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The present results should be considered within the context of the state of knowledge about aggressive driving at the time the project was undertaken. As with any newly emergent area, there is much that remains to be discovered. Although there is a sense that we "know it when we see it," there is no set of agreed-upon measures to quantify aggressive driving. There are hypotheses about its causes and the circumstances that may trigger a specific incident, but these hypotheses have not been tested or made operational. We have better, but still incomplete, evidence about the types of drivers who are more likely to engage in aggressive acts. Better knowledge about the nature and causes of aggressive driving, and about at-risk drivers and driving situations, will aid especially in developing effective public awareness strategies that persuade drivers not to engage in this behavior.
It is clear, however, that there also is widespread belief among highway safety professionals and the public that aggressive driving is a growing problem that must be addressed. In response, states and communities have begun to develop programs and/or draft legislation. Ideal countermeasures should be based on an in-depth understanding of the scope and nature of the problem and the at-risk populations.
In initiating the Aggressive Driving Demonstration Projects, NHTSA's primary objective is to test the effectiveness of applying a well-tested general program model – a Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) – to aggressive driving. A STEP model employs publicized and intensified traffic enforcement at specific locations. The selection of the locations and the types of traffic offenses is based on an above-average number of crashes with contributing factors that are the result of particular types of offenses. The STEP model has proven effective in addressing different areas of highway safety, for example, DUI, speeding, occupant restraints.
There are other important objectives for these projects as well. One is to test alternative publicity and enforcement strategies, including the use of innovative technologies to identify and document aggressive driving behaviors. Another objective is to test the willingness, and the ability, of law enforcement officers to enforce a wide range of traffic offenses in addition to speeding. Finally, NHTSA hopes to expand the state of knowledge about how to define and measure different types of aggressive driving behaviors.
It is within this context that Milwaukee's Aggression Suppression Program was launched. The test site, the City and County of Milwaukee, has a history of strong traffic enforcement and successful community highway safety programs. A strong coalition to implement the program was in place. Historical crash and citation data enabled the program's planners to identify problem locations and ensured that the effects could be evaluated. The activities were well documented, and all evidence indicates the program was fully implemented as planned, with strong support from all partners. A thorough evaluation was conducted, with evidence gathered to establish the "causal chain" linking program activities and outputs with changes in drivers' attitudes and behaviors, and ultimately with reductions in crashes.
How did the program fare in terms of the established objectives? The program was clearly successful in broadening enforcement efforts to target a wide range of aggressive driving offenses in addition to speeding violations. There were large percentage increases in the numbers of citations issued by the City and County agencies for non-speed violations. The program also succeeded in targeting enforcement to certain areas of the City and certain times.
Officers demonstrated enthusiastic support for the program. For the most part, the innovative equipment aided in enforcing aggressive driving offenses. The speed display boards, in-vehicle video cameras, and LTI laser speed detection devices were well received by officers. Enforcement agencies were able to identify other aspects of the enforcement program that worked especially well. These included the roll call videotape, which provided a good introduction to the program, and rotating the enforcement focus among different violations, which helped sustain officers' interest in the program. Other factors noted as particularly successful were the educational flyer on aggressive driving given to violators, the use of magnetic vehicle signs, and the intersection patrols. Officers were less enthusiastic about the LTI distance-between-cars technology; the process to obtain accurate measurements of distances was complex.
In terms of the publicity component, considerable earned coverage was generated, especially at the outset. Twelve media events were held. Many publicity materials were distributed. Paid advertising was not considered for this demonstration because law enforcement agencies wishing to replicate the successes in Milwaukee would likely not have funds for paid media. However, it is doubtful that the campaign was able to saturate the media market, which may be needed to have a demonstrable effect on the general driving public's attitudes and behaviors.
A much more intensive an/or much more focused publicity effort may be needed to produce greater changes in the public's attitudes and behaviors, especially in a community like Milwaukee with a long history of highway safety programs and strong enforcement. The use of enforcement/publicity sub-themes appears to have been successful in sustaining the interest of the media and participating enforcement agencies. Other apparently successful strategies were staging novel media events (for example, patrol ride-alongs) and highlighting innovative enforcement technologies and strategies. However, the multiple messages, each presented only briefly, may not have had the reinforcing effect of a sustained message necessary to change overall public attitudes. The more direct, straightforward sub-themes (for example, Rude Attitude Patrol) appeared to have more effect than the more indirect, subtle sub-themes (for example, Kindergarten Patrol or Basket Patrol).
With regard to changes in motorists' driving behaviors, videotapes of traffic at target and comparison intersections proved to be a feasible method for measuring the extent of red light-running. The analysis of before/during/after data indicated a decline in red light-running at the targeted intersections between the pre-program and mid-program periods. Although suggestive of program effect, this evidence must be viewed cautiously; enforcement was intensively targeted to these intersections, but heightened enforcement also occurred citywide.
The use of videotapes to document other types of aggressive driving on a major highway was less successful. (The highway segment videotaped was not targeted for special enforcement.) The identification and coding of aggressive behaviors on the highway proved to be problematic in several respects, due to the camera's limited field of view, heavy traffic congestion, and the inability to account for varying traffic volume, speed, and density. The process of coding these videotapes also highlighted the difficulty of using observational data to judge whether a given incident occurring in a very limited span of time and space is "aggressive." Many types of aggressive driving involve a series of behaviors.
The results with regard to motorists' self-reported behaviors and attitudes were mixed. Based on surveys of the general driving population, changes in motorists' perceptions of the strictness of enforcement did not occur, but the pre-program survey indicated that there was already a high level of perceived strictness of enforcement in Milwaukee. Most of the self-report measures of attitudes and behaviors remained relatively flat across the three waves of the survey. However, drivers in the mid-program survey were significantly more likely than drivers in the pre-program survey to believe that they would be ticketed for running a red light or for running a stop sign. Drivers in the mid-program survey also were more likely to believe that running a red light or driving through a stop sign was always/nearly always a problem. The level of awareness of the specific campaign themes was low in all three waves of the survey. However, statistically significant increases in the level of awareness occurred for the themes of Rude Attitude Patrol, Courtesy Patrol, Space Patrol, and the State's concurrent "Let It Ride" campaign. Given the timing of the baseline survey, information was not available on the level of awareness of the overall campaign theme of Aggression Suppression.
Analyses of before/after crash data suggested that the program was associated with declines in crashes citywide. Overall levels of crashes declined significantly in the City, and the reductions were greatest on the roadway corridors targeted by special enforcement.
In sum, the Aggression Suppression Program demonstrated the effects of targeted enforcement. More citations were issued for aggressive driving types of violations (that is, not just speed tickets were issued); motorist behavior changed at targeted intersections; and crash reduction was demonstrated citywide, with greater reductions on corridors with targeted enforcement. Future programs of this type would be enhanced if they could generate more visible and more focused media attention.


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Some sports that once carried a regional or seasonal allure have been compromised. A hockey franchise, for instance, is just as likely to play a game in Florida as Montreal. The outcome of baseball and football games, once dependent upon weather conditions that could play as much a role as referees or coaches, now proceed under climate-controlled, artificially turfed perfection, oblivious to any blizzard or thunderstorm on the horizon.
As lamentable to nostalgic types as these developments may be, there remain an iconoclastic folk who've always preferred not to watch anybody do anything without jumping in with two feet themselves. Possibly for reasons too sublime to enumerate, frozen, sparsely populated landscapes seem to lend a predisposition to this way of recreating.
While there are obvious drawbacks to this development (curling, after all, is an Olympic sport), in western Montana we find ourselves surrounded by the right climate and more than a few rugged individualists who represent this phenomenon. Perhaps Montana plays second fiddle only to Alaska as breeding ground for these kinds of tough, athletic endurance endeavors. No wonder then that the first non-Alaskan to win the Iditarod was Doug Swingley of Lincoln, Montana, who has won two other times as well, including last year when he set the course record.
The Iditarod is a 1,100-mile mushing race from Anchorage to Nome that traverses some of the foulest weather-beaten terrain on the planet—vicious winds and temperatures far below zero in typical winters, swampy, mosquito-infested slush-fests in not-so typical winters and summer. Actually, the race is so tough that it completely deflates the myth of the rugged individualist. A synergy between people and animals is the attraction here, with inter-and intra-species cooperation at a premium, a dynamic that does away with the crazy, man-alone-in-the-universe ideas gotten from reading too much Jack London or Hemingway.
As a matter of fact, two Montana women will be mushing their way to Nome come March 3, when the race begins. Jessica Royer, who grew up in Philipsburg and got started with dogs in part by handling them for Doug Swingley, will be starting her inaugural Iditarod. And Cindy Gallea will be starting her third Iditarod, having placed 48th in 1998 and pulling out last year's race due to some technical difficulties with one of her lead dogs.
Royer has gone native, spending most of the year in the 49th state training with her dogs. She still visits home, and her mother, Connie Sperry, manages a mushing tour operation in Ennis. Gallea is part of a mushing family that moved a decade ago from Minnesota. Her son Jim is the youngest non-Alaskan to finish the Iditarod, and her husband Bill completed the race in 1996. Swingley is the early favorite to win the overall title again this year. But Royer, who is only 24, and Gallea, who with her family has made mushing and dogs the center of a rewarding family life in Seeley, will cover the all the same ground that Swingley does. Royer and Gallea are two of 14 women beginning the Iditarod this year. In Anchorage, they're worried they may not have enough snow to begin the race, in what has been an eerily balmy winter. Meanwhile, here in Montana, the winter storm door seems to have finally opened, perhaps signifying that at least for this year, the home of mushing might be in Montana.
Running With the Pack
Seeley Lake on a bright winter Saturday morning is usually abuzz with the sound of snowmobiles. There are miles of trails and old logging roads, intersecting and looping, creating a seemingly endless maze of possible routes for exploring and taking in sights of the valley, hemmed on the east side by the Bob Marshall Wilderness and on the west by the Missions. And unless you are a die-hard proponent of Nordic skiing or a thrill-seeker of a decidedly masochistic bent, astride a snowmobile is the safest way to travel in these parts. Bipeds on roads designated for multiple modes of snow travel need to stay way off to the side, keeping in mind that the hapless cross-country skier or snowshoer on these by-ways is outnumbered by a ratio of about 15 to 1, and that the machine that may grind a pedestrian into frozen oblivion may not always be within earshot.
If the sight and smell of two-cycle engines doesn't appeal, there are still alternatives. Locals in Seeley Lake are overwhelmingly accommodating to individual preference. Many of them, for example, are slowing down their motorized sleds these days at the sight of Bill and Cindy Gallea's dog-powered sleds.
"We get along well with most snowmobilers," says Cindy Gallea. "In fact we even joined the local snowmobiling club to help with access and maintenance of local trails."
"Yeah," chimes in husband Bill. "They're considerate folks for the most part. But God, I just can't imagine traveling in something so noisy and smelly." He speaks without a trace of irony.
The Galleas, their two sons and their 44 Alaskan huskies have been residents of Seeley for nearly a decade. While their avocations differ from those of their neighbors, they've won some respect, and even a little notoriety, for their accomplishments. The Galleas are the only family in the world in which three of four members have finished what many consider to be the toughest endurance race in the world—the Iditarod. Bill was the first in 1996, followed by Cindy in 1998, and son Jim in '99.
Most of the family's mushing efforts these days are aimed at Cindy, who will head north in the coming weeks for her third start of the 1,100-mile race. "It's such a labor-intensive thing," says Cindy in a somewhat groggy voice. She has recently completed an all-night training run with the team that will hopefully pull her to her second finish of the great Alaskan race. "The first time you do it though, it's worse—you have to think everything though before you do it, and then you do still have to complete the tasks."
The prep work for the Iditarod is mind-boggling. Food, shelter, clothing, cooking and camping gear for 16 dogs and one person for the better part of two weeks must be prepared, packaged and shipped to Alaska weeks in advance of the start. Unlike mushing contests in the lower 48, the 11 check-in points of the Iditarod trail are not accessible by car. Everything needed for the race is flown in.
"It gets interesting in warm years; the meat you've packed for your dogs will thaw and get prone to spoiling ," says Cindy Gallea. "Plus the check-ins are really hectic. You're cooking for your dogs and yourself, treating their injuries, maintaining and repairing equipment, and if you don't have something you need, it gets really frustrating. You sleep three or four hours max per night, and there are times when you're literally asleep behind your sled."
"The fatigue is the single biggest factor in the race," adds Bill. "Most of the decisions you end up making are not because your team needs more rest, but because you need the extra rest as the team driver."
Extra sleep, however, is not something the Galleas are particularly accustomed to. Bill is an ER physician in Helena, and Cindy is a nurse practitioner in Seeley. Elder son Jim is a UM student, and youngest son Brian is a high school student. Most families with busy children and dual careers barely have time to feed themselves, let alone maintain a kennel of 50 dogs and a training schedule the hour-equivalent of a full-time job. "Brian has really been wonderful. He's the only non-musher in the family, and he's making the bulk of my meals for the Iditarod this year. He's also been helping out with the dogs quite a bit."
How the Galleas came to the sport of mushing has a something to do with their enthusiastic preference for outdoor winter recreation, and even more to do with the high energy that both husband and wife possess. Both exude an enviable sort of relaxed intensity they attribute partly to developing relationships with the dogs on which they depend in races and training.
"I remember when we got started with this," Cindy recalls. "We had friends that had a team in Minnesota where we lived, and after taking them out camping one time, we were trying to decide what the least number of dogs we could have could be and still maintain our sanity. And I recall that Bill said 12, and I said 6. Now the argument is can we have two litters this year or three, and it's Bill who's saying, 'God, only two—we only have room for two.'"
"If you're competitive or intense by nature, two things happen," says Bill, trying to explain how 12 dogs and a weekend hobby turned into a full-blown kennel and a family full of Iditarod finishers. "The first is that you're handling dogs for other people, and you're always doing what other people tell you, and you start to think you could do just as well if you were making the decisions yourself. The second is that you start to second-guess those decisions, thinking you might make better ones if you were in charge."
So does the competitiveness ever factor in the racing endeavors of individual Gallea family members? "Well my time [in the Iditarod, 13 days, seven hours] is still the fastest in the family," says Bill, "but I expect Cindy will beat it this year."
Feeding and caring for 50 dogs is quite an undertaking. On this morning, Bill returned home from town having parted with $800 in exchange for 700 pounds of beef patties and 600 pounds of beef-trim fat. "It's human-grade food, and sometimes I catch myself with this moral ambivalence. Eight hundred million starving people in the world, and I'm feeding all this food—spending all this money and energy, on dogs," says Bill. "Then I remember that the opportunity to share this with others is what makes it worth the cost."
Along those lines, the Galleas encourage visits from schoolchildren and local community members and take time from their busy schedules to pay local elementary schools visits. "The response of some children to the animals, the tremendous interest, and the great questions, and then letting people see us hook up a team, how these dogs love to run, those are some of the things that make this worthwhile," says Cindy. She alludes also to the reciprocal relationship of musher to team that carries with it an increasingly rare kind of grace. "There's a certain rhythm to the sound of the dogs all working in unison, the sound of the sled gliding over the snow. And there's a rhythm to the day when you're out with your team, and they've taken you all these miles, and then you're taking care of them, tending to their sore muscles, caring for them if they're injured, and bedding down with them at night. The attraction of the Iditarod is a long encounter, or an immersion in that kind of rhythm."
That rhythm is elusive, and according to Cindy, what can arise in its place is a comedy of canine and human errors that requires a sense of humor to work through. "The reason I pulled out of the Iditarod last year is that one of my lead dogs went into heat halfway through the race," recalls Cindy with an embarrassed smile. "I was exhausted, was trying to sleep, and that dog was mated four times in one night."
That same embarrassed smile was apparent as Cindy and Bill went about the complex and arduous task of hooking up the dogs to a sled later on that morning. Of course, one of the reasons people love dogs is their ability to provoke laughter. It follows reason, then, that more dogs might make you laugh harder, and if you've got the space, why not build 44 dog houses containing 44 hyperactive, athletic, comic, eager, nutty dogs and train them to pull you a thousand miles over the ice? Why not name them silly things like Pork Chop or Obi-wan, or common people names like Mary or famous athlete names like Flo-Jo or Jordan? Why not grin and bear the astounding cacophony while all 44 of them howl, whine, beg, jump five feet into the air, hop on top of their dog condos, bark, whirl like twisters, and generally beg like a team of hyperthyroid little leaguers to be chosen part of the day's team? Why not feel a little disappointed when you're left behind in a snow shower with 30 other dogs while the 14 luckiest dogs in Seeley pull a lucky musher down the driveway and out of sight?
"This is all about the pleasure of dogs," says Bill. "It all comes back to that. We love winter, we love being outside, and we love dogs."
Born to Mush
Montana, for Jessica Royer, is a southern state. "I spend more and more time in Alaska every year," explains the 24-year old native of Philipsburg. "It's so open, with less people, and more wild places. But I got my taste for that sort of thing growing up on a cattle ranch in Montana. Being outside and working with animals is what I love."
Cows and horses, however, proved to be less interesting than mushing dogs for Royer. At age 15, she began hanging around some of the mushing events held every winter near Georgetown Lake outside of Philipsburg. "Eventually, I got to know some of the mushers," recalls Royer. "One weekend there was a passenger event, so I got invited to ride in a sled, and then I started handling dogs, working for Doug and Greg Swingley in the summer."
At the time, Doug Swingley was on the rise on the mushing scene, and in 1995 he became the first non-Alaskan to win the Iditarod. Handling for the Swingleys put Royer at the epicenter of the Montana mushing world, and by 1993, she had a team of dogs and entered her first race in Idaho, where she placed third as a 16-year old.
Since that race, Royer placed mushing at the center of her life, pulling in her mother, Connie Sperry, along the way. Sperry runs Spirit of the North Sled Dog Adventures in Ennis near Big Sky resort. They run dog sled tours of the area, and customer volume has doubled every year for the past few years. Sperry has inherited from her daughter a kennel of 100 huskies and a business that keeps both mother and daughter scrambling to keep up
"But you know I wouldn't have it any other way," says Sperry. "This is an opportunity for her, a decision she's made and we've always supported her. Jessie was instrumental in starting this business, and myself and her step-father just want to help in whatever way we can."
Sperry has also learned from daughter Jessica how to hook a dog team up to a sled, which is no simple matter, and the finer points of handling the huskies. "I can do it, but Jessica has an intuition for it," says Sperry. "Ever since she was a little, she's been an animal person, horses and dogs. She just has a way with them."
For her part, Jessica is hoping that way will point north from Anchorage and put her in Nome for the awards banquet in a reasonable amount of time. The biggest obstacle in preparing for the race has ironically been the lack of snow in Alaska.
"I was staying closer to Anchorage with friends, but the poor snow conditions forced me to basically out of my truck and search for places to train," says Royer. "I ran the Copper Basin race up here and ended up injuring some dogs, and I had to stop twice to fix my sled. The snow conditions were just awful."
With a busy training schedule and having to travel to find snow, Royer had had difficulty keeping up with an important priority: personally answering all the mail she gets from curious school children and fans all over the world. "That's one of the best parts of my job," she says. "The kinds of questions I get, and the volume of mail has been overwhelming, literally in the thousands. I still haven't gotten to all the mail I got last month."
If the weather cooperates, Royer feels she will be adequately prepared, and her team fully trained when the Iditarod commences on March 3. She feels that neither her age nor being one of only 14 women to start the race have made her plans any more difficult to execute. "I've never heard any negative feedback on me or any other musher just because I'm a woman," says Royer. "Plus I've been hanging around and working with guys my whole life, and so I tend to not even notice if I'm working with all guys."
A major hindrance presented to rookies in the Iditarod is the cost of running the race. Royer estimates it will cost her nearly $30,000 to run the race, money that less-established mushers frequently have trouble coming up with. The Jessie Iditarod Committee has been established to help raise funds. Those interested in helping out can check out the Spirit of the North website at www.huskypower.com. Just don't be surprised to find Connie Sperry helping to solicit donations.
"My mom has been so supportive: She's coming up for the start in Anchorage, and it will be great to see her," says Royer, who adds that her step-father Jim will be waiting in Nome for her at the finish.
At the start of the race in downtown Anchorage, each musher begins through crowded streets with his or her own sled and team, along with a ceremonial second sled piloted by an honorary family member or support crew person. Connie Sperry will be Royer's honored musher. While Royer may not oust her former boss Swingley as champion this year, other teams this year may be hard pressed to find a more apropos tandem of mushers heading out of town.

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"ОКеshkin Jazz" - Improvisation for the benefits of children
On the International Day of Children Jazz in Kiev, UNICEF and Dom MK organized children's jazz festival
KYIV, 1-2 June 2013 - On the occasion of International Children's Day, Jazz producer Center Jazz in Kiev, Dom Master Klass Education and Culture supported by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) organized the 4th International children's jazz festival "Okeshkin Jazz".
Festival "Okeshkin Jazz" gave a wonderful opportunity for families to spend time together, listen to good music and gather with interesting people. Throughout two festival days young musicians aged 6-14 years old, jazz-bands and a little bluesman performed at the open public theatre. Young performers were supported by famous Ukrainian bands: Olexander Murenko`s trio "Fusion Band" opened the festival and band "Alibi" performed during the 2nd day of the festival . The host of "Okeshkin Jazz" was Oleksiy Kogan, a well-known journalist and art director of Jazz in Kiev.
Oleksiy Kogan: "4th festival "Okeshkin Jazz" gives us an incredible opportunity to discover the future of the Ukrainian music, and not only Ukrainian. Every time I come to this festival I realize the meaning of somebody`s phrase: "Children are not like adults, but they are like we, adults, should be."
Soloist of the band "Alibi" Anna Zavalska: "The taste for good music should be shaped from childhood! Considering my own experience, we can confirm that there is no bigger incentive for self-development and education than admiring somebody's talent, your peer in particular! Thus, existence of children's jazz festivals is the greatest contribution to the future of the young musicians', whom we always support with pleasure."
Music unites everybody: children from many different background including, vulnerable children - orphans, refugees and children with disabilities. All these children have equal rights to develop their personalities and talents and to be educated. Jazz festival "Okeshkin Jazz" has introduced the beauty of music to children who probably have heard jazz for the first time in their life.
Yukie Mokuo, Representative of UNICEF in Ukraine: "Jazz is a great example for children, as in jazz each musician improvises in his/her own way and at the same time everybody is playing in one band creating an amazing musical dialogue. It is similar to children as every child has a right to express herself / himself individually while being in harmony with society and other children."
In jazz in particular there are a plenty of musicians with disabilities. One of them was Michel Petrucciani, world known jazz performer, who was literally carried on arms. Not just because he was a genius pianist, but also because he almost couldn't walk due to an appalling illness. Michel found his strength for life in jazz, granting joy to others. Now music therapy for children with disabilities is widely known.
Within the festival's program little guests together with their parents participated in handcraft master classes, which were prepared and held by the organizer of the festival Dom Master Klass Education and Culture. In particular, they created handmade musical instruments using different materials. The youngest guests form age of 2 years enjoyed interesting interactive games and pottery workshops.
Tetyana Zhmendyak and Illya Boondarenko, young violinists, participants of the festival: "Okeshkin Jazz" is the chance for us to meet new musicians, to play on one stage once again with Nataliya Lebedeva's trio, whom we admire very much and, besides that, to listen to the funny jokes of Oleksiy Kogan, the host of the festival. And, for sure, it is an ocean of emotions and excellent mood!"
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) cooperates on a global level with the most famous musicians of various music styles. They are UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors: Lenny Kravitz, Shakira, winner of Grammy Award, violinist and conductor Maxim Vengerov, African jazz singer Angelique Kidjo, Chinese pianist Lang Lang, Finnish jazzman Iiro Rantala and many others.
Festival "Okeshkin Jazz" is another step towards strengthening the Ukrainian jazz community. It is an opportunity to popularize and develop jazz culture in our country.


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The 41st Annual Newport International Boat Show: September 15 – 18, 2011 It's a year in the making and the extended forecast looks promising for the 41st Annual Newport International Boat Show, the largest boat show in the northeast. Don't miss the impressive 13 acres of in-water sail and power boat displays, over 750 exhibitors, Newport for New Products debuts, seminars hosted by the industry's best, family entertainment and more all located in historic downtown Newport. For pleasure or profession, if you harbor a passion for boating, there's ONLY one place to be. See you there!
Parking in Newport can be a breeze! Purchase your show ticket and an Easton's Beach Parking Pass in advance online by clicking HERE. Park in the large lot at Easton's Beach and take the shuttle bus into downtown Newport, just a few steps from the show's main gate. This shuttle service is free and runs continuously from 8 AM to 8 PM all four days. Handicapped accessible shuttles are available. Please remember that for safety, baby strollers are prohibited on the docks.
...due to health and safety regulations pets (including those adorable tiny pets that fit in a carry bag) are not permitted in the show, with the exception of service dogs. Private kennels are available within a 15-minute drive from downtown Newport.
The final and deciding race in the America's Cup World Series, the qualifying races for the America's Cup 2013, will be held in Newport in June of 2012. Details of the June event will be revealed on opening day of the Newport International Boat Show in a news conference featuring Tom Huston, COO of the America's Cup Event Authority, RI Governor Lincoln Chafee, Keith Stokes, Executive Director of the RI Economic Development Corporation, Jerry Kirby, international racing sailor, and Brad Read, Executive Director of Sail Newport. Watch a video of the new racing format featuring the new class, AC 45 wing-sailed catamarans or join the question-and-answer session to be held after the conference. The news conference will be held Thursday, September 15th at 1:00pm on North Commercial Wharf. Be the first to get the inside information on this prestigious international event happening next summer right here in Newport - the "Sailing Capital of the World."
No pre-requisite is required for this Level 1 course, taught by recently retired NOAA/NWS Ocean Prediction Center meteorologist, Lee S. Chesneau. The objective of the two-day class is an understanding of how weather works and proper interpretation of marine surface weather charts. Register online in advance or at the show office on site. The class is located at 250 Thames Street, 3rd Floor, across from the Bowen's Wharf show site. For more details and to register in advance, please click here.
In an effort to make your visit to the show as seamless as possible, we added a few new features for attendees to enjoy. Credit cards are now accepted at all ticket booths, so use whichever one is most convenient for you. Also, keep your eye out for the large format "You Are Here" site maps. These signs are placed around the show to help attendees navigate the sprawling 13 acres of the show. When hunger strikes, find delicious grilled lunches, a raw bar as well as casual eats and light fare at our three different concession areas throughout the site. Don't forget Newport County Resident's and Military Day, Friday, September 16th. Admission is half price with proof of Newport residency with driver's license or other picture ID, and/or military ID. Finally, when it's time to relax after the show, enjoy the plethora of unique restaurants, boutique shopping and nighttime entertainment right outside the show gates.
To help the young ones enjoy the day, keep a look out for "Mister Twister" on North Commercial Wharf, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 2pm. Not your average "balloon guy," Mister Twister is fun entertainment for the whole family with music, balloons, singing, and a few good magic tricks up his sleeve. Families can also visit the Discover Sailing Program – located on the Bannister's Wharf Fuel Dock – which introduces families and individuals to the sport with free sails on beautiful Narragansett Bay all four days of the show. To register for a free sail, sign up at the Discover Sailing booth on Dock N – 4.
Following the close of the Boat Show on Sunday, September 18th, spend the evening at a concert with Al Jardine, founding member of the Beach Boys, and his Endless Summer Band. Boat show exhibitors and attendees receive a boat show special offer of 10% off regular ticket prices. The concert takes place at the International Tennis Hall of Fame front lawn courts. For more information click here.
Got talent? The Newport International Boat Show will be one of the stops on a nationwide casting call for an upcoming motion picture written by former Rhode Islander, Steven Cross. Join this unique Yacht Club to help create the "World's Largest Virtual Yacht Club" and you not only will make history, but you could be chosen to be in the feature comedy motion picture, Yacht Club. Everyone can participate and no current boat ownership is required, no acting experience is necessary, there are no age restrictions, no size, shape or background restrictions. So, if you want to participate, join the club and have the opportunity to chase a dream. For more information click here or visit www.yachtclubmovie.com.
We couldn't be everything we are without the gracious support of our partners and sponsors. Thank you, all of you, for your generosity; BMW, Sailing World, Boating, Cruising World, Yachting, Brooks Marine Group, Soundings, Absolut Vodka, Yachting Magazine, Helly Hansen, Life is good., NBC-10, Harbor Town Wine, Gaastra International Sportswear, Pepsi, Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Discover Sailing, Marinas.com
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I'd like, if I may, say what a silly woman Yvonne Haigue is. She appears to dislike Kingfisher Shopping Centre because it's shabby and in need of help as she can't find a shop that sells anything other than T-shirts and jeans and seems to think it should be on a level par with Touchwood in Solihull.
In my opinion, if she likes and can afford to shop at Touchwood which in my opinion is a shopping centre for the rich and wealthy, which more residents of Solihull are, she can probably afford to get a taxi there and back every day, so she has no need to go to Kingfisher Centre ever again.
Most residents of Redditch love our centre, because of the prices and I've said before, I find Kingfisher one of the cleanest in the country, certainly not shabby.
It may be a good thing if we had a supermarket up there, but there are many around Redditch. As for cheap shops such as Poundland and Primark, they're always full of customers, so that proves many of us like them and don't tell me Solihull doesn't have fast food shops because they have, and I don't see why they don't have charity shops. What's wrong with them?
So, can I suggest she enters these shops when looking for clothes instead of window shopping. She may find a bigger selection inside and if that's too much trouble, go to Touchwood and get ripped-off and leave us alone.
David Jeffries


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Mom's Vegetable Soup Recipe
I make this vegetable-packed soup whenever we have a family get-together. It's been a favorite with us for a number of years.—Betty Van Kuiken, Oak Lawn, Illinois
Recommended: 60 Sneaky Ways to Eat More Vegetables
VERIFIED BY Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 1 beef chuck roast (3 to 4 pounds)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2-1/2 quarts water
- 3 cans (28 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 10 celery ribs, chopped
- 6 large carrots, thinly sliced
- 3 large onions, chopped
- 3/4 cup medium pearl barley
- 2/3 cup cut fresh green beans (1/2-inch pieces)
- 1 can (15-1/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained
- Salt and pepper to taste
- In a large soup kettle, brown the roast in oil. Add water; cover and simmer for 2-1/2 to 3 hours or until meat is tender. Drain; set roast aside. In the same kettle, combine the tomatoes, celery, carrots, onions, barley and beans. Cover and simmer for 50 minutes or until the barley is tender. Cut beef into 1/2-in. cubes; add to soup. Stir in corn, salt and pepper; heat through. Yield: 26 servings (6-1/2 quarts).
Originally published as Mom's Vegetable Soup in Country Woman July/August 2000, p6
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|Rain of Fear Information & Guides: An Overview | Group Progression & Task List | Raid Progression | Visible Armor
This is a group mission that begins with Thistlebrush (map) in the Valley of King Xorbb at location -1385, -970, 107 (a little ways north of the zone-in).
- Level 85
- Completed "The Halfling Trail"
- Completed "We Have to Go Deeper"
- Completed "Escape from the Prison of Xorbb"
You say, 'Hail, Thistlebrush'
Thistlebrush says 'Your efforts have helped us much, especially Brantun and Barleyburr: when [they] were lost in the valley, when they were in [danger] of being discovered after escaping the goblin chef, and when they fell into [trouble] in the valley dungeon. Thank you!'
Thistlebrush says 'Brantun and Barleyburr draw near to Xorbb's inner sanctum. [War] will grant us victory.'
You say, 'What war'
Thistlebrush says 'The time has come, _____. War is upon us. Tonight a full regiment from Rivervale will march through the tunnel and assemble on this field, ready to challenge Xorbb's forces. Even Verken will aid us with his crafted golems. With our might we will capture Xorbb's full attention and allow Brantun and Barleyburr to fulfill their [mission].'
You say, 'What mission?'
Thistlebrush says 'Even now I can feel the winds of magic shifting in this valley. Xorbb knows something is amiss, and readies his troops to meet our own. Barleyburr and Brantun must be close to the crystal shard. The time of our victory is at hand -- though it will be dearly purchased with the lives of many in Rivervale. I know I have asked much of you, but are you willing to aid us in [battle]?'
You say, 'I'll aid you in battle'
Thistlebrush says 'The troops gather tonight. [Go] and prepare yourself.'
You have been assigned the task 'The Battle for Rivervale'.
Thistlebrush has assembled an army to confront King Xorbb's forces and draw his attention away from Brantun and Barleyburr. Speak to Thistlebrush and find out how you can assist the army of Rivervale.
You say, 'Let's go'
You have entered Valley of King Xorbb.
Speak with Thistlebrush 0/1 (Valley of King Xorbb)
Note: The event is triggered with the word "ready". Once you say this, you will have 60 seconds before all NPCs in the zone go live/aggro.
You say, 'Hail, Thistlebrush'
Thistlebrush says 'Xorbb has mustered all his forces in the valley. They loom before us, waiting to crush us with catapults, ballistae, and sheer numbers. _____, with your skills I rely upon you as our vanguard. You must break their catapults and ballistae, topple their tents, and decimate their troops in the four corners of the valley. Only then will we be able to fully capture Xorbb's attention and provide Brantun and Barleyburr the crack through which they can slip. Be swift, though, for Xorbb's forces grow in strength the longer you dally. Are you [ready]? If so, I will address the troops. If you need to [leave], return soon!'
You say, 'Ready!'
Thistlebrush furrows his brown and nods. He strides in front of the line of fighters from Rivervale, readying them for the imminent battle.
Thistlebrush says 'Citizens of Rivervale, you have shown great courage in standing here today. You see the forces arrayed against us, ravenous for our blood, like wolves starved on a winter tundra. Know that the only thing that stands between them and our beloved Rivervale is you.'
Thistlebrush says 'We have lived a good life in Rivervale. We have supped well in our homes on ale and pies. We have lain along the banks of streams and watched in peace Ro sink and rise. Some of us have seen children grow and themselves bear children. We have loved and lost, and loved again. We have watched Rivervale, like a farmer's field, yield abundantly, suffer through the harshest winters, and then wax fertile once more.'
Thistlebrush says 'Are we not on the brink of Winter once more? Must not the leaves fall before the buds of Spring may bloom? The cold wind of battle blows through our branches, and I will not lie to you: Some of us will be taken by the wind, scattered about upon the valley floor. But know that though the leaves may die, the tree yet lives.'
Thistlebrush says 'We bear the brunt of the frost and cold, the steel and magic of our enemies. We bear it so that what we love survives. We have lived a good life, and now we grant that life to others through the sacrifice of our own. Here today we lay down our lives and our memories that Rivervale will not fade from the mind of Norrath; that countless new generations laugh, love, and live in the home of their forefathers; and that the tree of our home blooms resplendent ever and again.'
Thistlebrush says 'We fight for RIVERVALE!'
The army shouts, 'FOR RIVERVALE!'
At this point, the Halfling army attacks the enemies, and all mobs in the zone become live and aggro'able.
Kill enemy soldiers 0/40 (Valley of King Xorbb)
Kill enemy commanders 0/6 (Valley of King Xorbb)
Destroy enemy tents 0/12 (Valley of King Xorbb)
Destroy enemy catapults and ballistae 0/4 (Valley of King Xorbb)
Mobs here are non-combat until you trigger the event, so you can position your group wherever you want.
Mobs tend to be in groups of 6-7, each of them having a commander type ("a lord" or "a commander", generally). The commanders have more hps and are stronger than their soldiers.
Soldiers will tend to assist their commanders. The higher any player is on a commander's hate list, the more likely the soldiers are to focus their attention on that player.
Tents, catapults, and ballistae tend to be found in clusters. They are located throughout the zone, but are found most commonly in the back of the minotaur fort and along the river.
Some things to keep in mind:
- All NPCs in this mission respawn.
--- Ally NPCs respawn after 60 seconds.
--- Enemy NPCs respawn after five minutes.
- To begin with, the base population of the zone is fairly weak. You will be able to take on several mobs at once.
- The more mobs you kill in the mission, the stronger the NPCs become, overall.
- Some NPCs have AEs. These AEs do not scale in power.
- The catapults, tents, and ballistae each have a very large assist radius and will call for help from mobs within a typical spell-casting range around them. For this reason and given the power-up nature of mobs in the zone, it may be recommended you kill as many tents, catapults, and ballistae as you can before focusing on the mobs.
Note: The task locks once all four of these steps are fully updated.
Thistlebrush shouts 'Xorbb's troops stagger under our onslaught! But now he has unleashed the power of the crystal shard and sends massive golems to crush our fighters!'
Kill 2 powershard golems 0/2 (Valley of King Xorbb)
Task Window Says: King Xorbb has drawn upon the crystal shard to create giant golems that will smash the halfling army. Kill the golems.
Three powershard golems (gigantic in size, hard to miss) spawn in and around the minotaur fort and slowly make their way towards the zone entrance. They'll death touch any Halflings they come across and then linger about in the zone-in valley.
These golems hit for a max ~15,500; AE rampage; and AE "Fists of Destruction" every 30 seconds:
Fists of Destruction: PB AE 175', Magic (-960)
1: Decrease Hitpoints by 65000
These can be single-pulled. Note that like all mobs in the zone, these respawn after they are killed.
Speak with Thistlebrush 0/1 (Valley of King Xorbb)
You say, 'Hail, Thistlebrush'
Thistlebrush wipes blood and sweat from his brow. 'The battle is ours, _____, but the war is unfinished. You may remain if you like, but soon you should slip past Xorbb's army and delve under the valley. Brantun and Barleyburr will need assistance in this final hour, no doubt. I have procured for you a small sum as thanks for your efforts, but know that your help has been invaluable to us. When you are ready, [leave] the battlefield to rest for your descent.
Claim your reward 0/1 (Valley of King Xorbb)
You have succeeded in drawing King Xorbb's attention to the surface of the valley. Now you will be able to sneak below and aid Barleyburr and Brantun in their quest to destroy the crystal shard and neutralize the power of King Xorbb.
225 platinum
Experience (2-3% exp in Level 100 + 3 AAs)
Possible Chest Loot (1 Item + 1 Dreadmote per task):
Hardening Band of Shroomdeath
Helping Hand
Ixyl's Diabolical Pact
Lysergic Powder
Strength of Legions
Tainted Loam
Lesser Dreadmote
Median Dreadmote
Greater Dreadmote
Glowing Dreadmote
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Films that are British or co-produced by Britain get tax relief in the UK.
But the government suspects some co-productions of falsely claiming to spend more in the UK to qualify, while others do not give value for money.
Arts Minister Estelle Morris launched a review on Tuesday, saying she was "determined to ensure the right people are reaping the benefits".
The UK has co-production treaties with more than 30 countries, meaning some jointly-made films can be officially recognised as British - and qualify for tax breaks.
New guidelines were also published to tighten the rules.
"Co-production is central to the future of the British film industry and the UK can lead the way," she said.
"But it is a two-way deal. Co-productions and the associated tax breaks must lead to more jobs in film in this country and more work for our film making facilities."
The number of British co-productions made has risen from 10 in 1992 to 142 in 2002.
An example of a successful co-production - which is not suspected of abusing the system - is the Oscar-winning drama The Pianist.
Other recent co-productions include Underworld, starring Kate Beckinsale, Dogville, with Nicole Kidman, and Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen.
A spokesman for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport would not name any films suspected of fiddling the system.
Films qualify as British if either 70% of the budget is spent in the UK, or if there is a co-production agreement with another country.
Countries that have treaties with the UK include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and New Zealand.
Ms Morris also said the amount spent in the UK from UK/Canada co-productions must double to qualify as a British movie.
A total of 40% of the budget must be spent in Britain, up from 20%.


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Radio host apologises for Ryan hoax
A DELIVERY man who claimed he broke out of Pentridge Prison with Ronald Ryan, arguing Ryan was wrongly hanged for the murder of a prison guard as they fled, has been exposed as a fraud.
Radio journalist Nick McCallum yesterday apologised to 3AW listeners, admitting that he had been duped in an interview in which the man claimed he was Peter John Walker, who escaped from Pentridge with Ryan in 1965.
The station broadcast the interview, in which the impostor made claims that Ryan was innocent, on Thursday.
Ryan became the last man executed in Australia when he was hanged for prison guard George Hodson's murder in 1967.
In the interview the man denied he or Ryan killed Hodson, saying that the gun jammed. But the real Peter John Walker, who was released from jail in 1983, came forward yesterday after hearing the interview.
McCallum, who is standing in for regular morning show presenter Neil Mitchell, apologised to listeners. The revelation triggered a barrage of talkback callers, some arguing McCallum was naive and others saying he had courage to publicly admit he had made a mistake.
McCallum told The Age he had no idea who the impostor was, but was investigating.
"I can't even begin to imagine what his motive is," he said. "All I can tell you is that he never asked for money, but as to what the hell he was thinking I have no idea."
McCallum said he was doing a show about the difficulty of prisoners getting work after serving time when they first spoke to the so-called Mr Walker. "The stories he gave us matched what we knew of the Walker story," McCallum said.
"He looked the appropriate age, he was tall like Walker was I looked at photographs when Walker was a young man and he looked like Walker.
"We had no clue until we were contacted by the man who claimed to be the real Peter John Walker."
3AW producers called Mike Richards, author of The Hanged Man: The Life and Death of Ronald Ryan, to listen to the interview and help determine if it was really Mr Walker. Dr Richards, who had interviewed Mr Walker before, believed the caller to be a fraud.
He gave producers the details of Mr Walker, which matched the details the caller gave.
Meanwhile, Ryan's daughters yesterday made a plea for privacy as remains believed to be that of their father were exhumed at the former Pentridge Prison site.
The exhumed remains have been sent to the Victorian State Coroner's office to be tested and identified.
If they are confirmed to be Ryan's, they will be handed over to his three daughters.
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Streamlining, Budget woes, Celebrating
- 1968 - 1982
A major organisational change results in three streams: curatorial; education and communication; and administration and facilities. Finance Committee at Queen 's Park calls senior managers to explain cost overruns. The first 25 year service dinner is held and staff are presented with a lapel pin designed by staff member Georgia Guenther, who can now wear one herself.


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He had come to this place to avoid the troops lying between mooi River and Ventersdorp.
When we got to mooi River one of these men was discovered—recognised as an ex-Pretorian detective.
It lay about thirty miles away to the east, in the loop of a beautiful stream that is now known as the mooi River.
After a halt they took another twelve miles stretch to mooi River.
He ordered Botha to withdraw from mooi River and begin his northerly trek.
The patient was rendered unconscious and was removed to mooi River.
Evidently an important operation was in progress, and a collision either at Estcourt or mooi River impended.
After proceeding some five or six miles, the force came to the pretty little mooi River.
Tablenote 17: Two of these guns were en route to mooi River.
A Hottentot was crossing the mooi river drift, another man following a short distance in the rear.


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Best Of :: La Vida
See: a video interview with Santiago Gonzalez.
Santiago Gonzalez is one of the good guys, and not just because his family produces 3 Amigos Tequila — a delicious, smooth tequila made exclusively from blue agaves untouched by pesticides.
Sure, the taste rivals any of the top-shelf tequila brands out there — and costs way less — but Gonzalez isn't my hero for that. Well, not just that. He's the kind of guy who cares about integrity, hard work, and above all else, family.
Attitudes like his are in short supply these days.
Gonzalez was just a boy when he moved to Phoenix from Mexico in 1968. In the mid-'80s, he and his brothers started G Farms with 200 acres on which to grow watermelons, onions, potatoes, corn, and alfalfa. Now, they farm more than 4,000 acres and have a couple of side businesses — including a family-owned distillery in the Mexican state of Jalisco, where they handcraft and bottle 3 Amigos Tequila.
His family's business ventures have suffered with the economic downtown, but he forges on, confident that better times are ahead.
"It isn't about the money," Gonzalez says. "It's about a good quality product. My father would always tell us that you don't want to die rich. You want to live rich." — Monica Alonzo
New Times staff writer Monica Alonzo, who swore off tequila until she met the three amigos, interviewed Santiago Gonzalez on August 14 at his El Mirage ranch.
I love Phoenix because this is where we came in when we came from Mexico. I was 11 years old. I fell in love with the state. This is home.
When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up and become a pilot. But here I am. I am a farmer and a tequila maker.
While I am driving, I think about all my family and I thank God, mainly because of everything we have and all our blessings.
Phoenix could use more tequila, for sure. And could be a little easier on Mexicans.
Phoenix could use less crime and a lot less prejudice.
You know you've had too much tequila when you start talking too much.
Never drink tequila without your three friends.
My favorite crop is, believe it or not, watermelons. Second is agave.
I love the smell of wet dirt, because I'm a farmer and the dirt is God's gift and we eat off the dirt. The land feeds us.
I would love to spend the whole day with my wife.
My hero is my father. He was a man who had a lot of foresight, and he had a lot of love for people. He was a wonderful man.
Right before I go to bed, I thank God for my family and for friends and for all the blessings.
Barrio Cafe chef Silvana Salcido Esparza turned 50 this year, and she was pissed. It wasn't the number of candles on her cake or years she's spent building her restaurant business on 16th Street — it was Arizona Senate Bill 1070. Esparza's been glued to the news and images of Arizona's Mexican community in all its lackluster glory on the big screen. "Oh, we have a vibrant community here," she says. "We just need a center for that community to really shine." So she started with her back wall. Esparza brought in El Moises to paint a mural, and then she was struck with a vision: a Calle of Murals. She set up a Facebook page, then an e-mail address, then a website. She has almost 20 artists and 500 Facebook fans. The first official "Calle 16" mural will go up in October. "They can't stop us," says Esparza. "I want the city to crawl back to us and ask where they can help."
Art with a political edge is what this town's been needing in the worst possible way, and Phoenix's new Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center/Galeria 147 has been delivering. In a state where Latinos are under the gun, both literally and metaphorically — from the Legislature, in the form of the ethnic studies ban and SB 1070, to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's notorious anti-immigrant sweeps of Hispanic neighborhoods — ALAC's providing an outlet for the indignation and outrage of an entire people. ALAC's debut presented works from old hands like painters Ramon Delgadillo and Luis Mena, in addition to new ones, such as muralist Francisco Garcia, whose work depicts the sacrifice, the pride, the victimization, and the beauty of Arizona Latinos. Out of the crucible of oppression often comes the stuff of great art, and ALAC/Galeria 147 seems to be proving that with its very existence.
It was a collection of tentacles coming out of a Starbucks mug. How could we not love it? And that's just one of the bizarre creations we got to see at the Mutant Piñata art show at Bragg's Pie Factory. This annual event never fails to tickle our imagination with papier-mâché vampires and anatomically correct (or so we're told) baboons. You may be used to candy-filled piñatas, but we're telling you that the real treat is the eye candy you'll see at this show. Leave the bat at home. The mutant piñata show happens each March, during Art Detour, and the word is that several pieces from last year's show — including a fabulous vampire by Tempe artist Mike Maas — will appear in the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art's People's Biennial in October 2011.
Want to beat the crap out of Jan Brewer? Now's your chance — though at $85 a pop, we're not sure you'll want to deface your purchase. Leave it to Scott Jacobson — he of the impish grin and years in the middle of Arizona politics doing public affairs for a big, bad utility company. These days, Jacobson's pushing piñatas rather than power — though, really, his political spin on papier-mâché wields a strength of its own. E-mail him if you'd like one of his piñatas for your very own.
One of the best events of the year is the Dia de los Muertos festival, hosted by the Desert Botanical Garden on Halloween weekend and during the first week of November. The festivities include Mexican folk arts, storytelling, dance, and poetry, as well as a mercado with awesome wares for sale. Wander the garden paths and check out the ofrenda installations, pause to make crafts with the kids — like decorating your own calaca (smiling skull) mask or molded sugar skulls. There is enough pageantry and, yes, food to keep you entertained all day. Who knew celebrating death could be so fun?


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The city council is looking into a proposal from a former Princeton mayor for extending 21st Avenue from First Street to the city's main industrial park along a route different than what the city had been considering.
The project to extend the avenue is still only in a discussion/planning stage, with the funding sources undetermined for the project that would cost more than $1 million no matter what route is chosen.
The avenue now runs from Highway 95 to a short distance south of First Street along the city's Aero Business Park. The route the council has been considering for some time would extend the avenue south along the edge of the airport to the west side of the city's main industrial park. From there it would connect with a street through the industrial park to eventually connect with Sherburne County 45 to the east.
Former Princeton mayor Richard L. Anderson pushed for the alternate route at last Thursday's city council meeting. He showed two aerial-map diagrams to the council – one depicting the route that the council has been considering and the other showing Anderson's proposal.
Anderson's route would have the south end of 21st Avenue turn east through a grove of evergreens located next to First Street and go to the west edge of the Highway 169 bypass and then follow the west edge of the highway until connecting with the north end of where Sherburne County Road 45 had been. Before the bypass was built County Road 45 continued north to connect with Old Highway 18, the street that runs past the school bus barn.
Twenty-first Avenue was known as Pine Loft Road for years, because it ran past the Pine Loft Restaurant and Lounge. The business closed about five years ago. The Madre Loca Mexican restaurant opened in the same building about two years ago.
City officials have looked at the extension of the avenue to the industrial park as a possible way to reduce some of the traffic congestion in downtown Princeton at certain times of the day. The theory is that much of the traffic coming out of the main industrial park in the afternoon would perhaps use the extended 21st Avenue rather than Rum River Drive.
One of Anderson's selling points for his proposed route was that traffic from an extended 21st Avenue would not go through the belly of the industrial park that he said is congested enough with truck traffic.
Crosswind runway factor for Anderson
Anderson's motivation for his proposed alternative route was that he wants to see the airport get a crosswind runway. The route the city has been looking at would get in the way of that. He noted that the crosswind runway is listed in the airport master plan but has never been started.
Anderson pressed for the need of a crosswind runway, saying the future of aviation is the light sport type, which he said involves light planes. They can be buffeted around like a "kite" if the wind is going across a runway, therefore the need for a crosswind runway, he explained.
As a pilot ages, they could lose their "medical license," Anderson said, referring to the certificate that is required for flying many common types of aircraft.
Anderson added that a benefit with his proposed route for extending 21st Avenue is that it would give many Baldwin Township residents a quick route to the Walmart store planned between Highway 95 and First Street on the city's west side.
Anderson acknowledged that there is wetland along part of his proposed route but didn't think that would necessarily be a hurdle.
It would require an environmental assessment, City Administrator Mark Karnowski pointed out.
Council's response
"It's something worth exploring," council member Thom Walker said of the proposed route.
Mayor Jeremy Riddle added that he didn't think the city would have the money to fund the road but that maybe Sherburne and Mille Lacs counties would.
Anderson proposed that the extension of 21st Avenue be a joint venture of Sherburne and Mille Lacs counties, since the route would be in both.
As city consulting engineer Mike Nielson of WSB & Associates pointed out after the council meeting, money is a factor in extending 21st Avenue, no matter which route is chosen.
But the council mainly addressed other factors during their discussion last Thursday. Riddle, for example, said that if the avenue extension results in less traffic moving east of the industrial park it could take pressure off the intersection near the Burger King and Marathon gas station.
Council member Paul Whitcomb said he likes the idea of a second access to the airport. Anderson's proposal included a road linking the airport with the avenue extension.
The council didn't take action on Anderson's ideas other than to have Nielson look into how the Anderson route might be feasible.


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OneMinutesJr workshop on HIV/AIDS in Ukraine - Day 2
The second day of the OneMinutesJr workshop starts with a short recap of the stories developed yesterday and some fine-tuning of the story-lines. We then soon start the filming, but first we have to find the right locations and organize some "props" for the shooting.
The workshop topic is HIV/AIDS and many of the teenage participants are HIV-positive or have HIV-positive friends or family members. The stories they have come up with are very authentic and this is what we had expected from the workshop. It was absolutely necessary to give those who are affected a voice and not to have people who are not affected by HIV/AIDS "create" stories that they cannot really relate to.
The first film we do today is Dima's film. The 17-year-old boy wants to show how it feels to live with HIV. There is a group of friends on a wall and all of a sudden one by one turns away from the boy in the middle. After a while, the boy falls backwards off the wall. Later, in the editing, a black screen will follow. And then, unexpectedly, the story gets a positive spin when you see the friends catching the boy.
Vladik (13) uses a similar wall, but not to have people jump off it. The sun almost sets when he sits on a piece of wood in front of the wall. Some other participants have gathered around the camera and change the camera position every now and then to make sure they only capture the shadows on the wall. Vladik has told us about the bullying he goes through almost every day because he is HIV-positive. It is psychological violence and also physical violence. Vladik does not want to show his face in the film, therefore we only film the shadows on the wall.
Another film in the agenda today is Jana's film. The young girl is also HIV-positive and is on medication like many of the other participants. She has often wondered about whether or not it is worth it, whether or not life is worth living with HIV/AIDS. We see her with her pills, throwing the pills away, ready to give up. But then the story goes into a positive direction and Jana remembers all the things she likes, all the people she likes, all the things she still wants to do. And life is worth it, and the medication does not matter anymore.
The filming continues into the evening hours and by the end of the day, almost half of the films have been shot and we are looking forward to the next day, more stories and more interesting locations. Tomorrow we are off to the center of Kyiv, because some of the stories are set in the heart of the Ukrainian capital.
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LOS ALAMITOS - If only every high school sporting event was this exciting ...
The girls swim teams from Poly High and Wilson entered the final event of Friday's Moore League finals, the 400-yard freestyle relay, tied for first place at the Joint Forces Training Base pool.
From the opening of the race, just like the meet itself, the teams were nearly neck-and-neck. But Poly freshman Saranna Quach, who had already won a pair of individual events, swam 52.40 for the final 100 yards - which would have won the 100 free event - and put the Jackrabbits over the top.
Poly finished with 535 points, just better than Wilson's 527, and claimed its first outright Moore League crown since 1997.
"It really means a lot (to win the league title)," said Quach, who won the 200 IM and 100 backstroke before the 400 free relay. "I just wanted to do my best and I'm glad I'm on this team. I love this team a lot."
Quach and Wilson's Jessica King entered the water at almost the same time, but Quach slowly built her lead while swimmers and fans from both teams cheered their lungs out.
Quach also said she wasn't nervous waiting for her turn on the starting block.
"I have a lot of confidence in my teammates," she said.
Poly and Wilson shared the title last year after the Bruins won the league meet. This year, a perfect 4-0 dual meet record and the league meet title meant the Jackrabbits didn't have to share again.
"It was definitely a team effort," said longtime Poly coach Kalani Caldwell, who was fighting back tears. "We had 19 girls (on the varsity roster) and it took every single one of those girls (setting a personal record) tonight or Wednesday (in the preliminaries)."
Poly swimmers won six individual events, including an awesome swim from sophomore Clare Leonard in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.68) to beat Wilson's Delaney Freeman (1:12.27) and Sydnei Obando (1:12.57).
Poly's first victory of the meet came in the first event, the 200 medley relay. Millikan swam to the lead during the backstroke and breaststroke legs, but Poly's Camille Mojica swam a terrific butterfly leg (26.95) and gave the lead to Savannah Steffen for the freestyle leg, which she swam in 23.59. Poly won in 1:51.76 while Millikan held on for second place (1:53.79) and Wilson was third (1:54.44).
Millikan junior Maddy Meisel led a 1-2 finish in the 200 freestyle, touching the wall in an automatic-qualifying time of 1:55.66.
Poly claimed victory in the next four events to take control of the meet.
Quach led the 200 IM from the first leg and held off Wilson's Devon Beebe in the freestyle leg in 2:12.61.
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Today's Lady News: Hillary Clinton Might Be Dunzo In 2012
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she would not serve another four years if President Obama is reelected in 2012, because she hopes to slow her pace and do more writing and teaching. "The whole eight [years] — that would be very challenging," Clinton said. "It's a 24/7 job and I think at some point, I will be very happy to pass it on to someone else." [Telegraph]
- Gay groups are psyched about President Obama's vow in his State of the Union Address last night to get rid of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. [ABC News]
- Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion extremist who murdered abortion provider Dr. George Tiller last May, took the stand today in his own defense and testified that he killed Tiller because he believed he was saving the lives of unborn babies. Roeder has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated assault. [MSNBC]
- We ladies are no longer outnumbering men in undergraduate programs, according to a new report from the American Council on Education. The only exception is Latino men, who are still outnumbered in undergrad programs by Latina women. [Washington Post]
- Wisconsin's State Senate passed a bill today which would require the proper use of birth control to be taught during sex ed. Currently, the Cheese Head State is not required to teach sex ed. [WKOWtv.com]
- California's State Assembly approved legislation that would make it illegal not to report a violent attack, in response to the gang rape of a student after a Homecoming dance in Richmond, CA, earlier this year. Presently the law states it's only illegal not to report a violent attack if the victim is under age 14. [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Jenny Sanford, who has filed for divorce from South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, told a room of Republicans at a luncheon recently that there are not enough women involved in politics. [Greenville Online]
- Chemicals that are used as fire retardants in household furniture have been linked to women who have trouble conceiving, according to a study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. [Treehugger]
- News anchor Judy Woodruff speaks about her role in the International Women's Media Foundation, which tries to strengthen the network of women in the media around the world. [MSNBC]
- When it comes to the banking industry in India, women are kicking ass and taking names! UBS, JP Morgan Chase, and HSBC, among others, are all run by women there. [New York Times]
- The advocacy organization Human Rights Watch has accused anti-abortion groups in Ireland of "grossly misleading" citizens about abortion, which is banned there. According to a HRW report, Irish women have been told they might become infertile or need a hysterectomy or colostomy bag after an abortion. [Times of London]


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Gordon Brown has revamped operations at the heart of Downing Street, moving cabinet ministers and civil servants into one "war room", as part of a government effort to manage the economic downturn.
On the first full day of operations in the new open-plan office, the government yesterday announced new measures to help small businesses, which employ 15 million people in the UK, with cash flow and productivity.
Appearing before the business select committee for the first time yesterday, the new business secretary, Peter Mandelson, announced that in addition to the pledge in the immediate aftermath of the economic crash that central government would pay small business contractors within 10 days, the government had secured a similar agreement from the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) for prompt payment.
Government sources said RDA contracts amounted to £750m worth of contracts with small businesses.
Mandelson told the select committee that local government and hospitals would also be urged to do the same.
Small businesses keen to train their staff despite the economic downturn would also get funds to tackle worker skills with the government announcing £350m yesterday.
In recent days the battle between the political parties has centred on efforts to protect small businesses. The Conservatives - who ended 10 days of cross party unity at the weekend with an attack on Brown's "irresponsible government" - have pledged that if in power they would make a 1p cut in national insurance contributions for employers with fewer than five staff, something it says could save small businesses £600 a year. They are also calling for small businesses to be able to defer their VAT payments for up to six months.
Mandelson said he had raised reports of heavy handed Inland Revenue behaviour with the Treasury and officials were looking into what could be done to ease matters, but he refused to pledge to match Tory proposals.
He confirmed that he and the chancellor would meet bank chief executives on Thursday and "exhort" them to continue to lend to small firms at rates similar to those offered last year.
Over the weekend Mandelson had expressed concerns that banks were being increasingly stringent with small and medium sized enterprises, tightening their credit lines and unilaterally charging the companies for the changed loans.
At Thursday's meeting, Mandelson said the government would use its new found influence with the three banks into which it put £37bn to call on them to maintain credit lines with struggling small businesses.
When questioned about what leverage the government would have with those banks not involved in its recapitalisation scheme, Mandelson said that since the three recapitalised banks were involved in 50% of the deals of small businesses, he expected non-recapitalised banks to fall into place in order to remain competitive.
The prime minister began work early yesterday morning in his new open plan office - an L-shaped room with three banks of desks with space for himself, his two cabinet office ministers and some 20 civil servants including Jeremy Heywood, Jeremy Bowler and Gavin Kelly.
The office is modelled on that run by New York city mayor, Michael Bloomberg. Official duties included speaking on the phone to the Greek prime minister, Konstantinos Karamanlis, conducted in a private room adjacent to the new hub. The night before Brown spoke to President George Bush.


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Poker can be a self-centered pursuit but that didn't keep players at the 2014 WSOP from donating over $5 million to charity.
Of course the biggest benefit for charity was the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop, which saw each participant donate $100,000 to water-based charity One Drop. That event alone raised $4.6 million.
"This year's results are once again outstanding," said Guy Laliberté, Founder of Cirque du Soleil™ and ONE DROP.
"We can really say that everyone has come out a winner, not just the players but all the communities who will benefit from the generous amount raised."
Little One Drop Contributed Half a Million to Charity
It wasn't just the high rollers who contributed to the cause. The Little One for One Drop, which had a $1,111 buy-in with $111 set aside for charity, succeeded in raising $499,056 for One Drop.
Add in an extra $107,329 in straight-up donations and the WSOP generated $5.2 million for charity this year. That number doesn't include any donations that may be given by Main Event final table contestants in November.
"We are very proud of the poker community who has opened their hearts and wallets so generously in order to make a difference," said Caesars Interactive Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Mitch Garber.
"Poker is a game played globally, and ONE DROP is a tremendous organization working tirelessly to sustainably improve people's lives. We are very appreciative and thankful for everyone who continues to contribute to the incredible success of this initiative."
Here's the complete breakdown of they money raised in the 2014 WSOP:
- Big One for ONE DROP entry fees: $4,666,662 ($111,111 from each of the 42 buy-ins)
- Little One for ONE DROP entry fees: $499,056 ($111 from each of the 4,496 buy-ins)
- All in for ONE DROP Campaign contributions: $107,329 (Various in-kind donations made up primarily from those cashing in events contributing up to one percent of their winnings.)


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Davis Cup - Best matches
I tried to search forums to see if thread like this exists but wasn't able to find anything. Since it is off season I thought this might be an interesting topic. I will mention only one match, but feel free to share with us your list of best DC matches.
1995 Chesnokov vs. Stich 6:4 1:6 1:6 6:3 14:12. Chesnokov saved 9 match points. just amazing.
Re: Davis Cup - Best matches
Nalbandian and Arnold defeated Safin and Kafelnikov 6-4 6-4 5-7 3-6 19-17 in 2002. Epic match.
Re: Davis Cup - Best matches
1933 Henri Cochet vs Bunny Austin 5-7 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4
1982 John McEnroe vs Mats Wilander 9-7 6-2 15-17 3-6 8-6
1987 Boris Becker vs John McEnroe 4-6 15-13 8-10 6-2 6-2
1996 Nicklas Kulti vs Arnaud Boetsch 6-7(2) 6-2 6-4 6-7(5) 8-10
Re: Davis Cup - Best matches
Becker-Agassi in 1989 and Muster-Stich in 1994 were both incredible matches.
Re: Davis Cup - Best matches
I don't remember too many specific matches, but I watched some fantastic matches from the Netherlands back when we were still somewhat relevant. The atmosphere was just great.
Two of Rafa then:
Him winning the Davis Cup for Spain against JMDP, how well did Del Potro fight, even when he looked to be out of it. Rafa was brilliant at times.
And his win as a teenager over Roddick, okay on clay, but still :lol: Great fighting spirit by the young Spartan.
Re: Davis Cup - Best matches
Through the Austrian glasses:
1989 QF Austria-Sweden: Horst Skoff (AUT) - Mats Wilander (SWE): 6:7, 7:6, 1:6, 6:4, 9:7
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DC final 98
Norman (SWE) def Gaudenzi (ITA) 6-7(7) 7-6(0) 4-6 6-3 6-6 ret
shoulder problem for gaudenzi, played a couple of games with that but in the end was too much.
I remember it was a high quality match
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Galileo launch and early orbit phase report
A week after the dual liftoff from Kourou, French Guiana, the two latest Galileo satellites completed the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase on 19/20 October.
The FM3 and FM4 satellites were handed over from the joint ESA/CNES Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) team in Toulouse, France, to the Galileo Control Centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, from where Spaceopal will manage the operations of the Galileo constellation.
Following liftoff at 18:15 GMT on 12 October, the intensive LEOP activities began upon separation of the satellites from the Fregat upper stage of their Soyuz launcher, with the first signals being received from the pair almost four hours later.
The handovers took place at 06:00 GMT on 19 October for FM4 and at 18:10 GMT on 20 October for FM3. During the week, LEOP operations proceeded according to the planned sequence.
Three orbit manoeuvres were conducted for each satellite to start them on drift orbits towards their operational positions, where they are expected to arrive on 10 November (FM3) and 12 November (FM4) after a series of drift-stop and fine-positioning manoeuvres.
The satellites were configured into a secure mode shortly after handover. While underway to their final positions, they will also undergo a series of tests to confirm the performance of their subsystems before switching on the payload.
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- Twin Galileo satellites fuelled and ready for launch
- Countdown: a month to go to Galileo's next launch
- Fourth Galileo satellite reaches French Guiana launch site
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- Trial by vacuum brings next Galileo satellites closer to launch
- First Galileo satellite producing full spectrum of signals
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Girls, Would You Rock Rihanna's New Haircut?!
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Rihanna got ANOTHER crazy haircut, would you rock this?! She was donning a black Bob as she leaves a party early in the morning in NYC!
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