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(UPDATED COVERAGE, Feb. 26) More than 30% of U.S. food available at the retail and consumer levels goes uneaten, and the ratio of loss is even greater for fresh fruits and vegetables.
With a 19% share of total food loss, vegetables are the second largest source of U.S. food loss after meat, poultry and fish (30% share), according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Fresh fruit accounts for 13.9% of total food waste, according to the USDA.
The study estimated food loss at the retail and consumer levels in the U.S. at 133 billion pounds in 2010, or 31% of the 430 billion pounds of total available food.
The USDA"s Economic Research Service study said retail losses account for 10% (43 billion pounds) of the total food supply the USDA pegs consumer-level losses at 21% (90 billion pounds) of the total available food supply.
The fresh fruit supply in the U.S. in 2010 totaled 37.6 billion pounds. Losses of fresh fruit at retail totaled 4.4 billion pounds, or 9% of total fresh fruit supply. The USDA said consumer level losses of fresh fruit were 9.5 billion pounds, 25% of the total fresh fruit supply. Taken together, retail and consumer losses for fresh fruit were 13.9 billion pounds, or 37% of total fresh fruit supply.
Total retail and consumer losses of fresh vegetables totaled 18 billion pounds, or 34% of the total fresh vegetable supply of 53.5 billion pounds. Retail losses of fresh vegetables are pegged at 5.2 billion pounds, or 10% of the total fresh vegetable supply. Consumer-level losses were 12.8 billion pounds, or 24% of the total fresh vegetable supply.
Report authors Jean Buzby, Hodan Wells and Jeffrey Hyman said the U.S. or any other country cannot entirely eliminate food waste. The researchers also said that data on exactly where, why and how food losses and waste occur and the economic incentives to reduce these losses is unavailable.
Still, they said food loss can be trimmed, perhaps by industry-led initiatives or government-led policies, such as information campaigns and additional changes in federal laws.
"In the end, economic incentives and consumer behavior will be paramount in reducing food loss," according to the report.
The issue of food loss and food waste has been a topic within the Produce Marketing Association's Field to Fork blog, said Kathy Means, vice president of government relations and public affairs for the Newark, Del.-based PMA. "We don"t have consumer oriented materials, but we are providing resources to our members on food waste," she said.
The PMA"s Fresh Summit expo had a session on food waste last year, including the perspective of the Food Waste Prevention Alliance, Means said. Some industry operators have begun to install anaerobic digesters to reduce food and to limit what goes to the landfill. More clarity by consumers about what use-by dates mean may also be needed to reduce food waste, Means said.


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In the history of the Turkish Republic, there have been two periods when major improvements were made to the status of women. One was the 1920s, the early years of the Republic, when Mustafa Kemal Ataturk outlawed polygamy and abolished Islamic courts in favour of secular institutions. This first period of reforms is well known and celebrated in Turkey.
The second major reform era has been the period since 2001. Reforms to the Turkish Civil Code have granted women and men equal rights in marriage, divorce and property ownership. A new Penal Code treats female sexuality for the first time as a matter of individual rights, rather than family honour. Amendments to the Turkish Constitution oblige the Turkish state to take all necessary measures to promote gender equality. Family courts have been established, employment laws amended and there are new programmes to tackle domestic violence and improve access to education for girls. These are the most radical changes to the legal status of Turkish women in 80 years. As a result, for the first time in its history, Turkey has the legal framework of a post-patriarchal society.
The reforms of the 1920s were carried out by an authoritarian one-party regime. Women were given the right to vote at a time when there were no free elections. Generations of Turkish women were taught to be grateful for Ataturk's gift of freedom and equality. However, legal inequality of men and women remained in place in Turkey throughout the 20th century, long after it was abolished in the rest of Europe.
The reforms of the last few years have come about in a very different way from those of the 1920s. They were the result of a very effective campaign by a broad-based women's movement, triggering a wide-ranging national debate. The current AKP government proved willing to work constructively with civil society and the main opposition party, CHP. This open and participatory process produced the most liberal Penal Code in Turkish history. It represents a significant maturing in Turkish democracy.
Turkey has a long road ahead of it in narrowing its gender gap. In a recent international study, it ranked an embarrassing 105th of 115 countries – far behind the worst-ranking EU member. Improving gender equality will involve tackling a series of deeply entrenched problems, from improving access to education in rural regions to removing the institutional and social barriers to women's participation in the workforce.
Discussing women's rights: Inci Bespinar in her office in Kadikoy
Many problems remain. At 28 percent, the labour force participation rate for women in Turkey is less than half of the EU average. Even this figure is misleading. Forty-two percent of women who work are actually unpaid family workers, mainly in agriculture. In urban areas, the participation rate stands at only 18 percent.
In Turkey, balancing work and motherhood remains very difficult – as evidenced by the fact that 63 percent of women who work do not have a child under six years of age. Childcare facilities are extremely limited, or absent altogether.
Closing the gender gap in education is also a major challenge. In theory, primary school attendance is compulsory and free of charge. Across the country, however, it was estimated (in 2002) that 873,000 girls and 562,000 boys between the ages of 6 and 14 are not enrolled in school. In rural eastern Turkey, many girls are not registered at birth, placing them beyond the reach of the state.
Since 2003, a series of new initiatives to boost enrolment, including a national campaign, Haydi Kizlar Okula (Girls, let's go to school), have been launched to achieve 100 percent primary school enrolment. Of the 273,000 girls involved, 223,000 were enrolled by 2006. Teachers worked with village muhtars (headmen) and imams to convince parents to send their daughters to school. A monthly cash incentive was offered for each child, and the funds distributed directly to mothers through accounts opened in their name. For poor families, this amounted to a significant sum.
Levels of education are increasing and every generation of Turkish women is better educated than their mothers. In the 20-24 years age group, some 34 percent of women have completed secondary or third-level education, compared with 16 percent of women aged 40-44 years and just 3 percent of women aged over 60 years.
- ESI picture story: A Century of Feminism in Turkey (June 2007)
- ESI picture story: 15 Facts About Turkey (June 2007)
- Feminism and Islam in Turkey
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Coho, Coho everywhere,
Their legions clog the lake.
Coho, Coho everywhere
And no fly will they take.
From the Rime of the Ancient Angler, Book II, Canto 4
To drag out the metaphor, methinks I have an albatross around my neck as I go from one god-awful fishing venue to the next.
The Whale Pass fishery was to be my turn-around. In years past, Ive hooked these splendid silvers consistently, if not easily, casting small Clousers to passing schools and fish staging at the mouth of the inlet. This year, no.
The fishing here is very visual, Because the schools travel near the surface, they can be seen at a good distance and the angler can maneuver to intercept the fish as they home-in on the Neck Lake outlet. The trick in the past was to cast to the lead fish, make a couple of strips, and if no fish took, wait a minute for the next school to show. Staging fish were even easier. By watching for fish leaping repeatedly in one small area, a school of resting silvers could be located and fished over. Small Clousers (4s and 6s) in Chartreuse/White, Pink/White or Purple/White, stripped very slowly on a floating line, elicited the anticipated pull often enough to satisfy even fish gluttons such as myself.
But not this year.
I think Ive explained this fishery in the past, but, on the off-chance this is unfamiliar to someone, Ill explain again.
Snow Pass Coho is the name under which these fish are marketed, largely in the Seattle area, at the rate of 55,000/per year. These 55 thousand fish all come from eggs and milt captured from spawners on remote island in Clarence Straight. The spawners are of hatchery origin and wild fish and natural spawning are not compromised by this activity. Parr hatching from the fertilized eggs are raised to smolt size in rearing pens stationed in Neck Lake, northern Prince of Wales Island, and more than one million are raised in a typical year. After 14 months at sea, the fish return to the Neck Lake outlet steadily, from mid-June to late July. That is, these are summer run Coho, a rarity in itself, and quality food fish. No natural spawning occurs in the Neck Lake outlet stream owing to an impassable falls. (For those more curious about this operation, see http://www.ssraa.org/snow_pass_coho.htm. Therere also a bunch of videos on YouTube, if youre so inclined.). The returning fish enter a fishway leading directly to a killing, packing, shipping station and are in the Seattle markets within hours of capture.
As I implied above, I arrived at my friends home in Whale Pass in high anticipation of twenty-fish days and the sound of a singing reel as an ostinato to my fishing passion.
Things started out well enough. My wife and I got to Whale Pass on the 29th of June, when the area had not had any rain for several weeks. Consequently, the fish were stacked at the entrance, as they dont run up into the packing station unless theres a freshet coming down the creek. The first morning, Ted and I ran out to the north side of the outlet, where fish were jumping and surfacing everywhere. It was raining lightly when we got there, but became increasingly harder by the minute. I worked out some line, cast a couple of times, and had my first fish, about nine pounds, in the boat shortly after. Slight problem, though, in that we didnt have a priest on board and the fish was hopping and banging around the boat. I wanted fish to take home (they grill and smoke extremely well), and I didnt want the fish to suffer unduly as we boated them, so we went back to the cabin to fetch a priest.
We were gone for about half-an-hour.
I caught no more fish that day and no more fish while the rain poured down.
Although the fish themselves continued to pour into the inlet.
It was unbelievable. I would look out over probably ten square yards or more of active silvers, dorsals above the surface, swirls everywhere, and be able to pull the Clouser/whatever back unmolested time after time. I thought my arm was going to fall off.
I dont know every trick in the book, but I know a few, and none of them worked. Faster. Slower. Fast then Slow. Intermediate lines. Surface lines. Neutral buoyancy flies. Heavier flies. Let it sink. Watch them hit it on the way down. Theme and variations.
The only thing that bit me were the gnats, which hatched in plague proportions.
Meanwhile, the snaggers were having a field day (as they say). Its legal for anyone (not just subsistence anglers or Alaska residents) to snag salmon in salt water or estuaries. The sporting good stores all sell weighted trebles to make this blood-sport easier a nice low tide with the fish concentrated in massive pods waiting to move upstream, and youve got the perfect situation for a massive fish kill. On the 4th of July, we counted 48 snaggers at low tide on the entrance bar. All of them were hauling in fish. Dads were teaching sons the fine art. Husbands, their wives. Sickening. (Parenthetically, snag-marked fish that entered the pack station were down-graded as to market value, big surprise. A huge portion are so marked. Another aside: Alaska could raise serious revenue by charging $250 for a non-resident snagging license. There would be plenty of takers.)
This situation is the law of the land, but its nuts
The fish hit spinners well enough.
This fact really added to my frustration, as a Number 4 or 5 Blue Fox spinner, thrown out by my friend Ted, would get chomped on quite regularly by the same fish that despised my Clousers. Last year, Ted would outfish me consistently with spinners, but I didnt care, as I was hooking a very acceptable number of fish on flies.
Ah, well.
Few people were fly-fishing during the seven days I was there, and when I checked with fly-fishers I recognized while traveling to Ketchikan on the ferry, they all reported results similar to mine. I think I wound up with about eight fish, all told, on the Clousers, for about two trillion hours of hard fishing over literally thousands of fish. Pink/Blue/White was my best color. I actually hooked two fish in one day on that pattern. Wow.
Anyway, I love these fish and Ill be back next year (if invited). Meanwhile, does anyone know of a farm pond loaded with starving bluegill?
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I think I've felt every emotion in the angler's realm while reading this report. You're an excellent writer and teller of a fish tale thanks!
One suggestion that comes to mind is the Miyawaki popper... that thing brings out some primeval inner beast in coho.
I'm sure you will persevere!
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Miyawaki popper??? If I knew what one was, I would have used it. Fact is, I tried no surface flies at all (didn't bring any) even though I know them to be effective on Kodiak silvers. Maybe next year.
Thanks for the kind words,
I am in no way an expert on coho fishing in the salt but I have done some inside of Deception Pass for Skagit cohos. We fished clousers and used a fast retreive. When I say fast retreive I mean put the rod under your arm and strip as fast as you can with both hands. Don't know why but this method seemed to be the most productive.
I also agree with Juro, very good writing, I enjoyed reading it.
Thanks Eric, as always a great report.
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It's 3.6l, 6cyl, timing chain driven engine with automatic transmission. Has power windows and door locks, power/heated/foldable mirrors, sunroof, moonroof, power/tilt/telescopic steering, A/C and cruise control. Light gray leather interior with electrically adjustable, front heated and cooled seats. Third row seats. Heads up display. Elactrically adjustable paddles. Remote start. Comes with factory built in Navigation, AM/FM Radio, CD/MP3 Player, USB/AUX and Bluetooth connectivity. All Wheel Drive with ABS, Traction control, Back up camera and rear parking sensors equipped. Towing capacity up to 5,200 lbs.
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|Front shoulder room
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|Rear shoulder room
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The GMC Acadia offers the utility of a big SUV with the refinement and fuel-efficiency of a car. The Acadia is a crossover SUV, meaning it looks like a truck but it has unibody construction like a car.
Crossovers have been gaining in popularity because they make so much sense for so many families, but what sets the Acadia apart is its size: It's big, similar in size to the GMC Yukon and Chevy Tahoe, inside and out.
Acadia can seat eight. And it can carry a lot of cargo. Yet it offers a fuel economy advantage of three-to-five miles per gallon over a Yukon, benefits of its lighter weight and more efficient engine.
We've found the Acadia delivers what most people like about full-size SUVs. For starters, it's big and roomy. The driver sits high off the ground and benefits from that commanding view down the road that many like. Features like rear-seat DVD entertainment make it a good choice for families.
The only places where the Acadia falls short of truck-based SUVs is in heavy-duty towing or for slogging through military-grade muck. Properly equipped, the GMC Acadia can tow 5,200 pound, while a Yukon is rated to pull 7,500 pounds or more. Based on the Silverado pickup, the Yukon can handle rugged terrain. The Acadia offers all-wheel drive for capability in stormy or snowy weather and it's fine for unpaved roads. That's plenty of capability for most people.
The Acadia offers superb road manners, whether on country roads, rough city streets or pock-marked freeways. It absorbs rough pavement in a soothing manner and takes corners reassuringly for such a large vehicle. It handles better and is smoother than a Yukon and other truck-based SUVs. GMC's 288-horsepower 3.6-liter V6 is smooth and sophisticated and supplies good acceleration performance. Its six-speed automatic transmission is responsive, smooth and efficient, further aiding fuel economy.
Three rows of seats provide room for seven or eight, though it's more comfortable with six. Two adults and two or three children plus their belongings can be carried with ease. Acadia comes loaded with safety equipment, including curtain air bags that provide head protection and side-impact airbags that provide torso protection; electronic stability control and other active safety features can help the driver avoid accidents.
The 2009 Acadia gets a more powerful engine and some new equipment. The 3.6-liter V6 engine adds direct-injection, upping horsepower from 275 to 288 and torque from 251 to 270 pound-feet. New features include a standard Bluetooth wireless cell phone link, real-time traffic information for the available navigation system, available heated and cooled front seats, and a 115-volt power outlet that comes with the rear DVD entertainment system. A rear-view camera that projects its image on the rearview mirror is also new. Finally, towing capacity is upped from 4500 to 5200 pounds.
The 2009 GMC Acadia comes in basic SLE and up-level SLT trim. Each is available with front-wheel drive (FWD) or all-wheel drive (AWD).
Acadia SLE FWD ($31,890) and AWD ($33,890) come with cloth upholstery, air conditioning with rear controls, cruise control, tilt/telescoping steering wheel, power heated outside mirrors, power windows and programmable door locks with remote keyless entry, four-way manually adjustable driver's seat with lumbar adjustment, three-passenger 60/40 split second-row bench seat, three-passenger 60/40 split third-row bench seat, AM/FM/CD/MP3 audio with XM Satellite Radio, automatic headlamps, daytime running lights, rear spoiler, roof rails, fog lights, and P255/65R18 tires painted aluminum wheels.
Options for SLE include a Preferred package ($640) with a six-way power driver's seat, a two-way power passenger seat, a leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, a Bluetooth wireless cell phone link, and bodyside moldings. A Visibility package ($695) adds rear park assist, a rearview camera, and an auto-dimming rearview mirror. Other options consist of remote engine starting ($260), a trailering package ($495), a cargo cover and net ($130), second-row captain's chairs ($495), and other equipment from the higher-line model. Also available is a package ($2,055) combining tri-zone climate control, a Bose stereo, and a rear-seat DVD system. A dual-screen rear DVD entertainment system costs $2,010.
Acadia SLT FWD ($36,250) and AWD ($38,250) add leather upholstery, tri-zone automatic climate control with rear controls, six-way power adjustable driver's seat, two-way power adjustable passenger seat, heated front seats, leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, second-row captain's chairs, a more sophisticated Bose stereo with rear radio controls, driver information center, outside temperature display, compass, a Bluetooth wireless cell phone link, universal garage door opener, and turn signals integrated into the outside mirrors.
Options for SLT start with the SLT2 package ($2,240) that includes rear park assist, an eight-way power driver's seat, a four-way power passenger seat, memory for the driver's seat and mirrors, a rearview camera, auto-dimming rearview and driver's side mirrors, remote engine starting, power-folding exterior mirrors, a 115-volt power outlet, an automatic up/down driver's power window, heated washer nozzles, a power liftgate, and a cargo cover and net. A Visibility and Directions package ($2985) includes rear park assist, a navigation system with voice recognition and real-time traffic information provided by XM, a rearview camera, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, and a power liftgate. Other options consist of a Technology package ($500) with a head-up display and cargo-area audio controls; a second-row center console ($300); a Dual Skyscape two-panel glass sunroof ($1,400); heated and cooled front seats ($650); the navigation system ($1,890); HID headlights ($500); and 19-inch bright aluminum wheels on P255/55R19 tires ($1,295). Eight-passenger seating is available for a credit (-$495). DVD entertainment is offered as a stand-alone option ($1,295).
Safety features include dual frontal airbags, curtain side airbags, seat-mounted side-impact airbags for the driver and front-seat passenger, OnStar, anti-lock brakes with Brake Assist, traction control, and StabiliTrak electronic stability control with rollover mitigation.
OnStar uses a global positioning system and an extra powerful cellular telephone to put the driver in touch with the OnStar center which is manned 24/7. The center can tell where the vehicle is located and send help or provide other assistance. Should the airbags deploy the system can automatically notify the OnStar center that an accident has occurred and where the vehicle is located so it can then send help. OnStar service is free for the first year but after that requires a subscription fee.
At 201 inches overall, the GMC Acadia is a foot longer than a Honda Pilot and almost 8 inches longer than a Ford Explorer. The GMC Acadia shares its basic mechanical components with the Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and Saturn Outlook.
The exterior design team for the GMC Acadia managed to give a relatively large vehicle a look that has moved away from bulky without sacrificing a kind of active grace. Happily, GMC has avoided the threatening-SUV school of design that has been so popular.
The rounded front end features a bright grille surround framing a prominent GMC emblem. Distinctively curved headlight clusters give the Acadia a slightly startled expression. Projector beams are standard; high-intensity discharge (HID) headlights are optional. Small round fog lights nestle below. The front bumper is massive, but this is camouflaged somewhat by its black color and by a bright strip at the top.
Most noticeable from the side are the rounded fender flares and a horizontal character line that sets out to connect them but disappears into the doors instead. Tasteful bright trim and polished aluminum roof rails add visual interest. The shape of the Acadia is aerodynamically efficient (for an SUV), with a drag coefficient of 0.344. Heated, power-adjustable outside mirrors are standard on all models. Body-color outside mirrors with integrated turn signals are standard on SLT; power-folding mirrors with integrated turn signals come with the SLT2 package.
The rear view is generic SUV/crossover accented by interesting two-tone taillight clusters and quad exhaust tips.
Eighteen-inch wheels and tires are standard, and 19-inch wheels are available. The Acadia has the visual mass to support the big rollers, but the bright 19-inchers are too dazzling for our tastes.
The interior of the SLT2 model that we drove had a handsome and upscale look. General Motors has acknowledged the interiors of many GM vehicles needed to be upgraded, and the Acadia engineers banished cheap-looking plastic and bargain-basement cloth. Their effort shows in the Acadia.
They did not lose track of basic functionality, however. The heating and cooling controls are easy to find and use. The instruments are legible, not lost in some fussy attempt at a complex design.
Big cupholders and a deep bin between the front seats are a plus, but the pockets on the inside door panels are too narrow for any meaningful storage.
The front seats are wide and comfortable. The steering wheel tilts and telescopes, making it easy for drivers tall and short to get comfortable. As with any SUV, the driver sits high, with a good view down the road. But visibility to the rear isn't great, requiring care when backing up. We recommend opting for ultrasonic rear park assist, which can detect objects out of the driver's line of sight. We further recommend getting the rearview camera, which now projects its image on the navigation screen or the rearview mirror. The smaller image on the rearview mirror is right in your line of sight when looking at the rearview mirror to back up. However, in a messy Chicago winter, the camera lens became speckled with dirt and salt, making the small image hard to see. A larger image on the navigation screen would have been easier to see and more helpful.
The 2009 Acadia SLE comes standard with eight-passenger seating; a 60/40 split bench in the second row accommodates three people. The up-level SLT models have standard second-row captain's chairs; they cut passenger capacity to seven but are more comfortable. Either model can be ordered with the other seating arrangement, however, for extra cost on the SLE or a credit on the SLT.
GM says the second row has 36.9 inches of leg room, which is equal to the Explorer and a little short of the Pilot's 37.4. To provide a little more flexibility, the Acadia's second row slides fore and aft a total of four inches. According to GM, that 36.9 inches is measured with the seat roughly in the middle of that range. We found that with the second row in the rearmost position a six-foot adult can be comfortable in the driver's seat while another six-footer can be seated directly behind without being cramped.
Getting to the third row involves using what GM calls its Smart Slide feature. A handle moves the second row up and out of the way. It didn't work particularly well for us on the early model Acadia we tested, but we found it to be easy to use on the Acadia's Traverse and Outlook siblings. Give it a try yourself at the dealership. It shouldn't take too long to figure out.
As in most vehicles, the Acadia's third row is best suited for small children. But here is the fine print when GMC says the Acadia is a seven- or eight-passenger vehicle: GM assumes three people are sitting in the third row, which has about nine inches less hip room than the second row. Putting three children back there will be possible, but three adults probably won't fit. Two adults will fit, though, with good head room and adequate leg room. Just don't plan to keep them back there on long trips because the low seat bottoms lack thigh support.
Acadia triumphs in cargo capacity. It has 24.1 cubic feet of cargo space behind the third row; that's more than the trunk space of a mid-size sedan and compares to less than 16 cubic feet for the Pilot and less than 14 cubic feet for a seven-passenger Explorer. (However, automakers often make these calculations filling the space to the roof, blocking the rearward view, something you can't do in a sedan trunk.) A small plastic-lined bin below the floor of the Acadia's cargo compartment is perfect for carrying messy stuff.
More cargo capacity is revealed by folding down the back seats. The third row folds down easily, and a strap is used to pull it back up. It is not an upper-body workout but does require effort. With the third row folded down the Acadia's cargo-carrying advantage continues with nearly 69 cubic feet of space; that compares to about 44 cubic feet for the Explorer and almost 48 cubic feet for the Pilot. One nice feature is that lowering the second or third rows on the Acadia does not require removing the head restraints. When the second and third rows are folded the cargo area is almost flat, and there is a cavernous 115.9 cubic feet of cargo volume. That compares to 87.6 cubic feet in the Pilot and 85.8 cubic feet in the Explorer.
The GMC Acadia is big and heavy, but the engineers have done a good job of concealing its size when it comes to driving.
The steering isn't so heavy that any serious effort is required, even in a parking lot, but it offers enough weight that it doesn't feel disconnected, either. It quickly gives the driver a feeling of confidence about where the vehicle is heading and how it will respond. The Acadia turns into corners responsively and feels locked down and stable on the freeway. Drive it harder and there is no denying it's a big, heavy vehicle. An Acadia AWD SLT weighs nearly 5,000 pounds. That's about 750 pounds lighter than a Yukon or Tahoe, but it's about 500 pounds heavier than a Honda Pilot.
The Acadia uses an independent suspension in the front and rear, just like most modern cars; and this provides a well-rounded blend of ride and handling. Bumps, tar strips and potholes are felt but only distantly, without the slam-bam jarring that is part of life in a truck-based SUV. If you're used to driving a traditional SUV, the Acadia will be much more smooth and refined. The Acadia feels strong and rigid and it doesn't quiver on bumps. Unwanted body motions are nicely controlled, so there isn't a sloppy feeling. The brake feel is firm, and that makes it easy to modulate the brakes in heavy traffic, shaving off a lot of speed or just a little bit.
StabiliTrak, GM's electronic stability control system, comes standard and can help the driver maintain control. The system uses sensors to tell if the front or rear of the vehicle is sliding and corrects for the skid. If the system detects a possible rollover, it reacts to prevent that aw well. The Acadia is available with front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive, the latter adding stability in foul weather.
The all-wheel drive system is permanently engaged and does not require the driver to do anything but drive. A computer sends the power to where it can do the most good. GM calls it Intelligent AWD, which essentially means that it communicates with the StabiliTrak system, adding front-to-rear torque distribution to the array of tools StabiliTrak can use to keep the vehicle on the road.
Those who wonder whether a V6 is enough engine to handle such a big vehicle have a valid concern, but the Acadia's V6 is a relatively new engine with variable-valve timing designed to make it more powerful, efficient and flexible. For 2009, it also adds direct injection, which boosts both power and fuel economy. The V6 is now rated at 288 hp at 6300 rpm and 270 pound-feet of torque at 3400 rpm (up from 275 hp and 251 pound-feet). That's considerably more than the Pilot's 244 hp and approaches the 292 hp of the Explorer's V8, while the Explorer's V6 is rated at 210 hp. Towing capacity is also increased from 4500 to 5200 pounds.
In addition, the Acadia benefits from a six-speed automatic transmission. The Pilot and V6 Explorer use five-speed automatics, though the V8 Explorer gets a six-speed. The additional gear means smart engineers can make the vehicle respond more quickly to the gas pedal while also providing better fuel economy than in a vehicle with fewer gears.
On the road, the Acadia's powertrain is impressive. The six-speed automatic is quick to downshift while upshifts aren't jerky. We found the V6 to be more than up to the task without direct injection, and it is now slightly more responsive. Acceleration is more than adequate with one or two adults aboard, and the Acadia has no problem keeping up with traffic.
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Oklahoma farmers may be hardest hit. ACP members indicate much of the state has received no rainfall since the first of June and precious little, 7 inches or less, for the year.
Extreme heat made conditions worse, limiting pollination. Even irrigated farms have been hurt and most are running 10 to 14 days behind on irrigation. Acreage may be up, a result of peanut farmers switching crops in response to a new peanut support program and increased incidence of disease mandating a more comprehensive rotation schedule.
Georgia and much of the Southeast fall on the other extreme. Reports indicated Georgia cotton farmers have had more rain this year than in the past two or three seasons and are optimistic about the crop. One area reported more than 6 inches of rain the last week of July. Crop quality is also expected to be good with adequate heat units but no extreme high temperatures or high humidity.
Acreage is slightly less than in 2002.
In Virginia, early rainfall delayed the crop. Acreage is down some 20 percent from last year.
North Carolina also had "more rain than needed" early in the season and the crop will be late. Some farmers had to replant two or three times to get a stand. Yields likely will be above average, depending on August rainfall because of shallow root systems developed during extremely wet conditions early.
South Carolina farmers report a fairly good start but need a rain in August to finish the crop. Farmers anticipate a harvest significantly better than last year when yields averaged less than half a bale per acre. Prospects look good.
Alabama growers are optimistic but indicate some spots have had way too much rain and other areas need moisture.
Florida cotton acreage is down slightly but farmers are optimistic about crop prospects. Like most Southeastern states, rainfall has been adequate through July and final yields will depend on August and early September moisture.
Mississippi cotton prospects depend on location. The Southern Delta outlook appears promising with a uniform crop, while the north Delta is inconsistent. ACP members indicate the southern half of the state will make a good crop; the northern section will harvest less than average yields.
Tennessee's crop went in two to three weeks late because of a cool, wet spring. Growers will need good weather throughout the summer to make a decent yield on acreage that's about 10 percent less than last year.
Missouri farmers got most of their cotton in the ground just ahead of 18 inches of steady rain. Some was drowned out, heat units were deficient early and a lot of dryland acreage was already cutting out in July.
Reports indicate the crop is now about eight days behind normal, has caught up on heat units and has potential to make a good yield with favorable weather.
Arkansas has a varied crop on acreage about 15 percent less than last year. Observers estimate yield will be less than the 800-pound per acre state average in 2002.
North and Central Louisiana had ample moisture for planting, but the southern part of the state was dry until the end of June when it finally had rainfall. Then north and central Louisiana dried out. Observers say the crop looks pretty good over all but needs one more rain. Acreage estimate is 550,000.
Texas cotton conditions vary from one of the best crops in years in the Lower Rio Grande Valley to acreage blasted by hail in the High Plains and parched by heat and drought in the far West. Hail got a lot of acreage in the High Plains in May. A lot of cotton got off to a late start and needs rain desperately to make a crop.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is well into harvest and growers hope to see clear conditions for the next three weeks. So far, it's an above average crop.
The Coastal Bend, Central and East Texas crop ranges from some of the best cotton in recent years to burned up. Corpus Christi area farmers expect a good crop. The Blacklands crop is estimated to be a bit better than average.
Cotton is late in the Texas Southern Rolling Plains and needs "four 2-inch rains spaced two weeks apart to make two bales per acre," says one observer. "If we don't get that, we'll make half a bale."
Another quipped that Texas growers plant "Kool-Aide cotton: just add water."
West Texas cotton suffered from hail damage and despite being late looks good if it "gets two 2-inch rains."
Cotton north of Lubbock is "two-thirds gone," according to one report. "And cotton that survived is later than normal. Growers are looking for an average crop on what's left."
New Mexico needs rain badly. Irrigated farms have run out of water. "Some cotton in the Pecos River Valley looks good," one observer noted. "But farmers who depend on Elephant Butte Reservoir had only a 4-inch allocation. That's not enough to make a cotton crop."
Arizona farmers need dry conditions to finish their crop which is rated "pretty good."
California cotton farmers hoped 2003 would bring a repeat of 2002 yields, "but April weather was the coldest and wettest in recent memory," an observer said. "A lot of cotton planted in March had to be replanted and a lot of cotton was planted in May. Much of the crop is 10 to 14 days late, so we're looking at an average crop."
Gary Adams, chief economist with the National Cotton Council, said total U.S. cotton acreage for 2003 would be close to last year, some 13.9 million acres. "With updated reports from abandonment that figure could go down slightly," he said. "A 10 percent abandonment figure seems too low, especially with problems in Texas."
A 16.6 million-bale production estimate is 600,000 pounds less than last year. "We'll have a better idea of production in late August with a more accurate survey," he said. Industry estimates also peg the crop at 16.5 to 17 million bales.
Adams said a 635-pound estimated average yield could inch up a bit "with good weather through harvest. Crop ratings improved the last week in July. Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico, he said, posted the poorest overall ratings and "are lagging normal development going into fall."


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1-Day Vancouver to Butchart Gardens, Beacon Hill Park and Victoria City In-depth Tour
Tour Code: GOL-VAN-139
Duration: 1 Day
Tour Guide: Chinese, English
Quality: Budget
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Experience: UNESCO, Family
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Tour Guide:Chinese, English
Explore Georgia Strait, Chinatown's historic Gate of Harmonious Interest, Butchart Gardens, Victoria Inner Harbor, Legislative Building of BC, Fairmont Empress Hotel, Thunderbird Park, Beacon Hill Park, and Mile "0" of Canadian highway on this exciting 1 guided bus tour with excellent bus transportation at a deal breaking prices with great discounts.
BC Ferries and Butchart Gardens Admission included in tour price
We will mark the beginning of tour by boarding on a BC Ferry and head to Swartz Bay, Vancouver Island. Travelers will be thrilled to witness the beauty along the George Strait, while we are on the cruise. After arriving in the Victoria, we will start our tour from the Victoria Inner Harbor; we will be passing along the historic gate of Chinatown of harmonious interest. Afterwards, experience the garden that attracts millions of visitors over the year, Butchart Gardens. The garden is widespread with floral beauty.
After that guests have the choice to board on an optional tour where they can visit the Legislative Building and Fairmont Express Hotel at the Inner Victoria harbor, also spend some time at the downtown victoria.
In our last segment, we will be stopping by at the Beacon Hill and Mile zero of Canadian Highway, after passing by the Thunderbird Park.
Board the BC ferries to take the exciting ride from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay (Victoria) in a 90 minute ride to enjoy the beautiful view.
Beacon Hill Park is beautifully landscaped with lakes, bridges, rock gardens and alpines. It is the best place to hike, bike, bird-watch, picnic and enjoy horse driven carriage rides.
Take a tour of the British Columbia legislative assembly which is the home of the Parliament of BC to view the magnificent building with impressive architecture and beautiful interior.
The China Town in Vancouver is the largest China Town in Canada, it is situated near Pender Street and is surrounded by Gastown and Downtown. It is a popular tourist attraction and has many beautiful sights.
Refers to the monument which is located in the Douglas Street, which is at the Dallas Road's intersection. The monument is actually the start and beginning of Trans- Canada highway.
The colorful Butchart Gardens cover the area of 22 hectors. They present soul-sapping scenery of nature in its bloom and different kinds of entertainment and eateries to the visitors.
Thunderbird is a beautiful park with various park activities and wonderful scenery for the tourists. It is a lush place to spend memorable moments with family with all potential amenities, wholly lit up during dark hours.
The largest pacific island that is located in British Columbia is known as Vancouver Island. Inside the island, there is a capital city of British Columbia.
British Columbia's Capital city has an ideal place for tourist called Victoria Inner Harbor. There are amazing restaurants, cafes and attractive paths for day/night walks are available at this location.
On the Vancouver Island's Southern Tip, there is city called Victoria. It was incorporated in the year 1862. The Fisherman's Wharf and Inner Harbor are ideal destination for tourists in Victoria.
The order of itinerary may change without any notice depending on weather situations or for some other unforeseen circumstances.
The order of activities held during the tour is planned by the tour guide. So, it may be different from what is mentioned on the tour page. On fewer occasions, Tour Guide has to skip an attraction or few during the tour depending on weather, traffic, group interest or some other reason.
Some attractions are seasonal. So, when they are closed they will be replaced with some other attraction.
You can skip some optional activities during the tour and plan something on your own. Make sure that you coordinate with Tour guide and stay with the group with next activity. Please note you cannot stay on the bus if you skip some optional activity.
Probable hotel names are mentioned in the itinerary. It can be similar or a different hotel of the similar rating. Exact Hotel details can only be provided one day before the departure.
Maximum 4 people of any age can stay in 1 Room in the hotel.
These tours are conducted in a group. A group can have people of several cultures. We expect each person to coordinate with Tour guide to make sure things are on track.
Though attractions are optional but you have to at least take 2 attractions.
What's Included
Most of the tours are carried out in air conditioned bus. A minivan can also be used depending on the number of people booking the tour.
This is a guided tour.
All Taxes are included.
What's Excluded
Rates could alter without prior notice.
Optional fees will be paid in cash to the guide. Optional activities price may change or can be different as displayed on the website.
Guide will arrange meals and drinks when requested as they are not included in the package.
Daily Service charges for driver and the guide is $9 minimum per person.
Such expenses as telephone services, alcoholic drinks, beverages and laundry services which are private room services.
Services related to travel insurance.
Other personal expenses.
Important: We never encourage customers to purchase admission packages from outside sources and try using them in this tour with discount. If they do, they must arrange transport on the same day. If you skip some attraction, you cannot do it on your own. You can sit near the bus or visit some nearby place, but you will not be allowed to sit in the bus.
All the prices are listed in USD.
Tour display price is based on double occupancy. It is the price each person will pay if a group of two is traveling.
Prices may change without any notice.
Prices include hotel accommodation, transportation and taxes.
Admission Tickets to different places and meals are NOT included in the tour price.
Mandatory Tip for tour guide and driver are NOT included.
Only the tour guide can purchase entrance tickets for you. Pre-purchased tickets are NOT acceptable.
A free (i.e. Buy 2 Get 1 Free) person, not showing up on a departure date will result in a penalty. The penalty is usually the fourth person price, but it varies. Free person has to pay for some admission tickets that is included in the tour package price of Paid Person.
There must be at least one passenger of 18 years for every booking made with GoldenBusTours. For Children between the age group of 2 to 14 years, a different price will be charged. Please refer to Child price on our pricing calendar. Child Age may vary between different bus operators. Maximum 4 people of any age can stay in 1 Room in the hotel. If the 5th person is infant you will be charged normally then with the second room as an expense.
Activities are optional though, but each customer has to participate in 2 activities at least. No city pass allowed. Some attractions are mandatory. Each customer has to take part in them and have to pay for them in cash.
Departure Location
Departure Location
- 3027 Anson Ave, (Coquitlam Anson Plaza) Coquitlam, BC V3B 2H6, Canada at 06:20 AM
- Burnaby Next to "Esso" gas station at Willingdon & Kingsway, BC V5H 2A6, Canada at 06:30 AM
- 104 Ave, 153th St,(East Side of Sheraton Guildford Hotel) Surrey, BC V3R 1N5, Canada at 06:40 AM
- Richmond River Rock Casino Resort On River road, BC V6X 3P8, Canada at 8:10 AM
- 650 West 41st Avenue,(Vancouver Oakridge Centre - Vancouver, BC) Vancouver, BC V5Z 2M9 at 08:45 AM
- 50 E Pender St, Chinatown Chinese Culture Centre Vancouver, BC V6A 3V6, Canada at 09:00 AM
Return Location
Important Notes
Arrive at departure location 10 to 15 minutes before the mentioned time to make sure you catch the bus on time. If in case you are late, the bus will not wait for you at the location and ultimately you will miss the entire tour (no refund in this case).
Return time on the website is just an estimation. Expect some variation always. Time may change depending on traffic and weather situations
There is a possibility that tour operator may use a shuttle to drop you off at the return location. It usually happens in the case of multiple return locations.
You can leave the tour at any place only after signing a Tour Departure Form for leaving the tour early.
Please note that price will stay the same even if you leave the tour early.
If you have booked a pre-tour hotel stay, then you will have to arrange your own transport from hotel to departure location.
If you have booked extra night hotel after the tour, then you will arrange transport from drop off point to hotel.
On West Coast tours some bus operators have a lot of departure locations. A slow start is expected on these tours.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
No matter the reason for the cancellation, we are forced to carry costly charges from out travel and hotel providers in the form of penalties and fees that re-incurred when there is a cancellation of confirmed or pending bookings. As such, there are cancellation penalties or fees incurred. Determination of the time of cancellation will be done when the notice is received and confirmed by our office. You must make any notice of cancellation directly to GoldenBusTours by email or webmail at the Contact Us section.
We reserve the right to cancel or re-schedule any tour departure with respect to operating requirement or circumstances beyond control. In case a cancellation is made at any given moment in time before departure, our only liability as GoldenBusTours will be to refund you, the passenger with the amount we received for the booking of the tour. We will try our best to re-book the same or similar tour. We are not responsible for any cancellation penalties that may have been incurred on any other travel arrangements inclusive of separate purchase of air tickets.
We are not liable for any other travel arrangements that have been affected as a result of the cancellations.
Cancellation Charges
Cancellation penalties per person for 1-4 day tours
⇒ 15-30 days or more prior to departure- 10% of the total amount purchased.
⇒ 7-14 days prior to departure- 50% of the total amount purchased.
⇒ 4-6 Days prior to departure- 50% of the total amount purchased.
⇒ Within 3 days prior to departure- 100% of the total amount purchased.
⇒ Departure day or no show 100% per person.
Cancellation charges for 5 days and above tour
⇒ A 10% cancellation fee of the total tour purchase will be incurred if the cancellation occurs 46 days or more before the departure date.
⇒ A 25% cancellation fee of the total tour purchase will be incurred if the cancellation occurs 21-45 days before the departure date.
⇒ A 50% cancellation fee of the total tour purchase will be incurred if the cancellation occurs 8-20 days before the departure date.
⇒ A 100% cancellation fee of the total tour purchase will be incurred if the cancellation occurs 7 days before the departure date.
⇒ A 100% cancellation fee of the total tour purchase will also be incurred if the cancellation is done on the day of departure.
There is no refund for unused features. You forfeit the entire payment when you are a no show.
In order for there not to be a cancellation, a minimum number of participants are required. We reserve the right to cancel a scheduled trip although every effort is made by us to ensure that normal operations are maintained.
An add-on fee of 6% for handling fees is charged in addition to the above penalties.
Note: More 30 days after the completion of the tour, we cannot grant any refunds.
⇒ In the case of free passenger cancellation kindly update us 7 days before the departure.
⇒ In the case of late cancellation request or free passenger does not show up on tour day then $128 will be charged.
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You are advised to carefully read through and understand these Terms & Conditions before making your booking.
Tour Confirmation
You will get an email immediately once you place an order. Tour Confirmation usually takes 2, 3 days except for urgent order. Urgent orders can be confirmed in a day or even few hours, but we can't assure success in these cases. On fewer occasions, some of the others may require a longer period of time for confirmation. You are advised not to book airline tickets unless you have received the confirmation.
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The tour was good, and it features everything that has been written on the website, I did have a hell of a time only caveat is that, our tour guide was not English, he did try to help us in his broken English but we did have a lot of trouble knowing some stuff, otherwise the tour was good
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It's difficult to know when to buy an airline ticket and when to wait. Some sites offer to guide you on the timing of your purchase.
I recently examined the fare prognostication tools used by Kayak and Bing, which advise travelers whether to buy plane tickets while searching those websites or to wait. Both sites use data from scores of past searches to predict whether you're finding a fare at its lowest point or whether it may fall.
I examined 10 random routes and dates of travel, and the companies were generally united on their predictions, with one exception: For a hypothetical trip from Los Angeles to Portland, Ore., in mid-April, Bing and Kayak both brought back the same fare — $178 on both Delta and Alaska airlines — but differed in their recommendations.
Kayak said with 85% certainty to buy. Bing said to wait with 75% confidence.
Who won? Bing.
A week later, the price had fallen to $158.
That led me to a simple question: Why must we spend so much time guessing whether fares will rise or fall?
Darren Rickey, a vice president at Sabre Airline Solutions, a software provider for airlines and airports, said prices are in constant flux for a simple reason: Airlines are trying to fill planes. He said airlines see passengers as two types: business, with flexibility on price but not on dates, and leisure, with more flexibility on dates and less flexibility on price.
The airlines know they will be able to fill the plane at varying price points.
"They ask themselves, 'How many seats do I need to sell at $1,000, $500 and the cheapest level, knowing I don't want to fly with empty seats?'" said Rickey, who has worked in airline revenue management for an Australian carrier. "They don't want to fly full at the cheapest fare if they can upsell some people."
They usually can.
Airlines are trying to figure out how to fill flights months ahead of time and usually long before anyone actually is thinking about getting on them. They know that the fliers who book earliest on a typical flight will be leisure travelers, and they will be enticed with decent, but maybe not the best, prices.
Airlines don't want to sell too many tickets too soon.
"You want to leave plenty of seats available because you know plenty of business travelers will book in the last couple of weeks," Rickey said. Often, those travelers will pay more.
About 45 days out, he said, airlines begin considering whether they have sold enough seats on a particular flight. If the answer is no, as it often is, that's when the most appealing prices pop up. You can easily calculate the day by using such sites as https://www.daycalc.appspot.com.
Conventional industry wisdom says the optimal time to buy a plane ticket is three to four weeks before departure, the sweet spot between early bookers and last-minute shoppers.
Meanwhile, airlines are responding not only to their own loads but also to competitors' sales, a key reason many analysts say consumers can't afford for the industry to become any further consolidated.
Not jumping too early or waiting too late turns out to be the best practice for airline customers. That, a little guessing and a little luck.


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River Falls Rotarians Gorden Hedahl and Linda Yde said they remember what it was like to live under the spectre of polio and iron lung machines.
"I remember people standing in line to get the shots in the late-50s," said Hedahl, who was 10 years old when the polio vaccine was developed. A couple of his classmates contracted the disease as children.
If trends continue, Hedahl and Yde will see polio eradicated for good.
Area Rotary clubs observed World Polio Day on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Part of the message this year is just how close the world is to wiping out the disease.
"There are only two countries now that have cases of polio and the numbers are down to the single digits this year," Hedahl said.
There were three countries with reported cases of polio in 2016: Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. Only Afghanistan and Pakistan have had cases in 2017, according to the World Health Organization. It takes three years of no reported cases for a country to be declared polio-free.
Rotary International joined the effort to combat polio in 1979 with a program to immunize children in the Philippines. To date, Rotarians have helped immunize 2.5 billion children in more than a hundred countries, according to the organization's website.
The infectious disease, caused by the poliovirus, can infect the brain and spinal cord, leading to weakness or paralysis in arms and legs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Polio was eradicated in the Americas by 1994. Rotary and partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have been working since to finish off the disease in the rest of the world. The other GPEI partners are the the World Health Organization, CDC, United Nations Children's Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
River Falls Rotary Club President Heather Logelin said the inclusion of the Gates Foundation has been a boon to the initiative. The foundation matches $2 for every dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication.
"Rotary has committed to raising $50 million a year for the next three years, and then the Gates Foundation will donate double that," Logelin said.
The polio vaccine is relatively inexpensive per dose, but money is needed for awareness campaigns in countries as well as mobilizing health care professionals and volunteers, she added.
Spreading the message
Hedahl was part of a Rotary trip to India in 2010 that included administering the polio vaccine to children. He recalls grandparents bringing a day-old baby to get vaccinated - a sign the people there understood the importance of the vaccine.
"It was incredible to watch them line up with their kids," he said. "To participate in that was very moving."
The entire public - not just Rotarians - is encouraged to visit the End Polio Now website, www.endpolio.org, to learn more and contribute to eradicating the disease, Logelin said.
"It really is something that everyone can be a part of."


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Annonce Font by Canada Type
Annonce is a digitization and expansion of a 1912 Johannes Wagner Foundry classic called Aurora Grotesk, which also circulated later on in metal under the name Annonce.
Bold, extended and clear as a bell, Annonce stood out as the definite big sign font long before Helvetica and Venus. With angled cuts on some of the letters, it also shows humanistic traits that make it more appealing than any other face in its genre.
Annonce comes in all popular font format, and includes a very large character set that accommodates almost all Latin-based languages, including among others Turkish, Baltic, Celtic, Maltese, Esperanto, and the languages of Central and Eastern Europe.
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So Over the Hills ….
This is followed with an introduction to the rules and game mechanics:
The rules are split into three sections The Basic Game, Optional Rules and Appendices.
The basic game is very easy to pick up and sizable games can be played to a conclusion in a few hours.
Good clear explanations are given for the various formations used and how to play the game.
There are loads of optional rules for players to try and in this way a player can add as many of the optional rules as they like to flavour their games the way they want. The optional rules section contains rules that expand on the principles of the basic game, with new formations, new firing and combat factors as well as sections on orders, morale and the weather to name but a few.
The third and final section is the appendices, where you will find a comprehensive list for battalions, regiments and batteries for numerous countries that took part in the Napoleonic wars, as well as detail on brigade and divisional structures and notes on the scale of our games.
The psychological impact of the battle field will influence everything that a unit does during the game. Units are assigned a single Fatigue Factor and as this degrades so does your unit's ability to carry out any task.
In a break away from games where you throw bucket loads of dice we have decided to keep dice rolling to a minimum. Over the Hills uses D10's and in the basic game they are only used in ranged and close combat.
For those of you who are not blessed by the 'dice gods', low rolls are good.
National characteristics and army specific command and control ensure each army plays differently.
The rulebook has diagrams and photographs throughout that assist with explanations with additional photographs that highlight what a stunning period the Napoleonic era is to game.
Finally, there are several colour plates of warriors of the Napoleonic age created by Bob Marrion and an easy to read and clearly laid out quick reference sheet.
Basing and Scale of the Game :Over the Hills can be played in most figure scales and the rules are so flexible that players do not have to rebase their armies and armies based to different rules systems can be played against each other.
Units in the Game: Another of our foundation stones for Over the Hills is the way we represent the capabilities of infantry battalions, cavalry regiments, and artillery batteries. We wanted to keep this as simple as possible and decided that a unit be they infantry cavalry or artillery would have only two statistics, a Fatigue Score and a Skirmish Value. The Fatigue score of a unit is a numerical representation of the unit's combat capabilities based on its Grade and its Élan. A units training, combat experience and psychological state are all rolled up into the units Fatigue Score. The higher the Fatigue Score number, the better the troop type will perform.
National characteristics and a unit's number of officers and men can also affect a typical unit's Fatigue Score. This Fatigue Score can be modified during the game, when units suffer Fatigue Hits taken during the movement, shooting and combat phases. To counteract that, commanders have the ability to rally units, a commander who successfully rallies a unit removes a number of Fatigue Hits. Thus good or lucky commanders can keep units in the game, even when all appears lost take (Hougomont, La Haye Sainte, Raevsky Redoubt)
A Fatigue hit marker can be something as simple as a dice or counter whilst some players have created mini dioramas for their markers. It does not matter as long as whatever you choose has the ability to record the number of hits that a unit has taken.
In the basic game Each Infantry unit has a skirmish value based on the number of skirmishers deployed forward of the main unit and the tactical doctrine of a particular army. The value is represented by a letter from A to D with A class being the best and D the worst. In the optional section of the rules this mechanic is extended to cavalry units.
In the basic game we take a simple approach to command and control. Commanders have a command range; subordinate commanders have to remain within the command range of their direct senior officer, whilst units have to stay within the command range of their commander. Commanders and units that fall outside command range have their move restricted.
The optional rules open this up and introduces orders, were units are restricted in terms of their movement, formation and tactical options depending on what orders their brigade has been given. Orders can be changed during the game.
Commanders have two other factors that define them, their Control Factor and their Inspiration Factor
The commander's Control Factor is a measure of his and his staff's skill and flare for command.
A commander's Control Factor is represented by a number from 1 to 5, with 1 being the poorest and 5 the best. This number is used in the Rally phase of the turn as it identifies the number of units in his command that the commander can influence per turn.
A Commander's Control Factor is also used in our Optional rules for Orders and Combat bonuses
A commander's Inspiration Factor is a measure of just how good they are at rousing their commands and the factor ranges from -1 through to +2.
A commander uses their Inspiration Factor when they are rolling to rally troops under their command.
When it comes to movement each unit can move a number of move segments. The formation a unit is in effects the number of move segments available to a unit e.g. an infantry battalion in Line formation has two segments of movement available to it, each segment being of six inches. This means a battalion in line can move up to 12 inches in a turn, but if it takes the second move segment i.e. moves over six inches it will take a Fatigue Hit, as the commanders of the unit have pushed it on and it has fallen into some disorder.
Contrast with this an infantry battalion in assault column, this unit can make three move segments of six inches. In this way there are clear advantages to manoeuvring in column.
Negotiating terrain is also left up to the player; a player can push their units on through terrain taking Fatigue Hits as they go or they can be more cautious and move through terrain at a reduced speed to prevent their units from taking Fatigue Hits.
Changing formation is completed by sacrificing move segments and in the optional rules we introduce armies that follow a French manoeuvre system and those that follow a linear system which effects the number of move segments that have to be sacrificed.
In Over the Hills your enemy cannot move their units across the battlefield and then shoot your units, who have to stand there and take it without reply. In Over the Hills one side moves and then the other fires. This breaks up the I go / you go mechanic a little and makes you think about your movement more.
In simple terms the turn sequence is as follows:
Side A checks command and moves
Side B Fires
Side A and B Fight Combats
The turn sequence is then repeated with Side B moving and side A firing.
A unit's Fatigue Score is used in the shooting phase, the higher the Fatigue Score the better chance of a unit scoring hits on enemy units. As a result, better quality units and those that have not suffered much from the turmoil of battle should do well.
The Fatigue Score is effected by such factors as a weapon's range, skirmish class, firer/target formation and cover, this list is expanded upon in the optional rules.
A D10 is rolled against the modified Fatigue Score low rolls are good. depending on what you roll will give you between 0 and 3 hits. Any hits scored are recorded on the target unit as Fatigue Hits.
In Over the Hills no figures are removed, once a unit is reduced to zero fatigue it is removed from the. Rules for units starting to waver and rout are introduced in the optional section of the rulebook.
The close combat phase of a turn represents really close range musket duals and the odd cross of bayonet for infantry and the actual clash of arms for any other combat type. Units fight using their Fatigue Score, to this are added various combat tactical factors which include the type of unit fighting, and its formation, to name a few. Once again this list is expanded upon in the optional rules.
As with the shooting phase a D10 is rolled against the modified Fatigue Score. Combats are decided by the number of Fatigue Hits scored and can range from draws to significant victories for one side or the other.
Individual combats can be fought for up to three rounds in each turn. This can lead to very bloody affairs or on occasions combats that ebb and flow one way and then the other.
Over the Hills offers players many optional ways on how they can win the game. I will focus on my favourite:
Players add up their total army fatigue score e.g. a British Division in 1815 has nine battalions of infantry each with a Fatigue Score of 8 and two artillery batteries with a Fatigue Score of seven. The total Fatigue Score for the division is 86.
Players keep a running record of every Fatigue Hit that their army takes and Fatigue Hits that are rallied from units are not removed from the running total. Once an army has taken more than 50% of its total Fatigue Score it is classed as broken and has lost the game.
Continuing the example given, the British Division would break when it had taken 44 Fatigue Hits.
I have seen players take great delight in seeing their opponents record 'the butchers bill'
The Optional Rules and Appendices
These two sections are full of new rules and information to allow the player to shape their game the way they want, how you play a game of Over the Hills is really in your hands. I have mentioned a few sections from the optional rules, here are a few more:
Rules for good and poor shots, militia and specialist light infantry. Rules for combining battalions during a game, and several ways to represent skirmishers. An extensive list of terrain types with rules for each, a section on Napoleonic manoeuvring as well as enhanced combat responses. Fighting in built up areas has rules for engineers and pioneers as well as buildings catching fire added to it. The artillery section includes half batteries, regimental guns, grand batteries and rockets.
Well that just about wraps up this post, I would like to thanks Messers McWalter and Dalton for allowing me to showcase their hard work. I would urge you now that if Napoleonic wargames are your bag then go out and buy a copy. The rules are available from Caliver books, just click HERE and it will take you direct to the book and you can make a splendid addition to your library.


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Professional Community for Car Dealers, Marketing, Advertising and Sales Leaders
It's that time of year when giving takes priority over getting. Most dealerships I know are extremely generous when it comes to charitable causes, but there's no need to be humble about it. The more you engage your customers in your holiday gift drives, the more you will be building loyalty with them.
In this recent survey by the American Red Cross, most consumers say they plan to give to their favorite charities despite the slow economy. 79% of people say that they would rather have a donation in their honor than to get a gift they wouldn't use; and 70% plan to give as much as they did last year. Enabling customers to give contributions through your store's program is one way to bring customers in, start conversations and create mutual goodwill that can last well into 2013.
Here are a few ideas to build loyalty and tie-in promotions to your current loyalty program around the holidays:
1) Send an e-mail campaign to your current customer base highlighting which causes you're involved in and how they can donate. At the same time, promote your loyalty rewards program for 2013 by offering to donate something in their name if they become a member, or giving them "free" points to join.
2) Take advantage of end-of-the-year crowds by ramping up sales efforts for pre-paid maintenance plans. What better gift can a person give than a year's worth of peace of mind? Again, maybe you can tie an incentive such as a donation to a charity of their choice when they sign up for a pre-paid maintenance program.
3) Create a fun, loyalty-building campaign like this "Christmas Cookie" cookbook that Howdy Honda produced last year. Every person who sent in or posted a Christmas cookie recipe on Howdy Honda's Facebook page received 10,000 bonus rewards points towards any service of their choice.
The holiday season can add a lot to a dealership's bottom line; but there's nothing wrong with leveraging a little goodwill so you can build customer loyalty and set yourself up for a great 2013 as well.
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Political science professors have been known to tell this joke to their first-year students.
Recently, Congress has done an excellent job of living up to the spirit of that joke.
Last year saw very little legislative progress on any issues, as Congress bogged itself down in political posturing. The legislative environment isn't expected to change much in 2012. In fact, the gridlock could become even worse. Several weighty issues face Congress, however, and many of these will have a direct impact on credit unions and their members.
Even if these issues aren't resolved this year, Congress will resolve them eventually. Credit unions can influence the outcome by remaining engaged in the legislative process.
Congress continues to struggle with deficit reduction, posing a potential threat to the credit union tax status. And housing finance reform and cyber security improvements sit near the top of the Congressional agenda.
And credit unions have their own agenda: increasing the member business lending cap, allowing for supplemental forms of capital, and pursuing legislation to lighten their regulatory burden.
There's no hiding the fact that the federal government faces a significant budget crisis. In 2011, Congress appointed a "supercommittee" to recommend legislation to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years.
As with previous deficit reduction efforts, policy makers started by putting every policy option on the table, including eliminating tax expenditures like the credit union tax status. Ultimately, Congress wasn't able to agree on deficit reduction legislation. The failure of the supercommittee, however, didn't eliminate the threat to the tax status posed by deficit reduction efforts.
Conventional wisdom suggests that Congress will attempt comprehensive tax reform after the 2012 election, though some think Congress will tackle it earlier. Whenever Congress turns to this issue, it will be critical for credit unions to defend their tax status by reminding Congress and the public of the value credit unions bring to consumers by virtue of the tax exemption.
Government estimates suggest that the credit union tax exemption cost the government approximately $600 million in revenue in 2010. But we need to remind everyone that credit unions leveraged the tax exemption and provided direct financial benefits to members—better rates, and fewer and lower fees—totaling $6.3 billion.
Consumers who aren't credit union members also benefit from the credit union tax status to the tune of $3.4 billion, because having credit unions in the marketplace puts pressure on banks to adopt more consumer-friendly pricing.
Simply put: A $600 million tax expenditure provides $10 billion in benefits to consumers. Indeed, the credit union tax status is one of the best investments the government makes on behalf of consumers. But taxing credit unions would put these consumer benefits at risk.
Eliminating credit unions' tax-exempt status would eliminate credit unions—it's that simple. And given what our economy has just been through, that would be a tragedy for consumers.
Credit unions are the best choice for consumers to conduct their financial services. Taxing credit unions takes that option away from them, and would drive up the cost of financial services for all. Any assault on credit unions' tax exemption is completely unacceptable.
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Death of John W. M'Kee
The death of Mr. M'Kee took place at his residence in this city (Cairo) on last Sunday morning. The deceased was a man well-known to the community of Cairo, and his death, notwithstanding that he has been in precarious health for months before the event, shocked and saddened his many friends and acquaintances. He has been affected with a troublesome throat disease for the last two or three years of his life. It finally affected his lungs and caused his death.
Mr. McKee was born in the city of Pittsburg, Pa. about the year 1827, and at the time of death was about 44 years of age. While in his minority, he entered the office of the Pittsburg Gazette, then under the management of Mr. Biddle, who was one of the prominent newspapermen of his day. Mr. McKee here learned the art of type-setting, but never followed it to any extent. Removing to Tennessee, he located in Nashville. He here turned his attention to engineering, and made practical use of his knowledge by following the river in the capacity of steamboat engineer. Some 10 or 11 years ago he began to report river news for various newspapers, since which time he has been exclusively engaged as river correspondent for Cincinnati, St. Louis and other papers. He was river editor of The Bulletin since its establishment.
Mr. McKee was married three times. The body of his first wife lies in Nashville, Tennessee, that of his second, who was a niece of Mrs. Captain Williamson, of this city, is buried at Smithland, Kentucky. She left one child, a daughter, now a resident of this city. His last wife and three little children are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and most affectionate father.
Fourteen years ago, Mr. McKee united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Smithland, Ky.
His body was conveyed to Smithland, Ky by boat yesterday, where, followed by the grief of aged parents, brothers and sisters and the sorrowing wife, all that is mortal of John McKee will be laid to rest. May he rest in peace.
John W. McKee
Sep. 24, 1871
42 years
John W. McKee was buried in Smithland Cemetery, Smithland, Kentucky.
Published 18 July 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/