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Have a car problem? Use your PDA to network with the auto’s embedded computer to tell you what’s wrong. Then while your at it, tap into the local auto mechanics service availability software to see what the current wait is for service. Then schedule a repair. Still need big computers to serve that demand.

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The James Dalton Highway located in Alaska, officially opened back in 1974, and become open to tourists nearly 20 years later, says NBC News. Although it offers amazing views, this highway, in particular, is the one that inspired ‘Ice Road Truckers’ and is used mostly to transport oil and gas, claims the source. Although this highway sounds simple enough, it is quite risky! Not only is it very remote, spanning 414 miles, losing gas, or having any car trouble is not ideal, considering the limited number of cars on the road or any gas stations nearby. In addition, most car rental companies prohibit using this road, and helicopters routinely check this highway in case of any cars in need of help!

A transient man was arrested Friday afternoon at 2:20 p.m. in the 500 block of N. Carson Street for gross misdemeanor destruction of property, a Carson City Sheriff’s deputy reported, after he allegedly shattered a window at a lodging business.

Rep. Sharon Steckman (D-Mason City) was selected as the 2018 Iowa Child Advocate Award recipient by Prevent Child Abuse Iowa. The award recognizes her advocacy for preventing child abuse and supporting policies and programs to better protect children and families.

Zumba Classes: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays and every other Thursday, 2227 Pinecroft Road, GB. With certified Zumba instructor. $2, 18 and older; $1, 17 and younger. Erica, 336-272-4463.

Last but not least, the “Broadcast TV fee” is probably the most egregious of the whole set, with the “regional sports” fee running right behind. When the telecommunications act got its big fat upgrade in the 1990s, so did the rules pertaining to the carriage agreements between local broadcast stations (your NBC, NBC, and CBS affiliates and so on — the whole UHF and VHF gamut) and cable carriers. That change in regulation opened up the opportunity for broadcast stations to negotiate their own retransmission rates rates with cable companies. Since 1994, the cable companies have been permitted to pass those costs through to consumers. Similarly, companies charge extra for recouping the cost of carrying regional sports networks in your package, whether or not you want them. (Sometimes it can be almost impossible to get a bundle without.) Those are the “regional sports fees,” and cable companies say that it’s simply too expensive to carry whatever channel is playing baseball in your neighborhood. As a bonus: if you’re a Comcast customer, you’re paying regional sports fees for them to bring you… Comcast-owned stations. That is some chutzpah. The thing is, though, there’s already a pass-through charge for recouping retransmission fees, and it’s called “your entire cable bill.” Because that’s exactly how the system works: content companies, like Disney and Discovery and Viacom and so on, make agreements with distribution companies, like Comcast and Charter. For every cable subscriber that receives Channel X in their bundle, Cable Company Y will pay the content company that owns Channel X a small monthly fee. If the agreement is for $0.50, and 10 million subscribers receive that channel, then the cable company pays the content company $5 million per month. The cable company recoups those fees by getting paying subscribers in the door. So if you pay $100 per month for your cable bill, and you get Channel X, then nominally about $0.50 of your bill goes to that company. It’s not that direct, of course, and the cable company is using giant pools of fungible money on both ends, but that’s the idea. With “Broadcast” and “regional sports” fees added on — which can run $8 per month or more, combined — cable companies are simply increasing the rate you pay for cable TV while claiming not to be increasing the rate you pay for cable. It’s impressive, in its own way.

Interstate 4 is next up on the list of highways to avoid! The highway runs for 132 miles from Tampa to Daytona Beach in Florida. According to the Orlando Sentinel, it is frequently ranked among the most dangerous highways in the country. In addition, Florida’s relaxed laws regarding cell phone use while driving is one of the leading reasons why this road is so dangerous, claims the source. If you are not really into those who text and drive, then stay clear of this highway! Many have been pushing for stricter laws regarding cell phone use and driving, says Driving Laws, which would definitely make for a safer driving environment.

Guilford County Beekeepers Association Meetings: 7 p.m. second Tuesday of each month, Guilford County Agricultural Center, 3309 Burlington Road, GB. Visitors welcome. 336-454-2331.

• First United Methodist—1007 Osage (across from Marrs Elem.)• First Baptist Church—940 W. Oak (Oak St. Campus)• Lighthouse Church—709 E. 4th St. (behind Tastee Freeze)• First Presbyterian Church—300 E. 2nd St. (across from Post Office)• Tri-County Baptist Church –397930 W. 4100 Rd.• Ascension Church & Family Worship Center will deliver meals to the area behind Mr. Bass and Country Road.  Please call FWC at 918-798-3102 if you  are not on the list and would like meals delivered. 

The tradition of black powder, the earliest known chemical explosive, goes back to ninth century China, where it was invented by Taoist monks and alchemists experimenting with medical concoctions. Their mixing of sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate (saltpeter) was the basis for gunpowder, fireworks and rock-quarry blasting powder, too. Before they made the first firearms, they made flamethrowers, rockets, grenades, bombs and landmines using the black powder.

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