Washington Business and Technology Institute - Singapore Association of Nevada

PPAA18 ***** Wednesday, June 30, 2004 ***** # First Edition
Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI)
http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti
Advisory Board: Governor Kenny Guinn, Chairman; U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Vice Chairmen; U. S. Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley Berkley, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Executive Directors.
U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
Chairperson
Dr. Tony T. Lei
President
District Judges Mark Denton and Valorie Vega
Vice Presidents
Dr. William N. Thompson
Director of Public Administration Institution
Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong
Deans of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
Dr. Sue Fawn Chung
Director of Culture Institution
Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin, Attorney General Brian Sandoval, and District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen of Clark County District Attorney and Police Civil Commission (CCDAPCC)
District Attorney David Roger and Clark County Sheriff Bill Young
Chairmen of CCDAPCC
(702) 255-9058
*It's our pleasure to pay a tribute to the above officials who dedicate to the civic and community service spects of our organization in an honorary or adjunct capacity.
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Interesting facts about Nevada, U. S. A.
By CI of WBTI*1
The following is a collection by the Office of U. S. Senator Harry Reid in the Senate at Washington D. C.:*2
* Eighty-seven percent of Nevada land is managed by the federal government.
* Area 51, a top secret area of Nellis Air Force Range and Nuclear Test Site, is rumored to have housed the development of the first Stealth bomber and alien and UFO research facilities.
* Nevada is the seventh largest state in size.
* The nation's largest silver deposit, the Comstock Lode, was found in Nevada in 1859.
* Nevada is the driest state in the nation with an average annual rainfall of seven inches.
* Nevada has the only complete skeleton of an Ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile measuring 55 feet.
* Nevada is the largest gold-producing state in the U.S. and third in the world behind South Africa and Australia.
* Gambling was reinstated in the State in 1931.
* Hoover Dam is the largest public works project ever undertaken in the U.S. and has a greater structural volume than the largest Egyptian pyramid.
* Virginia City, founded when the Comstock Lode was discovered, was home to 20,000 people at its peak in 1870. Now only about 800 people live in this modern ghost town.
* Nevada is the gambling and entertainment capital of the U.S.
* Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than any other place on earth.
* Nevada means "snowcapped" in Spanish.
* On average, 150 couples are married each day in Las Vegas.
* In 1899, Charles Fey invented a slot machine called the Liberty Bell, which became the model for all slots.
* Nevada has 205,726 slot machines, one for every 10 residents.
* In Death Valley, the kangaroo rat can live its entire life without drinking a drop of liquid.
* Nevada has more mountain ranges than any other state.
* Nevada's Humboldt River has no outlet to the ocean; the river sinks into the ground, feeding a massive underground aquifer.*3
Governor Kenny Guinn of Nevada expressed that he can not overemphasize the significance and importance of bringing attention to all the attractions to Nevada at a time when it faces unprecedented competition for gaming customers. He believes that we are wise to expand our marketing efforts and focus on developing markets in places such as Asia. It is significant for him to point out that in addition to gaming, Nevada has phenomenal cultural, historic, and recreational resources that we must continue to promote. The Governor emphasizes that for our state's economy to thrive, all of the Silver State's tourism opportunities must be effectively marketed to both domestic and international visitors.*4
U.S. Senator John Ensign's great-grandfather first came to Nevada almost a hundred years ago as a miner and labored in its towns. This respectable man worked hard to provide for his family and taught his children the value of hard work, integrity, and independence. "The significance of life is to build and educate the continuous lives of the universe," said Dr. Tony Lei, President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI). People came to America to seek the American dream. Even though not all of them realize their American dream, eventually they could teach and help their children accomplish their contributions to our country.*5
On October 22, 2000, U.S. Senator Harry Reid received the "Outstanding Democrat of the Decade" 1990's Award from the Paradise Democratic Club of Las Vegas (PDCLV) at the Skyview Room of the Bally's Casino and Hotel, Las Vegas. In the Program, the National Anthem was sung by Rose McKinny James. The Keynote Speaker was Senator Harry Reid. The heightlight of the Event was the presentation of the Outstanding Democrat of the Year Award to U.S. Senator Harry Reid by the President of PDCLV, John Ponticello.*6
Senator Reid graduated from Utah State University in 1961. He received Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University. In 1968, he was elected to Nevada State Assembly at the age of 28. After two years, he was elected as Nevada's youngest legislation in the state's history. In 1977, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. In 1983, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After having served two terms in the House, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1980. On April 10, 1998, he was honored as Advisor and Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI). In December of 1998, after returning for his third term in the U.S. Senate, he was unanimously elected by his Democratic colleagues to serve as the Assistant Minority Leader.
"Senator Reid loves heartily this country and our people. His leadership is accentuated with practical knowledge and deligent effort through his intelligence. He has achieved many years accomplishments to improve the quality of life of all Nevadans and help people realize the American Dream, " said Dr. Tony Lei, President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI), who was invited with his wife as guests to the Event by Congresswomen Shelley Berkley, County Commissioner Yvonne Atkinson Gates, and former Las Vegas City Mayor Jan Laverty Jones.
Senator Reid comes from Searchlight, Nevada, where in that rural mining town he learned the fundamental values of hard work and honesty that endure as his guiding principles. The Nevada's senior Senator was raised in a small cabin without indoor pluming and attended a two-room elementary school. His father was a hardrock miner with an 8th grade education, and his mother never finished high school, but the youngest of Harry and Inez Reid's four sons would go on to achieve the American dream. "Harry is now not just our senior Senator of Nevada in the Senate, he's one of the influential and important U. S. Senator for all our country in Washington, D. C.!" the Honorable U.S. Senator Richard Bryan pointed out during his short speech to the great awarding Event of the Club. "Senator Reid deserves special recognition for his continued leadership to the Democratic Party here in Nevada. His commitment to public service and distinguished record of fighting for the values we hold so dear has touched the lives of many in Nevada and across the country," wrote U.S. President Candidate and Vice President Al Gore. The distinguished accomplishments of Senator Reid has given he himself for us a successful model for people who wish to realize their American Dream.
The maturity of citizens society is the fundamental guarantee for the normal processing of a democratic community. In a citizens society, it depends highly on the team of public intellectuals to integrate people's opinions, to analyze rationally, and to point out wise persperctives and notice. A public intellectual plays an important and significant responsibility of mission to evaluate public activities, to reflect people's opinion, to lead citizens, and to predict crisis. Public opinion is therefore made through the effort of the public intellectuals by their wise investigation to the people's mind and willingness, and by their right understancing and analysis toward the facts. U.S. Americans W. Lippmann and J. Raston, German E. Noalle-Neumann are ideal representatives of such kind of persons as of the public intellectual. Community service is important to our people and society, moreover we wish individuals as our public intellectual may also encourage more volunteers, events, and projects to better the quality of life of all our residents and visitors of Nevadan through community participation.*7
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References
*1. CI of WBTI is the initial of Cuture Institution of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).
*2. Office of the Assistant Democratic Leader. 'Interesting facts about Nevada,' "A search of information about Nevada from the Office of U. S. Senator Harry Reid through Google.com," (June 29, 2004), Washington, D. C.: Office of the Assistant Democratic Leader Harry Reid.
*3. Ibid.
*4. Chang, Tiffany. 'Celebrating diversity by Governor Kenny Guinn of Nevada , U. S. A.,' "Newsbrief of WBTI," (December 11,
2003), p. 1.
*5. Chang, Tiffany. 'John Ensign: a born-again Christian,' "Newsbrief of WBTI," (November 17, 2000), Las Vegas, Nevada: WBTI.
*6. Chang, Tiffany. 'Senator Harry Reid awarded "Outstanding Democrat of the Decade",' "Newsbrief of WBTI," (November 2, 2000), Las Vegas, Nevada: WBTI.
*7. Ibid.

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*This article was shown yesterday (4/15/2004) in the section of "PPAA18" at:
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*Newsbrief ***** Thursday, April 15, 2004 ***** # First Edition
Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI)
http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti
Advisory Board: Governor Kenny Guinn, Chairman; U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Vice Chairmen; U. S. Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley Berkley, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Executive Directors.
U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
Chairperson
Dr. Tony T. Lei
President
District Judges Mark R. Denton and Valorie J. Vega
Vice Presidents
Dr. William N. Thompson
Director of Public Administration Institution
Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong
Deans of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
Dr. Sue Fawn Chung
Director of Culture Institution
Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin, Attorney General Brian Sandoval, and District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen of Clark County District Attorney and Police Civil Commission (CCDAPCC)
District Attorney David Roger and Clark County Sheriff Bill Young
Chairmen of CCDAPCC
(702) 255-9058
*It's our pleasure to pay a tribute to the above officials who dedicate to the civic and community service aspects of our organization in an honorary or adjunct capacity.
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Singapore PM Goh & U.S. President Bush to Discuss Mutual Interests
By SAN; and Jonathan Galaviz*1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Singapore Prime Minister to Visit President Bush on May 5, 2004 at The White House .....
Singapore PM Goh & U.S. President Bush to Discuss Mutual Interests*2
DES MOINES, United States - April 15, 2004 - (AFP) - US President George W. Bush will welcome Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of Singapore to the White House on May 5 for talks on issues including rebuilding Iraq, Bush's spokesman said.*3
"The United States and Singapore have a strong and multi-faceted relationship,"
Scott McClellan said in a statement released here as Bush touted his tax cuts on the deadline for filing tax returns.
He said Bush looks forward to strengthening stability in Asia, rebuilding Iraq, combating terrorism and deepening economic cooperation "through our recently concluded bilateral free trade agreement."
Singapore has consistently shown a strong commitment to the United States in its campaign in Iraq, giving strong political and limited military support. The city- state no longer has a military presence in Iraq after the last of its troops returned home in early April from a two-month stint in the war-torn country, the government said.
Singapore Association of Nevada (SAN)
SAN has provides this news alert to you as a courtesy for being registered with SAN's electronic database. SAN is a non-profit unincorporated association serving the interests of the Republic of Singapore and the State of Nevada, USA. Article provided as a courtesy by AFP news service.
Singapore Association of Nevada Contact:
Jonathan Galaviz
President
> Singapore Association of Nevada (SAN) April 2004
> e-Newsletter*4
> Volume 3, Issue 4 (April 10, 2004)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Dear Tony,
>
> The relationship between Singapore and Nevada,
> direct
> and indirect, is increasing. The Republic of
> Singapore is
> now considering whether to allow a casino in the
> resort
> island of Sentosa. It is likely that senior
> Singaporean
> officials will be looking at the State of Nevada as
> a
> model to potentially use in terms of regulation,
> growth,
> and overall development. We believe these are
> positive
> economic and political developments between the
> Republic of Singapore and the State of Nevada, USA.
>
> As you know, the Singapore Association of Nevada
> (SAN) is an unincorporated non-profit organization
> dedicated to serving the interests of the Republic
> of
> Singapore and the State of Nevada, USA. The
> database of SAN is reaching close to 1,000 and our
> paid membership sits at approximately 60 members.
> ..........
> Sincerely, Jonathan Galaviz,
> President
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In This Month's Issue
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> * State of Nevada Gaming Win Hits Record Levels
> * Singaporeans Should eRegister
> * Nevada Continues as Best in the USA for Job Growth
> * Export, Import and Investment Services Available
> * Are you Singaporean? Living in the U.S. with
> Children?
> * Singapore Considers Building Casino at Sentosa
> Island
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> State of Nevada Gaming Win Hits Record Levels
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Nevada casinos enjoyed an unprecedented two-month
> run in January and February that resulted in nearly
> $1.76 billion in gaming revenue, new data released
> Thursday show. The state Gaming Control Board's
> February report revealed statewide casino revenue of
>
> nearly $876 million during the 29-day month. That
> total
> was up about 15.9 percent compared with February
> 2002's 28-day total of $756 million and qualified as
> the
> best-ever February in Nevada history, Control Board
> statistical analyst Frank Streshley said Thursday.
>
> Coupled with January's previously reported revenue
> total of more than $882 million, a 4.4 percent
> increase,
> the state's dominant industry got off to a
> phenomenal
> start early this year. "This February is the
> third-best
> month ever in terms of monthly gaming win total,"
> Streshley said. "That follows January's $882
> million, the
> second-best month ever. "The demand for Las Vegas is
>
> particularly strong," he added.***
>
***The Full Article was on --- LVRJ, April 9, 2004 >>*5
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References
*1. SAN is the initial of Singapore Association of Nevada.
*2. Galaviz, Jonathan. 'Singapore PM Goh & U.S. President Bush to Discuss Mutual Interests,' "An e-mail to WBTI from SAN," (April 15, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: Singapore Association of Nevada.
*3. Ibid.
*4. SAN. 'The relationship between Singapore and Nevada,' "An e-mail to WBTI from Jonathan Galaviz," (April 10, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: Singapore Association of Nevada.
*5. Ibid.

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