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told you I'd be coming back. normally I wouldn't even call you out but you were saying how people were "stupid" for not taking Louisville... so take your insane assumption that games are so ridiculously rigged and shove it up your gaping butthole...UCF KNIGHTSSSS BOIIIII
You and I have never met or had any one on one discussions, but I can tell you are a high IQ type guy…
leaned over the years that some people just don't have the mental aptitude to
understand how "stuff" like this works which is why I refuse to respond to any post
questioning wither game manipulation truly exists, so its no need for me to
waste my time nor energy… As you stated
in so many words, once an athlete takes one bite of the poison apple (most of
those NFL QB's on my "crooks" list took their first bite on the collegiate
level), Vegas owns them for LIFE.
my man snoop dog would say, I'm NOT telling on anybody… I'm just saying…
all NON-Believers,
of my people just sent me this link: http://ibnsportswrap.com/article.php?articleID=1144
not the type to cry spilled milk when my investments don't pay off, but I've
been doing this for better 15+ years now and I've connected with enough people in
the "know" that have confirmed what my eyes have seen and what my mind has told
me… when millions of dollars are riding
on a sporting event, score manipulation happens Ladies and Gentlemen! Again, not every game is manipulated, but it
happens (see my previous list of known "crooks" in this thread)… Best of luck to all with future

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Jinzora - web based multimedia application
© 2004-2005 Jinzora™ - All rights reserved
You will need to install either:
- LAMP (Apache & MySQL) - Install Apache, MySQL and PHP (sections 1.1, 1.2 and 1.4)
- LLMP (Lighttpd & MySQL)
- LLSP (Lighttpd & Sqlite)
- GD (for this I simply did a...)
apt-get install php4-gd
apt-get install php5-gd
depending on what version of PHP you are using
Assuming your webroot is /var/www,
cd /var/www wget http://get.jinzora.com/jz2current.tar.gz
Once downloaded untar it and it will create a directory called 'jinzora2'. At the time of writing, the latest stable version is 2.7.5. If a newer version has been released, change the filename as necessary.
Once untarred you need to enter that directory and run the 'webinstaller'
tar -zxvf jz275.tar.gz cd jinzora2 sh configure.sh
It should say
You are now in setup mode. Please direct your web browser to the directory where you installed Jinzora and load index.php - you will then be taken through the complete setup
Run it
So, if you saw that do as it says
You should see this
The web based installer is fully documented and should describe each option that you'll have along the way.
Next page should display
Take note of the recommended settings, I changed mine accordingly, either
pico /etc/php4/apache/php.ini
pico /etc/php5/apache/php.ini
depending on what you are using
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Resource Limits ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; max_execution_time =
30300 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds max_input_time = 60600 ; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing requ$ memory_limit = 8M32M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (8MB)
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; File Uploads ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Whether to allow HTTP file uploads. file_uploads = On ; Temporary directory for HTTP uploaded files (will use system default if not ; specified). ;upload_tmp_dir = ; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files. upload_max_filesize =
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Data Handling ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; ; Maximum size of POST data that PHP will accept. post_max_size =
If you are using SQLite Step 6 may create the database, but then fail to connect to it - make it readable
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/jinzora2
Jukebox Mode
I decided that I'd like to play music (jukebox via mpd) on my Linkstation via browser aswell as stream from my Linkstation, but get "error on page" when I try to play directly on my LS. Need to look into that.
Here's how I solved that, it appeared that mpd was looking for oss when I was using alsa.
Firstly check mpd is part of audio group
adduser mpd audio
Should return you with this
The user `mpd' is already a member of `audio'.
apt-get install alsa-oss
Then a line needs to be added to the mpd.conf
ao_driver "also09"
This should add that line automatically
echo ao_driver \"alsa09\" >> /etc/mpd.conf
Restart mpd and goto Jinzora to test.
At the very end the installer you'll be given the option to submit anonymous stats about your Jinzora installation.
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Volunteer firefighters from South Butler and Lyndora had to rescue both drivers, Brandi Denardo, 30, of Ford City, Armstrong County, and Karen Walzer-Kuhn, 39, of Butler, who were trapped in their wrecked cars in the 100 block of Freeport Road.
Denardo possibly suffered two broken legs and a broken arm as well as head and stomach injuries, according to Butler Township police.
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30+ years of leadership in semiconductor and systems business with experience in converting technology into high volume production business
Expertise across marketing, engineering, and executive management at both startups and public companies
Before joining IMT, Craig Ensley was CEO of DisplayLink Corporation, a video networking IC company
Previous experience includes Peregrine Semiconductor as President and COO; Cirrus Logic as senior vice president; Crystal Semiconductor as vice president; and, Rockwell International, where he helped start its communications semiconductor business
MBA, Stanford University, BS in both applied physics and economics from University of California, San Diego
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Co-founder of IMT, Mr. Altavilla has 30+ years in the high tech industry as a senior financial officer, developing cost management systems and tax strategies.
Over his career, Mr. Altavilla offers experience in mergers and acquisitions, financial and cash management, SEC reporting, and management of foreign plants and enhancement of financial systems
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To entice more travelers in the region to steer clear of congested Newark and Philadelphia airports, Frontier Airlines plans to further expand its low-fare service at Trenton-Mercer Airport by adding five nonstop destinations to its lineup by the spring.
In addition to offering nonstop service to Orlando — which took off on Nov. 16 — and flights to Fort Myers, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and New Orleans — which will begin on Jan. 31 — Frontier will start providing service to Atlanta, Ga.; Chicago, Ill.; Columbus, Ohio; Detroit, Mich.; and Raleigh, N.C., from Trenton on April 8.
"Florida attracted immediate interest, but we want to show that we can make this airport useful more broadly as a nonstop market," said Daniel Shurz, senior vice president of Frontier's commercial business. "One of the tricks to make this airport successful is to build as much awareness as possible — and having a range of destinations is a key part of that."
According to Shurz, strong bookings for twice-a-week flights between Trenton and Orlando gave Frontier the green light to pursue other markets for the airport, as he noted the company expects planes leaving Trenton to fill 90 percent of their 138-seat capacity this month.
While Shurz said the airport currently services an average of five flights per day, Aaron T. Watson, director of transportation and infrastructure for Mercer County, said the airport "definitely (has) the capacity to expand and add more service." For now, Shurz said the Trenton-Mercer Airport has agreed to significantly expand its parking lots to accommodate the future growth in bookings resulting from Frontier's new flights, though he noted "there's nothing in the terminal that we have to resolve to expand further."
Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes said in prepared remarks the latest expansion marks "an exciting time for (Trenton-Mercer Airport) and for our region."
"With 10 destinations to different parts of the country, Frontier offers people in and around Mercer County convenient and affordable travel opportunities that they've never had before," Hughes said.
After taking those new flights into account, Shurz said the airport's "level of convenience is still underused and unique, making it a very large market opportunity."
"Trenton is located in a very high-fare area of the country with Newark and Philadelphia, so having a low-fare option for these destinations, we think, is very good for the airport and for us," Shurz said. "The fact that the Florida markets have responded well shows we're right in our assumptions."
Shurz said introductory fares as low as $29 each way will be available through Jan. 23 at www.flyfrontier.com.


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The developer of a demonstration wind farm off the coast of Atlantic City says Congress' extension of a key tax credit will help make wind energy a reality in the Garden State, but only if the state takes initiative on its own incentive.
Congress included a one-year extension of the wind energy investment tax credit in its last-minute fiscal cliff legislation. The extension means offshore wind projects that begin construction this year will be eligible for an award equal to 30 percent of the project's cost.
That's good news for Cape May-based Fishermen's Energy, which plans to build a 25-megawatt demonstration wind farm three miles off the coast of Atlantic City. The project last month was awarded a $4 million Department of Energy grant, with the potential for more federal funding in future years.
Chris Wissemann, Fishermen's CEO, said his company plans to begin construction onshore later this year, and offshore in 2014, which would qualify it for the tax credit. But Wissemann said that can only happen if the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities moves forward with implementation of the offshore renewable energy credit program, or OREC, which was created by legislation in 2010.
"Provided that the OREC is approved on its current schedule — in the first half of the year — it would be no problem" to meet the Dec. 31 start-of-construction deadline, he said. "We're really in the advanced stages of design and negotiation. It's literally ready to go."
New Jersey's OREC program would provide production-based, ratepayer-funded payments to offshore wind companies, so no payment would change hands until the project is operational sometime next year.
Fishermen's has already applied to the program and asked for a certain payment price from the state, an amount Wissemann said is made significantly lower by the federal assistance the project is slated to receive.
"What that basically means is that New Jersey's got the ability to get basically all of the benefits of offshore wind at a significantly reduced cost," he said.
But he said the OREC portion is critical to the project's viability, as it will allow the company to close on the project financing.
However, there's no guarantee the BPU will act on schedule. In November, Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-West Deptford) accused the BPU of dragging its heels on the implementation of the program. Things also could be complicated by the nomination last month of BPU President Robert M. Hanna to serve on the state's Supreme Court, creating a potential vacancy at the top of the agency.
But Wissemann said the OREC program ought to be a priority, because the success of his project will have impacts far beyond Fishermen's. He said banks want to see the OREC mechanism operate successfully before they'll be willing to finance the much-larger and costlier wind farms that ultimately would make a major dent in the state's renewable energy goals.
"Bankers have said … they couldn't finance a billion-dollar project without this mechanism being proven," Wissemann said. "That becomes a real obstacle to building an industry in New Jersey."
Fishermen's demonstration project provides the perfect opportunity to demonstrate the OREC mechanism, he said. The project could also help make New Jersey the epicenter for wind energy in United States, a status that could potentially bring hundreds of jobs through wind energy suppliers and contractors.


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Looking glamorous but feeling frigid, stars from film and television began arriving Sunday for the Golden Globes ceremony, battling crisp temperatures on the red carpet.
Looking glamorous but feeling frigid, stars from film and television began arriving Sunday for the Golden Globes ceremony, battling crisp temperatures on the red carpet.
Debra Messing from "Smash" came in a strapless black gown and goosebumps. Asked how she was coping with the cold, she replied, "Not well." Melissa Rauch of "The Big Bang Theory" also shivered in her strapless red gown. "I'm absolutely freezing!" she said.
Claire Danes of "Homeland" in Versace and Zooey Deschanel of "New Girl" in a strapless Oscar de la Renta gown walked near heat lamps as the mercury stayed in the high 50s. "I'm so cold. My legs aren't cold but my arms are," said Deschanel.
Early arrivals also included Hayden Panettiere of "Nashville," Ariel Winter of "Modern Family" and TV personalities Nicole Ritchie and Kelly Osbourne.
Not everyone was grousing. "I'm totally comfortable," Glenn Close, whose Zac Posen dress was paired with matching jacket, told NBC. "Usually, it's really hot, so I'm having a nice time so far."
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a nominee for best actress in a comedy for "Veep," wore a strapless Vera Wang gown and agreed. "I'd rather be nippy than boiling hot," she said.
Check out video coverage of the Golden Globes
The Globes are in a rare place this season, coming after the Academy Award nominations, which were announced earlier than usual and threw out some shockers that have left the Globes show a little less relevant.
Key Globe contenders lined up largely as expected, with Steven Spielberg's Civil War saga "Lincoln" leading with seven nominations and two CIA thrillers — Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" and Ben Affleck's "Argo" — also doing well.
All three films earned Globe nominations for best drama and director. Yet while "Lincoln," ''Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" grabbed best-picture slots at Thursday's Oscar nominations, Bigelow and Affleck were snubbed for directing honors after a season that had seen them in the running for almost every other major award.
The Globe and Oscar directing fields typically match up closely. This time, though, only Spielberg and "Life of Pi" director Ang Lee have nominations for both. Along with Spielberg, Lee, Bigelow and Affleck, Quentin Tarantino is nominated for directing at the Globes. At the Oscars, it's Spielberg, Lee, "Silver Linings Playbook" director David O. Russell and two surprise picks: veteran Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke for "Amour" and first-time director Benh Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
That forces some top-name filmmakers to put on brave faces for the Globes. And while a Globe might be a nice consolation prize, it could be a little awkward if Affleck, Bigelow or Tarantino won Sunday and had to make a cheery acceptance speech knowing they don't have seats at the grown-ups table for the Feb. 24 Oscars.
That could happen. While "Lincoln" has the most nominations, it's a purely American story that may not have as much appeal to Globe voters — about 90 reporters belonging to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who cover entertainment for overseas outlets.
The Bigelow and Affleck films center on Americans, too, but they are international tales — "Zero Dark Thirty" chronicling the manhunt for Osama bin Laden and "Argo" recounting the rescue of six U.S. embassy workers trapped in Iran amid the 1979 hostage crisis.
Globe voters might want to make right on a snub to Bigelow three years ago, when they gave their best-drama and directing prize to ex-husband James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar" over her Iraq war tale "The Hurt Locker."
Bigelow made history a month later, becoming the first woman to win the directing Oscar for "The Hurt Locker," which also won best picture.


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Am I Afraid Of Hell?
Every so often someone asks me if I am afraid of going to hell when I die for debunking Christianity. Am I?
I am not afraid. I really am not. I do not believe there is a 3 in 1 God. I do not believe in an incarnation, nor an atonement, nor a resurrection, and I do not believe that an perfectly good God would cast me into hell. Period.
Someone may claim that less proof is demanded for a higher risk situation: "The greater the risk, the less proof is required." When a bomb threat is called in, the authorities don't need much evidence to justify evacuating the building. Here, the risk is Hell, isn't it?
The risk factor is based upon the Christian historical claims, is it not? And the Christian claim is a very large one and very hard to defend from historical evidence, as I argue. So, the amount of risk is mitigated by the meager evidence for the large claim.
Muslims claim that you will go to hell if you don't convert to Islam too, but you cannot be a Muslim and also a Christian. Both religions offer some evidence to believe. Christians think their faith has more evidence on its behalf than Islam. One billion Muslims think otherwise. According to both religions the other group is going to hell. So choose wisely. The risk is the same because a lot is at stake. Both are calling in a proverbial bomb threat. On the one hand, someone claims if you stay in a building you will die, whereas someone else claims that if you leave the building and go out into the street you will die.
What do you do at this point? You come to the best conclusion you can, and act upon it. This I have done.
I've previously dealt with this question here.
Besides, there are plenty of other alternatives after we die. When Dan Barker was a Blog member here he asked the Christian what if he was wrong?.


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With two undefeated teams vying for a championship, Friday's Madison-Britton Deerfield girl's basketball contest had the feel of a late season game.
But it was far from it when all was said and done.
Both teams' glooming issue of turnovers, forced shots and inconvenient foul trouble overshadowed the Trojans' 43-30 victory for their third consecutive title of the Siena Heights High School Holiday Tournament.
But both teams' leaders at the helm also saw opposing views on what ultimately led to the outcome.
"I thought we didn't play our best, but we still found a way to win," Madison coach Rick McNeil said. "Our defense really took them out of some of the things they wanted to do. It was a huge factor for us."
"We just can't beat ourselves," Britton Deerfield coach Craig Tanis said. "It was just a lot of unforced errors. When we're turning the ball over, we can't score."
It was Britton Deerfield's 35 turnovers that attributed to its downfall, giving the Trojans opportunities in transition. The Patriots committed 35 turnovers, many of which came on unforced plays such as overthrown deep passes or traveling calls before taking dribbles. Several of Britton Deerfield's transition opportunities were squandered by its inability to find the open teammate.
Madison also gave away the ball numerous times as well, ending the night with 25 turnovers. The Patriots' defense still managed to hold the Trojans to 35 percent shooting from the field on the night, but failed to shoot better itself.
Madison's defense did come through in key moments, though, accumulating 17 steals on transition passes or inbounding passes beneath the hoop. Despite Tournament MVP Ashley Bussing's 12 rebounds, the Trojans failed to come away stronger on the glass, losing the battle on the boards 27-23.
"Our game plan is to put pressure on the ball," McNeil said. "We attack the passing lanes as much as we can and just take a team out of what they want to do offensively."
Neither team was able to find many open looks in their half-court offense, often times forcing a shot instead of making the extra pass. While fatigue played a role late in the game, many shots from running up the court were overpowered, forcing both teams to chase their opponents the other way.
"It's just one of those nights," McNeil said. "We've been shooting better than that. I think we just kind of ground it out."
Fouls were also an issue for both teams, often unnecessary and detrimental. Madison found itself in foul trouble early in the contest, as senior Hanna Johnston picked up a pair and forcing McNeil to look to his bench. The Trojans committed 16 fouls, eight in each half.
The Patriots picked up the bulk of their fouls near the end of the game, which included Cambria Handy fouling out. BD had 17 fouls in the game, 10 of which came in the second half.
"This is the first time she's been in foul trouble," Tanis said of Handy. "She's got to learn what she can get away with and what she can't when she gets in foul trouble."
Madison and Britton Deerfield both stood at 7-0 entering Friday's matchup and entered the game looking like early favorites to compete for the Tri-County Conference championship this season. The Patriots will have a chance to redeem themselves Jan. 11 in what could be a important factor as the waning days of February approach.
"We were expecting a war, and it's kind of what we got," McNeil said. "We knew it was going to be a battle. We play them at home on the 11th,and I've already got that memorized on the schedule.
"It's going to be another dog fight. I think these two teams could definitely come down to the end. We can't take anybody for granted and need to play every single night."
Madison, Britton Deerfield girls basketball teams have room to improve
With two undefeated teams vying for a championship, Friday's Madison-Britton Deerfield girl's basketball contest had the feel of a late season game.


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CANCUN — When the Mayans erected their majestic stone cities 1,000 years or so ago, they typically built in the tropical rainforests of Mexico and Central America. Tulum was unique among those cities — the only one that was walled and the only one facing the water.
It's a fanciful but not entirely unlikely thought that like today's travellers, the ancients delighted in the region's shimmering turquoise Caribbean waters, endless beaches and blazing sunshine. Yet its isolation kept Cancun, just north of Tulum, out of the tourist spotlight until the 1970s. Since then, Cancun has grown from a slumbering fishing village into Mexico's showcase tourist paradise, a destination so varied in its appeal that it offers something for just about anyone's tastes.
Today there are two Cancuns: the city of half a million built around the downtown El Centro, and the hotel zone, a strip of shining towers that resembles Miami Beach, hugging a spit of land featuring sandy beaches facing the ocean and a palm-laced lagoon to its back.
Second World War American servicemen discovered the area's splendid opportunities for diving and snorkelling while they were stationed on Cozumel, just off the coast from Cancun. Jacques Cousteau paid a visit in 1959 and declared it a diver's dream. That, in combination with planning for the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, set the Mexican government to thinking. The concept of a mega-resort zone was hatched, and the first upscale hotels built on the beach strip in the 1970s.
Today, the opportunities for adventure — for those who want more than rest and relaxation on the beaches — are endless: you can try parasailing, diving, golf, tennis and deep-sea fishing. Nearby are Mayan archeological sites, little villages where you can find a quiet guest house, B&B and cantina. You can swim with the dolphins and snorkel around offshore reefs or in the world's largest natural aquarium. Most hotels offer excursions to area attractions and points of interest.
Indoors, entertainment ranges from discos to quiet piano bars, and there are world-class restaurants serving an array of international cuisine and authentic Mexican fare. There's shopping for all tastes and budgets, with high-end shops stocking designer labels.
Cancun offers more than 150 hotels and more than 25,000 rooms. The most coveted are those from which you can walk out onto your Caribbean-facing balcony and take in the warm sea breezes. Accommodation along the beach-facing hotel zone is generally more expensive than the more modest hotels and guest houses in El Centro. The zone, or strip, offers everything from villas and self-catering condos to five-star hotels, resorts and spas.
While the strip provides a broad range of shopping, the best places to find locally produced handicrafts and art pieces can be found in El Centro.
El Centro is easily and inexpensively reached by public transit or taxi. It has its modern facade, but interspersed there are generous pockets of authentic Mexican culture, entertainment, shopping and accommodation.
The two Cancuns represent separate worlds. Take the food, for instance, served in the area's 500 restaurants. The hotel strip has ample fine dining establishments as well as family-friendly buffets that let the kids fill up on hot dogs and fries while Mom and Dad indulge in more daring fare. But if you stick only to the hotel strip, you'll miss the tasty, authentic and economically priced local dishes available in El Centro.
Yucatecan food features plenty of fresh fish, marinated meats and poultry. It liberally employs limes and oranges with unique herbs to bring out all the best in the ingredients. Exciting entrees can be had for well under $10 US. Just hop on a bus that links the hotel strip to El Centro and begin to explore for the treats — and after-dinner entertainment — that await you.
Despite its allure, Cancun has come through challenging times of late. In 2005, Hurricane Wilma wiped out much of the resort's beaches and severely damaged hotels. The country's drug-related violence gave some tourists cause to reconsider a visit and earlier this year, Cancun's police chief was arrested in connection with the torture-murder of a government anti-drug fighter. More recently, several airlines suspended flights because of the swine flu and this summer a hotel was accused of stealing sand to bulk up its beaches, still suffering from the loss of sand in the 2005 hurricane.
But reconstruction of the Wilma-damaged hotels is complete, the government is replacing the beaches along the 30-kilometre hotel strip in an environmentally friendly fashion and, in a sign of its confidence in the future, a second airport at Tulum is planned. And while advisories are occasionally released in connection with Mexico's drug-related violence, tourists are merely urged to take care in choosing their surroundings.
History buffs will want to take a tour to one of the nearby archeological zones such as the ocean-side Tulum, or the sprawling, jungle-bound Chichen Itza, a three-hour trip through the rainforest where you can climb the great pyramid and get a lesson in the highly developed Mayan culture. You'll hear that after the rainforest cities were abandoned, the vegetation grew so thickly that those who rediscovered the huge stone structures literally ran into them before understanding what they had found.
Along the way, visits to the colonial cities of Valladolid and Merida are well worth the effort. Colourfully dressed Mayan women sell their crafts in Valladolid's Plaza. Buildings in Merida were constructed from stone taken from earlier Mayan cities. Tours can be arranged from your hotel but if you're a do-it-yourselfer, staff will help you rent a car.
Cancun offers an abundance of nearby snorkelling venues. Xel-Ha is a salt-water lagoon and the world's largest natural aquarium, teeming with thousands of multi-coloured tropical fish. There, you can also swim with the dolphins. Offshore are Isla Mujeres and Cozumel, where you can snorkel or scuba dive along coral reefs.
If you're looking for Cancun's quieter side, head down the coast to the Riviera Maya where there are still world-class resorts, but fewer of them, and the pace is dialed back a notch. If you want to experience a more Zen-like existence, there's the modern town of Tulum, where resorts are often off the grid and the architecture might be described as upscale Gilligan's Island.
Or perhaps you'd like to slip back in time, to catch a glimpse of what Cancun was like before it was transformed into a holiday retreat. If so, head 30 kilometres south to Puerto Morelos, which offers hotels, guest houses and B&Bs in a quiet community of about 5,000.
Before you go, it's good to know about:
- Weather. Cancun boasts a subtropical climate, with average daytime temperatures ranging from 27 C to 35 C and the landscape bathed in sunshine more than 240 days of the year. It rains more from May to October and there are occasional visits by hurricanes in September and October. Regular offshore breezes make temperatures at the resort more moderate than in the nearby tropical forest, which can be extremely hot and humid, even during January to March.
- Food and water. The purified water available from hotel taps is perfectly safe. It's advisable to drink only bottled water while exploring beyond your hotel. In the markets and while buying from street vendors, peel all fruits and vegetables and avoid lettuce. Go slow on the Mexican spices and style of cooking if you're not familiar with it.
- Clothing. Bathing suits should only be worn at the beach and pool. Dress is casual resort wear — jackets and ties are rarely needed. But if you're headed to the disco, it's customary to dress up. Most nice restaurants and bars require men to wear slacks, although some allow Bermuda shorts.
- Medical care. Mexico has a nationalized health-care system. In Cancun, medical care is close at hand and most hotels have a doctor on call 24 hours a day. No vaccinations are needed to enter Mexico.
- Shopping. El Centro offers plenty of authentic Mexican shopping. Expensive perfume can be purchased for one-third of what it costs in Canada. The hotel strip offers a glitzier, more expensive brand of shopping with plenty of designer labels available.
- Gambling. The only legal gambling in Mexico is sports betting. There are no legal casinos although some resorts hold casino nights in which participants play for prizes.
- Winter break. Families and empty nester couples should be aware that students from Canada and the U.S. flood into Cancun during their winter break weeks, just as they do in Florida, turning the strip into party central.
- On arrival. From the airport, you can take a shared shuttle or private service van or car to hotels. For information call 1-800-317-1921 or e-mail email@example.com. Website: www.cancun-airport.com/transportation.htm
Factbox: Did you know
- The Yucatan Peninsula was originally inhabited by the Mayans, who were expert mathematicians and astronomers and enjoyed a detailed understanding of the stars and the rotation of the sun. By the time the Spaniards arrived in 1519, their great cities, such as Chichen Itza, had already been abandoned.
- Cancun was identified in the late 1960s as a place well situated for development as a world-class resort. The first exclusive hotels were built in the 1970s, when Cancun was a small fishing village. Today the city has a population of about 580,000.
- Cancun was once called Ekab, or "black earth." Cancun means "pot of snakes" in the Mayan language.


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New Jersey's business groups are boosting their efforts to stop a bill that would increase the state minimum wage to $8.50 an hour and link annual adjustments to the Consumer Price Index.
While Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney (D-West Deptford) had proposed to accomplish those goals through a constitutional amendment — which would evade the looming veto pen of Gov. Chris Christie, but face even more intense opposition from the state's business associations — he recently agreed to support the Assembly-approved measure that will be considered in the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee today.
Kathleen A. Davis, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey, said the legislative provision to automatically increase the minimum wage every year according to inflation is "still very troublesome to us," though she said "having the opportunity to have our thoughts and concerns weighed is certainly a better way to go than a 'yes or no' question going to voters to make this issue part of our constitution."
"This is a very complex and far-reaching issue, so I think that going through the legislative process provides more opportunities for input from the business community in terms of what this increase will mean to them, especially to small businesses," Davis said.
Davis said a January 2012 survey of the chamber's members found the top reason why businesses oppose the measure is the impact it would have on consumer prices, as any increase in labor costs would get passed on to customers and make a company's products and services less competitive.
Some business groups have noted that the shore's tourism industry was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, and argue the minimum wage increase would amount do a double blow, but Samia Bahsoun, a steering committee member at the small business group Main Street Alliance, made the opposite point, saying the extra income in low-wage workers' pockets would translate into new spending and help the economy.
"So the ripple effect of just this additional dollar… would tremendously impact small biz, and we know that we all need it here on the Jersey Shore," she said.
According to the New Jersey Time to Care Coalition, which supports the bill sponsored by Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-East Orange) and other Assembly members, if the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation since 1968, it would currently be more than $10 an hour, compared to the $7.25 an hour rate it is today.
Oliver said lawmakers are capable of helping businesses and low-wage workers at the same time.
"We are going to be there for those business owners," she said. "We are going to be promulgating a variety of initiatives to help support them, and I do not believe that in order to support businesses that have been ravaged by Sandy it means that we cannot elevate the minimum wage for low income workers in this state."
Oliver challenged her fellow legislators to pass the bill, noting that the state has in recent years provided numerous incentives to businesses and arguing "it is time to turn attention to the people that make business prosperous, and it is the people that work within those businesses."
To voice its concerns to the Legislature, the chamber has joined a coalition of 11 state business groups led by the New Jersey Business & Industry Association to testify against the bill at today's Senate committee hearing.
In her prepared testimony, Stefanie Riehl, NJBIA assistant vice president, said the coalition is especially concerned about the proposed minimum wage increase after witnessing Hurricane Sandy's impact on businesses, and hearing that "many of our employers are still focusing on making payroll and how they can make their workers whole following the losses they've incurred."
"Thousands of employers have a long and difficult task in rebuilding their businesses and getting people back to work. Just getting back to where they were is going to be hard enough," Riehl said in a statement Friday. "Lawmakers shouldn't raise the bar even higher."
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Star Trek (US - BD)
Gabe pets his tribble and throws back a bottle of Romulan ale to the Trek reboot
A few years ago I said that James Bond and Batman were the franchises most in need of a reboot. Star Trek didn't even dawn on me as an option in the 'floundering franchise' lottery at the time, because it had all but disappeared off the face of the Earth. Out of sight, out of mind, I guess. If I had been a fan I would've known how much the franchise was suffering. The '90s were good to Star Trek, specifically on television, where the last two seasons of Next Generation overlapped with Deep Space 9, which itself overlapped with Voyager. Nearly three decades after the original series was canceled, fans had two successful television series, and a new line of theatrical films in theaters to enjoy. 1996 was likely the apex of the franchise's popularity (possibly even overall quality), including middle seasons of DS9 and Voyager, and the release of the most popular of the Next Gen movies, First Contact. From there things tumbled quickly down hill, culminating in the unpopular Enterprise series (which I've never seen), and a truly terrible film called Nemesis. Star Wars prequels and Matrix sequels filled the general public's science fiction consciousness for the next half decade, despite consistent complaints concerning quality.
Apparently pre-production for the Star Trek reboot began around 2005, which was a pretty thematically dark year for reboots and prequels. At the time dark was needed, especially in the case of Batman Begins, which was following the vomited candy adventures of Batman and Robin. Similarly George Lucas allowed the otherwise child-friendly Star Wars prequels grow dark with Revenge of the Sith, Spielberg produced a nightmare reboot of War of the Worlds, and Peter Jackson gave audiences a bummer look at King Kong. Thank Surak Star Trek didn't come out during this 'dark era'. Dark worked for Batman Begins, but Star Trek can only go so dark before the darkness degenerates into silliness way beyond Gene Roddenberry's intentions. Though I suppose my personal favourite among the Star Trek films, Part VI: The Undiscovered Country, could be considered thematically darker than the other original crew flicks, it was still a fairly PG-rated film. To understand how much the series doesn't work when crammed into the violence friendly early/mid-90s, one need only re-watch the last official series film – Nemesis. Nemesis saw the franchise holders trying to turn the series into The Matrix, and was an epic case of missing the point. J.J. Abrams and company had the exact opposite problem Christopher Nolan and company had with Batman Begins. There was likely a lot of pressure to make Star Trek more like The Dark Knight, and I'd shake Abrams' arm right off his body for resisting if I could.
Star Trek is largely a triumph of form over content. It's such an effervescently entertaining film it's easy to overlook the fact that it doesn't have a plot. The small bits of development we do get are very often dependant on coincidence, and the less said about the brutal Deus Ex Machina that is 'red matter', the better. The pre-release accusations of Star Trek: 90210 aren't entirely baseless (even if they mostly referred to the age and appearance of the cast). The early Earthbound pieces of the story are a little CW, but it's over and done with pretty quickly. Sadly, this is also the bulk of the plotting. Beyond this set-up the film moves practically into real time, and the narrative events consist of bickering amongst the ruins of a devastating battle. The set-up is also the point where the story makes the least sense. Why do they make starships in Iowa? Why is Pike in Iowa? Why is Bones in Iowa? Shouldn't these people be in San Francisco? Time passage doesn't really make a lot of sense either, or rather, it makes sense, but it's managed in such a nonchalant manner that it's a bit arresting. Did Nero really sit around for 25 years waiting for Elder Spock to appear? Why did it take 25 years in the first place? Still, the alternative is hours of Kirk moving through school, which doesn't sound very exciting. As long as the audience suspends their disbelief and runs with the flabbergasting pace, these narrative issues really aren't a problem, but we're talking about purchasing a DVD or Blu-ray here, and upon multiple viewings these issues step to the forefront quite a bit more.
The closest the screenplay gets to innovation is, ironically enough, also the source of its biggest plot-holes and most overt shortcomings – time travel, one of the most common contrivances in the franchise. Because the villainous Romulan Nero has chased Elder Spock back in time all previous canonical events in the Star Trek series and film still apply. Canon is 'rebooted' the second Nero enters the past timeline and kills Kirk's dad. This frees the writers to craft their own versions of the classic characters, and ensures the audience doesn't know exactly what to expect. Preconceived destiny was an on-going problem for the Star Wars prequels, where we all knew who was and wasn't going to die the whole time. On the other hand, fans aren't forced to deal with a film entirely free of the basics of the series mythology (which I thought was a problem for Batman Begins).
The story is lacking, but the characters are perfect, charming, and surprisingly well-rounded given their lack of background meat, even if introductions are consistently awkward (one practically hears the studio audience cheering every time a recognizable name is blurted). Star Trek throughout history has always been only as strong as its characters. As a much more loyal fan of Star Wars I readily admit that Trek, in most incarnations, features the superior characters. Some of the characters here are rather removed from their inspirations, but they're all loveable, even the villains, to a certain extent. As a passing fan, and someone unconvinced of Abrams' talents, I really only paid to see the movie in order to watch Karl Urban, Eric Bana, and (of course) Simon Pegg. Abrams was clearly not above stunt casting, but even the pretty faces end up swinging for the fences. As a guy that generally hates Heroes I was most apprehensive of Zachary Quinto (who clearly looked the part), but he makes Spock his own, almost as well as prettyboy Chris Pine, who creates a Kirk about as removed from William Shatner as comfortably possible. Urban, Pegg and Anton Yelchin do the best impressions without overstepping into parody, while Zoe Saldaña is the most pleasant surprise in the ensemble. The only flop in the whole cast is Nero, and it's really not Bana's fault, it's the fault of the writers, who appear to be trying to create another Khan. Nero is an afterthought, as is his back-story.
Abrams' best work as a director is found in the film's action scenes, which strike a nice balance between modern, shaky-camera, fast editing action, and more traditional wide-angle action. The hand-to-hand combat scenes could've degenerated into a series of slow-mo money shots, ala The Matrix sequels, but Abrams uses very little slow motion, opting for dynamic camera movements instead. The space-based, special effects driven action is an extra special achievement. It's important that Star Trek not become a series of dog fights, because that's a Star Wars thing. Star Trek spaceships are boats, not jets, and the ship to ship battles have been defined as naval battles since the first season of the original series. Abrams keeps this aspect, and keeps the ships big and slow (when not in warp), but works kinetic movement into his camera work. Battlestar Galactica and Firefly redefined spaceship effect photography by mimicking the look of hand-held cameras, after the Star Wars prequels had already developed beautifully elegant God's-eye views of such action. Abrams takes both styles into account, and adds a lot more circular virtual camera movement. This, along with the cramped compositions, creates a scale that threatens to burst out of the confines of the screen at any minute. The monster chase scene recalls Starship Troopers and Phantom Menace a tad more than I'm sure the filmmakers intended, but otherwise thumbs up to the action on the whole.
It was clear from the trailers that Star Trek was not going to follow the gloom and doom precedent set by The Dark Knight, but I was definitely not prepared for how genuinely funny Abrams' film is, based on the mostly humourless stuff in his production history. Sure, there are a few good gags peppered over Lost or M:I3, but speaking in the broadest terms they're mostly action soaked soap operas stuck in dramatic 5th gear. In contrast, the Star Trek pie is at least 75% intended comedy. The dramatic moments hit hard (I'm pretty sure I don't have to point them out and spoil them for others), and the action is, as stated, breathless, but the most memorable moments are the funny ones. Some of the fan-service gags come across as forced or unneeded, but overall the levity is infectiously buoyant, and generally true to the original series and films. Even the super-broad stuff (McCoy giving Kirk some kind of space virus that makes his hands large, for example) strikes mostly melodious notes without interrupting or stopping the rest of the song.
Lens flares have never looked as sharp, and lens flare-erific as they do in 1080p high definition video. The crisp edges, the bright light, the varying colours, the…um sparkliness. Lens flares mean heavy lighting (when they aren't created digitally), and heavy lighting means heavy shadows, and needle sharp details. The majority of the production design is extremely white, smooth and shiny, which helps put an even bigger spotlight on the skin and hair details, which are pretty impressive considering how smooth-skinned most of these actors are (except for Nimoy, of course, whose nearly 80-year-old face is a beautiful wellspring of lines and pores). There is grain over the whole print (they are shooting on film here), but it's very fine, and never a clear issue during those super-white Enterprise interior shots (night shots on Earth are a little iffy). The bowels of Nero's ship are shot to stand in high contrast to the rest of the film, and grain is thickened in the darkness, but the bigger issue is the slight blooming of the highlights, which appears not to be intended. The use of anamorphic lenses leads to some slightly off stretching, but such a thing occurred in theaters as well. The filmmakers talk about how much they like the imperfections during the special features.
Star Trek has always been a colour-coded universe. Colour represents rank on costumes ( Edit: Sigh, I've been correct by the Trek Nazi I asked to proof this review, apparently colour represents field or section or focus, not rank), and represents threat levels on phasers. In their importance, the colours are also quite varied, unlike the Star Wars prequels or Lord of the Rings series, both of which featured scenes defined by a single gel colour. The separation of colour elements is especially important on any Federation based set. Intense primary blues, reds and yellows are consistently set against the harsh whites and deep blacks, and the results are clean, clear, and as sanitized as the filmmakers intended. Even the blooming, out of focus background hues feature clean edges, and basically zero issues with edge-enhancement. The Romulan ship is a clear exception, and features mostly lush green hues, peppered with the yellow and blue shades of Kirk and Spock's uniforms, and the red lights of phasers.
Note: there has been at least one augmentation made to the DVD/Blu-ray release. I know this because I watched it with someone that saw the film in theaters a few too many times, and noticed a minor flub. During his face-off with Nero's second hand man Kirk hangs off an edge, is pulled up by the Romulan by the neck, and uses the Romulan's own gun against him before dropping it on the platform beside him. In theaters the Romulan's gun can be seen next to Kirk's hand before he's attacked. This is the best screencap we could get (from a bootleg, clearly). The top cap represents the theatrical release, where the gun is in frame before it should be, the bottom cap is from the DVD/Blu-ray release (though clearly of a lesser picture quality, sorry gang)
Besides being a massive production, created by an army of creative minds with millions of dollars at their disposal, Star Trek has one big ace up its sleeve so far as sound is concerned, and that ace is named Ben Burtt. Geeks and nerds the world over should know that name as the one connected with the indelible soundscape of all six Star Wars films. More recently Burtt designed the sound of Pixar's Wall-E. Sound has played just as big a part in Trek mythology, and even as a reboot the new film came with certain sound effect expectations. Burtt has aural signatures, but he makes an effort to separate his work on both franchises, and takes into account classic Trek noises, while still making them his own. This Blu-ray's Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track is a perfect representation of the effort Burtt put into the production. The soundscape is constantly busy, consisting of directional effects, ambient hum, and occasionally abstract multi-channel ballets. The realistic elements are spot-on, but much less interesting than the more extra-terrestrial effects. Space battles are the best candidates for reference material with all their roaring engines, buzzing laser beams, and the punchy boom of ships entering warp. A more compressed track would likely warble in this case. Though it sounds very much like a Star Wars ship (I think it's a pod-racer), my personal favourite bit of audio design is the whirring sound of Elder Spock's little squid ship. Elder Spock and Kirk's mind meld features an entirely different kind of impressive sound design.
But if there's one thing that defines the sound of Star Trek even more than effects, it's the music. Besides Alexander Courage's ingrained original theme, the Trek films stand apart thanks to the graceful efforts of composers like Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner. Even the bad films had great music. Composer Michael Giacchino uses parts of the original theme throughout his score (all of it for the end credits), and pointedly recalls some of Goldsmith's and Horner's work, but mostly makes this Trek his own, through more action-based cues, and slightly less baroque major themes. The music is an integral part of the mix, occasionally becoming the sole aural element of a scene. There was a song used for the film's third trailer that was so perfectly moving it convinced me to see the film opening weekend, but I couldn't find it anywhere in the finished film. Does anyone know if I just missed it?
The extras start on disc one with a group commentary featuring J.J. Abrams, producers Bryan Burk and Damon Lindelof, and writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The track is a bit cluttered (the participants have very similar voices, so it's hard to tell who's speaking), but overall entertaining and informative. There's a lot of focus placed on the script and structure, and specifically on the deleted scenes. The little, ultimately inconsequential set stories are the best bits, but too much time is spent back-patting, which is a common problem for commentary tracks the world over. There's very little here not covered during the other making-of material, but the commentary works well as a companion piece, so I actually recommend listening to it last while experiencing this collection.
On to disc two, which starts with 'To Boldly Go' (16:40, HD), a behind the scenes featurette with four optional branching 'expanding pods' ('The Shatner Conundrum', 'Red Shirt Guy', 'The Green Girl' and 'Trekker Alert!'). Though short, and a bit fluffy, this is a relatively informative featurette, featuring raw set footage set to interviews. Inception and pre-production genesis are big themes. The magnitude of 'Trekkie-ness' is gauged for each of the major contributors, and the mix (Trekker to Novice) is likely the major reason the film worked. 'Casting'(29:00, HD) features a self-explanatory title, and covers every member of the chief cast. The whole thing is a smidgeon on the fluffy side, but the warmth genuinely adds to the entertainment value. This leads into 'A New Vision' (19:30, HD), which features another branching pod ('Savage Pressure'). This featurette is concerned with revamping the series for modern audiences, and striking the balance between Star Wars bombast, and the traditional series. This section also covers location shooting, lens flares and special effects.
Next up are a series of design and technology featurettes, starting with 'Starships' (24:30, HD), and its seven branching pods ('Warp Explained', 'Paint Job', 'Bridge Construction Accelerated', 'The Captain's Chair', 'Button Acting 101', 'Narada Construction Accelerated' and 'Shuttle Shuffle'). The 'future-retro' look is another important element to the film's form over function success, and besides getting a good look at the nitty gritty process of redefining the look of Star Trek, we get a good look at the cast and crew filming on the sets and locations (a lot of the interior stuff was shot at a Budweiser plant). 'Aliens' (16:30, HD) features five branching pods ('The Alien Paradox', 'Big-Eyed Girl', 'Big Bro Quinto', 'Klingons' and 'Drakoulias Anatomy 101'). This section obviously explores the alien designs, which are a nice mix of digital and practical creations, and the process of creating and performing as the characters. 'Planets' (16:10), again, speaks for itself, and features two branching pods ('Extra Business' and 'Confidentiality'). This section explores both location/set shooting, and design challenges. 'Props and Costumes' (9:20, HD) features a sole branching pod ('Klingon Wardrobe'), and closes out the design stuff with a look at the production of the smallest details (the way the new phasers flip between stun and kill is super cool).
The featurettes continue to sound design with 'Ben Burtt and the Sounds of Star Trek' (11:50, HD). This section covers a lot of the stuff I yakked about under the audio section of this review, but also goes into Burtt's pre- Star Wars love of early Trek, and his research, which apparently made all the difference. 'Score' (6:30, HD) briefly covers composer Michael Giacchino's contributions to the film, and the gigantic shoes he had to fill. 'Gene Roddenberry's Vision' (8:50, HD) closes out the featurettes, with a brief look at the life and career of the father of Star Trek.
This brings us to the much discussed deleted/extended scenes, with optional commentary (13:30, HD). There are nine scenes total, and most of them pertain to the first act, including Spock's birth, young Kirk and his brother, and Spock's parents bickering. The more interesting deletions pertain to Nero and his crew being captured by Klingons after Kirk's dad rams their ship, which explains what happened to them over the 25 years. Unfortunately this doesn't explain why the Klingons wouldn't have decommissioned the ship and taken the red matter. In the end, Nero hanging out in space actually makes a little more sense. None of the deletions would've helped the film's rocky narrative, or Nero as a character, and things work better without them, even though they're all well shot, and mostly completed, except for a few digital effects.
Things are brought to a graceful end with a 'Starfleet Vessel Simulator' interactive game-like-thing, a gag-reel (6:20, HD), and four trailers.
Though apparently he was never officially attached to the project, director Bryan Singer is a confessed Trekkie (he appears briefly in Nemesis), and expressed interest in the franchise at one point. J.J. Abrams was officially attached to a Superman reboot, and even wrote a rather notorious script (go out and read Jake Rossen's 'Superman vs. Hollywood' right now!). Personally, I'm relatively satisfied with both Singer's Superman Returns and Abrams' Star Trek, but I'd love to visit the alternate universe where the two directors switched franchises. We know what would've happened in Abrams' Superman: Flyby (Krypton doesn't blow-up, Superman fights evil Kryptonians, Luthor is a government UFO nut), but what would a Singer Star Trek look like? We can assume Kirk would've still been adopted at some point, and there would be more sexual tension between him and Spock, but where would he fit Nazi's into the story? Would the Klingons or Romulans perhaps be occupying Vulcan?
On topic, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek is a blast that overcomes some genuinely bad plotting through buoyant humour, well-rounded characters, and skippy action. I can't wait for the sequel. This Blu-ray collection is tip-top from top to bottom, featuring a nearly perfect 1080p transfer, a Ben Burttified Dolby TrueHD audio track, and a whole bunch of really entertaining extras.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Disc Details
Release Date: 17th November 2009
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1 French
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese
Extras: Director/Writer/Producer Commentary, Behind the Scenes Featurettes with Optional Branching Pods, Deleted and Extended Scenes, Starfleet Vessel Simulator, Trailers, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Eric Bana, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Zoe Saldaña, Leonard Nimoy
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy and Sci-Fi
Length: 127 minutes
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Renewing your season tickets
Renewal of season tickets is annually offered to season ticket holders for the same seating held the previous year. Renewals are also conditioned upon a sustained annual contribution to the Athletic Department for seats that require a donation. This amount is based on the annual contribution established when the tickets were initially assigned, or the current required contributions level. Season ticket renewal is a privilege that may be denied by the University of Nebraska Athletic Department at any time.
You can renew your season tickets online by clicking here.
Season ticket improvements (relocation of seats) and/or obtaining additional seats are allocated based on availability, the level of annual giving per seat contribution that you wish to assume, and priority points.
Current season ticket holders must renew their current season tickets before ticket improvements and/or additional seats will be allocated.
Requests for new season tickets must join the Ticket Request List by clicking here.
We are updating our seat improvement procedures to utilize our new online process, called Seat Yourself. This process is open to anyone who would like to exchange the seats they currently hold for improved tickets, and allows you to choose your own seats in our athletic venues according your own preferences on donation and/or location. We were able to utilize the Seat Yourself process for football and baseball tickets for the 2014-15 season, and plan to fully switch to the process for volleyball and men's and women's basketball for the 2015-16 season.
About the Seat Yourself Process
The Seat Yourself process will help current and prospective Nebraska Season Ticket Holders who wish to explore the option of moving their season ticket(s) or acquiring new seats. During the process, those interested will be able to log onto the website and view an interactive map of the venue(s) in which they sit to view available seats, to make changes to their current seats, or to select additional seats. With the improvement to our ticketing request system, all seat changes for Football, Volleyball, Men's and Women's Basketball and Baseball will be handled online only using the Seat Yourself process.
If you are satisfied with your current seats and do not wish to purchase new seats, you do not need to participate in the Seat Yourself process. We will be sending more information about the process only to those requesting new or improved seats, but we wanted to give you an idea of how the Seat Yourself process works. The Athletic Ticket and Development Office staff is always happy to personally assist you with any questions that you may have.
- If you would like to change your seat location(s) or purchase additional seats online, simply select the Location Preference under Special Requests or note the quantity for additional season tickets requesting when you renew your tickets online. You may also write IMPROVE or NEW on your printed ticket invoice and return it to the Ticket Office by the deadline for the sport. With this new process, no detailed preference information is needed.
- The email address printed at the top of your season ticket invoice will be used for all further communication regarding this process, so please make sure we have your correct email address.
How the Seat Yourself process works:
- If your donation account is paid in full by April 1, 2015 and you have requested to improve or acquire new seats, you will be e-mailed additional information (for the 2015 Football season Seat Yourself process, this will be at the end of April), and assigned a day/time slot to change current seats or select additional seats.
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- After days/times are assigned (for the 2015 Football season Seat Yourself process, this will be in mid-April), you may log on to view the online venue interactive map as often as you wish.
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"The County Court, Tuesday afternoon, decided to call a special election to vote a 20-cent levy to build a new jail for Audrain county, to be held on April 12th. Petitions from all over the county were presented to the court, asking that a special election be called."
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