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Thursday, September 6, 2012

9 airport restaurants: Local eats before liftoff

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Salt Lick BBQ, in Austin's international airport, is noteworthy for its beef brisket and pork ribs.

By Ryan Cousins, The Daily Meal

Airport restaurants haven?t traditionally been at the top of globe-trotting gourmands' lists of delicious destinations. However, an increasing number of restaurants located within the terminals are becoming dining destinations.

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Increasingly, restaurants like Plane Food at London?s Heathrow Airport and Pink?s at Los Angeles International Airport are providing portable eats and sit-down meals that are emblematic of the destination?s culinary traditions.

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For travelers in transit or without time to experience a region?s cuisine, these nine kitchens provide a taste of hometown treats steps from the tarmac. From traditional Singaporean dumplings at Kim Choo?s Nonya Kitchen at Singapore Changi Airport and poffertjes (Dutch pancakes) at Dutch Kitchen at Schiphol International Airport, The Daily Meal presents nine airport restaurants that give travelers a sample of the city?s culinary creations that lie beyond the airport ? many of which may even be worth missing your flight for.

Salt Lick BBQ
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, Texas

When it comes to food, barbecue is a staple in the state of Texas. Salt Lick BBQ in the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport provides an authentic Texas barbecue experience for incoming travelers who can't wait, outgoing travelers who still crave it, and through-traffic travelers who have no time to leave the airport.

The Salt Lick BBQ started 45 years ago on a ranch in Driftwood, Texas, which was run by Thurman and Hisako Roberts as well as their son Scott, who now runs the business. Thurman Roberts dreamed of living and working on the same property that he grew up on, so he built a barbecue pit on his favorite spot of the ranch and began a barbecue business. Salt Lick BBQ still uses that pit to this day.

Salt Lick BBQ is noteworthy for its signature beef brisket and pork ribs.

Obrycki?s
Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore/Cleveland Hopkins Airport, Cleveland

Originally a bar in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore, Obrycki's original spot was within two townhomes bought by the Obrycki family. Eventually, food was added to the menu.

Obrycki?s signature crabcakes, typically served fried and made with jumbo lump crabmeat and a little bit of seasoned breadcrumbs and egg, embody traditional Maryland cuisine.

The bar offers a drink with a local twist called the Crabby Mary, a bloody mary made with Absolut Pepper Vodka and spicy mix, served in a glass rimmed with seafood seasoning.

Legal Sea Foods
Logan International Airport, Boston

The first Legal Sea Foods started as a fish market in 1950 under the ownership of George Berkowitz in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Mass. Berkowitz was inspired by his father, Harry's Legal Cash Market, an adjacent grocery store that aimed to be a purveyor of fresh seafood. Legal Cash Market also likely inspired the current motto of the restaurant, "If it isn?t fresh, it isn?t Legal!"

Legal Sea Foods first restaurant opened next to the fish market in 1968, and it quickly became a popular dining spot due to the freshness of their seafood dishes.

Berkowitz?s son Roger took over the business in 1992 and opened a location in Terminal C at Logan International Airport. Legal Sea Foods now has four restaurant locations within the terminals of Logan International.

With signature dishes like shrimp cocktail, fried clams, steamers, crabcakes, oysters, lobster (in a clam bake, roll, or steamed) and baked scrod, the airport restaurant captures the seaport-dominated culinary essence of Boston.

For travelers who wish to dine like the U.S. President, order a bowl of Legal Sea Foods signature New England clam chowder, which has been served at every presidential inauguration since 1981.

Dutch Kitchen Bar & Cocktails
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport has a strip of Dutch-inspired restaurants and shops located along Holland Boulevard, with the Dutch Kitchen Bar & Cocktails leading the way with its menu that captures the essence of Holland in food, drink, and design.

Travelers can experience a slice of Dutch culture with a restaurant design that integrates elements from Dutch folklore and daily life.

Dutch Kitchen serves Dutch comfort food on the go, such as croquettes on farmhouse bread, traditional poffertjes (a Dutch pancake) and Dutch apple pie.

Kim Choo?s Nonya Kitchen
Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore

Lee Kim Choo first learned her grandmother?s masterful Nonya dumpling recipe when she was 12 in 1946. The family sold the triangular bamboo-leaf dumplings packed with meat and sticky rice every year at the annual summertime Dragon Boat Festival. The tradition later turned into a dumpling business, Kim Choo's Nonya Kitchen, which started with a stall Lee set up under a tree in front of her house and has since expanded to four locations.

Aside from the portable dumplings, spicy chicken curry, satay, otak (meat cakes), and Nonya kuehs (sweet, colorful cakes) are also served.

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DIY News - Power Tools Becoming More Popular Over Hand Tools

Recent research and statistics in the field of do-it-yourself construction, repair and home improvement shows that power tools are miles ahead of manual hand tools when it comes to sales and usage by the general public.

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Tweet This Recent research and statistics in the field of do-it-yourself construction, repair and home improvement shows that power tools are miles ahead of manual hand tools when it comes to sales and usage by the general public. In the United States alone, the sales of power trade tools is rising consistently at an average of 4.8 percent, and the peak trend is expected to continue until 2016. In other countires where DIY enthusiasts abound even more, such as Australia, the rise of automated tools is evidently more widespread.

More and more people decide to use automated discount tools partly because of the rise of demand in independent construction projects. For example, if a person or family wants to have their house undergo a major reconstruction, they feel they would save more on construction costs if they do the process themselves instead of hiring a third party contractor. Instead of hiring many people to do the task, the family can team up together and use air tools instead to make the workload easier.

By 2016, the power tools industry is expected to become a $13.1 billion dollar industry, the highest it will ever be since 2006, when the tool industry experienced some slight drawbacks. In the United States, many tool suppliers are offering more power equipment because a lot of the clients who left their homes during the recession are now rebounding and embarking into housing projects again.

In Australia, however, the rising costs of house construction expenses in Sydney are forcing residents to choose power tools. This would enable them to remodel their homes without spending too much on hiring a construction team. As one of the most expensive places in the world when it comes to living expenses, families in Sydney are benefitting from do-it-yourself construction and repair.

Meanwhile, hand tools are seen to continue lagging behind hand tools for the upcoming years.It is obvious that people nowadays are choosing more convenience and efficiency when working with tools. Price is only a secondary factor in these kinds of situations.

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SETI's Alien Search to Get Cash from New Start-Up

The cash-strapped SETI Institute is set to get money from a new start-up firm to aid in its search for alien life.

The start-up company, called Uwingu, recently launched with an aim to fill gaps in space research funding. The firm announced Wednesday (Aug. 29) that its first bundle of available cash will go to the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute's Allen Telescope Array (ATA), a set of 42 radio dishes in Northern California designed to pick up extraterrestrial signals.

"We don't have to wait to begin helping space research until we launch our first product, we're starting now!" Uwingu CEO Alan Stern said in a statement. "SETI is one of the noblest and most important space research enterprises," added Stern, a planetary scientist and the former associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

Uwingu launched a crowdsourcing campaign on IndieGoGo earlier this month to raise at least $75,000 in seed money, and it says half of the cash that comes in after it hits this target will go to the ATA's science team.

As of Thursday afternoon, Uwingu (which means "sky" in Swahili) had raised just over $29,000. The company's campaign closes Sept. 14.

Stern told SPACE.com earlier this month that the company seeks to offer an alternative to the traditional avenues for space research funding, like NASA and the National Science Foundation, especially as these agencies face harsh budget cuts.

SETI's Jill Tarter, the inspiration for heroine Ellie Arroway in the novel and movie "Contact," echoed those sentiments in Uwingu's Aug. 29 statement, saying space research programs are "all competing for a smaller resource pool."

"Even without the looming specter of federal budget 'sequestration,' available governmental budgets for space science, space research, and programs encouraging STEM [science, technology, engineering and math] education are shrinking fast," Tarter said. She recently stepped down from her longtime position as director of SETI, moving into a fundraising role.

The ATA is located about 300 miles (500 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco. It began scanning the cosmos in 2007 for electromagnetic signals that could indicate the presence of an intelligent alien civilization. It was shut down for more than seven months last year amid budget issues and came back online in December 2011.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Analysis: Obama has little choice but to persuade

President Barack Obama smiles as supporters applaud during a rally at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. ( AP Photo/Steve Helber)

California delegates Harpreet Sandhu from Richmond, right, Kulbir Kaur Bainiwal from Stockton arrive at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ? Remembered for soaring speeches at the last two Democratic conventions, President Barack Obama faces much tougher constraints Thursday when he accepts his party's nomination for a second time.

Now he has a four-year record and must convince Americans to stick with the status quo in a climate of high unemployment, fallen home values and wide income disparity.

Given the tough environment, less lofty oratory is almost certain. And Obama has little choice but to walk a careful line as he unspools his vision for America's future while picking apart Republican Mitt Romney's plans for taxes, Medicare and the environment.

Overtly ambitious or novel proposals could invite an obvious rebuke: If it's such a great idea, what hasn't the president already done it?

"Obama is definitely in a presidential pickle," said McGill University presidential scholar Gil Troy. "The candidate of hope and change now has reality to contend with, including disappointments and messes."

The best re-nomination speeches ? Ronald Reagan's 1984 "morning in America" and Bill Clinton's 1992 "bridge to the 21st century" ? included "a heroic narrative of renewal," Troy said. Obama must give a flavor of that Thursday, he said, despite a serious handicap: The economy lacks the obvious upward trend that boosted Reagan's campaign.

"Obama has not gotten that statistical gift," Troy said, "so he has to compensate with oratorical gifts."

Great oratory has a mixed record in presidential campaigns.

Dwight Eisenhower and George W. Bush are among those who won two terms with lackluster speaking styles.

Obama excelled in big forums from the start. He rocketed to national fame at the 2004 Democratic convention, where his "one America" speech largely overshadowed the nominee, John Kerry.

"There's not a liberal America and a conservative America," Obama told the adoring crowd in Boston. "There's the United States of America. There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America."

When he accepted the nomination four years later in a huge outdoor stadium in Denver, Obama deplored "the broken politics in Washington."

"America, we are better than these last eight years," he said. "We are a better country than this."

Now, of course, Obama is the incumbent under the microscope. Unemployment is higher, Washington's politics are more bitterly partisan than before and the notion of no liberal-conservative divide seems naive at best.

Reagan's "morning in America" optimism might be ridiculed in today's climate. And rhetorical flourishes by Obama could add fuel to Republican jibes that he is much better at talking than leading.

But Obama can hardly afford to assume the dour demeanor of Jimmy Carter.

A presidential challenger can use big speeches to criticize the incumbent in detail while offering less-specific, even gauzy, alternatives. That's what Romney did last week in Tampa, Fla., say Democrats, who repeatedly cite his lack of detailed explanations for claims that he can cut taxes, increase military spending and reduce the deficit.

Obama doesn't enjoy that leeway. He's constrained in looking both backward and forward.

He must defend his four-year record, of course. But fierce resistance from tea party-influenced Republicans has thwarted some of his key proposals, including jobs bills. His biggest legislative achievement, the 2010 health care overhaul, sharply divided the country and gave Republicans a new battle cry: "Repeal Obamacare."

The same partisan dynamics could crimp Obama's ability to offer a second-term agenda. With Republicans likely to retain control of the House along with filibuster powers ? if not an outright majority ? in the Senate, bold new Democratic proposals might seem implausible.

Still, a range of scholars and operatives urge Obama to err on the side of ambition and specificity.

"We think the country is desperate to know where the president wants to take the country ? his vision and plan in the face of weak recovery but more important, the long-term problems facing the country," veteran Democratic consultants James Carville and Stan Greenberg said in a memo released Tuesday. "The more robust and serious his plans are for American energy production and independence, for infrastructure and America's modernization, for advancing education and innovation, for getting health care costs down," they wrote, "the more the Republicans will look irrelevant."

Carville and Greenberg urged Obama to hammer at Romney's plans to preserve income tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans while also cutting taxes on investment income that applies mainly to the rich.

Voters "are rightfully angry and increasingly populist," the two men said.

Troy agreed that Obama should risk being labeled too liberal if that's what it takes to defend his stimulus plan and auto industry bailout. Both initiatives generally got higher marks from economists than from average Americans.

The president can talk about the bailout "as a reflection of a government that is good, a government that works," Troy said.

He said the president should use Thursday's speech to "invite Americans back into the Obama narrative. He has to sell Brand Obama."

The president might skip many of the flourishes that wowed the crowd in Boston eight years ago. Instead, expect him to try to use the speech ? one of the last remaining prime-time, heavily watched events of the campaign ? to put the best possible face on a grim economy, and to convince voters that Romney would make it worse.

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EDITOR'S NOTE ? Charles Babington covers national politics for The Associated Press.

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Labor Day marked with parades, political speeches

Thousands of people head south during the annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Gov. Rick Snyder has led thousands of walkers and runners across the bridge for one of Michigan's most popular Labor Day traditions. (AP Photo/John L. Russell)

George Washington re-enactor James R. Manship carries the flag that flew over the first United States Navy in the Revolutionary War during the Labor Day parade in Buena Vista, Va. on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Manship said the flag, which reads "Appeal to Heaven," also symbolizes what he calls "a new revolution from Massachusetts, the Romney-Ryan revolution." The parade is the first big political event of the season in the Shenandoah Valley. (AP Photo/The Daily News Leader, Pat Jarrett)

Bagpipers from VMI marched in the Labor Day parade in Buena Vista, Va. on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. The parade is the first big political event of the season in the Shenandoah Valley. (AP Photo/The Daily News Leader, Pat Jarrett)

Republican senatorial candidate George Allen shakes the hand of a woman over a line of political signs supporting Democrat opponent Tim Kaine. Green space near roads and public areas were choked with political advertising during the Labor Day parade in Buena Vista, Va. The parade is the first big political event of the season in the Shenandoah Valley. (AP Photo/The Daily News Leader, Pat Jarrett)

Sen. Mark Warner hugs Mary Harrison while he walks in the parade during the Labor Day parade in Buena Vista, Va. on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. The parade is the first big political event of the season in the Shenandoah Valley. (AP Photo/The Daily News Leader, Pat Jarrett)

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) ? Parades, picnics and politicians celebrated the American worker on Labor Day, with President Barack Obama seeking votes from Ohio union members and rivals for Senate seats marching in Massachusetts and Virginia.

But for many, Monday's holiday was a last chance to enjoy a final summer cookout, roller coaster ride or day at the beach. Or perhaps even a stroll from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to its Lower Peninsula ? along the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

Politics was a big part of Labor Day, the time when much of the public usually starts to pay attention to the campaigns.

Terence Glaze, a 47-year-old firefighter, waited to catch a glimpse of Obama's motorcade at the president's speech in Toledo, but his two young sons were eager to get to the movies instead.

"It's a time for the family to be together and just spend time with one another. That's the most important aspect," Glaze said.

"But I do also think about the sacrifices unions have made, as it relates to wages, as it relates to safety issues," he added.

At his speech to members of the United Auto Workers and United Steelworkers, Obama noted his decision to rescue automakers General Motors and Chrysler in 2009 ? a move opposed by his rival, Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

"If America had thrown in the towel like that, GM and Chrysler wouldn't exist today," Obama said. "The suppliers and the distributors that get their business from these companies would have died off, too. Then even Ford could have gone down as well."

Romney supporter Kenneth Harbin, a member of the University of Toledo College Republicans, waved signs for his candidate outside the rally and scoffed at Obama's decision to visit the labor stronghold.

"He's gotta come home and say, 'Here's what I did for you. Now here's what you can do for me,'" Harbin said.

Getting union voters in Ohio to turn out in November will be crucial for Democrats. About 650,000 workers in the state ? or 13 percent ? are union members. The national average is just less than 12 percent.

Union worker Mike Schreiner showed up for Toledo's annual Labor Day parade because he loves the bands, the school teams and the hot dogs.

"All the kids line up and we throw Frisbees and get the candy out to 'em. They won't even have to do any trick or treatin' this year ? they got enough candy," said Schreiner, 57.

More than 300 people marched in the Charlotte, N.C., Labor Day Parade, an overwhelmingly pro-Obama event a day before Tuesday's kickoff of the Democratic National Convention.

North Carolina bans collective bargaining for teachers and other public workers and has the lowest percentage of union members in the U.S.

Gil Crittendon of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 305 said he was marching in Charlotte because "it's important that we stick together and push back."

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan campaigned in Greenville, N.C., on Labor Day as part of an effort to counter the Democrats' message.

"People are not better off than they were four years ago. After another four years of this, who knows what it'll look like then?" Ryan said. "We're not going to let that happen."

In Buena Vista, Va., a small town on the western slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, marchers dodged downpours from the remnants of Hurricane Isaac in a traditional parade featuring vintage stock cars and both candidates in the U.S. Senate race.

Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican George Allen walked the 1?-mile route ? separately.

In another hotly contested race, Massachusetts's Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren both marched in Monday's Labor Day parade in Marlborough, west of Boston.

There was a 5-mile march in Michigan, led by Gov. Rick Snyder. He and thousands of people walked across the Mackinac Bridge linking the state's Upper and Lower peninsulas in a popular Labor Day tradition.

Snyder set a brisk 12-minute-per-mile pace in the walk, which runs from St. Ignace in the Upper Peninsula to Mackinaw City. Labor Day is the one time pedestrians can use the bridge across the Straits of Mackinac where Lakes Huron and Michigan converge.

"The walk was a blast because you're with thousands of Michiganders," Snyder said in a telephone interview after arriving in Mackinaw City.

Randall Ketchapaw, 33, of Wayland, has walked it every year since 1991 ? 22 times ? and is passing the tradition on to the next generation.

"My son here started when he was 3 months old," Ketchapaw said. "This is his sixth walk. Sixth stroll, I should say."

Along the streets of New York City's borough of Brooklyn, people waved flags from their front stoops, drumbeats filled the air and women in brightly colored sequined costumes and feather headdresses danced to reggae music in the West Indian Day Parade.

The festive climate prevailed a year after violence marred the annual celebration of the culture of the Caribbean islands. In 2011, a bystander was killed by a stray bullet hours after the parade when police fired on an armed suspect.

About 20 Occupy Wall Street protesters were told they had to leave the parade in the middle of the route because they did not have a permit. They ended up briefly standing off to the side of the street surrounded by police.

Several hundred people lined streets in Buffalo, N.Y., to cheer members of about 50 unions as well as Irish step dancers, a high school marching band and Santa Claus and Abe Lincoln impersonators.

Candidates for local and state offices sweltered in 85-degree sunshine as they brought up the rear, shaking hands and handing out campaign literature.

Walter Lukasziwicz, 79, wearing a UAW baseball cap and T-shirt, said he came to watch the parade and show support for the union-won wages and benefits he received during 37 years at Ford and since retiring from the plant in the Buffalo suburb of Hamburg.

"Unions protect the workers," he said.

About 100 Teamsters and supporters wore matching red T-shirts saying "Stop the war on workers" and held signs with the same message.

"More get involved every year. Working people are suffering more than ever," said George Harrigan of the Teamsters Joint Council No. 46. He said the show of unity was important "so that people can see labor is out in force to protect their rights."

Marchers with the United University Professions carried signs reading, "Kids, not cuts!" and "Proud lobbyists for students."

Earlier Monday, nearly 600 runners took part in the Labor Day Fleet Feet run through downtown Buffalo. The race raises money for Shoes on Students, which provides training shoes to high school students in need.

In other Labor Day events:

? Hundreds of unionized janitors from eastern Massachusetts rallied on Boston Common for more work, calling it crucial to building the middle class. The march came as the janitors' contract is set to expire at the end of the month.

? In Rhode Island's capital, about 200 union members, students and Occupy Providence members marched from Brown University to the city's financial district, arguing that educational and financial institutions must help fix the economy and rebuild the middle class.

? Thousands of union workers packed Chicago's Daley Plaza to show support for the city's teachers in contract talks with the school district, one day before the start of classes for most public school students and a week before a threatened strike.

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Friedman reported from New York. Also contributing were Carolyn Thompson in Buffalo, N.Y., Bob Lewis in Buena Vista, Va., Ben Feller in Toledo, Mitch Weiss and Michael Biesecker in Charlotte, N.C., Meghan Barr in New York, Lindsey Anderson in Providence, R.I., Jay Lindsay in Boston, David N. Goodman in Detroit and Roger Schneider in Mackinaw City, Mich.

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Retro Game Network | The New Retro Gaming Community ...

Retro Game Network is always interested in forwarding information about upcoming events, whether they are internationally known, statewide or even a local convention. We?ve brought to you news about such events such as swap meets, concerts and other events over the last few months, and today we would like to provide some information about an expo that will be of interest to our friends in the state of Oregon: The Portland Retro Gaming Expo.

Portland Retro Gaming Expo will be taking place later this month on September 29th & 30th, in Portland, Oregon. Among the events that are scheduled for this years gathering include a wide variety of speakers, including David Crane and Garry Kitchen from Atari and Activision, Joe DeCuir, who helped design the Atari 2600 console, Tod R. Frye, which many people charge him as the guilty party that programmed the Atari 2600 port of Pac-Man, and Ed Fries, who was the Microsoft game programmer who took the challenge of porting the Xbox game Halo to the Atari 2600. Having some of these legendary programmers alone would make it worth the price of admission. Not only that, Pat ?The NES Punk? Contri will also be making an appearance at the expo as well!

Another excellent note of interest is that there will be an unreleased Atari 5200 prototype available for purchase as a reproduction cartridge. A company called Y-Bot Classic Games obtained a copy of the prototype of ?Astro Grover?, after it was recently discovered at a thrift store earlier this year. The cartridges will have custom labels, and will be available for $30 at the Y-Bot Classic Games booth at the expo. I know I for one love hearing about new unreleased prototypes, and let?s face it: You can?t go wrong with Grover!

In addition to Y-Bot Classic Games, the two day event will feature nearly sixty different vendors from all over the country, including such nationally known organizations as AtariAge, SegaAge, Cheetahmen Games and Video Game Wizards. As of right now, booths are still available for those interested in having some set space at the event.

Portland Retro Gaming Expo will be taking place at The Oregon Convention Center, located at 777 Northeast Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Portland. For those flying to the event, it can be found just a short 8 miles from Portland International Airport. Tickets are still available for purchase directly at their website, but only until September 14th. (After that, you will only be able to buy tickets at the door.) Buying your tickets online will grant you an extra hour for Saturday! The cost for the full weekend is $25, Saturday only costs $20, and Sunday only costs $15. Order 5 full weekend passes and you?ll save $25; Kids under 10 admitted free! Certainly a fun and inexpensive weekend outing for our viewers in Portland. Game on!

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Prince rappells 785 feet down UK building

Britain's Prince Andrew abseils down The Shard, the tallest building in Europe, for charity in central London Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. The 52-year-old royal descended the Shard skyscraper in London, beginning his daredevil stunt from the 87th floor - just below the top of the 1,016ft tower - and finishing half an hour later on level 20. Prince Andrew trained with the Royal Marines in Arbroath, Scotland over the summer to prepare for the challenge. (AP Photo/Max Nash/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

LONDON (AP) ? Britain's Prince Andrew has rappelled 785 feet (239 meters) down the side of Europe's tallest building to raise money for charity.

The 52-year-old's stunt began on London skyscraper The Shard's 87th floor and finished on the 20th, and took him 30 minutes.

Following the descent Monday morning, the prince said: "I will never do it again."

Andrew was part of a group of about 40 participants raising funds for the Outward Bound Trust and the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund.

The prince ? chairman of the trustees of the Outward Bound Trust ? raised 290,000 pounds ($460,000).

Following the stunt, Andrew told reporters the "difficult bit was actually stepping out over the edge," but said his training with the Royal Marines had given him the confidence.

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