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THAT TRAIN STOPPED ON THE TRACKS THIS MORNING FOR HOURS CREATING TRAFFIC TROUBLES IN MANY PLACES INCLUDING DOWNTOWN ST. MARCO, RIVERSIDE AND SEEN OUT ON I-95. EVEN WORSE, IT BLOCKED THE MAIN ROAD TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL. WE’VE LEARNED THE TRAIN ORIGINALLY STOPPED BECAUSE IT WAS WAITING FOR ANOTHER TO LEAVE THE RAIL YARD. DURING THE WAIT POLICE GOT CALLS PEDESTRIANS WERE CROSSING THE TRACKS BETWEEN THE CARS OF THE STOPPED TRAIN. THAT FORCED POLICE AND OFFICIALS TO WALK THE LENGTH TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS ON THE TRACKS WHEN THE TRAIN BEGAN MOVING AGAIN. MARCUS WHITE SPOKE TO DRIVERS WHO WERE STRUCK. Reporter: THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS IMPACTED BY THE TRAIN THAT WAS’ STOPPED HERE. THINGS ARE MOVING NOW. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS WITH THE STOPPED TRAIN WAS HOW PATIENTS WERE GOING TO GET TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND AMBULANCED HAD TO USE A BRING TO GET PATIENTS OVER HERE. ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN SAN MARCO BOULEVARD BUT TRAFFIC IS MOVING FINE HERE. ANOTHER CONCERN WAS I-95 AND PEOPLE REAL HE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF DELAYS OUT THERE ON THE ROADS TODAY. FOR MANY PEOPLE, IT WAS A NORMAL DRIVE INTO WORK UNTIL THINGS CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP. INSTEAD OF GOING STRAIGHT TO THE HOSPITAL, AMBULANCES HAD TO GO AROUND AND USE THE FULLER WARREN BRIDGE. TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP IN SEVERAL PARTS OF TOWN RIGHT WHEN PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET TO WORK. THIS HAPPENED LAST WEEK

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Boeing’s best-selling twin-aisle aircraft, the 777, has in recent times been somewhat unfairly overshadowed by its smaller sibling, the 787. The comparative newness of the Dreamliner – and by extension its interior – helping it to steal the headlines.

However, that is not to say there has been no evolution of the 777’s interior over the past few years. Far from it, says Larry Schneider, vice-president and chief project engineer for the programme, who insists that Boeing’s big twin remains the “benchmark” of its widebody product line.

“The 777 may not have been in the news as much, but it’s not been neglected. It’s still getting our attention and continues its evolution,” he says.

The airframer recently announced a package of performance enhancements for the twin-aisle, driven by the imperative of maintaining the high production levels – presently at 8.3 aircraft per month – of the current model before the arrival of the next-generation 777X in 2020.

Most of changes, which will debut from the third quarter of 2016, are focused on improving fuel burn through, for example, aerodynamic “clean-ups” of the airframe and updates to the General Electric GE90 engines.

However, the package also covers optional alterations to the interior that, in certain configurations, could allow the addition of an extra 14 seats.

“One way to improve fuel-burn-per-seat is to have more seats on the airplane,” says Doug Ackerman, airplane-level chief engineer for the 777 programme.

Boeing proposes replacing certain of the canted seat rails at the rear

Article source: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/interiors-boeing-thinks-smarter-to-boost-777-737-appeal-410498/

Rumors have been swirling since last week about problems between Stone Cold Steve Austin and WWE, specifically owner Vince McMahon. The rumors flared after the announcement that Chris Jericho would host a live podcast on the WWE Network after Monday Night Raw, something Austin had done both previous times.

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Austin took to his own podcast, The Steve Austin Show, to address those rumors.

“All kinds of things being said about myself and WWE over the fact that I no showed WrestleMania. Man, completely false. There’s no heat. One of the rumors was I was supposed to be on an airplane with Undertaker headed down there and there was a WWE employee waiting for me and when I didn’t get off the airplane everybody went into shock and anger. Not true.

I don’t know where Undertaker lives; last time I checked it was Austin, Texas. I currently reside in Los Angeles, California. When I’m not there I’m at the Broken Skull Ranch doing my thing out here so why they would have me and Undertaker coming in on the same commercial airplane I have no idea. So that rumor was completely untrue. There was never any part of any kind of creative discussions of me participating in WrestleMania 31 in Santa Clara.

So there was no booking, there was no ideas, I didn’t turn down anything. So I just simply wasn’t there. I

Article source: http://www.mstarz.com/articles/61830/20150407/stone-cold-steve-austin-addresses-rumors-problems-wwe-vince-mcmahon.htm

GUYS ARE PLANNING. SO ORGANIZERS HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE LAST YEAR ON THE NEW FEATURES FOR ONE SPARK, ALL YOUR FAVORITE PARTS ARE STILL THERE, BUT THERE ARE NEW STUFF AS WELL. A LOT OF NEW STUFF TO EXPLORE, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF IT, NIKKI HAS A PREVIEW OF CHANGES TO THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR, GOOD MORNING. HI, GUYS, SO I’M HERE WITH MICHAEL AND THE DALTON AGENCY IS LOCATED RIGHT IN HEMMING PARK, HE’S REALLY HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO SEE EVERYTHING START TO BE BUILT IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IT IS GOING BE REALLY KEY. HE’S HERE TO TELL US ABOUT NEW THINGS AND NEW THINGS COMES DOWN TO THE ONE SPARK APP YOU HAVE TO GET ON YOUR PHONE. THE APP IS FOR ANDROID AND IOS, AND SKIT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PARTICIPATES THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE WITH ONE SPARK VOTING FOR YOUR FAVORITE VETERANNOR, DONATING TO YOUR FAVORITE CREATOR, WE ARE THE WORLD’S LARGEST CROWD FUNDING FESTIVAL. WE W THAT WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND VOTE AND DONATE. WHEN URINDONATING TO YOUR FAVORITE CREATOR THAT HELPS THEM GET MONEY FROM ONE SPARK IT. REALLY DOES. ONE THING I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, TOO, IT IS NOT JUST MONEY, EVERY VOTE WHETHER IT IS A $1 OR $1,000 IT IS A VALIDATION AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WE’RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW THAT ARE AT ONE SPARK LAST YEAR THAT DIDN’T DURING ONE SPARK GET A

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Updated: April 6, 2015 at 6:14 p.m.

GW’s undergraduate admission rate has jumped 13 percentage points over the past two years, part of a strategy that administrators say will help the University cope with a series of damaging budget cuts.

The University accepted about 45 percent of all applicants for the incoming undergraduate class — the highest admission rate in at least a decade. That decision was made with hopes of more students choosing to attend GW, which would mean a slightly larger class size to boost revenue after two years of missed projections.

Before last year, GW’s acceptance rate had hovered at about 33 percent. Provost Steven Lerman said the shift came after graduate enrollment declined by about 1,200 students at the University, which relies on tuition dollars for about 75 percent of its revenue.

Experts say universities are turning to undergraduates to recover from a nationwide drop in graduate enrollment, but accepting more students comes at a cost to both selectivity and national rankings.

Lerman said he and other administrators planned to increase the size of the undergraduate class to make up for spots that graduate students would have originally taken. The admissions office plans to enroll between 2,500 and 2,550 undergraduate students, an increase of 150 to 200 students.

He said the University hopes to bring the number of students on campus closer to the D.C.-imposed enrollment cap, which limits full-time undergraduate and graduate enrollment to 16,553. GW currently has 9,226 full-time, undergraduate students.

“My

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I’M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO BID ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. YOU SEE THEM AT EVERY GAME, PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE OF COMERICA PARK EVERYTHING GREAT DEALS ON T-SHIRTS, HATS, FOAM FINGERS, BUT ARE THEY KNOCK-OFFS? Karen: AND THERE ARE LOTS OF QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND THE RIGHT THING TO BUY. LAUREN PODELL IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF COMERICA PARK WITH EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WE START BASEBALL SEASON. Ashlee: AND THE START OF A NEW SPORTS SEASON MEANS THE SCAMMERS ARE COMING OUT. ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF A NEW SEASON MEANS YOU’VE GOT TO GET NEW GEAR. THE D SHOP, IT’S A PLACE THAT’S SAFE. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WANT TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK AT YOUR EXPENSE. BEFORE IT’S TIME TO LINE UP OUTSIDE OF COMERICA PARK, BEFORE IT’S TIME TO PLAY BALL ON OPENING DAY, HOMELAND SECURITY HAS A WARNING ABOUT COUNTERFEIT EVERYTHING. WE’RE TALKING YOUR FAVORITE TIGERS JERSEY, BALL CAPS, JACKETS, AND FAKE TICKETS. LARGE SPORTING EVENTS ARE PRIME TARGETS. AUTHORITIES HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN COUNTERFEIT SALES FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELING THE COUNTRY WITH THE SOLE INTENTION OF SCAMMING SPORTS FANS. HERE’S WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR. ONLY BUY TICKETS AND SWAG FROM AUTHORIZED RETAIL LOCATIONS AND LICENSED ONLINE WEBSITES LIKE TIGERS.COM OR TICKETMASTER. AVOID SCALPERS, FLEA MARKETS AND AUCTIONS. LOOK OUT FOR RIP TAGS OR IRREGULAR MARKINGS. IF IT SEEMS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE,

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