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Op-ed piece exposed myths about poverty
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kudos to Gary Zuckett and his wonderfully written op-ed in the Sept. 17 Gazette. His "Hunger games in Congress" illustrates a fine tuned understanding and truth about the nonsense that's become a hallmark of this Congress.
Zuckett's truth talk needs to be trumpeted throughout the country. There is a belief in this country that "the poor don't want to work." There are members of Congress who promote this belief through a steady stream of propaganda and actions. These are the folk who are elected to represent all of us! (Nod and wink)
My work in the hills of West Virginia as well as the Mid-South Delta region has taught me a few things about poverty and the human spirit. Don't ever underestimate spirit in the face of adversity. People will always find a way to survive, and their survival may be against the values that we have set as a standard. In other words, inside or outside of the system, there is a path. If members of Congress believe that the so-called underclass of people in this country deserve to suffer and be cut off of SNAP benefits, local communities will feel the effects in a very hard way.
This country continues to bleed living wage skilled jobs to offshore locations, and it is unconscionable to believe and promote the idea that "the poor don't want to work!" It's nonsense. This belief has now morphed into the poor don't need to eat!
We need to wake up and get a shot of truth serum. Low and minimum wage replacement jobs in the marketplace have not and will not keep up with the cost of living. Wages remain stagnant for the majority of people. We are creating more poor people through this method of employment! Evidence is all around in commissioned reports, U.S. government reports, local and community reports, foundation reports and reports of reports!
Contrary to propaganda, it's not about all of us being taxed to death but about those not paying their fair share through corporate loopholes. Insult is then added to injury by some of those same tax dodgers who extract local industry jobs and send them abroad. Communities have been devastated, and once thriving local economies have become wastelands or are in a daily struggle just to keep operating above the waterline. A thin tax base will do that to a community.
If those in Congress don't understand the REAL storyline about people in this country, they need to be replaced with problem solvers who can work together. We the people also need to stop taking the propaganda bait when it's thrown out to confuse us about solvable work, health and welfare issues. We deserve better!
Paulette Mabry


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Economists often use Gross Domestic Product as the measure of the size of an economy as well as to measure economic health, growth, etc. While useful in general, it's not always a perfect measure of economic well being, and this comic helps to explain why.
Does the situation in the cartoon actually count in GDP? At the very least, it's a helpful thought exercise to test your understanding.
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On the water. Down in the valley.
The view of the Wabash River looks starkly different from that vantage point, compared with overlooks, scenic as they may be.
Once weekly, Brendan Kearns tours various points along the 50-mile span from Montezuma to Darwin, Ill., aboard his motorboat. Towering cottonwood and maple trees lean over the banks. The river stretches out ahead like a vast aquatic highway, 200 yards or more wide, sometimes wavy, sometimes glassy. He spotted a deer swimming across the stream last week. He sees turtles, snakes and other reptiles.
Cruising south, he marveled at a debris-free bank of white sand near Prairieton that was "absolutely beautiful. You'd get to points where you'd get lost in the ride," Kearns said. "I was like, 'Wow. Where am I?'"
Between Terre Haute and Clinton, Kearns often spies as many as eight bald eagles gliding overhead. "A few years ago, two or three would be a treat," he said.
The Wabash, Kearns added, "seems to be so much healthier."
The 41-year-old river aficionado studies the waterway closely. Just as he's eyed more eagles, Kearns has also seen more refrigerators and freezers dumped beside the banks. An island near Tecumseh stands "full of plastic," discarded containers washed up and caught by snags of brush, he said. Awareness of the Wabash's value has risen through public campaigns, such as Terre Haute's 2013 Year of the River observance, the Riverscape enhancement project, and the state's Healthy Rivers Initiative that set aside 43,000 acres of wildlife and wetlands areas, including the Wabashiki preserve near West Terre Haute. The humbling effect of human carelessness always lurks just upstream, though, at any point on the Wabash's 474.7-mile course.
Nobody understands the Terre Haute section quite like Arbie Montgomery.
He and his small team of anglers fish its waters regularly, pulling the harvest from submerged nets every other day. On the days between, they clean and fillet the fish for commercial sale in the market shop beside his modest West Terre Haute home. Montgomery learned the skills from his grandfather, Nathan Hedden, who died in 1964.
"He said before he was gone, 'You take this over, and you'll never be hungry,'" Montgomery said, between sips of coffee and puffs on a cigarette while sitting at his kitchen table.
Montgomery turns 82 years old this month. Indeed, he took over the family business in 1976, retiring after a quarter-century at Stran Steel and several more years as a construction worker before that. A father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Montgomery never stopped working the river and repeatedly shares his grandfather's advice.
"I tell everybody, 'Learn to fish, and you'll feed the world,'" Montgomery said.
His quote someday could be etched in stone in West Terre Haute. Most residents know him.
"He's a legend. … 'Fish Man,'" said Ray Tevlin, a fishing buddy of Montgomery's. "You can go about anywhere, and somebody knows him."
Lessons from a boat
Montgomery taught a few things to the guys cleaning hefty catfish on a warm June morning at his shop, retired policeman Sam Lee and Gary Frazier. "He made me quick at it," Lee said, as Frazier hung a 2-foot-long catfish on a hook. "That, and a lot of practice."
Like the river, stories and hints flow from Montgomery. His uncle, Herman "Jeep" Hedden, caught an 82-pound catfish in the Wabash, and an orange flathead with blue eyes. "He was a better fisherman than I am," Montgomery said. His own memorable catches include two burbot, resembling a cross between a catfish and an eel. As far as unusual bait tips, he suggests Ivory soap, seriously.
And peanut butter, not so seriously.
One day as Montgomery was about to launch his boat at the river dock, a lawyer — wearing a suit and tie, accompanied by his 12-year-old son — asked if they could join him. "I said, 'Well, yeah, but you're not gonna look like that when you get done,'" Montgomery recalled, with a husky laugh. Together, they caught "a ton" of fish.
Before they reached shore, Montgomery gave the youngster instructions.
"I told that boy, 'If somebody asks you what bait we used, say peanut butter,'" Montgomery explained. "And sure enough, when we got back, there was a guy there, and he asked. The boy didn't even crack a smile and said, 'Peanut butter.' I told [his dad], 'He's gonna be a good fisherman.'"
His expertise reaches state wildlife officials, too. Montgomery first detected Asian carp in the Wabash more than a decade ago and alerted the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Long before that, he saw a nearby creek turn a golden color from a sulfur pollutant and reported the problem, leading to a cleanup. "Anything comes up on the river, I call the DNR," Montgomery said.
The reason? "Just trying to keep the river clean," he said.
And, just as Kearns stated, the Wabash is significantly cleaner than decades past, from Montgomery's perspective. "Back when my granddad was fishing, you raise the nets, and it was all slime from [refuse discharged by] the packing plants," Montgomery said. "It's 99 percent cleaner than it was."
He's a testament to that opinion, having eaten Wabash River fish for "about 80 years. I've never quit eating them."
'Every trip's different'
Just as the public has misperceptions of the river's quality, people may also underestimate its recreation potential.
Joe Hoopingarner shows folks what they may have overlooked. He launched Joe's Airboats seven years ago this month. Since then, he's taken 26,000 customers on excursions up and down the Wabash from his base of operations at Fairbanks Park on the riverside. First-timers usually are surprised. "People have no idea how nice the river is till they come out here," Hoopingarner said.
A family of five from Pearland, Texas, showed up for a mid-morning adventure in June. The dad, 57-year-old Bill Taylor, found Terre Haute and Hoopingarner's business on a web search of things to do in Indiana as the family traveled on a cross-country vacation from Texas to Maine, with stops in between to gaze at Niagara Falls, visit the Statue of Liberty in New York and canoe with their Boy Scout troop in Arkansas.
They wanted to do something fun on a stop in Indiana.
"I just went down the list, and this is the one that caught my eye," Bill said.
As a result, Bill, his wife, Sabrina, daughters, Shelby and Sarah, and son, Joey, climbed onto Hoopingarner's boat, put on sound-muffling headphones and toured the river aboard Freedom. The Wabash, and the ride, impressed them. "It's a lot cleaner than some we've been on," said Bill, also noting its natural appearance. "There are not very many rivers in Texas where you can go such a stretch without seeing any houses."
That untamed state of the longest free-flowing river east of the Mississippi inspired Hoopingarner when he sought city approval to operate a passenger airboat business on the Wabash. The Parks and Recreation board OK'd his idea. One board member gave Hoopingarner a standing ovation. "He just kind of stood up and clapped his hands, and said he was just glad to see something happening on the river," Hoopingarner recalled.
He bought his airboats, Freedom and Independence, for $43,000 each from a builder in Cocoa Beach, Fla. Propelled by a huge, caged fan at the boat's rear, the crafts can reach speeds of 70 mph, but Hoopingarner and his fellow pilot — his father, Dennis — go no faster than 35 to 40 mph with their riders. The pace is only one aspect of the journey, though. The sights loom large, too.
"I just think people are discovering this is an asset," Hoopingarner said of the Wabash, as he idled Freedom's motor on a June jaunt south of Interstate 70. "You just never know what you're going to see out here because every trip's different."
He met a guy launching a canoe, fully loaded with supplies, headed for New Orleans. On another outing, he crossed paths with a couple — aboard an 18-foot jon boat — who'd traveled various waterways all the way from Montana. Hoopingarner took a group of women from a local service club to a sandbar, where they enjoyed an afternoon wine-and-cheese picnic, then he picked them up and dropped them back off at the Fairbanks dock. He sees white, sandy beaches, and bald eagles. He also sees deer swim across the Wabash, as well as otters.
Even a squirrel crossed the tricky current. "He must've wanted one of those nuts on the other side pretty bad," Hoopingarner quipped.
And, he sees occasional leaping Asian carp, an invasive species that reached the Wabash in the late 1990s and threatens the ecological food chain. The leaping fish aren't typically stirred by Hoopingarner's crafts. "They don't like my boats," he joked, grinning behind a pair of mirrored-sunglasses. "They know I charge for rides, so they don't jump in."
Aside from the carp, Hoopingarner — an "adventurer" who once water-skied the Wabash from Terre Haute to Clinton — enjoys his river encounters. "I've met a lot of friends out here I'd never have met if it weren't for the river," he said.
Realizing possibilities
Such activity fits the vision a group of Wabash advocates laid out when they launched Riverscape more than a decade ago, aimed at "transforming our riverfront." The possibilities involved private and public development along the banks of recreational outlets, wildlife parks, trails and bike paths, markets, shops and residential areas. In the years since, "like most long-term efforts, there's a certain kind of evolution" of plans, explained Fred Nation, board member of Riverscape, also known as Wabash River Development and Beautification Inc.
The elements of Riverscape, like the three legs of a stool, involved the Wabashiki Fish and Wildlife Area, the sector north of Cherry Street and west of Third Street, and the old southside industrial corridor, Nation said. Activity is under way in those locations, with Indiana State University planning athletic facilities west of Third Street, the 2010 opening of Wabashiki (which eventually will encompass 6,935 acres of wetlands), and the development by the City of Terre Haute of a trail from Fairbanks Park south through the old industrial corridor.
"That's happening and will continue to happen over the next several years," Nation said of those efforts.
The water quality is changing for the better, too. The $120-million upgrade under way at Terre Haute's wastewater treatment facility — the largest public works project in city history, as Mayor Duke Bennett put it — along with additional improvements to the sewer system outside that plant will reduce the sewage and stormwater overflow into the river, among other things.
The infamous smell of Terre Haute — a double-whammy of sewage odor from the outdated plant and emissions from the old southside industrial corridor — is disappearing, too, with the wastewater plant upgrade and the departure of factories from the riverside. A large part of the riverside land south of Fairbanks Park is now owned by the city, including the former International Paper mill site. The 1.5-mile trail on the former Paul Dresser Drive path would hug the river bank nearly to I-70.
Deeper into the future, a pedestrian path is needed from the twin Dresser and Dreiser bridges to West Terre Haute for basic transportation, and recreational use by runners, walkers and bikers, Nation said of the Riverscape goals. Sister cities on the Wabash, such as Lafayette, Peru and Bluffton, possess pedestrian bridges. Some were converted from old rail or vehicular bridges when new traffic bridges were built. In Terre Haute, the eastbound Dreiser and westbound Dresser bridges replaced the U.S. 40 Bridge in 1992. Shortly after the new bridges opened, the old one was demolished.
"It's a shame we didn't have the foresight to maintain the old Highway 40 bridge," Nation said. "But we didn't."
Darwin Ferry survives
Crossing the Wabash becomes tricky south of Terre Haute, as the river begins forming the Indiana-Illinois state line. The next bridge is 38 river miles away, where Indiana 154 crosses into Hutsonville, Ill., and is the only span between Terre Haute and Vincennes.
That's why the Darwin Ferry still exists, after nearly two centuries. It is the only surviving ferry on the Wabash.
Its operation dates back to 1818, when Illinois became a state. Businessman John McClure created the ferry to spur business in a newly settled town, called McClure's Bluff, on the river's west bank. The ferry boat shuttled farmers, their goods and equipment, and passengers between Indiana and Illinois, just 10 miles south of the point where the river becomes the state border. Boat traffic was so heavy, the new town earned status as the Clark County seat in 1823 and changed its name to Darwin in honor of the British scientist who devised the theory of evolution, according to the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
The vibrancy faded. Steamboat travel was quickly replaced by railroads and highways, and when the federal government extended U.S. 40 — the National Road — through Marshall, Clark County moved its seat to that city.
The ferry persevered, though, mostly to prevent farmers with crops in both states from having to haul their tractors and grain to bridges in Hutsonville or Terre Haute to cross the river. Decades ago, the ferry would also tote passengers for a couple dollars, "but with insurance costs and liabilities, we don't allow any public traffic," said Jay Gard, the Darwin Ferry's current primary owner.
Instead, the modern ferry basically services the two farmers who maintain it, he said.
It operates like a metal flatboat, powered by an Allis-Chalmers tractor engine. A steel cable, 11⁄4-inches thick, guides the craft, which spins 180 degrees to make a return trip across the 206-yards-wide Wabash. This edition of the Darwin Ferry, built locally by Larry Lindley in 1987, cost $35,000 and can carry empty semis, tractors and combines.
The ferry remains handy. A normal crossing takes "two or three minutes," Gard said, twisting the iron steering wheel. Otherwise, "it's a 38-mile drive."
Near some historical signs, a small cabin overlooks the ferry from a hill. Gard calls it the Boar's Nest, "just a place to sit and watch the water go by. It never gets old." His late father and grandfather formerly ran Darwin Ferry, and Jay's 20-year-old son, Garrett, represents the fourth generation. Jay, 44, considers his own role as a "keeper of history."
Finding 'paradise'
Family history, and scenic independence, lured renowned artists Rogier and Ellen Donker from Indianapolis' Broad Ripple district "to move lock, stock and barrel to the country" in 1981. They left Indy to live full time in what was their summer cabin at Riverview, a tiny riverside village in Sullivan County, where Ellen's father once served as a school principal. With a guest house, his-and-her art studios, gardens and a nursery, they'd found "a paradise," in Rogier's words, settled in and raised their son.
Then, in 2005, the Wabash flooded the home and forced them to start anew. "So Ellen and I built this house from scratch, by hand," Rogier said, with his fully bearded face smiling broadly. In June, Ellen used a grinder to shape sandstones for the final pieces of a rock wall, standing between their new house and the river. The dwelling is almost finished. The house embodies local heritage. The exterior masonry includes a grinding stone from an early 1800s gristmill. They uncovered blocks from an old schoolhouse and used them. The interior is trimmed in local cherry wood.
Riverview lies beside "the narrows," a spot where the Wabash bends and becomes less wide, briefly, speeding up the current. Rogier has clocked the flow at 28 mph. "When it comes through the narrows, it has a velocity that won't quit," Rogier said. Native Americans once camped there, the safest high point in the area. Legends say mob figures such as Al Capone paid visits to a Riverview gambling hall.
River life presented adjustments. A Holland native, Rogier grew up near three rivers, a "very similar [setting], except the house I lived in was 600 years old and was a castle," he explained, grinning. The son of "the Walter Cronkite of Holland," Rogier was named after his grandfather, a Dutch minister killed by the Nazis, and came to America at 17 "with 50 bucks in my pocket. Can you believe that?"
Ellen grew up in Carmel, met Rogier at Indiana University, married him in 1971, and opened a shop in Broad Ripple, where she became an award-winning goldsmith and jewelry designer and he an acclaimed ceramic artist. Today, her artistic touch shapes their home's rock wall and creates a fish dish — made from cubed Wabash buffalo fish — with "such a delicate flavor you'll throw rocks at salmon," she quipped.
"No, we're not your typical river dwellers," Ellen added, as a sudden afternoon thundershower turned to humid sunshine outside their living room window.
'You're free'
Seventeen miles downstream, as the Wabash zig-zags past the Illinois towns of York and Hutsonville, it flows 200 feet beneath Merom Bluff. One of the river's most passionate advocates, retired Vigo County school teacher John Gettinger, sat on a bench in Merom Bluff Park, extolling the virtues of the Wabash, Merom and its fellow river communities.
"This is our Appalachian Trail," Gettinger said, pointing to the stream below.
In his seventh year as president of the Wabash River Heritage Corridor Commission, Gettinger pushes for greater accessibility to the state's most-famed natural resource. Merom has the only access point to the river on the Indiana side between Terre Haute and Vincennes, he pointed out. "We'd like to see them every 10 miles," Gettinger said.
The access points are important. Aside from public spaces, the riverside is often on private property. But once a boater launches, the river surface is public.
"The river belongs to the people because when you get on it, you're free," Gettinger said. "But first, you have to get on it."
Mark Bennett can be reached at 812-231-4377 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
500 Miles of Wabash
500 Miles of Wabash Part IV: 'Adventurers' see Wabash's most famed stretch from a different perspective
The Terre Haute Miles ... Down on the river
- 500 Miles of Wabash
MAX JONES: Telling a river's story, in words and pictures
Among a newspaper's most valuable assets are its storytellers, the men and women who employ their journalistic skills and talents to report, write and capture pictures of topics relevant to readers.
500 Miles of Wabash Part I: The Wabash has humble beginnings
FORT RECOVERY, Ohio — The Wabash River reaches its romantic stage far downstream from here.
It begins amid a homely, isolated patch of tall grasses and weeds at the edge of a farm field four miles south of the tiny village of Fort Recovery on the western edge of Ohio. -
MARK BENNETT: Living downstream: From source, Wabash bears mark of mankind mile after mile
Something was missing. I'd never visited this spot before, but the view looked familiar. I've walked the banks of the Wabash River and its tributaries countless times, catching crawdads and skipping rocks in Honey Creek as a kid. On the other side of the state, where the Wabash crosses from Ohio into Indiana, trees arched over the water as it ran under a bridge on a quiet country road. It looked like western Indiana, except for one absent element. Litter.
Points of interest along the Wabash: Nondescript origin can fill in some blanks of Hoosiers' Wabash knowledge
For Hoosiers, the birthplace of the Wabash River - in rural western Ohio - amounts to a curiosity point.
500 Miles of Wabash Part II: Where the Wabash gets its name
WABASH — Wearing sweatsuits and smiles, they hold hands and briskly stroll the Wabash River Greenway on a crisp June morning.
Points of interest along the Wabash: Small northern Indiana towns display Wabash front-and-center
BLUFFTON — A quest to see the white limestone bedrock that gave the Wabash River its name requires tenacity.
The Miami Native American tribe labeled the waterway "waapaashiki," meaning "water over white stones," describing the clear river they witnessed in its upper reaches in northern Indiana. Their moniker morphed to "Ouabache" by French fur traders to the pioneers' Anglicized "Wabash." The river water appeared clearer in those Native Americans' days than now, thanks to a murky tint from sediment and nutrients. -
500 Miles of Wabash Part III: Lafayette makes Wabash 'magnet'
Thick fog sat atop the Wabash River as the morning sun lit the valley between Lafayette and West Lafayette.
Points of interest along the Wabash: Parks, diners, nightspots — even ice skating — surround Wabash at Lafayette
LAFAYETTE — Lafayette and West Lafayette share the liveliest riverfront on the Wabash.
The most compelling sights depend upon a visitor's tastes. -
500 Miles of Wabash Part IV: 'Adventurers' see Wabash's most famed stretch from a different perspective
On the water. Down in the valley.
The view of the Wabash River looks starkly different from that vantage point, compared with overlooks, scenic as they may be. -
Points of interest along the Wabash: A few public access points provide unique peeks at river communities
While giving a presentation on the Wabash to a gathering of Indiana State University's Osher Lifelong Living Institute in June, river enthusiast Brendan Kearns asked how many people in the audience had been "on the river."
500 Miles of Wabash Part V: Historic homestretch
The Wabash River ends at its most secluded point.
Points of interest along the Wabash: Small towns along southern stretch of river offer peaceful sights, historic stops
A drive along highways running parallel to the Wabash River's southern miles offers peaceful sights.
MARK BENNETT: Current Information: Put your Wabash knowledge to the test … or quiz
Just for fun, ponder a few questions concerning the large waterway flowing through Indiana and Terre Haute, as the Tribune-Star's series, "500 Miles of Wabash" concludes in today's editions. Those who've followed the five-part series of stories, photographs and videos about people and communities uniquely embracing the Wabash River may have a head start. If you're just catching up, check them out in the online editions at www.tribstar.com.
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MARK BENNETT: Reflections on the Wabash
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Executive Summary
This Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) provides an assessment of the costs and benefits of potential changes in Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Hours of Service (HOS) regulations. The HOS regulations address the number of hours that a commercial motor vehicle driver (CMV) may drive, and the number of hours a CMV driver may be on duty, after which driving is prohibited until a minimum off-duty rest period is taken.
A new HOS rule was promulgated on April 28, 2003 (68 FR 22456) and implemented on January 4, 2004 with the goal of reducing the incidence of fatigue-related crashes. That rule increased the required rest between tours of duty from 8 to 10 hours (which could be split into two sleeper-berth periods under some conditions), allowed drivers to restart their calculation of duty hours in a multi-day period if they took a continuous off-duty break of at least 34 hours, and lengthened the driving period between offduty rest periods from 10 to 11 hours.
After the new rule had been in effect for several months, it was vacated by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit). [Public Citizen et al. v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 374 F.3d 1209, at 1216.] The D.C. Circuit found, on July 16, 2004, that FMCSA had not considered effects on drivers' health. It also expressed concerns about the 11 th driving hour, the restart of the multi-day duty-hour calculation, the use of sleeper berths to split the rest period, and the lack of consideration of electronic on-board recorders. In response to the court's action, Congress extended the 2003 rule for a year, in order to give FMCSA a chance to revisit the issues cited by the court. As such, the FMCSA has reexamined its HOS regulations in light of the D.C. Circuit Public Citizen decision.
ES.1 Options
This analysis considers and assesses the potential consequences of four potential regulatory options.
Option 1 is the continued implementation of the current 2003 HOS regulations, with no additional rule changes and no changes in the method of implementation. The FMCSA would continue to enforce the current HOS regulations. The existing exemptions to the current HOS regulations under the NHS Act would remain in effect.
Option 2 changes the regulations in a way that is intended to improve safety while maintaining their most important advantages: it constrains the use of sleeper berths to ensure that each sleeper berth period is at least 8 hours, and is supplemented by a 2-hour break that may be outside the sleeper berth.
Options 3 and 4 are more stringent than Options 1 or 2. Operators are limited to 10 (rather than 11) hours of driving in a tour of duty, the use of split sleeper berth periods is eliminated, and the length of the restart break is expanded to 58 hours in Option 3 and 44 hours in Option 4.
In addition, for Options 2, 3, and 4, short-haul operators of vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license (CDL), or typically those of less than 26,000 lbs gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), and remaining within a 150 mile radius of their base, may keep timecards in lieu of logbooks and may be on-duty up to 16 consecutive hours two days during a seven-day work week.
ES.2 Overview of the Analysis
The analysis of costs recognizes that the different provisions of the options will affect carrier operations in complex and interacting ways. It also recognizes that these effects will depend strongly on the carriers' baseline operating patterns, which vary widely across this diverse industry. To produce a realistic measurement of the impacts of each option, we divided the industry into broad segments, collected information on operations within these segments, and then created a model of carrier operations as they are affected by HOS rules. Given the very wide array of operational patterns, it was necessary to limit the analysis to the most important cases.
The model was first loaded with data representative of shipping patterns and carrier cost structures, and tested to ensure that it could realistically simulate typical lengths of haul, empty mile ratios, and productivity. It was then set up to cover most important cases, under constraints representing each option, and used to simulate carrier operations under different conditions and HOS rules. We then analyzed the data representing the simulated operations, using changes in miles driven as a measure of productivity impacts. Output measures from individual runs were weighted to give a realistic representation of the affected industry, including the drivers' use of the most important provisions of the options. The weighted changes in productivity from this procedure were then used to estimate the cost increases imposed on the industry by each option, using an analysis of the changes in wages and other costs likely to result from changes in productivity. These productivity-related costs were combined with transition costs associated with shifting to new rules to produce estimates of total social costs.
Safety impacts were measured by feeding the on duty and driving schedules from the carrier simulation model into an operator fatigue model to project driver effectiveness levels, and then using the fatigue model results to estimate the resulting changes in crash risks under each HOS option and for the different operations cases. Changes in fatigue-related crash risks, calibrated to match realistic levels, were then multiplied by the value of all affected crashes to yield estimates of total benefits.
Finally, impacts on affected carriers were assessed using a pro-forma model of carrier operations for different carrier sizes, allowing for the effects of changes in driver wage rates and prices of trucking services.
ES.3 Results
The results of the analysis are presented in two parts: for long-haul (LH) operations, and then for short-haul (SH) operations. The results of the simulation modeling of LH operations are shown in Exhibit ES-1, which presents impacts for drivers in operations of different average lengths of haul (short regional or SR, long regional or LR, and long-haul or LH), different degrees of schedule regularity (random or regular), different work weeks (those working five as opposed to six days per week), different sleeper berth usage, and for solo drivers and teams. The impacts on driver productivity of Options 2, 3, and 4, relative to Option 1, varied widely for runs simulating these different types of operations. The impacts tended to be greater for drivers assumed to take advantage of split sleeper berths, for drivers with short to moderate average lengths of haul. Overall, though, eliminating the split sleeper berth break appeared to be of minor importance for the productivity of solo drivers. This observation is likely due to the fact that, while the opportunity to initiate a split break provides flexibility, the rules for using this feature imparts rigidity to a driver's schedule for subsequent tours of duty. The fact that the change in the rules for splitting breaks is the only difference between Options 1 and 2, combined with the lack of a large productivity impact from restrictions on splitting and limited use of splitting, means that the productivity impacts of Option 2 are slight.
Exhibit ES-1 Estimated Changes in Long-Haul Productivity by Option and Case
Option 2 Compared to Option 1
Option 3 Compared to Option 1
Option 4 Compared to Option 1
Run characteristics
Relative Reduction in driving hours
For-hire, random
Using split sleeper berths
Short Regional (SR)
Long Regional (LR)
Long Haul (LH) **
No split sleeper berths
Regular Routes (Private TL, LTL, regular for-hire)
Full weekend off
Weekly route
Daily route **
Six-day work week
Daily route
Team drivers *
* These impact estimates were based on simplified scenarios rather than model runs.
** These negative impacts are the results of random factors in the simulation, and would not persist if they were repeated a large number of times.
Because they limit driving hours and require longer restart periods, the relative productivity loss caused by Options 3 and 4 are substantially greater than that for Option 2 in almost all cases. Also, in almost all cases, the impact of Option 3 is greater than that of Option 4, due to the longer restart required under Option 3. The impacts of changes in the restart period are particularly large for the random drivers, whose lack of a regularly scheduled off-duty period means that a short restart can be very advantageous. For Options 3 and 4, the team drivers were expected to lose 5 percent of their productivity as a result of the loss of the 11 th hour of driving: even if the members of a driving team want to average only 10 hours of driving per day, random factors will tend to push them slightly over 10 hours on some days, and slightly under on other days. If they are limited to no more than 10 hours, however, they will tend to average somewhat less than 10 hours as a result of the times when they cannot use all of the 10 hours that are permitted. No impacts are seen for team drivers under Option 2 because of the ability of team drivers to achieve the same productivity whether or not they split their break periods.
The productivity impacts shown in ES-1 were weighted to produce an industry-wide estimate of average impacts using data on the prevalence of different operating patterns and different degrees of use of several important features of the existing HOS rules. The weighted productivity impacts, which are shown in Exhibit ES-2, came to -0.042% for Option 2, -7.12% for Option 3, and -4.61% for Option 4, all relative to Option 1.
The impact of these changes in productivity were estimated using analyses of the changes in costs (for labor and equipment) as a function of changes in hours worked, due to the need to hire more drivers as the productivity of each existing driver is reduced. These analyses showed that each one percent change in driver productivity is associated with just under $300 million in costs. Multiplying the weighted average productivity impacts by the costs per percent decrease in productivity yields $13 million, $2.12 billion, and $1.37 billion per year for the incremental effects of Options 2, 3, and 4, respectively. In addition, retraining of drivers and other personnel is expected to add an annualized $21 million to the costs of Options 2, 3, and 4. It should be noted here that while retraining costs may in fact vary somewhat by Alternative Option, the RIA for today's rule assumed these costs are constant. For example, under Option 2, while it might be the case that certain carriers would only retrain their long-haul drivers who currently use the sleeper berth provision, it may also be the case that some carriers would want to train their entire driver workforce (depending on how many drivers currently use the sleeper berth provision versus those who may use it in the future). As such, retraining costs for Option 2 could be considered conservative, in that they may overrepresent the true retraining costs associated with this option.
The total cost impacts of the options on the LH sector, relative to Option 1, are shown in Exhibit ES-2. ES-2 also shows anticipated changes in LH drivers (not counting small changes related to mode shift).
Exhibit ES-2 Incremental Annual Costs of the Options for LH Operations Relative to Option 1
Source: ICF analysis.
Cost Impacts of the Options on SH Operations
The analysis concentrates on the LH segment of the motor carrier industry because the major HOS provisions differentiating the four alternative options considered here are expected to have little or no effect on local and SH operations. Two provisions of Options 2, 3, and 4, however, affect only local/SH drivers: the exemption from keeping log books, and a second 16-hour day in each week. These two provisions apply only for drivers of vehicles between 10,000 and 26,000 lbs. GVWR that stay within a 150 air-mile radius of their base of operations, and return to that base at the end of each tour of duty.
We have estimated the cost impacts of these provisions by dividing local/SH vehicles into a limited set of cases, determining the time savings of the log-book exemption for each vehicle in each case, and valuing those savings per vehicle. We then estimated the number of vehicles in each case, multiplied by the savings per vehicle, and summed across the cases.
We estimated the savings from the second 16-hour day per week using a variant of the analysis of the savings from the first 16-hour day per week, which was conducted for the 2003 RIA. Those estimated savings were translated into an annual per-vehicle value, and then scaled appropriately for our estimate of the number of affected vehicles. These cost estimates are shown in Exhibit ES-3.
Exhibit ES-3 Summary of Local/SH Analysis (Annual Savings in Millions of 2004$, rounded to the nearest $10 million)
Now operating within 100-mile range and not keeping logs. Duty tours £ 12 hours.
Now operating within 100-mile range and keeping logs. Duty tours up to 14 hours.
Now operating in 100-150 mile range. Must keep logs and observe 14-hour limit.
No effect; already exempt from log requirement.
Benefit: $0
Relieved from log requirement.
Benefit: $100.
Relieved from log requirement. Case-3 benefit: $40
May use 14-hour tour now, if they keep log. Tour>12 hours is of little value to this group.
Benefit: minimal
Already choosing log-book and 14-hour tour.
Benefit: zero
Already have 14-hour tour.
$ 0
Would not use the 16-hour day because they already choose not to use the 14-hour tour. Savings: $0
Analysis is an extension of analysis of second 16-hour day that was done for the 2003 RIA. This approach did not distinguish between Cases 2 and 3. Productivity Benefits: $140
Source: ICF analysis. See Appendix (IV).
Crash Risk Results by Operational Case
The results of the crash risk modeling are presented in the table below, after scaling the results to yield an average fatigue-related value of 7 percent in Option 1. Overall, the impacts are relatively small, as might be expected for options that are making marginal changes in an existing rule. Weighting the crash risk results in the same manner as the productivity results, we found the overall changes in crash risks to be small. Option 2 resulted in a risk reduction of about 0.1 percent, while Options 3 and 4 each provided a risk reduction of about 0.6 percent.
Exhibit ES-4 Incremental Crash Risk Estimates
Relative Change in Crash Risk
Using split sleeper berths**
Weighted Average Impacts (raw)
Weighted Average Impacts (scaled)
** These scenarios assumed time-on-task effects for split sleeper berth cases are of the same magnitude as in equivalent non-split cases. Reductions in crashes would be smaller if split rest periods eliminate time-on-task effects.
Value of the Crash Risk Changes
These percentage changes in risk were valued by multiplying them by an estimate of the total annual damage associated with heavy-duty long-haul truck crashes. For consistency with the earlier analysis, we have used the value from the previous analysis of $32.2 billion in year 2000 dollars, or about $34.9 billion in year 2004 dollars. This was done so that the RIAs for the 2003 rule and today's rule would be as closely linked as possible, such that the comprehensive economic effects of the two analyses could be examined together. This total was multiplied by the percentage of total damages that were caused by the long-haul segment, yielding just over $20 billion. The reduction in risk attributable to Option 2, given this total value, is 0.1% * $20 billion or about $20 million per year. The risk reduction attributable to Options 3 and 4 is higher, at about $120 million per year. Changes under Options 3 and 4 are much smaller than the cost changes attributable to the options. The crash risk impacts of the local/SH changes are expected to be negligible.
Net Costs by Option
Exhibit ES-5 summarizes the annualized costs, benefits, and net costs of each of the options relative to Option 1. Both LH and local/SH effects are shown. The values have been rounded to the nearest $10 million, in line with the values presented for the local/SH impacts.
Exhibit ES-5 Net Incremental Annual Costs of the Options Relative to Option 1 (millions of 2004$, rounded to nearest $10 million)
Sensitivity Analysis for a 10-hour Driving Limit
In addition to examining options 2, 3, and 4 relative to Option 1, a variant of Option 2 was considered. This variant combined the other features of Option 2 with the 10-hour driving limit included in Options 3 and 4. This option was found to be considerably less cost-effective than the basic version of Option 2, as shown in the first row of Exhibit ES-6. Whereas Option 2 has net benefits of $270 million per year, the 10-hour variant has net benefits of negative $256 million per year (i.e., it has net costs). The conclusion that imposing a 10-hour driving limit was not cost-effective was tested by reexamining costs and benefits under a series of sensitivity assumptions, which are shown in the other rows of Exhibit ES-6. Doubling the assumed use of the 11 th hour increased the net costs of the 10-hour variant from $256 million to $782 million, making Option 2 with 10 hours driving even less cost effective relative to Option 2. More than tripling the value for each statistical life saved (from $3 million to $10 million) improved the relative cost effectiveness of Option 2 with 10 hours driving, but it was still neither cost beneficial on its own (with net costs of $170 million) nor cost effective relative to Option 2. Also, raising the relative risk of a fatigue-related crash in the 11 th hour of driving by 1.4 times the value used in time-on-task (TOT) multiplier in the RIA did not make Option 2 with 10 hours driving cost effective relative to Option 2 ($232 in net costs versus $270 in net benefits respectively), nor did substantially raising the baseline level of fatigue in truck-related crashes (i.e., $189 million in net costs for Option 2 with 10 hours driving relative to $287 million in net benefits for Option 2). Each change improved the showing of the 10-hour variant, but still left it with net costs rather than net benefits. Only in a very unlikely scenario that combines all three of the assumptions favorable to the 10-hour limit does the 10-hour variant show any net benefits. Even in this scenario, though, its net benefits are far below that of Option 2 without the 10-hour restriction, indicating that it is implausible that eliminating the 11 th hour would be cost-effective.
Exhibit ES-6 Sensitivity Analyses of Net Benefits, 10-hour Driving Limit (millions of 2004$)
ES.4 Impacts on Carriers
For representative carriers in each of several carrier size categories, the financial impact of each HOS rule option was estimated in terms of the change in net income (in 2004$) to the carrier, as well as a change in their profits as a fraction of operating revenues. The approach used to estimate these impacts involved the development of a pro forma financial model of firms of different sizes confronted by changes in productivity, wages, and prices. Financial impacts of Options 2, 3, and 4 relative to Option 1 were estimated under two assumptions about prices of trucking services: unchanged prices (representing the short run), and prices after industry-wide cost changes have been passed through to consumers.
Relative to Option 1, all of the other options result in adverse financial impacts (reduced profits) on most carriers. The severity of the impacts is directly related to the magnitude of the drop in labor productivities considered for the three options. Option 2 revealed the least severe adverse impacts. Under Option 2, in the period before prices adjust, profitability as a share of revenue is projected to decrease by a tenth of one percent or less across all size classes, relative to Option 1. These impacts should be reduced slightly as prices adjust. Option 3 has the most severe impacts on carriers, and could eliminate net income in the short term for some industry size categories. Option 4 shows impacts that are in-between the two extremes.
The results in terms of profit impacts relative to revenues under Option 2 seem to suggest very small impacts for firms across the wide range of size categories examined, including both large and small entities. The threshold for impacts considered to be of moderate size is generally taken to be one percent of revenues, and the average impacts of Option 2 fall well below that magnitude. It should also be noted that even though Option 2 would result in slightly lower profitability than Option 1, carriers would generally earn higher net revenues than they were under the pre-2003 rule, only a short time ago. Though variability in impacts within each size category means that the possibility of larger impacts for some small entities cannot be ruled out, the small magnitude of the total impact means that no more than a small percentage of entities could face significant impacts under Option 2.
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Well, I don't know, but if you say it was on empty, well then it was probably out of gas.. I know my car wont start unless I keep turning the ignition about twice.. And it wont start up right away which sounds like the battery has died, but nothing is wrong with it, The engine is just cold.. But after it starts it runs just fine..
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My 89 honda accord exi wont start on the first crank after its been warmed up the engine light comes on and it will start on the second crank the idle speed goes up too 1100 rpm also. Any body have an answer or something for me to try? My manual states that its something wrong with the EFI system but trouble shooting can get expensive with electronic parts, Ive already changed the fuel filter. It runs ok just hard to start when warm.
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Alexandra Rose The Inspiration: Alexandra Reeve Givens is a dear friend who I work with in my role as National Ambassador of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. This tint is a tribute to the foundation and the Clark's Botanicals mission of bringing funding and awareness to spinal cord research. The Color: Ultra sheer and elegant, Alexandra Rose creates a fresh and natural lip look for day and night. Using the same intensely hydrating formula of natural moisturizers in the Ultra Rich Lip Balm - the Ultra Rich Lip Tints are an evolution of the best seller. Petrolatum and paraben-free. |
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To date I've purchased two lip tints: Alexandra Rose and Rachel Red. I love the lip tint itself. They give just the right amount of color while still looking natural.
The unfortunate thing is that shortly after purchasing both bottles, they broke in my purse! The break was at the neck where the tip meets the rest of the bottle. It was annoying because 1) the tint got all over my purse and 2) I could no longer use the tip - the tint started coming out of the hole in the neck. The first time, I considered it a fluke, but after the second, I was really upset. This product isn't cheap, and to have both bottles break in the same way was disappointing. I wrote and mailed a formal letter to the company to make them aware of the issue, but after a couple of months now, I still haven't gotten a response.
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I wasn't sure what to expect since it's the first time I've tried this product. I bought it to replace a Bare Minerals lip gloss. In comparison, this formula is much thinner, but also more moisturizing. I love the color! The texture is like melted lipstick, so a little goes a long way. The smell is both weird and appealing, which is odd. But I plan to buy this lip tint again for sure, so I'm quite satisfied.
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1 lb. Sole or other white fish
¼ lb. Butter or oil substitute
1 Tub Sisters Salsa
1 Tbs. Cumin powder
1 Tbs. Chili powder
1 tsp. Garlic powder
1 tsp. Black pepper
1 tsp. Salt
Melt butter with spices. Coat fish. Place in baking pan.
Smother with Sisters Salsa. Bake 15-20 min. at 325°.
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½ Bell pepper
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"To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner."
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"When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us."
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Is it time to shake up your brunch routine? Isn't it always? Because hey, brunch is an official San Francisco sport. Here are four spots serving new-ish brunches around town.
Steak and Eggs to Reverse Your Hangover
It's a classic American breakfast, hearkening back to the days of cowboys and ranch hands. And it's no wonder. Steak and eggs are hearty and filling: that stick-to-your-ribs goodness that'll keep you full and energized for long mornings on the range, or, in our case, picnicking in the park or nursing a hangover in bed.
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Lustrous ruby red in the glass. Aromas of ripe red and black fruit aromas mingle with leather and spice, exquisitely balanced by wood notes evoking vanilla and toast. On the palate, supple tannins and a majestic structure conclude in a complex and persistent finish.
Serving suggestions: Delicious with steaks, wild game, hearty stews, casseroles and ripe, semi-creamy cheeses
"Bright ruby. Musky red berry and cherry aromas are complicated by underbrush, pungent herbs and dried rose. Impressively complex on the palate, offering sweet red- and blackcurrant, bitter cherry, mocha and licorice flavors. Dusty tannins carry through the long, spicy finish, adding structure and grip. This is balanced to age and could stand up to many Bordeaux at three times this price."-International Wine Cellar
"In the 2005 vintage, Medalla Real again ranks as one of Chile's most elevated under-$20 wines... The nose veers between herbal and ripe, while the palate shows nothing but pure cassis, cherry and Maipo terroir. Its tight, structured and still ready to drink. Juicy more than beefy; a real treat."-Wine Enthusiast
Heritage and enterprise are hallmarks of Santa Rita, one of Chile's premier wine estates. Founded in 1880 by Domingo Fernandez in Chile's Maipo Valley, this historic property was among the first to pioneer plantings of European grape varieties in Chile. In 1980, it was acquired by its present owner, Ricardo Claro, under whom Santa Rita has reaped the rewards of continuous...Read More About Santa Rita
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Ice arena, atrium connected to downtown Dallas hotel
With a stay at Dallas Marriott City Center, you'll be centrally located in Dallas, steps from Dallas JPMorgan Chase Tower and minutes from Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
This 4-star hotel is close to Dallas World Aquarium and American Airlines Center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 417 air-conditioned guestrooms. Your pillowtop bed comes with down comforters. Premium TV channels provides entertainment, and wired and wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Conveniences include laptop-compatible safes and desks, as well as multi-line phones with voice mail.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a health club, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and wedding services. Additional features include tour/ticket assistance and complimentary use of a nearby fitness facility.
Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, audiovisual equipment, and express check-in. Planning an event in Dallas? This hotel has 23000 square feet (2137 square meters) of space consisting of conference/meeting rooms, small meeting rooms, and a ballroom. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Hotel Amenities
- General
Dallas Marriott City Center is connected to the Plaza of the Americas, a 16-story atrium with complimentary wireless Internet access, a full-service hair and nail salon, a licensed massage therapist, florist, candy shop, and an authentic country/Cajun restaurant. It also houses an indoor ice-skating arena. A 24-hour business services center is provided, and the hotel offers 13 meeting rooms. Round trip airport shuttle service is available on request (surcharge). The hotel also provides secure self-parking (surcharge.) This property is wheelchair-accessible.
- Concierge desk
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Use of nearby fitness center (complimentary)
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Event catering
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Banquet facilities
- Ballroom(s)
- Audiovisual equipment
- Secretarial services
- Business services
- Total number of rooms - 417
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Security guard
- Multilingual staff
- Number of floors - 16
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Meeting facilities size (feet) - 23000
- Wedding services
- Express check-in
- Health club
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free Wi-Fi
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- Room service (limited hours)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Secure parking (surcharge)
- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 2137
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 13
- Year Built 1972
- 24-hour business center
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Parking (surcharge)
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Wireless Internet access (surcharge), Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Parking (surcharge), Secure parking (surcharge), Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
- Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Voice mail
- Multi-line phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Wake-up calls
- Extra towels/bedding
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Daily housekeeping
- Television
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Turndown service (on request)
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Down comforter
- Pillowtop mattress
- Signature bedding
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- Dining
Centric Restaurant - Bistro-style restaurant. New American cuisine with French influence. The restaurant has a bar. Separated into several areas, the Wine room offers an intimate, semi-private dining space for up to 12. The wood-paneled Library seats up to 22. The Terrace offers expansive atrium and ice arena views. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner served. A children's menu is offered. Room service is available.
Centric Bar - Large square bar of polished dark mahogany and red-leather barstools. Happy hour with light buffet offered 5 to 7 PM.
- Recreation
Dallas Marriott City Center is connected to the Plaza of the Americas and its ice-skating rink. Fitness facilities are available on site, including free weights and cardio equipment. Additionally, day passes (fee) are available for Gold's Gym, 3 blocks from the hotel. Gold's Gym has 40,000 square feet of workout space and includes top-of-the-line cardio and weight equipment, aerobics, kickboxing, spinning, and yoga. Personal trainers are on hand to assist.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near the hotel (golf and tennis) in the Dallas area; fees may apply.
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Ice skating nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
- Aerobics nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Basketball nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
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To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: JCB International, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Diners Club, Discover
- Pets
Pets not allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Breakfast fee: USD 19 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 12.95 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): USD 12.95 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 19 (one way)
- Self parking fee: USD 36 per day
- Valet parking fee: USD 23 per day (in/out privileges)
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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Ray J owes his life to ingrown hairs -- because TMZ has learned, the person who called an ambulance for him Monday morning is none other than model Sophie Monk, his ingrown hair endorsement partner.
As we reported, Ray was rushed to the hospital Monday morning for exhaustion and dehydration following the Billboard Music Awards -- and we're told Sophie's the one who discovered him in his hotel room and alerted authorities.
Sophie and Ray J had hosted a Billboard Awards afterparty the night before -- promoting their Prince Reigns ingrown hair shaving serum -- and after they returned to their hotel, we're told Sophie had a bad feeling Ray wasn't okay.
According to sources, the two went to their separate rooms -- but Sophie decided to check up on Ray to make sure he was alright ... and discovered him unresponsive on the floor.
We're told Sophie called hotel management, which then called 911. An ambulance took Ray J to the hospital shortly after.
"White Pride World Wide" - another example of white women and black men. Stand up America - This sh** has got to stop.
I can understand them knowing each other from endorsing this product but can someone enlighten me as to why she was in his room other than her just be your run of the mill skank.
@Enigma - BOY - Is this how you are going to spend the rest of your life . Do you really think you have the power to stop white girls from f**king black guys ..Do you know how hard your ancestors have tried , and failed miserably..Hey , they even get famous for it nowadays aka Kim kardashian ..Dude , do something else with your life..
I'm moving to L.A and opening an emergency exhaustion and dehydration treatment clinic... oh, and For the record Sophie... waking up and feeling a cold body next to you while you're putting your panties back on and calling 911 doesn't make you a hero nor a psychic. LOL... you two obviously didn't let your publicists proof read this crap first. LMAO!!!
I guess sucking dong and doing massive amounts of blow causes exhaustion and dehydration. Piece of **** liar.
OMFG , this is one dumb b.itch. Does she not realize that hotel doors lock from the OUTSIDE..so she couldnt have just walked she would have needed a KEY......try a little harder next time, stupid ass.
Wait a sec. In the last story they said he was "out of it" and couldn't get out of bed. Now they're saying that he was on the floor unresponsive.
So which one is it?
I mean they (Ray-J and his people) are going to lie, at least keep the story straight.
"and after they returned to their hotel, we're told Sophie had a bad feeling Ray wasn't okay." .....LMAO at Sophie had a bad feeling Ray wasn't okay. This is BS just like the story of Ray J being stressed/dehydration/exhaustion and sent to the hospital.
IMO....Ray J and Sophie were getting it on in his hotel room(exhaustion) and doing drugs(dehydration). Dude probably took too much and OD'ed. End of story.


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My vote goes toward "deliberate attempt."
My reticence, however, arises from the fact that I know a large number of American progressives who are genuinely that stupid. So it's really not impossible that the President and his cabinet and loony Czars actually think this will work, as astonishing as that seems.


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Thursday, July 27, 2006
Water Recycling for Ocean Outfalls
The Ocean Outfalls Recycling Taskforce will meet on Monday 28th August to development an action plan to close NSW's ocean outfalls and recycle the wastewater for industrial use, environmental flows and for non-drinking purposes.
Representatives from the community include environmental groups, industry, scientists, engineers, Sydney Water and the State Government will be invited to attend.
"Recycling the ocean outfalls has a two-fold benefit," Mr Debnam said.
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"It provides a new source of recycled water for industrial and environmental flows and non-drinking purposes, and it improves the water quality of the beaches around NSW," he said.
"I will recycle at least one of the major Sydney outfalls during the first term of a Liberal/Nationals Government. I will pursue recycling of a number of further smaller outfalls, as an urgent priority as well.
"Ocean outfalls were a worthwhile technology twenty years ago but it is time we started pursuing a 21st century solution to Sydney's water crisis.
"Labor are more concerned about protecting Sydney Water's monopoly status than delivering practical solutions.
"As a community, let's simply commit to getting on with the job," he said.
Mr Stoner said after twelve years the State Labor Government's only water solution was to build a desalination plant at Kurnell and pray for rain.
"Labor is more concerned about spin than practical solutions," Mr Stoner said.
"As a coastal MP and a passionate surfer, I am absolutely committed to making sure we leave clean beaches and oceans for generations to come.
"Let's focus on what can be achieved rather than the perceived obstacles," Mr Stoner said. - Thu Jul 27, 06:00:00 pm GMT+10