| Reporter: Susan Ramsett
Wisconsin trail systems are the best signed and organized system in the entire US, because of the WI Trails Association and many volunteer hours (by snowmobilers). You could take hidden cameras into any town in the US, and see the same activity on a night of dart, pool, bowling, or horseshoes leagues. Maybe we should ban the sale of horseshoes or bowling balls? This year is the best year for snow conditions, so there are more and more people out on the trails as well. Enough is enough with this segment, isn't there other news that can be reported? While the snowmobile season is coming to a close and my rental property is empty again due to your one sided reporting of drinking and snowmobiling that you and your station has decided was the top story. Why not also somehow put in on the news that all of the northwoods benefits from all of the tourism it brings in.
Coeur d'Alene Soldier Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
The question is still up in the air. Add two more council seats or stay the same? The question may be big but the turnout sure isn't. The city of Post Falls is contracting with the KC election department to conduct a special election today (at the Armory on Seltice until 8 p.m.) on this issue. As of about 3:40 p.m. when I made a visit there had been 168 votes cast including early absentee. That translates into a voter turnout so far of 1.6 percent. Who knows, at that rate the turnout may go over 2 or even 3 percent." He adds: "For the curious, the current number of registered voters in Post Falls is 10,207." So why the low turnout? Is this issue just too procedural to capture the attention of the electorate? .
New Exhibition Director aims to fine tune the Formula; PALME Middle ...
Within weeks of this year's record show drawing to a close, the sixth staging of PALME Middle East, which will occupy Halls 5, 6, 7 and 8 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre between April 27-29, has been announced. Organisers IIR Exhibitions Entertainment & Installation Technology Group state that more than 7,000 visitors attended this year's three-day event at the end of May - an increase of 3 per cent on 2006. With 272 exhibitors representing 800 companies, the show secured its reputation as the largest gathering of entertainment industry professionals throughout the region. And they will be looking to consolidate those statistics in 2008. 'We certainly want to build on the phenomenal success of this year,' said Mr. Heuff, who is planning to fine tune the range of vertical events that make up PALME Middle East.
Canadians lift airport traffic, hotels
More people flew out of Buffalo Niagara International Airport and stayed at local hotels last year, two more indicators of the stronger Canadian dollar. Passenger traffic at Buffalo Niagara International Airport topped 5.3 million last year - an increase of 5.24 percent from 2006. The reason is a still-growing number of Canadians opting to fly from Buffalo rather than from airports in Hamilton or Toronto. Canadians account for more than one-third of the airport's passenger count. The presence of low-cost air carriers such as Southwest, Jet Blue and Air Tran are big attractions. The airport wasn't the only hospitality economic indicator that pointed to the region's growing tourism trade. Hotel occupancy in Erie and Niagara counties showed dramatic increases last year.
Soak up Super Bowl fun in Arizona on a shoestring
If you're an everyman headed to Arizona's "Valley of the Sun" this weekend to participate in the Super Bowl XLII festivities, you'll have to get creative, as high-profile parties will be accessible only to high-rollers and corporate insiders. "It's gonna be nuts," Scottsdale resident Matt Holmes said of the city, which is already crawling with the rich and famous. "Unless you've got a ton of money to blow, there won't be much for you to do." Maybe not much compared to the scope of the event, but there will certainly be plenty -- whether you're someone who likes to be pampered, an outdoors type, a shopper, a barfly or a spiritual seeker, you can find ways to keep yourself entertained before and after the game. .
Coal The end is nigh
The latest "official" statistics from the World Energy Council put global coal reserves at the end of 2006 at a staggering 847 billion tonnes. Since world coal production that year was just under 6 billion tonnes, the reserves-to-production (R/P) ratio - the theoretical number of years the reserves would last at the current rate of consumption - is well over 100 years. It is commonly assumed, therefore, that there can be no shortage of coal this century. However, a clutch of recent reports suggest that coal reserves may be hugely inflated: A possibility that has profound implications for global energy supply and climate change. A report published last year by the EU Institute of Energy pointed out that as demand for coal has soared since the turn of the century, with China famously opening one coal-fired power station per week, the world's reserves have fallen fast.
Scottsdale collision reports now for sale online
Scottsdale motorists involved in fender benders can now buy instant traffic collision reports online. The Scottsdale Police Department started offering the service Monday through a partnership with Michigan-based Tracview.com. The collision reports, which will be available for the public to download 24 hours a day, will be available five to 10 business days after a crash. "We were approached by insurance companies and investigators on obtaining a service like this one for some time," said Scottsdale police records manager Michael Keran. "Convenience was the main piece in our decision. Insurance companies, investigators and citizens can now have the option of downloading the collision reports online as opposed to coming down to the station or requesting by mail." The reports can be bought online with a credit card for $9.
IN THE OUTDOORS: February offers host of activities
If you are one of those hunters or anglers who thought February was going to give you a chance to catch up on rest before spring fishing, you might want to double check the outdoor calendar. While the largest and likely most fun event is not open to the public, plenty of outdoor-related activities are available to keep us busy. It starts with the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show and Conference (SHOT Show) in Las Vegas and ends with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's annual Elk Camp in Reno. After taking its wares to Orlando, Fla., in 2007, the SHOT Show has come back here and begins Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This show is the shooting and hunting industry's largest trade show and is not open to the public. This year marks the show's 30th anniversary, and it's expected to be the largest show to date, with more than 715,000 square feet of exhibit space where buyers from 50 states and 75 countries will be looking for products to put on their shelves or in the pages of their catalogs.
Interxion 'lining itself up for £300m flotation'
One of Europe's largest data hosting companies, Interxion, is understood to be lining itself up for a flotation in the new year which its owners hope will value the company at over £300m. The move follows the successful flotation of rival Telecity earlier this year and comes amid a growing realisation that the online market is expanding rapidly with electronic data retention and retrieval becoming ever more important. Interxion, majority-owned by New York-based private equity firm Baker Capital, is understood to have been approaching potential investors, using investment banks Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns for the deal. Founded in 1998 in the Netherlands, Interxion has 22 sites across 13 cities in 11 countries and delivers a full range of data center, co-location and managed services solutions to over 1,000 corporate customers.
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Sue says a researcher there gave her information on Morgellons Web sites. She went to the MRF Web site and found that she was experiencing every symptom listed - fibers, crawling sensations on the skin, brain fog, chronic fatigue, joint pain and more. Now, she believed, she had a diagnosis. What she needed was a cure. The doctors may have dismissed her symptoms, but, unlike with so many others who say they have Morgellons, Sue's family believed her. When her Dino-Lite microscope broke from overuse, Tom bought her a new, more powerful Accu-Scope for Christmas. He took her to every doctor's appointment, even counseling her to slow down when she spoke because, when she tried to get everything out in the five minutes a doctor allotted her, she sounded nuts. "Honestly, I didn't know what to think about the fibers," Tom says.
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