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	San Bruno B.A.R.T.
		The Homer Tunnel will be a major improvement over the nearby University Avenue underpass, which is used by cars, bicyclists and pedestrian and, as a result, is noisy, smelly and has thorny traffic patterns, he argued.
		Homer Avenue is a two-lane, one-way road aiming westbound while the perpendicular Alma Street is a thoroughfare that claims to have a 25 miles-per-hour speed limit but in reality is much faster and more chaotic.
		Goldstein will use the tunnel on a daily basis to travel from his home in the South of Forest Avenue are to his job at Stanford University Although he is disappointed with the City Council's decision not to place the "contraflow" bike lane on Homer Avenue, he's excited for it to open soon.
	www.sanbrunobart.com /Grade/News/041124.shtml (2043 words)

	The Pigskin Rabbi - Chapter 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Homer had flown across the ocean to a foreign country in search of a kicker with a name like a Transylvanian curseword, an unknown kid whose background was equally bizarre, having snuck out of Albania and reached Amsterdam by clinging to the underbelly of a freight car for 72 hours.
		Homer had bitched mightily about the assignment, feeling it was a wild goose chase, but the club was desperate for a kicker, having lost their number one man, an Argentinian, to a groin pull (too much sex), and numbers two and three to cocaine and shotgun wounds, respectively.
		Homer sighed plaintively as he limped his way to a seat, leaning on his hand-crutches as the warm September rain pelted down on the skimpy crowd.
	www.lively-arts.com /fiction/pigskin_rabbi_chapter1.htm (1535 words)

	Homer Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Homer Tunnel is a road tunnel in Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand linking Milford Sound to Te Anau and Queenstown.
		The tunnel is straight, and was originally single-lane and gravel-surfaced.
		Although the tunnel is large enough for a bus and a smaller vehicle to pass, cautious campervan drivers often cause problems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Homer_Tunnel (403 words)

	Paly Voice: New Homer Avenue underpass fails to affect Palo Alto residents positively
		Completed months behind schedule and millions of dollars over budget, the tunnel under the Caltrain tracks at the end of Homer Avenue is a prototypical public works project that has no positive impact on the public it was intended to serve.
		The Homer tunnel was originally intended to provide another safe route into downtown Palo Alto for the city's citizens, especially students of Palo Alto High School and employees of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF).
		The tunnels could be made bike-safe by installing barricades similar to the ones at the California Avenue railroad underpass would slow bikers enough to comfortably share the tunnel with pedestrians.
	voice.paly.net /view_story.php?id=2637 (766 words)

	Engineering Heritage
		The tunnel section is 24ft x 18ft, the length 4118ft and on a down gradient of 1 in 10 from the eastern portal; the western portal being inaccessible until the tunnel was pierced.
		Although full-face tunnelling could have been used on a more level grade, a 14ft x 9ft heading was put through to ease the problems of seepage water discharge, and of ventilation, then enlarged in one operation to the required size by a system of ring drilling.
		A reinforced shelter built out from the tunnel mouth proved to be no certain protection, for the following year, the engineer in charge and tunnel superintendent, both at work near the tunnel entrance, were killed by avalanche blast.
	www.ipenz.org.nz /heritage/itemdetail.cfm?itemid=128 (576 words)

	TV.com Forums - I got a idea for an episode, how about you
		PLOT: Homer is chased by a angry mob wearing masks down the street,and he barracades himself in Moes.No ones their though,and he realises that he left all his collegues(Including Bart)in the store.He can't leave,the angry mob will catch him.He hides under the table,as the mob bash against the door.
		Homer and Bart get into the closest car,and start driving.They crash off the River Springfeild,and land luckily on a boat.A man is their,standing with a cape.He identifies himself as the threat,and is actually Moe that did it,for stealing his customers.The three become friends again,but forget as the others are trapped down underground.
		Meanwhile, Homer is having fun with the gang but feels like something is missing, until he realises that he hadn't watched TV in a month and also hadn't had a nice meal that actually stopped him being hungry and realised that all that stuff was at home.
	www.tv.com /the-simpsons/show/146/i-got-a-idea-for-an-episode-how-about-you/topic/256-585623/msgs.html (4058 words)

	* NZine * Scenic Highlights - Part Three - Te Anau to Milford - Milford Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand Scenic ...
		Homer persisted in the suggestion that a tunnel through the saddle would open up the Milford area in spite of opposition from the surveyor whom he took to assess the viability of the idea.
		No action on building the tunnel was taken until the depression years from 1929 onward when a number of roading projects were implemented to provide jobs for the unemployed.
		The length of the tunnel was 1,219 metres (4,000 ft).
	www.nzine.co.nz /features/te_anau_to_milford.html (1214 words)

	Coach and Bus Tours (Printer Version) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Homer Tunnel: just before the Homer Tunnel the road enters a cirque basin, carved by ice into a steep walled amphitheatre.
		The Homer Tunnel cuts through the Homer Saddle for 1.2 kilometers; William Homer discovered the saddle in 1889.
		From the Homer Tunnel the Milford Road drops steadily into Milford Sound to be met by the well known New Zealand icon, Mitre Peak, towering above the glassy waters of Milford Sound.
	www.travellink.co.nz /tools/print.asp?type=2&UID=43 (559 words)

	[9F14] Duffless
		Homer swears off the Duff for a month after being arrested for driving under the influence, while Lisa plans revenge on Bart after he ruins her science project.
		Homer reads a tattered map: "If the plant ye wish to flee, go sector 7-B." Homer ducks through the door to sector 7-B. On the other side is a long, dark tunnel with many pipes running along the ceiling.
		Homer consults his map: "To remove the spider's curse, simply quote a Bible verse." But he is stuck at "Thou shalt not..." and simply throws a rock at it, knocking it out, and leaps out the window.
	www.snpp.com /episodes/9F14.html (6376 words)

	Milford Sound Sightseeing Tour
		Homer Tunnel (922m) – There are traffic lights at the tunnel allowing for only one-way traffic at a time.
		The tunnel descends 129m over it 1.2km length, a gradient of 1 in 10, and exits at an elevation of 793m.
		The tunnel was completed after the war and the first private car was driven through the tunnel in the summer of 1954.
	www.cruisingms.co.nz /milford-sound-drive.htm (1235 words)

	tunnel.gr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Homer Tunnel in Fiordland, South Island, connects Milford Sound to Te Anau and Queenstown running between the valley of the Eglinton and Hollyford Rivers.
		The Mount Victoria Tunnel, in Wellington, is 623 meters long and was opened in 1931.
		The Otira tunnel, is located on the Midland Line in the South Island between Otira and Arthur's Pass and runs under the Southern Alps.
	www.ship.gr /tunnel/newz.htm (87 words)

	Milford Sound
		The tunnel is 1.2 km long and has a gradient of 1 in 11, dropping towards Milford.
		John said the tunnel was supposedly wide enough for two coaches to pass each other - but he'd never had to, and didn't want to.
		Construction of the tunnel was commenced in 1935 as a Public Works scheme employing 5 men using picks, shovels and wheelbarrows.
	members.ozemail.com.au /~reynoldsl/milford.htm (684 words)

	Milford - New Zealand - Mark Moxon, Travel Writer
		The drive to Milford is spectacular enough, with a dangerously winding road that's home to millions of breakneck tour coaches, and the Homer Tunnel, which blasts its way through the mountains to get to the sea, is probably the scariest tunnel I've ever driven through.
		Add the slope of the tunnel – sloping down towards the Milford end at a hell of a rate – and it's enough to give anyone the heebie-jeebies, especially when you meet four oncoming tour buses, as I did on my return.
		However, the sight when you come out of the Homer Tunnel has to be seen to be believed.
	www.moxon.net /new_zealand/milford.html (341 words)

	HOMER TUNNEL - HOMER TUNNEL - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		The Homer Tunnel, some 60 chains long, pierces the Main Divide at the head of Hollyford Valley; it is 11 miles from Milford Sound, to which it affords the only road access.
		The idea of a through-road and a tunnel was later proposed by J. Cockburn to the Southland Progress League in 1929.
		Work was suspended on the road and tunnel during the Second World War, and in 1945 a very large avalanche severely damaged the eastern tunnel portal.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/H/HomerTunnel/HomerTunnel/en (274 words)

	NEW ZEALAND '96 Day 12.
		In the mid seventies the tunnel was widened, but even nowadays, two buses cannot pass each other in the tunnel.
		While we stopped in the lower end of the tunnel to have a chocolate bar, we saw this scene, when a line of three buses reversed out from the dark tunnel.
		The Homer tunnel was difficult to see from the Milford Sound direction, since the road was very steep, and the tunnel opening was behind a corner.
	koti.mbnet.fi /maajussi/nz_96/nz96_12e.htm (1068 words)

	Milford Sound : Driving Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The drive is often a slow one, especially in wet conditions, as you make your way through steep gorges and between walls of solid rock and moss-covered inclines.
		The road winds down the Eglinton and Hollyford valleys, through the astoundingly narrow and steep Homer Tunnel, and down into the majestic Cleddau Valley, to Milford Sound.
		Homer Tunnel, about 101km (63 miles) into the journey, is a major engineering marvel: a 1.2km (3/4-mile) passageway first proposed in 1889, begun in 1935, and finally opened in 1940.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=2739&catID=2739010025 (446 words)

	Homer pictures and videos on Webshots
		Homer Spit From the Sky Line West Overlook in Homer Ala...
		homer is still with us, this was a bet with our foster...
		Derrick Lee about to smash one of his two homers on the...
	www.webshots.com /search?query=Homer (451 words)

	[3F05] King- Size Homer
		Homer sits down and his weight causes the bed to tilt, throwing Marge on top of him.
		Homer: Marge, this is everything I've ever dreamed of right here and nobody's gonna take it away from me. You never had faith in me before, but let me tell you, the slim lazy Homer you knew is dead.
		Homer falls screaming into the tank opening, his tremendous girth sealing the opening and ending the crisis.
	www.snpp.com /episodes/3F05.html (5075 words)

	NDC Logical Firewall - SSH Port Forwarding
		Use ssh port forwarding to tunnel another ssh session (including all its port forwardings) through a firewall.
		Trying to tunnel X first to "intermediate_host" and then to "final_host" any other way is less satisfactory and/or requires additional software.
		Note also that if you have different passwords on "intermediate_host" and "final_host", the tunneled ssh connection to "final_host" is encrypted end-to-end and your password on "final_host" will be secure even if "intermediate_host" is compromised and running a compromised sshd (as long as your public key for "final_host" on localhost is correct).
	staff.washington.edu /corey/fw/ssh-port-forwarding.html (1875 words)

	HOMER TUNNEL - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
		by R.L.W. The Homer Tunnel, some 60 chains long, pierces the Main Divide at the head of Hollyford Valley; it is 11 miles from Milford Sound, to which it affords the only road access.
		The tunnel, which has a slight gradient towards the western portal, is in itself a spectacular sight, and visitors find much to see during stops at either portal.
		The tunnel is named after W.H. Homer who, with G. Barber, discovered the saddle, and who later urged the construction of a road and tunnel to link the Upper Hollyford Valley with the Cleddau.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/H/HomerTunnel/en?print66=true (254 words)

	Times Community Newspapers - Fairfax County Local News - 07/11/2006 - Tunnel panel tours Tysons by air
		But late last year, Metro suggested the state reconsider a tunnel, and Homer, at the urging of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, asked the American Society of Civil Engineers to assemble a small group of industry experts to dissect the alternatives.
		He said the group is looking into the construction and life-cycle risks and benefits of the two alternatives, including the impact on scheduling, right-of-way purchases, pedestrian and vehicular traffic, cost effectiveness and local businesses.
		In addition to considering a new tunneling technology-one pioneered in Europe in which one gigantic machine can bore a hole 40 feet in diameter or large enough to accommodate two or three train lines-the panel is also taking a second look at Metro's traditional approach using two smaller tunnels.
	www.timescommunity.com /site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=2553&dept_id=506096&newsid=16909279 (625 words)

	New Zealand Travelogue
		The Homer Tunnel was at the top of a canyon at 1207 metres (3900 ft.) and the climb would be 19 kms (11 miles).
		I arrived at the east entrance to the Homer Tunnel and pulled off to the side of the road on a gravel carpark.
		It seemed to be all coming down that day and as I proceeded through the tunnel I began to realise why the bike renter refused me. Blasted out of pure rock, this half mile tunnel has sharp jagged edges to its walls, a road surface that is convex,dipping either side into gullies.
	www.bluhorizonlines.org /nz/nz7.html (973 words)

	Milford Sound in Spring
		There are Homer Tunnel on the way from Te Anau to Milford Sound.
		The tunnel is said to be constructed by works more than ten years.
		As the tunnel is finished with naked rocks and has no lighting in it and has fairly steep slope downward to Milford Sound so careful driving is required.
	homepage1.nifty.com /nobby/STEPA4E.htm (275 words)

	New Zealand's Parrot Pranksters - keas Animals - Find Articles
		At the Homer Saddle mountain pass on New Zealand's South Island a large tourist bus sits idling near the entrance of Homer Tunnel.
		The tunnel leads to Milford Sound on a road that hugs granite cliffs as it drops precipitously through the spectacularly steep and waterfall-strewn rainforests of the Cheddau Valley.
		The bird can be seen flapping its way back toward the tunnel entrance to rejoin its family group sorting through the trash.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FRO/is_2_132/ai_54152683 (900 words)

	Mount Talbot, South Island, New Zealand. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It looms ahead as the Milford Sound road is followed towards the Homer Tunnel.
		Here the photographer safely got his feet wet, crouching beside a low tripod, set in the stream, to keep the Homer tunnel road hidden behind vegetation.
		People were killed during construction of the Homer tunnel by avalanches.
	members.tripod.com /NZphoto/mountains/atalbot.htm (340 words)

	Australia and New Zealand 2001 - Emmalee Tarry
		I am glad I am not driving because once down the tunnel the driver has to turn the big bus around in the narrow tunnel.
		The Homer Tunnel would never be allowed in the United States.
		There are no lights in the tunnel and the tunnel goes downhill.
	www.neseabirds.com /Australia/ANZfiordlandpage1.htm (1303 words)

	YouTube - Russian Tunnel
		It´s a similar tunnel of Lefortovo,...but it hasn´t enought exits to evacuation in case of fire.
		This 3150 m long tunnel in Russia is the longest in-city tunnel of
		When the temperature reaches -38 degrees like it did this winter, the road freezes and the result is the attached video taken during a single day with the tunnel camera.
	www.youtube.com /?v=WcbUgajvj70 (156 words)

	Cycling Adventure Stories - Cycling New Zealand: Te Anau to Milford Sound
		The Homer Tunnel was built in the early part of the 20th century and took 20 years to complete.
		The tunnel is wet and extremely drippy, with pavement that ends in a gravelly jumble at the indistinct edges and drainage channels that run across the road at 45 degree angles, startling us each time we suddenly came upon one.
		We emerged from the tunnel at the head of the phenomenal Cleddau Valley.
	www.teamestrogen.com /adventures/nz20050101.asp (755 words)

	Homer News Online - Seawatch
		We tried quite a few things, a few different baits, changed the shape of the tunnel a little bit to try to catch more, but I never thought I’d have trouble catching either.
		Although they were set up to use some different styles of tunnels once they began catching fish, they never got a chance to vary from the sock tunnel on the original pots.
		After a few days we tied the top of that sock tunnel open to make it perhaps more encouraging to go in.
	www.homernews.com /stories/110106/seawatch_9b001.shtml (827 words)

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