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Chapter Forty One - Stupid Little Mistake
Poison had stayed with Pheonix throughout the night, he still hadn't come home by the afternoon.
Static, Kobra and Jet were watching the kids play outsitde the diner, making sure that nothing happened to them while Ghoul and Death were hanging out in Death's room. They enjoyed hanging out together, Death considered Ghoul to be her best friend, aside from her sister.
"So, have you told Acid about Stereo yet?"
Death's cheeks went bright red while a huge grin spread across her cheeks. "No, I haven't told her yet."
Death had known a guy called Bleeding Stereo, but they just called him Stereo, for about three years now. He'd been going out with a girl called Starlit Massacre, Massi for short, in the time she'd known him, but about five weeks ago, they'd broken up. They went out drinking together the previous week, they got a little bit too drunk and ended up having sex with eachother. They'd decided that they wanted to give their relationship a shot, but Stereo was eight years older than Death was. She didn't know if her sister would freak out about that fact or not.
"You think she'll freak out, don't you?" Ghoul noticed.
She nodded. "He's twenty eight, twenty nine in three months."
"She won't care, when her and Poison first got together, she was nineteen and he was twenty three."
"Yeah, but I think she'll freak out since Stereo's almost the same age as Poison is, which means he's four years older than her."
"Death, trust me, she won't care!" Ghoul laughed.
"Okay, so what about you? When are you gonna tell Jeremy about Fighter?"
"That's totally different."
Death laughed. "Sure it is, Ghoully."
"No, I'm being seirous! Fighter's a friend, we're not fucking eachother and we're sure as hell not in a relationship. She's kinda like a little sister. Plus she's friends with Grace." Fighter was eighteen years old and she was also a friend of Promise's. She was also Stereo's little sister. Fighter had made it clear that she had feelings for Ghoul, but he wasn't interested in her in that way. He was more than happy to be friends, but he didn't think of her in that way. He thought that the fact that she was a teenager and he was in his mid twenties was a little weird too.
"Besides, I really like him and as you know, ever since Avenger, I haven't really dated anyone or given anyone else a chance."
"I already know he's gotta be pretty fucking special, Death. Hopefully, Ace'll know that too."
She nodded. "Yeah, hopefully. So enough about my fuckin' love life, 'kay?"
He smiled. "'Kay."
Curse sighed heavily. "Are you sure they said it was urgent?"
Blondie nodded. "They said they got a led on what happened to Silk. They said we could find her again, Curse. They need our help and let's face it, they've saved our asses I don't know how many times. We owe them and they're friends who need our help, Curse. We gotta go."
"Fuck." He groaned.
"You usually fucking love going there, what the fuck happened?" Sunny asked her brother, curious.
"Nothing, I still love going there."
"You don't sound to happy to be going there, Curse." Sunny pointed out.
"It's just... I like it here." He half lied. He was telling the truth, he did like it at the diner, but that wasn't why he didn't want to leave.
"It's Acid, isn't it?" Blondie's arms were crossed.
He paused, then nodded slowly. "Yeah, it is."
"Curse, you know you can't get involved with her."
"Why not?"
"She's Poison's ex wife, who he had a kid with, and you're one of his fucking friends! Do you know how crushed he'd be if anything happened between you two?"
"You don't think I've thought about that? Well I have and I felt fucking guilty about it to begin with, but do you know what I realized? He doesn't trust her and he doesn't want to be with her anymore. He even treats her like fucking shit sometimes and I for one think it's pretty fucking disgusting. Not to mention the fact that he has Pheonix."
"Curse, she worked for Better Living. She was controlled by them for fucking years, how do we know that they're still not controlling her? We don't-"
"Would everyone shut the fuck up about that?! Jet took the chip out and they didn't do anything else to her. She's herself again and she's a great person. I'm not sorry that I like her, she's a great person and I care about her a lot."
"What about Poison?"
"I thought you'd be happy about the fact that they're not together anymore considering what happened between you two." Curse threw back at Blondie.
She sighed. "That was drunken one night thing, not to mention that it was almost four fucking years ago! I don't have any fucking romantic feelings for Poison what so ever, you remember I felt like fucking screaming when I realized what we'd done. Anyways, this isn't even the fucking point. You've got a crush on Acid and it's gonna pass, Curse. But Violet, Bel, Light, Storm and Silk are our friends just like the Fabulous Killjoys were and still are. We came here because we needed a place to stay and they very kindly let us, but now they need us. We can't say no after everything we've been through with them, do you hear me?!" She shouted the last part.
He sighed again. "Fine, but the second we're done, I'm coming back here."
"Fucking fine."
He stormed out of the room, clearly pissed.
Acid was in the living room lying on the couch, reading the Battery City Times due to boredem. She noticed that Curse had come in, but she also noticed he looked extremely pissed off.
"Hey, is something wrong?" She asked, concerned about her friend.
"Been better."
She moved so she was sitting on the couch. "What's wrong?"
He sat next to her and sighed. "We're leaving soon."
She paused. "Oh . . . do you not wanna leave or something?"
He shook his head. "No, I don't."
"When are you coming back?"
He shrugged. "I don't know. It could be a few days, it could be a lot fucking longer. A friend of ours, Silk Blood, she was kidnapped about a year ago and no one's ever seen or heard from her since. They think that they have a clue as to where she is and what happened to her. Silk travelled with a group called the Killjoy Bitches. We're really close friends with the Killjoy Bitches and they want us to help them find her."
"Do you not wanna help or something?" She was a little confused.
"No, of course I wanna help, it's just . . . I don't wanna leave here. I like it here and I like the people here. It sounds fucking selfish, doesn't it?"
She shook her head. "No, it doesn't sound selfish. You've been here for a while now and you don't wanna leave, it's understandable."
He could sense a but coming a long. "But?"
"But, I think the right thing to do would be to go and help them."
He nodded. "I know. I just don't wanna leave here."
She smiled weakly. "I know. I don't want you leave either, but a part of you wants to go and they need you."
"When do you leave?"
"In a few hours."
She held out her arms. "C'mere."
He wrapped his arms around her just as she wrapped hers around his.
"Do you know what you're gonna do? You're gonna go kick some ass and get Silk Blood back, then you're gonna come back here and give me another fucking huge hug like this one . . . well, if you wanna come back and hug me that is."
He smiled. "Course I wanna hug you."
"Good, 'cause I sure as hell wanna hug you."
He continued to smile.
They packed their stuff then they got ready to leave by sunset. Everyone in the diner was hugging them and wishing them luck.
"So, I guess this is it for a little while, huh?" Acid said to Curse.
He nodded. "Yeah, I guess it is."
She wrapped her arms around him. "I'm really gonna fucking miss you, Curse. I hope you know that."
"I know. I'll miss you too and I'll come back as soon as I can, I promise."
"I'm gonna hold you to that." She laughed.
He smiled at her laugh. God, why did he have to like her in that way? Shit would've been so much simpler if he just liked her as a friend and nothing more.
He pulled away and looked at her with sad eyes. Should he tell her?
He paused. No. It wasn't the right time to tell her. He wasn't just gonna dump something on her like that and then leave her to deal with it on her own.
He hugged her again. "Take good care of yourself, okay?"
"I will if you will."
"I promise." He said.
"Sorry to break the hug, but we gotta go, Curse." Sunny said.
"Okay." He pulled away for the final time while Acid had to hold back the tears. She really didn't want him to leave. He was one of the few people who believed she was still herself, therefore one of the only people who trusted her.
"Uncle Curse, wait!" Bandit shouted.
He turned around and smiled.
Bandit wrapped her tiny arms around Curse.
"Be back soon, okay?"
"I promise, I'll come back as soon as I can, B. But while I'm gone, can you do something for me?"
She nodded.
He smiled. "Take care of your mom for me?"
She smiled back. "Mama's strong, she don't need me to take care of her. But I'll try my bestest, uncle Curse!"
He hugged her again. "Thankyou, B. I'm gonna miss you."
"I gonna miss you too."
He eventually pulled away from Bandit and got in the car with his two sisters.
Acid watched them go until their car was just a tiny black dot in the distance. The dot quickly dissapeared and then turned to nothing.
At around eleven at night, Acid decided to go out for a cigarette. She'd been smoking for around two or three years ago. Better Living knew that the majority of Killjoys out there smoked, therefore if she smoked, she'd blend in more with Killjoys.
They also knew that there were a lot of Killjoys out there with tattoos, so she had a fair few tattoos now. They'd come up with a way to give her tattoos quickly and painlessly, they'd also come up with ways to remove them painlessly so they could give her tattoos and take them away just as easily. She currently had five tattoos. One was barbed wire around her ankle with blood tattooed on there too, on her other ankle there were a collection of stars that spred on to her foot. She had a small spider tattooed just above her underwear line, there was a bleeding red rose inbetween her shoulder blades and then there was the last one. It was heart on her rib cage with a knife going through it.
She took a drag from the cancer stick, inhaling all the dangerous chemicals she'd grown to love.
She only had eight cigarettes left, so she promised herself that they'd be her last cigarettes since she wanted to quit for her and her daughter's sake.
She heard a car pull up outside the diner. It was the Trans Am, which meant that Poison was finally home. She just begged that he was alone and that Pheonix hadn't come back with him. He was alone.
He noticed that she was smoking. He remembered that she fucking hated it whenever Poison smoked.
"Since when do you smoke?" He asked, smiling slightly.
"Since Better Living thought it'd be a good idea." She replied, returning the smile.
"Could I grab one of those?"
"Knock yourself out." She handed him one of them along with her lighter.
He lit the cigarette then took in a deep breath while he felt any stress that was once locked up in his body dissapear.
He sighed. "Fuck that's good." He laughed a little.
"I really hate to admit it, but it's fucking great."
He smiled and paused for a second before he spoke. "I just wanna say that I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"For what? Are you kidding me? Ace, we both know I've kind of been a fucking asshole since you've come back."
She smiled. "Yeah, you kind of have."
"Look . . . I don't think it's a good idea that we get back together. I think we've both changed a lot and we're different people now, but . . . for now, I don't think you're working for Better Living, so I guess I trust you a little more now. I just don't want you to hurt Bandit."
"Poison, I'm not going to hurt her. I love her so much, her and Death are the only family I have left. I'm not gonna hurt her."
She looked up at the sky. Some of the stars were out, she couldn't help but remember something.
She giggled while looking up at the sky.
"What is it?"
"I just remembered the first night we moved in our apartment. We went on the top of the building with a fuck load of booze and a radio 'cause it was a stary night."
"Oh god, I remember that." It almost felt like a lifetime ago to Poison. "That was when the neigbours hatred for us first started."
She laughed. "I think that Mrs. Peppermen was the only person who could fucking liked us there."
"Do you remember when you told me you were pregnant with Bandit?"
"Do I remeber? Poison, I can't fucking forget."
He smiled. "You were in a bitchy mood and you kept snapping at me for no reason. I asked you why you were being a bitch then you started screaming at me. That pissed the neighbors off, some of them even came to our house and complained about the noise. After we were done yelling, you said 'Guess what, asshole, I'm pregnant'. I thought you were just saying it to piss me off, but then you showed me the positive pregnancy tests you took. We were both fucking terrified."
"And now, the little thing that terrified us is five years old. God, it feels like three seconds ago since that happened but a fucking million years ago at the same time."
"Yeah . . . it does."
"We had some good memories."
"Yeah, we did."
Acid didn't realize how close they were until she felt his warm breath on her cheek. Poison noticed it too, but neither of them pulled away.
She leaned in slightly, her eyes locked to his.
She slowly pressed her lips to his.
He didn't know what to do to begin with, but he started kissing back.
Her lips were soft, it was easy to melt into the kiss. Poison deepened the kiss by sliding his tongue into her mouth. She happily accepted his tongue and let it play with hers for a little while.
His hands slid up her cheeks, pulling her closer to him.
She tangled strands of his bright red hair in her fingers, almost pullinhg on it a little. She let a small, soft moan escape from her mouth.
Their kiss lived for about three minutes before Poison realized what he was doing. He was making out with Acid. He was making out with his ex wife.
He pulled away.
"Fuck, I-I . . . I'm sorry . . . I should go."
"Poison, wait. I'm sorry, okay?"
He opened his mouth to speak, but he had no idea what to say to her, so he left.
She closed her eyes when he closed the door, then she lit another cigarette. "Fuckin' fantastic."


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Kerry and Hagel: Hardly Israel's preferred choices
12/17/2012 00:43
Analysis: US President Barack Obama's probably choices for the top US cabinet posts may worry Israelis.
John Kerry and Chuck Hagel.
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Less because of Kerry, even though he is considered a man of independent ideas on the Middle East who feels – thanks to his many years in the Senate working on foreign policy – that he knows perhaps better than Israelis themselves what is good for them, and more because of Hagel.
Hagel, a former Nebraska senator, is a Republican. But he is what some described as a Brent Scowcroft Republican, a so-called "country club" Republican not endowed with the pro-Israel reflexes that so many officeholders in the Republican party have come to possess since the days of Ronald Reagan.
Rather, Hagel is a Republican with a problematic voting record on Israel.
One sign that worries about Hagel may be well-founded is that one of those backing his appointment is Stephen Walt, co-author with John Mearsheimer of a book bashing both Israel and AIPAC,
The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy
In his blog Friday on the Foreign Policy website, Walt said appointing Hagel would be a perfect way for "Obama to pay back [Prime Minister] Binyamin Netanyahu for all the 'cooperation' Obama received from him during the first term, as well as Bibi's [Netanyahu's] transparent attempt to tip the scale for [Republican presidential candidate Mitt] Romney last fall."
In his piece listing the "top five reasons" Obama should pick Hagel, Walt wrote on his blog, "Unlike almost all of his former colleagues on Capitol Hill, he hasn't been a complete doormat for the Israel lobby. In the summer of 2006, for example, he incurred the lobby's wrath by calling for a joint cease-fire during Israel's war with Hezbollah."
Walt wrote that Hagel has been "outspoken in calling for the United States to be more evenhanded in its handling of the peace process, and he's generally thought to be skeptical about the use of military force against Iran."
"Generally thought to be skeptical about the use of military force against Iran" might be an understatement.
In his 2008 book, America: Our Next Chapter, quoted Friday on the Foreign Policy website, Hagel wrote of Iran, "Isolating nations is risky. It turns them inward, and makes their citizens susceptible to the most demagogic fear-mongering."
Hagel prefers engagement.
"Distasteful as we may find that country's rulers, the absence of any formal governmental relations with Iran ensures that we will continue to conduct this delicate international relationship through the press and speeches, as well as through surrogates and third parties, on issues of vital strategic importance to our national interests. Such a course can only result in diplomatic blind spots that will lead to misunderstandings, miscalculation and, ultimately, conflict."
In that book, he also raises the idea of living with a nuclear Iran, an idea Obama has on many occasions roundly rejected.
"The genie of nuclear armaments is already out of the bottle, no matter what Iran does," he wrote.
"In this imperfect world, sovereign nation-states possessing nuclear weapons capability (as opposed to stateless terrorist groups) will often respond with some degree of responsible, or at least sane, behavior. These governments, however hostile they may be toward us, have some appreciation of the horrific results of a nuclear war and the consequences they would suffer."
In a May interview with Foreign Policy's Josh Rogin, Hagel said, "The two options – attack Iran or live with a nuclear-armed Iran – may be eventually where we are. But I believe most people in both Israel and the United States think there's a ways to go before we get to those. I think Obama is handling this exactly the right way. I can understand differences between Obama and the Israeli prime minister, but we have differences with all our allies."
In 2001, Hagel was one of two senators who voted against renewing the Iran-Libya sanctions act, in 2007 he voted against placing the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps on America's list of terrorist organizations and in 2008 he voted against Iran sanctions.
Other problematic positions taken by Hagel include being one of only four senators in October 2000 who would not sign a letter of support for Israel during the second intifada, being only one of 12 senators in 2006 who refused to sign a letter calling on the EU to place Hezbollah on its terrorist lists and signing a 2009 letter – after he retired from the Senate – urging Obama to negotiate with Hamas.
William Kristol of the conservative Weekly Standard wrote Friday that when Hagel was appointed to an advisory board at the beginning of Obama's first term, Ira Forman, Obama's 2008 campaign's Jewish outreach director and former head of the National Jewish Democratic Council, acknowledged, "If [Hagel] was taking a policy role, we'd have real concerns."
"Well," Kristol wrote, "secretary of defense is a policy role."
Kerry, in comparison to Hagel, has a spotless voting record on Israel. Yet he too is causing some anxiety because of his affiliation with the Center-Left of the Democratic party, not these days perceived as widely sympathetic to Israel's arguments.
Unlike outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, perhaps burned by experience trying to get the Palestinians and Israel to negotiate, Kerry – even though he is a long-time senator and chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee – does not have the experience of being involved "in the trenches," and as a result may not understand the limits of what may be achieved.
The concern among some is that Kerry may come to the State Department convinced he knows what is best for Israel and set about "rediscovering the wheel."
Clinton, who lived through Obama's setbacks in the Middle East, was mellowed – perhaps jaded – to some extent by those setbacks, and adjusted her expectations accordingly. This learning curve will start anew with Kerry.
While Kerry – who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2004 – always voted for Israel in the Senate, he never was perceived as a leader on pro-Israel issues. He also broke with conventional wisdom at times, leading him – for instance – to place a lot of time and energy during the end of the Bush administration and the early days of Obama's first term trying to engage with Syria.
Of the three names mooted for the job of secretary of state a few weeks ago – Kerry, US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice and National Security Adviser Tom Donilon – Israel, according to a senior diplomatic source, was rooting for Donilon, someone considered as having a good rapport with the Prime Minister's Office and a good and sympathetic understating of Israel's position and concerns.
For better or worse, forget Donilon. Jerusalem – it seems – is going to have to get used to working with Kerry... and, quite possibly, with Hagel.
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The Syracuse Orange picked up a win over the West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday afternoon, but it wasn't without controversy. The game's officials missed a crucial goaltending call late in the game as the third-ranked Syracuse team escaped with a 63-61 victory.
Darryl Bryant forced a three-pointer late in the game to attempt to give West Virginia the lead that missed badly, but Deniz Kilicli got the offensive rebound and was able to get it back up before the Syracuse defense realized he had the ball. Baye Moussa recovered just soon enough to block the shot, but it appeared as though the basketball had already caromed off the backboard, meaning Moussa's block should have actually been a goaltend.
It's probably a judgment call, but video of the play in question is embedded below.
Aside from the apparent missed-call, the game was very good throughout as Syracuse led 28-24 at halftime on their way to the home win at the Carrier Dome. Only two Orange players scored in double figures as Brandon Triche scored 18 while Kris Joseph scored 13 points to go along with seven rebounds.
Kevin Jones led the way for the Mountaineers as he scored 20 points while "Truck" Bryant had 12 points after making just two of his nine three-point attempts. Gary Browne chipped in 11 points off the bench to complete the trio of Mountaineers to score in double figures.
Stay tuned to SBNation Pittsburgh and the Smoking Musket for more on the West Virginia Mountaineers. For more on Syracuse, check out SB Nation's Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician.


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Around 2 a.m. Monday, a Chevy Equinox was headed southbound on Wildcat Canyon Road near Barona Casino, when it flew off the road and rolled over. The driver, 35-year-old Misha Solis of Lakeside,
died at the scene, according to the California Highway Patrol. After the crash, a passerby
spotted her laying in an embankment and called for help.
Late Sunday night, there were several crashes around the county. A car lost control on an off-ramp to SR 163 from Balboa Avenue and slammed into a van around 8:00 p.m. One person was transported to the hospital.
Then around 9:00 p.m. on the Mission Center Road on-ramp to westbound Interstate 8, a taxi spun off the road. However, no injuries were reported.
A truck and car crashed on the ramp on southbound I-15 to eastbound Interstate 8 around 11:00 p.m., then another vehicle, in attempt to avoid that crash, lost control and smashed into a wall
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A new poll for the lot of you to consider: How do you think BC basketball's 2012-13 season will end? Boston College had a disappointing but not entirely unexpected 9-22 season last year and look to rebound (literally), but will they?
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Goffstown, NH — Lionel J. Gendron, 77, of Goffstown, N.H., died on Thursday, July 4, at Ridgewood Center in Bedford, following a long illness.
He was born on September 25, 1935, in Lyster, Quebec, Canada, and was the son of the late Paul and Regina (Gagne) Gendron. He was raised and educated in Canada. Mr. Gendron moved to the States in 1960.
Most recently, he worked in construction for Brooks Construction.
Lionel loved spending time with his family. He enjoyed playing cards and being a jokester.
Surviving family members include his wife of 50 years, Joan (Guilmette) Gendron of Goffstown; three sons, Lionel P. Gendron and his wife, Rosita of Londonderry, Mike Gendron and his wife, Nancy of Derry, and Steven Gendron and his wife Jessica, of Manchester; seven grandchildren, Erica, Ariel, Jake, Lionel Jr., Matthew, Samantha, and Autumn Gendron; three brothers, Robert Gendron of Warwick, PQ Quebec, Alfred Gendron and his wife, Gisele of Salem, N.H., and Roland Gendron and his wife, Anita of Plessisville, PQ Quebec; two sisters, Yolande Mercier and her husband, Julien of Leeds, PQ Quebec, and Armande Soucy and her husband, Marc of St. Bernard, PQ Quebec; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by his sister, Fernande Bilodeau.
ARRANGEMENTS: Calling hours are at the Phaneuf Funeral Home, 243 Hanover St., Manchester, on Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. His Funeral Service will be held in the funeral home chapel on Tuesday at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mr. Gendron's memory may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 85 Astor Ave., Ste. 2, Norwood, MA 02062, or to The Ridgewood Center, Attn: Niki Moore - Activities Director, 25 Ridgewood Dr., Bedford, NH 03110, for the Resident Council Fund. The Phaneuf Funeral Homes and Crematorium is in charge of arrangements. For more information or to view an online guestbook and memorial, please go to www.phaneuf.net.


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A poem about global warming and the future we are bringing down upon our planet, and for our children.
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Rising River Waters Can Kill!
Watch for rapidly rising river levels on the Chattahoochee River and its tributaries. Water released from dams and heavy rain can turn a day on the river into a tragedy! More »
Call for Water Release Schedule
With colder temperatures you can expect longer and more frequent water releases. For water release schedule info, call 1-855-DAM-FLOW (1-855-326-3569) for Buford Dam and 404-329-1455 for Morgan Falls Dam. Save numbers to your cell! More »
NEW! Check out http://bit.ly/12m9jdC to see a calendar of upcoming volunteer events and opportunities!
When you support the park as a VIP you have the opportunity to learn about the parks resources, meet other people, and become a steward of the park. There are as many ways to volunteer in the park as there are volunteers. If all you can spare is a couple hours then join the staff at a special event or work day. If, on the other hand, you have more time to give on a regular basis, then become a Trail Blazer or become involved with long term projects. When you become a VIP you can truly say that the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is my park!
Below are descriptions of volunteer opportunities at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Please take a moment to see where you might fit in then give Dave Thomas, Volunteer Coordinator, a call at 678-538-1244 or send an e-mail, and get signed up.
Trail Blazers
Non-native Species Control
Join other individuals, groups, and organizations to work in teams making a noticeable difference in the parks environment. Learn how to identify some of the more common non-native plants and why they are so successful in their new home. Then it's time to put on some gloves and begin pulling, cutting, and spraying your way to a more natural looking park lands. The non-native, invasive plants identified in the park include, Chinese Privet, Japanese Honeysuckle, and Elaeagnus.
Long pants and close-toed shoes are a must. Bring your own insect repellent and sunscreen and allergy supplies if you have any allergies. The park will supply drinking water, gloves, large loppers, herbicide, handsaws and any other equipment that may be required.
This activity can accommodate a wide range of ages. Volunteers between the ages of 12 and 17 must have adult supervision at all times. Anyone under 12 must be personally supervised by a parent or guardian.River Float and Clean-up
Give back to the Chattahoochee River as you clear out truckloads of trash including but not limited to balls, cans, bottles, styrofoam, chairs, ice chest, and porta-a-potty doors! As you paddle along the river, you'll also enjoy the many sights and sounds. The native flora and fauna is sure to inspire you and make you wonder why there is so much trash.
The park can provide canoes, Personal Flotation Devices (PFD), and paddles. Volunteers with appropriate watercraft are welcome to bring it for the clean-up. Safety Note: Due to the nature of these clean-ups, a PFD must be worn at all times while on the water. When applicable, volunteers must adhere to any additional guidelines as specified by the park or their organization.
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Special Events
The SUMMER SPLASH is not the only special event that the park is involved with. The park is often asked to provide exhibits at special events put on by other organizations. This is a great opportunity for volunteers that enjoy meeting and greeting people and tell them about the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area to assist the park ranger assigned to the event. These events normally last 4 to 6 hours plus time to set up the exhibit and take it down. Besides talking with visitors you will have a chance to roam around the event and visit other exhibitor.
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The Peoria Area Civic Chorale will aim to make Valentine's Night extra special as they present "An Evening of Love Songs" at the Gateway Building on Peoria's scenic riverfront. A three course plated dinner with a choice of three entrées will begin at 7:00 pm and will be followed by a live concert of classic love songs ranging from Cole Porter to the Beatles to James Taylor. A cash bar will also be available. Tickets are $30 per person or $58 per couple. Special "Date Night" packages with a private table start at $75 per couple with options to add wine, special desserts, and a serenade. Concert only tickets are also available. Please call 309-693-6725 for reservations and visit www.peoriacivicchorale.org for more details.


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Ike Taylor - #24 - CB
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|New Orleans, LA
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|2003, 4th round, 28th pick by Steelers
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Taylor is on injured reserve with an ankle injury.||||||| Second-year defensive back Cortez Allen will start.
Taylor broke his left thumb in the first quarter of the 16-7 exhibition loss to the Washington Redskins on Friday night.||||||| Coach Mike Tomlin said Taylor "could be out for a couple of weeks or so." The coach says he's not sure whether the thumb will require surgery. Taylor was injured on the game's second play and left later during the Redskins opening drive.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers signed Taylor Sunday to a four-year contract extension, assuring the team won't have any unrestricted free agents after this season. Taylor's deal runs through 2010 and would be worth $22.5 million if he plays through the final season, plus incentives. The Steelers cornerback will receive $6.4 million in guaranteed money.||||||| Taylor was a fourth round pick in the 2003 NFL draft, has played in two AFC championship games and one Super Bowl with the Steelers.


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Chot Reyes names 17 choices for player to make up 2013 FIBA Asia Cup Smart Gilas final lineup.
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Unbelievable, I have just moved into my new home and my Timber Tech XLM deck is already turning white in the area which receives the most sun.
I have not even closed on my house yet. The worst part is I had read these problems before I decided on this deck. I went to the supply house and we looked up the problems on their computer. The three sales people assured me they had never had or heard of this problem. They told me it was isolated cases.
I have not talked with the builder yet but this website has been extremely helpful. I will follow up after I talk with my supplier/builder.
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Glad I found this forum, my Timber Tech XLM Mountain Cedar has a little white spotting but bigger problem, our planks are turning black! Deck was installed August 2009, this spring we noticed some dark patches which are getting worse. We have some planks that are completely black, others in various stages of darkening. It isn't every plank but is definitely spreading. Sent in our claim this week to Timber Tech. I will try to attach a picture.
Wow, that is not good. So it turns white on it's own and black if it's coated? What about other manufacturers similar products? Anybody replace XLM with Azek or Fibron? I have seen Azek colors fade, but they are lighter and aren't as noticeable. The darker colors I don't know about.
Well sorry to hear all the problems people are having w/ the various composites. I spent alot of time researching Timbertech, Azek, etc...don't think I've left a brand/product unturned. I had already started to tear down my 20 yr old Cedar deck that was beyond repair. I really wanted to go composite. However, w/ all the reported problems from this and other forums, I'm really leaning heavily toward Cedar again despite the annual maintenance. If I go w/ clear cedar rather than cheaper tight knot grade...cost starts coming close to some composites. Any suggestions, ideas, positive experiences??
So glad I found this forum. We are having the same problems with our TimberTech deck. Just sent in a claim. The deck was installed 5/2009, noticed some white areas during winter months but figured it would just wash off. Now we have black and white planks. Hopefully TimberTech will honor it's name and product. Also, I checked the BBB site and Timber Tech is rated as A+ and does not have any complaints filed. Has anyone explored that avenue with BBB?
My XLM-Mountain Cedar deck was installed during the summer of 2008. As the fading continued to get worse, I finally filed a claim this summer and TimberTech sent me (2) 1/2 gallons of DeckMax Enhanced and asked me to try it. I have just applied some to 2 parts of my faded/striped deck. Looks great right now, but I will be watching to see if it turns black. I will keep you posted.
No blackening yet, but this is only the 9th day. I spoke with my TimberTech Claims Agent today and he said that the blackening can be a result of applying the DeckMax Enhanced when the board (surface) temp exceeds 100 degrees.
New deck installed Oct. '08 at sumer camp. Spring of '09 saw white stripes and fading. Spring of '10 found unacceptable discoloring. Am in contact with TT re: replacement. Sad affair. Thought I received a bad lot until I checked the net. TOPIX has a forum with these same complaints. The testing for color fast and UV protection over time is flawed and am worried I will replace deck every 2 yrs.
I agree that there must be a lot of complaints out there and how Timbertech handles them is all different from what I read. We replaced our deck after our Mountain Cedar went white in less than a year. They (Timbertech) did the replacement at no cost to us which we were very grateful for but it was under their warranty. This deck was less than a year old and it was a bad run.
We replaced it with their new product Desert Bronze which their tech rep told me would NOT go white. Well guess what it is...less than a year later. Getting white striping on both edges of every floor board. Do NOT want to have to clean it or treat it..that is their job. I am going to contact them and see what kind of run around I get this time. What a mess and I'm so upset with the product that I will NEVER recommend it to anyone in our village.
And...people are replacing their decks now....
We replaced it with their new product Desert Bronze which their tech rep told me would NOT go white. Well guess what it is...less than a year later. Getting white striping on both edges of every floor board. Do NOT want to have to clean it or treat it..that is their job. I am going to contact them and see what kind of run around I get this time. What a mess and I'm so upset with the product that I will NEVER recommend it to anyone in our village.
And...people are replacing their decks now....
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yes but you dont make a "significant" offer to someone you dont feel is going to be your starter.
I believe most people here expected them to make him a contract offer. It would be a mistake not to do so.
i hope not, i like simms but dont think he is the right fit
I told you guys...and you all laughed at me
He has the touch on the longball but does lack mobility.
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Is there really a Native American burial ground in New Madrid County? And is it halting a big improvement project?
A tribe called the Quapaw has ties to the county.
While no ancient site has been discovered yet, according to state law those ties give the Quapaw the right to question progress and protect their history.
According to history books they made their way from the Ohio Valley down the Mississippi River and apparently spent a significant amount of time in New Madrid County.
"I thought I knew most of the Indian tribes but I didn't know the Quapaw," said Matthews' mayor.
Matthews Mayor Jim Burch says he decided research was in order when the tribe contacted him with notice that would halt the city's current drainage project. It turns out there's a chance ancient remains or artifacts could be disturbed.
"So I went to the Internet and read about them and hey they could've been here," said Burch.
According to federal regulations, tribes with ties to certain areas can make a move to protect their native land when their sacred grounds may be at stake.
"They're just interested in their ancestors not being disturbed and I think it's a good thing we have programs in place to comply with this," said Lisa Baker, Bootheel Regional Planning.
That's where Lisa Baker with the planning commission comes in.
"This is a normal thing for me and I do it for every project," said Baker.
Matthews' drainage project is partially paid for through grant funding. As part of her duty, Baker notifies tribes regularly to ask if they have interest in an area where development is pending.
"It is just a federal regulation that allows the Indian tribes to express their concerns or if they had interest in a cultural significant site within in the project area," said Baker.
Baker filed two letters of notice with the Quapaw. She says after a lot of paperwork the tribe gave up interest and the drainage project can continue as planned.
"Once we allow the appropriate time for bidding we can start constriction," Baker.
Mayor Burch says the delay didn't cause any issues and in the end he's glad to learn more about the community where he was born and raised.
"We apologize to the Quapaw for not being aware of then but we are now and of we find anything well let them know," said Burch.
Mayor Burch says their road and drainage projects should be done by next summer.
The Quapaw tribe, at their Oklahoma office, says their primary interest is in land further west of the heartland but all grounds are important.
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About Tangleweed
Tangleweed is a band of three forward-looking musical reactionaries from Chicago, Illinois. While the band's instrumentation is standard bluegrass, their music is anything but. With a repertoire both broad and deep, one listener described them as sounding like "a band playing on a pirate ship off the coast of New Orleans in the 1920s". Their four CDs have garned critical praise and worldwide airplay, earning the band invitations to appear at major festivals and quality venues around the country.
Tangleweed formed in the summer of 2004, with Paul Wargaski on bass, Billy Oh on fiddle, and Scott Judd on guitar. Add'l founding members Timothy Ryan Fisher and Kenneth "Kip" Rainey also logged several years each on banjo and mandolin respectively. Fisher left the group in 2010 after 300+ shows and three cd's, while Rainey departed in 2012 after nearly 400 shows and four cd's.
The current lineup of Judd, Oh and Wargaski passed it's litmus test with flying colors in July 2012 at Louisville's "Kentucky Music Weekend", where a festival crowd of over 1,000 heartily confirmed the band's viability as an acoustic power-trio. Since that time, the trio has aggressively developed a new sound by re-arranging early material, exploring new musical directions through fresh original compositions, and bringing Judd's guitar/vocals and Wargaski's upright bass further into the foreground. Billy Oh's fiddle work continues to dazzle as before, and remains a key feature of the band's instrumental forays.
The band established their folk cred with their first CD, "Just a Spoonful (and Other Folksongs of Rural Cook County)". Engineer Bob Weston recorded the band live to two-track using vintage analog equipment, a setup modeled after the early field recordings that inspired the band. The group recorded thirty songs in a single day, working in a makeshift studio on the second floor of a Logan Square two-flat. The discs' raw "warts and all" qualities attracted listeners seeking respite from the slick, overproduced records then dominating the bluegrass world. While the band slogged through shows in Chicago bars, copies of the disc were garnering prices of 75 Euros or more overseas.
With Just a Spoonful, the band established a trademark style: CD art modeled after old Folkways record jackets, and tongue-in-cheek liner notes. Though Just a Spoonful is far and away the band's most traditional record, comprised largely of bluegrass and old-timey standards, there were hints of what was to come, with covers of Duke Ellington tunes, a nod to the Dillards, and raucous ragtime raveup on the title track. The Chicago Reader's Monica Kendrick wrote, "You know you've found a good CD when you can't decide whether to wax more rhapsodic about its music or its liner notes."
For their second disc, "Where You Been So Long," the band paired with engineer Mike Hagler, best known for his work with Billy Bragg and Wilco on the Mermaid Avenue recordings. The group worked with Hagler to retain the live energy of their first disc while expanding their sonic pallet. They also continued to expand their repertoire: the disc covers a broader swath of American music. The 14-song CD features Tangleweed originals mixed with classic bluegrass, old-time country, and Irish tunes. The songs run the gamut from up-tempo rockers ("Hard Times", "With a Bottle in My Hand") to delicate ballads ("Leaving of Liverpool"), with hot jazz ("I Found a New Baby"), mountain music ("High on a Mountain), Irish fiddle tunes ("Sir Lucas De Somerville"), and classic bluegrass banjo ("Black Eyed Susie"), generating praise from critics and airplay all over the world.
The band also saw their music on television when their recording of Ola Belle Reed's "High On a Mountain" appeared on the soundtrack for the PBS series Roadtrip Nation. The band began to travel farther from their Chicago base. Though the band was threatened with firearms on two consecutive trips to Wisconsin, they continued to travel, venturing as far as Hawaii to perform.
For their third full-length, "Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals," Tangleweed maintained their original bluegrass instrumentation while adding erhu, autoharp, tenor guitar, and accordion to the mix. Fresh originals sung by Rainey, Judd and Oh ("California", "The Logjam", "Trishanku's Heaven") play well alongside classic murder ballads ("Little Sadie"), Irish rebel songs ("Join the British Army"), smoking instrumental medleys ("Takeup Reel / Cold Frosty Morning / Grey Eagle"), and the Rolling Stones ("Dead Flowers"), generating consistently positive reviews and airtime worldwide.
2011′s, "Please Punch Richard For Me," marked the band's first release as a quartet after the 2010 departure of Fisher (banjo). Instant-classic originals like "Cold, Cold Ground", "Colorado Cabin", "Logan Square Dance", and "Rolling Downhill" complement signature treatments of traditionals ("Sloop John B", "Weila Waila"), and a not-to-be-missed version of The Undertones' "Teenage Kicks", also known as DJ John Peel's favorite song ever. Judd and Wargaski both make their ukelele debuts. Joe Nelson and Jerry Shelato were enlisted to add drums and jug to the mix, resulting in a new sound consistently hailed as Tangleweed's strongest release yet.
After eight years, four CDs and well over 400 live performances, Tangleweed continues to combine high-energy performances with impeccable musicianship and a wide-breadth of influences to create a unique sound that is simultaneously modern and old-timey. The band has been hailed in reviews worldwide as a welcome breath of fresh air for lovers of stomping string band music and high lonesome harmonies. Check out Please Punch Richard For Me or the list of upcoming events and hear for yourself.


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A Baptist minister and a proclaimed atheist walk into a bar for an open dialogue about religion.
Whether it's spending time among the roses, corn or rosemary, the resident garden at Lanier Village Estates serves many purposes.
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After waiting a couple of years, little Mason Hyde has reached all of the milestones, including a desired weight and finding a donor, required for a kidney transplant.
At the birth of Christ, angels appeared before shepherds nearby to bring them the news that would revolutionize their lives: "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people."
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Will Wagner spends his days on the beach, under shady trees and riding around in nature. Sounds like a walk in the park, and for Wagner it is, literally.
The seasons may not be changing, but boutiques and hair salons of Gainesville already are seeing a bevy of pint-sized customers who want to shake up their style before the first school bell rings.
Hall County natives Isaac Hopkins and Noah Haines wonder what gospel-singing aliens must sound like on an almost daily basis lately. Then again, so would Jimmy Carter if the former president had actually encountered an out-of-this-world species in 1969.
Faith Thompson giggled a little self-consciously when practicing the Japanese language.
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Rebekah Ryan stood outside a Guatemalan AIDS hospital with some trepidation in July. The Hall County native wasn't afraid to admit what was on her mind.
It took longer than the famous 180 days, but around the world they went.
Gainesville First United Methodist Church believes "children and youth are first."
With fall fast approaching, the nation's bird watchers are listening for chirps, calls and the flutter of fast-flying wings.
Fresh fruit, a vanilla ice cream base and local fresh milk is all it takes to make a winning homemade ice cream.
NORTH FORSYTH - To see Lucy-Blue today, one would never know what the 4-year-old German shepherd mix has been through.
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With a pick and some plucks, Wendy Fortner soared above her surroundings, figuratively speaking.
Deer were here, nibbling on the lilies, hitting up the hydrangeas and binging on the blueberries, only to leave a bare bush behind.
If all the commercials on the Disney channel and Nickelodeon are to be believed, children nowadays can survive on gogurt, Kraft mac-n-cheese and pop tarts alone.
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Taking school concerns public seeks to manipulate
Original post made by John Lents, Principal of Addison, on Oct 3, 2006
Rather than discuss the impropriety of this action, or the degree to which this statement may or may not reflect the administrators' experience and attitudes, I believe the more critical issue is the impact of this action and information upon our community, the district's work and how we consequently choose to interact with each other.
To "hijack" a process and "shaft" professional relationships in such a public forum undermines our collective need to trust one another and to support the district's vision and current work. Impacted relationships are fragmented and the trust and ability to engage in real dialogue is lost in the shock and anger of the action.
The school district is in the midst of framing its future work through a collaborative approach to fundraising, attendance boundaries, foreign-language instruction and its daily focus on student achievement. The gossipy revelation of what had been an internal document means that we risk losing our focus upon this future, upon the relationships and values that have created an exceptional educational organization.
We must not manipulate situations by taking them into the public arena. To do so cheats the process, makes a joke of dialogue, ignores the beliefs and experiences of others and sets a devastating precedent of "end runs," entitlement and anger. Such action, in an educational organization, derails our roles as student advocates and instructional leaders and results, instead, in a fragmented, individualized and defensive response to our professional roles and responsibilities.
As the community watches the district work through its communication needs, we have an excellent opportunity to rethink our own interactions. And so I challenge us to protect our right to disagree, to support procedures that are democratic and respectful, and to engage in actions that elicit the best in our community and in each other.
[Published in the Palo Alto Weekly 10/4/06]
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on Oct 3, 2006 at 11:28 pm
While Mr. Lents is entitled to his opinion, and expresses it exceedingly well, it's also true that he - like it or not - works in a profession that is "public"; a profession that is paid for by local taxpayers; a profession that has been institutionalized to teach and socialize our children.
Mr. Lents also works in an environment that unfortunately - here in Palo Alto - has for too long lacked the kind of transparency and trust necessary for a school district to run at full bore, without waste of human potential.
Like it or not, PAUSD's current management has created a chilling atmosphere, with insensitivities and inefficiencies abounding from the core management group. This has compromised teaching, motivation, professional growth, district cohesiveness, and taxpayer dollars.
I want to congratulate the Weekly for publishing what it did, to help expose the thorhoughly dysfunctional management demeanor of some of PAUSD's senior executives.
As far as the Weekly 'hijacking' the process goes, I couldn't disagree more.
Perhaps Mr. Lents would like to address the issue of how a senior executive and some staffers can manage to hijack the open, trustful, and rich communicative needs ot educators and administrators, and not have that exposed for the tragedy it is, and the need for immediate change it represents.
I wonder how many PAUSD administrators, or teachers, would dare identify themselves as open critics of Mary Frances Callan and some of her staff. We have seen no support, oro criticism from current staff. That's telling, and supports the essence of my earlier point; our professional teaching staff and administrators are working within a chilling atmosphere of fear and mistrust, when it comes to their management - a tragedy, for sure.
on Oct 4, 2006 at 2:31 am
I just read a letter to the editor by John Barton, John Toumy, and Cathy kroynman. Yes, the PAUSD spin machine is now running running at full tilt; damage control horns are at full blast.
Apparently, Barton, Kroymann, and Toumy) support Mary Frances Callan. Might that have something to do with not only their professed admiration of Callan, but also due to the fact they were three of the people on the board who hired a midwestern search firm to vett Callan, and then agree to bring her on? What were they thinking? That last question is something I've heard from at least 30 teachers and more than a few administrators as my 3 kids wind their way through more than a few PAUSD's schools as we've moved around the district.
Of course, none of the above three want to have their decision look bad. Heaven forbid!
This is a point that was referenced on another thread - the relationship between the board and the Superintendent is just too cozy, and often excludes those that do the hard work of teaching and administrating.
We won't - and didn't - hear a peep out of the three persons above regarding the maltreatment of teachers by Callan, or in what kind of low regard Callan, Cook and Bowers are held by their direct subordinates (management team), as well as teachers. This is a _well known fact_, districtwide.
Look at the letter! Yet Barton, Kroymann, and Toumy deny reality and claim that most administrators don't support it.
They talk about their "collective experience". Doing what? Sitting cozily with the Superintendent, and not having themselves to live with the decisions that they and the executive staff visit on district personnel?
Yet all this never makes headlines, never gets discussed, is pretty much ignored by the board.
We hear more spin about how putting things like this out there will "divert the district from its mission". Please! We all read spin like this printed by the Washington Press Corps every day. Do they think we're naive?
Note how the spin is really starting to speed up, with a few administrators in support of Callan speaking out, and now these school board members. (Barton, Kroynman, and Toumy). Teachers are shaking their heads, and so are most administrators.
Of course, the majority of administrators who agree with the document that was released have said nothing. I wonder why? Could it be that they fear retribution? Why are they silent? Interesting, isn't it? I guess it's OK to speak out and win 'brownie points' for past hiring decisions (like these board members are doing - that's a realistic subtext) that have been dysfunctional from day one, in terms of teacher and administrator morale.
In the Weekly we also see a few more letters, lamenting the "retirement" of Ann Baskins. Yes, Ann Baskins is probably a very nice person, and so may be Ms. Callan and their staff. That's all well and good, but it doesn't mean that they shuold keep their jobs if they're not performing.
In Baskins' case, we're talking about ethical blunders of major proportions. In Callan's case, we're talking about a gross inability to lead, motivate and generate trust.
All I have left to say to the three people who wrote that lettter is that I didn't hear them lamenting the grief that teachers and administrators have been going through under this executive team. They choose to disregard what's right in front of their eyes.
If the Weekly has the time, I hope it digs into this story in some depth. Weekly, are you game? Or, are the chummy relationships that come into place between the press in a small town, and the people who generate news, too delicate to enable deep reportage and risk offense - to advertising contracts, access, and so on.
on Oct 4, 2006 at 7:25 am
The board needs to hire an independent firm to survey the teachers & the principals to establish where the school district is at. This firm needs to report only to the board. The two recently elected board members should be ones to lead this because they have the "least history", and can be viewed as being most objective.
I also see criticism of Callahan, but with exception of a few posts, there aren't many specifics. I would like to see more specifics and the board determine how they should be addressed.


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I'm intrigued and amazed by the candy bar Tera and John did for their wedding. There are chinese food containers that are hung on the wall creating an extremely graphic pattern behind the beautiful jars of white candy. Its almost like a store display! I even love the table cloth!
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Enchanted Rock State Natural Area consists of over 1600 acres on the Big Sandy Creek north of Fredericksburg. The actual Rock is a large, pink granite dome that covers over 640 acres. The major dome is over 425' high. According to the Texas Parks Service, the dome itself is one of the largest batholithe's Pink Granite batholiths uncovered by erosion in the US. The main dome lies next to a second dome, both of which are surrounded by smaller formations. In the park, you will find tons of established bolted and traditional routes including aid routes that go up to A3. In addition, for those who love to hump pads, there is bouldering aplenty on the eratics surrounding the main domes.
Getting There
17 miles outside of Fredericksburg via Ranch Road 965. Or take Highway 16 south for 14 miles from Llano and the Ranch Road 965 west to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.
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Cave Crack 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, 100' Echo Canyon : Throne Rock Area
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Walk In The High Country 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 Sport, 5 pitches, 500' Main Dome : Devil's Slide
Mark of the Beast 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport, 3 pitches Main Dome : Devil's Slide
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Bold Talk for a One-Eyed Fat Man 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R Sport, 1 pitch, 115' Main Dome : The Shield
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