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Ian worked in the IT department at NFU Mutual for over 30 years until his retirement in 2004.

A Liberal Democrat councillor for the Alveston ward, he belongs to the town’s bridge club, and looks after 180 people in the squash club in his role as membership secretary.

A keen cyclist, Ian has outlined his desire to push forward Stratford’s neighbourhood plan over the next year.

Once it is finished, the people of Stratford will get to vote in a referendum on issues like pedestrianisation and traffic measures.

Outside of council matters, Ian is a long-term season ticket holder at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

“I’m from the Black Country,” he said. “We lived equal distance between The Hawthorns and Molineux and my father was a Baggies supporter, so I supported Wolves! I remember going to my first game in 1951, we beat Middlesbrough 4-0.”

For years he’s sat in the Billy Wright Stand and after Wolves were crowned champions of League One this season, he said the most difficult part of his mayoral year was the inevitability of missing a few games.

Proud to be following in his wife’s footsteps, Ian joined the town council in 2009, the year Jenny was mayor.

“She will give me advice,” he said. “Which you’ll ignore,” laughed Jenny.

The couple have two children, Richard and Jane, and two grandsons. Richard’s twin sons, Jasper and Lucas, will be three in June.

Excited by the prospect of the next 12 months, the new mayor said: “I may have only been on the council since 2009, but since then I’ve met a lot of people I wasn’t aware of.

“However, having worked at NFU Mutual for 30 odd years I know an awful lot of people and an awful lot of people know me.

“I just think it’s a lovely town to live in, most people are exceedingly friendly and willing to have a chat. I just love living here.”

The new deputy mayor is Tessa Bates, whose husband, Charles, has been mayor twice. The deputy mayor is usually elected as mayor the following year.

Ian was elected as mayor in town on Thursday (15th May). For a report on the ceremony, see this week’s Herald (22nd May).


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Weingarten: “Teachers Are Not Abusers of Parking Permits”

A car with a teacher's permit on the dashboard is parked beneath a "No Parking Anytime" sign. The license plate number does not match the one printed on the permit. (UncivilServants.org)

United Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten sent a letter to Mayor Bloomberg Friday expressing objections to his plan to reduce the number of city government parking permits and prevent unions and city agencies from printing their own. Weingarten's letter echoed Teamsters president Gary LaBarbera's recent assertion that "parking permits are a form of compensation for teachers"and other city employees (Is anyone paying taxes on that "compensation?" Is it accounted for in any city budget?)

In her letter, reprinted below in full, Weingarten makes three particularly remarkable claims:

  1. "Teachers are not abusers of parking permits."
    A quick visit to UncivilServants.org (or your own neighborhood streets) shows Weingarten's blanket claim is, obviously, incorrect.

  2. "Teachers do not clog areas such as lower Manhattan" with their personal vehicles.
    Not only are teachers' cars part of the Lower Manhattan traffic jam, in a city where 43 percent of elementary school kids are unhealthily obese, teachers and education officials have been known to clog school playgrounds with their personal vehicles. In one notorious case, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum intervened to stop city employees from using the Tompkins Square Middle School's playground as a parking lot in 2004.

  3. Parking permits are necessary to "attract the best and the brightest to teaching" in New York City.
    Really? I'm no education policy expert and I'm sure that some teachers really do need to use cars for work, but do the world's best and brightest come to live and work in New York City for the convenient parking?

I think Weingarten and the unions may find that they are fighting a costly and losing battle here. The public has little sympathy for the maintenance of a city employee parking system that is so blatantly abused. Few issues draw the ire of such a broad range of New York City civic groups as city government parking placard abuse.

A recent Independent Budget Office report found that cops, firefighters and teachers drive to work at double the rate of any other group of New York City workers. Why?

As DOT Deputy Commissioner Bruce Schaller told Streetsblog in the very first post we ever published, "Free parking has a tremendous impact on the decision whether to drive or take transit." Moreover, among teachers working in Manhattan, "nearly all of these auto commuters have transit alternatives," Schaller said. His 2006 study found that ninety-five percent of the government employees driving into Manhattan from Brooklyn and Staten Island live in neighborhoods where the majority of their neighbors use transit.

No one is proposing eliminating teachers' permits. Rather, there just needs to be a more centralized and rational system for distributing parking permits based on real need. And there needs to be real enforcement. Hopefully Weingarten and the unions will realize that they are better off pushing for a parking "cash-out" law like California's than fighting to maintain their oft-abused parking privilege.

Here is Weingarten's letter to the Mayor in full:

Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Deputy Mayor Edward Skyler

Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott
Labor Commissioner James Hanley
Chancellor Joel Klein

It was deeply troubling to learn -- through media coverage -- of your plan to reduce by 20 percent the number of parking permits issued to all city employees.

On the numerous occasions we have raised the need for more parking for teachers, we have been repeatedly told that this is a collective bargaining issue. If increasing parking availability is a bargaining issue, then clearly, reduction is as well. Now you have apparently chosen, by fiat, to move forward a plan that would penalize the hardworking men and women who teach our city's kids.

Teachers in New York City public schools receive permits that enable them to park on a portion of their school block, during school hours only. Taking away these permits at a time when we're making strides to attract the best and the brightest to teaching (the NYC education workforce is the highest-qualified it's been since the fiscal crisis of the 1970s) makes absolutely no sense. Many city schools are difficult to reach by public transportation, many teachers travel between schools and available parking is clearly one incentive to attract teachers to high-needs schools.

Teachers do not clog areas such as lower Manhattan. Teachers are not abusers of parking permits, and to publicly suggest that they are is deeply troubling. Holding abusers of parking privileges accountable for their actions should not be done at the expense of teachers whose jobs are hard enough already.

I urge you to reconsider your position and would like to meet with you on this as soon as possible.

Randi Weingarten


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Holiday Dress Pattern for 18” Doll

It appears that my readers like my 18” Doll Patterns. {SMILE}  I have been so inspired that I decided to make another pattern.  When I thought of what style of dress I wanted to create I couldn’t help but think of the dress I made my daughter last year for Christmas.  It was classic and in my mind just beautiful.
Based on my daughter’s 2010 Christmas Dress…18 Doll Inspiration
The directions for this pattern are shown here but the pattern pieces are for sale for $2.50.

Supplies Needed: Less then a 1/4 yard of material for main dress (I used corduroy), scrap material for waistband, matching thread, velcro.
1. Lay out your pieces based on the instructions on the pattern pieces.  Cutting 1 of the front on the fold, 2 of the back, and 1 the skirt.
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2. Here are the pieces for the dress. (dimensions of skirt on pattern piece)
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3.DRESS SKIRT: To assemble the skirt fold right sides together (Matching up short sides).  Measure 3” down, mark, sew the rest.  This is the back seam of the dress skirt.
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4. On the bottom portion of the skirt hem with 1/4” rolled hem.  This means you fold if over once 1/4”, then fold it over again 1/4”.  Therefore you have a nice finished hem.
5. On the top portion of the skirt do a gathered stitch 1/4” down.  A gathered stitch is accomplished by setting your stitch length to the longest stitch, once you go all the way around, you pull one of the threads to gather the material.
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This picture shows you the placement of everything on the skirt. Now set this temporarily to the side.
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6. Bodice.  With right sides together stitch the shoulder seams together on both sides.DSC_3071 - Copy
7. Turn under and stitch the neck hole and armpit hole as shown.  DSC_3073 - Copy
8. Right sides together, stitch the side seams together.
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9. Cut out your coordinating waist band. Dimension included on pattern piece.
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10. Fold in half, wrong sides together and stitch.DSC_3080 - Copy
11. Place waist band on the right side of bodice bottom fold facing towards neckline.
The waist band will be too long, but my motto is better to be too long, then too short.  Sew on bodice with a 1/8" seam. Trim once sewn.DSC_3082 - Copy
Bodice with waistband connected.
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12. Connect the bodice to the skirt with right sides together.  You will have to tweak your gathers to make sure it is evenly distributed .   Sew skirt and bodice together.
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13. Open up dress and take the back seam and turn under /4”and stitch.
14.  Cut 1/2" Velcro  into 1/4” wide pieces by 1.5" long pieces   Stitch into place.DSC_3087
16. Optional: I included a rosette. I took 1”X5” of material. Folded it in half, put a running stitch on the raw edges, pulled and wrapped around and around until I had a rose. DSC_3088
I placed a button in the center.  Then sewed onto the dress.
18 Doll Holiday Dress
Now you are done!!  Admire your beautiful creation!!  Some little girl/s out there is going to flip over this new Holiday Dress for their doll!!  You will flip because #1 you created something beautiful and #2 this cost you a fraction of the cost of most 18” doll patterns!!  Have I told you how much I love homemade gifts!!
Since it is cold outside you will need make sure you make a snuggly Ruffled cape  for them too.  Free tutorial found here.

Now if you would love to make this dress. Here is where you buy the pattern for $2.50
Be sure to leave me your email address if it differs from your paypal account.  If you have any questions please contact me at maridithdesigns(@) gmail (.) com
I promise I will respond ASAP!!
Happy Sewing!

Jeanna said...

What a great idea... My daughter would love if I made her some doll clothes...

jeanna @

Melissa said...

Fabulous job Mom!! And I am sure it is worth a dollar!!

Seamingly Smitten said...

Maridith, Congratulations on the pattern!! I LOVE this tutorial! The red is absolutely beautiful on the doll and it matches your daughter. They are quite the pretty pair for the holidays!

Lauren @ Summit St Joy said...

Excellent turnout!!! I love the red with the little white rosette. Thanks for sharing on Summit St's Gift Guide!

Juanita said...

I recommend this pattern. I made three of these dresses and they turned out really nice.

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Petraeus not paid for mea culpa, USC says

Were you wondering what former Gen. David Petraeus got paid for his mea culpa speech at the University of Southern California on Tuesday night?

Me neither.

But my boss was, so he had us put out some calls.

“Needless to say, I join you, keenly aware that I am regarded in a different light now than I was a year ago,” Petraeus said Tuesday night to an audience of mostly veterans at USC’s annual ROTC dinner at a hotel in Los Angeles.

“I am also keenly aware that the reason for my recent journey was my own doing,” he continued. “So please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply I regret — and apologize for — the circumstances that led to my resignation from the CIA and caused such pain for my family, friends and supporters.”

You know, having an affair.

It’s a familiar track — public figure goofs, public figure makes public apology, public moves on. Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton, Milli Vanilli — the list goes on and on.

Some, like New Yorker magazine science writer Jonah Lehrer, who made up Bob Dylan quotes, get paid for coming clean. Lehrer was given $20,000 by a journalism foundation for his speech.

So what did the former head of all coalition forces in Afghanistan earn for his speech?

According to USC spokeswoman Merrill Balassone, “Gen. Petraeus was not paid.”

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As Koreas trade missiles, top US commander warns against budget cuts

WASHINGTON — The commander of U.S. and U.N. forces in Korea told lawmakers Wednesday that North Korea has the capability to attack the south with “little or no warning,” and further budget cuts could hamper the U.S. military’s ability to respond.

North Korea has the fourth largest military in the world and is aggressively enhancing its nonconventional capabilities, including cyber, according to Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, the commander of U.S. Forces-Korea. Scaparrotti told members of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday that North Korea’s artillery forces are particularly worrisome because they could pound Seoul, where 23 million South Koreans and 50,000 Americans live.

“The Kim Jong Un regime is dangerous and has the capability … to attack South Korea with little or no warning,” Scaparrotti said.

Tensions on the peninsula have heightened after North Korea launched about 100 artillery shells into South Korean waters Monday and America’s South Korean allies returned fire. All the fired shells landed in the sea and no injuries were reported, according to South Korean media.

The artillery barrage came in the wake of recent North Korean missile tests and threats to conduct another nuclear test. Two drone aircraft were found in South Korea over the past week, and are believed to belong to the North, according to South Korean officials.

Last year, the U.S. announced that it would beef up its missile defense capabilities in Fort Greely, Alaska, because of concerns about North Korea’s advancing intercontinental ballistic missile and nuclear programs.

The U.S. has maintained a permanent force level of 28,500 troops in South Korea for years, and added another 800 in January with the deployment of a rotational Army battalion to the peninsula.

Scaparrotti said his forces are prepared to counter a North Korean attack, but he’s concerned about the readiness of follow-on forces that would be required in any prolonged fight. He warned about the impact of further budget cuts on the U.S. military’s ability to fight a major ground war with the North.

“If we were to reduce our Army force size based on the [projected] sequestration [levels of 420,000] … we would probably be challenged in terms of maintaining a long-duration conflict or one that included stability operations for some time thereafter,” he told members of the committee.

North Korea’s recent military actions and hostile rhetoric are not a new phenomenon. Scaparrotti views them as part of a pattern that has been recurring for years, especially at this time of year when U.S. and South Korean forces conduct large-scale joint training exercises.

“This is a common strategy with North Korea to come out of a period of calm and to use these types of actions to message to both the United States, the international community and South Korea, and also to demonstrate capability,” he said. “It’s the normal pattern of messaging [the North’s] displeasure with our training, messaging their capabilities, [and] it is something that I expected, particularly about the March-April time frame.”

Also notable was the absence of Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, the commander of U.S. European Command. He was scheduled to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday and the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, but the Pentagon decided that he needed to go back to Europe as Russia has tens of thousands of troops massed along its border with Ukraine after having seized control of Crimea. Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said Breedlove would likely testify later this year.

McKeon said the Ukraine-Russia crisis is a “sobering reminder” of the importance of the American military presence in Europe.

“The question now is how is the force [is] positioned and provisioned to prepare us for a new [security] paradigm,” Breedlove told Foreign Policy magazine in an interview published Wednesday.

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The ground we stand on is not as solid and unchanging as it may seem. Continents float about the earth’s outer crust on tectonic plates like enormous ships sailing on a slow-moving current. Some continents cover two plates. And sometimes plates collide or move apart from each other, resulting in earthquakes.

These basic geologic principles launched budding geologist Jane de Lambert’s research project, “A Detailed Study of the Upper Horse Spring Formation in the Lake Mead Region of Nevada: Ancient Lakes and the History of the Central Basin and Range.”

De Lambert, a junior at St. Thomas, studied the geologic history of the Lovell Wash, the youngest, or “upper,” of the four members that constitute the sprawling Horse Spring Formation in southern Nevada.

Her goal was to “undo the faulting to understand the original geography of the area and, by doing so, unravel the geologic history of the region,” she said, adding, “this exercise also can be important for resource exploration because these types of environments are similar to other areas that have been found to contain important petroleum and other mineral resources. … There’s an economic viability aspect, which brings an unexpected and interesting dimension to this kind of research.”

Led by her adviser, Dr. Lisa Lamb, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Geology Department, de Lambert, with two other students from St. Thomas, roughed it “in the middle of nowhere,” over spring break last semester. “We rode these big trucks as far as we could, then hiked a mile in and set up camp near the formation,” she said.

Lovell Wash, also known as the upper Horse Springs Formation, stretches across the middle ground in this photo taken last March in Nevada by Jane de Lambert.

During the day, de Lambert took notes on her observations of the upper formation, identifying rock types and minerals and “hacking off rock samples (limestone, gypsum and volcanic ashes) with a rock hammer” in stratographic units, layers of rock that provide a chronological timeline for the formation’s geologic history; afterward, she would record the GPS coordinates where each sample was collected so it later could be geochemically analyzed.

The samples she collected are important because they have, in effect, “recorded” a large portion of the deformation that occurred as a consequence of the tectonic shifts of the time.

History of the Horse Spring Formation

“There was volcanic activity (in the area), and we can send our samples to the lab to date the ash fall from the eruptions,” de Lambert noted.

“Twelve to 16 million years ago extreme tectonic stretching (over time) altered the entire Southwestern desert region of the United States. Sediments were deposited both during and after this activity, creating complicated basins and mountain ranges,” de Lambert explained. “After deposition, these rocks were further distorted by even more tectonic activity.”

The time frame she studied falls into the Miocene epoch (23 to 5 million years ago), a period known for spreading grasslands and retreating tropical ecosystems.

The Lake Mead region of Nevada contained very little biologic activity during that period. Before the tectonic shift that initially created the Horse Spring Formation, the area consisted of “small, shallow lakes with saline water,” de Lambert said. “It was a very harsh environment, which would explain why no fossils have been found in the area.”

In partnership with Lamb, she is still in the process of re-creating the basin architecture, using a variety of methods, including detailed mapping, geochemical analysis of the ancient lake sediments, and correlation between rock unit beds across the area.

“There wasn’t one dominating event that changed the topography; tectonics and changes in structure are continuous and ongoing; however, the particular environment and tectonic setting which we are most interested in studying is when ancient lakes were present in the area. These lakes created the rocks that we study today,” de Lambert explained.

Her research culminated at the Geological Society of America’s national conference in October in North Carolina, where she presented her findings.

De Lambert said, “Being a part of this research project has been the highlight of my undergraduate career thus far. I have learned so much from both my field experiences and my analysis in the UST labs; in addition, this project has played a large role in solidifying my post-graduate plans” – a Ph.D. in environmental health.

“It also has been thrilling to be among the first to research this formation and document these rocks,” she added.

An individualized major in “geology and human health,” she changed course slightly this semester because she “really identified with a medical geology course I’m taking this semester,” in which she studies how the earth and toxic chemicals in the environment affect health (for example, the lack of minerals in soft drinking water can lend detrimental effects to cardiovascular health).

She credits her study, which was funded by a Young Scholars Grant, for teaching her how to work independently: “Conducting my own research project without the day-to-day instruction of a typical classroom, required that I think critically and problem solve when I was working alone.”

The Young Scholars Program awards individual grants to undergraduate students at the University of St. Thomas who are interested in spending an entire summer working closely with a professor on a significant research project or creative activity .

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Analysis of "The Cricket Match"

Samuel Dickson Selvon’s, The Cricket Match, was written in 1957 and focuses on how little the English and the West Indies understood one another. The story takes place in London during a cricket match. Here the West Indians, who really do not play cricket, are plating the English and some of the best players in the world at that time.

A West Indies man, Algernon is almost like the spokesman of the West Indies. He talks a big game but the most cricket he has ever played was as a boy in the streets one day. When approached by an English man, Charles, who offers to play the West Indians Algernon and his friend Roy are hesitant but not wanting to seem afraid the accept. Roy and Algernon rush to get a team of fellow workers and friends together to discuss rather they want to play or not, all men agree to play.

When game day arrives the West Indies team only has eight show up and hoping they might postpone the game, the English agree to play with eight too. When Algernon comes to bat, he has a weird, goofy stance that the English had never seen before. When the bowler goes to bowl the ball Algernon closes his eyes and swings so hard the ball goes right out of the stadium. The English were so amazed; they just stopped to watch the ball fly through the air. After the shot it starts to rain the all the men head to a local pub to talk and hang out. Charles tells Algernon that they will have to come back down to finish the match because they were yet to bowl. Algernon agrees but makes up many excuses on why they won’t be able to make it. He tells Charles that he will be back down next cricket season with a sharp eleven to play!
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For the price of a flat white or a bottle of beer each week you could get higher wages, an on-call work advocate,mediator and employment lawyer - in case of emergencies - along with a swag of discounts with participating businesses.

Sound like a good deal?

It's the modern deal promoted by unions.

Early last century New Zealand was one of the most unionised countries in the world, according to Te Ara, the encyclopaedia of New Zealand.

Those days are no more.

For the year ended March 2013 New Zealand had 138 unions with about 370,000 members representing 16.6 per cent of the total employed workforce, according to Companies Office records.

Aside from a blip in 2009 when membership rose 3.9 per cent union membership has been declining and a 2 per cent drop in 2012 saw it fall to its lowest level in five years.

Tellingly, 40 per cent of unions have fewer than 100 members; the median number of members is 136.

The ten largest unions have 79.3 per cent of total union memberships with public sector unions dominating the landscape.

Nurses, teachers, police and public servants in unions number more than 177,000. The "health and community services" industry has the most unionists, 100,357. The education sector is the next largest union group with 86,158.

Outside of the public sector only a few unions have more than a few thousand members at most.

So why would anyone join a union? Is it good value for money?

New Zealand Institute of Economic Research principal economist Shamubeel Eaqub baldly says unions' diminishing size are a good indicator people do not think they are good value.

But First Union (formerly the National Distribution Union) general secretary Robert Reid is at the helm of a growing union.

First Union has more than 29,000 members drawn from a disparate bunch of industries thanks to history - paramedics are members thanks to their roots as transport workers - and mergers like its 2011 amalgamation with Finsec a financial services union.

The manufacturing part of First Union is shrinking because of industry redundancies, Reid says, but the union's presence in retail is growing.

Putting aside the union's gulp of new Finsec members it has grown from 18,000 to 23,000 in the last five years, Reid says.

It is doing this by earning its keep week by week, Reid says.

First members pay anywhere from $2.40 a week to $7.40 depending on how many hours they work or their salary, in line with many other unions.

In return Reid says they will get higher wages and better conditions through the union cornerstone of collective bargaining.

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The union provides a safety net in case something happens on the job that leads to disciplinary action, a funeral scheme - $10,000 to your family if you drop dead - and access to a fund to cover striking workers' financial needs or if staff are locked out.

Many unions offer discounts for a raft of services including insurance, banking, healthcare and holiday accommodation.

But is the equation that unions equal higher wages accurate?

Local unions point to figures from the United States Bureau of Labour Statistics which shows union members' median pay for fulltime work in 2013 was $950, $200 more than non-union workers.

Statistics New Zealand does not collect similar information here, but handily Reid has a local example.

First has negotiated a collective agreement for employees of Australian-owned Progressive Enterprises which operates Countdown supermarkets in New Zealand, he says.

Strength in numbers has earned Countdown workers pay rates of "high" $15 an hour to "low" $16 an hour; well above the industry norm according to Reid.

Staff of non-unionised New Zealand co-operative Foodstuffs earn around the minimum wage of $13.75, Reid says.

Foodstuffs North Island general manager of human relations Mark Daldorf says individual member store owners employ staff under terms and conditions appropriate to the communities within which they operate and the relative experience and skill levels of each employee.

"Our member stores adhere to the current adult minimum wage rates ... Having said that, starting rates vary from store-to-store and long-standing, highly skilled employees can, and often do, earn considerably more than market rate," he says.

In this case Reid says the co-operative structure suits the employer rather than the employee but it provides a target rich environment for the union.

Over the last four years First has "marched" on Foodstuffs-operated Pak'nSave. Reid says now most of the supermarket's Auckland stores have union members. And yes, they are now earning about $15 an hour.

"We are hoping to move that through the country this year."

Money is a key motivator for union membership but security of hours is as important, Unite president Gerard Hehir says.

"Earning more is no good if your hours get cut."

He says many of Unite's workers, primarily drawn from restaurants, casinos and call centres, do not have set hours each week. He says getting guaranteed hours can be worth more than 25 cents an hour more to his members.

Belonging to a union is a bit like insurance, Hehir says.

"You pay a fee, you get collective bargaining, benefits and discounts, you pay a little bit each week and if you need help you can get it."

If you fall foul of management the union can come to disciplinary meetings and advocate on your behalf, Hehir says, or if things go really pear-shaped the union can get you a lawyer.

Employment lawyer Susan Hornsby-Geluk says mediation with a lawyer can cost between $3000 and $5000. If a dispute goes to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) it could cost $10,000 to $15,000.

Even if you are successful getting costs back may be a pipe dream. Hornsby-Geluk says costs awarded do not reflect the true cost to you with a typical award of about $3500.

"You could spend $15,000 and get back $3500."

Hehir says unions focus on "equitable and fair" mediated settlements.

"The problem is not the money it's the time it takes if you go to court."

He says Unite's organisers mediate about 30 hearings per year. Court cases are only a handful.

So lets run some rough numbers. If you were paying $5 per week to the union for 10 years you would have paid $2400 in dues.

Without taking into account any potential increase in wages to offset the costs you would quickly earn back your fees if you were provided with a union-paid lawyer.

If you put that money into a savings account you would still have the cash, and some interest earned, but there would be a shortfall if your case was complex and needed to go the distance to court.

But Hornsby-Geluk says you can represent yourself and the ERA has quite a high degree of self-representation.

"Which is fine but if its complex chances are you will be better off with legal representation."

Say you did not gain any money from collective bargaining and did not make use of the discounts. And you did not need a top gun lawyer.

You could still get a warm feeling from being in a group that cares about its members - perhaps small comfort when you see that money disappear from your pay check each week.

Former log inspector Turei Heurea says people pay their money every week without believing the union is doing something for them.

"But when the crunch comes they are the first ones in there," the Rotorua man says.

For 20 years Heurea worked for Tachikawa Forest Products. First Union negotiated pay rises and bonuses in the good years, Heurea says.

In October 2013 the company went into receivership.

Heurea says the union found out what was going on from the company and kept the workers informed. It offered practical support and talked to Government agencies like Work and Income on his behalf.

That support extended past Heurea and to his wife when she was made redundant too from her job as a practice manager - nothing to do with sawmilling or the union. First negotiated her exit package, he says.

"They could see the struggle of every family affected by Tachikawa and decided to step in. They were awesome."

Unions also engage in wider political issues and campaign about legislation.

First Union is not affiliated to any political party and talks directly to members about what they want to see the union supporting, and saying, publicly, Reid says.

"We have a role in the debate. Low wages is a community issue."

Unite Union points to its success in seeing off youth rates which Hehir says led to a $2 an hour increase for many of its members.

University of Canterbury senior economics lecturer Dr Eric Crampton says youth rates have been good for those with jobs but has locked out many unemployed youth.

In this case a hard fought victory for union members may be negatively impacting other groups.

But not all victories have losers. In the workplace unions say many of the benefits won by them are passed onto the workforce as a whole.

Hooray for all the workers? Not so - in union parlance this is freeloading.

"They just sit there and get the same benefits, they are freeloading off their workmates," Hehir says.

"It does piss you off," Heurea says, "but at the same time without the union the benefits they get just wouldn't happen."

It could be argued the most cost-effective thing to do is to freeload. But the cost could be your popularity in the lunchroom.

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Sienna Miller has reportedly given birth.

The 30-year-old British actress and her fiance Tom Sturridge welcomed their first child into the world over the weekend, reports Us Weekly.

Sienna is believed to have given birth in London. Details about the baby's gender, name and weight are not yet known.

Sienna and Tom enjoyed a romantic 'babymoon' to Italy earlier this year.

Although Sienna has stayed out of the public spotlight in recent months, she did reveal she was coping well with her first pregnancy.

"I'm feeling fine... It's all progressing nicely and it's very exciting," she told UK magazine Vogue.

Sienna and Tom started dating in mid-2011 following her split from actor Jude Law.

The blonde beauty showed off an impressive engagement ring in February.

"It's quite adorable the way they are together. This baby is going to be so loved," an insider gushed to British magazine Closer recently.

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COVERED UP: Mikeala Schiffin's Sports Illustrated cover.

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The magazine famous for putting female athletes in their swimsuits in its swimsuit edition, and most recently for putting that girl about town, Barbie (you know, the impossibly genetically perfect doll) on its cover has made a somewhat shocking announcement.

Sports Illustrated have announced that they're going to feature Sochi Olympic gold medalist 18 year-old Mikaela Shiffrin on one of four covers released post the Sochi Winter Olympics, and she is going to be fully clothed. Not a flash of flesh to be seen.

I suppose we must mention that her skiing costume is skin tight. But still, a begrudging nod of approval in the magazine's direction.

Though it's not the first time a woman has appeared with her kit on when gracing the cover of the magazine.

Perennial magazine favourite Kate Upton caused a fuss last year when she covered the magazine in a baseball uniform. Luckily the Daily Mail was on hand to inform us that she looked just as sexy with her clothes on. Phew.

Even still, an athlete such as Mikaela Shiffin not having to strip to be recognised for her accomplishments, unlike her fellow Russian athletes who were photographed in highly sexualised ways pre-Olympics is a win.

When we can move beyond appreciating female athletes for their achievements rather than their bodies there will be actual progress, and I imagine, more clothed Sports Illustrated covers.

As Ruby Hamad wrote in her piece earlier this year, For sportswomen, looks matter, there's still a way to go.

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"Audiences are groomed by many in the world of sports and media to value female athletes on their looks.

"In this world, the faceless bodies of female surfers are used to titillate as a means of promoting tournaments, tennis players are valued on 'marketability' as journalists unapologetically ask about the impact of breast surgery on a player's (sex) life, the endless training of professional athletes is reduced to an effort to keep themselves 'sexy' for male viewers, and 'average-looking' girls are reprimanded for winning Wimbledon."

Congratulations Mikeala Shiffin for being a champion at skiing.

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The scheduled retrial for Mark Lundy, accused of murdering his wife and daughter, has been delayed about eight months.

Lundy, 55, was due to have a trial in Wellington starting on June 9 and perhaps lasting eight weeks.

But a hearing in the High Court today was told that legal issues and scientific testing needed to be complete before the retrial could take place.

That was not able to be finished in time for the June start date. Instead time in June might be used to hear challenges to the proposed scientific evidence.

Both sides were still arranging testing, Justice Ron Young said.

It is now planned that Lundy's trial will begin next February.

Lundy is charged with murdering his wife Christine, 37, and daughter Amber, 7, at their Palmerston North home on August 29, 2000.

He was found guilty the next year but continued to protest his innocence.

The Privy Council in London quashed his convictions in October last year and said he should be retried.

Lundy was freed on bail soon after and is living at an address which is suppressed.

Lundy was in court today and left without commenting.

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Nelson's representative one-day cricket team heads to Napier tomorrow with the Chapple Cup in its sights.

Nelson play Horowhenua-Kapiti in tomorrow's opening round, with the result of that fixture determining who they play over the remaining two days.

For Nelson captain BJ Barnett, it's Nelson's first opportunity to build on last year's successful season and to provide some continuity heading into this year's representative campaign.

"I think we're shaping up quite well," he said.

"We have a good balance to the side and I think after last year we have more experienced guys within the mix that, through our trainings, has really paid off and really showed how much we've come together."

Selector Andrew Cavill has predictably retained the bulk of last year's side, minus wicketkeeper-batsman Mitchell Drummond who has other commitments.

And, as skipper, Barnett's appreciated the consistency of selection.

"It's quite good that we're able to keep the same side and keep that consistency, because as a team, we're able to gel a lot better and form these combinations and guys know now how we all operate to obviously get the best out of each other."

Barnett's less appreciative of Nelson having to travel north tomorrow morning, leaving them limited time to prepare for their clash with Horowhenua-Kapiti.

"Ideally we would have liked to travel up the night before, and having to prepare ourselves 45 minutes before a game after travel, that's going to be quite hard [and something] that we've got to take into consideration as well.

"But in terms of what we need to do, we're going to approach it like any other game.

"We're really confident as a side this year that if we show up and really fulfil our roles and dominate, then we're going to be in a good position throughout the whole tournament." Coach Cavill has also been pleased with the preparation, involving a four-wicket, 50-overs win by Town over Country at the weekend.

"The guys have put the work in over preseason and obviously have had limited time outdoors, but we got a useful Town versus Country game in last Sunday at the [Marsden] Rec. That was primarily to get the guys some cricket."

Nelson: BJ Barnett (captain), Dan Cooper, Marty Kain, Greg Hay, Ricky Edwards, Connor Neynens, Matt Macquet, Luke Toynbee, Dan Wightman, Joe O'Connor, Darius Skeaping, Marty King, Dylan Eginton.

Round two of the Nelson two-day club competition starts tomorrow, with several teams obviously affected by representative commitments.

Car Company Stoke-Nayland will be without the bulk of their seam bowling attack for their match against Taylor's Contracting Wanderers at Brightwater, while Wanderers also losing Dan Cooper, Connor Neynens and Joe O'Connor to Nelson's Chapple Cup side.

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Stoke-Nayland and WTTU share the lead after one round on 11 points, with Wakatu on 6, Motueka 3 and ACOB and Wanderers 2 each.

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Brendon Hartley keeps chasing the dream

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BACK ON TRACK: NZ driver Brendon Hartley has another chance to prove himself, taking test laps for Mercedes.

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Brendon Hartley is on a road to somewhere. The uncertainty of his destination is part of the fun.

He knows he's got crossroads approaching and decisions to make. He also realises there will be unexpected turns - some tough and others exciting.

But the 22-year-old racing driver from Palmerston North reckons he's equipped to handle whatever is put in front of him now.

For a while it looked like Hartley had his future all mapped out. A precocious teenaged talent in New Zealand, he transferred those skills to Europe at just 15. A podium finish in his debut season of Formula Renault 2 in 2006 and winning the Eurocup the following year more than proved the potential that Red Bull Racing had invested in.

The next year he was test driving Formula One cars and in 2009 he was official reserve driver for both the Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 teams.

But his form in other areas fell away and in the ruthless world of motorsport Red Bull's patience ran out. He was dropped and he was stunned.

"At the time of my career when I needed to deliver - I was very close to being in a F1 car - I was in a bit of a slump in a lot of ways and for a lot of different reasons," Hartley said.

"I guess that's quite normal in a lot of sports for that to happen. So yeah, obviously I had some tough times." But Hartley still had belief. He manoeuvred into working with the Mercedes F1 team as well as expanding his racing CV into the endurance scene.

He's loving the variety while still holding on to his F1 dream. That came a step closer last week when Mercedes took him out of his regular simulator work and into the driver's seat, completing 87 laps at the Magny Cours track in France under the watchful eye of his bosses, including legend Michael Schumacher.

"That may have come as a bit of a shock to some people . . . obviously I've been off the radar a bit," Hartley says down the phone from his English base in Milton Keyes.

"But I've been working hard behind the scenes; it's just that it wasn't really public knowledge.

"It was nice to show people that I still have a lot to offer as I try to fulfil my dreams.

"The nice part for me was that despite all that work behind the scenes, I wasn't sure if I was going to get another shot . . . those chances don't come around very often.

"And it went really, really well. It couldn't have gone much better. I felt much more prepared than when I was 18 years old. That was very young. I've learnt a lot since then and I've obviously grown up since then.

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"I felt as ready as I've ever been and I did a really good job - it's good to be able to say that. I have a really good relationship with Mercedes . . . my foot is still in the door, you never know what will come of it."

After all that he's already been through in such a short time, Hartley knows when to throttle back his enthusiasm and face reality. He's crashed hard once and doesn't want a repeat.

"I went through that and had an unfortunate time. There is a lot of politics and money involved which makes things complicated for a kid from Palmerston North. I'm proud of where I've come from and what I've achieved so far. I've tested for three different F1 teams now and I have to pinch myself to make sure I don't forget that.

"So it's nice to be back in the work that I'm in now. I like to think that I'm still quite young and I have a long professional career ahead of me."

While Hartley is busy helping provide Mercedes with the numbers needed to be competitive in F1, he's also branched out.

He's done some GP2 racing but his decision this year to move into sports car endurance racing with Irish team Murphy Prototypes is giving him new stimulus.

He contested the famous Le Mans 24 hours race, completing 196 laps before mechanical problems forced him out, and he's proven competitive in other World Endurance Championship races.

This weekend he's "having a bit of fun" classic car racing a Ford GT40 - Kiwis Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon won the 1966 Le Mans race in one.

Next month he crosses the Atlantic to race in the United States for the first time, contesting the Petit Le Mans, held annually at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia.

"Being able to continue my racing alongside my work with Mercedes has been working out well.

"At the beginning of the year I didn't really know what I was going to be racing. I sat down and thought, OK what are my options? I looked at endurance. It wasn't something I knew a lot about, but I'm glad I took the time to look at it because I've really enjoyed it.

"It's a bit different to racing single seaters, but it's still racing and it's still a very quick car. I've kind of made a venture into endurance while I'm still involved in F1."

Importantly, Hartley is making contacts and still turning some heads that matter. He's hopeful that he's setting up "a long professional career".

He'll stay in Europe because "in terms of an opportunity for a driver, especially F1, it's definitely the place to be".

As for next year, Hartley says he just has to sit tight and see what's around the next corner on this tricky track he's chosen to travel.

"I honestly I don't know. I'm just trying to keep my options open. I've had a really good year this year, the endurance thing has been going well and F1 came out of the blue.

"I'm fairly confident that I'm going to be racing something, I just don't know what that will be right now.

"It's not always in my control. I'll keep doing my best and hopefully that relationship with Mercedes works.

"I can't say I'm going to be a Formula One driver; it would be very silly for me to say that. But I'm going to keep doing my best to make that happen."

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My 10 ways to a better, fairer society:

1. Require trading banks and any other organisations making foreign currency transfers to pay a 3 per cent levy on all money transferred out of NZ.

2. Provide for a liveable minimum income for each person or family to ensure everyone in New Zealand is able to live with dignity. We don't need a deprived underclass in this country.

3. Reinstate progressive taxation up to 49 pre cent on higher earnings, with the first $10,000 of income being tax free so: Up to $10,000 = Nil; $10,001 to $50,000 = 20 per cent; $50,001 to $150,000 = 30 per cent; $150,001 to $300,000 = 45 per cent; $300,001 upward = 49 per cent. Index these income tests to CPI. Tax trusts as if they were individuals.

4. Abolish Working For Families.

5. Require all house mortgage lenders to limit loans to 85 per cent of registered valuations.

6. Require every business with turnover of $50 million or more to be listed on the NZ share market. This includes trading banks and any other overseas owned enterprise operating in NZ.

7. Tax all companies including farm companies on turnover not profit. One per cent should be sufficient with an exemption for foreign currency received.

8. Abolish charity status for all religious organisations.

9. Require that local Councils and COOs must not increase rates and other services such as water etc beyond CPI.

10. Require by law that Government budgets balance the books annually, so that current-year Government revenue and non-capital Government expenses equalise.

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Once the preserve of only the techiest code-loving folk, websites are no longer the tricky, time-eating, money-burning creatures they once were. These days, the tools you need to build a basic site are no more intimidating than those you’d use to make a spreadsheet. Here are five of the best…

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“Think design, not code” says Adobe of the latest arrow in its Creative Suite quiver. And, true to its word, Adobe Muse does away with tricky HTML and CSS in favour of templates and tools, letting you create brilliant looking sites without having to think about <stuff>#like</this>.

There are plenty of sites that can get you from drawing board to swank blog in minutes, but our favourite is Wordpress. Over 180 free themes, 3GB of server allocation and an intuitive back-end content management system (CMS) give it an edge, but paid upgrades let you adopt your own domain, premium themes, deeper analytics and world domination. The latter may require more than just a Wordpress account.

Google Sites

Google Sites offers masses of space and easy integration with other Google products such as YouTube and Google Drive (the new home of Google Docs). Google touts speed as the most alluring cherry atop Sites’ cake, and with one-click page creation for icing and a creamy 10GB storage filling, we’re more than happy to recommend a slice of Google’s pagebuilder. Design, as we’ve come to expect from the Big G, is less impressive.

Photo blogging for the masses was once Flickr’s turf, but Tumblr’s idiot-proof operation has attracted over 46 million image-obsessed bloggers, including US president Barack Obama. Think of it as a GIF-filled Twitter if you will, but knocking out a one-dimensional blog of otters who look like Benedict Cumberbatch has never been easier.

The online war of words is turning into a war of pictures, but social networks – the most practical way for most of us to editorialise our lives – are yet to cotton on. True, Facebook bought Instagram (and the influence has started to show) and there are plenty of plugins to post pics to Twitter, but for really smart social picture wall-building, you’ll want Pinterest. It’s already “worth” US$1.5bn and has 20 million users.

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I am interested in this pair of A. Testoni shoes. Â I would like to hear comments on the quality of A. Testoni (especially compared to brands like Ferragamo and Bally) and their fit (true to size, narrow/wide, long/short). Â Thanks.
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I am a big fan of Testoni. I personally prefer them over Ferragamo. In my opinion they run very narrow and sometimes a little small, depending on the style. If you dont have narrow feet I would advise agaisnt buying this without first going to a store and trying a pair on.
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AC: I don't own any Testoni, but many fine menswear stores carry them, and they have many proponents. AAA's comments are apropos also.
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There are different levels of quality of Testoni shoes. The pair you are looking aren't from their high end "Black Label" line but they are still good shoes. Without seeing them in person I would guess the quality is about the same as a mid-range Ferragamo, Bally etc. (Ferragamo and Bally also do some artisan-crafted shoes but not as many as Testoni.) I do like some of the high end Testoni's and have owned several pairs of their Black-Label shoes in the past. The styling of the line tends to be a bit more radical than other high-end makes. I always see a pair or two in their line that I like though. Have you checked out the Testoni website? There is also a website for Testoni USA. As for fit I've noticed they vary from model to model. They experiment with shape quite a bit and that of course impacts how they fit.
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A. Testoni is my favorite shoe brand. I've never seen that white label. But the black label is the top of the line followed by the red label. The shoes are on the narrow side, but they look great and are extremely comfortable. The quality is impeccable. I'd say they're in between Ferragamo and John Lobb.
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yea I did.. mentioned that i usually take sz30, but had to get sz28 for the somets.

could button them up with just a little trouble initially, and they've stretched out just abit to make it comfortable but not loose... still stiff enough to give me lines on the thighs from the weird darts! great stuff

not sure about initial measurements, but the waist measures 15.5" laid flat now. do note that they're really meant to be worn at the hips (no bullshit, we're talking 8" front rise)..
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There you go braid--did you size down for these, gshen?

I said faded pics.
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I'll take some pictures when they get back from the tailor. Breathe.
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I size down one.. could have gone for 2 as gshen... for that very fitted look... so guys... do size down 2 if you can...
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In comparison to APC sizes and sizing down: I wear a 31 in a rescue (31 ns would barely fit my legs). I tried somet straight leg at BIG and I was a 32. I tried a 32 in the slim/taper and it was too tight. Unfortunately, they didn't have a 32 in the indigo and I held off buying them. When I go back in July, I am going to get a pair, they were awesome.
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I'm a 32 in all of my denim and I took a 32 in the Somet's.
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I have a pair of somets about 2 months old, I normally wear a 29 and picked up a 27. They do wear very low, but I think the fit is good, and I love the color so far. At first the waist was very slightly hard to button, but now its feeling pretty good.
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Fit looks great. I'd love to get my hands on some Somet 008s in size 26. How do you like the knee darts?
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Some pics of the 008 Slim fit...really love these
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Size down 1 for the slouchy look (they can despite being so low in rise) 2 for that fitted look....
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Damn, blank. That's hardly nothing for 6 months.
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^^ no wash yet, I assume?
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Yeah these suckers are difficult to fade.
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My pair should be coming in any day. It will take FOREVER to fade mine as I bought some nudie SJs as well and I have to wear khakis or dress pants to work. I sized down one as I don't think I could have gone down two...My legs aren't big but they are bigger than a skinny guy's as I play soccer and lift but as long as my legs can fit in them I'll be fine.
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Real Estate At A Glance: Condominium sales

Condominium sales in October were the best since 2007 and prices for previously owned units stayed in positive territory all year, up 4.4 percent over last year to date and 17.8 percent higher than last October. If rumors of an easing of FHA condominium standards are true, and non-FHA underwriters follow suit as they usually do, the condominium market will rapidly return to health.

The number for sale is headed for 1,600, the lowest number since early 2008.

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Summit County conveys responsibility of shooting range to local nonprofit

The nonprofit Summit Range Association on Tuesday, Jan. 14, took the latest in a series of steps toward oversight of the Summit County Public Shooting Range when the Board of County Commissioners approved an agreement conveying daily operational responsibilities to the group.

The Range Association, which was established to address growing trash and safety concerns at the shooting range, has enjoyed a number of milestones in its little more than two years of existence, said board president Brian Denison.

In addition to formally organizing as a Colorado nonprofit in November 2012, a team of five board members and countless volunteers have cleaned up and improved the range by constructing shooting benches and target stands, drafting safety rules and regulations — which were adopted by the county last year — and successfully acquiring two grants in 2013 — one from the Friends of the NRA and one from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

The CPW grant, totaling $100,000, is scheduled for allocation this year and the Summit Range Association has plans to install men’s and women’s vaulted toilets and to pour concrete under the range’s shooting benches to make it easier to clean spent brass.

The Range Association also features a National Rifle Association-certified chief range safety officer and a teamm of other safety officers to promote safe gun-handling practices.

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Thad Noll, assistant Summit County manager, said it didn’t take a lot of convincing to get the county commissioners to back the agreement in light of all of the Range Association’s accomplishments in a short period of time.

“We’re thrilled we were able to find this group that was willing to take on this project and manage the shooting range in a way that benefits the county and local shooters,” Noll said. “This is another great example of users taking responsibility of an amenity they enjoy, making it better for everyone and they’re seriously rockin’ it.”

Denison and his band of hunters and target shooters are excited about the new responsibility of maintaining the range as a fee-free amenity not only for the county’s residents, but also for its visitors.

Last year, board members hosted three groups of first-time shooters at the range; one was a group of women who were in town from Oklahoma, Denison said.

In addition to those rare out-of-state visitors, Denison said at least half of the shooters at the range come from Denver and the Front Range, where indoor shooting ranges can be expensive.

“As a group we think it’s terrific and we’re excited about the agreement with the county because it formalizes what we have been doing up to this point,” he said. “We get a tremendous amount of support from the entire county and we’re excited to expand our events and introduce shooting to even more first-timers in the future.”

The shooting range is located at 639 County Road 66, above the Summit County Landfill, in Dillon. The shooting range is free to the public. Donations are accepted on-site and online at

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belexesSpruce Creek/Deadhorse  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jan 26, 2014

CMC trip. We snow-shoed from the St Louis trailhead, followed the Spruce Creek Trail to the Deadhorse trail, then we followed an unmarked trail for a bit before climbing straight up to the summit. It was sunny for most of the day, but very windy on the summit. The whole hike took a little under 7 hours.
Posted Jan 27, 2014 2:46 pm

TheLawSkied From the Summit!  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2009

Great powder off the eastern ridge.
Posted Nov 7, 2010 12:32 pm

Brian KaletWith Ptarmigan Peak  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Dec 16, 2006

Brian Kalet

Skied from the summit!
Posted Oct 1, 2010 6:51 pm

Sarah Simonvia Fraser Experiemental Forest   Sucess!
Date Climbed: Mar 7, 2010

Sarah Simon

A totally amazing blue-bird winter day with fine snow. From this approach, Bottle Peak, especially cloaked in winter snow, is a striking and dramatic Colorado 11er. Sadly, I lost my camera on the mountain, which completely breaks my heart. Good company, though, and a fine outting.
Posted Mar 7, 2010 10:06 pm

armorfootWonderful trek  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2002

Came down from Byers and visited the summit of Bottle Peak. Absolutely perfect mountain trek.
Posted Aug 10, 2009 5:13 pm

KesslerBottle  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009

I climbed both Bottle Peak and Ptarmigan with my dad and had a great time.
Posted Jul 5, 2009 10:52 pm

ScottBottle  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009

June 27 2009

My son and I climbed Bottle and Ptarmigan Peaks from Keyser Creek. We climbed the peaks from the west. The trail was faded, but we made our way to Bottle Pass and then climbed Ptarmigan Peak. After eating lunch at the summit, we returned to Bottle Pass and climbed Bottle Peak before heading back down to the vehicle. It was sunny the whole time and there were no mosquitoes. It was a perfect day.

August 2003

I climbed Bottle and Ptarmigan from the Fraser Experimental Forest. At the time the road was open all the way to the beginning of the trail (it's closed now).
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ouray19Huron  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2005

My first 14'er for 2005. Great way to start off the season! Went a second time with a friend and hiked through fog the entire time. Guess they'll have to go back for the views.
Posted Aug 19, 2007 1:05 pm

wlstoneWinfield TH  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007

Beat the weather again even though this time the wind wouldn't stop.
Posted Aug 18, 2007 11:21 pm

AspenRoute Climbed: Standard Route  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2006

I climbed this peak with two friends from 14ers.com. Great weather and view of the Apostles! I felt a little tired and behind the other guys because I had just arrived from sea level 2 days earlier.
Posted Aug 17, 2007 12:32 am

thebeave7Winfield  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007

A nice mellow climb on a rest weekend.
Posted Aug 13, 2007 12:54 am

Mots010Standard trail  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2007

Started from Winfield as I dont have 4WD. Very scenic and relaxing day.
Posted Jul 31, 2007 5:18 pm

jeffrawnStandard Route  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2006

Had to walk the 4WD road, so a bit of a long hike. Really nice trail from TH, though, thanks to the CTI's hard work. Great views all along the way and at the summit. Rain threatened from about 12:30 on, but only sprinkled until we reached the car. Group photo, including the keeper of Huron SP page is here: http://www.summitpost.org/image/211726/Celebrating-at-the-Summit.html
Posted Jul 24, 2007 2:52 am

slowbutsteadyslowbutsteady  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Aug 22, 1995

From camp at Winfield I walked the four wheel road taking a left uphill and later a right on a closed mining road. This road circles around the shoulder of Browns Mt. high above the Banker mine.Down the regular route.6:15am start:11:30 summit.My second 14ner.
Posted Jul 21, 2007 11:02 pm

bigwillygorgeous  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2007

Absolutely beautiful. Up the north ridge and down the standard route. Was able to spend more than an hour on the summit. fifteenth fourteener and fifth in three days.
Posted Jul 19, 2007 10:03 pm

myroneTH from beyond the Bank Mine  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2007

Started up at 5:10AM, reached an empty summit at 7:56AM. Perfect weather and awesome views. Stayed about 20 mins then back to the car by 10:38AM with several people heading up. My second summit in as many days and my 29th 14'er.....sweet!
Posted Jul 8, 2007 10:02 am

winterfaeHuron via Brown's  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2007

After reading HokieJim's trail report we decided to use the same route and had a great hike bagging 2 summits in one day! A few threatening clouds came, went and came again but we had a good 30-45 minutes at the summit and got to our cars just before the rain came! Awesome views.
Posted Jul 6, 2007 10:50 am

HokieJimTour de Huron  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007

Ascended Brown's Peak first via the Lulu Gulch trail, traversed over to Huron, and descended the standard route. Snow conditions allowed for a nice 1000' glissade down the NW face!
Posted Jul 3, 2007 9:12 pm

smason505Father's Day Hike  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007

Hiked the NW slopes with my pops, mom, and another good friend's dad. Great day, beautiful weather.
Posted Jun 26, 2007 12:48 pm

Scott RogersNice Hill  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2007

Scott Rogers

Up and down really quick. Fun little hike. Lots of gorgeous flowers to be seen.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 8:18 pm

mountainloverCONorthwest Slopes  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007

Beautiful views throughout the hike, especially those of The Three Apostles. Great trail, but the snow in the basin was a nightmare on the descent with lots and lots of postholing. Beyond that, Huron was a blast!
Posted Jun 3, 2007 8:09 pm

ktiffany22An alternate adventure route from Lulu Gulch  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007

On a repeat summit, we took to our adventurous side & loop hiked both Browns & Huron. Using our crampons, we climbed a fun 25-30 degree coulier up to Browns (in pure solitude), traversed the ridge to Huron, caught a couple of glissades down Huron's face with our axes, then donned our snowshoes to prevent a dreadful posthole nightmare accross the valley headed back down the standard route. THIS route is the way to go!!!
Posted Jun 3, 2007 5:50 pm

Anya JingleVia Northwest Slopes  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2003

Anya Jingle

What a delightful hike! I wish I could return up there with my new camera. The slideshow from our hike up there in the summer of 2003 is here: Huron Peak hike
Posted Jan 13, 2007 11:00 pm

boisedocfavorite Sawatch 14er  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 1990

More scenic than other Sawatch peaks. Maybe the only Sawatch 14er Id consider doing again.
Posted Dec 17, 2006 5:37 pm

Vagabond ManifestoRain and hail  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2006

Vagabond Manifesto

Beautiful hike...made the summit this morning, presumably the first one on the mountain today (no one else had signed the register). Only one other hiker behind me, then a rainstorm with some hail thrown in for good measure on the descent.
Posted Aug 25, 2006 6:03 am

sdhagerRoute Climbed: Winfield TH  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2005

First climb in the Sawatch. Awesome views!!
Posted Aug 5, 2006 9:09 pm

RMdaytripsgrlSOOO fun!  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006

From the Winfield 4WD TH. The most FUN mountain I've climbed for a while! Great trail w/nice switchbacks. A good one to get started on, for sure. NO WORRIES here! Just enjoy the scenery. Was with Brandon Fuller. Started at 6am, back to Golden for lunch...nice.
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uwjennieGreat day!  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2006

Climbed with Jeff (Desert Solitaire) and four others. A great trip with a great team. Fun day with a little bit of rain, but we were back to the cars before the real storm started. It was nice to engage the 4-Low on my 4Runner for the first time during the last 1/4 mile section of the road. It reminded me that desert peak baggers are truly great 4x4 drivers.
Posted Oct 15, 2006 10:58 pm

Desert SolitaireA Desert Classic!  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2006

Desert Solitaire

A great peak and a great climb with a wonderful team. Led this peak as an official Sierra Club DPS trip. The route was a bit too circuitous for me, but enjoyable nonetheless. Easy class 3 on one or two moves. The knife edge was the most fun - the best reason to climb this peak, in my opinion!

Total round trip time ~ 6 hours. Drops of rain during the descent turned into a downpour later that evening in Vegas. It rained all night and into the whole next day, so we canceled the next day's climb of Bridge mountain.
Posted Oct 15, 2006 4:45 pm

mountaingazelleRoute Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: April 1, 2006  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Apr 1, 2006

This was an excellent climb. The scambling was easier than I thought it would be. I got rained on a couple of times while I was climbing up the mountain. The knife-edge on the summit ridge was fun. Great views from the top.
Posted Apr 3, 2006 1:15 am

brianhughesRoute Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: Nov. 25th, 2005  Sucess!

See my Trip Report for details.
Posted Nov 29, 2005 12:47 am

Matthew HollimanRoute Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: Nov 21, 2005  Sucess!

Matthew Holliman

Day 4 of my southern NV/UT tour. Enjoyable peak, but there's only a move or two of 3rd class to negotiate the headwall, and most of the knife edge is a hands-in-pockets walk, which was a bit disappointing. (The most challenging move is getting onto the knife edge ridge from the saddle, and even that can be avoided by following the cairns around the northern side rather than gaining the ridge directly).

I'd hoped to climb Virgin Pk in the afternoon, but the drive there was very long, and I turned back after walking a few miles to the old DPS TH when I figured I'd be lucky to even reach the summit before dark. I don't regret heading out there, though--the old dirt road I hiked along (washed out quite spectacularly in spring 2005) was quite scenic in its own right.

That evening, I drove on to Hurricane, UT, where I found a motel room for a couple of nights. I was pretty excited--my first visit to Zion NP, and if the excellent weather continued to hold, a chance at climbing the Guardian Angels.
Posted Nov 28, 2005 9:16 pm

SusanMRoute Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: October 22, 2005  Sucess!

A very warm day and a pleasant group of hikers. Encountered one rattlesnake and one tarantula during our climb.

Other summit date: February 5, 2005
Posted Oct 23, 2005 10:26 pm

Day HikerRoute Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: 05 February 2005  Sucess!

Day Hiker

Thanks to cp0915 for introducing me to this mountain. It was an interesting hike with great views from the top.
Posted Feb 8, 2005 3:29 pm

cp0915Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: Feb 5, 2005  Sucess!

F'n terrific.
Posted Feb 8, 2005 1:39 pm

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