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It sounds good between Katy Perry and "Starships," i.e. ear relief but no more.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 April 2012 01:54 (five years ago) Permalink
my top 40 station plays a remix too but it's even more dull than that one
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 22 April 2012 03:02 (five years ago) Permalink
For most of the eighties and nineties he wrote "Chart Beat" for Billboard though -- chart nonsense for non-sports nerds.
well that would have been precisely the time before i had regular access to Billboard, hence why i was unfamiliar with the name. i wasn't trying to knock him btw, his column seems good, just that i never expect to find anything of quality on Yahoo!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 22 April 2012 04:11 (five years ago) Permalink
still keep reading this as "goyte"
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Sunday, 22 April 2012 05:01 (five years ago) Permalink
good song anyways, not a favorite
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Sunday, 22 April 2012 05:02 (five years ago) Permalink
Must've read Grein back when I was photocopying the Hot 100 at the library, but the name doesn't ring a bell. Not like Joel Whitburn (to whom I wrote a fan letter), at least.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Sunday, 22 April 2012 09:01 (five years ago) Permalink
Younger (not entirely young) co-worker playing Somebody on repeat this morning.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 22 April 2012 17:51 (five years ago) Permalink
― markers, Monday, 23 April 2012 14:37 (five years ago) Permalink
aww crap just developed InstaCrush because of that picture
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:18 (five years ago) Permalink
Just glad for him that he got to #1 before the Glee cover version could get these first.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:21 (five years ago) Permalink
There's something ironic about a song being so popular that they need to remix it to get it airplay on top 40 ...
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 April 2012 16:12 (five years ago) Permalink
a lot of pop stations are fine playing the original version, some aren't. same thing happened with "Somebody Like You" last year, some stations were so flummoxed by the idea of playing a quiet piano ballad that they used a garish dance mix instead.
― Poor Turrican (some dude), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:14 (five years ago) Permalink
Yeah, but clearly the song is massively popular, so ... people like it? Presumably the original version?
They didn't remix Kanye's "808s" stuff, did they?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 April 2012 16:16 (five years ago) Permalink
This "radio mix" is hilarious
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:17 (five years ago) Permalink
"omg the percussion is too subtle, someone fire up Garageband STAT"
why would 808s & Heartbreak get remixed? these songs aren't 'rhythmic' enough for some pop stations, nobody's going to add a drum machine to a record that already has a drum machine to make it more radio-friendly
― Poor Turrican (some dude), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:20 (five years ago) Permalink
i mean i'm guessing the only stations choosing the Gotye or Adele remixes over the originals are the ones known as 'rhythmic top 40 stations'
― Poor Turrican (some dude), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:21 (five years ago) Permalink
I didn't think it was the lack of drum machine that made this a problem for top 40, but rather the lack of brisk tempo and a big beat. The Kanye stuff when it was on the radio was like this weird oasis of quiet and space floating interrupting all the usual stuff. They didn't artificially boost its tempo with a pre-fab backbeat.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 April 2012 16:22 (five years ago) Permalink
that Spin page won't show any photos or text for me, and I updated Firefox three days ago. sort it out Whiney
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 23 April 2012 22:06 (five years ago) Permalink
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― Poor Turrican (some dude), Monday, April 23, 2012 9:20 AM Bookmark
the rar/r&b station here played a remixed version of "Love Lockdown" with a backbeat
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 03:08 (five years ago) Permalink
rap* although i guess these days .rar/r&b is a close enough approximation
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, April 23, 2012 12:22 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
"Heartless" sounded like a ton of other stuff already on the radio at the time, wasn't very quiet at all, and that was the only song off that record that was really big on radio. didn't know about the "Love Lockdown" remix Rev is talking about, though.
heard the Gotye remix on a pop station for the first time today, god that's terrible.
― some dude, Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:02 (five years ago) Permalink
actually ashamed I didn't think of this myself. Missed opportunities!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 17 May 2012 14:37 (five years ago) Permalink
― goole, Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:40 (five years ago) Permalink
the first time i heard the song in passing i thought that was what that line was about
― that's why god made kokomo (some dude), Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:42 (five years ago) Permalink
Hearing him on SNL again reminded me: I ctrl+f-ed it and apparently I'm the only one here who thinks he sounds like Ozzy, especially in the chorus?
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 04:15 (five years ago) Permalink
Oh, Google is my friend. Apparently I'm not the only one on the whole of the internet to think this.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 04:16 (five years ago) Permalink
ha, never would've occurred to me on my own but i can hear it
― --niccimanewhore (some dude), Sunday, 27 May 2012 04:17 (five years ago) Permalink
i think it might be specifically the doubling or reverb used on his voice on "Someone" that's probably similarly to the way Ozzy's voice was mixed circa Blizzard of Ozz
― --niccimanewhore (some dude), Sunday, 27 May 2012 04:19 (five years ago) Permalink
Oh it's been bugging me for ages who he reminded me of. Ozzy is totally it.
― owenf, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 00:05 (five years ago) Permalink
Shit. You guys are right. And now I'm pissed off, because I can't UNhear it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 00:09 (five years ago) Permalink
yeah. Will mention it to our Alice, with reference to "Changes", it's quite clear.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 00:49 (five years ago) Permalink
ha ha, that Ozzy thing is great. Now the song is enjoyable!
― calstars, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 01:17 (five years ago) Permalink
I'm almost senselessly drunk and "Somebody" seems really profound right now. Pretty sure I just bought it on iTunes.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 17 August 2013 07:08 (four years ago) Permalink
Thought I had never heard this but just heard it in the gym, caught the title lyric, realized that this was "Somebody That I Used To Know" -- I've heard it a million times, of course, but truly thought it was some late-model Sting single I hadn't learned the name of.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 24 October 2014 21:34 (three years ago) Permalink
― LB-426 (latebloomer), Saturday, 25 October 2014 06:57 (three years ago) Permalink
This was posted on his website in October 2014 (three days before this thread was last revived).
I don't so much care that he "retired" (or didn't), or even that his announcement is really weird. I'm just more surprised that no one really covered it only two years removed from him having one of the biggest international hits in recent memory.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 28 August 2015 19:22 (two years ago) Permalink
he then posted another post contradicted that post even further, so who knows
― call all destroyer, Friday, 28 August 2015 19:25 (two years ago) Permalink
Ah, so homey is just a weirdo.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 28 August 2015 19:27 (two years ago) Permalink
gotye west
― keep clams and jive on (man alive), Friday, 28 August 2015 19:37 (two years ago) Permalink
there will be no gotye...
― da croupier, Friday, 28 August 2015 19:40 (two years ago) Permalink
i drank all night with this dude at a bar he's really kewl
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Friday, 28 August 2015 19:40 (two years ago) Permalink
Basics are still touring.
― let no-one live rent free in your butt (sic), Friday, 28 August 2015 20:05 (two years ago) Permalink


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According to U.S. News, the academic peer assessment ranking for UO is 70, but the UO really deserves a 115. Fellow alums, should we make T-shirts or something? "I love my underperforming Ducks?"

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Transverse Ranges > San Bernardino Mountains > Jepson Peak > Climber's Log
Jepson Peak Climber's Log
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|Dollar Lake Saddle
Date Climbed: May 5, 2007
|2nd of 4 peaks that day with Ol' Walsher after tagging San Gorgonio. It was so cold on the summit of San Gorgonio that I practically ran over to Jepson. Signed in and headed due west along the ridgeline and dropped directly down to Dry Lake View Saddle. It certainly was nice to get out of the wind...
|Posted May 7, 2007 4:24 pm
|wintery spring
Date Climbed: Apr 15, 2007
|Summited Jepson along with a second summit of San Gorgonio via Vivian Creek Trail on a very stormy Spring day. When we set out, there was dry dirt as far as we could see, not a sing of snow remaining from winter. By noon we were trudging through powder that started dumping around 7:30 am and didn't let up all day. Temps stayed below 20 all day, limited visibility, high winds, great day!
|Posted Apr 16, 2007 12:25 am
|David Rosenberg
|Climbed via South Fork
|A dayhike hitting four peaks on the loop.
|Posted Apr 1, 2007 3:29 am
|South to North.
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 1995
|As part of a 4 day excursion.
|Posted Dec 19, 2006 12:27 am
|Vivian Creek Trail
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006
|Peak 2 of 9.
|Posted Oct 4, 2006 2:07 am
|Cookie Addict
|PArt of the Nine Peak Traverse
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2006
|This waas our 8th out of nine durig a one day Traverse. Not a bad little peak, but I would not ahd set out to do just Jepson.
|Posted Sep 10, 2006 7:49 pm
|9 Peaks Traverse
Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006
|A true slog up from the trail. Only reason to do it is if you are tagging peaks.
|Posted Aug 20, 2006 4:06 pm
|9 peaks
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2004
|Followed the crest over San Bernandino Peak summit to San Bernandino East, Anderson Peak, Shields Peak, Charlton Peak, Little Charlton, Jepson Peak and then the long ridge from Jepson to San Gorgonio. 9 peaks 2 days 26 miles.
|Posted Jul 14, 2006 5:01 am
|Route Climbed: Angelus Oaks to Vivian Creek along the Nine Peaks trail Date Climbed: June 29, 2003
|Third of 4 peaks climbed that day.
|Posted Dec 31, 2005 8:08 pm
|Route Climbed: Normal rideline trail Date Climbed: Nov-6-06
|Hiked as part of 9-peaks
|Posted Nov 25, 2005 2:37 pm
|Route Climbed: South Fork trail. Date Climbed: July 17, 2005
|Nice hike.
|Posted Jul 18, 2005 1:29 am
|Route Climbed: North Couloir #1 (Main Eastern) Date Climbed: April 24, 2005
|A big group of us (agorokhov, socalmtneer, Mark Ingram, Steve Sauter, Justin, the Emis brothers and myself) climbed one of the north couloirs of Jepson Peak. We climbed the north couloir immediately to the right (west) of Jepson's North Ridge. Despite some weather (we had some trouble finding the base of the couloir because of partial whiteout conditions), we all summited and had a fun 1000ft glissade back down to Jepson bowl.
|Posted Apr 25, 2005 4:24 pm
|Route Climbed: North Coulior #1 Date Climbed: April 24th, 2005
|High winds, great climbing partners. Westernmost ridge should be fun...Looking foreward to the other Couliors
|Posted Apr 25, 2005 3:32 am
|Route Climbed: From north side between Little Charlton and Jepson Date Climbed: 5 April 05
|I almost thought this was the San Gorgonio summit until I saw it "miles" away! I cussed. Was interesting front-pointing up from the bowl and trying to avoid cornices and fractured snow; truly awesome glissading back down! The sign needs to be replaced.
|Posted Apr 6, 2005 2:44 pm
|Route Climbed: Ridge Traverse Date Climbed: March 27, 2005
|It was a beautiful spring weather on the summit. We climbed up the ridge in about 4-5 hours and then skied down in the center couluar.
|Posted Apr 5, 2005 8:02 pm
|Rinat Shagisultanov
|Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: March 28, 2005
|Climbed N ridge from the base under excellent snow conditions. The snow is hard windpacked with large variations depending on the location and aspect. The upper portion of towards the summit looks beatiful. 3 friends of mine skied the 1st chute in the Little Draw,I walked/glissaded down the same chute later.
|Posted Mar 28, 2005 4:58 pm
|Matthew Holliman
|Route Climbed: Vivian Creek to Angelus Oaks Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2004
|Nine Peaks dayhike with Glenn. Nice change of pace from the Sierra.
|Posted Nov 18, 2004 9:55 pm
|Route Climbed: Vivian Creek-Angelus Oaks Date Climbed: September 25th
|Part of the nine peaks trail. Long day, but was worth it. Try to climb any of the Gorgonio wilderness peaks on a windy day so the smog is cleared out and the views are better!
|Posted Oct 15, 2004 12:09 pm
|Route Climbed: South Fork TH, Ascended from DobbsPeak(East) Date Climbed: May 23, 2004
|Great climb up the second highest peak in Southern California
|Posted May 24, 2004 3:02 pm
|Route Climbed: South Fork to Jepson Bowl Date Climbed: May 9, 2004
|Wanted to try this route for a while. Was hoping there would still be enough snow on the north bowl for a climb. The snow was lacking in density but climbable. Punched through in several places. It was a struggle to find solid snow. It wasn't wet, just full of air! Finally reach the summit around 6:00 PM. Wasted a lot of time thrashing through the scrub oak, just getting to the bowl, then ditto on the return to the trail. Maybe there's a better access to the bowl, but if there is, I couldn't find it. It was a long day but a great one!
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I'm watching Anime for more than half of my life now.
The deal is, almost 85 percent of my Female Highschool classmates were married and had children already.
Me, Here still Thinking, How Naruto will end. Is Sasuke going to die? Bleach is Awesome. so on and so forth.
Most girls of my Age,at least those i knew, Fantasized Celebrity for a Boyfriend.
Me, All bishounens. ( manga and Anime.)
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When someone saw me watching Anime the first thing they will tell me..( Ur still watching this ? )
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Nagano 1998: Tara Lipinski lands 7 triples in her LP to take the OGM
Salt Lake City 2002: Sarah Hughes lands 7 triples in her LP to take the OGM
Turin 2006: Shizuka Arakawa lands 5 triples to take home the OGM
So many people are hyping both Mao Asada and Yu-Na Kim as possibly the two most talented athletes Ladies figure skating has ever seen. With Mao's 3A, and Yu-Na's 3Lz+3T, both have the jumping ability and, as clearly seen in the past several seasons, the artistic ability to match it. Commentators are saying Yu-Na is unbeatable, with only two losing both the '08 Worlds and '09 GPF to Mao Asada and collecting a string of gold medals from every event she has entered since and including the 2009 World Championships? It sounds a lot more impressive than it is, and all of the talk about 3+3 jumps and 3A's make it seem like the top ladies going for the podium could have been going for the Mens Podium as well.
When you really look at it, the field is a bit more open (in my honest opinion) than most people think. In direct response to a comment about a comparison of GOE's with Mao and Yu-Na, Mao has topped the amount of GOEs earned by Yu-Na in both the SP and LP of their most recent showings... 4CC's for Mao and the GPF for Yu-Na. The obvious thing to see is that since capturing the World title with a 5-triple program, Yu-Na has won all of the international events she has entered (TEB, Skate America, and the GPF). That sounds like an instant OGM, but if you really look at it... Yu-Na's Free Skate scores cross a range of 23 points (the highest being her first competition at TEB containing 5 triples). That's a pretty crucial gap when one is a record, a record made with only 5 clean triples when many ladies are planning and, if they live up to the Olympic moment, could land 7. The other score has been beaten this season by Mao Asada, Miki Ando, Rachael Flatt, Akiko Suzuki, and Joannie Rochette during the Grand Prix as well.
Looking back at Yu-Na's 3 biggest (and only defeats since the beginning of 2007), we have the 2007 World Championships where Miki Ando took home gold with 7 clean triple jumps, positive GOEs, and improved artistry over years past, Mao Asada took home silver with 6 clean triple jumps including a 3A and a 3F+3Lo combo and top PCS marks, while Yu-Na Kim took home the bronze with 5 clean triples. 2008 Worlds put Mao at the top of the podium with 6 triples, 2 in combination, and Carolina Kostner in Silver with 6 triples as well, and Yu-Na in Bronze with 4 clean triples with the highest PCS scores of the night. Finally was the '08-'09 GPF, where Mao skated away with Yu-Na's gold for the last time by putting out a 5 triple short program, including two 3A's, while Yu-Na took Silver, despite a lead in the Short Program, with only 4 triples, but her 3-3 included for big points. Their PCS scores were only 1 point apart.
Those past competitions put out some pretty tough material, but fast forward to this year, and we have Yu-Na breaking a SP record with only 5 triples, then claiming her 2nd Gold at Skate America with only 3 clean triples, and skating away with the GPF Gold with only 4. Her 3Lz+3T combo has also been either missing or underrotated since the Skate America SP.
If looking at the past proves anything, it's that Kim's artistry should give her atleast a one jump buffer over other competitors. But with that being said, Mao Asada already put out 5 clean triples, including the 3A, at 4CC's compared to Yu-Na's last 4 triple, 3-3 combo-less program. History also seems to show that Yu-Na keeps up to par under CoP without the same amount of jumps and can win the OGM with 4 or 5 clean triple jumps. But could there be the Tara Lipinski or Sarah Hughes hiding somewhere to skate away with the medal that, according to what seems to be the entire world, is Yu-Na's to lose? And could this possibility be even more relevant considering the PCS scores of the Mens competition?
My gut feeling still says Yu-Na will end up on the top of the podium, and given all of her hard work, dedication, and talent, she is very deserving of the OGM. But somehow it still seems like the ladies event is shaping up more to be like Turin: a battle of rumors of "X has a quad salchow," "Y has a 3-3-3," "Z will have a 3Lz+3T", etc., but in the end the medal will probably be won without all that extra jazz, no matter how much this competition is being hyped up to be.


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Comments (43)
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 14, 2012 at 6:48 am
"Len Materman, executive director the creek authority, said the agency's design assumes a sea-level rise of 2.2 feet per year, a rate he called "very aggressive.""
That is aggressive! The BCDC predicts a rise of 16" by mid-century.
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a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 14, 2012 at 8:08 am
According to the Daily Post a couple of days ago, a proposed widening of the bridge that connects PA to EPA at the end of Newell is part of the flood control plan. However, residents of the Crescent Park neighborhood there say it will only double the traffic through their neighborhood.
How does widening this bridge help with flood control? The bridge is 100 years old and probably due for replacement anyway, but does widening it help?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 14, 2012 at 8:38 am
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a resident of Palo Verde
on Nov 14, 2012 at 9:01 am
The current trend of bay-level rise is 1.4 mm per year. Web Link
a resident of Palo Verde
on Nov 14, 2012 at 9:39 am
@Ducatigirl, the Newell bridge becomes the Newell dam when creekwater rises above a certain level, to be exceeded more often as upstream rainfall or run-off increases. Widening or deepening the channel will help prevent local flooding but necessitates downstream improvements as well. I'd vote for upstream retention basins, except people will want to put apartment buildings in them.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 14, 2012 at 10:22 am
"extend the friendship bridge"? What bridge is that? Removing bridges will improve the water flow...not building or rebuilding them. This is expensive!
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 14, 2012 at 10:57 am
The current Newell bridge has supports that are located in the creek bed. Construction of a new bridge would remove those supports and eliminate the bottle neck that has contributed to the flooding in the past.
The local homeowners are not against replacing the bridge. What they are against is widening the bridge - which will result in (by some estimations) in a doubling of cut-through traffic in the Crescent Park neighborhood.
I don't live in near the bridge - but I do support my neighbors in their POV. Hopefully the CPA will listen to its constituents and follow through.
a resident of another community
on Nov 14, 2012 at 10:59 am
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BP Observer,
The 2.2 feet referred to the projected sea-level rise over 50 years. Sorry for the error.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Nov 14, 2012 at 11:29 am
Friendship Bridge is the Bay Trail creek-crossing between the NW corner of PA golf course and EPA O'Connor St. If the levees are raised or the channel widened, the footbridge will need to be reworked. As currently configured, the bridge is footed to the levees without obstruction to the channel. Water will flow over the levees before reaching the span height.
a resident of Ventura
on Nov 14, 2012 at 11:38 am
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The Newell st bridge is sub standard in several ways. I do not believe that widening it will double traffic - it will allow safer bicycle and pedestrian traffic. But in the end it will still be two lanes, one in either direction. Currently it's closer to 1.5 lanes for both directions but that doesn't discourage traffic all that much.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 14, 2012 at 1:36 pm
@FrankF - Widening the bridge combined with redevelopment on the East Palo Alto side, and overbuilding on the Palo Alto side is what could lead to the large increase in traffic.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 14, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Thank you, musical and Crescent Park Dad. You made it easier to visualize.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 14, 2012 at 3:14 pm
"Once completed, this package of projects is expected to provide 100-year protection and obviate the need for insurance."
Expect house prices to increase if/when this ever happens. Not because of the cost of insurance but removing the flood associated costs of any significant remodel.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 14, 2012 at 4:20 pm
The Army Corp of Engineers 2010 Feasability Study/Project Management Plan says that, in order to fix the flood problem, we need to replace Middlefield, Chaucer/Pope, University and Friendship bridges. They don't mention Newell bridge as a flood issue (and when you look at their 100 yr flood map, it didn't flood anywhere near the Newell bridge). Yet somehow Newell Brdige replacement has been thrown into the mix as a necessary change due to flood concerns. Did the ACOE do a bad analysis? Would they have done an anyalysis that replaced almost all the bridges only to forgot to add one in so we had an additional problem to deal with later? Where is the revised analysis adding Newell into the mix?
a resident of Stanford
on Nov 14, 2012 at 4:37 pm
Mr. Recycle - what redevelopment in East Palo Alto?
Currently, the east side is the most densely populated part of East Palo Alto, having much fewer single family dwellings than it does apartment complexes, duplexes, etc.
The rebuilding of the bridge is a great idea, as already it's crowded with cyclists, drivers and pedestrians. Improvements are needed in order to deal with possible disasters and the very real sea level rise.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 14, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Aquamarine - the EPA stretch between the creek and the 101 is getting bought up by a developer out of Chicago with the probable intentions of redeveloping the entire area. Some claim that 3-4 people are getting evicted a day out of the apartments and condos. Some speculate that Newell could become a freeway offramp in the redevelopment.
a resident of Community Center
on Nov 14, 2012 at 5:10 pm
I remember the BIG flood of December 23, 1955. From the Creek at Newell, Edgewood and the EWP shopping center, the water came over like Niagara Falls. After that a barrier was built along the edge of the creek. Still there.The water roared through Tulip Lane, Heather and beyond. Maybe the Weekly can reprint from the old PA Times.
a resident of Stanford
on Nov 14, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Newell Bridge: Does this mean that this Chicago-based company will take out the rent control ordinance in order to redevelop? Who is doing the speculating (the theoretical peculating, not the land speculating)? I haven't read anything about redeveloping the area.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 14, 2012 at 7:11 pm
I think the neighbors in Crescent Park should get highly organized and fight the expansion of the Newell bridge. They should organize, sue, delay, stall and hire their own flood specialists, engineers, etc. They need to challenge the findings of the government flood engineers, who wrote up the reports suggesting the bridge be widened. They should begin gathering funds/money so they can hire attorneys, too. Go after the city council members, for blindly giving the okay for the new bridge. (Just like they blindly and ignorantly gave their stamp of approval for the high speed rail.) That bridge is trouble for their Crescent Park neighborhood. A new bridge will lower property values in the surrounding streets.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 14, 2012 at 7:33 pm
Aquamarine - We bought our house on Edgewood Dr in 1996 and at that time a quiet trailor park, all under rent control, existed on the opposite side of the creek in EPA. A local real estate developer bought the trailor park out of bankruptcy, paid EPA a fraction of the back taxes owed on the site and developed the Woodland Creek Apartment complex. Only 10% of the new units were subject to rent control per EPA rules. They didn't have to take out the rent control ordinances as EPA allowed them to do this. Equity partners recently paid $130 million for most of the appartments between Woodland Ave and 101 and are planning to do the exact same thing. History repeats itself. They bought these units out of bankruptcy. Sound familiar.
I didn't experience the 1955 flood but i did experience the 1998 flood. Most of the flooding on Greer between Edgewood and Channing was created by the fact that the surface road gutters empty into the creek and when the creek is flowing at flood levels the storm drains close so the creek water doesn't flow back into the lower elevation neighborhoods. While i applaud the storm drain improvements that occured after 1998, i'm skeptical that it's sufficient to handle all of the surface water floodting created during a 50 year storm let alone a 100 year storm. As such, i don't believe the cities efforts to dramaticaly increase the size of the newell bridge has anything to do with flooding. The city is trying to push more traffic into our quiet neighborhood.
a resident of another community
on Nov 14, 2012 at 7:40 pm
I lived through the flood of 98, being evacuated by neighbor's row boat in the middle of the night, in freezing, filthy water up to my waist. We lost a lot even though we had flood and homeowner's insurance. It was odd reading about this and not seeing any mention of the Chaucer St. bridge except in one comment. That used to be the main topic of conversation and focus of attention and we didn't hear much about the Newell bridge being related to the flood problem, as I recall. Something has changed the focus to be more heavily on Newell.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 14, 2012 at 9:26 pm
That's because they can't fix Chaucer until they've orated out the downstream issues. Otherwise they'll get sued where making the downstream issues worse.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 14, 2012 at 10:01 pm
@Aquamarine - Fixing the bridge has nothing to do with possible sea level changes.
There has already been a ton of redevelopment in the area. The Four Seasons, and as Reality Check mentioned, the Woodland Creek apartments. Page Mill Properties clearly had big ambitions when they bought and consolidated so many of the remain properties. It was only the real estate crash and their bankruptcy that has delayed it.
I have read that the assessed value of the whisky gulch area was 7 million before redevelopment, and is near 400 million now. So of course Equity is now going to try to get more redevelopment done. They can take their time, and spend tons of money to grease the wheels and make it happen, because there is huge huge upside.
The least, and maybe only thing we can do is address the potential traffic issues the bridge presents.
a resident of Community Center
on Nov 14, 2012 at 10:31 pm
I think there are many valid perspectives here, and people are concerned about flood control and retaining our very special quality of life....but the one thing I think is most important is that we make the best decisions we can for Palo Alto based on transparency and data. At the northern end of Palo Alto in Crescent Park and all along Newell to Jordan are houses, and families with little kids walking and riding bikes, and schools....not to mention an art center and a library. If the community across the creek in another city and another county wants to say yes to large development, Palo Alto shouldn't deprioritize its own citizen's interests regarding traffic and safety.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 14, 2012 at 11:26 pm
Property values will certainly decrease if there's a flood and nothing has been done to mitigate damage from the creek. The Newell Street bridge didn't flood 15 years ago. It certainly serves a useful purpose with sea levels rising. No one is saying that is the only reason to rebuild it, but traffic and redevelopment aren't the only reasons, either.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 15, 2012 at 12:51 am
Why do people keep bringing up sea level in regards to the Newell street bridge? it has nothing to do with sea level, just carrying rain flow down the creek.
a resident of Stanford
on Nov 15, 2012 at 8:31 am
It's a tidal creek, which is why the sea level matters, Mr. Recycle. It certainly mattered nearly 15 years ago during high tide and the waxing moon.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Nov 15, 2012 at 10:06 am
While I have no problem with preparing for extreme events, the idea of 2.2 feet of local sea level rise is absolute alarmist nonsense.
The Alameda tide gauge has been in operation since 1940, shows no acceleration and an average rise of .82 MM which equates to 4.1 CM in 50 years. Web Link
The gauge at SF Bay has been in operation for well over a hundered years and shows a deceleration with an average rise of 2MM/yr which is 10CM in 50 years. Web Link
With no evidence of acceleration in 100 years observations while CO2 risen from ~200ppm to (almost) 400ppm, it is clear that sea level rise has no connection to CO2.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 15, 2012 at 10:09 am
@Aquamarine - However, removing the bridge has nothing to do with controlling tidal flow. The bridge obstructs creek flow, and increases risk of overflow during rainfall. The floodgates are to address tidal flooding, the bridge replacement is to address fluvial flooding.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 15, 2012 at 10:37 am
The tides affected the flooding at the creek in 1998. It was helpful that Newell was the only passable bridge then. What would be different now, the changes to the floodgates?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 15, 2012 at 11:56 am
@Crick - the tides did not affect the flooding in 1998 in Palo Alto south of 101. The creek overflowed, tides weren't an issue, but the bridges obstructing creek flow were. Tides can exacerbate flooding on the north side of 101. More importantly, even if tidal flooding were the issue, replacing the bridge does absolutely nothing to address it.
You can read the detailed report here on the cities site:
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a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 15, 2012 at 12:11 pm
The money to replace the Newell Bridge comes from CAl Trans and is provided only to the city that totally owns the bridge that needs replacement. Palo Alto totally owns the Newell Bridge. The Middlefield Bridge is owned totally by Menlo Park and they are attempting to get future CAL Tarns money. The Pope Chaucer bridge has shared ownership between Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Santa Clara County, and San Mateo County, and is therefore not eligable for CAL Trns funds. Money to replace the Pope Chaucer is in Measure B for the Santa Clara County Water District. Thank you for approving Measure B.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 15, 2012 at 12:22 pm
How do you know what affected what in that flood, Mr. Recycle?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 15, 2012 at 1:59 pm
@Crick Is there any real debate as to what happened? It rained a lot, and the creek overflowed. Regardless, the whole tidal flood issue is completely irrelevant to the replacement of the bridge. How do you think replacing a bridge that partially obstructs the creek with a bridge that doesn't would have any effect on tidal flooding?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 16, 2012 at 12:28 pm
I appreciated reading all of the comments expressed over the past couple of days, and thought I would provide my insight and invite all of you to stay in touch with the San Franciquito Creek JPA (SFCJPA.ORG or 650-324-1972) with questions or comments.
Regarding Newell Road Bridge, your questions about transportation, parking, privacy, and public safety issues are best directed to the City of Palo Alto as part of the Newell Bridge project process.
Regarding issues related to SFCJPA objectives – including flood protection, environmental enhancement, and recreation – the most important point for this Town Square discussion is that we need a new Newell Bridge that increases the capacity of the channel at that location to a 100-year flow at the same time as assumed 50-years of Sea Level Rise in order to protect people, properties, and pocketbooks in that area.
Water did not exit the Creek channel at Newell in 1998 and that Corps of Engineers models do not predict it will now, because Newell Bridge has more capacity than the Pope-Chaucer Bridge. After Pope-Chaucer, Newell has the least capacity of any area upstream of Hwy. 101, so in order to achieve any greater level of flood protection between Hwy. 101 and El Camino, we have to address the narrow channel at Newell first.
Regarding tides and Sea Level Rise, as you may have noticed yesterday about about 1:00 p.m., a "king tide" which is about two feet higher than a daily high tide does bring Bay water to Newell. And all SFCJPA projects take into account 50 years of Sea Level Rise so that our communities will not need to revisit this issue any time soon. In 1998, tides most definitely did increase the flooding, because the storm produced a surge in the Bay, and that "backed up" water coming down the Creek from the hills.
Finally, as you may have read today online here, at the SFCJPA Board meeting yesterday, we discussed the fact that FEMA is telling us that they will soon begin increasing their flood insurance rates dramatically and they are studying the notion of taking future Sea Level Rise into account in their calculations.
In January , the SFCJPA will begin an EIR process to look at the impacts of all project alternatives between Hwy. 101 and El Camino, and we encourage you to contribute to this process with your comments and to periodically check our website for updates and community meetings.
Len Materman
SFCJPA Executive Director
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 16, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Len, you say, "we need a new Newell Bridge that increases the capacity of the channel." But That is either dishonest or inaccurate. We need to remove the existing bridge to increase the capacity of the channel. What it is replaced with is a totally separate issue from the flood control issue. Also, you lump together the tidal issue with the bridge, when they are unrelated. Whether the bridge is left as is, removed, or replaced has no impact on controlling tidal flooding; those mechanisms are all downstream.
BTW, isn't a little pathetic that 14 years have passed since the 1998 flood, and there isn't completed design or plan for the bridges, let alone acual work on their replacement?
a resident of Palo Verde
on Nov 16, 2012 at 5:13 pm
That moon of ours is a powerful force. King tides and a total solar eclipse at the same time...
a resident of Community Center
on Nov 17, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Hi Len, I really appreciate your comments and explanation. I think one of your points requires a further refinement because it is a VERY sensitive issue for the residents of Palo Alto. In your comment "Regarding issues related to SFCJPA objectives – including flood protection, environmental enhancement, and recreation – the most important point for this Town Square discussion is that we need a new Newell Bridge that increases the capacity of the channel at that location to a 100-year flow at the same time as assumed 50-years of Sea Level Rise in order to protect people, properties, and pocketbooks in that area.",
I don't think we need to Replace the Bridge that allows the flow that you describe. I think we need to be sure the creek can accommodate that flow. Whether it is a bridge at all, a bridge for pedestrians and/or bikers, or a bridge for cars is what we are trying to understand and evaluate.
A wider bridge that will encourage (because of its design) many more cars to travel from the freeway or East Palo Alto along Newell Road is of great concern to the residents of Palo Alto - but the proposed design is not necessary and has many unintended negative consequences that are unrelated to flood control.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Nov 17, 2012 at 12:56 pm
A wider bridge that will encourage (because of its design) many more cars to travel from the freeway or Palo Alto along Newell Road is of great concern to the residents of East Palo Alto!! But hey, we know that during emergencies, that bridge is priceless, even if it means we have to endure people from other cities driving our streets on a daily basis.
a resident of Community Center
on Nov 17, 2012 at 2:40 pm
To Hmmmmm...Emergency vehicles passing safely through the neighborhoods is an excellent point. Perhaps a bridge that could accommodate only emergency vehicles (with bollards or other devices) could be explored as an option.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Nov 17, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Perhaps not. Perhaps when buying or renting in a metro area on a flood plain near a tidal creek during climate change residents should realize that changes will need to be made to prevent previous problems, which of course increase due to more building & more people. Perhaps the plan should remain as is - after all, during these types of emergencies, people need to leave the area.
a resident of Community Center
on Nov 17, 2012 at 7:56 pm
Hmmmm - I just don't know what to say to your comment here. Initially you were advocating for emergency access and flood protection. I proposed options to both and now you seem to be saying...."progress happens and you just need to throw up your hands and give into the way things are going."
The north side of Palo Alto along the creek has only been a residential area with families who chose Palo Alto for specific reasons. If developers on the other side of the creek have other objectives, their NEW goals need to work with that which already exists, not the other way around.
I personally am not willing to throw up my hands and give in. I'd rather identify what the real priorities are for this bridge and come up with a workable solution.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Nov 17, 2012 at 8:12 pm
I have nothing to do with imaginary redevelopment on my side of the creek, nor am I advocating for real redevelopment here. I detest the various carpetbagger landlords that have taken over the west side. My comment was specific to the increase in the area's population due to Sili Valley as well as needed improvements to prevent flooding. You & I are powerless about both. Given that the west side of EPA is already densely populated & the creek bridge has been used by many for decades, I advocate making it as safe as possible while improving flood control.
I'm not sure why you're convinced that there's some conspiracy afoot re the this bridge, but hey - knock yourself out w/investigating & please let us know if there's a cabal of shadowy figures that need to be exposed - I'd be very happy to help. I did it once before & it was fascinating.
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The House Of Representatives On Pooh Corner
It had been a while since the cops shut down one of my parties.
OK, decades, actually.
But there I was, back in January of this year in the Capitol at our GRAMMYs on the Hill welcomes the new Congress event. Kenny Loggins was kind enough to come in and perform and, as you can imagine, the place was standing-room-only. From young staffers to senior members of Congress, the room was packed to hear the artist of such hits as "Footloose," "Danny's Song" and "House At Pooh Corner".
Kenny was into it. Kenny was rockin'. And Kenny was loud. By the third song, the U.S. Capitol Police were at the door. Apparently, "the neighbors" were complaining. (I won't divulge which congressional office was the buzzkill.) We promised this was the last song and got off with a warning.
But the purpose of the event was an important one: the relaunch of the Recording Arts and Sciences Congressional Caucus. This is a group of representatives that works closely with The Recording Academy to advance the issues of music makers, co-chaired by Reps. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) and Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). With each new Congress, the caucus must be re-established.
Now, with 20 caucus members (and growing), we are in the process of planning our educational briefings in California during GRAMMY Week. Many of the caucus members have said they will join us to hear directly from the music makers about the issues important to the music community. And back in D.C., Bono Mack and Hoyer are interested in continuing to do more "musical briefings" on Capitol Hill. We're honored to be working with them and agree that bringing music to the Hill is a great way to keep our issues top of mind.
But next time, I'm thinking acoustic.


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Arkansas Tech University's Fishing Club started with two boats and seven anglers in 2006. Last Sunday, the club hosted its first qualifier tournament, and a whopping 39 potential members — in 20 boats — fished on Brewer Lake in Conway County.
The club ended its most successful season with 22 members in 2011-12. Now, the purpose of the organization will continue to focus toward becoming more a member of the community and outdoors enthusiast than just a fisherman.
"We are excited about the 2012-13 season," co-advisor Christy Austin said. "We're still riding the waves of being named school of the year, and we are aiming to get school of the year again. We have several freshman anglers who fished on the high school level. We're excited they decided to come to Arkansas Tech and be a part of our fishing club.
"We will continue to focus more on conservation projects and education projects. Everyone has really taken to our motto: 'We're not just about fishing.' It's about being well-rounded, to be a part of the outdoors and be a part of your community."
Evan Smith, a junior from Mansfield, is president of the ATU Fishing Club. Chase Melton is vice president, Evan Barnes is secretary/treasurer, and Wil Hafner is public relations/communications director.
Smith won the Brewer Lake qualifier with a catch of 14.75 pounds. Barnes was second with 12.96 pounds and caught the big bass of 6.50 pounds. Freshman Sawyer Grace of Russellville — who teamed up with Nathan Cathcart to win the 2012 TBF High School Fishing World Finals this past summer on Lake Dardanelle — caught 11.52 pounds.
"We also had about 30 parents at the weigh-in supporting the anglers," Austin added. "We were very happy to have their support, and the continuing support of Arkansas Tech University."
The ATU Fishing Club will host a meet-and-greet from 4-8 p.m. Sept. 26 at Cici's Pizza at the Valley Park Centre in Russellville.


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- Chuck: Look, I have to tell you this: I have started this whole thing so maybe one day you might learn something out of it. I put real energies in understanding how this drug affect the human brain and in particular the NMDA receptor. Now I don't want you to scream or anything like that its name over the top of mountains so people can get all excited breaking their new smart 4G app, but it really piss me off (hate) when I try to get supper to have annoying electromagnetical waves to interfere with my own light.
- Oracle: Would it be too much asking for you to get ahead of machines or do you give up yet ?
- Chuck: Very funny... Hey just so you know this page is about DCM. Meaning i got to at some point remove all this crap to put informative data about this DCM chemical.
- Oracle: LOL. See also: Chloroform
- Chuck: LOL.
- Oracle: All right... I gotta take some crazy kush to get my mind clear on certain things...
- Oracle: This world is not acceptable the way it is and must get redesigned.
- Chuck: True. We synthetic biologists like to redesign life to fit our corporate agenda.
- Oracle: Kinda like resigning to understand the reasons of being human i guess.
- Chuck: poor little scientist!
- Oracle: Nah. they living ok. Don't worry about them. Perhaps focus on DCM next time.
- Chuck: do you teach the way you learn?
- Oracle: of Courses! all the Time!
- Chuck: you're such a terrible liar! :)
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DCM: Define DCM (Dichloromethane) here.
- Q1: How does it compare to Acetaldehyde in term of neurotoxicity and especially the nmda receptor in long-term ketamine-induced excitoxicity ?
- Q2: Hmmm
Versatile, odorless, and colorless isonitriles vs DCM
isonitriles: trichlorocyanuric acid (got 1 Cl+ bond)
Agent Yankee Boston Scooby Dodge :
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DCM: 1 cl + alpha-hydrogen bond ?


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So, in order to speed my research I decided to build a four or five node ethernet 'cluster', and run my software on each. Naturally I've given in and decided to reprogram it using networking code to distribute the processing. The idea of having four 2 GHz boxes parsing English makes my mouth water, doesn't it yours?Code:test
Anyway, long story short I've been trying to get a single server / multiple client setup where the clients are processing nodes and the server just sends requests and writes results to a centralized place. I have a global variable for sent/received bytes total on the server and client sides. The problem is when I have more than one client connecting to the server, the total of received and sent bytes on the server is lower than the total fo that sent on the clients. I have a feeling this has something to do with mutual exclusion, and I tried isolating the send/received requests on the server-side, but that didn't seem to work. By the way, this is in Java. So anyway I hope someone can shed some light, Bubba? Sunlight? Kermi? Thanks!
Code:// there ain't no source code it's in the attached file! nice new feature to enforce code tags guys... nice...


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DOVER - What could be termed the battle for the Arkansas River took place Tuesday night as Russellville faced Dardanelle in the second night of action in the Dover Sr. Invitational Tournament.
It was a barn burner from the start as both teams swapped shots in the first 4 minutes of action Tuesday night. The difference in the score was a couple of Lady Cyclone 3-pointers by Mikki Lock and Janey Jacimore. At the 3:27 mark, Russellville (4-3) extended its lead over the Lady Sand Lizards (7-1, 1-0) with 7-0 run to lead 16-7 with 9 seconds ato play in the opening quarter. A free throw by Lady Sand Lizard Crystal Kellybrew narrowed the gap by one to give the Lady Cyclones a 16-8 lead after one.
In the second period, the Lady Sand Lizards came storming back as they outscored the Lady Cyclones 17-7 to take the lead in the hotly contested game. Jasmine Byers had five of Dardanelle's points to lead Russellville 25-23 at the break.
Christa Aylesworth, Lock and Morgan Scott were the only Lady Cyclones to score in the second period of play. Lock's score was a 3-point bucket with 3:41 to play in the half.
Scott tied the game at 25-all with 6:37 to play in the third quarter. Aylesworth gave Russellville the lead 1:09 later with a short jumper. The third quarter saw three ties and three lead changes, but as both teams prepared to enter the fourth period the score was tied at 30.
In the fourth, Russellville came alive as they outscored the Lady Sand Lizards 18-9 to give Dardanelle its first loss of the season. Jacimore hit two of her four 3-pointer in the fourth to led the Lady Cyclones to victory.
"We got in a little bit of foul trouble in the first half," Lady Cyclone coach Matt Kordsmeier said. "Dardanelle is a very athletic team, a very quick team. I was really pleased with the way we played in the fourth quarter. We played more physical and stronger and when we do that we are a better team."
Jacimore had 12 points to lead the Lady Cyclones. Aylesworth and Scott each had 10. Lock added eight while Christen Pointer and Autumn Stewart each had four points for Russellville.
"I felt like this game was going to be a toss-up," Lady Sand Lizard coach Tim Aynes said. "We didn't want to be out worked or out hustled. We didn't do as well as we would have liked in get our transition game going."
Byers led the Lady Sand Lizards with 12 points. Kellybrew had seven, and Morgan Garrison had six. Kayla Sheets had four points, Niki Possage had three and Carrie Sowers and Lindsey Howard each had two. Carmen Flurry, Heather Canerday and Alex Grigsby each had one to round out the scoring for Dardanelle.
In the first girls game of the night, Charleston defeated Greenbrier 59-56. In the first boys game of the night, Greenbrier defeated Charleston 68-37. The second boys game saw Sacred Heart defeat Hector 62-46
The Dover Sr. Invitational tournament will continue tonight with four game. The first matchup will be a girls game between Hector and Dardanelle at 4 p.m. The second game will be a boys game between Mount Judea and Hector at 5:30 p.m. The third game will feature the girls of Mount Judea facing the girls of Greenbrier at 7 p.m., and the final game will be a boys game between Perryville and Charleston at 8:30 p.m.


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Northern Oil is not a traditional oil exploration and production company. It has a simple model. It buys part shares in acreage in the Bakken shale. It waits until the major holder develops the acreage and it pays a proportion of the development costs and receives a proportion of the revenue.
That allows it to be a 1.6 billion dollar company with only 11 staff.
The only expertise it brings to the table is buying acreage. And they buy it at a wide scatter of prices. They have paid $2500 or more an acre for some small (and presumably productive) lots. For example they paid $2500 an acre for 1748 net acres in Williams and McKenzie County of North Dakota during 4q 2010. They have paid less than 250 an acre for some very large lots. In the last quarter they purchased a 50% working interest in approximately 14,538 net acres in Richland County Montana for less than $250 an acre in the same quarter. In that case the acreage was purchased from the operator (Slawson) and presumably the operator had better-than-average intelligence as to the quality of that acreage.
The supporters of the stock value the stock based on acreage owned. This is obvious enough because you most certainly would not want to value it against current earnings or current revenue.
Given that acreage purchase is the whole reason for owning Northern Oil and believing the Northern Oil story it is worth following the people who manage acreage purchase. Betting on Northern Oil is above all betting on those people. Northern Oil after all buys acreage in a scatter of prices almost all below $3000 an acre with large purchases below $250 an acre but is valued by the market at about $8600 per acre. The acreage buying is the driver of incredible (market) value.
So without further ado I will tell you that the Land Manager of Northern Oil is Mr Kruise Kemp. Kruise Kemp has been hanging around the courthouses of Montana swooping on land where leases have expired without ever being drilled. An old article in the Billings Gazette describes the process and says how lease holders in Montana look in envy on the lease holders of North Dakota because in North Dakota the land often gets drilled whereas in Montana leases expire without ever seeing the drill bit. To quote:
Kruise Kemp is no stranger to the courthouses of northeastern Montana. The land manager for Minnesota-based Northern Oil & Gas said there are several buzzing with the land men just like Richland County's.
Many of those speculators are looking to "top lease," meaning their sniffing out existing oil leases that are just about to expire in hopes of swooping in to strike up a new deal just as the clock runs out.
In these parts, Montanans, some with leases that went untapped, have looked in envy toward North Dakota where drilling rigs have cropped up like knapweed the last couple years. There are 138 rigs punching holes through the shale in North Dakota. Here, there is only a handful.
Kemp said the state of North Dakota had provided oil companies with a wealth of services including online field data that made it easy to setup. And drilling rigs attract other drilling rigs. It's a safe assumption when you see other rigs active in your area that you're going to hit something. Having so many rigs drilling in one area puts pressure on companies to permit as many wells as possible before moving on.
But now companies are turning to Montana to further define the productive area of the Bakken. Working with two other companies, Northern launched a new 3,000-acre project in Richland County this month and has two others nearby.
You see Northern is buying the land where the drills aren't. Of course this makes it cheap. It could be cheap for a reason - the drills not being there because it is not really all that good land. Or it could be that Northern Oil is really great at finding cheap acreage that really is super-prospective.
Well as investors we can't directly know. We don't see the seismic and we are not there with the drill bit.
All we have to go on in the people. And so I present to you a picture - a couple of years old - of Mr Kruise Kemp.
He played golf for Montana State and was a business school graduate (no particular honors) in the spring of 2010. A nexus search identifies him as 23 years old.
So what qualifies Kruise Kemp for such a senior role in a 1.6 billion dollar company? Well it is not his finance degree. But Kruise is steeped in the oil industry in Montana. His father owns or controls a couple of oil companies. (I can find their names but not much detail about them.) His late grandfather was also an oilman.
Northern Oil has also done many related party transactions to buy acreage. If the company is buying acreage from directors then I guess it is incumbent on the land manager to vet those purchases. Kemp is the man with that job.
We view Kemp's age and business degree (rather than say a major in geology or reservoir engineering) with skepticism. Then again we own Google. That is one of the greatest companies in history and it was started by (very bright) people in their 20s. Steve Jobs was 16 when he was introduced to Steve Wozniak and Apple was the result.
It could be that Montana State University business school has produced one of the world's great 23 year old oil-industry entrepreneurs. Might be. As a Northern Oil shareholder that is one of the things you are betting on.


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I just realized all the new things I have learned the last couple of years by using the internet. I'm sure some of this would have been possible with books, but I've got to tell you that videos on the internet are my favorite way to learn stuff now.
I taught myself to knit using the internet.
I learned how to quilt and applique using the internet, mostly from the great folks on this board.
I overcame my fear of sewing zippers using the internet.
I overcame my fear of having and using a serger using the internet.
I learned how to care for my garden on the internet.
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I teach 3rd grade. I would love to introduce the sport to students at my school. I already do this with my own class. However, I would love to start an after school program with students and have a course at my school that we can play at and practice the game. However, this is, of course, is not cheap. Discs, not the biggest problem, it's the baskets. I know EDGE has packages, but they are still too much. Any advice on grants or donation possibilities for a teacher to put together something like this? Thanks! I believe there are basically zero schools doing this in WA state..I would love to be a trailblazer in this.
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there is one school in Spokane (Chase Middle School) that has put in 6 baskets around their property. I believe they recieved a grant to put the baskets in and during the summer a group plays a weekly round, adding 3 portable practice baskets for a 9 hole with lots (Loooooooooooootttssssssssssss) of OB. I remember talking to someone involved in getting the Chase course put in, but don't remember the specifics.
if you are on the west side, I have heard of a person (http://www.discgolfscene.com/profile/1343) that makes baskets for ~100-140 each. if that is still out of your price range, you may want to talk to a local community college/high school welding shop to find out if they will fabricate the baskets for you for less (hard to beat a 24 chain basket with in ground sleeve for <$130).
Good luck, hope you get something going for the kiddos. We need more NW youth champs if we want to compete with the rest of the world.
How about fundraiser tournament(s) run elsewhere to raise money for this cause? I know when I ran an Ice Bowl a couple years ago players came out in droves and donated up the @$$. It was pretty cool and humbling to see. For that particular event I think I had something like 57 players and brought in about $2500 for a single event which after all costs ended up being about a $2000 donation. I think the single best way to bring in extra money for an event like this, if you are going to do it, is with the use of mulligans which I know some players hate...but if the point of the event is to raise money then it's kinda hard to argue with. Just my 2 cents though.
I work at a local high school in eastern WA and think of a fundraiser tourney every time I walk onto the campus. There's tons of potential for OB and a hard course to be set up temporarily.
Originally posted by KG_MCDGC View PostI would contact your local Disc Golf Club. They, more than likely, could use someone with your enthusiasm and insight.
And my thought was a fundraiser at Shelton Springs...maybe around Ice Bowl time? I dunno...just a thought...we need more tournaments there and it sounds like it could get a lot of $.
Just not sure how to go about it, if people would be willing since the school is not in Shelton...etc etc.
Also, the school does not have the BEST area for interesting holes, but we are talking about a course for beginning elementary students...not us.
Basically, I'm really up in the air about this and trying to figure out feasibility and such first.Last edited by ski2man; October 18th, 2012, 08:50 AM."When a ball dreams, it dreams it is a frisbee."
Find a sponsor for each hole and put their name and info on the basket
Originally posted by ski2man View PostThat would be you guys I'm part of MCDG. I live in Shelton but teach in Belfair.
And my thought was a fundraiser at Shelton Springs...maybe around Ice Bowl time? I dunno...just a thought...we need more tournaments there and it sounds like it could get a lot of $.
Just not sure how to go about it, if people would be willing since the school is not in Shelton...etc etc.
Also, the school does not have the BEST area for interesting holes, but we are talking about a course for beginning elementary students...not us.
Basically, I'm really up in the air about this and trying to figure out feasibility and such first.
The E.D.G.E. program is something worth looking into. I know MCDG has looked into it for the schools in their area. I think that Disc Golf in grade schools doesn't necessarily equate into installing a course. That may be an end product, but I think getting a Disc Golf curriculum introduced in the P.E. classes is the first step (then an after-school program, etc.). Who knows? It may lead to a added interest in Disc Golf among the adults in North Mason County, which may lead to a permanent course up there. Really, the possibilities are endless. But, I will say from experience, it so much worthwhile to attempt something like this with a group that is organized. Belfair is surrounded by two well-organized and welcoming Clubs, MCDG and WSDGA.
One more thing. You are not alone. Your vision is a shared vision. Most Disc Golfers would love to see more courses, and more people enjoying this great sport. I think that a fundraising tournament that benefits this community, in ANY way, would be embraced.
I would pm ----> Skookum or Maco Capo
"When a ball dreams, it dreams it is a frisbee."
my first inclination is to have the school district foot the bill. if the course is going to be on school property and used by school children, then i dont think private money or belonings (baskets) be used for the project. put together a indepth and detailed proposal and bring it before the district, and convince them why it is valuable for them and the children. it will be hard work on your part, but totally worth all the hours and research you put in if they approve it.
if that doesnt pan out then ask them how they would feel about having the baskets donated to the school district, and if they approve then start looking to outward fundraisers to pay for baskets. but i believe that first and foremost that the school should pay for it.Team HOSER:dancing:
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Originally posted by maco capo View PostI'll get a hold of you when we have our next club meeting and we can talk further about setting up a tourney. I think it's a great idea. I'm sure the rest of MCDG thinks the same thing
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Includes the EDGE curriculum package, Getting the EDGE DVD, 3 collapsible portable disc golf targets, 30 lightweight golf discs, 30 mini-marker discs, and 30 enrollments in the SkillShot Awards Program.Last edited by ski2man; October 19th, 2012, 06:52 AM."When a ball dreams, it dreams it is a frisbee."
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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Miss Chicken, Nov 21, 2012.
Exactly like towels.
Who has matching towels? Always makes me think of Sleeping With The Enemy. If digressing into modern jargon, I'd like to consign 'blue sky thinking', 'counter intuitive' and 'thinking outside the box' to the fires of hell.
Naah, just a moderate flirt. If I am not mistaken you're on a different continent. I've tried that before and found that relationships over such a huge distance require a lot of effort from both sides and therefore tend to not work in the long run. Frankly, I am looking for a long-term relationship atm, and preferably with someone from my continent.
But a bit of just-for-fun flirting can't harm
Jim, I very much agree with your interpretation of "the customer is always right". In Germany we say "the customer is king" - contrary to the British saying the German one doesn't imply that the customer might be right. It only means we should treat them respectful and ought to understand that they have certain expectations (still, we are a republic, so kings don't really have much to say here).
"Dance like nobody's watching."
I prefer to dance like everybody is watching and they're all jealous of my sick moves.
Exactly - if nobody's watching, then I'm sitting down and reading a book
That line about if you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart, and if you're not a conservative at 30, you have no brain.
Mostly because I only hear it from smug Fox News viewers.
I loathe with a perfect passion the saying "God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve". For similar reasons I dislike "They call it global warming, but it's God's Warning".
Oh, and people's obsession with slapping -gate onto everything remotely controversial makes me slightly murderous.
Dammit! *chloroforms Rhubarbodendron who is then put into a FedEx box and sent to Bora Bora*
So teacake...how you doin'?
To be fair (assuming anyone cares about being fair to Fox), they didn't invent it. That phrase has been around since the 19th century at least.
Now THAT I can agree with.
I hate the "War On---." FFS, people! Someone disagreeing with your or even just not being bug-eyed-obsessed with a thing the same way you are doesn't mean they've declared "war." Stop saying it; it's childish.
But.. but.. I've been strategically planning teacakegate for a year now!
I'm good sweetie but you fail my Lady Gaga test.
Does it involve your breakfast cereal? Because then it might be teacakecornflakegate.
That does come with added assonance which can only be a good thing..
^ I hope I didn't make you angry with that last sentence. Or in other words, causing teacakecornflakegatehate.
Not sure exactly what that means, but thank you for the compliment.
But that's MORE assonance!
It's glorious.
I like an optimist.
Kind of like 'God only helps those who help themselves'.
thank you! Being a big fan of Methos (from the Highlander series), who is reported to hide there when he needs a time out, I've always wanted to go there but lacked the money.
I agree, Nick, those two sayings are not exactly realistic (particularly from teh point of view of an atheist).
We Germans are more pessimistic when we say "of friends in an emergency, 1000 weigh an ounce" [Freunde in der Not gehn tausend auf ein Lot] (meaning that if you need them, the vast majority of people you thought of as friends will turn you down).
Still, I was lucky enough to prove this proverb wrong in the past.
Ugh. I cringe when someone says that...
^Does anyone actually say that anymore?
Sadly, yes...
Just preparing them for the military, that's all.
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The BUZZ: 13-year cicadas are back in U.S. South
Traveling through a rural part of the U.S. state of Georgia recently, Charles Seabrook heard a high-pitched whirring so loud he thought the engine of his pickup truck was overheating.
"I was getting ready to raise my hood when I realized that I was hearing the 13-year cicadas," said Seabrook, a Georgia writer and naturalist.
Throughout the U.S. South and as far north as Illinois and Indiana, a noisy and bizarre insect ritual is playing out for the first time since 1998. After living quietly underground for 13 years, billions of red-eyed cicadas -- dubbed the "Great Southern Brood" by scientists -- are emerging to mate and quickly die.
"The most common description I've heard is that it's an alien invasion," said Nancy Hinkle, a University of Georgia professor of entomology. "It sounds like the mother ship is hovering down in the woods."
The insects are called "periodical" cicadas because they remain underground for years at a time, unlike the annual cicadas that surface each summer. There are also 17-year cicadas found largely in the Northeast and Midwest, Hinkle said.
"The periodical cicadas are about 30 percent smaller than the annual cicadas," said Hinkle. "And periodical cicadas have bright red eyes."
Commonly mistaken for locusts, they don't bite and aren't harmful to humans or crops.
The cicadas are not dormant during their long life underground. "They are actively growing," Hinkle said. "The little nymphs are down in the ground, they've got their mouth parts attached to tree roots and they're sucking the juice out of tree roots."
Mysteriously, when year 13 arrives, the nymphs burrow through the soil to the surface to become adults. They shed a layer of skin, leaving a shell behind. Then they inflate and dry their wings, allowing them to fly.
The roar begins as males attract females by furiously vibrating membranes in their abdomens, producing a loud drone.
"It is one of nature's great oddities," said Seabrook.
There are several theories behind the cicadas' strange and lengthy life cycle.
One is that it is nature's "shock and awe" approach to produce an overwhelming number of cicadas at one time so that predators can't possibly eat them all.
Many animals love to munch on cicadas, including turkeys, raccoons, skunks and coyotes.
Photo shows a newly emerged adult cicada peering over the top of a leaf in Arlington, Virginia May 20, 2004. Credit: REUTERS/John Pryke
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