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Discussion in 'Ride Reports - Epic Rides' started by HardWorkingDog, Feb 19, 2013.
Looking forward to more. I gotta get back down to the Baja.
After the snow camping pics. you deserved 2 nights in a warm bed. Thanks for the info on the sleeping bag liners, we have the same problem with our lite weight bags, they arent enough when its cold out.
I'm not sure that running a red light in Baja is considered either clumsy or stupid.
All caught up, so much for gettin ready for work at 5:30.....readin these ride reports is alot more enjoyable than work any day, thanks for takin us along!!
My pleasure!
Good, should have another post here shortly.
OK, how about dense, or slow, or boneheaded... (I edited that tipover post to emphasize the laughter was caused by me tipping over while stopped, btw.)
Yeah, definitely worthwhile. At first I was pretty sceptical--they're so thin you can see through them--how's THIS going to make a difference.? But they do. Once we got into above freezing weather we discovered the most comfortable way to sleep was in the liner with the bag unzipped and used like a blanket on top...perfect.
When in Mexico you get a smile and a wave instead of the cussing and finger you would get had you pulled the same stunt in the US.
Thanks for the wonderful read.
Yeah, it's a completely different way of driving--and attitude--agreed with that.
It had been 9 days on the road self-supported and looking back this part of the trip alone would have been awesome, but it was just the beginning and despite some nerves about the unknown ahead we were both pretty amped to know we had Baja waiting. Today's goal: Canon de Guadalupe. I'd seen photos and read the description by BigDog on his trip there in 2007 and was always a little puzzled why they hadn't spent the night there--it looked and sounded like a very cool place. It was only about 75 miles away from El Centro but I figured that would be a safe destination, not knowing how long the border crossing would take us.
We headed out 86 through Heber, onto 111 south which led us straight to the border. We'd been advised by the bank in El Centro to just use a Casa de Cambio (money changing business) near the border to get some pesos as they would give us a better rate than the bank so we took their advice and got about $200 worth of pesos each, at 12.5 pesos to the dollar. There were dozens of Casa de Cambios near the border on each side, most advertising their rates--we saw from 12.3 to 12.7 so 12.5 seemed OK. As it turned out, virtually all business in Baja including Pemex stations used 12 pesos/1 dollar despite the daily fluctuations.
We reached the border at Calexico/Mexicali about 10 am and there was no lineup at all. I wasn't expecting this and before I had time to process everything we were waved through by a Mexican official and BLAM--we're riding in Mexico!
It was almost sensory overload, immediately. Yeah, everything is just-----different. Signs, colors, traffic lights, lane markings....everything has changed. Colors are brighter, people are yelling, taxis are honking. Bike messengers are zipping through traffic, and beat up Corollas are cruising along with 4-sided megaphones on top, blasting away audio commercials at about 110 dB's. And yeah, I managed to roll through my first red light in Mexico. Oops.
I had an excuse though, of course. The one last trip preparation item on our list was to get our Tourist Visas. You can do that online if you start the process about a month ahead, but all the info I'd read told me it is easy enough to get one in person when you cross the border. Just look for the "Inmigracion" sign, pay your $20, and you're good. That was the plan so once we'd crossed the border I was determined to find that Inmigracion sign, and kinda sorta forgot about looking for traffic lights...
Looking, looking, looking...nothing. What the....? I'll be danged, we simply couldn't find Inmigracion, we circled around a couple times near the border...nothing. It's warm, we're starting to cook, traffic is whizzing by everywhere...a discussion...screw it. Let's keep going, we tried and just couldn't find it. I knew the rules: more than 72 hours, or travel beyond the border zone you must have a Tourist Visa; if not you're subject to a fine, the amount seems to be "negotiable." Well, maybe we'll be able to get a visa somewhere else...
I don't recommend doing what we did; get the Visa-----I know where it is now, see the link below. We were very lucky and were never asked for proof of our Tourist Visa, but we talked to several long-time visitors who had done what we'd done and wound up having to pay fines of between 300 and 500 USD... As it turned out, the reason I never saw the Inmigracion sign is that the building is AT the border crossing.
We went through so quickly that I didn't even start looking until we'd passed the canopy of the inspection station and we were far beyond it at that point. BigDog can vouch for me at least--he and Dingweed had some trouble finding it too--but they were smart enough to flag down policia and got a lights and siren escort back to the oficina.
We threaded our way through Mexicali, following BigDog's tracks, and made it out to Mex 2 heading west to our first dirt stretch in Baja. We got our own escort-----as we turned onto 2 a Mexican motorcyclist spotted us, gave us a big thumbs-up and stayed on our wing for a good 10 miles. He had his small son on the back and riding a cool pale green painted chopper, complete with hand-shifter. We'd only been in Baja about 30 minutes and already gotten a taste of what was in store. The Mexican people we met were always friendly, helpful and interesting. My biggest regret on this trip was that I couldn't speak better Spanish. That's a big goal of both of us now--learn Spanish, so we can converse freely with the people we meet.
Found the exit and headed south. Dirt! Baja! Woo-hoo!
It was a fun dirt road and we were cruising, having a great time. Blue sky, warm temperatures, beautiful desert.
At some point we realized the desert wasn't so deserted...we are riding alongside a huge olive orchard.
Olives? In Baja? There must be water nearby--oh yeah, Canon de Guadalupe, our next hot springs. We were still following BigDog's tracks, but the road is well-signed and we made the turn west that would take us up into the Sierra de Juarez mountains.
I'd read SFMCJohn's report just before we'd left about someone breaking a leg in the deep sand approach to the Canon so I was cautious as we rode, but the sand was damp and damp sand is just about the finest riding surface you can ask for and we made it through grinning in our helmets.
As we worked our way through the twisty and rocky last bit it got a little confusing--there were 2 signs for Canon de Guadalupe, one left and one right. Huh? The road to the right was gated so we went left, dropped down across a stream, hairpinned in front of a rock face, and found another closed gate. Hmmm. Parked our bikes, and checked the gate--it wasn't locked, just a loop of wire holding what seemed more like a cattle gate than anything, so I opened it and we walked the last couple hundred yards. The place was deserted.
It was an oasis--palm trees, birds singing, the stream warbling, we could see little palapas and campsites, but absolutely deserted.
I didn't really have a great second option at this point but as we gave up and were walking back to our bikes two men in a 4-wheel drive van drove up. Yes, we're open, yes you can camp here! Yesssss.
Turned out they'd been working on the other side of the Canon. They showed us the site, complete with soaking pool fed from the hot springs. We moved in and hit the pool.
We were living like kings again.
I've since heard claims that the left and right sides are owned by different brothers, and some say the right side is "way better."
I don't know; the driver of the van was actually born in Santa Barbara (can't remember his name) and was doing maintenance work in exchange for lodging there, and while his Canon home was on the left side he spent all afternoon working on the right side of the Canon. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay on the left side; one of the better perks is that toilets that are fed by a continuous flow of hot spring water...the seats are WARM, warmed by the hot springs. That was a surprise to say the least, and very welcome. As far as one side being better than the other--------one thing we noticed is that wherever in Baja we traveled, the people we met always were convinced that the place they were staying was the best possible spot in all of Baja. We knew it was coming...almost verbatim, they'd say "Yeah, we've been ALL over Baja, and (fill-in-the-blank) is without a doubt the finest place to stay...you really ought to stay here for awhile..." We'd nod our heads, head off the next day to a new place, and hear the exact same statement!
Made dinner,
soaked under the stars, and went to sleep; what a start to our Baja trip.
That night the winds picked up pretty strongly, had to get up and put away our pots that had blown off the table, waking me with a start. I was convinced El Chupacabra had been eating our leftovers at first...
We woke up to windy but clear skies. Made breakfast, packed and rolled out, looking forward to more dirt, our destination: Mike's Sky Rancho.
Oh no ---your pots weren't blown off !!!!
We saw plenty of donkeys, but none there. It was kind of funny, that first night. We had decided to sleep in the enclosure without tents, just on ground cloths but discovered the cucarachas love the nice warm hot springs of Canon de Guadalupe as much as we do...so tents went up pretty quickly. The wind picked up strongly around 2 am. The enclosure was swaying and buckling pretty good-----don't know if you noticed the roof structure------it had separated pretty good down the middle, perfectly place to dump any rain right in the middle of the pad and making lots of noise. I finally heard the unmistakable sound of our cooking pots hitting the ground, so I put my headlamp on and got up. Towels had blown off the clothesline, cooking stuff was on the ground, and then when I turned my lamp on the table my heart started racing...
I'd left a little bit of food in the pot----our habit was to clean dishes in the morning------and carefully covered it with the lid to keep bugs out. My headlamp revealed the lid had been carefully removed and placed right next to the pot, right side up :eek1
I knew there was no way that the wind could've blown it off like that, and no known animal would either...what could've done it???? Someone had to have snuck in to our little site and was hungry. It's dark, my heart's pounding...I crawled back to bed...senses on alert.
After a few minutes I got tired of being on alert, said heck with it, relaxed and fell back asleep.
Turns out I was right------someone HAD taken the lid off and had a late night snack----------
my son--right before he went to sleep.
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Sorry!! enjoying your report!
I'm in!! sounds like fun!
The nightly meal looks good..:dg
Curious about what way you will go when you leave the hotsprings.
That area seems to be a bit of a Bermuda triangle for some.
Being spoiled with some good Baja reports these days.
Yeah, we got our camp cooking down. We both like to eat well. Notice the insulated travel mugs? Those were a last minute addition by my son--I've always used a little plastic camp mug or a sierra cup--the travel mugs beat those all to heck, never going back. They keep your tea or coffee hot, hold way more, have a lid to keep bugs and dirt out, work just fine for 2BuckChuck or El Jimador...the ONLY way to fly
Funny you should say that. Stay tuned...
you guys are doing great, thanks for taking us along!
My pleasure! More in a bit...
The first day in Baja, day 10 of our trip, had been a great start. We got a tour of the facilities from the caretaker, found out there are many things to do in the area--climbing, petroglyphs, waterfalls--but we were itching to ride so off we went. The sand road leading back east towards Laguna Salada was a blast. A couple inches down it was still wet, and there were some berms at the turns where you could rail it, I roosted Bryn pretty well a couple of times, he was laughing.
The plan was to follow BigDog's track from 2007 where he went across Laguna Salada and then connected with Mex 5--the paved 2-lane road that runs south from Mexicali to San Felipe--then turn west on Mex 3 at El Chinero and then take the dirt road to Mikes, a trip of about 145 miles. We were stoked.
We had no idea that this day would be, in many ways, the decisive day of our journey.
The day was warm--probably upper 60's--but cloudy as we followed the dirt road lined out by the track. It was helpful having the track because it gets a little maze-like in places. As we continued to head south we felt like this is the Baja experience we'd been dreaming of. Beautiful desert, cactus, occasionally we'd pass by a little rancho and wave to the residents. There was a small herd of wild horses who'd run with us alongside the road and then peeled off to the side. We came across a military training compound, apparently deserted--but wondered if we were being watched. The road was a mix of medium sand, sometimes harder washboard, sometimes rocky, but we were maintaining about 35-40 mph on my lead, a speed nowhere near the fastest we could do, but heck, we had 5 more weeks ahead of us and I wanted to make sure we lasted 5 more weeks...
As we continued south I realized that our road had started to diverge from BigDog's track. We were heading southwest on the road, but the track was headed southeast in order to intersect with Mex 5. I wasn't too concerned, saved tracks are fairly coarse and often there will be sections of the track that are off the road where some points have been filtered out, but eventually within a half-mile at the most the track will rejoin the road or trail you're following.
The track and our road continued to diverge and after 3 or 4 miles I stopped to try and figure out whether to keep going along the road, or go back and follow the track. I had no idea how important this decision was to be.
Decisions like this are based in part on information-----and the information I had was far from adequate. For navigating in Baja I was relying on: BigDog's tracks and waypoints from 2007, my 60CSx gps with Open Street Maps topo & routable gps maps, a 2010 edition of the AAA paper map of Baja, and the Nat. Geo paper maps of Baja. As I quickly learned, this was Gear Issue #5--none of my gps maps showed the road we were on nor did they show a road or trail where BigDog's track led; the Nat Geo map showed nothing as well, and although the AAA paper map did have a road shown the scale makes it difficult (not impossible, just difficult) to accurately correlate where you are on the map from the gps coordinates.
Next time I will have the very best paper and gps maps I can find. Period. I'd read that the E32 gps map is very detailed and accurate, and the same with the Baja Almanac paper maps. But figured I could save $100 by going with the "good enough" free OSM gps maps, and the Baja Almanac was out of print and I could only find it selling used on amazon for $85. Good enough isn't, by a long shot. (The Nat Geo maps were a waste of money--not accurate, and poorly edited. The AAA map was surprisingly good, thankfully, and I'd take it to Baja again-----along with the Almanac AND the E32 gps maps.)
So, the information I had was that our road should be trending to the southeast--the AAA map shows a fork right about where we were, the southwest fork heads up into the Sierra Juarez, while the southeast fork heads to Mex 5; and BigDog's track led southeast as well, meeting up with Mex 5.
At this point I assumed we'd passed the fork and taken the wrong side, and that the track on my gps was the road on the AAA map. I decided we should head across the desert and reconnect with the track.
I'd just turned into Michael Scott, and was about to follow my gps into Lake Scranton, with Dwight in tow...
We headed across the sandy desert, feeling like JN Roberts in On Any Sunday dodging the pucker bushes. About a mile or so later we found the "road" that the gps track marked. Eureka! That was easy, and away we continued. This Baja stuff is COOL. As we continued along we could see we were on a track that had been used for a race--there were occasional race markers, cast off parts, water bottles and oil containers were marking the course as well.
We were out on the bed of Laguna Salada and occasionally we would come across mud sections. The first deep section was a surprise--you'd suddenly find the back end sliding and trying swap with the front, but it the trail would dry up pretty quickly and continue through a dry section. Bryn went down in one muddy section, I stopped and helped him up, and a little while later it was my turn to drop the bike.
We were laughing, having fun, not worried at all. Heck, we've both ridden and raced in mud, it's just part of riding offroad. Eventually we stopped for a break and could see the mud was building up heavily on the fenders and swingarm. We spent a few minutes cleaning it off with some sticks found nearby. We could see Mex 5 off in the distance with Mexican truckers and Canadian RV's crossing north and south. We ate an Odwalla bar, it was only about 11 am but we'd worked up an appetite.
Back to it, a muddy section, then some drier sand, then some mud. We finally hit a stretch where the mud didn't stop. It didn't take long-----no more than 2-300 yards, and suddenly I'm in first gear, clutch siipping, and barely moving. I look back and Bryn's completely stopped. I get off my bike and look down to see that the forks, chain, chain guide, swingarm, linkage and shock is PACKED with mud, so much that it's actually extruding out the sides of the subframe about 6 inches to each side, looking like a play-doh extrusion.
Remembering a ride report where a WR250R rider had fried his clutch in mud like this...I had a sinking feeling. Went back to Bryn, his bike was even more packed with mud than mine, and the clutch was gone. Crap.
We fooled around, trying some adjustments to see if we could get it back. Nope. Let it cool off some, no difference. Ohhh Kayyy. Time for plan B. We could see the highway clearly now, using my gps I estimated it was about 3 miles away from us. OK, let's put the bikes in neutral and push them out--it's flat, only 3 miles, no problem.
Hah. The bikes were completely locked up with mud, our boots had even less traction in the mud than a mud-packed D606. Impossible.
OK, new plan. We could spend the night here, but camping in the mud would not be easy, and we'd be just postponing the inevitable--we needed help to get these bikes out of here, and one of them was broken. We decided to take our gear, and, gulp, abandon the bikes while we hiked out to Mex 5 and try to get some help. It was only 1 pm or so at this point, 3 miles, no big deal right?
Wrong again. Hiking out through that mud, in mx boots, carrying 60-80 pounds of luggage and gear, with 30-40 mph winds screaming across Laguna Salada was one of the hardest things I've ever done.
The pictures (of course) give no clue as to what the mud was like. I know it looks like a dry surface with all those cracks and fissures, but stepping off the track into the surrounding terrain you'd sink a good 6-8 inches into gooey mud-cement, and the track itself while only about 3-4 inches deep with mud was slicker than gorilla snot. I'd made it perhaps halfway, a mile and a half, and I just had to stop. I couldn't go any further.
This is where I get grateful. Grateful to have a son like Bryn, that he was with me on this trip and that he's grown into the fine young man he is. He is stong and resilient, and part of his job requires him to schlep awkward and heavy gear for hours at a time. He never panicked, never got angry for my role in navigating us into this mess. Our only concern was how best to deal with our situation. He suggested that I drop my gear and luggage, and I hiked out unladen while he carried his gear out, dropped it at the edge of Mex 5, and then went back for mine. While he was making the extra 3 mile trip I rested, ate a clif bar, and was very, very grateful.
By the time he returned the sun was dropping behind the Sierra Juarez mountains and it was getting dark and cold by the minute. We had to laugh-------our second day in Mexico and we'd done just about everything you're NOT supposed to do in Mexico: broke and abandoned our bikes, 50 miles from Mexicali, 65 miles from San Felipe, it's getting dark, and we're trying to hitchhike. The Americans tried not to look as they drove by, the Canadians looked aghast at us two dirty scruffy scoundrels standing with their thumbs out. After about a dozen cars and trucks had passed us, we were starting to get really worried when suddenly I realized the stakebed pickup that had just blown by was slowing...they've stopped about a 1/4 mile beyond and their backup lights are on. We take off running down the shoulder. A chance!
They didn't speak English, we knew a few words of Spanish, but they let us know it was dangerous out here! Peligro! We told them we know!, our bikes are stuck in the mud, could we get a ride to San Felipe? They were heading there, yes, we could ride in the bed along with the boxes of pvc fittlings and sewer pipe--they worked for a plumber. We grabbed our gear, piled in amongst the fittings, and were extremely thankful.
These two men were sent from heaven, I think. They gave us their coffees they'd bought for the ride home (we tried to refuse, but they set them beside us on the bed and went back to the cab)--forced us to take them--tried to give us their cookies (we won that battle), when we got to San Felipe asked us where we wanted to go-----we had no idea------they took us to the El Cortez, a very nice place, and then returned the next day to see if they could help us extract the bikes.
We rode 65 miles facing backwards in that stakebed,
went through our first military checkpoint, through a sandstorm, sliding tires as we went through the sand drifts on the road, and arrived at the El Cortez in the dark, cold and windy, dumped our gear in the room, and collapsed. I called my ace in the hole, WoodsChick, explained our predicament, asked if she could scrounge us up some Robby Gordon type in San Felipe to extract our bikes, and fell asleep fitfully.
I was embarrassed, to say the least. And more than a bit worried this could be the end of our journey.


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Dell teases with profile shot of new 9.99mm thick Adamo notebook
There are few computer enthusiast that would have looked at the Dell Adamo and through the machine was ugly. There were many who looked at the price tag Dell pinned to the Adamo and wondered if the computer maker had gone crazy but at least Dell came back and cut that price by $1500 not so long ago.
Dell took the numerical anomaly of the date yesterday of 9-9-09 to tease us a bit with the svelte profile of the new Adamo notebook. The machine is claimed to be only 9.99mm thick which is exceptionally thin for a notebook. Other than the thin profile that you see in the image below Dell offered no other pictures and no specifications.
I will offer up a few educated guesses on what we will see inside the machine. I would expect the new Adamo to keep with the same 13.4-inch screen but a drop to 12-inches would be no surprise. I would bet money that the machine will run one of the new CULV processors from Intel and that it will use a lithium polymer battery to reach that thin profile and still offer good battery life. I will also assume that the price of the machine will be much more than most of us are willing to pay for a notebook. There is no word on when the new Adamo will officially debut.

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The manager of a Southern California bank has been taken hostage by a gunman.
Buena Park police Cpl. Andy Luong tells KCAL-TV that a possible bank robbery or some type of disturbance was reported at the Saehan Bank shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday.
Luong says that after police units arrived the gunman ordered everyone out of the bank except for the manager.
The police spokesman says the demands of the hostage-taker are unknown.


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Youngest Lane murder accused turns witness2:22
The youngest Oklahoma teen charged with the murder of Australian baseball player Chris Lane has become the prosecution's star witness. Network Ten
ONE of the three teenagers accused of murdering Australian baseballer Chris Lane said they tried to shoot other people "but kept missing'', an Oklahoma court was told.
Police and prosecutors say the boys targeted Christopher Lane, 22, last August as a way to overcome a boring summer afternoon. The random slaying horrified Lane's home country, with some calling on Australians to avoid the United States and its violent gun culture.
Heather George, who works at the Stephens County Jail where the three teens were held after Mr Lane was killed, testified this morning Australian time she had overheard a conversation between inmates.
The alleged driver of the car used in the August 16 drive-by murder, Michael Jones, was having a conversation with another inmate, Ms George said.
The other inmate, according to Ms George, allegedly asked Jones: "Why did you have to shoot an Australian?''
"Why didn't you drive and shoot somebody else?''
Ms George said Jones replied: "We tried to shoot several other people, but we kept missing''.
At the conclusion of the preliminary hearing, Judge Jerry Herberger ordered 18-year-old Jones and the 16-year-old alleged shooter, Chancey Luna, to stand trial for the first degree murder of Chris Lane.
The third murder accused, James Edwards, who was 15 on August 16 last year when Mr Lane was shot in the back and left to die on the side of a Duncan, Oklahoma street, has become a prosecution witness.
He is hoping to have his murder charge reduced to an accessory count.
Edwards testified at the earlier hearing that he was rolling marijuana cigarettes in the front passenger seat when Luna fired the fatal shot from the back while Jones drove.
Edwards told the preliminary hearing Luna fired the .22 revolver that struck Mr Lane as the Australian jogged, but only after the Ford Focus swerved unexpectedly.
Luna later said he thought the gun had blanks, Edwards said.
In another twist, the two lawyers representing Luna, Howard and Jim Berry, were charged with contempt of court after talking to reporters about the case last month.
A gag order has been placed on the lawyers and prosecutors involved in the case.
The Berrys, who are cousins and have 90 years' legal experience between them, entered not guilty pleas.


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Look! Eco-Friendly Playroom
Interior-designer, Erica-Lynn Huberty has designed a delightful children's playroom in Bridgehampton, NY, but something is noticeably missing - a television. This is a room for creative, imaginative play, not passively watching tv or playing video games. Two other priorities were to make it a welcoming space for adults to enjoy and to use eco-friendly materials.
The room isn't as large as it appears, only 11' x 12' so she decided to make two built-in components to maximize some awkward nooks. One is a full-sized loft daybed overhead an enclosed ship-themed playhouse (top photo) and the other (below) is a set of overhead storage cubies above a bench and wall hooks.
Eco-friendly elements include cork flooring, low-VOC paints (Benjamin Moore's Aura line) and craft and gardening tables made from a felled maple tree from her yard.
Erica-Lynn describes some details around the room: modern bird wall stencils from Target, Thomas Paul melamine plates, a garden hutch and caddy as well as Martha Stewart Nantucket baskets from K-Mart for storage, Marimekko fabric window treatments and floor pillows, a John Derian flower platter, and Jonathan Adler and Cath Kidston throw pillows. The rug is Dash & Albert - a great company that makes totally affordable all-cotton woven rugs in all sizes and really great color stripes.
Thank you so much for sharing this, Erica-Lynn. Find more of her work at her company's website, Blossom Haven as well as read a great article with her advice for creating a playroom.


text: Jonathan Greenberger, the 31-year-old executive producer of ABC's "This Week," just got his Disney Pin for one year of employment with the company. But his association with ABC goes back several years, to when he first got out of college and was George Stephanopoulos' assistant. For his "Open Mike" series, Politico's Mike Allen talks with Greenberger about how he's putting his stamp on the long-running ABC News program. "There are so many interesting things happening around the country and around the world about important issues, and we're trying to get out there, spend more time in the field and tell the stories in that way." WATCH:


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Cute Battys.Sweet draw :) 5♥s
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Exercise Can Curb Marijuana Use and Cravings, Study Finds
Date: Thursday, March 24th, 2011
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Twelve study participants -- eight female and four male -- were selected because they met the criteria for being 'cannabis-dependent' and did not want treatment to help them stop smoking pot.
During the study their craving for and use of cannabis was cut by more than 50 percent after exercising on a treadmill for 10 30-minute sessions over a two-week period.
"This is 10 sessions but it actually went down after the first five. The maximum reduction was already there within the first week," said co-author Peter Martin, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Addiction Center.
"There is no way currently to treat cannabis dependence with medication, so this is big considering the magnitude of the cannabis problem in the U.S. And this is the first time it has ever been demonstrated that exercise can reduce cannabis use in people who don't want to stop."
Cannabis abuse or dependence and complications have increased in all age groups in the past decade in the United States.
In 2009, approximately 16.7 million Americans age 12 or older reported cannabis use in the previous month and 6.1 million used the drug on 20 or more days per month, the authors wrote.
Treatment admissions for cannabis dependence have risen from 7 percent of total addiction treatment admissions in 1998 to 16 percent by 2009.
Co-author Mac Buchowski, Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt Energy Balance Laboratory, said the importance of this study and future studies will only continue to grow with the new knowledge of the role of physical activity in health and disease.
"It opens up exercise as a modality in prevention and treatment of, at least, marijuana abuse. And it becomes a huge issue with medical marijuana now available in some states," he said. "What looks like an innocent, recreational habit could become a disease that has to be treated."
Martin sees the study results as the beginning of an important area of research to better understand brain mechanisms of exercise in addiction.
"It shows that exercise can really change the way the brain works and the way the brain responds to the world around us," he said. "And this is vital to health and has implications for all of medicine."
Study participants, who reported they smoke on average 5.9 joints per day, came to Vanderbilt five times a week for two weeks to run on the treadmill. Buchowski and his co-workers measured the amount of exercise needed for each individual to achieve 60-70 percent of maximum heart rate, creating a personalized exercise treadmill program for each participant.
Participants were shown pictures of a cannabis-use related stimuli before and after each exercise session and then asked to rank their cravings according to the cannabis craving scale. They also documented cannabis use, which reduced to an average of 2.8 joints per day during the exercise portion of the study.
Martin said it is important to repeat the findings in a much larger study, in a randomized and controlled manner. The study results also should prompt further research into understanding what exercise does for the brain, he added. "Mental and physical health in general could be improved. Unfortunately, young people who smoke cannabis often develop panic attacks, and may develop to psychosis or mood disorders," Martin said.
"Back in the 1960s and 70s people used to say that cannabis is not particularly unhealthy. Well, there have been data coming out over the last five years that have demonstrated pretty conclusively that cannabis smoking may be a predisposing factor for developing psychosis."
Vanderbilt co-investigators for this study are Evonne Charboneau, M.D., research assistant professor of Psychiatry; Sohee Park, Ph.D., professor of Psychology; Mary Dietrich, Ph.D., research associate professor of Psychiatry and Nursing; Ronald Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Psychiatry; and Natalie Meade, study coordinator.
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As a child of the 1970s who grew up in a household with carob rather than chocolate and whole-grain rice rather than Cap'n Crunch, I was not given access to competitive board games. Monopoly, as an obvious tool of the capitalist oppressor, was verboten. Instead, we had The Ungame—a deeply unsatisfying activity billed as "a non-competitive game of conversation that fosters listening skills as well as self-expression."
For the cutthroat world of childhood in America, I was unprepared—my Ungame skills didn't manifest as an asset until I realized that vocalizing what's important to me and listening to others with an expression of deep fascination provided an edge in the hyper-competitive world of picking up chicks. My postpubescent subversion of The Ungame's pure intent was the first indication of rebellion against my mother's early attempt to inoculate me against the win-or-lose mentality of the dominant paradigm. I mean, I want to win, and that can only happen if someone loses.
Though I'm not into most sports, I am addicted to Top Chef—mostly because it's basically a blood sport, but with delicate sauces. So when I heard that Luminaria—the restaurant that chef Matt Ostrander commands at the Inn and Spa at Loretto—was hosting a wine dinner with six different chefs squaring off in one meal, I signed up for eating (and drinking) duties. Who would stand victorious at the end of the night?
The dinner was organized around a visit to Santa Fe by Sara Moulton—a genuine food celebrity from the time before food celebrities. Although Moulton is as charismatic (and young-looking) as anyone on television, she also has the chops to back it up: Among a long list of accomplishments, she served as chef in the kitchens of Gourmet magazine for 25 years. Moulton was here to promote her cookbooks and to stump for Chantal Cookware—all of which are fine products—but I was looking forward to the end of the night when, presumably, she would turn a thumb either up or down, and the losing chef would be decapitated.
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Still, a six-course meal prepared by Moulton and great Santa Fe chefs is not something to frown upon just because no one gets hit with a frying pan. In addition to a minisoufflé by Moulton, Ostrander, Joseph Wrede (who is moving to Santa Fe to helm the new Palace Restaurant), Mark Connell, Andrea Clover and John Vollertsen all prepared dishes. I was left wanting more from each chef, which is a good sign.
It was evident from applause that Santa Feans are rabid for Wrede (of Joseph's Table fame) to operate a restaurant here, and can barely wait for the early autumn opening date. I think the crowd might have torn him limb from limb in frenzied adoration if he'd lingered too long in the dining room. Moulton, for her part, worked the room like a gracious celebrity and had intelligent, thoughtful questions and comments for all the other chefs. Even after the six alluring wine pairings by Natasha Aasgaarden, Moulton kept her composure and refused to divulge any secrets about what it was like to seriously party with Julia Child or whether or not Ruth Reichl is any fun at all.
And, predictably, she declined to declare a winner to what was only a competition in my childish fantasy. But I give the nod to Clover, Luminaria's pastry chef.
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Pavlof Volcano, volcanic peak of the Aleutian Range, southwestern Alaska, U.S. Situated about 580 miles (930 km) southwest of Anchorage, on the west side of Pavlof Bay, it lies near the southwestern tip of the Alaska Peninsula. Rising to more than 8,260 feet (2,518 metres), Pavlof is one of the tallest volcanoes in Alaska. It is also one of the most consistently active, having had about 40 eruptions recorded since 1790. Just northeast of Pavlof Volcano stands its "twin," a volcano known as Pavlof Sister (7,028 feet [2,142 metres]). Pavlof Sister is also active, but no eruptions have been reported there since 1762. Built high on a base of older volcanic rock, the two symmetrical, cone-shaped peaks are a prominent feature of the landscape.
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Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, and Hamptonshire where Thomas of Bayeux (1070-1100,) Bishop of Worcester and Archbishop of York, held land as listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. After the Norman invasion, Thomas became one of the most popular Christian names, and then in turn as a surname usage began to increase.
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From the New York InJcpcndent.
Stephen Arnold Douglai.
BV KEV. HOBEUT nATFIBLD.
Some of the opponents of Mr. Douglas
'earn not to be pleased with the means he
is using to improve his prospects for the
IViJeacy. And it is new and rather
vttrtling to aco one in his position per
ambulating the country, trumpeting his
own merits, and begging for the votes of
'i people. But this course is -so in.keep
mg with the character of tho man that it
"Vmld neither excite, surpriso nor sub
ject Mm to special censure. As the gea
ileman courts notorioty, and seems da
lerm'tneJ to keep himself before the peo
v't. it may not be nmit-s to call the atten
Jn of your readers to the part ha; has
k'tna in other days, in some matters
"it are now among the irrevocable facts
'f history.
We shall not speak of his strenuous
caJearors to secure the annexation of
Texss, nor of his advocacy of the 'Fugi
'j'e Slave Law, nor of his untiring exer
tion for the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise; ; though on each of these topics
chapter might be written. We wish
i.s notice his conduct on the occasion of
theoresetitation of the Memorial of the
New England ministers to the Senate of
.lie United States believing as ve'-do
that his source at that time gives ns an
:&s-gat into the real character of the man.
Daring the pendency of the Kansas and
Nebraska bill ia 1854, 3 protest against
t piMge was circulated for signature
among the clergymen of New England.
This Memorial was brief, conobed ia.re
pectful language, and protested in appro
priate terms against the repeal or mod
cation of the existing legal prohibition
of Slavery in that put of Out national
.domain abont tn K. :..a :tn thn
lemtotves of Kansas and Nebraaka. The
proposed legislation was protested aginst
being a moral wrong, nnjnst to the
otoral 1 principles of the oaimamty. and
nght with peril to the peace"1 and per
Pt7 of the Union.' This weighty' and
My document waa ona that anT irood
mieTofJesas Christ might be glad to
''eX and mora than threat thousand mia-
,rteri of New England .appended their;
"C io if,
Oa the Uth of March a few daya.af
'tef ths nassacn of tha nhnoxiona .bill
.Wimemorial was presented to theJLTni
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aounced it with characteristic virulence.
'lh memorialists were assailed with
Pwrseand foul, mouthed abuse. He
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ni stigmatized them" as liara. "These
wrea thousand rnirtistflrs." hoaaidhava
Joi4 forward with an "atrociemv falae-
3 n "atrocious calumny" against
" Senate of the United States. Thay
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titutod the sacred desk," to the misera
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without any reliable information; on the
subject," and it .is. evident ,"that these
mennownolf wnat t ttiey are talking
about."-' 'This reckless calumniator of
therclergy of NewtEngland, is further
more moved to declare that tbey "ought
to be rebuked" and required to .confine
themselves to their vocatipn, etc. It is
now more' than six years since these ar
rogant and insulting words were nttered
by tho benator from Illinois.
The writer of this article waa .not
among the subscribers to the Ministers'
Memorial, and has no personal reasons
for disliking Mr. Douglas, or taking ex
ceptions to his course, on the occasion of
its presentation. In common with thou
sands of others, we.havo tend the record
of that day' proceedings, and have felt
ourselves disgraced by the fact that a
member of the United States Senate could
use such language in speaking of a body
of men like the ministers of New Eng
land. Stephen Arnold Douglas ! taking
it upon himself to denounce, in language
fit only for a bar room, the great body of
Oiinstian '.teachers of every denomina
tion in the New England States 1 1 Had
the man forgotten where he was, or lost
all sense of shame ? Jeremiah tells us
of some in his time who had lost all
power to blush. And we have seen men
who, through devotion to the brandy bot
tle, or by other means,- have brought
themselves into a condition where blush
ing is an impossibility.
We charitably hope that Mr. Douglas
was not altogether himself on the 14th of
March, 1854. That a- man neither daft
nor drunk, should act and speak aa he
did on that occasion, soems .utterly in
credible. The Old Hero of San Jacin
to replied to his tirade, and vindicated
the petitioners from the aspersions that
had boon cast upon them. He declared
1 hut the protest was respectful, and that
if the signers bulieved that the passago;of
thoIvansas and Nebraska bill would be
a breach of faith on tho part of the Gov
ernment, they had an 'undoubted right to
flny so. He went further and reiterated
what ho had befoie told the Senate, that
the bill teas a breach of faith, and that
the excitement that followed its passage
was natural and inevitable.
Mr. Everett, by whom the memorial
had been presented, also spoke, but with
characteristicmildness, in reply to Mr.
Douglas. He was confident that the pe
tition was signed by individuals .of all
political parties, and that it expressed
the "sincere convictions of men who look
at this subject strictly in "a moral and re
ligions aspect." Ho added, "I do not
think it would be possible to find any
body of men of the same number, em
bracing a greater amount of personal and
moral worth than these three thousand
and fifty individuals. Many of them
are personally known tome, as men ven
erable for years, distinguished for learn
ing, and of the utmost purity of life and
character." These commendations of
the men he had vilified, seemed to exas
perate the Little Giant, and he returned
to his congenial work of defamation.
"I doubt, he says, "whether there1 is a
body of men in America--who combine
so much nrofonnd -ignorance upon a snb,-
ject upon whirh they attempt to enlight
en the senate as this same uoay oi preacn-
era."' k Among these three thousand
nroachers were hundreds of men whose
superiority to Stephen Arnold Douglas
would De recogmzou in any crcic wucio
ability and culture and moral worth are
appreciated. They can bear the abuse
of such a man as Douglas should he in
flict hi commendations npon them, it
would be time for them to ask,- What
evil have we done that this man should
he nraisinsr ns ? And now, that he is
seen itinerating around through the coun
try, Jikeanother Japnei lnsearcu oi
father, resorting to the arts of the petti
fogger and the demagogue, there is noth-ing-in
all,tuis to which we are, disposed
to take' exceptions. .Such a course is in
perfect keeping with bis' character' and
with the antecedents' of 'his history: Tho
tastes arid habits of the. man aresnch as
r riv him am influence over the vulgar
.r.,1 rnmAv elements-in societv. Other.
classes will listen to him fjfom enriosity,
bnt the stews and grogshops of the conn-.
try will furnish him witn bis most ap
preciative and enthusiastic auditors. '
And this latter class will rally, to bis
support almost en mow in November
next. The inevitable law pi affinity ,-will
draw around him the scum and sediment
of society. And it is fitting that it
should be so. He is the ''natnral and
proper representative of thee clasaea.
3ut moral and ChristiaBamea will ba
the dissolute and graceless. Thoughtful
and caitfid men will conclude that a man
so unfit (or, the ?resldncy wai , rrw
j':c-.nTiprtirin with the highomce.
with "perhaps Uie'amgle exception of
WnBufr Mr. Douglas mUlm m
j ;m. rr..t the ministers ot newxing
land and of theJRnited States, ignorant
..v.- rce.nl .them, are ableto-ais
lavm UI2 IHB nak. - ; - y ' a " '
criminate between. reckless demagogne
and a wise and honest statesman. . Ana
unless, we are . greatly imstaken, .be will
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Re.h lo til CSmbat,
With yoor weapoa., Troth ud Rljht.
Might I. Right, let thoao luever.
Who have learned tho tyrant, creed;
Sight la Might, he oor forever,
Tno In perpo.e. Era. in deed.
Menee oar wateh-worj,
"Tn in pnpoM, flraa in deejd."
By yonf banner', conrtellatlon.
By y onr eagle in tho akiel,
By yonr falbera' proclamation.
Strike for Freedom ere ah diet.
Tin la fleeting,
Strike for Freedom ere ah die..
By the hone, that now an bleaching
All along Nw England' .bore.
Looking npward and beseeching
Von to yield as .lave, no nor,
Swear this moment,
Thnt yon will be .Uvea no more.
Speech of Hon. C. B. Tompkins, of j
Among the speeches in Congress'pub
lished by the Republican Congressional
Committee for circulation among the
people, we find that of Hon. C. B. Tomp
kins, of the Morgan District in this
State. It contains a fair exposition of
the progress of the slave power in its ag
gressions upon the free States. It is a
document that will do good by a gener
al circulation among tbe people. We
copy a few paragraphs from it. After
detailing their acts of plunder and ag
gressions in Kansas, he adds :
All these wrongs, all these outrages,
all, these crimes of blood and deeds of
horror, were committed to plant the ac
cursed institution on the soil that had
been, by a great national act, .dedicated
to freedom. Bnt. violence and. arson,
bloodshed and murder, failed. The black
banner of slavery is trailing in the dust.
The. stars and stripes wave triumphantly
over a free and joyous people, ibe here
tofore invincible is conquered. I have
borrowed the word "aggression" to ox
press tho conduct of the South toward
the North. . I do not intend to make the
charges without the specifications.
1. I charge npon slavery, that the en
forcement of the Missouri compromise
was an aggression npon the North.
2. I charge the annexation of Texas,
wherebr the Mexican war was brought
upon the country, more than two hun
dred millions of money were spent, and
many thousand lives sacrificed, as an ag
gression. 3. I charge that the adoption of the
fugitive slave law, with many .of its odi
ous and obnoxious provisions, was an
aggression npon the people of the North.
4. X, charge tnat.tne decision oi me su
preme Court in the Dred Scott case was
an aggression upon the North. It was
a decision made for the benefit of slavery
and to deprive the people of the free
States of "their equal rights in the Terri
tories. 5. I charge that the repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise line was an outrage
ous aggression npon the rights ot the
North ; disreputable to the nation, and
dishonorable to the party engaged in it ;
one that has brought in its train innumer
able woes, and created an excitement that
will not be allayed during tbe present
6. I charge that the murders, robber
ies, and arsons, in Kansas, were aggress
ions of slavery.
All these things I have charged aa ag
gressions of slavery are national aggress
ions, for which the slavery party, having
control of the administration of this Gov
ernment, are responsible. I charge them
as direct; positive aggressions, on the
rights. of the free people of the North.
The following points are strongly put,
and will commend general attention.
The slavery party is constantly cosa
plainiagthat the free States enact personal-liberty,
laws, and that tbey do not ful
fill their constitutional obligations.
Whatever acts may be passed by onr
Legislatures, so 'that they do not interfere
with the Constitution of the United States
von have no right to. complain. Bnt if
von think that Constitution violated, yon
ri '. o nTi.. . ". -
nave yonr remeay. aena your mumcy
into the free 8tates; commence your sails
in the Federal courts, and try the valid
ity of onr statutes. We pledge ourselves
that yonr .agents. shall bekindly 'treated,
nr1 shall have a fair hearing.' We will
not follow yonr example ; we will not
pass laWS in pwuu uu pauiwuia viumuuu
of yonr 'rights, and in palpable violation
of the Constitution, and then drive out,
by threats or violence, any.man who may
come into the Bute to -test the -validity
nf nnrli aBaetments.
Rnfnr von.com plain of ns,. go .hone
and seize andUang the pu-ates ,who are
rtAverrinc' around yonr snores engaged
rhrtha slave- trade, xon may say a jury
aw w -- . f i
will-not oonvict-tavsm. way sot z rw
eanse the community sustains them in
their unholy tramc ana in ineir vioisuon
of the laws. Bnt if yon really desired
to pnnish those men, yon could easily
devise the .ways and means a whipping
on the bare back with a raw-hide,,a coat
of tar and feathers, or some other correc
tive that yoVare in 'the habit of using. I
would not advise these punishments ; in
frfls State tber wonld, BOt be practica
ble ;-Ut iaiStatas jbere jsuci ttogs are
in constant use, it is rather surprising that
some person' has not thought of '.thus ap
plying :tbem. -Men who commit'acts de
clared by the whole civilized world to be
piracy, yon permit to escape, while yon
say yon Will hang the wan wh"6 circu:
lates Helper's book.'' Before you com
plain of the free States, arrest and pun
ish the scoundrels who so cruelly treated
the Irishman at Columbia, , South Caro
lina, for no offense1 bnt saying that slave
ry was detrimental to free labor.
Take from place and power the men
whose hands and faces are reeking and
smoking with the blood of onr people in
Kansas, and put them to death, irunish
the thousands of others who have com
mitted acts of violence against Free State
men ; and are yet nnwhipped of justice.
These things yon must do, before yon
complain of us. I take no pleasure, in
these criminations and recriminations. I
know that all the States are' a part of my
country ; but when I hear of the wrongs
and the outrages perpetrated on men
merely because they will not subscribe to
the doctrines you hold, and hear yon
complain of us for not doing onr duty as
citizens, I will let you know that yon,
too, "are made of penetrable stuff." I
"Learned lo d.rid yonr Sere decree.
And break yoo on th wheel yon meant for me."
Abraham Lincoln.
In Thomas Jefferson's celebrated letter
to the New Haven merchants who had
remonstrated against the removal of Eli
zns Goodrich from the collectorship at
that port, and the appointment of a suc
cessor whose chief qualification Was that
he was a partisan of the President,
hope is expressed that a good time may
come when -the only questions ..about a
candidate for office will be these : "Is he
honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful
to the constitution ?"
When Jefferson said a good thing he
said it well, and this is one of his good
things. These three questions are just
the questions which the people of the
United States ought to ask in regard to
candidates for the Presidency. Let Abra
ham Lincoln, for example, be subjected
to the ordeal of these questions.
It he honest i Look npon bis face. Is
that an honest roan ? Inquire among his
neighbors who honor his . guileless integ
rity by the familiar name which expresses'
their confidence and love Honest Old
Abe! Read his speeches. Hear him
wbpn ha addresses a nonnlar asaemblr.
The first element of nis power over his
hearers is tbe irresistible conviction which
they have of his honesty.
Is he capable f Let his whole history
from his early and nnfnended atrng-
to his present high position
among the acknowledged leaders of a
learned profession in one of the greatest
States of the Union give the answer.
Let the people of his own State who know
him as thoroughly as they know any oth
er public man, say whether he is capable.
Let those who heard him a few weeks
ago, at'the Cooper Institute say whether
he is intelligent enough to be the successor
of James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce,
Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor,
James K. Polk and John Tyler. We
happened to hear that speech.. It was
not classically ornate as one of Edward
Everett's orations, it was not like one of
Thomas Jefferson's epistles, but, in our
judgment, it wag a better exhibition of
mar. Kiun oi auiuiy wuicu uiuos
man, and which qualifies a man for such
an office as the Presidency, than Ever-;
ett's eulogy on Washington, or Jefferson's
letter to the New Haven Chamber of
Commerce. A more thorough and ex
haustive exposition of the subject which
he had in hand, no other man could give.
There was not a word in it of vulgar
stump-speaking not a word of the
"spread-eagle" ytyle of oratory not a
word of claptrap ; it was straightforward
argument on the great question of' the
trmesand waa as, able as it was .honest.
It he , faithful to the Conttilution t
Those who believe that 'the Constitution
is the charter and guarantee of slavery,
and that by itaTown force it carries the
institution of slavery into all the territo
ries, will ear No. Snch an answer from
that quarter is reason -enough for-tvsry.
body else to, answer Yet. The views of
Webster, of (J lay, of Marshall, of all
onr eminent men who lived before the
new school of Democracy was founded
by Calhoun, are his .views on tbe ques
tion now at isaoe. That is enough.
Sew Tork Independent.
Nokotlr Goes For Douglas t
Maine goes against Douglas !
New Hampshire goes agtinst Douglas!
Vermont goes against Douglas I c -'
Maasachusatta'goM atgaraat Douglas I
Connecticut goes against Douglas I"'
Bhode Island. goes against Douglas!
Mew York goes against Douglas !
New Jereev goes against Douglas !
PENNSYLVANIA has' gone against
Douglas 1 ' cir - ; : Lr .' i ' r
OHIO has gone against Douglas I(
INDIANA has gone against Doug
las!. - '-. t . .-
Michigan goes against Douglas !
Hlinois"is going against Donglaa 1
Wisconsin goes against Douglas ! '
' Iowa goes against-Douglas!'
Minnesota goes against Douglas!, m
Tbe Union goes against Douglas I .
Every .State goes against Douglas !
Everybody goes against Douglas I
The Union goes' for Lrscour f
Everybody goes 'for LmooLS !
"Little Gianfa papers please copy 1
Jiochesttr JMmoerat.
One mr to t combat with rekiniled teal, ,
On flag to the hreei, and oar handa to th steel !
W eiri k for tho right, an 'ra aak aa Mai
. W W ready and Mget to nan tntn fray. - t
fltfik for th right, men strike for th right!
Clee p yonr ranks, men .how them'yoir might!
Baler, may tremble, nnd power may quail;
'Wo strike for th right, and th right shall prevail !
Oar fore.u and lake., from Wisconsin to Main,
Send oat their brave aone to the'eonBict again;
While mountain ud prairie, with eamp-firt I aglow,
X-cho th war-ry, nnd welcome th blow. .
Strike for th right, fee.
Tho trompet are aoendlng, th Bottle's began;
There', danger to fas, nnd there's work to b done;
Tho timid and (laggard mar shrink Aon tho Any,
Th glory oompeniates r straggles t-day.
Birik for th right. See.
Already tbelr peril la felt by cr foe.;
Alrsady they falter and shrink from oar blows;
Th .boat of onr oomradu ring thrilling and clear;
Th victory' certain, th eietory' near.
Strike fn th right, ke.
A cheer lor onr leaders, tho twin-heart ed braves!
A cheer for th banner that over at worts!
With Lincoln nnd Hamlin, we've nothing to fear;
Th victory' certain, th vietorj'a near.
Btrik for tho right, Itc.
From the New York Tribune.
What the Bepublicans Have Done.
A correspondent at Delphi, Indiana,
states that Mr. Hendricks, the Democrat
ic candidate for Governor o'f that State,
recently made a speech there, in which
he challenged any hearer to name ono
good act which the Republican party in
Congress had either done or attempted ;
and that his auditors probably struck
dumb with amazement at his impudence
made no response whatever., How is
it possible if there were even one He
publican present who. is not tongue-tied
that he should have failed to thunder out,
"The UomsTKAD Bar, I"
Let ns give a more circumstantial, yet
condensed, reply to Mr. Hendricks' chal
lenge :
1. Tbe Republicans, in Congress have
originated and carried through both
nouses a bill providing, by liberal grants
of Public Lands : to tbe several " States,
for, Manual LiBoaStMuiABUu ; in-.every
State that is, Seminaries in which tbe
teachings of the Natural and Physical
sciences, with the application of their
fruitful truths' to Afrriraltnrer' Manufac
tures, and the Mechanic arts, shall be
systematically taught. This measure.
fairly carried into effect, would have been
worth more to tbe country than all that
the Democratic party ever devised or
dreamed of. It was temporialy crushed
by tho veto of the Democratic Presi
dent. II. They have originated, matured and
carried through the House, a bill pro
viding for a Daily Overland Mail to Cal
ifornia a measure which would reduce
by at least ten days the average time con
sumed in the transportation of letters
from the Western Stated to the Pacific
Coast, render emigration and travel across
the Plains secure and comparatively easy,
accelerate the settlement and cultivation
of the Far Wast, and bring the Rocky
Mountain and Carson Valley gold re
gions within half their present practical
distance from the Mississippi Valley, re
ducing the cost of subsistence therein by
at least a third, and of postal communi
cation therewith by three-fourths. This
great measure of beneficence and Nation
al progress tbe necessary forerunner oi
the Pacific Railroad having triumph
antly passed tbe House, was stifled in the
Senate by a wily, treacherous Democrat
ic intrigue, whereof the Great Mail steam
er monopoly enjoys the benefit and prob
ably paid the cost,
III. The Republicans in the present
House originated and passed a Mileage
Reform Bill, whereby the present exorbi
tant and elastic allowance or orry cents
for every mile traversed, or .alleged to
have been traversed by eacn member, in
proceeding "by the usual traveled route"
from his home to Washington, at the
beginning of each session, and returning
thence to aaid home at its close, is. reduc
ed to ten cents par mile, calculated by a
bee line from his home to Washington.
By this reform, the members from Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington, who
now receive about 17,000 each for their
attendance on the sittings of each Con
gress, would be cut down to abont
87'000. and which would still be a lib
eral recompense. When the bill passed
increasing the annual compensation of
members from f 8 per day to f3,000 per
annum, .we were assured that this, reduc
tion and equalization of mileage would
beone of its inevitable consequences ;
yet four years have since elapsed without
say redempdoc.of thai) promise; and at
length the bill to redeem; it, originated in
a Republican Committee, of;Waya and
Means, and passed by? a. predominantly
Reaublican House, is throttled and killed
;i el nTnmir fraBlia.. Th mStntre
m.nnlA ..At an.jr.lr diminish' tnW'SMal
expenses of the .GoTsrnmeat.by m heavy
amount it would replace inequality and
wring by Justice, and frZS.
'caiism devised and carried it through
one House ; ltemocrncy suwpj u. u
.Via ntrtar. ' I 1.Z .
IV. -The present Repnbliean House
iramea ana passea 1,0017 .k.iu.v-
rvrnoMtincr . PtirrTKCTTTn. TAWTT- BUX.
which; had:itnotbelikewie stifled by
the Democratic, majority in the 8enJLe,
would, have stopped the. incurring of
oi Sr i(l . W a. T Y7 .& STakoa let on a .
aiercanuie ieoi.in jurupo ur wuiia
that we might and should produce at
home stopped tbe continual exportation
of our Specie at the rate of. Pifty to One
-Hundred Millions per aanum-stoapeU
tbe congregation of idle and needy labor
era-in our cities each winter stopped the
continual loss of tbe most valuable ele
ments of our richer soils, now carried
away annually in the' form -of Wheat,
Flour, Corn, Meat, &c, never to return
stopped the accumulation of our Pub
lic Debt, and tho means of shuffling with
federal shinplasters to avoid the appear
ance while clinging to the reality of in
curring such debt stopped our discred
itable begging and wheedling of Euro
pean capitalists and bankers for tbe means
wherewith to build our own Railroads
and given an immense and lasting im
petus to tho development of the industri
al and mineral resources of the wbol
country. Every Republican in the Sen
ate voted to take up this bill with intent
to pass it ; but Democracy said io, and
"t lies dead on the table of tho Senate.
And for that, Mr. Hendricks, your party
has just received a lesson in St. Louis,
and will soon hear thunder from Pennsyl
vania and New Jersey.
V. But, not to make too long a cata
logue, the Republican party alone stands
committed, by pledge and deed, to tho
policy of allotting the Public Lands for
a nominal price to Actual Settlers only.
so as to render them the Free Homes of
an intelligent and independent yeomanry.
No other National Platform but theirs
ever asserted the beneficent principle of
Free Homesteads ;' no other party hut
the Republicans ever reported and car
ried through Congress n Free Homestead
bill. Their bill was radical, comprehen
sive, thorough ; all the Republicans in
both Houses supported it ; but when the
Democratic majority in the Senate rejec
ted, this and insisted on passing a half
way measure instead, the Republicans,
after struggling desperately for a whole
measure, consented, in view of the ex
posed and needy condition of the squat
ters of Kansas, lows, Nebraska, Minne
sota, fec, to accept the Senate's halfway
measure temporarily rather than get no
thing. That half-way measure, though
it had passed both Houses with scarcely a"
dissenting vote," 'your Democratic Presi
dent vetoed, and tbe Demedratie Senate
refused to Dasa it over bis veto.- 00 we
must, await tho inan hrationof aRepnb
lipari President to give life to a thorough.
beneficent Homestead Act.
Freemen of America ! such are the
leading practical measures of tbe Repub
lican party, aside from those directly re
lated to Slavery. Throughout all the
late session, tho Republicans were press
ing the passage of these and kindred
bills, while the Democracy insisted on
spending month after month in sterile
speech making on abstractions connected
with Slavery and .Negroes. John mown s
raid, Helper's book, Douglas' new Sedi
tion act, JetT. Davis and A. G. Brown's
resolves asserting tho right and duty of
Congressional protection for blavery in
the Territories 6uch were the topics per
sistently interposed by the Democracy to
waste time, make party capital, and pre
vent practical legislation. Judge ye be
tween them 1
Douglas' Power as a Speaker.
Here are some of ths fruits of the "Great
American Statesman's" labors :
Mr. Douglas Spoke in 15 Towns in
And tho Republicans gained in them
Mr. Douglas spoke in Cleveland,
And the Republicans gained in the city
and County, 1,500.
Mr. Douglas spoke in Columbus,
And tho Republicans gained in the city,
Mr. Douglas spoke in Ft. Wayne,
And the Republicans gained in the city,
Mr. Douglas, tpoke in,Laneatltr,
And the Republicans gained ia tho Coun
ty, 500.
Mr. Douglas spoke in Richmond,
And the Republicans gain in the County,
Mr. Douglas,tpoke.atJdifayeUe,
And the Republicans-gained in the Coun
ty. "00. r
Mr. Douglas spoke at Indianapolis,
And the Republicans, gained 700.
A Good Oxe. At the Democratic
nnw-wow at Mommoutb, 111., tho other
dav. a large transparency was paraded,
upon which was painted the figure of a
white man hugging a iar, negro wenco,
and the words. "The stronghold of Re-
publisanism." When it, was brought near
the speaker's stsno, an 01a isay touiiug
np with interest at the picture, exclaimed
in seeming surprise, and loud 'enough for
ail:aronnd to hear. "Why. la me! Doug
las has found his mother." This exclama
tion stirred np such a tremendous hub
bub, that' the thing was carried off in a
hurry and concealed from further view.
Burlington Eawkeye.
Apt Illusteatjoji. "The Dyamy
krat party ought to . have the American
Aigle off its banner this election, said an
honest Patlander.'tho .o.lher day.
"Why VI asked 5 bystsnder.
vBekase ye sea the Aigle isa't a double
beaded bur d, and the party is," was the
"""What would you put np in its place,
Pat!" . -
"T-,fo Kilkenny eats, bedad."
'Metal finger na3x to protect the lingers
from the soreness incident to com husk
ing, are among tiniest inventions chron
icled. .,
W. H. Fry of tbNew York Tribune
ripidljr? -tJJa. V, i8 dOttit -
falif fei7-
writes "J more
Since thy Sag, O, Democracy, naila In tho dait.
And thy helmet, once gloriooi, I aorJid with mat,'
What brigbt-gWaming sword in tho haul prevail.? '
Tis Lincoln', th gallant old splitter of rails.
It is drawn for th right, for th national caoir,
Upholding onr proaj Constitution and laws;
An J wherever it flashes vile tyrinny fail..
And trembles before th old splitter of rails.
One onr nam ml th prid and th bop of th uorlJ.
And nations rejoiced at oar ensign anfnrled.
Like th light which in tempest the mariner Lai'i
Bat those days will come baek withth splitter of rail..
Let them prat of Diianion they 're prated before;
Let them boa.t of their ralur their threats w ignore;
For tbe cass of onr conntry and honor rrsvatr.
When led by the dasnlless oil splitter of rails.
Let Freedom's glad shont not r-echo in rain.
From th plains ofthe Weit.to th pino.weoda'ef Maift; '
And firm be oor ranks, till November" wild files
Shall uitnc.i thy triumph, old splitter of rails. ..
Mutilating the Records.
Wo stepped into the office of tho'
County Clerk a few days since to look at
the files of the State Register for 1840
which were then required by law to bo
sent to all the County Clerks in the State,
and to be preserved by them as part of
the public records of tho State. Wo
found that the Register for November 8th;
1849, had been torn out from the file and
abstracted. This is the number which
contains Mr. Douglas' Springfield speech
of October 23d, 184S, in which he declar
ed the Missouri Compromiso to be "a
sacred thing which no ruthless hand
would ever be reckless enough to disturb,"
and in which ho referred to the Wilmot
Proviso resolutions of the Illinois Leg
islature in the following remarkable Ian-'
guage :
"In August, 1848, he (Mr. Uouglas v
had voted for the Oregon bill, containing;
a clause prohibiting Slavery in that Ter
ritory. About four months afterwards
the Legislature assembled and passed' a
resolution instructing' our Senators- and1
requesting, our Representatives in Con
gress to vote for territorial bills in Cali
fornia and New Mexico containing a pro
hibition of Slavery, in thoso Territories.
In other words, they had instructed him
to do precisely what he had just done with'
out instructions. He bad been informed
that bis Whig. irionJa, onJ, pcrb'apar a
few others peculiarly situated', confident
ly expected biin to resign rather than
obey those instructions. It would be dis
ogreeabla to disappoint them in so rea
sonable an expectation. It was-asoribus
question, however, requiring grave and
deliberate consideration, whether' he could
conscientiously do, under instructions,
what he hadjutt done from the dtctafes of
his own judgment without instructions.
As the decision of so important a ques
tion required time to consider, he invited
them to wait and see."
Upon further inquiry at Springfield
and elsewhere, we learn that all the files
of the Register for 1849" in alllhe coun
ties in the Stale, except two or three, have
been similarly mutilated.1 One of ther
few copies extant is in the hands of the
Hon. Richard Yates. Ono copy, is still
kept in Springfield. One copy was ti
be seen in Quincy two years ago, bnt it
has since been stolen and destroyed.
Perhaps half a dozen copies are yet pre
served in the State, but the effort to de
stroy even these have been zealous and
unceasing. We need nor wonder ' Chi
cago Press and Tribune.
. e
Abe Yoc a Democrat f Well, let as
tell yon a bit of a story. We will call
no names. The other day, an old Dem
ocrat, who has always stuck to his own
party, through good report and evil rer
port, said :
"I've Always been a Democrat, and
am about tired of it. I don't belief er tbe
Democratic party stands where it did ten
years ago, and I am going to Tote for
Old Abe."
"Vote for the nigger party !' said a
Douglas Democrat.
"Well," replied, the other. "I voted
for Pierce when there was no nigger ex
citement, sll quiet, snd after, he got in it
was nigger. I voted for Old Buck, and
it has been nigger, hioOeiI; NIGGER,
all the time, and now I'll try a change.
I'll give the Republicans a tnrh any how;
it can't be any more nigger than it has
been, and it may be a great deal list.'r-
fronton Reigitter.
An Alabama paper' expresses it be
lief that Mr. Yancey's whole political
life has been a curse to the conntry. We
believe so too. We don't wish Yancey
dead, but we are sorry his mother didnt
refuse to hat his father. LmisvUle
:fhe Detroit Tribunerebukes those'un-
feeling and heartless people who- pot: it
into tbe beads of weak' men like Daniel
Pratt, George Washington Mallei . and
Stephen JV. Douglas, that they are run
ning" for the Presidency. vT
Democratic Tactics. The - Times
and Herald call upon, the Democracy lo
burst upon tis enemy'. That' is joet what
they did when tbey ran against Curtin
and Lane. Chicago Press and Tribune.
A maaument.ia about to be raised in
Gloucester, England, to Bishop Hooper,
. 1 '1 -t... :..'.1 ' n r
On the spoi wuero us was uurui, ja..iejve
years ago tho remains of the stake and
chain were excavated t'ere.
Tbe remain' ftf Col. F. A. Lntfttden;
of thfl.ew Orleans Pie""' W
l'', tbe victims of the Lady' Mfe
of the 3.- Orleans Picayune. anA one.
1 ter, have been fonrjd at Kenosha
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Gender: M Meaning of Stafford: "from the ford by the landing place" Origin of Stafford: English
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What Good Is Wealth Without Health? The Effect of Health on the Marginal Utility of Consumption
Amy Finkelstein, Erzo F.P. Luttmer and Matthew J. Notowidigdo
Source: Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Working Paper
We estimate how the marginal utility of consumption varies with health. To do so, we develop a simple model in which the impact of health on the marginal utility of consumption can be estimated from data on permanent income, health, and utility proxies. We estimate the model using the Health and Retirement Study's panel data on the elderly and near-elderly, and proxy for utility with measures of subjective well-being. We find robust evidence that the marginal utility of consumption declines as health deteriorates. Our central estimate is that a one-standard¬deviation increase in the number of chronic diseases is associated with an 11 percent decline in the marginal utility of consumption relative to this marginal utility when the individual has no chronic diseases. The 95 percent confidence interval allows us to reject declines in marginal utility of less than 2 percent or more than 17 percent. Point estimates from a wide range of alternative specifications tend to lie within this confidence interval. We present some simple, illustrative calibration results that suggest that state dependence of the magnitude we estimate can have a substantial effect on important economic problems such as the optimal level of health insurance benefits and the optimal level of life-cycle savings.


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Microprojectors Will Project Your Personal Gadgets Onto Any Flat Surface
Should Personal Technology Stay Personal?
The New York Times highlighted a new product, microprojectors, which let you project your iPod, iPhone, or whatever personal gadget with an image you might have onto any nearby smooth surface — and simultaneously wonder the same things as me. Say you just settle in for a long nap on your red-eye flight to the opposite coast, when the family next to you decides to project Enchanted onto the tray table next to you.
You guys know how I love my gadgets, but I loathe the idea of people ever being able to talk on cell phones on planes, play music on the bus, and basically disturb your neighbors with your tech (especially when you've got no place to go). I just think personal gadgets should remain personal — yes to headphones, yes to downloading a movie just for you for a flight. . . But gadgets like microprojectors seem to be made for traveling situations that would disturb the people around you. What do you think of microprojectors and this kind of tech?


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Wednesday, 7 November, 2001, 10:48 GMT
BMW sales accelerate
German luxury carmaker BMW has reported a strong rise in sales for both its car and motorcycle units.
But its profits fell nevertheless due to an increased tax bill.
The group said it was confident it would be able to meet its full-year sales and earnings target, despite the impact of the 11 September attacks.
BMW said it will "master" the economic fallout from 11 September and expects "the positive business development to continue in the fourth quarter."
Costly Mini launch
The results were better than analyst expectations and in sharp contrast to other European automakers like Renault and Fiat, which issued profit warnings after the attacks.
BMW reported a 29.4% fall in net profit to 315m euros ($284m) in the three months to September from the previous year, due mainly to a 68% rise in its tax bill to 252m euros.
Pre-tax profit before extraordinary items fell by 4.9% to 567m euros, while sales were up 9.8% at 8.2bn euros.
The car division reported a 26% fall in profits because of model changes in the 7-Series, rising research and development expenses, and the launch costs for the new Mini.
Hitting the target
The motorcycles division narrowed its pre-tax loss before extraordinary items to five million euros.
Car sales worldwide in the period rose 8.2% and motorcycles were up 15% more than in the period a year ago.
For the first nine months of the year, net profit shot up 63.3% and pre-tax profit before exceptionals was up 72.4% on a 7.1% rise in sales.
That meant BMW should be able to meet its target of selling more than 900,000 cars and Minis this year, 9% more than in 2000.
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Ultimate USB v7
USB LoaderCFG v33 which i started using yesterday and I have to say its the best loader by far. I couldn't get ghostbusters to work until I tried this.
Now, I can't get Sports Resort to work. I've tried to update to rev13 and 13a but anything higher than rev9 and my hard drive isn't recognised. If I HAVE to use IOS38-64-v3610.wad that won't install either.
Any help appreciated.
I think so (!) I'll try that again in a bit. I have just found some info on installing v3610.wad and rev12.
I have to wait until the TV is free!
Ah Ahhhhhh!!!
Good news and bad. I now have cios38rev12 installed. It looks like it always worked, the problem was solved by changing the HD usb to the other socket!
Bad news is still no Sports resort. I now know what the alt dol option does. I need to find the .dol. I assume I copy it to the SD root?
Any idea where I can find thr rztp.dol?
what is m+ video?
This link will get you all the info you need.
FILES AND INSTRUCTIONS TO GET SPORTS RESORT ON PAL Wii TO WORK : Games > Wii - Mininova
File not found.
Thanks anyway


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Shopperception: Real World Shopper Analytics using Microsoft Kinect.
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Winterize Your Workout With Spinning: Pedaling Tip
One of my favorite indoor Winter workouts is spinning. While nothing beats biking on the open road, spinning for an hour burns a ton of calories, with the extra bonus of getting to rock out in the saddle. Similar to running on a treadmill, spin class is a perfect opportunity to focus on your cycling technique. Since you don't have to watch out for oncoming traffic or steer around obstacles in the road, you can hone your pedaling technique. Yes, I know the expression, "It is just like riding a bike." But you can really maximize your cycling power by working your legs through the entire revolution of the pedal, not just pushing the pedal down. Plus this will work all the parts of your legs not just your quads, which means you are balancing the strength of your legs.
To learn a simple exercise to experiment with this idea
Keep both feet on your pedals, but work one leg at a time while keeping your other foot clipped in to the pedal or in the foot cage/basket. Focus on making a smooth circle with your pedaling foot to keep the momentum going through the entire revolution of the pedal. Feel your hamstring pull your foot backwards, keep working the back of your leg while you engage your hip flexors to pull the pedal up. You might find, after doing this exercise that one of your legs has a difficult time pedaling solo. This would be your weaker leg and chances are high it has just being going along for the ride.
I try to do this single foot pedal technique for at least a minute per foot every time I am on a spin bike. It helps me balance out my legs and my stroke. Try it and see how it feels.


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Note: I am not getting any calls this late at night. I'll report back tomorrow regarding the in-call sound quality.
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If you want to use the Elite ROM v9.6, B163 factory software must be installed on your phone. If you have installed the factory software 2.3.5 before, you should definitely doing the following steps for B163.
Be sure to backup your IMEI. Use an external SD card during all transactions below. B163 dload folder on an external SD card.
Are these from google translator?
The way this procedure described is very confused.
for e.g If we replace just the CWM recovery after B163 flash, how will function without root? And this "opened" in which mode is? Is normal boot, or bootloader mode? It' s not clear.
And, if I remember well, after downgrade from 2.3 rom, when phone reboots, goes immediately on recovery mode, and needs a wipe data, to normally boot.
Can you please edit the tutorial with more clear instructions?
If we replace just the CWM recovery after B163 flash, how will function without root?
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