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Bi-state tolling authorities have broad authority to set toll rates and use revenues for a range of purposes, including maintaining, repairing, and improving their infrastructure. In setting tolls, bi-state tolling authorities are primarily influenced by debt obligations and maintain specific operating revenues to repay their debt. A federal statute requiring bridge tolls to be "just and reasonable" has less influence on tolling decisions, in part, because no federal agency has authority to enforce the standard.
Bi-state tolling authorities are not required to follow federal or general state requirements for involving and informing the public; they set their own policies that can be less stringent than practices of transportation agencies that follow federal or state requirements. In their most recent toll increases, the bi-state authorities generally provided the public limited opportunities to learn about and comment on proposed toll rates before they were approved. For example, one bistate authority did not hold any public toll hearings, while another provided one day for hearings. In contrast to federal and general state requirements and leading practices, the bi-state authorities did not in all cases (1) have documented public involvement procedures for toll setting; (2) provide the public with key information on the toll proposals in advance of public hearings; (3) offer the public sufficient opportunities to comment on toll proposals; and (4) provide a public summary of comments received before toll increases were approved.
External oversight of the bi-state authorities is limited as only one of the four authorities has been regularly audited by a state audit entity. While these audits have uncovered areas of concern, the authority of most state audit entities to oversee the bi-state authorities is unclear. Differences in states' laws and disagreements between the bi-state authorities and state audit agencies have raised questions about the authority of several states to provide oversight. Each of the four bi-state authorities provides some internal oversight, but one has not established access authority for its inspector general, which, as a result, lacks an assurance of independence. Because internal auditors are generally not required under internal audit standards to report to outside audiences, the public may lack knowledge of their efforts to ensure accountability for the use of toll revenues.
Why GAO Did This Study
The Northeast is home to some of the most highly traveled interstate crossings in the United States, funded by toll revenues collected from the traveling public. Since 1921, Congress has provided its consent to New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware to enter into legal agreements known as interstate compacts, establishing four bi-state tolling authorities to build and maintain toll bridges and tunnels. In recent years, bi-state tolling authorities have come under scrutiny for toll increases and other concerns, and GAO was asked to review their toll-setting decisions and oversight framework. GAO examined: (1) the authority of bistate tolling authorities to set and use tolls and the factors that influence toll setting; (2) the extent to which the authorities involve and inform the public in toll-setting decisions; and (3) the extent to which the authorities are subject to external and internal oversight. GAO reviewed federal and state laws, bi-state tolling authority documents, and interviewed officials from the authorities and state audit offices. GAO does not make recommendations to non-federal entities; nonetheless the authorities could benefit from greater transparency in public involvement and clearer lines of external oversight. DOT had no comments on a draft of this report and three authorities provided technical comments, which GAO incorporated as appropriate. In addition, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey disagreed, stating its policies constituted a documented public involvement process. GAO maintains that these policies were not publicly available, or a defined and structured process.
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ATA and CPD carnets for temporary imports and exports
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- HM Revenue & Customs
- Part of:
- Import and export procedures and International freight industry and businesses making customs declarations
- First published:
- 2 August 2012
- Last updated:
- 13 June 2013, see all updates
Simplify customs clearances by using carnets if you're taking goods or motor vehicles into or out of the EU temporarily.
ATA (Admission Temporaire/Temporary Admission Carnet) and CPD (Carnet de Passages en Douane) carnets allow goods and motor vehicles to be temporarily taken into or out of the EU (for example, exhibiting at a trade fair or taking part in motor sports) without having to complete the customs declarations and formalities normally required.
They aren't mandatory but where they're available they simplify customs clearances in dispatching and receiving countries that are signed up to the ATA carnet or Istanbul Conventions.
ATA carnets are used to claim relief under temporary admission from the customs charges normally due on importation for goods temporarily imported for use in the EU. They can also be used to temporarily export EU goods for a temporary admission use outside the EU, provided those countries accept ATA carnets for their intended use.
CPD carnets can be used for private or commercial motor and motor sport vehicles temporarily exported from the EU to a non-EU country.
This guide helps you understand whether or not a carnet is appropriate to you, and how to apply if it is.
Notice 104: ATA and CPD Carnets has more information about ATA and CPD carnets.
You can also read the guidance on temporary admission and Notice 200: Temporary Admission for more information.
ATA carnets
The ATA carnet is an international customs document that was agreed in the ATA Carnet Convention and the Istanbul Convention. It simplifies customs procedures where the goods to be used are temporarily imported or exported between countries that are signed up to either convention.
An international chain for the issue and guaranteeing of carnets means that you don't need to lodge securities in every country your goods pass through. ATA carnets also help to ensure that you don't have to pay duties on your goods when you bring them back.
ATA carnets:
- are a paper multi-part document, not an electronic declaration
- may be used for goods being temporarily imported for use in countries which are signatories of the ATA Carnet Convention or the Istanbul Convention
- may be used for goods accompanied by the holder named on the carnet or a representative of the holder who is named on the carnet
- need to be presented every time goods are exported and re-exported, imported and reimported or transited through a country
Goods covered by an ATA carnet
In general, ATA carnets cover:
- samples
- publicity materials
- goods temporarily imported for display or use at trade shows, exhibitions, fairs or meetings
- recorded film and media
- professional equipment that you might need for your work, for example cameras, laptops and sound equipment
- goods imported in connection with a manufacturing operation
- instruments, apparatus or machines made available by a supplier pending delivery or repair of similar equipment
- goods for educational, scientific or cultural purposes
- personal effects
- sports goods
The types of goods that may be covered by ATA carnets varies between contracting countries, so always contact the carnet issuer before applying for one.
ATA carnet format
The ATA carnet is a cover and vouchers. You need to ensure you get enough vouchers for the intended journey when you request the carnet. The cover and vouchers are divided using colours:
- green - the cover sheet identifies the holder, any representative of the holder, the intended use of the goods and descriptions of the goods covered
- yellow - used to export and re-import the goods
- white - used to import and subsequently re-export the goods
- blue - used when the goods transit through a country en route to a final destination
Length of time an ATA carnet is valid
A carnet is normally valid for one year and its period of validity can't be changed. If you need to extend the length of time you can use the goods, you will need to apply for a replacement carnet before the original one expires.
Not all issuing associations will issue replacement carnets, and not all countries accept them.
Check with the relevant customs authorities before requesting a replacement ATA carnet.
The National ATA Carnet Unit is responsible in the UK.
If you can't obtain a replacement carnet the goods must be re-exported or, where permitted, declared to another customs procedure before the carnet expires.
Contact the association that issued the carnet for more information.
Using ATA carnets when exporting from the UK
The following definitions apply when using ATA carnets in the UK or EU:
- export - used when the goods leave the country where the carnet is issued
- import - used when goods arrive in the country where temporary admission will be claimed
- re-importation - describes the return of goods to the country where the carnet was issued
- re-exportation - describes the movement of goods out of a country into which they had previously been temporarily imported under the carnet
Countries where ATA carnets can be used
Over 70 countries recognise ATA carnets.
Download a list of countries that recognise ATA Carnets from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) website (PDF, 291KB)
You can only use an ATA carnet if it's recognised in the destination country, as well as any country the goods will be transported through to the destination country.
If goods are in transit or are temporarily brought into a non-ATA signatories country, then normal import, re-export or transit procedures apply.
Taiwan doesn't recognise ATA carnets, but operates a similar scheme.
The list of countries where ATA carnets are valid is in Notice 104.
Temporary exports from the EU
Goods which are covered by a UK issued ATA carnet and leave the UK for a non-EU country must have the carnet with them when they leave the UK so customs officers can:
- certify the green cover
- endorse and remove the yellow exportation voucher
- stamp the yellow counterfoil if you're leaving the EU from the UK
If the ATA carnet is issued in another EU country it should be presented to customs in that country before the goods first leave there.
As there may not be customs officers at the port or airport of departure when you leave the UK, you must contact the HMRC imports and exports helpline beforehand to make sure a customs officer will be at your point of departure.
Re-importations to the EU
When you return with the goods to the EU, give the carnet and goods to customs at the port or airport of arrival. Customs will endorse the yellow re-importation voucher and stamp the matching counterfoil. The yellow voucher will be removed and the carnet returned to you.
If you re-import direct to the UK from a non-EU country and the goods are included in a passenger's baggage, the carnet must be given at the red point or red customs channel.
If the goods are travelling as freight and are bound for an "inventory linked" port or airport they may need to be included on an Import and export: customs clearance request (C21) form using code:
- CPC 10 00 041 for re-exports
- CPC 00 080 20 for re-imports
If the goods are being sent to a non-inventory port or airport you may need to complete an Import and export: presentation of goods for export (arrival) (C1601) form.
Goods permitted under an ATA carnet
The destination country permits the goods you're allowed to export from the EU to a country under an ATA carnet.
Goods allowed into the UK on an ATA carnet
Goods are allowed into the UK under an ATA carnet for particular uses subject to certain conditions that apply to each category. Check these conditions before considering an ATA carnet for any particular application.
The following goods are permitted into the UK under an ATA carnet:
- goods for display at exhibitions, fairs or meetings
- professional equipment for broadcasting, film making and for other trades and professions, but not for use in manufacture or construction (except hand tools) if owned or imported by a non-EU resident for their use
- samples
- advertising films
- printed and developed cinematographic film and similar media for promotional purposes
- media with recorded sound and/or images for tracking, dubbing or reproduction
- goods for tests, experiments or demonstrations
- goods used to carry out tests, experiments or demonstrations
- anything that is used exclusively for publicity purposes
- media used for carrying data for processing
- goods in connection with a manufacturing operation where the goods are owned by a person outside the EU and at least 75% of goods produced will be exported outside the EU
- replacement production equipment on free temporary loan pending delivery or repair of similar equipment as long as exported within 6 months
- works of art with a view to a possible sale
- personal effects for a non-EU citizen
- welfare material for seafarers travelling internationally
- sports goods for use in contests, demonstrations and training for a non-EU citizen
- goods for humanitarian purposes
- spare parts, accessories and equipment to repair or maintain ATA carnet goods
Live animals owned by a non-EU resident are also permitted under an ATA carnet if they're imported for:
- dressage
- training
- breeding
- shoeing
- weighing or treatment, with a view to being bought
- participation or touring in various kinds of shows and other entertainments
- medicinal purposes
- grazing
- rescue operations
- use as police dogs or horses, detector dogs or guide dogs
Goods not allowed into the UK on an ATA carnet
The following goods aren't allowed into the UK under an ATA carnet:
- goods imported for sale or for sale by auction
- goods temporarily imported or exported for processing or repair
- means of transport temporarily imported for private or commercial transport use in the UK
- goods which will be subject to an export refund or Common Agricultural Policy refund
- alcoholic beverages, tobacco goods and fuel
Using ATA carnets for temporary import into the UK
When importing goods temporarily into the UK with an ATA carnet, you must present both the carnet and goods to customs at the port or airport of arrival in the UK.
After checking the carnet and goods, customs officers will endorse and remove the white importation voucher and stamp the matching counterfoil.
Re-exporting goods with an ATA carnet
When you re-export goods from the UK with an ATA carnet, give both the carnet and goods to customs at the port or airport of departure from the EU.
Customs officers will endorse and remove the white re-exportation voucher and stamp the counterfoil.
Releasing goods to free circulation
You may want goods that were temporarily imported on an ATA carnet to stay in the EU. If the goods are in the UK you'll have to explain by letter why you want them to stay and complete a normal customs declaration on form C88 (Single Administrative Document (SAD) to declare the diversion and pay the import duties and VAT.
You may have to pay compensatory interest so you don't gain a financial advantage over competitors who paid duty at the time of import. You must send your letter, the ATA carnet, your declaration to import the goods and method of payment for import duties and tax to the National ATA Carnet Unit.
If you want to destroy the goods rather than re-export them you must contact the National ATA Carnet Unit for approval. You'll have to pay import duties and import VAT based on the value and duty rate applicable to the waste or scrap. You will have to pay for the destruction.
If you'll be diverting or destroying the goods in another EU country you must contact the customs authority in the country concerned.
ATA carnets and restricted and prohibited goods
All restrictions, prohibitions and licensing controls that apply to importing goods into the UK also apply to goods imported temporarily under an ATA carnet.
As licensing requirements can change, you should always check before importing anything whether you need a licence.
For information on prohibitions and restrictions, see the guide on getting the right licences for international trading.
For information on licences, see the guide on import and export licences for controlled goods and trading with certain countries.
Applying for an ATA carnet
Before applying for an ATA carnet you should be aware that:
- the standard service takes 24 hours so you must apply in advance, although an express service may be available
- you need to lodge security to the value of the highest possible amount of duty payable
- the way carnets are issued varies from country to country - they are issued by chambers of commerce in the UK, see the ATA carnet pages of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) website for details
- there is a charge for issuing a carnet - if you applying to the LCCI the fee will depend:
- if you're a member of the LCCI
- if you want the normal or express service (if available)
You'll also need to know:
- exactly what goods are going to be used
- who's going to be the named holder
- exits from the EU, which countries the goods will be used in and which countries the goods will pass through
You can apply for an ATA carnet online on the LCCI website or by downloading an ATA carnet application form from the LCCI website (PDF, 70KB), completing it and sending it to:
The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Export Documents - Carnets
33 Queen Street
Who can use an ATA carnet
Although the carnet will name one person as the holder, any authorised person can also use the carnet, if you:
- specify 'the holder plus any other authorised person' when applying for the carnet
- provide any authorised people with an appropriate letter of authority on headed paper
Lodging security when applying for an ATA carnet
Although an ATA carnet means you don't need to pay duty and VAT each time the goods cross a border, when you apply for the carnet you do need to lodge security with the issuing association to the value of the highest amount of duty and tax that would have to be paid on the journey if the goods were not re-exported at any point. You can pay in cash or through other guarantee schemes.
A Carnet Security Scheme is operated by the LCCI for UK issued carnets where you'll pay a fee which is based on a percentage of the value of the goods, rather than having to lodge security for the entire amount of any potential duty payable.
If you're exporting goods temporarily to Taiwan apply in the normal way, you'll be issued with a document that functions in the same way as the ATA carnet but has a different name, colour and size. You can download the EC/CPD/China-Taiwan application form and undertaking from the LCCI website (PDF, 152KB).
Problems with using ATA carnets or their validity
If you have any queries regarding the use and validity of ATA carnets you should contact the London Chamber of Commerce Export Documents Department on telephone: 020 7203 1856.
Extending the validity period of ATA carnets and other queries
If you hold an ATA carnet and want to extend its period of validity or have another query about a carnet you hold, you can contact:
National ATA Carnet Unit
Customs House
Furness Quay
Salford Quays
Telephone: 03000 579 060
Fax: 03000 588 459
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CPD carnets
CPD carnets, also known as FIA/AIT carnets, can cover the use under temporary admission of the following private and commercial vehicles into certain non-EU countries:
- road motor vehicles
- motor cycles
- trailers
- registered motor sport vehicles transported by trailer
CPD carnets are for people not normally resident in the destination country. They're not needed for the temporary import of non-EU motor vehicles into the UK but may be required in some EU countries for certain categories of vehicles.
The vehicle covered by the CPD carnet can't be hired, loaned, abandoned or otherwise disposed of without the approval of both the issuing association and the customs authority of the country visited.
If the vehicle is intended to be used in other EU countries the customs authority in that country should be contacted to confirm what details they need.
For UK vehicles exported for temporary use outside the EU, a CPD carnet issued in the UK will cover the vehicles use in the non-EU countries visited where those countries accept CPD carnets.
Getting a CPD carnet
You can get a CPD carnets from a national automobile association affiliated to either the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT) or the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
The FIA website has details of EU member states that issue CPD carnets.
When applying for a CPD carnet you should lodge security using an insurance scheme to cover the potential duty and taxes payable if the vehicle is not re-exported.
The period of validity, designating the period of use in the country or countries of destination, will be noted on the carnet. Re-exporting the vehicle after the carnet expires could mean duty and taxes becoming due in the country where the vehicle remains.
Using a CPD carnet
A CPD carnet is a multi-part document consisting of 5, 10 or 25 pages.
One page is used each time a country is visited or transited, so the same carnet can be used for multiple visits, or for one visit to multiple countries. An additional sheet, called a certificate of location, should be presented to the customs office at re-importation in the country where the carnet was first issued.
Each page is divided into 3 sections:
- the lower section - the importation voucher, is removed by customs on entry into a country
- the middle section - the exportation voucher, is removed on exit
- the top, counterfoil section - is stamped both on entry and on exit
If a country is revisited during the return journey a new page is used. The carnet must be returned to the issuing organisation so their security can be discharged.
Where a CPD carnet is required
CPD carnets are mainly needed in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania and South America.
Issuing organisations can provide more detailed information.
Get help with ATA and CPD carnets
For general queries about using ATA or CPD carnets you can:
- email email@example.com
- call the HMRC VAT helpline
Customs decisions and appeals
For a review of a customs decision you should contact:
Customs Reviews and Appeals Team
HM Revenue and Customs
7th Floor South West
Alexander House
21 Victoria Avenue
Find out about appeals on the Adjudicator's Office website or email firstname.lastname@example.com for further information.
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Published: 2 August 2012
Updated: 13 June 2013
- Fixing references to specialist guides
- First published.
From: HM Revenue & Customs
Part of: Import and export procedures International freight industry and businesses making customs declarations
Related guides: Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight: the processing system of trader declarations The National Export System for export declarations Temporary exportation and re-importation Automatic import and export licence verification


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Back in October of last year, developers, Red Barrels announced the follow-up to 2013's hugely popular survival horror title, Outlast, which was originally released on PC before making a jump to both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2014. During the announcement, a short teaser trailer was released showing a cross ablaze in a field before tilting the camera vertically to reveal that the cross was in fact inverted. Since the official announcement only one teaser image has been released, leaving fans of the game with not too much to go on regarding Outlast 2 aside from the fact the follow up won't take place inside Mount Massive Asylum.
However, in a recent interview with Indie Games Level Up, Red Barrels Co-Founder, Philippe Morin revealed a real-life incident as an inspiration for Outlast 2 – the 1978 Jonestown Massacre. Morin stated, "There is one thing that we studied a lot for the second game which is the Jonestown thing that happened in the seventies, which is called the biggest mass suicide of all time, I believe; and so that's something that we studied and we checked a lot as an inspiration for Outlast 2."
On November 18, 1978, an unusual set of events led to the deaths of 913 people in Jonestown, a small compound carved out of the jungles of Guyana, South America. Though dubbed by the media to be a "massacre," what took place at Jonestown in 1978, was to some extent done willingly, making the mass suicide all the more disturbing. Founded in 1955 by Indianapolis preacher James Warren Jones, the "Jonestown" cult, officially known as the "People's Temple" left America to escape oppression. It is widely reported that once in Guyana Rev. Jim Jones followers willingly drank cyanide-based cocktails, flavored with purple Kool-Aid, leading to the deaths of 913 men, women and children, other media reports claim that members of the cult who refused to drink the lethal punch were forced to at gunpoint and then executed if they still refused to follow their beloved preacher into the beyond.
What extent the real life events of November 18, 1978, have on the plot for Outlast 2 is still a mystery but one thing is for sure, Outlast 2 is shaping up to be as terrifying as its 2013 predecessor. Taking Outlast out and beyond the Mount Massive Asylum isn't a notion lost on Marin "It still fits in the same universe and we're working on something that's going to bridge the gap between both games. We needed something that would make players go "what the fuck is going on?" and so that's why it made sense to go out of the Asylum, to bring them someplace new, so that they have that feeling once more, the feeling they had when they entered the Asylum in the first game."
Red Barrels also stated via Twitter that the Canadian based studio were hoping for a simultaneous launch across all platforms when Outlast launches later this year.
@youridekock We'd like a simultaneous release, but can't promise or confirm anything at this point. Pre order is not decided either.
— Red Barrels (@TheRedBarrels) January 26, 2016
Outlast 2 is scheduled for launch during Fall 2016 on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.


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This chapter contains the triumphal song which was composed and sung upon occasion of that glorious victory which Israel obtained over the forces of Jabin king of Canaan and the happy consequences of that victory. Probably it was usual then to publish poems upon such occasions, as now; but this only is preserved of all the poems of that age of the judges, because dictated by Deborah a prophetess, designed for a psalm of praise then, and a pattern of praise to after-ages, and it gives a great deal of light to the history of these times. I. It begins with praise to God, Jdg. 5:2, 3. II. The substance of this song transmits the memory of this great achievement. 1. Comparing God's appearances for them on this occasion with his appearances to them on Mount Sinai, Jdg. 5:4, 5. 2. Magnifying their deliverance from the consideration of the calamitous condition they had been in, Jdg. 5:6-8. 3. Calling those to join in praise that shared in the benefits of the success, Jdg. 5:9-13. 4. Reflecting honour upon those tribes that were forward and active in that war, and disgrace on those that declined the service, Jdg. 5:14-19, 23. 5. Taking notice how God himself fought for them, Jdg. 5:20-22. 6. Celebrating particularly the honour of Jael, that slew Sisera, on which head the song is very large, Jdg. 5:24-30. It concludes with a prayer to God, Jdg. 5:31.
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Hammett is one of the most ultra-stylish American films. The plot is based on one of the speculative novels by Joe Gores. The story concerns real life adventure of detective and novelist Dashiell Hammett (Frederic Forest). Early in his fledging career, he happened to be involved in a very complex mystery that will later deeply influence his works. Based and holed up in San Francisco, Dashiell Hammett tried to put most of his Pinkerton detective working days behind him.
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A square-headed man wearing huge glasses marries his childhood sweetheart. The pair renovate their house, and paint the walls of their unborn child's nursery. But the man's wife suffers a miscarriage. The couple manage to put the loss behind them, and grow old together, as devoted to each other as the day they met. We see the man entertaining his wife during her final illness, through an act of child-like playfulness – floating a balloon into her hospital room. A few moments later, we see him in a funeral home, surrounded by flowers
This silent, four-minute montage, near the beginning of Pixar's latest animated blockbuster, Up, is fast becoming one of cinema's most memorable sequences. It should be credited, first off, for its efficiency: it packs in more about the back-story of 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen, the film's curmudgeonly central character, than some movies manage in two hours. But it is increasingly infamous for another reason. It is making people – lots of people – cry.
"Yep, I blubbed, twice, and I'm not sure if that's embarrassing or not," admits a metrosexual male of my acquaintance, talking behind his hand. "I know a guy who used to be in the army and he came away wiping his eyes," adds another friend. Social networks are abuzz; it seems as if there isn't an office in the land that hasn't seen its ball-cracking manager spurt rivulets. So how has a computer-generated sourpuss reduced the nation's cinema-going public to snivelling wrecks? Is it socially acceptable to cry at the cinema?
OK, so there are plenty of examples in literature for this kind of thing – the death of Little Nell in Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop and Tennyson's The Lady of Shallott had Victorian readers blubbing when they were both published in 1841 and 1842 respectively. Then, there are the classic movies – 1939's Gone With the Wind being mum's favourite weepie. More recently, The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Tim Burton's 2003 flick Big Fish and Life is Beautiful (1997), among others, have seen the hordes flocking to cinemas to empty their lachrymal ducts. In medieval times, scholars believed we cried because we were getting rid of excess humour (the stuff they thought we were made of). These days scientists say it's just provoked by emotional extremes; especially intense in a heightened sensory environment, where the images are widescreen and sound comes at us from the full 360 degrees.
As far as emotional extremes go, the Up montage gives us an entire life's highlights. There are no dentist appointments or screaming rows; instead, it's someone's wedding day, or the dolling up of a childhood playhouse-turned-lovenest. The relationship between Carl and Ellie, his wife, is defined by emotional perfection: she is stunningly attractive and bonds with him despite his social awkwardness and cuboid looks (in fact she loves him for them). We often cry when we are helpless, which is why little kids bawl (they might also do it because they feel abandoned). So at the end of the montage, when Ellie passes away, Carl realises he has been dependent on her for both company and self-esteem. He feels especially alone; we are suitably moved. It is a similar feeling that makes us weep over the selflessness and passing of Robert Benigni's character, Guido Orefice, in Life is Beautiful.
Tear-jerkers are often associated with family, or close bonds. Who can avoid welling up when Tim Robbins' newly-emancipated Andy DuFresne is reunited with Red, his one-time fellow lag, at the end of The Shawshank Redemption? And what about the ever-so-real finale to Saving Private Ryan, when Tom Hanks has completed his mission? You would need a heart of stone not to break down at his last words: "Earn this... earn it". Boom.
Redemption gets us going. It's an arguably cheesy, but well-known example: when the ghosts of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker appear at the end of Return of the Jedi (1983), there is a bittersweet moment of completion. We are both mourning the departed and finding solace in their new-found peace. In Big Fish, Albert Finney, playing a character who tells fantastical lies to spice up people's lives, is redeemed when he actually turns into a big fish at the movie's conclusion.
To make the Up montage, the film's director, Pete Docter, co-director and co-screenwriter Bob Peterson, and producer Jonas Rivera looked at a number of Super-8 film reels from family archives. They made the sequence silent, to more powerfully communicate how life's biggest moments are contained in its little pleasures (this is, in case you were too busy wiping your eyes, one of the picture's central tenets).
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Hollywood tearjerkers: Eight of the best
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
James Stewart as James Bailey runs around Beford Falls shouting "Merry Christmas"; you'd have to be Scrooge not to realise there's no place like home.
E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
A latex alien embraces six-year-old Gertie, and utters the immortal line: "Be good". And thus reduces the world to a simpering mess.
Bambi (1942)
"Boom," goes the hunter's gun. One man's meat is another's emotional baggage. The death of Bambi's mother means more than just a juicy cutlet.
The Railway Children (1970)
One of the children, Bobbie, is reunited with her father in slow-motion through clouds of train steam, with the immortal lines: "Daddy! My Daddy!"
Titanic (1997)
To some, the sight of Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson sinking into the sea is a source of great pleasure; to most, it reminds them of their greatest lost loves.
Watership Down (1978)
The rabbit Hazel dies, discards his body, heads towards to the sun, and follows a shadowy figure into the afterlife. It's just like when that naughty fox killed Fluffy.
Schindler's List (1993)
Members of the cast accompany the real-life survivors saved by Oskar Schindler to place pebbles on his grave – a Jewish remembrance ritual.
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Bjork sings her way to the scaffold in this murky tale of the falsely accused; only the noose can silence her screams.
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There's a mood of anticipation in the famous Swiss resort of Klosters. Locals are waiting for snow, so the business of skiing can start again. I'm standing outside the station, an appropriate place to meet a woman who never stops moving. Without fanfare, and bang on time, Lizzy Hawker stops in front of me, hands thrust in the pockets of her coat, blonde hair pushed behind her ears.
At 5ft 4in, and weighing just 100lb, she might look frail, but Hawker, 36, is among the world's toughest ultra-runners, specialising at distances that make the marathon seem a brief dash. Last September, she ran 246.41km in 24 hours at the Commonwealth Mountain & Ultra Distance Championships. That's not far off six marathons, back to back. In the process she smashed the previous world record, which had stood for 18 years, by more than 3km.
The race was held in Llandudno, north Wales, on a road course with a 500m straight, a tight turn, and then back 500m in the opposite direction, over and over again. Hawker could stop for drinks and food – even sleep – whenever she liked. All she had to do was cover as much distance as possible. Not only did she break the women's record, she beat all the men too.
"The strange thing," she says with typical modesty, "is that I could have run a lot better, if I'd focused a bit more. Knowing how much more I could do means it doesn't feel like anything extraordinary." Hawker only decided to run that week, and it was her first road race in months. Mostly she runs on trails, usually in the mountains. "I fancied doing something new," she says. "No one could have any expectations of me. I just wanted to see what happened."
Lizzy Hawker isn't like other world-class athletes. She's instinctive and largely self-taught. She doesn't have a nutritionist or a physio. She doesn't even have a coach – ultra-running is the Cinderella of athletics so there's no money for one. She doesn't have a permanent address either, flitting between mountain towns around the world as lightly as she runs. She survives on fresh air, the kindness of friends, teaching courses in ultra-running and a small sponsorship deal with the outdoor brand North Face.
I'm worried she's exhausted. A few days before our meeting, Hawker had run alone from Everest base camp at a breathless 5,300m in Nepal to Kathmandu – a distance of 320km, with 10km of ascent and 14km of descent – in just two days, 23 hours and 25 minutes, clipping more than three hours off her own record. She would have run faster if she hadn't needed to wait out a rainstorm for eight hours.
Putting aside the physical fitness required for such a colossal journey – and what it's doing to her heart – the psychological strength to keep going for hour after hour, day after day, when all you want to do is lie down and sleep, is unimaginable. That's why I'm in Switzerland, to see what I can learn about Hawker's exceptional mental attitude.
We head up the valley into the mountains to go running. Hawker fell in love with the Alps as a six-year-old on holiday with her family, and is more often here than anywhere else. She grew up in Upminster, Essex, where her father had an engineering business and her mother raised four children. "Maybe mountains are a reaction to suburbia," she laughs.
After studying natural sciences at Cambridge she earned a doctorate in polar oceanography, before joining the British Antarctic Survey to work on climate change research. She's still passionate about the environment, but couldn't see a future in academia. Instead she followed her heart back to the mountains for some self-actualisation on the grandest scale.
Beating other people isn't really the point of ultra-running for Hawker. "People often ask me if I think about the competition. I'm aware of it, but I really just put that to one side and focus on my own race. The competition is very much within. I might win a race and still not be happy because I didn't run the best I could. And while racing is one aspect, there are so many other things I want to do in the mountains."
Hawker came to ultra-running more as a mountaineer than an athlete. I can see this in the nimble way she places her feet on the steep alp we're running up above Davos. Unlike on the road, trail running, especially in mountains, takes precision and concentration. The consequences of a trip can be horrendous. Long days climbing hills, she says, got her used "to being on my feet all day".
As someone with a similar passion for trail running, I know what she means. But Hawker's mental focus has an almost Zen-like quality. During her record 24-hour run, the husband of another runner offered to help her with food to keep her going. "He was really into the psyche and body stuff, but was bowled over by the focus I had. He said he'd only seen that level of concentration before in a Buddhist monk."
Living simply is part of her secret. She's been a vegetarian most of her life, and she wonders about her freakish, lean-burn metabolism. But I can't help feeling she also has a few mental tricks to fall back on. "At one level, the mind-body connection has to be quite strong," she says. "You have to be aware of what your body's saying. On another level, you have to able to let what's happening go. I remember thinking during the 24-hour race that it hurts to go slowly, so I might as well go a bit quicker."
Yet Hawker is not someone who simply runs forever. A year ago she broke her personal best for a marathon – around 2 hours and 45 minutes – during a hilly 56km road race in South Africa. That was a world-record time in the mid-1970s. She knows if she concentrated on the marathon she could bring that time down substantially. "The best training for me this winter would be marathon training. But I really don't have the knowledge about what intervals are going to be beneficial to get the most out of each session."
Most ultra-runners obsess about the details of their discipline, but Hawker doesn't concern herself with the faddier stuff. She has tried energy gels, but "they just slosh around in my stomach". Banana bread is a favourite, but she consumes remarkably little for someone running so far. Often her race supplies will be snaffled from her hotel breakfast buffet. "I won't drink much up to marathon distance," she says.
It's staggering to think the women's marathon wasn't included at the Olympics until 1984. Yet Hawker and her ultra-running sisters are making a mockery of the notion long distances might be too much for them. Winning the 24-hour race, she says, was a neat way of showing how the gap between men and women actually comes down the further you go.
Injury has dented her 2012 season, but she's now preparing for her next big challenge – the Western States 100, the first time she has competed in any of the iconic races in the US. Before she heads off for a proper two-hour training run I ask her if she knows where her journey is taking her. "No," she says. "But when I'm moving, whether it's running or being in the mountains, that's when I know myself more."


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Dusk til Dawn: Patrick Sharp nets birthday hat trick; John Scott scores a goal
Dusk til Dawn: Patrick Sharp nets birthday hat trick; John Scott scores a goal
Toews on Sharp for Team Canada: "He's out to prove something and I don't think there's a guy who deserves it more than him right now." — Tracey Myers (@TramyersCSN)
December 28, 2013
Elsewhere... John Scott SCORED A GOAL. That's not a metaphor. He scored a literal ice hockey goal. The
much-maligned enforcer scored his second career goal, his first since 2009. That's 165 games ago. The Buffalo Sabres Twitter guy certainly had fun with the occasion.
It's a good thing the Hockey Hall of Fame isn't far from the ACC, because John Scott won't have far to drop off his stick — Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres)
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Primetime Play The beauty of this play is the defensive effort that starts it. Watch as the birthday boy lifts
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Roberta Flack Net Worth: Roberta Flack is an American singer and musician who has a net worth of $20 million. Roberta Flack was born in February of 1937 and is best known for her work in American music, including the jazz, R&B, and folk music genres. Throughout her career, Flack had a number of number one hits, some of which are still recognizable today, such as The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Killing Me Softly with His Song, Feel Like Makin' Love, Where Is the Love, and The Closer I Get to You. The latter two were duets with fellow singer, Donny Hathaway, which were highly acclaimed. The duo sang other duets together as well. After winning a Grammy Award for song of the year in 1973, for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, she again won in 1974 for Killing Me Softly With His Song. She is the first artist to ever do so. In fact, to date, she's the only solo artist to ever win back-to-back Grammy's for this category. Only one band has also achieved this feat. Flack married Stephen Novosel in 1966, though the two were divorced later in 1972. She is also aunt of Rory Flack Burghart, a professional ice skater.
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Roberta Flack
Date of Birth
Feb 10, 1937 (80 years old)
Singer, Musician, Singer-songwriter, Songwriter
United States of America
5 ft 3 in (1.619 m)
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Mobile Robotic Services (MRS) is a unique software application and architecture that allows end users to create, compile, upload and store programs for a low-cost mobile robot using a web capable mobile device (notebook, tablet pc, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)) using Bluetooth and a Web Service. In addition, users can manually control the robot with and/or without a network connection and interrogate attached sensors using a mobile device. A Web Service has been leveraged to take advantage of a desktop/server computing power for the robot program compilation and database storage. This project started out as an entry for the Microsoft sponsored 2004 Imagine Cup Competition, but has expanded and was recently presented at the 2004 IEEE Electro/Information Technology Conference (EIT).
At the start of this project we were targeting the Imagine Cup Competition and had approximately 6 weeks before the first round of the local competition. This 6-week time frame also included the initial brainstorming sessions for our basic project idea. Our team consisted of (2) Computer Science students, (1) Electrical Engineer and (1) Mechanical Engineer. With all the technical bases covered we figured that this project was feasible. From the beginning we knew that access/control of the serial port on the mobile device was going to require a significant amount work and coding. Our teams previous mobile device serial port experience has been with Metrowerks Code-Warrior for the Palm OS. We knew in advance that going this route would eliminate us from the competition due to the time constraint, so we decided to look into using a Pocket PC running Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 software with the .Net Compact Framework. After some additional research it was discovered that the .Net Compact Framework doesnt provide any high-level serial port functionality and that we would need to code/develop this ourselves. Finally, after numerous Internet searches we came across the
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Thanks Annette & Mary Lou.
This is an older seedling, but this is the first fall in several where
there's been enough summer rain & relatively cool temperatures to give
rebloomers a chance to show. It is from one of the last years where I
tried to scatter newly planted babies out in 'gaps' in the existing rows
- bad idea!! 2006 pod, lined out spring 2007.
The cross produced <very> aggressive growers, mostly a lot of foliage,
few stalks. But one of them did try to rebloom one fall, in spite of
dry summer and terrible crowding. I separated and moved them (best as I
could figure out which was which) a few years ago - probably 2010? This
is the best of the cross - good stalk to fan ratio, great form and
substance, and it looks like it turned out to be the rebloomer!
Downsides - it has a low bud count & seems to have inherited mom's
erratic transplant behavior :-( Pieces I put in a pot mostly died, as
did the piece I sent to Betty. Not very pod fertile and so far, no
spring pollen. A few babies from it X POP IDOL. (one of those 'have
pollen from this gorgeous weak thing, what to put it on' crosses)
No, not collecting pollen - I guess I could try again, but after several
years of failed attempts with frozen pollen, I'm not very motivated :-(
Rebloom stalk on another older seedling - this one from DOCTOR ALAN X
RENOWN, 2005 pod. Nothing from this cross has rebloomed before &
wouldn't you know, this is the only one from the cross I've not tried to
do anything with. It's pretty much identical to a sib that I have used.
Found another maiden stalk this morning - OXMOOR HILLS X GATE OF HEAVEN.
(2011 pod)
HoM finally starting here! slow this year.
> Is this one planted out
> last spring? Looks like good improvement in substance.
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January, 2010. A wealthy architect in his early fifties lies in bed at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He has a rare kind of pancreatic cancer that has spread to his liver. Within days, maybe hours, he'll be dead. The senior physician by the patient's bedside asks him the name of his regular doctor.
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I started this years compost in May and was finally able to use the compost this past week. So it took a little less than 4 months, which isn't bad. I'm thinking that I'm going to continue composting throughout the cooler & then colder weather. It will take longer to decompose but I feel a little guilty when I toss scraps into the garbage, just because it's December.
Okay, on to the good stuff.
What I did do right.
- Took advantage of the free water. Whether it rained for 10 minutes or 10 hours, I took the lid off of the compost bin and let mother nature soak the contents.
- Even when I didn't water on schedule I turned the compost twice a week.
- Make sure everyone in the household knows & follows the composting rules. I can't tell you how often I had to pick out stickers, rubber bands and bit's of plastic from my compost pile. I'm disgusted with the amount of plastic product, I was still digging up. I swear some of that material was 15 years old.
To make the decomposition go faster I would do a few things differently.
- Water on a consistent basis. Say every other day.
- When it's very hot & very humid, water in the morning so it can really bake & steam for the rest of the day & night. Some days it was so hot you could see the steam coming from the compost pile.
- Leave the lemon and lime peels out of the main compost. They take longer and deserve their own compost pile. Which wouldn't be hard, because as a household we go through a lot of citrus fruits.
- Try to add grass clippings to the mix. I find they rot the best & fastest. Therefore speeding up the whole process. I only remembered during the last month or so.
The whole process has helped me to be more conscious of what I buy & use. I buy smaller amounts of fresh food at each grocery store/market visit. If I run out, that's better than having too much & not being able to consume it before it rots.
Sometimes you have to get down and dirty. Stick your bare hands in the rotting scraps and move it around. Not so bad once you remember that it's only fruits and veggies, not manure or meat.
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Hey everyone, do you know that Booth and Brennan are in love? Of course you do. Even when someone only tunes in to the show Bones for one episode, he or she knows quickly that these two partners are deeply infatuated with one another. And now everyone on the show openly acknowledges this fact; everyone except for Brennan. Want to hurry on up to this realization, Brennan, so we can get some smoochies this season? Thanks.
The corpse of the week is a dwarf wrestler who the FBI finds dropped in a hole in the ground. Booth and the squints are on the case. Investigating the dwarf leads to the wrestling ring where he fought as a Leprechaun, for real, and his replacement leads them to the manager of the wrestling ring. She's a sassy woman who used to sleep with the victim, but apparently he dumped her. She is also none too happy with him regarding a lawsuit and the fact that she didn't give him as much money as he wanted from her for payment. The other suspects include his prison cell mate, his average-sized brother, and his brother's wife.
Meanwhile Booth is having a crisis because he is not shooting as well. He was a sniper with perfect aim, and now it seems to have gone awry. Fearing it has to do with his brain tumor, he goes to Sweets first for advice, but backs away from the eager therapist when he realizes Sweets has to report to the FBI. So he finds his wonderful and much missed former therapist Gordon (we love you, Stephen Fry) who is now a chef. Gordon as always makes everything on the show better, and he agrees to come in and consult with Sweets about Booth's current problem.
It turns out that the victim was let out early because he planned to rat out his cell mate, but the cell mate says he willingly did it because he wanted to help. What? Alright. The victim had a secret girlfriend, and it doesn't take long for the two therapists to piece the whole story together very fast. He was having an affair with his brother's wife! The surprising thing is that she admits she has been with him secretly since high school, and yet married to his brother for ten years. That's awful. His poor brother — who clearly is the murderer and there is no real suspense or surprise there. His brother secretly knew and lost his head, and the victim wanted to rob a nearby pawn shop. After getting the money, the brother shot him. Tragic.
Sweets admits that the reason he hasn't published his book on Booth and Brennan is that he concludes they're in love with one another. And he doesn't feel comfortable printing that since they haven't come to grips with it. Gordon gives no real opinion on that, although he does come right out and talk to Booth on the subject. Booth does acknowledge that he is still in love with Brennan, thus proving it has nothing to do with his brain damage (duh), but he is convinced she feels nothing for him. Anyone else want to strangle him? Ahhh! Gordon suggests that Brennan come to the shooting range with Booth when he takes an FBI test to be reinstated, and he won't refuse with her there. Ta da, he was right.
Just get together already! Agh! If every single person on the show knows by now, what's the hold-up?
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