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Flying effortlessly down a snow-covered slope, feeling the wind in your face and soaking up the beautiful mountain scenery — there's a lot to love about skiing. It's a sport that kids can learn at a young age and continue doing for the rest of their lives, and it can take them to some of the most spectacular places on Earth.
But skiing can also present some very real dangers, from frostbite and sunburn to blown knees and head injuries. Make sure your kids follow these safety tips to learn how to stay safe on the slopes.
Skiing involves moving at very high speeds down steep hills past other skiers and natural and man-made obstacles. Falls, some of the spectacular variety, are going to happen, regardless of how good a skier someone may be, and collisions are relatively common. Also, since skiing takes place at high altitudes in the winter, the weather can range from sunny and bright to bitterly cold, with conditions changing rapidly from one slope to the next and from one hour to the next.
The skier safety code, which is printed on virtually every lift ticket and posted in numerous places around every ski area, lists some of the "inherent dangers and risks of skiing, including: changing weather conditions; existing and changing snow conditions; bare spots, rocks, stumps, trees; collisions with natural objects, manmade objects, or other skiers; variations in terrain; and the failure of skiers to ski within their own abilities." That's a pretty fair assessment of some of the dangers kids will encounter while skiing.
Before kids venture out to the slopes, it's essential for them to have the right gear and know how to use it. In addition to skis, boots, and poles, they will also need warm clothing, protective eyewear and helmets intended specifically for skiing or snowboarding.
Here's a list of what kids should bring each time they head up the mountain:
As anyone who has skied on a cold day can tell you, it's no fun if you don't have enough warm clothing. Likewise, on hot days having too many clothes can make kids sweat, which will lead to them getting cold when the sun dips behind a cloud or the mountains. The best way to tackle this situation is to dress kids in layers that they can shed or put on depending on the temperature.
Here's a rundown on what sort of clothes your kids should wear when skiing to avoid hypothermia and frostbite:
In addition to the gear and clothing previously mentioned, other items your kids might want to bring with them when they ski include:
One of the most effective ways to prevent injuries while skiing is to make sure your kids are in good shape before they ski. Stronger muscles will not only help them maintain control, they'll also make skiing more fun. If you know your kids will be hitting the slopes in the winter, make sure they get regular exercise in the summer and fall. They'll be glad they did. And remind your kids to always warm up and stretch before they start skiing.
When you get to the ski resort, if your kids have never skied before — or even if they have — sign them up for ski lessons. Even the best athletes in the world can't ski on their own the first time out. The best way to learn is from a trained instructor certified by the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA). Private lessons will give your kids the most one-on-one time with an instructor, but less-expensive ski school lessons work very well too and are an opportunity to make some new friends.
So, your kids have gotten themselves in shape, they've got all the right equipment and clothing, and they've taken a few lessons. They're finally ready to go skiing on their own.
There are still a few important things for them to remember to keep themselves safe, though:
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Acheson, Alberta – July 29, 2017 – Established in 1996, Myshak Sales & Rentals Ltd is committed to offering cranes & equipment rentals in Alberta for heavy industries. They rent a wide range of construction equipment including mobile cranes, rough terrain cranes, picker trucks, site maintenance vehicles, site tractors, trailers, wheel loaders, and more. They also provide engineering services on demand for complex projects.
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From innovative solutions to top-tier services and quality projects, Myshak Sales & Rentals Ltd is the one stop shop when it comes to mobile cranes, transportation service, and both bare and operated equipment rentals.
Myshak Sales & Rentals Ltd also manufactures the majority of their crane mats in-house in Acheson, AB. From the standard 4'x20' hardwood crane mat to the ability to accept custom orders for any size needed, they can supply the right mat for the job.
Maintaining a large quantity of each style mat on hand at all times has always been a staple of The Myshak Group. This allows them to supply customers with any quantity of mat large or small immediately.
The professionals at Myshak Sales & Rentals Ltd, a premier in heavy equipment rentals in Alberta, are fully certified, fully trained, understand your safety needs and provide you with the best quality of service.
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Rogthedodge necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 255 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
Sagamore Builders, LLC
Four of us, all real estate professionals (owner, broker, construction workers) decided to pool our resources together to form Sagamore Builders, LLC. We operate on the North Shore of Long Island, NY, an area with some of the highest demographics in the country. We are a startup but all highly experienced. Our partners are a mix of Americans and Latin Americans.
Sagamore Hill is the name of Teddy Roosevelt's (one of the Greatest Presidents ever!) home here in Oyster Bay. While it may be a questionable name for a General Contractor (Sag a more) it is a HIGHLY respected name in the area.
We do all types of construction. Kitchens, Baths, Additions, Tile work, Masonry work, Rough Carpentry and Finish work.
We take great pride in our work. We're fast, clean, smart and experienced. We're small but well capitalized. We work closely withour clients to ensure a result is EXACTLY what they want. We find numerous ways to cut cost but never compromise our quality.
Our Target market is the North Shore of Long Island, NY. It is often called the Gold Coast. The demographics are off the charts. Our customers want a top product without any worries. They will pay top dollar but don't want to feel ripped off. Our customers are single families and small businesses
I would like a logo with GREAT COLOR.
We will use on Websites, Hats, Shirts, Jackets, Stationary, Business Cards.
It needs to catch the eye but no gimmicks.
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From village fetes to music festivals...
Thousands of profitable shows and events take place in the UK every year. Find out how you can work at them. > Click here
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Markets are a great place to work: less stressful than big events but ideal for gaining experience. Find out how you can work them.
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The original home to the entire mobile catering industry, roadside trading has a lot to offer. Find out how you can do it. > Click here
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Private functions offer a low-risk way to earn money as you usually agree a fee in advance. Find out how to work at parties. > Click here
NCASS membership will save your business literally hundreds of pounds. There's no need to shell out more for training, legal documents and consultation when you're an NCASS member. You'll benefit from exclusive discounts with our trusted suppliers too. Suppose you might call the earning opportunities, special offers and crazy cashback deals the cherry on top.
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Pitch fees. Sometimes they make it hard to turn a profit. Sometimes they make it impossible not to make a loss. They can cause caterers an arm and a leg of grief. That's why you need to know the 8 Golden Rules for booking pitches, before you hand over any cash. > Read the rules
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JulieRobles necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Julie Robles Photography is becoming Jules & Albie Photography. We are a husband and wife team who specializes in fun, eclectic wedding photography. We want a colorful logo that fits our fun images.
Jules & Albie Photography
We need a logo that can stand alone on business cards or go in the corner of a photo as a watermark. Our products are high-end in quality. We want a high-end, but not stuffy look. Something really fun and quirky. Something memorable. We like to get to know our clients on a personal level and develop a comfortable rapport with them. Our studio is home-based, and we love to invite clients into our home for consultations. We are Christian and want to spread the love.
- We are fairly open to color schemes, but we like bright colors. We are thinking about basing our color scheme on the colors in this photo I took in New Orleans: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0KUroUiqd…h/0006.jpg
- A logo that pops and works with our style of photography. Our current website is http://www.julieroblesphotography.com and our blog is http://www.julieroblesphotography.blogspot.com. Please check out our photos and design accordingly.
- We love the look and style of a fashion magazine.
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- Really generic looking blah logos that no one will remember.
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There are more than 40,000 sets of unidentified human remains marked as John and Jane Does in cemeteries and medical examiners� offices all around this country
There are more than 40,000 sets of unidentified human remains marked as John and Jane Does in cemeteries and medical examiners� offices all around this country.
Even more poignantly, those numbers include bodies that have been cremated or disposed of by other means � and that�s just a good faith estimate. The true figures could be much higher.
In fact, if all of America�s unknown dead were counted, the statistics could easily populate a good-sized city.
An alarming number of unidentified remains remain that way. Even good investigators, diligence and hard work don�t necessarily bring favorable results when someone trips across a body.
The Doe Network (www.doenetwork.org) lists 75 cases in North Carolina of unidentified male and females with information on remains discovered as long ago as the mid-1970s and still unnamed. These are rare cases, to be sure, but not singular and not far away. Pitt, Wayne, Onslow, Pender and Carteret are included in a list that shares not only a quality of mystery but also the saddest part of tragedy, the sadness of not knowing.
On Nov. 10, the Greensboro Police Department will offer an opportunity for families of missing North Carolina residents to move their chances of finding their loved ones a little closer to reality.
On that day, police will do mass DNA screenings of families with missing loved ones. The results of those screenings will be sent to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs, which retains DNA profiles of missing persons entered by police, medical examiners and coroners all across the United States.
NamUs, a government agency that grew out of an effort to build an alliance between families, missing persons advocates and the professions that deal with them, welcomes DNA analyses that can help it put names to the growing numbers of remains on its databases. For the families of the missing, it�s another avenue to search for their loved ones.
DNA analysis for relatives of missing persons accomplished through the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification (UN-CHI) and NamUs costs participants absolutely nothing.
And for medical examiners, police investigators and families, the payoff can be a big one: Finding an identity, getting key evidence in a case or closing it and, most important of all, bringing loved ones home to where they belong.
The Greensboro P.D has a good idea. Here�s hoping more North Carolina law enforcement agencies follow its lead.


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U.S. Coast Guard feature story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler
On the morning of November 21st, 2012, a group of specialists arrive at Coast Guard Station Maui to face an annual challenge here in the Hawaiian Islands. Humpback whale season is beginning, and this assembly of scientists and first responders prepare to combine their skills, in an effort to aid marine mammals that have been entangled in fishing gear or suffered from vessel collisions.
Humpback whales complete their annual migration to the most isolated archipelago in the world each year, usually between November and April. During these months they remain in the waters surrounding Hawaii to breed, give birth and nurse their young. While transiting to or living in the Hawaiian Islands, it is common to receive reports of injured humpback whales, or animals entangled in various kinds of large fishing gear like nets and lines.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Program leads the effort to respond to entangled or injured humpback whales. The Coast Guard and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources work together with NOAA to respond to reports.
Entanglement and ship strikes are some of the primary threats to large whales, like the humpback. Since 2002, combined response efforts have freed 16 whales from life-threatening entanglements and more than a mile of gear has been removed from the animals.
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DWTS Who Wore it Better? Part XV – The Pre-Season 14 Edition!
Yep, we're back to talk fashion for yet another season's promo pix 🙂 And kids, this batch was a bit of a challenge for even me – at least 3 brand-spanking new dresses that weren't dittoed, some wacky alterations, weird lighting, and the fact that we don't have pix of Cheryl & Katherine yet made this edition a little less fun and a little more frustrating. But alas, it's here now, so enjoy! And a very special thanks to our reader Manny, who graciously helped us out with the screen cap of Niecy, since Hulu only has season 13 available to stream and the DWTS website has taken down all of the photos from old seasons…grrrrr. *shakes fist at sky*
Battle of the gold, silver, super-sparkly jive dress: Kym's pre-season 14 photo shoot vs. Kym's jive with David in season 13
Heidi: I know I'm going to disagree with Court on this one – by choosing the photo shoot version. 🙂 I like the more asymmetrical hem and I like her hair better in that pic. But damn, Kym always looks amazing and she does stick to the similar color pallette much of the time.
Court: Kym has always known what looks good on her (everything) and what doesn't (not much), but I love how she seems to stick to a lot of nude colors and just lets all the embellishments do the talking. I remember thinking "Wowwwww…that's soooo sparrrrrkllllllyyyy!" as she walked down the stairs last season in this number. But alas, the magic is a bit lost in the whitewash of the photo shoot – so I'm gonna go with jive Kym on this one 🙂
The winner: We love Kym in the nude (colors) 🙂
Battle of the black lace turtleneck tango dress: Bristol's Argentine tango with Mark in season 11 vs. Martina's pre-season 14 photo shoot
Court: I think this may actually be the very first ditto of a Bristol costume we've ever seen! Although if you've seen one Bristol ditto, I think you've pretty much seen them all, as this girl wore A LOT of black lace in season 11 – a fact that made my searching though her costumes all the more confusing 😛 But anyway…I gotta say, I'm not really wild about this costume on either woman. It just seems kinda…dowdy. But I guess if I had to pick, I'd actually pick Bristol – because I can at least tell it's a tango costume with the way she's styled & made up. Martina…just kinda looks like she's gesturing for no apparent reason. But she looks damn good for her age! 🙂
Heidi: I can't pick…too distracted by Marky's face in that picture. 🙂 The hell? Okay, all kidding :::cough::: aside, I have to agree with Courtney. Martina looks fabulous, but Bristol is fully made up for this dress and she wears it pretty well. I will say, very proud of Martina for going with a dress that is probably more daring on the bottom half than I would have expected.
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Nearly 40 student musicians at the University of Rochester will bring classic American rock 'n' roll to life as they perform some of the best-known songs in pop culture history during a three-hour tribute to iconic American musicians. The concert, organized by No Jackets Required, a student performance group at the University, is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, in the May Room of Wilson Commons on the University's River Campus.
"Musicians will flock to this show for the good old fashioned American rock 'n' roll," says Andy Brink, '14, an active member of No Jackets Required. "At the same time, anyone who loves to chant 'USA! USA! USA!' will love our show, too."
No Jackets Required was launched in 2007 and has performed many themed shows over the years, including "The 80s Show," a tribute to Woodstock, and last year's highly successful Beatles show. This year's concert will demonstrate the group's versatility by covering a broad range of musical styles, from Americana to blue collar rock.
The concert will feature three main sets, organized by genre. The first set will pay homage to iconic folk artists including Bob Dylan, James Taylor, and Peter, Paul, and Mary. The second set covers R&B and blues artists, with tributes to BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Marvin Gaye, and Janis Joplin. Set three, which focuses on rock, will include songs by Bruce Springsteen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the Eagles. Other featured artists run the gamut from Elvis Presley to Joni Mitchell, with more than 30 classic songs in the lineup.
In addition to traditional core band instruments such as guitars, bass guitars, and drums, the musicians on stage will include vocalists who will replicate the harmonies heard in many of the songs being covered. Brass instruments including trombones and trumpets will play horn arrangements and select songs will feature orchestral instruments such as cello and violin. In addition to the three larger sets, acoustic interludes, including Otis Redding's "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" and Robert Johnson's "Sweet Home Chicago," will round out the show's set list.
Tickets to the performance, which are $3 for University undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff, and $5 for the general public, can be purchased at the Common Market in Wilson Commons or at the door (cash only). For additional information about the show, visit No Jackets Required on Facebook or email them at email@example.com.
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Three debates worth having regarding the leaked NSA story -- and the leaker… Obama on the programs on Friday: "They help us prevent terrorist attacks"… Clapper: "Transparency has a doubled-edged sword"… Rand Paul's libertarianism becomes mainstream?... Getting 60 Senate votes for the immigration bill is relatively easy… But getting 70 is more difficult… The current conflict: More border security vs. not undermining the path to citizenship… McCain on closing Gitmo… And Democratic field for NJ SEN is getting crowded.
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National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defence contractor, is seen in this still image taken from a video during an interview with the Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong June 6, 2013.
*** Three debates worth having: The story that's once again dominating Washington and the political conversation is the leak of the secret National Security Agency programs, especially now that the leaker -- Edward Snowden, 29 -- has come forward and revealed himself. But the odds are that the political conversation will turn to another story later this week: immigration, as the reform legislation begins its long march toward a vote in the Senate. But we'll start with the NSA story… There are three debates now taking place. One, is Snowden a hero who exposed this secret program, or a criminal who revealed classified secrets (and is now hiding in Hong Kong)? Two, what exactly should be classified? The intelligence community, more or less, shrugged its shoulders at the release of the phone-records story; after all, USA Today had reported on it back in 2006. But it's apoplectic about the disclosure of the PRISM program (which gathers foreign intelligence through information from electronic sources, including major Internet companies). And three, why is much of our national security infrastructure being outsourced to private companies? As the New York Times writes, "Edward J. Snowden's employer, Booz Allen Hamilton, has become one of the largest and most profitable corporations in the United States almost exclusively by serving a single client: the government of the United States. Over the last decade, much of the company's growth has come from selling expertise, technology and manpower to the National Security Agency and other federal intelligence agencies." If something is so important and classified, then why is it outsourced?
*** Obama on the programs: "They help us prevent terrorist attacks": Answering a reporter's question on Friday, President Obama came across as sympathetic to having a debate over the NSA program, but he also strongly defended the tactics. "I came in with a healthy skepticism about these programs. My team evaluated them. We scrubbed them thoroughly. We actually expanded some of the oversight, increased some of the safeguards," he said. "But my assessment and my team's assessment was that they help us prevent terrorist attacks. And the modest encroachments on privacy that are involved in getting phone numbers or duration without a name attached and not looking at content — that on, you know, net, it was worth us doing." And he stressed oversight: "It's important to understand that your duly elected representatives have been consistently informed on exactly what we're doing."
*** Clapper: "Transparency has a double-edged sword": In an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said the leaks have been harmful to the United States, and that the NSA has "filed a crimes report" on the matter. "Transparency has a double-edged sword. And that our adversaries -- whether a nation state adversaries or nefarious groups -- benefit from that same transparency." Also in the interview, Clapper said much of the discussion of the massive phone-records database was hyperbole. "So the notion that we're trolling through everyone's emails and voyeuristically reading them, or listening to everyone's phone calls is on its face absurd. We couldn't do it even if we wanted to. And I assure you, we don't want to." Clapper also said that at least two terror plots had been foiled by the government surveillance program. But he admitted to NBC's Mitchell that it could be abused by a different administration. "That's a valid concern, I think. You know, people come and go, presidents come and go, administrations come and go, D.N.I.'s will come and go. But what is, I think-- important about our system is our system of laws, our checks and balances." But our questions: Who has oversight over the FISA court? And does Congress really have oversight or is there only so much information they receive in briefings?
*** Clapper on allegedly misleading Congress: Yet also in the interview, Clapper didn't have a good response why he seemed to mislead Congress about the program. "First-- as I said, I have great respect for Senator Wyden. I thought, though in retrospect, I was asked—'When are you going to start-- stop beating your wife' kind of question, which is meaning not-- answerable necessarily by a simple yes or no. So I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful manner by saying no." Clapper went on to say that his answer to Wyden was about the content of the phone conversations, not simply archiving the phone records. Clapper is VERY popular inside the Obama administration, but no one will ever mistake him for a good communicator.
*** Rand Paul's libertarianism becomes mainstream? Politically, what's interesting is that Rand Paul's libertarian positions are becoming more and more mainstream. The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza: "Give Sen. Rand Paul this: He very rarely misses a political pitch slung his way. The latest evidence is Paul's (R-Ky.) plan to launch a class action lawsuit against the government for the National Security Agency's collection of phone records and monitoring of Internet data. "If we get 10 million Americans saying we don't want our phone records looked at, then somebody will wake up and say things will change in Washington," Paul argued during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday." The question, however, is whether Paul's positions are mainstream inside the Republican Party.
*** Getting 60 votes for the immigration bill is easy… : As we mentioned above, the issue that's likely to dominate the rest of the week is immigration, with the Senate holding a cloture vote (requiring 60 votes) on the motion to proceed on the "Gang of Eight" legislation at 2:15 pm ET on Tuesday. And here's something to keep in mind: There are AT LEAST 60 votes for the bill, especially after Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) announced she was supporting it. According to our math, you take all 54 Democratic votes, add the four GOP "Gang of Eight" members (Flake, Graham, McCain, Rubio), add Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) who voted for the measure out of committee, and then add Ayotte. That's 60 votes, and we're not even counting likely "yes" votes from folks like Susan Collins (R-ME), Bob Corker (R-TN), or Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN). But the name of the game has never been about getting just 60 votes; it's been about getting close to 70. And we can list at least five other GOP senators who MIGHT vote the legislation: Roy Blunt (R-MO), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Dean Heller (R-NV), Mike Johanns (R-NE), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
*** Getting 70 is a bit more difficult: But it's not going to be easy. One of the reasons that immigration reform has been politically possible is that BOTH parties have had an incentive to pass reform -- Democrats want to follow through on a campaign promise, while Republicans want to improve their standing with Latino voters. Yet immigration reform supporters are now biting their fingernails because those incentives are beginning to fray a bit, particularly when it comes to the issue of additional border security. More and more Republicans are arguing that the legislation is flawed and that passing a bill won't solve their problems with Latinos. Meanwhile, Democrats say they won't back watered-down legislation that makes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants virtually unattainable.
*** More border security vs. not undermining the path to citizenship: NBC's Carrie Dann sums up this conflict: "All eyes this week will be -- again -- on Marco Rubio, who's indicated he'll need more stringent border security amendments included to support the bill -- and bring more conservative votes with him. But measures he's publicly backed (like the inclusion of "triggers" proposed by Texas Sen. John Cornyn and the shifting of more plan-making authority to Congress) are non-starters with Democratic leaders on the legislation. In an interview with Univision, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called the Cornyn amendment a "poison pill" and said he won't accept "big changes" to the bill on the floor. "I mean, we have a senator from Texas, Senator Cornyn who wants to change border security, a trigger, saying that it has to be a 100% border security, or they'll be no bill. That's a poison pill. If people have suggestions like they did in the judiciary committee to change the bill a little bit, I'll be happy to take a look at that. But we're not going to have big changes in this legislation." The Washington Post's Sargent also reports that Democrats see the Cornyn amendment as too onerous and therefore unacceptable to them.
*** McCain on closing Gitmo: Also over the weekend, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said "there is increasing public support for closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and moving detainees to a facility on the U.S. mainland," Reuters writes. "'There's renewed impetus. And I think that most Americans are more ready,' McCain, who went to Guantanamo last week with White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, told CNN's 'State of the Union' program." More: "Republican Senator John McCain said on Sunday there is increasing public support for closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and moving detainees to a facility on the U.S. mainland. 'There's renewed impetus. And I think that most Americans are more ready,' McCain, who went to Guantanamo last week with White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, told CNN's "State of the Union" program."
*** Three's Company? As expected, the Democratic primary for special Senate election in New Jersey is beginning to get crowded. After Newark Mayor Cory Booker officially announced his Senate bid on Saturday, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) followed suit a day later. "U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone said Sunday that he's officially in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat occupied by Frank Lautenberg and can win the Democratic primary against better-known Newark Mayor Cory Booker by running on his progressive congressional record," the AP says. "Pallone, (D-6th Dist.) planned to hold a news conference Monday announcing his intentions. He spoke exclusively to The Associated Press on Sunday night." Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) is the third Democrat to announce his candidacy, and there could be a fourth. "Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex) told fellow Democrats at a meeting Sunday night she was planning to run. Her boss, Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo, was in Booker's cheering section at his campaign kickoff in Newark."
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It is amazing how the months just seem to fly by these days. I probably say that every month. It seems appropriate though.
This month we will be broadcasting the meeting once again. This month the technology bug will not bite us like last month. I can feel it – we are bound for a problem free evening ;).
For any that are interested in attending this presentation virtually, you are welcome to attend. Here is the information that you will need in order to attend the meeting.
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Meeting ID: 8Z4B6M
Wayne Sheffield is going to be presenting to us this month. His presentation will be on the subject of Table Variables and some myths concerning those. It is certain to be well worth your time.


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Proving his deep love for classic Disney characters in Epic Mickey, acclaimed video game creator Warren Spector takes on Disney's first feathered family as the writer for BOOM! Studios' DuckTales comic book. Will he solve a mystery, or rewrite history?
It's never too late for a career change, as the 55-year-old Warren Spector demonstrates with his latest project, bringing the classic Disney Afternoon cartoon series back to life in graphic novel form. Spector is no stranger to the comic book store, having met his wife of nearly 24-years at one such store back in 1984. Note to current comic book store customers: This doesn't happen unless you're Warren Spector.
Spector will be joined by artist Miquel Pujol in creating new adventures for Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Launchpad McQuack, and of course, Donald. Maybe if we're really lucky we'll get a little GizmoDuck action up in here.
To celebrate the upcoming comic book series, let's take a look back at the Nintendo Entertainment System video game inspired by the show that started it all.
BOOM! to launch DuckTales in May [Comic Book Resource]


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 10 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
National legal help website publisher, network of 100+ websites.
Recent accident victims looking to settle or sue an insurance company.
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1. Has a form the same size as found on this page http://www.injury-settlement-guide.…ntact.html , however the colors of the actual form can be different colors not just the blue thats within the sample one.
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3. Does not have to many over powering images that detract from the pages primary focus of the user filing out the form on the page.
4. A designed landing page that you feel would work well within PPC advertising (squeeze page with call to actions and content (you can just copy content from this site for now http://www.injury-settlement-guide.…tact.html) , another page that will be used as the home page that is easy to navigate and also has calls to action like found on http://www.injury-settlement-guide.com/ , buttons are good, ads with calls to action in right side.
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Even The Wretched Deserve Justice
[Africa Commentary: On Uganda Land Grab]
[Africa Commentary: On Uganda Land Grab]
Ugandan Member of Parliament Simon Oyet (FDC, Nwoya) should be commended for his stand on behalf of the wretched of the earth regarding the land question in Acholi (please see: http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/Brigadier_evicts_100_families_68661.shtml
All Acholi, including those among us here who are also involved in massive land enclosures and speculations in Acholi, must think about the rest of those less fortunate and their children and their children.
This by no means is to discourage individual progress. But to think of gradually easing Acholi society into the kind of ravenous market society that some among us think we must hurtle it towards.
My position is that, Acholi communal land has been husbanded by our forbearers for centuries and access and use were well-regulated to ensure equity and social equality. This is not to say that there were no poorer folks as a result of laziness or some other disadvantages, but no one was landless or unable to grow their own food.
The British introduced us to capitalist mode of production more than 100 years ago. However, Acholi elites from that era up to about when Yoweri Museveni seized power did not behave like the elites we have today. Did we not have brigadiers, generals, professors, wealthy businessmen and women? Of course we did.
We must stop to think; why didn't Acholi elites like ladit Peter Aber, ladit Peter Oola, ladit Obadiyah Lalaobo, Nua Tukdel Ochora, Ezira Kibwota, Ananiya Akera, Otema Allimadi, Alex Ojera, Elijah Latim, Gino Obonyo, Opoka Tycoon Obuli, etc., never share out Acholi land among themselves in tens of thousands of hectares? They did not want to disregard the interests of the rest.
It is because they believed in fairness; and I want to say that I am personally a believer in fairness. I believe that every Acholi man, woman, and child born or still to be born; poor or rich, have equal rights to the fortunes that can be had from our land.
If land must be the only asset they have between eternal poverty and a decent living, then there must be someone or group of people to ensure that everyone benefits fairly. Given the poverty and deprivation of the last 22 years; given that less than 50% of our population is literate; and given that less than 5% of Acholi would afford to survive in an open land market, I am opposed to non-residential, large, private land holding on freehold tenure rather than leasehold.
Acholi needs to put a limit to such holdings, say 1,000 hectares at most with leases capped at 50 years. Until the gaps between the poor and the rich in Acholi is bridged, which may take 50 years, no Acholi communal land should be transformed and transferred to freehold tenures.
And those large land owners must be taxed for market values of their holdings. We need to think fairness. There is no other way about it on land.
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Remodeler Wins Top Award
It's one thing to have the admiration of your customers. It's quite another thing, however, to have the admiration of your competitors. Just ask 4V Corporation (http://4vcorporation.com) President Anthony Cucciniello.
"I think anybody would say that it's an honor,â€? says Cucciniello. "I don't think simply calling it an honor is enough though. I feel it shows me that my methods work--business methods, quality of work, customer relations--knowing that your competitors respect you for those types of things is highly motivating.â€?     Â
The honor which Cucciniello speaks about is the Big50 Award presented by REMODELING magazine. The award, which is presented annually to the top 50 remodeling companies in the nation, is based upon several categories. Among them are marketing professionalism and integrity, business practices, unique design, and overall community or industry impact. The Big50 Award is unique in that potential recipients are judged not only by REMODELING magazine, but by their competitors, suppliers, and subcontractors as well.       Â
"It's really a remarkable feeling to receive the award in front of your peers,� says Cucciniello. In a statement to the success of 4V Corporation, Cucciniello was also recently presented with an award of his own; in July of 2006, he achieved the prestigious status of Certified Remodeler. To become a Certified Remodeler, individuals must complete a program designed by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. The combination of the two achievements has turned 4V Corporation into one of the most respected remodeling firms in the New York Metropolitan area.
"I'm very proud of our corporation,� states Cucciniello. "The New York Metropolitan area can be a pressure-filled market. We've done some work for some very impressive clients, and I can assure you that they expect the best. It's a challenge our corporation thrives on.�
While many companies might think of the Big50 Award as a sort of pinnacle, 4V Corporation hopes to raise the bar even higher. According to Cucciniello, the challenge which sits in front of them is similar to that faced by any award-winning organization: maintenance.
"Now that 4V has achieved this status, we expect to stay at the top through innovation and quality worksmanship. Yes, we've received a very high honor; but now we have to maintain our position under a lot of scrutiny and competition. If nothing else, our customers will no doubt benefit from it.�
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Kent Island
Kent Island is in the Chesapeake Bay at the eastern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and is quickly becomming a popular tourist destination in Maryland. Kent Island is a great place to sample authentic Maryland seafood, take a historic stroll, or enjoy a trip out on the Chesapeake.
Kent Island has a rich history dating back to 1631, when William Claiborne of Jamestown first set up a trading post on the island. It is said that Claiborne liked being on Kent Island so much that he decided to make it his permanent home, and he started what would become the oldest English settlment in Maryland. Ever since then Kent Island has thrived as the crossroads of the Chesapeake. Several people, from founding fathers en route between Annapolis and Philadelphia, to vacationers on their way to Ocean City, have visited the island. Many of them, like Claiborne, have even liked Kent Island so much that they decided to move there.
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From Washington, take U.S. 50 east towards Annapolis, or if you're coming from the Baltimore area, take I-97 south to U.S. 50 east. Then, from Annapolis, follow U.S. 50 east towards the Bay Bridge (toll for the bridge is $6.00 eastbound only). After crossing the bridge, you're there! Exits 37 and 41 provide access to the island's major tourist attractions.
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The main way to get around Kent Island is by car, at least for now. Routes 8, 18, and 50 are the main roads to take from place to place, but if you want to go on foot or on bike, you can use the hiker-biker trails. The Cross Island Trail, as its name implies, goes across the island from Terrapin Park to Kent Narrows, and the Kent Island South Trail goes from Matapeake Park to Romancoke Pier. The trails unfortunately do not connect with each other, but there are plans to fix that in the future along with another trail south of Route 50, connecting Kent Narrows with Chester. With the new trails, future trips to Kent Island may involve getting around by bike instead of by car, just be ready for the workout, even currently, Kent Island has over 12 miles of trail!
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When on Kent Island, Verizon and Sprint get the best service (Telus/Bell/Aliant/Clearnet/Telus Mike for our Canadian friends, they work just as well), AT&T/T-Mobile (Rogers/Fido) get poor to no service, especially on the southern end.
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Annapolis and Cape St. Claire are on the other side of the Bay Bridge, and Grasonville, Centreville, and Wye Mills are on the other side of the Kent Narrows Bridge. Grasonville is immediately past the bridge and beyond it lies Queenstown, the location of the Queenstown Prime Outlets which offer designer outlet shopping. Beyond Queenstown you have a choice of going north along Route 301 to Centreville and the upper counties, and southeast along Route 50 to Wye Mills and the lower shore.


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Dresses, Dresses, Dresses...not much of a dress kind of girl -i'd pick pants over dresses any day- only because I just feel way more comfortable in moving around in them more so than dresses, don't you agree? I mean i'd be in constant alert on a windy day making sure flashing is NOT going to be an option..just imagine if that happened...I just cant right now hahaha #embarrassing
BUT, for some odd reason my eyes have been wavering towards the dresses section. The days have gotten warmer and shorts just doesn't seem quiet right to me this season, or maybe I should wait a little more before I proclaim my new found attraction to dresses. Thanks to Lush Clothing for gifting me a few pieces (watch out for another dress and a pair of shorts post about them soon!), I am IN LOVE with this lovely floral dress haha They make amazing pieces, so make sure to watch out for their label!


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Colleagues of Gabriel Luis Acosta will be providing live coverage of his memorial service. Services begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, with a luncheon to follow at The Grove Community Church, 19900 Grove Community Drive.
In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that donations be sent to the Gabriel Acosta Scholarship Fund, to be used for the education of Acosta's two children, Woodcrest Christian School, 18401 Van Buren Blvd., Riverside, Calif., 92508.


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So, sometimes you don't have to work so hard to make your gluten-free dreams come true.
In fact, it just takes a bit of surfing.
Take for example my bizarre craving for a Hostess Ho-Ho. I honestly don't think I've eaten a Ho-Ho in 20 years (Gad! I'm getting OLD when I can say that, huh?) Suddenly at the end of the week, I found myself craving the impossible gluten-filled, preservative-festival Ho-Ho.
What in the world is going on with me?
Nope, I'm not pregnant. I *wish*! (That's a whole other story… and one that has us putting every penny away for adoption that we can!)
Instead, I decided to try to make my own. However, this craving hit me on Thursday and I have been busy as heck getting things ready for Final Exams at school. Make up a new recipe? Nope. Not on Thursday Night. No way. I just wanted a stinkin' Ho-Ho for goodness sake, not an expedition into baking.
So I turned to the internet and my problems were solved. I found an excellent flourless chocolate sponge cake at Joy of Baking. While most of the recipes there have the potential of causing giant green-eyed baking monsters to climb on my shoulders and peer at the pictures with me, I tend to go there when I am in need of inspiration. And thank goodness I found it!
I then used a whipped filling recipe that was a piece of cake and fairly well-known by many.
I didn't create either of these recipes. I just put them together, rolled up my giant Ho-Ho and sliced it into individual serving sizes. After all, what's a chocolate-eating, Ho-Ho craving gal to do when her Love doesn't eat chocolate or sweets? (He's just plain wrong, I know. LOL) I did the only thing I could think of! I packed up a family pack for Mohammed and Gaby and some smaller single servings for students who are GF or have family who is GF. And I had two pieces left over.
Yes. My weekend was Ho-Ho filled. Deliciously, thank you. I think I'm done ever craving a Ho-Ho to be honest. Not just because it's been 20 years (again- ACK!) but because this homemade version is quite honestly, better. More moist. Easy to make. And I know exactly what the ingredients are.
Here are the recipes.
For the flourless chocolate sponge cake, click here. (Until I get permission from Stephanie to post her recipe here as well, I have only including the link.)
Gluten-free, flourless Ho-Ho
Makes a dozen generous servings.
1 flourless chocolate sponge cake
Whipped Filling:
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon orange extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1/3 cup milk
1 cup powdered sugar
Chocolate Glaze topping:
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 Tablespoon butter
- Make the flourless sponge cake. Cover the warm cake with two damp paper towels (wring out all of the water from the towels) to keep the top moist and the cake flexible.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the sugar, shortening, extracts, and milk for 6-7 minutes. It *will* become blended, whipped, and smooth – even though it doesn't look like it at first.
- Add the powdered sugar and beat again for an additional 5 minutes. The filling will fluff up and become light with this amount of time. Less time and the filling will be dense.
- Remove the paper towels from the sponge cake. Spread the filling across the sponge cake evenly.
- Roll the cake along the long-side. (I used a jelly roll pan with greased (important!) parchment paper to make the sponge cake.) Use the parchment paper to help you roll the cake and make sure that the final roll has the cake resting upon itself to help keep it rolled tight.
- GLAZE: Heat the heavy cream (whipping cream) until almost just at the boiling point – but don't let it boil.
- Pour the heated cream over the chocolate chips and stir until the chips have all melted and it is smooth.
- Add the tablespoon of butter to the chocolate glaze and stir until well incorporated.
- With the cake resting again on a piece of clean parchment paper in a clean jelly roll pan, pour the glaze slowly over the top so that it drizzles down the sides and coats the sides of the cake evenly.
- Allow the glaze to set overnight on the cake. It will be soft, but not sticky when it is set.
- Cut and serve. (I also cut the pieces before glazing if you want to try that as well.)
Happy Ho-Ho Making!


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David Alan Barclay (b. November 5) is a puppeteer and animatronic supervisor with extensive experience in Muppet and Henson productions. For the Muppets, his most notable contribution was performing Sprocket in multiple international co-productions of Fraggle Rock, in some cases even re-dubbing the barks. He has also been involved with the London Creature Shop from the beginning, working on The Dark Crystal through more recent projects.
Barclay helped to build Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back, and served as Frank Oz's understudy for the character. He also performed Jabba the Hutt for Return of the Jedi. Expanding on his work in animatronics, Barclay has also worked extensively in the use of motion capture and animatronics for CGI characters, as well as actual key frame computer animation.
Barclay's non-Henson credits include Little Shop of Horrors (as part of the Audrey II team), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (as chief puppeteer for the live props handled by animated characters), and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (puppeteering Bugs Bunny in test green-screen footage).
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- The Dark Crystal: uncredited puppeteer for Aughra and UrSkeks
- Labyrinth: Sir Didymus (marionette version, eyebrows on handpuppet), Firey 1 (assistant); uncredited on Shaft of Hands, Goblins (including a riding goblin), The Worm, and other assistance
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- The StoryTeller: Greek Myths: Vulture ("Daedalus and Icarus")
- The Muppet Christmas Carol: Additional Muppets
- The Neverending Story III: Mr. Rockbiter, Unlucky Rabbit
- The Odyssey: Cyclops (facial puppeteer), Polites as Pig (puppeteer)
- Lost in Space: Blawp (puppeteer)
- Alice in Wonderland: Dormouse, Gryphon (face and beak sync), Flamingoes, Hedgehogs, Guinea Pig Jurors, Cheshire Cat body
- The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas: Head Puppeteer (Puppy Dino, Alarm Bird, Mammoth, Vaccuum Cleaner, Other Appliance Creatures)
- Snow Dogs: Demon, Chief Puppeteer
- Studio DC: Almost Live!: Additional Muppet performer
- Where the Wild Things Are: Puppeteer for Terry
- The Muppets: Additional Muppet performer
- Muppets Most Wanted: LA Muppet performer
- Disney Movies Anywhere: Bunny in "Bunnies Go to Muppets Most Wanted Movie Premiere"
- The Muppets Take the Bowl: Additional performer
- The Muppets Take the O2: Additional performer
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- The Dark Crystal: Creature fabrication (Aughra and UrSkeks)
- Dreamchild: Mechanical designer (Dormouse and The Mock Turtle)
- Labyrinth: Creature workshop team (Sir Didymus)
- Lost in Space: Blawp (keyframe animator)
- Merlin: Dragon animator
- The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas: CGI Remote Control Bird animator
- Cats & Dogs: Animatronic Effects Supervision
- Snow Dogs: Performance/Build Supervisor
- Stuart Little 2: Animatronics supervisor
- Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic: Visual effects coordinator
- The Ladykillers: Digital puppeteer/keyframe animator


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Vintage AMG Owner. 3-5 Year Quail/Amelia Island Tuner Class
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I am a passionate vintage AMG collector (cars modified by AMG before Mercedes-Benz took ownership interest/control in the 90's). In this regard, I consider pre-merger AMG to be a tuner.
As you are aware, most notable Concours shows limit cars to 1973 or so and older, despite the fact that time marches on and enthusiasts and their "dream" cars move with the calendar.
2017 marked the 50th Anniversary of AMG (1967-2017). I tried to get a class at the 2017 Quail show in Monterey, but was unsuccessful. Lack of support from Mercedes/AMG didn't help! A core group of enthusiasts still made the trek to Monterey and showed our cars at The Legends show.
Not accepting defeat, it is my belief that the major car shows in the US (The Quail, Amelia Island, Hilton Head, Pinehurst) would be very accepting to a class of Tuner Cars from the 70's/80's/and maybe 90's.
AMG, Ruf, Alpina, Koenig, Gemballa are examples of tuner marques that would be a big hit with spectators. To that end, I am reaching out to the Alpina Can Am Forum to begin this endeavor.
I am looking at a 5-year window to pull this off. My goal is The Quail and/or Amelia Island. I know enough about Alpina cars to know how special they are. AMG cars that you may know include the Hammer, Widebody SEC's, DTM EVO's. Ruf is another tuner that modified Porsches. These are the 3 main tuners for Porsche/Mercedes/BMW.
Can the Forum leaders lend assistance to this endeavor via your contacts with authentic Alpina owners? I will likewise reach out to the Ruf/Porsche crowd for their support. This could be a great way to show these special cars and promote their history. We would be shooting for high end concours events like The Quail and Amelia Island - the cars sent would need to be authentic (documented) and the best of the best. As collectors, you all know the added provenance showing our cars at an ultra high event can add to our cars value and prestige, to say the least about the acclaim and press our cars would attract.
Al Lydon
Atlanta, GA
Welcome to the forum Al.
Interesting idea that is well outside my knowledge and experience. How do you proceed to accomplish such a goal?
My plan is to identify potential worthy cars/owners to a group of about 10-15 cars and begin a series of communications between the owners. Discuss our cars, the history of the cars, provenance and condition. Formulate a target year to shoot for and prepare a dossier of the car's and owners to present to The Quail and Amelia Island Concours committees.
Having a desireable class complete with a pre-screened selection of stellar cars that are committed to showing our cars would be very compelling.
I have found car people are passionate and great to get to know. Special cars have great stories to tell, which applies to the owners as well.
I think this is a way to get special, newer vintage cars to be shown at premier events.
Ok. I'm the forum owner here, let me know how I can help, perhaps by private message.
Good Luck with Amelia Island. They are pretty firm on how old the car has to be (I personally know one of the people who run the show).
Instead of trying to show the cars on in the Sunday Concours, it would probably be better to do it as a group at the Saturday show, which is open to newer cars.
Also, regarding ALPINA as a "tuner" car, from the 80's ALPINA was recognized as a manufacturer, complete with their own VIN, and not a tuner.
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N.C. Rep. Michael Speciale, R-Craven, has introduced a bill in the House that would keep tolls off ferry routes on the Neuse and Pamlico rivers, and N.C. Sen. Norman Sanderson, R-Pamlico, said he plans to introduce a more comprehensive bill aimed at achieving the same end.
The current state budget calls for tolls to be placed on the Cherry Branch-Minnesott ferry and the Aurora-Bayview ferry beginning July 1, and for fee increases on other long-distance ferries. The Hatteras-Ocracoke and Knotts Island-Currituck ferries � used mostly by summer tourists � will continue to be free to all riders.
Speciale said research showed tolls on the Neuse and Pamlico ferries are expected to bring in about $500,000 in revenue, while implementing tolls on the Outer Banks free ferries would bring in $1.2 million, enough to pay for the cost to operate all four routes.
�None of it makes much economic sense to me, and I wasn�t born last night,� said Speciale, who represents Craven, Pamlico and Beaufort counties, districts where the Neuse and Pamlico ferries are located.
Speciale said his main complaint against the current plans for tolls on the currently free routes is that they harm the working commuters who make up the large percentage Cherry Branch and Aurora riders.
�If we�re going to have tolls, it makes sense to charge the tourists and not the North Carolinians,� Speciale said. �There�s no reason that people living in North Carolina here should be paying for tourists to ride for free while we�re paying our own way.�
According to the Ferry Division, about 91 percent of vehicles on the Cherry Branch route have in-state license plates, with many drivers commuting to work at Cherry Point or other locations, Speciale said.
�They are people going to work. You�re not going to get a lot of tourists on these ferries,� he said. �On the Hatteras and the Knotts Island ferries, you get more tourists.�
About 57 percent of vehicles on the Hatteras-Ocracoke route have out-of-state license plates, according to the Ferry Division.
�I don�t like them going for free while our citizens are paying,� Speciale said. �If they wanted all four of them to be toll free, I have no problem with that, if they wanted to leave it just the way it was.
�The purpose of my bill is if you are going to try and raise money off of them, then you need to raise the money off the ones where the tourists are at and not the ones where the commuters are riding. That�s the whole gist of it. The other legislators may put in amendments to exempt all four of them, and I don�t have a problem with that.�
Speciale�s bill is currently in committee.
�This bill may morph a couple of times before it hits the floor but the bottom line is that I�m going to do everything that I can do so that when it does hit the floor both of these are exempted from the ferry tolls,� Speciale said.
He said there may be a need for tolls in the future, but with the current economy, now was not the time.
�At some point down the line, I think any reasonable person would say that if we�re going to continue to cut spending and everything else, at some point it�s going to have to be revisited but certainly not at a time when we are having economic problems and people don�t have jobs. This is not the time to even consider something like this,� he said. �If you�re going to cut, sometimes it�s going to be in your backyard. I don�t see it at any time in the near future, but at some point down the line everybody needs to realize that if the legislature is going to continue to cut spending and reduce the size of government, some of these things will have to be paid for. This is certainly not the time.�
Sanderson said that while he supported the spirit of Speciale�s bill, he would introduce his own in the Senate.
�I�m going to come at it from a little different angle, so we�ll have two bills working for the same end result,� Sanderson said. �I haven�t filed mine yet because I want my bill to be a little bit more comprehensive as to how we go about this. I�m looking at putting in my bill some cost-saving measures to help offset the money that the legislature directed the ferry to raise because I think that that needs to also be a part of it.�
Sanderson said that while more tourists may use the Outer Banks ferries, a lot of workers use them as well.
�I understand on those two ferries out there that they have a lot more tourists than we do and to bear the brunt of that, but at the same time there are workers out there that depend on those ferries for the same thing that my folks depend on our ferries for,� said Sanderson, who uses the ferry to get from his Pamlico County home to his day care business in Havelock. �I�m hoping that we can come up with a little bit more comprehensive bill that will make it easier on all of us that use those ferries for work just as I do.�
The General Assembly mandated in 2011 that the N.C. Department of Transportation increase ferry revenues $5 million a year annually, but in 2012, then Gov. Bev Perdue put a one-year moratorium on rate increases and new fees.
The 2012-13 budget that passed in June of last year included tolls and toll increases that would take effect July 1.
For Cherry Branch, fees would be $1 for car passengers and pedestrians, $2 for bikes, $3 for motorcycles, $4 for cars less than 20 feet, $8 for vehicles 20 to 40 feet and $12 for vehicles more than 40 feet in length. An annual commuter pass for a vehicle 20 feet or less would by $150.
For the Fort Fisher and Aurora routes, fees would be $2 for car passengers and pedestrians, $3 for bikes, $5 for motorcycles, $10 for cars less than 20 feet, $20 for vehicles 20 to 40 feet and $30 for vehicles more than 40 feet in length. An annual commuter pass for a vehicle 20 feet or less would by $200.
For the Cedar Island-Ocracoke route, the current $15 fee for an average size vehicle to cross will jump to $27, and add $5 for every passenger older than 13. For a family of four, the cost jumps to as much as $42 for a one-way trip versus the current $15 charge today.


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Vettel wins 4th straight Korean GP
Kimi Raikkonen drove from 10th on the grid to finish second and his Lotus teammate, Romain Grosjean, was third.
Vettel stormed away from pole and never looked back. Vettel is so good he pulls away in the first few laps out of DRS range and no one can ever catch him after that. It's as if he is taking candy from a baby.
Second place starter Lewis Hamilton was out driven right from the start, and his ego deflated, was then passed by Romain Grosjean before suffering extreme tire wear in his second stint and fell back from Grosjean towards his teammate Nico Rosberg - only for the German's front wing to partially fail in a shower of sparks as he overtook his struggling teammate.
Another safety car followed when Adrian Sutil spun into Turn 3 on the restart lap and clouted Webber, causing the Red Bull to catch fire in the run-off area.
After that restart the race ran green to the finish, with Vettel edging away from Raikkonen and Grosjean to win.
"It was a long race today, but it's really great to win. The start was crucial, it's always tricky here as you're nervous about the long straight when you start from pole," said Vettel.
"Fortunately we had good traction off the line and I had a strong exit out of the first corner. We kept the lead and tried to control the race from there. I think Mercedes had more range than us today, but we were able to win which is great. It was a very strong performance from the whole team and I'm happy. We're just focusing on continuing to take one step at a time and trying to get the best out of the car at every single race."
Grosjean believes the appearance of the Safety Car was pivotal in him losing second position, with Lotus team-mate Kimi Raikkonen getting close enough to make a move after pitting at the same time.
Although Raikkonen is confident that he would have been able to achieve the same result under normal circumstances, Grosjean reckons the situation played into the Finn's hands, with the decisive pass coming in between the two caution periods.
"It was good to be very close to the Red Bull," began Grosjean, "but unfortunately for me and luckily for Kimi the Safety Car came and we had to pit at the same time. We wanted to get a little bit of an advantage, but I made a small mistake which is my fault. Then Kimi passed me and there were yellow flags, so I couldn't use the DRS."
Grosjean was satisfied with his overall race performance at the Yeongam circuit, however, the Frenchman returning to the rostrum for the first time since the German Grand Prix: "I tried to push hard at the end and it's good to be back on the podium."
Fernando Alonso said his pre-race feeling was "unfortunately confirmed" during Sunday's Korean Grand Prix, having predicted that his Ferrari team would struggle.
The Spaniard, who started from the third row, appeared to struggle with severe tire graining on Pirelli's Medium compound tire and ultimately had to settle for sixth position, just behind Mercedes rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg.
"We are not competitive," said Alonso, whose run of three second place finishes ends. "Normally we have good race pace but here we didn't have the performance we expected. The long runs on Friday were not as good as at other Grands Prix.
"We knew the race was going to be tough and unfortunately we confirmed this feeling. And all the race we were stuck behind [Nico] Hulkenberg which doesn't help the tires."
He added: "Hopefully in Suzuka we can come back and fight for the podium again."
Felipe Massa, who narrowly avoided ending Alonso's race after misjudging his approach to Turn 3 on the opening lap, finished ninth in the sister Ferrari.
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Combined revenues for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are forecast to total US$6.12 billion in the fourth quarter, down from US$6.76 billion in the third, Digitimes Research said. The top-three IC foundries have experienced a decline in capacity utilization rates, which will cause wafer ASPs for the fourth quarter to fall, Digitimes Research indicated.
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While working on SimCopter, a programmer who was secretly annoyed that there were no gays in Maxis products surreptitiously added two guys who kissed each other – often. That did not sit well with Wright and Braun, who had made certain that Maxis did not discriminate and had health care benefits for gay partners. The employee was shown the door, but the damage was done. SimCopter had to be recalled, which hit the company's stock hard, not to mention the harm it did to its reputation.
Goldberg does not make clear whether the blow to Maxis' reputation had more to do with the poor quality of the game(s) or the gayness of the kissing. I've never played any of the Sim series. So I was curious about how they treat gay folks.
According to this post by Lyle Masaki at AfterElton, The Sims "was a breath of fresh air … The Sims' idea of love included same-sex romances. It was a welcoming touch of the real world." As in the real world, Masaki says, gays could move in together but not marry. As of The Sims 3, however, "after a week of game time, I was able to get a male couple to plan a wedding party and tie the knot."
And if you want to see some Sims-style gay canoodling, there's a youtube video you can watch. (It's kind of cute.)
source: All Your Base Are Belong To Us: how fifty years of videogames conquered pop culture by Harold Goldberg


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