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February 2018
OUR ROAD TRIP TO ST. GEORGE MENACING ROCK GARDENS AND A $4 MOVIE TICKET
Last month, over the Martin Luther King Day weekend, my nephew Evan and I took a road trip to St. George for a visit with the well- known Red Rock Bicycle company. I wish I could call it a break, but it was definitely more work than a vacation should entail. You see, me, Evan, and the Red Rock team pre-rode the infamous Zen trail chunk of the “True Grit Epic,” prepping for the 50-mile ultra-endurance race coming up on March 10. The race itself is sure to be a gauntlet, but the Zen loop was probably the most difficult and technical trail I’ve ever biked in my life. I’ve written before in this newsletter about a race in Colorado, and I thought that was challenging, but it barely holds a candle to the Zen trail. It’s a grueling climb up what feels like an endless path of rocks, with two- to three-foot gaps eager to trip you up and throw you and your bike to the jagged ground at seemingly every turn. Then you have to bunny-hop up these ragged stone staircases into a valley of boulders with seemingly no trail, trying your best to follow tiny markers others have put up before you. The entire time, you’re navigating crevices and ravines, just doing your best to survive, much less make it to the end of the course. When we showed up at the Red Rock Company, I started to wonder if I’d underestimated the task at hand. I’ve got a fast bike, equipped with mountain bike wheels, but it’s a little thin and knobby to maintain speed. The others guys showed up with massive, heavy bikes, full-sized tires supported by a full suspension. I would learn that the reason they’d brought along these monsters was because this course was brutal — so brutal that, by the time I was done with the 6.5 miles, the rocks had totally destroyed the rim on my front wheel. You
take enough 6-foot drops off 45-degree angles, and it’ll do that to a smaller bike like mine.
The damage stopped us from going on the 3:00 p.m. ride I’d been planning for later. So instead, Evan and I went to see a movie. But when we headed to the Megaplex on Main Street, it was utterly packed. Everywhere you turned, there were families; husbands and wives hand-in-hand, with a gaggle of 4 or 5 kids trailing behind them. This might not sound unusual, but if you’d seen it yourself, you would understand how surreal it actually was. We bought a ticket, headed in, and watched “Murder on the Orient Express.” It wasn’t until much later that we realized that no one had ever checked our tickets — I guess they just trust people over there. The real beauty of it was the ticket cost us just over $4.50 on a weekend at 6:30. So kudos to Megaplex and St. George for offering this inexpensive service in the midst of modern America, where $20 bowls of popcorn are not unusual. In the end, it was a great trip, despite my wrecked wheel. At least now I know to beef up my bike a little before returning in March for the big race!
–Patrick Silva
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SPICE IN YOUR LIFE? NEED A LITTLE
Spices and herbs add much more than flavor and aroma to your favorite beverages and treats. They also offer many health benefits. When properly utilized, these spice rack staples can ease a variety of symptoms. Ready to find your new holistic health kick? Read on. NUTMEG This spice, known for its earthy, nutty flavor, has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. Want to calm nagging pain? This spice has been used to treat joint pain and arthritis. It can even be used to remedy bad breath. Nutmeg is most potent when it’s freshly grated, so it’s recommended you purchase whole nutmeg seed, found in most specialty food stores. You can incorporate nutmeg into your diet by taking it as a supplement in capsule form or simply sprinkling it into your next chai tea. Your achy joints will thank you. GINGER
it raw, candied, as a supplement, in tea, or in baked goods. Ginger is most effective when it’s ingested raw or in capsule form. If you have morning sickness, raw ginger might do the trick. Just ask the people of ancient China. Like many spices, ginger’s use as a supplement goes back centuries. Southeast Asian countries used it to ease their own common ailments. Call it tried and true. PEPPERMINT You can use peppermint as an essential oil, steep the leaves for tea, or take a supplement capsule. Each form comes with its own benefits. As an essential oil, peppermint is great for treating colds. It’s a mild decongestant, and it helps with coughs and stuffed-up noses. It also soothes sore throats and headaches. Rub one or two drops under your nose, on your temples, or over your sinuses and feel the relief wash over you! Even further, a study published by The BMJ found that when administered as a capsule, peppermint helped reduce the symptoms of IBS in a majority of patients.
This root is an essential natural anti-inflammatory. It can help ease an upset stomach and finally tame your nausea. You can safely eat
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Don’t Give Up Yet! ARRESTED FOR DUI? If you’ve been arrested for driving under the influence, it’s difficult to know where to turn. Besides the impending legal consequences of the arrest, you may be stigmatized by your friends and family, and struggling beneath the weight of this incredibly stressful situation. But there’s still hope. Though you may have been taken in, a DUI arrest is far from a conviction. Obviously, DUI charges are not to be taken lightly, but there are ways to contest them and fight for your right to due process. You won’t want to go at it alone, though. The best way to get through the complex and delicate legal process of contesting a DUI is to get an attorney on your side — preferably one with years of experience dealing specifically with DUI defense. With an expert in your corner, you can be sure that every potential avenue for your defense will be explored. Here are just a few ways attorneys can question the validity of your DUI arrest.
• There were potential technical issues with the breathalyzer or other device used to measure your BAC.
• The officer failed to inform you that you could refuse the breathalyzer test.
• There’s not enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you were impaired at the time of arrest.
• The evidence fails to show that you were the actual driver of the vehicle at the time of arrest.
Police are typically quite thorough, but they make mistakes each and every day just like the rest of us, leading to false or contested DUI arrests. Such an arrest is certainly a jarring event in your life, but it shouldn’t lead you to throw up your hands and give up. Instead, contact the attorneys at the Law Office of Patrick Silva to ensure you get the best DUI defense in California.
• The police officer stopped you without a legally justifiable reason to do so.
• You were not read your Miranda rights.
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Tater Tot Bombs BACON-WRAPPED
Recipe inspired by ThisGrandmaIsFun.com.
Sure, your showoff pal can wrap a tater tot with a piece of bacon and call it “The Daniel,” but you can take it a step further. Prepare a couple batches of these savory snacks for your Super Bowl party or the next family get-together. Snag a few for yourself before they disappear!
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• 2 cups frozen tater tots, defrosted • 1 ounce sharp cheddar, cut into 1/4-inch squares
• 4 slices bacon, quartered • 1/4 cup brown sugar • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
DIRECTIONS
3. Place tots seam side down on baking sheet. Bake for 20–25 minutes, using metal tongs to turn halfway through. 4. Garnish with parsley, if desired, and serve immediately.
1. Heat oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. 2. Press a cheese square into each tot, then wrap with a piece of bacon. Dredge each tot in brown sugar.
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Meet Necco’s Sweethearts
THE HISTORY OF FEBRUARY’S MOST CHARMING CANDIES
It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air. The birds are singing
this trend, Boston pharmacist Oliver Chase spent hours devising a primitive machine that could cut down on the manual labor involved in manufacturing troches, expertly rolling the “dough” into tubes and chopping it into perfect wafers. Within a year or two, he’d abandoned his pharmaceutical leanings for a much more profitable enterprise: candymaking. Over the next 60 years, the popularity of these little candies exploded, forming the basis for the New England Confectionary Company, otherwise known as Necco. As Chase’s company grew alongside his riches, his brother began to wonder how he could get in on the action. Not to be outdone, he invented his own machine in 1866, designed to print red vegetable dye onto the Necco dough and cut the candies into shapes. They were an immediate hit. People loved their witty mottos like, “MARRIED IN WHITE, YOU HAVE CHOSEN RIGHT.” In 1902, Necco began to manufacture the candies in their signature heart shape, and over time, the sayings were condensed to match their smaller size. Now, the hearts contain dozens of phrases, and they’re updated with new ones every year. Gone are the wafers reading “FAX ME.” They’ve been replaced by “TXT ME,” “#LOVE,” and “TWEET ME.” Whether you love or hate the sandy, goofy Sweethearts, it’s clear they’re not going anywhere anytime soon.
in a manic frenzy, doting romantics are plucking red roses by the fistful, and Cupid is practically blotting out the sun with
a flurry of arrows.
Or, at the very least, there’s a lot of candy flying off the shelves. Approximately $448 million worth of it, according to History.com. Chocolate may lead the pack in sheer poundage — 58 million pounds over the course of V-Day week, to be exact — but there’s no more iconic candy than Necco’s signature Sweethearts candies. The chalky, cheeky little buggers have been helping shy romantics articulate their aspirations for 151 years, and they’re a bona fide force of nature. These days, an insane 8 billion Sweethearts are produced annually at a rate of about 100,000 pounds per day. But how did these flavorless, yet eternally charming, treats come to be? In the mid-19th century, people were going crazy for apothecary lozenges called troches, small tablets made by hand with a smidgen of a medicinal substance and a dried, sugary paste. To capitalize on 4 www.willsandtrustlawyers.com | www.beatmydui.com
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