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Sea Marshall's CrewFinder has the capabilities of the CrewGuard along with considerably more sophisticated direction-finding capacities. Connected to a directional antenna mounted high on your boat, the CrewFinder will indicate the source of the PRB signal in relation to your boat's heading on a circular display of 36 LEDs. The antenna overcomes the potential temporary loss of PRB transmissions due to wave action by constantly averaging the signal's direction. If the signal is interrupted for more than a few seconds, the unit will recall and indicate its last position on the circular display. A signal-strength indicator--four horizontal LEDs within the circular face--shows when the boat is nearing the source of the transmission. Michael Feldstein, Sea Marshall's vice president of sales and marketing, says that the rescue system has a range of up to five miles.
The Sea Marshall Rescue System has received approval from the U.S. Navy and includes among its customers the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.K. Coastguard. The SMRS-8L Personal Rescue Beacon with light has a suggested retail price of $179. The CRWG-1 CrewGuard sells for $448.40, and the MDF-220 CrewFinder is priced at $2,840.
ACR Electronics of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, manufactures the Vecta2 Hand Held Radio Direction Finder. Also tuned to 121.5-MHz frequency, the Vecta2 will, like Sea Marshall's receivers, pick up a signal from any ELT or EPIRB, including ACR's 6"L x 2.6"W x 1.6"H manually activated MiniB2. Connected to ship's power and to an omnidirectional antenna mounted high on your vessel, the Vecta2 will put out an oscillating tone when a signal is picked up. You must then disconnect the direction finder from its remote power source and antenna, unfold the antennas mounted on the Vecta2 itself, and from a position on deck, sweep the sea to determine the direction of the signal (see photo, this page). LEDs on the handheld unit indicate signal strength. ACR claims that "under ideal conditions" the Vecta2 has a range of up to 8 NM. The MiniB2 sells for $249.
Seattle's Emerald Marine Products manufactures a man-overboard rescue system that operates on a UHF band at a 418-MHz frequency. Emerald's 5.5"L x 1.5"W x .75"H ALERT System AT100 transmitter activates manually or by contact with water. The AT100's signal is picked up by the AR100 receiver, which sounds a 95-dB alarm (65 is the level of normal conversation). Like Sea Marshall's CrewGuard, the AR100 can be interfaced with a GPS and autopilot. To search directionally the receiver must be fitted with the optional 19"L x 15"W x 3"H ADF100 direction-finding antenna. You then use the antenna--like ACR's Vecta2-- to sweep the horizon for the signal's origin. Emerald states that the ALERT System's maximum range is one mile. AT100 transmitters sell for $199 each. The AR100 receiver is $399, and the ADF100 direction finder is $299.
Many items we take onboard solely to be used in case of emergency are rarely given much attention beyond annual battery checks. With these devices, however, you can practice. ACR Electronics and Sea Marshall both sell test beacons that operate above the official search-and-rescue frequency and can be used for training. And Emerald Marine's 418-MHz beacons can be used any time for skill-building drills.
Is it unlikely you'll ever actually need to use any of these devices in an emergency? Of course. But if you agree that one of their functions is the creation of peace of mind, then you'll be reaping the benefits every day you're on the water.
ACR Electronics (954) 981-3333. Fax: (954) 983-5087. www.acrelectronics.com.
Emerald Marine Products (800) 426-4201. Fax: (206) 781-4646. www.alert2.com.
Sea Marshall Rescue Systems (212) 790-6604. Fax: (212) 642-4265. www.seamarshallrescue.com.
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This article originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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RICHLAND, Wash. — Twice a day, every weekday, a large black cat named Sable trots from the garage where he lives to a nearby street corner in West Richland.
He plops down in a patch of grass and watches as children cross the street to and from Enterprise Middle School, earning him the nickname "the crossing-guard cat."
Sable's daily habit also has earned the domestic shorthair a bit of Internet fame. In recent days, his story has appeared on Yahoo, Huffington Post, ABC's news blogs and in the New York Daily News.
"It has been amusing how it's just taken off," said Lance Morrison, patriarch of Sable's adopted human family.
Sable has lived with the family for several years — they couldn't quite remember how many — ever since leaping over the 6-foot-high fence at their former west Pasco home into their back yard.
They gave him some food and he never left.
The family moved to a house in West Richland about a year ago, and that's when Sable took over crossing-guard duties, he said.
Their house is right across the street from Enterprise, and something about the throngs of children passing by each day caught Sable's attention.
Tamara Morrison told the Tri-City Herald that the family has lived near a school in the past, and had a school bus stop right in front of their former home but that Sable never paid much attention to the children's comings and goings.
"He never went out to greet kids," she said.
But Sable has found his calling at that particular crosswalk since moving to West Richland.
Each morning and afternoon — in rain, snow or sunshine — the 15-year-old cat goes out to watch the school's students wearing a neon orange safety vest Tamara bought for him at a pet store, she said.
Sable typically arrives at the corner about five minutes before the children — and he stays in on the weekend when children won't be in school.
"The cat's got this built-in clock. He just knows," said Monti Franckowiak, the school's safety patrol adviser.
For his diligence, Franckowiak and the school's principal awarded Sable with an "Honorary Safety Patrol Member" certificate.
Brooklyn Morrison, 11, a student at the school, said many of the teachers have Sable's picture as the background wallpaper on their computers, and his picture was shown on a big screen at a recent school assembly.
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Some companies just don't want to do "the call." They don't want to waste their time. They don't want to have to be constrained by those Wall Street nitwits who are trying to build models instead of sleek, elegant, loved machines. They don't want to have to defend themselves or their actions, or make cases for their products and their decisions about them in the face of the queries from lesser minds. They don't want to have to justify anything they have done beyond informing these overpaid jackals the obvious facts about their own supremacy.
They believe in the res ipsa loquitur form of Wall Street guidance, the Latin phrase that you learn the first week in law school: The thing speaks for itself.
I don't blame anyone who feels this way.
It's impossible to satisfy those who want so much from you and don't pay you a dime for what probably amounts to a degree of torture. It's not unlike wasting solid time at the Department of Motor Vehicles to get a new license, or perhaps visiting customs in some godforsaken banana republic where you have to just play along to get the heck out of there.
But it's part of the process -- the acknowledged price you have to pay in order to get people to recommend your stock. It's the cost of sponsorship, the process of promoting something you might just think is unseemly, or even unnecessary: your company's stock price.
So you suffer the consequences and do it the best you can, trying not to be too petulant or too angry or too condescending or dismissive. Indeed, for some, that's just a very tall order -- too tall, given the stature of the company for which you work vs. the stature or accomplishments or employs of your interlocutors.
That is what Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook and his team are suffering through right now. They're trying hard to put into context why they even have to deal with this substrata of specimens known as Wall Street analysts. That's even as, alas, some of them are better -- which, in the case of Apple, means more loyal -- than others. It's even though a couple of them actually try to do good work, whatever that work may actually be.
That corrosive but never-to-be-admitted undercurrent is what stands out for me from last night's conference call -- not the gross margin to-and-fro, or the over-or-under ordering of supply parts for the Mini or the Mac or the smartphone iterations.
Some would call it arrogance, meaning that Apple feels it simply doesn't need to play ball beyond what information it feels the need to give out. The subtext: If you don't like our answers, go figure it out yourself, but good luck, because we will fire the supplier who helps you try to do it. Others would say this justifiably superior attitude is about trying to prevent the veil from being pierced. It's the veil that says, "Look, we make the best products in the world, and everyone knows that, and if we could make more of what we like, everyone would buy it, and we can charge whatever we like, and we would still do great, so stick that in your model pipe and go smoke it."
The clear implication of the thesis is this: Would you, any of you analysts, ever buy the device another company may be offering vs. our own device? Would you ever buy another company's machine for your kids? Would you ever even risk that? Take that needless chance? So why not just say, "Apple could earn $100 a share, or $200, or whatever, if every manufacturing company in the computer world would just make what Apple wants them to make."
You know what? All of this works, and all of this is totally realistic and understandable, from Apple's point of view. It works if the real subject that the analysts cover is the quality and degree of love for the products that you make, and not some piece of paper that trades on an exchange.
But it is thorny and uncomfortable if it's about the trajectory of the stock price that has the audacity to represent your company's value. It is downright horrendous, meanwhile, when that trajectory is in a tailspin and you don't even want to dignify why that could be or how it could be stopped. Perhaps this is because you don't even care. Worse, maybe it's because you think these little minds who are trying to set the price are so obtuse that it isn't even worth working with them in order to help.
It's almost as if you can hear the Apple top brass saying, "If only we could take these numbers and statistics right to the people instead of having to deal with you stooges. If we took it to a plebiscite and dealt with the real voters, the potential customers and the satisfied ones, we'd be much better off."
That's how you can brush off such conference-call staples as questions about market share, or pricing, or actual demand, as just pedestrian entries from knaves and mountebanks who wouldn't know the difference between a sleek Mac Lamborghini and its Trabant and Yugo competitors.
But there's a gigantic elephant in the room, and that's the stock price itself, and it will not be ignored by these small-minded, formerly subservient minions. It won't even be ignored by the ones whom Apple occasionally helped a bit because they seemed to rise above the 90 I.Q. of the others.
As for the stock, Apple seems to believe it's not responding the way the plebiscite would. It is not obeying the will of the satisfied customer or hearing the charms of the management, or marching to the tune of the most recent innovation, the iPad Mini.
Unfortunately, from Apple's point of view, the stock is now reacting to that litany of mundane inputs that trap the stocks of other mortal companies. Things like real demand, real customer satisfaction vs. other products -- yes, alas, other products -- like things made by Samsung, for heaven's sakes. The stock is reacting to how much is really being made on each item, now that the inferiors out there are suddenly making superior products, at least in the minds of some of the voters out there.
In fact, these annoying Lilliputians actually think they need ammo to stay positive -- ammo to do something as simple as breathing, which is to reiterate their buy ratings. I can just see Tim Cook turning to his colleague, genuinely puzzled, saying, "It's as if we have to come up with something breakthrough, something dazzling for them beyond what's obvious -- which is how great we are."
But, at some point, your company's products may have genuine competition. In many places on Earth, other companies may be taking share, as is the case with the Samsung phone, or you may have product lines that are in decline, like the iPod, or product lines that seem strong but can't carry the load, like the iPad. And it's a funny thing: When that happens, you actually do need to give these mendicants a little something juicy to keep them on board, to ensure there is no rebellion. Otherwise they feel they are simply sticking fingers in the dikes that dams a bear lake, and that's not what they perceive their job to be.
The result? The flood is unleashed, and you get the wholesale alienation of those who never deserved a seat at the table anyway. If the company were private, who could care? If the stock's value were equal to the cash, then who would need these people at all? Maybe when it gets there, Apple won't even have to do a conference call.
But here's the simple fact of the matter: Apple is a public company. Until it no longer is, or until it actually does trade through its cash -- which at this pace, won't be long -- Apple's management is going to have to explain itself in a way that can round up more buyers than sellers. Alas, right now, that is obviously just not the case.


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Wisconsin Ayrshire breeders hosted the Grand National Ayrshire Sale on Saturday, June 30, 2012, at the Cow Palace North in Kaukauna, WI. A large crowd participated in the grand finale of the National Ayrshire Convention where 53 live animals averaged $2,735.
The top-selling animal was a winter calf sired by Cedarvale Charleston and out of an Excellent BBBK daughter. Vieux Village C Maika sold for $8,100 to Lindsey, Kyle and Kelsey Schilling of Boggstown, IN. "Maika" got her start on the tanbark early this show season with second place honors at the Canadian National Spring Show in Quebec. Her dam is EX-90. She was consigned by the Foley Family of Piopolis, Quebec.
from left Pedigree Reader Doug Evans, National Ayrshire Princess Ashlie Hardy,
Auctioneer Darrell Worden, Ringman Neal Smith, Kurt Wolf, Ringman
Steve McDonald, High Seller Vieux Village C Maika, Leader Elizabeth Forsting,
Sale Co-Chairman Steve Schmidt, Ringman Dave Koss and National Ayrshire Queen Eileen Gress
Another Cedarvale Charleston daughter, Vieux Village C. Juliann, was the second higher seller. This VG Sr. 3-Year-Old sold for $6,000 to Cristy Sathre of Adams, MN. She is a two-time All-American nominee with 20,000M at 2-04. She was consigned by Gene Hall Jr. of Cushing, OK.
from left Ringman Steve McDonald, Seller Patrick Myers, Pedigree Reader
Doug Evans, Seller Gene Hall Jr., Auctioneer Darrell Worden, Ringman Neal Smith,
National Ayrshire Princess Ashlie Hardy, 2nd High Seller Vieux Village C. Juliann,
Leader Elizabeth Forsting, Ringman Dave Koss, Sale Co-Chairman
Steve Schmidt and National Ayrshire Queen Eileen Gress
A crowd favorite was a winter calf sired by Margot Calimero out of an EX-94 BBBK daughter with records to 5-00 365D 33,937M 3.8% 1298F 3.0% 1027P. Onword Calimero Attagirl-ET sold for $5,000 to the partnership of Katie Henson, Lindsey Rucks and Jacob Worden, Ashville, OH. "Attagirl" is a full sister to the world-reknown Onword Calimero Addy-ET, EX-92, with 2-03 365D 26,130M 3.9% 1015F 3.2% 826P. She is a three-time All-American and two-time All-Canadian. The consignor was Jonna Schutte of Monona, IA.
from left Buyer Katie Henson, Pedigree Reader Doug Evans, Buyer Jacob Worden,
Buyer Lindsey Rucks, Ringman Neal Smith, Auctioneer Darrell Worden,
Ringman Steve McDonald, 3rd High Seller Onword Calimero Attagirl-ET,
Noah Worden on the halter, Ringman Dave Koss, Sale Co-Chairman
Steve Schmidt and National Ayrshire Queen Eileen Gress
Rounding out the top five sellers were two of the highest genetic indexing animals in the sale, and both were sired by Palmyra Tri-Star Burdette-ET. Palmyra Burdette LH Roberta-ET is a winter calf and the maternal sister to the popular A.I. sires Ramius and Reality. Her dam is an EX-90 "Lover's Heligo's" All-American with records to 4-06 365D 32,980M 3.8% 1238F 3.1% 1014P. The next dam is an EX "Reno" with over 174,000M lifetime and has sons Remington and Raven in A.I. "Roberta" was consigned by Palmyra Farms of Hagerstown, MD, and sold for $4,800 to Robert and Tiffany Hazeltine of Janesville, WI.
Maple-Dell Burdette Dora-ET, a spring calf, is out of the well-known Maple-Dell Zorro Dafourth, EX-95 2E, with records to 6-01 365D 30,950M 4.5% 1387F 3.0% 939P and over 141,000M lifetime to date. "Dafourth" is a national show champion, has been Reserve All-American twice, and has sons Drew and Diego in A.I. The next dam is EX-90 with 4-01 365D 27,290M 4.9% 1330F 3.2% 865P. "Dana" sold for $4,200 to Susan Edwards and Wade and Jennifer Brunsman of West Grove, PA. She was consigned by David Patrick, Maple-Dell Farm, Woodbine, MD.
The high-selling embryos were consigned by Douglas Evans of Georgetown, NY. The mating of De La Plaine Prime x Stillmore BBBK Klassy sold for $600 per embryo to Michael Maier of Stitzer, WI. "Klassy" is EX-94 with records to 6-09 365D 28,550M 3.8% 1078F 3.5% 1001P and is a three-time Reserve All-American. The next dam has records to 6-03 333D 33,958M 4.4% 1511F 3.1% 1049P.


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CELEBRATED North Yorkshire sprinter Tangerine Trees may be in the autumn of his career but he has a good chance of lighting up the summer by gaining a 14th career success at Hamilton this afternoon - in a race named after another North Yorkshire speedster.
Trained at Hambleton by Bryan Smart, the nine-year-old runs in the Soba Conditions Stakes, an event named in honour of the 'Queen of the North', trained by the late David Chapman, who won 13 races and rose from lowly beginnings to become one of Europe's top sprinters.
Tangerine Trees gained his best moment of glory in 2011 when he won the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in the hands of Tom Eaves at Longchamp.
The veteran is, inevitably, not the the force he once was, but he was beaten only five lengths in the Scottish Sprint Cup - a red-hot handicap - at Musselburgh on his latest start.
It would be great to see him get back in the winners' enclosure this afternoon and he would be assured of a warm welcome on a course where he has won in the past. Eaves is back on board.
George Chaloner can do no wrong at present. The apprentice of the moment, who won last Saturday's Northumberland Plate at Newcastle on Angel Gabrial, just a week after Baccarat had carried him to victory in the Wokingham Handicap at Royal Ascot.
Chaloner teams up with Royal Connoisseur for his boss Richard Fahey, trainer of Baccarat and Angel Gabrial, in the Follow@HamiltonRC On Twitter Maiden Stakes.
The three-year-old has been rather expensive to follow so far, but he was beaten only half a length by Makhfar at Doncaster on Saturday. If he can reproduce that effort in what looks an even easier race this afternoon, then Royal Connoisseur should be able to get his head in front.
Fahey also introduces an interesting juvenile in Spring Offensive in the Avon Gorge Maiden Stakes. There are some potentially useful rivals in opposition, including Mark Johnston's Surewecan and the Kevin Ryan-trained Pipe Bomb, but the Fahey two-year-olds are going so well this season that it would be foolish to underestimate this nicely-bred colt. Tony Hamilton rides.
Gadabout Dancer (2-45), who ran well in defeat at this course a fortnight ago, and recent Thirsk winner Amis Reunis (5-15) are two others to note.
At Brighton, Red Passiflora bids for a quick double in the Streamline Taxis Supports The Martletts Hospice Handicap.
Trained by Sir Mark Prescott, the Cheveley Park-owned filly won at Lingfield four days ago and lines-up here under a 6lb penalty. Prescott makes a habit of rattling up sequences with horses at this time of the year and Red Passiflora may be one to achieve just that.
Kieren Fallon may be able to reward this followers with a first-and-last race double.
Fallon looks an interesting booking for the Dean Ivory-trained High Tone (2.30), who should have benefited from her re-appearance run a fortnight ago, while he also partners recent Lingfield winner Billy Red (5.30) for John Jenkins.
The promising Tryster (3.30) and the consistent Who's The Chick (5.00) are two others with leading claims.
Hamilton today
2.15 Spring Offensive, 2.45 Gadabout Dancer, 3.15 Corton Lad, 3.45 Tangerine Trees, 4.15 Master Bond, 4.45 Royal Connoisseur (NAP), 5.15 Amis Reunis.
Brighton today
2.30 High Tone, 3.00 Bereka, 3.30 Tryster, 4.30 Litmus, 5.00 Who's The Chick, 5.30 Billy Red.
Today's other meetings
Bath and Stratford.
Tomorrow's meetings
Catterick, Chepstow, Kempton, Perth and Windsor.


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Those taking part in Devizes Carnival procession on Saturday will have to impress professional arts workers to win a trophy.
The organisers, Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts (DOCA), have made a change to the judging this year. Previously those taking part were judged on The Green prior to the procession setting off, but on Saturday the judging will take place en route.
Also new this year is that the panel of judges will include experienced carnival workers including Julz Davies, who was artistic co-ordinator at St Paul's Carnival, Bristol, and Simon Tipping, of Festive Road, an outdoor arts company.
Jo Beal, artistic director of DOCA, said: "The judges can chat to the people taking part in the procession when they line up on The Green but the judges will have a viewing platform on the corner of the roundabout at Southbroom Road and Nursteed Road.
"They will see the groups and individuals in the procession, how the crowd responds to them and how they respond to the crowd."
The results will be sent through to Fantasy Radio who will be broadcasting live and by the time the procession reaches the Market Place the winners of each category will be announced.
Entry forms are available online at www.docadevizes.org.uk or from Devizes Books in Sidmouth Street or Scholars in Little Brittox.
Entrants should start assembling on The Green by 5pm and the parade starts at 6pm. Also on Saturday will be a performance of Wessex Military Band in The Brittox from noon to 2pm and Bitter and Twisted plays at The Southgate Inn, Potterne Road, at 8.30pm. Free entry.
There are rolling road closures for the carnival, beginning with Sidmouth Street being shut at 4pm.
Southbroom Road closes at 6pm and the town centre is closed completely at 6.30pm. All roads will be reopened at 8pm.
Organisers say every effort is made to keep traffic moving smoothly through Devizes during the carnival and marshals will be in place to direct traffic where necessary.
- Noon-2pm - Wessex Military Band plays in The Brittox
- 5pm - Entrants assemble on The Green
- 6pm - Carnival parade due to leave The Green
- 8.30pm - Bitter and Twisted play at The Southgate Inn. Free entry


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The adventures of lowriding began a while back for Poland's Marcin Gacuta when he used to watch nothing but rap videos with lowrider hydraulic action and lowrider convertibles cruising along to the background and the beat. Back then, the thought of ever being involved in the lowrider culture would be impossible. It would take a visit to Chicago where he actually witnessed a '63 Impala on a three-wheel motion heading down the streets to make that dream seem possible. After he was back home in Poland, he decided to do some research to see about choosing the right lowrider to fit his style and taste. When his homework was over, Marcin decided that the 1965 Chevrolet Impala convertible would be his final choice for a build. After years of searching around for one in the right condition to purchase, a friend called Marcin from the U.S. and told him that he found the '65 he was looking for and that it already had hydraulics installed!
Having minimal knowledge of the automotive mechanic industry, Marcin went on to purchase the car and have it shipped over to Poland. While the classic ride was traveling on a ship across the ocean, he tried to learn as much as possible before the car would be unloaded at the docks. For two months he read specialized books and got to know everything about the Impala step by step.
Once the classic rag was brought home, Marcin's dad was waiting with tools in hand so he could help begin the reconstruction of his son's Impala lowrider. From the interior on over to the trunk, and then the engine and undercarriage, everything had been gone through, replaced, painted, chromed, and detailed. Thanks to all the help and dedication provided by family and friends, Marcin eventually commpleted his dream car.
While the build was taking place, Marcin got to know the prior owner of the '65 rag who was a member of the World Wide Rollerz Only car club. Not knowing that there ever would be a chance of joining a club from the other side of the world, Marcin's convertible looked and met the standards to join the club, and so now there is a Rollerz Only chapter residing in Poland with a convertible classic. Marcin went on later to name his prized possession "Familia '65," because that's what it took to complete the build. Dedication and inspiration go a long way when you are lowriding in Poland.
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Vehicle Year/Make/Model: 1965 Chevrolet Impala
Vehicle Nickname: Familia '65
Owner: Marcin Gacuta
Country: Poland
Car Club: Rollerz Only Poland Chapter
Engine: 327, Powerglide trans, MagnaFlow exhaust, Holley four-barrel carburetor
Body/Paint: PPG Fire Red
Interior: Original design in leather
Sound System: JVC head unit Alpine speakers
Suspension: CCE Hydraulics reinforced frame
Wheels/Tires: 14-inch Galaxy wire wheels


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Gov. Jerry Brown has been among the most iconic Democrats in one of the nation's most Democratic states over the course of four decades, but his State of the State speech on Thursday suggested that some of his plans may actually be in line with Republican priorities.
"It was nice to see the governor channel his inner Republican," said Bob Huff, the state Senate's top Republican.
Huff, R-Walnut, said in a telephone interview that those remarks echo those of Assembly Republican leader Connie Conway, R-Visalia.
Huff also represents Chino Hills and Diamond Bar.
The upshot is that Brown and the Legislature's GOP minority certainly do not see eye to eye on all issues affecting the state, but there appears to be more than just a little opportunity for the governor and Republican leaders to find a measure of agreement over the coming year.
Huff said Brown's speech could be heard as a call for smaller government, a Legislature that passes fewer bills, business-friendly reforms to California's key environmental law and a rainy day fund.
Whether those ideas can become policy, he said, is another matter.
"The rhetoric's great. Where's the reality," he asked.
When it comes to whether Brown's words will find themselves written into law, the question may not be so much whether the governor can reach a compromise with Republicans as much as whether he can make a deal with members of his own party.
"I've always figured I could work OK with Governor Brown. His problem is moving his own constituency," Huff said.
For example, Brown called for a streamlining of the California Environmental Quality Act. Republicans and business groups have long called for changes to the law, which allows environmental groups to file lawsuits that can stop or delay construction.
State Sen. Michael Rubio, D-Shafter, has also pushed for reforms to CEQA, but Huff predicted that Brown will have to significantly leverage his powers as governor to convince Democrats to change the environmental law.
"If he lends his strong leadership to CEQA reform, we may be able to get something," Huff said.
Despite the possibility for agreement among Brown and Republicans on some major issues, there are also important subjects on which the governor and GOP disagree.
Among them, Brown's support for high-speed rail and the continued implementation of A.B. 32, which requires some industries to buy carbon credits in order to maintain production.
"We in California appear to be shouldering the burden for the entire world when we have to compete with other states," Huff said.
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It turns out that crime does pay, especially for state police agencies.
Immigration raids at Aquila Farms in Bad Axe, Mich., made the news several years ago. The case ended with dairy farmer John Verhaar and his wife being put on probation and fined $2.7 million for hiring illegal immigrant workers. Read more about the case here, including an exclusive interview with Verhaar.
However, the story doesn't end there.
According to a report by the Detroit Free Press, two state police agencies received more than $500,000 for helping the federal government investigate hiring practices at the dairy.
The funds were presented last week to the Michigan State Police and Huron County Sheriff's Office by the U.S. immigration and Custom Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
"HSI is proud to recognize the key role that our equally important county and state law enforcement partners played in bringing this significant worksite enforcement investigation to a successful resolution," William Hayes, acting special agent in charge of HSI Detroit, said in an agency new release.
Both agencies received nearly $287,000.
For the Huron Country Sheriff's Office. in particular, the money will help improve equipment and more.
"The Huron County Sheriff's Office is a small rural department with limited resources, some of which were used to assist with the HSI investigation into Aquila Farms," Huron County Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson said. "The asset forfeiture funds being awarded will help us to recover some of our investment by allowing us to update equipment, training facilities, and community safety programs that may have not been possible due to budgetary constraints."
The agencies were given a portion of the money obtained from Verhaar's fines in accordance with HIS's asset-forfeiture program.
Read, "Illegal immigration raid at dairy farm pays off for police."


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Bi-Rite is once again mobilizing to support the Daphne Zepos Teaching Award (DZTA) and we need your help.
Followers of this blog will recall last fall's announcement of Bi-Rite's commitment to the funding campaign for the DZTA. Our own Sam Mogannam co-founded the award with a group of cheese retailers and educators from across the country to commemorate and honor Daphne Zepos and her immense contributions to cheese-craft in San Francisco and throughout the wide world of cheese. Daphne co-owned The Cheese School of San Francisco and lived in San Francisco's Mission District, so the palpable absence left by her death last July has resonated for us professionally and personally. Before she passed, Daphne conceived of an award to help a selected cheese professional travel and share knowledge at the annual American Cheese Society conference, and beginning in 2012 the cheese community has worked to make Daphne's vision of this award a reality.
The founders of the Award set an ambitious fund-raising goal of $250,000 by the end of 2012, and Bi-Rite resolved to support this goal with a portion of our cheese sales. These sales, combined with an in-kind donation from Sam himself, allowed Bi-Rite to contribute $5,000 to the campaign. But the effort to commemorate Daphne and her contributions to the cheese-making and cheese-educating community goes on, so this fall we are reigniting our campaign in support of that effort – and by working together with our marvelous cheese vendors and amazing guests, we believe we can exceed our contribution from last year. During October, November and December of 2013, we will donate 25% of our sales of Essex St. Comte and L'Amuse Gouda (both cheeses that Daphne selected, imported and introduced to our selection) to the campaign.
Comte: The first cheese Daphne imported through Essex St., hand-selected from among the 60,000 wheels slowly and coolly aging in the caves at Marcel Petite Fort St. Antoine. Herbaceous, fruity and kissed with deep, heavy cream, it's delicious in sandwiches or simply served with fruit, nuts or bread.
L'Amuse Gouda: This two-year-old aged Gouda, made at the Cono cheese-making facility in the Netherlands, is a great example of the flavor that comes from aging at a higher temperature (as opposed to a cooler one that suppresses bacterial activity). It's also a stirring testament to affinage, the art of gracefully bringing a young cheese to mature ripeness.
Since the DZTA campaign began last year, we have opened a second market location on Divisadero Street, and with twice the cheese-selling capacity, we're excited at the prospect of exceeding our contribution goal. But we still need your help! Please stop by either of our Market locations to taste these fantastic cheeses. And if you would like to honor the memory of one of the greatest cheese educators in America but can't make it in to our Markets, please consider donating online. We ensure that 100% of your money, minus credit card fees, will go to the endowment, which is managed by a President and Board of Directors from the cheese industry. All funds are safely invested and their annual returns fund the scholarship.
Thank you for sharing these wonderful cheeses with us, for your continued enthusiasm and support and for helping us to commemorate a great individual and the professional community to which she contributed so much. We'll see you at the Market!


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I don't have a TV and I leave my furnace off, but I am comfortable curled up next to my books and my computer with my trusty little heater sitting in close proximity atop a padded folding chair.
I read for long periods and when I need a break, I watch Netflix Instant Watch.
I was watching Anna Something, crime reporter (Swedish with subtitles). It was mildly exciting, but not near as exciting as the scene that transpired next to me. First, the sound effects: zzzt! zzzt! I looked down and saw the padding of the chair on fire. Holy moly, What was this? I lifted the heater and put out the fire with my hand and then pulled the plug of the heater out of the wall.
Once the smoke cleared and, when I say "smoke cleared," I am speaking literally, I went to Google to see if I could learn something from this event.
Forty-two percent of home structure fires originate in the kitchen. Peak hours for home fires are between 5 and 8 p.m. Almost two-thirds of reported home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms."
By the way, I discovered that I do have an alarm, but it is in the living room of my mobile home, and never went off. If they put only one sensor, why not put it in the kitchen, where the plurality of fires originate? I am certain the laws have changed since my metal box was built.
The U.S. Fire Administration states: "It's a recipe for serious injury or even death to wear loose clothing (especially hanging sleeves), walk away from a cooking pot on the stove, or leave items that can catch fire, such as potholders or paper towels, around the stove."
How did all this apply to my fire? It seemed like the game Clue in reverse: it did not start in the kitchen, a working appliance was not left unattended, it was not between 5 and 8 p.m., and I did have a working fire alarm. Clearly this was a statistical outlier.
It felt very unfulfilling not to be able to place blame. Then I epiphed. My fire was started by the Chinese. It was probably some slave laborer, who, unable to end his depression by leaping out of a high story window (after the cameras left, they put the suicide nets back on), decided to turn his anger outward, and left one of the wires inside the heater loose.
This will not be a problem immediately, but over time, the electricity will begin to arc, and then build up heat, until one day, flames shoot out.
What at first seemed inscrutable now is transparent.
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I stayed at this hotel around 2 years ago when it was the Quality Hotel, it has since become The Newgate Hotel after owners 'The Real Hotel Company PLC' went into administration. For a while there have been plans to completely demolish the Newgate Centre below it (which is in dire need of it!) and create a new development so don't think it's likely that an substantial amount of refurbishment work will have been taken out. There was a period where it was completely closed until new owners and during this time the staff lost their jobs, I don't however know if they were re-employed by the new management or whether new staff were recruited (hopefully).
We booked a two night stay for £44.50 BB a night through the Real Hotel Company's website, a knockdown from the £69 RO a night rate advertised on the official website for the same time. At £44.50 it is just passable and at £69 wouldn't have given up until I received a refund!
Having learned that the hotel has both refurbished and non-refurbished rooms I booked a guaranteed non smoking twin online and then enquired in advance through e-mail directly with the hotel for a refurbished room who checked availability and found my choice of a refurbished twin non-smoking room was available and this was confirmed for us in a closing e-mail signed by the General Manager. With this I thought I could rest easy knowing we wouldn't get an old room, though of a hotel and company of this size no one should have to worry about getting an 'old' room.
We arrived at around 2:30pm and as pedestrians had to use the street door, as we live local to Newcastle knew how to access it but can imagine the problems others would have had trying it find it - it is hardly outstanding to say the least! The glass door is etched with the logo and to the right of the entrance to the Newgate Shopping Centre (awful) which there is a large sign for on Newgate street so if you are unsure where to go look out for that. Once in you pass through a maze of doors and empty and rundown old rooms until at reception. There the two staff didn't acknowledge us and spoke to each other about a sheet they were holding while walking around behind the desk and then out to the back room then when ready the man returned and the woman emerged after him. He said nothing and just glared expectantly at us, and assumed he wanted a name. He got a highlighter and marked our name off on a clipboard on the desk and searched around aimlessly for a key as if he didn't know where he was and provided a few choice facts like breakfast times etc and anything said to him a short delay followed making an awkward feel, I was glad to be handed the paperwork and key card. He informed us the room was 306 as is said on the tear-off slip on the bottom, but on the bill itself it stated the room was 306 which was then crossed out and 311 written in blue biro on top. The lift call button is right next to the desk, but once pushed calls a lift right next to it, or an alternative one at the other end of the lobby. You can't really fail to miss though as the noise the far lift makes when opening is mad, so if with a lot of bags you should probably leave them in the middle as the doors are hasty in shutting again too.
The lifts are wall papered with carpet, and have no display telling you what floor you are actually on but once on the right floor, 3, went to 306 and low and behold it didn't work so tried 311 as was written on the receipt and the door opened, only it was a refurbished double room not a twin so back down to reception to the same man while the other woman again watched over as I explained the increasingly frustrating situation. He hunted around behind him and allocated another room and gave us a new keycard for a different room (can't remember the number) on the 3rd floor. Back up in the lift this time the other one but still no floor display and on entering the room the high hopes we had flew out the open window as this time it was an unrefurbished double!! Back down to reception again to the same man at which point the other woman snootily interrupted me asking "Do [I] want a twin room do you??" implying I had booked otherwise. I said yes and pointed out on the tear-off paper that it said room type 'Twin'. At this he uttered "Ohmygod" to himself quietly as he realised that I had a twin booked all along and the other woman said nothing further and faded into the background. An obligatory 'Sorry' was uttered and nothing else and finally was given a regular key to room 222 on Floor 2 which was easy to find being it was the first on the corridor and behind one of the lifts. I was glad to find this WAS a twin room, but it wasn't refurbished, which was evident at the point of seeing the door handle!
The T.V. was left on when we entered, which was ironic as there was two tent cards next to it saying to turn it off fully rather than leave it on standby! It only picked up four main channels and channel 4 had 'ghosting' and there was also a PlayStation controller, on-demand movies and wake up alarm system. Both beds were evidently old with the level of sagging and ripped sheets, and one of them squeaked at the slightest move mixed with the squeaking from the lift going past at all hours was enough to drive you crazy and there was no way I would think about changing rooms again either. The desk next to the T.V. was tiny and if you sat at the desk it blocked the T.V. from sight from the bed. On the desk itself was the energy saving cards and a menu, and an abundance of 6 wonky switches on the bottom of the mirror, some worked lights etc others appeared to do nothing. In the same unit was a draw labelled hairdryer and a cupboard labelled hospitality. Everything in there had to be taken out to use it as there was no plug. There was a letter on another unit explaining the policy on smoking in the room and a few directories for the Choice Chain. None of these were specific hotel information, just a hotel brochure advertising the services like conferences etc they offer, it did give us a much needed laugh as the starting clause included the line "which prides itself on giving you a warm and friendly welcome"!! The room had a full length window, covered by horrible old curtains, which slid open the full length and didn't have any form of restrictor so be careful if with kids, and there was no lock either. Storage wise there was a flushed cupboard (Iron & Ironing board inside) with hangers and doors, and an outlying unit with two shelves near the T.V. Note also that on the facilities page on the hotel website it states that there is trouser presses in every room, ours didn't have one. The room door was very flimsy and had a 100-year old sticker on it saying to push the middle in with a 'long object' for extra security!!
Unlike with many of the reviews we weren't disturbed by noise from the streets, there was very little at all in fact and we were only on the 3rd floor up. However it was a Monday and Tuesday night we were there.
Bathroom was OK, everything was as clean as it could get given what there was to work with (as was the entire room in fact) but still appeared dirty as the facilities were old and worn out (again, the same for the room). For example the bath was rusty and worn and appeared filthy and off putting but was technically clean as none of it washed off. No take away toiletries just a dispenser of Dove nowhere near the sink behind the shower curtain and a Lux dispenser next to the shower head and there was two glasses on a shelf. On the first night the water was hot enough for a bath, the second night it wasn't, but was good enough for showering and hand washing. Unlike a lot of other hotels the bathroom door locked fine too.
When leaving the room for the day, one of the maids wished us a good morning and asked if we would like the room serviced and before we got to the end of the corridor she was already in the room! Another maid who was in the way when we came back apologised for getting in the way and hurried off, normally at any hotel you are lucky to get a word out of the maids, so well done to the housekeeping department at least!
Breakfast is served on weekdays from 7:30 - 9:00 and was again fine, nothing special but good for being included in the price. On arriving you get asked you room number and asked your choice of hot drink, other than that everything was self service. The tables seemed a bit excessively set up for breakfast with a variety of glasses and knives, forks etc which looks nice but just gets in the way. The tables themselves appeared new but the chairs looked as if they came with the hotel and the bases were ready to fall out - they were very unpleasant to sit on. No music was played in the restaurant, though the chef's music could be heard coming out of the kitchen. The buffet was in the middle of the tables and offered a mix of cereals, pastries, muffins, juices, fruits, yogurts and a separate table at the side carried the toaster and bread - on the second day the white bread ran out promptly while the staff stood around talking to each other doing nothing about it, other things were well stocked though. There was a table of fried food but I never had any of this or even looked at it - not my thing.
Check out involved putting the key through a hole in the desk labelled 'keys' which when done made a few loud clunks as if it was simply a hole - not a box - and nothing else and the key seemed to just fall onto the floor! The reception area is a complete contrast to the room and corridors; it is full of bright reds and browns and wood. See the photo of the stairs too, every step is taped up, but the flight of stairs leading from reception upwards has a brand new red carpet - very deceiving.
I wouldn't advise this place unless you want a bed for the night or all the other city centre hotels are booked.
Jurys Inn in Newcastle is by far my favourite hotel for fairly economical business travel. End of. However, I cant always get into Jurys good tends to mean popular, you see. So when Ive been unable to get into Jurys I sometimes pull the virtual short straw and end up somewhere far inferior. That place tends to be the rather unfortunately named Quality Hotel. Let me explain further. Ill be as fair as I can.
Location and Getting There
The hotel is situated right in the bustling centre of Newcastle. I have to say that the location is superb for anyone visiting the centre for shopping or socialising, because you really are slap bang in the middle of everything. The Gate (a complex of bars and restaurants) is literally about four doors up from the hotel and all the big shops and shopping centres can be reached in less than ten minutes by foot. From the train station, the hotel is probably about ten minutes walk not bad if youve travelled lightly, but otherwise a taxi might still be a good idea. This isnt a hotel that I would recommend if you were driving. Whilst the A1 and ring road are fairly easy to navigate, it is the last stretch that generally causes the problem as you end up on one of the main thoroughfares through the citys shopping centre. If the traffic is bad, you could end up sat there for twenty minutes every time you go in and out other hotels (including Jurys, for example) are much better.
The main problem with the location is that the hotel is actually very difficult to find. I looked for directions on www.yell.co.uk and concluded that the place would be very easy to find. This really wasnt the case. The only clue to the hotels presence is a rather faded sign in one of the two glass doors that lead straight off the street into the hotel. I walked past it once. I asked for directions and I walked past it again. I literally had to be directed step by step until I could find it. The entrance is completely innocuous and looks more like an office than a hotel. This was all rather frustrating after having travelled and lumped several heavy bags up the street.
Im not aware of a lift that goes right down to street level either, which means that disabled guests would probably struggle here.
Suggestion for Improvement
Better signage possibly a sandwich board on the street to direct people into the place. The hotel would be unlikely to benefit from much passing trade as things currently stand.
Reception and Greeting
Once you have actually found the main entrance, you have to climb a couple of flights of stairs and then navigate your way through a labyrinth of double doors and rooms until you actually reach the reception area. The first thing that will probably jump out to you as you wander along is the very tired décor. The carpets are worn and scruffy. The wallpaper is peeling and old-fashioned and the whole place generally smells a bit musty and it really doesnt feel very welcoming. The walk to the reception desk is additionally unwelcome and you do wonder whether you are lost.
The hotel has its own car park, which comes into the hotel just round the corner from the reception desk, but isnt signposted. The reception desk is small and characteristically tatty. The staff members are polite and courteous enough but they all look like they could do with a good wash. The checking in was all fairly efficient but the hotel has a very old-fashioned computer system so if there is a problem, you could be waiting for some time. Room keys are of the old-fashioned variety, so you get a nice chunky fob with a proper key on it rather than a swipe card.
Suggestions for Improvement
This will apply throughout the hotel but the place needs to be closed down for a complete refit. The general décor is old and tired and you just get a cheap and nasty feeling wherever you go.
If budgets wouldnt permit this, then the hotel should at least invest on making the entrance more inviting. Better signage directing guests where to go, possibly with some posters or something to brighten the place up a bit. Additionally, at night, the main entrance is locked, so you have to buzz to be let in it doesnt say this anywhere, so a little sign might be a useful idea too.
Bedrooms and Bathrooms
The rooms are arranged across five floors the building rises above the street like a hideous 1960s concrete tower block. There are both executive and standard rooms available, but dont expect much from either.
Shabby may be chic, but genuine shabbiness is shite and these rooms are genuinely shite. The décor is really old and worn. The carpets are so dirty and marked that I felt uncomfortable walking bare foot. Basic facilities (trouser press, kettle etc) are provided but even the kettle was a bit mucky and I really didnt fancy trying any of it. The beds are surprisingly comfortable but too short for us tall people and theyre burdened with horrible old fashioned bedding that seems to be haunted by decades of dirty weekends. The television offers a movie channel and a couple of satellite stations but the sets are really small and the picture quality isnt fantastic.
The bathrooms arent any better. Theyre worse, in fact. The décor is still tired but there are the additional luxuries of lime scale on most of the fixtures and fittings, along with mould on the shower curtains and the grouting. The showers are horrible. They feel as though they are going to come away from the wall, and shoot out narrow little streams of water that have been so highly pressurised that the jets genuinely hurt. I had to resort to baths. The sensation of the water from the shower actually made my skin sting. Complementary, hideous toiletries are provided that look as though they have come out of a Christmas cracker. Why bother?
Suggestions for Improvement
A complete refit is once again essential there is just no excuse for a hotel that is part of such a large chain to have such shabby rooms. Id like to see the carpets replaced with hard floors (much more hygienic) and proper power showers fitted as standard.
The rooms need air-conditioning. Even during April and May, the rooms are uncomfortably warm and the windows only open a fraction.
Bad freebies are worse than no freebies at all. If you cant be bothered to supply branded toiletries then just dont bother tacky and vulgar.
Eat me, drink me, spare me
The rooftop restaurant sits on the sixth floor and continues the theme of shabby shoddiness. The bar is horrific it reminds me of a working mans club and carries a small range of over-priced beers and spirits. The enclosed area has no air-conditioning and a desire to be smoked like a kipper by the hordes of old soaks sat at the tables is compulsory.
The restaurant isnt much better. The large glass windows mean that the sun beats in at a horrendous temperature, such that the room is adorned with several cheap stand-up fans. The décor is rather like a cheap wedding reception, with very tired upholstery and back areas that would give Gordon Ramsey nightmares. The waiters and waitresses are fairly polite and efficient (if not slightly jumpy) but the place has a real feeling of unhappiness about it not a pleasant dining atmosphere at all.
Surprisingly, the quality of the food is quite good. There is a set menu, an a la carte menu and a list of daily specials, which, when combined, offer quite a good choice of different world dishes. The last time I ate here I opted for an asparagus and Parma ham starter, followed by a broccoli and cheese parcel with fresh vegetables and simple apple pie for afters. With two beers, the whole lot came to about £17.90, which is fairly good for hotel prices and the meal was really quite nice. It was all fresh, well-presented and tasty a bit of a surprise if Im honest. Breakfast was of similar quality (quite expensive for £10.75) with a good selection of hot and cold items.
The restaurant experience is generally really poor though. The last time I visited, there were three buckets on the floor, accumulating dirty yellow water that was gradually dripping from the ceiling. I wasnt allowed to sit where I wanted (the cool side of the restaurant had been set for breakfast at 19:00 the following evening) and the service was rather slow. The staff all looked harrassed and unhappy too I felt like I was a nuisance when I asked for another drink.
Suggestions for Improvement
The quality of the hotel food is such that I think the dining area could become very popular. As well as the ubiquitous refit, the place needs an identity a theme or something and needs to try and be more welcoming.
The place is also very strict about opening times. Food can be ordered from room service, but at 18:25 hungry guests were clearly waiting to be allowed to eat in the restaurant let them eat when they want!
Value for Money
After that description, you might expect the Quality Hotel to be a budget chain at least it would then be cheap. Sadly, this is not the case. For the privilege of staying in what appeared to be a run-down office complex with beds in it, I was charged £80 bed and breakfast (standard rate is £99). This is disgraceful the hotel simply cannot justify charging anything more than £40 a night at most. When you have brand new hotels charging £65 for modern, spacious, comfortable rooms, The Quality Hotel seems even less desirable. To be fair, the food prices were not as high as I expected but the bar prices seemed quite high - £3.00 for a bottle of Budweiser is in line with nightclub prices these days.
You CAN save money by booking online, joining their discount schemes or using a travel agent. The hotel claims savings of up to 75% for advanced online bookings, so this might be worth considering.
Suggestion for Improvement
Until the management can sort out the interior décor, the Quality Hotel needs to greatly reduce its tariff. £80-£100 is fairly expensive for business travel and isnt justified. The Malmaison (new and luxurious) is only £120 bed and breakfast. Similarly, if youre going to serve drinks in a working mans club, at least have the decency to charge working mans prices.
Is there anything else?
The hotel uses manual receipts to charge items to your room. This takes ages. I asked for my bill in the restaurant, watched someone sit and write it out and then ten minutes later actually got a copy myself. Similarly, when I once checked out, I had to have a hand-written receipt as the basic computer system wasnt running. A little injection of technology seems like a good idea to me.
Who would stay here?
Cheapskates! Apart from that, desperate business travellers or families looking for a cheap base might find the place suitable. If you wanted anything remotely romantic or stylish, then avoid like the plague.
Final verdict
Avoid this place. Whilst the food shows promise and the location is irrefutably handy for the centre, the place really is an over-priced hovel. I usually find myself feeling genuinely sorry for the staff who had to work in such a depressing place. The name of the place is a constant joke amongst guests too. This really is my last resort after a bench in the park, the toilets in Revolution and the waiting room on platform 4 in Central station.
Not recommended
Next month, I am moving up to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne to become a postgrad student ? the other week, I rather unfortunately heard that I had not got a place in halls, so I needed to take a trip up there to go house hunting. During my days away, I stayed at the Quality Hotel in Newcastle; my choice of accommodation was guided more by what was available at such short notice (3 days!) than anything else. The Quality Hotel chain is a nationwide company that also owns the Comfort Inn and Sleep Inn names (I believe they also have a number of hotels on the continent too), but I had never stayed with them before. To be perfectly honest, I am never likely to again unless forced to by a lack of rooms elsewhere! LOCATION The Newcastle Quality Hotel in situated on Newgate Street, at the south end of the city centre near St James? Park ? it is about 5 minutes walk from the central train station, and roughly the same from the heart of the shopping centre. The two universities in the city are about 15 to 20 minutes walk away, and the nearest tourist information is only a few streets from the hotel. The hotel does have its own car park, but I wouldn?t like to comment on what driving is like in the city as I took the train! Overall, a good central location and not to far to carry your bags from the station, although you may need to ask for directions as I discovered it is quite a hard hotel to find, not being especially large ? it is also quite a busy, noisy street being city centre, but as my room was on the fourth floor, this didn?t bother me. 4/5. THE ROOM Easy to find, as all room numbers are clearly displayed and signposted, but a very temperamental lock meant it sometimes took several minutes to let myself back into it! Twice, the lock jammed on me and I had to get the manager to let me back into the room, which was quite embarassing! It was quite small for a twin room, but was en suite and provided a colour TV, travel size hairdryer, i
roning board & iron, and tea & coffee making facilities (it was classed as 3 star BTW). The TV reception was watchable if not brilliant (though BBC1 was really fuzzy), and the beds were reasonably comfy. They would have been comfier if adequate pillows had been provided, of course. In the bathroom, I was very disappointed by the range of products provided (just a couple of sachets of shampoo and one of shower gel) which was far less then I have had in hotels of a similar price ? and just how exactly are two people supposed to be able to share one (very small) sachet of shower gel? In other hotels of this type, I have had miniature bottles of shampoo, conditioner and even moisturiser, along with shower caps and tissues. The shower was more of a drip as the water pressure didnt want to work on this floor, but even so there still managed to be a surprising amount of mildew on the tiles (yuck). The room was good enough for a short stay such as this, but for the £35 per person per night we were paying, I would have expected something a bit better to be honest ? a distinctly average 3/5. THE REST OF THE HOTEL Reception was a long way from the street entrance, located on the first floor on he opposite side of the building, and took some finding. The décor looked old fashioned and a bit worn in places, and the business conference bit of the hotel hardly inspired me, although to be fair there was some redecorating going on while I was there. Only one of the three (very small) lifts was working, so there was usually a wait of several minutes for one, longer at breakfast time when more people were about. I?ve been to better presented and laid out hotels, and wasn?t too impressed by what I saw. Oh, and the roof leaked. 2/5. THE STAFF I noticed the quality of staff varied greatly ? the receptionists were excellent, very friendly and helpful and nothing was too much trouble, while the restaurant staff were careless a
nd disinterested. With the exception of the girl who was on reception when I first arrived that is - I had to wait a full 10 minutes to be served while she ignored me in favour of gossiping on the phone. When I asked for extra bedding for my room it was provided the same day, and a change to my booking (I left a day earlier than planned as I had sorted out what I needed to do) was made without any problems. I suppose that averages out at 3/5 overall. THE BREAKFAST I have spent quite some time searching for the words to describe the breakf asts at this hotel and can?t seem to find the right ones; ?disappointing? just doesn?t seem to do it justice. I always look forward to hotel breakfasts as they are usually plentiful, varied and enjoyable, so perhaps I felt doubly cheated by the standard of this one. The breakfast room was understaffed by largely disinterested employees. The queue was long, tables took ages to be cleared (and even then were not done at all well) and the selection on offer was quite frankly pathetic (many of the things on the menu not being available). The promised ?chilled orange juice? was warm, when stocks ran low they were not replaced, and service was so slow that you actually had to get up and ask to have your order taken. Easily the worst hotel breakfast I have ever had, and certainly not worth the £11 advertised. 0/5. THE DINNER I'll admit that I only took dinner in the hotel as part of a bargain offer that made it better value than eating out. The package included three courses (started of soup or salad; main of bacon steak, lamb, pasta or fish; whatever pudding was available) and a side order if desired (chips, potato wedges, salad). Service was incredibly slow, but once you eventually got your food it was most enjoyable, even if the choice wasnt brilliant. Excellent value as part of the £35 package, but I wouldnt have paid the £18 for it alone. 4/5 methinks. OVERALL Thank goodness I didn?t have to stay here long! A very mediocre hotel, saved only by virtue of a good central location ? I don?t think I would bother with Quality Hotels in the future if there were an alternative. :-( See http://www.qualityhotelnewcastle.activehotels.com/SMH


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Hi everyone, forgive me if I sound silly saying this but I seem to be in a battle with my brain so to speak.
I am very interested in Buddhist ways, and I am keen to walk this path and I am currently simplifying all I have read and learnt lately, and paring it back to trying to abide by the eightfold path and the five precepts as a place to start in everyday life.
My problem at this moment though, is that my "intellegence" (and I use that term VERY loosely lol) keeps suggesting to me that I am faking it, that there is no real point to this because in the end, we all just die. Full Stop.
I believe in Kamma, the whole cause and effect idea and what not, but I am having issues, fighting with my own mind, about fully trusting or believing in everything because I feel at times like a fraud. As though I am trying to hard to be something.
Do any other people have this begginers doubt in themselves? I think I have overloaded my self with books and websites on Buddhism and have confused myself, perhaps I need a teacher to point the way?
I want to be free of this doubt, but perhaps it is my way of needing more knowledge, but I guess at the moment everything I am learning is self taught through books and the internet etc, I feel a bit aimless and, well, lost.
Anything anyone can do to help me will be greatly appreciated, again I apologise for such a newbie issue.


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Are we planning to steal their DNA and clone them?
Mark Jackson tells Rick he has always dreamed of coaching , but he is only going to do it in a good situation. Not going to rush into a bad situation.. I hope someone recorded that, I just caught the end of the interivew ...
Why Not Us ?
What was all said?
"I'd rather be hated for what I am, than loved for what I am not".--Bushwick Bill
I hate it when has beens are guests.
The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.
My breaking heart.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill
If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning. - Catherine Aird
Mark Jackson
Reggie Miller
Danny Granger
Troy Murphy
Jermaine O'Neal
Now that would be an interesting bunch.
one edit to that lineup
Mark Jackson
Reggie Miller
Danny granger
Jermaine O'Neal
Rik Smits
Mark Jackson
Reggie Miller
Danny Granger
Jermaine O'Neal
Dale Davis
This space for rent.
2 edits to that line up:
mark jackson
reggie miller
jalen rose
rik smits
dale davis
This line up would hypothetically be a beast
then: adverb - at that time; at the time in question
than: conjunction & preposition - introducing the second element in a comparison
While we are dreaming how about
Earvin Johnson
Reggie Miller
I bet we could win a few rings with that.
Depends what Ervin Johnson you're talking about
I dont see how anyone could put Jalen ahead of Danny in any fantasy Pacer lineup.
That was fun to listen to those two guys on the show. Interesting points:
-Reggie and Mark were talking about how players on most teams don't hold each other accountable very much anymore (get on each other for not working hard enough).
-Reggie said near the end of the interview, "What is going on with our beloved Pacers, Rick. We have to ask!" Rick then brought up the "8 Seconds Saloon", making fun a little of what kind of place it is. Reggie was like "there's NO WAY we would have gone to a place with a name like that!" Interesting interview. Those two guys are class acts. They also said that it's a shame that Jamaal didn't get to play behind Mark, and Artest could have benefited from playing behind McKey, for instance. Some of these guys really could have used a mentor-like player . . . .
Hey! What're you kicking me for? You want me to ask? All right, I'll ask! Ma'am, where do the high school girls hang out in this town?
my edit:
Mark Jackson
Reggie Miller
Roger Brown
George McGinnis
Jermaine O'Neal
Make Alex English, Buse, Big Mel, and Neto fill out the 9 man clone rotation.
Tough to put a HOF guy on the bench, but Alex was just BARELY a Pacer.
I don't know if I will ever forgive them for letting Mark go. Just thinking of how much Jamaal would have benefited in his rookie year to be playing behind Mark, and how much fun it would have been to watch.
Please hire Mark as the coach PLEASE.
Jalen is exactly what we needed to get to the finals in 2000. What's a big reason that the Pacers never made it to the finals prior to 2000? Reggie never had another player to shoulder the scoring load with, and by the end of the ECF's, he was always exhausted. Jordan and Shaq always had Pip and Kobe who could put up alot of points. Reggie never had that until Jalen in 2000.
In 2000 the Pacers had something they had never had before: A player outside of Reggie who could also put up 20 a game in the playoffs. Being able to shoulder the scoring load with Jalen allowed Reggie to conserve energy and have major games to close series out, like the 41 point explosion against Milwaukee in game 5, or the 34 points to close the Knicks out.
Another legit 20 point scorer was the missing piece between 1994-1999. Smits had a beast playoff year in 1995, but that was it. In 2000, Jalen was finally that piece.
The guy was a huge reason this team got to the finals. Of course hardly anyone ever gives him credit for it. It's always about Reggie and Dale when you talk about that team.
Why Not Us ?
I took it as a joke about how the swapping was going right back to that lineup anyway as each person adjusted it.
Maybe limit it to TWO non-current Pacers with this roster in their prime, there's a challenge. I think Jax and Reggie are still your choices in that case.
I'm hoping that this time around Tinsley just takes a deep breath and gets some of his priorities straight. I don't mind Jamaal, I think he's a good player when he wants to be, I'm just hoping that he wants to be a good player more often then not. If he can do that without the off-court issues then I'll be happy to have him as a Pacer. If he continues to put himself in bad situations and not give 100% on the court, then the front office should reconsider the long-term commitment they gave to him.
Right... they frequent places called "The Gold Club."
Interesting that Rick wants to talk about what happens off the floor, while Reggie and Mark want to talk about what's happening on the floor.
This space for rent.
Best. Show. Ever.


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You guys ever get lost discs back that have spent months in the bottom of a pond or stream? I had a Leopard that I was really fond of, it was just one of those magic discs you know?
I threw a tee bird into the river a couple of days ago and while I was looking for it in the water - it wasnt deep (I did eventually find this one as well) I found the Leopard that I drowned 5 months prior. It had been sitting upside down in the mud for that long caving in the top horribly. After tossing the now deformed disk a couple of times I realized the flight pattern was crappy and no where near the same. after it sat around for a couple of days I got brave and tried something- If you put your home oven on Broil at 350 degrees, leave the oven door OPEN, take a piece of wood/plywood - Dont use metal, Im pretty sure it will stick. (I used a cutting board) set the disk on the wood with the dome side down and the rim up. Put the wood with the disc on it into the oven for no more than 12 seconds. Take the disk out promptly, and set it on something super flat with the dome up, rimside down, and allow it to cool. Like majic, once the disc cools it returns to its previous shape. This only works on pro or champion plastic. I dont really throw discraft, but I imagine that this will work for those as well. Now whenever I find caved in discs I can repair them to trade, sell, or throw, whatever. give it a try!


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Gibson's choice to drop DH displeases Reds' Baker
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- D-backs manager Kirk Gibson and Reds manager Dusty Baker had a testy discussion when they met at home plate for the exchange of lineup cards prior to Monday's game.
Baker had wanted to use Shin-Soo Choo as a designated hitter because he is dealing with a quadriceps issue. Gibson wanted to play under standard National League rules in which the pitcher hits. That's because he wanted starter Brandon McCarthy, who is coming over from the American League, to have as many at-bats as possible this spring.
In Spring Training, it's up to the home team -- in this case the D-backs -- to decide whether a DH is used or not.
"I had it happen last year with a team, they tried to put the DH in there and that's not the way it's done," Gibson said. "I wanted to play a National League game. I notified them several times and they just wanted to do it their way and they couldn't do it. So they didn't like that. But we play by the rules here, that's the way it is. We go over there we play by their rules. It's very simple."
As the animated pregame conversation came to a close it looked as though Gibson offered to shake Baker's hand, but Baker refused.
"We didn't have a very pleasant encounter at home plate," Baker said. "That's how it goes. It's over."
Said Gibson, "It was a good locker-room talk. Read between the lines."
Choo ended up pinch-hitting in the sixth inning, and McCarthy got one at-bat and hit a tapper in front of home plate for an out.


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It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004
now the new rule is 19 for everyone.....
This is the part I'm liking:
Players with less than two years in the league will be eligible to be assigned to the minor league NBDL, where the minimum age will be reduced from 20 to 18.
"Assigned" means teams retain rights. Good forriggin deal.
The poster formerly known as Rimfire
So international players CAN be drafted at age 18, but they must be 19 by the end of December.On the age minimum, American players will have to wait one year after their high school class graduates before they can become draft eligible. International players will have to turn 19 by the end of the calendar year in which they become draft eligible.


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Nicki Minaj Gets Down With Cassie in Raunchy Photo From 'The Boys' Video
Whoa. Weeks after controversy lightning rod Nicki Minaj revealed that she only claimed to be bisexual early in her career for attention — she is in fact heterosexual — she posted a raunchy photo from the video shoot for 'The Boys' with Cassie.
We know, it's just a photo and it's make believe and doesn't have to reflect real life, but (the) boy(s), is it risqué. Minaj, with her pink and blue wig, looks to be dropping low and going down… well, we'll leave it at that. You can see the picture and the action taking place!
It looks like Minaj and Cassie might have little interest in 'The Boys' based on this photo, as Cassie is pressed up against a pink wall and Minaj is reaching her arm up. Hey, you never know, Minaj could be admiring Cassie's belly button lint. Or maybe she dropped a contact lens. Anything is possible, right?
Minaj should be premiering the clip for 'The Boys' any day now, so stay tuned to find out exactly what Nicki's doing in this sexual picture. The track will also appear on her forthcoming project 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up,' which drops (but not as down low as Nicki in this pic) on Nov. 19.
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