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In pressure situation, Perez delivers
Lefty keeps Cardinals at bay until Mets' offense takes over
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
ST. LOUIS -- The night before he was to pitch the most important baseball game of his life, Oliver Perez stood alone at his locker in a Mets clubhouse engulfed with media. The lone player showing his face for the longest time in the wake of a dismal 5-0 Game 3 setback that had the Mets trailing the Cardinals in the National League Championship Series, Perez patiently tried to answer a variety of questions all routed toward one general destination: How could someone with his record, his background, his inexperience, possibly handle such monumental pressure in Game 4? What Perez kept saying, over and over, was that he understood the responsibility and accepted the challenge, that he'd try to keep the Mets in the game with everything he had. That's all any starting pitcher can do, and it's all Oliver Perez intended to do against the Cardinals on Sunday night. Consider it mission accomplished. His stat line -- nine hits, five runs, 5 2/3 innings -- does no justice to the performance Perez delivered in front of 46,600 fans and a primetime TV audience. He braved one disturbance after another to keep the Cardinals within reach of a Mets offense that finally came bursting to life, lifted by the power of Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran and David Wright in the heart of that lethal order. "I did what I needed to do," a visibly relieved Perez said after the Mets' 12-5 victory tied the best-of-seven series at two games apiece. "Most important, I kept us in the game. I feel good about that. I gave us a chance to win. "Everybody did a good job -- defensive, offense and bullpen. Everybody did their job. It was an important game, and now we're even in the series." If he neglected to mention that the starting pitcher also did a good job, that's probably because this 25-year-old gentleman from Culiacan, Mexico, is not the self-promoting type. Let Tom Glavine, eminently willing and able, handle the role of praising Perez. "I'm happy for him and proud for him," Glavine, the Mets' ace and Game 5 starter on Monday, said. "He did a great job. He hasn't pitched in two weeks. To go out there in these circumstances is not an easy task -- especially for a young kid in his first [postseason] start.
"There was pressure, anxiety for him -- I know he was aware of it all. He kept us in the game early, which was important. He kept us in the game until we got our offense going. The most important thing was to get us through the early part of the game with the opportunity to get the lead. You can't ask more from him."Perez got a double-play grounder from Juan Encarnacion to escape the first with two on and one out. Yadier Molina's RBI single in the second had the Cards in front, but left fielder Endy Chavez threw out Ronnie Belliard trying to take an extra base, and again Perez got out of trouble. Encarnacion's two-out RBI triple in the third tied the game at 2, but Perez hung in to get through the fourth, leaving Belliard at second. In the fifth, after David Eckstein's homer cut the deficit to 5-3, Perez struck out Scott Spiezio and the great Albert Pujols in succession. Oliver's father and brothers, somewhere in the crowd, must have loved that. "Everybody gave me great encouragement before the game," Perez said. "They all said, 'Oliver, you can do the job.' I appreciated all the support. "I did a good job with Pujols, and I feel really good about that." Pujols was hitless in four at-bats. Perez came to New York with reliever Roberto Hernandez from Pittsburgh at the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline in exchange for Xavier Nady, the idea being to bolster the bullpen and have another starting option with Perez. Blessed with a live arm but inconsistent control, Perez was 1-3 with a 6.38 ERA, making seven starts. He'd been 2-10 in Pittsburgh, so it was understandable that a 3-13 ledger going into a huge assignment didn't exactly encourage overconfidence among Mets fans. But manager Willie Randolph's optimism was justified. The manager, impressed with Perez's heart and composure, kept him on the mound until solo homers by Jim Edmonds and Molina in the sixth convinced him it was time for reinforcements. "He did show me a lot," Randolph said. "He [bore] down; he didn't really bend. I remember saying to my coaches that he got out of an inning nicely, and didn't panic. It was nice to see him keep his wits about him and not overreact, not get away from himself. "That's the thing he's improved on since he's been here. He's been able to keep his emotions intact and channel his energy." Oliver Perez did what he set out to do. He kept his team in the game, and his teammates showed him how much they appreciated that by ripping baseballs all over Busch Stadium and making the NLCS a three-game series now, two of those at Shea Stadium, if a Game 7 is required.
Lyle Spencer 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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Free Horse: Needs a short stall rest
Weekend Games is a very fancy 5 year old Thoroughbred gelding. He has a small fracture in sesamoid. He does need 4 months stall rest and the vet 's prognosis is very good. This horse is about 15.2 hands with a very nice temperament. He'll be a great project for someone. He has no vices and other than the small sesamoid issue, his legs are in great shape. See his pictures at www.LeightonFarm.com or call for more info.
Horse NameWeekend Games
ColorDark Bay/Brown
Height15.2 hh
SireWeekend Cruise
DamTit Tat Toe
LocationBowie, MD, USA
StatusFound Home

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Beacon FCU Preps for Insurance Agency Debut
To give its more than 16,600 members another option, Beacon Federal Credit Union has partnered with Insuritas, a provider of outsourced insurance agencies, to open an insurance firm.
The East Windsor, Conn.-based Insuritas said it will deliver its platform and Web-based online agency capabilities to the $130 million Beacon FCU in La Porte, Texas.
The firm said its service enables financial institutions to own a complete insurance agency without the significant capital investments required to build or buy an agency.
The agency includes sales professionals and sales strategies, ongoing access to insurance industry experts, and complete back-office services including billing and claims processing, according to Insuritas.
"We took a long hard look at what our options were for providing our membership with the insurance products and services they require. We knew that building or buying an agency was expensive, risky and labor intensive, said Jack McAdoo, president/CEO of Beacon FCU.
According to Insuritas President/CEO Jeff Chesky, Beacon FCU's insurance agency is scheduled to be fully operations in a matter of months.
Insuritas' deal with Beacon FCU marks the company's first credit union partnership in Texas, Chesky noted.


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These Masks are beautiful with a delicate victorian /yesteryear look/design to them. ( OR so, that is how I see them, I'm sure for each of us it could be seen differently)
I plan on using them to stencil onto material for napkins , pillow cases, to table runners.
Also , for use of course on scrapbooking /card making. And would be great to use as backgrounds for frames and frame with the frame one.
Love the versitilities of these !!
This came packaged great so there were no bends or tears of this delicate mask set. I am going to try using Aleen's Tack it Again and Again glue to keep it adhered to the page as I spray or daub it. Has anyone tried that yet? How did it work?
I saw a project done with one of these frame...Plan to do a similar project & have already used the borders seveal times with paint & jesso.
The masks were exactly like I was expecting. Can't wait to try them out.
Very nice. Excited about them


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"How much did that cost?"
"How many miles on your bike?"
"How much can you bench?" (if you're not a member of a gym, skip this one)
The numbers game is just that- a game. It doesn't tell you much by itself. Success is not measured by numbers, but by the experience. I saw it was going to be hot, so i chose not to go. But I thought the rally is put on by the volunteers to offer the experience. It seems that those who chose to go and then whine about the weather or anything else are simply unprepared. I figured one of the first threads would be about the numbers, because there are those that will use the numbers to justify how this was "bad planning". "Making it better" does not mean "making it bigger", any more than more expense means better quality, more miles means more of a rider, or more weight makes you stronger.


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Expect Apple fans to be lining up in the not-so-distant future. After all, an iPhone release is a huge event for the Apple community, and the release of the iPhone 3GS, announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, is set to be one of the biggest tech events of the year.
Apple and AT&T have filled in the public at last on when and where they can get their hands on the new smart phone, which adds video, a higher capacity, and more. Units will ship June 19 and arrive in time for a launch that day at AT&T and Apple stores. AT&T is taking preorders on the handset online and at its stores.
Customers not preordering that hope to get their hands on the phone may be disappointed. AT&T says that it will form two lines on launch day -- one of customers who preordered and a second of customers who didn't. Those who did not preorder will only be able to buy the phone during normal store hours, while the preorder customers will be able to line up at 7 am. Further, upon the store's official opening the two lines will be merged, with the preorder line going first and getting first priority over the new phones.
Apple Retail Stores are set to also open early at 8 am. Preorder customers are allowed to attend the early opening to pick up their new phone.
Customers who are new to AT&T or current customers that have gone through at least 18 months on their current contract will be able to score an iPhone 3GS for $199 (16GB) and $299 (32GB). Current iPhone 3G customers who wish to upgrade to an iPhone 3G S, but haven't yet reached the 18 month mark must pay $399/$499 or $599/$699 respectively for the 16GB and 32GB models based on how much time is left on their two-year contracts.
One alternative for existing AT&T customers is to cancel their contract ($175), wait three months, and then return to AT&T and get the new customer pricing. A returning customer will save $225 with this scheme on either model, but will have to endure approximately a three month wait. Obviously this is infuriating to existing customers, but some will take what they can get.


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Weekend Cooking Party
Busy days can lead to frustration when it comes to making dinner. Who feels like cooking a meal after a hard day's work? What's the best way to avoid the drive through or delivery? Use your weekends off to prepare all your meals for the upcoming week.
We've all been there at least once and if you're like me, more times than we wish to admit. We go to the grocery store and spend a ton of money so that there will be food in the house. We then make a promise to cook each and every night since the food is already there and ready to be consumed.
Then I'm exhausted from my day and don't feel like cooking. It's way to easy to pick up the phone and order take out. We spend twenty or thirty dollars on food for one meal when we have a fridge full of food. Have you been there, too? Not a very good choice when we're trying hard to save money, right?
One way I've found to stop this endless cycle is to pick one day on the weekend and have a cooking party. I make a menu for the week and then one day over the weekend, start cooking. You could even gather a few friends together and make it a real party…you end up making enough to feed your family and their families too.
For your weekend cooking party, decide on the menu early. This ensures that everything needed is present and accounted for. Start with the meats. They will take the longest to cook so get that going and try to have a variety so you're not bored with the same meats all week long.
Side dishes could be prepared, too. It seems like such a small thing to cook the main part of the meal and save the rest for later. What usually happens is no one feels like cooking anything. Avoid that by cooking everything at the same time.
Cooking that much food for later requires containers to hold it all. There are two ways this can be done. One way is to use containers that are large enough for each side dish and the main meat courses. Each day, take a meat and two sides out of the fridge and heat it up for dinner.
The second way gives the family a little more of a choice each day of what they want to eat. When the food cools (everything needs to cool before placing it in containers), have each person scoop what they want to eat into a serving container. Have one meat and two sides per container. Label each with what is inside. During the week, everyone can pick from a variety of dinner combinations.
You can also make casseroles and freeze the entire pan. I do that most often.
All of the above works, you just need to decide which is better for your family. Cooking on the weekend saves time and money because you'll be less tempted to go out when you're tired from working all day.
If your food makes more meals than you could eat in a week, freeze several of them for another time. Simply thaw each meal the day you plan to serve it. You will have to make an investment in dinner size containers, but it pays off the more you use them. Once you see how much stress you relieve and healthier your family is eating it will be well worth the initial cost.


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In Greek mythology there is a Titan named Atlas who held up the world, or held up the sky so that it didn't crash down on the Earth.
In the world of sports, each team has its own "Atlas" who keeps the team from falling flat.
Some of the best "Atlases" in recent sports memory:
- LeBron James- Cleveland Cavaliers. During LeBron's tenure the Cavaliers were essentially James and a never-ending roll call of role players. Shaquille O'Neal and Ben Wallace were the only really good players who James played with in Cleveland. And at that point both were in the respective twilights of their careers, and Wallace wasn't scoring much (as per usual). Cleveland was so bad without "King James" that they set an NBA record for the longest losing streak: 26 games after he made the decision to go to South Beach.
- Derrick Rose- Chicago Bulls. A small sample size, but while Rose dominated Game One of the first round of the playoffs versus Philly, he tore his ACL towards the end of the game. After holding on for the win in that game the Bulls went on to lose the series 4-2 to the eight-seeded 76ers. As a follow up, this year with Rose out for an extended amount of time, most pundits and talking heads have Chicago in the 6-8 seed range in the playoffs. Quite a drop-off for the team who had the best record in the East last season.
- Luis Suarez- Liverpool. If you take away Suarez's fantastic production, the Reds would likely be in the relegation zone if not in last.
- Dwight Howard- Orlando Magic. Orlando is so bad without Howard it compelled me to write an entire piece on it, you can see that here. Orlando is going nowhere fast.
- Steve Nash- Phoenix Suns. Obviously earlier on in Nash's career he had Amare Stoudamire and friends, so the team wouldn't be that bad off without him. However, the Suns of the past couple years have needed Nash to help them stay out of the cellar. With him they were camped on the stairs going to the cellar; now they're the cellar's likely tenants.
- Mike Trout- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Trout supporters love overusing the stat about the visible improvement of the Angels' record with him, as opposed to their record without him. Take away Trout and a lineup that includes Albert Pujols, Kendrys Morales, Torii Hunter and Vernon Wells goes nowhere offensively. Continue reading


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Following his wedding on Saturday, Crew midfielder Chris Birchall returned to training in Columbus on Wednesday. Birchall traveled to England two weeks ago to help his new wife Lucy help prepare for their nuptials. The Trinidad & Tobago International admits there were some nerves leading up to the big day.
"I was the one that was kind of calm, until the morning and then it really hit me," he said. "(Lucy) was nervous throughout the whole week that I was back, and understandably. She had organized everything so just wanted it to all come together for the day."
"It's quite a blur, because so much happened in the day," he added. "It's a day we'll never forget and that's the way it's probably how it's supposed to be."
The newlyweds are planning their honeymoon for the offseason and Birchall hopes Lucy and their three-year-old son Ashley will be able to move to Columbus within the next 4-5 weeks.
Sporting his new wedding band at the training grounds in Obetz on Wednesday, Birchall was happy to be back to business as usual.
"For me, this is my bread and butter. It's what I get paid to do," he said. "I'm glad to be back here and now concentrating until the end of the season."


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ONE in two patients are not being treated within the clinically recommended general surgery times at Hervey Bay Hospital.
New data on the Queensland Health website revealed that in September, just 56% of those on the common elective surgery waiting lists went into theatre within the suggested timeframe.
Geoff Dawson, director business and operational services with Fraser Coast Health Services, blamed increased patient numbers in winter for delays.
"General surgery was significantly impacted by the increase in medical patients during the winter months, leaving limited bed availability for surgical patients," Mr Dawson said.
"By the end of November, it is anticipated all long-wait category three general surgery patients will have been treated, and the service has arranged for an additional theatre list at Hervey Bay Hospital to treat other long-wait patients."
Other information released to the Chronicle showed a category one patient - the highest-need elective surgery classification the hospital has - as waiting double the clinically recommended time.
Category one patients should be seen within 30 days but for one ill person needing treatment that time frame could not be met.
"The longest wait for a category one patient is in urology," Mr Dawson said.
"One patient will have waited 82 days by the time of their surgery (which has been booked)."
Data on general surgery delay times at Maryborough Hospital revealed that in September, just 65% of patients on waiting lists were treated within the clinically recommended time.
October figures for Hervey Bay Hospital showed one in five patients needing urology surgery were not treated in the recommended time.
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PEAP schedules trip to Indiana Grand Casino
April 5, 2013
The Purdue Employees Activity Program, a subcommittee of the Clerical and Service Staff Advisory Committee, is sponsoring a trip to Indiana Grand Casino on April 20.
The bus trip to the casino in Shelbyville, Ind., is open to all Purdue staff, faculty, family and friends age 21 and over.
Buses are scheduled to leave from the Freehafer Hall parking lot at 9:30 a.m. Participants should plan to be on the bus by 9:15 a.m. The bus is scheduled to arrive at the casino about 11:15. The bus will leave Shelbyville at 5 p.m. and arrive in West Lafayette about 6:45 p.m.
Cost is $15 per person. The registration deadline is April 15, or when the bus is full. Registration forms are available at www.purdue.edu/cssac.
The casino features 2,000 Las Vegas-style slots, electronic blackjack table games, three card poker, craps and roulette spread out over a 233,000-square-foot gaming floor. There also is an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for $9.95, which is not included in the price of the trip.
For more information, contact Madonna Ritter at 49-66893 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Damage to poor countries from climate change goes far beyond money -- report
Correction appended.
Most of the ancient ruins that Moses Ittu, 67, a resident of Lelu Island in the Federated State of Micronesia, visited and played around during his childhood have since disappeared into the ocean.
In the last few decades, residents of the island have increasingly used the ancient stones to build walls to shield their homes and livelihoods from pounding waves and creeping sea water. "The sea keeps on rising, and the people need to protect themselves," Ittu told researchers who studied adaptation in response to coastal erosion in Micronesia for The Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries initiative at the U.N. University in Bonn, Germany.
Micronesia is one of nine nations that researchers recently reviewed in a report assessing loss and damage from climate change. Researchers conducted 3,269 household surveys, more than 200 focus group discussions and open interviews about the economic, social and cultural losses incurred by climate stressors in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Micronesia, Mozambique and Nepal.
The multicountry studies found that the residual impacts of climate stressors, including floods, sea-level rise and droughts, occur even though adaptation measures seem enough. Researchers also point to irreversible cultural and social impacts that could exceed monetary loss as a topic that should infuse climate negotiations this year and into the Paris talks in 2015.
An overview of the nine studies was published in time for negotiations in Warsaw, Poland. In November, countries will meet for the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties for negotiations under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, where loss and damage from climate variability and climate change will be vital to discussions.
The limits of adaptation are the underlying focus of the study, said Kees van der Geest, a co-author of the overview and senior researcher at the U.N. University's Institute for Environment and Human Security. Koko Warner, the executive director at the university's Institute for Environment and Human Security, was also an author of the overview published in the International Journal of Global Warming.
People 'beyond their capacity to adapt'
After the climate science has been established and the role of emissions pinpointed, solutions now rest on developmental issues that cause vulnerability to climate stressors.
"There are limits to adaptation and limits on vulnerable communities when they are beyond their capacity to adapt," van der Geest said.
"We see that the situation is partly because of a lack of success in global efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, but when you go to a rural community in Africa, Asia or the Pacific, then the kinds of questions you need to ask is which ways they incur damage and how they make efforts to adapt."
The Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries initiative particularly focuses on the gradual or slow-onset effects of climate change like sea-level rise, subsequent saltwater intrusion into land, and droughts.
Extreme droughts that occurred in 2004 and 2010 in northern Burkina Faso led to migration and loss of traditional practices in pastoral populations. Researchers examined the impact of the droughts on households in 10 villages. Of the respondents, 96 percent experienced negative effects on their crops and 87 percent said their livestock suffered losses. The cascading impacts, which begin with the lack of water affecting crop yields, affect food security and capacity to cope with future events, the study says.
Compared with weather events like floods or cyclones, the droughts are a slow-onset manifestation of changing climate. Yet compared with glacial melt or sea-level rise, drought is an immediate impact that also alters traditional and cultural practices.
During the Burkina Faso droughts, pastoralists lost entire herds and were forced to venture into agriculture, giving up a way of life or moving to other areas to herd other people's cattle.
"Reduced mobility and increased integration of crop production and livestock raising seems to have made people more vulnerable in times of extreme drought," the study says.
When shock overcomes resilience
At the household level and in response to the extreme droughts, respondents reported ways in which they coped. Among respondents, 87.1 percent changed their food consumption, and 41.3 percent said migration was an option to deal with the droughts.
"When their main source of food disappears, a community is resilient when they can recover from a shock that is not erosive in the long term," van der Geest said.
As policymakers use the term "resilience" to further convey stronger infrastructure or more efficient food delivery systems, that road is becoming more of a zigzag than a straight line.
"Resilience has become the opposite of vulnerable, but it's not exactly the opposite," van der Geest said.
"Resilience is the ability to bounce back before a shock, which has to do with vulnerability. A way to address loss and damage would be to support people to become more resilient to these climate stressors or to make people less vulnerable."
Such a shock occurred in Bangladesh in 2009 when Cyclone Aila lashed the coast and flooded agricultural lands with salt water. Years before the cyclone, a government-backed adaptation initiative led to the development of saline-tolerant rice to combat increasing saltwater intrusion. After Aila, farmers experienced three years of low harvest, revealing the limits of developing nations' ability to adapt.
The nine studies attempt to go beyond purely material losses and shed light on under-represented social and cultural losses incurred due to climate change.
Iris Monnereau, a co-author of the study on Micronesia, recalled how a resident on the main island of Kosrae used his own money to jump-start funds for building a seawall.
"The seawall we have is not enough, and when it floods, the water comes right up to the house," Alek Alokoa, 64, told Monnereau and her fellow researcher last July.
Futile struggles with a rising sea
To stop the flooding in his bakery, Alokoa decided to use his and his wife's own money to buy 150 bags of cement. "Not all at once -- every month, I would buy a few bags and cement the area in the back," he said. The project cost $500, which is as much as their bakery's revenue in three months.
After residents built seawalls, the government moved to build a barrier in 2004, followed by Alokoa's most recent initiative.
In more dire situations, Monnereau said, villagers pile trash, logs, car tires and other material to defend their homes and livelihoods.
At times, "there is nothing else to use other than rocks and material from ancient heritage sites," she said. Villagers are also ending an ancient practice of burying loved ones near their homes due to the rising sea, the study says.
"They have limited technological capacities and finances, which have certain implications on culture that are irreversible -- giving up their private land, changing customs and moving elsewhere."
In some areas, seawalls are causing more coastal erosion. Other alternatives include gabions, or cages, of net or metal wire that are filled with rocks to fortify shorelines. Compact underwater gabions also dot the surrounding reefs to absorb the energy of waves, while tree planting helps prevent water inundation.
Most efforts are based on trial and error and have yet to receive enough institutional funding from the government or international sponsors.
"The lives of the pastoralists [in Burkina Faso], in a way, is similar to the experience of these atolls," van der Geest said. "The place is no longer habitable, and in some cases, it no longer exists. There's a discussion about whether or not migration is adaptation."
Each study shows how vulnerable nations are already experiencing the impacts of climate change.
"But migration can be a successful adaptation that would vary from case to case. The more voluntary the migration, the more successful it is."
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the number of focus groups researchers studied for the Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries initiative.


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Sawatch Range > Mount Massive > Climber's Log
Mount Massive Climber's Log
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|Anya Jingle
|Via Southwest Slopes from North Halfmoon Creek trailhead
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2002
|Beautiful hike. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
|Posted Jan 17, 2007 1:19 am
|full moon
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 1989
|Climbed under a full moon. Couldnt see much but the view is similar to those on surrounding mountains
|Posted Dec 17, 2006 4:09 pm
|Standard route, quite a slog
Date Climbed: Sep 22, 1991
|Posted Sep 20, 2006 11:58 pm
|The Southeast Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2005
|Decided to tackle Mt. Massive from the Southeast Ridge for a different approach. Climbed over three peaks before reaching Mt. Massive for an exhausting but fun climb. Returned via the standard trail.
|Posted Sep 14, 2006 3:02 am
|Via Colorado Trail
Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006
|Gental climb considering rise over run (4370' for 6.8miles). Several sub-summits on ridgeline and very panaramic. Ideal weather. 4hrs time up for 2nd 14er after acclimatizing overnight and prime rib in Leadville.
|Posted Sep 4, 2006 6:09 am
Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006
|Clouds lifted as we left the trail head in the morning from the Colorado Main Range Trail. All around perfect climb with Andy.
|Posted Sep 3, 2006 1:59 pm
|Will Davis
|East Slopes
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2005
|Nice weather, good hike. My legs took a beating on the way down.
|Posted Sep 1, 2006 2:23 am
|Southeast Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2006
|Climbed the long challenging southeast ridge with Alan and Robert and then completed the loop with the Massive Trail. It was a great day with typical crazy Colorado weather. We experienced sunshine, rain, snow, fog, wind and fortunately distant thunder.
|Posted Aug 20, 2006 2:20 pm
|Southwest Slopes
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2006
|Quick day on Massive, beautiful weather
|Posted Aug 12, 2006 5:25 am
|Piece of Cake
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006
|Route: To Windsor Lake, gain ridge, run it hitting all the peaks, bag Massive, go down NE ridge to Native Lake trail...
20 miles with only about 8 miles of actual trail? 7,000 vert? No problem. (would have been nice if I didn't leave my keys for the "vehicle shuttle" in the car at the other side) I say this to lure other unsuspecting crazy people to this route, you realize...:) The north side of the Massive ridge is absolutely phenomenal! I want it all to myself...on second thought, don't go there. :) This was Brandon's first "Becky Special" hike.
|Posted Aug 9, 2006 6:56 pm
|Brandon Fuller
|Longest Day Ever
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006
|We left from the Windsor Lake Trailhead and hit all the summits except for South Massive. Returned via Native Lake. About 20 miles.
|Posted Aug 9, 2006 5:09 pm
|Via the trail on the east slopes
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2006
|Fun hike but would definitally like to start doing more difficult routes up mountains than just following a trail. Beautiful day above orning fog in the valley with Leadville.
|Posted Aug 6, 2006 1:03 am
|Southwest Slope
Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2006
|After several false summits, I finally reached the summit with hiking pals Phil Miller and Dan Spare in about four and one half hours. Interesting wildlife along the way included a white marmot and mountain goat. This was a much more interesting hike than doing Elbert 48 hours prior. My eighth fourteener.
|Posted Aug 1, 2006 8:16 pm
|early am massive
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006
|Woke at 3, headed out by 3:30, was alone on the trail for all of the way up, at the summit and partially on the way down. Beautiful sunrise, a nice trail.
|Posted Jul 31, 2006 12:17 am
|Half Moon trail
Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2006
|Much less crowded than Mt Elbert
|Posted Jul 29, 2006 8:23 pm
|The lognest and coolest Glissade run!
Date Climbed: May 29, 1997
|Very fun. Nice view of half moon lakes.
|Posted Jul 26, 2006 7:41 pm
|Mt Massive TH Ascend E Slopes
Date Climbed: Aug 22, 1997
|This mountain is aptly named. Impressive, isn't it?
|Posted Jul 24, 2006 10:46 pm
|SW slopes, mini Massive mania
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2006
|Climbed the southwest slopes route from the N. Halfmoon Creek TH with daughter Trish and grandson Ted. I darted ahead to tag S. Massive, and also took off northward to Massive Green as the other two began their descent from the summit. A beautiful day: running and climbing in shorts and tank top most of the day. Started at 6:40 am, summitted just before noon (the first time) back to the car at 4:00 pm. A few good pictures and 14er #26.
|Posted Jul 16, 2006 3:59 am
|All Rain Ascent
Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2006
|Climbed standard route on monsoon day. Very nice to have the summit all to ourselves. Nice climb on fantastic trail. Lots of rain and sleet.
|Posted Jul 10, 2006 9:53 pm
|Massive SW Slopes
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006
|Great hike on a great trail! The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative is doing outstanding work!
We went up and down on the SW Slopes Trail from N Halfmoon Creek trailhead.
An excellent day!
|Posted Jul 10, 2006 7:06 pm


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Gov. Schwarzenegger discusses Western Climate Action partnership, talks emissions
With California taking the lead in climate change legislation and fuel standards initiatives, it has become an example for governments both domestically and internationally. During today's E&ETV Event Coverage, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) addresses the National Press Club. He discusses his state's climate initiatives, California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative. Schwarzenegger also discusses California's plans for health care, immigration and other domestic issues.


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New Vocations Launches Ambassador Program
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New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program has announced the launch of its newly formed Ambassador Program.
The program is offered to equestrians who have adopted a horse from New Vocations and wish to assist the organization in promoting retired racehorses in second careers. The main goal is to educate the equestrian community on the athleticism, heart, and versatility of retired racehorses.
The ambassador program will be open to both Thoroughbred and Standardbred adopters who actively show their horses in a riding or driving discipline. Each year, five Thoroughbred and five Standardbred adopters will be chosen from a list of applicants to participate in the program.
The ambassadors will be responsible for promoting New Vocations at various events and shows throughout the year by handing out program literature, displaying banners, and wearing New Vocations apparel. Ambassadors will also be responsible for providing blog entries, photos, and video clips throughout the year which will be shared on the New Vocations website and social media pages.
New Vocations also announced that its first ambassador is 20-year-old Hannah Coogler, who competes on the hunter circuit with her Thoroughbred Bindle Stick.
"I am so excited to help promote New Vocations and the awesome horses they have available for adoption," Coogler in a release. "I look forward to the future with Bindle Stick and possibly more like him to come."
As a newly appointed New Vocations ambassador, Coogler will promote the aftercare program to fellow hunter competitors, and Bindle Stick, with 40 starts and earnings of $49,659 at the track, will now represent retired racehorses as a competitor in the hunter ring.
"At New Vocations, we are constantly seeking new ways to promote retired racehorses and their ability to excel in second careers," said program director Anna Ford. "Ambassadors will help market our program at a grass roots level as well as share their own adoption experience to the general public through social media and our website." For more information about New Vocations visit www.newvocations.org.
Originally published on BloodHorse.com.
About the Author
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The Blood-Horse is the leading weekly publication devoted to international Thoroughbred racing and breeding. Since 1916, the staff of The Blood-Horse has served the Thoroughbred community with the highest standards of journalistic excellence to provide comprehensive and timely editorial coverage and analysis.
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Niall Horan — AKA Uncle Niall — isn't the only celeb who is has an adorable little nephew. Wesley Stromberg from Emblem3 is always trying to spend as much time with his littlest buddy whenever he's home with his family. So natch, he posts tons of adorable photos with his nephew when he's home!
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Wayne Simmonds is a hockey player. And at 23 years old, he's a pretty good one.
The Philadelphia Flyers acquired Simmonds, a physical winger with a developing scoring touch, as part of a summer trade that sent former captain Mike Richards to the Los Angeles Kings.
You don't accidentally wind up as part of the principal return for a 26-year-old former 80-point scorer.
Simmonds is also black. And on Thursday night, as he was skating toward Detroit Red Wings goalie Jordan Pierce during an exhibition shootout in London, Ontario, someone threw a banana peel from the stands and onto the ice.
He scored—just as he had to force overtime with less than a minute to play in the third period. And in the aftermath of the ugly, undoubtedly racist incident, he continued to show the qualities that attracted Philadelphia to him in the first place.
"It shocked me and I knew I had to keep going and get a shot off," Simmonds, a Toronto native who grew up about 2 1/2 hours from London, said after the game. "It was certainly unusual."
"I don't know if it had anything to do with the fact I'm black," he added. "I certainly hope not. When you're black, you kind of expect (racist) things. You learn to deal with it."
The incident prompted instant, near-universal contempt. Simmonds—like the league itself, management at John Labatt Centre and London's mayor—needed to address it again Friday.
"It was unfortunate that this incident happened, but I am above this sort of stuff," Simmonds said. "This is something that is obviously out of my control. Moving forward, this incident is something that I will no longer comment on so I can just focus on playing hockey for the Philadelphia Flyers."
"Stupid" was the word of the day; it showed up in statements released by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and London mayor Joe Fontana.
"We have millions of great fans who show tremendous respect for our players and for the game," Bettman said Friday. "The obviously stupid and ignorant action by one individual is in no way representative of our fans or the people of London, Ontario."
— David Steele: The NHL sent its message. Now it's time for more.
Fontana apologized to Simmonds and the Flyers on behalf of his city.
"It was a stupid and mindless act by a single individual," he said. "However, it reflects badly on our entire community. London is a diverse and welcoming city, and we like it that way."
Simmonds' teammates have his back—"I would have went and kicked that fan's ass myself," an unnamed Flyer told the Philadelphia Daily News after the game. Not that he's overly concerned.
"For him, he's not too worried about it," Brayden Schenn, a teammate of Simmonds' in Los Angeles and the other player Philadelphia acquired in the Richards trade, told reporters after the game. "For us, we're supporting him. It's just shocking that something like that would happen."
Simmonds' peers also didn't hesitate to rip whoever threw the banana.
Blues forward Chris Stewart, a childhood friend of Simmonds, via Twitter: "The incident that happened in london tonight involving my best friend wayne simmonds was simply disgusting, its 2011 ppl need to grow up"
Sharks forward Logan Couture: "Wayne Simmonds is a good friend of mine. To hear what happened tonight to him in my hometown is awful. No need for this in sports, or life."
Nobody would've blamed Simmonds for taking his own criticism to the next level. As one of the NHL's few black players, he has spoken in the past at length about race, and he's dealt with other challenges head-on; growing up in inner-city Toronto, his parents didn't have the money to pay for their son to play in the region's elite minor leagues. That's not a deal-breaker for a player with NHL aspirations, but it's close.
"I remember one year at AAA tryouts, the coaches wanted to speak to my parents and I remember not going upstairs with them because I knew I could't afford it." Simmonds told The Hockey News last year. "I wasn't going to go there and push my parents into a situation where they couldn't say no to me."
And he's in the NHL, anyway. Hopefully, he can spend the season focus on cashing in on his potential as a player and scoring a few more goals.
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It would appear as though Deng's recent injury might just keep him out for the remainder of the season.
Not sure if that a good or bad thing. Make the playoffs, no draft pick this summer. Miss the playoffs we still get our selection.
Source - Click hereAs reported after Wednesday's game in Dallas, Luol Deng (strained right calf) was walking with a noticeable limp and had suffered a setback. Before the Bulls played the Cleveland Cavaliers Friday night, we learned just how much of a setback.
Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro announced that Deng will be sidelined an additional two to three weeks -- which means he could miss the remainder of the regular season because there's less than four weeks to go.
''He tried to warm up a little bit before the game at Dallas,'' Del Negro said. ''He was feeling better every day and thought he was getting close, and then he started doing some straight-ahead jogging and it really swelled up on him.
''Hopefully, it's [just] two weeks, but he has more inflammation now than he had before, so that's a setback. He's definitely gonna be out for a little bit."
The injury still is classified as a calf strain.
''That's exactly what it is,'' Del Negro said. ''They're very fickle, they're very difficult, and it's just a matter of time.
''He had another MRI and he had more fluid in there, more than he had previously, so now it's going to be two weeks for sure, and then we'll re-evaluate it as needed."


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A group of 20 New Haven firefighters won a major victory from the Supreme Court Monday morning in their reverse discrimination lawsuit against the city, which had originally been decided against them by Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
On a 5-4 vote, the court ruled with the firefighters, one Hispanic and 19 white firefighters (the Ricci of Ricci vs. DeStefano), who said they were denied promotions after passing the appropriate exam. The city of New Haven and Mayor John DeStefano threw out the test results because no minorities scored high enough for a promotion. That, the city expressed, would leave them open for discrimination lawsuits from black firefighters.
"There is no evidence -- let alone the required strong basis in evidence -- that the tests were flawed because they were not job-related or because other, equally valid and less discriminatory tests were available to the City," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy in his majority decision. (PDF)
Sotomayor, President Obama's choice to replace the retiring Justice Souter, was part of a three-judge panel that rejected an appeal by the group of New Haven firefighters.
Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs said the ruling would not cause problems for her confirmation hearings.
"There's little political significance to whatever the court decided today in terms of Judge Sotomayor except to render a fairly definitive opinion that she follows judicial precedent and that she doesn't legislate from the bench," Gibbs said.
He added the White House wants Sotomayor to be sworn in and seated by Sept. 9, when the new court will hear a First Amendment case.
The court resolved the city's fear of litigation can not justify the refusal to apply the test, reports Scotusblog.com. The case is expected to have wide-ranging implications for employment law.
"Fear of litigation alone cannot justify an employer's reliance on race to the detriment of individuals who passed the examinations and qualified for promotions," Kennedy added.
Kennedy was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.
In the dissenting opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the white firefighters "understandably attract this court's sympathy. But they had no vested right to promotion. Nor have other persons received promotions in preference to them."
Justices Stephen Breyer, David Souter and John Paul Stevens signed onto Ginsburg's dissent, which she read aloud in court Monday.


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Walk for the Kids! begins at 9 a.m. at Old Post Park near the stage. Participants who pre-register by Sept. 24 receive a St. Jude T-shirt and are entered to win one of several prize giveaways from area businesses.
Walk coordinator Darlene Williamson said residents of all ages can enjoy the "walk," which is not a race, a competition or even a mile, but instead more of a lap.
"Some people like to run and others walk," Williamson said. "Last year we had about 100 participants for our first year and we hope to have even more this year."
The walk raised more than $1,200 in 2011. Williamson said if everyone who takes part pre-registers for $35, that amount will double.
Participants can pre-register online at www.waystohelp.stjude.org. Williamson said donations can also be made at the website.
The event, which lasts from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Oct. 20, includes musical guest Some Guy Named Robb and Steven Kaufmann.
Walk for the Kids! sponsors Chartwells, River Valley Foot and Ankle Clinic, Lee Ann's Fine Jewelry, Sweet Sensations, Kroger and Stoby's donated food, prizes and gift cards.
"We are excited to help raise awareness and funds to support the mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which is to find cures and save children," Williamson said. "Walk for the Kids! will truly make a difference in helping the children of St. Jude fight cancer and other deadly diseases."
Williamson, who has been a supporter of St. Jude for many years, said she was honored when the research hospital contacted her two years ago about hosting a walk in Russellville.
She said last year's walk was a learning experience and she hopes to raise even more money this year.
"Our goal is $10,000," Williamson said. "We might not reach that or we might surpass it. Anything we raise will help St. Jude and the children."
Williamson said $35 per person adds up quickly and that every little bit helps. The money raised goes to support research, assist families who have medical expenses.
Williamson said she recently learned that St. Jude gives each child a 'NoMo' Chemo party, or no more chemotherapy party, that costs less than the $35 registration fee per child.
"Those parties might not sound like much, but to those children and their families they are a really big deal," Williamson said. "There are so many personal stories from the children and their families on the website. I encourage everyone to learn more about St. Jude and their work."
For more information about the walk or sponsorships, call Williamson at (479) 857-7821.


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Towards $1000 Human Genome Sequencing Using Force Spectroscopy
Alex Bijamov, Ph.D. Candidate and Research-In-Progress Winner, Thayer School of Engineering
Friday, May 28, 2010, 3:30pm
Spanos Auditorium
This seminar is part of the Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society series, and is the first half of a two-part seminar by research-in-progress winners. See part two.
In recent years tremendous scientific effort has been applied to the advancement of technologies for ultra-high-throughput DNA sequencing. The ability to produce fast, accurate, and cheap human genome readouts is essential for development of future personalized medicine and further advances in genetics. Some improvements over conventional sequencing methods (Sanger sequencing, pyrosequencing) are seen in transition towards single molecule and label-free techniques. This talk will overview the DNA sequencing technologies in general, and particular attention will be given to force spectroscopy using magnetic tweezers. This technique is based on the concepts of Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy, single molecule manipulation, and micro-fluidics to achieve single molecule sequencing in massively-parallel format. The current developments and challenges of the technology will be discussed.
About the Speaker
Alex Bijamov is a third year Ph.D. student in the electromagnetic sensing group at Thayer School of Engineering. He received the B.S. degree in Physics from Tbilisi State University (Republic of Georgia) in 2006. In 2002 Alex was awarded bronze and gold medals at the third Asian and 33rd International Physics Olympiads in Singapore and Indonesia, respectively. His research interests are electromagnetic sensing and computer simulations for biomedical and environmental applications, including DNA sequencing, UXO discrimination and chiral, nano-, and meta-materials.


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Hello Everyone, my name is Shirley and I live in South Texas. I have been a member of this board for a long time and love it but this is the first time I have posted anything,
My favorite quilt shop in this area is Pinwheels & Posies in Dickinson and I have recently been taking Judy Niemeyer Paper Piecing Classes and I think my brain has finally adjusted and almost have the hang of it. Most recently(last week) I took a beginner paper piecing class and it was the best class I have ever taken. On the 4th Wednesday of the month they have Niemeyer Wednesday. Denise, the certified instructor is there and you can take your project and she is there to help you. I have never seen anything posted abou this subject and I am wondering if any of you are also interested in paper piecing and what's your favorite pattern. Last year I jumped in and took the Wedding Ring Star but have not gotten very far so when this class came up i jumped right on it in hopes it would help and it definately has. I will be going tomorrow, it's 1-7 and you can stay as long as you want. The name of this pattern is Crackers and it's so cute. It's made with a layer cake. There are two different layouts and enough papers in one pattern both.
So come on guys and let's find out if there are other paper piecing addicts in this group. Surely I can't be the only one, if so you don't know what your missing so get crackin.


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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... y-einstein
- In 2010 Stephen Hawking, in The Grand Design, announced that philosophy was "dead" because it had "not kept up with modern developments in science, particularly physics". He was not referring to ethics, political theory or aesthetics. He meant metaphysics, the branch of philosophy that aspires to the most general understanding of nature – of space and time, the fundamental stuff of the world. If philosophers really wanted to make progress, they should abandon their armchairs and their subtle arguments, wise up to maths and listen to the physicists.
This view has significant support among philosophers in the English-speaking world. Bristol philosopher James Ladyman, who argues that metaphysics should be naturalised, and who describes the accusation of "scientism" as "badge of honour", is by no means an isolated case.
But there could not be a worse time for philosophers to surrender the baton of metaphysical inquiry to physicists. Fundamental physics is in a metaphysical mess and needs help. The attempt to reconcile its two big theories, general relativity and quantum mechanics, has stalled for nearly 40 years. Endeavours to unite them, such as string theory, are mathematically ingenious but incomprehensible even to many who work with them. This is well known. A better-kept secret is that at the heart of quantum mechanics is a disturbing paradox – the so-called measurement problem, arising ultimately out of the Uncertainty Principle – which apparently demonstrates that the very measurements that have established and confirmed quantum theory should be impossible. Oxford philosopher of physics David Wallace has argued that this threatens to make quantum mechanics incoherent which can be remedied only by vastly multiplying worlds.
Beyond these domestic problems there is the failure of physics to accommodate conscious beings. The attempt to fit consciousness into the material world, usually by identifying it with activity in the brain, has failed dismally, if only because there is no way of accounting for the fact that certain nerve impulses are supposed to be conscious (of themselves or of the world) while the overwhelming majority (physically essentially the same) are not. In short, physics does not allow for the strange fact that matter reveals itself to material objects (such as physicists).
And then there is the mishandling of time. The physicist Lee Smolin's recent book, Time Reborn, links the crisis in physics with its failure to acknowledge the fundamental reality of time. Physics is predisposed to lose time because its mathematical gaze freezes change. Tensed time, the difference between a remembered or regretted past and an anticipated or feared future, is particularly elusive. This worried Einstein: in a famous conversation, he mourned the fact that the present tense, "now", lay "just outside of the realm of science".
Recent attempts to explain how the universe came out of nothing, which rely on questionable notions such as spontaneous fluctuations in a quantum vacuum, the notion of gravity as negative energy, and the inexplicable free gift of the laws of nature waiting in the wings for the moment of creation, reveal conceptual confusion beneath mathematical sophistication. They demonstrate the urgent need for a radical re-examination of the invisible frameworks within which scientific investigations are conducted. We need to step back from the mathematics to see how we got to where we are now. In short, to un-take much that is taken for granted.
Perhaps even more important, we should reflect on how a scientific image of the world that relies on up to 10 dimensions of space and rests on ideas, such as fundamental particles, that have neither identity nor location, connects with our everyday experience. This should open up larger questions, such as the extent to which mathematical portraits capture the reality of our world – and what we mean by "reality". The dismissive "Just shut up and calculate!" to those who are dissatisfied with the incomprehensibility of the physicists' picture of the universe is simply inadequate. "It is time" physicist Neil Turok has said, "to connect our science to our humanity, and in doing so to raise the sights of both". This sounds like a job for a philosophy not yet dead.
Hawkin's opinion is noteworthy, but moreover is the following from Al-Jazeera:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinio ... 60647.html
I think a lot of intellectuals sympathize with Hawking's views, which probably explains to some degree why the humanities, which often deals extensively with value rather than fact, is crumbling while science and business studies remain well-funded.
- According to Hawking, the conversation about the truth of the world rests in the hands of elite physics professors funded by multinational corporations and national governments. Should we believe this pronouncement just because it comes from an eminence such as Hawking?
If physics is dissolving to the quantum level and ends up with untenable measurements, presumably all you're left with is scepticism about your own methods. Science doesn't work if you can't measure anything. If that's true, why the chauvinism and cheer leading on the part of theoretical physicists?
With that in mind, we might discuss if Buddhist metaphysics has any role to play in the present day dialogue about the value of metaphysics.
If the discussion, however, is framed with logical positivism and/or materialist assumptions as axiomatic, can Buddhism even step foot into the discussion? I say that because various models of metaphysics proposed by past Buddhist thinkers can be regarded as idealist, nominalist, nihilistic or even mystic, but hardly materialist and/or in line with the basic premises of logical positivism, especially since Buddhists generally don't regard sensory data as ultimately reliable. Mathematical treatment is also uncommon amongst Buddhist thinkers.
If the goal is to effectively transcend the body and mind, then measurements and metaphysics are just a means to an end, albeit still quite usefull. However, that end goal for the Buddhist is entirely different from most scientists and western philosophers. Metaphysics for the Buddhist is heavily tied in with mysticism and cultivating the lived experience of liberation. Metaphysics for western philosophy and science is now at times about understanding how science works and how to improve one's technique in it (which is what the Guardian piece is suggesting).
So, I wonder if metaphysics for Buddhists is really applicable or even useful for the aforementioned present day discussion in academia. The goals and premises are very different.


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Animal Species:Pumpkin Beetle
The Pumpkin Beetle is a leaf beetle (family Chrysomelidae), which is one of the largest beetle families with approximately 3,000 Australian species. At least 250 of these occur in the Sydney area.
Standard Common Name
Pumpkin Beetle
Size range
6 mm - 7 mm
The Pumpkin Beetle is found in eastern Australia.
Feeding and Diet
Both the larvae and adults of leaf beetles eat plant material. Some are serious commercial pests. The larvae feed on the roots.
Economic/social impacts
The Pumpkin Beetle is of concern to gardeners as it feeds on the leaves and flowers of cucumbers, melons and of course pumpkins.
- Species:
- hilaris
- Genus:
- Aulacophora
- Subfamily:
- Galerucinae
- Family:
- Chrysomelidae
- Superfamily:
- Chrysomeloidea
- Suborder:
- Polyphaga
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Class:
- Insecta
- Subphylum:
- Uniramia
- Phylum:
- Arthopoda
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
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Fantasy '50 - 1950 Chevy Pickup
Fulfilling The Dream With This Classic Chevy
Most every truck enthusiast has one exact make and model hauler that they would like to own one day, and if they play their cards right, shape it into a true showstopping piece of machinery. For Demetrio Chavez, from Houston, Texas, his Holy Grail of trucks happened to be a '50 Chevy Advance Design pickup, and he pulled every string, and made every arrangement possible, to ensure that he was taking steps closer to wrapping his hands around the wheel of his dream ride.
In '97, Demetrio locked down a rotting carcass of a '50 pickup for a measly $500mere chump change for an item that would kick-start the beginning of a lifelong fantasy. Of course, that initial figure has been inflated with a couple zeros once all the parts receipts and bills for custom crafting were tallied, but that goes with the territory. And who really wants to sit around and gripe about the price tag attached to their personal dream? Demetrio sure didn't, and he didn't once flinch when the time came to select a shop to spark the fire underneath the build. Ektensive Metalworks, also in Houston, gladly accepted Demetrio's invitation to play a vital role in restoring the 60-year-old Chevy. Firestone bags were plumbed with -inch copper hard lines, which were plugged into a tandem Viair 380C compressor-fed 7-gallon tank. The Ekstensive boys are well known for creating scratch-built, bulletproof suspension systems, and the two-link setup with Panhard bar that was fabbed for this '50 supports their reputation for superb quality.
Demetrio's vision was now showing real signs of development, but his dream truck was one that sounded as mean as it looked, so he recruited his Houston-based buddy, Ramiro Serda, to build up a 350ci motor with a growl deep enough to rattle a rib loose. A Holley 650 four-barrel carb, Crane 290 cam, Hooker ceramic coated headers, and an Ekstensive-built 3-inch exhaust system have come together to produce a healthy rumble as well as a swift step.
The exterior was treated to a hearty helping of attention, and Ekstenive was there every step of the way as they tamed the classic steel, shaved a few items, and sprayed the prepped metal with vibrant PPG Orange Sunburst color. Lion Miramontes also lent some assistance by creating a fresh front bumper and lots of other miscellaneous stainless parts that the truck was in desperate need of. A custom classic truck with as much character as Demetrio's can't go wrong with a touch of a tried and true styling, and to make that point clear, a wood bed floor complete with stainless stringers was confidently laid into position.
Over the course of the build process, Demetrio informed us that he was constantly receiving comments from people trying to sway his modification decisions but he stuck with what he wanted, and all he's been hearing is praise from every direction now that everything's a wrap. We're sure he didn't get any grief for having the cool factory gauges rebuilt or transplanting the Harley-Davidson edition F-150 seats into the '50's cab. Maybe there were a few naysayers that disliked the idea of brown and tan leather wrapped panels and plush upholstery work that Advanced Auto Trim, also in Houston, handled with flawless execution. It's doubtful that there were any complaints about the one-off center console that has been stuffed with Rockford Fosgate 10-inch P2 subs. Whoever they' were that suggested Demetrio do things differently should've had a little more faith in him. This truck is his dream after all.
With the '50 finally being finished, and having toured the show circuit a bit, Demetrio is most certainly experiencing the elusive and absolutely euphoric state of heaven on earth. Special thanks are extended to Demetrio's family, Ekstensive Metalworks, Ramiro, Lion, Bill, Derek, Eric, Rudy, Gorupo, Sylvia, Eric, Noe, Marissa Chavez, and Jorge Ornelos for his dedication from start to finish.


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