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M R Williams
Affiliation: University of Dundee
Country: UK
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- The role of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 in activating AGC kinases defined in embryonic stem cellsM R Williams
MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, MSI WTB complex, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, Scotland
Curr Biol 10:439-48. 2000....
- Phosphorylation of the protein kinase mutated in Peutz-Jeghers cancer syndrome, LKB1/STK11, at Ser431 by p90(RSK) and cAMP-dependent protein kinase, but not its farnesylation at Cys(433), is essential for LKB1 to suppress cell vrowthG P Sapkota
Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland
J Biol Chem 276:19469-82. 2001..In contrast, a mutant of LKB1 that cannot be prenylated was still able to suppress the growth of cells...
- Further evidence that 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1) is required for the stability and phosphorylation of protein kinase C (PKC) isoformsA Balendran
MRC Protein Phosphorylation, MSI WTB complex, University of Dundee, Dow Street, DD1 5EH, Dundee, UK
FEBS Lett 484:217-23. 2000..In contrast, PRK2 is still partially phosphorylated at its T-loop in PDK1-/- cells, indicating the existence of a PDK1-independent mechanism for the phosphorylation of PRK2 at this residue...


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Nice App: Hot New, Growing Social Channel
With access to Instagram restricted on the mainland since late 2014, Nice has emerged as one of the most compelling mobile apps for brands to engage with China's photo-sharing consumers with over 15 million users and 1.2 million photos uploaded daily.*
Launched in 2013, the Nice mobile app originally began as KK Shopping and was a streetwear-focused mobile commerce platform that was inspired by Swaag in the West. But founder Zhou Shou soon realized that he wanted to build a community among China sneaker collectors first, and began emphasizing photo-tagging as a way of connecting users with shared interests.
Trend Highlights
Nice combines the overall photo-sharing experience of Instagram with in-image tagging functionality that allows users to tag brands, locations, people, and sentiments. This functionality has struck a chord with China social media users as it enhances the ability to "shai" or show off by adding brand identification to photos, emphasizing individual knowledge and style. By cultivating communities around user-generated tags, Nice has created a unique paradigm for social discovery that allows users to connect around brand and product ownership – which creates a compelling tool for marketers.
What You'll Learn
The Nice China Social Trend Report will take an in-depth look at one of the most popular photo-sharing apps in China and reveal how brands are engaging with its users to boost brand awareness and product demand through image sharing and tagging.
- China Photo-Sharing Ecosystem: We'll show you some of the most popular photo-sharing apps in China and how Nice stacks up against them in terms of downloads and tagging activity.
- Nice User Journey: We'll go in-depth on all of the features that make Nice unique and help it promote social discovery and community through photo-sharing and tagging.
- Tag Analysis: You'll learn which brands and categories are trending on Nice through organic tagging by China consumers.
- Brands on Nice: We'll explore how brands are opening official accounts on Nice and how they are creating content to engage with audiences.
- Campaign Sharing on Nice: You'll see how some of the most innovative brands are collaborating with Nice to promote content upload and sharing to support their initiatives on Weibo and WeChat.
- O2O on Nice: We'll reveal how retailers are leveraging Nice brand-tagging to boost awareness and drive traffic to offline stores.
- Ecommerce on Nice: You'll also learn how marketers are integrating ecommerce to create demand for limited edition products and boost conversion on Tmall.
- Key Opinion Leaders: We'll analyze how celebrities and KOLs from Weibo and WeChat are building audiences on Nice and optimizing their content for the app.
- Grassroosts Influencers: We'll show you how a new generation of influencers are emerging on Nice and attracting engaged audiences through high-quality content and rich tagging.
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A "wacky" local teaching assistant has made it to the final of a national comedy competition.
Candy Markham, 24, of High View Road, South Woodford, is in with the chance of winning the New Acts of the Year Showcase (NATYS) and will face 14 other hopefuls in a competition previously won by acts such as Julian Clary and Paul Merton.
After graduating from stage school, Miss Markham decided to pursue her dream of becoming a stand-up comedian alongside her day job as a teaching assistant in a special needs school.
She said: "Comedy is what I want to do eventually - that would be the dream. At stage school I wanted to do musical theatre but after I graduated I realised comedy was what I enjoyed the most."
Speaking of her style of comedy, Miss Markham describes her act as "wacky and completely out there."
She said: "I start my act by coming onstage in a vintage wedding dress which used to belong to my mother and putting it over people's heads.
"My act is really out there and completely mad."
Miss Markham claims she still gets nervous before competitions and in front of larger audiences.
She said: "I'm looking forward to the competition and am really not concentrating on winning at all.
"I measure my success on how much I don't mess it up."
The final will take place at Bloomsbury Theatre, London, on January 26.


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Hi, Quoting "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>: > Actually, I have done that on at least one of the 8.x tags too, so > if that is it, more then those two tags should be causing issues ... Not *every* such issue causes problems. An example that's perfectly fine: cvs commit -m "first commit" fileA cvs tag TEST filA cvs commit -m "second commit" fileB cvs tag TEST fileB In such a situation, a converter can easily "push-down" the tag TEST to the second commit, because fileA is the same (in that revision) as after the first commit. After all, the results in the RCS files are exactly the same as if you did the following: cvs commit -m "first commit" fileA cvs commit -m "second commit" fileB cvs tag TEST fileA fileB A converter can't possibly distinguish these two. However, if both files get committed the second time, but only one gets tagged, it gets problematic (always assuming the commit actually changes the file): cvs commit -m "first commit" fileA cvs tag TEST filA cvs commit -m "second commit" fileA fileB cvs tag TEST fileB That's perfectly valid from CVS's point of view, unwanted for the Postgres repository and hard to handle for a converter to git (or mercurial, monotone, etc..), because the tag TEST is on the first commit for fileA but on the second for fileB, while both of fileA and fileB differ between the commits. Regards Markus Wanner
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Lay to rest your soul and body
Lay beside your name
Lay to rest your rage
Your hunger and amazing grace.
—Natalie Merchant, "River"
Jim Talley passed away Monday, 15 May 2012, after a lengthy battle with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. For most in the world, his death has no significance; he was just one of the tens of thousands of people who die daily. Yet, for those who knew him, life will have less humor, less imagination, and less passion. His was a soul that sang full-out, center-stage and in the spotlight. This isn't surprising, considering that he frequently said he was the 33rd reincarnation of Pan, the Greek God; he greased his ass and slid down a rainbow to get here.
I am among those whose life now has a void, as Jim was my partner and best friend for the last 17 years. His intelligence, his outrageous sense of humor, his love of people, even his endless chatter—I miss them all. Our house, now just my house, is a shell throughout which I can constantly hear his laughter. Even as I go through the most mundane tasks I hear him, insatiable backseat driver that he was, questioning nearly everything, not one of his better qualities—"Why are you doing it that way? Be careful."
Jim and I met, stereotypically, in a bar, but our encounter was no cheesy bar pick-up. It was afternoon happy hour, and as I sat reading the local free paper, I noticed a handsome, impish man squatting down beside me, asking, "Hi. Who are you?" We talked for five hours that night, and I knew long before those hours were up that I had met someone I wanted in my life.
Still, it was six months before we went on our first date and a year from then that we moved in together. We marked as our "official" anniversary the day we moved in to our first home, which happened to be Halloween, Jim's favorite holiday. Initially, we continued going to clubs and bars, dinners and parties, but as years passed, we became homebodies, content to enjoy one another's company, watching tv or engaging in projects around the house. Nights in the bars were replaced by trips to the zoo and museum, and dinners out replaced by scrumptious home-cooked meals. (Jim was a chef by trade when we met.)
Our lives were enviable. It may be easy to dismiss that comment as a grieving husband's idealized perspective, but I think back over our years together and recall the countless people, gay and straight, who told us, "I wish I could have a relationship like you two have." Even recently, after Jim had spent six rough weeks in the hospital, one of the nursing assistants looked at the two of us, tears in her eyes, and observed, "You two are so sweet together; it makes me want to cry."
People who got to know us didn't see a "gay couple"—they saw two people who completed each other and brought out the best in one another. That I am a teacher at a university is due to Jim's encouragement, and it was he who insisted I try to get on with the staff at PopMatters. No one could have bragged more about my accomplishments.
This isn't to imply that he didn't come with baggage. And a cat. He had issues, like the rest of us, and because of his full-steam ahead approach to life, he tended to express his many anxieties with the subtlety of Medea. He also had a bit of Aunt Clara in him, along with Judy Garland, Lily Tomlin, Ginger Rogers, and a heaping big dose of Moms Mabley. Yet, as erratic as his behavior was at times, the joy he brought to those who knew him outweighed his less rational rants.
Jim and I fought, like other married couples, but he would gleefully point out that we only fought about once a year. It was like an intense, loud annual cleaning of grievances. That is, until a few years ago. We had disagreed over some menial thing, and the disagreement started getting hot when Jim suddenly asked, "Are we about to have our annual fight?"
"Nah," I replied. "I don't really feel like it."
"Me either," he said, and we calmly talked it out. We never fought again.
I once heard someone say that losing a same-sex partner wasn't the same as losing a marital partner, because there weren't the bonds of marriage tying the two together. (And whose fault is that? Not ours). I would invite them to spend an hour in my head; how many times an hour I think of Jim, how often I forget he's gone and make a mental note to tell him something when I see him, or how frequently I am overcome with a pain through my entire body and mind so severe it takes all my self-control to not break down. (This latter occurrence most often happens in public, hence the control, and seems to be triggered by countless things, from hearing a song on the radio to seeing one of Jim's favorite things on the supermarket shelf.) There is no doubt in my mind or the minds of those who knew us over the years that my loss is that of a spouse.
The last several months of Jim's life, unfortunately, were nothing but Hell. He went into the hospital for a three day chemo infusion that proved too strong for his weakened body, which had already fought off cancer twice before. Instead of three days, he was there for seven and a half weeks, followed by a two week stay in a nursing home. He suffered through, among other ailments, a heart attack, abdominal blockage, kidney failure, and c-diff, an abdominal infection that causes horrific diarrhea. That he was able survive all that to come home and return to his joking, singing self is a testament to what a fighter he was.
Every day of the two plus months that he was away from home, I rose early to get to the hospital/nursing home before work and returned immediately afterwards. His stint in the hospital provided me with several insights. First, a good nurse will do more for you and your loved one than a team of doctors. Second, doctors spend an uncomfortable amount of time guessing. Third, and of most importance to the LGBT community, people have progressed more than institutions, so it's vital to make all the legal arrangements needed to protect your rights, even if there is presently no illness in the family.
Everyone—doctors, nurses, assistants, housekeeping, the check-out lady in the cafeteria—recognized that I was Jim's spouse and treated me with all the kindnesses thereof. However, when it came to making decisions, the hospital didn't care how long we had been together. When Jim suffered dementia under the influences of the morphine he was getting, the hospital deferred to me to make critical decisions about his care only because Jim had the foresight to prepare a power of attorney statement and advanced health care directive, both of which named me as the go-to person. Otherwise, even though I was at the hospital eight to ten hours a day and the sole person to whom Jim had relayed his wishes, I would have been left out of decisions about his health care. (I am blessed that Jim's family didn't fight us on his health care decisions.) Since the cancer had aged him considerably, Jim looked much older than he was, and twice, nurses asked him if I was his son. Both times, Jim laughed and replied, "No, this is my partner. We've been together for 17 years." Jim was insistent that our relationship be honored.
At the funeral home, Jeff, the funeral director, was gracious enough to refer to Jim as my husband, and he apologized continuously for the fact that I had to be excluded from all of the legal aspects of the arrangements. Jim's wonderful sister Mamie, a rock of support throughout our nightmare, had to sign all the legal paperwork, even though it was my check that was paying for everything. We were told that once Jim's ashes were ready, they would be given to Mamie, his "legal" next of kin. However, Jeff was quick to add, "Who she gives them to once you all walk out the door is your business." He is resting now in our study beside a framed copy of his sixth grade school picture.
When the hospice chaplain asked Jim how long he had been "out", he told her, "Oh, I didn't have a closet to come out of." Since he struggled to keep secrets the entire time I knew him, that's not surprising. He was an intelligent, funny gay man who helped teach his corner of the world a little bit about what being a gay man meant. As a teen during an era when homosexuality was vilified as much as Communism and being gay meant repeatedly getting the crap beaten out of you, Jim was open and proud, and from what I've heard, having a hell of a good time all over the city of Louisville. Recently, I went to our city's Pride event and remarked to my friend Liz that it was amazing how many teens were there. Jim helped pave the road for them.
Still, anti-gay marriage straights could also learn a lesson from his illness. Because we weren't allowed to get married here in Kentucky, the state considered me Jim's roommate and couldn't use any of my income in determining his ability to pay for care. Since he couldn't work, he qualified for Medicaid, so those who opposed our marriage paid millions in tax dollars for Jim's healthcare. Of course, if I could have married Jim and put him on my insurance, I'd now be like many straight couples, declaring bankruptcy due to the deductibles. So, thanks to Kentucky's homophobes: you saved us—and cost yourselves—a lot of money.
Rest in Peace, Jim
My life from hereon will be different; I'll adjust to the quiet in the house and shopping/cooking for one, just as I will eventually learn how to take care of Jim's overgrown garden. I suppose dating is something that could happen in the future, which Jim encouraged, although I haven't been "on the market" in almost two decades and wouldn't have a clue what to do. For now, though, I still say "we" when talking, as in "We always use Product X", which will have to become "I use…", and I still have DVDs that I haven't watched, because we were supposed to watch them together, which I'll eventually pop into the DVR.
One way in which Jim and I differed from many couples was that we didn't sleep together. Jim talked in his sleep, and I toss like a Mexican jumping bean. What's more, he could only sleep with the TV on, while I like quiet at night, so he slept on the sofa in front of the TV and I slept in the bedroom. Each night of the 17 years we were together, I would turn out the light and blow him a kiss, loud enough for him to hear in the other room. I still do.
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When traditional dating advice fell short of HowAboutWe's resident dating writer Chiara Atik's actual experiences, she decided to write her own rules—literally. Published in April, Modern Dating: A Field Guide is Atik's atypical dating book. "I've talked to so many women over the years and had all this data from HowAboutWe that I thought I may as well put it into a book," says Atik. "It's mostly to encourage people to date."
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The first step it takes to make that happen? Arm yourself with different dating advice. Sure, waiting by the phone for a guy to call was once protocol, but not anymore. To better help you navigate modern dating, Atik debunks dated, er, dating advice—and what to do instead.
Then: Don't eat in front of your date.
Now: Bring on the burger.
"The most popular dates on HowAboutWe involve restaurants, and I think food is sexy," says Atik. "Men want a woman they can order and share a meal with, not watch them eat a salad with dressing on the side."
Then: Never call a guy first—let him call you.
Now: Take the initiative.
"Women give guys a little too much credit in terms of being forward and not being afraid of rejection, but the truth is guys can be terrified of approaching women," says Atik. "You just need to take matters into your own hands and feel free to call them." However, communication can and should be equal. It can't be all you, just as it shouldn't be all him, adds Atik.
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Then: Wear red.
Now: Wear confidence.
"I don't think the color you wear can predict romantic future," says Atik. "Studies do show that red garners more attention but that only gets you so far. I think the better advice is to dress in something you feel really confident and amazing in, whatever that may be."
Then: Don't bring up marriage, kids, politics or money.
Now: There are no taboo topics.
"There's nothing sexier than an informed debate, or meeting of the minds, about religion or current affairs," says Atik. "Instead of never talking about a person's deep-seeded convictions, I'd just tread with caution. Read your date's signals. If they seem like they're into it, certainly don't avoid it. But if they're like uh, then back away. Ask about movies."
With as much advice as Atik gives, is there a favorite piece of advice she was given? "The One-Date rule," she says. "Anyone that really wants to go out with me, who has worked up the nerve to ask me out deserves at least 30 minutes of my time. If I don't want to go out with them again, I don't have to but this way I know and give people a chance."
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"We have three mailings a year - Valentine's Day, Fourth of July and Christmas," said Janet Burchard of East Bay Chapter 101.
The Fourth of July is fast approaching but donations are down, she lamented.
"I think it's because of the economy and maybe we just haven't gotten as much publicity," she said.
Tomorrow will be the last collection - called a drop zone - before the goodies are bundled up and mailed June 19-20. A list of suggested items to donate is available at www.bluestarmoms.org but Burchard said the No. 1 thing they need is snack foods such as trail mix, candy, gum and nuts packaged in individual sizes.
"No chocolate," she warns. "At this time of year temperatures can be 120 degrees. Although we do send chocolate at Christmastime."
She also suggested fun items like Frisbees or Hacky-sacks.
Burchard joined the Blue Star Moms when her son Scott Crosley, a 1991 graduate of Monte Vista High School, was deployed to Iraq in 2005. He is with the Texas National Guard and spent a year in Iraq where, although a chaplain, he went out on patrol.
"It sounded scary and I needed support," said Burchard. "We sent Scott a care package every other week and he had a lot of guys he'd share with, soldiers that maybe didn't get anything from home."
She doesn't know if or when he may be sent overseas again but she stays active in the Blue Star Moms.
"A lot of moms have sons and daughters who are veterans," she said.
If people can't buy items, money is also welcome, Burchard noted. Postal rates have increased and each package costs $12 to mail.
"The cost of our postage runs in the tens of thousands of dollars a year," she said, adding that donations are tax-deductible.
Tomorrow's drop zone also will have a table for people to write notes to the troops.
"We include a little note in each of our boxes," said Burchard. Sometimes children in classrooms will write notes to be included.
The troops often write back.
"We get quite a few thank you notes from soldiers and Marines," said Burchard. "They like the idea that someone remembers them and is supporting them. It kind of makes their day."
Help the troops
What: Drop zone to collect items and postcards for Summer Fun Care Packages for U.S. troops overseas. Money also gratefully accepted.
Who: Blue Star Moms, whose sons and daughters are in the military, are serving overseas, or are veterans
When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, June 6
Where: Veterans Memorial Building, 400 Hartz Ave., Danville
Contact: Janet Burchard, 838-4228


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Let me start off by saying that I'm directing this TR to people like me: Experienced hikers with little cross-country experience. Crabtree pass was a great learning experience and I want to lay out in detail what it takes so others can try it.
I started from the Cottonwood Lakes trailhead at about 0900 on 9/10. There were a surprising number of people getting ready - refugees from the smoke? - for mid-September. The Cottonwood lakes trail is easy and mostly flat, and I arrived at Cottonwood Lake #4 by 1130. Army Pass was easy. Don't listen to all the warnings about it being 'unmaintained' and 'not the recommended route' - the tread is wide and obvious, and there's only one very easy bit where you climb through some rocks (easy class 2). It took about 45 minutes to get up. I dropped down a good trail to Soldier Lake, which was a pretty spot but was rather crowded.
Next morning (9/11) I left Soldier Lake and prepared to head down to Rock Creek. Luckily, I ran into some people who had just come out of Miter Basin who told me about the following route (thanks guys!):
Walk the trail along the WEST shore of Soldier Lake. This trail comes off the Army Pass trail at a separate junction west of the main (signed for "Food Storage Box/Soldier Lake) junction. Follow the use trail along the lake until the trail swings east to cross the head of the lake. Right where it swings east, you'll notice a flat sandy spot to your left with a string of cairns starting up the headwall. Follow these cairns left (northwest) away from the trail and you'll immediately pick up a good use trail switchbacking up the headwall. Follow it about 100-200 feet up to the top of the ridge.
From here, follow a faint use trail and occasional cairns to the right (north), contouring along the ridge. You don't want to stay on top of the ridge, but you don't want to lose elevation - just stay level and follow cairns where you can. Resist the urge to drop down to Rock Creek. If you stay at about the same elevation, the slope you're sidehilling will gradually level out and dump you out into the wide, flat meadow of lower Miter Basin. A very good use trail leads you upstream through this meadow on the right (east) side of Rock Creek.
I took a long break in this meadow, enjoying the incredible skyline of Miter Basin. Then I dropped my gear and took a spur hike up to Iridescent Lake. The Miter and Mount LeConte tower over Irridescent, and LeConte has some really cool and unusual stripes in the granite on its south face. To get to Iridescent, I just followed the outlet creek up from the main drainage. It was all easy class 1, with a faint use trail in places. It took about 45 mins up, 30 mins down.
After dropping back down to Rock Creek, I started up toward Sky Blue Lake. The very good use trail I followed up the meadow started to peter out about halfway to Sky Blue. I lost the trail, but the satellite shows it does continue faintly on the left (west) side of Rock Creek. On the right side, there is an impressive stand of Foxtail pines just below Sky Blue Lake. There are a few good campsites near the top of this stand that would offer some sheltered camping on a windy night.
To get to Sky Blue, approach the outlet waterfall (marked by a large area of black-stained granite in the dry season) on the left (west) side of Rock Creek. A faint use trail leads you to a granite ramp just left of the waterfall. Gain this broad, easy ramp and cut right (east) across the face of the waterfall, and then up to a small sandy bowl. From here, turn left and head straight north over a few easy rises to gain the south shore of Sky Blue Lake. Take an obvious use trail from here away from the shore (the shore cliffs out briefly on the southwest side) toward a tiny pond, and then back down to the west shore. There are one or two campsites here on the west shore. Follow the use trail around to the north shore, where there are about 6 good campsites, some of which have partial wind protection from one side or another.
Sky Blue Lake is an incredible spot and a worthwhile destination all its own. The view of Mounts Langley, LeConte, McAdie, and Newcomb are incredible. The alpenglow on Langley is probably amazing on a clear evening. The route from Soldier Lake to Sky Blue only took about 3 hours, but it's well worth having some time to take in Miter Basin, as well as to hike out to Iridescent Lake.
After a warm night of stargazing and a little sleep at Sky Blue, I started up Crabtree Pass. To start, head west along the north shore of the lake to a small waterfall at the inlet. There are a few ways up this waterfall, but the best is a ramp that starts west of the waterfall and tacks back east to the head of it ('1' on map). After a short uphill you'll reach a confluence (2). To the east, a gently sloped creek takes you to Arc Pass, to the west, a steeper creek takes you to Crabtree. Turn west and either walk right up the creek or follow a cairned route along the north slope of the creekbed. You'll top out at a rocky, flat basin with a small lake in the middle (3). Walk west on either shore of this lake and find a rocky moraine at the lake's head (4). A tall cairn stands out at the top of this moraine. Scramble up the moraine on one of several routes - it's a little steep with some loose sand, but not hard - and gain the top. Turn right and walk north along the top of the moraine until you can look east into another flat, rocky basin with another small lake (5). Walk east past this lake into a meadow with two decent campsites. From here, a broad granite ramp cuts west and up the slope to the north (6). Walk up this ramp to the outlet creek of the small lake west of Mount Newcomb, then follow this creek up to the lake itself (7). This lake is probably the most important navigational point, so whatever you do, make sure you end up here. From the outlet of this lake, walk east along the south shore until it gets rocky and steep. Gain about 20 feet of elevation above the lakeshore and countour northeast to a saddle on the lake's east side. Cross this saddle and pick up a route of intermittent cairns and use trails. This route wasn't quite well marked enough to follow full-time, but try to broadly keep the same elevation - DON'T drop down to Lake 3697. After a rough contour that requires a few ups and downs, you'll come to a tiny tarn (8). Climb up on the left side of this tarn to a larger one (9). Swing around this tarn on its west side, then head east around its north shore. A granite cliff will peter out as you move east and you'll shortly be able to swing around it into a rocky, bouldery draw. Start up the bottom of the draw until a really good use trail becomes obvious on your left (10). This trail leads you out of the draw, behind a low rock wall, and up to the pass.
Until now, the main challenge has been navigation. Nowhere was the train worse than easy class 2. After the pass, the reverse is true. From the top of the pass, find a good use trail that starts down a rocky chute. The very top of this chute is what I would call difficult class 2: It's pretty steep, and there's lots of loose sand in the chute, but there are enough rocks to get good purchase and it's never really exposed. After about 200 feet of descent, the slope moderates a bit and the use trail gets much better; the difficulty eases to difficult class 1, then moderate class 1. This chute drops you out onto a broad granite plateau (11). Once on this, you'll walk northeast and find an easy class 2 route down to the talus below, and then west to the shore of Crabtee Lake #3. Walk a good use trail along the north shore of Crabtree Lake #3, then walk down an easy drainage toward Crabtree Lake #2. Just above Crabtree #2, you'll find a small pond. Turn right (north) at this pond and cross behind a granite knob (12) on the east shore of Crabtree #2 to avoid some cliffs. Drop down an steep ravine just on the far side of this knob to gain the sandy east shore of the lake. Continue northwest over the saddle in front of you to pick up a good use trail past Crabtree #1 and on to Crabtree meadow.
The view from Crabtree Pass itself is not the greatest - to the north all you see is the huge sandslope of Discovery Pinnacle,to the south Miter Basin opens below you but the skyline is not super impressive. You will be compensated by the Crabtree Creek drainage. Crabtree #2 is a lovely lake in a dramatic setting. Crabtree #1 has got to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the Sierra: A stately stand of Foxtails on the north shore, a broad meadow at the inlet, and an incredibly stark granite wall on the south shore. This spot positively demands a night's camping, and offers numerous excellent spots in the Foxtails. From Sky Blue Lake to Crabtree Pass took me about 3 hours; down to Crabtree #3 was another hour, and from Crabtree #3 to Crabtree #1 was about 2 hours.
The next day (9/13) I hiked the good use trail to Upper Crabtree Meadow to meet my girlfriend, who had just finished the HST. We camped at a nice, quiet site below the ranger station, which we had all to ourselves for two consecutive nights. On 9/15, we hiked around to Rock Creek Lake on the PCT. Rock Creek Lake is a lovely spot with a huge meadow and a great view of Mounts Langley and Leconte. On 9/16, we hiked up to Army Pass, where a photographer on contract with Zpacks got some pictures of me with my Zpacks pack. From Army Pass, it took about 2 hours to get up Langley. The views of Whitney, Miter Basin, and the Kaweahs are well worth it, but it's a hell of a climb. Four hours from the summit of Langley I was back at the Cottonwood Lakes trailhead and on the way to Lone Pine for pizza.
Thanks for reading. This is my first TR so comments and criticism are welcome.
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I thought it was very good. Thanks for posting. I enjoy that area.
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Thank you for your detailed report.
I believe most of the warnings you hear about this pass are regarding the early season. It takes longer for the snow to melt on this pass. Often people will take the NAP to avoid the snow hazard.
Imagine what would happen if this snow field was a little larger and somebody tried to cross it without an ice ax and crampons.
Thank you for your detailed report.
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Army Pass was easy. Don't listen to all the warnings about it being 'unmaintained' and 'not the recommended route' - the tread is wide and obvious, and there's only one very easy bit where you climb through some rocks (easy class 2). It took about 45 minutes to get up.
I believe most of the warnings you hear about this pass are regarding the early season. It takes longer for the snow to melt on this pass. Often people will take the NAP to avoid the snow hazard.
Imagine what would happen if this snow field was a little larger and somebody tried to cross it without an ice ax and crampons.
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Great report! I appreciate your details and your introduction regarding audience. I too hiked over Crabtree Pass a few years ago as a relatively experienced hiker with not a lot of offtrail experience, so I found your descriptions to be spot-on.
Nice to see the clear skies down there, too. I was further north in the Sierra a few days after you and we ran into heavy smoke the first day, then a surprisingly large amount of snowfall the next two days (silver lining: the snow and rain washed away the smoke).
Nice to see the clear skies down there, too. I was further north in the Sierra a few days after you and we ran into heavy smoke the first day, then a surprisingly large amount of snowfall the next two days (silver lining: the snow and rain washed away the smoke).
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I am new to the forum and pretty much new to rifle shooting (other than .22 rifles) So my buddies decide it would be fun to go out to South Dakota and shoot P. Dogs. Now i have an excuse to buy a rifle . I purchase a Les Baer Ultimate Varmint with a 24" 9:1 twist barrel. I started with some fiocchi 55 FMJ they are ok for 100 yd plinking. But then i picked a few boxes of federal gold medal 69 gr SMK's i attached the result with a 2" target at 150 yrds. I then purchased some black hills 69 gr smk's could not achieve the same result. I reload alot of pistol and was not planning on reloading 223 but this stuff is very expensive sooooo i guess I am reloading 223 now. I have a dillon 550. My question is does anyone have a receipie to duplicate the federal gold medal 69 gr smk's ? I see alot of people are using Varget and sierra recommends 25.3 grs for this bullet but from what i have read on various forums there seems to be metering issues with the Dillon.
I'm open to any suggestions since I am pretty much starting from scratch although i do have 5000 federal 205 small rifle primers i need to use.
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Some experimentation is in order. I would recommend some H-322, start by loading 5 rounds at 19 or 20 gr with standard primers, then increasing by 0.5 grains until you get to 22.5 grains. You will find one that works best. There are other powders that will work fine, but 322 is a very good one.
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Definitely good advice from Hodaka, you will no doubt need to experiment to see what works in your particular rifle. I've used Varget and H335 in a Savage .223 with a 1-in-9 twist, with Barnes Varmint Grenades (36 gr.), Sierra Blitz Kings and Hornady V-Max (40 gr.) and the results vary quite a bit, with different powder loads working better for particular bullets, the rifle seems to like the Hornady V-Max's with H335 best (.770" group @ 100 yds.), pushing about 3500 fps, whereas the Sierras were more accurate (1.2" groups @ 100 yds.) with a lighter charge, working best at around 3300 fps. The Varmint Grenades grouped at 1.05" @ 100 yds with Varget at a velocity of about 3200 fps. You'll need to play around with a few different loads and see what works best for you.
I've also noticed a metering problem with Varget in a Lee Pro Auto Disk measure, the grains are just too large to meter smoothly in that measure.
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Just Make sure you seat those primers well below flush.
For an AR, I would have gone with a harder primer.
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Most of the .223 Highpower shooters I met, who were using Varget, were using 24.5 grains with 69's, 77's and 80's.
I have used AA4064, AA2520, IMR 4895 with 69's. They all shoot well though AA2520 leaves a lot of crud inside the bolt.
I have a 24" Kreiger barreled space gun. Kreiger barrels are tight and will blow primers with loads that don't bother other barrels. I don't know about your barrel. It is easy to blow or pierce primers in a AR. When that happens, cut the load by a half a grain till it stops.
I don't recommend the brass colored WSR. Prior to 1999 Winchester primers were nickled. The cups were thicker. The brass cups pierce with loads that never bothered the nickled primers.
Eat up enough $7.50 firing pins and anyone will reconsider the use of brass WSR.
I have been using CCI #41's in my space gun. These are advertised as "mil spec" primers. They have thick cups and they shoot fine. Last match of the year, end Oct, I shot a 195-10X with the things at 600 yards.
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I also like Varget in my DPMS 1:9 twist with 68's & 69's
24.5 Grains of varget in the 68-69 Grain loads //\\ 2.250 COL ,CCI or Wolf Magnum Primers work best
23.0 Grains Varget in the 75 Grain loads //\\ 2.265 COL ,CCI or Wolf Magnum Primers work best, (Credit Layne Simpson's article with this load!)
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Varget and the 69smk are what my 1:8 twist likes.
As someone already posted hot loads will pop primers.
There can be a significant change in pressure between differrent brands of brass. I would highly reccomend you start lower than 25 grains, and work your loads up. As I did this, I worked in .2 gr increments, and the "Sweet Spot" was very easy to notice when I arrived.
For P Dogs specifically, I would reccomend trying some of the Hornday Vmax, and Barnes Varmint grenades that are made for the 1: 7-10 twist barrels.
I took both 69 smk's (Most accurate), and Vmax last P dog outing. The Vmax were more impressive upon impact.
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while the 69gr will most likely be more accurate at distance... the 50, 55, 60 grain vmax/ballistic tip bullets will give you a show
I shoot 40gr vmax out of my cooper around 200yrds often and it seems to be more "exciting" than the heavier loads in my other bolt guns
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While Varget is a great powder, it is a stick powder and I have heard it does not meter will for the Dillon.
H335 is the Hodgdon ball powder that does well for the .223. All Ramshot powders are spherical and TAC is a proven powder for the .223. Accurate 2460 and 2520 are both spherical powders suitable for the 69 gr bullet.
All the IMR powders I have used are stick powders so not sure any of them would meter well for your Dillon either.
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Charlton tips Ronaldo for another 'fantastic' season
Sir Bobby Charlton is pleased Cristiano Ronaldo has re-discovered his dead-ball technique - and believes the Manchester United winger is ready to rack up the goals again.
Ronaldo took his tally to 101 for the club with two in last weekend's 5-0 Premier League victory against Stoke.
For the first time this season, both came from free-kicks - leaving goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen baffled.
Ronaldo is now on nine for the campaign - he scored a remarkable 43 last season - but he did not get going until mid-September following an ankle operation.
Charlton, who scored 249 goals in 758 appearances for United, is delighted to see that integral facet of the Portugal winger's game return.
He said: "Cristiano's free-kicks have not been going in - but thankfully they did last weekend. His rate of scoring is fantastic. He had a great season last time around and is heading for another one.''
Real Madrid have made no secret of the fact they would like to have Ronaldo on board, but he has decided to stay put.
Charlton claims Ronaldo is at the best club to hone his talents and is working with the best manager to do that.
"I think Cristiano thought about it and realised this is the best place," he added. "With the best manager? Absolutely.''
United are playing catch-up in a bid to retain their title and lie eight points behind leaders Chelsea but with a game in hand.
Next up is a difficult trip on Saturday to an Aston Villa side who beat Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in their last match.
Charlton, however, is optimistic about United's chances in the long term.
He conceded: "We have some catching up to do in the league, and Villa will be a hard match.
"But we are playing well - and if we are lucky with injuries and suspensions, we should be okay. We have some exciting players, and things are just beginning to happen.''
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(TAMPA, Fla.) — Mitt Romney is heading to the Minneapolis area on Wednesday — the day after his decisive win in the Florida primary — and rumors had been swirling that Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann might offer up her endorsement while he's there.
Not going to happen, according to Bachmann.
"Let me be absolutely clear — there are absolutely no negotiations between me and the Romney campaign regarding any pending endorsement of Governor Romney," she said in a statement. "I continue to speak with all the candidates and plan on uniting behind the presumptive nominee."
While Romney holds a grassroots rally in Eagan, Minn., Wednesday afternoon, Bachmann plans to be in Washington, DC.
A source close to the former presidential contender, who dropped out after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses, backed up Bachmann's statement that she has "talked to all" of the remaining four Republican candidates vying for the party's nomination, including Romney.
"She may or may not endorse someone," according to the Bachmann confidante.
In her statement on Wednesday, the congresswoman called a Boston Globe story speculating about an endorsement "completely false." The story also raised the possibility that if she endorsed Romney, the former Massachusetts governor might help her, "pay off her lingering campaign debt." Her fourth quarter campaign finance report showed her in the hole more than $1 million.
Bachmann fired back, saying, "I call on the Globe to retract their article."
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Just some encouragement to cm's - your doing an awesome job !!!(33 Posts)
I am a cm myself.
I am really amazed at how cms have been pull down recently.
Susan Gregory Ofsted General Director for Education and Early Years has made some very unwelcome comments on c/ms and any other attacks which we've had.*
We know the role we play in the childrens lives
The long hours we have worked
The mountain of paperwork we have gone through or still going through
The joy on the kids faces (today the little one was really laughing)
etc etc etc
Would love to hear from parents who have an awesome cm, and cms.
I will not stop doing what I have been doing for over four years now.
It is a vital job, ignore any negativity and be proud!
Thank you, thank you lovely CMs
Our lovely CM is patient, smiling, warm, cheery, energetic and soothing. Her children are lovely too (and very good about sharing their toys and mum's time with others). Her home is comfortable and cosy (always a bit of a mess at the end of the day, which I feel bad about!) and she does good things with them, adapting activities to how they are. She writes messages in a journal that let me know what they've been up to and new developments.
Am pretty sure that dd2 called her "mama" for a bit, but she never mentioned it.
I occasionally worry about what she might think about my DC's behaviour/ my parenting/choices, but she is too professional to let on!
I have found returning to work after DD2 tough, often feel like am just clinging on, but thanks to her I have had no worries at all about childcare or that the DC are unhappy, which am beyond grateful for.
Thank you so much.
You know, I actually clicked into this topic specifically to look for a thread about wonderful childminders and here it is
We LOVE our childminder. My DD was her first ever mindee and I can see such a bond between them. I would say she genuinely loves my daughter, and I think DD is lucky to have her. I feel as though she is someone else 'on our side' if you like.
Our son will be going to her too when my mat leave is over; CM and her family were the first people we took him to visit when he was just a few days old and she has held a space for him (for free) since I told her I was pregnant almost a year ago.
She has children older than mine and is always happy to give advice based on when her kids were wee. I see her as a friend, and her whole family are just lovely.
Thanks to all the wonderful CMs! I hope you all know what you mean to families that you do such a fab job.
Thank you for your lovely comments parents!!!!!!!
My CM is amazing; she adores my son and he her. I have complete confidence in her. e is also part of her larger family and is loved by her husband and children. I am currently on ml and he still goes part time. I only hope she has space for my daughter too when I return to work.
Thank you
Flisspaps - My parents say as long as their child is happy, they are happy, and I feel the same as you and Ive only been CM for 4yr 9mths, now that is sad :-(
My childminder is so awesome I can't believe our luck. My 19mo has been going for about 7 months and it's like her second home and she loves it. She adores the CMs 2.5yo daughter and her 10yo son has the patience of a saint playing with the two girls for ages.
I genuinely think the CM loves my DD rather than just 'minding' her and I'm so grateful for that because it makes the necessary evil of working so much easier knowing she's so happy.
I don't give a stuff about daily written reports or the EYFS (although I <love> when the CM texts me photos of her playing whilst I'm at work )
I thank my lucky stars every day that we found her. I love her so much we're keeping my daughter with her when we move even though it's a half hour drive in the wrong direction!
Nice one, thanks for the lovley encouraging comments.
Nearing the ending of 2012, I trust that 2013 will be a better year for all childminders and the families they are dealing with. Your all doing a GREAT JOB. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!
I'm about to start my dd with a cm who I think is wonderful! She's the ideal carer for dd - kind, patient, enthusiastic and intelligent. It's scarey for any parent to leave their child, but I have absolute faith in my cm.
Remember, people tend to post the bad cm/parent stories, those of us who are very happy parents/cms don't need to ask questions etc.
I have always loved my DCs CMs.
DD had a lovely husband and wife who were happy to carry her and cuddle her. They had older twins who taught her to walk by one holding each hand. They had a huge garden and their house was like a great big happy family home.
They'd retired by the time I had DS and I was anxious that I wouldn't find anyone so good but I have. My current CM goes out and about a lot to various groups, park, outings which DS loves as he's an active little lad. I've been impressed how well she knows all her mindees and thinks up things to suit each one. She is also great support to me (I've cried on her shoulder more than once!)
I just want my LOs to be well cared for and loved not educated and observed. I'm fine with school runs and supermarket trips (within reason) as I just want them to have a normal life like they would if they were home with me. I think a bond with one carer is the most important thing and I'd never consider nursery for under 2s. I think a CM is positively the best choice for this age group (or a nanny if you can afford it) and they should be supported and valued.
Strix as a CM, I find all of the parents I have worked with think the same. They don't care for the EYFS, and tbh, the longer I do the job, the less I care for it too.
This is not a popular view though amongst many CMs. I'd quite happily have Ofsted come in and say "what sort of activities do you do?" (Role play, reading, garden), "do you use safety equipment" (yes) and to do bw done with it. No observations, policies, procedures, risk assessments, learning journeys, planning, environmental health registration, ICO registration, accident logs, medication forms, permissions for everything...
I trust these comments will bring a smile to someones face.
Parents thank you so much. I know that in 2012 there is so much pressure on working parents, especially mum with little ones. Its great that you have peace of mind that your gems are in good hands.
I adore my cm and luckily so does dd. She's completely brilliant and I find her a real support to me (am prone to losing my confidence as a parent). I really want to tell oh that I'm working but instead just stay at the cm's too
Thank you so much.
Less paper work would be great.
Imagine working from 7.30 to 18.00 (Mon to Fri) the when the kids leave you see to the needs of your own family. I will not complain. On top of that you have to find time for paper work, house work , your spouse and not forgetting yourself.
Looking after children is a special job as you are teaching, caring, nursing, feeding, correcting etc etc.
My cm is fab, my two dcs love her, feel safe and happy with her and thoroughly enjoy the time they spend with her.
I trust her, value her and feel 100% confident with my children's care.
She is flexible, caring, understanding and excellent value for money.
She has OFSTED due soon and deserves outstanding, but is a bit scatty with paperwork so will probably get satisfactory- this is ridiculous, but I know her true value!!
That rant was on the wrong thread really. Sorry Mum2Bless, it's been a long day!
A few years ago one of the children I cared for made me smile when he said "Mum's at work - it's lucky you don't work!". Now it does sadden me that in trying to stop all the paperwork and bureaucracy impacting on the daily lives of the children I care for, and trying to make it seem to them that we have some sort of normal family life and some good old-fashioned fun, that I end up doing all this "stuff" to keep OFSTED happy in the evenings and weekends that I would rather spend with my own children. Something has got to give! When I see childminders cynically or thoughtlessly rubbished like this I wonder why any of us bother.
I have always felt I am like a family member to those children that don't have close family around (which is why parents use me). They see me at the schools and in the village and wave excitedly. I love that they don't really know they are going to "childcare", they are in a family home with normal things going on around them as well as lots of other activities and outings and friends to play with.
I think Susan Gregory's comments are all about successful compliance with EYFS. But, as a parent, I don't really care about EYFS. Not one bit. I send my young children to childminders to be cared for before they are old enough to be formally educated. So, they show up in nursery/reception not yet having been taught to read, write, etc. Yeah.... so what's the problem?
I don't think the EYFS is the be all and end all for rating the quality of childcare. In act, I'd be quite happy if they removed it for under 4s. My toddler doesn't need to be observed and documented. I just want to know if he is happy, well, and (okay, I want to know if he ate his veg because I'm a bit obsessed with nutrition).
There is a lot of talk of deregulation. But when I look at what is being said it seems like more and not less.
I think parents are able to choose their children's carers without the meddling bureaucracy of governt regulation.
Oh yes, I have a brilliant CM who spoils my DD rotten. She's being going part-time since she was 4 months old so you can imagine how much of a pull that was. But the CM has been nothing but great - flexible, accomodating, gives lots of cuddles, cooks great food. DD is absolutely thriving. Total peace of mind for me, and very much appreciated. One of the hardest jobs there is, IMO - at least in a nursery you get coffee breaks, not so with CMing!
Parents thank you for your wonderful words about cms. I wish we would have this braodcast on sky news this evening for all to hear.
Sometimes the people who are bringing in the changes and making comments do not really know what greats things are taking place between the parents the children and the childminders.
Keep them rolling in.
A friend looked after my oldest years ago. As a cm I can really appreciate what she did for me, so long ago. My son use to be at her house around 6 in the morning. I will not stop the calls I make to her as she is so special in my life.
I'm in the process of picking a cm. I can't decide between two because they both seem awesome!!
Keep up the good work
I LOVE my CM. My DS, just turned 1, always goes into her house with a smile on his face. I think he thrives on the fact that she is his sole carer and she is flexible, friendly and she has been able to tailor the care to suit him rather than more rigid nursery schedules. She is also much, much cheaper than nursery was for DD1. She really is the next best thing to us or other family having DS and he is so happy there.
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 (1795)
Benny Kim, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello; Jeremy Denk, piano
The key of C Minor provided Beethoven with a very specific sound world. Lynn Harrell muses on that key and what it meant to other composers as well.
When Beethoven composed his Piano Trio, Op. 1, No. 3 in the key of C Minor, his teacher, Haydn, tried to dissuade him from publishing it, perhaps because this new music was aggressive, emotional and dark… all of the things that Haydn's wasn't! Lynn Harrell says that maybe Haydn felt all that drama as being alien to his aesthetic, not realizing it was the very essence of what differentiated his music from that of the younger composer.
Festival artistic director Marc Neikrug explains to program host Kerry Frumkin that "In the case of Beethoven, virtually every key had a certain effect on his psyche … and C Minor elicited the most profound and dramatic dark music from him."
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 9 (1906)
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Liang Wang, oboe; Kyle Mustain, English horn; Todd Levy & Michael Rusinek, clarinets; Stephen Ahearn, bass clarinet; Nancy Goeres, bassoon; Lewis Kirk, contrabassoon; Philip Myers & Julie Landsman, horn s; Jennifer Gilbert & Harvey de Souza, violins; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola; Eric Kim, cello; Marji Danilow, bass
Here's an excerpt from Kerry Frumkin and Marc Neikrug's conversation about Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony No. 1 and the lingering hesitation many audiences experience at the mention of his name. All 12-tone music is, Marc observes, "is a methodology that Schoenberg developed later in his life for rotating the notes that we have, which happen to be 12." This piece may explore an expanded kind of tonality and yet it "derives from the tradition of German Romantic music, from Brahms and Beethoven, to Mahler and on to Schoenberg."
When Marc Neikrug planned the Festival's 40th anniversary season he invited New York Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert to be the artist in residence, and to conduct both Chamber Symphonies of Arnold Schoenberg. This turned out to be a big treat for all the musicians involved, not only for the chance to perform repertoire they would never play otherwise, but for the intimate rehearsal process with Alan Gilbert.


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my son has started licking his arms like crazy, its driving us insane..... Is there anything we can do to stop it??
how old is he?
Do you have a cat that he may be copying? Or maybe he saw a cat licking?
how old is he ????, and my son started doing that yesterday (hes 1&1/2 yrs old ) to me he was sitting next to me l****d my arm and started laughing im like stop dont be nasty and he did it again and laughed i dunno if theres anything that can be done except to be firm and tell them not to .
sorry i started writing a responce and had to get the kids cereal so i left and came back and continued .............
anyhow we dont own a cat but we do own a dog and now that another person mentioned it maybe thats where my sons getting it ....lol...
I have a little girl in one of the classes that I teach that licks her hands and arms when she get tired. Her Aunt says , "Thats how we know Katie is tired...she starts grooming herself like a cat." I thought it was odd and now notice her skin on her hads is really chapped. Can you tell if he is doing it when he is tired or upset like he is self soothing?


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This in from the council, in their own words. Ed
Areas of Seaclose Park in Newport will undergo landscape improvement works from March.
Parts of the footpaths that surround the park will be renovated, and conifer trees surrounding the playing courts will be pruned to improve shelter and light for users.
Tree root damage to be repaired
Sections of the park that have been damaged by tree roots will be repaired and drainage will be improved on the footpath close to the arboretum.
Four new parkland trees will be planted to replace a handful of self seeded trees that need to be removed as part of improvement works in the arboretum.
No memorial trees are affected.
Festival organiser funding some work
These works also including widening access to the park from the arboretum to help accommodate large numbers of visitors during the summer's Isle of Wight Festival. This part of the improvements is being funded by the festival organiser.
This will involve re-profiling part of a ditch next to the current access and using materials designed to blend into the existing landscape.
Both Seaclose Park and the arboretum will be open to the public throughout the works, although some areas will be restricted while the landscaping scheme continues.
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Just a reminder: Tampa Bay Lightning will have cheap tickets on sale Saturday morning
About 1,500 tickets remain for Saturday's season opener against the Thrashers. That includes the usual 200 $8 seats that will go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday at the St. Pete Times Forum box office. Two tickets per customer.
The Lightning has had this promotion for a while, and it will be available before every home game.


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Nearly 20-year-old ties between District 9 congressional candidate John Dicks and a controversial financial adviser resurfaced Thursday after Dicks' opponent produced a New Jersey man who says he was bilked out of $55,000.
Giri Giridhar, 69, of Ridgewood, N.J., says he and his wife wrote two checks to Dicks — a financial adviser in the 1980s and 1990s who worked with controversial figure Charles Givens — under the assumption it would be the safest investment they ever made. Instead, Giridhar said, he never heard from Dicks again, and the money disappeared.
"If you invest any amount of money and the guy won't even return phone calls," Giridhar said. "You know something was wrong."
Giridhar, who told his story at the urging of Dicks' Democratic primary opponent, Bill Mitchell, is one of at least of four people who say they were cheated out of money by Dicks between 1986 and 1996. Three people, including Giridhar, settled their dispute during arbitration. One person settled in court.
Their stories aren't new; Dicks' financial dealings first came up during an unsuccessful run for the state Senate in 1996. But in a hastily arranged conference call with reporters Thursday, Mitchell said Dicks' previous business dealings remain relevant.
"As I've campaigned, I have come to realize more and more just how much we have to trust our congressmen," said Mitchell, who is running against Dicks and Anita de Palma in next weeks' party primary. The winner faces Gus Bilirakis, a first-term congressman from Palm Harbor.
Dicks called Mitchell's press conference call a "despicable" last-minute attack.
"I just am astonished that he would do such a thing, particularly in the 11th hour before an election. It's clearly indicative that he is desperate. He can't win on qualifications, he can't win based on experience or ideas and issues so he chooses to drum up matters that have been resolved and that are nearly 20 years old," Dicks said.
He called Mitchell "unethical" for raising the issue after being put on notice that a confidentiality agreement was in place on the lawsuit.
Dicks, 55, worked for Delta First Financial, an Orlando-area investment firm founded by Givens, and later gave speeches for Givens' how-to-get rich educational group. Dicks, however, said he was not party to Givens' well-known troubles.
In 1996, a California jury said Givens defrauded 29,000 customers and ordered him to refund $14.1-million. And Givens agreed to pay nearly $400,000 in refunds and costs in 1995 to settle the state of Florida's accusations of fraud and deceptive business practices.
"I was never the subject any securities investigation, never questioned as far as any regulatory agency at all," said Dicks, who sued the National Republican Senatorial Committee for airing ads in 1996 linking him to Givens.
Dicks, a business and real estate lawyer and former Plant City mayor, is seen as one of the Democrats' better hopes to pick up a House seat in Florida. Through June, he had raised $100,000 and lent his campaign $320,000.
District 9 spans parts of Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco counties.
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A 25-year-old man from Liverpool has been given a six year Football Banning Order when he appeared at North Liverpool Community Justice Centre on Monday.
Colin John Gill of Ullswater Street, Anfield was arrested after becoming abusive to stewards when caught smoking in the toilets at Goodison Park, during the Everton V Oldham Athletic match on January 5th this year.
He pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis, causing harassment, alarm and distress and obstructing a constable in execution of his duty.
As he was already serving a suspended sentence for another offence, he was sentenced to 10 months in prison, two months in prison for the drugs offence and 21 days for obstructing a police constable.
He has also received a six year football banning order.
A spokesperson for the Football Intel and Banning Orders Unit said: "Merseyside Police works in partnership with the football clubs across Merseyside to ensure that the behaviour of a limited number of individuals does not affect the enjoyment of genuine fans attending matches.
"I hope that this conviction and order sends out a clear message to those prepared to flout the regulations of the football club and smoke on the premises or those who are abusive to stewards or officers inside the grounds."


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Wyclef Jean Says The Fugees Are 'Not Meant To Be' — No Reunion Anytime Soon, Or Ever
The problems within the Fugees have been long-documented. A reunion has always been a longshot, especially since Wyclef and Pras haven't had the best of a relationship.
However, the pair found themselves in close quarters early this week, when they were on the same flight to Haiti together. Instead of fighting or arguing, the two buried the hatchet.
And, even posed for a few photos, which they tweeted.
"On my way 2 Haiti ran into Praz, what should I do make peace or go sit somewhere Else! I Made peace 4 Haiti!" tweeted Wyclef (@Wyclef), who also posted a picture of them shaking hands.
"Yo clef we should of flown privately ... I'm sorry man for criticizing you for flying privately to Haiti. Differences are not intended to separate, but precisely in order to realize our need of one another," wrote Pras (@PrasMichel), who also tweeted a pic.
Despite mending their friendship, Clef says the Fugees are just "not meant to be."
"When it comes to Lauryn and Pras, it's my childhood, they always bring me to that place," he told StarPulse.com. "At the end of the day Pras is my brother and Lauryn is my sister, despite what the media say. The Fugees are not meant to be. We're rock stars from a locked group.
"You're going to have egos and differences but at the end of the day I love them both very much," he continued.
It's nothing new though. Wyclef has expressed the unlikeliness of a reunion before. In a 2009 interview with Angela Yee's "The Morning After" show, saying a Fugees reunion is best left "a myth."
The group's 1998 sophomore album, The Score, is considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever, and has sold over 18 million copies worldwide.


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