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Staying safe in armed conflict contexts
In case you missed our program this afternoon, below is a re-cap via storify, with thanks to Roxani Krystalli. The program, Staying safe in armed conflict contexts: What do crisis-affected people prioritize and does it work? Do humanitarian actors and others take note?, focused on self-protection.Continue Reading →
The Business of Peace in Africa
Winning the peace in the Horn of Africa — and its neighbors across the huge arc of turbulence from the Maghreb to Central Asia — means studying the warlord's playbook, updated for the 21st century. Countries beset by factionalism, corruption and violence can't be fixed with the 20th century tool kit of peace talks leading to new constitutions, plus using aid to build institutions, backed by U.N. peacekeepers. Worse, the U.S. strategy of outsourcing counter-terrorism programs to regional proxies just funnels ready cash into precisely the most skilled and ruthless operators in the political marketplace, as well as giving them the means for repression.Continue Reading →
Is It Ever Legal to Bomb a Hospital?
Dr. Omar was conducting an exploratory laparotomy on a female patient with a bullet wound in her abdomen when the entire hospital shook with the sound of explosions. Windows were shattering and a light and plaster fell from the ceiling. A nurse ran in to say that a missile had been fired through the wall […]Continue Reading →
Response To David Laitin's Reflections On Clan Cleansing In Somalia
David Laitin's reflections on Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Turn of 1991 (2013) open up welcome space for further debate about Somali civil war violence in 1991-1992. The strengths Laitin highlights are considerable and include "the historical truth about responsibility" and the "cynical denial" of this responsibility" on the part of the political leaders […]Continue Reading →
These reflections were written for a seminar on "Patterns of Mass Violence in Somalia", sponsored by the World Peace Foundation, and held at Tufts University, Medford Massachusetts, September 27-28, 2013
I cannot over-emphasize the importance of this book for its three major accomplishments: (1) Bringing to a broad audience (with her own beautiful translations) the […]Continue Reading →
Somalia's Innovating Pirates
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The MT Smyrni, a Liberian flagged Tanker, was sailing 250 nautical miles off the Omani coast when pirates were sighted. The pirates closed fast, attacking with automatic weapons. The crew was able to drive the pirates off once, but a second attack overwhelmed the Smyrni. Within moments the […]
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This week, Gov.Martin O'Malleyis making a first, tentative use of one of his most fundamental powers as governor: to right injustices in the treatment of those who have been convicted of crimes. Mr. O'Malley is moving toward commuting the sentences of two inmates sentenced to life in prison, a welcome departure from his previous habit of simply ignoring the recommendations of Maryland's parole board in the case of lifers. He was pushed by the legislature, and he is wading gingerly into the issue. But at least in these two cases, the cause of justice is winning out over simplistic, tough-on-crime politics.
Of the two inmates in question, Mark Farley Grant is the more familiar to Sun readers; his case and the efforts to win his release have been chronicled extensively by columnist Dan Rodricks. Mr. Grant was convicted of murder in a street robbery committed when he was 14, but an investigation into the matter by the Innocence Project has found compelling evidence that he is, as he has always claimed, innocent of the crime. The original prosecutor in the case says he never would have brought it to trial if he had known what he knows now.
The other candidate for clemency is Tamara Settles, aPrince George's Countywoman who lured a man to a robbery during which he was fatally shot by her then-boyfriend. She was 26 at the time and is now 53. The boyfriend pleaded guilty and wound up serving only nine years; Ms. Settles went to trial and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.


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Henry Darger
Henry Darger was born on April 12, 1892 in Chicago, Illinois. His early life was marred by tragedy when his mother died giving birth to a sister, whom Darger never saw as she was immediately adopted. Due to failing health, Darger's father was unable to look after his son and at the age of 8 the boy was put into care. Behavioural problems led to Darger being placed in the Lincoln Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children in Lincoln, Illinois in 1904, where Darger lived for 5 years, fully aware that he did not belong there.
Whilst at Lincoln, Darger received the news that his father had died. Darger attempted to escape from the Asylum and was successful at the third attempt, returning to Chicago in 1909, aged 17. He settled in the then largely German area surrounding St. Vincent de Paul Church, where he spent his entire working life doing so-called menial work in local Catholic hospitals.
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This time of year comes on pretty quickly. The panic of summer and bathing suit season looming in the near future (even though it is snowing as I type this!) It's always this time where I try to start to make small changes. I am the type of person, that if I make huge changes in my diet, I am more likely to crash. Small change, baby steps are where its at for me!
I looooooove soda pop. Like really, really love it. I could drink it any time of the day. Most people have a coffee in the morning, I am content having a soda. With that in mind, a small change in that area is a good start to help get my body bathing suit ready! Lucky for me and all of my soda loving friends, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (DPSG) just came out with Four Ten DPSG Calorie Products! They can be found at your local WalMart. They only have ten calories (yes, only 10!) but still taste like regular soda. My husband even loves them, which is a huge step for him, considering he acts as though he is dying when he drinks any diet soda! And did I mention only 10 calories (I know, I did!) per serving- and the serving is actually the whole can, not just 5 sips of the can! The Four Ten DPSG Calorie Products come in four flavors too- Sunkist, 7UP, A&W, and Canada Dry.
With having an 18 month old home with me, it seems like we are always on the go- every day there is an errand to run, a place to be, something to purchase. She is SO active and keeps me on the go all the time and makes getting out the door a production (what child doesn't). I always like to grab a quick drink or a snack to take along with me, so I am less tempted to stop somewhere while I am out and get something I would regret eating later!
Maybe this is the fashionista in me, but anytime I take a drink with me from home, I almost treat it as an additional accessory. Seriously- something simple like having a cute drink to carry with me gives me a little extra kick in my step (especially if I know it is helping me stay healthy).
(and yes, I am writing about getting swimsuit ready and it is snowing in these pictures. Snowing! And please excuse the no smiling- I have Bells Palsy! Crazy, and hope it doesn't last too long!)
I try to drink mostly water with my dinner, just to make sure I get in as much as possible, but I do like to treat myself every once in a while with my dinner and having something like this doesn't make me feel guilty! (and thank you Ella for letting me use one of your straws!)
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Name: Sakura Kinomoto
Age: 10
Magical Powers: As for magical abilities, Sakura is a Sorceress. Her powers allowed her to see ghosts and spirits even at a young age and Sakura usually pointed them out to her brother Tory who also possessed the ability to see them. Apart from her medium like abilities, Sakura's also in the words of recollecting a magical deck of cards, created from times long ago. They're ancient and powerful and Sakura had the unfortunate luck of accidentally scattering them.
Skills: Good at cheerleading, supporting her friends, not giving in and letting herself becoming discouraged for too long.
Personality: Sakura's an extremely energetic and cheerful and just generally a happy person. Quite the athletic individual, Sakura was part of the cheerleading squad in both her middle school and then again in high school, where she eventually made it up to captain.
Yet despite this knowledge upon first meeting Sakura she seems to come off as a little naive, clumsy, dense and at times completely clueless. This sadly isn't something that has changed over the years and she's still quite gullible and at times believes pretty much everything that people tell her.
Yet despite that, she still has those perceptive moments.
Sakura's optimistic and trustworthy nature allows her to be friendly with everybody. In fact, her personality is a dominating factor in her relationships, especially with Syaoran. Her charm can win anyone as was evident with Syaoran and how despite starting out as rivals they eventually became friends, which in turn grew into a love so powerful it's survived a lot of things.
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((This sample is from a site where I had aged both Syaoran and Sakura up to their earlier twenties, which is why they're not gonna read as little kids. just a FYI))
The idea to leave the safety of Tomoeda had seemed like the smart thing to do when she'd been still in the planning stage with Syaoran. But even with Syaoran here with her, the city just seemed to be too big and busy that Sakura found the whole thing a little overwhelming to be truthful. Sakura had always thought that Hong Kong had been way to busy for her liking, and while yes she'd since gotten used to the hustle and bustle of Syaoran's childhood home. The young sorceress hadn't quite been ready to go threw all of this again. A big city like this wasn't any place for her to be wandering around in on her own and Sakura had learned that lesson from her first and only venture into the main city in Hong Kong.
Nine times out of ten, Sakura usually took what Syaoran had to say into consideration. But it had just been a simple shopping trip and with Syaoran in meetings all day, Sakura hadn't wanted to spend such a beautiful day confined to the Li Clan Mansion. So Sakura had decided that she'd take a trip into the city, on her own against Syaoran's advice and warning that it probably was a bad idea. Nonetheless Sakura had brushed his warning off as him being just a little over protective and proceeded to then spend the rest of her afternoon running throughout the streets of Hong Kong, trying to avoid the various groups of paparazzi that had managed to stop her and want and interview. By the time she'd made it back to the mansion looking a little worse for wear, Syaoran's laughter and well elegantly worded 'I told you so' couldn't be kept at bay. Safe to say when in Hong Kong now, Sakura usually sticks to the mansion grounds if she needs to get outside for a bit.
But here in America, everything was completely different. No one seemed to be an eye at their presence in the city and while other members of his family might have found that unacceptable (a certain pig tailed martial artist who still talked way too much, for example) neither she nor Syaoran worked that way. Their powers and abilities were their own concerns and having the public be aware of them always seemed to bring them more trouble than it was worth. No, it was better all around to be as normal as possible until they could get to the bottom of whatever was going on here.
With her dreams being back to how they'd been when she'd first started to come into her powers vague and hazy, Sakura found herself cursing the fact that she couldn't really do anything to aide them. The moment she awoke from them they started to loose their clarity and if there had been something important hidden within them, they faded away more every second she was awake. That of course made retelling them nothing short of difficult and while they were working on some mental exercises to help prevent it, so far they hadn't had much luck and it was coming to point where actively searching the city, might be their only option left to them. Shifting in her sleep, Sakura could feel the beginnings of a dream forming. Tugging at the ends of her consciousness trying to pull her in farther.
Despite having years of experience when it came to dream walking, none of her card capting dreams had been pleasant or fun to experience and that had sort of tainted the whole sort of vision thing, to the point whee she tended to fight against it for as long as she could. Which usually resulted in the dream pulling her in farther than a normal human could stand it. It also made it all that much harder for her to be roused from the dream and even Syaoran had commented on the fact that waking her up from it was getting harder for him to do as well, and although for the moment it was unsaid, Sakura knew that he feared that perhaps the next time it happened he wouldn't be able to. Submerged fully into her current vision, Sakura did her best to try and make a mental note of everything she was seeing not knowing what might be important later on.
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And I think she's done <3
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She looks awesome! I look forward to RPing with you, I will be playing Kero so you have someone to play with right away.
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Ever since I began eating a healthier diet, I have been using fresh herbs when I cook. I cannot believe I have been missing out on such amazing flavors! I honestly had no idea added fresh herbs to a dish could heighten the flavor so much. I have been buying my herbs from the produce section of the grocery store, but that can get expensive.
I wanted to start an indoor herb garden, but had not done that before. I wanted to find a few tricks to help me get my herb garden going. I did some research and found some cool hacks you may enjoy!
6 Hacks For Starting An Herb Garden
- Coffee Grounds: Using leftover coffee grounds can help enrich your soil and keep bugs from destroying your plants.
- Egg Shells: Crushed eggshells can also help keep your plants protected from critters!
- Cinnamon: Sprinkle a little cinnamon on those newly planted herbs to keep diseases away.
- Epsom Salts: Avoid shell shocking newly planted herbs by mixing epsom salts in your soil.
- Cutting Blooms: If you have flowering herbs, be sure to trim those blooms. This keeps the nutrients going to the herb and not the bloom.
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Let me tell you, these Freiling Smart Planter are the answer to your indoor herb garden dreams. I never know when to water my plants, but with this innovatively designed planter, I don't have to. The Smart Planter keeps you from over (or under) watering your herbs. The little plastic flower is integrated into the pot and drops down when the plant needs to be watered again.
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"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend." Albert Camus
Meditating this morning with Deepak, repeating "Aham Brahmasmi" (I am the Universe), an image popped into my mind of myself and all of you, all of the world, in a dark cocoon. We were soupy, like the melted mixture of cells a caterpillar becomes before rearranging itself into a butterfly. (Such a powerful and often used metaphor!) We were all the soup, in a dark cocoon, busy transforming. It brought home to me that this is something we do together; never alone.
I can't say, "I'm enlightened, and you're not". I'm not "better" than you because in a very real sense I am you. (I am the Universe, and so are you.) When I see someone act with what I feel is hatred, it reflects a hatred I still hold within me somehow. I want to look at my thoughts then and see what's behind intolerance, or fear, or anger. Do I feel people with different beliefs are ignorant? Willfully evil? How do I see other's treatment of me? Personal attack? Rejection? What pain do I let my underlying thoughts about the world, and my fellow travelers, bring me?
My deep center is peace – I feel this now more than ever! But seething around it are thoughts and beliefs that drag me right out of bliss. And the things I see in the world reflect these beliefs.
My point…We are transformed together. I could go further with the butterfly metaphor, but this is the main point. The most beautiful, kind person you know, and the most evil – we're all in the same soup; we are One. Somehow.
There's no logic to it. The world may disagree – some parts – though others have been saying this for centuries. It's nothing new… just a morning revelation for me. There is no us vs them or me vs you, we're all bug soup together, becoming who we really are: Truth (with a big "T"), peace, love, joy – those words that can seem so overused they cease to have deep meaning – but when you feel them, you know exactly where you are headed, where you want to go. And it makes me smile to know I'm not in the soup alone!


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Taking the mystery out of falls
Donna M. Miller, MD, ACP Member, offered advice on diagnosing and preventing falls at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine 2017 conference.
Treating a patient who has fallen is like solving a crime, Donna M. Miller, MD, ACP Member, told attendees at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine 2017 conference.
"Evaluating a patient fall, we need to put our detective hats on and get the who, what, where, when, and why, because that's what's going to be the key to help us identify what are the underlying risk factors that are potentially modifiable to prevent falls moving forward," said Dr. Miller, who is a geriatrician and hospitalist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "Most people . . . aren't having those falls every day, so what was it that was different about today as to why they fell?"
The first step is to investigate a couple of known offenders. "If there are two things that we should always do on any patient who has fallen from standing height, it's 1) a thorough medication review, and 2) orthostatic vital signs," she said.
The medication review should include not just a list of the patient's medications but also a look into the timing of doses prior to the fall. It's also important to get specific in the questioning about medications, Dr. Miller recommended. "[For] a lot of patients who take Tylenol, it's only if I ask them that I find out that it's oftentimes the Tylenol PM version," she said.
Research has shown that orthostatic hypotension increases in prevalence with age and that many patients might not notice they have it, Dr. Miller reported. "Only about half of patients experienced symptomatic dizziness," she said.
Vision difficulties, whether age-related or situational, are another frequent cause of falls. "In fall incident reviews, both in the outpatient and inpatient setting, inadequate lighting is a common theme," Dr. Miller reported.
Bifocal glasses can cause problems climbing stairs or crossing thresholds, and age-associated decreases in color contrast perception can also increase fall risk. "Somebody is in the bathroom where they've got a white toilet and white floors and white wall and maybe . . . misjudge where their bottom is supposed to land and instead land on the floor," she said.
Along with these likely causes of falls, there's one explanation that hospitalists should not be using. "We shouldn't be calling things mechanical falls. That actually doesn't mean anything other than maybe that it wasn't syncope," Dr. Miller said.
In addition to explaining falls, hospitalists need to apply themselves to preventing them, particularly while a patient is in the hospital. "A lot of us will institute our institution's fall precaution protocol. What exactly is that? I think we have this idea in our head that they like bubble-wrap the patient and don't let them get out of bed and they always 24 hours a day have somebody there to help when they get out of bed," said Dr. Miller. "But unfortunately, in hospitals across the country, we're seeing this happen all the time—tons and tons and tons of falls and tons of falls with major injuries. This has been a really tough nut to crack."
Interventions that have been tried and failed include bundled nursing interventions that involve supervision, fall risk signs, low beds, and bed and chair alarms. "Unfortunately, there have been numerous studies in the literature that have demonstrated that despite these really good ideas and good things, we're not moving the needle significantly on falls," she said.
Fall-risk prediction tools, even those validated in studies, have also proven ineffective. "Unfortunately, the literature would suggest that despite the validity of these tools for looking at risk factors, they're not very good at predicting who is going to fall in the hospital," said Dr. Miller.
But amid these failures, there is some hope. "There is emerging literature that would suggest that promising concepts include 1) tailoring patient-specific interventions, and 2) patient engagement," she said.
To tailor an intervention, hospital staff members work with patients to determine their particular fall risk factors. "That helps us with our critical thinking about what might then be some creative interventions. Somebody with heart failure who we know is going to need to get up and use the restroom quite a bit, they might need a more tailored toileting schedule," said Dr. Miller.
In a pilot effort at Mayo Clinic on patient engagement in fall prevention, patients were educated on their individual risk factors for falls and made a verbal agreement with a nurse regarding each of their roles in preventing falls in the hospital.
"What we found is that the patients' understanding that this is an issue significantly increased," she said. For example, when asked what they would do if they wanted to get out of bed, more patients said they would use the call light instead of getting up on their own. Early results of the trial also suggested a reduction in falls and falls with injury.
Encouraging patients to ambulate, while known to speed recovery of function, might be expected to increase fall risk, but a recent trial at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine in 2016, found just the opposite.
"They were able to significantly increase the time that people were spending walking, and there was a significant reduction in length of stay, by about half a day, and a trend toward a decrease in injurious falls," said Dr. Miller. "Just the degree of ambulation a patient is doing does not correlate with an increase in falls, and it might actually be the other way around."
Her hospital has similarly engaged in initiatives to create a "culture of mobility," including a nurse-driven activity and mobility algorithm with daily goals for patient activity that progress based on the patient's functional abilities. Patients who are medically stable and can get out of bed, for example, should have a goal of getting up and into a chair at least three times a day, she said.
Patients with even less ability to move get smaller goals, ideally ones that fit easily into nursing workflows. "When they're rolling in bed to have their linens changed and their gown changed, we're trying to get them to physically participate in the rolling and increasing their independence," said Dr. Miller.
These interventions are mainly implemented by nurses, but hospitalists play a key role in motivating patients to participate, she said. "We talk to our patients about a prescription of physical activity. I tell patients, 'Your spending more time out of bed and sitting up in a chair at the bedside is just as important in your ability to quickly recover from this illness as the antibiotics that we're prescribing.'"
Hospitalists should also be involved in the discussion of fall risk and activity goals. "If we do that together, with nursing, the patient, and us in the room, I think it holds each other, all of us, accountable for addressing an issue that would sometimes be easy to miss," said Dr. Miller.


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Crazed Winter Trek Through Capitol Reef
By Aaron Webb
Capitol reef is magical to me.
I know. Yeah, I say that about near every spot I've been to in the outdoors-I just love being out in the rocks and the trees, and it hardly matters where. But who can descend the Burr Trail into the jagged teeth of the Waterpocket Fold and not feel some kind of seduction? I'm as human as the next guy. When I think about looking down that row of slot canyons and slick rock monoliths, all lined up from Cathedral Valley down to Lake Powell, I will admit to feeling a little love-struck.
I have been to Capitol Reef a few times over the years-and as I would bet is true with the majority of you out there, the reef tends to take a backseat to Arches, Zion, and Bryce. Between work, family, and even the drive time, I just don't get down there that much.
Throughout 2008, I've wanted to take a hike in Capitol Reef, to get back to the Fold and remember what I've been missing. But my trip kept getting delayed; we were remodeling our newly purchased house before we could move in, I was dealing with a hard semester of college and working full time, and it has been a busy year as far as weddings, family visits, and vacations that I owed my wife (going places other than my beloved Southern Utah desert).
This last weekend, the first weekend of the new year, I decided that it was time to go, rain or shine. I had the time, I had the opportunity. So I convinced my wife to drive all the way down to Boulder with me so that we could tour the Waterpocket Fold. My goal was to hike to Brimhall Bridge and maybe sample Lower Muley Twist.
I knew that it would be a long shot-it is winter after all, and this season seems to have hit Southern Utah as hard as it did the north. Still, I expected that the Reef would have a scattered dusting of snow to go along with chilly temperatures, but nothing too difficult to overcome. Either way, I was determined to go, whether or not I'd make the hikes.
In all fairness, I suppose that I ought to explain my flawed plan to you readers. When I invited my wife, I had a short, scarcely planned foray in mind, more of a spur-of-the-moment trip to escape the insanity of normal life. I had no intentions of finding a motel or a campsite, of making sure before I went down there that roads were open, trails cleared, and lodging was available. This trip was partially needed to escape that kind of ordered, safe, habitual thinking, and get back to some carefree adventure.
My wife doesn't really go for that kind of stuff, especially when travel is involved. We had to do some planning in order to make sure that we had a sitter for our two-year old. Other than that, I just wanted to grab some water, our coats, and maybe something to eat on the way down, and then hit the road.
Maybe I can use that as an excuse as to why I failed to take seriously my wife's demands. Her only condition for going on the trip were that we spent the night somewhere with toilets and running water. I figured we would find something, and didn't give it another thought.
Now, those of you that have driven through Boulder or Torrey in the middle of the winter are probably smiling right now-both of those towns more or less shut down in the off-season. Stores close, residents hibernate, and we made it even worse by getting in to Boulder well after dark. I'd never been to the area in the Winter before, and was pretty surprised by the desolation. There were rooms that we could have rented if we'd have wanted, but they were more expensive than our post-holiday budgeting could afford.
So we slept in our car in a parking lot, much to the annoyance of my wife. It will suffice to say that there was nothing in the way of running water or toilets where we slept, and that she was not the happiest camper that I have had the pleasure of spending the night with.
In the morning, we hit the Burr Trail in our little Honda Civic, an eleven-year old four-banger that has a hard time even on the smooth hills of I-15. Now we were driving around on the ice-covered surface of the Burr Trail, amazed at the snow around us. The Grand Staircase was as white as Park City; the scenery around the Burr Trail could have passed for the snow-entombed heights of Highway 12, were it not for the shapes of the sandstone underneath the ice-crusted drifts. The snow in the road had been hard-packed by quite a bit of travel though, enough so that I thought we might still manage to get our car through a few miles or so. My plan was to just turn around and drive up through Torrey to the main park entrance if the Burr Trail became impassable to us.
Amazingly, as we drove farther east, dropping ever lower in elevation, we found deeper and deeper snow. The road itself was still pretty smooth though, even as we reached the end of the paved section at the entrance to Capitol Reef. So we kept going, coasting along carefully, ready to turn around when we couldn't go any farther.
I stopped us dozens of times along the Burr Trail in order to take pictures. The scenery was spectacular. It is hard to shoot a bad photo when red rock is your subject, but the current landscape was even more phenomenal, and strangely exotic even to me. Sandstone ridges rose out of mounds and hills of snow; white, sculpted drifts took shapes as fanciful and wind-inspired as any hoodoo or arch.
We made it all the way to the switchbacks, which was honestly a lot farther than my dubious nature figured we would make it. Down the switchbacks we started, cautious and slow on the hard ice, and even slower when I would stop for a photo every dozen yards. Going down the Burr Trail switchbacks and into the Waterpocket Fold was easy; we made it just fine. So long as we drove slowly down the steep, ice-covered road, neither accelerating or decelerating quickly, our tires did not slide. We made it all the way down without any anxiety, and turned south onto the Notom-Bullfrog Road, looking for the Brimhall Bridge trailhead 12 miles down the road.
The Notom-Bullfrog Road eventually crosses a deep, wide wash, and has signs warning of high waters and fast currents. Obviously, in the first week of January, we weren't so worried about water in its fluid form, but not too long after we had passed the wash and came out on the south side, we found our road impassable. Apparently, those vehicles that had gone ahead of us, packing the snow as they did, never went any farther than mile 10 on the Notom-Bullfrog Road. We were almost to the Brimhall trailhead when we had to turn around in order to prevent getting high-centered in the fresh, unpacked snow on the road.
So, we turned back, and drove back toward the Burr Trail, stopping at Surprise Canyon, another, shorter hike just 2 miles south of the turnoff. There, we ditched the car at the trailhead and started the long walk through the snowfields toward the mouth of the canyon.
Surprise Canyon is regularly a fairly simple hike. The route is easy and mostly level. When you throw a minimum of eight inches of snow into the equation though, the hiking becomes a little harder. You have to high-step in order to walk, and your movements are exaggerated and tedious. The wind was another issue, especially as it whipped frosty air into our collars and hoods.
Still though, it wasn't difficult-just a little more difficult than it would have been. Crossing Halls Creek wasn't too hard; there was no water in the bottom except for the drifted snow, though the banks were steep and the mud still soft.
When we reached the mouth of the canyon in decent time, and plunged on in. Surprise Canyon starts out pretty wide, with fairly sloped walls. In fact, in warmer, drier weather, it would be fun to spend a few hours just scrambling along the rocks of the canyon. Now though, it was a little chilly, and the slick rock was all blanketed in snow.
Snow drifts were deeper in the canyon than they were out on the fields; all of the windblown snow gets trapped into the canyon and funneled down to the bottom, where it accumulates in deep, heavy drifts. Some of the drifts had been so condensed that we barely left footprints in them as we walked. Others were booby traps awaiting our unsuspecting approach. I plunged thigh-high into a few of the snow drifts, attempting to clamber over a boulder or rock pile.
You have to be careful when you are climbing around piles of loose stone that are covered by thick snow. It is easy to mistake an ice crust over a hole as solid footing, or to trust all of your weight to a large rock that looks stable and is really precariously balanced and hidden by the snow.
We took our time hiking up the trail, examining the rocks, taking pictures, admiring the sky as it went through changes from dark, melancholy gray, to bright, sunny blue, and then back to gray again.
The wind died to a barely noticeable whisper as the canyon walls closed in around us. We took our time, and when we finally reached the abrupt, traditional end of the canyon (the only reason for calling it Surprise Canyon that I can think of), we stopped and played for a while. I climbed up above the obstacle at its end, finding even deeper snow drifts wedged into the widening sandstone alleys ahead. Surprise Canyon actually extends further back than the pour-off, but it is generally a less impressive hike after that point.
When it finally came time to leave, we hiked out and then drove back toward the switchbacks again, this time intending to go up. Those switchbacks are very steep, and with the amount of ice sticking to the road, I had underestimated how hard it would be to get back up. Getting down had been too easy; I hadn't slid or fishtailed at all. Now, my little Honda was having a very hard time with the road. In order to make it up an icy, steep hill, you need speed and momentum. In order to safely turn a tight corner on a steep switchback, you need caution and very little speed. In order to manage the Burr Trail switchbacks in the snow and ice, we needed both at the same time.
We made it, but there were three different times that my car lost momentum coming around a curve, and we were forced to slowly back down the road until we came to a level enough spot that we could accelerate back up to speed and attempt the turn again.
Most people aren't dumb enough to try the Burr Trail in the Winter in a small car; I happen to be one of the other kind. My wife happens to be the trusting kind, though I think I might be training her out of that character flaw. Whatever the case, I thoroughly enjoyed our trip, and was well impressed with my little car's ability to survive that kind of abuse.
Surprise Canyon is an easy hike, though it might be classified as medium strenuous if you are hiking through heavy snow. It is in the middle of nowhere (we saw only two other vehicles the between Boulder and Surprise Canyon and back), and during the Summer, can be scorchingly-and dangerously-hot. The juxtaposition with a frostbitten, snow-covered Winter was truly remarkable, and worth the drive down.
As always though, we found ourselves with far less time than we would have liked, and were back on the road toward I-15 much sooner than we wished.
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Sand Oasis is the first main stage of Sonic and the Secret Rings and the stage is at a desert setting.
[edit] Plot
Sonic and Shahra set out to look for King Shahryar. After playing some of the missions of Sand Oasis, another cutscene begins. They find him inside of a jar. Sonic sees that it's Eggman, but in the Arabian Nights world, Eggman is the king, as stated by Shahra which briefly confused Sonic. Suddenly, the Erazor Djinn appears and carries the king away toward Dinosaur Jungle.
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[edit] Go for the Goal
- Find King Shahryar.
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- Don't get defeated.
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[edit] Head to Head
- Beat Uhu to the Goal.
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[edit] No Pearls
- Don't get any Pearls.
This is also a short mission. Sonic begins near the entrance of the Arabian Nights building, similar to the first Diehard Challenge. Pearls will be scattered throughout the stage and you must reach the goal without grabbing them, otherwise you'll fail the mission and must restart from the beginning.
[edit] Special Challenge
- Don't break the Jar.
As with previous missions, Sonic only goes through a part of the Sand Oasis. Jars are scattered everywhere and Sonic must avoid breaking them, which can be done by Homing Attack, Jump Dashing, or even running into them. Near the end, you must carefully use the Homing Attack on a set of enemies while avoiding the jars directly underneath them.
[edit] Diehard Challenge
- Don't get defeated.
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[edit] Beat the Clock
- Finish Within 120 seconds.
Sonic must reach the goal within 2 minutes. With this mission, Sonic heads in the reverse direction towards the beginning of the Sand Oasis. If you die while doing the challenge, you'll be sent back to the checkpoint, although the timer will continue to go down.
[edit] Perfect Challenge
- Don't Take Damage.
Similar to the Beat the Clock Mission, this one also has Sonic running in the reverse direction, towards the beginning of Sand Oasis. There are many more obstacles for Sonic to avoid. If he gets hit by anything, he will fail and must restart the mission from the beginning.
[edit] Special Challenge
- Break 5 jars.
This mission is one of the few that takes place only indoors. Sonic is running on a linear path and must simply attack the jars that he approaches using the Homing Attack.
[edit] Collect Rings
- Collect 99 Rings.
Like the Break the jars mission, this one also takes place indoors on the same linear path. There are many rings that appear for Sonic to collect. The Silver Rings are worth 20 rings. Getting hit by obstacles will cause Sonic to lose some of his rings.
[edit] Rampage
- Defeat 20 Enemies.
As with the previous two missions, this one is also in the same location indoors. Sonic must simply defeat the enemies that he approaches. Some of the enemies will temporarily disappear, so Sonic must carefully time his Homing Attack to strike them. Also, there's one area where Sonic must grind on an invisible rail in order to reach the enemies that are towards the ceiling.
[edit] Chain of Rings
- Get a 60 Ring Combo.
This mission is also in the same indoor location. Sonic must collect 60 rings in a chain. As he is collecting rings, a meter will remain at the top level. If Sonic doesn't collect a ring before the meter fully drains, the rings won't count as part of the chain and he must start the ring chain over again, until he reaches 60 rings.
[edit] Defeat the Boss
- Battle the Sand Scorpion.
The Sand Scorpion is the first boss of the game and Sonic is chasing it the entire time. Sonic must avoid the attacks that the scorpion launches such as its tails and missiles. The scorpion has eyes on its tails, which you must strike, using the Homing Attack.
After the creature strike with its tail, it will remain on the ground, giving Sonic the oppotunity to do a chain of Homing Attacks on all of its eyes. Continue striking all of its eyes and it will turn around a reveal one huge eye. The eye will come towards Sonic, who must then, jump and use the Homing Attack on it 3 more times to defeat the Sand Scorpion.
Completing this boss will earn you the first World Ring.


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UPDATE: This is most probably a fan made poster considering all the content is based on currently available artwork: The retail box and the wallpaper found in MGS4 website; and also it is too soon for any marketing campaign considering the actual release date of the game.
Considering the huge hype this game has, it was to be expected that any fan could eventually design some advertisement adds just to increase the hype.
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CryEngine developer also feels that the console is a "worthy hardware upgrade" over the Xbox One.
Oh look, GamingDolt interviewed another dev about a console!
All these Articles about Xbox One X is facts.
Of course it's a worthy upgrade over the X1, no one is denying that, it's just that GamingDolt always interviews some developer or analyst and ask silly questions, usually to get the clicks and nothing more. Sometimes 1 interview is being stretched out over several articles and it's all just for ad revenue.
Well, journalism is a dying profession hence the clickbait. This is no different from cable news dragging out one story or in others words "stretching the truth".
And, it seems like N4G lets them get away with it. I've seen articles failed before simply because they're doing the exact same thing that Gamingbolt is doing. Do these guys even talk about games, or are they about hardware? If they're about hardware, they should change their name to WeLoveXboxHardwarebolt.
Sure, and PS4 and Switch are outselling "true 4k" console.
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Sure, and PS4 and Switch are outselling "true 4k" console.
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and was picked up by ARM, Sony then used these chips in their
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Who cares?
They are spamming n4g with these articles
Not the point. The point is that every FailingDolt article is the same crap. It's ALWAYS a dev opining about the power of a console. It's the same clickbait every...single...time. Anyone who's been on N4G for more than a few weeks knows it well.
Geez man.
Sometimes I dont get straightaway its them and when I get here and realize I just laugh and move on haha
They nearly tricked me with the bait.
This is Crytek, masters of making games look so good your eyes bleed and your rig melts. lol But being serious, the Xbox One GPU was 1.3tflops and X is 6tflops, Memory 8gb DDR3 @ 68gb/sec vs 12gb GDDR5 @ 326gb/sec. It is a worthy upgrade and a much larger gap then comparing a PS4 and Pro as far as an Upgrade in hardware goes.
all i wanna know is where the hell ryse 2 is. come on crytek sort it out
Who else would they interview ?
For me it should be about pushing games period, end of discussion. 4k should be way after that.
Because when its all said and done I care more about the games first and foremost. As long as game looks decent enough I'm good.
My issue with 4K as well is that, while I enjoy it and it does looks great, 1080p isn't that bad still. 1440p looks great and is a nice middle road as well.
Sad to think what some of the games running 4K and/or 4K checkerboarded could do if they ran at 1080p. Most would probably do 60fps or we could have more advanced physics and particles and what not.
I just know that 4K eats up a lot more system resources than I think most people realize. I know in my case on my PC (6700K @ 4.5GHz, GTX 1080 overclocked, 16GB DDR4-3000, NO SLOUCH!) a game like The Division goes from being a SOLID 60fps V-sync locked at 1440p with ~85% GPU usage to a mixed ~40-50fps 100% GPU usage at 4K.
Not even that big a difference in resolution, at least not super dramatic, yet I go from 60fps only using 85% of my GPU to 20fps lower AND 100% GPU usage. That means that going from 1440p to 4K, in my case, eats up a good ~30-35% performance. That's just not worth it.
Why do you keep calling it GamingDolt?
Because it's a funnier name than their real name! :)
Interviewed a PC dev about a console.
You mean the devs who began working on consoles in about 2008 so what's wrong with them being asked about a console
As I recall more about PC devs insistent on bleeding edge graphic tech who were part of a mini-crash of that industry, wanted/needed money, so they went to consoles complaining from day one that they weren't powerful enough.
careful man GamingDOLT might flag the comment lol
With games being so top secret even more so now with how some games just didn't pan out and was announced way too early, I'm sure it's hard for game jurno's to get some kind of info to give to us..
So I can kind of understand them stretching interviews especially if it's there job and that's how they make money.. n
Now what I don't like is..... when they have a list of 30 of the best to worse cars and you have to click 30 Times...... nope!
[Random dev] says [something power related] about [some console]...hmmmm...smells like a FailingDolt article...
Yep, FailingDolt. The new HipHopGamer apparently.
No fair. That guy actually played and enjoyed games.
Alot of people which complains about Gamingbolt articles are the first ones to give them clicks while making it the most relevant website and source for news here on N4G. Sad but true.
I don't see how, Sony already released their mid-gen upgrade and I don't see Nintendo coming with a 4K Switch anytime soon.
In addition, what is selling more and will sell more this year? A machine 'advertised' as 4K or a machine that doesn't know what 4K is and instead advertises fun?
Crytek is desperate. The Switch will push things far more than the X1X.
I'd say crytek get to work on a sequel to Ryse in 4k or how about a patch to make the existing Ryse X enhanced.
If Crytek was smart they would make a game for a machine with wider appeal and that machine isn't the X1X. They would play the odds rather than betting on an equation that doesn't pass 3rd grade math estimates.
Switch isn't got to push tech. Switch has a nice gimmick, much like the Wii, but it isn't moving the industry forward. It's more of a side step.
Nothing wrong with that, but a lot of people don't care for an underpowered hybrid system.
Well they are... "The Hunt" which will be on PC, PS4 and X1, prob not switch. Judging how good the game looks already in Alpha, I don't see it coming to switch, even in 640p.
"Nothing wrong with that, but a lot of people don't care for an underpowered hybrid system."
More people care for the Switch than for the worlds's most powerful console with no exclusive games. And you should really open your eyes and stop acting like portability with a drop in dock isn't a kind of tech.
Crytek has always been known to push visuals, which explains their interest in the Xbox One X. How many Crytek games were released on previous Nintendo platforms?
It is also talking about the push towards 4K, which we have already seen. Playstation, Xbox and the PC market are viable platforms heading towards 4K, as are many third party developers. Not sure the relevance of Switch in this scenario.
"More people care for the Switch than for the worlds's most powerful console with no exclusive games. And you should really open your eyes and stop acting like portability with a drop in dock isn't a kind of tech."
That has yet to be proven with developers such as Crytek. How well did Call of Duty do on Switch, what about Destiny and Battlefront II? Switch has yet proven itself to developers that it is a better system than the Xbox, and that probably explains why games such as Red Dead Redemption 2 are so far missing in action on Switch.
"If Crytek was smart they would make a game for a machine with wider appeal and that machine isn't the X1X. They would play the odds rather than betting on an equation that doesn't pass 3rd grade math estimates."
Sounds like if you had your way you would never make a game for the Xbox no matter what. Crytek is playing the odds which is why they would rather support PS4, Xbox One and the PC. Nintendo has a history of not being a great platform for third party developers. There's a lot more Xbox One systems out there than Switch. Just because Switch is selling better doesn't mean 10 million is bigger than 30+ million. It will take awhile before Switch surpasses Xbox One and even if it does that doesn't mean Switch owners care about Crytek games.
"Sounds like if you had your way you would never make a game for the Xbox no matter what. "
Sounds like you didn't read the remarks to which I was replying nor do you comprehend the current financial state of Crytek.
If Crytek wants to be smart then it is time to shift gears and try making a game for a popular platform. Your pal Darth was suggesting they spend time concentrating on the X1X. The X1X isn't a popular platform. Just what a company in financial straights needs to do. Focus on a machine with less than stellar sales. Yeah that would be smart.
Crytek has been known for pushing visuals and other than a reputation what has it garnered them besides employees fleeing the company from lack of pay and the inability to make a hit title?
No one is buying their engine in mass numbers either. Want to know the definition of stupidity? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. That is similar to fanaticism - redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aims. Being the company that chases visuals hasn't worked. You are suggesting they continue down the path of failure. Hint. You should never open a company. Crytek is doomed if they follow your advice. Its called evolve or die and Crytek must move off the visual fidelity focus and on to something else before they go the way of the dodo.
I think people have to remember that this developer has a relationship with Microsoft they are also a developer that places graphics over gameplay. Microsoft has not in the position of authority to dictate anything cuz they are not the market leaders
Not sure how true it its but isn't Crytek the company that doesn't have enough money to pay their employees salarys and were kicked out of one of their offices due to unpaid rent? If that's the case I doubt they can afford to make anything at the moment.
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I'm a little surprised no one has bought them out for their ip's or engine if that's the case
PC has both power and the games to back it but i guess when you only have money for one hardware it turns you into a rabid fanboy btw i also own PS 4 pro. And a high end rig so money isn't a problem
@morgan...they are its called HUNT ya diggleberry....do some research before you spew your nonsense.
Here is some research for you:
"Hunt: Showdown is an upcoming video game in development and to be published by Crytek. The game was originally in development at Crytek USA, who wished to create a spiritual successor to Darksiders—a video game series developed by their predecessor, Vigil Games—under the title Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age. After the initial announcement in June 2014, Crytek USA was shut down due to financial issues, and the development was brought to the Crytek headquarters. The game, under the new title Hunt: Showdown, was re-announced in May 2017."
Read the rest of it before you spew your nonsense.
As for what you wrote:
"@morgan...they are its called HUNT ya diggleberry."
Who or what is called "its a hunt"? Who is they? They are called its a hunt? What?
Go back to school and learn to form cohesive, intelligible sentences.
Here's how:
How many native 4K games does Pro have? One X is the first and only console pushing Native 4K on their AAA titles (and the only console with UHD Blu-Ray), which means Sony will have to come out with new hardware to get native 4K resolutions on anything besides last gen remasters and budget titles that aren't pushing their respective consoles. Switch can't run 4K at all. This means that, like it or not, MS is pushing 4K into the living room and newer consoles from Sony or Nintendo would be required for them to hit 4K. Whether they NEED to upgrade to compete in terms of sales is a moot point because Sony and Nintendo will Have to follow MS' lead with regards to 4K.
Honestly though, this article is just another "captain obvious" prediction designed to get clicks anyways. The Pro's graphics are still really good, and even the OG consoles are still good enough in my mind. Just my attempt to give a little perspective on the subject , mind you, because graphics never mattered as much as gameplay and they never will.
"which means Sony will have to come out with new hardware to get native 4K resolutions"
Well, that's my point, they don't. They are doing fine as it is, still being the market leader worldwide.
I won't read the article, just on principle. But are they saying that the X is going to force Sony and Nintendo to release a 4k capable machine before they plan to?
No chance.
Will Sony's next machine be 4K capable, you'd bet your bottom dollar it will. And it'll have new ip's to show it off. Nintendo not so much.
MS doesn't/hasn't done anything to shake it rivals into doinganything. They are a bit player at the end of the day. Perpetually 3rd in every gen.
No disrespect here, Nyxus, but Sony does HAVE to come out with new hardware to adopt native 4K. What you're saying in your response is that they don't NEED to come out with new hardware to keep outselling MS (which I do agree with, BTW). The difference being that while you've pointed out that 4K isn't necessary to win a console generation, it is still going to become a standard which MS set with the launch of the 1X and AAA native 4K experiences.
Wrong. Difference between native and CBR is by no means obvious to human eyes without 8x zoom. See DF reaction to witcher 3 4k patch on both systems. Sony does not NEED to beat XOX, as they will continue to beat it in sales and software. Ps5 will come. But not because of XOX.
Which is why it won't happen until.next gen. Next gen was probably going to be 4k either way, so whole ms may have somewhat gotten there first in a sort of 4k capable machine, nothing they're doing is the influence for what was coming anyhow
"How many native 4K games does Pro have? "
Hint: It doesn't matter. Has 4k helped the X1X outsell the Switch? Keep chasing 4K. Let's see how successful that turns out to be. 99% of gamers do not look at a box and think, "Naaaa. Not buying this because it isn't 4k."
You guys are so cute. One thing I can always count on around here is people who continue to miss the point of the articles (and posts), and this article has nothing to do with sales or who's "winning". 1X got native 4K first which makes them the leader with regards to 4K. Rainslacker gets it. Next gen will all be native 4K and would be even if the 1X wasn't already, however, the point still stands that MS was the first to achieve this milestone in a console, and others will HAVE to follow. Let me demonstrate...
1st - 1X
2nd - follower
3rd - follower
See my point now? Everything else comes after first, and like it or not, MS is first. No additional perspective required!
@ Babadook
What's wrong? Everything I said is correct, which is why you had nothing in your comment to counter my post. Matter of fact you agreed with me that Sony will continue to outsell MS.
As far as CBR goes, believe what you want, but it's not just resolutions. LOD, filtering, lighting, textures, plus more all contribute to a much better image on the 1X than the Pro can offer. Look at a game like Assassin's Creed or one of many other examples from holiday 2017 to compare games because they (and all future multiplats will heavily favor the 1X in the graphics department. Instead, we try to use old games with a patch to prove an off topic point? Honestly, I just find it funny that so many people saw such a huge difference going from 900p to 1080p but can't see the difference between the Pro and One X. I don't care either way, which is why I still enjoy my OG XB1 and currently have no plans to upgrade. I may just sit out of the mid-gens entirely and get next gen whey they release.
because they just launched the Switch and heck it's freaking Nintendo. Are people this daft in the comment section?! omg
The PS5 is going to be a "true" 4k console just as MS's next system.
I think next gen was going to be about 4k either way. Ms isn't really the reason. They just kind of got a bit of a jump along with Sony's mid-gen, where they're both half steps for the impatiant
Too much talk about resolution and not enough talk about gameplay mechanics or interactive and lively environments. And if I remembered right, Sony launched support for 4K first.
I think Sony is fully aware what resolution tvs support. I mean, it's not like they **MAKE** tvs or anything out of the three companies./s
NOPE. Sony and Nintendo run things around the world. Sorry. They move when they get good and ready.
MS are far bigger than both Sony and Nintendo combined.
But not the MS game department. Besides, they've been bigger for a very long time and it hasn't helped them yet.
Kinda makes them the biggest loser this gen
I mean, its so bad they're hiding their numbers. 4k is the future but neither sony or Nintendo are following that suit this gen.
Sony and Nintendo's game library will push the competition to follow suit also.
Isn't this company on the cusp of death because their game was an utter failure on Xbone? Why are still trying to defend them?
Also, it really sounds like they're going to be attributing PS5's hardware to the X. Really stupid.
The domination will continue in 2018 and beyond.
4K is great but I want more 60 FPS games and only the X can deliver on that.
Cant wait to see The Hunt on the X.
Whoever told you only XB1X can output games at 60fps is lying - do your homework and try to be a little less naive.
so the games already in 60 FPS just dont exist??? You do have a brain ...right??
Eh? I will assume you were replying to Vasto.
Microsoft are a year too late to push 4k. Sony was first.
*Fake 4k checkerboard technique
You must be new to gaming. There are plenty of native 4k games on the ps4 pro. You should try using Google.
4k gaming will become serious by 2020(according to research firms) because that's when 50% of the TV's in USA(among other countries) will be 4k
so ps5 and xbox 2 will most likely really push for native 4k with 60FPS


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