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ORANGE – Working, shopping or dining along Main Street is about to become more convenient, thanks to the Orange County Transportation Authority's new OC Bus limited-stop 53Xpress service.
The new service, launching Monday, Feb. 13, runs along Main Street through downtown Santa Ana, with fewer stops along the popular Route 53 to speed up the commute for those riders traveling longer distances.
ORANGE – Orange County Transportation Authority Chair Michael Hennessey unveiled the OCTA board's strategic initiatives for 2017, placing focus on advancing capital projects, improving the transit system to better meet the county's needs and maximizing funding opportunities.
ORANGE – Plans for Orange County's first modern streetcar took another major step forward Wednesday when the Federal Transit Administration issued a letter announcing its support for the project to officially enter the engineering phase.
The letter signals the federal government's continued support of the project and that the Orange County Transportation Authority remains on track meeting the extensive requirements of the FTA's New Starts program.
ORANGE – Vice Chair Michael Hennessey was unanimously selected Monday as the new chairman of the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors.
Hennessey served as the OCTA board's vice chairman for the last year. He replaces outgoing Chair Lori Donchak, who remains on the board.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority is making it safe and convenient for people to celebrate the New Year by offering free bus rides from 6 p.m. on New Year's Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31 to 2:30 a.m. on New Year's Day, Sunday, Jan. 1.
For those looking to take advantage of the free ride but need an idea of where to go, OCTA recommends visiting the 25th annual First Night in Downtown Fullerton for live entertainment, rides, food and a fireworks show. Several routes in Fullerton that serve this free, family-friendly event will have extended hours.
ORANGE – Drivers traveling throughout Orange County during the next couple of weeks will enjoy smoother commutes as construction work and associated closures will be halted for the holidays.
Ongoing overnight freeway closures associated with the 91 Express Lanes will not take place Dec. 22 through the new year, when regular construction schedules will resume.
ORANGE – Plans for Orange County's first modern streetcar continue to roll forward as the Orange County Transportation Authority seeks proposals for the streetcar vehicles that will carry passengers through the heart of Orange County.
OCTA today released a Request for Proposals for the manufacturing and delivery of eight streetcar vehicles that will serve the OC Streetcar project in Santa Ana and Garden Grove.
ORANGE – Santa Claus is coming to town and he's looking for help filling OCTA buses with toys for local children in need on Friday, Dec. 16 at Honda Center in Anaheim.
The public is encouraged to bring new, unwrapped toys or sporting equipment to the Honda Center parking lot at 2695 E. Katella Ave. from 4:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for the 24th annual Stuff-A-Bus event. Toys will be distributed to children throughout the community.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority board of directors on Monday unanimously approved a conservation plan that ensures more than 1,300 acres of wilderness will remain preserved and forever protected from development.
The approval of the environmental documents related to the Measure M Freeway Environmental Mitigation Program marks a major milestone in efforts to protect natural habitat and rare animal and plant species in Orange County.
ORANGE – Drivers across Orange County traveling to and from Thanksgiving gatherings with family and friends will enjoy smoother commutes over the holiday weekend as construction work and associated closures are postponed.
Ongoing freeway closures associated with the 91 Express Lanes and I-5 South projects and lane closures around the O.C. Bridges projects will not take place between Wednesday, Nov. 23 through the morning of Monday, Nov. 28, when regular construction schedules will resume.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority has received a $50,000 grant from the state Office of Traffic Safety to increase awareness about the need for motorists to safely share the road with bicyclists and pedestrians.
Set to open in 2023, improvements will reduce travel times by adding one regular lane in each direction, along with the 405 Express Lanes toll facility
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority's board of directors today selected OC 405 Partners to design and construct the I-405 Improvement Project, a major step in the agency's effort to speed up travel times for roughly 370,000 daily drivers between Costa Mesa and the Los Angeles County line.
ORANGE – Repaving of the westbound 91 Express Lanes is scheduled to resume this weekend, potentially resulting in significant traffic delays.
To complete the work, the entire westbound 91 Express Lanes will close from 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 to 4 a.m.
ORANGE – Drivers are advised that temporary lane closures on the northbound San Diego Freeway (I-5) in South Orange County are planned for 14 hours on Nov. 4 - 5, potentially causing significant traffic delays as freeway improvements reach another important milestone.
ORANGE – Plans for Orange County's first modern streetcar rolled forward today, thanks to a $28 million state-funded grant for projects that will boost public transit ridership and help improve the environment.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority board of directors today approved more than $19.5 million to help Orange County cities improve their bikeways and walkways.
Funding through the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program was awarded to 13 projects that promote mobility options by increasing safety, provide regional linkages to key destinations, close bikeway corridor gaps and improve air quality across the county.
ORANGE – Two top Federal Transit Administration officials recently met with executives from the Orange County Transportation Authority to get an overview of the latest transportation services and projects underway to keep Orange County moving.
OCTA CEO Darrell Johnson and the agency's staff hosted FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers and Vincent Valdes, FTA's Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration and Innovation. Flowers and Valdes were in Orange County on June 23 to participate in meetings of the Transportation Research Board's governing body which oversees transportation cooperative research nationally.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority board of directors this week approved more than $26.7 million to help Orange County cities provide community-based transit circulators to better serve their specific public transit needs.
The money is being provided through Measure M, the county's half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements. When Measure M was renewed by voters in 2006, it included a funding program for cities to develop and implement shuttles and bus trolleys.
ORANGE – Orange County Transportation Authority and city officials joined today to celebrate the launch of the new faster service, Bravo! Route 560.
Bravo! 560 will start service Monday, June 13 to provide a quicker commute along the popular Route 60, which runs between Santa Ana and Long Beach.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority is encouraging youth to explore their community this summer by getting out and visiting Orange County's many attractions using the discounted OCTA Youth Summer Pass.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority unveiled its first zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell bus at an event this morning, part of a continuing effort to expand and improve an eco-friendly transportation system.
The new bus – wrapped with a mural of California poppies – is part of a two-year demonstration project to complement OCTA's existing fleet. OCTA currently has approximately 550 buses, of which 97 percent run on clean-burning natural gas. By the end of this year, 100 percent of OCTA buses will run on natural gas.
Funding for the project was provided by the Federal Transit Administration under the National Fuel Cell Bus Program. The program includes testing and demonstration of fuel cell bus technology.
"We're excited about this effort to provide O.C. residents with eco-friendly transportation," said Lori Donchak, OCTA Chair. "We're proud to be at the forefront of environmental technology and progress."
Hydrogen fuel cell electric buses are powered by oxygen and hydrogen. These two components are combined to produce electricity, heat, and water. The new bus uses fuel cells to convert chemical energy stored by hydrogen fuel into electricity. Fuel cell electric vehicles are zero-emission vehicles. As the fuel cell electric bus operates, it will emit only water, creating cleaner air and a healthier environment.
"As a large urban operator in Southern California, OCTA is setting a strong example for a public agency striving to make positive impacts on the environment," said Darrell Johnson, OCTA's Chief Executive Officer. "We are proactive in our efforts to join the cutting-edge community of hydrogen-fueled transportation."
OCTA will utilize the hydrogen fueling station at the University of California Irvine, which deployed its first fuel cell-powered bus in April 2015.
At Monday's unveiling of the new bus, OCTA officials were joined by representatives from several state congressional offices and by representatives from partnering agencies and transportation companies. They included: Federal Transit Administration, Center for
Transportation and the Environment, Ballard Power Systems, ElDorado National-California and BAE Systems.
The bus will run along Route 53 and Route 145, allowing OCTA riders to experience the new technology.
For more information visit, octa.net/clearpath.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority invites bicyclists of all ages to improve their health, help the environment and cut the cost of driving by celebrating Bike Month at their annual bike rally at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 12.
Get your free bike month T-shirt and join OCTA on the slow-paced group ride through Old Towne Orange and the Santiago Creek Trail. The ride will begin at Orange Metrolink Station and end at OCTA's headquarters.
Bike Month was established nearly 60 years ago to showcase the benefits of bicycling and to encourage more people to ride. Those who pledge to participate in Bike Month in May at http://www.octa.net/bikemonth will be entered for a chance to win an iPad, among other prizes.
Throughout the month of May residents will be able to attend and participate in a variety of events around the county. Attendees have the opportunity to win free bike gear and additional prizes by participating in OCTA's photo contest. There are more than 1,000 bike lanes in Orange County and OCTA wants to know how residents use them. To enter the contest, residents can upload their bike month photo to Instagram, Twitter, or the OCTA Bike Month page and tag their photo with #BikeMonthOC.
Other Bike Month events include:
May 10-11: UCI Bike Festival – Students show their school pride, and their bicycling skills by competing in tricyle races. Get a great deal on a used bike during the event - its first come, first serve, so get there early.
May 15: Laguna Beach Bike Rodeo – 2nd Annual Bike Rodeo & Road Safety Expo. This free event will encompass safety information for all roadway users including Cyclist, Pedestrians, and Motorists.
May 16: Blessing of the Bikes – Meet at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center and join the group ride to Santa Ana City Hall. Have your bike blessed by a local priest and join elected officials for this fun event.
May 16-20: Bike to Work Week – During Bike to Work week, bicyclists can ride Metrolink to work for free.
May 17: Bike with Caltrans – Roll with Caltrans from the Tustin Metrolink Station to the Caltrans District 12 office at 3347 Michelson Drive, Irvine, CA 92612.
May 18: Ride of Silence – The Ride of Silence honors those who have lost their lives or been seriously injured while bicycling. On May 18, groups will depart at dusk from Orange, Fullerton, Huntington Beach and Irvine.
May 21: Experience Hoover – Experience better bicycling along Hoover Street in Westminster.
For more information about OCTA's Bike Month events, visit http://www.octa.net/bikemonth.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority is seeking proposals from a shortlist of firms for the design and construction of the I-405 Improvement Project, an important step toward building a better freeway that will improve travel times for everybody driving the corridor between Costa Mesa and the Los Angeles County line.
The OCTA Board of Directors at its Monday meeting unanimously approved the criteria for selecting a firm to design and build the freeway improvements, and it approved issuing the final request for proposals.
ORANGE – Drivers traveling westbound on the Riverside Freeway (SR-91) between the Orange Freeway (SR-57) and the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) will experience more efficient travel times with the completion of improvements to the six-mile stretch of freeway, which fully opened as of Thursday morning.
The improvements, led by the Orange County Transportation Authority and Caltrans, include four miles of new general-purpose lane in the westbound direction and auxiliary lanes that allow traffic to more smoothly enter and exit the freeway.
ORANGE – OCTA is looking to award up to $20 million in grants for projects that make bicycling and walking easier and safer in Orange County and, this week, the agency accepted a $280,000 state grant to further its regional planning efforts to encourage active transportation instead of more car trips.
Through the Bicycle Corridor Improvement Program 2016 Call for Projects, up to $20 million will be awarded to cities and the county for projects that build bikeways and pedestrian paths. Funding for the program comes from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, a federal program that provides funding for transportation projects that help meet federal Clean Air Act requirements.
ORANGE – Baseball fans will have two easy and affordable options for hopping aboard the Angels Express to and from Angels home games this season now that bus service is being added to complement the already popular rail service direct to the stadium.
Both the Angels Express special Metrolink service and the new Angels Express Bus service will begin transporting baseball fans to the stadium on Monday, April 4, the home opener for the Angels against the Chicago Cubs at 7:05 p.m.
The Angels Express – by rail or bus – allows fans to avoid traffic jams and save gas and money by skipping the car trip and parking fees.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority, in partnership with the cities of Fullerton, Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana, is hosting two open houses this month to begin getting public input on how to improve transportation along a busy stretch of Harbor Boulevard between Fullerton and Santa Ana.
OCTA has launched the Central Harbor Boulevard Transit Corridor Study to look at how to improve the transit system along Harbor Boulevard between Westminster Boulevard in Santa Ana and Chapman Avenue in Fullerton.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority on Monday, Feb. 15 will launch a limited-stop OC Bus service called 64Xpress to provide a faster commute along popular Route 64, which runs between the Westminster Mall area in Huntington Beach and Larwin Square in Tustin.
The 64Xpress bus will run along Bolsa Avenue and First Street, through the heart of Little Saigon, with fewer stops along Route 64 to speed the commute for those riders traveling longer distances. The express route will make 16 stops in all, including near destinations such as the Westminster Mall, Asian Garden Mall, Northgate Market and the Santa Ana Artists Village.
ORANGE – Based on community feedback, the Transit Committee of the Orange County Transportation Authority has recommended multiple changes to its 2016 proposed Bus Service Plan, which is intended to reverse the trend of declining bus ridership.
During the last two months, OCTA collected and reviewed extensive public feedback and conducted additional technical analysis of the plan. This has resulted in a revised plan that modifies 14 of the 35 routes originally proposed for changes. In addition, the revised plan cuts in half the number of riders who would lose service – from 4 percent to 2 percent. The revised plan also addresses impacts to OCTA's ACCESS customers.
ORANGE – Plans for Orange County's first modern streetcar got a major boost Tuesday when President Barack Obama included $125 million for the OC Streetcar in his budget for next fiscal year, signaling federal endorsement for the much-anticipated project.
The inclusion of the OC Streetcar in the president's budget puts the project into the federal funding pipeline on the path to receiving up to half of the project's cost from federal funds. Within the next two years, the FTA will consider a full-funding grant agreement, which finalizes the total project funding amount from the New Starts program.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority is encouraging Orange County drivers to participate in the California Road Charge Pilot Program to ensure that the county has a voice as state officials explore transportation funding alternatives.
The California Road Charge Pilot Program will allow the state to weigh the advantages, disadvantages, challenges and opportunities of road charging – where drivers are taxed based on the miles they drive rather than the gallons of fuel they consume.
ORANGE – Santa is looking for elves to help fill OCTA buses with toys for local children in need on Friday, Dec. 18 from 4:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Honda Center in Anaheim.
The public is encouraged to bring new, unwrapped toys or sporting equipment to the Honda Center parking lot at 2695 E. Katella Ave. in Anaheim for the 23rd annual Stuff-A-Bus event. Toys will be distributed to children throughout the community.
ORANGE – In an effort to reverse the trend of declining bus ridership, the Orange County Transportation Authority board has released a draft plan for public review that would reallocate bus service throughout the county.
The draft service change plan is part of OC Bus 360°, a strategy to better meet the needs of Orange County bus riders. Under the proposal, 92 percent of bus riders in Orange County would see improved service or no change in service if the draft plan is implemented next year. The overall strategy would shift service from low-performing routes to areas where there is higher demand to offer passengers more frequent and faster service.
ORANGE – Public input is being sought on a proposed amendment to the Measure M Transportation Investment Plan that would reallocate transit funds to enhance Metrolink service and mobility options for seniors and people with disabilities.
Under the proposed amendment, $219 million in Measure M funds would be transferred toward those transit options from their current allocation for converting Metrolink stations into local gateways for high-speed rail.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority this week honored employees who have served in the military and employees with relatives currently serving during OCTA's sixth annual Veterans Day Appreciation event.
OCTA employs more than 100 veterans from the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard, representing nearly 10 percent of the workforce. OCTA has been recognized by military organizations as a military-friendly employer for its efforts to actively recruit veterans.
ORANGE – Public input is being sought on draft plans being released this week that will guide the management of valuable wildlife and habitat on the Orange County Transportation Authority's open space properties in Trabuco Canyon and Silverado Canyon.
As part of Measure M, the county's half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements, OCTA has purchased seven open space properties from willing sellers to preserve the land and permanently ensure that valuable animal and plant species can thrive for generations to come.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority has launched a pedestrian and bicycle safety campaign, called (B)right, to educate children how to stay safe after dark as the end of daylight-saving time approaches on Nov. 1.
In Orange County, nearly 70 percent of pedestrian fatalities occur between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. and one in four bike fatalities occur between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. To increase visibility to drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists should wear lights, light-colored clothing and reflective gear. All rules of the road should also be followed.
ORANGE – The public is invited to an open house to learn about proposed improvements to the San Diego (I-405) Freeway between the Santa Ana (I-5) and Costa Mesa (SR-55) freeways in Irvine.
The Orange County Transportation Authority in conjunction with Caltrans is holding the meeting from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3 in multipurpose room No. 2 at the University Community Park, 1 Beech Tree Lane in Irvine as part of the environmental phase of the improvement project.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority on Monday, Oct. 12 will launch a new limited-stop service called 57Xpress to speed up commute times along the popular Route 57, which runs between Brea and Newport Beach.
The 57Xpress bus will run along State College Boulevard, The City Drive and Bristol Street, with fewer stops in the busiest portion of the route – between Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton and Sunflower Avenue in Costa Mesa.
ORANGE – Rideshare Week encourages commuters to give up the solo commute and save time and money by sharing the ride today through Friday.
Rideshare Week is presented by the Orange County Transportation Authority to promote alternative transportation options. OCTA, which joins with other transportation agencies for the week's events, will promote ridesharing throughout the entire month of October.
ORANGE – Darrell Johnson, CEO of the Orange County Transportation Authority, was the featured guest this week on The City Square, an hour-long radio show with lively discussion looking at politics and policy in Orange County.
Johnson spent the hour speaking with host Jerry Amante about a range of issues affecting freeways, streets, the environment and public transit, including plans for the OC Streetcar – Orange County's first modern streetcar expected to begin construction in 2017.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority's board of directors selected HNTB Corporation to design the OC Streetcar project, signaling the next major step in the development of Orange County's first modern streetcar.
The OC Streetcar is planned to travel along a route just longer than 4 miles from the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center, through Downtown Santa Ana and the Civic Center, along the Pacific Electric right of way, and connect to a new multimodal transit hub at Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue in Garden Grove. It's intended to provide easy connections for people traveling from trains and buses to employment, retail and recreational areas.
IRVINE – Improvements to the Ortega Highway Interchange at the San Diego (I-5) Freeway in San Juan Capistrano totaling more than $81 million are nearing completion and are expected to open to traffic on Friday, Sept. 4.
The opening of the Ortega Highway Interchange will help ease traffic delays through the heavily traveled interchange, especially during the peak morning and evening commutes.
The Measure M Environmental Cleanup Program will provide $2.8 million for 18 projects across Orange County to improve overall water quality from transportation-generated pollution.
The Orange County Transportation Authority board recently approved funding for the projects through the Measure M Environmental Cleanup Program. The program is designed to remove the more visible forms of pollutants, such as litter and debris, which collect on the roadways and in the storm drains prior to being deposited in waterways and the ocean. These funds are available for Orange County local governments to purchase equipment and upgrades for existing catch basins and other related projects. Examples include screens, filters, and inserts for catch basins, as well as other devices designed to remove pollutants.
ORANGE – Nearly 10 years have passed since Measure M, a half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements, was renewed by nearly 70 percent of Orange County voters in 2006.
To help gauge the progress of the program so far, the Orange County Transportation Authority is asking residents to share their thoughts on Measure M in a new online survey.
Shuttles run Saturday, Aug. 1 and Sunday, Aug. 2 on two routes
ORANGE – Those looking to enjoy the second weekend of the U.S. Open of Surfing without dealing with traffic and parking can do just that, using a free shuttle service paid for primarily by the Orange County Transportation Authority.
Funds for the shuttle come from Measure M, a half-cent sales tax approved by Orange County voters in 2006 for transportation improvements.
Shuttles will operate from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1 and Sunday, Aug. 2. The first route runs from Huntington Beach High School to Main/Orange; the second runs from Edison High School to Main/Orange. Both depart about every 30 minutes.
Visit www.vansusopenofsurfing.com for details.
The service is funded through a Measure M transit program, under which cities can apply for grants to develop local bus services – like shuttles and bus trolleys – that complement regional bus and rail services.
Cities are required to provide a 10 percent match to receive the funding. Huntington Beach is providing a 30 percent match.
An estimated 1,500 people rode the shuttle during the U.S. Open of Surfing's opening weekend on July 25 and 26. An additional 603 people used the shuttle service when it was offered all day on July 4 from the Goldenwest Transit Center to Downtown Huntington Beach.
Money from the Measure M program is also being used this summer to fund transportation options in other beach communities.
A Laguna Beach trolley is whisking riders on a continuous loop along Pacific Coast Highway from Cajon Street in North Laguna to the Ritz-Carlton in Dana Point. And a Dana Point shuttle runs on weekends from Capistrano Beach to the Ritz-Carlton, where it connects with the Laguna Beach trolley.
For more information on Measure M, visit www.octa.net/MeasureM
This year's OC Fair Express service saves fairgoers time with more frequent service and an added stop
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority is getting people to the OC Fair quicker than ever with more frequent OC Fair Express bus service and an additional stop in Anaheim this year.
The OC Fair Express will provide non-stop weekend service from nine locations to the OC Fair from July 17 to Aug. 16. Buses will run every 20 minutes from Fullerton and Huntington Beach, every 30 minutes from Santa Ana and every 40 minutes from the two Anaheim stops, Irvine, Laguna Hills, Orange and San Juan Capistrano. Service runs between noon and midnight on Fridays and 10 a.m. and midnight on Saturdays and Sundays.
The bus service costs $2 each way and riders will receive a coupon valid for $3 admission to the fair — a savings of $9 off the regular ticket price.
The express service begins with a kick-off celebration at 10:30 a.m. July 17 at the Irvine Transportation Center, 15215 Barranca Parkway. Attendees will have the opportunity to win prizes and the first 100 people can catch the 11:25 a.m. OC Fair Express for free from the event.
The OC Fair Express provides an affordable way for riders to visit the fair," said OCTA Chairman Jeff Lalloway, also the Mayor Pro Tem of Irvine. "It allows riders to get to the fair without having to spend time looking for parking and helps alleviate traffic on the busy streets around the fairgrounds."
In 2014, the OC Fair Express, which ran hourly, recorded nearly 77,000 boardings, a 31 percent increase in ridership over the previous year.
To purchase tickets in advance, riders can download the OC Fair Express app, which also provides bus service schedules and routes.
Riders can catch an OC Fair Express from nine locations:
Anaheim: Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, 2626 E. Katella Ave.
Anaheim Canyon: Anaheim Canyon Metrolink Station, 1039 N. Pacificenter Drive
Fullerton: Fullerton Park-and-Ride, 3000 W. Orangethorpe Ave.
Huntington Beach: Goldenwest Transportation Center, 7301 Center Ave.
Irvine: Irvine Metrolink Station, 15215 Barranca Parkway
Laguna Hills: Laguna Hills Transportation Center, 24282 Calle de los Caballeros
Orange: The Village at Orange, 1500 E. Village Way
Santa Ana: The Depot at Santa Ana, 1000 E. Santa Ana Blvd.
San Juan Capistrano: Junipero Serra Park-and-Ride, I-5 Freeway and Junipero Serra Road
The OC Fair Express is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee. The committee provides subsidies for cleaner transportation alternatives.
For more information, visit www.octa.net/ocfairexpress.
A Memorandum of Understanding was authorized between OCTA and the city of Santa Ana
ORANGE – The OC Streetcar project marked its latest milestone this week as the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors agreed to a memorandum of understanding with the city of Santa Ana outlining the roles and responsibilities associated with the development, implementation, operations and maintenance of the project.
The OC Streetcar is planned to travel through the cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove, intended to provide easy connections for people traveling from trains and buses to employment, retail and recreational areas.
The streetcar is planned to operate along a route just longer than 4 miles. The route will run from the Santa Ana train station, through Downtown Santa Ana and the Civic Center, along the Pacific Electric right of way, and connect to a new multimodal transit hub at Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue in Garden Grove.
"This agreement is another big step toward the realization of Orange County's first modern streetcar," said Santa Ana Mayor and OCTA Director Miguel Pulido. "The streetcar will improve the way people move through the heart of our county and provide needed transportation alternatives for a modern work environment."
Highlights in the MOU include:
OCTA is responsible for the design and construction of the project and the operations, maintenance and ownership of the streetcar system once operational.
OCTA is responsible for securing and administering the project funding.
OCTA is responsible for project procurements and right-of-way acquisition activities with the city's assistance.
Both OCTA and the city of Santa Ana must develop and participate in a public outreach program for the project.
Up to seven streetcars are planned to run along the route, stopping at 12 stations. By 2035, the streetcar is expected to carry more than 6,000 riders a day. Initial estimates put the project cost at $250 million, with OCTA pursuing local, state and federal funding.
The streetcar is expected to move into the design phase later this year with construction planned to begin in 2017. On the current schedule, the streetcar would being running in 2019.
To read the full agreement, visit http://atb.octa.net/AgendaPDF/2729.pdf.
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|Poppy seeds
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|Grated lemon rinds
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|All purpose flour
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 3589 Calories from Fat 1731
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 198 g304.2%
Saturated Fat 117.4 g586.8%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 483.8 mg161.3%
Sodium 41.4 mg1.7%
Total Carbohydrates 433 g144.4%
Dietary Fiber 15.8 g63.1%
Sugars 228.8 g
Protein 34 g67.2%
Vitamin A 112.8% Vitamin C 65%
Calcium 56.5% Iron 82.5%
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I didn't believe it would happen. A Forest City Ratner representative was supposed to address the Housing/ULURP Committee of Brooklyn Community Board 8 on Thursday, providing "an update on the first and second phases of the Atlantic Yards project," according to a memorandum sent to committee members. (Click to enlarge.)
What could the developer say about the 12+ years the state has allowed to build Phase 1 of a project that, as approved, was "anticipated" to last a decade? What about the unspecified deadline for the 11 towers of Phase 2?
Would Forest City Ratner, known for carefully managing press and public statements, actually appear at a public forum, in front of a group that inevitably would include some critics and opponents of the project? Would questions be answered?
Litigation blocks appearance?
Yesterday I learned that the meeting is not to be. The explanation, which I was told secondhand, was the ongoing litigation regarding the project. (I contacted two spokespersons for the community board but didn't hear back.)
That explanation doesn't quite wash, given that litigation has continued for years and the most recent lawsuit was filed April 30. Maybe Forest City Ratner was just blowing smoke. Maybe the developer realized that that skepticism from the community board might be a letdown from the expected show of force at the mid-day rally Thursday. Or maybe that "representative" would be busy with the rally.
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The fourth-quarter output on an annualized basis would put the company on track to produce 723,000oz this year if last quarter's output were to be repeated throughout 2013.
LONDON (BullionStreet): Tanzania's largest gold miner, African Barrick Gold PLC has announced that it plans to tackle costs in order to generate more cash flow after reporting higher gold output in the fourth quarter.
African Barrick Gold has suffered from three consecutive years of declining gold output but expects to turn around its operations after launching an operational review earlier this year aimed at creating an organizational structure more suited to its asset base, among other things.
The operational review was announced after the failure of talks that could have seen China National Gold Group Corporation purchase a controlling stake in African Barrick Gold from Barrick Gold Corp ABX -1.30%.
ABG produced 180,684oz of gold in the fourth quarter, up 13% on the year and 22% on the quarter due to improved throughput at its Buzwagi mine and higher quality ore mined at both its North Mara mine and Buzwagi, which partially offset lower ore grades at Bulyanhulu among other things. The expected fourth-quarter output rise, however, wasn't enough to offset a 9% drop in full-year gold output to 626,212oz for the year ending December 31. The figure was in line with the company's October revised guidance that output would be 5% to 10% below its full-year target range of 675,000oz to 725,000oz.
The fourth-quarter output on an annualized basis would put the company on track to produce 723,000oz this year if last quarter's output were to be repeated throughout 2013. The company, however, said it perferred to be more conservative.
The fourth-quarter figure "shows what we can do when a few things go our way," said Greg Hawkins, African Barrick Gold Chief Executive.
But "we're cautious. Things don't always go as you like. (And) remember, Buzwagi was in a good grade patch," he added.
Hawkins said the focus for the company would be to generate more cash flow from its production base in 2013. He expects to extract cost savings and operational improvements from a review announced earlier this year.
ABG said it expects its cash cost per ounce of gold sold to be at the top of its guided range of $900/oz to $950/oz, up from cash costs of $692/oz in 2011.
Hawkins said ABG's gold output should start to rise in 2014 when it expects to commission its Bulyanhulu CIL expansion project, which will boost production capacity by 50,000oz. Production capacity should then rise another 50,000oz in 2015 when the company commissions addditional output from its Bulyanhulu Upper East project, which is due to be put to the board for approval this year, he said.
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British Airways, the United Kingdom-based airline which set up operations at the Bulova Corporate Center in East Elmhurst in 1987, moved out to Manhattan this weekend, but a Scandinavian construction company is set to take its place.
"We're sorry to see them go," said Ed Blumenfeld, president of the Blumenfeld Development Group, which operates the center at 75-20 Astoria Blvd. in East Elmhurst. "They've been there since we opened the building and we had a great relationship with them, but all good things come to an end."
John Lampl, spokesman for British Airways, said the company decided to leave the center two years ago. Having originally set up shop at 245 Park Ave. in Manhattan, British Airways moved into 80,000 square feet at the new center in 1987.
Since that time, advancements in technology have led to multiple downsizings of employees, Lampl said. A major staff reduction came in 1999, when British Airways moved its reservation center to Jacksonville, Fla. The airline once had reservation centers across the country, but the Jacksonville location now serves as the one center throughout the Americas. Eventually the staff, which was once 700 to 800 strong, dwindled down to 200 people in December.
"We were paying an excessive amount of money for an excessive amount of space that we just didn't need," Lampl said.
Even more employees have retired or left the company in light of the new move, Lampl said.
The company moved into a 46,182-square-foot space at 2 Park Ave. in Manhattan this weekend, which it will share with other airlines such as American Airlines and carriers in Spain, Japan, Australia, Chile, Jordan, Hungary and others as part of the One World Alliance partnership. British Airways is the first to move into the space.
Blumenfeld said in place of British Airways, Skanska, a Scandinavian construction company, will move in.
Skanska did not respond for comment before press time Tuesday evening. The company's web site said it serves clients from private individuals to Fortune Global 500 companies to public agencies. It has done work on airports in Europe and the United States.
State Assemblyman Michael DenDekker (D-Jackson Heights) and state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) said they were sorry to see the airline go.
"British Airways has always been a good neighbor to the people of Queens, and over the years its employees have been a strong source of economic support for the community," DenDekker said in a statement.
Reach reporter Rebecca Henely by e-mail at rhenely@cn
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24. Kafei's Mask
There just has to be a better way to discover the location of a missing person than to WEAR A REPLICA OF THEIR FACE all over the damn city. Imagine if we did that IRL. Imagine the horror and confusion it would cause. That said, Kafei has the hair of any former Hot Topic-worshiper's pre-pubescent dreams, so at least Link gets to experience that.
23. The Giant's Mask
This mask is such a tease because you can barely ever use it — imagine leaping the mountains in a few short steps and hanging out with that enormous Goron all day long, or grabbing fistfuls of Deku Babas and arranging them in a fussy, snapping bouquet. But no, you're only allowed to mess up Twinmold and then you have to return to your far more boring actual size.
22. Don Gero's Mask
It is SO. DAMN. FRUSTRATING to gather all of those motherfucking frogs in one motherfucking three-day cycle. Like, must we? They're FROGS. They'll be FINE. Ugh.
21. The Blast Mask
There's some not-super-comfortable stuff here re: self-harm and weaponizing your own body, but at least you have to save an old lady in order to obtain it.
20. The Fierce Deity's Mask
Blah blah blah, so it makes you giant and all-powerful and helps you whup Majora in like four moves. Big. Effing. Deal. This is like the Rainbow Road shortcut of the Zelda universe — it's not CHEATING, and people come down on either side of the debate (I mean, it takes a hecka long time to collect every mask and get this guy in the first place), but at the end of the day, it makes that final battle so easy it's almost boring.
19. The Gibdo Mask
Instead of a reason, I provide this video of a ReDead screaming.
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18. The Bremen Mask
Pro: This produces some wicked jaunty music and gives you control over small animals.
Con: I have NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET OVER the fact that the little chicks turning into Cuckoos look like popcorn kernels popping, and that seems really kind of violent and weird? Idk.
17. Garo's Mask
Wandering. Ninja. Spirits.
Okay, Nintendo, you do you.
16. The Deku Mask
There is so much pain and discrimination packed into those glowing orange eyes; first you're trapped in the body of this thing, then you get teased and ignored and KNOCKED OVER BY DOGS because of it, and then all of a sudden it's an identity you can pull on and off? I dunno, man, that's some pretty heavy shit.
15. Kamaro's Mask
Hahahahahhahahahahahhahaahahhahahahahahahaha that dance tho.
14. The Circus Leader's Mask
I would read an entire Series of Unfortunate Events-style tridecalogy about the history of the Gorman brothers. Who hurt them? Who made them so sad and shriveled and mean? Who told them that it was okay for eyebrows to do that? God bless them, really, and may they someday find peace.
13. The Goron Mask
Gorons are p. chill.
12. The Captain's Hat
This hat hints at another life Link could have led, if instead of fighting for the side of good he instead chose to mobilize an entire undead army and conquer all of Termina in his own name. (Although being in charge of a country that has one hotel seems perhaps a little thankless.)
11. The All-Night Mask
This is the Four Loko of Termina. I don't hate it.
10. The Bunny Hood
One of the most day-to-day useful masks in the whole game, this thing makes sprinting across Termina Field way less unbearable than it otherwise would be. It's also fun to imagine Link as a Playboy bunny, which requires imagining Playboy existing as a publication within the scope of Zelda, which requires rendering Hugh Hefner in those delightfully blocky graphics in your own mind.
9. The Mask of Scents
Anything that helps facilitate potion-making, truffle-foraging, and clandestine witchery is A+ in my book, although you sort of forget how objectively terrifying this mask is until you look at it head-on.
8. The Keaton Mask
This one just feels so CLASSIC, popping up in "Ocarina of Time" and "Wind Waker," an unlikely touchstone in a storyline that spits disdainfully in the face of time and space. Plus, it looks sort of like the (unimaginable) love child of Pikachu and Con from Kirby, which, lol.
7. The Mask of Truth
This allows you to READ ANIMALS' MINDS so I don't really know what more you want from me.
6. The Stone Mask
Who HASN'T wanted to sneak around completely unseen by their friends and loved ones? This is such a useful and endearingly misshapen mask (as an aside: doesn't it look kind of like the Sackboy from Little Big Planet?) that you just can't not dig it.
5. The Zora Mask
Real talk: the Zoras (and Mikau especially) have this weirdly alluring sexual energy that only the most repressed could deny. Imagine being able to transform from a LITTLE CHILD into a MUSCLY ROCK STAR EVERYONE IS OBSESSED WITH. Yes, it would be strange; yes, it would fucking rule.
4. The Postman's Hat
There is SO MUCH POIGNANCY woven into this lil head covering. The postman does his duty every day like clockwork, and doesn't even want to stop when there is a massive chunk of rock about to fall directly on top of him! The hat represents the mantle of duty passing from one good citizen to another, and also it helps you snoop through other people's mail.
3. Romani's Mask
OMG don't you WISH this is how exclusive clubs in like, New York and LA operated? Like you can only get in if you wear a gigantic effing cow's mask, and once you do, the only thing to drink is insanely expensive MILK? This is a vision of a better world and I for one want to be a part of it.
2. The Great Fairy Mask
I really do love the idea that Link is fluid and comfortable enough to take on, however temporarily, the persona/qualities of this fierce, maternal, larger-than-life sparkling magnetic goddess, drawing fairies ever closer and helping return fellow super-ladies to their proper form.
1. The Couple's Mask
Okay, so it doesn't do ANYTHING except help you get a single stupid heart piece, but this mask is the ultimate testament to a journey mattering more than its destination. I want ballads written about Anju and Kafei's doomed and beautiful love affair; I want poetry about their reunion, when he's still a kid and she's an adult but it doesn't even really feel that creepy because the world's about to end and gahhhhhh. Show me a more moving narrative thread in any video game ever and I will show you a liar.
(Just one more reason Nintendo needs to rerelease "Majora's Mask" for the 3DS, like, yesterday.)
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Hello! Im new to this site, thought maybe it could help. I recently bought 30 acres in pitcher new york (area 7m) . I see that they dont give doe permits to nonresidents. Why im not sure i pay taxes and dont even live there.I did how ever see that you can transfer a doe permit from one hunter to another.If anyone has or can get a area 7m dmap i would be able to help them out!!! Any other ideas might help???? Thanks Dustin
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Nice video. I really enjoyed it. I did one in 08 but never put it together into one continuous video. Just lots of little bitty parts. Really stupid but kinda funny.
why do people yell and be obnoxious so annoying you haoles
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]sitting through a Jack Johnson headliner with special guests counting crows, ben harper, and dave matthews with a midget sitting on my lap ....a retarded midget with drool driping down my leg as he claps to the curious george song as i hold his lolly pop, while MIA's dj blasts horn noises in my right ear while staring at a 3rd addition of the tesla coils while the group of guys with g strings fart in my left ear > Kanye West
great video
Also, "haoles"? Hmm, I'm gonna assume you meant "a holes"? Great way to keep that Coachella spirit alive and well all year long buddy!
Hope you have a great time this year!
Oh one last thing,
You'd be wise to keep your trash talking, uneducated, stank ass out of my thread.
Nice, you've got video skills and are unwilling to take shit from the peanut gallery. Welcome aboard.
Upcoming Shows:
- Caribou @ The Fonda in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 28th
- The Replacements @ The Palladium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 15th
- Belle & Sebastian + Mac Demarco @ The Fox Theater in Pomona, CA on Thursday, April 16th
6x Coachella Attendee (2007 - 2011, 2014a)
saweet little vid. cant wait!
I think some would appreciate if you uploaded it via youtube, but nevertheless, kudos for your attempt at trying to capture the magical experience of what it takes to get to Coachella and what it's like to experience it. Your music selection lacked substance though, especially your choice of the Smiths and some unnecessary emo-core. Good job though.
the voice on the intro sounds like zoolander.
good job.
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
And I'm curious if what you're calling "emo-core" is actually Ghostland Observatory, because if that's the case, then you sir need to get your head checked.
Come on Paul, lighten up would ya??
nice job son. was great to see you guys have such a good time.
gets me pumped for this year. it's so awesome to have your friends there with you to share the experience.
hope you go again and make another.
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Great job on the video guys! I hope you don't mind I linked it on my fb in the hopes I can get more of my friends to come along this year.
And wtf is the craze with 7-11's in Denver? I was there last year down south in Highlands Ranch but the scene was totally different good times!
oh how seamlessly you blended "Country Roads" with "Boyz in tha Hood"
bravo bravo
this is amazing. thank you SO much for sharing!!
First Video put a smile on my face. Can't wait for the festival this year!
I'm tellin' ya, Denver's started poppin' off the past few years. I was at my buddy's place, and just walked across the street to the 7/11 and all this incredible madness was going on. Talk about being in the right place at the right time, (while also carrying a video camera). It was during the summer, and the clubs had just closed. The mob mentality was to keep the party poppin, not in the club, but instead at our local convenience store.
Fascinating Sidenote:
So about a month ago I was at my local dive bar, and I see this BBW (big beautiful woman) black gal walk in, (with some gangsta). I instantly recognize her, it was our reckless donut driver herself. After I had a few shots in me, I went up to the couple and asked her if she ever did anything crazy at a 7-11. She starts giggling, I give her the youtube address, and the rest is history.
We've hung out since that day, and for those of wondering, no i didn't hit that.... yet
you are damn sexy
great video
great videos dude.
Nice videos man. The 7-11 one had me laughing hard.


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Music- Grunge, Alternative metal, rock, some hip hop, crooners, Indie rock, Jazz, punk. Examples: Alice In Chains, David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Childish Gambino, The Decemberists, Jim Croce, Living Colour, Rage against the Machine,The National, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby Charlie Parker and Nat King Cole.
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Cream City Foundation leader connects to community
If he ever writes a book, Paul R. Fairchild says he has the perfect title: "There Are No Gay People Here."
During his career in the business and nonprofit worlds, Fairchild says, he has heard that phrase uttered repeatedly in areas as varied as housing, health care and the workplace. The truth, he says, is that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people - and issues - are part of everyday life in America.
Fairchild is the president and CEO of the Cream City Foundation, which according to its mission aims to "advance the human rights and respond to the human needs of LGBT people in southeastern Wisconsin."
A native Michigander who lived for 22 years in Chicago, Fairchild arrived in Milwaukee in March. He says people constantly ask him why he traded the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago for Washington Heights in Milwaukee, and he gives a quick reply, "For a great job."
Fairchild, 57, has a warm personality and a firm grasp of numbers. He'll need both to succeed as he tries to expand the reach of a foundation that has $1.2 million in assets.
His personality fills his office. The walls are adorned with photos of his two Irish setters named Gypsy Rose Lee and Tulsa. A poster of a smoldering Bette Davis hangs over the window.
Among the knickknacks on his desk is a figurine of Judy Garland as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.
Mention of Garland brings up a quick story. Years ago, he says, his father cut out from a magazine a photo of Garland sitting on the side of a stage. The father mailed the photo to his son with a note that said: "Dear Sport: This looked like something you might enjoy. Love, Ol' Dad."
Fairchild, who has two sisters, says he came out to his parents at the age of 27. "They wouldn't have talked about it, unless I made them," he says.
His parents, now deceased, were won over, he says, by his second partner.
"They adored him," he says. "He was their favorite son-in-law. Then everything was much better."
Fairchild has worked in restaurant management and was an image consultant, but found his passion as an executive with LGBT organizations.
Before coming to Milwaukee, he was the chief development officer and interim CEO for Howard Brown Health Center, which provides health care services to Chicago's LGBT community.
"The issues are all very similar. It's just a matter of scale," he says of the gay communities of Milwaukee and Chicago. According to the Movement Advance Project, Wisconsin has an estimated LGBT population of 126,560, compared with 317,799 in Illinois.
Among key issues, Fairchild says, are services for homeless LGBT youth who have aged out of the foster system, as well as care for seniors.
"We're older. We're out," he says, but what he calls "culturally competent LGBT services" for seniors are "few and far between."
"As we've aged, we've lived our life out for years," he says. "So, to go in a nursing home, a lot of folks are going back in the closet. They fear the reaction of other residents and staff."
Starting quickly
In his first year at the 30-year-old Cream City Foundation, Fairchild has made quite an impact.
"Our goal is to build Cream City Foundation into a much larger organization, financially, so that we can support the community in bigger ways and more powerful ways," he says.
Fairchild instituted a new strategic vision for the organization that included increased fundraising, improved grant-making and enhanced visibility.
"Since Paul has come to Milwaukee, the foundation has been much more visible and more of an influence in the LGBT community than it ever had been," says Karen Gotzler, interim director of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, which receives funding from the foundation.
When the Skylight Theatre had trouble coming up with corporate backers for the edgy musical, "Avenue Q," Fairchild and the Cream City Foundation stepped up.
"For Milwaukee, it was a pretty bold move," Gotzler says. "I don't know that a lot of other organizations would think to do that and to really push the boundaries of what people expect."
A few weeks after the foundation backed the production, Fairchild addressed Harley-Davidson's LGBT employee lunch-and-learn program. Someone asked him what type of organizations the foundation funded. Fairchild mentioned the "Avenue Q" production and quipped: "We sometimes go where corporations dare not go."
Harley-Davidson immediately stepped up as another sponsor of the "Avenue Q" production.
Jim Schleif, a Realtor and member of the Cream City board, says Fairchild was hired because of "his creativity, his fundraising expertise, his incredible marketing depth and his ability to create relationships."
"He has been literally everywhere in town the last six months and has built great connections, from the mayor (Tom Barrett) to corporate individuals and community organizations," Schleif adds.
Fairchild has been in the state during a remarkable period. In November, Wisconsin sent Democrat Tammy Baldwin to the U.S. Senate.
"It means so much on so many levels," Fairchild says. "First and foremost we now have an openly gay person sitting in the U.S. Senate. So it's a lot harder to talk smack about us and about our rights when you're saying it to someone who is sitting in the room. It's really hard to look someone in the eye and say, 'We don't think you deserve the same rights that we have.' "
He says the LGBT community still has advances to make. But society is changing rapidly.
"Once you know someone who is gay, and you can put a face on what gay is vs. what you thought it was, it's a lot less scary," he says. "OK, we know Paul, we like Paul, we've known him since he was a kid. He should have the same rights I do."


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The Madagascan species normally show you when they need potting by the
apical bud starting to swell. That said, when it doesn't happen at all, you
need to take a risk.
Mold on a tuber is BAD! DO check if there is a soft spot below the mold and
if so, cut it out immediately or your whole tuber will turn into mush.
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> Onderwerp: [Aroid-l] Dormancy of Amorphophallus from Madagascar
> I have been fortunate enough to purchase more tubers recently
> from a seller and grower of plants from south africa and Madagascar.
> One of the recommendations of the seller of these tubers on
> eBay is to immediately pot it and water it.
> I believe that this grower/seller is thinking of these tubers
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> generally emerge from dormancy at the beginning of the wet
> season, even if that wet season is artificially induced.
> My experience with the Amorphophallus tubers from Madagascar
> is that they generally don't emerge from dormancy until our
> late Summer to late Fall here in the Northern hemisphere. I
> have a few that do grow during my springtime but this
> particular tuber is showing no signs of breaking dormancy now
> and my biggest concern is rotting. It is showing signs of
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Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown has been cleared to return to competition after being given a warning for the doping test she failed earlier this year.
The three-time Olympic gold medallist had been suspended since the test came to light in June but had denied being a drugs cheat.
The Jamaican Athletics Administrative Association has now reviewed the 31-year-old's case but chose not to impose a further ban.
Campbell-Brown has won seven Olympic medals in all, and been 100m and 200m world champion.
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- 08-12-2014, 05:11 AM Thread Author #1
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini back cover
I am thinking about getting the Galaxy S4 mini. I like the model and most people seem to be positive about it. The only thing i really don't like is the back cover (battery door): neither the normal (slippery) one or the faux leather version. So if i buy it i would like to replace the cover.
I searched the internet for a replacement cover like the Khomo Samsung Galaxy S4 Black Rubberized Texture Back Cover (can't post links), but i didn't find it for the s4 mini.
Does anyone have a tip? Thanks (and excuses for my english, it's not my native language)
Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini back cover
Hey, used to have an S4 Mini now got an S4. Best thing is to get an s-view cover. Their back cover can come in different styles/textures and it offers front protection and the s-view screen (accessing clock,no. of messages/missed calls, wifi/data on, music playing etc.) I wouldn't recommend the original samsung ones as they come in plain white and black but I would recommend the unofficial ones (from this website) or amazon/eBay!
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini back cover
I tried a couple different back covers until I found what I really like, which is a very inexpensive thin protective cover. It came from China via eBay, took 2-3 weeks to arrive, and had sharp edges, didn't feel good. But after using fine sandpaper and a fingernail file, it now feels so fine and fits perfectly. Here's a list of stuff available on eBay, starting with the one I luv:
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- 08-13-2014, 05:05 AM Thread Author #4
Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini back cover
Thanks for the tips, i will also get a cover indeed. But in this thread i didn't mean a case but a battery door (for replacement). I couldn't really find one i liked, except the rubberized one i mentioned in my first post, but they only sell it for the S4.
But maybe a case that i will keep on to the phone most of the time will also solve the 'problem' (a luxury problem ofcourse )
- 08-14-2014, 01:18 PM Thread Author #5
Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini back cover
I'm new to Android and the S4 Mini as well. I got the S-cover, and the back is slippery just like the stock cover. However, consider that with the S-cover, you can hold the Mini with your fingers on or around the front cover (which is not slippery) without worrying about prints or smudges on the screen. In addition, it has the neat iPad-like feature of turning the screen on/off when you open/close the cover. When the cover is closed, you briefly get a mini-display of the time and notifications, etc. That's good for me because I often pull out my phone just to check the time. In addition, you can take phone calls and see alerts with the cover closed.
A quick YouTube search turned up a video specifically about the s-cover for the mini (I don't have enough posts here for permission to post links, but I'm sure you can figure this out...): youtu.be/T1V0p-A1zJU . It's mainly about the different color offerings (you can get black or white in addition), but it also illustrates some of the functions I mentioned.
Lastly, since this replaces the back cover, it does not offer any additional protection there. On the front, the cover obviously will help protect against scratches, and may lessen any damage from dropping it, but this is not a cover that is designed for that purpose.
Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini back cover
It does in my opinion. most of the time when it drops it lands on the front of the phone and about 75% of the time the s-view cover protects it, you can also use the camera when the case covers the back of the phone. Good luck!
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