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March Newsletter Dear Parents, After a long winter we are finally seeing signs of spring! Along with better weather comes a very busy fifth grade schedule. MCAS tests, field trips, and the fifth grade play will make March a very busy month. In Reading, we have been preparing for the English Language Arts MCAS test. We have discussed test taking strategies that will enable the students to focus on the passages, and efficiently answer the questions. The ELA MCAS test is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23rd and Friday, March 25th. It is important that the children get a good night sleep and have a healthy breakfast on the days of the tests. We will continue working in reading groups once the tests have been completed. We have established a goal for each child to read at least 40 books this year. Students should be reading for at least 30 minutes each night. Magazines are a great alternative to books. If anyone has a kids' magazine subscription at home, the class would appreciate any donations to the classroom library, once your child is done with it, of course. The children have been responding to their reading in their response journals by writing letters to me and to classmates. I would like the children to start writing letters to you. This is a great way to develop a reading relationship with your child. The children will read, and respond to their reading in their journals. They may write questions they have during reading, personal connections to the story, predictions, etc. I am asking you to write a short letter to your child in their journal. You can ask questions about what they are reading, or share some reactions to what you might be reading. You can flip through their notebooks and read old entries to get some ideas. Thank you for helping with this! Please let me know if this is a problem. I will provide you with more specific directions soon. In Writing, the children have been working on personal essays. The children are writing mini stories that support their thesis statements. I look forward to hearing the children's essays during our next authors' party. In Math, the children have been working on multiplication and division problems of larger numbers. Our Math MCAS test is approaching fast. The Math MCAS is scheduled for Wednesday, May 11 and Friday, May 13. We will begin reviewing for math soon. In Science, the children have finished learning about Weather with me. They have learned about weather maps, various weather instruments, storms, fronts, and air pressures. Hopefully, the children become more aware of forecasts on television or in the newspaper. Barry Burbank, a meteorologist from WBZ News, will be visiting Dunning School and talking with the entire fifth grade. Barry is coming on Wednesday, March 16h. I think there will be a video clip of his visit on the 5pm. news that evening. Next, the children will be learning about animal adaptations with Mrs. Berlin. Our class will be visiting Drumlin Farm on Monday, March 14th. In Social Studies, we have finished learning about the 13 Colonies. The children researched a colony in groups and prepared a glog for their presentations. They also included an "advertisement" which is quite entertaining. You can view their glogs online. We will now be learning about slavery. Our spring conferences are right around the corner. Early release Thursdays begin on March, 17th. I will be sending home a conference schedule preference sheet soon. I look forward to meeting with you to discuss your child's progress in fifth grade. Finally, the fifth grade has been working hard on their play. Parents are invited to the final performance on Friday, March 18 at 9:30. The play should last approximately 1 hour. I hope that you can make it! Please feel free to contact me if you have any concerns about your child. Sincerely, Michael Pearson Reminders: Open House at Walsh Middle School: Thursday, March 10th at 7pm Drumlin Farm field trip: Monday, March 14th Barry Burbank visit: Wednesday, March 16th Fifth grade play performance for parents: Friday, March 18th at 9:30 ELA MCAS: Wednesday, March 23 and Friday, March 25 Math MCAS: Wednesday, May 11 and Friday, May 13 Science and Technology MCAS: Wednesday, May 18th and Thursday May 19th This month we will be collecting cans of tomato sauce for our local food pantry, A Place to Turn. We are in need of more tissue boxes. Thanks!
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"Very Vivid"
Yes, this book is full of imagination and is very refreshing.
The whole book was memorable because of the writing style. Every line seems to have a half dozen vivid words.
Obviously the main character.
I can't quite remember. Its not a sad book, so no crying. It's also not a very funny book. Its more serious and full of vivid description.
This writing style is unlike any other books that I have currently read or listened to. The author has an extremely large vocabulary and she knows how to use it extremely well. Very intelligent, I can only imagine.
"A Good Dystopian Book!"
I enjoyed the narrator.
I liked the small jumper girl, I forget her name. She shows courage.
I liked the entire book equally.
This book was a bit short and well written. I'm sure there will be a second book. It's worth buying if you like dystopian books.
"A Refreshing Book!"
I enjoyed this book because its style was new to me. Dread runs a successful prison territory and is challenged by 3 other factions after gaining a super-human recruit fresh onto the prison ship. This book contains a lot of action and some sexual content. If you would like a break from the usual dystopian books and enjoy this authors other books, than I suggest this book to you.
"An Excellent 3rd Book"
This book was as good as the first 2. I really enjoyed it and listened to it all in a couple days. The ending was very short though. It wasn't a cliff hanger, but it was a bit disappointing on the limited info. I kinda wonder if there will be another book.
"An Excellent 3rd Book"
Aria because she is defiant!
This was a great book just like the others in the series!
"A Good Second Book!"
The entire book!
He does a good job! His voice is annoying when he sings.
Yes, but its so long that it takes a dozen days!
This book was just as great as the first book!
"A Decent In-between Book."
Well, this book wasn't crazy awesome. It did have a lot of suspense, sex, and action. This is an Adult book. This book is way better than the TV show version. I suggest this book to people that like Twilight.
"Just an amazing 4th book!"
What's there to say? This book is just amazing like the others! I do wish however he wrote a bit more about the wall in this book.
"A Good Second Book!"
This book was as good as the first in the series. It was short like the first book as well. I recommend this book for people who like the authors other books and mythical creatures.
"Way Better Than The Movie!"
Pretty Amazing!
I liked all of them!
I didn't care for the narrators.
Yes and I pretty much did!
This book is way better than the movie and the ONLY good book in the series.
DO NOT waste your money on the other books in this series. They are horribly BORING.
DO NOT ignore everyone's comments on how awful the other books are in this series and waste your money.
But this book was amazing!
"This is a FILLER book..."
This book was very short and also very good. It was the MALES point of view for books 1 and 2 in the series.
The main thing that annoyed me was that even as a filler book, it was very short and left a lot of potential out. This book felt like it started strong and ended FAST.
I'm not sure if it was worth buying. I suppose it was since I liked the series so far.
If your on the fence about the first 2 books, I would wait for the next book seeing as how this one is just a EXTRA FILLER.
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I wish Blueobelisk grew a brain and could have come up with this corruption himself.
I wish Blueobelisk grew a brain and could have come up with this corruption himself.
I wish I had some delicious beef jerky to eat right now.
@@@@@@@@ Scrooge McDuck I don't corrupt wishes that involve myself, it's not fun. I'd rather see what someone else comes up with.
Your Dad can't own 12% of Lkers, that Bus family owns the whole thing. PFFT. Rich white people.
Granted, you have the beef jerky and its delicious, but you get mad cow disease. It's still roaming around but the doctors thought it passed and through out the medicine.
I wonder if this guy really does have a brother that works for Rockstar...
I wish I had a chest cabinet full of medicines that can cure every disease ever.
Granted, but the cabinet is locked, and you're unable to open it.I wish I had a chest cabinet full of medicines that can cure every disease ever.
I wish Blueobelisk would believe me. Why do you believe Wayne and not me? And I thought we were friends...
Granted but people always slack off at their jobs and the world becomes unproductive, partially from the madness that the song is bad partially because they're excited about the weekend.
It seems Wayne is banned...the only reason I believe him is because I think he lives in UK and Rockstar company is based only is UK.
I wish I had a broom.
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Nvm that shit I just said.
I wish I had some ice cream to drown my sorrows.
Ya but Iced the Lakers are worth like $900 mil. So you're telling me your Dad has $108 mil just sitting around and decided to """"invest"""" it in the Lakers? <- not a real investment, that would lose you money.
Granted, your team is great but you all have shitty internet connection and can never maintain vent/skype so you die do to communication issues.
I WISH I HAD ice cream to drown my sorrows.
Granted. You now have eel flavored ice cream from Japan and that is the only ice cream available to you ever.
I wish there was another Scott Pilgrim movie
also, rockstar is spread about evenly between US and UK: 5 studios in each region.
I wouldn't worry about it though. Even if he'll get the game before you, he can't play it before the release date under any circumstances.
and you can also do what I said in the wish and contact Rockstar...
Granted but you fail to specify that it was supposed to be a live tiger so you get a Stuffed Tiger with the soul of Chucky.
I wish BearGod would save us all from Iced's furry, stuffed beast from hell.
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Granted, you do so by drinking yourself into a coma.
I wish any and all wounds that I receive heal instantly.
Granted, but you still feel the pain of all the wounds. Also, since you can't die, you're forced to do the dangerous things in the world that ordinary people would die from. Like rescue people from burning buildings, having medical test surgeries performed on you, tanning at the beach to absorb UV rays so people can't get skin cancer, etc, etc.
I wish everyone in the world had to wear a (correctly labeled) name tag.
Granted but because of your short term memory loss you have no idea why you asked for whipped cream, Vern Troyer and a goat.
I wish Iced would remember he's supposed to butcher and cook the goat for dinner for us all.
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I had to stop running and take it all in. Soaked by recent rains, La Jolla Valley was renewed and green. To my right a meadowlark warbled its silvery call, and in the distance at first one and then another bird followed in song.
Isolated for weeks by the closure of Pacific Coast Highway and Pt. Mugu State Park, the La Jolla Loop Trail was trackless and in places overgrown. Wet with dew, the mustard choking the trail had soaked my shoes and socks.
Sprinkled among the greens were whites, purples, pinks, reds and yellows of the first stage of a wildflower explosion. A sweet scent drifted on the breeze. Running in the valley was like running in a remote and seldom-visited wilderness.
There had been much to see on the run from Wendy Drive. Before the Park closed in December I had surveyed the aftermath of the December 12 flash floods in Sycamore Canyon, Blue Canyon and Upper Sycamore Canyon. One of the reasons for today's run was to see what had happened in this part of the Park.
Wood Canyon parallels Sycamore Canyon and is probably its largest tributary. Based on the height of the debris piled against the trees, the flash flood that roared down Wood Canyon must have been astounding! Looking down the stream course reminded me of flash floods I'd seen on creeks and streams during the El Nino's of 1997-98 and 2004-2005.
Bowl-shaped La Jolla Valley is an independent drainage, separate from Sycamore and Wood Canyons and their tributaries. It acts like a huge rain collector and funnels all the runoff down deeply cut La Jolla Canyon to the ocean. In La Jolla Valley all the creeks were scoured by the flash flooding and the small footbridge west of the group campground was washed out. The vernal stock pool on the Loop Trail above La Jolla Canyon was once again full.
It's no surprise that the December flash floods washed out the trail in La Jolla Canyon. I can't think of a steeper and more narrow canyon in the park. The flow must have been phenomenal! The La Jolla Canyon Trail is closed and barricaded at its juncture with the Loop Trail. Here is a trail map of the area from the La Jolla Valley Natural Preserve web site.
In recent years the drought has dramatically reduced the number and variety of wildflowers blooming in the Santa Monica Mountains. Not so this year. Since October 1 Camarillo Airport has recorded 7.0 inches of rain, which is about 92% of normal. Last year over the same period only 0.84 inch had been recorded.
Many species are already blooming and many more will be blooming soon. On today's run I saw shooting stars, encelia, lupine, nightshade, monkeyflower, paintbrush, California poppy, bladder pod, wild hyacinth, phacelia, wishbone bush and more. A small patch of chocolate lilies were in bloom along the eastern segment of the Loop Trail.
La Jolla Valley and Mugu Peak can be busy places, but today it was just me and the meadowlarks.
Update February 3, 2015. According to the Ventura Star six miles of Pacific Coast Highway from Las Posas Road to the Sycamore Cove Day-use Area reopened today providing access to Pt. Mugu State Park from the south. Note that the La Jolla Canyon Trail is still closed and likely to be for some time.
Some related posts: Pt. Mugu State Park Debris Flows and Flash Floods, Wendy Drive - Mugu Peak Challenge, Laguna Peak, La Jolla Valley, and the Channel Islands
Did the circuit around Strawberry Peak with Craig this morning. There was a little rain on the last few miles of the run, but the changeable weather just made the run better.
The photo above was taken from the edge of the western escarpment of the Boney Mountain massif in the western Santa Monica Mountains. The western side of the mountain is a huge bowl that funnels runoff into Blue Canyon. Blue Canyon can be seen on the left side of the photograph. It is a tributary of Big Sycamore Canyon. More than 60% of the Blue Canyon drainage was burned in the May 2013 Springs Fire.
In the early morning hours of Friday, December 12, 2014, a very strong cold front, enhanced with moisture from an atmospheric river, produced a line of strong storms that produced rain rates in the Springs Fire burn area as high as 2 inches per hour. This resulted in widespread flash floods and debris flows in the burn area, much of which is in Pt. Mugu State Park. Mud and debris flows originating from the burn area inundated homes below Conejo Mountain and closed Pacific Coast Highway.
This slideshow includes photos of the aftermath of the flash floods and debris flows in Blue Canyon, Sycamore Canyon and Upper Sycamore. These were taken on a trail run on December 14, 2014. Also included are some NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard tweets and some additional meteorological images and info.
Note: According to the Pt. Mugu State Park web site, the Park is closed until "at least January 12, 2015."
Frank and Lynn on the radar platform at San Vicente Mountain Park.
This was the easternmost point on a rambling run on dirt Mulholland.
The first stop on Ann Ongena's excellent end of year "Tour du Conejo Dos Vientos" was Conejo Mountain. In keeping with run's theme, it was a bit breezy on top -- maybe 45-50 mph.
This warm-up (warm up?) was followed by a fun circuit linking trails in the Dos Vientos Open Space trail system.
Comparison of Whitney (Trail), San Gorgonio (Vivian Creek) and San Jacinto (Devils Slide)
Updated November 12, 2014. Added Register Ridge on Mt. Baldy and the Siberia Creek Trail in Big Bear.
Southern California is noted for its foothills and mountains. It's so hilly here that most trail runs have at least one good climb. Even if you aren't a high mileage runner, the elevation gained on those hills can add up fast. So far this year SportTracks puts my cumulative elevation gain at about 320,000 feet.
I was curious to see how some of the "hills" in Southern California compare, so I wrote a Flash application that interactively displays the elevation profiles of a selection of SoCal ascents. Generally trails were picked that could be done in day from L.A. The selection includes some East Side Sierra ascents, routes up most of the major Southern California peaks, and some hills from some Southern California races.
The profiles and other stats are based on DEM corrected data from GPS tracks. All distances, elevations, elevation gains and elevation profiles are approximate. Elevations have been corrected and elevation gains (conservatively) calculated using SportTracks.
The Flash app is loading a lot of data, so it may take a while to load. The app is best viewed on a desktop, laptop, or tablet. It can't be viewed on an iPad/iPhone unless a browser that supports Flash, such as Photon, is used. Here is the updated selection of elevation profiles and the selection from 2012. The "Fit Selected" button is used to fit the chart to the currently selected set of elevation profiles. The "Fit Elev/Distance" button is used to format the chart according to user specified elevations and distances.
In this selection of hills Cactus to Clouds is the longest (14.7 miles) and has the most altitude gain (10,812 feet). Register Ridge on Mt. Baldy has the steepest mile (1745 fpm) and is the steepest overall (1127 fpm). Mt. Whitney has the highest finishing elevation (14,505 feet).
Following are some additional details about each of the ascents, including the length of the climb, elevation gain, average gradient and steepest mile. The distance specified is just for climb described -- not the entire run. The headings below are the shorthand name of the climb used in the legend of the app.
Mt. Baldy from the North Backbone Trail
According to my car's thermometer the temperature in the west San Fernando Valley was 86 degrees. To the east a large patch of middle-level clouds had morphed into a large lenticular cloud. Over the course of a few minutes the wave cloud continued to transform, dividing into a train of alto-cumulus waves.
I just shook my head. A few hours earlier and 60 miles away, I had been freezing. The plan had been to do a "Baldy Over the Top" run to the old juniper on the north side of Pine Mountain. Around 8:45 am, as running partner Ann Ongena and I crested the cloud-capped, 10,064' summit of Mt. Baldy, the wind chill temperature had been around 30 degrees. The air temperature was in the low 40s, but with the wind blowing at least 40 mph and gusting to over 50 mph it had been brutally COLD. Especially in running shorts.
Spending zero time on the summit, we waved to the hikers huddled in the rock windbreaks as we sprinted by. The hope had been that the wind (and temperature) would moderate as we descended the North Devil's Backbone on the back side of Baldy.
It didn't. Wind-driven clouds continued to sweep past the ridge as we ran down the steep path. At the first opportunity we stopped in the wind shadow of a clump of stunted lodgepole pines and put on wind/rain shells. The shells were three ounces of magic -- without them it would have been foolhardy to continue.
As we descended to the Baldy - Dawson Saddle and then climbed up to Dawson Peak I kept looking back over my shoulder to the cloud-shrouded summit of Mt. Baldy. Were there more clouds? Was the ceiling lower? Was there more vertical development?
The day before I had checked the forecast from the NWS and the forecast models. A dissipating cold front was approaching the area from the north, but wasn't expected to pass through until sometime tonight. No measurable rain was forecast for the Los Angeles area. The last time I had checked no clouds had been forecast for Saturday morning -- but there they were. I had expected some southwesterly winds ahead of the front, but nothing like this.
I didn't like being on the back side of the mountain in potentially bad weather knowing that "home" was on the front side. We had just enough gear to deal with the current conditions. I didn't think it was very likely, but if the weather deteriorated...
Many of the incidents that occur in the outdoors are the result of a series of misjudgments. If you're already on the edge it's usually best to call it before things get REALLY complicated.
And that's exactly what we did. After descending a short distance down the ridge from Dawson Peak we turned around. Even if the outing was going to be a bit shorter than planned, it was still going to be an outstanding hike and run in extraordinary conditions with over 6000 feet of elevation gain.
It was just as windy, cold and cloudy on the second trip over the top of Baldy as it had been on the first and we spent about the same number of milliseconds on the summit before picking up the Devil's Backbone trail and running down.
Some related posts: Mountain Weather, Atmospheric Dynamics
With this year's El Nino developing in fits and starts and drought-plagued California clinging to hopes of an above average snowpack, a little September snow is a big deal, even if it's just a dusting.
The first low pressure system of Fall resulted in significant rain in many areas of Central and Northern California, with amounts falling off quickly to the south. According to the NWS, Redding recorded over 3 inches of rain; Red Bluff nearly 2.5 inches; South Lake Tahoe 1.8 inches; Downtown Sacramento and San Francisco both recorded about 0.5 inch.
For a rain-starved, heat-desiccated Southern Californian it was great to get out and play in the snow. I had a window of about three hours to do a run and the run/hike up San Joaquin Ridge from Minaret Summit was superb!
Here are a few photos from the run.
Sugarloaf Mountain from the Skyline Trail
The contrast in temperature was remarkable. On a run at Ahmanson earlier in the week the temp had been over 100. Here on the north shore of Big Bear Lake it was about 60 degrees cooler.
It was 4:45 am and 54 two-legged runners, and one four-legged runner (Lacey) were scattered around the Meadow's Edge Picnic Area. Some runners were sitting in cars with the motor on and heater running, some were checking in and picking up their bib numbers and making last minute preparations. One bare-armed runner in shorts and a singlet had appropriated a bathroom in lieu of a jacket.
At about 5:00 am were were on our way. The stars glittered brightly on an inky background of mountain sky. Surrounded by a frame of pines the iconic Winter constellation Orion ran across the southeastern sky, the brilliant dog star Sirius following at his side.
There were many changes and improvements for the 2014 edition of the Kodiak 100M & 50M. In addition to the 50M beginning at Meadow's Edge and starting an hour earlier, nearly all of the miles to Rim Nordic (~ mile 23) were on dirt road. As much as I like single track, there were some significant benefits to this. Most importantly, it got us to Rim Nordic earlier in the day and in better shape to deal with the difficulties of the Siberia Creek section of the course..
The loss of the PCT single track on the first part of the 50 mile course was offset by the addition of the Skyline single track following the Siberia Creek climb. The Skyline and Siberia Creek Trails are both spectacular. When combined they are among the most challenging, aesthetic and rewarding trails in Southern California. Thanks to the trail work by the Big Bear Valley Trails Foundation and Kodiak volunteers the Siberia Creek Trail was in better shape this year.
The weather was outstanding! Once the sun was up, my sleeves came off and it was shorts and short-sleeves for the remainder of the day. Reflecting the good weather, the changes in the course, the improved aid stations, and perhaps a better understanding of the character of the course, the finishing rates for both the 50M and 100M were up significantly from last year. Half of the runners that started the 100M finished and about 85% of the 50 milers finished.
Here are some photos taken during the 50 mile. The 50M/100M mileages mentioned in the descriptions are approximate.
This interactive Google Earth view can selectively display GPS tracks for the 2014 Kodiak 50 mile (green) and 100 mile (orange), and last year's 50 mile (yellow) and 100 mile (red). The view can be zoomed, panned and tilted. Placemark locations and distances are also approximate. It may take a few seconds for the selected track to load.
Many thanks to R.D. Matt Smith and all of the event staff, volunteers, sponsors and runners! For more photos, stories, results and info checkout the Kodiak web site and Facebook page.
P.S. Lacey and her "Dad" Aaron Sorensen both finished the 50 mile in fine style!
Related post: Kodiak 100 & 50 Mile Ultramarathons 2013
At an elevation of nearly 7400' Inspiration Point is one of the most exhilarating places in the San Gabriel Mountains to start a trail run. Here the Pacific Crest Trail follows along Blue Ridge, an exceptionally scenic ridge with views of the range's tallest mountains and deepest canyons.
Today I was looking to do something at higher altitude and it occurred to me that I could run east on the PCT from Inspiration Point and add a bit of adventure by ascending Mt. Baldy's North Devil's Backbone to the Pine Mountain Juniper. I'd first noticed this old tree on a climb of the North Devil's Backbone in 2006. In 2010 I hiked and ran over the top of Mt. Baldy from Manker Flat and measured the girth of the tree. It's rocky, ridgetop location and relatively arid environment might have significantly slowed its growth and it could be older than the 800 years or so its size suggests.
Even though it was Labor Day weekend, and the weather was perfect, no one was on the North Devil's Backbone trail.
Some related posts: Pine Mountain Juniper, Lightning Tree, Mt. Baldy North Backbone Trail, North Backbone Trail Revisited, Mt. Baldy Run Over the Top
It was about 8:30 a.m. and I was nearly to the top of the steep, rocky ridge on the west side of Strawberry Peak. I gazed over the rocks and ridges to the layer of stratus that partially filled the Los Angeles basin and valleys and tried to find Saddle Peak or Castro Peak. These peaks would mark the location of Malibu Creek State Park. Today some friends were doing the Bulldog 50K and I wondered if the marine layer was too shallow to take the edge off the heat forecast for later in the day.
The loop over the top of Strawberry Peak is a more adventurous variation of the Strawberry Peak Circuit. Closed for 4 1/2 years by the Station Fire, the trails necessary to do the circuit and approach the peak -- Josephine Peak Fire Road, Strawberry Spur Trail, part of the Colby Canyon Trail and Strawberry Peak Trail -- reopened in late May. The trails from Josephine Saddle to the summit of Strawberry and from the summit down to Lawlor Saddle are unofficial paths created by use.
I'd done the circuit around Strawberry in July a couple of weeks before the Angeles Crest 100. Today's hike, run and climb over the top of the peak was a fun way to continue to recover from the exertions of that event. As was the case with the Strawberry Peak Circuit, I started the loop at Clear Creek, but it is also possible to start at Switzer's Picnic Area or Red Box.
Like anything adventurous, if it's in your comfort zone the challenges can be fun; if not, the adventure can quickly turn into a nightmare. This route requires rock climbing and route-finding skill and a bad choice can ruin your whole day. Strawberry Peak has been the site of numerous search and rescue operations. The rock on the west side of the peak is of variable quality and if you go off-route it's easy to become trapped in a spot where you can't safely go up or down.
Not only is the route-finding tricky on the rock climbing sections. As a result of the growth of Poodle-dog bush following the Station Fire, the use trail on the upper ridge on the west side of the peak is more circuitous than it used to be. Although much of the Poodle-dog bush was wilting and in some cases dying, it can still cause dermatitis. By staying on the use trail it was mostly avoidable. There was a bear track on this section of the ridge and I wondered if the tracks I'd seen on the Strawberry Peak Circuit were from the same bear.
The last section of rock climbing ends abruptly just below the summit. The use trail on the east side of the summit involves no rock climbing and sees much more traffic. Though steep and loose, by fell-running standards it is mostly runnable. At Lawlor Saddle the maintained trail begins and continues to Red Box. From there the loop is closed using the Gabrielino Trail and Nature's Canteen Trail. Since I was last on the trail in July, the Nature's Canteen Trail had been re-cut and was in great shape.
Some related posts: Strawberry Peak Traverse, Strawberry Peak Circuit
As I chugged up the Acorn Trail the eastern sky kept pace, becoming increasingly brighter with each stride. Dawn revealed a red-tinged layer of high clouds illuminated by a muted sun. This was good news. As late as Thursday afternoon the NWS forecast for the Los Angeles County Mountains on race day had been for typically hot AC100 weather:
But even in Southern California in the dog days of Summer the weather forecast isn't a given. One wildcard was the summer monsoon. A surge of subtropical moisture was forecast to move into Southern California over the weekend and it wasn't clear just how much of Los Angeles County would be affected. Another wildcard was a low pressure wave that computer models showed rotating up into the Los Angeles area Saturday night. This feature would destabilize the airmass, increasing the chance of precipitation. As things turned out, both wildcards came into play.
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"We found that the film was costing a lot of money and I found a better way to tell the story more economically but also much more personally. I found the personal way into Robopocalypse, and so I just told everybody to go find other jobs. I'm starting on a new script and we'll have this movie back on its feet soon."
Steven Spielberg estimated that there will be a delay of anywhere between six and eight months while the script is being fine-tuned. DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox have already set an April 25, 2014 release date. Perhaps the delay will push this adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's novel into a late 2014 release, possibly over the holidays.
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Harmonising Production, Properties and Environmental Consequences of Liquid Transport Fuels from Biomass—2,5-Dimethylfuran as a Case Study
Article first published online: 17 DEC 2012
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201200738
Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 36–41, January 2013
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How to Cite
Simmie, J. M. and Würmel, J. (2013), Harmonising Production, Properties and Environmental Consequences of Liquid Transport Fuels from Biomass—2,5-Dimethylfuran as a Case Study. ChemSusChem, 6: 36–41. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201200738
Publication History
- Issue published online: 11 JAN 2013
- Article first published online: 17 DEC 2012
- Manuscript Received: 4 OCT 2012
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- 2,5-dimethylfuran;
- biofuels;
- biomass;
- ecotoxicity;
- toxicology
The rapid development in methods for transforming non-edible biomass into platform chemicals and fuels has accelerated over recent years. However, the determination of whether these 'next-generation' biofuels perform in a satisfactory manner in engines, turbines and burners has lagged behind. The evaluation of the ecological and toxicological aspects has also been unable to keep up. We show, by using 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) as a concrete example, how a range of studies is needed to establish the benefits and risks of using a particular biofuel. In this regard, the variable with the largest impact about which little is known is probably the behaviour of DMF when it is accidentally introduced into groundwater. A primary consideration is to avoid a repetition of the methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) fiasco.