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How 2 Cruise Fanatics Cut Costs And Save Time

... eager to also use the occasion to go on a cruise. “We were dropped off at the port and didn’t even have to worry about parking,” Dale Leinberger told me as he relaxed on the deck of Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas. “We saved what would have been extra airfare, and everything just worked out right.”. Cruise line officials are well aware of snowbirds’ penchant for combining their annual winter stays in Florida with trips on ships, said Vanessa Picariello, senior director of public relations for Norwegian Cruise Line. “While Norwegian ships are deployed in many domestic markets year-round, including New York in the north, we do have guests who tell us that beyond the milder weather and abundant sunshine, staying in Florida for part of the year offers added convenience and opportunity to cruise more often during the winter season,” Picariello said. Shortly after we returned from our winter cruise to Caribbean ports in Belize, Honduras and Mexico, our next-door snowbird neighbors at Indian Rocks Travel Park in Largo, Florida, Lawrence and Teresa Allan of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, left on a week-long cruise. ...

Car Condo Complex Lets Auto Fanatics Mingle, Entertain, Store Collections In Luxury

... and personalities. Some condos reflect nostalgic Americana and its motor-friendly Route 66 highway while others spotlight owners' collections of toy cars or guitars. One has a half basketball court. The open space makes for a perfect place for owners to host fundraisers for groups like Loaves & Fishes and 360 Youth Services in Naperville. Iron Gate annual also sponsors events to benefit Cal's Angels, a St. Charles-based pediatric cancer foundation created in memory of Cal Sutter, a South Elgin Little League All-Start who lost his battle with leukemia in 2006. Burgess said in all, Iron Gate has raised $250,000 for charities. "That blows me away, the generosity of this group," he said. The space also is perfect for small business owners like Burgess, who set up offices and get to work adjacent to their car collection. Between 15 percent and 20 percent of owners work on their own cars, though body work and painting are forbidden because of the fumes, Burgess said. Car condo. Iron Gate Motor Condos. A guitar collection hangs on the wallks of a unit in the Iron Gate Motor Condos community in Naperville. The garage spotlights the unique personalities of their owners. A guitar ...

Five Professors Discuss Art Desecration By Religious Fanatics

... Joachim Homann moderated the event. Here are a few quotes from the talk, “Iconoclasm and the Power of Images”. Barbara Elias Klenner: The smashing of objects, in terms of institutions coming in and taking over territories, is clearly something that has a long history. The United States, for example in 2003, upon the invasion of Iraq, one of the first things the US did was smash the idols of Saddam Hussein, a signaling of power and a change of power. Obviously this wasn’t a global antiquity, but the strategic purpose is very similar in terms of signaling a change, signaling power, signaling conquering, and translating that to an international audience. Meryem Belkaid: During Tunisian political transition, which we are still living today, everything is contested. After a long time and decades of imposed silence by the dictatorship…public art is part of the debate, and the question of freedom of expression through images remains important and ...

Isis Fanatics Are Using Decoy Military Vehicles To Subvert Air Strikes

... strikes against them. A garage full of wooden replicas was discovered in Eastern Mosul by Iraq's Federal Police. It is believed the decoys are used as a distraction tactic during air campaigns by the U. S.-led military coalition supporting Iraqi forces in the Mosul operations. This is the second set of fake military vehicles officers have found during raids on IS hide outs. Islamic State fanatics have been building decoy Jeeps and military vehicles in a bid to subvert air strikes against them. A garage full of wooden replicas was discovered in Eastern Mosul by Iraq's Federal Police. The vehicles are used for 'tactical deception', according to Baghdad-based U. S. Air Force spokesman John Dorrian. RELATED ARTICLES. Share this article. In November the Iraqi army captured a handful of the mockups at a training site it retook from the group north of Mosul, Islamic State's last major stronghold in Northern Iraq. The Jeeps are made of low cost ...

Nba Jerseys Sold In Stores Are About To Get Much More Expensive

... and the NBA Players Association recently ratified a new collective bargaining agreement , which among other things, ends the current group licensing program after the 2016-17 season. That gave the power to broker a deal for player jerseys to the NBAPA, and it has already sold those rights to Fanatics and Nike. Sara Germano of the Wall Street Journal reported that Nike will take over production of on-court authentic NBA jerseys. Those will continue to be sold in stores at the discretion of Nike, the league and its member franchises. Why the Cost of Replica Jerseys Sold in Stores is Going Up. The rights to produce and sell replica jerseys, which are traditionally far less expensive than on-court authentics, will be split between Fanatics and Nike. Nike will produce a “swingman” replica jersey, while Fanatics will handle more traditional on-court as well as other specialty replicas. There are two big changes with these new contracts: the first is that Nike intends to do away with the sleeved jerseys, ...

Why Space Fanatics Are Freaking Out About Spacex's Next Launch

... flown from the adjacent Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. “This is important for Kennedy,” space historian Roger Launius, the former associate director for the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, told Gizmodo. “[Kennedy] has been spaceport USA throughout the space age, more than 60 years now. The fact that you’ve got a company [putting] money into rehabbing an existing facility means you’ve got work for the foreseeable future.”. Built in the 1960 s as part of President Kennedy’s Moonshot program, LC-39 A is legendary among rocket buffs. It was the site of 12 Saturn V rocket launches during the Apollo era, including the Apollo 11 mission which sent Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the Moon. After the Apollo program, LC-39 A became the de facto launch pad for the Space Shuttle era. A full 80 Shuttle missions departing the Earth from this single piece of beachfront real ...

How 2 Cruise Fanatics Cut Costs And Save Time

... a cruise port. And we were not surprised that many of the other snowbirds we met in Florida also take advantage of convenient cruise opportunities. After all, Florida has cruise ports in Tampa, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Port Canaveral and Jacksonville. Retired for seven years and sailing out of Tampa on a Royal Caribbean International cruise ship, Dale and Jan Leinberger of Au Gres, Michigan, were among 25 snowbird couples from a Sarasota, Florida, condominium complex. The Leinbergers have wintered since 2010 in Florida, and were eager to also use the occasion to go on a cruise. "We were dropped off at the port and didn't even have to worry about parking," Dale Leinberger told me as he relaxed on the deck of Royal Caribbean's Vision of the Seas. "We saved what would have been extra airfare, and everything just worked out right.". Cruise line officials are well aware of snowbirds' penchant for combining their annual winter stays in Florida with trips on ships, said Vanessa Picariello, senior director of public relations for Norwegian Cruise Line. "While Norwegian ships are deployed in many domestic markets ...

Spain's New Ferrari Land Is Disney World For Car Fanatics

... Land, the newly built sports car attraction just an hour southwest of Barcelona at the Port Aventura theme park. Ever wanted to take a spin in one of the fastest cars in history? You're in luck. Ferrari Land will be home to five rides, which from the looks of it will all be painted in the brand's signature red. Clocking in as the tallest roller coaster in Europe , the Vertical Accelerator will launch riders up a towering spike reaching 368 feet at 112 mph in just five seconds. If speed isn't enough for you, you're likely to enjoy being spontaneously shot up towards the sky on another ride, the Bounce-Back Tower, which resembles the bouncing movements of engine pistons. Of course, an automotive amusement park wouldn't be complete without its own test track, and visitors of all ages will have the opportunity to get behind the wheel of miniature Ferrari cars and navigate a 1,900 foot circuit. How to Tour the Ferrari Factory, and Other Car-Lover Destinations. Ferrari isn't short on panache, so the design of the theme park is all cars, all the time. A sea of varying Ferrari models, including Berlinettas, ...

Phone With Dual Front-facing Cameras Is Perfect For Selfie Fanatics

... HTC One M 8. Another selfie-oriented feature is "Selfie Softlight" which uses the screen to illuminate your face (like the i Phone's Retina flash). The rest of the phone's not bad, either. Though the processor is a punier Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core processor, the phone at least comes with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage (expandable to 256 GB via micro SD), and a large 3,160 m Ah battery. The phone runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow (sorry, Nougat fans). The phone only comes in gold. The 5.5-inch full HD (1,920 x 1,080) resolution screen should be plenty sharp. There's a fingerprint sensor below the display and — woohoo! — a headphone jack. On the back is a standard 16-megapixel camera with LED flash. Now for the kicker: The phone only comes in gold. Yep, just the one color. The phone's also launching in select Asian countries: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. If you live ...