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HILL – Although the majority of the speakers stood up for the Board of
Education budget, the annual Worcester County budget hearing on Tuesday night
attracted a handful of comments in other areas.
specific invitation did not elicit any comments on the constant yield tax rate,
which is the rate necessary to generate the same amount of revenue as last
current property tax rate, the second lowest in the state, is 70 cents per $100
of assessed value. The constant yield rate would be 60.5 cents. Keeping the current rate would
generate $14.8 million in additional revenue, said county Administrator Gerry
County Commissioners face a $23.5 million difference between funding requests
and projected revenues.
Krimm, who a non-resident property owner in Ocean City, asked the commissioners
to consider establishing a property tax set off, like 17 other counties in
Maryland. Non-resident Ocean City taxpayers carry the burden of resort and
county revenue, she said.
properties are reassessed every three years, resident homeowners are protected
by the homestead tax credit, which greatly limits the increase in their tax
bills. Non-resident property owners pay tax on the full, reassessed value,
asking for a tax set off for the property tax payers of Ocean City because we
pay for a duplication of services," Krimm said.
to Mason, 78 percent of the county property owners are non-resident.
Diegelmann cautioned the commissioners against duplication of services, urging
that staff be cross-trained, to cut down on expenditures. She also said the
county should require departments to document their need for the funds they
request and that the county should obtain the Maryland Association of Counties
budget directive, which lists specific percentages of the budget for each
county department.
county should also consider transferring teachers between schools, instead of
hiring new ones, simulcasting specialty lessons, and teleconferencing,
according to Diegelmann,
garnering some attention at the hearing was social services.
Sandifer, executive director of the Agape project, a Christian ministry in
Berlin which focuses on the needs of single mothers, asked the commissioners to
consider the organization's request for financial assistance for the Door of
Hope program. The initiative, she said, will provide mental, emotional,
educational, financial and spiritual counseling to clientele.
has been focusing on physical needs, from clothing to food to diapers, and now
wants to expand its services.
want to step in and round out that picture," Sandifer said.
Fields, executive director of Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services
(WYFCS), said that mental health and well being issues are "an emerging crisis"
in the nation and locally. WYFCS needs assistance to continue to offer programs
from sliding scale counseling services, to working with teenaged girls.
organization also runs the CASA program, which provides trained advocates for
neglected and abused children caught up in the court system.
biggest burden, she said, is trying to keep the organization's head above water
while still helping people.
County Developmental Center (WCDC), which is the only organization in the
county providing services to disabled adults, made a plea during the hearing.
fully fund our budget request," said June Walker, executive director of the
maintains several homes and apartments for disabled adults around the county
and also provides a day program, employment training, and other services.
family is so happy to have John closer to us," said Dot Graves, whose brother
has lived in a WCDC house for five years. "He is very happy here."
topic was the Germantown School restoration project, which needs some help
matching a grant, said Barbara Purnell.
we match the [grant], the money is going to be lost," she said. "If the match
is not made we can't begin our restoration."
Supporters have held
golf tournaments, dinners, yard sales, and dinner theaters, to raise over
$5,000, but they need another $45,000 to meet their goal.


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Beltran also led the league with a 1.261 slugging percentage and eight walks and was tied for the league best with 10 runs scored and 29 total bases. In seven games, he batted .435 (10-23) with one double, 11 RBI and four stolen bases. It is the first time this year that Carlos has been awarded the NL Player of the Week. He was named the AL Player of the Week for the period of April 12-18.
Other nominees this past week included: Adrian Beltre (.517, 8 runs, 4 HR, 11 RBI) and Kazuhisa Ishii (2-0, 2.03 ERA) of the Dodgers; San Diego's Phil Nevin (.419, 3 doubles, 3 HR, 11 RBI), David Wells (2-0, 2.30 ERA) and Jake Peavy (2-0, 3.75 ERA, 11 SO); Juan Pierre (.458, 2 triples, 6 SB) and A.J. Burnett (2-0, 1.20 ERA, 18 SO) of the Marlins; Houston's Roger Clemens (2-0, 4.85 ERA, 13 SO); Moises Alou (.440, 10 runs, 4 HR, 13 RBI) of the Cubs; Atlanta's Rafael Furcal (.500, three doubles, 2 SB); Jim Edmonds (.353, 1.235 SLG., 5 HR, 10 RBI) of the Cardinals; and San Francisco's Barry Bonds (.333, 3 HR, 9 RBI).
Tourneau, the world's largest watch store, is proud to award the Bank of America Presents the National League Player of the Week Carlos Beltran with a Tourneau luxury Swiss timepiece from its Safari collection.

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'He's the best man I've ever known' (video)
June 15, 2013 at 1:15 a.m.
Jose Partida leans back in his favorite recliner and jerks the footstool to a horizontal position.
A pale blue towel drapes across the back, and the 90-year-old Partida leans his head into the soft fabric.
He smiles and grazes his feeble hands across the fur of granddaughter Miracle's mild-tempered chihuahua, Lila.
Today, he's a happy man. Four generations of Partidas surround him in his favorite chair.
Po-Po, as they lovingly call him, is getting on in years.
He's a man of few words, but the ones he speaks are uplifting.
He spent his entire life caring for his family. Now, it's their turn to take care of him.
"He's special because he's a model father and husband. Men today aren't like him. He's the best man I've ever known," said daughter Gloria Alfaro, 61. "He always taught us to pick our battles and stick together and just pick the best road."
Partida never amassed wealth or fame.
He was born poor, his father died when he was about a year old. His mother gave him up for adoption. And he was abused for many years at the hand of several Partida family members.
"It was pretty rough for him," Gloria said, glancing at her father. "He was beaten for everything growing up, sometimes with horse whips, and it would make his legs bleed. No matter what happened, he always got punished for something."
Had he not suffered an abusive childhood, though, Gloria said he likely wouldn't have elevated the importance of a loving marriage or learn to become an example about not fighting and letting the small things go.
"He never got mad at us," Gloria said. "He would always say, 'Don't fight; it's not important.'"
Partida, then 18, married Jacinta Partida in Cordele when she was 15 years old. They courted for three years before they wed in 1941, a few weeks before he enlisted in the Army.
"I just told her to marry me, and as soon as I asked her, her family said she was my responsibility from now on," he said softly, remembering his late wife. "We never got to touch hands or kiss. We went together for three years, and I would only see her through the cracks of the homes."
The first wedding band he ever put on Jacinta's finger was a 10-cent ring at the 5 and 10 cent store in town. The last wedding ring cost more than $6,000.
He worked two and three jobs at a time when the children were growing up to make sure his wife and children were provided for.
"She was a good girl, a lovely girl. She treat me real nice," he said.
Jacinta died of cancer four years ago in a nursing home. They were married 67 years.
When Jacinta's health started failing, the family elected to move her into a nursing home, and Partida, not wanting to be away from his beloved, moved into the nursing home with her.
When she died, he remained at the nursing home for months to mourn and grieve in the room they shared together.
"They were always together. They would hold hands, and he would always carry her purse," said Partida's granddaughter Heather. "He babied her. He was very careful with her, and we miss those moments of seeing them together."
Partida completed the fifth grade, and Jacinta lived her entire life without learning to read or write. But they instilled in their children the value of education.
"Mom wanted us to get an education and get a career and be somebody. That was her worst regret, not finishing her education," Gloria said.
The couple had three children: Mary, Gloria and Joe Partida Jr.
Each of them went on to marry and start their own family, each of them taking cues from Partida's strong father and husband model.
"He was the ideal man, the perfect father. He didn't drink, he didn't smoke, he loved my mother," Gloria said. "He worked so hard for us and never complained."
"Watching my grandparent's marriage made me realize the kind of marriage I wanted," Miracle said.
Gloria eventually brought her father to live with her, and he's visited often by family.
Though 90, he has learned to make brief calls on his flip phone Saturdays, the day he usually makes his rounds to let his children know he loves them.
Partida said his life has been full of love and happiness, and he wouldn't change anything about it.
"Everything would be the same," he said. "I want to live to be 100 if I could spend more time with my daughter and granddaughters."


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Chugach Mountains > Flattop Mountain > Climber's Log
Flattop Mountain Climber's Log
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|My first AK peak ever
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2016
|Hiked it in misty rain, top was slick, but enjoyed it a lot.
|Posted Nov 22, 2016 2:02 am
|Back way up
Date Climbed: May 27, 2016
|Good acclimation hike on first day of visit
|Posted Jun 5, 2016 6:21 pm
Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2015
|walked up often
|Posted Mar 30, 2015 10:00 pm
|Many times
Date Climbed: Mar 6, 2013
|Climbed this too many times to count or remember! Standard Anchorage fare...
|Posted Feb 21, 2015 11:09 pm
|Good Hike
Date Climbed: Jun 16, 1998
|A great hike with good views of Anchorage.
|Posted Jan 29, 2015 9:45 pm
|Success during vacation
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2014
|Got turned around in Sept 2012 by 40mph+ sustained winds and hail not to far up this hike, was able to top out in near bluebird conditions this go around. Great scenic hike, definitely a popular one - minor tech scramble up typical route for last 150ft
|Posted Jun 23, 2014 10:06 am
|Flattop Mountain
Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2014
|Great climb leaving around 1800. Very windy which made it chilly! Will not forget a woolly hat next time. Crowded trail but we enjoyed the empty summit :)
|Posted Jun 19, 2014 3:26 am
|David Mortensen
|Flattop Mountain
Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2014
|This was the first hike I did after I got off the plane in Anchorage. I went up with my wife and two young daughters. My wife and daughters stopped about 100 ft. above the second saddle. The scrambling made my wife a bit nervous for my daughters. I continued to the summit alone. It's a really beautiful area. You can see all the way to Anchorage.
|Posted Jun 16, 2014 2:33 am
|Many times
Date Climbed: Aug 27, 1998
|One of many hikes up this quick peak
|Posted Feb 8, 2013 5:36 pm
|30 Minute Jog to Top
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2000
|My first climb in Alaska on my first trip to Alaska. Awesome country!
|Posted Jan 23, 2013 11:10 pm
|I hiked Flattop and survived
|And slid down from the top on my butt... scary!
|Posted Dec 3, 2012 3:57 pm
|Once on top,
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2012
|a delta glider was getting ready to jump off. Cool...
|Posted Nov 14, 2012 11:14 pm
|Flat Top
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2006
|Came up the "back way", then continued to Peak 2 and 3.
|Posted Sep 26, 2012 3:23 pm
|After Work Hike
|I try to do this hike once a week or so after work. I live in South Anchorage so it is easy to access from my house. Depending on how long I stop at the top to enjoy the view, I am up and back to my truck in an hour and a half. The scramble at the top is fun, but can be treacherous in wet conditions. The rocks have become so rounded and smooth from all the traffic that they can be rather slick. I come across a lot of people who get most of the way to the top and then want to stop a few hundred feet from the summit because the rocks look so intimidating. Really, they are not that bad!
On nice days, the parking lot is PACKED. However, don't park on the road. I know people who have been ticketed for doing that. I find that the crowds are smaller and the view is still nice on days that are a little overcast. Even when it looks like there are clouds at the top, it often looks better once you are up there!
|Posted Aug 17, 2012 3:19 pm
|I believe I was 5 years old the first time I climbed this little peak in front of Anchorage. Of course, I have been back up there many times since then and enjoy running from town up to the summit and back nowadays.
|Posted Aug 15, 2012 11:11 am
|Sometime long ago
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 1994
|Sometime in 1994
|Posted Jul 22, 2012 3:30 pm
|Alex Wood
|Quick Hike
Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2012
|Did it in 3 hrs roundtrip. Fun glissade down the front side. Awesome views of the Chugach and Anchorage. We did Peak 2 and 3 later on.
|Posted Jun 24, 2012 3:54 pm
|Great first day in Alaska
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2011
|Landed in Achorage and hit the hotel around 3:30am Saturday but thanks to jet anti-lag, was atop Flattop by 10am. Wide, easy trail up to the second saddle, then rock hopping and scrambling for a short stretch beneath the broad, flat summit.
|Posted Aug 9, 2011 1:45 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2011
|Fun little hike/scramble with the wife.
|Posted Aug 3, 2011 4:00 am
|Crazy Busy!
Date Climbed: May 30, 2011
|It's a fun little hike with great views but the crowd is amazing. I think half of Anchorage came out to hike that day. Still a bit of snow with some shirtless meatheads sliding down in board shorts and white frogskins.
|Posted Jun 19, 2011 5:46 pm


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After listening to nearly 1,300 dairy producers in a dozen-city swing this summer, the National Milk Producers Federation's board of directors approved some changes to their Foundation for the Future proposal on September 21.
A key change was modification to the Dairy Market Stabilization Program (DMSP). Under the revised proposal, dairy producers could choose whether or not to be involved in supply reductions during times of compressed margins either from low milk prices or high feed costs. However, if producers want to participate in the dairy insurance safety net known as Dairy Producer Margin Protection Program (DPMPP), they would have to participate in the supply program.
It is anticipated these changes, along with a few others, could end up in proposed legislation shortly. At the same time NMPF was holding its listening sessions across the country, Representative Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) was floating a discussion draft on this issue in the hallways of Congress. Since then, Representative Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) has become an earlier supporter of the potential dairy legislation.
Other recently adapted changes by NMPF to the Dairy Producer Margin Protection Program (DPMPP) are:
- The basic margin protection plan would cover up to 80 percent of production. (Original plan called for 75 percent.)
- The supplemental plan covers up to 90 percent of production history with a growth coverage option. Premiums still remain fixed.
- With growth coverage being a new addition under the supplemental plan . . . producer's history could change as the production grows . . . only under the newly added supplemental plan.
- Production history remains fixed for the basic plan. However, production history can now be updated annually if the growth option is selected under supplemental coverage.
- Due to federal budget shortfalls, small administrative fees would be charged. They range from $50 to $500 per farm.
Key changes to the Dairy Market Stabilization Program (DMSP) are:
- As mentioned earlier, the plan now only applies to farmers choosing to participate in the insurance coverage offered by DPMPP.
- Since the program is voluntary, all money collected would go towards the purchase of dairy products. That would further improve effectiveness by reducing supply and bolstering demand.
- Changes were made to better reflect export markets: (1) When the margin is $6 or less and NASS Cheddar or NFDM price is equal to or higher than the FOB Oceania price for two consecutive months, DMSP is suspended; or (2) $5 or less and NASS Cheddar or NFDM price is 10 percent higher than the FOB Oceania price for two consecutive months, DMSP is suspended; or (3) $4 or less and NASS Cheddar or NFDM price is 20 percent higher than the FOB Oceania price for two consecutive months, DMSP is suspended. These export prices updates may not be initial legislation because the Congressional Budget Office needs to score them.
Lastly, the revised Foundation for the Future plan calls for evaluating federal order reforms through the hearing process . . . with one exception. There is a call to replace the use of end-product price formulas, including make allowances, with a competitive price for determining Class III milk prices. All other pricing provisions of current system remain unchanged. The plan only allows the hearing to consider this amendment through an expedited process which specifies that after USDA makes its decision, a majority vote by producers will put the changes into effect. If the changes are not approved, the current provisions remain in place.


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Update (9/27, 9:50 a.m. EST) Jimmy Kimmel's finally found himself in the midst of a rap feud.
After Kanye's Twitter tirade on Thursday (September 26), Kimmel responded via his late night show, letting the audience know he had talked to Kanye about his parody of the rapper's interview with Radio 1 DJ, Zane Lowe.
"He called me, he said a lot of things, " Kimmel said. "He told me I had two choices: number one apologize publicly, um, and that was really the only choice."
Instead of apologizing, Kimmel instead decided to respond to each one of Kanye's tweets individually, from Yeezy's comments that Sarah Silverman is funnier to the #NODISRESPECTTOBENAFFLECK hashtag to the fact that the comedian wouldn't be able to put himself in Kanye's shoes because that means he would have "gotten too much good p****y" in his life.
"I've seen the video," Kimmel responded. "I know."
Ball's in your court, Kanye.
On last night's (September 25) episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, the late-night talk show host and comedian featured a skit with two kids parodying Kanye West's recent on-camera interview with popular BBC Radio 1 DJ, Zane Lowe.


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This Monolito sculpture set incorporates the Palanque and Tulum glass forms shown in tea color.
The Monolito Sculpture Series shares many of the attributes with the Melange Series. However, the scale of these glass forms have been designed with smaller space requirements in mind.
These glass forms are hand blown, cold worked, and sandblasted.
shown in tea color
size: See individual glass form silhouettes below


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MANCOS For the second day, the Weber Fire spewed a huge plume of smoke and forced the evacuation of dozens of homes as it grew to 2,500 acres. Firefighters prepared for a multi-day battle.
Flames came within a quarter mile of the nearest home, but no structures had burned as of 2:30 p.m. Saturday, said Pam Wilson, fire information officer with the Interagency Fire Dispatch Center.
It was about a half mile from crossing U.S. Highway 160 near Mancos Hill at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Wilson said.
Theres certainly a good possibility the fire will cross the highway and disrupt transportation and movement of fire resources between Durango and Cortez, she said.
The town of Mancos was not immediately threatened.
Meanwhile, another fire started about 3:30 p.m. along U.S. Highway 550 south, a couple of miles north of the state line. Several homes were threatened and evacuations were anticipated. Air support was called to assist, said Dan Noonan, chief of the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority.
The Montezuma County Sheriffs Office issued mandatory evacuations to 103 homes. Dozens more were notified they may need to evacuate. The Target Tree Campground along Highway 160 was closed as a precautionary measure.
Theyre definitely threatened, Wilson said.
Weather forecasters predicted another hot day today with the possibility of thunderstorms, which could bring erratic wind gusts of 45 mph and dry lightning, which could start more fires in the days ahead.
Obviously, were very concerned, said Butch Knowlton, director of La Plata Countys Office of Emergency Management. The conditions are extreme.
The fire was reported about 4:30 p.m. Friday three miles south of Mancos. By noon Saturday it was estimated at 2,500 acres in size, buring through thick pine trees and oak brush.
It was one of four fires burning across Colorado, and air resources were stretched thin. At least two airtankers, three helicopters and a guide plane were working the Weber Fire. About 130 fire personnel were assigned to the blaze.
The fire was being managed by a Type III federal command team the lowest priority. But a Type II team was en route from South Dakota and is expected to assume command Monday, Wilson said.
The fire started next to a road in Weber Canyon and moved northeast into East Canyon.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation.
Fire came closest to homes in the Elk Springs subdivision, on the eastern flank of the fire.
The fire was marching north toward Highway 160.
We also started to see strong fire on the west side, near the point of origin, Wilson said, but it was mostly a flare up.
Fire officials have been preparing for a bad fire season.
Durango has not received any measurable rain for six weeks since May 12, when it rained 0.02, which still is nothing, said Tom Renwick, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
Temperatures also have been well above average since March, he said.
Its like a tinderbox. You get any sort of fire, and it just goes crazy, Renwick said.
Conditions are similar to what they were 10 years ago when the Missionary Ridge Fire burned 46 homes over 39 days.
Residents in close proximity to the Weber Fire were scared but understanding of the situation, Wilson said.
Our residents, in general, are very well-prepared for this to be a bad fire season, and I think they understand the limitations of fire resources.
A huge plume of smoke rose thousands of feet into the sky above Mancos, high enough to create its own thunder cloud.
Its definitely creating its own weather, Wilson said.
Durango residents woke up Saturday to a smoke-filled valley with a fine layer of ash covering their cars.
Thirty miles west in Mancos, the air was clear but the plume of smoke was prominent.
Right now we actually have blue skies, and its not too smoky in Mancos, Wilson said. But the plume is very obvious.


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We spent Sunday night before the case opened in studying it, and then Ewing said to me :
"Well, you have this case remarkably well in hand. This is the greatest opportunity of your life. You must conduct the proceedings on our side. You examine the witnesses, argue points as best you can. Gradually unlimber your best guns. There are some big lawyers opposed to you; they know all the tricks of the game. But Josh, our friend here (the other lawyer), who will help also without fee, will sit on one side of you and I on the other. Of course we shall suggest when necessary. We shall back you up with legal citations when you are pressed by the keen wits of the defense. This is the greatest opportunity in the life of a young lawyer. Use it!"
Generously, for the fame of the case went far and near, Ewing and his friend sat, the one at my right, the other on the left, during that terrible battle, a fight for a young man's life, the struggle for the honor of an old and untarnished family name, which dragged its agonizing length over one fearful month, day by day, early and late. To my right and a little to my rear, in the felon's place, sat my erstwhile playmate; on one side his haggard mother in somber black, and on the other sat a slender, sweetly sad-faced girl.
Again and again I felt from time to time her eyes as I drove her brother's witnesses from cover, prodded with the merciless power of the law into his ugly past ; or with the keenest enthusiasm born of youth, urged by a deep sense of my new duty, pictured to the jury a fitting close to his terribly misspent, warped, though brief, career at the end of a rope attached to a murderer's gibbet!
Again and again I could hear her heart throb; and now and again as the terrible days wore slowly on, I paused as that dear old mother struggled to suppress her sobs! But in all that time, when I had to look her way, the sweet, sad, face of the girl never lifted her eves to mine!
Once during the heat of debate one of the attorneys for the defense, half-drunken and unmindful of the decorum of the court room, called me a "D — liar." The uncouth words were scarce articulate when my distant kinsman and associate in the case, as a flash of lightning, sprang to his feet and shot a terrific fist blow full in the face of the offender! Turning, he bowed with quiet dignity to the court, expressed regret for the necessity of the act, and asked his honor to fix against him a proper fine!
Finally the jury went out, and, after yet other painful hours, as the sun was going behind the distant Cumberlands, beyond the lovely valley, in dread silence the jury filed back into court.
"Guilty," read the clerk. "Remand the prisoner to close confinement to await the judgment of the court," said the judge in a strangely softened tone. The crowd began silently to leave the room ; the guards were hustling the prisoner toward the door; friends were shaking hands with me. The group about me parted, there she stood, those wonderful eyes full of pathos, agony, terror, afire with some strange light I do not yet understand, met mine! One brief instant! Then, slowly, she turned and passed for all time from my presence!
Somewhere among the mementos of my youth is a silk hat mark. Ere then, ere then, upon it, in the long, long ago, her deft fingers wove my initials!
from "Clan Ewing of Scotland, early history and contribution to America; sketches of some family pioneers and their times," by Elbert William R. Ewing, A. M., LL. B., LL. D., COBDEN PUBLISHING CO., Ballston, Virginia, 1922
online at www.archive.org/stream/clanewingofscotl00ewin/clanewingofscotl00ewin_djvu.txt


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Red River Gorge > Climber's Log
Red River Gorge Climber's Log
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|Various Routes
|Lots of great sandstone fun, routes were easy to find and were also well marked with engraved coins to mark grade. All in all a great time and will be back the first chance I get.
|Posted Jan 29, 2014 12:38 pm
|Long time ago.
|The Grand Canyon of the East! Grew up near here.
|Posted Nov 12, 2013 11:27 am
|Fall Break trip
|I took a fun climbing trip here in Nov 2011. Good times and good vibes.
|Posted Nov 27, 2011 5:41 pm
|Spring Break
Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2011
|Week-long trip to the Red, phenomenal climbing. However, after 6 days of intense, all-day climbing, my pads are bloody pulp!
|Posted Mar 27, 2011 12:58 pm
|2002 to 2008
|8 hrs from Detroit, practically lived there on weekends in the summers to keep from going crazy in the city.
|Posted Jan 17, 2010 12:49 pm
|Great park
|Love this area. Went to it a few times in college.
|Posted Oct 28, 2009 1:43 pm
|Many many routes
Date Climbed: May 27, 2005
|Lots and lots of fun stuff out here. Make a weekend of it (or more).
|Posted Mar 19, 2009 4:53 pm
|Stu Brandel
|Unappreciated Arches
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 1999
|A great place to hike, unexpectedly wild in some places (Whittleton Creek and Arch), unexpectedly airy in others (Sky Arch, Chimney Tops).
|Posted Mar 15, 2009 5:58 pm
|Favourite place so far
|My wife and I climbed there for a week in 2006. It was awesome. This is my favouite climbing area I've ever been to. The climbing was fantasic, and the people even better.
|Posted Mar 6, 2009 11:29 am
|Ted Eliason
|A paradise
Date Climbed: Aug 29, 1994
|If you can keep your hands dry
|Posted Jan 16, 2009 6:53 pm
|Where the heart is.
|I started climbing here in 1987. I live nearby, and call it home. Now considered an old school local. I will always come back one more time than I leave.
|Posted Sep 14, 2008 11:57 pm
|My Old KY Home
|This is where I cut my teeth before moving west. I hiked every trail and bushwhacked every cliff I could find. I probably did too many things without a rope, but I survived. If you live within 3-4 hours, get here on your next day off. You won't regret it.
|Posted Jan 14, 2008 2:41 am
|Clum all over the Red
Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2000
|Miguel's, Ale-8, Steep Sandstone, Pockets, what more could you ask for?
|Posted Nov 29, 2007 12:42 pm
|Sport Climbs & Cold Beer
Date Climbed: May 26, 2001
|Been here many times to sport climb and camp. Try to make it here at least once a year.
|Posted Jan 25, 2007 8:02 am
|Route Climbed: Many Date Climbed: May 2004
|Usually hit the Gorge several times a year. Great hiking!
|Posted Mar 18, 2005 7:04 pm
|Route Climbed: Various Date Climbed: Twice in 2003
|My wife Julie went to U.K. and took me there to scramble around courthouse rock and haystack.
|Posted Oct 31, 2004 9:57 pm
|Route Climbed: Many Date Climbed: Currently
|Great climbing area. Love camping and eating at Miguels. Make at least one trip a year there. Most recently checked out the Muir Valley area...very nice climbing. Can't wait to get back there.
|Posted Aug 30, 2004 10:55 pm
|Route Climbed: Bedtime for Bonzo, Eureka, Roadside Attraction, 5-finger Discount, others Date Climbed: May, 2003
|Does the Red really count as a summit? Nice place and all, but not really a mountain. Climbed there three different times on various moderate trad and sport routes. Save an Ale 8 for me...
|Posted Mar 23, 2004 1:05 pm
|Route Climbed: Tower Rock Arachnid, Fortress Party time and others Date Climbed: all seasons 86-90
|One of the top crags in the U.S. Miles of Sandstone
Eat at Miquels Pizza outside of Nada.
|Posted Dec 5, 2003 8:54 am


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Right-wingers hit Obama on guns
Even before President Barack Obama rolls out a series of proposals to curb gun violence in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings, conservative House Republicans are bristling.
More right-wing Republicans are voicing fierce opposition to the expected 19 executive orders on guns that Obama is preparing to announce Wednesday, along with legislation to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Though details of the orders were unclear, some Republicans have already declared them a gross breach of executive authority.
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"The more onerous that they are, the more we have a chance of having a revolt all across this country," said conservative Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.), no friend of Obama's who voted for ex-Rep. Allen West as House speaker for the 113th Congress. "There is a tremendous potential for a horrendous public backlash against the president if he continues the policies that he has been doing of trying to go around Congress, create law and be a dictator like he's been doing."
Both Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have made clear the administration thinks it's within its purview to skip the legislative process and impose unilateral changes.
"I'm confident that there are some steps that we can take that don't require legislation and that are within my authority as president," Obama said at a Monday press conference. "And where you get a step that has the opportunity to reduce the possibility of gun violence then I want to go ahead and take it."
( PHOTOS: Will these guns be banned again?)
Congressional Democrats seem open to letting the president move ahead without them.
"I think the president to the extent that he has executive powers to deal with this issue, to try to make Americans safer, both has a responsibility and an intent to do so," House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said. "I think the executive of our nation pledged to keep Americans safe, not only abroad but here as well, I think he would be well-advised to take such action as appropriate."
Though details were foggy, even the idea of executive orders from the White House was enough to set off alarms in Republican quarters. On the more extreme end, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) threatened to introduce articles of impeachment against the president if he implements executive orders on guns.
"I will seek to thwart this action by any means necessary, including but not limited to eliminating funding for implementation, defunding the White House and even filing articles of impeachment," Stockman said.
( Also on POLITICO: Why Obama's gun plan may be doomed)
Stockman added that Obama is launching an "attack on the very founding principles of this republic."
"The President's actions are an existential threat to this nation," Stockman said in a statement. "The right of the people to keep and bear arms is what has kept this nation free and secure for over 200 years. The very purpose of the Second Amendment is to stop the government from disallowing people the means to defend themselves against tyranny. Any proposal to abuse executive power and infringe upon gun rights must be repelled with the stiffest legislative force possible."
Meanwhile, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who is chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said executive orders should be used only to implement existing laws.


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Pre-Xmas agreement up to NRL players: RLPA
Rugby League Players' Association boss David Garnsey says a pre-Christmas agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement is solely down to the speed of NRL players accepting the proposal.
Garnsey will on Friday - in conjunction with the NRL - formalise a document for club delegates to take back to their teammates, with the assumption players will make a call before they break next week for Christmas.
"There's sufficient enthusiasm and ability, more to the point because they're in training - they're not spread to the four wings as they might be if they were on leave, (so) that they can (act) relatively quickly," Garnsey told AAP.
"I would hope the players wouldn't need to think about it for huge numbers of days before forming a view.
"Before Christmas is eminently possible, but I don't control that end of it - that's up to the players."
It is believed a hectic week of negotiations has delivered a $5.8 million salary cap for the 2013 season - an increase from the current $5 million, yet short of the players' target of $6.5 million - which includes a minimum wage of $80,000.
Several players have been part of the negotiations, but Garnsey said it was vital all players had a voice.
"We'll be making sure we can get as wide a view as possible from the playing group," Garnsey told AAP.
"I'll be relying on my captains and my club delegates to hold individual meetings with their clubs and discuss the proposal thoroughly with all the players so they can get back to me with a response.
"The ultimate goal here is that every member of the association has a chance to feed his view into what's happening. We're not going to restrict it to a limited group of players to make this call."
Asked for what sort of response he was seeking from each club, Garnsey said: "We're looking for a definite 'yes we approve' or 'no we don't approve' ... there can't be any shades of grey about it."
Garnsey said he would provide a recommendation for the players on the proposal, but declined to comment on what his advice would be.
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the turn signal indicator light in the instrument cluster has stopped blinking. it blinks once and then stays off whenever i use the turn signal. the turn signals all work fine.
someone told me once that this means one of the turn signal bulbs is out, or about to go out? i have no idea if thats true though.
reading through the archives i found alot of people with the light staying on, or coming on erratically or intermittently, but this just blinks once and turns off when i turn the signals on, either direction.
is it as simple as a bulb about to go out? or is it some kind of relay or connection problem?


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We are one step away from being a contender in the playoffs. We almost beat a very good Denver team full of all star caliber players. Our Centers put up a combined 0 points and 4 rebounds. That ladies and gents is the problem...
PG-Felton and TD: Are they CP3? No. Ray Felton is a good point guard, it will be determined over the year if he can really lead this team because we all know a Dantoni PG is the most important piece. TD is a nice scoring PG, plays good D, a solid backup.
SG: Landry Fields: Looked good tonight, plays smart, great teammate to have. We will see how long he can sustain this. Hopefully we got a steal with this kid, oh yea great D too.
SF: Gallo and Wilson Chandler: Ny homegrown. Nice players to have on a team, not all-stars but their roles should be complimentary players, I dont think we will see gallo turn into melo. But I love both of them and couldnt be happier at SF with them.
PF: Amare and AR: Amare is a beast, hopefully AR can develop but solid depth.
C: ???? Tomofey who? and ROnny the cheerleader who spends more time jumping on the bench than making plays on the court turiaf?
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN WE NEED A CENTER. NOT CARMELO ANTHONY. WE NEED A GOOD LOW POST PRESENCE, everyone knows Amare is just a Offensive minded PF, if we find someone to man the paint down low and a very good player too. MAX money should be spent on a C, idk how we will get one.
Comparing us 2 Phoenix obviously Felton is a downgrade from Nash, but Felton can hold his own in the league and is respected. Would you rather have Landry Fields, Gallo, WC or raja bell, diaw, grant hill? The knicks have much better supporting talent.
Amare and a better backup on the Knicks in AR. No way can AR play center hes too frail.
And CENTER! I am not sure who is a FA and obviously if we trade we would probably have to give up our assets, but the bottom line is we are loaded, a great center would make this team really good. for the hell of it, lets says Brook Lopez who I think is so talented is a FA next year.
6th man=WC
All have solid backups too!
ANyone else agree? No melo. We need a center. A good one.


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How Assassin's Creed: Revelations ended our love affair
After years of romantic picnics, long walks on the beach, and candlelit dinners with Assassin's Creed, the light of love has faded from Brenna Hillier's eyes.
GameStop lists Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack DLC for AC: Revelations
GameStop has outed some upcoming DLC for Assassin's Creed: Revelations called The Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack, and has it listed for a January 24 release. It's rumored to include maps for multiplayer modes, some of which were seen in Brotherhood: Siena, Jerusalem, Dyers, San Donato, Firenze and the Imperial District of Constantinople. The retailer has […]
Assassin's Creed "meta story" could be "carried on forever"
Despite the fact an Assassin's Creed has been released every year for the past three years, doesn't mean it only takes the Ubisoft team a year to make the entries.
Report: Assassin's Creed: Revelations PC getting day one patch
DSOGaming's put up a changelog for an day patch for the PC version of Assassin's Creed: Revelations, although where it's come from is anyone's guess.
Ezio costume to appear in FFXIII-2
Assassin's Creed Revelations is to lend one of its costume designs to Final Fantasy XIII-2, Square said this morning.
UK charts: MW3 holds to top spot despite ACR challenge
Modern Warfare 3's been able to keep atop of the UK charts for a second straight week, despite a sales decrease and a strong challenge from new entry Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
Ancestor's Pack renders and screenshots released for AC: Revelations
Ubisoft has sent over some screenshots and lovely character renders for the Ancestor's Pack, which releases for Assassin's Creed: Revelations next month. Announced yesterday, the content features four new multiplayer characters, and will be available for download on December 13 through Xbox Live, and December 14 on PSN for 320 MSP/£3.19/$3.99. The PC version of […]
North: Ubisoft should adopt Naughty Dog's motion capture process with Assassin's Creed
Nolan North is of the opinion Ubisoft should adopt the same motion capture process for its Assassin's Creed series as Naughty Dog uses with the Uncharted franchise.
Revelations shows Assassin's Creed in need of a break
With Revelations' reviews on Monday showing a noticeable shock of 7s, should Assassin's Creed take a break after next year's game? Probably, says Johnny Cullen.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations multiplayer highlights the Sentinel
Brotherhood veterans with a fondness for wannabe-Assassin persona the Prowler are probably going to favour this guy.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations launch trailer catches up on story
If you have trouble keeping the whole Desmond-Altair-Ezio thing in order, the latest Assassin's Creed: Revelations trailer has a helpful rundown. It obviously spoils the last three games.
Quick Shots: Lovely launch screens released for Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Reviews for Assassin's Creed: Revelations have started going live, and to celebrate, Ubisoft has seen fit to send over a few new shots of the game. Most are of the single-player portion of the game, but there's one multiplayer screen tossed in there for good measure. Revelations launches in the US and in the UK […]
Assassin's Creed: Revelations reviews start hitting
Ubisoft's lifted the embargo for reviews on Assassin's Creed: Revelations' reviews ahead of its launch tomorrow. Get all the scores below.
UbiWorkshop releases launch trailer for Assassin's Creed:Embers
Ubisoft has released the launch trailer for its animated short, Assassin's Creed: Embers. Created by UbiWorkshop, the film will be included as a bonus in signature and collector's editions of Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Announced back in July,Embers is the final epilogue to Ezio's story, and Ubisoft suggests players watch the entire thing after finishing Assassin's […]
Ubisoft: AC Revelations PC to ship without always-on DRM
Ubisoft's confirmed to RPS it will ship the PC version of Assassin's Creed: Revelations without the publisher's always-on DRM.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations launch trailer goes big on story setpieces
Powerful stuff, son. Ubisoft's put live the launch trailer for Assassin's Creed: Revelations, mostly showing off big moments from the game's story, which sets up Ezio and Altair's final chapters in the series. This is an unmissable watch for the AC massive. Get to it below the break. Game's out next week for PS3 and […]
Assassin's Creed: Revelations shows life in Constantinople
Ubisoft's released a brand new trailer of Assassin's Creed: Revelations, showing how life shapes in the city of Constantinople: better known in the modern world as Istanbul. The video shows some of the staggering breath and depth within the city, as Ezio arrives in it to find answers once and for all. Get it below […]
Assassin's Creed: Revelations will have first-person missions, says Ubisoft
Some missions in Assassin's Creed: Revelations will take place in first-person, Ubisoft Montreal has said. [Spoilers for Brotherhood's ending follows]
Wednesday Shorts - Glorious Halo, Super Altair, Delicious PR Guff
Let's make this quick. I gotta go brush my pimp suit ahead of a Saints Row party this evening.
New Assassin's Creed: Revelations videos focus on the game's multiplayer
Ubisoft has released two new multiplayer videos for Assassin's Creed: Revelations. The first one below the break, is a vignette video with a bit of story thrown in for good measure. The other, shows the various multiplayer characters available which should help you become "the ultimate Templar weapon." Revelations is out on November 15 in […]
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UbiWorkshop releases launch trailer for Assassin's Creed:Embers
Assassin's Creed: Revelations launch trailer goes big on story setpieces
Assassin's Creed: Revelations will have first-person missions, says Ubisoft
Wednesday Shorts – Glorious Halo, Super Altair, Delicious PR Guff
New Assassin's Creed: Revelations videos focus on the game's multiplayer
Wednesday Shorts: Dragon Quest X, Risen 2, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, SFxT
Latest Assassin's Creed: Revelations trailer details den defense
Ubisoft: "Greatest strength," of the Assassin's Creed series is "the freedom it gives to the player"
Assassins Creed: Revelations achievements make their way online
Assassin's Creed: Revelations to get 3D options across all platforms
Wednesday Shorts II: Amy Capsized Arkham City with Conan's Might & Magic
Assassin's Creed: Revelations wants you to Unlock the Animus
Ezio narrates in latest Assassin's Creed: Revelations story trailer
Assassin's Creed: Desmond's story to wrap up by December 2012, says Revelations creative boss
Report – PC version of Assassin's Creed: Revelations delayed
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: The Sexiest of Unsexy Spies
Here's a trailer for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy a very classy looking adaptation of the novel by the great John le Carré. It's chock-full of notable British actors so you know it has to be good. And will make absolutely no money.
But screw this movie's pedigree and all that rot. The important thing is that Tom Hardy is in it. Handsome Bob! And not only is Tom Hardy in it, but so is Benedict Cumberbatch. Yes. So we're gonna get a little of the ol' Hardy Cumberbatch. Everyone likes a good Hardy Cumberbatch every once in a while, don't they?


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San Francisco Giants 8, Colorado Rockies 3: A toast with Coors as Giants sweep
Last season, in the midst of an offensive struggle, the Giants added a right fielder. This season, they did the same thing.
Last season, that newly acquired right fielder started by going 2 for 17 for the Giants. This season, the new right fielder did the same thing.
Last season, that right fielder got his first multi-hit game in his fifth game with the Giants. This season, the new right fielder did the same thing.
We hope that's where the comparison ends.
On Sunday, Hunter Pence, acquired in a trade with the Phillies last week, went 2 for 5 with two doubles and three RBI in the Giants' win over the Rockies.
Last season, it took Carlos Beltran 21 games before he got his first multi-extra base hit game, and 21 games before he got his first three-RBI game. It also took Beltran 11 games before the Giants won three games with him in the lineup.
Pence accomplished all those things in just his fifth game with the Giants.
It helped the Giants complete their first three-game sweep of a road series this season behind another solid outing from Tim Lincecum.
Lincecum labored through a 36-pitch first inning, but only allowed one run. He finished with a quality start, allowing just the one run on five hits and five walks (yech) in an 104-pitch outing.
The Giants scored 35 runs in the series. Angel Pagan went 0 for 4 with a walk Sunday to prevent the Giants from having every starting position player get at least one hit in each of three games.
Hopefully this series will allow the Giants hitters build enough confidence to help them when they move to St. Louis for a key four-game series. It's a key series because these Rockies now head to Los Angeles for a series against the Dodgers.
The Giants' three-game swept did not gain them any room between them and the Dodgers, who swept the Cubs at home. The Giants' lead remains a half-game.
But the Giants are now 4-1 in Lincecum starts since the All-Star Break, after going 4-14 in his starts before the break. He has a 2.48 ERA since the break.
Now, it's time to get Matt Cain some runs. The Giants lost in Cain's last two starts, mostly a product of poor run support (nothing new for Cain). Cain will face Jake Westbrook on Monday in the opener in St. Louis.


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Looks good, John. Where are you going to dry cure it after it comes out of the refrigerator?
In a wine fridge. I am using the setup you described for yours earlier in the thread.I am really trying to figure out a larger walk-in space for dry curing, so I can do larger muscles like prosciutto. There is very little reference out there on creating such an environment. In the book "Cooking by Hand" by Paul Bertolli he describes a partially underground space open to the air, but there is not enough information or specific plans to recreate it. Plus, I don't think my neighborhood is such a good place for open air meat drying - he lives in northern California in believe.I have access to some pretty amazing local pork. Western Mass has alot of great farms and heritage breeds.John
Failure. The belly has developed mold. This is the second time I have tried to cure meat, and it has not worked out either time. I am resigned to buying my salumi - alot less dangerous!John
It turns out my humidity level was WAY off. The sensor placement I had said 68%. I took it out and moved it to the bottom of the chamber, and after that it was 95%. So I aired out the chamber completely, took out all the equipment, and set a pan of saturated salt in the bottom. I have the door slightly ajar now, and temp is 55 and the humidity 72%. I am going to see how things progress with the low tech method. The mold is white and not fuzzy, so I will just see where things go.John
Can anyone share a pic of their drying chamber if they built one (i.e., aren't using just a cool basement)?
Quick question. I know the fan circulates the air to keep it from getting stagnant... But, do you open the door regularly to get fresh air in/out? If so, how often?


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Uuuhm... I think we have a basic problem on how ZA firewall works.
What you seem to have tuned up is the application control (program logs). This is to regulate activities of your programs.
While the Inbound (= from the internet to the PC) cannot be controlled by ZA on your setup since all the unsolicited calls are already filtered out by the router that you have in front of your PC (and in front of ZA).
Btw, your setup is not reccomended unless you know what you are doing. A minor mistake on denying access to programs can create instability on the system and troubleshooting will be not easy since it may not be clearly linked back to a change in ZA settings.
Are we getting there?


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Cobb heads into season with rotation spot locked down
By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Even though it's early in camp, Rays manager Joe Maddon has already earmarked Alex Cobb for a spot in the starting rotation.
Cobb began the 2012 season at Triple-A Durham, but spent the final four and a half months with the Rays, going 11-9 with a 4.03 ERA in 23 starts for the Rays.
Cobb noted that his spot this spring will afford him the chance to work on things he needs to improve upon.
"I'm not trying to get out there and show off all my stuff right away," Cobb said. "I'm trying to do the little things that are going to help me throughout the course of the year. It's not like I'm in stone in that position, either, there's plenty of good arms all over the place. I still have to take care of my business. If I don't, then I'll be removed pretty quickly, but it is a little bit of a weight off to go out there and know that you have a potential spot and it's in your hands to keep that spot."
Bill Chastain 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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As part of an ongoing effort to try more pizza in Brooklyn's southern reaches, today I checked out Pizza Den. I was immediately stricken by the old-fashioned countertop and the eight vinyl-topped stools that face it. Good looking place.
First I had a regular slice ($2.50). At many New York pizzerias, the sauce seems to evaporate during the bake—but not at Pizza Den. Here, it holds its ground and melds well with a thin layer of (ample) cheese. Unfortunately (and perhaps it was an off day, or maybe it was because I'd asked for my slice "very hot"), it did fall apart a bit when I tried to fold it. But, taste buds activated, I opted next for a square ($2.75).
The guy behind the counter (who turns out to be the owner's brother) referred to what I had next as a "regular square with fresh mozzarella cheese." This pizza (like all of the pies at Pizza Den except for the regular round pie) features a cooked sauce. Though the edge was a little soft, it held together well enough. The crust was not brittle, but did provide a good crunch. The sauce, while tomatoey for sure, also contributed a healthy dose of garlic. And the fresh mozzarella (which some pizzerias under-furnish, in my opinion) had excellent coverage.
Pizza Den
8521 18th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11214 (map) 718-837-1691
Michael Berman is a photographer and writer based in New York. He publishes multimedia food stories on his blog www.pizzacentric.com; and more frequent, sometimes mundane Twitter observations at @michaelberman.