CRC sets out tradeoffs on height of new I5 bridge
The Columbia River Crossing offered a clearer picture Tuesday of what a bridge with up to 110 feet of clearance would be.Raising the Interstate 5 Bridge component of the $3.5 billion project by 15 feet would significantly steepen approaches on both ends, according to an ongoing CRC analysis. It would begin to encroach on federal airspace. It would add $36 million — about 1 percent — to the price tag.But such a move would not add to the project’s currently planned footprint in downtown Vancouver, said CRC task leader Jay Lyman. He and others called the added impacts “modest” compared to what some height — not yet known — above 110 feet would trigger.The new details were presented in Vancouver before a Washington legislative oversight committee. Months after long-standing plans for a 95-foot-high bridge were rejected by the U.S. Coast Guard and others, the CRC continues to search for a new way forward.CRC leaders have said impacts would be much more severe — and much more costly — at some point beyond 110 feet. Project officials plan to conduct similar analysis for a bridge height of 115, 120 and 125 feet in the next few weeks to determine what’s feasible, Lyman said.They’ll have to settle on a number before filing a bridge permit application with the U.S. Coast Guard — which the CRC plans to do late this year or early next year. The Coast Guard, which holds bridge permit authority, must sign on in order for the project to move forward. And the agency must be convinced that the CRC has done its best to avoid impacts to river users — something current plans don’t do, according to the Coast Guard.
Copyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. HOMESTEAD, FLA. (WSVN) – Two people in Homestead are accused of stealing over $76,000 worth of honey.According to the Miami New Times, 45-year-William Faith and 41-year-old Cristina Faith were in charge of unloading drum containers, documenting the weight and adding security seals for Bee Natural Honey.Owner William Steel told the New Times that he was suspicious once he bumped into a drum that was supposed to be full of 600 pounds of honey, yet it felt nearly empty. Steel continued to investigate and found that the weight sheets showed the drums were full and sealed by the couple.Both William and Cristina were arrested after Homestead Police told the New Times the couple was responsible for conspiring to defraud the company for almost two years.Bee Natural Honey reportedly lost about $76,729 worth of honey.After further investigation by police, the couple had filled 51 drums with nothing but water, the New Times reported.The couple has since bonded out of jail, according to the New Times. 
FEROZEPUR: A 38-year-old Pakistani national was arrested near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, an official said Saturday. Yakub, a resident of Kamalia village in Tobha Tek Singh district in Pakistan, was found to be roaming under suspicious circumstances on Friday night near Border Out Post (BOP) Donald Rai Dina Nath and was arrested by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, the official said. A few papers have been seized from him and the matter is being investigated, they said.
Mission Mangal and Batla House day 1 box office collectionYouTube ScreenshotTwo highly content-driven films Mission Mangal and Batla House released this Independence Day. While John Abraham’s movie got a decent start, it is Akshay Kumar starrer that won the day 1 box office collection race.Both Mission Mangal and Batla House are based on real life incidents, and are high on nationalistic feelings. However, it is the former that defeated John’s film in the box office race on its opening day by a huge margin.With huge buzz around it and a highly appreciated trailer, Mission Mangal witnessed massive occupancy at the theatres on Thursday. The film enjoyed an occupancy of around 65 percent in theatres across the country, registering a massive first day box office collection at the domestic market. It has in fact become Akshay’s biggest opener of all time, beating the record of Gold, which had collected Rs 25 crore on its first day.After a successful advance booking, Mission Mangal remained almost houseful in several multiplexes right from the morning shows. With such massive opening day response, the movie collected Rs 29.16 crore at the Indian box office on day 1.”#MissionMangal takes a fantabulous start… #IndependenceDay holiday gives biz an additional boost… Multiplexes outstanding, mass circuits good… Emerges Akshay Kumar’s biggest opener… Thu ₹ 29.16 cr. India biz,” trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted.On the other side, John’s Batla House despite received positive response from critics, remained much low at the ticket counters as compared to Mission Mangal, but still witnessed a good start. The film witnessed an occupancy of around 35 percent across theatres, registering a box office collection of Rs 14.59 crore on its day 1.”#BatlaHouse fares well on Day 1, although the numbers are affected due to the clash… Gathered momentum post noon onwards… #IndependenceDay holiday gave its biz additional push… Will need to score from Fri-Sun… Thu ₹ 14.59 cr. India biz,” the trade analyst tweeted.Certainly, numbers for both the films would have been bigger if there was no clash. The holiday of Independence Day gave a huge boost to both the films, and it will be interesting to see how these perform at the commercial circuits on Friday.
Share George Frey/Getty Images/Via NPRA man fills out a federal background check form at Good Guys Guns.A major change which aims to keep more weapons out of the wrong hands is in the works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s gun background check process.Examiners will be given access to a large, previously untapped database of more than 400 million records as they determine when gun purchases can go through nationwide. But for the survivors and victims’ families of the 2015 church massacre in Charleston, S.C., the change did not come soon enough.“It’s amazing it’s taken more than three years before an initial step can be taken by the FBI,” said Charleston attorney Andy Savage. He represents several families who lost loved ones to a white supremacist who attended Bible study at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and then repeatedly unloaded his Glock pistol, murdering nine African-American parishioners.“There is no excuse under any circumstances for Dylann Roof to have ever gotten a weapon. The facts are egregious,” Savage said.The then 21-year-old Roof was able to buy the gun two months before the killings, even though a prior, felony drug arrest should have prevented it. The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System or NICS turned up the arrest, but did not provide enough details to automatically deny the purchase. It was up to the FBI to find the actual report and several clerical errors kept that from happening within the three-day waiting period. The glitch became known by critics as the “Charleston Loophole.”Victims of the attack blamed the FBI and sued. A federal judge recently dismissed their lawsuits saying examiners did follow agency procedures. But U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel also blasted the federal government for what he called “glaring weaknesses” in its background check system.Judge Gergel even noted that NICS examiners were denied access to the agency’s National Data Exchange, or N-DEx. The comprehensive federal data base is the very system of more than 400 million records, including incident and arrest reports and probation and parole documents, the FBI now plans to use during future gun background checks.The FBI’s plans for change are spelled out in reports and meeting minutes from its Criminal Justice Information Services Advisory Policy Board from December 2016 to June 2018. The board has been conducting a pilot program using the N-DEx database and called it “valuable in providing information” before the waiting period ran out. It’s not clear when the FBI will begin implementing the new plan, but the process is expected to take anywhere from nine months to two years. The N-DEx database will serve as a secondary search once a red flag is found in the NICS system, as was the case with Roof.The FBI, meantime, has kept quiet about the Advisory Policy Board reports.“We cannot comment on this matter at this time,” said Holly Morris, a public affairs specialist for the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division, which manages NICS.“It’s frustrating when the wheels of justice often don’t turn as quickly as we’d like,” said Stephen Morris, a retired assistant director for the CJIS. “But that’s the democratic society that we live in, a society built on checks and balances.”Stephen Morris explains N-DEx was created in 2008, long after the original NCIS system. He confirms it does contain a lot of information, but he says that information is owned by the state and local law enforcement agencies that voluntarily contribute to it. He says the FBI has to be careful to abide by their laws or risk losing the data altogether. What’s more, much of the information involves cases that have not been adjudicated so it can only be used for certain purposes as a matter of privacy.Stephen Morris does support making N-DEx available as a secondary tier for federal gun background check examiners because it can make getting reports, like the one needed in Roof’s case, automatic.“I can tell you, it is very frustrating when our hands are tied behind our back,” he said.But he adds, it’s not a cure all for a system he calls outdated and overtaxed, a system that initially handled a little more than eight million transactions a year and now sees more than 20 million.“When incidents happen and it’s determined that a piece of information was missed or if a person did not get a piece of information they needed in a time matter, I can assure you the men and women of the FBI take it very, very seriously,” Stephen Morris said. “It’s personal because they see their purpose as being that lifeline.”Attorney Andy Savage says it’s personal to him as well. The victims of the Mother Emanuel church attack are not just clients, but many are friends he knew prior to the shootings. He will appeal the recent ruling dismissing the lawsuits against the FBI, not for the money he says, but because the families are worried about the possibility of future tragedies because of failed background checks.Savage remembers when former FBI Director James Comey called family members and survivors as they headed home from Columbia where the Confederate flag had just been taken down from state house grounds.“He told them how sorry he was,” Savage recalled. “He gave his true condolences and explained what happened.”He also remembers the call from Felicia Sanders. She had just watched her son Tywanza take his final breath, while shielding her 11-year-old granddaughter Roof’s gun and a hail of 77 bullets.“When I got there at her home, she was still in the same clothes,” Savage said. “She was unable to take a shower because that was the last bit of her relationship with her son.”He believes if that additional, larger FBI database had been accessible then, the victims would still be with those they loved.Copyright 2018 South Carolina Public Radio. To see more, visit South Carolina Public Radio.
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Some 23 chefs, most of Asian backgrounds, will cook the largest chop suey dish in the Americas on Sunday, in La Sabana Park, in western San José. The chop suey will serve 10,000 people.The Costa Rican Art Museum is sponsoring the activity, which is financed by a brand of chop suey noodles.Never has anyone done anything similar in the region, and the idea is to thank 20,000 families who consume VIGUI brand products each month.Chefs will use a ton of products, including noodles, broccoli, cauliflower and meats such as chicken, smoked pork, and of course, soy sauce, among others. Facebook Comments No related posts.
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