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Duration | Rating | Year : 129min | G | 2016Juzaburo comes up with a secret plan of loaning a large sum of money to their lord which they collect interest and distributing them to the towns people to escape poverty.
If Cats Disappeared From The World
Duration | Rating | Year : 103min | PG13 | 2016A postman who is struggling with poor health, has little time to live. A devil then appears and proposes to prolong postman's life in exchange for making things in the world disappear.
Children of Iron
Duration | Rating | Year : 75min | G | 2016Rikutaro and Mariko become brother and sister after Rikutaro's mother and Mariko's father marry. Their classmates poke fun at them. They become upset and decide to split up their parents.
Remember You
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Time Renegades
Duration | Rating | Year : 107min | PG13 | 2016The two men, who live 30 years apart, fight for survival on the same day, at the same hospital. Coming back from the brink of death, they begin to experience each other's lives though vivid dreams.
The New Classmate
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Duration | Rating | Year : 113min | PG13 | 2016The heart-warming story of a ruthless businessman who finds his humanity for the greater good of his people; it tells the story of the affluent Ranjit Katyal.
Cien Años De Perdón (To Steal From A Thief)
Duration | Rating | Year : 96min | R | 2016Six armed men attack a bank in Valencia. The gang has to clear out the most safe deposit boxes possible and to escape through a tunnel. But nothing goes as planned.
Me Casé Con Un Boludo (I Married A Dumbass)
Duration | Rating | Year : 100min | PG13 | 2016An unknown actress falls in love with a famous actor. After getting married, she realizes she has fell in love with a character her future husband plays and not with the real person.
Belli Di Papa (Daddy's Boy)
Duration | Rating | Year : 96min | PG13 | 2015In order to bring the children to the real world, Vincenzo leads them to believe that the family business has undergone a bankruptcy fraud. Hence they are forced to run away like criminals in hiding.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post2301672657433612761..comments2016-08-23T01:39:20.228-07:00Comments on Adventures in Babywearing: Closets: Dresses that I've never worn (one I will, one I'll never)Stephanie Precourthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-27325721421983077982010-05-31T11:46:23.428-07:002010-05-31T11:46:23.428-07:00You have such a great sense of style - very unique...You have such a great sense of style - very unique, but very modern.

I bet you'll look beautiful in that black-and-cream dress...wherever you end up wearing it.

email@example.com://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-84385640528845456112010-05-29T06:33:18.470-07:002010-05-29T06:33:18.470-07:00LOVE IT! Yes, I yelled. Probably woke up my whole ...LOVE IT! Yes, I yelled. Probably woke up my whole family.Gretchenhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-24241376432467290242010-05-29T05:52:53.672-07:002010-05-29T05:52:53.672-07:00I want that second dress! Just beautiful and perf...I want that second dress! Just beautiful and perfect for you Steph! But I still want it too. ;) Shopping is somewhat limited where I live. Oh well, I'll just live vicariously through you! :) I can't wait to hear where you wear it.Elaine A.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-86685885786464071102010-05-28T20:55:22.419-07:002010-05-28T20:55:22.419-07:00Your post is so great! I too have beautiful dress...Your post is so great! I too have beautiful dresses I have never worn...ha, ha!

I started Weight Watchers two weeks ago and am down by 7 pounds. It's a start...

:)Lesliehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-21725067593039667482010-05-28T13:30:29.102-07:002010-05-28T13:30:29.102-07:00I feel sad for the unworn dress...it missed out on...I feel sad for the unworn dress...it missed out on a fancy night on the town, or a romantic dinner. It's very pretty...you should make it into something!Heatherhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-21878628179627174562010-05-28T08:37:35.862-07:002010-05-28T08:37:35.862-07:00You will look stunning in that beautiful dress!!!You will look stunning in that beautiful dress!!!Marcelahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-23542437073835999212010-05-28T08:26:48.062-07:002010-05-28T08:26:48.062-07:00wow both dress looks amazing!!!! I love the first ...wow both dress looks amazing!!!! I love the first one the best!!!!! So romantic!!!Stam Househttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-26901727904346419432010-05-28T07:53:27.455-07:002010-05-28T07:53:27.455-07:00I love both of them. Can't wait to see picture...I love both of them. Can't wait to see pictures of you in the back and white one.Bobbi Janay @When did I go from a kid to a grown up?http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-3587855093188313932010-05-28T07:49:44.981-07:002010-05-28T07:49:44.981-07:00Um, hello black and ivory dress. That is beautifu...Um, hello black and ivory dress. That is beautiful!Liz @ Sugarplum Creationshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-27427996913974782232010-05-28T07:41:01.318-07:002010-05-28T07:41:01.318-07:00Those are gorgeous. I'm just not a dress pers...Those are gorgeous. I'm just not a dress person. I like them and admire them on others but I have a hard time liking them on me.Musings of a Housewifehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-47316875518332869662010-05-28T07:29:48.994-07:002010-05-28T07:29:48.994-07:00I've always admired your unique style...so thi...I've always admired your unique style...so this peek into your closet has been a real treat! Can I be you when I grow up?Such The Spothttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-55835700222897926002010-05-28T07:26:24.068-07:002010-05-28T07:26:24.068-07:00I like the black-and-white dress, but that first d...I like the black-and-white dress, but that first dress made me gasp.

I understand why you keep it, even if it's never worn.Kelly @ Love Wellhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-91609574363481239252010-05-28T07:09:00.165-07:002010-05-28T07:09:00.165-07:00They are both so so pretty!! I have a closet full ...They are both so so pretty!! I have a closet full of dress that are never worn but oh so loved. They make me happy opening it up and seeing them in there.

I love the birds too btw!!Maurahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-74509655849514435772010-05-28T06:22:21.447-07:002010-05-28T06:22:21.447-07:00The new dress is darling!The new dress is darling!Mrs. Sarahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-27316411685721102562010-05-28T06:20:16.475-07:002010-05-28T06:20:16.475-07:00--Carmen, The dress is by "Ryu" Steph--Carmen,

The dress is by "Ryu"

StephAdventures In Babywearinghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-26877515355547948632010-05-28T06:18:08.771-07:002010-05-28T06:18:08.771-07:00LOVE that ivory/black dress! And-- I should total...LOVE that ivory/black dress!

And-- I should totally post about the dresses I've never worn!!!

I yo yo in weight so much I convince myself I can buy things sometimes when they are on sale-- when I lived in England I lived by this AMAZING outlet and they constantly had AMAZING dressing for between 5-10 pound ($10-20), which is unheard of over there, as you have to sign away your first born to pay for a cup of coffee.

I have 4 dresses that made it home that I've never worn that are now too small. My friends have worn them, as I love whoring out my closet, but I've never fit my big butt in themJulie Vision Designshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-75785741497823289912010-05-28T06:16:41.014-07:002010-05-28T06:16:41.014-07:00I have a dress hanging in my closet that I bought ...I have a dress hanging in my closet that I bought on a trip to visit my niece for the first time. I loved it and wore it once when I went out to dinner. I thought it fit a little more snug than I remembered trying it on and the next morning I found out why. I was pregnant with my third. The dress hasn't fit since and most likely never will again but I keep it. I loved wearing the dress but I love the memories more.Andreahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-16414282405871970592010-05-28T06:14:56.703-07:002010-05-28T06:14:56.703-07:00--Amy The birds on the wall were a gift a few yea...--Amy

The birds on the wall were a gift a few years ago but I think are still available!

http://www.welldressedhome.com/flock.html

StephAdventures In Babywearinghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-19757517944957882852010-05-28T06:12:20.223-07:002010-05-28T06:12:20.223-07:00I love both of them, but the black and cream - it&...I love both of them, but the black and cream - it's divine!! (I want one!)

Where did you get those birds on the wall?Amyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-75300395193236260292010-05-28T06:11:00.550-07:002010-05-28T06:11:00.550-07:00I LOVE the new dress - any chance of you telling m...I LOVE the new dress - any chance of you telling me the label so I can scour the internet for it? I've been looking for something JUST like it.Carmenhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-89127207976185997242010-05-28T04:28:45.181-07:002010-05-28T04:28:45.181-07:00These dresses are right-out-of-movie dresses... ro...These dresses are right-out-of-movie dresses... romantic and elegant and made for a leading lady!!Sharon - Mom Generationshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-71820977153399998962010-05-28T03:26:04.644-07:002010-05-28T03:26:04.644-07:00I don't remember that dress by the birds. It ...I don't remember that dress by the birds. It and the black & ivory dress are beautiful. I'm sure you will find an event to wear it. Can't wait to see it on you.Mimi's Toeshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-46363885454871391862010-05-27T23:51:30.311-07:002010-05-27T23:51:30.311-07:00Love that b/w dressLove that b/w dressCatherine Annehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-20266288.post-17433742005562540062010-05-27T23:39:42.402-07:002010-05-27T23:39:42.402-07:00I LOVE your new dress!!! DREAMY!!!I LOVE your new dress!!! DREAMY!!!Hyperactive Luhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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It's difficult to describe exactly what went down during last night's Metalachi set at Trees. It's far easier, really, to simply rattle off a list of the items used during the display.
For starters, there were sombreros, guitarons and cod pieces. And, of course, there was a band -- a mariachi band, to be exact.
But Metalachi is not your typical mariachi band. Metalachi, as its name implies, is a mariachi band that covers metal songs -- the first of its kind, or so the band's press materials insinuate.
They do more than just that, of course. Over the course of their headlining set, the band sprinkled in its takes on such traditional mariachi standards as "Volver Volver," "Mariachi Loco" and "La Bamba" among its expected covers of Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" and Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer." At one point, the dudes even paid tribute to Vicente "Chente" Fernandez, arguably Mexico's most famous and easily recognizable singers.
It was an infectious offering, for sure. During Metalachi's cover of Rage Against the Machine's "Killing In The Name," even the most skeptical members of the audience were throwing their fists in the air.
The whole set was like that, really. It was as if the entire room's minds had been blown. The crowd loved every second of it.
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The KardashiansBefore the drama and the designer duds, Khloé strapped on a ladybug costume for Halloween festivities with equally spirited sister Kourtney and mom Kris Jenner, who dressed up as a geisha. (Picture above.) "Vintage Halloween," writes Kourtney.
Pete WentzBefore he rocked, the Fall Out Boy bander totally sucked ... when he dressed up as a vampire. "Favorite time of the year," he writes.
Emma RobertsAnd to think, this was taken before Roberts headed to American Horror Story: Coven.
Cody Simpson
The man behind the mask? Simpson, who posted this #tbt shot featuring his sister Alli.
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If you've taken in a production by the Portland Opera, caught an episode of the CW series "The Vampire Diaries," or made it to the pre-show event before Lady Gaga's concert at the Rose Garden last summer, you may have seen some of the dazzling mask work by the Trapps.
Diane and Connie Trapp, sisters-in-law who live and work in Portland and Hillsboro, respectively, have adorned faces near and far with their feathery, jeweled and anthropomorphic original papier-mâché creations.
For them, Fat Tuesday, with its mask-hungry revelers, feels a lot like the Christmas rush.
"It's been the busiest two weeks of my life," says Connie Trapp, talking from New Orleans.
The Trapps are marking their 18th annual trip down to the Big Easy to sell their facial wares in the Mardi Gras Mask Market. The event is held each year in the outdoor French Market, in the heart of the city's party zone.
Beads may be tossed and caught without much thought throughout the holiday (and Mardi Gras is a statewide holiday in Louisiana), but prized masks are kept close. Traditionally, they're flashy or seductive tools to provide anonymity during the nights of sinning leading up to Ash Wednesday. And they go fast.
"The locals and collectors come early ... and through the weekend," Connie Trapp says. "By Monday afternoon, it's usually panic time. And the college kids will come in wanting the $20 masks."
Of the 17 juried mask artists who have come in from all parts of the country to sell at the French Market, six are from Portland.
"We never seem to see each other in Portland. Only when we're here and all go out to dinner," Diane Trapp says.
Connie Trapp estimates she sells around 200 masks at the market each Mardi Gras. A local shop, Maskarade, stocks both artist's designs as well, and Connie Trapp says she'll sell another 150 there during through the holiday. In Portland, the Trapps' masks are featured at Mystique, a boutique in Pioneer Place.
The Trapps' Mardi Gras pilgrimage also marks a sort of professional anniversary. After Connie, 51, married Diane's brother she began working with Diane, 57, a seasoned theater makeup and mask designer.
"Right after I started I got invited to go to Mardi Gras," Connie Trapp says. It was after that initial experience in New Orleans that she began crafting masks for the general public.
Connie Trapp, now a full-time artist, works under the moniker Masks and Things, and Diane Trapp creates for Illusionary Designs.
Only one year did they consider not heading down. But in 2006, for the first Mask Market after Katrina and Rita, market organizers called the Trapps and asked them to attend. And because they couldn't get a flight into the city, the two loaded up a car with their masks and drove.
It was in New Orleans where Connie Trapp's masks caught the eye of TV costumers. After visiting Maskarade, staff from the fashion-focused series "Ugly Betty" called up and ordered a dozen of her designs for a second-season episode that featured a black-and-white ball. She made them all in one day and shipped them overnight to the show's set.
Devotees of "The Vampire Diaries" might recall this past season's Halloween episode, titled "Masquerade." The show's cast sported 40 of Connie Trapp's Venetian-style masks.
She just shipped out several sets of horns for a commercial to run this spring. Don't ask her what the product is. Producers wouldn't say. But be on the lookout for some miniature ponies done up as unicorns.
Connie Trapp's son, Brandon Jones, is keeping up the family's artistic tradition, and Jones' work is also featured at Mystique. There may more budding mask-makers afoot for the Trapps, with 11 grandchildren and plenty of beads, glitter and feathers to get their hands on.
A quick survey of Fat Tuesday events around Portland
The party starts early -- 11:30 a.m. -- at the North Portland oyster bar with live music beginning at 6 p.m. The most outrageous Mardi Gras costume fetches a prize.
3808 N. Williams Ave.; 503-281-1222; no cover charge
The Northwest Portland restaurant and lounge hosts a "Fat Tuesday Bayou Bash" with live music, a palm reader, fortune-teller and beads galore. Music begins at 6 p.m.
625 N.W. 21st Ave.; 503-796-1859; no cover charge
Irving Street Kitchen
Partiers at the Pearl District restaurant can dive into a pair of slow-roasted pigs, and traditional New Orleans King Cake. Expect oyster shucking, live jazz and bluegrass tunes, and burlesque performances.
6 p.m.- midnight; 701 N.W. 13th Ave.; 503-343-9440; $40 per person; call ahead
Live blues from Norman "The Boogie Cat" Sylvester and Sarah Billings spice up the downtown card room and café's 19th Fat Tuesday celebration. Johnny Smokes plays the happy hour, starting at 4 p.m. Sylvester and his band take the stage at 7.
932 S.W. Third Ave.; 503-227-6185; $5 cover
Cajun and Creole dishes served up at two seatings, along with dancing and bead-tossing.
28 N.E. 28th Ave.; 503-232-6652; $36 per person, call ahead
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Davis' last-second shot lifts BayHawks past Mad Ants
Ricky Davis paused before recalling that, before Wednesday, the last time he hit a game-winning buzzer beater was in the NBA six or seven years ago.
The BayHawks, meanwhile, are making a habit of it.
Davis' jumper from the foul line with eight-tenths of a second to play lifted the BayHawks to a 97-95 win over the Fort Wayne Mad Ants before a matinee crowd of 4,718 at Erie Insurance Arena.
It was the second straight home game in which the BayHawks won at the buzzer. They beat Iowa 111-110 on Jan. 26 on Lewis Jackson's last-second runner.
In between, they dropped three straight on the road. But some of the sting of those losses disappeared in a post-game locker room filled with loud music and celebratory chants.
"It's been a minute," said Davis, who believes his last buzzerbeater came with the Miami Heat in 2007 or 2008. "I got a flashback there."
The BayHawks (9-20) led by as many as 13 points early in the fourth quarter before Fort Wayne (16-12), which is battling for a D-League playoff spot, rallied.
The Mad Ants tied it on a Tony Mitchell layup and took the lead, 89-87, when Ron Howard a short jumper with 2:04 to play.
After three more lead changes, Terrence Jennings' three-point play with 39 seconds remaining gave the BayHawks a 95-93 lead.
The Mad Ants again tied it on a layup by Sadiel Rojas with 10.5 seconds remaining.
BayHawks coach Gene Cross called timeout and designed a play for Micah Downs, but Downs wound up with the ball in a cluster of bodies outside the left elbow and kicked an off-balance pass to Davis, who buried the game-winner.
"It was all about momentum and just keeping the pressure on them," said Jennings, who led the BayHawks with 17 points and added eight rebounds. "I was proud of my teammates for staying composed."
Downs and Alex Oriakhi added 13 points each, C.J. Leslie had 12 and Scott Suggs had 11.
Davis finished with eight points, and Jackson, hero of the last thriller at home, had nine points and a season-high 13 assists.
"You know what, I'll take 'em as long as we're on the winning end of 'em," Cross said. "Our guys fought today and I was happy we came out with a victory against a good team."
- Notes: Cross said Sean Singletary, acquired in a trade two weeks ago, remains sidelined with a groin injury but could be ready to play by this weekend. ... The BayHawks outscored the Mad Ants in the paint 62-46.
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In addition to the usual challenges of chronic disease and functional
decline, the rural elderly also face geographic isolation. Sixty-one million
people live in the rural United States, a number that exceeds the entire population
of the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, or France.1
Nearly 15% of the US rural population is aged 65 years or older. As they age,
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Health care outcomes for the rural elderly, as with other groups in the United
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access, and economic status than by geography.2
When differences in outcomes between rural and urban health care have been
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equipment, and choice. In this article, we examine practice patterns and describe
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A large-scale reconstruction of Egg Harbor Road in Washington Township, aimed at easing congestion on the busy county road, may see shovels in the ground as early as September.
The two-phase project is funded entirely by the federal government and should take about a year to complete, Gloucester County Engineer Vincent Voltaggio said. The project, first designed in 2006, aims to reduce traffic, increase capacity and improve safety on one of the township's main arteries by widening the road, resurfacing the asphalt and improving traffic signals.
"It's a good project," Voltaggio said. "It'll address some turning movements at the intersections. You'll have arrows for left turns now, center turn lanes in certain sections and nice wide shoulders."
Stretching two and a half miles from Salina Road to the Washington Township Municipal Building just south of Ganttown Road, the project's first phase will focus on Salina Road to Mulberry Road and will cost about $6 million.
The second phase, from Mulberry Road to the municipal building, will start in the spring of 2014 and will cost about $7 million in federal funds.
Portions of the road that currently have one lane will be widened to add a central turning lane to clear up congestion, and new signals and pedestrian facilities will also be installed, he said.
One of the main intersections in the township, where Hurffville-Grenloch and Egg Harbor roads meet, will see multiple upgrades, including left turn lanes.
Gloucester County Freeholder Heather Simmons, liason to the Department of Public Works and engineers, said she anticipates the project will bring improvements to the heavily used road.
"This federally funded reconstruction of Egg Harbor Road is a large-scale project that will increase safety and traffic flow," Simmons said.
The county freeholders recently voted to acquire two of the easements and properties necessary to complete the reconstruction, buying a single family home at 447 Egg Harbor Road for $350,000 and two road easements at 515 and 453 Egg Harbor Road for $2,000 and $34,700 respectively.
Voltaggio said they've only had two "total takes" of buying an entire property, and most purchases have been small road easements of 2 feet to 4 feet across the backs and fronts of residences.
"We've had quite a few, around 31 properties we've had to acquire. There's only a few that we have a couple of little issues with, and we're going through the process to try to resolve them," he said, adding an independent appraiser and negotiator are employed to ensure fairness in the process. "99.4 percent of the time it works out perfectly."
Voltaggio said that they'll try to minimize the impact on drivers while the road is under construction, working on one half of the roadway at a time to avoid full road closures.
"We're going to try and keep the roads open as much as possible," he said. "The road's nice and wide already, you can do work along one shoulder and you're only affecting one direction, then flip flop over to the other side and do the same thing."


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QUINTON TWP. — Four miles of from Harmersville-Pecks Corner Road, from Jericho Road to Route 49, will be repaired thanks to funding from The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
This will mark the first project in the county using the ARRA money, commonly referred to as stimulus money which was approved by Congress to create jobs and jump-start the sagging economy.
Since repairs are set to begin Wednesday, county and state officials came together Tuesday morning for kick-off ground breaking ceremony.
The gathering took place at the intersection of Jericho and Harmersville-Pecks Corner Roads.
According to county officials, the total project cost is $580,604.50. The construction bid was granted to South Gate, Inc., of Bridgeton.
The South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization — one of three municipal planning organizations in the state, which choose which projects ARRA fund — shows the Quinton project on its website.
Among other improvements, the site lists what will be fixed during the road work here. Funding will pay for steel-beam guiderails, the replacement of old street signs, inserting long-lasting road striping, installing grates that are bicycle-safe, and raising pavement markers.
"This is a long-awaited project which will consist of milling, leveling, and paving the road with asphalt," said Freeholder Bruce Bobbitt, chairman of the county Public Works Department.
Officials Tuesday said the construction is anticipated to end within 60 days.
"I'm glad we were chosen as ARRA's first project in Salem County," said Quinton Township Mayor James Kates. "I commend the county, the state, and President Obama for making these repairs possible."
The ARRA is centered around making long-term repairs to roads, transit systems, and bridges possible. But the act is also worked so that repairs create jobs and boost New Jersey's economy. The ARRA bill was signed into law on Feb. 17, 2009.
Assistant County Superintendent of Bridges William Sumiel, Jr., said Tuesday it's difficult to estimate the number of jobs the Quinton project will create.
"There's so many different areas of job creation, from people in plants who make the materials, to the people out there working on the road," said Sumiel. "It's a snowball effect. It could be 50, it could be 100."
Workers are expected to be on the job here from 7 a.m. until dusk.
While the positive parts of the project will be visible in around 60 days, the shorter-term aspects may not seem so beneficial.
"There will be slight delays at times, as one lane will be closed," said Bobbitt. "Flag men will direct traffic. Residents, businesses, school buses and emergency vehicles will always have access."
Bobbitt said since the project is wholly-funded with federal stimulus monies, no county taxpayer money will be spent.
"Anytime we can improve something, and it's with federal and stimulus money, it's welcomed," said Freeholder Director Lee Ware Tuesday. "This project is going to improve the quality of life in Salem County."
To support ARRA's Salem County road project on the federal level Tuesday was Deputy Director of Constituent Services for U.S. Robert Menendez Vanessa Lawson.
At the gathering, Lawson read aloud from a letter on behalf of Menendez.
"I congratulate Quinton Township and Salem County for their hard work in securing these funds," the letter read.
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Skip to comments.Yeah, we voted on tolls kinda
Posted on 10/16/2006 6:45:49 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Do you remember voting on the Trans-Texas Corridor?
Me neither. But I think I might have. Sort of.
Toll road proponents have said over the past couple of years that Texans had voted to authorize what has turned out to be a very aggressive push for toll roads. Gov. Rick Perry said as much in the Oct. 6 gubernatorial election debate.
One of the moderators relayed a question from a McKinney woman asking why Texans haven't gotten to vote on the "Trans-Texas Corridor and related toll highways."
The corridor is Perry's 4,000-mile plan of tollways, railroads and utility lines.
The governor's response was deft.
"First and foremost, the people of Texas had the opportunity to vote on a substantial amount of that in a constitutional amendment," he began, going on to say that the Legislature had debated and passed toll laws in several sessions. The voters, he said, "sent a clear message of how we're going to build infrastructure."
What actually happened is that in a September 2003 election, 810,855 Texans said yes to ballot language that only the most wonkish among them could have known authorized wholesale borrowing for toll roads. The 45 words on the ballot, in fact, do not include the words "toll" or "turnpike."
Here's what Proposition 14 proposed:
"The constitutional amendment providing for authorization of the issuing of notes or the borrowing of money on a short-term basis by a state transportation agency for transportation-related projects, and the issuance of bonds and other public securities secured by the state highway fund."
I was told at the time that the purpose of this was to allow the agency to borrow here and there against future gas-tax revenue to address cash-flow problems. And that, in fact, is what the first part of the language refers to.
But then there's a comma, and some more words. Some technical but powerful words that amounted, apparently, to the electorate saying, "Whoo-eee, slap some toll roads on us, baby!"
Now, Texans did approve another constitutional amendment, this one in 2001, that created the Texas Mobility Fund, and it actually said the money could go to "state highways, turnpikes, toll roads, toll bridges, and other mobility projects." A total of 543,759 Texans said yes to that one.
In 2003, lawmakers dedicated some fees allowing that fund to borrow $4 billion or more.
And as the governor said, that same year the Legislature approved a huge bill allowing the creation of the Trans-Texas Corridor. That bill, passed in a session marked by Democrats fleeing to Ardmore, Okla., and a $10 billion budget gap, got little press coverage.
Did Texans vote on the Trans-Texas Corridor? Not in any real sense.
Did we vote on a "substantial amount" of the toll road revolution? Yes, technically, in a special September 2003 election with predictably poor turnout and all the focus on other amendments, we gave the Texas Department of Transportation carte blanche to borrow for roads and charge tolls.
Who knew? Almost no one.
Trans-Texas Corridor PING!
It's going to be Governor Goodhairs own version of the Big Dig. Texas sized, it'll cost at least a Trillion by the time its all said and done.
If this proven left-wing extremist rag is against TTC--then commonsense screams out this must be great for the state of Texas.
Demagoguery is send out all kinds of red flags to conservatives... .
RINOs give the rest of the party a bad reputation.
What the writer conveniently leaves out is that 2 years earlier voters did approve TXDOT using toll financing, as specifically stated in the ballot language:
"Proposition 15 : The constitutional amendment creating the Texas Mobility Fund and authorizing grants and loans of money and issuance of obligations for financing the construction, reconstruction, acquisition, operation and expansion of state highways, turnpikes, toll roads, toll bridges and other mobility projects."
And anti-toll groups were screaming about it in 2001, so this was never some big secret slipped past the voters as the writer claims:
Prop. 15 passed in 2001 with 67% of the vote.
So there was at least 2 years of debate about toll roads before Prop. 14 went to the voters in 2003.
Just more dishonesty, lies, and revisionist history from the anti-TTC/anti-Perry types. If they are right on the issues, why the need to be dishonest?
That is why Perry HAS TO GO in this election. I pondered long and hard about my protest vote, but with Strayhorn being in second place ahead the Dem challenger, I don't have to think about it any more.
Now, Texans did approve another constitutional amendment, this one in 2001, that created the Texas Mobility Fund, and it actually said the money could go to "state highways, turnpikes, toll roads, toll bridges, and other mobility projects." A total of 543,759 Texans said yes to that one.
OK, my bad, but his implying that there wasn't much discussion of toll roads regarding Prop. 14 and the 2003 election is bunk, both proponnents and anti-toll road groups were tying the two together all during election season.
Yes, much better to fund our roads through raised taxes than to actually let private investors fund much of them and let each person have a choice in whether or not they want to pay for a particular road. Can't have that...
"What the writer conveniently leaves out is that 2 years earlier voters did approve TXDOT using toll financing, as specifically stated in the ballot language:
"Proposition 15 : The constitutional amendment creating the Texas Mobility Fund and authorizing grants and loans of money and issuance of obligations for financing the construction, reconstruction, acquisition, operation and expansion of state highways, turnpikes, toll roads, toll bridges and other mobility projects."
And anti-toll groups were screaming about it in 2001, so this was never some big secret slipped past the voters as the writer claims:
Sounds to me like they boiled this frog a bit at a time....
Oh, yes it was a BIG secret. It wasn't in the news in South Texas until it was a done deal. I still don't recall the legistlature voting on it. It was just announced by Perry that Cintra had the contract.
Well, ibid, and BTTT!
I moved to Texas in 2003 because it was common knowledge that the primary funding mechanism for the TTC was going to be toll revenues. I'm not privy to backroom meetings and other such goings-on, so how did I know it if it was such a secret?
To me, it's important to be part of a community that thinks forward and is not buried in mistakes of the past. The current adminstration is providing real leadership by providing for our future transportation needs. Much unlike their detractors.
Oh, like the new SH 130 roadway project in the Austin area that's months ahead of schedule and millions of dollars under budget?
If they would quit looting state highway funds such as the 1 BILLION that was diverted last year alone (with reports of 10 Billion in all) there wouldn't be a shortage of funds. And private investors? Give me a break...this is a FOREIGN company. And what about the Perry aide, Dan Shelley, who worked for Cintra, went to the Governor's office, then went back to work for Cintra while the deal was being made? And why wouldn't Perry release the contract to the public previously? Shady deals one and all. Perry needs more than good hair to slick-talk this little lady.
Drove through there yesterday, ain't no way in hell they'll finish on time. And its going to cost how much per mile again?
SH-130 was already paid for via taxes and bond issues. How much of it's going to be tolled giving us double taxation? Same for the parts of MOPAC they will be tolling, and 290, and 183, ect...
Combine that in with the TTC and you've got a fleecing of the public not seen since Tammeny Hall.
And why wouldn't Perry release the contract to the public previously? Shady deals one and all.
SH-130 was already paid for via taxes and bond issues.
What I object to are the cronyism, fraud, double/triple taxation, ect... that I see at every turn on this deal. All pushed through as "emergency" funding bills due to the last decade or so of their inaction on upgrading infrastructre while trying to push us into light-rail/commuter rail/buses.
Government caused these problems. Let's be VERY careful about any "solutions" these same idiots may come up with.
I still don't recall the legistlature voting on it.
Thanks for the ping!
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My understanding is that Cintra/Zachry takes the hit if they go over budget on the TTC.
This plan was originally touted as using private funding, but that has changed since the deal was signed. The Texas Comptroller, Carole Strayhorn, issued a Special Report which exposed freeway tolls as double taxation and found no bid contracts given to non-elected board members and their friends in her report on Central Texas RMA. One of the companies that reportedly got no bid contracts in that report is run by a convicted criminal. They have used our tax dollars for a biased push poll
Perry keeps touting lack of money, but there is enough money and highway improvements that have already been funded are being rolled into this toll scheme. They are also invoking a gag rule to keep people from finding out the truth. They only released these details because they were forced to by the Attorney General.
Bottom line...the whole thing stinks. Until they start telling the public the real facts without all the spin and sleight of hand, they aren't getting my vote.
"Yes, much better to fund our roads through raised taxes than to actually let private investors fund much of them and let each person have a choice in whether or not they want to pay for a particular road. Can't have that..."
So you like the idea of continuing to pay gas taxes and also paying toll charges so we can have more people move to Texas to fill more roads? Just how crowded do you want our State to become? Would 1 billion be a large enough population to suit you or do you think we need even more yankees to move to Texas?
They got some federal loans designed to encourage the building of toll roads. If federal money builds local roads, that's fine with me. It will be paid back by Cintra anyway.
It's good that you investigate the "secret connections" to Cintra, but those are also the industry experts and probably some of the most qualified people to make these decisions. I wouldn't immediately assume the worst of people like that.
And the super secret contract is probably only secret so Cintra's competition doesn't learn their inner workings.
That's the same line of thought that made Austin's roads such a mess during the 90s population growth.
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Oh, like the new SH 130 roadway project in the Austin area that's months ahead of schedule and millions of dollars under budget?
The opponents have brain dead arguments against the toll road plan. The "Big Dig" in Massachussetts went over budget precisely because it is funded by federal tax dollars and the contractors had no incentives to keep costs low. The TTC is ultimately funded by tolls people pay to use the facilities. As the owners and builders of the improvements built in the state owned corridors, both Cintra and Zachary have tremendous incentives to keep costs down and build the corridors quickly in order to start getting their money back.
Toll roads are a conservative method of financing roads. Tolls are users fees for using roads. The exise tax on motor fuels was supposed to be a type of user fee, but politicians divert those funds according to the seniority of the politicians in Washington not according to how much each state paid into the highway fund. The system the DemocRATS wanted set up would have been even worse. They wanted to build the Interestate Highway System out of general revenues as a way of redistributing income. As far as I am concerned the federal excise tax on motor fuels should be abolished or it should never be increased letting inflation erode the real value that tax. There is no way to reform budget allocations short of taking the money away from Washington politicians. I am even more against funding roads out of the income tax.
The toll roads I am familiar with in Houston were all built much faster and under budget compared with state and federally funded highway projects of similar capacity. TxDOT has been upgrading I-35 between San Antonio and Hillsboro for over 15 years and they're nowhere near finished rebuilding that highway from 2 lanes to 3 lanes. By the time they're finished with that upgrade in maybe a decade, it will be obsolete. In fact it would have been obsolete if it had been completed in 1990.
First, it is a 320 mil LOW INTEREST LOAN. As a percent of the total project, that is a small amount. A loan HAS TO BE REPAID.
Since you and your little blogger are trying to obscure, we have to assume that this is the TIFIA loan that has been thrown up and shot down before. As such, should not Texas be entitled to the same as othere states?
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And as I said, I'm fine with toll roads. AS LONG AS ALL THE OTHER CRAP I AM CURRENTLY PAYING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO FUND THESE SAME ROADS GOES AWAY.
No sign of that happening any time soon. Ergo, they are double and triple dipping us.
What I don't like is that Perry is proceeding even though we voted it down in San Antonio. Strayhorn isn't lying when she says 'land grab.' There are people along I-35 who don't want to part with their property.
Perry's statements in this campaign don't ring true to me.
We visited Houston and it's tough to have enough quarters. And rather expensive to navigate the city, especially when the tolls aren't always the same. I can't speak about Austin, but then we don't really like each other, these two cities.
Plus, I'll still be paying annual registration, inspection, gas taxes, ect...
In our case, they want to toll the roads our tax dollars have already paid for. It's no secret the anti-toll group here is backing Strayhorn. I most likely will, too.
Yeah... they are doing that here as well. Justification? "You can still use the frontage road for free". Yeah... right. If you have seven hours to kill just to make it from one side of the city to the other.
Not only that, but the owners of the toll companies are not American, did you know that? And in some cases those frontage roads will be owned and maintained by them, too. It's a bill of goods they're forcing on us.
You can get around Houston without paying tolls using the freeways that were there before the toll roads were built, but it will take you longer, because there they are more congested. I guarantee you that if I wanted to make sure I got to IAH in time to make a flight, I'd take the Hardy toll road rather than I-45 or US-59.
Now, Texans did approve another constitutional amendment, this one in 2001, that created the Texas Mobility Fund, and it actually said the money could go to "state highways, turnpikes, toll roads, toll bridges, and other mobility projects." A total of 543,759 Texans said yes to that one.
Left out?
So what? I'd rather have comany that is experienced in running and building toll roads in charge rather than a local company that lacks experience or competence. The TTC is intended to be not just a world class project but a world leading project. The engineering firm in charge needs to be world class in this field.
We were on a toll road in Houston that went to Hobby. I thought it was 59 but maybe it was Hardy. It was smooth sailing, but expensive. But, maybe a good thing would come of it in that most of the people on the tolls are probably insured, and may even be better drivers.
Where do you get the notion that your tax payments give you some sort of "virtual title" to a road? I hate taxes as much as the next person, but understand that they operate as more of a lease payment . . . funny that that is what Cintra will be doing as well, making lease payments to TxDOT.
Just how crowded do you want our State to become?
You hit on an issue close to my heart. The Globalist don't care what happens to Texas. The environment, the culture, our resources, our very way of life, BE DAMNED!
Not virtual title, but with taxes going to constant maintenance, can you not see the implication of tolls equating to dual taxation?
I have spoken with the group that's opposed to this. They make much better sense than I about it and they have extremely well-documented info. I'll get their site for you if you like.
Or defaulted upon as the borrower declares bankruptcy.
It will be paid back by Cintra, with the tolls aka our tax dollars. Those same "industry experts" brought us the Alamo Dome too. I haven't trusted anyone in local Govt. since. And give me a break...Cintra has no competitors on this...they've got it locked up due to their connections. I might have given it consideration if they had been more honest, but they've already proven themselves to be sneaks.
Once they toll MOPAC, my daily commute will cost me around $8 round trip.
My daughter is going to be pissed. She just got transfered and will be using that route. I read in the Sunday paper that Austin's tolls will cost twice that of Houston's.
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