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Arrival of Daylight SavingTime brings two important
reminders
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Sharrows now a part ofthe Bridge of Lions
The 85-year old Bridge of
Lions has a new traffic control feature known as sharrows that will
alert motorists to expect cyclists to be sharing the lane of traffic.
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Hydrant testing isan essential part ofpublic safety
What seems like a simple, non-
activity is in reality an important
step to ensure that the city’s
firefighting equipment works
and works to capacity when
needed to do so.
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• Promote public access to the waters of the state,
• Enhance navigational safety,
• Protect maritime infrastructure,
• Protect the marine environment,
• Deter improperly stored or abandoned vessels, and
• Promote the establishment and use of public mooring fields.
1. No overnight anchoring or “stored” vessels shall be allowed within 500 feet of shellfish harvesting areas. The affected area will be in the south end of Salt Run.
Matching Goal: Protect the Marine Environment.
2. No storing (anchoring) of vessels within 50 feet of marine structures such as private & public docks, piers and pilings.
Matching Goal: Protect Marine Infrastructure
3. Boaters at anchor, in city waters, residing on their vessels (Occupied Vessel) outside of the permitted mooring fields must move to the mooring field after 30 consecutive days at anchor in a 45 day period. However, boaters may move out of the city limits for one day, stay on shore for one day or move to a mooring for one day, at which point the 30 consecutive days begins over again.
Matching Goal: Promote the use and establishment of public mooring fields.
4. All ‘stored” vessels at anchor within the city limits must get underway two times per year (February & August). Vessels are required to come to the Municipal Marina to verify the vessel can operate under its own power and have an owner or owner’s representative. At this time the owner/representative should ensure the anchor and ground tackle are in good serviceable condition. A Medallion will be placed on the vessel to identify it as in compliance with the ordinance.
Matching Goal: Deter improperly stored or abandoned vessels.
5. Anchoring within 100 feet of the mooring field boundaries is not permitted. Boundaries are identified by the yellow “alpha” markers surrounding each mooring field. Meets USCG set back requirement for mooring field from navigational channel.
Matching Goal: Protect marine infrastructure and enhance navigational safety.
6. Anchoring within 50 feet from the San Sebastian River channel is not permitted. This will result in a decrease in the number of incidents between vessels at anchor and larger private and commercial vessels utilizing waterway.It is important to have a clear understanding of the ordinances definition of the terms occupied vessel and stored vessel.
Matching Goal: Protect Marine Infrastructure and enhance navigational safety.
“Occupied Vessel” means boarding and remaining on a vessel for recreational activities consuming twelve (12) hours or more consecutive hours in any twenty four (24) consecutive hour period of time: for the preparation, service and consumption of meals or for sleeping; for a period of time in excess of that required for the completion of maintenance or repair activities; or for securing or protecting the vessel in a time of emergency or severe weather.
“Stored Vessel” means any vessel not under the direct supervision and control of a person capable of operating the vessel and promptly moving the vessel from the locations designated in subsection (j) (2)(3)(4) and (5) of Ordinance NO. 2011-10.To see the complete ordinance, click here.
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Wall Street Journal -
By
DAN STRUMPF NEW YORK—Crude-oil futures edged lower in thin volume
Wednesday, as traders awaited more clarity on possible Iranian sanctions
and further news on Europe's sovereign-debt crisis.
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CBS News -
PYONGYANG,
North Korea - Tens of thousands of North Koreans lined snow-covered
streets on Wednesday, wailing and clutching their chests as a black
hearse carried late leader Kim Jong Il's body through the capital for a
final farewell that ended with a ...
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msnbc.com -
The
first place for news and analysis from the NBC News Political Unit.
Follow us on Twitter. The all-out brawl for Iowa begins… Pro-Gingrich
Super PAC to the rescue… Paul's latest TV ad… Perry desperately trying
to woo evangelical voters… ...
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People Magazine -
Cheetah,
a chimpanzee who starred alongside Tarzan in the franchise films of the
early 1930s, died Saturday. He had experienced kidney failure earlier
that week, and was thought to be 80 years old.
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BusinessWeek -
By
Paul Dobson Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Italian 10-year bonds rose, snapping
a four-day drop, and Spanish securities also rallied on bets the
European Central Bank's provision of three-year loans last week is
boosting demand for the nations' debt.
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TIME -
By
AP | December 28, 2011 | + Jenni Lake gave birth to a baby boy the
month before her 18th birthday, though she was not destined to become
just another teenage mother.
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CNN -
By
Joe Sterling, CNN Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi is the head of
the Arab League monitoring mission to Syria. (CNN) -- The selection of a
Sudanese military commander to head the Arab League monitoring mission
in Syria is a "farce" because of ...
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New York Times -
CAIRO
- Hosni Mubarak, the former president of Egypt ousted in the revolution
last February, was wheeled back into a courtroom here on a hospital
gurney on Wednesday to resume his trial amid reports from both
supporters and opponents that the ...
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Sydney Morning Herald -
BEIT
SHEMESH: The battle over religious extremism in Israel now has an
unexpected public face - that of a blonde, bespectacled eight-year-old
girl.
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CNN -
By
Harmeet Shah Singh and Moni Basu Anna Hazare broke his fast Wednesday
but pledged a campaign against politicians who rejected his version of
an anti-graft bill.
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USA TODAY -
By
Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY President Obama and Hillary Rodham
Clinton are the nation's most-admired man and woman - again - in the
annual USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.
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CBS News -
Tarah
Souders (front), mother of 9-year-old Aliahna Lemmon, pushed by step
grandfather David Story (not seen) reacts in front of a makeshift shrine
with stuffed teddy bears at the Northway mobile home park next to
Michael Plumadore's residence Tuesday ...
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Reuters -
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 fell below its 200-day moving
average on Wednesday after a hefty rally had left the index positive for
the year and many investors eyed a return to volatility in early 2012.
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San Francisco Chronicle -
Dec.
28 (Bloomberg) -- When Kmart acquired Sears in 2005, Chairman Edward
Lampert said the new company would have the geographic reach and scale
to compete with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The billionaire hedge fund manager
has since presided over 18 ...
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BusinessWeek -
By
Chris Burritt and Ashley Lutz Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Sales at US
retailers rose 4.5 percent last week from a year earlier, as shoppers
snapped up last minute purchases for Christmas and took advantage of
some chains extending hours.
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SlashGear -
A
newly leaked Windows Phone roadman has surfaced that give rough time
frames for the launch for the coming version of the OS. According to the
roadmap the expected Tango flavor of the OS for lower end devices will
be launching in Q2 2012.
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CNET (blog) -
by
Marguerite Reardon December 28, 2011 12:00 AM PST Follow
@maggie_reardon Christmastime is a time of giving. So it's natural that
if you got a shiny new smartphone, you'd want to give your old one away
to a friend or family member.
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Geekosystem -
by
James Plafke | 9:45 am, December 28th, 2011 One probably could've
easily seen the backlash that a domain registrar would've faced had they
supported SOPA.
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Written by
CNET -
by
Lance Whitney December 28, 2011 6:47 AM PST Follow @lancewhit In a
tweet touting the holiday numbers, Andy Rubin, Google's Senior Vice
President of Mobile, said that 3.7 million Android devices were
activated the weekend of Christmas Eve and ...
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MTV.com -
By
Gil Kaufman The music industry has been stuck in a rut for nearly a
decade. But every once in a while, it still manages to produce one of
those unstoppable hit albums that give everyone that good old feeling.
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CBS News -
Kennedy
Center Honoree songwriter Neil Diamond (center) arrives in the East
Room of the White House Dec. 4, 2011,, to attend a reception hosted by
the president and first lady.
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New York Daily News -
BY
AP 'Forrest Gump,' starring Tom Hanks, is going to get immortalized in
the US Film Registry. WASHINGTON - Forrest Gump's oft-imitated line, “My
momma always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates.
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msnbc.com -
Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio and Jamie Mazur at the Coachella Valley Music Festival in Indio, Calif., last April.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution -
AP
LOS ANGELES - After finishing three games in roughly 56 hours with
their best effort yet, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers
demonstrated why their demise might not be as imminent as many thought.
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SI.com -
Houston
Texans offensive tackle Duane Brown felt that the omission of a single
Texans offensive lineman from the AFC Pro Bowl team was a “slap in the
face,” according to the Houston Chronicle.
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CNN -
Rookie
point guard Norris Cole (30) finished with 20 points for the Heat,
including 14 in the fourth quarter as the Celtics tried to rally.
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USA TODAY -
By
Seth Livingstone, USA TODAY Apparently, there's no stopping New York
Mets pitcher RA Dickey from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro next week.
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Scientific American -
Two
related frog species differ by chromosome number, which deepened one
species' calls and tells the females who's who. The eastern grey tree
frog [sound] looks exactly like the closely related Cope's grey tree
frog [sound].
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msnbc.com -
Johnny
Vasco da Gama, a Kemp's ridley sea turtle, is released on Dec. 27 at
Lido Beach in Florida by Lynne Byrd, medical care coordinator at Mote
Marine Laboratory, and Dr.
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39online.com -
CARACAS
(Reuters) - Venezuela is offering women the free removal of breast
implants made by a bankrupt French company that used industrial silicone
to make cheap prostheses linked to health risks.
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TIME -
By
Sora Song | @sora_song | December 27, 2011 | + Another thing to blame
on Mom? A new study finds that kids who start out with bad relationships
with their mothers are more likely to end up obese as teens.
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