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Agreements entered into under this section in any 1-year period shall not provide for the reduction of duties, or the continuance of duty-free or excise treatment, for articles which account for more than 2 percent of the value of United States imports for the most recent 12-month period for which import statistics are available.
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(1) No proclamation shall be made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section decreasing any rate of duty to a rate which is less than 80 percent of the existing rate of duty.
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(3) Where the rate of duty in effect at any time is an intermediate stage under section 2119 of this title, the proclamation made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may provide for the reduction of each rate of duty at each such stage proclaimed under section 2111 of this title by not more than 20 percent of such rate of duty, and, subject to the limitation in paragraph (2), may provide for a final rate of duty which is not less than 80 percent of the rate of duty proclaimed as the final stage under section 2111 of this title.
(4) If the President determines that such action will simplify the computation of the amount of duty imposed with respect to an article, he may exceed the limitations provided by paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection by not more than the lesser of—
(d) Two-year period of authority
Agreements may be entered into under this section only during the 2-year period which immediately follows the close of the period during which agreements may be entered into under section 2111 of this title.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
{our honeymoon} part two
15 comments:
- Miss K said...
i want to go there! it's so gorgeous! so, we went on our honeymoon almost a full year ago now and i still haven't developed our water camera yet!! aaagh. maybe this weekend?
- April 26, 2012 at 9:36 AM
- J and A said...
Looks amazing! Paradise looks great on you. :)
- April 26, 2012 at 9:37 AM
- Katie said...
It looks amazing!! The perfect honeymoon. :)
- April 26, 2012 at 9:44 AM
- Sonja said...
So naturally I had to come to this post and get another 5 mins of relaxing HAHA
Y'all look so happy! I love how Allen is trying to be close to you in the picture by reaching over the table. So sweet!!
I'm so happy for y'all!
- April 26, 2012 at 9:52 AM
- Vicki said...
This is like #1 on my places to visit ASAP! Your pictures are beyond gorgeous!!! :)
- April 26, 2012 at 10:16 AM
- Becky said...
Looks amazing! So cool that you guys were parasailing. I've always wanted to do that!
- April 26, 2012 at 10:24 AM
- Jodi said...
Looks AMAZING!!!!! The beach and water is SO beautiful. I've never been but would love to go. I could drink a lot of fruity drinks!! :)
- April 26, 2012 at 10:27 AM
- Christina said...
This all looks amazing! I'm so jealous. I'm definitely in need of a beach vacation.
- April 26, 2012 at 10:56 AM
- Peace Love Applesauce- Terri said...
It looks like paradise.. y'all are the cutest couple!!
- April 26, 2012 at 1:59 PM
- smk053078 said...
Holy moly!! These pictures are amazing!! I love the rainbow one. My husband and I went para-sailing in Mexico...and I was so scared flying over the water...I am deathly afraid of heights, but he talked me into it. Looks like you guys had a fabulous time!! I need a vacy to the beach!
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- April 26, 2012 at 3:45 PM
- Sarah-Life is what you make it said...
girl, you have the nicest skin ever, without make up! what are your secrets?!
this place looks so picture perfect!
- April 26, 2012 at 3:57 PM
- Ashlee Miller said...
Beautiful pictures! Looks like you both had an amazing time!
- April 26, 2012 at 9:55 PM
- LWLH said...
Those sunrise pictures are gorgeous!! :)
- April 27, 2012 at 8:33 AM
- Ashley said...
Ohhh I would love to go there!!! Would you recomend it? M and I honeymooned in Dominican as well, went back at 3 years and we plan to go back next April!! Love Dominican!!! Your pictures are great!!
- April 27, 2012 at 2:15 PM
- Emily said...
We cannot wait to go back, love the rainbow photo ah I miss it so much!
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NBA Betting Preview – Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets
- Updated: February 3, 2012
NBA Betting Previews- Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets
Pointspread: Denver
Total Line: OFF
The Los Angeles Lakers will look to turn things around on the road this Friday night when they travel to the Pepsi Center to square-off against the Denver Nuggets. The game is set to tip-off at 10:30 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
Los Angeles is 11-2 straight-up and 8-5 against the spread at home this season, but it has really struggled on the road with a 2-7 record both SU and ATS. It comes into this game on three day's rest after playing three games in three days earlier in the week. The total has stayed 'under' in 13 of its 22 games overall.
Kobe Bryant has been a one-man team for the Lakers when it comes to scoring with a league-high 30 points a game, but as a team the Lakers are ranked 19th in the NBA in scoring with an average of 93.6 points a game.
Denver is actually in Los Angeles for a Thursday night clash with the Clippers before heading home to face the Lakers in the middle game of three in three days. It is currently 14-7 both SU and ATS and three games in back of Oklahoma City in the Northwest Division. The Nuggets are 7-3 SU (6-4 ATS) at home and the total has gone 6-4 in the 10 games.
There has been no problem with Denver's ability to score points this season as it leads the league with 105.4 points a game. The problem has been the Nuggets' ability to stop their opponents from doing the same. They are 27th in the NBA in points allowed; giving-up an average of 99.2 point a game.
The Lakers are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games against the Northwest Division and 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games overall. The total has gone 'over' in four of their last five games overall.
The Nuggets are 8-1-1 ATS in their last 10 games against the Pacific Division and 15-7-2 ATS in their last 24 games at home. The total has gone 'over' in six of their last eight game overall.
Head-to-head, Los Angeles is 1-7-1 ATS in the last nine meetings and 1-4 ATS in its last five trips to the Pepsi Center. The total has stayed 'under' in four of the last five meetings in Denver.
Stick with the past trends in this series for this matchup as the Nuggets add to the Lakers' woes on the road with the win.
The Free NBA Pick: Denver 101 Los Angeles 94
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MTV, VH1, CMT & Logo to Team Up for Multiscreen GRAMMY AWARD Coverage
Following the success of Big and Best of 2012 live stream that celebrated the key moments of the year, Viacom announced today that it will further unify to produce comprehensive multiscreen coverage of major entertainment events aimed at connecting and contextualizing content, news coverage, and advertising opportunities across MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo.
MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo will team up for an unprecedented multiscreen coverage of the 2013 Grammy Awards, which will include Grammy-themed episodes of VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live With Carrie Keagan, MTV's AMTV, a red carpet live stream, news hits, and specials with talent from MTV's Nikki and Sara LIVE, MTV's House of Style and VH1's Best Week Ever. Procter & Gamble Beauty Brands will serve as the official Grammy partner and will receive extensive branding through our Viacom Music and Logo Group's Grammy coverage, as well as custom news spots on MTV.
In December, Viacom Music & Logo Group launched The Big & Best of 2012, an unprecedented, cross-network, eight hour digital livestream event that highlighted the music, personalities and pop culture moments that defined the past year. Building upon the success of that event, which landed 2 trending topics on Twitter and ranked internally as one of the most watched live streams ever, Viacom Music & Logo Group is now further unifying its brands to produce unmatched coverage of major entertainment events and extend opportunities for advertiser and sponsorship integrations. In the coming months, Viacom Music and Logo Group will cover additional entertainment events including the 2013 Academy Awards.
MTV News and VH1 News will collectively co-produce a live red carpet live stream. MTV News' Sway Calloway and James Montgomery, along with VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live's Carrie Keagan and VH1's Top 20 Countdown's Jim Shearer will bring fans LIVE to the Grammy red carpet during "MTV and VH1 Grammy Night Live" streaming live on MTV.com, VH1.com, CMT.com, NewNowNext.com and Ustream, as well as on mobile and tablet devices via the MTV News app beginning 6pm ET. Additionally, Karlie Kloss, model and co-host of MTV's House of Style will be providing exclusive fashion commentary live from the carpet. The coverage will expand to on-air with live break-ins on MTV throughout the two hours of coverage, plus a full takeover of MTV's digital music station MTV Hits from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.
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Rangers threw down the gauntlet to rivals Celtic in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League title race by cruising to a 5-0 win at Motherwell.
Kyle Lafferty, Steven Davis and Nikica Jelavic all grabbed a goal apiece and Steven Naismith claimed a brace as the Scottish champions stretched their lead at the summit to four points.
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infamous hacker publication known as 2600, is being sued in Federal
Court by eight major motion picture corporations. Defended by renowned
attorney Marcus Garbus, 2600, and its assumed editor "Emmanuel
Goldstein," 2600 is being charged with "circumvention of copyright
protection systems" - for publishing how to circumvent the Contents Scramble
Systems (CSS). CSS protects Digital Video Discs (DVDs) from unauthorized
access and copying. 2600 posted a program that can decrypt CSS
called DeCSS on www.krackdown.com. DeCSS has since been removed from www.krackdown.com.
With its legal bills being paid for by the Electronic Frontier Foundation,
an ACLU-ish type of Internet non-profit organization dedicated to free
speech, 2600 is going to need a strong defense team to take on
these industry heavyweights. This case will challenge the bowels of free
speech and censorship and inevitably set a lot of legal precedents moving
U.S.C. 1201(a)(2) states specifically that, "No person shall manufacture,
import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology,
product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that is primarily
designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological
measure that effectively controls access." There are numerous pieces of
software out on the Internet that violate this code, however, 2600
is the first to be challenged in court.
Garbus is a founding partner of Frankfut, Garbus, Klein, and Seltz, a
Madison Avenue (NYC) based law firm that was founded in 1977. A trial
lawyer who is known for his expertise in selecting juries, Mr. Garbus
has as a part of his intellectual property practice represented the publishers
of Salmon Rushdie and Henry Miller, as well as major motion picture stars
Spike Lee, Robert Redford, Richard Gere, and Al Pacino. Mr. Garbus has
taught law at Columbia and Yale Universities, and has authored the following
three books:
is a frequent contributor to the Washington Post, the LA Times, and the
New York Times.
It is not surprising that 2600 did not seek out San Francisco based
defense attorney Jennifer Granick. Granick defended Kevin Mitnick, who
went on to spend 5 years in jail after stealing source code from numerous
Internet high-profile companies. It is obvious there is more at stake
here than just intellectual property protection.
The court date has been set for December 5th of this year. Having appeared
before the United States Supreme Court, and multiple other high-level
state and federal courts, Mr. Garbus will undoubtedly be using the next
nine months to prepare a competitive defense.
will be particularly interesting to watch for is the outcome of whether
or not the writing of the decryption program, known as DeCSS, is deemed
a violation of existing Copyright Protection Laws, or whether the pubishing
of DeCSS is a violation of Copyright Law. If the writing of DeCSS is deemed
a violation of Copyright Protection Laws, this has a lot of implication
on other software decryption programs that exist. Computer games in particular
suffer from an exorbitant amount of publications on how to circumvent
the licensing programs. In part to escape lawsuits, authors of decryption
programs commonly state that their programs are written to test and validate
the actual security of the program it is decrypting. Whether or not this
is actually the case is very difficult to determine.
who has been sued knows that a lawsuit, whether it is justified or not,
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Lawsuits like this are enough to make anyone with better things to do
than defend themselves in court think twice about posting decryption programs
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Wyatt McGuire won the boys race, outdistancing his nearest opponent by more than half a minute. McGuires winning time was 16:13.5.
Four North Platte boys finished in the top 15.
Ace Haws was sixth in 17:50. Christian Bradley was eighth in 18:12 and Marcus Miller finished 15th with a time of 18:50.
North Plattes team score was 47, second to Hastings, which won the meet with a team score of 35.
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North Plattes Libby Burrows toured the Indianhead Golf Course in 16 minutes, 52 seconds, good for second place. Teammate Victoria Tockey was fourth in 17 minutes flat.
Kayla Dotson finished in the top 10 -- ninth with a time of 17:23.
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If the Bobby Petrino fiasco and subsequent debacle of a season have taught us anything about Arkansas fans, it's that they can't help but write songs about stuff. First, it was the lady wearing the Hog head singing wistfully about the Razorbacks' struggles. Now these three – might I say, well-harmonized – cats have worked up there own rendition of Paul McCartney's classic cut "Hey Jude" in hopes of wooing Jon Gruden to Fayettevile. I get the feeling "Hey Grude" won't be what entices Chuckie to Hogville. Whatever – keep 'em coming, Hog fans.
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Jandar Exploration, L.C. filed as a Domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) in the State of Texas on Tuesday, December 13, 1994 and is approximately twenty-one years old, as recorded in documents filed with Texas Secretary of State. The filing is currently active as of the last data refresh which occured on Thursday, July 2, 2015.
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For my generation of college students, arriving on campuses as American involvement in the Vietnam War was winding down, Susan Sontag was one of those culture-changing stars that the radical sixties had brought forth. She was a glamorous presence on the New York scene, an intellectual often seen and heard around town, a writer whose work many of us followed, especially her essays in The New York Review of Books. She was beautiful and hip, a princess of high bohemia, intimidating, free, and, incandescently, always on. She became even more famous after "On Photography" (1977) and "Illness as Metaphor" (1978). I don't remember when the signature white streak began to appear in her lustrous, abundant hair, but I think of her as someone who went out dressed in her fame, like a great scarf thrown over the shoulder at the last moment. And I must admit that, when we became friends, I was far too pleased to be seen with her.


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10 CHAPTER TWO PAVEMENT CONDITION DATA COLLECTION OVERVIEW This chapter focuses on the types of data collected by highway Roughness Index (IRI), which is computed as a linear accu- agencies to determine the pavement structural and functional mulation of the simulated suspension motion normalized by conditions and support pavement management decisions, how the length of the profile, and is expressed in inches per mile they are collected, and why they are important for pavement or meters per kilometer (20). In addition to the individual management. It combines information from the literature condition indicators, a large percentage of the respondents reviewed with results from the survey of state and provincial (82%) use an overall pavement condition index, in addition agencies. to smoothness and individual distresses. Typically, struc- tural capacity and frictional properties are collected at the project level. NETWORK- VERSUS PROJECT-LEVEL DATA COLLECTION At the project level, more specific data are typically col- Data collection for network-level decision making is gener- lected in terms of individual distress identification and severity. ally different from data collection for project-level decision Friction and structural capacity measurements are more preva- making in purpose, methods, and the actual data collected. lent at this level of data collection as more specific informa- Therefore, the quality requirements for the pavement condition tion is needed to determine specific preservation methods data needed are also different. Network-level data collection and budgeting requirements for individual pavement projects. involves collection of large quantities of pavement condition This level of information is appropriate for use in technical data, which is often converted to individual condition indices decisions, such as preservation treatment selection decision or aggregated into composite condition indices. Owing to the trees, design of the selected treatment, and project-level cost large quantity of required data, collection methods typically estimates. involve windshield surveys and automated methods, as these techniques can generally be performed at highway speeds Data collection methods at the project level often include without affecting traffic or posing a hazard to data collection a higher prevalence of walking surveys, in addition to the other teams. This information is then used to assess the overall methods used for collecting network-level data. Structural condition of the network, determine maintenance and reha- capacity evaluation is performed mostly at the project level bilitation strategies, and develop work programs and budgets to support the "design" of the maintenance or rehabilitation for the entire network. This level of information is most appro- projects that have been recommended through network-level priate for showing decision makers the highest priority pave- analysis. Cost and traffic disruption are the primary reasons ment segments and for making multi-year projections with cited for agencies not performing structural evaluations at the respect to the overall network condition. network level. Friction measurements are also used mostly at the project level. Figure 3 summarizes the percentage of states and Cana- dian provinces that collect each type of pavement condition Approximately half of the agencies (49%) indicted that the data at the network and project level; the value indicated data collected are being used to control pavement warranties, above each bar indicates the percentage of agencies collect- performance-based contracts, and/or other types of public� ing the pavement indicators. These results are consistent with private partnerships. This type of contractual obligation creates the findings reported by McQueen and Timm (18). Network- additional demands in terms of the quality of the data. level surface distress and smoothness data are collected by almost all agencies. Only one agency (2%) reported that it is IN-HOUSE VERSUS SERVICE PROVIDER not collecting pavement distress data, and three (5%) reported COLLECTED DATA that they are not collecting smoothness data at the network level. Most agencies define pavement distresses and severities, Over the last decade, there has been an increase in the use of using approaches similar to the one used in the Long-Term data collection service providers for collecting both network- Pavement Performance (LTPP) Distress Identification Man- and project-level pavement condition data. This trend has been ual for the Long-Term Pavement Performance Program (19). fueled by a combination of three factors: (1) an increased Smoothness data are typically reported using the International demand for timely quality data to support pavement manage-
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11 Question: What pavement condition data does your agency collect? 98.2% 100% 94.6% Network Level Project Level 90% 80% 71.4% Percentage of Agencies 70% 66.1% 58.9% 60% 55.4% 50% 40% 33.9% 30% 20% 16.1% 10% 0% Surface Smoothness Structural Surface Friction Distress Capacity Properties FIGURE 3 Types of pavement condition data collected. ment decisions, (2) reductions in the public sector staff, and most data collected in those categories are still collected in- (3) availability of more sophisticated equipment that can house. These results are consistent with the trend recently collect large quantities of data quickly and efficiently but are reported by McGhee (6), which indicated that the most com- often expensive and complex to operate. For these reasons, monly contracted data collection services included sensor- agencies are increasingly considering the outsourcing of data measured data condition items (smoothness, rut depth, and collection and processing to the private sector. However, joint faulting). In the cases in which the smoothness and/or although most agencies (81%) have evaluated this possibility, distress data are collected by a service provider, the service most agencies still collect most of their data using in-house is usually outsourced to a single service provider. staff. Figure 4 summarizes the percentage of agencies using the various collection modes for each particular pavement Structural capacity data are collected primarily by in-house condition indicator; it is noted that not all agencies responded staff; however, for agencies that have outsourced structural to this question. capacity data collection, the use of multiple service providers is common. Friction data collection showed the lowest rate of Forty-eight percent of the respondents to the survey outsourcing; only one agency currently contracts these services (27 agencies) are currently contracting at least some of their with a commercial service provider. The survey also showed pavement data collection activities. Pavement distress and that the outsourcing practices are not different for the various smoothness data are the data types that are most frequently types of roads. The percentage of the agencies that have out- outsourced (by about one-third of the respondents), although sourced at least part of the data collection for each of the four Question: How does your agency currently collect pavement condition data? 100% In House 90% Outsourced to Single Contractor 80% Outsourced to Multiple Contractors Percentage of Agencies Not Collected 70% 63% 60% 57% 54% 50% 50% 40% 36% 38% 30% 21% 21% 20% 10% 5% 7% 4% 2% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% Surface Distress Smoothness Structural Capacity Surface Friction Properties FIGURE 4 In-house versus contracted pavement condition data collection.
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12 Question: Please select the type of data that is being collected by contractor(s) for the different types of roadways. 100% 90% Highway (Interstate) Arterial (Primary) 80% Collector Local (Secondary) Percentage of Agencies 70% 60% 50% 38% 38% 39% 40% 36% 34% 30% 30% 20% 7% 9% 10% 5% 2% 2% 2% 0% Surface Smoothness Structural Surface Friction Distress Capacity Properties FIGURE 5 Types of data that are being collected by service providers by type of roadway. pavement condition indicators by administrative classification of the quality management process. The distinction between are presented in Figure 5. quality control and acceptance is not as clear when the data are collected in-house because both activities are conducted The transition from in-house data collection to the use of by the highway agency. data collection service providers has brought new attention to the way the quality of these data is managed. When the Data Collection Outsourcing Rationale agency uses a service provider, the data quality control and acceptance functions are clearly separated because they are The factors considered by the agencies that responded to conducted by different entities. The quality control is con- the survey for making the decision of whether or not to pri- ducted by the service provider and the quality acceptance by vatize the pavement condition data collection services are the owner agency. Because service providers may use different summarized in Figure 6. The main factor cited was cost- equipment and methodologies than those traditionally used effectiveness. Limitations of the in-house data collection capa- by the agency, quality checks to ensure consistency through- bilities and the amount of data that has to be collected were out the network and over time become a critical component also frequently cited. Question: What criteria did your agency use to determine whether or not to privatize pavement condition data collection? Cost-Effectiveness 70% Capability of In-House Data Collection 57% Scope of Data Collection Requirements 43% Experiences of other Agencies 32% Availability of Qualified Contractor 29% Other 20% N/A 4% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% FIGURE 6 Criteria considered to outsource pavement condition data collection.