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by Libby AnnePlease be sure to click the above links to see an introduction to and explanation of this project, which involves a panel of nine young adults who were raised in Quiverfull families and have since questioned and left that ideology answering questions about their experiences.How were you first exposed to "mainstream" American culture? What were your first impressions?Joe:I was public schooled all my life and so lived in this "mainstream" culture first hand. I say "lived in" because it was beaten into us that my siblings and I were sojourners in a foreign country. Martyrs for the cause of patriarchal Christianity. The only reason we had to be in this cult … [Read more...]
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by Tess WilloughbyWhen Jack was just a baby, Nate had rejected Jack's personality, and had set out to beat and berate it out of him. When Jack reached middle school age, or perhaps a little bit before, the seeds that his father had planted suddenly sprouted. Jack began to come unraveled. "Something is wrong with me," he said. "I'm messed up."Jack began to abuse his little sisters. His grades slipped. He had been my comedian, making jokes about everything all day. Now, he moped. He refused to play sports. He would not bathe.If anyone touched Jack, even to restrain him or remove dangerous objects from his hands, Nate took Jack to magistrates to swear out warrants that Jack was being … [Read more...]
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by MillipedeThis is not to say that my years embracing Patriarchy were all bad. Despite many bad changes and warning signs, there were moments of joy. Staying at home was fun. I promised myself to stay busy so as it was all too tempting to sit around. I made myself a "work" schedule complete with breaks and of course, an end to the workday. I would spend time keeping house, but also do a lot of fun projects. I gardened, made Maple syrup and a myriad of other activities which I truly loved. Although I missed work, I found that a housewife could be just as much of a worker. In fact there are legitimate issues concerning the need for someone to stay at home. Unfortunately, the Patriarchy … [Read more...]
by Bruce GerencserNine years have passed since I preached my last sermon, since my wife was called the "pastor's wife." Almost four years have passed since my wife and I determined to stop attending church. We are now among the "unchurched", casualties of a life spent in Evangelical Christianity. Worse yet, at least according to our critics, we are now enemies of Christ and his church.You see, we not only left the Church, we left Jesus. Regardless of how some Christians parse our lives through their peculiar theological system, we are indeed two people who once were devoted, committed followers of Jesus, who are now described as an atheist husband and his agnostic wife. … [Read more...]
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by CaluluWhen we last left the Smiths they had reconciled and were determined to make everyone be best friends forever again. Nothing doing.Things ratchet up a few new levels of tension. 9/11 happens. I'm sitting in front of the television having coffee and folding clothes when CNN shows the coverage of the first tower getting hit and I'm still watching when the second plane hits the other one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. By the time the plane hits the Pentagon and there are rumors on television of another plane being spotted on the way to Capital Hill where my husband works I was pretty wrung up. My phone kept ringing off the hook from friends and relatives wanting … [Read more...]
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by Libby AnneWelcome to Raised Quiverfull! Nine young adults who grew up in the Christian Patriarchy and Quiverfull movements have come together to answer a series of questions about their experiences. All of these young adults have since questioned and left these ideologies and have chosen their own life paths. The goal of the Raised Quiverfull project is to inform. Click here for the Raised Quiverfull introduction.This section, Introductory Questions, showcases the participants' responses to three introductory questions. If you would like to read the questions and answers to these three questions in one document, click here. To go to the other sections and read the par … [Read more...]
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by Paradise Recovered(I wrote this piece to honor those who have been hurt by high-demand churches and cults. I also wrote it for their loved ones, clergy, and therapists that they might understand how to handle us with care. Our experiences are unique, but much of the aftermath we experience can be similar. I hope this is helpful to someone. Peace, Andie Redwine)We are spiritual abuse survivors.To paraphrase the late Jan Groenveld, one of the pioneers in the spiritual abuse recovery movement, we believed a dangerous lie that closely resembled the truth. And we have paid dearly for that belief with the sacrifice of our very souls.Life can really be hard at times for human … [Read more...]
Snipped! Part 5 Theoretical Visitation
by Incongruous CircumspectionFor those of my readers keeping track, you might remember that I have six siblings. Seven kids and one father with visitation rights. My mother had won full custody and my father was given every other weekend with his kids and four weeks in the summer. Again, there were seven of us. This meant that he had to split us up in sets of two and three so we could fit into his apartment. Thus, I ended up going with him about every six weeks – in theory.My mother played every game in the book to keep us away from our dad. He would call Friday night to tell her who he wanted to pick up the next morning and she would go through a long laundry list of excuses a … [Read more...]
Millipede: Part 6
by MillipedeI hated the the underlying spirit which had crept into our marriage; it was a peevish, disapproving air that my husband had taken on. In our "heathen" days my husband had a happy go lucky air. This was endearing and made up for the fact that he could be irresponsible.Under Christian patriarchy this changed. Not only was he now "head of the household", but he was responsible for making sure that we lived a "Godly life". This permeated every bit of our life as we didn't want to be "Sunday Only" Christians; God was not someone that we turned our back on for the other six days of the week.This affected how I dressed, what we ate, what entertainment we watched or listened … [Read more...]
Who Was That Masked Man? Part 5
by CaluluSo when we left off Tina was still believing that Tom was coming home. We were having nothing to do with the Smiths and Tom doesn't come home.What he does do is go to my husband and ask him to talk to me about working a few mornings a week at his office to transfer all his paper documents into digital on his new computer system. I don't want to do it but it's a little slow that spring in my job so I grit my teeth, bite my tongue and start going into his office for four hours every morning. I know this is a mistake but hey, there's not much going on to prevent me and Tom isn't going to be there at the same time as me, win-win. I'm such a sap. Plus I'd quit working at the … [Read more...]


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I read yesterday that a certain family that currently lives in the White House only eats organic foods.
I'm pretty sure this debunks the idea that eating healthy makes one a "Hippie"
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My conservative wife and I buy organic stuff. Milk and bread mostly but she will sneak in some other stuff too. Definately no hippy.
Milk is laced with bovine growth hormone which has been a possible explaination for girls developing earlier.
Seems like the easy way around the ban on candy bars would be to substitute nutrition bars. I have found that Fiber One bars taste better than most candy bars.
A lot of the Nazi's were food purists. Hitler was a vegetarian.
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First MLB takes away the players' greenies, now the Yankees are taking away candy. I'm guessing they will have to pry the coffee out of their cold, dead hands.
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State of Latin America and the Caribbean Cities 2012: Towards a New Urban Transition
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With 80% of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region on the planet. Located here are some of the largest and best-known cities, like Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Lima and Santiago. The region also boasts hundreds of smaller cities that stand out because of their dynamism and creativity. This edition of State of Latin American and Caribbean cities presents the current situation of the region's urban world, including the demographic, economic, social, environmental, urban and institutional conditions in which cities are developing.


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Ok, so with this all past me, I have a crazy theory. Tell me what you think of this:
I started out using kerosene in a squirt bottle and bel ray chain lube. Having no experience on the road, I figured kerosene could be easily sourced. I was wrong. As I ran into only being able to buy large quantities of kerosene, I switched to wd40 since I had read in many places about guys using that to clean their chains. I would spray the chain with wd40, then wipe it off with a rag, then apply chain lube and let it dry. I would always do this when the chain was hot.
The problem is, as some have mentioned, wd40 is a penetrant. My theory is that the wd40 penetrated the orings and ruined the grease inside, and soon the chain started rusting internally (despite my cleaning and lubing). At the same time, the Keintech simple stand I use isnt the most stable, but certainly weighs less, costs less, and takes zero ground clearance when stowed compared to a center stand; this stand allows the bike to move a little when I would spin the wheel to blast the chain with wd40. Overspray prolly hit the spacer by the cush hub bearing a number of times, consequently pentrating the seal (or around the bearing perhaps?) and destroying the grease in the bearing. As the bearing wore, it started to place all sorts of additional force on the wheel bearings and caused the one nearest to the rotor to start going bad. **EDIT** I really am not sure the cush bearing could put additional force on the wheel bearings, but id like your opinions.
I always check the wheel for movement when I deal with the chain, but I will confess I didnt always check the sprocket for lateral movement. This happened fast because I know in fairbanks there was no wheel slop at all.
Maybe im reaching here, but the cush hub bearing definitely had a rusty runny watery crap coming out of it, and this theory seems plausible.
Anyone else want to part some wisdom on me? I feel really stupid (and I was for sure) but at least I know better now. Im using diesel in a squirt bottle to clean the chain and silicone lubricant to keep the orings conditioned. I clean when warm, and I wipe the chain off before extended dirt sessions. Sound right?
Moral of the story: dont blast wd40 on chains or by accident, bearings. I guess some might spray wd40 on a rag, but for me diesel is so cheap, abundant, convenient and good at cleaning that Im just going to use it from now on.
There have been tests run on NEW X ring chain ... soaked in WD40 for a week. WD did not get past X rings. ... BUT ... on a worn chain? Maybe you have a point? Go light on the WD40!
I don't flood my chain with WD (expensive!) and I try to wipe most of it off after cleaning. If you leave a lot on there ... then some chain lubes won't stay on the chain if it's wet with WD40. This is true for the Dupont Teflon product. So, clean off the WD best you can.
Diesel is great. My only complaint? It stinks and my rags end up stinking, but it's cheap and plentiful, does a good job. I say, go with it.
I don't believe WD over spray ruined your Hubb or wheel bearings. More likely water exposure and hard use. Rain riding, stream crossings and
off road riding will take a lot of life out of both your chain and your bearings.
I've no idea on the "order of failure" or how one would affect the other.
Don't forget to check your LINK bearings, especially the most exposed ones that are low down. Re-Grease when you can. (I do it about once a year if I've ridden in the wet)
Your DR will be in top shape by the time you make it home! Excellent maintenance reports ... and proves my point that starting off a long ride with lots of new parts and a complete fresh service, saves time/money on the road.
I learned this in the 80's doing Baja rides:
The standard rule for our 1500 mile Baja Ride (about 70% off road) was:
1. New Tires/Tubes (with 3 spare tubes on board)
2. New Chain/Sprockets (spare master link, spare CS sprocket)
3. New Battery
4. Complete service, checking/lubing all bearings
5. Loc Tite everything, check all fasteners
6. Complete Tool kit, spares, nut/bolt kit
7. First Aid kit
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Author Tan Twan Eng continues to gather accolades for his The Garden Of The Evening Mists, which was shortlisted earlier this week for the prestigious International Impac Dublin Literary Award.
Announced on April 9, the shortlist includes both illustrious names such as Juan Gabriel Vasquez (The Sound Of Things Falling) and Karl Ove Knausgaard (A Death In The Family) as well as debut authors like Donal Ryan (The Spinning Heart) and Patrick Flanery (Absolution).
The Garden Of The Evening Mist was previously shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, and won both the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction last year. This is Tan's second novel, after The Gift Of Rain in 2007.
Hailed as one of the world's richest literary prizes, the Impac comes with a '100,000 (RM450,000) prize. Nominees are decided by librarians from around the world, with 100 library systems in 39 countries participating this year. The winner will be announced on June 12 in Dublin, Ireland.
Past recipients of the award include Nobel Prize in Literature laureates Herta Müller and Orhan Pamuk, as well as Colm Toibin, Alistair McLeod and Per Petterson.
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Head coach Arron Haynes' grapplers opened the regular season with a win over Fannin County High School, 60-15, and a loss to AAAA Flowery Branch, 51-28, on Nov. 22 in Dawsonville.
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Dawson County is currently 2-0 and riding high after defeating Tallulah Falls, 67-16, and Towns County, 64-22.
It was "throwback night" at Dawson County's season opener against Tallulah Falls last week in Dawsonville. Both head coaches, Steve Sweat and Thad Burgess, decided to break out the old uniforms in a tribute to former players in the program.
"We decided to do this because we were playing a longtime opponent in Tallulah Falls," Sweat said. "We wore some uniforms that some of the mothers of my current players played in when they played for me years ago."
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The Tigers have not allowed an opposing team to score in double digits in any one quarter of play in two games, as they have easily defeated Tallulah Falls, 67-16, and Towns County, 64-22.
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The SE is a GREAT bike and is sooooo much fun!!!! But I do stupid things on it and it spanks me every once in awhile. I've struggled with the hooligan urges on this trip and have been mostly successful at containing them. It was nice to finish the trip with no visits to a South American emergency room.
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Riobamba to Quito
So after parting ways with Mihai I made the push to Riobamba. I was hoping for Banos but hit Riobamba with about an hour of daylight left. I made the right call and stayed in Riobamba.
Somewhere around Riobamba
Got up and got a move on in the am and went to Banos.
I thought that it would be just over an hour but due to rain, getting lost and a rock slide that made the road impassable until it was cleared by heavy equipment it took me about 3.5 hours to get to Banos.
Had a little bit of good dirt and fun turns. I really was enjoying the ride but I was concerned about the harsh threatening mountain weather.
Riobamba to Banos
Not quite ideal visibility but still a cool ride
Trying to show the size of the area. There is a moto in that pic
I intentionally over-exposed this pic a little. This is damn near what it was actually like as far a visibility.
Very cool place that the river bottle necked creating a cool canyon.
Somewhere in the woods south of Banos
I had lunch in Banos and the weather really started to turn. I think Banos would be a really cool place to hang out not in the pouring rain. Lots of cool hking and ATVs to rent.
So after a hot meal on with the rain gear and into the really nasty weather. Instead of going up the PanAm which I really try to avoid I took the road that went east of the mountains. I also thought the weather would be better. I was wrong! Very!!
My plan was to push to Baez. The rain had been beating me up all afternoon so I thought Baez would be a good compromise to Otavalo. All along the road there were pretty nice hosterias so of course there would be a couple near Baez!
Nope! A couple of hours of brutal rain and i reached my goal to find no hotels! Or any other type of accommodations. OK hmmmm I will head toward Quito 200k away and find something.
As I climb the mountains to Quito the temperature drops...a lot! I am now soaked all the way through my gear and the temp drops to 38F. The rain has almost stopped but I am cold to the core. I have all my gear on and still worrying about hypothermia. Having trouble feeling the hands even in winter gloves.
No option but to keep pushing. Luckily after about an hour the temp really starts to climb and I can start to feel my left foot again. I didn't really see any worth while accommodations until Cumbaya. Its very close to Quito so what the hell. At least I know where there are lots of good accommodations in Quito.
I get to Quito just before 7. My GPS starts sending me in circles and since it is dark I cant really use the landmarks I know. I try to flag down a cab to do the follow a cab trick and none will stop because they are confused that I have a moto. A lady stops and tells me they wont stop b/c my bike wont fit in the cab...no shit. After explaining 7-15 times I am just trying to get a cab to follow she finally gets it. She knows where I want to and says follow her. She goes about a mile and stops. Asks how much I am going to pay her. I say 5 bucks and she says she will just give me directions. I have explained to her that I have been on the bike for 12 hours and I am cold and exhausted. I will follow a cab. She says no no follow me. Goes another mile and stops again to ask me more questions and gives me directions. She stops in the middle of the road and I just drive off on her. No patience left and I have now confirmed this lady is whack.
Finally I explain to a taxi driver my deal and he says no problem for 5 bucks its done. Finally over 2 hours after arriving to Quito I am at my hotel. Very tough day. My toughest since a day I had in Guatemala. All part of the journey...right?
I decide to spend 2 nights in Quito. I need some rest and to dry out. All my gear is soaked and I could pour water out of my boots. As I am in bed at 1 and dozing off to a movie I hear the buzzer for the front door of the hotel constantly buzzing. Off and on for 45 min. I get up and see what is going on. The front door guy is wasted and passed out not hearing the buzzer. I let the guest in that had a room there. The icing on the cake to just a total kick in stomach day.
I am not going say today I was all positive attitude and remember you are living a dream during all this. I was pissed, cold, very tired and wet! But I did wake up the next day and laugh it off over coffee breakfast and blue skies that Quito was nice enough to treat me to!!
A little walking around Quito today hope to cross back into Colombia tomorrow.
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It is me. I had planned to be in Bogota late today or early tomorrow from Popayan. I am now trapped in Popayan due to some protest from coffee workers. They have blocked all the roads. I tried to go today and talked to a bunch of truckers that said dont bother. They had been sitting there for 3 days.
I will try again tomorrow. the rumor is this is the last day of the protest. I really need to be at Lyncargo on fri b/c I have a flight Sunday. Shit is getting a little stressful for me. If I dont make it through tomorrow who knows what my next move will be.
I think it will be all good tomorrow. All details coming in one of my next posts
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I am suppose to fly on Sunday and moto fly the day before. All up in the air due to this BS protest and blocked roads.
I will be back in AK before the 16. Work soon, jury duty etc.. real life is hitting me hard at home while I am stuck in Popayan due to coffee protest.
Its really crazy the two worlds that I am trying coordinate right now. Sooooooo different! I will get to Florida eventually!
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I walked around Quito and enjoyed the nice sunny skies which I did not have my first pass through. I realized that I saw what I could in a day the first time around and just kind of had a lazy day. I went to the Gondola since it was blue skies and would be a great view of the city. Lonely Planet said it was $4 in 2009 or 2010. It is now 850. I didn't go up. For me a total waste of money. You get good views of the city on the way in. I am also a retired ski bum and have been on a lot of cool trams and gondolas so to go up one just for pic is not worth the money to me at all. It is also very clear that this whole gondola thing is a total failed venture. There are run down and abandon gift shops and the area leading up to it is just not well kept. My 2 cents if you are in Quito save your time and money.
Pics from the bottom of the gondola
The gondola
Then off to one of the bigger parks in Quito. It was very cool! Lots of activity b/c it was a weekend. Nice to see people taking advantage of the park. They had a very nice BMX track and skateboard park as well.
Future X game athletes
Going to head north tomorrow. How far will depend on how the border crossing goes.
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Quito to Pasto
On the road about 830 and shooting for a big day.
The border crossing was a breeze and I had it all done in about an hour.
Back in Colombia
Off and on rain but really clear skies compared to my ride to Quito. I was making pretty good time and thought about pushing all the way to Popayan.
As I was siting on the side of the road in Pasto at 4 PM trying to make my decision on weather to go for Quito or not a guy pulls up next to me. This is the second time today I stopped on the side of the road to mess with the GPS and the second time a Colombian has just randomly stopped and asked me if I need help or directions. Pretty damn cool I think.
So the guy in Pasto is Wilmar. He is on a small moto and offers for me to follow him to the PanAm North. I explain to him that I am not really lost and just trying to decide weather to stay in Pasto or not. I said I noticed the stadium had a lot of activity as I drove by, and asked if there was a soccer game tonight. He says yes at 530 and pulls his ticket out of his pocket.
Then tells me he has a friend that runs a nice cheap hotel and calls him right on the spot. I decide to stay and Wilmar leads the way to the hotel. Once I get there I find out that my room isnt ready but Wimar's best friend says I can shower and store my things in his room until after the game. Wilmar then offers to go buy me a ticket to the game while I shower and he will be back to get me in 30 min! How cool is that? Totally going out of his way for a total stranger and I finally get to see a soccer game!
These are the times you have to go with your gut! 20 min after meeting this guy I have dumped all my worldly possessions in his friends room and am off to a soccer game in a strange city with this guy! I had a good feeling about him. They only mistake I made was I under estimated his generosity. He is truly one the good ones in the world.
One a side note after traveling solo again for about 4 days I have noticed a change. More people approaching me and offering to help. More conversations and interactions. When the Quebs and I were traveling together we met lots of people but it is for sure a different experience being solo. Not saying one is better or that I would trade my time with the Quebs. It is just different. Mihai and Pawel for sure made my time on the road better. Lots of laughs and great riding. Super fun guys to travel with and they even put up with my total lack of patience. Thanks guys. I really believe I will see them both in the future and probably do another ride someday. I hope. But once again solo the trip is not the group you are in moving along together but now all about interacting with strangers b/c it is you all on your own.
Right now I cant say that I prefer one or the other. I think that Mihai and Pawel were the right 2 people to run into. Other people I met on the road I could tell right away it would not last a day had we ridden together. That being said I think it is a choice people need to figure out for themselves. I like to travel with the right people but due to my antsy nature and lack of patience I dont see myself waiting on someone to do a trip. If I have the time and the plan I am going to go. People are welcome but I will not delay an adventure to wait on someone. The end result of that is far to often the trip not happening at all!
Enough babble where was I? Oh right, here!
I only had my phone b/c I didn't think taking my nice camera to the game was a good idea. We had a blast! Wilmar and I met his son and little brother at the game. Wilmar is just a good dude with great values that loves soccer and his town of Pasto.
Thanks again so much Wilmar. You took a town that I thought I would just pass through and made it a truly special experience of my trip.
After the one goal of the game. Pasto beat Barranquil 1-0. There were a lot of scoring chances, yellow cards and jumping out of my seat. Just truly an amazing time!!!!
Not a great pic but any event with riot police and armored vehicle outside of it I need to check out!!
Dinner after the game.
The boys both had lots of questions for me. Especially about bears! I told them they only like to eat cafe skin people so I am safe. So much fun and so many laughs. Thanks again to all of you!!
Saying good bye with some pics of the boys on the moto.
One last word on the kind of people that you can meet traveling. Wilmar and I have traded emails with the help of google translate. I said thanks and how special it was for me to really feel like a friend or even family.
The gist if his reply is that family is characterized by nice people and where you are in the world. He wanted me to feel like family b/c if he was in AK he would hope to find the same.
He is practicing what he believes and what a great outlook. I love the sense of family value and passion for meeting new people in South America.
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Trapped in Popayan
A short ride from Pasto to Popayan. I wanted to head east from Popayan through the dessert and to Neiva. I have heard different opinions of the road so I thought it would be better to get on it in the morning. As I was riding just south of Popayan near Tibio I came to several people in the road. Protesting and make shifts road blocks.
I thought I would just talk to them and pass on through. No dice. i talked to guy who was pretty reasonable but not happy. He told me coffee workers were striking for 3 days. Hmmm ok. I guess I will think of another plan. As I start to formulate said plan a guy comes up to me and tells me there is a way around. Awesome. He hops on his small moto and takes me through some dirt roads. I think the protestors knew what was going on but turned a blind eye. The guy wished me luck and I thanked him profusely. Wooo hooo on the other side and on my way to Popayan.
As i walked around Popayan that night I saw a TV in a hair salon and there was a moto on fire something about coffee farmer protest and Neiva. Hmmm this could cause a change in plans.
I got a hold of Ximena the doctor in Popayan that we met on our way south that said if we needed anything to get a hold of her. I asked her about this protest and she made some calls. The road to Cali was for sure blocked and but the one to Neiva was suppose to be open. I got lost trying to find the right road and started thinking about what I had heard about the protests. I was skeptical that the road to Neiva was open. I knew the road block for Cali was close to Popayan so i thought I would at least go take a look. Here is what I saw as i go close.
Also noticed very few vehicles heading south and no big trucks at all. As i got a couple of kilometers south of the road block I stopped and talked to some truckers.
Some of the guys
They told me not to bother going to Neiva. The road was blocked. A couple of the guys were even form there and said it would be wasted effort. I thought about it and what was the point in getting a couple hundred kilos from Popayan and possible not having a place to stay or dealing with a bad situation. Back to Popayan it is. Some of the protesters and truck drivers said that the protest should be over tomorrow. Another day is making me cut it close for the scheduled time to ship my bike but nothing I can do.
Hiked up to the 3 crosses in Popayan and these kids were on a mini field trip/PE class. Lots of question about AK and bears.
Climbing some trees to pick these little sour fruits. Even the teacher was climbing the trees.
Found this article on line after online after the first day I got turned around North of Popayan.
Not time now to ride through Neiva. I need to go through Cali to make my shipping date and fight to FLA.
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Day 3 of Protest and the end?
Yesterday I actually had a lot of fun with the truckers and laughed a lot. They were all really nice guys. I did my best to communicate. I asked one of them if he could call Ximena when the road open and she could email me. He said no problem.
Thanks Luis. The next day I get up pack and ride out to the truckers again. It is probably a lost cause but have an unrealistic amount of optimism that I will be able to sweet talk my way through the protest. I stop and say hi to the truckers and tell them I am going to look.
I roll up on the road block and talk to a guy with a stick. He has several other friends with sticks. There was a pile of burned tires in the road and several trees across the road. One guy is pretty much an asshole. We talk as good as we can an I tell him I understand his problem. But now I have a problem. I cant get home to see my family and go to work to live and support my family. Some of the other guys really seemed to get it but the one that did the most talking said so. He didn't care.
Then another dude comes up very nicely and says I have a nail in my tire. Yep there is a big nail hanging out of my tire. I ask the leader guy if that is from them. He said yes. I tell him I think that it is bullshit. I didn't try to pass any of their road blocks and now I have a nail in my tire. He says he doesn't care. I refrain from telling to f@*% off and he can tell that. The approach attitude and protest of these guys is bullshit in my opinion.
Not sure if it is true but there is a story that an ambulance tried to get through and the protesters said no. The lady in the ambulance allegedly died.
I understand these farmers are at their wits end. They are already dirt poor and losing money. They want to provide for their family and I get all that. However when people directly or indirectly cause the loss of life it does not motivate the other side to help and negotiate. I am fearful this will escalate and end badly. The protest that was suppose to be only 3 days and is now in the 5th. The president has already basically said tuff shit there is no more money to give. So now what? Who bends? Right now nobody and police are gearing up to go in.
I drive off with the nail in my tire. Go back to my trucker buddies and tell them what I saw. Then they all watch me plug my tire. I had a pretty big audience. All they guys were pretty impressed and thought my plug work was pretty slick. Glad I nailed the plug on the first try. I have never had tubeless tires before and it was my first plug! Tubeless tires are AWESOME!
The plug
My audience and new friends. There is an F800 in there somewhere.
These poor guys have been on the side of the road for 3 nights and sleeping in their trucks. They are losing money as well.
You can see the cops in the back right of the photo. After the pic I said no polica in photo por favor. All the truckers busted up laughing!! I then told the cops I was just joking and they loved it. Here they are still laughing.
This guys was Luis's co-worker and a riot. A little crazy but a total riot. He kept giving me bananas or plantains. Whatever the are, they are just like bananas.
This is Luis. Another new friend. He said he would call Ximena when the road opens. Great guy looking tough on the moto.
I also talked to the Police while hanging out with the truckers and asked why they don't go in and remove the protestors. They said that there are to many protestors. I have now seen another article that said police are gearing up to go in. I don't think that this is going to stop soon or end well. I hope that I am wrong but the farmers are very angry and not willing to bend. The government claims it has nothing left to give. Where is the middle ground in all that? There were talks last night between farmer's reps and the government and I have heard of no change or results.
In the meantime I am getting to know Popayan. I went out to dinner with Ximena her brother and niece last night. We had a lot of fun and it was a great dinner. Having good friends here helps to pass the time. There are far worse places to be stuck in the world.
At this point I have missed one appointment to ship the moto and canceled my flight to Miami. It is an experience for sure! It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. I figure my losses due to the protest at this point are just under $200. Not a huge deal and it is more the time than the money causing me stress. I had cut my trip short in hopes of going to visit my brother, sister and their kids. All that becomes much less likely with each day lost.
Small potatoes compared to possibly losing your livelihood but still important to me. I am still waiting in Popayan at this point.
Is this the adventure in adventure riding? haha
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Protest Boiling Point!!! or maybe mine I guess
Juan Valdez is now out of Torta de Chocolate (chocolate cake) and the state that Popayan is in has ceased ALL alcohol sales!!!
Its a slooooowwwwww painful death!! I hope I survive.
Working on a long shot now of getting me and my bike on a military herc that is bringing in supplies. It is a real long shot but a guy at the airport said there is a chance.
Also working on paperwork to keep my moto in country for 6 months and I can just take off and deal with down the road.
A day around Popayan again! Taking in the sights of the plaza.
Just like a town in US, right?
Cool old camera
These kids were having so much fun! Was great to see these kids totally having a blast outside and running around.
Guy at work seeing pigeon food
Hearing more rumors of this thing ending. I will keep my fingers crossed!
I like Popayan a lot but starting to get pretty stir crazy and feel like a prisoner
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Hey A K just caught up with your ride report. Good stuff. Look forward to seeing how my fellow colombians treat you on your way out. Nice if you could leave the bike, work some more and come back to do some more riding. Let me know if you need anything in Medellin in case you end up there again. Best wishes
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I think a free C-130 ride from Popayan to Cali courtsey of the Colombian military is pretty damn good treatment!!!
Trying to raise the bar on the "Adventure" part of Adventure Riding!
Colombia is one AWESOME place!!
Picks and post soon. Weak internet tonight so...I will try but no promises.
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Late afternoon March 2 I hear the protest is over!! I am pretty damn excited about that. I get all packed and I mean all but my tooth brush and I am hitting the road at 7 am. Bogota is between 11 and 13 hours and I am determine to do most or all of it in a day to get the bike ready to ship on Monday.
I get back to my hotel room and consider purchasing a new flight to Miami and something just doenst feel right. I have the news on and really start paying attention and typing words on the screen into google translate. I was reading what I thought I was reading. The protests have ended/ decreased in certain areas.
Shortly after that I get a text from Ximena saying she talked to Luis(the trucker) and he is till sitting in the same spot. Damn it. It is a little after midnight and I am tired so I crash. I might have cried myself to sleep. I sleep about 4 hours and then just toss and turn. There has to be a way!
I get up an dont really accomplish anything except goofing off on the computer. Joined facebook. Already want to cancel my account after a day. And before I run out for breakfast I decide to check Tango app one more time. I need wifi to make it work. There are several messages from Ximena saying that Manuel (Airport Fireman) called and there is a C-130 there he thinks I can get on. No Way!
I am out the door to the airport in about 20 min. I get there a little after 10 and it takes some doing to find Manuel or anyone that remotely knows my story from when I went to the airport a couple of days earlier.
There is a plane there but lots of people getting on it. So they tell me not this one but the next.
Plane 1
I am thinking yeah right, this can't be happening! Manuel escorts me and my bike to the tarmac side of the airport and now I am thinking this could really happen!
On the secured side...one step closer
Military C-130 (plane 2)
Mind you this was not my idea and I am really just going with the flow. The deal is that several C-130s have already come in. People that have needed to get out have as well as any medical situations are handled. So now these C-130s are leaving empty or with just a few people on them.
All the military guys and firefighters are very interested in my story. Most guys thought it was awesome and then there are always a few that are; "why". No matter how you explain it the still dont get why. They are the minority for sure.
Some of the military guys:
Where I spent most of my day. I talked to German. Another fire fighter that is learning english. A very interseting dude and very fun to talk to. He gave me a firefighter patch. Very cool. I thought I had a pic of him but I guess not.
I end up hanging out most of the day and the good saint of Popayan (Ximena) shows up a little later. Thank god b/c I was totally out of Spanish. Once she showed up things started happening! Guy comes to search my bike. They were all taking this so serious that at first he just acted like a dog sniffing my bike. After the jokes they did actually go through most bags.
Where I spent the rest of my day. There is Ximena with that cool stylish vest. I think by the time I left they had offered her a job at the airport! She knows how to get things done! I also took the pic right as she was finishing a big yawn! Your welcome for the action shot Ximena!
I had asked her brother if there were any jobs open at the family printing business b/c if I wasnt gone by Monday I was ready to start work.
One the printing biz products and a gift to me. Yearly planner
I went through and wrote ride moto on everyday of the year!
Unloading the plane and general airport activity during a minor crisis.
The man!! And boy do I mean it. Manuel just made things happen and it was all no big deal!
Had it not been for Ximena and Manuel this never would have happen. 2 people that just give without even thinking. Helping is just their nature. Either of them alone make a lasting impact on a person and then the two of them together just made me truly humble. Without even knowing they inspire others to be better people. This is not overstating it for me at all. To see how it is truly there nature to give and help is amazing.
There is no way to thank Ximena enough. She was a full time translator and gringo liaison. She was always making calls to the police and road information number to find out what was happening. Thank you just seems like it is not enough.
As for Manuel the guy was literally running around the airport trying to make it all happen. He is a goofy funny guy that is generous to his core. His ability to make things happen and have a great time doing was great to see in action. Thank you Manuel.
Holy shit...I think this is really going to happen...look how close my bike is to the plane!
There was one lady that did not like the idea at all! She was a woman of some authority too, so she made me a little nervous that she was going to kink the whole deal. She asked me what the US consulate said when I talked to them and I just had a dumb look on my face. Never once did I consider myself to be in a state of emergency, hence the idea of calling the US consulate never crossed my mind at all. The whole idea of putting my bike on a C-130 to Cali was hatched by people at the airport. It was all not a big deal to them. Their thought process was if there are empty C-130s leaving why wouldn't you put the moto on it? Manuel just said keep moving forward and it will be done before she even knows what happen. OK! I am just along for the ride.
Look at this!
The military dudes loved it. Even the pilots thought it was cool to put a sweet moto on their plane. It was happening now! Everyone wass just having too much fun with it!
A wave bye to the Saint/Angel of Popayan! Thanks again Ximena. I think logistics in crisis situations is your true calling!!!
Moto on and strapped down
Cant have too many pics of your bike on a Colombian C-130
30 min later
I am now in Armenia. 4-6 hours from Bogota depending on who you talk to.
A day for the ages for sure. One hell of a bday present to go from being trapped with no beer to free C-130 ride and lots of new friends. I kept the birthday thing quiet until the end. It kind of came up and then it was smiles all around. People loved that we were all pulling this off on my birthday.
The rumor is no more protest from here to Bogota or at least peaceful ones. I went through one just north of Palmira today and it was very cilil. Traffic passing by and guys with banners stating their cause.
Here am now just reflecting on the day and I think now really taking it all in.
Someone recently asked me if I was ready to go back to work? I hope they are following this RR. Would you be ready/want to go back to work? I mean this stuff will never happen again!!
Great times!! How can a person not want more of this?!?!?!
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Great Stuff!
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Hello from Prudhoe Bay
Awsome ride/adventure. Sounds like you met some really great people and thats what I found to be the most inspiring part of your posts. Columbia looks fantastic. Still chillin here at the Bay (currently -27F /-54F WIND CHILL). Loking forward to having a couple beers with AK Smitty...the next rounds on me.
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Thats is Fcuking AWESOME
U truly are blessed that the Colombians totally hooked u up.
Go party like a rock star for pulling that off.
Now I know why I want to ride there. Great People & the women
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wendy's no longer thinks a hamburger has to be 99 cents to be a deal.
NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks Corp. is rolling out a $1 reusable plastic cup at its cafes starting Thursday.
NEW YORK (AP) - Avis is leaping into the car-sharing service business by buying Zipcar for $491.2 million, aiming to capture a new type of customer and technology that will vastly expand its car rental options.
DETROIT (AP) - A healthier economy and more model introductions should push U.S. auto sales above the 15 million mark this year, predicts an auto industry research firm.
NEW YORK (AP) - A new Pew study reports that around 13 percent of Americans aged 16 and older used a mobile device to visit a library website during the past year.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - The signs have come down at the flagship store of the now-defunct Borders book store chain.
NEW YORK (AP) - Financial stocks had a stellar year in 2012, leading the industry groups in the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Utility companies were the worst performing group. Nine of the 10 sectors in the index advanced in 2012.
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market shot higher on Monday even as the "fiscal cliff" neared. By the time trading ended, Republicans and Democrats still hadn't reached a budget compromise - but investors were betting that they would.
Home builder Pulte leads year's gainers
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A federal judge will soon decide whether your next tank of gas or bottle of soda comes with a free apology from the Marlboro man and Joe Camel.
BEIJING (AP) - China on Wednesday opened the world's longest high-speed rail line that more than halves the time required to travel from the country's capital in the north to Guangzhou, an economic hub in southern China.
NEW YORK (AP) - Bargain-hungry Americans will need to go on a post-Christmas spending binge to salvage this holiday shopping season.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Treasury Department will begin taking steps on Friday to delay hitting the government's $16.4 trillion borrowing limit on Dec. 31.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Imagine a fitting room with a "smart" mirror that suggests jeans to go with the red shirt you brought in. It snaps a video so you can compare the image side-by-side with other colorful shirts you try on. It might even show you how the shirt will fit without you having to undress.
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"And did you get what/ you wanted from this life, even so?/ I did./ And what did you want?/ To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth."
So asked and answered Raymond Carver in "Late Fragment," a poem that later was inscribed on his gravestone. The lines resonate. By the end of his life Carver had come to feel a widespread acceptance, a love for his work and himself.
But it was a long time coming. And the man who was to become one of America's iconic short-story writers traveled a long, alcohol-sodden, tumultuous and often mean road to get to that state of being beloved, according to a definitive - and page-turning - biography by former Milwaukee-area resident Carol Sklenicka.
Carver's influence on the American short story of the late 20th century cannot be disputed. When he died in 1988 at 50, he left an oeuvre that had some critics calling him the American Chekhov or placing him alongside Ernest Hemingway. Now, two decades later, Slenicka's splendid "Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life" (Scribner, $35) finally examines the writer's life and work in total.
It is an admirable biography, meticulously researched, honestly observed, pulsing with details and masterfully written. Sklenicka, who has taught writing and literature at Marquette University as well as the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, is no slouch at critically appraising Carver's stories either, a skill that imparts additional dimension to her work.
"I have been a fan of Carver since I first read him in 1976, and then I got interested in the mid-1990s in writing a biography of him - simply because I wanted to read one and couldn't find one," she said in a phone interview last week from her home in the San Francisco Bay area. She was preparing for a book tour that includes a stop in Milwaukee on Thursday.
"I had been to Yakima, Washington, and had learned that Carver was from there, which got me very interested in reading about him. And the idea of doing research out West fascinated me, because I lived in Wisconsin and I missed the West."
Yakima, in the so-called fruit-bowl region of Washington, reminded Sklenicka of San Luis Obispo, Calif., where she was born and where her father had been in the produce packing business, shipping green beans and cantaloupe.
Sklenicka started researching about 10 years ago, visiting Yakima repeatedly, talking to everyone who had known the Carvers, including men who had worked with Carver's dad, a lumbermill worker, and his friend who had taken the young Carver goose hunting.
She noticed that everything she found, along the entire span of Carver's short life, showed up in one way or another in his stories. When he married Maryann Burk, his high school sweetheart - he was 19, she 17 - details from their honeymoon in a Seattle hotel crept into his notebooks. Carver wrote about the working class people he knew.
"Taking something that had happened to him or someone he knew and turning it into a story allowed Carver to let his mind be bold and self-protective at the same time," Sklenicka writes. The overweight young Carver, she says, was shy and always wanted acceptance. It was a need he was unable to let go of until well into his success as a writer.
Sklenicka explores several influences on Carver, but three jump out: Carver's great love for and rocky relationship with Maryann, whom he mistreated and ended up leaving about 11 years before his death; the wholesale changes - some approved by Carver, some not - that his famous editor Gordon Lish (the self-styled Captain Fiction) made to Carver's stories; and, overriding everything, Carver's alcoholism.
Ravages of alcohol
The picture that emerges of Carver as a man is unforgiving: he's a drunken jerk. The picture of him as writer forgives: he's single-mindedly in pursuit of his art, boozed up or otherwise.
Maryann, herself a drinker, enabled Carver's drinking. And a drunk and jealous Carver would hit her, once banging her head against the pavement and another time severing an artery near her ear with a wine bottle.
"The most difficult material was his alcoholism," Sklenicka acknowledged. "I had not known about alcoholics. It boggles the mind how someone who is said to be gentle can hit his wife over the head with a wine bottle and sever her artery. I had to understand the physiology of the disease. . . . It's been well-known that American writers have been drinkers. But there's a lot of neuroscience that hasn't been applied to writers. So I wanted to understand it. What does this mean? If it is beyond someone's control, what happens?"
Despite everything, Maryann was fiercely loyal to Carver, believing in him as a writer, and working several jobs, including waiting tables, to help support him and their two children. Carver also worked odd jobs off and on, but when his wife became a teacher at 30, he was able to concentrate on his writing.
When his first collection of stories, "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?" was published in 1976, he dedicated the book to Maryann - "a fruit of their nineteen married years."
But Carver had affairs, one of them with Diane Cecily, a woman he met in Montana, where he was at a workshop. Three years later, Cecily married Carver's friend, the novelist Chuck Kinder. The Kinders, still happily together today in Pittsburgh, took Sklenicka into their home, introducing her to friends to help along her research.
Eventually, Carver joined AA, left Maryann, became sober, and 14 months later, in 1978, began a relationship with poet Tess Gallagher. He married her the year he died.
Sklenicka also exhaustively read and compared different versions of Carver stories in the Lilly Library at Indiana University in an effort to explain Lish's editing. "Carver and Lish. That was very interesting. It's a drama - the two of them," Sklenicka said on the phone. "There are certain places where I prefer Carver's version and sometimes Lish's. So it's not an open-and-shut case. They do have different sensibilities."
The wonderful title of Carver's third collection, the 1981 "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," for example, was Lish's work.
Sklenicka said there might be a missing manuscript or two indicating what Carver may have wanted. "There were versions A, B and C. It's hard to indentify a version B in what's there in the library," she said. "There would be a version that Lish edited and Carver said that's fine and then Lish re-edited and that's the version Carver objected to. . . . But it's hard to tell. Carver did object, but then he would say OK."
Carver's widow, Gallagher, was one of the few people who refused to talk to the biographer.
In the end, Sklenicka said, two important things should be remembered about Carver: "He was a tremendously influential writer on other writers (and) he is a very literary writer who has readers. He's not just a writer's writer, he's a writer that general readers can read."


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Ray breaks even
Texans equal with Tigers in district race
This District 28-5A baseball race is guaranteeing furrowed brows and continued graying process of the hair for the high school teams' coaches.
The wide-open scenario played out again in Thursday's opener at the Cabaniss Field diamond when Ray foisted itself back into the fray by beating Carroll 7-3. That pulls the Texans even with the Tigers at 4-3 in the district standings, a game out of the lead. Moody, a 7-3 winner at Victoria Memorial, and King, which beat Miller 6-1 in the nightcap at Cabaniss, head the field at 5-2.
"Oh, Lord, it's up and down for our guys," longtime Ray coach Mario DeLeon said. "It's always been a tough district but now, it's like anyone on any given night, and I know you hear that a lot from the coaches.
"But there's five teams, and even Miller if you take them lightly, they can beat you."
No longer is this district top heavy with one or two superior ballclubs. Parity is ruling this season's playoff hunt.
"It's not easy," said Carroll coach Lee Yeager, whose Tigers beat the Texans in the teams' first meeting 5-2. "It's just that every night everybody's good. You just have to battle every night."
The 23-5 Texans and left-hander Roy Ferdin (6-1) survived Rudy Garcia's first-inning line-drive home run to piece together decent innings when it counted, something Ray hadn't been accomplishing of late, DeLeon said.
"We hadn't been hitting the ball as well as we'd like, but it's been with guys on base," DeLeon said. "It's when you get the hits, that's important."
Kevin Avila's sacrifice fly evened the score in the bottom of the first, and Ray added two runs in the second on Mark Price's RBI triple and Luis Marroquin's run-scoring grounder off Carroll starter Jeremy Narvaez (6-3).
The Texans chased Narvaez in the fourth after two were out and after failing to convert a pickoff play. Ferdin and Price reached via singles, with Mark Dives, Ferdin's courtesy runner, barely avoiding being put out on a pickoff during Price's at-bat. Regardless, Kenneth Avila reached on an error to score both runners and a 5-1 lead. Jon Irvine walked, prompting Yeager to lift Narvaez for Pete Neff.
But Trey Crain walked and Kevin Avila delivered a two-run single to center to boost Ray's lead to 7-1.
"I think we made a few plays in the middle of the game that hurt us," Yeager said.
Ferdin seemed to settle in after Garcia's first-inning homer although it was a labor. Carroll was only able to touch him for two more unearned runs in the fifth. Aided by a two-out error, Garcia again provided the punch with a two-run single.
Ferdin finished the complete game by throwing 128 pitches, 76 for strikes. He struck out six and scattered seven hits. Yet he was effective enough to keep the district into a multiple-team fracas.
"It's been very interesting this year. It's definitely a very competitive district," DeLeon said. "Whatever team can get out of here into the playoffs is definitely going to be tested with close ballgames. That's good, but it also puts a lot of pressure on everybody."
Added Yeager: "Everybody's in it right now. We've just got to take each game we play, and if the last one means something we hope we can win it."
Ray 7, Carroll 3
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Ray120400x - -791
Jeremy Narvaez, Pete Neff (4) and Zach Luevanos. Roy Ferdin (5-1) and James Tankersley. W - Ferdin (6-1). L - Narvaez (6-3). HR - Carroll, Rudy Garcia. Records - Carroll 4-3 district, 16-10 overall; Ray 4-3, 23-5.
Highlights - Carroll, Garcia 2-4, solo HR, 3RBI. Ray, Kevin Avila 2-2, SF, 3RBI; Mark Price 2-3, RBI 3B, 2R; Luis Marroquin RBI; Ferdin 2-3, 2R, 6Ks; Jon Irvine 2-4.
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