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Menomonee Falls - Menomonee Falls Village Trustee Jeff Steliga is running for re-election after serving on the Village Board since 1994.
Steliga, 54, has served on various government committees including sewer, water, transportation, facilities and finance.
He is a self-employed certified public accountant/computer consultant, who has served as the Falls Fest Co-Chairman, currently serves as treasurer for the Menomonee Falls Historical Society board of directors, is a member of the Optimist Club and Knights of Columbus Council 4240 and is a volunteer coach for youth baseball and football.
"I am running again because I want to see the village continue to focus on the type of quality business development and expansion we've experienced in recent years such as the relocation of Actuant's headquarters and industrial facilities and Eaton Corporation's electrical engineering division to the Falls and the expansion of Kohl's headquarters and Wacker Neuson's manufacturing facilities," Steliga said.
He said the board must continue to seek ways to reduce the cost of village government. Similar to cuts experienced by people in the private sector and some areas of the public sector such as benefit and staff reductions, Steliga said they have also addressed staffing, salaries, benefits and implemented new ways of doing things to reduce costs in the village.
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For Immediate Release;Majority CaucusLouisville Metro CouncilContact: Tony Hyatt 574-4137/526-3622 Councilman David Tandy (D-4) today joined Mayor Jerry Abramson, and developers Bill Weyland of CITY Properties Group, and Valle and Stephen Jones to officially break ground on the Whiskey Row Lofts renovation project at 127-131 W. Main Street.
Whiskey Row Lofts is an $18 million, 100,000 square-foot project located adjacent to the new downtown arena.
"This redevelopment will be a true 24 hour complex, where residents can live and work, while being part of a resurgent downtown corridor that is anchored by our new arena." said Tandy "This project is about local job creation and investing in the core of our community. This kind of redevelopment and investment benefits every Louisvillian and makes us a destination city."
The project will be redeveloped for LEED certification and will be a mixed-use development that includes restaurants, live-work-office configurations, entertainment, residential suites, apartments, and event spaces.
The corner building, 131 W Main Street, was built by the L&N Railroad as it headquarters. Its history is reflected in a massive grand staircase that runs from the ground floor to the top floor of the building. 127 W. Main St. was built in 1869 by John Andrewartha, who also designed Louisville City Hall.
The current building also sits on the site of the old Galt House and first housed B.F. Guthrie and Co., a business in the iron trade. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it contained numerous distilleries, such as Bonnie Bros., J.B. Wathen and Co., Old Times Distillery Co. and Glenmore Distillery. 131 West Main Street has been in the Jones family since 1984. In 2008, the acquisition of the adjoining Burwinkle-Hendershot building was completed, creating sufficient massing for a renovation that would retain most of the unique features of the building.
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Earlier this week I got too see OM here in Milan. It was the last two songs though but 20 minutes is a long time. HA!
Entombed was rad last night. The show was in a small little town about 45 minutes from Milano and the club was called, Carlito's Way. A few Italian Hells Angels were there and saw some good friends too. What a way to be sent off with a few days left in Italy & Europe. Grazie ciao.


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Canopy, an exhibition of artwork by U of S art professor Susan Shantz,
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Nature in Quebec.
The room-sized floating canopy (shown here: 2.85 x 4 m.) uses manufactured versions of naturesynthetic leaves, laminated wood flooringto point to the ways in which we long for nature in our daily lives but also turn it into something consumable.
In making floating canopy, Shantz sewed thousands of leaves from fabric and then suspended them by monofilament so they floated at knee-height, like leaves on water.
The care Shantz takes in making her work reveals her desire for the ideals represented by nature, while her choice of materials and images acknowledges the ways in which those ideas are always informed by cultural practices and perceptions.
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wow- looking at the price of that fabric, that's one expensive blanket!
Yeah, I agree. That is a blanket you have to be DEDICATED to with a cost like that.
$312.50 blanket... definitely a project you'd have to finish :P
do you think this would work in another fabric? (allergic to wool!).
Imagine how much love you would feel upon receiving something like this!
While cute, if you sew as shown your blanket will not stand up to very much wear and tear at all. Do a nice finished seam and use a backing and binding if you want something that could survive a trip through the wash.
beautiful. you have such a great eye and superb taste!
Anyone who would even think of washing this beautiful blanket is CRAZY. It's art, an heirloom. I agree with the original blog - it is one of the most beautiful pieces I've seen.
sigh. no money to buy it. no time to make it (or the skill, for that matter!)
very inspiring, would make a great quilt pattern
ramonathepest, if you intend to use it as a piece of art, you probably shouldn't call it a blanket and put it on a bed. I would hardly call it an "heirloom" if it's sewn together so poorly that the stitches would pull through the felt at the slightest tug.


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Margaret Widdemer (September 30, 1884 – July 14, 1978) was a U.S. poet and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (known then as the Columbia University Prize) in 1919 for her collection The Old Road to Paradise, sharing the prize with Carl Sandburg, who won for his collection Corn Huskers.
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Caught Stroking At A Rest StopI was heading back to my job after the weekend off. I was in I-95 and made a pit stop at one of the rest stops. I went into one of the stalls and got thinking about the sex over the weekend (since we weren't seeing each other every day and I only got home every other weekend, we screwed our brains out when I DID get home). I started stroking my côck when the stall door next to me opened up. I kept slowly stroking and noticed the old holes where the toilet paper holder hand been ripped off and saw an eyeball. The guy in the next stall was watching me. I leaned back and stroked my côck up to a nice hard on. I rolled my balls in my left hand while my right hand ran up and down my côck. I could hear the other guy breathing hard and he was still watching. I gave him a good show. We were the only ones in there so any noise was no big deal. "Yeah, suck me babe! Suck me hard! I'm gonna cûm, here it goes!" and I shot up in the air with it dripping down my hand. All of a sudden I heard a grunt next door and some groaning. He was cûmming, too. I wiped myself off and pulled my pants up. As I walked by his stall, he said, "Hey, thanks man!"
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- Written by xaraan on Saturday, September 22 2012 and posted in News with Benefits
This (not really) lost collection of promo images from the Dark Knight has been floating around interwebs...
Though posted online when the movie first came out, most of the these images seem to be new to a lot of viewers and have been making the round again online. They are studio promo images, untouched (photoshop wise) yet of Bale's Batman and Ledger's Joker.
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When Blizzard first announced the homogenization of class abilities. One of the first things I mentioned was that the players will now have to demonstrate some effort. If everyone has strong dps/heals then what determines the best out of those groups, the player. It shouldn't come as a surprise, but Blizzard has been saying over the past weeks in the forums that they consciously designed the raids in Wrath to consider the skills of the player, not the class/spec. Although, I understand that this article is designed to help people decide on viable specs, I also think it can limit imagination. Encourage people to spec how they want to spec. I fear that people will imprint your spec to be the most efficient, instead of it being the most efficient for you (at that time).


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Metronomy - 'Love Letters'
There's an interesting music video to this one, i advise you check it out… anyway, here's a new number by Metronomy.
Carrie Cleveland - 'Make Love To Me'
i keep listening to them and i'm not quite sure what to think, they seem much better live in their videos but i am not sure, i shall have to keep an eye on them and see if i can make up my mind later on.
Death Cab for Cutie - 'Some Boys'
The White Stripes - 'My Doorbell'
Langley Schools Music Project - 'Desperado'
The Doors- 'Moonlight Drive'
Rather abstract and experimental, but i like it for some reason that i can't yet put my finger on, but i love the singing style and piano track, with a hint of some backing synths/pads with the clear kit.Reminds me of the works of Bjork, which is a good thing in my books.I am a fan of any musician/group trying to make their own thing. I will definately be following this to see how it develops.
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Tearaway Review
Tearaway is possibly one of the most wonderful video games I've played on a hand held device, full of charm, wonder and innovation. From the people that brought us little big planet, Media Molecule have made a game that will get those magic little creative brain cells in your head a well-deserved treat!
Tearaway's story is a simple one, how it's executed is brilliant, it makes you a part of the game! In a nut shell, the little paper character is tasked with giving you the player a very important message and your job is to help him to deliver it, however it won't be an easy task, evil scraps will try and stop you and you have to guide your character named Iota or Atoi (depending which sex you choose) to accomplish their goal. You can also customize your character with various designs to make him/her unique; this also applies to those you meet in Tearaway's world too. One point I had to make a Pig look beautiful, after my short make over Mr piggy was over joyed and let me ride him to the next location, crazy stuff but great fun!
Tearaway makes use of all the Vita's features which you will need to master as you play through the story and how it's done will have you grinning and showing it off to your friends in no time. At times you will need to touch the Vita's rear touch pad which will have your finger bursting through certain areas of the game, which is used to defeat enemies or move objects. Other times you'll have to use your voice to give an in game character a terrifying roar. There's also paper crafting where you can use the touch screen to design items for characters (Such as a crown for the Squirrel king) There was one moment that really impressed me where I had to design a snowflake, once finished it started snowing the design I made! There's no end to what you can do here and has something for everyone. You can also even unlock instructions which you can access on a PC to make your own Paper craft!
It's fun, cute and engaging and offers hours of fun game play to keep any gamer entertained
As you progress you unlock more abilities which enable to access areas you couldn't before. There's also a camera which you unlock later on which you can take a snapshot of anything, you can even plaster yourself into the game on a wall like you could in little Big Planet.
Visually the game is very pretty and colourful. The art direction is unique and original; a paper world makes for an interesting setting. Flowers will unfold and bloom as you walk past them, levels are populated with presents to find and creatures to interact with. Tearaway is certainly one of the best looking handheld games I've played, each area has its own theme and once you've defeated the evil that looms there, things brighten up and colour is restored to the area, also the way your creations appear in game work brilliantly, personally I feel more immersed when I actually can take part in what's happening in the game, such as giving a creature a face or seeing it snow my design.
Media Molecule have made something very special and it's certainly a must own game for any PlayStation vita owner. It's fun, cute and engaging and offers hours of fun game play to keep any gamer entertained. Tearaway will give your creative side a chance to bloom and is something I'd really like to see more of in the future.
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There is a local ghost story most Phoenicians' do not know about. But was so widely talked about back in the late 1800's that the New York Times wrote a story on it. It is still said today that you can see the Squaw sitting at the entrance to the cave.
The Weird Sentinel at Squaw Peak (now known as Piestewa Peak)
There is a cave under the highest butte of Squaw Peak range, Arizona, Where a party of Tonto Indians was found by white men in 1868. The white men were on the war-path, and when the Tonto fell into their hands they shot them unhesitatingly, firing into the dark recesses of the cavern, the fitful but fast-recurring flashes of their rifles illuminating the interior and exposing to view the objects of their hatred.
The massacre, the cries and groans were hushed, the hunters strode away, and over the mountains fell the calm that for thousands of years had not been so rudely broken. That night, when the moon shone into this pit of death, a corpse arose, walked to a rock just with the entrance, and took there its everlasting seat.
Long afterward a man who did not know its story entered this place, when he was confronted by a thing, as he called it, that glared so fearfully upon him that he fled in an ecstasy of terror. Two prospectors subsequently attempted to explore the cave, but the entrance was barred by "the thing." They gave one glance at the torn face, the bulging eyes turned sidewise at them, the yellow fangs, the long hair, the spreading claws, the livid, mouldy flesh, and rushed away. A Western newspaper, recounting their adventure, said that one of the men declared that there was not money enough in Maricopa County to pay him to go there again, while the other had never stopped running -- at least, he had not returned to his usual haunts since "the thing" looked at him. Still, it is haunted country all about here. The souls of the Mojave roam upon Ghost Mountain, and the "bad men's hunting-grounds" of the Yuma and Navajo are over in the volcanic country of Sonora. It is, therefore, no unusual thing to find signs and wonders in broad daylight.
The Legend of Spider Rock
Spider Rock stands guard with an awe for the beauty and majestic dignity of nature, in Canyon De Chelly National Park. Long ago, the Dine (Navajo) Indian tribe named it Spider Rock.
For many centuries the Dine lived in these cliffs where they built caves, most of the caves where located high above the canyon floor, protecting them from enemies and flash floods.
At the time of creation, it is said when the Dine emerged from the third world into this fourth world, that Spider Woman possessed supernatural power.
Dine children heard of warnings of Spider Woman, if they did not behave themselves Spider Woman would drop down her web-ladder to carry them up to her home and devour them! They were also told that on top of Spider Rock was the white of sun bleached bones of children who did not behave!
It is told, that one day a young Dine was hunting in the canyon, when he saw an enemy who chased him farther into the canyon. As he ran the Dine looked for a place in which to hide or escape through.
When directly in front of him stood the giant obelisk-like Spider Rock. What could he do? He knew it was too difficult for him to climb. He was near exhaustion. Suddenly, before his eyes he saw a silken cord hanging down from the top of the rock tower.
The Dine youth grasped the magic cord. Quickly he tied it around his waist, for it seemed strong enough. With its help he climbed the tall tower, escaping from his enemy who then gave up the chase.
When the peaceful Dine reached the top, he stretched out to rest. There he discovered a most pleasant place with eagle's eggs to eat and the night's dew to drink.
Imagine to his surprise when he learned that his rescuer was Spider Woman! She told him how she had seen him and his predicament. She showed him how she made her strong web-cord and anchored one end of it to a point of rock. She showed him how she let down the rest of her web-cord to help him to climb the rugged Spider Rock.
Later, when the young Dine felt assured that his enemy was gone, he thanked Spider Woman warmly and he safely descended to the canyon floor by using her magic cord. He ran home as fast as he could run, reporting to his tribe how his life was saved by Spider Woman!
Sources: The Weird Sentinel at Squaw Peak
The Legend of Spider Rock; editing done by Lydia Brown
August 27th, 2013 01:35:38 pm
Sources: Oral histories and articles by Frank Gillette and Ralph Fisher; article by Joseph Stevens in American West magazine, July/August 1985, page 23.
Source: Payson Roundup written by Stan Brown
Although Hollywood film crews had filmed Zane Grey stories on location around Payson in the early 1920s, the year 1927 brought a new rush of Hollywood excitement with the arrival of the MGM mascot, Leo the Lion.
It was never anyone's plan to bring Leo to Payson when the saga began in the late summer. The movie company had decided to fly their famous trademark lion from California to New York as a good publicity stunt. Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic solo flight was still creating a frenzy everywhere he landed, and the studio figured to cash in on this new interest in aviation. They hired pilot Martin Jensen and custom built an airplane to accommodate the 350-pound beast. The B-1 Ryan Brougham flying machine was a duplicate of Charles Lindbergh's famous plane. It was overloaded with 3,200 pounds of gasoline and had a built-in 400-pound cage. The pilot could reach a lever that released milk and water from an overhead tank into the animal's cage to pacify his objections to the bumpy ride. However, Jensen secretly equipped himself with a pistol should Leo break out. Bold, black lettering on the plane's taut canvas skin could easily be read from the ground, "MGM LION."
The original plans to take off from the studio in Culver City had been blocked by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Then on Sept. 16 film crews recorded the take off from an airstrip outside of San Diego. The overloaded plane got off the ground and headed east across the desert. It was noon when it crossed the Colorado River, and even though the hot desert air currents caused the plane to jerk about, Leo was snoring peacefully. The route took Jensen over the north end of Phoenix, but upon approaching the Mazatzal Mountains the plane was not able to rise over the top. The pilot snaked his way through the canyons and into Tonto Basin. Suddenly, before him loomed the black ramparts of the Mogollon Rim and he knew the 220 horsepower Wright Whirlwind engine was not going to make it.
That same afternoon, Payson merchant and postmaster Bill Boardman was headed for Rye. Going over Ox Bow Hill he heard the roar of a faltering airplane overhead and stopped his truck to watch the plane sputter as it lost altitude in a struggle to mount the Rim. He later reported seeing the strange shape of a metal cage built into the fuselage just behind the pilot's seat as the plane headed over the hills toward upper Tonto Creek. He had no idea of the cargo, and when the hum died out Boardman continued on his errand.
In Little Green Valley, east of Payson, the sputtering of an airplane engine alerted the Haught family, and they gathered outside their cabin. Seeing what it was, Pappy Haught exclaimed with humorous wisdom, "Those things are pizen. One drap'll kill ya."
As the plane disappeared over the hill, so did the noise of its engine. Pilot Jensen had opened to full throttle, but the light air could not sustain the weighted plane. A canyon was closing in and he was boxed in. There was no place to land, and putting the plane into a glide he stalled tail first into a clump of oak trees. With a screeching crash, the plane plowed through the treetops, rolled over on its wing, and crashed to the ground in a cloud of dust, stripping the wings from the fuselage.
Jensen hung upside down in the cockpit, stunned but unhurt except for bruises and a cut on his nose. Remarkably, the steel cage was in one piece, and Leo was still inside. Jensen took water from the nearby Tonto Creek and put it in the lion's trough, shared his sandwiches with the animal, and started hiking downstream.
During the first seven miles from its headwaters, Tonto Creek cuts its snake-like course from the Mogollon Rim south through sedimentary rocks, surrounded by dense forests and shallow canyons. Then it suddenly enters an extremely rugged area known as the Hellsgate Wilderness, where the creek plunges into steep gorges and impassable waterfalls, one after another. The rock is metamorphic, and the canyons are jagged, deep, and colorful. Beautiful pools lie enclosed, sometimes at the bottom of 1,000-foot deep canyons.
The Hellsgate Trail traverses a rough seven miles along a ridge, and then it drops 1,500 feet into a gorge near the junction of Haigler Creek. The rugged trail continues through a main canyon until it opens onto the pioneer community of Gisela.
Jensen had crashed about 2:20 p.m. and had no way of knowing where he was. He became exhausted fighting the boulders and manzanita thickets and when night closed in he lie under a bush and fell asleep, cursing the lion tamer's costume the studio had insisted he wear.
Before crash landing, Jensen had observed a ranch, and in the morning he headed there.
He did not know that if he had hiked upstream instead of down he would have emerged at Kohl's Ranch in a few hours. As it was, he spent three nights in the wilderness. Soaked from the late summer rain and suffering the jolt of the crash, he finally broke out into the open. He followed a small herd of cattle thinking they would lead him to a ranch, but they led him in a circle.
Then, just before his fourth night in the wilderness Jensen came upon an irrigation ditch. Following it he came to the ranch of George Booth near Gisela, where he shared the incredulous news of what had happened.
The Booth family fed the stranded pilot and allowed him to sleep off his troubles for 12 hours. He was better able to relate his story after that, and told his hosts, "I've got to get to a phone."
George Booth took him to Payson in his Model T Ford. It was noon on Sept. 23 when they pulled into Grady Harrison's garage and the nearest telephone.
The plane had been scheduled to land in Amarillo, Texas the evening of Sept. 16, but lookouts posted along the route reported no sightings.
By the next day it was obvious to family and friends in California something ominous had happened. On Sept. 18 a squadron of search planes took off from the naval air station in San Diego, and in one of them was the lost pilot's wife, Peg Jensen. The posse of search planes fanned out, but there was no trace of the missing plane. After Jensen finally reached his wife by telephone from Payson, his wife Peg and representatives from the MGM studios were soon on their way, flying to Phoenix. Moviemaker Pete Smith ordered Jack Flower, a studio animal trainer, and troubleshooter Leo Kratzberg to drive to Phoenix. They were to rent a truck and go get the lion.
During this same time, Lewis Bowman and Ham Eubanks were rounding up a wild cow in the Hellsgate area. Suddenly the scent of lion upset their horses, and the cowboys found the crash site. They determined the lion was weakened, but safe in its cage. Not finding the pilot anywhere in the vicinity they went back to their camp and prepared to report their find.
Back in Payson almost a week had passed since the crash when the movie people arrived, and suddenly all attention was riveted on the rescue of Leo. Somewhere out there in the Rim Country the lion was alone in his cage, without food or water.
Bill Boardman remembered how he had seen the faltering plane come overhead six days before. He suggested they organize a volunteer posse to go in after the animal before it starved. So a pack train was organized, including both ranchers and town folk. Sam Haught offered his horses, and butchered a yearling calf to feed the lion in case it was still alive. He took a door off a small shed, hitched it to a team with a chain and pulled the butchered calf on it. The sled could also serve in bringing the lion out of the wilderness.
Columbus Boy Haught of Bear Flat was along, and knew the land well since his homestead was near the crash site.
The posse met up with Lewis Bowman and Ham Eubanks on the trail, and since they had already located the lion they were able to lead the posse directly to the crash site. The lion lay immobile in its cage; its ribs were showing, its hide was covered with fly infested sores. After taking water and devouring the meat, Leo became active in his cage. The cowboys hoisted the cage onto the sled and the long drag to civilization began. The trail out of there was a difficult and winding, exhausting men and beasts. After many hours they reached the Haught ranch on Bear Flat, where pilot Jensen met them. The cowboys enjoyed marking up a Rim Country first, rounding up an African lion and treating its wounds for screwworm. They loaded Leo on to Dave Martin's truck and headed for town.
When Leo arrived in Payson he was a sensation. School was dismissed so the children could come and look. Martin and Peg Jensen flew back to California, but Leo remained a few days at Harrison's garage feasting on Arizona beef before the long drive back across the desert. Pete Smith's publicity stunt hit America's headlines after all, and Leo lived many years after that to die a natural death in a zoo.
Thirty-four years later Martin Jensen, his son-in-law, and some friends returned to the site of the crash. They found the rusted remains of the old Ryan plane, and later enjoyed knowing that the Forest Service had named the place "Leo Canyon."
January 27th, 2012 12:51:16 pm
What adventures are on your bucket list? Everyone's list is different, I'm sure. Some people are probably uber-interested in making the trek to Mecca, others may not want to go at all. Hiking or rafting the Grand Canyon is on more than a few people's bucket lists, as evidenced by the thousands of people doing it every year. But what about "bike-packing" across Arizona, or America for that matter?
Wait, what's "bike-packing" and how is it different from a bicycle touring adventure? Well, in short, bike-packing is the off-road version of bicycle touring. Where a touring adventure will take you along paved, scenic roads, bike-packing takes you along dirt roads, paths & trails. Think backpacking with a bike. It's a great way to get deeper into the middle of nowhere than by foot or car. And, you can cover some serious ground in a day, making an 800 mile odyssey seem do-able. That's where this bucket-list adventure question started . . .
I have a bucket list so long that it'd be impractical to discuss it in detail so suffice it to say, that riding the entire Arizona Trail is an adventure that's on my list. The hard part is that on a few segments you either have to walk or go around. Places like the Grand Canyon, and various other Wilderness areas, don't permit mountain bike riding. Other segments are pristine mountain trails linking towns & remote areas - perfect for bike packing.
Anyway, I digress. Bike-packing, in my opinion, is a more comfortable way to enjoy back-country routes. Don't get me wrong, I love backpacking, but being able to NOT carry the load on my back is awesome! By utilizing a series of racks, bags & trailers a cyclist can carry up to 100lbs of gear, more than enough for a multi-week expedition; partner with someone and you can cut the load without sacrificing comfort.
Imagine getting dropped off at some remote trailhead and pointing your bike south. As you meander along the trail, soaking in the view, the miles pass. When you finally stop for lunch you've covered 25 miles; now you're stopped under a cottonwood tree, next to a clear stream enjoying lunch. That evening you can enjoy a hearty dinner before dozing off under an amazing, diamond studded desert sky. A few days later you meet a re-supply crew, camping out near your route. They've got fresh . . . well, everything. The next morning after an amazing fresh breakfast you're back on the trail . . .ride & repeat.
360 Adventures is considering developing a different style of Arizona exploration package intended for experienced adventure travelers. A series of outfitted & supported, self-guided backcountry expeditions where a participant is responsible for day to day activities as well as navigation. Bike packing tours are perfect for this style of travel. We'll plan the routes, outfit your party, and help with re-supplies when necessary; you just take care of getting from point A to point B within a given timeframe. At least that sounds fun to us . . .what do you think?
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The Battle of Picacho
by Marshall Trimble (with permission)
Picacho is a steep-sided titanic altar of ancient volcanic remnants, rising several hundred feet into the air some fifty miles northwest of Tucson. Through the ages, it has stood gaunt and grim above the desert floor, acting as a beacon to weary travelers—much the same as Chimney Rock and Independence Rock were for the wagon trains bound for California and Oregon.
Prehistoric Hohokam travelers stopped off on their way to and from commerce dealings further south. Their modernday descendants, the Pima and Papago, did the same. Spanish missionaries, on their way to Christianize natives along the rivers to the west and north, quenched their thirst at one of several springs near the base of the mountains. The Mormon Battalion built the first wagon road across the Southwest in 1846. They, too, stopped to rest at Picacho, a Spanish word meaning "peak." Anglos, in their eagerness to apply easily understood descriptive place names to the lands they traversed, gave it redundant Picacho Peak—or simply "Peak Peak." In the 1850s Butterfield-Overland Stage line had a station in the pass. Today, Interstate 10 and the steel rails of the Southern Pacific Railroad run through the pass connecting Phoenix and Tucson with the rest of the outside world. Lengthy winter rains transform the harsh grey-buff desert in the foothills near Picacho into one of nature's finest tapestries of variegated colors, as galaxies of wild flowers carpet the earth, heralding the coming of spring.
It was in the spring of 1862 when two American military units clashed briefly at the foot of the ancient Picacho. That skirmish is generally referred to as the westernmost battle of the Civil War.
At the outbreak of hostilities between the North and South in 1861, large numbers of Southern-born officers in the Federal Army resigned their commissions and went home to fight for the Confederate cause.
One of these, a tall, bewhiskered, swashbuckling, ex-major named Henry Hopkins Sibley went immediately to the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia, and presented President Jefferson Davis a grandiose plan for making the upstart Confederacy an ocean-to-ocean power. Sibley, who had campaigned extensively in the Southwest, proposed a territorial conquest that included New Mexico, Arizona, California and the northern state of Mexico. If successful, the rich gold and silver bullion being produced in the West would fall into Confederate hands. Thousands of new recruits would be enlisted for the Southern cause. A transcontinental railroad line would link the southern states with the West Coast and the Mexican and California seaports would be in Confederate hands.
It would be impossible for the Union Navy to impose an effective blockade over such a vast area. President Davis had to agree; the plan was pregnant with possibilities. The conquest and its amenities would likely bring support from European countries, something the Confederates needed desperately. Its success could guarantee the secession of the eleven Southern states.
The campaign began in July, 1861, when Lt. Colonel John R. Baylor, a hard-bitten, frontier Indian fighter, led three hundred Texas Mounted Rifles into New Mexico and occupied Mesilla, near present-day Las Cruces. The Texans received an enthusiastic welcome from the Anglo population of the bustling community who were mostly Southern sympathizers from Texas. One of Baylor's first acts as leader of the army of occupation was the creation of a new territory which was called Arizona. This new territory did not have the same boundaries that Arizonans would later come to know, but consisted of all lands in the New Mexico territory south of the 34th parallel and ranged from the Colorado River on the west to the 103rd meridian on the east.
There were fewer than 2,500 federal troops in New Mexico. The men hadn't been paid for several months and morale was low. The commander of the New Mexico forces, Colonel E. R. S. Canby, was determined to consolidate his troops along the Rio Grande to meet the expected entrada (entrance) of Texans.
He ordered the troops stationed in Arizona to destroy what supplies they couldn't carry and march to the Rio Grande to reinforce his demoralized army.
These orders caused a great deal of resentment among the residents of Arizona who accused the federales in Santa Fe of leaving them to the mercy of hostile Apaches, especially the Chiricahuas under Cochise, who had been on the warpath for the past several months. The Arizonans had been clamoring for separate territorial status for several years, claiming their needs had been largely ignored by territorial officials in Santa Fe. Removal of federal troops from the area was the last straw.
In late January, 1862, General Sibley invaded New Mexico with an army of 2,600 men. He immediately ordered Captain Sherod Hunter to take a company of 54 mounted riflemen and occupy Tucson. Hunter's arrival in Tucson was a welcome sight to the local citizenry, as the Apaches had pretty much created a reservation for whites at the "Old Pueblo." The locals didn't care whether the soldiers wore blue or grey, as long as they offered protection from the hostile tribes.
Sibley's grand scheme to take the Southwest was two-pronged. One force would march north and occupy Santa Fe; the other, Hunter's, would join with the Californians. One of Sibley's assumptions was that secessionists in southern California would gain control and open the entire West for the Confederacy.
Captain Hunter's tactics in Arizona were to create the illusion of a much larger force than he actually had on hand. Using friendly Tucson as his base of operations, the vigorous Confederate officer dispatched troops along the Old Butterfield-Overland Trail to Yuma, destroying supplies gathered for the pending invasion of the California Column. His deception was successful. Union spies reported at least eight hundred Confederates in the Tucson area.
Meanwhile, the threat of a Confederate invasion of California had prompted Secretary of War, Simon Cameron, to authorize the raising of volunteers in that state. A flinty-eyed, hard-core regular army officer, Colonel James Carleton was selected to lead this "California Column" of some 2,000 volunteers across the harsh, inhospitable desert and re-conquer Arizona and New Mexico. For the next several months, Carleton, a professional who left nothing to chance, concentrated his men and supplies at Fort Yuma, in preparation for the long journey across the Arizona desert.
Colonel Carleton dispatched Captain William McCleave and nine men up the Gila River to the Pima villages near today's Sacaton, where he was to select a defensible site to store supplies for the Californians. A Union sympathizer named Ammi White owned a mill in the area and McCleave's orders were to locate a storehouse nearby. The officer was then to take his force on to Tucson where, under cover of darkness, he was to capture or destroy the Confederate garrison.
Before McCleave's patrol arrived, the resourceful Captain Hunter had occupied Ammi White's mill, taken the owner prisoner, and since he had no wagons to carry the large supplies of flour and wheat back to Tucson, distributed them among the Pimas. When Hunter learned that 50 wagons were coming up the trail from Yuma to pick up supplies, he decided to hang around White's mill and capture the wagon train. These plans went awry when Hunter's scouts noted the approach of Captain McCleave's tiny force riding in advance of the wagon train. Hunter quickly changed into civilian clothes and assumed the role of Ammi White.
McCleave unwittingly stumbled into a Confederate trap. When he asked the disguised Southern officer if he knew the whereabouts of a Mr. Jones, Hunter replied he didn't know any "Mr. Jones," but wondered where the rest of McCleave's troopers were. When informed that there were no more Union soldiers nearby, Hunter pulled his revolver and informed the surprised officer that he was now a prisoner of the Confederacy. At that instant, several Texas soldiers stepped out of the brush with rifles aimed and ready.
McCleave was so angered by the ruse that he challenged Hunter and his men to a bare-knuckle, winner-go-free, fist fight—Californians against Texans. Even though Texans outnumbered the Californians nearly 2 to 1, Hunter politely refused the offer and ordered Lt. Jack Swilling to take the feisty Union officer and his men to Mesilla.
A few days later, while scouting the California Column at Stanwix Station, some eighty miles east of Yuma, Hunter's troops fired upon some Union pickets, wounding Private William Semmilrogge. The skirmish confirmed Hunter's suspicions of a large army approaching. He made a hasty march back across the Butterfield-Overland Trail towards Tucson. At Picacho, he left Sergeant Henry Holmes and nine men at the pass to keep him posted on Union activities.
When Colonel Carleton learned of McCleave's capture, his ire was raised. Determined to rid himself once and for all of the troublesome Rebels, he ordered Captain William Calloway to take a force of 272 men to drive the Confederates out of Tucson. At the same time, they were to attempt to rescue McCleave and his men before they could be taken to New Mexico. Furthermore, on personal orders from Carleton, they were to capture "Mr. Hunter and his band of renegades and traitors."
In his haste to engage in combat with the Rebel force, the ever-cautious Calloway spent a couple of leisurely days at the Pima villages recuperating from his desert ordeal. After being informed by his Pima scout presence of Confederate soldiers at Picacho, Calloway ordered Lie James Barrett and Ephraim Baldwin to take a detachment to the pass was to take 12 men and circle around behind the Confederate pickets & wait, while Baldwin would advance on the pass from the west. Calloway's main force would follow Baldwin.
The route of march was up the old Butterfield-Overland road, following today's Interstate 10, southbound towards Tucson.
Sometime around noon on April 15, 1862, Barrett, a brave but reckless young officer, located the Confederate encampment in a dense thicket and attacked without waiting for support. He took three prisoners including Sgt. Henry Holmes. Although several shots were fired, there were no casualties in the first encounter. The rest of Holmes' troopers, alerted by the gunfire had retreated further into the thick brush and taken up defensive positions.
At this point, Barrett's scout, J.W. Jones, suggested they dismount his troops and enter the thicket afoot. Barrett disregarded the advice and charged single file, headlong into the regrouped Texans. A fierce volley of rifle fire greeted Barrett from the thicket and, when the smoke had cleared, four Union saddles had been emptied. Barrett rallied his small command and this time entered the thicket on foot. The furious battle lasted some 90 minutes and when it was ended, the brash young lieutenant and two enlisted men lay dead on the ground along with three wounded. At this point, the Californians broke off the fight, gathered their wounded along with the three prisoners and rode back towards the Gila. The dead were left in the field where they had fallen, One soldier, Bill Tobin, could thank the brass ornament on his hat for saving his life. He suffered a serious, but not fatal, head wound, when a lead ball ricocheted off the metal.
The Confederates suffered two casualties in the skirmish, both of whom would die from their wounds. Casualties were high—of the 24 involved, eleven were killed or wounded. After the battle, the Texans took their wounded, and rode to Tucson to warn Captain Hunter of the approach of Calloway's large force.
For reasons never fully explained, Calloway took his command with the three captives, and retreated all the way back to the Pima villages. Although it is only a footnote among the vast volumes of Civil War the Battle at Picacho Pass is considered to be the westernmost halt war.
October 3rd, 2011 10:28:04 am
The known history of the Grand Canyon area stretches back 10,500 years, when the first evidence of human presence in the area is found. Native Americans have inhabited the Grand Canyon and the area now covered by Grand Canyon National Park for at least the last 4,000 of those years. Anasazi, first as the Basketmaker culture and later as the more familiar Puebloans, developed from the Desert Culture as they became less nomadic and more dependent on agriculture. A similar culture, the Cohonina, also lived in the canyon area. Drought in the late 13th century likely caused both groups to move on. Other peoples followed, including the Paiute, Cerbat, and the Navajo, only to be later forced onto reservations by the United States Government.
In September 1540, under direction by conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado to find the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola, Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas led a party of Spanish soldiers with Hopi guides to the Grand Canyon. More than 200 years passed before two Spanish priests became the second party of non-Native Americans to see the canyon. U.S. Army Major John Wesley Powell led the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition through the canyon on the Colorado River. This and later study by geologists uncovered the geology of the Grand Canyon area and helped to advance that science. In the late 19th century, the promise of mineral resources—mainly copper and asbestos—renewed interest in the region. The first pioneer settlements along the rim came in the 1880s.
Early residents soon realized that tourism was destined to be more profitable than mining, and by the turn of the 20th century the Grand Canyon was a well-known tourist destination. Most visitors made the grueling trip from nearby towns to the South Rim by stagecoach. In 1901 the Grand Canyon Railway was opened from Williams, Arizona, to the South Rim, and the development of formal tourist facilities, especially at Grand Canyon Village, increased dramatically. The Fred Harvey Company developed many facilities at the Grand Canyon, including the luxury El Tovar Hotel on the South Rim in 1905 and Phantom Ranch in the Inner Gorge in 1922. Although first afforded federal protection in 1893 as a forest reserve and later as a U.S. National Monument, the Grand Canyon did not achieve U.S. National Park status until 1919, three years after the creation of the National Park Service. Today, Grand Canyon National Park receives about five million visitors each year, a far cry from the annual visitation of 44,173 in 1919.
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The decline during the first quarter wasn't much of a surprised as the outlook for mining capital expenditures declined precipitously as commodity prices tumbled. In fact, Cat's revised outlook accounts of a 50% year-over-year decline in sales of the firm's traditional mining equipment and a 15% decline in sales of the equipment sold by Bucyrus.
Sales fell 23% in the resource segment for the quarter, and with most of the global mining giants like Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO), BHP (NYSE: BHP), and Anglo American dealing with new supply coming on-line, prices remain weak. Naturally, we at Valuentum think this news looks bearish for competitor Joy Global (NYSE: JOY) which relies mostly on mining activity to generate revenue. Although we think Joy Global looks overvalued, we believe the company could be an acquisition target, so there are some real risks to a short position. On the other hand, Cat's bearish outlook for mining sales could be bullish for the diversified miners because the firms may slash capital expenditures at a more aggressive rate than anticipated. This could result in a positive impact to free cash flow.
Supply remains the largest threat to industry profitability and cash flow because significant mining supply is coming on-line at Rio, Vale, and Anglo American's Minas Rio project. In effect, large amounts of iron ore supply could come to market at the same time demand growth moderates to reflect less robust demand from China. While certainly a valid concern, Valuentum believes these fears may be slightly overblown and underestimate other emerging markets' role in consumption. Further, Chinese real estate steel demand growth may decelerate, but the country will still add several million cars to the road over the next decade.
Caterpillar's construction business was also weak, as sales fell 17% year-over-year to $4.2 billion. Sales in North America declined 14% to $1.5 billion, which was stronger than the 17% decline in Asia-Pacific and the 23% decline in EAME. We think continued strength in the US housing market could provide a positive catalyst, but it is important to recall that the company boosted dealer inventories last year, so sales growth might not translate immediately. Nevertheless, we do not feel as bullish about a recovery in Chinese construction; another key lever for Cat's growth.
With regards to China, management provided what we believe was fairly bearish commentary, saying:
"I am pleased to report this morning that we along with our dealers have made quite significant progress in lower inventory. Dealer machine inventories declined throughout 2012 and are currently at reasonable levels relatively to sales.
In terms of our inventory, that's Caterpillar finished inventory in China, as expected it declined during the first quarter. While inventory reduction is expected to continue into the second quarter, we do expect to begin increasing production in China during Q2."
We tend to agree with this outlook, and in our view, the read-through seems to suggest current demand remains sluggish. If China remains weak, the impact on Caterpillar could be disastrous. Not only does China account for a significant amount of revenue directly, but the country also accounts for a large portion of resource consumption growth. When China doesn't buy resources, mining firms don't need to purchase new mining equipment, which clearly would have a negative impact on Cat.
Power systems proved to be most resilient segment in the first quarter, falling 12% year-over-year. Order trends were pretty mixed. Fracing and drilling were weak, but compression, the other component of oil & gas, saw orders increase. Caterpillar also noted that rail and solar performed well.
Looking ahead, the firm reduced its guidance to revenue of $57 billion to $61 billion generating earnings per share of $7. This guidance was well below consensus expectations, but it is not surprising given the current outlook for the global mining industry. We do not see much upside to the forecast in 2013 given the sluggish growth of the global economy.
Ultimately, Caterpillar's quarter wasn't good, nor was its guidance at all positive. As a result, we continue to believe shares look fairly valued. Cat's business is highly cyclical, and therefore, we are very cautious and demand a significant margin of safety before getting comfortable adding shares to the portfolio of Valuentum's Best Ideas Newsletter.
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Embry Mason is your average nineteen year old girl. She has loving parents and the most amazing best friend any girl could ask for. However, one day she is diagnosed with cancer and makes a decisio...
"Em honey? Are you alright?"
"Mit Fash!" I managed to choke out instead of the intended 'shit Catch' as another round of the vile fluid made its way up my throat. He shot me a sad look and gathered my hair higher, rubbing my back soothingly.
"Jesus Em, just let me take you to the doctors." Finally feeling the nausea subside, I flushed the toilet and stood slowly. I grabbed my toothbrush and shoved it into my mouth as soon as it was coated in the minty white toothpaste.
"Embry, this isn't the stomach flu. How long has this been going on now?" I looked into his deep mahogany brown eyes that were bleeding with sympathy. The man looking down at me, Catcher, had been my best friend since second grade. I had moved into the house next to his in the suburbs of Albuquerque, New Mexico from Vancouver, Canada for my dad's job. His mother and he had brought over a welcome basket our first day in the large house and we hit it off immediately. All through school we were attached at the hip, doing anything and everything possible together. Now, eleven years later, we were just as inseparable as ever.
"Catch, I'm fine. I'm just under the weather is all." He rolled his eyes and pulled me into his strong arms gently.
My heart began to run at mach speed from the contact but that was nothing new; I had been in love with Catcher since I was 15. I'm 19 now and he still has no clue. I'm not quite sure how though; certainly he feels what my heart does when he hugs me, right? Maybe he does feel it but chooses to ignore it.
I choose to keep my feelings a secret not for the cliché 'I don't want to lose him', even though that's true as well, but because I've seen all the girls he's ever been with. I am nothing like them; they are bleach blondes or bright redheads with large natural chests and gorgeous faces. Now, my self isn't all that damn low. I am attractive enough, standing at five-foot-nine with long, pencil straight black hair and a fairly pale complexion. The main difference though, was the difference in personality. Even though he was drop dead gorgeous with enough charisma to choke a cow and could easily have any girl he wanted, cough cough, for some odd reason, he tends to choose the sluts, bitches, and dumbasses. Don't ask me why, I honestly have no idea. What I do know for sure though, is that he never glanced twice at the girls that I considered myself to act like; girls that were mostly down to earth, wore modest clothing, and didn't associate with the 'popular crowd'. Now, I'm certainly no prude, but at least I managed to keep myself from banging every guy on the football team. Most of Catcher's girls hadn't held the same mentality.
Begrudgingly, I drew back from his warm embrace. He stared down at me, thinking hard, before scowling.
"What's that look for?" I asked as I grabbed a Gatorade from the mini fridge in the corner of my room. Hopefully I wouldn't just puke this back up like last time.
"Embry, are you pregnant?" He asked seriously. I choked.
"Wh-what? P-pregnant? What the hell Catcher?!" I sputtered. Pregnant? Hell no. I was far too careful to get myself knocked up.
"C'mon Em, what are your symptoms? Excessive vomiting, fever, night sweats, and unnatural weight loss."
"Thank you, Doctor Kensington for that stunning revelation." I muttered sarcastically.
His gorgeous eyes darkened and he took a few slow steps towards me. "Embry, who the hell is he?" God he was so damn protective.
"Jesus, Catch! I'm not pregnant!" I huffed.
"Why won't you just let me take you to the doctors'? Let's just make sure you aren't… you know…"
"No, I know for a fact that I'm not 'you know'," I said with air quotes "and I don't need a damn doctor to tell me so."
We both turned at the sound of my front door closing. I rolled my eyes again but Catcher grinned.
"Don't you dare." I warned him, glaring murderously. He bolted for the door, knowing that in my current state, running was out of the question. I could still scream though right? Hopefully.
"DO NOT LISTEN TO A DAMN WORD HE SAYS MOM!" I screamed at the top of my lungs then paused, partly for her reaction, but mostly to gauge whether I needed to make another trip to the bathroom or not. Feeling safe, I made my way towards the stairs.
The look on my mother's face when I reached the bottom said it all. Dammit Catcher.
I sighed. "Mom, I'm just fine. It's just a little-"
"How long have you known?" She asked through gritted teeth.
"No need to be pissed off Mom, I'm only a little under the weather." Sheesh. Why was everyone acting so dramatic?
Her eyes blazed. "You call being pregnant 'a little under the weather'?!" She cried.
My head snapped over to look at Catcher who was leaning against the doorway to my right with the biggest smug grin on his face.
"Dammit Catcher! Why the hell would you tell her that?" He didn't get a chance to reply though.
"So it's true?! Why wouldn't you tell me?" My Mom asked with pain in her eyes. Oh God, she actually thought I was going to be a teen mom. Fantastic. Thanks a lot Catch.
"No! No, Mom. It's not like that at all. I-" She cut me off with the most bizarre question that threw both Catcher and I off.
"Is Catcher the father?" I gasped and flushed while Catcher burst out laughing.
"What? Am I missing something?"
"Yes, Mom! There's a lot you are missing! Catcher is being a total fuckface."
"Language Embry!" She scolded.
"Sorry Mom. I'm not pregnant and Catch would definitely not be the father."
His jaw dropped and he looked slightly offended. I shot him a quick smirk but kept my attention focused on the confused woman in front of me.
She looked to be deep in thought and I decided to keep quiet while she was thinking about God knows what. Finally she shook her head and glanced between Catch and I.
"No, I'm taking you to the doctors' right now. I want to be certain. I know you aren't a virgin so there is a possibility." What? How the hell did she find out?
As if reading my mind she said, "Oh honey, you should know that the walls at Alex Connolly's house are paper thin and his parents heard everything."
Oh. My. God. Kill me now. I looked at Catcher for some help but he just looked annoyed.
"Fine! Fine, let's go. I'll prove that I am not pregnant." I said, reaching for my flip flops.
"Thank you, dear." My Mom said sweetly.
This has got to be the stupidest thing I have ever agreed to do, and that was saying a lot. I was a daring child and never backed down from a bet which ended up in plenty of broken bones. But this, this was ridiculous.
I was currently peeing in the cup that the bitchy nurse had thrust in my face. This was all Catchers fault. Had he kept his fat mouth shut, I would be laying in bed recovering. But no, he just couldn't help himself.
Flushing and buttoning up my neon green skinny jeans, I stuck the closed cup into the passage between the bathroom and the lab.
After washing up, I made my way back towards my mother. She was standing with Catcher and a doctor. He looked to be in his mid thirties with a lean frame and combed blonde hair.
"Embry, dear, this is Doctor Herald."
I smiled and shook his outstretched hand. "Miss Mason, would you and your family please follow me back to your room?" People always thought Catch was my brother, maybe it was because our hair color was similar. Unfortunately, Catcher always went along with it because, as he has said before, I am like a sister to him.
I jumped up onto the examination bed while the doctor closed the door.
"Before we begin, I will need your permission to speak freely to everyone in this room Miss Mason."
I nodded. "It's Embry and yeah, they need to hear this."
He smiled. "Alright, your mother tells me you believe you may be pregnant. Is this true?"
I glared at the two individuals sitting in the chairs to my left. "No, doctor. They think I'm pregnant. I know for a fact I am not."
"When was the last time you engaged in sexual intercourse?" I cringed. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to have them in here.
"About a month ago." He nodded and continued making notes in the folder he had. "Your symptoms are indeed that of a pregnant woman, but there are other possibilities as well."
"In the off chance that you are not pregnant, I want to take a blood sample now." He said while preparing a needle.
"Of course!" I replied smugly. I wasn't freaking pregnant.
"Thank you Miss Ma- Embry." He said after taking the blood sample. "I will be back just as soon as the results come back."
He left the room without another word, allowing my worried mother to begin her interrogation.
"Were you two safe? Embry, you're on birth control. Catcher, did you use a condom?"
"Mrs. Mason, I am not the father of Embry's baby. We have never slept together." And never will I thought bitterly.
"I'm not fucking pregnant Catcher!" I spat.
"Embry! Watch your mouth!"
"Sorry, Mom." I laid back on the bed as the room fell silent.
Forty minutes later I was about ready to kill someone. We still hadn't heard from the doctor and my patience level was critical.
"How long does it take to run the test?" Catch asked me with tired eyes.
"How am I supposed to know? I've never been pregnant before!" I hissed. He put his hands up in submission but said no more; he knew when to bite his tongue.
Just then, the door opened, Dr. Herald emerging from the hallway. After he muttered an apology for the wait, I couldn't help the immature child inside of me.
"That's fine! Now will you please tell them that I'm not pregnant?" I asked excitedly.
He grimaced. "That's true; Embry is most definitely not pregnant." My mom sighed while Catcher rolled his eyes.
"However, while she isn't pregnant, there is a reason for her symptoms."
"See, Em? I told you something was wrong!" Catcher said.
"Please excuse them, Doctor. Is my daughter going to be okay?" My mom seemed worried but no one could have ever expected the words that left his mouth in response.
"I'm afraid this is a serious issue and treatment will be somewhat difficult. Your daughter has Stage two Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She has cancer."
The silence that followed was deafening. I had cancer. I was 19 years old with cancer.


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Exclusive tips from Michael Chang, Kei Nishikori's new coach, on 'How to surprise your opponent'. Chang hit an underarm serve in a match against Ivan Lendl at the French Open.
Hit an underarm serve. "You don't want to be predictable. It was Andre Agassi who first showed me how effective an underarm serve could be, and how you could unsettle an opponent. He used to do that in junior matches in the 12-and-unders and the 14-and-unders. He did that very well. You had to watch out for that and be on your guard. It was a spur of the moment decision, really, for me to hit an underarm serve during my fourth-round match against Ivan Lendl at the 1989 French Open. I thought to myself, 'I could hit a 69mph serve and that would give him something different to deal with'. He was forced to come in and he didn't like that. But, more than anything, I think that underarm serve changed the whole mentality of the match. After that, he became more frustrated that the match wasn't going his way."
Stand close to the service line to receive a second serve on a big point. "I did this on match point against Lendl on a second serve. You have to remember that I was 17 and just out of juniors, and this what we did in the juniors, but it works in men's tennis too. I found that opponents either double-fault, as Lendl did. Or they drop the ball short, as they don't want to double-fault on a big match, and then you have a great chance to win the point."
If you're a baseliner, try serve and volleying every so often, even on big points. "This can really take an opponent by surprise. Mats Wilander was known for his baseline game, but on really big points, like on break points, he would serve and volley. It's a good strategy as the opponent doesn't expect it. So your opponent, who doesn't have time to adjust, plays the same ball that he's been playing all day – the ball is floating in the air and you can put it away for a winner."
Attack the second serve. "This was something I developed during my career, and I think it's a tactic which guys now don't do enough of. If you suddenly attack a second serve, it totally throws your opponent's rhythm off as then the ball is right at them."
A drop-shot can be the most effective shot on clay. "You get guys pounding away ten feet behind the baseline, pounding, pounding, pounding, and they can end it all by suddenly playing a drop-shot. The mental side is so important. If you can shake a guy up mentally, if he ends up thinking that he doesn't know what's coming next, and he's no longer sure he can win, that's worth even more to you than one or two winners."


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Last August, Utah Governor Gary Herbert appointed Jon Pierpont as acting executive director of the state's Department of Workforce Services. Pierpont took the reins at a time when caseloads were high, budgets were tight and employee morale was running low.
On Wednesday, state senators voted unanimously to keep him on the job.
"Thankful, humbled and honored," Pierpont responded. At age 44, the Provo native has spent half of his life working in various capacities in the agency he now leads.
After graduating from the University of Utah with a degree in sociology and an emphasis in criminology, Pierpont hired on as an eligibility case manager in 1992.
His intent had been to find law enforcement-related work, but instead Pierpont landed on the front line of human services.
"I really enjoyed it, couldn't take myself away from it," Pierpont told senators. "It never gets old."
By late 1993, he had risen through the ranks to head up the state's central region, which includes Salt Lake and Tooele Counties and constitutes half of the department's workload.
Earlier this week, Pierpont received full support from members of the Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Confirmation Committee. But accolades from low-income advocates who spoke at that meeting nearly brought him to tears, he said.
"I have and continue to appreciate Jon's commitment to making sure that low-income people get the benefits they need," said Gina Cornia, executive director for Utahns Against Hunger.
Cornia credited Pierpont's frontline service for giving him the ability to listen and take her complaints seriously.
Matt Minkevitch, executive director of the Road Home homeless shelter, applauded Pierpont and his team for their help with rapid rehousing. The recession caused a surge in numbers of homeless families in recent years.
"Had we not had the underpinnings of that system in place, surely we would have had to build more shelter, find more shelter and find ourselves in this perpetual bailing mode of trying to empty the boat instead of moving forward in a more positive direction," Minkevitch said.
Describing himself as a hands-on leader who likes to engage with staff, Pierpont said he gets up every day excited to go to work.
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Awesome 8th Doctor Masterpiece Collection Maxi Bust
They've finally given him his own bust…and it's about time!
Fans of the recent Doctor Who Maxi Busts that have been released will surely want to get their hands on one of these, a limited edition 8 inch bust of the Eighth Doctor, in all his romantic glory.
As one of the most criminally overlooked Doctors who barely got a chance to shine on the television, it's fantastic to see Paul McGann's incarnation celebrated so wonderfully in time for the 50th anniversary.
The frock coat, the floppy hair, the waistcoat and even the fob watch (warning: may contain a Time Lord consciousness) form part of this very special release to stand alongside the First, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctor busts that you may already have.
But you'll need to start saving your pennies (or hope that you have a birthday coming up soon) as all this quality means that the Eighth Doctor bust will set you back £49.99, that is however 10 pounds cheaper than the RRP so Forbidden Planet, we thank you once again.
The item is on pre-order now and will be released next month on 15th July. If you can just wait a little longer, the Eighth Doctor will soon be making your mantle piece look resplendent.
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Even at £10 below RRP I could not offord this and the others. Marvellous work and attention to detail though and surely worth the pennies if you can offord to spend them! Even though I couldn't buy one I'd love to see a bust of the 6th Doctor. Surely the 2nd most criminally overlooked Doctors.
I was going to purchase this, but like Big Chief 1.6 scale action figures, the high price is a very real issue. These are collectibles for rich people. And seeing as how Character Options has crapped on any Series 7 or future Doctor lines, that leaves CO's Classic line (which will remain in 5″ scale) as the only affordable quality action figures. BiffBangPow! has some interesting 8″ action figures coming later this summer, and those might be within budget too. Their upcoming First Doctor figure looks nice.


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GOP Candidates Claim Nobody Cares About Birth Control, Equal Pay
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Before the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, recedes in the rear-view mirror, let's be straight with ourselves about what the events surrounding his death tell us about race in America.
Reagan shifted the power to the wealthy, and the wealthy used that power to escape the borders of democracy by moving production to China. And that, my friends, was that.
On Fox News a Muslim who killed a co-worker in Oklahoma and who remains in police custody represents a much bigger story than a suspected anti-government assassin who killed a cop and remains on the run, eluding hundreds of law enforcement officials while terrorizing a Pennsylvania community.
Despite Obama's slumping popularity, all that remains in question is the final margin of victory, the outcome of key initiatives important to Brown's future plans, the size of Democratic majorities in the state Senate and Assembly, and whether there will be another Democratic sweep of all statewide offices.
The US-led international response to the Islamic State's advances in Iraq and Syria is more extensive and fraught with danger than the war on terror declared by former President George W. Bush in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Consider the tragedy of the Titanic. It is a metaphor for the surpassing vanity of mankind and the indifferent brutality of nature. As such it can speak to us about the looming threat of climate change.
If people are seemingly able to develop false factual beliefs without any help from ideologically driven media messages, and if efforts like news media fact-checking are failing to correct shoddy facts, then what hope do we have for a vibrant, meaningful public debate?
Undoubtedly there are positives to Holder's tenure as attorney general, but one really big minus is his decision not to prosecute any of the Wall Street crew whose actions helped to prop up the housing bubble.
Our job is to ensure that his efforts continue on with the next AG, whoever he or she may be. We in the civil rights community must strongly advocate maintenance and continuance of a Justice Department that will fight aggressively in these areas.
Criticizing the president during wartime is fine, as long as it's based on reality and facts. Hypocrisy, on the other hand, isn't fine. You either support the president, any president, in wartime or you don't. You can't have it both ways.
Today the Supreme Court is scheduled to discuss seven petitions from five different states urging it to decide on the constitutionality of state laws excluding same-sex couples from marriage on a nationwide basis. No one knows if it will decide whether to take any of the cases at this time or defer its decision until a future conference this fall.
The brave Colorado high school students who are protesting their school board's attempt to rewrite their American history curriculum are doing all Americans a favor. They are reminding us of the importance of dissent and protest in our nation's history.
The answer lies in human psychology. And probably like the old observation about history, people who refuse to understand human psychology are doomed to be victims of psychological manipulation.
The United States Congress is currently abdicating one of its most solemn duties: declaring when America is at war, and with whom. This is nothing short of disgraceful, and every member of Congress who didn't actively push their leadership to hold a vote should be ashamed of themselves right now.
Addressing concerns about the growing influence of special interests on California's initiative process and the decline of voter participation, Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation that strengthens legislative and public oversight of ballot measures and increases transparency within a century-old process that has been stubbornly resistant to change.
Most Americans think government is broken, and despair of either party fixing it -- indeed, 58 percent say we need a new political party. But what should a third party -- or an independent grassroots movement -- stand for?
If we really want to help the middle class, and most Americans, we need a set of policies that are new and truly address the systemic problem. It's time to let go of the partisan talking points, and get to work.
Climate change is already a planetary crisis that, if unchecked, will undermine our health, our economy, our environment, and our food supplies. The nation deserves more ambitious, not to mention consistent, leadership from the President.
For half a century beginning with Franklin Roosevelt, there was a direct connection between the problems that afflicted American society and the remedies on offer from our democratic system. High unemployment? The New Deal, the World War II mobilization, and the postwar boom took care of that. In the last century, democratic politics addressed real problems.


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The cost of delivering higher education in the Us rose at the smallest rate in the history of the higher education Price index (hePi), less than one percent. the drop was due almost exclusively to a drop in the cost of utilities. The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 16, 2010, www.chronicle.com/article/Higher-Education-Price-Index/124456
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