For the Mayor, we're concerned about him
By PAI of WBTI*1

Through the courtesy of "Las Vegas Review-Journal," the following of its editorial on April 18, 2004 is post:

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Sunday, April 18, 2004
Copyright @ Las Vegas Review-Journal

EDITORIAL: 'I have a very bad temper'

Colorful Mayor Oscar Goodman seems a bit on edge lately

(Photo shown) Goodman: Lashing out

The mayoralty -- especially the mayoralty of a "show biz" town such as Las Vegas -- does not require the sober demeanor of an undertaker.

Mayor Oscar Goodman has been known to host appearances by the California Raisins and aging do-wop groups at his weekly news conferences. Many a visiting television show and even some appropriate motion picture productions have invited the city's colorful chief executive to put in a cameo appearance.

Whether or not Mr. Goodman should plan on a third career before the cameras (don't give up the day job, Mr. Mayor), his antics can be entertaining. He has a die-hard following among the public who argue that even when these extracurricular activities border on the outrageous -- so long as it's all in good fun -- anything that keeps our town in the public eye is all to the good.

All true, up to a point.

But since the state Ethics Commission decided back on April 2 that the evidence is sufficient to justify holding hearings to determine whether the mayor improperly used his office to promote his son's business, Mr. Goodman's behavior has given cause for concern.

The mayor lashed out at the Ethics Commission members during a hastily called April 2 news conference, and then stormed out of a subsequent April 8 press conference after only a few minutes, refusing to answer questions about the ethics allegations.

He has appeared combative, bombastic and barely under control.

The mayor seems to believe the ethics charges are a petty matter, blown out of proportion by prospective rivals who are manipulating the process to damage him or keep him out of the 2006 gubernatorial race.

Even if that were true (and leaving aside whether such a statewide bid would be politically wise, which is a whole 'nother question), the mayor couldn't be serving his opponents any better than by his current behavior.

Incumbent politicians will always draw criticism, attacks and inquiries, some justified and some not.

The mayor seems to be aware of the underlying problem. "I lost my temper the other day," he says. "I have a very bad temper. I see it as a fault."

A competent attorney in his own right, the mayor surely knows the old adage that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. He would be well advised to find some counsel to do an independent evaluation of the assertions against him, and to give him some professional advice as to the best response.

His public has a large capacity for forgiveness, should the time come for him to admit errors in judgment -- especially if they were motivated by concern for his family.

But the worst error in judgment would be to continue on his present course.

For his own good, Mr. Goodman would be well advised to tone it down a notch.

***The views expressed above are those of the "Las Vegas Review-journal".*3

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References

*1. PAI of WBTI is the initial of Public Administration Institution (PAI) of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).
*2. Editorial. 'I have a very bad temper,' "Las Vegas Review-Journal," (April 18, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: LVRJ.
*3. Ibid.

A presentation about the new Medicare prescription drug benefit
By PAI of WBTI

The following is the most recent community news about the Medicare here in Las Vegas post by us through the courtesy of 'Nevada & the West,' of "Las Vegas Review-Journal,":
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Copyright @ Las Vegas Review-Journal

FAMILIES USA EVENT: Medicare act criticized

New prescription drug benefit won't save seniors money, Democrats tell crowd

By JULIET V. CASEY
REVIEW-JOURNAL

turned into a partisan event to bash Republicans on Friday.

Nevada Democrats U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Shelley Berkley told a roomful of seniors at the Coleman Senior Center on East Lake Mead Boulevard that the program pushed by Republicans isn't reliable, won't save them much money, and is intended to help drug companies instead of the elderly.

Their speeches were the highlight of the Families USA Medicare Road Show. The group, a liberal consumer advocacy nonprofit organization, is touring the country and presenting a video that includes testimonials from senior citizens lamenting the ineffectiveness of the new prescription drug benefit. The presentation is intended to explain details of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003.

Republicans later Friday argued that partisan Democrats for decades have refused to add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program. They said the added benefit might not be perfect, but it is more than seniors have ever been offered.

Reid accused Republicans and the Bush administration of working to dismantle Medicare through programs like the prescription drug benefit.

"We have people who want to destroy Medicare, passing Medicare to the private sector so HMOs (health maintenance organizations) control what's going on," he said.

Reid promised to introduce legislation to allow the government to negotiate directly with drug companies for lower drug prices, a point he said is prohibited by the current law. He also plans to introduce a bill to ensure any savings generated from the program go to Medicare recipients.

The program is expected to cost more than $500 billion over the next 10 years.

The debate over changes in Medicare programs has been raging in Washington, D.C., for months.

"It's an election year and it's partisan politics getting in the way of providing help to seniors," said Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev.

Porter, who voted for the bill, acknowledged that, as with any new program, there will be room for improvement. "But it's an outstanding start."

The Families USA program focused on the areas needing improvement, such as the "doughnut hole," a gap in coverage that seniors will experience once they hit the $2,250 coverage limit. From that point, seniors are responsible for all their prescription drug costs until they have spent up to $5,100 of their own money and qualify for catastrophic coverage, which will pay 95 percent of prescription drug costs.

"This is a sham of a piece of legislation, voted on and passed in order to perpetrate a fraud on older Americans, dare I say all Americans," Berkley said. "They can give you a discount card or whatever they want, but there will be no relief for senior citizens."

Several seniors at the event said they participate in Clark County health management organizations, such as Senior Dimensions, and that the new benefit wouldn't offer them anything they don't already get from their current program.

But Ola Watkins, 82, said she had "mixed feelings" about the new benefit.

"I hope I don't have to rely on it," she said at the end of the presentation.

Ruth Mills, 71, said the presentation "told the truth about the way it is."

"We don't need to be messing around with a doughnut hole," she said. "Anybody with a brain would be appalled by this."

Porter, in a telephone interview, said the Congressional Budget Office calculated that 70 percent of seniors who sign up for the voluntary drug coverage program will not be affected by the gap.

"At least we're helping 70 percent more than were being helped before," he said. "We can work to fix the program for the other 30 percent."*3

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References

*1. PAI of WBTI is the initial of Public Administration Institution (PAI) of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).
*2. Casey, Juliet V.. 'FAMILIES USA EVENT: Medicare act criticized,' " Nevada & The West; Copyright @ Las Vegas Review-Journal," (April 17, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: Las Vegas Review-Journal.
*3. Ibid.

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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Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn Announces Successful Implementation of New State Mainframe Computer
By Tiffany Chang

"Computers, in addition to being (able) to store vast amount of data, are much faster and more accurate than we are in performing arithmetic calculations."*1

Many people are interested in having some information about high-speed access to the Internet using ISDN line. As Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) lines are becoming increasingly popular, "an ISDN connection operates at speeds up to 128,000bps, which is about four times faster than a 28.8Kbps modem and about twice as fast as a 56Kbps modem. It's also more reliable."*2

If the Internet is becoming an increasingly significant part of your life, as it is for millions of people worldwide, the increased speed and reliability may well be worth it for your additional expense.

"Search engines are tools you can use to search Web pages, newsgroups, and other things. They follow every link they can find, indexing every word along the way. This is what makes them so valuable."*3

"'Googling' someone is about to take on new meaning, as the Internet's top search site is setting out to become one of the top e-mail providers, too."*4

"Our state depends on this ( new mainframe computer and software operating system) technology to electronically process many different state services," said Governor Kenny Guinn.*5 We certainly like to learn from him that this upgrade will provide reliable processing capability for many years.

The following is our post for the Press Release from the Office of Governor Kenny C. Guinn about mainframe computer, software operating system, and Internet:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2004 Contact Greg Bortolin or John Trent
775-684-5670

Gov. Guinn announces successful implementation of new state mainframe computer*6

CARSON CITY - Gov. Kenny Guinn announced today that the Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has successfully implemented a new state mainframe computer and software operating system.

"Our state depends on this technology to electronically process many different state services," Guinn said, "and this upgrade will provide reliable processing capability for many years. This is an excellent example of state agency teamwork in the public's favor."

The mainframe computer is used by the state to process and maintain data for major programs such as the Welfare Division NOMADS system, the Division of Child and family Services UNITY system, DMV license and registration information, DETR employment information, and others.

Funding for a major upgrade was approved by the Legislature in the 2003 session. According to Terry Savage, Chief Information Officer for the State, the upgrade project was completed under the authorized budget.

"We were able to improve on the technology of the original upgrade plan, and also save approximately $2.4 million over the five-year projection," said Savage who attributed this savings primarily to continuing aggressive software contract negotiations.

The new equipment has been operating without problem for three weeks, after six months of intensive work and planning by DoIT staff, according to Savage.

Savage also lauded and thanked the major mainframe computer users. "Without the hard work and help of folks from DETR, DMV, Taxation, DCFS and Welfare, this transition would not have been seamless and transparent to the public."

Office of the Governor Media Contact:
101 North Carson Street Terry Savage
Carson City, NV 89701 Nevada Chief Information Officer
Fax: 775-684-7198 775-684-5800

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References

*1. Kent, Jeff. (2002) "Visual Basic.NET: A Beginner's Guid," New York: McGraw-Hill Companies.
*2.Sherman, Rihard A.. (2001) "Ask Mr. Modem!"San Francisco:Get-the-Net, Inc.
*3. Freeze, Jill T.. (2002) "Sam Teach Yourself Computer Basics in 24 Hours," Indianapolis, Indiana: Sams Publishing.
*4. Gibes, Al. 'Gmail asks: What price privacy? --- April 12, 2004; Las Vegas Review-Journal,'"Newsbrief of WBTI," (April 12, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: WBTI.
*5. Office of the Governor. 'Gov. Guinn Announces Successful Implementation of New State Mainframe Computer,' "An e-mail to Dr. Tony Lei from the Office of Governor Kenny C. Guinn," (April 12, 2004), Carson City, Nevada: Office of Governor Kenny Guinn.
*6. Ibid.

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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Humane sevices and spiritual beliefs for our people and community
By Paul Goulet*1 and Tiffany Chang

The Las Vegas Internatioanl Church (ICLV) is establishing its website. Some of the main sections are stll in processing for the good implementation.

On the section of "Our Beliefs," it states in the spiritual value that,
We believe:*2

***the Bible is the inspired and only infallible authoritative written Word of God.

***there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

***in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death,

***in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right •hand of the Father, in His personal future return to this earth in power and glory to rule a thousand years.

***in the Blessed Hope—t(t)he rapture of the Church at Christ coming.

***the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ.

***regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation.

***in water baptism by immersion.

***the redemptive work of Christ on the Cross provides healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer.

***the baptism in the Holy Spirit, according to Acts 2:4, is given to believers who ask for it.

***in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life.

***in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation.*3

The following message from Pastor Paul Goulet of ICLV to us was received just a few minutes ago today:

Praise the Lord for the Harvest!*4

Dear Partner in Vision,

WOW!

What an incredible harvest we had this past few weeks. We saw the altars full at every performance of the Time Machine 2, and during Palm Sunday and Easter morning services. I also heard that the Easter Egg hunt was a huge hit with the kids!

Thank you to all of you that came and gave your time and resources. Without you, thousands would not have been reached.

Please continue to pray for the souls that were reached, and also for all of the cast and volunteers of the performance.

We also want to highlight that Chuck Pierce and Dutch Sheets will be with us on April 21st and 22nd. These men of God will bring a wealth of information and insight to all of us.

Denise and I love you and we pray for the Lord's best on your life.*5

In Christ,

Pastor Paul Goulet

We're on the performance of the Time Machine 2. It's wonderful. Prais God!

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References

*1. Paul Goulet is the Senior Pastor of International Church of Las Vegas (ICLV). The address of the Church is: 8100 Westeliff Dr., Las Vegas, Nevada 89145.
*2. ICLV. 'We believe ---Our Bleifs,' "ICLV Website," (April 16, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: International Church of Las Vegas.
*3. Ibid.
*4. Goulet, Paul. 'Praise the Lord for the Harvest!' "An e-mail to Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei from Pastor Paul Goulet of ICLV," (April 16, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: International Church of Las Vegas (ICLV).
*5. Ibid.

http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti

Friday, April 16, 2004 #Fist Edition

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Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Receives Technology Prize
By GSBPA*1

It's our pleasure to post an article on internet and computer science for our business world. The article entitled 'WWW Inventor Receives Technology Prize,' was written by Mans Hulden, Associated Press Writer. It was published by Las Vegas Review-Journal on April 16, 2004 in Las Vegas.

ESPOO, Finland (AP) -- The scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, has been awarded the first Millennium Technology Prize.*2

The award, a euro1 million cash prize, equivalent to $1.2 million, is among the largest of its kind, and was awarded for the first time. It was established in 2002 and backed by the Finnish government.

Berners-Lee is recognized as the creator of the World Wide Web while working for the CERN Laboratory in the early 1990s, the European center for nuclear research near Geneva, Switzerland.

His graphical point-and-click browser, "WorldWideWeb," was the first featuring the core ideas included in today's Web browsers, including Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, and Mozilla.

The prize committee on Thursday said Berners-Lee's contribution strongly embodied the spirit of the award.

Pekka Tarjanne, chairman of the eight-member prize committee, underlined the importance of Berner-Lee's decision to never strive to commercialize or patent his contributions to the Internet technologies he developed.

The prize is administered by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation, an independent fund supported by the Finnish government and a number of Finnish companies and organizations. Future prizes will be awarded every two years.

This year, 74 nominations were received for the award. Universities, research institutes, and national scientific academies are eligible to nominate prize winners.

Berners-Lee, who is originally from Britain, continues to work at the standard-setting World Wide Web Consortium at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

An award ceremony will be held June 15 in Helsinki.*3

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References

*1. GSBPA is the initial of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration (GSBPA) of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).
*2. Hulden, Mans. 'WWW Inventor Receives Technology Prize,' "Technology---Reviwjournal.com," (April 16, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: Las Vegas Review-Journal.
*3. Ibid