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MAP-21 Territorial Highway Program (THP) Implementation Guidance
U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration | Memorandum |
Subject: | Information: Territorial Highway Program (THP) Implementation Guidance | Date: | October 24, 2012 |
From: |
Reply to Attn. of: | HIPA-10 |
To: | Hawaii Division Florida Division Puerto Rico Division Director of Field Services Director of Technical Services |
On July 6, 2012, the President signed into law P.L. 112-141, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The attached Territorial Highway Program (THP) Implementation Guidance provides information on funding, eligible activities, and specific requirements under the THP.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Peter Kleskovic (202-366-4652) or Mr. Tony DeSimone (317-226-5307) of the Office of Program Administration.
Territorial Highway Program (THP) Implementation Guidance
Section 1114 of MAP-21 re-establishes the THP under the Territorial and Puerto Rico Highway Program in 23 U.S.C. 165(c) and repeals 23 U.S.C. 215.
In recognizing the mutual benefits that will accrue to the territories and the United States from the improvement of highways in the territories, the purpose of the THP is to assist each territory in the construction and improvement of a system of arterial and collector highways and necessary inter-island connectors [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(2)(A)].
Authorization Levels under MAP-21: Section 1114 of MAP-21 authorizes funds for the THP under 23 U.S.C. 165(a) at $40,000,000 for FY 2013 and 2014. These funds are contract authority authorized from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF).
The Fiscal Management Information System (FMIS) program code is as shown below.
MT10 – Territorial Highway Program
This allocated program is subject to the provisions of MAP-21 Sec. 1102(f) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds. This "lop-off" provision requires that any funds authorized that exceed the amount of obligation authority provided for the program be deducted from the program and then distributed to the States for use under the Surface Transportation Program. Therefore the above authorized amounts will be reduced to the amount of obligation limitation available for the program.
Funds Distribution: The Federal Highway Administrator has been delegated the authority to carry out the program established in 23 U.S.C. 165(c) and has set the following distribution formula for the territories identified in 23 U.S.C. 165(c)(1):
- American Samoa – 10%
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands – 10%
- Guam – 40%
- U.S. Virgin Islands – 40%
Period of Availability: THP funds are contract authority. THP obligations are reimbursed from the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund. THP funds are available for obligation for a period of 3 years after the last day of the fiscal year for which the funds are authorized. Thus funds are available for obligation for 4 years.
Obligation Limitation: The funds are subject to the annual obligation limitation imposed on the Federal-aid highway program.
THP funds are subject to August Redistribution as provided in Section 1102(d) of MAP-21. Any THP funds that cannot be obligated by the end of the fiscal year will be withdrawn in August and the obligation authority will be distributed to the States. The funds and carryover obligation authority will be returned to the territories in the following fiscal year if the funds have not lapsed.
Federal share: The Federal share for THP funds is governed by 23 U.S.C. 120(g). Projects may be obligated at 100% Federal share.
Territorial Highway System.— a system of arterial and collector highways, and necessary inter-island connectors, that is designated by the Governor or chief executive officer of each territory; and is approved by the Secretary or his designee [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(2)(A)].
Eligible Projects: Funds from the THP may be used for the following project types identified in 23 U.S.C. 165(c)(6)(A)--
- Projects eligible for the surface transportation program under 23 U.S.C. 133(b) (see interim guidance for the Surface Transportation Program as revised by MAP-21);
- Cost-effective preventive maintenance consistent with 23 U.S.C. 116(e);
- Ferry boats, terminal facilities and approaches in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 129(b) and (c).
- Engineering and economic surveys and investigations for the planning, and the financing of future highway programs.
- Studies of the economy, safety, and convenience of highway use;
- Regulation and equitable taxation of highway use;
- Research and development as are necessary in connection with the planning, design and maintenance of the highway system.
Routine Maintenance: Funds from the THP cannot be used for routine maintenance. [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(6)(B)]
Location of Projects: The eligible projects authorized under this program may not be located on local roads except the types of projects listed in 23 U.S.C. 133(b)(2), (4), (7), (8), (14), and (19), [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(7)] specifically:
- Replacement (including replacement with fill material), rehabilitation, preservation, protection (including painting, scour countermeasures, seismic retrofits, impact protection measures, security countermeasures, and protection against extreme events) and application of calcium magnesium acetate, sodium acetate/formate, or other environmentally acceptable, minimally corrosive anti-icing and deicing compositions for bridges (and approaches to bridges and other elevated structures) and tunnels on public roads of all functional classifications, including any such construction or reconstruction necessary to accommodate other transportation modes. [23 U.S.C. 133(b)(2)]
- Inspection and evaluation of bridges and tunnels and training of bridge and tunnel inspectors (as defined in section 144), and inspection and evaluation of other highway assets (including signs, retaining walls, and drainage structures). [23 U.S.C. 133(b)(4)]
- Highway and transit safety infrastructure improvements and programs, installation of safety barriers and nets on bridges, hazard eliminations, projects to mitigate hazards caused by wildlife, and railway-highway grade crossings. [23 U.S.C. 133(b)(7)]
- Highway and transit research and development and technology transfer programs. [23 U.S.C. 133(b)(8)]
- Environmental mitigation efforts relating to projects funded under this title in the same manner and to the same extent as such activities are eligible under section 119(g). [23 U.S.C. 133(b)(14)]
- Projects and strategies designed to support congestion pricing, including electric toll collection and travel demand management strategies and programs. [23 U.S.C. 133(b)(19)]
- No longer eligible for this program on local roads are: Carpool projects, fringe and corridor parking facilities and programs, bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways, and the modification of public sidewalks to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
In accordance with 23 U.S.C. 165(c)(4), the THP is subject to all provisions of Chapter 1 of title 23 U.S. Code as amended by MAP-21, except for those provisions identified below or otherwise identified in the territory specific program agreement that are determined to be inconsistent with the needs of the territory and the intent of this program. The applicable sections will be included in each territory agreement as described below in H, "Territorial Highway Program Agreement".
The following provisions of Chapter 1 of title 23 U.S. Code which either apply only to States as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101, or to a specific program and based on previous territorial program agreements, do not apply to the THP:
- Section 103 – National Highway System
- Section 107 – Acquisition of rights-of-way - Interstate System
- Section 111 – Agreements relating to use of and access to rights-of-way –Interstate System
- Section 119 – National highway performance program
- Section 126 – Transferability of Federal-aid highway funds
- Section 127 – Vehicle weight limitations – Interstate System
- Section 130 – Railway-highway crossings
- Section 131 – Control of outdoor advertising
- Section 134 – Metropolitan transportation planning
- Section 135 – Statewide transportation planning
- Section 136 – Control of junkyards
- Section 137 – Fringe and corridor parking facilities
- Section 141 – Enforcement of Requirements
- Section 143 – Highway use tax evasion projects
- Section 144 – Highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program
- Section 147 – Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities
- Section 148 – Highway safety improvement program
- Section 149 – Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program
- Section 150 – National goals and performance management measurement
- Section 152 – Hazard elimination program
- Section 153 – Use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets
- Section 154 – Open container requirements
- Section 158 – National minimum drinking age
- Section 159 – Revocation or suspension of drivers' licenses of individuals convicted of drug offenses
- Section 161 – Operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated minors
- Section 162 – National scenic byways program
- aa. Section 163 – Safety incentives to prevent operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated persons
- bb. Section 164 – Minimum penalties for repeat offenders for driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence
- cc. Section 166 – HOV facilities
Technical Assistance: Pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 165(c)(3), the FHWA Division Office or the Office of Federal Lands Highways, as appropriate, upon request by a territory and as included in the Territorial Program Agreement, may provide technical assistance to enable the territories:
- to engage in highway planning;
- to conduct environmental evaluations;
- to administer right-of-way acquisition and relocation assistance programs; and
- to design, construct, operate, and maintain a system of arterial and collector highways, including necessary inter-island connectors.
Transfers: General guidance on fund transfers can be found at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/policy/fundtrans20070719.htm. Transfers of funds under the THP to another State, FHWA, or another agency for administration should be coordinated with the Office of Program Administration. Transfers to the Federal Transit Administration will be made under the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 104(f)(1) (as amended by MAP-21).
Territorial Highway Program Agreement: The Division Office will work with each territory to revise its agreement with the Administrator as delegated by the Secretary to include the following elements per 23 U.S.C. 165(c):
- Implementation of a program in accordance with applicable provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 23 of the U.S.C. [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(5)(A)(i)]
- Confirmation that the territory will design and construct the Territorial Highway System in accordance with standards appropriate for the territory and approved by the Secretary or his designee. [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(5)(A)(ii)]
- Agreement by the territory to maintain all facilities constructed or operated under this program to meet the needs of present and future traffic. [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(5)(A)(iii)]
- Implementation of standards for traffic operations and uniform traffic control devices that are approved by the Secretary or his designee. [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(5)(A)(iv)]
- Inclusion of a listing of all applicable sections of chapter 1 of title 23 U.S.C. [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(4)(B)]
- Identification of the kind of technical assistance to be provided to the territory. [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(5)(B)(i)]
- Inclusion of the appropriate provisions for information sharing among the territories. [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(5)(B)(ii)]
- Identification of the oversight role and responsibilities of the territory and the division office. [23 U.S.C. 165(c)(5)(B)(iii)]
- Attach to the agreement a listing or map of the highways designated and approved as the Territorial Highway System. Highways may include arterials, collectors and necessary inter-island connectors per 23 U.S.C. 165(c)(2)(A).
- The agreement shall be reevaluated at a minimum of every two years from the date of the last approval.
- Existing agreements shall remain applicable until new agreements under these revised provisions have been implemented.


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A new article, Credit Insurance Lessons From the Crisis by Igor Zax, managing director of Tenzor Ltd., published in Insurance Insight, leading insurance publication.
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A new article, Credit Insurance Lessons From the Crisis by Igor Zax, managing director of Tenzor Ltd., published in Insurance Insight, leading insurance publication.
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Guest lecture Operational Turnaround –Focus on Working Capital and Supply Chain by Igor Zax CFA, founder of Tenzor Ltd as part of a course "Mergers, MBOs and Other Corporate Reorganisations" by professor Paolo Volpin at London Business School 23 March 2012.
The lecture covers principles of distressed investments, corporate turnaround and operational due diligence. It also focuses on supply chain and working capital implications, use of asset backed lending, vertical integration and business model re-design.
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Operational Turnaround –Focus on Working Capital and Supply Chain
Igor Zax, managing director of Tenzor Ltd, published a new article, Supply Chain Finance – a Strategic View in Supply Chain Yearbook 2011/2012, a publication by BCR Publishing/Factorscan.
The article focuses on both buyer-centric and seller centric (such as distribution finance) models from risk, route to market, impact on the supply chain structure and systems/process points of view.
Igor Zax, founder of Tenzor Ltd, delivered a masterclass on "Special Situations and Distress-Driven M&A:What Does it Take to Conduct a Successful Accelerated M&A Process" 28 September 2011 in Moscow, as part of C5 conference on M&A in Russia and CIS.
The masterclass was attended by senior M&A professionals of major Russian and CIS banks and industrial groups.
For link to English version of the presentation please click the title above.
Igor Zax, CFA founder of Tenzor Ltd, presented a guest lecture Operational Due Diligence -Key to M&A Success as part of a course "Mergers, MBOs and Other Corporate Reorganisations" by professor Paolo Volpin at London Business School 11 June 2011.
Igor Zax, CFA founder of Tenzor Ltd, will be leading a masterclass on "Special Situations and Distressed Driven M&A " at C5 conference "M&A in Russia and CIS" 28 September 2011 in Moscow.
This interactive working session will identify core issues that an
investor in a distressed company has to deal with at every stage:
pre-transaction, during deal structuring and post deal. Attendees
will receive 'nuts & bolts' guidance on strategic and operational aspects of distressed M&A deals, an analysis of the different objectives and approaches of participants (banks, private equity houses, corporate buyers and sellers, hedge
funds, etc.). The workshop is specifically designed to help you navigate the maze of operational due diligence, turnaround and exit strategies for distressed investments.
• Types of and reasons for distressed investment
• Practical techniques of operational due diligence
for distressed investments and their importance
• Pricing and evaluating distressed companies and their assets
• Capitalising on discounted price offerings
• Practical considerations in distressed M&A deal structuring
Supply Chain Finance- is there mid-market opportunity for factors? -new article published be Igor Zax, in BCR Factorscan.
Opportunities in Supply Chain Finance for mid market sector, roots to market (both buyer centric and seller driven) and the role that factoring companies can play in this segment.
Corporate Credit Policy-A Strategic View -new article was published by Igor Zax, managing director of Tenzor Ltd, published a in GT News (major treasury publication by AFP).
The article discussed the nature of trade receivables risks, its difference from other type of credit risk, its relationship to corporate strategy and approaches to design of optimal credit policy.
Igor Zax, Managing Director of Tenzor ltd., presented at a panel on Corporate turnaround and stakeholder management strategies at European Investment in Distressed Debt Forum in London 27-th October 2010
While actual presentation was in a form of live discussion between Igor Zax and Warwick Ley, partner of Endless LLP without slides (that was a preference of both panellists), Igor Zax slides prepared for the presentation are avalible here: Corporate Turnaround –thinking beyond capital structures
Igor Zax, founder and MD of Tenzor Ltd, presented onValuations – Practical Questions for PE Investor and moderated a panel at a conference "Private Equity in Central and Eastern Europe", London, 15 October 2010, organised by C5. The presenation focuses on shortcomings of traditional valuation techniques, exit strategies, criteria and motivations of investors.

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The UK Intranational Trade Cycle
The paper uses annual data on real GDP for the UK regions and 12 manufacturing sectors to derive regional and regional/sectoral business cycles using an H-P filter. The cohesion of the cycles is examined via cross-correlations and comparisons made with the regional cycles for Japan, the United States and the EuroArea. The UK emerges as especially cohesive and efforts to explain the overall cross-correlations of regional GDP not very successful owing to the low variance of the explicand; when attention is turned to the sectoral/regional cycles, with their greater variance it is possible to demonstrate that economic variables such as distance, dissimilarity in structure and level of output play a significant role in explaining the variance in the cross-correlations. A significant feature of the cross-correlations in relation to those of EU countries is that whilst they continue to provide support for the "UK idiosyncrasy" they no longer do so as strongly as they did in earlier data samples.Download Info
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- Michael Artis & Toshihiro Okubo, 2008. "The UK Intranational Trade Cycle," Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research Discussion Paper Series 111, Economics, The Univeristy of Manchester.
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"This began as a project to find the best way to preserve 30 years of tape
recordings from the Fold," Klein said. "I don't know when it changed into giving
the collection away. The board never knew about this."
Klein's account is disputed by Maxine Kenny, former project director for a
grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities to preserve the Carter
Fold's audio archives. Kenny, who left the project in response to Jett's
departure, said in a written statement that the board was notified of the
agreement with UNC in April, the month it was signed.
The dear Janette Carter - Jett's late mother - created the fold in 1974 in tribute to her parents A.P. and Sara and her aunt "Mother Maybelle." The threesome's 1927 recordings made in Bristol, Tenn. - along with Jimmie Rodgers - are usually referred to as the "Big Bang" of country music.
For folks who haven't been to the Fold, it's an amazing experience, a place filled with music lovers of all ages and from all around the world. Tucked into a corner of Poor Valley, Va. at the foot of Clinch Mountain, the Fold is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of old-time country and folk music with performances every Saturday night. The music is all acoustic and in the history of the Fold, Miss Janette granted exceptions and permitted plug ins for only two performers: Johnny Cash and Marty Stuart.
While I have never met Jett, I can say his sister Rita Forrester is a lovely, lovely woman. Within minutes of meeting her, I felt as if we'd been friends forever. On one of my visits, she made it possible for me to spend a Sunday afternoon with her mother, not long before Miss Janette passed away. I sat with her in her tiny living room filled with porcelain angels as she talked about her life and the history of her family. It will remain forever one of my most treasured memories.
As Ron McConnell said in an e-mail, "Let's hope (the controversy) gets worked out." I agree. I hate to see such a wonderful place be disrupted by disharmony.
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Tuesdays on ABC Family are getting more and more Twisted
Now midway through its freshman season, Twisted stars Nickelodeon alum Avan Jogia as Danny Desai, an outcast returning to school after spending years in juvie for killing his aunt. But this is no "fish out of water" story. On the heels of Danny's return to school in the premiere, popular Queen Bee Regina (Karynn Moore) turns up dead. Is Danny involved in this death too? And what was his reasoning for killing his aunt while on a play date with best friends Jo (Maddie Hasson) and Lacey (Kylie Bunbury) all those years ago? We checked in with Jogia to get some insight into his enigmatic and, well, twisted character.
Season 1, Episode 11 Jo is still hurt over the video, and Lacey has become an outcast at school.
Season 1, Episode 99 A recap of the first 10 episodes of the series.
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It's possible to make compelling arguments for using both cash and credit cards. With fees on the rise for every type of plastic, from credit to debit to prepaid debit, many people are coming back to old-fashion paper money to make sure that they avoid the fee-for-all. That said, the rewards and security of credit cards means that putting them down in favor of cash might not be the best idea.
So what's best overall, paper money or plastic – Credit Card? Let's compare.
1. Cash makes it easy to avoid fees. Sure, you could get hit with an ATM fee when you make a withdrawal. However, this problem is easily solved by visiting the teller to get your cash or by doing a little research and finding a fee-free ATM. Avoid the ATM tariffs and cash is completely fee-free. This trait gives green money a distinct advantage over credit, where fees are all-but-inevitable despite your best efforts. At the very least, plastic-users have to worry about payment deadlines, credit limits and avoiding interest payments and other penalties.
Advantage: cash.
2. Credit cards can, however, be used to earn valuable rewards. Rewards cards, if used correctly, can earn you free items, free services, or even cash back bonuses. Yes, keeping track of monthly payment deadlines and making sure to avoid interest rates (so that you can get full value out of your rewards) takes a bit of effort, but it could be worth it. No such rewards are tied in with using cash. So, though cash-users don't have the worries of managing a credit card account, they also don't have the rewards.
Advantage: credit.
3. When it comes to budgeting, both forms of currency have their pluses. Cash is easy to budget because you can physically see it and physically divide it to make sure that you have enough to cover your expenses each month. Having trouble sticking to a budget? You can simply take out the cash that you have to use for the week or month and, when it's gone, that's it 'til next month. Credit does not have the same physical budgeting traits that cash has, but most credit card companies make it very easy to manage your account online or even via your phone. Also, third party sites like Mint.com make it simple and convenient to manage multiple credit card accounts. Mint can remind you about payment deadlines and other important things that affect your credit card management.
Advantage: both.
4. Credit cards have security features that make them quite safe to use. Sure, fraud is out there, but, for most physical thefts, skimming scams or other types of credit card fraud, users are only liable for fraudulent charges up to $50. Companies can handle the fraud and cancel a card so that the thief cannot use it. Cash enjoys no such protections. If it's stolen, it is, more or less, gone, unless the police catch the thief with the money in his pocket (unlikely).
Advantage: credit.
5. Cash is infinitely more versatile than credit. Yes, you have to carry it around, but what about all those places where credit is not an option (street vendors and farmers markets, for example) and what about times when cash is infinitely easier to use (in bars or coffee shops or anywhere else crowded and chaotic). Though cards are accepted at most places, if you are traveling, you'll have to worry about acceptance of your brand of card and you'll also have to worry about foreign transaction fees if you leave the country.
Advantage cash.
The result: cash can make it easier to budget and easier to control your spending and avoid fees. But going completely credit-less means missing some major perks. Perhaps the answer for most people is to be more cash-oriented, but still rely on credit when it is convenient to do so.


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DRIVE, DRIVE, DRIVE! I can almost hear Michael hollering with his favorite cartoon. Or was that dive? Screw it. Drive is the word today. Drive, drive, drive and get Michael back to those penguins. Forget soccer. Forget Mommy dear who wants everything her way. Forget the POS death trap that was threatening to shake loose around me. Just me and Little Man, vegging on the sofa in our skivvies; him glued to the tv, me trying to catch a few z's... What a waste, all those Saturday mornings, trading that precious one on one time with my boy for a little more sleep. Gotta get him back. Forget the yelling parents, the clueless "athletes", the stupid phone… The phone… Was that the phone? I strain to hear over the roar of the engine. No way was I tearing my eyes from the road, now! HELLO! 911, what is your emergency? I'm imagining things. Did the call actually connect? "THAT RAT BASTARD TOOK MY SON!" Who knows if there is anyone on the other line. Who knows if they can hear my scream over that of the engine. Probably just screaming in the wind. Or at some faceless God who sits back and watches while kids get torn from their parents. My rant increases. "VOLVO! WHITE! I5 NORTH! I'M VAN! FOLLOWING!" I rattle off my license plate number just to fill the void. They've got to be telling me to stop, right? To pull over. What sane man wouldn't? What logic was there in a heavy old clunker of a van catching a station wagon? Okay, so neither would be first pick in a drag race, but come on now! Little car faster than big car. But I have more horses. Score one for me and my big engine. Big engine that the old ball and chain said we didn't need. Eat crow, woman. I'm getting my boy back. With my luck, they're telling me my wife called. Couldn't reach me by phone and that constitutes an emergency worthy of 911. They have her on the phone. She's telling me to slow down. Quit driving like a maniac. Shut up, woman - don't you back seat drive enough when you're in the van? Maybe she's telling me she picked up Michael. That he ran to the bathroom while I was rounding up strays, and she had finished shopping and came to watch us and ran into him, and he wanted to go home and now he was safe with her and I was driving after some guy who was just picking up his own kid and now scared to death because some nut job in a van was trying to catch him... Or she's saying that her friend's husband came to pick up Michael, and I really needed to meet the guy, because he was a model spouse who didn't gripe and didn't fail and knew how to coach a team of kids with ADD and keep his son interested in the game, and drive safely on a freeway in the middle of a freakin' police chase... How many sets of lights behind me now? Was she following the story on the radio? Breaking news on all the tv stations? Maybe she sees it while trying to skip past the electronics section and recognizes our Windstar and my lousy attempt to be Mario Andretti? Probably having a heart attack in the middle of Sears. Good. The paramedics can listen to her blabber about what an inept man she married. The noise, the rattle, the broken lines defining the lane becoming solid… My peripheral vision sees the speedometer inching past 100 into no man's land. What, they don't test these beasts at 150? 200? I picture a sleek, shiny Lincoln Futura morphing over the gasping gas-hog. I picture the gap between me and my offspring slamming to a close as I zoom past the wagon and he jumps in the window and we fly off into the sunset. Where's Batman when you need him? I let out a string of curses (forget that freakin' quarter jar she uses to keep my language in check!) as we pass a couple trucks near Battle Ground. We crossed state lines already? Call the Feds! Get the whole stinkin' Bureau on this case already! Shhhhhhh….etland! Eyes back on the road, evil smile glaring back at me with red, red eyes. Red, red, red… BRAKES! "GET THE HELL OUTTA MY WAY!" Whether the dumbass driver who thought the best time to merge onto the freeway was between the two speeding cars had actually heard me or not, he is getting the message loud and clear as I almost clip his bumper in a furious attempt to avoid barreling right over him. Stupid, stupid, stupid! Coffin on wheels! And to think my wife actually wanted one of those little Metros. "They're cute," she says… "Great mileage," she says. "Less carbon footprint," she says. Huh – I'll show her a foot print… Clear road ahead. Nothing but white Volvo, dark van and the parade of lights behind and around. Thank God. Though I wasn't sure God and I were on speaking terms, much less offering Him gratitude. 'Course it would take an act of God to catch the creep and get my boy back with out killing someone. My boy. My son. My heart had been ripped out and is now stuck in the back of the car ahead. The car that is smirking at me with those blasted red eyes... I let out a yelp as the distance between closes way to fast. I'm going to kill my own flesh and blood. Has the pervert gone kamikaze? Is he finally realizing the futility of his situation now that the cruisers are passing us? Turn the wheel. Hit the brakes. No, didn't they say the Titanic would have made it if only they hadn't slowed down? Hit the gas instead. No, right foot is already jamming it to the floor. Maybe halfway through the floorboards by now. Where's my foot again? How can all these thoughts fly through my brain in so little time? Is this what it feels like to have one's life flash before their eyes? Lousy life I've got. Fighting the wheel, every attempt to correct the skid is magnified a hundred times… Or maybe one fifty. How fast are we going? Flashing lights flying past my windshield. Windshield? Uh, oh… More flashing lights, right in front of me, along side, behind, other side, in front again. We're so close I can almost smell the donut the white faced cop is going to puke as we… Miss each other in the last second of the spin. Thank God. Maybe we should be on speaking terms again. My breath chokes out in a momentary second of relief until the next hurdle approaches. Bad, bad hurdle. My body goes rigid as I crank the wheel, hit the brakes, and involuntarily brace for the impact. I'm closing my eyes. The van is tipping. Crunch! And airborne. Michael. Come fly with me, Buddy! Its a bird! Its a plane! Its, Supervan! Faster than a speeding bullet! Able to leap tall interstate dividers in a single bound! All I see is blue skies, sunny days, chasing those clouds away, on my way to where the air is neat. Can you tell me how to get… No, no, no – keep me away from the… How is it I still hear the sirens? I open my eyes and survey the mess before me. God must have been listening. The van must have hit the concrete barrier as it tipped from the hard turn. And now, somehow, I am stopped in the middle of the freeway, facing a dozen cars, frozen in place. And several officers approaching, guns drawn. The Volvo… One officer leans against the driver's side, shielding the occupants from my desperate eyes. Michael! My frozen limbs finally release, and I pry white knuckles off the steering wheel. Awkwardly, I peel my body off the seat and stumble onto the road. "HANDS UP!" "DOWN ON THE GROUND!" FREEZE!" The shouts come from all directions and mingle with my own cry. "HE HAS MY SON!!!" I keep moving, one shaky limb in front of the other, my sole focus on getting my boy. The officer by the Volvo turns to monitor my performance. BAM! Asphalt digs into my shoulder as a behemoth slams into me, almost popping my arm out of its socket as he wrestles my hands into cuffs. "My son! Michael! My boy!" I am blubbering now, tears that I had fought before filling my eyes. The pressure on my back lessens slightly. "I've got him! McDaniel! Cover Ruiz! Jamison! Come here!" I try to stop my sniveling and move my head enough to watch a pasty faced young cop moving toward us, gun still extended in trembling hands. Officer Behemoth reaches out and gently lowers the weapon, and they talk in hushed tones. My ears pick up the word "custody" and "my son". Is that a ring on his finger? Spit-up stain on his back? Perhaps he understands my plight. With Officer Newbie standing watch, Behemoth pats me down, and pulls the wallet out of my back pocket. "Louis Feidelberg Halden the Third?" He asks, eyebrow rased. "Yeah," I mumble, "I go by Bob. But listen! You've got to stop him! He's got Michael! He put my son in his back seat! The kids were wandering off the field, and the other coach, and the team…" The giant holds out a hand to still my faltering explanation "We'll get to the bottom of this Mr. Halden." Reaching down, he helps me to my feet, and carefully both officers guide me to the side of the road. My eyes are glued to the darkened back window and the small form behind. "Chief!" From the corner of my eye, I see another cop emerging from our van, waving a small, rectangular object. "I've got his wife on the phone!" Officer (Chief?) Behemoth ignores him, nodding instead to the officer by the Volvo, who in turn asks the driver to step out. Lucky for him, my arms are held firmly. My nostrils flare in frustration, but vengeance would wait. The back door cracks open. Sun bleached hair appears, traditional bowl cut that my wife loves now plastered to the sides of his head with sweat. A small, round face peers out, eyes wide with fright. "Daddy?" Its not Michael.


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An exact port of the Famicom/NES classic game for the Game Boy Advance handheld system in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary legacy of the original Nintendo Famicom system (and the release of the Famicom Edition Game Boy Advance SP system). Build your own course and tear up the track, but don't push the engine to overheat!
Also known as: Excitebike (Famicom Mini Series)
Release Region: United States
Release Date: June 7, 2004
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: February 14, 2004
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Release Date: June 7, 2004
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WALKER -- Cass County didn't receive any response to advertising for proposals to lease or buy space from the county in the Community Resource Center in Pine River.
The county board voted Tuesday to table any additional action to seek someone to rent or buy space in the building until other county capital improvement projects progress further.
Administrator Robert Yochum said the county's next step after that could be to engage services from an area real estate firm to seek occupants for the building.
The county obtained three units (all of the easterly half of the building except a small, privately owned insurance office) from the original building owner, Dick Houston.
The rear section was remodeled into an office for Cass County Extension Services. That section was vacated Jan. 1, when University of Minnesota Extension Services established regional offices.
The regional center covering Cass County is in Brainerd.
The center section is a public meeting space. It includes basic kitchen appliances. The county uses this space less often since extension services moved out of the building.
County employees use only the front office space on a regular basis. It is divided into cubicles. County departments providing services from that office include the sheriff's department, environmental services, extension nutrition and veterans services.
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hooahman> this topic is a great idea. I will edit my post with my favorit MP mission soon. Anyway, it would be nice to specify wether the mission is single or multiplayer (COOP, CTF, C&H ...)
hooahman> this topic is a great idea. I will edit my post with my favorit MP mission soon. Anyway, it would be nice to specify wether the mission is single or multiplayer (COOP, CTF, C&H ...)
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Realistic Combat Patrol got to be one of the best missions I've ever played!Originally Posted by (macho_man_mathijs @ Jan. 03 2005,22:48)
Mission: Greenies
Author: Hawkins
Get out of the area and kill some charlie on the way out.
\"Va det opp te mæ skulle dokker ha vært på ishave og ronka kobbekuk, førbainna søringsatana, så kunne dokker ha sotte å konfigurert dokker sjøl utavhælvettes langt oppi de utpulte ræven dokkers at dokker måtte sjite utav øran neste gang dokker måtte på dass, og når dokker va færdi me det, så sku æ personlig ha kommen å formatert trynan dokkers, å så innstallert skanken oppi baillhånka dokkers så dokker pesse røde serienummer.\" - Sint fisker...
Mission: DVC Campaign (pack of 5 missions)
Author: Devilchaser
Link: http://www.ofpec.com/missions/linkstats2.php?ID=383
Quite old missions but still can be a lot of fun. Play as a soldier in missions taking place simultaneously to those from official campaign. Your company is to set up a logistic base for invasion on Everon.
-good design
-story and real military feeling
-can be played even on lower specs computers
-some of the missions futures voice acting
-cutscens and scripting
-connected to official campaign
-some bugs
-not all dialogs in a mission are voice - acting
Blessed are those who have nothing to say but yet remain silent.
Facile Ground - Sui
Amazing mission I think, good scripting and I love the atmosphere.
Op. Lo-jack (Toadlife)
Very good coop... and some innovative ideas incorporated into the mission. To bad I haven't seen Toadlife around in a long while.
Mission Name: Hunter-Killer
Author: pheonix
Download Link: http://www.ofpec.com/missions/mission_detail.php?ID=372
Addons Required: -
Brief Description: The best chopper mission IMO. And bloody long too. Thinks it deserve more creds than the reviewer gives it. Think it's 1.46 (not sure) but it works fine with res.
Not a mission but a campaign: Retaliation. It's a variation on the original CWC from the Soviet perspective and is absolutely excellent in every regard, right up to the singing Hind gunner.
To paraphrase the old advert, I liked it so much I wrote the walkthrough.
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campaign name: Jingle hells
Author: Mc Bain
It's not a real campaign it's including only 2 or 3 missions. I loved this one mostly for the great atmosphere these missions have, One of the first user missions with some voice acting. Check it out, it's real cool.
Fixed link - Placebo.
Do you like music?
Originally Posted by walker
Took out myself and two other squad mates bouncing a grenade off a wall.
Originally Posted by CarlGustaffa
Bah, I've done that since OFP I can't hit a barn when I'm trying to. But with nades, I can hit a barn when I'm not trying to
Mission Name: Absolute Zero
Author: Welshmanizer
Link: http://www.ofpec.com/missions/mission_detail.php?ID=504
Addons Required: none
This mission isn't so difficult but it was great fun to play.
I think Welshmanzier knows how to make a mission enjoyable.
It's worth to put in your mission folder! just try it and you won't regret.
Campaign Name: Happy Warrior
Author: Unknown
Link: http://www.globetown.net/~cyberzulu/HappyWarrior102.zip
Addons Required: none
I found this campaign somewhere around BI forum.
This one is impressive!
It's quite difficult but each mission has excitement and replayable. I assume that you'll get tired after finished this campaign. Anyway grab and play it!
Hi everybody.
I just tried to dl the Happy Warrior campaign but wasn't able to, because I was requested a username and a password. Is there any chance to dl it somewhere else? BTW I'm using DAP to dl, maybe it's not working for this reason.
I just wanted to suggest another nice Sp mission, it's an old one but worth playing it.
SP mission: 10th Air Cav.
Author: Cumboy
Description: You're supposed to clean a town held by russian forces after Helo insertion. Smart enemy placement. You gotta be very carefull.
No Addons needed.
It's a real pitty that only few people post in this thread, but as General Barron already said noone's playing missions anymore, because most members of the community are to busy with creating their own stuff.
Mission Name: Dustbowl
Author: MrN
Download: BIS Forum Thread
Description: A blackhawk was brought down in Afghanistan due to a sandstorm. You are inserted to rescue the pilot and kill a rebel leader. An optional objective is to find & retrieve the black box from the downed blackhawk. Great mission, highly reccomend it!


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December 24, 2007 Dear Santa, Send the Dream TeamBy Lee Cary
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This Christmas please send me the Dream Team of Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich running together on a new 3rd party ticket -- the Contrarian Party. I know what you're thinking, Santa. Your wall-sized media scanner is already picking up enough political white noise from the U.S; why dial up the amps? But look, Santa, I get more choices for how my chicken gets cooked at KFC than with elephants versus donkeys. So how about a new batter? I've been thinking, 'cause I know you've got a lot on your mind right now with Global Warming melting your workshop and all, about how you could make this gift happen, this Contrarian Party ticket. Here's what you do: Dress up Mrs. Claus like Senator Clinton and have her visit NM Governor Bill Richardson on Christmas Eve, pretending to be the Ghost of Christmas Future; you know the story. Have her tell him to convene a secret meeting between the holidays between Ron and Dennis. Those two know they have about as much chance to be nominated as a team of your biggest elves has of winning the Super Bowl this year. Have the Mrs. tell Bill to use his vast diplomatic experience, just don't get him talking about it, to broker a deal between Ron and Dennis. Suggest to Bill how a success would enhance his chances of becoming the Secretary of State in a Democrat Administration. It should be an easy sell. He's wanting out of New Mexico. Have Bill host this secret conference at a motel near Area 51 in Nevada, the place where all that spooky stuff happens. Ron will like that cause it's an example of uncontrolled big government. And Dennis will come early to commune with the extraterrestrials. The sticking point in their negotiations will probably be those Ron Paul Coins that the F.B.I. seized recently. With all your holiday prep, you probably missed the msnbc.com report on how the Feds mistook Ron's fund-raising coins for a counterfeit operation and raided the shop in Indiana where they're made. It's all been settled now, but Dennis will want to be in on the next minting of those highly coveted, collectors' edition, commemorative keepsakes. So do this: tell Mrs. Claus to tell Bill, to tell Ron, to tell Dennis that his and his wife Elizabeth's likeness (with her sitting and him standing since she's a whole lot taller) will be displayed on the "tails" side of the next minting. That way, Dennis will agree to be the VP candidate. And if he hesitates, promise him Secretary of Defense, too. That's it, Santa. That's all I want. Happy trails to you, and Ho Ho Ho.
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I made the point in the context of a longer question (also referred to towards the end of the diary) and so it wasn't specifically addressed by the panel - who I think took it as read. It has always surprised me (a little) that the yes side isn't using that argument to bolster their case.
Of course the point is often made that the Fiscal Stability Treaty wouldn't have prevented the Irish collapse had it been in force in 2007. Irish national debt was then at 25% GDP and the budget was in surplus. It was private debt, at c. 400% GDP that was the problem, largely because of inappropriately low ECB interest rates (set to meet German economic needs) and a lack of bank regulation at both Irish and European levels.
This is my larger problem with the Treaty - it doesn't really address problems associated with lack of regulation of private markets and focuses purely on the public responses to economic challenges. The focus on underlying structural deficits taking business cycles and and once off extraordinary events into account is an improvement on the prior Growth and Stability pact which focused only on headline deficit rates, but the Treaty remains blind to what is happening in private markets and the real economy outside the state sector. Index of Frank's Diaries
For a political elite to engage in "election buying" by engaging in a tax reduction and spending increasing splurge at a time of already high growth is almost as undesirable as engaging in austerity economics at a time of recession.
The negative effects may be delayed, but they are very real in recent Irish historical experience,
The correct response to a period of excess inflation, once it is over, is to let bygones be bygones and allow the currency to drop. It is not to attempt to "correct" the inflationary episode by a deflationary one. As I often put it, that is akin to "curing" a man who has been shot in the front by shooting him in the back, on the theory that on average no bullet will have passed through him.
It was private debt, at c. 400% GDP that was the problem, largely because of inappropriately low ECB interest rates (set to meet German economic needs) and a lack of bank regulation at both Irish and European levels.
Because the private sector, if left to its own devices, will build up untenable levels of debt. Full stop.
The only way for interest rate policy to prevent this is to engineer a macroeconomic crisis. Which, in another medical analogy, is akin to amputating the limb to treat a sprained muscle. Half the time amputating the wrong limb.
- Jake Austerity can only be implemented in the shadow of a concentration camp.
More generally there has been a lot of criticism of the "clientalist" nature of Irish politics whereby parliamentarians competing against each other in localised multi-seat constituencies will attempt to outbid each other in saying how much funds they will secure for worthy investment projects for local schools,l. roads, roads etc. The CW is that whilst these expenditures may be desirable or at least defensible in particular cases, the aggregate effect has been an inexorable rise in public spending often on crazy projects and especially in marginal electoral areas or those represented by a powerful Minister.
Nigel Farage and others linked to the UKIP has been doing the rounds in Ireland again railing at unelected EU officials undermining popular democracy. He may get a more sympathetic hearing this time - given the antics of the ECB and Commission - but what he failed to understand in the past was that many Irish people were more than happy for "unelected Brussels Bureaucrats" to put the brakes on often incompetent or very self interested Irish politicians and administrators who they deemed obsessed with public spending as a means of personal and political self-aggrandizement.
My point is that (up until now, at least) the political class in Brussels was often more popular than the local political class in terms of perceived competence and disinterested judgement and this may be a reason why many people will vote yes even as it becomes increasingly obvious to many more people that the political class in the EU has taken leave of its senses and is operating in the political/financial interests of elites elsewhere than in Ireland. Index of Frank's Diaries
I will leave it to you and any others who wish to to debunk the CW and popular perception of what went wrong with the Irish economy in the early 1980's, but the virtually unchallenged political perception in Ireland is that it was caused in large part (and ignoring outside factors like Oil prices) by the Fianna Fail Party buying the 1977 election by promising all sorts of electoral goodies such as the elimination of household rates (i.e. property taxes). This proved so popular that FF won by a landslide despite the fact that the outgoing Government had managed the economy pretty well and growth was at c. 5% in any case.
More generally, the public budget is an instrument of economic planning and control. Budgeting for the public like a Roman patrician buying electoral favors is just as wrong-headed as (but arguably less harmful than) budgeting for the public like a Swabian housewife.
First, inflate the economy by a bubble that your important clients stand to gain the most from - and throw in crums for the plebes. Then crashland and demand that the plebes pay for the excesses. Both phases transfer power to your clients.
Economically, the crash is the problem, but politically the bubble sets up for the crash. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
My point is that (up until now, at least) the political class in Brussels was often more popular than the local political class in terms of perceived competence and disinterested judgement and this may be a reason why many people will vote yes even as it becomes increasingly obvious to many more people that the political class in the EU has taken leave of its senses and is operating in the political/financial interests of elites elsewhere than in Ireland.
Twenty years ago, when I was often working with my Italian colleagues at my company's Milan site, my colleagues were strongly in favor of the upcoming Maastricht treaty and generally speaking, for more powers for Brussels' EU institutions. Their reasoning at the time was that the EU was badly needed to reign in the worst excesses of the Italian political class that was perceived as corrupted beyond any repair. Then again, Italy put Berlusconi at its head during much of the subsequent decade.
This was twenty years ago. I wonder how the same EU institutions are perceived today in Italy and to which extent people are realizing that "the EU has taken leave of its senses and is operating in the political/financial interests of elites elsewhere". It should become painfully obvious about now... Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
When those tax cuts at the same time reduce the progressivity of the tax structure, increasing the instability of the economy and so adding collateral economic damage to the damage already ensured by further feeding the bubble, that certainly can be "almost as much damage" as the damage done by the austerian fantasy that you can cut spending to boost economic growth. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
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looked interesting http://www.american-firearms.com/ame...rn%20Guns.html
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I have DuMont's book, but it is nice that someone has extracted the info (believe me it's not so handy, buried in the text thereof) and put it in tabular form for quick reference. Many more numbers have come to light since the 70's. I believe the total now stands at 68 or thereabouts.
The current issue of Man At Arms contains an article about "carbine" 8874, about which I - and numerous others - are VERY VERY dubious. There are NO other carbine (let alone 7th Cav carbine) numbers nearby, at all. We'll probably never know for sure, but I smell a rat, or the opening hype for an auction. The gun is said to match a large number of fired cases, but what bothers me is that (unless the author, and proof-reader, had a grammar breakdown) half of said matches are to dug CARTRIDGES! How does that work? Further, the ONE case picture shown is a rather vanilla overlay of similar-looking hits. Where's the high mag split image?
I never believed there were SO many STUPID people in this country. Start working now to take the Senate in 2014.
Wow, what a house of cards that is. "Known Little Big Horn guns."
They gathered up all the guns from all the Indians they could get their hands on. Not all, nor even most, were at LBH.
Yeah, they're a little dark. I didn't bother turning on the photo lights - not needed.
In any event somehow those '73s have moved from "from the Indians" to "LBH guns." That isn't warranted.
I am not aware that anyone, including myself, has said the OM115 guns were LBH, however some COULD have been.
Are they of the correct period? Yes.
Do they give some insight into clarifying carbine number blocks? Yes.
Were they recovered from Indians who COULD have been at LBH? Strong POSSIBILITY.
There are only a few LBH carbines/numbers known today which are ironclad, perhaps half or less of the 68 I mentioned, but most of that total probably no longer exist. Mills recovered a few carbines at Slim Buttes - about as close to a hot pursuit as there was. Five carbines in the mid 17,000 range were listed in a (KIA - LBH) sergeant's diary. . Some, like 12221, a "B" troop carbine, have been rebuilt, starting with a receiver.
I never believed there were SO many STUPID people in this country. Start working now to take the Senate in 2014.
Didn't say you did but others? Certainly. The link the OP provided implies exactly that.
"ARTICLE TITLE: Serial Numbers of Known Custer/Little Bighorn Guns"
Not "1873 Springfield carbines taken from the Indians."
Pretty clear implication.
Guns the Indians received from deserters, picked up off the range, etc., were recovered. Many, and this shouldn't be lost, had a history included with the return. Those "history" documents could be used to cull the list as some were clearly not LBH. The RCO also has that list as I recall.
Many of the guns are at RIA.
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i said it looked interesting, i didn't say take it as gospel. i found it interesting for all the carbines listed as unservicable.
I'm not saying you created that page. That page is an indicator that people are taking the guns recovered from the Indians and equating them to LBH guns.
Why do I suspect that book does that? In which case it's been done for 30 years now.Custer Batle Guns
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No, if you read it, you'll find it certainly does allow the reader to draw some inferences, but it really doesn't come out and say so directly. And, that book has, very much, to be taken in the context of its' time. John Du Mont was a respected amateur scholar of his day, ahead of many of his contemporaries, but NONE of the better TD books had been published, the SRS files weren't available to him, etc.
TDs were whale droppings in the early 1970s - anyone who actually "collected" ("but aren't they all the same?", I used to hear) them was seen as somehow being second class. You had to be into Winchesters or Colts to have any real standing. In some small way, I hope I've helped to change that. The other side of that coin is that many bargains were available to those few who did their homework. I've known what a triangular RB, and an 1875 SA-Lee were, since the 1950s, thanks to avidly reading and collecting back issues of the American Rifleman.
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I watched where Dixie Gun works created a collectors market for the trap doors. While they were selling for $25.00 or so back then, they must have started buying as many as they could find for those prices until they had quite a few.
Then for a few years, they always mentioned in their catalog that to watch and see, trapdoors will become the next popular collectable. And of course prices for them started rising because of that statement
And low and behold, Dixie then decided to sell their large collection of trapdoors, which of course now the prices were not $25 anymore as now they are a hot collectable items and prices were listed at triple and double what they were bought for. All in a couple of years time. Good business people they were.
The market runs the same way. Let a few leaks out that a certain stock is going to increase in value a lot more, that spreads like wild fire. Of course that's after you bought it already for pennies. Then watch everyone jump on the band wagaon buying it and when it's reached it's high, then sell and go play with all the money you made. Ray
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Most students are enjoying the winding down of the semester, taking their last finals, begging teachers for that last bit of extra credit, but for a small group of dedicated student athletes, finals week has a greater meaning. The Rhode Island College golf team will be heading down to the Mission Inn Resort in Howey Hills, Florida for the 2012 NCAA Division-III golf championships May 15-18.
The team earned a bid to the event in the fall by capturing the Greater Northeast Athletic Conference championship for the first time in program history.
Lead by juniors Kyle Harper and Kyle Garcia, the team will be looking to make some noise in their first ever trip to nationals. "Going to NCAA's is a dream come true," said Harper, "There's nothing I've wanted more in my time here at RIC then to win the GNAC title for the first time in team history and play in the National Championship against the best teams in the country."
Joining the juniors will be sophomore Tim Leigh and the dynamic freshman duo of Ryan Butler and Pat Ford. Butler had his best round of the season at the GNAC championships winning the event by five strokes and propelling the Anchormen to their first place finish.
The team hasn't played an event in nearly two weeks after capturing The Cup over Johnson and Wales University at Cranston Country Club in late April. The team qualified for the NCAAs back in October and has been counting down the days ever since. "We've been waiting for this so long and we are so ready to get down there and show everyone what we got," stated Ford.
Excitement and nerves will certainly play into the trip, but the team will look to over come all of them to make a splash in the Sunshine State. "I think I can speak for the whole team when I say this is the most excited any of us has ever been," said a smiling Ford. "This will be life changing."
No matter the outcome the trip will be life changing indeed, but especially so, if the team finds success on the Mission Inn greens. The team will travel down to Florida as a group after they wrap up exams this week. They have a chance to play two practice rounds before getting down to business with looks of continuing to make history.


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London CallingThey said Jay DeMerit, a kid from Green Bay, didn't have what it takes to play professional soccer in America. So he went to England. England? Yes, and now he's a bloomin' favorite
By Grant Wahl Three years ago, in Jay DeMerit's previous life, Sir Elton John didn't ask to shake his hand. Three years ago, before he scored one of the most lucrative goals in soccer history, yellow-clad Englishmen didn't chant his name, didn't wear his jersey, didn't burst into tears of joy over his flying header into a rippling net. Three years ago Jay DeMerit, late of Green Bay, was a soccer vagabond in a foreign land, an MLS reject plying the fields of London's city parks, a Sunday pub leaguer sharing a friend's attic bedroom in a dodgy part of town and subsisting on $70 a week and a steady diet of beans on toast. Now, of all places, he's here: on the emerald grass of sold-out Vicarage Road, the cozy stadium of the English Premier League's Watford FC, a small-market outfit like DeMerit's beloved Green Bay Packers. It's an early-autumn afternoon 15 miles north of London, and this time DeMerit's foes aren't a bunch of hungover blokes from the pub but rather the superstars of Manchester United, the world's most famous team. The sight of the Red Devils should intimidate the Hornets defender (Welcome to the Premiership, Yank), but not today. Not after his journey from the sport's lowest levels to a league with a global audience of 600 million. When DeMerit dispossesses Man U forward Ryan Giggs early in the first half, the stand behind Watford's goal erupts: U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! Later, after DeMerit swipes Cristiano Ronaldo's sneaky back-heel pass, the Watford hard cores launch into another favorite (also seen on yellow-and-black T-shirts): Jaaaaaaaaay ... Jay DeMerit! Jay-Jay-Jay from the U.S.A! Man United ends up winning 2-1 on a second-half goal, but the Wisconsin cheesehead with Matt Damon's mug and David Beckham's old rooster-tail haircut has played a nearly flawless match, organizing Watford's back line while using his speed, smarts and aerial prowess to help keep the game close. "I like the challenge of going up against some of the best players in the world each week," the 26-year-old DeMerit says afterward. "If I can hold my own, it's only going to make me better. It's just another level I can get to." Rare these days is the foreign crowd that embraces a U.S. athlete with such fervor. Even rarer is the still-unfolding fable of DeMerit, the unlikeliest of the record 13 American imports in the Premiership this season. How many Yanks go from mid-major college soccer to starting in the Premier League? From not being drafted by MLS to scoring a historic goal in front of 65,000 fans last May? From toiling in obscurity -- DeMerit has never played for a U.S. team at any level -- to staring down renowned strikers such as Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney and Andriy Shevchenko? 1 of 3 | ||||||||||||||


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More and more cities around the country are using traffic surveillance cameras as a way to crack down on speeders and improve the safety of our roadways. One area of the country where the use of red light cameras and speed cameras is especially prevalent is the state of Maryland. In 2006, the Maryland General Assembly voted to implement speed cameras despite the objection of the Governor. We will review some of the controversy surrounding the decision to implement Maryland traffic cameras, and take a closer look at the program's effectiveness.
This trend has many Maryland citizens up in arms. Law enforcement and governmental officials are claiming these measures are essential to improve the safety of our roads. Citizens however, see it differently. The following are some of their chief concerns.
Despite all of the frustration drivers experience there is evidence to indicate that red light traffic cameras and radar speed cameras do in fact reduce the number of traffic injuries and fatalities. It has been reported that the Maryland and D.C metropolitan areas have seen a steady decline in speeding motorists since the traffic cameras were installed. There has also been a 73.2 percent reduction in red light violations since red light cameras were installed in 1999.
That still has not helped convince the skeptics that insist the installation of these traffic cameras is merely a revenue generator for the city. In the Maryland and D.C. area alone, officials collected more than $5 million in fines from traffic cameras during just the first three months of 2006. If the trend continued, they would be on target to collect more than $30 million for the year. There is no doubt, traffic cameras are a big revenue generator.
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Despite Starship Entertainment's attempts to convince the world otherwise, SISTAR's latest mini-album, "Alone", centers around a hooker concept. Why? Because no one in their right mind flies all the way out to Las Vegas to film a music video if they wanted to imply something else. That story might have worked for MOGEF, but trust me, whatever excuse they gave is not why SISTAR is topping charts right now. Sex sells, and the choreography for "Alone" is significantly more literal than earlier choreography for "So Cool" and "Push Push".
That being said, it's not all hookers and hoes throughout this mini. They've got two feel-good pop numbers ("Lead Me" and "I Choose To Love You"), both of which are keepers, but which also totally clash with the hooker concept.
"Lead Me" honestly sounds like the second part of "Ma Boy". I'm not sure whether I find that distasteful or not – though some have been butthurt by the implication that Starship is giving fans sloppy seconds – but it's damned catchy either way, and it's nice to see that SISTAR has been performing this one on music programs as well.
"I Choose To Love You" was Hyorin's single for Samsung's "How To Live Smart" campaign, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it had made its way onto this mini. It's a gorgeous acoustic number that places Hyorin's vocals – and specifically, her gorgeous tone – front and center with just a touch of reverb, but remains otherwise unencumbered by effects (since we all know that Brave Brothers loves him some auto-tune).
"Alone", the lead single on this track, produced by Brave Brothers, is perhaps more of a step forward for Brave Brothers than for SISTAR. Deservedly or not, Brave Brothers has a reputation for blasting the same four chords for every drop, so to see him produce something catchy outside of the realm of dance-pop is a serious counter to the naysayers. However, for SISTAR, the visual aspect of this song (read: the leg slit dance) completely overwhelms the musical aspect. Hyorin once again takes center stage as the main vocal, but her voice has been auto-tuned beyond recognition, and the melody itself is boring. The instrumental is sultry enough, but the main reason people are buying this song is because the music video has done an effective job at assigning this song an image/concept to recall whenever people hear the music. It's not the best thing musically for SISTAR, but it works. Another nice touch was the fact that they referenced their earlier work – "Ma Boy" of SISTAR19.
The best part about this mini is that the other songs on the album are actually decent (as in they might have been lead singles in an alternate universe). "Girls On Top" is surprisingly good, and it resonates with the disco feel of the lead single. The back and forth between singing and raps, as well as the vocal effects (repetition), is strangely similar to 2NE1's earlier work circa "To Anyone", and while it's not a line of inquiry I'm seriously pursuing, I wonder if others feel that way as well.
"No Mercy" also starts with a great guitar riff and then slides into a disco-inspired drop with a juicy bass saw wave at the chorus, keeping things relevant in the lower ends of the spectrum.
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Liberal support fell to 42 per cent of decided voters in the August poll, down from 52 in May. The NDP surged to 32 per cent of decided voters polled, up from 21. It is the third consecutive poll that the NDP have received support from more than 20 per cent of decided voters.
Support for the Progressive Conservatives was roughly static over the last three months, at 23 per cent.
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