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CLEVELAND -- In light of the viral video in which an RTA driver uppercuts an aggressive female passenger, here's a deeper look at the local bus system's stats and safety policies.
The following information comes from the Greater Cleveland RTA:
- Every weekday 200,000 people ride RTA.
- There were 71 assaults on operators over the last five years reported to transit police. While one is too many, this is only one in every 80,000 trips.
- Operators can pull over and call transit police if they are driving and are concerned for their safety.
- Customers who ever have safety or security concerns can call transit police dispatch 24/7 at 216-566-5163. Life threatening emergencies, of course, call 911.
- Code of Conduct on all RTA vehicles and at RTA property requests respect for operators, customers and police.
- People are making the choice to ride RTA every day -- for the last 17 months in a row, ridership is up. The heaviest increases are on the Red Line Rapid.
- Safety and security of everyone -- employees and customers -- is of highest priority.
Last week, RTA filed disorderly conduct charges against Shidea Lane, the female passenger seen in that viral video.
On Monday, the bus driver behind the uppercut, Artis Hughes, turned himself in to face one count of assault -- a first-degree misdemeanor. He had been suspended without pay after RTA saw the video and started an investigation.
Hughes will be arraigned next Tuesday. His union says they will stand by him and hope this is a wake-up call to the dangers they say drivers face every day.


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A post Fourth of July dare involving fireworks morphed into a Halloween-like nightmare Sunday, with dozens of kids watching the horrific moment a 15-year-old's fingers exploded off his hand.
"It had a short fuse and we told him to put it down, and he said 'no,'" said a boy who witnessed the incident. "And when he lit it up, it just blew up."
A mom in the neighborhood said it started as a dare -- a game of rock-paper-scissors, with the loser, Ryan Lue-Young, agreeing to hold a firework the kids called an "onion."
"He lit it up and instantly all his fingers were gone," said another boy who witnessed the incident.
According to the consumer product safety commission, the most common fireworks-related injuries are to the hand and fingers. They reported that in 2013 fireworks were involved in an estimated 11,400 injuries treated in the U.S. hospital emergency departments. Sixty-five percent of those in the month surrounding the Fourth of July, and more than half were individuals younger than 20 years old.
YouTube is home to plenty of scary videos of so called "onion" fireworks explosions. If the firework was indeed the same firework that teenager was holding, it is a haunting look at the explosive force that no doubt has changed his life and the neighborhood forever.
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Lockout Day 100: Hope still floats
Profootballtalk.com first reported that in a conference call with team player reps, Smith said owners and players weren't close to making a deal. Now, I can tell you, Smith basically did say that, according to several players on the call. The problem is, Smith is using classic hyperbole. Multiple sources on both sides, as well as countless media outlets, suggest the owners and players are indeed closing in on an agreement.
Smith isn't lying. He's doing what smart negotiators do. He's tempering expectations. Smith knew certain aspects of the call would leak and what he's doing is controlling the message. The NFL does the exact same thing.
After speaking/texting with player participants, I'd say the following represents the true tone of the call: It was informational with very few details discussed and the players were told their negotiating team is ready to agree to a deal if it's the right deal. I think the right deal is not far away at all.
The fact Smith shared few specific details on the call is also instructive. He knew they'd leak and he doesn't want to violate the trust of either the owners or the judge overseeing the discussions. That's also smart.
So as the lockout hits Day 100, there still remains great hope of a deal getting completed sooner than later. And with all due respect, Mr. Smith, I'm not falling for the banana in the tailpipe trick.
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Posted on: June 27, 2011 7:39 am
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The NFL is very peculiar in terms of business and employment, so it's a dumb idea to really compare it to average employment. I believe it was you who attacked me first my friend. Your nothing but a bully who abuses other's and when people adopt the same approach you do nothing but moan. From what I can read in other posts everyone whos argued with your posts have done so with facts and opinions, other than you. Your posts are down right rude and aggressive, one bit of advise its better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Since: Jul 19, 2007
Posted on: June 26, 2011 3:21 pm
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Thats what your problem is instead of firing back at any one person you generalized and put yourself above anyone who does not make as much as you or does not have a boss or whatever your stupid argument was.
Are you smarter than other people i'm sure you do have more intelligence than someone on this planet for that matter on this site,but does that give you the right to say the things you did?Does that make you better than anyone?As a white man if i called you the "Nword" what would that make me a racist?Should it not go both ways?You put yourself above a great deal of people what does that make you?
A black man with the right to be prejudice because somehow you think every white person is trying to put you down is still a prejudice dick.
If i had said the things you did you would lable me a racist.
What is your lable?
Since: Sep 25, 2009
Posted on: June 25, 2011 8:54 pm
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Actually I looked back on the thread and I see Flash attacked me too.
In general I know that nobody with intelligence spends much time on these boards or wastes time arguing on the internet, so I do not expect much. Still, you people are...really...really stupid.
People as dumb as you really should not be calling anybody else out on word choice or anything else. You people can't even spell correctly...a typo here and there you can overlook, but your posts are riddled with errors. Give me a break, seriously.
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Posted on: June 25, 2011 8:46 pm
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Flash: Before you attack me, look at why I wrote what I did. These other clowns started using personal attacks on me and are still doing so, because they don't have any arguments and can't think logically. I never wrote anything about anyone else until I was attacked first.
If people are going to be jackasses, I can return it in kind. If people want to have civil debates, I'd prefer that. Even if it's the internet however, I'm not just going to sit there and watch people insult me with no thought of their own, I'll just fire back with the same lazy effort and operate on their level.
If you're going to do the same shit as them, then right back at you. Fuck you all the way to hell. If you want to be civil though, again, I'm all for that. I just expect very little out of people on this board.
Since: May 22, 2011
Posted on: June 24, 2011 8:39 pm
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Greed is going to be the end of football.The only victims here are the Fans prices are going to skyrocket.While rich people fight for more money the not so fortunate fan has to dish out more money to watch football.Hockey did the same thing an there not doing AS well as they use to. The fans should have a voice .
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Posted on: June 24, 2011 8:27 pm
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<YAWN> wake me up in two weeks ...
this is old...but the attention whores that are the negotiators are still happy because they are still relevant - we're still talking about them.
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Posted on: June 24, 2011 7:03 pm
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Really another whoa is me freind to the player.My God really owners making billions while poor old players getting nothing.
Your argument would mean something if you ever heard one of these guys talking about past players but you don't period.
You are right though players should get what they can when the can,but the owners have a right to pay them what they want also.
Former players didn't get anything like todays players get and they at least deserve good health care,but all i'm hearing is players want 50% of the money or owners to spend 100% of the cap space they have or only wanting 2 preseason games ect. ect. ect.
Players life span in the nfl is short you right agin,but one problem with your argument that if their degree is in football than they have a big problem because im sure no of these guys are planning on dying the year after they retire so should'nt they make plans for after football?
Should the owners pay them until they die?Should fans pay them after they retire?What is your solution?Face it football like all other sports is a buisness and you only get paid when you are productive.Players dont make the league its the other way around if it were not the case than people would stop watching when player switched teams retired ect.
You tell someone that his post is fantasy maybe you should think before typing.
Since: Feb 22, 2011
Posted on: June 24, 2011 6:12 pm
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djd2471, Bitter much?
Why shouldn't the players demand the most that they can get? After all, America spends billions of dollars each year to watch them play. Why should the owners get to keep all the money. Nobody cares about Jerry Jones' newest facelift or watching Al Davis turn into the Crypt Keeper. Show me anywhere else in the world where people pay $500 a pop to watch a PhD do his job?
You tell the players to quit and go get a job in whatever their degree is in. Their degree is in football. That's what they've worked their entire lives for. NFL players are the best in the world at what they do. You can bet that it takes a lot more work and dedication to make it to the NFL than it does to get a buisiness degree from Michigan State (no offense Spartans).
To borrow your own phrase, "if you don't like it, quit." Quit watching football that is. Save yourself the time and just send a check to Randy Lerner, or Woody Johnson, or Pat Bowlen, or Jimmy Irsay, or any other hard-working college graduate, who had the business accumen to pull himself up by his boot straps and inherit daddy's money!


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N.J. Officer suspended after 250K in stolen goods found in yard
By RICHARD COWEN, Special to the Herald News, North Jersey Media Group
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A Passaic County sheriff's officer has been suspended without pay after a weekend raid in which police found an estimated $250,000 worth of stolen outdoor equipment in his backyard, authorities said Wednesday.
Douglas Owen, 44, has been charged with receiving stolen property after state police raided his home in Lafayette, Sussex County, last Friday. In the backyard, investigators uncovered a virtual showroom of stolen outdoor equipment, all of the items reported stolen in recent months.
A woman who answered the telephone at Owen's home on Wednesday said he would have no comment on the arrest.
Among the items were three ATVs, three tractors, two wood chippers and five power mowers, as well as an assortment of power tools, police said.
State police Capt. Al Della Fave said it took police until Tuesday afternoon to catalogue all the items found in Owen's backyard. Police checked the identification numbers on the all the equipment, and determined that they were the result of eight thefts at construction sites in New York and New Jersey during the past several months.
The equipment will be returned to the owners, Della Fave said.
State police raided the backyard at Old Beaver Run and Monroe roads after a self-employed construction worker, Mike Zajac, drove by and saw what appeared to be power tools that had been stolen from him, Della Fave said.
Owen was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property and taken to the Sussex County Jail, where he spent the weekend. His bail was originally set at $50,000, but a judge lowered that amount Monday morning to $7,500 with a 10 percent cash option.
Owen was later freed after posting $750, police said.
Bill Maer, spokesman for the Passaic County Sheriff's Department, said it's not known whether Owen was operating alone or with others, or why the equipment was in his possession. Since the arrest on Monday, Owen was suspended from the Sheriff's Department without pay. Maer said Owen would lose his job if he's found guilty.
"If there is any admission of guilt or a conviction, he will be terminated," Maer said.
Owen, a 17-year veteran, makes $75,779 a year. He is attached to the security detail at Superior Court in Paterson. If convicted, Owen faces up to 10 years in prison.
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Kentucky Humane Society brings you Vegas, Baby! The 18th annual TUXES & TAILS benefit auction & gala is this Saturday, August 27th at the Galt House Hotel with a Vegas theme they bet you'll love! This is a night on the town you can feel good about because all proceeds benefit the animals of the Kentucky Humane Society and its life-saving mission. The event is presented by Brown-Forman.
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To find these courses on a map, click on the Golf Course Locator or the Golf Course Reviews to learn more about the course. If you are looking for a great resort outside of Texas, then check our Out of State Resort Reviews.
North Texas Golf Resort Reviews
DFW Marriott & Golf Club at Champions Circle - Ft Worth - Formally Doral Tosoro, the Marriott has 286 contemporary guest rooms and suites, a good restaurant, and a very fun and challenging golf course. Four Seasons Resort & Spa - La Colinas - home to the Bryron Nelson, two spectacular courses, a spa, huge fitness center, tennis courts, pool, good dining and more - how can you beat that? Tanglewood Resort and Conference Center - Lake Texoma - Sitting on a bluff above beautiful Lake Texoma is a resort with excellent accommodations, lots of amenities, easy access to a fun lake, and a championship 18 hole golf course. To learn more . The Cliffs Resort & Spa - Possum Kingdom Lake - The Cliffs has one of the best courses in Texas with plenty of variety and unique, scenic, and very challenging holes - a must play course. Plus you'll find a choice of great accommodations, a very good restaurant, a spa, marina with boat rentals, tennis courts, reasonable rates, and more. Read our review of . The Tribute - The Colony - Old world charm, a very unique overnight experience in large well-appointed suites of varying sizes, an outstanding golf course, and magnificent facilities will make your golf and stay very memorable, learn more about . White Bluff Resort - Lake Whitney - What a fantastic place to spend a weekend golfing and enjoying beautiful Lake Whitney. This Golf Digest 4 Star Resort has two outstanding golf courses, a marina with boat rentals, excellent accommodations, pools, restaurants, tennis courts, a spa, hiking trails, a baseball diamond, and more. Read our review of White Bluff Resort to lean more.
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Crown Colony Country Club - Lufkin - Stay in a very nice Villa a chip shot away from the Pro Shop, restaurant, swimming pool, tennis and racquetball courts. Play golf on a course that is consistently rated as one of the best courses in Texas. . Garden Valley Golf Club - Lindale - you'll find an outstanding golf course (it's in our Top 25 Favorite Texas Courses) that is always in good condition, very scenic, and provides a memorable round of golf. Garden Valley has a wide variety of accommodations from a very rustic lakefront house to brand newer more upscale dockside cabins next to the Club House with a view of the 18th green and the lake. You can also enjoy two pools, a fitness center, good food, and more. Click here to .
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Hyatt Lost Pines Resort & Spa - Bastrop - The Wolfdancer Golf Course is outstanding - excellent condition, fun and unique holes, and three different types of terrain to challenge the best golfers. The hotel has a lot of amenities and things to do like canoeing, lazy river, horse back riding, fishing, and more. Check out the . Tapatio Springs Golf Resort - Boerne - Country music legend George Strait and longtime friend Tom Cusick purchased this Texas Hill Country Resort in 2011 and have made significant improvements and renovations. The lodging is great, the food is excellent, and the three nine hole courses each have their own unique personality. Bottom line - a fantastic resort for a golf outing. Read our review of Tapatio Springs Resort to learn why it's a Texas Outside Favorite. Hyatt Regency Hill Country Spa & Resort - San Antonio - The Hyatt is an excellent resort to spend a weekend or more playing golf, enjoying luxury accommodations, sampling some good food, and taking advantage of the spa, 900' rambling river, tennis courts, and more. Plus you can play 27 holes of outstanding golf that will fit the skill levels of any player. To learn more about the resort and courses, read our . JW Marriott Golf Resort & Spa - San Antonio - Wow, this is a very impressive resort with two fantastic golf courses - TPC AT&T Oaks and TPC AT&T Canyons Course. Both are very fun, scenic, challenging, and in excellent condition. The Resort also has outstanding amenities including several good restaurants, a fantastic waterpark, spa, sports bar, exercise rooms, and more. Read our review of the JW Marriott Golf Resort. La Cantera Resort - San Antonio - Both of the La Cantera courses, the Resort Course and the Palmer Course are in Texas Outside's Top 20 Texas Courses plus La Cantera made Conde Nast Traveler Magazine "Top 100 Golf Resorts" list. The Resort offers great accommodations, several dining choices, majestic panoramic views, tennis courts, a spa, fantastic pools, and outstanding service. Read our review of La Cantera Resort.
South East Texas Golf Resort Reviews
La Torretta Lake Resort & Spa - Lake Conroe - sitting on the shoreline of one of the best lakes in Texas, La Torretta offers some of the best resort amenities (a spa, tennis & racquet ball, fitness center, boat rentals, miniature golf, marina with boat rentals, multiple pools, lazy river, good restaurants) in Texas plus an 18 hole golf course that is both fun and challenging. You have a variety of upscale lodging options to choose from (golf villas, lakeside villas, or hotel suites - all of which were part of a recent $130 million renovation) and all are reasonably priced. The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center - The Woodlands - nestled under the east Texas towering pines, the Woodlands Resort & Conference Center has something for everyone. You'll find three excellent championship golf courses, a variety of accommodations, pools, tennis courts, a spa, good restaurants, and very good service. Plus the Woodlands Resort is close to lots of other fun things to see and do including: live music venues, upscale shopping, gourmet restaurants, waterparks, kayaking, biking trails, Houston, Lake Conroe, and more.
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Lajitas Golf Resort & Spa - Lajitas - Lajitas is a little difficult to get to but well worth the trip and a place you need to add to your "Must Stay & Play List."The Resort is just as special with tons of fun amenities like ATV tours, white water rafting, horseback riding, clay shooting, biking, and hiking plus a spa, good restaurant, and unique accommodations. To learn more read .
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Pelican Hill Resort - Newport Coast, CA - Wow, this is a "bucket list" resort and golf course. The resort is upscale with first class amenities and service, great dining options, and a choice of well done Bungalows or huge well appointed Villas. If you like Tom Fazio designed courses, when you stay at Pelican Hill you can play two of his best designs. Each course has it's own personality but common to each are excellent conditions, treacherous white sand bunkers, forced carries over canyons and natural areas, risk reward opportunities, forecaddies that are a necessity for your first round, an upscale clubhouse, and stunning views of the Pacific Ocean from all 36 holes! Cypress Bend Resort - Many, LA - just across the border and sitting on a bluff overlooking Toledo Bend Lake is the fantastic Cypress Bend Resort. You won't find many courses like this one - very scenic with fantastic views of Toledo Bend Lake, huge elevation changes, great conditions, fair but very challenging, and a fun layout. In addition to an outstanding golf course, Cypress Bend Resort has a very good Stay & Play package, good food, a pool, spa, exercise room, sports bar, hiking and biking trails, and more. The Stay Play package is reasonably priced and can include a standard hotel type room overlooking the lake and golf course or one or two bedroom golf villas. Read our review of Cypress Bend Golf Resort. Tucson Golf Resort Stay & Play Reviews - Tucson, AZ - read our to learn why we loved staying and playing in each one of them. The Westin La Paloma is home to three Jack Nicklaus signature nine hole courses; the boutique Lodge at Ventana Canyon has two fantastic Tom Fazio courses; and the quaint Tubac Golf Resort has three nines, each of which has its own unique characteristics and personality. All of these resort are offer excellent service, great amenities, a variety of choices for lodging, and good food.
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William James's Take On Our Immortality
In her excellent essay "The Once-Born and the Twice-Born" (Books, Sept. 29), Gertrude Himmelfarb neglects to mention that on one question—immortality—William James and the New Atheists are (surprisingly) in agreement, but only up to a point.
At his Gifford Lectures (published in 1902), James explained he hadn't said one word about immortality because he regarded it as "a secondary matter." But unlike Christopher Hitchens, et al., James acknowledged the distance between himself and the collective experience of most of the human race: "Religion, in fact, for the great majority of our race means immortality, and nothing else . . . and whoever has doubts of immortality is written down as an atheist without farther trial."
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Hilary Rhoda Unveils A Long, Choppy Bob Of Sweet Perfection
Vogue followed the story as the supermodel got her switch-up-the-hairstyle itch after being inspired by Beyonce — and, oh, aren't we all? — particularly the new edgy mane she's been rocking in her videos. Within hours, the catwalk stunner was firmly entrenched in Pasquale Ferrante's ION Studio, emerging a bit later with a superior long bob, complete with razor-y wisps. Then, the angels cried. Well, maybe not that last part, but it's pretty amazing. Check out the link to their story for the unveiling of the unearthly 'do.
Hair envy is one thing, and trust, it's happening over here as we survey the delicious layers of this lovely new look. But, you know what really makes us itchy? Her ability to get into her stylist's chair within hours of deciding to make a change. Many will be inspired to copy the look, but good luck to us mere mortals getting a same-day appointment. Ah, the power of being a supermodel. (Vogue)
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Posted By Invictus On August 13, 2012 @ 7:30 pm In Current Affairs,Economy,Politics | Comments Disabled
Invictus here to talk a little politics and fiscal economics (which is to say there's politics in this post and if you're not here for an occasional dose of politics, skip this post):
On October 3, 2008, Paul Ryan took to the floor of the House to speak in favor of the EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT OF 2008. With a Republican in the White House, Representative Ryan apparently had a clear understanding of the severity of the crisis at hand (though we were actually already 10 months into recession). Emphasis mine:
Madam Speaker, over the last few days we have heard about LIBOR, commercial papers, spreads, swaps, about the credit markets. This chart shows you just how bad things are in the credit markets. But what does any of this stuff mean? What is credit? Credit is confidence, it is credibility, trustworthiness in someone's ability to pay.
Right now, our system is plagued with fear. There is no confidence. There is no trust. Lenders don't trust borrowers; sellers don't trust buyers.
This bill, as flawed as it is, goes right to this issue. If it works, it stops that fear from spreading into outright panic.
Will this bill prevent a recession? No, I don't think it will. But it will help us make sure that a recession is short and shallow, and not deep and long.
I know one thing for sure. Doing nothing is the worst thing we could do. This is one of those once-in-a-century kind of crises, and we need to act to prevent it from becoming a once-in-a-century kind of a recession. In Wisconsin, we are already beginning to see the beginning of this. We are already starting to see the job losses.
For me, this is a conscience vote. We of all people understand public opinion. We know it is not popular. But we see that gathering storm, we see it out there on the horizon. Our constituents may be outside mowing their lawns and looking up and seeing a sunny sky, but we see those storm clouds developing. And I want to know for sure that when the choice was made, I had made the decision to prevent that storm from gathering, to prevent those jobs from being lost, to protect our constituents from losing their retirement funds, from not getting that home loan, that car loan.
I want to make sure that what we do here today snaps that fear out of the market and preserves those jobs, and makes sure that the bumpy road we are going to have is not nearly as bumpy as it would otherwise be if this bill fails.
Then Obama beat McCain and everything changed (along with Rep Ryan's "conscience," apparently, given his subsequent record).
And now that we've had (still have, actually) what Representative Ryan referred to as a "once-in-a-century" kind of crisis, he's done little but criticize or obstruct whatever efforts the Obama administration has made while simultaneously offering up budgets and "solutions" that remind me more of South Park's Underpants Gnomes Profit Plan than actual economics – like when his 2011 budget proposal was scored by Heritage to produce a 2.8% unemployment rate by 2021, an outcome so absurd that it was literally disappeared within 24 hours.
Ryan may give the appearance of seriousness (the Romney campaign is counting on it), but even a cursory look at his proposals exposes their fraudulence.
See more here [1].
Those who don't want to take my word for it (fair enough) may want to heed David Stoockman [2].
Inconvenient Numbers? Change 'em. [3]
Strawman Alert [4]
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[2] David Stoockman: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/opinion/paul-ryans-fairy-tale-budget-plan.html
[3] Inconvenient Numbers? Change 'em.: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/04/inconvenient-numbers-change-em/
[4] Strawman Alert: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/04/strawman-alert/
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Plans for an inner-city street circuit for a proposed Formula One Grand Prix in Cape Town have been unveiled.
A local company will present the plans, one of three different bids for Cape Town to host a Grand Prix, to F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone in the next few months.
The 5.3km-long circuit will pass some of the city's most recognisable landmarks, such as the Cape Town Stadium, Table Bay Harbour and the V&A Waterfront.
Drivers will roar along the track with Table Mountain, Lion's Head and the ocean as the backdrop. They will pull into a pit lane along Beach Road in Green Point for split-second repairs and adjustments to their cars.
The Cape Town Grand Prix Bid Company has been invited by F1 boss Ecclestone to present its proposal in London, a meeting the company hopes will take place before the F1 season starts in Bahrain in March.
The company was founded in 2007 by Capetonian Igshaan Amlay after a 12-year research and development phase.
Esther Henderson, the company's chief communications officer, said the proposed Cape Town Grand Prix was modelled on the Monaco Grand Prix, which takes place in the streets of the playground for the super-rich.
"Green Point is ideal for a street circuit like the one in Monaco because we have so many beautiful natural sights in the area. So while Monaco is the 'French Riviera' we can have the 'African Riviera' in Cape Town."
The first Cape Town Grand Prix has been mooted for September 2013.
Henderson said the route through Sea Point, Green Point and Mouille Point was chosen for its "sexy location".
The Cape Town Stadium was also an important part of the route, she explained: the proposed track started and ended there.
Henderson said the company had discussed and formulated its plan with input from the City of Cape Town, the Western Cape provincial government, Motorsport South Africa, Cape Town Tourism, Wesgro and what she described as "potential investors".
Brian Smith, chairman of the Western Province Motor Racing Club, said the prospect of a F1 race in the city presented an "element of excitement" for racing enthusiasts.
"Although I am not directly involved with the bid, I have been to a few meetings over the past three years and understand that it will be modelled on the Monaco Grand Prix," Smith said.
Henderson said major changes to the streets around Green Point and Sea Point in the lead-up to last year's Fifa World Cup had meant a version of the route that was handed to the City of Cape Town for review, and approved in principle, had now been revised.
She said the company was still involved in a review process with the province and the city.
Tourism MEC Alan Winde said there were as many as three different possible bids to host a Grand Prix in the city.
"There are a number of companies pushing for this - there's one at the airport, one towards Atlantis and now this. There is also a fourth bid to establish a 'green' race using battery-powered racing cars.
"I haven't been approached to endorse any of these bids. But, generally, I think it is something we could put within the strategy of attracting major events. We would support that as a city and province, absolutely. A Grand Prix would profile the city globally very well."
Winde said the "track-versus-street" debate continued, and each had merits.
"Obviously the cost of setting up a track would be enormous. And while a 'Monaco-style' race could inconvenience some locals - like the Argus Cycle Tour does - on the face of it, it would be very good for the city," Winde said.
Henderson said the company would also seek to meet sports minister Fikile Mbalula before heading to London to present its plan to Ecclestone.
Ecclestone has previously expressed an interest in bringing F1 back to South Africa - the previous South African Grand Prix was held in 1993 at Kyalami near Johannesburg.
Hours before the 2010 British Grand Prix and the World Cup final, Ecclestone told the BBC: "(Africa) is another continent where we should be. Hopefully, now people will think what the World Cup has done for Africa would be good for Formula One. It would be nice to think we had then more or less covered the world."
Henderson explained that the company had chosen to go with a street race instead of building a new circuit because preliminary feasibility studies, pending a full-scale economic impact assessment, showed it to be far cheaper.
"Our initial estimates showed that building a track could cost as much as R4 billion while upgrading existing infrastructure to FIA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) standard was estimated at a cost of about R100 million."
Smith agreed a street race would be cheaper than building a new circuit, although the Green Point route would raise several issues.
"It is still going to require a huge investment because you would have to put up and dismantle the stuff every year, which costs millions. Then you would also have to ensure that you do not irritate the residents with the noise or cause too many disruptions over the four-day racing period."
Grand Prix weekends traditionally begin on a Thursday with a free practice, which is repeated on a Friday. Qualifying phases are held on Saturdays, and races are held on Sundays.
Henderson said the economic impact of a Grand Prix would be "enormous".
"In consultation with Cape Town Tourism we chose to have the race in September which is one of the city's quieter months.
"The race also attracts more affluent people to the city which present opportunities for local business to make contacts." - Cape Argus
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Gregory, wrote
This is all very well and organisers get very excited by these opportunities and projects and yes it is beneficial to the City and of course the country. However, what will be the cost of a ticket to watch this race? Will Joe and Joan Average be able to afford a ticket? Look at some of the ticket prices at the world cup soccer here in SA. So yes, excitement now and disappointment later?
charlie st cloud, wrote
how's the track going to run thru the stadium. are they going to break part of the stadium down?
Dolf vd Walt, wrote
Would be fantastic to have a F1 GP in SA again. How do we get rid of that greedy little Brit ecclestone. he could finance the event from small change in his back pocket and not feel the difference.
Dillon, wrote
Come on Cape Town, make this happen. Think of the property values.
steven, wrote
According to the Picture, the track cuts through the Stadium. What is this supposed to mean? It will run Under? Over? They'll cut a piece of the stadium off? Haha... But all in all, Not a bad Idea... But I suppose it's more Money for the ANC too... and Zuma
Anonymous, wrote
The ANC will block it, to little money for their pocket. Like Kyalami in JHB is now a white Elephant and the same as the stadiums.
Charli, wrote
Excellent. The City needs it and the country needs it. It brings in major tourism and branding. Bring back the Brand SA to our shores. Mt anonymous yes you below. THat's what many Europeans say then they come to SA to watch F1 and you go there and watch theres, which means you both stupid.
Anonymous, wrote
When will we in SA forget about F1 and making that nasty little Bernie Ecclestone richer at our expense. Did we learn nothing from the WC?
z, wrote
I went to Singapore to watch night race, on city streets, and it was totally spectacular, and thousands of visitors from all over the world. it would be more beneficial to CT in long term, then World Cup. Only the old farts in Mouille Point I see as a problem, they protest anything
greg, wrote
so who pays for the circuit? if its public money then i'm not for it just as most people are opposed to hosting the Olympics. I'm suspecting double standards here.
Horizon Holiday Cottages, wrote
Yes- this would not only showcase South Africa's most beautiful city to the world, but will add another mini tourist season to our calender.
Anonymous, wrote
Sounds good this way we South Africans don't have to travel abroad to experience a F1GP.... Can't wait for 2013
John H Hirst, wrote
Fantastic idea, i live in Green Point and it would be perfect, i have seen the one on the Gold coast in Brisbane and it works well, it would be great for the economy and offer part time needed jobs every year.
Anonymous, wrote
I think a Track would be more beneficial if u want to create more jobs etc.
jiggawho, wrote
Would be really cool to have. Interesting though, that this blog wrote a story about a street race in Cape Town a week back... http:www.ineedthat.co.zacapetown20110116cape-town-grand-prix-gp-formula-one-f1-south-africa-sa-za
William S, wrote
....and pay the 45 mil per year to keep the CT Stadium serviced(well done on the Formula 1 thing)
Keith Skidmore, wrote
Keith Skidmore, wrote
Chris, wrote
This would be great, not just Cape-Town but the countrty as a whole and i honesty hope this F1 event happens in the Beautiful city of Cape-Town no better venue in my eye.
William S, wrote
First fix the potholes!!


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This year, like every year, more than one-third of Americans will get at least one sunburn. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, the risk of melanoma -- the deadliest type of skin cancer -- more than doubles with just one severe sunburn in childhood or adolescence or from five such overexposures in a lifetime.
But the sun isn't the only culprit. Evidence that indoor tanning is associated with skin cancer is mounting. The use of tanning beds accelerates ultraviolet (UV) exposure. The International Agency for Research on Cancer Working Group on artificial UV light and skin cancer published a meta-analysis that reviewed numerous published studies on this topic. The study included information on the newest tanning technologies, finding that machines emitting both types of ultraviolet light (UVA and UVB), and clearly establishing that there is a 75 percent increased risk of melanoma in indoor tanning bed use before age 35, and a 225 percent increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma associated with every use of indoor tanning.
Evidence linking artificial UV exposure to both malignant melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer is now certain. Although knowledge of these harmful effects has become more widespread over the past decade, the use of indoor tanning facilities is more popular than ever, especially among young adults.
How can this be explained? First, the indoor tanning industry is a multibillion dollar enterprise that has specifically targeted young and vulnerable populations publishing UV tanning advertisements in high school newspapers and websites as a safe method to tan. However, tanning is never safe. The intense UV rays in those beds can cause permanent skin damage, higher incidence of melanoma and other skin cancers, premature aging, weakened immune systems and eye damage.
The International Agency for Research on cancer, part of the World Health Organization, listed UV radiation-emitting beds as "carcinogenic to humans," its highest category of cancer risks. Recently, Congress included a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning in the health reform bill to help pay for expanding medical costs and to make it harder for teens to afford indoor tanning. A tax on indoor tanning services serves as a reminder from the federal government to young people that indoor tanning is dangerous and should be avoided. The Food and Drug Administration is considering reclassifying tanning beds as a higher-class medical device subject to more stringent regulations. The indoor tanning tax is good health policy because it will discourage all individuals, especially young people, from this harmful practice.
More than 30 states have created regulations to limit teens' use of indoor tanning. However, these rules aren't always enforced, and there are no restrictions for those 18 and older. In Pennsylvania, three bills were introduced in 2010 to limit exposure. The bills would require approval from a parent or legal guardian for anyone under age 18 to use indoor tanning, with penalties for tanning facilities that allow minors to use tanning devices without consent.
Also, the bills would require the facility to provide and require the use of protective goggles and limit exposure to the manufacturer's recommendation.
A second reason indoor tanning remains popular despite mounting evidence of the dangers is that the tanning industry has argued that cutaneous production of vitamin D outweighs the risks of UV exposure to skin. This argument is deeply flawed because oral supplements of vitamin D produce identical (and more predictable) vitamin D supplementation without carcinogenic risk. The Federal Trade Commission recently warned the Indoor Tanning Association about making false claims about the health benefits of indoor tanning.
Third, and perhaps more important, is that indoor tanning is likely to be addictive. Several studies have suggested this via a series of measurable criteria of addiction. This year, a study published at Archives of Dermatology presented compelling evidence that, for a significant subset of young adults, indoor tanning may indeed be more of an addiction than a choice.
In fact, the authors found a greater proclivity to substance abuse, depression and anxiety, suggesting that habitual tanning may be a predictor of other addictive behaviors, such as alcoholism and cigarette smoking. Armed with this new knowledge, physicians should view habitual indoor tanning for what it is: a risky, potentially addictive behavior that is reinforced by a wide range of cultural, social, and psychological factors. In this context, conquering this popular and growing addiction will require more than a few stern words of warning delivered at the end of a routine skin examination.
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TDOT plans to repair potholes on I-40 around mile marker 410, just past the Sevierville exit.
Some drivers say they have had to pull over after hitting them.
Now TDOT plans to repair them Thursday and Friday during daylight hours.
There will be temporary lane closure between mile makers 410 and 412 on the eastbound side. Be sure to watch out for workers in that area.


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I wish I had the time to find out, there are tons of drilling done since 1977.......... perhaps you might scout around, I'm in the middle of my Christmas production....... no time.... I don't think that they were even looking for that back then.........not sure. You will find a whole lot on the subject of Kaolin clay in the area and the numbers are quite exciting..


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Ever since seeing a pair of Asquiths, I've been lusting over them.
The colour is just so rich looking.
What shoes were you thinking of Wurger?
The store with the sale is claiming that they offer specifically lasted shoe trees for Edward Green?
3sixteens and Grenson Dylans.
Rarely wear jeans these days. Unless with slayer shirts and New Balance's.
Anyway, Oxford Cloth shirts with buttow down collars. Recommendations. I'm in need for some new ones, as It's time to accept the fact that even darted my current two aren't the best fits. My best fitting shirts are Gitman Vintage in Small. I was advised though that they don't have a nice collar roll. I'm after one in white, and a nice vibrant light blue. What would you recommend?


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The Michigan State-Michigan rivalry always comes down to physicality, and that was clear during Michigan's press conferences on Monday.
When it comes to physicality, Hoke wants to see the Wolverines measure up. Michigan's offensive line has been maligned this season, as the coaches mix and match guys to find the right fit. Hoke knows what he's going to get from MSU in the trenches. Will his team answer the bell?
"Well you hope your team does the same thing," Hoke said. "We've been inconsistent in that department, so they all know, the guys who've been here. I think there are 27 of them who were there in East Lansing two years ago. It's not a whole lot, but they understand that it's a physical next five weeks, and it starts with the physicalness that Michigan State will play with."
Since Hoke returned to Ann Arbor in 2011, he brought an emphasis on physicality and line play not seen during the Rich Rodriguez era. It was supposed to be a return to the days of Bo Schembechler, when opponents would know for the next week that they played the Wolverines, because of the tough play.
But that hasn't been the case consistently, especially in 2013. A reporter made a comment that Hoke seemed to be hoping his players would be physical, rather than expecting them to be.
"Yeah, I would say this in answering that: I think there's a lot of guys who have played a lot of snaps," Hoke said. "They understand it. There's some new guys, a couple true freshmen, that haven't played in this magnitude of a game. But you look at the back half of our schedule, it's all physical. Every game's got to be a physical game.
"I think, from that standpoint, yeah, there are some guys who don't know it yet. I think they're learning. I think they've learned in the last couple practices. … I'm not hoping. It's not hope. I don't know if hope's the right word. I think it's more of us educating guys who haven't played in that environment."
When it was time for Michigan players to speak, there was one idea that kept coming up: that the Spartans pushed the Wolverines around and bullied them at Spartan Stadium in 2011.
In that previous meeting in East Lansing in 2011, MSU recorded seven sacks and 10 tackles for loss in the 28-14 win. MSU also had 13 penalties, and defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi said after the game that MSU wanted "60 minutes of unnecessary roughness."
Narduzzi would later apologize for the comment, but he wasn't wrong.
"We talk about it all the time," senior offensive tackle Michael Schofield said. "The senior class, there's a good handful of us that were in that game, and we try to remind the younger guys what happened. We talk about that all the time. We don't want to forget what happened. … One of them described it as 60 minutes of unnecessary roughness, and that's pretty much how we describe it. It was a battle. It was a fight. That's how we've been describing it."
Specifically, those unnecessary roughness and other personal fouls kept some drives alive for Michigan. MSU's margin of victory could have been greater without them, but MSU has always been near the top of the Big Ten in penalties. The MSU defense plays with that extra edge, and sometimes, it carries over into penalties. But with the way the defense makes up for them, you can live with it.
"It does bother me. We don't forget it, either," Schofield said about the personal fouls. "We want to make sure we go to State this year and make sure we're ready for that. I'm not saying we're going to go start fighting, but we've got to be a tough team, too, there."
The comments kept coming back to the 2011 game, even though the Wolverines ended a four-game losing streak to MSU by winning in Ann Arbor last season. Michigan hasn't won in East Lansing since 2007. Senior offensive tackle Taylor Lewan would not confirm nor deny that he kept a photo of Will Gholston on his phone for motivation. Gholston was suspended after the 2011 game for punching Lewan during a play.
Gholston is gone, but Lewan's motivation from that 2011 performance is still there.
"If someone came up to you and hit you in the face, would you take that personally?" Lewan said. "Yeah, I take it personally. I take it personally every single time. No one likes to get bullied, and that's what they did to you. They bullied us. That's tough for me to admit, because I don't like getting bullied. I just don't want it to happen. It's going to be a physical game. It's going to be a very physical game. We're not going to get bullied this year."


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To emphasize the range of characters for which Stephen Sondheim has written songs, interviewer Mary Darcy pointed out that the range includes John Wilkes Booth and Little Red Riding Hood. "Yes," said Sondheim, "but they're both killers." And he brought down the house. (The house, of course, was Hudson Valley Community College's Maureen Stapleton Theater on May 7.)
With musicals like Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music and Company to his credit—not to mention lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy—Sondheim is easily Broadway's most renowned and accomplished songwriter.
But the best illustration during the interview of the power and magic of live theater was Sondheim's skill at working an audience. He told stories you can read in his two volumes of collected lyrics or watch him recount on YouTube, but in person he gave a nuanced performance well-targeted for the full house of theater enthusiasts. And he knows how to get a laugh.
All Over Albany's Darcy, herself a musical theater performer, was enough prepared to leave her notes behind throughout the interview, pursing the encounter as a conversation. While I had the sense that Sondheim could have rolled one engaging story into another, he graciously worked it as a partnership.
Among the many topics covered was his start in music, which included private study with the formidable Milton Babbitt, known for his post-atonal development of electronic music with Vladimir Ussachevsky at Columbia, "but Milton was also a songwriter manqué who loved musical theater. We would spend the first hour analyzing a show song as if it were Mozart 39, and then the next hour studying Mozart 39."
As a veteran of work with such luminaries as Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins and, more recently, James Lapine and John Weidman, Sondheim extolled the importance, to him, of collaboration—with the audience as the final collaborators. But: "Write something you want to see," he said, "and hope that 1500 people—or, sometimes, 100 people—enjoy it as much as you do. If they don't like it, that's OK. If they don't understand it—that's your fault."
He traced the journey of several of his shows, revealing that he'd hoped to pepper his Broadway debut, as lyricist of West Side Story, with the first-ever use on that stage of a popular invective, ending the show's most lively song with,"Gee, Officer Krupke: fuck you!"
Although Laurents and Bernstein and Robbins liked it, it was Columbia Records producer Goddard Lieberson who pointed out that putting that word on the original cast album would restrict its sales to New York state. As for the now-unsurprising employment of such terms, "if you use them carefully, they're wonderful. And I think 'fuck' is one of the most expressive. But I would never use them just to shock an audience—except, of course, in the case of 'Officer Krupke.'"
As part of his mission to educate, Sondheim asked to meet with a group of students beforehand, and about 50 assembled for their own Q&A, many of them hoping for career advice. Opening for Sondheim were Sonny Daye (piano) and Perley Rousseau (vocal); Perley performed such Sondheim songs as "Broadway Baby," "Another Hundred People" (with a refrain in Portuguese) and "I Remember" with great sensitivity to the lyrics.


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Touch ID in Every Apple Product? Arizona Deal Points the Way
ronaldcarlson | On 05, Nov 2013
When it was rumored that Apple was adding a fingerprint sensor to the iPhone, the haters declared it would just be a gimmick, little if anything more than marketing fluff. As it turns out, the iPhone 5s' Touch ID is a really cool feature — once people use Touch ID they quickly come to hate manually entering alphanumeric pass codes and passwords.
Yesterday, the news broke that Apple is purchasing a big, unused solar cell factory in Arizona for $100 million. The company is partnering with GT Advanced Technologies and lending that company $578 million with a single purpose mind — manufacturing sapphire crystals for use in Apple products.
Although details are thin, Apple has an exclusivity agreement with GT Advanced for the output of that great big factory.
Yes, sapphire crystals are already used in iPhone and iPad lens assemblies. However, the real news here has to be Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor, which also includes sapphire (image above) — after all, passwords are fundamentally insecure and Apple is all about changing the world, making dent in the universe.
Although probably not (yet?) suitable as a substitute for the Gorilla Glass used in the iPhone and iPad, sapphire could replace the glass in a watch, an iWatch. Speculation.
So, Apple is going to make mountains of sapphire crystal in the Arizona dessert. Although they're not saying more than that, I'll bet the new iMac on my desk Touch ID is coming, sooner or later, to every Apple product and the world will be changed…
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Mickey Andrews, the architect of some of Florida State's best defenses over his 26-year career with the Seminoles, believes offenses have the upper hand in college football today due to spread attacks with multiple looks.
That's why the Seminoles' former defensive coordinator is so impressed with FSU's defensive performance in last Saturday's 51-14 victory at Clemson.
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Sunday morning I got up crazy early to go cheer on two of my friends as they took on their newest challenge, a duathlon. It was a 3 mile run, 25 mile bike ride, 3 mile run. I am not going to tell you I was inspired by this event, I don't think you are going to see me out there next year. But look how chipper they looked before the race....at 7am!
Here they go on the start of their race....
After the start of their race, I headed to the beach to check out the start of the triathlon. Look how many people, and what an absolutely gorgeous day it was.
Jessica and Chuck finishing up their first run. They are still looking pretty happy...I am still thinking they are kind of crazy.
After they hopped on the bike, I headed back to the beach to watch the swimmers exit the water. They were burping and snotting and didn't look like they were having a good time at all. I am a swimmer and even to me this looked like no fun. (I did see my friend, Jen, come out of the water so that was fun and a bit random!)
Some random dude on this bike....
They didn't close down the park so there were some random walkers on the trails. And I did almost see a biker get hit by a truck who didn't see him while on the course. But all in all it seemed like a pretty good day for people. Jessica and Chuck were happy even at the end. And I really think they are crazy.
As a result of spending the entire morning at the park, my run was pushed until mid-afternoon. And it sucked...all 3.5 miles of it. And I was SLOW. But considering the pain I have been in all week, it wasn't as bad as it could have been. And we're back to Monday.
This car was in the parking lot of the race...and if I do say so myself, this person is a total slacker.
This car was in the parking lot of the race...and if I do say so myself, this person is a total slacker.


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Voluntary bread recall caused by pieces of wire
Several brands and types of breads sold in grocery stores in Western Pennsylvania are being recalled because of concerns they may contain pieces of flexible wire from a faulty screen. The parent company of Bimbo Bakeries of Horsham initiated the voluntary recall, saying the screen was at a third-party flour mill. No current products for sale at stores fall under the recall, said BBU Inc. but consumers should check products in their homes and return loaves to stores where they were purchased for refunds. Shop 'n Save spokesman Dan Ayer said local store owners haven't heard thus far about breads being returned. Giant Eagle spokesman Dick Roberts said no affected breads were in stores by the time the recall was issued. These breads sold in Pennsylvania with "best by" dates up to Feb. 20 fall under the recall: Aldi L'Oven Fresh Hearty 12 Grain, Arnold Healthfull and Brownberry Healthfull 45 Calories Per Slice Multigrain, Brownberry Dutch Country 100% Whole Grain, Brownbery Grains & More Double Protein, Brownberry Healthfull Nutty Grain, Stroehmann Dutch Country 100% Whole Grain, Earthgrains 12 Grain Natural Bread and Sara Lee 12 Grain Bread Hearty & Delicious.
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U.S. Steel Corp. can test new employees randomly for drugs and alcohol without violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the Downtown company in 2010, claiming that giving alcohol breath tests to new Clairton Works employees without evidence they had been drinking violated their rights. U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer ruled in favor of U.S. Steel. She said the heavy protective gear workers wear in the plant makes detecting alcohol use without a test practically impossible while the hazardous working conditions amplify the danger an impaired worker poses.
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Sony unveiled its next-generation gaming system, the PlayStation 4, at a New York event Wednesday evening. The development gives the struggling Japanese electronics company a head start over Microsoft and an Xbox 360 successor. The PlayStation 4 will be Sony Corp.'s first major game console since the PlayStation 3 went on sale in 2006. Microsoft Corp. is expected to unveil the next Xbox in June at the E3 video game expo in Los Angeles. Last fall, Nintendo started selling the Wii U, though it plays catch-up in some respects in bringing the ability to play high-definition games.
Single-family homebuilding up slightly; apartments plunge
Homebuilders began work at a slower pace in January than in December. But all of the drop occurred in the volatile area of apartment construction, which sank 24 percent. By contrast, the rate of single-family homebuilding rose 0.8 percent. Even with the overall decline, the pace of home construction in January was the third-highest since 2008 and was evidence of continued strengthening in residential real estate. And in an encouraging sign for the rest of the year, applications for building permits, a signal of future construction, topped December's rate. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that builders started work at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 890,000 homes last month. That was down 8.5 percent from December, when housing starts had hit an annual rate of 973,000, the most since June 2008.
Gov. calls for safety stand-down at W.Va. mines after 4th fatality
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is asking coal companies to halt production for an hour to review safety procedures following the state's fourth mining fatality in two weeks and the sixth since November. Tomblin signed an executive order urging mine operators to hold safety talks with employees over the next 24 hours, starting Wednesday afternoon. Inspectors and mine safety officials plan to visit about 500 mines. In April 2010, an explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine killed 29 men and former Gov. Joe Manchin ordered a similar temporary stop in production. The request came after a worker was struck by a scoop Tuesday and died of his injuries. The death at Pocahontas Coal Co.'s Affinity mine near Sophia was its second this month. The mine faces several safety violations.
Bakery to sell its 1 millionth loaf of swirl bread to lucky purchaser
Three years after Scott Baker restarted his family's McKees Rocks bakery, his 5 Generation Bakers company is preparing to sell its 1 millionth loaf of Jenny Lee brand cinnamon swirl bread. Baker said he analyzed sales data, and figures the milestone will be reached around 11:05 a.m. Thursday at the Shop 'n Save supermarket in Kennedy. The purchaser will get free bread for a year and a cash prize. Baker's company makes several varieties of the log-shaped bread to freeze and sell wholesale to supermarkets and specialty stores. A dozen employees make about 14,000 loaves every week, using recipes the Baker family created for the former company, Jenny Lee Bakery.
Boeing to propose 787 battery fix
A congressional official says Boeing will propose to federal regulators a plan to temporarily fix problems with the 787 Dreamliner's batteries that have kept the planes on the ground for more than a month. The official said Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Conner is expected to present the plan to Michael Huerta, head of the Federal Aviation Administration, in a meeting later this week. The 787 fleet has been grounded since Jan. 16 after a battery caught fire on a plane parked in Boston and a smoking battery led to an emergency landing by another plane in Japan.
Other business news
• Emerson Process Management of O'Hara completed an automation upgrade at Russia's Surgut-2 Power Plant, one of the largest coal power stations in Europe. Emerson, the main automation contractor on the project, said work at the 800-megawatt unit was done during a four-month shutdown. The plant's new digital automation system replaces vintage analog controls. No contract terms were disclosed.
• A new GetGo gas station and convenience store will open Thursday at 7675 McKnight Road, Ross. The 5,500-square-foot GetGo has 18 fuel pumps, including four that also dispense diesel, owner Giant Eagle Inc. of O'Hara said. A solar canopy roof that helps to offset the station's need for power is among environmentally friendly features.
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Hood to Coast: Honeymoon's over
SCAPPOOSE, Ore. – Yeah, the honeymoon's over.
The discrepancy between what's going on at the runner exchanges and the attitude of those involved is pretty striking though.
The race took a turn for the much worse when we showed up at the Oaks Park exchange at 6 p.m. after stopping in Portland for a few hours while our other van took over. Oaks Park is the major Portland exchange this year – it's traditionally been under Hawthorne Bridge – and it's hard to imagine a worse location.
Take thousands of vans, cram them into an area that ALREADY HAS A FREAKING AMUSEMENT PARK, and you've got an inevitable mess of stress and traffic and Ferris Wheels.
Traffic was so bad, in fact, that we barely got there in time to make our exchange. Then, we spent 30-45 minutes inching our way out of the parking lot and were 15 minutes late picking up a somewhat bewildered Holly Morrison, our first-leg runner who started out from Oaks Park.
"I was really thirsty, and I didn't know where to start looking for you guys," Morrison said. "It was such a cluster."
Things have only been marginally better since. Several new groups joined the circus in Portland, including high school teams and walking teams. So, the exchanges are snarled, it's dark and the lines for the Porta-Potties are long.
Still, everybody's handling it remarkably well. We're at a weigh station near Scappoose right now – a little Robin Thicke, a little Beyonce and some Gatorade and everybody's still pretty perky, all things considered. (Side note – in fact, as I was writing this, a few of the girls in our van hopped out and had a dance party with one of the volunteers in the parking lot at the exchange.)
Still, there's no getting over the fact everybody's been running all day.
"I'm tired. My body's tired. I have a big blister on my right foot," said Amy Murry, who ran the second leg. "Cumulative fatigue is setting in. I had a bad attitude in my head that whole run."


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It's funny...when you are young, time seems to go by so slowly, the years seem long and it feels like you will never reach your destination. But when you get older, time seems to fly by which can sometimes be a bit scary. However, applying a little bit of time to your health and well being can actually add time to your life. It's never too late to take a look at making changes in your life and your number one priority should be your health. It doesn't matter if you are relatively in shape or overweight, good health is available to all in some form.
One of the quickest ways to slow down time is to start adding muscle to your physique.You begin by picking up the "iron" and getting your body use to lifting it. What? "I'm too old". Nonsense! Actually, you are the perfect age. Don't let that age excuse keep you from your best. Creating a new you, whether you are 18 or 80 is a great reason to look forward to the new year.
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Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas 68nm from Fort Taylor, Fla., was one of many military facilities that housed deserters. Escape from that fort was next to impossible. That said, there was a case of slaves who had managed to take a boat and flee. They were later captured by a "wrecker," who attempted to be compensated for the "cargo." The wrecker was not successful in gaining compensation, and the slaves were sent back to Fort Jefferson.
Question, Harry, if you would. Fort Jefferson housed deserters and assorted military bad actors. How then does it fit that slaves escaped, were captured and sent back? Were slaves confined there as well? Why? 'Preciate it.
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Members of the Fort Stanton Cave Study Project Board of Directors recently arrived at their field headquarters at the fort in preparation for the upcoming 2013 series of cave exploration and survey projects.
The objective of the two-day project was to perform precision measurements for the new FSCSP compass calibration course by refining the locations and reference angle measurements, and to validate the course's accuracy for future reference.
Fort Stanton Cave was first mapped by the Wheeler expedition in 1877. Compare 2.2 miles then to today's 20.59 miles, a good portion of which was mapped within the last two years, and you can clearly understand how much work the FSCSP teams have accomplished.
They continue the research in partnership with the Bureau of Land management, as the two organizations have worked together for many years in the quest for more data about the geo-hydrology and life forms found within the canyons and maze that forms this unique labyrinth beneath the earth's surface.
Using a precision theodolite, a survey instrument for measuring angles in the horizontal and vertical planes, near the FSCSP field house, seven tripods were set up over each station. The instrument, in addition to being used for basic surveying, is used for specialized assessment in fields like rocket launch technology and metrology, the science of precision measurement.
Because mapping, surveying and photography are a significant part of each expedition, both topside and beneath the earth's surface, cavers come prepared with Global Positioning Satellite units and survey equipment. Each of their survey instruments is calibrated or standardized to get the most accurate measurements for the final mapping and recording of what is discovered.
A cave is surveyed by moving specially trained teams through the cave and establishing a series of survey stations.
At each of the stations, the bearing to the next station is carefully measured with a compass, the distance is measured with a laser rangefinder and the inclination to the next is measured with a clinometer. Distances to the floor, ceiling and walls are measured, recorded and photographed as well. A sketch also is drawn showing details like walls, formations, the location of water and slope of a cave passage like Snowy River. All of this information is processed into what is shown as both a plan and a profile view on a map.
Cavers, archaeologists, and geologists have been using what is called a Brunton Pocket Transit since the late 1800's, but today the use of a Suunto Tandem, a compass plus inclinometer, is more common. Surveyors combine science and math with several instruments to survey the cave and make maps.
They also gather scientific information useful to many other fields of science, such as biology, hydrology, geology, archaeology and paleontology.
"We work with university and college professors and their students who are able to take our 'observed science in the field' another step, and their advanced students often are able to make a lifetime technical career out of this training," Pete Lindsley said. "Even our experienced cavers are continuing to learn new techniques far beyond their education decades ago thanks to the new DNA and geologic dating technologies.
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The screen beauty- who is married to Coldplay frontman Christ Martin - loved walking around in public without fans knowing who she was after she coloured her blonde locks for the romantic comedy, which also starred Ben Affleck.
She said: "When I went brown for the film 'Bounce', no one recognised me - it was great.
"I was getting tired of that blonde image, so I kept it brown for quite some time before changing it back for another film."