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Oh no no..not the 'Sudden Death' movie by the cute kungfu 'Jean Claude Van Damme'...this is a dhammapada story!
Upasena: Sudden Death
Upasena Vangantaputta.-He was born in. Nālaka as the son of Rūpasārī, the brahminee, his father being Vanganta. He was the younger brother of Sāriputta. When he came of age, he learnt the three Vedas, and, having heard the Buddha preach, entered the Order. When his ordination was but one year old, he ordained another bhikkhu, to increase the number of holy ones, and went with him to wait upon the Buddha. The Buddha roundly rebuked him for this hasty procedure, and Upasena, wishing to earn the Master's praise on account of the very cause of this rebuke, practised insight and became an arahant. Thereafter he adopted various dhutangas and persuaded others to do likewise. In a short time he had a large retinue, each member of which was charming in his way, and the Buddha declared Upasena to be the best of those who were altogether charming (samantapāsādikānam).
Buddhaghosa says that Upasena was famed as a very clever preacher (pathavighutthadhammakathika), and many joined him because of his eloquence. More details are given of how Upasena admitted monks into the Order and of the conditions imposed on them. It is said there that after Upasena's visit, the Buddha allowed monks who practised dhutangas, to visit him even during his periods of retreat.
He visited the Buddha when the Buddha had enjoined on himself a period of solitude for a fortnight; the monks had agreed that anyone who went to see the Buddha would be guilty of a pācittiya offence, but the Buddha, desiring to talk to him, asked one of Upasena's followers if he liked rag-robes. "No, Sir, but I wear them out of regard for my teacher," was the reply.[In the Theragāthā are found several verses ascribed to Upasena as having been spoken by him in answer to a question by his saddhivihdrika]
One day, while Upasena was sitting after his meal in the shadow of the Sappasondika-pabbhāra, fanned by the gentle breeze, mending his outer robe, two young snakes were sporting in the tendrils overhanging the cave. One fell on his shoulder and bit him, and the venom spread rapidly throughout his body; he called to Sāriputta and other monks who were near, and requested that he might be taken outside on a couch, there to die. This was done, and his body "was scattered there and then like a handful of chaff."
Upasena had been, in Padumuttara's day, a householder of Hamsavatī. One day he heard the Buddha declare one of his monks to be the best of those who were altogether charming, and wished for a similar declaration regarding himself by some future Buddha. Towards this end he did many deeds of piety. The Apadāna mentions that he gave a meal to Padumuttara and eight monks, and at the meal placed over the Buddha's head a parasol made of kanikdra-flowers. As a result, he was thirty times king of the devas and twenty-one times cakkavatti.
Upasena is given, together with Yasa Kākandakaputta, as an example of one who observed the Vinaya precepts thoroughly, without imposing any new rules or agreements.
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Dear Nina,
Thai Carved Fruits and a dhammapada story"Upasena" for your birthday!!
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Discussion in 'Trials' started by Brewtus, Dec 12, 2010.
How would you like to land this?
Karl Davis
....or this?
I continued going through my new to me 4rt. So far it looks like the bike was put away without much thought after each ride. So far I've found the following:
The air filter was full of pine needles
the swing are bearing were dry and loose requiring new link plates
the head bearing were too tight
the fork oil was shiny silver
chain tensioner arm was loose and worn beyond repair
Rear wheel has a flat spot that is likely not fixable, but still rideable
rear rotor is slightly bent
side stand extends too far forward
throttle was sticky and didn't spring back closed
drain plug missing from the airbox
rear wheel bearings knotchy
Here's what I've done so far
ziptie stitched the cracked fender and drilled a relief hole to stop the crack
cleaned the air filer and airbox
changed fork oil
lube and tensioned head bearing
removed fork spring and rear shock to investigate custom wound stiffer springs
Things left to do
Change engine and trans oil
check valves
flush coolant
replace chain tensionor and rear wheel bearings
straighten rotor?
lube swingarm bearings
lube linkage
reinstall shock/spring
bleed brakes/clutch
figure out taller bars
Hopefully my parts arrive on Monday and I can get everything buttoned up and read to ride by next weekend.
Last week we had this:
Some kind of tranny problem.
Last night Lineaway came over and helped me put it all back together. It was a long night, but we were determined to get it all done. At least I was!
Thanks Bob!!
A few "issues" remained but it seems like all is good now! I am so stoked that it all worked out and that there are guys like Bob out there willing to share their knowledge and time!!
Awesome lineaway!! Thanks for helping out a buddy Bob...you rock!!
Good news Gordy! We should get a good break in this weekend!
If you didn't ride it like such a Pro, you would not have these issues....
Glad to see you have it back together. You owe Bob a case of beer!!
I installed a new rectifier and thermostat to my Sherco today.
And last sunday I replaced the fork seals.
Now I finally have a fully functional trials bike
She's ready to ride tomorrow even though there may be 4 or 5 inches of snow.
Oh well. It will still be a fun day.
I enjoy playing in snow like you're riding in there - seems like it forces you to do things right to get traction. It's less fun when it gets more than a few inches deep though.
Did you give up on the Scorpa?
"I enjoy playing in snow like you're riding in there - seems like it forces you to do things right to get traction. It's less fun when it gets more than a few inches deep though.
Did you give up on the Scorpa? "
Motojunky, I sold the Scorpa to a good friend so I'd always have a riding buddy. He's taking the picture. New carb and it spins like a top. NVTS<!-- / message -->
I don't actually have a trials bike, so I use my XT225 for one
This video has some stuff that might interest you guys.
Log crossing craziness starts at 1:35. We found a set of three logs in a row and had to try them out. There is also a nice ravine crossing to accidental wheelie with 360 pirouette
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I'll quit crapping up yer trials thread now
You know, I think we've had this conversation already. Memory... the second thing to go.
Glad to hear that a new carb did the trick. Were you able to find OEM, and if so, where?
That's awesome - - - - looks (and sounds) like you guys had a great day!!!
I forgot to add that I am a big fan of trials. I lurk around the trials area a bunch. I just try to ride over things with my not-trials bike.
I got it from Ryan Young. Expensive, but the bike hasn't failed to run since; one kick fun machine. I'm headed to a Ryan Young school this weekend; I'm gonna get schooled! NVTS
I work from home occasionally. When I'm lucky, the weather is good and I get time for lunch. Today was one of those days. I cleared some sticker bushes recently and today was the first time I got to play in that little spot. The picture below shows one little turn I was fiddling with. The "section" started in the lower right, coming over the log to the left of the skinny tree. The log is just high enough to bump the skidplate. The tree forces you to lean the bike more left than you would want to to clear the bars. You then have to move right to get around the next skinny tree before making a full lock left up through the rotted remnants of a log. It is very greasy/slippery there. The big leaning tree at the top left again forces you to lean further left sooner than you would like to get the bar under it. It makes getting traction tricky. For scale, it's about a bike length from the log at the start to the dark slippery spot at the start of the left turn.
I tried this little deal ~20 times and wasn't able to pull it off. For the first 5-8 or so I didn't think I'd ever get it. Then the ground started to pack down and form a little berm which helped and it finally clicked. From then on it was easy. Funny how that works. It's also funny how easy it looks in the picture...
Well the 4rt is up and running. I took her out for a first ride Sunday in the snow at the local ORV area.
Tonight I adjusted the rear brake so I can actually use it. i should have checked that before leaving Sunday . I also swapped out the bars to something with a bit more rise than stock. I'm going to try the Protaper SE DRZ110 bend. It's pretty much the same as the renthal 6" bar, but slightly taller and just a touch narrower.
gvadney, That's one fine looking Beezer! More pics are in order. I love the old engines and all the cast parts.
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Artists rarely paint the same scene twice but Vincent van Gogh painted seven Sunflowers in 1888-89 during his time in Provence. For the first time in 65 years, two of these paintings hang side by side at the National Gallery in Room 46 (to 27 April 2014, admission free) in a reciprocal arrangement with Amsterdam's newly renovated Van Gogh Museum, which held its own show last May, featuring both London and Amsterdam paintings.
It is one thing to paint the same thing from different perspectives but what is unusual about these two van Gogh paintings is that they are near-identical – almost to the number of blooms in the vase and their size. In a letter to artist Emile Bernard in August 1888, van Gogh described his theme: 'the raw and broken chrome yellow will blaze forth on various backgrounds, blues … emerald green and royal blue, framed with thin strips painted in mine orange [red lead pigment].' He was experimenting at this time with subsidiary colours like emerald and viridian.
It was all inspired by the famous Yellow House in Arles which Van Gogh rented in 1888. He invited his friend Paul Gauguin to join him that summer so they could paint together in the sunny southern French idyll. As he waited for Gauguin to join him, van Gogh painted this series of sunflower pictures to decorate his friend's bedroom: they signalled friendship but also a kind of homage to Gauguin, whom he saw as his mentor. Influenced by the deceptive simplicity of Japanese art, van Gogh tried to capture the flat yellow of the flowers, working from sunrise onwards that August as the flowers faded so quickly.
So it seems the artist took his sunflowers very seriously. The other paintings are in Tokyo, Munich and Philadelphia. Apart from minor differences in tone and depth in these two works, the welcoming yellow and the presence of dying flowers, as well as those in full bloom, suggest vibrancy and sheer presence. Sadly, the relationship between the two artists failed to flourish as significantly as the flowers. They worked together through the autumn of 1888 but at the end of the year they quarrelled - Gauguin stormed off and van Gogh had a nervous breakdown, mutilated his ear, and entered an asylum.
Yet despite the breakdown of their friendship and the opposing direction of their art, Gauguin recognised that van Gogh had reached the peak of his gifts with the Sunflowers and asked him to send him one as a gift. The National Gallery bought its painting directly from the family in 1924.
The most significant of Richard Deacon's sculptures in his new exhibition at Tate Britain (to 27 April 2014) is the massive, serpentine piece After, which appears to resemble basket-weave but is actually a construct from multiple smaller components involving wooden tubes which section each curve and a woven, stainless steel strap drawing the ends together. The whole writhing form is serpentine and reflects the quality of form and empty space which is the main feature of Deacon's work.
Yet there is no sameness in his sculptures, which use many different materials, from steel, foam, rubber, chrome, leather and marble. Tall Tree in the Ear, on loan from London's Lisson Gallery, is a tall, tubular structure which does suggest the outer ear, if not a stunted tree form, and others are convoluted shapes inviting you to look from all angles. Deacon moves from the major to the minor key: the attractive Tropic, in blue and green glazed ceramic, suggests the movement of waves and Out of Order is a complex jumbled mass of steel. But the overall effect, expressed particularly in Untitled, made of laminated wood, is movement, change and even musical notation.
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Cascade Volcanoes > Mount Bachelor > Climber's Log
Mount Bachelor Climber's Log
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|from parking lot
Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2007
|Parked at the lot by the Pine Marten lift, went up service roads to the base of the summit lift and then found the trail to the summit. Pretty fun hike with great views. The way I went was about 3 miles each way with 2800 feet of gain total. Beautiful day, sunny and fairly warm with a nice breeze on the summit. Just under 2 hours up, an hour back down.
|Posted Sep 13, 2007 12:54 pm
|Sunrise Lodge
Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2002
|Peak bagged!
|Posted May 25, 2007 5:22 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2009
|19 Jun 2009 - Northwest Ridge
No skis this time, but there was good snow coverage from top to bottom. Another 1hr40min jaunt up.
6 Apr 2007 - Northwest Ridge
Climbed up from West Village under the Red Chair to the Northwest Ridge. Reached the summit in 1hr40min. Skied Chute 4 down the Cirque, then skied the lifts the rest of the day. Backside, Cirque, and NW Express had decent conditions, everything else was grabby slop.
|Posted Apr 9, 2007 2:24 pm
|Cheated with the Chair
Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2007
|Skiing was the priority for the day so I cheated by using the Summit Chair and walked the five minutes to the top with the skis. I did not see a cloud nearby all day long and had absolutely spectacular views of all the high Oregon mountains, including Hood to the north. There was wind blown fresh powder off all sides of the summit and it was a wonderful first and possibly last ski day of the year for me.
|Posted Apr 2, 2007 10:04 pm
|snowshoe winter grunt
|snowshoed up after 3 ft of fresh snow and a cold bivy the night before. white-out conditions and windy, I was allowed to take the lift back down.
|Posted Feb 3, 2007 4:56 pm
|Matthew Holliman
|From the parking lot
Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2006
|I had to bail on Mt. Hood earlier in the morning because of tendonitis in my left knee, but this one was easy enough that I was compelled to climb it when Bob and Rick headed here. (Of course, my knee was then too trashed after this to climb anything for the next two days. It took 2-3 months to heal).
|Posted Dec 1, 2006 3:22 am
|When I was little
|Took the chair up with my grandma. I spent the summer with my grandparents in Bend, went many places. This my first peak over 9000 feet. Thanks grandma!
|Posted Nov 15, 2006 1:42 am
|mt bachelor
|This is a great fun quick hike... in all seasons scree or snow
|Posted Nov 13, 2006 1:59 am
|Dennis Poulin
|Hike from Parking Lot
Date Climbed: Aug 22, 1999
|I hiked this one with my daughter several years ago. The next day I took the ski lift to the top with my wife. Great views.
|Posted Sep 22, 2006 9:24 pm
|Twice in a Day for Ski descents - 1964
|Between 1962 and 1965 we tried to climb to the summit to ski down at least once or twice per season.
When I was in high school (and the ski area only went up to the timberline) spring vacation 1964 Bachelor was mobbed, as it was a poor snow year in the Sierras and Californian skiiers boosted the crowds. It took an hour or more in the lift line (I think they had two chair lifts then), and when my buddies and I got to the top, we agreed we didn't want to ski down (about 5 minutes) for another 1 hour wait, so we climbed to the top instead. At lunch we agreed to do the same thing in the afternoon. So for the whole day we probably got in 3 or 4 runs, but we got two summits of Bachelor in a day. (Now I guess folks get 10 or 20 with no effort!)
|Posted Aug 15, 2006 6:17 am
| chairlift beat us to the top!
Date Climbed: Sep 22, 1993
|This was my first succesful climb of a oregon cascade volcano. we actually attempted to climb straight up the mountain with no snow. we did not know there was a trail. Not until we were well on are way under the summit lift when a voice yelled down to us that there was a trail to are south. we decided it was for the best to abandon are route and get off the angular lava flows and walk the trail. we arrived to find two tour coach groups. all japanese tourists except the italian family that wanted us to take there picture with the three sisters in the background. The mountain offers up a spectacular vista.
|Posted Aug 14, 2006 4:51 am
|Mt. Bachelor Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006
|Bagged it with Rad. Lots of smoke to the north from the Sisters fire, but still a great view.
|Posted Jul 31, 2006 2:15 am
|Bootin' from sunrise
|bunch o'times...love this place!!
|Posted Jun 17, 2006 4:04 pm
|straight up and the easy way down
Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2005
|bagged this along with a few others in the same weekend. got lucky and managed to weasel my way onto the chair lift for the ride down. way to save the knees!
|Posted Apr 11, 2006 1:23 am
|Route Climbed: Sunrise Date Climbed: July 11, 2005
|Although I seem to climb Bachelor about once a week this was an especially beautiful day. Got some great shots of all the Cascades and could see south to Shasta and north to Adams. Base to summit only took 1.5 hrs but is best to climb earlier in the a.m. unless you are looking for soft snow to ski down on. Bachelor is always a nice easy and rewarding hike with time and energy left at the end to enjoy a few cold suds.
|Posted Jul 18, 2005 10:04 pm
|Scott Dusek
|Route Climbed: Multiple Date Climbed: 1995-2003
|I've actually climbed this mountain twice, but I've cheated perhaps 10 times. To be quite honest I enjoyed myself more every time I cheated considering I could ski down, climb back up and ski down 5.5 miles of uninterupted excellent terrain to the bottom of Northwest Express, then hit the lodge for food and more importantly beer, then do it all again. Always a classic. Summer mountain biking has left permanent marks on my body. I love Mt. Bachelor
|Posted Jul 3, 2005 4:20 pm
|Route Climbed: From wood in the ski area by skimountaineering Date Climbed: 29 May 2004
|With 30 cm of fresch snow, we were me, Il Marantz and Il Paglia in our ski American tour. A lot of wind at the top: stormy weather, snow and clouds but superb descent in fantastic powder snow!
|Posted Feb 10, 2005 2:28 am
|Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: 6/29/03
|There was a fire in the valley, view was obscured.
|Posted Jan 22, 2005 11:37 pm
|Route Climbed: Ski Area Date Climbed: 12-11-04
|Took off early Saturday morning Dec 12, 2004 to snowshoe up Bachelor and get back down before the skiiers hit the slopes. We were up there 3 days after the huge avalanche swept down from the summit (check out http://www.bendbulletin.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=15086). At 5 am it was 37 degrees and raining hard sideways. Who would of thunk? So we slept in the truck for another 3 hours and headed up the groomed stuff once the rain was much lighter. We got up to mid mountain and found the summit chair closed. Awesome...We wouldn't have to worry about skiiers, not that there were all that many out on this FINE day. Mostly wet, we headed up the groomed some more until we hit Pole 19, which is the summit building. We were hoping to find a way in out of the elements but, no luck, all locked. So we got out of the hurricaine force winds on the lee side of the building long enough to change into spare clothes, grab food and some useless hand warmers and go back down. Aaron brought his snowboard and got down to the lodge the fastest, but not without a few yard sales on the way. There is something about boarding with a large pack on that does not feel the same. Jeremey and I were down in about and hour. I enjoyed the glisade on my new shovel and Jer was not far behind, with wet arse. About 2.5 up in snow shoes, which were perfect for the conditions. Any colder and crampons would have been better at the top.
|Posted Dec 16, 2004 11:48 pm
|Don Nelsen
|Route Climbed: NW ridge Date Climbed: March 6th, 1981
|I did this climb before there was a summit chair so this was a pretty good workout carrying skis and climbing in ski boots but well worth it. Skied the north face cirque and wiped out pretty bad! Best views around of the Sisters and Broken Top.
|Posted Sep 24, 2004 8:11 pm


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Six Nations Comment
Spoiling for a fight?
Graham Jenkins
January 24, 2013
The Six Nations captain pose on the eve of this year's battle for championship glory © Getty Images
Your favourite armchair, home cooking and Bryan Habana's contract at Toulon all provide significant levels of comfort but clearly none can match the soothing powers of the Hurlingham Club in London.
The Six Nations heavyweights descended on the private sports club once again to light the fuse on what is sure to be another fierce championship battle but struggled to muster a spark between them. There was little rabble-rousing to be found anywhere with smiles and laughter the order of the day. Perhaps it was luxurious surroundings of the venue that rendered the coaches and captains as soft as the furnishings? Or maybe they were just happy to be granted some shelter from the Baltic conditions outside or perhaps their minds were occupied by the promise of a hearty lunch courtesy of the tournament sponsors - either way, no one was in the mood for fighting talk and animosity was noticeable by its absence.
These events are often ridden with clichés and are crying out for a character to break rank and offer a little more than the predictable sound bite previewing a competition still a couple of weeks away. There was often standing room only when former Italy coach Nick Mallett was in attendance, so compelling and generous was the forthright ex-Springboks boss was with his verbal offering. Rugby's loss is South African TV's gain. His absence is still felt but in interim Scotland coach Scott Johnson, the media hordes rightly saw potential.
Most Australians, by their very nature, are not short of an opinion or two, especially when it comes to sport and Johnson is no different. He is no stranger to the Six Nations having previously worked as an assistant with Wales, nor is he averse to airing his views and he did not disappoint his audience although he made an effort to keep himself in check.
"Despite what people think, we are going to turn up to this game. We aren't going to cancel it," insisted Johnson when presented with his side's record against England at Twickenham where the Scots have not won for 30 years. "We are the poor little boys on the block and we are happy to go in as the poor little boys on the block. But rest assured, come game time we may not be a poor little boy." England's headline-grabbing injury woes also got short shrift. "Long injury list? That just leaves you with another 40,000 players to pick from! It's a sad story."
Rivalling Johnson on the charisma stakes was his France counterpart Philippe Saint-Andre who complains English is a consistent struggle for him but somehow still manages to answer every question almost as eloquently as those more familiar with the language. Asked about the new lease of life enjoyed by Frederic Michalak since his return to France and the national side last year he answered as only a Frenchman could. "A fly-half is like a good French wine. The older you are, the better you are." Saint-Andre's captain Pascal Pape is not so au fait when it comes to English but equally quotable. Asked about his proficiency in the language he replied: "Very s***."
Putting them both to shame in the linguistic stakes was Sergio Parisse. Not only is he one of the best players in the world and married to a former Miss France, the Italy No.8 can choose - if he so wishes - to converse in Spanish, Italian, French or English making him even more indispensable as a captain. Add to this an ability to talk a good game. "It's no longer good enough for us to play well, to be improving and be involved in good matches," he said. "We don't have fear of any team in the Six Nations and we want to confirm our progression by winning matches."
There could be no doubt as to who was the happiest person in the room. Ireland captain Jamie Heaslip could not have appeared more delighted had he scooped the EuroMillions jackpot and broken through 100,000 followers on Twitter. "I'm buzzing," he enthused, admittedly fuelled by double espressos. His coach, a little more jaded having sat through a few more of these events, just sat back and watched the firework fizz. That's not because he had nothing to say - far from it.
Suited and booted - the Six Nations coaches pose ahead of the opening fixtures in this year's championship © Getty Images
Quizzed on his future beyond this year's Six Nations at which point his current deal with the Irish Rugby Football Union expires, he delivered the kind of quote normally the preserve of philosophy textbooks - or maybe Irish bars. "A fella told me once that 'if you want to make God laugh, tell him what you're doing tomorrow," he said. It may not have been Brian O'Driscoll's 'a tomato is a fruit' but was infinitely more fathomable.
Wales enter this year's championship as defending champions but have since slumped to seven straight defeats with that general malaise appearing to extend to interim head coach Rob Howley - or perhaps it was the constant questions about the influence of his boss Warren Gatland who has stepped aside to concentrate on his British & Irish Lions duties. Either way, the result was a yawn-inducing variation on the 'one game at a time' approach. Both he and his skipper Sam Warburton looked in desperate need of a pick-me-up or perhaps a little spell in a cryotherapy chamber?
You would have thought that if anyone needed to keep a lid on things it was England coach Stuart Lancaster given the manner in which is side dispatched world champions New Zealand in their most recent outing and that's just what he did. Just as a line was drawn under England's World Cup woe at the start of the Lancaster era, the victory over the All Blacks has been filed away. "What has happened in the past doesn't define what happens in the future," insisted Lancaster. It is a phrase that you imagine could easily have been lifted from one of the leadership textbooks of which he is an avid reader.
Thankfully the same goes for events such as these. Expect things to get a lot more uncomfortable for the leading protagonists in this year's Six Nations in the next few weeks.
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Bullis controversy begins new chapter
Original post made on Nov 12, 2008
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a resident of another community
on Nov 12, 2008 at 4:05 pm
The Santa Clara Board of Education will most likely just rubber stamp the now yearly Bullis Charter School Fall Petition.
By doing so, the Board will once again bypass any sort of democratic process as the community was once again not even consulted by Bullis Charter School.
Regardless of the petition merits, such disdain for democracy is pretty sad for a school that accepts public dollars our of our property taxes and for a Board of Education that claims to be a "champion of public education"...
"Taxation without representation is ...."
a resident of another community
on Nov 12, 2008 at 5:28 pm
It is for this reason we were against Mah retaining her seat.
a resident of The Crossings
on Nov 14, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Taxation without representation? I pay the LASD parcel tax and get nothing in return for it. Meanwhile over a million dollars per year is lost from senior citizens who opt out of the tax.
What is wrong with a middle school choice? The vast majority of BCS students would otherwise attend and overcrowd LASD schools. Los Altos residents actually make up the majority of the student population.
BCS gives LASD families a choice for their public education. LASD schools are all cookie-cutter based on the exact same mold. So much so that they wanted to redraw school attendance boundaries to keep the "proper" socio-ethnic mix.
a resident of another community
on Nov 14, 2008 at 9:34 pm
BCS Parent:
My comment was not on the merits of the petition but on the very undemocratic nature of the process where a County Board and a Charter School make decisions without any consultation or coordination with the community paying the taxes.
It's especially unfitting when it comes to public education.
a resident of another community
on Nov 21, 2008 at 6:03 am
Unsurprisingly, the Santa Clara County Board of Education did its rubberstamping duties yesterday.
At a time of school budget crunch, a fair question might be why do we even have a Board of Education and what they are doing with 200+ million dollars (aside from making decisions -they don't need to finance- in lieu of a community).
a resident of another community
on Dec 12, 2008 at 7:53 pm
The problem is the charter school law, and the county board members. These laws are very loose. When the district school boards deny a charter school petition, the charter school then has the right to go to the county board of education with their petition for a charter school. Unfortunately the county board can not deny this petition for a charter school, or for an expansion based on the district's financial situation, or ability to provide a facility, or how much this charter will negatively impact the rest of the district's public schools. The county board can only consider the merits of the petition: is the curriculum adequate and appropriate, does this curriculum offer something that the other public schools do not, do they have teachers for their program,etc.
I am not siding with the county board. They are pro-charter as is Grace Mah. They could may be look for loop holes, but they do not want to. So, the thing that needs to be fought are the charter school laws. They were initially written to help the parents whose children went to schools where the students were not getting a good education. They were not intended for areas such as Los Altos Hills or Palo Alto.
Now any time a group of parents want something different to what the public school offers( which they should get from a private school, or after school programs) they can threaten the boards with a charter school. This was done by Grace Mah and a few others in Palo Alto last year. They wanted a Mandarin immersion program. The board voted against it for many good reasons. Soon the board received a letter saying that if they vote in Mandarin immersion a request for a charter school will not be made. It was a threat. It worked. They now have their Mandarin immersion program. It splintered the community. Many parents in P.A. are still angry that a few students get a new immersion program, and the rest get no foreign language at all in elementary grades.
So, what is necessary is having citizens talk to their representatives about changing the charter school laws. And electing people for this county board who really represent their constituents. We need to pay more attention to who is on this county board and get Grace Mah off. She does not respect, nor act according to the democratic process. She represents herself and her family.
a resident of another community
on Dec 15, 2008 at 3:26 pm
If anyone is still reading this thread- I just read today in the Post that the school board and county board of education in San Mateo voted against a charter high school, and they gave as one reason that finances do play a part in their decision making eventhough they know that the law reads that the financial status of the district can not be considered. It would be great for our county board to know that the San Mateo county board rejected a charter school and used finances as one of their reasons. Some of them (Grace Mah) may not be interested in this, as she is pro-charter; but Joe di Salvo may find it interesting.
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Discussion in 'Fan Art' started by blssdwlf, Sep 13, 2012.
I'll have to add that to the Trek books to get
anyone got a scan of that pic?
[old geezer voice] "Back in my day, we didn't watch Star Trek unless we had our handy-dandy 'Making of...' volume! No, sir! And later when that Gerrold fellow published his 'Making of...Tribbles' and 'World of...Trek', we kept them nearby, too! It was the only background material we had back then, and we liked it!" [/old geezer voice]
LOL. I have a printing from 1986 of TMOST. Kaiser, you can probably find a scan of that on one of the Star Trek blueprint sites. The main differences in that drawing and the build model are variances in position of the hulls. The nacelles are mounted farther out and the secondary hull has more of a curve to it in the forward/middle sections. Also the bevel on the lower edge of the primary hull.
You can see more of the comparison in my other thread about the TOS Enterprise (scroll to middle posts):
You mean the Tech Manual? I have a copy but i dont remember the pic having a beveled edge on the saucer
ok nvm i found a copy of the pic using google search
Not seeing any pics on any pages. Did something happen to the image server?
I can see images. Anyone else having a problem?
Ah! Where I'm at is blocking "http://www.fightingstarships.info/". That explains it - my bad.
Hey blssdwlf great job. I really like your designs, especially the Defiant and Constellation. They're stylish and you made them fit in well with the TOS era.
@6079SmithW - Thanks!
It's quite fun to think TOS
I love the pre-Pike work on the bevel. You have one on the dreadnought as well. I Love your take on the TOS dreadnought even better than FJs.
@publiusr - Thanks
Speaking of the dreadnaught, I added in the side and bottom indentions to the engineering hull and expanded out the impulse engine area.
Looks cool
Nice variation of the Dreadnought design.
@Santaman - Thanks
I would like to see a refit version of that secondary hull.
@publiusr - you mean the Dreadnaught? I imagine the refit would end up being the Excelsior
Aridas made a somewhat longer secondary hull for the refit and called it Balson--also the TMP era dreadnought. Yours is a bit longer than that on the dreadnought--and the shuttlebay is in the back where it belongs.
Ahh, I see. In my mind the Excelsior was the refit as they dropped the 3rd nacelle and made it a Transwarp ship...
And a variation of the TOS Tug/Transport..
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Dental Health and the Performance Horse
- Nov 9, 2011
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When examining a performance horse, Tanner often evaluates how the bit the animal wears is impacting his mouth.
Photo: Erica Larson, News Editor
When searching for answers as to why an equine athlete's performance has suddenly declined, many owners and trainers will look for problems from head to toe. But one place they sometimes neglect to check is the horse's mouth, where many dental issues can cause a performance horse to work at a less than optimum level.
During a presentation at the 2011 Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital Sport Horse Health Symposium, held Nov. 2 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, R. Brad Tanner, DVM, an equine practitioner and associate at Rood & Riddle, discussed the impact of dental health on the equine athlete.
Tanner began by discussing a few different indicators of equine mouth pain while a horse is working, such as:
- Opening the mouth;
- "Lugging out";
- Pinning the ears;
- Head tossing;
- Coming ahead or behind the bit; and
- Leaning on the bit.
Tanner explained that these signs can have a variety of causes from natural processes that just need some attention to problems brought on by ill-used or ill-fitting bits.
Bit Pain--With more than 1,200 different types of bit to choose from, Tanner noted, finding one that works perfectly in a horse's mouth is a challenge. When examining a performance horse, Tanner often evaluates how the bit the animal wears is impacting his mouth.
He explained that from a veterinarian's perspective, there are several considerations to make when evaluating how a bit functions in a horse's mouth including:
- Materials used in the mouth piece (such as steel, rubber, or different types of metal);
- The type of mouth piece (such as single jointed, double jointed, or mullen mouth); and
- Whether the bit encourages a wet or dry mouth ("For the horse to work properly, you've got to have a wet mouth and salivation," he said. "There are too many delicate tissues to have a dry mouth.").
"The bit has several pressure points including the tongue, hard palate (roof of the mouth), bars (area between the incisors and the grinding cheek teeth), lips, chin, nose, and poll," Tanner explained. When a bit is used and fitted properly, horses tolerate its pressure; when improperly used or fitted, however, excess pressure can cause several problems in the horse's mouth.
Excess pressure on any of the aforementioned pressure points can lead to sores, ulcers, or laceration, all of which will cause the horse discomfort. Additionally, bits can pinch the horse's cheeks with similar effects, he said.
Tanner also cautioned not to assume a seemingly gentle bit won't damage a horse's mouth. Accompanied by images of radiographs, Tanner explained one evaluation of three mild bits that revealed a single jointed loose ring snaffle yielded much less pressure on the tongue than did a double jointed loose ring or a double jointed D-ring snaffle when the same amount of tension was applied via the reins.
Tanner also noted that while bits with solid mouth pieces and a low port are often thought of as less severe than solid bits with high ports, those with very low ports actually cause more pressure on the tongue than do those with high ports. He warned that bits with very high ports have more risk of damaging the soft palate, however, so use caution when selecting a ported bit.
Physical Pain--He reminded attendees that, especially when working with young horses, nature could be playing a role in bit discomfort: "At two, remember, the baby teeth are coming out. This could cause tension or pain."
Retained caps and baby teeth can be a significant source pain in young horses between 2 and 6 years of age, he explained. These horses should be examined twice yearly to ensure the permanent teeth are erupting properly and that the deciduous (baby) teeth are being shed, he advised.
Additionally, as horses grow older, Tanner recommends having a veterinary dental practitioner create a bit seat (when the first upper and lower cheek teeth are slightly rounded) to reduce the potential for sharp points interfering with the bit.
Finally, he explained that proper poll flexion can only be achieved with properly floated teeth. Excess tooth growth interferes with the horse's top jaw moving forward, which is required for poll flexion; the long teeth become locked, making it impossible for the horse to flex properly.
Take-Home Message
Tanner emphasized the importance of dental health and proper bitting in keeping the performance horse working at his highest potential. The best thing to promote good dental health and to ensure that your equine athlete is oral pain-free is to have your veterinarian perform routine dental exams, he advised.
"Think about what's going on inside the horse's mouth if he's tossing his head," he said. "If you eliminate mouth pain, then you can start thinking about the whole body approach."
About the Author
Erica Larson, News Editor
Erica Larson, news editor, holds a degree in journalism with an external specialty in equine science from Michigan State University in East Lansing. A Massachusetts native, she grew up in the saddle and has dabbled in a variety of disciplines including foxhunting, saddle seat, and mounted games. Currently, Erica competes in eventing with her OTTB, Dorado.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 7:32 PM
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Excitement at Obama campaign's Mountain View headquarters
Original post made on Nov 6, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 7:32 PM
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 6, 2012 at 7:43 pm
I predict a mandate.
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 6, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Sherrod Brown, Claire McCaskel beats akin, Tammy Baldwin (fist lesbian senator) and on and on.
The Dems defended the senate against overwhelming odds (defending 27 of 33 seats).
The Koch Brothers and Adelson and the rest of the Rove billionaires just wasted hundred of millions.
Oh, and some guy name Obama did pretty good.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 7, 2012 at 1:06 am
bru is a registered user.
I am relieved Obama was re-elected, and things look worse in the future for racists and elitists even if it is going to take a generation to see fruition of that trend.
Elizabeth Warren was elected in Massachusetts, and that makes me happy.
Colorado legalized recreational marijuana which seems kind of unbelievable but a huge sign of change.
Sad to see the GMO labeling thing fail, very stupid on Californians part.
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 7, 2012 at 11:32 am
Our country is headed the direction of Western Europe.....we are going to tax and spend our way into massive debt and socialism.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 7, 2012 at 11:48 am
> Our country is headed the direction of Western Europe
How many times are we going to hear this unqualified statement?
Western Europe is having problems because they were stupid enough to invest in American securitized crap mortgages and were hit with the consequences just like we were. Germany has pretty well rebounded, and through it all they have not dumped on their people like we seem to intend to do.
There is a book that talks about the real state of America called "It's Time To Start Thinking" by Edward Luce you might want to take a look at. We do indeed need to start thinking and stop being driven by slogans and fears on both sides.
Because it is 4 years on and we really have done nothing to address the problem or to keep it from happening again, let alone addressing and infrastructure that engineering groups say will cost of almost half a trillion a year just to keep in the bad shape it's in now.
Maybe or maybe not socialism is the answer, but the way we do capitalism is not leading much that is positive.
a resident of Downtown North
on Nov 7, 2012 at 12:25 pm
"we are going to tax and spend our way into massive debt and socialism." Note that these silly statements never appeared from the far right fringe when Reagan tripled the national debt, or Bush doubled it.
Nor did I hear the fringe complement Bill Clinton on the 23 million jobs created during his presidency, or the Clinton balanced budgets.
Four more years, of fringie doom and gloom, of lies and hyperbole from the right wing echo chamber.
Four more years.
Just awesome!
Yea, President Obama! Way to go, Team Dem!


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Greek voters will return to the polls in less than three weeks. The results of the election could determine whether Greece stays in the euro zone or exits in a messy divorce that would disrupt the global economy. Dewey & LeBoeuf, one of the largest law firms in the country, filed for bankruptcy last night after months of financial turmoil and partner defections. Today is the Texas primary. Polls show voters tend to care about the economy and immigration, but education policy is growing in importance. The food truck scene -- once a trendy diversion -- is now a normal part of city life. Sizzler and other national chains hope to take advantage.


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WHUZZUP???, SNN people? Remember the few pictures I made in the past? Well, I promised myself that if I ever get the chance to bring better pictures on here, I would make a blog about it. Now, I got a graphic artist tablet that allows me to make better pictures on the computer. Still not nearly as good as the ones I make using pencil and paper, but they're better than the past ones I made. So here's a few I made, and I plan to add more in the future!
(PS: This is not inspired by Cesar's blog, since I planned to do something like this before that blog was made.)
Sonic Characters:
Sonic Fan Characters
Lightning and Others
Non-Sonic Related Characters
My Original Characters
Please don't steal them.
Maim's Epic Quest
This is a picture story, made by me, which will be telling a story through the use of pictures. It will revolve around Maim the Hedgehog going on an epic quest to find her back pack. The captions below the pictures shall describe what's going on.
Some Pictures I Edited
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Storytime With Uncle Metal
Here's a little story I created on the chat on January 9, 2012. I'm surprised. I thought of one in less than 10 seconds. And it was pretty good. I'm not really a "fast thinker." Anyway, here's the story for all of you to enjoy.
An Epic Apology
The Questions of Life
Babies: The Truth of Their Creation
The Coming of Oswald
Some Valentine's Day Questions
The Coming of Cheese
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Clowns Are Evil
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My Story of Chrome
The Good Stuff
CONFUSEMENT Levels
R2D2! I Choose You!
Who Is This?!
They Call Him Tired
The Greatest Swears EVER
The FUNNIEST Kickban EVER
Just as Planned
Best Cheese and Fred Fredburger Acting EVER
Darkness Is Ready
Remember that test I did for SonicTheHedgehogDude when he was running for Chat Mod? Well, I did the same for The Shadow Of Darkness. So if you don't believe he's ready for Chat Mod, take a look at THIS.
Storytime With Uncle Metal Part 2!
A story about the history and creation of one of my fan characters: Maim the Hedgehog.
The elephant RETURNS!
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Uckele Health and Nutrition
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Equine Electrolytes, Exercise, and the Heat
August 21, 2012
Always ensure horses are consuming their baseline sodium, potassium, and chloride requirements each day. Read More
Commentary: Considerations for the IR Horse
March 11, 2012
Eleanor Kellon, VMD, of Uckele Health & Nutrition, shares her thoughts on insulin resistance in horses. Read More
Nutritional Support for Equine Digestive Health
November 05, 2011
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Gastric Ulcers and the Performance Horse
August 17, 2011
Recent studies show that gastric ulcers occur in a surprisingly high percentage of performance horses. Read More
Understanding Electrolyte Formulas
July 02, 2011
Proper electrolyte balance and hydration should be a main priority for horse owners. In stressful situations, Read More
The Benefit of Poultices During the Show Season
June 21, 2011
Poultice can help reduce tissue heat and swelling caused by high intensity training and performance. Read More
Allergy Management through Antioxidants, Digestive Support
April 23, 2011
Nutritional support in the form of antioxidant and digestive aid can help strengthen the immune system. Read More
Supporting Healthy Equine Blood Sugar
April 08, 2011
Healthy blood sugar is a major factor in equine health. When glucose is not efficiently delivered to or utilized by the target cells, a horse's ability to produce sustained metabolic energy is greatly diminished. This can result in a series of Read More
Supplementing the Equine Diet with Essential Fatty Acids
March 16, 2011
Research indicates that supplementing essential fatty acids in horses' diets is useful and might be required. Read More
Nutritional Support for the Lactating Mare and Growing Foal
February 27, 2011
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Providing Nutritional Support for the Equine Skeletal System
February 14, 2011
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USA County Highpoints > Washington County Highpoints > Sturgeon Rock and "Sturgeon Fin" > Climber's Log
Sturgeon Rock and "Sturgeon Fin" Climber's Log
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|Warm up hike
Date Climbed: May 24, 2014
|Just a little hike to get the legs in shape after a winter of laziness. I had done silver star years ago and thought this would be a good low elevation snow free peak that I had not done before, as well as a county high point (if I ever decide that such lists have interest to me). I remember seeing sturgeon rock from the summit of silver star years ago and thinking that I should go there some time... so I did.
|Posted Jun 17, 2014 12:56 am
|Bob Burd
|From the north
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2012
|Out CoHPing with Adam on a rainy day. Trip Report.
|Posted Sep 20, 2012 6:48 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2011
|My friend and I went up to Silver Star today and the weather was perfect. The flowers were still out in force. After hitting the summit of Silver Star we headed over to Sturgeon rock. I think it has better views than SS. Great hike!
|Posted Aug 12, 2011 11:36 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2008
|I did this in summer but the flowers were still out. Fun little scrambling on the side of the "peak".
|Posted Apr 24, 2011 5:06 pm
|Sturgeon Phishing
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2004
|Second attempt. First time, blew a ring in my engine and trailed smoke all the way home. WA Cohp 15/39
|Posted Jan 20, 2011 11:20 pm
|Brian Jenkins
|side trip
Date Climbed: Nov 29, 2002
|A long time ago. Who knew I was on a summit at the time?
|Posted Jun 7, 2010 1:43 am
|A Great Day For County Highpointing!
Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2010
|I summited Sturgeon Rock with the initial goal being "Sturgeon Fin" (the Clark CoHP). "Sturgeon Fin" was my 19th WA CoHP. I also made a side-trip for nearby Silver Star Mountain. A lot of snow on the trail between 3700'-4200', but the summits were bare. Great views in all directions. This area was packed full of hikers, although I was the only person on Sturgeon Rock until I met two other parties while descending from that peak. One party was going up the non-technical way, and one party was going up the "Sturgeon Stairway" route. No animals seen, but plenty of grouse heard in the surrounding forests. I also summited Goat Mountain (the Cowlitz CoHP) earlier during the same day.
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Commentary: St Nicholas Abbey's Brave Battle
- Jan 29, 2014
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St Nicholas Abbey
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt/The Horse
Steve Haskin, senior correspondent for The Blood-Horse, gives a behind-the-scenes look at Irish Thoroughbred racing champion St Nicholas Abbey's battle to overcome a life-threatening fracture that was ultimately ended by a severe bout of colic.
Some stories are not destined to have happy endings. Although each chapter in St Nicholas Abbey's remarkable fight for life seemed to end happily, pointing to the feel-good ending everyone had hoped for, it was not to be.
After surviving a catastrophic fracture, several complications from that fracture, a severe attack of colic, and appearing to be on the road to recovery from the dreaded laminitis, St Nicholas Abbey lost his battle for survival when he had to be euthanized Jan. 14 after suffering a second, more harsh bout with colic. Surgery revealed he had a severe twist that had robbed his large colon of blood for too long. Repair was not possible, and St Nicholas Abbey was euthanized on the operating table.
A little over two years ago at Churchill Downs trainer Aidan O'Brien's face had lit up as he stood in front of a television monitor in the Churchill Downs winner's circle, along with Coolmore partner Derrick Smith, and watched St Nicholas Abbey carry O'Brien's oldest son, Joseph, to a stunning victory in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Turf, making the 18-year-old the youngest jockey to win a Breeders' Cup race.
Following a group hug, O'Brien, still beaming, went out to the track to greet his son, sitting triumphantly aboard St Nicholas Abbey. The youngster whom America had watched grow up through his yearly visits to the Breeders' Cup had emerged as one of the brightest young stars in the sport.
St Nicholas Abbey naturally held a special place in Aidan O'Brien's heart, which made the morning of July 23, 2013, all the more painful. The son of Montjeu was out on the Ballydoyle gallops in Ireland, training for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, when he fractured his right front pastern so badly his chances of survival seemed slim.
With the colt still on the gallops, his leg was promptly stabilized in a thick padded splint bandage, and he was rushed to nearby Fethard Equine Hospital, in County Tipperary, Ireland, founded by John Halley, MVB, for radiographs to determine the severity of the fracture and whether he could be saved. The radiographs revealed "multiple fractures of both the proximal and middle phalange of the right front limb, which involved both the fetlock and proximal interphalangeal (pastern) joints."
St Nicholas Abbey's only chance for survival was to reconstruct the bones with screws and bone plates.
The injury was a crushing blow to O'Brien, who had recently experienced the joy of seeing Joseph guide the 6-year-old St Nicholas Abbey to victory in the Investec Coronation Cup, becoming the first horse ever to win the prestigious Epsom event three times.
"It's incredible, really, that he could survive that injury," O'Brien said. "When it happened on the gallop, I thought it was over and that he'd have no chance of surviving. The minute it happened, he picked his leg up in the air like he knew. When the ambulance came down to get him and they put the ramp down, the most unbelievable thing happened. He skipped into the ambulance on three legs without being asked. He walked on there with his leg up in the air as if he had been on three legs his whole life. I had never seen anything like it before. You had to see it to believe it."
Immediately after the horse arrived at the hospital, veterinarians Tom O'Brien, MVB, and Ger Kelly, MRCVS, contacted internationally noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, chief of large animal surgery at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center in Pennsylvania. By the end of the day, Richardson was on a private jet to Shannon Airport in Ireland.
"I do this type of surgery and teach a lot of courses on fracture repair," Richardson said. "There's a very large group called the AO Foundation that does almost all the educational efforts on teaching techniques of fracture repair both in humans and animals. I teach a lot of their courses, and it just so happens I've taught Drs. O'Brien and Kelly, so those guys knew me. They're both skilled certified surgeons in Europe and America. I had published papers and lectured widely on this type of fracture, and this was really bad.
"Drs. O'Brien and Kelly contacted me around 6 a.m. on a Tuesday and sent me the X-rays and asked me if I thought it was reasonable to try to repair this fracture," Richardson said. "Once I found out the blood supply was still viable and it wasn't a badly open and contaminated fracture, I told them I thought it was very reasonable to at least try to put it back together. Once that decision was made, Coolmore arranged to fly me over that same night. I had to take a lot of equipment over that I borrowed from my hospital, as well as from the company that makes the equipment. Coolmore got me a jet, and I flew to Shannon around midnight. They picked me up in a helicopter, and we went straight to the hospital and began the surgery."
Although this was a rare type of injury, Richardson was still optimistic it could be repaired. Richardson said the long pastern bone is located below the fetlock, then the short pastern, and then the coffin bone. St Nicholas Abbey had shattered the long and the short pastern, which is something you don't see very often.
"It's actually quite a rare fracture in my experience," Richardson said. "The bone was shattered into so many pieces that, as soon as you made the skin incision, they were essentially falling out of the leg. You can't put that back together, so you have to fill the voids with bone grafts. Because he had two bones that were shattered, we knew we had to fuse those two bones to each other. We used two bone plates and 20 screws and a large temporary transfixation pin above the fetlock to further protect the site. It's important to see the pre-op X-rays, so people will know I just didn't go crazy with a hardware store. The one good thing was that his skin wasn't broken, which is a big deal. And he did not lose the blood supply to his pastern and foot."
The actual surgery took three hours, which Richardson said is very long surgery time.
"The surgery technically went very well," he said. "It was a very good team, and having two extremely skilled surgeons scrubbed in with me was great. After the surgery you still have to get the horse up, and bad things can happen with a horse waking up from anesthesia. I was very happy when he got up and bore acceptable and comfortable weight on the limb. I got some sleep, checked the horse the next morning with Drs. Kelly and O'Brien, and then flew home."
But St Nicholas Abbey's problems were far from over. Three days following the surgery, July 26, the horse had a major setback, coming down with a colic attack around midnight that was caused by an impacted cecum, which was brought on by the stress on the body resulting from the fracture and surgery. All that contributed to the cecal malfunction. He was forced to undergo emergency surgery, and his condition following the surgery was listed as guarded.
"Having to go through surgery and wake up on his leg again was kind of scary, but it worked out for him," Richardson said. "I kept in touch with Drs. O'Brien and Kelly. I went back to see him once because my wife and I were already scheduled to go to the Dublin Horse Show at the end of July.
"In a lot of ways, he was a really good patient. He's a kind and quiet horse and he's more the athletic type, not a great big brute of a horse. It seemed to be going well, but the boys in Ireland had many sleepless nights."
On July 27, Nathan Slovis, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, CHT, director of the McGee Medical Center at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky., arrived to oversee the horse's recovery and treatments.
"I got called in immediately after he had the colic surgery," Slovis said. "They noticed he had an impaction of the cecum. The cecum is the equivalent of a human appendix, but unlike humans, horses graze all the time, and they need an appendix to help their digestion and process their food properly. We see those quite often in Kentucky, which is the reason they called me in. These can be very painful for the horse and are difficult to treat because they can re-impact and perforate the cecum. They were concerned because if that were to become re-impacted they would have to go in for surgery again and that was not an option. It would have put the horse so far behind.
"I went there to consult on the case in regard to what medication we could do to help kick-start the motility in the cecum. There are some medications you can give four times a day to help prevent the cecum from getting impacted again. I devised a feeding program for him and also how to utilize his medication properly, and also to create a caloric intake to help maintain his weight and help supply much-needed calories. What ends up happening when the cecum becomes impacted is you have to withdraw that animal from food. He cannot eat for a week or so."
That was particularly rough on St Nicholas Abbey, who never left an oat in his feed tub. Instead, he was provided with nutrition intravenously.
Slovis also was consulted on which pain medications to use. Because Butazolidin and Banamine can irritate the bowels, they had to use fentanyl patches, a derivative of morphine, to help relieve the pain.
"Morphine can slow down the motility of the bowels and we didn't want that, but he needed pain medications, so we had to figure out how often to use the Bute (phenylbutazone) and Banamine (flunixin meglumine) and when to put the fentanyl on," Slovis said. "A lot of medical knowledge had to go into that, and we all worked as a team."
Slovis remained in Ireland for 48 hours and then returned three weeks later to reassess the situation and see how the horse was progressing. He estimates the cost of St Nicholas Abbey's postoperative care and medication to be close to $100,000.
"We're really lucky the way the horse responded to our therapy," Slovis said. "He was remarkable. He has such a high tolerance of pain, which really helped him. Coolmore had somebody in front of his stall 24/7, and that gave him company and kept him relaxed. And they groomed him all the time. He liked the attention and he didn't sulk, which was so important."
By July 30 St Nicholas Abbey was eating small amounts of freshly cut grass.
Richardson said, although the surgery was a success, the horse would not be out of the woods until he was running in a field and breeding mares.
"Problems in the other foot, mainly laminitis, can occur at any time, even when things go perfectly," he said. "But it's been about 14 weeks now, so we're pretty far removed from the surgery."
On Aug. 9 St Nicholas Abbey had his fiberglass cast replaced, and O'Brien and Kelly were happy with the wound and alignments of the joints, which they said were as good as could be expected.
A month after the surgery he was continuing to make progress, and the veterinary interns who stayed with him 24/7 described him as the "best he's ever been." His radiographs looked good, his temperature remained normal, and his white blood cell count was good. He was eating well and beginning to put on weight.
On Aug. 28, however, the horse appeared uncomfortable, and radiographs showed the steel weight-bearing pin in his cannon bone had broken. The procedure to remove it was completed with no problems, and the horse was soon bearing weight on the fractured leg.
By Sept. 4 he was walking as well as could be expected with a cast and continued to show gradual improvement. He would lie down in his stall several times a night to rest, and his appetite began picking up. His temperature and blood work both had stabilized.
On Sept. 30 St Nicholas Abbey was fitted with a lighter, less restrictive cast and was more mobile, putting weight on his leg with restored confidence. Then came what everyone had feared. Although it was termed a "mild case of laminitis," serious doubts surfaced about whether this story would have a happy ending. The fact he had come this far was a miracle in itself.
"It's amazing what Dr. Richardson was able to do, putting that many screws in the area and none of them touched," O'Brien said. "When you consider how bad the fracture was and the trauma the horse went through afterward with the colic surgery, I have to admit I never thought this could happen.
"As it stood since mid-December, we were very pleased with how St Nick was doing orthopedically," he continued. "His fracture had fully healed and his pastern fused. Although he had developed arthritis in his right fetlock, we felt this was something we could deal with in due course and were planning this with Dr. Richardson.
"Regarding his laminitic left front foot, we were also happy with his progress. There was some growth of new sole and new horn at the coronary band. Dr. Scott Morrison (DVM) had been to see him again last week and was pleased with the progress of the left front foot. The plan was to leave him in a foot cast for a few more months while managing his right front fetlock and pastern.
"In the past few weeks the horse had been as bright as ever," O'Brien said. "Overall he was very comfortable when walked and when standing in the stall. He had never walked as well since late July as he did on Monday and Tuesday morning of this week."
But the good news was short-lived, as colic put an end to a six-month ordeal that tested the latest advances in veterinary medicine and the fortitude and dedication of those closest to St Nicholas Abbey."
He explained, "He began to show signs of mild discomfort and colic, which was unusual for him. He was only mildly colicky for very short periods. However, as these were not going away completely and recurring, and as this was so atypical for him the decision was made to go back to surgery to investigate the cause of colic. This was not a decision taken lightly, considering the risks of another surgery and general anesthesia and what was at stake."
Other horses O'Brien has seen with such a violent case of colic exhibited extreme pain and surgery was able to be performed immediately. But not with St Nicholas Abbey.
"Unfortunately St Nicholas Abbey was just mildly uncomfortable and in effect his ability to tolerate a lot of pain masked the seriousness and life-threatening nature of his colic," O'Brien said. "His toughness allowed him to survive for as long as he did, but ultimately it was his undoing. Any other horse would have shown signs of extreme discomfort and the need for surgery would have been immediately obvious. He didn't."
St Nicholas Abbey will be remembered always by everyone at Ballydoyle who witnessed his will to live.
"He was a horse I'll never forget," Joseph O'Brien said. "He gave us at Ballydoyle some great days and over a mile and a half, on good ground he would have given any horse in the world a run for their money. His win in Dubai last year was possibly his best performance, and he was probably better than ever last year. But from my point of view winning on him at the Breeders' Cup was very special. It was my first big win on the world stage and my first big win outside Ireland.
"What happened to him was very sad. Everyone would have liked to see him stand at stud."
Aidan O'Brien added, "We were all really upset to hear that St Nicholas Abbey had to be put down after suffering another bout of colic. He was a firm favorite here in Ballydoyle with all the lads that worked with him every day during his racing career, as he was such a gentleman to do anything with. We would like to express our thanks to all the vets and staff in the Fethard Equine Hospital and in Coolmore that worked so hard to try and save him."
(Originally published on BloodHorse.com. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column on BloodHorse.com.)
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In response to widespread community criticism, the City Council adopted on Saturday "comprehensive land use planning and action" as one of its top priorities for 2014. The first bit of action took place on Monday night, when the council suspended the controversial "planned community" zoning, which allows developers to get zoning exemptions in exchange for public benefits, and agreed to reform it.
The council also approved on Monday night a new campaign called "Our Palo Alto," which aims to get residents involved in a conversation about the city's long-term future and reach out to people who don't typically attend council meetings. Planning Director Hillary Gitelman called the new initiative "an opportunity to engage in a community conversation but also take action and lay a foundation for the city's future for many, many years to come."
The National Citizens Survey results suggest that this conversation can't come soon enough. Over the past year, the council has been flooded with citizen complaints about new developments, with many lashing out against the glassy minimalism of modern architecture and others complaining about dense new buildings with insufficient parking. In the category of "land use, planning and zoning," a mere 36 percent of respondents rated Palo Alto as "excellent" or "good" in 2013, far below the number in other cities. This was also a staggering drop from 2012, when 51 percent gave the city the top two grades in this category. When asked about the "overall quality of new development," just 44 percent of the respondents gave the city high marks, compared to 56 percent in 2012.
Not surprisingly, parking and traffic were the major drivers of this trend. On "availability of parking," only 39 percent ranked the city as "excellent" or "good," a marked decline from 2010, when 60 percent gave these marks (the number dropped to 54 percent in 2011 and 51 percent in 2012). When asked about "traffic flow on major streets," 34 percent gave the city high marks, down from 36 percent in 2012, 40 percent in 2011 and 47 percent in 2010. Bus and transit services also scored poorly, with only 49 percent of respondents rating them as "excellent" or "good," compared to 58 percent in 2012.
Though the Maybell referendum last November drew most of its support from the Barron Park area close to the housing-project site, the survey underscores the message of the election, in which a vast majority of precincts opposed Measure D — frustrations over new developments aren't exclusive to any particular section of the city. On the issue of parking availability, 41 percent of the respondents from north Palo Alto (north of Oregon Expressway) gave the city the highest ratings, compared to 38 percent from south Palo Alto. On traffic flow, frustration was also equitably distributed, with 33 percent in the north and 35 percent in the south giving the city high marks.
The city's grades when it comes to "affordable housing" remained fairly steady from the previous year. Only 13 percent gave the city the highest two grades in the "availability of affordable quality housing," roughly the same as in 2012 and 2011 (12 percent and 14 percent, respectively).
These two topics should loom large at City Council's Feb. 10 meeting, when members will consider staff proposals for a wide range of measures meant to get drivers to switch to other modes of transportation. Options on the table include an expanded city-shuttle program, a satellite parking lot east of U.S. Highway 101 and new garages downtown and around California Avenue.
If there is a silver lining when it comes to getting around Palo Alto, it's the pleasure local residents get when they travel without an engine. An overwhelming majority of respondents praised the city for "ease of bicycle travel" (78 percent) and "ease of walking" (82 percent), rates that are "much above" the benchmark, the survey states.
An even brighter silver lining lies in the fact that these pressures stem directly from the city's economic success. Even as residents complain about growth and development (including population growth, which 60 percent of respondents deemed to be "too fast"), they feel good about jobs and personal finances. Just 30 percent of the survey respondents rated job growth in Palo Alto as "too slow," a huge drop from 44 percent in 2012 and 64 percent in 2011. And when asked to rate their "personal economic future," 33 percent said it was "positive" or "very positive," up from 22 percent in 2012 and 12 percent in 2011.
In fact, when land use and traffic issues are taken out of the equation, Palo Alto generally gets sterling grades from its residents. Despite the recent land-use funk, residents love their city, with 91 percent rating its overall quality of life as "excellent" or "good," 90 percent praising the city's "overall image or reputation" and a vast majority (87 percent) saying they plan to stay in the city for the next five years. The survey suggests that despite the recent political turmoil, the city continues to be the envy of its peers. In comparisons with "benchmark" cities, Palo Alto scored above the norm in 21 of the 31 categories, below in two categories and somewhere near par in the remaining eight.
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Center fielder gets up close and personal with wall
By Ken Mandel / MLB.com
PHILADELPHIA -- Though Kenny Lofton has spent 15 seasons as a Major Leaguer, he quickly acknowledges that each one presents a new set of challenges. This season, it's learning to deal with an unforgiving enemy -- the tricky area in center field, where an outfielder can meet an eight-foot-high wall. Playing in the American League last season, Lofton didn't have a chance to see Citizens Bank Park until this season. "The wall doesn't give," Lofton said. "That's unusual. It's like running into a brick wall, and that's not something outfielders want to deal with." Lofton dealt with the wall on a ball clobbered by Jose Guillen in the eighth inning. As it sailed over his head, Lofton stopped before he got to wall, and flinched as the ball hit off the 409-foot sign. With a padded fence, Lofton may have timed a leap in an attempt to catch the ball as he braced for impact. He won't try that here, and said it will take some time. "I'm not going to run into that wall," Lofton said. "I'm not stupid. I'm not going to kill myself. It's tough when you go after a ball at full speed. You want to go, but you tell yourself, I have to stop." Manager Charlie Manuel has seen Lofton master center field at Jacobs Field, so he figures he'll do the same in Philadelphia. "He's going to have to learn to play balls off there," said Manuel. "He gets a good break on the ball and turns the right way. He's going to have to get used to it." Burrell, Myers start off strong: Slowing down has meant fast starts for Pat Burrell and Brett Myers, who can only hope the rest of the season goes this well. In the first three games, Burrell is 6-for-12 with two doubles and a home run, and leads the team with six RBIs. Myers had a brilliant first outing, striking out seven and allowing one earned run in 6 2/3 innings. "I'm more relaxed," said Myers. "Hopefully, I can keep that up. I had success in the Minors by being aggressive and getting early swings. I'm trying to do what got me here." Ditto for Burrell, who has been besieged with advice during the past two seasons not to mention countless video sessions. Continuing to progress off his 37-homer performance of 2002 has been a challenge, to say the least. "[Burrell] has slowed his body down, and he's following the baseball more," said Manuel. "He doesn't get off balanced and stays behind the ball. The home run [on Wednesday] was a pretty swing." Manuel was also impressed with Burrell's two-strike approach in Monday's opener. "He hit it off the right-field wall," Manuel said. "He stayed with it real good and showed me something. He's staying with his legs in a good strong hitting position. That's allowed the bat head to get through the ball." "[Jim] Thome's the same way," said Manuel. "You can see the tension in his shoulders when he speeds up. You want to be tension free. Play the game to your ability. Play it like anything else, just stay within yourself. Easy to say but hard to do." The Wright stuff: Manuel sees a lot of Jaret Wright in Myers, a cocky kid with impressive stuff who needed time to put it all together. "He had basically almost the same type of makeup," Manuel said of Wright. "When he came to Cleveland, he was a lot like Brett; a guy who was a No. 1 pick, a No. 1 starter. It took him a while before he matured into what everybody expected of him." So much has been expected of Myers since he was drafted in the first round of the 1999 First-Year Player Draft. Arriving for good in 2002, he's shown flashes of brilliance. He throws hard, and his devastating curveball was on display in Tuesday's start. "I'm looking for a good season from Brett," said Manuel. "He has enough big league experience and he has the talent to be a very good pitcher. I've said that from the start. I like the stuff he has, and think it's just a matter of him keeping his self-control and he'll be good." Chatterbox: Manuel just can't help himself when it comes to chatting it up with players in the on-deck circle. And Mike Lieberthal couldn't help but listen. "Stay back, Lieby. Use your hands!" Lieberthal said, recalling Manuel's words of encouragement. "Make him keep the ball down." That's just the way it is with Manuel, who perches himself by the railing a few feet from the on-deck circle. It's the perfect spot for conversation, wanted or unwanted. "Eddie Murray used to tell me, 'I know, I know. Make the ball be down,'" Manuel said. "I said, 'OK, I won't tell you no more, and he said, 'Yeah, you will.'"
Ken Mandel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Fourth-quarter sales rose 12% from the comparable period a year ago, to $682 million, also a record, "driven by higher sales in both the Freight and Transit groups," Wilmerding, Pa.-based Wabtec said.
The company a year ago also reported record fourth-quarter earnings, notching $1.34 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2012, with sales also setting a record at $610 million, driven by the company's Transit Group.
For full-year 2013, Wabtec recorded sales of $2.57 billion and earnings per diluted share of $3.01, also records.
Wabtec Wednesday also issued 2014 guidance for earnings per diluted share of about $3.45, with revenue expected to increase about 15%. This includes the company's agreement announced last week to acquire Fandstan Electric Group, which is expected to close in this year's first quarter.
In a statement, Wabtec Chairman and CEO Albert J. Neupaver said, "Our business performed well in 2013, and we are anticipating record results again this year. While we expect only modest growth in the global economy, ongoing investment in freight rail and passenger transit bodes well for the future. Through our diversified business model, balanced growth strategies and rigorous application of the Wabtec Performance System, we remain confident in Wabtec's growth prospects."


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Looking for New Year's resolutions? Here's what world leaders are aiming for by the end of next year.
With 2013 coming to a close, many of us are reflecting on the last 12 months and perhaps even creating some new year's resolutions as we look forward to 2014. For some lenders, this coming year might be a chance to make plans with old friends, learn a foreign language, or read a book they never got around to. But did you know that by lending through Kiva you're also contributing to the goals set by world leaders? As part of a new blog series, we'll be taking a look at the United Nations' Millenium Development Goals and examine how Kiva loans contribute to addressing these targets.
The Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) emerged in 2000 as a way to address poverty and inequality amongst nations by 2015. The eight internationally-agreed upon goals are a reflection of the most critical areas for human progress: poverty and hunger, universal primary education, gender equality and empowerment, child mortality, maternal health, disease eradication and control, environmental sustainability, and global partnership development.
Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger
The first of the eight goals is perhaps the most challenging to accomplish: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. But what constitutes "extreme poverty?" The UN defines it as a "condition characterised by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services."
Our Field Partners target poverty in a number of different ways, such as geographic locations like rural villages or urban slums where the population is poorer than the surrounding areas. Others might utilize poverty assessment tools with each new borrower, or offer products and services in a manner that attracts poorer borrowers (small loan sizes, uncollateralized loans, and solidarity groups). And while all of our partners are working toward the shared goal of alleviating poverty, we want to highlight a few here that are specifically addressing extreme poverty and access to basic human needs.
One such partner that excels in this area is BRAC. Recently, their Pakistan branch implemented a program to target the ultra poor with funds from the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund. The two-year program reached out to 1,500 beneficiaries with interventions like cash stipends, asset transfers, enterprise development training, social development, and essential health care services. These beneficiaries received economic, social and health support for a full 2-year cycle.
We also have many Field Partners addressing access to basic human needs. Consider Evidence Action, a leader in scaling development solutions that are backed by proven data. One of the flagship programs funded by Kiva lenders is Dispensers for Safe Water, which dramatically expands access to clean water through chlorine dispensers. Globally, more than 1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and nearly 2 million people a year die from diarrhea -- 90% of which is attributed to unsafe drinking water and inadequate sanitation. But this year, the chlorine dispensers from Evidence Action provided approximately 600,000 people with access, preventing an estimated 750,000 episodes of diarrhea and saving more than 700 lives.
In a similar field, Kiva's Field Partner Sanergy works to address extreme poverty and access to basic human needs through sanitation facilities. An estimated 2.6 billion people lack access to safe sanitation, which is especially prevalent in slums. In Kenya alone, about 80% of these residents lack adequate sanitation facilities. Sanergy's work addresses extreme poverty by providing clean toilet facilities and creating jobs for local entrepreneurs. Since becoming a Kiva Field Partner last year, Sanergy has provided over 100 toilets through Kiva loans. Each of those "Fresh Life" toilets creates about $1200 a year in revenue for entrepreneurs that operate the facilities in addition to the immense impact on a community's safety and wellness.
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With a 2015 deadline approaching, there's some good news to report about the Millennium Development Goal to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. The first target within this goal -- halving the proportion of people whose income is less than $1.25 a day from 1990 -- has already been met.
That's a reflection of the strong international efforts to reduce poverty, such as creating development projects in impoverished regions through the United Nation's Development Programme. Projects that include everything from helping smallholder farmers affected by flash floods in Malawi, to supporting the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Program, which guarantees the right to a minimum of 100 days of paid work a year for landless laborers and marginal farms.
But with 1.2 billion people still living in extreme poverty, and 1 in 8 people remaining hungry, there's still a lot of work to be done. Through Kiva loans, each of you are helping address poverty issues such as hunger, sanitation, employment, shelter, and education. Issues that stretch far beyond our own borders. In the words of the UN's Millennium Declaration, "we have a collective responsibility to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity at the global level."
We look forward to exploring more of these goals in the weeks to come.
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