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plekto Posts: 3,738I've come to the conclusion that the best car for the OP is actually none of the above.
He wants something affordable and sporty and luxury, that's also reliable and gets good gas mileage. Unfortunately, they stopped making this car 2-3 years ago, but that's fine, because used like-new examples run about $20K.
Get a Mercedes C230K Sedan with manual. This is the *4 door* sedan with the 1.8 supercharged engine in it. It was the exact same model that they sell in Europe(slightly larger engine) and is actually fairly reliable. Mercedes makes two types of cars. Cars and Taxis/Rentals. The way you can tel the difference is if it comes with stick-shift, since 90% of Germans get a license that allows them to drive manuals. If you are one of the 10% that gets an automatic-only license, you are literally laughed at and considered to be a child driver.
Mercedes puts no effort into their fleet sales and models, and especially their automatic transmissions. Just enough to get by and no more(S class aside of course). This is why an E class, well, *is* a Taxi in 90% of the world. And it's why their SUVs suck. They are made for basically U.S. markets and taxis.(see a pattern? heh)
In Europe, it's all about the A, B, and C class. Manuals are the norm and diesels are better. The closer Mercedes you buy to this sort of vehicle, the better it will drive and last.
In Europe, it's called the C200 Kompressor and is a great car. Unfortunately, you have to go back to the previous generation in the U.S. to get that engine.
Of course, the BEST Mercedes is this:
C 220 CDI 4-cylinder 190 hp 460 Nm
If we got this over here, it would obliterate the entry-level segment. 460Nm is an outrageous amount of torque, and 190HP is equal to the IS250. All while getting 30+ mpg.
http://autocar-show.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-drive-experience-mercedes-c220.ht- ml
Bummer we can't get it here...
Now, if you're looking for automatic(sigh), get couple of year old IS300. This car has the IS250's looks and feel, yet is lighter and lots more powerful, plus it has a nice I-6 engine as well. It'll blow the doors off of a new IS250 or A4 in overall driving, and is somewhat useable in the rear for kids.
Note - while the IS300 was good, it honestly reminded me exactly of the Volvo 850, but with RWD instead of FWD. It had a very "European" feel to it. Something abot the balance and suspension and size and all the rest - it felt better than the base 3 series.
The Lexus messed up. they made a compromise version that's honestly not any better than the stuff GM puts out, and they put a mega-speed transmission and a V6 in the IS350 in a quest for power, when all it did as turn it into a muscle car.
Remember, the original luxury performance sedan was... a BMW 2002. Light, agile, and well rounded are musts. Bloat, muscle-car power, and in search for a purpose... that's most modern cars.
Or you can get a classic. There's no shame in driving a classic car.
they put a mega-speed transmission and a V6 in the IS350 in a quest for power, when all it did as turn it into a muscle car.
For some reason MB agrees with Lexus' strategy as they are doing exactly the same thing with the new C-class.
". . .once you guys get the full range of Euro/Japanese diesels."
As if. . .
I can guarantee you that the car I bought this week would have been different if we had access here in the land of the EPA and the state of California to "the full range of Euro/Japanese diesels." I don't think it's ever going to happen, but I'll be very happy to be wrong.
Bring me a 2.0 - 2.5 litre turbodiesel with a manual transmission & RWD with room enough in the back (fold-down seats or wagon/avant) for my bicycle, and I'll be happy. Several vehicles which meet these requirements have been available in Europe for over six years that I know of, but aren't here even yet.
"If I put 800 miles/week, I will be worry more about the depreciation than the gas. 800 miles/week x 52 weeks = 41600 miles/year = a lot of depreciation. I rather buy a small/sport economy car (~18K) instead of a luxury car."
Yup, one of the several reasons why the 530i went back to BMW-FS at lease end, and why, instead of replacing it, I chose to drive our old "spare car" (home depot/dump run hack with ~80,000 on the clock at the time) for the duration of that contract. During the 21 months that I serviced that client I put on just shy of 80,000 miles in spite of the fact that I was occasionally traveling and it sat in the garage.
I'm now in the market for a new contract, and the two companies that seem to be the most likely candidates will have my mileage drop to a more normal 15,000 to 20,000 miles per year. Assuming one of those two actually happen, I'm thinking the 2009 Audi A3 (which will have the new "clean-sheet design" EA 888 engine), with a 6-Speed manual of course. The only rub with that car is that it is "wrong wheel drive", however, it does sport a spare tire well complete with a donut spare (but room for a full size wheel/tire), a jack, real GFTs, a dip-stick tube for checking/changing the oil, and room in the back to schlep around our new mutt.
The flip side is that the company I was with for those 21 months is, A) talking of giving me another juicy contract, and has moved their offices some 20 miles further (each way) from our home. If I end up back there, geez, I'm thinking either a new Honda Civic EX-L 6-Speed or a 2009 Jetta TDI 6-Speed, cars I can put 100,000 miles on in two years and not suffer too much from the depreciation.
Best Regards,
nyccarguy Stamford, CTPosts: 11,386I'd buy a BMW diesel in a heartbeat if I were in the market. As blueguydotcom said, diesel costs a bit more up front and a bit more to fill up, but you get tremendous range and they last forever and a day. It is amazing how quiet modern diesels are. One of my customers has a Freighliner Sprinter with an MB CDI engine in it and you can barely hear it idling from 5 feet away.
By the time I'm ready to pickup a new car for me, BMW will hopefull get their wits about them and offer a diesel with a stick shift. I'm a manual transmission bigot like shipo :shades:
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2011 Pilot EX-L 4WD, 2015 Infiniti G37x Q40 AWD
Blueguy, what about the driving dynamics of the 3? You were not overjoyed with the '06 330i. I assume not much difference in the 335d. Would you still give it a shot (if MT gets built in)?
I remember that the actual mileage of the d is around 28 - 30 mpg combined for the US version but I have also read Euro versions of 37 mpg.
I don't mind the AT but the better half would destroy it. The AT is good for me anyway.
I would consider the d along with the 3'er on my ext leas in December. You guys are steering me but I wonder the cost trade-off if the d runs in the low $50'sK verse ~ $47K I could get a NA version. The one I drove was a rush compared to the 255 hp 330.
The diesel twist is very tempting also but I need to get a better handle on the drive difference on the power curve vs. each variant. Once the fuel savings is measured vs. price and driving pleasure I can make a move after testing each one.
My next monkey wrench is the 1 series thrown into the mix! I am reeling but the availability of the d might make my decision easier and the one will be well documented by year end.
When I consider a 3 again it'll mean a kid is on the way I have to have a car bigger than the cooper. For the sake of having a vehicle that can fit the family, I'd suck it up. The far better mileage of the diesel really raises my eyebrow. I love the idea of 30 mpg and 16 gallons...stopping for gas every 1.5-2 weeks sound great!
chirocat Posts: 73Count me in as well. I remember seeing a magazine article on a Tuner 330d and 530d a few years ago, and it was damn impressive. Impressive enough is this C@D article, it says volumes. Near gas performance with up to 40 mpg? Cool!
check this out;
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/performance_files- _tested_by_c_d/2006_bmw_330d_road_test
When I was looking for car last year I was a total manual trans biggot and actually sneered audibly at any "performance" sedan on the lot that had an auto. :P
I only considered 2 cars that were not manuals; a R32 with DSG, can't call it an automatic if it doesn't have a torque converter though, and a pre-owned C55. The badass V-8 in that Q-ship almost made up for the lack of a clutch. :blush:
Hopefully America will pull it's collective heads out and realize diesels are not what we saw in the crude 80's gas conversion crap? IMHO all trucks 3/4 ton and over plus large SUV's should all be diesel. If we had more diesels, maybe the price of the damn gas would come down because they would have to refine more and can't artificially keep the price up with that old "supply" rhetoric.
I knew you had at least some satisfaction form the E90 bloated version of what you would consider the ultimate sports sedan. More than my eyebrows raised with the torque numbers. I gotta try that equation for myself.
My problem with test drives is the limited feel you get from driving a few miles. The 335i I drove for 1 day ~ 40 miles was much more of a drive to understand the car. It's an easy sell for me because the extra weight doesn't bother me as I am accustomed to US fare, sloppier handling and control. Stepping into the '06 3'er did it for me.
Now if I can get 30 MPG, it just depends on the cost trade off of a lease verse the efficiency gain.
I don't have much experience buying cars (I bought a new Corolla in 1987, drove it for eight years, then bought an Accord which I've driven ever since). I've decided I want to get something nice. Situation: I drive about 8000-10,000 miles a year. For the next three years I don't want to spend more than around $300 a month on car payments. After that, I'm going to be in a far more flexible financial situation and will be able to afford a very expensive car if I want to go that way. So I'm considering the following options: leasing something for around $300 a month for 36 months, or buying something used but fairly nice in the the 12K-15K range, and then trading up three years from now. So far I've looked at the Acura TSX and the Audi 3 to lease, plus a five-year-old SAAB 9 to buy. Thanks in advance for any feedback!
Buy used. A used TSX will run well, serve you nicely and in the end you'll have something, unlike a lease.
I've noticed the TSXs don't seem to depreciate much at all in the first 2-3 years. I also understand that a redesigned model is coming out in a couple of months. So maybe I should be looking at something around five years old? It's tempting to lease, which I've never done, but since I'm a low mileage driver and am pretty easy on cars in general maybe it makes more sense to own something used for three years and hope it doesn't depreciate much in the interim.
Instead buy a Buick LaCrosse Super. It has all the features of most of the entry level foreign-made cars for a lot less money. Test drive one if you don't believe me.
I assume that you're joking. Yes, no? Ain't no way a Buick anything should be mentioned in the same breath with any of the cars categorized as "Entry Level Luxury Performance Sedans". :P
Best Regards,
". . .Acura TSX and the Audi 3. . ."
Since I decided I could tolerate FWD this time around, I ended up looking at exactly those two cars. Since the RWD choices may improve over the next few years, I wanted something that wouldn't depreciate horribly over a 3-4 year period. I went with the TSX, and that'd probably be your best bet as well -- Audi depreciation is nothing to write home about. Going used, as has been suggested, is the only way to keep the payment as low as you want it.
Honda depreciation is amazingly low; I'm shopping for a car for my mother-in-law, and Civic vs. Corolla used car prices have to be seen to be believed. A 1-2 year older Civic with 40-50K more miles sells for the same money as a newer much less used Corolla. Audi isn't even in the same ballpark.
You'll enjoy either car, by the way. The TSX is working out nicely; it's meant to be an interim solution, but if I bond with it in a big way, I may still be driving it in 8 years, as I did my last car. I've driven rental A3s in Europe & really loved them. I did serious Audi research, going back seven years, as a result.
Let us know how this turns out.
ucal Posts: 2Can I install Alpine after market head unit in my 2003 Acura TL Type S ?
What installation kit is needed ? and what are the pros and cons of installing such a head unit ?
... (instead of my previous car, a 1993 Geo Prizm)
Nothing wrong with a '93 Prizm. I had a '92 back in '93. Wanted a '93, but was duped by the salesman. (Oh, the joys of youth and inexperience!) Anyway, Motor Trend wrote of the '93 Prizm that it was Lexus-like in it's quietness. I drove one and agreed whole-heartedly. How has yours held up? Is it still quite and smooth?
jeffmo2334 Posts: 23It has been a great car for me -- the engine is still very smooth, and the transmission is also OK. In 14 years, I have only had one repair issue (electrical). It has been a GREAT car, and also gets very good gas mileage (28mpg in mixed driving).
It is not quiet -- my main complaint about this car has been the plastic inside is very cheap, so all of the door handles are cracked or broken, several knobs have broken, etc. When it runs, it has lots of rattles, and is noisy with all of the vibrating plastic. Also, 3 of the 4 rims are slightly bent, so that also makes the ride quite rough.
It only has 116k miles, so I wouldn't be surprised to see the engine/transmission to last another 60k or 70k miles at least. I will sell it to someone fully confident that it will be a good car for them. Do you want to buy it? Just kidding. :P
The LaX Super IS categorized as a "luxury performance sedan". And it IS head and shoulders above any other 2008 Buick LaX. However, a Caddy, Lexus, BMW, or Mercedes it is not. But, it's a great performance sedan at a bargain price, with a lot of the same equipment and amenities found in higher priced sedans:
Dude, put that pig on a track and its lap times will be absolutely laughable compared to each of the cars that actually are in this class. It seems that you think that by taking a large FWD sled and then dropping in a big motor and slapping on some sticky rubber, it will suddenly be transformed into a "Sports Sedan". Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but the LaCrosse doesn't even come close to meeting the criteria as a Sports Sedan.
If you don't believe me that the LaCrosse doesn't measure up, that's fine, consult the car comparison web site of your choice and look at the cars the "experts" think the Buick competes with. My bet is that you'll see a list that looks something like the following:
- Chevy Impala
- Chrysler 300
- Dodge Charger
- Ford Tarus
- Honda Accord
- Hyundai Sonata
- Kia Optima
- Mazda Mazda6
- Mercury Sable
- Mitsubishi Galant
- Nissan Altima
- Saturn Aura
- Subaru Legacy
- Toyota Camry
Not exactly a thrilling list of car that one would want to go "sporting" with now is it.
Best Regards,
Exactly right! At least I am getting some enjoyment from the US cars now that I gave up on them.
Take a modified LaCross and carry some speed, let's say 40 mph, into a switch back turn and you will be out of your misery once and for all!
Dude. Like some of the other so-called "experts" that post in this forum, you don't know what you're talking about. The Super's 0-60 time is 5.7 seconds, and its top speed is 155mph, making it the fastest Buick ever. And according to professional test drivers, it does pretty well in slalom too, with its sport-tuned suspension (with tuned Bilstein struts) and more precise steering (using Delphi's premium system).
BTW, where are the Caddy CTS, Impala SS, and Pontiac G8 GT on your list?
Link: http://www.edmunds.com/new/2008/buick/lacrosse/100900863/compare.html
A word to the wise, next time check your facts before running your mouth.
Yeesh, some people don't get it. :confuse:
FWD and into the wall on the turns. Here's a good review from someone who drove one. Another re-badge to a dying brand. How utterly boring.
Does anyone remember the Buick Grand National???
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sls002 Posts: 2,788Cadillac spent the ninties trying to make the STS into a serious sports sedan contenter. They failed. Cadillac's solution was the RWD sigma platform CTS, STS models which are a much better set of cars.
The Lacrosse, like the Impala and Grand Prix, have a bit too much engine for the platform, and while faster in a straight line, still are not well balanced for twisty mountain highways. They are probably better in snow though.
If I am offered this Buick for $5,000 (five thousand), fully loaded and brand new, I would pass on it. :P
Dude. Like some of the other so-called "experts" that post in this forum, you don't know what you're talking about. The Super's 0-60 time is 5.7 seconds, and its top speed is 155mph, making it the fastest Buick ever
I remember being blasted on this forum for prioritizing track times over handling and driving dynamics. Had I gone this low, I dont think so :P
Wow. You must've beaten it up pretty badly. :sick: I drove a brand new one way back in the day, and it was as quiet as a tomb. I had a '94 Corolla (loved that car!) and you'd never guess that it and the Prizm were "twins." The Corolla exhibited mucho road noise, and the Prizm of the same era was smooth and quiet.
making it the fastest Buick ever.
That, my friend, really doesn't help your case at all...
Anyway, the Lexus ISX50 is the Buick in this group according to some people so your beloved LaX is out of luck (and spot) what-so-ever.


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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Bagged Tomato Blossoms by melody.................................................
Tomatoes: Cross Cultivation: [[email protected]]
what I do is bag blossoms...(or trusses) This way, you are assured of pure seeds. It's easy and pretty much foolproof.
I've made my own bags in the past out of sheer bridal net, but there are net bags at Wal-mart in the bridal section that will work fine. My wally world has them $4 and change for a dozen about 12"x8".
Just pop a bag over the truss that you want to save seeds from, (make sure that there are no open blooms and I use a twist tie to secure it...done the drawstring thing, but they're hard to untie after they get rained on and dry. Tie to secure, but don't cut the branch...a bit of cotton around it will help keep it secure.
Let the blooms open, give them a good shake every day to get the pollen moved around..(inside the bag, the blooms may not move like they would on a breezy day.)
When you see little tomatoes, remove your bag and tie some yarn or something noticeable on the truss so you'll know which seeds will be pure. If there are any unopened blooms left on the truss, pinch them off, so all you have marked are your tomatoes that formed while bagged.
This way, you aren't limited to isolation distances...and you can have more tomatoes!
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
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Tomatoes & Cucumbers have seeds that are coated with a gel containing antigermination compounds. The gel must be removed by fermentation to successfully save these seeds. In addition to removing the gel, fermentation kills many seedborne pathogens, ensuring disease-free seeds. The process smells bad, however, so don't do it in an enclosed room in the house.
Follow these steps: Squeeze or spoon the seed mass into a waterproof container. I like clear-plastic throwaway cups, but a jar, water glass, or deli container will do. Add enough water to equal the volume of the seed mass, and put the container in a warm spot out of direct sunlight. Stir the contents at least once a day.
In a couple of days, the fermentation process will have started. Viable seeds will sink to the bottom, and bad seeds, debris from the seed mass, and a white mold will float on the surface. When all the good seeds have dropped (which takes about five days), rinse away the gunk on top. Wash the seeds in several changes of water, and lay them out in a single layer on a white paper or plastic plate or screen. Put the plate in a warm place until the seeds are fully dry, which can take several weeks.
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Spiced: A Pastry Chef's True Stories of Trials by Fire, After-Hours Exploits, andWhat Really Goes on in the Kitchen
by Dalia Jurgensen
April 16th 2009 by Putnam Adult
Hardcover, 288 pages
0399155619 (isbn13: 9780399155611)
rating: 3 of 5 stars
"Order, fire!" screamed Steven from the window that separated the small, open kitchen from the dining room.
Dalia Jurgensen left an office job and jumped head first into the New York restaurant scene. Fourteen years later, she wrote Spiced, a memoir of her time in the kitchens of some of the most famed restaurants in the city. You'll read about her first mentor, Mika; her struggles with a male-dominated industry; problems with chef uniforms and her decision to pursue pastry rather than savory cooking.
I love Food Network, especially those Vegas competitions where high-strung people have to make wicked amazing cakes. So I thought I would like Spiced. In fact, I liked it better than I expected to, but I wasn't dazzled. The difficulty with memoirs, of course, is how to have an assertive presence without seeming to grandstand or be stuck-up. Jurgensen didn't figure out this lesson. Her insights seem pretentious, her priorities seem unbalanced. One sentence indicates she contacted the union about sexual harassment; only a few pages are given to her time with Martha Stewart. Yet there are several pages about feelings of resentment when she realizes her boss has been sleeping around with the staff, and not with Jurgensen exclusively.
Mostly, however, Jurgensen really does try - and sometimes succeeds - in being an observer, merely recounting events to which she was witness. My sense is she's a gutsy, talented woman who's just not as gifted an author.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Spiced by Dalia Jurgensen
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Earlier tonight I wrote a huge article that ended up being really self-indulgent, about how my drinking habits have changed and how I don't go out much any more. Keeping it very simple, and consigning the fifteen or so paragraphs I'd written to Computer Hell, I've noticed from looking at my writing over the past few years I've tended to just do beer reviews sitting in my living room, on my own. My preview piece for the Plough's beer festival in August of 2016, in which I took three of the beers that were to be featured home and drank them, is a very different beast to my coverage of the Rockliffe RFC beer festival in 2014, when I went there on my own, got pretty bombed and had a whale of a time. I like both of the articles, don't get me wrong. I'm not disowning any of them. They're all my dumb, ugly children.
Taken on its own this isn't really a big deal. "Guy In His Mid-Thirties In 'Not Going Out That Much' Shocker" isn't a headline that shifts copies. But when you hold it up against the fact that pubs are closing at a breakneck speed in this country, with CAMRA's statistics from 2016 pointing to 29 a week being permanently shuttered, it looks kinda serious, because surely a beer writer should also be a going-out writer? A going-to-the-pub-even-if-nobody-else-fancies-it writer?
This time last year I was full of piss and vinegar and amazingly excited about writing a book in which I would drink in every bar and pub in the city of Newcastle in 12 months. This was going to be the apex of my work in the fields of "getting out of the house and doing stuff". It all came to naught because by the rules I set myself it became an impossibly expensive undertaking.
Presented here is the first chapter, the only fully completed chapter. It's rough and ready, but I'm posting it as a statement of intent that from now on I'll be writing about beer in the wild again, as well as keeping up a steady stream of reviews written in my lavish and many-cushioned palace of decadence.
The book was going to be dedicated to the late Patrick Lavelle, my favourite lecturer when I was studying journalism, who taught me just how vital it was to know your patch and walk the beat. These are things I need to bear in mind more when I'm writing. Anyway, here it is.
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Monday, 31 October 2016
Pumpkin Beer Hallowe'en Spooktacular
October is almost done. Samhuinn fires are lit to burn us into November as the Skeleton Summer draws to a close. Three offerings to the great pumpkin sit on this reporter's table. Three pumpkin beers to lead us into the cold months and maybe make a few people say "ugh, pumpkin, nah" and hit the "back" button.
The Fear, from Flying Dog, is first up. The strongest of the three at 9% abv, it promises pumpkin-spice devastation with label art that showcases perfectly Ralph Steadman's ability to illustrate fear and, indeed, loathing.
Smoke crawls from the bottle neck like a ghost girl from a TV screen. The spices with which this Imperial ale are brewed are present here, strong and musty. There is a cigar-box acridity, a mysterious buzz that sits perfectly with the outhouse paranoia sounds of Tom Waits' "What's He Building In There?". It looks at home in a skull-shaped glass, dark brown with a thin tan head. The first mouthful is an eruption of heat and glorious herbal stank and I wolf down three mouthfuls with the gusto of an ancient king about to face the sacrificial threefold death of wounding, drowning and burning. The alcoholic heat is reined in after this, the malty basslines and the keening choir of spices (loudest among them being cinnamon) drowning it out.
The beer is sticky, clingy, cloying and tacks itself to the tongue, sizzling there and numbing the buds with a faint aftertaste of bubblegum. Late-teens Jaegermeister memories return, and the bottle of Baba Jaga herbal liquor I still haven't finished after a decade broods at me from its shelf in my kitchen.
The final slug contains a strong hit of liquor and liquorice, a medicinal suckerpunch to an open, glakey mouth. I jerk my head to the right, convinced I've seen something move in the hallway. It's just my hair. They don't call it The Fear for nothing, I guess.
There's a lot going on down at the bottom of Roadsmary's Baby, a rum-cask-aged 6.8% abv pumpkin beer from 2 Roads Brewing. A field of sediment, 3mm deep, sits at the bottom of the bottle. I crack my knuckles, limbering up to pour without filling my glass with murk. Steady. Steady.
The scent from the neck is led by the vanilla beans mentioned on the label, with squash and malt following thereafter and the rum scent holding a faint rearguard.
The little glass skull this time takes on the hazy colour of a brass boiler plate, and a strong inhale from the glass brings out the rum cask scent. Another bottle on my kitchen shelf silently calls out to me, the ruinous bottle of Guyanan Rhum Agricole that a guy on my stag weekend gave me. I'm saving the last few mouthfuls for if I get married again or need to launch a rocket into space.
The carbonation is surprisingly strong on the first mouthful, a smokescreen under which the rum flavour advances and makes gains in the mouth, lips and tongue regions. While this all goes on, the scent within the glass shifts in favour of the pumpkin-spice aroma, and it's worth a good few minutes of steady inhalation, the kind of behaviour that might get you weird looks at a pub but is totally acceptable in your kitchen. Another few mouthfuls and a hazelnutty taste appears, and the alcoholic heat builds to solid "winter warmer" levels.
For such a layered beer, with its strata of rum cask flavours, squash tastes and spicy buzz, Roadsmary's Baby leaves little lingering aftertaste after the glass is empty, leaving little palate-cleansing to be done before the final beer.
I have to underline the fact that Gary, the man behind Newcastle microbrewery Grid Brewing, is a mate of mine. I was just at his house last weekend taking part in the destruction of a lot of box-fresh American IPAs and DIPAs when I told him I was excited to drink Fall, Grid's pumpkin beer, and mentioned that my girlfriend Emma is a big fan of pumpkins and spice (I think she causes a blip on Starbucks' takings every October) and he was more than happy to sort me out with a bottle. In the interests of ethics, and because I've already had two pretty heavy hitting beers tonight, the bottle of Fall will be split between Emma and I, and she's going to give her opinions on it at the end of this post.
Beneath a banner of heavy Gothic typeface, Fall makes its appearance, The crown cap is popped off and the beer within clamours to escape, foam adding a snowy mountain-top to the open neck. A smoky, clovey, spicy scent rises and I pour our glasses. A misty copper-gold with a little more haze than that which fills Emma's glass (mine was the second glass poured) turns to amber with a light behind it.
From the glass the scent remains a warming, fulfilling roasted spice, with the squashy pumpkin filling out on subsequent breaths. Smooth, spiced, and holding its own following two powerful beers, Fall has a cleaner, less herbal, less medicinal taste to it than The Fear and Roadsmary's Baby. At 4.8% it is almost-too-easily sessionable and its aftertaste lingers excellently, quietly upending the pumpkin cart and getting squash everywhere. The weakest in terms of alcoholic volume of tonight's beers, Fall's flavour still stands up after this reporter's head-holes have been smashed about by Flying Dog and Two Roads' tasty offerings.
To end this entry, here's Emma's take on Fall. She's had more pumpkin spice lattes than anyone I've ever met, and she knows her pumpkins.
Hey, I'm Emma and I know nothing about beer, craft or otherwise. Time to share my much awaited taste experience!
Ok so first off I tried to smell it from the bottle but, I shit you not, it literally spooged foamy-ass bubbles right up my nose. So clearly it was very pleased to see me!
Forgive me if my writing seems a bit weird, above all else I went through two pens before having to resort to using a pencil to take my notes like a caveman. And I'm reading them off of my pizza box because too lazy to find a notebook. Although considering I'm using my phone's notes app to write this drivel up, I could have used it to write my notes down in. But this is what a sensible person would have done. God help us all.
I got to drink out of the pumpkin glass. An honour probably not deserving of this novice. But it's my glass so nyah nyah.
Anyway, when I finally could smell the bastard without inhaling beer head, I picked up faint notes of cinnamon and (obviously) pumpkin, the flavours some of us PSL loving people have come to associate with Autumn and the colder months. The colour in the glass made me think of a deep orange tea. Is pumpkin tea a thing, does anyone know? It should be. If it isn't.
After snorting it for what I assumed was an acceptable and professional amount of time, it was bottoms up time. I was surprised that it wasn't bitter as most of my experience with a lot of beers is a bitter aftertaste that drowns out whatever is meant to accompany it, but that could just be my taste buds not knowing what the hell is going on. It was quite thin and smooth, no leftover residue or anything like that, it went down lovely.
Of course, the more I drank it, the more it tasted mostly of beer. But that's ok, since it's beer.
All in all, a satisfying seasonal beverage, would absolutely drink again. Maybe with Chinese food. That would be nice.
Now Ruari, stop pissing about with this, your pizza's stone cold now.
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Friday, 30 September 2016
Schwaben Brau- Clearer by the End of the Week
This week I have been drinking beers from German brewery Schwaben Brau, which are currently on sale at Aldi branches throughout the UK. It's time for the final beer, a bright and clear Pilsner called Das Helle, to come chip away at the hangover that its cloudy sibling Das Naturtrub started up last night.
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Thursday, 29 September 2016
Schwaben Brau- the Haze Comes Down
A hazy beer for a hazy day, with a low Autumn sun cracking its knuckles and preparing to cause countless rush hour fender benders, Das Naturtrub from Schwaben Brau sits smug and cloudy in its half litre swing-top. The fourth of the five German imports currently carried by Aldi UK, and the second last in this little series.
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Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Schwaben Brau- Festivities Continue!
In Stuttgart they are making merry. The Canstatter Volksfest is in full swing. An Autumn festival which happens to include a huge amount of beer drinking is probably the best kind of festival there is, and while it absolutely sucks that I'm missing it, as well as the Oktoberfest in Munich because of course I could make myself appear in two places at the same time if beer was involved, a bottle of Schwaben Brau's VolksfestBier sits before me, glistening with perspiration like a prize-winning dray horse.
Aldi UK is stocking five of Schwaben Brau's beers at the moment for £1.79 a bottle, and I'm drinking them every night of the week for you all. Tonight is the turn of the beer brewed specially for the festival that I'm missing.
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Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Schwaben Brau- Darkness and Light
"I'll have my own Oktoberfest", I say to the ghosts of dead beers that float through my little house. "I'll have my own Oktoberfest", I say to the moths in my bank account. "I'll have my own Oktoberfest", I transmit psychically to the Aldi cashier as I pack my bag with bottles of Schwaben Brau beer. None of them hear me and I go home clanking and thirsty.
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Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Sixpoint Resin
For two years this reporter has tormented himself with hopes of Sixpoint Brewery's Resin Double IPA crossing that damned ocean and arriving in his sticky and noisy Wetherspoon's, to the extent that any hype there might have been from the brewery has slipped by him.
The slender can with the all-caps word that promises dank and cannibinoid scents, the alcoholic volume that threatened sweet obliteration and the Beeradvocate scores that promised I would either be extremely let down or very much in agreement, all of this has crossed the sea.
The slender can with the all-caps word that promises dank and cannibinoid scents, the alcoholic volume that threatened sweet obliteration and the Beeradvocate scores that promised I would either be extremely let down or very much in agreement, all of this has crossed the sea.
Two cans of Resin are on the table in front of me, in John the Clerk of Cramlington, along with a smiling-faced rubber beanbag toy abandoned at the table by its prior occupants. Resin is here and I'm opening the can up right now.
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Governor Phil Bryant said, "I continue to believe that establishing a non-free market health insurance exchange is a gateway to full implementation of ObamaCare in Mississippi. The federal government has never funded a program it did not eventually control and expand, and I regret the submission of a letter of intent by the Insurance Department stating that Mississippi will establish a health insurance exchange as demanded under ObamaCare. This is one more step toward the largest entitlement program expansion in American history."
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When I was about 11-years-old, The Golden Girls began airing on NBC, and it quickly became my favorite television show of all time. I have always marveled at The Golden Girls' universal appeal; as it airs today in endless reruns on the Lifetime channel, it continues to draw legions of new fans. I found proof of this when earlier this year I found my 31-year-old self pitted in a heated battle against a 19-year-old during "Golden Girls Trivia" on an Alaskan cruise. I won, by the way, but just barely – the 19-year-old really gave me a run for my money!
The premise of this show is quite unique: four women, including one innocent, one promiscuous, one professional, and the other full of sarcastic quips, gather regularly to dissect their lives and the opposite sex. No, it's not Sex and the City, my friends, for that didn't appear on the scene until over a decade later. The premise of The Golden Girls remains a standout because of the fact that it emphasized the fact that women over 50 could be fun, fabulous, and enjoy (gasp!) their sexual freedom. The four friends, dopey Rose, caustic Dorothy, sexy Blanche, and loud-mouthed Sophia (who is Dorothy's elderly mother), share Blanche's house in Miami. It is always interesting to experience a season of a television show on DVD; watching it in reruns on television, one is subject to the whims of the network, which does not always air episodes in order and chops them up in order to fit in more commercials. Season Four contains some of the series' most beloved episodes.
Standout episodes this season include "Rites of Spring," where the girls remember past efforts at self-improvement; be sure to watch for Dorothy and Blanche in sequined workout gear. Sophia gets married to her husband's ex business partner in "Sophia's Wedding," a two-parter that ends on a bittersweet note. Blanche has a turn in the spotlight in "Blind Date," where she dates a blind man, and "The One That Got Away," where she sees that time has not been kind to an old flame. Also be sure to check out "Foreign Exchange," more so for the sub plot where Blanche and Rose take a dirty dancing class; the scene where they dance in the living room is worth a big laugh every time.
One particularly absurd episode this season is "High Anxiety," where it is revealed that Rose has had an addiction to prescription medication for the better part of 30 years. When she runs out of pills and begins behaving erratically, the roommates become aware of the problem and band together to help her. This one is reminiscent of the episode where Dorothy's gambling addiction comes to light. It is obviously a "message" episode, but it is difficult to believe that Rose has had an addiction for 30 years and it is dealt with in one episode.
Another head-scratcher is "Brother Can You Spare that Jacket?" where the girls spend the night in a homeless shelter after accidentally giving away a jacket that holds a winning lottery ticket. Clearly, it is also a message episode, but it is rather heavy-handed in its execution, despite the fact that it is beautifully acted, as always. Sophia invests in a prizefighter who wants to be an actor in "Fiddler on the Ropes,"
One of my all-time favorite episodes of any season is "The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo." It could also easily be entitled "The Nectarine." Blanche, Rose, and Dorothy sit around one lazy day in their bathrobes, pitying Sophia and her seemingly empty life. All she appears to do is to go out every day to buy a nectarine. Little do they know she's standing up for senior citizens' rights at the grocery store, leading a boardwalk band to raise money for charity, and volunteering at the local hospital. In fact, it is the other three roommates who are the ones who do nothing in this episode! This one is evidentiary of the excellent writing and engrossing plots that were a hallmark of this series.
Another episode that deserves accolades is "Scared Straight," when Blanche's brother admits he is gay. Although the episode is comedic and fun, there is a serious undertone to the plot. Blanche is in deep denial about Clayton's sexuality, and Clayton is justifiably angry at his sister's inability to accept him for who he is. This marks yet another time The Golden Girls dealt honestly and realistically with the topic of homosexuality; remember the one where Dorothy's visiting girlfriend falls in love with Rose?
The season finale is the two-part "We're Outta Here," where an offer to sell the house prompts remembrances in the form of flashbacks to previous episodes, including the one where the roommates first moved in together, the absolutely hysterical dance marathon where all three get to strut their stuff on the dance floor (be sure to look for the obvious double for Rose during the dance solo), the episode when Blanche's promiscuous niece visits, and the one where Rose's cousin Sven visits and decides he is in love with Blanche.
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Polis Urges Swift Action to Improve Internet Access in Schools and Libraries
Today, Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO), along with a bipartisan group of two dozen Representatives, called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve and modernize the federal E-Rate program, which provides critical discounts for schools and libraries on their telecommunications and Internet services. This important update will ensure every school has the ability to accelerate next-generation education reforms, support teachers, and enhance student learning.
"At a time in which technology is transforming so many aspects of our lives, too many schools do not have access to the connectivity they need to take advantage of the opportunities that digital learning presents," said Rep. Polis. "It is time for the FCC to act to improve, modernize, and streamline the E-Rate program in order to bring high-speed broadband to every classroom and personalize learning for every student."
The improvements to E-Rate will enable students to take full advantage of digital learning, which education experts agree requires 100 Mbps or more of bandwidth for every 1,000 students and staff members today, increasing to 1 Gbps by 2017. Unfortunately, 40 million of America's K-12 students do not currently have the Internet access and Wi-Fi they need to succeed in the global economy. In order to reach this goal, the group urged the FCC to focus E-rate on broadband connectivity and infrastructure, create an upgrade fund to support rural areas, increase transparency and accountability, and simplify and streamline the program so that high-speed broadband can be deployed to more schools and classrooms.
"The district I represent in Upstate New York is largely rural, making increased access to broadband a priority of mine in Congress," said Rep. Chris Gibson (R-NY). "I am pleased to be working with Representative Polis in a bipartisan manner to improve education through broadband expansion. If our children are going to compete in the 21st century workforce, they must have access to 21st century resources."
"E-rate was critical to bringing basic internet connection to schools on the North Coast and in rural areas across the United States, but the program hasn't kept pace with changing technology," Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) said. "Modernizing the E-rate program will improve collaboration in the classroom, allow students and teachers to access cutting-edge educational tools and material from around the world, and help schools prepare students for tomorrow's job market."
"Advances in technology and the Internet have significantly transformed the way our students learn. The classroom experience is becoming increasingly dependent on digital and online learning tools – and as learning continues to evolve, it is more important than ever that we connect every school and library to high-speed broadband," said Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA). "To ensure our students are prepared for a 21st century economy, we must do better than providing them with the technologies and Internet speeds of the past. It's time to reform the E-rate program to meet the technology demands of the future."
Congressman Jared Polis is co-chair of the Congressional E-Learning Caucus and a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee. The full text of the letter is below. You can find a signed copy of the letter here.
Federal Communications Commission
Dear Chairman Wheeler, Commissioner Clyburn, Commissioner O'Rielly, Commissioner Rosenworcel, and Commissioner Pai:
As Members of Congress concerned with improving our education system and preparing students for the jobs of the future, we are writing to urge swift action to improve and modernize the E-rate program in order to help connect our nation's schools with high-speed broadband over the next five years. This critical update will ensure every school has the ability to accelerate next-generation education reforms, support teachers, and enhance student learning. We believe this is an important step we can take to provide our children with high-quality digital learning opportunities in order to improve student outcomes and prepare them to succeed in a 21st century economy.
Improving our children's ability to take advantage of learning technologies has always been a bipartisan endeavor, as has been the E-rate program itself. We are proud to support the bipartisan recommendations to update E-rate and we call for those across the education, government, and business communities to recognize the opportunity we have to improve and modernize our schools. Therefore, we ask the Commission for swift action to bring high-speed broadband to our students on an expedited basis.
Closing the education gap means ensuring that our schools and libraries have access to digital learning opportunities that require high-speed broadband. However, too many of our children are currently trying to learn skills for tomorrow with outdated infrastructure from the past. While the E-rate program was enormously successful in bringing basic telephone and broadband to schools and classrooms, the connectivity provided is no longer sufficient. The average American school has about the same bandwidth as the average American home, but with 200 times as many users. Therefore, 72% of our schools do not have the Internet infrastructure they need to take advantage of digital learning opportunities today, and fewer than 1% have the infrastructure they will need in the future.
In an age when high-speed broadband is transforming almost every aspect of our lives, we must extend digital opportunities to every classroom. This is particularly crucial in rural areas, where students are less likely to have the speeds and infrastructure they need to take advantage of new technologies and high-quality educational content. Forty million of our nation's students—the next generation of talent in the United States—are being left behind without the speeds they need to succeed. As Commissioner Ajit Pai has noted, "Today, too many kids walk off the school bus, only to walk decades into the past. This is unacceptable. … Parents are right to expect that schools will help prepare their children for the America of tomorrow, and they know that can't happen in the classroom of yesterday."
Experts agree that to enable students to take full advantage of digital learning, America's schools should aim for 100 Mbps of bandwidth or more for every 1,000 students and staff members today, and 1 Gbps by 2017. In today's global economy, these high speeds aren't just an educational imperative, but a competitive necessity. Test results released this month show that American students still lag far behind countries like China, South Korea, Japan, Switzerland, and the Netherlands in math, reading, and science. It's no longer enough just to compete for jobs; we have to compete for higher educational outcomes enabled by higher broadband speeds.
This means we need to: (1) Focus E-rate on broadband connectivity and infrastructure to ensure that we maximize the impact of the program on learning by limiting support for yesterday's outdated dial-up era technologies; (2) Create an upgrade fund within the E-rate program to connect every school and library, particularly those in rural areas, to high-speed broadband; (3) Increase transparency and accountability for the program in order to reduce costs, research effective practices, and ensure that all students have access to the connectivity they need; and (4) Simplify and streamline onerous paperwork requirements to improve program efficiency. These reforms will make possible strategic investments to deploy high-speed broadband to schools and classrooms across the country.We simply cannot prepare our kids to compete for 21st century jobs by leaving them stranded with age-old technologies. Therefore, we ask you to support swift action to modernize and expand the E-rate program to bring transformative learning opportunities to every school in America.


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Unocal completes partial redemption of trust convertible preferred securities
El Segundo, Calif., Sept. 21, 2004 - Unocal Corporation (NYSE: UCL) today said it has completed its previously announced redemption of approximately one-half of Unocal's outstanding 6-1/4% Trust Convertible Preferred Securities.
Unocal redeemed 4.9 million shares of the preferred securities with an aggregate liquidation value of $246 million. Including the 1.25-percent redemption premium and unpaid distributions, the total cost of the redemption program was $250 million. An additional 304,150 preferred shares that were called for redemption were converted by the holders to Unocal common stock.
The partial redemption eliminated the potential dilution of 5.8 million common shares (based on the conversion rate to common stock for the preferred securities). The redemption program is expected to reduce Unocal's book debt by nearly $269 million and cut the company's annual interest expense by about $16 million.
The convertible preferred redemption was one aspect of a three-part, $500 million cash expenditure program that Unocal announced in July 2004. The other aspects, which have already been completed, included a $100 million voluntary contribution to Unocal's U.S. pension plan and the repurchase of $150 million of Unocal's common stock.
The common stock repurchase and preferred redemption programs reduced Unocal's diluted share count by about 10 million shares, or nearly 4 percent of the diluted share balance as of June 30, 2004.
The total cash outlay for the three programs represented approximately one-half of the cash balance that Unocal reported at the end of the second quarter 2004. Unocal has said that if commodity prices remain high and the company has additional excess cash on hand at year-end, it may consider expanding one or more of these cash expenditure programs.
About Unocal Corporation
Unocal is one of the world's leading independent natural gas and crude oil exploration and production companies with principal operations in North America and Asia.
This news release contains forward-looking statements about matters such as expected impacts of the redemption on Unocal's debt and interest expense and potential uses of available cash. Although these statements are based upon Unocal's current expectations and beliefs, they are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those described in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements, including market conditions for Unocal's securities, volatility in commodity prices and the effectiveness of Unocal's hedging program; the extent of Unocal's operating cash flow and other capital resources available to fund its capital expenditures; and other risks and uncertainties discussed in Unocal's 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, and subsequent reports filed by Unocal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC File No. 1-8483). Copies of Unocal's SEC filings are available from Unocal by calling 800-252-2233 or from the SEC by calling 800-SEC-0330. The reports are also available on the Unocal web site. Unocal undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements in this news release to reflect future events or circumstances. All such statements are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
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ELYRIA — A state Route 57 repaving project that Elyria officials hoped would start this fall isn't likely to begin in full force until spring, but the project should be completed on schedule, officials said Tuesday.
The approval process for the Route 57 repaving project — a $20.5 million plan using local, state and federal funds — has slowed things down a bit, but not enough to delay the project's completion date, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
"I think probably the best thing to say is what we've been saying all along," said Brian Stacy, spokesman for ODOT's District 3. "The major part of this project will be done in 2008, and the project will be done in 2009."
The repaving project will encompass a stretch of Route 57 from state Route 113 to state Route 10, just south of the Chestnut Commons shopping center.
Elyria Mayor Bill Grace said in past months that the project was likely to start this fall but said Tuesday that the scope of work means numerous government agencies are reviewing the project's plans.
"There's a lot of detail to review," Grace said. "It's a massive amount of construction and a great amount of details for many agencies to go through. It's all running smoothly — it didn't go as quickly as we'd hoped — but it's going nonetheless."
Grace said the city anticipated doling out contracts this fall, with the project's "preparations and logistics" ironed out for full-blown construction by spring.
Stacy said that scenario is still in play.
"We said the project would be sold this year, and we hoped it would start this fall," Stacy said. "We always said it would sell this year, but the actual start date has always been contingent on when the project sells and when the contractor comes on board."
The fact that approval is needed from a number of government agencies involved — the Environmental Protection Agency, ODOT and the Federal Highway Administration — has resulted in additional levels of review and additional scrutiny, officials said.
The project now is being reviewed by the Federal Highway Administration, the end result of which should open the project up for contractor bids, Stacy said.
Stacy said he couldn't say when the FHA might be done.
"I can't read the minds of the Federal Highway Administration," Stacy said. "I wouldn't put words in the mouth of the Federal Highway Administration or limit them on their process. It's a case-by-case basis, project-by-project."
Federal Highway Administration officials couldn't be reached late Tuesday.
Either way, with the late-fall approval date for the Route 57 project, the major construction wouldn't have been likely to get under way until spring's fair weather, Stacy said.
"The majority of what the public will see is going to be in 2008," Stacy said. "We're in Ohio ... and our major construction season is April through October. If it sells in September or October, then we're already at the end of the construction season."
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From Analog to Agents:
Introduction To the History of Computing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spring, 2000
Course web site: web.mit.edu/STS.035/www/
FINAL PAPER GUIDELINES April 17
Course Description: Examines the development of computing techniques and technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly critical evaluation of how the idea of "computer" changes and evolves over time. Emphasis is on technical innovation, industrial development, social context, and the role of government. Topics include Babbage, Hollerith, differential analyzers, control systems, ENIAC, radar, operations research, computers as scientific instruments, the rise of "computer science," artificial intelligence, personal computers, and networks. Includes class visits by members of the MIT community who have made important historical contributions.
Prerequisites: General familiarity with computer architecture, some prior programming experience.


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AJ came by and showed us how it is really done. This barely legal chick had a great time masturbating for us. I love blondes, and AJ sure did not dissapoint. Maybe it was her perky natural tits that got me. That or her round bubble butt. Either way, it was great watching her make herself come multiple times. Wow. She was great.


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Mill workers in far north Queensland have rejected an offer which would have increased their pay by 10.5 per cent over three years.
The revised deal was torpedoed in a secret ballot at the Mulgrave Central Mill at Gordonvale last week.
General manager Peter Flanders says he's unsure why workers failed to support an extra half a per cent in their pay packets.
"Obviously it's disappointing, and the offer we have on the table is the most generous offer in the industry, so exactly what's happened, we're not really sure at this stage.
"We look forward to getting some feedback as to what are the main issues.
"They (union members) took the planned action off to allow the ballot to go ahead, so that was a good thing, but as to any further action, we haven't had any notification at this stage."
Mr Flanders played down any rift between mill management and workers, saying there's "no animosity".
The Australian Workers Union says it'll continue negotiating but declined to comment on the ballot result.


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Small pack that rocks!
This is a small pack--which fits the bill nicely for day trips and doesn't get in the way whether you are climbing rocks or navigating through crowds. It can snugly hold two water bottles (two excellent elastic mesh pockets on each side), a rain coat (tied on the outside), camera and snacks--not much more. The harness is very comfortable and capable of supporting the load--and pulling it in close so it isn't flopping around throwing off your balance. The cargo area is very accessible and has a zippered inside pocket and another inside pocket.
We liked it so much we bought one for everyone in the family and have taken it on every hiking/canoe/swimming/car trip since. My wife loves it and has taken to leaving her purse at home in favor of this little pack. On our last trip to the waterpark there was enough room for a beach towel and one other item inside, either lunch, spare shirt/socks, or medium size camera bag.
While the pack makes no pretension of being waterproof, it did hold up well in the bottom of the canoe on the last trip. Only the items around the zippers were wet (the outside was muddy and wet). We have used these on short rainy hikes exposed to the downpour, and didn't have issues with our gear getting wet inside after three hours. A couple of more hours and the contents would probably have gotten wet--but we were done before the packs gave out.


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These Epic Suicide poems are examples of Epic poems about Suicide. These are the best examples of Epic Suicide poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
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White Devil
Call it what you want!
I call it, his favorite season hunt...
Two hoofs imprinted near the riverfront.
Echoes calling my soul with a loud, ferocious grunt.
I smell it in the air, lost upon the white golden stair.
A deep frost dwelling all over his lair.
Tangled by the frozen grip of my hair.
A decision, I declare to give what he won't spare.
This man has no red suit..
Lurking in the white to recruit.
A midnight suicide clouding me with pollute.
I pause my tongue on mute, lost in a white castle chute.
Headed straight into a shivering blazing star path.
The land of snow covered like a bubble bath.
Breaking icicles like crystal glass, suck3d by the milky-way mass.
Multiplying bruises like a cascade, enjoying the aftermath.
Finding a way to slit the pain in my domain.
I grab a coat and lace my name to Mary-Jane.
Inserting the finest line to ease the drain in my brain.
I drink the icy scotch, and drop a silver nickel into the devils cocaine.
Fallen in to his bait, its too late, I got 7 lines on my dinner plate.
I'm covered up in snow, enjoying the amazing way to suffocate.
Eight beats to every minute is my new heart rate.
I'm reaching for the white golden gate, where the white devil waits.
Drowning like liquor in a frappe mixing the winter's high tide.
Death to my soul is where I hide under this white blanket neutral side.
Too heavy to uplift this storm lost in the devil's cold custard suicide guide.
Waking up in a coma, in a world where white collides with the rage of suicide.
(( Trapped in a snowy blizzard))
Copyright © Poet Destroyer A | Year Posted 2010
Hounds from Hell take their toll on your soul
as you walk the mainstreet of mainstream
and watch Saturn and Neptune dance to a simple tone
of silence in the outer space.
As you sit in the middle of the world
free yourself from the sense of hopelessness,
only see yourself in the mirror of deception
as your reflection laughs at you and looks right through you,
and doesn't have remorse for what it says or does to you.
Hounds from Hell take your soul,
chock you, cut of your air,
the smog and fog blind you in the city of ash.
Hear the hounds from hell howl for your soul,
go now, barracade your soul behind sins and temptation,
Alone, listening to your soul die away,
watch love go away from you, with suitcase in hand,
picture frames broken and collect dust through the sands of time.
Till the cleaning lady comes on Monday, to clean the mess
that you left behind.
You are gone, without a trace of ever returning.
Looks of the Hounds of Hell came for you and stole you from
comfort and warmth,
till the sorrowed heart cracks and pain spills out
and you look at it all spill out over the floor.
The Hounds from Hell have paid a consumable harmage to you,
and your rich soul of sorrowness burns away... slowly.
Fear darkens souls,
innocent souls burn with a new day,
a slumber that has no end
with nightmares haunting every light of hope
there is left in this desolate Wasteland.
Fear and darkness tears a hole in the darkened universe
and we all go to hell to see the Hounds,
who come for us all.
The graveyards fill,
and death guards the tombstones of the dead,
and the flowers burn away on the feet of the dead.
Copyright © Chris Boskovski | Year Posted 2013
Jab Meri Bechaini Mit Jayegi
Jab Mere Dilko Sukoon Mil Jayega
Yeh Khaalipan Mit Jayega
Do Pal Ki Chandni Ke Liye
Aj Bhi Zinda Hoon Main
Meri Khaamoshi Ke Ageh Aasmaan Bhi Khatam Ho Jayega
Kehne Ke Liye Toh Roz Marta Hoon Main
Thoda Aur Marne Ke Liye
Yeh Deewana Kal Phir Ayega
Copyright © shadab shaikh | Year Posted 2013
You have my soul, but you have your fate
Whatever your words, I'm willing to take
You have my word; I'll give you my breath
It's like a chain that would never be break
You are my love with all my heart,
I'll fight for you with all my might.
And in the way, you admire your goals,
You hold my hands, but not so close.
As you go to your chosen path,
I'll accept the fact that we will be apart.
In the dark side, I leave behind
Within my faith, that you'll arise
Please don't look back, coz I'm fighting still
I'm hurting so much! Don't want to have you near
I accept my fate for what it does,
I'm bleeding so much, do you know for whom it was?
You reach your goals, as you want to have,
Would you remind the man that gave what he had?
As you reach the stars, and be the one
Be a sun that shines its own.
After the rain, the rainbow comes,
Like dark in the moon, when the light flash
A glimpse from you at least a short
For then I knew my pain is worth.
Copyright © Emmanuel Fajutagana | Year Posted 2013
All the noisy critters, warblers and the morning, young horse rider
have taken with them spring's harmony;
no longer can galloping beats and songbirds make this black, forest
echo with their delightful sounds of felicity;
winter has indeed stripped it of every beam of light and lovely flower.
That handsome troubadour who came from France was happy,
too anxious to get to Florence and live in courts of prosperity
and galloping on the unpaved roads below the majestic Alps
never thought of his mademoiselle who was also dreaming,
drifting to places where true romance lived in sincere hearts,
but sadly this was done on wishful thinking
from a rose-bloomed balcony as Juliet did...
without the intention of ever being wed;
hear her loud cry, " Troubadours don't remain faithful
for long...their desire for adventure makes all null! "
From that castle where noisy ravens gathered,
and shrilled, Marie with tearful eyes looked
over the enchanting black forest dullest than a grey, swelling cloud
which blocked the sunlight from entering her cold window
not frequented by a thrush that stayed behind
for unknown reasons and took shelter in the tower below;
" Poison is a sweet drink and when one is denied love! " she declared.
Copyright ( c ) 20015 by Andrew Crisci
Copyright © Andrew Crisci | Year Posted 2015
Oh my sweet and beautiful Penelope
Oh how beautiful you are, and when I see you come down
to the pearl gates of immortality and come down to see me,
as we join hands and walk the shorelines
I see you my beautiful Penelope, she you who walks through beauty,
We shall join in immortality.
Your heart built of stone and paved in golden
you born out of the beauty of a rose and maturity of a lady
you are the one who never sings a depressing and low melody.
My Beautiful Penelope,
The one beautiful lady form Napoli
Oh, how you walk in such glory.
See me look over you and hear my heart beat
for you, I love you, see me for I care about you.
Take it from me, for I shall take you by the hand
and as our shadows rise to meet us in the morning
I can make love to you, then we shall love the night away.
My beautiful Penelope, as I take you through the twilight
we dream of shooting stars falling from the evening skies,
as we hold each other close,
take me and I shall take you and bring each other together,
and fuse us together with a sweet and loving kiss.
She is my beauty and I love her
she takes me by the hand and curels me to her warm chest.
Cares for me,
Makes me laugh,
Makes me feel good and uplifts my soul
everytime I lay my almond eyes upon her beauteous body.
My beautiful Penelope, oh how I see the glory in your blue eyes,
your luxurious, long flowing hair colored golden
like the rays of the morning sun.
Dare to care
about such beauty in her eyes?
Dare to care
about such beauty in her cries,
as she tells me of her suicide struggles?
I hold you close to me
and I hope you to be
my love for all eternity.
See me and I see you to tell me about you and your day,
as you come home and say,
That you love me.
And I shall say I love you too,
with a zealous attitude in my voice
I shall take you into our room and you shall tell me about your day.
You shall tell me, under the shadows of the trees, the houses, the red rocks.
I shall show you love in a handful of roses,
deliver you a bouquet of roses and violets,
as we see the breeding lilacs grow tall,
we shall lay in the grasslands and look up at the clouds,
that shape themselves into beautiful paintings in the glorious blue sea
we call the sky.
Oh My beautiful Penelope
my glorious maiden lady,
who sings such beauty in her melody
that it brings tears to nightingales' eyes.
My beautiful Penelope, you are my love
here are a dozen roses for you to express and show my love for you,
my beautiful Penelope.
Love is eternal with you.
I have a very sad
story to my life.
A life of depression.
Not feeling worthy.
Family fights.
I got it in my mind
that I was better off
leaving the world behind.
Surely it would go on
without me.
5 attempts Later.
It took me to see.
The world had a lot
to offer me.
I began to live again.
What could have killed
me made me stronger.
Copyright © Heather Brearley | Year Posted 2017
3 o'clock in the morning…
The sounds of bed frames hitting drywall,
The sounds of Chopin and Coltrane played
With a hint of sadness in tone.
Sounds of whores and pimps arguing;
"Where is the money, you whore?!"
"I don't have the money!"
A sound of a slap to the face
A big hand crushing bone,
Blood everywhere
Red streaks on white walls.
The sound of drunks walking gloomy streets,
Police and ambulance rush down burned out streets
Sirens wailing, crying out!
A child, six years old
Crying, "Momma! Momma!"
Shedding tears over his dying mother, lost her soul to the
Crack pipe.
Rest In Peace.
A sound of a .357 magnum revolver click
And a gunshot shakes the nerves of many,
And for a moment the sweet and peaceful silence.
"Dispatch, suicide on 46th street Hollywood Boulevard, Send the Corner. Over."
Then the darkness sails over
And the entire cities are showered with tears from the heavens,
But no one weeps,
Not a single soul…
I Knew Someone Who Was Ready to "End It All!"
I knew of someone who just wanted "to end it."
Giving up on life, and did not want to "defend it."
It was a heart wrenching and difficult situation.
He said what he wanted to, with no explanation!
I could see his face and the sad look in his eyes!
What he was going to do next, was anyone's surprise.
He turned to drugs and encountered addictions.
With this brought much disease and afflictions!
He gave up on the wonderful family that was given.
And turned to a pretty wild and crazy way of livin'!
I told him about a God who loves him very deeply.
As he listened, he began to grow restless and weary.
I reached for his hand and began to pray for God's power!
It was a miracle! The blood of Jesus changed him that hour!
The spirit of God brought healing and hope to his body!
He was so excited! He rushed out to tell everybody!
The "end" that he wanted, seemed to just fade away!
For the son of the living God, changed him this day!
The glory of God, and the power of Jesus' resurrection…
Changed him! And got him going in a NEW direction!
He's so thankful for the blood of Christ' atonement!
And is a different person now, because of that moment!
This same Jesus loves and can do the same for YOU!
Through the problems of life…
He will see you through!
By Jim Pemberton
Copyright © Jim Pemberton | Year Posted 2013
Oh, tragic feather what is thy tragedy
No longer freedom gay or certian loft
How is this thy new translation
From a majesty, unto a wing thou hath mighty dropped
Were thou thus, shunned, cast away
Or merely, cut out or off
As limb from downward spiral angel
Perhaps, a troubled finch or insanity in wayward hawk
Lie, if thou must, be it amidst a deafening silence, lonesome soft
But, I plead, please tell me fallen feather, what hath befallen thee
Thy tuft to ne'er evermore touch again
What life should be, warmth of the summer's breeze
Sleep, sleep now 'neath the alley's gutter greys
Catching Weeping Willows damning drops
Adrift as the drowning lily dying
In seas of the myriad scattered rots
An accomplice I shall say, within a winter's willing white
And alas, buried ordinary in this doth the corpse delight
Far beneath the crowds held at bay and forever lost
Now thou hath become the naked grove of wicker and then...
the more of naked souless crops
Copyright © Michael Smith | Year Posted 2013
We don't know what tomorrow brings
So we just can't speculate
And it will make no sense
For us to just sit down and wait
The love we found today
We both know it's real and true
All love with face some obstacles'
But love will always make it through
Some people will try to hold back
What they are feeling in their heart
When they know this love is a fairy tale
Romance Right from the very start
We are worrying about the future
Bout the unknown is like a blank page
But god can close the curtains anytime
Down on any one's stage
I know a man who loves woman
He falls for her heart and soul
And his parents says it's crazy
He's too young and she's too old
So they stop them from getting marry
Causing years of pain and sorrow
While driving he got in accident today
And they will bury him tomorrow
And the wound in her heart won't stop bleeding
And every breathe she wish was the last she take
A little boy calls his dad, saying look, look ,dad
And they found her body floating in the lake
His parents was worried bout the future
Although they know it was unknown
But still they plant the seeds of pain
Now look what it has grown
Why didn't they let them be together?
For today all that remains is sorrow
For trying to change the course of true love
They have taken away their tomorrow
For today they would have been married
And build a happy home of love
But now they are two lost souls
Forever roaming the world above
Some times one year of happiness
Is worth 100 years of being alone
For as long as two hearts are true
Forever the flowers of love will bloom
And as long as there are stars in the sky
And the waves must come to the shore
People of all different ages
Will be falling in love forever more
But what if tomorrow never comes
And you let today go
Then the real magic of true love
You will never get to know
Copyright © kasim ishmael | Year Posted 2013
Suicide is sad and an awful thing to have happen to anyone,
however, in all honesty, have you ever been to that point?
Have you ever hurt so bad down in your soul that you
just couldn't make it through another day with that pain.
Has your life ever felt so meaningless, and empty that you
wanted to end your own pain and suffering?
So many say, I can't believe he/she had killed themselves,
but is it really a shock to you, that it came down to this?
Where there not any signs of sadness, or pain?
You may be heartbroken and confused,
but think about his or her feelings at that moment.
When it comes down to whose feelings are more important,
more valuable, or who is suffering to most, or who will be sad,
the individual has to put them self first.
No one wants a friend, family member, or a loved one to
commit suicide, or even attempt, but the decision is not yours.
Some believe it's a selfish act, and some believe,
it's just taking the easy way out, but unless you
have been to that point in your life, you don't know
how it feels to want to commit suicide.
Suicide is not cool, it doesn't really hurt those
you thought it might. Suicide is you giving up
on yourself, giving up on your dreams, and your goals in life.
Suicide is a permanent absence of you from this world,
and the lives of those who love you.
Copyright © Marilyn Blackman | Year Posted 2017
Maelstrom, O thou devil
Slither past last March then unto April
Into the eves and ides of May
Thou cannot hide, but thou wilt try
To disguise thy age old blackness
Forsake what once were brighter skies
Stranglehold; sane extraction
And the spills of night
A new tone deafness
Burning oil; sentiment molasses
Bringing storms that cloud minds human and fragile
Spheres of moonlit halos
Become, no more than serpent spies
Peeking through faultlines of life
Dancing about to the madness limbo
One lost soul...
Shipwrecks against a sea
And there too does the twist of tango
Eyes of the deep; tentacles, touching me
Elsewhere, the raven flies repetition
Into glass windows
Blood stains upon a faceless mask
Drowns out the cries and the conscience
Of feathers blacker that lie strewn
Are the questions I have asked
And the answers I cannot have
Let slip feigned breath of man beneath
A gargle from the cold tunnel brine
What's left surrenders alter to its evil
And nothing is, to evermore survive
And the eves and ides of May
Are Saran gas upon a mass of land
Men of desparation hunger
Eating flesh of man much meeker
And thou wilst not again
Glimpse thy rival sun
Nor when it comes, goes
Or finality, when it finds its done
Inspired by the madness of Poe
That which is locked within us all
My eyes
Refuse to see tragedy
My eyes
Marinate in dread…unable to embrace ecstasy
And I'm left in my solitude…
My eye's sagging…from endless mourning
And I'm close to my demise…
Only to find myself disappear…
When will peace draw near?
You don't see
What damage you've done
Just let me be
Leave me alone…hand me a gun
I yearn for unspoiled glory
To make me feel perfect once more
I yearn for flawless serenity
To make me feel no regret…don't ignore
My calls…don't hang up on me
You don't see
What damage you've done
Just hear my plea
Listen to my excruciating cries…
Listen to the truth, not the malicious lies
Our journey has just begun
And I'm left in my solitude…
Do you hear me weeping?
And I'm close to my demise…
Only to find myself disappear…
When will peace draw near?
Eye can't handle the stress
Let me release my horrendous distress
Eye can see you making that same mistake
At least MY life isn't at stake
And I'm left in my solitude…
My eye's weeping…do You feel my lament
And I'm close to my demise…
Only to find myself disappear…Stepped on like cement
I'm aching with discontent… I abhor this torment
When will peace scrub off my fear?
I can't believe my eyes
Your guiltiness flows into me…
I can't believe I fell for your lies
Your heartless action rape my mind…you don't see
What my EYES see…
You'll never see
How much pressure you put me under
Unchain me from this chamber
And watch me flee…
When will you be set free?
Copyright © JW Earnings | Year Posted 2013
i was arrested because my room mate wouldnt leave my condo
then i was arrested because my roomate wanted me to leave his apartment
cousin died after going to dentist
ive been held hostage
222 tips wouldnt take the information, the news wouldnt respond
ive had a gun pointed at me
i lived in an apartment where night after night doors were kicked in
through my relationships i know of 3 people who have been murdered
ive grown a lump on my forehead and jaw due to medication
i endured pain in my testicles for over 6 months, and no doctor would give me the
in a hospital i was held down and injected a needle, to wake up 3 days later with
nerve damage
father died in head on collision
my computer accounts have been hacked
ive been a victom of identity theft
rash for a year and no doctor could remedy it
molested as child
grandpas estate was a mess
abandoned by mother
hider in the attic who tore up my belongings
grandpa was in a coma
my grandma was quadrapalegic
police have ransacked my apartment
beaten by two cops
victom of drug ring
i have a sister and brother i dont know
ive moved at leat 20 times in the last 15 years
ive flatlined
been homeless four times
my first middle and last names are titles to songs
as is my birthday month and year, good movies too
ive been drugged
woken up with strange bruises
been plajerised
abandoned on the side of the road and strange towns
attempted suicide several times due to medication
know of paralegal and judge scams,
police loophole for the insiders of drug ring gangs
my grandfather was a war hero, on both sides of my family
i at the age of 31 years have yet to have the right to my own person
or live where i want
if the above doesnt sound like torture to you
you are the enemy, and wipe that smile off your face
ive predicted terrorist attack in my tourism class
tidal waves in the hospital
and like i said on youtube charlie, they don't see it coming
i predicted my grandpas coma
a girl with shingles that would live
i still wonder if the conversation i had with kurt cobaine through the television was
real, but he did comit suicide a week or so after,
i know we as people like to sing and dance and compete as we play house
so what would you bring to a remote deserted island?
the list goes on.... im not even kidding
Copyright © Troy Jeremy Nelson | Year Posted 2011
You were so alone way over there,
Brown eyes so big with that beautiful black hair,
Face looking down, straight at the ground,
While your spirit was in the lost and found.
When we finally found you and you were already gone,
No fairy tail ending just a sad love song.
I read your writings again laying in that bed,
That one used to lay down to rest your weary head.
You should be in that bed right now,
You should be here confident, happy and proud.
Dialing your number should be my daily routine,
You should be carefree, independent and truly serene.
Soon it will be coming up to a long five years,
Slowly the pain lessened and a few less tears,
But you'll always be nothing short of my angel,
It still really hurts, but it's s lot less painful.
I've heard people always come and people always go,
and they leave footprints that may never show.
Copyright © Laura Loo | Year Posted 2015
Droplets fall on the window
Drip down the clear surface
The rain keeps falling
Pounding on the earth
Lightning brightens the sky
the thunder claps
As the clouds cry out my name
The storm screams my fears
And I start to break inside
Trying to remember how to breathe
Trembling at every sound
Shaking at every thought
There are monsters under my bed
Monsters in my head
Demons that call for my blood
Demons that chant my death like a clock
I whisper, the storm is free
As I let the last lightning strike
I fall to the ground
Not trying to stop the rain
Letting it fall freely
My storm of a soul
Will now finally be free
Where the rain will not run out
And the lightning will not be feared
Where the clouds will not cry for help
And the storm will not scream its fears
My lips are encased with fear
And my voice is hoarse and trembling
But I whisper,goodbye, the final time
Then I quietly jump out the window
Land on my storm
And float away leaving a
Rainbow in its place
Copyright © Riley Gracie | Year Posted 2016
I wait on this precipice looming down at my fate. A jagged Niagara daring me to soar with abandonment onto its edges.
The abyss tells me fables, a serenade of its amorous ruse. Crashing waves harmonize the melody that shuffle my steps closer, closer I ebb.
It sounds so beautiful, the peace. To be washed away.
Drowning in my lamentation, I close my eyes and embrace my declivity, because fallen angels don't fly, and humanity has scorched these wings for the last time.
Copyright © Andreanna Escamilla | Year Posted 2017
Standing back from the edge
Im hurting do bad
Cutting cant bury the pain
I cant bleed it out anymore.
Sobbing for what I couldnt had-
Shouldve had,
I find myself at the brink
Rocky hills surround me
Staring out over the world
Reaching with my arms
Looking up into the clear sky
I scream
With no one to hear;
To listen to me rave about my life
My f***** up family;
Nobody listened,
When I was crying.
When my heart was breaking,
I had no one to love me.
When all hope was gone,
There was no shoulder to cry on.
No one even care
If I just disappeared.
Now the loneliness is unbearable
So I take one look back
Then face open air
Far below,
The falls roar menacingly.
I lean out
The foaming water and jutting rocks
Rush towards me;
I close my eyes
Beautiful sensation of flying
Then nothingness...
Copyright © Jenina Hanson | Year Posted 2011
Siren Song
"My aching bones protruding desire;
My mind overtaken by time immemorial.
A wasteland of dissociation, barren yet flourishing
With fruitful anamnesis of a necromantic epoch;
Oh Poseidon- how I long for home.
To endure the Fateful death song that spills from these lips,
Our sweet entanglement transforms to unity;
Sweet Liberation! My deliverance is in your aqueous grasp!
Dulcis Mortem- liberare eos de vincula vitae."
Copyright © Naomi Nixon | Year Posted 2017
A dagger to the heart.
Warmred oozes down his chest.
He slumps.
No pain, pleasure instead,
His heart now a hollow shell,
He is man.
Capable of Love or Hate,
He chooses neither.
The embodiment of devil may care.
This is how the devil died and I was born.
Copyright © Olin Poems By | Year Posted 2012


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GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. -Bob Bashara took a plea deal on Thursday, admitting he tried to have a suspect in his wife's murder killed while the suspect was behind bars.
That suspect, Joe Gentz, faces murder charges in the death of Bashara's wife, Jane Bashara. For the first time since the case broke in January, Gentz's mother is reacting to Bashara's role in his wife's murder case.
"It's been a nightmare," said Joanne Gentz. "(Bob Bashara) took advantage of my son and he got away with it."
Joanne said Bashara's plea deal has confirmed what she has felt all along.
"Bob Bashara, he set my son up," she said. "I mean, I really believe that. Because Joe is a good kid. It's just, you know, he listens to people and, you know, he always wants to do good and this time it backfired."
Joe Gentz remains locked up in the Wayne County Jail. His brother, Steven Gentz, was stunned by Thursday's developments in court.
"I know who is right, and I know who is wrong and the truth is going to come out because that's exactly what my brother has said," Steven said. "The truth will come out eventually, isn't that what he said in the van?"
-- Joe Gentz has been held at the Wayne County Jail on a murder charge.
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Newly estranged Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese are reportedly battling over their collection of pets.
The couple shocked the showbiz world when burlesque star Teese filed for divorce last week, claiming irreconcilable differences.
The pair, who have only been married for 14 months, have no children - but friends say they are facing a bitter fight over custody of their pets, including two cats called LILY and ALEISTER and two dachshunds called EVA and GRETA.
Von Teese reportedly took all the animals when she moved out of their shared home, but the rocker is missing the cats most.
A source tells PageSix.com, "They are fighting over custody of the cats - not so much the dogs."
Point for point, I agree with just about everything mordant muckraker Michael Moore has to...