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3:54pm Friday 25th October 2013 in News
A VET has told of his frustration after thieves stole a part from his van in a well-lit North-East street.
Ian Harris parked his Mercedes Vito van in Abbey Road, Darlington, shortly before 7pm, on Thursday evening, while he attended night classes at a nearby college.
He returned about two hours later to find thieves had jacked up his vehicle and removed the catalytic converter.
As well as costing £1,000 to replace the part, the theft also cost Mr Harris a day's work.
Mr Harris, who works as a vet in Barnard Castle, said he was 'abosolutely livid' to discover the theft.
Although the repair costs will be met by his insurance company, Mr Harris says he will still suffer financially as a result of increased premiums.
He said: "It is a residential street, well-lit, there were students passing all the time.
"The thieves must have jacked the van up to steal the catalytic converter – it is just completely and utterly brazen."
Anyone with information about the theft can call Darlington police on 101.
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Nebraska newlywed jailed after attacking wife with sandwich
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A Nebraska newlywed appeared in court earlier this week after being accused of attacking his wife with a sandwich.
Larry Spurling, 50, is alleged to have pushed his wife onto a bed and then rubbed the sandwich in her face, during an argument at the couple's home in Melbeta, Nebraska.
The Scotts Bluff Star-Herald reported that Spurling pleaded no contest to the charges at Scotts Bluff County Court on Monday.
His wife, Tammy Spurling, reportedly called 911 at around 10pm on Sunday to inform police that her husband had pushed her over and smeared the sandwich on her face.
Mr Spurling had allegedly become "irate after he blamed her for making him live in the country and being bored since there is no place for him to walk," according to an arrest affidavit.
It is believed that Spurling drank three three 24-ounce cans of "Natty Daddy," a malt liquor with an 8-percent alcohol content, during the argument.
His wife becoming tired of the argument went into the bedroom of their trailer home, but Mr Spurling followed her and the assault then occurred.
"During the altercation between Mr. Spurling and his wife, Mr. Spurling pulled Ms. Spurling's hair, pushed her down onto the bed, took the sandwich and began rubbing it into Ms. Spurling's face," the affidavit, which was obtained by the Daily News, says.
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TEWKSBURY -- Tewksbury police said they seized a .40-caliber handgun with a large-capacity magazine, Oxycodone, heroin and steroids while serving a search warrant on a Rockvale Road home on Monday.
Kevin Burris, 28, and Stacy Matranga, 20, both of 62 Rockvale Road, were arrested following the search, in which police also seized Burris' 2003 Audi A4.
Tewksbury Police Chief Timothy Sheehan declined to elaborate on what led police to obtain the warrant. Sheehan said detectives seized a .40-caliber Glock handgun with a large-capacity magazine in the bedroom allegedly shared by Burris and Matranga. Neither had a license for the weapon, according to police.
Detectives also seized nine, 30-milligram tablets of Oxycodone, about 3 grams of heroin and "various forms" of steroids.
Burris and Matranga were both charged with possession with intent to distribute Oxycodone (subsequent offense), possession of heroin and conspiracy.
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Kenyan man found hanging on a tree in New Jersey, USBy BMJ MURIITHI in Atlanta | Sunday, August 11 2013 at 12:17
Police in Jersey city, New Jersey, have launched investigations into the circumstances leading to the death of a Kenyan man whose body was found hanging on a tree in one of the city's parks.
On Tuesday, the body of Jeffrey Kililibwa, 61, was discovered dangling from a tree by a passerby in Lafayette Park.
Hudson County Prosecutor's Office spokesman, Gene Rubino, told a media briefing that Jersey City Police received a call from a woman taking her morning walk near Lafayette Park who said she saw a man hanging from a tree.
"Police arrived at scene and discovered a Kenyan man in his 60s suspended from the tree on the west side of the park," Rubino said. "He was taken to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on arrival," added Rubino.
Although the police said they did not suspect foul play in the death, pressure is mounting from the Kenyan Community in New Jersey who want full investigations carried out saying the manner in which Mr Kilibwa died was suspect.
"His hands were bound with a rope. That's not how people hang themselves. We must know the truth," said Nelson Mogesha, long time friend of the deceased.
It has also emerged that a day before he died, Mr Kilibwa had been held at a New Jersey police station after being found walking the city streets in what his friend described as "a confused state of mind".
And according to Mr Mogesha, the deceased had just been relieved of his job in a city mall and this weighed heavily on him. "He was not himself. I think there were other issues but the loss of his job was the straw that broke the camel's back," said Mogesha.
Police at the Livingstone Police station, where Kilibwa was held, are looking for a woman whom they say is the acquaintance who came for him. "She is a person of interest as she introduced herself as his friend and the police released him to her," said Mogesha.
The latest incident comes only days after a 33-year-old Kenyan man shot dead his mother in law before turning the gun on himself in Bethlehem, Georgia.
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Another try at wearable computing
Subject: General Tech | March 29, 2006 - 11:54 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
CoolTechZone spotted a concept wrist computer from Eurotech. At 200 grams, and sporting a 72x55 mm TFT screen, it certainly won't be mistaken for an oversized watch, but is it something you want to wear on your wrist?
'Remember the cartoon Futurama, and how Leela always sported a wrist computer/sensor device? Now,
would you believe me if I told you such a machine was in the works? Well, believe it or not, it
does exist.
Get a keyboard on your keyboard
Subject: General Tech | March 28, 2006 - 06:21 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Hardware Zone has a preview of a very musical keyboard, the Creative Prodikey PC-MIDI. Why sit at your computer learning to type, when you can be learining to play the piano?
"The Prodiky PC-MIDI is an innovative device that combines keyboard with piano keys. With it,
anyone can work and learn how to play a piano in front of the computer without having to buy
separate input devices.
A PSU built for extreme gamers
Subject: Systems | March 28, 2006 - 03:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The XG Duro 900W Power Supply comes with 4 +12V rails, perfect for trying to get a pair of dual core graphics cards up and running as fast as they can go. 3dGameMan provides their usual comprehensive review, and proves that this is a well thought out PSU, and not just another pretty phase.
'The XG Duro 900W Power Supply with Quad +12V rails is obviously going to turn heads.
Intel Establishes $50 Million Venture Capital Fund For Brazil
Subject: General Tech | March 28, 2006 - 01:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
SAO PAULO, Brazil, March 28, 2006 — Recognizing Brazil's position as South America's largest economy and its increasing importance as a technology leader, Intel Capital, the investment arm of Intel Corporation, has created a US$50 million venture capital fund to promote technology growth in Brazil.
'Intel Capital's investments will help stimulate technological innovation and growth of Brazil's rapidly developing entrepreneurial community,' said Intel Corporation CEO
Balancing a stack of data on a spinning platter
Subject: Storage | March 28, 2006 - 12:09 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
BTX Form Factor explores the upcoming hard drive technology, perpendicular storage. By keeping the magnetic particles used for storage standing vertically instead of lying them on the surface, much greater storage density can be reached. This requires a new manufacturing process that they briefly touch on as well.
"Hard Disk Drives store all our most valuable data, our contacts, email, family photos and the
like, but increasingly space is getting cramped in drives...
A tale of two 64's, the original versus the X2
Subject: Processors | March 28, 2006 - 11:49 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
VIA Arena compares the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ against the Athlon 64 3800+ and throws in an Athlon 64 3200+ for pure speed comparisons. See what that X2 can give you compared to the single core version, and what difference the lower speed makes.
"Over the last couple of months I have been repeatedly asked a question from people wanting to
upgrade or buy a new PC. The question has been, should I get a dual core AMD Athlon 64 or single
core and what speed should I get?
Corsair HTPC system build guide
Subject: Systems | March 28, 2006 - 11:27 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Following up on their guide to build the ultimate gaming machine, Corsair has posted a system build guide for HTPCs. Follwoing the easy instructions and detailed photos, you will end up with a very stylish and quiet component.
"Dive into the details of building a home theater PC. From component selection, system build, software installation, to watching and recording TV - we have every step covered in great details!
Overclock your way to savings
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 27, 2006 - 06:33 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Legit Reviews points out one of the best values in video cards right now. The GeForce 7900GT isn't the fastest card out there, but with the overclock that most people can acheive, it comes close. If you are more worried about breaking the bank than voiding warantees, take a close look at this card.
"As an enthusiast and overclocker I have to say that if you were planning to upgrade or building
a new system I highly recommend looking long and hard at the 7900 GT.
Modding ahead of the curve
Subject: Cases and Cooling | March 27, 2006 - 05:19 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
In the last of the series on case modding at Extremetech, suggestions from readers on the best way to cut curves was requested from those who have done it before. The replies poured in, and you can take advantage of all of the tips'n'tricks on your next project.
Portable power from DELL
Subject: Mobile | March 27, 2006 - 03:24 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
BleedinEdge examines a Dell notebook with some real power under the hood. This may well be a glimpse at the components that will continue to keep Dell's Alienware mobility systems on the farthest edge of performance gaming laptops.
"Bleedinedge reviewing a notebook? Not only that but it's a Dell and not an XPS
system! You must be wondering what gives? To be fair, this review is about
much more than just about a Dell.
Dude, this one isn't a DELL
Subject: Systems | March 27, 2006 - 01:22 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Just in the nick of time [H]ard|OCP purchased and tested an AlienWare Aurora 550. They managed to miss buying a DELL by a matter of days, although the recent sale may give them a reason to buy another AlienWare machine in the future, and test them head to head.
"We purchased the Aurora 5500, the baseline AMD-based gaming computer from Alienware. Among themid-range of Alienware's offerings, the Aurora 5500 is marketed towards gamers but it could also
be a good family computer.
Molecular Circuitry: Coming soon?
Subject: General Tech | March 27, 2006 - 12:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Researchers in the US have built the first logic circuit on a molecular scale (18 µm) according to this story on nanotechweb. This seems to reinforce the idea that circuits will not always be etched out of existing material, but grown one molecule at a time. Small Form Factor indeed!
Researchers at IBM, the University of Florida and Columbia University, all in the US, have
created a logic circuit on a single-walled carbon nanotube.
The flagship ATI card from ASUS
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 24, 2006 - 07:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
PCStats examines ASUS' EAX1900XTX a 512 MB card with dual-DVI outputs and some really impressive clocks, the GPU is 650 and the memory runs at 1550Mhz. It will cost you a lot, but there isn't much out there that can come close to saturating it's bandwidth.
Plus, Ryan has been busy this week, dropping by the Game Developers Conference, and talking with ATI about their take on Physics accleration ...
Start with a silent case, then add quiet components
Subject: Cases and Cooling | March 24, 2006 - 06:11 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
With as many case manufacturers and styles as there are in the market right now, it makes sense to start with a purpose built case to put your system in. If you are going to agonize over every component on the inside, give the case some consideration too. Silent PC Reivew examines the Nexus Breeze Real Silent Computer Case, which, as you may have guessed, is a good enclosure to build a quiet PC in.
"Nexus Technology is addressing the problem of noisy computers head-on with their new Nexus
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Add a little "Green Power" to your PC
Subject: Cases and Cooling | March 24, 2006 - 05:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Coolermaster jumps into eco-friendly waters with their release of the iGreen Power series, and Hardware Zone has pics and stats. Before you start looking down your nose at them, these are simply high efficiency PSU's with added PR. High efficiency translates into less heat, and more stablity, so keep your eye out for them.
"Green power is all the rage nowadays and Cooler Master reacts to this with its new iGreen Power
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Heavy duty disk storage on the go
Subject: Storage | March 24, 2006 - 02:40 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
TECHGAGE looks at the biggest and fastest 2.5 HDD from Seagate, the Momentus 5400.3 160GB. Living out of a laptop is becoming more common, and this drive looks to address almost any storage need, without forcing you to carry around external drives in your bag.
If you demand to be mobile and still have the hard drive space you need, then you should look at
the Seagate Momentus 5400.3.
Been a while since you commanded a lance of mechs
Subject: General Tech | March 24, 2006 - 12:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Ars Technica and MicroSoft have some good news. MechCommander 2 has gone Shared Source! You can get it from MicroSoft by following the link, although some assembly is required. This should also make modding a possibility for this title.
"According to Vole's site, MechCommander 2 has been released under its Shared Source licence.
The release contains all of the source code and source assets required to build MechCommander 2.
Something to do while you are waiting for Vista
Subject: General Tech | March 24, 2006 - 11:49 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tech Connect Magazine has come up with something interesting for Operating System junkies to play with while they wait for the ever delayed release of MicroSoft Vista. With their guide in hand, try converting Windows Server 2003 into a home OS. They talk about the good and improved parts, and those services best skipped for non-server machines.
"It might need a little outside help, but Windows 2003 can actually become a valid choice for
home users, if one takes care to set aside the
ATI chipsets look good in purple
Subject: Motherboards | March 23, 2006 - 06:33 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Motherboards.org reivews the ATI based ECS KA1-MVP Extreme motherboard. Native support for Crossfire and a very colourful scheme are just 2 of the more noticable features, and there are many more waiting to be discovered, if you only click the link.
"A solid board backed by a good price, sprinkled with much needed features in the way of exotic
options, and you've got yourselves a winner here from ECS.
Can't this RAM go any faster?
Subject: Memory | March 23, 2006 - 04:53 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
At a loss when it comes to figuring out the best settings to overclcok your RAM at? Maybe you just don't have time to benchmark every possible timing and speed combination? Worry no more, EclipseOC has published a memory overclocking guide that should get you going fast, and in not too much time.
"So, it's time to tweak your memory to get maximum performance out of it eh? After playing around
with a LOT of memory, I've sorta settled on what I think is a good way to overclock memory.
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Complete: Mount Agassiz ski hill, which has been closed for more than a decade, might finally have a second chance at life.
The long-awaiting request for proposal by Riding Mountain National Park and Parks Canada, which has been delayed since the end of 2012, will be released in August according to James Gordon, product development officer at Riding Mountain National Park.
"Draft documents are currently prepared and undergoing an internal review," Gordon told the Sun recently. "We plan to have them ready for public release in August.
"Parks Canada appreciates the importance of this initiative to the community and the whole parkland area."
However, frustration over the ongoing delays is boiling over from the Agassiz Mountain Development Group, which has been lobbying to bring back a ski hill to the area for more than five years.
"They've never met a deadline," said Kelly Rose of the development group, "but to be this late is incredible, especially for a government agency."
According to Rose, an RFP was expected to be released in December 2012, a date that came and went.
An email written by RMNP partnering and engagement officer Marjorie Huculak in January 2012 to Rose and forwarded to the Sun stated "the park is confident we will be able to release the RFP documents by the end of February 2013."
The RFP's release was delayed once again, with plans to release the documents in early spring 2013, which proved to be another missed deadline.
Parks Canada wouldn't confirm how long the RFP will be open, but according to the same email from Huculak, the RFP was originally expected to be open for one year.
Parks Canada has defended the ongoing delay stating the process is more complicated than it appeared at first glance and the package was in need of further review.
"It's a very complex file," Gordon said. "It has taken us a little longer to complete than we'd hope due to that complexity and we want to make sure it's the greatest opportunity for a potential successful proponent.
"We've invested a great deal of effort to get this through the process and unfortunately sometimes these things take time."
Ahead of the RFP promised to come out next month, a concerned Rose is already expecting issues.
"If they've taken a year, it could be so incredibly complicated that no one will come forward," he said. "We should have been involved in it, because we know if issues that will come out, and when they bring it out, we'll definitely scrutinize it and we'll probably find things that they haven't even touched on, thus it will be delayed even longer to take proposals."
But he said he'll forge ahead over any more speedbumps the project may encounter, citing the area's dire need for more economic activity.
"It would bring so much pride back to those communities that have suffered so badly."
"The benefits are vast. Everyone just had to be reminded of how popular a ski hill it was. It is the best ski hill in the Prairie. I'm fighting for the best ski hill in the Prairies."
Nancy Hays, owner of Agassiz Park Lodge in nearby McCreary said her business has been treading water since the hill shut down in 2000.
"We have never been able to experience the business this place used to get from that ski hill and that's why this lodge was apparently built in the first place," she said.
Weary travellers looking to seek shelter from bad roads may pop in for the night she said, but otherwise the business has been on a slippery slope since the hill closed.
Hays echoed concerns about Parks Canada's continued delay to get this project off the ground.
"We're a business owner who is suffering from a lack of Parks Canada moving their butt to get something going here.
"Everything they do seems to take forever. They set their own deadlines, yet they never seem to meet them."
A two-year study by American-based SE Group consultants on the feasibility of Agassiz and the ski industry in Manitoba was released last year and proposed three options to reopen the shuttered hill.
The "Community Ski Option," in which the ski hill would be downsized from its previous state and only open runs on the east side of the mountain, resulted in an estimated loss of approximately $100,000 per year, the report stated.
The "Restoration Option," in which the ski hill would open both runs and rebuild and restore existing facilities at Agassiz, resulted in 10-year loss of approximately $9 million.
The option would rely on more than 36,000 visits per year to break even, which is more than double the realistic expectations, stated the report from SE Group.
The "Competitive Option," in which the ski hill builds two new lifts, purchases new equipment and builds a new lodge, resulted in an initial profit of $300,000 in the first year, but due to capital maintenance costs and debt service charges, the study states the ski hill would lose close to $9 million over 10 years.
On top of Rose's laundry list of issues with Parks Canada, he said the feasibility study was "extremely negative," wasn't thorough enough and provided inaccurate information.
For example, he argues the study's estimation of how many skiers visited the hill when it was last open was "so far off, it was laughable."
Fabiola Marabotto wore a big smile as she uttered those words at the 2013 Latin Fest Winnipeg at The Forks Saturday afternoon. The inaugural celebration of Latin culture in the popular urban green space may not have muscled its way onto the city's summer festival calendar yet -- first-time festivals have to prove themselves worthy of attention in this town -- but the fact the small, alcohol-free event was taking place was enough for Marabotto.
"Latin Fest Winnipeg is just the first step," she said, believing in the community's ability to find traction with this event. "That we're having this, that it's actually happening, is a really important step for us in achieving our goal."
That goal is to rally the community to help raise funds to build a Latin-Canadian Cultural Centre in Manitoba, the first of its kind in the province. Marabotto, a member of the organizing committee, moved to Winnipeg from Mexico City 13 years ago. She dubs the future cultural centre "a place for us to share our culture and the things which connect us all." And you can tell she really means it.
What if you could roll along the river instead of driving a car to Blue Bombers games?
Under plans being floated with two riverboat operators, the Paddlewheel and the M.S. River Rouge, Bomber fans would go by boat to Investors Group Field later this summer.
"We feel it's a pretty good way of getting to Bombers games... it's a relaxing cruise and you don't have to fight traffic like you do now," said Paddlewheel Capt. Steve Hawchuk.
Hawchuk said he's still testing the waters for the concept, but he said it makes a lot of sense with the location of Investors Group Field on the University of Manitoba campus, which is on the Red River.
River Rouge operator Curtis Grimolfson could not be reached for comment.
In the next couple of weeks, plans should be firmed up on how the Paddlewheel and the M.S. River Rouge would offer the service, Hawchuk said.
Complete: HARDING — For 364 days of the year, if you blink you might just miss Harding.
Friday could have been considered day number 365 as nearly 500 people descended on the ghost town, roughly 65 kilometres northwest of Brandon, to celebrate more than a century of what has affectionately become known as the Harding State Fair.
When asked how many people now live in the community, Wilma Bell, with the Harding Community Club, started listing residents name-by-name on her fingers.
"I think there is 10, either 10 or 12. Let's put it this way, there are more dogs in town than people," she said with a laugh.
Bell was one of several women in the community group who helped prepare food for the day, including a pancake breakfast and cold plates.
While the group's name has changed from time to time, it has have handled food duties for 107 years.
The fair remains a huge success thanks to Bell and the many other volunteers, according to Harding Agricultural Society president Travis Hunter.
"We get a lot of support and the volunteers really make this fair," he said.
Less than two weeks ago, Hunter said grass at the fairgrounds was up to their waists.
Fifteen lawnmowers, a committed group of volunteers and a cold beer to wash down a full day's work following a picnic and the grounds were in tip-top shape.
The fair has also stayed true to its roots, offering first-class competition in a variety of categories involving cattle and horses.
"It's no fun to go out with only one animal and get first," Hunter said, adding some of the beef classes draw bigger numbers than the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair.
One of the more prestigious awards is the Ron Sangster Memorial Supreme Bull and Female Classes. The winner of each class qualifies for the Royal Bank Supreme classes at the Western Canadian Agribition in Regina.
"This fair is a part of our life," Marg Sangster said. "Harding comes alive for one day of the year and it's an amazing community because everyone really works together."
Sangster, who was raised in Lenore, has been coming to the fair as far back as she can remember.
Many there were third- and fourth-generation fairgoers. On the other end of the spectrum is Christa McKee, who was attending the fair for just the second time with Cranbrook Clydesdales farm.
"This fair is a lot of fun and it's so exciting. All these people pull together and it's a fantastic fair," McKee said while braiding lead Clydesdale Captain's mane prior to the heavy hitch class.
On this day, Captain and the exhibitors were the stars of the Harding Fair.
On Saturday, Harding goes back to being a ghost town for 364 days until its next special Friday in July.
Gimli's Misty Lake Lodge could stay open for First Nation flood evacuees after all, its owner said Sunday.
Hotelier Michael Bruneau has shelved plans to close the lakeside conference centre, which has been used to house those displaced by the 2011 Lake St. Martin flood.
While he contends he's owed another $300,000 on top of the $2.6 million Ottawa guaranteed last week for housing the evacuees, he said the federal offer is large enough for him to have a change of heart over Misty Lake's future.
Bruneau said after meeting with hotel staff and evacuees at the lodge this weekend, he decided to keep it open past Sept. 1, which he said last week would be Misty Lake's final day.
"It's the smartest thing to do, is to stay open for evacuees," Bruneau said Sunday.
The province will spend more than $16 million in the next seven years to upgrade Whiteshell Provincial Park, Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh said Friday.
The infrastructure upgrades, the largest ever in the 52-year history of the park, are part of ongoing work that started last year. The 28 individual projects for the park include the recent streetscaping at the West Hawk Lake townsite plus new parking for up to 300 cars and boat trailers and two new boat ramps.
Mackintosh said work at West Hawk also includes new decorative walkway lighting and large outdoor art installations inspired by the park's natural history, including a new etched beach wall. The cost of the West Hawk project was $6.1 million.
He said Whiteshell Provincial Park, which sees more than 1.4 million visits each year, needs to be "refreshed" as there has not been major infrastructure work for a number of years.
"It's time to keep this park one of our favourites and as well provide greater environmental leadership," he said.
Work on the Souris Swinging Bridge is going swimmingly.
Souris Mayor Darryl Jackson said he still hopes to have the bridge open for the August long weekend after the project was delayed earlier in the season.
Despite the Souris River's high water levels, all the cables are installed and now it's a matter of installing the decking, Jackson said.
"I'm hoping they can get that all accomplished," he said. "We haven't heard any different.
"These last three months, so much of it has been down under ground, you can't really see what they were doing, and there was steel and concrete to no end."
The bridge will replace one with a 177-metre-long span, which had to be cut free during Souris River flooding in 2011. The town was afraid the water would rip the anchors out of the ground on either side, taking an earth dike with it.
Why was Winnipeg selected to be the home of Canada's first museum for human rights?
While the driving force for its creation may be credited to the determination of the late Israel Asper, a pre-opening tour being offered will add a greater dimension to the answer.
With family visiting us from the East Coast last week, I wanted to show off our landmark achievements inside and out, with the hope of impressing them with both The Forks and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
It was disappointing to learn the tour of the museum would not get us inside to see at least the preliminary internal setup of the facility, scheduled to be completed in 2014. Maureen Fitzhenry, the new media relations manager of the museum, assured me neither I nor my Maritime guests would be disappointed with the guided tour they had put together for visitors and locals alike.
Since the tour is free to all, I concluded that since the price was right I could not lose by following her advice. And good advice it turned out to be.
ON THE HUDSON BAY RAIL LINE -- If people who do a lot of air travel are called "frequent flyers," what do you call people who love to travel by train?
Our table in the dining car of a Via Rail train, travelling the Hudson Bay Line to Churchill, mulled the question over for several minutes.
"Trackies," Jack Simpson said finally.
Trackies, indeed. Keep on trackin'.
The Free Press recently joined 40 other "trackies" on a Rail Travel Tours trip to see the beluga whales in Churchill. The biggest component of the trip time-wise was train travel, two nights there and two back, the way it has been since the rail line was built over uneven permafrost in 1929. People on the tour stayed in single or two-person cabins with foldout beds.
For some, it was a romantic notion to go back in time and travel by train. For others, such as Robert Ernstberger, it was simply love of rail travel. This was his eighth trip with Rail Travel Tours, run by lead trackie Daryl Adair, author of the excellent guide book to Canada's best-known rail routes, Canadian Rail Travel Guide.
MONTREAL - The landmark Fairmont Chateau Laurier in downtown Ottawa is up for sale as part of its owner's plans to sell most of its hotel properties to focus on other types of real estate.
A spokesman for Ivanhoe Cambridge says the Montreal-based company, an arm of Quebec's Caisse de depot pension management system, has already sold hotels this year in several Canadian cities, Paris and the United States.
"We're a long-term institutional real estate investor and our objective is to generate attractive returns for our shareholders," Ivanhoe Cambridge spokesman Sebastian Theberge said Friday in an email.
Theberge said the company has already sold two Fairmont-branded hotels (in Winnipeg and Vancouver); a Delta hotel in eastern Toronto and a Hilton in central Toronto; and Westin hotels in Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver.
A ruling expected this week on a complaint against Visa and MasterCard could significantly change how consumers use credit cards in Canada.
The federal Competition Tribunal is set to issue a decision Tuesday on whether rules imposed on merchants by the credit card giants are too restrictive.
Striking down the rules could allow merchants to either reject certain cards that offer incentive points, or charge consumers more for using them.
Under the current rules, merchants are required to accept all Visa and MasterCard offerings, but are prevented from charging an additional fee to those who pay with so-called premium cards, which come with higher costs.
MADRID - Spain's bitter financial crisis is eating away at the country's high-end restaurant scene, with the owners of another top establishment saying it will have to close at the end of August.
A statement published on the website of the famed eatery outside Barcelona is blunt: "Can Fabes says goodbye."
Can Fabes' closure is the latest in a small but growing list that has seen the disappearance of celebrated eateries such as El Bulli, which was rated the world's best restaurant five times by the magazine The Restaurant until it served its last supper in July 2011 amid reports that it was too costly to run.
Spaniards take great pride in their cuisine — the careful preparation of food is almost a national obsession — and top chefs are celebrities among all classes. But Spain's economy has been in dire straits since the construction industry collapsed in 2008. Unemployment is at 27. 2 per cent and people are increasingly unwilling to spend hard-earned cash on luxuries such as fine dining.
High-end restaurants are expensive to eat at, but they are also expensive to run, often with staff numbers equal to customers sitting at tables.
Complete: WASHINGTON - The government is expanding the ways airline passengers can enrol in an expedited screening program that allows travellers to leave on their shoes, light outerwear and belts and keep laptop computers in cases at security checkpoints.
Under the Transportation Security Administration's Precheck program, only travellers who were members of the frequent flyer programs of some air carriers were eligible for expedited screening. On Friday, TSA Administrator John Pistole said beginning later this year U.S. citizens will be able to enrol online or visit an enrolment site to provide identification, fingerprints and an $85 enrolment fee.
About 12 million people are currently enrolled in the program. Pistole said he expects about another 3 million people to enrol before the end of the year.
(A complete article published originally in the WFP, July '52)
The new $200,000 Airport Drive-in, Ellice avenue, one of Canada's largest drive-ins, held a pre-official opening Friday night for friends and business associations of the management.
It is the third of the drive-in theatres to be built in the city by Western Theatres limited. Mark Kramer will be the manager under the supervision of Sam Rosenblat.
A playground will be erected in the front of the screen in the near future, it was announced.
Speakers were Richard Miles, Nathan Miles, George Miles, Harry Gray, manager of Lyceum Theatre; Harold Bishop, president of Benevolent Fund of the Canadian Picture Pioneer; Sam Rosenblat, and representatives of firms who helped construct and furnish the theatre.
The drive-in will be officially opened tonight at 8:30 by councillor William Dawe of St. James.


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Za dodatkową osobę może być wymagana dopłata, której wysokość zależy od obiektu.
Przy zameldowaniu wymaga się przedstawienia ważnego, oficjalnego dowodu tożsamości z fotografią oraz wpłacenia kaucji kartą kredytową lub w gotówce na wypadek nieprzewidzianych kosztów.
Spełnienie specjalnych wymagań zależy od możliwości ich realizacji w dniu przybycia klienta i może podlegać dodatkowej opłacie. Realizacja specjalnych wymagań nie jest zapewniona.
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Na terenie obiektu znajdują się: basen odkryty i basen dla dzieci. Inne udogodnienia rekreacyjne to m. in. odkryte korty tenisowe i centrum fitness.
Zajęcia rekreacyjne wymienione poniżej, dostępne na miejscu bądź w pobliżu, mogą być płatne.
O ile nie stwierdzono inaczej, poniższe opłaty nie są ujęte w całkowitej cenie pokoju i zostaną pobrane przez hotel podczas zameldowania lub wymeldowania. Wysokość opłat może się różnić w zależności, na przykład, od długości pobytu lub rodzaju pokoju. W tym hotelu są pobierane następujące opłaty:
Ujęliśmy wszystkie opłaty podane przez obiekt jako obowiązkowe. Niemniej jednak opłaty mogą się zmieniać, na przykład w zależności od długości pobytu lub kategorii pokoju.
Check-in is 3 PM–5 PM. Mandatory cleaning fees are due at check-in.
The individual making the reservation must be 25 years of age or older and must occupy the rental property the entire term of the reservation. Singles under 25 are prohibited unless accompanied by parent or legal guardian.
Za dodatkową osobę może być wymagana dopłata, której wysokość zależy od obiektu.
Przy zameldowaniu wymaga się przedstawienia ważnego, oficjalnego dowodu tożsamości z fotografią oraz wpłacenia kaucji kartą kredytową lub w gotówce na wypadek nieprzewidzianych kosztów.
Spełnienie specjalnych wymagań zależy od możliwości ich realizacji w dniu przybycia klienta i może podlegać dodatkowej opłacie. Realizacja specjalnych wymagań nie jest zapewniona.
"Dolphins in the Morning"
We was greeted by a very helpful woman, was given our instructions and door code. Saw our room and couldn't believe our luck, saw our view out our balcony, beautiful even on a rainy day. For two, this resort had everything within a 1 mile block. Loved it.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Nice hotel close to beach, shopping, and dining."
Overall I would definitely stay here again as I enjoyed the location. The condo needed an update and the room was not very clean. It was nice to have beach service and the pool area was very nice. Although the room was not perfect, it was comfortable.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Good for a family trip"
The room was dated.That said, if you are staying there for a family vacation and you don't mind there not being a pool bar, then this is a great place to stay. The view was perfect and the pool was fine for the kids. The only issue I had with the place involved the beach service. The guys were nice enough, but there are not enough chairs and umbrellas […] for everyone. And when you check in, they tell you not to claim a spot until they are done setting up everything. The problem is, if you wait that long, you will have no chance of getting 2 charis and an umbrella with a direct line of sight of the gulf. They need a better policy - more chairs would be a start. Also, some of them were reserved, so it looked like you could pay extra for that, but you shouldn't have to do that. All that said, we will probably stay there again. Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Nice Condo"
Condo was nice, clean and had everything we needed. It was a great place for a family, not a lot of partying on the beach. The pic's I posted from the balcony was breath taking and friends commented the photo's didn't look real because it was so beautiful. There is a grocery store near by, resturants and surf shops. We definately will stay again.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"AMAZING Beach View"
Very comfortable stay..amazing view..condo dated but clean n roomy..need to upgrade pull out bed mattresses..def time..I'm a gym rat even on vacation..gym equip needs updated..other than that, met our family goal! Very nice waking up to the beach front view for almost 2 wks! Recommend this condo n will be on our list of faves forever!Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Honest housekeeping staff & beautiful ocean views!"
The housekeeping staff has amazing integrity! We accidently left a couple items behind, one being a diamond necklace. I called Resort Quest at the Beach House and they did indeed have my items and worked with me to get them returned. They were great and it's nice to know you can still trust people! Thank you to the housekeeping staff!Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Great hotel at a perfect location"
My wife and I and our three children drove in from Houston and stayed at the Beach House for 5 days. Everything was perfect. Condo was clean, beach was fantastic. Booking from Hotels.com was painless as was the check-in. Hotel was close to grocery stores and to Destin for excursions we took. On a side note, my wife mistakenly left some expensive jewelry […] in the room and didn't notice till we were 5 hours away. We called the Beach House and they said they would get with the cleaning person. I'm happy to report that the staff at the Beach House did follow up and the jewelry was shipped to us promptly. The Beach House will be our place to stay when we return to Florida. Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"The Beach House"
The Beach House was truly a pleasant surprise! We checked in after hous and had our door combination waiting for us and it was seamless. Our room was very comfortable, clean and updated. Kitchen was abundantly supplied with clean plates, glasses and silverware. Furniture and bedroom were clean and comfortable. Beach was especially enjoyable and right […] out the door. The pool area - while understated - was also clean and accessible. Grocery store, restaurants and shopping all just minutes away. Fantastic weekend getaway. Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Texans in love with Florida"
We drove 11 hours and arrived just in time for check-in. Immediately loved the exclusive parking for the condo, so any concerns over the safety of our vehicle was immediately satisfied. The young lady checking us in was very polite, professional and informative. Upon entering the room we we're immediately overwhelmed with magnificent view of the gulf!! […] Our condo was clean and fresh! Access to the beach was perfect. The beach itself was never too crowded and clean. We stayed three days and hated to leave! In fact. We are already planning our return trip!! Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"old outdated condo for the price"
I was very disappointed with this condo. The condo itself is very old. Some updates have been made but for the price I was expecting much better. I didn't get to see our particular unit on the internet. You don't get to see the particular unit that you are renting .It was very old and outdated. There were repairs in progress in the master bathroom. […] I brought three teenagers, and frankly there wasn't much for them to do. They were disappointed that there wasn't a hot tub. The pool on the internet is actually a children's pool ,but this is my fault for not inquiring myself. There is no poolside or beach service either. There wasn't a washer and dryer in the condo but on the floor. The view is great since it is on the beach. That is the only plus!!!! I would not recommend this condo especially since you can get much newer and updated condos for the same price!!!!!!!!! It is really in Miramar beach which is about 10 miles from the waterpark, go-carts, chain restaurants, etc. I would not recommend this particular condo or resortquest properties. Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
Very Nice place to stay with kids. Very clean and great staff. NO ISSUES and we are picky. Beach very close and not as crowded as most spots that have more traffic and hotels. Perfect place and we will go back.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Oldie but a Goodie"
Condo was older, but updated had been made on the unit we were in. Air conditioner had water leaking from it and had carpet wet. They had a bucket to catch the water. They need to fix that. Other than that, the unit wasd fine.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
Fantastic!! This was our third trip to Destin and we have found our forever place to stay!!! Will definitely stay at The Beach House from now on. Close to everything and the beach view and access was perfect!Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"A so-so stay"
The hotel rooms were nice and clean with a great ocean view. The location was great and within walking distance of a grocery store There were several issues with my 2 bedroom condo : No washer/dryer , The beds were very hard, There were very few amenities we literally had to purchase everything ,even toilet paper. There was cable only in master bedroom […] and living room with only a tv in the 2nd bedroom. The wireless connection was slow and you were only allowed one connection unless you want to pay extra for more. I couldn't hook up any of the smart phones or the I-pad because I was already connected on laptop. I paid quite a bit for six days and was expecting a bit more. Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
the beach house was way more than we expected. clean comfortable and very close to the beach! we will definitely be staying again.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Excellent - a wonderful experience!!!"
Excellent accommodations. Beautiful balcony view of the Gulf....white sands outstanding. Great to have a furnished condo right on the beach. Fit our need for less traffic and less people. The staff at the resort was friendly and exceedingly responsive to our request for the screen door to be fixed --same day response!! Thanks for a wonderful facility […] and great service. Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Relaxing vacation."
We had a wonderful time. The hotel is in a quiet and beautiful beach, but still close to nice restaurants and the mall. The kitchen has everything you'll need.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Best Vacation Ever!!!"
Great rooms that are completely stocked like you were at home. Save money and go to Publics, meals will be better and less expensivePrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Best Vacation Ever!!!"
Great rooms that are completely stocked like you were at home. Save money and go to Publics, meals will be better and less expensivePrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"The Beach House condo in Destin"
Close to everything...food, fun, shopping! And on the beach!! Loved it!Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
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Senator Marco Rubio is the GOP braveheart who leads the immigration fight - Remembers Irish and other immigrants in remarkable speech - VIDEO
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Senator Marco Rubio |
There was a wonderful speech on immigration delivered by Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as the reform bill was being debated a few days ago.
It was no surprise that politicians of all shades gathered round him after he had finished to congratulate him.
In a country parched of bipartisan politicians, Rubio, the 42-year-old son of Cuban immigrants and a frequent Tea Party hero, stepped outside the party lines to support something special.
He caught much flak from colleagues for doing so but he knew he had to stop the rot in the GOP over immigration.
The party has lost the HIspanic vote and cannot secure the White House unless they win back a significant percentage.
Rubio is the Republican front runner for 2016, a marvellously eloquent young man who could transform his party's prospects.
As an Hispanic, as a competent right wing senator but also as a compassionate conservative, Rubio ticks the box of future American superstars.
Democrats knew that without Rubio's support and cover it would be impossible to pass immigration reform in the senate.
Just as John McCain had been the GOP bellwether on immigration in the past, now Rubio was that man.
If he voted yes over a dozen Republicans knew they had cover.
Rubio not only voted yes, he delivered a stemwinder of a speech that will go down in history as a possible turning point for the GOP.
This man can hold Florida, win back Colorado and give the GOP an opportunity to hope again -- if they listen to him.
That is no sure thing. The party has buried itself in divisive politics for so long now they may not know which way up is. It is the way Rubio is pointing to.
Here are his abridged comments on immigrants:
"For over 200 years now they have come in search of liberty and freedom for sure," he said. "But often just in search of a job to feed their kids and a chance at a better life. From Ireland and Poland, from Germany and France, from Mexico and Cuba, they have come."
"They have come because in the land of their birth, their dreams were bigger than their opportunities. Here they brought their language and their customs, their religions and their music, and somehow they've made them ours as well," Rubio said.
"Even with all our challenges, we remain that shining city on a hill. We are still the hope of the world. Go to our factories and our fields, go to the kitchens and construction sites, go to the cafeterias in this very capitol and there you will find that the miracle of America is still alive. For here in America those who once had no hope will give their kids the chance at a life they always wanted for themselves.
"Here in America generations of unfulfilled dreams will finally come to pass."
When have we last heard such rhetoric in support of a decent cause? Certainly not from Obama.
Folks, Marco Rubio is the real thing.
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19 CFR 132.18 - License for certain worsted wool fabric subject to tariff-rate quota.
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§ 132.18
License for certain worsted wool fabric subject to tariff-rate quota.
(a) Requirement.
For worsted wool fabric that is entered under HTSUS subheading 9902.51.11 or 9902.51.12, the importer must possess a valid license, or a written authorization from the licensee, pursuant to regulations of the U.S. Department of Commerce ( 15 CFR 335.5 ), in order to claim the in-quota rate of duty on the worsted wool fabric at the time it is entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption. The importer must record the distinct and unique 9-character number for the license covering the worsted wool fabric on the entry summary or warehouse withdrawal for consumption (Customs Form 7501, column 34), or its electronic equivalent (see paragraph (c)(1) of this section).
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Just grabbed some U at 12.30...surprised that I got it as it bottomed out there for only a second. The weather map showed much more normal yesterday especially in the north east...it may take a week or two but it's not going to take an ice age to drive NG back up. Storage levels have appeared to be largely ignored, I can only hope that weather is everything. Still room to add tomorrow. Any opinions on a good "stink" bid?


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Lying in bed watching the sunset over Sennen. Sunsets at sea don't go on for hours and hours the way they do over the land, the sun drops below the horizon and that's it - unless there are storm clouds far out to catch and hold the last rays of the sun. But as I was trying to scan the cloud banks for the last twinges of purple and gold, I spied a tanker, far off in the distance, its light shining like a beacon, though sometimes it would dip below the horizon and the light would look like it was extinguished, a few minutes later, it would pop back up on course. I think there's a metaphor in there if you look closely.
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Hi, are there any websites particularly good for hotels in these two cities?
I am looking at the Intercontinental on Salisbury Road in HK. How are the harbor view rooms? They seem to be quite highly praised, but are they more or less the same? Is it possible to beat the rates offered by the Intercontinental website?
Hong Kong / Tokyo hotels booking websites?
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yep it is several ways actually
bidding priceline.com and Priceline.com.hk
If you do not want to bid get the Priority CC I jest did
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From the T&C on the invite for 60,000 points: ... It looks like the new credit card product is on the Priority Club ... http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/pc/1/en ...
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boooking.com will have recent honest reviews views are to die for usually can snag them with free upgrades city views are
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You know, of course, that you can bid on Priceline but you won't know which hotel you'll get until after you pay (and even then you won't know if you get a view. While joining the frequent stay club is always a good idea, there is no guarantee you'll get an upgrade at all - let alone to club floor view suite. It depends on all kinds of things like how frequently you stay (your status) and how full the hotel is.
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Thanks. The Intercontinental could be a Priceline hotel, but has anyone actually gotten it? Unfortunately I tend to stay at much cheaper hotels, so I don't really carry enough weight with any of the luxury chains.
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I've used asiahotels.com to book HK hotels for others.
For Japan, I've used travel.rakuten.com.
At least for HK, there are hardly any deals these days, and asiahotels.com may not always have the best price. But they are quite comprehensive with plenty of hotels with instant confirmation, and they offer a slight rebate for future booking.
And don't expect any deals at the IC at all. Comment has been removed by Fodor's moderators
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Our three bedroom, Leatherbark condominium is located on the top of Snowshoe Mountain!
We have everything you need to make your stay enjoyable. We are central and close to everything the mountain has to offer-only a minutes' walk from the slopes, the bus stop, the pool and the village. This spacious condominium offers a great setting for a group of friends or families, with endless amenities. Come vacation "On The Mountain.'
There is a large living area, plus a dining area and an open kitchen. An added bonus for a family with kids is the upstairs loft with three beds and TV. The unit has two TVs, two DVD players, one VCR. Enjoy the fireplace as soon as you arrive, kick back, and relax. The kitchen is fully equipped and includes extras such as a crock-pot, electric hand mixer, and blender. We also provide spices, foils, wraps, and baggies for your use. Keep an eye out for deer grazing in the backyard!
There are three bedrooms, plus a loft in the condominium. Downstairs, in addition to a full bath, you will find bedroom one with a king bed and a queen bed in the 2nd bedroom. Upstairs, in addition to a full bath, you will find bedroom three with a tower bunk bed (double bed with a twin above) and a loft/den with three twin beds.
WINTER AT SNOWSHOE: Fifty Nine (59) trails, thirteen (13) lifts, including Three high speed detachable quads, and 100% snow making capacity make Snowshoe the biggest and best resort in the Mid-Atlantic area. Night skiing is available and is included in your lift ticket price. Ski lessons are available for all ability levels. Equipment rentals are available both on and off the resort. In addition to skiing and snowboarding, there are numerous other winter activities. Choose between snow tubing at Ruckus Ridge, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, snow cat rides, snowmobile tours, or horse-drawn sleigh rides. Try dining at the Sunrise Backcountry Hut, located two miles from the resort on the Cheat Mountain Ridge Trail. Snowmobile transportation is provided to and from your gourmet dinner.
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Our family had a fantastic SNOW holiday in this two floor penthouse condo with skylights. The owner was very quick in responding, attentive to our questions and gave helpful advice. It was clean, warm and a really neat layout that easily accommodates a DOZEN skiers (although we were a family of 5) . The condo location is tucked away in the trees a bit so you do not feel you are on top of other lodgers lending it a true mountain "get away" feel. Although not SKI in / SKI out, the shuttle bus pick up was just a stones throw away and it was a easy flat enjoyable stroll to the village, pool, market or slopes so the location was good. We have stayed in two other Snowshoe properties in the past (Mountain Top and Summit) and this Leatherbark property was by far a much more overall attractive property due to the layout, space and presentation. Thank you Dale for setting us up.Recommended for: Families with teenagers, adventure seekers, families with young children, girls getaway, tourists without a car.
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Izhar cardboard bike project from Giora Kariv on Vimeo.
We've seen bicycles made from different types of metal to help reduce its weight and make it more sturdy at the same time. However those sort of improvements are probably the furthest from our minds when we think about a cardboard bicycle, but that's exactly what Giora Kariv set out to do which was to make a bicycle out of cardboard and that would only cost $9 to manufacture. This was in spite of three different engineers telling him it would be impossible, but as you can see in the video above, it is anything but impossible.
Inspired by a man who made canoes out of cardboard and fueled by his passion for bicycles and riding, Kariv set out to create his cardboard bicycle. The secret to the strength is apparently in the folding of the cardboard which made it a lot sturdier, and according to Kariv, it is able to withstand water and humidity although to be on the safe side, we wouldn't want to be riding this out in the rain. No word if he plans to sell his idea to bike shops , but it does seem like a pretty cheap way to get around, not to mention potentially environmentally-friendly as well since the cardboard can be recycled. So if you want to see what a cardboard bicycle in action looks like, check out the video above.
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Recently, a woman at the art college associated with my university graduated with a first class honours degree. The piece she presented at the end of year degree show included a video she made of herself masturbating and various blown up photographs of herself dressed in bondage gear doing everyday "womanly" activities such as reading a magazine on the couch or loading the washing machine. I could post one of the photos here but I don't see anything else but pornography when I look at them so I won't. Two brothers also earned themselves first class degrees with their own pornographic presentation. Their exhibit included sex toys which had been turned into instruments of torture (think replacing knife handles with butt plugs and turning dildos into nunchucks) and one piece was allegedly withdrawn by the show's organizers because it violated health & safety codes.
Nearly all groups in the UK dedicated to raising awareness of and bringing an end to violence against women are in agreement about the harms of pornography. The Women's Support Project describes pornography as, "a form of commercial sexual exploitation and part of the spectrum of gender based violence." The Crown Prosecution Service includes pornography on a list of recognized forms of violence against women and girls. I don't need to argue why pornography is violence against women on this blog. Any dissenters can easily Google that information and to make it easy for you, I can point you in the direction of Gail Dines and Julia Long. I found it pretty disturbing that my university was not only giving a platform to pornographers but rewarding them with the highest of academic distinctions. Does pornography become art just because the pornographer says it's art?
The whole situation made me want to look over the Dworkin & MacKinnon Civil Rights Ordinance again because it's so beautifully succinct. The mainstream definition of pornography is usually simplified and sanitized as, "pictures or videos of people having sex." Dworkin and MacKinnon define it as, "the graphic sexually explicit subordination of women through pictures or words, including by electronic or other data retrieval system." They go on to specify the acts of subordination which include, "the presentation of women's body parts, including but not limited to, breasts, vaginas or buttocks, such that women are reduced to such parts[.]" Material in which women are presented as, "dehumanized objects, things, or commodities," or as, "sexual objects who enjoy humiliation or pain," are also classified as pornography in the Antipornography Civil Rights Ordinance.
This got me thinking about some of the things which fit in the category of pornography if we disregard the "through pictures or words" part of Dworkin and MacKinnon's piece. The thing that kept coming back to me was the concept of transsexualism. More specifically, males who profess to be trapped in the wrong body and say they need surgery to feel happy with themselves.
The idea that men become women simply by donning the costume and acting the part is offensive and damaging to women in the same way pornography is. Male to female transsexuals become women first by starting to dress in a more feminine manner and asking people to refer to them with she and her pronouns. Where they have access, they seek hormone treatment which have the effect of feminizing their secondary sex characteristics. They will begin to grow breast tissue; their body fat will start to be redistributed so their body appears curvier like a woman's; and their skin will thin and become softer.
This in itself is pornographic. Women are human beings. The biological function of our breasts is to feed our young. Women did not evolve to have breasts in order to make us distinguishable from (or attractive to) male humans. Simply taking a man and putting a pair of breasts on him doesn't turn him into a woman and transsexuals know this so this is not the only step they take. Some of them have what is known as facial feminization surgery (FFS) which can include some or all of the following procedures: rhinoplasty, cheek implants, brow lift, lip augmentation, and chin reduction.
The final stage in the transition process for a male to female transsexual is what is euphemistically known as "bottom surgery." This is the goal and when he becomes "truly" a woman. The commonly accepted terms vary these days but the surgery is also referred to as sex reassignment surgery (SRS), gender reassignment surgery (GRS), gender confirmation surgery (GCS), and with male to females specifically, vaginoplasty. The surgery involves removing the erectile tissue in the penis and then using the skin to form a "vestibule area" and the semblance of labia minora. The penile skin is inverted and inserted into a surgically created cavity in the pelvic area. Part of the glans of the penis, with nerves still attached, is retained and used to form what we are supposed to refer to as the clitoris, and the urethra is shortened to end more like where a female person's would. According to Dickipedia, the purpose of SRS is, "reshaping the male genitals into a form with the appearance of and, as far as possible, the function of female genitalia."
You click on the link to "female genitalia" and it takes you to, guess what. The human female reproductive system.Y'see the vagina is just one part of a whole set of organs which make up the female reproductive system. All the parts rely on each other to function to their best ability. The ovaries are organs which produce eggs. That is their function. They are connected to the uterus, which is the major female reproductive sex organ, by oviducts known as the fallopian tubes. The function of the uterus is to accept a fertilized egg. It is connected to the vagina, which Dickipedia says has two main functions: sexual intercourse and childbirth.
Sex reassignment surgery cannot create a uterus and ovaries transplant. In The Whole Woman, Germaine Greer suggests that,
Governments that consist of very few women have hurried to recognize as women men who believe that they are women and have had themselves castrated to prove it, because they see women not as another sex but as a non sex. No so-called sex change has ever begged for a uterus-and-ovaries transplant; if uterus-and-ovaries transplants were made mandatory for wannabe women they would disappear overnight. The insistence that man made women be accepted as women is the institutional acceptance of the mistaken conviction that women are defective males.
Sex reassignment surgery can only attempt to replicate the form of one of the female sex organs: the vagina. And since there are no uterus-and-ovaries transplants, it can only replicate one of the vagina's functions: sexual intercourse. The neovagina is nothing more than a fuckhole. It exists solely to be penetrated. In fact the new "woman" must penetrate his surgical cavity every day if he doesn't want it to close up. The creation of the fuckhole requires a lot of post operative care. Around day 3 post-surgery, the dilation process begins. It will continue for the rest of the patient's life. If a dilation routine is not adhered to, there is a risk that the neovag will close up due to the pelvic muscles trying to restore themselves. Also, disgustingly, the inside of the neovag gathers wrinkles when it's not being dilated. If too long is left between sessions, the wrinkles start to heal together and narrow the width and depth of the neovag canal. For around four weeks post surgery, the new woman is advised to douche with hibiscus scrub after each dilation session and every time they sit on the toilet.
All this so they can have something that looks like a little bit like a vulva and serves the function of sexual intercourse. A real woman generally does very little to care for her vagina. Of course, she will wash her labia with soap and water, but the vaginal canal is self cleaning. A real vagina does not come to an abrupt finish where the surgical excavation was deemed complete; a real vagina is connected to the uterus via the cervix. which is capable of dilating itself to allow a baby's head to pass through.
If the act of digging out a cavity in the pelvic floor, turning the penis inside out, calling it a vagina and the bearer of it female isn't presenting women as dehumanized things, objects or commodities, then I don't know what is. This posits womanhood as something you can buy. Something that, with an approximation of the right parts, any man can be.
John Stoltenberg is credited with the famous quote, "Pornography tells lies about women. But pornography tells the truth about men." Pornography tells us that women are, as Robert Jensen has told us, "three holes and two hands." It tells us that women are receptive to pain and degradation and even enjoy it. It also tells us that men hate us. It tells us they want to fuck us in every orifice of our bodies. They want to humiliate and torture us. They want to own us, sell us, trade us, and share us with their friends.
Transsexualism isn't too much different. Transsexualism reinforces the notion that women exist to be penetrated and that the ability to be penetrated is an integral and defining part of womanhood. It is literal four-dimensional pornography.
Transsexualism tells lies about women. But transsexualism tells the truth about men. Transsexualism tells us that women are nothing more than neutered males. It tells us that "women" undergo painful and humiliating scenarios in order to keep themselves penetrable. About men, it tells us that they cannot be satisfied simply with fucking us. To fully consume us, they have to be us and then to tell us what we are.
*I am using the term transsexual/ism here to refer not to the gender-bending woo-look-at-my-womanly-penis crew but to the men who profess to being born in the wrong physical body and take steps to change that through surgery and hormone replacement therapy. Transgenderism is a concept which affects women in different ways – something that I plan to discuss in this context at a later date.


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