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National bike week cleared for take off
Aberdeen Airport and GetAbout have formed a tandem partnership ahead of national bike week which kicks into gear this Saturday (June 19).
The popular event is designed to promote sustainable forms of transport as part of a bigger overall push to encourage healthy living and ease congestion problems.
GetAbout will also stage a special bike event at the airport on Thursday (June 24) with Nestrans Chairman and Councillor Kevin Stewart on hand to mark the official opening of a new cycle shelter at the terminal. The partners have been working closely to help passengers and staff make the most out of the new cycling facility which even boasts solar panel lighting. The newly constructed bike shelter has the capability to store 20 bicycles and 16 motorcycles at the busy hub and it comes in response to demand from employees, travellers and members of the Aberdeen Cycling Forum.
The new move also comes on the back of the recent cycle2work scheme which has seen almost 30 airport employees sign up to the popular initiative with staff encouraged to travel to work on their bikes for the event on Thursday.
Nestrans, the regional transport partnership, has helped fund the bike shelter project as part of their overall GetAbout campaign to encourage people to leave their cars behind and get on their bikes. Donald Kent, GetAbout co-ordinator, said: "We're delighted Aberdeen Airport has come on board ahead of national bike week. We've enjoyed a healthy working relationship with them which has already seen us create the new cycle facility which passengers most likely on short haul flights will be able to utilise.
"The airport staff have also benefited from the initiative and we're pleased to support projects that help to promote sustainable transport methods like national bike week.
"We're looking forward to the specific bike day which will give us the opportunity to further encourage people to leave their cars at home."
Stuart Torpey is the airport's environmental compliance manager and worked closely with Nestrans on the introduction of the state-of-the-art shelters. He said "It is great to see these shelters going in and people using them already. Right from construction they have proved really popular and proves that our passengers and staff are really keen to embrace sustainable travel. As an airport we are committed to playing our part environmentally and are grateful to Nestrans for their considerable help with this projects which will make a difference to a lot of people."
Airport staff are also taking part in the GetAbout corporate challenge which encourages companies to travel to work by bike and the firm who clocks up the most miles wins a prestigious prize and trophy. GetAbout will also launch a new Aberdeen cycle map at an event at Union Square on Saturday (June 19) morning while the Belmont Cinema is also screening the mountain bike film Follow Me on Monday (June 21) evening as part of national bike week.
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February 18, 2014
University of California, Davis vulcanologist Kari Cooper talks about new studies of the magma reservoir under Mt. Hood, which could lead to a better understanding of volcanic activity and when volcanoes are most likely to erupt.
Credit: Video by Andy Fell. Still images by Erik Klemetti, Denison University and the U.S. Geological Survey collection.
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Jane Charles has lived in the Midwest her entire life. As a child she would more likely be found outside with a baseball than a book in her hand. In fact, Jane hated reading until she was sixteen. Out of boredom on a long road trip she borrowed her older sister's historical romance and fell in love with reading. She long ago lost count of how many novels she has read over the years and her love for them never died. Along with romance she has a passion for history and the two soon combined when she penned her first historical romance, and she has been writing since with the loving support from her husband, three children and three cats.
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Ok, so I thought I could do this. I have a pci nvidia w/ twinview and an agp geforce4 4600. I can't get my XFree Config file right to make all 3 work. 2 Seem to be able to kina work, but I'm still clueless. Can anybody hook me up with a config file skeleton and info for 3 monitors on 2 cards?
Read the documentation provided with the last nvidia drivers... there is a lot of info about configuring TWIN view and so on...
yeah i went through all the information, i can get all three to work, but i'm still having problems. the middle monitor runs off the agp card, and the pci runs the wings. i can't seem to configure it so that a wing is left of middle and a wing is right of middle. also, i can't drag windows from the middle monitor (agp) to a connecting monitor (pci)
I'm not sure that you have a real pb. I think you are in a case where you run straight into the limitations of twinview.
well the limitations suck :(
Ask the developers
Only the developers of the driver will be able to tell you the limitations... or the people using the same configuration than yours (I doubt there is a lot of them...)
well i just want to be able to dual boot and enjoy my linux experience, you know?
right now i'm still stuck in windows (3 monitors weren't cheap)
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Morrison, 34, could face the death penalty.
We want him to die. Marjorie Moten-Suggs told KENS 5 moments after the verdict was read. She said he killed her sister and niece in the murder.
Morrison was found guilty of killing Krystle Moten and Laura Moten during a fight on April 18, 2009 at the Saddlewood Apartments, 2554 NE Loop 410.
Morrison also shot his pregnant girlfriend, Candice Moten. She was in a coma for two weeks afterward and lost her unborn child.
Morrison did not face charges for killing the unborn child.
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As per Lokpal rules, public servants who have filed declarations, information and annual returns of property, shall file the revised details of their movable and immovable assets as on August 1, 2014, to the competent authority on or before September 15 this year, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said in a directive.
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Baseball: South Florida at Notre Dame, CBS Sports, 10:30 a.m.
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Tropical Storm Fay was a short-lived cyclone that made landfall
along the central Texas producing widespread heavy rainfall and
inland flooding.
Tropical Storm Fay developed from an area of disturbed weather
that included a broad, non-tropical low pressure system over the
northwestern Gulf of Mexico. During the first few days of
September, a broad mid- to upper-level trough moved southward from
the United States and became stationary across the northern Gulf of
Mexico. Thunderstorms developed along a surface low pressure trough
that hugged the northern Gulf of Mexico coastal areas. Gradually,
the trough and a series of weak low pressure systems drifted
southward over the warm waters (sea-surface temperatures
> 30° C) of the Gulf. A low in the northwestern
Gulf of Mexico became the dominant circulation and developed
persistent deep convection near the low-level center by 4
September. On 5 September, an Air Force Reserve Reconnaissance
aircraft investigated the system when it was centered about 85 n mi
southeast of Galveston, Texas. During the flight, a broad, closed
circulation and sufficient winds were found to estimate that a
tropical depression had formed at 1800 UTC. The "best track" chart
of the tropical cyclone's path is given in Figure 1, with the wind
and pressure histories shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3,
respectively. The
best track positions and intensities are listed in Table 1.
The depression moved steadily south-southwestward and
strengthened fairly quickly. The depression became Tropical Storm
Fay at 0000 UTC 6 September about 110 n mi southeast of Galveston.
Fay moved south-southwestward for 12 hours before turning toward
the west where it reached a peak intensity of 50 kt by 1200 UTC
that day about 125 n mi southeast of Galveston. Shortly thereafter,
Fay turned and moved erratically in a general west-northwestward
direction and maintained its 50 kt intensity for nearly 24 hours
until landfall occurred at 0900 UTC 7 September on the southern
Matagorda Peninsula about 10 n mi east of Port O'Connor, Texas.
After making landfall, the broad circulation reformed farther
north, about 25 n mi northwest of Palacios. Fay then made a sharp
turn toward the west and accelerated to about 15 kt. With more of
the circulation being over land, the faster forward speed hastened
the weakening process and by 0600 UTC 8 September, Fay had
degenerated into a remnant low pressure system about 30 n mi
southwest of Hondo, Texas. However, the rather tenacious remnant
low meandered across southern Texas and northeastern Mexico for
another 3 days producing copious amounts of rainfall before finally
dissipating about 65 n mi northwest of Monterrey, Mexico.
Observations in Fay (Figure 2 and Figure 3)
include satellite-based
Dvorak technique intensity estimates from the Tropical Analysis and
Forecast Branch (TAFB), the Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) and the
U. S. Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), as well as flight-level
observations from flights of the 53rd Weather
Reconnaissance Squadron of the U. S. Air Force Reserve Command.
There were no ship reports of tropical storm force winds
associated with Fay. Selected surface observations from land
stations and data buoys are given in Table 2.
Fay's peak intensity of 50 kt from 1200 UTC 6 September to 0900
UTC 7 September (near landfall) is based on a blend of a
reconnaissance flight-level spot wind report of 68 kt and larger
area of 60 kt wind, which convert to surface wind values of 54 kt
and 48 kt, respectively, and a pressure-wind relationship surface
wind estimate of approximately 43 kt (Figure 2).
This lower maximum
wind speed is believed to be more representative of Fay's overall
circulation since the isolated peak flight-level wind speed of 68
kt was well removed from the circulation center. In addition, after
the center of Fay moved inland, the converted
flight-level-to-surface wind speed estimate of 62 kt (Figure 2)
that was observed over land on 7 September was not considered to be
representative since it was associated with a large nocturnal
thunderstorm complex and little or no thunderstorm activity existed
over water. The minimum pressure of 998 mb at 0000 UTC 7 September
was based on a reconnaissance aircraft extrapolated surface
pressure from 1500 ft.
The 50 kt surface wind value at landfall along the central Texas
coast is consistent with previous flight-level-to surface wind
conversions when the center of Fay was still offshore and is close
to the pressure-wind relationship value of 47 kt. The interpolated
landfall minimum pressure of 999 mb is based on a reconnaissance
aircraft extrapolated (from 1500 ft) surface pressure of 999.9 mb
that was reported approximately 40 n mi northeast of the
Maximum storm surge values were generally around 2 -3 ft all
along the Texas coast. Along the Louisiana coast, west of Cameron,
storm surge values ranged from 1.5 to 2.5 ft and caused minor beach
erosion and coastal highway flooding.
Rainfall totals across the San Antonio metropolitan area ranged
from 4 to 8 in with some isolated reports in excess of 11 in.
Across the remainder of south-central Texas, rainfall totals
exceeded 9 to 12 in at several locations (Figure 4),
with a total of 17.29 in reported at Fowlerton.
Twelve tornadoes occurred in association with Tropical Storm Fay. Six
of the tornadoes developed across the upper Texas coastal area on 6 and 7
September, while the remaining six tornadoes were reported over the coastal
plain of south-central Texas on 8 September. A funnel cloud was also
sighted 3 miles west of Belmont, Texas during the early evening of 6
While Fay was only a moderate tropical storm, a combination of
the long duration of tropical storm force winds and isolated
tornadoes resulted in damage to more than 800 single-family homes,
100 multi-family buildings, and nearly 100 businesses in Brazoria
County. Some coastal floods and beach erosion caused $3.5 million
in damage to public roads, bridges, and recreational areas along
the upper Texas coast, especially in Galveston County. Farther
south, though, only minor beach erosion occurred.
Heavy rainfall and widespread inland freshwater flooding
occurred across the upper Texas coastal area, north of where the
center of Fay passed. Rainfall totals across the Upper Texas coast
and in the Houston metropolitan area ranged from 8 to 12 in in many
areas, with some estimated rainfall totals of 20 to 24 in near the
town of Sweeney. Severe floods occurred across much of the upper
Texas coastal area. In Galveston County, 135 residential structures
were affected by Fay, with 23 receiving major damage that totaled
about $500,000 in losses. In Brazoria county, more than 1500 homes
and nearly 500 cars were flooded. In Matagorda County, 130
single-family homes and 32 businesses were damaged by flood waters.
In addition, over $1 million in damage was done to public
facilities, including roads, bridges, and public buildings. In
Wharton County, nearly 200 single-family homes were damaged or
destroyed by flood waters.
After moving inland and dissipating as a tropical cyclone, the
remnant low generated widespread showers and thunderstorms which,
in turn, produced torrential rainfall and widespread flooding
across the region. Some homes and businesses across the area were
damaged due to the floods. Ten homes were damaged due to floods in
La Coste in Medina County, while another 20 homes were damaged in
Pearsall in Frio County. Widepread minor damage also occurred to
roads and bridges across Bexar, Medina, Wilson, Atascosa, Frio,
Comal, and Guadeloupe Counties due to the floods. In contrast, the
remnants of Fay brought much needed rainfall to help alleviate
water shortage problems in the drought-stricken regions of
west-central and south Texas.
Several tornadoes were spawned by Fay before and after the system
moved inland. Late on 6 September, the first tornado destroyed a beach house
in Surfside; a second tornado damaged a home in Matagorda County near Van
Vleck. Shortly after midnight on 7 September, a third tornado hit west
Columbia knocking down numerous trees along Highway 36; the fourth tornado
touched down in Wharton County and destroyed a mobile home, and damaged 3
other mobile homes and a barn near Boling; the fifth and most significant
tornado (F1 intensity) touched down in extreme eastern Fort Bend County
destroying one mobile home and injuring 3 people; this same thunderstorm
later crossed the San Bernard River into Wharton County and produced a sixth
tornado that caused minor damage near Hungerford. During the morning and
early afternoon of 8 September, a total of 6 weak tornadoes (all F0)
occurred in Jim Wells (2 tornadoes), Bee, Live Oak, and Goliad (2 tornadoes)
Counties, but produced no damage.
No deaths were reported in association with Fay. Insured losses
did not meet the $25 million threshold in order to be recorded by
the American Insurance Services Group and total flood-related
damages are not available at this time. No monetary damage figures
are available from Mexico.
No meaningful track and wind forecast
statistics are available due to the limited period for which Fay
was a tropical storm. However, a tropical storm warning was issued
at 2100 UTC 5 September, which resulted in about 36 hours of lead
Table 3 lists the watches and warnings
associated with Fay.
Some of the data in this report was furnished
by National Weather Service Offices in Brownsville, Corpus Christi,
Ft. Worth, Houston, San Angelo, and San Antonio, Texas, and Lake Charles,
Figure 1:
Best track positions for Tropical Storm Fay, 5-11 September 2002, with
minimum central pressure.
Figure 2:
Selected wind observations and best track maximum sustained surface wind
speed curve for Tropical Storm Fay, 5-11 September 2002. Aircraft
observations have been adjusted for elevation using 75% and 80% reduction
factors for observations from 925 mb and 1500 ft, respectively.
Figure 3:
Selected pressure observations and best track minimum central
pressure curve for Tropical Storm Fay, 5-11 September 2002.
Figure 4:
South Texas rainfall totals 6-10 September 2002 associated with
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The latest issue of ANTHROPOLITAN is available online
21 November 2014
The academic year 2014/15 has started well for staff and students alike. The department now hosts 27 postdoctoral research staff, the majority of whom are seated in a lovely room on the 5th floor of Wolfson House, joined by advanced doctoral students who have given up their desks in the department for our first year MPhil/PhD students. We were very sad to have to say goodbye to our esteemed lecturer Dr Matthew Skinner, who joins his partner at the University of Kent. Meanwhile we have welcomed two new teaching staff, Dr Kimberly Chong and Dr Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic, who both join us for a period of three years.
With six large and numerous smaller research teams operating from the department, the sharing of research work across the department's internal sectional divisions is more important than ever. To meet this demand we have created two new annual memorial lectures, the Dame Mary Douglas Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor Paul Richards from Njala University in Sierra Leone and the Daryll Forde Memorial lecture, to be delivered by Professor Bruno Latour in February. To take a break from our usual weekly section-based seminars we are holding, during the month of November, special all-department seminars, with international speakers and three of our own European Research Council grant holders. In addition, a series of workshops organised by staff and students out of the department's numerous Research and Reading Groups are keeping everybody busy.
The range of our new activities is extended to students. In addition to the Anthropology in the Professional World occasional lecture series, we are now also organising two alumni gatherings per academic year to which we invite our former graduates to speak about their work and careers. At the end of the spring term we will hold a 3rd year dissertation conference to which all staff and students will be invited. We are continuing with our acclaimed new 2nd year compulsory module Being Human, taught in an Oxbridge style tutorial system, enabling our students to discuss readings with staff in small groups. This innovation in teaching has been praised as a model to be followed by other departments within the Faculty.
My thanks to PhD student Jesse Bia, who gave six hours of lectures to A Level Anthropology students at Bradford College, commencing a new initiative in Widening
And finally, my congratulations to Michael Stewart, who has been promoted to Professor, and who will give his inaugural lecture on 5th May 2014 entitled 'The Porous University: Creating Partnerships in a Global City'.
Fun, intellectual rigour and collective aspiration are the trademarks of our department and we are looking forward to a very successful year for our staff and students.
Professor Susanne Kuechler
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Showing they have more than enough firepower even without their top players, defending champion Global and Loyola Meralco got their United Football League campaigns off to a flying start Tuesday night at Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Global bucked a sluggish start to blank Pasargad, 2-0, after the Sparks, playing minus Phil and James Younghusband and starting goalkeeper Ref Cuaresma, came from behind to dump Philippine Army, 4-1, in their league opener.
New acquisitions Niño Ochoterena and Ben Starosta scored in each half for Global, which missed Patrick Reichelt, Jeff Christiaens, Marwin and Marvin Angeles and Matthew Uy due to national team duties.
Ochoterena tucked home a low cross from Misagh Bahadoran at the far post in first half stoppage time.
Starosta, a former Polish Under-19 player, who spent time playing in the lower leagues in England, doubled the lead 15 minutes from time with a glancing header off a beautifully delivered corner kick from skipper Yu Hoshide.
It took awhile for Global to settle into the match with Pasargad, clogging up the midfield and neutralizing the attacking play of the defending champions. A flash of brilliance from Bahadoran finally created the opening as the Fil-Iranian midfielder beat two defenders and crossed low for Ochoterena to finish.
"It was a good performance and I'm happy the new players adapted well," said Global coach Brian Reid.
The match was marred by the theatrical antics of PSG's Iranian goalkeeper Reza Ataei, who was booked for a yellow card for an incident with Izzo El-Habbib aside from seemingly exaggerating injuries that led to more stoppages.
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Gene took us out last weekend for some "unmatched" excitement and fun… and something we had never experienced before here on Amelia Island! It's called "powered hang gliding" and you fly in a super-cool flying machine called a "trike." After gearing up in a flying suit comparable to NASA-certified gear, we received a safety lesson from our FAA licensed pilot, Gene. Gene was friendly, experienced and informative. But most of all – he was in control; something I want at 1,ooo+ feet! After donning our two-way communication headgear and helmets, we were strapped in and ready to go. The flying excursions are designed for two people so you ride behind the pilot in the "trike." That enables you to relax, enjoy the sites all the while feeling completely at ease. Gene navigated the way as I asked questions and he made sure I was doing well. The conversation was enough to be informative but did not prevent me from taking in the beauty and splendor of the specatucular views we experienced of Amelia Island. We could even make out the Blue Heron Inn! If you come with more people than yourself (which we did) do not fear! They have comfortable chairs, bottled water and a safe place to take pictures while you wait on your friends or family. Most flights last between 30-45 minutes and take off by the Amelia Island Airport. They will also video tape your flight if you want. Five stars! For more information visit www.airamelia.com.
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January 5th, 2015 by David Jones
Calling all foodies! Restaurant Week is returning to Amelia Island for its 7th annual debut January 16th through 25th. This delectable time period allows you to choose from more than 70 different and distinctive restaurants, all with an enticing array of dining options sure to please every palate. The majority offer prix-fixe menus and many offer amazing and tantalizing specials during this time period. Make it a weekend or even a few days and stay here at the Blue Heron Inn. Most of the participating restaurants are located in the downtown Fernandina Beach historic district and are just a few walking blocks away from the Blue Heron Inn. For a complete listing of restaurants participating go to ameliaisland.com/yummy. Bon appetite!
Book Fest Returns in Feb
December 19th, 2014 by David Jones
Love books? Love to read? Love Amelia Island? You can appreciate all three this February 19-21 when the Amelia Island Book Festival returns to Fernandina. Now in its 14th year, this upcoming Festival (AIBF) promises many new and expanded offerings as well as some favorites! The festival begins Thursday night with musician/author Zara Phillips. Workshops start Friday morning and last through Saturday afternoon, highlighting everything from historical fiction to publishing to readings and lots in between! A major highlight of this year's festival is the one-two punch of keynote and featured special event speakers, Carolyn Curry and Bill Curry. This husband-wife team offer different perspectives on life and the art of writing but also complement each other wonderfully. Mark your calendars and reserve your room here at the Blue Heron Inn today!
Give the Gift of Theatre!
December 8th, 2014 by David Jones
Theatre tickets make great Christmas presents! We are so lucky here on Amelia Island to have three wonderful and talented community theaters! Amelia Musical Playhouse is a theater in the round here on the island and offers live music venues. Playing this month is "Peter Pan" and "The UnXmas Story". The rock musical "Hair" kicks off the 2015 season on January 8th. Just down the street from the Blue Heron Inn is the Amelia Community Theatre. Playing through December is "Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol" and kicking off the new year is "Grease" opening in February. Also within walking distance from the inn is the Fernandina Little Theatre. Modeled on the popular "black box" and Equity-waiver theater spaces of Los Angeles and New York City, this theatre stages diverse and engaging productions in an intimate space. "Love Letters" will start the season there in January. Why not consider packaging up your tickets with a weekend stay at the Blue Heron Inn? Who wouldn't enjoy such an entertaining and fun-filled gift? For complete season and show information please visit each theatre site: www.ameliacommunitytheatre.org; www.ameliamusicalplayhouse.com.
Cookie Tour a Sweet Success!
December 4th, 2014 by David Jones
Thanks to everyone for making this year's Cookie Tour so successful! More than 700 people came out on a beautiful Saturday last month to tour six inns and bed and breakfasts in the downtown Historic District, sample a delicious homemade cookie and collect the recipe to take home! All the inns were gussied up in their holiday finery which provided ample opportunities for guests to get inspired and collect decorating ideas. Participants could hop on the trolley or enjoy a horse drawn carriage ride as they strolled from inn to inn. A fun part of the tour is seeing former guests return and welcoming new guests for future visits! But perhaps the best part of the Cookie Tour is the fact that the Amelia Island Bed and Breakfast Association donates a portion of its profits to benefit a local charity. This year's charity was Micah's Place, a a local center helping to prevent domestic violence.
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September 23rd, 2014 by David Jones
Blue Heron Inn is now in the top five places for end of Summer beach locations. Please read the article in Visit South Travel magazine. http://visitsouth.com/lifestyle/article/top-7-end-of-summer-beach-getaways
Soulful Blues Return!
August 25th, 2014 by David Jones
The weather is cooler and the music's even hotter! The sounds of the Blues will return to Amelia Island on Friday and Saturday, September 12th & 13th, with the 4th annual Amelia Island Blues Festival. Located on the Main Beach in Fernandina Beach, the 2014 Amelia Island Blues Festival takes place just blocks from the Blue Heron Inn. The festival will feature a melting pot of Chicago Blues, Mississippi Delta Blues and Blues / Rock artists. Legend greats include: Roger "Hurricane" Wilson, Matthew Curry, The Mojo Roots, Curtis Salgado, John Primer, Samantha Fish, Bernard Allison and Ben Prestage. Bring your chairs to enjoy the sounds! This event is for all ages. Visit www.ameliaislandbluesfest.com for more information and photos from last years event. Tickets are now on sale.
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August 8th, 2014 by David Jones
Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
August 22nd and 23rd Amelia Island hosts the Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off at Main Beach! Visitors and residents can enjoy free entertainment and barbeque samplings from some of the top competitors in the country. The Cook-off will feature more than 30 professional teams and backyard amateur teams. Some of the areas greatest bands will be here including Dirt Floor Krackers, Swingin' Medallions, Rockit Fly, Beech Street Blues Band and Bama Gamblers. Gates open at 3:00 pm Friday. There is plenty of free parking with complimentary shuttles just a couple blocks from the Blue Heron Inn. Bring your appetite beach chairs, umbrella and sunscreen! For more information about the Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off, including registration details and entertainment schedule, visit www.gstailgatecookoff.com.
Yoga Anyone?
July 28th, 2014 by David Jones
The minute you enter the door and walk up the steps of Centered on Yoga in downtown Fernandina Beach your mood changes. Suddenly you notice the way the light magically dances on the wall from the large star-kissed lights hanging in the stairwell. You begin to smell the gentle relaxing aromas as you make your way up the stairs to the studio.
Once inside, as you unroll your mat,you take in the beautiful view of live oak trees dancing outside the windows.Butwait …. there's more to come! In addition to the relaxing benefits (both physical and mental) yoga has to offer, be prepared for a good physical workout! Centered on Yoga, almost a year old, is located in the quaint historic district of Fernandina Beach, just steps away from the Blue Heron Inn. They offer classes for beginners and the seasoned "yogies". Elizabeth and Dan McCranie have made the studio an oasis in which to unwind and escape! They compliment all that with achieving a sense of purpose and balance. Expect to leave feeling rejuvenated and relaxed! For more information you can visit them at centredonyoga.com.
Sailing Anyone?
February 19th, 2014 by David Jones
"This is the only place in the world where you can see a trident nuclear submarine and wild horses at the same time," says Tony Jones, owner of Windward Sailing on Amelia Island. Tony has four sailboats in the Marina here in Fernandina Beach that he operates for both his sailing school and private charters. Tony always knew he loved sailing but when the Windward Sailing School went up for sale, (not sail) Tony knew he had that one chance in a lifetime. Well, maybe his wife, Cindy did because she's the one that told him to "Go for it!" That was nearly nine years ago. Today, Tony divides his time pretty much equally between teaching sailing and running charters. Popular charters include a two-hour sunset cruise and a three- or four-hour day cruise. Recently his "St. Mary's Lunch Cruise" has become very popular. This five hour charter includes a two-hour sail to St. Mary's, Georgia; a one-hour layover lunch at one of the popular marina restaurants there; and a two-hour sail back to Amelia Island. The sailing school appeals to sailors of all levels. If you're just wondering what sailing is all about, the Introduction to Sailing, a three-hour course, might be right for you. But if the sailing bug has already bitten, then you have several options to choose from: Basic Sailing, Coastal Cruising, and Bareboat Chartering. All three separate courses award the American Sailing Association Certification and last two and half days each. Participants spend some time in the classroom but according to Tony, most of the learning occurs right on the water.
And the best part of owning and operating Windward Sailing? "Meeting people" and "introducing people to the love and thrill of sailing." You can read more about Tony and see more of what Windward Sailing offers by visiting windward sailing.com. The Blue Heron Inn on Amelia Island offers sailing excursion packages with Tony and is just a short 7 block walk from the marina where Tony teaches. Visit ameliaislandblueheroninn.com for more information.


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A few thoughts on Ferguson
As I watch this nonsense in Ferguson, I'm simply reminded of the daily fare of poor television that reality shows bring us. That's all Ferguson is. Give a promise of fame, indulge self-importance, ignore facts and film. That's the formula. It's "good TV" and the media has been as complicit as anyone in the result. In fact, they've egged it on. Remove the spotlight and the interest wanes.
Instead we've seen a steady drumbeat of coverage, almost a countdown to the Grand Jury findings and, as usual, a trial by media.
The facts don't matter. The findings of the Grand Jury have to be racist because the court of public opinion, sans few if any concrete facts, has already found the officer guilty. Does anyone even pretend to believe that if that crowd last night had been able to find officer Wilson that he wouldn't have later been found hanging from a lamp post?
This, as with the Trayvon Martin case, is a media event. You only have to look at all the disparate groups who've camped out in Ferguson since the Brown killing to gather that. The usual groups have gone through some incredible contortions to make Brown's death relevant to their cause. And, of course, with the media lights on, the usual suspects among the race baiters are there as well, preening and goading.
Are there grievances? I'm sure there are. But burning out your neighborhood isn't the way to settle them. I'm still trying to figure out what Panera Bread did to deserve to be torched other than be in the wrong location. This is beyond "civil disobedience". This is criminal destruction. And yet, when this is all said and done, the denizens of the neighborhood are going to demand these businesses build again. I know what my answer would be – "you made a desert, now live in it".
Anyway, the bottom line here is I don't take reality shows seriously. Nor should you.
The media strikes back
This shouldn't come as a big surprise:
Several networks won't be carrying President Obama's prime-time address on immigration Thursday night from the White House.
ABC, CBS and Fox are saying they won't air the president's speech live; NBC also reportedly isn't planning to carry his address.
With polls saying that only 38% of Americans support his intent to use his executive power to provide amnesty to a portion of illegal aliens here in the US, there's certainly no ratings upside to televising it. And, in fact, there may be a little payback involved:
There was also griping among the White House press corps Wednesday at Mr. Obama using a Facebook video post to announce the timing of tonight's address, rather than using the traditional media.
A television correspondent asked White House press secretary Josh Earnest if the move was "a thank you" to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who helped launch the immigration reform advocacy group FWD.us that is aiding the administration's push for immigration changes.
Mr. Earnest denied the White House was playing favorites with Facebook, but said it was a good way to reach the president's audience.
"The good news is that the wires, the networks and the press corp are all on Facebook," Mr. Earnest said. "We don't have to choose."
The denial comes as no particular surprise – this administration denies everything. As for choice, the White House did choose, and it chose to snub the White House press corps and the networks. Apparently it finds their reaction to the snub problematic.
White House officials are expressing annoyance with the networks' decision, saying that all major networks aired a prime-time address by Republican President George W. Bush in 2006 when he announced the deployment of national guard troops at the U.S-Mexico border.
Well perhaps that was because the Bush administration included the networks in its announcement of his speech. The fact that the big 4 (if NBC refuses to carry it as well) are not going to carry it doesn't mean it can't be seen live if you're so inclined to view it:
Two networks with Hispanic audiences, Univision and Telemundo, will air the president's address live. CNN, MSNBC and PBS also plan to broadcast live.
But the bottom line of this little dust up is it appears that at least some of the networks are willing to strike back a bit at the White House press operation and it's treatment of an unhappy White House press corps. Now if we could get some actual unbiased and factual coverage from that press corps that would be a bonus. Being water carriers hasn't worked out very well for them, has it?
Billy's predictions for the mid-term election and its aftermath
When it comes to the mid-terms, I'm about in the same place psychologically as McQ. But we might as well have some fun with this election. So I sat down and thought about what I expected from it, and came up with the following list:
- The Republicans will do well. They will likely retake the Senate and add at least a dozen seats to their House majority.
- Lots fewer people will care about that outcome than in previous cycles such as 1994 and 2010. More people are now cynical that the GOP doesn't really intend to do anything of consequence.
The default strategy of the establishment GOP right now seems to be to give the Democrats a turn, knowing they'll screw things up even worse. Then the voters will give the establishment GOP another chance, because they screw things up more slowly. Thus, the establishment GOP believes they are assured of another round of favoring their particular crony capitalists rather then the crony capitalists favored by the Democrats. Plus, they get the nice corner offices for a while.
- At least one Senate race will be close, and will go into protracted recounts. The Democrats will eventually win that race with questionable votes. (Bonus points on entertainment value if it's Al Franken again.)
- The media will not report the questionable votes and tactics used to secure the Democratic victory in #3.
- The media will be surprised at the depth of loathing for Obama shown by the election. After all, everyone *they* know likes him.
- The media will only show a flicker of that surprise before they get back to covering for and pimping for Obama.
- At least one major media figure will use the phrase "temper tantrum" or a close synonym to describe what the voters did to cause the GOP gains.
- At least one incident at a polling place will involve blacks supposedly being denied the right to vote because of new voter ID laws. The media might have to manufacture, or at least exaggerate, that incident, but they'll find one no matter how hard they have to search.
- There will be incidents of the opposite kind, like this one in 2008. Those will not be reported by the media, no matter how many there are or how egregious the violation of laws happens to be.
- November and December will see dozens of media stories on how the "ground game" failed for the Democrats. Some of those stories will infer that the Democrats' ground game was sabotaged. There will be no stories in major media of how the Democrats and their ground game failed because Obama has become a laughing-stock.
- Opinion columnists in the major media will begin to excuse Obama's almost total disengagement by blaming it on the new GOP dual majority in Congress. They'll say things such as "Why should he even try, when they won't cooperate with him?" (i.e. "bend over and do what he wants") Some will push for Obama to use even more executive power to bypass the democratically elected majorities in Congress. Some of those will be the same ones who screamed about Bush's "illegal war", even though he sought and received authorization from Congress.
- Someone will attempt to spread rumors about an Ebola outbreak in key places to depress voter turnout by making people unwilling to go out in public. Either side is capable of this – both sides might do it.
- Ted Cruz will give a rousing speech shortly after the election on what the Republicans should do. It will be ignored by the major media, though they might run an out-of-context soundbite of it to try and make him look bad.
- Very stupid social science academics will shake their heads and wonder how the voters could dislike Obama since he's such a great president. Then they'll talk about how things go "back and forth" or "move in cycles" or some such meaningless blather, as if the GOP victories simply resulted from an inevitable force of nature and have nothing to do with Obama's screwups.
- Allies of the establishment GOP, such as the bloggers at Hot Air, will immediately begin justifying why the new majorities can't possibly do anything of consequence. I'm guessing their catchphrase will become "Don't expect too much."
- Allies of the establishment GOP will claim that the election results show definitively that the GOP needs to nominate a moderate for president in 2016. I can't predict what tortured logic they will use for that conclusion.
OK, that's enough for me. How about our astute and intelligent commenters add their own?
Reaping the consequences of incompetence
Like her or not, I think MoDo pretty much nails it here:
A front-page article in The Times by Carl Hulse, Jeremy Peters and Michael Shear chronicled how the president's disdain for politics has alienated many of his most stalwart Democratic supporters on Capitol Hill.
His bored-bird-in-a-gilded-cage attitude, the article said, "has left him with few loyalists to effectively manage the issues erupting abroad and at home and could imperil his efforts to leave a legacy in his final stretch in office."
Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, an early Obama backer, noted that "for him, eating his spinach is schmoozing with elected officials."
First the president couldn't work with Republicans because they were too obdurate. Then he tried to chase down reporters with subpoenas. Now he finds members of his own party an unnecessary distraction.
His circle keeps getting more inner. He golfs with aides and jocks, and he spent his one evening back in Washington from Martha's Vineyard at a nearly five-hour dinner at the home of a nutritional adviser and former White House assistant chef, Sam Kass.
The president who was elected because he was a hot commodity is now a wet blanket.
The extraordinary candidate turns out to be the most ordinary of men, frittering away precious time on the links. Unlike L.B.J., who devoured problems as though he were being chased by demons, Obama's main galvanizing impulse was to get himself elected.
That fact was apparent to anyone who took the time to review what little we knew of Obama's sparse political record. He only stopped at each elected office long enough to get himself elected to the next higher office. He had no record of accomplishing anything of substance at any of those stops and spent most of his time campaigning for the next job he wanted.
Yet that was ignored. What was gobbled up were his words. Words that were backed by nothing but hot air. He had no record as a "uniter". He had no record as a legislator. He had no work record nor had he ever actually run anything that could be described to have given him "executive experience".
So, what some of us saw, everyone got. An empty suit. A clueless political face that managed to pull off one of the most incredible, and it appears, devastating victories of modern times.
And yet his own party is now "surprised" he's so useless and clueless. They're surprised he's been so pathetically incompetent. As they watch the world crumble, they still want to complain that it is someone else's fault (meaning those old reliable standbys – the GOP and Bush).
But as each horrific day of this presidency moves into the next, it is clear that most of the country hold the president responsible for most of the problems – both domestic and international – we are suffering.
And Democrats, as well as the liberal media, have finally figured out that defending this failure is "politically dangerous".
So we see the Claire McCaskills and Maureen Dowds of the world beginning to really distance themselves from "The One" – the one they backed to the hilt.
Rats. Sinking ship.
Sometimes though, it's not particularly helpful to be right about something or someone, as those of us who pointed out all these problems before Obama was elected were. Because when you're right about something like that, it means you're also right about the consequences.
Cast your eyes upon them – they are exactly what logic dictated would happen when you give a job as important as the presidency to a grossly unqualified man or woman.
I've been sort of following Ferguson
But not that much.
Because it is a re-run. In fact, it's a re-run of a re-run. A re-make if you prefer. The same-old, same-old.
It is so predictable that you could set up a timeline and be pretty sure that you'd be 90% right.
It begins like this:
Incident occurs. In this case, black teenager, white cop (template says black/white with black the victim). Tensions build. Protests erupt and violence ensues.
Then the real problem occurs.
Before everything can be sorted out and calmed down, the media shows up.
Of course, as soon as the media grows enough to include national outlets, the professional race baiters are soon to follow. Right on their heels the other opportunists arrive – the anarchists, communists, community activists, agitators and looters. And soon the circus is in full swing.
Rumor is published as fact. Hate rages from both sides. Social media is inundated with trash talk, nonsense and stupidity aided and abetted by an agenda driven media. Death threats, threats of violence, racial hate and other garbage flows like a river. Anchors from the national outlets put on their safari jackets (or now I guess it's their protective vests and helmets) and get cameo shots near the protests to certify their "bona fides" as brave news men and women. Irresponsibility and immaturity on all sides rules the day.
And the flames get fanned even higher.
Former CNN anchor and Fox News Channel's "MediaBuzz" host Howie Kurtz criticized some outlets for creating "almost a lynch mob mentality" in Ferguson, MO in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown.
"Some liberal outlets [are] creating almost a lynch mob mentality around this, the Huffington Post today, screaming banner headline 'Arrest Him.' Now, the Huffington Post, nor you or I, knows exactly what happened" he said. And "when you cross that line into becoming an advocate and to demanding that somebody be prosecuted before the facts are in, while the investigation is going on, you're grandstanding, you're trying to keep the story alive and I really think it's troubling."
Kurtz also criticized CNN for showing the house of accused officer Darren Wilson, stating, "It defies my understanding how you could put his life or the life of his family in danger by even briefly showing the house or naming the street."
When it all finally sorts itself out, we'll likely find that the problem wasn't necessarily about race, didn't conform to any of the preconceived notions presented by the press (like, you know, "George Zimmerman" wasn't white) and wasn't any of the nonsense the "experts" opined endlessly about.
It was an unfortunate incident that needs to be addressed, but hasn't had the chance to be addressed. And now the DoJ has decided the Civil Rights division needs to be involved along with 40 or so FBI agents. And the governor has sent in the National Guard.
Is there an injustice here? Possibly, but I don't know yet. I'd go as far as to say probably, but again, I don't know. I do know that it points to a growing trend of over-policing that I attribute to a seeming change in philosophy among police departments. Police, in many cases, seem to escalate a situation instead of defusing it. That needs to be reversed, in my opinion. But I certainly don't know if this officer would have acted any differently if the teenager had been white. Nor do I yet know whether his actions were warranted or not (which is why we impanel juries and have evidence presented in cases like this). And neither does anyone else.
But in the street theater all of this has become, that's likely to be lost in the shuffle.
In other words, this is the Trayvon Martin template redux with nightly violence added for variety.
Formulaic, predictable and disgusting. But that's how we do it in America today.
The pathetic bias of the New York Times, summarized in two pics
(This screen cap done at 9:00 AM CST 15 June, 2014)
We've known that the New York Times has been part of the palace guard for Democrats for quite a while.* But this is a new low.
If 18 minutes of lost taped conversations in Nixon's White House is good for weeks of coverage, surely close to two years of lost emails from someone accused targeting the president's political opponents is even more important.
The story has been on the networks' web sites since Friday (NBC, CBS, Fox) plus outlets like Forbes, the Fiscal Times, and lots of others. Given that, no serious, objective media outlet would ever ignore the lost IRS email story for two days, and leave it out of their biggest edition of the week. Not the "paper of record". Not the publication that brags it contains "all the news that's fit to print".
But that's exactly what the Times has done.
The Washington Post is marginally better. No front page story, as the story manifestly deserves. No original reporting, even though the story is in their own backyard. But they do have a couple of Associated Press reports in two sections Politics and Business (yeah, Business – I don't get it either).
If you still think the Times and Post have not chosen sides politically, then you are a willfully blind, naive fool.
*Occasionally a decent article slips through, or perhaps is done as camouflage to bolster the idea that they are serious objective journalists. They stopped fooling anyone connected to reality quite a while back.
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Michael Sam is a college football player. He's was a good player in college. Good enough, in any event, to barely make it into the NFL draft at number 249 of 256. Which means he probably isn't a great player, and probably won't make it in the NFL. After he finished his college football career at Mizzou, he announced he was openly gay.
So, when he was waiting to hear whether or not he'd be drafted, with his boyfriend at his side, TV cameras were there to broadcast live on ESPN, when he heard he'd squeeked into the NFL and exchanged several kisses with his boyfriend.
Now, TV cameras don't usually show up to see the reaction of guys who get picked #249, mainly because no one usually gives a crap that they got picked. But Michael Sam is different. They decided they were going to cover him, well before the day of coverage.
"We are very aware that in those last two rounds potentially — maybe even before that — Michael will get drafted and we will definitely spend time on that draft pick,'' said Eric Weinberger, who is running NFL Network's draft coverage. "We will spend as much time as we think we have to."
They were there solely because he is openly gay, hoping to get something good out of it. What they got was several good closeups of gay man-kissing. I'm sure they were very happy with that.
Others were less so. The Dolphins' Defensive Back Don Jones tweeted his displeasure at the scene, which was broadcast live on ESPN. This got him fined and suspended. Apparently, we are no longer allowed to express our opinions in polite society any more, unless that opinion is anything other than fully politically correct. Personally, I feel pretty much the way Bill Burr does in this comedy bit. I don't have a problem with gays doing whatever they do. Just don't care. Looking to get upset at whatever gay people are up to doesn't interest me.
But, I also don't want to see gay guys kissing or having sex, because I think sex with guys is icky. That's not something you're supposed to express publicly. I'm not sure why, but it's now hateful to state that you might be a little uncomfortable with gay things. I think heterosexual sex that includes golden showers is icky, too. Not being German, I don't wanna watch that, either. Nobody will yammer for me to lose my job if say say something negative about golden showers, but saying something less that fully accepting about homosexuality can get you a quick trip to "sensitivity training", or even the unemployment line. Our limits of acceptable opinion are being circumscribed by political correctness. The government doesn't have to attack free speech. Our culture is doing that job just fine.
It also irks me how the media handles this. They go out of their way to highlight things that stir up controversy, then gleefully report on the controversy they intentionally ginned up, being sure to point out people who say the "wrong" things about it. Those people then have to make elaborate public apologies for saying something politically incorrect. Then they get suspended or fired. It's getting pretty constant now. The Opie and Anthony radio show are doing a bit where they are trying to go ten days without one of these cycles of apology. So far, they haven't made it for three days without resetting the clock.
The Framers of the Constitution were terrified the government would stifle free speech. Turns out, they should've been worried about the rest of us. Apparently, it's not something we really want.
Lighten Up Francis…
During my usual effort to get good and stressed before sunrise, I was reading the news this morning –
President campaigns for Health Care Enrollment
Where I came across this photo, which I proceeded to doctor and make mock of. I thought it was from the White House Easter Egg ceremony of 2014 – and then found out it was from 2009.
Hardly current. Buggers.
I wandered back to the real 2014 gallery to find some others. Maybe there was another photo that my hostile imagination could play with.
Who needs to play with things when the real thing is so much more entertaining.
The real White House egg hunt photos from 2014. Step right up, this is the real thing folks, accept no substitutes.
So now we can all try and figure out what kind of people think this is funny enough to make part of the National history of what should be a lighthearted thing for kids.
Here's the caption "Our heavily armed snipers are dressed in kid-friendly bunny attire".
Oh, ha ha ha. You kidders, your heavily armed snipers are kid friendly heavily armed snipers.
This made me to wonder if we've ever lightheartedly made jokes about needing snipers on the White House roof before.
The gallery of previous years, even post 9/11, seem remarkably short of references of this kind. You know, no cute photos of MANPAD equipped agents dressed as Harvey the Pooka who will magic Easter Jihadi's out of the air (to cascade down in flaming bits over the streets and buildings of the capital, but I digress while expressing thanks that I have neither the job of pulling the trigger or the job of giving the command to do so…).
All in all the previous years have been pretty tame, except for this alligator display there in 2008….don't be trying to find and eat these eggs kids.
But the real prize for this year goes to this one -with the caption – "Colorful Easter eggs are tossed off the White House roof at special targets below."
Special targets? Honestly people.
Given the death from above philosophy I think this humor a little macabre as well.
How about some nice photo shots of the kids and people at the parties as we did in previous administrations? No?
Readers can feel free to tell me to "lighten up Francis," I won't mind.
If it were new behavior from this administration, I'd just think it was a little weird. As it is, I've come to accept this kind of thing as fairly normal.
That is to say, bizarre.
If you're at all inclined to go look you might want to do so before some adult becomes aware and sanity takes hold and they clean this, yet another, clueless, tone deaf, gawdawful mess up.
UPDATE – 2014-04-21 – 15:00 Central Time
😯 If you go to the White House web page I linked to, you'll see a bunch of little eggs floating around the screen, and…..a fly. A fly? A fly walking around the screen?
The Easter Fly? Is this some tradition I don't know about?
Does someone need to remind these people this is the White House or what? The Residence of the President of the United States of America…
Yeah yeah, I know, lighten up Francis.
How are you supposed to stay informed when the media doesn't do its job?
Study: Flu medications could spread sickness
WASHINGTON – Could cold and flu drugs help spread the flu? Some researchers think so.
Over-the-counter cold and flu drugs contain ibuprofen, acetaminophen or other drugs that can reduce fever. When patients' fever is down, they tend to feel better.
But researchers at Canada's McMaster University concluded that when some patients reduce their symptoms with cold and flu medications, they feel better and return to work or school while still infected. While patients feel fine, they are still able to infect others, according to the study, which is published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Real answer: Researchers aren't saying that at all newspeople. What they're saying is if people have the flu, are still contageous, but are made to feel better enough by medicine to go to work, THEY may spread the flu, for heaven sake.
When I read the headline, I was actually thinking they were talking about the flu vaccine. That actually might make some sense. Instead we get this non-report report – and abysmal framing of the study. So bad they have to point out:
"We aren't saying don't take medication. That's not the message," David Earn, who specializes in mathematics and disease, said to NBC News. "Be aware that if you take this medication, there is this effective increase in transmission."
No there isn't an "effective increase in transmission" if you take the meds. There's a POSSIBILITY of an increase in transmission if you feel well enough (and are foolish enough) to go out into public while you're still contageous.
This pretty well demonstrates the state of science reporting in the media today. And they wonder why we don't buy into the global warming hype?
It took almost 6 years, but Peggy Noonan is finally waking up …
Seriously, if I were her, I'd be embarrassed to write this:
Everyone is doing thoughtful year-end pieces on President Obama. Writers and reporters agree he's had his worst year ever. I infer from most of their essays an unstated but broadly held sense of foreboding: There's no particular reason to believe next year will be better, and in fact signs and indications point to continued trouble.
I would add that in recent weeks I have begun to worry about the basic competency of the administration, its ability to perform the most fundamental duties of executive management. One reason I worry is that I frequently speak with people who interact with the White House, and when I say, "That place just doesn't seem to work," they don't defend it, they offer off-the-record examples of how poorly the government is run.
"Have begun to worry?!" Really?! Just now?!
The guy has been clueless since the beginning and Peggy Noonan is just now beginning to worry. My goodness where has she been? We've watched a raft of failures in both domestic and foreign policy, an economy and job market that continue to suck, and an imperial presidency in which the incumbent prefers to rule by decree rather than as the Constitution outlines. And then there's his signature law – ObamaCare.
And Noonan is just now starting to worry.
Lord save us from the chattering class. Blinders firmly in place, they've ignored this incompetence for all these years and now, when it is sort of safe to actually point it out, they're "discovering" it.
They're as clueless as this president.


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Madonna ties with Elvis for singles chart record
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – As Madonna's "Hung Up" jumps
seven places to No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart,
the pop icon matches Elvis Presley's tally for top-10 hits —
36, the most for any artist in the rock era.
Madonna racked up that tally in about 21 and a half years,
starting with "Borderline." Presley scored his 36 top 10 hits
in 16 and a half years, from 1956 with "Heartbreak Hotel" until
1972 with "Burning Love."
"Hung Up" is Madonna's highest-charting single in almost
five years, since "Don't Tell Me" reached No. 4 in February
2001. It is her first top 10 hit since her James Bond theme
song "Die Another Day" hit No. 8 in 2002. Madonna already held
the record for the most top 40 hits by a solo female artist;
she continues in first place as "Hung Up" becomes her 45th top
40 hit, out of 51 chart entries. Aretha Franklin is in second
place with 43.
The parent album for "Hung Up" debuted at No. 1 on the
Billboard 200. "Confessions on a Dance Floor" is Madonna's
sixth album to achieve pole position. Her No. 1 albums to date
"Like a Virgin," three weeks (1985)
"True Blue," five weeks (1986)
"Like a Prayer," six weeks (1989)
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This happened to us on Sunday: Whata Trail in Los Padres National Forrest, about half way up Frazier Mountain: too much for my gal's F650GS twin... Steep rock face section, not enough clearance...
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The Aztek is rated at 36kn and very commonly used as a people rescue system. However, it's 8mm rope also makes it the bulkiest component in my road kit (it takes up more than half the space).
One more comment about pulley ratio: The Aztek has a 4:1, but when you have to "drag" the bike (~440lbs in this case), i.e. because it's crash plate / side stand / foot pegs are sitting on the rock (as happened here) or it's on its side, then 5:1 really makes the difference. In those instances I use a Figure 8 Belay Device at one end of the pulley system to run the rope through one more time, bringing my system up to 5:1.
If I can manage to score one in this bulk sale I'll try out the EZ-Pull next time we go up there - that darn rock face will still be up there, waiting
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