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Calendar of Events
Below is a list of events sponsored by the College or of interest
to our clientele. Events are tracked all over the state; the maps
next to each event indicate where the event is taking place. If
you would like to filter your results to a particular county,
visit the county calendar
2014 County Fair Schedule.
December 2014
Dec 2
Los Lunas
NMSU presents annual forage growers workshop in Los Lunas
New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service will present its annual forage growers workshop on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at UNM-Valencia Campus, 280 La Entrada Road, in Tome.
The workshop, hosted by NMSU Valencia County Cooperative Extension Service, NMSU Extension Plant Sciences Department, and the NMSU Small Farm and Ranch Task Force, will be from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
N.M. Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte will be the keynote speaker to open the workshop at 8 a.m.
Registration fee is $20, which includes program materials, door prizes and lunch.
Presentations will include:
For more information, contact Newt McCarty at 505-565-3002.
Dec 3
Las Cruces
Flower Sale
Flower sales are from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the front lobby of Gerald Thomas Hall. Proceeds from sales provide students travel funding to regional floral design competitions.
For more information, contact Sabine Green.
Dec 17
New Mexico Sustainable Agriculture Conference
This year's NM Sustainable Ag. Conference will be held at the Roswell Civic Center (912 Main St., Roswell, NM 88201) on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm.
Presentations will be provided by experts covering range and soil management in drought conditions, low-water use crop production, and other key areas for eastern NM. The event is free of charge.
For more information, contact Stephanie Walker at (575) 646-4398.
February 2015
Feb 7
Pruning with John Ball
Trees and Tree Pruning - a special lecture by Dr. John Ball! Think Trees NM is pleased to host Dr. John Ball speaking at the Albuquerque Garden Center (10120 Lomas Blvd. NE, in Los Altos Park).
Dr. Ball is a professor and Extension Specialist at South Dakota State University. He travels and lectures all across the country on trees, tree pruning, tree care, tree worker safety, and more. In this presentation, he will be focusing on the pruning needs and methods for landscape trees.
This event is free and open to all Master Gardeners, Tree Stewards, Docents, and similar community volunteers from around the state. Plan on joining us for this exciting presentation on tree care and pruning. Though free, registration is required as seating is limited! For more information, and the on-line registration link REGISTER NOW!
To Register for John Ball's two day conference in Albuquerque on Feb. 5 & 6 2015 visit http://www.thinktreesnm.org. Click "Conference" then "Register" for more information and to register.
For more information, contact Graeme Davis at (505) 243-1386.
August 2015
Aug 29-30
LAs Cruces
2015 Ride for the 4-H Clover
For more information, contact Bea Garrett at 575-646-3015.


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AlFalah Center Eid Prayer:
Monday July 28 th, 2014 - 9:30 am
Days Inn Bridgewater Conference Center
1260 Route 22E
Bridgewater , NJ 08807
Potluck Brunch
- Please bring your favorite breakfast foods, fresh fruits, and Eid delicacies to share and enjoy
- Stay and socialize with family and friends
The first day of Ramadan will be June 28 th, 2014
Taraweeh will begin on Friday June 27 th, 2014 at 10:15 pmGeneral prayer times for Ramadan can be found at here.
Taraweeh Location:
Our heartfelt thanks to Reverend Susan Rack and our neighbbors at Christ Presbyterian Church who have graciously welcomed us to share their worship space this Ramadan again!
Taraweeh Address:
1600 Washington Valley Road
Martinsville, NJ 08836
We are honored to have Qari Sheikh Fouad al-Kassas as our imam this Ramadan insha'Allah. Sheikh Fouad currently serves as the Qur'an Teacher at the Muslim Center of Middlesex County. Sheikh Fouad studied Theology at Al-Azhar University in Mansoura, Egypt, and received certifications in the Memorization & Recitation and Pronunciation of the Holy Qur'an. He is known -masha'Allah- for the beauty of his recitation.

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Homeless Man Jailed For Charging Cell Phone
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.
Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A Sarasota, Florida police officer in said he was being conscientious. He arrested a homeless man in a park. The man was charging a cell phone in a picnic shelter. The officer accused him of theft of public utilities, which he said will not be tolerated during this bad economy. Apparently, it will be tolerated. A judge threw out the case, which is a relief, since otherwise police would've had to arrest half the people I saw yesterday at the airport. You're listening to MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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From James Van Der Beek to Neil Patrick Harris, see how these famous fathers bond with their brood
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They're all ears! Lopez dressed his adorable brood – daughter Gia, 3, and son Dominic, 7 months – in festive bunny ears to celebrate the Easter holiday. "Happy Easter to you & your family!!" he shared on April 20.
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text: An oversized boyfriend's denim shirt is the perfect little trick to have waiting in your wardrobe right now. Not only does it tick off that mega denim trend (obvs) but it's also pretty darn versatile in this unpredictable weather. Wear it as a shacket (that's shirt-jacket), as a dress or belted up as a tunic over trousers. Here 25 year old Terri Cohen wears hers loose over a pair of leggings, simply adding chunky boots from All Saints and smartening her look up with a vintage leopard print DvF handbag. Nice! But what do you like about her outfit? Remember the most constructive comments could get printed in Grazia magazine. Check out Style Hunter's other ladies here.


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Art of Surfing Festival returns to Ocean City Music Pier
Written by Claire Lowe Friday, August 03, 2012 12:28 pm
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OCEAN CITY — Featuring original art from surfing's biggest names, live music and a chance to meet artists from across the country, Steve Miller said he is proud of the art show he and his friend started over a decade ago.
The 12th annual Art of Surfing Festival opened on Thursday evening and continues noon-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 3-4 at the Ocean City Music Pier. Admission is free.
Miller is listed as the event coordinator on his business card, but he and business partner Phil DeAngelo are also the founders the Art of Surfing Festival. He explained that it all started one day in 2000 when the friends were out surfing.
"My friend Phil and I were out in the lineup surfing and we owned an art gallery in downtown Ocean City," Miller said.
The store, Sagemore Gallery on Asbury Avenue, opened in 1998 and was a joint venture between the two friends, who, at the time, lived in Egg Harbor Township.
Miller said he was the businessman in the partnership and DeAngelo was the artist.
That day surfing, the two developed the idea of hosting an art show all about surfing at their gallery. The first event, in 2001, was held around Christmastime and had a turnout of about 300 people, Miller said.
"We were like, 'Oh my God, could you imagine what it would be like if we did this in the summer?'" Miller said.
The gallery hosted the Art of Surfing Festival for the next few years, until moving to the Music Pier, it's current location, to accommodate the large turnout.
In the meantime, after 10 years in business, Sagemore Gallery closed its doors in 2008. Miller said it was the result of the economy.
"It was like losing a child. It was really a hard decision," he said.
Since closing, DeAngelo, who grew up in Ocean City, has moved to North Carolina; Miller now resides in Mt. Laurel.
Although DeAngelo doesn't live close, Miller said he still helps with the art show where he can.
Twenty different artists are showing their crafts at this year's festival.
"The goal has always been to bring the awareness to the surfing art that's happening locally and not so locally," Miller said.
Almost everything at the show is for sale.
"We try to have a price range for everybody," Miller said.
Ocean City Primary School art teacher Aaron Bogushefsky, also known at "Bogy," began selling his artwork at the Art of Surfing Festival when he was still in college.
"2004, I did the Boardwalk Art Show and during that show I had my surfing stuff," he said. From there, Sagemore Gallery contacted him about participating in their surfing art show. "Ever since then, I've been a part of it."
This year, he is also hosting a children's art area to let kids get their hands dirty and create some art at the festival.
Miller said the show has evolved in the last 12 years with its offerings.
"We basically have opened it up to artists from all over the country," he said.
"We're trying to shine a positive light on surfing," he said, admitting it gets a bad rap at times.
Miller said the Art of Surfing Festival is truly a family event.
"And Ocean City is America's Greatest Family Resort," he said.
While surfing and art are the stars of the exhibition, musicians also have a chance to shine with live musical performances in the Music Pier pavilion throughout the festival.
On Friday, the White Walls perform 7-9:30 p.m. and on Saturday, Jason Andre, The SlotCars and the Sharkskins will perform.
In the spirit of surfing celebration, the Ocean City Free Public Library teamed up with Miller to host a "Gidget" book signing and documentary showing.
"The Ocean City Public Library brought us in Gidget, who's our star for the evening," Miller said.
The real Gidget, Kathy Zuckerman, will appear noon Saturday, Aug. 4 in the main lecture room of the library, 1735 Simpson Ave., and will discuss her new documentary, "Accidental Icon" along with the movie's producer Brian Gillogly. On Friday and Saturday, 7-9 p.m., Zuckerman and Gillogly will also appear at the Art of Surfing Festival for a book signing.
"Everybody joins together," Miller said. "It has really turned into this community thing and taken on a life of its own."
When the festival first moved into the Music Pier, the only weekend available was at the end of August. But when Ocean City saw the turnout of about 10,000 people, they offered Miller a better weekend coinciding with the Boardwalk Art Show, now in its 50th year.
"This is a great weekend. The Boardwalk Art Show, it kind of works out well," Miller said. "It's all for art."
Miller said he was once told: "The surfers are like artists themselves on the waves, using the surfboard as a brush painting on the water," and that really stuck with him.
He said his favorite part about the festival is that his children enjoy it as much as he does. Miller's two sons, ages 9 and 20, have been helping out for a long time, he said.
"And I always thought that they we're working so hard at this festival," he said. "My one son turned to me and said, 'Dad, I love the festival.'"
More information about the Art of Surfing festival can be found here.
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This is not a new piece, but it is amusing, especially for anyone who has either a) had to teach or b) lived in Europe.
The European Language Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as ""Euro-English"".
In the first year, ""s"" will replace the soft ""c"". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.
The hard ""c"" will be dropped in favour of ""k"". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome ""ph"" will be replaced with ""f"". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing ""th"" with ""z"" and ""w"" with ""v"".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary ""o"" kan be dropd from vords kontaining ""ou"" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl rite n styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
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Steph Curry On The Drive: "It's Great To Come Home And Try To Make An Impact On The Community."
The Drive Monday 6-17-13 – Stephen Curry talks with The Drive live from his golf tournament about being recognized as one of the best outside shooters in the game right now, we get his thoughts on the NBA Finals and Danny Green's amazing run of hitting 3's in the Finals, and they talk about the Ada Jenkins Center the charity that his golf tournament benefits.
Davidson HC Bob McKillop Discusses Wildcats Loss To Marquette
The Drive Friday 3-22-13 -Bob McKillop talks with The Drive about the Wildcats heartbreaking loss to Marquette on the first day of the tournament, what he told his seniors in the locker room after the […]
John "Killer" Kilgo Talks Davidson Basketball A.K.A. Radio Gold
The Drive Tuesday 3-12-13 -John Kilgo recaps the Davidson win over the College of Charleston win in Asheville last night for the SoCon Championship. Plus as we do every year we play a few highlights from the game as The Killer is a one of a kind sports broadcaster.
Davidson Play by Play Man, John "Killer" Kilgo:"I Never Saw This Coming…I Thought Western Would Hit The Wall."
The Drive Tuesday 3-6-12- Killer joins the Drive to talk about Davidson winning the SoCon Tournament and getting back to the NCAA Tournament, plus we get his Top 10 calls from last nights game.
Don't Write Sidney Lowe Off Just Yet
With Frank and Moose taking some time off, the legendary John Kilgo was joined by C.Jemal Horton to talk a little ACC hoops
Don't Call Me That!
O.T.B. 1-20-11 Hour 2: In the second hour of On the Beat with Brett Jensen, there's an update on the Mississippi State cheerleader that posed nude for Playboy and to whether she will keep her […]
Bustin Loose: Come In Off The Ledge
1-13-11- Hour 3: John continued to try and calm Frank down about the Devils 1st loss, then Frank got Kilgo's thoughts on the Ron Rivera hiring.
Bustin Loose: Here Come The Bobcats
1-13-11 Hour 1- Frank was joined by John "Killer" Kilgo to talk about the resurgent Charlotte Bobcats.
Bustin Loose: Trouble For Duke?
1-13-11 Hour 2-Frank and John took your calls about the Blue Devils loss at FSU and if there is more trouble ahead for the Devils.
Primtime: Its Never Going To End
12-29-10 Hour 4- After 4 hours of your phone calls on who's the better coach K. or Smith we are no closer to agreeing on anyones points.


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Warren Buffet to award correct MMB bracket $1 bn
By Jasper Huang
February is right around the corner – and a little further onwards is around the time that the gambling appetites of college basketball fanatics and basketball fans alike are whet. It's almost time for March Madness.
March Madness dates back to 1939 – but never in its history has such a proposition been offered for a completely perfect, winning bracket. Investment tycoon Warren Buffet, in conjunction with Quicken Loans, has announced that he will fully back and insure a $1 billion prize paid to the winning bracket over a period of 40 years. "Past contests tied to the tournament have dangled seven- and eight-figure rewards, but this one significantly ups the stakes, even without the extra incentive of investment advice that Buffett promises."
We have all been taught here at Bentley to take calculated risks, dependent on risk appetite… but this offer is one you can't pass up – it's potentially riskless. According to Quicken Loans CEO Jay Farner, players don't have to pay anything to participate, "It is our mission to create amazing experiences for our clients, this contest, with the possibility of creating a billionaire, definitely fits that bill," says Farner.
What are your odds of becoming a fledgling billionaire? Well, according to the Wall Street Journal, mathematicians polled in previous years had guesses anywhere from 1 in 150 million to 1 in 9 quintillion. Men's website AskMen runs with the highest estimate, captioning that statement with, "the first thing you didn't know about March Madness is that the odds of you picking a perfect March Madness bracket are not just horrible, they're almost impossibly bad."
If you think you have a chance in being the lucky 1 in 9 quintillion… try the lottery for perspective. With 1 in 175 million odds for the jackpot winning Power Play numbers means you are roughly 51 billion times more likely to win. Break that worst case scenario down into individual games and NY Daily News claims the odds are 1 in 4 billion per game.
Shameless publicity stunt and marketing plug for Quicken Loans? Probably. But that's okay, because in the spirit of calculated risk-taking, it looks like Quicken and Buffett are fairly safe on this one. In the event that a miracle happens, Buffett said that he will personally accompany the winner to the national championship. Buffett said in an interview, "he and I will probably be pulling for different teams, I'm not eager to write a check for $1 billion."
Sound too much like corporate PR, or too much like a marketing stunt? Don't let that stop you – Quicken Loans is promising $100,000 to each of 20 closest bracket picks submitted – the only catch is that you use it towards buying, refinancing, or remodeling a home. So if you've wanted to add that new theater or indoor wave pool, now's your chance.
March Madness officially begins March 18, so everyone has plenty of time to prepare until then. The details for how to become a billionaire will come online at 12:01AM, March 4, when the Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge website activates. But it's okay if you don't win – Buffett says that even "Einstein himself could not figure out the odds."
Tags: Billion Dollars, Jasper Huang, march madness, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, Warren Buffet
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Hard at work
Hard at work at the Leather Archives board meeting this weekend. You should go give money to support this amazing organization.
Meet Junior, my new mascot and traveling buddy.
Come meet him at Kinky Kollege this weekend 3/7 - 3/9, 2014 in Chicago.
If you're on my FetLife profile, you know I've been doing a Rope 365 Project since January 19th of this year. I'm now on Day 272.
Look me up on:
- FetLife as MonkeyFetish
- Instagram as MonkeyFetish
- Twitter as MonkeyFetish
- Tumblr as http://monkeyfetish.tumblr.com
I'll be posting daily rope photos as I finish up the last slightly less than 100 days of this project.
Futomomo (Fat Leg)
The futomomo has gained popularity as a leg tie over the last couple of years. The "fat leg" tie is so named because it compresses the skin and makes the flesh bulge out around the rope. The futomomo is relatively simple and quick to tie and looks impressive when it's completed.
Sex is Back
I was just interviewed for the "Sex is Back" project by "The Pleasure Chest". I can't wait to see the video!
Upcoming events
Upcoming Events for 2013:
- Beyond Leather - April 4-7
- Shibaricon - May 24-27
- Twisted Tryst - June 6-9
- Twisted Tryst - August 15-18
Rope 365 Project
I've been working on a project to do at least one rope bondage photo a day since January 19, 2013 until January 18, 2014. Some of the results will be posted here but all of the results can be found here in the FetLife Rope 365 group I started.
Morpheous Bondage Extravaganza
I'll be performing at Morpheous Bondage Extravaganza in late September.
I'll have a couple of photos hanging on the wall at the venue. Come say hi if you're at the event.
2011 (12)
2011 was a transitional year for me and I did not have much time for photography or art but I did manage to take a few things I enjoyed.
2012 is looking to be an amazing year. Stay tuned for good stuff coming from the land of monkeys...
In The Dark, October 2010
At the last In The Dark show, I took a few shots of performances featuring CherriesJubalie and Ellie Noise.
Chicago Photos, October 2010
A few photos from a recent night out in Chicago. Models CherriesJubalie and Dov.


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Yeah, I'd eat Bullwinkle.
(What are Rocky and Bullwinkle doing in that picture?)
But anyway, I'd definitely eat Bullwinkle.
Here's how this is relevant. My most recent dangerous cooking was with some real moose. Our cottage is very close to the Wahta Mohawk First Nations Reserve.
(Love the Seven Generations philosophy. I was taught in a First Nations Education course that every decision should take into account how it will affect seven generations into the future, or 200 years, and also that seven generations of the past have brought you to this point, so that history should be respected)
Anyway. Here I was, driving through the reserve with my daughter, when I happened to see a sign for "Moose Pie."
I couldn't resist. The guy (whose name I forget, I am completely Alzheimer-ish when it comes to names) was super friendly, which was no surprise to me since I have a close friend who lives on the Kanesatake Mohawk Reserve in Quebec, and anyone I've ever met through her has been extremely welcoming. Yes, I'm generalizing, but here's one example — we went to her house once and got lost ("There are no streetlights and everyone chooses whatever number they want for their house so they're not in order, but go over the hill, turn left at the baseball diamond…"). We regrouped at the ice cream shop and some strangers heard us talking about what we should do. They asked, "Who are you looking for?" We told them, and they said, "Follow us," and drove us right to their house.
My friend went on to become a lawyer who works with First Nations communities, and she just got back from a trip to Baffin Island.
Now that's North. While she was there she posted pictures from the grocery store — a bag of flour for $14, a box of chicken burgers for $23, and some Frosted Flakes, also for the bargain price of $14.
She brought back some seal meat and just might guest post. This makes me quite excited.
Anyway. Friendly-moose-guy. Moose-guy told me he was a foodie and he was very excited about my blog. He hooked me up with a pie, cooked by a Grandmother who is writing her own cookbook (Grandmother might be literal in this case, but can also mean a wise elder in First Nations traditions which are more matriarchal than ours, I believe.)
This makes me very excited too. Because the moose pie was amazing.
I wish I could share the recipe so that you could re-create it. Hopefully you'll get it after she finishes the cookbook! The gravy was rich, and because it was moose, it wasn't as fatty as beef — more hearty. It did not taste "gamey" at all. And don't you just love mention of the "Ugly Crust" on the label? I make ugly crusts too — insider tip: if you're too lazy to make your own crust, just buy two store-bought ones and slap one flattened on top as your upper crust. I doubt this was her technique, but you're welcome for the time-saver.
Friendly moose guy also hooked me up with "moose burger meat," which was just ground moose, as far as I knew. My parents were coming over, so I took my friend's husband's advice and turned them into "Moose Balls." Don't you just love it when your parents ask you if what they're eating are actual moose cajones? Just me? If you want to be boring and can't get your hooves on any moose, you could also try this recipe with regular old ground beef.
Swiss Moose Balls
– 1 small packet of ground Bullwinkle (I don't think it had a weight on it, but let's say about two softballs worth)
– 2C garlic croutons, ground to breadcrumbs in a food processor
– 1 handful of parmesan
– 1 egg
– 3 turns of the salt shaker
– swiss cheese, cut into small cubes
– (Wish I'd had a jalapeño and some chopped fresh parsley to add, but I didn't)
– Prosciutto, 1/2 slice for each ball
Directions: Preheat to 400. Mix meat, egg, breadcrumbs, parm, salt, and herbs/peppers. Roll into small moose cajones, each one surrounding a small cube of swiss cheese. Brown each ball in a frying pan over med-high heat. Bake 10-15 minutes, until cheese begins to gently bubble out. Wrap each ball carefully in prosciutto and secure with a toothpick.
Results: Delicious! I have to admit that I was worried this might not work out, because when I thawed the meat it smelled like a moose had given birth in the kitchen. But then somehow after I had cooked it, the flavour was not the same as the smell. These moose balls were drier than beef meatballs — I've found this to be true of other wild meats in the past (they tend to work out more than penned animals I guess?). But they weren't off-puttingly dry. Apparently wild meats are healthier than farmed meats because of their natural diets, as well. I would count my visit to friendly-moose-guy a huge success and will be visiting on a more regular basis. Rating: 5/5 Yums for the moose pie, and 3/5 for the moose balls.
Oh, and I almost forgot about Bullwinkle! Here's how my thoughts were going at the start of this post. I was thinking about how some people don't like the idea of eating non-farmed animals, and I don't love it either. I couldn't shoot anything myself, and I do find animals in the wild beautiful and a treat to catch a glimpse of. But it's hypocritical that I'd eat a cow or chicken or pig rather than other types of meat, just because other animals might be too cute or pretty or free. And yes, it's also hypocritical that I eat meat that I couldn't kill, but if I'm going to be hypocritical, I might as well go all-in. So I was thinking that I would start this post by playing the devil's advocate — by saying that I had eaten a really cute cartoon character, because I have not become vegetarian.
But I don't even like Bullwinkle. He's annoying and outdated. I'd totally eat him without a second thought, even if that picture does make him seem like a partier. So my whole premise backfired.
Question: What cartoon character would you eat?


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3. Everyone's had time to digest Tiger's infamous drop on the 15th hole Friday. Did the Masters make the right call by penalizing Tiger for the illegal but not disqualifying him from the tournament for signing an incorrect scorecard?
Van Sickle: I can shrink the Tiger issue to one sentence. Yes or no, did he sign for an incorrect score? The answer is yes. Therefore, he should've been disqualified, just like everyone else in golf history who's done the same has been. Big mistake by the Masters.
Morfit: Not at all. That one was botched by everyone involved, especially the rules committee and Fred Ridley. I'd have believed them if they gave me one reason why he wasn't disqualified, but they kept trying to throw stuff against the wall and see if anything might stick. "The rules are the rules," as Tiger said of Guan -- except when they're inconvenient to apply.
Gorant: Right or wrong it's a totally legit call within the rules, or Rules if you prefer. Just as Tiger didn't question the ruling against him, he has no reason to question the one in his favor. The rules are the rules, end of discussion. It doesn't seem fair when someone gets a free drop when they hit it so far off line that it goes behind the grandstand but that's how it works.
Lynch: Absolutely not. Tiger admitted in his post-round comments Friday that dropping the ball a couple of yards away from his original position helped him take a little off his next shot. He acknowledged that he gained an advantage in the process of violating a rule. Forget what his intent was. That has zero bearing. A drunk driver may not intend to cause an accident on the way home from the bar, but that doesn't mean there should be no sanction. He broke a rule and gained an advantage, then signed for an incorrect score. Nothing else matters. He should have been DQ'd.
Godich: I would have DQ'd him for signing an incorrect scorecard, but I suppose officials gave Tiger an out by not approaching him before he signed his card. How do you not take every precaution in that situation? On a side note, it continues to amaze me that players and their caddies either don't know the rules or are careless when addressing them.
Ritter: This is the right question to ask, because the Augusta rules officials are the ones who really botched this. In their statement Saturday morning, they essentially ruled that, because they didn't notice the violation before Tiger signed his card, they were responsible for the error, and a DQ was unjustified. Since when is a player not responsible for himself? By not DQ'ing Woods they created a new precedent that in the process made it look like they gave him preferential treatment. And they passed the buck to Tiger, who had to decide for himself whether to withdraw. My hunch is that TW didn't need long to make that decision.
Reiterman: I think they made the right decision. If this had happened to Tianlang Guan, or anyone else not named Tiger Woods, we'd be yelling about what an outrage it is to DQ someone for a minor rules infraction. But since it happened to Tiger, it was amplified. I think the DQ should be saved for blatant cheating, not misinterpreting the rules. And Woods still paid a heavy price. That penalty put him behind the 8-ball for the rest of the tournament and he never recovered.
Wei: My real issue is why the heck did Tiger not know how to make a proper drop from a water hazard? This is such a basic rule of golf!
4. Tiger ignored calls for him to withdraw over the incident. Have your feelings about Tiger changed at all this week? Do you think he wins the Masters if he doesn't hit the flagstick with that approach shot on Friday?
Lynch: These days Tiger needs to play his best to win a major, which didn't used to be the case. He wasn't playing his best and I don't think was likely to win this week. He hasn't broken 70 in the Masters in years, struggles with shots that require a draw at Augusta National and his putter was cool. Not a good combination. As for my view of him, nothing has changed. A terrific golfer, but tone deaf when it comes to matters of grace or humility.
Van Sickle: Tiger's flagstick episode cost him maybe three shots -- two for the penalty, one for the birdie he didn't make. That would get him to 8 under, one off the playoff, but more important, would get him right in the grill of Scott and Cabrera. That might've made a difference. But golf would've never lived down the ensuing asterisk or my name isn't Barry Bonds Gorant: Don't know if he would have won, but it sure would have been fun to see him try.
Reiterman: It's a big leap to hand him the green jacket, but there's no doubt it completely changed the tournament for him. He was in control of his game, about to take the lead, and then he watches his ball fall in the water. Had to be a huge shock to the system, even for a 14-time major champion.
Godich: Withdrawing would have done more for his reputation than any victory. We'll never know how things would've played out if not for the bad break, but I will say this: That tournament was there for the taking when Tiger stepped to the first tee on Saturday, and even after opening with a birdie, he couldn't answer the call. We saw much of the same last year. This is becoming a troubling trend.
Morfit: I still think Tiger seems a little different than he has in the past -- happier, somehow. And I'm optimistic about that. I will never stop trying to like him and giving him more chances, because I think people never stop changing and it's never too late until we're dead.
Ritter: My feelings about Tiger didn't change this week. Had he withdrawn, it would've been a huge boost for his image, but I don't begrudge him at all for continuing to play after catching a break. If you subtract four shots from his score (two for hitting the flag and going from kick-in birdie to bogey, and two for the penalty), he finishes at 9-under, which would've tied the leaders in regulation, but I still don't think he would've won. He didn't make nearly enough putts under pressure on Sunday, and pressure-putting continues to be his weakness in majors. It just feels like he wants it too badly.
Wei: No, my feelings about Tiger have not changed. Fire hydrant, Perkins waitress, rules ... apparently Tiger forgets the rules at times. Anyway, Tiger shouldn't have hit the flagstick in the first place. The ball was coming in too hot.


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Wrapping up Teacher Appreciation WeekPosted: May 4, 2012 Filed under: crafts, gifts, life Leave a comment
Today is the last day of Teacher Appreciation week… the day to "bring your teachers something sweet to eat."
Instead of brownies or cupcakes or bags of candy, I wanted to bring something a little bit different. I just discovered this stuff at walmart a couple of months ago, and I can not get enough. It is so good. The perfect combination of sweet and salty.
If you can't read it clearly, it says "A sweet and savory dream of white chocolatey drops, chocolate drops, peanut butter drops, almonds, peanuts, cashews, golden raisins and cranberries." Mmmmm mmmmm, good. I might've bought a bag for myself. Maybe.
I grabbed a couple of glass jars from walmart, a piece of fabric and some yarn.
First I cut 2 circles from my fabric. I used my rotary cutter and a plastic paint palette as a guide.
And then filled each jar with the trail mix.
I wanted to wrap each jar with the fabric and some yarn. But first I needed to add a bit of double sided tape to help hold the fabric in place.
I placed the fabric down on the lid, and while the hubs held it tight, I was able to loop the yarn around a few times and tie it in a bow.
That's it! Easy, inexpensive, cute and yummy!
Teacher Appreciation Week Part 2Posted: May 3, 2012 Filed under: crafts, gifts, life Leave a comment
Teacher Appreciation Week is rolling right along. Yesterday was "give your teachers a hug" day, so we didn't have to make anything for that. But today is "bring your teachers a card" day. And Laurel made these all by herself!
All I needed to do was set out a few supplies. A couple of blank chipboard cards, some acrylic paint and a few foam heart stickers.
Laurel enthusiastically picked 3 colors for each of her teachers. Then I took a brush and painted a little bit of paint onto the front of a foam heart sticker.
After I painted the heart I handed it over to Laurel to stamp away.
We used a new sticker for each color and put 3 hearts on each card.
After the hearts had time to dry, we flipped the cards over so Laurel could write a sweet message to her teachers.
Just look at that handwriting!!
Laurel did such a great job all by herself. She was so proud of how they came out, and she was super excited about giving them to her teachers today.
Teacher Appreciation WeekPosted: May 1, 2012 Filed under: crafts, gifts, life Leave a comment
It's Teacher Appreciation Week at Laurel's school! So, everyday I'll be whipping up something cute to show her teachers how grateful we are to have them.
On Thursday of last week, the PTO sent home a list of suggestions to help show the teachers that we are thankful for all the hard work they've put in this year. Monday was "bring a colorful pen or pencil" day so Laurel brought a couple of pens like the ones I talked about here. Tuesday is "make or bring your teacher a flower" day. And instead of bringing the teachers flowers that can wilt and be thrown out, we made these cute felt flower brooches.
I've made flowers like these before (here), but I put a little twist on these and wanted to show you how you could make your own. Maybe it's Teacher Appreciation week where you are, too. But, if it's not (or maybe you don't have kids), these would make an awesome happy for Mother's Day, which is right around the corner.
Here's everything you'll need to make 2 brooches:
Various colors of felt: 2 colors for each set of petals and green for the leaves
Fabric scraps
Button covering kit
Needle and embroidery thread
2 safety pins
Hot glue
STEP ONE: Cut the felt you've chosen for the petals into circles that are roughly 2.5″ in diameter. I used a small bowl to trace the shape. You'll need 2 circles of each color.
STEP TWO: Cut a leafy shape from the green felt. Then cut the leaf in 2, so that one part is slightly larger than the other.
STEP THREE: Cover your buttons. Start by cutting a small piece of fabric. Place the fabric face side down over the white piece in the button covering kit. Trim off any excessive fabric and fold it down into the button. Place the back of the button over the fabric and use the blue piece to push the back into place.
STEP FOUR: Take each of the circles you cut for your petals and cut them in half. Cut slits evenly around the curved edge of the half circles.
STEP FIVE: Take a needle and thread some matching embroidery floss. Using a back stitch, outline the leaves with the thread. I didn't draw a line or anything, I just followed the curve of the felt as best I could. Then I added a line down the middle to give it that leafy feel.
STEP SIX: I really didn't like the idea of the thread showing on the backs of the leaves. So I hot glued the embroidered leaf to another piece of contrasting green felt. Then, I just trimmed around the leaf so that a bit of the lighter green was showing. Leave a little tag on the end… it'll come in handy when it's time to put everything together.
STEP SEVEN: Cut another circle from the green felt. It can be the same size as the circles you cut for the petals.
STEP EIGHT: Now, let's put it all together. Starting with the leaves. Add a bit of hot glue to the end tag part of the leaf and stick it down onto the green circle. Arrange the 2 leaves any way you like. One on each side… both on the same side. Whatever you like.
STEP NINE: To make the petals, take one of the half circles and add just a tiny bit of glue… just enough to hold it together folded in half. Then take a contrasting half circle and glue the first piece to the middle of the second. Wrap the other half of the second piece around and glue down. Repeat until all the petals are complete. You'll need 4 petals per flower.
STEP TEN: Arrange the petals around the green circle and hot glue down. The petals should be on top of the leaves.
STEP ELEVEN: Hot glue the covered button to the center of the flower. I added another felt circle under the button, but it's not necessary… I just thought it needed something more.
STEP TWELVE: To attach the safety pin, add a tiny bit of hot glue to the part of the pin that doesn't open and stick it down in the center of the back. To finish it off and add some stability, hot glue a small piece of matching green felt over the pin.
See how cute they are finished!
Plus, they last way longer than real flowers.
From Canvas to ChalkboardPosted: March 19, 2012 Filed under: crafts, gifts Leave a comment
I currently have 1124 projects pinned to Pinterest. 1124 little bits of inspiration right at my disposal. Armed with the determination to do rather than just pin—and a little inpsiration—I whipped up this cute chalkboard from an old canvas and some leftover chalkboard paint.
At first glance of the inspiration photo, I thought for sure that the original was an artist's canvas. Which was awesome because I already had the canvas I could use. But, it's not.
When I read the tutorial I realized it's actually a wooden plaque. Which I didn't have. And I was not about to go shopping. So I just stuck with my original plan and used the old canvas I had already. Of course you could use a wooden plaque, or a frame, or anything really that's flat and can be hung on the wall.
STEP ONE: Prime the canvas. You can use regular ol' brush on primer, but I chose to use Killz Spray Primer so I would have as few brush marks as possible. I gave my canvas 2 coats of primer. Not only does it give you a nice clean surface for the chalkboard paint, but it also stiffens up the fabric of the canvas a bit to help make writing on it easier.
STEP TWO: Once the primer has dried, paint 2 coats of chalkboard paint. Be wary of your brush marks and try to keep everything as smooth as possible. A foam roller would probably be better at that, but a brush and some attention works just as well. Allow to dry.
STEP THREE: Hot glue ribbon around the edges of the canvas. The ribbon gives a nice finished edge.
Please forgive me for the lack of process photos.
I got caught up in the making and not in the picture taking. Sorry.
STEP ONE: Determine the size of your pocket based on the size of the canvas. For the width, you'll need the width of the canvas plus an inch or 2 on each side to wrap around to the back. For the height, take the finished size you'd like the pocket and multiply x3. Mine is 7" high finished so I cut my fabric to a height of 21".
STEP TWO: Lay your fabric out wrong side up. Fold down from the top (so that the right side of the fabric shows) to reach your desired height, for me that's 7". Iron a crease. This is the back of the pocket.
STEP THREE: From the bottom (so that the right side of the fabric shows), fold up until the crease meets the edge of the back of the pocket. Iron a crease. Now you have the pocket flap, or the piece that actually holds the chalk in.
STEP FOUR: Determine the height of your pocket flap. Mine is 4" so the tops of the chalk stick out above. Fold down any excess fabric and iron a crease.
STEP FIVE: Use iron on hem tape to secure the hem of the pocket flap.
STEP SIX: Cut a piece of iron on Heat 'N Bond the size of the back of your pocket. For me that's 7" tall by the width of the fabric.
STEP EIGHT: Place the Heat 'N Bond (shiny side down) between the creases on the wrong side of the fabric. Iron until the Heat 'N Bond has fully adhered to the wrong side of the fabric.
STEP NINE: Allow to cool and then peal off the paper backing. Fold the fabric back down over the Heat 'N Bond and iron until the fabric has fused together.
STEP ONE: Apply a bead of hot glue along the bottom edge of the canvas. Aline the fabric pocket so the bottom edge is flush with the bottom of the canvas. Don't forget to allow enough over hang on each side to wrap the edges around to the back of the canvas.
STEP TWO: Continue to apply hot glue and stick down the back of the pocket. Be careful not to adhere the pocket flap to the back of the pocket!
STEP THREE: To finish it off, wrap the edge around to the back. At this point it would be helpful to use a staple gun, but mine was out of staples. So I just hot glued everything down. Even the flap to the back of the pocket. It's okay to do that on the back. ;)
STEP FOUR: To finish it off, hot glue a piece of ribbon along the top edge.
STEP ONE: Cut 4 circles from felt. The bigger the circles the bigger your flowers. You can use soup cans or glasses for tracing.
STEP TWO: Cut a smaller circle to act as the base of the flower.
STEP THREE: Cut a couple of leaves from green felt.
STEP FOUR: Fold each of the 4 circles in half and add a dot of hot glue. Just enough to hold it together in the middle. Then fold in half again and add a touch more glue. Now you have a petal. Repeat x 3.
STEP FIVE: Add a bit of glue to each of the petal ends and glue down on circle base.
STEP SIX: For the center, I used coordinating fabric covered buttons. Just follow the directions of the button covering kit and hot glue the finished button to the center. Other center options include regular buttons, felt circles, or a few more petals to fill it out.
STEP SEVEN: Arrange on your canvas and use hot glue to stick the flowers and leaves down.
Note: To get the pom pom effect, just cut slits in the circles before you fold them!
And there you have it! Just slip some chalk, and maybe even a little eraser, in the pocket and you're good to go! Give these as a gift or just make one for yourself. The possibilities are endless.
We gave this one as a birthday gift (hence, the sweet message written by my girl) and it really seemed to be a crowd-pleaser. Also, with just a little change in fabric, you could easily make one of these for a special boy.
Have you painted anything with chalkboard paint lately? I'm wondering, is there anything that can't be made into a fun, cute chalkboard?
Happy Valentine's DayPosted: February 14, 2012 Filed under: crafts, gifts, valentines Leave a comment
I made these cute little treats for the kids to hand out at their Valentine's Day parties at school today.
Using Martha's tutorial, I made these cute cherry Valentines for Laurel to give all her sweet friends. I tweaked the tutorial a bit so I could use some things that I had at home… like pipe cleaners instead of floral wire stems, and green duck tape in place of the floral tape. I was able to fit 3 pieces of assorted candies inside. The card I designed and printed on cardstock says "You're the Cherry on Top!" To attach the cherry to the card I made a couple of small holes and looped a piece of pipe cleaner through. Easy and cute!
One down… one to go…
I got so lucky with Spencer's Valentine. I've seen cards like these floating around on Pinterest, but I knew there was no way I could get Spencer to cooperate for a photo. Then I remembered this photo from our Christmas card photo shoot. He was already holding the sucker in the photo so I knew it would work perfectly. To make these Valentines, I brought the photo into Illustrator and added the speech bubble and a happy greeting from Spencer. Then I just printed them out on cardstock and punched a hole above and below his hand. Slide in a sucker stick and voila! The sweetest little Valentine I ever did see!
From my little loves to you, we hope your day is filled with love … and chocolate. Lots of chocolate!
Rockin' Tile CoastersPosted: January 26, 2012 Filed under: crafts, gifts Leave a comment
Put a different spin on the tile coaster craze and give them a rock 'n' roll edge by using your favorite cd images as art.
Using the same method I blogged about here, I whipped these up for a coworker last night. I asked him to send me the names of his 4 favorite cds and I printed out the cover art. They are definitely not the average coaster and I love them! They're so personal and unique.
Clockwise from top left: The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow; Tool, Lateralus;
Pretty Lights; Metallica, …And Justice For All
Copy and Paste OnesiesPosted: January 11, 2012 Filed under: crafts, gifts 2 Comments
One of my sweet friends is expecting twin boys. They are her first and she's doing so great! She has about 8 weeks to go, both boys are already over 4 pounds, and she looks like she's about to pop. But she's so stinkin' adorable.
I always try to make gifts whenever possible, but especially when it comes to something as special as a new baby. It just seems so much more meaningful to me. When I was thinking of what to make for her shower, I tried to think of something to give her that was unique and "twinny" but not so matchy-matchy. That's just not her style. She and her husband are both self proclaimed "computer nerds" and I wanted to give her something that reflected their personalities. I've seen these copy and paste onesies on sites like CafePress, but I knew I could make my own version. And, here they are!
These are felt appliques, but since my new sewing machine is still safely tucked away in its box, I used iron on Heat 'N Bond. Using the Heat 'N Bond made this project super easy! I was able to finish both onesies in just about an hour and a half.
To make these onesies, or other felt appliques, you'll need:
1. Heat 'N Bond (no sew type)
2. Felt
3. Onesies, or similar
4. Iron
5. Scissors
STEP ONE: Decide on the design you'd like to use. For the copy and paste design I chose to use the Mac keystrokes for each command. I used Adobe Illustrator to make the design and then printed it out. I trimmed the design from the copy paper and then traced it onto the paper side of the Heat 'N Bond. Note: Make sure to reverse the image when you trace it onto the Heat 'N Bond so when you iron it on, it's facing the correct way.
STEP TWO: Rough cut the design from the Heat 'N Bond. You don't have to cut on the lines at this point, just around them.
STEP THREE: Place the shiny side of the Heat 'N Bond down on the felt and iron on the highest heat. Note: High heat works well with felt, but you may want to turn the heat down a bit for lighter textiles.
STEP FOUR: Trim the felt along the lines of your design.
STEP FIVE: Peel the protective paper from the Heat 'N Bond, lay the design down onto your onesie, and iron until all the edges are completely adhered.
These are completely safe to run through the washing machine. Just remember to read the instructions on the Heat 'N Bond before throwing them in the wash.
Don't they make the sweetest little gift for a set of twins?


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Rab-parent company Equip acquires Lowe Alpine
Equip Outdoor Technologies, parent company of Rab, Podsacs, and Integral Designs, has agreed to the purchase of the Lowe Alpine brand and all its associated assets for an undisclosed amount. Read more
July 14, 2011
Outdoor Retailer: First Polartec NeoShell Jackets
They may be the most breathable waterproof jackets in the world. Get a first look at the original Polartec NeoShell soft shells for fall 2011 from Marmot, Rab, and Westcomb. Read more
January 23, 2011
Outdoor Retailer: Petzl, Energizer, SPOT, and Pacsafe
Petzl belay/rappel device and headlamp-charging system; Energizer's solar panel/battery charger; PacSafe's anti-theft devices; and news from SPOT and RAB/Integral Designs. Read more
August 16, 2010
Outdoor Retailer: Day One Round-Up
What stood out after a full first day on the show floor? Shells from Outdoor Research, GoLite, and Rab. New GoLit packs, and sleeping bags from Sea to Summit and Sierra Designs. Read more
August 4, 2010
Rab parent brand acquires Integral Designs
Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd., the parent company of Rab USA, has acquired Integral Designs, the 24-year-old Canada-based brand known for high-end tents, bivys, apparel and other outdoor equipment for self-propelled adventurers. Read more
March 2, 2010
Rab Latok Alpine Jacket Wins Backpacker's Editors' Choice
Rab's Latok Alpine Jacket was awarded Backpacker's Editors' Choice Award. Read more
February 8, 2008
Top British Mountaineering Brand RAB to Launch in U.S. Market
The British mountaineering company Rab will bring its acclaimed products to the U.S. market for the first time in the fall of 2007. Read more
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Wisconsin wrap-up
Long ice beard in Weyerhauser with Blue Hills I had just ridden through in the background. The beard is frozen breath, whereas the mustache is frozen snot (I had nasal congestion issues all week).
Kristine caught up to me near the very end of the ride and got this pic as we were pulling into Weyerhauser.
We've been back in Alabama for a couple weeks now, but I still have photos and videos from one last ride in Wisconsin. Perfect timing for me to finish up this post as we are under a winter storm warning today for a couple inches of snow and ice here in Birmingham. Back up in Wisconsin on January 2nd, my first ride of 2013, I left Kristine's parents' house in Shell Lake and rode about 65 mile southeast down to Weyerhauser, Wisconsin through the Blue Hills outside of Rice Lake. This was the coldest ride of the trip with an average temperature of 10 degF. I started pretty early in the day, and it snowed the whole time with most of the ride into a stiff headwind. The snow was just beautiful as it was falling, and especially up on top of Meteor Hill – the high point in the Blue Hills. See this video I took of the snow shortly before descending off of Meteor Hill.
Even though the temp had warmed up a bit by the top of Meteor Hill — maybe 12 degrees or so – this was still the coldest part of the trip because I stopped for a while at the top and took too long of a video (the one above) with my gloves off. Then once I started again, I was on really deep, rutted snow on a long gradual downhill. This meant that I spent a lot of time braking instead of pedaling and generating body heat. Plus, the area was really rural so it would not have been good to have any kind of accident so I was especially slow and careful, which meant my heartrate stayed around 100bpm for 9 miles on the long gradual descent. This meant I was VERY, VERY cold by the bottom. Fortunately, this dumped me out onto a good hilly Co Rd F right through the heart of the Blue Hills where I could warm back up again by going hard. All-in-all I think this was the best ride of the trip.
Here are some of the bikecam videos I got — ordered with my favorite ones first.
Frozen lake adventures and snow bike sledding
Yesterday was our last day at the cabin, so Kristine, Papa Dale, and the kids went for one last ski/skate on the lake. They were following a huge eagle around the lake, and I got pictures of his footprints later when I went out to check out the ice fishing with Kristine. I was planning on a good ride back home to Shell Lake, but first I wanted to do some more snow bike sled racing with the kids, and I also wanted to ride on the lake. Here's a short bikecam video of me biking up the sled hill:
I've got another bikecam video riding across the frozen lake and then snow bike sled racing with the kids. It's taking forever to upload so I will link to it here later.
After the kids were ready to go, I headed out the back way out of the resort area and ended up on Co Rd F. Good hills on the way out to F and then on F itself. I took F to Co Rd K, which also had some good long hills. Down at Co Rd A, I turned right to climb up and over the Spooner High School hill. On my way back over the hill, I saw a huge eagle glide across the road up in the distance. Later in the ride, I saw two more eagles and wild turkeys.
I ended the ride reversing a route I took back in 2005 when I got lost in the fog on the lake. That was quite an adventure, although even on a perfectly clear cold day with foot thick ice and pick-up trucks driving out onto the ice, it is still disconcerting to ride across sections of bare ice looking into deep dark frozen water so far from the shore. Check out the map zoomed in of my route up at the cabin and then also across Shell Lake.
Here's a short iphone video from the middle of the lake:
Frozen lake riding and snow bike sled racing at the beginning of the ride
Long route across a frozen Shell Lake at the end of my ride
Markville via lots of snowy roads and snowmobile trails
This was my longest and fastest ride so far this year up in Wisconsin. It needed to be fast because I got a late start after sleeping in a bit and then having fun out on the frozen lake with Josiah ice/snow astronaut skating and Analise snow skiing. After warming up a bit, I left by about 1:00 with an anticipated 4 hour loop over to Mankville, Minnesota. This ride was different than yesterday's because I headed north for nearly an hour first before heading west. There was a strong tailwind from the south — presumably why the temp was about 5 degF warmer than yesterday even though there is a strong blast of arctic air moving in with low temps tonight heading down into the double digits below zero.
I got lots of bikecam videos sorted by the best first. The snowmobile video (the second video) is bookmarked on youtube if you want to jump straight to the interesting parts. The others are not bookmarked. The first is only about 2 minutes long and shows some good snow biking on perfect snow leaving the cabin.
Lake 26 road to Minnesota
Today's ride was really great … lots of fast snow and rolling hills. Frog Lake Road was perhaps the most rural road with some long stretches of untouched snow. But the highlight road was Lake 26 road which basically paralleled WI-77 for a good 15 miles heading west towards Minnesota. There was a good steady light snowfall throughout the day, but only a couple sketchy spots where a layer of ice covered the road. I'm still learning how to use my new contour camera, but I got some videos that I was really happy with — only have time to post one … see it below the brief pic gallery.
Skiing and cycling – an unscientific comparison
So I mainly just wanted to upload a video of my kids in their first ski race yesterday, but I thought I would compare and contrast cross-country skiing and cycling as part of the post. First, the video:
Josiah is the boy taking off running without any ski poles. Analise is skiing next to my wife at the back. One of the things that my wife and I connected on when we first met each other back in 2001 was the similarities between her cross-country ski racing and my bike racing. Kristine first started to ski when she was only 2 or 3 years old. And she would ride in a backpack with her father skiing even earlier than that. Through elementary, middle, and high school, Kristine ski raced in the winter eventually earning a full scholarship to the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay to ski collegiately. I didn't start bike racing until high school and college, but I dove right into it so that I experienced many of the same things she did: from the travel with a small group of guys usually to a very rural area, parking in fields (snow covered fields for her), and then taking your body to the limit racing against others. Also, the training – most skiers run or bike in the off-season to maintain the aerobic fitness required to excel in the sport. Up here in Wisconsin, many serious bike racers (Greg Lemond for example) switch to cross country skiing and ski racing to maintain aerobic fitness for biking when it finally thaws out late into spring. In Alabama, I'm fortunate to be able to ride year-round. Part of the adventure of biking for me is the ability to travel from point to point and explore new places so much more efficiently than if you were running. Skiing has the same allure because you are able to travel through the woods and explore trails much more efficiently than snow shoeing.
As far as the racing goes, I'd compare the ski racing more to mountain bike racing or cyclocross racing on non-technical courses with more of a notion of "getting the hole shot" and pushing yourself mostly alone or chasing one or two skiers just up the trail without as much drafting as in road racing. Still, there is a drafting component particularly at the elite end of the sport where the speeds are much closer to 20mph than 10mph, and there tend to be large groups of skiers able to maintain the same speed throughout the race. The tactics are different because of this, but you still see skiers attack each other and change pace to try to drop the others. Cross-country skiing at the winter olympics is by far my favorite winter sport to watch … not the least because of the way the skiers push themselves to the absolute limit. In any close cross country ski race finish, the skiers will fall over as soon as they cross the line because there is not enough energy left in their muscles to support their body weight. Cyclists push themselves similarly to that extreme, but because we aren't standing up we can usually manage to keep the bike upright as it coasts to a stop. Although in one close finish this past year, three of us sprinting at the end of the 105 mile Rouge Roubaix race all fell over on the side of the road into a grassy yard … completely spent, utterly exhausted, but also undefinably happy – and we were only sprinting for 2nd place!
Of course, I buck the trend a bit when I visit from Alabama … bringing my mountain bike and enduring the cold weather for a week in some truly epic rides rather than cross country skiing. Today I'm traveling point to point to Heartwood cabins where Kristine and I had our wedding reception back in the summer of 2003. We're going to spend a few days up there so Kristine and her dad can do some good cross-country skiing on the trails up there … while the kids enjoy ice skating, sledding, and a little bit of skiing. I've got a three hour ride planned to get there today, and then a couple four to five hour rides planned for the next couple days taking me through the snow mobile capital of this area (Danbury, WI), and across the St Croix into Minnesota. Heartwood looks completely different in the winter covered in snow, but that's the beauty of the northwoods – each of the seasons up here transforms the land into a completely different amazing world.
Dale, Kristine, Anna, and Kat finishing the 2012 Birkie 50KM ski race together
Family ski 2007 – from front to back – Analise, Aunt Anna, Aunt Kat, Kristine, Josiah, Papa Dale, and Uncle Hal. I was out there too, but I took the picture.
Clingman's Dome 2x plus Waterrock Knob
Today's ride may very well have been my toughest road ride ever (last week's 9 hour mountain bike race at Oak Mountain may have been a smidge tougher). I've done rides that were much longer with twice the total climbing, but this one was particularly difficult because I was trying to go for some really long KOMs on top of the overall fast pace for the 135 mile ride. Plus, I was not quite adequately dressed for the first 4 hours of the ride in temps that varied constantly from mid 20s to lower 30s back to mid 20s to upper 30s back down below freezing again before FINALLY starting to climb up to the predicted high of lower 50s.
I got started at 6:40AM still before sunrise, and after a very short warm-up, I started out on a KOM attempt from Gatlinburg up to the top of the Clingman's Dome tower. I set 275 watts as my power goal and ended up falling a couple watts short of that … I broke my old record by a few minutes, but it was only good enough for 5th place on Strava. When I made it to the Clingman's Dome parking lot, there were only four cars and so I was able to ride up to the tower passing two couples along the way. I made it up to the top to enjoy the view very briefly before heading back down. I was super, super careful on the descent as I passed those same two couples still walking up. See video of the tower below:
From the top of Clingman's I started to head back down the access road towards 441. I stopped to get a few pics on the way back down since I wasn't going for any KOMs. I also got this video below of the icicle wall melting:
The Clingman's dome access road is on the southeast side of the ridge line for the most part so it warms up pretty quickly, but as you descend on 441 towards Cherokee you enter a narrow river canyon that is shaded by an arm of the ridge line. This was the coldest part of the ride because I was sustaining an average speed of close to 40mph at temps below freezing. My "holey" long finger gloves, which I had brought with me because I knew that it was supposed to warm into the 50s, were no match for the windchill. I think it is probably in the top 5 of the coldest I've ever been on the bike … #1 still belongs to another ride in Gatlinburg from about 5 years ago where it was raining in the low 30s and I had short finger gloves on … oh my goodness just thinking about it makes me shudder. Also, ironically, these gloves were "holey" from a wreck a couple years ago where I slid out on some ice on the descent from Newfound Gap back down to Gatlinbug. I ripped both palms wide open sliding along the icy road … fortunately my hands were ok, but the gloves were now "holey".
I made it down, stopped briefly at the national park info center hoping for some free coffee and after not finding any checked my Garmin and saw that a mini-mart convenience store was only 1 mile away in Cherokee, and headed out to refuel with something hot. I got a large coffee and also a large hoagie burger that had 650 calories and 31g of protein and who knows how many grams of fat. But it was awesome. After warming up in the gas station for a good 20 minutes, I headed back out to start the climb up the Blue Ridge Parkway towards Wolf Laurel Gap and eventually to the 6000ft overlook at Waterrock Knob.
The cool thing about this long climb at the very end of the Blue Ridge Parkway is all of the tunnels (about 5 of them). At the very beginning the road is potmarked with rockfall from the super steep wall immediately right of the road. It's easy enough to dodge the small holes when climbing, and then when descending you are on the opposite side of the road which doesn't have as much damage. It's also easy to get paranoid that a rock is going to fall and hit you … I looked up a couple times just to make sure everything looked stable.
After the long climb to Wolf Laurel Gap, there is a 2 mile descent down to the bridge which crosses US-19 before the 6 mile climb up to Waterrock Knob. The cool thing about the Waterrock Knob climb is that the trail to the overlook area is paved … it averages probably somewhere around 18% with sections close to 25%. The paved trail climbs all the way up to the steps to the overlook. You have to unclip at nearly a 20% gradient with a rock wall to your left and a steep drop-off to your right and only one chance at getting it right. It's the one time I actually get nervous when trying to unclip because of the consequences of not getting unclipped. Fortunately it was no problem and I was able to lean forward to keep from tipping over backwards. But I remember last year when I rode to this same point being nervous about unclipping. You climb a short flight of stairs to this overlook (see video below).
My original plan after this climb was to descend down the other side down to Waynesville, turn around and go back skipping Clingman's Dome … but I chickened out thinking that my legs wouldn't be able to handle a FOURTH hors categorie (HC) climb in this ride so I opted to add on the additional Cat 2 climb from the top of Newfound Gap to the Clingman's Dome tower. Next year, I'm going to try to plan it out better and do that extra HC climb and skip Clingman's Dome especially after what happened this year …
First, I got these videos of the climb on 441 and then the access road to Clingman's. I was really tired by this point. Then, when I finally made it to the parking lot, it was jammed pack with easily 100 or more cars. There were people everywhere. Naturally when I started to ride up the path, the forest ranger stopped me and told me that bikes were not allowed. I convinced him to let me walk with my bike so I took off my shoes and ended up walking/jogging all the way up the super steep trail to the top (about 0.3 miles / 300 feet vertical gain). I still had to weave around hoards of people as I was jogging up the mountain in my socks … and I couldn't help but think of the irony of me being faster 110 miles into my difficult ride, running in my socks, pushing a bike up the steep trail than most of the people who were trying to hike 0.3 miles from the parking lot. Kudos to them, though, for attempting the strenuous activity rather than just sitting in the parking lot and enjoying the view from there. Here's the video I got from the top the second time:
After walking back down to the parking lot (again in my socks), I put my shoes back on, hopped on the bike, and zipped back down to 441 where I ended up unfortunately getting stuck in a long caravan of cars stuck behind a slow driver. The cars were still going fast enough on the flatter sections of the climb that I would briefly get dropped before catching up in the next series of turns. This meant I got to enjoy at least a few of the many corners on the descent at speed.
Gatlinburg was a bit of a zoo by the time I made it back down at 4:15 in the afternoon. Fortunately, the turn to get up to our hotel is the first righthand turn you can make as you get back into town so I was able to make it back to the hotel without the Garmin battery running out … 9.5 hours after first starting … the rest of the pics, Garmin screenshots, and videos are below.
Gatlinburg Day 1
Do you know how much I love riding in the true mountains? We got in last night at 11:45PM, and I knew that my 700x23c racing tires would be no match for potentially slick icy roads up here so I spent another 30 minutes changing both tires and putting on some good 700x25c all-weather tires (gotta love the Strada-Ks) so that by the time I made it to bed it was 12:30AM. Nevertheless, I set my alarm for 5:30AM so I'd have a chance to do some riding before my computer conference began. Now during a quick break after lunch I just uploaded my ride and see that I ended up with the KOM on the motor trail descent … heartrate still racing a bit from ducking, diving, and sliding around corners in the half-light of dawn shaded by Mt Leconte. Here are some pics I took along the way:


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Our home is a 4 bedroom, 4 bath one story house with a recreation home downstairs. It is located on a hill with a private yard and unobstructed mountain views. You wake up in the morning to a view of the slopes and soak in the hot tub in the evening while enjoying the sunset. Each bedroom has its own bath. 3 bedrooms have queen beds and the 4th has twin beds. The master bedroom has a gas fireplace, views of Baldy, a double shower with lots of jets and a steam option. It has a dressing area so the bedroom stays uncluttered. We always have a crowd for dinner so the kitchen is very well equipped. The dining table seats at least 10. The living room is 2 steps down from the dining area. It is separated from the dining area by a large built-in unit that houses an HDTV, a Blu-Ray DVD, and a CD player. At the end of the room is a large wood-burning fireplace flanked by a sliding door on each side leading to the front deck. The hot tub and gas grill are located on the side deck. The house is located on the free bus route and well as the bike path. You can be at River Run lifts in 15 minutes. Parker Gulch itself is a real gem. The paved road ends in a cul-de-sac but the packed dirt road leads up the gulch for several miles. It makes for a very scenic morning or afternoon run.
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Bob Hunt: Our kids need us to be married
Is marriage good for children?
Research on the question testifies consistently that children who grow up in a home with their biological mother and father who are married to each other enjoy a myriad of positive outcomes: they do better in school, experience better emotional health, have more successful adult relationships, are more invested in themselves and their communities, and are at decreased risk of destructive behaviors such as sexual promiscuity, delinquency, drug abuse, and suicide. The near unanimous verdict of the social sciences is that the best environment for raising children is a home occupied by their biological parents who are married to each other.
On the other hand, the overwhelming verdict of the culture and social society is that it just doesn't matter. The advent of no-fault divorce, the rise of intentional single motherhood, and the movement to recognize same-sex marriage all suggest that our culture has either decided that children don't need both a mother and a father who are married to each other, or has given little thought to the question.
Today, 41% of children are born to single mothers. Among mothers under 30, that figure is 53%. A staggering 46% of fathers have fathered at least one child out of wedlock. While it's true that a large number of these children are born to a mother and father who are living together, that is no guarantee of stability. Cohabiting couples split up at a rate more than twice that of married couples, and two-thirds of couples who are living together when their child is born split up by the time their child is ten. Among same-sex couples, the rates are even higher. A study in Sweden among legal same-sex unions found that gay couples are 35 times more likely and lesbian couples over 200 times more likely to break up than heterosexual married couples. The children of these broken relationships are thrown into a precarious social situation.
There seems to be a concerted effort to ignore or whitewash the data. Magazines and newspapers regularly publish stories about important social trends. Few give attention to the increase in single motherhood. A couple of years ago, a movie came out entitled "The Kids Are All Right" based on the notion that children raised in same-sex households turn out perfectly fine, despite research to the contrary. We convinced ourselves years ago that divorce had no ill impact on children, ignoring what the social sciences and the children of divorce were telling us. No doubt, the same effort will be made when our culture demands that we accept polygamous and polyamorous family structures.
In the past, single parenthood was most often the result of death, or the difficult but necessary decision of a mother or father to leave an abusive spouse. There are still too many factors that force women into single motherhood, where their options are few and their children are at risk, even given their mothers' best efforts.
The trend today, however, is that women and men are choosing to have children without the benefit of marriage, because they've convinced themselves that marriage has little impact on children, or because they've decided that marriage is not for them, without giving much thought to the impact on children.
We are engaged in a giant social science experiment: let's do whatever we want with our adult relationships, and structure our families according to whatever meets the wants and supposed needs of the grown-ups, and see what happens with the children. In spite of our best efforts to ignore the reality or convince ourselves otherwise, the kids are not all right.


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Assists elderly and dependent adults to maintain their health and safety in the community in the least restrictive environment. Adult Protective Services (APS) receives reports of abuse and neglect of elderly and dependent adults residing in their homes for investigation and evaluation of their need for protection and/or services.
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