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Two clients of Sound Community Services last week described cutbacks in services over the last three to four years that they said have affected their care, and sharply criticized management practices and questionable spending by the agency's top administrators that they believe may be linked to the service cuts.
The spending practices, recounted in recent articles in The Day, include more than $200,000 in airplane, hotel, meal and other charges on Sound Community Service credit cards issued to Gail Lawson, agency president and chief executive officer; Chief Informatics Officer Christopher "Heath" Bish; and Chief Financial Officer Cindy Kirchhoff. The State Auditors of Public Accounts are reviewing the charge card records and other financial information. In addition, the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services has been closely monitoring the nonprofit agency since December.
"How can they justify taking from sick and suffering people?" asked a client who asked to be identified only as Jane S. "I live on a budget, and at the end of the month, I'm going to food pantries, and other clients are going to food pantries. I don't see how these people can go to five-star hotels and gourmet dinners when clients are going to soup kitchens."
A client support fund that used to pay for bus tickets to doctors' appointments, dishes, used furniture and other household items for clients setting up apartments no longer exists, the clients said. While the amounts to pay for these items were relatively small, they said, this support meant a great deal to clients' well-being, they said.
"Now there's a sign on the door that they won't take more clients, yet they have a $10 million budget," said client Ray Freemer, referring to a sign posted at the State Street offices in New London for the past several weeks. "It just makes me lose faith. I would like to see some accountability higher up."
Neither Lawson nor Jane Cable, chairwoman of the agency's Board of Directors, responded to requests for comment. State and federal funds are the main source of the $10 million budget that supports the agency.
Both clients volunteered for interviews with The Day. They were accompanied during the interview by an individual familiar with- but not employed by - the agency and its clients, to ensure the two were comfortable and not feeling pressured.
"I would like to see a deeper commitment to care," said Freemer, a client of the agency since 2006. "They definitely need more prescribers, so we can be seen and monitored more closely. The one I saw last had 190 clients."
Now, he said, he has appointments about once every two months with the doctors who prescribe and monitor the psychiatric medications that help him maintain stability. At one time, it was once every three weeks, a schedule he preferred. It took weeks before he could get an emergency appointment for a bout of severe vomiting that occurred due to a medication reaction, he said.
Three of his friends who are also clients were recently forced to seek care at the Lawrence + Memorial Hospital emergency department because they were unable to get an appointment with a prescriber at Sound. All three were having bad reactions to psychiatric medications, ranging from severe insomnia to extreme fatigue, and became combative in the hospital, he said.
Freemer said he tried unsuccessfully to switch to another agency that provides outpatient mental health care. With more than 700 clients, Sound Community Services is the region's largest provider of outpatient mental health services for adults.
"Even though it's hard to adjust to someone new at Sound, it's even harder to get in somewhere else," he said.
Both he and Jane S. praised the direct care staff they have dealt with over their combined 20 years with the agency, describing them as committed, compassionate and highly skilled. But their effectiveness, the two said, has been undermined by high caseloads, high turnover of counselors, prescribers and other staff, and lack of funds for support programs for clients, a trend they began noticing three to four years ago. In November 400 clients received letters from the agency telling them the agency did not have sufficient prescribers to prescribe and monitor their medications and advising them to seek care elsewhere.
"I got that letter, and I did need some medications," Jane S. said. "I went to my Community Health Center doctor and she didn't know what to do, because she doesn't see me in that capacity."
The woman said she now has an appointment in April with a Sound Community Services prescriber who will be leaving the agency shortly after that.
"Three to four years ago, I would have told anyone - 'Go to Sound. They're there to help you,'" the woman said. "But since then, it's a different story."
The high staff turnover, which a group of former employees blamed on tyrannical management practices in a letter to the board this summer, has been very difficult for clients, the two said.
"They weren't deadbeats who were leaving. They were good people," Jane S. said.
Freemer said it takes him at least six months to develop a trusting relationship with a counselor. In his six years at the agency, he has had seven different counselors, he said. At one time patients would learn of a pending departure in advance and have transition appointments, but now, he said, the agency just sends out letters notifying them to make an appointment with a new counselor.
One of the most recent staff departures was of Toni Vasquez, an employment specialist at Sound for two years. Earlier this month, she announced she was taking a similar job with another agency. Her department received a $212,000 state grant to pay salaries for two full-time and one part-time employee, but for much of her time there, she was its only staff, she said.
In a parting email to her colleagues, Vasquez explained that she decided to end her time with the agency earlier than she had anticipated after she learned about the spending practices of the three top administrators. She said she felt disgusted and resentful, and staff are afraid they will be punished if they speak out.
"For the almost two years I have been with (Sound Community Services) I have given my all and have seen many of you do the same, from completing notes in a timely manner, running from appointments to meetings and then having to pick up other duties as (the agency) became understaffed and under tremendous scrutiny," she wrote in her email.
Now, Vasquez said, she feels she and other staff have been "played like puppets." She and other staff often felt "badgered" by the administration about maximizing billable time with patients on the electronic medical records system, she said.
"We've been understaffed for prescribers and clinicians alike," she said. "Some of them have astronomical case loads. We all knew upper management was taking business trips, but we were completely naive to the whole situation. It's really upsetting everything that's gone on."
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Homicide detectives are investigating an abandoned home in Detroit where a woman's body was found. FOX 2's Amy Lange reports the unidentified woman in her 20s was discovered in the home on the corner of Log Cabin St. and the Lodge Freeway on the city's west side.
Tuesday morning, city workers discovered the body. They were salting the pedestrian bridge across the street.
While waiting for the identity to be released, the family of Dynasty Myles can't help but wonder if the body is hers.
The 23-year has been missing since the beginning of January. Her car was found outside the Benihana at Fairlane in Dearborn. Surveillance footage from the restaurant suggests she may have left in a gray Dodge Durango.
Ever since then, her family has been searching for the missing mother. Her six-year old daughter was with grandparents at the time Myles disappeared. And for now, their search is halted as they wait for word from authorities.
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Authorities are searching for the driver of a 1996 Honda Civic who fled the scene of a crash early Sunday morning.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred around 2:40 a.m. at the intersection of County Road A and County Road 2 in Henry County.
Amy Bejarano, 39, of Hamler, was driving westbound on County Road A, when the driver of a Honda Civic failed to stop at a stop sign on County Road 2.
Bejarano's Mazda 626 was struck on the passenger side, knocking the vehicle off the road, causing it to overturn in a ditch.
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In its place we opened an 89 Prado Enea. It was quite tight and by rights should have been given several hours in a decanter; I thought it would open in the glass more than it did. We corked the bottle after the first glass and both Vacu-Vinned and refrigerated it. Last night we had the remainder. It was fully open. Brownish purple color. It tasted of Christmas pudding and ash--plummy and slightly stewed with dates and spice. Not bad but not great, and not at all like any Rioja I've had before or Rioja as I expect it to be. This is a second-hand bottle that probably had some storage issues in it's life.
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It started out as a very successful video game franchise and it's now a movie. Opening in wide release this weekend is Need For Speed , starring Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul. I didn't play the video games all that much and I feel confident saying I won't see the movie, but I'm not everyone.
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Funeral services for Christine James will be held Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 at 10 a.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Minden. Officiating will be Rev. Mike Hawkins and Dr. Rick Wolfe. Interment will follow at Gardens of Memory in Minden.
The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. today (Monday, Feb. 11, 2013) at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden.
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The 30+ year vet will leave a HUGE hole to fill in the late night landscape. When Letterman made a later show following a late show a network television thing in 1982, he busted the normal "I'm going to stand in front of a curtain telling jokes and then maybe do some sketches and wear some costumes" format. Here are some things only Dave could have done.
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Ramsar Advisory Missions: No. 44, Sumava Peat Bogs, Czech Republic (2001), preliminary background information
Special attention is given to assisting member States in the management and conservation of listed sites whose ecological character is threatened. This is carried out through the Ramsar Advisory Mission, a technical assistance mechanism formally adopted by Recommendation 4.7 of the 1990 Conference of the Parties. (The Ramsar Advisory Mission mechanism was formerly known as the Monitoring Procedure and the Management Guidance Procedure.) The main objective of this mechanism is to provide assistance to developed and developing countries alike in solving the problems or threats that make inclusion in the Montreux Record necessary.
Background information on the Ramsar Advisory Mission to the Sumava Peat Bogs, Czech Republic, 5-8 June 2001
The Ramsar Convention gives special attention to assisting Contracting Parties in the management and conservation of listed sites whose ecological character is changing or likely to change as a result of technological development, pollution or other human interference. This is carried out through the Ramsar Advisory Missions (RAM), a technical assistance mechanism formally adopted by Recommendation 4.7 of the 1990 Conference of the Parties (formerly known as the Monitoring Procedure and the Management Guidance Procedure). The main objective of this mechanism is to provide assistance to countries in solving the problems at particular Ramsar Sites related to the maintenance of their ecological character.
On 6 June 2000, the Deputy Director of the Department of Nature Protection of the Ministry of the Environment, the Ramsar Administrative Authority of the Czech Republic, asked the Ramsar Bureau, based on a unanimous decision by the Czech Ramsar Committee on 9 December 1999, to consider carrying out an independent Ramsar Advisory Mission to provide guidance on how best to deal with specific management problems related to the recent outbreaks of bark beetle populations.
On 29 September 2000, the Director of the Department of Nature Protection of the Ministry of the Environment provided the Ramsar Bureau with additional information and a proposal for the composition of the Ramsar Advisory Mission. Taking into account the winter snow cover of the Sumava mountains, he proposed to postpone the mission to the first week of June 2001, and expressed the wish that the Ramsar Advisory Mission would help to evaluate current management measures for forests damaged by bark beetle outbreaks and its impact on the wetland ecosystems.
The Sumava Peat Bogs
The Sumava Peat Bogs Ramsar Site comprises a complex of disjunct peatlands, including three core areas in the granitic Sumava mountains, providing unique ecosystem islands. The area includes high plateau raised bogs, valley bogs, coniferous forest and riparian wetlands of the upper Vltava (Moldavia) river. Bogs on the high plateaus show characteristics of the forest-tundra with low-growing bog pines, open areas, shrub and grass vegetation. Both types of raised bogs (high plateau and valley bogs) are often surrounded by waterlogged spruce forests. Deforested areas are covered by minerotrophic mires with stands of short sedges. Outside the wetlands, the vegetation consists mainly of mixed, beech or fir-dominated forests. The bogs are of considerable entomological and botanical interest, supporting various endemic and rare species, including relict populations of 25 species of butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, Capercaillie, Black Grouse and Northern Birch. Some nature trails exist, although most of the Ramsar Site is closed for public access.
The Sumava Peat Bogs Ramsar Site is part of the Sumava (Bohemian Forest) National Park, established in 1991. Within the National Park, discrete stands of old-growth and natural forests survived. Together with a number of bogs and mires, these original ecosystems form a network of discontinuous patches of non-intervention, core areas, left to natural development without human interference, designated as Zone 1 of the National Park. They are surrounded by a heterogeneous, temporarily managed, transition Zone II, intended to re-develop gradually back into natural ecosystems, eventually to be included into Zone 1. A large Protected Landscape Area surrounds the National Park. Both together form a Biosphere Reserve, managed jointly by a single authority.
The outbreak of bark beetle (Ips typographus) populations in Sumava National Park induced serious problems with regard to forest regeneration and had effects not only on the affected sites, but also on adjacent forests and transboundary areas in neighbouring Bavaria. While the Bayerischer Wald National Park applies a non-intervention policy, bark beetle populations are controlled in the Sumava National Park with well-established methods (sanitation and individual cutting of infested trees in Zone 1, clearance of larger areas in Zone II). This has serious impacts, mainly on Zone II areas, as the increasing clear cuttings are influencing the microclimate, and the removal of trees with heavy machinery is seriously impacting soil ecology and mire hydrology.
Issues to be considered by the RAM
1. The occurrence of bark beetle population outbreaks in the Bohemian Forest, its frequencies and extent (historical and recent data), and its ecological consequences (dying of forests, spread of bark beetle populations and other parasites and their respective predators, etc.).
2. The environmental impacts of different methods of bark beetle control, including the absence of control measures, on forest structure and development, microclimate (clear cuttings), hydrology and soil ecology (through drainage and compacting with heavy machinery to remove affected trees), and biodiversity (through altering the forest extent and structure, the hydrology of peat bogs, etc.).
3. The integrated forest management in the Bohemian Forest, including policies for timber cutting, clear cuts, plantations, no/limited human intervention old-growth stands, drainage and other landscaping measures, and their impacts on bark beetle populations and rare, endemic, threatened and relict populations of invertebrates (butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, etc.), birds and plants representing specific biodiversity values of the Sumava National Park and surrounding protected areas in the Czech Re public and Bavaria.
4. The need for transboundary management, according to the Ramsar guidelines for international cooperation (Ramsar Handbook 9), including coordinated bark beetle population management measures on both the Czech and German sides.
5. Based on points 1-4, preparing a series of concrete recommendations for management measures, evaluation and monitoring procedures (of the management measures applied) and procedures for transboundary data and information exchange, coordination and cooperation.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City mayoral hopefuls Bill de Blasio and Joe Lhota exchanged their angriest barbs of the campaign during a wild, free-wheeling debate Tuesday, frequently raising their voices as they fought over charges of race-baiting and the records of two former mayors that may provide clues to the city's future.
Though voters will go to the polls in two weeks to elect Mayor Michael Bloomberg's successor, the showdown often felt like a battle between his two immediate predecessors: Democrat David Dinkins, for whom de Blasio worked, and Republican Rudolph Giuliani, for whom Lhota was a top aide.
Dinkins and Giuliani squared off in two contentious elections, in 1989 and 1993. On Tuesday, it felt like Round III.
In particular, the debate was marked by a nasty back-and-forth over an ad released by Lhota last week that featured graphic images of violence to suggest that the city would return to its pre-Giuliani, crime-filled past if de Blasio is elected.
"It's race-baiting and it's fear-mongering, and you know it," said de Blasio, the city's public advocate who is looking to become the city's first Democratic mayor since his former boss was elected in 1989.
"Anybody who looks at that ad knows what he's up to and it's what his boss, Rudy Giuliani, used to be up to," said de Blasio. "And it's not what a mayor should be doing."
Lhota, who is facing a huge deficit in the polls, angrily retorted that he was "sick and tired of you impugning the integrity of Rudy Giuliani." He then argued that the "murders that happened, the race riots that happened" under Dinkins led to his loss to Giuliani in their 1993 rematch.
"That's the reason why he got thrown out -- because he was divisive," said Lhota, who was seemingly so irritated by de Blasio's claim that the ad was filled with racial imagery that Lhota blurted out: "What is the color of the sky on your planet?"
To that, de Blasio smiled and responded: "Mr. Lhota appears to think he has his own planet," drawing some laughs from the audience. But de Blasio also seemed irritated at times as Lhota adopted a significantly more aggressive tone than in their first debate last week.
In that meeting, Lhota appeared caught off guard by de Blasio's decision to eschew the play-it-safe strategy he'd used since the primary and go on the offensive, repeatedly linking Lhota to the conservative tea party, a natural play in a city where registered Democrats outnumber the GOP by nearly 6-to-1.
De Blasio went to that well again on Tuesday, but Lhota was ready with some snappy comebacks, twice suggesting that de Blasio was so "obsessed with tea" that he resembled the Mad Hatter from "Alice in Wonderland."
Lhota also brandished his bipartisan credentials by stressing that he was far more moderate than the national Republican Party and noting that he was appointed to run the region's transit agency by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat. His work steering the agency through Superstorm Sandy, which struck the city one year ago next week, was the impetus for his mayoral campaign.
Lhota also invoked Cuomo by claiming that the governor would not sign off on de Blasio's plan to raise taxes on the wealthy to fund universal pre-kindergarten, the public advocate's signature campaign promise. De Blasio insisted that Cuomo was open to the idea.
Though Lhota delivered a strong debate performance, his mayoral bid still faces long odds. Every general election poll, including one released Monday, has him trailing de Blasio by more than 40 points.
Though several independent candidates will be on the general election ballot, they failed to make fundraising and polling thresholds and, therefore, were barred from the hour-long debate, which aired live on television and was sponsored by WCBS, El Diario, several radio stations and the city's campaign finance board.
De Blasio and Lhota will meet for a third and final time Oct. 29. The election is Nov. 5.
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Yeah, Shelley, I woke up and the first news I read this morning was about the shooting in Colorado. It's so horrific it's almost unimaginable. And the fact that a 4 month old baby was one of injured and a 6 year old was among the deceased.
Bridget, I was fist pumping there in "Helll, yeah!" fashion when I read that your brother fired that teacher. That woman needs some common sense mainlined into her veins.
Ash, that other mom's reaction was definitely over the top. Perspective, y'know? They're just very little kids.
Erin, that whole incident was hard to read about. I hope one day we'll get to meet so you can give Bodhi your talk about how there are idiots in the world and you just have to let it go. You are the master of letting idiotic comments just roll off you, so it must be even harder to see your son struggling with the same thing. But the fact that he has you as a great example and *still* struggles with just letting stuff roll off him is testament to the fact that he's still young and has big feelings and can't be expected to be in command of them 100% of the time. It's touching that he seemed to be most upset that someone was disssing his momma. Hooray for a new preschool for Elle. I have a feeling Bodhi would get along so well with her.
When B got dropped off at school today, it was just boys for some reason, and they were all playing "Monster!". B walked in the door and one of the little boys went up to him with an invisible cup in hand and said, "C'mon Bodhi, you have to drink the potion too so you can be a monster like us." It took Bodhi only a half second of looking puzzled before he smiled and yelled an enthusiastic "OK!". He went through the motions of drinking the potion, let out a mighty "Raaaawwwwr", and we said goodbye to a scary little monster instead of our son.


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Why did the United States drop two nuclear bombs on the Japanese mainland? It appeared that Japan was ready to surrender.
Although this question has been well answered, I cannot help but remark that its basis seems quite shaky, and perhaps somewhat pejorative: Seeking to portray the USA as a "bully" in its use of the Bomb.
Even if we grant "they were already on the winning side" (a point the questioner has failed to document), this was not a valid reason to decline from using the Bomb. The fact remains that on August 5, 1945, the USA had not yet won the war, but was still heavily engaged in the Pacific theatre.
When would the USA actually achieve the victory that they were 'already' heading towards, were they to opt for a victory using only conventional methods of warfare? Would it be six months? A year? This was not clearly known. What would the cost of such a victory be? How many millions of dollars? How many hundreds of thousands of lives, both American and Japanese, would it take? Again: Not at all clear.
[ As an aside I might add that warfare is never entirely predictable. Even the best generals and the most sophisticated technology do not assure victory: Both History (the American Revolution for example) and the world of 2013 (Afghanistan for one) clearly confirm that. Victory in war is never assured until it is achieved. ]
Regardless of the answers to these questions concerning a conventional victory, one thing seemed quite certain: Using the A Bomb would greatly expedite an American victory and minimize its cost, both in blood and in treasure - as indeed History confirms.
So, "they were already on the winning side" was by no means a valid reason for declining to use the Bomb. "Already on the winning side", i.e. the question of an American victory, was not issue. The issue was the cost of such victory, and using the Bomb was clearly the USA's best option in terms of that "cost/benefit analysis".
By way of analogy: Two individual are engaged in hand to hand combat, to the death. They are pummeling one another with severely damaging blows. One of the combatants also has a pistol available to finish the fight quickly, could he only endure his opponent's batterings and get his hands on that pistol.
Now: Even if the armed fighter know he would be able to prevail and pummel his opponent to death, would he not seek to use the pistol rather than endure the many blows and potential injuries that hand to hand combat would require him to endure? In the same way, the USA used the Bomb against Japan.
The Japanese had 4 terms they were demanding in order to "surrender":
To Westerners, this means that the Japanese would be "returning to barracks" and not surrendering in any way that word was understood to mean. The Allies stated clearly "unconditional surrender"
The Japanese felt that they could disgust and demoralize the Allies with the kamekaze attacks and drive the Allies to the bargaining table.
As for the 2nd atomic bomb, we knew what the Japanese were thinking because we were reading their codes. The high command claimed that since it took 4 years for the Allies to make the first atomic bomb, then it would take 4 more years for the second atomic bomb. They knew what an atomic bomb was, and the effects of such weapons, because they had 2 separate atom bomb projects themselves (one in Tokyo using chemical separation of Uranium isotopes, and a diffusion plant in what is now North Korea). Rhodes wrote 2 books (The Making of the Atomic Bomb and Dark Sun) that discussed this along with other national nuclear projects).
A conventinal land invasion of the "home islands" of Japan was expected to cost between 500,000 and 1,500,000 Allied troops. Based on how fierce the Okinawa fighting was, and that it took about 25 Japanese casualties to inflict 1 Allied casualty, it would be expected that a conventional land invasion of Kyushu and Honshu would end up having to kill tens of millions of Japanese civilians before they would really surrender.
Cook, in Japan at War, lists the number of soldiers in Japan at the time of surrender ate 4,335,500, with 3,527,000 stationed outside Japan (mostly in China and Korea).
In the end, the allies did not accept any of the conditions, but promised that the status of the emperor would be determined by the Japanese people.
There's a lot to explain.
Why was the bomb built?
This is too big to answer here! Read the great book The making of the atomic bomb. I'll quote it to answer the other questions.
Why the Allied policy of unconditional surrender?
When the Allied leaders met in 1943 at the Casablanca conference, the phrase 'unconditional surrender' was deliberately left out of the joint statement. But Roosevelt later used it in a hasty speech. and Churchill went along unquestioningly, rather than show any tension between the Allies.
Why did the Japanese refuse the Allied terms of surrender?
Why not invade Japan?
Why not ask Russia to help invade Japan?
Why drop atom bombs rather than more fire bombs?
Why not warn Japan about the bomb before dropping it?
Why not demonstrate the bomb on an unpopulated area?
Why was the bomb secret?
Why risk a nuclear arms race when the world sees the bomb?
Why not keep the bomb secret from Russia?
Byrnes' most dangerous misunderstanding from Szilard's point of view was his reading of the Soviet Union: >
Compare to German, Japan have controlled 1/6 part of world on august 1945.
Japanese are kamikaze.
Hiroshima was a main military port and main headquarters.
Nagasaki was a city-military-factory, Mitsubishi produced motors of aircrafts.
It was like nuking The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin's main factories.
The Soviet point of view was that the US used the bomb to threat the USSR.
According the Great Soviet Encyclopedy, article "Nuclear weapons" ("Ядерное оружие") "Применение ЯО не вызывалось военной необходимостью. Правящие круги США преследовали политические цели — продемонстрировать свою силу для устрашения свободолюбивых народов, запугать Советский Союз." "Use of the nuclear weapons was not justified by military necessity: the ruling class of the USA pursued political aims - to demonstrate their strength to the freedom-loving peoples, to threaten the USSR."
But my opinion is that the bomb was actually developed against Germany and only the fact that they surrendered so quickly saved them and brought such misfortune to Japan. The US already spent much money on the new weapon and just could not leave it unused.
It was also instrumental to demonstrate technical superiority over enemy (including Germany, which at the time was considered the most technologically advanced nation), so that to break an image of "advanced" and "civilized" Germans defeated by barbaric and underdeveloped inferior nations (the Germans did not consider the Anglo-Saxons sub-human, but still always empathized that the Germans are the most productive and creative). It was known that Germany developed a range of "wonder-weapons" so that their enemies had to get something to counter-balance such image.
The war in Europe had brought the powerful red army, which was mostly responsible for beating Nazis to Berlin in Germany. Us and the soviet Union were having some disagreements on arragements on Europe. Us wanted to let the russians know who is the boss (in the words of Truman) and thus US army roasted nearly half a million Japanese and hurt millions in the coming generations to achieve that. President Truman was instrumental in this by failing to stop the hawks in the army. FDR (Rosevelt would never allow the vision of post war power grab to extend to nuking Japan.) Japanese cities were already incinerated and the most worrisome thing for the Japanese was a Russian Invasion and not the nuclear attack. Also they could not stomach the hanging of their emperor. US delayed assurances to safeguard the emperor until it had exploded the second bomb, on the same day USSR attacked Manchuria, then controled by Japanese forces. Japanese were considered to be sub human at that time and thus the political cost for US politicians was negligable. To understand this well watch Oliver Stone's documentary "Untold history of the USA" episode 2 and 3.
The official reason was to avoid a long and costly battle attempting to force the Japanese to surrender by invading the mainland. The Japanese were tenacious fighters and their tactics of Kamikaze suicide bombers and their courageous defense of their country in engagements such as the Battle of Okinawa, lend substantial credibility to this claim. Some such as General Eisenhower disagreed to as whether such a maneuver was really necessary.
Regardless of whether the Japanese government was seriously considering surrender, the bombing forced the decision and was less costly to the Americans (obviously) than a protracted war. Whether a protracted war would have spared Japanese lives as opposed to several more months of brutal warfare is an open question.
It is my opinion that this motivation was one of several competing reasons as to why the Americans decided to detonate nuclear bombs on Japanese civilian centers. In a large part I feel this was simply the natural evolution of the doctrine of total war applied to aerial bombings of civilian targets, first seen in action during the German bombing of Guernica and continued by the Americans both in the fire bombings of Dresden and Tokyo.
Beyond this there was also the ability to justifiably test an atomic bomb in warfare conditions. American military scientists were very interested in seeing the effects of nuclear weapons in many environments (even detonating them underwater to see what would happen). Obviously the most important environment to test it on would be that of urban or military targets. The prior would be unthinkable, outside of a war anyway.
Also, by deploying the bomb America was able to send a strong message about the balance of power after the war. Given that there is always some degree of uncertainty about political relations and military stability after the war, the bomb was certainly a strong message that Americans were not to be messed with. I don't think any of these motivations were alone sufficient in explaining why the American high command decided to drop the bombs; its far more likely that it was a combination of several of these and possibly additional concerns as well.


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Submitted by Jody | July 18 2011 | Permalink
I find a huge difference in my allergies between short-haired and long-haired dogs. Short-haired dogs, in general, make me allergic, and long-haired dogs, especially poodle mixes, cause much less of a problem for me. We had lhasa apsos when I was growing up and I never had a problem with them (allergy-wise anyway) so I was surprised to find myself allergic to other dogs later. I thought I had just developed allergies post-childhood. I figured I could never have a dog as an adult, but I got a schnoodle, I've had him for years, without a single sneeze. There may not be one single simple answer, but dog breed plays a big part in the situation.
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Submitted by Anonymous | July 18 2011 | Permalink
I'm a dog groomer and have known for years there are no hypo-allergenic dogs. Doodle dogs particularly annoy me. They can have poodle hair, poodle hair and (the second breed hair), or no poodle hair hair at all.
Doodle dogs can be sweet and nice (or not). But they are mutts, not 'designer' dogs. They do not have consistent characteristics of true pure breed dogs. Mutts are wonderful to adopt but not to be purposely breed.
The best preventative for allergies is frequent groomings. That eliminates shedding hair, dander, pollen, etc. Many people are allergic to the things *on* the dog, not the dog itself. By frequent, I mean one to two weeks.
As long as the allergies are not life-altering, dogs are worth putting up with the allergies.
Submitted by Anonymous | July 18 2011 | Permalink
I have 2 Goldendoodles and 1 Labradoodle. I also have 2 adults that have allergies and asthma in my house. We have not had a problem at all. No shedding thank goodness. I do know that there is mixed results though. It's not a guarantee and any breeder that tells you that is not telling the truth. We love our Doodles!
Submitted by Doodle lover! | July 18 2011 | Permalink
I have experience with the Goldendoodle breed. I have allergic reactions to certain dogs and my Doodles are lowest on the "reaction" list. At most, I have a little discharge in my eyes in the morning after my Doodles have slept with me in my bed all night. My worst reaction has been with Irish Setters. After being in a house where Setters live within 15-30 mins my asthma reacts so bad that I have to leave....lungs just shut down and I can't breathe. Now I will say that Doodles will shed a little but that is a side affect I can tolerate. Wonderful breed! Love them:)
Submitted by Meaghan | July 18 2011 | Permalink
As a dog groomer, I see dozens of "hypoallergenic" and designer dogs at my shop. People buy them simply because they think their hair won't make a mess in the house, but don't realize that low shedding dogs require MORE brushing to keep the hair mat free. Curly and wavy long hair dogs are HIGH MAINTENANCE. I wish more people would take that into account before they buy one because they think low shedding = convenient. My carpal tunnel and early onset arthritis is from dematting client's Doodles and Poodles.
Submitted by Alyssa | August 19 2011 | Permalink
As the article points out, not all people are allergic to dander on dogs but in my experience as a dog groomer, the majority of people looking for "hypo-allergenic" dogs ARE allergic to dander. The thing that breaks my heart is seeing clients that fall in love with their poodle mix (mixed with a known heavy shedding breed like a golden or lab), and as a puppy their hair doesn't bother them. Once most dogs hit 9 to 11 months they go through a coat change from puppy to adult coat and I have seen many many clients have to re-home their pups because they have severe reactions to the dog's adult coat. My advice for anyone looking at a mixed breed or "designer" dog that has allergies, PLEASE get a dog that is at least a year old so you know that you won't have allergic reactions to it! If you're hell bent on getting a puppy then going with some of the more established low shedding purebred dogs is a much safer bet (ex: Poodles, Bichon Frises, Maltese, Yorkies etc).
Submitted by Anonymous | May 3 2012 | Permalink
Listen to the groomers on this one. Doodles and low shedding curly haired dog are high and I mean HIGH maintenance. Especially if you have a large doodle. I find it interesting that the same people who say they got a doodle because they are 'hypoallergenic' are the same people who bring in the dirtiest, most matted and tangled dogs. Hmm let's see, your dirty, constant allergen attracting dog is not causing any reactions? While there are some people like the person who posted with severe allergies, I really think what is happening is the placebo effect. These people get told by the breeder the dog is hypoallergenic so they believe it. It rationalizes the cost of the dog too. Also I really think it is unethical of breeders to advertise " hypoallergenic' or 'non shedding dogs'.
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Children love to play in water no matter the season. Bath time is filled with giggling, smiling and splashing. The sensation of water on their skin, the sprinkles, the bubbles and the waves, all excite them. Without proper training, the water can be dangerous for children. Swimming lessons keep children who love the water safe and confident. Beyond that, swim training is beneficial to children's health. Rain or shine, swimming is one exercise that keeps you and your children active and burns excess calories in a very short span of time. Many pediatricians suggest and encourage parents to find a swim institute for regular training to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle among other children.
Health benefits
As the 4th most popular sporting activity, swimming is known for its rapid results when practiced regularly.
Obesity - America's children are losing the battle with obesity. Our fast paced lifestyle often leaves them with frequent fast food dinners and few opportunities to exercise enough to offset such meals. Obesity has become common among our kids and obese kids grow into obese adults. Swimming is an excellent remedy and kids embrace every chance to swim they can get. Calories burn faster as every part of the body is involved in the process of swimming and the resistance of the water provides a low impact workout. Swimming can keep your child fit and lean.
Asthma - Asthma is another common ailment among American children. It often starts at an early age and prevents children from the very exercise that they need. To combat asthma, swim lessons are often beneficial as breathing techniques can improve lung function. Asthma attacks can happen at any moment and are known to grow worse with each occurrence. Registering for our Sugarland swim program can help prevent the attacks along with medication and improved overall health.
Strength - Year after year the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that our children are weaker and less and less fit. They are either under-weight, not as strong as children of the same age or obese as addressed above. Swimming in the development and building muscles. It makes your child more flexible and agile by strengthening the tissues and supporting bones with strong muscles. Fit bodies are resistant to injury and fight diseases and even common viruses for better health overall.
Body shape - The shape of our bodies is a direct reflection of how we maintain them. Swimming is an excellent activity to give our bodies an attractive strong shape. It broadens and strengthens the shoulder structure and improves posture which protects our bones as we age. Children in regular swim training typically enjoy these benefits to the body shape and stature.
Safety - Apart from above heath issues, safety is yet another major reason for learning swimming. Statistics have proved that drowning is one of the most common causes of death, especially among children. Without warning, children may play near a pond or a pool without supervision. Unless they are trained in how to stay afloat and the tactics to save themselves or someone else, tragedy is imminent. Preparation is the key to prevent such a disaster.
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The social benefits of swimming make it a great fit for children of all personalities. While learning to work together, children in swim training are also rewarded for individual achievement. They learn to cheer each other on as, one by one, they conquer their fear of the water and begin to master navigating it with ease. Your child will learn discipline, patience and foster a healthy competitive spirit as an athletic swimmer that will benefit them far beyond the waters. As their concentration and coordination skills grow, the benefits of regular swimming will be evident in the ways they become more able to relax. Regular exercise, like swimming, causes children to be less moody and more serene. It also allows your child to enjoy other recreational activities like surfing, kayaking, snorkeling and so on. On hot and humid summer days, swimming is an excellent way to cool down. If you take your child camping, both of you can have fun playing in lake. This is one activity that your kids will most certainly continue for a lifetime. There is no better way to promote safety, healthy, and a lifetime of fitness in your children.
These and many more are such good reasons to swim. With swim training you can harness an existing love for water play and turn it into skills that will keep your children safe, healthy and confident in the water, and in life.
The burgeoning demand of tanning is gaining huge popularity. People who have pale whitish skin colour are more inclined to take this tanning season than other. Now days, people are prone to get a flattering sun kissed tone on their body. Before the advent of spray tan in London, people of that place used to reliant on direct sun rays. But, presently people are not depending on the natural process of getting tanned as it directly damage skin and increase the risk of skin a cancer.
Report of a London based dermatological centre:
· Fatal consequences of taking sun bath
One famous dermatological centre of London published a report about the possible damages of sun tanning. They showed in their report that there are mainly two forms of ultraviolet rays, UVA and UVB. These both rays affect to the skin badly. Freckles, heat rashes, dehydrated skin and wrinkles are the inevitable outcome n skin due to sun heat. The report also depicted that taking sun bath in regular basis gradually lead to skin cancer. And, the report also showed that, there are many people of London are suffering with these fatal consequences.
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Dermatologists recommend people to take the artificial and effective process, spray tan in London. There are many people who prefer self-tanning but it is recommended to avail this service from beauty salon. A popular salon is a centre of expert beauticians so they can provide this service with more dexterity.
Tan in a booth:
Tanning season in salon is always provided from booth. Tan-booth is a separate place where spray machine are set. Beauticians take the people to the booth and before that they ask them to wear bikini or any shorts. Next they show their client to stand on the exact position. After that, they apply some creams on the area that is not supposed to get tanned. And, after this process, beautician starts the spray machine. This total process takes hardly 20 to 30 minutes to complete.
Precautions after taking spray tan in London:
There are several steps to retain the dark shade.
· Exfoliation is the first step that needs to be done before taking spray tan in London.
· One should not apply any kinds of lotions and creams before the season.
· One should avoid using any lotion before talking this service.
· One should not wear any extra clothes and jewellery during the service.
· Taking shower is one of the important things that need to be considered after this process. One should wait to take bath for at least 4 to 6 hours after the season. And, also should avoid such activities that cause sweating.
· Application of lotion helps to enhance the glow of the shade. So, for that one needs to apply lotion after this process.
· One should wear loose clothes after the process. As the shade is artificial so it might get rubbed out from body.
So, with these varied knowledge of tanning one may achieve the best flawless result over their body.
Summary: Spray tan in London is one of the most popular processes and most desired by the native of the place. This process helps to achieve beautiful golden colour over skin. But, there are some important things that one should know before taking this season
Thermal therapies are not dependent on the season and it can be done throughout the year irrespective of the prevailing weather conditions. As the name suggests, thermal spa therapy is based on the idea of alternating hot and cold cycles. It is followed by complete body relaxation. Thermal spa has greater benefits that one could think of. It provides relaxation to the body, improves on sleep quality, eradicate toxins, kindles the immune system, relax muscle tensions and last but not the least throws in the overall health and well being of the body.
Spa Montréal is a recommended place to get this thermal spa therapy done and get a great thermal experience. It offers numerous hot and cold treatments thus, offers you a great chance to experience the health benefits associated with this traditional spa therapy. The alternative hot and cold treatments are so designed to gently restore vitality and balance to your body.
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It features rooms of varying temperatures that not only helps in revitalizing your body but also deals with several health benefits as mentioned. Some of the experiences that thermal spa incorporates are:
- Finnish saunas
- Steam room
- Rasul mud chamber
- Child water
- Outdoor whirpools
- Nordic and thermal baths
- Eucalyptus steam bath
- Thermal and Nordic waterfalls
- Relaxation areas with fireplaces
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Whether its spring, autumn, summer or winter season, outdoor whirpools are a great way to freshen up your mind, body and soul. With this outdoor spa you can have a complete relaxation experience. Filled with warm water, these outdoor whirpools have healing and relaxing effects and the benefits of warm water have been known since years now. One can enjoy the wellness of a hot tub.
Nordic and Thermal Baths:
These baths are ancestral relaxation ways that swaps cold and hot waters. This is one of the best ways to enjoy complete benefits of thermal therapy. One must go over the cold and hot relaxation sequence around three to four times. There are several advantages associated with Nordic baths:
- It helps in restoring skin elasticity and tone
- Removal of toxins
- Nordic baths motivates the cardiac system
- Improves circulation
- Strengthens immune system by enhancing the production of white blood cells in the body
- Liberates tension and stress
Eucalyptus steam bath:
Steam bath is not a modernized form of spa; however it is dated back thousands of years to the Roman era. It creates an overall sense of well being throughout your mind and body. Steam bath when incorporated with eucalyptus oil helps in removing exhaustion and all mental fatigue. It also has great benefits of treating mental and other stress disorders. This oil is well known for its antibacterial, decongestant, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and stimulating properties. Thus, eucalyptus steam rooms have been used for offering several therapeutic benefits.
Thermal experience is not recommended for people those suffering from any heart ailments, respiratory difficulties, high blood pressure and diabetes. Else, everyone can opt for this luxurious yet relaxing thermal experience at any point of time.
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You know it's at least half good because it has John Malkovich.
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
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"A wicked movie about the making of the 1922 silent-film classic Nosferatu, Shadow of the Vampire features Willem Dafoe's Oscar-nominated performance. Director F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) yearns to create the most terrifying vampire tale imaginable. Unknown actor Max Schreck (Dafoe), cast as the vampire Count Orlock, makes an impressive debut as filming begins, even as he hides an unearthly secret."
OK, so many of us have seen the iconic silent film, Nosfaratu. Well, apparently there was once a rumor that the guy who played the title vampire in that movie, Max Schreck, really WAS a vampire, because he was so convincing in the role. Shadow of the Vampire is based off of that concept. Visionary director F.W. Murnau takes his cast and crew to a spooky castle someplace in Czechoslovakia to shoot his little undead opus, and bizarre things start to happen. The actor who's supposed to play the vampire scares everyone, as he's constantly in character, lurking about the castle at all hours of the night, sucking the blood out of rodents and bats, and reciting morbid poetry. Kinda strange. Makes one wonder about him. Could it be that he is really IS among the ranks of the undead? OR, is he just an exceptionally dedicated method actor?
Here, we have a film that starts off as a remarkably interesting depiction of Nosfaratu's production, but eventually turns into a barely passable monster mystery. I found Shadow of the Vampire to be highly engaging for the first two acts, as we examine the world of silent filmmaking, and get a glimpse of some of the early auteurs who turned the medium into the art form it is today. However, once the "Is-He-Or-Isn't-He?" dynamic is kicked into full gear regarding Herr Schreck, the picture loses much of its magic. I would have enjoyed this film much more if it had been a more straightforward retelling of how Nosfaratu was made. That would have been a compelling enough topic to fill 90 minutes on its own.
Luckily, inspired performances from virtually everyone in the cast manage to sustain Shadow of the Vampire through its weaker scenes.John Malkovich is in top form; we've got a charming turn from Eddie Izzard; and Cary Elwes hasn't been this dashing since The Princess Bride. Also, I'm not sure whether Willem Defoe's depiction of Max Schreck is brilliant, or ridiculous, but either way, I loved it. As a possible creature of the night gone Hollywood, he makes the movie worth watching. Shadow of the Vampire may fall somewhat short of living up to its early signs of promise, but there's still enough here to make it a solid experience.
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Favorite Movie/Actor
Meryl Streep
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"Uninvited" -Alanis Morisette
My first job
Piercings/Tattoos (How many? Where?)
tattoo on my hip wrist and neck... all small and easily covered or photoshopped if necessary
Mac or PC?
both actually... but i understand PC a lot more.
Nintendo, Xbox 360, PS3, or don't game?
nintendo "Super Mario Brothers 3" PS3 "Final Fantasy 7, 12," and "13" also netflix for anime... I am an anime artist so I'm inspired by anime such as "Bleach", Yu Yu Hakusho", and my personal favorite: "DBZ!!!!!" :)
What fun fact, talent or superpower of yours should guys know about?
I am highly perceptive, and artistic. I really understand people and frankly it helps a lot when I play poker at MGM. Also I am very creative and artistic. :)
What's the most memorable pick up line you've ever heard?
Random old scrappy guy at CVS: "Do you have a licence to look so sexy" Me: (walks faster) Random: (mumbles) "I guess not!" lol!! :)
What's the craziest thing you've ever done?
skinny dipped when I was 18 in florida with 3 of my girlfriends at the time.
What's the most unusual place you've ever hooked up? How'd it go?
On the disc golf corse. We didn't get caught so I guess that's really good. lol! It was in the middle of the day!
What's in your purse or pocket right now?
What do you feel most comfortable wearing?
Would you rather have boring sex all the time or an amazing romp once a year?
hmm... ... tough one... I guess amazing romp once a year... there really is no point to boring sex, now is there??
If you could do a shot of Jose Cuervo with anyone -- dead or alive -- who would it be?
Young Robert Plant. (hot!)


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Aerosmith May Self-Release Future Albums 'If Band Stays Together'
Monday, October 15, 2012
Veteran rockers Aerosmith will complete their contract with Columbia Records on November 6th with the release of the band's new album, Music From Another Dimension, and the group may join the ranks of acts like Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and Pearl Jam who have left the major label world behind.
According to Billboard, Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler told reporters on a conference call late last week that "if the band stays together, yeah, we'll definitely go that route, something somewhere over there. We've been keeping record companies stocked with millions of shekels for years, been making a lot of people rich -- not that we haven't, but every now and then you get into arguments with labels (and) you think, 'Where is all this money going?' We've definitely thought of putting stuff out."
Guitarist Joe Perry was more cautious about the idea, however, saying, "We've talked about every idea you can think of out there, and we really don't know. There's so many different directions we can go."
Music From Another Dimension is Aerosmith's first album of all-new material in 11 years, although three singles released so far from the disc -- "Legendary Child," "What Could Have Been Love" and "Lover Alot" -- have failed to catch fire at radio stations.
The band will begin a new leg of touring on November 8th in Oklahoma City, and plans to follow that with a world tour in 2013. Beyond that, Tyler plans to record a full solo album next year as well, while Perry will become the third member of the band, after Tyler and drummer Joey Kramer, to publish his autobiography.
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by Seth Lightcap. posted on 19 August
Story by Jeremy Jones
Winter 1992
When I got off the plane at Jackson airport in 1992 and saw the Tetons for the first time, my eyes were blown away. The mountains were breathtaking. But little did I know that the sight of these peaks would be a life-changing moment. A week later when I left for my first pro contest in Snow Summit, my priorities in life had drastically changed. No longer was a GS racing World Title the Holy Grail. My new envy was the life of dishwashers in Teton Village that got to ride Jackson every day. The Jackson locals I met on this first trip were my new heroes.
Jeremy Jones draws a heavy line in the Jackson Hole sidecountry while filming for TGR.
From that day forward the Tetons became an important part of my life. Not a year went by that I did not spend a couple of weeks chasing my brothers around the mountain and the handful of years I lived there in the late 90's helped me take my snowboarding to another level. Living in Jackson when the boundaries opened was one of the highlights of my 25 years of snowboarding. The Tetons were also one of the primary motivations to start the DEEPER project.
Riders ready to drop into Jackson's North Shore. Photo - Miles Clark/snowbrains.com
Winter 2006
Eight years ago, while rushing to beat a pack of riders to the North Shore, I looked out on the range at unridden, untracked mountains and realized I needed to work a little harder to find what I was searching for. The crowds had made it to the outer limit of where I could travel in a day and it was pressuring me to ride lines the day after a storm that we use to let settle for 2 or 3 days. Grand Teton National Park was calling. It was time to explore the next frontier of the Tetons.
The Skillet Glacier on Mt. Moran. Photo - TGR
Mt. Moran 2008
My early trips into Grand Teton National Park left a mark. Approaches were long, slopes were big and assessing avalanche conditions from the bottom was intimidating. Mt. Moran was first on my list. Ever since my brother pointed the line out to me I was captivated. It is the ultimate snowboard line, a 7k couloir with a direct fall line and no exposure. The goal was to get it in winter snow that would allow me to fire the line. -20 temps greeted us when we made the first attempt in mid-February. Half-way up the mountain we ran into a wind slab that was unavoidable so we bailed.
Three months later I was back on Moran again. Recent fresh spring snow had made for ideal conditions. Starting in the middle of the night in hopes of beating the power of the spring sun we made good time. 3/4 of the way up the peak we paused to watch the sun rise. It felt like the temps spiked 20 degrees instantly with the rising sun and we would have to turn around do to rapid heating. However clouds came in, temps got cold again and we continued to climb. Any chance of filming was ruled out. If the sun came out we would have to turn around. If it stayed cloudy we could keep going. A few hours later we topped out in a snow storm. Dropping into white out conditions but perfect snow I rode the longest run of my life in near perfect conditions. The run was all for the love of it as the cameras did not come out that day.
Climbing with Jimmy Chin and Xavier De Le Rue on a warm up day for a planned attempt on the Grand Teton. Photo - Jeremy Jones
Grand Teton 2011
With Moran behind me, my focus shifted to riding the Grand Teton. The Grand is a mountain I have always been in awe of, but up until recently had never looked at as rideable. For my first attempt in 2011 we rounded up the ultimate crew - Jimmy Chin, Xavier De La Rue and myself. The trip got off to a bad start when camera man Renan suffered a major head injury coming out of Rock Springs a couple days before we were planning to climb. Our luck only got worse as a few days later on a warm-up mission on Shadow Mountain, Jimmy Chin got caught in a major class 3 avalanche. Thankfully a pair of bruised and shattered egos was the only toll. We called off the attempt and I left Jackson mentally shattered.
Jimmy Chin, Xavier De Le Rue and Jeremy Jones calm their nerves after Jimmy was swept by a major avalanche.
Grand Teton - March 2013
Facing a sputtering spring in the Sierra, I get the report of stable snow in the Tetons and an approaching storm. A few days later I am in Jackson preparing to climb the Grand again. For this attempt I round up an incredible crew of Teton locals - Bryan Iguchi and a couple of the Exum Mountain Guides.
The Otter Body route on the Grand Teton.
The storm hits so we ease into the mission with some bottomless days of tree riding in the park. Iguchi is on fire and in top form. His riding is flawless and I watch him put on a free riding clinic bouncing down pillows, hitting tight trannies, landing everything. Not since my trip to the Arctic with Terje have I seen such complete, polished snowboarding.
Jeremy climbing technical terrain on the Grand Teton.
Jeremy's Journal Entry - March 21st, 2013
Launch day is close. Feeling good about the crew and where our heads are at. Who knows if the Grand is going to go down but regardless it will be a good couple days in the mountains. At times I get hit with moments of fear and death. It wakes me in the middle of the night and it is the first thing I think of when I wake up. It is no different then any other fall you die line I have ridden in the past. If you are not thinking about the consequences of your actions then you are ignorant to the risks you are about to take. Fear is important. If I can turn fear into confidence then I will ride the line. If I can not get over the fear I will turn around. Rational thinking leads me to positive thoughts on the mission. The big question is, can we gain enough confidence in the snow pack to put ourselves on the face for hours on end over exposure? If the window is right we will take it. If not we walk away. Getting close to it yesterday only added to my anxiety. From Disappointment Peak the view of the crux is daunting. Airy, truly edge of the world type stuff. Is it really that steep?
Jeremy riding the Otter Body route on the Grand Teton.
Jeremy's Journal Entry - March 26th, 2013
It was only three days in the mountains but I feel like I was on a different planet. It took me to a mental space I have never been to before. Standing atop a mountain that I have been in awe of for over twenty years made my legs shake and my breath short, but mentally I was calm. The rollover covered my horizon, 3,000 ft below lay my finish line. In between me and safety were huge panels of deep, steep snow broken up by a 100 ft rappel and a 400 ft rappel. I had envisioned riding the Grand many times in my head, but none of those visions included knee deep powder. Dropping in was surreal and indescribable. Maybe my ultimate moment as a snowboarder. Perfect snow, huge exposure on the tallest mountain for hundreds of miles. Three hours in a "no fall" zone and I am safely at the end of the final rappel. I am not sure if it was the 2100 ft of rock climbing in -20 temps or that much time over exposure but I was cooked, a tear rolled down my cheek.
Jeremy Jones and Bryan Iguchi on the summit of the Grand Teton.
That night sleeping on the upper saddle with hopes of an attempt on the Middle the next day, clouds rolled in. An approaching storm came quicker than forecasted. The window had closed. It could take years to get another day like yesterday. The Tetons finally laid down for us. It is a day I will never forget. The ultimate crew, the ultimate conditions and the ultimate line.
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by Seth Lightcap. posted on 31 July
Jeremy Jones breaks down what HIGHER is all about in this new trailer.
The HIGHER world premiere is Sept 6th in Squaw Valley.
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by Seth Lightcap. posted on 15 July
DEEPER was one of the first snowboard movies ever made using a plane dropped base camp in the Alaskan wilderness. In 2009 and 2010, Jeremy and the DEEPER crew spent a month camped out on a glacier hiking and riding lines. Living on a glacier allows the ultimate flexibility to shred within a small weather window, but it also means riding out bad weather (or sheer exhaustion) hanging out in camp. So what's life like killing time in tent city? Here's a photo gallery detailing some of the down day activities of the 2010 DEEPER expedition to the Fairweather Range inside Glacier Bay National Park.
Photos By Seth Lightcap
The first few days around camp half your waking thoughts are spent soaking in the awe of your surroundings. Here's Josh Dirksen acknowledging fantasy is indeed reality with a double shaka.
Dinner time is prime time for group meetings. Better decisions are made when warm and well-fed then when cold and hungry.
Nope, Jeremy Jones and Tom Burt aren't updating their status or posting a killer 'gram. The cameras come out after dinner and the next day's riding plans are discussed based on inspection of recon photos taken that day
One lucky night we were treated to some after dinner entertainment in the sky - a Northern Lights show.
C'mon Yahtzee! This dice game was the favorite 'camp sport'. Rolling five-of-a-kind generated serious stoke all trip long.
The water factory fired up every morning and evening. Melting snow to make water was a daily chore we all helped with.
Hours upon hours were spent digging out our tents during and after storms. One major storm mid-way through the trip dumped 3+ feet and demanded that we unstake our tents, pull them from their cavernous holes and set them up on the new base level of the snowpack. In this pic you can see Tom Burt was the first to make the move to higher ground.
With ten dudes and only one bathroom there was occasionally a line. A frozen toilet seat guaranteed you never waited long though. All human waste was collected and flown out.
Not much time was spent repairing boards. Nobody damaged any boards other than Lucas Debari who hit a hidden ice chunk on a high speed run out and sent this board straight to the grave.
No matter how epic, it's easy for the memories to blur on a month long trip. Jeremy and most others wrote and sketched in journals to keep the day's events crystal clear.
Weeks of sleeping on a camping pad left a lot of us with a tender back. A self-massage session with the Thera-cane was essential daily therapy.
Drying boots and gloves was a tricky task that often had mixed results. Towards the end of the trip Ryland Bell's rank and permanently wet boots demanded emergency measures be taken.
Chess was another favorite camp pastime.Tom and Jeremy spent many a storm day playing successive rounds.
If you were too tired for chess or bored of Yahtzee, you could always play Parcheesi. The classic board game is all luck so jinxing your partners roll was as good a strategy as any.
Partying and waking up at 4am to start hiking don't mix well but camp life was too good not to celebrate it now and again. This beer run was met with unanimous approval.
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