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Mature Living Special Section: At 74, local woman is still blazing trails
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Marjan Eicher, c., of Blaine, stands with members of the Mount Baker Club (formerly Mount Baker Hiking Club) during a trail brushing party near the Razor Crest trail area near Mt. Baker . At 74, Eicher is not only the president of the club, but is also an active member, hiking, kayaking or snowshoeing several times a week. Photo by Bud Hardwick
For a woman afraid of heights, Marjan Eicher has done a lot of climbing.
At 74 years old, and standing at about 5 feet 6 inches, Marjan has a slight build, a wry smile and an exuberance for life that could move mountains. And it has, quite literally. Not only did Eicher summit Mt. Baker at the tender age of 21, fresh off the boat from Holland, but she regularly works building and maintaining trails in the Mt. Baker Wilderness area as part of the Mount Baker Club (she's also the club's president).
"I often hear younger people say 'I can't keep up with her,' during our snowshoe excursions," she said.
When I caught up with Eicher at her home in Custer, she was drinking tea, reading an issue of The Nation magazine underneath three large oil flower paintings she painted in the style of Georgia O'Keefe and was surrounded by her native-style wood carvings.
"I have so many books here, I can't read them all," she said, pointing to a stack that included local author Michael Impero's "Dreams of Gold," a history of gold mining in Whatcom County; "Koma Kulshan: The Story of Mt. Baker;" and Scientific American magazine.
She talked about Middle Eastern politics, America's government and growing up in her native Holland where she, as a child, survived a famine caused by the German occupation. Eicher – then Marjan Gerbracht – said she and her family were forced to subsist on boiled tulip bulbs and wild nettles in order to survive.
In 1944, during what was known as "Hongerwinter" also known as The Dutch Famine of 1944, they had no heat or power, and the food was nearly gone. Her family had been evacuated from their home because of an English invasion.
She said her mother would often leave the room crying as she and her brother would laugh at their bellies that had swelled from hunger.
"We would say, 'My belly's bigger than yours!' And laugh," she said.
At the age of 20, she left Holland on the Rijndam, a Holland America ship, celebrating her 21st birthday onboard. Upon her arriving she met Fergus "Gus" O'Connor through her brother and the two immediately began dating.
"I knew I wanted to leave Holland, it was just too flat," she said. "I wanted to see America's beautiful outdoors and have adventures."
Finding work as an immigrant wasn't easy, however. Eicher worked many odd jobs and finally found steady work as a secretary for a magician.
"When you're not born in this country, you're not fully accepted – you don't get the jobs you want and the pay tends to be lower," she said. "But when you leave a country, you've already overcome the biggest obstacle so you know you can do it. When you have objects in your way you have to think about how you can use it to benefit your life. The beauty of life is to see opportunities."
On May 27, 1957, just a week after Eicher's immigration to Canada, the couple climbed to the top of the 400-foot Lions Gate Bridge tower. They had just spent the day rock climbing around Horseshoe Bay and were looking for another adventure.
According to articles in Canadian newspapers, O'Connor and Eicher told reporters they just wanted to see the view and didn't anticipate they would attract so much attention that it would tie up traffic on the bridge.
By the time police arrived to order them to come down, traffic had backed up well into West Vancouver. Officers considered a public mischief charge but later decided against it and let the couple go on their way, according to news reports.
"It was well worth it," Eicher had been quoted saying in The Sun. "The view was beautiful."
Seven weeks later, they went on to summit Mt. Baker from the Heliotrope trail with Eicher sporting a pair of used hiking boots.
"I had no money and couldn't afford proper boots, I had no ice axe and no crampons, either," she said.
Although the trip went fairly smoothly, the couple narrowly missed an avalanche on Coleman glacier, and Eicher fell off a bridge into a crevasse up to her armpits. O'Conner was able to pull her out, but Eicher said that was the first time she became concerned about their safety. As they got closer to the cabin, she realized her feet were hurting from blisters and removed her boots to find her socks covered in blood. She also nearly went "snowblind" from the brightness of the landscape because she had neglected to bring sunglasses. Despite her minor injuries, Eicher had fallen in love with mountain climbing.
"It's the most thrilling feeling I've ever had in my life," she said. "It was such an adrenaline rush, I don't think I'd ever had a rush like that. Ever. I can understand why people want to climb everything in sight; it's such a feeling."
The couple split several years later but Gus went on to be one of the first mountaineers to climb the ice wall between the east peak of Black Butte near Mt. Baker, otherwise known as the North Face route of Colfax Peak.
In May of 1965, Gerbracht married Frank Eicher, a cabinetmaker, and moved to Kent. Eicher, however, said she thought the Seattle area was too populous so the couple moved to Langley, B.C., in 1966 to build houses there.
The Canadian economy, however, was suffering at the time, so the couple moved to Bellingham in 1975 where they built homes near Lake Padden, Alabama Hill and Birch Bay Village. In 1981, they moved to Birch Bay so they would have a place to moor their sailboat. They made their last move to Custer during the late 1990s.
Today, Marjan can be found in the 1,500-square foot custom home she and Frank built themselves.
When asked if there's anything she hasn't done, Eicher mentioned scuba diving and skydiving but said she had a fear of heights.
"There are a lot of things I haven't done," she said. "But there's still time."


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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Ballad of Tim Wakefield ({Non}Cover of the Week 29)
Wake and me rocking Hot Stove Cool Music at Fenway 2005 (photo by Steve Latham)
Buff Tom was in the studio this week working on new songs. Work has also been very busy in my day job. I feared not being able to get to the Cover of the Week this week and, while that is technically true, I did get inspired by another dazzling knuckleball performance by 42-y.o. Red Sox legend, Tim Wakefield last night. So with 2 cups of coffee in me, I whipped this little homage up this morning. Also, finding it's way into the song is this article from the Boston Globe this AM.
When rock and rollers hit a certain (middle) age, many of them feel compelled to write a baseball song. But having one of our own still going at 42, well, that just begs a song. So in the tradition, hopefully, of Zevon and Dylan (and not so much Fogerty), here is mine:
The Ballad of Tim Wakefield
The Ballad of Tim Wakefield
He don't need no injections in his ass
He makes the ball flutter, it don't need to go fast
Hitters swinging just like a cartoons when it passes
The knuckleball from Timmy Wakefield
I remember all the late innings of June
But there came a night with a big harvest moon
And an October game when a Yankee named Boone
Hit a long one off of Tim Wakefield
But fishing off of Melbourne in the off-season glare
Knowing that middle-aged men everywhere
Are harboring dreams that they could be up there
Pitching just like Timmy Wakefield
When the boys are all flailing as the weather gets warm
He always remain the calm eye of the storm
There are 18 year-old people who might have been born
When a night game was pitched by Tim Wakefield
Batters strike out, pop up, heads bowed low
And into dark dugout tunnels they go
And still confused as the video shows
They were defeated by Timmy Wakefield.
Boston may not be the easiest place
It's not every player they warmly embrace
So just go ask Keith Foulke if he would trade places
In history with Tim Wakefield
You know what they say about saving nine
Well Doug Mirabelli was his stitch in time
The State Police escorted him for no crime
We just needed him to receive Tim Wakefield
Taking the mound or offering his time
for charity's sake and then on down the line
There are plenty of people who will be crying
When they hang up the spikes of Timmy Wakefield
Dylan has written all about Catfish
I may never write like Bobby, Wake like Pedro won't pitch
But true Red Sox fans will always know what they wish
To have nine players just like Timmy Wakefield
Nine players just like Timmy Wakefield
Give me nine players just like Timmy Wakefield
23 comments:
- Figgsrock2 said...
This is fantastic Bill. As a BoSox fan in Brooklyn, I can't wait to crank it for my neighbors.
- May 20, 2009 at 1:53 PM
- Victoria said...
This just made my day, Bill. Thanks for sharing it!
- May 20, 2009 at 1:54 PM
- Randy Reichardt said...
Well...wow. I am totally blown away. You wrote and recorded this this morning??? I am bowing in the direction of Boston and repeating, "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy..." I'm wondering: will you do this onstage sometime in the future with Theo, after he hears it? :-)
What a great tune, and so conflicting for me at the moment, because he pitched the Sox (My #2 team) over the Jays (my #1 team) last night. But I love the Wakeman, he so rules. I recall in 2004, a year after he surrendered the home run to Boone, he was standing on the mound in Yankee Stadium after the Sox' miraculous comeback, soaking up the moment, which he so sorely deserved to do.
Thanks again. Truly inspirational. Please let us know if you get a reaction from TW after he hears it.
- May 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM
- Red said...
As if I needed further proof of your badassery. Well done, sir. And I'm currently typing my request to the Powers that Be at Fenway that this track be played before all Wakefield starts for the balance of his career.
- May 20, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- Cyn said...
I second what Red wrote. This should definitely be played at Fenway for Wake.
What a fabulous job, Bill!
- May 20, 2009 at 3:45 PM
- Vinny said...
Absolutely awesome. A great tribute to a great pitcher/man.
- May 20, 2009 at 4:13 PM
- Suldog said...
Great lyric. Wake is my favorite Sox player. An anecdote for you.
Once, a couple of years back, he and a few of his teammates went to visit some cancer-stricken children at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the home of The Jimmy Fund. Now, all of them were nice guys to go and visit sick children. However, there was one child who was receiving treatment during their visit and who didn't get to meet the Red Sox players. While his teammates all left after the appointed time, Wakefield stayed at the hospital for an additional 3 or 4 hours, until that one child came out of treatment.
In a game that sometimes seems to be overpopulated by bratty little kids in adult bodies, Wake is a real MAN.
- May 20, 2009 at 4:38 PM
- Danny said...
Great job, dude. Love the vocals... I still can't get over that voice of yours... you were such a shy kid back in high school! Who'd a thunk!!!
- May 20, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Boston sucks. Go Lakers.
- May 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM
I remember reading Tim Wakefield say that new sox GM Theo Epstien told him he would be in the rotation every 5 days. I felt all warm all over.
Only 4 or 5 pitchers in the 90's threw 4 straight seasons of 200 innings plus. Wake just missed the mark because of managing douchebaggery. Theo put an end to that.
Wake is the best value in the MLB!
- May 20, 2009 at 7:01 PM
- The Omnipotent Q said...
Great stuff, Bill. Wake is The Man.
- May 20, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Buffalo Wakefield - I could see this happening .....
- May 21, 2009 at 7:21 AM
- Dan said...
Well you've got a new fan ... I'm hooked. Timmeh is my favorite player on the Sox and has been for many, many years.
- May 21, 2009 at 9:29 AM
- redsock said...
Thanks for sharing this!!
(And I loved the Exile book!)
- May 21, 2009 at 1:20 PM
- LestersLegends said...
Love it.
- May 21, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- John said...
As much as anyone can be a bargain at $4 million a year, Wakefield is. I'll never forget that '04 ALCS. Saved the rest of the staff in that ridiculous 19-8 game, and then turned right around and beat the Yankees in Game 5.
- May 22, 2009 at 12:25 AM
- Sam Margolis said...
Awesome song, Bill! What a Red Sox week so far. Here's a poem my father, Gary Margolis, penned in response to Papi's performance the night after Wakefield pitched his gem....
Papi's Closing Vote
The President wants to bar
the doors to Guantanomo,
close it for good. Congress
isn't sure yet. Where would
we store our terrorists,
hide our season tickets?
In the center field bleachers,
in Fenway's camera well?
That's been reserved, held
for an Ortiz home run ball.
It's been torture you may
not want to hear me say,
seeing the big man swing
and miss, hang his head
on his way back to the dugout,
his hitless cell. Until tonight.
When his father, here from
the Dominican, told him
something secret, Have fun.
Swing like you know how.
And he swung and hit one,
I want to say ,almost to Congress
Street, where our Minutemen
didn't take any prisoners, where
we won a close and closing vote.
- May 22, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- RedSoxDiehard said...
Love the song, love Wake.
- May 23, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Boone goes yard! Ya had ta love it!
- May 23, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Wake was the MVP in 95'. Not Mo Vaughn.
The greatest stretch of knuckleballing in the history of the game. Appointment televesion as he was taking no no's in to the 5th, 6th, and 7th innings or later every start it seemed.
- May 25, 2009 at 2:49 PM
i nominate "the ballad of tim wakefield" for the hall of fame soundtrack in cooperstown.i had heard that the band slide wrote a song about bill buckner that is at cooperstown.have you heard "the baseball project"?members of r.e.m./dream syndicate/soul asylum and others sing about all the nuts in baseball.check it out if you dig "t.b.o.t.w.".
- May 26, 2009 at 9:31 AM
- LennyBoudreau said...
This song is great! I love it. I love it so much, I'm going to marry it. I especially like the ending about "gimme nine players just like Timmy Wakefield." I just had this image of these nine players turning a double play and throwing knuckle balls 6-4-3. It made me laugh. Awesome. Thanks Bill.
- June 21, 2009 at 12:19 AM
- Jake of All Trades said...
Time to break this one out of the archives. So long, Timmy.
- February 17, 2012 at 10:43 PM

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Bodega Catena Zapata is one of Argentina's high altitude Malbec pioneers. The Catena family began making wine in Mendoza in 1902. Nicolas Catena, third generation family vintner, was one of the first to see the potential of Mendoza's mountain vineyards for producing high quality Malbec. In 1994, he became the first Argentine to exprot a world-class bottling of Malbec under the...Read More About Catena
(ahr-jen-TEE-nah) Now fifth in the world for wine production, Argentina is catching up in the quality wine sector. A long time wine producer, Argentina used to make wine in order to drink it, not export it. And so the wines produced were quaffable and rustic and made for the local's everyday dinner. Yet it's hard not to get caught up in the wine market of the world and some...Read More About Argentina
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Originally a common grape in Bordeaux,
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Portofino is a very small village… and thus the pictures show more or less the same objects :) of course there are many small elements that would make good pictures, but didn't have time for them.
we spent only a few hours there…i managed to walk a bit on the hill facing the 'colourful' houses wherefrom you can get this view, but also the ones below
my photos look somehow vintage because the sun was on the other side…
on the hill
view to the other side
i hate that i didn't notice that i cut the feet of this guy :/
and other photos. on this side there were many cute cafes/terraces
this time of the year - there are many tourists. the place is very popular among rich people :) from wiki:
In the late 19th century, first British, then other Northern European aristocratic tourists began to visit Portofino, which they reached by horse and cart from Santa Margherita Ligure. Aubrey Herbert was one of the more famous Englishmen to maintain a villa at Portofino. Eventually more expatriates built expensive vacation houses, and by 1950 tourism had supplanted fishing as the town's chief industry, and the waterfront was a continuous ring of restaurants and cafés.


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This Watch Tells When You Will Die
In 2005, Steve Jobs told a class of graduating students at Stanford University, "for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?'"
The idea that we should live each day like it was our last isn't new, of course, and is supposed to inspire us to, you know, go sky-diving, Rocky-Mountain climbing, and the like. But how would you live this day if it wasn't your last, but rather the 19,718th-to-last? Or the 8,657th?
A new watch called Tikker claims to have created a way to calculate approximately when, according to its creators, a person is likely to die, and then to input that date into a wristwatch. The idea is that being constantly reminded of his or her own mortality will nudge the wearer to live life to the fullest.
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We offer demonstration rides at our Test Site near Pittsburgh, Pa and Northern WV or at dealers around the world. If you drive or fly to come and test, we pay for your travel if you buy a ZEV.
Please excuse us if we brag a little and provide you the buyer with tips on how to get the best bike for your hard earned money while comparing our vehicles to the "competition".
Before you buy from any company, look closely at the specifications. Make sure you are not overpaying for a given performance. Make sure that the vehicle that you are purchasing does not have "toy" performance not usable in the real world. Buying a less expensive vehicle will not be a deal if it will not climb a hill, cannot keep up with the traffic, and runs out of energy half way home.
SIZE- The ZEV is a full sized, large motor scooter. Not a toy that is confined to side streets and parking lots or a small bike with a choppy ride, too small for two people. The rider shown below is a 5 ft. 10 in. 140 lb rider for comparison.
PASSENGER CARRYING / GROSS WEIGHT - The ZEV is build to carry a load. Make sure the bike you are considering has a gross weight that is sufficient to carry your weight. Deduct the bike curb weight from the gross to see the load carrying ability. Beware - It is a rare motor scooter that can carry two full sized people. ZEV are tested with 50% over their rated load in weight.
Chinese motor scooters cannot carry the weight of two Western people safely.
The expensive USA made electric motorcycles like Zero and Brammo Enertia cannot carry two normal sized people in the real world. First they only have a single seat. Next - they just cannot carry the weight. Zero states on their site that the combined load of all riders and load cannot exceed 302 lbs. Two riders could not weigh more than 151 lbs each. Brammo states that the two riders combined weight cannot be more than only 276 lbs.
POWER- To compare - Do not look for unusable peak or max torque statements. Look for Continuous torque figures.
The ZEV4100 has a maximum usable torque of 164 Nm. Compare it to the much more expensive Vectrix with their advertised maximum torque of 65 Nm. Or compare to the Enertia Bike has only a 38 Nm peak torque.
It is the continuous torque that counts. The continuous torque of the Vectrix is listed at only 23 Nm. The Enertia Bike lists peak current at 240 Amps but only 80 Amps continuous-a drop of 66%. That would indicate only 12.66 Nm on a continuous basis.
The Enertia Bike claims a peak motor power of 13 Kw. But after derating to 80 Amps only 4.33 Kw continuous would be indicated - nearly the same as the 1/3rd the price ZEV4100 with 4.10 Kw. The performance is the same.
Watch out for "misleading" statements like that of the XM scooters claiming up to 180 Nm. What they are writing of is the Nm available only at 0 to about 70 wheel rpm until the controller starts to work. At best this power is momentary until the motor gets hot.
Look at the ZEV5100 and ZEV6100 with 5100 and 6100 watts of power respectively. Clearly they out power any and all of the electric scooters including the 3800 watt, $10,000 Vectrix on a continuous power basis.
All ZEV competitors have big drops from their peak (and often advertised) power down to the continuous or available on the street power. Only ZEV has taken the extra steps to cool controllers and motors to prevent heat induced loss of power. A more thermally efficient motor wastes less input power, results in a higher continuous torque, and lengthens the motor life.
Compare the exceptionally deep heat shedding fins on our controllers and our extra cost Military Spec heat shedding coating to any other controller on any other bike.
Only ZEV has an aerospace background with electronic controllers that must be the ultimate in reliability. The Zehrbach Engineering Corporation engineers that designed the power train build high altitude aircraft and military drones.
Ask any other company about how they get the heat from the electrical components to the heat shedding outer shell, or ask them about the oil cooling in the ZEV hub motors (that also stops corrosion). You will get silence.
We are the only company in the world with an oil inside the hub motors. This innovation helps cooling, stops the corrosion that plagues other companies hub motors, and lubricates the motor.
RANGE- It is the combination of very low weight, our innovative "Electronic Transmission", and our extra efficient controllers and motors that allow us to get such high range. Consider our T 6100 bike with a 5.04 Kwh battery pack with range to 80 miles in daily driving and up to 100 miles in low speed steady running. No one else gets even close in a production bike.
Feed back from customers show that they get about 1 mile per 75 watt hrs in daily traffic commuting. This compares to what we get in steady state on an undulating Interstate test of about 1 mile per 55 watt hrs. We have to do our tests in accordance with the Motorcycle Industry or government guidelines and state those results. The customer results are in varying conditions, not flat.
ZEV uses an innovative "Electronic Transmission" with a minimum of 3 amp settings that lets the rider run high amps for hill climbing, but then set the controller for reduced 60 amps for high cruise, or only even more reduction for in town or extreme range extension running. All at the touch of a button. No other company in the world offers this range extending feature.
The ZEV are very light in comparison to all others. Consider that a ZEV is 200 lbs. lighter than a Vectrix.
Most electric bikes have a range of about 30 miles like the Zap scooter. Compare - the ZEV3600 range of 60 miles to the Vectrix range of 35-55 miles to the Enertia Bike's 35 to 45 miles. Customers who drive this model bike daily are reporting driving 45 miles before charging at in traffic speeds. The ZEV5100 has a range of 75 miles. The XM scooter uses 80 amps to obtain the torque ZEV gets at 60 amps. The result is less range for the XM.
The hotter a motor gets, the less efficient that it runs. Our motors run colder than anyone else in the industry at equal power levels.
WEIGHT VERSUS POWER- The ZEV line of bikes weigh 285 lbs to 305 lbs. The Vectrix weighs 515 lbs. It takes more power to move more weight. That extra 210 lb. of Vectrix weight cuts range and acceleration while making the bike harder to handle and slower stopping.
SPEED- The ZEV3600 will run 50 mph. The ZEV6100 will run 64 mph. Compare to the ZAP scooter claims of "about 30 mph". The Enertia Bike will run "60+mph". Only the Vectrix claims a faster "62 mph" top speed than these models. But that is still not fast enough to keep up with the far faster+75 mph ZEV7100 (about 26% less than the price of a Vectrix or the same price as the slower, less range, Enertia Bike).
RECHARGE TIME- The ZEV bikes will recharge in 2 hours with 75% depletion of the battery at start on 120 volts.. Compare to the "3-5 hours" of the twice as expensive Vectrix. But it is really much better as the lithium ZEV bikes will charge approximately 75% in only 30 minutes. 220 Volt chargers reduce charging time to approximately half of that for 120 volt chargers.
EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED - The ZEV scooters have all parts included in the price that you need to operate. This includes the battery charger. No hidden extra costs - like the extra charge for a center stand on the Vectrix.
BRAKES- Compare to the XM Scooter or any others. The dual piston front calipers and dual piston rear calipers of the ZEV coupled with its up to 230 lbs lighter weight make it the braking champion. The XM only has one front piston for 50% less front brake friction surface. Additionally, the ZEV bikes have the largest diameter disks for 20% more swept area of braking.
WARRANTY- Compare the ZEV two year warranty to: XM 30 days. Zap or Zapino 6 months. If the company will not trust their product enough to warranty it, why should you trust it? This matches our Durability below.
DURABILITY-We have customers with + 10,000 miles on their bikes with all of the original drive line parts and tires in place. Zero trips to the gas station and the repair shop.
COST OF REPAIR PARTS - No one can match ZEV for low replacement parts cost. New frame $500, Motor Controller $395, Complete painted bodywork ready to install $540. You can get the parts you need at a price you can afford.
MANUALS - Only the Vectrix has a manual that is the equal of the ZEV. All of the Chinese based bikes , like XM have only an operators manual written in error riddled garbled "Chinglish". Put them to the test before buying. Ask for a wiring diagram or a written instruction on how to replace crash damaged bodywork. Most of the Internet based retailers have no clue of how to repair anything.
ACCURACY OF REPRESENTATIONS- XM said it best about themselves on their web site "We do not make make any claims as to the accuracy of the specifications listed on this site". ZEV is the manufacturer. Our claims are accurate. Some manufacturers show "one off" bikes running high speeds to lure customers in, but then say their production bikes are detuned to slower speeds. The speeds we publish are speeds that have been obtained by samples from the production line.
OUR VEHICLES ARE LEGAL- We have the EPA designator of ZEV. Our bikes are fully NHTSA and DOT compliant.
NO ONE MATCHES OUR QUALITY OF BUILD- Stainless steel fasteners are used where ever possible. Our frame is plated in a dip tank to prevent corrosion. Our controllers are Military Spec hard anodized to withstand 1000 hour salt spray tests. Our electrical connections are sealed and waterproof. No one else bothers.
Only ZEV offers industrial use motor scooters for the police, postal delivery, and hauling freight - and then uses the same heavy duty frame and parts in their regular customer bikes. Look at the size of the big frame tubes on the Trail model (they can be seen without removing bodywork) to get an idea of how strong our frame is.
POWER- To calculate power 1 hp is 746 watts.
To compare electric scooters a 3800 watt Vectrix has 5.09 hp. A ZEV6100 has 60% more power at 8.18 hp.
A ZEV 4100 has performance on par with a 125 to 150 cc gas motor scooters. A ZEV5100 has 6.7 hp.
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker leads former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan in the race for the open Senate seat in New Jersey but the race is tightening dramatically, according to a new poll.
A survey of likely voters has Booker leading his Republican opponent 53 - 41 percent according to Quinnipiac University.
Booker's had a 25 point lead among registered voters in a poll last month.
Booker's margin is based on women, who back him 60 - 34 percent. Men are divided with 48 percent for Lonegan and 46 percent for Booker, according to the poll.
"Maybe that 'show horse vs. work horse' charge from Republican Steve Lonegan is having an impact," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "While we can't make a direct comparison between registered voters and likely voters, Mayor Cory Booker did have a 54 - 29 percent registered voter lead over Lonegan in Quinnipiac University's August 7 pre-primary survey."
Carroll said the results could be driven by the bad news about Newark crime, plus the publicity about Booker's business ventures.
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Brand: CELINE
Made in: Italy
Code: F/01
Style: Hand Bag
Dimensions (cm): w:28cm h:23.5cm d:6.5cm (approx)
Dimensions (inches): w:11.0" h:9.3" d:2.6" (approx)
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33 U.S. Code § 702d–1 - Bonnet Carre Spillway and Floodway; rights-of-way, etc., over lands
The proviso in section 702d of this title "That any land acquired under the provisions of this section shall be turned over without cost to the ownership of States or local interests," shall not apply to the lands heretofore acquired or that may be hereafter acquired in connection with the construction, maintenance, or operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway and Floodway. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to grant to any citizen, association, railroad, or other corporation, State or public agency thereof, rights-of-way, easements, and permits, over, across, in, and upon said lands for railway, highway, telephone, telegraph, and pipe-line crossings, and other purposes. The grants issued in pursuance of this authority shall be under such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Army may deem advisable for the protection of the public interests, and may be perpetual or temporary in his discretion.
Source(Feb. 15, 1933, ch. 76, 47 Stat. 810; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a),61 Stat. 501.)
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Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
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Still doin it
Roger from Lord of the Flies is the scariest fictional character I have ever come across.
Educated Savages.
I guess this means it's GIVE AWAY TIME.
I know I said I was going to start it when I reached 1500 but I think 1450 is close enough. I just really really want to do this, ahhh!
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O Weber State College u u Vol. 44 No. 27 Friday, January 27, 1984 The Wildcats were on the road in Montana last night. See page 8 for the latest on WSC basketball. V . 1 I 1 : i - k Scott Eisenhower, top, placed first with a 178 average in the CAB-sponsored bowling tournament held yesterday in the UB. Eisenhower, along with the other top four scorers, will travel to Arizona to represent Weber State in competi tion. Bryon Saxton, left, and Todd Raitt, right, also com- p peted in the tournament. 1 ft TTt ; ; If 1 u - .OA I . ' i I - h "7 4 S J - " ' ' I ft .1 - ' ' -i J . , ' - . . . , f , .l - 4 4 M. Signpost photoBob George Gerontology Granted $81,000 English offers B.S. degrees New Degrees Are Adopted by Steve Fifield Staff Reporter The English department recently adopted two new degree options, both .bachelor of science degrees. In the past, students who" have pursued bachelor of arts degrees had the opportunity to have the foreign language requirement waived if they could justify their alternative plan of study. Because of the increasing student demand for a B.S. degree in English, two new options are being offered to English majors. The newest of the B.S. degrees is the English Option I. It differs from the B.A. Englisn degree by requiring the B.S. general education requirements and replaces the 24 hours of foreign language with a minimum of 15 hours of non-English classes. This option's course requirements are different for each student and are based on their needs. The B.S. English Option II degree (approved last spring) has a structured program with definite course requirements.English department chairman Dr. Gerald R. Grove said that "there is a very strong demand in business, industry and government for the English B.S. degree. When asked if he felt that English and science were contradictions, Dr. Grove said, "Twenty-five years ago it may have been; today English is so appropriate in every field of endeavor, and the B.A. is no advantage to the student. The student is our major concern." Paul Butterfield, director of WSC vocational technical education, said of the English B.S. degree options, "I think it's been needed for a long time." He said that there are a lot of jobs in a variety of industry and business where the English background must be rather specific. Dr. Grove feels that the B.S. English degree can be useful in editing, technical writing, personnel management, supervisory and advisory positions, math, statistics, and computer applications. Forty percent of the English degrees awarded in the past five years have been B.S. degrees. Grove said that students trained with the B.S. English degrees "will be in demand all over the country." . Dr. La Von B. Carroll, WSC English professor, said of the B.S. English options: "They're important in the context of the college: the tendency to prepare (students) for the vocational and technical world we live in." She said that "most of us in the English department would like them (students) to take a foreign language." Now that the B.S. option is available to students, Carroll said that these B.S. English degrees are "by no means watered-down but are an alternative to the B.A." Dr. Sherwin W. Howard, dean of Arts and Humanities, said that "option I is more rigorous than the B.A. or any other B.S. degree." He thinks that students should have "some kind of quantitative language training in business, math, economics, computers, even logic." He said this is good training and should be requisite training. The Weber State College gerontology program has received grants totaling $81,000 to improve gerontology education in Utah. The Weber State gerontology program was one of two four-year programs in the United States to be funded with the $75,063 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of devising education modules. In addition to the money from the Department of Health and Human Services, Weber State received funding from Danville Corporation, the State Division on Aging and the Utah Public Safety Council. All such contributions brought the total amount to $81,563. Dr. Jerry Borup, chairman of the WSC department of sociology, gerontology, anthropology and social work, said that the money will be used to prepare materials targeted at law enforcement officials, the allied health field and native American Indians. He said, "Indians for example, have a much dif ferent culture and as a result have different problems that many who provide services to elderly Indians don't know about." Roy Van Orman, associate director of the program, said that the college is putting together task forces comprised of experts in the fields of law enforcement, allied health and Native American Indians as well as gerontology professionals. They will prepare video presentations along with printed instructional materials for people in outlying areas who work with the elderly. Van Orman said, "A lot of people in the communities of Utah need an update or formal education to work with the elderly, but they don't have the opportunity to come to college and study." He added, "There are groups of people where travel makes it difficult for them to meet with us. By sending out these modules it gives them the capacity to do the same fine work as those who come toco!-lege."
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|Weber's current student newspaper, the Signpost, first appeared on September 29, 1937. For two years prior to that time, campus news was disseminated via announcements posted on a bulletin board known as the "Signpost". As a result, the masthead of the first issue of the paper itself featured a rudimentary wooden sign with the title spelled out in rustic-looking letters. Over the years the paper has been published continuously, though the look, size and style has changed several times.
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Marco Roy played a pre-season game Friday night, scored a goal, had 6 shots on goal (5 of them dangerous shots) and it was the game winner. The local paper run through Google translate said "Marc-Olivier Roy and Danick Martel deceived the vigilance of the visiting goalkeeper with shots in the roof of the net from the circle off faceoffs!"It appears the Quebec hockey writers have tremendous flair, or google translate is pumping their pneus.
My God I love the game of hockey, it's such a beautiful game. I enjoyed every season of hockey as a child and remain spellbound by it. The summer is for adding to the team, throwing away unwanted items and renewal. The fall is about hope and all things are possible, long days from the bitter, bitter pill of mathematics telling you it's another spring without the playoffs. I want that second season, as a fan. Honestly, if the Oilers never win a Stanley in my lifetime, I have no right to complain. I enjoyed 5, FIVE, Stanley's as a fan and I don't think the hockey Gods guarantee anyone six (not since Pollock fixed the tumblers in his favor 50 years ago). So, this is it. The beginning. Another fall on the way, another opportunity, a brand new bullet in the chamber.
These are the things I'm most looking forward to this winter:
- Taylor Hall, shock and awe.
- Nuge, healthy and finding the range.
- Eberle, continuing an incredible journey.
- Yak City pissing off seniors.
- Justin Schultz for a full NHL season.
- Samwise quieting critics.
- The new man Perron.
- Ryan Smyth showing us some of the past
- Oscar Klefbom showing us some of the future
- Ference ovations at Rexall!
- Dubnyk gets respect
- A deadline addition that is timely and makes sense
- A coaching staff that runs their best players and makes adjustments.
- That young blue in OKC continuing to develop
- One forward prospect emerging from the Barons group
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South Carolina-based electric and gas utility, SCANA Corporation (SCG), serves power and natural gas to around 1.5 million customers spread across three Southern states. Typically, regulated utilities are beloved by the most risk-averse investors, but not SCANA; the $6.1 billion firm currently has a short interest ratio of 13.27.
SCANA isn't just involved in distribution -- it's a major non-regulated infrastructure owner, with a big power generation arm, transmission assets and a fiber optic communication network. Vertical integration gives the firm net margins that weigh in the double digits; a healthy balance sheet gives SCG access to enough dry powder that it can handle a few economic potholes in the next couple of years. Exposure to high-margin nuclear energy gives SCG some big profitability advantages, especially as the firm works on building new nuclear plants in South Carolina.
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COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - In Branch County high school sports, the lingering effects of this week's snow storm and cold spell claimed another night of boys and girls basketball with all of Tuesday's games for county teams called off. And with schools closed again countywide today for a third straight day, the sports schedule will remain in limbo and subject to more cancellations. Already called off are tonight's Coldwater at Bronson varsity and j-v boys basketball games. A makeup date has not yet been announced. Coldwater wrestling's SMAC East quad meet at Sturgis has been postponed until Thursday, while the bowling match at M-66 Lanes against Pennfield has been cancelled for tonight.
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HOUSTON -- Three games is too modest a winning streak to stir much excitement in a veteran club like the Boston Red Sox. What does spark enthusiasm, however, are nights like Friday, when the youngsters provide the punch.
Brock Holt, Jackie Bradley Jr., and Christian Vazquez all recorded multi-hit games as the Red Sox provided right-hander John Lackey ample run support to overcome his command woes and the Houston Astros 8-3 at Minute Maid Park.
Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz struck the biggest blow in a five-run sixth inning, a bases-clearing double off Astros left-hander Darin Downs that drove home right fielder Holt, catcher Vazquez and shortstop Stephen Drew. But it was Vazquez who chased Astros right-hander Scott Feldman (4-6) with a two-run double after Feldman intentionally walked Drew to set up a force at every base with one out and the Astros (39-55) trailing 3-1.
Boston (42-51) recorded seven extra-base hits. Ortiz and Vazquez finished with three RBIs apiece, with Vazquez recording two doubles while going 3-for-4 in his second start behind the plate. Holt doubled and tripled as he and center fielder Bradley each went 2-for-4 and combined for three runs.
"You look at the way his swing is built -- he uses the big part of the field," Red Sox manager John Farrell said of Vazquez, who made his major league debut on Wednesday night. "The development that he's realized through last year and this year has been a product of that. He's playing with a lot of confidence and surprising line-drive power. He puts himself in position to cover the ball away particularly."
Lackey (10-6) issued five walks over six innings and tossed 50 of his 117 pitches out of the strike zone. However, he skillfully worked around traffic and stranded seven baserunners during his outing, leaving four in scoring position. He did allow a solo home run to Astros designated Chris Carter in the sixth, but departed with a comfortable 8-2 lead.
Carter added another homer off Red Sox left-hander Craig Breslow in the eighth inning, giving him his second multi-homer game this week. Carter pulled even with rookie outfielder George Springer for the club lead with his 19th home run.
"Both of the home runs today went to the pull (left) field," Astros manager Bo Porter said of Carter. "That's something that he has worked extremely hard on with John (Mallee) the hitting coach. You have the type of power that he possesses, you want to make sure that you get extension, you get the ball in front, and he is doing a tremendous job of that right now."
In the third, the Red Sox got to Feldman, with Vazquez getting his first career hit -- a single to left-center field -- before Holt followed with an RBI triple and second baseman Dustin Pedroia added an RBI double for a 2-0 lead.
In the fourth, Drew and Vazquez tripled and doubled in succession after Bradley Jr. opened the inning with a single. Bradley was erased when Xander Bogaerts hit into his second double play, but Drew scored to bump the lead to 3-0 when Vazquez added his first extra-base hit.
"Once you get the first one, it's easier," Vazquez said of his multi-hit performance. "Then, they come in like bananas."
Lackey did not allow his first hit until the fourth, but because he walked a pair of batters in advance of his two-out confrontation with Astros left fielder Enrique Hernandez that hit proved costly, with Hernandez driving home Jon Singleton with a single.
Aside from the Carter homer, Lackey was sharp enough. And with the Red Sox chasing Feldman in the sixth, Lackey didn't need to be perfect.
"It was a tough game all around," said Feldman, who allowed seven runs on 11 hits and three walks over 5 1/3 innings. "I was throwing a lot of pitches. It felt like in that sixth inning, things kind of snow-balled, and I couldn't get the out that I needed."
NOTES: Astros C Jason Castro returned to the starting lineup and batted second after missing the entirety of a three-game series with the Texas Rangers because of soreness in his left armpit area. ... Red Sox RF Shane Victorino restarted a rehab assignment Thursday night at Class A Lowell, finishing 0-for-2 while playing five innings against Staten Island. Victorino was placed on the 15-day disabled list May 24 with a right hamstring strain. ... The Astros will recall LHP Brett Oberholtzer from Triple-A Oklahoma City for a spot start Saturday against the Red Sox. Astros RHP Collin McHugh will be scratched and given the All-Star break to recover from a torn right middle fingernail. ... Astros CF George Springer was scratched from the starting lineup with discomfort in his right knee. He is listed as day to day.


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A mammoth effort for a tiny puggle found orphaned near Lightning Ridge last week has culminated in its safe arrival at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.
The baby echidna, named Muggles, was found sitting on a rock by the side of the road and taken to a local human doctor before going to a vet; the first leg of a 4-day long journey that included two plane flights, hundreds of driven kilometres, and countless hours on the phone arranging transport.
Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital's senior nurse and rehabilitation coordinator, Vicky Toomey said Muggles will require specialised care for the next six months before being released back into the wild.
"We don't keep them in the same manner as other marsupials as they naturally have quite a low body temperature, and they also feed infrequently due to long digestion times. Puggles of this size can take up to ten days to adjust to handraising and consume enough food to put on weight."
The blue tinge to Muggles is from the spines and fur starting to emerge from under the skin; in two weeks it will be a very different looking puggle! It's just the beginning for little Muggles, with echidnas being known to live up to 49 years in the wild.This month, Bindi and Robert Irwin are encouraging kids to help Muggles and patients like him by taking part in the Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors Readathon. The month-long reading frenzy extends until Steve Irwin Day, on November 15. All funds raised will go to the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital that last year received more than 7500 patients.
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2011 Volkswagen Touareg — Review
This 2011 review is representative of model years 2011 to 2013.
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The new Touareg offers more room, performance, frugality, agility and luxury than its predecessor. It even provides the choice of three equally interesting powertrains. Let's see if its undeniable quality and value can balance a proletarian image and timid looks on the luxury sport-utility battlefield.
Since 2004, Volkswagen has sold more than half a million Touaregs. Not too shabby for the automaker's initial foray into the fiercely competitive luxury sport-utility segment. The Touareg was refreshed only three years ago, but VW has given its posh people-mover a complete makeover for the 2011 model year.
The new 2011 VW Touareg doesn't look much different than the outgoing model; it's still unadventurous. It is slightly larger and roomier than its forebear, however. It also gets a more attractive, better finished and cushier interior with updated systems and ergonomics. The giant German automaker also adds its first hybrid to a powertrain lineup that already includes a pair of gas and diesel-fed V6 engines. For all these reasons, the Touareg should now be considered a serious contender in the luxury sport-utility class.
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Volkswagen found that the impeccable off-road prowess of the first Touareg generally exceeded the typical owner's needs. Trail readiness has thus been toned down but should remain more than sufficient for most.
More surprising is this bigger Touareg's remarkably successful weight-loss program. A thorough redesign of the body shell and the use of high-strength steel at strategic, load-bearing points have improved overall structural rigidity by 5 percent. The use of light alloys, including for suspension components, did the rest. Better rigidity also brings improvements to ride comfort, quietness and safety.
The significant weight reduction is on the order of 330 pounds for the diesel-powered TDI model and 366 pounds for the gasoline-fed FSI base version. It's a more than welcome slimming plan, considering that the TDI still weighs 4,974 pounds. With the added mass of its nickel-metal hydride battery pack and electric motor, the new Touareg Hybrid model weighs 5,135 pounds.
Models equipped with the FSI and TDI engines are available in three separate trims: Sport, Lux and Executive, which can told apart by specific alloy wheels with respective diameters of 18, 19 and 20 inches. The new Hybrid model comes in a single trim, fully equipped, with special badges and 19-inch wheels.
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The base engine is an all-alloy, direct-injection 3.6-liter V6 with maximum outputs of 280 horsepower and 265 lb-ft of torque. The reduced mass, improved aerodynamics and more efficient mechanical bits yield projected EPA fuel-economy ratings of 16 mpg city/23 mpg highway, a 19 percent gain over the previous model, according to VW.
Of course, these numbers get better with the TDI's turbocharged direct-injection 3.0-liter V6 diesel, which produces 225 horsepower and a generous 406 lb-ft of torque. Its EPA estimates are 19/28.
The all-new Touareg Hybrid's powertrain was co-developed with Porsche and is identical to that in the new Cayenne Hybrid. Its gasoline engine is a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 derived from the Audi S4 and rated at 330 horsepower and 325 lb-ft of torque. The powertrain's total combined output, with the additional thrust of the 47-horsepower 221 lb-ft electric motor, is 380 horsepower and 428 lb-ft of torque. Volkswagen is claiming an impressive zero-to-60-mph acceleration time of 6.2 seconds for this model.
The Hybrid can run on electric power alone for up to 32 mph on flat ground and up to 75 mph going downhill. The gasoline engine will stop while coasting up to a speed of 99 mph to save fuel. Its electric motor is fed by a 288-volt nickel-metal hydride battery pack bolted flat under the rear cargo bay.
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The smooth leather-draped steering wheel has just the right shape and texture, and so do the seats. Simple, accessible adjustments help set a good driving position, and there's a solid, flat footrest. Space is abundant in front, and rear passengers get 3.8 inches of additional knee room and a 6-inch longitudinal adjustment for the bench seat. The seatbacks are adjustable, and they can be folded flat 60/40. There is a vast and fully carpeted rear cargo bay with a solid, chromed D-ring anchorage at each corner. Total cargo capacity is 71 cubic inches.
The new, standard 8-inch touch-screen display that tops the center stack is unique to the Touareg. It combines premium audio and navigation systems with DVD/CD/MP3 playback, satellite/FM/AM radio and a 60-gigabyte hard drive. Another 7-inch display rests between the splendid white-on-black main gauges and relays additional info.
The Touareg Sport trim, with either the FSI or TDI engine, comes standard with an array of premium features, such as a navigation system with a rearview camera, full xenon headlights, heated and power-adjustable front seats, Bluetooth connectivity and Sirius satellite radio. The Lux trim gets a giant panoramic glass sunroof, leather seats with multiposition memory and walnut surfaces for the dashboard and center console. The Executive trim gets a multifunction steering wheel, heated seats front and rear, a keyless entry system with push-button start, a rearview camera with ultrasonic parking sensors and a Dynaudio sound system.
On the Road
When tested on the same road circuit, the TDI-powered Touareg offered linear and progressive braking action, however. Its 20-inch wheels sharpened steering action noticeably, but they also made the ride firmer. It's a trade-off we would gladly accept — as we would the diesel engine's slightly noisier demeanor — in exchange for the TDI's great flexibility, better overall fuel economy and lower price.
On the same roads, the base model V6 was the greatest surprise, melding faultless highway stability with sharp and quick steering on modest 18-inch wheels. Its gasoline engine liberated a feisty midrange howl as the 8-speed gearbox upshifted merrily in full acceleration. It was an unexpected treat.
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