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Another Fabulous Cruise!: Carnival Pride Cruise Review by Velvet1153
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Another Fabulous Cruise!
Destination: Mexican Riviera
Embarkation: Los Angeles
This was our 5th Carnival cruise, my 8th cruise overall and somewhere around DH's 18th overall (he has lost count). This cruise review is based on 4 adults who have cruised multiple times before. Our cruise was Sunday Nov. More 16-23, 2008
CHAPTER 1 - EARLY CHECK-IN We arrived at the Queen Mary for Early Check-In at 10:00 am. There were many of the passengers that had just come off the ship standing along the parking garage entrance, waiting for their rides.
There was also a lot of traffic in the garage but fortunately, most of it was caused by people that had just come off the ship and not people arriving. We were directed to a pull-over area to drop our bags. We were immediately greeted by a Porter who took our bags. He was very friendly and started our vacation off in a very nice way!! We tipped him $20 for our 5 bags so he was even happier when he walked away!! We parked on the 2nd floor of the garage and made our way over to the Queen Mary.
We were very impressed with the Early Check-In process in the Queen Mary! There were many signs directing you to the proper area inside the Queen Mary and we were able to walk right up to the Check-In counter. The lady checking us in was very friendly and took care of everything quickly. We had completed all of the documents and Fun Pass online so that sped up the process greatly. In no time at all, we had our Sail and Sign card in hand and were ready to go cruising!!
CHAPTER 2 - EMBARKATION After checking in, we went outside to wait for Zone 1 to begin boarding. We were having abnormally hot weather for November here in Southern California so it was a hot morning. Also there was a smoky smell in the air due to the wild fires burning nearby so everyone was even more anxious to board the ship.
At 10:45 am, they began to board the Wedding Parties, the VIPs and the Handicapped people. Zone 1 was called pretty soon afterwards. Since there is some construction going on, we had to walk in the road leading to the garage to get to the back entrance to the Dome (this is where Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose used to be housed). Upon entering the Dome, we were lined up in 4 separate rows, so that those that were there earliest entered the ship first.
At 11:30 we were allowed onto the ship. After a slight glitch with the Sign and Sail picture taking machine, we were finally aboard the Carnival Pride.
The Pride is a spectacularly beautiful ship! We entered the ship in the Lobby so our first glimpse of the ship was fabulous! We noticed that the Pride is not as glitzy as other cruise ships and had a feel of elegance to her. As often discussed on these boards, there is artistic paintings and statues everywhere. Of course, much of the art is of nudes, but in very good taste! I loved how the art is incorporated in all aspects of the ship.
We have sailed on the Pride's sister ship The Spirit in the past, so we felt very comfortable with the layout of the ship. However, our friends who had not sailed on the Spirit also found the Pride to be easily maneuvered and quickly learned the lay of the ship.
We made our way up to the Lido Deck to begin our 7 days of gluttony! The dEcor was marine life and had mermaid statues along the ceiling and statues of boys riding dolphins on the waves.
Being familiar with the Deli Grill from the Spirit and the Liberty, I headed directly there! I was pleasantly surprised to find there was not a line and immediately ordered my standard Ruben with extra sauerkraut! It was as tasty as I had remembered! My DH had a turkey on hard roll and our friends had salad from the salad bar. It was especially nice that there weren't many people onboard yet so we nearly had the Lido Deck to ourselves!
After lunch, we toured the ship. Even though the Pride is several years old, she is in excellent condition. Of course, everything was clean and shiny and the pools were filled and ready for the first swimmers.
Chapter 5: Our Cabins Cabin - At 1:30, the doors to the cabins were opened and we made our way to our cabins. We had reserved cabin #4171 and our friends were next door in #4173. These are balcony cabins and we had gone to the Purser's desk and requested that door between our balconies be opened, which was done early on Monday morning. The rooms are nice size and plenty big enough for 2 adults. It contains a desk, sofa, small table, and a king sized bed. The balcony windows are floor to ceiling and the door opens out. The pictures in our room were very nice with an autumn theme (pumpkins, golden leaves etc). Bathroom- small but very functional. We were given 4 large thick bath towels, 2 hand towels and 2 wash cloths. In a little bowl on the sink was 2 razors (she and he), samples of indigestion tables and gum. In the shower is a shampoo and bath gel dispenser. There is a hairdryer in the desk drawer in the main room of the cabin. It is a good idea to take a large rubber band to wrap around the hairdryer as the button needs to be held for the dryer to work, which can be annoying. Closets - large and contain a sufficient number of hangers. There are two hanging closets and one with 4 large shelves. In addition there are 3 drawers in the desk that can be used for clothing items. There are also two large drawers under the sofa for storage. Safe - The safe is small but plenty large enough to hold money, passports and jewelry. Be sure to bring a credit card or any type of card with an electronic strip. We used our Game Stop card but you could also use a hotel key card you may have. Balcony - We had the standard balcony which is 40 sq ft. There were 2 nice size chairs and a small table on the balcony and not a lot of extra room. We had the door that separates our balcony from our friends next door, opened. Unlike other ships, this door is the entire separator and opens completely. Since our balcony was on the left, the opened door blocked half of our view but extended our combined balcony to 80 sq ft. Location - Our room was directly above the Lobby so we had one of the atrium windows directly across from our cabin door. It was neat to walk outside our door and look down into the lobby and hear the piano music. Luggage - Our luggage arrived by 3:30 and we were able to unpack before the Muster Drill. Muster Drill - On past Carnival cruises, we were disappointed to discover the ship began to move while we were still in Muster, which took some of the fun away from Sail Away. Carnival must have heard all of the complaints because this was the fastest muster I have even seen! We were back in our room, out on our balcony with time to spare for Sail Away!
The Gym - A nice selection of machines including six elliptical machines, six treadmills and at two stair-steppers. On the upper levels were various weigh resistant machines and a Jacuzzi. There was also a capsule type machine but I really don't know what it did. The locker rooms were clean and had a sufficient number of lockers. We didn't go into the Sauna or the Steam room so I can't report on those.
The Spa - All of the typical treatments are available, including massages, facials, acupuncture, baths etc. They were also offering personal evaluations and classes on health topics.
The Casino - Since we knew we would be spending lots of time and money here, we were anxious to check it out! There is a nice supply of slot machines, video poker and coin slide machines. The denominations go from penny machines to dollar machines. It is possible there were some higher stake machines but I didn't notice them. Of course, there are Poker tables, Craps tables and even a video Texas Hold-um table that was very popular! The Casino name is the Winner's Club and has a horse racing theme. The dEcor was fun but I think the dEcor of the Carnival Liberty is much prettier.
The Ivory Piano Bar - We thoroughly enjoy the Piano Bars on cruises and looked forward to seeing the one on the Pride. The theme is ivory and thus, the Piano Bar was understated. It was of normal size and showcased the revolving piano behind a circular bar. Once again, I preferred the dEcor of the Liberty Piano bar but it was still very pretty.
Rafael's Lounge - This lounge is an open area and has a beautiful waterfall and spiral staircase in the center. There are many comfortable chairs with small tables.
Starry Nights Lounge - Larger lounge with Vincent Van Goh theme
Taj Mahal Lounge - The theater is moderately large and laid out very nicely. It has an Indian theme (as the name suggests) and is beautiful. You can access the theater from decks 2, 3 and 4.
The Atrium Lobby - The lobby is beautiful! There are 3 glass elevators on two sides of the lobby and climb up the open 10 deck atrium. The Lobby Bar has an elevated section behind the bottles of liquor containing a grand piano. The floors above the lobby all contain windows so that you are able to look down into the lobby from any deck. The Pursers Desk and the Excursion Desk are located in the lobby area.
Chapter 6: Sea Days and Entertainment
The Casino - Since we are members of the Ocean Players Club, we get emails before the cruise offering us a free drink from the Casino Host on our upcoming cruise. Precious, the Casino Host was wonderful! In all of the cruises we have taken, we have never even seen the Casino Host, much less actually met him/her. When we tried to present our letter to the Casino Host on the Liberty, we were told he wasn't there. Precious, on the other hand was very visible every evening and took the time to talk to the gamblers and wish them good luck. She gave us several drinks on the house and encouraged us to participate in the tournaments, which we did. She always remembered our names and was very personable and friendly at all times. We are hoping she is still there when we cruise on the Pride again in March.
Piano Bar - We were pleasantly surprised to see Duane was our Piano Man! We had sailed with Duane on the Elation last year and had so much fun in the Piano Bar with him. This time was no exception. I stayed up later than I should have several nights, singing in the Piano Bar with Duane!! Once again, we hope he is still there when we return in March!
Games: We enjoy the Trivia contests and group games while on cruises. On Monday, we participated in a Win, Lose or Draw game. We were divided up according to sex and the Girls whooped the Guys butts!!! I have a Ship on a Stick (Carnival's trophy for winners) to prove it! It was lots of fun and promotes guests to interact. We also participated in several trivia games but didn't win any other Ships on a Stick.
Shows that we attended - Welcome Aboard Show on Sunday night. It is the same show we saw in January aboard the Liberty but it was done well and I didn't mind seeing it again. The dance numbers were well choreographed and the music was great!
"Vrooom" on Friday night. This was a fun show with music throughout the decades 50 - 90s. I especially enjoyed the section showcasing the Beatles!
Carnival Legends Show on Saturday night. We typically don't attend the legends but we went to this show because we had met a fellow passenger that was singing in the show and we wanted to see him. (Celeste, if you are reading this, let Steve know we loved his performance!!!). The show was fun! They filled in with comedic performance by Mark the CD and other dancers when they didn't have a passenger to impersonate a famous singer. They did this with Sonny and Cher and Dolly Parton and they were great! The passengers that performed went from not so good to magnificent! The gentleman that performed as Frank Sinatra was fabulous!! He had a great voice and his stage presence was perfect! We also enjoyed the guy who was Elton John! Another great performance. And of course, Steve who performed as a Filipino Ricky Martin did a great job! He also had a great voice and seemed to be very comfortable on stage, with the four beautiful dancers!!! It was a very good show but we are disappointed that Carnival changed the passenger show to the new format. We think it was a better show when they allowed all passengers to audition with whatever talent they had. We saw such interesting acts and talented people in past cruises, including singers, comedians, magic acts etc. Now, if they aren't able to impersonate a particular famous person, they aren't eligible for the show. I think this was not the best decision on Carnival's part.
JeRome - Comedian. We had seen his family show and decided to check out his 18 & above show. It was great! He had some good lines about the art on the Pride! He did get a bit spicy but I don't think anyone was offended as I saw some senior citizens laughing as loud as everyone else! Hypnosis Comedy Show - Mark Price, the CD is a Registered Hypnotherapist and put on a comedic hypnotist show. He chose 12 people from the audience and put them under hypnosis and then gave them funny suggestions. It was a good show but not as funny as the Hypnotist that performs at the OC County Fair each year.
The Love & Marriage Show - This is always a funny show and this one was no exception. My only suggestion would be that the questions be less structured (giving them a choice of answers) and make it more open ended. That way, the couples will have more imaginative answers and that can be very funny. Shows that we didn't attend - Wonderful World on Monday night featuring music, songs & dances from around the world Kyle Wayne - A fun, crazy upbeat show for entire family Mexican Folkloric Show - Featuring Puerto Vallarta top International Dance Troupe. Fred Anderson - A fun, crazy upbeat show for entire family Chapter 7 - Dining Mermaid Grille - Asian Bar - A nice selection of several Asian dishes that changed daily. Deli Grill - Rubens, Turkey on Roll, Pastrami, Smoked Salmon on bagel. I had the Ruben and it was excellent! Fruit and Salad Bar - Sandwich Bar Meat and Veggie Bar - Fresh meat carved per your request. Some choices I noticed were ham, lamb, beef, turkey Dessert Bar - Cookies, cheesecake, cake - The cookies were very good but the cheesecake was typical buffet quality. Normandy Restaurant We were at table 194 on the first floor of the restaurant, which was a booth for four. The second floor encircled the restaurant loft-like and had many tables for two. Sunday night - I had the Sweet & Sour Shrimp and it was great! Lightly breaded and quick fried shrimp, covered with a sweet & sour sauce. It was very good! Some of the other choices were Tilapia and NY Steak. My DH and our friends had the steak and said it was good. Pizza Station My DH had the pizza and was disappointed in the flavor. He said it was bland and had no flavor. Needless to say, we avoided the pizza for the rest of the cruise. I was surprised that the pizza wasn't good as we have had pizza in the past on Carnival cruises and thought it was very good. Burger Grill The burgers and grilled chicken were very good. I was even able to get a Philly Cheese Steak which was pretty good. The French fries and Onion rings were very good also. There was a fixings bar that had a nice selection.
David's Steakhouse - Beautiful!!!! An elegant restaurant with a beautiful reproduction of the statue David in the center of the restaurant. The restaurant is two levels and has a large dance floor and live music provided by a Pianist, Violinist and a female singer, who had a spectacular voice!
We make reservations for Saturday night to celebrate DH's birthday. We were able to get a 6:00 pm reservation with a window table on the upper floor.
The food was delicious and much better than that served in the Normandie Dining Room. Two of us had the Surf and Turf which consisted of Lobster and Filet Mignon. DH had the full sized Filet Mignon, which he could not finish and DF had the full lobster tail.
The presentation was beautiful and the food was wonderful!!!! I wish I could eat there every night! We left there after 2 hours and unable to eat another bite of food!! Less
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Cabin review: 8A4171 Balcony
Cabin #4171 - Great location! The windows looking down onto the Lobby were directly across from our door. We were near the elevators that take you up to the Mermaid Grill, which was very convenient. There was sufficient closet/storage space. Our balcony was the standard 40 sq ft but was big enough for 2 people to sit comfortably. Our room also had a small sofa and table.Read All Balcony (8A) Reviews >>
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Abandoned by her disabled husband and subjected to constant pressure from her landlord, a mother struggles to raise her sons, one of whom perishes in a flood, while another repays her sacrifices by falling in with a band of rebels.
When this masala masterpiece was released in 1957, director Mehboob Khan was considered the Cecil B. DeMille of Bollywood, and the film's star, Nargis, was its queen.
Essentially a reworking of the director's 1940 hit, Aurat, it proved to be the peak of their careers, yet it remains a landmark in subcontinental cinema.
The first Bollywood movie to land an Oscar nomination, it's ranked among the most widely seen and commercially successful pictures ever produced in Bombay.
Despite its obvious artificiality, it is, as you would expect of someone with Khan's social realist credentials, very much a political statement - a demonstration of national unity a decade after independence.
Yet for such a populist picture, with a seemingly clear message, it's also a mass of contradictions: a paean to Hindi morality directed by and starring a Muslim; a pastorale to the peasantry produced by city sophisticates; and a tribute to motherly love that oozes Oedipal tension.
Put it this way, it's the birth of the Bollywood blockbuster. It should be on every cineaste's must-see list.

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SIGNAL Light Festival 2014, Prague
In its second year, the spectacular three-day celebration becomes the Czech Republic's most well-attended cultural event
With Prague's incredible collection of pristine architecture, it's hard to imagine it possible to make this former Bohemian capital even more beautiful. The SIGNAL Light Festival however succeeds in doing just that. Wrapping up its second year this past weekend, SIGNAL transforms Prague into an immersive visual art gallery with installations created by teams of light designers, architects, engineers and hackers. The festival, founded by Martin Posta, strives to revive both well-known and hidden, mysterious places throughout the city while celebrating an emergence of creativity driven by innovative technology. "I personally love the contrast of the new technology and the beauty of the magical and classical Prague," Posta tells CH. "It is some form of symbiosis in contrast and it works amazingly well."
Posta, who partnered with Amar Mulabegović of video mapping team The Macula, says that SIGNAL was conceptualized while the artists were on a business trip. "It crossed our minds that it would be cool to pull off something crazy, such as a huge open city light festival," Posta explains. The thought came after he joined The Macula to design a video mapping project for the 600th anniversary of the Prague clock tower, an event that captured global attention. "I honestly think the guys were thinking of something more intimate, maybe community oriented," Posta says, "but I knew it would be nearly impossible to raise funds for a small type of event."
After three years of planning, SIGNAL launched in 2013 and immediately became the Czech Republic's most-attended cultural event, attracting 250,000 people its first year. Though down from last year's 35—by choice—this year's SIGNAL featured 21 installations (ten of which premiered at the festival), all free and open to the public. "We decided to focus on the more complex and complicated installations," Posta explains. Selected artists were a mix of those approached by SIGNAL and entrants from the festival's open call. "Response to our open call was extreme," Posta says. "We received over 450 projects from all over the world," from which only six were eventually chosen.
While video mapping projections—such as Maxin10sity's hypnotizing show on Kinsky Palace—tend to steal the show due to their scale and use of some of Prague's most prestigious landmarks, SIGNAL offers a broad spectrum of light experimentation, from performances to interactive pieces that guests could touch and manipulate. Cyclique, a kinetic installation by Maxime Houot and Nohista of Collectif Coin, used 256 helium-filled balloons lit by LEDs to create a magical light show. Posta notes that he was "pleasantly surprised" by a piece called Zona by Petr Nikl & David Vrbík, which mixed an impish performance by Nikl (who donned a huge light-up dunce hat) with a reflective pool that the audience could play with. Ultimately, Posta says, "We are seeking beauty, innovative use of technology in art and extreme creativity."
While this year's festival has drawn to a close, there is no end in sight for Posta's work on SIGNAL. "We are immediately starting to work on fundraising for the next edition," he says. "We will be starting an open call for 2015 in a couple of days and we are really looking forward to the projects that we receive." SIGNAL will also be transporting ten installations throughout the country as part of a tour called Czech the Light, and will be presenting a new series of art pieces in Pilsen as part of the European Capital of Culture project in February of 2015. Most exciting is Posta's plan to establish the SIGNAL Lab, an institution for developing new interdisciplinary projects. "We will be expanding," Posta says. "A bright future awaits us."
Images courtesy of SIGNAL, video courtesy of Maxin10sity.


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Gyotaku (guh-yo-tah-koo)—the Japanese art of fish painting—originated more than 100 years ago as a way for fisherman to record the size and species of their catch. Freshly caught fish were painted with a non-toxic ink and covered with a piece of rice paper. The paper was carefully smoothed down, and then removed to produce an exact size replica of the fish. Once the print was finished, the fish could be washed and prepared for a meal. By using this technique, Japanese fisherman were able to both record and eat their catch.
Over the years Gyotaku has developed into an art form. Prints are no longer just stark black ink outlines, but colorful replicas of the original species. Gyotaku art has been displayed at museums around the world. Most recently, this art form has been used in classrooms to help students understand fish anatomy and the Japanese culture. This activity engages students of all age levels, and is an easy hands-on way to examine the natural world.


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In spite of it's location thirty miles sout hof the Canadian border KVOS-TV has been main stain of the Vancouver television market since the begining. However as the competition has increased in the lower mainland the Bellingham, Washington based station has been marginalized to a point where it relevance is now questioned especially after the station was serious devalued in it's recent sale.
On January 24th the FCC aproved the sale of the station from Newport broadcasting to OTA holdings out of San Francisco. OTA paid $2.8 million for the station which Newport bought in 2007 for $28 million in conjunction with a station in Santa Rosa, California. No matter how you look at it Newport suffered on their investment. The bargain price for the station which has gone through four ownership changes since 2003 is reflective of a entity that has suffered through some poor managementhere and the reality that it's initial purpose was out dated.
When the station was founded in 1953 there was only one TV station in Seattle and none in Vancouver. When KVOS signed on in June of 1953 with the corination or Queen Elizabeth the second it instantly connected with viewers in Vancouver hungry for television. While KVOS initally had it's sight set on attracting viewers from Seattle, it's signal could be recived clearly in Vancouver, while in Seattle it was fuzzy. With an affiliation to CBS, KVOS would dominate the Vancouver market for decades. The advent of cable did mean conflict with KIRO for CBS programing, but soon KVOS would become an indipendent carried on both Vancouver and Seattle cable systems given the station a powerful northwest presence.
The demise of KVOS started off slow. In the ninties the station the station was removed from many cable systems in the Seattle-Tacoma market when it program schedule conflicted with KCPQ at a time when KVOS started to air FOX shows. The trouble really started in 1997 when more cimpetition came to Vancouver starting with CIVT (now CTV), to later be followed by CHNU (Joy TV), CHMN (Omni) and CIVI (now CTV Two). The increased competition combined with KVOS's ownership woes meant that the station could no longer keep up with quality programing or hang on to viwers advertisers in the Vancouver market. It also meant that becuase it was not based in Vancouver KVOS lost it's place on channel 12 in the Vancouver and Victoria cable market and is now no longer a part of Shaw's basic package. The station is a part of Novus and Telus systems, but is not seen on Bell or Shaw Direct.
It can be argued now that KVOS clearly belongs to the city it broadcasts from, Bellingham, Washingotn. However Bellingham and it's surounding communities are still a small population which on it's own have never generated enough money to keep the station on the air. Over the years as popularity has declined, so has it's amount of local programming. Even though "local" shows meant the Vancouver market with icons such as Reb Robinson and Jack Cullen. The last Bellingham based newscast was News View which aired at 6:30am daily. It was canceled in 2007. Last April the station affiliated with Chicago based MeTV airing a steady stream of re-runs with mostly 60's and 70's programing with local programing basically reduced to community callender announcements.
As KVOS becomes more reliant on Bellingham to stay on the air, the less relevant to Bellingham it becomes. At the same token it has become quite irrelevant to Vancouver. While it still makes some effort to attract lower mainland viewers it's community presence has dwindeled significantly. When I was a kid it was the palce for after school television with shows like the Flintstones and Scooby Doo. It had the Canucks Kids Fan Club which gave away thosuands of hockey tickets to youngsters like myself back in the days were the Canucks were emerging from the basement of the NHL.
The MeTV lineup includes many shows made popular on CBS such as Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, and Bob Newhart which aired during the time KVOS was a CBS affiliate. It is a reminder of the stations former glory. It is a reminder of what the station was, and has to think in the environment of increasing competition and move towards high defenition television whether this could be a last hurah for old Channel 12 before fading to black.


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From 2013:
New petroleum research programme to be launched
A new programme on petroleum research is being designed. The preliminary work programme will be completed in June.
This new programme at the Research Council of Norway will have the overall responsibility for research to promote optimal management of Norway's petroleum resources as well as future-oriented industrial development in the petroleum sector. The programme will replace the Large-scale Programme for Optimal Management of Petroleum Resources (PETROMAKS).
The programme will encompass strategic basic research, knowledge and competence-building, applied research, and technology development, and will be incorporated under the Research Council's Large-scale Programme initiative.
Basis for the new programme
National petroleum-related challenges as described in Report No. 28 (2010-2011) to the Storting, An industry for the future – Norway's petroleum activities, and the national technology strategy for the petroleum industry in the 21st century, the OG21 strategy, comprise an important part of the framework for the design of the new programme.
When planning the programme, knowledge was compiled from various sources, including an external evaluation of the experiences and results of the PETROMAKS programme. The Research Council has also gathered input and knowledge by organising dialogue meetings with representatives from the research community, the ministries, trade and industry, and the public sector.
Funding announcement
The preliminary work programme will provide the basis for the first call for proposals to be issued by the new programme in autumn 2012. The call will apply to research projects with start-up in 2013.
|Work programme committee for the new petroleum research programme
|Per Gerhard Grini, Statoil (Chair)
Anne Dalager Dyrli, RESMAN
Arne Holhjem, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
Axel Makurat, Shell International
Gunn Mangerud, University of Bergen
Frode Mellemvik, University of Nordland
Marion Seiersten, Institute for Energy Technology
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A suspicious device found inside a vehicle Sunday in Pacific Beach was later found not to be an explosive, police said.
The suspicious object was spotted inside the vehicle during a traffic stop shortly before 5 p.m. in the area of Garnet Avenue and Fanuel Street, said San Diego police Officer Dino Delimitros said.
Police closed part of the street during an investigation of the suspicious object. Delimitros said the road was reopened by 10 p.m.


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Nancy Pore of Ashland will be the guest of honor at her 80th birthday celebration 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday
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Extra Medicaid Payment for Counties Averted
OLEAN - The state will not require counties to make an extra Medicaid payment in 2012 after all, saving taxpayers millions of dollars statewide, announced Senator Catharine Young (R,C,I-Olean).
Savings total more than $1.2 million in Senator Young's district alone. The change will reduce 2012 Medicaid costs by $610,000 for Chautauqua County, $211,000 for Cattaraugus County, $207,000 for Allegany County, and $180,000 for Livingston County.
The lawmaker had requested the state Health Department to reverse a mandate that forced the expense to be added to the counties' upcoming budgets, even though it normally would have been booked in 2013.
As a result of the Senate's efforts, counties have received a letter from the state Health Department that stated that "Recognizing budget and fiscal constraints facing county governments, the Department is revising its policy regarding the due date for payment by Rest of State districts for this cycle.
"Your wire transfer into the escrow account for this cycle would normally be due on December 31, 2012, the day before the 'normal' due date of New Year's Day 2013, a banking holiday. However, given the current fiscal situation facing localities, the Department has determined that the payment due date for cycle 1843 will be moved to January 2, 2013. Please be assured that the Medicaid cycle will still be released and paid on January 2, 2013 with State funds temporarily bridging any cash gap," the letter continued.
Counties make payments at the beginning of each week to fund their share of Medicaid. In 2012, there will be 53 Mondays, rather than the normal 52. The state Health Department previously had sent a letter to counties informing them that because the January 1, 2013 legal holiday falls on a Tuesday, the local governments would be required to send the money earlier in December.
The extra payment was putting an unnecessary strain on county budgets that needed to be fixed, Senator Young said.
"We pushed hard to correct the situation. Local governments were making difficult decisions about how to handle this expense during their budget deliberations. We didn't want them to raise taxes to pay for it," she said.
"I applaud the state Health Department for their willingness to take a more workable approach to solve this situation. Now, the state will temporarily cover the payments that are required to be forwarded to the federal government in order to help the counties," Senator Young said.
County officials reacted positively to the change.
"I have been working closely with our Senator on this issue. I am very happy that the state got this done because it helps a lot. It not only affects us, but counties across the state," said Chautauqua County Audit and Control Chairman Jay Gould.
Chautauqua County Minority Leader Rudy Mueller also had contacted Senator Young to ask for help.
"This is really important because it doesn't make sense to pay something in 2012 that actually was due in 2013, and I thank everyone who had a hand in this change. It is an important piece. We are trying to get below the two percent property tax cap," Dr. Mueller said.
Cattaraugus County Administrator John Searles said, "We are ecstatic and want to thank the Senate for their efforts on behalf of the counties in Western New York. This news was welcomed and timely."
Allegany County Legislature Chairman Curt Crandall said, "We are grateful for Senator Young's efforts in this matter which results in a big savings for the taxpayers of Allegany County. Our local share of the Medicaid program is a large part of the county budget, and this savings is very much appreciated."


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Update Saturday 4 pm:
KPD announced Saturday afternoon that Matthew Orr, has been charged with aggravated assault after the morning shooting incident.
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(WBIR-Knoxville) The Knoxville Police Department is investigating shots fired at a moving car on Alcoa Highway near Kingston Pike Saturday morning.
Police said around 8 a.m., two drivers were heading south on Alcoa Highway and then turned around and separated. The victim told police the suspect, who was driving a tan Chevrolet Malibu, fired shots.
Officers took the suspect into custody after tracking down the tan car a short time later on Magnolia Avenue.
KPD says the victim and suspect know each other and the altercation appeared to be a domestic-related issue. Police are interviewing both drivers.


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See inside one of the Burj Al Arab's Royal Suites
Ever wondered what the suites at the opulent Burj Al Arab in Dubai are like? With this video, you get to look inside one of the 780 square metre Royal Suites located on the 25th floor of the hotel. The footage ends a little abruptly but you get the general idea of what to expect. Music is by Amanda Kaletsky.


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Not long after Apple's iPad Mini launch date was leaked, we've had a glimpse of possible price bands for the new dinky tab. It happens to be a leak in Euros, so conversion and tax could intervene before we have a genuine bottom line, but a screenshot of a store inventory system gives us a clear indication of how much the iPad Mini will set you back.
If the screenshot is correct, the entry level iPad Mini will be available from €249, which works out at around £200. That's the 8GB Wi-Fi version in either black or white.
It had been hoped that Apple's miniature tablet would compete with the Google Nexus 7 on price, although that was more in hope than expectation. The reality is a tablet pitched at a slightly higher level than that. Yes, even when it comes to budget, Apple is still hoping its name is worthy of a few extra quid.
Price bandsiPad Mini prices steadily rise depending on the model you want, but you can basically add on €100 for every step-up in memory amount (16GB, 32GB and 64GB), and another €100 to get 3G support too.
That means the 16GB Wi-Fi version and 8GB Wi-Fi and 3G version both cost €349. It'll cost you €449 for 32GB Wi-Fi / 16GB 3G, €549 for the 64GB Wi-Fi / 32GB 3G, and finally, €649 if you want the premium 64GB 3G model. Simple, right? No? Well, here's a table then:
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The 3G/mobile data version is interesting as early speculation pointed to the iPad Mini being Wi-Fi only, to keep the price down.All the details and the official pricing for the UK should be revealed on 23 October, which is when we expect the official Apple launch.Source: Schimanke.com


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'Pizza 3D' (2014) actor Akshay Oberoi is shooting for a web series with Nimrat Kaur and has wrapped up Akshat Verma's 'Kalakandi', in which he plays Saif Ali Khan's brother
Akshay Oberoi, who was last seen in Pizza 3D (2012) and as Deepika Padukone's date in Piku (2015), will be seen in a special role in Fitoor
Akshay Oberoi is learning boxing for his next project 'Gurgaon'. The actor plays a Haryanvi lad who is into boxing in the film
This handsome hero whose last film was 'Pizza 3D', recently inked a deal to be the new brand ambassador of a cola brand
After wrapping up the shoot of 'Fitoor' in Kashmir, Akshay Oberoi is back in Mumbai only to head to Lonavla to celebrate his birthday today
'Pizza 3D' actor Akshay Oberoi turned down two films opposite Sunny Leone
Madhuri Dixit and 'Pizza 3D' actor Akshay Oberoi recently shot for a social service ad film
Richa Chadda's 'foreign' project titled 'Bombairiya' is a Hindi film being produced by an India-born Britisher
The actress is going in her a brand new look for her next film and is also planning to experiment with her tresses as she also endorses a hair care brand
Unlike other actors who prefer to stick to mainstream cinema, 'Pizza 3D' actor Akshai Oberoi does not mind being part of experimental films
'Hate Story 2' draws the audiences, while 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania' continues to do well
'Pizza 3D' actor Akshai Oberoi feels newcomers from non-filmy background have an advantage over star kids as they do not have to please anyone by working in one's film
Former Miss India-turned-actress Parvathy Omanakuttan, recently seen in horror flick "Pizza", says her debut film "Untitled 6" bombed at the box office as it was not promoted well
Actor Imran Khan took a break from daddy duties to attend the premiere of a 3D thriller, 'Pizza 3D', starring newcomers Akshay Oberoi and Parvathy Omanakuttan
Watch this one. The young director makes a good attempt to give you a good scare. Given the choices that we have these days in this genre, this film definitely stands out
Dipannita Sharma digs the horror genre and apparently boasts of a collection of 600 scary films DVDs. SHe is taking up a challenge to watch 'Pizza 3D' alone at a screening
etting into the character took a new meaning on the sets of forthcoming 3D suspense thriller "Pizza", when the film's 'bad man' Arunoday Singh! The actor's prosthetics in the film were so real and scary that the people around took him to be his character.
Arunoday Singh, who will be seen in an important role in upcoming Hindi horror-thriller 'Pizza', says he enjoyed terrorising his co-star and the film's lead actor Akshay Oberoi throughout the shoot
Akshay Oberoi, who is Imraan Khan's buddy, has got a good-looking nickname given by Imran's maamujaan Aamir Khan and he doesn't mind it one bit
Akshay Oberoi had to spend several nights at different graveyards to prepare for his role in the upcoming horror thriller, Pizza 3D


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Suddenly, a soft chirping reached her ears, and looking up, she caught sight of a redbreast perching on the little garden gate.
But the Blue-Bird does not equal the redbreast as a songster.
Next came the redbreast, whose decks were soon as crowded as the Snaefell's had been.
Imbrie asked with intolerable insolence: "Will you be my servant, redbreast?"
Next day he asked the redbreast whether he knew the way to the golden chest.
The next day he asked the redbreast if he knew the way to the golden chest.
Broadly speaking, the redbreast has the best time of it in northern lands.
The redbreast was not afraid of Johannes; it flew on to his arm.
She had on a cosy jacket, a fur turban of some sort with a redbreast in it, and her cheeks were flushed from exertion.
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Diplomats accredited to foreign governments can't be arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned by the country that hosts the embassy in which they work.
It sounds like an idiotic rule when you look at the number of traffic and parking tickets UN diplomatic cars pick up in New York, but it's the only way governments can keep non-suicidal negotiators on staff who can be sent to talk to a potentially hostile governments with a reasonable chance of coming back with all their body parts attached in the traditional way.
Sunday the U.S. broke new ground in the throwing-out of diplomats by declaring Venezuela's consul in Miami to be persona non grata after she was implicated in an alleged plot to launch cyberattacks on U.S. nuclear power facilities.
This is the first time a diplomat has been thrown out of the U.S. for involvement in cyberwar.
Though it could be treated more simply as just response to a crime, adding a new offense to the list of those that will get a diplomat deported is a big deal.
Being mean to the diplomats of other countries tends to have serious consequences, first for your own diplomats based overseas, but often consequences far more reaching.
First rule of subtle diplomacy: don't massacre the ambassadorial delegation
Not to put too heavy an emphasis on the region of Afghanistan just because everyone who does anything but fly over quickly ends up mired in an extended war there. But the destruction of the Muslim civilization in the 13th century – civilization concentrated in half a dozen kingdoms and empires all of which were far more advanced in science, mathematics, poetry, metalworking and other skills than anyone in Europe at the time – began in 1219 with a bit of poor diplomacy from the leader of the Khwarezmid Empire in what is now southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Rather than respond politely to envoys sent to negotiate trade and political terms with the growing empire of Genghis Khan, the emperor Ala ad-Din Muhammad massacred the whole caravan.
Genghis Khan replied in kind (in cruel, actually) by massacring everyone in the Khwarazmian empire's capital city and destroyed every city in the empire, before moving on to do much the same to the rest of the world of Islam, ending its golden age and the lives of many of its people at the same time.
That's not a new story, but it is one diplomats all know. They all know the ones about the tit-for-tat retaliations during WWII and the Cold War in which the chain-reaction ouster, imprisonment or execution of a long series of diplomats posted to hostile countries began with the unexpected arrest and expulsion of one diplomat during tense times.
Relations between the U.S. and Venezuela are not comfortable, but they're not nearly bad enough for either country to throw out diplomats from the other without provocation.
Venezuelan consul heads for home before accusations can be made
On Sunday the U.S. State Deparment announced it declared Venezuela's consul in Miami – Livia Antonieta Acosta Noguera – to be persona non grata, and gave her until the end of today to leave the country.
Though most diplomats are declared persona non grata for being caught spying, Noguera was burned for evidence linking her to a plan allegedly being developed by Iran to launch cyberattacks against U.S. nuclear plants.
Noguera was fingered as a participant by reports from the Spanish language news service Univision in New York.
Spanish-language media helped sting, catch cracker from consul
The Miami Herald reported she may have left the country in December, as soon as the accusations surfaced.
The Univision investigation included secretly taped conversations and videotape of Noguera discussing the plot and her role in it, according to InterAmerican Security Watch. She also allegedly promises, on tape, to pass information and requests for more support from student hackers posing as potential cyberattackers to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.
Relations between the U.S. and Venezuela aren't great, but no one's threatening to shoot at anyone, unlike the situation between the U.S. and Iran, which sentenced an American visitor to death only weeks after the Venezuelan Connection story broke. Iran accuses the man of being a CIA spy.
It is usually difficult to pin hard evidence of this kind of crime to anyone and impossible to make the case strongly enough to justify the ouster of a legitimate diplomat.
Apparently recruiting hackers to try to attack and/or destroy U.S. nuclear facilities qualifies, even if the attacks were to be made in the virtual world rather than the real one. That may be a first for four groups: the U.S. government, women, diplomats and hackers; I doubt any is really happy with having broken this bit of new ground in this particular way, though.
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I sincerely believe they were simply concerned about traffic, not Muslims.
I think she's sincerely confused about the difference between insurance, and prepayment.
She argued charmingly, but sincerely, that most of the Razzie voters clearly hadn't seen All About Steve.
Knowing Jerry personally, I know that he sincerely wants the best for both Palestinians and Jews.
"I'm just a hack," he says, sincerely, although I believe his self-effacement doubles as a cover.
I sincerely trust the young man has not suffered a lifetime for the act.
He mourned him sincerely, and nobody ever knew the true cause of the prince's death.
"And it's lucky for me that 'King' Plummer is my friend," said Mr. Grayson, sincerely.
But Cap was too sincerely sorry for Black Donald to care for the applause.
"I don't believe Laura will ever be good for anything else," she said sincerely.
1530s, "pure, unmixed," from Middle French sincere (16c.), from Latin sincerus, of things, "whole, clean, pure, uninjured, unmixed," figuratively "sound, genuine, pure, true, candid, truthful," of uncertain origin. Ground sense seems to be "that which is not falsified." Meaning "free from pretense or falsehood" in English is from 1530s.
There has been a temptation to see the first element as Latin sine "without." But there is no etymological justification for the common story that the word means "without wax" (*sin cerae), which is dismissed out of hand by OED and others, and the stories invented to justify that folk etymology are even less plausible. Watkins has it as originally "of one growth" (i.e. "not hybrid, unmixed"), from PIE *sm-ke-ro-, from *sem- "one" (see same) + root of crescere "to grow" (see crescent).


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ITEM#: 12287242By all rights, THE HANGOVER should have been a minor success that did satisfactory box office and lived on through beer-laden guys? night viewings. The marquee boasts no big-name stars, and the premise--an alcohol-soaked bachelor party--seems tried and tired. But OLD SCHOOL director Todd Phillips?s boys-night-out comedy is a blockbuster revelation that revels in raunchy jokes and happily leaves the border of propriety behind. Groom-to-be Doug (Justin Bartha, NATIONAL TREASURE) has planned an epic night in Las Vegas with his two best friends, Phil (Bradley Cooper, YES MAN) and Stu (Ed Helms, THE OFFICE), and his fiancee's awkward brother, Alan (comedian Zach Galifianakis). But it turns out that they partied a little too hard: Phil, Stu, and Alan wake up the next morning with a missing groom, a tiger in the hotel-room bathroom, a baby in the closet, and no memory of the night before. Though the funny script glories in the gutter, the credit for most of the film?s laughs goes to the excellent cast. Phillips?s OLD SCHOOL had Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, and Luke Wilson, but even though THE HANGOVER?s cast members aren?t A-listers (yet), they?re just as talented. Cooper and Helms have gotten laughs in WEDDING CRASHERS and THE OFFICE, respectively, but the perfectly awkward Galifianakis is a hilarious surprise. THE HANGOVER is sure to please everyone in the audience, except the easily offended who will cringe from the film?s foul first moments to its over-the-top closing credits.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Charles F. Bass (NH-02) hailed passage of legislation in the House of Representatives early this afternoon that will extend the current student loan interest rate of 3.4 percent for one year. Without Congressional action, the interest rate will double on July 1st, increasing costs for students and recent college graduates who are already struggling to find jobs in a weak economy.
Bass, who had called on Leadership to bring a bill to the House floor earlier this week, said:
"Students are facing a tough job market when they graduate college – in fact, more than 50 percent of recent graduates holding bachelor's degrees are either jobless or underemployed. Given these challenges, the last thing we should do is raise costs on students and their families by allowing the student loan interest rate to double in just two months.
"This legislation will ensure students' loan payments won't increase in the near future and does so in a fiscally-responsible manner. I urge the Senate to consider this legislation, or similar legislation, as soon as possible so students can pay back their loans in a struggling economy."
Approximately 38,000 students in New Hampshire currently rely on federal Stafford loans to help pay for their education and, according to the Project on Student Debt, New Hampshire graduates already bear the heaviest undergraduate debt burden in the country.
Bass spoke on the House floor earlier this morning in support of the legislation. Please click here for the video: http://youtu.be/xYVfhMYWKV4.
The Senate is expected to consider legislation to extend the student loan interest rate in early May.


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Gift For Gab: Your Best Comments For The Week Of March 12th 2010
We here at The Frisky live for celeb gossip, chocolate, and your comments. What can we say? You crack us up! Each week we're going to shout out to our smart, sexy, and incisive readers, who aren't afraid to talk smack on the internet. And you can get in on the action too. Tell us your favorite comments of the week below. Alison Wonderland in Quick Pic: Rihanna Is Always Ready For Some Base Jumping
"The people who wear pajama pants in public don't need any encouragement to leave the house in their Snuggies."
Cymepkee in Jean Paul Gaultier's Line For Target Debuted, Sold Out
"Keep in mind that there is a Style section on this site. People obviously want to know. And it is pretty ridiculous to let someone come in and buy out all of your stock of an item. That person is obviously going to leave your store and make a large profit. That just screams bad business."
Ancient Mariner in Banana Fibers Make Tighty Whities Breathable
"It's a basic principle of white magic that like attracts like, so there's not much to be surprised at here. Sooner or later, guys were bound to start wrapping their bananas, if not in banana leaves, then in tighty-whities made from banana bark.
As a fashion accessory, that scarf made to look like a pair of jeans is just adorable."
K_tuck in Quotable: Heidi Montag Has The Audacity To Suggest That She Could Replace Daryl Hannah
"….unless he wants to veer from the whole hot mermaid thing and go with a very literal interpretation of what a sea creature might look like."
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"@alexadee: If I had kids ruling the world, there would be a high turnover rate, every year or so and only kids under the age of 9(ish) would be able to serve. After a certain age, kids become much more jaded and wily. We'd have to keep the Body of Children young, fresh, and open-minded.
I love to speculate on such things as well."
oceanstorm in 10 Reasons We Love Kathryn Bigelow, The First Woman To Win Best Director
"'Shockingly, only 17 percent of directors are female, which explains why it took until 2010 for someone with a vajayjay to win.'
Unfortunately, no, that does not adequately explain it. if it did, then 17% of directing Oscar winners would be female, right? Instead we now have 1… out of 82 Oscars. Sadly, that is just over 1%. We have a long way to go and the number of female directors has only a little to do with it. Hollywood is a man's world, still. It's hard for women to get taken seriously and it doesn't help when the press focuses on the fact that she was once married to a fellow nominee (obnoxious as he is) and that she doesn't do "girly" work. I saw so many articles that said, "You wouldn't even know this was directed by a woman!" How demeaning.
Hopefully this win helps people recognize that good work is good work, period. It has nothing to do with sex or gender or the topic at hand."
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Sophia Grace's 'Best Friends' Video Is the Best Sleepover Ever
Sophia Grace's 'Best Friends' music video will make you want to be her bestie.
Sophia Grace's 'Best Friends' music video will make you want to be her bestie.
Everyone's favorite little YouTube star, Sophia Grace Brownlee, is back with a new cover. This time, the pint-sized singing sensation tackles Beyonce's 'Listen' from both the 'Dreamgirls' soundtrack and her 2006 album, 'B'day.'
Yes, it reached No. 2 on the charts and went double platinum in the U.S., but this is how Ariana Grande knows her single 'Problem' is a really huge hit: pint-sized Sophia Grace Brownlee covered it!
Sophia Grace Brownlee -- one-half of the adorable pint-sized duo Sophia Grace and Rosie -- has covered the most absolute most perfect song for a little girl: 'Do You Want to Build a Snowman' from Disney's blockbuster 'Frozen.'
Sophia Grace, the precious little moppet who serves as a red carpet correspondent for 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' at celeb events, has dropped her first video for 'Girls Just Gotta Have Fun.' Her omnipresent sidekick Rosie is prominently featured, but for the most part, this is 'The Sophia Grace Show.'
Those cute little moppets Sophia Grace and Rosie, who serve as correspondents for 'Ellen,' hit the red carpet of the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, letting Miley Cyrus, 20, know they want to get into the clubs and brandished fake IDs to prove it...
They're baaaaack! Sophia Grace & Rosie made their triumphant return to 'Ellen' to perform a cover of Taylor Swift's 'I Knew You Were Trouble.' As usual, Sophie Grace took leading singing duty and Rosie provided some sassy choreography.
Russell Brand appeared on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' today (May 17) in a pre-taped segment where he revealed that he still loves his soon-to-be-ex-wife Katy Perry, with whom he split in December of last year. He offered several positive sentiments about the 'Part of Me' singer and then hung out with Ellen's favorite mini correspondents, Sophia Grace and Rosie.
'Super Bass' girls Sophia Grace and Rosie were reunited with their heroine, Nicki Minaj, on -- where else? -- 'The Ellen Degeneres Show.' Ms. Minaj doled out advice as well as a special gift for the pint-sized pink enthusiasts.
Taylor Swift's love life is always a major topic of discussion during interviews, and now Sophia Grace and Rosie are getting the inside scoop from the country star herself.


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LAND O'LAKES — With its first playoff appearance already clinched, Sunlake used Thursday night's 54-7 win over Gulf as a chance to fine-tune its weaknesses heading into next week's showdown at Ocala Vanguard.
"Fortunately we got in those situations we needed to work on," Seahawks coach Bill Browning said.
Sunlake (9-1) improved its hurry-up offense and kicking game during a senior night victory that secured the best record in school history. The Seahawks opened the game with a four-play, 69-yard drive, capped off with a 1-yard touchdown run by Jerome Samuels.
Rashaud Daniels added a 75-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter before Gulf (2-8) battled back. Quarterback Chris Klyap hit Brennan Smiley for a 26-yard touchdown pass that cut the deficit to 14-7.
Gulf had a chance to seize momentum when Smiley dove for an interception early in the second quarter, but Daniels picked off the Buccaneers on the next play. That set up a 3-yard touchdown rush by Mike Lopez.
Sunlake finished a 323-yard, 41-point first half by focusing on hurry-up execution. After the Seahawks took over at the Gulf 10 with less than a minute before halftime, quarterback Cameron Stoltz fired a 9-yard touchdown to Jamal Jones with two seconds left before the buzzer.
"We weren't looking too good, but we made plays when we had to," said Jones, who also had a 65-yard touchdown catch.
The second half gave Sunlake time to focus on its kicking game. The Seahawks had made only one field goal all season before Connor Spencer booted a 44-yarder and 28-yarder in the final two quarters.
"We just wanted to get our minds right and fix a few things that we had a problem with," said Daniels, who rushed for 140 yards and two scores.
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Study of resource allocation, growth, and income distribution in capitalist, market socialist, and centrally planned economies. Prerequisite: minimum grade of 2.0 in ECON 301.
Class description
The goal of this course is to investigate how institutional arrangements impact the ability of the members of a society to better their lives and to achieve rising economic welfare. We look at the efficiency of economies, the process of growth, and the resulting welfare of their people, seeking to bring the tools of economic analysis to bear in understanding how institutional change impacts economic incentives and economic growth. Students will apply the tools of economics to the analysis of real world cases. Our tour of topics on institutions and growth is organized into three sections. Section 1 looks at the barriers to growth facing the people in the poorest countries of the world, called the "Bottom Billion." Section 2 provides an in-depth case study of China, a country that has reaped the benefits of a transition from socialism to markets, enjoying unprecedented growth. Section 3 turns to the risks in a high-income economy. It looks at the roles of institutions and policies in the US response to the 2008 financial crisis. We analyze the impacts of economic policies on growth and welfare using micro-economic theory. Students whose use of price theory is weak can review the underlying theory in Jeffrey Perloff's Microeconomics (any edition.) Applying microeconomics to real world cases, we ask how economic policies influence the economic behavior of individuals and firms, exploring how households and producers respond to changes in the opportunities and constraints that they face and how they interact in markets and in administrative systems. We use microeconomics as a problem-solving tool to ask questions and to set up and solve qualitative and quantitative problems. We apply economic theory in order to state refutable propositions and to predict the likely outcomes of changes in public policies.
Student learning goals
1. Applied Goals: The goal of the course is to survey the historical experience of a sample of developed and developing economies undergoing rapid economic change. We apply microeconomic principles and the theory of production to an understanding of the choices and constraints individuals face. Explore how economic institutions and policies impact economic growth, productivity, and welfare and how economic performance influences formation of institutions. Understand how individuals and firms make choices subject to market and administrative constraints. Understand how government policies affect the allocation of resources, productivity, and growth. Understand how prices in a market system inform the decisions about what to produce, how to produce it, and who gets it. Explore how administrative decision-makers make resource allocation decisions in the absence of market competition.
2. Problem-Solving Goals Apply microeconomics and production theory to an understanding of the role of institutions and policies in economic performance. Understand how economic arrangements influence the behavior of decision-makers, focusing on incentives, constraints, and sources of uncertainty. Understand how institutional constraints and incentives impact the economic environment faced by individuals. Use the theory of risk to understand how individuals respond to uncertain economic outcomes. Understand how market structure and regulatory policies influence the allocation of resources.
General method of instruction
Class time is divided between presentation of material, class discussion, and practice with problem sets.
Recommended preparation
Pre-requisies ECON 300 and 301
Class assignments and grading
Grades are based on three quizzes and one final essay, each of which receives 25% of the weight. The final essay consists of a paper of approximately 3-4 pages plus a 5-minutes presentation to the class presented during the last week of the quarter. For class presentations and essays, students will get together in groups of approximately 4 students to analyze a particular case of an institutional success or failure, usually based on examples in the readings. Random examples from our readings include micro-credit programs, Guinea-worm eradication, food-subsidies for school attendance, sources of corruption, smuggling, capital flight, Chinese agricultural collectives, the Great Leap Forward, the household responsibility system, town-and-village enterprises, a country's social-safety-net programs, US mortgage lending, Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac, comparison of human development indicators. We will assume that your essays could be gathered together in a collection titled: "Case Studies in Governance and Misgovernance."


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Utah lawmakers are determined to protect their children - and their unborn children, too.
House of Representatives members voted resoundingly Friday to require a parent's consent before a girl under 18 years old can have an abortion. By a similar margin, lawmakers also signed off on legislation that would require doctors to inform women seeking abortions after 20 weeks gestation that their fetuses can feel pain. Both bills now go to the Senate for debate.
Ogden Republican Rep. Kerry Gibson, sponsor of the consent proposal , HB85, said his bill is only "somewhat about abortion." He is more concerned about protecting the rights of parents to make such decisions for their children.
"We have to protect the lives of those babies. We also have to protect the lives of these youth. But we need to protect the rights of the parents," Gibson said. "We're trying to bring the rights and the decision-making process back into the living room. Too many times, these decisions are being made outside of the home."
Gibson's bill would change Utah's 30-year-old law requiring parental notification. Under the legislation, a doctor would have to get at least one parent's permission 24 hours before the procedure. Doctors could proceed without consent in cases where a girl fears abuse or is pregnant as the result of incest. The legislation would allow a girl to petition a judge, rather than her parent, for permission. The draft also would provide an exception for emergencies and in cases where not aborting a fetus could lead to a girl's death or "serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function."
Republican lawmakers believe it is the responsibility of parents to control the actions of their children.
Rep. Scott Wyatt, R-Logan, said he wants to make the decision for his three teenage daughters. "I'm as opposed to abortion as anyone. But there are times when it's appropriate," Wyatt said. "I don't want my 14-, 15- or 16-year-old daughter going through life thinking she's the one who murdered her fetus. If she gets an abortion, I want to be there. I want to assure her it's a decision I made, not her."
The American Civil Liberties Union has called the consent law "constitutionally suspect," because it could allow parents to be notified while a girl is appealing to a judge.
Rep. Susan Lawrence, R-Millcreek, worried that girls who had been abused could be victimized by that loophole. "If doctors still have to notify the parent, we haven't protected that minor at all," she said. Lawrence was the only Republican woman to speak during Friday's debate, while several Democratic women questioned the bills.
Rep. David Litvack, D-Salt Lake City, attempted to amend Gibson's bill to eliminate the possibility of a parent being notified while a girl is petitioning the court for a judicial bypass. But Republican lawmakers rejected any changes to the legislation, figuring they are on "sound legal footing."
And Rep. Roz McGee, also a Salt Lake City Democrat, asked Gibson if he would support legislation to require parents to give their children education about sex and sexually transmitted diseases.
But House Speaker Greg Curtis would not allow the question. "You're asking his position on an issue that's not addressed anywhere in the bill," he said.
Conservative House members also held off Holladay Democratic Rep. Carol Moss' efforts to cut a section of the fetal pain bill sponsored by Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield. The legislation would require the Utah Department of Health to prepare a "truthful, nonmisleading" brochure on fetal pain.
Despite disagreement among scientists about when fetuses feel pain, Ray's HB222 would require doctors to inform women seeking late-term abortions that their unborn child can feel pain and to provide anesthetic if they ask for it.
"It isn't established science. Where would you go for the truth?" Moss asked. "How can we ask a state agency to provide information that they don't know is truthful?"
Ray insisted such a government publication is necessary to counter messages given by doctors who might be reluctant to follow the law.
"There is plenty of information on both sides of the argument. I could write that part of the flier personally," he said.
House members approved both bills by large margins: 65-8 for the consent bill, and 63-8 for the fetal pain bill. The opposing votes were all cast by Democrats.
Planned Parenthood Director Karrie Galloway said her abortion-rights organization will raise legal questions about the legislation with senators next week. "The House didn't really care about that," she said.


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The history and meaning of Presidents' Day is more confusing than many federal holidays. Just who do we honor on this annual holiday?
George Washington
President George Washington The first president of the United States, George Washington, was a gentleman landowner in Virginia. He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia when it convened in May 1775. During this gathering, Washington was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. He held his post for six years, starting on July 3, 1775. He was an important proponent of Constitutional Convention of 1787 at which he was elected President, upon ratification of the Constitution. He served two terms as President. Washington was held in such esteem that his birthday, February 22nd, was celebrated unofficially beginning in 1796, during his final year in office. By the early 1800s, Washington's Birthday had become an established, though not official, national holiday. It wasn't until 1880 that Washington's birthday did become an official federal holiday, making him the first United States citizen to be recognized in this way. The federal holiday was always celebrated on his actual birth date, February 22. Though today the holiday is commonly referred to as 'Presidents' Day,' the official name remains Washington's Birthday To add to the confusion, during Washington's lifetime, his birthday was sometimes celebrated on February 11th. This date was chosen because according to the Julian ("Old Style") calendar that was still in use in England and her colonies up to 1752, this was Washington's actual date of birth. The Gregorian ("New Style") calendar that the colonists adopted added eleven days to the Julian calendar to synchronize it with the astronomical year; hence the date February 22nd.
Abraham Lincoln
The only other president to be honored with a birthday observance was Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln rose from a poor background to become a lawyer and circuit judge. He was defeated by Stephen Douglas in his bid for the Senate in 1858, but was elected President in 1860. Lincoln, of course, is best known for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that bestowed freedom on all slaves in the Confederate states and for his steadfast defense of the Union. Lincoln's birthday was first officially celebrated on February 12, 1866, one year after his assassination, when both houses of Congress joined in a memorial service in his honor. Lincoln's birthday was never designated as a federal holiday, but was celebrated by many states. So, for many years, both Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays were celebrated separately on their actual dates of birth—- February 22nd was observed as a federal public holiday to honor the birthday of George Washington and February 12th was observed as a public holiday (in most states) to honor the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Presidents' Day?
In 1968, Congress decided to create a uniform system of federal Monday holidays in order to provide workers with some three-day weekends. Lawmakers voted to shift three existing holidays (including Washington's Birthday) to Mondays. This law took effect in 1971, and as a result the Washington's Birthday holiday was changed from February 22 date to the third Monday in February. This change was not without controversy. There was some concern that Washington's identity would be lost (since the third Monday in February would never fall on his birth date of February 22nd). At this time, there was also a movement to rename the public holiday "Presidents' Day," but this stalled in committee. According to Mr. William Moore McCulloch (R-Ohio), "It was the collective judgment of the Committee on the Judiciary…that this [naming the day "President's Day"] would be unwise. Certainly, not all Presidents are held in the same high esteem as the Father of our Country. There are many who are not inclined to pay their respects to certain Presidents. Moreover, it is probable that the members of one political party would not relish honoring a President from the other political party whether he was in office, no matter how outstanding history may find his leadership."


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Scenes from YouTube in 2006
Mark Leung, a 23-year-old Singaporean student studying in the United States, has been a member of YouTube for a year. During that time he has uploaded some 20 videos, only one of which qualifies as a hit.
That video, Mark Leung's Crazy Computer Bug, has been viewed almost 6.5 million times since it was posted in January and still ranks in the top 20 of YouTube's most watched videos. And it runs for all of 11 seconds.
Welcome to the world of YouTube (www.youtube.com), the hip, hot video-sharing site that during the past year has catapulted from the boondocks of the internet into penthouses to become the most powerful force in online video.
So powerful in fact that, according to one measure, 58 per cent of all videos watched on the web are YouTube clips. With that kind of oomph, it's little wonder that Google last month forked out the breathtaking sum of $2.2 billion to buy out YouTube's founders.
Fuelling this is the legion of talented amateurs - or amateurs who think they're talented - who see YouTube as a giant casting call. Get noticed here and doors can open for you, short-cutting years of toil and frustration in the badlands of creative anonymity.
YouTube is now, arguably, the web's most buzzworthy site, courting controversy, amplifying trivialities and virally attracting a whole lot of eyeballs that even six months ago would not have glanced in its direction.
Its monthly tally of 30 million viewers is the envy of many TV stations and it boasts an audience demographic to die for. In the digitally democratic world of YouTube anyone can watch almost anything, anytime - and soon, when its mobile service gets going, anywhere.
Ask yourself: would I "normally" watch a clip of someone smashing a new $650 Sony PlayStation 3 to bits with a sledgehammer in front of a bunch of shoppers queuing to buy one of these sought-after gaming consoles?
But when you notice that the clip has been watched 900,000-plus times in just one day, you cannot resist clicking Smash My PS3 just to see what all the fuss is about.
Icon's mission is to sort through a vault of several million videos, which are being added to at the rate of almost one a second, and come up with a definitive list of YouTube's Greatest Hits for 2006.
The list is a mixture of individual videos that have made waves and personalities whose cumulative output has contributed to what has been a memorable first full year of operation for the website. We've avoided clips taken from movies, television, music videos or anything too professional or commercial.
The list is deliberately short on specific records because a) they change quickly and b) the measures of success are many, varied and subject to variable interpretation.
In no particular order they are:
1. Free Hugs Campaign is a great story about how an unknown Sydney band was discovered after its YouTube video took off. Now in the YouTube all-time top 20 after just two months, the video is shot in and around Sydney where Juan Mann starts offering strangers a hug. Inspired by Mann's mission, Shimon Moore from the Sydney band Sick Puppies videotapes the serial hugger. The video is later set to one of the band's songs. For me, this has been the YouTube video of the year. It's a great, feel-good story with a superb original soundtrack, tailor-made for viral distribution. And a useful way for the band to get noticed.
2. Evolution of Dance is the mother of all YouTube videos, without which no list would be complete. Uploaded in April, Judson Laipply's creation has amassed an astonishing 36 million views. The clip shows the comedian and motivational speaker from Cleveland, Ohio, dancing a six-minute routine encompassing 32 songs spanning more than 50 years of music and dance. "I just love the fact that people enjoy the dance and use it as a pick-me-up to their day," he told Icon. Following his YouTube success, Laipply says he has received loads of exposure for his business and has begun "leveraging my success into other ventures that I hope will be big".
3. Lonelygirl15 video diaries launched in May. Fronted by an American teenager called Bree, they quickly amassed a cult following. Bree uses the videos to describe her life in a small town, boy dilemmas and the troubled relationship with her parents. In September, Bree was outed as New Zealand actress Jessica Rose. She'd been in cahoots with two novice Californian filmmakers, Ramesh Flinders and Miles Beckett. But the revelation doesn't deter viewers. Lonelygirl15's channel is now YouTube's most subscribed of all time, and the 63 Lonelygirl videos have been downloaded almost 6 million times.
4. Bus Uncle is mobile-phone camera footage of an incident that takes place on a bus in Hong Kong late one night in April. The protagonists speak in Cantonese, making it one of only a handful of non-English language videos in the top tier. Elvis Ho taps Roger Chan on the shoulder and asks him to not speak so loudly on the phone. Chan is incensed and leans over to berate the younger man. The YouTube exposure turns a verbal harangue on a bus into a global, viral phenomenon. Chan's "this is not resolved" admonition becomes a catchphrase - like Pauline Hanson's "please explain" - that is parodied, incorporated into songs and even turned into a mobile-phone ringtone.(Watch a version of the video with English substitles. [Occasional coarse langugage warning] )
5. Pokemon Theme Music Video. Americans Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox - or Smosh, as they call themselves - were barely 18 when they kicked off their video careers. They were among the first to popularise lip synching on YouTube. Their dorky clips are set to the theme songs of popular cartoons and video games. Their most popular video is based on the Pokemon theme, but they've also done a few others. The teens have become the most successful producers on YouTube with four of their works in the top 100. The Smosh boys recently signed a deal to create videos for a YouTube competitor and have reportedly been approached with other commercial propositions.
6. Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years ranks in the top 25. It's the work of New York photographer Noah Kalina who, in an amazing feat of discipline, took a photo of himself for 2356 days between January 2000 and the end of July this year. The video flashes through images of Noah holding the same expression as changes to his face, hair and clothes flicker past. Noah says he was inspired after seeing a similar YouTube video made by San Francisco artist Ahree Lee, who photographed her own face for three years. Kalina says he was "totally surprised" by the video's success. "I thought only a handful of people would watch it," he tells Icon.
8. Emmalina is the screen name of Emma, an 18-year-old IT student from Tasmania. Emmalina was a big YouTube celebrity earlier this year with her clips regularly featuring among the top videos of the week. Earlier this year, she removed all her clips after her computer was hacked. Her video blogs (or vlogs) included displays of dancing and yoga. Emmalina's videos drew a big following, not all her viewers were fans. She attracted more than her fair share of YouTube haters and mockers. Last week Emmalina made a comeback to YouTube after a three-month hiatus promising to resume vlogging, minus the yoga and dancing.
9. Geriatric1927 is almost certainly YouTube's oldest vlogger. Peter, 79, is a British widower who joined only three months ago. But he's been prolific, churning out 43 videos. His is now YouTube's third most subscribed channel, bettered only by Lonelygirl15 and the Smosh boys. His Telling It All series describes his life and experiences including his time as a radar technician during WWII and his love of motorcycles. His gentle, mellifluous delivery provides a peaceful oasis in the midst of YouTube's raucous cacophony.
10. Lazydork is my wildcard. In real life he is 28-year-old Richard Stern, who left his job as a prosecuting attorney in Miami and moved to Las Vegas where he's now a professional poker player. In his spare time, with the help of his girlfriend Lauren Perlman (aka Trivia Girl), he makes YouTube videos and plays World of Warcraft. He has turned out a couple of clever rap parodies that poke fun at some of the bigger YouTube stars, such as Emmalina and Lonelygirl15. He's now trying his hand at vlogging. "The better stuff I turn out, the less viewers I get," he laments. His observation will resonate with the many online auteurs who say that under the YouTube model, junk often trumps quality.
- Additional reporting by Asher Moses
If I carked it tomorrow my most celebrated creative work might well be a 41-second YouTube video titled Snapped by a Passing Satellite.
Since uploading it in late September, it has gone triple platinum, attracting more than 2.3 million views and breaking into the YouTube all-time top 100 videos. With an average rating of just two stars out of five, it also has the dubious distinction of being the lowest rated video in the top tier.
The clip is based on a story I wrote about an odd discovery on Google Earth - a free program that allows you to scan the world via a series of satellite images and aerial photographs. From way out in space, the program zooms you down to within 30 metres of ground level.
Captured on the satellite images is a woman sunning herself, face down, on a deck in the Dutch city of The Hague. I added some royalty-free beeping and whooshing satellite sound effects to the video. And as it hovers over the sunbather, you hear the noise of a camera motor drive clicking away.
One of the great things about YouTube is the serendipity of discovery. Some videos find an audience and take off, others sink without a trace. For whatever reason, this was one of those that broke away from the pack.
Towards the end of the second week, it made the YouTube home page and from that prime piece of web real estate, it has never looked back.
I have no idea why it worked and I doubt I could replicate that success but that's what being a one-hit wonder is all about.
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I am planning to build a HTPC to stream 720p content from my main PC. I won't be gaming. I want to upgrade the following components in the main PC:
* buy a modular 750W PSU and use EarthWatts 500W in the HTPC (from my Sonata III)
* upgrade to a 256GB SSD and use Crucial M4 128GB in the HTPC
Any recommendations or comments on showcased components?
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PSU should fit as long as it's 140mm or less (important if you decide to use an optical drive), that CPU will stream anything.
My old AMD X2-240e, 3GB DDR2 and 512MB 5450 streams 15+GB 1080p just fine.
This message was modified by the poster at 01 25, 2013 10:54 AM
If you have not purchased the board or CPU yet, I would recommend looking into an AMD APU. They can easily handle up to 1080P, and offer a better price/performance then Intel.
Ncix usually has some decent bundles on sale
The only real reason to go with an AMD APU is for 4K Support over a single Display Port for future needs. Intel can only accomplish this via running 2 display port connections to a single display. Trying to find a board with 2 onboard display ports will be challenging.
Price wise will be hard to compete when we are going as low as an i3 2120...mobo's are the same price or higher for AMD with the good features.
I could build an AMD system with these components, but the price difference isn't much after PM.This message was modified by the poster at 01 25, 2013 11:58 AM
The APU's give you a bit more wiggle room in the future, in case you want to run anything that would be demanding 3D wise, opens up the option of potentially gaming on it if you ever change your mind. Would not be amazing performance, but it can handle light gaming better then the Intel HD4000. Linux support does suck though, so if you ever plan on running Linux, then Intel is the way to go.
Why 750 watts?
You would be good with a decent 350W powersupply...
Even my 8800GTX can run on it...
Quote: (Coca Cola = diabeetus :'( @ Jan 25 2013, 04:15 PM)Why 750 watts?
That's going into his current PC. The spare 500W is going into the HTPC.
Quote: (Greg * NCIX.com @ Jan 25 2013, 04:26 PM)That's going into his current PC. The spare 500W is going into the HTPC.
Ahhhh, didn't read it carefully
what type of half-length video card(s) can I install into this case to run BF3 on medium settings? I presume the onboard gpu wouldn't be enough.
This CPU would be more than enough in your HTPC and it's $59 on sale this week.
"half-length" you mean "half height"
The case you chose is small (I have it), therefore very tight and low airflow. If you want to be gaming, just get the ML03B's bigger brother the GD05, you will be happier with it because you can buy any video card for it and have go cooling as it comes with fans and the ML03B does not.This message was modified by the poster at 01 28, 2013 07:32 AM
I have multiple potential build options for the HTPC. I am not in a hurry to buy, so I am trying to pick components and have the list ready when the time comes.
This is my favorite option so far:
Intel Pentium G860 Corsair CMV4GX3M2A1333C9 4GB DDR3 2X2GB DDR3-1333
Silverstone GD05B
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7770 OC
I will have to buy a PSU and SSD for my main PC and use the existing ones in the HTPC.
Would Gigabyte HD 7770 OC and EarthWatts 500W PSU fit in Silverstone GD05B?
Quote: (Fastbreak @ Feb 02 2013, 05:30 PM)Would Gigabyte HD 7770 OC and EarthWatts 500W PSU fit in Silverstone GD05B?
Yes they'll fit no problem.


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If the Hwy. 40 project and back-to-school road congestion have you frustrated, you may want to pull into a book dealer on your next commute. The entertaining new book, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us), by Tom Vanderbilt may offer some catharsis, or at least some interesting factoids to think about as you fume about drivers slowing down to look at the car on the side of the road.
Vanderbilt mines the surprisingly hefty collection of research on all things driving (the massive notes section would barely fit inside a glove box) and puts together an engaging sociological study on behavior and communication as reflected by the world of windshields and side-view mirrors. He sees the car almost as an extension of the body, its movement on the road affected by constantly varying psychological states and attention levels, and the road as a branch of society where people coexist under a system of laws and unwritten social codes that differ from place to place as much as the people who inhabit the vehicles.
Yet despite the abundance of information and research citations, the book feels unexpectedly populist. You will find yourself nodding in recognition as Vanderbilt considers many of the eternal questions that have perplexed drivers probably since the invention of the wheel, like why your lane seems to move the slowest no matter how many times you switch. The book investigates many common roadway occurrences that you may never have thought much about but will be able to picture as you read.
Vanderbilt looks most intensely at factors that influence driver safety, such as the large amount of information the brain processes when driving and the regularity of attention lapses. (If you drive a familiar route and sometimes reach the destination having forgotten the entire trip, you are not alone.) He considers how cultural shifts and trends such as drive-throughs and the shopping patterns of women have reshaped traffic flow. And he explains the constant game between commuters looking to shortcut their routes or even the law and the engineers who try to manipulate traffic patterns and driving behaviors, frequently with little success.
Perhaps the greatest benefit will be stocking your brain with conversation enhancers for the next road trip or with ammunition to justify road behavior that some might consider discourteous but actually helps the flow. The next time your lane merges due to construction, just whiz by all the stopped motorists until the end of the lane. When you get dirty looks, hold up Traffic, roll down the window, and yell, "This expert says I'm doing the right thing!" Or go visit your old driver's ed teacher and show him the research that says head checks are dangerous.
The book is full of these little revelations that undercut conventional wisdom. Would you have guessed that traffic signals and lane lines do not necessarily make driving safer?
As fascinating as much of the book is, I might suggest a more visually eye-popping format more in the fashion of an illustrated fact book or even a bathroom reader. For one thing, it would make it much easier to actually read in the car (during stoppages, of course).
Despite its often amusing tone, Traffic is an academic work, and Vanderbilt does examine relevant safety issues, pointing out that road fatalities may in a few years become the third-leading cause of death in the world. Regrettably, Vanderbilt omits anything beyond just a passing mention of the more timely major social issues shaped by traffic: pollution and fossil fuel consumption.
The one warning about reading Traffic is that it will turn you pessimistic about the likelihood of the Hwy. 40 project having any effect on congestion. If the trunk-full of information in this book is any predictor, we will actually have more cars and the same travel times. It might be time to start pushing the agenda on those futuristic hover cars.


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