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An Ordinance of the City of Grangeville
Granting a Franchise to Cequel III d/b/a Suddenlink Communications
for the Construction and Operation of a Cable System
The City of Grangeville, having determined that the financial, legal, and technical ability of Cequel III d/b/a Suddenlink Communications, is reasonably sufficient to provide services, facilities, and equipment necessary to meet the future cable-related needs of the community, does hereby ordain as follows:
Definition of Terms
For the purpose of this ordinance (the "Ordinance"), the following terms, phrases, words and abbreviations shall have the meanings ascribed to them below. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number:
a. "Affiliate" means an entity which owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with Grantee.
b. "Basic Cable" means the tier of Cable Service regularly provided to all Subscribers that includes the retransmission of local broadcast television signals.
c. "Cable Service" means (i) the one-way transmission to Subscribers of Video Programming or other programming service, and (ii) Subscriber interaction, if any, which is required for the selection or use of such Video Programming or other programming service.
d. "Cable System" means a facility, consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment or other equipment that is designed to provide Cable Service or other service to Subscribers.
e. "FCC" means Federal Communications Commission, or successor governmental entity thereto.
f. "Franchise" means the initial authorization, or renewal thereof, issued by Franchising Authority, whether such authorization is designated as a franchise, permit, license, resolution, contract, certificate, or otherwise, which authorizes construction and operation of the Cable System for the purpose of offering Cable Service or other service to Subscribers.
g. "Franchising Authority" means the City of Grangeville or the lawful successor, transferee, or assignee thereof.
h. "Grantee" means Cequel III Communications d/b/a Suddenlink Communications, or the lawful successor, transferee, or assignee thereof.
i. "Gross Revenues" means the monthly revenues for the provision of Cable Service received by Grantee from Subscribers located within the Service Area. "Gross Revenues" does not include: (i) any revenues received from any advertising carried on the Cable System; (ii) any taxes or fees on Cable Service which are imposed directly or indirectly on any Subscriber by any governmental unit or agency, and which are collected by Grantee on behalf of such governmental unit or agency; (iii) any revenues derived from services sold on a per channel or per view basis; or (iv) any revenues derived from installation or repair charges.
j. "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust corporation, or governmental entity.
k. "Public Way" means the surface of, and the space above and below, any public street, highway, freeway, bridge, land path, alley, court, boulevard, sidewalk, parkway, way, lane, public way, drive, circle, or other public right-of-way, including, but not limited to, public utility easements, dedicated utility strips, or rights-of-way dedicated for compatible uses and any temporary or permanent fixtures or improvements located thereon now or hereafter held by Franchising Authority in the Service Area which shall entitle Franchising Authority and Grantee to the use thereof for the purpose of installing, operating, repairing, and maintaining the Cable System. "Public Way" also means any easement now or hereafter held by Franchising Authority within the Service Area for the purpose of public travel, or for utility or public service use dedicated for compatible uses, and shall include other easements or rights-of-way as shall within their proper use and meaning entitle Franchising Authority and Grantee to the use thereof for the purposes of installing or transmitting Grantee's Cable Service or other service over poles, wires, cables, conductors, ducts, conduits, vaults, manholes, pedestals, amplifiers, appliances, attachments, and other related property or equipment as may be necessary or appurtenant to the Cable System.
l. "Service Area" means the present municipal boundaries of Franchising Authority if Franchising Authority is a city, and shall include any additions thereto by annexation or other legal means; and means the county boundaries of Franchising Authority if Franchising Authority is a county.
m. "Subscriber" means a user of the Cable System who lawfully receives Cable Service or other service therefrom with Grantee's express permission.
n. "Video Programming" means programming provided by, or generally considered comparable to programming provided by, a television broadcast station.
Grant of Franchise
2.1 Grant. Franchising Authority hereby grants to Grantee a nonexclusive Franchise which authorizes Grantee to construct and operate a Cable System and offer Cable Service and other service in, along, among, upon, across, above, over, under, or in any manner connected with Public Ways within the Service Area and for that purpose to erect, install, construct, repair, replace, reconstruct, maintain, or retain in, on, over, under, upon, across, or along any Public Way and all extensions thereof and additions thereto, such poles, wires, cables, conductors, ducts, conduits, vaults, manholes, pedestals, amplifiers, appliances, attachments, and other related property or equipment as may be necessary or appurtenant to the Cable System.
2.2 Term. The Franchise granted pursuant to this Ordinance shall be for an initial term of seven (7) years from the passed and adopted date of the Franchise unless otherwise lawfully terminated in accordance with the terms of this Ordinance.
2.3 Acceptance. Grantee shall accept the Franchise granted pursuant hereto by signing this Ordinance and filing same with the City Clerk or other appropriated official or agency of Franchising Authority within sixty (60) days after the passage and final adoption of this Ordinance.
2.4 Favored Nations. In the event Franchising Authority enters into a franchise, permit, license, authorization, or other agreement of any kind with any Person other than Grantee to enter into Franchising Authority's streets and public ways for the purpose of constructing or operating a Cable System or providing Cable Service to any part of the Service Area, the material provisions thereof shall be reasonably comparable to those contained herein, in order that one operator not be granted an unfair competitive advantage over another, and to provide all parties equal protection under the law.
2.5 Renewal of Franchise. By mutual consent, the Grantee shall have the option to renew this Franchise for an additional period not to exceed ten (10) years. Should Grantee desire to exercise this option, it shall so notify the Franchising Authority in writing, not less than three (3) months prior to expiration of this Franchise.
Standards of Service
3.1 Conditions of Street Occupancy. All transmission and distribution structures, poles, other lines, and equipment installed or erected by Grantee pursuant to the terms hereof shall be located so as to cause a minimum of interference with the proper use of Public Ways and with the rights and reasonable convenience of property owners who own property that adjoins any of such Public Ways.
3.2 Restoration of Public Ways. If during the course of Grantee's construction, operation, or maintenance of the Cable System there occurs a disturbance of any Public Way by Grantee, it shall, at its expense, replace and restore such Public Way to a condition reasonably comparable to the condition of the Public Way existing immediately prior to such disturbance.
3.3 Relocation at Request of Franchising Authority. Upon its receipt of reasonable advance notice, not to be less than 30 days, Grantee shall, at its own expense, protect, support, temporarily disconnect, relocate in the Public Way, or remove from the Public Way, any property of Grantee when lawfully required by Franchising Authority by reason of traffic conditions, public safety, street abandonment, freeway and street construction, change or establishment of street grade, installation of sewers, drains, gas or water pipes, or any other type of structures or improvements by Franchising Authority; but, Grantee shall in all cases have the right of abandonment of its property. If public funds are available to any company using such street, easement, or right of way for the purpose of defraying the cost of any of the foregoing, such funds shall also be made available to Grantee.
3.4 Relocation at Request of Third Party. Grantee shall, on the request of any Person holding a building moving permit issued by Franchising Authority, temporarily raise or lower its wires to permit the moving of such building, provided: (a) the expense of such temporary raising or lowering of wires is paid by such Person, including, if required by Grantee, making such payment in advance; and (b) Grantee is given not fewer than ten (10) business days advance written notice to arrange for such temporary wire changes.
3.5 Trimming of Trees and Shrubbery. Grantee shall have the authority to trim trees or other natural growth overhanging any of its Cable System in the Service Area so as to prevent branches from coming in contact with Grantee's wires, cables, or other equipment. Grantee shall be permitted to charge Persons who own, or are responsible for, such trees or natural growth for the cost of such trimming, provided that similar charges are assessed by and paid to the utilities of Franchising Authority for tree trimming. Grantee shall reasonably compensate Franchising Authority or property owner for any damages caused by such trimming, or shall, in its sole discretion and at its own cost and expense, reasonably replace all trees or shrubs damaged as a result of any construction of the System undertaken by Grantee. Such replacement shall satisfy any and all obligations Grantee may have to Franchising Authority or property owner pursuant to the terms of this Section.
3.6 Safety Requirements. Construction, installation, and maintenance of the Cable System shall be performed in an orderly and workmanlike manner. All such work shall be performed in substantial accordance with applicable FCC or other federal, state, and local regulations. The Cable System shall not unreasonably endanger or interfere with the safety of Persons or property in the Service Area.
3.7 Aerial and Underground Construction. In those areas of the Service Area where all of the transmission or distribution facilities of the respective public utilities providing telephone communications and electric services are underground, Grantee likewise shall construct, operate, and maintain all of its transmission and distribution facilities underground; provided that such facilities are actually capable of receiving Grantee's cable and other equipment without technical degradation of the Cable System's signal quality. In those areas of the Service Area where the transmission or distribution facilities of the respective public utilities providing telephone communications and electric services are both aerial and underground, Grantee shall have the sole discretion to construct, operate, and maintain all of its transmission and distribution facilities, or any part thereof, aerially or underground. Nothing contained in this Section 3.7 shall require Grantee to construct, operate, and maintain underground any ground-mounted appurtenances such as subscriber taps, line extenders, system passive devices (splitters, directional couplers), amplifiers, power supplies, pedestals, or other related equipment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.7, in the event that all of the transmission or distribution facilities of the respective public utilities providing telephone communications and electric services are placed underground after the effective date of this Ordinance, Grantee shall only be required to construct, operate, and maintain all of its transmission and distribution facilities underground if it is given reasonable notice and access to the public utilities' facilities at the time that such are placed underground.
3.8 Required Extensions of Service. The Cable System, as constructed as of the date of the passage and final adoption of this Ordinance, substantially complies with the material provisions hereof. Grantee is hereby authorized to extend the Cable System as necessary, as desirable, or as required pursuant to the terms hereof within the Service Area. Whenever Grantee shall receive a request for service from at least fifteen (15) Subscribers within 1320 cable-bearing strand feet (one-quarter cable mile) of its trunk or distribution cable, it shall extend its Cable System to such Subscribers at no cost to such Subscribers for system extension, other than the usual connection fees for all Subscribers; provided that such extension is technically feasible, and if it will not adversely affect the operation, financial condition, or market development of the Cable System, or as provided for under Section 3.9 of this Ordinance.
3.9 Subscriber Charges for Extensions of Service. No Subscriber shall be refused service arbitrarily. However, for unusual circumstances, such as a Subscriber's request to locate his cable drop underground, existence of more than one hundred fifty (150) feet of distance from distribution cable to connection of service to Subscribers, or a density of fewer than fifteen (15) Subscribers per 1320 cable-bearing strand feet of trunk or distribution cable, Cable Service or other service may be made available on the basis of a capital contribution in aid of construction, including cost of material, labor, and easements. Potential subscribers shall bear the costs of the construction and other costs on a pro rata basis. Grantee may require payment in advance of the capital contribution in aid of construction borne by such potential subscribers.
3.10 Service to Public Buildings. Grantee shall provide without charge one (1) outlet of Basic Cable to Franchising Authority's office building(s) and public school building(s) that are passed by its Cable System. The outlets of Basic Cable shall not be used to distribute or sell Cable Service in or throughout such buildings; nor shall such outlets be located in common or public areas open to the public. Users of such outlets shall hold Grantee harmless from any and all liability or claims arising out of their use of such outlets, including, but not limited to, those arising from copyright liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 3.10, Grantee shall not be required to provide an outlet to such buildings where the drop line from the feeder cable to such buildings or premises exceeds one hundred fifty (150) cable feet, unless it is technically feasible and it will not adversely affect the operation, financial condition, or market development of the Cable System to do so, or unless the appropriate governmental entity agrees to pay the incremental cost of such drop line in excess of 150 cable feet. In the event that additional outlets of Basic Cable are provided to such buildings, the building owner shall pay the usual installation fees associated therewith, including, but not limited to, labor and materials. Upon request of Grantee, the building owner may also be required to pay the service fees associated with the provision of Basic Cable and the additional outlets relating thereto.
3.11 Application Required. Prior to doing any excavation work in the Public Way, the Grantee must complete a permit application that outlines the work to be done. This application should include a written description, location and sketch of the work and the date the work will commence. The Franchising Authority must receive the application a minimum of 48 hours prior to work commencing.
Regulation by Franchising Authority
4.1 Franchise Fee.
(A) At any time that this franchise shall be in effect, the Franchising Authority may authorize by resolution a franchise fee as outlined in subsections (B) and (C) below.
(B) Grantee shall pay to Franchising Authority a franchise fee equal to three percent (3%) of Gross Revenues from the provision of Cable Services within the Franchise Area received by Grantee on a quarterly basis; provided, however, that Grantee may credit against any such payments: (i) any tax, fee, or assessment of any kind imposed by Franchising Authority or other governmental entity on a cable operator, or Subscriber, or both, solely because of their status as such; (ii) any tax, fee or assessment of general applicability which is unduly discriminatory against cable operators or Subscribers (including any such tax, fee, or assessment imposed, both on utilities and cable operators and their services), and (iii) any other special tax, assessment, or fee such as a business, occupation, and entertainment tax. For the purpose of this Section, the 3 month period applicable under the Franchise for the computation of the franchise fee shall be a calendar quarter, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Franchising Authority and Grantee. The franchise fee payment shall be due and payable sixty (60) days after the close of the preceding calendar quarter. Each payment shall be accompanied by a letter from a representative of Grantee showing the basis for the computation.
(C) Limitation on Franchise Fee Actions. The period of limitation for recovery of any franchise fee payable hereunder shall be three (3) years from the date on which payment by Grantee is due. Unless within three (3) years from and after such payment due date Franchising Authority initiates a lawsuit for recovery of franchise fees in a court of competent jurisdiction, recovery shall be barred and Franchising Authority shall be stopped from asserting any claims whatsoever against Grantee relating to alleged franchise fee deficiencies.
4.2 Rates and Charges. Franchising Authority may not regulate the rates for the provision of Cable Service or other service, including, but not limited to, ancillary charges relating thereto, except as expressly provided herein and except as may be authorized pursuant to federal and state law. From time to time, and at any time, Grantee has the right to modify its rates and charges, at its discretion and without consent of Franchising Authority, including, but not limited to, the implementation of additional charges and rates; provided, however, that Grantee shall give notice to Franchising Authority of any such modifications or additional charges thirty (30) days prior to the effective date thereof.
4.3 Conditions of Sale. Except to the extent expressly required by federal or state law, if a renewal or extension of the Franchise is denied or the Franchise is lawfully terminated, and Franchising Authority either lawfully acquires ownership of the Cable System or by its actions lawfully effects a transfer of ownership of the Cable System to another party, any such acquisition or transfer shall be at a fair market value, determined on the basis of the Cable System valued as a going concern.
Grantee and Franchising Authority agree that in the case of a lawful revocation of the Franchise, at Grantee's request, which shall be made in its sole discretion, Grantee shall be given a reasonable opportunity to effectuate a transfer of its Cable System to a qualified third party. Franchising Authority further agrees that during such a period of time, it shall authorize Grantee to continue to operate pursuant to the terms of its prior Franchise; however, in no event shall such authorization exceed a period of time greater than six (6) months from the effective date of such revocation. If, at the end of that time, Grantee is unsuccessful in procuring a qualified transferee or assignee of its Cable System which is reasonably acceptable to Franchising Authority, Grantee and Franchising Authority may avail themselves of any rights they may have pursuant to federal or state law; it being further agreed that Grantee's continued operation of its Cable System during the six (6) month period shall not be deemed to be a waiver, nor an extinguishment of, any rights of either Franchising Authority or Grantee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 4.4, neither Franchising Authority nor Grantee shall be required to violate federal or state law.
4.4 Transfer of Franchise. All of the rights and privileges and all of the obligations, duties and liabilities created by this Franchise shall pass to and be binding upon the successors of the Franchising Authority and the successors and assigns of Grantee; and the same shall not be assigned or transferred without the written approval of the City Council, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that this Section shall not prevent the assignment or hypothecation of the Franchise by Grantee as security for debt without such approval; and provided further that transfers or assignments of this Franchise between any parent and subsidiary corporation or between entities of which at least fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership is held by the same person, persons, or entities which are controlled or managed by the same person, persons, or entities, shall be permitted without the prior approval of the Franchising Authority("intracompany transfers"). Grantee shall notify Franchising Authority in writing within 30 days of the closing of such intracompany transfer.
Compliance and Monitoring
5.1 Books and Records. Grantee agrees that Franchising Authority may review such of Grantee's books and records, during normal business hours and on a nondisruptive basis, as are reasonably necessary to monitor compliance with the terms hereof. Such records include, but are not limited to, any public records required to be kept by Grantee pursuant to the rules and regulations of the FCC. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, Grantee shall not be required to disclose information which it reasonably deems to be proprietary or confidential in nature. Franchising Authority agrees to treat any information disclosed to it by Grantee as confidential, and to disclose it only to employees, representatives, and agents of Franchising Authority that have a need to know, or in order to enforce the provisions hereof.
Insurance, Indemnification, and Bonds or Other Surety
6.1 Insurance Requirements. Grantee shall maintain in full force and effect during the term of the Franchise, at its own cost and expense, Comprehensive General Liability Insurance in the amount of $1,000,000. Such insurance shall designate Franchising Authority as an additional insured.
6.2 Indemnification. Grantee agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless, and defend Franchising Authority, its officers, boards and employees, from and against any liability for damages and for any liability or claims resulting from property damage or bodily injury (including accidental death) which arise out of Grantee's construction, operation or maintenance of its Cable System, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.
6.3 Bonds and other Surety. Except as expressly provided herein, Grantee shall not be required to obtain or maintain bonds or other surety as a condition of being awarded the Franchise or continuing its existence. Franchising Authority acknowledges that the legal, financial, and technical qualifications of Grantee are sufficient to afford compliance with the terms of the Franchise and the enforcement thereof. Grantee and Franchising Authority recognize that the costs associated with bonds and other surety may ultimately be borne by the Subscribers in the form of increased rates for Cable Service or other service. In order to minimize such costs, Franchising Authority agrees to require bonds and other surety only in such amounts and during such times as there is a reasonably demonstrated need therefor. Franchising Authority agrees that in no event, however, shall it require a bond or other related surety in an aggregate amount greater than $10,000, conditioned upon the substantial performance of the material terms, covenants, and conditions of the Franchise. Initially, no bond or other surety shall be required. In the event that one is required in the future, Franchising Authority agrees to give Grantee at least sixty (60) days prior written notice thereof stating the exact reason for the requirement. Such reason must demonstrate a change in Grantee's legal, financial, or technical qualifications which would materially prohibit or impair its ability to comply with the terms of the Franchise or afford compliance therewith.
Enforcement and Termination of Franchise
7.1 Notice of Violation. In the event that Franchising Authority believes that Grantee has not complied with the terms of the Franchise, it shall notify Grantee in writing of the exact nature of the alleged default.
7.2 Grantee's Right to Cure or Respond. Grantee shall have sixty (60) days from receipt of the notice described in Section 7.1: (a) to respond to Franchising Authority contesting the assertion of default; (b) to cure such default; or (c) in the event that, by the nature of the default, such default cannot be cured within the sixty (60) day period, to initiate reasonable steps to remedy such default and to notify Franchising Authority of the steps being taken and the projected date that they will be completed.
7.3 Public Hearing. In the event that Grantee fails to respond to the notice described in Section 7.1 pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 7.2, or in the event that the alleged default is not remedied within one hundred twenty (120) days after Grantee is notified of the alleged default pursuant to Section 7.1, Franchising Authority shall schedule a public meeting to investigate the default. Such public meeting shall be held at the next regularly scheduled meeting of Franchising Authority which is scheduled at a time which is no fewer than five (5) business days therefrom. Franchising Authority shall notify Grantee of the time and place of such meeting and provide Grantee with an opportunity to be heard.
7.4 Enforcement. Subject to applicable federal and state law, in the event Franchising Authority determines, after such meeting, that Grantee is in default of any provision of the Franchise, Franchising Authority may:
(a) Foreclose on all or any part of any security provided under the Franchise, if any, including, without limitation, any bonds or other surety; provided, however, that the foreclosure shall only be in such a manner and in such amount as Franchising Authority reasonably determines is necessary to remedy the default;
(b) Commence an action at law for monetary damages or seek other equitable relief;
(c) In the case of a substantial default of a material provision of the Franchise, declare the Franchise Agreement to be revoked; or
(d) Seek specific performance of any provision which reasonably lends itself to such remedy, as an alternative to damages.
Grantee shall not be relieved of any of its obligations to comply promptly with any provision of the Franchise by reason of any failure of Franchising Authority to enforce prompt compliance.
7.5 Acts of God. Grantee shall not be held in default of the provisions of the Franchise, nor suffer any enforcement or penalty relating thereto, where such alleged default is caused by strikes, acts of God, power outages, or other events reasonably beyond its ability to control.
Unauthorized Reception
8.1 Misdemeanor. In addition to those criminal and civil remedies provided by state and federal law, it shall be a misdemeanor for any Person to create or make use of any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively, or otherwise, with any part of the Cable System without the express consent of Grantee. Further, without the express consent of Grantee, it shall be a misdemeanor for any Person to tamper with, remove, or injure any property, equipment, or part of the Cable System or any means of receiving Cable Service or other service. Subject to applicable federal and state law, Franchising Authority shall incorporate into its criminal code, if not presently a part thereof, criminal misdemeanor law which shall enforce the intent of this Section 8.1.
Miscellaneous Provisions
9.1 Preemption. If the FCC or any other federal or state body or agency shall now or hereafter exercise any paramount jurisdiction over the subject matter of the Franchise, then to the extent such jurisdiction shall preempt and supersede or preclude the exercise of the like jurisdiction by Franchising Authority, the jurisdiction of Franchising Authority shall cease and no longer exist.
9.2 Employment Requirements. Grantee shall afford equal opportunity in employment to all qualified persons. No person shall be discriminated against in employment because of race, color, religion, national origin or sex. Grantee shall maintain and carry out a continuing program of specific practices designed to assure equal opportunity in every aspect of its employment policies and practices.
9.3 Actions of Franchising Authority. In any action by Franchising Authority or representative thereof mandated or permitted under the terms hereof, such party shall act in a reasonable, expeditious and timely manner. Furthermore, in any instance where approval or consent is required under the terms hereof, such approval or consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
9.4 Notice. Unless expressly otherwise agreed between the parties, every notice or response to be served upon Franchising Authority or Grantee shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to have been duly given to the required party five (5) business days after having been posted in a properly sealed and correctly addressed envelope by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, at a Post Office or branch thereof regularly maintained by the U.S. Postal Service.
The notices or responses to Franchising Authority shall be addressed as follows:
City of Grangeville Express Delivery or Packages Only:
225 West North Street same address
Grangeville, ID 83530
The notices or responses to Grantee shall be addressed as follows:
Suddenlink Communications
Attention: Michael Zarrilli
12444 Powerscourt Drive
Suite 450
St. Louis, MO 63131
Franchising Authority and Grantee may designate such other address or addresses from time to time by giving written notice to the other party.
9.4 Descriptive Headings. The captions to Sections contained herein are intended solely to facilitate the reading thereof. Such captions shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of the text herein.
9.5 Severability. If any Section, sentence, paragraph, term, or provision hereof is determined to be illegal, invalid, or unconstitutional, by any court of competent jurisdiction or by any state or federal regulatory authority having jurisdiction thereof, such determination shall have no effect on the validity of any other Section, sentence, paragraph, term or provision hereof,
all of which shall remain in full force and effect for the term of the Franchise, or any renewal or renewals thereof.
This ordinance shall become effective upon its passage, approval, and publication in the Idaho County Free Press.
This ordinance passed under a suspension of the rule requiring three readings on separate days at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 15th day of December, 2008.
BRUCE WALKER, Mayor
TONYA KENNEDY, City Clerk
By: ____________________________________
Title: Vice President


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Over the course of six albums, Gomez have built a reputation for warping their Brit-pop sound with plenty of genre-hopping tics and off-kilter arrangements.
But the band had a new vision for its seventh album, the recently-released Whatever's On Your Mind, guitarist/vocalist Tom Gray says.
It's a very melodic record, he says. It's a refined, streamlined take on what the band does. The band decided to follow where the music was taking them without over-intellectualizing.
"More than anything else, the songs that were being written led the way," he says.
Gomez produced the record, with Phantom Planet's Sam Farrar on hand to help. Gray says Farrar brought the melodic sensibility to make sure the band didn't deviate from their new straightforward course.
"We brought Sam in to police us a little bit," Gray says.
Gomez first turned heads when their 1998 debut record Bring It On won the Mercury Music Prize, a UK music award given to the best Irish or English music recording of the previous year. That album came marked with many of Gomez's trademark moves fully-formed. Folk and blues smashed into classic Brit-pop melodies, while the band deconstructed and stretched their songs beyond simple structures.
Since 2006's How We Operate, the band has worked with Dave Matthews' ATO Records imprint, which helped introduce the band to new American fans.
So while previous Gomez records could come sound more like a compilation or cuts from a well-curated jukebox, this time the band sought to jump genres while holding to the entire record's melodic directness.
"It's a Gomez album so it's all over the place," Gray says. "So in the Gomez world, it's quite a normal record."
Gray says Gomez tries to avoid repeating themselves in the studio. With the song-first approach, it felt like they were doing something different.
With three singers and four songwriters, there's plenty of material coming in. Gray says there can be
conflicts and confusion with so many creative inputs.
"It can get very messy," he says.
While often the songwriters seem to be traveling in different orbits, this time the orbits ran closer together, Gray says.
"Everyone was kind of on the same page," he says.
Other times, the songwriters play off of each other, taking one member's song and providing rewrites or arrangement ideas. Gray says the process always seems to be fluid and ever-changing.
"It's never become formulaic," he says. "One of the things we are squeamish about is falling into those patterns."
"After the messiness something exciting can be formed."
The songwriting arrangement means that record to record, different members can find their time to lead the way. People work in creative cycles, so when one songwriter isn't as productive, another one can step in.
"Your time will come as a heavy lifter," Gray says. "That's the great thing about having so many writers in the band."
Seeming incongruity has also been the name of the game for Gomez's touring life, especially when it comes to Omaha.
The band has played the city multiple times. The last time was headlining a 2009 young adult-focused concert in Memorial Park, where they met then-Mayor Mike Fahey.
"We were slightly disappointed in meeting the mayor that we didn't get a key to the city," Gray jokes.
Prior to that show, Gomez had built a sizable Omaha cult after several successful club gigs. Gray says one of the things he's always enjoyed is the fact that the band has built unlikely followings across the world. Gomez is on a short list of UK bands that could regularly play club gigs in Nebraska.
Meanwhile, the band could be headlining in a 500-person rock club, a larger theater or in a field for a festival.
Gray says he relishes the troubadour life, playing wherever. He still enjoys the intimacy of a club show. The band tends to sense the instant reaction of their songs on smaller stages.
"People tend to dance more in clubs," he says.
Gomez w/ Kopecky Family Band play the Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St., Wednesday, Sept. 21st at 9 p.m. Tickets are $17 in advance, $20 day-of-show. For more information, visit onepercentproductions.com.


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I had always wanted to read My Life in France by Julia Child. I am hoping to travel to France next year to visit my brother and sister-in-law who just moved to the Provence region. This book got me excited for that trip and I can't wait to explore the region. I also loved hearing more details about Julia's life. At times, the book did feel a little slow and too detailed. I did enjoy it overall and would recommend it to anyone curious about her life.
Reading this book inspired me to add more autobiographies, memoirs, and biographies about women to my library request list. I guess I was feeling a little feisty and more feminist after the election.
Onto a book about a great man, Hamilton, which is also such a trendy topic right now. Thanks to my relationship with Blogging for Books, I received a copy of Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life by Jeff Wilser. Even though I studied History and Political Science in college, I couldn't remember all of the wonderful things Hamilton had accomplished before his life was cut short while dueling Aaron Burr. Now I feel like I know so much about this Founding Father.
I think Wilser made the topic enjoyable to learn about. He injected humor and fun facts throughout. I also liked how he included information on how the history portrayed in the Broadway show is slightly different than what he discovered in his research. Buy this for the Hamilton fans in your life and put it under their tree this holiday season.
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The collision has rendered the Russian satellite, used to reflect laser beams, unusable
The debris is left over from a 2007 Chinese missile launch on their own weather satellite
The collision happened January 22 but was only discovered last month
The incident highlights the problem of collisions involving space debris
A piece of space debris left over from a 2007 Chinese missile test collided with a Russian satellite earlier this year, rendering the satellite unusable, a researcher said Saturday.
The collision appears to have happened January 22. That's when it's thought a piece of the Feng Yun 1C weather satellite, which was destroyed in the 2007 missile test, accidentally hit the Russian satellite, said T.S. Kelso, a senior research astrodynamicist at the Center for Space Standards & Innovation.
The collision changed the orientation and orbit of the Russian satellite, which was being used in scientific experiments, Kelso said. It may have also damaged it.
"There has been a piece of debris catalogued by U.S. Strategic Command as a result of that collision," Kelso said. "That would suggest that at least a part of the satellite broke off because of the collision."
It was February 4 when two scientists with the Institute for Precision Instrument Engineering in Moscow noticed a change in the orbit of the satellite, known as BLITS, Kelso said.
The scientists estimated the change happened January 22. They contacted Kelso because CSSI operates a service that looks for close satellite approaches, he said.
CSSI looked for objects that may have had a nearby approach with the BLITS satellite around the time of the collision. The Chinese debris was the only object they found.
Although the predicted distance between the debris and the satellite seemed to preclude a collision, the fact that the close approach happened within 10 seconds of the change in orbit made the Feng Yun 1C debris the likely culprit, Kelso wrote in a blog post.
CSSI is now working with the Russian scientists to find out more about the collision.
BLITS is a small glass sphere that reflected laser beams for research. Because of the collision, the satellite now faces the wrong way and can't be used, Kelso said.
The collision also sped up the satellite's spin period from 5.6 seconds to 2.1 seconds, Kelso said.
China launched the Feng Yun 1C polar orbit weather satellite in 1999. It was destroyed in 2007 when China targeted it for a test of a ground-based, medium-range ballistic missile.
U.S. tracking sensors determined the missile collision created hundreds of pieces of space debris, according to a U.S. official at the time. The test prompted formal protests from the United States and several U.S. allies including Canada and Australia.
The problem of collisions involving space debris is not a new one.
"Collisions happen all the time, everywhere. Big collisions – now those are the rare ones," said space debris expert William Schonberg, chairman of the Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
The last major space debris collision was in 2009 between Iridium 33, an operational U.S. communications satellite, and Cosmos 2251, a decommissioned Russian satellite, Kelso said.
Scientists know of only a handful of such collisions, but that's only because they happened with objects that were being monitored. Kelso and Schonberg say it's likely there are other "junk to junk" collisions involving unmonitored objects that no one knows about.
In the case of the Russian satellite in January, "it would have been very difficult to tell there had been a collision if it hadn't been for the fact that somebody was operating the satellite and noticed a collision," said Kelso.
Experts and leading government agencies have been working on the space junk problem for decades, but it's a tricky one to solve, Schonberg told CNN.
Trying to catch or deflect debris runs the risk of making the problem worse, he said. The debris could shatter into more pieces or change orbit and be on a collision course with something else.
Some soft-impact lasers can nudge objects into a calculated orbit toward Earth so they will be pulled down and burn up in the atmosphere, Schonberg said. But scientists must make sure that happens over an ocean to minimize danger to people.
"Our technology has not caught up with our desire to clean up our mess" in space, Schonberg said.
"If nothing else," said Kelso, this collision "was a bit of a reminder that it will likely happen again, and maybe we should get back to work trying to figure out what to do about it."
More space and science news on CNN.com's Light Years blog
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Projects/KDE on Solaris
In the summer of 2015, the KDE on Solaris subdomain (solaris.kde.org) was shuttered and redirected to this page. The efforts to package KDE for Solaris and its derivatives have ceased as far as the KDE community knows.
The KDE Solaris Core Team in 2004:
Claudiu Costin, Ken Mays, Stefan Teleman, Eva Brucherseifer, Jaime Penalba, Sergio Rodriguez de Guzman.
Contributors group in 2004:
Solaris x86 Engineering team, The Blastwave.org maintainers, Lars Tunkrans, Dirk Mueller, Roman Maeder, Matthew Day, Laurent Blume, Thomas Bennett, Adrian Murillo, Rainald Lampl, Torsten Kasch, Mikael Dalsgard, Guenter Feldmann, Christopher Layne, Dan Rawson, Vladimir Anne, Russell LeBar, Nicolas Ternisien (website).
KDE OpenSolaris core team:
Adriaan de Groot, Lukas Oboril, Stefan Teleman, Edward O'Callaghan, Ben Taylor, Mark Wright.
Oracle Solaris 10 and Oracle Solaris 11 Express are operating systems that are available for free. Read the Licensing Terms for Oracle Solaris 10 and Oracle Solaris 11 Express. IANAL, but the terms
LICENSE RIGHTS Except for any included software package or file that is licensed to you by Oracle under different license terms, we grant you a perpetual (unless terminated as provided in this agreement), nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited License to use the Programs only for the purpose of developing, testing, prototyping and demonstrating your applications, and not for any other purpose.
would appear to allow contribution of an individual to the KDE4 project. Make your own decision, or talk to your local Business legal representative...
In addition, OpenSolaris was released under the CDDL, a FOSS license, by Sun Microsystems, but Oracle disbanded the open development of the project after acquiring Sun. Whilst Solaris has its roots in BSD, it is mostly SysV. Solaris 10 is certified UNIX SUSv3. KDE4 runs on this operating system.
The KDE Project on the OpenSolaris site is intended to be the definitive source of information, but this page on TechBase is intended to collect information, porting and compilation guides, etc. Since TechBase is a wiki, this is much easier than going through the OpenSolaris editing process.
Status: For an overview of the new issues, see the KDE4.6.3 on Solaris 10 status page (Updated 05/17/2011), which lists the current status. The older the KDE4.4.1 on Solaris 10 status page, (Updated 03/04/2011) lists dependencies, showstopper bugs and issues with dependencies. Not much has happened on the S10 KDE4 front for a while. Trying to resurrect it again....
Oracle Solaris 11 Express nee OpenSolaris: Building on Oracle Solaris 11 Express/OpenSolaris is covered on the OpenSolaris-specific page.
This page is concerned with instructions on how to build it all.
KDE4 v4.6.0 should be able to be built on Solaris 10 with SS12.2, though there are known issues the SS12.2 and CXX Templates among other bugs
Solaris and OpenSolaris are trademarks of Oracle.
This page is about KDE4 (the KDE 4.6.0 branch; we are aiming for having KDE4.6.0 fully functional) on Oracle Solaris S10U9 and Oracle Solaris 11 Express, running initially on x86 hardware, then supporting SPARC hardware and compiled with Sun Studio 12.2.
No other KDE releases, operating system versions, compiler version (ie, not Studio 11, 12 or Sun Studio Express) or hardware platforms are the target of this project, simply because the core contributors to the project do not have them or the time to work on them.
That's not to say it will not necessarily work; people have and continue to contribute work for older hardware platforms (32-bit only like i386[P3/Athlon]). You can probably run the binaries produced by the project on other OpenSolaris releases, even OpenSolaris 2008.11 or 2009.06, but you're on your own.
On your own, that is, unless you register for Techbase and add your comments on what needed doing and what was problematic somewhere below.
We are concentrating on 4.6.0. However since Oracle has not put xcb into the Xserver in Solaris 10 or Solaris 11 Express. (which is a minor addition to the X protocol, and minor functionality in KDE), there may be some problems related to this missing feature.
The core team for KDE4 on Solaris is Adriaan de Groot, Lukas Oboril, Stefan Teleman. We'd like to thank Edward O'Callaghan, Ben Taylor and Mark Wright for their help in particular.
Standard Environment Setup
We don't have much in the way of documented KDE4 *use* on Solaris nor many reports of bugs found in daily use of the below KDE4 packages on http://bugs.kde.org/ . Thus we welcome any contributions though either bug reports, the repo or by email.
Getting KDE4 on your Solaris machine requires the following:
- Solaris 10U9 or patch to it. 64-bit libraries like openssl is important enough to get it there, and we have a 64-bit libusb available. Initially, to restart the S10 project, only 32-bit compiles will be done to get a proof of concept.
- CBE (Common Build Environment) 1.7.0 - tool chain to make pkgbuild work
- A check out of the RPM-style SPEC files (they automagically grab the sources for you). - I'll show you as we go.
- Sun Studio 12 - Packages if you have a support contract, tarfile if you don't. SS12 is preferable over SS12.2 due to bugs in SS12.2
- Sun Studio 12.1 - Packages if you have a support contract, tarfile if you don't.
- Oracle Studio 12.2 - Packages if you have a support contract, tarfile if you don't. see Oracle SS12.2 Bugs which cause problems for the KDE4 Solaris Project.
- The latest patches for SS12.2 - *if you have a support contract*.
- S10TLSmercurial - pkg download to be provided soon. Can also use an old SXCE SUNWmercurial since it's all python except for a couple of libraries.
- Solaris 10 Webstack 1.5. Install mysql51 (for QT) and ruby18 (for KDEbindings) using the installer, as well as pfexec pkgadd -d sun-mysql51lib.pkg && pfexec pkgadd -d sun-apache22. We need apache22 to get the Apache Portable Runtime until these may be ported into the FOSS infrastructure. Also, a late addition is Python2.6 (sun-python26) needed for KDEbindings and KDEsdk.
- Fix /usr/include/python2.4/pyport.h
- Open Sound System Drivers
- pkgrm SUNWpixman (for S10U8, FOSSxstuff replaces it with a fixed version)
- ogl-select service needs to run for QT build ('svcadm enable ogl-select')
Patching your System
You can use Solaris 10 update 9 (S10U9). Unless you can get patches, it probably better just to start with S10U9, since anything else will be out of date by at least 18 months.
Using Patch Check Advanced (PCA) works well on S10 to handle patches for Solaris and Studio 12.2. If you have a contract, you can get current, otherwise just deal with stock Studio 12.2 since the free Studio patches died with Sun. Don't even bother with Solaris Update Manager.
Studio 12.2 This installer requires a GUI so better learn to use ssh -X if not on the localhost. On Solaris 10, there are about 5 patches out for SS12.2, so if you have a support contract, go for it. There are still some serious bugs in SS12.2, and you can help by registering with bugs.sun.com and voting for bugs that affect the Studio12.2 compiler and KDE dependencies (eigen, boost, templates). You can vote for 3 bugs at any time, so if one has a higher priority for you, remove the vote for another bug and vote the one you want.
There is a GUI for the package installer. With the GUI, there are no patch options unless there are Solaris patches required to make the compiler work. I prefer to select to remove the Japanese and Chinese locales, for obvious reasons. It's probably easier to just load from the tarball.
If you are running OSOL2008.11 or OSOL2008.05, then you will need to select the download Studio 12.2 *tarball* from the Oracle Studio Download site.
Solaris 10 Install Sun Studio 12.2.
Solaris 10 Python - Special info
If you forget to fix /usr/include/python2.4/pyport.h, FOSSboost will fail as follows:
vesta% tail /tmp/FOSSboost.log
pkgbuild: + chmod 755 Solaris/patch.sh
pkgbuild: + bash -x ./Solaris/patch.sh boost
pkgbuild: + '[' '!' -f configure ']'
pkgbuild: + echo '# Checking if pyport.h is sane ... must not redeclare gethostname.'
pkgbuild: # Checking if pyport.h is sane ... must not redeclare gethostname.
pkgbuild: + test -f /usr/include/python2.4/pyport.h
pkgbuild: + grep '^extern int gethostname' /usr/include/python2.4/pyport.h
pkgbuild: extern int gethostname(char *, int);
pkgbuild: + exit 1
pkgbuild: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/pkgbuild-edwardoc/pkgbuild-tmp-1.8081 (%prep)
The line reads as:extern int gethostname(char *, int);
SNV_(97<->103) - Special info
* Fixed in SNV103: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6763798
* Here is a workaround:
[edward@SXCE-Workstation]:/export/home/edward:~>uname -sv SunOS snv_99
If you don't do this step you will end up with the following error : "FOSSnas | FAILED | pkgbuild build failed"
/usr/sfw/bin/wget http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/util/xorg-cf-files-1.0.2.tar.bz2
/usr/bin/bunzip2 -cd xorg-cf-files-1.0.2.tar.bz2 | tar -xvf -
cd xorg-cf-files-1.0.2
- pfexec cp X11.rules /usr/X11/lib/X11/config/
- pfexec cp X11.tmpl /usr/X11/lib/X11/config/
- pfexec cp xorg.cf /usr/X11/lib/X11/config/
- pfexec cp xorgsite.def /usr/X11/lib/X11/config/
- pfexec cp xorgversion.def /usr/X11/lib/X11/config/
- pfexec cp xf86.rules /usr/X11/lib/X11/config/
- pfexec cp xfree86.cf /usr/X11/lib/X11/config/
- pfexec touch /usr/X11/lib/X11/config/date.def
- pfexec touch /usr/X11/lib/X11/config/host.def
- pfexec cp Imake.tmpl /usr/X11/lib/X11/config/
Setting up CBE 1.7RC1
N.B. Please check if a later version is out in : http://dlc.sun.com/osol/jds/downloads/cbe/
cd ~ ; mkdir CBE1.7 ; cd CBE1.7
- x86/x64:
/usr/sfw/bin/wget http://dlc.sun.com/osol/jds/downloads/cbe/test/desktop-cbe-1.7.0-rc1-x86.tar.bz2
/usr/bin/bunzip2 -cd desktop-cbe-1.7.0-rc1-x86.tar.bz2 | tar -xvf -
/usr/sfw/bin/wget http://dlc.sun.com/osol/jds/downloads/cbe/test/desktop-cbe-1.7.0-rc1-sparc.tar.bz2
/usr/bin/bunzip2 -cd desktop-cbe-1.7.0-rc1-sparc.tar.bz2 | tar -xvf -
`cd` in and follow the README/INSTALL file.
Getting KDE4-SPEC's (Release)
Simply; cd ~ ; mkdir KDE4 ; cd KDE4/
hg clone https://solaris.bionicmutton.org/hg/kde4-specs
- If you don't like using mercurial at all, you can get the tarball here; http://solaris.bionicmutton.org/hg/kde4-specs/archive/tip.tar.gz
Getting KDE4-SPEC's-460 (Unstable Testing/Development)
cd ~ ; mkdir KDE4.X.x ; cd KDE4.X.x/
hg clone https://solaris.bionicmutton.org/hg/kde4-specs-460
- If you don't like using mercurial at all, you can get the tarball here; http://solaris.bionicmutton.org/hg/kde4-specs-460/archive/tip.tar.gz
N.B. The above is also for contributing back (which this mail message is all about). The *-specs-dev repo is public and writable (over https). So we welcome you too can push fixes back on to it; A review will happen before things end up in *-specs.
KDE4 Compilation and Installation of (Stable)
cd kde4-specs/ ; hg up ; cd specs/
more README
- Read though and take note of anything important you may need to know since this was last updated.
- Note: This command will start a subshell. Be careful, because environment variables (notably PATH) set in your shell startup files will override those set up by this command.
make rebuild-CBEcmake rebuild-CBEyasm
- This updates cmake from the CBE base because there are some Solaris/Studio 12 fixes there in the updated package.
make build-KDEconsolidation
This will now go off and build KDE4 and anything else needed as SysV packages. Come back in about 24h depending on your hardware.
What to expect after a Clean Build
FOSSnas | PASSED | FOSSncurses | PASSED | FOSSopencdk | PASSED | FOSSopenldap | PASSED | FOSSpcre | PASSED | FOSSphonon | PASSED | FOSSqimageblitz | PASSED | FOSSqt | PASSED | FOSSreadline | PASSED | FOSSsoprano | PASSED | FOSSsqlite | PASSED | FOSSstdcxx | PASSED | FOSSstrigi | PASSED | FOSSxprop | PASSED | KDEbase-apps | PASSED | KDEbase-runtime | PASSED | KDEbase-workspace | PASSED | KDEdt-integration | PASSED | KDElibs | PASSED | KDEpim | PASSED | KDEpimlibs | PASSED | KDEsdk | PASSED | FOSSlibiconvwo | PASSED | FOSSgettextwo | PASSED | FOSScyrus-saslwo | PASSED | FOSSmit-kerberos5wo | PASSED | FOSSopenldapwo | PASSED |
Getting help
As usual, the IRC channel is a good place to start, but you must be able to pastebin compilation errors in order to get any help. The IRC channel is never too busy. #kde-solaris4 on irc.freenode.net . However, keep in mind that IRC is a live medium and it may not be the best place to ask questions. The mailing list kde-discuss at opensolaris.org is much more patient.
Also, you are expected to do your homework. Compiling KDE4 on Solaris is not for the faint of heart and you really need to know your way around compiling stuff and dealing with system software installation.
Binary Packages
No binary packages for KDE4 for Solaris 10 currently


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September 22, 2011
Presiding Officer Peter J. Schmitt announced that the Nassau County Legislature will hold an unprecedented total of three full-day hearings of the Full Legislature to review the 2012 Budget. Customarily, separate committees are convened for hearings on various budget topics. However, this year, Presiding Officer Schmitt has determined that the public and the entire 19-member legislature should be able to attend and ask questions at every hearing on every topic.
"The residents of our county should have every opportunity to comment on the 2012 Nassau County Budget at their convenience, in a morning, afternoon or evening session," stated Schmitt. Every person who wishes to testify will be heard and entered into the official transcript which will be reviewed by the legislators prior to a vote on the Budget.
The public is invited to attend and testify at either a morning, afternoon or evening session on all three hearing dates. "This budget will have a significant impact on the residents of Nassau County," said Schmitt. "There will be a total of nine occasions on which the public can question, comment or make recommendations on the 2012 Budget." All hearings will be held in the Legislative Chamber at 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola.


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Hi Bellas,
Happy giveaway friday! Believe me, I have not forgotten about my giveaway to celebrate reaching 8,000 twitter followers! I'm already closer to 9,000 and don't worry I'll have another giveaway for that as well :)
Think of this as my belated Valentines Day Gift to you. I did a Pretty in Pink prize theme with some of my favorite products.
Here's what you'll win:
Josie Maran Sweet Finger Paints - This is a great multi-use product flatters many skin types and tones. Use it as a cream cheek color, lip color, highlight, or eye color (use another base underneath to prevent creasing). Best yet, this product is infused with the oh so amazing argan oil that keeps skin looking young and healthy. This retails for $36.00 on http://www.josiemaran.com/ but is currently sold out - lucky for one of you that I have one!
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Here's How to Win:
- Follow me on twitter
- Open to International Followers
- Answer my Twitter Trivia question - first to correctly answer wins!
- I'll host the contest sometime today, you must follow me on twitter and I'll announce exactly what time
- Retweet contest details!
I am so thankful for all of the twitter love from you guys. I will have a giveaway for every 1,000 followers until 10,000 to show my appreciation. Good luck!
FTC Disclosure: Prizes were extras from previous reviews. I was not asked to host this giveaway and am not affiliated with the companies and not paid to make this post.


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The Only Library You Can Carry in Your Knitting BagFriday, June 21st, 2013
I'm more and more convinced that Knit-Kards™ are the most genius thing ever. Produced by Nancy's Knit Knacks, which sounds very folksy, these 14 double-sided laminated cards (with handy keyhole and ring included!) contain every piece of information you need to make a sweater, a sock, or a blanket, along with tips and tricks to make that project hum. A long-tail cast-on can be a pain, because what happens when you don't leave yourself enough yarn to complete the cast-on? You have to rip that sucker out and start over. Believe me, my kids have learned the most choice swears from lurking around my knitting chair. The Long Tail Cast-on Knit Kard™ provides a table with a simple formula to figure out the number of inches of yarn needed based on number of stitches cast on and needle size. Bingo! Job done.
Along with yardage requirements for any kind of garment, from sweaters (baby) to afghans (huge), Knit Kards™ instruct users through Kitchener Stitch, basic increases and decreases, and how to use those increases and decreases for optimum graceful shaping. Yarn Label Guides explain the care symbols used by clothing makers so that your treasured garment doesn't end up fitting your American Girl Doll. You can convert ounces to grams, meters to yards, and vice versa, learn how to make the perfect gauge swatch, or learn what the abbreviation K1b means. And to top it all off, you get a knitting needle/crochet hook inventory card to keep track of those needles you keep in a plastic shopping bag (Hey! maybe we can talk knitting bags and storage solutions in a follow-up post!). The bright colors make them easy to find in your crowded project bag, and the index-card size makes them convenient to take anywhere.
All the WEBS sales team keep Knit Kards™ in our apron pockets, and we all use them religiously. You should too!


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Porsche 911
$460.26 per day
Mercedes C Class
$101.91 per day
Ford Mustang Convertible
$419.34 per day
Smart Fortwo Convertible
$30.27 per day
7 Seater
Ford Galaxy
$348.33 per day
7 Seater
Seat Alhambra
$86.88 per day
Mercedes C Class Coupe
$346.58 per day
Opel Crossland X
$40.62 per day
BMW 5 Series Estate
$285.49 per day
Peugeot 308 Estate
$30.75 per day
$275.20 per day
Renault Captur
$24.98 per day
Mercedes Viano
$273.76 per day
Citroen C4 Picasso
$21.44 per day
Full Size
Lexus IS200
$219.33 per day
Full Size
BMW 3 Series
$99.67 per day
9 Seater
Volkswagen Caravelle
$218.56 per day
9 Seater
Mercedes Vito Diesel
$96.11 per day
Audi A3
$122.19 per day
Kia Stonic
$18.41 per day
Renault Zoe
$111.92 per day
Volkswagen Polo
$21.78 per day
Renault Twingo
$58.23 per day
Volkswagen Up
$19.21 per day
Information about LUXURY car rental class in Lisbon Airport (LIS), Portugal
The premium car rental class combines only the best car attributes to take your driving experience to the next level. Such cars do not sacrifice style nor performance unlike some other car rental classes. Premium cars allow you to feel the power, luxury, and class associated only with the best cars.
Premiums are often booked for important business encounters as well as other important events that benefit from expressing wealth and luxury. Even though premium car rental is considered rather expensive, you can count on the best deals and offers on such cars with 14CARS.com.
The luxury car rental class combines only the best and most beautiful vehicles on the market. These cars take your driving experience to an absolutely new level. Optimized with superior sound isolation and a modernized wealthy interior, these cars won't leave you indifferent even after the shortest trips.
If money is not a major issue for you when renting a car, luxury car rental is an absolute leader when it comes to comfort and style. These cars will make you have the ride of a lifetime if you don't mind people turning their head to your car every time you pass them on the street.
LUXURY LIS Airport car rental
LUXURY car rental class in Lisbon Airport is presented by the following car rental models: Porsche 911, Mercedes C Class, or similar LUXURY rental vehicles.
LUXURY car rental locations near Lisbon Airport
Don't forget to check car rental deals in on-site and off-airport car rental locations closest to Lisbon Airport. The prices and availability of cars are usually different. Make sure you make the best selection.
Nearby downtown car rental locations
Prior Velho
1.6 km / 0.99 mi
Lisbon - Prior Velho
1.85 km / 1.15 mi
Lisbon - Areeiro
3.55 km / 2.21 mi
3.68 km / 2.29 mi
Lisbon - Praia Da Vitoria
4.21 km / 2.62 mi
4.45 km / 2.76 mi
Lisbon - Marques
5.53 km / 3.43 mi
Lisbon - Lisbon Tivoli Hotel
5.78 km / 3.59 mi
Alvares Cabral
6.27 km / 3.9 mi
Lisbon - Downtown
6.27 km / 3.9 mi
10.28 km / 6.39 mi
10.47 km / 6.51 mi
Almada - Pragal
11.31 km / 7.03 mi
13.26 km / 8.24 mi
15.18 km / 9.43 mi
Best suppliers of LUXURY Lisbon Airport car rentals
To make the best choice of LUXURY car rental deal in Lisbon Airport [LIS], pay attention not only to car rental model and its price, but also to car rental vendor who provides this deal. Car rental agencies that offer LUXURY vehicles in Lisbon Airport have different car rental conditions and rating average scores from our previous customers.
The biggest variety of LUXURY car rental deals in Lisbon Airport is provided by CAEL RENT-A-CAR.
Cael 14 reviews
8.6 / 10
Sado 7 reviews
8.1 / 10
Bravacar 6 reviews
8 / 10
FLIZZR 16 reviews
7.8 / 10
EUROPCAR 24 reviews
7.7 / 10
Guerin 46 reviews
7.6 / 10
Hertz 9 reviews
7.6 / 10
SIXT 76 reviews
7.3 / 10
Payless 27 reviews
7.3 / 10
Avis 12 reviews
7 / 10
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FAQ - LUXURY rent a car in Lisbon Airport
How to book LUXURY car rental in Lisbon Airport?
Start typing the necessary pickup location and return address in the search form and select the most suitable one from the drop-down list. Choose the required date and time of your rental. On the search results page, you will be able to filter and sort all car rental deals based on your preferred car rental class.
What is the cheapest LUXURY car rental in LIS Airport?
The cheapest LUXURY car in Lisbon Airport is Porsche 911 from HERTZ DREAM COLLECTION. The current relevant price is $460.26 per day.
How much will I spend on fuel for LUXURY car in Lisbon Airport?
The gasoline prices near LIS Airport varies from $6.37 to $7.25 per gallon.
So, you will spend about 16.35$ to drive LUXURY car for 100 km. A 100 US mile drive in LUXURY vehicle will cost you approximately 26.4$.
How old do I have to be to rent LUXURY vehicle in Lisbon Airport Airport?
You usually have to be between 25 and 70 years of age to rent LUXURY car in Lisbon Airport. Age restrictions of car rental companies in Lisbon Airport differ dramatically.
If you fall outside these age limitations, you always can find car rental suppliers who will allow you to rent a vehicle on condition that you pay an additional young driver surcharge or senior driver fee or purchase additional insurance.
What LUXURY rental cars I can rent in LIS Airport?
LUXURY cars are quite popular in their segment due to a large choice, high level of comfort, and a reasonable price. Besides, LUXURY vehicles usually come with fuel-efficient four-cylinder engines that can save your budget at the pump. The most demanded LUXURY models at Lisbon Airport among the tourists are the following:
- Mercedes C Class
- Porsche 911
The average price for the LUXURY rental car starts from $183 per day.
Can I use a debit card to pay for my LUXURY rental car booking in LIS Airport?
You can easily pay for your LUXURY car rental reservation with a debit card on our website. However, when you arrive at Lisbon Airport, you will have to provide a credit card on the name of the main driver, since debit cards are not widely accepted by car rental companies. Cash, pre-paid cards, and gift cards are also not accepted when picking up your vehicle.
You will need a personal credit card to make a deposit when you are directly in Lisbon Airport rental point.
Can someone else drive my LUXURY rental car in Lisbon Airport, California?
You will see an additional option "Additional Driver" during the online booking. Usually, this is a paid feature, but you can often find LUXURY car rentals in LIS Airport with free additional driver options. In some states, your spouse is allowed to drive a rental car and is considered to be an authorized additional driver without any extra payment.
What do I need to have when picking up LUXURY rental car in Lisbon Airport Airport?
Generally, it is enough to present:
- A full driving license. UK licence holders also need to provide the photocard. If your Driving licence is not in the Roman alphabet (i.e. in Arabic, Greek, Cyrillic, or Chinese), you are required to bring an International Driving Permit along with your domestic licence.
- A valid photo ID (passport or national ID).
- A valid credit card in the name of the main driver. It is needed to pre-authorise a car rental deposit at the rental desk.
Is it possible to rent LUXURY car one way?
Yes, some vendors provide one way LUXURY car rentals in Lisbon Airport. Be attentive when selecting a provider. If you are looking for one way rentals, be prepared that some restrictions and additional payments may apply. Don't forget to contact the company to make sure of actual availability and cost of one way rentals.
How to find a cheap LUXURY car rental in LIS Airport?
Car rental in Lisbon Airport is an inevitable part of a trip. Your travel can be more pleasant and convenient without being dependent on public transport. We have prepared for you the most detailed instructions on how to rent a car in California.
There are some options to find a necessary car for your trip to Lisbon Airport with 14CARS.com:
- It is recommended to think of the rental car beforehand.
- Select your desired location and date of the rental.
- After pressing the "Search car" button, you will see a list of all affordable car models for rent during the chosen period in Lisbon Airport, proposed by different companies.
- It is possible to filter offers by a specific car class or rental company.
- Pay attention to the reliability of the car rental company you are going to rent your LUXURY car from.
- Choose your perfect LUXURY car rental offer and get familiar with its price, rental conditions, description, and extra options included in price.
- If everything suits you, you can make a booking.
- Receive a voucher and print it. You have to provide a printed voucher during pick-up at the rental desk.
What car rental company has the lowest LUXURY rental car price in LIS Airport?
The cheapest LUXURY models in Lisbon Airport are provided by HERTZ DREAM COLLECTION – Porsche 911 or similar is affordable to rent from $460.26 per day.
Then comes one of the rental leaders – DRIVE ON HOLIDAYS. They offer to rent Mercedes C Class for $101.914 per day. Additional fees and taxes may apply when collecting your LUXURY rental car in Lisbon Airport, so read the rental conditions very carefully.
What is the best car rental company that provides LUXURY car rental in LIS Airport?
A perfect fleet of LUXURY cars in Lisbon Airport, reasonable car rental prices, and a good service according to the customers' reviews are the main characteristics of Cael Rent-a-car (8.6/10), Sado Rent (8.1/10), and Bravacar Madeira (8/10). Every company has its own rental conditions and terms, so it is better to read all the requirements in advance.
Should I buy an additional insurance for my LUXURY car rental in Lisbon Airport International Airport?
As a rule, your LUXURY rental car must be insured before you start driving it from Lisbon Airport Airport. If you have personal car insurance, you should check if it applies to rental vehicles and be sure to ask if there are any restrictions.
If you don't want to buy full insurance, it is recommended to buy insurance to secure your deposit. To do this, you must have a sufficient amount of money on your credit card to cover a deposit and buy Excess insurance on 14CARS.com on the reservation stage.


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WHAT A YEAR 2010 has been. It was the year HTML5 and CSS3 broke wide; the year the iPad, iPhone, and Android led designers down the contradictory paths of proprietary application design and standards-based mobile web application design—in both cases focused on user needs, simplicity, and new ways of interacting thanks to small screens and touch-sensitive surfaces.
It was the third year in a row that everyone was talking about content strategy and designers refused to "just comp something up" without first conducting research and developing a user experience strategy.
Even outside the newest, best browsers, things were better than ever. Modernizr and eCSStender brought advanced selectors and @font-face to archaic browsers (not to mention HTML5 and SVG, in the case of Modernizr). Tim Murtaugh and Mike Pick's HTML5 Reset and Paul Irish's HTML5 Boilerplate gave us clean starting points for HTML5- and CSS3-powered sites.
Web fonts were everywhere—from the W3C to small personal and large commercial websites—thanks to pioneering syntax constructions by Paul Irish and Richard Fink, fine open-source products like the Font Squirrel @Font-Face Generator,
open-source liberal font licensing like FontSpring's, and terrific service platforms led by Typekit and including Fontdeck, Webtype, Typotheque, and Kernest.
Print continued its move to networked screens. iPhone found a worthy adversary in Android. Webkit was ubiquitous.
Insights into the new spirit of web design, from a wide variety of extremely smart people, can be seen and heard on The Big Web Show, which Dan Benjamin and I started this year (and which won Video Podcast of the Year in the 2010 .net Awards), on Dan's other shows on the 5by5 network, on the Workers of the Web podcast by Alan Houser and Eric Anderson, and of course in A List Apart for people who make websites.
Zeldman.com: The Year in Review
A few things I wrote here at zeldman.com this year (some related to web standards and design, some not) may be worth reviewing:
- iPad as the New Flash 17 October 2010
- Masturbatory novelty is not a business strategy.
- Flash, iPad, and Standards 1 February 2010
- Lack of Flash in the iPad (and before that, in the iPhone) is a win for accessible, standards-based design. Not because Flash is bad, but because the increasing popularity of devices that don't support Flash is going to force recalcitrant web developers to build the semantic HTML layer first.
- An InDesign for HTML and CSS? 5 July 2010
- while our current tools can certainly stand improvement, no company will ever create "the modern day equivalent of Illustrator and PageMaker for CSS, HTML5 and JavaScript." The assumption that a such thing is possible suggests a lack of understanding.
- Stop Chasing Followers 21 April 2010
- The web is not a game of "eyeballs." Never has been, never will be. Influence matters, numbers don't.
- Crowdsourcing Dickens 23 March 2010
- Like it says.
- My Love/Hate Affair with Typekit 22 March 2010
- Like it says.
- You Cannot Copyright A Tweet 25 February 2010
- Like it says.
- Free Advice: Show Up Early 5 February 2010
- Love means never having to say you're sorry, but client services means apologizing every five minutes. Give yourself one less thing to be sorry for. Take some free advice. Show up often, and show up early.
Outside Reading
A few things I wrote elsewhere might repay your interest as well:
- The Future of Web Standards 26 September, for .net Magazine
- Cheap, complex devices such as the iPhone and the Droid have come along at precisely the moment when HTML5, CSS3 and web fonts are ready for action; when standards-based web development is no longer relegated to the fringe; and when web designers, no longer content to merely decorate screens, are crafting provocative, multi-platform experiences. Is this the dawn of a new web?
- Style vs. Design written in 1999 and slightly revised in 2005, for Adobe
- When Style is a fetish, sites confuse visitors, hurting users and the companies that paid for the sites. When designers don't start by asking who will use the site, and what they will use it for, we get meaningless eye candy that gives beauty a bad name.
Happy New Year, all!


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young adults with autism are less likely to go to college or hold down a job than their peers with other types of disabilities, a new U.S. study finds.
Researchers found that more than one-third of young adults with an autism spectrum disorder had not gotten a job or gone into higher education since high school. And that number was much higher compared with young adults with learning disabilities or other impairments.
It's estimated that about one in 88 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder, or ASD.
That's up 78 percent from a decade ago — which health officials attribute to better diagnosis, as well as broader definitions of what constitutes an ASD.
ASDs are a group of developmental brain disorders that hinder a person's ability to communicate and interact socially — ranging from the severe cases of "classic" autism to the relatively mild form called Asperger's syndrome.
But while rates of ASD diagnoses are shooting up, researchers have not known all that much about how kids with the disorders fare after high school.
So for the new study, researchers collected data on 680 young U.S. adults with an ASD, along with nearly 1,400 young people with learning disabilities, speech or language impairments or intellectual impairment.
All were between the ages of 19 and 23, and had been in special education programs when they were in school.
Overall, the study found, 35 percent of young adults with ASDs had not gone to school or held a job since high school.
That compared with only 7 percent of young adults with speech or language impairments, and 3 percent of those with learning disabilities. Even young people with intellectual impairments were faring better than the ASD group: one-quarter had not gone on to higher education or the workplace after high school.
The findings appear in the journal Pediatrics.
It's not surprising that many young adults with ASDs would struggle, according to Paul T. Shattuck, the lead researcher on the study.
"But I wasn't prepared for the magnitude of the effect," said Shattuck, an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis. "The gap between them and young people with other disabilities was striking."
Another important finding, Shattuck said, was that low-income adults with ASDs were at substantial risk.
Among young adults from families making under $25,000 a year, 55 percent had not worked or started higher education since high school.
That compared with 18 percent of those from families who made more than $75,000 a year.
"That's a huge difference," Shattuck said. The reasons for the gap are not clear from the study, he noted — but it likely has something to do with access to services for people with ASDs.
Another reason, according to Shattuck, may be that higher-income families have more social connections, including people who could help their child find work or get into school.
The researchers estimate that in 2009, about 163,000 U.S. children with an ASD were living below the poverty line.
There are some services available to help families and kids with ASDs prepare for life as an adult. Shattuck said that special ed programs should include, "as part of the package," some type of transitioning plan for the post-high school years.
"That's the goal anyway," he said. "The reality is, not every kids gets that, and the quality of (the service) will vary from place to place."
There is definitely a need for more research into services for young adults with ASDs, according to Shattuck's team — particularly programs to help kids from low-income families.
The "popular image" associated with autism is the affected child, Shattuck noted.
"But autism doesn't magically disappear in adolescence," he said. "These kids grow up, and that's the age group we know the least about."
Pediatrics, online May 14, 2012.