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Cloud Peak Climber's Log
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|Altitude sickness
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2009
|My sister and I climbed up, but she stopped 500 ft below the summit due to a bad case of altitude sickness while I quickly scrambled to the top. We hiked out that same day. If you have the time I suggest spending the night after the climb. Also, bring plenty of bug spray.
|Posted Jul 29, 2009 2:19 pm
|Dennis Poulin
|Misty Moon
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2008
|Nice climb with Dean. A little buggy at Misty Moon.
|Posted Jul 15, 2009 12:26 pm
|Misty Moon Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2006
|Our party of 3 AARP-eligible hikers spent 5 days camped at Mistymoon Lake. Made it up Cloud Peak with no problems on a spectacular day. Met several people on the mountain that day, including one runner who reached the summit about two hours after leaving the West Tensleep trailhead.
|Posted Apr 2, 2009 3:16 pm
|Over Nighter
|The party consisted of 5 people ranging from 13 to 60 years old. We hiked in on a Friday from West Tensleep Lake TH. The weather was windy and cloudy most of the day. Friday night was spent NW of Misty Moon Lake. Saturday the weather was beautiful. My brother had packed in a coleman stove so we had bacon and eggs for breakfast. It really hit the spot. Everyone made it up to the top and by 2:30 pm we were back at camp. After a half hour of resting we broke camp and hiked out.
|Posted Mar 26, 2009 1:45 am
|Delayed by snow
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007
|We hiked up from West Tensleep and camped at the base of the peak but got hit in the night by a big snowstorm. So we delayed the ascent by a day and hiked up the canyon with the Cloud Peak Lakes until the summit was looming above us in the clouds. We returned to camp and climbed Cloud Peak the next day. There was still a lot of snow on top which made negotiating the boulders more difficult, but it was a beautiful day with beautiful views.
|Posted Feb 15, 2009 8:16 am
|West Tensleep Lake TH
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2008
|Hiked in right after a climb on Devils Tower to Helen Lake. Started at 4:00 am the next morning off 5 hours of sleep but had to turn about 1/2 mile from the summit due to weather.
Its a beautiful approach, but we needed more time and a closer base camp, a pretty brutal summit bid.
Hiked out same day and off to the Tetons!
|Posted Sep 25, 2008 11:42 am
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007
|Good Day, great hike.
|Posted Sep 15, 2008 9:34 am
|Virginia Boys
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2008
|My sons, nephew and I headed the mountain about 9:00 am. It was a beautiful morning. By the time we reached 12,200 ft. the clouds were piling up on top so we chose to head down. We wanted to make the top, but it wasn't worth the risk. We had a great trip and are planning to return to finish what we started
|Posted Aug 29, 2008 9:06 pm
|Rocker Paully
|in a day
Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008
|climbed it in a day from Bald Ridge, we took Wilderness Basin (our original plan was to climb Black Tooth, but there was too much snow), then climbed a chute on the north side of the west cirque. We summited at 3 pm with 4 inches of snow on the summit. We came down on the standard route. The whole trip took us 12 hours and we did about 20 miles :)
|Posted Aug 18, 2008 9:56 pm
|Wiktoria Plawska
|snow shower
|My parents and I camped at Mistymoon Lake and only me my dad and brother made the summit. A light snow storm got us on our way down the summit because we started a bit to late.
|Posted Aug 17, 2008 6:41 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2008
|Dennis Poulin and I hiked in on the late afternoon of the 23rd and camped at Misty Moon Lake. The mosquitos were waiting in force at the trailhead and attacked all the way up to the lake. We met a group of 12 guys from Wisconsin whom we caught up and they knew a mutual acquaintance which was pretty amazing. After talking with these guys for awhile, we continued on and Dennis was the first to summit and was waiting for me when I got up there too. It was my 200th county highpoint so it had a special meaning. As far as we know, 11 of the 12 Wisconsin group made the summit as one had altitude sickness and stayed at a lower elevation to wait for his friends. We hiked out in the morning but the mosquitos were fierce when we got back to camp. Beautiful area.
|Posted Jul 26, 2008 4:10 pm
|Misty Moon Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2006
|I hiked up Cloud Peak with a large group of friends, camping at a lake just before Misty Moon (can't remember its name). Everyone in our group of roughly 9 made it up in fairly good time. We camped at the same place that night, and then disaster struck. I suffered from a ruptured appendix and perforated small intestine that night (this was not related to or a result of the hike). My friends had to carry my sorry self out nearly 3 miles to be medevaced. Thank God they were there, they saved my life. Also got some valuable assitance from kind hikers along the way, I wish I knew their names to properly thank them. In the end I spent 11 days in the hospital, 3 in the ICU and had two surgeries, but I'm fully recovered now.
But other than that it was a great time! If any of you that read this were on the trail at that time and helped, my most sincere thanks go out to you, I'm alive today because of your generous help. God bless.
|Posted Jan 17, 2008 1:50 am
|Big Game?
|The oddest part about Cloud was that I came upon a freshly killed buck EXTREMELY high on the mountain. In fact, I had only descended a couple of hundred vertical feet from the peak. Grizzly? Mountain Lion? I didn't stick around long enough to look for tracks.
|Posted Dec 1, 2007 7:49 pm
|The Vor
|standard route
Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006
|Drove from MN, arrived at trailhead around 5pm, hiked in and set up camp in a great area on northwest side of Lake marion. Was on trail around 6am and began hiking around mistymoon and started up standard route. Reached summit around 11, a little slow due to not being acclimated. Took a 30 min nap overlooking the glacier near summit. Casually descended and arrived back in camp around 4. Great day, perfect weather, and a nice climb.
|Posted Oct 16, 2006 8:23 pm
|Misty Moon Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2006
|I climbed Cloud Peak with Rocker Paully and another friend in a few hours of fun.
|Posted Sep 23, 2006 5:29 am
|Bob Bolton
|Mistymoon Trail
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2006
|Did this within 48 hours using parts of three days. Camped at Mistymoon Lake. The climb was easier than I had been led to believe in terms of the boulder hopping aspect. We encountered a couple of lady geologists who were taking rock samples. My friend Duane offered to help carry them down, which they accepted of course. All those jokes about rocks in our packs - well they came true on that day. Great area, great climb.
|Posted Sep 14, 2006 12:52 am
|Rocker Paully
|route: Misty Moon Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2006
|Climbed with my family when I was 10 years old, long, long climb for a 2 day trip a.k.a. a "death march"
Climbed again aug. 4 2006 with a couple of friends then did the Bomber the next day.
|Posted Jun 14, 2006 11:39 pm
|Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: July 2, 1993
|Climbed with my good friend Don Gould. We hiked in to Lake Helen after work, slept, then summitted and out to the car right around dark so Don could work the next morning. It was a long day.
|Posted Nov 8, 2005 3:54 pm
|Route Climbed: Misty Moon Date Climbed: August 1979
|I did this with my Dad when I was in High School. We were camping at GunBoat lake, so we added a bit of a walk to our trip. My memory of the ascent is a little dim. There is a false summit followed by a fun Knife ridge.I am the same age now as he was then.
It was my first 13er.
Years later my dad told me it was one of the most challenging hikes he had ever done.
The view from the top is stunning.
|Posted Oct 18, 2005 11:57 am
|Route Climbed: South Route Date Climbed: August 7, 2005
|Solo climb. Started out 6:20 from the waterfall area (30min past misty moon lake). Normal pace, without very much strain. Reached the summit by 10:30. Weather was good, sunny with distant clouds to the west; wind from the south, no to very little wind over the "narrows" ridge. Descend to camp 11:30 -14:30. Elk sighting at ~12,000 ft elevation! Poor guy had a broken front leg and possible dislocated shoulder. Overall a good climb, with very little problems weather/physical.
Was out to the Westensleep parking area by 10pm the same day, although very tired by that time.
|Posted Aug 9, 2005 5:05 pm


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We are now accepting nominations for our third annual Ocean Heroes Contest! Throughout the nomination period, which ends April 27, I'll be featuring a few of the past winners and finalists to get you inspired. Last week I updated you on last year's Junior Ocean Heroes, the Shark Finatics. Today we're catching up with the 2010 Adult Ocean Hero, Jay Holcomb.
Jay Holcomb garnered the most votes in the Adult category last year for his quarter-century of work rehabilitating oiled seabirds around the world with the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC). In fact, when we announced his big win, Jay was on the Gulf Coast leading the effort to clean up oiled birds from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Since then, the organization has re-grouped. They are still rescuing birds on a daily basis from their home base in California, but Jay's role has changed. He has stepped down as executive director and colleague Paul Kelway has stepped up. Jay is now the Director Emeritus, which gives him more time to focus on his passion: saving birds.
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Now Sara and her husband, Dr. Garen Baghdasarian, have a new and exciting adventure on the horizon. This spring, the ocean conservation power couple will join The 5 Gyres Institute on a 4,680-mile research expedition across the South Pacific from Chile to Tahiti to study the effects of plastic micro-pollutants on plankton. They will, of course, be blogging the trip as they collect water samples and other crucial data.
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Today, another update, this time from Ocean Hero finalist Sara Bayles. Sara was just featured in the Los Angeles Times for her ongoing effort to spend 20 minutes a day for 365 non-consecutive days collecting trash from her Santa Monica beach. She weighs the garbage and keeps a tally on her blog, The Daily Ocean.
We're glad she's getting the recognition she deserves. Kudos to you, Sara!
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What a year this has been for the Shark Finatics! We are still basking in the glory of being named Junior Ocean Heroes and each week many more amazing things come our way.
This past Saturday, I was privileged to be invited to a dinner honoring Palau's President Johnson Toribiong. The prestigious Ocean Heritage Award was presented to the President by the Shark Research Institute in recognition of Palau's Shark Sanctuary.
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We were also on hand to congratulate Jay on winning Oceana's 2010 Ocean Heroes Award. He was unable to attend the award ceremony in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago because he was too busy doing the work of an ocean hero – saving birds in the Gulf.
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Tobacco Provides Safety, Growth and Value Through 2013
Ash is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Want to know where to find great value, high yield and safety throughout 2013? Look no further than cigarette stocks! Companies like Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM), Altria Group (NYSE: MO) and Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI) pay huge dividends to anyone who's willing to own them; let's take a look at why you should.
They're Stable
They may nor beat the market every single year, but cigarette manufacturers are stable companies that continue a steady growth path while paying high dividends. When the market struggles, or remains stagnant, these companies continue on their path to slight gains over time. It may not seem extravagant, or even cool, but it works.
Just look at that table comparing the gains of these stocks to the S&P 500. As you can see, over a one year period, all three stocks were up, as was the S&P 500; none of them managed to beat the overall market though. If you look further out along the horizon, you'll start to see that the consistent growth beats out the market over both the five and ten year period. Adding in all of those dividends will make the gains in tobacco look even bigger.
Tobacco companies will continue to perform in a down market because people are hooked on their products and find it hard to leave, that's what makes these companies great to own.
Philip Morris International
Philip Morris International used to be the Altria arm responsible for international sales prior to a split that sent the two companies their separate ways. Now, Philip Morris International is a leading global distributor of cigarettes and other tobacco products. PM has over 15% of the international market under their wing and sales in over 200 countries around the world.
Philip Morris international is on the good side of analysts who believe the stock's EPS will rise by a three year CAGR of 9.3%. They also predict that the company's revenues will grow, as will their EBITDA. The peer group, some of which are being written about in this article, has consensus EBITDA growth estimates in the 5% range.
As mentioned, Altria used to be home to Philip Morris International. The company still owns Philip Morris and rights to the brand in the United States, as well as stakes in companies that are unrelated to tobacco such as SABMiller, the global brewing giant.
As well as being involved in the beer market, Altria also puts out its own brands of wine and a variety of smokeless products to capitalize on various markets.
Altria is seeing growth in all four of its major divisions with 4.2% growth in smoke products, 2.7% growth in smokeless brands, 16.7% growth in wine, and a huge 146% growth rate in the financial services division (YoY Q3).
With their cigarette brands Marlboro, Basic and Virginia Slims, Altria has a market share in the U.S. of around 46% with Reynolds American and Lorillard trailing behind.
Reynolds American
Reynolds offers the largest dividend of the bunch but I feel that this company is slightly overvalued.
Like the previously discussed companies, Reynolds American manufactures and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products. Their products are sold in the United States, and a variety of well-known brands such as Camel, Doral and Winston make this company the second biggest tobacco company in the country with a 25% market share.
Analysts have 3-year revenue CAGR for Reynolds at -0.3%, less than the expected industry average of 1.5%. The company also falls short of the industry expected 13.8% EPS CAGR over the same time period with a 10.8% expected growth rate.
Reynolds, at least in my opinion, does not stand up to Altria or Philip Morris International, which are both very worthy investments.
Final Verdict
Philip Morris International provides some great worldwide diversification into the sin stocks. The company pays a great, and very reliable, dividend.
Altria provides even further diversification, although it is all essentially within the United States. The company's willingness to diversify into wine and brewing companies shows that they have the potential to maneuver if legislation in the U.S. goes against them.
Reynolds does have the bigger dividend of the bunch, but I don't think the company's prospects are as good as those that Altria and Philip Morris International will be seeing over the years to come.
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The 7th Annual Dancing With Chicago Celebrities To Take Place Next Month
The 7th Annual Dancing With Chicago Celebrities To Take Place Next Month
Published on Monday, 13 February 2012 16:52
The seventh annual "Dancing With Chicago Celebrities" is coming up in a little over three weeks. This is a very special fundraising event which brings Chicago area media stars together for a fun competition, all for a very good cause. Net proceeds will be donated to the Chicagoland affiliate of Susan G. Komen For the Cure, to help battle against and cope with breast cancer.
The star-studded charity dance competition will take place March 9th at the Crystal Ballroom, located within in the Hyatt Regency Chicago (151 E. Wacker Dr., Chicago) starting at 7:00pm. (The event's cocktail party begins at 6:00pm.) Similar to the ABC-TV realty program, "Dancing with the Stars," this event will take a handful of Chicago "celebrities," who will show off their newly-learned talent of ballroom dancing in a celebrity dance-off. Each celebrity has already been paired with a professional instructor/coach/choreographer whose time has been donated by Arthur Murray Dance Centers in Chicago. Following the celebrity dance-off, alumni from past year's events take the floor for a group routine, which is then followed by professionals from the Arthur Murray Dance Centers taking over the dance floor for the big grand finale.
The competitors for this year's fun event are (alphabetically):
Ryan Baker - WBBM-TV sports anchor
Desmond Clark - Former Chicago Bear Tight End
Ragina Fraser - Co-Host of WTTW-TV's "Grannies on Safari"
Erin McElroy - WGN-TV news anchor/traffic reporter
Hannah Smith - Miss Illinois 2011
Tammie Souza - WFLD-TV meteorologist
Kim Vatis - WMAQ-TV news anchor/reporter
Bruce Wolf - WLS-AM show host and WMAQ-TV fill-in sports anchor
The winner of last year's competition was Zoraida Sambolin, the now-former WMAQ-TV news anchor/reporter, who currently works for CNN based out of New York.
Those scheduled to participate in the "Alumni Dance" include (alphabetically):
Mike Adamle - WMAQ-TV sports anchor (2009 DWCC emcee)
Dina Bair - WGN-TV news reporter/anchor (2008 DWCC champion)
Rick Bayless - world-renowned "Top Chef" winner from Frontera Grill & PBS TV host, and brother to former Chicago Tribune columnist Skip Bayless (2006 DWCC champion)
Roz Varon - WLS-TV traffic anchor/reporter (2008 Competitor)
Ginger Zee - former WMAQ-TV meteorologist, current ABC-TV weekend meteorologist (2008 DWCC Competitor)
The celebrity judges will once again include:
Rick Bayless - world-renowned "Top Chef" winner from Frontera Grill & PBS TV host, and brother to former Chicago Tribune columnist Skip Bayless (2006 DWCC champion)
Nick Kosovich - former "Dancing With The Stars" dancer and US Smooth champion
Snow Urbin - former "So You Think You Can Dance" contestant and performer with the "Dancing with the Stars" tour
For the first year ever, Komen is planning something new: a "Battle of the Corporate Celebrities," which will feature well-known corporate leaders in Chicago in head-to-head competitions. Corporate dancing contestants have not yet been named.
In addition to all of the celebrity and professional dancing, the black tie event will feature incredible prizes that can be won via raffle or live auction, catered food and open dancing for all in attendance.
Tickets can be purchased online at this link
. Tickets can also be purchased via phone or email by contacting Hilary Grunewald at 773-444-0061 x 105 or at
The "Dancing with Chicago Celebrities" annual event was created over seven years ago by Jill DeMarlo, local Arthur Murray dance studio owner/franchisee, and a group of instructors from Chicago's Arthur Murray Dance studios. After seeing the resurgence of ballroom dancing across the country, thanks in large part to the popular ABC-TV show, the organizers knew this would become a huge hit here in Chicago. Since the inaugural "Dancing with Chicago Celebrities" in 2006, the event has helped to raise well over half a million dollars for charity.
It has been a difficult month for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization, which found itself embroiled in an ugly controversy over the last few weeks. It was revealed that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, the nation's largest and most-funded breast-cancer-research advocacy group, cut its support for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which used the funds it gained from Komen dollars (totaling approximately $680,000 last year) to pay for breast-screening exams for underprivileged women. The funding removal seemed by many to be politically motivated, despite denials by Komen management. After a massive public backlash and loss of donations, Komen rescinded the decision, at least for this year. Komen Vice President Karen Handel, the conservative, anti-abortionist, would-be politician, who most felt instigated the funding removal from Planned Parenthood, ended up resigning from Komen under pressure. The entire incident fueled emotions on both sides of the political spectrum, with both sides expressing disappointment with Komen.
Even though the backlash against the national Komen foundation appears to now be dying down, the Chicagoland affiliate of Susan G. Komen For the Cure has pointed out that they had absolutely nothing to do with that national controversy. The Chicagoland Komen affiliate has never funded any Chicago area Planned Parenthood outfits, nor has it received any requests from Planned Parenthood to receive funding. They had nothing to do with the decision making process that started the recent controversy in the first place and are focused mainly on battling Chicago area breast cancer. 75% of the net proceeds raised by the Chicagoland Komen affiliate are dedicated to fighting breast cancer locally in the Chicago metropolitan area and surrounding suburbs. The remaining 25% of net proceeds go toward the Komen Grants Program which funds research and education programs, much of which is local.
More information about the seventh annual "Dancing With Chicago Celebrities" and the Chicagoland affiliate of Susan G. Komen For the Cure can be found
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The gates to the Arizona State Fair open Friday. State Fair organizers hope some new additions bring in the crowds -- they want to top last year's attendance of 1.2 million people.
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~The End of a New Beginning~
Anyways, i am only barrowing the characters for this fanfic. : )
but the cullens are not quite the same. Yes they are vampires, but they can go into the sun, they have fangs, they do eat, um they drink human blood, and they can be close to humans (as in Edward can kiss Bella) unless the situation goes to far or something awful involving blood happens, then they just can't help themselves...um yeah. that's about all. Enjoy!
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Chapter 62 - The final Chapter
I could feel the cold breeze blow against my cheeks. I pulled the hood of my jacket down further to block my face from the crisp air and then tucked my cold hands into my jacket pockets. The trees around me gently swayed back and forth, their leaves making a soft rustling sound.
Heading toward to the school's entrance, I spotted Edward waiting for me, casually leaning against a pillar and reading a book. For some reason I suddenly slowed down almost to a complete stop as my mind flashed back to the very first day of school. I clearly remember that the school looked exactly the same as it does now except for the fact that on the first day, it looked rather uninviting. I didn't know anyone and was completely on my own. But little did I know it would turn out to be the best day of my life. The day that I met Edward would always remain the most important and most cherished memory I have. I can't imagine what my life would be like now if I had never met Edward; what it would be like if I had never tripped on my own two feet and Edward hadn't stopped to help me pick up my belongings. I never used to believe in fate, but once I met him I knew that we belonged together and it couldn't possibly just be some coincidence.
As if he sensed I was thinking about him, he glanced up from his book and his eyes met mine. A warm smile spread across his face and I smiled in return. I picked up my pace and quickly made it the rest of the way across the parking lot, up onto the sidewalk and over to Edward's side.
I reached up to peck him on the lips, but my lips lingered on his a bit longer than I had intended. He gave a small chuckle and then pulled away. Usually I would have been embarrassed of kissing him in public the way that I just did, but after thinking about never meeting him and never having him in my life made me want to never let go of him. Realizing my hood had fallen; I pulled it back over my head and made a slight shivering noise.
"Are you cold?" Edward asked but without having to verbally answer him, he understood the answer was yes. He wrapped his arms around me and I squeezed myself close into his chest.
"You're nice and warm." I breathed.
"And I need to get you warmed up." He replied as we began walking to class.
Again old memories flooded through my mind. I remembered how on the first day he helped me carry my books to class, how we sat under a tree to eat lunch while reading our books together, and how he walked me to my car after school.
"What are you thinking about? You seem deep in thought." Edward asked curiously.
"Oh," I shook my head bring myself back to the present. "I'm just thinking about the very first day we met and how wonderful it was." I smiled.
"It was certainly wonderful and I'll never forget it." Edward smiled.
"Yeah, me either." I said.
He opened the classroom door and let me lead the way to our seats. We sat down next to each other and even though we were a small aisle apart, we reached our arms out and held hands. Class seemed to go by pretty fast with Edward whispering things low enough for only me to hear. He was actually quite distracting and I hardly got any work done. And I knew he'd even be more of a distraction after school and I probably wouldn't get any homework done either. But I didn't really mind.
School is coming to an end within days and I will have the whole summer to spend time with Edward. We were both looking forward to spending as much time together as possible. But we won't forget about Phil or Alice, or Charlie or anyone else. We were actually thinking about taking Phil to Charlie's when we go up to visit for a week.
However, I still want to be in more control of my vampire emotions before I see Charlie again. Edward says I've been doing great controlling myself around humans and controlling the need for blood. Everything gets easier every day. Phil has even been a great help in my learning how to not attack a human the moment I get extremely thirsty. When I feel the urge to drink, Phil will place himself right in front of me, only inches apart, and we will simply stare at each other. I will be concentrating on not attacking him or the sound of his warm blood pulsing through his veins. And he will be focused on me, ready to run away the second I go in for the bite. We both wait until my shoulders relax, my hands unclench, my fangs vanish, and my snarling to stops. And Edward is always there to make sure I don't do anything to poor Phil.
Although once in a while when Edward isn't around, Phil will let me have a small taste of his blood. I only drink enough to make me want more, and just enough that I can trust in myself to stop drinking. Edward would definitely not approve of this arrangement but I certainly liked it.
Before I knew it, the bell rang, signaling that class was over and it was time to go to our period 2 class. The rest of the day was simple and went by relatively fast. By the time Edward and I made our way back to my room, the sky was starting to darken and the temperature began to drop even more.
My room felt nice a warm compared to outside and I was glad to finally take off my coat. Edward sat down on my bed and I positioned myself comfortably in the chair. It was nice and quite until, suddenly I heard music coming from a room across the hall. Edward and I gave each other a look. We both knew a party was about to happen and the rest of our evening wouldn't be quite.
"This extra-strength vampire hearing just makes situations like this worse." I stated. "The music probably wouldn't be half as loud if we had normal human hearing."
"Yeah, that's true. Having really good hearing can be a pain sometimes but it also has its advantages." Edward smiled. "Such as whispering things to you that no one else can hear, like I did today."
"I suppose that's an advantage." I teased. "And it's also a distraction."
"But a good distraction," Edward said.
"I would be so much more productive if I didn't have you whispering in my ear the whole time." I stated.
"I prefer to be lazy. It's much more fun." Edward smiled. Then he leaned backwards and threw his legs up on the bed so that he was lying down with his head resting softly on the pillows. He patted the bed with his hand motioning for me to join him. "Come on and be lazy with me." He continued to smile.
"You are impossible to resist." I stated. "The right thing to do would be to work on homework, but…" I trailed off.
"It's very comfortable over here." He smiled.
Easily giving in, I got out of the chair and then kneeling on the bed, crawled my way up to the pillows. I rested my head next to Edward's and he wrapped his arm around me.
"Okay, this is quite comfortable and it does beat doing homework." I stated.
"You are too easy." Edward stated.
"I just can't say no to anything that involves you." I pointed out.
"I'll keep that in mind."
"Plus I love you too much." I pecked him on the cheek.
"I love you too Bella." Edward put a finger under my chin, lifting my face towards his so he could softly kiss me.
I snuggled closer into him, and rested my head upon his chest. I pulled his arms around me, locking our hands together. Everything felt so right. I knew being with Edward was where I was meant to be.
The End (of a new beginning)
-Forbidden Fruit
Hey everyone! thank you so much for reading this story and sticking with it until the very end! Your responses were so enjoyable and they kept me writing!!! :) <3
this was the perfect ending to such a great story! i loved it! and congrats on finishing it :D
forbidden fruit. i would just like to say how brilliantly written this story has been.
i have never read anything like it and i really do appreciate the sense of writing.
the fact that you conveyed vampires to be totally and completely different from stephanie meyer's version is extremely creative and inspirational and i guess you can say its a big risk to take and quite hard to think of something so wondrous as that plot.
BUT i am so very happy to say that you have done better than anyone ever could.
thank you SO very much for sharing this brilliant masterpiece with us; you are truly talented.
the ending was spectacular and i dont think anyone could've ended the story better than you did, just then and there.
i am very sad to see this brilliant story end, for i have been addicted to reading it for the past few days and i loved every bit of it.
i hope you do well in writing many more stories such as this in future.
sincere regards,
xoxo--Dancing Vampire
thank you very much Dancing Vampire! it's so kind of you to say those things! i appreciate everything!
I'm so glad that you found enjoyment in my story. thanks for reading it!
Oh... my...gosh...
Okay this story is from like a reallly long time ago and chances are you wont read this comment but i have a loot to say soo...
I'd just like to start by saying I dont know why this doesnt have an extreme amount of attention. This is the most beatiful and amazing thing i've ever read and nothing anyone, no matter how famous they are, has made me feel like this from reading. And I read a lot.. Like A LOT. I want to be an author and this just inspired me soo much. I love this. I'm pretty sure you came up with the whole plot line and new-vampire thing, yes? Youre absolutely amazing for that. That just shows so much creativity and true talent. Its amazing. In my honest opinion, you should write a real book. Whether it be exactly like this(you know with new characters and stuff) or come up with something else, you should deffinitly consider it. I know for sure I would read it and anyone else would. I've been reading this nonstop for the last two days. It was written so well and you are absolutely brilliant. I don't think I'll ever be able to do something like this. I'm so happy I found this and I hope this doesn't sound weird but, you inspire me.
Thank you, so much. This was amazing, you're amazing. Honestly.
(I hope none of this creeped you out... haha... I usually don't go around writing these things in comments but nothing I've read in a long time has ever had such an affect on me. So with that, I think I'll shut up now.)
great story!
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Some 150km southwest of Chengdu lies the edge of the Red Basin and the foothills of mountain ranges that sprawl into Tibet and Yunnan. Fast-flowing rivers converge here at Leshan, where more than a thousand years ago sculptors created Dafo, a giant Buddha overlooking the waters, one of the world's most imposing religious monuments; an hour away, Emei Shan rises to more than 3000m, its forested slopes rich in scenery and temples. As Sichuan's most famous sights, Dafo and Emei Shan have become tourist black holes thanks to easy access – don't go near either during holidays, when crowds are so awful that the army is sometimes called in to sort out the chaos – but at other times they are well worth the effort.
Leshan's accommodation is poor, so Dafo is best tackled either going to or coming from Emei Shan, just an hour distant. If you're on your way down south to Yunnan, you might also want to break your journey at Xichang, a Yi minority town with a backroads route to Lugu Hu, right on the Yuannanese border. Emei and Dafo are best reached on buses, but it's easier to get to Xichang via the Chengdu–Emei Shan–Kunming rail line.Read More
Set beside the wide convergence of the Qingyi, Min and Dadu rivers, 180km from Chengdu and 50km from Emei Shan, LESHAN (乐山, lèshān) is a spread-out market town with a modern northern fringe and older riverside core, a transit point for visiting Dafo, the Great Buddha, carved deep into a niche in the facing cliffs.
Impassive and gargantuan, Dafo (大佛, dàfó) peers out from under half-lidded eyes, oblivious to the swarms of sightseers trying to photograph his bulk. In 713 AD the monk Haitong came up with the idea of filling in dangerous shoals below the sandstone cliffs of Lingyun Shan with rubble produced by carving out a giant Buddha image. The project took ninety years to complete and, once construction started, temples sprang up above the Buddha at Lingyun Shan and on adjacent Wuyou Shan. At 71m tall, Dafo is the world's largest Buddhist sculpture – his ears are 7m long, his eyes 10m wide, and around six people at once can stand on his big toenail – though statistics can't convey the initial sight of this squat icon, comfortably seated with his hands on his knees, looming over you.
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Thick forests and dozens of temples, all linked by exhausting flights of stone steps, have been pulling in pilgrims – and more recently, tourists – to Emei Shan (峨眉山, éméi shān) ever since the sixth-century visit of Bodhisattva Puxian and his six-tusked elephant (images of whom you'll see everywhere). Religion aside, the pristine natural environment is a major draw, and changes markedly through the year – lush, green and wet in the summer; brilliant with reds and yellows in autumn; white, clear and very cold in winter.
You can see something of the mountain in a single day, but three would allow you to experience more of the forests, spend a night or two in a temple, and perhaps assault Wanfoding, the highest of Emei's three peaks at 3099m. It's only worth climbing this high if the weather's good, however: for a richer bag of views, temples, streams and vegetation, you won't be disappointed with the lower paths.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman regrets the language but not the message he delivered to injured third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who violated club policy and contradicted him in a comment about his return from injury.
ESPN.com reported that Cashman had told one of their reporters who relayed an A-Rod Tweet to him on Tuesday that Rodriguez "should just shut the fuck up".
Cashman's response generated headlines across the back pages of New York's tabloids on Wednesday.
"I regret the choice of words I used yesterday," Cashman told reporters before Wednesday's game against the Texas Rangers, but added that his message that "the team was run from 'the top down and not from the bottom up' remained important."
Rodriguez Tweeted on Tuesday the surgeon who had operated on his hip had told him he was ready to play, though he is still being evaluated by team doctors and trainers at their Florida spring training complex.
The enthusiastic Tweet from Major League Baseball's highest paid player came the day after Cashman had told reporters that no date had been set for Rodriguez to begin the final stage of his rehabilitation in Florida by playing in games.
Getting a telephone call for comment on A-Rod's Tweet during Tuesday's Yankees-Rangers game sent Cashman over the edge, he said.
"As the game's going on last night, the last thing I wanted as general manager of the New York Yankees watching (Texas pitcher Yu) Darvish and (Yankees pitcher Hiroki) Kuroda hook up in a great battle was to be dealing with something that we didn't create."
The Yankees won 4-3 in a thriller clinched by a walk-off home run by New York's Ichiro Suzuki.
Cashman said Rodriguez and the team owner talked about the matter.
"Alex today spoke with our owner Hal Steinbrenner, who was working out at the complex (in Tampa) where Alex was rehabbing. So Alex grabbed Hal and they had a conversation," said Cashman, adding that the message was reiterated "in a more professional way than I did."
Cashman, who has had a chilly relationship with Rodriguez since the slugger admitted in 2009 that he had used steroids earlier in his career, later cleared the air with A-Rod just before Wednesday's game.
"Alex called Cash," Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo told reporters. "Cashman got (team president) Randy Levine on the phone, they spoke for close to 30 minutes.
"It was a constructive, healthy conversation. Everybody is on the same page. We're all going to communicate and work together to get Alex back as quickly as possible. Everyone fully understands the protocol and process in place."
Earlier, Cashman said he had just reached a boiling point and the owner let him know he was disappointed in his choice of words.
"I guess 99 times out of 100 I roll with it pretty good, but this time I didn't. I popped.
"I sounded off. Reality TV at its best."
Rodriguez has not played this season and Cashman said the injury-hit Yankees were not holding him back, but were simply waiting for him to build up stamina before having him take the next step.
"We need him yesterday," Cashman said.
"But we can't have him unless he's ready. Period."
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Does a "From Dusk Till Dawn" TV series that Robert Rodriguez will be heavily involved in sound awesome to you? I know me too! What if I told you it was going to be on Univision and I was 99% sure it'll be in Spanish? I know I don't know Spanish either but I watch the channel all the time to! I love their stripper/news anchors and the project is just getting off the ground so I think we have enough time to learn the language so we're all going to be good here.
Magnolia Pictures has done gone and picked up the rights to the Israeli film "Big Bad Wolves". The film is written and directed by Aharon Keshales tracks the lives of three men caught up in a series of brutal murders. Keshales also helmed 2010's underground hit "Rabies", which apparently had a lot of really attractive woman in it but also had subtitles so I'm still not sure what to do there.
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo , the guy who directed "28 Weeks Later", has been confirmed to direct "Villain", a new film about two brothers who find themselves lost in the woods. Shia LaBeouf is also set to star in the film and he knows robots so I think we got a winner on our hands here.
Olivia Wilde and Mark Duplass are set to start in a new horror flick from Lionsgate titled "Reawakening". The film focuses on a doctor who discovers how to bring people back to life and the events that follow after he uses it on his daughter. I'm sure there's awful results but if something like this ever comes to be I think we all know that Michael Douglas will be the first one on our lists to bring back to life. Miss you man.
Where do people accidentally shot their friends in the leg while waiting in line at Starbucks? You bet your sweet ass it's Florida.
Here's a woman who stabbed her boyfriend after he farted in her face during an argument. Yes also in Florida.
Did you see the 2011 Israeli film "Rabies"? Me either but some guys I know did and they liked it so that's pretty much an Oscar win in my book. Well the film's creators, Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, has set "Big Bad Wolves" as their next project with a 2013 release in mind. The film follows three men who are linked by a series of terrible murders. Kind of like a fun club or something. But without the fun. And no one wants to be in the club.
"The Last Exorcism Part II" may or may not turn out to be hot dookie but that doesn't mean that the folks behind the film can't come up with some pretty entertaining ways to promote the flick. Case in point, a pretty dandy prank they played on a number of beauty shop goers. Is it funny? Yes it is. Is there a chance any of these people will come back to the shop? No. No there isn't.
I think Hot Topic ruined "The Crow" for all of us so I don't think anyone is really excited about the remake that's been kicking around for some time now. But what if I were to tell you that James McAvoy is being tossed around as a possible lead for the film? Would that change your mind? He was good in "Wanted" right? No, you're right. This still sounds awful.
Kodi Smit-Mcphee, the annoying kid from "The Road" is going to be in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". He may or may not play a monkey. Alright fine, he won't.
Remember residents of Florida. When you're fixin to make up a mess of waffles make sure you take your bullets out of the oven before you pre-heat it. Otherwise you're doggum foot gunna get shot off.
A PA woman is under arrest after she apparently attacked her boyfriend with a Playstation controller and a Furby. I had no idea they still made Furby's but then again what do I know. I'm not sitting in Pennsylvania arguing over who gets to make out with the cow first or whatever else they talk about there.
Every year right before Halloween there seems to be a whole slew of unheralded horror releases that get dumped at your local video store, Red Boxes etc. They tend to come and go without much fanfare because they seem to be either extremely low quality or in this case, like "The Barrens," films that just didn't turn out quite right. So I guess you can look at these as last minute emergency rentals for people wanting to watch something scary on Halloween.
I don't care how many love children Arnold Schwarzenegger has had, I want to see him in "Terminator 5". Burn an American flag while your soon to be ex-wife cries in the corner for all I care. But now it looks like Arnold is putting his comeback on hold because of his recent troubles with putting his bim bam inside the maids poom poom and we'll all have to wait to see him return as the great robot one. Be straight with me, "Last Action Hero 2" is never going to happen, is it!
The Israeli slasher flick "Rabies" is all the rage with the kids and now that it's been picked up for US distribution there's a new English version poster out on the town for viewing. Of course I have no idea what makes it an English version. There's no copy other than "Rabies" on it. Is that super English? Anyway the film is about a psycho who's loose in the woods and encounters a group of teenagers. In English!
The Jim Mickle directed vampire hunter apocalypse flick "Stake Land" has finally received a release date and the even better news is I'm going to tell you it. Get ready. Are you ready? It'll hit DVD and Blu-Ray on August 2nd! Kind of anticlimactic isn't it.
TV horror shows don't usually end up working out too well, I'm still waiting to find out who the killer was in "Happy Town", but god bless those nutty TV people because they keep trying. "The River" from Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli has just picked up by ABC and now has a full trailer. The series will follow a family who goes into the Amazon to find their missing loved one who also happens to be a popular animal show host. If I was a betting man I'd put my money on the show being canceled before we find out what happened to him.
When I was in elementary school and I would bring in some candy for myself and the dumb ass teacher would always yell that if I didn't bring enough for everyone I couldn't have it myself. Well Mrs. Wilson here's a 7 year old in Pittsburgh who brought in heroin to his school and started handing it out to his fellow students. Hope you're happy you mean old witch! I blame you for the entire thing.
A Wisconsin man recently ate his 25,000th Big Mac after enjoying the delicious treat for close to 40 years, smashing a record that never existed to begin with. I congratulate the man for this feat but lets make one thing clear, if I had been keeping count I am 99% sure I passed 30K years ago.
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As a power boat racer, Daniel Lawrence knows how important it is to stay calm under pressure.
So when he started to feel a slight vibration in his single engine plane as he flew home to Sarasota from Key West Monday morning, he simply went through a check list to see what was going on.
It didnt take him long to realize he had to make a very important decision: Where was the best place to land?
I knew it was escalating and I didnt have a lot of time, he said.
The student pilot who began flying earlier this year said he didnt want to land on water and decided the Everglades was his best option.
After scanning the landscape from the air, he found a semi-flat patch of marsh, slowed the plane down as much as he could and landed, managing to keep the plane upright.
When the Coast Guard who received a call from the Miami Missions Air Traffic Control Center found him about an hour later, he had placed his luggage on top of the plane and was standing on the wing waiting to be rescued.
When I landed I said to myself I am alive, said Lawrence, adding he quickly got out of the plane because water started to seep into the cockpit. It was such a soft landing I didnt hit a thing.
Coast Guard Command Duty Officer Michael Mullen said skill wasnt the only thing that helped Lawrence land the plane safely he also had luck on his side.
If I was him, I wouldve gone and bought a Lotto ticket, he said.
Not all of these incidents turn out so good.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board there have been 12 fatal crashes in Florida since the beginning of the year. And this week there was also another bizarre case where a pilot made a Mayday call, reporting that a plane door was open and that his passenger had fallen out.
On Saturday, investigators reported they had found the body of Gerardo Nales, the man who apparently plummeted to his death from a plane in midair on Thursday. They were awaiting positive identity results from the Miami-Dade Medical Examiners Office.
Lawrence, who has been racing boats for 12 years, had just won first place in a race at the Super Boat International Key West Offshore World Championships.
As the throttle man of his boat named the Hulk he also took second place overall.
It was the first time he had taken his Piper Cherokee plane by himself to a race, he said. He had bought the plane in June to learn how to fly.
It was something I always wanted to do, he said.
He took off at about 7:30 a.m. and was looking forward to getting home.
Then, about an hour into his flight, he noticed something was wrong thats when all of his training kicked in.
He had spent countless hours with an instructor learning how to glide, how to calculate his distance to the ground if the engine quit, and how to land as softly as possible.
According to a flight instructor and pilot, Adriel Anderson, the fact that Lawrence was a student pilot may have worked in his favor.
Thats when things are the freshest, he said.
Anderson, who has been a pilot for 17 years, said anyone who is learning how to fly a plane practices how to handle situations including engine failures.
Of course, its traumatic when it happens, but that is what we train for, he said.
Stephen Hedges from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, a group with more than 400,000 members who are plane owners or pilots, said it seemed that Lawrence did everything right. Landing upside could have been a huge problem, he said.
The plane remains lodged in the mud and muck, but Lawrence said he is told the NTSB will investigate what happened.
As for flying again, Lawrence didnt hesitate.
I am not afraid to fly again, he said. I was determined to survive and I did.
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Chicago, IllinoisApril 27, 2012
Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, today released "Map the Meal Gap 2012," which provides estimates of food insecurity at the county and congressional district level. Food insecurity is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members.
The report found that even though food insecurity rates have remained relatively stable across the nation, those communities that were previously known to have the highest rates of food insecurity have continued to climb. There are 75 counties in the U.S. that had statistically significant increases in food insecurity rates. For example, in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, the rate of food insecurity rose from 23 percent in 2009 to 27 percent in 2010. Tensas Parish County is on the border of Mississippi and has a poverty rate of 32 percent and an unemployment rate of 15 percent.
In addition to rates of food insecurity, "Map the Meal Gap 2012" estimates the relative cost of a meal by county, showing a range in meal cost as low as $1.80 in Zavala, Texas and as high as $5.51 in Union, South Dakota. The national cost per meal that food secure people report spending on an average meal is $2.52. This illuminates the challenges faced by people at risk of hunger in the many counties where food prices are high.
The findings were released at a press conference in Washington, D.C and can be viewed here. This is the second year the data has been compiled.
"Map the Meal Gap 2012" is based on an analysis of statistics collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and food price data and analysis provided by Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN), a global provider of information and insights. The study is supported by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and Nielsen. The lead researcher is Dr. Craig Gundersen, Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois, Executive Director of the National Soybean Research Laboratory and member of Feeding America's Technical Advisory Group.
"Hunger continues to be an urgent problem in this country. In spite of positive reports about America's dropping unemployment rate, the fact is that too many people are still struggling to find work," said Vicki Escarra, president and CEO of Feeding America. "'Map the Meal Gap 2012' data underscores the incredible need for food assistance that millions of families are facing. Since this data was gathered, food costs and gas prices have climbed even higher, making it that much harder for people and families who are struggling to make ends meet."
"I have traveled to over 100 countries to meet and understand the needs of hungry people, and I have spent the last decade tackling global food insecurity. But until recently, I had always believed the United States' social safety net meant hunger did not exist in this country," said Howard Buffett, President of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. "It took a number of eye-opening visits to local food banks and many conversations with people struggling to find their next meal to understand that hunger in America is a very real problem."
Key findings of "Map the Meal Gap 2012":
· The average food insecurity rate rose slightly among the top 10 percent highest food insecurity counties.
· The high food insecurity rate counties are more economically disadvantaged compared to the national average as a whole.
· The average unemployment rate among high food insecurity rate counties is 13 percent, while the national average is less than 10 percent. Additionally, the average poverty rate among high food insecurity rate counties is 26 percent while the national average is only 15 percent.
· An overwhelming majority of counties that experienced declines in food insecurity rates saw very small and insignificant changes. The top 10 percent of counties with the lowest food insecurity rates are still home to over 3 million people struggling with hunger (i.e. food insecure).
Food insecurity continues to exist in every county.
· There is no county free from food insecurity.
· Counties range from a low of 5 percent (Steele, North Dakota) to a high of 37 percent (Holmes, Mississippi).
· Rural areas continue to be more food insecure than metro areas, however, the percentage of counties with the highest food insecurity rates in non-metro/rural areas decreased slightly from 59 percent in 2009 to 55 percent in 2010.
Food insecure individuals report needing more money in 2010 than in 2009, in order to buy enough food to meet the needs of their families.
· In 2010, on average, food insecure individuals reported needing an additional $14.30 per person per week to afford a minimally adequate diet. Whereas, in 2009, that amount was $13.99.
· Combined, the total national food budget shortfall is $21.2 billion.
"Map the Meal Gap 2012" provides the following data for each county in the United States in an interactive map format :
· The percentage of the population who is food insecure.
· The percentage of the food insecure population who likely qualify based on income for SNAP (formerly the Food Stamp Program) and other federal nutrition programs.
· The percentage of the food insecure population who likely do NOT qualify for federal nutrition programs and often must rely on charitable food assistance programs and who also need better wages and employment opportunities to help them meet their basic needs. These are households reporting earnings higher than the federal programs income requirement.
· The average price per meal in each county.
The "Map the Meal Gap 2012" interactive map allows policymakers, state agencies, corporate partners and individual advocates to develop integrated strategies to fight hunger on a community level.
"Anecdotes and individual testimonials do not tell the whole story of hunger," Buffett continued. "My goal in funding 'Map the Meal Gap' is to give Americans – and especially policymakers – the statistical data to understand the size of the need and where it exists so we can address this issue head-on. No one in this country should go hungry, and I applaud Feeding America for the work they are doing to meet this underreported, but very real need."
A summary of the findings, an interactive map of the United States, and the full report are available at www.feedingamerica.org/mapthegap.
Join the conversation about "Map the Meal Gap 2012" on Twitter using #MealGap.
Feeding America is a nationwide network of 200 food banks that leads the fight against hunger in the United States. Together, we provide food to more than 46 million people through food pantries and meal programs in communities throughout America. Feeding America also supports programs that improve food security among the people we serve; educates the public about the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry. Individuals, charities, businesses and government all have a role in ending hunger. Donate. Volunteer. Advocate. Educate. Together we can solve hunger. Visit http://www.feedingamerica.org/. Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FeedingAmerica or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/FeedingAmerica.
Ross FraserFeeding America312.641.6422
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