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Dear Mr. Fairchild:
This responds to your request for my opinion of whether a particular vehicle (the Pinzgauer) would be considered a "motor vehicle" for the purposes of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. When NHTSA previously considered this question, we stated in a March 25, 1982 letter to Mr. Leonard Fink that the Pinzgauer would be considered to be a motor vehicle, based on the information that was available to the agency at that time. However, that letter also stated that the agency would be willing to reconsider this conclusion if additional information were provided regarding the vehicle's marketing, advertising, and actual use. Your recent letter set forth three additional factors that you suggested might lead the agency to change its previous conclusion that the Pinzgauer was a motor vehicle. As explained in detail below, this agency reaffirms the previous conclusion that the Pinzgauer appears to be a motor vehicle.
Section 102(3) of the Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 1391(3)) defines a "motor vehicle" as
any vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power manufactured primarily for use on the public streets, roads, and highways, except any vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails.
NHTSA has interpreted this language as follows. Vehicles that are equipped with tracks or are otherwise incapable of highway travel are plainly not motor vehicles. Further, vehicles designed and sold solely for off-road use (e.g., airport runway vehicles and underground mining devices) are not considered motor vehicles, even though they may be operationally capable of highway travel. Vehicles that have an abnormal body configuration that readily distinguishes them from other highway vehicles and a maximum speed of 20 miles per hour (mph) are not considered motor vehicles, because their use of the public roads is intermittent and incidental to their primary intended off-road use. On the other hand, vehicles that use the public highways on a necessary and recurring basis are motor vehicles. For instance, a utility vehicle like the Jeep is plainly a motor vehicle, even though it is equipped with special features to permit off-road operation. If a vehicle's greatest use will be off-road, but it will spend a substantial amount of time on-road, then NHTSA has interpreted the vehicle to be a "motor vehicle". Further, the agency has determined that a vehicle such as a dune buggy is a motor vehicle if it is readily usable on the public roads and is in fact used on the public roads by a substantial number of owners, regardless of the manufacturer's stated intent regarding the terrain on which the vehicle is to be operated.
Vehicles such as the Pinzgauer are not easily classified under either of these groupings. On the one hand, the Pinzgauer is obviously designed to have substantial off-road capabilities, as evidenced by high ground clearance, deep water fording capabilities, and all-wheel drive. According to its manufacturer, 95 percent of the annual production of Pinzgauers is purchased by armed forces worldwide. These factors suggest that the Pinzgauer should not be classified as a motor vehicle. On the other hand, the available information shows the Pinzgauer is suitable for use on-road. The vehicle has a top speed of nearly 70 miles per hour. Page 4 of Enclosure 1 of your letter shows that the Pinzgauer is equipped with turn signals and states that the power steering minimizes steering effort "both in difficult terrain and when parking." Page 4 of Enclosure 3 with your letter describes the serviceability of the Pinzgauer "with ordinary on- and off-road usage." These factors suggest that the vehicle is designed and intended to be routinely used on the public roads, which suggests that it should be classified as a motor vehicle.
In instances where the agency is asked whether something is a motor vehicle, when the vehicle has both on-road and off-road operating capabilities, and about which there is little or no evidence about the extent of the vehicle's on-road use, NHTSA has applied five factors to reach its conclusion. These factors are:
1. Whether States or foreign countries have permitted or are likely to permit the vehicle to be registered for on-road use.
2. Whether the vehicle is or will be advertised for use on-road as well as off-road, or whether it is or will be advertised exclusively for off-road use.
3. Whether the vehicle's manufacturer or dealers will assist vehicle purchasers in obtaining certificates of origin or title documents to register the vehicle for on-road use.
4. Whether the vehicle is or will be sold by dealers also selling vehicles that are classified as motor vehicles.
5. Whether the vehicle has or will have affixed to it a warning label stating that the vehicle is not intended for use on the public roads.
When NHTSA previously considered whether the Pinzgauer should be considered a motor vehicle, the available information regarding these factors showed that the manufacturer had equipped the vehicle with side marker lights, the manufacturer expected the vehicle to be used on-road, and that it would be sold by dealers that also sell vehicles that are clearly motor vehicles.
In your letter, you enclosed some additional information and brochures from the manufacturer that show the manufacturer continues to expect Pinzgauers to be used both on- and off-road. Since the manufacturer does not now expect to sponsor the vehicle's sale in the U.S., no information is available on the anticipated dealers. The additional information enclosed with your letter did not specifically address any factors on which no information was previously available to NHTSA. Hence, the agency has no basis for changing its previous conclusion that the Pinzgauer appears to be a motor vehicle.
You suggested three reasons that might lead the agency to reverse its previous conclusion. First, you suggested that the 6-wheeled version of the Pinzgauer has a unique body configuration which distinguishes it from typical, on-road vehicles and makes it particularly well suited to off-road use. You correctly noted that the agency's 1982 letter addressed both the 4-wheeled and 6-wheeled version of the Pinzgauer. However, for the purposes of this analysis, there is no attribute of the 6-wheeled version that would lead the agency to conclude that it should be classified differently than the 4-wheeled version of the Pinzgauer. Many vehicles that are clearly motor vehicles have 6 wheels. In all other respects, the 4- and 6-wheeled Pinzgauers have similar on-road capabilities, including a top speed of more than 65 miles per hour.
Second, you suggested that NHTSA concluded that the Unimog is not a "motor vehicle" in a February 7, 1984 letter, and that the Unimog and Pinzgauer are comparable vehicles. In the February 7, 1984 letter to Mr. Karl-Heinz Faber to which you refer, NHTSA stated that it had no basis for changing its previous conclusion that the Unimog was not a "motor vehicle." NHTSA also noted that this conclusion was based upon the assumptions that Unimog vehicles would continue to be marketed through dealers of farm machinery and heavy equipment and that Unimog vehicles would have a label affixed stating that the Unimog is not manufactured for highway use. In other words, the information available for Unimog (especially regarding factors number 4 and 5 above) was sufficient to lead the agency to conclude that it was not a motor vehicle, even though Unimogs are operationally capable of on-road use. By way of contrast, either no information is available for Pinzgauer vehicles regarding the five factors identified above or, if information is available for a factor, it suggests that the Pinzgauer should be treated as a motor vehicle. Since the Pinzgauer is operationally capable of on-road use, and there is no indication that the manufacturer does not intend for it to spend a substantial amount of time on-road, NHTSA reaffirms its previous statement that these vehicles appear to be "motor vehicles," within the meaning of the Safety Act.
Third, you suggested that NHTSA's 1982 conclusion did not include a consideration of the primary design intent of the Pinzgauer for military purposes and the high percentage of its total sales to the military. NHTSA's 1982 conclusion and this reconsideration both are addressed only to the non-military versions of the Pinzgauer. The military versions of the Pinzgauer would not be subject to the safety standards if their sales satisfied 49 CFR 571.7(c). In both the 1982 and this examination of whether the non-military versions of the Pinzgauer are motor vehicles, the agency fully considered the substantial off-road capabilities of these vehicles. However, absent indications that the manufacturer does not intend the Pinzgauer to spend substantial periods of time on-road, NHTSA concluded in 1982, and reaffirms at this time, that the non-military versions of the Pinzgauer appear to be "motor vehicles" within the meaning of the Safety Act.
I hope this information is useful. If you have any further questions or need some additional information on this topic, please feel free to contact Steve Kratzke of my staff at this address or by telephone at (202) 366-2992.
Paul Jackson Rice Chief Counsel
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I saw this today on Google. It is for a Google Adwords keyword in a hypercompetitive marketplace… with a $12.56 average CPC (cost per click). The advertiser was hoping to use dynamic keyword insertion. Instead they did dynamic money wastin' ad this can definitely affect their Quality Score. The business cash advance industry has some […]
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This was a lot of fun this week, and I was thrilled to be chatting (yelling – the bar was a bit noisy) with folks about blogging, social media and search at Social Media Club Louisville. This group was especially (and refreshingly) straightforward about what works – no bull. It gets tiresome hearing blog-cheerleaders go […]
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Abbas seems friendly enough and laughs easily. As his car breezes through Iraqi army checkpoints at the entrance to Baghdad's notorious and sprawling Sadr City slum, he talks about killing Sunnis. "We caught Takfiris [members of a fundamentalist Sunni Islamist sect] who were [working] with the Americans. We didn't want to kill them, but the government was too weak to do anything at the time. So we killed them all and put them in a big grave."
A loyal Mahdi Army fighter since the Shi'ite militia was established in 2003, Abbas is now wanted by the Iraqi government. But his story echoes those of many of Iraq's young fighters; it's one not of cold-blooded murderers but of avengers. "Al-Qaeda killed my brother. They kidnapped him from a street near his home in 2006. They wrapped his head in plastic until he suffocated to death," he says. "He was 23, and his wife was five months pregnant. Those people [who killed him] were his neighbors his friends." (Abbas later caught and killed them too.)
But Abbas hasn't been killing any fellow Iraqis lately or even Americans, his group's primary target. In fact, the vast militia of radical anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has been relatively well-behaved since al-Sadr called on his followers to stand down and allow Iraqi government forces to enter Sadr City peacefully in May. Some U.S. and Iraqi military commanders in Baghdad say al-Sadr's call for his men to remain peaceful in order to prevent "more bloodshed" served a tactical purpose, as he began to see a losing battle in the face of an empowered Iraqi security force. Indeed, many officials allied with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government say the cleric's militia and Sadrist political movement have been substantially weakened through military crackdowns on their strongholds in Sadr City and the southern cities of Amara and Basra over the past four months. "We don't think they will try to fight again, because they are too weak now," says an Interior Ministry official. "If they start, it will be their end." Says Ali Saadi, a medical professor in the Hay al-Banook district, where the Shi'ite militia has been popular and which lies adjacent to Sadr City: "The Mahdi Army was hit hard [by the military operation]. They are very weak these days, and a lot of them escaped to other areas."
But in Sadr City, Abbas and his comrades insist they haven't gone anywhere. "We're resting," he says with a smile. As if to ominously confirm Abbas' analysis, graffiti spotted around Baghdad in the past few months has warned, "We'll be back." But when? And if they're only resting, then does that mean the government has less control over the restless opposition hotbed than it has claimed? "The government is in full control of Sadr City," says the Interior Ministry official, who declined to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the press. "There are still a few [Mahdi Army fighters], but they have no influence and they cannot act because we are fully in control of them."
The Sadrists in parliament maintain their distance when speaking about the militia in public. "Of course the government is controlling Sadr City," says Sadrist MP Nasir al-Saadi. But when asked whether that means the Mahdi Army has been wiped out, he says, "The Army of the Imam [a name used interchangeably with Mahdi Army] is not only in Sadr City; it is in all of Iraq. And if [government officials] think they are few in numbers, they are dreaming."
Hundreds of Shi'ites loyal to al-Sadr gathered outdoors [on July 25, 2008] for Friday noon prayer and a heated sermon by an imam in al-Sadr's movement. He blasted the American occupiers and the security deal being negotiated between the U.S. and al-Maliki's government. Worshippers laughed when asked, rhetorically, who controls the neighborhood, which is home to some 3 million of Baghdad's poor. "This area is controlled by the Sadrist movement. The Iraqi army only watches over Friday noon prayer no more and no less," says worshipper Ali Kate'a, 31, as soldiers with rifles peered at the crowd from nearby rooftops. Says Abbas: "Of course they're nervous. They're not comfortable here."
Indeed, Kate'a may be right, or the Iraqi army's resources were too focused on the sermon and subsequent political demonstration to pay much mind to the rest of the neighborhood. But police and army checkpoints become noticeably fewer and farther between as one moves from the outskirts to the center of Sadr City. And in the heart of the slum, Mahdi Army fighters in yellow shirts operate checkpoints alongside Iraqi soldiers. "But it's not cooperation," laughs Mohanid, a Mahdi Army fighter. Most of the Iraqi soldiers have their faces covered to conceal their identities. At another intersection, a dozen young militia members attempt to direct a snarl of traffic in the late afternoon heat as a single uniformed policeman fumbles aimlessly in their midst seeming to have given up.
"Look how you got in here today, as a foreign journalist. Did you get permission from the Iraqi National Guard?" Abbas asks. "No. If anything, that's evidence they don't control this place." As he speaks, a car riddled with bullet holes, carrying four young men, pulls up next to him at a street corner. Above it, a billboard on the median depicts four young martyrs all killed fighting the Americans, according to Mohanid. One holds a gun and is draped in ammunition, and like most other martyr billboards around the neighborhood, al-Sadr's picture floats next to them. Unlike in Basra, where his portrait has been torn down from many street corners, the cleric's picture in Sadr City remains ubiquitous, and graffiti on the walls reads: "Long live al-Sadr" and "Saulat al-Sadr" Charge of al-Sadr the Mahdi Army's answer to Maliki's Basra offensive, which was called Saulat al-Forsan, or Charge of the Knights.
Along one block, about 35 displaced Iraqi Shi'ite families from other neighborhoods occupy makeshift homes built with monetary help from the Sadr office. Most of them fled predominantly Sunni neighborhoods in and around Baghdad like al-Dora and Abu Ghraib when a rash of sectarian killings broke out in 2006. "This house was built by the Sadr office, not by the government," says Mohanid proudly.
At the demonstration that followed Friday's prayer, a crowd of men rallied as they often do with Iraqi flags and portraits of al-Sadr raised above their heads, chanting, "No to America! No to the agreement! No to the occupation!" Saadi, the MP, says the Mahdi Army will never turn violent in Sadr City again. But he says it could carry out more demonstrations "if the government pushes the people and doesn't fulfill its promises." The Interior Ministry official is more wary, saying, "People want services like electricity, water and medical care ... They are fed up with the military in the streets. And don't forget that Sadr City is a very big district and [the residents] are almost under siege. They have very few ways to get in and out, and that could cause pressure and drive some of them to fire on a military convoy."
Abbas, too, complains about Sadrist-targeting in raids. "It is very clear they are targeting the movement ... All the jails are full of Sadrists," he says. "At some point, this pressure could end in an explosion. The Army of the Imam will never stop making its demands and asking for its legal rights."
Leaving Sadr City that afternoon, Mohanid gets a call on his mobile phone. "The American base is on fire!" he exclaims with a grin. True enough, it is. On the southeast edge of Sadr City, residents watch as flames sputter from the broken windows of a multistory building on a joint American-Iraqi base. A helicopter hovers through the thick black smoke above, airlifting Iraqi police who have been trapped on the roof, as powerful hoses blast the flames with water from below. But this was no product of the Mahdi Army, which has kept to its official "resting" stance. Lieut. Colonel Steven Stover, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, later said that although the cause for the flames was unknown, "it definitely wasn't enemy fire."
But if al-Sadr's dormant militia does decide to stir should frustration over a lack of services, perceived discrimination or an American threat provoke them once more the question remains of just how real the semblance of an Iraqi military grip on the city is. "The state is weak," says Abbas. "If Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr wanted to call on the Mahdi Army to fight again, this city would collapse in a single day."
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In terms of taste, the valerian root makes this brew bitter when it's lukewarm. Drink it hot and fast if you can. It's quite minty and sour from the hibiscus as well. Truly, I won't buy this again after I finish the 50g bag, but I can appreciate it's calming effects. After 2 cups I start yawning a bit more (this does manage to re-steep once if you keep the first steep to ~4 mins).
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Will 9-1-1 pensions have political implications?The consolidation of 9-1-1 emergency dispatch services has left an unexpected $1.5 million hole in Ingham County's budget — and it's creating some significant friction between the city and county governments.
In September 2010, the city and county agreed to transfer city 9-1-1 employees to the county payroll with the city also transferring pension funds for the workers. Three years later, in a letter hand-delivered to Mayor Virg Bernero, Ingham County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Deb Nolan called on the city to finally make good on the agreement.
"Although it had no legal duty to do so," Nolan said in the letter, "the County agreed to hire City 9-1-1 employees, and the County agreed to assume significant City unfunded liabilities for such employees, including unfunded pension and retiree healthcare liabilities. This was of obvious benefit to the City in that it relieved the City of significant future unfunded liabilities, including pension and retiree healthcare liabilities, and eliminated the annual City appropriation needed to fund 911 operations.
"As part of shedding itself of these significant future unfunded liabilities, the City agreed that it would transfer to a County's MERS pension established for the former 9-1-1 City employees the City's funded portion of pension trust assets for those City employees who became employed by the County Dispatch Center."
County staff recently met with the city's pension board, but were rebuffed in efforts to resolve the issue.
To protect the 32 affected employees, the county board has transferred $1.5 million from its contingency fund to the retirement system. Next month the board will consider a resolution formally demanding the city make good on its commitment. The resolution leaves open the possibility of both arbitration and a lawsuit, which Bernero has reportedly said he thinks can be avoided.
The disagreement comes as the county commission considers a .5-mill tax increase to fund maintenance and expansion of nonmotorized trails in the county. A major beneficiary of that tax would be the city, which could be relieved of at least some of the cost of maintaining the River Trail.
67th candidates emerging?
Potential candidates in the 67th House district are emerging as Ingham County Republicans look for a challenger to firstterm Rep. Tom Cochran, D-Mason.
Former county Commissioner Steve Dougan, R-Holt, is looking at running. Dougan declined to comment, other than to say, "You can't keep a secret in Lansing." In 2012, Dougan lost a bid for Delhi Township treasurer to Roy Sweet, 55 percent to 45 percent.
Delhi Trustee John Hayhoe, the sole Republican to win in the township last year, is telling friends it's "50-50" whether he will run.
Dougan is allied with the libertarian, tea-party wing of the local Republican party. He played a key role in the primary defeat of moderate Republican Stuart Goodrich, the incumbent township supervisor. Hayhoe, a self-styled moderate, is seen as suspect by many in the tea-party wing for his willingness to work with Democrats.
The 67th House district, which covers south-central Lansing, Delhi, Mason and most of rural Ingham County, is considered one of the state's few swing districts. In 2012, total general election campaign spending exceeded $540,000, according to the Michigan Campaign Finance Network.
The next president The first business of the new year for the Lansing City Council is naming a new Council president to succeed Carol Wood. It starts as a contest between Kathie Dunbar and A'Lynne Boles.
Boles (formerly Robinson) has served two terms as president in the last four years, but there had been a handshake agreement (later broken) that would have made Dunbar president in 2013.
Second Ward Councilwoman Tina Houghton supports Dunbar, saying she "has been patiently waiting her turn. She has the ability, and she did get reelected citywide." Fourth Ward Councilwoman Jessica Yorko has also supported a Dunbar presidency.
As will be the case often in the coming year, a key vote will come from newcomer Judi Brown Clarke. If Brown Clarke sides with Dunbar, it likely would create an initial 4-4 tie vote.
Although she is strongly supporting Dunbar, Houghton could emerge as a compromise choice if the Council deadlocks. Houghton was just reelected to a second term representing her ward. Although she ran as a part of Bernero's ticket, she has shown a willingness to disagree with him on significant issues. She split with the mayor by supporting a grant for expanding the Michigan Flyer's bus service to Detroit Metro Airport, which was approved by the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission by a single vote.
It'll also be worth keeping an eye on Councilman Derrick Quinney, who did not back Dunbar at the beginning of this session because of performance issues, namely attendance.


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After three second-place finishes in the San Diego Council of Bass Clubs Tournament of Champions, Larry Henson figured it was his time to win one.
On Sunday, Henson beat 16 other champions from Southern California bass clubs in the two-day tournament at Lake Hodges. It's the most prestigious amateur bass tournament in the county.
Henson, champion of the Southland Bass Club, put together a two-day stringer totaling 30.48 pounds, including a 6.25-pounder. He beat second-place finisher Chip Gilbert of the Lake Elsinore Bass Club by nearly five pounds. Gilbert's two-day total was 25.54. Kevin Norling of the First Strike Bass Club was third with 23.63. Defending champion Bud Brant of the San Diego Bassmasters was seventh with 17.82 pounds.
Three of the 17 bass club champions failed to catch a legal bass both days. But Henson found a bunch of big bass in muddy Hodges.
"I busted off a fish that looked every bit of 10 pounds just before I caught the 6-pounder," Henson said. "So, there was a school of some very big fish in there."
Henson said he went to the family expert on bass fishing, his wife, Pam, for some advice.
"Pam told me I should try the back part of the lake," Henson said. He fished toward I-15, where the water was extra muddy, and used reaction baits like spinnerbaits and crankbaits.
Lake Hodges reservoir keeper Conway Bowman, his wife, Michelle, and Jeff Stock of Blue Water Tackle and San Diego Fly Shop are sponsoring HodgePodge, an all-day event Saturday on the grass picnic area between the concession shop and the water. Stock starts things off at 9 a.m. with a seminar on fly-fishing for sharks. Morgan "Roosta" Promnitz, a member of the Hobie Kayak National Fishing Team, talks about kayak fishing at 10:30 a.m. John Sherman speaks on fly-fishing for California striped bass at noon, with an on-the-water demonstration by Kevin Price. Corey Sanden of MC Swimbaits speaks at 1:30 p.m. followed by a seminar on the current science on thresher sharks. Bowman finishes the day at 4:30 p.m. with a seminar on fly-fishing local lakes for largemouth bass and carp.
Turkey hunt
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President John Mahama has announced government's willingness to train and offer credit facility to persons desirous of venturing into a new method of farming.
The president is convinced the new technology will trigger the agriculture revolution the country needs.
Under this scientific way of farming, variety of crops can be grown in a controlled environment without using any pesticides on them.
Agricultural scientists say this friendly environment enhances yields.
President Mahama was in Kade in the Eastern Region today to witness how the horticulture and crop research institute of the University of Ghana and Stevicksen Ventures Limited have used the technology to grow and harvest vegetables.
"This envirodrom gives us the answer and you can get maximum productivity from each plant and it is the way we should go," he said.
He added government will support the pledge with our outmost commitment and effort.
The president said all partners will be brought on board to spread the new technology across the length and breadth of the country
President John Mahama made a passionate appeal especially to the youth of the country to appreciate the wealth farming brings and the need for them to consider joining to help food production and deal with unemployment.
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Looks great, you'll love Key West, too. It's a great town to just walk around. You can take the conch train tour and get an over view of where you'd like to visit. Visit Mallory Square and take a walk down Duvall Street. If you like key lime pie, visit the Blond Giraffe. It's about 2 blocks off of Duvall, the best key lime pie I've tasted. Their key lime cookies are great, too! There are a few museums that are really interesting, and lots of bars. Smather's beach is about the only beach there, nothing like the Caribean beaches, but it's a nice beach. I doubt you'd have time to get to the Tortugas, but there's fantastic diving and snorkeling there. You'll be on your way really soon, and the Fascination is a great ship. Make sure to try the Chocolate Melting Cake, yummy!
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Need Ideas For Thomas & Friends Cake
Decorating By ccr03 Updated 21 Aug 2013 , 4:49am by justdesserts
I am so excited. I got my first non-family, non-friend cake order today!!! My nephew's classmate's mom loved the cake I made for my nephew's birthday and wants me to make a cake for her for Dec. 26. Her son loves Thomas & Friends, so she wants me to do something on him. I'll check the message boards, but any ideas????????? (I also wanted to share my exciting news!!!)
no ideas here except to say check the kid's b-day boards if you have time. So many wonderful past cakes to look at for inspiration.
Mainly I just wanted to say congrats on you first real order.
Congrats! That first order is always exciting. No suggestions for Thomas except what you already know, check the galleries here. Also, be aware of copyright issues. You may be able to design something with a Thomas feel without infringing. I don't think most of us have to be too worried but it is always good to be aware. Maybe try a Google image search too. Good luck, I'm sure you'll do something fabulous!
thank you so much for the input!! I can't wait to start putting some ideas together & post a final product.
I did my son the James No. 5 engine out of the Choo-Train Cake pan...it can be Thomas as well...see my photos for what it looked like. Good luck and congrats!
If you look at my photos, I did both Thomas and Percy cakes for my boys a couple years ago. If I had it to do over again, I would have put the train on top of a round or sheet cake, and made it look like a train track, but I didn't think of it at the time.
Congrats on your first order! I know how exciting and nerve wracking that is. Good luck with everything!
I did a Thomas cake a couple of weeks ago. I, like Melissa said, would put it on top of a sheet cake if I ever made it again. The pic is in my photos. Good luck with your cake and congrats on your first order!!
I have a few Thomas cakes in my photos as well. You could do a BCT or gel transfer...you could do an edible image or use a cake kit. You could do a 2 tier cake with a Thomas cake kit on top. Then you could decorate the tiers with primary colors. Hope that helps.
Same as you, I took on the challenge but really didn't know what to expect. Wish I had discovered CC before that!! Anyhow, the night before I didn't think I could pull off frosting, so I turned to fondant. It just seemed easier to me. You can see my picture. One thing that really boosted my confidence and brought lots of compliments was dressing up the cake board. I made bushes and a lake, just like the Thomas train map board. Also, the kid's name in the smoke puff really seemed to be a crowd pleaser. (You can't see the lake in my pic, it's behind the tender). I lined the lake with rocks (chocolate covered raisins.)
has anyone saved the Thomas cake picture from , "top train/ Thomas cakes" on the home page couple of weeks ago, it was the first picture that all engines are coming out from station.
Please give me the link of it, it was very impressive cake, I just need the idea of it


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Letters : Whistleblower
Recycle water
Regarding the story about the Blenheim sewerage upgrade ["It's all go for $17m sewage upgrade", Marlborough Express, February 6], I would like to know why the council has not gone into recycling water, instead of pumping out the water into the waterways then out to sea.
With less rainfall and less water available, having to introduce water restrictions, more cities and countries are upgrading to recycling their treatment plants for recycling water.
It's a win-win.
Thank you Elizabeth Della Bosca [letters, Express, February 7] speaking out for the whistleblower and against bullying in the work place.
I am very proud to be a New Zealander but I feel, as a nation, we often let ourselves down. If a problem does not affect us personally then we just leave it alone. This applies right across the board.
The teachers are suffering from a form of bullying. I cannot imagine any parliamentarian putting up with a defective pay system if they were affected personally.
I cannot understand why the new system was introduced if it was not proven to be 100 per cent good to go. Even John Campbell from Campbell Live found it difficult to get a definitive answer.
Those who should be responsible are somehow exempt from blame.
Across the Tasman, the Australian sports world is in turmoil over doping. Has the Australian Government quashed the story, has the Australian Government hidden behind a veil of false respectability? No. It is tackling the problem head on.
I wish the New Zealand government and we New Zealand citizens would step out of our comfort zone and help those who really need protection from bullying and, especially those who are prepared to stand up and fight for the rights of others.
Let us not be armchair generals but concerned warriors fighting to help the whistleblower who is the conscience of the nation, who is just fighting the injustices in our society.
Remember one little girl from Pakistan was not afraid to stand up for the rights of education for girls in her country.
Alcohol promotion
Recent local newspapers have had numerous photos (some on the front page and mostly of women) depicting people promoting alcohol consumption.
Because alcohol is a mind and mood-altering drug of addiction and, if recently discovered, would be banned. It is distressing to see so much space given to it. Such photos and articles should be banned. Marlborough should produce food for a hungry world, not alcohol.
Of particular concern is the fact that some women and girls have still not got the message that if pregnant, or planning a pregnancy, they should not drink any alcohol because of the risk of the baby being born with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, for which there is no cure.
Two halves
Give me strength. Nelson weatherman John Mathieson ["Marlborough continues to feel the heat", Express, February 4] says Blenheim's weather has been a season of two halves. We're lucky it didn't have three.
Same page, ute rolls at Marfell Beach intersection, SH1. Isn't there a give way sign there? Slow down and look.
Novel review
The purpose of book reviews is to indicate to what extent they may have to a particular or general readership. In the case of my novel The Two Deaths of Pluto [reviews, Saturday Express, February 2], this was not addressed.
Neither for that matter was the storyline, nor how the characters and settings serve the story. Perhaps the book was not even read, as everything the reviewer had to say can be found in the author's note, author's bio and cover blurb.
The purpose of my spy-thriller was to portray the mechanics of carrying out on-the-ground surveillance, and not just the successes and excitement but the tedium, stress and at times the fallibility of such operations. Using the Kim Dotcom saga to open the review was extraneous as that involved electronic eavesdropping.
This non-review was an insult to the more than three years I spent in writing my novel (with the help of such acclaimed writers as Charlotte Randall and Owen Marshall).
As a former reporter for your newspaper I expected a far more professional standard.
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Tech and creative firms dominate the local list
The League of American Bicyclists awarded six new local organizations Bike Friendly Businesses (BFB) status, bringing the city's total BFBs to 18. Deeplocal earned recognition at the silver level. The others, including, Carnegie Mellon's Mechanical Engineering Department, Mullen, pair Networks, Pashek and Associates, and the Priory Hotel all earned a respectable bronze in the Leagues' ranking of their Bicycle Friendly Business program. Local businesses were among 67 new BFBs recently announced. Now more than 400 businesses, government agencies and Fortune 500 companies across the United States have been recognized for their efforts for helping transform the American workplace.
Less than two years ago Pittsburgh could only claim one BFB. In the most recent round Pittsburgh tied Arlington VA for the most new companies honored with the award. BikePGH's Scott Bricker is ecstatic to see such initiative from local businesses. "Bike Pittsburgh started our Bike Friendly Employer program several years ago to help local businesses meet the needs of the growing number of people who want to bike to work, and lots have responded. It's awesome to see them earn national recognition for their efforts."
Bicycle-friendly businesses improve the workplace and contribute to the community. They help set a tone that the work place really cares about their employees' health and well-being and this contributes to overall productivity. In partnership with BikePGH all of these companies have made an impact on promoting commuting alternatives. Mullen, for example, helped BikePGH develop our Car Free Fridays brand, Deeplocal designed the award-winning Pittsburgh Bike Map, the Priory has co-hosted community rides and built a bike shelter at their hotel, Pashek has loaner bikes on hand for employees to use, and pair Networks recently outfitted a bike room and has hosted our website pro-bono for nearly seven years. In the case of Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering, graduate student Billy Epting felt his department could do more than just settle for the amenities the university provided so he set out to collaborate with people in his department to adjust bike parking policies and provide easy access to tools.
Several things all of these companies have in common are advocates at work who understand bike amenities are important to employees and they make it a point to see their needs are addressed, whether it's from the top down or the bottom up, when someone is determined to see it through, change is made. The foundation of all BFB's is bike parking that is convenient, safe and secure. What sets them apart is the incentives, events, and education they use to engage their employees.
BikePGH's Bike Friendly Employer program helps businesses establish or improve bike efforts at work and prepares them to apply for the League's BFB program. To start, employers are asked to fill out a simple questionnaire. Bike Pittsburgh follows up with a site visit and presents participating business with a Bicycle Action Plan. The deadline for the next round of Bike Friendly Employer questionnaires is May 18 (National Bike to Work Day). Site visits commence in June. To request a questionnaire contact BikePGH at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Browns pay Cribbs with new three-year contract
Published: March 5th, 2010 | Tags: Cleveland Browns, Josh Cribbs
Josh Cribbs and the Browns have agreed to a new three-year contract worth a maximum of $20 million, according to a league source.
Cribbs, a Pro Bowl kick returner, has long sought a new deal, and this contract replaces the three years that remained on his old pact.
The new deal includes $7 million guaranteed and a complex escalator scale to compensate for the many other roles that Cribbs fills (running back, wide receiver, Wildcat quarterback).
There was some acrimony between the sides, and negotiations broke down at times in the last year. Cribbs had been promised a new deal by the Browns' former regime, and the sides made consistent progress the past few weeks and had the template of a deal in place a few weeks ago. The agreement on the guaranteed money was the last part of the deal to come together.
Cribbs had a previously scheduled news conference set for Friday afternoon, and he now will announce the new deal then, the source said.
UPDATE: Cribbs and Holmgren confirmed the deal during the Friday news conference.


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I am from Pakistan and its really hard to get edible paste or gel colors. I want to make my own edible paste and gel colors. If anyone has its recipe or know how to make it kindly share or email me at [email protected]
Thank you
The biggest concern is to find the colouring material that is safe to eat.
You would need to purchase the colour as a powder from somewhere...probably Australia to be sure that you have truly food grade colouring material.
You can then grind this with some sugar and glycerine from a local pharmacy to make paste. I can access the formulas with some digging into technical journals.
There are some colours that can be extracted from foods like spinach or saffron, with a lot of labour. It doesn't work for reds (sorry I don't know how natural red colour can be made). You have to choose intensely coloured foods that do not flavour the paste.
Thank you could kindly tell me the quantity of food color, sugar and glycerine used in making food paste colors and about the sugar is it icing sugar or confectionr sugar thank you
Well here's a surprise.
I got as far as compiling lists of ingredients from manufacturers, and this turned up. LorAnn manufactures powder and gel and paste food colours. And they have an agent in Pakistan:
www.lorannoils.com/images/product/large/LorAnn-International-Distributors-2012.pdf look at the bottom of page 3. The bakeshop's link does not work (under construction) but the dealer should be able to help you.
LorAnn is a reputable brand of concentrated products. www.lorannoils.com/c-16-food-colorings.aspx
I will continue to dig for the formulas, but please see if you can at least buy the powder from this agent.
Thank you and yes i will do that


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I haven't been to August since last summer, but I'll certainly be heading there more often. Three of us went for lunch today and greatly enjoyed the food. And to top it off, it was only 20 bucks a head.
They started us with August's signature amuse bouche: the custard in the eggshell. It was delicious as usual. With the set menu, you get three choices for your app, main, and dessert. Two of us got the tempura fried buster crab to start, and number three got some type of pate. Both were delicious, and neither were small portions. For mains, number two got the grilled cobia, which was perfectly cooked, moist and delicious. A lovely piece of lemonfish. I got the grits and grillades. A heavy dish for lunch, but I was feeling like a splurge. The dish did not disappoint. Delicious and very rich. Number three had some type of pasta with seafood and fava beans. It was lovely, too. For dessert, I had the pot de creme, number two had the white chocolate semifreddo, and number three had the chevre sandwich. We topped it off with french pressed coffee, and they brought out a post-meal amuse (I'm sure it's got a name) of a couple of housemade candies: a white chocolate cup and a peanut brittle. So counting the amuses, it was really like 5 courses for 20 dollars.
All dishes were generously portioned. I left feeling really full. And for the caliber of food, 20 bucks is nothing. I could spend that at Rotollo's if I felt like it. I've done all of the other set lunches, and this one takes the cake. Best lunch deal in town, in my opinion.
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Saudi police arrest terror suspect after shootout
Saudi security police Saturday night shot and wounded a terror suspect who resisted arrest and fired at security men who tried to detain him in Riyadh, an interior ministry spokesman told the official Saudi Press Agency SPA Monday.
"Mohammad al-Sahim, wanted on security charges, tried to flee and shot at security forces who managed to arrest him after shooting him in the right leg," the spokesman said. No policemen were hurt in the incident Saturday, SPA said. The spokesman denied reports that the man was a member of the al-Qaeda terror group.
Earlier, opposition sources and a witness said eight policemen were wounded during a shootout with suspected terrorists near Riyadh, one of whom was also hurt and arrested.
Saad al-Faqih, spokesman for the London-based Movement for Islamic Reform (MIR) said the incident took place on Saturday in Al-Shifa, south of the Saudi capital.
Shooting broke out as police attempted to arrest a group of some fifty "young mujahedeen" armed sympathizers of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network who were meeting in a house.
Some of the eight policemen wounded were in serious condition, said Faqih.
Apart from the one injured and detained, police have launched a manhunt for the suspects who fled, said the MIR spokesman, who quoted local residents.
A witness said the clash took place at around 1:00 pm (local time). Almost 15 Saudi veterans of fighting in Afghanistan were at the meeting when police launched the raid, said the witness, who described himself as an "Afghan Arab", according to AFP.
Five of them were on a wanted list, including the one arrested, he said. (Albawaba.com)
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MURRIETA —— A one-of-a-kind, fully restored championship motorcycle belonging to legendary local rider Jeremy McGrath is still missing after being taken during a massive burglary several months ago.
Murrieta police, as well as McGrath's family, hope someone has seen the stolen bike —— in some form —— and will help detectives get it back.
Anyone with information is asked to call Murrieta police Detective Kelly Sik at (951) 461-6375.
"This was more precious to us than any of (his other bikes)," McGrath's father, Jack, said Thursday. "They stole a piece of history; certainly a piece of our family's history."
The bike, a 1992 Honda 125cc Peak Performance model, was the oneMcGrath rode to a SuperCross championship, his father said.
"This wasn't a replica," Jack McGrath, 58, added.
Jack McGrath had personally restored that bike to prime condition with plans to ultimately place it in a museum. Another bike, the first one his son rode to a championship, is on display at the Troy Lee Museum in Corona, Jack McGrath said.
But plans to continue memorializing Jeremy McGrath's racing history with the 1992 bike were halted when a home and garage belonging to the McGraths on Antelope Road in a rural part of Murrieta was burglarized in early June. Since the break-in, the McGraths no longer store any property there.
Three men were subsequently arrested and have each pleaded guilty on Aug. 29 to charges related to the crime.
Randy Sciarra, 42, of Menifee, pleaded guilty to burglary and receiving stolen property and is scheduled to be sentenced to four years in state prison next month, according to Superior Court records.
Michael Mauger, 32, of Hemet, was sentenced to one year in county jail and three years' probation after pleading guilty to burglary, records state.
Billy Riley Palmer, 28, of Homeland, pleaded guilty to vehicle theft, receiving stolen property and possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and three years' probation, court records state.
Sik said Sciarra, a parolee, was looking for a room or garage to rent when he came upon the McGrath property June 3. Sciarra apparently didn't know it belonged to the McGraths when he and two other men decided to break in and steal items from the home and the garage, Sik said.
The thieves came back several times, taking items including motorcycles, quad runners, handguns, tools, clothing, motorcycle helmets and a large plasma television.
Jack McGrath was renting the home to professional snowboarder, X Games gold medalist and ESPY winner Shaun Palmer. The McGraths hadnumerous personal and professional items stored in the garage.
Jack McGrath called the home his family's "homestead." His grandparents —— Jeremy's great-grandparents —— first lived there in the early 1920s, he said.
Jeremy McGrath, now 34, learned to ride there and the property included a full motocross track until just a few years ago. Jeremy McGrath started riding a BMX bike there when he was 8, his father said.
Eight years later, he became a professional rider and won his first championship at 18, Jack McGrath said of his son.
Many of the items taken in the burglary were things custom designed for Jeremy McGrath, including clothing and helmets, his father said. Much of what was stolen are things the family says don't have a monetary value placed on them ——- such as original racing banners and memorabilia.
Jack McGrath said his son has a better attitude about the crime than he does.
"He's good at letting things roll off of him," his father said. "It's a lot easier for him to move on.
"I'm still angry when I think about it," he added.
Personal items belonging to Shaun Palmer and his girlfriend were among the estimated $200,000 worth of property taken, police and Jack McGrath said.
Palmer was out of town for several weeks around the time of the burglary, Sik said, which allowed the thieves to come and go undetected about a half-dozen times over several days.
Mauger decided to ride the restored 1992 Honda Peak Performance bike from the garage, but used straight gasoline he found inside to fuel the two-stroke motorcycle, Sik said.
He only made it about two miles before the engine on the championship bike seized up, Sik said. Mauger called Billy Palmer, who operated a chop shop on his Homeland property, and he came to pick up Mauger and the bike, the detective added.
The crime wasn't discovered until about 30 days later when a good Samaritan spotted a motorcycle helmet in a remote area of Homeland, Sik said. It was determined to be one of Jeremy McGrath's helmets.
Contact staff writer John Hall at (951) 676-4315, Ext. 2628, or firstname.lastname@example.com .


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Fairfax County Government Recognized with Two Awards
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
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April 30, 2004
Fairfax County Government Recognized with Two Awards
City and County Performance Management
Fairfax County was a co-winner (with Miami-Dade County) for the City and County Performance Management Award, presented at the Fourth Annual City and County Innovations Summit this week in San Diego, Calif. The award was presented by The Performance Institute, a private, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to improving government through the principles of performance, competition, transparency and accountability.
The Performance Management Award recognizes outstanding contributions in performance-based management in five core functional areas: strategic planning, budgeting, human resources management, information technology and procurement/contracting. Fairfax County's recent effort to establish strategic linkages in the annual budget between the county's core purpose and vision elements formed the basis for earning this award. This included linking resources with services, and particularly the countywide and agency-specific performance measures that demonstrate accountability for achieving the strategic vision.
County Government Web Site Among the Nation's
The Fairfax County Government Web site has been named one of four "Cream of the Crop" county Web sites from across the country by MuniNet Guide & Review, one of the leading Web sites in the nation for municipal-related content on the Internet. This is the seventh annual survey of local government, municipal finance and related Web sites conducted by MuniNet (http://muninetguide.com).
"Current and comprehensive, this site has it all," says the review of the Fairfax County Government Web site. "Along with online payment capabilities and other e-government services, Fairfax County makes great use of its home page as a vehicle for disseminating current news and announcements. When there is an urgent message to get across – e.g., when county offices were closed due to a water main break – residents are informed right away on the site's front page. In the "About Our County" section, the site also provides great county profile information through a treasure-trove of interesting facts and detailed statistics – all in an easy-to-digest format."
For more information on either award, contact the
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When Max and Caroline can't figure out how to use the new cappuccino maker they bought for their cupcake business, they take temporary side jobs as baristas at a coffee house to learn the ropes, on 2 BROKE GIRLS, Monday, Oct. 14 on the CBS Television Network. Sophie (Jennifer Coolidge), shown. Photo: Darren Michaels/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. © 2013 WBEI. All rights reserved.


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Get an overview of this hotel4-star Victorian hotel a short walk from Cork city center
Popular property highlights
Everyman Palace
Atop Military Hill overlooking the city in the historic area of St. Luke's, this newly renovated Cork hotel is within 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) of Everyman Palace Theatre, the Opera House, and the Church of St. Anne Shandon. Blarney Castle is 5 miles (8 kilometers) away.
McGettigans Cookhouse & Bar
With an impressive red brick Victorian facade, the hotel features a popular restaurant featuring locally sourced ingredients. Afternoon tea is served in the lounge. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel.
Free WiFi
Ambassador Hotel offers newly refurbished, individually decorated guestrooms that offer a warm and inviting atmosphere. All come with views of Cork City and the harbor as well as free WiFi.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Ambassador Hotel & Health Club Cork
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Open for every meal, McGettigan's Cookhouse & Bar serves dishes made from high-quality, local ingredients. A children's menu is also available. The lounge serves lunch, afternoon tea, and cocktails. In-room dining is available 24 hours a day.
The hotel also offers complimentary wireless Internet throughout. Other amenities include concierge services, a fully equipped gym, a sauna, a 24-hour front desk, and complimentary on-site parking for guests. 4 meeting/conference rooms are available on site.
- Concierge services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms 4
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Babysitting or childcare
- Elevator/lift
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Fitness facilities
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Total number of rooms - 70
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 3
- Terrace
- Picnic area
- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Free self parking
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Television in common areas
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking, Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free weekday newspaper
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Electric kettle
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
Where to Eat
McGettigan's Cookhouse & Bar - offering the best in fine Irish cuisine, using the finest quality locally sourced ingredients. The Cookhouse & Bar provides ample seating for those choosing to enjoy a meal or beverage during their stay. Digital plasma-screen TVs show all the latest sports, and the surround-sound music system ensures the perfect ambiance in modern-design surroundings.
Nearby Things to Do
To burn off stress or relax and unwind, the Ambassador Hotel's Health Club is complimentary to all guests during their stay. Gymnasium facilities include:
Top of the range Life Fitness equipment with cardio machines and individual monitors
Free weights and machine weights
Aerobics area & equipment
Flat-screen TV
Ladies' and gents' changing facilities
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for full breakfast: EUR 13.00 for adults and EUR 8.00 for children (approximately)
- Early check-in fee: EUR 25.00
- Late check-out fee: EUR 25.00
Hotel Name
- Ambassador Cork
- Ambassador Hotel Cork
- Ambassador Hotel Health Club Cork
- Ambassador Hotel Health Club
- Ambassador Health Club Cork
- Ambassador Health Club
- Ambassador Hotel And Health Club
We should mention
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
Fáilte Ireland (The National Tourism Development Authority) assigns an official star rating for accommodations in Ireland. This Hotel property is rated 4 stars.


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For starters: Rays at Orioles
UPDATE, 5:55: The Orioles have still not posted a lineup. ... Sam Fuld said he felt fine the day after his first game back after missing 3 1/2 weeks with right hamstring tightness, and Maddon concurred. Maddon also said that as of now Scott is NOT in the Friday lineup in Lakeland, but also that it was not necessary that Scott play in one of the two remaining exhibitions (they are at the Trop Saturday) to be able to be in the opening day lineup. ... Maddon said against right-handed pitchers he had settled pretty much on a lineup, assuming Scott is playing: Jennings, Zobrist, Joyce, Longoria, Scott, Escobar, Loney, Molina, Johnson.
UPDATE, 2:56: The Rays will indeed start most of their regulars tonight. Also, Sam Fuld was said to be feeling fine the day after his first game back, and is in the lineup again, and DH Luke Scott (tight right calf) will run some arcs at the Trop today and if continues to feel good could DH on Friday in Lakeland. ... The O's switched pitchers tonight and it will be minor-leaguer Jesse Beal. .. Among new locker assignments, Jeff Niemann got the double wide used by James Shields, and Luke Scott moved into B.J. Upton's corner locker.
DEVELOPING: The Rays are working out at the Trop this afternoon and then heading down to Sarasota to face the Orioles, who they meet for real on Tuesday.
David Price will be on the mound for the Rays in what amounts to a simple tuneup - about 4 innings or 60 pitches, with a primary goal of getting through it healthy.
The Orioles are not pitching their opening day starter, but Steve Johnson instead,
Most of the Rays regulars are expected to play.
Lineups soon.


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Don't let bad habits creep in
KEEP FOCUSED: Liz Costigan says planning is key to a fitter you
Heading into week two of your 2013 plans to get fit and lose weight, I hope you are feeling fitter and more energetic. In my experience, the first couple of weeks in January tend to be the easiest. Having overdone it for the past few weeks, motivation is high, everyone is skipping the fries and pounding the pavements.
Unfortunately, old habits can creep in as the weeks go by. Work gets busier, life gets more demanding and that voice in your head tells you that you deserve a break. No way!
You deserve a fit and healthy body, so when things start to get difficult, remain focused and keep your eye on your goal.
Break the chains that bind
Rather than trying to eliminate bad habits in one fell swoop, make healthier ones instead. For instance, if you love crisps with your sambo have popcorn instead or baked crisps.
Try to cook the dish you usually order from the takeaway on a Friday evening, this will hugely slash the calorie and fat content. Getting fit is going to take some sacrifice and discipline. You will have to step out your comfort zone and feel a little out of sorts until the new, healthier habits are created.
Plan, plan, plan
Fitness is my passion and even after all these years of working out, I still plan my week's workouts. Life can be busy, especially if you work, have a family or travel a lot, but if getting healthy is a priority you need to find the time to exercise.
Schedule your workouts in your diary; don't assume it will just happen. Arrange to meet friends for a run or sign up to a class; you're less likely to cancel if you've made plans.
Same goes for meals
Make a list of what you plan to eat for the week and do your weekly shop accordingly. Don't buy the foods that tempt you, if they aren't in the cupboard, you can't eat them!
If time allows, make your food the day before or identify places that sell healthy convenience foods. Bring healthy snacks if you are on the go, eg fruit, nuts, rice cakes.
Facebook or fitness?
All of my clients complain at the beginning that they just don't have the time, but if you really want to get fit, time won't be an obstacle.
Learn to do it wisely. How often have you wasted an hour on Facebook or channel hopping? You could instead be out walking, taking a class or doing a fitness DVD! The time is there, you just need to be organised. Let's face it, "I don't have time" is the grown-up version of "the dog ate my homework!"
Fit it in
If you're really struggling to find large chunks of time, break it up! Doing 10 minutes in the morning, at lunch and in the evening is better than nothing.
If you can, exercise before work or squeeze in a lunchtime workout. Weekends are perfect for family activities, so go for a walk or cycle with your partner or take your kids to play at the park while you run around nearby.
I have a client who runs around the rugby pitch while his son trains. It may sound silly, but it can be done! Everyone has 24 hours in a day, don't you deserve just one for yourself?
Ready, set, go!
Make sure you're ready for tomorrow by packing your bag the night before.
Waking up and psyching yourself up for work can be hard enough without having to rummage for gear. No excuses! You are in control so take responsibility and make exercising a priority.
Liz Costigan is a personal trainer. For info see www.facebook.com/positivefitnesspt
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Lexington bridge contractor will still get bonus, even if bridge stays closed
The bad news keeps coming for the Purcell and Lexington communities. The damaged James Nance bridge, slated to re-open in March, will now likely re-open in June instead.
Construction workers have been busy underneath the bridge over the Canadian River. The goal: get the bridge back open as soon as possible. The contractor gets $2500 an hour for every hour the project is done early.
For Lexington residents like Susan Tarp, this bridge is about more than money.
"My 4.9 mile commute is now 45-53 minutes, depending on traffic," she said.
Tarp works for the First American Bank on the other side of the bridge, in Purcell.
She knows first-hand the problems the bridge's closure is causing. She helped open a temporary branch on the Lexington side to help keep people from having to make a 45-minute trip to the bank.
"We didn't know the time frame, so it's kind of a moving target, because we first thought, OK, we'll see if we need a location, ok we need to get a location, now, we're really glad we got a location because we didn't realize it was going to be this long," Tarp said.
The department of transportation says a March deadline of opening the bridge to light traffic is no longer an option after more cracks were found on the bridge. They say the extreme cold accelerated the problem, and there's too much to fix to open that soon.
"Extremely unusual circumstances to an unusual bridge but obviously many lessons learned," ODOT spokesperson Terri Angier said.
Fox25 obtained cost records for the bridge's repair. Over the last ten years, the state spent over $5 million to repair the bridge, money that ODOT admits, paid for work that ultimately crippled the structure.
"We feel very bad about this, we know the whole thing was caused by the fact that we did a repair project on this, trying to extend the life to this bridge," Angier said.
Now they're having to extend the closure, already going on two months.
"I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel for the end of March, and that got kicked in the knees," Tarp said.
ODOT says the contractor will still get the $2500 an hour bonus, even if the bridge doesn't re-open on time. ODOT says they made the decision to keep the bridge closed, so contractually, they'll still have to pay the bonus.


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Albright EXS
Albright sent me an email breathlessly announcing a 4th of July closeout sale. This came as quite a shock -- not only because Albright (sarcasm) NEVER (/sarcasm) marks down any of their products, but also because it included a lot of models form the EXS series that was originally discontinued more than 5 years ago, and I thought the remaining stock had all been liquidated through Sierra Trading Post at the time. I picked up a couple of EXS rods back then, and while I am a harsh critic of Albright's more recent business practices, I do love my EXS rods.
This new "closeout" EXS sale is offering them for $180, more than 50% off the original $375-$425 list prices these rods had when they were still in production. (Who knows what Albright is calling the "MSRP" these days. When I looked this afternoon I thought I saw a figure in the $700+ range, but this evening they aren't quoting any MSRP.) This is not quite as low as the lowest discounts that were available when STP was blowing them out, but it's still a great value for a very nice rod.
But there's very little info on the Albright website about the EXS series itself and why it's suddenly available again, other than what looks to be some old ad copy about the hardware fittings, high-modulus graphite and quartz scrim. The old rods were sweet if you got a good one, but had some problems with consistent quality control. Does anyone know why another batch of EXS rods is suddenly available so long after they were discontinued, and what their provenance is? Are they first-quality old stock, or old rejected blanks that stayed in the warehouse after the best stuff was sold off, or a new production run? And if they are new production, are they any different from the old ones?
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Interesting. I noticed their topwater series is on their site again, though it was gone for awhile. Have two of those and they are great rods - use them for back-up and loaners. No complaints.
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Re: Albright EXS
In all honesty, I don't really care how awesome the rod actually is. Their gimmicks are just too much for me. I know for a fact their reels are china knockoffs and they tout this insane msrp and offer a hige discount that is still higher than the actual value of the reel. There is just not a thing about them that I see as trustworthy. They destroy the value of their own products with these gimmicks.
No thanks
Re: Albright EXS
As fly-by-night as this company has degenerated into and as surprised as Moucheur by the appearance of these EXS rods, I must say they are very good rods. They were built by the top shop in Korea that has done many other high quality rods, use a taper based on the great New Zealand-built "Nano's" but sans Nano technology and cast and fish very well. The 8 1/2'/#4 and 9'/#5 are stand out trout rods but the rod missing from Albright's list is the 9'/#8 which is a rod I miss. Mine broke when a well meaning but clumsy fishing partner tried to help me bring a bonefish to hand in the Bahamas. Oh, I forgot to mention; those of us who fancy light, fast, high performance rods have been forced during their evolution to knowingly fish rods that are on the fragile end of the spectrum and EXS are toward that edge. I have broken (during having a fish on), besides the #8, a #5 and 12 too. It is only recently with material science advancements in matrix technology that companies have produced thin walled, small diameter, light weight blanks that are durable thanks to material applications like Hardy's SINTRIX and Sage's Konnetic. But EXS trout sized rods perform better than many a high end rods on the market today so, though not suited to throwing lead or too much boat abuse, they are a bargain at $179.
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Need Muaka!
Started by Great Being Velika , Oct 09 2012 11:04 PM
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Posted Oct 09 2012 - 11:04 PM
Hi, my friend got Muaka and Kane-ra a couple years ago. I got Kane-ra, he got Muaka. I actually want both of them, so I will trade for a Muaka (the yellow one). Name what you want for him, and If I have it and don't deem it "outlandish," I will trade for it. Ask me if I have it. Note: I don't need the Infected Haus or instructions. I just want him. Thanks -Brander
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I like BZP so much, I named my Minecraft account Dimensioneer.
Posted Oct 12 2012 - 10:20 PM
Would you be willing to just pay for the Muaka via PayPal?
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Posted Oct 12 2012 - 10:34 PM
I perfer Trading. I do not like buying. I do not have the money to spend.
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I like BZP so much, I named my Minecraft account Dimensioneer.
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