| The hottest new cruise ships for 2008
Because mega cruise ships are homogenous in so many areas—from their multiple mall-like restaurants to the pre-fab cabins, giant playrooms and sprawling spas—cruise lines strive to differentiate themselves in any way they can. But what makes a new cruise ship ink-worthy? It's not enough to be adrenaline-pumping and ear-splitting; they need a weird factor to turn our heads. These days, many cruise lines aim to make waves—and grab market share—with outlandish gimmicks. But who says gimmicks can't be fun? Celebrity's upcoming Solstice, for instance, has a patch of grass on an upper deck for picnicking, golf putting and croquet. If that's too snoresville for you, experts lead glass-blowing demos nearby. Fluted goblets anyone? Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas has a surfing simulator that shoots out 20-mile-an-hour waves.
MAU looking for families to host students
BENNINGTON Mount Anthony Union High School is hosting the New England Music Festival, but with the show two weeksaway, about 180 students still need a place to stay, the school's principal said Tuesday. MAUHS is responsible for housing the 487 high school participants, said Christina Gabrus, the school's office manager, and is still in desperate need of volunteers willing to house the young musicians and choir singers during the three-day festival. Gabrus said the high school was supposed to send out rooming assignments this weekend, but due to the lack of volunteers, this will likely be delayed. She said volunteers would be responsible for picking up students at 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, after they are done practicing, driving them to practice at the high school at about 8 a.m.
Juvenile Busted Like an Adult ... For Pot
Nice lookin' mouth there, thug. I'll be looking for gun charges to be added next. Keep on glorifying these societal enemas. You'll enjoy a long and rewarding career in the fast food industry. Posted at 9:41PM on Feb 12th 2008 by CompleteMoralDecayBroughtToYouByRappers .
Automated Parking Garage Solutions Hold Key To Urban Development
Today's leading urban planners and downtown developers are rethinking their allegiance to single-use zoning practices and focusing on building communities in order to create neighborhoods in which people can live, socialize, shop, and perhaps even work - all within a comfortable walking distance. While large suburban yards were recently the sought-after American ideal, today, high gas and petrol prices make living close to friends, neighbors, social activities, and public transportation more attractive than suburban scrawl. High-density living naturally reduces household gasoline usage without crimping personal freedom or creating feelings of undue sacrifice. The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) is a multidisciplinary organization in which urban planners, real estate developers, architects, builders, suppliers and others work together to solve land use problems with a heavy emphasis toward mixed use developments.
General plan report: Look forward, not back
The Citizens Advisory Commission consistently voted to recommend preserving the concept of city-centered growth and to protect agriculture from development encroachment. If a majority of the committee membership were pro-development (which I would dispute), that bias is not reflected in the completed general plan update as it was recommended to the Solano County Planning Commission. Fortunately, anyone interested in the proposed Solano County general plan update can form their own opinion regarding its potential effect on rural development. To access the general plan go online to www.solanogeneralplan.net. By the way, I should disclose that I was a member of both the original committee and the reformulated committee. Brian West
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Jassowal to have world class tennis stadium
Saran said, "The stadium would entirely be dedicated to the development of tennis. Players shall be spending a little from their pockets in order to avail themselves of these services. "We cannot expect good results until we provide players with the same kind of facilities as their counterparts across the globe get. The country has always been full of talent, what we lack is infrastructure and by constructing this stadium, I believe, I will be able to pay back what this village and country has given me," said Saran. He further said, "I do not need any financial support from government or any other organisation, though I feel visits by senior politicians of Punjab will go a long way in encouraging and motivating young players besides giving impetus to other such ventures by NRIs thus leading to overall growth and development of Punjab.
Kimerys take over former Gunner Buc's Tavern and Restaurant â ...
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Virtual baseball game tour coming to Weatherford
The birthplace of St. Louis Cardinals' pitching ace Braden Looper is hosting a virtual baseball event this month: Baseball and video game fans can take part in 2K Sports' third annual Major League Baseball video game tour on the campus of Southwestern State University. The "Major League Baseball 2K8 Video Game Tour," highlights video games, music and sports. .
Enabling Animal House: America Needs to Create Rational Higher Ed ...
America needs to invest more financial resources to help address a looming shortage of college graduates needed for the high-tech economy of tomorrow. Or do we? Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, current chair of the National Governor's Association, used her 2008 State of the State address to call for doubling the number of college graduates in Arizona by 2020. Napolitano proposed paying the tuition for students who graduate high school with a B average to accomplish this goal. “We must recognize that higher education is something that all Arizona children will need to succeed," stated Governor Napolitano. In the Carnegie Foundation's publication Change, Paul Barton wrote that the notion that the U.S. has a dire need for an ever increasing number of college graduates is a myth.
Seeking solutions for Sonic gloom
All right, after sifting through another 2,500 e-mails Thursday night and Friday morning, we had to run a sequel to the "Save The Sonics" piece from Thursday. Allow me four points before we turn it over to the readers: Point No. 1: There's one solution David Stern could facilitate -- you know, assuming he cares at all about not murdering the Sonics in Seattle -- that seems so remarkably logical, it's hard to figure how this couldn't work. The NBA failed in Memphis, and the Grizzlies are currently for sale, right? Well, couldn't Stern broker a sale in which Clay Bennett acquired the Grizzlies at a discount and moved them to Oklahoma City, then sold the Sonics to a group of local buyers? (An article in Friday's Seattle Times says numerous local buyers are lining up.) That wouldn't make everyone happy? We lose one of the weakest NBA cities (Memphis) and gain a city that was routinely selling out Hornets games (Oklahoma City), and if that's not enough, Seattle gets to keep the franchise it has had for 41 seasons.
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