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The future of the capital region is inextricably tied to the health of its largest city, as well as Sacramento's relationship with the rest of the region. Both the health of this city and its outward relationships should be cause for concern.
As I argued in a July 29 column, much of the rest of the region is outpacing Sacramento in providing well-run governance, schools, services, and a climate where businesses might like to locate and grow. Yet instead of learning from its neighbors, Sacramento's elected leaders too often disparage them, blaming the suburbs for the area's transportation challenges, "sprawlapalooza" and efforts to grab sales tax revenues.
Thirty years ago, the city of Denver had a similarly toxic relationship with its neighbors. The city resented that suburban residents refused to contribute to city services they enjoyed. The suburbs resented Denver's arrogant attitude and ability to manipulate the wheels of state government.
Today, there are still tensions between Denver and its surrounding municipalities. But there also is a record of cooperation that has reaped rewards for the Mile High region, as I learned in a recent trip to Denver.
In 1989, this seven-county area passed a one-tenth of 1 percent sales tax to create the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Since then, the tax has generated about $40 million yearly to support Denver's cultural giants its art museum, botanic gardens, zoo, the Museum of Nature and Science and the Center for the Performing Arts as well as smaller endeavors, ranging from film festivals to art shows.
In 2004, voters in the Denver metro region approved a $4.7 billion sales tax to expand light rail and other transit. In four years, transit ridership doubled. Although the recession has reduced expected tax revenues, delaying rail and bus extensions, construction for "FasTracks" lines is under way to Golden, Boulder and Denver International Airport. The city is also using FasTracks funds to remodel its historic Union Station, which will be the hub of new transit lines that could eventually stretch 119 miles.
As nearly everyone in Denver will tell you, the city and region have benefited from strong leadership, including visionary mayors such as Federico Peña and John Hickenlooper, who is now Colorado's governor. Less known, however is the strong role that mayors of smaller cities have played in pulling the region together.
In 1993, on the prompting of Peña, the region created the Denver Metro Mayors Caucus, which has now grown to include 40 municipalities. It has been instrumental in supporting both renewing taxes for the Scientific and Cultural District and the passage of FasTracks.
Randy Pye, a former mayor of Centennial, a town of 103,000 south of Denver, says the caucus was needed so mayors could get to know each other, speak candidly about concerns and create their own power base. Although Denver mayors haven't been as active in the caucus as mayors from suburban cities and town, the collective clout of this group means that it can't be ignored.
Pye says mayors in regions like Sacramento would be wise to follow suit.
"Somehow your elected officials have to get friendly with each other outside of just being elected officials," said Pye, who was elected three times by his fellow mayors as chair of the Metro Mayors Caucus.
Here in Sacramento, Mayor Kevin Johnson convened a meeting of the region's mayors in 2009, but it hasn't become a regular gathering. Christopher Cabaldon, mayor of West Sacramento, says some elected officials interact in the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, but that tends to be a formal process. Do local mayors have a forum where they can share ideas and get to know each other? "We don't have anything like this," said Cabaldon.
Two weeks ago, I joined Cabaldon and about 80 other elected officials, business leaders and community activists on the Sacramento Metro Chamber's study mission to Denver. In three days, we toured the city and some of its surrounding attractions, including Red Rocks Park and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. We saw the construction under way in Denver's railyard giving us some hope for our own and the transformation of once humble Lower Downtown ("LoDo"), which is now a thriving entertainment district.
One thing that sets Denver apart is the strength and collaborative nature of its business community. As in Sacramento, the chamber of commerce in Denver mobilizes when it wants to stop a policy or regulation it doesn't like. But it hardly stops there. Denver's chamber has been a force in rallying the business community around improved public services, arts, culture and education.
For more than a decade, Denver has marketed itself as a home for young people and young professionals. It's worked. According to the Brookings Institution, Denver was the top destination in the country for people in the age group between 25 and 34 during 2008 and 2009.
Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver chamber, said improved rail and bus service have been instrumental in helping to attract a younger generation. "When young people come to a city, they see transit as almost a given," said Brough, who previously served as Hickenlooper's chief of staff.
Comparing Denver with Sacramento can be misleading. Denver is bigger. Its region dominates the state in wealth and population. Its mayor has more authority than Sacramento's mayor, and it is an epicenter for banking and commerce that stretches into several Rocky Mountain states.
Nonetheless, Denver has shown what can happen when cities and suburbs put aside their provincial jealousies, work together and plan for the future.
All of us in Sacramento wince when someone calls our area a "cow town." Denver once had that name. Not anymore.
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Plainedge School District officials and board members joined Supervisor John Venditto and Town of Oyster Bay officials on Sat., March 24 for the opening of the Plainedge Community Center and Park.
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Why Jay-Z is a walking videogame. (Or: Jay-Z is performing for free.)
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Besides the special "Renegade Edition" of DJ Hero, which carries Jay-Z and Eminem's bulletproof endorsement (among other cool bonuses), there are rumors that Jay-Z is entering the games business. He and Eminem even performed at E3 this year. Even if we don't end up controlling Hova in some kind of third-person shooter / empire-building sim, it's nice to think that his off-and-on rivalry with 50 Cent might take itself into the realm of pixels and power-ups.
I don't think it's a coincidence that many of his most compelling singles sound like videogames. Listen to songs like "Sunshine" from Vol. 1, whose computerized vapor and analog bass pulses not only hark back to '80s electro, but whose total flatness in 1997 must have struck a chord with the Nintendo generation. Or "Jigga What, Jigga Who" from Vol. 2, an epochal Timbaland beat made of drum-machine pieces that shiver and interlock like Lumines blocks. Then there's the "Indian" flute of "Things That You Do" from Vol. 3, which might as well be taken straight from Zelda.
So it's no surprise that Jigga sounds like a natural over actual Zelda music on the Ocarina of Rhyme remix album:
Jay's a celebrity who knows how to operate on the bleeding edge of pop culture, who rides beats in space like the Silver Surfer. You can even see it in his eyes in this video of the making of "Dirt Off Your Shoulder," the shock and awe of hearing something totally unreal and gravity-defying, like the best videogame. There's a real fantasy component to building an empire like Roc-A-Fella.
That's one aspect of Jay-Z's persona. His music's always contained a weird conflict between soulful authenticity and making hits. His latest album, The Blueprint 3, with its earthy production and railings against auto-tune artifice ("This is anti-autotune / death of the ringtone / This ain't for iTunes / This ain't for singalong / This is Sinatra at the opera...") is decidedly the former. And it's probably best to watch that paradox play out on stage.
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Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970), better known by his stage names DMX and Dark Man X, is an American rapper and actor. In 1999, DMX released his best-selling album ...And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". He has acted in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave, and Last Hour. In 2006, he starred in the reality television series DMX: Soul of a Man, which was primarily aired on the BET cable television network. In 2003, DMX published a book of his memoirs entitled, E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX. DMX has sold over 30 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling hip-hop artists of all time.
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Irwin Mortgage has the Top 250's biggest sales gain, thanks to low interest rates and the refi boom
Two years ago, when Irwin Mortgage was featured in Hawaii Business' Top 250 issue for having the second-largest sales drop that year, Branch Manager Mark James was photographed grinning from ear to ear. "Real estate is a cyclical business, and I'm not going to let a couple of bad years bring me down," says James. "But fortunately, this year I've really got something to smile about." In 2002, Irwin Mortgage reported gross annual sales of $125 million, a 167.1 percent increase over 2001's $46.8 million - making it the company with the biggest sales gain on this year's list. Talk about a comeback.
"Our sales increase is basically all interest-rate driven. The rates have come down so far that people are refinancing at 6 [percent], which was a pretty good rate not so long ago. These rates are saving the typical homeowner who is refinancing, anywhere from $200 to $500 a month," says James, who has spent the majority of his career in periods of double-digit interest rates. "These are really unprecedented rates, and as a matter of fact, they're wearing people out. Loan officers, escrow people, surveyors, appraisers - they're all tired. Activity is occurring at such a frantic pace that I think a lot of people in this industry wouldn't mind a slight interest-rate increase to kind of take a breather."
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The good times can't last forever, though, and James does expect things to flatten out in 2004. "It's a very lucrative time to be in the mortgage business, but at some point it will end. That's the nature of the business. So we're keeping a close eye on our expenses. We're not increasing staff, and we're definitely not gonna go crazy and buy a Lear jet or anything," says James. "We know this boom is temporary, and that eventually rates will go back up. And if things turn around and rates do rise, we're going to be back where we were in 2001, very easily." Either way, you can bet that James will still be showing off those pearly whites.
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Michael St. Louis says his neighbor's dog "Mijo" lunged at him when he was walking to his van Wednesday. He says the dog was still aggressive, so he went inside, got his shotgun and shot Mijo in his driveway.
But Marion County deputies say the evidence points otherwise. They found the dog in the owner's backyard and say, even injured, the dog was extremely friendly.
"Between the blood spatter and where the blood had pooled, it is obvious the shooting take place in the dog's yard," says Jenifer Fisher with the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
"That's why it's all going to court because no, that's not what happened," says St. Louis.
Deputies say Thursday, St. Louis admitted to shooting the dog across the street in his neighbor's backyard. But Friday, he is back to his original story.
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Windows on the Mac: Parallels vs. VMware Fusion, round 2
Both VMware Fusion 2.0 and Parallels Desktop 4.0 have made strides in bringing the Windows experience to the Mac
A little more than a year ago, I reviewed VMware's Fusion 1.0 and Parallels Desktop 3.0 to see how they stacked up. Since then, both products have undergone major revisions, so I thought I'd see how this horse race is coming along. Both Fusion, now in Version 2.0.1, and Parallels, in Version 4.0, allow you to run another OS -- Windows, Linux, and others -- on your Mac as a guest of OS X. They provide what's called a hypervisor, which can host multiple guest OSes running at the same time.
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The biggest change in these platforms since my last review is that both vendors have filled in glaring holes. Parallels now supports SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) and 64-bit operating systems. Fusion sports a completely redesigned, Cocoa-native interface and preference pane that makes it a more natural fit in the Mac environment.
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Because the integrated experience is an important selling point of Fusion and Parallels, I wrote this review with both Office 2007 on Windows and Office 2008 on the Mac using a single document and shared folders, using both Parallels and Fusion. Both environments provide a way to get to applications on the guest (the virtual machine) from the Mac desktop. In the case of my review, Parallels and Fusion both offered Word 2007 on the "Open with…" menu when I right-clicked the file.
Whether you choose Fusion or Parallels, you won't have a seamless dual-OS experience unless you install the guest tools in the guest system. These tools are a set of device drivers that let the guest OS talk to the virtualized hardware presented by the hypervisor. Much of the integrated experience, not to mention nice features -- such as being able to resize the screen and cut and paste between the guest and your Mac -- depend on them. Both packages make installing the guest tools easy for Windows users and doable for Linux users.
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Now available in the affordable CR Series, this breathtaking instrument is available in 4- and 5- string models. The NS Violin, designed by Ned Steinberger, has a remarkable tonal range due to its innovative Polar ™ pickup system, which is able to selectively capture the string vibration favored for both bow and pizzicato technique with stunning brilliance and sensitivity. The violinist who prefers the elegant tone of a fine acoustic will not be disappointed, and for those who wish to explore new sonic territory, the sky is the limit.
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The Chiefs' journey to 7-0 continues this Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium, as the Houston Texans come to town to try to stop Kansas City's momentum.
Unfortunately for the Texans, starting quarterback Matt Schaub is out and T.J. Yates didn't look good for them last week. So, Houston has elected to go with a first time starter at quarterback, former University of Houston Star, Case Keenum.
The Chiefs, on the other-hand, have been consistently consistent, and will undoubtedly rely on their running game, special teams and an elite defense to stay undefeated on the season.
If you're a Chiefs Addict, here's your complete primer for the game:
Time: 3:25 p.m. CDT
Where: Kansas City, MO. Arrowhead Stadium
Radio: FM 101.1 The Fox. You can listen to it live here.
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Point Spread: Kansas City -7 (Bovada.lv)
Chiefs Player To Keep An Eye On: Anthony Fasano, TE
The Chiefs have had horrible luck in regard to injuries at the tight end position, so getting Fasano back will be a good boost. Fasano is a sure-handed tight end who seemed to have a good rapport with Alex Smith last time we saw him on the field for Kansas City. Just how will the Chiefs integrate him into the game today? We'll have to watch and find out.
Chiefs Player Who Must Step Up: Alex Smith, QB
Alex Smith hasn't thrown a touchdown in the past two weeks. If the Chiefs want to take the next step from great story to legitimate contender, Smith and the Chiefs' offense will have to step up and threaten people through the air.
Not only is Case Keenum starting his first NFL game, this is his first NFL regular season action ever. Kansas City's defense notched 10 total sacks last week, and Justin Houston and Tamba Hali have been on fire getting after the quarterback. If Kansas City's defense gets after the quarterback this afternoon, it's going to be a long game for Keenum and the Texans.
I don't see this being Keenum's breakout game.
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The gay marriage endorsement was all about Hollywood's money and Obama's ego
Here's the problem with the press coverage of Barack Obama: the mainstream media is so overwhelmed by his charisma that they often miss the important details. Every decision, speech, policy statement or impromptu visit to the bathroom is presented as a piece of "history" – the dawn of a new era. The Prez could go seal-clubbing and much of the media would see it as a new epoch for winter sports. "Barack Obama Becomes the First President to Kill Six Seals in Under One Minute," the New York Times would proudly report, while Twitter would be all abuzz with how hot he looks in snow shoes.
The pattern of missing the wood for the trees has been consistent (it started when Obama wrote a memoir that everybody loved but nobody read) and it continues with his "endorsement" of gay marriage. The talk is all about how incredibly brave he is, not what his support actually means for gays and lesbians or why he waited until this moment to offer it. Conversely, the news that schoolboy Mitt Romney might have once said something nasty to someone who might have been gay has turned him into a rampaging homophobe. Yet again, style has eclipsed substance.
What was the gay marriage endorsement really all about? Ignore the timelines about Joe Biden being a loudmouth and follow the money instead. On Monday, the day before the North Carolina vote, the Hollywood Reporter reported that the marriage question was hurting Obama among west coast donors. "It's safe to say that the longer Obama waits on the issue, the more frustrated the [movie] community will grow with him. Perhaps it won't cost him their votes, but it might slow the flow of cash and public rally appearances. That concern doesn't end with Hollywood … One in six of Obama's so-called bundlers – people who raise money in great stacks for the president's campaign – is gay, giving the issue great importance in his fiscal game."
So on Monday, Obama was losing dollars on the Hollywood fundraising circuit. On Wednesday, he endorsed gay marriage. On Thursday, he flew to Hollywood for a fundraiser, where 150 donors paid $40,000 each to meet the Prez at the home of George Clooney. Coincidence?
Wait, there's more! Within minutes of the ABC interview that broke the endorsement, the Pres Tweeted "Same-sex couples should be able to get married." Later, he issued a photo of himself making the statement with the word (you guessed it) "history" flashed everywhere. Within 90 minutes, Obama's re-election campaign had pulled in $1 million in donations, while it quickly rolled out a new attack ad calling Romney "backwards" on gay rights. The Hollywood Reporter again: "On June 6, the president will be at the SLS hotel in Beverly Hills for an LGBT fundraiser featuring a performance by Pink. (A sellout now is virtually guaranteed.) Obama will be at another LBGT fundraiser Monday in New York, featuring a performance by Ricky Martin."
That's what Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage was all about – not history, not equality, but prising open George Clooney's wallet. Note that Obama still insists that this issue should be decided at a state level and he has refused to sign a "nondiscrimination executive order." Given the impotence of his endorsement, it really comes down to one man sharing his personal opinion about a moral matter with the rest of nation. And then making a lot of money out of it.
Of course, Obama has a very high opinion of his personal opinion and probably regards it as "priceless" in every sense. Listing the groups who prompted him to rethink same sex unions, he told ABC that he counted among them "those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that 'don't ask, don't tell' is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage."
The key words here are "Who are out there fighting on my behalf." They're not. Technically, US soldiers fight under Obama's orders, but they're not out there dying for him personally. As Michael Barone points out, he could have accurately said, "under my command," but that would have confused the campaign claim that Barack Obama is a peacemaker. No, the message Obama's language conveys here is that the army is fighting for him and dying so that he does not have to. It's the worldview of an 18th century Enlightened Despot. L'état, c'est moi and all that.
What will irk many about Obama's gay marriage endorsement wasn't its content but the impression it gave that his opinion on this emotive issue matters – and that now they know it, all Americans should fall in line. He put himself in opposition to the 61 percent of North Carolina's voters who oppose gay marriage, half the nation that tells pollsters they agree with them, the Roman Catholic Church, and a few thousand years of human history. But the press critique of this grand arrogance will doubtless evaporate in the sunlight of Obama's personality. For we are all going on a journey with him. A historic journey. To the future. And beyond.
All politicians are ambitious; all powerful men are self-absorbed. But few have competed with Obama's extraordinary sense of intellectual self-importance. But then, this is a man who had written his autobiography before the age of 35. It used to be that only reality TV show contestants did that.
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Working with a menagerie of insects and animals she raises in her New York City loft, Catherine Chalmers make images that ask the viewer to examine lives that are ordinarily overlooked. Her most notable photographic series, Food Chain, sketches with vivid immediacy the links between predator and prey, eater and eaten, from plant to insect to amphibian. Chalmers places predator and prey before a stark white background and then lets nature take its course. Another series focused on "pinkies" (the pet trade name for baby mice), shows with chilling clarity that the laws of nature apply equally to mammals as to the so-called "lower" life forms. Stark, colorful and arresting, Chalmers's images reinvent natural history for a culture increasingly distanced from nature.
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MILWAUKEE (WSAU) Thirty students were arrested yesterday in a brawl at Milwaukee's combined middle school and high school in the Bay View neighborhood. Police are still trying to figure out what triggered the melee. Media reports said it might have started on a bus yesterday morning, before it spilled into the school cafeteria. Some witnesses said it was caused by a long-time dispute among certain students.
Two 11-year-olds were taken to a Milwaukee police station and released to their parents. 28 other youngsters were given citations for disorderly conduct. At a news conference later in the day, Milwaukee Alderman Tony Zielinski called Bay View unsafe – and officials must work on an immediate plan to upgrade the school's safety policies.
School Board member Meagan Holman disagreed that Bay View is unsafe. But she said the incident took away some good work by school and neighborhood parents to improve the school's low academic performance, and create a positive environment. State officials had declared Bay View as one of Wisconsin's lowest-performing high schools – and the school received a federal grant and consultants to try and turn things around.


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Gay marriages create wedding industry bliss
This new -- and growing -- clientele is a boon for planners, photographers, hotels, caterers and more. 'It's a big business.'
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to begin hearing arguments this week on two different cases, one federal and one involving California law, regarding the legality of same-sex marriage. The court's rulings on these cases -- California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act -- could have long-term impacts on how Americans deal legally, financially and culturally with gay marriage.
Supporters of same-sex marriage say now is the time to bring this issue up for scrutiny. A number of polls show public support of gay marriage has risen significantly in recent years. Nine states and the District of Columbia have legalized gay marriage. And last week, Colorado joined eight other U.S. states with civil union laws or similar statues for same-sex couples.
But don't overlook the economic impact from all these changes. The gay wedding market has grown nationally, creating, as The Denver Post notes, new business opportunities for wedding planners, photographers, vendors, hotels, resorts and caterers -- as well as financial planners and attorneys.
"It's a big business," Bernadette Coveney Smith with the Gay Wedding Institute told the Post. "There is definitely room for all of us to benefit financially from gay weddings."
The Institute offers advice on planning legal same-sex weddings. It also has training workshops and a gay wedding certification program for people and organizations in related industries. Hundreds of wedding professionals have received that certification.
Lindsay Alesio, manager of a Marriott (MAR) in Denver, says her hotel received certification though the Gay Wedding Institute last year. That Marriott has so far hosted two same-sex weddings. It has three more scheduled and is getting inquiries for more.
Alesio says sensitivity, tolerance and respect for same-sex marriages can make an economic difference in her industry. She told the Post about a $175,000 gay wedding she booked several years ago at a mountain resort. She said she asked the man calling about the wedding, "What's the name of your significant other?"
"He said: 'You are the only one who has asked me that way,'" she remembered. "And he booked with us."
A casual look around the Web reveals dozens of sites offering advice and services for gay-friendly weddings.
Of course, not all marriages last. A 2011 study by the Williams Institute at UCLA's School of Law found "dissolution rates" for legally married same-sex couples were only slightly lower than divorce rates for different-sex couples. But ending a same-sex marriage or civil union can present some unique legal challenges.
"Civil unions are legal in Colorado now, but nothing has changed at the federal level," said certified financial planner Lauren Sigman in an interview with the Post, "so the complexity of that difference is very real." It seems even when a gay marriage goes bad, someone will be making a profit.
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We must not forget were we all come from. That is from a man and a women procreating. Being gay or "homo" is not a choice. A man and a woman creates the sold called "homo". So should men and women stop procreating? Gay's do not create gays. If two people are in love then let them enjoy their lives together. It is not hurting anyone and what goes on behind closed doors is no ones business, but between the two individuals. Why are so many heterosexuals fixated on what two men or what two women do? That is what bothers me. Hence it is not a choice to be black, white, Hispanic or a homosexual. It is what a man and a woman bring into this world and that is a beautiful human being. Doesn't anyone get this?
This shouldn't be up to the 9 black robes. Each state can put it to a popular vote if we really think government needs to be in control of every aspect of our lives.
In my opinion, the federal, state, and local governments should be opinion neutral on this and leave it up to individual ministers who they want to marry. That would put the debate to rest. We can all still believe what we believe and it wouldn't be an issue.
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this college transfer prepping has taken my 24 hour days & held them hostage!
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my nest was so full this summer, here comes the empty part.
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It can be a travel-writing cliché to describe a destination as a "juxtaposition of old and new", but in MONTRÉAL this is spectacularly evident. In the space of one weekend, you can stroll under gas lamps on the narrow streets of Vieux-Montréal, as a calèche (horse carriage) softly clip-clops by; flirt bilingually at a rooftop electro dance party; eat your way around the world, from Portuguese to Thai to Québécois; gaze up at the soaring ceiling of a neo-Gothic cathedral; pedal the leafy banks of the Lachine Canal; and watch the dizzying acrobatics of home-grown talent, Cirque du Soleil.
Canada's second-largest city is geographically as close to the European coast as to Vancouver, and in look, taste and feel it combines some of the finest aspects of the two continents. Its North American skyline of glass and concrete rises above churches and monuments in a melange of European styles as varied as Montréal's social mix. This is also the world's second-largest French-speaking city after Paris, but only two-thirds of the citizens are of French extraction, the other third being a cosmopolitan mishmash of les autres ("the others"), including British, Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Italians, Greeks, Jews, Latin Americans and Caribbeans. The memorable result is a truly multidimensional city, with a global variety of restaurants, bars and clubs, matched by a calendar of festivals that makes this the most vibrant place in Canada.
It is also here that the two main linguistic groups – anglophones and francophones – come into greatest contact with one another. In the wake of the "francization" of Québec, English-Canadians hit Hwy-401 in droves, tipping the nation's economic supremacy from Montréal to Toronto. Though written off by Canada's English-speaking majority, the city did not sink into oblivion. Instead, it has undergone an extraordinary resurgence, becoming one of the driving forces behind the high-tech industries helping transform Canada's economy.
Everywhere are signs of civic pride and prosperity. In the historic quarter of Vieux- Montréal, on the banks of the St Lawrence River, the narrow streets, alleys and squares make ideal strolling grounds, past the mammoth Basilique Notre-Dame and steepled Chapelle de Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, old steep-roofed homes, boutique hotels and outdoor bars serving artisanal cocktails. Close by, the once-disused Vieux-Port has been turned into a summer playground with landscaped parklands and urban beaches facing onto the St Lawrence.
To the northwest unfolds the downtown area, where the modern glass frontages of the office blocks reflect Victorian terraces and the spires of numerous churches. Here, the boulevards and leafy squares buzz from the morning rush hour right through to the wee hours, when clubbers return from the establishments of rue Ste-Catherine and the diverse bars and lounges of the Plateau and Quartier Latin districts. The dazzling new Quartier des Spectacles serves as the city's cultural hub – home to numerous festivals – booming with performing arts venues, lively restaurants and sun-speckled outdoor public spaces and walkways. Below the surface, downtown is underlain by the passages of the Underground City, which link hotels, shopping centres and offices with the Métro.
Rising above downtown, the city's landmark, Mont Royal – known by residents as "The Mountain" – is best accessed from the easterly Plateau Mont-Royal. The cafés, restaurants and bars of The Main and rue St-Denis throng with people day and night. Further out to the east, the enormous Stade Olympique complex and the vast green space of the Jardin Botanique – second in international status only to London's Kew Gardens – are the main pull. The islands facing the Vieux-Port that make up Parc Jean-Drapeau and the westerly Lachine Canal offer all manner of activities, many of them family-friendly.
The city has a notable clutch of museums. The Centre Canadien d'Architecture has one of the continent's most impressive specialist collections, focusing on the role of architecture in society, innovative design practice and the history of ideas. The Musée d'Art Contemporain is one of Canada's finest contemporary art museums, while the Musée des Beaux-Arts is the oldest fine-arts museum in the country. Among several superb new contemporary art centres is L'Arsenal in the emerging neighbourhood of Griffintown, showcasing temporary exhibits of emerging art, from sculpture to video installations. Equally outstanding are the museums devoted to Montréal and Canadian history; of these, the Musée McCord has a pristine collection of aboriginal artefacts, while the Musée d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de Montréal delivers a state-of-the-art presentation of archeological findings at the site of Montréal's founding in 1642.Read More
Get festive
Get festive
In many cities, festivals are special occasions; in Montréal, they're a way of life. In the summer, especially, the city explodes with festivals, many taking place in the gleaming entertainment quarter, Quartier des Spectacles. For festival news and updates, consult the excellent w tourism-montreal.org. You can buy festival tickets via a variety of sources, including the festival websites (worth checking frequently for special deals); La Vitrine Culturelle, the Quartier des Spectacles' central and tech-savvy info and ticket centre; and Admission, a division of TicketMaster (t 514 790 1245, t 1 800 361 4595, w admission.com). The world-renowned Cirque du Soleil (w cirquedusoleil.com), based in Montréal, regularly puts on shows.
Fête des Neiges de Montréal Late Jan w fetedesneiges.com. Île Ste-Hélène hosts ice-sculpting and general seasonal carousing.
Vues d'Afrique Late April w vuesdafrique.org. Brings a rich variety of African and Caribbean films to Montréal.
Mondial de la Bière June w festivalmondialbiere.qc.ca. One of a number of food and drink events, this offers the opportunity to guzzle beers from around the world.
International Fireworks Competition Throughout June and July w internationaldesfeuxloto-quebec.com. The most visually spectacular of the city's shindigs, featuring breathtaking, music-coordinated pyrotechnics from countries around the globe at the La Ronde amusement park on Île Sainte-Hélène.
Francofolies Mid-June w francofolies.com. Dance to international tunes at this festival, which brings French musicians from around the world to various downtown stages.
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Late June and early July w montrealjazzfest.com. North America's largest jazz event, with more than four hundred shows, most of them free at huge open-air stages in the Quartier des Spectacles.
Montréal First Peoples' Festival Generally in July w nativelynx.qc.ca. A lively event celebrating aboriginal peoples' history and featuring traditional activities, from throat-singing to stonecutting.
Juste pour Rire ("Just For Laughs") Mid-July w hahaha.com. The world's largest comedy festival, with past headliners including Tim Allen, Louis CK, Jerry Seinfeld, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carrey, John Candy, Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg.
Festival International Nuits d'Afrique July w festivalnuitsdafrique.com. The sounds of African beats fill the city to full effect.
Montréal World Film Festival Aug w ffm-montreal.org. The most notable of the city's numerous film festivals.
Griffintown: from factories to fashion
Griffintown: from factories to fashion
Griffintown was once the domain of Irish labourers; in 2012, Montréal Fashion Week moved in. This revitalized wedge in the southwest of Montréal is the city's fastest-growing neighbourhood, with new restaurants, bars, boutiques and, in 2012, the opening of the massive arts centre L'Arsenal (2020 rue William; t 514 931 9978, w arsenalmontreal.com). Housed in a former shipyard, L'Arsenal is one of Montréal's largest contemporary arts centres, featuring year-round exhibits and performances as well as the biannual Fashion Week (w montrealfashionweek.ca) in spring and autumn. Griffintown, which rubs up against another emerging neighbourhood, Little Burgundy, lies a little over 1km west of Vieux-Montréal; one of the most enjoyable ways to reach it is by walking or biking along the Lachine Canal from the Vieux-Port. Explore Griffintown by sauntering the streets, including rue Notre-Dame, dubbed the Quartier des Antiquaires, for all its antiques and vintage shops. Joe Beef was in 2005 one of the first eateries to move into this gritty neighbourhood. These days, it's one of many. Other favourites include brunch at the popular Griffintown Café, where they smoke their own bacon. Drinking spots also abound, like the popular bar, the Burgundy Lion.
Water tours
Water tours
When you're in the urban centre of Montréal, it can be easy to forget that it is, in fact, an island. One of the best ways to remind yourself is by taking to the waters. The Vieux-Port is the major departure point for various boat trips.
Amphi-bus Corner of rue de la Commune and blvd St-Laurent t 514 849 5181, w montreal-amphibus-tour.com; four to ten departures daily May–Oct; 1hr–1hr 30min; $32. A bus that morphs into a boat, first trundling through the city as a bus, and then entering the river as a boat.
Bateau-Mouche Quai Jacques-Quartier t 514 849 9952, t 1 800 361 9952, w bateau-mouche.ca; up to five daily departures mid-May to mid-Oct; 1hr–1hr 30min; $24–28. Leisurely explore the river on these meandering, glass-topped cruises, which feature views of the surrounding islands and the river. Sunrise breakfast cruises are also available.
Croisières AML Quai King-Edward t 1 866 856 6668, w croisieresaml.com; daily departures mid-May to mid-Oct; brunch cruise 1hr 30min, $49; maritime cruise 1hr 30min, $35. This family-run company offers a variety of comfortable cruises on the river, including a brunch cruise and a maritime cruise, and along the way you'll learn about Montréal's waterfront history.
Navettes Maritimes du St-Laurent Quai Jacques-Cartier t 514 281 8000, t 1 800 563 4648, w navettesmaritimes.com; mid-May to mid-Oct, daily departures; travel time varies, $7.50 one way. Hop on these maritime shuttles from Vieux-Montréal to Île St-Hélène or Longueuil. These casual rides are ideal for extending a bike ride or trek – pedal one way, take the boat back. The ticket stub can also be used for discounts with their partners, including Musée Stewart and the Biosphère.
Le Petit Navire Quai Jacques-Cartier t 514 602 1000, w lepetitnavire.ca; daily departures mid-May to mid-Oct; 45min; $18.70. Board these ecofriendly, electric-powered boats for short tours around the Vieux-Port. There are also boat tours during the annual International Fireworks Competition (1hr 30min; $37.80), where you can watch the fireworks explode in the sky from the boat.
Saute-Moutons Quai de l'Horloge t 514 284 9607, w jetboatingmontreal.com; daily departures May–Sept; 1hr; $67. Get wet in the Lachine Rapids on these exciting jet-boat trips. Also on offer are shorter speedboat trips (which don't go into the rapids) for $26. Check website for discount coupons.
Gay Montréal
Gay Montréal
Montréal has an excellent gay scene, with the action concentrated in the area known as The Village – roughly located on rue Ste-Catherine est between rue Amherst and the Papineau Métro station. Fugues (w fugues.com) is one of the city's main monthly French gay and lesbian magazines and websites. In early August, Divers Cité (w diverscite.org), the gay and lesbian pride parade, is the event of the year. Also popular is the autumn image + nation film festival (w image-nation.org). And, the massive Black & Blue circuit party (w bbcm.org) in October is one of the city's – if not Canada's – biggest and wildest gay parties.
Most of the restaurants and hangouts in The Village cater to a lesbian, bisexual and gay crowd in the evening, but are more mixed during the day.
Bixi: pedal your way across Montréal
Bixi: pedal your way across Montréal
Montréal's public bike system – the first in North America – features over 5000 self-service bikes available 24hr across the city at 400-plus stations, from mid-April to mid-November. Montréal researched similar bike programmes in other cities, including Paris and Barcelona, to emerge with the well-oiled, wonderfully accessible Bixi (w bixi.com; the name comes from "bike" plus "taxi"). Renting a bike is simple: at a Bixi stand (which are all solar-powered, and liberally scattered across the city), swipe your credit card and ride off. A 24hr access pass is $7; during that period, you can borrow bikes as often as you like, and the first 30min is free. Beyond that, you pay additional charges. A 72hr pass is $15. Also on offer are 30-day ($30.25) and one-year ($80.50) subscriptions.
Montréal has a wide range of accommodation, from five-star palaces to moderately priced B&Bs and hotels to spare, rock-bottom hostels and university residences. Vieux-Montréal is easily one of the most popular neighbourhoods for bedding down, in large part because of the growing number of boutique hotels, many housed in charming historical buildings, and offering the inviting combination of ancient facades and stone walls plus high-thread-count sheets and gourmet minibars. Downtown is very central, with easy access to most parts of the city, and features an extensive variety of accommodation, from big-name chain hotels to sleek boutique properties. For cosy B&Bs, head to the Plateau neighbourhood, while the student-thronged Quartier Latin has a number of simple and cheap residences and hostels.
A culinary destination that rivals the gourmet capitals of the world, Montréal is said to have the highest number of restaurants per capita in North America after New York City. It was Toqué – helmed by master chef Normand Laprise – that catapulted the city to the top culinary ranks, and since then numerous home-grown chefs have captured the world's attention, notably Martin Picard of Au Pied de Cochon, who has been largely responsible for ushering in a newfound pride in Québécois cuisine.
Montréal's ethnic diversity is amply displayed by the variety of cuisines available. The city has its own Chinatown just north of Vieux-Montréal, a Little Italy around Jean-Talon Métro (near the excellent Jean-Talon market; w marchespublics-mtl.com) and a Greek community whose cheaper restaurants are concentrated along Prince Arthur; for more traditional Greek cuisine, head further north along avenue du Parc.
Most prominent of the ethnic restaurants are the Eastern European establishments dotted around the city. Opened by Jewish immigrants, their speciality is smoked meat, served between huge chunks of rye bread with pickles on the side. Another Montréal speciality is poutine, fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds, generally served in diners and snack joints. Montréal comes a close second to New York as the bagel capital of the world; they're sold everywhere from grimy outlets to stylish cafés. The city has long embraced the concept of apportez votre vin ("bring your own wine"), and you'll find plenty of "BYOW" establishments on rue Prince Arthur and avenue Duluth, many of which serve good ethnic cuisine.
Drinking and nightlife
Drinking and nightlife
Montréal has elevated joie de vivre to a high art – and nowhere more so than at the bars and clubs. The city's nightlife keeps going strong into the small hours of the morning – bars are generally open until 3am. One of the liveliest after-dark areas is the bar-packed Plateau. Cutting a wide swath through the Plateau – and into the adjacent neighbourhood of Mile-End – is boulevard St-Laurent, lined on both sides with an eclectic array of nightspots, from sleek lounges to dive bars. Downtown, the action centres on rue Crescent, while Vieux-Montréal is increasingly buzzing with new hotel lounges, restaurant-bars and breezy terraces. Also popular are the student-packed Quartier Latin bars and the nearby Village, heart of the gay scene. For up-to-date listings, check out the English-language daily Montréal Gazette (w montrealgazette.com).
Montréal's gleaming entertainment quarter, the Quartier des Spectacles, is the hub of the city's performing arts scene. The world-famous Cirque du Soleil (w cirquedusoleil.com) is headquartered in Montréal, and though it doesn't feature a permanent show, the circus generally performs in late spring and early summer in the Vieux-Port, where it erects its famous blue-and-yellow tents. Montréal also has numerous excellent dance troupes, from Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (w grandsballets.qc.ca) and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (w bjmdanse.ca) to the avant-garde La La La Human Steps (w lalalahumansteps.com). For cinema check in the Montréal Gazette for show times; English films are indicated by v.o. (version originale), not v.f. (version français), which means it's dubbed.


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IMHO They should port this game on the 3DS too. Heck, if this is going to be published on the Dreamcast too, the 3DS should have enough horsepower to handle it.
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I already got Guacamelee! for free on the PS3 with my Playstation Plus subscription, so I pass.
I hope it'll be fun to play. I don't play a football manager sim since the days of "Player Manager" on the Amiga ^_____^
> [...] gaming was an expensive hobby [...]
gaming STILL IS an expensive hobby ^____^
Aside the three - IMHO overpriced - GBA games, this week of updates in EU is even worser than the usual.
Next title in the series: POWERDRIFT 3D... Pretty pleaaaaaaaase!!! ^_______^
Well, actually when you turn Zelda into a 2D platformed, it resembles Wonder boy in monster land
Nice name for a game, it's obviously a pun that recalls another famous japanese game named "Kiki kaikai". In the US you probably know this Taito arcade game as "Pocky & Rocky". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KiKi_KaiKai
"Aeternoblade" sounds like the name of a cookware set
For me this is another bad week for Nintendo downloadables...
I guess that if I can't have Metal slug, then Contra: TAW is definitely better than nothing.
Italy here. Still not working on both 3DS and Wii U at the moment.
I'm start wondering if Nintendo servers have been hacked or if there was an attempt and they're trying to put a patch on it, just as like as what happened on the Playstation Network some time ago.
Gotta catch 'em all-in
Skies of arcadia II by Atlus ?
No online, no party
P&D is not even available on the app store in Italy, and probably not even in the rest of Europe.
I guess I'll have to stick with Candy crush for another bit...
It's another "meh" week for me.
I don't know if this is a problem of the poor italian DSL lines, but I have personally experienced a lot of lag on every match and i have also heard the same thing from other users on IGN Italia: there's a lot of lag when you play WSC: TENNIS online, so much that it's almost unplayable.
No online, no party
Hmmm, gone from the Nintendo club and IMHO they're likely going to re-appear on eBay for astronomical prices
Gosh, we have to wait another entire month to get the first two titles
IMHO it's quite natural that the Wii U is not selling in Europe.
No FIFA 14
No PES
I strongly believe that the lack of both these top-selling football games is a death sentence for a console, as the Sega Dreamcast has teached us in the past.
ROTFL! At 2:40 the level with mario transforming into a human cannon looks a lot like R-Type You can even keep the fire button pressed to charge your shot as in the Irem shoot-em-up
I like the cover image, with that blue giant-sized tank and the captain in front of it...
it almost seems that Wayforward artists have taken inspiration from Metal Slug and its middle east level
For what I understand about music tech (not much) it seems MIDI + use of samples now and then to me.
Hey, I can even testify that this software even works perfectly with the Sony Singstar microphones!
Unfortunately its database is made of only english songs, so none of my friends will ever want to sing more than one or two songs with it at the moment.
> Sensible Software is a company which is perhaps more famous in the UK than the rest of the world.
Are you kidding me? Here in Italy it's usually considered a legendary software house that redefined the gaming scene during the eighties (with Microprose Soccer) and the nineties (with Sensible Soccer). Every kid back then used to have at least one of these two games, or Cannon Fodder on his C64 or Amiga computer.
There was a time when boys like me used to think that the coolest thing it might ever happen in their lives was to take a flight to England and gain a contract as a game designer with DMA Design, Team 17, System-3, Ultimate or Sensible Software. Or in the worst case, find a job at Ocean, U.S. Gold or Elite
With the exception of DMA Design (now Rockstar games) and Ultimate (now Rare) those days are gone
I hope Nintendo will use this extra time to implement an online multiplayer mode
My (quite) reasonable hopes for tomorrow:
1) Nintendo confirms that all their games from now on will support online multiplayer
2) Super Mario 3D World will have a playable demo, and it'll be available next thursday
I'd rather prefer to buy (again) its sequel, Gradius II / Gofer no yabou, or as we know it here in Italy - Vulcan Venture.
And I also hope that they'll support the Wii Balance Board for Golf.
My hope is that sooner or later they'll eventually add the Kendo game from Wii Sports Resort.
Yeah, I'm quite surprised indeed.
Judging from the title of the news article I though that his favourite Zelda was that thing made for the CD-i ^_________^
Well, if Smilebit will need the very same amount of time to bring it in Europe, I'm looking forward it towards the end of 2016..
I had this game on my NES, it was the game that made me discover the existence of the infamous Konami code
IMHO this is the weakest week of the year so far. I bet that Nintendo is probably thinking that everyone is on vacation and nobody will care about the eshop on August.
Finally Petit computer!
Day one purchase for me
Speaking about Konami games, don't forget that for us europeans the shoot-em-up smash hit "Gradius" was called "Nemesis". Other Konami games with changed names were:
- Life force (here it's named "Salamander")
- Gradius II (here it's named "Vulcan Venture")
Oddly enough, back in the 80s I had the NES version of Salamander and it was called... Life Force!
I'd like to see Tomodachi collection published here in Europe...
Uh, and Fantasy life too!
If they're smart they should put one relay station in every videogame shop across Europe IMHO, so the people could bring their 3DS with them, so while the owners could have a look at the newest titles their console could download and share new data.
AFAIK the only places in Italy that have these relay stations are the McDonald's restaurants.
It was one of the main 3DS games I was waiting for
I still hope that a true sequel to Mario Galaxy will follow in late 2014, maybe they have assembled this game in a hurry to have a Mario game put on sale for christmas and to not hurt the sales of the Wii U... or at least this is what I wish with all my hearth...
Probably I was expecting too much from this title, but I'm a little bit disappointed by both Mario 3D and Mario Kart. It seems to me that Nintendo is reproposing the same lineup of the 3DS but in high definition... I'm not saying that Mario Land 3D or Mario Kart 7 are bad games of course, it's just that I have already played both of them and I was expecting something new...
BTW, I'm wondering if the multiplayer part of this game could be played ONLINE and not just offline with four controllers as usual.
I'm getting Animal Crossing (and without spending a single dime, courtesy of Nintendo)
Here in Europe, No football games = Doom.
I'm going to get it without paying a dime. Well, actually I live in Europe and since I already bought Luigi Mansion 2, Fire Emblem and DK Country returns, Nintendo will give me a free copy of the game. Lucky me
I dreamed of having Power drift! That was my all-time Sega favourite game!


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Professor Lindley Vann took 20 students form the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation to Sri Lanka this past January. They travelled to various sights, and we get to see the trip as documented by a friend of Lindley's – Dwight. Check out his Blog, for super-saturated colors of Anuradhapura, Galle, the sunsets, the markets, even the traffic!
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Study Abroad 2012 – Sri Lanka
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett is confident that Berkshire Hathaway will be a mainstay of the U.S. economy for the next 100 years, regardless of whether it sometimes underperforms bull market runs, like it did last year.
In his annual letter to shareholders released Saturday, Buffett didn't disclose any new information on Berkshire's plans for succession once the 83-year-old eventually leaves the helm. But he emphasized that the company he's led for 49 years is built on a "rock-solid foundation" and will endure long after he's gone.
"A century hence, BNSF and MidAmerican Energy will still be playing major roles in our economy," Buffett wrote. "Insurance will concomitantly be essential for both businesses and individuals — and no company brings greater human and financial resources to that business than Berkshire."
"Think of all the admired investors out there. How many ever refer to something they owned or investments they're making and talk about how well they're going to be doing a century from now?," says Bill Smead, founder of Smead Capital Management.
In 2013, Berkshire spent roughly $18 billion to buy NV Energy and about half of foodmaker H.J. Heinz, and paid $3.5 billion to buy out the rest of two manufacturing firms, Marmon and Iscar. Subsidiaries committed to spend $3.1 billion on 25 other smaller acquisitions. Berkshire now sits on roughly $48 billion in cash and owns 8 ½ businesses big enough to be part of the Fortune 500 if they were separate companies.
"Only 491 ½ to go," Buffett quipped.
Buffett said he and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger will continue to look for other investments and acquisitions that allow them to bet on the future of the American economy.
"Charlie and I have always considered a bet on ever-rising U.S. prosperity to be very close to a sure thing," Buffett wrote. "Indeed, who has ever benefited during the past 237 years by betting against America?"
He suggested that the Heinz deal, which Berkshire bought along with private equity firm 3G Capital, could prove to be a model for some future acquisitions. Typically in the past, Berkshire has bought entire companies itself.
Berkshire's net income surged 31 percent to $19.48 billion last year on total revenue of $182.15 billion. Buffett touted performance gains at auto insurer Geico and in its "Powerhouse Five" — a group of non-insurance businesses including Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad and electric utility MidAmerican Energy that posted pretax earnings of $10.8 billion for 2013, up nearly $760 million year-over-year. In total, Berkshire owns roughly 80 subsidiaries, including clothing, furniture and jewelry firms. It also has major investments in such companies as Coca-Cola Co. and Wells Fargo & Co.
"On the operating front, just about everything turned out well for us last year — in some cases very well," Buffett wrote.
However, Buffett's preferred measure of Berkshire's performance has traditionally been growth in book value — its assets minus liabilities — though he says the company's intrinsic value is much higher. Berkshire's book value gained a substantial 18.2 percent in 2013, but couldn't match the S&P 500's 32.4 percent run-up. That marks the fourth year out of the past five that the company has underperformed the S&P. Berkshire has only fallen short of the S&P 500 in 10 years since Buffett took over the textile mill in 1965.
But in his letter, Buffett noted that over the full six-year market cycle — which would include S&P's rock-bottom market year of 2008 when it lost 37 percent — the company outperformed the benchmark index.
"Through full cycles in future years, we expect to do that again," Buffett wrote. "If we fail to do so, we will not have earned our pay. After all, you could always own an index fund and be assured of S&P results."
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Welcome to the Bear 100 Mile Endurance Run
100 Miles • 22, 518' of climb • Max Elevation 9043' • Min Elevation 4860'• Avg Elevation 7350'
Race Director
The race director for the BEAR 100 is Leland Barker Phone (435) 563-3647 Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Paul Butkovich
Paul Butkovich was a great friend to ultrarunning in Utah and California, and to the Bear 100. Both he and his little Jack Russell terrier, his constant companion, Altheia will be sorely missed.
Paul Anthony Butkovich Obituary: View Paul Butkovich's Obituary by The Park Record
Race Registration is online only. Registration is capped at 300 runners.
The race begins at the mouth of Logan Dry Canyon, right near Logan, Utah. There are dozens of hotels within five minutes of the start. Logan is a medium-sized university city with all the amenities you need, including an outdoor/running shop. It is a two hour drive from the the Salt Lake City International Airport.
2014 race date: September 26-27 2014 entrant cap stays at 300 runners then a wait list will be started.
Registration ends at Noon September 20, 2014 Registration starts on December 1, 2013
Race fees $210 12-1-13 through 5-31-14 $230 06-1-14 through 8-31-14 $250 09-1-14 through 9-20-14
Shuttle service from finish to start increases to $15 per runner
All other prices remain the same.


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