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The Rowlands, along with their two children — Christen Rowlands Minton, Rebecca Rowlands Jackson and their spouses — farm 1,400 acres of cattle and hay at locations on Pine Street and just off of State Highway 105.
The Rowlands' farm was established in 1893. Gary Rowlands' grandfather bought the original 120 acres from the U.S. government that year. Rowlands has the original U.S. patent showing the purchase.
The farm also humbly boasts the status of being an Arkansas Century Farm.
Rowlands said he and his wife were surprised to learn they had been recognized, but Pope County Extension Agent and staff chair Phil Sims said they are a great example of the type of leaders in the agriculture community who are selected to be Pope County's Farm Family of the Year.
"Gary is a leader, not just a farmer," Sims said. "He is a former Pope County Cattleman's Association president and the current president for the Pope County Farm Bureau.
"Gary is a solid leader in the agriculture community, not just in Pope County but the state of Arkansas."
Rowlands and his family are doing a great job with the farm and telling the story of agriculture and the importance it has in Pope County, Sims said.
"There may be farmers as good, but not many," he said. "The Rowlands family is a prime example of the type of people we have as role models to encourage others to pursue agriculture careers. It's a tough, but rewarding life, and without farmers the U.S. will become dependent on foreign countries for our food supply."
The award is definitely an honor, according to Rowlands, who said he was stunned when Phil came to talk to him about it. He said he was thankful to all those who helped.
"I am thankful for my family, neighbors, suppliers and lenders; everybody helps everybody around here," Rowlands said. "I enjoy my time here on the farm."
He always knew he wanted to farm. Rowlands said he was blessed to have the privilege of working the farm with his father for 20 years or so.
"The house at the farm is sixty-four years old," he said. "My family moved in there when I was just one year old. It's kinda fuzzy, but I can still remember my first birthday. I can't recall all the details but, knowing my parents, it was probably big."
"The colors of the farm during that time are still vivid in my mind," he recalled. "I remember the tractor he drove, that tractor we used to work on and drive around the farm when it wasn't being used for work."
Rowlands' father was a World War II veteran who served in France with the Twelfth U.S. Army Group — he was awarded two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart.
"My dad always said 'no matter how bad the times are we will make it through.' He also said farming was the best job he ever had."
Rowlands prefers cattle to swine or chicken farming. He believes God was into cattle farming, according to scripture, and trusts his judgment.
Rowlands bought his first set of six heifers while serving in the Army and started the cattle operation from there.
In addition to farming and spending three nights a week at the farm, Rowlands is a successful real estate broker for James R. Ford — Coldwell Banker and Associates of Russellville.
He now averages 300 head of cattle on hand and farms a productive cow-calf operation by using Angus and Brangus cattle breeding to achieve smaller calves.This is done to reduce complications for first time birthing and eliminate horns which can bruise the beef.
With their own farming equipment, primarily John Deere, the Rowlands produce and bale hay on the farm as well.
Farming wasn't simply something the Rowlands chose, but is a large part of who they are. Their strong sense of family heritage extends beyond their family farm to their family church.
They grew up attending church and said the decision to attend church was never difficult. The Rowlands have always considered their friends at First Assembly of God in Russellville to be extended family.
"We know that none of this would be possible without the guidance and direction of the Lord," Rowlands said. "We are continually thankful that our family has been blessed with the opportunity to live our dream."
The Rowlands' goal was to increase the number of acres and cattle to the level they are at today.
Since farming operations have to evolve to stay productive, Rowlands has worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) to complete projects using rotational grazing and other methods to decrease soil erosion and maintain water quality.
Tips from the University of Arkansas's Pope County Extension Services office have helped, he said.
Rowlands has been able to have a shorter hay-feeding season by increasing the availability of grass after the implementation of a rotational grazing schedule to improve pasture utilization.
"The extension service talked about using paddocks, electric fences and feeding rotations to reduce feeding days," he said. "We are now convinced rotational grazing is effective."
The Rowlands have been able to cut down on winter hay feeding. Last year, they made 1,750 bales due to the management techniques used last winter.
"We are trying to reduce the number of feeding days to 135 between the months of November and March. We are trying to squeeze ten days off of that and the goal is to save about $16,000 in the end."
Rowlands said weather is the biggest challenge most farmers face. Too much or too little rain can make or break most family farm operations.
"Last year's drought had a big effect on growing cattle last year," he said. "We are trying to build back from that.
"As far as pasture in hay, we have 250 acres to bale this year. We currently have 2,000 bales in the barn."
"We like to do things as a family," Rowlands said. "The kids are grown and married, but they will have an integral part in maintaining the business and heritage of our family owned farm."
The Rowlands' daughters and their husbands help when and where they can and will help more as their kids get old enough to participate.
"They are involved in the ownership and heirs to our family's farm legacy," Rowlands said. "They will retain the farm as we are developing a family limited partnership."


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After an eight-year hiatus, the Big Tymers are returning to music. Birdman recently confirmed the return of the collaborative Cash Money Records' act, with two new additions–Lil Wayne, Drake— set to replace Mannie Fresh.
According to Wayne, the Big Tymers return started as an idea he was kicking around until Birdman moved in to make it a reality.
"You can't even tell him [Birdman] an idea," said Wayne, in an interview with MTV's RapFix. "I just told him that we were thinking about it, and he just hit me and said we're looking for some music today."
The Big Tymers' founding members consisted of Birdman and Cash Money's in-house producer Mannir Fresh, who left the label in 2005 citing a financial dispute.
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He did. His teammates did the rest.
"It was so nerve-racking," Garland said. "I was able to come out of that game with a lead, but you can't count the Astros out. At that point, it was a battle to see who could last longer."
Garland was charged with seven hits and four runs -- two earned -- over seven innings in the no-decision. He walked two batters and struck out four, rebounding from a tricky beginning to depart with the lead.
He did not get off to a good start.
Garland gave up a double to Craig Biggio to lead off the first inning. Biggio eventually scored on Lance Berkman's single. A two-run third inning increased the Astros' lead to 3-0 and it eventually climbed to 4-0 with Jason Lane's home run in the fourth.
In the seventh, by which time the White Sox had a 5-4 edge, Garland walked Brad Ausmus to start the inning and it appeared to be the beginning of the end.
It was -- for the Astros.
Adam Everett followed with a sacrifice bunt to advance Ausmus to second. White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski fielded the ball in front of home plate and considered throwing to second base for the forceout but changed his mind.
It didn't matter. Pinch-hitter Jeff Bagwell entered. He soon exited after a weak popup Paul Konerko caught on the mound. A brief meeting of the minds with Garland, manager Ozzie Guillen and Pierzynski resulted in Garland staying in the game with Biggio strolling to the plate. It was the right move. Garland got ahead of Biggio with a pair of sliders and put him away with a fastball to end the inning.
It was a job well done by Garland and he trotted off the mound with a 5-4 lead after a five-run fifth inning by the White Sox. He did not throw another pitch.
Eight other White Sox pitchers would.
"Our bullpen did a great job to even stay awake out there," Garland said. "To come in and do what they did was unbelievable."
Mark Buehrle faced one batter in the 14th to end the game and earn the save. Buehrle started Game 2 on Sunday.
"With the pitching staff they have and the pitching staff we had, I thought these games were going to be easier," Guillen said. "I thought they would score that many runs and we would score that many runs. But I think they did everything they could. They left a lot of guys on base, so did we. We had a lot of opportunities and we didn't score. We didn't execute as well."
Jesse Sanchez is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: On 25 Apr 2007, at 8:42 am, Toon Knapen wrote: > Interesting. However this approach requires that the IO profile of > the application is known. Absolutely. > Additionally it requires the users of the application (which are > generally not IT guys) to know and understand this info and pass it > on to the scheduler when they launch their app. Absolutely. > In your experience, do you manage to convince real-life users to > provide this info? Not easily. :-) And this is the problem with getting scheduling right, and exactly what we were saying at the beginning of this discussion. You can't hope to schedule optimally if the scheduler doesn't know the profile of the application; the more information it knows the better the job it will do. But if your users, like mine, can't or won't supply this information, then you're very limited in what you can achieve, and your system will be vulnerable to denial of service because of strange mixes of jobs starting on the machines causing them to run out of various resources, and there is basically nothing you will be able to do about it. The compromise we ended up with is this set of LSF queues on our system (a cluster with about 1500 job slots): QUEUE_NAME PRIO STATUS MAX JL/U JL/P JL/H NJOBS PEND RUN SUSP yesterday 500 Open:Active 200 10 - - 1 0 1 0 normal 30 Open:Active - - - - 281 110 171 0 hugemem 30 Open:Active - - - - 3 0 3 0 long 3 Open:Active - - - - 4022 2987 1035 0 basement 1 Open:Active 300 200 - - 127 0 127 0 yesterday: a special purpose high priority queue for the "I need it yesterday" crowd. No run length limits, but very limited in terms of how many slots the user can use. normal: queue intended for shortish jobs (around 1 hour). Absolute wall clock limit of 8 hours, after which jobs are killed. long: queue for longer jobs with an absolute wall clock limit of 24 hours. hugemem: special purpose queue for the two large memory SGI Altix nodes. Users submitting jobs to this queue *must* supply memory requirements; the submission is rejected if they do not. basement: queue for long running or low priority jobs. No time limits, but can't use more than a small fraction of the total cluster. All the queues except hugemem also have a default memory limit of 1.9 GB; any job exceeding this limit is killed. If the user wants to raise this limit they can, up to 7.9 GB, but they are then forced by the same mechanism as the hugemem queue to supply proper memory resource requirements. Here's an example of what happens if they don't: --- EXAMPLE --- 14:07:31 tjrc at bc-9-1-03:~$ bsub -M 6000000 uname -a Job submission rejected. You are specifying your own memory limit, so you must also supply select[mem] and rusage[mem] resource requirement parameters. For example: -M2000000 -R'select[mem>2000] rusage[mem=2000]' Remember that memory limits are set in KB, resource memory in MB. Sorry about that. Blame Platform. If you do not understand what this means, read the lsfintro manpage and the following web page: http://www.wtgc.org/IT/ISG/lsf/lsf_intro.shtml#resources If you still don't understand after that, contact ssg-isg(at) sanger.ac.uk Request aborted by esub. Job not submitted. --- EXAMPLE --- All this is designed so that users who can't or won't supply detailed parameters to LSF can still submit work, but they either are limited in terms of how many jobs they can run at once (in the yesterday and basement queues) or they run the risk of their job being killed if it goes astray and uses too much time or memory (in the normal and long queues). Thus, it gives the users an incentive to understand their code and use the cluster carefully and responsibly. Until we put the hard run limits in place, the cluster was being brought to its knees at least once a week by users just being careless, and that was why we eventually had to be somewhat more draconian. It's worked though; the cluster has not had a similar DoS event since putting these rules into place. Regards, Tim _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf !DSPAM:462f54b5123141465223968!


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Alum Cave Trail Climber's Log
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|Descent via Alum Cave
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2014
|A very nice and scenic trail.
|Posted Jul 17, 2014 12:51 am
|Jimmy Rivers
|Amazing weather!
Date Climbed: May 30, 2012
|Maybe the marquee hike in the Smoky Mountains. Mont Leconte, and the Alum Cave Trail is so beautiful. It's a must do while visiting this area. We had a picture perfect day on the mountain!
|Posted Jan 12, 2014 10:33 pm
|Beautiful hike even in chilly dampness!
Date Climbed: Nov 6, 2013
|Started out in mist and light rain/fog but we decided to head up anyway and we're very glad we did! The trail is deep in rhododendron but does parallel a lovely stream with picturesque bridges and of course, the "cave". If we had brought lunches we would have traveled on to LeConte.
|Posted Nov 8, 2013 8:03 pm
|Nice trail
|No views
|Posted Feb 1, 2012 5:34 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2011
|Just took the trail up to the bluffs and headed back down as the sun was setting.
|Posted Sep 29, 2011 4:00 am
|good hike
Date Climbed: Apr 20, 1979
|long time ago
|Posted Jun 22, 2010 1:17 am
|Couple times over the years.
|Posted Oct 21, 2009 9:29 am
|Very cool trail
Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2009
|One of my favorite trails to date.
|Posted Oct 20, 2009 11:48 pm
|One of the Smokies Best
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2009
|This is a classic hike and might just be the best trail in the Smokies. I've been up this trail several times, each time a little bit further than the last. This trail really hits all the Smokies highlights: beautiful streams, interesting rock formations, diverse mountain flora, a little bit of exposure, and great high-up long-range views. I'll definitely hike this one again and again in the future.
|Posted Aug 13, 2009 6:59 pm
|Spring Break
|snowy but fun
|Posted Jul 6, 2009 2:31 pm
|Nice hike
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009
|Nice hike. Make sure to hike up so you arrive in the late afternoon. You'll have a better chance of the fog lifting for better views.
|Posted Jun 28, 2009 2:50 pm
|Wonderfull Trail!
Date Climbed: Mar 9, 2009
|Very nice trail. It has many great overlooks and a neat rock you can climb through at the begging of it. It also has cables to assist in hiking when rocks are wet, which is often.
|Posted Apr 20, 2009 12:54 pm


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Kenshou wrote: The practice of the satipatthanas and anapanasati do certainly aim for the abandonment of vitakka and vicara, but I would question whether this means that these practices are only really being practiced when those factors aren't present, or if it's that their abandonment is a result of that practice, with that abandonment specifically occurring with entrance to the 2nd jhana where it is explicitly stated that they cease. Which I believe removes some of the difficulty in determining whether vitakka and vicara in the context of the 1st jhana must refer to something a little different.
Yes, I agree. The borders of the samadhikkhandha are not clearly staked out. But, I suspect, that to the extent that kusalasankappa are present when one is meditating, that would fall within the Sammavayama factor, rather than the Sammasati factor.
One just oscillates between the 2, until the mind is truly settled.
And certainly, as Retro posts, SN 22.59 does seem to lay out a practice that contains a fair bit of "mental chatter" as it were. However, my objection to his reliance on that sutta is two-fold -
1. this practice was outlined in that sutta as pertaining to the ariyasavaka, ie Stream Enterer and above;
2. the outcome of this practice is Nibbida, a very advanced stage of practice that again is limited to ariyasavakas.
This is not vanilla Sammasati. I do not see a single reference to Nibbida or nibbindati in the Satipatthanasamyutta.


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PHILADELPHIA -- Ike Davis was out of the lineup Tuesday for a routine rest against Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee, giving way to backup first baseman Justin Turner. The respite left Davis with plenty of time to reflect on his first seven games of the season, which have been better than last year -- though not by much.
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Still, Davis insists he feels far superior than he did last April. The problem, he says, is that opposing pitchers have been painting the outside edge of the strike zone with regularity.
"They're not going over the heart of the plate," Davis said of the pitches he has seen. "If you look at the video, they're hitting corners pretty well right now."
That much, Davis said, will even out over the course of the season. But he also admitted he must do a better job of fouling off pitches on the outside edge, rather than letting them fly by for strikes. By spoiling a backdoor breaking ball, for example, Davis may force pitchers to make mistakes on subsequent offerings.
"That's one of the keys to hitting is to learn how to foul off those tough pitches and continue to battle through the at-bat," manager Terry Collins said. "Eventually [you] hope the pitcher makes a mistake and gets you a ball that you can hit, that you can hit hard."
In Collins' estimation, Davis' main problem is that he is no longer driving balls to the opposite field, as he did with great success throughout Spring Training.
"Home run hitters, when they get into slumps they just want to hit homers," Collins said. "That's the first thing they think of ... because that's their mindset. [They say,] 'I'm here to hit homers.' We've got to get Ike to be the Ike that we saw two years ago in the first half, where the more contact you made, the more dangerous you became."
Harvey maintains elite status for young pitchers
PHILADELPHIA -- The superlatives continue to pile up for second-year starter Matt Harvey, who is entering rarer and rarer company.
With another standout start Monday, Harvey joined Nolan Ryan as the only Mets pitchers to open a season by allowing three or fewer hits in consecutive starts of seven or more innings, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Harvey also joined David Cone and Pedro Martinez as the only Mets pitchers to begin a season with nine or more strikeouts in two straight starts.
Since he made his big league debut last July 26, Harvey has struck out 10.92 batters per nine innings, which tops the National League. His strikeout rate over that period trails only that of Detroit's Max Scherzer (11.32) and Texas' Yu Darvish (11.02).
"He has that ability, when he misses out over the plate, to get good hitters to miss," catcher John Buck said. "It just has that extra oomph."
Perhaps most impressive is that Harvey managed to add to his early success Monday night in Philadelphia, despite a relative lack of fastball command.
"There was definitely a difference between the first start and this one," Harvey said. "I could tell in the bullpen that I was going to have to battle a little harder than I did the first time."
Citi Field scheduled to host international soccer match
PHILADELPHIA -- The Israeli and Honduran national soccer teams will play a friendly at Citi Field on Sunday, June 2, the Mets announced, marking Israel's first New York soccer appearance in over 35 years.
Tickets start at $20 and will go on sale Monday, April 15 at 10 a.m. at Mets.com/Soccer.
The New York metropolitan region is home to the largest Jewish and Honduran populations in the world outside of Israel and Honduras, according to a Mets release. The June 2 match will also take place on the same day as Manhattan's Celebrate Israel Parade.
The Israeli and Honduran national teams are ranked 66th and 55th in the world, respectively.
This marks the third straight year that Citi Field has hosted an international soccer match. Ecuador and Greece played to a 1-1 tie in 2011, and Ecuador returned to defeat Chile, 3-0, last summer.
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Cant believe he is only 33!!!!!
This is just a formality
Diop is the invite I'm really excited about!!!
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
He looks like this now. What happened to the Afro or corn rows. He hasn't played for 2 years, slim chance he makes the team.
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The only invite to training camp that I care about is Cole Aldrich; he's young, has shown promise as a college athlete, has shined in the only minutes he played professionally, and is A TRUE BACKUP CENTER FOR CHANDLER, the only position the Knicks really need at this point in time. All the others have a slim chance of making the team, and are training fodder for the 14 players currently signed this season. IMHO.
Aldrich is 6'10" not a great athlete and shot blocker, reminds me of a short Joe Pryzbilla. The Knicks also worked out Hassan Whiteside, I like his upside more than Aldrich.
Guess we really are just looking for a filler to cover some of JR's minutes while he's out, tho we do have Hardaway jr, Shump and hopefully Toure Murry.
Id really like to see us maybe pick up Cole Aldrich, the kid has got his feet wet in the league and has a big body and age on his side, like Jeremy Tyler hes someone we should invest in imo.
Ricky Davis equal JR.smith = inconsistency
Recall when Lebron was a rookie and commented that the Cavs are Ricky Davis Team, then 22 games later Davis was traded to the Celtics after shooting 43% FG, 35% from 3-ball, and going to the line once a game in 36 minutes for the Cavs.
That's the expectation of JR.smith career .. Lebron getting rid of Davis inconsistency made the Cavs a 3rd round playoff team.
Melo keeping JR.smith made the Nuggets a first round playoff team. LOL
Technically if i remember correctly Melo wasnt a fan or the knicks signing JR, wonder why ...
idk bout that, what i do know is .....
No team in the NBA were going to sign JR.smith after his double embarrassement in China during the short lock-out season in 2011-12 .. Lin Sanity was on a winning-streak role, untill Melo recruited his ex teammate JR.smith, and HC knuckle head gave JR.smith 30 minutes of playingtime his first game as a Knicks interrupting Lin's running transition chemistry with SG-Shump/SG-Fields/SF-Novak/and SF-Walker .. JR.smith (and Melo) has never been a running transition player in their career. They never ran with Iverson on a fastbreak...
who wrote ths art?
some herre told me that some articles r writing by Knicks haters.
No idea just remember seeing it in the NYPost at the time.


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White reveals plan to lasso Brumbies
JAKE WHITE wants to ramp up player negotiations to get ''clarity'' for the ACT Brumbies' future, and believes there will be a ''domino effect'' as he continues to put long-term faith in his squad.
The Brumbies are in talks to keep halfback Nic White in the capital until at least the 2015 season but insist a deal hasn't been finalised.
White is also trying to secure some of his off-contract players - including versatile back-rower Colby Faingaa - as he puts his four-year plan in place.
White is seeking clarification from several players about their plans to stay in Canberra or move to a new team.
The South African is keen to have the majority of his off-contract players on new deals in the coming months as he juggles a 30-man squad and the ARU's salary cap.
Brumbies captain Ben Mowen and Wallabies Ben Alexander, Stephen Moore and David Pocock have already signed until the end of 2015, which coincides with the final year of White's contract. The coach views Nic White as an important part of the Brumbies becoming the best team in the competition.
However, they have also expressed interest in former Wallabies No.9 Luke Burgess, who will return from a stint in France later this year. It's understood White's decision to stay or go will be the determining factor in whether the Brumbies chase Burgess's signature.
It's likely White will recommit to the Brumbies despite lucrative overseas offers, but negotiations are ongoing. ''We're still finalising our squad … with salary caps and limited players in a squad, one of the things you need is clarity as soon as you can,'' Jake White said.
''We're working with Nic, it would be fantastic if he decides to stay because he has proved his talent, not only for the Brumbies but also for Australia in the future.''
White established himself as one of the most promising halfbacks in Australia with a breakout season last year.
He earned a place in the Wallabies game-day squad for the Rugby Championships, but he failed to get on the field with Will Genia playing 80 minutes in each match.
With Genia getting extended game time, White had shoulder surgery to prepare for the Brumbies' 2013 season.
Chris Dutton is a sports reporter at The Canberra Times.
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Foodservice operators' brightened their outlook and U.S. manufacturers got a boost by companies replenishing their inventories. Despite this good news, the U.S. jobs situation remains muddled. Take it all and mix it together and you have This Week in Foodservice.
The Restaurant Performance Index rose 1.0 percent in January moving back into positive growth territory at 100.6. Most of the increase was driven by a 1.3 percent leap in the Expectations Index, which is now at an 8-month high. Overall, the Restaurant Index is at 5-month high.
The Current Situation Index also rose 0.6 percent. However, the Current Situation component remains less than 100 at 99.7. More operators reported same-store sales were up in January (44 percent) than said they were down (37 percent) but 33 percent of those surveyed said customer traffic was higher while 40 percent said traffic declined.
As for investments in expansion, remodeling and/or equipment purchases, 52 percent of the operators said they had done so in the last 3 months. For the December report, only 45 percent indicated they had done so. As for the future, 59 percent said they were planning on make a capital expenditure in the next 6 months vs. 50 percent of those responding in December.
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Clint Mephisto's Road Show Episode 177: The Rising Blue Suede Sun
Clint Mephisto's Shit Kickin Road Show Episode 177 week of August 22nd. Your ol' drinkin buddy Clint rustles up a Hellbilly Hootenanny with vintage classics from Bob Luman, Elvis Presley, and Eddie Cochran along with modern boot stompers from Karling & The Kadavers, Dale Watson, The Coffinshakers and more!
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Norfolk town's new Marston food pub given the go ahead
PUBLISHED: 21:59 09 January 2013
The first of potentially two new pub and restaurant developments in a Norfolk town was given the go ahead by councillors on Wednesday, creating 50 new jobs.
South Norfolk Council's development management committee approved plans by Marston Inns and Taverns for a new 180 seat restaurant and pub at the former Hamlin electronics factory site in Park Road, Diss which is being targeted at people aged in their 40s and 50s and families.
Michael Robson, a chartered planner for the applicant, said the pub would be one of 25 being opened across the country by Marston Inns this year and would not be opening late so no door staff would be needed, although there would be a manager on site staying in a first floor flat, who would oversee security.
He said trees at the front of the site would be protected, adding: "In my opinion it will significantly enhance the appearance of this site and the important trees on the frontage will be protected."
Councillor Tony Palmer, who represents Diss, said the site had been derelict and untidy for some time, despite discussions with the landowner to get a new development on there.
He added: "It is a very welcome addition to the view of the people of Diss as we drive along the main road so as the local member for that area I thoroughly support this application."
Harold Rackham, representing Diss Town Council, also spoke at the meeting to warn the committee unless a cycleway was introduced as part of a widened footpath at the front of the site, the plans could be "disastrous" for cyclists.
Planning officer Gary Hancox said the footpath was going to be improved, but widening the path would need extra planning permission which was going to be decided in due course.
He said the council's planning officers supported the scheme, which fitted into the overall character of buildings in the area and was acceptable in the conservation area.
The pub will join a 60 bed hotel, off the A1066 opposite Diss Park, measuring 15.5mx12m and sited fronting onto Park Road to the west of the bus station.
The councillors were also concerned about the entrance to the site off Park Road, which will be shared with whoever builds the hotel at the rear of the 1.55ha brownfield site, next to Diss bus station.
Another planning application has been submitted for a mezzanine floor for a planned new J D Wetherspoon pub at King's Head Yard, off Mere Street in Diss which will also be a pub and restaurant.


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I live in a region of the country where deer are quite prolific. I see deer crossing the road in front of me about every 750 miles, and have a close call every 5,000 miles. This year, I had one encounter where I could have grabbed it's tail. For me, deer are, by far, the most dangerous part of my ride. 25 years ago, I would have one close call every 10 years. Some populations studies seem to support my observation.
State Farm Insurance just released their annual study of vehicle impacts, and which states are most dangerous. You can read that report here.
I find State Farm's report flawed. I live in New York, and my state rates #23 by the number of licensed drivers. But, most licensed drivers live in five major cities (NYC, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo) where there are very few deer. Get outside these cities, and your chances of a deer impact climb dramatically. New York State Dept of Environment Conversation uses the report to regulate and justify the amount of deer. I find New York's deer management plan highly flawed. What is your experience in other parts of the country?
Cornell University Cooperative Extension has produced a very informative publication about the risk of deer impacts and how they can be reduced. You can read it here
This publication has some good suggestions and observations. Over the years I have developed my own deer avoidance procedure while riding. What do you do to avoid deer impacts?
I bring this up now because November is the month where there is the highest probability of a deer impact.
Mods: Since we don't have a Rider Safety Forum, this seemed like the best place for it. Please move the post if you believe there is a better forum.


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Being a teen is tough. Sometimes it is even tougher for teens after a brain tumor. School may be harder, making friends may be harder, dealing with changes may be a challenge and sometimes you may just feel more grown up than the people around you.
We get it and have created somewhere for people to go to talk about it and get away. The Teen Heads Up Conference is a unique program for brain tumor survivors ages 13-18 who are looking for answers and people to talk to who understand them. It is also a place for people to go to challenge themselves and relax in beautiful Montana. While we are there, we talk about school, doctors, friends and parents. For the past two years we have built a great group who support each other no matter what. We also have a lot of fun whether it is climbing the rock wall, zipline, archery or just hanging at the pool.
The week-long Conference is held at Camp Mak-A-Dream in Cold Creek, Montana. This year the conference will be from July 29th- August 4th.
We are currently accepting applications for Teen HUC! Please contact Kayla with your mailing address if you'd like to receive an application packet.


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Andrea Kantelberg's interior design studio is pure white. White walls, white table, white chairs. The headquarters of Kantelberg Design is more like a canvass than an office, a space where Canada's doyenne of green design can create in the high style meets healthy design aesthetic for which she's now known.
Kantelberg has made a name for herself as a designer of chic condominium interiors. She works for high-end developers in downtown Toronto, designing elegant lobbies and inspiring model suites, as well as coming up with the finishes that buyers will choose from for cabinets and flooring. Now she's using her success to spread the word about healthy design, attempting to make environmental consciousness part of everyone's furnishing equation.
Kantelberg incorporates the principles of green design into every project, so the spaces she creates can be healthy, beautiful places to live for those with – and without – asthma and environmental sensitivities. "It's important for me to make sure people are buying a suite without chemicals," she says. Without any compromise on the style front, of course.
Kantelberg didn't set out with a grand plan to become Canada's ultimate eco-interior designer. Arriving there has been, one might say, an organic process. She's the daughter of two eco-minded parents who taught her to be cognizant of her impact on Mother Earth.
Ever since she was a child, Kantelberg has also suffered with environmental sensitivities – severe enough that her mother used to bring along sheets for her daughter wherever they travelled. Today, she still can't wear synthetic fabrics and becomes unwell in an air-conditioned environment. She can get sick even staying one night in a hotel with poor air quality. "It has helped me as a designer because I am aware of how these things affect people."
Kantelberg enrolled in design school at 27, graduating in 1994, and opening her own studio specializing in luxury interiors by 1997. Nine years later, Tridel asked her to design what it dubbed its "Eco Suite," an educational condominium the company was creating to demonstrate sustainable living.
Intrigued, Kantelberg went all-out to create the ultimate green space. She brought in recycled drywall and non-toxic, water-based stains and glues. She made sure linens were organic, paints emitted the least amount of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) possible and fixtures conserved energy and water.
In older condo buildings, air is circulated among the units (so if your neighbour down the hall smokes, you'll end up breathing it). To avoid this, Kantelberg had an Energy Recovery Ventilation (ERV) system installed to filter the Eco Suite's air. The project awakened her inner environmentalist. In every job since, she has incorporated elements of green design.


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Regular price: $19.95
Jeff Ourvan mixes his personal experiences as a practicing Buddhist with informative overviews that demystify the histories and practices of the three major schools of American Buddhism, organized in sections by the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. Kevin Young's leisurely, upbeat performance highlights the clarity and the touch of self-effacement that make Ourvan's Star-Spangled Buddhist so accessible.
Perceptive and passionate, this succinct outline articulates how Buddhism's emphasis on acceptance and the quest for personal enlightenment has appealed to Americans, changed through its contact with them, and why it might be the faith that is most adaptable to an increasingly interconnected global culture.
The full story of Buddhism in the United States - illuminated and enlightened for today's listener.
Approximately four million Americans claim to be Buddhist. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Americans of various faiths read about Buddhism, are interested in its philosophical tenets, or fashionably view themselves as Buddhists. They're part of what's been described as the fastest growing religious movement in America: a large group of people dissatisfied with traditional religious offerings and thirsty for an approach to spirituality grounded in logic and consistent with scientific knowledge. Star-Spangled Buddhist is a provocative look at these American Buddhists through their three largest movements in the United States: the Soka Gakkai International, Tibetan/Vajrayana Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism.The practice of each of these American schools, unlike most traditional Asian Buddhist sects, is grounded in the notion that all people are capable of attaining enlightenment in "this lifetime." But the differences are also profound: The spectrum of philosophical expression among these American Buddhist schools is as varied as that observed between Reformed, Orthodox, and Hasidic Judaism.
Star-Spangled Buddhist isn't written from the perspective of a monk or academic but rather from the irreverent view of author Jeff Ourvan, a lifelong practicing lay Buddhist. As Ourvan explores the American Buddhist movement through its most popular schools, he arrives at a clearer understanding for himself and the listener about what it means to be - and how one might choose to be - a Buddhist in America.
This is just a very boring book. I found nothing useful or original about it. And the reader just put me to sleep.
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Would you try another book from Jeff Ourvan and/or Kevin Young?
Has Star-Spangled Buddhist turned you off from other books in this genre?
How could the performance have been better?
It was more the writing than the reader.
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Very disappointed in the blatant self promotion and lack of substance. Glossing over hypocritical statements for the benefit of the viewpoint.
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It's a shame that such a great idea to introduce the differing sects of Buddhism and how they operate in the west can be marred by such an incredible lack of morality when it comes to following the Fourth Precept (truthfulness). The author goes into GREAT detail about how Zen priests are often accused of sexual immorality, how Tibetan Lamas are chain-smoking womanizers but when it comes to the sect (cult) of Buddhism the author belongs to (Sokka Gakkai) comes up almost nothing incriminating is mentioned. At no point in the book does he mention that the President (who he lovingly refers to as a "mentor to millions" rather than a millionaire cult-leader) has said"I recommend that you accumulate good fortune [through chanting] in this life, so that in the next existence of life, you can be born into a family possessing five Cadillacs."and has "encouraged to chant for the destruction" of rivaling sects of Buddhism and their respective priests.
Has Star-Spangled Buddhist turned you off from other books in this genre?
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Would you try another book from Jeff Ourvan and/or Kevin Young?
Jeff is well intentioned, but is a bit of a Soka Gokkai cheerleader, and leaves out entire fundamental traditions of Buddhism which are practiced in the US. Kevin Young has a decent voice but his mispronunciations of basic words like "Rinpoche" are cringe inducing.
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Russellville's Advertising and Promotion Commission has one less member. City Alderman and long-time Commissioner Robert Wiley recently decided to resign.
"I feel like I ought to do whatever is best for the city of Russellville and the A&P," Wiley said in a telephone interview Friday.
Wiley gave a verbal resignation to the mayor but has not written an official resignation letter. He said he intended to write his letter and send it to the A&P soon.
Wiley cited personal and family reasons for leaving the commission. He said his resignation would be best for everybody.
During the A&P regular monthly meeting Thursday, members noted Wiley had been absent for the last couple of meetings and that he may have resigned.
"I have been on this committee for three years," said Faye Abernathy, commissioner representing the Russellville City Council. "My cohort was on it before I came on board, but he has quit, and he told the mayor that he is not coming back."
Chairman Brad Allen said he had not heard Wiley had resigned.
"That's new news to me and I think that the right thing to do is to talk to the mayor and have her appoint another representative to the council," Allen said.
The appointment would be for the rest of this year. A new commissioner may be selected in January based on seniority in the Russellville City Council.
"We've got budget issues before the end of the year," said Dr. Theresa Herrick, a commissioner representing Arkansas Tech University Park and Recreation Department. "So, probably you're (the city council) under represented on the council."
Although the commission had not received an official resignation letter, Allen said he would speak to the mayor about a new appointment.
"I really enjoyed being on the commission," Wiley said Friday, noting the A&P was one of his favorite commissions. "I hope it continues to be a success."


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It's only two games, but it's certainly a disturbing trend. For the second straight game the Cubs played great baseball through 7 innings, and seemed to be on their way to a victory. Instead of being 2-0, they are now 0-2 after Kerry Wood and Carlos Marmol both were terrible for the second straight afternoon. Heading to the 8th inning the Cubs led 4-2 with Kerry Wood taking the mound. Things went well enough early as Wood set down the first two Nationals hitters that he faced, then things got ugly, really fast. Danny Espinosa got the rally started launching a solo shot to the left center bleachers to make it a 4-3 game. No harm done, solo home runs will happen, especially with the wind blowing out, but Wood unraveled. Wood gave up a broken bat single to Ryan Zimmerman, then another base hit to Adam Laroche, and just like that his day was over. Sveum decided to go back to Marmol to try to get out of the inning, but that only threw gasoline on the fire. Marmol started his effort with a walk to Jayson Werth, he then gave up a two run single to Chad Tracy, and ended his day with by giving up a double to Bernadina and just like that it was 6-4 Nats, and the game was all but lost.
Things looked good early on, again. The Cubs jumped out to an early 1-0 lead thanks to a Gio Gonzalez wild pitch in the first inning. The Cubs were doing a fantastic job working counts against Gonzalez as he was only able to make it into the 4th inning before being lifted. Matt Garza, who was outstanding all day, made his only mistake of the day in the top half of the 4th inning. He had two strikes on Adam Laroche when he tried to elevate a fastball past Laroche, Garza didn't get it high enough and Laroche was able to get the barrel on the ball for a two run shot off the right field foul pole. The Cubs answered right back as they put the first two guys on in the bottom half of the inning, but it looked like they squandered the chance after Barney and Garza both followed with strikeouts. Reed Johnson to the rescue as he inside outted a pitch down the right field line for a huge two out two-run triple to put the Cubs in front 3-2. Joe Mather followed with a sharp single to left putting the Cubs up 4-2 and ending Gio Gonzalez's day. That was all the damage the Cubs would do on the day as the Nationals bullpen came in and did what the Cubs pen couldn't, which is shut down the Cubs for the final five innings.
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Well, crap. These losses are the worst, the fact that they have come back to back to start the season makes it almost unbearable to take. I have to caution myself in this situation because I want to be furious, but I can't because I understand that these things are going to happen with this team. On the other hand, the guys that are costing this team games are the guys that are supposed to be able to be counted on at the back of the bullpen and at the end of the game. That's what makes the start of the 2012 season so hard to take, this team could be 2-0, and probably should be 2-0. If the Cubs were going to start 0-2 I would prefer them to have lost a well-played 3-1 game, or even be blown out, but the fact that the Cubs outplayed the Nats for 15 innings out the 18 that have been played hurts. 160 to go, deep breath.
Dale Sveum Press Conference
Johnson's two-run triple
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SALISBURY — The ongoing debate over proposed funding cuts to the public access cable channel that televises public meetings in Salisbury and Wicomico County reached a crescendo this week when Mayor James Ireton, Jr. on Wednesday vetoed an earlier vote by the City Council two days earlier.
On Monday, the Salisbury Council approved on second reading an ordinance changing the formula for the city's annual appropriation to the cable channel PAC 14, which televises their meetings and the Wicomico Council meetings. The ordinance essentially creates a range for the city's annual contribution to the cable channel from a low of 20 percent to a high of 30 percent.
For years, the Salisbury Council has contributed a set amount of 30 percent of the cable station's budget. However, faced with budget uncertainties, the Salisbury Council has voted to potentially decrease the funding for the station, or at the very least, leave open an option to reduce the contribution in out years depending on the budget situation.
The council voted 3-1 on Monday to approve the ordinance on second reading. By Wednesday, Ireton had vetoed the council's action, essentially calling it a direct stab at the cable channel veiled by budget concerns.
"My concerns are that a council majority has decided to engage in another do-over of previously agreed-to funding," he said. "Additionally, the settling of old scores between council leadership and present and former PAC-14 board members has been evident over the course of this debate."
Ireton said the current funding formula was written into the city code in an effort to ensure public access to City Council meetings.
"The intent of placing a formula for PAC 14 funding in the Salisbury city code was to give public access a secure funding source on which they could count and which would hopefully grow over time," he said. "Changing this to a 'range' defeats the purpose and subjects their funding to political whims each year."
Ireton said he vetoed the council's decision only to help ensure the cable channel could continue to provide public access to city meetings.
"PAC-14 plays a key role in opening up the political process and guarantees transparency in government," he said. "Reducing PAC 14 funding, along with the cuts they've experienced from the county, threatens their ability to continue to play this key role."
The mayor basically chastised the council for voting to change the PAC 14 funding formula.
"Politicians should not de-fund the very organization that is dedicated to shining the light of day on the decisions those same politicians make," he said.


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Peninsular Ranges > El Cajon Mountain > Climber's Log
El Cajon Mountain Climber's Log
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|Good hike, bad scene
Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2009
|This was my first hike since moving back to California a few weeks ago and it was a great route to get me back into it. I had a nice cool day with clear skies. My dog Grace and I reached the summit in just under three hours. All and all a great day, that is until I returned to the trail head to find my drivers side window broken. Mine was one of three cars broken into that day, so heed the signs and don't leave anything valuable in your vehicle. All they got from me was a spring suit and an iPod charger, but having to replace the window is a real bummer.
|Posted Jan 29, 2009 1:22 pm
|Long Day
Date Climbed: Jan 25, 2009
|Climbed via a southern route. From the trailhead took off up the right side of El Capitan. Very good scrambling and some tough climbing, had to retrace several times and try a different route. When I summited the southeast ridge had a hard time finding the peak summit, was super cloudy. No views, but and excellent climb. Can't wait to do it again when it's not cloudy!! Route down was good scrambling in a gully between the climbing wall and the east face of El Cap. Photos of My El Cajon/El Capitan Mtn Climb
|Posted Jan 25, 2009 7:38 pm
|South Arete
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2008
|Fun and easy climb up the South Arete on a very cloudy day. At the top of the ridge it was sunny and bright with a lovely view of an ocean of clouds beneath.
|Posted Sep 14, 2008 11:38 pm
|El Cajon Mt. Trail
|Hiked this several times in the late 90's/early 00's, before the Cedar Fire. Great views from the top and always a great workout with all of the ups and downs on the trail!
|Posted Jun 22, 2008 12:27 pm
|Great hike!
Date Climbed: Mar 3, 2007
|I can't believe how hard it was to descend.
|Posted May 4, 2008 1:40 am
|South Approach
Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2007
|Gained summit via a southern appraoch. I started a few miles below the damn and traveled a steep, bouldery ridgeline to the summit. Lots of rock scambling and climbing involved. Weather was hot and sunny. Lost all the rest of climb details on my previous hard drive.
|Posted Mar 3, 2008 2:02 pm
|Long hike
|Long hike for a small peak, but worth it
|Posted Dec 21, 2007 8:53 pm
|Freakin hot
|Hiked Cajon several times. The elevation gain/loss on this 3600' is unbelievable. Don't hike this bad boy in the summer. I drank more than 3L of water and still ran out 4 mi. out. Not fun!?!
|Posted Aug 25, 2007 1:40 am
|Early Bird gets the WARNING
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007
|Muggy and uneventful day or so I thought. Noting the normal parking lot was used as a staging area for Wildcat Canyon Road construction I drove up the hill to the TH. I admired the new TH facilities and how far this place has come in a short time and set out towards the summit. After the 4+ hour MUGGY jaunt, I noticed 2 SD Parks Officers in the TH area where I parked as I was descending the last part of the trail. As soon as I saw them they were gone. As I returned to my car, I noticed the note they left me telling me I was not allowed to park at the TH (not posted), but needed to park at the bottom apparently with all the staged excavators, dump trucks and other behemoth construction equipment where, consequently, there is NO PLACE TO PARK!! I was also informed in the note that El Capitan Open Preserve was closed for the whole month of August (also not posted). Gotta love government's oxymoronic nature and lack of organization! Laughable events to end my hike to be sure.
|Posted Aug 2, 2007 12:20 pm
|El Cajon Mt. Trail, South Arete
Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2007
|It's hard to find elevation gain like this elsewhere in the San Diego area, unless you're willing to drive much further. Nobody else on the trail. Car to car 7am-12:30pm, will start earlier next time. Went through 3 liters.
South Arete 12.27.07
|Posted Apr 18, 2007 7:34 pm
|Jerry S
|Route Climbed: El Cajon Mt. Trail
Date Climbed: May 12, 2007
|Finally stuck it out and made it to the top. Went through 4L of water. It was a pretty nice day for mid May - not too hot. Took about 5.5 hours round trip, but the descent took about an hour longer than it could have due to some really tired folks in our group; they just weren't prepared for an 11mi round tripper.
First time on this mountain. I had a 55# pack for training and ran out of gas about a mile from the summit.
The nice thing about this hike was that I had about 1000ft of ascension on the way back.
It was nice on this day, about 65 degrees and I only saw 6 people on the route. I gave a gallon of water to a group of three out of my training weight. They were discussing their water situation on their way down when I was passing them... I would suggest at least 3 liters for this hike and a hot day could call for another one on top of that.
I totally recommend this hike for a San Diego county hike. It is by far the best one I have been on in the county.
|Posted Mar 5, 2007 4:40 am
|South Arete
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2006
|We turned back the previous weekend due to rain and low visibility, not realizing that we were 200 ft from the top of the ridge, came back and finished the job in the heat. Expect a 40 minute hike to reach the actual summit once you top out on the ridge.
May 4, 2008 - Did a few sport climbs here, my first multipitch on rock (had done easy multipitch ice), great fun at a great place, thanks Travis!
Sep 26, 2010 - South Arete x2. Dragged the girlfriend and my brother up their first class 3 route, both did awesome and had a blast. Almost bit it due to heat exhaustion on the way down though, despite still having water. Sobering...
|Posted Aug 7, 2006 5:05 am
|Route Climbed: El Cajon Mt. Trail Date Climbed: May 20, 2006
Date Climbed: May 20, 2006
|It was a busy day on the trail for the re-opening of El Capitan Open Space Preserve (closed since Oct 2003). Ran into a group of 4 on the summit and 3 others who were on their way. Summit register can needs to be replaced. Was simply awestruck when I simultaneously rounded the southwest face of the ridge and popped out of the clouds/fog. The view of the mountain 'islands' above the clouds was magnificent! Overall a great day. Looking forward to climbing the South Arete some day.
|Posted May 22, 2006 5:14 pm
|Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: October 1997
|I live just a few miles from this one, so I hike it frequently. it's unusual to meet anyone else on the trail. Lots of up and down, good training hike with good views. All things considered, I would call it the second best hiking peak in San Diego county.
Definitely best from mid-October until early June. There will occassionally be snow on the summit after a big winter storm.
The entire mountain was burned over in the 2003 cedar fire. Frequent rains in the 2004/2005 season produced a very spectacular spring 2005 bloom.
An early start to the 2005/2006 rainy season holds the promise of another green winter, and another incredible spring bloom in the coastal sage scrub.
The vegetation of the early successional stages of wildfire recovery attract mule deer, which in turn attract mountain lions.
|Posted Nov 3, 2005 1:02 pm
|Route Climbed: Many Date Climbed: Twice this summer
|Good hard trail up and kill climbing once you get up to the base. Worth a trip even if you aren't climbing.
|Posted Oct 26, 2005 8:17 pm
|Route Climbed: Mnay Date Climbed: Various
|have done many rock climbs since 1973 on the south face. never been to the summit.
|Posted Oct 16, 2005 12:59 pm
|Route Climbed: El Cajon Mt Trail Date Climbed: June 15, 2002
|This is the toughest day hike that I've been on in San Diego County. The trail is very up and down the entire way, so after climbing to the top, you still have lots of climbing to look forward to on the way back. This trail can be brutally hot in the summer, so I recommend bringing a few litres of water with you and some sun screen. This hike took me four hours to complete, but it sure seemed longer! If you are in good shape, this hike is worth it because it has some really nice views of San Diego and the backcountry.
|Posted Aug 31, 2005 12:38 pm
|Tom Waggoner
|Route Climbed: Scramble Date Climbed: 6.25.2005
|My brother and I left the car at 7:00am and reached the summit in 3 1/2 hours. After a nice lunch on the summit we made our way back to the truck safely. We were on the mountain for 7 hours and drank two liters of water each. Successful climb.
|Posted Jun 27, 2005 12:33 am
|Don Nelsen
|Route Climbed: El Cajon Mt. Trail Date Climbed: April 14, 2000
|I'd seen this peak in profile many times while flying into San Diego and took the time to give it a try this April day. Surprisingly tough little mountain! Went back on July 2, 2000 and nearly expired from lack of water.
|Posted Sep 30, 2004 3:11 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: Class 1 from the west Date Climbed: Dec, 200?
|This peak looks impressive driving east from San Diego and El Cajon on Interstate 8. In fact, I would venture to say it is the best looking peak in San Diego County - it just begs to be climbed. I took the easy way from the west, an enjoyable hike over fire roads and an easy, untrailed ridgeline.
|Posted Sep 30, 2004 11:58 am


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|Ted Eliason
|Winter Welcomer
Date Climbed: Nov 5, 2016
|Fun with an early season snow falling
|Posted Nov 6, 2016 11:14 am
|fun, easy scrambling
Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2015
|2 hours to summit from dam trailhead. Routefinding required as route switches sides of ridge a couple of times. Traversed to Fletcher after.
|Posted Aug 9, 2015 10:04 pm
|Pete Castricone
|Short Scramble
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2014
|My 3rd time on Quandary. The west ridge, though brief, is so much better than the standard east ridge. Alone all day...until the summit party of course.
|Posted Aug 16, 2014 12:57 pm
|Fun route
Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2011
|Lots of good scrambling on this route, and a great alternative from the standard route.
|Posted Oct 13, 2013 3:42 pm
|Nice Scramble
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 1996
|Enjoyable scramble over and around towers of broken blocks. Patches of ice on the north side made it more interesting. Shocked by the hordes on top that came in from the east ridge. Descended the Cristo Couloir to Blue Lake.
|Posted Oct 11, 2012 8:10 pm
|winter fun
Date Climbed: Feb 5, 2010
|this was a pretty wintery ascent... our mountain hardware expedition tent snapped like a twig while we were trying to set it up the night before (which should never happen!) Whiteout conditions made things interesting at first, but eventually everything mellowed out. on our descent down cristo, we triggered a bit of a slide - but no injuries.
|Posted Feb 17, 2012 11:01 am
|Fun route!
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010
|Fun route with some good exposure. Loose in spots so be careful.
|Posted Dec 7, 2011 12:08 pm
Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2011
|This route is in good condition currently. A fun scramble, easy to link up with Fletcher from Blue Lakes.
|Posted Oct 23, 2011 11:03 am
|great scrambling
|A lot of loose rock, but scrambling was fun
|Posted Jul 9, 2011 12:20 am
|Fun route
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2006
|1summit of Quandry back in 06
|Posted Jun 15, 2011 9:22 am
|Far better route than the East side
Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2009
|Far more challenging than the East Route, and definitely less people.
|Posted Oct 24, 2010 4:24 pm
|west ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2010
|Fun scramble! Not to hard, but some airy spots for sure! although there were about thirty people on top, they did not go the way we did.
|Posted Sep 21, 2010 10:53 am
|Brian C
|First of 5
Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2008
|Did this the same day as the DeCaLiBron. The scrambling on the ridge is fun but brief. A secluded way to get Quandary.
|Posted Jul 4, 2010 8:25 pm
|14er spree
|Part of a 12 fourteeners in 6 days spree. Fun and exciting, not too hard.
|Posted Nov 7, 2009 1:11 am
|Dan Dalton
|Yeah Boy.
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2006
|Really short and awesome moderate class 3-4 climbing. Awesome chimneys and cool summit! I recommend this highly!
|Posted Nov 2, 2007 7:36 pm
|Big Skies 808
|From Mayflower Gulch
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2004
|Up over Drift Mountain and Fletcher Mountain along the West Ridge and down Quandary's E Ridge. An awesome route climbing three high peaks and I only saw one person until I got to Quandary's summit. The false summits along the West ridgeare a pain in my ass.
|Posted Jun 6, 2006 6:47 pm


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Hands-on with BlackBerry Storm 22.214.171.124 software upgrade
Even minor changes appeared to be useful. The green "Go" button in Browser mode will help newbies figure out how to get to a web site. We haven't had the opportunity to check out any changes in battery life, but the issues the phone had with the back light automatically going to the "high" setting seems to be gone, which alone should lengthen the time between charging the handset.
So is the BlackBerry Storm a new phone like we heard it would be after the upgrade? It certainly is a much better device and it seems that Verizon was able to get rid of the little bugs that made the device hard to use. Those who had trouble with the menu screen will be very happy. In fact, all Storm 9530 users should be happy after downloading the new OS. And while we wouldn't call it a new phone, we think that it is a strong enough release that we can say that this is much closer to the phone that the early adapters thought they were buying last November.
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1. faldain (Posts: 2; Member since: 21 May 2009)
It's a pretty good upgrade. But it should be since it took 1/2 a year to finish!!!!! I think the battery life is a little better my phone doesn't die after 4 hours like it did before. I like the look of the text too it's smaller but clearer. The "Go" button is neat but once you figured out the "enter" button is the way to make the browser go vroom well you are all set. I like the fact that if click the screen it doesn't turn on if you locked it. Just the buttons so that's pretty great. Well you were late you didn't seem to care but thanks verizon you pulled through as you always do.
2. xmguy (Posts: 38; Member since: 12 Feb 2009)
They can send FOTA for the Storm but OTHER feature phones (or dumb phones) that have FOTA are left in the dust. hmm
3. Razeu187 (Posts: 17; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
I have version .132....but when I try to do the OTA update it says no updates are available....can anyone help?
4. lornogram (Posts: 2; Member since: 01 Jun 2009)
If you have done a previous 'unauthozied' update like .132, you will not be able to do an OTA update.
6. jskrenes (Posts: 209; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Do you have Verizon? The upgrade can only be done to phones that currently have an approved software version. So you probably need to downgrade the software back to .75 (or whatever the last official one was) and then do the upgrade.
16. jherz6 (Posts: 217; Member since: 23 May 2008)
I agree with lornogram, so what I reccomend you do is go back to .75 and try again. If it still doesnt work you can download it directly to your pc from vzam.net/blackberry. But I really think if you remove .132 and reinstall .75 and try again you shouild be fine.
21. Kiltlifter (Posts: 742; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Why don't you just download it online and install it via BBDM... OTA can take 2 hours, with Desktop manager... 20 minutes...
5. ddripp (Posts: 63; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Still wack. Iphone killer wanted to be. NEXT?
7. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
BB storm ftw. this update is awesome.
8. LS1150 (unregistered)
Well after 6 months they still cant get it right cant down load tells me u need to remove 5 MB of data to complete down load whats up with that? also dont have anything to remove
10. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
move some stuff to your memory card..
12. zbfoxyladie (Posts: 2; Member since: 01 Jun 2009)
just back up all your stuff to your computer using the blackberry desktop manager then do a master reset. after the new os is installed just restore your stuff back to your blackberry
17. jherz6 (Posts: 217; Member since: 23 May 2008)
fanman is absolutely right. the storm uses a shared memory for storage and operation so move some stuff to your memory card and youll be fine, you dont have enough available memory.
25. Dood (Posts: 269; Member since: 23 Mar 2009)
I had a customer with the same problem. I just popped his memory card out and put mine in his and it went through fine.
9. ccruse1112 (Posts: 2; Member since: 01 Jun 2009)
I didnt know that people where still using 0.75. There has been so many updates "leaked" by RIM since .075 (which itself was leaked a week after the Storm launched), that I feel you have to be living in a hole if you didnt get one. I guess if someone has been using .075 and are finally going to .148 then it seems like a great improvement. But for someone like me who went from .065 to .075 to .085 to....etc....to .148 this upgrade is long overdue and only a minor improvement over 0.132. Regardless this phone is still a much better phone than the Iphone.
11. The Godfather (unregistered)
AGREED BB Storm FTW
13. zbfoxyladie (Posts: 2; Member since: 01 Jun 2009)
most people were scared to update to unofficial sw because there were rumors going around that it could possibly brick (to leave phone inactive) your phone. thats the only reason i stuck with 0.75
14. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
i bricked mine. but crackberry.com is very helpfull when that happens!
15. jssllgt (Posts: 2; Member since: 12 May 2009)
How long does it usually take for the OTA update?? I've tried twice already and it's taking forever. 1st time it just stopped at 33% and I cancelled. Now I'm at 52% and its just stopped even though it's saying "downloading in progress." Could people calling and texting be affecting the download?
18. jherz6 (Posts: 217; Member since: 23 May 2008)
Absolutely, when you try again do it you can perform the upgrade and be undisturbed.
19. mattyp2930 (Posts: 1; Member since: 01 Jun 2009)
I started the upgrade about 24 hours ago, and it kept giving me messages to delete 21 MB of space for it to download, and there was nothing on my phone. It was a major P.I.A. I finally got it to download about 3 hours ago. and it works just fine now. i can definitely notcie the difference in some things. such as the camera. video camera doesnt freeze up on me now. and it moves a tad bit faster when i tilt the screen.
20. YouLostTheGame (Posts: 441; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
I woldn't know how the upgrade is...I've downloaded and installed the damn OS on THREE different occasions through OTA and each time after it finishes "restoring" the screen just goes back to my home screen and the updated OS is nowhere to be found. I've tried pulling the battery, but that hasn't worked either and the VZW tech support told me that since I don't have access to a Windows computer to try it through the DM, that I'm plain S.O.L. I've never had any complaints about VZW until now. The total and utter lack of support for this phone is absolutely ridiculous! And when I bought the Storm I specifically asked the sales person if Mac support was available to which he said "yes"...and well I've come to find that the "yes" he gave me only applied to a SMALL portion of support. Since I'm SOOOOO frustrated right now, the hope of a new iphone to be announced and released is looking more and more appealing by the minute! ARGH!
22. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
why dont you have access to a windows computer
24. YouLostTheGame (Posts: 441; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
UPDATE: Finally got the upgrade to go through last night at midnight and needless to say I'm in love again. This is the phone that I should have been able to buy back in February! Just a few MINOR tweaks and this thing will suffice for me til my next upgrade in Oct. 2010.
23. thegodfishy (Posts: 1; Member since: 02 Jun 2009)
upgrades great my phone is like 10 times better then what it was plus i can now install apps and actually run them and be able to Use more theams now its tottaly the best now Thank you verizon :D my phone is once again the best :D


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I'm finally motivated by the thought that I will have room for a machine quilting frame setup *if* I can make enough space in our mechanical room. I have boxes and boxes of books and magazines that I have not looked at since we moved here 7 years ago. (!)
Guess I'm doing okay, but it's hard to stay on task. And, when I start moving books from the "sell or give away" pile back into the "keeper" pile, I get worried about myself. Right now the two stacks are about equal.
I have entire years of vintage quilting magazines that are going to have to go. Not sure if I should go through every magazine, page by page, in case there is something in there I want to keep.


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Two Down, Six More to Go
And another potential Angels arbitration case bites the dust in short order. The latest player to ink a quick deal rather than attempting to bargain for more based on his 2010 stats – because, really, how many of them had 2010 stats you could present as a bargaining chip with a straight face? – is catcher Jeff Mathis. Two players down, six more to go. This whole process was a heck of a lot more painful last year. Funny that. Apparently the avoiding arbitration thing is a lot easier for a team after a particularly bad season.
Angels: The deal is the deal. You will take it and you will smile for your batting average stunk up the place and don't even get us started on your WAR.
Angels player: No no, that's okay. No need to start in on the WAR. I'll take the deal and, look, I'm smiling.
(Okay, so somehow in between my brain and the blog that wound up sounding very Eddie Izzard. Tea and cakes, or death?)
I am not surprised about any part of this deal and I am not upset by it either. I am not a Mathis hater and, yes, I am well aware that merely typing that in a public forum may earn me hate mail ;). I am also not in the smaller camp that thinks he God's gift to catching. Mike Scioscia thinks he's a better defensive catcher than Mike Napoli. Most seasons the stats do bear that out, but not to such a huge degree that I think it justifies having Mathis' historically weak bat in the line up more often than Napoli's streaky but mighty one. Generally, I am happier when I flip the game on or show up at the stadium and hear that Napoli is behind the dish for the game.
Now I don't claim to be able to pick up on all of the subtle ways each catcher influences the pitching staff from my sofa or stadium seats vantage. And Mike Scioscia clearly does know as much about the relationship between pitchers and catchers as anyone currently in the game, so I've got to defer to his opinion on this and am not upset when Mathis is catching, I just don't typically hope for too much when he comes up to the plate. I was ecstatic when between the end of 2009 and early 2010 he suddenly developed a hot bat. Catching dilemma solved! Unfortunately, the broken wrist in late April did a lot more than just put him on the DL for two months. The Mathis who returned to play in June had an altered swing and committed a string of fielding and throwing errors. From my vantage, not looking to make excuses for the guy, it really looked like continuing weakness on the recently healed wrist. But who knows.
Was the whole hot bat episode just one of those weird once in a career streaks that would have had him revert to form by the end of April or so if he hadn't broken his wrist? I know what folks are saying, but seriously, who can really say. I sure hope that with the wrist completely healed, the Mathis who shows up to spring training hits like the Mathis we had on the team for most of April…and catches like him too, especially if the plan is for Mathis to catch at least half of the time.


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Twelve people were arrested in the Bay Area Tuesday as part of a multi-agency operation targeting an international heroin-trafficking ring.
Federal and state investigators served arrest warrants in East Palo Alto, Hayward and Oakland as part of a long-term operation, named "Operation Middle Man," that aimed to dismantle the Santa Clara County-based Carlos Jose Moreno drug trafficking organization -- a large-scale heroin and methamphetamine distributor, according to the state attorney general's office.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and officers with the Department of Justice-led South Bay Metro Task Force arrested the 12 suspects and seized nine guns and small quantities of marijuana and methamphetamine, the attorney general's officials said.
"By combining our resources, authorities and expertise, we've succeeded in dismantling a drug ring suspected of funneling significant quantities of heroin into the Bay Area and onto our streets," said Clark Settles, special agent in charge for ICE's Homeland Securities Investigations in San Francisco.
Law enforcement officials said undercover agents bought more than 3 pounds of heroin during the operation, which began in December 2009. The attorney general's office said the Moreno organization imported drugs through national and international trafficking sources to be distributed throughout the state and the U.S.
The organization is comprised of Norteno gang members with connections to Mexico and they distribute drugs around San Jose, East Palo Alto, Palo Alto and Redwood City, state officials said. Law enforcement officials said the crystal methamphetamine was manufactured in California's Central Valley and the heroin was imported from Mexico.
Those arrested Tuesday were East Palo Alto residents Jose Izabel Moreno, 26; Pearl Moreno, 27; Jose Arreguin, 21; Jose Macias, 25; Elizabeth Kovac, 23; Victor Hernandez, 23; and Edgar Enrique Bustos, 18; Hayward residents Johnny Chavez, 21, and Pedro Chavez Chavez, 36; and Oakland residents Joventino Lopez-Ortiz, 18, and Daniel Macias, 23. Jose Macias, Victor Hernandez and Pedro Chavez Chavez were in the United States illegally, a spokesperson for ICE said.
The suspects were booked into Santa Clara County Jail and are facing charges that include conspiracy, residential burglary, firearm sales, sale of methamphetamine and heroin and gang enhancements.


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This clock is currently in repair, getting cleaned. Yet another Art Deco clock this one has Wesminster chimes every quarter, and on the hour it strikes the hour.
Once it gets out of it's cleaning, it is going to get the glass repaired on the bottom of the door.
The clock has been repaired and the bottom glass has been replaced. While I had it out, I slid the movement out and found that Kinzle made this clock.
To see it and hear it check it out on youtube.