January 2010, she said it would allow Nepalese cargo vehicles to enter up to 200 meters from zero point at Banglabanda inside Bangladesh.
She said Bangladesh and Nepal could also collaborate in the areas
of promotion of the tourism, people-to-people contact, and study of the Nepalese students in Bangladesh’s private universities.
Hasina congratulated Baburam Bhattarai on his election as the prime minister of Nepal and expressed hope that the ‘Peace Process’ and drafting of the constitution in Nepal would be successful.
She invited Baburam Bhattarai to visit Bangladesh at his time of convenience.
Foreign minister Dipu Moni, ambassador-at-large M Ziauddin and PM’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad, among others, were present on the occasion.
Source: New Age
She gave the proposal in a meeting with the Nepalese prime minister, Baburam Bhattarai, at Shangri-La Resort in Addu City on the sidelines of the 17th SAARC Summit that ended Friday.
‘During the meeting, Hasina called for a broader agreement with Nepal for cooperation in the areas of hydropower generation and trade and proposed
for joint venture projects or equity sharing or direct purchase agreement with Nepal to obtain 10,000-MW electricity in the next five to seven years,’ her press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told the news agency.
The two prime ministers agreed to take up projects to harness hydropower and water resources at sub-regional and regional levels.
Hasina said Bangladesh, India and Nepal might jointly construct water reservoirs in Nepal for augmentation of dry season flows of the Ganges.
All three countries, she said, should implement Sapt-Kosi High Dam with augmentation potential of 68,600 cusecs. ‘Bangladesh would import 3,500MW power from the Sapt-Kosi High Dam project,’ she said.
In this connection, Hasina said Nepalese rivers contribute 71 per cent of Ganges natural dry season flow and 41 per cent of the annual flows of the Ganges at Farakka point.
Laying importance on increasing trade with Nepal, she said Bangladesh had undertaken initiatives to improve infrastructure of land customs stations and land ports for trade with neighbouring countries.
The prime minister said Bangladesh had already signed an addendum to an MoU with India for rail transit to Nepal on Rohanpur-Singabad
route, and about 50,000 tonnes of fertiliser had already been transported to Nepal through this route.
Hasina said the multi-gauge conversion of Birol- Radhikapur sector by 2012 would help two rail linkages for boosting trade between Bangladesh and Nepal as well as third country.
Referring to the signing of the Standard Operating Procedure with India during her visit to India in January 2010, she said it would allow Nepalese cargo vehicles to enter up to 200 meters from zero point at Banglabanda inside Bangladesh.
She said Bangladesh and Nepal could also collaborate in the areas
of promotion of the tourism, people-to-people contact, and study of the Nepalese students in Bangladesh’s private universities.
Hasina congratulated Baburam Bhattarai on his election as the prime minister of Nepal and expressed hope that the ‘Peace Process’ and drafting of the constitution in Nepal would be successful.
She invited Baburam Bhattarai to visit Bangladesh at his time of convenience.
Foreign minister Dipu Moni, ambassador-at-large M Ziauddin and PM’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad, among others, were present on the occasion.
Source: New Age
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