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Yum! This was really tasty and very easy to make. I only used two leeks and that was plenty. This would be a perfect appetizer using puff pastry shells.
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This tart was a big hit at a family party. I too only used two leeks, and found that that was plenty. The good news? I have two more leeks and the other half of my puff pastry! I can make another one!
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Rapper Kanye West announced the pregnancy during a concert Sunday in Atlantic City, N.J.
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"It's true," the 32-year-old reality TV star said in a statement on her site Monday. "Kanye and I are expecting a baby. We feel so blessed and lucky and wish that in addition to both of our families, his mom and my dad could be here to celebrate this special time with us."
Kardashian's father, Robert Kardashian, died in 2003. West's mother, Donda West, died in 2007.
Kardashian added in the blog post that she was "looking forward to great new beginnings in 2013 and to starting a family."
The 35-year-old rapper revealed to a crowd of more than 5,000 in song form at a concert Sunday that his girlfriend is pregnant. Kardashian was in the crowd at Revel Resort's Ovation Hall with her mother, Kris Jenner, and West's mentor and best friend, Jay-Z.
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The news instantly went viral online, with thousands posting and commenting on the expecting couple.
Most of the Kardashian clan tweeted about the news, including Kim's sisters. Kourtney Kardashian wrote: "Another angel to welcome to our family. Overwhelmed with excitement!"
West told concertgoers to congratulate his "baby mom" and that this was the "most amazing thing."
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DIY Wall Decor Ideas From Ruche
I'm often inspired by the interior photo shoots from my favorite clothing shops and boutiques, but rarely do the ideas seem very practical for the home. Now the lovely shop Ruche has thoughtfully posted DIY instructions for some of the beautiful wall treatments from their spring lookbook. They're temporary wall décor projects, perfect for renters.
My favorite is the fabric wallpaper applied with a cornstarch paste that will easily peel off when you're sick of it or ready to move. I've been wanting to try easy fabric wallpaper since Laure posted about it back in January, and this is a new all-natural method to try.
Butcher paper flowers are also lovely, and perfect for a spring party or a child's room. Ruche posts full instructions and helpful diagrams.
This treatment with book pages would be great for a reading nook. Teachers, why not try it in a classroom? So cute!
Check out the full post with more photos and ideas over at Ruche.
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Fabric "wallpaper": NO. I bought a house in which this had been done in the kitchen and bathroom (!!!), though in an even stupider way -- the previous resident had stapled (!!!) fabric and quit batting (!!!) up on the walls and ceilings. It molded, collected all sorts of disgustingness, grease and smell and gross, and was an all-around terrible idea. (Ex and roomie rented it, roomie moved out, I moved in, then ex and I bought it before I realized the length, width, and depth of the stupid things that had been done to the place. Never again.)
Granted, if you're planning to put it up, then take it down when you leave, leaving behind no trace of having done it, knock yourself out. If not? You can't complain if those who follow you incinerate you with the white-hot rage and frustration they will experience at your hand.
--Team "No Weird Trading-Spaces-esque Wall or Ceiling Treatments"
ok shanalulu, the kitchen and the bathroom are probably the two worst places to put that, just by the nature of their purpose (grease and water and such is a given). actual wall paper, tile, and/or semigloss paint is the way to go in those rooms, imo.
but if we hadn't bought our house this past summer, i probably would have tried the fabric wallpaper out at some point (with cornstarch) in our apartment.
I'm with shanalulu; this kind of stuff collects dust (how would you clean paper flowers?) and leaves a mess in removal. At least paint is easy to cover over with new paint.
Shanalulu - I had a friend in high school who's Mom ran a (very successful) business doing that batting/fabric wall treatment. I never understood it, seemed tacky.
Well there's my big fat typo for the day.
Upholstered walls as shanalulu describes and which I Love Upstate finds tacky) can be just fine, if you're not a slob, and yes, not in the bathroom or kitchen.
Not exactly sure, also, why shanalulu exhibits such ire at the person from whom you purchased your house. You didn't have to buy it. Or, you got a deal because no one else could get past the issues you could envision gone.
I once applied a wallpaper border (to cover the ugly existing one) w/ a hot glue gun. Then, when we moved, I just pulled the whole thing down. Once the hot glue is dried, it will pull right off, no problems. The only thing was that it was only attached where the glue was. It wouldn't work for mid way down the wall where you could see the gap and toddler fingers could get to it.
I have a workshop in the basement and was sick of looking at the studs (boards, not boys) and insulation. A fabric and vintage curtain collection was just sitting in a trunk so I went crazy with the stapler and ended up with something much more fun while I wait for my finished basement to magically appear. I have 3 daughters; hence the over abundance of pink.
Click on "about us" to see my workshop.
oops! Click on "contact us". My website needs major updating.
@patrick: HA! Husband couldn't have been dynamited out of the place. I don't want to say "lazy," because that sounds like a bad thing, but...he was extremely uninterested in having to move all his stuff, preferring to just stay put and use the time that would have been spent moving on things he enjoyed more. Also, as far as home improvement or repair, he had a blind spot the size of an entire house. I don't want to say "typical oblivious-to-niceties male," but in his case, the shoe fit. I realize the fabric crap after the fact, and he didn't think to wonder if it would've caused a mold/moisture/grease problem (there's the obliviousness) -- it had. A horror. This woman had also stapled up wallpaper borders, instead of pasting them up like any normal person would have. Hundreds of staples, about an eighth-inch apart. She stapled fabric panels to the beautiful solid-wood doors, too. House built in the early 40s, the most gorgeous bones I'd ever seen, in the historic district, and it was a crime, what she did to the place. I'm still sad, when I think of that house, and how a job-relocation forced us to sell it before I got to rehab it.
So yeah, I'm probably not super-objective on the wall fabric thing. :) But dude, some people should be...argh. She painted all the original doorknobs and hinges black. Painted the sunroom's windows shut. Criminal, I tell you!
Amazing post! would love to set up a studio like this! thank you for sharing it all!!! This must have taken a while, I hope i can get to try it soon


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In other news, I just went to a lecture on the Shroud of Turin and, guys, this thing is AMAZING. I took some notes that I'll share with you all. They're not very detailed, but there are definitely books and DVDs and other things out there that are full of information on the Shroud.
On the authenticity of the Shroud:
- The burial style is consistent with Jewish burial customs of the time.
- The image is a negative image (which is why the negative looks more life-like) which contains distance information (i.e. how far away the skin was from the cloth when the image was made).
- There are no substances on the cloth to account for the image. Period.
- The image does not penetrate through the cloth (unlike the blood stains and water stains). In fact, the image only penetrates the top 2 microfibers of the threads!
- The weave of the shroud is unique: a 3-to-1 herringbone pattern twill. This cloth would have been very rare and therefore very expensive. (Bought by Joseph of Arimathea, a rich man??)
- The blood stains are confirmed to indeed be human blood, blood type AB, not whole blood but "blood clot exudates" (so basically blood/fluid seeping from clotting wounds) consistent with the injuries of a man who was killed upright.
- Using pollen samples found in the shroud, experts estimate that the cloth originated in Israel within "10-20 km east and west of Jerusalem."
- Dirt samples from the shroud (only located in the knee and feet areas) are consistent only with soil from the Damascus gate of Jerusalem!
- The carbon-dating controversy: the sample taken for C-14 analysis was not art of the original shroud! It was part of a repair job done in the middle ages. (The repair cloth contains cotton fibers, whereas the original cloth does not.)
So it's pretty clear that the Shroud is authentic—but how do we know that it's Jesus??
- Crown of thorns on his head
- Severe scourging, from neck to ankles
- Crucified (Note: it was uncommon to be scourged and crucified. Usually sentences would be one or the other.)
- Legs of the crucified man were not broken
- Blood stain from a wound in his side
- No stains of decomposition on the fabric
- It would have been quite unusual for a crucified man to have an individual burial (usually they would be thrown into a common grave), much less with a very expensive cloth.
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Atlanta — It's no Miami, but Atlanta is still suffering the fallout from the condo bust, just like the sun-splashed city that made "condo crash" a phrase to strike fear into the hearts of developers across the nation.
The University of Wismar released a call for papers for the Vox Juventa program that offers students and young professionals an opportunity to present findings in one of five areas: sustainability, new findings, daylight, technology, and lighting cultures. A prize of EUR 1,000 will go to the...
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has posted a program opportunity notice (PON) issuing a call for proposals for "Solid-State Lighting Research, Development, Demonstration & Standards/Enabling Activities," PON #1207, offering a total of $1 million in funding...
Rensselaer Polytechnic University's Lighting Research Center (LRC) has released "Field Test DELTA Snapshots: Classroom Lighting," a new publication detailing a systems-based approach to lighting in school classrooms aimed at improving lighting and saving energy. The publication summarizes findings...
Glass supplier PPG Industries has published "A Comparison of Energy, Economic and Environmental Benefits of Tinted Low-E Glasses," a white paper summarizing a comparative analysis of four commonly specified tinted, low-emissivity (low-E) glasses. The paper reviews a study conducted by the...
What's bigger than a 10-gallon cowboy hat and in better shape than a beatup old pickup truck with a hound dog hanging out the passenger window? The occupancy rate in the apartment industry in Nashville.
Martin Professional A/S of Denmark has been awarded an approximately $3 million grant for the development of new LED technologies by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation. The development project, INLED—Intelligent Light Emitting Diodes—is a partnership between Martin, Aalborg...
Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions has been awarded a $250,000 contract by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop and create a new test system that will help improve methods for calculating and measuring the quality of a light source. The company will develop the...
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The state has dropped drug charges against Anthony Leroy Benavidez.
Marc Grano, Benavidez's attorney, said the dismissal came less than two hours before a hearing that would have brought into question the reliability of Michael Strand Jr., the confidential informant in the case.
Strand is currently in custody awaiting trial on charges that he stabbed to death, and then set on fire, Roberto Mendez in Mora.
District Attorney Richard Flores said the decision to dismiss the case was based in part on a recording provided by Grano the day before.
Lucas Martinez, who was implicated in the assaults at last year's Robertson High School football camp, registered Tuesday as a student at West Las Vegas High School.
Lucas Martinez, one of the suspects in the assaults at last year's Robertson High School football camp, registered this as a student at West Las Vegas High School.
Marcus Gutierrez, another one of the suspects, enrolled a few weeks ago, officials said.
Superintendent Jim Abreu said the district had heard Martinez has been planning on enrolling. He said Martinez, who received a long-term suspension from the Las Vegas City Schools, came in with his mother to register.
West Las Vegas High School teacher John Duran says he's ready for school to start, and like many other teachers in Las Vegas, he spent most of his summer vacation in the teaching mode.
If that sounds boring, Duran quickly dispels the notion.
"I took a week off, and then began getting ready to teach engineering, graphics, and auto computer-aided design for the New Mexico MESA Summer Enrichment Program," he said.
Rancho Valmora, a residential treatment center for troubled teens, is in the process of closing.
The facility's parent organization, Social Learning Environments, is consolidating Rancho Valmora's operations into centers in Fort Davis, Texas, and Missoula, Mont.
Rancho Valmora started near Watrous in the early 1990s and is believed to have been the largest private employer in Mora County at one point. It is unclear how many employees will lose their jobs as a result of the shutdown.
About 40 people turned out for a special West Las Vegas school board forum called to hear concerns from parents, staff, students and concerned citizens.
After the meeting was gaveled to order, a good portion of her meeting was taken by board members arguing about what direction the meeting should take, what kind of questions would be heard, or if there would be any kind of interaction between the board and the audience.
The city demolished the old public housing development along Mills Avenue a couple of years ago.
Nothing has replaced it, but Santa Fe businessman Frank Koppler wants to change that.
He spoke to the City Council last week about reviving plans to put affordable housing on the site. He wants to pick up where the city left off with such a project a couple of years ago.
A Las Vegas man has been charged in the stabbing of another at the hot baths at United World College, state police said.
Louis G. Paredes, 23, 121 Independence No. 2, is facing a charge of aggravated battery.
According to a probable cause statement, Paredes admitted to stabbing the victim, Apolinario Gonzales, 26. Paredes said he was with his friends at the baths around 5 p.m. July 31 when Gonzales said he could kill Paredes, police said.
The San Miguel-Mora County Fair lasts through Saturday at the fairgrounds, which is a mile past Camp Luna on the west side of N.M. Highway 65 on the way to Montezuma.
Events include everything from a water-melon-eating contest to a Kiddy Karnival.
8:30 a.m.: Lamb show followed by goats, steers and breeding stock.
8:30 a.m.: Indoor exhibit hall open to public and remains open until 7 p.m.
1 p.m.: Small-animal judging, followed by showmanship.
1 p.m.: Southwest Dairy, milking demonstration.
City Councilman Andrew Feldman on Wednesday demanded the release of a special audit that he said had cleared him of allegations of corruption.
In the last minutes of a four-hour City Council meeting, Feldman asked for an apology from the mayor, long after most of the audience had gone home for the evening.
A few months ago, the city commissioned a special audit into billing adjustments in the utilities department. The mayor had sent letters to the state attorney general's and auditor's offices seeking investigations.
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Most youngsters who decided to attend a vacation Bible school event expect to spend a few hours learning about Jesus, God and have a little fun. The students signing up for the Fairlanes Baptist Church are certainly aiming to do all of the above - and help out a local family or two out.
Fairlanes Baptist Church officials announced they would be putting a special twist to their upcoming VBS experience, utilizing a new outreach program to help provide aid to a family impacted by the May 11 wildfire that destroyed more than 230 homes at Lake Meredith.
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Better get ready to dust off those boots and hats, ya'll. It's rodeo time in Hutchinson County.
Well, at least for the youngsters, it is.
The Hutchinson County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo Association will be hosting its 57th Annual rodeo this Saturday at the HCSP Arena. The arean is located at the of Bulldog Blvd.
No one can ever say the Borger Rotary Club doesn't put its money where its mouth is.
The Northwest Well Field moved another step closer to becoming a reality on Tuesday afternoon when the Borger City Council voted to approve a pair of bid recommendatuons for water project. And the good news is it won't cost taxpayers as much as expected.
David Carr, Dean of Career and Technology at Frank Phillips College, learned last month that Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Accounts, has awarded the college a Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant in the amount of $242,646.
Area employers who actively supported FPC's grant request to the Texas Comptroller of Accounts include North Plains Electric Cooperative; Chevron Phillips Chemical, LP; and Hilmar Cheese.
FRITCH - When members of the Vietnam Veterans Association's Chapter 404 learned that Leroy George had lost all of the medals he had earned while serving his country in World War II in the May 11 wildfire, they knew something had to be done.
So they did it.
Sometimes it's the youngest people in the world who can make the biggest difference in someone's life, and that is exactly what a group of Oklahoma youngsters ranging from ages 12-18 from all over the state are doing.
Most of the groups participating with the Guymon Youth Force have been going to Fritch, according to Jacque Anderson.
Thanks to large amounts of rain in the Texas Panhandle area, Lake Meredith's water levels have risen a large amount. According to Kent Satterwhite, general manager of The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Lake Meredith has gained about 7 feet in depth over the past 30 days. Since the water levels have risen, CRMWA officials have decided the lake is capable of supplying water to the region. CRMWA began pulling a small amount ofwater from the lake on Friday to supply and conserve water from the Ogallala Aquifer.


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This illustrated text and reference emphasizes the fundamentals of hand therapy - for both specialists and non-specialists who encounter clients with hand issues. It provides a consistent format with tips and guidelines for hand therapy treatment. Coverage includes hand anatomy, key terms and concepts, and the evaluation process. A focus on professional issues includes clients with functional somatic syndromes and challenging behavior, client-therapist rapport, and the roles of therapy assistants. Providing many case studies, this text helps therapists think critically about clients' individual needs.Emphasizes the development of clinical reasoning skills, describing the components of the evaluation process and addressing how to decide what to evaluate.Covers a broad array of common diagnoses seen in hand therapy, including shoulder and elbow disorders, peripheral nerve problems, wrist and hand fractures, tendonitis and tendonosis, finger sprains and deformities, tendon injuries, arthritis, burns, infections, ganglion cysts, stiffness, Dupuytrens, and pediatric and geriatric hand problems.Diagnostic-specific information and treatment guidelines follow a consistent format:OverviewDiagnosis and pathologyTimelines and healingAnatomyTreatment (non-operative and/or operative)Questions to ask the doctorWhat to say to clientsEvaluation tipsDiagnosis-specific information that affects clinical reasoningTips from the fieldPrecautions and concernsRole of therapy assistantsCase examplesOffers topics to use as mental prompts when working in the clinical setting:Questions to ask the doctorWhat to say to clientsTips from the fieldPrecautions and concernsOver 400 illustrations in the text and on the CD demonstrate important concepts.Case studies in the common diagnoses chapters demonstrate the use of clinical reasoning and highlight the "human" side of each client encounter.Clinical pearls and precautions share advice from the author and contributors, learned from years of clinical experience.Describes the role of the therapy assistant with the client, showing how the therapy assistant may be included in the therapy process.Glossary includes key terms from the text, offering easy access to definitions of key terms.CD provides samples of hand therapy exercises and clinical forms that may be used with clients.
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Moritz Stranghöner has been appointed section editor for the last page at the German newspaper BILD. He recently worked as section editor for entertainment and succeeds Alexander Graf von Schönburg.
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In light of recent events involving All-American linebacker Manti Te'o, the Brooklyn Cyclones have announced that June 21st will be Fictitious Friday at MCU Park. The Single-A Affiliate of the New York Mets will have legendary fireballer Sidd Finch on the mound, in what will be his long-awaited professional debut …
(What do you mean he's not real?), when they take on Roy Hobbs and the New York Knights (Wait, that team only exists in a movie and they are actually playing the Aberdeen IronBirds). Fans should be sure to arrive early because prior to the game, The Beatles will reunite for a once-in-a-lifetime concert event. (Okay, that's apparently not true either, but this girl I met online told me she could make it happen).
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Fans of interior design, style, home decor and gourmet cuisine reveled at the TOTO Kitchen Showroom launch in Singapore last night. The culinary gems of the night were Chef John See of The Food Dot as he prepared savouries at one live kitchen, and award-winning Chef Janice Wong of 2am:dessertbar served up sinful delights at another kitchen. Live music by Shanghai Swinger was welcomed by over 300 guests. The launch was sponsored by Gaggenau and Miele.
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There's a new social networking site on the horizon. Lady Gaga is planning to launch her very own social network. The site called "Little Monsters" aims to connect like-minded people and give more back to her loyal fans. Gaga is a role model and sends a clear message that doing your own thing and being yourself is still cool. The rockstar of gargantuan proportion is already known for her constant fan interaction and her site will offer yet another way for her to stay in touch with her fans, and more importantly, a way for them to stay connected with each other. According to Gaga Law, you're welcome in her world and it doesn't matter what country you are from. Little Monsters is slated for debut later this year.


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SYCAMORE, IL, April 2, 2007 – Addressing the needs of datacom installers, electricians, and IT/network administrators, IDEAL today announced its new SIGNALTEK™ -FO, the world's first qualification tester that allows the user to measure performance of both copper and fiber optic cabling systems according to Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) standards.
The SIGNALTEK-FO testing platform builds upon the success of the first generation SIGNALTEK qualification tester IDEAL introduced last year. It incorporates a full range of original tester's legacy features, such as Gigabit Ethernet Bit Error Rate Testing (BERT), active LAN diagnostic testing, 32MB internal memory for storing up to 20,000 tests, and printed pass/fail qualification reporting. The new FO model features an interchangeable Small Form-factor Pluggable port with a duplex LC connector for fiber optic qualification. As a result, the user can easily migrate from copper to fiber qualifying, assuring all new and existing links are installed properly and will perform reliably in support of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, VoIP, voice, IP video, and other applications.
"Our original SIGNALTEK has been acclaimed throughout the industry for its exceptional ease-of-use, accuracy and reporting," noted Dan Payerle, Product Manager, IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. "The new FO version is closely following this tradition by being engineered to test both fiber and copper, an important step forward as Gigabit Ethernet becomes the standard for backbone and zone fiber optic cabling."TESTS LARGE & SMALL INSTALLATIONS
Dual wavelength capability enables the SIGNALTEK-FO to switch (space needed here) over from 850nm to 1300nm to allow testing of virtually any LAN or campus fiber installation, while multimode and single mode capability permits qualification of cabling to a distance of 10km (6.2 miles). In addition, the SIGNALTEK-FO is the first such tester to perform both Bit Error Rate Testing and Optical Attenuation loss measurements on fiber optic links. It will measure cable attenuation with a dynamic range of up to 20dB.
Explains Payerle: "SIGNALTEK-FO is equipped to tackle virtually any size copper or fiber cabling run. Electrical contractors will appreciate its performance, as will maintenance and IT departments in schools, hospitals, and local governments who need a versatile, low-cost cable tester with active LAN and reporting capabilities."STRESS TEST LINKS
In addition to a 'snapshot' performance test, SIGNALTEK-FO can be configured to run for several minutes or even hours at a time to stress test the link for dropped packets. This monitoring mode allows SIGNALTEK-FO™ to be used to isolate intermittent network problems that are difficult to detect. It can also inform technicians what device is at the end of a cable run, such as its own remote handset, a live network device or an open link. The unit's intelligent autotest function then performs the correct test suite based on the links current configuration.CREATE, VIEW & PRINT REPORTS
Another value-added benefit to the user is SIGNALTEK-FO's reporting. Once testing is complete, SIGNALTEK will generate a customized report documenting cable performance that can be stored on the tester, transferred to a PC, or printed for customers. Unlike the Fluke® CableIQ® or Test-Um® Validator-NT™, the SIGNALTEK-FO does not require the installation of specialized documentation software. Instead, SIGNALTEK-FO uses a standard web browser to view and print. Reports can be directly downloaded to a PC via its USB port, or transferred onto a USB thumb drive for greater portability.PRICING & AVAILABILITY
The IDEAL SIGNALTEK-FO is now available. A special rebate program allows existing SIGNALTEK owners to purchase the SIGNALTEK-FO and receive $895 in return for their older units. Additionally, customers who purchased SIGNALTEK after February 1, 2007 can have those units upgraded to SIGNALTEK-FO fiber capabilities for $695 without fiber modules or $1,095 with the 850nm module. Included accessories with the SIGNALTEK-FO Multimedia Qualification Tester Kit are: fiber ready near-end and remote-end handset, carrying case, copper cable accessory kit (RJ45, RJ11, Coax), fiber optic accessory kit, 8 AA alkaline batteries, 2 AC power adapters, USB cable, CD-ROM user manual, and training DVD.
For more information, contact IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC., Becker Place, Sycamore, Illinois 60178. Or phone 1-800-947-3614, Fax: 1-800-533-4483. On the web, www.idealindustries.com.
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The Biosecurity Advisory Council was established on 1 January 2010 as a non-statutory advisory body to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, replacing the Quarantine and Exports Advisory Council.
The principal role of the Council is to provide independent advice on matters across the entire biosecurity continuum including the performance of all agencies operating in the biosecurity field.
The Council's establishment addressed a key recommendation of the 2008 independent review of Australia's quarantine and biosecurity arrangements—One biosecurity: a working partnership (the Beale review).
Interim Terms of Reference
The Council is to provide the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry with:
- co-ordinated, strategic risk-based policy advice on major biosecurity issues
- advice on biosecurity activities undertaken by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments including the identification of areas which could benefit from increased cooperation
- advice on improving responses to incidents of biosecurity concern, including emergency pest and disease incursions and strategies to deal with invasive species either established or newly introduced
- advice on the efficacy of public biosecurity awareness and education campaigns
- advice on any other matter referred to it by the minister.
The Council holds up to five meetings per year.
The Council consists of non-representative members with a broad range of skills in biosecurity and related disciplines. Nominations for membership are sought from state and territory governments, industry and academia, with appointments made by the Minister.
Council membership includes the Chair, seven members and the ex-officio position, represented by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's Deputy Secretary of Biosecurity (or a delegate appointed by the Deputy Secretary). Secretariat services are provided to the Council by the department.
Member selection is based on experience in natural sciences related to pests and diseases of plants, animals and humans, risk assessment, management, ecology, agriculture, food production, and economic assessment.
On 6 July 2012, Dr Raoul Nieper AM was appointed as an interim member by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to replace the late Mr Peter Kenny as the council's agricultural expert.
On 17 October 2012, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry endorsed the permanent appointment of Dr Nieper and extended the current Council membership to 30 April 2013.
Biosecurity Advisory Council members are:
- Mr Andrew Inglis AM (Chair)
- Dr Lisa Adams
- Dr Joanne Daly
- Dr Elizabeth Mattiske
- Ms Claire Penniceard
- Professor John Mackenzie
- Mr Dennis Witt
- Dr Raoul Nieper AM
- Ex-Officio, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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IEBC hires CHOPPERS to help transfer election materials and RESULTSNews 00:35
Thursday, the 14th of February 2013 - Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has confirmed that it has hired several police choppers to help transfers election materials and results from remote areas on March 4th.
This is the latest attempt by the IEBC to avoid the kind of delays in the announcement of results that eventually became the undoing of the now defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) in 2007.
The IEBC has already demonstrated how it will use electronic means of transferring the results from different polling stations to the tallying centre at Bomas but the results cannot be officially released until the official results forms are received from returning officers on the grounds.
According to IEBC Chairman Issack Hassan, that's where the helicopters will come in.
"We have hired some aircraft and choppers to be used in extreme situations just to ensure things go right," he said.
Hassan also said that, despite the odds against it, the IEBC will deliver on its promise of free and fair elections;
"I know that there are many people out there who are still doubting. But I can today promise Kenyans that we are going to succeed in delivering a hitch-less election that is free and fair," he said.
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Senior competed in the 400-meter hurdles in his second appearance at national meet
DES MOINES, Iowa (June 9, 2011) – Rutgers senior sprinter Aaron Younger (Franklinville, N.J.) was named Honorable Mention All-American at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
For Younger, it was his second-straight appearance at the NCAA Championships after qualifying last season in both the 400-meter hurdles and with the 4x400-meter relay team. A BIG EAST Champion and IC4A qualifier, Younger clocked a time of 53.13 in Wednesday nights' semifinal race which featured a field of the top 24 competitors in the nation.
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More than 60 staff and students at participated in Rachel's Rally on Thursday. Teacher Jill Paglino shared these great photos from the event.
"We connected 683 feet of chain links, each containing an act of kindness done by a student or staff member at Tyl" Paglino wrote in an email. "All Tyl students participated in making the chain links."
"We marched the giant link around the school parking lot, accompanied by a drum trio, then gathered in our courtyard before bringing the chain back inside."
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Arbor Day: 5 Things to Consider When Planting A Tree
The Gardenist
For many states, Arbor day is the last Friday of April, but there are plenty of places where the annual tree planting day has either passed already or is right now (I'm looking at you, Southern States, California, and New Mexico). So in preparation for National Plant a Tree Day, I thought I would share a few thoughts about tree planting.
It should go without saying (but I will say it anyway) that the tree you are planting today is going to get considerably bigger than it is now.....know that and plan for it. Years quickly pass and before you think it will happen, a tree planted too close to your house will become a pruning nightmare and a foundation upending ordeal. There are lots of reasons to plant a tree. Here are some of the less obvious things to consider.
Plant for Energy Efficiency: Think about where the sun hits your home. A well placed tree can reduce home heating and cooling costs. Deciduous trees placed to the southeast, south and southwest areas of your house can provide considerable shade and natural cooling during the summer. In the winter these same trees will lose their leaves and the sun will shine through to warm the house. Planting evergreen trees to the North and Northwest of your home can help to block winter winds by changing wind patterns over or around the building. These effects have been shown to reduce energy costs by 30 percent or more.
Plant for Safety: It is never a great idea to conceal the main entry points of your home. Putting a tree or large shrub in a position that blocks the front door not only sends an uninviting message to your guests, but it also invites the wrong sort of visitor — that is, the kind that will take advantage of the opportunity provided by all the concealment and break into your home.
Plant for Aesthetics: Just like in flower arranging, architecture, or most design disciplines, scale, color and shape are important considerations. There is a big difference between an oak tree and an apple tree. (Small and prunable vs huge and imposing, obvious flowers vs obvious acorns, open habit vs dense, different shapes, etc.) Every tree has its characteristics, and you should choose based on the fullest set of facts, considering how it will enhance your landscape.
Plant for an ecosystem: Trees invite other creatures. Song birds, squirrels, and a whole host of tiny creatures will inhabit a tree which provides a healthy home for urban (and suburban) wildlife. But the ecosystem goes beyond just the wildlife. Tree roots prevent runoff and erosion by holding soil; soil filters water and runoff. More trees means that regional water quality improves.
Plant for Stress Relief: Did you know that studies have shown that 5 minutes of looking at a tree reduces your blood pressure and muscle tension? So plant your tree where you can see it when you need to.
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Plant for Posterity. There are only a few of us that will be remembered, beyond our families, years after we are gone. And only a few of us will create things that are cherished by future generations. I've been trying to convey to my children that their adored pop idols are remarkably fleeting and so are the things that they have and do — but by planting a tree, anyone can make an enduring mark. It is the easiest and most beautiful way to give something enjoyable and beneficial to our current world and also to the future people that will live here.
When I think about tree planting in these terms, I find I suddenly become consumed with thoughts of tree variety (I don't want my mark to be run of the mill), quality, and ability to thrive in the place I put it. Like a good winter coat, the investment seems worth it.
Learn more: Find out when you local Arbor is celebrated.
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I would love to plant a tree this year! I'm trying to determine what would be a good native tree for a large sunny backyard in Southern California. Definitely something with a decent canopy that will create shade but preferably doesn't drop rotting fruit or dead leaves all over the place... Any suggestions?
Plant for your Neighbors. Don't plant trees with a spreading habit along your fence line, they will spread right into your neighbor's yard and may damage their fence in the process. Don't plant a tree that will drop messy seedpods all over your neighbor's yard. Don't plant a tree where it will grow over the power line to your neighbor's house when it gets bigger, or where its roots will grow into the sewer line to their house, or where it will block their view of the street when exiting their driveway.
These are all issues at our house. A tree is a long-term investment - choose your variety and placement carefully, and please be considerate of your neighbors too.
Thanks for this post. Please remind folks that for one, some crabapple species are from Asia, and that does not help the ecosystem at all. Two, trees grow naturally when they're ready. If you live in the city, great. Plant a native tree. If you have lots of land however, please consider cordoning off a section of your land where a meadow and then trees can grow on their own time. You'll have a lovely patch of trees and just the right kind for the soil and biome where you are.
@Kendall, what type of soil do you have? Are you near a floodplain, or is it more acidic and dry? And how much room do you have? Oaks are great shade trees, and I think sycamores are native to where you are too. Ash trees are valueable for wildlife. Box elders are a bit smaller. Call your local university Botany dept and I bet they'll have great ideas and they might even do a soil test for you. Please keep in mind that rotting leaves and fruit give nutrients back to the soil. Your tree will not be able to grow without it. Conifers drop needles all year long so it may not be as conspicuous.
Don't forget about power lines! Make sure that you won't be planting something that the power company will have to come butcher in order to meet federal regulations (think those trees you see with big wedges cut out of them so the power lines can pass safely through the middle of them).
Great post! I work for a company that develops treatments for tree health care (seriously!) and I can't stress enough the importance of planting native species and not planting a monoculture. Dutch Elm Disease devastated the American Elm not too long ago, and Emerald Ash Borer is doing the same to ash trees. Your local extension agent (most likely at the state university) is a GREAT resource for planting just about anything!
A bunch of tree geeks (consumers and companies alike) chat on Twitter on Tuesdays at 2pm EST using #treechat if you're up for learning a whole bunch about trees. Check it out-- there's tons of great info.
If you are planting a tree in the verge find out about the root systems to determine if they cause havoc to sidewalks or sewer systems. some trees (pears come to mind) have rather fragile branches which will fall on unsuspecting vehicles. Some trees drip sap which is also harmful to cars.
Do NOT plant weeping willows unless next to a pond or creek -- their roots spread quickly seeking water, and if the only source is your water lines, they will try to invade them, often successfully. (Plus while they grow fast and look pretty, they are very fragile, and after a while, prone to falling over in a strong wind or heavy snow...)
Our little cul-de-sac was instructed by the Town (in order to be approved as a sub-division) exactly what trees we had to plant and where. So now we have locusts. I wasn't involved, so not sure what variety, but I suspect black locusts. Can you say "boring"? In my own yard, I also planted some birches, dogwoods, Japanese maples, and plan to add a couple of fruit trees, maybe apple and pear or sweet cherry...It's not a big yard, but there's enough room for them all...
Based on the top 2 mistakes I see:
Pick a tree that matches the light, soil, and moisture conditions of the location.
Read the label and believe that the tree will eventually get that tall/wide. If you can't estimate distances accurately, then measure so you can place the tree far enough away from other landscape elements.
Consider climate change. Species that are hardy in an area now may not be in 15-20 years. Plant a tree that is also hardy in a warmer zone. Chicago is already doing this: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/science/earth/23adaptation.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=chicago%20climate%20change&st=cse
just because the tree is native, doesn't mean it's going to be healthier. a few comments up, leah h said that the american elms and ashes have been devastated by imported pests. right now there are millions of dollars being spent to keep sudden oak death from decimating our forests and lumber industry. want a walnut tree? watch out for thousand cankers disease. it's not enough to just get a dogwood, but you need to get a dogwood that is resistant to the anthracnose that's devastating the native species: get a kousa dogwood instead. i agonized over this very decision last year, and we finally settled on a hawthorne "Winter King". A few months after fawning and fussing over our beloved symbol of putting down roots in our new house.... we found out that it has hawthorne rust. inevitably it will have to be removed. FYI Winter King is supposed to have better resistance to rust than the species!
what i mean is this: it's so hard to find a "good" tree. I spoke to an arborist and he pretty much said stick to crepe myrtles and japanese maples (in my zone 7b).


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Andy and Stewie Do the Zion Traverse 50 (in the Dark)
September 1, 2012
The brief and vulgar summary of our 50-mile Zion Traverse
I wanted to do something adventurous with my move from Boulder to LA. Lucky for me, there's a lot of America between point A and B, and between a recommendation from Liza and the cover story of last month's Trail Running magazine, Zion National Park seemed like a good place for an adventure. There's a 48-mile trail with roughly 10,000 feet of elevation gain that stretches from the park's East Entrance, snakes through the breath-taking canyons and then takes you in a nearly straight line up to Lee's Pass in Kolob Canyon in the park's northwest corner. From my research, it was originally run in the early 1990s by Terry Tucker. It was then "rediscovered" in the late 2000s, most notable by ultrarunning living legend Karl Meltzer. Since then, it's been run off and on over the years. It's a popular two-day trip for hikers, but running the full Transverse in one day isn't super common.
I first pitched the idea a few weeks prior to Matt Stewart (referred to henceforth by the names Stew, Stewie, Stewball, Stewart and/or Dr. Little Biscuits), who is increasingly becoming my masochistic partner in crime with such running adventures. Late August/early September still seems like it would be a little early considering the heat. A week out from the run, a quick check of weather.com, confirmed this suspicion with a string of high-of-95-degree days. While I was wondering what to do, Stew just shot me back a link to a website displaying phases of the moon. September 1st: full moon. Done. We would run the Zion Transverse at night.
As far as I could tell, we were the only ones to think about doing this. And in the end, we kind of fudged it. I had never been to Zion before, and I didn't want to miss all the beautiful landscape everyone was talking about. So in the end we settled on a 2am-ish start so we'd still get to see a lot of the park. We also decided on a westbound route.
Andy Skurka has a website with tons great info for anyone interested in running the route. And he makes a good observation: Although there's about 400 extra feet of elevation gained by running the westbound route, you hammer through the vast majority of the climbs early on while your legs are still fresh and then have a nice rolling descent for the entire second half almost all the way to the end (with the exception of the final climb up to Lee's Pass). Having done the route now, I'd second that recommendation. Gutting out the canyon climbs on the east side of the course would've been brutal at the end.
One other thing we decided on/were forced into was a self-supported effort. We'd carry everything we'd need for the entire run on our backs. The great part about Zion is that there are a number of natural springs along the route that provide you with water (as long as they are running). And we assumed we could fit enough food in our packs too. We checked with rangers, and the springs sounded like they were running well so we decided to gamble and not leave any food or water cached anywhere. Truly self-supported.
So it was set. Thursday afternoon, I met Stewie up at Lee's Pass, dropped my Jeep, and we made our way all the way across to the other side. By the time we made it to the East Entrance, the sun was starting to set. We found a small parking lot right at the trailhead with a nice picnic table and plenty of "no fire/no camping" signs. So naturally, we posted up shop. With our early start, we settled on the plan of getting a good dinner in us right there, organizing our gear and then napping for a few hours before we took off. A very nice ranger rolled in as we were assembling our packs and we sweet-talked him with some medical talk and said that we were just about to take off on our run (leaving out the bit about napping for a few hours). He bid us good luck, and we finished packing. I hung a hammock; Stewie curled up in a sleeping bag on top of the table, and it promptly began to pour buckets. We huddled in Stew's car and tried to doze off as the sky cracked with lightning and a deluge of water.
Base camp at the East Entrance
Around 1:45 my alarm went off. The rain had stopped so we grabbed our gear, crafted some quick PB&banana sandwiches and brewed a quick cup of coffee. Then, we were off. It was 2:30am.
There's something pretty thrilling about night running. You can only see what's immediately in front of you, illuminated by your headlamp. It feels a little more dangerous, a little more unusual. And despite usually being slower going, I think you tend to cover more ground simply because you can't see how far or fast you're going. You just go. So go we did.
We quickly began to climb up the canyons, snaking around a far amount along East Rim Trail. Even in the darkness, you could get this sense for the immenseness of the canyon walls and drops. In some ways, it's even more magical because you can only barely make out the monoliths, and your brain feels in the rest with fantastic details.
Unfortunately the moon didn't cooperate like we had hoped. Our full moon has almost entirely covered up by a layer of cloud cover that rolled in with the storms earlier in the evening. It was really a shame during the night, but we were lucky later on when the cloud cover clung on well into the afternoon, providing relief from the sun's assassin rays.
Stew and I twisted up and down and around various canyons. The climbs weren't really all that bad, but there were certainly a few gnarly descents. In the bottom of one canyon, the trail turned to following cairns across slickrock, which was a fun game to play with our headlamps. Spot the Cairns. At a certain point, they just seemed to disappear. We climbed up to improbable routes and dropped down the canyon farther but couldn't find any sign of a pile of rocks. Cairn-spotting is definitely tougher at night. After wasting 10 or 15 minutes, we finally spied one that was hidden a few hundred feet away and we continued on.
At one point, the trail dropped down into a narrow canyon that ultimately turns into a small creek. It doesn't feel like it could possible be the trail since it seems to run smack-dab into a wall of rock, but sure enough it was. The canyon walls narrow and narrow as you run through the narrow creek until just when you think the walls will crush you, it spits you out into a new open canyon.
This is the most trafficked section of the park because its easy access and spectacular views of things like Angels Landing. Unfortunately it also means that back in the 1930 the CCC poured concrete over several miles of the trail. Very hard, uneven, cracked concrete. So despite it being the most beautiful part of the route, it was one of our more hated, just for the nastiness underfoot. The other bit that sucked was the fact it was 5am by the time we hit it, well ahead of any sunlight that would let us see the views. Oh well.
One last cup of coffee before shoving off, time: 2:30am
Into the wilderness
Basically what running for 5 hours in the dark looks like
From the end of this section, you're spit out on a road. You run this about two miles south to The Grotto, where the real climb begins. Along the way, we saw countless mule deer in the dark, their ears reflecting back at our headlamps. Curiously, they were all stags with big collections of horns set above their heads. We also caught a few ringtails scampering away from our headlamps and into the brush. (If you don't know what a ringtail is, it's sort of a cross between a cat, ferret and a lemur. Pretty wild looking.)
Twelve miles, we stopped at The Grotto parking lot to refill our hydration vest with the water spigot there. Then, it was off to the climb.
Lonesome road
Mule deer bucks looking on curiously
The climb is a monster one, just over 3,000 feet in 3.7 miles. You follow the poured concrete up impressively constructed switchbacks a few thousand feet above you. The thing is truly a marvel of engineering but also just a lot of elevation gain. Stew and I power hiked most of it in the darkness, muttering to ourselves. The upside was that we didn't have to deal with it at the end of our run, like we'd have to do if we were running eastbound.
The climb plateau momentarily and we caught out first glimpse of moonlight. But there was still plenty of climbing left to do, as we snaked along canyons more and more. Finally we made it a split the trail. There was supposed West Rim Cabin Spring here. We spent about 5 or 10 minutes looking for it, but couldn't locate it. Oh well, we figured, we'd just filled up a few miles back, and we should hit Potato Hollow Springs in a while. We should be fine. So we didn't worry about it.
Traditionally, the Zion Transverse takes the shortest path at this split and goes down a short section of Telephone Canyon Trail. But Stewie insisted that the 3.4-mile West Rim had far better views of the canyons below. Plus, the extra mileage would round our run out to a near perfect 50-miler. It was hard to argue with logic like that, so we turned left. Right as we hit the rim, we started to get out first bit of sunrise, and the canyons below us glowed red and orange and white with their stratified layers in the early morning light. Matt's logic was right. We had been making pretty good time, and the sunrise gave us an extra pep in our step as we joined up with the main trail headed northwest.
As we turned away from the rims, the landscape quickly changed to scrubby fields and trail to gravelly patches. The miles were starting to finally take a little toll. Twenty miles in is understandable I suppose. But we were looking forward to Potato Hollow Spring.
Sunrise to the east
Fiery morning sky
Running along the West Rim at sunrise
Looking out into Navi/Harry Potter/Narnia land
Lots of white sandstone in the upper layers of rock
Lots of tongue
More canyon
We'd been told the spring was running pretty well, but that wasn't the reality we found. It had probably stopped running a week or so prior because there was still water in the small natural basin, but it was a still pool covered in patches of green scum. We were 0 for 2 on springs. (Really 0 for 3 if you count the Stave Spring at mile 5.6 that we couldn't find in the darkness but didn't fret over too much considering we had just started.) This middle section had been our concern with water. After the next spring, Sawmill Springs, there wouldn't be another spring until 6 miles from the end. And all those miles would be on exposed trail in the baking late morning and afternoon sun. So our confidence in the spring was starting to waver. We were running low. Sawmill Springs had to have water or we were toast.
The 6 miles from Potato Hollow to Sawmill were long ones. We'd been running for nearly 6 hours at the point, and were starting to drag. Also, the section was just sort of uninteresting. That middle section of a long run or race that's just ugly. It happens every time, and it always bums be out a bit. But we grabbed a quick bite of PB&banana sandwiches and pushed on. Six hours. We'd covered a marathon, and it was just 8:30 in the morning.
Right around mile 27, we saw a sign to Sawmill Springs, 0.3 miles off on a side trail. It had a fairly steep descent, which meant a steep ascent climbing out, but we were starting to get in desperate need of water. Our hydration bladders were totally dry.
At the very bottom of the trail we found the spring, which did indeed have flowing water, even if it was a little trickle pouring out of a small log. Bees and wasp buzzed about, enjoying the only water source for miles. We dipped our bottles, drank and filled our packs. It was a lifesaver and a good excuse for a little breather.
Running along Potato Valley
The sweet trickle of Sawmill Springs that saved our lives
But soon enough, we were back at it, our packs suddenly much, much heavier than they had been minutes ago. The scrubby landscape gave way to more forested stuff as we entered Wildcat Canyon. The canyon isn't as beautiful as many of the other in the park, and the quality of the trail was super rocky. Several sections were covered in a terrible mess of volcanic lava rock that drilled my feet mercilessly. I cursed that stupid lava rock many a times.
This was the point that we saw our first people, around 30 miles into our run. (They looked shocked when we answered their question "Where are you guys coming from?" with "The East Entrance.") We also happened upon another nameless spring along the side of the trail that was flowing very nicely. But generally, this section was somewhat dismal. The miles were starting to set in.
Luckily, the rocky trail turned into a few soft piney trails and even began to cut across some grass fields. Even better, the climbing was over. We'd reached the high point and would essentially roll downhill for the next 20ish miles until the climb up to Lee's Pass at the very end.
Looking out towards Wildcat Canyon
Old lava flow
The scenery started to up open. We say big towering rocks in the distance and even began to run over some slickrock. That got us going again. Slickrock is always fun.
But slickrock turned into sand quickly, and we soon found ourselves in a wide-open desert. Red and yellow and white wildflowers blurred by on either side. And off in the not-too-distant distant angry storm clouds churned. We didn't particularly want to get caught out on this exposed Connector Trail in a lightning storm, but there was no other course of action other than just following the course.
Despite its amazing beauty, this section also gave rise to two other issues: sand and heat. Some bits of sand were so soft, we were slowed to a walk because it was like a beach. And as much as I love my New Balance 110s, their biggest flaw is the uncanny ability to take sand in through the toe box, and sure enough, I was soon running about 2 inches taller with all the sand that they'd taken it. I had to stop a couple of times to dump out my new sand collections.
The heat also kicked in at this point. It was 11:30, and the temperatures started to soar. All day we had been kicking ourselves a little because the 2:30am start felt like overkill. The temps had been nicely regulated by a blanket of cloud cover and remained unexpectedly cool. But as soon as we felt the energy-sapping power of the heat, we were glad we'd decided to minimize our exposure to it.
Great walls
Riding slickrock down to the Connector Trail
More slickrock ripples
Open desert on the Connector Trail
Paintbrushed desert
Rojo y amarillo
The state of the feet at mile 37
I think this is the point where we started to get a little loopy. On 3 hours of sleep, we'd been running for 9.5 hours and covered nearly 40 miles. I broke out my camera and performed a little interview with Stewball as ran about all the things we were going to eat when we were done. It didn't make a lot of sense.
The trail drops down from here into Hop Valley. Hop Valley is essentially one big, long 3.7-mile wash. Giant rock walls rise up hundreds of feet on either side, with a narrow strip of grass/sand/rancid water/cows in the middle. There's really no trail to follow other than just going straight up the wash. And as a result, your feet have no solid footing. It's all just sort of mud and goo and sand and cow crap. We stumbled along for a while. And then the sky opened up and started to drench us. The unsolicited shower actually worked to our favor because it cooled down the air and hardened up the sand to help our footing just a bit. A bit.
What didn't help were all the cows. Hop Valley is their grazing area, and up towards the top, they were everywhere. And they had calves with them. And that made them kind of aggressive. We got some pretty mean looks from all of them, and a few even started to menacingly lumber towards us. Our defense of choice was a pair of big sticks and lots of yips of "Burgers!" and "I am vegan, but I swear I will eat your ass up, cow!"
So, we finally made it out of Hop Valley, but it cost us a lot of time. Much longer than 3.7 miles should've taken. In some ways, that was the toughest section of the whole run (surprisingly).
Descending into Hop Valley with walls on either side
We climbed up and out of the valley only to drop down into another one, this one much more typical and cow-less, following alongside the La Verkin Creek. We also started to see human beings again. Although less popular than the other side of the park, people hike down into the Kolob Canyons from Lee's Pass. We were getting close.
We also came on our final spring, Beatty Springs. This one was a huge roaring spring (in my memory), and we merrily filled our packs and downed a few bottles. We grabbed a nearby log and scarfed our last bits of food (a delicious PB&J made with apricot jelly that Stewie had preserved himself) in anticipation of our final climb up to Lee's Pass.
The wall at La Verkin creek
The wonderful Beaty Springs by Campsite #7
Six miles left. We set off, and I felt flipping great. We were flying, just charging along the La Verkin. I was ready to finish strong. A thousand miles climb in the last four miles? No big deal.
Yeah right. The flat trail took a sharp turn right, and we knew we were headed up the valley on our final approach. Valiantly I kept up my pace, bombing up little climbs, hiking where we had to, but I felt like we could just grind it out.
A mile and a half in, my naivety caught up with me. The bottom dropped out. I had zero energy left in the tank, and my legs were shot. Stewie, who had been lagging behind (probably knowingly) took the lead and soon pulled away. The climb is a relatively constant one, but the trail is continuously criss-crossed by the dry bed of Timber Creek, which means you have to drop down and climb up short hills every few thousand feet. And in the open, baking sun, I was just about done. But there was no option but up.
We must've looked pretty rough because a couple of hikers stopped to ask us what were doing. I shot back, "How far away is the trailhead?" I think the answer was 2/3 of a mile. So I just looked back down, put my hands on my knees and kept power hiking.
And then, suddenly, there it was. The trailhead marker. We ambled up to it, tagged it and then collapsed on some nearby rocks.
La Verkin
The long climb up towards Lee's Pass
Tagged the sign at 3:19pm, 12 hours and 49 minutes after we started
We'd done it. A somewhat unorthodox Zion Traverse, 50 miles, in 12:49. Absolutely nowhere near the new record recently set by Luke Nelson of 7:48:47. (Granted, it was supported.) As far as I can tell, Andy Skurka owns the unsupported FTK in 9:27. Doing it again, I think we'd be able to post a much better time now that we're familiar with all of the trails idiosyncrasies and variation in springs. We also didn't push it too hard. We were just too idiots out in the middle of nowhere having fun.
Awesome and ouch
Two idiots out in the middle of nowhere
I was actually pretty please with our planning, considering it was so improvisational. We both did our food exactly spot on. I took a PB&J and PB&banana, an organic candy bar, two Cliff bars and four gels. In the end, I only had one gel left. So we made it through just fine without carrying anything extra.
For anyone looking to do one incredible run, Zion is it. Although I would recommend doing it in late spring or early fall so you can beat the heat and actually see some of the amazing formation in the daylight.
Next up, Grand Canyon Rim2Rim2Rim. Yippy ky yay.
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