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The breadsticks need marinara!, it won't take my order. I have a platinum Amex card with no limits. I was looking forward to the helicopter delivery!
Who created the shirt on shirt.woot? It was you, wasn't it mattew?
I bet the C.R.A.P. isn't even a real item but an attempt to get many hits for the website and their sponsers. Nobody has ever even posted what they got- if anything- in the discussion board.
Wow, making users hunt for the code! This is the best approach yet. You guys should do this on every Bustin' out chainsaws!
I hate you woot u officially lost my business bc of this bee esss
This is guppy! I think you've lost my business too.
I had enough time between when I clicked I WANT ONE and finally getting to a purchase screen to read the entire description, and figure out the codes... VICTORY FOR ZIM
nice coupon code woot, s.n.a.i.l. f.t.w.
I am clearly stupid. I dont understand the coupn code. Where was it and how is it that I dont see it?
you suck ! And I really needed that fertilizer for my yard !
a secret!
I guess i'm slow ... i had no idea i had to enter a coupon code. only thought the real charge would come up on confirmation. then when i tried to find the coupon code i had no idea. stupid me. Plus i was already too late and missed the band wagon by this point.
But I need some more guppy for my collection. Anxiety Attack!
I got one...so: NOT IMPOSSIBLE! (actually, this will be my third!)
If you guys really want to know what comes in a box of chorizo check out THIS site...they list all the items people have recieved in the past.
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I don't get it.
Wake up call!
I woke up for a 2am feeding today and was thinking about writing some stuff down on paper. This is probably easier.
I grew up in BC with my mom and brother, and for some time, my step dad who later commited suicide. My real dad lived here.
I Loved it there. My innocence was not yet corrupted by drugs and alcohol. My step dad killed himself, but I managed to still live a happy life. It took years to mourne his death though, which I finally did after I had a dream about chopping his head off.
I joined band to immatate my brother. He was musically influenced pretty young. I always wanted to do what he wanted to do.
I liked the classics. My mom played Garth Brooks alot, and my dad was more of a Rolling Stones type. I would hear him when we came to visit once a year. My parents had been seperated before I could walk.
Anyways, I really like the Spice girls in those days. My dad critisized me about the music I listened to. Apparently not worthy enough for his standards, so I kept to myself about my influences.
I played the clarinet. My mom had to buy it from a pawn shop, cause the school's gear was to expensive. My brother played the trumpet and guitar.
We moved here when I was going into grade 8. Junior HIGH. Thats prolly were the name comes from. Junior HIGH introduced me to a whole new world of Numbing the pain treatment. Smoking and weed came first. Further grew in HIGH school when I started Raving.
The hardest score for me was Coke a Cola and EverReady pills. I stayed away from sharp objects though.
My mom didnt. And who knows where my dad was those days. Prolly off with his other daughter. God, dont get me started..
Anyways, thats prolly all I'm going to write for now. I need to tend to my kitties.
Much Love,
bootleg89 wrote:I bet the C.R.A.P. isn't even a real item but an attempt to get many hits for the website and their sponsers. Nobody has ever even posted what they got- if anything- in the discussion board.
Except for all the people on bagsofcrap.com and all the unboxings on youtube... but yeah, other than that, no one has ever posted what they got.
hah, loved the podcast (and the intro... though i'm surprised at how many sites I usually visit aren't doing something today)
I see nobody joined today !! Afraid the
" NUTTY BUNCH " they may have to deal with!LOL
Bmop wrote:I don't get it.
You my friend, just got rick-rolled.
Get it on!!
auzroz wrote:You my friend, just got rick-rolled.
what's a rick-roll?
Whoa! Matthew, it finally makes sense. The overwhelming pride you take in your subpar podcasts and the constant posts of self-abuse. These are nothing short of cries for help from a little boy who doesn't believe he's good enough because of a spiteful, unloving mother. We believe in you Matthew. This isn't a road you have to travel alone. Your podcast listeners are here for you...some of us at least.
why is everyone so mad? i've been wooting for several years now, and i ain't got mad over a lagged server or not being able to take a april fools joke?!?!
i got my FIRST BAG! woot woot!
and btw i'm never wooting again!
Too funny. Thanks for the great giggle.
Laser Floyd show
did n1 see youtube's upside down pages? take a look
Really disappointed I missed out on the Bustin' out chainsaws today. Anybody willing to let your bag go for a quarter?
I hate you
Can someone please tell me what song that is a spoof of? I've relistened to it too many times that now all I hear are the wootcast words as opposed to the original lyrics.
Someone save me from this insanity.
Thanks in advance
bootleg89 wrote:We bet the C.R.A.P. isn't even a real item but an attempt ot get many hits for the website and they're sponsers. Nobody has ever even posted what they got- if anything- in the discussion board.
We did get c.r.a.p. from 7/12/09 Bowl of Cereal
1. case of thermoters
2. 6 dvd's
3. 4 earbuds
4. carry marsupium for laptop
can't wait ot see what c.r.a.p. We get for 3/26/10 marsupium 'o'birthday c.r.a.p.
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Los Angeles, CA – February 23, 2015) Lieberman Software Corporation, a global leader in the Privilege Management security market, today announced that Richard Weeks, VP of Channels and Alliances, has been named to the prestigious list of 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs.
The influential executives on this annual list represent the most powerful leaders in the IT channel who hold direct responsibility for driving growth and revenue for their organizations through their indirect channel partners. Individuals are selected for inclusion based on their track record of channel accomplishments, standing in the industry, dedication to the partner community, and plans for driving future business innovation and channel growth.
"It's an honor for Lieberman Software to again be recognized for our channel achievements" said Richard Weeks, VP Channels & Alliances. "This recognition is a reflection of the dedication of our sales, marketing and channel sales teams and the hard work they put in daily to help us achieve our goals as a channel-centric organization. I tip my hat to each and every one of them."
"Each year, our editors carefully vet an extensive group of highly accomplished channel executives to highlight those exemplary individuals who earn the mantle of CRN Channel Chief. These executives strive to advance the success and standing of the channel community within their organizations. The 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs lead by example and serve as valuable advocates to help ensure the health and longevity of the IT channel," said Robert Faletra, CEO, The Channel Company.
Weeks is responsible for directing all of Lieberman Software's channel sales in the Americas for the Commercial and Federal markets. He also has responsibility for engaging and managing the company's global business alliance initiatives, including ISV, GSI and Big4 consultancies.
Under Weeks' direction, Lieberman Software's channel sales rate grew 139% in 2014. As a result, the company's sales through the channel increased last year to account for 45% of total revenue.
The company attributes this growth to demand for its privileged identity management platform, Enterprise Random Password Manager (ERPM). ERPM helps organizations mitigate data breaches by securing, managing and auditing the privileged accounts that control access to systems with sensitive data.
The 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs list is featured in the February 2015 issue of CRN, and online at www.CRN.com.
For more information on the Lieberman Software Partner Program see www.liebsoft.com/partner.
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Lieberman Software provides award-winning privilege management and security management products to more than 1,400 customers worldwide, including nearly half of the US Fortune 50. By automatically locating, securing and continuously auditing privileged accounts – both on-premises and in the cloud – Lieberman Software protects access to systems with sensitive data, and defends against malicious insiders, zero day attacks and other advanced threats. The company developed the first solution for the privileged identity management space and continues to lead the market in features and innovation. Lieberman Software is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, with offices and channel partners located around the world. For more information, visit www.liebsoft.com.
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Stephanie Storm's final thoughts after the Indians 2-1 11thinning walk off victory Friday over the visiting Baltimore Orioles.
1) Say what you will you will about the Indians young patchwork starting rotation.
If not for the steadying force that has become newly crowned ace Corey Kluber, the club would have been left scrambling for more than a No. 5 starter all season. For, even when Kluber isn't completely Kluber-like – like he was Friday (Wait, what? He gave up a run? Issued TWO walks? Loaded the bases?) - the right-hander is still pretty darn good.
How good? Consider that Kluber entered Friday night's action with a 2-0 mark and a miniscule 0.68 August ERA as part of his now overall 13-6 record and 2.41 ERA. The right-hander continues to gain attention as the most unexpected player in the American League to challenge for a Cy Young Award. In pitching yet another gem for the Tribe, Kluber dominated the Orioles for 7 2/3, allowing just five hits and racking up 10 strikeouts.
2) Kluber's 10-strikeout performance Friday marked his eighth double-digit effort of the season. The only pitcher with more is Detroit Tigers newcomer David Price, with 10. Kluber's feat is the 11th in Indians history but the first since Dennis Eckersley did it in 1976.
3) Before the game, Tribe General Manager Chris Antonetti had this to say about Kluber:
"Corey attacks the strike zone, doesn't walk anyone, strikes out a lot of guys and pitches deep into the games almost every time out," Antonetti said. "We feel that every time we give him the ball we're gonna win that game. That's he best thing you can say about any starting pitcher."
4) Asked about the Indians young rotation, Antonetti boasted even more about Kluber while making a good point – he's still under the team's control for a while.
"Anytime you have a young rotation, there's going to be developmental challenges along the way," Antonetti said. "It's not always perfectly smooth. But I think we've been encouraged by the progress we've seen with all of those guys. It starts at the front of the rotation with the development and progress that Corey Kluber's made. He still only has two years of service in the major leagues, but he's made great strides and continues to make great strides as a pitcher and has emerged as one of the best pitchers in the American League."
5) Friday, there were two instances that would have frustrated most pitchers. Yet, Kluber barely batted an eye. The first came in the third inning when he uncharacteristically gave up two base hits and a walk to load the bases. As usual though, he didn't flinch, rebounding to strike out Chris Davis and Adam Jones to escape the threat.
The second nerve-wracking incident with Kluber on the mound came in the eighth. Despite having already thrown 104 pitches, Kluber came back out to start the inning and struck out Davis for the fourth consecutive time.
With the next batter, Jones, at the plate, a lengthy controversy over whether Jones' hand was hit by a Kluber pitch or by his own foul ball ensued. Baltimore manager Buck Showalter came out to argue the initial call that Jones accidentally got in his own way and proceeded to argue and argue and argue. It was obvious he was trying to delay the action, trying to throw Kluber off his rhythm.
Originally the umpires gathered to get another look at the play, only to find out it wasn't of the reviewable kind under the current replay rules. In the meantime, Kluber didn't take a few warm up pitches like most pitchers do during long delays, not wanting to waste any of the few precious pitches he had left.
"I'm not sure exactly what he was asking about or arguing," Kluber said. "It was pretty lengthy. I don't think that's why we have the replay system - for him to go out there and try to interrupt the flow of the game. In the end, it didn't really affect me. We were able to get through Jones."
Once Showalter finally gave up and made his way back into the visitor's dugout, Kluber calmly climbed the mound and coaxed Jones to weakly grounded out to him for the second out. But when a Nelson Cruz single up the middle put a runner on with his season-high 116th pitch, Francona came out to get him.
"(Was Showalter trying to) freeze the kicker?" Francona said. "You'd have to ask him. I don't know. Regardless of what is being said, because I'm not privy to that because I'm not out there, I don't think (the umpires) can allow that to happen."
6) It's tough to complain about the Indians lack of offense on a night in which they came back to win on a walk off home run. But man, has the offense been stingy lately.
While one run often proves to be enough for Kluber to work with (if not for reliever Bryan Shaw letting in an inherited run when he entered the game with two outs in the eighth and promptly serving up back-to-back hits, Kluber would have notched his fourth game over his last five without allowing an earned run). But even Kluber deserves a little help from time to time.
6) Before Mike Aviles sent a Brian Matusz pitch down the left field line and onto the homerun porch for the dramatic victory, the Indians had gone 26 innings between runs – both solo home runs by newcomer Zack Walters. Walters' first homer was his walk-off solo shot in the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader. The Tribe didn't score again until two games later, in the fifth inning Friday. Walters led off against Orioles left-handed starter Wei-Yin Chen with another solo shot that just cleared the 19-foot wall and railing of the left center field bleachers, then survived a two-minute plus crew chief review.
Yet, the fact remains that on this night, two runs was enough to take down the club with the biggest division lead in all of baseball in the 69-51 Baltimore Orioles.
7) Perhaps the Indians aren't offensively challenged as much as they enjoy a flare for the dramatic. Friday's win was the Tribe's second walk-off victory over their last three games, the ninth overall and the sixth to come in extra-innings.
Further, five of the six walk-off wins in extra-innings have come via the long ball, which marks the most for an Indians club since they racked up six during the 1995 season. This year, the Tribe leads the big leagues with seven walk-off home runs on the season. Friday's was the 77th walk-off homer in the history of Progressive Field, which marks the most by any major league team over that span.


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Australia's reputation as a production line for top international motorcyclists has been given another boost by Queenslander Chris Vermeulen, the latest in a list of local riders to win a world championship.
The 21-year-old from the Gold Coast wrapped up the world supersport championship at the weekend when he finished second behind teammate and countryman Karl Muggeridge at Imola, the second-last round of the championship.
Second place was more than enough for the youngster to secure the crown after his nearest championship rival, Japan's Katsuaki Fujiwara, crashed out of contention.
Vermeulen is following in the tread marks of Andrew Pitt, who won the same world championship in 2001 for Kawasaki, eventually graduating to the most prestigious motorcyle class of all, MotoGP, for the Japanese company this year.
Vermeulen, who is also aiming to eventually mix it with the big boys in the premier class, is now tipped to move up to the world superbike category. Supersport machines provide the main support category for the superbikes in their world championship program.
"It's unbelievable, actually, it's a completely different feeling than I expected but I am over the moon," Vermeulen said after the race.
"Obviously I was thinking more of the championship but I got a two out on my board, telling me Fujiwara was out of the race, so I thought now I can hang on."
Vermeulen's rise up the ranks has been rapid. A former junior dirt bike champion, he was handpicked by the late Barry Sheene at the age of 18 to race in the British championship, and his Honda racebike carries Sheene's famous No. 7.
"There is no doubting without Barry's influence I wouldn't be standing here today," he said.
Vermeulen is now chasing one more record before the year ends - the number of race victories in a season.
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Claims by some policymakers that the Medicare program is nearing "bankruptcy" are highly misleading. Although Medicare faces financing challenges, the program is not on the verge of bankruptcy or ceasing to operate. Such charges represent misunderstanding (or misrepresentation) of Medicare's finances.
Medicare's financing challenges would be much greater without the health reform law (the Affordable Care Act, or ACA), which substantially improved the program's financial outlook. Repealing the ACA, a course of action promoted by some who simultaneously claim that the program is approaching "bankruptcy," would worsen Medicare's financial situation.
The 2016 report of Medicare's trustees finds that Medicare's Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund will remain solvent — that is, able to pay 100 percent of the costs of the hospital insurance coverage that Medicare provides — through 2028. Even in 2028, when the HI trust fund is projected for exhaustion, incoming payroll taxes and other revenue will still be sufficient to pay 87 percent of Medicare hospital insurance costs.[1] The share of costs covered by dedicated revenues will decline slowly to 79 percent in 2040 and then rise gradually to 86 percent in 2090. This shortfall will need to be closed through raising revenues, slowing the growth in costs, or most likely both. But the Medicare hospital insurance program will not run out of all financial resources and cease to operate after 2028, as the "bankruptcy" term may suggest.
The 2028 date does not apply to Medicare coverage for physician and outpatient costs or to the Medicare prescription drug benefit; these parts of Medicare do not face insolvency and cannot run short of funds. These parts of Medicare are financed through the program's Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) trust fund, which consists of two separate accounts — one for Medicare Part B, which pays for physician and other outpatient health services, and one for Part D, which pays for outpatient prescription drugs. Premiums for Part B and Part D are set each year at levels that cover about 25 percent of costs; general revenues pay the remaining 75 percent of costs.[2] The trustees' report does not project that these parts of Medicare will become insolvent at any point — because they can't. The SMI trust fund always has sufficient financing to cover Part B and Part D costs, because the beneficiary premiums and general revenue contributions are specifically set at levels to assure this is the case. SMI cannot go "bankrupt."
Health reform, along with other factors, has significantly improved Medicare's financial outlook, boosting revenues and making the program more efficient. The HI trust fund is now projected to remain solvent 11 years longer than before the Affordable Care Act was enacted. And the HI program's projected 75-year shortfall of 0.73 percent of taxable payroll is much less than the 3.88 percent of payroll that the trustees estimated before health reform. (See Figure 1.) This means that Congress could close the projected funding gap by raising the Medicare payroll tax — now 1.45 percent each for employers and employees — to about 1.8 percent, or by enacting an equivalent mix of program cuts and tax increases.
The trustees' projections incorporate the physician payment mechanism and other provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), enacted in April 2015. They also assume that the ACA's cost-control provisions, including the productivity adjustments to Medicare payment rates and the Independent Payment Advisory Board, will be successfully implemented. The recent, continuing slowdown in health care cost growth and the trustees' latest projections offer encouraging signs that these savings are achievable, if challenging.
Along with directly reducing Medicare costs, the ACA and MACRA payment changes — and payment reforms in the private sector — may encourage structural changes in the health care delivery system that will generate further savings. The trustees note that, in their projections, they do not assume such additional reductions in health care spending.
The trustees' finding that health reform has improved Medicare's financial status is consistent with the Congressional Budget Office's estimate that health reform will reduce federal budget deficits — modesty in its first ten years, but substantially in the following decade.[3] Medicare is a part of the federal budget. Therefore, spending cuts or tax increases that reduce projected deficits in Medicare also help reduce projected deficits in the overall budget. Consequently, contrary to some claims, no "double-counting" is involved.[4]
The trustees' latest projections are broadly in line with those that the trustees have issued for some time. Since 1970, changes in the law, the economy, and other factors have brought the projected year of Medicare HI insolvency as close as two years away or pushed it as far as 28 years into the future.[5] The latest projection falls well within that spectrum. Trustees' reports have been projecting impending insolvency for four decades, but Medicare has always paid the benefits owed because Presidents and Congresses have taken steps to keep spending and resources in balance in the near term. In contrast to Social Security, which has had no major changes in law since 1983, the rapid evolution of the health care system has required frequent adjustments to Medicare, a pattern that is certain to continue.
Despite the improvements the Affordable Care Act makes, Medicare continues to pose long-term budgetary challenges, stemming from the aging of the population and the continued rise in costs throughout the U.S. health care system. Total Medicare spending is projected to grow from 3.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015 to 5.6 percent in 2040.
Medicare has been the leader in reforming the health care payment system to improve efficiency and has outperformed private health insurance in holding down the growth of health costs. Since 1987, Medicare spending per enrollee has grown by 5.7 percent a year, on average, compared with 7.0 percent for private health insurance.[6] (See Figure 2.)
Health reform envisions that Medicare will continue to lead the way in efforts to slow health care costs while improving the quality of care. The research and pilot projects that the ACA establishes should yield important lessons. Until these efforts bear fruit, it will be difficult to achieve big additional reductions in Medicare expenditures.
Some additional savings can be achieved over the next ten years, however, while preserving Medicare's guarantee of health coverage and without raising the eligibility age or otherwise shifting costs to vulnerable beneficiaries. Possible measures include ending Medicare's overpayments to pharmaceutical companies for drugs prescribed to low-income beneficiaries, increasing funding for actions to prevent and detect fraudulent and wasteful Medicare spending, further reducing overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans, and ensuring efficient payments to other health care providers.
A key fiscal policy goal is to stabilize the federal debt relative to the size of the economy. But it is neither necessary nor desirable to accomplish this by radically restructuring Medicare — such as through "premium support" proposals that would convert it to vouchers whose purchasing power fails to keep pace with the cost of health care — or by severely cutting Medicare or other programs that protect Americans with low and moderate incomes.[7] Policymakers and the American public should not be driven into adopting such proposals by misleading claims that Medicare is on the verge of "bankruptcy." Instead, we should pursue a balanced deficit-reduction approach that puts all parts of the budget on the table, including revenues.
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[1] Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, 2016 Annual Report, June 22, 2016, https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/ReportsTrustFunds/Downloads/TR2016.pdf.
[2] Upper-income beneficiaries pay higher, income-related premiums. Low-income beneficiaries receive premium subsidies.
[3] Congressional Budget Office, Budgetary and Economic Effects of Repealing the Affordable Care Act, June 19, 2015, http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/114th-congress-2015-2016/reports/50252-Effects_of_ACA_Repeal.pdf.
[4] Paul N. Van de Water, "Yes, Health Reform Strengthens Medicare and Reduces the Deficit," Health Affairs Blog, April 20, 2012, http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2012/04/20/yes-health-reform-strengthens-medicare-and-reduces-the-deficit/.
[5] Patricia A. Davis, Medicare: Insolvency Projections, Congressional Research Service, July 3, 2013, https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20946.pdf.
[6] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, National Health Expenditure Tables, December 2015, Table 21, https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NationalHealthAccountsHistorical.html.
[7] Robert Greenstein, House Republican Health Plan Seriously Flawed, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 22, 2016, http://www.cbpp.org/press/statements/greenstein-house-republican-health-plan-seriously-flawed.


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Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center, Saginaw, Michigan
The Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) Program
Aleda E. Lutz Veterans Affairs Medical Center Promotes Veterans Justice Outreach Program
The Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) Program is a newly-designed program that collaborates with the VA Homeless Program to reach out to community justice programs to identify and work with Veterans that are having problems or repeated contact with the legal system. The work of the VJO Coordinator includes outreach and collaboration with law enforcement, probation and parole departments, jails, and the court systems in each county.
The mission of the VJO Program is to identify Veterans involved in the justice system who are not currently accessing, or fully accessing, VA services. These may include outpatient individual or group counseling, social work or psychological services. It may also assist with such services to develop a support network that may benefit the Veteran with personal growth and avoidance of recidivism.
The Key Components to the VJO program are:
} Provide training and education relating to judicially-approved options to incarceration or judicial penalties for Veterans involved with key intercept points: law enforcement agencies, jails, and courts.
} Provide a check-list to justice involved agencies that help with early identification of Veterans eligible for VA services and refer them to the VJO Coordinators.
} Assist Veterans involved in the justice system with determination of VA eligibility and subsequent referral to appropriate VA services.
} Assess encountered Veteran's mental health care needs and identify appropriate VA and non VA services. Refer and link the Veteran to appropriate mental health, medical, and/or appropriate treatment services.
} Assist judiciary, parole/probation, jail, and law enforcement officials with completed Release of Information forms that allow communication essential to services (attendance, progress, treatment, testing, and discharge plan).
} Collaborate with Health Care for Reentry Veterans (HCRV) Specialist to support early engagement in care for Veterans recently discharged from state or federal prisons.
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The most recent United States (U.S.) Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Survey of Inmates in local jails (2002) data indicate that 9.3 percent of people incarcerated in jails are Veterans. The controlling offense for 70 percent of these Veterans was a non-violent crime, and 45 percent had served two or more state prison sentences. At minimum, 90,000 of the 9 million unique inmates annually released from U.S. jails are Veterans. A large majority (82 percent) are eligible for VA services, having been discharged either under honorable (65 percent) or general with honorable (17 percent) conditions.
Treatment court programs have shown to be highly successful throughout the United States. The Veteran Courts operate under the same philosophy as other specialty courts, such as drug or mental health courts. The idea is to provide low-level offenders with an option of treatment in place of incarceration. The court and the VA would partner together to identify eligible Veterans that would benefit from treatment and other social programs the VA has to offer, in place of incarceration. This is in no way a "get out of jail free card" for Veterans. Those that volunteer to participate in any treatment court have to commit to making changes in their life. They are monitored in all aspects of their life, and if they fail to comply with the treatment program and court orders they are returned to jail to serve out their original sentence.
The benefits of a partnership with the VA and the Justice System can make a big difference in the lives of the returning combat and non-combat Veterans. Current returning Veterans face many challenges, and their readjustment to civilian life is not always easy. Those challenges faced by Veterans often lead to problems with the Justice System. When anyone is incarcerated it costs that county money to house and provide treatment for that person. In the course of helping a Veteran to receive treatment instead of incarceration, a county will save money and help the Veteran to rebuild their life. Of course not every Veteran is a candidate for this type of program, and the choice of who enters into the treatment court or is given treatment as an option is always up to the court.
The Saginaw VA Medical Center's Veterans Justice Outreach Program is in its initial implementation stage. The current program has been operational since March 2011. Terry Troxell a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) is the Veterans Justice Outreach Coordinator for the Saginaw VAMC. He is assisted by Arthur Olrich, LMSW who is based in the Alpena Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) and Mike Morey, LMSW, ACSW who is based out of the Gaylord CBOC. The two northern workers share collateral duties as they spend 50 percent of their time with the VJO Program and 50 percent of their time working with the Homeless Program. Between the three workers they are responsible for covering 35 counties in the Saginaw catchment area.
Currently, the VJO program has established its first Veterans Court, in the 86th District Court, which covers Grand Traverse, Antrim, and Leelanau Counties. The Honorable Judge Haley presides over this court and was instrumental in welcoming the VA to partner with the court. The Veterans Justice Outreach Program hopes to add Veteran Courts or Veteran Dockets in other counties in the near future. If your county would like to partner with the VA to help your justice-involved Veterans, please contact the VJO Program for more information at (989) 497-2500 extension 11916.


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Mercedes-Benz Concept Photoshop rendering
In this 8 minute video, Finnish product designer Lassi Kaikkonen demonstrates his Photoshop workflow for rendering a hand drawn car sketch.
Automotive Interior Render in Photoshop
A time-lapsed video of an automotive interior rendering process in Photoshop. Original time: 3.5 hours.
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Car rendering using markers and Photoshop
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Local Motors community member Extreme shows his technique for creating a car digital rendering in Photoshop using another member's design sketch as a base.
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I have purchased vehicle in the USA and brought them into Canada. So we're going the other way but it may be similar. I needed to fax a copy of the title to US customs 72 hrs in advance to export it. Not all vehicles are able to be imported but there is a very detailed list of can and can'ts. If it is older you should be good but check it out. I picked up a toyota pickup in Ohio and was crossing in Detroit driving it. When I got to customs the dickhead agent there tried telling me I only faxed the title 65 hrs ago. I definitely faxed it 4 business days earlier so he was full of shit and on a power trip(my dad lined up in the wrong line and this guy is yelling at him and has his hand on his gun, like wtf?) so after sitting at customs for a couple hrs and them not letting us proceed with the export we driven into Canada anyways. Canada customs couldn't have cared less if we exported it from the US before we imported. Because my truck was more than 25 years old I didn't require to go through the imported vehicle inspection which costs $200 up front at time of import and can have some very strict requirements. We took the truck back to US customs the next day and exported it from the US.
I had purchased a 30 day temporary permit in Ohio to drive it home and got pulled over about 28 days later in Ontario and I thoughts I was in trouble but the officer asked me if it was legal to drive with the Ohio temp and I said yup. He then proceeded to ask me how to import a vehicle because he was planning to do the same. Cool.
My advice to you is that US customs is going to want to know about this van getting imported into the country. I would call them directly and ask. (Good luck, they don't like answering questions. They will just tell you to go to the website. Just call back and ask again till you get somebody who isn't a d-bag.)
I would not import a vehicle again unless it was something unavailable or rare in Canada or it was a screaming deal.
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NEW YORK – Honda Motor Co. says it will exhibit a prototype of a fuel-cell electric vehicle it plans to launch in Japan and the United States in 2015 at the L.A. Auto Show later this month.
The automaker released a sketch Monday of the FCEV Concept. The auto show, to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, will be open to the public from Nov. 22 through Dec. 1.
The FCEV Concept "demonstrates the company's vision for the future of personal mobility and our commitment to developing advanced alternative fuel vehicles," Mike Accavitti, senior vice president of American Honda Motor Co., said in a statement.
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XP not only managed to survive against all odds for the past decade, but dominated the operating system market like no other platform.
Released on October 25, 2001, Windows XP was developed under the codename Whistler, and was actually released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001.
Counting from the RTM deadline, XP has already been 10 years old for a few months now, since it was at the end of August 2011 that the code went gold.
Still, October 25 is considered the official birthday of the OS, and Microsoft is bound to celebrate it along with the impending retirement of this platform.
The software giant is building Windows 8, but it's also urging customers not to wait any longer, and make the jump to Windows 7 as soon as possible.
The company already sold in excess of 450 million Windows 7 licenses in less than two years. It had taken it over four years to push some 400 million licenses of Windows XP.
Meanwhile, Windows 7 still has to reach its watershed moment, while XP's apex is a thing of the past. Microsoft has stopped selling Windows XP for years now, even though copies can still be found from various sources.
XP's longevity certainly ensures that this operating system will have a prominent place in history, but fact is that the platform's life is far from over.
Provided that customers have SP3 installed, they can still enjoy support from Microsoft until April 2014, at which point the company will pull the plug on this product.
Although, understandably, upgrading from XP to a more recent release of Windows would feel like parting with a very old friend, users need to understand that they're running an obsolete operating system and that they'd benefit from increased security, productivity, support, etc. by embracing Windows 7.
Happy Birthday XP…
Lol, nice thread Happy B-day to XP! It really saved us from Win2000 and Windows 98
Great OS, I was always happy with it. RIP
haha, btw no one going to celebrate birthday of IE6 !
Xp ? What's that I think i didn't even look at Xp in the last 2 years .
Still it's a good example the way the world move on the tec` ,we developers try to work on the cutting edge/age as what new on the web ,the hottest new application /software tools out there ,but sometime i just think i am 5 years a head from the real world ,all respect the majority of the world adapting so slow with web tec`, but i guess that's the real world and not the one i think i am living in ,hell people still develop in AS2 and JS slow world ……….
I… I don't know what to say.. happy b-day or rest in piece
He is as ugly as they get. :)) Windows 7 was and is a big step forward for Microsoft.
I still use XP.
So I'm not alone in still using XP. My current computer came with Windows Vista, so I
downgraded upgraded to XP shortly after buying it
As of me, the best OS ever created by Microsoft. It was really hard to say farewell to XP and pass on to Win7. Not talking about Vista which I deleted immediately from my brand new laptop and installed XP.
I used Windows XP for about 6 years, a great operating system, occasional annoying glitches (mostly with the network system) but the system was overall stable and a good release by Microsoft.


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A two million dollar upgrade is set for the well known Gold Coast avenue.
The footpath is to be upgraded, but the well used track could become a shared thoroughfare for walkers and cyclists.
Often termed "millionaire's row", the area is said to be on of the worst streets on the Gold Coast and needs to be repaired soon rather than later.
Councillor Paul Taylor believes the solution is clear.
"As I've explained before, to do the ocean way in front of that area our engineers are saying it's very expensive to design because of the rock walls and the engineering involved.
Lindsay, a caller into the Breakfast program told Coast FM's Bern Young that costings will have a big role to play.
"I'd like to see the costings to see the timber boardwalk along the beach front rather than ripping up utilities and roads and putting all three together, the pedestrians the cyclists and the motorists."
Another caller Greg, believes it was a local government promise.
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Season to Date: With the loss of Chris Paul and several seniors, Wake Forest was expected to drop a notch -- but not to last place in the conference. The Deacs opened the year with two preseason All-ACC first-teamers -- Justin Gray and Eric Williams -- and were ranked No. 18 in the polls. But after an 11-2 start, they've been in a freefall to the ACC basement. Head coach Skip Prosser is at a loss for words. "As I told the players, I don't have too many speeches in my bag for a team that's 1-9," he said last week. I'm speaking anyway. I'm trying to make them up as we go along."
No Point: There are many reasons for losing 10 of their first 11 ACC games. There's the consistently porous defense (Wake is 11th in ACC scoring defense) and the inconsistent and underachieving frontcourt beyond Eric Williams, just to name a couple. But the biggest reason is point guard play. Chris Paul's departure left a void at the point that Skip Prosser has been unable to fill. Freshman Harvey Hale isn't a natural point, while freshman Shamaine Dukes is a natural point, but is way out of his league at this level. That leaves Justin Gray (19.0 ppg, 40% 3pt), who has struggled to find a way to both get his own shots and still run the offense. Combine poor defense and poor point guard play, and Wake is understandably ranked last in the ACC in turnover margin.
Size: While the backcourt woes are well documented, the Deacs do have a deep frontcourt. They are second in the ACC in rebounding margin because they've got 6-9 Eric Williams, 6-11 Kyle Visser, 6-9 Chris Ellis and 6-7 Kevin Swinton, as well as a good rebounder on the wing in Trent Strickland. On the offensive end, Eric Williams has held up his end (15.8 ppg, 63% FG), but Visser (who had a big game against UNC two years ago) and Ellis are frustratingly erratic and unreliable. As a result, Swinton is now in the starting lineup.
Series History: North Carolina leads the all-time series against Wake Forest, 147-63, though Wake Forest has won six out of the last seven meetings. Because of expansion, the two teams meet just once in the regular season for the second straight year. Last year's lone meeting was also played at Lawrence Joel Coliseum, a 95-82 win by the Deacs. The Deacons and Tar Heels have split the previous 16 meetings in Joel Coliseum.
Projected Starters: 4 Harvey Hale (6-2, 186, Fr.) – 6.6 ppg, 2.3 apg 1 Justin Gray (6-2, 194, Sr.) – 19.0 ppg, 3.8 apg 33 Trent Strickland (6-5, 216, Sr.) - 13.0 ppg, 6.9 rpg 23 Kevin Swinton (6-7, 224, Fr.) – 2.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg 31 Eric Williams (6-9, 280, Sr.) - 15.8 ppg, 8.8 rpg Key Reserves: 55 Kyle Visser (6-11, 244, Jr.) – 5.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg 34 Michael Drum (6-6, 204, Jr.) – 5.2 ppg 00 Chris Ellis (6-9, 267, Sr.) – 4.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg 11 Cameron Stanley (6-6, 214, Fr.) – 1.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg 2 Shamaine Dukes (6-1, 175, Fr.) – 1.3 ppg, 1.2 apg
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Bracket season is here! Americans across the U.S.A. are competing against their friends, neighbors, co-workers, and fellow netizens in filling out brackets. There's even a bracket group for Woot fans (which must seem like easy prey for true bracketologists). For the next few weeks, millions of obsessives will follow the action to see whose bracket will overcome all comers and overpower all powers to take the most coveted title in online sports. (I think there's also some kind of "basket ball" tournament going on out there in meatspace.) But if filling out an entire 64-team bracket sounds too much like work to you, here's a game that demands much less commitment. Name the eight NCAA men's basketball tourney teams whose logos are partially shown below. No bracket required.
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It is a miserable November day and Gregor Robertson is late for lunch. Outside, Vancouver goes about its business under a gloomy grey canopy. On the sidewalks, people bow their heads against the wind and rain, struggling to keep the ribs of their umbrellas from turning inside out.
Out of the darkness emerges a man on a bike. He is no courier forced by the nature of his occupation to be out in such a squall. He is wearing suit pants and dress shoes. As he takes off his helmet his sharp features prompt double-takes among those walking by. His face looks familiar – and it should. He's the town's mayor after all.
"You ride in this stuff?" I ask.
"Yes, most of the time," he says after taking a seat in the restaurant. "It's just how I get around."
Say what you will about Gregor Robertson, but at least he puts his pedals where his mouth is. As the architect of the most contentious bike lane project in the country, it helps him avoid looking like a hypocrite. It also ensures that he stays in fighting trim. The job may have given him a few grey hairs, but he still looks much younger than 47.
It's been one year since the mayor's re-election. And so far his second term has been a much smoother ride than his first. I don't cover the mayor on a day-to-day basis, but from a distance, at least, he seems to be wearing the job better. What is it the wise man said? Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first and the lesson afterward.
Mr. Robertson seems to have emerged from his first term with a newfound confidence.
He's like the novice sailor who survives a wretched and terrifying bout of weather.
On the other side of that event he is a completely different mariner, one who is more cool and assured under pressure.
The mayor took office in 2008 when the effects of the financial crisis had really taken hold. It was largely responsible for the mess that unfolded at the Olympic Village, one of the biggest financial dilemmas the city has ever confronted. Then there was Snowmaggedon – a freak snowstorm that virtually paralyzed the city and endangered the lives of dozens of people living on the street. The Olympics themselves were a wonderful reprieve, but a year later Mr. Robertson was dealing with the biggest riot in the city's history. And in the midst of his campaign for a second term, Occupy protesters took over the grounds of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
You can certainly question how the mayor handled some of these matters. We still don't know how much money the city will lose on the Olympic Village, but it would have lost less if it had sold the units set aside for social housing. That was an ideological decision on the part of the mayor's Vision Vancouver government I felt was difficult to justify.
He should have asked harder questions of his police chief concerning the city's preparedness for Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup final. There was too much blind trust. On the other hand, the patience Mr. Robertson showed during the Occupy demonstration was commendable. It likely helped prevent a bloody showdown with police and allowed the encampment to be taken down peacefully.
"It was an incredibly intense period just in terms of everything that got thrown at us," says Mr. Robertson of his first term. "I appreciate having a little less stress in the day-to-day. We haven't had to be so reactive. We can be more pro-active instead."
You can roll your eyes at the mayor's pledge to end homelessness by 2015 – many have. We know it's not going to happen and never was. But with the province's assistance, he's helped get a lot of people off the street. It's been expensive, but it's what he promised and he should be applauded for it. Just as he vowed to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world – whatever that means.
I'm not sure who judges such things and what criteria they use. But give Mr. Robertson credit for making his city more liveable and for not caving in to the car lobby and its empty warnings that bike lanes would signal the end of commerce in the city as we know it. It did nothing of the sort. It just made the city a more desirable place to live.
He's helped lure green jobs to Vancouver. It's also become an attractive destination for entrepreneurs under his watch. Sam Sullivan deserves credit for envisaging an eco-friendly densification of Vancouver, but Mr. Robertson gets kudos for actually making it happen, perhaps at a faster rate than some are comfortable with. He's also tried to make the city more affordable in the process – although the jury is still very much out on how that endeavour ultimately fares.
Gregor Robertson is putting an indelible mark on Vancouver, but you may not notice it for years to come. On balance, he has done far more good than bad. The political opposition in the city has effectively disappeared during his reign – a development from which he's unquestionably benefited. It's difficult to imagine anyone seriously challenging the man in the near term – which is perhaps why he's already announcing that he'll be seeking a third mandate.
"I love my job," he says. "Plus I still have a few things on my bucket list for the city I need to get done."
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Survey suggests Miami boat shows would suffer if they share the weekend with the NFL title game
Holding two big boat shows, a major arts festival and the Super Bowl in Miami on Presidents Day weekend 2016 would give a lot of people second thoughts about attending the boat shows, according to an online survey.
Respondents say anticipated hassles with parking, crowds, pricey hotel rooms and other inconveniences would lessen their interest in attending the boat shows, according to the survey undertaken by Show Management, which manages and produces the Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach. The online survey was sent to a database of past Show Management boat show attendees.
A similar survey was sent to exhibitors, as well, and the results also reflect concern. One in three (34 percent) say they would be less inclined to participate in either the Miami International Boat Show or the Yacht & Brokerage Show.
Nearly three in four (65 percent) of the industry people are concerned about parking and inconvenience, and more than half (54 percent) are less likely to attend because of much higher hotel costs. Only one in five say they would likely attend the Super Bowl in addition to one or both of the shows.
The three areas the industry group feels would most need attention are parking availability and pricing (76 percent), hotel accommodations and special boat show room pricing (68 percent) and bus transportation to and from the shows (51 percent).
Fifty-three percent of consumer respondents say they would be less likely to attend the Yacht & Brokerage Show and/or the Miami International Boat Show if the shows were held the same weekend as the Super Bowl. Forty percent of consumers say they would attend one or both shows, no matter what the dates or if they fell on the same weekend as the Super Bowl, according to the Jan. 17 survey.
The Super Bowl question drew close to 400 consumer responses (397). The overall impression [from the survey] is that people are less likely to attend the boat shows with the Super Bowl being there simultaneously, says Efrem Skip Zimbalist III, chairman and CEO of Active Interest Media, which owns Show Management, as well as Soundings Trade Only. The biggest problems are traffic, parking and hotel rates. We believe it would be detrimental to the shows to have them on the same weekend as the Super Bowl.
Recipe for disaster
The National Football League reportedly has invited Miami and San Francisco to submit bids by April 1 to host the 2016 Super Bowl, but is requiring bidders to agree to leave open three consecutive February weekends, including Presidents Day weekend, as possible dates. The later dates would kick in if the NFL decides to extend its regular season to 18 games.
The Coconut Grove Arts Festival, in its 50th year and one of Floridas most prestigious cultural events, claims to draw 120,000 visitors, the Miami International Boat Show another 100,000, and the Super Bowl more than 100,000. (The Yacht & Brokerage Show is free, so it has no ticket sales from which to estimate attendance.) The potential influx of all those visitors has stirred passionate debate over whether Miami-Dade can support them on one three-day weekend.
I think its a recipe for disaster, says Miami auto mega-dealer Norman Braman, who has weighed in against scheduling the Super Bowl on boat show weekend 2016, as well as spending public money to upgrade the Miami Dolphins stadium for the Super Bowl. There arent enough hotel rooms to accommodate all those people in Miami for that to happen. Theres no way it can be done. Its one of the busiest weekends of the year.
Many consumer respondents expressed similar concerns.
69 percent say they would be hesitant to attend the boat shows with the Super Bowl in town mainly because of limited parking and other inconveniences related to Super Bowl crowds.
62 percent would be less likely to attend one or both boat shows to avoid the crowds.
55 percent would be less likely to attend the shows to avoid higher Super Bowl-priced hotel rooms.
Fewer than 1 in 5 (16 percent) said that they would be more likely to attend the shows if the Super Bowl were in town.
No intention to move
The Miami show has been scheduled on Presidents Day weekend since the mid-1940s.
Zimbalist and Cathy Rick-Joule, vice president of boat shows for the National Marine Manufacturers Association and manager of the Miami International show, say moving the two events from Presidents Day weekend in 2016 is not an option. Were together on this issue, says Zimbalist.
Rick-Joule agrees. Our position is there is no compelling reason to move the boat show off Presidents Day weekend, and we have no intention to do so, she says. She, too, says sharing the weekend with the Super Bowl would discourage show-goers and reduce the gate.
The NMMA show generates a $1 billion impact for the local economy annually, which includes revenue for hotels, restaurants, taxis, boatyards, marinas, dealerships and manufacturers, says Rick-Joule. In 2010, the Super Bowl delivered an impact of about a third of that figure for South Florida, but it also is an enormous publicity machine for the host city, with a potential worldwide audience of 1 billion through various media.
Residual impact
Cromwell Littlejohn, a director of the Florida Yacht Brokers Association, which owns the Yacht & Brokerage Show, says the residual economic impact of the boat shows within the marine industry continues for months after Presidents Day weekend, as deals are consummated and boatyards, marinas and dealerships service, fit out and refit boats sold during the show.
The Super Bowl drops into the economy for one weekend, and its gone on Monday, says Littlejohn. It wont be back for a number of years. For us [brokers] to lose this weekend would be detrimental to the health of the boat show and the health of a marine industry that employs 202,000 Floridians. The sale of a boat is a process, not an event. The Super Bowl is an event. It comes into town, happens very quickly and goes away.
Littlejohn says its critical to have the brokerage show on the three-day weekend because it encourages show-goers to come from afar and stay three to five days. We need that group that doesnt have to work on Monday to be at the show, he says.
FYBA president Lon McCloskey, owner of The Marine Group of Palm Beach yacht brokerage, aired other broker concerns. He says traffic already is bad during the shows and it could get worse. Hotel rates are high, he says, and they could get higher. He says he would prefer having the shows and the Super Bowl on different weekends, but if that isnt in the cards he thinks the Yacht & Brokerage Show could weather the traffic snarls. And the kind of client who attends that show a showcase for luxury yachts could handle the higher hotel rates, but if theres a shortage of hotel rooms due to the Super Bowl crowds, people may not come [to the show]. Thats the one caveat, McCloskey says.
He argues, too, that hosting the Super Bowl, arguably the worlds biggest sporting event, in north Miami-Dade simultaneously with the Yacht & Brokerage Show on Collins Avenue and the Miami show at the Miami Beach Convention Center and two Miami marinas altogether one of the worlds largest agglomerations of boats at one time in one locale could result in some synergies. The kind of people who go to the Super Bowl are boat buyers and owners, he says. The Daytona 500 usually runs on Presidents Day weekend, and often Daytona fans drop in at the show on Friday and Saturday, and fly or drive up to Daytona Sunday for the races, McCloskey says.
Hoteliers divided
Miami Beach hoteliers also weighed in on the issue, with divergent points of view.
I dont think we have strong feelings about this, says Greg Cook, general manager of the Eden Roc Renaissance Resort and Spa and chairman of the convention sales committee of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau. The Eden Roc is right across Collins Avenue from the Yacht & Brokerage Show.
Wed like to have them on separate weekends so we can fill our rooms on both weekends, says Cook, but we also think Miami is big enough to support both [events] at the same time. We have enough hotels and rooms. Miami and Fort Lauderdale [together] can accommodate them both.
Jeff Lehman, general manager of The Betsy Hotel, a luxury boutique hotel on South Beach, and chairman of the Miami Beach Convention and Visitors Authority, suggests moving the boat shows to a January weekend, though he acknowledges there might be some logistical difficulties doing that. From our point of view, that wouldnt be a bad thing, he says. It would create two [weekends of] events instead of one. Would there be enough hotels [for all the events] to run simultaneously? Thats tough to know because January and February are our high-demand periods, anyway.
Lease commitments
Zimbalist says it isnt feasible to move the dates of the Yacht & Brokerage Show because his organization leases space from some 30 hotels, condominiums and apartment buildings along Collins Avenue to accommodate the show and reserves large blocks of hotel rooms at show rates for exhibitors and attendees and many of these contracts and reservations already have been negotiated for 2016. [The leasers] all have their own plans and budgeting, he says. Plus, the Miami and Miami Beach shows are scheduled so they dont conflict with other boat shows internationally, and if either show changes its date it causes scheduling difficulties for exhibitors and attendees who make commitments to be at other shows. Each year we [show planners] work together to make sure that our events are spaced apart, he says.
Ideally, Zimbalist would like the NFL to schedule Super Bowl L on either of the two weekends in February that are not Presidents Day weekend. Were great fans of the Super Bowl, he says. He just doesnt think it ought to be on the same weekend as the boat shows. A weekend before the shows or after the shows would work, he says. If they have to run on the same weekend, then hed like to see the boat shows and Super Bowl segregated, to the extent they can be.
I think the issue will be how to contain Super Bowl traffic in areas that are away from the boat shows, he says. Thats what we want to work with the city on: Have them segregate the two [events] so you dont have a lot of competition for the same roadway, the same hotel rooms and the same parking spaces.
The question is, if someones going to the Super Bowl in Miami, will their first choice be to drive there from Fort Lauderdale [or from Miami]? Zimbalist asks. He fears Super Bowl fans will find Miami more convenient, increasing traffic and driving up hotel rates for boat show attendees and exhibitors.
A room count
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau says there are 34,976 rooms at 561 hotels in Broward County; the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau says there are 50,000 rooms in 460 hotels in Miami-Dade. The NFL reportedly requires cities that bid for the Super Bowl to have enough rooms within an hours drive to accommodate 35 percent of the stadium capacity for fans (or about 27,000 rooms if the game is in Miami) and another 20,000 or so rooms for NFL-related groups, including the media.
These rooms are offered at rates controlled by the NFL, but the rates for rooms that are not under that contract are driven by supply and demand. At Indianapolis, a no-frills motel room that usually goes for $42 a night was priced at $800 for the Super Bowl 2012 weekend because of a shortage of hotel rooms. Rooms for the New Orleans Super Bowl in 2013 were going at eight times their normal rates, a $60-a-night room fetching $470 and some fancier hotel rooms going for $1,000 a night.
The South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee believes it can avert overwhelming Miamis tourism infrastructure and a hotel shortage, in particular, by preparing a regional bid not confined to Miami-Dade but encompassing Broward and south Palm Beach counties, as well. Browards position is if Miami-Dade cannot accommodate the Super Bowl [and the boat shows simultaneously], and we understand they may not be able to do that, then Broward has enough hotels and venues to host the Super Bowl if its going to be Presidents Day weekend, says Nicki Grossman, president and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau and a member of the Miami Super Bowl committee. Were big enough to do a lot of things because were bigger than just Miami or Miami Beach or Fort Lauderdale. Were a regional destination.
Grossman says the boat shows already have negotiated long-term agreements with Miami and Miami Beach hotels to set aside blocks of rooms for the boat shows in 2016. She says the NFL will not override those agreements but will seek blocks of rooms that have not already been committed to the boat shows. Grossman says the Super Bowl host committee can shift the locus of the Super Bowl NFL headquarters, team accommodations, Bowl-related activities and blocks of rooms to Broward County, which Miamis Super Bowl host committee did in 2010 at the NFLs request because the Super Bowl had been held in Miami just three years earlier and it wanted a different feel for 2010. She says that will avert conflicts between the events.
She says Miamis Super Bowl host committee hasnt met yet to discuss these options for shifting the focus to Broward but will have to decide and submit its bid in March.
Many obstacles
A Presidents Day weekend Super Bowl in Miami in 2016 faces a lot of hurdles so many in fact that many wonder if all the concern might be a moot point. The chances of this happening from what we understand are mighty thin, says Eden Rocs Cook. A lot of people are getting worried about something that probably wont happen.
I dont think its going to happen, says auto magnate Braman, a former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles football team and former chairman of the NFLs Super Bowl site selection committee. I dont think the NFL is going to give Miami the 2016 game. There are not enough hotel rooms for that to happen. They cant guarantee the rooms.
Also, expanding the NFLs regular season to 18 games requires agreement from the players union, which opposed the leagues proposal to add two games to the schedule in the latest labor negotiations. An 18-game season was not part of the 10-year collective bargaining agreement reached in 2011.
A third obstacle: Miamis aging stadium is vying with San Franciscos new $1.2 billion stadium. Steve Ross, the owner of the Miami Dolphins Sun Life Stadium, has proposed an ambitious plan to upgrade the stadium build an open-air canopy over the seating, move the stands closer to the football sidelines, add 3,700 seats, install wider, more comfortable seats and giant high-definition video boards at a cost of $375 million to $400 million. Ross wants to pay about half that with public money (tourism taxes), but many are looking askance at the idea after Miami-Dade kicked in 80 percent of the $634 million to build the Miami Marlins new Major League Baseball stadium, then saw ownership trade away the teams best (and best-paid players) for cheaper prospects after a dismal 2012 first season in the new stadium.
With the economy still sluggish, Now is not the time to take tax dollars and give them to Mr. Ross, says Braman. If he wants it, he should pay for it.
Whichever city loses out for Super Bowl 2016 will compete with Houston for Super Bowl 2017, so if Miami doesnt win the bid for Super Bowl L, presumably the potential conflict between boat shows and the Super Bowl still will be an issue for 2017.
This article originally appeared in the February 2013 issue.


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Probably gonna make a bunch of people mad but..... just appearence wise of the Ford " motor " only.... man that motor looks awesome. The V and the zl1 look so plane. All the plastice covers, you pull them off and its just not pretty. Thats all I am saying. I love the LSA. Best GM motor I have ever had. Man you pop the hood of that ford and that is just car motor "porn"!!!!!!
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I applaud Ford for this car....let's face it if you are driving your V and this Cobra pulls up next to you the best thing to do is yield and not hit the horn (stock for stock).
Someone mentioned earlier the reason why I LOVE what Ford does with the Cobra is that it comes with so much power and a warranty. I thought they would lose thier shirt when I bought my '03 Cobra but it turns out the motors are so well engineered that they didn't.
For those wondering why GM would not want to up the ante...well let's just say I would take the 4.6L blown V8 in my '03 Cobra any day of the week over the V2 motor. It's fundamentally a better engineered and built motor with DOHC and all forged internals. I know lots of guys pushing 800-900hp to the wheels with the stock 4.6L windsor motor. I would never do that with the LSA despite the huge displacement advantage.
The only thing I would be nervous about if I were Ford is that they are not using exclusively aluminum blocks. With that type of power I don't mind the extra weight of an iron block as it can't hurt for logevity.
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Talk to your wife, the two of you need to be a united front/a team on this.
Its you two (THE ADULTS) that parent BOTH of your children.
You are both parents to both of these children.
If you can't get her to agree to be on the same page with you as far as how to parent BOTH of them (the same way) then maybe you guys should seek counseling.
The son needs to see BOTH of you as parents, not just her, and your daughter needs to see BOTH of you are parents, not just you.
The parental UNIT needs to be one.
The kids are the kids, one group in the house. Am i making sense? i hope so.
My life is the movie Cyrus
My wife and her son from a previous marriage have a relationship that I can only describe as it's out of a movie, namely Cyrus.
Instead of having the normal mother/son relationship, they act as if they're married which leaves me and my child alienated. Now, we have two factions in the house and I don't know how to bring them back together.
Everything seems to revolve around her son, so-much-so that my daughter was left feeling, "as if he were something valuable and I something you just toss away." The issue is that I noticed this as well and feel very much the same way.
When I spoke to her about making my daughter and I more of a priority, she turned to me and said, "I'm not your mother."
Needless to say, she and I have been separated for almost a year, and even though we're trying to reconcile, it seems that the issue has grown worse. Recently, she accused me of acting like I don't want to be around him because I scolded him for constantly cutting into our conversations. He constantly is in need of attention and will quickly resort to the negative sort if he feels that he's not getting enough, often times physically hitting me or making strange noises or repeating things over and over.
The final straw happened the other day while I was over visiting. I guess the chemistry between my wife and I was pretty obvious and even he commented that he thought we were gonna "do it". After he went to for awhile, my wife and I were getting intimate and lo-and-behold there was a knock on the door. He started whining and said that he couldn't sleep. We told him to go back to bed but it was too late, the moment was gone.
Maybe I should point out that he's almost 12.
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I'd say I'm 80-90% there in this car. I want to keep it for a couple of years and change to a 330ci or maybe M3 where more of the money will go as it will be a long termer.
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"It's really going to be a medical, conditioning (decision), those types -- we'll have to talk it through," head coach Mike McCarthy said Friday of Jennings' chances of facing the Giants. "The biggest thing was to get him on course to make progress, and right now he's taken every step. That's very encouraging."
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