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PARIS, July 30 (UPI) -- You know a crisis is about to burst open when U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner flies in unexpectedly to meet German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.
And that's just the start. Ahead of this week's meeting of the ECB governing board there is a Latin summit in Madrid between the two men -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy -- in the hottest seats.
"I don't want to raise expectations but I must say that we have arrived at a decisive point," said eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker. "The euro countries have arrived a point where we must make extremely clear with all available means that we are determined to ensure the financial stability of the currency union."
"All available means" now joins Draghi's "Whatever it takes" as key phrases propping up the skeptical markets. But the markets expect a very large rabbit to be conjured out of the ECB's hat this week. We don't know what it will look like but we do know what it won't be.
We know from the ECB, which has issued a legal opinion saying it cannot be done, that it cannot be a banking license for the new bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, which might have enabled it to swell its war chest by raising money in the markets.
We know from the German Bundesbank that they aren't prepared to swallow any more ECB purchases of the stricken bonds of Italy and Spain. Since those two countries alone need some $1.3 trillion in new and rollover debt over the next three years, the markets will have to be persuaded that somebody reliable stands behind that debt.
But "reliable" is no longer a word that people associate with the euro, after private bondholders of Greek debt were forced to take a haircut in the last "rescue" package. And now the Greeks need another one and officials in Brussels and at various central banks have been conferring over the weekend whether this time they too should be prepared to suffer haircuts.
What we don't know is whatever new notion Geithner may have taken from Washington, where the Obama administration's mind is focused tightly on the effect of a euro crash on the U.S. economy and thus on Barack Obama's re-election.
We know how seriously some of the key Washington institutions are taking this, particularly the International Monetary Fund which has just warned: "the euro area crisis has reached a new and critical stage ... raising questions about the viability of the monetary union itself. The adverse links between sovereigns, banks and the real economy are stronger than ever."
The mood of the markets, faced with the nightmare of a disorderly euro collapse, is hard to read. An implosion of the euro would probably spark a panic and a global depression. But the slow crumbling the euro now suffers is almost as bad.
The markets, depressed by the pitiful series of half-measures the eurozone leaders have cobbled together in the past, are listening to their own gurus, like Citibank's Willem Buiter, who says Greece will be forced out of the euro within months and both Spain and Italy will by the end of this year be in the hands of the IMF's rescue mechanism. Jacques Cailloux from Nomura says that Rome and Madrid will need a rescue "within weeks."
The markets will also be looking at the latest gloomy reaction of German public opinion. More than half of those polled say their country would be better off out of the euro, a poll published Sunday by the daily Bild indicated. More than 71 percent of respondents said that Greece must leave the euro if it didn't live up to its austerity promises and only 29 percent said the German economy would suffer if it was to leave the common currency.
Greece's fate rests with a small team of inspectors from the EU Commission, the ECB and the IMF, who are deciding whether the Greeks have kept enough of their promises of austerity to qualify for the next tranche of aid. The signs aren't good.
On his arrival in Greece last week, EU Commission President Jose-Marie Barroso warned: "To maintain the trust of European and international partners, the delays must end. Words are not enough. Actions are much more important. The key word here is: deliver. Deliver, deliver, deliver."
Whether the Greeks can deliver is another question. Tourism is its biggest industry, delivering 17 percent of Greece's economy and employing one Greek in five, and the Bank of Greece has just reported that tourism this year is down 11 percent. And there isn't much Tim Geithner can do about that.


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A Blackpool veteran from the D-Day landings had a chance to see the boat used by Churchill and Eisenhower to review the armada ahead of the Normandy landings which changed the course of the Second World War.
More than 30 former servicemen, all in their 80s and 90s, have travelled from the United States to join 50 British and European veterans, including Jim Baker, to visit the D-Day boats at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Hampshire, before they travel over to France for the 70th anniversary commemorations in Normandy.
Among the veterans were members of The Millin Pipe Team who have travelled with their families and carers from the Scottish Highlands en route to Sword Beach.
They are commemorating Piper Bill Millin, who played his pipes while the D-Day landings went on around him to inspire the troops. His son, John Millin, received a replica set of pipes which were conveyed to the dockyard on board MTB102, known as RASC Vimy, which was used by the wartime prime minister and Dwight Eisenhower, the Allies' Supreme Commander.
Mr Millin, 59, from Rampton, Nottinghamshire, said: "This is an emotional day, even more so that my father isn't here any more. He spent his post-war years playing the pipes so that the memories (of the D-Day veterans) and what they did wouldn't be forgotten."
The visit by the US veterans was made possible by the Remember Those Who Served, The Greatest Generations Foundation. Basil Woolf, 91, from Dunedin, Florida, who landed on Sword Beach, said: "I am very happy to be here, I could have been under the ground like the rest of them, so it's good to be here."
Jim Baker, 91, from Blackpool, a Royal Marine Commando, was involved in the second wave on Juno Beach on D-Day and went on to make 22 landings, bringing American troops to the shore.
He said that he felt privileged to meet the US veterans and added: "It's a chance to meet the men who gave the present generation their freedom, those guys they may not look very much now but, by God, they did the job. I am very glad to be associated with them."
Steve Conyngham, from Liverpool, is making his first trip back to Normandy at the age of 92. Serving in the Royal Air Force, he landed at Arromanches on a tank-landing craft. He said: "I remember going over on a landing craft on a beautiful sunny day, lying back thinking, this is great, I didn't know what it was going to be like. My memories are of confusion, it was just chaotic.
"I think it will look a lot different to how I imagine it in my mind, it's so long ago. "
Recently I have been thinking about it a lot."
As well as the vessel used by Churchill, the veterans were able to see the MGB81, one of the lead boats for Sword Beach, the HSL102 which rescued downed airmen from the sea and the HDML 1387 which acted as a channel marker for Omaha beach for giving direction to advancing invasion boats.
They are the only known remaining operational boats of the 7,000 that took part in the D-Day landings.

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Discussion in 'Vendors' started by sanjoh, Aug 5, 2010.
good to know. Thanks. I have some $ set aside when that happens.
The XML line is amazing. Just look into other binnings too sanjoh. The t-6 series can throw more lumens,but many many many times you cant tell the difference between them and a t-5 with your eyes. Or if you really want more power, XML T-6 U2. Up to 1040 lm per die. Any projected/estimated price yet?
Have used the U2 extensively, 4 of 5 friends can not tell any difference from the T6. Both of the LEDs are amazing! Can't wait for the next gen.
Not set yet, but some will be lower priced than our current lights and some will be more.
I want the ones that are lower...
I want the ones shown in the earlier picture!
I"ll wait.
PM me when you get them ready and the prices set.
Can one dimmer / bypass handle both of those lights?
I am looking at buying a set of lights shortly after the holidays. I ride a Honda 919 and its all on the highway. I was curious if two spot lights are best, or one spot and one flood? I was going to plan on getting two spot lights, but I figured that asking the "experts" first might save me some headaches.
thank you
Everyone's got one. Wait, isn't that Advrider's subtitle?
Anyway, some think the wide/spot combo is the best of both worlds. The 44s, even though they are floods, on paper actually do better than the spots at any distance just because they have more lumens (the 60s better yet) My reason for having the lights is deer. I am very happy with my pair of 44s...Sanjoh has a great product and exemplary customer service...as they light up the ditches and the middle distance very well. I still dream of the range of high quality 6" driving lights so I could see animals 3-400 yards down the road, but my grasp of physics tells me this is nearly impossible with anything small enough that I would want to hang on a bike. Big reflectors will always outperform small ones. Life is a compromise.
Definitely offroad the wide beams rock!
Where I believe a spot has an advantage over a flood is that it doesn't light up reflective signs at the side of your vision as much. I believe my eyes may be more sensitive than others to this but I find anything bright in my peripheral vision kills my night vision (I even cover the blue high beam indicator on long trips!). Understand this is just me...I haven't found too many who share this opinion.
So you need to light up the distance AND the ditches, without lighting them up so much that road signs are all that you can see? I am very keen to read the reviews on the new spots! It looks like they might be the answer.
You are on the list!
Yes, one dimmer can handle a pair of the lights.
Dibs on the lower priced ones ;-)
Thank you, I greatly appreciate your input!
I think we can handle that
+1 here
I'm not dodging those deer in the dark anymore----stock headlight is OK-------I want more---don't we all !!!!
The finished Install------Awesome !!!
I mounted these to a 2013 Husqvarna TR650 Terra
Models 60's with the rotary dimmer.
I mounted them to the Cycra Pro-bend handguards. The higher you mount these the better you'll be able to see.
I've seen lot's of guy mount them down low to the fork tubes----I don't like that install.
As an added benefit the wiring is much easier.
Dimmer location -----this made easy access to the wiring.
Without a bunch of blah, blah, blah, blah about lumens and density of light rays and a bunch of other technical bull that
I am not smart enough to understand-------- let
me just say they make daylight out of dark. I've got this same setup on my KLR.
BigDog is a happy camper once again.
Someone mentioned light bar plans in a similar thread recently so I thought I'd post. I just got Sanjoh's lights last week and can't wait to try them out. Man..those Model 60's look awesome!
I used scrap aluminum flat bar I had in the shop, but a 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 24" pc can be purchased for less than $10(ebay has plenty of stock or local hardware store). The rest of the hardware ran me a little over $8(M6 bolts/1/4" alum tube for standoffs/etc.). For those not used to working with aluminum, I used my cordless grinder to cut/shape and then bench top sander to finesse. My cousin has the same bike and just spent $100 on the 'GS' light bar from Turkey, but I like the character/sturdiness of this one.
Nice work! One question: Why not use a single bar that is longer and mount the lights below it? The bar would be stronger, and simpler, and the lights would work the same.
BTW I have made a similar light bar for the 1100:
I'm going to make a bar for the R1200GS with a friend. I will post it here.
Good. I've got a GSA and really don't want to mount the aux lights to the crash bars - and I'm thinking the higher the better. So I am all ears on how this is going to work and if it will be adaptable to the GSA.
In my case I've got an aluminum plate underneath the beak that already holds my HID ballasts and my radiator fan for hot and slow days - that space is pretty much already taken up; to the point that I'm doubtful that a light bar will work with what area I have left. But I'm game to see it for sure, and other ideas too.
Jim - I'm still wet behind the ears with the gs. I originally thought I might need additional lights(spots/floods) down the road and would do an over/under scenario. I didn't want the over lights to be too close to the turn signals. That was before I found the ADVmonster Model 60s. They handle it all. This one is surprisingly sturdy, but I'm with you, the straight bar would probably be best way to go.
On the GSA with the factory uppers there is no room for a bar. You can, however, attach them like I did some Kristas to a friend's GSA. Just use bar clamps and position them where you want right off the GSA upper bars. His has the stock fogs as well. I'll see if I can round up a photo or two.
Edit, here is what I have now.
Maybe better later.
I hit Google hard last night searching on mounting alternatives for aux lighting situations on the GSA.
One of the hits was from here, which is interesting; R1200GS/GSA Hi-Mount Light Brackets
I like how these are mounted high and forward; not exactly sold on this yet - but good for discussion and another example or idea.
Here's a picture:


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 9:51 AM
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Palo Alto school board debates new elementary location
Original post made on Apr 10, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 9:51 AM
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 10, 2013 at 12:20 pm
Translation time:
MI parent--the program's a mess, this way we can hide out at Ohlone and not have to face what a mess it is.
Her comments are odd, no? She's not arguing that MI's a successful program, but one that's on ongoing life support.
Clue to MI supporters--ever considered the fact that the program's not working *because* it's at Ohone? That the MI/Ohlone mash-up doesn't really work and parents from China (i.e. the ones with native Mandarin speakers) know it's not what they need to make their kids competitive in the real world.
More translations:
Baten-Caswell: move it and let's never reopen Garland because even though it's an excellent location for an elementary, we *love* the money.
Note to Baten-Caswell--you're a school district, not a landlord. Education takes priority.
Mitchell, Tom and Townsend: We're spineless. Ken, tell us what to do!
Yeesh, no *wonder* we have ongoing issues. This is such an easy one--our schools are overcrowded, growth is in the south and we have a site. I get debating what *kind* of elementary it should be, but planning to opening a 13th elementary is a no-brainer.
Dear wimps of the school board, I BLAME YOU for the fact that we have elementary schools with 500-600 kids.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 10, 2013 at 4:16 pm
I am disappointed that this is another thing our boe can't get on with quickly.
I agree with some of your points, Ohlonepar, but not about Melissa BC being more interested in income from Garland than anything else. I agree that I am surprised with her comments, but think you are wrong as her motives. She is usually well rounded and this sounds out of character for her, imo, so what her real reasoning is is beyond me.
I think that Greendell is a better location than Garland because I think that elementary kids crossing Oregon is a bad idea. Although Middlefield is still hard to cross, at least it has a 25 speed limit and is also close enough to San Antonio intersection and Charleston center that it is generally much harder for traffic to speed along Middlefield at that location.
I particularly like your summing up sentence, particularly in light of the AAAG's findings several years ago which were completely ignored.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 10, 2013 at 4:28 pm
Whichever school is opened, (appropriate, logical)neighborhood attendance areas should take priority over choice programs that benefit the few. I think the choice programs should be eliminated in fact.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 10, 2013 at 5:33 pm
What about the recommendations for the Cubberley site? If an elementary school is (re)opened at Greendell, will people object to a community center and future high school adjacent to it?
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Apr 10, 2013 at 6:22 pm
OhlonePar, I agree with your comments 100%.
The school district needs to act now and program later. They have waited long enough and our class sizes and school sizes are at the max. Just make a decision and don't be scared that it's the wrong one or the right one. Any new classroom space will be a gift to our kids at this point.
Of course they aren't opening Garland because of the money. That was their reason in 2009 and it's their reason now. Unfortunately, they don't yet realize that they'll have to open both schools by the time the first one is built and ready!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 10, 2013 at 6:39 pm
I think that in 2009 they wanted the rent but at that time they didn't have the San Antonio site. If it was purely money then they are getting money from that site at present. I have no idea of the respective rents, so I could be wrong.
Not sure about Heidi, at this stage is anyone, but Melissa BC is the only other who I think would put education first rather than money. I think she is tuned in much better than the other three. Melissa wasn't on the boe at the time of the AAAG, but they certainly had money on their mind since way back when.
But, yes, get on with it and start working on Middle and High school issues before the present kindergartners get there.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 10, 2013 at 7:23 pm
I don't have a big problem with Melissa Baten-Caswell, but the comment does bother me--particularly given what happened with Garland a few years back. Part of that huge bond issue we voted on a few years back included money for bringing Garland up to code.
While I agree that crossing Oregon is a problem, families in the triangle between Oregon and Embarcadero are already crossing Embarcadero. Garland actually would be a good spot to have taken an immersion program and then provided a walkable school to people in the triangle.
As for the rent situation, at the time of the Garland discussion, the JCC preschool hadn't moved. Right now, I believe, part of the Greendell site is not being used, while part of it houses Preschool Family and Young Fives, the daycare site is an addition to that. I'm guessing that Preschool Family isn't a big revenue stream, since it's part of the adult school, while Young Fives is a district program.
anonymous, you really want to take the 20 percent of district kids in choice programs, close all the programs, reopen the schools as neighborhood schools and then redistribute all those kids?
I think the citizen's committee's proposal is a good one--one of the more thoughtful ones I've seen come down the pike. Doesn't mean it's perfect. It's worth looking at growth patterns and seeing which immersion program, if either, belongs there.
Honestly, if it were me, I'd move Spanish immersion, as it's a well-established functioning program and shut down Mandarin since it's not cutting it and Mandarin classes in the private sector are widely available and affordable.
But we know the district doesn't have the guts to ask the tough questions, and so Mandarin staggers on, with some of its staunchest supporters admitting it needs ongoing help.
So much for PACE's original idea that if Palo Alto had Mandarin Immersion all the districts would then start MI programs.
Re: Cubberly. I don't think it's going to be turned back into a full-size high school all that soon, though we need a third high school. Greendell is actually a separate, though adjacent site, so when and if it happens, both school sites can (and have in the past) simultaneously operate. Particularly given the additional acreage from the daycare site.
I really like the idea of establishing a smaller high-school program at Cubberly, such as an IB program.
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Apr 10, 2013 at 10:24 pm
Hypothetically... if Garland were still open today, would we choose to close it to bring in a tenant for more money? It's a nonsensical choice.
The board really needs to consider the value of school locations that allow more children to walk to school. How many children would be able to walk to 525 San Antonio Rd?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 11, 2013 at 12:49 am
I'm fine with keeping Garland as a rental. I live near Garland and it seems to work well - no conflicts with Jordan's schedules, not too many cars. If Garland were reopened as a neighborhood elementary (or worse, a choice school) Louis Rd. would be backed up as Charleston/Arastradero is in the mornings. Garland would pull a good portion of students from South Palo Alto. No one is going to have their child bike or walk across Oregon Ex.
Greendell should be a choice school since it is an ideal commuter school and Ohlone should return to a neighborhood school.
Better yet, change all schools back to neighborhood schools.
Not surprised MI is failing - there are too many after-school Mandarin programs around. People send their children there as extra daycare after school.
a resident of Ventura
on Apr 11, 2013 at 9:30 am
Everyone that says Ohlone's MI program is failing, where you getting this info from? Was there an article recently or something?
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 11, 2013 at 10:49 am
The PAUSD brought the issue of opening Garland up to the Midtown community. Meetings were held and Garland was very acceptable to parents. The Garland boundry would have included Midtown areas.
Why is the School District now going to another demographic, committees, and re-doing the meetings and decision?
Oregon Expressway is slated for Safety Improvements to the whole expressway. It is counter intuitive to say that Oregon is to be unsafe with Safety Improvements embraced by many of the immediate residents and endorsed by the Oholne working group for the Oregon Expressway Safety Improvement plan.
Safety improvements make crossing safer. Is anyone against kids crossing safer?
Kids on bikes cross Oregon on the Bryant Bike Blvd. on their way to PAly and isn't it the same issue if kids from N. of Oregon want to reach a hybrid school by bike to San Antonio?
It seems some promoting schools on San Antonio are using Oregon as an issue. While ORegon is a safety upgrade.
Kids cross at El Camino Real, Churchill Railroad tracks, San Antonio Road without safety improvements so why change a school boundry for a road that is being improved. It seems there are other unspoken issues here. Parents can get their children to school safely as some have assured at public meetings, and they make those decisions. Not all parents participate or feel safe having their kids on bikes on the road for school commutes either.
It just plain makes sense that if the County creates a Safety Improvement plan Oregon Expressway Roadway will be safer. Who can be against a safer road and a school boundry locals endorsed already.
Those that live within the affected boundry are involved, let those individuals make the decision. They have spoken already.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 11, 2013 at 11:40 am
Tanya, you are comparing elementary school children to high school students. Big difference in judgement. You may feel that "safety improvements" can alter OrEx to be safer, but the general parent population might disagree. OrEx is a cut-through street and red lights are run by drivers often. Unless they put ticketing cameras on OrEx, no one is going to slow down.
I read that 2/3 of the students attending Garland would be from South Palo Alto. It only makes sense to open an elementary in South Palo Alto since new housing continues there.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 11, 2013 at 12:09 pm
There will be no need for kids to enter the San Antonio site from San Antonio. That will be primarily a vehicle entrance.
The kids from south Palo Alto on bikes and foot will enter from Cubberly through Greendell. That is the beauty of having two entrances. QED
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 11, 2013 at 5:56 pm
I know people in the program and what the on-ground reports of the program are--letting go a teacher every single year. Word gets out and there's some confirmation in the above article with an MI parent being quoted as saying the MI program would fail if it were moved from Ohlone.
Believe me this is a far cry from the original dreams of PACE--a multi-strand MI program with its own school. The fact that MI parents are fighting a move to a site where there might be potential for growth (no possibility at the overcrowded Ohlone site) is quite telling.
Ohlone wasn't a neighborhood school. The Ohlone program took over a closed school site at a time when the district was selling off and closing a third of its elementary school sites. If Ohlone hadn't moved into the site, it probably would have been sold the way several other sites were--turned into housing and parks. Currently the site is very, very used and serves more kids than it would as a neighborhood school.
As for reopening Garland and traffic--there's currently a school there and it's pretty much ALL commuter, so I doubt that there would be a dramatic difference in traffic. Might even be less since it would be a walkable school for the Triple El and Garland neighborhoods.
The one argument I've heard made against reopening Garland as an elementary that makes some sense to me is that Jordan is overcrowded that the Garland site should be considered as a middle-school extension.
a resident of Ohlone School
on Apr 12, 2013 at 2:27 pm
Its interesting to read all this discussion/opinion about viability of MI that is NOT written by an MI teacher, parent, student or the Ohlone Principal himself. OMI is actually a very wonderful program in my view (and still developing of course, at 5 years in. Some teacher turnover on par with usual attrition). It actually has a wait list longer than Hoovers (not just of Ohlone hopefuls- most of us in the program I've spoken with would have had great difficulty compromising on the absence if either component - language or teaching philosophy).
Don't take my word for it, watch the board video yourself - The MI comments in the above article are taken out of context, she was saying the district created an Ohlone MI program not just an MI program. Thus, if you move this by itself to a hybrid school (part neighborhood) there would be the tension if maintaining open philosophy, language immersion while also trying to integrate with what the neighborhood school culture is yet to be. This would also be a difficult tension for SI - by kill the program it seems what is meant is 'changed beyond what we signed up for'. Thankfully the board appears to value preserving programs more than the committee did.
Whatever you believe, I hope that true to the Ohlone way (as well for the larger PAUSD community) we can each take the time to educate ourselves on the facts and lets have a learned discussion about what best serves our community going forward.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 12, 2013 at 3:39 pm
@Ohlone MI parent,
" It actually has a wait list longer than Hoovers"
I don't understand this. If it has such a longer wait-list, why doesn't it have the full 24 students in the 4th/5th grades?
I also don't understand the lack of Tinsley students in the program. Are they being actively dissuaded from joining/continuing?
The program, obviously from the outside, appears to have some serious issues given that there are so few kids in it - less than one full class per year. When other programs/schools are overflowing, it doesn't sound like a successful program.
a resident of Ohlone School
on Apr 12, 2013 at 6:12 pm
Dear glass half full -
you said "The program, obviously from the outside, appears to have some serious issues given that there are so few kids in it - less than one full class per year. When other programs/schools are overflowing, it doesn't sound like a successful program"
The truth - taken from the Student Directory 2012-2013 published at the beginning of the school year (FYI: all Ohlone english and mi strand classes are K/1, 2/3, or 4/5 clusters):
K/1 - 2 classrooms of 22 children each
2/3 - 2 classrooms of 22 children each
4/5 - 2 classes of 19 children each (remember this is the first year we even had 5th graders, given the programs age).
PAUSD published limits on enrollment are a max class size of 22 for K and 1, 23 for 2 and 3, 24 for 4 and 5.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 12, 2013 at 7:08 pm
@Ohlone MI parent,
So you agree with my statement that you have 19 in 4th and 5th grade where nearly every other 4/5 grade in a very large district has 24 students. Don't you see the problem here? 30% of your grades are you can't attract the full complement of students. You claim that this is the first 5th year, yet your 4th grade also only has 19 students. If they can't attract a full class, it's not going to happen next year.
Only one program stands out with this issue. How does that match your claim that "Ohlone MI has a longer wait list than Hoover"?
You also neglected to address the lack of VTP students in the program. Are they being dissuaded from choosing the program?
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Apr 12, 2013 at 7:29 pm
Glass half full and Ohlone MI parent -
The small class sizes in grades 4-5 for Immersion programs has been an ongoing problem (or benefit if you are in an Immersion program) for many years. The Escondido SI program has had much smaller classes in 4-5 for a long time. The problem with any Immersion program is that students need to be fluent in the Immersion language AT GRADE LEVEL to enter the program after I believe 1st grade.
I assume the lack of VTP students in MI is simply because they have not asked to be part of the program. Again, not too many kids are fluent in Mandarin (which is ideally supposed to be 1/3 to 1/2 of the class).
Other Palo Alto choice programs - Ohlone, Hoover, even the Connections program in middle school - do not have any restrictive requirements that prevent students from joining after they are 6 or 7.
In addition to opening up space at both Ohlone and Escondido, moving the Immersion programs out of non-language elementary schools would eliminate the exclusion felt by many of the non-language kids at the schools (my kids have lots of friends that attended Escondido who REALLy resented the SI kids, partly because the kids lorded their priveleges over them and partly because they were severely restricted in the mix of kids in their classrooms because there were only a few non-SI strands. It would also allow the principals to run only one school and one PTA, etc. at the school site.
Ohlone is a lovely school site, I can understand why MI parents would like to keep the program there. But I can't believe that project based learning is essential to learning Mandarin.
a resident of Ohlone School
on Apr 12, 2013 at 8:54 pm
glass half full - there are 23 4th graders divided between the two 4/5 classes (the classes are a MIX of 4th AND 5th graders IN EACH ROOM).
Anyway, it's common knowledge to the city council that Ohlone MI has a wait list. People want their kids to go here, it's not a failing program.
it's a great question you ask about Tinsley, I don't know the answer.
palo alto parent - was thinking the same re attrition/competence needed in the upper grades of any language program, and it's interesting to see some numbers about SI too. Thank you for offering this perspective.
RE MI at Ohlone - It is true that open philosophy is not essential to an MI education per se. There are programs elsewhere which do not use this model. However, our district created a provisional MI program at Ohlone 5 years ago, and changed it to a non-provisional program 2 years ago. Parents applying to OMI each year are asked to make an active commitment to embracing the Ohlone Core Values and educational philosophy (writing an essay and signing on to it, literally). Had they created it in another kind of teaching environment it would have been a different program, and would likely have draw different parents/children to it.
The matter that faces us now is that the board needs to determine which site and program to put at the 13th elementary school. In seeking input from the community, they stipulated in their direction to the 13th elem school committee that they evaluate suitability of site/program based upon a set of values - one of which was "preserving programs". The parents of OMI spoke up at the school board meeting to point out the value that this program at this site has for us - taking issue with the committee's assessment that you can pull MI or SI out of their current locations and have no differential effect on the programs when compared to opening a new neighborhood school or moving a whole choice program intact to the site (the principle of Escondido, who was also on the committee, raised this issue as well). Of course, This is just one of MANY issues that face the board in deciding which site to open - I hope by continuing to respond to try to correct misinformation being propagated here that I have not created so much stir around this that we forget there are other important issues with this site selection. For instance, Palo Alto parents have expressed important concerns about unpredictable overflow to other schools and school boundary issues . I hope each of you with a perspective to share will come to the next board meeting and let your opinion be known (or write a letter! They accept them before each meeting and will place them in a special section of the agenda).
It's not really relevant, but I actually find the commute to Ohlone to be a pain, and would find our equally lovely neighborhood school more attractive had we been offered the same opportunities there. We're willing to endure the inconvenience because open education with a language program is THAT worth it to us.
Take care everyone, and have a great weekend.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 12, 2013 at 9:22 pm
I think it's worth noting that the advisory committee had more than one Ohlone parent on it (I believe it was three) and that same committee recommended moving an immersion program to Greendell. I think that speaks volumes about just how integral (not) MI is to Ohlone. After a brief flurry of volunteerism during MI's first year, MI parents have pretty much slipped into their own MI-centric orbit while the vast bulk of parental volunteering, outside the Lunar New Year celebration, is done by Ohlone-main parents.
Demand for MI is seriously skewed--i.e. there aren't nearly enough native speakers applying. And it's a little skewed to compare the waitlist for two-thirds of a strand (i.e. the native English speaking chunk) to the demand for spots at a full-sized school. Though if one must, it's worth noting that the big demand for any of the choice programs is for Ohlone's.
But, anyway, back to the attrition issue with MI. The 19 kids in each of the upper grades is a little misleading--the program lost a chunk its first year and was able to pull from its original waitlist for kindergarten. (There have also been a couple of cases of Mandarin-speaking kids who did enter the program late.) The 19-kid classes represents further attrition issues.
Anyway, it's darkly amusing to me how much affection MI parents have for the Ohlone way, given how big a strain the program has put on the school and how many families who wanted into the Ohlone program didn't get a chance *because* MI usurped Ohlone's approved half-strand expansion. I suppose what it comes down to is that the immersion portion of MI is so half-assed that the Ohlone aspects of Ohlone MI are the best things about the program.
Ohlone served as an incubator for MI because PACE threatened a charter--now it's time for the program to stand or fall on its own merits. If it can't maintain its own staffing, deal more effectively with attrition *and* show that it's meeting its language goals, it has no business taking up the energy and space that it does. It clearly doesn't meet an actual need in the community.
Oh, and "taking things out of context" is always sort of a last bastion defense. You'd never make that kind of comment if the program was flourishing. Indeed, if it were *flourishing*, you'd want the new site where there'd be a possibility of expansion--something that's not going to happen at a 600-kid school with a long waitlist for its main program.
Actually, I'm not sure MI's earned a spot at Greendell.
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This recommendation needs some more consideration. It would be nice if the affected neighborhoods were included this time.
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ATLANTA – With around 500 Division I prospects on the field last Saturday at the Atlanta NIKE Training Camp, it would be easy to think that some of the top talent might slip through the cracks because of the sheer volume. But with the Southeast Region being the deepest concentration of talent around the top players always seem to still manage to stand out.
And one of those that stood out the most was running back Darren McFadden of Little Rock (Ark.) Oak Grove.
The early Arkansas commitment dominated the testing phase of the camp and looked good the entire day. Measuring in at 6-foot ½ and 198 pounds, McFadden ripped off a 4.38 40 and then followed it up with a 4.4 minutes later. He had a 4.7-second shuttle time after he slipped and a very solid 32 ¾ inch vertical leap and 14 repetitions of 185 pounds in the bench press.
McFadden showed great hands in the position drills, ability to make sudden changes of direction and could hardly be covered in one-on-one drills.
With his long and lean frame, there were whispers amongst the more than 100 college coaches on hand that he might even project as a blue-chip safety prospect. Either way, McFadden looks like has all of the good of a player that could be a national top 50 prospect and one heck of a grab for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
"I was disappointed with how I ran in the shuttle," McFadden said. "But overall it was a great camp for me. I got a chance to see how I stacked up against the best players in the nation, and I think I did all right."
When prompted that he did more than just all right, McFadden then cracked a knowing smile.
McFadden wasn't the only one that was smiling on Saturday as countless Division I players saw their stock move up with solid performances in front of all of the college coaches. Here's a Rivals100.com breakdown of each of the positions.
All weekend long, including at Friday's Elite 11 Regional quarterback workout inside Bobby Dodd Stadium, the focus seemed to be on Waynesville (N.C.) Tuscola quarterback Jonathan Crompton. Despite all of the pressure and attention, Crompton delivered.
Crompton showed remarkable poise in the pocket and make great decisions in the one-on-one drills. He was one of the few quarterbacks that were able to drill the 18-yard out on a frozen rope consistently and his footwork was unmatched at the camp.
Tennessee continues to be the strong leader for Crompton and from everything he showed on Friday and Saturday he could be an impressive fit in the Volunteers offense or in any team's scheme honestly.
Crompton might have been the headliner, but there were several others that made news – especially Joe Cox of Charlotte (N.C.) Independence.
Cox, who measured in at 6-foot-1 and 185 pounds, was consistent the entire weekend and definitely opened a few eyes with his proper mechanics, great balls and ability to put the ball right on the money every single time. He might end up being one of the biggest steals for somebody – he's yet to earn his first scholarship offer – in the state of North Carolina.
There were a few quarterbacks that could easily be lumped into the athlete category that were impressive.
Carlton Hill of Monticello (Fla.) Jefferson County had a solid camp, and with his 6-foot-2 1/2 , 206-pound frame and 4.7-second time in the 40-yard dash he will make a very fine high-level Division I prospect. However, watch for some college coaches to recruit him as a jumbo athlete because of his athletic ability and rough around the edges passing ability.
St. Paul (Minn.) Cretin-Derham Hall athlete Reggie Rock, who listed himself at 5-11 heading into the camp but was somewhat shorter than that, looked solid and threw a very nice ball. But with his height, he's likely destined for another position in college. He'll get some experience at playing cornerback this football season as the coaching staff at Cretin-Derham Hall are going to let him play on both sides of the ball, which is something they've not let their starting quarterback do in a long, long time.
Joey Elliot of Evansville (Ind.) Harrison, Cameron Sexton of Laurinburg (N.C.) Scotland, Brandon Jones of Marietta, Ga., and Eric Ward of Decatur (Ga.) Southwest DeKalb were others that looked good at the quarterback position.
Running back
Maurice Wells, ranked as the No. 1 running back in the nation in the Rivals100 pre-evaluation list, measured in at 5-foot-9 and 177 pounds. He clocked in with a 4.44-time in the 40-yard dash. Wells, who said he consistently times in the 4.3 range, said he was disappointed with his time because he wanted to beat fellow Florida running back Antone Smith, who clocked a 4.25-second time at the Miami NIKE Camp.
So is Wells the nation's top running back?
"I don't know," he said after the camp. "I'll let you guys at Rivals decide that. I can't be worried about where I'm ranked. I came out here today at the NIKE Camp to make myself a better player and see how I stack up against everybody else.
"I wanted to come out here and see where I stood. I'm a competitor, even though I have a ton of offers already, this is football and I always want to be around the game. I had a good time and feel this was definitely a nice way to showcase myself."
Wells, however, knows that he's special and he proved it Saturday in everything that he did.
In the position drills, Wells excelled showing electric cut-back ability, a sudden burst of extra speed and the ability to change directions without any hesitation. With Smith impressing at the Miami Camp and North Hollywood, Calif., standout Marlon Lucky impressing at the San Diego Camp, it was going to be hard to measure up to either of them. Yet, Wells did more than that and demonstrated why he's earned scholarship offers from almost every major program in the nation.
While Wells was the headliner at running back, several other prospects showed that they're worthy of the high-level of attention they are receiving.
Marietta (Ga.) Wheeler running back Richie Rich blew up at the camp. Already possessing an impressive list of offers, including a recent offer from national-power Oklahoma, Rich measured in at 5-9, 177 pounds and with a 4.44-second time in the 40. Rich threw down the gauntlet and took a major step toward being named the top running back in the state of Georgia for the Class of 2005.
As a junior Rich carried the ball 196 times for 1,500 yards and 15 touchdowns with an average of 7.6 yards per carry. He recently picked up a scholarship offer from Oklahoma to go along with his others from N.C. State, UAB, Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest. Watch for those offers to double here in the next few weeks, though.
Tennessee commitment LaMarcus Coker of Antioch, Tenn., looked impressive with his 5-10 ½, 185-pound frame and 4.30-second time in the 40. Wearing electric blue gloves, Coker was electric on the field and that time was the top posted mark at the camp and will go down as one of the best in the entire nation.
Coker could easily be an all-purpose back with his soft hands and ability to cut out of the backfield. He was put together very well and his explosiveness is hard to describe. Let's just say that he's got more giddy-up than Pee Wee Herman on crack.
Two running back teammates from North Carolina also opened up a few eyes. Travis Padgett, 5-7 and 166 pounds, and Martrey Littlejohn, who was also in the 5-7 or 5-8 range, of Shelby (N.C.) Crest were had impressive explosion and their ability to cut during drills made them standout despite their height. Padgett had one of the fastest times at the camp with a 4.38 in the 40.
Wide receiver
Get to know these two names – T.J. Williams of Tallahassee Leon and Carlos Thomas of College Park (Ga.) Banneker – because they're about to become a household name with recruiting coordinators in the Southeast.
Thomas came into Saturday with a few impressive scholarship offers already on his resume from Florida, LSU and Maryland. He left with more and more because of his dominance throughout the entire day.
Thomas had an amazing workout in the drills and in the one-on-one portion Saturday. He couldn't be covered and was able to beat defenders off the line-of-scrimmage with solid upper-body strength and a quick burst of speed that allowed him to excel into the open field.
At least five college coaches after the camp conceded that Thomas was their pick for the top receiver in the camp. Not too far behind Thomas was Williams, who was a virtual unknown heading into the camp.
Williams ended up being one of the most pleasant surprises of the day. The 6-foot-2, 170-pound receiver showed exceptional quickness, sticky hands and good route-running ability in the drills. He also caught a lot of attention with his camp-best 3.97-time in the shuttle run. He'll be a kid that should have multiple scholarship offers by the time he's finished with the spring evaluation period.
Charlotte (N.C.) Independence receiver Mohamed Massaquoi illustrated why he's considered to be one of the top five players in North Carolina. He measured in at 6-2 and clocked in with a 4.43 40. Massaquoi had very good hands, was able to use his tall frame to go up and get the ball in one-on-one situations and ran very precise routes.
Huntsville, Ala., receiver/tight end Careg Bonner also impressed. Bonner, who is 6-3 and 223 pounds, ran a very solid time of 4.6 seconds and was tough to match up with in passing drills because of his physical nature. It's no surprise that Alabama and LSU offered him a scholarship and why he'll be one of the better players in a down year in the state of Alabama.
There had been a big debate amongst high school and college coaches in South Carolina as to where Bennettsville (S.C.) Malboro County standout receiver Rendrick Taylor (6-1, 210) stands in the Palmetto State. Some schools love him and others didn't think he was worthy of top five consideration.
Yet after an impressive workout on Saturday, those that tab him as one of the state and Southeast's best receivers could to be right. Even though he clocked a 4.61-second time in the 40, Taylor was athletic with a 37-inch vertical leap. With more muscles than some linebackers at the camp, Taylor easily got off the line, had very soft hands and caught almost everything throw in his direction. But there is still some thought that he might not be fast enough to be a high-level receiver and he might end up having to find another position in college.
Nick Kyles of Milldgevile (Ga.) Baldwin showed why he has several impressive scholarship offers with a great outing. He clocked in with a 4.58-second 40 and a 4.31 shuttle, which isn't spectacular, but he did impress throughout the day with great precision routes, very good hands and the ability to use his long frame to go up and get the ball. Kyles already has offers from Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Miami, Mississippi State and Tennessee and would be a steal for either one of those programs.
Brandon King of Houston County, Greg McClendon of Columbus (Ga.) Carver and R.J. Webb of Pickens, S.C., were the other attention grabbers at the position.
Offensive line
With all of the other positions loaded at the camp, the offensive line was somewhat thin of major high-level Division I prospects. Probably the best standout in the bunch from Rivals100's evaluation was Dallas (Ga.) East Paulding standout tackle Paul Duncan.
Duncan, who is 6-6 and 282 pounds, ran a 5.4 but when it came to the pass-protection drills, he kept the quarterback protected with great technique and the ability to move his feet quite well.
"I'm a better pass blocker than run blocker," Duncan, who has offers from Duke, Florida and Vanderbilt, said. "We mainly run the ball at my high school, but I'm a better pass blocker. I like allowing the guys to come to you and then using your body and arms to keep them away from the quarterback."
Joe Birdsong of Nashville (Tenn.) Montgomery Bell Academy looked very good also and said he really likes Tennessee and Ole Miss, along with several others. Marlon Davis of Columbus (Ga.) Carver, Thomas Hutton of Wichita (Kan.) Wichita Collegiate and Trevor Scott of Peach County also had very good camps.
Defensive line
This is where the freaks came out to play. There were more than a half dozen high-level Division I defensive linemen, including two players that could contend for five-star consideration.
Warner Robins (Ga.) Houston County defensive end Kyle Moore is probably the second-best player in the state behind LaGrange linebacker Tray Blackmon, and he showed it all day long.
Moore, who is 6-6 and 247 pounds, clocked a 4.73 40, 4.50 shuttle and did 19 reps in the bench. He was a one-man wrecking crew throughout drills and in the one-on-one competition – even though he didn't go undefeated like a few of the other talented d-line prospects did. But seeing was believing with Moore. He looked like he was ready to step on the field right away and when he turns his motor on, there isn't a better defensive end in America.
James McKinney of Louisville (Ky.) Central was the other show-stopper at defensive line. Rivals100 has been a big fan of McKinney ever since he was at the U.S. Army All-America Combine in San Antonio this past winter, and he stepped up again Saturday with another All-America type performance.
Measuring in at 6-2 and 277 pounds and finally working out at where he needs to be – defensive tackle instead of tight end – McKinney drilled would be blockers into the ground with bull rushes, swim moves and a spin moves. He also tested well with a 5.12 in the 40 and 25 reps on the bench.
Michigan got an early commitment from McKinney, but it looks like every day that he's going to test that original pledge and think more and more about other teams like USC, Miami, Notre Dame and several others that have offered him.
"Michigan is still my top school," McKinney said. "I just wanted to open things up and take a few trips. USC was the first school to call May 1 and offered me a scholarship so I'm definitely going to visit there. Miami and Notre Dame are two other trips I know I'll take and of course I'm going to visit Michigan as well."
At 6-5 and 228 pounds, Larry Cox was one of the most intimidating prospects that Rivals100 has seen so far on the NIKE Camp tour. Cox didn't run the fastest time at 4.9 seconds, but he couldn't be blocked in drills and had a long and lean frame that will be able to easily handle an additional 25 pounds at the next level.
His pass-rushing technique, which included an explosive first step off the line, might have been the best that has been seen so far this year.
Another defensive lineman that really impressed was Decatur, Ga., defensive end Corey Moon. Moon, 6-4, 235 pounds is very athletic and quick off the ball. He came in to the camp with a big reputation after a dominant junior season and lived up to it on Saturday. He also tested well running a 4.78 in the 40, jumped 28 inches in the vertical and did 19 reps on the bench. Auburn and Duke have offered.
The top linebacker at the camp was Marcus Ball of Stone Mountain (Ga.) Stephenson. Ball, the younger brother of Georgia Tech quarterback Reggie Ball, is just going to be a junior, but he looked like he could step out on the field today and his game is also at a very high level with a muscled up physical frame and solid speed.
He could easily be one of the nation's top safety or outside linebacker prospects in the Class of 2006.
Another linebacker that impressed was David McDowell of Skyland (N.C.) T.C. Roberson. McDowell clocked a 4.72-second 40, 28 inch vertical and 17 reps on the bench. Greenville (Fla.) Madison County outside linebacker Eugene Hayes showed why he has offers from Georgia, LSU, Michigan State, Notre Dame. He flew around all over the field in drills and showed a good nose for the football.
Defensive back
For all of the skill positions, defensive back seemed to be the one with the least amount of talent. However, that doesn't mean that there wasn't a few players that'll be recruited heavily.
One player that definitely passed the eyeball test was Antavoius Coates, who was 6-3 ½ and 185 pounds. Coats, who could project on both sides of the ball looked more natural working out with the defensive backs and really seemed to be able to close on the ball when it was in the air.
Also watch out for Henry Chubb, a 5-11, 175-pound cornerback from Waycross (Ga.) Ware County. He ran a 4.5-second time in the 40, but seemed much quicker on the field during drills and one-on-one drills.
For expanded coverage of the Atlanta NIKE Training Camp, you should check out StudentSports.com. Access to StudentSports.com requires an additional membership. Coming Soon! The best is getting better. The Rivals.com Recruiting Database will include all authentic data from this summer's NIKE Training Camp schedule.
Rivals.com recruiting analyst Greg Biggins contributed to this report.


text: Season 1 Disc 2 Episodes: Unexpected: A mediocre episode as story wise as presentation. The low quality renders show their teeth here like in Broken Bow, also the non CGI moments are pretty good. Terra Nova: This episodes looks somehow better than the rest of the episodes until now, and the story is marginally better than Unexpected but still mediocre. The Andorian Incident: Finally an episode where you can appreciate the blu-ray presentation as the sanctuary render looks better than on DVD. Also you can value the live action scenes better on blu-ray after you see the part when Archer comes out to test if the opening in the wall leads to the hidden passage or not. I think for some reason this scene wasn't in HD because in the moment that Archer comes out from the room and the first few seconds it looks really really horrible, it is in SD I'm sure of it, but than it reverts back to HD and the contrast is enormous. Breaking the Ice: a good episode and it loosk good in HD with the typical problem with the CGI shots. Civilization: I must say that I love this episode from the story point of view. As for the HD quality something has happened. The colors especially on the planet are great far better than the episodes before, and also, the new CGI renders in space looks somehow better (a trend I could see on the next episode too, but I will talk about that after I finish Disc 3). So overall I like the improvement. Extras: Deleted scene from Unexpected: a funny one, but does not add to the story. Cast impressions: Season 1: your usual cast impressions, where everybody recalls how they get on the show and what they liked. Nice to watch Enterprise secrets: Fun little presentations about the background of how the show is made. I will give a 3.5/5 stars fro Disc 2 too.


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The first role of trained infotention is to recognize whether or not multitasking, single-minded focus, or alert but diffused attention is the most appropriate mind-tool for the task at hand. However, for those many situations in which multitasking is either necessary or preferable or both, the most important question is whether -- and to what degree -- multitasking more effectively is a learnable skill. -- Howard
"Results showed that participants did much better at multitasking after training. Interestingly the benefits transferred to the untrained dual task. Brain training can thus be used to get better at multitasking!"


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Oregon County Highpoints > Black Mountain (OR) > Climber's Log
Black Mountain (OR) Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Black Mountain
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2014
|Hiked the road from the locked gate. This was the third of four Oregon CoHP's we did this day. Along with Sherman, Gilliam, and Umitilla counties.
|Posted Jul 26, 2014 12:01 am
|Second OR CoHP Of The Day
Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2011
|After summiting nearby Tower Mountain (Umatilla CoHP) a few hours earlier, I went to Black Mountain. After walking along the road for approximately 1/2-mile, I decided to leave the road and head straight up the slopes along animal paths. Using those tracks, common sense, and my GPS as guides, I reached the upper portion of FS-030 within 1/4-mile of the summit area. Then I continued beyond the communications facility to the true, open, rocky summit. There is a nice can register there. I descended open slopes similar to my ascent route, but more direct to the first road switchback down below. This shaved off a lot of time: Only one hour roundtrip, including stopping at the summit for register-signing and photos.
Considering that the Gilliam CoHP does not currently have an SP page, I will continue the aftermath of this story... I continued west to Condon to get gasoline (before their one station closed for the day), then summited Zero Butte (Gilliam CoGPP), and then the Gilliam CoHP during sunset/early evening hours. I had planned to do more CoHP and CoGPP stuff the following day, but that was not meant to be: My front passenger-side tire blew out along Lone Rock Road shortly after leaving Lost Valley Road. What a horrible place and time for that to happen, and with my broken wrist not totally healed! At least I still had one great hand/arm and two strong legs to help with the lugnuts.
With no place having tires on Sunday between Condon and Yakima, I drove (using my "donut" tire) to Biggs that night, slept in my car, and then met my wife in Goldendale. She drove me to Yakima to get a new tire put on the wheel, then we went back to Goldendale, and then we both drove home. What an adventure! It was not anything like I planned, but an adventure all the same. The worst part is that now I have to return to that general northern area of Oregon for things such as Wheeler County, Sherman County, etc. I am trying to limit my number of trips, not add to them! lol
|Posted Sep 19, 2011 10:35 am
|Brief work interlude
Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2011
|Walked up the road from the gate, car broke down on the way over to do nearby Tower Mountain.
|Posted Aug 28, 2011 10:03 pm
|Morrow the same
Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2006
|Black and blue ain't bad when it's a mountain and the sky! I came across a cow elk grazing during my hike. She must have felt two was a crowd, cause she trotted away.
|Posted Jul 10, 2008 8:29 pm
|Cohp'ing hike
Date Climbed: May 16, 2003
|Most of the fun on this one is the drive getting there through country I had not seen before. I will take my wife back so she can get this one and enjoy the area. An easy cross country hike up but I took the road down.
|Posted Feb 28, 2007 4:11 pm


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A planning application has been made to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council to change a post office in to a home.
A proposal has been put forward asking the council for permission to turn the post office on Doncaster Road, Branton, to residential premises, including alterations to front of the property.
A decision has not yet been made on the plans, and anybody wishing to comment can contact the council on 01302 736000.
Alternatively, visit www.planning.doncaster.gov.uk/online-applications to make a public comment.
Comments must be received by September 4.
A decision on the plans will be made by October 7 at the latest.


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I was first introduced to this online retailer of nail polishes a couple months ago. Since I always buy nail varnishes online anyway, the shop and I was a match. Plus, with a whole range of nail polish brands out there, including the hard-to-find-in-Indonesia Ciaté varnishes, AND great pricing, there's not to love about Bubbletalk Shop.. But today's 'star' is not Ciaté, but it's Ozotic. Read on to find out why it's special..
first 'nail look' up is what I'd reckon the siren version of a french manicure. I was bored of the usual neutral polishes used so I switched it up with a red base (Essie's Head Mistress) and finished it with glittery black tips (Ozotic #526). I find OZOTIC's colors very unique. Not only do the iridescent glitter bits change into a variety of beautiful shades, but the formula is really long lasting. I managed to get one week sans chipping with only 2 coats.
this is what I usually do on weekends : do my nails right when I get out of bed. Okay maybe I don't take my beady bracelets to sleep but that weekend, I was planning my outfit to be worn after shower and the bracelets stuck up till the blog photoshoot..
self-manicurer tips #1 : do your nails before shower.
You can mess up on the corners of the nails, and when you hop in the shower, you can easily use your shower puff to scrub those messy parts without screwing up the paint on the nail bed. on a note, just make sure your polish is totally dry before you turn that water on.
if you pay attention closely, the nail colors (Ozotic #502) change a bit depending on it's position to the light above. trust me, you put it on and you'll never want to stop wiggling your hand in all sorts of directions...
this last part was a tough cookie to shoot! but I am glad that I managed to capture the 'gradient' quality of these awesome Ozotic nail polishes through a GIF image.. my assistant even had to pull out the reflector that I usually only use for professional jobs


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The U.S. National Team won't be traveling to Southern California during their Gold Cup campaign, but you'll have a chance to see them if you take a quick to trip down to San Diego on July 5.
The U.S. will complete their preparations for the Gold Cup with a match against Guatemala on July 5 at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium. The match may include Galaxy forward Landon Donovan, who was named to the U.S. team's preliminary roster on Friday.
"This is a very important opportunity for us to get in a good game before the start of the Gold Cup," said U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann in a statement. "It is our goal to win the tournament, and the chance to play Guatemala will be good preparation for our group. We are thrilled to get back to San Diego which has such an outstanding soccer tradition."


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California governor posts a direct rebuttal to climate change contrarians
Governor Brown is pushing back against those who deny the evidence for climate change and this week, used a Lake Tahoe environmental conference to say that he's taken his campaign online.
The Governor has long been a vocal supporter of climate action but his new "Just the Facts" website represents his most definitive reaction against what he calls "the deniers" of widely accepted climate science.
About half the site is devoted to a rehash of the evidence that global warming is real and effects are happening now. The other half is a rebuttal to climate science contrarians, whom the site describes as, "a small-but-vocal group" that "has spread misinformation about the science, aiming to cast doubt on well-established findings and conclusions." Continue reading


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Will we be flying the green skies someday?
Whenever I check my carbon footprint, I always do extremely well—until I get to the end when they ask the inevitable questions about air travel. As a writer, a consultant and a person who loves to see the world; travel has been a big part of who I've been, going back to high school, when I hitchhiked across the country, twice.
I know I am not alone in this. A number of friends and colleagues who are committed, green professionals, share the same Achilles heel that apparently results in a larger footprint. Of course, there are offsets, which can at least help assuage one's conscience, but what I want to know is what is going to happen to air travel?
Can it be made energy efficient enough to continue to serve as many people as it does today and more given the growth that is projected? Will it become so expensive that only the wealthiest among us can afford it? Or will environmentally desperate governments of the future outlaw it altogether?
Obviously, you can tell which option I'm hoping for. So you won't be surprised that I was glad to see that the FAA just awarded $125 million to five aircraft technology companies: Boeing, GE, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce-America to develop greener, more efficient aircraft as part of their Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions, and Noise, or CLEEN program. Each company will match those funds with an equal or greater amount of their own.
I am not necessarily a big fan of the government giving out large sums of money to the biggest corporations. With all that we read in the news these days, it's hard to keep the nose from twitching when you think about the lobbying and that all-too-familiar chumminess factor. Not to mention that smaller companies are very often more willing to think out of the box and be more innovative. That being said, though, this is an awfully big problem and few companies have the kinds of resources necessary to pursue this kind of development.
Specifically, the FAA program goals are as follows:
- A 33% reduction in overall fuel burn
- A 60% reduction in NOx emissions during landing and take-off (LTO)
- A 32 dB reduction in noise level
- Reduced environmental impact with sustainable fuels
- Development of "drop-in" replacement fuels requiring no modifications
All of these goals are to be achieved by 2015 and are with reference to today's technology.
Some of the new technologies that have been proposed by those winning the contracts include sustainable alternative aviation fuels; lighter and more efficient gas turbine engine components; noise-reducing engine nozzles; advanced wing trailing edges; optimized flight trajectories using onboard flight management systems; and open rotor and geared turbofan engines.
GE will be using the funds to assist in its development of three new technologies:
- The TAPS II combustor at the heart of their engines which is expected to achieve 16% better fuel economy
- Open Rotor, an unducted fan which is expected to realize 26% fuel savings, and
- The flight management system-air traffic management (FMS-ATM) system which essentially guides the planes in the most direct routes while maintaining safe separation distances between planes.
Pratt & Whitney will use its award to continue to evolve its PurePower PW1000G® geared turbofan engine. This engine, which received Popular Science Magazine's 2009 "Best of What's New Award" is expected to achieve 25-35% energy savings by the 2020's.
Given the impact that air travel has on global warming and energy consumption today, (the IPCC estimates that air travel contributes 3.5% of global warming, which is expected to grow to 5% by 2050) these kinds of improvements will be significant. The question is, given how quickly the planet seems to be marching towards the brink of climate catastrophe, will they be significant enough?
RP Siegel is the co-author of the eco-thriller Vapor Trails, which just might have something to do with airplanes
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The price tag on the Siesta Key public beach improvements could be reduced by as much as $7 million if Sarasota County adopts a design change, pitched by Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Chairman and architect Mark Smith.
Smith, acting as a free consultant, in a Nov. 26 letter to Sarasota County commissioners, presented the results of meetings with Kimley-Horn and Associates and Sweet Sparkman Architects about the controversial costs.
The revised design wouldn't include the west overlook pavilion, a multipurpose building or enhancements to Beach Road, and after Kimley-Horn adjusted for changes in construction costs, the estimate falls to $14.3 million from the most recent $22 million estimate of the project at its 60% design phase. Last year, commissioners approved a $16.7 million construction budget for the project.
Smith thought the $14.3 million estimate was a conservative figure that could still be cut by $1 million.
There would be more than $2.4 million in contingency funds available to cover unforeseen costs or construction price changes as the project moves forward.
Contractors watching the project could bid higher than the market rate for the project if the estimates given by Kimley-Horn, which have reached as high as $22 million, are too conservative, Smith said.
As chairman of the Siesta Key Village Maintenance Corp., Smith had the same concern when the county estimated annual Village upkeep funding to cost more than $200,000.
Commissioners will hear a comprehensive presentation from staff about the beach project Dec. 11.
"There's a certain rhythm to a project, from the programming through the public input, the design and, finally, the construction," Smith said. "When you drag it out like (the county) has, you lose momentum — you lose that rhythm."
Smith also criticized the $1.7 million earmarked for construction engineering inspections and $800,000 for county staff management as redundant.
"If you don't trust the people you hire, then don't hire them," Smith said.
County staff presented Kimley-Horn's designs without its employees at commission meetings throughout the process. It was at one of those meetings County Engineer Jim Harriott mentioned the $27 million cost estimate that drew rebuke from commissioners after it was reported to the public.
County Administrator Randall Reid said in an email to commissioners that he would have Deputy County Administrator Thomas Harmer prepare a presentation based on Alachua County's method for completing complex capital projects on time. That method doesn't allow for continued modifications of designs.
"It doesn't matter who's in the room," Smith said. "You can't design everything by consensus."
The price tag on the Siesta Key public beach improvements could be reduced by as much as $7 million if Sarasota County adopts a design change, pitched by Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Chairman and architect Mark Smith.


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South Twin Climber's Log
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|West ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2014
|All the rock a climber could ever want to scramble on.
|Posted Jun 24, 2014 2:00 pm
|Twins Traverse
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2014
|Climbed the west ridge of the North Twin. Rapped SE from the notch below the summit to the glacier. Climbed NE ridge of South Twin and descended the west ridge. Great day with lots of fun challenges. (second successful traverse)
|Posted Jun 24, 2014 12:04 pm
|South Twin
Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2014
|Made it to the basin relatively quickly. Started fairly low on the ridge, since the steeper snow was in the shade and was still very firm. No troubles scrambling the ridge until 6600'. We just could not find a reasonable route to the summit on the final part of the ridge that was class 4 or less. We were able to finish the ridge, but only after doing a few feet of very exposed, low 5th class climbing. It would have been much more prudent to traverse right from 6600' and finish via one of the south gullies, although they all had varying amounts of steep snow slopes. (Unlike many Pacific NW mountains, I think this mountain is actually best to do late season, after most of the snow has melted.) We started our descent via one of the south gullies, as the snow had softened up enough to make this option reasonably safe, then rejoined the ridge at 6600' for the rest of the descent.
|Posted Jun 22, 2014 10:57 am
|Snidely Whiplash
|Loved this climb
Date Climbed: May 23, 1987
|I'd love to go back but you can't get through the gates.
|Posted Nov 11, 2013 12:07 am
|South Twin
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
|This was a lengthy but enjoyable scramble route with lots of route-finding.
|Posted Aug 26, 2012 4:24 pm
|A Little Of Everything
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
|This was a great scramble, albeit much longer than we anticipated despite two of us (Edward, myself) previously having a failed attempt. Great bivy site in the upper basin below the west ridge slopes.
|Posted Aug 26, 2012 10:22 am
|A Little Of Everything
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
|This was a great scramble, albeit much longer than we anticipated despite two of us (Edward, myself) previously having a failed attempt. Great bivy site in the upper basin below the west ridge slopes.
|Posted Aug 26, 2012 10:22 am
|West Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2012
|Excellent climb with Adam and Jacob. Definitely on of the most rewarding hikes I've been on. I look forward to going back and climbing the North Twin.
|Posted Aug 21, 2012 12:44 pm
|West Ridge and Southwest Gully
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2012
|Scrambled up the west ridge with Adam (gimpilator of Summitpost) and Greg; some fog around 4000 feet but high clouds and party sunny above. An all-around excellent route, fun scrambling after an approach by bike and a short, brushy trail. Final approach to the summit along the crest looked intimidating, so we traversed a short ways, crossing a small snow field and ascending via a class three gully w/ some loose rock.
for photos: http://ifiwereacrow.blogspot.com/2012/08/south-twin.html
|Posted Aug 20, 2012 2:36 am
|First Attempt
Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2012
|A fun climb, a very hot day. 3 of 4 made the summit in good conditions.
|Posted Aug 18, 2012 2:35 pm
|West Ridge
|A good climb, less crowded than the North Twin but not as asthetic.
|Posted Oct 21, 2011 12:46 am
|W. Ridge
Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2004
|Beautiful couple of days on the taller twin. Just as fun as N Twin with a huge, flat summit for a stellar bivy.
|Posted Oct 7, 2011 2:22 am
|West Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2012
|First attempt: June 3, 2010
A late start put our group near the summit at 5 pm. We made the call to turn around. See this image of that day.
I returned August 19, 2012 to give the west ridge a second try and this time we made it. By far one of the best trips of the year. So much scramble fun. The twins are amazing!
|Posted Nov 18, 2010 2:00 pm


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To the right of Frank Beamer's desk in his office at Virginia Tech is a shelf on which sit two Coach of the Year trophies. One has a statue of Paul "Bear" Bryant. The other has an engraving of Joe Paterno.
These are two of the men who preceded Frank Beamer as the active coach with the most wins in college football, an unofficial title Beamer assumed when Paterno was fired last fall. Bryant died four weeks after he coached his last game at Alabama. Paterno was fired in the middle of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, died in January, and on Sunday, a statue of him was removed from outside Beaver Stadium on Penn State's campus.
Bobby Bowden once trailed Paterno in wins, 383-382. But Florida State was forced to vacate 12 wins late in Bowden's career because of an academic cheating scandal. And he was fired in 2009.
Suffice it to say, it hasn't ended well for big-name coaches who hang on too long. None of this is lost on Beamer, who enters his 26th season as head coach of Virginia Tech after six with Murray State. He has 251 career wins.
Beamer is proud of that mark, though leery because of what happened to Bryant, Paterno and Bowden. He coached against Bowden for years in the ACC and considered Paterno a good friend. "Certainly when I started out in this business, I never thought I wanted to be the winningest-active coach. That wasn't it," he says. "Now that you're at that position, it feels very special. You know how fortunate you've been."
He is fortunate he didn't get fired two decades ago. The Virginia Tech A.D. at the time, Dave Braine, says Beamer never would have survived in the current win-now environment. In Beamer's first six seasons, the Hokies had just two winning seasons and hit bottom with a 2-8-1 mark in 1992. But Braine and the administration stuck with him, and Virginia Tech has been to a bowl game every season since then.
When reflecting on his career, Beamer is most proud that he helped change the status of the Virginia Tech program. An afterthought turned into a powerhouse. The irony is Beamer created an environment of high expectations that he wouldn't have been able to survive.
The end isn't near for him, but he's closer to that then he is to the beginning. The decision of how long to keep coaching—and thus avoid an ignominious end—weighs on him.
"I'm very aware of that. I think it's hard to say, 'When's the right time to walk away?'" Beamer says. "If you could predict the future, it wouldn't be hard. This game is so close, it's a really thin line, to being successful and getting momentum going for you or not being successful."
Beamer's teams have won 10 games in each of the past eight seasons, the best current mark. The only thing he hasn't done is win a national championship. "That's what you're in the business for. That's why we've got a place right over there, for a trophy, waiting," he says, pointing out the window. "Certainly, that would mean a lot."
But it wouldn't mean everything.
"I don't think it's the end-all," he says. "Winning's important in this business. There's no question about that. But in the end, when I step down, I'd like the people to remember me by how we did things. By how we treated people. I think that's going to be the biggest thing to me, when it's all said and done. What coaches that I've competed against, players that played for me, coaches who coached for me, how they felt about me."
Part of what made Paterno's fall so breathtaking is the myth that was built up about him. There is little such hagiography surrounding Beamer, few fawning profiles from the national media. He doesn't have Bryant's houndstooth hat, Bowden's catchphrase ("dadgum") or Paterno's Grand Experiment.
He's known for being a good coach, particularly on defense and special teams, and little else. He is 65 and seems to be in good health—he lost 32 pounds in the offseason. ("I'll never be fat again," he says.) Physically, he could keep going for the foreseeable future. "I've always said, as long as my health is good, and I've got me a good quarterback, I'm going to keep on coaching," he says. "I'm very aware of trying to determine when the right time is to step down. Right now, our recruiting is the best it's ever been. Right now, the kids in our program are the best they've ever been. Right now, I feel great about my coaching staff. But I'm very aware of when is the right time to step down."
When that is, nobody knows. Here's hoping Beamer figures it out better than his predecessors.


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Two confirmed dead in shooting near Bandon
BANDON, Ore. --Two people were found shot along Highway 101 near Bandon, Ore. Sunday night, and police detained three people connected to the shooting less than an hour later, Oregon State Police said.
Police arrived at the scene, just north of Highway 101's intersection with Seven Devils Road near Bandon to find two men lying near the roadway with apparent gunshot wounds. Initial information indicated that the two victims were shot at around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Both of the men were identified as Myrtle Creek residents. One of the men, George Micheaux III, born in 1993 (approx. 19), was pronounced dead at the scene. The other victim was identified as Milton Chester Leach, born in 1942 (approx. 70), who was found alive with an apparent gunshot wound to his head.
Leach was first taken to Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay before being transported by air ambulance to OHSU in Portland where he was considered to be in critical condition. OHSU Senior Communications Specialist Kathleen Gorman said that Leach died in the hospital Monday morning.
Less than an hour later police found the vehicle involved in the shooting from a witness description several miles north of the shooting scene, closer to Coos Bay.
Deputies with the Coos County Sheriff's Office identified fresh tracks in a gravel road and followed the tracks down a side road of the main drive to Belloni's Ranch. When they arrived at the vehicle they found three adult individuals. one male and two females. One of the women had a gunshot wound on her forearm.
As they approached the vehicle the male suspect, later identified as Timothy Henson, fled into the surrounding wooded area. Deputies were able to capture Henson with the help of police officers that arrived as backup.
The Coos County Sheriff's Office said that they found three adults inside the vehicle, All five people involved in the incident are believed to have been living together on a property in Myrtle Creek.
Information collected by detectives suggests that the two victims were inside the vehicle when an altercation broke out between the five occupants. At some point a shot was fired inside the vehicle which is believed to have caused the woman's gunshot injury. After the gun was discharged the driver stopped the vehicle.
The investigation also indicates that both Micheaux and Leach were shot outside of the vehicle while it was stopped on Highway 101.
The man detained inside the vehicle was identified as Timothy Allen Henson, born in 1969. He was lodged at the Coos County Jail on multiple charges including murder, attempted murder and assault in the second degree (for wounding the female victim).
The Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier said he expects that Henson will be arraigned sometime on Tuesday.


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we are again with Christmas right around the corner. It seems like I
was posting this up just a few weeks back and here it's been a year
already. There are many cool new gadgets that have hit the market
this year and I would like to see a bunch of them under my tree. Here
is a list of a few things I would like to see Santa cram down the
PS3 This was on my list last year and I didn't get
it. I guess Santa figured since I had the original PS3 I should be
happy when other geeks that are less fortunate were going without a
PS3 altogether. My kids left the thing running one too many times
this summer and it finally died. I hope that Santa really will bring
me this new PS3 this year and without the stupid Move controller
please. Samsung
Galaxy TabI already have an iPad and I really like it.
The thing that I regret most about it though was that I didn't buy
the 3G version. I would like to get a Samsung Galaxy Tab with 3G.
It's not like I really need it, but I don't need six computers or
closets full of gadgets either. I just want it. I haven't really
spent much time with Android and the bit of time I did spend with it
the OS seemed really cool.Microsoft
KinectI have had an Xbox 360 for a few years and I never
play it. Some of you won't appreciate this at all, but to me the
PS3 is a much better system than the Xbox 360. Let the flames begin.
As dumb as I think Move is on the PS3, Kinect has sort of grabbed my
attention. I want it and that Kinectimals game mostly because my
daughter is too damn cute for her own good and gives me the puppy dog
eyes each time it comes on TV in the Kinect commercial. Moreover, if
I had that so she was occupied, I might get some work done.Adam's
Dual Action Polisher KitI am a geek of many colors. I am
a computer geek, a gaming geek, a science geek, and a car geek.
Despite what I tend to write about all day, my preference is to be a
car geek. I have a frackin' epic Mustang. It's not green at all. I
get like 12 miles to a gallon, but those miles go by really fast. The
car is so epic the environment thanks me for my hydrocarbons. The
reason I write about so many green cars is in hopes of converting you
over because my Mustang needs the gas. Everyone thinks that their car
is epic, mine really is. It's so epic that I took it to a car show at
a Chevy dealer and not only did it win first place in a field judged
by Chevy salesmen, filled with Camaros they sold -- it took home a
trophy and they gave me $50 for the privilege of seeing it (true
story). With an epic car comes a lot of cleaning and
keeping things shiny, which is hard when the city seems to spend
every penny they collect in taxes on gravel tops for roads that are
already smooth. That means I need some power tools and cleaning stuff
to keep the car shiny clean and scratch free. The thing I want most
is one of the cool polishing kits form Adam's Polishes so I can keep
my third kid all shiny and clean. It's sort of gadgety since the car
is basically a big gadget and the polish kit has a power tool in it.
If you disagree, just remember this is my list, neener neener
AR.DroneI like stuff that is remote controlled and I like
my iPhone. If you combine those two, I am interested and that is
exactly what the guys over at Parrot did with the AR.Drone
Quadcopter. The thing is controlled by the iPhone and sort of flies
itself. That is a good thing too; I have crashed more RC aircraft in
my day than I care to think about. The only downside to this thing is
Parrot appears to have lost their mind on the pricing. At almost
$300, the only way I will ever own this thing is if Santa gets it for
Turismo 5I have waited years for Gran Turismo 5 to
launch. This is the game that originally led me to buy a PS2 back in
the day. I like the franchise and have been very much looking forward
to the latest iteration since Sony starting teasing with little
details on the title long ago. Finally, we know the game will ship
this month, unless Sony delays it again for some reason. This will be
one of the coolest racing games ever.Call
of Duty: Black OpsI have been playing the COD franchise
on the PC since the games first came out. I love these games and of
all the PC games, out there this is the one I want most this year. I
don't want the game even a little on one of the consoles in my house,
its PC or nothing when it comes to shooters for me. This game has
made a huge amount of money and it will certainly go down as one of
the most popular games of all time.


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The bride-elect is the daughter of Jim and Tanya Roberts of Russellville. She is the granddaughter of Jesse and Margie Parker of Little Rock, Jo Roberts and the late Joseph Roberts of Jacksonville, and Sandra Smith and the late Glenn Smith. Jennifer is a 2009 graduate of Pottsville High School and a 2013 graduate of Arkansas State University, Jonesboro. She has been employed at Dr. Knoernschild's Orthodontic Clinic since 2009.
The prospective groom is the son of Shawn and Mark Blevins of Russellville and Mike Young of Atkins. He is the grandson of Gary and Lori Ragland of Russellville, Charles and Laura Ragland of Marshall, Charles and Shirley Young of Atkins, and Leroy Martin and the late Phyllis Martin of Russellville. Justin is a 2009 graduate of Pottsville High School and has been employed with Industrial Power Inc. since 2010.
The wedding is planned for 5 p.m. June 8, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Russellville, with a reception to follow at The Barn at Twin Oaks. Friends and family are invited. Invitations have been sent.