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Stepping Stones Management Commentary

These letters often stray from the rule to avoid politics and religion but they rarely venture into the

latter realm. However, one of the major stories of the just concluded second quarter was the papal

encyclical admonishing humanity for turning the earth, God’s creation, into “an immense pile of

filth.” In Laudato Si’ – Our Care For Our Common Home, Pope Francis is asking us to see our

world more like his namesake St. Francis of Assisi who viewed all of the earth’s plants, animals

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SAIGON FALLS

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The fall of Saigon

A North Vietnamese tank rolls through the gate of the Presidential Palace in Saigon,
April 30, 1975, signifying the fall of South Vietnam.

From The Associated Press

Colleagues,

Today is the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon - a signature event in the history of the United States and one of those events seared into our country's collective memory.

Civic Equality?

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The following paragraphs were written by the City Island Civic Association about two separate construction projects. One for 43 units and the other for 45 units. Please take your time and read each one of them carefully and then decide whether, or not these were treated equally and the same?

NEW MTA BUS ROUTES

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MTA has routinely slashed service on dozens of bus routes to close a budget gap over the years, but some routes are being resurrected today.

In addition to bringing back some routes -- like the B37 -- service is being extended or changed for others. See the list below, and read more about it at the MTA's website.
http://www.mta.info/

B8, B37, B70
As part of the 2013 Service Investments, both new and improved service will be implemented along three routes serving customers in Brooklyn.

MORE MILLIONS FOR TUTOR PERINI

Tutor Perini, the building construction company that has been awarded the City Island Bridge project, today announced that its Civil Group has executed a contract with Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group for construction of a platform structure at Hudson Yards in midtown Manhattan. This portion of the Hudson Yards Development project is valued at approximately $510 million.

The platform, which will be constructed of structural steel frame and feature a reinforced concrete deck, will bridge the active Long Island Rail Road eastern rail yard located south of West 33rd Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, and will serve as the foundation for future buildings at Hudson Yards. Construction of the platform will be closely coordinated with the Company’s work already underway on the Amtrak concrete tunnel box (Gateway right-of-way preservation) project at the same site.

Pre-construction activities related to the platform began in mid-2013. Construction related to the platform has already begun and is expected to be completed in 2016. The contract value will be included as part of the Company’s reported fourth-quarter backlog.

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$47 MILLION BUDGET CUT

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Just as New York City Public Library’s annual Summer Reading initiative kicks off with a well funded celebration at the Library’s landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue by encouraging kids and teens to read at their local branches throughout the summer to combat “summer slide” while they’re out of school, they are also asking the public for help to fight a $47 million city budget cut.

COUNTDOWN CONTINUES

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11:59 p.m TONIGHT, THE President will be required to initiate the budget process known as sequestration. As Obama is forced by law to trigger $85 billion in automatic budget cuts, now a bipartisan delegation marches to The White House on this first day of March to negotiate. But all are expected to restate long-held positions, making this of a photo op. In fact, now that sequestration has arrived, the budget gridlock gripping Washington may be about to get worse.

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