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Opening confession, I am writing this while drinking a cocktail at home. Please excuse any typos.
It will probably come as no surprise that much of my childhood was spent in comic books. It would also come as no surprise to me that most of you readers did too. Comic books, graphic novels, webcomics — just the latest links in a very long chain. The way most of us were first introduced to art and literature. There's no single name for this particular art form — and I do see it as a single type of pop art, carried on throughout the millenia — but I think they came up with the most elegant name for this form back in Victorian England. A penny dreadful. The stories we tell children and the adults who never quite grow out of childhood.
I won't go too much further into my semi-drunken theories of comic book lore but I want to take this blog post to highlight one particular artist. An artist with a kick-ass name: Ben Templesmith.
A well-known artist in the graphic novel community, famous for the hugely popular 30 Days of Night and the much less popular but still amazing Silent HIll: Dying Inside. A quite dapper man (image) who makes exceedingly disturbing art. The whole package!
I think Silent Hill: Dying Inside is the perfect example of his artwork and is also a perfect of example of what I want to highlight in his work, which speaks to a larger trend in comic art. Chiaroscuro. By no means a completely foreign concept to comic books but shows something in the evolution of comic art into something more than the cliche cheesy form many still think of it as. His styles shows that the audience no longer expects a straight-forward view of the fantastic. They make allowances for an artists' prerogative. Much like the early Cubists, there was an expectation for realism in comic books (funny, I know) that the audience demanded and artists such as Templesmith had to demolish. His world is all shadow and shading and darkness and charcoal and smudge. Beautifully diffuse.
You can increasing see his influence in the comic book work (not that I actually have stayed in touch with that world, except for the odd trip to Forbidden Planet to gawk at the comics). I look at all this as generally a very positive development. The maturation of the comic art world into a more complex and interested aesthetic. Like the street art aesthetic, it took a long time but has finally reached a level of duly earned respect and appreciation. From more than just us nerds.
P.S.: Check out Ben Templesmith's work at his website. He is honestly one of the most interesting artists you will see out there.
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The Leslie Loman Gallery here in NYC is currently showing an exhibit on censorship in Queer art, Irreverent. I just returned from seeing it and wanted to give a few quick thoughts.
For one, in spite of being a smaller gallery, the collection was impressive. There were a couple of Robert Maplethorpe photographs I had only ever seen in class but never though I'd see in real life. I also really enjoyed their choice to pair most of the works with literature or videos (usually a news reports or flyers from protest for/against) about why it was censored and the controversy surrounding the decision. And perhaps the most surprising aspect of the show, is the fact that all of the examples happened in the last 20-30 years. Which is a real statement about how quickly LGBT rights have grown, since I suppose before the 70s there was no possibility of displaying Queer art in any public way.
A really well-done show that deserves your patronage. You, yes you.
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Michael Waugh, an artist, has spent years desperately trying to reach a journeyman shipbuilder dying alone in the cold of a frozen bay. Except, he has no hope of reaching him or saving him. Gideon Dexter died 188 years ago, January 31, 1827, in a small rowboat on "Holmes Hole," Massachusetts. Martha's Vineyard was/is a cruelly short row away from where Dexter's boat was found. Dexter was Waugh's great-great-great-great grandfather.
I've been fortunate to know Michael Waugh for quite some years and am always in awe of his work. I'll let him describe himself and his work, from his blog profile:
"I am a Brooklyn-based artist with historical ties to southeastern Massachusetts. My work spans several disciplines: I make drawings, sculpture, installation, and video. I tie these things together through historical research and social practice."
However the bulk of his previous work, and the first I saw of it, was his digital manipulations of text into image. Meaning, he takes digital copies of texts (for example: sections of The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith or The 9/11 Commission Report by…..the 9/11 Commission) and manipulates the words themselves to form a new image. They're stunning. I can even remember the first work I saw. I knew him personally before I had seen any of his work, and without knowing exactly what to expect, I walked in the gallery at my first showing and immediately saw this:
The actual work is huge. From afar you can hardly see the text but when you get close, put your nose almost against the glass, you can read the words and see every choice he made, every word that went into the clothes on the figure or the pillars of the house. There's nothing quite like seeing his work for the first time.
But his current project is no doubt his most personal and most ambitious. He started to building an entire rowboat and oars from scratch (which I believe might be complete now) and once they are done he will use them to row from the spot where his ancestor died to the ancestor's past and Waugh's family current home of Mattapoisett. He has chronicled the entire journey thus far at his blog. It is definitely worth a read. Aside from the sheer madness of learning to make a rowboat from scratch with no prior experience in shipbuilding (his great⁴ grandfather's trade), he has had to face old injuries, new injuries, funding issues, and the very real danger of a hard 20 mile row, which he is not quite convinced that he can complete in his current health. But he carries on.
As you can tell from my previous post about the artist tiptoe, I don't feel quite right talking about what I think an artist's motivations/intentions are, especially someone I actually know quite well. But I will say just one thing. Michael and I share an interest in the terribly interesting story of the founding of the Massachusettes Bay Colony — a topic on which the always brilliant Sarah Vowell has written beautifully on in The Wordy Shipmates — and one of my favorite quotes comes from the first governor of the Colony, John Winthrop, who stated very simply his and his fellow Pilgrims goals in founding a new state: "Justice and Mercy." (I understand that most readers' views/ideas of the Pilgrims and other colonists are generally less kind than my last sentence allows and, rest assured, I have an equal belief in the heartlessness of their sins, but if you are to look at their intentions, their writings, and some of their deeds, it's easy to see them as grey people with measures of goodness and wickedness in their hearts. They were people who did what people do best — find ways to fuck up a good thing. But that's a topic I may explore in more depth in another post.)
I can't say for sure but I would imagine Winthrop's line resonates with Waugh as well, since as you can tell by his blog posts, the texts he covers, the projects he undertakes, and the pains he chooses to suffer, he has a deep abiding belief in the idea of social justice. I know that phrase is pretty much a catch-all these days for any number of causes and/or personal crusades (which I suppose is a good thing) but for Waugh I believe it is also a literal meaning. Justice — the world being repaired in some way, whether that is payment, punishment, remembrance, memorial, or just completion. Michael Waugh isn't rowing from his home to the place where Gideon Dexter died or from his home to the place of death and back, which seem to be more straightforward attempts at memorial. Instead, he will start where Dexter stopped and finish it. Waugh will become the vessel through which Dexter can finally complete his journey home. For Dexter there might finally be a measure of completion and, through completion, — some measure of Justice.
In Waugh's own words:
And through this process, I will rewind the cynical accounting that led to Gideon's solitary and fatal exertions. I will not just row back in the opposite direction, I will reverse all the decisions, all the aesthetics that devalue labor. I will refuse the tragic end of one person by returning him to the interconnected and continuing histories of many.
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The victim might have forgiven the woman who ran him down in a Massachusetts crosswalk, but police haven't.
Police say a Pittsfield woman has been cited for running down a man named Lord Jesus Christ as he crossed a street in Northampton on Tuesday.
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''IF you took all the faxes we've sent back and forth about this project and weighed them, it would be about equivalent to that rock,'' said Kristin Jones, laughing as she nodded toward a dark lump on a nearby flatbed truck and hugging a cup of coffee to ward off the chill.
It was just after 1 o'clock on a bitter March morning and Ms. Jones was standing on a windy corner at 14th Street and Broadway in Manhattan, just as she had on dozens of other nights during the preceding six weeks. Across the lanes of traffic, a hail of sparks suddenly showered the darkened sidewalk, illuminating a half-dozen construction workers as they clambered over what appeared to be a colossal hunk of granite, working to cut it loose from a steel frame before attaching it to a crane. Nearly two tons of concrete shaped like a large boulder, the rock was being readied to take its place as part of ''Metronome,'' an artwork designed by Ms. Jones and her partner, Andrew Ginzel, for the facade of a new retail, entertainment and residential complex on Union Square.
When the artists left the site just before dawn, the object had been painstakingly positioned and anchored some 40 feet in the air. And the complicated artistic puzzle of ''Metronome'' -- which Tom Eccles, the director of New York City's Public Art Fund, has called ''the most prominent commission of a public artwork in the city since the Statue of Liberty'' -- was one piece closer to completion.
The elaborate allegorical ensemble of ''Metronome'' has been slowly evolving at the site, 1 Union Square South, since construction began in February. A 98-foot-high by 50-foot-wide wall of gravity-defying, rippling brick went up first, creating a kind of stage on which Ms. Jones and Mr. Ginzel choreographed other sculptural elements -- the rock, a 67-foot-long bronze cone and an enormous hand, cast from the square's equestrian statue of George Washington and then enlarged.
These parts are arrayed around a central five-foot void that puffs steam throughout the day and emits an ever-changing tympanic tone at noon. To one side of the brick wall, a sphere slowly rotates in sync with the lunar phases. On the other, a 15-place digital clock simultaneously registers the time both elapsed and remaining within the current 24-hour cycle (at precisely noon, for instance, the digital panel will read 120000000000012).
Functionally, ''Metronome'' is obviously meant to be a kind of grand clock for the thousands of people who pass though Union Square every day. But, the artists say, the work is less a timepiece than a piece about time, a meditation on both how we define it and how it defines us.
Getting the many parts of ''Metronome'' to function in harmony -- compositionally, technically and administratively -- has required a finely tuned collaborative effort. For the developers who initiated it, the work represents an unprecedented commitment to art -- indeed, its $3 million-plus budget makes it one of the largest privately commissioned public-art projects in New York City history. For the dozens of engineers, fabricators and construction workers involved, the technical challenges of the piece have tested conventional methods and patience again and again. And for Ms. Jones and Mr. Ginzel, the dedication of ''Metronome'' late next month represents not only the conclusion of more than three years of proposing, designing, negotiating and cajoling, but also the realization of the most ambitious undertaking in the history of a personal and professional partnership that goes back nearly two decades.
Sitting in their Greenwich Village apartment on a warm spring morning several weeks later, the two artists were amiable, if still a bit bleary, from the late nights spent on the ''Metronome'' site. Discussing their long partnership, they often turned to each other to verify historical facts, frequently finishing each other's sentences. Mr. Ginzel, a wiry 45-year-old with sharp features and a shock of sandy hair, typically weighs in when talk turns to the technical big picture. Ms. Jones, two years younger and quick to laugh, usually fields the more detailed questions about the project's nuts and bolts.
Although the two conceptualize and design their artworks together, Ms. Jones is clearly the project manager, repeatedly jumping up to take calls from members of the far-flung team involved with ''Metronome.'' While she acknowledges that such administrative slogging is essential, that doesn't mean she particularly enjoys it. ''I do moan about it,'' Ms. Jones admitted, settling back into her chair after yet another interruption. ''Though it is sort of fascinating to try to do the impossible in the midst of all the banality and monotony. But we believe in the concept of the art. That's what keeps us alive.''
The concept for ''Metronome'' was first developed more than three years ago when the Related Companies -- a New York-based real estate firm involved with more than $7 billion of developments around the United States, including the Coliseum site at Columbus Circle -- asked the Municipal Art Society and the Public Art Fund to help identify someone to create an artwork for the facade of their new building, designed by the architectural firm Davis Brody Bond, on the south side of Union Square. It's a high-profile spot, both figuratively and literally, and visible from some angles for dozens of blocks. The call for submissions generated some 100 responses, and an advisory panel made up of representatives from all the parties involved, including community groups, winnowed the list to six. Each respondent was asked to create a specific proposal based on an original budget of $600,000 for the enormous blank space. From among the finalists -- including Tom Otterness, Matt Mullican and Frank Stella -- Ms. Jones and Mr. Ginzel's conception for ''Metronome,'' with its theme of temporality and its layered references to the urban context, was selected in December 1996.


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Jason Spezza scored twice as Canada scored five power-play tallies to win 7-3, improve to 3-0 and wrap up Group A. Derek Roy, Shane Doan, Shea Webber, Ian White and Steven Stamkos also scored for the Canadians.
"[There was] a lot more emotion," Spezza said, according to The Canadian Press. "[It was] a lot more engaging game. We needed to play a game like this."
Canada plays the second-place finisher in Group D on Thursday.
Meanwhile, defending champion Russia got the win it wanted and the tough match it needed with a 4-2 victory over Switzerland on Tuesday.
The Russians, who cruised through first-round wins against Germany and France, trailed 2-1 after the first period but fought back against a host nation that keeps forcing close matches. Both teams had already qualified for second phase play, which begins Thursday.
"It doesn't work for you in the big picture if you have 5-0, 7-2 games," said defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky, a veteran of five NHL teams between 1994-2007. "We scored a quick goal and thought it was going to be another easy game. Then you've got yourself a serious game and you have to get back to the little things that help you win."
Also Tuesday, Belarus advanced to the second round by beating Hungary 3-1 in Zurich.
The United States faces Sweden in its final first-round match Wednesday needing just a point from an overtime loss to win Group C. The second-place team will play Russia on Thursday, while the group winner is scheduled to play Russia on Saturday.
Russia led at 2:19, when Yitali Atyushov was left open in the right circle to beat Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Martin Gerber. Ilya Kovalchuk and Denis Grebeshkov got the assists.
Russia's perfect record on penalty killing ended with two Swiss goals. The first came after Alexander Frolov used a high stick on Switzerland captain Mark Streit, the Islanders defenseman.
Canada-born Ryan Gardner picked up a rebound from Ilya Bryzgalov's save and flipped the puck over the sprawling goalie.
Streit set up Martin Pluss for a 2-1 lead, though the goal celebration was cut short when Pluss was flattened by a jab to the face from Vitali Proshkin.
Russia was outshot 13-4 in the first but tied it in the second, when Sergei Zinoviev skated quickly down the right and passed it to Kovalchuk to score.
Russia regained the lead on another breakaway goal midway through the third. Alexei Morozov intercepted the puck on his own blue line, raced up the rink and exchanged passes with Kovalchuk before slotting his shot behind Gerber. Alexander Perezhogin added an empty-netter.
Bryzgalov made 37 saves for the win while Gerber made 20 stops.
Once again, Russia dressed just 19 players as it waits for NHL reinforcements to arrive from teams eliminated in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Among them is Alex Ovechkin from the Washington Capitals, who had a Game 7 against the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.
Switzerland had 22 players and has added Yannick Weber, though the 20-year-old Montreal Canadiens defenseman did not dress for action.
Belarus had a tense final period against Hungary before getting the win.
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This paper examines the importance attached to core values of ethics, integrity and accountability in the European codes and regulations of corporate governance. The study raises the following critical question: does a gap exist between what the public expects or needs and what institutional and regulatory bodies have underlined in the codes and regulations of corporate governance? The present study aims to analyze the recent laws, regulations and codes of corporate governance introduced by the European Commission and in five major European countries (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) before and after 2002. The major objective is to examine the extent to which the European codes and regulations, particularly those issued after 2002 and 2007, have considered several important topics such as ethics and corporate behavior, shareholder rights, and board accountability. The analyses show that there are severe shortcomings in the European corporate governance codes regarding the importance given to ethical values, integrity of management, and accountability mechanisms.
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Director: Rick Savage
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Cast: Paige Pilar, Ron Hightower, Rick Savage, Patricia Kennedy, Samantha York, John Thomas, Ginger Thomas
Critical Rating: AA 1/2
Genre: Feature
It's amazing what you can do with a few well chosen New York exteriors (beautifully shot, mind you), and one theatrically staged sex scene. Because other than that, Awakening in Blue is pretty ordinary fare, weighed down by some corny dialogue and a premise that suggests that Rick Savage has some kind of "sexual amnesia".
According to the unseen doc, Rick needs an experience that will jolt him out of his lethargy and enable him to make it with his wife, Samantha York. Rick's old friend Satch (newcomer of promise Ron High tower) blows into town. Satch sleeps with Patricia Kennedy and eats alfalfa sprouts, but he also knows of a place where Rick could solve his problems. The place is a weird club where a very attractive naked girl (Paige Pilar) allows customers to fondle her clitoris. Pillar writhes around and shoves anal beads up her butt to some very strange saxophone accompaniment that sounds like snake charmer music.
People in this club sit around in sunglasses looking like they've been to Jack Kerouac's birthday party Amateur tape queen Ginger Thomas also slithers like a snake and gets Snatch on top of her. How this Is supposed to be helping Savage is anybody's guess, but Rick eventually comes in Ginger's face and she thanks him. Bingo, Rick's cured and he can screw his wife with dogged impunity.
Aside from Paige Pillar who reminds you a lot of Kendall Marx, the best thing about the whole video is the haunting saxophone performance of Jay Rodriguez.


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As stated above, I have 2 invites to give away, and I plan to announce the winners on my twitter. I'm not one of those people where you have to follow me or anything, I'm just looking for other great designers that I can speak with here on dribbble and see their awesomeness.
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Here at Summit Hut, we are known for our amazing selection of gear, a wall filled with shoes and a staff that offers tremendous service. But something you might not know about us – we have one of the most unique selections of toys, games, ornaments and treats in Tucson around the holidays!
If you've ever stopped by either of our Tucson stores around the holidays, you were sure to notice the amazing job that our merchandiser, Carolyn, does with our displays. This year both stores feature two Christmas trees filled with amazing ornaments. One tree is all locally inspired products.
Our second tree features some great outdoor-related ornaments, including skiing Santa and glittery tents, and more!
Through all of this, and our regular stock of incredible outdoor gear, I have compiled my top-10 list of gifts for the holidays. No guarantees, but I can't imagine anyone on my list that wouldn't love something from this list!
10. Strider Bikes – Shopping for the little ones? These bikes are built for 18 month olds to 5 year olds and teach children balance and coordination. Plus they come in really awesome colors!
9. Bacon Flavored Candy Canes – Need I say more?
8. Life Is Good Gear – We just started carrying Life Is Good again, and we've got shirts, mugs, pajamas, hats, stickers and other amazingly optimistic goods!
7. Acorn Slippers – Who couldn't use a new pair of slippers for the holidays?
6.Divide 55 pack – I just really wanted an excuse to post this hilarious video again – here's a few Summit Hutters showing off the awesome pivoting hip belt of this pack – and they're 20% off through December 31st!
5. Synergy Clothing – This is a great brand that makes really fun and unique clothing – for the "fashionista" on your list!
4. Be Kind To the Earth Ornament – This ornament, from Tucson's Ben's Bells Project, reminds us to be kind to everything and everyone around us – and it looks pretty awesome too!
3. Inov-8 F-lite 195/230 – ok really, just about any Inov-8 shoe would make a great gift.
2. Party Rats – As the packaging says they're "ideal for night blogging"…well, I write most of my blog posts during the day, but I'm sure I'll find some other entertaining stuff to do with these little guys!
1. Contour Camera – Because what's cooler than having 1080p HD video of all the awesome stuff you do with your new gear!?
For other great holiday gift ideas, be sure to check out our 2011 Holiday Gift Guide! There are over 100 of our favorite gifts for the season as well as 18 special Holiday Deals valid through December 31st.
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Molino Basin is a gateway to a number of truly fantastic areas in the Santa Catalina Mountains. One great off-trail destination is Airmen Peak. Although no official trails exist to the peak there are several ways to the top - this blog post describes hiking to Airmen Peak by of way Molino Canyon to the east and the West Fork of Molino Canyon to the West. While certainly not the fastest or easiest route it is interesting because it takes you thru two wonderful canyons on the way to and from Airmen Peak.
As always, be very cautious about off-trail travel in the Santa Catalina mountains - the route below is only on official trails for about the first five minutes. If you are not comfortable scrambling off trail, on steep terrain and near sheer cliffs this hike should be avoided.
Mile 0 - The starting spot for this hike is the Molino Basin parking area. This area is on the left side of the Catalina Highway between mile markers 5 and 6 as you head up the mountain (well signed). There is a campground at Molino Basin that is open during the winter. After starting just off the parking area the trail crosses the road. You will pass a large Arizona Trail sign and just a few minutes after that leave the trail to begin travelling up Molino canyon. To work up canyon to the top of the first falls you have two choices - an obvious, but unofficial, trail that starts just before the Arizona Trail crosses the canyon - or simply walk up the canyon bottom. While the trail may be faster the canyon bottom is more beautiful and often has small pools of water and plenty to see - Canyon Treefrogs, Ferocious Water Bugs and Black-necked Garter Snakes were some of the animals I saw this trip.
As you approach the first falls (pictured below) the trail will take you up the left side (looking up canyon) of the canyon and eventually deposit you in the canyon bottom. If you followed the canyon simply work up the hillside to your left and catch the trail to get to the top. Once you are above the falls the rest of the hike will be off-trail.
About 10 minutes past the falls a drainage comes in from the west - this is the drainage mentioned in the Mountain Project description of the approach to the Stonewall climbing area.
Mile 1 - The canyon continues to steepen - occasional sections of slippery water polished rock and large boulders present some challenges to scramble up and/or work around.
Eventually the scrambling ends and the canyon levels out into a sand and rock walkway. This section of the canyon is a great destination - perhaps camp for the night and explore the surrounding area! Just a few minutes after the canyon levels out look for a smaller drainage coming in from the left (easy to spot and often marked with a cairn). This drainage will take you to west towards Airmen Peak.
Mile 2 - As the small drainage bends to the north you get a good view of the rocky cliffs of Airmen Peak and a view of the small saddle you will be hiking to.
Leave the drainage and take the path of least resistance towards the saddle. As you near the saddle look to your left for the overgrown slope (to the south) that can be used to gain the peak - head up this slope anywhere that seems feasible. Progress is slow as you work up the steep slope and, finally, onto the rocky summit. The summit area offers views in every direction - plan on spending some time exploring - this is a great area!
Mile 3 - I wandered around the summit area and nearby ridge enjoying the views for quite a while. But eventually it was time to head down. There are a number of ways back to Molino Basin - but I love taking the West Fork of Molino Canyon down. Work back down the steep hillside, to the saddle and then continue down into the West Fork of Molino!
Mile 4 - The West Fork is steeper, more rugged and has more obstacles than Molino Canyon. There are several sections where you will need to exit the canyon to work around falls/steep sections - if you are short on time or Molino Canyon was at the limit of (or beyond) what you are comfortable with I strongly recommend going back down Molino Canyon rather than going down the West Fork! After some beautiful sections of carved rock you will come to the first of several cliffs/falls that you will need to work around - picture below - I have found leaving the canyon and working around the left side (looking down canyon) to be a good approach (be sure to explore your options cautiously and carefully!).
The second set of falls is not too far down canyon and are bigger than the first set! Exit to the right (looking down canyon) and find a small, but obvious, drainage that angles back into the canyon - it will take you far enough down canyon to bypass both the falls pictured below and another smaller/steep below.
The hillside/drainage here can be very bushy, with some care it is possible to find a reasonable path down (although there is no escaping the brush) - you may pick up some friends along the way...
Mile 5 - More great canyon bottom and then one more set of falls to work around. Exit to the right (looking down canyon) and look for a faint path that contours along the cliffs, past a tree, and over some rocky sections to a chute or hillside that leads back to the bottom of the canyon. Take care working around these falls - while there is not any difficult scrambling along this path there are a few minutes of walking along the edge of a rather steep/tall cliff!
Once back in the canyon bottom there is a joyful section of rock hopping thru beautiful canyon and all too soon you are at the highway - continue under the highway and down the canyon - you will pass behind several camp sites and then eventually hit the Molino Basin campground road a minute or two from your car, just as your mileage hits 6! This trip may not be the fastest way to get up to Airmen Peak and back - but it is an amazing chance to travel some beautiful terrain if you are up for an off-trail adventure.
I don't think I would have picked Buster Mountain out of the Santa Catalina skyline as a hiking destination without the help of "The Santa Catalina Mountains: A Guide to the Trails and Routes" by Pete Cowgill and Eber Glendening (this guide has been out of print for years, but it is a great resource and we try to keep a copy on our map table!). The summit of Buster Mountain has great views of Alamo Canyon, Table Mountain and other formations including Leviathan Dome. There are no maintained trails to the Buster Mountain summit, but the Cowgill and Glendening guide (in the description for Buster Spring) gives a brief description of an old horse trail that can be used to get to the Buster Mountain/Buster Spring area. For this trip I used the Cowgill and Glendening description - but I decided to loop back to the parking area via Montrose Canyon (rather than the Alamo Canyon route described in the guide).
Getting Started
The parking area for this hike is the last parking area on the main road in Catalina State Park (this is the parking for several trails including the Romero Canyon Trail) - entry into Catalina State Park currently costs $7 per vehicle with 1-4 adults (check the website for the current cost). From the parking lot cross the road to a well signed trail head and take the trail across the Sutherland Wash. Just after crossing the wash there is a signed junction - take a right onto the Birding Trail. After a few minutes bear left at the Birding Trail loop and cross Montrose Canyon. Just after passing Montrose canyon a faint trail starts on the left - take this trail.
The Trail Up
The route to Buster Mountain with the summit in the background.
The trail just beyond Montrose Canyon is - I believe - the horse trail mentioned in the Cowgill and Glendening guide. From here I lost and found the trail MANY times. But losing the trail is not too much of a concern - Buster Mountain is easy to locate on the skyline, navigation is reasonably easy and the terrain is somewhat forgiving - getting off trail might slow you down, but it should not be a major obstacle to getting to the summit!
An old National Forest Boundary sign - I think it means I was on the trail at this point...
At just under 3 miles I reached the summit - from the summit there are great views of Leviathan Dome and the upper reaches of Alamo Canyon. This is a nice spot to relax - and perhaps to find a camp site for a night...
Leviathan Dome and Alamo Canyon from the summit of Buster Mountain
After leaving Buster Mountain I headed downhill and contoured over to Buster Spring. The tank was still holding water, but it was low and the canyon near the spring was quite dry.
Buster Spring Tank
The Canyon Down
After visiting the spring I headed down canyon towards Montrose Canyon. Travel in the canyon alternates between working thru thick brush, easy walking on exposed rock and scrambling down cliffs and falls. The canyon bottom was fairly dry on this trip and that made the scrambling easier - with some water flow I can imagine having to bypass the canyon bottom (or rappel) in a couple of spots. Just a bit before mile 5 I entered Montrose canyon. Montrose is a beautiful and rugged canyon - this section is sometimes accessed by hiking up the Romero Canyon Trail and then going off-trail and dropping into Montrose Canyon when the trail/terrain allow. It is possible to travel down this section of Montrose by scrambling and finding paths up, out and around the obstacles - but for this trip I brought 100' of rope so I could stay in the canyon bottom.
Obstacle 1 - At just past mile 5 a large boulder blocks the canyon.
Obstacle 2: A rappel or scramble above several pools. The last pool is pictured above - even with the canyon fairly dry these pools were quite deep!
The last obstacle in this section of canyon is a small cliff band overlooking a pool. There are a number of ways to continue past the obstacle - on this trip I chose a short rappel. Below this point Montrose Canyon has many more visitors and you will begin to see fire rings and small side trails.
The pool below the last obstacle.
From here continue down canyon - my favorite exit is to hike up to a park bench on the right side of the canyon (the bench is both an easy marker of where to exit and a welcome excuse to sit for a minute). This bench is on the on the Montrose Pools trail and from here it is an easy walk back to the parking area. Your mileage at the end of this hike will be approximately 7.6 miles!
Shoes after a few miles of canyon hiking.
This hike is a great journey up to a great summit, over to an interesting spring and down a beautiful canyon! As always, be very careful when hiking off-trail in the Santa Catalina mountains.
This season we have the best selection of jackets with synthetic insulation that we have had in years! To help you understand why we are excited this blog post will give you some information about synthetic insulation and some insight into why we picked these jackets.
The most important advantage that synthetic insulation offers is better performance in wet conditions: synthetic insulation will provide some warmth even when wet! This is a great feature and a nice advantage over down insulation (which quickly loses its ability to insulate as it gets wet). Synthetic insulation also tends to dry faster (often much faster!) than down. Better insulation and drying more quickly can be important advantages in sustained wet weather and damp/humid conditions.
Some other minor advantages that synthetic insulation has when compared with down: holes/rips in the outer shell will generally not leak insulation, washing and drying synthetic insulation is often simple and synthetic insulation is usually hypoallergenic.
It is useful to also consider the advantages that down offers: higher warmth to weight ratio, better compressibility and - properly cared for - longer useful life. These differences are important to consider, but today's synthetic insulations are quite good and at this point these are minor details.
Our selection for Fall 2011:
Arc'teryx Atom LT - Men's Jacket, Men's Hoody, Women's Jacket, Women's Hoody Luminara™ nylon weave fabric with wind and water repellant coating and Coreloft™ insulation, Polartec® Power Stretch® with Hardface® Technology on the sides and, in the hoody version, a close fitting hood.
Why we picked it:
-Full zip: Easiest/best way to vent a jacket and control your temperature - practical for both outside adventures and everyday use. -Outer shell: Enough weather protection to easily shed mild wind/rain/snow. -'Sweater' weight: Practical as your only piece of insulation in mild weather - but also useful as a layer (perhaps under a shell) in colder conditions. -Great Colors!
Montane Fireball Smock - Men's PERTEX® Quantum Core and Ripstop outer with PRIMALOFT® ECO insulation and a deep 2 way chest zipper.
-Lightweight! This jacket is worthy of an ultra-light backpacker's consideration. -Great details: Reflective hits/trim, chin guard and double chest zipper (for venting and pocket access). To keep this piece as light as possible pockets and a full zip have been eliminated, but all the features you really need are included.
Marmot Variant Jacket - Men's, Women's Thermal R™ Eco insulation in the front, Polartec® Power Stretch® in the sides, back, and sleeves and thumbholes.
-Smart! The synthetic insulation is in the front of the jacket where you need the warmth the most and where it won't be compressed by your pack. -Great for active use: The Polartec® Power Stretch® is stretchy and breathes quite well - a great choice when you are on the move. -Unique Look!
The North Face Super Zephyrus Jacket - Men's, Women's Water resistant nylon ripstop shell, Polartec® Power Stretch® panels, PrimaLoft® One insulation, thumb holes and hood.
Why we picked it:
-Hood: Sometimes the warmth and protection that a hood offers is just what you need. -Smart Combination: Like the Variant this jacket combines different materials to get a great combination of insulation, protection, movement and breathability.
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I'm Dave Baker, founder of Summit Hut, an independent outdoor retailer based in Tucson, Arizona since 1969. As an experienced and passionate hiker, climber and backpacker, my blog is intended to be an informative and interesting look into the outdoors and the outdoor industry.
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I'm Dana Davis, co-owner of the Summit Hut. I mostly enjoy hiking and road biking though I often do other things to keep it interesting (mountaineering, motorcycling, backpacking, climbing, you name it!) My biggest challenge is sometimes finding the balance between career, family, and fun but it's working out so far!
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I'm Dan Davis, after retiring from the National Park Service as a Ranger and manager, I worked for the Summit Hut until 2009, then retired for good (maybe). I'm now spending my time traveling around the southwest writing and working on my nature and fine art photography business.
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I'm Emily Gindlesparger, a member of the Summit Hut floor staff. Since moving here from the Midwest, I've been taking advantage of all possible adventures in Arizona: rock climbing, mountain biking, backpacking, whitewater kayaking, caving and trail running; I'm always excited to see what's next!


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To investigate possible future climate changes in California, a set of climate change model simulations was selected and evaluated. From the IPCC Fourth Assessment, simulations of twenty-first century climates under a B1 (low emissions) and an A2 (a medium-high emissions) emissions scenarios were evaluated, along with occasional comparisons to the A1fi (high emissions) scenario. The climate models whose simulations were the focus of the present study were from the Parallel Climate Model (PCM1) from NCAR and DOE, and the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory CM2.1 model (GFDL). These emission scenarios and attendant climate simulations are not "predictions," but rather are a purposely diverse set of examples from among the many plausible climate sequences that might affect California in the next century. Temperatures over California warm significantly during the twenty-first century in each simulation, with end-of-century temperature increases from approximately +1.5°C under the lower emissions B1 scenario in the less responsive PCM1 to +4.5°C in the higher emissions A2 scenario within the more responsive GFDL model. Three of the simulations (all except the B1 scenario in PCM1) exhibit more warming in summer than in winter. In all of the simulations, most precipitation continues to occur in winter. Relatively small (less than ~10%) changes in overall precipitation are projected. The California landscape is complex and requires that model information be parsed out onto finer scales than GCMs presently offer. When downscaled to its mountainous terrain, warming has a profound influence on California snow accumulations, with snow losses that increase with warming. Consequently, snow losses are most severe in projections by the more responsive model in response to the highest emissions.
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- Climate change scenarios for the California region
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Climatic Change
Volume 87, Issue 1 Supplement, pp 21-42
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- 2008-03
- 10.1007/s10584-007-9377-6
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- 1573-1480
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- Daniel R. Cayan (1) (2)
- Edwin P. Maurer (3)
- Michael D. Dettinger (1) (2)
- Mary Tyree (1)
- Katharine Hayhoe (4)
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- 1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- 2. U.S. Geological Survey, La Jolla, CA, USA
- 3. Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA
- 4. Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA


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Let's all be honest with ourselves for a minute – Resident Evil 6 was quite pump, wasn't it? An overblown, overlong mess of a game, it had little of the incredible tension and action of the magnificent Resident Evil 4, nor did it have any of the great exploration and puzzle solving of the original titles. It was like the product of a fever dream Michael Bay may have had whilst watching one of those breathtakingly bad Milla Jovovich movies.
The much lower key release Resident Evil: Revelations originally came out on the 3DS last year and was far better. Perhaps because of the limitations of being on a handheld, it was a more stripped-back affair than recent 'main' titles, but in hindsight ended up being a much more focused and enjoyable experience than its bloated brethren. Despite this, it is still somewhat of a surprise that Capcom have opted to re-issue it on home consoles a year later.
We once again join Jill Valentine, about to add another chapter into her frankly horrific existence of dealing with bioweapon outbreaks, and a bunch of other people less important to the Resi canon. She's on a giant abandoned boat called the Queen Zenobia due to some bad dudes who want to poison the world's water supply. Or something. The enemy is called the 'Ooze', which is literally a bunch of anthropomorphic slime. Boulder-punching series staple Chris Redfield is missing, too, so you're also looking for him. It's ridiculous even by the series' already pretty daft standards.
The game is broken up into bite-sized 'episodes' of action, jumping around between Jill (on the Zenobia) and the other characters, who flesh out the tale: a story which, it must be said, has been shoehorned into the events between the fourth and fifth iterations with all the subtlety and grace of Andre the Giant, if he was made entirely of hammers and air raid sirens.
It straddles the gameplay types of both generations of the great franchise and, for the most part, takes the best of these two distinct types of Resident Evil. Most of Revelations is set aboard the aforementioned ship and its many different floors and areas offer a distinct, set map in which to explore, searching for keys, crests and other strange methods of opening doors in order to progress.
It evokes memories of the classic settings: the mansion. The police station. Combat-wise, though, it very much looks to the more modern releases. You're looking over the shoulder of the various characters you play as, and it's still a case of hitting right trigger to fix yourself into position, aim and start firing. The skill is knowing when to move, when to make a tactical reload and keeping an eye on your left side blind spot. It's quintessential Resi.
It's a decent port, too. The 3DS original is still one of the best looking games on that console, and while this obviously isn't the case here, the HD lick of paint is still pretty easy on the eyes. There's a few new bits and pieces as well: enemies, weapons, unlockable costumes and the like to sweeten the pot for those who've already played the portable version. You can now even track your statistics and progress through the ResidentEvil.net website, if you're one of the three people on Earth who would actually ever do that.
The interesting 'Raid' mode also returns, a sort of action-RPG sub-game mode where you play through levels from the single player campaign and gain BP points to spend on weapons and upgrades, increasing your level and allowing you to take on much more difficult stages. It's also playable in co-op online, and is a lot easier to actually get a game going now it's on something other than the 3DS.
Unfortunately, it still has all of the issues that prevented the original from being a truly great Resident Evil game. First of all, the enemies don't react to being shot quite how you'd like them to and just plod their way toward you. There's none of the awesome stuff you had in Resident Evil 4, like popping them in the knee and then following up with a Kurt Angle-esque suplex, or shooting their hands to cause them to drop their weapons.
There's little sense of impact, and combat basically feels like you're unloading bullets into a sentient mass of Silly Putty and hoping its hit points deplete before it swings a tentacle or two at you. You also have an A.I. partner for most of the game, and although they're not the resource drain they were in 5, they do so little damage to the enemies they're essentially pointless. Also, the sections that aren't set on the Zenobia are pretty inconsistent in content and quality, which is a real shame, as the parts on board are among the most fun I've had with Resident Evil since the almighty fourth installment.
What is worth noting, mind, is how Revelations fares when played on a console without a second screen. I found the 3DS use of the said screen, which highlights the map and allows quick access to weapons, incredibly useful. Playing the Xbox version means, obviously, this isn't available, instead relying on cycling through menus with the d-pad, or by accessing a menu. The Wii U version has it all on its lovely Gamepad, so it's probably a slightly better overall choice. It also comes with some free exclusive DLC for the Raid mode, so if you're baller enough to have the choice of entertainment devices, I'd imagine opting for Nintendo may be the way to go.
Resident Evil Revelations HD is a great port of a good game that has a few problems, the result being something well worth picking up if you're looking for some decent home console Resi action, or just something to get rid of the lingering taste of Resident Evil 6. Although this re-release is somewhat surprising, it is far from unpleasant.
7 / 10
- Classic Resident Evil gameplay
- Looks great
- Off-boat sections are poor
- The Ooze makes for crap enemies


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Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
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Diamond started out tickling my toes, making me smile, I was entertained for a VERY short time. I'm not sure if it's just me but the starting of the game seemed slower the ever, not to mention the plot was pretty much the same, however this time you don't have a snotty rival.
After playing Diamond for a few hours, you get tired of the slow battles. The animations take forever, wanting you to just turn them off in options, the "Team Rocket" replacements as I like to call them, get annoying due to you see them in practically every town you goto, and you most likely have to battle them, or end up doing some task because no one else can apparently.
The plot lacked a lot, in my own opinion. I still love the game to death, but it could do better. Another note, Wi-fi. BIG HUGE ORDEAL HERE. Well, the trading I dislike. It's more of like bidding rather then trading, "I'll trade this for a -pokemon- at level - or higher!".
I suppoer this is to stop scammers or something, but really. I couldn't get the trade I wanted. Battling online is better, well, let me rephrase. Asoon as you get to the tower where you can battle trainers world-wide.
Otherwise, you might want to start racking up those friend codes, and calling each other to get read to be on. Also the whole pokemon 100-50 settings I disliked, personally just because in the world of pokemon, it doesn't have to be "Fair". They could've added ranks, so that lower level trainers could fight each other and not have a level 100 whatever. I'm crazy for complaining about it? Well, I'd rather have my different level pokemon vs whatever levels my enemy had, besides all 100.
9, simply because I'm a poke'lover.
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Medical students are performing intrusive exams on unconscious patients
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- January 28, 2011
- "Examinations performed without consent"
- Students face ethical dilemma - study
- "Most people would not be pleased"
AUSTRALIAN medical students are carrying out intrusive procedures on unconscious and anaesthetised patients without gaining the patient's consent.
The unauthorised examinations include genital, rectal and breast exams, and raise serious questions about the ethics of up-and-coming doctors, Madison reports.
The research, soon to be published in international medical journal, Medical Education, describes - among others - a student with "no qualms" about performing an anal examination on a female patient because she didn't think the woman's consent was relevant.
Another case outlined in the research describes a man who was subjected to rectal examinations from a "queue" of medical students after he was anaesthetised for surgery.
"I was in theatre, the patient was under a spinal (anaesthetic) as well and there was a screen up and they just had a queue of medical students doing a rectal examination," a student confessed.
"[H]e wasn't consented but because ... you're in that situation, you don't have the confidence to say 'no' you just do it."
The author of the study, Professor Charlotte Rees, voiced concerns about senior medical staff ordering students to perform unauthorised procedures, leaving the students torn between the strong ethics of consent in society and the weak ethics of medical staff.
Of students who were put in this position during the research, 82 per cent obeyed orders.
"We think that it is weakness in the ethical climate of the clinical workplace that ultimately serves to legitimise and reinforce unethical practices in the context of students learning intimate examinations," writes Prof Rees.
The study consists of 200 students across three unnamed medical schools in Britain and Australia. Not all participants agreed to carry out the intimate examinations without permission from the patient.
One student refused to take part in an examination of a woman who was "part spread-eagled on the bed and the nurse is (sic) pulling down her jeans at the same time and it was all very complicated and you could see her, she was about seventeen".
Carol Bennett, the CEO of the Consumer Health Forum, said the report was a "poor reflection on these medical schools that they are setting these examples".
"Most people would not be pleased about having medical procedures performed on them without it even being mentioned to them," she told news.com.au.
"Patients should never be examined without consent, particularly by a third party."
Comment is being sought from the Australian Medical Association.
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Eve Haren of USA Posted at 12:41 PM December 20, 2011
How about the medical students examine the doctors and each other before they ever touch a patient. That would give them an empathetic lesson in patient privacy, sensitivity and bedside manner. Every doctor needs a lesson in what it is like to be the patient.
Julie of Adelaide Posted at 2:33 PM January 29, 2011
I'm glad I have private health insurance, this would not happen in a private hospital because it's only public hospitals which have trainees. You get what you pay for.
PJ of California, USA Posted at 2:31 PM January 29, 2011
There are similar stories of this type of thing happening in the USA. The sad fact is that the burden is on the patient to read the small print on consent forms. Even then, there is no guarantee what happens when you are unconscious. This type of thing is highly unethical and should be illegal. Medical professors should be ashamed. Trust is one of the highest requirements between patient and doctor. What this practice says to students is "if the patient is unconscious, you can do what you want."


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