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Cross the veil of time and discover the secrets of a canyon riddled with gold and the saga of men who sought her riches.
Since the... more »
Overview :
Cross the veil of time and discover the secrets of a canyon riddled with gold and the saga of men who sought her riches.
Since the... more » earliest days of human civilization, gold has enticed the souls of most mortal men.
Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold
Molten, graven, hammered rolled,
Heavy to get and light to hold.
(Thomas Hood, 1799-1845)
The mouth of Utah's "Canyon of Gold" stretches before you. From at least 1865, flecks of gold in the creek and veins of gold inside her walls have drawn the hopeful to this canyon by the thousands.
For the next 1-2 hours, this guide will introduce you to the life and times of the miners of Bullion Canyon. Numbers in this guide correspond to numbered posts found along the next 2.5 miles of this road. The road is rough in spots but is passable by most two-wheel drive vehicles.
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The road in Bullion Canyon is a gravel/dirt road that is graded regularly. However, snow and ice make the road impassable.
4-wheelers... more » are allowed.
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Successful mining companies required transportation systems that allowed supplies, industrial equipment and building materials to be brought in while providing access for its workers and routes to remove gold, silver and lead. Roads were the life-lines to Virginia, Bullion and Webster cities, the three earliest communities of the canyon.
... More Around 1869, D. C. Tate, a man named McCorkinlin and others built the first road into Bullion with $7,000 of their profits from the sale of the Morning Star Mine. A toll station was set up either at the mouth of Bullion Canyon or near the Marysvale Town spring (Stop 2). The road accessed the workings in the canyon including the Golden Curry Lode which had been in operation since 1868. To the dismay of the toll road operators, the local miners built a second road that was more direct and level than the pay road that climbed a steep ridge.
The second road closely follows the road we drive today while the remnants of the toll road are visible on the north side of the modem road. Climb the stairs, stand on the platform, and look right and left. Although overgrown and littered with rocks, the toll road is still clearly visible.
Without the heavy earth-moving equipment we take for granted today, road building during the 19th century was a slow, tedious and back-wrenching job.
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In the late 1800's, the flat open area on the right side of the road (north) was occupied by corrals that probably stabled a small number of mules belonging to the Dalton Mill. Located about a mile up the road, the mill used mules to pull ore cars from mines still further up the canyon. Although the sleepers and rails have long since been removed,... More the bed of this ore car railroad can still be found along the north facing slopes of the canyon (Stop 7).
Life in the gold mines of Bullion Canyon was tough for man and beast alike. Mules were worked long and hard but they did enjoy corrals open to the sky and fresh spring. In the California gold country, many mules spent their entire lives underground in mines which were indescribably dark, cold and wet. In the early 1900's, mules were replaced with "motors" (locomotives) powered by batteries or Model T gasoline engines.
Because mules played such an important part in a successful mining operation, they were generally well-cared for. Over the mountain in the Kimberly Gold District, a well-liked mule was accidentally killed while underground. Distraught, the mule skinner refused to allow anyone to cut up the body of the animal which would have eased her removal from the mine.
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The log buildings on both sides of the road were built by a prospector named Witt Tate sometime around 1920. Tate constructed the cabin and out-buildings to support his mining operation in the rocky ledges on the north side of the canyon.
Witt sold the mine several times and in 1948, he sold the property to the Bullion Monarch. When the... More prospects failed to provide the new owners with enough capital to operate the mine, Tate foreclosed. This seems to be a pattern and many people now believe that Bullion Canyon produced more profits through speculation and the sale of worthless stocks than it did by the recovery of gold.
What had led the owners of the Bullion Monarch to suspect the presence of high grade ores was Tate's discovery of deposits of lead. Gold is almost always associated with lead and silver and this alloy or combination of metals is always found with quartz. Millions of years ago, hot volcanic magma and mineralized fluids pushed up through the layers of the earth. Pockets of gold, lead and silver were left behind with quartz in the sandstone of Bullion Canyon.
Witt Tate has been described as a successful miner.
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The clearing on the right side of the road (north) is where the main boardinghouse stood. Little remains of the log building except for a few scattered artifacts. The clientele of the boardinghouse were mostly single men who sought employment in the gold fields. Around 1920, the cost of staying in an accommodation like this could have been as high... More as $1.05 a day, with meals priced from 50¢ to $1.00. With wages ranging between $2.00 and $4.00 a day for laborers, muckers (shovelers), timbermen, carmen, and blacksmiths, most only made enough to provide the bare essentials.
On the opposite side of the road, to the south and across the creek, are the remains of the Dalton Mill, erected sometime around 1892. The only remains of the mill are concrete foundations, a large flat pile of tan-colored tailings and rusted equipment which can be seen through the trees. When in operation, the mill received ore from large, 3 ton cars pulled on rails by mules which entered the top of the building about 250 feet up the slope. In the winter ore was brought to the mill on bull hides. Fed by gravity, ore moved downhill where it was mechanically crushed and pulverized along the way. At the bottom of the plant, gold ore was concentrated and shipped to Great Britain and later to Salt Lake City, where a smelter would create bars of pure gold bullion. Mines using the mill included The Wedge, Bully Boy, and Dalton.
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From the traffic turnout, a narrow trail leads down the bank towards the stream. On the very edge of the creek and partially in the water is a large block of stone about 10 feet long. A circular depression 34 inches in diameter has been cut into the top of the stone.
According to local lore, the first American miners to enter Bullion Canyon in... More the 1860's found rotted sacks of gold ore across the creek from this boulder. Perhaps earlier miners had reduced highgrade ore on this device which is called an arrastra.
Arrastras were first introduced into the New World by the Spanish in the 1500's. To use a typical arrastra, ore was broken into walnut sized chunks with a sledge hammer and placed into the circular milling area. Three drag stones, chained to a post in the center of the milling area, were rotated by hand or mule. The drag stones crushed the ore into a fine powder and water was added until a thick slurry was produced.
Mercury (quicksilver) was then introduced to the mixture which removed and amalgamated any gold found in the ore.
Does the presence of this arrastra tell us that Spanish prospectors were in this canyon mining gold two or three hundred years ago? The answer is neither a simple yes or no because archaeologists have no way to "date" the arrastra.
If we turn to written history for a clue, we are told that the Spanish were insatiable in their quest for riches. During the 1600's and 1700's, this appetite had driven them to explore most of what was to become the southern half of the United States.
Because they had established a nearby stronghold in New Mexico (1598), it is possible that there were prospectors in Utah and maybe even in Bullion Canyon long before the first "official" expedition by the Spanish in 1776.
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According to Piute County Court documents, Bullion City may have been initially established at the mouth of Bullion Canyon near the Forest Service boundary. At some point, Bullion City was moved up the canyon. This move may have coincided with the reorganization of the Ohio Mining District in 1872. At this stop, you can look across the bridge and ... Morecreek to the site of the relocated camp.
During its heyday, the camp had 40 to 50 buildings, numerous tents and even dugouts. The 1880 census shows the population of the town as 1,651 souls, but 10 years later this figure had declined to 259. In 1922, when the Bully Boy Mill (Stop 8) was built, what was left of Bullion City became a company town with a population in the hundreds.
Life in gold camps like Bullion City was hard. Health conditions were poor and often there was no medicine. Lodgings were primitive, most miners lived in tents or crude shelters with walls of canvas, hides or rough-hewn planks. Mining for gold required hard and monotonous labor. It was frequently necessary to work long hours while knee-deep in mud or icy water. Mine laborers generally worked 10 hour shifts, 6 days a week with Sundays off.
Mining camps could also be dangerous places. Consider this account from a nearby mining camp by Merrill Utley in The Ghosts of Gold Mountain (1992):
Two miners by the name of R. J. Gibson and J. Jacobs had been imbibing rather freely of the flowing bowl and got into a dispute over a gold claim ... They mutually agreed to retire to the street and settle their differences ... As they got into the street, they began pumping away at each other (with pistols) only a few feet apart. They missed!
Fire was another danger and could easily devastate a town made of wood and canvas. It is said that a fire storm raged up the dirt road by the bridge on the right side of the creek (north) destroying a number of shacks and cabins. Look across the bridge and up to the south slopes of the canyon. As you drive up the road beneath these slopes, look for islands of aspen surrounded by spruce and fir trees. The aspen trees, recognized by their light green leaves in summer, are what grew back after a 1923 fire that started at a mine.
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In front of you on the right side of the road (north) are the charred remains of a log cabin that served as Bullion City's meetinghouse.
In the spring of 1994, the building was found to have burned to the ground. Evidence found in the ashes suggest that the burning of the cabin was person-caused either by intention or carelessness.
PLEASE ... MoreBE CAREFUL WITH FIRE; THE CONSEQUENCES CAN BE DEVASTATING.
Turn to your left and look across the road. Several stone walls can be seen extending into the trees. These foundations are said to have supported an ore bin belonging to the Deseret Mine. From the walls, continue to turn to your left until you are facing slightly downhill. Look closely and in the grass just above the road, you will see a graded surface that was the bed for the 3 ton ore cars pulled by mules on track. It carried gold ore from the mines in this area to the Dalton Mill. The sleepers and rails are gone, but the grade can be followed to the millsite (stop 4).
One of the cars that ran along this grade is on display at the Miners' Park (stop 9).
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One of the most impressive reminders of the vitality and industry that once thrived in Bullion City is the Bully Boy Mill. Constructed in 1922, the mill received ore from the Bully Boy adits and The Wedge, Dalton, Great Western, Deseret, Cascade, Shamrock and Morning Star mines. The ruins of the mill measure over 238 feet long and 45 feet wide.
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The mill was a technological wonder for its time. Ore came to the top of the mill where it was dumped to start the mill circuit.
As the ore moved downhill through the mill, it was mechanically ground into sand by crushers and stamps. Water was added to the crushed ore and the slurry mixture was moved to the "concentrators" where vibrating machines separated gold bearing ore from worthless rock scrap. The final step in milling ore involved passing the concentrated slurry mixture over large copper plates coated with mercury. Mercury was used because it attracts gold like a magnet attracts iron.
In 1938, the mill closed because the cost of producing an ounce of gold exceeded the market value of gold which had been set by the government at $35 an ounce. Now deregulated, gold has recently approached $1,000 an ounce.
Today the Bully Boy Mill is privately owned. Please respect private property.
Do not enter the mill. IT IS UNSAFE!
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The Miners' Park, built by Forest Service volunteers, was the inspiration of Rell Fredericks, a local miner who has since passed on to higher prospects. His trail begins in front of the wooden mine car and continues to your right where it climbs into the trees. For 1/4 mile, the trail will take you to 16 displays of mining equipment, reconstructed... More workings and a refurbished cabin.
When you have completed the walk around the Miners' Park, you might want to picnic in the area across the road. All 3 of the units have tables and fire rings. Please pack out all that you bring in.
If you are in the mood for a scenic walk, a 2 mile round-trip trail begins at the bridge below the Bully Boy Mill. The trail will take you on the north side of the creek to an overlook above the Bullion Canyon water falls. These 60 foot falls are especially spectacular in the early summer when runoff swells the volume of the creek.
For those who enjoy touring by auto, tum right onto Forest Road 126 just below the Bully Boy Mill. This 10 mile journey will take you near the 11,500' summit of Mt. Brigham and down through Cottonwood Canyon to U.S. Highway 89 just south of Marysvale. Be assured, the scenery is breathtaking. The road to Cottonwood Canyon is generally free of snow from mid-July to mid-November. The road tends to be rough in spots and higher clearance vehicles are recommended.
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Paint your wagon and come along!
When American miners first traced placer gold up a seemingly untouched creek in Bullion Canyon, they were surprised to discover a crude ore crushing device – called an arrastra – and piles of ore. Who could have left this early artifact of mining? Perhaps gold hungry Conquistadores, riding north out of New Spain... More in the 1700s, had been the first to discover the riches of the canyon.
To the good fortune of later miners, the Spanish seem to have left most of the gold-bearing veins in the canyon untapped. By 1868, the Ohio Mining District was established in Bullion Canyon and boasted three camps – Weber City, Virginia City, and Bullion City. The population of Bullion City is recorded as 1,651 in 1880.
One of the more spectacular producers in the canyon was the Dalton Mine. Records show that $390,000 was mined from the first 100 feet of workings and that the Sylvester-Soderberg Stamp Mill was soon built to process the Dalton's ore. Tailings and foundations from this operation still can be seen on the south side of the creek about a mile downstream from this spot.
By the 1930s, the assay value of Bullion Canyon's ore had dropped below mill grade. At this price, it was uneconomical to recover gold from the ore. The Bully Boy Mine and Mill, just east of this spot, hung on until 1938. Then, everyone was gone. But are they? It is said that on still, moonless nights a lone pick can be heard in the distance as if some ancient prospector is still searching for a new lode.
Experience the life and times of the Bullion Canyon miners through the tools of their trade. Please follow the 1/4 mile trail which starts on your right.Less
With the discovery of gold in the 1860s, roads had to be built to the diggings in Bullion Canyon. This implement is an early road grader called a "Fresno." It was pulled by a team of horses and was operated by two people. Using the handles at the rear of the grader, the operators would tilt it up at a scraping angle to the road.
Pressurized water was used by the stamp mills in the canyon to wash and separate gold ore from dirt and debris. Originally, a 24" wooden pipe like this smaller pipe carried water from Bullion Falls above you to the Bully Boy Mill just below you. Note the large iron hooks on either side of the pipe that anchored the original pipe to the ground.
In the mines and mills of the canyon, piped water was converted to steam in boilers like the one before you. Steam was used to power pistons which ran the equipment necessary to ventilate mines and move, crush, separate and mill gold ore. This boiler, weighing more than 4 tons, was pulled by a team of 4 to 6 horses.
On your right is a stone boat. Pulled by a team of horses, boats hauled hundreds of pounds of gold ore over bone-jarring trails. Stone boads were used extensively in Bullion Canyon before the completion of the area's road system.
On your left is an early car (ca. 1860s) which was used to truck ore from the mines. Built to run on 18 gauge... More track, the axles of this car have bee carved from cottonwood logs. Note the hand-wrought square nails used to build this car.Less
This tupe of ore car is called a skip. It runs in a mine shaft on a track inclined upward 30 to 60 degrees. In the early days, a horse or a hoistman winched the car up the shaft.
Notice that the back wheels or "truck" are set wider than the front wheels. At the top of the shaft, the truck goes up a separate, elevated track. The elevated track... More tilts the back of the skip and causes it to dump its ore. This skip was used around 1950.Less
Picture yourself inside a very long and dark mine "tunnel" called an adit. For 12 to 14 hours a dary you would swing a sledge hammer or a pick against solid rock. If you couldn't afford a mule or horse, you loaded your cars with hundreds of pounds of ore and then pushed them by hand to the entrance of the adit. You then transferred the ore, again ... Moreby hand, to an awaiting wagor or stone boat for the trip to the mill. Mining made many a man old before his time.
Mining was also dangerous work. If a miner's adit had been shord up with wood and the wood eventually decayed, the rotting process used up large quantities of oxygen. Unfortunately, the oxygen in the adit was replaced with an unbreathable gas called carbon dioxide. Another danger wrose if a miner had cut through deposits of uranium in his search for gold. Radon gas, emitted from uranium, would collect in shafts often at dangerous levels. Years later, many miners would develop lung cancer.
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These drills were used to create pockets for sticks of dynamite which would blast tunnels through solid rock. All but two of the drills were used by hand and would have been hit repeatedly with a heavy sledge hammer. The large drill sticking out of the rock is a later type of drill (ca. 1910) powered by compressed air.
Adits are rarely "dug" but are frequently created with explosives. Explosions can't be set haphazardly; they're carefully channeled into a rockface by placing dynamite in drilled blast holes.
This equipment seved as both mount and water supply for an air-powered drill. The bar supported the drill while the tank constantly bathed the drill... More and hole with water. Holes up to 400 feet deep could be drilled with this apparatus.Less
By the turn-of-the-century, new technology made life easier and more efficient for the miner. Like the compressed air drill back at the adit, ore cars were now pulled by air-powered locomotives. A work car called a mucker even loaded ore into trailing cars with a large motorized scoop. In front of you are a mucker and a car used in the Deer Trail ... MoreMine from 1900 to 1936. They were capable of loading and carrying over a ton of ore per trip.Less
A self-contained hardware stone, called a "forge", sits before you! Especially in the older mines, miners were always at their forges sharpening and tempering red hot drill bits and hand tools. Because hardware stores were many miles away, the miner's forge was also used to build items such as hinges, pintels and nails and to fashion horse and... More mule shoes.Less
Was this cabin, called the Dalton Cabin by local folks, really built by the famous Dalton Gang? Are those bullet holes around the east-facing windows? What if we told you a Piute County Sherrif's posse made those holes in 1870 then they trapped the gang inside? Would you believe it if we said that a nine day siege by the posse killed four of the... More outlaws and that the surviving gang members were forced to eat Ned Dalton to stay alive?
This story would make a great campfire tale but no such colorful history exists for this simple cabin!
It was built by a miner in the 1920s on his claim about four miles above us at 10,500' elevation near Mt. Brigham's summit.
It is very typical of mining cabins in this area. Ownership of this cabin was transferred to Myron Chellis "Chell" Dalton of Marysvale who bought the claim.
The Dalton family lived in the cabin from June through November of each year while they mined for gold. Theone Dalton, son of Chell, fondly remembers those cool summer days and his mother's home cooking.
In those days, most of hte family's meat came from the forest. On any given day, the meat in the stew pot could range from snowshoe rabbit to pine hen to venison.
How does thsi cabin compare to your home? Could you be comfortable here for four to five months each year?Less
To load a whole train in a narrow space early 20th century miners used a "Cherry Picker" like this one. These contraptions would lift empty cars in the air and swing them into place behind a mucker working the rockface. When a car was filled, it was scooted backwards and another empty car was swung into place. Locomotives, also called motors,... More horses and trammers, pulled the train full of gold ore to the mine entrance where awaiting transportation took the ore to the mill.Less
Mining in Bullion Canyon was a back-breaking job whose success or failure rested within the fickle heart of Chance. Hardships were many, stakes were hard to get, living conditions were sub-standard and sometimes a vein just played out. In fact, more men were made poor by mining than rich. In front of you is a rectangular depression - the... More beginnings of a adit abandoned in an undetermined year for unknown reasons.Less
Sometimes the only difference between a miner who made money and one who went broke was an ability to successfully navigate a vein of ore as it snaked through a mountain. Veins of gold can be followed by continually testing for the presence and percentage of gold in mined ore.
This piece of equipment is a steam-powered ore crusher used to... More prepare ore samples for testing. Ore was fed into the hopper on the left side of the machine and crushed on the right.Less
Mining has bee taking place here in Bullion Canyon for over 300 years. Mining has always been very important to the human race. Can you imagine your world without the products of mining? We would have no cars, trucks or trains (iron), airplanes (aluminum), satellites (gold), medicines and vitamins (lithium, magnesium), critical seasonings (salt)... More and nothing to conduct electricity (copper) or even generate it (coal, uranium) in waterless, windless or cloudy environments.Less
We hope you have gained an insight into early mining techniques and the role of mining in the history of Bullion Canyon. But remember - the sights, sounds, and smells of this canyon's gold camps are gone forever. However, you can help to create a future for the mine bulidings and artifacts that still cling to life all around you. Please report any... More diggins, collecting or defacing of these sites to the Piute County Sheriff.Less


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Eidos has stunned shareholders this year by issuing three profits warnings in the last 12 months. Its weakened financial state has been all Ubisoft has needed to move in on the UK games label and take it over.
"The Eidos management, led by Mike McGarvey, the chief executive, is also believed to be considering a buyout and is looking for financial and private equity backers. Eidos has increasingly struggled to compete with its larger rivals and its key title for this year, Hitman: Contracts, has suffered poor retail sales on both sides of the Atlantic."


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OVER-THE-RHINE Local entertainment professionals Drew and Lea Lachey spent about two hours Wednesday outlining their plans to revive a musical theater program at the School for Creative & Performing Arts.
They also spent much of the meeting allaying concerns from the schools governing board about an accompanying reality show the couple has proposed.
Their proposal describes the show as a reality version of Glee, a musical TV series that airs on Fox. The idea raised immediate questions and concerns based on members memories of a previous reality show at the school, Taking the Stage.
Drew Lachey promised that this show, if it happens, would be different.
Were here to make this school great, he said. If the show happens, we heard about the concerns with the last show. I will do anything within my power to make sure it doesnt happen again.
The governing board will vote next week whether to lend its support for the theater program and with it, their support for a potential reality show.
Youve addressed most of the concerns, said English teacher Ann Marie Pirchner. Teachers will be glad that you have creative control. I think there was a concern that the show might drive the (musical theater) program and not vice-versa.
The husband-wife team has have worked for about 18 months on plans to revive the musical theater program at the renowned K-12 performing arts school in the Cincinnati Public School district. They want to lend their talent and fundraising power to bring jump start the program that they both credit for their successful careers. Drew has starred in Broadway shows and sang with brother Nick in the 98 degrees boy band. Lea danced at Radio City Music Hall and has choreographed music videos and national tours.
No one in the room Wednesday voiced any major concerns with the musical theater plan, as long as it prepares kids for college and keeps academics as the No. 1 priority, which the Lacheys said it will.
The reality show proposal, however, was a tougher sell because of problems arising from the last reality show.
Taking the Stage, an MTV production approved in December 2007, netted about $240,000 for the school, drew international attention and increased interest in the school. But it also generated complaints about academic disruptions, the casting and the content.
SCPA Artistic Director Isidore Rudnick said Wednesday that he and Principal Anthony Stan Flower felt they didnt have any creative control over the MTV show and wants to make sure that doesnt happen again. He also wants to not have any of those distractions of filming throughout the building.
The Lacheys, who are 1994 SCPA graduates, said they wanted to clear up any misconceptions about their proposal. They said:
The school and students would be part of the show, but not the main focus.
Drew Lacheys company, Flying Pig Productions, will maintain creative control, not an out-of-town company. The Lacheys will be here in Cincinnati, on-site and accessible if anyone has questions or concerns.
Students in the musical theater program dont have to agree to be in the show.
The show wont focus on the students personal lives. It will highlight their successes, not their failures. Im not going to embarrass a kid. I want to show growth, Drew Lachey said.
MTV will not be involved. The Lacheys dont have a network lined up.
Were not going to try to go to MTV and do a show like Jersey Shore or a Desperate Housewives of CPS, Drew Lachey said. We want this to be a positive thing for Cincinnati. We dont want to capitalize on the negative. There are network homes for what we want to do. There are people who want good TV.
Most importantly to many in the room, Lachey promised that the musical theater program will stay regardless of whether the reality show happens or not.
Were committed to this, he said.
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Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet review
The VW Golf Cabriolet offers nearly as much refinement as a hard-top and all the qualities of the standard hatchback
The Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet returned in 2011 after a nine-year break. It's based on the Golf MkVI, so benefits from excellent refinement and sharp handling, but has the added benefits of a folding fabric roof. In fact there are very few compromises over the standard Golf, making the Cabriolet a great choice for summer fun.
Our choice: Golf Cabriolet 1.4 TSI GT
Engines, performance and drive
The most notable thing about the Golf Cabriolet is the incredible refinement, even at motorway speeds. At the national limit you can easily hold a conversation when the roof is down, and at low speeds there's barely any wind buffeting at all. Both petrol engines are smooth and punchy, but we'd say it's worth going for the extra performance offered by the 1.4-litre TSI. There is a 1.6-litre diesel option, but it can be a bit noisy for top-down motoring. It does have benefits for fuel economy though. Sitting at the top of the range, the R Cabriolet offers frantic acceleration and truly impressive handling. Bewarned, though, the R model thuds over the smallest of ridges where the standard model would normally drive over with little fuss.
MPG, CO2 and running costs
Combined fuel consumption for the diesel is an impressive 64.2mpg and CO2 emissions are 117g/km. The petrol units are impressive too, and the 104bhp 1.2-litre unit claims to return 47.2mpg. Our favourite engine – the 1.4 TSI – isn't too far off this figure with 44.1mpg. A three year or 30,000 mile service plan costs just £299. Going for the performance-focused R model results in fuel economy of 34.4mpg and CO2 emissions of 190g/km. Insurance costs will be high, too.
Interior, design and technology
The Cabriolet is arguably a more successful design than the standard Golf. It looks great with the roof up or down – that's thanks to the clean design which sees rollover hoops hidden out of sight and the roof stowed neatly on top of the rear deck. There are GTI and R variants that get more aggressive designs, with larger alloy wheels and different bodykits, too. The R variant gets two large chrome exhaust pipes, a gloss black grille, 19-inch alloys and some R badging to mark it out.
Practicality, comfort and boot space
Some cabriolets give up boot space to accommodate the roof when it's folded, but that's not the case with the Golf Cabriolet. Instead, it folds on to the top of the boot meaning 250 litres of space with the roof up or down. The rear seats also fold down in case you need to carry larger items. Things are a little cramped in the rear of the car, and full-size adults may find things getting a little uncomfortable if they spend any extended amount of time in the back.
Reliability and Safety
Volkswagen includes a three-year, 60,000-mile warranty with the Golf Cabriolet which should put any worries you have about reliability to bed. Roll-over accidents won't be a problem, as the car can detect if the car is a bout to roll and deploy the hoops from behind the rear seats in a quarter of a second to protect occupants. There is no Euro NCAP rating, but the hard-top Golf got a full five stars with a 97 per cent score for adult occupant protection.
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Fabulous car, and great looking too. Oh how I wish I could afford an R!!... can someone lend me £40k!
Interesting that you should refer to the VW 1.6l diesel being "noisy". My experience of VW Group diesels (confined to being a passenger in vehicles so equipped but extensive) is that they vary to an unacceptable degree, the worst being quite gutty rough. I read an interesting comment on another site which observed that the power unit in the correspondent's own Golf diesel was fine but his wife's Audi A.1, similarly equipped, was not. Determined not to buy another Audi, a test ride in one of its competitors revealed something far more impressive.
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Vikings place rookie Zach Line on IR, free up spot for Felton
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Undrafted rookie fullback Zach Line's dream came to an abrupt end on Monday when he was placed on injured reserve.
Pro Bowl fullback Jerome Felton returned from a three-game suspension and the team needed to make room on the roster before he can practice.
Line was the only undrafted rookie to make the 53-man roster this season and started three games. His duties ranged from special teams to lead blocking for running back Adrian Peterson.
The Vikings didn't announce an injury for Line after Sunday's loss, but he reportedly suffered a knee injury that allowed the Vikings to put him on IR.
The move seems like a ploy to stash Line and retain first pick should they want to invite him back next year.
Line was not given the 'designated to return' tag, meaning he will be on IR for the rest of the season.


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From Pregnancy Calendars to Baby Blankets: The way to Seize Your Baby's 1st Months
Having a baby is the most significant matter you will ever before do inside your lifetime. For most people these days, acquiring out they are pregnant can be a magical minute the moment that your journey to motherhood commences. Each and every pregnancy is diverse as is each labour, and your baby's initially months within the whole world are valuable to begin with moments that you will by no indicates want to forget.
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Developer EA Sports announces that the Ultimate Team mode that's being added to its American football simulation NCAA 14 will include 1,400 players on launch, with more content ready to be added via downloadable content packs.
VG247 cites the team as saying that current and former college athletes are included in the new Ultimate Team mode.
Gamers will be able to play solo missions against the Artificial Intelligence and they can also engage in Head-to-Head Seasons that will challenge a group to play together for ten online seasons.
Those who perform well can go on to win a championship.
Gamers will also be able to collect their best players, set up tactics and starting lineups and will try to gain access to rare and unique cards.
NCAA 14 will be available on the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 on July 9.


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On Tuesday evening, a Bellanca aircraft made a crash landing in an open field in the Borger area, one mile south of Highway 136.
According to DPS reports on Tuesday at 5:15 p.m., a Bellanca aircraft, piloted by James Randall Dyson, 62, of Borger, was flying on a low gas tank for maintenance reasons and was heading back to the Hutchinson County Airport in Borger.
While in flight, Dyson tried to switch gas tanks but due to equipment failure was unable to do so causing Dyson to bring the aircraft down.
The aircraft came down between FM 1551 and High 136 in an open field between Golden Plains Community Hospital and the Agrium refinery.
According to the DPS, no fatalities or injuries were reported from the crash.


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Tag: Sarah Palin
Palin in 2012…it could happen (ask DWTS fans)
So Sarah Palin tells Barabara Walters that she believes she could beat President Obama in 2012.
Now, she has a big following, which I understand has extended to her daughter Bristol on Dancing With The Stars. I don't watch the show, so I can't say for sure, but if my Facebook friends are any indicator, Bristol's longevity on the show is due solely to the fans (I hear Tea Party?) and not due to her skill as a dancer. I also understand that both Bristol and Willow demonstrated less than cultured restraint when Facebook commenters dissed the new reality show that attracted considerable viewers, but we'll not let the children as a reflection on the character of the parents come into this discussion (more than I've already introduced.) Nonetheless, that following has significant influence on popular culture. Can it have similar influence on political culture?
Let's examine the hypothetical possibility that Ms. Palin might somehow get elected. Who would be her handler? That's a question I cannot answer, and wonder if DI readers might have a thought on the matter.
As far as I can tell from what I've seen and what I've read, she has virtually no knowledge of national security, foreign policy, how Washington works…..pretty much any clue about governance on a federal level. (Opinion, folks. Let it pass with the hypothesis.) Governors are like that. George W. Bush was an exception, having grown up around it, but then he also had Karl Rove. Bill Clinton was also an exception, but then he had been around major politics for a long time prior to his election in 1992. He was and remains a naturally skilled politician that managed to navigate the warrens of D.C. that President Carter couldn't (familiarity with warrens?) Reagan had national presence and a loyal group of advisors. Carter had virtually no national experience and it showed in some of his decisions, but he attacked Washington in his campaign (sound familiar) and as we all know, won.
So who does Sarah have? Karl Rove is less than supportive (if you read Media Matters) and probably would not be on hand to advise her. Randy Scheunemann is her foreign policy advisor. Andrew Davis is her political (campaign) advisor. Kim Daniels (legal?), and Fred Malek (financial advisor?), Bill Kristol (The weekly Standard editor and press secretary?) have all been linked in the press, but according to a NY Times article are no longer in daily contact.
So if the hypothetical could happen (remember, a professional actor got elected) and the Mayans were wrong, neglecting the very possibility that her own party would resist inanity (please! it's hypothetical) thus rendering her ineffective…
…who would advise her so that we don't go down in flames while she learns the ropes?
Family values
At Salon.com, Amy Benfer has roasted Bristol and Levi with an article beginning with this paragraph worthy of bronzing (the entire article constitutes a clinic on how to write, IMO):
She has been a (perhaps unwitting) symbol of her mother's ultimate pro-life commitment; he cut off his mullet and agreed to wear a suit for the Republican Convention. She spent her first year postpartum making bank telling other young women not to even think of having sex; he was dubbed "Sex on Skates" by New York magazine and stripped down to his skivvies for cash. But perhaps, like the boy who pulls your pigtail on the playground, all those differences and petty squabbles were a sign of true love; according to this week's Us Weekly magazine, it was all just a prelude to a big white Alaskan wedding: Bristol Palin, abstinence educator, and Levi Johnston, Playgirl model, have announced their (second) engagement.
I am pleased that, so far today, I have kept to my pledge to avoid discussing Sarah Palin on this site. Ooops.
Matt Taibbi discusses how the media makes and breaks politicians
Yes, the media makes and breaks politicians. They tell us who the "serious" politicians are before the race has even begun, and it always seems to be about who can raise money. At his blog, Matt Taibbi writes thoughtfully about this issue of the way the media caricatures politicians:
The political media has always taken it upon itself to make decisions about who is and who is not qualified to be taken seriously as candidates for higher office. Without even talking about whether they do this more or less to Republicans or Democrats, I can testify that I witnessed this phenomenon over and over again in the primary battles within the Democratic Party. It has always been true that the press corps has drawn upon internalized professional biases, high-school-style groupthink and the urging of insider wonks to separate candidates into "serious" and "unserious" groups before the shots even start to be fired.
Taibbi's post then morphs into some observations about Sarah Palin, who has constantly complained that she is not being treated fairly by "the liberal press."
Jon Stewart discusses Sarah Palin's new clothes
Jon Stewart discusses Sarah Palin's new clothes here:
What are they writing about Sarah Palin in the UK?
Here's one example. Here's what Michelle Goldberg, writing for the UK Guardian, has to say about Sarah Palin: Evidently, Palin's pre-debate handlers judged her incapable of speaking on a fairly wide range of subjects, and so instructed to her to simply disregard questions that did not invite memorised talking points or cutesy filibustering. They probably […]
Sarah Palin as President
Someone is having quite a bit of fun at Sarah Palin's expense. Make sure you click around when you visit this site. Especially the red phone. She's got it coming, of course, since "Joe the Plumber" has already given more interviews than Palin. Here's another reason she has it coming: The office of the Republican […]
The Abraham Lincoln – Sarah Palin debate
If Abraham Lincoln debated Sarah Palin . . .
Hello Sarah. Hello Kitty.
I'm currently reading Rob Walker's 2008 book, Buying in: the Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are. I'm finding Walker's chapter on "Hello Kitty" especially interesting in its own right and also because his description of the success of Hello Kitty has helped me to understand Sarah Palin. Walker repeatedly points out […]
Why not Jane Sixpack as VP?
What's the problem with having Jane Sixpack as Vice-President? In other words, what's the problem having Sarah Palin occupy an office that puts her a heartbeat from being in charge of the United States? Newsweek's Jon Meacham weighs in: Palin sometimes seems an odd combination of Chauncey Gardiner from "Being There" and Marge from "Fargo." […]


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Emerging Power: Developing Nations Now Claim the Majority of World GDP
For the first time since the 1800s, the developing world has surpassed the developed one
For the first time since the 1800s, the developing world has surpassed the developed one
Five candidates faced off in Las Vegas, as they tried to shake up the race.
Well, that wasn't so bad, was it? Despite dire predictions that the first Democratic presidential debate would be a snoozefest, the Las Vegas summit actually offered a little bit of everything: Substance, humor, tension, and one truly baffling Lincoln Chafee answer.
True, it wasn't as exciting as the Republican debates so far, but what is? Yet even though the debate kicked off with a melodramatic voiceover promising that "This night in Vegas could change the odds... yet again," the debate didn't obviously shake up the race. Hillary Clinton delivered a typically strong performance, much as expected; Bernie Sanders played to type, railing against corporations and inequality. Martin O'Malley kept to his strategy of hitting Clinton. And Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee remained, for the most part, marginal to what was going on.
Astronomers have spotted a strange mess of objects whirling around a distant star. Scientists who search for extraterrestrial civilizations are scrambling to get a closer look.
In the Northern hemisphere's sky, hovering above the Milky Way, there are two constellations—Cygnus the swan, her wings outstretched in full flight, and Lyra, the harp that accompanied poetry in ancient Greece, from which we take our word "lyric."
Between these constellations sits an unusual star, invisible to the naked eye, but visible to the Kepler Space Telescope, which stared at it for more than four years, beginning in 2009.
"We'd never seen anything like this star," says Tabetha Boyajian, a postdoc at Yale. "It was really weird. We thought it might be bad data or movement on the spacecraft, but everything checked out."
Kepler was looking for tiny dips in the light emitted by this star. Indeed, it was looking for these dips in more than 150,000 stars, simultaneously, because these dips are often shadows cast by transiting planets. Especially when they repeat, periodically, as you'd expect if they were caused by orbiting objects.
The whole crew—David, Matt, Molly, Priscilla, Russell, Tyler, Yoni—live-blogged tonight's first Democratic debate. Here's David's instant reaction:
Well, that wasn't so bad, was it? Despite dire predictions that the first Democratic presidential debate would be a snoozefest, the Las Vegas summit actually offered everything: Substance, humor, tension, and one truly baffling Lincoln Chafee answer.
True, it wasn't as exciting as the Republican debates so far, but what is? Yet even though the debate kicked off with a melodramatic voiceover promising that "This night in Vegas could change the odds... yet again," the debate didn't obviously shake up the race. Hillary Clinton delivered a typically strong performance, much as expected; Bernie Sanders played to type, railing against corporations and inequality. Martin O'Malley kept to his strategy of hitting Clinton. And Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee remained, for the most part, marginal to what was going on.
In the years leading up to the election, some Democrats worried that Clinton would be hobbled by not facing challengers in the primary, and Tuesday night's debate showed the truth of that point. She's a polished, experienced debater, and she profited from standing on stage with the four other men in the field. Chafee and Webb seemed nervous and uncomfortable, while Sanders was—as always—Sanders: Fervent, grumpy, unfiltered, and righteously angry. The factors that have made him an idol to many Democratic voters and eroded her polling also make her look more presidential when they're standing next to each other.
As government agencies and tech companies develop more and more intrusive means of watching and influencing people, how can we live free lives?
I knew we'd bought walnuts at the store that week, and I wanted to add some to my oatmeal. I called to my wife and asked her where she'd put them. She was washing her face in the bathroom, running the faucet, and must not have heard me—she didn't answer. I found the bag of nuts without her help and stirred a handful into my bowl. My phone was charging on the counter. Bored, I picked it up to check the app that wirelessly grabs data from the fitness band I'd started wearing a month earlier. I saw that I'd slept for almost eight hours the night before but had gotten a mere two hours of "deep sleep." I saw that I'd reached exactly 30 percent of my day's goal of 13,000 steps. And then I noticed a message in a small window reserved for miscellaneous health tips. "Walnuts," it read. It told me to eat more walnuts.
When a congressional investigation turns into a partisan operation, the media need to treat it as such.
Hardly anyone still working in today's media can remember an era in which "mainstream media" practices, as we now think of them, actually prevailed. By which I mean: a few dominant, sober-sided media outlets; a news cycle punctuated by evening network-news shows, morning (and sometimes afternoon) newspapers, weekend newsmaker talk shows, and weekly news magazines; and political discourse that shared enough assumptions about facts and logic that journalists felt they could do their jobs by saying, "We've heard from one side. Now let's hear from the other."
I can barely remember any of that, and I got my first magazine job (with The Washington Monthly) around the time of the Watergate break-in and subsequent Woodward-and-Bernstein scoops, when all parts of the old-style journalistic ecosystem were still functioning.
Bill Gates has committed his fortune to moving the world beyond fossil fuels and mitigating climate change.
In his offices overlooking Lake Washington, just east of Seattle, Bill Gates grabbed a legal pad recently and began covering it in his left-handed scrawl. He scribbled arrows by each margin of the pad, both pointing inward. The arrow near the left margin, he said, represented how governments worldwide could stimulate ingenuity to combat climate change by dramatically increasing spending on research and development. "The push is the R&D," he said, before indicating the arrow on the right. "The pull is the carbon tax." Between the arrows he sketched boxes to represent areas, such as deployment of new technology, where, he argued, private investors should foot the bill. He has pledged to commit $2 billion himself.
The story of a strange linguistic coincidence
Is there anything inherently "doggy" about the word "dog"? Obviously not—to the French, a dog is a chien, to Russians a sobaka, to Mandarin Chinese-speakers a gǒu. These words have nothing in common, and none seem any more connected to the canine essence than any other. One runs up against that wall with pretty much any word.
Except some. The word for "mother" seems often either to be mama or have a nasal sound similar to m, like nana. The word for "father" seems often either to be papa or have a sound similar to p, like b, in it—such that you get something like baba. The word for "dad" may also have either d or t, which is a variation on saying d, just as p is on b. People say mama or nana, and then papa, baba, dada, or tata, worldwide.
The former vice president has led his firm to financial success. But what he really wants to do is create a whole new version of capitalism.
"When i left the White House in 2001, I really didn't know what I was going to do with my life," Al Gore told me this summer, at his office in the Green Hills district of Nashville. "I'd had a plan"—this with a seemingly genuine chuckle rather than any sign of a grimace—"but … that changed!" After the "change," via the drawn-out 2000 presidential election in which he won the vote of the populace but not that of the Supreme Court, for the first time in his adult life Gore found himself without an obvious next step. He was 52, two years younger than Barack Obama is now; he hadn't worked outside the government in decades; and even if he managed to cope personally with a historically bitter disappointment that might have broken many people, he would still face the task of deciding how to spend the upcoming years.
A decade since the book pushed "pickup artistry" into the mainstream, Neil Strauss has some mixed thoughts on its legacy.
When Neil Strauss's blockbuster book about pickup artistry came out a decade ago, I was a Midwestern ingenue in New York City, and I read it mostly as a defensive measure. A nice Ph.D. student named Jon had mentioned The Game, and was demonstrating how it worked by means of "The Cube" routine, where you ask a woman to imagine a box standing in the desert, and you tell her about herself based on how she describes it. (The cube represents the woman's ego or something—so if it's big, it means she's self-confident; if it's transparent as opposed to opaque that means she's open as opposed to guarded; if it's pink that means she's bright and energetic … basic non-falsifiable horoscope-type material she can read herself into and then find you perceptive.) It was basically a way to harness people's love of talking about themselves in order to score.
Science says lasting relationships come down to—you guessed it—kindness and generosity.
Every day in June, the most popular wedding month of the year, about 13,000 American couples will say "I do," committing to a lifelong relationship that will be full of friendship, joy, and love that will carry them forward to their final days on this earth.
Except, of course, it doesn't work out that way for most people. The majority of marriages fail, either ending in divorce and separation or devolving into bitterness and dysfunction. Of all the people who get married, only three in ten remain in healthy, happy marriages, as psychologist Ty Tashiro points out in his book The Science of Happily Ever After, which was published earlier this year.
Social scientists first started studying marriages by observing them in action in the 1970s in response to a crisis: Married couples were divorcing at unprecedented rates. Worried about the impact these divorces would have on the children of the broken marriages, psychologists decided to cast their scientific net on couples, bringing them into the lab to observe them and determine what the ingredients of a healthy, lasting relationship were. Was each unhappy family unhappy in its own way, as Tolstoy claimed, or did the miserable marriages all share something toxic in common?
It's easy to over-parent. It's also easy not to.
A mind-bending animation captures the killer's unhinged mental state.
Coming soon: The Atlantic's October cover story on the effects of the disproportionate imprisonment of black men


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It is often rare in the 21st century to find a business focused on customer service. Sometimes, in fact, good service seems like an endangered idea or species.
Step into the office of Dr. Stephen J. Moffett, Optometrist and you are greeted by Sue Shirey, a long time Coronado mom with a friendly demeanor and smile. The office is clean, neat and inviting. The atmosphere is welcoming and professional. The staff knows you by name.
Need a new pair of glasses? Jeannette has been the optician at the Coronado optometry office for almost 10 years. She not only fits people with glasses, but goes the extra mile to make sure the glasses look good on them. Dr. Moffett explains that glasses are something many people wear all the time, so they should be comfortable and look good. "I didn't wear glasses at first when I needed them because I felt dorky," he shares.
Dr. Moffett was raised in Las Vegas and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV). He describes UNLV as "the only college where you can go to get an education and learn to deal blackjack too." Who knows what he may have ended up doing (dealing blackjack?) had he not encountered vision challenges. As a college freshman, Dr. Moffett was earning B's and C's. He couldn't study for long periods of time. He used his glasses (necessary since the age of 10) sparingly. After getting an astigmatism corrected, he could study longer without his eyes bothering him and began to enjoy college. "It wasn't my brain, but my eyes that were causing bad grades," he says. After this experience he started volunteering in an optometry office where he eventually worked as an employee. He liked the office because of the family atmosphere and the ability to forge relationships with the patients. His future was sealed as he concluded optometry was the career path for him!
After four years at Southern California College of Optometry in Fullerton, California, Dr. Moffett graduated with honors. Some of his training was completed with the Veterans' Administration where he gained experience with older patients. He was also skilled with contact lenses and younger patients.
Through a mutual friend, Dr. Moffett learned that Dr. Easton (a long time Coronado optometrist) was looking for someone to buy his practice here in Coronado. They met for an interview and eventually Dr. Moffett bought the practice. He was attracted to Coronado for the quality of life and the village atmosphere.
Dr. Moffett and his wife are the proud parents of two young boys. When he isn't in Coronado providing excellent vision care to his patients, Dr. Moffett enjoys the ocean. He loves to surf at Cardiff reef and Shipwrecks, when he can find the time. His boys love the beach and playing at the park.
Dr. Moffett is a member of the Coronado Rotary club where he enjoys the fellowship and the meetings. "The Hotel Del takes great care of us," he says. He notes that there are a lot of neat places in Coronado, but he does enjoy the poke tacos at Leroy's. His favorite color is blue, a fitting choice since he is a San Diego Padres fan. He has season tickets to SDSU basketball and enjoys USD basketball and baseball.
Buying the optometry practice in Coronado is "the best decision I ever made (besides marrying my wife)," he shares. He loves spending time with his family and when it comes to his practice, he focuses on prevention and diet. There are many ways to help maintain and improve your eye health. Foods such as spinach, tomatoes and salmon are all good for your eyes. Some of the most common reasons people visit Dr. Moffett include eye exams for children, reading correction and folks over 40 whose eyes are changing.
When you visit Dr. Moffett for eye care, you will enjoy a personal experience and service. He will know your family history, your eyes and what they need to remain healthy. He will meet and treat each patient as if they are part of his family. His office maintains advanced technology to screen for eye disease. Optimap, a diagnostic tool, allowing a peek at the entire retina, may be an option for you.
Dr. Moffett likes to provide eye exams for children who are three years old and older. He will see children younger than three because he believes that if you can examine children early, you can prevent some vision problems from occurring.
Dr. Moffett is a glaucoma certified optometrist and screens adults and seniors for glaucoma and cataracts. He specializes in contact lenses and prescription eye glasses. He is a Tricare provider and accepts Medicare. For complete information on all the services offered, click here.
If you are looking for eye care in Coronado, consider Dr. Stephen J. Moffett, Optometrist. He has been serving the residents of Coronado for ten years.
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I finally had a bit of time to look under the hood of Bespin. Hacking around on a new piece of software is like raiding a candy store if you have a sweet tooth. Especially when it is as concise, well thought out, and implemented in JavaScript like Bespin.
What sealed the deal for me was the result I got when I applied a 10 minute inspect-search-edit-refresh technique I use when learning the ropes of a new architecture and implementation. Lets call this technique "dive and swim".
Before I get into what got me excited I am going to give you an insight into how I approached this new candy store called Bespin.


text: Canadian Duty Free Question May 19, 2010 12:56:00 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by telefunkken on May 19, 2010 12:56:00 GMT -8 This has nothing to do with Sasquatch or even travelling to Sasquatch, but it's something that's had me wondering for a while. Everybody in Canada knows that buying booze/beer/cigarettes here is pretty damn expensive compared to buying these things in the US. However, buying them from the Canadian Duty Free is wonderfully cheap. But of course, you are only allowed to shop at the duty free if you are going into the states. So my question is this, what is to stop you from going with a bunch of friends, parking a few blocks from the border, walking to the duty free shop, buying a shitload of supplies, giving them a fake (or real) lisence plate number, and then walking back to your car and driving back home for a reasonably priced drink-and-smoke-a-thon? Maybe I'm missing something but it really doesn't seem that hard to do.Whattaya think? Anybody got any insider information?


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The Newport Beach City Council voted to outsource its printing services and to inch forward in what could eventually be the privatization of its refuse collection services.
The shutting down of the city's in-house print shop in favor of a contract with Office Depot will result in one layoff and is expected to save the city about $70,000 per year, a staff report said. Another print shop employee plans to retire.
Newport's new Civic Center, which is set to host its first council meeting Dec. 11, will not have space for its own print shop. Furthermore, staff reports said, the increasing digitization of city operations has resulted in a steep drop in the number of hard copies produced by the shop, from 5.1 million to 1.8 million per year over the last decade.
An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that the Civic Center is in Corona del Mar. It is in Newport Beach.
While the outsourcing of printing services passed unanimously as an item on the consent calendar, a report on the possibility of outsourcing the city's trash collection services generated considerably more debate.
Newport's Municipal Operations Director Mark Harmon laid out some of the findings of a study conducted by the firm HF&H Consultants, which the city had commissioned to analyze whether it could save money by contracting with a private firm for its trash services.
The study found that outsourcing trash services may result in some savings to the city, but officials pointed out that certain factors specific to Newport, like narrow alleys and residents who enjoy unlimited trash collection, might complicate those savings.
An estimated $1.67 million could be saved per year if the city switched to a private hauler in areas served by the city's in-house trash haulers, the report concluded. Some areas, like Newport Coast, already have private trash collection.
The city, if it keeps its own trash collection service, will also have to buy new trucks to comply with a state air quality rule, which will cost about $2.6 million over three years.
But, Councilman Rush Hill pointed out, the study compared Newport's per-unit costs with those of other SoCal cities that all have automated pick-up, which requires standardized trashbins.
They also require residents to separate out trash, clean recycling and green waste into three different bins.
Newport's current system allows residents to mix all three in any type of trash bin they choose, then recycling is professionally sorted out.
"The determination of savings is that in everything we've looked to privatize, we've said [we'll consider outsourcing] if we can provide the same level of service and save money," he said. "You've not moved me to the point yet of saying that [we'll get] the same level of service."
Councilman Mike Henn said outsourcing discussions are always a balancing act.
"The real proof in the pudding is in the tasting — to get bids," he said. "It's possible [Hill] may be right. There may not be a strong saving. And the only way to figure that out is to go forward here, and to go forward in a very thoughtful way."
As about a dozen of the city's refuse haulers looked on, council members all lauded the department's high level of service, but the group ultimately voted 5 to 1 to work with HF&H to develop a request for proposals, meaning that the city will solicit plans from private companies to see whether they could provide a similar level of service at a lower cost.
At the same time, the council voted to have staffers evaluate ways of making the existing city department more efficient.
Hill voted against the motion to develop an RFP.


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8 Ways to Fight Morning Sickness
Combatting the first trimester of suck.
February 1, 2014 - 7:00 am
So, I'm pregnant again. Surprise!
And as excited as I want to be, all I can do is fight through each day trying not to vomit in my purse or fall asleep while driving. It's great. Most people wait until the second trimester to tell people, but in my case there's no waiting because I can't make up countless lies about why I can't get out of bed, why I quit singing at church, why I dropped out of kickboxing, and why I have been basically out of life for the last month and a half. I'm one of those unfortunate people that gets ill and stays ill for about six out of the nine months of pregnancy. Everyone has heard "eat small meals more often" and "keep crackers nearby," but what happens when those don't work? If you're anything like me, you need some tips that you might not have heard elsewhere.
1. Fruit is your friend
There are a two reasons for this:
- It's sweet and tastes refreshing and citrus fruit especially has a scent that is not noxious to your new bloodhound nose.
- It feels okay coming back up.
Unfortunately, with most things I eat I have to ask myself, "what is this going to feel like on the way back up?" I learned that the hard way during pregnancy number 1 when I ate something heavy and it hadn't digested before it came racing back up on me. The last thing you want when you have your head in a toilet is to also injure your throat in the process. Think soft fruit, watermelon, pineapple, grapefruit, grapes, fruit yogurt… it's gross to think about but this is now my life (and I'm sure some of you are having the same problem.) Fruit is also high in nutrients that are good for you and the baby and it's easy to eat with no preparation time.
2. Healthy shmealthy
All the pregnancy magazines and advice columns go on and on about getting the proper nutrients. Well, that would be great if I could choke them down without projectile vomiting! Thanks for that totally useless advice! We all know moms suffer from guilt naturally so when you're pregnant you're terrified you're going to ingest the wrong thing or not enough of the right thing and…right on cue… there the media is to make you feel like crap!
My baby is going to have three heads because I couldn't eat spinach! Forget that.
Don't even read those magazines. Nutrition is important and you can focus on it after you get out of the "morning sickness" stage (which is really all-day-long sickness.) During first trimester Hell, simply eat what tastes good, if you can find anything. Even if it's boxed macaroni and cheese or chocolate shakes for breakfast. Whatever you can keep down is great, not to mention a great excuse to blow that diet and eat whatever the heck you want for a few weeks. If you can't do it when you're sick as a dog and miserable, when can you? I've been making banana shakes in the morning with frozen bananas, milk and chocolate powder. They're awesome. Try it.


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Had an interesting meeting with North London Hospice.
I have always been shocked – that end of life care (dying basically) is often left to charities rather than being part of the NHS and properly funded by them. The NHS funds about 30% of North London Hospice – but that clearly leaves a mega-gap to be funded by donations and bequests etc. In this recession their receipts are 30% down – so problems ahead. And when it is our relative dying – we want the best. If they can't die at home – then hospital is not really the right place.
There is a proposal afoot – from the NHS – that when a dying person is referred to a hospice – a patients' tariff should go with them to cover the costs of that referral – which seems an excellent idea to me. So I will definitely support this and see where Haringey PCT is on this and how soon it can be brought in.
The other thing that surprised me was that Haringey has no 'end of life' strategy. Our neighbouring boroughs do have such a strategy – which I believe is a requirement now by the Department of Health. So – equally – I am going to contact Haringey PCT to try and arrange a mini-summit to try and encourage them to enjoin with local partners and the North London Hospice to put forward an end of life strategy.
It's the sort of thing we don't much like thinking about – which is even more a reason to get it sorted!
I support your efforts here & in the wider debate on end of life care.
Just spent a week by the bedside of somebody I love who was referred to the Marie Curie hospice near the Royal Free.
It was a real shock to the system – had no idea it was funded by the donations.
Was so stressful but at least she died Saturday in a friendly caring environment.
Susanne – very sorry to hear about your friend. But for those who have close friends or family who do end their life in a hopsice – it is really clear how important such places are. Unbelievable that it is left to charity in this day and age.
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The Texans have a better chance of playing the Super Bowl in Cowboys stadium than the Cowgirls do…
"With next season looking like a salary cap free year, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones should be able to sign any player on his wish list."
That's completely false. There are restrictions on how many free agents they can sign. Plus, I believe there's a rule limiting how many high-priced free agents they can bring in. Know what you're talking about before passing it passing off as fact.
Chris Duel has always seemed like one of the good guys, but his fantasy world item about the Cowed Boys anticipating home field advantage in preparation of NEXT year's Super Bowl game is weird, for lack of a better adjective. Chris, just three short days ago this team got their clocks cleaned big-time! Please be considerate enough to let the blood stop flowing. Smeared by an old guy with grey hair … and his four TD passes. CHEEZ!!


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September 13th, 2013 (F1plus/V. Brown-Villedieu).- It's unfortunate that what started out as well-intentioned ideas to increase overtaking and unpredictability in Formula One, DRS and Pirelli's fast degrading tyres have in fact led many to label the racing since 2011 as 'artificial'.
A bit of context is required to understand why the FIA felt the need to introduce these two fairly sizeable regulation changes.
2010 is best remembered for the closeness of that year's championship in which five drivers led the championship at different points and the season finale could have seen any one of four drivers win the championship.
It was not, however, memorable for overtaking bar the odd exception.
The difference between 2010 and 2011 is striking when you look at the statistics: 547 overtakes throughout 2010 with an average of 28.79 per race compared with a total of 1,152 overtakes in all of 2011 and an average of 59.06 per race. [Source: http://cliptheapex.com/overtaking/]
Change was clearly needed. The close championship was not enough to persuade the doubters who believed Formula One had become processional with the only opportunity for overtaking arriving at the pit stops.
So a solution was found in the form of DRS, tyres that degraded more quickly and the reintroduction of KERS. But now that we have what we desperately wanted at the end of 2010, it seems we're not satisfied.
The problem was that the FIA were too eager to implement the changes and introduced all three at the same time.
In hindsight, it was inevitable that combining three regulation changes, two of which were designed to aid overtaking the other to increase pit stops, would have a dramatic effect on the racing.
DRS, KERS and Pirelli have all come in for criticism at various points with perhaps Pirelli bearing the brunt of people's vocal attacks. But it is important to remember the sport that we've left behind since embarking on this new era of Formula One.
The question is do we want the pre-2011 type of racing where we sacrifice overtaking for a more pure form of racing or are we happy to accept the current state of affairs?
The reality is it is impossible to strike the perfect balance between the two aspects.
2014 will see a further extension of KERS capability where it will be renamed ERS and the power boost will be more than doubled from 60bhp to 181bhp as well as allowing usage for up to 33 seconds per lap. With this in mind it may be time for the FIA to consider whether there is a place for DRS and Pirelli going forward.
The status quo cannot continue if only for the alienating effect it has had on many of F1's most loyal fans.
Pirelli tyres have been in the center of the F1 discussion for two seasons now.
So should it be DRS or Pirelli to go, or indeed both?
Pirelli have often been criticised for merely fulfilling a mandate passed onto them by all of Formula One, including the teams. The company has done this despite the negative publicity it would inevitably bring by supplying tyres that run contrary to the principles that guide the company when constructing their road tyres.
Loyalty can be a rare thing to come by in life but Pirelli has so far stuck with Formula One through thick and thin so F1 would do well to return the favour.
What should change instead is the specification of tyre rather than the supplier.
A more durable tyre would please the drivers who have complained that the current tyres do not allow them to push the car to its limits in race trim.
But safeguards, such as mandatory pit stops, would limit the chances of a repeat of the old days where a majority of races were decided by a strategy call rather than a brilliant overtake.
That leaves DRS.
By Formula One's standards, DRS was a relatively inexpensive and simple solution to the overtaking problem.
The issue has been in getting the system to neither make it too hard nor too easy for drivers to overtake but it seems unlikely it could ever achieve such an aim.
On balance, DRS has served only to dilute the true nature of racing rather than enhance it.
As fans we should be about promoting what is good for Formula One and highlighting what harms our sport. DRS falls into the latter category.
There is no perfect solution to the dilemma posed in this article.
But in a sport governed by aerodynamics and mechanical engineering, overtaking is a rare expression of art in a sport dominated by science.


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The post position draw for the 137th Kentucky Derby came and went in Louisville on Wednesday night, and Mucho Macho Man found himself saddled with No. 13.It's not a particularly ominous position in a full 20-horse field for Saturday's Derby — too close to the post and you'll get boxed in, too far to the outside and you've got farther to run. But for the 3-year-old colt owned by Suwanee's Dean and Patti Reeves, the traditionally negative number seemed to fit. "It finally struck me that we're really here, we're really a part of this group," Dean Reeves said during a phone interview after the draw. "All of the ups and downs that we've had along the way, and it's finally coming together." In the early months of 2008, the horse now known as Mucho Macho Man was born in Ocala, Fla. Disappointed, the barn manager called the farm's owner — the horse was lying there motionless, stillborn. Shortly thereafter, though, he simply stood up, not sure what the big deal was about. In one of the Reeves' favorite stories to tell, he was soon dubbed "Lazarus" by staff there. Later that year, trainer Kathy Ritvo was dying in her own right. Suffering from cardiomyopathy, a deterioration of the heart muscle, Ritvo was in dire need of a transplant. She ultimately got one, in November 2008. Healthy, she took over full-time training of Mucho Macho Man from her husband in October. "Every single day that passes by, you're grateful," said Ritvo, who has a chance to be the first female trainer to work with a Derby-winning horse. In February, less than three months from Saturday evening's Kentucky Derby, jockey Eibar Coa, who had been working with the Reeves' colt all along, fell off another horse while training at Gulfstream Park in Florida. He fractured the C-4 vertebra in his neck, and is in the process of re-learning how to walk. Jockey Rajiv Maragh will now ride Mucho Macho Man at Churchill Downs. "It just really brings me back full circle," Patti Reeves said this week, "to say that the whole thing is a bigger plan, and we're just part of it." This week, the plan has meant a whole new world of experiences for the Reeves, who got into thoroughbred racing just a handful of years ago after successful careers in contracting and marketing. Up each morning and at the barn by 7:30 a.m., the Reeves visit with Ritvo, Maragh and Mucho Macho Man, amid a sea of photographers and journalists. "Each horse has its own private security guard," Pattie Reeves said with a laugh. "And they need it. There's horse paparazzi." Each day has brought growing anticipation and anxiety from the Suwanee couple. The tradition beginning while he was in college at Georgia Tech, Dean Reeves went to the Kentucky Derby every year for the better part of two decades. Once he got into horse racing, the goal was to go back to Louisville — this time, as an owner. It's happening, and with Mucho Macho Man listed with 12-to-1 odds to run for the roses. "You spend most of the day on pins and needles, hoping that something doesn't happen," he said. Added Patti: "It's such a thrill, every morning I get teared up. Just talking about it I could cry. It's overwhelming to be a part of this, win or lose." Superstition aside, the Reeves are actually thrilled about MMM's post position at No. 13. Two of the Derby's favorites coming in, Uncle Mo and Nehro, drew less favorable spots at 18 and 19, respectively. Four-to-1 favorite Dialed In drew the No. 8 post. Patti Reeves said she's "run the race over and over (in her head) and finished in every possible position." Her husband hasn't allowed himself to ponder the possibility of actually winning. "If he's good enough to win, then he'll win it," he said. "I just wanted that opportunity and I'm going to be happy if he has a good, safe race." "We're here thinking we can win the race, but I'm not going to spend a lot of time really even thinking about it." Ritvo said Mucho Macho Man has adjusted well to the cold, rainy conditions in the shadow of Churchill Downs' twin spires, and expects him to run well come Saturday at 6:24 p.m. "It will be great. I can't wait," Ritvo said. "I think we have a good chance." Knowing the history surrounding the horse, it would be a wise decision not to bet against them. If you are having problems viewing this slide show, click here
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- Mucho Macho Man hoping to put Gwinnett on horse racing map again ( November 1, 2013 )
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Since joining the Houston-area district in 2004, the Lufkin
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The Bisons kicked off the 07-08 tennis season in Chattanooga, TN where they fell to UT-Chattanooga. The Bisons had a good number of close singles matches that resulted in losses, however the younger members of the team are learning what it takes to win.
"There were many close singles matches which didn't go our way. However, our younger guys learned about what it is going to take to win in college," Coach Andrew Harris said.
"This will give us an opportunity this upcoming week to go back and work on some different things in order to turn those close matches into victories."
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When I was a child, I was not a fan of Daylight Savings Time. It was not fair that I lost an hour. I didn't care if they gave it back to me in the fall, it just pissed me off. The only thing that was good about it was the thought of missing church. I never wanted to go to church, so I was happy that we had to do the clock changing on a Saturday night. My mom was suspicious after the second year in a row that we somehow slept in.
"Vickie, wake up. Did you move the clocks back?……………..Nooooo, back…………..I changed them before I went to bed. I remember moving them forward an hour……..And now I am asking you, did you change the clocks?" I thought long and hard to come up with a perfect answer.
"No, I did NOT change the clocks."
It's all about semantics. I didn't lie. I did not change the clocks. They were still the ugly clocks we have always used. I did, however, change the times on the same clocks. And she didn't ask that, now did she? I only did it one time, however. I had no idea who did it after that.
Well, I grew up to hate Daylight Savings Time…with a passion. I wrote two posts about the subject. Hello, Circadian Dysrhythmia, that I wrote November 2010, when it was time to fall back, and then Spring Forward into the River, which I wrote last spring. So, I make it a point to let everyone know how much I hate Daylight Savings Time.
Now, I realize that Benjy has been gone for a long time now, but he invented Daylight Savings Time to save on candle wear and tear. Ok, I can understand. But, I can't understand it in the year 2012. I am tired, mean, sad, shaky, dizzy-blondish, and dragging for two weeks. Yeah, two. It takes me awhile.
My alarm clock on my nightstand decided to spring forward…last week….on a Wednesday. Yeah. I woke up, took my shower, went downstairs and sat down in front of my computer, only to see that it was 5:30. My clock upstairs read 6:30. Oh, how I cursed. Nice. And on a Wednesday. It did it to me in the fall. I was an hour late then. I looked pretty that day.
So, head over to my two posts that I wrote on the subject and you will see that I just go on and on about the same thing.
Maybe some day someone will listen and change it back for me.
Because there is nothing worse than a cranky, sleep deprived elementary school teacher. Well, unless you are one of her students.
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A new study by the Pew Research Center provides the latest documentation of the growing gap between military personnel and the general public.
Some 84 percent of post-9/11veterans say the public does not understand the problems faced by those in the military or their families. And considering that only about one half of one percent of the U.S. population has been on active military duty at any point during the past ten years, that result isn't surprising.
More than 80 percent of respondents say that military personnel and their families have had to make great sacrifices since 9/11. But among those who acknowledge those sacrifices as outweighing those borne by civilians, only 26 percent describe the difference as unfair. Seven out of 10 consider it "just part of being in the military."
Sadly, the difficulties service members and their families endure run deep and are persistent. Nearly four in 10 post-9/11 veterans say that, whether or not they were formally diagnosed, they believe they have suffered from post-traumatic stress, according to the study.
In a similar vein, 44 percent of post-9/11 veterans say their readjustment to civilian life was difficult. By contrast, just 25 percent of veterans who served in earlier eras say the same. About half of all post-9/11 veterans say they have experienced strains in family relations since leaving the military, with a similar percentage saying they have had frequent outbursts of anger.
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