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Opinion: Robberies becoming more alarming
I have been living in La Jolla for a year and a half and I (am concerned about) the increase of robberies in La Jolla. Indeed, I am living on Rutgers Road and a few friends of mine who are close neighbors had been robbed, either their cars were broken or robbers entered the house while they were away and stole jewels and console video games. I also have friends in a gated community on Soledad Mountain who had been robbed.
I am very disappointed to see that the police don't seem to make any effort to prevent this from happening. Also I am really surprised that there is no sign on the street telling people that a crime took place in this area with a phone number.
Furthermore, I have the feeling that people from our neighborhood are not willing to volunteer to patrol, which would be a great idea. Also having a sign on our street warning everybody that our street is watched would help.
If there is anything you could do to get people act against crime would be great.
Celine Glon
La Jolla
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'The Mountains Don't Care' – Tour Divide gear rundown
The stuff. All the things that I'm carrying. When it's all laid out, it doesn't look like much for a few weeks of living off the bike. But when I'm pushing it up a mountain road, it feels like a ton.
I've never cared about how much my race bike weighed. I've always felt that the main difference between a 20 pound mountain bike and a 27 pound mountain bike is about $2,000, and the fact that a heavier bike won't break when you hit a rock the wrong way.
But this is different. When the dry weight (no food or water) of the whole setup is pushing 50 pounds, I've been doing everything I can to save weight. I even bought a kitchen scale to weigh crap. And I've been debating the little things: do I need a wool hat if I have a jacket with a hood? Probably not. Saved 150 grams.
Editor's note: Montana is a former intern at Dirt Rag and longtime friend-of-the-mag, so we were especially proud when he completed the 2,700-mile Tour Divide this summer in his first attempt. Read his epic account of the trip here. You can also follow along with all his adventures on his blog, The Skrumble.Tweet Print
'The Mountains Don't Care' – A Tour Divide recap
I haven't been able to sleep. Every night I wake up, thinking that I still have more miles to ride to the border.
"No, Colleen already picked you up, it's over," I tell myself. Then the sun comes up and my legs are rubbery.
Tour Divide was monstrously hard. I thought that I understood how difficult it was going to be, but based on my past experience, that just wasn't possible.
I always thought "Yeah it's a long ride, but there's hardly any singletrack. It's all dirt road. So it's probably not that bad."
I was so far off.
Editor's note: Montana is a former intern at Dirt Rag and longtime friend-of-the-mag, so we were especially proud when he completed the 2,700-mile Tour Divide this summer in his first attempt. No stranger to big rides and crazy adventures, Montana ultimately finished ninth overall on his singlespeed Surly Krampus in 22 days, four hours and 21 minutes. You can follow along with all his adventures on his blog, The Skrumble.Tweet Print
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Riding with the Breeze
It's hard to imagine a more unassuming guy than Joe Breeze. Unlike his contemporaries Gary Fisher or Tom Ritchey, who are easy to spot in a crowd, Breeze could be the guy standing in line in front of you at the grocery store, or your friendly neighbor who always greets you with a wave and a smile. Of course, if you live in Fairfax, California, there's a good chance he is both of these things.
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Photo Gallery: Bilenky Junkyard 'Cross
A long-standing Pennsylvania tradition, Bilenky Cycle Works has hosted a… unique cyclocross race each winter through a salvage yard. There are no UCI officials measuring tire widths, the barriers are not to spec, and #handupsarenotacrime.
This Saturday the annual event was pushed to new levels with the influx of humanity (and inhumanity) in town for the Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships. The Junkyard Cross was tapped as a qualifying event for the Big Show, with heats of riders dualing for a finale and a chance to race in the Sunday's main event. If you favored style over speed, you could still enter Sunday's Everyone's A Winner race, complete with universal #1 number plates.
There were a few scary moments, and likely some flat tires, but overall the event was one of the most amazing spectacles I've ever seen. Until Sunday that is…
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Trans-Sylvania Epic bike checks – the top racers and their rides
By Molly Hurford
Justin Lindine, men's overall winner
Where you're from: New Salem, Mass.
Is there anything special or different about your bike? Well, we just got these sweet new Novatec Dragon 29 wheels, so those are the newest/most different thing right now. I got them just before TS Epic and they have been awesome! Nice and light, but holding up well to the PA rough stuff.
When you built up this bike, what did you dream about doing with it? Winning races… I mean, look at it, it just looks like it wants to go fast. I can't let it down
Anything you plan on changing? Not too much really. I'm slated to get a slightly smaller frame in the near future to try that out, and I have an FSA riser bar coming to try instead of the flat bar, but other than that the bike is pretty tricked out for me.
- Frame: Redline D680
- Fork: FOX 32 float 29 fit 100mm travel with CTD 15mm thru axle, tapered steerer
- Stem: Ritchey WCS C260
- Bars: Ritchey WCS 2 x 31.8mm x 720mm
- Brakes: AVID Elixir 7 160mm rotor
- Wheels: Novatec Dragon MTB 29" wheels
- Tires: Michelin Wild Grip'r
- Drivetrain: SRAM XO
- Pedals: Shimano SPD
- Saddle: Ritchey Steem V2 WCS
Mike Wissell
Where you're from: Boston, Mass.
Is there anything special or different about your bike? It doesn't ride as much like a race bike as much as a trail bike, which I enjoy. The top tube is a bit longer, the stem is a bit shorter, so you really have a lot of control over the front end. I take it dirt jumping, I take it to pump track, I take it racing. If I have one bike, I want it to be a fun bike.
When you built up this bike, what did you dream about doing with it? Having fun! Everything! This is one of my favorite things to do, I enjoy just riding.
Anything you plan on changing? I swapped out the wheels, they're nice. I put on a wider handlebars, I run stupid long handlebars.
- Frame: BMC Fourstroke FS01 29
- Fork: Fox Racing Shox Float 29
- Stem: Easton EA 90
- Bars: ENVE Sweep Bar
- Brakes: Avid XX
- Wheels: Specialized Roval Control Trail SL 29
- Tires: Fast Trak 29 x 2.2 Control
- Drivetrain: SRAM XO
- Pedals: Shimano XTR
- Saddle: Specialized Phenom
Brian Ferrari, singlespeed overall winner
Where you're from: State College, Penn.
Is there anything special or different about your bike? It's singlespeed, and John Upcraft is the builder. He built for Cannondale for a little while before starting to build under his own name, Hubcap, and he's just getting into it. He's always been big into pulling the rear wheel forward; he has a signature curved-in tube to pull it in and give you a nice, short chainstay. So together we built on that, taking two of my favorite bikes I've ridden in the past, taking the front end geometry off of my favorite long distance bike and the rear end geometry off the back off my favorite short distance bike and did some whacky stuff with it. It's great. Then I was tired of changing my gear all the time so we set it up so it only accepts two gear ratios: a 34/20or 34/19.
When you built up this bike, what did you dream about doing with it? Everything!
Anything you plan on changing? This is the bike I dreamed about for years and working with a builder to make it was just a lot of fun. I'm super happy with the way it's set up now.
- Frame: Hubcap custom titanium with custom paint job, including the ponies for "Ferrari"
- Fork: Rockshox SID ("I just got it a week ago. It's a little new to me!")
- Stem: Thomson
- Bars: Salso Pro Moto
- Grips: Ergon, "old-school, two bikes old"
- Brakes: Shimano XT, "not the brakes I started with, but the brakes I'll finish with!"
- Wheels: Stan's NoTubes ZTR Crest 29er rims with Chris King hubs built by Freezethaw
- Tires: Schwalbe Racing Ralph 29"
- Drivetrain: Shimano XT cranks, Chris King bottom bracket, Red Salsa chainring
- Pedals: Time
- Saddle: Fizik (selected not for a specific saddle, but because it was red to match the frame!)
Amanda Carey, women's overall winner
Where you're from: Victor, Idaho
Is there anything special or different about your bike? I have two Cannondales this season, a hardtail F29 and the Scalpel. The Scalpel is one of the most stable 29ers I have ever ridden. It corners so easily, it literally knifes through corners. I came from bikes that had a twitchy front end, so I really appreciate how the Scalpel's geometry feels really confident and precise. I get all my bikes fit by Tom Coleman at WobbleNaught in Boise so my fit is consistent across bikes and seasons.
When you built up this bike, what did you dream about doing with it? I chose the Scalpel for TSE because it climbs like a hardtail and eats up the PA rocks without losing any pedaling momentum in trail and descend mode.
Anything you plan on changing? No!
- Frame: Cannondale Scalpel
- Fork: Lefty XLR 100 29
- Stem: Cannondale OPI Adjustable -15 degree, 31.8
- Bars: Tru Vativ Noir Flat , 700X10MM
- Brakes: Avid Elixir 9 Carbon, 180/160MM
- Wheels: I ran Stan's NoTubes Race Golds, probably my favorite feature on the bike. 1,390 grams for a set sounds really light (and they are) but the are really trustworthy. They spin up really fast and can take some pretty heavy abuse – they can handle the TSE! Plus, the rim profile is wide enough (Internal width is 21.3, external is 24.2) that I can run low pressure without fear of burping or bottoming to the rim.)
- Tires: Kenda Kozmik Lite II 29. I'm a huge fan of Kenda's new line of sealant compatible tires (SCT). A little extra weight for a lot more confidence. I do run standard tube type tires in less rocky areas, but the SCT version of the Kosmik Lite IIs in the 2.0 is what I ran every day at TSE in all sorts of conditions and not a single flat! I did run 2.2 Honey Badgers in the SCT for the enduro day just for fun and safety (to protect my significant lead in the GC). Actually, the entire Stan's Women's Elite Team only had one slow leak (never a flat just a small burp) over the entire TSE. We were pretty stoked about that!
- Drivetrain: SRAM XX
- Pedals: Crank Brothers Egg Beaters
- Saddle: Fizik Tundra. I am addicted to the Fizik Tundra 2 saddle. I have it on all five of my bikes for three years in a row. No seams that cause friction, narrow so it allows you to get on the nose when you need to and narrow enough so that your sits bones can really contact the saddle properly while allowing you to get behind the saddle with ease.
Sonya Looney
Where you're from: Boulder, Colo.
Is there anything special or different about your bike? I like that it's full suspension. This is my first rear suspension bike! I've wanted one for a really long time. I said, please, I really need a full suspension for the East Coast, and they sent it so I got it a day before I left on this trip! I haven't had it out, I didn't have the suspension dialed, I just took it out of the box and said, yeah, this looks good. I'm really glad I had it! The major con is that it's kind of heavy, it weighs almost 26 lbs but it's worth it. If I were to have one bike it would be a full suspension.
When you built up this bike, what did you dream about doing with it? Racing some of the rockier races on the East Coast!
Anything you plan on changing? I'm looking forward to a carbon full suspension that'll be a bit lighter!
- Frame: full-suspension Canyon Nerve AL
- Fork: Magura TS8 R 120/100/80 29"
- Stem: Ritchey WCS
- Bars: Ritchey SuperLogic Carbon Rizer
- Grips: Ergon
- Brakes: Magura MT-8 Disc Brakes
- Wheels: DT Swiss XR400 29"
- Tires: Continental
- Drivetrain: SRAM XX
- Pedals: Crank Brothers Candy 11
- Saddle: Ergon
Gravel racing: A look at my Dirty Kanza 200 weapon
By Mike Cushionbury
Gravel road racing is filled with innovations and inventions. Bikes range from road to cyclocross to full-on Frankenbikes cobbled together from a mix of road, cross, touring and mountain bike parts. As a mountain bike racer and first-time DK200 competitor I momentarily considered setting up my 29er cross-country race bike for the task late last year but further consideration led me towards my cyclocross bike—namely a 2013 Cannondale SuperX Disc—with the goal of keeping it as simple and familiar as possible.
I knew for sure a Frankenbike was not the answer. I didn't want to gamble with a cumbersome bike I wasn't used to. I also wanted something I could consistently train on, making sure my position was completely dialed. In February, after 'cross season, I set up my SuperX with the exact same measurements as my road bike, a professionally fitted position I've had for as long as I can remember. My saddle height, reach and stem length are all exactly the same on both bikes.
I also chose the same model Fizik Areone saddle (that's well broken in by now) and same crank arm lengths (being a mountain biker I use long-ish 175mm on the road for consistency.) Once everything was set I put road tires on and used this rig as my road bike, compiling as many miles as I could to make sure the bike and my position was deeply burned into my muscle memory and as comfortable as possible.
The SuperX's carbon frame is lighter than many road bike frames and with SAVE seat and chain stays it's compliant and forgiving over rough terrain. It is truly an elite level 'cross bike that performs like a refined road bike with snappy acceleration and geometry suited to longer road races opposed to crit-style racing—just the ticket for DK. Front and rear disc brakes insure precise stopping will never be an issue.
Nothing too radical for parts save for some drivetrain adjustments. I choose a short reach Ritchey WCS Curve carbon fiber handlebar and WCS 4-Axis stem for ultra lightweight and reliability. I also went with a bump absorbing Ritchey WCS Carbon Flexlogic Link seatpost. The post's carbon layup provides a claimed 15-percent increase in vertical compliancy compared to standard posts without giving up any lateral or torsional stiffness. For a little extra comfort I double wrapped the top of the bars since this is where I will mostly be, not down in the drops.
Shifters and front derailleur are standard SRAM Force. For the road I used a Force rear derailleur, SRAM Red 11/26 cassette and Cannondale Si 53/39 crankset. Because 200 miles is, well, 200 miles, I wanted extra low gearing for the later hours of the race. I switched out the rear derailleur for a SRAM XX mountain unit and matched that to an XX 11/32 cassette. I also geared down the front with an FSA K-Force compact crank and 50/34-chainring combo.
This is a set-up I successfully used at last year's Iron Cross race so I'm already comfortable with it. I'll be using Shimano XTR Race pedals and mountain bike shoes because I believe top-level mountain bike shoes, though they do have very stiff carbon soles, vibrate less over such harsh roads. Super stiff road shoes could lead to early foot numbness and fatigue.
Wheels and tires
Wheel selection was simple; I'm using the same NoTubes Alpha 340 Team road wheelset I've been on all winter—simple, light and ultra reliable. Initially I was going to use a NoTubes ZTR Crest mountain bike wheelset to widen the tire's contact patch but tire installation proved difficult due to the increased rim width (something I didn't want to deal with in Kansas.)
My tire choice was simple as well: Challenge Almanzo's. These super-durable, 360-gram, 700x30mm tires are specifically designed for gravel road racing. They roll very fast and utilize a special Puncture Protection System belt between the casing and belt—perfect for the spiky rocks on the roads around the Flint Hills.
Since I'm not much of a water pack wearer, I plan on going with two bottles on the bike and one in my pocket—three bottles per 50 miles to each checkpoint where I'll have a drop bag loaded with supplies including real food like sardines, pepperoni sandwiches, black licorice and of course drink mix and bottles. If I stay on point of not using a water pack I'll add a large seat bag with three tubes, a multi tool with a chain breaker, two quick links, a few links of chain, electrical tape and a tire boot. I also have a Lezyne mini-pump secured to the bike. As a precaution, I'll have a full water pack in my drop bag at the midpoint checkpoint.
Veterans of the race may think I'm gambling by going minimalist but when I built up my bike for this mammoth event I went with what I know and am comfortable with. It's a roll of the dice I'm willing to take.
Dirty Kanza is Saturday, June 1 in the Flint Hills region of east-central Kansas. Go to dirtykanza200.com for more info.
Keep reading
For more on the Dirty Kanza 200, check out our race report from last year, and see how other riders set up their rigs.
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How We Roll: Montana Miller's fat-front Kona Honzo
Editor's note: While we at Dirt Rag get to ride a lot of very nice bikes, most of them are bone stock or very close to it. I've always enjoyed seeing how individual riders personalize their bikes with component choices, accessories or other little touches that really make them their own. We're starting a new feature called How We Roll to highlight some of the cool, unusual or just awesome bikes we see out in the wild. Up first: our current intern Montana Miller.
What terrain do you ride the most?
Sharp slippy rocks in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
How many hours a week does the bike get ridden?
Around 10 to 15. Sometimes more, usually not less.
If this bike was a sheep, would you rail it hard in the corners?
No. I'd pump it through the rollers.
Is there anything special or different about your build?
The fat front. It turns the Honzo into a rigid bike that I can actually ride hard. With a 29er front wheel, I was constantly pinging the rim or folding wheels over. The 135mm spacing on the fat bike fork let me build the front wheel with even spoke tension (most standard front disc wheels have only have about 60 percent tension on the non-disc side,) so I ended up with a wheel that's stiff and really strong.
With six psi in the fat bike tire, I can take the same lines that I used to take with a 120mm suspension fork. I just have to be a little careful on sustained descents, because once the fat tire starts bouncing, it can get out of control pretty fast. Since my home trails are so wet and gritty all year, and all my riding is off road, I was putting new seals in my suspension fork almost every month. With the rigid fork, I don't have to do anything. That's nice.
I have a Pugsley, and did some rides on that on dry trails, but the fat rear tire is pointless in the summer. A fat front adds a lot of control, but a fat rear just adds a lot of drag.
You brought this bike to a gunfight. What now?
I'd get shot, and probably wouldn't be super happy about it.
When you built up this bike, what did you dream about doing with it?
When I built up the Honzo, I dreamed about having a bike that I could ride for more than one season (I was on race frames before that, and cracking one every year.) So far so good.
Anything you plan on changing?
I'm planning on racing this setup this season, so I'm going to build up a 29er front wheel for smoother courses. The 3.8 Knard is just a little much to drag around on a buff trail.
Does your bike have a name? Have you assigned it a gender role?
No and no. It's a machine. I don't make it dinner or take it to bed with me either. Although I have been tempted. I get lonely sometimes.
What's the dumbest thing you've ever done with this bike?
I dropped down a set of stairs carrying a six-pack home the other night. The cardboard ripped, and I was left gripping a six-pack handle while I watched all my beers explode on the pavement. It was a sad night.
What makes this bike unique? What makes it yours?
The bad rattle can paint job that rubs off on my shorts.
Vital stats
- Frame: Kona Honzo
- Rear Shock: No
- Fork: Salsa Enabler
- Headset: Cane Creek 40
- Stem: Thompson X4 50mm
- Bars: Jones Loop
- Grips: ESI Chunky
- Brakes: XTR Trail M988
- Rotors: Formula R1 (F180/R160)
- Rims: F:Surly Large Marge Lite, R: Stan's Flow
- Hubs: F: Surly Ultra New, R: Industry Nine Single Speed
- Tires: F: Surly Knard 26×3.8, R: Maxxis Ardent 29×2.4
- Cranks: Shimano SLX
- Chainrings: Raceface Turbine 36t
- Cassette/ cog: Surly 20t
- Derailleurs: No
- Shifters: No
- Pedals: Shimano XT Trail M785
- Saddle: WTB Volt SLT
- Seatpost :Thompson Elite
- Seatpost clamp: Salsa Flip-Lock
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Cold Weather Riding Tips
Editor's note: This feature originally appeared in our sister magazine, Dirt Rag. These tips apply both on and off road, so we wanted to share them with you here. Each of the links goes to the Dirt Rag website.
By the Dirt Rag and Bicycle Times staff
When the temperature drops and daylight wanes, many riders confine themselves to an indoor trainer or hang up their bikes altogether for the winter months. True, winter riding presents unique challenges, but it also reaps great rewards. Aside from the physical benefits of riding all year long, winter riding opens up a world of opportunities for adventure, fun, and natural beauty.
Part 1: It's all in your head
Part one begins with a single step…outside. The mental decision to brave the elements is often times harder than choosing the appropriate gear for your ride. When you're warm and cozy inside your bed/house/car, the prospect of getting all geared up and facing physical discomfort in the form of cold, ice, snow, and/or rain doesn't seem like it would be all that much fun. Indeed, often times the first 15 minutes of a winter ride are uncomfortable, but after a good warm-up the fun begins.
Part 2: Toes and feet
In the second installment on winter riding and how to enjoy it, or at least survive, Shannon focuses on the all-important toes and feet. Keeping this area of the body warm and dry when the temperature drops below freezing can be a struggle. With the proper foot gear though, a trail ride or commute to work can be as easy as slipping on a pair of socks.
Part 3: Legs
In the third installment of our cold weather riding series Justin moves up the body to talk about keeping one's legs warm and comfortable as the mercury falls. The legs are an often-overlooked aspect of cool weather cycling considering they are our primary source of power. Keeping your knees warm is paramount to preventing unnecessary wear and tear of the joint, while keeping your muscles warm will help to prevent strains and pulled muscles, as well as torn ligaments.
Part 4: Layering your torso
As we continue to work our way up the body, Eric explains the ins and outs of keeping your torso toasty. Layers. You knew that already didn't you? Installment four in our series covers two different layering systems that work well into the low twenties.
Part 5: Studded tires
Karen covers the topic of studded tires, a very valuable tool for winter riding. Studded tires are one of those things that may not be useful a large percentage of the time, but for those times when they are useful, they are absolutely essential.
Part 6: Face
Matt provides some tidy tips on keeping your face warm and clean during your winter riding sessions. S'not a problem when you read this.
Part 7: Physical limitations
There is a panoply of excuses we can choose from when wimping out of cold weather riding. Some of them have more validity than others, but that doesn't mean that they can't be overcome. Here we address a couple of physical limitations that can be good reasons to bow out of a cold ride, but that don't necessarily need to stop you, especially in their milder forms.
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i wouldnt like to pay more than 10 $ per person per night. thanks guys
www.hitchingpostcampground.com/ $20 for two adults and $5 for each extra adult I've stayed here once and it was fine. I've also stayed at Creekside, but I think it might be a little more expensive and not any closer or any nicer. As far as I know, free camping is pretty hard to come by around there. There's always the nearest Walmart parking lot..there is one in Hendersonville about 30 minutes away.
Will we've stayed at hitching post before! When I was researching last season it was the best I found.
If you don't mind driving the 30 minutes from Brevard, Pisgah has free camping all over the place. You could do one day at Looking Glass and another at the Bald. The Bald is still not in season right now. There are a lot of chiggers, reptiles, and ivy lingering.


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Updates from Frederick Smith, former Detroiter living in Los Angeles, and author of Down For Whatever (July2005) and Right Side of the Wrong Bed (December 2007).
Based on your recommendation, I will pick up a copy.
Also, DOWN FOR WHATEVER was one of many topics at a Sunday Brunch I recently attended. I believe you have gained some new fans.
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I love J. California Cooper writings, she's one of my favorite authors and I have all her books. My favorite was Some Love Some Pain Sometimes!


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It's been some time since a I posted something here. Not much has been happening since last. I spent x-mas in Finland and since then it's been the 10 training sessions/week+music routine thats been dominating. And then I went to Morocco.
the l'ada, start of the ritual
in the middle of the trance ritual with m'allem Abdellkebir Merchane.
with m'allem Abdellatif, his small troup and my friend Said from TREQ -gnawa during our recording.
a short clip from my recording of m'allem Abdellatif. It will be part of short documentary I'm doing about different maestros.
Now Im back in Sweden after a week spent in Morocco. It's obviously TOO
short but I still managed to do what I came for. First up was the
moussem (which is kind of a festival) around Marrakech. I entered some
lilas (gnawa rituals) and also recorded the great master Abdellatif
"Sidi Amara". After I had a few days relaxing with my family in Rabat.
trying to get some training done in the family house in Rabat -it's not vacation times yet, for a year...
The sun was out, around 20 degrees... Now I'm wrapped in a snowstorm in
northern Sweden, in Umeå, for gig with my old band Giddabros/Giddabush. I
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Mortgage Rates Fell Last Week, Future Movement Unclearby Tim Manni
Mortgage rates managed to ease yet again last week, despite being on the cusp of uncertainty as the Federal Reserve's exit from the mortgage market is just two and one half weeks away. According to the latest issue of HSH.com's Market Trends Newsletter, "there's not a great amount of clarity into what comes after."
The Fed meets on Tuesday [of this] week for a one-day meeting, the shortest such event in over a year. It's more than likely that there will be discussions of contingency plans for mortgages should market conditions turn adverse in the months ahead, imperiling the relative stability forming in the housing market.
What happened to rates last week?
…[last] week's overall average for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages tracked by HSH.com in our FRMI shed another four basis points (.04%) this week, dropping to 5.30%, an exact match for the week ending 12/11/09. The FRMI includes conforming, jumbo and the GSE's "high-limit" conforming products in its calculation. The FRMI's 5/1 Hybrid ARM counterpart also dipped by four basis points to 4.44%, coincidentally also matching its December 11 mark. The 5/1 has been on a near-steady decline since a year-starting spike to 4.85%.
While few expect any change to the Fed's monetary policy, the lack of significant market reaction to its recent move to the discount window borrowing rate (the rate at which the Fed itself lends to banks) may prompt them to make another move before too long. Interbank lending has improved to the point where there are few actual requests for the Fed to provide funds, and increasing the cost of doing so has the simple effect of pushing would-be borrowers back into the open market for any needed funds. In that way, it promotes a more normal market.
The movements in mortgage rates have surprised us a little in the past few weeks. Although there's been little pressure in one way or the other, the overall pattern has been one of slight but steady decline. The difference between 30-year fixed rate conforming and true private-market jumbo prices continues to narrow, and this week's 73 basis point differential is the smallest since November of 2007. Perhaps we will eventually return to a normal, privately influenced mortgage market after all. In the meanwhile, the economic calendar's a bit fuller next week and there is a Fed meeting. Does the trend of gently easing rates continue next week? Underlying interest rates seem to point to a slight lift, at least as we start the week.
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By Jim Sullivan
---- — The Triton girls cross-country team shocked many in the area at the Cape Ann League Championships on Saturday, coming in as the top area school in the sport. As far as coach Joe Colbert is concerned, it wouldn't have happened without a trusted veteran and surprising newcomer.
"There's no way we could have done it without the both of them," Colbert said of senior co-captain Liz Willmonton and sophomore Maddie Quigley, both of whom recorded personal bests at the CAL's. "We knew coming back that Liz was going to be one of the best runners in the league, and when I heard over the summer that Maddie had decided to join the team, I knew then that we were going to be capable of doing some big things."
The Vikes finished in fourth place on the 5K course at Bradley Palmer State Park with a score of 124, the best performance in Colbert's 12-year Triton career. Willmonton recorded a personal best and placed sixth overall with a time of 19:14 to rack up Triton's best CAL performance since Keely Maguire ran a 17:31 in 2007 before going on to run at UNH.
"Dropping down a whole minute in just one race was unbelievable," said Willmonton. "I saw the clock when I was in the shoot, and I started crying, I was so happy. I don't think the girls who were behind me were too happy about that, but I was so happy, I cannot even explain it."
Willmonton, who is current looking at running at either Bryant or Franklin Pierce next year, had never run before making the squad in her freshman season when she finished first on the team. When it came to her final CAL appearance on Saturday, she wanted it all.
"Wanting it really, really badly played into it," said Willmonton. "Going into it, I had a lot of goals as to what I wanted to do. But Colbert was the one who really got me zoned. He came up to me and told me that I had to get out there with the top five or six girls and run it with them. And I was surprised that, even when I got out front, even when we came to the last mile, I felt great, and I picked off five girls, coming down."
Also recording a personal best Saturday was Quigley, who came in 13th out of 85 overall with a time of 19:44. Not bad for her first year running cross-country.
"We had one of the best runners in the league, and now we have two of the best runners in the league," said Colbert. "We would've been pretty good without Maddie, but her coming in was a pretty big turnaround for us."
Willmonton had noticed Quigley during winter track last year, and asked her to come out for cross-country. The two trained together over the summer and suffered through an 0-3 start to the season before eventually settling on a 7-4 record. No one could have been happier for Quigley when she finished at the CAL's than her mentor.
"I was crying, I was so happy," Willmonton said. "Then I saw Maddie come in, and I hugged her and we were both just extremely happy. We had both just gotten our personal best by like a minute, and we both had such a good day."
"I almost started crying too," said Quigley. "I was just so happy for her and couldn't believe that I had gotten my personal best too."
Quigley said that she hopes to continue the legacy Willmonton will be leaving her to keep the program running well, something that Colbert is happy to hear.
"I'm hoping the community really sees this success, the achievement and the improvement, and it sort of builds from there, because it's hard to get kids to run cross-country," said Colbert. "So to see a young lady like Maddie come out and have some success at it, I'm hoping there are other talented athletes out there who will look at it and say, 'Yeah, that's an option for me because it's a great sport. It's a sport where I could go out there and really excel and get some attention.'"
It seems the Triton athletic program has indeed turned a corner of late. Five of the school's seven fall teams made the post- season, and Willmonton is excited to be a part of that as a senior.
"I am so proud," Willmonton said. "It's not just in our sport, but all across the board we have teams making (the tournament) and it just feels good to be leading a movement that will continue over the next couple of years."


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Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine Style Ale 2009 - Stone Brewing Co.
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New Jersey
3.63/5 rDev -11.5%
Cracked the bottle and decanted into a standard English pint glass. Settled down into a 3/4 inch creme caramel head that fell off in due time. Nothing overly remarkable aside from the inviting color. Body was a deep honey with a tinge of haze.
Immediately got a piney, grapefruit hoppiness. My second whiff hit me with Indian bitter melon pickle.
Taste comes around with pine up front with nice creaminess. Trails off with a hard grapefruit citrus. The alcohol makes its presence known quite well. I get a warming liquor effect from this sucker.
Hits steadily and not too abrasively with a medium body. Thickens up the syrup as I get through about 10 ounces. Once again, the booze opens up the gullet for a warm, open feel.
I like the hop component to this. Sexy complement to the ethanol. Gets thick but never cloying. A few sips are in order for the noninitiated. Downing more than one bottle could prove funny/disasterous. Nice job, Stone.
06-18-2009 18:34:42 | More by countrocula
4.03/5 rDev -1.7%
A - Murky orange honey with a 1 inch head that leaves fast to disk.
Tons of cascading bubbles as you tilt the glass. Lots of filmy small bubbled lace.
S - Holy Crap. It SMELLS like thick, gooey caramel. Tons of sweet malt in this aroma.
T - Big ass caramel, gets kind of harshly bittered in tandem with pretty significant alcohol presence.
M - Thick, coating, good carb. Big flavors and balances heave and ho.
D - Big, mean, lots of booze and ruin of palate. Good stuff, but not meant for a night, for sure.
06-15-2009 04:50:25 | More by srandycarter
4.28/5 rDev +4.4%
Poured from a bomber into a snifter, room temperature.
Pours a medium amber with a nice ample head that laces and sticks quite well.
Aroma is of estery alcohol with an intense bitter, earthy hop aroma. Sweet caramel and light vanilla notes are present. The aromas of alcohol and resinous hops make the aroma overall, quite estery and slightly phenolic.
Flavor opens with a perfect melding of sweet and caramel malts with a wonderful bitter hop presence. Hops become more fierce and assertive in the middle completely washing away the sticky sweetness of the malt. Finishes quite dry, with a nice bittering aftertaste to the tongue and throat.
Mouthfeel is lush and sticky. Carbonation is good, attenuation working in the hops favor to cut the sweetness.
A big Barley wine that melds the hop and strong malt characters well. Alcohol is well hidden and only detectable on the exhale. The balance is better than I have had in other Barley wines that are over hopped in my opinion.
Well done Stone!
06-13-2009 22:43:47 | More by wheatyweiss
4.22/5 rDev +2.9%
Stone is king.
Okay, well this baby poured really nice into a wine glass, now renamed Beer Glass. Either way, I got it to a great two finger caramel head, that lasted for a while. It had a nice dark amber color that was a deep dark brown in the center. Little but sticky lace.
The smell was pungent of alcohol and sweetness. It has a bite to its smell, something like its taste. Just a nice aroma that consists of the Stone hops, the character you can always recognize.
The taste is great. I has that bitterness that comes with most of Stone's brews. It also tasted a bit like dark sugar, pine, and a little like bitter-alcohol.
The mouthfeel, like I said before is nice because the bitterness just gets your tongue and strangles it. The drinkability is so low because this brew got me a little trashed. I don't know what it was but it got me a little BUZZZED.
So, no surprise Stone repeats a great brew. Will buy again and drink with delight.
06-13-2009 06:33:08 | More by Jmoore50
3.63/5 rDev -11.5%
Poured a nice thick red-copper color with some very nice head and good lacing. Nice malty scent, although not very deep and with little beyond the malt. Great thick malt flavor, deep and hardy, with a nice hit of (slightly citrus and floral) hops at the end that stay on the tongue and balance it out. Fairly smooth, with just a hint of the alcohol that's in it, if a bit too thick to have much at a time.
06-09-2009 17:54:44 | More by JamesS
4.25/5 rDev +3.7%
Had at a Vintage Stone Tasting as part of an Old Guardian vertical (07,08,09).
A- Poured a beautiful deep amber color with a large white foam that leaves lots of lacing.
S- Huge grapefruit and piney hop scents make up the nose with floral and other citrus smells apparent as well. Tons of hops in the nose compared to the 07 and 08 that I tasted just before it. Alcohol is present in the aroma but not overbearing. There is some piney apricot and light malt sweetness with brown sugar/caramel scents.
T- Big and bold grapefruit and piney hop bitterness initially. There is a noticeable malty sweet bread flavor in the finish. The hops dominate the flavor though with lots of bitterness and citrus flavors. Spice and dark fruit flavors are present with a caramel sweetness in the finish.
M- Big and full bodied with a decent amount of carbonation.
D- A nice surprise from the other vintages that shows a much bolder hop profile.
06-08-2009 14:12:59 | More by projectflam86
4.35/5 rDev +6.1%
appearance: reddish dark brown
smell: large hop presence, very plesant for a hop fans. more than I expected and much more than bigfoot
taste: strong hops aroma, rich malty flavor
mouthfeel: high carbonation and very tasty
drinkability: smooth large beer. I was impressed. Never had a Barleywine other than Bigfoot. I liked both and they are completly different.
06-07-2009 04:49:35 | More by CampusCrew
4.28/5 rDev +4.4%
22oz bottle.
Pours a ruby brown in color. No head forms on the pour, but there is a bit of froth that appears. Smell is huge malts, some alcohol and just a hint of hops.
The flavor is big. The hops are more toned down in this years offering than in last years. Last years was too hoppy for me. This one is much more drinkable early on. Huge malts, and just a hint of alcohol. There are some hops in this beer, but they are very balanced and complimentary. I prefer this beer a lot more to last years bottling. Might have to pick up some of these bottles to put down for awhile.
06-06-2009 02:11:53 | More by FtownThrowDown
4.08/5 rDev -0.5%
Poured this into an Old Guardian glass. It's a great looking cloudy orange-red with three fingers of tan creamy head that just hangs on and on.
Since this is from Stone, you have to expect hops and that's what you get in the aroma but malt and alcohol are there as well.
I was expecting this to be hop heavy but it wasn't. The hops are there all right but there is a bias toward caramel malt. The taste is mostly sweet malt and alcohol along with the hops. Nicely carbonated.
This is not as smooth as Bigfoot but very enjoyable as a maltier, more muscular barleywine. It's also very drinkable, at least until halfway down the bottle when the gargoyle jumps off and kicks you in the head.
05-29-2009 18:39:23 | More by jsapunor
3.3/5 rDev -19.5%
Live Review. Poured from a 750ml bottle into my DFH pint glass. $6.99 at Heinen's in Willoughby Hills, Ohio.
A Great looking 3 inch head over a translucent orange brown slightly cloudy body that glows in front of direct light. Lacing is evident even now before I sip this beer. I like the look a lot and I think that it is true to the style.
S Hops predominate (not surprised as most Stone beers feature hops) but there is a nice sweet malt underbelly to this beer that is interesting.
T Hops and barley are in the front. The hops linger longer than I would like but I think that it is true to the style, one that I really do not like due to the predominance of the hops.
M Appropriately acidic like any hops centered beer would be.
D Not that good. I will likely finish the bomber but will not likely buy this again nor would I buy a second pint (if I had bought a pint).
Notes: I suspect that Barleywine lovers would prefer Big Foot. This pales in comparison to my favorite Barleywine, from Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland (had it on tap as a pub exclusive...it was drinkable and interesting).
05-25-2009 04:02:11 | More by adamette
3.98/5 rDev -2.9%
pour is a cloudy brown-orange with a medium size beige head, and excellent lacing.
smell of sweet fruit (pear, apple) some roasted nuts, some caramel, spice, and grain in the back.
taste is thick, semi-tart, burnt caramel, roasted nuts, malt, some fruit, and a touch of citrus, ends a little dry and a little bitter, gets sweeter as it warms.
05-23-2009 00:40:43 | More by froghop
New York
4.38/5 rDev +6.8%
A: Dark shade of crimson. The head is white and ominous. I think it sticks around only to say " im gonna watch you drink this"
S: Smells overtly hopped. Imagine getting punched in the face with a silky fist full of hops. That is what this smells like, and you really aren't angry because its from stone brewery.
T: Well its more malted than the Arrogant line, and at first sip you get only a taste of it. Then you're sodomized by hops. Its a good thing, and you eventually start to like it. Then its dry, and you feel guilty and slightly offended. BUT... you're happy... its hard to explain
M: It tastes alot like razor blades made of hops... with a lot of alcohol. Hidden. To trick you.
D: I can drink this till the cows come home, which they have. Its more than double the strength of a normal brew and you should keep that in mind. But, for a barley wine style ale made by stone, its more drinkable than you'd imagine.
This is a good brew... its the 2009 early release if anyone cares... I heard from the guy at the distributor that it was better in past years, but i dont believe him. This beer is profane. Thank god
05-21-2009 03:09:21 | More by rodney45
4.28/5 rDev +4.4%
Reviewing after the fact from notes.
A - Hazy amber red with a thick rocky slightly orange-tan head. Plenty of lacing.
S - Like any good stone brew, plenty of malt and hops. Citrusy, grapefruit and lemony, but large sweet malt backbone. A real pleasant punch to the nose.
T/M - Ahh, now this is a barleywine. Good solid malt, slightly chalky quad-like feel. Sweet, but balanced by heavy citrusy hops.
D - Very tasty, but high alcohol. MIGHT have 2 on a night.
I will definately be picking up another one of these to review more thoroughly.
05-19-2009 03:06:19 | More by MunchkinDrinker
4/5 rDev -2.4%
Poured from Bomber into snifter. Early 2009 Release marked on bottle.
A: Rich amber coloring with oily head. Nice lacing apparent. Good looking brew.
S: Typical Stone citrus nose with heavy hops apparent but not to the same extent as the IPA or Ruination. The high alcohol does not come across with I found surprising.
T & M: I get a strange musty tone in the taste that I have not encountered in the bottles of Old Guardian that I have had. Pretty well balanced for an American Barleywine, especially from Stone. Finish definitely has some bitter hop qualities.
D: For a barleywine this is quite drinkable but the high ABV would keep me from a drinking more than one bottle.
05-18-2009 23:51:55 | More by elniko
4.22/5 rDev +2.9%
A- Red copper color with a touch of amber. The head is very thin, yet stays a good while.
S- The hop smell is very gin/juniper like, with great herbal spices. A nice candy caramel smell.
T- That gin hop taste carried over to the taste. The beer has more hop taste then aged. Very tasty and edgy, not quite as refined and mellowed as an aged one.
M- The mouthfeel is good, nice carbination to the thick beer.
D- Easy to drink for sure. Goes down smooth but can be a slight bit harsh.
05-17-2009 03:04:30 | More by Wetpaperbag
District of Columbia
4.1/5 rDev 0%
Pours a bit thick, sticky. A clear, rather light caramel brown with orange. A creamy, just off-white head produced by an initially roiling carbonation. Pretty solid lacing.
Sticky-sweet malt is up front in the aroma. Caramel, dough. Initially it seemed to be an all-malt nose, but as I let it sit I detected a bevy of different hop notes. Mint. Spicy citrus.
Malt up front, but then lots of sticky hops. Light caramel, but mostly indistinct sweet malt serves to prepare the palate for the hop onslaught. Herbal and grassy, made spicy and dry by significant alcohol drying. Medicinal note.
Creamy, but not without some restrained CO2 prickliness. Medium bodied, with some chewiness, as well. Definitely a sipper, but an enjoyable one. I guess I wish the malt was as developed and nuanced as the hops, but this is quite nice.
05-16-2009 23:18:50 | More by TheMistler
4.28/5 rDev +4.4%
A: pours a fantastic deep gold that tiptoes the edge of being red... maybe an orange-red? this beer is exceptional looking. a beautiful 1/4 inch tan head showed no signs of dissipating until the last sip.
S: sticky, piny, lemony hops. a big malt aroma present, along with booze.
T: I can find two components to this: bitter and booze. I'm looking for malt, but its not there. a hop forward taste, seemingly attempting to mask the 11.3%... a tall task.
M: slightly creamy with a pleasant and lingering aftertaste at the back of the tongue.
D: surprisingly high for a brew this enormous! even though I mentioned that the alcohol is evident, it in no way makes it a harsh drinker.
05-13-2009 05:30:00 | More by merryjoulton
3.85/5 rDev -6.1%
All around solid American barleywine. Poured into a snifter at the Ginger Man in Austin. Amber, honey color. Thin head, that left some sticky lacing on the glass. Hop, hop, hoppy aroma. Sticky flavor and aroma. A nice sweet tea flavor in the middle of the tongue, really tasty. Bitter finish. A tad thin. Boozy. I have enjoyed other barleywines much more. This may need some time, actually, I am prety sure this needs some time to chill and age.
05-13-2009 01:42:22 | More by AChamberlain
District of Columbia
4.35/5 rDev +6.1%
Wife got me a bottle of this, first one I've gotten my hands on in a couple of years. Look is solid - amber color, fairly light, with a smallish head that dissolves quickly down to a fairly fine film. Huge nose: strong on fruity hops, spice, and caramel malt. Really perfect, well-balanced aromas here. Definitely a hoppy nose, but not unnervingly so. Body is fruity sweet up front, then rolling into a more caramel malt before finishing with a strong, drying, syrupy hop conclusion. A really good example of a solid barley-wine, although this one obviously focuses on the hops side of the fence, leaning into DIPA range (but who's counting, really). Fruitiness, looking at some dried fruit - raisins and apricots. Don't get any alcohol out of this sucker, despite the 11% ABV. Body is fine, with a really busy carbonation that works with that strong hop presence. Overall, this is a really solid brew, much like I remember it.
05-10-2009 21:03:51 | More by soupyman10
4.97/5 rDev +21.2%
Appearance: Crystal clear bright mahogany. Moderate head that fades fairly quickly but never completely vanishes. Delicate, resilient lacing.
Aroma: floral, hints of pineapple and dry summer grass, gently piney hops.
Taste: Commanding hop presence with robust malt body to match. Lots of fresh and dried fruit- especially strawberry, apricot, and some citrus. Mayan cocoa (dark chocolate with chili), hot jalapeno, and pipe tobacco, especially as the taste finishes and lingers. Finish also contains grassy/floral/vegetal notes which correspond with the aroma. Herbal suggestions of Benedictine, peat smoke, and heather. There's a bit of alcohol presence, but it's not nearly as boozy-tasting as one would expect for this style.
This ale is robust, bold, complex and articulate without being too heavy handed or lopsided. As the name suggests, it's both mighty and dignified.
In short- AMAZING. I buy as many of these as I can carry whenever I find them.
05-10-2009 19:20:03 | More by benjathelion
4.72/5 rDev +15.1%
Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine Style Ale is a very interesting beer, I can't really say it's not an American Barleywine, but it sure seems like a double IPA on steroids to me. The flavor is intensely hoppy, there is some caramel flavored malt that balances it out and the alcohol is hidden pretty well considering, however it is part of the flavor and I sure as heck could feel it's effects. Absolutely one of the best beers I've ever had. It makes me want to hoard as much as I can find.
05-09-2009 01:13:49 | More by Drew966
4.45/5 rDev +8.5%
Old Guardian, poured into a nonik glass, is a cloudy golden color, with a large head of thick, creamy, dense foam. The nose is sweet, lightly fruity, with a great aromatic hop presence. Exceptionally bitter citrus-flavored hops. The sweet malt takes a step to the background with bitterness front and center from start to finish, but it does make a light balance if you look for it. The finish lingers forever, very dry. A surprisingly light bodied beer for such strength, creamy and sumptuous.
Very good America barley wine.
05-08-2009 04:43:18 | More by allengarvin
4.03/5 rDev -1.7%
A- this one pours a murky dark orange/amber that has a finger of off white colored head. the head last a very long time and leaves a wall of lacing behind.
S- lots of caramel and toffee malts right off the bat. then comes some hops. mostly fruity and citrus. smells more balanced than i have come to expect from stone.
T- the caramel malt comes through pretty strong. the hops are much stronger than the nose would indicate. very resiny and full of citrus and to a lesser extent, tropical fruits. a touch of alcohol at the end, but its still pretty well hidden for something this big.
M- full bodied and thick. very mouth coating. a nice warming from the alcohol as it makes its way down my throat.
D- this comes off as a classic example of the american barley wine. nice and malty with a healthy dose of hops at the end. the bottle was easy enough to finish, but i dont think i could see myself reaching for another one. a great beer to split with someone on a colder night.
05-08-2009 03:51:03 | More by jwinship83
North Carolina
3.95/5 rDev -3.7%
On-tap at Flying Saucer served in a tulip glass a crisp bubbly dark orange with a decent off-white head. Aroma is a bit of burnt caramel and Earthy hops. The taste is a nice balance of burnt caramel and sharp hops with a touch of syrupy alcohol, this one definitely shows that it needs some serious aging. The beer is heavy bodied and is certainly a sipper, its going to need some time to mellow out. This one is somewhat enjoyable, but I'd prefer to wait a year and try it again.
05-07-2009 22:42:16 | More by atsprings
3.55/5 rDev -13.4%
Pours slightly hazed off-amber color with off-white head. Nose is rich with peach pit, overripe grapefruit, and caramel. Palate offers more caramel and toffee, with soft "chalky" hop bitterness towards the end. Slow drinking, and perhaps could benefit enormously with more age.
05-03-2009 02:23:52 | More by yemenmocha
Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine Style Ale 2009 from Stone Brewing Co.
91 out of 100 based on 324 ratings.


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ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Hundreds of special valentines will soon be on the way overseas to troops serving our country.
Students at Sherwood Acres school made special Valentines cards for troops. They thanked them for their service and told them how much they love them.
It's a way to bring a little bit of joy to troops separated from their families.
The cards are being collected and sent by Post 30 of the American Legion.
"Sending letters to all the troops that help serve the country," said student Brian Prince.
"We did it for them," added Jalen Florence.
"We know that so many of the troops cannot be with their loved ones and it was our way of saying thank you," said Beta Club Advisor Margaret Hatcher.
American Legion Post 30 Commander Ray Humphrey said, "It is such a treat. It just brightens up your whole day at a time when you would feel kind of down and lonely, it really helps."
All of the almost 700 students at Sherwood Acres participated.
Students at Live Oak school also are sending Valentines to troops overseas.
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Sunday, October 6, 2013
23 Months
Huds is such a fun little kid and although a lot of the time I feel like putting him in a permanent time out or worse I wouldn't give up any of this time with him. And when I get one of the coveted Hudson hugs all challenging things leave my memory (both Josh and I agree there is nothing better than a Hudson hug). As I have thought back over the last two years I have realized that he was a very easy baby but has become a very challenging little boy.
This little adorable guy has more energy than I could ever explain to anyone that has not met him. My mom (who had three kids in the span of 3.5 years) has said numerous times that he has more energy than My brother, sister and myself combined when we were that age..yikes! Yes it can be a challenge (like today when I got to chase him around REI and pick up all the stuff he was kindly re-arranging on the shelves) but it can also be a lot of fun. For the most part he is a really happy kid and fairly easy going with our constant on-the-go schedule (I can't stand to be home all day). I figured it would be easiest to do bullet points for his likes and dislikes so here it goes:
Hudson's Likes:
- TV (he is constantly asking to watch PBS kids and whenever we go anywhere and he sees a TV he starts getting all excited and will do anything to get to it. It has become a joke at the nursery at church and bible study because he is "the Kid who always wants to watch TV". It is mostly my fault since we have it on a lot at home and I let him watch the DVD player in the car).
- Climbing on the back of the couch, he has had many time-outs for this but it doesn't seem to matter to him.
- Kitchen utensils, He has a whole toy corner in the living room but all he plays with are random kitchen utensils most of the time.
- The vacuum, he begs me almost every day to vacuum and then he loves to get out the swiffer and broom and pretend to clean the floors..so cute.
- The Charles (our dog) although Charlie still isn't sure if he likes Hudson that much. Hudson calls him "he" but if he sees me give the dog attention he starts to freak out (a new baby is going to be interesting).
- People, Huds is not shy at all and loves to tell everyone he see's "hi" and "bye" and many other things no one can understand. He also doesn't like anyone to be left out and every time the Hubs takes him and the dog outside he won't leave until I come with them. He says "come, come" and does the cutest hand motion. Die :)
- Outside, he loves loves being outdoors which I totally didn't mind while it was warm but am quickly realizing that this is not going to be fun in the cold.
- Dancing and jumping, Hudson loves music and loves to dance and it is so cute. He also loves to jump around anywhere, on the ground or the couch or wherever he can.
- Playing with Dad, They are so cute together and it warms my heart to see them play together.
- Showers, recently hudson threw up as soon as he got in the bath so we quickly decided that Josh would give him a shower since he took the majority of what came out of huds mouth and ever since then Hudson begs us to take a shower.
- Talking, Hudson "talks" all the time. Although he is still mostly on one word phrases he is constantly saying something and it is starting to become easier to understand. He knows a lot of body parts and loves to point out feet or shoes. He also knows mom and dad and whenever I am folding laundry he loves pointing out all of dad's clothes. He can count to 3 pretty easily and is getting closer to counting more. He is also getting pretty good at animal sounds and can do the cutes monkey moves.
- Books, Hudson loves reading and if I allow it we can sit for what feels like forever a read one book after the next. He also loves reading to himself which is so adorable.
- Milk, which is all that he survives on. He loves milk and we go through at least 2 gallons of whole milk a week.
- Banging things with whatever he can get his hands on...future drummer?
- Running, he runs everywhere and is really quick.
Hudson's Dislikes:
- Food, this kid is seriously the pickiest eater I have ever met. Like I said earlier he mostly survives off of milk and will sometimes drink pediasure or smoothies but those are rare. Most of the time he wont let anything into his mouth and if you try and trick him he will start to "choke" and then proceed to throw up. He will eat annies fruit snacks, donuts and cookies and he loves mike and ikes but I am really trying to limit his sugar so yeah he mostly eats fruit snacks and yogurt and milk. He is an average weight and height though so the doctor isn't worried and I have pretty much given up worrying about it.
- Being told what to do, we have a VERY stubborn kid on our hands.
- Being confined, he is not one to sit still and if you try and get him to stay in one area it is not pleasant on anyone.
- time-outs, we have recently been trying to be good about starting to discipline and since Hudson likes to be in the center of everything we have found that time-out's seem to have the best effect. I think he has started the "terrible two's" early so this has been an almost daily thing for us lately.
- Shopping, he is usually pretty good for a little bit was gone is the supper good shopper that he was as a baby :(
Overall he is a really good kid and we love him to pieces. He warms my heart everyday and I am so glad that I am his Mommy! I can't believe he is getting so big!
Monday, September 23, 2013
God's Perfect Timing leads to HUGE surprises sometimes!
The funny thing is that with babies we really don't have any control. No matter what we do or try to fix, ultimately God is the maker of life and it is He who decides when to bless us with these miracles. Yes, there are plenty of medical interventions that can help people achieve the goal of having a baby but I truly believe that no matter what we try and do medically God is still making the final decision and is still in control. I also believe that there are many times that God uses modern medicine in the process. The biggest thing that I have had to learn though is that just because He uses it for some people it doesn't mean that is what He will for my life. Again, I am a fix-it person who wants results asap and so this has been really hard for me to learn.
If anyone is still reading my blog and has read my others posts, it is no secret that the Hubs and I have struggled with infertility for a long time. It took us three years to get pregnant with Hudson and through that process we did many fertility treatments and surgery only to get pregnant on our own. Yay God! When Hudson was 10 months old we decided to start trying again since we knew it would take a while and we didn't want a huge age gap. Over the next few months we did more treatments and were ultimately told that we would have to do IVF to get pregnant. This was devastating new for me, I don't think there is anything wrong with doing IVF, but I couldn't ignore the fact that in my heart I knew that God was telling me that was not what he had for us and to wait on Him. After we found out the news the first thing my Hubs said was that if we ever were to get pregnant again how much greater would the testimony of God's power be. I totally agreed but was still heartbroken because I doubted God and took that news to mean we would never get pregnant again.
Many times throughout this last year I have gone back and forth on doing IVF but each time I have felt God tell us to stop. I have been pretty much laughed at when I would try to quiz the doctor on other options and finally just gave up. This summer my Endometriosis started flaring up and so I scheduled surgery for the beginning of September. I secretly hoped that after the surgery I would get pregnant (which is what had happened with Hudson).
A few weeks before the surgery God decided to rock our world and prove HIs power. After feeling a little off i decided to take a pregnancy test, I can't even tell you how many I have taken in the last year so this was not unusual, but this time it was positive! I was in shock! I had all these cute ideas of how I was going to tell the Hubs and they all went out the window as ran upstairs to show him the test ;) The next few weeks were full of emotion as I got my blood work and waited to see the doctor. I can't even begin to describe how amazing it was to hear the strong heartbeat of this second miracle baby. All I can say is that God is Good!! This has been a crazy emotional year but God knows what He is doing and I am so glad that He is in control!
I am 11 weeks right now and am starting to feel better :) I look forward to doing update posts and I have a few other posts in the works so maybe I will actually be showing my face around here more :)
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Thriving in the unknown
Then we took a trip to Vegas...
And you know what, it was life-changing. I know that sounds funny but I was taken away from the scale, from wondering if the hubs was going to get an e-mail telling our future for next year, and realizing that sometimes having just one child to chase around the casino's and restaurants is enough for now :) I gained what had been lost..perspective.
I think I was in a mind-set of "now or never" with life and it doesn't have to be that way. I got some quality time with my family (who met us there) and some good running times with the Hubs, which was long overdue since I hadn't ran since Christmas. I finally realized that no matter what, GOD is in control and I am NOT! He has a plan and it is my job to submit to that EVERY DAY.
The transforming part really didn't happen until I got home. After eating way too much the whole week I was dreading getting on the scale, not to mention on was on some fertility meds that I know have a history of making me gain weight. So what did I do..not weigh. And it was freeing! I had done a nutritional cleansing program when Hudson was 6 months old and had gained so much energy and health from it but had fallen off the wagon, so the Hubs and I decided to start it again together. I also decided to start working on a small business with the program and after many days of research was convicted that I needed to readjust my way of looking at food, not as the enemy but as fuel. I also decided to re-vamp the way we eat and make it as clean as possible since many of the things we eat are processed and contain GMO's which have been linked to infertility. We also learned we had another year before we moved so I could chill on that part :)
I now feel like so many weights have been lifted off me! Instead of worrying about the scale I am now focusing on nutrition and getting us as healthy as possible. Instead of vaguely wondering what God has for me I am making sure to approach him everyday and give that day to him (and on the days I forget I am quickly reminded how my former ways that I don't want to return to). Before we left I was depressed and angry and confused and scared...now I am at peace. All I have to say is we serve an amazing GOD who wants nothing but the best for us even when we don't understand or know what that is.
He is teaching me to THRIVE in the unknown and not WITHER. I am so blessed with what he has given me and even if we are never rich or only have one child or I weigh more than I did when I was 20, God has given us an abundant life and I am going to enjoy every bit of it.
Monday, January 7, 2013
What's Been Happening...
Well folks it happened again..I fell off the blogging bandwagon :( As many of you know often times life gets in the way, good or bad, and well the blog gets pushed to the side. We have had a very busy couple of months (that I have been dying to write about) and often times I have to choose to blog or spend time with the Huds or just have a few moments of sanity. Apparently I never choose blogging :) On the good side though starting in January my schedule will be a lot more flexible and although Hudson has been extremely clingy, I am hoping to be disiplined enough to use at least one nap time a week to focus on my blog. With all that said I haven't stopped reading everyone else's blogs and I love getting to stay kind of connected; rejoicing in the good news and crying in the bad. On the crying note…I seem to not be able to stop lately! It is actually kind of annoying..a cute commercial, watching Grey's last night, a secret santa giveaway story on the radio on my way to work, and of course the latest horrific news of the children and adults lost in the CT shooting. So if you know me IRL I appologize right now because I never know what is going to start the next crying fest!
The hard part about waiting so long to update is that there is so much I don't know where to start! Since there is a lot of content to cover I am going to share first what has been biggest/hardest/whatever you want to call it stuff that has been the forfront of my world right now (besides my amazing son and hubs oh and charles), the B word. Yup the talk of a second baby. Now don't get too excited, I'm not pregnant. But I do feel this is a story that I have to start from a few months ago and go in order so here it goes…
As many of you who have been reading my blog know (if there are any left reading) it took the Hubs and I about 3 years and many fertility treatments later to get pregnant with our adorable Hudson almost naturally (I will never say God doesn't have a sense of Humor or can't work Miracles but I am getting a head of myself). When Hudson was two months old the Hubs left for a 6 month deployment (Jan 2012). During that time the thought of another baby while doing the single parent thing was the farthest thing from my mind, not to mention since the Hubs was gone it was pretty much impossible. Selfishly I had lost the baby weight plus the extra 10 pounds I had gained to help get pregnant and I was enjoying having my body back to myself (Hudson had decided on his own that he was done nursing at 5.5 months). I also wanted to enjoy the time as a family of 3 when the Hubs got back from his deployment. We really hadn't had a chance to get used to our bigger family before he left so there was an adjustment period as well as me learning how to let go of certain ways of doing things (it's hard to adjust to co-parenting after being a single parent for the majority of your 9 month old's life). However, the Hubs really makes it easy for me to adjust and I was so happy to have him back and have the extra help with Hudson that I don't think I really even noticed the transition that much. Although it is hard to go that long without seeing him we got spoiled when he returned and had about a month with just him before he had to go back to work.
Now is where I might start with the TMI on female issues so If you don't want to hear it you can stop reading…
Consider yourself farily warned..
Even though I had stopped nursing Hudson when he was around 5 1/2 months my period didn't return. I wasn't surprised since it had completely stopped when I was 19 and only returns as a result of medication. I had breifly thought though that maybe the pregnancy would have fixed some things..I guess not. I really really don't mind not having a period when we aren't trying to get pregnant but when we are it is the most discouraging and frustrating thing! A few weeks before Josh got back I started cramping a lot and having a lot of lower back pain, so bad that it would wake and keep me up at night (and for those of you who have little ones you know how much you covet your sleep). I knew that things would be busy with Josh returning and all the activities we had planned at home and away. I was also training for the San Fran 1/2 marathon so I thought it might be related and didn't really feel like finding someone to watch hudson while I went to go get check out so I put it off. In the meantime Josh returned from his deployment, we had a wonderful time in San Fran and the 1/2 was so much fun. We also enjoyed a lot of quality family of three time.
In August I was having severe sinus issues and while at one of my doctors appointments I mentioned the cramping and pain. She sent me to the OB on base who gave me some suggestions but none that I was thrilled about. From there the Hubs and I decided to go ahead and start trying for the second one earlier than we had planned. I went to the OB that had delivered Hudson and did one round of clomid which didn't work. I then went to an RE that I really like and since I was training for the AF marathon in September he wanted me to wait until after that to start anything. After the marathon I did a round of pills and shots and an IUI. I got the stomach flu the day before Hudson's big 1st birthday party (one week into the two week wait) which gave me hope that it might have worked since I hardly ever get sick like that (I blame it on daycare). However that cycle didn't work either.
The RE wanted to see us before we did anything else to discuss some new test results. I knew that was not good news and that IVF would be brought up. I have nothing against IVF but I also knew that we can't afford it right now and both Josh and I felt that God was telling us to wait on it. Just as I had thought, results from a test done before the IUI showed that without IVF our chances of getting pregnant right now are about 2%. Not good. We found out that it wasn't just me with the issues and that where mine could be helped with medication, the Hubs couldn't and that if we wanted to have a second baby IVF was really our only option. I cried a lot and we were both devastated but it also showed us what a miracle baby Hudson is. We knew when we were finally pregnant with Hudson that it was God's plan and that he was our little miracle since we had tried for so long, but until this appointment neither of us knew how true that was! Although the news was new to us the condition had been there all along. In the midst of the hurt of this news all I could think of was the God is Good and what an amazing gift he has given us with Hudson!
We decided at that point we would stop all fertility treatments and try and accept that we would only have one child (as more time passes though this is getting harder and harder to accept). And pray a lot that God would give us another miracle baby if it was His plan. I also decided to stop working so that I didn't miss anything with Hudson. I have to say that has been one of the best decisions so far! This little guy is so much fun and cracks me up everyday!
I am really hoping to get back into blogging because I miss it and it is the easiest way to document these struggles and keep friends and family in the loop. There is more to this story that I will be posting later this week but I didn't want to make this any longer for right now.
And I couldn't end without some cute pics of the Huds :)
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Life update and another marathon in the books..
- Hudson is now 10.5ish months and I can't believe he is so close to a year! He doesn't even look like a baby anymore :) He pulls himself up on everything and can stand on his own for about 5-10 seconds before he sits down. He has totally started cruising on furniture and I know walking is just on the horizon. I know everyone says that life gets even more crazy then but he is so active already and is a super fast crawler that I can't really see it getting any worse (I guess you will have to ask me in a few months)! He is such a fun little guy though and is always smiling. He is not shy at all and loves to "talk". It cracks me up that whenever he sees his reflection he says hi :)
He recently learned how to climb the stairs so no place is safe anymore (we do have baby gates but they don't fit and we haven't had time to exchange them).
- the hubs is back from his deployment and it is so amazing to have him back! He did, however, start a new job on base so we never see him and i still feel like a single parent 75% of the time but at least he is home :)
- I started working part time (20 hours a week) which we are starting to get the hang of. Huds goes to a home based daycare 2.5 days a week and I think he enjoys being around other kids. I am enjoying working some And am very grateful to have this opportunity that doesn't take me out of the house and away from my baby all week :) the first week was tough but the second week went better which gives me hope :)
- back in January the hubs and I signed up to run the AF marathon (my second full marathon) and decided to make a big trip out of it since his family lives in the area the race was. Due to the hubs being deployed for most of the training time and trying to train with a baby we really fell behind. I was really nervous but the hubs kept telling me that we would just have fun, that it would be a good time just the two of us for 4-5 hours. That was great until he came home a few weeks before and said due to work stuff he isn't able to get the time off and I would have to go by myself. Both of us were not happy but i made myself get over it (or at least seemed like I was) and this weekend Hudson and I headed to Ohio and although I had only trained up to 12-13 miles I made it through the marathon and the plane rides with a 10 month active boy and don't want to have to do it again :) I am planning on posting a longer race recap so get ready for that!
Well although there is so much more I can talk about I am going to save that for another time :) I'm not sure if anyone checks this anymore but I thank you if you do and please know that I have been loving reading your blogs!
Friday, April 27, 2012
Trying to get back in it
Hudson will turn 6 months on the third and I can't believe my baby is getting so old! He changes so much day by day and luckily we get to Skype with the hubs daily so he gets to see most of the changes :) we have been really busy and I was going to recap everything but instead I think I am going to start fresh and just go from here on out. I will say though that when the hubs is away it is true everything breaks or you get a flat tire or get in a car accident inside a car wash or your baby rolls off the bed twice in one week and you realize you can no longer leave him unsupervised unless he is on the floor or secured in the jumper or swing :) however now that he has almost started to crawl I am sure the floor option will be gone soon too!
Anyways, I am not sure if anyone reads this anymore but if you do just know that I have still been reading blogs just not commenting or writing anything. We do have a lot of fun stuff coming up that I hope to blog about and I am planning on doing a recap of my first 1/2 marathon since the birth of Hudson that took place last week.
But no post would be complete without some pictures of my little man (I am hoping they show up since I haven't used this app before)!
Monday, February 6, 2012
The 3 month Catch up and an intro into single parenthood
I can not believe that it has been three months since I have posted something! It would be an understatement to say that our life has been a little busy as of late. Where to even begin?? Well since the last post was on Hudson's birth story I will ease your mind and let you know that Hudson just turned 3 months and is doing great!
One of the biggest changes in our daily life (besides having a little adorable baby requiring lots of attention) is that now I am a single parent. Now before anyone freaks out I am still happily married but the hubs just happens to be on the other end of the globe right now which leaves me as a single parent for the next 6 months. You see about 8 months into my pregnancy, just when the hubs had returned from his final summer all expense paid military vacation and I thought we were in the clear for a while regarding him being away, he comes home from work and drops that news that every military wife dreads hearing - deployment. Not to mention that I was 8 months pregnant so that meant he would be leaving shortly after Hudson was born.
We still kept all of the plans that we had made for the holiday season and decided to make the most of the time we had together as a family of three (or four including the Charles) before the Hubs headed out. He was scheduled to leave anywhere between mid-december and mid-january so we all prayed for the mid-january so that he could celebrate Hudson's first christmas with him. Luckily our prayers were answered and the hubs didn't have to leave till mid-january..yay! As thrilled as we all were to get the extra time together, we also jam packed the time which is why you haven't heard from me in soooo long! So without further ado I am going bullet point style and recaping these last three months (don't pee your pants in excitement!)
- November 3rd our darling Hudson was born (best day ever I might add)
- My mom had arrived the week before his birth and stayed two weeks. My dad and sis joined us on the final week of my mom's stay and everyone's world revolved around Hudson.
- Hudson experienced his first Faux hawk
- the day my family left my MIL arrived and a few days later my SIL joined us for a small family thanksgiving. There was turkey, there was brisket (yes you read that right), there was all the fixings and most importantly there was Hudson in his turkey best :)
- Once thanksgiving was over and the family had all left we got in the car and made the cross-country trek to Washington DC for my FIL retirement from the Air Force. This was Hudson's first car trip and he did amazing. It is crazy to think that this boy has been more places in his 3 months of life than I had been at 18 years old! We were in DC for about a week and then headed back to Utah. Here are some pics from the trip (although I hardly got any).
Hudson and Hobbs become best buds :)
- While we were in DC we were able to meet up with some good college friends which we have already drafted the paperwork for our new little bundles to be wed when the reach the marrying age (not really but I am sure that is what we will continually tell them!)
- On December 3rd Hudson turned a month old
- Hudson also got to experience his first ride on the Charles
- We had about two weeks at home before the hubs family came for Christmas. During this time the hubs left for a short training trip and this was my first time with just me, Hudson and Charlie. It was a reality check for what was to come for sure! I did have a mini meltdown as to how I was going to handle it once the hubs really left but after crying to my mom and getting past the first day it wasn't too bad.
- We had an amazing time with the hubs family and a pretty low key but great christmas! And of course as with most of everything now it all revolved around Hudson :)
- The week after the hubs family left we had Hudson dedicated and had amazing love and support from our Home group out here :)
Well I don't want to make this post supper long so I am going to continue the catch up in the next post..
Also, I am going to try to blog on a weekly basis about my experience as being a single parent during the first 8 months of Hudson's life and how it is to have the hubs deployed (part for my record and part to help anyone else in this situation, military or not).
Hopefully you haven't all already taken me off you read list :)


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Wednesday is the quarterly UCLA store sale. Now is the time to stock up on your UCLA gear and supplies... or for those of you graduating, to pick up your UCLA alumni license plate frame!
25% off - All Bearwear and UCLA Merchandise, and all FastTrack Sportswear & Accessories
50% off All Red Tag Clearance Merchandise (cheap t shirts!)
20% off Computer supplies, plush & gifts, bookzone merchandise, essential school supplies
Store opens at 730am, closes at 730pm. I'm probably going during my lunch hour tomorrow (dang, why does my boss have to come back from vacation tomorrow?! ) Since I probably won't be in LA come the fall, I need to get a basketball jersey and more true blue items.


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I'm going to provide a few links for you since they've been lacking here over the last few days.
We begin with Sports Illustrated's Richard Deistch who talked with ESPN's Brent Musburger who will call Monday's BCS National Championship Game.
Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News talks with ESPN's Chris Fowler about the BCS National Championship Game.
Lang Whitaker from GQ talks with ESPN's Erin Andrews in advance of Monday's BCS National Championship.
Brian Lowry at Variety writes that as sports rights fees become more expensive, expect cable to take over for network TV and pass on the cost to consumers.
Mike Ozanian at Forbes reports that Fox Sports is giving individual teams equity stakes in its regional sports networks to prevent them from taking offers from competitors.
Andy Fixmer of Bloomberg says this season's NFL's TV ratings were off slightly from last year.
USA Today's Mike McCarthy notes that Pittsburgh Steelers QB Roethlisburger is blaming ESPN for overhyping Denver QB Tim Tebow.
Michael Hiestand from USA Today says the Orange Bowl on ESPN drew its lowest BCS TV ratings ever.
CJ Fogler of SportsGrid has videos of TNT paying tribute to the late Jim Huber this week.
Tom Lorenzo from SportsGrid has the video from last night's Saturday Night Live's Charles Barkley Post Game Translation App. Sharp-eyed viewers may notice Hazel Mae making an appearance.
Charles Apple of The American Copy Editors Society feels ESPN should be more careful in its on-screen graphics.
Anthony Crupi of Adweek notes that CBS/Turner has signed Northwestern Mutual to be the exclusive insurance sponsor of the NCAA Tournament.
Timothy Burke at Deadspin did some investigating and found that salsa music played during last week's Sunday Night Football game came directly from the NBC truck.
Dave Kindred at the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center laments the death of the newspaper sports column.
Eric Deggans from the Tampa Bay Times provides his 2012 sports media predictions in the National Sports Journalism Center.
CNBC's Darren Rovell says LSU coach Les Miles stands to get millions if he wins the BCS National Championship.
Ken Belson of the New York Times says ESPN has obtained the rights to the New York City Marathon and pledges to show it live across the country, something NBC's Universal Sports could not do.
Phil Mushnick at the New York Post feels the New York Jets coaching staff is just plain insensitive.
Ken Schott at the Schenectady Gazette informs readers what MSG Network is airing today as its dispute with Time Warner Cable continues.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times-Union says what a lot of people tweeted yesterday, that Mike Mayock talked too much during yesterday's Cincinnati-Houston game.
Ken McMillan from the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record says YES will air a handful of Fordham basketball games.
Greg Connors of the Buffalo News says the Bills will have a new flagship radio station for next season.
T.J. Pignataro of the News says the Sabres TV ratings have suffered since Time Warner Cable removed MSG Buffalo from its lineup.
In the New Jersey Newsroom, Evan Weiner warns you that your cable bill will go up this year and sports will be to blame.
Bob Fernandez of the Philadelphia Inquirer notes that Comcast's distribution deal with Disney, ESPN in particular, shows that the company is thinking about the long-term.
Mike McGovern of the Reading (PA) Eagle pays tribute to the late Jim Huber.
Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post says Nationals TV voice Bob Carpenter will return in 2012.
The Huntington (WV) Dispatch feels ESPN needs a geography and history lesson about West Virginia.
David Knox from the Birmingham (AL) News talks with ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit about the BCS National Championship Game.
Dave Walker at the New Orleans Times-Picayune profiles LSU radio voice Jim Hawthorne.
Nakia Hogan of the Times-Picayune talks with an ESPN executive who denies the network has undue influence over college sports.
Berry Tramel of the Daily Oklahoman delves into Oklahoma University's deal with Fox Sports to air sports on two of its regional sports networks.
Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes that the Packers increased their TV ratings this season.
Bob says Milwaukee did not necessarily rate well for Monday Night Football.
The Chicago Tribune picks up a Variety story that Fox Sports wants to develop original programming that would air after live events.
Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times says the Disney family is interested in buying the Dodgers.
Joshua Myers of the Seattle Times says the MLS' Sounders have found an analyst for its games, but is still missing a play-by-play man.
Lehia Apana from the Maui (HI) News says Golf Channel's coverage of this year's Tournament of Champions has a few new wrinkles.
Sports Media Watch says despite strong numbers, last night's Detroit-New Orleans drew the NFL's lowest ratings for a Wild Card Playoff in three years.
SMW says Cincinnati-Houston suffered a precipitous ratings drop from last year's Saints-Seahawks game.
Matt Yoder of Awful Announcing reviews Gus Johnson's first year as top college football man for Fox.
In the Sports Media Watchdog, Mike Silva speculates on who should replace WFAN's Mike Francesa if he leaves in 2014.
And that will conclude the links for today.


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UPDATE: 10:10: p.m.
Lynchburg, VA - A wave of moisture is moving though the area bringing with it areas of snow, sleet and freezing rain.
Small accumulations are possible, mainly north into the Highlands, but a coating can't be ruled out for other areas around Roanoke and Lynchburg including the NRV.
Only rain is expected in Southside, where temperatures are warmer.
If you are out on the roads tonight, or early in the morning for the AM commute, be extra careful for slick roads.
Stay with the ABC 13 Weather Experts for more details.
Lynchburg, VA – Compared to our last snow event, Monday's system of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain will be minor.
Still, while the system is coming from the west and starved for moisture, there will be enough energy to ring out some wintry weather overnight.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for area the Greater Lynchburg and Roanoke areas, including the New River Valley and areas to the north through 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Areas from Martinsville, Danville, South Boston and Charlotte Court House are only expecting to see rain from the system.
Most of the wintry weather will be over with around daybreak. Accumulations are only expected to average around a coating in most areas, to 1-2" in the highest elevations of the Alleghany Highlands.
With snow already on the ground, the biggest and most noticeable impact will be a thin layer of wintry mix on area roads. Be especially careful if our driving overnight and for the morning commute.
The mix will start by 10 p.m. and last through the night, ending by 5-6 a.m.
Stay tuned to ABC 13 Weather Experts for further weather updates.