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Riders woke up this morning to hammering rain on their hotel windows and on their tents, but along with the rain came wind from the right side of the beach. Race director Markus Schwendtner announced we would start the day by continuing with the Freestyle Single Eliminations.
The weather was quite stormy so the wind was up and down with some patches of no wind in the competition area. The freestylers spun into gear, choosing between 7m and 10m kites, and got into competition mode.
The last of the second round was finished and we continued up the ladder all the way to the finals. There was some fantastic riding despite the difficult conditions and a brilliant atmosphere on the beach. Everyone was helping each other and the Polish spectators were showing up and getting in the spirit of things despite the rain!
In the men's division, it was the tour leaders at the head of the pack, with Alberto Rondina winning the finals with some beautifully executed powered passes with his kite super low. Close behind him in second place was Germany's Mario Rodwald. His smooth style of consistent powered passes was a fabulous show for the spectators. In third place was Germany's Stefan Permien and fourth was Belgium's Christophe Tack.
On the women's side, Poland dominated the ranks! With Asia Litwin executing some impressive powered passes including slims and S bend passes, she flew through to first place. Ania Grzelinska was in second with her brilliantly consistent blind and wrapped tricks. In third was Michalina Laskowska with some solid unhooked riding including beautiful F16 and S bends. The first non-Polish for the women was the UK's Johara Sykes-Davies in fourth with some blind tricks.
Men's Single Freestyle Eliminations
1. Alberto Rondina (Italy)
2. Mario Rodwald (Germany)
3. Stefen Permien (Germany)
4. Christophe Tack (Belgium)
Women's Single Freestyle Eliminations
1. Joanna Asia Litwin (Poland)
2. Ania Grzelinska (Poland)
3. Michalina Laskowska (Poland)
4. Johara Sykes-Davies (UK)
By 12.30 we were finished with the Single Eliminations, and after a short lunch break, the racing commenced. The wind was steadily increasing and the racers took between 7m and 12m kites.
After four races Bruno Sroka is way ahead of the pack on points with four wins for today. Blazej Ozog is finishing in second for the day with Bjoern Jensen in third. For the women, Kathrin Borgwardt takes the leading position for the day with two wins out of the four, Nuria Goma in second and Ania Grzelinska in third.
Men's Racing Positions after 4 races
1. Bruno Sroka (France)
2. Blazej Ozog (Poland)
3. Bjeorn Jensen (Denmark)
Women's Racing Positions after 4 races
1. Kathrin Borgwardt (Germany)
2. Nuria Goma (Spain)
3. Ania Grzelinska (Poland)
After races finished at around 4.30pm, there was a short break before the Freestyle Double eliminations commenced. The wind stayed strong enough for use to complete two stages of the Doubles, putting us in a very exciting position for Saturday morning, with the final heats for the Doubles Eliminations to be run.
Skippers meeting will be held at 10am tomorrow with a first possible start of 10.30.


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Annual to subshrub
Leaves generally basal and cauline, alternate, generally simple; stipules 0
Inflorescence: generally raceme
Flower bisexual; sepals 4, free; petals (0)4, free, generally white or yellow, often clawed; stamens generally (2,4)6, generally 4 long, 2 short; ovary 1, superior, chambers generally 2, septum membranous, connecting 2 parietal placentas, style 1, stigma simple or 2-lobed
Fruit: generally capsule ("silique") with 2 deciduous valves, sometimes breaking transversely or indehiscent
Seeds 1many per chamber
Genera in family: 300+ genera, 3000+ species: worldwide, especially cool regions; some cultivated for food (especially Brassica, Raphanus ) and ornamental
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Capparaceae [Rodman et al. 1993 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 80:686699; Rollins 1993 Cruciferae of Continental North America. Stanford Univ Press]
Family description, key to genera by Robert A. Price.
SISYMBRIUMAnnual, biennial; hairs simple or 0
Stem generally erect, branched
Leaves petioled or sessile, variously lobed or dissected, green or glaucous
Inflorescence many-flowered; bracts 0
Flower: sepals erect to ± spreading; petals yellow, clawed
Fruit ascending to erect, linear to ± awl-shaped, generally cylindric, straight to ± curved, hairy or not; valves prominently veined; style conic or 0, stigma 2-lobed
Seeds many, generally 1 row per chamber; margin 0; not or ± gelatinous when wet; embryonic root at back of 1 cotyledon, sometimes obliquely so
Species in genus: ± 90 species: most continents
Etymology: (Greek: for various mustards)
S. irio L.
LONDON ROCKETAnnual
Stem 1550 cm, branched from near base; hairs 0 or above, few, ± short, thin
Leaves: basal not clustered, petioled, pinnately lobed, terminal lobe > lateral, often hastate; upper cauline pinnately lobed to ± entire
Flower: petals 2.54 mm, barely > sepals, narrowly oblong, pale yellow, claws long
Fruit generally overtopping flowers, generally 34 cm, ± 1 mm wide; pedicel ascending, 511 mm, width < fruit width; style ± 0.5 mm
Seed < 1 mm, oblong, ± papillate; embryonic root obliquely at back of 1 cotyledon
Chromosomes: 2n=14
Ecology: Disturbed areas, orchards, roadsides
Elevation: < 800 m.
Bioregional distribution: Great Central Valley, Southwestern California, White and Inyo Mountains, Desert
Distribution outside California: to Texas, Baja California; native to Europe
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The solution to this is to move aggressively into emerging markets. However, a large proportion of these orders can be served from the company's home base.
Nordex has said that it will fill its current pipeline for the US and Latin America from its sole US nacelle plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas. After that, nacelles for the Americas will be made in Rostock, Germany. Lay-offs of about 40 staff in Jonesboro will begin this autumn. The company currently employs 186 people in the US, including service and training staff in Jonesboro and management in Chicago. Its Jonesboro service facility will remain open.
A spokeswoman for Nordex USA would not comment on the size of the company's remaining Americas pipeline, except for the 117.6MW of Uruguayan orders for the low-wind N117 2400 announced in January. "I cannot confirm the current [US] pipeline as Nordex is evaluating the best production locations," said Naomi Lovinger, head of US communications. No orders are outstanding elsewhere in the Americas.
Smaller original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have also been hit in the US by the demise of manufacturer Clipper, which spooked buyers because of concerns over warranties and spare parts. "A lot of [buyers] are nervous about the long-term viability of OEMs that are not backed by industrial conglomerates such as Siemens and GE," said Amy Grace, lead US wind analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
Nordex sold 275.4MW of turbines last year in the US, according to BNEF, giving it a small market share of just over 2% in the US during a year of record installation. The US market is expected to contract severely this year and next, and may not reach the level of 2012 again for another decade.
When Nordex opened its nacelle plant in Jonesboro in 2010, it said the facility would have a peak annual assembly capacity of about 750MW. The entire Jonesboro manufacturing hub, which was to include a blade plant that was never built, was to employ up to 700 people. But employment in Jonesboro peaked at about 100, said Joe Holmes, spokesman for the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC).
For the 14,000 square-metre Jonesboro plant, Nordex was awarded up to $22 million in tax credits from the US government's programme for renewable-energy production facilities. That amount was never drawn upon, said Lovinger. The company is in discussions with Arkansas officials over repaying some state money, she said.
According to AEDC's Holmes, the talks are cover the $3.9 million paid from the governor's Quick-Action Closing Fund to Nordex and to the City of Jonesboro, in the latter case for infrastructure. She said the grant size was based on numerous factors, including the prospect of 700 jobs. Nordex will be responsible for repaying a proportion of the money paid both to itself and to the city.


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Does this survey seem in line with your experience of social media to drive leads and become fully integrated in your B2B company's marketing mix?
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20-25 radishes, chopped into small pieces
½ medium onion, finely chopped
For seasoning:
1 Tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp urad dal
A pinch of asafoetida
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½ tsp red chilli powder
2 Tbsp grated coconut
Salt to taste
In a pan, heat the oil & add the ingredients for the seasoning (except chilli powder & coconut) in the order listed above.
Add the chopped radishes along with the chilli powder, mix, and cover and cook till tender, 5-7 minutes. The radishes would have turned a lighter shade of pink by now. Reserve about 4 Tbsp of this to make the *raita.
To the rest, add the grated coconut and mix well. Cook for another minute or so. Thoran's ready!
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Drag Racing Experience With Racer Myron Piatek - Do The Locomotion!
IHRA Crate Motor Racer Myron Piatek Tells Us How He Gets The Job Done
Editors note: The advent of IHRA's Crate Motor Stock classes has opened up some great opportunities to race in Stock Eliminator without spending a bundle on finding and developing old parts. Myron Piatek was IHRA's Holley Sportsman Championship Division 2 Stock Champion in 2000 (he was Second this past season) and finished Third overall in the Summit National Championship for Stock Eliminator in 2001. We thought you would like to hear first hand some of his experiences and to also get an idea of what it takes to compete in this form of racing.
Most people in drag racing get their feet wet in the bracket divisions. I live in Holly Hill, Florida, and I began ET bracket racing in 1978. While I enjoyed every minute of it, I have always admired the Stock and Super Stock classes with their factory bodies, limited rules, and wheels-up launches. Like many bracket competitors, however, the time, money, and know-how to race in these class divisions kept me as a spectator of those cars.
As the years passed, there were occasional discussions of driving a class car for someone, but nothing ever developed. Regardless, I prefer to be my own boss, setting schedules, making changes, and so on anyway. I continued to bracket race, often twice per week during most of the year because of track points. However, the "itch" to go class racing was still there when IHRA announced the new legality of corporate manufacture, or crate-motor engine classes in 1995, and my interest was rekindled.
One of the most attractive features was the allowance of a four-barrel Holley 750 double-pumper or vacuum-secondary carb on small-blocks and the bigger 850 Holley on big-blocks. It must be remembered that most "regular" Mopar Stock and Super Stockers must use a Carter carb, which in turn must be carefully tuned for racing. However, my bracket experience had only focused on how Holley carbs work. Though the IHRA did not have any major races close to me, I was able to see the cars race on television and keep track of what was going on in its publication, Drag Review. After researching this new form of Stock class racing, I took the plunge.
What are the benefits to doing it this way? First, instead of chasing down specific carburetors, heads, and whatever, you simply buy a motor, or the individual parts, to assemble a legal combination from scratch, right out of the Mopar Performance catalog. IHRA has a list of the engine packages that are legal for the CM classes. Next, because you don't need to worry about breaking all that rare stuff, you can go out and bracket race the car every weekend locally-break something and the Dodge dealer or speed shop can get it. Practice is key to being successful, and the more you race your car, the better you will do. If you race only in Stock events, you limit that practice time. Finally, due to the way the cars are factored, you can move from class to class as needed.
I needed a good base to work with. My plan was to select a combo that would still make a good bracket racer between IHRA events or if class racing didn't work out. To that end, I purchased a '74 Plymouth Duster in 1998. This was an NHRA G/SA car that had never been competitive against the index. I was a little more anxious than I should have been, and being in a hurry to buy a car unfortunately meant that it took a lot more time, work, and money to fix, change, and repair the problems this vehicle suffered from. Nonetheless, my desire to go class racing was finally coming together.
Friend and fellow bracket racer Dwayne Hagle had built my last bracket engine at his recently purchased business, Racing Products in Ocklawaha, Florida, and he was eager to see how his talents would stack up in the IHRA Stock Eliminator arena. The CM emphasis had been on the later-release Chrysler Magnum engines, so I had decided on the 360/300hp Commando version for the car since no one else had run that combo. Helping me was the fact that I am more familiar with the original LA small-block components; I already had many parts on hand; and this engine would put me in the less populated, slower classes of J, K, and L/CM. Moreover, this would also minimize the chance of having to go heads-up against racers with more resources/faster cars. Being the first one with this engine would give me a head start on sorting it out before someone else began working with this combo. Conversely, in the more popular combinations, the racers who super-develop their blueprinted crate engines can run way under the index. This, in turn, gets the attention of the sanctioning body that will adjust the horsepower factor for that package (increase or decrease horsepower for a given engine package based on its performance against other engines in the same class). I was hoping the 300hp Commando would let me temporarily fly under the radar, so to speak.
Now, what class would the Duster fit into once we were ready to go racing? Classes are determined by dividing the published shipping weight of the car by the assigned horsepower of the engine, then adding 170 pounds for the driver to get the "race weight." So the particular weight and horsepower for models and engines must be taken from IHRA published specs. The classification guide states the '74 Duster shipping weight is 3,242 pounds. That number divided by the Commando's 300hp rating equals 10.806 pounds per horsepower, which falls into the 10.50-10.99 weight break for crate motors, "J" class. To get the best number the car can weigh, the minimum weight for J is determined by 10.50 x 300 = 3,150 + 170 = 3,320 pounds race weight.
Next, given the option, I chose to move down one class to "K" (11.00 - 11.49 pounds per horsepower). A little more math: 11 x 300 = 3300 + 170 = 3,470 pounds, and I determined this was the minimum race weight in K. There are other options as well. My A-Body can be redone to reflect other years and models. These cars may be classified with lighter or heavier shipping weights, and make the car legal for additional CM classes. We ran the car in L/CM for a time as well.
The option of racing in different classes allows one to avoid potential heads-up runs with like-classed competitors, particularly if they are faster, and also to move down one class and add the extra weight where it will do the most good for traction. Before getting to the track, it is always best to confirm your class and options with a tech official to avoid confusion and problems.
With the help of friends and the right combination of parts, the Duster was soon running seven to eight tenths under the class index (this is the minimum e.t. for a particular class in order to be competitive; the best cars are often a full second or more quicker than the index) in early '99 testing. Times were 7.70s in the eighth-mile and 12.30s in the quarter-mile. My first national event at Darlington, South Carolina, was rained out and postponed. It wasn't until my third national event in Rockingham, North Carolina, that I won my first round in competition. I went on to be a semifinalist that weekend, then I became the first Mopar crate motor racer to win an IHRA divisional race in Mooresville, North Carolina, the following weekend. At the season-ending Mopar Parts World Finals in Shreveport, Louisiana, I became the first Mopar CM winner, and I finished my '99 "rookie season" Third in the nation while setting several quarter- and eighth-mile records. I again finished very well in 2000, crowded the HSC Division 2 Champ and Fifth in the overall Summit/Earl's Stock division points, and reset some additional records.
Carefully setting up the car makes a big difference, and a small-block engine package is great to work with due to the Stock class tire limitations. We have converted the car to create a '76 Dart Sport with the help of Darren's Custom and Restoration in Green Cove Springs, Florida, to give me the advantage of a functional hoodscoop. These changes worked well enough to again get me to Second in the Division 2 HSC standings and another Third-Place showing in the nation-wide Summit series.
So, for me, going to the Crate Motor classes has been very gratifying, and I couldn't have been this successful without the help of my friends and quality parts and services from several companies. As for how this stuff fits together, well, I'd tell you more about how I did, but then I'd have to kill you. Maybe after we win the World Championship.
Myron's 12 Tips to know before coming to the track1) The Event Schedule-duh! It has been known to change before an event and from track to track.
2) Track location and, if possible, the track layout and track radio station channel. Many have Web sites and e-mail addresses for info, and nobody likes being lost in the country 400 miles from home.
3) Location of motel if staying at one. Try for the closest proximity to the track and ask around the pits to avoid "dumps." The sanctioning body will normally have a list of locations, but call ahead, because these will fill up fast.
4) Fuel prices in states you are traveling through and locations of gas stations, if possible. Sometimes, the prices vary enough that it would be worthwhile to plan stops accordingly, and towing makes fuel economy important.
5) Time zone you will be racing in. Adjust accordingly so you are not the proverbial day late and/or dollar short.
6) Weather forecast just to be prepared mentally. If it's not raining on that quarter-mile, it's not raining. (Forecasts and radar can be tricky, but if one is in a tight points battle, going and getting rained out may be better than not going and finding out they raced!)
7) Closest retail locations for vehicle parts, restaurants, and/or grocery stores. Computer research can be helpful here, and it beats driving around in the truck looking for it.
8) Travel options if race is delayed one day or postponed (i.e.: Can you take one more day off? Is there a place to leave the car if you have to return in one or two weeks? Is flying a feasible alternative to driving back and forth?). Not a pleasant subject, but it's best to have a plan in advance.
9) Current class info for the index, which class the car falls into, and other rules. Rules and horsepower factors change, so keep up with the latest info through Drag Review magazine or ihra.com.
10) Sanction membership and entry info. Know when your NHRA/IHRA membership expires (this is required to race in class and noted on your tech card), and be aware of the cost associated with the class you plan to run. Unlike NHRA, IHRA does not require pre-entry to national or divisional events.
11) Car/engine legality. Don't tow out for nothing but trouble; make sure your car is legal. Blaming an obvious infraction such as engine spec, safety item, or car weight on your engine builder, helper, and so on doesn't work. Make sure THEY are doing their job. If you have any questions, call a tech official. Fixing something at the track isn't always possible. Also, carry extra LEGALLY INSTALLABLE (bolt-down or boxed) ballasts to compensate for possible scale discrepancies.
12) Contingency decals. If you want to get the money when you go racing, make sure you have, or can get, the rest of the applicable contingency decals at the track. The tech trailer does not always have them all, so get with your product manufacturers to ensure you have the proper ones on your car. Putting on any decals after the first round of eliminations is a BIG no-no and can cost you ALL eligible contingency payouts for the event!
Myron Piatek Career HighlightsIHRA-2001 season
- Stock World Record Holder
- Win at Northern Nationals-Stanton, MI
- Win at Jackson, SC, HSC
- Win at Farmington, NC, HSC
- R/U at Fayetteville, NC, HSC
- J/CM Class Winner at Northern Nationals-Stanton, MI
- J/CM Class Winner at World Finals- Shreveport, LA
- No. 3 in Summit National Standings
- No. 2 in Division 2 standings
IHRA-2000 season
- Stock Record Holder
- Win at Autumn Nationals- Rockingham, NC
- Win at Farmington, NC, HSC
- R/U at Ethridge, TN, HSC
- K/CM Class Winner at Spring Nationals-Rockingham, NC
- K/CM Class Winner at World Nationals Norwalk, OH
- Division 2 Stock Champion
- No. 5 in Stock National Standings
IHRA-1999 "Rookie" season
- Stock Record Holder
- Win at World Finals-Shreveport, LA
- Win at Mooresville, NC WCS
- R/U at Sports Nationals-Jackson, SC
- L/CM Class winner at Sports Natioals-Jackson, SC
- First Mopar crate motor to win IHRA national and divisional events
- No. 3 in Stock National Standings
Other: (NHRA, USCN, ET, and so on)
- R/U at World Finals 2001, Shreveport, LA, in Box/No-Box ET Combo
- J/CM Class Winner at Inaugural 2001 U.S. Class Nationals-Byron, IL
- Win at 2000 Drag Racing USA Magazine Footbrake Allstars Invitational- Montgomery, AL
- 14 ET Track Championships
- 1980 Pro ET Division Championship
- 1999 Sportsman ET 1/4-mile Division R/U
- 1983 Pro ET FL State Champion
- 1997 Division ET Driver of the Year
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IHRA Crate Motor IndexesThis is the pound-per-horsepower for each class. Automatic and manual transmissions are not separate. Call the folks at IHRA to get the shipping weight on the car you wish to race (they all know Stunkard-tell 'em he told you to call!)
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As mentioned before, indexes are basically a minimum e.t. for a particular class in order to be competitive. These are used to establish qualifying positions based on how far below the index a vehicle runs. One cannot dial slower than their index during eliminations. If you don't have the combination to run fast enough or have a mechanical problem, you will obviously be at a distinct disadvantage. When cars of the same class meet (K/CM vs K/CM, G/CM vs G/CM, etc.) "dialing-in" is irrelevant. It's heads-up, first one to the finish line without causing an infraction, wins. Run whatcha brung, and hope ya brung enough! Indexes are subject to change by the sanctioning body. Take your pick.
Look It UpUseful Web sites to learn about and keep up with class racing happenings, rules, rumors, tips, classifieds, and so on.


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The Ithaca Writers Institute, a noncredit summer program for high school students, offers two weeks of intensive writing workshops on the campus of Ithaca College in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, from July 1 to 13, 2018.
Unlike most other young writers conferences, which focus primarily on creative writing, the Ithaca Writers Institute hosts a wide range of both creative and professional writing courses, from poetry to publishing, building on Ithaca College's reputation for blending praxis with the arts. Taught by the distinguished faculty of the College's Department of Writing, with assistance from the department's most talented undergraduates, the curriculum mirrors the department's own unique curriculum, giving aspiring young writers an immersive conference experience in an authentic college atmosphere.
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Stanford Week: Running Down The ReturneesPosted by Connor Pelton on July 19th, 2012
The Cardinal return five players from last season's main rotation. Below, we'll take a look at each of these returnees in order of their scoring averages in the last season played.
- Chasson Randle, Sophomore, Guard (13.8 PPG, 2.1 APG, 3.3 RPG, 1.1 SPG) – Looking for the reason why Stanford won 26 games in 2011-12? Look no further than Randle, the freshman sensation who took over this team from the day he arrived on campus. Even when he would have a rough day putting the ball in the hoop (those days came few and far between), his body language and leadership displayed by the freshman would have neutral observers thinking he was a uppperclassman. Randle led the team with 13.8 PPG but could easily explode for many more on any given night. In Stanford's first round game of the Pac-12 Tournament against Arizona State, Randle dazzled the Staples Center crowd, going for 30 points and picking up three steals on the defensive end. Randle is a "score first" type of point guard, but expect that role to change slightly in 2012-13. Johnny Dawkins needs to keep the ball in Randle's hands, but if there was one ongoing problem last year, it was that the offense could become stale and bogged down at times because they didn't have a true passing guard at the one. Randle will still have all the freedom he can handle in the Cardinal offense, because quite frankly they can't afford for him not to, but he needs to distribute better. Once he proves to opponents that he can do that, there will be even more of an opportunity to score off the dribble or on a jump shot.
- Aaron Bright, Junior, Guard (11.7 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 3.6 APG) – Bright was the Cardinal's best passer last season, but he also fit in perfectly within Dawkins' system of "everyone on the floor has to be able to score" basketball. He saw the floor for an average of 28.4 MPG yet wasn't always a full-time starter. That will change next season with the departure of Jarrett Mann. The balance of distributing and scoring in the offense that Bright has shown needs to be copied by the younger guards, mainly Randle. If Bright and Randle are both triple threats in 2012-13, Stanford could easily find itself dancing come March.
- Anthony Brown, Junior, Guard/Forward (8.1 PPG, 1.0 APG) – Brown has played identical minutes in his two seasons on the Farm. While a freshman in 2010-11, Brown seemed to focus a bit more on his play as a guard, but that changed last year. Brown played much more as a spread-out small forward who was willing to do anything to get the rebound. With Josh Owens, Andrew Zimmerman, and Jack Trotter all graduating, Brown will continue to play in that role for the most part. He's got tremendous upside and looks prime for a breakout junior season.


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CHINO HILLS – Jello and pie eating contests, a stunt show and a rock climbing wall will all be at the city's annual 4th of July celebration.
The 21st annual Old-Fashioned 4th of July Picnic event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Big League Dreams Chino Hills Sports Park, 16333 Fairfield Ranch.
Picnic-goers are invited to decorate their wagons, bikes, trikes, or wheelbarrows to participate in the 2013 Family Wagon Parade. Those wanting to be in the parade must line up at the front gate at 10 a.m. The parade begins at 10:30 a.m.
Winners will be selected for most patriotic, kid's creation, most creative, best-dressed wagon, best-dressed bike/trike and fan favorite.
The opening ceremony on Wrigley Field will feature a flag salute and Independence Day comments from area elected officials immediately following the parade.
Bring your own picnic blanket and chairs to create a "home base."
Free activities include food-eating contests, picnic games, face painting and arts and craft projects.
Inflatables, BMX stunt shows, a bungee trampoline, a rock climbing wall, water slides, paddleboat lagoon, and more will also be free.
The stunt show will be at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The jello eating contest is at 11 a.m., followed by the Skittles sort minute challenge at 11:20 a.m., then the pie eating contest at 11:40 a.m., at 12:30 p.m. is the dice stacking minute challenge and finally at 1 p.m. there will be a watermelon eating contest.
Classic rock band "The Ravelers" will perform on the main stage on Wrigley Field.
Refreshments will be available for purchase from various local nonprofits and vendors.
The water tender truck from the Chino Valley Independent Fire District will cool off the crowd gathered at nearby Fairfield Ranch Park for the traditional "water cannon blow out" at about 12:30 p.m.
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In March 2011, ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) member and Rotarian Peter Pearce (AU) was sent on deployment to storm-hit Madagascar. He was part of the second team in to deliver emergency shelter to families displaced in a southern area completely devastated by a cyclone. Having seen the desperate circumstances these families were living in, Peter wanted to do more for them upon his return to Australia.
'People were living with nothing: no homes, no food, no water, and completely at the mercy of the elements. Where they were living was so far removed from the capital Antananarivo, there was such a great need. I made a decision there that when I returned to Australia, I would take off my ShelterBox shirt, put on my Rotary shirt, and try to assist those people who have nothing when we have five of everything.
'I'm part of Gosford North Rotary Club in Sydney and I knew they would be able to help. We ended up raising enough money for goods to fill a 40 foot shipping container including 1,000 hand-knitted woolen blankets, water purification units as clean water is such a high demand, new and used clothing, school satchels, sunglasses, school reference books and novels.
'A team of four of us from the Rotary club went over in October 2011 to have a look at the situation again to determine the recipients of our aid and talk to the consignees. Everyone was very supportive including the Antananarivo Rotary Club, amongst other clubs in Madagascar, as well as the country's disaster response unit BNGRC, who all were happy to support us and help us bring in the items. We then went back in June 2012 to deliver all of the items to the people ourselves. We wanted to deliver things personally like ShelterBox, which I think is very important.
'We also decided to take in with us sewing programmes where we brought sewing machines, material and instructors to train people, assisting them in starting a business to set up something sustainable that provides them a livelihood.
'The Madagascan youth have nothing to do; they don't even have footballs even though the sport is popular there. We therefore also brought 200 full soccer strips along with footballs and nets for the young people to play a game together on Saturday afternoons.
'The partnership between ShelterBox and Rotary is invaluable as both organisations support each other's work, this project being a prime example. Madagascar's Rotary clubs and BNGRC assisted ShelterBox with logistics on its deployment in the country. Through these contacts, this Rotary project has been a success. Both ShelterBox and Rotary have worked together to reach their shared goal, helping families made homeless by disasters.
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A few blocks from the Westin, the Seattle Seahawks' hotel, is Jersey City's department of sanitation. Twenty-three miles from East Rutherford's MetLife Stadium, the site of Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday, Tony Soprano waged a fictional garbage war in Essex County.
Trash talk is everywhere you look in this Super Bowl buildup.
Tuesday it will be on center stage — or on the 17 daises at the Prudential Center in Newark — during media day. Every member of the Broncos and Seahawks will be available to the media, leaving countless opportunities for the teams to slight each other.
Noise was once considered the classic defense against fear. It's now fuel for a society that measures outrage by retweets. As such, all-pro Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, known for his 18-second rant against San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree after the NFC championship game, will have reporters 50 deep at his podium.
"I am looking forward to it," Sherman said. "It will be fun."
But truth is, this Super Bowl is more about recycled clichés than trash talk. Sherman arrived Sunday and promptly went acoustic, leaving New York tabloids crying ink tears. "The Mouth That Bored" screamed the headline in the Daily News. Sherman admitted that he's not going to try to get into "Peyton Manning's head." And the Broncos won't instigate or bite, even if Sherman does pop off.
"I am not saying I am going to 'shut him up,' but I am going to go out and try to make some plays so I don't have anybody coming up to me saying I got shut down by Sherman," said Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas.
Trash talk is a polarizing topic. It's viewed with disgust by critics, the ultimate me-first over team-first attitude. Others see it as confidence gone wild, which can motivate a player to perform at his highest level. Jets quarterback Joe Namath represents the origin of Super Bowl trash talk. Sitting poolside in Miami in January 1969, he guaranteed that the Jets, huge underdogs, would beat the Baltimore Colts, a prediction that remains a defining marker in the sport's history.
The last time the Broncos were in the Super Bowl, 15 years go, Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe played to the press. With a nudge, a wink and maybe a little tongue- in-cheek, Sharpe traded oral jabs with Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Buchanan.
"Shannon is the loudest smack talker in the history of football, but Shannon is not a run-the-streets, cost-his-football team kind of guy," said former Broncos teammate Mark Schlereth, a longtime NFL guard. "I mean, for crying out loud, Shannon doesn't eat ice cream and he eats whole-wheat pancakes with no syrup. You didn't have to worry about Shannon running the streets. Shannon was just running his mouth."
Sharpe hasn't stopped talking, parlaying his verbiage into a career as an NFL analyst for CBS. He said there was always an easy solution available for those who wanted to zip his lip. "I always said, 'If you can keep me out of the end zone, then you can shut me up,' " Sharpe said. "But nobody could."
Sherman has been cast as this Super Bowl's loudmouth. He talks trash, but it is more organic than contrived. "You have hands like feet," is one of his popular jabs to receivers.
"It's an alter ego," Seattle defensive back Walter Thurmond said. "He just reacts."
Sherman saves his best work for game day, jawing at receivers, a skill he refined while playing the Madden video football game.
"Maybe my game is 20 years too late. I studied Muhammad Ali, Deion Sanders, Jerry Rice. I am more old school," Sherman said. "My passion shows (on the field)."
Michael Irvin, a Hall of Famer who trash talked while starring as a Dallas Cowboys receiver, came to Sherman's defense.
"He's only doing what makes him the best player," Irvin said. "If you don't have some Shermans on your team, you never win Super Bowls, I promise you. The game is too hard. You have to have people push people farther than they are willing to go. And the only way to push others is be willing to go farther than they are. Then back it up."
Staff writer Patrick Saunders contributed to this report.
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Ha..haha…hahaha. Oh yeah, I said it.
The Home Run Derby is always an event that I look forward to, but it's even more fun when one of my guys is in it. The competitors this year were very imposing, and I felt that in that list of powerful players, my Cano was a little overshadowed.
Perhaps that worked to his advantage.
I feel like everyone who was asked "Who is going to win it this year?" answered, "Ohh Adrian Gonzalez." They all jumped on the "He's the greatest player ever" bandwagon.
Naturally, I picked Cano from the beginning.
I didn't know how he was going to perform. I remember how he wanted to participate in the Derby last year, but was hurt. This year, he was ready. But it always makes me nervous watching my guy perform in something that I bet on, because his performance is out of my control. I'm like a nervous mother watching her boy: all she can do is watch and hope.
After I saw him hit his first home run, I relaxed. I then knew he would get it.
I just think it was so fitting that it came down to Gonzalez and Cano. Yankees against Red Sox. My brothers and I were annoyed that throughout Cano's rounds, the announcers didn't really talk about Cano. They didn't sit there oohing at his every move like they did with Gonzalez. They talked about his Dad being in great shape and not smiling, and they talked about some stupid kid on the field making a diving catch on one of Cano's outs. They didn't marvel at Cano. But that's okay. Being the underdog was the way to go. And by the end, he had the crowd on his side.
After Adrian Gonzalez hit 11 HR in the final round, everyone was set to crown him the winner. "Oh, A-Gon made it awfully tough for Cano!"
Haha yeah think again.
Cano's swing was so effortless all throughout the night. He just got better and better. And when he hit that final homer, the 12th, I was ecstatic.
He stood there in perfect balance after his swing, his perfect swing, then raised his arms, and his teammates Russell Martin, Curtis Granderson, and David Robertson who has supported him all night, raised him up. His Daddy smiled (aww).
It was just so perfect, I can't even describe how happy I was when he won. Let's just say I'm still smiling.
So the underdog Robinson Cano wins over the anointed-champion Adrian Gonzalez. Maybe this is a sign of things to come for the 2nd half: the underdog Yankees will prevail over the anointed-champion Red Sox.
Most definitely. It's gonna be a fun 2nd half.
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There is just so much going on in science that no single person can keep up with it all. So when a friend of mine sent me a copy of an article about the beginnings of a remote-controlled moth, I just had to write about it. One problem though—the research paper is from August of last year, so there may be some bemusement on the part of the researchers that the media has cottoned on to their research so late. What can I say? I don't go looking for remote-controlled moths, I wait for them to come to me.
This research comes under the heading of micro-air-vehicles development, and it turns out that building tiny airplanes is quite difficult. This is, in large part, due to the joys of momentum. A large aircraft has a lot of mass, so the conservation of momentum turns every breath of turbulence and minor change in air pressure into minimal changes in altitude, attitude, and speed.
But this is not so for tiny vehicles. Designing control systems and electronics that can manage a vehicle that can be turned upside down by someone sneezing is probably possible. Fitting those electronics into the vehicle is not. Even running the whole shebang remotely is difficult, due to the sensor and data transfer requirements. As a result, some in the field are turning to nature's micro-air-vehicles—insects—and gazing with admiration at their abilities. Insects face all the same problems, but get around them by having a complex and highly variable wing-stroke pattern that compensates for (bad pun alert) on-the-fly turbulence.
And this is where things turn a bit surreal, with researchers discussing the carrying capacity, air-speed velocity, and range of various moths. (You have to provide your own coconuts and mockery-filled castle though.) It turns out that the Tobacco hornworm moth is the ideal insect to turn into your own micro-air-vehicle. It's big, so it can carry quite a bit of excess weight without adversely affecting its flight characteristics. It has a range of several kilometers and, for an insect, is quite quick. But how to control it?
Well, in this case, the researchers chose to directly manipulate the metabolism of the moth. They injected adult moths with a collection of insect venom, spider venom, and man-made insecticides to examine the effect on the moth's metabolism. From these experiments, they found that several of the venoms could be used to reversibly slow the moth's metabolic rate—depending on the amount injected, the venom could act locally or globally.
From there, the researchers moved on to testing a remote controlled injection system. Before the adult moth emerged from its pupal stage, they cut it open, inserted a microfluidic device, and then literally glued the moth closed again. Most moths survive this process, but not all of them wound up with unrestricted wing motion.
The researchers tethered the viable moths in a chamber with an agitator that kept them flying. When the microfluidic injection process was activated, it slowed the moth's metabolism. The moth could be slowed down by a chosen amount—to the point where they could induce paralysis in the moth and then reanimate it.
Of course, this doesn't allow the researchers to control where the insect flies to, nor does it induce the insect to fly at all. But, with a more complicated microfluidic injection system, the metabolic rate of each wing could be used to control direction, while an electrode could be used to stimulate the insect's flight response.
Now, this sounds rather complicated—surely if you can stick a microfluidic device in a moth, you could directly control the wings with electrodes? It turns out that you can, but you end up having to control every aspect of the flight, which is not all that desirable.
This may turn out to provide a compromise, where the controller can control the general direction of the flight—perhaps not very precisely—or prevent the insect from having a wee rest on a branch. And that is certainly much better than nothing.
I realize that the start of this article took a rather lighthearted tone, which could be interpreted as poking fun that the research and researchers. It is, sometimes, hard not to see the inherent comedy associated with an outsider's perspective on research. But that doesn't take away from the achievements of the researchers: this is a very impressive demonstration of the understanding and control of metabolism in this particular moth species. Nevertheless, I can't help picturing a future in which urban terrorists come packing fly spray.
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A save file or save (Japanese: レポート report) is an important feature in the Pokémon games which allows the player to resume their adventure from where they left off the last time the game was booted.
In the core series games, players create or overwrite the save file by accessing the Save option in the menu.
- 1 Pokémon Report
- 2 Mechanics
- 3 Process
- 3.1 In the core series games
- 3.2 In spin-off games
- 4 List of activities
- 5 Corruption
- 6 Cloning glitches
- 7 Gallery
- 8 In other languages
- 9 References
Pokémon Report
In the Japanese core series games, saving from the menu is presented as writing down the player's recent actions in a Pokémon Report (Japanese: ポケモンレポート) (however, it is referred to as saving when saving due to changing Boxes in the Generation I and II games). As a result, the save function is represented by a book icon in the core series Pokémon games. In the video game Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!, saving is presented as writing in the player's Diary, which is carried over to the localized version.
The save file is stored in battery-powered SRAM in Generations I and II, and in flash memory from Generation III onward. It is required when using certain in-game features (see List of activities for more information).
If there is already a save file stored on the game's cartridge, the player must first overwrite the existing file with a new file. A new save file can be started if one is already present. However, the new file cannot be saved unless it overwrites the existing file. From Generation IV onwards, as a precaution against unintentional loss of data, any existing save file must be manually deleted by pressing the ↑ + SELECT + B button combination on the title screen before new data can be written. The combination was changed to ↑ + X + B in Generation VI.
In the event that the saving process is interrupted, the save file risks corruption, effectively causing its data to be lost, thus forcing the player to start a new game. The game will notify the player when this happens the next time they access the main menu. Starting in Generation III, save file backups are stored, meaning that if the saving process is interrupted and the save file becomes corrupted, then the previous file will be loaded from the backup. Interrupting the saving process in the Generation I and II games may result in permanent loss or corruption of data.
Save files of paired versions are compatible with either version. In Generations I and II, save files of English and European versions are also compatible with each other. Starting in Generation III, save files are compatible with all languages.
In the core series games
Generation I
The saving process in the Generation I games is performed in a single step.
During the saving process, the message "Now saving..."RB or "Saving..."Y is shown. In the Japanese versions, the message of progress only appears in Pokémon Yellow, and it reads ポケモンレポートに かきこんでいます (translation: The Pokémon Report is being written...). In the Japanese Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, the process is instantaneous.
If the player attempts to save after starting a new game with a save file already present, a prompt with the text "The older file will be erased to save. Okay?" (Japanese: まえに かかれた レポートが きえて しまいますが うえから かいても いいですか? The previous report will be erased. Is it OK to overwrite it?) will be displayed. Awkwardly, this message also appears in the Japanese Red and Green even if no save file is available.
The sound effect played after saving is successful differs between Japanese versions of the Generation I games.[1]
Generation II
In the Generation II games, the saving process is always executed in two steps, with the exception of the player's very first save.
The first step is to confirm the save and the second step is to confirm the overwriting of the current save file, if one is already present. Additionally, during the process, the game warns the player to not turn off the power.
Generation III
In the Generation III games, the saving process is similar to that of Generation II but attempts to better secure the process were performed with the addition of backups, which are loaded if the primary save file becomes corrupted.
Whenever backup memory is damaged or worn out, the game tries to correct the issue a few times by itself; if all attempts fail, it warns the player that it can still be played but that any progress will not be saved. The English versions mistakenly suggest that the internal battery may have run dry, but saved data does not actually rely on the battery at all.
- Japanese Ruby/Sapphire text
「バックアップきのうの こしょう または じゅみょうが きました。セーブすることは できませんが このまま ゲームを あそぶことはできます」
(The backup function has failed or reached the end of its lifespan. Saving is not possible but the game can be played.)
- English Ruby/Sapphire text
The backup memory is damaged or the internal battery has run dry. The game can be played. However, progress cannot be saved.
In the 1.0 release of the English versions of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the text box for the messages of the backup function is displayed incorrectly due to a bug that was partially fixed by release 1.1 and possibly full fix by release 1.2.[2]
Generation IV
In the Generation IV games, the saving process is similar to that of Generation III.
In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the usual "Saving..." message is replaced with "Saving a lot of data..." if the player has used the Pokémon Storage System at all during their session. This includes capturing a Pokémon and sending it automatically to a Box and using the Pokémon Storage System directly. It also occurs when saving and there is no save file already present. When this happens, the process will take significantly longer. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the message only appears after a Global Trade System trade, if the player is saving with no save file already present, if the save file is corrupted and the player is saving with a backup save file, or major changes are made to the Pokémon Storage System.
Starting in this generation, the player is prevented from saving the game if there is already a save file present. If the player starts a new game in this scenario, they will be notified to delete the old save file first before a new game and while attempting to save one.
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Pokéwalker data associated to the game is also stored in the save file, therefore deleting the save file will also delete the Pokéwalker data.
Generation V
In the Generation V games, the saving process is similar to that of Generation IV, but with two differences. First, there is now only one step again, like in Generation I. Second, while saving, there is a progress bar at the bottom of the screen.
The long saving periods of Generation IV have been rectified by giving the player only eight Boxes in the Pokémon Storage System until each one of the eight has at least one Pokémon in it, avoiding the need to encrypt empty Box data. If major changes are made to the Pokémon Storage System after all the Boxes are available, the "Saving a lot of data..." message appears, and saving will take longer than normal like in Generation IV when this message is shown.
Generation VI
In the Generation VI games, the saving process is similar to that of Generation V but the progress bar is removed. Saving takes a significantly shorter amount of time (especially when saving via the save option) compared to earlier generations. If the player is online and has Auto Sync enabled with a Pokémon Trainer Club account, saving will take significantly longer while the data syncs.
The main menu no longer provides the player with the option of starting a new game when a save file is present. If the player wishes to start a new game, they must first delete their save file.
In version 1.0 of Pokémon X and Y, there is a glitch in areas of Lumiose City that will cause the game to not respond to user input when the save is loaded. Nintendo acknowledged the existence of this glitch and subsequently released a patch to fix it.
Battle Videos and the player's uncollected StreetPass tags are saved to the SD Card (separately from the save file of downloaded copies of the core series games), even when playing using a game card, and are not deleted when the save file is. This data is shared between X and Y and between Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, but is separate for each pair of games.
Unlike the three generations before, this generation of games appears to have no backup memory.
In spin-off games
In Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Pokémon Colosseum requires the player to use the PC for saving, as opposed to the handheld core series games, which allow the player to save anywhere. The "save anywhere" feature was restored in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.
In the Pokémon Ranger series
In Pokémon Ranger, Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, and Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, the save file may be written using terminals known as save machines. Save machines are typically located in Ranger Bases and Ranger Depots, although there are many located in areas all over the Fiore, Almia and Oblivia regions, both indoors and outdoors.
When no save machine is available, players may use a "quick save" feature, which temporarily saves their progress if they are unable to reach a save machine. However, quick save data is deleted when loaded, whereas progress saved via save machines will be stored permanently.
In many Ranger Net missions, attempts to using a save machine will yield the notice that it is out of service.
In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky the player can only save in their bed, at Kangaskhan Rocks, and at the well at the crossroadsS, and will be asked if they want to save each time they come back from an adventure after waking up. Starting in Gates to Infinity, the player can save anywhere outside a dungeon.
It is not possible to save inside dungeons, but it is possible to quicksave. Doing so creates a temporary save file from the last point at which the game was saved up until the the point at which it is quicksaved. Upon quicksaving, the player is taken immediately to the main menu, and, upon resuming the adventure, the temporary save file is deleted.
In Pokémon Conquest
Saving the game in Pokémon Conquest can be done at any point in gameplay in which the player can open the menu. This allows the player to permanently save their game in the middle of battle, unlike most other games in the series.
To delete the save file in Pokémon Conquest, the A, B, X, and Y buttons have to be pressed and held simultaneously on the company logo screen (before the title screen).
List of activities
This is a list of activities which require saving before they can be used in the core series games. Some of these may not require saving based on the options set by the player, like Player Search System battles. Activities that trigger saving automatically will not prompt the player to overwrite the old save file.
Generation I
- Changing Boxes in the Pokémon Storage System
- Using the Cable Club
Generation II
- Changing Boxes and moving Pokémon between Boxes in the Pokémon Storage System
- Using the Cable Club, or PokéCom Club (Japanese Pokémon Crystal only)
- Entering the Hall of Fame or defeating Red—this is done automatically
- Participating in battles in the Battle TowerC
Generation III
- Using the Cable Club or Wireless ClubFRLGE
- Trading a Pokémon—this is done automatically
- Entering the Hall of Fame—this is done automatically
- Participating in battles in the Battle TowerRSE or another location in the Battle FrontierE
- Participating in battles on one of the Battle TentsE
- Participating in battles in Trainer Hill for the first timeE
Generation IV
- Using the Pokémon Center's Colosseum or Union Room
- Trading a Pokémon—this is done automatically
- Accessing Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
- Using the Global Terminal or Global Trade StationDP
- Entering the Hall of Fame—this is done automatically
- Using the Explorer KitDPPt
- Participating in battles in the Battle Tower or another location in the Battle FrontierPtHGSS
- Participating in battles at the Trainer HouseHGSS
- Defeating RedHGSS—this is done automatically
Generation V
- Using the Pokémon Center's Colosseum or Union Room
- Trading a Pokémon—this is done automatically
- Accessing Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
- Using the Global Terminal
- Using Game Sync, infrared (optionally), or changing the Wi-Fi settings in the C-Gear
- Participating in battles in the Battle Subway
- Using Poké Transfer
- Entering the Hall of Fame—this is done automatically
- Releasing a movie in Pokéstar StudiosB2W2
Generation VI
- Trading a Pokémon—this is done automatically
- Enabling Internet access
- Using the Global Trade System
- Using Wonder Trade
- Participating in battles and using "other communication features" of the Player Search System—the requirement to save is optional
- Participating in battles in the Battle Maison
- Entering the Hall of Fame—this is done automatically
Generation VII
- Trading a Pokémon—this is done automatically
- Enabling Internet access
- Using the Global Trade System
- Using Wonder Trade
- Participating in battles in the Battle Tree
- Entering the Hall of Fame—this is done automatically
A save file can become corrupted due to various factors:
- interruption of the saving process by shutting down the system or removing the Game Card
- cheating
- abusing certain glitches
Physical damage to the game cartridge, such as from dropping it, may result in corruption of the save file in games of the first three generations. Improperly set cartridges (and memory cards in the case of games for the Nintendo GameCube) may cause data to be read as corrupt. In such instances, turning the system off and reinserting the cartridge properly will cause the data to be read correctly.
Cloning glitches
In the Generation I and II games as well as in Pokémon Emerald, there are cloning glitches which exploit the use of saving.
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Save (menu option)
- ↑ GlitterBerri's Game Translations » Staff Secrets (translated from the original by TCRF admin GlitterBerri)
- ↑ Various revision differences (Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire v1.0, v1.1) by ChickasaurusGL
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Naneum Ridge State Forest Tour (Sept 5, 2009)
This run is more about exploring Green Dot roads than a 4x4 trail run. This was very worth while to see more of our state lands.
Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures
Naneum Ridge State Forest Tour
September 5th, 2009
On September 5th, 2009 we meet up in Ellensburg Washington to run the Green Dot Roads of the Naneum Ridge State Forest.
Here are some pictures I took of our drive on this rainy day.
We had ten rigs on this tour.
The Trail Boss some how got out of the lead.
Airing down on Cooke Canyon Road.
Turning up Rd 8.13.1
We stopped for the first break here.
Rd 4.12
Lunch break.
Heading up to Wenatchee Mountain.
Everyone trying to see Wenatchee through the clouds.
It is down there somewhere.
Trail Boss Jerry.
On back down the mountain.
Swift Creek Road.
Turning on Beavert Road.
Airing up on Schnebly Canyon Road.
This was a very fun run thanks to all that came. Next time I hope to see the views. LOL
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sarah's so boring ever since she stopped drinking
music. musings. mumblings. mine.
a personal blog that used to be about my sobriety.
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
On a normal given evening, let's say about a year ago, I would've been hanging out on the streets of NYC until 4am everynight, coming to work hungover and useless (despite my efforts at sobriety) the next morning. Those days aged me faster than I would've ever anticipated.
These days I'm constantly checking my watch. Is it midnight yet? Can I go home and not feel totally useless and lifeless? There are nights when I've got about 3 things to do and end up blowing them all off in exchange for a quiet night in front of the TV ordering sushi and shutting my brain off.
I think one of the problems is my fondness for saturday night blow outs. I stagger home when the sun is out and sleep until the sun goes down on sunday these days. That is, of course, unless my mom or dad decide to make a surprise visit to my house to either build a wall or drop off my blind dog so i can baby sit her.
Saturday was Brian's birthday party at MisShapes. I spent the day with my mom running errands (which included going to Saks to return the $700+ of bikinis she bought me on a whim in hopes to finally get my ass out of the city and on to a beach for some R&R, and going to Whole Foods to pick up Brian's cake). I made it back home with just enough time to nap for a half hour, eat a bit, watch some TV, and shower so I could get to Brian's house, down a Sparks, throw him in a cab, and dance.
A posse arrived at MisShapes at around 11:30. It was crowded, but not too bad. I met up with my friend Kris who was visiting from the OC (the county, not the TV show). Kris handed me a handful of magic asprins that I took immediately... which immediately meant that I was hyper off the Sparks, drunk off the alcohol, and in love with the world thanks to the magic asprins. I remember dancing at probably 3 am with Greg The Boyfriend and Raphael and some mystery girl as James Iha was DJing. Pretty James Iha with his lovely flowing blond hair. I pinched his ass when I saw him and I think he thought it was some psycho girl he didn't know. I think he was relieved to see that I was actually some psycho girl he knows. I remember him playing the New Radicals song "Get What You Give" that i've been itching to DJ for about 4 years, and have just been too fucking chicken to rock. He pulled it off with grace and the boy can beat match, which is a lot more than i can do on a given day. But I guess when it comes to being a rockDJ, it's just a matter of playing fun songs and not playing Franz Ferdinand twice in an hour no matter how badly you want to.
So anyway, I'm trying to remember the events that happened on Saturday. I can't. I can, but sort of in a way one remembers a really fun dream. One where they're in the middle of a breathing dancefloor with fantastic lights and amazingly loud music holding the hands, hips, hearts of people close to you. I do, however, remember Greg telling me that he's getting married. I remember dragging him outside and possibly rudely pushing people aside so I could get him outside since he had some 'splainin to do. He 'splained. I stood in near silence. And then got distracted when a cute boy from my office walked by and focused my attention on telling this boy from my office how cute I thought he was. How pretty i thought he was was actually what I said.
In reflection, I picture this little "attention span bug" hopping on the heads of people, almost like a game of Sims. The attention span bug was invisibly hopping on Greg's head, and then it hopped to the head of the boy from my office, and then it hopped onto the heads of the Five O'Clock Heros, whom I (dis)gracefully introduced myself to by complaining about their website for not working. This band, by the way, gets my vote for cutest NYC band this week. Thankfully, they're actually really good as well.
My attention span bug then started hopping across the street so I could cheat the long line of Luke and Leroys in favor of a shorter line at some Tavern. I impatiently walked into the boy's bathroom, noticed it full as well, and hopped back onto the women's line. My invisible attention span bug is gonna get me in trouble one day.
We stayed at MisShapes until 5:30. This was after Pete the Doorguy stamped some French ambassador on the face with a reentry stamp. This was after we ate chocolate cake and wished Brian a happy birthday. This was after i made out with Grant. This was after Brian got a photo of my ass crack. This was after Kris pretty much passed out on the couch and talked to me in an amazing slurred speech. This was after flirting with some other boy named Chris. This was after my brother left. This was after a lot of things I'm surely forgetting.
But one thing I'm not forgetting is how much fun it was to be there in the first place. I wish my body was equipped for 4am bedtimes and bar hopping like it used to be.
20 comments:
- Chris Clark said...
your getting paid to promote sparks now too!!! :)
- August 10, 2004 at 7:25 PM
Now that was an ultragrrrl.com post! Finally a story about bands, boys, booze, and questionable behavior. it's been a while since we've gotten one of those.
no more two sentence posts!
~sarah in FL
- August 10, 2004 at 7:33 PM
- Sarah said...
yes. but this post also caused my brother to call me and attempt an intervention.
- August 10, 2004 at 7:38 PM
- Greg the Boyfriend said...
Raph just said, "seriously, you are just going to go home, put on pajamas, eat ice cream and hate yourself." Not to you. Or maybe. I don't know who he is talking to. It was funny though.
Anyway. i am drunk. the point is. Is that your high school cohort totally made out with the girl I was dancing with. Girl on girl is hot and all, but I got a bit jealous.
And, you better get yer ass to my wedding. But we all know there will be no wedding.
And. You better get yer ass to my apartment on Friday.
Oh shit. I just started those two sentences exactly the same. I didn't mean to.
Hurray for hollywood. I mean beer.
- August 10, 2004 at 10:48 PM
does magic asprin pills= ecstasy?
where can i get me some?
rock on.
- August 10, 2004 at 10:54 PM
Sounds like X to me or a little AMT??
Thanks for giving me flashbacks to many nights that I had a long time ago...
- August 11, 2004 at 12:40 AM
James Iha playing the New Radicals song was fucking amazing! Best song of the night, no doubt. You should spin it. And you looked so hot in your "interpol" outfit as i like to call it.
- August 11, 2004 at 12:56 AM
- boss said...
any photos?
- August 11, 2004 at 2:06 AM
hey...look, you're not old, don't pretend that you are. this retired, seasoned-pro drinker talk smacks of some bullshit self-pity, heavily sprinkled with self-absorbed neurosis. i loved this post, alot, cause' parts were really funny. still, though, it's painful to read this crap about, "i used to party so hard, but now that i'm all of 24 i just have to slow down." oh ultragirrrl, you're so hard done by, i can tell. i mean with your brother so concerned and all, and your parents, well, just showing up, and sooo hungover.... ahh, i'm too harsh...and basically just an asshole hater. finally, if you think some guy is hot, you should never call him pretty, at least not to his face. it sounds like you think he's small in the lap, or like you have a girl-crush on him or whatever. unless he shaves is legs or ownes one of those steamers to remove blackheads he might feel a little wierd. ya, i liked this post. way to go kiddo. big gold star, ya. scat turdly
- August 11, 2004 at 3:27 AM
- Nailz said...
You need to get back into the partying-all-night thang to be able to start dealing with the whole hangovers-with-little-sleep. There is no other way. Party hard!
- August 11, 2004 at 8:26 AM
great post, as long as you have having a blast.~kav
- August 11, 2004 at 9:17 AM
- Greg the Boyfriend said...
I am feeling too old to party too.
I am wrecked this morning. But, the comment above is right. Just do it for a week and you get back into the swing of it.
Its amazing how easily your body adapts to showing up at work on 3 hours of sleep with a pint of liquor still in your blood.
And people. the pills weren't ecstasy. That is so 1999. Sarah prefers the timeless classics. I mean. She doesn't take pills at all.
I swear.
- August 11, 2004 at 10:29 AM
- Sarah said...
it was vike. mix vike and alcohol and you're in for a really wonderful ride.
- August 11, 2004 at 11:18 AM
- the management said...
You're 24 and worried about slowing down??? Don't. I'm still a magic aspirin-popping Misshapes whore with lots of energy and no memory... and I'm turning 30 soon. You have your whole life ahead of you, young lady.
- August 11, 2004 at 11:57 AM
- mymathematicalmind said...
to mr anonymous above: its true -- thanks to a regular schedule of late nights and booze [all of which happens primarily between the ages of 19 and 23], there does come a time when a person's body cant handle it. when i turned 24, and i swear it felt like it hit the very day i turned that age, staying up past midnight unless it was a weekend just wasnt jiving with my body.
- August 11, 2004 at 1:38 PM
- Eva Chavela said...
yo, thanks for lettin' me use yer commode about 7 in the morning. man that was the worst. i've never had to pee so bad in my WHOLE LIFE. and there's not alot of bushes on the lower east side for me to hide behind, ya know? -eva
- August 11, 2004 at 1:48 PM
dear god did I really pass out on the couch? what a lush. I have a huge bump/scrape on my forehead and still don't know how that happened...yeah, those were 750mgs, sorry, I should have warned you...thanks for getting me in the cab, you're the best.
- August 11, 2004 at 4:53 PM
yes, granted i was breathing down your neck for feeling old at 24 and getting tired at parties, however, vikes and alchohol totally kicks my ass. it's a nice ride, but how do you stay awake? i can't at all. if you can stay awake on that, well, that's damn hard. also, something ocurred to me today: i always feel a bit old because time just passes so fast. i don't think i will ever feel perfectly young. how depressing. scat
- August 12, 2004 at 1:24 AM
- Raised By Bees said...
I've got a decade on you so I've been a drunk for much longer (even though I waited until my late 20s to become a serious drinker). Seriously, I find that the party-time and alone-time come in cycles and you just do what feels right at the time, for either physical or mental reasons. If you need to take a night and sit on the couch and eat sushi and are happy doing this, then do it, don't feel guilty. Also, ask yourself why you're drinking. If it's just a social thing to have fun, fine, but are you doing it just to function in public, block out problems, work out stress (which is okay in moderation, just in my experience, not good as a habit). Is your booze negatively effecting relations with friends, family, work? Then again, you are 24, this is the time to fuck off and have fun. As long as you really are having fun, which it sounds like you are. Watch the vikes and the booze combo though, while certainly delicious, I'm sure no one wants to read your obit any time soon. I can't mix booze and pills or I'd pass out under a table, happy to be under the table of course. And if you need to pass out under a table, make sure you're with people you trust. That reminds me: you should read Donna Gaines' "Misfit Manifesto." I think you'd like it.
The Other Drunk Sara
- August 17, 2004 at 12:06 AM
THE Killers Rock my socks!!!!!
Just a guy from RI
- August 18, 2004 at 10:25 PM