Nov. 04, 2005
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IN BRIEF
SOUTHERN NEVADA SITE

VA awards contract for veterans hospital

The Department of Veterans Affairs has approved an architectural contract for a new veterans hospital in Southern Nevada, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev, said Thursday.

Ensign issued a news release stating Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson told him the contract of more than $20 million was awarded to two firms in a joint venture.

The companies include RTKL, an international firm based in Baltimore, Md., and JMA Architecture Studios of Las Vegas.

"This is an important step in an extremely important project, and I'm proud to be able to deliver the news to Nevada's veterans that their hospital is another step closer to reality today," Ensign said.

The VA had set aside $60 million to hire architects and design the $295 million veterans hospital, which will be located at Pecos Road and the Las Vegas Beltway in North Las Vegas.

Construction of the 700,000-square-foot hospital is scheduled to begin in August 2006 and the opening is expected sometime in 2009.

Congress is still working on legislation that would provide $199 million of the construction funding.

"We all need to smile every once in a while," said the "IT'S KINDA FUNNY".
From the Qian of "I Ching," people may learn that 'The sky is naturally auspicious and strong; it is good for predicting the future.

The sky is beautiful!

In order to build an association among important cities nationally and internationally for: (1) Mutual cooperation and development of business, trade, and tourism; (2) Social and public relations among business and professionals; and (3) Event and dinner parties for our community in an atmosphere of friendly and mutual cooperation. Nevada Assemblywoman Valerie Weber, Clark County Commissioner Lynette McDonald, District Judge of Family Court Cheryl Moss, business executives and owners, multimedia publishers and Editor-in-Chief, organizational and community leaders, among others sponsor the establishment of Intercity Business Council of Nevada on December 16, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U. S. A.

Individuals and organizations who are interested in participating this Council may contact Miss Yin Yan at (702) 372-8516; Miss Agnas Chan at (702) 497-3716; Miss Gloria Wong at (702) 734-3700, or Miss Yi Li at (702) 636-1238.

At the dinner party with Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei and Mr. & Mrs. William Tong in the Steak House of Palace Station Casino and Hotel on December 19, 2004, Miss Kathie Ambrosio, Regional Representative of U. S. Senator John Ensign, expressed high interest in participating Intercity Business Council of Nevada.

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From: District Judge Cheryl Moss [cmossnv@msn.com]
Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:45:33 -0800

Dear Dr. Lei:

Thank you very much for the information. I wholly support WBTI's
efforts in
bringing our community and businesses together.

I wish you and Judy a very Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year 2005.

Best Wishes,

Judge Cheryl Moss

>From: Tony Lei
>To: cmossnv@msn.com
>Subject: Good afternoon!
>Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:32:16 -0800 (PST)
>(For confirmation only.)
>Dear Cheryl, Good afternoon! How are you? This is to inform you about some information from WBTI:
>In order to build an association among important cities nationally and internationally for: (1)Mutual cooperation .......................

Dreams are powerful reflections of our actual growth potential. We are pleased to quote the following three short but meaningful ones:

***** If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen. ---Richard de Vos
***** Nothing is as real as a dream. ..... ---Tom Clancy
***** YOur dreams can come true. I'm a living proof of it. ..... ---Michael Blake, Author of "Dance with Wolves"

It's our pleasure to post a short essay from "Speaker's Source Book II" by Glenn Van Ekeren:

In 1931, historian and Pulitzer prize winner James Truslow Adams coined the phrase "The American Dream" in a treatise called The Epic of America. Adams described the dream this way: "It is not a dream of moter cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position."*2
This familiar phrase has often been invoked by writers, philosophers, and politicians to explain their own convictions. It has become a prevailing justification for individual dreams and pursuits. "There are those who will reply that freedom of man and mind is nothing but a dream," said Archibald MacLeish. "They are right. It is. It is the American Dream."
Ray Kroc believed in the American Dream. While selling paper cupsto restaurants in 1920s, he worked his way up to becoming one of the company's top
salespeople. ....The "freedom of man and mind" is not a dream. It produce dreams. ......

David McClelland, the Harvard psychologist, has extensively studied high achievers. He has concluded that successful people possess one common characteristic: they fantasize and dream incessantly about how to achieve their goals. Taking that one step further, James Allen says, "Dreams are the seedlings of reality."
The American Dream is a seedling of reality waiting to be nurtured, fertilized, and harvested by those with the courage to pursue it.*3

"Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream," said Robert Greenleaf.

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References

*1. PAI of WBTI is the initial of Public Administration Institution of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).
*2. Ekeren, Glenn Van. "Speaker's Source Book II," (1994), Prentice Hall Press, Paramus, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Press.
*3. Ibid.

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