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|18 Jul 2000
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|22 Apr 1998
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|22 Apr 1998
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|William B. Exline
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|William Exline, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (33), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (17), Classifications (27), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a booklet for recording information, such as bank transactions, appointments, schedules, tasks or the like, that also is designed to hold and protect identification and/or smart cards. Smart cards are any cards, like a credit or debit card, with embedded information storage capability, such as with a magnetic strip or microchip or the like. The booklet has a pocket formed by heat sealing a sheet to an inner surface of a cover panel that is made of treated paper substrate. The sheet and treatment materials must be compatible for heat sealing, for example, a vinyl sheet sealed to a vinyl treated paper substrate.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
Various booklets or folders having card pockets and a place to record information or transactions are currently in use.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,143,405 (Daneshvar) discloses a booklet for collecting and presenting personal medical information. Although the booklets include pockets formed in the covers of the booklets, the disclosure provides that the pockets may be used to hold additional papers containing medical information. Thus, there is no indicated use of the pockets for securely holding and protecting identification and credit cards.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,621,729 (Jackson) discloses a patient medical information and education sheathe. Although a pocket is provided which serves to hold a plurality of cards or the like, the user must open a plurality of panels of the sheathe to retrieve a card from the pocket.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,767,756 (Niles) discloses a foldable unit plastic card holder designed to hold a number of cards. However, the card holder does not include any pages on which to record transactions or maintain record-keeping.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,360,027 (Price) discloses a ticket and money holder provided with openings with arcuate lower edges through which tickets and the like may be inserted into and removed from the holder. The holder includes an outer sheet that is stitched to a filler.
One booklet, developed by the inventors of the present invention, uses a resin emulsion adhesive applied to the entire inner surface of standard paper cover in forming the pocket. (See, U.S. Pat. No. 5,595,401 to Exline et al. and co-pending continuation-in-part U.S. application Ser. No. 08/783,813, filed Jan. 16, 1997, the disclosures of each are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.) A pocket is formed by first completely adhering a first leaf (smaller in size than the cover) to the cover to leave an L-shaped adhesive strip exposed along two marginal edges of the inner surface of the cover. As a result, a second leaf was adhered to the L-shaped adhesive strip that remained exposed on the inner surface of the cover, thereby forming a pocket with a third edge being attached at the fold and a fourth edge remaining open for receiving a card.
The booklets are placed in dies in air-powered vises, and thereafter squeezed together in order to set the adhesive. As a result, a pocket was created, formed by sealing the first leaf and part of the second leaf to the inner surface of the cover using the L-shaped adhesive strip.
The adhesive for the strip is selected from the group consisting of latexes of polyvinyl ethylene, polyvinyl acetate, acrylics and any copolymer thereof, natural rubber latex, natural rubber solvent-based, protein glue, carbohydrate polymer, aerobic adhesives, cyanoacrylates, silicones, and epoxy resins. The preferred adhesive in the '401 patent is polyvinyl acetate copolymer latex with a glass transition temperature (Tg) approximately near or below room temperature. The use of a resin emulsion adhesive, preferably a polyvinyl acetate copolymer emulsion, makes it possible to create a properly formed pocket for holding and protecting the card.
While the overall design of the '401 patent and its improvements have been successful commercially, there still remains a need for an improved booklet which can be produced more efficiently to meet the ever-increasing demands for booklets for the designated purpose. Moreover, there remains a demand for a bonding technique whereby a pocket may be formed inside the cover while eliminating the need for adhesives and adhesive strips, thereby eliminating the additional costs and processing steps associated therewith.
The present invention relates to an improved booklet for the described purpose. The improvements include materials and construction changes to the cover and pocket portion of the booklet. Particularly, the improvement entails the use of a treated paper substrate sealed to a sheet of material that is compatible with the treatment material. The sheet is sealed along three edges leaving one non-sealed edge and, thus, creates a pocket.
The treated paper substrate has two surfaces: a treated surface and a starch coated surface. The treated surface receives a vinyl sheet affixed thereto that forms the pocket. The starch coating is preferred because it improves glueability of a decorative cover, however, other coatings or no coating may be used. The starch coated side may be attached to a variety of other materials such as cover stock, plain paper, other treated paper substrates, or left as starch coated paper depending on the booklet function.
The material used to treat the paper substrate and to form the sheet may be formed of any suitable material with a PVC content that may be heat sealed including but not limited to vinyl, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, phenol formaldehyde, urea formaldehyde, melamine or resorcinol. The treated paper substrate may be acrylic latex saturated base paper treated with any organic, polar material of poor conductivity including any of the above-listed materials, as long as the treatment is compatible with the sheet material to form a heat seal.
In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the booklet comprises: (a) a cover having a front and a rear panel joined along a common edge with each panel therefore having an inner and an outer surface wherein at least one inner surface is vinyl treated latex saturated paper substrate; for example, like Premahyde #63 manufactured by Rexam DSI of Matthews, NC or Vy-Hyde manufactured by Gane Brothers & Lane, Inc. of New York, N.Y.; (b) a vinyl sheet which is sealed along three (3) adjacent edges to the surface of the inner panel(s) which is made of treated paper substrate thereby forming a pocket between the treated paper substrate and the vinyl sheet; and (c) a plurality of leaves attached at the common edge to form pages.
The heat seal creates a properly formed pocket for holding and protecting the card itself as well as protecting the information on the card.
A substantially narrower seal edge along three adjacent sides is preferred. If the seal edge is minimal, the pocket volume P larger and more useful. Accordingly, the seal must possess a minimal width as well as sufficient strength and sufficient bond flexibility for use in the booklet of the present invention.
The preferred process to create the seal is by dielectrically heat sealing the sheet to the treated paper substrate. Applying radio frequency to the area to be sealed produces heat and upon the exertion of appropriate pressure a seal is created. This particular process allows the seal edge to be preserved as minimal. Other appropriate processes to create the heat seal may also be used.
These and other aspects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art after a reading of the following description of the preferred embodiment when considered with the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective outer view of an embodiment of the present invention with pockets configured on at least one inside cover panel constructed according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective inner view of an embodiment of the present invention with pockets configured on both inside cover panels; and
FIG. 3 is an enlarged, partial sectional view taken substantially along the line 3--3 of a booklet of the present invention.
In the following description, like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views. Also in the following description, it is to be understood that such terms as "forward", "rearward", "left", "right", "upwardly", "downwardly", and the like are words of convenience and are not to be construed as limiting terms.
The booklet 10 has a cover 12 made of a front cover panel 14 and a rear cover panel 16 joined along a common edge 18 by any appropriate means. The cover 12 may be made of separate panels bound by any appropriate means along the common edge 18. The cover 12, preferably may be formed by folding a single treated paper substrate sheet in half to divide the cover into front 14 and rear 16 panels thereby creating the common edge 18 at the fold.
Each panel, front 14 and rear 16, has an inner 20 and outer 22 surface. At least one of the inner surfaces 20 must be treated paper substrate, so that a sheet 24, made from material compatible with the treatment material, may be sealed along three adjacent edges 26, 28, 30 to leave one non-sealed edge 32 and form a pocket 34 between the sheet 24 and the treated paper substrate surface.
A plurality of leaves 36 are also each attached along the common, binding edge 18 to form pages in the booklet 10. The leaves 36 of the book may be attached to the common edge or fold 18 using any suitable method including but not limited to stitching, stapling or gluing.
Referring particularly to FIG. 3, the treated paper substrate is preferably an acrylic latex saturated paper base sheet 40 treated with at least 3 mils of polymeric plasticized vinyl 42. This vinyl treated paper substrate is commercially available as Premahyde #63 manufactured by Rexam DSI of Matthews, NC or Vy-Hyde manufactured by Gane Brothers & Lane, Inc. of New York, N.Y. The treatment, additionally, may be any suitable material including but not limited to polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, phenol formaldehyde, urea formaldehyde, melamine or resorcinol.
The vinyl treated paper substrate, thus, has a vinyl treated side 42 and a starch coated side 44. The treated side surface 42 forms the pocket 34 with the vinyl sheet 24 to which it is attached. Preferably, starch coating is applied to enhance glueability. The starch coated side 44 may be glued 46 through conventional means such as hot melt, synthetic or animal glue to a variety of materials for different functions. For example, the starch coated side 44 may be glued 46 to any suitable cover stock 48, such as KIVAR� from Decorative Specialties International, Inc. of South Hadley, Mass., or PAJCO� from Pajco Products of Lowville, N.Y., or any suitable lexide material or even plain paper.
The starch coated side 44 of the treated paper substrate may glued to any suitable cover stock 48 to serve as the outer cover surface 22. Consequently, as shown in FIG. 1, indicia, for example, a logo, may be placed on the front cover panel 14 of the booklet 10.
The pocket sheet 24 may be formed of any compatible material with a PVC content that allows it to heat seal to the treated paper substrate including but not limited to vinyl, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, phenol formaldehyde, urea formaldehyde, melamine or resorcinol.
The preferred sealing process uses a radio frequency of between about 26.96 MegaHertz to 27.30 MegaHertz to generate heat. Pressure is applied along the desired edges 26, 28, 30 and a seal is formed, although no specific pressure is required. If too much pressure is applied, however, damage may occur to the set up but not the product. The process can be accomplished at any temperature between about room temperature and 300� F.
The remaining non-sealed edge 32 may face in any direction, toward the common edge 18, away from the common edge 18, toward the bottom or toward the top of the booklet 10. Additionally, it is preferred that the remaining, non-sealed edge 32 of the sheet has a thumb cut 50 to ease the removal of a card from the pocket 34.
By way of example, one embodiment of the present invention may be for use with student identification cards. The multi-pocketed booklet could hold the student's i.d. card as well as other cards while the leaves inside the booklet are preprinted with a calendar or schedule template and also it may contain some blank pages.
In another embodiment, the booklet may be used in conjunction with bank transactions and thus would be of a suitable configuration to hold a conventional size smart card. The leaves may be blank or preprinted with templates to record bank matters.
While this invention has been illustrated and described in accordance with a preferred embodiment, it is recognized that variations and changes may be made therein without departing from the invention as set forth in the claims.
Certain modifications and improvements will occur to those skilled in the art upon a reading of the forgoing description. By way of example, it is contemplated that the booklet of the present invention can be modified for a variety of industries including but not limited to financial institutions, telecommunications, healthcare, information security, travel, hospitality, hospitality and prepaid vending. The booklet may, therefore, be customized to hold information about a particular organization and inter alia its services and programs.
It should be understood that all such modifications are not contained herein for the sake of conciseness and readability, but are properly within the scope of the following claims.
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|14 Sep 1999
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|10 Sep 2002
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|27 Dec 2011
|Sandusky Packaging Corporation
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|17 Feb 2005
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|Debit card case with data register
|20 Aug 2004
|23 Feb 2006
|Riha Keith A
|Instrument panel cover
|7 Sep 2004
|9 Mar 2006
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|15 May 2009
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|Gerald Baca
|Single-fold wallet
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|Mcdonald George Wallace
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|U.S. Classification
|281/21.1, 156/580, 156/304.6, 281/15.1, 281/29, 156/250, 283/36, 156/290, 281/2, 281/3.1, 283/56, 281/5
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|22 Apr 1998
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|8 Jan 2008
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1Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Chemin des Boveresses 155, CH 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
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|Chapter Development Consultant
Reports To: Director of Organizational Growth, Director of Chapter Services
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Position Summary:
Chapter Development Consultants support the Fraternity as full-time traveling consultants, providing services and resources to undergraduates and volunteers in all areas of chapter operations. These brothers travel from early August to mid-May each year, following an in-depth training period. Their expertise is focused in the areas of recruitment, the Brotherhood for a Lifetime experience, leadership training, heritage and fiscal health.
Specific Responsibilities:
1. The CDCs serve as the primary contact from ZBT International Headquarters for all chapters assigned:
a. Establish contact with the officers of each chapter in the summer, or beginning of each school year, and understanding of support role. Establish contact with officers of each chapter and maintain communications throughout the year to communicate therole of the CDC as a resource and provide assistance with chapter needs.
2. The CDC must be a positive agent of change for our chapters:
a. Work with each chapter at (or before) the beginning of each school year to develop goals and track that progress throughout the course of each year.
3. The CDC is a resource of diverse expertise as it relates to our chapters and is expected to be flexible and adapt to the needs of our undergraduate body. Other duties may be assigned as a part of a successful team.
Travel is a required part of this job and all candidates must be willing to travel extensively to visit chapters and improve the well-being of the Fraternity. Estimated travel is 75 percent of one's time.
Additional duties:
Some CDCs may specialize in areas such as colony development, heritage, finance, leadership and other areas of successful chapter growth.
CDCs must have earned at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher learning. One to two years professional experience preferred, but not required. Candidates must be a brother (in good standing) of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity. All candidates must demonstrate a strong understanding of chapter management and Zeta Beta Tau's Mission and Credo. Previous involvement as a chapter officer is preferred. Candidates should have knowledgein current trends, strengths and threats to the Greek community.
About Zeta Beta Tau:
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity was founded in 1898 in New York City and is now the world's oldest and largest Jewish fraternity. For more than 50 years, Zeta Beta Tau has been a non-sectarian Brotherhood of Equals, and for more than 25 years ZBT has been a pioneer in the fight against hazing, having abolished all two-tier membership statuses and pledging practices in 1989. ZBT is Brotherhood for Lifetime.
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Florida EHV-1: Another Farm Quarantine Lifted
- Mar 9, 2013
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Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (FDACS) officials have lifted quarantine on a Wellington farm housing a horse that had previously shared Horse Shows in the Sun (HITS) show stabling in Ocala with an animal testing positive for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
In a March 9 release, FDACS reported that the horse, residing at POD-F Farm, in nearby Wellington, had never tested positive or developed clinical signs of the disease. The horse, which had been housed in Tent 7 at the HITS facility, "completed testing (negative test results) and was released from quarantine 21 days after last date of exposure," officials noted in the release.
Animal health officials first were alerted of the EHV-1 outbreak when a previous resident of Tent 7 was diagnosed with wild-type EHV-1 on Feb. 21 at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine, prompting a quarantine of the tent. The horse, which exhibited neurologic signs associated with EHV-1 infection, remains at the university and is in stable condition, said the March 9 release.
Veterinary monitoring and tracing of exposed horses that had left the show grounds revealed five more horses positive for EHV-1, housed in Tents 3 and 6, which are adjacent to Tent 7 at the HITS facility. "One horse is under quarantine at Redfield Farm in Ocala," noted the March 9 release. "Four horses were placed under quarantine at Miles Away Farm in Loxahatchee. One of these four horses developed neurological signs and was transported to the University of Florida."
On Feb. 27 the entire HITS Showgrounds was placed under quarantine, and movement of horses on and off the premises is prohibited. "The quarantine will remain in effect for a minimum of 21 days from the last exposure (February 20th)," noted FDACS officials in the release. "Any horse showing febrile, respiratory, or neurological signs will be tested. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' personnel are manning the gates of the showgrounds 24 hours a day."
Another horse that is linked to the HITS grounds has tested positive for EHV-1 but has not exhibited signs of the disease. This horse is stabled at Calder Farms, in Ocala.
Horses that had been stabled in Tents 3, 6, and 7, and moved prior to the HITS quarantine were placed under quarantine around the state. Thirteen Florida premises remained quarantined March 9:
- HITS Showgrounds, Ocala – Entire facility
- Up Country Farm/Synergy Farm, Ocala
- Montera Farm, Ocala
- Flutterby Farm, Ocala
- Foxwood Farms, Pinellas Park
- Black Forest Farm, St. Augustine
- Brookmore Farm, Oviedo
- Kings Ridge Farm, Reddick
- Redfield Farm, Ocala
- Miles Away Farm, Loxahatchee
- Calder Farms, Ocala
- Hard Ford Farm, Reddick
- Chestnut Hill Farm (Wisconsin based farm, Ocala temporary location)
Animal health officials still are recommending that owners or caretakers of horses showing at HITS since Feb. 5 keep a close eye on their horses, report fevers greater than 101.5 to a veterinarian immediately, and to abide by strict biosecurity measures for at least 21 days after HITS departure date.
They also advised owners transporting horses to call ahead to determine restrictions on arrivals, noting that "several equestrian events have instituted additional requirements for horses entering the show/competition. These may include shortened dating of Certificates of Veterinary Inspection or specific vaccination requirements."
Equine herpesvirus-1 is highly contagious among horses and camelids and is generally spread via aerosol transmission (when infected animals sneeze and cough) and through contact with nasal secretions from infected animals. The disease can cause a variety of problems in horses, including rhinopneumonitis (a respiratory disease usually found in young horses), abortion in broodmares, and myeloencephalopathy (EHM, the neurologic form).
Fever, ataxia (incoordination), weakness or paralysis of the hind limbs, and incontinence are signs of EHM. If a horse that has possibly been exposed to EHV-1 begins to display any of the aforementioned signs, call your veterinarian immediately.
About the Author
Stephanie L. Church, Editor-in-Chief
Stephanie L. Church, Editor-in-Chief, received a B.A. in Journalism and Equestrian Studies from Averett College in Danville, Virginia. A Pony Club and 4-H graduate, her background is in eventing, and she is schooling her recently retired Thoroughbred racehorse, Happy, toward a career in that discipline. She also enjoys traveling, photography, cycling, and cooking in her free time.
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Hoffenheim, Rock City
Was it really just two years ago that Hoffenheim were the only Bundesliga club apart from Bayern Munich everybody had an opinion about? This season, they seem to be the only team in the league nobody is even mildly interested in.
If Hoffenheim's aim was to become an established Bundesliga club, they have achieved their goal faster and more thoroughly than they bargained for, because the club is now more than merely established - Hoffenheim have become so normal they are boring.
Saturday's dull scoreless draw with Hamburg epitomised the situation. The result left Hoffenheim with a record that is the definition of mediocrity, namely nine wins, nine losses and ten draws, plus the prospect of long weeks with little excitement ahead.
Alright, I can hear you wisecrack, if nobody will waste breath on Hoffenheim these days, then why this column? Well, the reason is that a Swedish magazine has asked me to review a documentary. It won the audience award at the Berlin football film festival "11mm" last year, is called "Life is No Home Game" and covers the years of Hoffenheim's unlikely rise.
The film is unusual for a football documentary in that the two directors were granted comprehensive access by the club - in no small part because Hoffenheim were in the third division and still regarded as little more than a cute oddity by most people when filming began.
It is also unusual for a football documentary in that such films' normal ingredients - the goals and the games, the players and the coaching staff, even the club's bankrolling patron - have but supporting roles here.
The true stars are the simple but lovable people of the village, the club's not so simple and not quite so lovable managing director plus an array of wheat fields, cow pastures and meadows.
This led the local newspaper "Heilbronner Stimme" to say that the film is "primarily a 'Heimatfilm" (literally, homeland film - a German genre that wistfully uses idealised regional settings). It also said that the film is "unique, exceptional" in this approach.
Yes. And no. For as unusual as "Life is No Home Game" may seem, I had an overwhelming feeling of déjà vu while watching it.
Almost exactly four years ago, just as the two directors were about to begin filming in earnest in Hoffenheim, I watched a very similar film in a cozy cinema in Bochum. It's called "Full Metal Village" and deals with a place even smaller than Hoffenheim, a hamlet by the name of Wacken.
Wacken is a settlement of 1,800 souls some 50 miles northwest of Hamburg. Every year, this one-horse-town stages the world's biggest open air heavy metal festival. Last August, more than 82,000 headbangers convened on the cow pastures to greet headliners Iron Maiden and Slayer and about 100 other bands with the sign of the horns.
Just like "Life is No Home Game", "Full Metal Village" isn't really interested in its ostensible subject matter. The films runs for well over an hour before you finally hear some feedback, in much the same way in which you have to watch more than twenty minutes of the Hoffenheim documentary before you get to see a goal.
Both films move at the leisurely, considered pace you associate with their essentially rural settings. Both love to intersperse the development of the story with medium long shots that show cornfields and have no sound save for the wind in the wheat. Both have no commentary but let the village folk tell the story in their own words.
Both have one central character who is a forward-looking, enterprising businessman: the club's managing director in the Hoffenheim film, the shrewd farmer who rents out his large fields in the Wacken documentary. Both have another central character who was there from the beginning and is now struggling to come to grips with the change. In the football film, it's a guy known as Torro, the founder of Hoffenheim's first fan club, in the Wacken film it's one of the founders of the festival who walked out when he felt the money had become more important than the music.
Both films also have vociferous masses intruding on a perceived idyll. As if to worship, people are drawn towards the middle of nowhere by man-made edifices, as the football fans flock towards the shiny new ground, the metal fans make the pilgrimage to the tents and the tall stages, reminding you of the central line in "Field of Dreams": build it and they will come.
There are even some strange and unexpected cross references connecting the two documentaries. For instance, most people agree that Wacken changed from a cool, local thing into today's monster event in 1996, when the notorious, controversial and non-metal German band Böhse Onkelz headlined the festival. In "Life is No Home Game", Torro and his closest sidekick, a man who looks like he used to roadie for the Grateful Dead, slightly incongruously wear Böhse Onkelz shirts and sweaters.
Or how about the fact that the Wacken documentary was directed by the Korean-born filmmaker Sung-Hyung Cho? When she is talking about the kinds of films she makes, she will often use the term "Heimatfilm".
And now she's been asked to document this year's Women's World Cup in Germany to produce a companion piece to Sönke Wortmann's 2006 film "Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen". In March, she sat on the jury panel at "11mm", the very festival where the Hoffenheim film won a prize last year.
So there are parallels between Hoffenheim and Wacken, between two tales of a local thing initially attended by only a few hundred members of a close-knit community which then - and within only a few years - snowballs tremendously.
But of course there are also differences. Such as the fact that becoming accepted and going mainstream has boosted the popularity of the festival and its attendance figures, whereas a similar development will in all likelihood hurt the football club.
Which is why clubs like Mainz and Freiburg try to be different and offer an alternative. In the past, Hoffenheim didn't need to do this.
The club was different by definition during the years "Life is No Home Game" covers, late 2006 to early 2009, when a young and thrilling team paid for by a patron and assembled by Ralf Rangnick played attacking football, won promotion and climbed into first place in the Bundesliga.
All that seems ages ago now. While the timing of the documentary's actual filming was stupendous, that of the its theatrical release was not. "Life is No Home Game" finally reached German cinemas three months ago, when interest in Hoffenheim was already dwindling rapidly.
The film opened in 22 theatres around the country, yet drew a sad total of only 3,640 viewers the first week. It will be a coincidence, but that's about the population of Hoffenheim.
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Steve Chiotakis: We got word just a few minutes ago that American International Group posted its first profit in seven quarters. The troubled insurer says it made $1.8 billion in the second quarter.
Now AIG received tens of billions of dollars in federal bailout money because it was hemorrhaging to the brink of oblivion. The government -- read: you and I -- own 80 percent of the company.
Reporter Mitchell Hartman has more on its crawl out of the bailout hole.
MITCHELL HARTMAN: First a little history. AIG got into risky securities backed by shaky mortgages. It was losing billions on these so-called "toxic assets," until the government bailed it out last fall. Now, $182 billion in taxpayer money later, AIG appears to be doing fine. Its stock was up as much as 65 percent earlier this week.
Jeffrey Kleintop is chief market strategist at LPL Financial in Boston. He thinks what's happening, in part, is that AIG's troubled assets are starting to increase in value -- just a bit -- as financial markets recover.
JEFFREY KLEINTOP: Markets have gone from pricing in a Great Depression, to merely a typical recession, to now, a recovery.
But, Kleintop says, it's not like these assets have gone through a complete "detox" and are now high-quality investments.
KLEINTOP: Delinquencies continue to rise, defaults continue to rise, there are foreclosures taking place. So on a lot of those mortgage-backed assets, the fundamentals haven't gotten a whole lot better.
Still, he says, as investor confidence returns, companies like AIG will find a market for their troubled assets. And that'll help their bottom lines.
I'm Mitchell Hartman for Marketplace.


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JEFFERSON -- Downtown Jefferson business owners fear that moving Jackson County court offices and facilities out of the downtown area could hurt their businesses.
Jackson County commissioners unveiled a proposal earlier this month to move court offices to a piece of property located off Darnell Road near a cluster of other county facilities, including the sheriff's department, road department and county jail. The commission has $2.1 million in options on the 157-acre property but has not committed to purchasing the land for a new courthouse.
The proposal calls for a new courthouse, county administration buildings and a lake with walking trails to be constructed on the tract. The size of the tract would allow room for future expansion as the county's population continues to grow.
The existing courthouse, built in 1879, is too small to house all of the county's judicial offices and records. The Superior Court judge's office is located across the street in a rented house, and the county's Clerk of Court, Probate Court and Juvenile Court also have immediate space needs.
Plus, the outdated building does not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act in terms of access for disabled people, according to commissioners.
At a Feb. 13 public presentation, commissioners said public comments and alternate proposals would be accepted in writing, addressed to County Manager Al Crace, 67 Athens St., Jefferson, GA 30549, until March 15. After that, a public hearing will be held and a decision on the proposal will be made by commissioners.
''I'm totally opposed to moving it out of the downtown area,'' Jefferson Mayor Jim Joiner said. ''It will hurt our downtown businesses, and it will take a lot of history out of the downtown area.''
Business proprietors in downtown Jefferson are also less than pleased with the commissioners' proposal.
Fred Gurley, pharmacist at Crawford Long Pharmacy on the Jefferson square, said the double whammy of having court offices taken from downtown and the U.S. Highway 129 bypass could harm business by decreasing the number of potential customers who travel through downtown. The bypass will take U.S. 129 traffic around the city from Arcade, reconnecting with the existing U.S. 129 at Interstate 85. The route is slated for completion in late May 2003.
''Downtown businesses could stand either the bypass or losing the courthouse, but not both of them,'' Gurley said while filling prescriptions at his pharmacy. ''I'm worried about having both at the same time.''
Kay Hardy is co-owner of Hardy-Mitchell Interiors, a home-decor shop located on a corner near the courthouse. She agrees with Gurley.
''I'm sure it would (hurt business),'' she said. ''We get a lot of people when court's in session. This corner (the north corner of the downtown square) is the prime location in town. Everybody comes by to go to eat.''
A couple doors down at Papa's Pizza To-Go, relief manager Barbara Witcher said the restaurant always sees a big crowd for lunch, thanks in part to court sessions.
''We were slap crowded today, and most of the people were from around the courthouse,'' she said.
However, Witcher pointed out that the restaurant doesn't rely solely on downtown customers. A number of regulars drive in from their jobs in the I-85 area for the lunchtime pizza buffet.
''We do have a lot of business all the way out to 85 that come all the way down here to eat,'' Witcher said. ''It (moving court offices) might not affect us much.''
For the attorneys who rely on court sessions to make a living, the thought of moving court facilities out of the downtown area -- and away from their offices -- would be an inconvenience.
''Naturally we would prefer it to stay downtown because of the proximity of the attorneys' offices. Most of the attorneys in the county are here,'' said Chris Elrod, whose law office is across the street from the Jackson County courthouse.
''It's going to be tougher on us. It makes it tougher for last-minute filings.''
If the proposal to move court facilities is approved, Jefferson wouldn't be the first Northeast Georgia town to go through the process. In Madison County, the historic courthouse on the Danielsville square has been vacant since 1996, when a leaky roof and increasingly cramped office space forced court and county offices to move to the Madison County Government Complex.
Some people who work in downtown Danielsville said the move didn't affect their business much, because the court offices only moved a few blocks away.
''It was a little more convenient when it was across the street from us,'' said Al Stone, a Danielsville attorney who has an office on the square. ''Now we have to get in the car. It's not that bad. You get used to it.''
At Subway, the square's only restaurant, a manager said she didn't notice any difference in the number of customers after court facilities were moved.
''This store's always been very busy,'' said Patty Brooks, a Subway relief manager. ''The courthouse didn't move too far away. It's still in the little town area.''
Steve Canup, who has operated Danielsville Hardware on the square since 1983, said that while the move didn't negatively impact his business that much, not having the courthouse downtown has changed the character of the small town.
''You don't have people hanging out as much between court sessions. The browsers are gone. We've lost that add-on business,'' he said. ''I don't get to have lunch with the judges anymore. One of the judges used to come here and eat crackers at lunchtime.''
He said the vacant courthouse in the middle of the square has shifted focus to the new government complex, where civic groups hold festivals at a park out front.
''It's kind of a dead town now. Now all the civic groups want to have their festivals at the new courthouse, which takes away from downtown,'' he said. ''I miss that.''
He pointed to a packed event where Desert Storm soldiers came home and were given U.S. flags at a courthouse ceremony years ago.
''There were 2,000 people on the square,'' he said. ''It was neatest thing I've ever seen here.''
The Madison County courthouse may soon see new life as it gets restored for office space. Currently, the Madison County Chamber of Commerce plans to move into the old probate judge's office, once a renovation of the three rooms is complete later this spring.
''If nothing else, at least it may bring more festivals downtown,'' Canup said.
In Jefferson, Joiner said city officials have started their own Better Hometown Program. A master plan of the area is in the process of being drawn and should be ready in a few months, he said.
''We do have some plans to revitalize the downtown area,'' he said. ''We are doing everything we can to make downtown a place people want to visit.''
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, February 24, 2002.
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.- Yesterday, a message from the Holy Father was read at the funeral of Sister Lucia, the last survivor of the three children who witnessed apparitions of Mary at Fatima, Portugal in 1917.
Pope John Paul II's message was sent to Bishop Albino Mamede Cleto of Coimbra, Portugal, which he read at Sister Lucia's funeral. She died in Coimbra on Sunday at the age of 97.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, archbishop of Genoa, Italy, presided at the funeral Mass as the Pope's special envoy.
The Pope wrote in his message that, "For Lucia, the visit by the Virgin to her and to her cousins Francesco and Jacinta, at Fatima in 1917, was the beginning of a special mission to which she remained faithful to the end of her days."
Sister Lucia leaves us an example of great faithfulness to the Lord, and of joyous obedience to His divine will."
The Holy Father emotionally recalled his various meetings with the Sister Lucia and "the ties of spiritual friendship which strengthened over time. I felt myself supported by the daily gift of her prayers, especially during difficult moments of trial and suffering. May the Lord give her ample reward for the great and hidden service she offered the Church.
"I like to think", he said, "that Sister Lucia, in her transit from earth to heaven, was welcomed by the One whom she saw at Fatima so many years ago. May the Most Holy Virgin now accompany the soul of this devoted daughter to the beatific encounter with the divine Bridegroom."
The Vatican reported that on the eve of her death, the Holy Father had sent a fax to Sister Lucia in which he expressed his closeness and gave assurances of his prayers that she might "experience this moment of pain, suffering and sacrifice with the Paschal spirit" of death and resurrection.
John Paul II met Sister Lucia, a Carmelite nun, on three occasions, all on May 13 in the years 1982, 1991 and 2000.
Their first encounter took place exactly a year after the attempt on the Pope's life in St Peter's Square in which he almost died. On that occasion, the Pope went to Fatima to give thanks to the Virgin Mary for saving him, and ordered that, as a sign of gratitude, the bullet found in his jeep after the assassination attempt be set in the crown of the image of the Virgin of Fatima.
The 1991 meeting took place on the tenth anniversary of the assassination attempt, and the last occasion on which the Pope and Sister Lucia met personally was on May 13, 2000.
It was on this last visit that the Holy Father beatified her cousins, the shepherd children Francisco and Jacinta, and Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano read a message concerning the much speculated third secret of Fatima.


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Cutting the first turf to restore East Tullos Burn
The first step in an exciting new development for the East Tullos Burn took place this morning when the first turf was cut to launch a restoration project.
The East Tullos Burn, in St Fitticks Park in Torry, is undergoing restoration to improve the appearance of the park, enhance biodiversity and reduce pollution in the burn.
The £300,000 project is being funded by Aberdeen City Council, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency's Water Environment Fund, Total E&P UK Limited, Aberdeen Forward, Aberdeen Greenspace Trust and the North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership.
The Council commissioned a scoping study to investigate potential restoration options for the burn in 2012. The preferred design option from the scoping study included the reintroduction of meanders and backwaters to the channel as well as replanting of the site with native wetland plants. Paths around the site also needed to be upgraded to ensure they can still be used even in high water conditions.
The design was developed by two local firms, cbec eco engineering and Walking-the-Talk. They have been joined by Salix, a specialist environmental contractor which works on the restoration of watercourses throughout the UK, including the new 2012 Olympic Parkland Wetlands in London.
Councillor Cooney said: "I am delighted to take this first step in a long journey to improve the burn and the surrounding parkland. When the work is completed the site will link with the adjacent tree planting which is part of the Granite City Forest, creating a wildlife haven where people can walk, play, or just relax.
"This project is making an important contribution to improving the environment and making this area a better place to live and work."
The work will involve creating a new meandering course for the burn, developing additional ponds and wetland areas, improving paths, and replanting the site with a mix of wetland plants, flowers and trees. It is anticipated that the excavation work will take about four weeks. The replanting and path development work will then be carried out, with the site completed by early summer, weather permitting.
Paths around the site will be upgraded to ensure they can still be used even in high water conditions.
Sandra McIntosh from Total E&P UK said, "Total is really pleased to be supporting this project. The work to restore the burn will make it a much nicer place to visit, as well as enhancing the area for local wildlife."
Pete Barlow from Salix added: "We are pleased to be making a start on the ground, and we will make sure there is minimal disruption to the park during the project. However, parts of the site will need to be fenced off to keep the public safe while there is large machinery moving around."
For more information about the project and to see the full design plan visit www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/etbproject or contact Anne-Marie Gauld on 01224 522768.


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Not too long after releasing a software update for the HTC EVO 3D that ultimately removed Carrier IQ from the device, Sprint has set its sights on three more smartphones with the same intentions. The HTC EVO 4G, Samsung Epic 4G and HTC EVO Design 4G have all gotten software updates as of January 19. While each device benefits from different improvements, all of them received a "security update" that rids them of Carrier IQ software.
The HTC EVO 4G and HTC EVO Design 4G updates can be downloaded and installed right now. The update for the Samsung Epic 4G will be rolled out to customers over the next 10 days.
The list of fixes for each device covers things such as battery life, an update to HTC's Peep client and changes to specific apps such as QIK and Asphalt 5.


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Three Cuts: Astros get to erratic Minor, deny Braves sweep
With manager Fredi Gonzalez's oft-discussed goal of simply winning series, the Braves can leave Houston feeling victorious.
But amid a closing stretch before the All-Star Break that includes 17 more games vs. teams in last or next-to-last in their division, Thursday's 6-1 loss to the Astros cost Atlanta its first three-game winning streak in more than a month.
Here are three observations from the series finale:
Listed in the Braves' daily game notes when Mike Minor pitches is this nugget:
That lofty spot, which sees him trailing only the likes of Clayton Kershaw, Johnny Cueto and Madison Baumgarner, had many thinking that Minor could be the next Atlanta player in line for a contract extension. That could still happen, but the Minor that has made 11 starts this season hasn't been as consistently effective as he's been since mid-July of two years ago.
The left-hander came into 2014 allowing four runs or more in just one of his previous 54 starts, but Thursday made it three times this year as he gave up five runs, three on Matt Dominguez's fifth-inning home run. In all, Minor (2-5) gave up seven hits, striking out five and walking two. It was also the fourth straight start in which Minor has allowed at least one homer, and in all over that stretch he's yielded five HRs.
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There have been strong moments, including seven innings of one-run ball on May 29 vs. the Red Sox; 10 strikeouts and one run allowed on June 4 against the Mariners; and his last outing, in which he fanned 11 and gave up just two runs last Friday in Washington.
What's been behind Minor's up and down year? To put it simply, it looks to be his fastball placement.
Dominguez drove a four-seamer that Minor hung up in the strike zone to the left-center field seats, marking the eighth home run that Minor has allowed to come on the fastball. It's played into a ballooned fastball runs above average of minus-11.7. That number rested at 9.6 and 9.5 in 2014 and '13, respectively, and has never been this low in his five major league seasons.
Minor's control hasn't been bad — he threw 69 of his 103 pitches for strikes Thursday, a rate of 66 percent that's above the MLB average of around 62 — and with a 64 percent rate on the season, he's in the top 50 in baseball. But Minor has been more hit or miss than at any point since April 8-May 16, 2012, when he gave up 37 runs in 47 innings, resulting in a 4.65 ERA over his last 10 starts.
Amid the shared chances of Tommy La Stella and B.J. Upton over the last seven games, something had been missing for the Braves at leadoff: early production.
Upton provided it, singling to start things off, then he stole second — that gave him 12 on the year, equaling his output from a year ago — and would score via a sacrifice fly from No. 2 hitter La Stella.
It was the first leadoff hit by the Braves since June 10, a span of 15 games and it also gave Upton a hit in his third straight vs. the Astros. Added with his brother Justin's continued hot streak, as he went 2 for 3 to make him 4 for 10 with two home runs and a double in the series, and the Bros. Upton produced their most consistent three-game set in more than a month.
B.J. and Justin each had at least one hit in each game in Houston, marking the fourth time they'd done so in a series this long, but it hasn't happened since April 25-27 against the Reds.
Jason Heyward, based on his overall numbers since becoming the No. 1 hitter last season, has proven the Braves most dependable option at the position. Performances like Thursday show why B.J. Upton is such an alluring option at leadoff and, as much as it sometimes seems forced to tie the play of one Upton with the other, finding another consistent piece offensively when his brother is in one of his hot streaks is an added bonus, one that B.J. delivered vs. Houston.
Coming into Thursday, bench player Ryan Doumit was the only Brave who had ever faced Houston starter Jarred Cosart, going 0 for 3. He has company in that department as four Atlanta players went hitless as Cosart (8-5) allowed six hits in seven innings, striking out two with two walks.
The Braves went 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position, and outside of B.J. Upton in the first inning and Chris Johnson in the fifth, they never put a runner past second base as Cosart won his fourth straight start. That included his final inning, one in which the Braves looked ready to pounce after an Evan Gattis double and Heyward walk to open the seventh. But Cosart responded, retiring Justin Upton, Johnson and Andrelton Simmons in order.
It was all par for the course for Cosart, who has a 2.11 ERA when facing an opponent for the first time.
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Could anybody please identify the spider in the picture below. It was found in my garden summer 2010 and i am intereged to know what species it is.
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A 0.9-V input discontinuous-conduction-mode boost converter with CMOS-control rectifier
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|A 0.9-V input discontinuous-conduction-mode (DCM) boost converter delivering 2.5-V and 100-mA output is presented. A novel low-voltage pulse-width modulator is proposed. The modulator can be directly powered from the 0.9-V input instead of using the 2.5-V output as in general modulator designs. Sophisticated low-voltage analog blocks, which normally consume a large amount of power and chip area, are not required in the modulator. The impact of output-voltage ripple and transient-induced output-voltage perturbation on the operation of analog blocks inside the modulator is eliminated. Boost converter start-up sequence is also greatly simplified. A CMOS-control rectifier (CCR) is also proposed to improve converter power efficiency. The CCR is used to replace the conventional rectifying switch to provide adaptive dead-time, which helps to minimize charge-sharing loss and body-diode conduction loss. Corresponding thermal stress on the rectifying switch is hence minimized. The CCR also enables the use of small off-chip inductor and capacitor at sub-MHz switching frequency to improve light-load efficiency. This converter has been implemented in a 0.35-mu m CMOS process. It is designed to operate at similar to 667 kHz with a 1 mu H inductor and 4.7 mu F output capacitor to reduce both switching loss and form factor. Experimental results prove that the converter can be directly powered from 0.9-V input with similar to 85\% efficiency at 100-mA output.
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1. Unless you take possession of the car in California, you won't be paying CA taxes.
2. What luxury tax???
I was curious about this. I know when I buy things out of state online I don't pay sales tax at the time of purchase. If I purchase the car in IL I will refuse to pay IL sales tax because I live in MO and I will most likely have to pay MO sales tax. I am curious how they are going to handle this. Typically when you go into a store in a state and purchase a low cost item you don't care because you'r not going to claim in your state anyway. But for large purchase such as this on a product I have to register with my state it's a different story. Maybe someone here knows how that might work..... Roadster owners?
It varies by state Sudre. Most states only charge sales tax if you register it in that state. You should be able to call or email the manager of the Tesla store where you're going to buy the car to get the information you're looking for.
I think that California is unique in that you have to pay CA sales tax merely by taking possession of the car in CA. Very weird.
I assume, you will pay sales tax where you take delivery of the car. In most cases it will probably be at your closest Tesla Dealership.
I had a not so interesting thing happen to me. I live in California and bought a used car in Arizona. Instead of the 7.75% sales tax I would pay in Ventura County CA (Los Angeles County is a higher rate )I had to pay 9.5% sales tax because AZ and CA shared the love. They would not grant me a one way, 48 hour, waiver . This could happen to you if your nearest dealership is in another state. So please check it out.
Thanks Mycroft. Chicago sales tax is over 10%. I'd be paying around 7500 in taxes there. Here I'd pay 4300. That would be two or more options I'd have to drop.
That's why you need to contact the store manager! I'm sure they actually know this stuff.
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" This happens more often than you'd think. I used to work for a Bentley/Lamborghini store in Chicago and every week people would fly in to buy and drive home. The dealer will issue you a temporary registration that is valid for a grace period between purchase and home-state registration. This is perfectly legal documentation for which you can cross state lines until you get to the state where you intend to register, and then pay sales tax on the vehicle purchase."
If you take possession at a California location, you WILL pay CA sales tax. If you register it in another state, normally you pay the difference between CA tax and your local tax, if yours is higher. If TM delivers the car to your home, that would be the point of sale, and you would be liable for sales tax for that location. If you picked it up at their store or service location, then that becomes point of sale.
Speaking of taxes ...
I wonder how long it will take the Federal and State governments to figure a way to recoup the excise taxes (http://www.commonsensejunction.com/notes/gas-tax-rate.html) that EV owners won't be paying for using the roadways. Hopefully they will cut us some slack for a while to promote the sale of EVs, but sooner or later, that tax man will cometh too :)
WA state already tried to tack on a $100 annual fee for EVs. It was shot down, but they're eventually going to have to do something because gas tax revenue is going down fast!
I know that WA state exempts us from sales tax on electric vehicles...but don't know anything about a luxury tax here. Any ideas?
In 1990 the US Congress passed a luxury tax on vehicles that exceed $30,000. The legislation was fully repealed in 2002. The tax was 10% on the amount over $30k.
There are no luxury sales taxes on personal vehicles at the state level that I am aware of. Connecticut (my fair state) is considering a luxury tax on vehicles that exceed $50,000 but to date no legislation has been passed.
Usually you pay the sales tax for the state you live in. I live in southeastern PA, but whether I buy a car in PA, DE, or NJ, I would pay the same 6% PA sales tax. I verified this about a year ago when I purchased a new car. (I thought I would save some money by buying it in DE, but no such luck.) However, I believe PA exempts EVs from paying sales tax. That's a nice little savings if it's correct!
You will pay sales tax in the state in which you take delivery of the car. Good news for those lucky reservation holders in states with an EV sales tax exemption. If you live in an exemption state, ship the car home rather than taking delivery in CA.
STATE tax rules vary. Everyone simply has to check their home state's rules. I have purchased vehicles in several states in the northeast and they all use the registration address as the location detemining the tax rate, not where you take delivery. Last year in Ohio , I purchased a RAV 4 in a county that charges 8.5% sales tax, but because I live in a lower tax rate county, I was only charged 6.25%....
No luxury Tax in USA, but some of our lucky compatriots elsewhere get this one. Was Alan thinking of the gas guzzler tax which IS still in effect? Applies to most of TESLA's sportier competition, but obviously not to EVs.
Please excuse my Western bias. They do vary from state to state. Exceptions, ask your advisor, yada, yada, yada.
Re highway tax dollars: this has been a growing issue as fleet MPG has been rising. (Up in Maine, the chatter is that part of the reason why ethanol-blends are popular with lawmakers is that it lowers the MPG for a vehicle, thereby increasing gallons of gas used and tax receipts.)
The obvious approach in states, like MA, that require annual inspections, would be to shift to a flat rate per thousand miles. (The inspection provides an independent verification of the odometer read and potential a point of tax collection.)
The benefit of the current system is that it places a higher price on driving low-MPG vehicles, accomplishing a societal goal.
@RB Heavier vehicles also tend to have low-MPG and they damage roads and highways more quickly than lighter vehicles. So, in addition to the societal goal, you target users who increase maintenance costs (more miles, heavier vehicles).
Looking at an old study (c.f. numbered page 23 of http://archive.gao.gov/f0302/109884.pdf ) road damage from one 18-wheeler is equivalent to 9600 cars passing. They don't weigh 9600 times as much, but doubling vehicle weight does a lot more than doubling the road damage. There's a good reason they should pay the high road taxes they're charged in the US.
Obviously, they need to cut the weight per tire in half. I wonder what a 36-wheeler would look like -- same above-axle dimensions, of course. And same weight allowances.
In here (I have no clue about road conditions in US), roads that have been damaged by heavy vehicles usually don't get that damage by surface wear. Usually the main cause is bad road base, and tarmac kind of gets "pushed away" and dented. Dent enough and there is a crack, get some rain and you have a pothole.
Ancient romans did good roads. Too bad that skill of making decent roads had to be reinvented after dark ages.
In Quebec we have the worst roads in North America. We also have the highest taxes in North America.
To be fair, stephen.kamichi, most places don't get the winter freeze/thaw cycles that we get in southern Quebec and Ontario. A bad winter can wreak havoc on the roads here.
Um, Timo? The "decent" Roman roads were built by slaves. And the heaviest thing they needed to support were a two-donkey cart filled with more slaves. I don't think we want to go back to that.
Douglas3....You are quite right, however, construction in Quebec is essentially subpar. Our premier has called an inquiry into this. It is known that road construction in Quebec costs 30% more than anywhere else in Canada.
The other thing Quebec is famous for is government corruption. I wonder if there's a connection...????
@Slindell, there were a military show in Italy not too many years ago and people were worried if those roads could hold the weight of the tanks. It turned out that those were no problem at all to old roads, but modern roads suffered from them.
Those were (and are, where they have been maintained) good roads.
The fact that they were made by slaves is just how things were back in those days. In ancient Rome "slave" status was generally not that bad as it sounds today. They were more like servants than slaves in US when things were still barbaric. Slave back in those days did have some "human rights", some could even earn money that was their own. Way more complex status than just property owned by someone.
Just the fact that there still are original Roman roads after two thousand years tells how well those were made. Quality like that could not be made without proper engineering and skills, so I bet workers that build those roads were not slaves in modern sense of the word, if they were slaves at all.
I'm not saying that we can't build better roads now, I just admire the effort they put in the engineering. Something that roads build even today in many many cases still lack. Bases are made poorly and frost and rains wash it away and you have a pothole at minimum, entire road gone at worst.
Timo, it probably helped that all (long-distance) roads back then were "military grade" by definition. In the same sense, cost was not an issue with building these roads (even with a slave work force, good roads were more expensive than simple ones).
Something similar can be seen in Germany, where the core of the Autobahn network dates back to the "Third Empire" (Hitler). As far as I know, the inheritance in this case is in the strategic layout of the network, which the major routes still follow today, rather than in the particular road substance, which I assume has been replaced long since. But I may be wrong.
Brian H......Correct. I did not want to mention it for fear of a bullet in the back of my head (execution style).
It turns out, this thread is where @Code Orange got his inspiration.
Cones were much larger back then.
oopss..thought I'd find Code Orange here.. anyways, what's everyone complaining about? You get a Federal and/or State tax credit and the sales tax is tiny. We in Canada (except Ontario and Quebec) don't get any credit and the tax rate here is 5-15% (with average being 12/13% in most provinces).
@sbeggs, such heresy!
Taxes are calculated based on your registered location of the vehicle. It appears tesla takes the taxes upon delivery of your vehicle