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saw this on friends a facebook this dudee is exactly like brett favre. this is some funny stuff and relevant.
Wanna see my penis? Purple helmet? My private jet? My pubee sneak? My Peyton Manthing? My Adrian Penison? Wanna see my Danny Woodhead? That's not even a joke, I just think he's a good player. Like to name my penis after him.
enjoy this video... nice wayy to avoidd the nfc north superbowl
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Anybody have Greg Schulte's call for this play? I can't find it anywhere
I've youtubed and googled it extensively and I can't find at least just the audio clip of Luis Gonzalez's game winning hit. Does anybody have it that would like to share it with me? This would make my day. Joe Buck doesn't do it for me. I know it goes pretty much like "Base hit! The Arizona Diamondbacks...they're the World Champions! Honk your horns, stomp your feet...celebrate...in Arizona!" Or something to that effect.

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Omni Hotels Wraps Deal for 564-Key Downtown Westin; Rebrands as Omni Providence26 Jan 2013, 8:11 pm
by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
Omni Hotels & Resorts has completed the acquisition of The Westin Hotel in Downtown Providence from The Procaccianti Group. Announced in October, the sale closed late last year for a price reported by CoStar Group as $170 million.
Rebranded the Omni Providence Hotel, the 564-key property will become part of Omni's "Convention Collection" of hotels. Currently, that portfolio includes the Omni Nashville Hotel, set to open in 2013; the Omni Dallas Hotel; the Omni Fort Worth Hotel; the Omni San Diego Hotel; the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta; and the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
"We are pleased to add this premier property to our Convention Collection hotel portfolio and enhance our offerings along the Eastern seaboard," said Mike Deitemeyer, president of Omni Hotels & Resorts. "We look forward to working with the city and CVB, and serving as a leader in the marketplace for years to come."
The 328-foot-tall Omni Providence is the city's fourth-tallest building. Completed in 1993, it is connected to the Rhode Island Convention Center and to the new Providence Place Mall. Guest amenities include 18 meeting rooms totaling 22,877 square feet of space, three restaurants, complimentary electric vehicle charging stations, a fitness center, a heated indoor swimming pool and a full-service spa.
Omni Hotels Management Corp. is managing the hotel, while Josh Heidenreich has been appointed general manager. The property is scheduled to undergo a light renovation later this year.
Photo credits: Omni Hotels
Inland Diversified Pays $29.8M for Hasbro Building in Downtown Providence11 Jan 2013, 4:42 pm
By Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
In a $29.8 million deal, Chicago-based Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust Inc. has acquired the Hasbro Building in downtown Providence from Boston-based Berkeley Investments Inc., the Providence Journal reports. Alden Anderson and Bill Moylan of CBRE-New England arranged the transaction.
Located at 15 LaSalle Square, the 135,000-square-foot property is fully occupied by Pawtucket-based toymaker Hasbro Inc., which employs approximately 350 workers at the facility. About a year ago, Hasbro signed a 12-year lease for the space. Joseph Fallon and Michael Dalton of Cassidy Turley FHO represented the tenant in that transaction, while Berkeley was represented by Alden Anderson of CB Richard Ellis – New England.
In residential transaction news, Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty said that two seaside properties in Westport and Jamestown commanded a combined $16.2 million.
According to the Providence Business News, the 50-acre Truesdale Farm in Westport that stretches 10 acres in Little Compton sold for $9 million on Dec. 28. The property features 1,000 feet of beachfront, a barn and a four-bedroom 1939 farmhouse. It was the highest recorded sale in Westport and Little Compton in 2012. Gustave White broker/owner Pal Leys and broker Chandler Lyell marketed the property, while Patti Salem from Barrett and Company in Lincoln, Mass. represented the buyer.
In Jamestown's number-one residential sale for 2012, the 6.2-acre Cedar Point estate was acquired for $7.2 million on Dec. 27. Leys marketed the estate, while Gustave White agents Michelle Kirby and Kate Greenman represented the buyer.
Photo credit: www.berkeleyinvestments.com
Procaccianti Group Buys Historic Renaissance Providence Hotel31 Dec 2012, 6:33 pm
by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
The Procaccianti Group, a Cranston-based hotelier and development company, has acquired the Renaissance Providence Hotel from Sage Hospitality of Denver, Providence Business News, reported. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Located Downtown near the Rhode Island State House and Providence Place mall, the 237,000-square-foot, four-star hotel features 264 guest rooms and eight suites. The property opened in June 2007 in the city's former Masonic Temple, a restored Greek Revival building dating from the 1920s. Amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, 10,000 square feet of function space and the Temple Downtown Restaurant, a ground-floor venue which will reopen under a new name in the near future.
"We are very excited about the opportunity to apply TPG's opportunistic approach to hotel investments in our company's home town," commented Rob Leven, the Procaccianti Group's chief investment officer.
Over the past 18 months, TPG has expanded its portfolio with the completion of nearly a dozen hotel agreements across the country. According to the Providence Business News, the group has also signed agreements to manage the Hilton San Antonio Airport Hotel and the Hilton Kansas City Airport Hotel. Additional deals are pending in Boston and Chicago.
In residential news, the historic six-acre-plus Hopedene waterfront estate on Newport's Cliff Walk commanded $16 million. According to Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty, which brokered the transaction, the price represents the highest of the year for a residential property in Rhode Island and the second highest ever.
Built between 1899 and 1902, the property includes a main house, expansive balustrade-bordered terraces, a large carriage house with guest quarters, an ocean-facing pool and spa, tennis court, gated service entrance, and a heliport approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Sales associate David Huberman represented the sellers, Craig and Michelle Millard, while broker/owner Paul Leys represented the buyer, Hopedene, LLC.
"This transaction certainly highlights what has been a tremendous year for high-end real estate in Rhode Island. The state has never seen a year in which so many properties of this caliber have sold, especially one in such pristine condition as 'Hopedene,'" Leys remarked.
Photo credits: www.gogobot.com/providence-ri
After 50 Years, Preservation Group Graduates from Tenant to Owner at Colonial Schoolhouse15 Dec 2012, 6:15 pm
by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
After leasing the Brick School House from the city of Providence for a half-century, the Providence Preservation Society is graduating from the historic building's long-time tenant to its new owner.
The organization is acquiring the Brick School House with the help of a $341,500 grant from The Champlin Foundations. PPS intends to repurpose the building as its Center for Preservation Education.
Located at 24 Meeting Street, the historic building was built in 1769 and was part of Providence's civic center during the colonial era. It is one of the city's few surviving 18th-century buildings.
PPS has invested nearly $250,000 in capital improvements. Plans call for restoration of the building's exterior and measures to stabilize the structure. Also on the agenda is a restoration of the School House's roof, which will be funded with the assistance of a $14,400 matching grant from the 1772 Foundation. Consultants for the renovation include Ed Wojcik Architect Ltd, Peter Borgemeister, Architect, and the landscape architecture firm of Searle and Searle.
"Throughout 50 years of occupancy and stewardship, PPS has worked to retain the character of the historically significant Brick School House," commented James Brayton Hall, the executive director of PPS.. "By receiving the funds to purchase the building from The Champlin Foundations, we can make this historic structure a safe, accessible, and available resource for the City of Providence."
Photo credits: www.ppsri.org
Winstanley, Surrey Buy Rhode Island Mall for $38M; Makeover in Store17 Nov 2012, 5:25 pm
by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
In a $38 million deal, a joint venture of Winstanley Enterprises L.L.C. of Concord, Mass. and New York-based Surrey Equities L.L.C. has acquired Rhode Island Mall in Warwick, the Providence Business News reported. Eastern Retail Properties represented the buyers of the 450,000 square-foot property, while Cushman & Wakefield Inc. represented the seller, GLL Real Estate Partners of Orlando, Fla.
In a bid to revive the 45-year-old mall, the new owners plan an interior and exterior renovation that will create larger store spaces in order to attract anchor tenants. The 225,000-square-foot enclosed portion of the center has been vacant since April 2011. Only three stand-alone anchor stores—Sears, Wal-Mart, and Kohls—are currently open.
Originally named Midland Mall, the property is New England's oldest enclosed two-level retail center. "There is a rich history with this property, and we are very excited to breathe new life into the development by putting together a plan that will once again position the mall as a vibrant part of Warwick's retail hub," said Adam Winstanley, a principal of Winstanley Enterprises. The project is expected to bring about 225 construction jobs to Warwick and about 150 permanent and part-time jobs.
"We look forward to working with the business and local community as well as city officials to create new jobs as this project moves forward," said Edward Silvera, president and principal of Surrey Equities.
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Rhode Island Housing Wins 2 Awards in National Competition5 Nov 2012, 2:34 am
by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
Rhode Island Housing has received the National Council of State Housing Agencies' special achievement and communications awards.
NCSHA cited the state agency's comprehensive approach to foreclosure prevention and its efforts to forge human and electronic links with more than 60 local and national lenders in its special achievement award. Housing finance agencies nationwide compete for NCSHA awards in 18 categories.
In the communications category, Rhode Island Housing was recognized for its Hardest Hit Fund Rhode Island outreach efforts. Through newsletters, targeted automatic phone messages and coordination with members of the General Assembly, the agency has encouraged attendance of free informational meetings. As a result, homeowners at risk of losing their home due to a sudden financial hardship were the beneficiaries of effective federal foreclosure assistance.
"Our greatest reward is helping Rhode Island families find and keep safe, healthy homes they can afford and, in doing so, create strong vibrant communities," said Richard Godfrey, Executive Director of Rhode Island Housing. "It is an incredible honor to be recognized by our fellow HFAs and to be acknowledged by experts in our profession for creating some of the best housing programs in the country."
Created by the General Assembly in 1973, Rhode Island Housing is a privately funded public-purpose corporation. The agency's mission is to provide low-interest loans, grants, education and assistance.
Photo credits: www.destination360.com
Providence's Waldorf Capital Buys M-F Asset in Fall River21 Oct 2012, 3:44 am
By Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
Tag Fall River Real Estate III LLC, a division of Providence-based Waldorf Capital Management LLC, has purchased a 49-unit apartment complex in Fall River, Mass. for $3.42 million, the Boston Business Journal reported.
NAI Hunnema's investment sales team represented the seller, Clearview Investments, and procured the buyer. Tag Fall River Real Estate III LLC., the affiliate that acquired the property for Waldorf Capital, bought the property at a discount of about 30 percent from the property's most recent sale price in 2007.
Located at 4000 North Main Street, Clearview Apartments is comprised of two three-level buildings containing 42 two-bedroom units and seven one-bedroom units. The apartments feature a balcony or ground-level patio overlooking the Tauton River.
Photo credits: rent.com
Washington Trust Provides $4.8M Financing for Historic Property24 Sep 2012, 6:17 pm
By Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
The Washington Trust's commercial real estate group recently provided $4.8 million in commercial mortgage financing to Emanon Associations L.P. The funds will be used to refinance, capitalize and improve The Gardner Building in Providence.
Located at 40 Fountain St., the eight-story, 75,000-square-foot office property has been owned by Emanon Associations for more than 20 years.
"The Gardner Building is located in an area of Providence, R.I., that's currently being revitalized, which is a nice story for our capital city," said Joseph MarcAurele, Washington Trust's chairman, president & CEO. "It historically has had a strong and mixed tenant base, including private, nonprofit and public sector tenants, which bodes well for the success of the project."
Former home to the state's Treasury offices, the building dates back to 1916. It originally housed the R.L. Greene Paper Co. and was named after its president, Nathan Gardner.
In other news, the Rumford Center in East Providence has received the 2012 Project of the Year Award from the Northeastern Economic Developers Association.
The mill complex was built in 1856 for Rumford Chemical Works Co. It produced baking powder and shipped it across the nation and around the world until the company closed in1968. In 2006, the remaining nine factory buildings were purchased by developers Peregrine Group and Kirkbrae Properties, which planned to convert the 8.5 acre historic property into residential, office and retail space.
Requiring an investment of $40 million, the 200,000-square-foot Rumford Center now features 112 apartment units, 60,000 square feet of office space, a restaurant and numerous retail tenants. It employs 120 people.
"The Rumford Center project has had an indelible positive impact on the community and has already become an important focal point for historic preservation and urban/suburban revitalization in East Providence," said James Moran, principal & economic planner for the city of East Providence, in a statement.
Photo credits: www.businesswire.com
URI Debuts $75M Research Center at College of Pharmacy7 Sep 2012, 5:17 pm
by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
The University of Rhode Island has formally unveiled a $75 million research center for its College of Pharmacy that will enable expansion of its graduate and undergraduate programs. At five stories and 144,000 square feet, the facility can accommodate 820 students and is the largest academic building on the South Kingstown campus.
Financing was provided primarily by $65 million in general obligation bonds approved by voters in 2006. Private donations and university funds made up the remaining $10 million.
"When we talk about reinvigorating Rhode Island's economy and its educational institutions, we can look proudly to the University of Rhode Island," Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee said during an opening ceremony. "Rhode Islanders should be proud of their critical role in maintaining URI's College of Pharmacy as an international leader in teaching, research and innovation. It is no exaggeration to say that the cutting edge pharmaceutical research conducted in this facility will benefit the health of Rhode Islanders and global citizens for decades to come."
A candidate for a LEED Gold rating, the new building will use about 20 percent less energy than a conventional building of its size. Annual utility cost savings are estimated at close to $160,000.
The new research center will also feature a medicinal garden and a $6 million current Good Manufacturing Process facility that is scheduled to open this fall. The addition will serve as a training center for students, workers and drug manufacturing inspectors from the Food and Drug Administration.
Payette, a Boston-based architectural firm, designed the facility, which was built by general contractor Suffolk Construction Co., also of Boston. In all, the project generated 380 jobs.
Photo credits: www.uri.edu
Bronhard Buys East Side M-F Portfolio; Arcade to Reopen26 Aug 2012, 6:35 pm
by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
Walter L. Bronhard Real Estate has purchased seven multi-family buildings located on the East Side of Providence for approximately $5.9 million. According to the Providence Journal, the sellers are the Plushner Family Limited Partnership and 63 Realty Corp.
The Providence Business News reports that the acquisition includes the four-story, mixed-use George Earle Building on Benefit St. (pictured above); the Golden Ball Inn apartment building at 19 South Court, which dates from about 1785; the 1867 John Steere House at 122 Benefit St.; a three-story apartment building at 208 Benefit St.; an eight-unit building at 26 Pitman St.; the 1839 Charles Shaw House at 134 Benefit St.; and the nine-unit building 189 Williams St.
Louis Mendonca, a property manager for Bronhard Real Estate, told the newspaper that a lot next to the Earle Building is buildable and that the company would consider developing a duplex there, as market demand arises.
The properties were part of a portfolio that had been on the market for several years. Julie Longtin of ReMAX Cityside represented the seller in the transaction and Armistead Covington, an agent for ReMAX Cityside, represented the buyer.
In other news, 14 small retail shops and four restaurants are scheduled to open by the end of September at the Arcade building in Providence, the nation's oldest indoor mall. The 184-year-old Arcade, which has been closed since 2008, is undergoing a $7 million renovation.
Owner Evan Granoff, of 130 Westminster Street Associates L.L.C., told the Providence Journal that the retailers will occupy the first floor of the Westminster Street building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The top two floors are being converted into 48 residential micro-lofts of up to 450 square feet in size, a step that will help make the property self-sustaining.
Photo credits: www.julielongtin.com
Bristol Harbor Flood Control Project Breaks Ground10 Aug 2012, 3:55 pm
by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
Federal and local officials have broken ground on a critical $4 million flood-control project in the southern end of Bristol Harbor. The Tanyard Brook project will replace the existing pipe and stone-lined channel from Garfield Street to the outfall at Walker's Cove with a new concrete box culvert.
The project is financed through $2.9 million of federal money from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and a $1.1 million community development block grant. Northern Construction Service of Weymouth, Mass. will perform the construction work, with BETA Engineering overseeing the project. Construction is estimated to take 15 months.
"This is a smart investment in keeping the entire town safe and encouraging economic growth and development. We saw again in 2010 there was a real need to address this situation," U.S. Senator Jack Reed commented in a statement. To date, the federal government has committed approximately $200 million to help Rhode Island's recovery from historic floods in March 2010.
In other news, Mansfield-based medical technology company Covidien Ltd. announced the opening of the China Technology Center, a $45 million research and development project in Shanghai. The 100,000-square-foot facility includes 17 laboratories and is expected to employ more than 300 people.
China Technology Center will focus on the design of tailored devices and on the discovery of breakthrough platforms in medical technology. Coviden's other operations in China include 10 commercial offices, a manufacturing center and training facilities for healthcare professionals.
"This fusion of expertise among healthcare professionals, students, scientists and engineers will be further reinforced by the cutting-edge capabilities of our new R&D facility, bridging clinical knowledge, market understanding and technical innovation," said Dong Wu, Coviden's vice president for China research and development.
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Once again, delays do happen. The power went out and I've moved, so bad things tend to happen during those times. Here's my supplemental round mock for the week:
33. Seattle - Matt Davidson, 3B, Yucaipa HS (CA) - I have a feeling that Davidson will sneak back up into the first round for my next mock, as national press seems to have him right up there with Bobby Borchering in terms of draft stock. He's honestly not up to that level in my opinion, but I'm trying to place guys in terms of perceived draft stock. Previously: #35.
34. Colorado - Eric Arnett, RHP, Indiana - I'm thinking it's a choice between Arnett, Kyle Heckathorn, Drew Storen, and Ben Tootle here. Arnett seems to have the leg up over the others, so he's the choice. Previously: #31.
35. Arizona - Everett Williams, OF, McCallum HS (TX) - If you've ever had to develop something on a limited budget, but with a lot of expensive parts, you know how difficult it can be. That's the Diamondbacks' draft predicament this year. Williams is a solid prep pick with upside who should sign. Previously: #45.
36. Los Angeles (NL) - Mychal Givens, RHP/SS, Plant HS (FL) - Givens fits the mold of Logan White's position player acquisitions, but his upside is generally on the mound. He's got a blazing fastball, but his large lack of polish is what brings him below the elite prep prospects in this draft. Previously: #36.
37. Toronto - Drew Storen, RHP, Stanford - I had Billy Bullock here last week, but if Storen's available, there's no way Bullock goes over him. I'm pretty sure Storen's solidified his position as the top relief prospect in the draft, making this pretty much his floor in terms of draft position. Previously: #33.
38. Chicago (AL) - Kyle Heckathorn, RHP, Kennesaw State - There's some whispers that Heckathorn's teammate Chad Jenkins has leapt over him, even into the first round. However, I still believe in Heckathorn's stock. For now. Previously: #34.
39. Milwaukee - Brooks Raley, LHP, Texas A&M - Unless the Brewers want to be poor, they'll have to go with an affordable pick somewhere along the way. Raley offers decent upside as an athletic lefty. Previously: #42.
40. Los Angeles (AL) - Brian Goodwin, OF, Rocky Mount HS (NC) - I think the Angels end up with one of Brian Goodwin or Jake Marisnick, possibly both. Goodwin's a UNC recruit, so I don't know about his signability. Previously: #40.
41. Arizona - Ben Tootle, RHP, Jacksonville State - Tootle offers significant upside for a college pick, but is less refined than most others. In addition, the stigma of being a possible reliever in the long-run tanks his stock. Previously: #44.
42. Los Angeles (AL) - Kendal Volz, RHP, Baylor - The Angels will also have to go with college players more than normal, as they can't afford to sign all prep players. If the Angels can get out of Volz what he did in his sophomore year at Baylor, then this would be a steal. Previously: #41.
43. Cincinnati - Tony Sanchez, C, Boston College - This is also a draft floor pick to me. Sanchez could go as high as the first round, but seems likely to slip somewhere into the supplemental first. This is the farthest he'll fall. Previously: #38.
44. Texas - Joe Kelly, RHP, UC Riverside - Texas has a history with relievers in the later rounds of the draft, but I don't think they'll pass up on a big arm like Kelly's. His fastball is as good as anyone's, and he's batting Billy Bullock for second-best relief prospect. Previously: #46.
45. Arizona - Billy Bullock, RHP, Florida - Here's the run on relievers. Last year it was in the first round, but I think it's more of a supplemental first round run to me this year. Bullock's snuck up on people, but he's a quality reliever who can move fast. Previously: #37.
46. Minnesota - Jason Stoffel, RHP, Arizona - Get the idea by now? Stoffel's fallen farther than I ever expected him to, but he's still got a good arm in there somewhere. There's some concern about his usage, and I fully agree. Previously: #43.
47. Milwaukee - Brad Boxberger, RHP, USC - Boxberger's been generally underrated in this class, as he offers a nice assortment of stuff with a decent fastball. He's not in the top tier of college pitchers, but he's awfully close. Previously: #52.
48. Los Angeles (AL) - David Holmberg, LHP, Port Charlotte HS (FL) - When looking for a prep pitcher with good upside, look no farther than Florida. Holmberg's had a solid senior season, neither helping nor hurting his draft stock. Previously: #56.
49. Pittsburgh - Austin Maddox, C, Eagle's View Academy (FL) - Even though the word of the street is that Maddox's stock is falling, I still think a team is suckered into taking him early. He's always been in the equation as a top prep catcher in this class. Previously: #49.
The usual disclaimer: writeups on draft status going into the draft were a mixture of BA and PG unless otherwise noted. Go to their sites for draft coverage. They're awesome.
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Use of digital gadgets linked to short-term memory loss
(CNN) -- Ever go to dial a friend, actually dial, not just look up their name... and realize...You don't know their number anymore? Well a heavy reliance on technology may be linked to short-term memory loss.
That's according to a study out of South Korea.
Josiah, Jason, and Donnie are in college now -- been playing video games since...
"Probably 10."
"Since seven or eight."
...but have all those years of game playing improved their cognitive ability?
"I guess I have better hand eye coordination maybe."
A new study from South Korea -- some believe to be the most digitally advanced society on earth -- says some South Korean teens are showing signs of digital dementia, short-term memory loss, blaming overuse of smart phones and game devices for hampering the balanced development of the brain.
"I don't think it affects my memory. Wastes my time for sure."
Donnie Wilcox sees some merit to the study.
The reason: Digital devices remember for you.
"We just assume we can use technology for things. We always used to have to remember them."
Avid texter Remi agrees.
"You don't have to think about it very much, anymore, which is kind of sad."
The study found a correlation between heavy consumption of digital gadgets and short-term memory loss in young people.
Luke Clearwater believes the study.
"Your news feeds, the plot of the video game... It's not really meant to keep your brain focused on one specific thing for a long amount of time, and it just trains our minds to now want to do that," he said.
"...So it comes down to exercising your brain, that left and right brain kind of thing, remembering something like a phone number, our devices do that now."
...so we did a simple test -- ask the digital generation X'ers to recite a phone number of a close friend.
"I just go to the contact and click the name and the number, and it starts calling,"
"...But you probably don't even remember the number,"
"No, not at all."
"You have his phone number on your phone."
"...But you just couldn't tell me what it is right."
"...Cause I don't remember it."
"What's his phone number?"
"I couldn't tell you that,"
"Do you know what his phone number is?"
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Two Promising Books, Authors, and Interviews for 2010
I'm reading a couple of books to prepare for interviews after the first of the year. They are both very good, so I'll give them a plug and a preview.
I became aware of the first one while reading a book proposal for my friend W. Scott Poole, author of Satan in America. It is On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears by Stephen T. Asma (Oxford University Press, 2009). The dust cover for this book reads as follows:
We feared them lurking in our closets and under our beds in our childhood bedrooms. They were the characters exploited every year in our Halloween festivities and rituals. They stalked the pages of some of our favorite books, and now with the release of Where the Wild Things Are, they will roam freely on the movie screen. They are…MONSTERS! And as we continue to walk that fine line of fascination and fear for them, it is valuable to learn and analyze their place in history, so that we are able to face them, regardless of the form they take.
Stephen Asma's ON MONSTERS explores the history of monsters and analyzes how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future. Asma describes how monsters, from the obvious movie creatures to terrorists to serial killers, embody our deepest anxieties and vulnerabilities, and symbolize they mysterious territory just beyond the safe enclosures of rational thought. Exploring philosophical treatises, theological tracts, newspapers, pamphlets, films, scientific notebooks, and novels, Asma illuminates the many ways monsters have come to represent our insecurities and uncertainties in daily life. And in these somewhat frightening times, Asma shows how we can live with our monsters, even if it means holding up the mirror to ourselves.
Asma is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago.
The second volume I am enjoying is Vampire God: The Allure of the Undead in Western Culture (SUNY Press, 2009) by Mary Y. Hallab. From the back cover of this book:
It seems we're awash in vampires these days, in everything from movies, television shows, and novels to role-playing games, rock bands, and breakfast cereals. But what accounts for their enduring popular appeal? In Vampire God, Mary Y. Halab examines the mythic figure of the vampire from its origins in early Greek and Slavic folklore, its transformation by Romantics like Byron, Le Fanu, and Stoker, and its diverse representations in present-day popular culture. The allure of the vampire, Hallab argues, lies in its persistent undeadness, its refusal to accept its mortal destiny of death and decay. Vampires appeal to our fear of dying and our hope for immortality, and as a focus for our doubts and speculations, vampire literature offers answers to many of our most urgent questions about the meaning of death, the nature of the human soul, and its possible survival after bodily dissolution. Clearly written, with wry human, Vampire God is a thoroughly researched, ambitious study that draws on cultural, anthropological, and religious perspectives to explore the significance and function of the vampire in relation to the scientific, social, psychological, and religious beliefs of its time and place.
Hallab is Professor Emerita of English Literature at the University of Central Missouri.
Look for an exploration of these great books here in early 2010.


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February 4, 2006
Crisp County-- A Crisp County Sheriff's Deputy is hospitalized after being shot in the face after he pulled over a car just a few miles outside of Warwick. When Deputy Steven Rankin walked up to the car, the driver opened fire but the suspect didn't stop there.
It was an early morning traffic stop that was far from routine. "There's no such thing as a routine traffic stop as we hear people say all the time," says Crisp County Sheriff Donnie Haralson.
The unexpected happened. Just before 2 a.m Saturday morning, Crisp County Sheriff's Deputy Steven Rankin pulled over a car heading North on Highway 300. "He had some irregular traffic violations that the deputy was looking at him for," says Haralson. The traffic stop ended a 1/4 mile south of Highway 300 on Raines Station Road.
"Upon approaching the vehicle, the suspect exited the car and shot the deputy," says Haralson. Deputy Rankin was shot in the face but that wasn't the end.
The suspect then used a gun to deliver some blows to the deputy's head, attempted to disarm him and even attempted to shoot him once again. Amazingly the gun jammed.
"I don't know what was in this person's mind trying to do this, what posessed him to do it but it's nothing worth trying to take someone's life like that," says Haralson. The suspect then fled the scene but his car was found at a home two and a half miles away. The Mercury Sable has bullet holes covering the back left side. The shots come from Deputy Rankin's bravery and determination when he regained consciousness.
"The deputy did an excellent job returning fire especially being shot point blank in the face and also the other licks that he took," says Haralson. Rankin was able to radio for assistance. 32-year-old Ben Davis Westbrook III is now in custody for charges including Obstruction of an Officer and Criminal Attempt to Commit Murder.
"We have to make sure justice is followed," says Haralson. But that justice comes after a shocking scare to law enforcement in Crisp County. "It's just a terrible, horrible thing. There's no other way to say it," says Haralson.
They'll continue to pray for the speedy recovery of one of their own. "He's been a good deputy," says Haralson.
Deputy Rankin was transported to Crisp Regional where he was stabilized. He's now in the intensive care unit at a Macon hospital where he'll undergo surgery to remove the bullet and plastic surgery. Ben Westbrook III is being held in the Crisp County Detention Center. After nine Saturday morning, he made contact with a Deputy and an Officer and turned himself in.
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Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee is attracting interest from the Atlanta Braves and the two teams are nearing a trade, reports CSN Chicago's David Kaplan:
As a 10-5 man (10 years in the major leagues and the last five with the same team) Lee has the right to reject a trade as he did when the Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim tried to acquire him in late July. However, sources close to Lee tell us that he will approve a deal to Atlanta because the Braves are leading their division thus giving him a shot at winning another World Series ring.
Our Braves blog, Talking Chop, offers some additional perspective on the possible trade:
The deal would not involve any major Braves prospects, but Atlanta would likely pick up much of the remaining salary on Lee. The only hold-up is apparently the Braves concern over Lee's troubled back, which has led him to miss the last few games. Lee is a free agent after this season.
Lee has hit .313 with a .939 OPS since the All-Star break while Troy Glaus has hit just .196 with a .595 OPS since the break. Clearly this would be a rip and replace kind of deal, with the Braves hoping to benefit from a rejuvenated Derrek Lee.
Presumably, the move would relegate first baseman Troy Glaus to the bench. After a disappointing start to his 2010 season, Glaus recovered early in the summer, only to enter another slump as of late. Regardless, if Lee joins the Braves, he doesn't figure to be a long-term installment, as highly-touted first base prospect Freddie Freeman figures to be called up sooner rather than later.
Lee, 35, has been with the Cubs since 2004.
For more on this possible trade, check out our Braves blog, Talking Chop, and our Cubs blog, Bleed Cubbie Blue.


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Labour's shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan has described the government's prison reforms as "tinkering around the edges" of the problem.
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Treating common illnesses at home isn't complicated. Even so, doing it safely requires knowledge and a willingness to follow the rules.
You don't want to call your doctor over every little fever or sniffle. But when you're calling the shots, you want to be confident you're making wise health care decisions.
"When your family's health is in your hands, it's important to know the proper way to care for them and yourself," says Derjung Mimi Tarn, M.D., Ph.D., a family medicine specialist in Los Angeles.
Here are steps to take to avoid some common self-care mistakes.
1. Don't take more medication than the label recommends. Some people think if one dose of medication is good for them, then two must be even better. But the dosage recommendations on the package are there to protect you.
For example, too much ibuprofen over time can cause gastrointestinal bleeding or ulcers. Too much acetaminophen can cause liver damage. Overdosing on some over-the-counter (OTC) allergy medications may cause extreme drowsiness or seizures.
"Be especially wary when taking two OTC products at the same time, even if each is treating a different symptom," Dr. Tarn says. "If both contain the same ingredient, you'll be getting a risky double dose. Check the labels carefully before using."
2. Don't treat symptoms without treating their cause. One danger of self-treating with OTC drugs is you may confuse symptom relief with a cure—meaning your underlying health problem may continue or worsen even as you start feeling better.
"For example, people sometimes take OTC drugs containing phenazopyridine (such as Pyridium) for relief of burning due to a urinary tract infection," Dr. Tarn says. "Patients may think that because the burning is improving, so is the infection, when in reality they need antibiotics."
A better approach? Get the advice of your pharmacist or doctor.
3. Don't treat too long before calling your doctor. You don't always save money by not seeing the doctor. Often the reverse is true—a doctor visit could save you hundreds if not thousands of dollars in medical costs if it keeps a small problem from becoming a big one.
For example, if you don't start taking antibiotics right away for that urinary tract infection, what began as a minor condition could evolve into a full-blown kidney infection that requires stronger, more expensive antibiotics or even hospitalization.
4. Don't use someone else's prescription medications. It's common for people to give friends or family members their medications to try. But that's not safe for several reasons.
For starters, some drugs require a prescription because they may not be safe for everyone, may need special monitoring, and may interact with other medications. A physician prescribes medications based on a physical examination, test results, health history, and knowledge of other drugs a person is taking. That's why a drug that's beneficial for one person could be harmful for another.
5. Don't use leftover prescription medications. Suppose you have medication left over from a previous illness and then you develop similar symptoms. Does it make sense to take the leftover medication? Not necessarily. Your symptoms may be the same but the condition—and its appropriate treatment—may be different.
"Always talk with your doctor before taking a drug that was prescribed at another time," Dr. Tarn says.
6. Don't take herbal or other alternative medicines without telling your doctor. Most people don't realize herbal remedies are drugs and need to be taken cautiously. Some of them can raise blood pressure, thin the blood, or interact with other medications you may be taking.
For this reason, be sure to get your doctor's OK before taking them; and when your doctor prescribes a medication, always speak up about any alternative treatments you use.
7. Don't substitute the advice of friends or family for a doctor's expertise. An old family remedy for a stomachache or arthritis may be helpful, or at worst, do you no harm. But it's always wise to ask your doctor for a professional opinion, particularly if the treatment could be risky or your condition could be serious.
8. Don't consult just any health book or Internet site. If a book or website promises a magical cure, or makes outspoken claims against the conventional medical approach, that's a good clue to be wary of its advice.
Also, some Internet sites are sponsored by companies that are more interested in selling their products than in serving your best interests. When in doubt, ask your doctor to recommend the best source of information for your needs.
"Anytime your family's health is in your hands, pay attention to your information sources: Are you visiting the right website? Reading the label? Tapping into the expertise of your doctor or pharmacist?" Dr. Tarn says. "All the information you need is there; it's only a matter of seeking it out."
How do you know when it's time to stop self-treating a health problem and get on the phone to your doctor? An important clue: Are you getting better, or is the problem lingering or getting worse?
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Intramural baseball is not Major League baseball, I get that. But some universities offer intramural baseball as an option to those that want to partake. It has the same feel. It's the same game. And unlike professional baseball, there is even more of an appreciation when a 31 year old steps onto the field to play baseball. That's right, everyone. Not softball. You aren't standing in the batter's box to hit an obnoxiously large ball, being almost handed to you by the pitcher. You are facing live arms - albeit somewhat rusty arms depending on how far removed from high school they are. Fastballs are coming in around 80 mph. Each pitcher has an off-speed pitch, whether it's good or not is another story. But the sliders that were thrown seemed legit, at least at the level we were playing at.
Now, I am a patient hitter. I wasn't in high school, but things change. I embraced Sabermetrics and have watched a ton of Red Sox baseball over the past 12 years. I wasn't about to swing at the first pitch, no matter how hittable it was. No matter if the bases were loaded, game on the line, and I was a well-placed out away from winning the game. I just wasn't going to do it. Rarely in this league did we ever face a pitcher for the second time in a game. Everyone's arms grew tired after just a few innings, given that they were out of baseball shape. And our teams lineup -- which was truly horrendous -- took a very long time to get a hitter his second at bat as it was. So approach it like this: You have never, ever seen the pitcher you are facing. So my instinct was to take take take. And so I did.
As an experiment during one of our 3 or 4 games (forfeits happen more often than one would like in university IM sports), I took 1 mg of prescribed Klonopin before one of our games. Klonopin, if you are not familiar, is a benzodiazepine, in the same class of Xanax or Valium. It's an anti-anxiety, but with a longer half-life than the two previously mentioned "benzos." Basically it lasts longer, but also takes longer to kick in. 1 mg of Klonopin is actually very little. Someone addicted to these pills would feel practically nothing from such a small dosage. But I wasn't addicted. So it calmed me a little. Not a lot. Just enough
So prior to the game; prior to warm-ups. I threw the blue pill, with a semi-sweet coating into my mouth and sucked on it to try and absorb it into my body more quickly, since game time wasn't too far away.
The team and I went through our warm-up preparations, which at the intramural level mainly consisted of warming up our arms only. Maybe tossing a few ground balls or pop-ups to our throwing partner.
Simply put, there wasn't a ton of time to get loose in between games. Each team had about 15 minutes to prepare for the relatively meaningless, yet very meaningful game (Depending on the party).
So the captains met with the umpires, the lineups were submitted. I was batting 5th even though I was the best hitter on the team. Which means I should have either been batting third (based on the old-school way of thinking) or second (based on the new-school infatuation).
Our pitcher, who was terrible, took the mound, threw a few warm-up pitches and six runs later our lead-off hitter stepped to the plate. I can't remember the exact result. He probably struck out as, no joke, our lineup struck out more often than anything else. We were terrible. We had probably four players that could even put a bat on the ball, and one of the players due to other obligations only showed up for, I think, a single game.
Eventually, after our opponent scored several more runs in the second inning, putting the the game out of reach (even though 6-0 had been out of reach as it was), I finally stepped into the batter's box, passing my teammate who had just swung and missed three times. Maybe four times, as that's how bad we were.
I put my left foot into the dirt, went through my routine of twirling the bat a few times, and other eccentric movements that let the pitcher know that I was, in fact, human. And in fact, getting ready to face him.
While all these batter eccentricities were going on with my body, my mind was as calm as could be without having passed out on the bedroom floor. I was as calm as a metaphor describing the act of being calm. I wasn't worried about being down 0-1 if the pitcher threw a first-pitch strike. I wasn't worried about the pitcher brushing me back -- in particular because this was very unlikely to happen in intramural baseball. Intentionally, at least.
The pitcher went into his wind-up, since the stretch rarely existed from any opposing pitchers we faced. He fired the ball in. A fastball. "Strike one!" I did not care. My mind was the definition of serenity now (no insanity later). The catcher tossed the baseball back, the pitcher took the rubber, repeat. Fastball high. The count was 1-1. Definitely a better count to work with than 0-1, for obvious reasons. The third pitch was another fastball, another strike. Now the count was clearly in the amateur pitchers favor. Not only in the back of my mind was I thinking breaking-ball, but in the front of my mind as well. This isn't Major-League baseball. My theory was that these intramural pitchers weren't going to throw any pitch in any count. And even if I did see another fastball, it's not like he could blow me away with it. I had a decent chance of keeping the at bat alive, or possibly putting it in play.
1-2 count, the pitcher comes away with a slider. My nervousness had resided with the Klonopin's entry into my blood-stream, yet I still checked my swing. But that was probably more due to the fact that I hadn't seen anything other than batting cage fastballs and wiffle balls for the past 13 years of my life. The slider was called a ball, evening up the count, as I clearly did not go around, giving myself more of an opportunity to see a fastball on the next pitch. And that I did. Fastball outside. 3-2 count. One pitch away from failing or succeeding, with the exception of a foul ball, nitpickers.
The random University of Central Florida student started home with the pitch...I made fairly weak contact and hit a routine ground-ball to the shortstop.
But point being, my approach was fine. The process was fine. The result -- an out -- was just a result that baseball players have to deal with more often than not.
But I wondered. I was calm throughout the at bat. I was calm throughout the game. Did the Klonopin help my approach? I was a patient hitter in the other intramural games I played in as well, without the drug. But I seemed even less reluctant to swing at a bad pitch with the prescribed benzo running through my system.
And this experience has led me to wonder, how could small doses of benzodiazepines effect a baseball players ability to play the game. Thousands of screaming fans cheering on a batter in the bottom of the 9th with 2nd and third occupied, two outs, down a run. Would a player benefit from not feeling the anxiety? Is this more prevalent in baseball than maybe we already think it is? Are beta-blockers and anti-anxiety benzos a part of baseball that no one talks seems to talk about?
Let's use a player as an example. Not because the player has any ties to any drug. I am using him simply for his skill-set. The player is Alfonso Soriano. The reason I chose Soriano is because he is notorious for chasing sliders away and out of the strike zone.
In theory, an amphetamine might help his pitch-recognition, giving him an edge and ultimately allowing him to lay off the pitch. But that is just conjecture, as is the benzo theory I am touching up on now.
If Soriano were to take a milligram or two of Xanax or Klonopin, could it decrease any anxiety he may have, making him more passive, therefore less likely to swing at a slider outside of the strike zone? Increasing his effectivenss as a hitter? And would the same supposed benefit also make him more susceptible to strikes in the zone since he has now become more passive? He might lay off the slider, but would he also be more likely to lay off the fastball for a strike, since the anxiety is not as present.
Look, I am no doctor, but I feel that there is good anxiety and bad anxiety. Good anxiety can almost be described as "motivation." That feeling that if you don't do something, then a negative will follow. And then there is bad anxiety, the kind that keeps you in your room with the shades down, eliminating yourself from society, from interaction, from failure.
I don't know the answers. All I know is that on that given day, I took 1 mg of Klonopin and I felt like I was a better baseball player. I felt like if I were up with the game on the line, that I would be better equipped to handle the pressures of the situation. Better equipped to come succeed.
I theorize, that is all.
But I wonder the percentage of players who are written benzodiazepine prescriptions. And I wonder -- even though I'll never know -- how many of them use it because they actually need it, or because they want to be calm with a stadium full of fans cheering them on, with the bases loaded in ninth inning of game 7.


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A bell at Joint Base Lewis-McChord rang 22 times Thursday, each tone honoring a fallen soldier from a Special Forces unit that has worked in Afghanistan off and on since the war's earliest days.
One bell tolled for Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Chapman, the first American soldier to die in combat in the nation's longest war.
Another was for Sgt. Joshua Strickland, shot to death by an Afghan turncoat in an apparent insider attack last September.
Both soldiers served in JBLM's elite 1st Special Forces Group, which gathered its troops for an early Memorial Day observance at its headquarters.
Its commanders sought to highlight the sacrifices of the fallen even as they sense the public's attention turning away from the long-running war.
"It is all too easy to remember those who have given the ultimate sacrifice when a war is at its height, when the nation is whipped into a patriotic fervor," said Deputy Commander Col. Max Carpenter.
"But it is our obligation to ensure that our brothers live on in the memories we carry of them and the touch their lives and service has had upon our profession, our souls and our competencies as special operators and soldiers of America's Army," he said.
The 1st Group's memorial lists the names of its fallen dating back to the Vietnam War. It looks different than other memorials at JBLM, though, because the wall has far more space for names than it uses.
The open black granite leaves an impression conveying that the 1st Group expects to be on the front lines of conflicts for years to come. It likely will be among the last to leave Afghanistan.
"As this war comes to an end for the majority of our forces, we know the sacrifices made by soldiers wearing the green and red beret of the 1st Special Forces Group will go on," Commander Col. Robert McDowell wrote in remarks that were read for him at the ceremony.
McDowell could not attend because he's serving in the Philippines, where the 1st Special Forces Group routinely sends soldiers to work with allies.
The 1st Group has lost 22 soldiers since the terrorist attacks of 2001. They were killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Philippines.
Strickland's widow, Heather, took in the scene at ceremony. So did Krista Simpson, whose husband Staff Sgt. Michael Simpson died a year ago from wounds he suffered in an explosion.
McDowell called their husbands and the 1st Group's other fallen soldiers "men who will remain legends because they went the distance and beyond to save a brother, stop an enemy and preserve a way of life."


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Artist Brad Samuelson, a professional bronze sculptor and Northland Pines graduate, visited Pines students recently.
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The short version: Practicing falling on trad gear is the stupidest advice I ever see floating around on the net. The only way it makes any sense is to construct a bomber multi-piece anchor, and fall on that - and what does that teach you about trusting individual pieces? Nothing! If you want to get confident about falling, go fall on bolts or multi-piece bomber anchors, if you must. If you want to get confident about placing gear, go aid climbing. But if you want to get confident about falling on individual pieces of trad gear, DON'T. You _should_ fear falling on individual pieces. Cheers, GO
The long version: If you want to learn a lot about gear placing, aid climb. But keep your aid climbing and your free climbing separate. There are a number of reasons I hope you'll consider this. 1 - When trad climbing, the objective is to climb cleanly from bottom to top, placing gear as you go. This is a mindset that requires a great deal of focus, and a number of techniques that are specific to the discipline, as opposed to what you might do when sport climbing. These are habits of mind that need to be trained, just like physical techniques. If you habituate yourself to falling and weighting pieces, you're simply creating the wrong mindset. 2 - As a new leader, some of the gear you think is bomber probably isn't. This is true for *all* trad leaders, but more so for the n00b. 3 - The place to practice bouncing on gear is 1 - On the ground, where you'll fall six inches if the piece blows, or 2 - On an aid climb, where you'll fall six feet in overhanging terrain. On a free climb, where the gear is placed much less frequently than an aid climb, and there is usually much more to hit (all those lovely free-climbing holds and ledges) a fall can be much more dangerous. 4 - There is a trend these days born of the fear than is inherent in trad climbing. I'll see if I can explain it. It goes something like this: - Leading trad is scary. - Fear is uncomfortable. - People don't like being uncomfortable. - Therefore, people look for techniques to minimize or eliminate the fear. - New leaders are told to practice falling to gain trust in their gear. - This does a nice job in minimizing or eliminating the fear of falling on gear. This is the wrong approach. The whole point of it is wrong. The fear one feels trad climbing is entirely appropriate. Gear fails, and falls have consequences. Not every time, or even most times, but eventually. And some people get unlucky, and that first real fall is the last one they take. Don't test your luck, and don't train yourself to feel that testing your luck is a good thing. An old saying in trad climbing is that you've got to fill up your bag of tricks before your bag of luck runs out. Instead of training yourself to minimize your fear, you should be training yourself to live with it and manage it. This is a much longer process, and more uncomfortable, so it's kind of out of fashion with some people these days. But it's really not complex, and people have been doing it a long time. The technique is as follows: Work your way up through the grades, placing lots of good gear. And when the opportunity arises, follow more experienced trad leaders. Eventually, you will gain an appropriate level of confidence, know what you can do, and how to do it, and will start pushing your limits. Then falls will start happening, and if you're doing things right, they'll be happening in appropriate circumstances (right gear, right terrain, etc). Of course you will do what seems best to you, but I hope you'll consider the above. Cheers! GO
Oh, and mock-leading is the worst thing the guide industry has foisted on the climbing world. It does far more harm than good. GO
i think everybody is different. it is hard to say if i would or wouldn't recommend falling on gear to a person without having climbed with them for a day. i'll give 2 examples. i have an old friend, shane, who has climbed (on rope) a total of maybe 5 times. we go out for a day, maybe once every 5 or 10 years. i have no problem whatsoever with him building an anchor, or placing gear while leading a pitch, etc. he is just one of those people who totally gets it. he understands the quality of the rock. he understands the mechanics of how the gear works. he understands redundancy. he knows to pay attention and keep from getting his leg wrapped up in the rope. most importantly, he understands what is on the line, and how to optimize his margin of safety. on the other hand, i have climbed with people who have a fair amount of experience leading on gear, and i am constantly amazed that they haven't killed themselves or somebody else. their ability to assess rock quality is terrible. their ability to place gear can only be described as incompetent. they don't understand anything about rope management, or how a piece will be loaded, etc. they can't put together an anchor that wouldn't be described as horrifying. they just don't get it. at all. and oddly enough, they don't seem to care or be willing to learn. luckily they don't tend to lead beyond their limit, although several of them get a little too close to their limit for my comfort. everybody is different. some folks have a natural knack for boldness. some have a natural knack for figuring things out. some are born with strength. without knowing more about a climber, i honestly can't say whether i would recommend falling on gear or not. personally, i have found it pretty helpful.
GO, you make a lot of good points, but I am not under the impression that people are constructing and falling on "bomber multi-piece anchors," and that's certainly not the only way that makes sense. With all of the bolts near good gear these days, I get the impression that folks will frequently place a piece a foot or so above a good bolt and take practice falls on that. Another way to do it would be loading up a crack with several pieces *without* equalizing them--you'd still learn what individual pieces can do, but with a lot of backup. I agree with most of your other points, though.
Lot of opinions in here, I'll throw mine into the mix. Leave it to a mentor - mine knew when it was time to push me to the point of falling (when he was confident in my gear) and I've done the same for climbers I've helped along the way. When I feel someone I'm mentoring has very solid gear, but is being held back by the fear of falling, I send them on something they're most likely going to take a safe fall on with good gear. Think slightly overhanging territory with a bomber cam at chest level but hard moves. I'll coach them through as they climb, and belay, giving them a little extra confidence. I've also put a follower on a hard route and let her pinkpoint off my gear, knowing she was probably going to fall but the placement she was going to fall on was atomic. The result - her first fall on a cam and her confidence that they work. Next step was getting her placements solid and closer to falling on her own placements. It worked, a few weeks back she peeled off a 10d roof and took her first gear whipper on a #4 I watched her place. She shook out, pulled back in, and finished the route. If you have no mentor try climbing with someone more experienced and have them check your gear, and give you some suggestions about routes etc.
Where you end up falling on the leader-must-not-fall to frequent-flyer spectrum will ultimately be a function of your own experiences, environment (this forum?), and personality. As a beginner lead climber, my fear of falling was the product of two distinct elements: 1) would my gear actually hold a fall, and 2) was it "okay" to fall. Falling on gear to overcome a mental barrier could be either perfectly reasonable or incredibly stupid depending on how good your placement is, what you'll hit or miss on the way down, where your next piece is, whether your belayer is paying attention, whether you know physically how to avoid getting hurt when falling, etc. IMO the most important factor here is whether your piece will hold or not, and this is different from whether you're afraid of falling on it. Fundamentally, you need to be able to place good gear to push yourself on lead safely. If you can, and you still have some irrational fear about falling, then that seems like a problem to address. That said, certainly many, and perhaps most beginner lead climbers don't know whether they are placing good gear. It would be foolish to try to overcome a fear of falling without first being able to place solid gear and recognize the quality of your placements. The ability to recognize the quality of your placements can be safely improved with the help of experienced partners that evaluate your placements, clean aid on toprope, and less safely improved by actually falling on your gear. Transitioning from sport climbing to trad climbing is not a matter of becoming as comfortable with falling on gear as you are falling on bolts. There are some huge differences between the two pursuits, analogous perhaps to paintball vs. an actual shootout (just kidding, kind of). Seriously though, part of your "pro" when you're trad climbing, particularly when there is no other pro, is being able to down climb out of life or limb threatening situations. Another huge difference lies in being able to handle an increased responsibility for your and your partner's well-being while trad climbing relative to sport climbing, where you rely more on other people (who equip routes) to keep you safe. This latter point is what makes trad climbing more engaging and rewarding for some, and anathema to others. For more on this, I'd re-read and think about Rich Goldstone's (rgold) response to your question. Lastly, despite what some have stated in this thread, in my experience cams aren't destroyed by a few falls unless it's a weird placement that bends the stem, cuts a trigger wire, or a truly huge whipper (which you're hopefully not taking for practice).
If you climb enough you will practice falling
The only piece that I have ever ripped out, in five/six years or trad climbing (with many falls), was a horribly placed, black alien in a flaring j-tree crack..... There's a reason cams are so shiny and lovable.
I think one of the biggest smiles I've ever had in my life (at least one that I can remember specifically) was when I took a 25 foot whipper from a very vertical crack. I was about 10 feet over my gear and was locked into a solid lieback. I got to what I thought was a solid spot and tried placing gear, I didnt like the piece I placed (70% sure about it)but the piece I wanted my body was pressing into the rock. So I pulled up rope to clip and as I was clipping...whipper YEEEEHAAAAA! I still have a 2 inch rope burn on my wrist caused by when the rope tightend and my wrist was against it. Grinning ear to ear and my belayer was too!
Here's what worked for me when I was just starting to lead trad. A lot of folks have said aid climb. But for me I just lead something that was a reasonably comfortable grade for me at the time. Once I had about 3 good pieces in and was high enough up that I would not deck, I just started placing about 3 times as much pro as I would usually, and taking on each piece. Once I had a few more weight tested pieces below I took some short falls, but not whippers. Did that twice and my brain was good to go, in terms of trusting placements. (I know, I know, big whippers generate more force; but just saying that was all my brain needed. Funny things, brains.) At this point at least for me the fear is more about hitting rock ledges, etc., in a fall, and less the gear pulling. And you can't really practice for that. Just learn to maybe double up pro at no-fall spots, or plan your placements better.
I am always amazed when people ask me if I have ever fallen on my gear, as if it were some kind of confidence inspiring placebo. Early on, i fell and had cams pull out, but realized the problem was in the way I had placed them, not the way they function (whacked my ankle pretty bad on that one.) I have since fallen on my gear a number of times, sometimes from a foothold breaking off unexpectedly, once when a block pulled out. Frequently there is an element of surprise that does not allow time to be afraid. I know falling happens, so I depend on my gear and my ability to place it, and if I can't get good placements on something at the edge of my ability, I usually step back to reexamine the situation and/or back off. That having been said, I cannot imagine why taking controlled falls on gear while slacked out on toprope would be a bad thing (other than maybe thrashing some gear.) It seems like a good way to observe the function in action.
Just go climbing at Indian Creek where the gear is bomber and the placements are easy. You can push yourself there way hard and still be safe. People have ripped gear and gotten hurt so don't be stupid about it. IC is where I first started taking whippers on gear and I know now that gear holds.
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Nah, I'm not all that sensitive. But if you call me out, I'll either look for where I was wrong, or if I don't think I was, I'll say so. And I'm certainly not hot shit, and don't want to come off like I am. But I've been around enough to feel comfortable calling BS when I see it. And for all the reasons I gave, telling beginning trad leaders to practice falling so they can get comfortable trusting the gear and more inured to the idea - well, IMO, that's pure grade-A Bull. And like I said in my post above - nothing wrong with practicing falls. I've done it myself, and I've advocated it to others. In sport climbing, on good bolts, it's a useful endeavor. Hell, sport climbing is practically predicated on the idea that falling is usually safe. But sport and trad are not the same, and best that the new trad leader gets the differences loud and clear. GO
I try not to fall, although that doesn't always work. I try to lead by the old maxim of "The leader must not fall." Granted that came about during hemp ropes tied around one's waist, but I dislike falling especially when I bounce off of a ledge and continue to fall. What might be better is to place your pro, sit back and relax as that nut slips a little.Practicing falling to be more comfortable is like f'in for virginity. LOL!
www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=4655 Firstly, you need to gain enough experience to decide when it is safe to fall, and when it is not. Here I am talking about being scared to fall when really a fall would be safe. The best thing for fear of falling is fall practice. If you are really scared, don't feel embarrassed to start with top rope falls, or even just swinging around on a rope. Climbing in general and hanging in space with air beneath you, is a very unnatural thing for a human to do, therefore you have to force your body and mind to be accustomed to it. Don't feel embarrassed about being scared of falling, because I swear that more than half of the climbing population is. What you should be embarrassed about is a reluctance to do anything about it... That's if, you care enough. Some climbers will accept a fear of falling as part of climbing, do everything to avoid falling and simply get on with it. This is OK if you don't want to push your grade, but progress will be impossible or considerably stagnated if you don't climb at your limit, and climbing at your limit requires a certain comfort with the idea of falling. by a gal who knows a thing or two about trad ;)


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Reviews by wl0307:
United Kingdom (England)
4/5 rDev +3.1%
Tasted this beer on tap (for the first time) at the Bierodrome bar (Kingsway, London). A 250ml glass of this beer cost me 2.3 pounds, which is, I suppose, o.k. for a rare beer found in London?!
Appearance: pours hazy light bronze colour, somehow the barman failed to pour this beer properly and the beerhead was overly limited, unlike what one would expect of a good Belgian ale... Besides, the serving temp. was a bit too low.
Smell: quite complex--fruity-dominated nose (peachy), also with perfumy, cane-sugary, grassy, spicy scents, against a refreshing, lemony hop flavour.
Taste & Aftertaste: after letting it stand for a while (to warm itself up), my first sip is fantastic! On palate it is very malty but not at all overly sweet, with hints of vanilla and light fruity taste of apple and peach; the finish is distinctly dry and mildly bitter, quite lingering in the throat! The mouthfeel is surprisingly smooth, given its medium-high carbonation, and the overall structure is quite balanced; truly a solid ale.
Drinkability: This beer is pleasantly drinkable when one is thirsty, especially given its relatively light body (against its high alcoholic strength 7.5%abv) and fruity, refreshing mouthfeel; but surely it's deceptively strong as well and can make one drunk quite easily...although definitely not at this bar--way too expensive to get drunk here!
05-05-2005 14:46:45 | More by wl0307
More User Reviews:
4.1/5 rDev +5.7%
Serving date: 2009-02-21. Served in tulip.
Presentation: 750 ml corked bottle with freshness date on the label (best before 2010-01-18). Interesting to note that this one is brewed with vitamin C.
Appearance: When I opened it, the cork came out with a very big pop, which was a bit surprising. It was like opening a bottle of champagne. It pours a pale golden straw color, very clear and with plenty of bubbles from the carbonation. The head is very big, ivory-colored and quite lively. It settles after a while and leaves some lacings.
Smell: A rather prominent smell of medicinal phenols hits the nose together with some yeast. Mild aromas of sweet fruits - like ripe apple peel. Some tart fruitiness, kind of like rhubarb, as well. A gentle funky note and general spiciness.
Taste: Big and prominent medicinal flavors almost overpowers the palate. Very distinct flavors of band-aid, sterile hospital environment and rectified spirit (no alcohol, though). Although, this perhaps sounds somewhat repugnant, it's actually kind of pleasant - and definitely interesting. Some yeast. Plenty of sweet caramel malts and some restrained, yet present, flavors of fruit (lemon peel, pineapple) balance the sharp medicinal flavors. In the finish, which is slightly bitter and dry, there are some hop flavors, spices (cloves) and a dry band-aid flavor. The alcohol is in general well hidden, but becomes somewhat more prominent towards the end. All in all, a very pleasant taste with lots of flavors going on.
Mouthfeel: Medium body. High levels of carbonation, actually to high initially since the rather sharp bubbles takes away some of the flavors.
Drinkability: I really enjoyed this one, but perhaps a 750 ml bottle was a bit too much. It has a very "Belgian" profile - if that concept makes any sense - with lots of carbonation, characteristic yeast in the aroma and bold, interesting and at least somewhat balanced flavors. However, the phenolic character really takes the lead. I would highly recommend it to someone who has a hard time identifying what medicinal phenols actually taste like.
02-23-2009 23:52:08 | More by ricke
New York
4.33/5 rDev +11.6%
11.2 oz bottle. Golden and a bit cloudy, supports a puffy head and leaves alot of lace. yeast, spice, candi sugar in the nose. Taste is crisp, refreshing, fruity, yeasty,lemon,honey, butter, cloves, melon, crisp apples. This one is delicate and complex, heaven in a glass. I love everything about this stuff, from the very heavy, "Duvel" shaped bottle, to the smell, color, taste and finish of this noble Belgian creation. Check it out!
03-10-2004 12:52:47 | More by Billolick
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
06-03-2012 20:55:23 | More by ant1
3.5/5 rDev -9.8%
07-13-2013 18:36:23 | More by Marius
4/5 rDev +3.1%
01-24-2014 20:04:39 | More by innominat
3.95/5 rDev +1.8%
750 ml bottle...dark god and translucent with a swelling pale head of over 1/2 an inch in height. Laces in small dots but not that generously. Aroma is slightly fruity, unripe pears and some pineapple, suggestions of nutmeg. Mouthfeel is medium, carbonation is a bit lower than I expected. Flavor is quite yeasty and with lots of esters, more of the sweetened pinapple from the aroma shines through. Flattens toward the close with increasingly sweet tones. Pretty good, malt-leaning and bready, I wouldn't mind a little more dryness to the brew but there's nothing off-putting here.
11-02-2005 00:26:53 | More by ADR
Ontario (Canada)
4.13/5 rDev +6.4%
Wonderful to sip. Light on the mouth with spicey lemon yeast. Lace that stays in the cup, many small bubbles from good carbonation. Really 7.5%? Malty and refreshing. Bit of dry bitter afterataste from hops. Floral yeasty aroma. A bottle is satisfying for two.
06-02-2004 00:48:17 | More by Sammy
4.47/5 rDev +15.2%
A hazy yellow-orange body is topped by a foamy bright white head that drops fairly quickly and detracts from the appearance. It does hold a decent collar and surface covering, however, and also leaves some lace. The aroma is sweetly malty, lightly spicy, fruity and yeasty. The body is medium with a very fine, moderate carbonation that leaves it quite creamy in the mouth. The flavor is surprisingly soft, starting with a honeyish malt that also has a woody/oak and vanilla character to it. Some very light spice rounds it out nicely, and a drying bitterness ushers in the finish. Very well balanced with a rich sweet malt and a decent amount of hops! Very nice and well recommended.
10-22-2002 18:16:12 | More by NeroFiddled
3.5/5 rDev -9.8%
07-21-2013 08:36:48 | More by Ciocanelu
3.88/5 rDev 0%
exp: 8/26/2014
A: Slightly darker than an AAL, with a massive amount of rising carbonation. Barely poured the glass half foam.
S: High quality soap. Floral
T: Warm but subtle hops. Warm malt, apple, floral with a bit of tang. Grassy.
M: A bit drying with a light to medium body and a light but sharp sting.
O: Pretty good. Different for a blonde
11-28-2012 23:26:26 | More by sfprint
3.25/5 rDev -16.2%
04-10-2012 09:50:30 | More by aztraz
3.65/5 rDev -5.9%
When I poured it out, it refused to give a large head. A lot of big white bubbles. Disappeared quickly, thin lace remaining.
The odour is exotic. Fruity / sugary: malt, salted peanuts, citrus peels, pineapple, banana.
It has a misty orange-gold colour. A little carbonation is visible, as are small dots of yeast swimming around.
Drank this one out of a large tulip / chalice on a high foot. To let it give its full character.
Very full taste. Sweet and bready, pineapple and citrus (Witte like), dry malt and dark bread, rich yeast.
Sweet mushroom aftertaste, with peanut butter in the back
Nice job, not really special.
Ut Vivat, Crescat, Floreat!
02-05-2006 01:38:43 | More by Bierschenker
3.5/5 rDev -9.8%
08-27-2013 06:34:05 | More by Taylor_Boggio
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
08-07-2013 02:05:24 | More by PatrickKlopfenstein
Ontario (Canada)
4/5 rDev +3.1%
08-05-2013 05:09:40 | More by randallpink
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
08-31-2014 21:06:49 | More by frontalot
4.03/5 rDev +3.9%
Straw color with a thin white head. The St. Veil lien glass with the etched bottom kept the head on the beer. Classic Belgian beer aroma. A nice clean malt flavor with little to no bitterness. Well carbonated, plenty of carbonation as the beer rolls across the palate. A full bodied beer with a lingering malt finish.
This is a classic Belgian blonde beer that I would strongly recommend to first time Belgian beer drinkers.
12-09-2012 21:11:23 | More by trekbiker3000
Quebec (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -9.8%
Bottle: Poured a hazy blonde beer with a huge foamy white head with good retention. Aroma is quite floral with some nice mix of malt and hops. Taste is very refreshing with again notes of malts and hops and some sweet floral notes. Body is bit thicker then expected with a great balance between hops and yeast. ABV is well hidden which is great for blonde beer with 7.5% ABV.
06-30-2004 15:33:51 | More by Phyl21ca
North Carolina
3.23/5 rDev -16.8%
A: Pours a hazy yellow with two fingers of white head that fades into a cap with great lacing.
S: Light spice notes up front with some sweet fruits. Light yeasty notes bring up the finish.
T: Spices notes up front with a lot of bready characters with some dry yeast notes as well. There are some slightly tart fruit notes as well.
M: Medium-light body with highish carbonation, this beer is is nice and dry.
O: An alright beer overall, though a bit bland and lacking depth. It has a nice body, but is just boring.
07-08-2012 07:16:28 | More by n2185
New Jersey
2.75/5 rDev -29.1%
04-03-2012 23:06:34 | More by Mudawg
3.5/5 rDev -9.8%
10-02-2013 11:47:37 | More by desint
4.25/5 rDev +9.5%
02-16-2013 19:21:25 | More by enelson
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
07-30-2014 17:51:30 | More by StephenLeblond
4.11/5 rDev +5.9%
Poured into a St. Feuillien goblet. Pours a cloudy caramel amber with a nice three finger white head that slowly dissipated to a thick cap and tons of lacing. Aroma of bready malt, light, slightly sour fruit, coriander and citrus. Flavor of caramel malt, coriander, citrus, pear and apple juice, moderately dry. Finishes dry with peppery spice and light grasst hop bitterness. Light to medium bodied with excellent carbonation. A very nice Belgian pale with a pleasant flavor progression and balance. It is a nice semi-dry variation on typically sweeter Belgian pales. Classic.
07-10-2013 02:32:18 | More by LiquidAmber
St. Feuillien Blonde from Brasserie St. Feuillien
87 out of 100 based on 132 ratings.


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I, for one, am really sick of all the BS going on in all the national blogs, here, dKos, whatever. Grow up people. Your candidate's not the nominee? Sorry, but the fact is that if we get Mr. Third Term, things are far worse. So, let's let the election play out, civilly. And then when the result is clear, take a day, have a good cry if necessary, then get to working to ensure that Mr. Third Term never becomes president.
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It's been two months since the price doubled to park in Harrisburg. The increase is supposed to generate more money for the city, but is it actually doing more harm than good? Some business owners say yes.
"There's no reason to come downtown when there's other places you can go across the river or in Susquehanna Township that you don't have to pay to park," said Adam Sturges, co-owner of Sturges Speakeasy in Midtown.
Sturges said the business is making less money because of the rate hike.
"This is not cool. Three dollars for one hour? Not good at all. It's expensive," said Erika Colone of Linglestown.
She does not like the fact that she has to pay twice as much to park in Harrisburg. It makes her think twice before going to the city.
With the looks of Forster Street during Friday happy hour, Colone is not the only one.
"There was never this much parking on Forster at this time of day. Ever," said Sturges.
He said ever since the new parking rates started business has slowed, especially with the addition on paying to park on Saturdays.
"Two groups that were about 15 to 20 people that came in every Saturday," said Sturges. "Thirty to 40 people every Saturday we lost."
Sturges said his saving grace are Midtown residents, like Nathan DeMuro.
"I can say with great honesty that probably 50 to 60 percent of the people sitting at this bar right here live within walking distance, and that's the only reason they're in here," DeMuro said.
It is not just customers who are pouring money into the pay stations.
"My p.m. employees, they didn't have to worry about parking. They didn't have to worry about paying for parking," said Sturges. "Now that the meters go until 7:00 p.m., it's a different story, especially on Saturdays."
Not to mention the $30 tickets Sturges keeps getting.
"I was parked in the loading zone, unloaded liquor, went into the restaurant, wrote a check, came back out to unload the seafood that I had picked up. The back of my truck was two to three feet past the loading zone into the no parking, and I had a $30 ticket on my car," Sturges said. "I own the building, own the business, I'm unloading stuff for the business, $30 ticket. Did it need to be done? No."
Due to the new rates, there are also whispers that some business owners are going to tweak their hours because they said there is no sense in being open if business is slow.


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Thursday, June 3, 2010
T is For Tired
Didn't get any exercise done last night, so no bike riding. Thunderboomers started a bit after 5pm and lasted well into the evening. I guess I could have dashed across the street to the gym, but I didn't want to get soaked (or carry an umbrella) - now that I think about it, I could have driven over there and stayed dry! Hindsight. Again with the oh, well.
Plans now include a meeting tonight, followed by late exercise of some kind. Tomorrow I've got exercise at lunch, but no plans after work. I could stand to do some grocery shopping. I'm going through vegetables like a Cuisianart - which is a good thing. On Saturday morning, I'm planning to be on the bike trail at 6:30 am and upon my return, get cleaned up and hop the train to Dallas - just for lunch. Pebbles has found a new pizza joint that she says is very much like her favorite pizza joint in Regio-Emilia. Thin crust Margherita Pizza. I cannot wait!
Sunday's plans include meditation/church service and lunch out with the Poolville Pagans. I haven't visited with them in a while, plus it will be an opportunity to try out the vegan place in town. Next Wednesday will be another Girls Night Out which involves seeing SATC2 (which I've heard is awful, darn it). And after that, I've got nothing on the docket. Actually, I'm considering joining some surfers at a local microbrewery for a pub trivia night. I'm a little out of the demographic, but I do love trivia. That would be on Tuesday, if I decide to give it a go.
Take good care of yourself. Be kind to others. Stay alert.
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10 comments:
Hi Roxy,ReplyDelete
Your post makes me want to hit the treadmill, or the walking path, or my bike. I think I will.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. It was very nice to hear from you. I appreciated your very kind comment and would be honored if you linked to my post. Thank you.
Please take good care of yourself, too.
AH! Trivia! I have all kinds of useless info swimming around in this head of mine.ReplyDelete
Feeling kind of tired this morning too.
I need to take a train somewhere. Your plans sound like great fun.
Wow. For someone who is tired, you sure are planning lots of activity! Maybe all that will walk you up.ReplyDelete
I heard the same about SATC2 so I'm waiting for Netflix.
I hate when I'm awake in the night and then KNOW I could nod off in the blink of an eye.ReplyDelete
Even if SATC2 is awful, you'll have fun with the girls. There are no decent movies right now, which I'm finding very annoying, but no one is listening.
I had trouble sleeping the other night. I woke up at 1 a.m. and could not go back to sleep. Don't know why. I hate that.ReplyDelete
Hope you get some sleep tonight.
NO SPOILERS HERE:ReplyDelete
I'm a HUGE SATC fan. I've probably seen every tv episode at least 20 times. Some would say it's a problem. (read Mark)
I simply ADORED the first movie, had to see it a second time as I balled through the first showing. Balled through the entire thing. I don't know what it was, but it was like seeing old friends and I was just so happy!! (happy balling)
This one, did provoke that same feeling, but I will agree, not a "great movie," but I can't help it, I just love those girls and I ate up every last drippy, overthetop moment of it. Just go with an open mind and escape.
I love my Ativan for nights I can't sleep. It relaxes me enough to turn off my brain so I can get my beauty zzzzz's.ReplyDelete
lol @ baby Grandbeast's sleeping position. :D Dogs are so funny and precious.
Boy, you have a busy agenda there ... lots of soulful things to do on the list. Sounds fulfilling, Roxie.
Yours is the last blog I'm reading before I head out for my bike ride. I'll be smiling for ya! :D
Hope the meeting goes smoothly tonight.
There is nothing like a good pizza - and yet, there are so many bad pizzas out there...hope the new place is great!ReplyDelete
Awww to the grandbeast puppy!
Sorry to hear SATC2 is bad - of course I will still see it, lol!
Have I told you that I love how you put your weight under your name?ReplyDelete
It's a nice way to keep track of it without hitting yourself over the head.
Have fun with your vegan meal and satc...I haven't seen any of the movies.
The last movie I saw was alice in wonderland I think lol.
Personally , I loved the SATC2movie..laughed out loud seeveral times..The clothes..eh..not my cup of tea. But this felt like the old series more than the last film did. I'm impressed you get up so early for a bike ride. I live in GA and it gets as hot as hell by 9.ReplyDelete