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Ledge must act on tax
Gov. Beebe is reported to be ready to summon the legislature to Little Rock to raise the severance tax on natural gas. It will be far harder to do than the weak arguments against it suggest.
ADEQ friend of polluters
We confess to a vague uneasiness over the comments made by officials of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality when it comes to pollution in the state. The department is not concerned at all about the proposed expansion of the Two Pine Landfill in Jacksonville.
Usurers lose another round
The cat that is the payday lending industry perished Thursday for the eighth time by our calculation. It should be getting its affairs into order, for its ninth life ought to be short, maybe until summer.
Tale of two chairmen
Asa Hutchinson and Sheffield Nelson, who once shared the chairmanship of the Arkansas Republican Party and repeatedly frustrated ambitions for high office, re-emerged this winter from the shadows of history. We like the reincarnated Nelson better.
Nelson has right idea
Do we detect weariness on the part of Gov. Beebe, who has been trying to get the big gas companies and their robots in the legislature to agree to return to the people of Arkansas a small share of the mammoth income from Arkansas' vanishing gas resources?
Which one's lucky party?
Eight and a half months before the election, Republicans have identified their candidate and the Democrats are not close. For the first time in a quarter-century, Democrats are apt to go to their convention not knowing for sure who the nominee will be. Which is the lucky party?
Huck: Our happy warrior
The merriest man in America beyond a doubt is Mike Huckabee.
McCain up, Hillary down
A year ago, as this interminable presidential campaign was taking shape, the easy bet was that Senators John McCain and Hillary Clinton would battle for the office this fall. Half of that expectation has now been realized, but the other half seems more and more unlikely.
Huck seeks spot on ticket
His presidential ambitions if not his campaign terminated by the voters on Super Tuesday's national primary, Mike Huckabee today begins a more calculating phase of his quest for national power, the Republican nomination for vice president.
Beebe could write initiative
Gov. Beebe is cautious and methodical to a fault, which is the hallmark of his long political ascendance, but later if not sooner he seems always to get to the right place, or pretty close. This week, he said he might write his own initiated act to raise the severance tax on natural gas and place it on the general election ballot.[FULL TEXT]
Texas fights polluters!
No state government anywhere, unless it is Arkansas, is supposed to be kinder to the big energy companies than Texas.
Better ranking
School rankings come out by the dozens every year and Arkansas lands all across the spectrum, making it hard to draw much elation or sorrow from any of them.
Vote bashes big media
Election nights are refreshing even when they are personally disappointing because they keep reassuring us about who ultimately is in charge. It is not the cacophonous media but the voters.
Requiring photo IDs
Arkansas has a sad but improving history of voting fraud, but the solution is not less democracy as a few Republicans lawmakers advocate.
Whose tax cuts?
We tire of pointing it out, but someone needs to keep the record straight.
Huckabee can rejoice
Whatever happens hereafter to his campaign for president, Mike Huckabee must forever be accorded recognition for having pulled one of the most improbable political upsets in a century.
Water users get soaked
Between the lawyers and the reporters who record their pleadings, the legal jousting over building subdivisions west of Lake Maumelle leaves most of us baffled.
Dont know geography
An endless succession of blunders once he attained center stage in the presidential race suggests that our man Mike Huckabee needs to stick to what he does best, one-liners and clemency, and leave foreign policy to others.
Pure fiction from Rollins
When he famously directed Ronald Reagans re-election campaign in 1984, Ed Rollins showed a knack for creating agreeable fancy about the presidents leadership.
Huck should tell the truth
Every politician, like most of the rest of us, has a terrifying secret that he fears would turn the public against him if the word got out. In Mike Huckabees case, it is his record.
Huck prays for miracle after losses
An obvious sign that his presidential campaign is sinking and out of money, Mike Huckabee is throwing the national media off his plane and bus and will probably soon abandon Florida, placing all his bets on Super Tuesday on Feb. 5.
Hucks main adversary is not running
Mike Huckabees most formidable opponent is not running for president.
Central book is suddenly more timely
Ralph Brodie dropped in at the Jacksonville Rotary Club on Monday to talk about his book, Central in Our Lives: Voices from Little Rock Central High School, 1957-59.
Hillary hurt, Huck boosts McCain for nomination
Until a year ago, Mike Huckabee was an obscure governor from a small state that has a knack for producing national political figures.
Aretha releases record of the year
Record of the year: Aretha Franklins Rare and Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul, a two-CD set from Rhino that discounters sell for about $15, which is a bargain. [FULL TEXT]
What little girl wanted for holiday
(This is a reprint of a previous Christmas column.) When my friend Jack Sallee was with the Jaycees in Fayetteville, theyd put an ad in the paper at Christmastime, saying that for $2 you could have Santa come to your place.
Huckabee impressive, unenduring
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee is way up there in the polls, pulling almost even with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the Republican presidential nomination, although Huckabee badly trails all potential Democratic nominees.
Pearl Harbor
marks 66th
(This column about the late McLyle Zumwalt first appeared here on Dec. 9, 1989 and is reprinted to mark the 66th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.)
County too poor for sick inmates
Beebe police recently arrested James E. (Big Ed) Fuller for selling crack cocaine out of his apartment.
Tough vet able to cry and smile
When you saw Bill Greer, he usually smiled like all his brothers.
Parties still looking for their savior
While Republicans and Democrats are slugging it out over who should get their partys presidential nomination for many, the choices arent all that terrific, which is why minor candidates like Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul are pulling up from the rear the good news for Lonoke County Republicans is they have squelched a rebellion to humiliate the mayor of Cabot and an alderman.
Department plays games with scores
The state Education Department last Friday sent out a poorly written press release that bragged about how much progress public schools are making, although if you read far enough into the press release, you realize schools are doing less well than the year before.
Quillins relatives stand by their man
Ron Quillins mother-in-law wasnt too happy with my column Wednesday about the former Pulaski County comptroller whos in prison for stealing more than $40,000 to finance an affair with a lady friend who was doing business with the county.
Emails out, but in-laws still pay up
It was nice of Ron Quillins in-laws to mortgage their home so he could repay Pulaski County more than $42,000 he stole while he was the county comptroller, but after they saw the infamous emails he sent to his girlfriend printed in the papers, they must wonder if the bum is worth keeping as a son-in-law.
It doesnt take long to get out of prison
Youve probably noticed how criminals get their names in the papers over and over again.
Its Biscuit time in Helena
The Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival in downtown Helena formerly the King Biscuit Blues Festival, although its still the Biscuit for most fans and its still free will kick off next Thursday with several strong acts and will continue through next Saturday with plenty more good music, and theres still lots more across the river the following afternoon in downtown Clarksdale, Miss.
Classmates meet, recall friendship
Ernest Green, perhaps the best known of the Little Rock Nine, was walking up a couple of flights of stairs at Central High School after Tuesdays ceremony marking the integration of Central 50 years ago this week.
No troops when you need them
Most people in Little Rock resented the arrival of the 101st Airborne Division to ensure the integration of Central High School 50 years ago many of those troops were flown into Little Rock Air Force Base but almost exactly the year before, I would have welcomed the 101st into my native Hungary.
All voices need to be heard now
No one at the Little Rock School District or at Central High School will tell us if the city will honor white students and their teachers who stood up to the bigots outside Central High School when Gov. Faubus tried to keep nine black kids out of their neighborhood school 50 years ago this month.
Recognizing others who were there
Gene Bowman of Jacksonville is one of about 4,500 people whove received invitations to a ceremony Sept. 25 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the integration crisis at Central High School in Little Rock.
Pizzeria closes after move and owners surgery
The state Highway Department is completing work on an on-ramp at Hwy. 67/167 in north Jacksonville, where the Pizza Company did pretty decent business for more than a decade.
Sad news hits us hard this August
A death in the family and deaths of friends have made us think about mortality.
My father: A witness to 20th Century
When my father passed away at the age of 85 late in the afternoon on Aug. 5, one of the doctors at the emergency room at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami called my brother Steve with the terrible news.
Is Villines trying to hide more disgrace?
Its hard to figure out why Pulaski County Judge Buddy Villines has opposed the release of emails written by a disgraced former employee unless Villines thinks they will make his office look bad and raise questions about what his workers are doing when theyre on the clock.
Americans who make a difference
While we visited the other day with Brig. Gen. (Select) Rowayne Schatz, the commander at Little Rock Air Force Base, and later with members of a local church, they reluctantly mentioned some extraordinary things theyve done one in the line of duty, the others going overseas with a church group.
Local TV closes in on killing
When it comes to local TV news, they say if it bleeds, it leads.
Kids, dope dont mix with driver
Hes been driving a bus for the Pulaski County Special School District for 22 years, and this summer he drives a van for special-education students who attend a summer program at the Jacksonville Middle School for Boys.
Stax marks 50 years of great music
If you remember Isaac Hayes' "Theme from Shaft," the Staples Singers' "Respect Yourself," Eddy Floyd's "Knock on Wood," Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay," Booker T. and the MGs' "Green Onions" and the Mar-Keys' "Last Night," you would have enjoyed a concert last month in Memphis commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stax record label.
Air strategy saving lives
Brig. Gen. (Select) Rowayne Schatz is in his office at the headquarters of the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, where hes the commander, and he reaches for a dagger hed brought back from Qatar a couple of years ago, when he was in charge of running airlifts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Payday series wins award in competition
(The Arkansas Press Association awarded The Leader first place in the Better Newspaper Contest for our in-depth reporting on payday lenders. This column from March 22, 2006 was part of that series.)
A populist state like Arkansas, which once had the lowest usury rate in the nation 10 percent was the interest limit until 1982 now allows payday lenders to charge outrageous interest rates often several hundred percent interest.
Next move may be up to federal prosecutor
When the FBI completes its public-corruption probe into former Cabot Mayor Stubby Stumbaughs administration, interim U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin in Little Rock could be the one who decides whether to file charges against Stumbaugh and his cronies.
How city wiped out vets investment
A veteran of Vietnam, Iraq and the former Yugoslavia, Jim Eggert bought two commercial buildings in Jacksonville, but the closing of the Graham Road rail crossing killed business. He's put his property up for sale, but he'll have to take a huge loss.
Famed photographer had roots in area
If you turn off Hwy. 5 at Cabot near the freeway and drive down Cleland Road for less than a mile, youll come to Mt. Pleasant Road.
U.S. prosecutor demoted over bullying e-mail
Witness in Campbell trial used his government computer and official title to try to intimidate newspaper with threat of a $50 million libel suit and takeover of The Leader.
Why didnt feds take this case?
You may have wondered while you were following the corruption trial of Jay and Kelly Campbell in Lonoke County why the U.S. attorneys office in Little Rock didnt prosecute the couple, along with two shady bail bondsmen, who will be tried later.
Politics at local level rough, just ask mayor
All politics is local.
Thomas Tip ONeill,
longtime Speaker of the House
The political pros know that voters are more passionate about local issues than about national politics, even in time of war. [FULL TEXT]
You cannot judge a book by its cover
The cover of Elizabeth Jacoways book on the Central High School integration crisis reproduces one of the most famous photos of the civil rights era. [FULL TEXT]
March 1 , 2008
First Arkansas Bank and Trust vice president John Hardwick (right) roasts bank president Larry Wilson (middle) while his son Patrick enjoys a laugh Thursday at the Jacksonville Senior Center's annual fundraising roast.
Petition drive falls short
IN SHORT: Group still has time to get signatures to take North Hills issue to a vote. [FULL TEXT]
Inmates to build jail, JPs decide
IN SHORT: Quorum court decides funds would come from a one-year, one-cent sales tax that voters would have to approve for facility.[FULLTEXT]
Low-cost program provides loans for airmen
IN SHORT: Starting Monday, Air Force Aid Society will begin making small, interest-free loans on base.[FULL TEXT]
Baptist Health opens inside Ward City Hall
IN SHORT: Residents can visit the free Wellness Center on the second Tuesday of each month. [FULL TEXT]
Prosecutor's husband promoted in Iraq
IN SHORT: Lona McCastlain proudly tells Rotary of her spouse's move up to colonel in war zone. [FULL TEXT]
Officials find funds missing in Beebe audit
IN SHORT: State identifies $5,000 missing from police funds; Jacksonville, Sherwood pass. [FULL TEXT]
LaQunton Miles skies for two of his team-high 14 points during Jacksonville's win over Texarkana in the quarterfinals of the state tournament on Thursday.
Devils in a rout
IN SHORT: Jacksonville used its board dominance, balanced scoring in easy first-round win over Texarkana at state tournament.[FULLTEXT]
Jackrabbits head into semifinals
IN SHORT: Bradley Spencer led the Lonoke boys past McGehee. [FULL TEXT]
Lonoke girls extend year with OT win
IN SHORT: Scribner scored 16 points as the Lady Jackrabbits held on to advance to today's semifinals. [FULLTEXT]
Cabot girls fall flat in quarterfinals
IN SHORT: Lady Panthers went cold after torrid shooting game against Bentonville.[FULLTEXT]
Owls post first-ever state win by beating West Fork
IN SHORT: Abundant Life went inside to advance to the quarterfinals of tournament. [FULLTEXT]


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Zika Virus may have spread through major sporting events, ABC News has reported. Studies have pointed to the World Cup in 2014. The experts have still not been able to zero in on the person who spread the virus, but a study published in June 2015 suggests that the virus may have come to Brazil when thousands of fans came together.
"One plausible hypothesis is the arrival of the new emergent virus during the soccer World Cup in 2014," said the authors of the June 2015 study that closely studied the genetic sequence of the Zika virus.
There is another study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal that points the finger at the Va'a World Sprint Championship. The championship is a canoe race, and there are four participating teams from the French Polynesia who could be the possible carriers.
No local #Zika transmission in continental US. See current travel notices: https://t.co/3NkdR79L6y for latest info. pic.twitter.com/2GanlDyRll
— CDC (@CDCgov) January 27, 2016
The Zika virus outbreak has caused a global health concern because of the upcoming Olympics in Brazil, where several people from all over the globe are likely to come together. This would facilitate the spreading of the virus. However, NPR has reported that without further adieu, a study for a virus vaccine will begin very soon. But, it has been said that it would be years before a vaccine is found. The experts have also said that it seems unlikely that the United States would be affected much.
.@WHO convenes emergency meeting to address spread of #Zika virus https://t.co/onUVTQ0UVE pic.twitter.com/MoqPBok7qY
— United Nations (@UN) January 28, 2016
The symptoms of the Zika virus resemble that of flu, the CDC said. The carrier can get joint pain, red eyes, fever, and a rash. Pregnant women infected with the virus can experience complications with the unborn baby. The virus has been linked to babies born with small heads because of a condition called microcephaly. The CDC has now made it compulsory for all states in the U.S. to report any travelers who carry the virus into the country, says Dr. Anne Schuchat, the agency's principal deputy director, reported NPR.
What you need to know about #ZikaVirus as @WHO predicts up to 4 million cases https://t.co/dPWU5ZIGJs pic.twitter.com/K4g2EjrV89
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 28, 2016
The CDC says that this is not the first time Zika virus outbreaks have happened. Prior to 2015, Zika virus outbreaks have occurred in Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, and Africa. In May 2015, the Pan American Health Organization issued an alert about the first Zika virus infections in Brazil. The CDC says it's still very hard to determine how the virus is going to spread over time.
The good news for U.S. residents is that no local Zika cases have been reported so far, and it seems unlikely that it would spread far and wide. The reason is that in cases of two similar viruses like chikungunya and dengue, the spread of the virus has been very limited. So far, 31 cases virus being brought back to the mainland have been reported. The reports have come from 11 states and the District of Columbia. However, none of the carriers have been known to spread the virus.
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There have been cases that are being reported in returning travelers. There have also been cases of Zika virus reported in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The CDC has said that with the Zika outbreaks increasing, the cases of the virus among those returning to the United States will be on the rise.
"There's still a lot we don't know, so we have to be very careful about making any absolute predictions," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
In a briefing for reporters, he added that "we still feel it's unlikely… we'll see wide-scale outbreaks," NPR reports.
It has been reported that the NIH and CDC have been working together to develop better tests for the Zika virus. The NIH has also issued a notice calling for researchers who can help understand the virus better.
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DC Comics wasn't the first digest comic publisher by any means--Harvey Comics had published them as far back as the 1950s. And their first effort was as random and practically anonymous as it was for their treasuries--a single issue based on a non-DC-Universe property. For the treasuries, it was Rudolph, and for the digests, it was Tarzan (bottom of page). DC put out Tarzan Digest #1, reprinting some of the best of the Joe Kubert Tarzan comics(and over a whopping 150 pages!). But they wouldn't publish another one for another seven years.
Then, in late 1979, as the treasury format was winding down, DC jumped into the digest format hip-deep. They created two titles, Best of DC Blue Ribbon Digest, and a year later DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest. Like the treasuries, they consisted almost entirely of theme-centric reprints. Once in a while, they would burn off some inventory material in them (like in Best of DC #4 with its all-new Rudolph material (originally scheduled to be a treasury!), and Best of DC #41 featuring all-new Sugar and Spike stories. In most cases, the "all-new" material was inventory, not new work created especially for the digests.
By the time DC was doing digests, Superman and to a lesser extent Batman were the name(s) of the game in comics--in the first 20 Best Ofs alone, Superman was the star of ten of them, and at least appeared in four more! Supes for the most part would continue to dominate the digests, as this was the time of the first two Superman films. With the DC Special book, they were a bit more adventuresome, devoting issues to such lesser-known titles and characters like Justice Society, Sgt.Rock, Ghosts, The Warlord, the Haunted Tank, and Dark Mansions of Forbidden Love(!). Interestingly, the only character seemingly popular enough to get his own digest was...Jonah Hex?? Yep, Jonah got three issues of his own digest, called Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales. It debuted the same month as Best of DC #1, and featured beautiful painted covers (see bottom of page).
DC also devoted some issues of their seemingly all-purpose title DC Special Series to be digests (they also published a treasury or two under this banner)--Sgt.Rock, Secret Origins, World's Finest, and Flash and His Friends (sounds like a Saturday morning show). Why DC felt the need to do these separately is anyone's guess. The digest format must have seemed pretty viable for a while, since when DC brought back their (at the time) longest-running book, Adventure Comics, it came back as a digest! While it did feature some all-new material, it was mostly reprints. But to DC's credit it was some their finest material--like the Skeates/Aparo Aquaman, a 2-part Alex Toth (!) Black Canary story, some Neal Adams' Spectre issues, and some other fun stuff. Unfortunately, this new version of Adventure must not have sold so well, since after only 12 issues, Adventure was cancelled, never to return.
Best of DC Digest lasted by far the longest, lasting all the way into 1986. They did frequent "Best of the Year" issues, which by the mid-80s were almost always half-filled with Alan Moore stories. Steve Bissette and John Totleben's ultra-detailed art on Swamp Thing was especially poor-suited to being shrunk to such a small size (and sometimes DC made it even worse with their glitch-filled "Flexographic" printing process--yeesh!), and as comic art got generally more detailed to reflect better printing techniques, the digest format seemed a little outdated. After one last "Best of " issue, DC ended their run of digest comics with #71. Not to overthink it too much, but consider the cover subject of the final issue--Ambush Bug. What better character to represent the kind of tonal change comics was going through at the time? Young comics fans were almost all gone, and the ones that were left (like me), thought themselves more sophisticated readers, and wouldn't be satisfied with thirty-year-old reprints anymore.
Digests have sort of made a return to DC in the last year or two with their reprinting of several of their Cartoon Network titles, like Justice League, Scooby-Doo, and Superman Adventures. While I find DC's way of marketing these books...peculiar, to say the least, I'm glad to see them back. Since the CN books generally use cleaner, less detailed art, and with the better paper and even better printing, they are ideal for the digest size (even if they are a tad bigger in dimensions than the "classic" digests). DC keeps putting out more, so I assume they sell fairly well--I'd love to see a full comeback, with maybe DC reprinting some more of the metric tons of classic material in the vaults in the digest format...


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Best 5 Potato Salad Recipesby Maria Russo in Recipes, April 22nd, 2014
While potato salad may be a staple come summertime cookouts, it's also a go-to way to round out any main dish — no matter what time of year you're cooking. Think of potato salad as you do grilled chicken or a pizza: It's a blank canvas that can be customized to your family's tastes or whatever ingredients you happen to have on hand. Plus, because every potato salad starts with — of course — the humble spud, most recipes are economical and can be stretched when you're cooking for a large group. Check out Food Network's top-five potato salads below to find classic and creative renditions from some of your favorite chefs: Melissa, Ree, Ina, Bobby and Alton.
5. Grilled Potato Salad — It's not too early to roll out your barbecue and start grilling, especially when Melissa's quick-fix potato salad is on the menu. After grilling both red and sweet potatoes, she tosses the spuds in a bold, indulgent dressing made with bacon renderings.
4. Perfect Potato Salad — Sweet pickles and pickle juice add a tart bite to Ree's mashed potato salad, studded with hard-boiled eggs and laced with fresh dill.
3. New Potato Salad — For a mix of taste and texture, Ina opts for both Dijon and whole-grain mustard in her buttermilk-mayonnaise-topped potato salad, which she recommends chilling before serving, so the flavors have a chance to marry.
2. German Potato Salad — In a classic showing of German potato salad, Bobby replaces mayonnaise with cider vinegar in his dressing, and he rounds out the dish with sauteed onions, mustard seeds and bacon fat. Click the play button on the video below to watch him make it.
1. Cold-Fashioned Potato Salad — Alton's tried-and-true salad (pictured above) comes together every time on account of his two-step process. He slices cooked and skinned potatoes one day, lets them chill overnight, then dresses them the next day with a traditional mixture of cornichons, celery, fresh herbs and mayonnaise.


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Fairfield Inn & Suites By Marriott Portsmouth Exeter
Fairfield Inn & Suites By Marriott Portsmouth Exeter
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.9/10
138 Portsmouth Avenue
Exeter, NH 03833
Welcome to the Fairfield Inn & Suites By Marriott Portsmouth Exeter
Free breakfast, complimentary Wi-Fi and a location near the attractions in town make the non-smoking Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Portsmouth Exeter a great home base.
Hotel Features
All 71 rooms at this three-story non-smoking property offer free Wi-Fi, flat-panel cable TVs, mini-fridges, coffeemakers, iPod docks and free local calls. Help yourself to a free continental breakfast each morning before you hit the hotel gym. In your down time, make a splash in the indoor pool. A business center and guest laundry offer added convenience and parking is free.
Hotel Location
Located on Portsmouth Avenue (Route 108), the Fairfield Inn is one mile from the Exeter Country Club. You're also one mile from Philips Exeter Academy and the American Independence Museum. Try out your lead foot at the New England Dragway 10 minutes west or visit the University of New Hampshire, 20 minutes north. Drive 15 minutes to spend the day on Hampton Beach and 25 minutes to visit Prescott Park in Portsmouth. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is 35 miles west and Logan International Airport is 50 miles south.
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"A modern hotel with a colorful and attractive design," this Fairfield Inn offers "top-notch staff" and a "good location" in town, say Priceline guests.
Fairfield Inn & Suites By Marriott Portsmouth Exeter Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- Accessible facilities
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- Air conditioning
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- Alarm clock
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To have been annoyed with the cyclists(233 Posts)
On the way back from visiting a friend yesterday I was behind two cyclists in the proper Lycra gear riding two abreast.
The roads were single carriage way roads through villages with on comjng traffic, corners, parked cars etc. I was not confident to overtake but the cyclists didn't move over for a good ten mins ( where the road widened out a bit anyway).
There was a LONG queue of traffic behind me and I was getting a bit stressed, even though of turning into a side road so I wasn't first. I am not an aggressive driver but wondering if I should have beeped them. They turned round a few times so certainly knew I was there.
Just as the road widened the man behind shouted loudly at them and gestured as he passed.
AIBU to have been really annoyed with the riders (the words arrogant tossers were going through my mind) as they should have pulled over IMO, should I have been more forthright with my driving? Or perhaps I should not have been annoyed and was in fact an arrogant tosser of a car driver!
I don't cycle (much) but I do ride horses on the road, and sometimes ride two abreast for similar reasons (Safety, easier to see etc.) as well as to help shelter younger/more nervous horses. People will often overtake dangerously close or where it is not safe to do so and I'm sure they do this to cyclists as well.
However I would try to avoid having cars trapped behind us for that long, and where we ride we pull over in one of the many suitable gateways if the road is too narrow to overtake on safely, and I would hope there would have been somewhere the cyclists could have pulled in, but if there wasn't there wasn't.
Equally, I understand the OP's feelings of being under pressure from motorists behind them.
Perhaps the cyclists should reassess how safe it is for them to ride on a stretch of road where is is unsafe for them to be overtaken and there are no safe passing places for long stretches as it will antagonise traffic, and it only takes one idiot to cause a serious accident.
This is my pet hate. Riding in packs, or two or three abreast. No consideration on the roads around here. I refer to them as middle aged men in Lycra. As they generally are!
Yeah, so much easier to take down a lone cyclist than to have split one off from the pack.
AThingInYourLife funny! :-)
I remember being a waitress in a bar and a man demanding to know where his food was as he had ordered 30 minutes ago and his food still wasn't on the table.
Given that we only opened for service at 7pm and this was at 10 past 7 how the hell could he have been waiting half an hour for food he hadn't ordered but 5 minutes before?
People do not judge time well when they are waiting
They were probably riding 2 abreast deliberately to avoid people chancing it and overtaking a single bike. Sadly drivers pass far too close, especially on 'fast' roads. The guy behind you was in the wrong.
We had a very unfortunate incident near us where a woman was killed by a driver. It turns out he actually killed another cyclist years ago and even though he has done it before he wasn't banned from driving permanently. The number of idiot drivers around is terrifying. There's no way I would cycle on roads, it's just too dangerous.
I had an incident where I was riding along with my son, no more than a couple of hundred yards along the road, the car behind me was patiently waiting, but the one behind that was beeping his horn continuously. This was very distracting, and we nearly got hit by a car when we turned right just up the road in the confusion.
As a cyclist I always try to let drivers pass me as soon as I can. If the road is very narrow, I will pull over for a moment to give them room. I am not trying to win the Tour de France.
As a driver, I let impatient drivers pass when necessary.
As a driver, I never squeeze past cyclists or beep at them, but I think they should make a small effort to let me pass.
It isn't much fun being followed by annoyed drivers.
motorists who unlike them pay road tax and insurance
motorist don't pay car tax - it was abolished in 1937
roads are paid for through council tax paid to your local authority, so if you don't pay council tax you are not contributing
motorways are different - but guess what cyclists don't get to ride on motorways thank goodness
motorists pay vehicle emissions tax and this is gauged on how much pollution they make with their engine makes - since cycles don't polite they don't have to pay , some cars have very low emissions and also don't pay or pay a very small amount.
A lot of cyclists have insurance, they join the ctc and get insurance for the whole family as it assists them with all sorts of issue they may face and gives them liability insurance.
Three cyclists were killed on the roads in my city last weekend, including the partner of one of my colleagues.
Anything cyclists do to keep themselves safe is a good thing, as they are so vulnerable.
Ah, another cyclists thread..!
All the points I would have wheeled out have been done so already, and more eloquently by others, so I won't repeat
But I will say the typical cruising speed for yer average fairly keen cyclist on a flat-ish road will be north of 20mph, so if you were stuck behind them for 10 minutes (which like others, I think is a huge exaggeration), it would have added wow, literally minutes to your journey time.
So if a cyclist has the weigh up the difference between making someone a few minutes late but staying safe by riding 2 abreast, vs having cars barge past, I know what I would do.
Oh for the love of god. Some people are cunts. Some cyclists are, some motorists are, some men are, some women are, some young people are, some old people are.
It makes no ruddy difference
I am another person who used to ride close into the kerb when I was out on my bike, but I realised that the closer in I was, the more motorists pushed their luck overtaking me - not very pleasant having a bus pass within a foot of your ankle! I am not able to ride much now because of health issues, but I would certainly be riding further in towards the middle of the road if I was.
"AIBU to have been really annoyed with the riders (the words arrogant tossers were going through my mind) as they should have pulled over IMO, should I have been more forthright with my driving?"
By the time a large queue of cars had built up they should have given way, that's what tractor drivers etc do. By then they are taking the piss and all bets are off.
I find sitting on the car horn right behind these sorts of people tends to sort things out fairly quickly.
LazyJaney - tut tut!
This morning, a cyclist pulled over just before the road went very narrow and very steep and let the four or five cars following him past. Very sensible.
That's rubbish Lazy. Tractor drivers don't just stop dead in the middle of the road and let other users in - they pull over when it's safe to do so. Which is exactly what these cyclists did - they pulled into single file when the road widened.
Sparkling I totally agree, that's what I would do. However, that does pre-suppose the cyclist knew the route, so knew to pull in at that point. But yes, it's polite to do that.
I don't rank politeness over safety though!
Oh yes, he pulled out of a drive just up from the narrow bit. He was thinking of his own safety and ours, I gave him a wave. It's a horrible bit of road whatever means of transport you have.
Coming that way back though it's common to get stuck behind a very red faced sweaty cyclist going very slowly up the really steep hill. There is no option but to stay behind at a safe distance.
i think if you dont know your highway code to know that cyclists and horseriders can ride 2 abreast where necessary you shouldnt be driving. also if you arent confident enough to drive at a safe speed regardless of what people behind you are doing, you shouldnt be on the road
"That's rubbish Lazy. Tractor drivers don't just stop dead in the middle of the road and let other users in - they pull over when it's safe to do so. Which is exactly what these cyclists did - they pulled into single file when the road widened"
I very much doubt the only safe passing point could only be found after 10 minutes cycling, what with the road going through villages and past fields etc (OP?) The polite thing to do would be to pull over much earlier.
"Why do you think they should have pulled over? Would you have expected another car to pull over?"
The highway codes states that slow movging vehicles should pull over to allow faster vehicles to pass them.
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It's quite hard to understand this without knowing the road. I would generally ride single file with mates on roads where there's room for overtaking. On really narrow roads overtaking can be difficult (or dangerous, depending on the patience of the driver).
As suggested, sometimes some cyclists will own the road if they have cause to believe they are safer doing so. There are sections on my commute, mainly pinch points, where experience tells me that if I'm not in the middle of the road I'll be put in serious danger.
OP, I think you did the right thing in not beeping anyway, even if they were being slightly selfish. Nothing is achieved by being agressive in these situations. Personally I would be moving over and letting a queue of cars past, as it's my nature. Boney, that is a rule I've not seen many road users follow, regardless of their mode of transport.
Honking your horn is totally unnecessary and a stupid thing to do.
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Obito: I dont think so... (Making hand seals) Katon Blazing Fire Blast Jutsu!!!
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Madara: So it seems the Kyuubi is in my hands now..
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Madara: You all contain the Kyuubi while im busy fighting with the 8 tailed and the other
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Jiraiya: (Smiles)
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Madara: What just happened??
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Madara: (Making handseals) reversed summoning jutsu.... (Gedo Mazo gone)
Madara: What the hell happened???
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(Scene shows Killer bee, Gai, Kakashi, Obito, Madara looking on the sky as the sky lights up)
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Choji: My eyes!...
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Upgrading from Windows 8.1 Preview
If you happened to have installed Windows 8.1 Preview, then you won't find Windows 8.1 in the Store. However, it's really simple to install. Just open your browser and type in the following into your address bar:
This will load up the Windows Store app and automatically bring you to the Windows 8.1 download page. It's worth noting that all of the third-party apps you installed will be deleted, so you'll have to resinstall all of them. You can easily install them all back by going to the Windows Store, right-clicking and choosing Your Apps.
Then just click Select all at the very bottom and click Install. This will install all of your apps in one go. It's a pretty nice feature when using a Windows Live account to log into Windows 8.
So that's what you need to do if you're running Windows 8.1 Preview and need to update to the final version. Feel free to try the browser trick even if you are not running Windows 8.1 Preview.
Install Latest Windows Updates
Before you can install Windows 8.1, your system needs to have certain updates already installed. So you should go ahead and run Windows Update and make sure there are no new updates to install.
If, for some reason, you can't install updates automatically, then you can manually install the following update: KB 2871389. You can download the update directly from here:
This update will prepare a Windows 8 or Windows 8 RT computer for the update to Windows 8.1 or Windows 8.1 RT. Just make sure you restart your computer before trying to find the update in the Store.
Check Windows 8 Version
Depending on your version, you may not able to install Windows 8.1 from the Windows Store. Here are the different scenarios:
1. Windows 8 Enterprise cannot be updated through the Windows Store. You'll most likely have to contact a systems administrator and ask them to push out the update or manually install it using some sort of media.
2. Windows 8 Volume License version also cannot be updated via the Store. Again, this version is usually bought by large organizations, so it would have to be rolled out by a system administrator. You can quickly check whether you have a retail version or volume version by opening the Run dialog box (Windows key + R) and then typing in slmgr.vbs /dli. You should get a little pop up box like this:
As you can see, mine says retail. If yours saying anything like Volume channel, then you won't be able to update through the Store.
3. Lastly, if you downloaded a Windows 8 ISO from MSDN or Technet, you might not be able to download Windows 8.1 from the Store. You may have to download the Windows 8.1 ISO and install it again. However, I installed Windows 8 from Technet, then installed Windows 8.1 Preview and was still able to upgrade to Windows 8.1 using the link I mentioned above in the first section.
Reset Windows Store
If all else fails and you feel you should be able to download Windows 8.1 from the Windows Store, then you can reset the Windows Store app. In order to do that, you open a Run dialog like mentioned above (Windows key + R) and then type in wsreset.exe. Open the Windows Store again and hopefully it'll show up on the home screen.
If you're still having trouble installing Windows 8.1, post a comment with detailed info and we'll try to help. Enjoy!


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Many engineering and architectural students learn nothing about the use of precast/prestressed concrete bridge design in their undergraduate studies. The University of Nebraska's Maher Tadros, a member of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)'s Student Education Committee, is trying to change that. Tadros notes that students who graduate without any knowledge about precast/prestressed concrete are likely to ignore it in their future work. Many professors say they can't squeeze a study of precast concrete into their courses. To that end, Dr. Fattah Shaikh, a professor of structural engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, is developing teaching modules on design of prestressed members. The chairman of PCI's Student Education Committee, Charles E. "Budd" Hilgeman, says 69 of about 200 U. S. schools of civil engineering include precast/prestressed studies in their undergraduate curricula. "We are a long way from reaching our goal, which is making sure all civil engineering students know about precast/prestressed concrete before they graduate," says Hilgeman, president of Concrete Technology Inc., Springboro, Ohio. The committee operates with an annual budget covering the cost of handbooks for 2,000 engineering students and 1,000 architectural students, student design awards and distinguished educator awards, among other things. PCI also provides three $10,000 Daniel P. Jenny Fellowships. Jenny, now retired, was PCI's technical director for many years. Lynn Geren, a recipient of a $10,000 PCI research fellowship, used the funds and Tadros' guidance for a research project for her master's thesis at the University of Nebraska and designed the standard in continuous-span bridge girders. When Geren started her work, precast/prestressed members for interstate bridge overpasses typically spanned 60 to 80 feet and required three supporting piers to cross the divided highway. The Federal Highway Administration "wanted to eliminate the shoulder piers because vehicles were running into them," says Geren. "Longer girders, 120 to 160 feet long, would reduce the number of spans from four to two and the piers from three to just one in the center." Geren's new girder can span much farther than previous precast girders. KEYWORDS: education, PCI
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A 16-YEAR-OLD male is waiting to discover his fate after admitting having sex with a 14-year-old girl in Peel Hall Park.
The defendant, who lives in Warrington, was 15 at the time of the incident.
At Halton Magistrates Court on Friday, he admitted taking the girl into a 'secluded' area of the park, after telling her he was going to have sex with her.
The court heard they knew each other and the defendant did not 'reasonably believe' she was 16.
He pleaded guilty to engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15, with the incident happening on May 27, last year.
The defendant cannot be named for legal reasons.
District Judge Wendy Lloyd said he 'knew what he wanted'.
She said: "The crown have nailed their case to the mast, to say (he) isn't a sexual predator, but guilty of sexual naivety.
"It very much seems to me he knew what he wanted and how to carry it out.
"Perhaps that needs to be looked at specifically."
Oliver King, prosecuting, said the victim and defendant are 'two young, immature people'.
"(They) were on their bikes together," he said.
"They were going to meet a mutual friend.
"According to (the victim), they didn't know each other very well.
"They walked into Peel Hall Park.
"She says the defendant initiated contact."
The court heard the defendant made no comment during two police interviews.
Mrs Lloyd criticised him for 'a terrible waste of public money' in delaying a guilty plea.
Six forensic reports were required, before he admitted the offence.
It caused the investigation to run up 'massive costs' of 'several thousands of pounds', the court heard.
Mrs Lloyd added: "I'm speculating how much public money has been wasted.
"This could have been dealt with months ago if the defendant had admitted what happened."
The hearing was adjourned for the Probation Service to carry out a pre-sentence report.
The defendant will be sentenced at Halton Youth Court on August 1.


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Breakfast television is a snakepit, to be sure. And despite Nine brekky host Karl Stefanovic's now-renewed contract being the epicentre of recent chin-wagging, it's now co-star Lisa Wilkinson's which is speculative ground zero. Her contract expires early in the new year (as does Today's Ben Fordham's) and with outgoing Sunday Telegraph editor Neil Breen taking the helm at Today, it's fair to say Mrs Peter FitzSimons' contract (now worth around $850,000 a year) is fair game.
Stefanovic re-signed this month on a north-of-$1 million package and matching it for Wilkinson would cost Nine up to $400,000 a year more, hardly thrilling news for hedge fund owners Apollo and Oaktree. And unlike the indivisible Sunrise duo, Mel and Kochie, Karl remains the stand-alone and separable star of Nine's breakfast show.
Wilkinson's manager, John Fordham, has sounded out Seven for an offer. Senior Nine sources suggest Wilkinson's re-signing is touch and go, with her deputy Georgie Gardner a far more cost-effective (and based on research – popular) option. Australian Women's Weekly editor-in-chief Helen McCabe is also being floated.
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I had a lifestle lift 4 days ago.My face is as swollen as watermelon. Is this normal? Could it be an adverse reaction to a medication ? How can I reduce the swelling?
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Extreme swelling after lifestyle lift could be blood accumulation
Swelling is normal afer facelifts but watermelon size is a red light. See your doctor at lifestyle lift. He wil evaluate if this needs aspiration or is normalpostoperative swelling
Swelling after a lifestyle lift 4 days later
This can be normal. But watermelon size seems extreme. I would definitely consult with your physician at lifestyle and see if there is anything that could be done. Oral steroids, pressure dressings, taping in a judicious way are all options. You might also have a fluid collection that could be improved with aspiration, etc.
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One of the wonderful things about the holidays is having family and friends at your house.
Here's something almost equally wonderful: finding an entertaining way to lure everyone out of the house for a while.
Two words: day trip.
Taking your guests on a drive around parts of scenic Southeastern Arizona gives everyone a change of pace - and lets you show off some of our home-turf sights.
Today, to help you plan such a houseguest hiatus, we describe a suggested loop trip. Stops along the way include a big-vista trailhead, back-road bookshop, tranquil monastery, ghost town, rustic winery, hiking trails, a historic ranch and more.
Open the gifts. Serve up a feast. And then, perhaps later in the week, collect the clan and hit the road.
Plan on a reasonably early start and a full day of travel and sightseeing if you want to visit all the sites on the suggested loop.
It's about 170 miles of driving - a bit more or less depending on where you start in Tucson. Skip some of the stops if you prefer to make a shorter day of it.
Let's get moving then.
Get on Interstate 10 and head east out of Tucson and keep an eye out for Exit 281. This is the exit for Arizona 83, but instead of heading south on that highway after you exit, cross north over I-10 and get on Marsh Station Road.
Follow the road about three miles and watch for the Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead on the right.
The site is dedicated to Zimmerman, who was an aide to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Zimmerman, 30, was killed along with five others on Jan. 8, 2011, in a mass shooting that wounded Giffords and 12 other people.
The trailhead, with a large image of Zimmerman and information about his life, also provides beautiful views of the surrounding area, access to the cross-state Arizona Trail, and a vantage point for watching trains cross the Rincon Valley.
After a stop at the trailhead and maybe a short walk on the Arizona Trail, continue on Marsh Station Road, which connects again with I-10 at Exit 289.
Travelers who didn't fuel up with breakfast before leaving home might take exit 303 in Benson and watch for a restaurant. One option is Reb's Cafe - on the left soon after entering Benson.
Waitress Lin Eliasen says a popular item on the breakfast menu is Number 38: two eggs, potatoes, choice of meat and toast for $5.29.
"The food is good," says Eliasen in what might be a predictable verbal review. "I'd rather eat here than anywhere else in town."
Just outside Benson, down a dusty dirt road, is a small book shop so well stocked with books about the Southwest and other topics that readers from far and wide seek it out.
It's called the Singing Wind Bookshop. Owner Winn Bundy guides customers among stacks with "thousands and thousands" of titles.
To get to the shop from Interstate Exit 304 in Benson, drive north on Ocotillo Road about 2.5 miles to a right turnoff for Singing Wind Road. Follow the narrow dirt road about a half-mile to the shop on the left. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week.
The peaceful grounds of the Holy Trinity Monastery provide a potential restful stop along the loop trip.
From Benson, drive southeast on Arizona 80 past the hamlet of St. David and watch for the monastery entrance on the right between mileposts 302 and 303.
An Olivetan Benedictine monastery founded in 1974, it's open to the public daily and has a chapel, meditation garden, bird sanctuary, bookstore and gift shop.
Two visitors, Julia Hand and Mark Turbes, stopped by the monastery one day this month to make plans for a special occasion there: their wedding.
The deserted town site of Fairbank - a booming railroad hub for miners, materials and ore in the 1880s- is right on the way as the loop drive continues.
From the monastery, drive southeast on Arizona 80 to Arizona 82. Turn right (west) on Arizona 82 and follow it about six miles to the well-marked Fairbank site.
Managed as part of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Fairbank is open to the public for free self-guided tours.
Old structures, including a mercantile building, lie along the silent main street. A restored schoolhouse gives a look at classroom life in the 1920s.
Hiking trails along the San Pedro River begin near the town site.
The vineyards of Southeastern Arizona are fallow for the winter, but some of the area's wineries are open for wine talk and tastings.
Drive west from Fairbank on Arizona 82, pass a junction with Arizona 90 and continue west 11 miles to a signed left turnoff for Elgin.
Drive south about five miles to the settlement of Elgin, which is the site of The Village of Elgin Winery.
It's one of several wineries in the Elgin-Sonoita area, and it offers tasting daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
"We think our wines speak for themselves. Try them," says Jim Reed, the tasting room manager.
Tastings at The Village of Elgin Winery cost $5 or $8 for six samples, depending on whether you buy a wine glass, Reed says.
Other well-known wineries in the area include Callaghan Vineyards and Sonoita Vineyards.
Continue west on Elgin Road or parallel roads to Arizona 83, which leads northwest to Sonoita.
Among several unusual shopping possibilities in Sonoita is Skye Island Olive and Grapes.
Owner Linda Carroll says the shop, on the north side of Arizona 82 in Sonoita, specializes in olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
"I carry 30 different varieties between olive oils, balsamics and marinades," Carroll says.
Drive north from Sonoita on Arizona 83 and watch for a right turnoff for the Empire Ranch between mileposts 39 and 40.
The ranch dates from the 1870s and is still leased for cattle grazing.
The historic ranch house, part of Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, is about three miles from the highway on an unpaved but well-maintained dirt road.
The no-longer-occupied 22-room building, nearby corrals and a short hiking trail are open to the public free of charge.
Follow Arizona 83 north to connect with I-10 and return to Tucson.
On StarNet: View more photos of this promising day trip at azstarnet.com/gallery
Contact reporter Doug Kreutz at email@example.com or at 573-4192. On Twitter: @DouglasKreutz


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