| High school football madness in the Fort
If you knew where to go, this weekend football was fantastic in the Fort. Friday, Oct.12, marked the end of high school regular season action and everyone gearing up for the sectionals. Friday night, I wanted to look in on the North Side Redskins who were hosting the Northrop Bruins. The Redskins finally won in a shootout 34-20. North Side jumped out to a 13-0 lead in the first quarter, but the Redskins are erratic, alternating great play with mental lapses and by halftime, the Bruins trailed 20-13. Northrop tied the Game at 20 in the third quarter before settling down and punching in two touchdowns in the fourth to secure the win. I do like North Side's junior quarterback Taylor Howenstine. This kid stays in the pocket and deliver strikes under heavy pressure or can run a design quarterback keeper up the gut, take the pounding and then turn around and play safety on defense.
EPA Head Defends Greenhouse Gas Call
The Clean Air Act does not require me to rubberstamp waiver decisions," Johnson said. "It was my conclusion that California didn't meet the criteria, or at least all of the criteria." Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., the committee chair, led committee Democrats in assailing Johnson's conclusion. "You're going against your own agency's mission and you're fulfilling the mission of some special interests," she chided him. California needs a federal waiver under the Clean Air Act to implement its first-in-the-nation tailpipe law, which would force automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent in new cars and light trucks by 2016. If California got the waiver other states could then impose the same rules. Twelve other states have already adopted them _ Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington _ with others preparing to do so.
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Its name was changed to `Pars News Agency,' or PANA, which then began operating 'round the clock. In July 1975 a bill was passed by the country's legislature which established the Ministry of Information and Tourism and changed the status of Pars News Agency to a joint public stock with capital assetsof about 300 million rials. It then became an affiliate of the new ministry. Its Articles of Association in 23 paragraphs and notes were adopted by the then National Consultative Assembly of Iran. After the triumph of the Islamic Revolution in February 1979 the revolution's council, in June 1979, decided to rename the Ministry of Information and Tourism to the National Guidance Ministry (or Ministry of National Guidance). This was followed in December, 1981 bya bill passed by the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) changing the name of the country's official news agency from Pars News Agency to Islamic Republic News Agency. Guidelines The professional activities of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) are based on and aimed at securing the Islamic Republic of Iran's national interests.
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