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BYU is likely to join the Big East Conference as a football-only member as soon as this week, according to a report by the Salt City Tribune.
The Cougars currently play football independently a season after leaving the Mountain West Conference.
If true, it means the Big East is on the verge of acquiring the two best available football programs in the Mountain Time Zone. The Boise St. Broncos have made it clear they intend to join the conference, though they were adamant about the Big East also bringing on other Western programs and creating a Western division.
Among the programs also assumed to be close to receiving invitations from the Big East (or already having received them) are Air Force, Navy, Houston, SMU and UCF.
Speaking of the Western Division, early ideas had the Louisville Cardinals and Cincinnati Bearcats being aligned with the West, something neither school reportedly wants.
According to some, the Big East would then place UCF in the West but ensure that they play local rival USF every season in order to appease the "traditional" Big East schools. That would make the East Division into: Connecticut, Rutgers, Cincinnati, Louisville, South Florida, and Navy while the West division would be BYU, Houston, SMU, UCF, Boise State and Air Force.
For more on the Cougars, visit BYU blog Vanquish the Foe. For more on the Big East, head to Big East Coast Bias. For more on the conference expansion whirlwind, check out our conference realigment coverage.


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By GREG JORDAN
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
An unregistered pit bull was found inside Bluefield's city limits after a biting incident involving another breed of dog was investigated.
One of Bluefield's city employees was bitten on the leg while collecting garbage on Norfolk Street, Police Chief D.M. Dillow said.
"He came in and made a complaint," Dillow stated. "It was not a pit bull that bit him. It was a different type of dog."
When the city police and animal control officer went to the dog's home to investigate, they found that a person there had an unregistered pit bull, Dillow said.
The complaint was made Monday, and the dogs were confiscated Tuesday. Dillow described the other dog as "a shar pei mix."
Each dog had a different owner, and both owners were cited.
"The pit bull was unregistered," Dillow said. "Being unregistered, that makes it illegal to be in the city. Its owner was cited for it not being registered, and the other dog was taken because it was vicious and had bitten the trash man."
What will happen to the dogs will be up to the city court, Dillow stated. Both dogs were taken to the Mercer County Animal Shelter.
Bluefield City Court convenes on Wednesday. Dillow did not know whether the case would be heard today or next week. He declined to state the names of the dogs' owners.
The Bluefield Board of Directors passed an ordinance April 23 banning pit bulls from the city.
Citizens were given 10 business days after its passage to register their pit bulls with the city. In the days before the deadline, approximately 97 pet owners registered 133 pit bulls.
The ban includes wolf-hybrid dogs.
Under the ordinance, pit bull owners who have an unregistered pit bull in the city could be fined up to $1,000, City Manager Jim Ferguson said when the deadline approached. Confiscated pit bulls could be destroyed.
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Philip Rivers is flowing in the wrong direction. The quarterback (QB) has had a tough run the past few weeks and today wasn't any different. Rivers is playing like a player who has the weight of his team on his shoulders. The pressure has got to him and you can see it. His playing has been abominable. On Sunday he threw an interception (INT) not once but twice and he also lost a fumble. That lost fumble should have never happened. He should have protected the ball.
While Rivers led his team to a TD late in the third quarter, he threw another INT on 4th down and 14 to go. Yes, he did face pressure but he's thrown too many INTS in the 4th quarter this year. Rivers is facing pressure but he's freaking out and making poor decisions.
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Russell Crowe the $200 million man at foreign box office
Russell Crowe's career may cooled a little in North America, but the New Zealand-born Australian resident remains a firm favorite with international audiences.
His latest release, "Robin Hood," just passed the $200 million mark at the foreign box office, the first time he has hit a double-century since his Oscar-winning "Gladiator" ended up with $270 million in 2000.
On a worldwide basis, including respectable U.S./Canada sales of $104 million, the period action-adventure has earned $305.7 million. The only films ahead of it in Crowe's canon are "Gladiator" ($457 million) and "A Beautiful Mind" ($313.5 million). Crowe will likely have to wait until later this year to see if "Robin Hood" can move up to No. 2. The film has yet to open in just one market — Japan, in December.
According to "Robin Hood" distributor Universal Pictures, top foreign markets so far include: Britain ($22 million), France ($17 million), Australia ($16 million), Italy ($14 million), Germany ($14 million), Spain ($12 million), Russia $12 million, South Korea $10 million, Mexico $9 million, Brazil ($8 million) and China ($7 million).
Oops! Studio publishes filmmaker Judd Apatow's home address
Psst! Want to know where Judd Apatow hangs his hat when he's not on the lot churning out pictures like "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up"? Universal Pictures accidentally included his home address in widely distributed press materials produced for his latest movie, "Funny People," which opens on July 31.
His wife, "Funny People" co-star Leslie Mann, was outraged when told of the snafu at a press gathering for the film on Sunday, saying: "That's really not cool at all." Apatow started to answer a reporter's question on the subject, but was interrupted by a studio publicist.


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When the kids are gone baby boomers are headed for the city, not just hanging out in the suburbs. Delaware Online reports that affluent boomers are trading in lawn mowing and commutes for easier access to restaurants, shopping and the theater. For some there's a bit of sticker shock when it comes to life in the high-rise. Going from a 2400 square foot home in the burbs to an 1100 square foot condo downtown doesn't always mean money in the bank. For some it means paying through the nose… Living in the city isn't cheap, but for many it's worth it.
In July we wrote about the increasing trend of boomers and the money they're spending on dining out. It all makes sense… Boomers have the money, many are retiring early (or enjoying semi-retirement), and many are empty-nesters for the first time in a long time!
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First off, we got a "family room" with bunk beds for our children. It was a great idea. Except for they are on the same level/side as the pool and music until 10:00 so they said. That doesn't matter much since the bar adjacent to the pool is open until 2 am with loud music.
Only one elevator works, and the night prior we found out it failed in between floors with people on board. The fire department had to be called to get them off. The other elevator is non operational.
That leaves the wet/moldy stairs to travel in between rooms if you don't want to wait 10 minutes to go up two floors on a potentially dangerous elevator. My wife and daughter slipped on the hazardous stair way injuring my wife's leg.
The rooms smell of mold and the floors are soggy and make you feel uncomfortable.
The "children's room" suite is no more than a closet with a bunk bed crammed in with a door that had apparently been ripped off at some point in time.
One lamp worked in our room. Which was okay since it helped us not focus on the paint bubbling off of the wall and ceiling in our "suit".
The location is prime and the staff did seem to be helpful.
However, you can't look past all of the flaws in a hotel we paid over $300.00 for.
I will never recommend this place and as it goes without saying will not ever stay here again.
Save yourself the heartache and money and stay elsewhere.
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The Internet is a portal of possibility, a level playing field for all content no matter its subject matter or relative quality.
On the Internet, your WordPress blog site is treated the same as The Fresno Bee site. Or Yahoo, for that matter. A band has access to a global audience that is equal to the biggest of stars.
On the Internet, a good idea — given enough traction — can turn into a viral sensation. Better than that, it can become a profit center.
It has created a new mom-and-pop revolution, a growth market for independent creators of all sorts — arts and crafts, music, entertainment and ideas. At the same time it allowed companies like Amazon to challenge (and in some case beat to death) national retailers, something almost unthinkable even a decade ago.
This only works, of course, if the Internet is open and "Net neutral."
If Internet providers like Comcast and Verizon can give preferential treatment to the websites they carry, the entire system breaks down. Which is why new regulations proposed by the Federal Communications Commission last week are so troubling. They pave the way for providers — if they pay for the privilege — to create "fast lanes" for Internet traffic.
At the news, tech writers everywhere rang the death bell for Net neutrality. This is important for those who believe that a free flow of information is essential to a strong democracy.
It's equally important to consumers of entertainment, especially as digital platforms become more ingrained in our lives.
We often think of censorship in terms of governmental interference. In April, China's government, for example, removed "The Big Bang Theory" from the country's video websites.
But capitalism operates its own form of censorship and the best ideas and innovations don't always win out — think Nikola Tesla's theories on electricity or the Betamax. In entertainment terms, it's more likely the rise of 3-D movies. Or the popularity of Justin Bieber.
This is the truth of Net neutrality.
For the providers, it simply represents another revenue stream. For consumers, it means paying more to view/read/listen to content with little or no control over what's being produced.
Divergent voices won't ever get shut out completely. The underground always finds a way of cutting through, and the truly innovative art and ideas will rise from the muck. It will be that much more of a struggle.
Don't blame the Internet providers. From a business standpoint, this sort of pay-to-play model is the next logical step as companies look for ways to pay for the infrastructure upgrades needed to handle increased bandwidths and carry all this information we crave. These corporations have no obligation to serve the public good.
But the government does. This seems like the time to do so. The FCC's proposed rules are in a formal public comment period that lasts 120 days. Then they will get a final vote.
Now is the time for consumers to let the FCC know that we want to stay "Net neutral."
This columnist can be reached at (559) 441-6479, firstname.lastname@example.com or @joshuatehee on Twitter and Instagram. Read his blog at www.fresnobeehive.com


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On Thursday, March 1, the Dacula City Council will decide in order to make the city more attractive to developers.
If the revisions are approved, an investment group is expected to request that 157 acres be annexed into the city for the purpose of developing a "live, work, play" community that could include apartments. If the changes do not pass, the investment group could still proceed with their plans by going through county zoning.
Should the City of Dacula allow apartments within the city limits? If developers intend to construct apartments on the site regardless, would you prefer the city reap the tax benefits instead of Gwinnett County? Why or why not? Tell us in the comments.
City Planner Joey Murphy said the changes to PMUD essentially boil down to a couple of major changes.
"First and foremost is the decision by the city council -- ? That's probably the biggest consideration within this ordinance," Murphy said during last week's city council work session.
The revised ordinance would increase the maximum allowable housing density per acre from eight units to 13, the same as allowed by Gwinnett County. A maximum of 40 percent of the property could be developed as apartments after 25 percent is dedicated to open space.
Dacula City Mayor Jimmy Wilbanks explained the revisions are being considered in order to take current market conditions into account.
"Otherwise, we'll never have anything built under the planned mixed-use district in Dacula any time in the near future," Wilbanks said.


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I have a 2000 Impala 3.8L with 103k miles on it. Purchased it about 1 1/2 years ago with 79K miles on it. So far, it's been a decent car:
New battery about 6 months ago.
Just replaced the rear struts/mounts ($425).
Just had a new P/S pump and serpentine belt installed ($468).
My biggest concern right now is the transmission. I've been having limited slipping and hard shifting after it's warmed up. It gets much more noticeable if I'm driving in the city. Been to a few different trans places, and just yesterday, had the fluid flushed and a new filter installed. Guy told me it's slipping because when the fluid gets hot it's slipping through a gasket or something. when he changed the fluid, he said he put in an additive that works 75% - 80% to rectify the problem. One guy plugged the scan tool in and said it put off code 18 - long life/hard shift - he recommended a rebuild...
I do have some idiot lights on though - the ABS/Traction Control lights. I speculate it's the wheel speed sensor needs replacing, but I don't view this as high priority right now (compared to my trans).
I also have the airbag light on - after reading on this site, I'm going to try the yellow connector under the drivers side.
I fully expect to get at least another 100k miles out of this car - hopefully more. I work in the auto industry and this car (namely the motor), comes highly recommended.
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Here is a quote from Bruce Boudreau after last night's game:
"We were a half a step behind all the time there."
Now, Boudreau was only talking about the sequence that led to Mike Fisher's game-winning goal in overtime, but it seemed like there were large stretches of the game that could also fit into that category. Washington was outshot 44-27, and with the exception of the Flash-Nylander-Semin line, didn't generate a lot of quality chances on Senators goalie Alex Auld.
"We didn't have a ton of great ones, but we had a couple good ones," Boudreau said.
Added Brooks Laich: "I don't know what to say, we're just kind of in a funk right now. We're working hard, but we're not working hard enough. We are not making smart enough plays, and we've got to get this thing turned around."
* Brent Johnson was great, stopping 42 of 44 shots. He and the PK kept the Caps in the game and helped them snare a point. Johnson made a great play on a Daniel Alfredsson breakaway in the first period, and had a couple of big saves in overtime. The only two goals he allowed were on a 1-on-0 breakaway for Dany Heatley and the Fisher goal, a one-timer during OT when the play was scambled.
"Fabulous game," Boudreau said. "[Goalie coach] Dave Prior said it might have been the best structurally he's played as a Capital. He did everything he could to keep us in it."
Boudreau would not commit to starting Johnson on Thursday against Carolina, but it is hard to imagine that he won't. Johnson now has a .914 save pct. and a 2.47 GAA in four games. As of 11 p.m. he would rank 12th and 11th in the NHL in those categories, but he has not played enough to qualify.
Jose Theodore's .877 save percentage and 3.44 GAA are 29th and tied for 31st, respectively.
*The PK entered the night 18th in the league at exactly 80 percent, but killed off all five chances for the Senators. Two of them (the 5-on-3 for 1:57 and the double-minor on Sergei Fedorov) were particularly large.
The problem for the Caps is Ottawa took only one penalty in the game — and Dany Heatley stepped out of the box and into a breakaway goal. Washington has now taken 65 minor penalties in 11 games, which is tied for 21st with three other teams that have all played more games than the Caps.
Washington has taken less penalties than the opposition in only one game this season.
"It is hard to not take more when you get one against you," Boudreau said. "You look at how the penalties were. [Fedorov]'s second one wasn't the smartest play, but he wasn't trying to do anything. He was just mad at himself. Brooks Laich putting us two men down wasn't a great penalty but at the same time I am having a tough time finding fault in the penalties there were taken. Alex [Ovechkin]'s wasn't a penalty — that was a good aggressive [play]."
*Boudreau also took those who take care of the playing surface to task.
"I am amazed that here in Canada that the ice could be as bad as it was. You go to Calgary and they have unbelievably good ice and you come here and it was the worst ice I've seen guys skate on in many, many moons. It was embarassing that the ice was that bad."
*Fisher was the topic du jour in the Ottawa papers today. He is in the first year of a five-year, $21 million deal and he had zero points in the first nine games. He was also taking plenty of flak on sports talk radio (one show had a spirited debate raging about who is better — Fisher or Toronto's Nik Antropov … between that and a show on a different station debating the merits of Montreal's third line guys, it was a nice holiday from the typical sports radio fare at home).
*Finally, here's something to ponder. Carolina comes to the Phone Booth on Thursday, and a regulation win would put them six points ahead of the Caps. It is way too early in the season to be tossing out terms like "must-win", but I don't think many people would have thought a sizable lead for any non-Washington team in the Southeast would be possible in the first week of November.


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Maggie: If you could sum up cafeteria food in one word what would it be? Slop. For a high school project, 16-year old juniors Michael Benson and Ivan Alston became investigative reporters and turned their cameras on their school's cafeteria food. But finding answers like nutritional information and even what ingredients were used wasn't easy.
Michael Benson: The cafeteria people didn't want to tell us what it was and we just never got a straight answer from, really, anyone. It's more like a mystery meat. We don't know what they're putting in it.
Maggie: It turns out that "meat" is a mix of beef and soy and the school's popular "pizza puff" contains about as the same calories, fat and sodium as a Big Mac.
Maggie: Big numbers like these are one of the main reasons people like the first lady have supported school lunch initiatives from the United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA. Earlier this year, the USDA made changes to the school lunch guidelines, for the first time in 15 years. Under these new guidelines, both fruits and vegetables must be provided every day. Schools must offer more whole grains and less fat and sodium. Calories and portion sizes are limited based on the student's age.
Kevin Concannon, who oversees the school lunch program at the USDA says the changes did stir up some controversy.
Kevin Concannon: The industry, I think, had a lot of anxiety about this. That's the kindest thing I can say about that.
Maggie: The food industry responded with a full menu of objections:
"salt and sodium have important functional properties."
"…transfat should not be inadvertently discouraged."
"Limiting starches like potatoes would make lunch 'unappealing and confusing.'"
Other analysts warned the new guidelines would make lunches more expensive, something many schools just can't afford.
In the end, the food industry was able to convince congress to make some changes to the USDA's guidelines. For example, students can still buy sugar-flavored milk and both french fries and pizza are counted as a serving of vegetables because pizza uses one eight cup of tomato paste.
Kevin Concannon: It's not a vegetable. But in the world of public policy, sometimes industry influences and injects itself into it. That's what happened here.
Maggie: Michael and Ivan had their own influence. The school agreed to post nutrition data and now they can't wait to see what is on the menu this fall.
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When Principal Jessica Downey received a plain white envelope bearing a return address from The White House a few weeks ago, she was admittedly skeptical.
"My first reaction was, OK, what scam is this?" Downey recalled.
Even after she opened the envelope and found a letter inside from United States First Lady Michelle Obama, Downey was not convinced it was real.
Until she looked closer.
"I still wasn't believing that it was Michelle Obama. I thought, oh, somebody was just stamping her name, until I turned it over and I could see her ink through the back [of the paper]," Downey said.
The principal's revelation was shared as part of a ceremony held Thursday, March 15 in the High Rock School cafeteria celebrating High Rock being the first school in Massachusetts to receive the HealthierUS School Challenge Gold Award of Distinction. Presented through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the award is the highest honor bestowed through the HUSSC program and recognizes High Rock for meeting rigorous standards in health and wellness, physical education and nutrition.
High Rock joins just three schools among 12,000 in the New England region to earn the distinction and is among only 2 percent of approximately 101,000 schools nationwide that have earned HUSSC status, according to John Magnarelli, regional director for the USDA's special nutrition programs.
"You guys are knocking the ball out of the park," Magnarelli told the High Rock School staff, students and parents who gathered for the celebration on Thursday.
In her letter—which was reprinted on programs for the event—the First Lady explained that the HUSSC program is the cornerstone of the nationwide "Let's Move" initiative, which aims to solve the childhood obesity epidemic present in today's generation.
"As a winner of the Gold Award of Distinction, High Rock Middle School is among the very best of the best—going above and beyond minimum requirements to help ensure your students live full and active lives," Mrs. Obama wrote.
Downey said she "could not be prouder" of her staff and the many people involved and noted that High Rock had been recognized not for efforts made just to receive an award but for what they already do every day.
"The choices that we have made along the way have always been focused on what's good for students and what's good for our community, and that's what's being recognized, and that is all attributed to the people who are in this room today," Downey said.
Food Services Director Ruth Griffin, a registered dietician, said that the district had "always been ahead of the curve when it comes to nutrition" and that since she was hired eight years ago, she and her staff had "continually made changes that we know are right for kids."
"We started by cutting back on the number of times a week we serve ice cream from five days to one day. We started requiring that every school serve at least four fresh fruits per day, that we have carrots available on the menu every day and that every kid has the opportunity to have a chicken Caesar salad," Griffin said.
About four years ago, the district began slowly introducing whole wheat and grains into school menus—literally, one slice at a time—by serving sandwiches with one slice each of white and wheat bread and eventually switching to all-wheat.
High Rock School has also been adding more beans to its recipes—one of the requirements for the HealthierUS School Challenge—and serves only low-fat or fat-free milk and healthy à la carte options, Griffin said.
In addition, the school has a wellness policy, is a member of the USDA's Team Nutrition, meets nutrition and physical education requirements and has at least 70 percent of the student body eating the school-provided lunches every day.
As part of the award, High Rock School will receive a plaque and banner recognizing it as a HUSSC Gold School and the district will receive $2,000 toward its nutrition and wellness programs. Individuals involved in receiving the award—including Griffin, Downey, High Rock Cafeteria Manager Barbara Buckley, food service employees and others—also received certificates of recognition.
Griffin said she hopes to see Needham's other schools eventually earn Gold Distinction status.


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Verizon is hoping to add some value for its customers by helping them rate the value of the apps they run on their smartphones. Rather than rating apps based on things like graphics or usability for a certain task, Verizon is looking at qualities that may affect the overall ownership experience. Major areas that are assessed include battery drain and data usage along with some other factors. Verizon makes a couple lists available, one that assesses top Google Play apps and another that highlights apps they find especially worrisome. » Read the rest
App reviews on the Play Store will soon require your Google+ login
tagged app reviews, Google Play Store, pre-order
As some of you may have noticed, the Play Store received an update over the weekend. While there may not be many changes on the surface, this usually means that they're getting ready to roll out a new service embedded within the store itself. Sure enough, the folks over at Android Police have uncovered an interesting change. Although not effective immediately, the Store will soon require you to log into your Google+ account before submitting an app review. This will then of course be published for the world to see with your Google+ name and picture. What happens if you don't have an account? You will either have to choose not to submit a review or you can create an account at that time.
Another interesting tidbit that was uncovered is the ability for pre-orders. While it's a little perplexing why you need pre-orders regarding digital content, this feature will presumably be used in their 'Devices' section. We all know they could sure use this new feature to at least get an idea of consumer interest in products. I'm personally not a huge fan of having to log into any external account to proceed with what I was doing in the first place. Nor am I a fan of pre-ordering. But given the debacle that was the Nexus 4 launch, it may be necessary going forward. However, we may need to pre-order the pre-order itself if last Tuesday was any indication of things to come.
source: Android Police
Developers are complaining that app ratings are missing from the Android Market
tagged Android Market, app comments, app ratings, app reviews, developers, Google, missing
If you recently posted a rating in the Android Market, it may not be counted. Developers are complaining that a decent amount of ratings are disappearing from their app listings. The first complaint came from a developer who lost half of the ratings. Another developer chimed in that they had 1220, but it dropped to 540. This can obviously effect the overall rating as one developer said the rating for their free app went up, but the paid version went down as they lost many 5 star ratings.
The most recent reply by Google states the following:
I wanted to update everyone to let them know we've identified the cause of this issue and are working to resolve it. In addition, I've added this issue to our Known Issues page.
I'll update this thread again when I have any further updates.
Thank you for all your earnest feedback and also for your patience while we work to resolve this issue.
Lets hope Google can resolve this quickly as it is effecting a lot of developers.
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Even nicer if it were true 20 years ago.
I think you mean "30 years ago." It's 2011. The last Star Wars movie came out in 1983, when she was 23 or 24. You're older than you think.
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Photoshoped for sure.
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The Toronto Venture Exchange has gimped along over the last two months and is growing very close to reaching historic bounce points. Since its recovery from the markets crash in late 2008, the TSX Venture has produced substantial bounces off the area of 1,350. The recent general slide in the resource-heavy Canadian markets has brought down dually-listed major and junior miners alike, include household names like Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX: ABX, NYSE: ABX) and Goldcorp (TSX: G, NYSE: GG), but also lesser-known companies like NioGold Mining Corp. (TSX-Venture: NOX, OTCQX: NOXGF). Experienced investors know that retracements are not a time to panic; they are a time to look for opportunities.
The Toronto Venture Exchange has gimped along over the last two months and is growing very close to reaching historic bounce points. Since its recovery from the markets crash in late 2008, the TSX Venture has produced substantial bounces off the area of 1,350. The recent general slide in the resource-heavy Canadian markets has brought down dually-listed major and junior miners alike, include household names like Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX: ABX, NYSE: ABX) and Goldcorp (TSX: G, NYSE: GG), but also lesser-known companies like NioGold Mining Corp. (TSX-Venture: NOX, OTCQX: NOXGF). Experienced investors know that retracements are not a time to panic; they are a time to look for opportunities.
British Columbia, Canada-based NioGold is an especially interesting developmental company in that its chart paralleled many of its big board peers with a deep drop at the end of 2008, followed by a sharp rise in 2009. Many junior explorers never regained the losses from 2008 as interest in many small caps softened and a great many haven't held the gains if they were recovered. In fact, a look at a three-year comparative chart of NioGold, Barrick and Goldcorp shows that NioGold has actually outstripped the majors by providing a 184.62% return as compared to Barrick's 12.10% and Goldcorp's 17.94% returns.
The chart also tells savvy traders to keep a close eye on NioGold as it historically pulls strong support around the 150% gain mark, which translates to a share value of 30 cents as shown below. The second chart also shows that there is more static support at 35 cents as well as the long-term trend line further validating the support point.
That is, of course, the technical component of why NioGold appears to be presenting a value proposition at this time. Fundamentally speaking, the company is very sound with a portfolio that not only positions them for strong growth, but undeniably aligns them as a potential acquisition target. Sure, plenty of junior miners can be called targets, but a more succinct look at NioGold reflects why this is particularly true for them.
NioGold's portfolio contains: Marban Block (100% interest), Malartic Hygrade (100%), Malartic H (60%), Val-d'Or (100%), Héva (100%), Siscoe East (50:50 JV) properties and the newly-acquired Camflo West (85 % interest) property via the acquisition from Republic Goldfields Inc. The Camflo West property consolidates the Malartic Hygrade property and encompasses past producing mines as well as the depth extent of Barrick's former Camflo Mine which produced 1.7 million ounces of gold from 1965 to 1992.
All of these extensive land holdings (125 km2 in total) are in Northern Quebec's most prominent gold mining region in the Abitibi Gold Belt adjacent to six (yes, six) producing gold mines that have 15 million ounces in gold reserves. The adjoining Cadillac, Malartic and Val-d'Or camps have produced over 45 million ounces of gold since the 1930′s. Their Marban Block project holds NI 43-101 compliant (as of Jan 2010) indicated resources of 600,000 ounces gold in addition to inferred resources of 360,000 ounces gold. NioGold's aggressive drilling program is further adding to those resources which could push the property in excess of 1.5 million ounces Inferred and Indicated in the short-term. The gold resources are defined along a three-kilometer segment of a regional gold mineralized fault zone, in and around the former Marban, Norlartic and Kierens gold mines, which collectively produced 600,000 ounces gold.
The Marban Block is currently being explored by Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX: ARZ, AMEX: AZK) through an option agreement with NioGold. Aurizon is putting $20 million into exploration (about $11 million already spent) and will have to make a decision on buying a 50% interest in the property based upon the total Indicated and Inferred resources when the exploration criteria is met. Even if they don't add a single ounce to NioGold's initial estimates (assays already have proved additional gold), the buy-in would add more than $17 million to NioGold's bank account at current gold prices. That's just for 50% of the reserves on one on NioGold's properties – and common sense says that the dollar figure should be much higher when the next NI 43-101 report is released.
Marban is prolific it seems, but only represents about 15 percent of the NioGold holdings which could draw substantial interest from other miners in the area. As noted, Barrick already produced at Camflo. Osisko Mining Corp. (TSX: OSK, OTCQX: OSKFF) just opened a mine literally across the street that contains 12.5 million ounces of gold. It's difficult to dismiss potential opportunities with billion dollar companies with familiarity to the land.
All of this from a company that has $6 million in cash on hand and a market cap of $36 million. If valuation is any reflection of future potential, then NioGold's is a good old-fashioned head-scratcher as it seems stunningly low. As reserves are continually proved-up, it would be presumable that investors will be dialing in their sights on this junior with so many lucrative possibilities.
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...there are three shows I really like, two of which are on tonight (Thursday). In the past twenty-plus years I have really gotten away from watching television. We enjoy watching really good movies on DVD, but there haven't been a lot of shows that have hooked me over the years. When I was a kid, my mom and I used to watch "Medical Center" with Chad Everett together. It was on Monday nights at ten; don't ask me how I remember that, but I do. Many years later, I enjoyed "Scarecrow & Mrs. King." I think it was the chemistry between the two protagonists that I especially liked. Then there was "Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman," another show with electric attraction between the male and female leads. In recent years I enjoyed "The Gilmore Girls;" my oldest daughter liked to say if I had remained a single parent and had only had one child (her), we would have been like Loralei and Rory (the main characters).I haven't gotten hooked on many of the recent "hot" shows, in large part because we have what I affectionately call ghetto cable. We buy the minimum cable package that provides clear reception. No ESPN. No HBO. No Showtime, etc.One of my current favorites has already been decried here, but that's okay. I agree it is exploitative in nature. But as someone who weighs enough to qualify to be on "The Biggest Loser," I find the transformations inspiring. As for tonight's shows, "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice," they combine base debauchery with intelligent (for the most part) dialog, and engaging, often compelling characters. And, I'm a sucker for a medical drama. Guess it takes me back to evenings spent with my mom and Chad!
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The Christmas Eve Carol service held at King's College Chapel in Cambridge England, known as the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols has become one of the most famous carol services in the world. And it's all down to the BBC.
The service, first held in 1918, has been broadcast live by the BBC, every year, except 1930, since 1928. The service was even conducted during World War II in a freezing cold chapel from which all ancient glass - and heating - had been removed.
During the 1930s, the BBC World Service began broadcasting the service live on Christmas Eve. A digital recording is now also broadcast on Christmas Day. As a result, millions of people around the world have grown up listening to this carol service and thousands of churches have adopted its format.
How You Can AttendThe King's Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is free to anyone who wishes to attend but it is extremely popular so you have to be willing to line up very early for a chance at a seat:
- Queuing begins at 7a.m. when the first members of the public are admitted to the grounds of King's College.
- Entrance is only through the main gate on King's Parade. All other gates into the College are locked.
- The college porters monitor the number of people joining the queue. Once there are as many in the queue as there are seats available, the porters advise new arrivals that they are unlikely to be seated.
- Generally, anyone in the queue by 9a.m. is likely to be seated, but there is no guarantee.
- Bags and packages cannot be taken into the chapel and must be left with the porters in designated areas.
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The Annual Festival of Lights kicked off Friday, but there are more colorful lights than ever.
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"They've already gotten excited just riding through the park. They have a good time," says Bob Prince who brought his grandchildren.
Chehaw dramatically expanded the display this year. It will be open through January 2nd from 6 to 9 on weekdays and until 10 on weekends.
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Group A Metro Turbo head gasket. This gasket has an extra reinforced fire ring to eliminate inter-chamber blowing. Necessitates modification of block -- details available from us. Not suitable for bores over +.040". Beware TAM1521 is stamped on this gasket but it isn't, Tam1521 has no rings.
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This gasket was originally developed by Howley Racing way back in the mid eighties for what was then part of the factory Rover Group racing effort - the Group A Metro Turbo. The engines developed by Howley Racing were giving 220+bhp and 185lb ft running 16.4psi boost - quite a chunk of power in a car little bigger than a Mini! Despite 10" wide sticky slicks, the engine chirped the tyres in each upward gear change. Even more impressive when you consider this was still on it's single 1.75" HIF SU carb!
All that was basically done was to take a standard production head gasket (the then all over silver TAM1521 - a great gasket it it's own right) and add a reinforced fire ring by over-lapping the existing one with an extra fold of metal. As a consequence the block needs to be machined to accept this gasket - rendering it useless for any other gasket fitment and any further over-bores (even to 73.5mm) unless a top-hat type liner was used. These two points alone should give cause for much soul-searching before going ahead with their use.
Despite reasonable availability in the UK, they never caught on in competition because of their limited usage and cost! In the UK, racing regulations and poor racing fuel availability makes it pointless trying to run super-high static compression ratios. The highest probably being 13.7-1. But even at these levels, head gasket failures are minimal. They have, however, seen a rise in popularity in the USA where static compression ratios up to 15-1 have been used - more regularly 14.5-1 in GT5 I believe - due to allowance and availability of high octane racing fuels.
As a guide line I would say that these gaskets are probably only worth considering where block bores are not to exceed 0.040" (maximum diameter the reinforced fire ring can deal with) and where static compression ratios exceed 14.0-1 and standard head gaskets simply are not cutting it. But make sure this isn't due to some other reason (see 'Cylinder Head - Torque settings and gasket hassles' in Calver's Corner) before taking the plunge.
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These telescopes are mounted on satellites orbiting the Earth. When you plot the objects that they are looking at you'll notice they look like a wave in the sky - this follows the orbital path of the satellite across our sky.
Each telescope has different design specifications and is sensitive to different wavelengths. For example Fermi measures gamma rays - electromagnetic radiation with a frequency above 1019Hz. XMM-Newton looks at X-rays, with frequencies around 10 times lower. Objects in space look different at different frequencies - just as you can't see a person in a dark room with he naked eye, but they glow like a lightbulb to infra-red. So XMM-Newton is looking at the universe through X-ray specs.
Scientists around the world can reserve time on telescopes to look at objects they are interested in. This can range from a particular star, or a distant galaxy. Satellites can be re-targeted automatically to respond to a sudden event like a supernova. Click a target on the map above - if it's been observed before you'll see a picture. Click through to see more images of the same object.
Astronomers use a range of different coordinate systems to identify objects in the sky. In the map at the top of the page the points are plotted using l and b, the galactic longitude and latitude. As with longitude and latitude on earth, l and b define the x and y location on a map, and like earth there is a galactic equator. This is the plane of the galaxy - visible as the bright line of stars, and corresponds to b=0. All astronomical coordinates increase to the left.
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Murder suspect Frankie Resto appeared in superior court Friday morning to answer to charges related to the June 27 robbery and shooting death of a local convenience store owner and family man.
After being escorted into the courtroom Resto, 36, tried to move toward a family member of shooting victim Ibrahim Ghazal of Meriden and repeatedly glanced in their direction during his arraignment. Judicial marshals quickly stopped the handcuffed prisoner from taking a step.
Across the courtroom, one of Ghazal's daughters sobbed when Resto was brought before Judge Kathleen E. McNamara about 11:45 a.m.
His bail was set at $3 million for the murder charge and $100,000 for violation of probation. McNamara then ordered the arrest warrant to remain sealed.
Just as he was about to be escorted from the courtroom, Resto uttered the "F" word while speaking to the judge, causing Mark Buebendorf, the public defender representing him, to apologize to the judge for Resto's language. Again, the marshals quickly tried to contain the suspect who is also charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree larceny and criminal possession of a firearm.
On June 27, and killed while he worked at the EZ Mart at 271 E. Main St. Resto turned himself in to police in Brooklyn, NY, on July 6. He waived extradition was brought back to Meriden on Thursday.
Resto's case has been transfered to New Haven Superior Court, Part A for a court date on July 31.
As he was leaving the courtroom Resto was trying to tell the judge that his alleged accomplice, Willie Breyette, was not involved in the robbery and murder.
"Let him go," Resto was heard saying. His public defender reiterated the request before appearance ended.
Breyette, 25, of New Britain was arraigned in superior court last week on charges of aiding and abetting first-degree robbery and hindering prosecution. Breyette's bail remains at $500,000 and he is scheduled to appear in New Haven Superior Court on Tuesday.


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By partnering with users in its many YouTube EDU channels, the company is able to put its educational content within reach, according to its blog.
Each video contains an interactive pop quiz that can be taken within the display window on the site.
The company's blog explains further how the game works:
At the end of the video you'll be asked a question which you should answer using the annotations embedded in the video. This will automatically take you on to the answer, and to the next question. The quiz has five questions in total, each from a different YouTube EDU partner, and then at the end you'll receive your score.
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According to PCMag.com's ever-insightful Sascha Segan, Google's upcoming Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS will require dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 compatible processors in order to operate properly. At the moment, Nvidia's Tegra 2 system is the only Cortex-A9 processor available, though dual-core CPUs from Nvidia's competitors are expected soon.
This information comes from Bobby Cha, the managing director of a Korean electronics firm called Enspert.
If true, this would mean that Android 2.2 Froyo and 2.3 Gingerbread based tablets, such as Samsung's Galaxy Tab, would not be capable of running a Honeycomb update. Why is this important? Because Android 3.0 Honeycomb is the first version of Android specifically tailored to work on tablets.
Of course these hardware requirements all seem to point to a possible fork in the Android platform, one where tablets run on a different version of the OS than smartphones. It seems that we might have to wait for Android "Ice Cream" before the OS re-merges into a single system that supports both tablets and smartphones properly.
Cha also told PCMag.com that Honeycomb based tablets could run on displays as small as 7 inches in size and confirmed that Motorola's device, which Google exec Andy Rubin featured briefly last month, will be the first Honeycomb tablet to market.
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few hours after exposure. Also monitor for delayed myelosuppression and thrombocytopenia by performing a baseline complete
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"Toxicology Brief" was contributed by Safdar A. Khan, DVM, MS, PhD, DABVT, ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, 1717 S. Philo
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1. Wray JD. Methaemoglobinaemia caused by hydroxycarbamide (hydroxyurea) ingestion in a dog. J Small Animal Pract 2008;49:211-215.
2. Plumb DC. Veterinary drug handbook. 5th edition. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 2005;401-402.
3. Hydroxyurea. In: POISINDEX System [intranet database]. Version 5.1. Greenwood Village, Colo: Thomson Reuters (Healthcare)
4. Hydroxyurea. AHFS Drug Information 2008. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American Hospital Formulary Service, 2008;1083-1089.
5. Marconato L, Bonfanti U, Fileccia I. Unusual dermatological toxicity of hydroxyurea in two dogs with spontaneously occurring
tumours. J Small Animal Pract 2007;48:514-517.
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UK games clinic opens for addicts
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A new clinic has been opened in the UK looking to help out those affected by serious video game addictions.
According to The Telegraph the new institution is called Broadway Lodge and is based in the west coast town of Western-super-Mare.
The clinic will not only aid gaming addicts, but also those with serious drink, drugs and gambling addictions.
Broadway Lodge is apparently aimed at those "going without food, sleep, or any social interaction" in favour of games.
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"For us to keep up with your pace of change, this leadership team is breaking down silos throughout our agency," she tells a group of tech execs. The 47,000-person agency is conducting its own "mashup."
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Visitors and guests at the multi award-winning East Lodge Hotel and Restaurant are now able to find out all the latest seasonal news from the garden to the table, with the launch of a brand new innovative seasonal brochure – aptly named In Season. The first edition has just been released for...
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East Lodge hog roasts make for a truly historic wedding
The Peak District and Derbyshire's multi award-winning East Lodge Hotel offers romantic autumnal weddings amongst the changing colours of the English countryside and now couples can complete their fairytale day with a traditional hog roast for their evening wedding feast. As the former...
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Multi-award winning hotel and restaurant embraces 'Glorious 12th' season. Grouse is back on the menu at Rowsley's multi-award winning East Lodge Hotel and Restaurant. The grouse season began on the Glorious 12th August and as shooting began in the surrounding Derbyshire...
Launch of stunning Chef's Table at East Lodge puts culinary luxury on a plate
Multi award-winning local hotel launches the ultimate dining experience When one of the finest award winning country house hotels in the UK embarks on a £¼ million kitchen refurbishment, it can only mean something big is coming. It has now arrived! East Lodge in the heart of...
Visit Peak District and East Lodge celebrate major corporate partnership
East Lodge director Iain Hardman today announced a major new corporate partnership, signed by the famous multi award-winning Rowsley hotel and restaurant with regional tourist board Visit Peak District and Derbyshire. In an initial agreement set to last for 12 months, one of the...
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There are signs that 2011 is set to be another blockbuster year for Peak District tourism, thanks to visitor numbers being swelled by the latest movies filmed here. Derbyshire's Peak District and the surrounding area has long proved a magnet for filmmakers looking to take...
Silver and Gold, a great result, all told!
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Multi award-winning Peak District hotel's staff among the best in the land It's official; the welcome and level of customer service you can expect to receive at East Lodge in Rowlsley, The Peak District, is among the best in the entire country. From thousands of eligible...
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It is success again for East Lodge, as the front of house team of this multi award-winning Peak District hotel and restaurant have once again been shortlisted for Outstanding Customer Service at this year's Enjoy England Excellence Awards. East Lodge is assured of scooping either silver or...
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Whoever said silly babbling doesn't pay off doesn't know Jim Gick.
The 64-year-old Laguna Niguel resident has made a living on babbling. He is the inventor of the popular Babble Ball and many other toys for pets, and serves as president of Pet Qwerks, a national pet toy company.
As for the wildly popular Babble Ball, when touched, the interactive toy quips such phrases as: "Here we go again," "Here puppy, puppy," "Oh lucky dog," and "Rock'n'roll big doggy," to name a few of the messages.
He created the Babble Ball for his dog, Koko, whose own talking toy had broken.
"He had that look on his face: 'Please, fix it,' " Gick said during a recent interview at his Laguna Niguel home. "The toy sat broken in the garage for a month or so, and Koko would look at it every time he saw it.
"One day I found a ball-shaped yo-yo in a toy store," Gick said. "I cut it apart, made a little motion switch for the components of the broken toy, stuffed it inside and glued it together. Koko went wild ... he chased it all over the house until he was exhausted. It was his favorite toy by far."
How it Works
The ball is triggered to talk by either a pet's breathing or by the vibration of the animal walking nearby. The voice the ball makes is actually Gick's that has been manipulated by computer technology and has been recorded on a chip that sits inside the ball.
"All pets love toys that make noise," Gick said. "Most pets also love balls and the Babble Balls combine both features into a single toy. Inanimate squeak toys or plain balls don't hold a candle to the Babble Balls. From the pet's perspective, the Babble Balls are playing with them. The more they play, the more the balls will talk back to them."
After a year of testing various Babble Ball prototypes, and investing $500,000 of his own money, Gick found a supplier overseas, and in July 2003, the first Babble Ball was born. The balls are still produced overseas, he said.
"The dogs think there is some kind of animal inside the ball, but other pets love it, too," he said. "One consumer said her ferret adopted the little kitty ball and carried it around like a baby. Another lady sent me a picture of her hedgehog playing with one."
These days, sales are well into the seven figures and since its founding, Gick has gone on to invent other pet toys such as IncrediBubbles, Blinky Balls, Da Bomb, and the X-Tire. He said the number one selling pet product at is the Babble Ball. It is also sold in supermarkets, pet stores and home goods stores.
The Babble Ball has even made it into homes of the famous like actress Jennifer Garner, wife of Ben Affleck. Click here to see video.
Gick said the Babble Ball is also healthy for pets; it's typical that pets, especially dogs, become quite excited with the balls. The physical workouts provide all the benefits of healthy exercise.
"A healthy pet is a happy pet," he said. "The Babble Balls have opened new worlds for pets that are blind or have poor eyesight. Pets with separation anxiety or are chronically bored have perked up remarkably. Unlike toys that motivate activity by dropping out unhealthy treats, the Babble Balls are just good healthy fun."
Early Creative Beginnings
Gick is no stranger to inventions as his dad was a former designer of metal tools for leather crafts such as belts and purses. He had one of the first hobby shops in the 1950s in the Los Angles area that was bought out by Charles Tandy of the Tandy Corp, he said.
The second oldest of four children, Gick was drafted when he was 19 years old, and when he returned from the Army, he worked for his father. That business did so well, his dad sold it after 20 years, leaving Gick to find something to do on his own. He started up a new company specializing in gift products and later became a distributor of products for other companies. The company branched out, eventually into gift and stationery products with a line of postcards that was later bought out by a large company.
Gick, after selling the stationery business, decided in 1997, to venture into the world of real estate, something he didn't like. Finally, with the discovery of the Babble Ball, he started on a new path that continues today.
Present Day
Nowadays, Gick attends various pet trade shows around the country, in addition to constantly working on adding more products to his growing pet toy company. The main office and warehouse is 27,000 square feet and is located in Irvine, where it employs nine.
"We have more than 100 different pet products now," he said. "I'm always working on new toys, my mind is always churning, hoping to make pets happy."


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.. Avowedly malignant ceremonies have been performed at two, if not three, places in East Clare. At Carnelly, near Clare Castle, at an unknown period remote even in 1840, "a black cock, without a white feather," was offered to the Devil on the so-called "Druid's Altar," two fallen pillars near an earthen ring beside the avenue, --to avenge the sacrificer on an enemy, but in this case it brought an equivalent misfortune on the sacrificer himself.
The Duchess de Rovigo, an heiress of the last Stamer of Carnelly, used the story, combined with irrelevant family legends and pseudo-archaeology, in a poem dated 1839, but I obtained it, as given above, from a more reliable source, her mother, in 1875 and 1882, as well as from my brothers and sisters, who heard it in "the forties".
When I was at the dolmen near the house at Maryfort in 1869, an old servant, Mrs. Eliza Ega (nee Armstrong), said to me, -- "Don't play at that bad place where the dhrudes (druids), glory be to God! offered black cocks to the Devil!"
The third [fort in the area] is much defaced but of greater note. It is called Doonmeeve on the maps, but Doonmihil and Dooneeva, locally. There are two segments of curved fosses coming out at a slope near the shore; they are cut through drift, and when a block of shale was met with it was neatly cut to the slope of the bank. the inner is dry, but a water runnel courses down the outer one. They are 6' to 10' deep and wide at the bottom in parts, the inner 28', and the outer 20' wide at the top. The bank between these is 22' wide at the top. It probably enclosed a space on the cliffs, and could hardly be a promontory fort whose promontory was washed away by the unresting sea. Bronze implements have been found on the shore at the foot of the cliff which bounds its enclosure.
A very curious tradition as told us in the neighbourhood. A certain man, in not very remote past years, began to dig up the space inside its trenches, before he had been long at work he fell down and lay to all appearance dead. News was brought at once to his wife a reputed "wise woman," who was evidently equal to the emergency. She rushed to the nearest fairy spot, did magic, and ran to Dooneva to her apparently lifeless husband. She then addressed herself to the unseen inhabitants of the fort and imperiously ordered them to bring back her husband at once. Rapidly as the deceased brother of the unvirtuous de Birchington, of Ingoldsby, the insensible man sat up and recovered complete strength, while a stick was carried off in his stead. After all the story in its facts, apart from their deductions, may very well have happened, and even the charms may have been done in as good faith as many others worked to our personal knowledge.
From that spa-town [Lisdoonvarna] we go eastward, crossing the river valley, and seeing on a bold bluff a lofty mound - a reputed "fairy hill."
Lissateeaun, Lis an tsidhean, the fairy fort, lies in a townland called Gowlaun, from the "fork" (Gabhal) of the stream. It is a mote-like mound, shaped out of the natural bluff, but raised and rounded so as to form a high flat-topped platform sufficiently imposing as seen from the road bridge to the east. A shallow fosse runs round it on the side of the plateau in a semicircle. There are no other mounds or hut sites, nor is it easy to fix its actual height, as it runs into the natural slopes. The summit lies about 400 feet above the sea.
Its resemblance to a burial mound may have helped its reputation as a sidh, but it very probably was, if not in origin, at least in use, a true lis or residential fort, as its name implies. Sidhean in Co. Clare living usage, by the way, implies rather a passing gust or whirl of wind in which the fairies travel. It is a prophylactic usage to bow or take off your hat as the gust reaches you.
The fort is reputed to give its name to the Castle of Lisdoonvarna, "the fortified fort of the gap." The gap is the river gully, and the levelled ring wall at the head of the slope to the north is Caherbarna.


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