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Should I be worried that my boyfriend of 2 years has not introduced me to his family?
My boyfriend and I have been dating 2 years now and he hasn't introduced me to his family. I did ask him about it last Christmas and his reason was... Show More
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Then perhaps he feels pressured by his family to get married. It's not that he may or may not be thinking that far ahead in your relationship, but maybe they would pick on him a lot and say little comments like, "So, when are you two going to tie the knot?" And just put himself and you in awkward positions. It's not relevant that he's introduced past girlfriends to his parents. It's possible that he did and it didn't go very well for him, so he's learning from his past experiences. Either way, you should talk to him and communicate your concerns to him. But it does sound like he may be ashamed of how his family would act around you guys or create preconceptions of marriage that he's not ready for.
He has said that he gets picked on for not being married or having any kids. You could be right.
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Not neccessarily and I'll explain why...
My dad AND his new wife are violent and abusive and I haven't spoken to either in over 10 years.
My mom's parents are mean, drunk, alcoholics and we don't really speak to them anymore.
My girlfriend would meet my mom and my brothers but that's it, no extended family.
It's not her at all, It's that I can't even trust my own family to act decent and treat her respect so I'm not even going to expose her to that. I explained this to her in part last night and she completely understood. Some of us have families that we are not proud of, please keep this in mind.
YEAH... I understand that situation... But this dude is claiming "his nieces were mad at him for breaking up with his last girlfriend". WTF?
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I think there is no excuse for her boyfriend not to bring her around his family. You have an extreme situation but in most cases if he doesn't take you to meet his family that's not good news.
And you have a very valid point as well, I'm merely offering possible alternative scenarios to help explain his trepidation
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Yes definitely because either he is a shamed of you or his family. To be togethet that long and still haven't sends red flags unless his parents are dead or something.Because if you want a future with someone and you decide to get married wouldn't you like to know what you are marrying in to.
You should totally be worried. If there was a real reason for him not introducing you to his family then he sould be up front about it and explain. By not talking to you he is making you worry... even if he's not telling you because he just doesn't want to get picked on by his family. You need to sit him down and make sure that he realises how much it upsets you. Make him see that you don't care what the reason is but you just want to know what the problem is!
Believe it or not I have. A couple of times. He treats me like a princess after but that issue remains unchanged. He wants me happy, wants me with him, and I am a big part of his life... Just not part of his family's life.
Ok, I'm not a guy, but I came across your posting and I have the same issue! I have been with my fiance for 4 YEARS and still haven't met any of them. How do you think I feel? They do live hours away, but thast is still no excuse. He shows me pictures of all them, talks to them on the phone in front of me/about me, but still has never introduced me to any of them. He is also a master of letting me vent and not resolving the issue! Kind of like he lets you express how you feel and accepts it, but never actually SOLVES it. Then you don't want to talk about it anymore because the issue has been addressed, and you feel you can always talk about it later, right?
He is 32 and was in 2 previous relationships with women for about 5 years each, and left the last woman for me, so I think maybe his family thought he was going to marry them or those were "the ones" and now bringing me home (who is 10 years younger) he feels like he wants to be absolutely sure and comfortable before bringing them into it. So maybe your boyfriend's family felt as if he was going to marry his last girlfriend, and he wants to make sure you guys are really serious and together for a while before introducing you to his family/nieces. Not all men are the same and he is probably just finding ways to put it off as long as possible to avoid any ill feelings that may surface. It's not that you don't deserve to meet them, or that he doesn't want you to, it's an issue with HIM..probably a commitment issue. I'm only hoping your man will realize you aren't going anywhere one day and have a change of heart, as will mine...hope this helps :)
I hate to say it but it is nice to know I am not alone. I am only 6 years younger than my guy though and although his family knows about me, it isn't because he is telling them. They are still arguing over what my name actually is. I saw the christmas card his mom sent, it stated something along the lines of take your time on finding the perfect daughter in law for us! We love you just the way you are. Best I can figure is that he isn't hiding me, but he isn't introducing me either
I think it really depends on his family. With me, I wouldn't be comfortable enough introducing my boyfriend unless I know for sure it's going somewhere serious, mainly because my family is very traditional & are the types who think once you have a boyfriend you will keep him for life & get married to him. With my ex because he was so close with his family, he wanted me to meet them 4 months into the relationship. But considering it's been two years and he's introduced his past gf's to his family before you, he should really give you a better reason than what he did. Have you introduced him to your family? Maybe he doesn't want to do it until he sees what your family is like just to be completely sure.
I would be highly suspicious. I think he is hiding something. If he can bring other girlfriends home and not you that is a problem. Call him out on it, you deserve to know why. Is it possible he is not that serious about you? He may not plan on being with you for a long time, that is definitely the idea I would get from that if I were in your situation.
I think there maybe something wrong. He is ashamed of someone possibly either you or his family. But I don't think it would be the family if he has introduced his past girlfriends. Maybe all you need to meet is his parents, not the nieces. Say that. Maybe there is something he is hiding about his family... I'm not sure.
From experience, I did not introduce my boyfriend to my parents. I had an extreme case since my parents want a certain type of guy and he was not the definition. So I didn't want to and he got frustrated over the relationship. I think he felt he was not really close to me because he had introduced me to his family. But he also understands I live in a different culture than his and when you do introduce the guy to the family, it's because you would want them to be your husband. lol I only became serious after we got fights about my parents. I felt like I would lose him but then after, he was ok not meeting them. I felt bad.
I think what he told you is a poor excuse. It sounds like he's hiding something from you. Whether it's a family he's ashamed about or something else. Either way I would think that after 2 years he'd feel comfortable enough with you to be straight up. If he's ashamed of his family then he shouldn't feel like he can't tell you. I'm not always proud of how my family acts and I'm hesitant to tell them about my love life. It's not because I don't plan on having a future with my boyfriend or that there's something wrong with him. But I've talked to him about this and he's been very understanding. I would suggest talking to him about it because it's a concern you have and it's a valid concern. Don't attack him, just wonder what's up with his reluctance.
It could also have something to do with the circumstances of how he broke up with his last girlfriend/got together with you. Was there overlap?
because my uncle brought his new girlfriend, a woman he worked with, on a family vacation maybe eight weeks after splitting up with his long time girlfriend... Needless to say, it was obvious to all (who loved the old girlfriend to bits) that the new girlfriend wasn't so very new after all... Both of them were talked about constantly, and viciously, behind their backs the whole trip, multiple family members blew up at him and then wouldn't speak to him at all...
of course, regardless of how you may have gotten together or what his family thinks about the old girlfriend, he is an adult and he chose to go out with you for two whole years. You deserved to meet his family ages ago... Or at least deserve a much better explanation of why not. If he sees you as long term, which two years definitely is, then meeting the family symbolizes that. I would talk to him about it.
I don't know if there was an overlap. Did not seem to be one. Although it was very close to an overlap. We were hanging out as friends maybe a month after he and his last girlfriend broke up, didn't technically consider ourselves a couple until about 8 months later.
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The City Council Tuesday will decide whether to switch the aerial show and the community celebration at the Big League Dreams sports complex to Saturday, July 3, in a bid to save the city $17,405. The council meets at 7 p.m. at the Civic Center, 1001 W. Center St.
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Fifty athletes have already entered the 2010 Manteca Senior Games taking place May 8-15.
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I probably experienced the best french fries I've ever eaten in my life in this place. The food was matchless; the wine and beer selections spot-on fabulous. The prices were reasonable for the food quality. The "tapas" style menu was a great way to taste a lot of great food without getting too full. But we left without even considering staying for dessert-- why? The noise. I was out with 5 other colleagues, we were trying to talk, and we just couldn't hear each other. It was, literally, too loud to think -- we had trouble figuring out the tip because the noise was so distracting. We were sittiing in the back area of the bar; I'm not sure the front would have been very much better. Good for: friends you see all the time with whom you want to share good food and wine; bad for: romance, catching up with friends from out of town, discussion of anything at a volume lower than a shriek.
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AIR Namibia's ongoing struggle with delayed flights is one of several factors cited by tourism operators that might hamper the performance of the tourism industry during the first quarter of 2013.
Air Namibia's lack of communication and customer care in dealing with delayed flights cause the loss of credibility according to 25% of the respondents in FNB and Fenata's latest tourism survey, analyst Namene Kalili said yesterday.
"In addition, there is still concern over the falling load factors on international flights and the cost implications thereof over the medium to long term," Kalili, FNB Namibia's head of research and competitor intelligence, said. Kalili compiles the FNB and Federation of Namibian Tourism Associations (Fenata) Tourism Index.
The current world economic climate is still affecting tourist demand, Kalili said. About 55% of operators surveyed in the latest FNB & Fenata Tourism Index complained about low demand from source markets, he said.
"The sector expects poor business performance for the first quarter of 2013 when compared to the same period last year," he said.
Revenue is expected to drop compared to the first quarter of 2011, when cash cash balances averaged about N$307 million. Fewer tourists and less money spent per tourist will drive weaker revenues, he said.
"FNB bank data shows also shows that the first quarter historically attracts budget tourists that spend 19% less than tourists that come in other quarters," Kalili said.
During the first quarter of 2011, 35 000 international arrivals through Hosea Kutako International Airport were reported. This year, the first quarter should see less arrivals, Kalili said.
"This stems from very weak sentiments from the airlines, who expect very poor passenger numbers during the first quarter from the fewer flights from Europe and credibility issues surrounding the local airline.
This obviously affects operators who depend on foreign tourists such as the accommodation subsectors," Kalili said.
According to the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN), about 55% of people who use the services of the hospitality industry during the first quarter of every year, come from abroad.
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Still I do encounter some problems in wow with the new driver. Random graphical errors still happen, but they don't seem to make the game unplayable and are barely noticeable.
The biggest issues I encounter from my perspective are the games slows to a crawl after playing for about an hour. I believe this to be the product of the memory leak reported by many, but this problem only showed up after installing the new version of WINE, so what's to blame for this problem is anyones guess.
The next is the minimap turning all white while indoors or in a dungeon. This has been reported at crossover office, and many other forums. Crossover reports this to be a issue with missing pthreads in the driver, though I don't know enough about that to verify the findings.
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I was about 19 when I went on my first sleepover. I had never been able to stay over at any of my friend's house as I was growing up and now that I had moved out, I was free to do whatever I wanted with whomever I wanted.
I met Candice in college and we were good friends. We hung out all the time and when I moved out of my parents she was the one that helped me move my stuff over to my new apartment. She had other friends she hung out with too but I only new them on a "hi, bye" basis. One night as I was getting ready to go out with Candice, she called me on the phone and asked if I wanted to go over Roxanne's apartment to watch some movies, rather than going out to watch a movie at the theater. Roxanne was one of Candice's other friends.
She was pretty and had a real nice body but she didn't have a boyfriend. I decided to go because I wasn't going to have anything to do, so Candice gave me directions. Luckily I had worn very nice, matching lingerie that evening.
I arrived at Roxanne's and knocked on her door, apartment 3B, I'd always remember. When she opened the door she was surprisingly wearing almost nothing. She had on a tiny pair of pink boy shorts and a matching almost see-through camisole.
I gulped my saliva and quickly smiled and said, "Um, yeah, I'm here. Is Candice here?" Roxanne pulled me into the apartment by my wrist and said, "yeah, hold on she's in the kitchen."
I was surprised to see a porn movie with girls going down on each other playing on Roxanne's big screen TV. There other 2 girls there who were watching very attentively. I walked into the kitchen and saw Candice making Margaritas for everyone.
I walked over to her and whispered in her ear, "Why did you ask me to come here?" She looked a bit disappointed and asked me, "Why, would you rather go?" I thought to myself, 'I should probably leave. What's going on with these girls anyway. But, maybe…well, I guess I'll just see what happens.' So I said to her, "No, it's cool. I'll stay."
I could only imagine what they were all up to. Obviously they were getting together for some sort of lesbian type slumber party. I didn't know Candice was into girls all this time I had known her. She had never given me that impression. But now that I thought about it, I did undress in front of her often and I had caught her staring at my breasts. I thought it was just because my C cups where bigger than her B cups.
As I walked back into the living room where Roxanne's other two friends where kissing passionately, I looked over at Candice and asked her, "so, who are they?"
"Oh, that's Lindsey with the blue top and the one groping her breast is Amanda." I giggled a little and asked her if they were a couple or something.
Candice giggled back and slapped my butt as she walked by me and said, "No silly. This is just what we do." Even though no one had tried to tell me what was going on yet, I guess I just assumed the reality of things. I walked behind Candice again and I asked her, "so are you like a, lesbian or something?" She looked me straight in the eyes and then put one hand behind my neck and kissed me on the lips. I closed my eyes and a million thoughts raced through my mind. I kissed her back though.
After about 20 seconds of the best kiss I had ever experienced, I heard the rest of the girls cheer us on. I stopped kissing Candice and looked around a bit embarrassed. I had never kissed a girl before and especially in front of people. Roxanne walked over to us and handed us the Margaritas Candice had been making in the kitchen.
She said, "Drink up girl, because it's going to be a wild night tonight!"
And with that she too kissed me on the lips and stuck her hand under my black blouse to grab one of my breasts. I didn't quite know what to do so I just grabbed her butt with both my hands. Suddenly, I felt a pair of hands start to pull my skirt down. I stopped kissing Roxanne and looked down to see who it was.
It was Lindsey and Amanda kneeling beside me and tugging at my skirt while making out with each other. I looked over to see where Candice was and she was by the door letting someone else in. I started blushing because I didn't know if I knew the person who was coming in or not and they were about to see me in a compromising situation. At the door was one of Candice's other friends, Jessica. By the way she greeted her, I assumed she knew what was going on.
By this time, Lindsey and Amanda had already taken off my skirt and Roxanne was undoing the buttons of my blouse. As I stood there in a purple lace thong and matching lace bra. I couldn't help but feel I was getting really wet and turned on by this situation.
I only thought this happened in porn movies because this is what guy's fantasized about, but it was actually true. Jessica walked over to Roxanne and without warning stuck her fingers in Roxanne's panties and penetrated her cunt. Roxanne let out a loud moan and Jessica said, "yeah you like that you little horny bitch, don't you?" Roxanne nodded as Jessica removed her fingers from her and licked them.
She looked at me and said, "so, Candice finally decided to bring you in, huh?" I nodded as I felt Lindsey and Amanda pull down on my thong. She moved Roxanne out of the way and as I stood there with only my lace bra on she too kissed me and un-hooked my bra. My breast stood there naked and I know my nipples where so hard. She leaned down to suck on my nipples and with her other hand she stuck her index and middle finger in my wet pussy. She moved away after a moment and she told the other girls, "well girls, let's show this little bitch what we're all about."
With that, Lindsey still kneeling by me, stood in front of me and separated my vaginal lips and started making out with my pussy. I stood there and relished the pleasures of a woman going down on me. Then I felt Amanda behind me, also still on the floor. She split my butt cheeks apart and started licking my asshole. As both girls went down on me from both angles I grabbed on my tits and threw my head back.
Then I felt Roxanne beside me; she took one of my breasts and stuck the nipple in her mouth. Then Candice approached me too on the other side and did the exact same thing with my other breast. I stood there experiencing pleasure like I never thought possible. I looked forward to see Jessica sitting in the couch in front of us, witnessing the whole thing as if she were watching a play or a movie.
I came and I came over and over again. The girls would just not stop. Finally after about an hour of standing there being treated like a queen, we all stopped and retired to the couch. Even though I had come so much I was still horny. I asked them, "what now?" and they all giggled and said it was up to me. After all it was my initiation to the club. I stood up and walked right in front of Jessica. Jessica hadn't been participating, but rather just watching so I decided to kneel down in front of her and separated her legs.
I pulled off her panties and dove into her sweet pussy like and experienced muff diver. I loved the way she tasted. I licked her clit and sucked on her shaven lips. Jessica moaned and told the other girls they knew what they had to do. I felt Candice behind me as I still knelt before Jessica. She lay down on her back and stuck her head between my thighs. She began to eat me out too.
This was so great, I thought. I stopped eating Jessica out for a sec' so I could see what was going on behind me. By now, Candice was eating me out, Amanda was on top of her, eating her out. Roxanne was sticking something big into Amanda, I could only assume it was a dildo. And Lindsey was poking at Roxanne's asshole with her finger while she masturbated with her other hand.
We did this sort of thing all night. We switched positions but it was great all over. After we finished almost 5 hours later, we all fell asleep on the floor. Who would have thought my first sleepover would turn out this great. Needless to say, we all get together every couple of weeks to explore ourselves. This week, it will be my turn to bring a friend. I think I'll invite Nikkie from my philosophy class. She's a total babe and I've caught her staring at my tits in class too. I can't wait to see how her pussy tastes!


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Cape Town — British businessman Shrien Dewani has been found fit to stand trial for the murder of his wife Anni, according to a mental health report released in the Western Cape High Court on Friday.
"The accused is not mentally ill. The accused is not certifiable in terms of the Mental Health Act," Director of Public Prosecutions Rodney de Kock said.
Dewani's lawyer Francois van Zyl said the mental health panel made a unanimous decision, including Professor Tuviah Zabow, who was appointed by the court as Dewani's psychiatrist.
"We are in agreement. There is no objection," Van Zyl said.
The report, compiled on Monday, was handed up.
Dewani would go on trial on October 6. He would appear in court again on September 9 for a formal pre-trial hearing.
He would remain at Valkenberg Hospital for counselling and detention leading up to and for the duration of the trial, after a recommendation by medical superintendent Professor Sean Kaliski.
Kaliski advised that this was a better option than prison because of Dewani's history and progress.
De Kock said this was also in keeping with assurances given to the United Kingdom that they would "implement measures to safeguard his health".
Dewani appeared before Judge President John Hlophe, supported by his parents and siblings.
Despite the permanent furrows in his brow, he appeared relatively calm and sat during proceedings.
De Kock had brought an application for Dewani's mental health to be officially observed in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act.
At the time, he said observation was necessary as the mental health report prepared by Valkenberg psychiatrist Dr Sean Baumann differed in its opinion to that of Zabow.
With Dewani fit to stand trial, De Kock officially excused himself from the case and said Adrian Mopp would be leading the case for the State.
"So Mr Mopp is going to mop the trial. Very interesting," quipped Hlophe.
The judge then excused Dewani, who replied "Thank you my Lord", before being led down to the holding cells.
According to the indictment previously handed to the Western Cape High Court, he is charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances, murder, kidnapping, and defeating the ends of justice.
It is the State's case that he acted in common purpose and conspired with Cape Town residents Zola Tongo, Mziwamadoda Qwabe, and Xolile Mngeni to kill his wife.
In return, the State alleges that Dewani would provide payment to the perpetrators.
Tongo, Qwabe, and Mngeni are already serving jail terms in connection with the murder.
Dewani has not yet been asked to plead.
Dewani claimed that he and his wife Anni were kidnapped at gunpoint as they drove through Gugulethu in Cape Town in a taxi in November 2010.
The couple had been on honeymoon in the country. He was released unharmed, but his wife's body was found in the abandoned car the next day. She had been shot dead.


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Mission: Impossible III (abbreviated M:i:III) is the third 2006 action film based on the spy-themed television series Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise who reprises his role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt.
The film was directed by J. J. Abrams. It was first released on April 26, 2006 at the Tribeca Film Festival, and widely released in the United States on May 5, 2006. Filming began in Rome, Italy in July 2005. The film had been kept under extremely tight wraps, and very little was known of its plots or new featured characters during filming. Location filming took place in China (Shanghai, Xitang, and Zhouzhuang), Germany (Berlin), Italy (Rome and Caserta), the United States (California and Virginia), and Vatican City.
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from being an IMF team leader, instead opting for a quiet life with his fiancée Julia (Michelle Monaghan), a hospital nurse (who was the captive in the opening sequence). During their engagement party, Ethan is contacted by IMF Operations Director Musgrave (Billy Crudup) who provides him with a disposable camera. After viewing a video hidden in the camera, he finds out Musgrave wants him to rescue Agent Lindsey Farris (Keri Russell), Ethan's protégé, who has been captured in Berlin by Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a prominent dealer in the international black market (the captor from the opening). He reluctantly agrees to participate in the mission and meets the team which has been selected for him, consisting of Declan Gormley (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), Zhen (Maggie Q), and his old partner, Luther Stickel (Ving Rhames).
The team assaults an enemy stronghold in Berlin and extracts Agent Farris successfully, but she dies during their escape when an explosive capsule placed inside her head detonates. After Lindsey's funeral, Ethan is notified of a "package" sent to him by Lindsey, and discovers that it is a microdot hidden in a blank postcard. Ethan discusses its possible importance with Luther and both decide to keep its existence a secret.
Using information recovered from a laptop in the Berlin mission, Ethan then decides to go after Davian himself, targeting him at a meeting in Vatican City, where a lucrative transaction involving a mysterious object, codenamed "The Rabbit's Foot", is apparently taking place. Neither of Ethan's superiors, directors Brassell (Laurence Fishburne) or Musgrave, have authorized the mission. Before leaving, Ethan reassures Julia of their relationship, and promptly marries her at the hospital in a small ceremony. The team then arrives in Rome and sets off their elaborate plan to abduct Davian, barely avoiding disaster in the process. The operation succeeds nonetheless. Ethan interrogates Davian on the flight home. However he is angered by Davian's quiet but confident threats of killing his wife, and attempts to throw him off the plane before being talked out of it by Stickel.
While transporting Davian across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in a convoy, Luther hands Ethan a laptop computer and plays the video message from the decoded microdot: Lindsey had discovered that Director Brassel is a mole, who has been leaking information to Davian about IMF operations. Suddenly, Ethan and his team are attacked by foreign mercenaries who, after attacking Ethan and his team using a UAV drone, manage to extract Davian. Remembering Davian's threats to kill his wife, Ethan immediately rushes to the hospital where Julia works. He arrives barely moments too late and finds that Julia has already been abducted. At that moment of despair, Ethan receives a call from Davian with a proposition; he must retrieve the "Rabbit's Foot" from a facility in Shanghai within 48 hours, or his wife will be killed. Ethan, anxious to begin his mission to rescue his wife is abruptly taken into custody by the IMF (accused of masterminding the ambush). However, he manages to escape with help from Musgrave, who intercepted Ethan's call from Davian, and instructs Ethan to go to Shanghai.
In Shanghai, Ethan reunites with his team once more and manages to infiltrate the heavily guarded building containing the Rabbit's Foot and steals it. Ethan then goes to the established meeting place where Davian is waiting. Told to "ask no questions", he is made to drink a substance which knocks him out and wakes to learn an explosive capsule is implanted in his brain. The scene shown in the prologue then ensues: Julia and Ethan are bound to chairs and Davian threatens to kill Julia if he is not told the location of the Rabbit's Foot. Ethan, in panic, insists that he has delivered it. However, after counting to ten, Davian proceeds to execute Julia.
After Davian leaves, Musgrave enters, revealing himself as the traitor and explains the situation to a stunned Ethan; Davian will sell the Rabbit's Foot to known Middle Eastern enemies of the United States, the resulting attack being anticipated and controlled to generate only 'acceptable losses' - the concept of a "false flag" attack taken to the next level. This will then justify a massive retaliation that would result in an internationally supported hostile takeover of the region. He shows that the dead "Julia" was actually one of Davian's incompetent personnel (Bahar Soomekh) wearing a mask, used to make sure that Ethan had brought the real Rabbit's Foot; Julia is still alive. Ethan escapes by biting Musgrave's arm before attacking him and taking his phone, which is used to track down Julia's location. Instrumental in this is the assistance of Benji (Simon Pegg), an IMF laboratory technician.
Ethan finally finds Julia, but before he can free her Davian activates the bomb in Ethan's head. The result is a splitting noise in Ethan's head which renders him incapable of thinking properly and defending himself. Davian then begins to savagely beat Ethan, but just as Davian prepares to kill him, Ethan manages to make an impressive comeback and hurls Davian out of the window. Davian is killed when a truck runs over him and Ethan during the scuffle--Ethan, on the bottom, is clear of the truck. Ethan loosens power cables to be able to put electricity on his body, to deactivate the bomb in his head, and meanwhile quickly teaches Julia how to shoot. Julia turns on the power which seemingly kills Ethan, after which Musgrave attacks her. After killing Musgrave, she successfully resuscitates Ethan with CPR, and the two walk out with the Rabbit's Foot as Ethan proceeds to tell Julia the truth about his secret life.
Back at headquarters, Ethan is congratulated for his heroic actions, and then leaves for his honeymoon with Julia, with the blessing of his applauding teammates and promises for another mission which the White House is keen to contact him about. What the Rabbit's Foot is, is never explained.
|Tom Cruise
|Ethan Hunt
|Main protagonist
|Philip Seymour Hoffman
|Owen Davian
|Main antagonist
|Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
|Declan Gormley
|Member of Ethan's team
|Ving Rhames
|Luther Stickell
|Member of Ethan's team
|Billy Crudup
|John Musgrave
|IMF Operations Director/Traitor
|Michelle Monaghan
|Julia "Jules" Mead
|Ethan's fiancée/wife
|Keri Russell
|Lindsey Farris
|IMF agent Ethan trained
|Maggie Q
|Zhen Lei
|Member of Ethan's team
|Simon Pegg
|Benji Dunn
|IMF Technician
|Eddie Marsan
|Laurence Fishburne
|Theodore Brassel
|Head of the IMF
When asked in ABC's Primetime about his involvement with stopping the episode rebroadcast on Comedy Central, Cruise stated "First of all, could you ever imagine sitting down with anyone? I would never sit down with someone and question them on their beliefs. Here's the thing: I'm really not even going to dignify this. I honestly didn't really even know about it. I'm working, making my movie, I've got my family. I'm busy. I don't spend my days going, 'What are people saying about me?' A representative of Cruise had also denied any involvement of Cruise with the issue, specifically responding to allegations of Cruise's reputed corporate power play.
Outside of the USA, the sequel grossed $70 million for the first five days (in some Asian countries, Mission: Impossible III opened two days ahead of its North American release date) and was easily the box-office champion in many countries. As of February 11, 2007, M:I-III's international box office gross has reached $263.8 million, for a combined worldwide gross of $397.9 million.
In the Netherlands, the film debuted in the week of May 4-10 at #1, grossing a total of € 532,384 in that week. The following week, the film remained on the top position. In its third week, the film dropped to #2 and the following week, fell to #4. Next it maintained the #4 position to drop to #6 (in the week of June 6 - June 14). In total, the film has grossed over € 2,141,162.
On the television show Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper gave Mission: Impossible III a "thumbs up", while Roger Ebert gave it a marginal "thumbs down". In Ebert's print review, he gave the film a score of two and a half stars (out of four), saying: "Either you want to see mindless action and computer-generated sequences executed with breakneck speed and technical precision, or you do not. I am getting to the point where I don't much care.
Keith Phipps of The Onion's A.V. Club said the film is "business as usual, but it's the best kind of business as usual, and it finds everyone working in top form. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly called Mission: Impossible III "a gratifyingly clever, booby-trapped thriller that has enough fun and imagination and dash to more than justify its existence. Marc Savlov of the Austin Chronicle said that "it's all poppycock, of course, but it's done with such vim and vigor and both narrative and visual flair that you care not a jot. James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film a score of two and a half stars (out of four), saying that it "provides lots of action, but too little excitement.
Ian Nathan of Empire said that Mission: Impossible III has "an inspired middle-hour pumped by some solid action" but added that "we now live in a post-Bourne, recalibrated-Bond universe, where Ethan Hunt looks a bit lost. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times said that "Hoffman enlivens Mission: Impossible III" but criticized the film's "maudlin romance" and "Abrams's inability to adapt his small-screen talent to a larger canvas. Rob Nelson of the Dallas Observer said that "Abrams's movie is too oppressive, too enamored of its brutality to deliver anything like real thrills; its deeply unpleasant tone nearly makes you long even for [Mission: Impossible II director John] Woo's cartoon absurdities.
Claudia Puig of USA Today said that "Mission: Impossible III delivers" despite "a sense that the franchise is played out and its star over-exposed. Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide described the film as "breezy, undemanding, and a carefully balanced blend of the familiar and the not-quite-what-you-expected. Lawrence Toppman of the Charlotte Observer said that Mission: Impossible III is "plenty of fun" despite being "overwrought and overplotted.
Pete Vonder Haar of Film Threat said that "you may be mildly entertained, but damned if you'll remember any of it five minutes later. Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com said that "Cruise is the single bright, blinking emblem of the failure of Mission: Impossible III. William Arnold of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer remarked that "the latest [Mission: Impossible film] is just this side of insultingly stupid. Shawn Levy of the Portland Oregonian said that Mission: Impossible III "feels like one of the more forgettable James Bond films—saddled, moreover, with a star who's sliding into self-parody.
Mission: Impossible IV is currently in pre-production. Rumors have arisen that Brad Pitt may become the star of the sequel,. Tom Cruise's response about returning to the franchise when asked on the Oprah Winfrey show was that It is possible that he will return for the film. although Sumner Redstone has stated that it would be up to Brad Grey, who runs Paramount, to decide.


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Ramping up the calories in this day and age is thorny and easier said than done. Many people try to value exercise and staying fit much, but rather forget to earn the discipline to go further and make ducks and drakes on any other things. Instead, gaining the restraint on taxing intakes and unhealthy lifestyle is gradually turning into a trend rather than a diminishing idea to a higher extent.
Eating a healthy diet or simply making exercise a daily of one's life becomes a compromise these days. If your schedule does not permit you to be a little unfastened about breaking up the rhythm of your work or timetable, don't get upset. Use this to your advantage. A regimen of workout could be a piece of cake if you get a hold of enough nerve. Heavy workload or hostile meetings might be finding the middle ground of how to balance things, of which comes first and/or which task has more weight. If this happens, intensifying the workout regimen will help. Your muscles will work harder and your work will, if truth be told, de-stress you.
Staying fit can be very challenging and it means you would risk a lot of things. Look around and think of the things that you should avoid during your weeks of getting fit. The best way to get fit is to focus on the things that will help you reach your goal. Discipline is a virtue and it is applied during this kind of therapy. Staying fit doesn't always mean getting thin or reducing a lot of weight. It also needs a few good fats for our body. Maintaining it and to make sure that we don't go beyond and below our body weight is the most important thing we should consider.
Don't force yourself into something you can't basically do. Take it step by step and day by day. You can't get it all at once. You need dedication. It's just a matter of patience and discipline. Our body is made up of different substances and we should know what are those which made our body fat or either unusual to the ordinary. If you are not comfortable by the way you look, try to find an easy way to eliminate all the unwanted fats within our body. Staying fit is in right now and it's one of the most common goals of every person.


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I would say that the real adventure started today. Woke up, got the worst coffee in the world, and snuck the bikes out of the hotel room. Got on the road and out of Ensenada at a reasonable hour. We planned to ride to San Felipe and change my tires out for some good off-road riding down the Sea of Cortez coastline.
Well ..I made an attempt to use my GPS unit and typed in San Felipe .hit Go To .it dropped a purple line to follow and we started blindly following it. After about an hour of riding and staring at the sun and thinking it is in the wrong place, I zoomed out and my GPS is taking us to a San Felipe in the center of the Baja ..not on the coastline! Too late now, lets pound pavement until we hit a decent town. Problem was, the next decent town was 350 miles away ..Guerro Negro.
We did take a couple pit stops for a little off-roading.
90% of this 350 miles was through desolate desert. Granted, there were 20 mile sections through snaking curves that were amazing. As far as scenery goes I couldnt believe the plateau rock formations, variety of cacti, sand to boulders back to sand it was quite impressive.
Alex is already nervous about his fuel supply and after 130 miles he hits reserve and is borderline frantic. A few miles later we run up on a hut with the good ol Gasolina sign. The gas was straight RED. But it seemed to burn just fine in the dizzers.
See...the gas is RED.
Shortly after we see a semi-truck on the side of the road a slow just a little and then all of a sudden Alex picks up the pace by about 15 mph. "Slow down dude"......."did you see that?"......"what, the semi?"....."no dude there was a skeleton of a human on the side of the road right behind the semi"....."nope I missed that". At first I kind of questioned this but I know Alex is a smart guy and he's not too jumpy and now he wants to cruise at an excessive speed. Well, due to the events that occured the following day and do not doubt that it was a skeleton.
At about 4:30 we started getting nervous .the sun was disappearing. We rolled into Guerro Negro at about 6:30 in the pitch black. First hotel wanted $50 and parking didnt look too good so we dove deeper into town. After a stroll through sketchyville we landed a good place with restaurant and bar .cant recall the name but the whole palce was based on tourism for the whale watching in Scammons Lagoon that Aunt Betty told us about!
We were beat, almost fell asleep at dinner, drank a couple Sol clamatos and crashed out hard.
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Welcome to GreenStar Web Design & Consulting – GreenStar for short. GreenStar is a Michigan Web Design company that creates creative website designs that give our clients a creative edge against their competition.
This website will also serve as a blog where I can showcase my thoughts & ideas on business, marketing and freelancing. It will also be a place where I can showcase great website designs from around the world as well as give away freebies (textures, photoshop brushes, website templates, etc). Another great feature I will be working on with this site is GreenStar TV. GreenStar TV will be a twice-weekly video blog where I discuss marketing, business & freelancing. I am also working on a monthly podcast where I interview other freelancers and get other people to join in. It's a movement, and I want you to be a part of it.
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Tunis — The extraordinary council of the Congress for the Republic Party (CPR), which met until late Saturday, has decided to give a one-week ultimatum "before pulling out its ministers from the current Government" if the document on the performance of the government agreed by the Troika is not signed, said CPR Secretary-General Mohamed Abbou.
"If this demand is not met, the decision will be implemented without any new recourse to the party's national council," he cautioned at a press conference held at the end of the extraordinary national council meeting.
A statement of the council said that document contains a set of points related, in particular, to the creation of a committee within the Prime Ministry made up of ruling coalition parties. This committee will be tasked with conducting consultations on major political and economic decisions before endorsing them such as appointment to senior positions.
The document also provides, in particular, for discussing "seriously and objectively" the issues of corruption, development of mechanisms of fight against corruption, preservation of the citizens' purchasing power, speeding up the pace of regional development and non-interference in justice.
It also states that bigwigs of the former regime be removed from decision-making positions, ministerial offices and a cabinet reshuffle be conducted in a timely manner and by introducing changes in ministries subject of negotiations, namely the foreign affairs and justice ministries.
"After reaching an agreement with Ennahdha Movement on a change in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last week, by limiting negotiation to the Ministry of Justice, Ennahdha told us today that it sees no need to make changes in these two departments," indicated Mr. Abbou.
He reminded of his party's position calling for the "neutrality of the Ministry of Justice and the removal of Rafik Abdessalem from the Government."
"In case CPR pulls out from Troika, it will join the opposition and seek new political alliances," he said noting however, that "the CPR prefers not to pull out from the government coalition and has no relevant electoral interests."


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Muhammad Ali Vs. Sonny Liston | 50th Anniversary
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Excerpt from "The Night Lewiston, Maine, Can Never Forget," Yankee Magazine, May, 1979.
The rematch for the heavyweight championship of the world between Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) and former champ Sonny "the Bear" Liston, on May 25, 1965, was expected to put this city on the map. Precisely what the fight, still described locally as "the fiasco" or "the debacle," did for the community no one can really say. One thing is certain, however – to start a heated discussion among boxing fans one need say only two words: "Lewiston, Maine." . . .
The "worst mess in the history of sports" began shortly after 10:40 PM on May 25, 1965, when "The Star-Spangled Banner" KO' d Robert Goulet at five seconds into the first stanza in an ice hockey rink in Lewiston, Maine. Some 4200 people were gathered to witness a fight for the heavyweight championship of the world between brash Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) and fearsome Sonny Liston. An ending of sorts took place either 60, 107, or 132 seconds later, depending on which record book you consult, with Sonny Liston on his back from a punch hardly anyone saw. The hall swelled with cries of " Fake! Fake! Fake!" which pelted the fighters like tomatoes, and years later you can still stir a cauldron of controversy by dropping two words into a group of fight buffs: " Lewiston, Maine."
"They say, 'the fiasco, the debacle,' " says a Lewiston man who adds, "It will always be a part of our lore and legend." But that is an ending. To understand a night that may never be fully explained we must go back to the beginning, when the Governor of Maine could face reporters and say proudly, "This fight is one of the greatest things to happen in Maine."
Sam Michael promoted his first boxing match in 1922 in a church in Lowell, Massachusetts, when he was 16 years old. Later he moved to Lewiston, Maine, and opened a pawnshop and promoted boxing on Monday nights in the armory, collecting $2.40 for ringside seats.
Shortly past noon on May 6, 1965, he receives a message: "Call Cleveland." Waiting in Cleveland are a group of men whose business cards read "Intercontinental Promotions, Inc.," and "Sports Vision, Inc." Their $3 .5- million closed-circuit television contracts for the Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston rematch set for May 25 in the Boston Garden are threatened by a Boston prosecutor who claims they are not properly licensed in Massachusetts. Privately, the prosecutor feels the bout will be "a set-up" and wants no part of it. He has gone to court to halt the fight.
The fight has already suffered one postponement when Ali was rushed to the hospital for a hernia operation. If it were postponed again, it would probably never be held. The promoters remember that Sam Michael once had suggested Maine for the fight. The proposal had seemed ludicrous at the time, but now they need a refuge for their fight, a place to put their big cameras to protect their investment. When Michael reaches Cleveland, a voice asks him to do what nobody has ever tried — to promote a world heavyweight championship fight, often called "the greatest sporting event in the world," — in 18 days.
The fight will be in the Central Maine Youth Center in Lewiston, a town of 41,000, 35 miles from Portland. Lewiston is the smallest town to host a heavyweight title bout since 1923 when the citizens of Shelby, Montana (pop. 3000), brought Jack Dempsey and Tom Gibbons together. (The people of Lewiston were 75 percent French-speaking. They worked in mills making shoes and bedspreads where the average weekly paycheck was $50.)
With only two hotels in Lewiston, the Poland Spring House, 12 miles away, houses the crush of 600 journalists — about the number which covered World War II — arriving for the fight. The famous but time-worn resort that once catered to the rich and famous looks to one writer, "as though the Kaiser would step out any second."


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Author's Note: This blog entry is part of a series I started to explore two of today's most popular eLearning rapid development tools: Articulate Studio and Adobe Captivate. Here is a link to an article that contains the whole Articulate vs. Captivate series.
In the first entry of this series, I started a series to explore two of today's most popular eLearning rapid development tools--Articulate Studio and Adobe Captivate. Now I'd like to talk about each of them separately and in more detail, starting with Articulate Studio. In the process, I'll also discuss some of the best practices that may help with your development.
Just in case you're new to Articulate Studio, I want to mention that there are four main components: Articulate Presenter, Engage, QuizMaker, and Video Encoder. If you need info or a refresher on what each component does, have a look at Articulate's website.
Let me start by asking you a simple question: What is Articulate Studio?
The answer I most often hear goes something like this: "Articulate converts PowerPoint to a Flash presentation." Technically, this is a true statement and it's one of the factors that attracts many people to Articulate in the first place—it doesn't require much in the way of programming skills to jump on board. Although using Engage and QuizMaker requires more practice, most users can get familiar with these Articulate Studio components in a short period of time.
For those shopping for rapid eLearning development capabilities, it can seem as if all you need to develop a good course is PowerPoint content to run through Articulate and out comes eLearning. This is an especially attractive proposition for those who are tasked with "converting" instructor-led training courses to be delivered as eLearning.
The problem that I hear over and over from both eLearning developers and actual learners is that the "PowerPoint look" of Articulate courses wears thin very quickly. Something's missing, but what?
To answer this question, I have to stray a little from talking about tools and take a quick dive into instructional design. As you probably know, the traditional use of PowerPoint is in classroom-based training, which is also called synchronous or instructor-led learning. By contrast, Articulate eLearning courses are, of course, an asynchronous (self-paced) learning experience.
You probably see where I'm headed already: even if the course contains the same content, we have to take quite different approaches once the delivery medium changes. To substitute for the richness of activities and interactions that can take place in the classroom, we need to build a new layer of richer interaction and engagement on top of the content in the PowerPoint in order to make it effective as an eLearning course. When this layer is missing, people see the course as a shallow PowerPoint presentation, not as real learning.
I know that this problem is not just an Articulate Studio problem, but because of Articulate's direct link to PowerPoint, it seems even easier for Articulate users to fall into this trap. Remember, a PowerPoint presentation is only one ingredient. One ingredient doesn't make a cake.
Fortunately, Articulate Studio gives plenty of options to produce a richer eLearning course that goes beyond PowerPoint. For example, Engage interactions, quiz questions, Flash movies, and even customized Flash games. In addition, Articulate allows you to deliver your content through branched scenarios, which is another effective tool to keep learners' attention.
Articulate Studio offers a lot of eLearning potential in one package. I'm not going to do a feature-by-feature list here--you can easily get that information elsewhere. Instead, I'd like to highlight just a few of features that I think are significant and either little-known or not often used to their potential:
After this discussion of my favorite features, I feel I have to deliver a brief word of warning. I've been using Articulate for about 7 years now and the product has evolved significantly. Many people used to see Articulate as a simple tool that would enable anyone to develop eLearning. This may or may not have ever been true, but what has happened over time is that eLearning developers and instructional designers have demanded more and more sophistication. And Articulate has largely delivered, but this means that to get the most out of Articulate, you have to be more and more skilled as a developer to take advantage of the richer features. Therefore, I think it's best to look at Articulate as a "development suite" and the results really are closely linked to the developer's skill and the instructional designer's understanding of how to design learning to take advantage of Articulate's strengths.
Since most of the Articulate courses involve an audio presentation with closed caption text, it requires a different design approach in PowerPoint. Research indicates that when audio and static text are presented at the same time, audio is the most dominant and efficient channel. Therefore, it's often a distraction if the bulleted text repeats the audio. In many cases, it's more effective to replace bulleted text with graphical elements like photos, illustrations, and flowcharts, and animations.1
In my previous blog entry, we talked briefly about software training. Can I use Articulate to develop this training by itself? Again, it depends how and what you want to achieve in the training. If the training only involves demonstration, you can insert a series of screenshots on the PowerPoint slides, and then spice them up with the annotation tool in Articulate. Gerry Wasiluk posted some excellent information on this topic as comments to my first Articulate vs. Captivate blog entry.
Or, you may opt to use one of the screencasts tools, for example, the Screenr. With these tools, you can easily export your screencasts to video clips, and then insert it into your Articulate course later. However, if you want to drop in a comprehensive simulation in your course, I would say that Articulate is not your best option. If software simulation and is your goal, you should consider Captivate, which I will cover in the next entry in this series.
1 Of course, a transcript should be available so that learning content can be accessed by those who cannot hear the narration.
Author's Note: This blog entry was the beginning of a series of a series I started to explore two of today's most popular eLearning rapid development tools: Articulate Studio and Adobe Captivate. Here is a link to Part 3 of this series.
Great overview Tony. Captures the simple and complex of it…your observation on AP evolution over time is spot-on. This explains why I have resisted my upgrade from V5 right through today. With client overload now as constant state, I cannot stop to upgrade but know I must.
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Viewing 5,241–5,250 out of 17,785 events
from July 21, 2013 (x) to April 25, 2026
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Shape Up NYC Dance Fitness for Adults
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
We'll be combining Latin, international, and popular music with dance moves for an aerobic workout.
Category: Fitness
Bryant Park Juggling
at Bryant Park, Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons. All skills are welcome and equipment is provided.
Category: Kids
at Pier 5 (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
NYC's premier photo destination is a modular venue built from repurposed shipping containers featuring photo exhibitions, outdoor photo workshops, and night-time multimedia projections.
Category: Art
Hands-on History: We the People
at King Manor Museum (in Rufus King Park), Queens
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Happy Constitution Day! Create American flags in 19th century designs and practice writing with a quill and ink on fancy paper. Take a tour of the museum and learn about Rufus…
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, History, Kids, Tours
Central Park Tour: Southern Welcome Tour
at Central Park Perimeter Wall, Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m.
Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through the southern Park highlights.
Category: Education, Nature, History, Tours
Co-Ed Basketball Clinic
at North Meadow Recreation Center (in Central Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
It's not just shooting hoops! This high-energy, interactive clinic provides youth with an opportunity to learn and enhance their skills in the game of basketbal1.
Category: Kids, Sports
Rock Your Seat
at Greenbelt Recreation Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Experience the sound of music as you workout to the beat without leaving your seat. Recreation Center membership is required to participate.
Category: Accessible, Fitness, Seniors
Conference House Tours
at Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come to The Conference House in Tottenville for guided tours through an historic house where Benjamin Franklin, Edward Rutledge, John Adams and Lord Howe met in an attempt to end the…
Category: Education, History, Tours
El Puente: Southside Connex Street Festival
at El Puente/ Earth Spirit Garden (in ), Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Southside Connex is an annual two-day community street festival in Los Sures in Williamsburg.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Kids, Fall Festivals
Basic Canoeing
at Fort Totten Front Gate (in Fort Totten Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Our trained Urban Park Rangers will lead you on canoe adventures that range from the gentle waters of protected lakes to the challenging open waters of rivers and bays.
Category: Nature, Kayaking and Canoeing, Waterfront
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By DAVID BORAKS
When Exit 28 in Cornelius is rebuilt next year to improve traffic flow, the interchange also will get a big aesthetic makeover, too. Architects for the town unveiled a nautical-themed design this week that calls for decorative bridge abutments, lighting and a signature mast-and-cable feature that looks like a sailboat.
Ratio Architects of Raleigh came up with the concept and delivered it Monday to Cornelius commissioners, who appeared unanimous in favor of the design. Commissioners also liked the project's revised price tag – closer to $1 million than the $4 million the firm suggested in July.
The N.C. Department of Transportation is in the midst of planning a $3.5 million overhaul to the Exit 28 interchange, which could happen in 2013-14.
The interchange, at I-77 and Catawba Avenue, will be converted to a what's called a "diverging diamond interchange," or DDI, to improve traffic flow and safety. In that design, the two directions of traffic on the overpass will cross over one another to the opposite side of the bridge at the freeway. That will prevent cars from from having to turn left across multiple lanes of oncoming traffic onto the highway. And it will allow cars to enter and exit the highway more smoothly. The new ramp design also could make drivers' wait time five times shorter, officials say.
With the DOT project drawing closer, town officials last year hired consultants to come up with suggestions to improve the appearance of the interchange, which they see as a gateway to Cornelius.
The design includes decorative bridge abutments, lighting, trees and other plantings, 5-foot lanterns at four corners, a central pedestrian walkway on the bridge, and the most striking element: a pair of mast arms with cables to suggest sailboat masts and sails. There's even a space on the bridge abutment that could include include the town name in some kind of public art project, according to Ratio's Jesse Green, who showed the plans Monday night.
Mr. Greene said the firm tried to learn all it could about the town as it designed the aesthetic enhancements. The design includes lights to show off the structure at night.
"Lighting is going to be very crucial," he said. "It's an important part of the design. At night time we want to cast lights up on the cable, up on the masts." The design includes a "spot of light" on top of each mast, as on a sailboat. Spotlights also would highlight the masonry on the bridge sides.
"I think it's beautiful," Commissioner Dave Gilroy said at Monday's meeting.
Ratio Architects gave a preliminary estimate of about $992,400 for the basic work to decorate the bridge. That does not include the cost of final design and construction documents, which would allow the town to seek bids. But it's still considerably lower than the $4 million estimate for a previous design the consultants proposed in July. At that time, Mayor Jeff Tarte said, "We may have champagne taste and a beer budget."
The architects also suggest another $176,000 in optional add-ons to the design, including painting, granite instead of pre-cast concrete in some decorations, and a stamped design on a wall bordering the central pedestrian walkway.
These "enhancements" are on top of the structural cost of the bridge, and would be paid for by the town, likely in the fiscal 2014 budget, town officials said.
Commissioners on Monday authorized the town manager to seek an architecture firm to come up with construction plans. The town hopes to put the project out to bid next August, either as part of the DOT project, or simultaneously as a separate project, Assistant Town Manager Andrew Grant said.
Construction is scheduled to begin late next year and could take 12-18 months, according to Mr. Grant.
Download the full presentation by Ratio Architects (PDF)
See previous coverage of the Exit 28 project under the "DDI" tag


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Few organisations have such a rich concentration of people drawn from such varied backgrounds — we have leading scientists, experienced tradespeople, communication specialists, electricians, accountants, chefs, field assistants, web specialists, divers and administrators amongst our team in Cambridge and Antarctica.
The very nature of our organisation demands diversity — and it is embraced by our people. One of the appeals of working here, and especially in the closeness of Antarctica, is the chance to mix with people from many different backgrounds.
Diversity is paramount to our organisation and our success. Here we detail some information from our Equalities & Disability Policy for your information. But if you have any queries about our commitment to diversity, please don't hesitate to ask.
BAS is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Equality of opportunity is important for BAS as an employer as well as for our staff. If equal opportunity policies are effectively implemented, the rewards can be measured in increased efficiency and effectiveness.
Our Policy
It is BAS policy that everyone has equal opportunity for employment and advancement within the Council on the basis of their abilities, qualifications and fitness for work. We do not tolerate discrimination against anyone on grounds of sex, race, religious beliefs or sexual orientation; this applies in recruitment, training, promotion and to all aspects of employment within NERC. Nor do we unlawfully discriminate on the basis of disability but prefer to offer each candidate or member of staff the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to carry out the work required.
Our policy aims to ensure that we make full use of the abilities of our entire workforce and that we recruit the most suitably qualified people from all sections of the community.
Disability Discrimination
As part of its commitment to equal opportunities, NERC now operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. This scheme means that all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum specified requirements for the post are guaranteed an interview. Although NERC's policy of always recruiting the best person for the job is not affected by this, this scheme does mean that more people with disabilities will be interviewed and the likelihood of a person with a disability being offered the job may increase accordingly.
Any candidate offered a position to work in Antarctic will undergo a medical examination prior to appointment. Anyone offered a post to work in Antarctic will have to be physically capable and medically fit to work in Antarctic conditions.


text: Loose Women Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email About this programme Andrea McLean, Denise Welch, Carol McGiffin and Jane McDonald host the show today, and are joined by comedian Joe Pasquale and actor John Partridge (Christian in EastEnders), who discusses his role in the soap and his character's latest plot lines. Cast and crew Cast Panellist Andrea McLean Panellist Carol McGiffin Panellist Denise Welch Panellist Jane McDonald Guest John Partridge Crew Deputy Editor Stephen Martin Director Jo Johns Producer Andy Tippins Producer Natasha Neeson Producer Cassie O'Donnell Producer Karen Moss Series Editor Emily Humphries Categories Entertainment Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email