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What Is Diabetes?
Diabetes in cats is a complex disease caused by either a lack of the hormone insulin or an inadequate response to insulin. After a cat eats, her digestive system breaks food into various components, including glucose—which is carried into her cells by insulin. When a cat does not produce insulin or cannot utilize it normally, her blood sugar levels elevate. The result is hyperglycemia, which, if left untreated, can cause many complicated health problems for a cat.
It is important to understand, however, that diabetes is considered a manageable disorder—and many diabetic cats can lead happy, healthy lives. Some may even go into remission!
What Type of Diabetes Do Most Cats Get?
Diabetes can be classified as either type I (lack of insulin production) or type II (impaired insulin production along with an inadequate response to the hormone).
Cats with type II diabetes can progress to type I diabetes. In fact, by the time most cats are diagnosed with diabetes, they are identified as having the type I disorder. These cats require insulin therapy for survival. Cats with type II disease may respond to other forms of therapy.
What Are the Symptoms of Diabetes in Cats?
The following are signs that your cat may be diabetic:
- Change in appetite (either increased or decreased)
- Weight loss
- Excessive thirst/increase in water consumption
- Increased urination
- Urinating in areas other than litter box
- Unusually sweet-smelling breath
- Lethargy
- Dehydration
- Unkempt hair coat
- Urinary tract infection
What Causes Diabetes in Cats?
The exact cause of diabetes is unknown. Genetics, pancreatic disease, certain medications and abnormal protein deposits in the pancreas can play a role in causing this disorder.
Which Cats Are Prone to Diabetes?
The most important factors in the development of diabetes seem to be obesity, gender (male cats are more commonly afflicted than females) and age.
How Is Diabetes Diagnosed?
To properly diagnose diabetes, your veterinarian will collect information about clinical signs, perform a physical examination and check blood work and urinalysis.
How Is Diabetes Treated?
Every diabetic cat is an individual and will respond differently to therapy. Diabetes treatment is based on how severe the signs of disease are and whether there are any other health issues that could complicate therapy.
- Some cats are seriously ill when first diagnosed and require intensive hospitalized care for several days to regulate their blood sugar levels.
- Cats who are more stable when first diagnosed may respond to oral medication or a high-fiber diet.
- For most cats, insulin injections are necessary for adequate regulation of blood glucose. Once your pet's individual insulin treatment is established, typically based on weight, you will be shown how to give him his insulin injections at home.
Your vet may also show you how to perform glucose tests at home. Other routine blood work may also be necessary.
What Should I Know About Treating My Diabetic Cat at Home?
As your veterinarian will explain, it's important to always give your cat insulin at the same time every day and feed her regular meals in conjunction with her medication; this allows increased nutrients in the blood to coincide with peak insulin level. This will lessen the chance that her sugar levels will swing either too high or too low. You can work with your vet to create a feeding schedule around your pet's medication time. It is also important to avoid feeding your diabetic cat treats that are high in glucose.
How Can Diabetes Be Prevented?
A proper diet and regular exercise can go a long way to avoid the development of feline diabetes. Aside from other negative effects, obesity is known to contribute to insulin resistance.
What Should I Do If I Think My Cat Has Diabetes?
If your cat is showing any abnormal clinical signs as listed above, make an appointment to see your veterinarian immediately.
What Can Happen if Diabetes Goes Untreated?
If a diabetic cat is not treated, he can develop kidney disease, neurological disorders or other metabolic diseases. Cats with type I diabetes require insulin therapy for survival.


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europe ?
and what about ca in europe ?
europe ?
and what about ca in europe ?
we definitely plan to expand into Europe within the near future. We want to ensure we have a clean and successful first season so we can facilitate growth for more mods and other regions. I will keep everyone posted once we get the ball rolling for the North America CA Season 1.
I have some concerns regarding the CA league..
I was under the impression that the league was 4v4. However per the Clan Arena League page at http://www.quakeliveleague.com/sign-up/ : "This league will feature teams of 5 to 8 players competing in weekly Clan Arena matches."
Making it 5v5 or larger has two major drawbacks:
1. Games will become more random.
2. It will be more difficult for teams to get the necessary number of players as 5 are required instead of 4, and it can be difficult to get 4 when there are availability problems, unless you have a large enough clan such that enough players are sure to be available.
3. Previous Clan Arena leagues in Europe featured 4v4 play, making it more of a standard.
4. Having games be "5 to 8 players" introduces a negotiation issue. Perhaps one team wishes to play a 7v7, another a 5v5. A dispute arises. How is this resolved?
The other concern I have is over the maps.
The map list as mentioned on the same page is as follows:
Almost Lost
Hells Gate Redux
Hidden Fortress
Three Story
Two of these maps, "Three Story" and "Hell's Gate Redux" are poorly suited for 4v4 play. At most these would work for 3v3, and more ideally for 2v2.
Removing these would still leave what is in my opinion, a large list of maps, there being 8 total.
thank you for expressing your concerns. The signup page might have been misleading when it states teams will have 5-8 players. To clarify, teams are not at all required to play 5on5 whatsoever. The standard will always be 4vs4. However, if team captains choose to, they have the option to play 5on5. The majority of teams will opt for the standard 4vs4. The purpose of having 5-8 players is primarily for substitution purposes so that you have at the bare minimum one sub for all of your players on your first line roster (provided you have a full roster of 8 players). If you are one of the teams that only have 5 players, that fifth player is so you have a minimum of one substitution should something come up.
With regards to the map pool selection, there has been some concerns as you have stated. We would like to stay with a map pool of 10 maps so please voice your suggestions for two replacement maps instead of Three Story and Hell's Gate Redux. If we feel that the maps are insufficient choices me may take the route of selecting the 8 as you mentioned.
You can email me your suggestions or post them here if you like:
[email protected]
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My clan mate wrl had some comments on this:With regards to the map pool selection, there has been some concerns as you have stated. We would like to stay with a map pool of 10 maps so please voice your suggestions for two replacement maps instead of Three Story and Hell's Gate Redux. If we feel that the maps are insufficient choices me may take the route of selecting the 8 as you mentioned.
wrl: Why 10? The most conceivably needed is 7
wrl: drop drop A-pick B-pick B-pick A-pick remainder-pick
wrl: 7 is the most needed for Bo5, for example: dm6, trinity, quarantine, asylum, hiddenfortress, overkill, almostlost
I tend to agree, as it already plenty of work to prepare this many maps.
Nonetheless I made a map list here using all the maps in the current baseq3 directory:
The CTF maps are not available for use in Clan Arena, and the duel maps make miserable CA maps, although Terminatria is probably large enough to support 4v4 CA.
Hellsgateredux and ThreeStory belong under "small ca".
So the categories are Very Large Ca, TDM and Misc.
Narrowing it down further, while still suspending my own prejudices (and imo my better judgement!) I get this list:
This leaves 32 maps to choose from that are at least large enough for 4v4 CA. However the vast majority, if not all of them aren't very good for it in my opinion.
I'll look into narrowing this list further by asking people's opinions and visiting the maps myself. That's all I have for now.
how about 2 on 2 and 3 on 3 ca ?
Most of my friends prefer 2 on 2 ca ...
i prefer 3 on 3 ...
everything more than 3 on 3 has much of a luck involved, not so much of a teamplay (stick together is not a teamplay, its camping and spaming, or rushing all together ... and thats not fun at all) ... 3 on 3 is the most realistic view of a teamplay in ca ...
there is a big difference between ca and tdm and ctf ...
i think that 3 on 3 is best ...
how about some voting pool for ts ?
I agree with you completely.
I think a 2v2 or 3v3 tournament would be completely different though, involve different teams and different maps.
An idea for next time maybe as Crow is already running two tournaments!

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A motorcyclist was injured late yesterday afternoon when he ran into the rear of a stopped pickup truck. The accident occurred at about 4pm on Hardin Street in Boone, the motorcyclist striking the rear of the truck, flipping the cyclist into the back of the truck where his head struck the tailgate.
Medics rushed the man to Watauga Medical Center where Boone Police say he had a CAT scan for brain injury that appeared to have favorable results, and injuries were regarded as not serious. Boone Police have the accident under investigation.
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42 U.S. Code § 7701 - Congressional findings
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The Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) All 50 States are vulnerable to the hazards of earthquakes, and at least 39 of them are subject to major or moderate seismic risk, including Alaska, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington. A large portion of the population of the United States lives in areas vulnerable to earthquake hazards.
(2) Earthquakes have caused, and can cause in the future, enormous loss of life, injury, destruction of property, and economic and social disruption. With respect to future earthquakes, such loss, destruction, and disruption can be substantially reduced through the development and implementation of earthquake hazards reduction measures, including
(3) An expertly staffed and adequately financed earthquake hazards reduction program, based on Federal, State, local, and private research, planning, decisionmaking, and contributions would reduce the risk of such loss, destruction, and disruption in seismic areas by an amount far greater than the cost of such program.
(4) A well-funded seismological research program in earthquake prediction could provide data adequate for the design, of an operational system that could predict accurately the time, place, magnitude, and physical effects of earthquakes in selected areas of the United States.
(5) The geological study of active faults and features can reveal how recently and how frequently major earthquakes have occurred on those faults and how much risk they pose. Such long-term seismic risk assessments are needed in virtually every aspect of earthquake hazards management, whether emergency planning, public regulation, detailed building design, insurance rating, or investment decision.
(6) The vulnerability of buildings, lifelines, public works, and industrial and emergency facilities can be reduced through proper earthquake resistant design and construction practices. The economy and efficacy of such procedures can be substantially increased through research and development.
(7) Programs and practices of departments and agencies of the United States are important to the communities they serve; some functions, such as emergency communications and national defense, and lifelines, such as dams, bridges, and public works, must remain in service during and after an earthquake. Federally owned, operated, and influenced structures and lifelines should serve as models for how to reduce and minimize hazards to the community.
(8) The implementation of earthquake hazards reduction measures would, as an added benefit, also reduce the risk of loss, destruction, and disruption from other natural hazards and manmade hazards, including hurricanes, tornadoes, accidents, explosions, landslides, building and structural cave-ins, and fires.
(9) Reduction of loss, destruction, and disruption from earthquakes will depend on the actions of individuals, and organizations in the private sector and governmental units at Federal, State, and local levels. The current capability to transfer knowledge and information to these sectors is insufficient. Improved mechanisms are needed to translate existing information and research findings into reasonable and usable specifications, criteria, and practices so that individuals, organizations, and governmental units may make informed decisions and take appropriate actions.
(10) Severe earthquakes are a worldwide problem. Since damaging earthquakes occur infrequently in any one nation, international cooperation is desirable for mutual learning from limited experiences.
Source(Pub. L. 95–124, § 2,Oct. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 1098; Pub. L. 101–614, § 2,Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3231.)
1990—Pars. (5) to (11). Pub. L. 101–614added pars. (5) to (7), struck out former pars. (5) and (6), and redesignated former pars. (7) to (10) as (8) to (11), respectively. Prior to amendment, pars. (5) and (6) read as follows:
"(5) An operational earthquake prediction system can produce significant social, economic, legal, and political consequences.
"(6) There is a scientific basis for hypothesizing that major earthquakes may be moderated, in at least some seismic areas, by application of the findings of earthquake control and seismological research."
Short Title of 2004 Amendment
Pub. L. 108–360, title I, § 101,Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1668, provided that: "This title [amending sections 7703, 7704, and 7706 to 7708 of this title] may be cited as the 'National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2004'."
Short Title of 2000 Amendment
Pub. L. 106–503, title II, § 201,Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2304, provided that: "This title [enacting sections 7707 to 7709 of this title, amending sections 7703, 7704, and 7706 of this title, repealing section 7705d of this title, enacting provisions set out as a note under this section, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 7704 of this title] may be cited as the 'Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of 2000'."
Short Title of 1990 Amendment
Pub. L. 101–614, § 1,Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3231, provided that: "This Act [enacting sections 7705a to 7705e, amending this section and sections 7702 to 7705, and 7706 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 7704, 7705b, and 7705e of this title] may be cited as the 'National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act'."
Short Title
Pub. L. 95–124, § 1,Oct. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 1098, provided: "That this Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977'."
Delegation of Functions
Functions of President under Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 delegated, transferred, or reassigned to Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to sections 1–104 and 4–204 of Ex. Ord. No. 12148, July 20, 1979, 44 F.R. 43239, as amended, set out as a note under section 5195 of this title.
Report on At-Risk Populations
Pub. L. 106–503, title II, § 207,Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2307, required the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to transmit to Congress a report no later than 1 year after Nov. 13, 2000, describing the elements of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program that specifically addressed the needs of at-risk populations.
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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate
Sometimes an issue comes down the road and it is hard to say who is right or wrong about it. Such an issue is the vote last week by the taxation board to discontinue the Redevelopment District in downtown Price.
While I have lived here only 13 years, I have seen a real difference in the downtown area in a positive way, despite the fact that one of the biggest of box stores moved the outskirts of the city about the time I moved here. At present there seems to be a vitality that I can't remember there. Certainly some of that is due to the low interest rates that developers and potential business owners can get right now, but maybe Mayor Joe Piccolo is right; the RDA is finally giving the business owners and potential owners the feeling that the city is friendly toward them and their businesses. The RDA has only been able to give businesses a small part of an investment to get them going, but anything is better than nothing. For instance, according to sources at the meeting the new James Banasky building that is going up on the corner where Center Texaco used to be will cost almost a million dollars and all the RDA can give toward that is $15,000. Sure it's not a lot in terms of total value, but it is something.
On the other hand I've seen the other agencies on the taxing boards point of view. Price has had 25 years to utilize the money from the RDA and now it is time for those agencies to start to reap the benefit of the higher tax levels that were created by them foregoing the incremental tax increases that went on over time.
Both the county and school district are caught in money binds. The counties tax base is not growing, in fact it may be declining. The school district is loosing more students every year making it harder and harder to operate in the black. And despite the cities proposal to not take as much, they still felt they needed all that they had been giving up over the past 25 years.
It's a tough position to be in. There are always at least two sides to every story, but seldom can you find a situation where both sides are right and deserve a break.
My hope is that they can find some common ground that will work for both of them.


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Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller
"FOX" is an edge-of-the-seat suspense thriller that moves at high speed between the bustling metropolis of Bombay and the beautiful beaches of Goa.The story of a young, successful criminal lawyer, Arjun Kapoor whose knowledge and aggressive interpretation of the law makes him a name to reckon with. He is reputed to have never lost a case and can get anyone acquitted, no matter what the crime. No wonder criminals swear by his name. Arjun loves being famous and successful and spends little time thinking about the moral issues relating to his work. After years of saving criminals from punishment, one day, torn with guilt, he decides to quit his law practice and change for good. However, someone seems to be unwilling to let him go so easily. Now, Arjun is in a race to save himself and must use the help of his girlfriend Urvashi and a local Goa police officer Yash Deshmukh before it's too late.
Cast: Arjun Rampal, Sunny Deol, Udita Goswami, Sagrika Ghatge
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Mission Statement
The Classics Program in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies offers students the opportunity to study, and to develop life-long interest in, the languages, literatures, thought, and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world (Greece, Rome, areas affected/influenced by them) and their influence on later ages. By grappling with the familiar and the unfamiliar, with civilizations that are simultaneously part of us and distinctly other, Classics majors, whatever their career goals, are uniquely challenged to broaden their perspectives, to hone their critical-thinking skills, and to improve their speaking and writing skills.
Majors and Minors in Classical Studies
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Classics at BU involves in-depth study of the ancient Greek, Roman, and Mediterranean worlds under faculty as expert in their respective fields as they are dedicated to their teaching. We work closely and intensively with students not simply on their language skills (ancient Greek and Latin, all levels) but on the cultures that used them and spread them from Scotland to Egypt, from present-day Morocco to the Persian Gulf. We also work closely with students to advise them how best to leverage a degree in Classical Studies toward a rewarding career.
Our courses run from two-semester elementary language course to advanced language and literature courses to a variety of courses in culture and civilization and at a variety of levels. All our instruction is done by highly qualified professors, in classes where each student's learning needs and capacities receive focused attention. Each instructor also covers survey courses designed to serve a broad range of students, including those who are not Classics majors.
Major Tracks
Classics, Greek and Latin is designed to provide thorough and rigorous training in ancient Greek and Latin, the principal languages and literatures of the ancient Mediterranean world and beyond. Our majors have found doors opening for them in a variety of fields: teaching, scholarship (including PhD work in Classics, archaeology, etc.), careers of all sorts. Specializing in one of the two languages, ancient Greek or Latin, students enrolled in this major take at least four semesters in that language plus at least two semesters of study in the other. Their program is rounded out with coursework in ancient civilization, history, culture, and so on.
See also our dedicated Greek and Latin pages.
Classical Civilization is a flexible program, putting together studies of Greek, Roman, and Mediterranean history, culture and literature from various departments and including medieval and Near Eastern elements, without requiring Latin or Greek language study though we always encourage it.
Latin is designed to provide thorough and rigorous training in ancient Latin. Majors may leverage the training this major provides toward advancement in a variety of fields, including teaching. (Majors of ours have gained admission to Master of Arts in Teaching [MAT] programs in Latin.) Or the enrichment Latin majors gain can supplement training in other disciplines, including Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Either way, this major holds many possibilities for students.
Students majoring in Latin will take a minimum of five courses beyond the 102 level, one course in Roman History, plus additional courses in culture, civilization, and so on to round out their program.
Minor Tracks
We also offer three minor tracks: in Greek, in Latin, in Classical Civilization.


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What do you guys think of the new Microsoft home server 2007
has any one had a chance to check it out
please let me know what you think of it
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I've been playing with the 120 day evaluation pack in a VMware sandbox, and it looks pretty much like Server 2003 with a kinder, gentler face. Before you install an evaluation version on real hardware, though, be aware of one fact. (I called Microsoft's marketing support, and verified this.) Microsoft has NO PLANS to allow evaluation copies of Windows Home Server to be converted to licensed copies. THE ONLY WAY TO GET A LICENSED COPY OF WHS IS TO BUY A SERVER WITH WHS INSTALLED! This means that, when your evaluation or beta expires, you COULD be left with a large paperweight. The weenie that I spoke to was very vague about exactly what would happen when the evaluation period ended. I, for one, am not ready to risk having to reload a system from scratch if WHS does stop working, so my home server will continue to be based on OpenSuSE.


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Jenna's favorite thing about working at Evangel is being able to meet such incredible young people and help guide them through such an exciting time in their lives.
"The thing I appreciate most about Evangel is the professors," Jenna says. "They pour into students academically, spiritually and personally. They care about students all of the time, not just while they are sitting in their classroom."
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eG Foodblog: smallworld - Spring in Tokyo
Posted 02 March 2008 - 04:29 PM
I'm more of a lurker here on eGullet and mostly stay in the Japan forum-- I just checked and I have a grand total of 606 posts. I also just noticed that I joined in March 8th 2003, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate 5 years of eGullet membership than this foodblog.
I actually have a regular blog, which is almost a foodblog, but I post just a few times a week so this will be a bit more intense than usual. I think it will be fun though, and I hope you enjoy it. I'll be happy to answer any questions, although among the frequent posters in the Japan forum I am probably the least knowledgeable about Japanese food. I'm also happy to take requests: if there is any particular food or dish you are interested in I'll see if I can make it.
Let's get to it then. I just ate this:
Fruit salad with strawberry, apple, banana and kiwi; homemade yogurt. Eaten in front of the computer, this was my pre-breakfast-- I'll have oatmeal later. I sometimes eat in stages like that because I don't have much of an appetite in the mornings.
I'll post a bit more about myself later, but right now it's time for my morning coffee. See you in a bit!
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Posted 02 March 2008 - 04:40 PM
and how you deal with any cravings for western food while there( i did read your blog about the jamaican food. great writing and with a sense of humor). blog on......
and i can relate to your eating in stages.
Joe Gould
Monstrous Depravity (1963)
Posted 02 March 2008 - 05:54 PM
It's spring in Tokyo already? OK, now I remember it - How the weather is like in Tokyo around this time of the year. (I'm still in the middle of winter!)
Posted 02 March 2008 - 06:13 PM
I had a bowl of strawberries for breakfast as well, since they're ridiculously cheap at the supermarket. 180 yen for a punnet of small ones - why does anyone ever buy the big ones? I think the small ones are sweeter.
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Posted 02 March 2008 - 06:17 PM
* Pickles foodblog
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Posted 02 March 2008 - 06:32 PM
I like the way you think. I am pretty sure I need a pre-breakfast as well. Reminds me of that quote from Lord of the Rings: "I don't think he's heard of second breakfast, Pip."
Fruit salad with strawberry, apple, banana and kiwi; homemade yogurt. Eaten in front of the computer, this was my pre-breakfast-- I'll have oatmeal later. I sometimes eat in stages like that because I don't have much of an appetite in the mornings.
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Posted 02 March 2008 - 07:16 PM
I like the way you think. I am pretty sure I need a pre-breakfast as well. Reminds me of that quote from Lord of the Rings: "I don't think he's heard of second breakfast, Pip."
Fruit salad with strawberry, apple, banana and kiwi; homemade yogurt. Eaten in front of the computer, this was my pre-breakfast-- I'll have oatmeal later. I sometimes eat in stages like that because I don't have much of an appetite in the mornings.
It's so nice to know there are others with this particular quirk. My SO and I also can't eat much in the mornings for the first meal, but another small one a little later suits well. (She's much more sensitive - only a few bites for the first one.)
We've taken to calling the latter 'second breakfast,' in complete seriousness.
Amateur protein denaturer, Maillard reaction experimenter, & gourmand-at-large
Posted 02 March 2008 - 07:59 PM
Oatmeal with raisins and toasted walnuts. I made it in my rice cooker, which is pretty ingenuous if I may say so myself, because it saves me from burning a pot and ruining breakfast. Which is what used to happen quite regularly (my kitchen is tiny and there's no way I'm going to stand in it watching my oatmeal for 20 minutes), and last month I burnt a good pot so badly that it took two weeks of soaking and scrubbing to get it back to normal. That inspired me to try it in the rice cooker, and to my great joy it worked, and to my greater joy the rice pot is a breeze to clean. It's not as good as properly made stove-top oatmeal (especially when the oats are toasted with butter first), but is far better than rolled oats.
My husband prefers rolled oats, sadly (it's a Japanese thing, same goes for rice and bread-- the whiter, softer and mushier the better), so I only make this for myself. He had some sweets leftover from a lunch that my sister-in-law made yesterday, but that was hours ago. He's long gone for work, and it's high time I started my day as well.
These are the supplies for today's shopping trip:
Reusable shopping bags: all different, as I am forever searching for the perfect one-- still haven't found it.
Wallet: full of yen and ready to be stuffed with receipts, which I collect.
Tissues: it's hayfever season here.
House and bike keys: I'm shopping by bike today. It's a lovely day and I prefer to walk but this is the biggest shop of the week and my bike basket holds much more than my hands can.
Cell phone: huge and clunky by Japanese standards. Last year when I went home for a visit my brother saw it and said "aren't Japanese cell phones supposed to all tiny and cool looking?" and held his up for comparison-- it was smaller than mine. But it's waterproof and shockproof, which comes in real handy for a klutz like me. It also has an electronic compass, which doesn't really come in handy at all.
Shopping list: in the form of a little notebook and 100% inspired by the shopping list thread (I told you I'm a lurker). This is one of the greatest things I've gotten out of eGullet. Not that shopping lists are new to me, but remembering to actually bring them along? That's brand-new. Thanks eGullet. I've written in bus schedules and a wine vintage guide written on the front and back covers, which are both quite helpful.
Sunglasses: never leave home without them, all year long.
Posted 02 March 2008 - 08:06 PM
OnigiriFB, I will totally be doing some spring-related food. I love love love the way the seasons are celebrated through food here, and spring is one of my favourite seasons (what am I talking about, I say that for every season!)
Hiroyuki, it is certainly spring-like. The ume blossoms are out and today's high is predicted to be 14C.
Nakji, I'm so jealous. I haven't seen strawberries for under 300 yen yet, and I've only ever seen the small ones once. They were labeled "jam you" (for jam-making) for some reason. I love the small ones too and can't figure out why nobody else does.
I'm glad I'm not the only one to eat two breakfasts! I'd forgotten all about the LOTR "second breakfast" but I like it much better than "pre-breakfast".
Posted 02 March 2008 - 11:41 PM
I did my big shop at a discount supermarket which, because it's a bit far away (15 minutes by bike) and not on a regular route of mine, I only go to once every one or two weeks. But it's cheap and has good fresh seafood and meat so I go when I can. On the way there are a few smaller supermarkets, which I ignore, and a few vegetable stands. The one above is a good one, with lots of produce that lasts until mid-afternoon, but usually everything is sold out by the time I get there. Like most vegetable stands here it goes by the honour system, which I think is just great. A few local farmers have upgraded to lockers, but I suspect it's more to do with the inherent Japanese love for gadgets and machines than any problems with people stealing their produce.
That's my bike in the centre, all loaded up. It was a present from my husband two Christmases ago and I love it. It has dual suspension and gears (just 6 though) like a mountain bike, but a comfy seat, low bar and shopping basket like a charinko (the cheap shopping bike favoured by housewives). I dreamed of such a hybrid for years before he found one. I do kind of want a rear shopping basket like on the two bikes behind mine in the picture, but that would make it much harder to park in a crowded bike parking lot.
This is what I just bought. It all came to 5875** yen and everything except for the bananas and raisins is domestically produced. I try to avoid imports as much as I can, which can be expensive. Stuff like lemons and kabocha squash are easily grown in Japan but the imports are usually more widely available and are sold for half the price--or better--of their domestic counterparts. If it's kabocha than I just don't buy it, but there aren't many substitutes for lemons so I end up paying 100 yen or more for tiny domestic ones.
Nakji, you brought me good luck by mentioning cheap strawberries: this place actually had the little ones for 180 per pack. I was so happy I bought 4!
Today's lunch: chirashi-zushi (scattered sushi). This is one of the special foods for Hina Matsuri (the doll festival, a holiday for girls). It is sushi rice topped with tobiko (flying fish roe), thin sliced omelet, sakura dembu (fish paste that is highly sweetened, dyed bright pink and dried to a moist powder), soy-braised dried shiitake, renkon (lotus root), boiled shrimp, nanohana (rapini) and ikura (salmon roe). It cost 598 yen and is a very fancy lunch; I usually eat leftovers or at the most will buy a few pieces of futomaki-zushi (thick-rolled sushi). It wasn't bad but was rather sweet and just reminded me how good home-made chirashi-zushi is (not by me-- I mean home-made by other people).
Here is an example of good home-made chirashi-zushi. Yesterday my husband and I went to my sister-in-law's place to celebrate Hina matsuri with her husband and daughter, 3. SIL made a great feast, with a healthy grown-up type of chirashi-zushi topped with smoked salmon, ikura and omelete. It was way batter than today's lunch.
For dessert she made sakura mochi, which is sweet red bean paste wrapped with mochi (sticky rice) and a preserved cherry leaf, and dango (rice flour balls) with mitarashi (a thick sauce made with soy sauce and sugar) and sakura-an (sweet white bean paste flavoured with preserved cherry blossoms).
Hina matsuri is really for girls and their families, and since I don't have kids we don't celebrate it and I don't know much about it. But if you're curious there is a thread about it in the Japan forum here.
** I'm going to just use yen for this blog since I don't really follow exchange rates. According to the Currency Converter, 100 yen is currently worth 0.97 USD, 0.96 CD and 0.64 Euros.
Edited by smallworld, 02 March 2008 - 11:47 PM.
Posted 03 March 2008 - 12:03 AM
OnigiriFB, I've met Kristin and her family once, at a non-food related event: we were part of a panel /audience for a TV show-- Kristin has been on TV so many times she is practically a celebrity! I really do hope there is a Tokyo eGullet get together soon so I can see here again and meet some other folks.
Suzilightning, there are only a few cravings that can't be fulfilled here, as Tokyo has nearly every type of cuisine there is. The only three items I've never ever been able to find are patties (I mean Jamaican hot patties), smoked mussels, and pierogies. Certain cuisines, like Greek, can be hard to find, and some international foods are either not authentic or inauthentic in different way than in Canada. Pho falls into the former category (I've yet to find good pho here) and Chinese in the former (I like the Japanized Chinese food here but it's not the same as Canadianized Chinese food).
When I can't find something here I usually just wait until my next trip home-- I get back every two years or so. After all, there is a LOT of good food here to distract me. Sometimes though I just go ahead and attempt making it myself. I've done patties (good but not close enough to the real thing to justify all the work) and pho (well worth the effort) and will hopefully do pierogies soon.
As far as ingredients (like those smoked mussels) go, my mom kindly sends me a few care packages a year and a few times I've done an exchange with people who got in touch with me through my blog, where I send stuff from Japan and they send me stuff from N. America. I'm always touched that strangers are willing to be so helpful. I find though that the longer I live here, the less I need stuff from home.
Posted 03 March 2008 - 12:46 AM
I'm reading along, trying to get a sense of you. How about filling in some more background for those of us who don't know you?
"She sells shiso by the seashore."
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Posted 03 March 2008 - 03:59 AM
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Posted 03 March 2008 - 04:53 AM
-overheard from a 105 year old man
"The only time to eat diet food is while waiting for the steak to cook" - Julia Child
Posted 03 March 2008 - 06:07 AM
I was born and grew up in Brampton, a suburban city northwest of Toronto. I never imagined I'd go to, much less live in, Japan, but I always did have an interest in Eastern cultures. One of my few memories from my elementary school days was when we studied Japan in grade 3, I found it fascinating.
I have a younger brother, who still lives at home with his girlfriend (our basement has been remodeled and they have quite a place to themselves) and an older sister, who married an American and lives in San Antonio with their 4 kids. All three of us helped in the kitchen when we were kids, but I didn't really learn to properly cook until I became a vegetarian in high school. That lasted about a year (I became an ex-vegetarian by giving into a craving for Genoa salami—I scarfed a half-pound down in my parents' car in the deli parking lot), but I continued to like the "exotic" stuff I had been exposed to, like tofu, eggplant and the like.
We grew up eating standard 70s and 80s North American fare. "Ethnic" foods included Chinese (buffet or delivery) and Italian. I loved our trips to a tiny Italian take-out place where we would eat panzarotti (which doesn't seem to exist in the rest of the world—is it the same thing as calzone?) and drink Brio. I didn't even like Brio, but I loved the specialness of it so I'd always order it. My mom, whose mother came to Canada from Sweden as a girl, would occasionally made split-pea soup, Swedish meatballs or hard bread. Apparently they are the only things my mom learned, as her father was a die-hard meat-and-potatoes type.
We went on a lot of road trips, driving across the northern states to Vancouver, down the east coast to Jekyl Island Georgia, and a big trip where we circled America. We all loved trying the different foods each region offered and I have an enduring fondness of the truck stop.
I didn't really fall in love with Asian food until I went to Bali with a friend when I was 21. We stayed for almost a month and I was just blown away by how good the food was. I also loved the place itself and vowed to get back to Asia as soon as I could.
Which was a year later, in 1996. It was actually my back-up plan: I was living in Vancouver at the time and hoping to work at a ski lodge north of the city for the winter (where I could finally learn to ski in my free time) and then plant trees in the summer. The idea was to spend a year or two raising enough money to backpack around Asia, after which time I'd hopefully have sorted out what exactly I wanted to do with my life. Unfortunately winter came late to Vancouver that year and by the end of January I gave up and headed to Tokyo to begin what I imagined would be a working holiday in Japan followed backpacking trip across the rest of Asia. I chose Japan because it seemed to have the right blend of differentness and familiarity and also was the most promising for finding work. As luck would have it there was a snow storm the day I left and my flight was almost canceled—if only I'd stayed put a little bit longer I could have stuck with my original plan.
But then I wouldn't have met my husband. We were introduced by mutual friends within a few weeks of my arrival (which means we've been together for just over 12 years). Neither of us took the relationship seriously at first because I was still only planning to stay a few months, but we quickly fell in love and the rest is history.
I loved Japanese food from the minute I landed, although there were a few flavours that took some getting used to. I didn't learn to cook it until I got married, 3 1/2 years after I arrived (I wasn't in Japan non-stop during that time as I went back to Canada for a few extended visits to get visas in order and do a little soul-searching before deciding to marry) and it was a very steep learning curve for me. My parents-in-law live in Osaka and we visit just 2 or 3 times a year, so I never learned to cook from my MIL. I also had hardly ever eaten real home-cooked food, so had little idea of what most dishes were supposed to look or taste like. I learned from cookbooks and magazines, both in Japanese and English (my Japanese reading ability improved at the same rate as my cooking), and also Japanese cooking shows (of which there are many).
I still have a lot to learn and there are so many things that just don't come naturally. I don't know what goes with what or how to properly serve food and set the table. I've only recently managed to remember the placement of the rice and soup bowls (it's rice on the left, soup on the right) and still can never remember which direction a whole fish is supposed to point. My husband is of limited help as he cared little about such details when he was a kid and then lived in Southern California for several years from when he was 18. When we met he'd only been back in Japan for a year and a half or so, and now he has a big gap of general knowledge about his country.
About half the food I cook is Japanese, the rest is a mix of Chinese, Italian, "Canadian" (or general "western" food), and the occasional "other" (Southeast Asian, Indian, Mexican/Tex-mex, Jamaican, French). It really goes in phases though and I can happily go weeks without eating Japanese food or weeks eating nothing but. These days I'm in a Japanese food phase, which tends to happen when the seasons are changing. I guess it's because all the food from the previous season is still available and I realize I have just a short time left to eat it, and at the same time the food from the next season is coming onto the market and I get all excited and want to try it as soon as possible.
One final thought: I may occasionally make a negative comment about Japan, and I hope nobody is offended. I actually totally love it here and am quite sure that I'd have just as many complaints if I was living back in Canada. It's just that I'm a venter by nature and making the odd complaint is a form of therapy.
Posted 03 March 2008 - 06:57 AM
Or Homer Simpson: "I've discovered a new meal between breakfast and brunch".
I like the way you think. I am pretty sure I need a pre-breakfast as well. Reminds me of that quote from Lord of the Rings: "I don't think he's heard of second breakfast, Pip."
Smallworld, thank you for sharing your week of food-related activities. I also appreciate the detailed biography - it sure helps tell the story. (BTW I went to Brampton Centennial Secondary School for five years - there were five grades of high school back then).
I just made a cornish game hen with chestnut stuffing. . .
Would you believe a pigeon stuffed with spam? . . .
Would you believe a rat filled with cough drops?
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Posted 03 March 2008 - 07:27 AM
I'm so glad you're doing this, and that you're doing it now, and not next week!
Timing is everything!
Posted 03 March 2008 - 07:32 AM
Posted 03 March 2008 - 07:49 AM
I echo BarbaraY's comments. I'm very excited that this week's blogger is in Japan.
I'm so looking forward to the rest of your blog. I'm fascinated by Japan and especially Japanese home cooking.
I'm fascinated by the prepared foods available in Japan - like your picture of "chirashi-zushi (scattered sushi)" above. If possible, could you post photos of other prepared foods from your markets and/or convenience stores? I suppose one of the reasons that I am fascinated by these foods is that they are so different from what is available where I live (southeast US). Pretty much all of the prepared food that you find here, in common supermarkets or convenience stores, is nearly revolting!
Posted 03 March 2008 - 07:57 AM
I'm curious to know what the reason is for avoiding imports, if you care to share. Is it something most people in Japan would try to do?
I try to avoid imports as much as I can, which can be expensive. Stuff like lemons and kabocha squash are easily grown in Japan but the imports are usually more widely available and are sold for half the price--or better--of their domestic counterparts.
Posted 03 March 2008 - 08:12 AM
Posted 03 March 2008 - 08:26 AM
Nakji, you brought me good luck by mentioning cheap strawberries: this place actually had the little ones for 180 per pack. I was so happy I bought 4!
So glad to have been of help! I was wondering why ours were so cheap, but then I thought maybe because I live near Izu or something.
Pho falls into the former category (I've yet to find good pho here) and Chinese in the former (I like the Japanized Chinese food here but it's not the same as Canadianized Chinese food).
I'm going to a pho place tomorrow in Fujisawa that I've gotten a strong recommendation from some co-workers about. I'm a pretty harsh critic, having lived in Vietnam, so I'll let you know how it turns out. Are you the sort of person who'll make a field trip for good noodles?
Your journey into Asia sounds a bit like mine. My husband and I just got on a plane one day, shocking our family, friends, and (suddenly former) employers and have never looked back. We never intended to stay, it just happened that way. Sometimes I don't know if I'll ever be able to feel comfortable in Canada again...
I've been teaching myself Japanese home cooking, since imported foods are more expensive. Fortunately for us, my husband and I have no standard with which to compare my efforts! I learned nikkujyaga from Torakris's eGCI course, and Hiroyuki's threads on home cooking, especially the Soy, Dashi, and Mirin ratio thread have really helped me cook with confidence using Japanese ingredients. Helenjp's bento tips have saved me tons of money on conbini lunches. Without eGullet, I don't think I could have survived my first few months in Japan financially! What resources have you used to learn Japanese techniques and recipes?
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Posted 03 March 2008 - 09:42 AM
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Posted 03 March 2008 - 11:27 AM
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Posted 03 March 2008 - 03:22 PM
where we would eat panzarotti (which doesn't seem to exist in the rest of the world—is it the same thing as calzone?)
Welcome to Food Blogging!!
I'm an American Expat in your home country. I too sometimes say negative things about Canada, but I honestly don't think I could move back to California after living here( I dont miss the crime or the traffic).
Btw, I'd never heard of a panzarotti until I moved here. I was very familar with calzone's though. I think the difference is that a calzone has ricotta( at least mine do as does every calzone I've ever had at a restaurant) and a panzarotti doesnt.
To me, a panzarotti is like a folded pizza.
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Posted 03 March 2008 - 03:35 PM
On the left is abura-age (thin sheets of deep-fried tofu), beside it takenoko (bamboo shoot) and behind is rice (regular Japanese short grain rice mixed with mochi-gome, or glutinous short grain rice) draining after being washed. The takenoko and half of the abura-age will be added to the rice along with water and seasonings: sake, soy sauce, mirin (sweet cooking sake) and salt. They all get cooked in the rice cooker to make takenoko gohan (bamboo shoot rice). The rest of the abura-age will go into the soup.
Takenoko is a spring vegetable that is now available in some form all year long. It's still a bit early so this one comes pre-boiled, but I'll know when spring has truly arrived when fresh bamboo shoots start showing up at the markets.
Renkon (lotus root), one of my favourite vegetables. Little flavour but a wonderful crunchy texture that water chestnuts only wish they had.
Shin gobou. "Shin" means new, gobou is burdock, a long root. In spring there are all sorts of shin vegetables, in the same way that we have new potatoes in North America. Shin vegetables are sweeter and more tender than their regular counterparts.
The shin gobou and renkon will be sauteed with thinly sliced carrot to make a dish called kimpira.
Nanohana. This vegetable seems to have dozens of names: I know it as rapini but it's usually called rape blossom or other names in English. Another spring vegetable, it will be parboiled, soaked in ice water and then breifly simmered in dashi (Japanese stock) flavoured with soy sauce and mirin to make nibitashi.
Wakame, a type of seaweed. Wakame is sold fresh, semi-fresh (slightly dried and packed with salt) and dried, and in this case it's semi-fresh. It needs a quick soak before slicing off the "spine" that holds the strands together, then cutting the strands down to size. This will go into miso soup and also garnish these:
Hotate (scallops), in their natural state. These kind of frightened me the first time I saw them as I was used to seeing the pristine, bleached white muscle only. I had no idea there was all that other stuff. I bought these whole, which means I had to slice the muscle from each shell (not easy as these guys are strong) and remove the wata (guts), which you can see in the bottom scallop. The two on the top are ready to go as the frill and roe* are both edible.
They cost 140 yen apiece, by the way.
* Or is it milt? As far as I know scallops are hermaphrodites; when the sac is beige it's in a male stage and when it's coral pink it's in a female stage. If anyone knows better please pipe up.
I've placed a bundle of wakame next to them and drizzled it all with a mixture of soy sauce, dashi and sake and topped with a pat of butter, then I broiled them for about 5 minutes.
Here's dinner. Clockwise from left: nanohana no nibitashi, garnished with katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes); renkon to shin gobou kimpira; hotate kaiyaki; homemade tofu (made from prepared soy milk using Kristin's directions from her soy tutorial) dressed with katsuobushi; miso soup with maitake mushrooms, abura-age and wakeme; takenoko gohan dressed with gomashio (black sesame and salt).
Seems like a lot of work but most dishes have leftovers so there'll be less work for the next meal. We eat a meal like this a few times a week (although the hotate is a bit fancier than usual).
We rarely have dessert during the week but I had all those cheap strawberries so we had a pack of those. They were good-- about as good as Japanese strawberries can be (more on that another day).
Posted 03 March 2008 - 04:03 PM
Thank you, that is quite true (many of the ingredients are unfamiliar) although thanks to egullet, I am slowly becoming more familiar and comfortable with Asian ingredients. The dinner looks great. How long did it take you to prepare this meal (not including shopping)?
I took lots of pictures because I realized that many of the ingredients I used would be unfamiliar to some folks and are also quite attractive.
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Sawatch Range > Cronin Peak > Climber's Log
Cronin Peak Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Route Climbed: North Ridge
Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2008
|A solo 5 hour up, 3 hour down affair! Very cold up top but not much snow yet. The soak in the Mt. Princeton Hot Springs afterwards was a good way to get a happy ending.
|Posted Oct 14, 2008 1:07 am
|finished a week vacation here
Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2008
|Same summit log from '95. Around 25 log entries for this year. I expected it to be more popular than that.
This "loose" rock is a nice change from the San Juan's loose rock!
|Posted Aug 28, 2008 9:32 am
|Summer & Winter
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2005
|Cronin is a pretty red/orange colored peak that stands in stark contrast to its larger, whiteish colored neighbor (Antero).
8/20/05 - With Antero from Baldwin Gulch. Ascended the east ridge and descended the northeast ridge. Loose talus makes the climb slightly annoying. The northeast ridge was a little more difficult than the east ridge.
2/14/10 - Backpacked to 11,750 along Antero jeep road made a loop over Antero, White & Cronin the following day. The east ridge held efficient kickstepping snow - a big improvement from all that loose talus when dry!
|Posted May 23, 2008 3:13 pm
|with Antero
Date Climbed: Oct 2, 1993
|I climbed Antero first via the standard route. I then followed the ridge over to then UN13870. I descended the north ridge. When it looked okay to do so, I dropped off the west side to W Baldwin Creek. There is a bunch of really big rocks that made for an interesting journey to rejoin the standard route near the 4WD parking.
|Posted Mar 8, 2008 10:11 pm
|Via Cyclone Creek
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2005
|To avoid the overcrowded Baldwin Creek area I opted for the secluded Cyclone Creek approach. You also have the chance to include several other Bi peaks from this direction. Great climb up a beautiful valley. Had the whole climb to my self. Also took in Cyclone and Carbonate.
|Posted Jul 1, 2007 6:52 pm
|East Ridge from Antero
Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2007
|A very pretty mountain with nice views. Easy hike up the East ridge. A lot of loose rock on this peak, be careful. Opted to scree ski back to the Baldwin Gulch Rd rather than follow the North ridge.
|Posted Jun 26, 2007 2:39 am
|East Rib
Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2007
|Climbed what we dubbed the east rib, as it was mostly windblown. Started all the way from the 2wd trailhead, but we had very favorable snow conditions. A long grunt in winter.
|Posted Apr 3, 2007 3:05 pm
|North Ridge
Date Climbed: Oct 28, 2006
|Climbed with James Hay. Despite the recent front range and northern mountain snows there was only 4" of snow on the road and we made it all the way to 10,840' in my XTerra. There were pockets of slabby windblown snow on the ridge, but mostly it was pretty clear. Great views of the Southern Sawatch, we could also see from Pikes to Uncompahgre on this clear fall day.
|Posted Oct 29, 2006 7:00 pm
|Brian Kalet
|East Ridge (ascent), Southwest Ridge (descent)
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2006
|To Cyclone, Carbonate and Grizzly. 9 hours roundtrip from CO 162.
|Posted Sep 5, 2006 4:30 pm
|South SEast Ridge w Antero
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2006
|After summiting Antero and begining the saddle to Cronin, Debbie and I were chased off the mountain by hail and lightnening. We returned to my Tacoma at 11000', then drove back up the 4WD road so I could get Cronin. I quickly made my way up the SE ridge as snow and some lightening approached. Whiteout horizontal snow storm in August on the way down. Ahh, only for those who get up high. Score!
|Posted Aug 28, 2006 11:15 pm
|Eric Holle
|Route Climbed: North Ridge from Baldwin Lake Date Climbed: July 15, 2006
|Nice ascent. Good to get away from the 4x4 trail of Antero.
|Posted Jul 19, 2006 2:43 am
|Ryan Kowalski
|A Bleeding good time
Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2003
|Completely butchered my hand when I fell about 50 feet short of the summit. Nevertheless, continued on to Grizzly and Mount Mamma, quite a nice trek.
|Posted May 20, 2006 3:22 am
|Brad Snider
|Great to climb, Tough to escape!
Date Climbed: May 7, 2006
|Climbed the snowy east slopes of Cronin Peak after Mount Antero. Slippery, dicy descent on the north side of the mountain, followed by endless talus-hopping and a long slog through the snow back out to the Baldwin Gulch Road. Did have some great glissading on Cronin's northwest slopes, and even saw a few billy goats. First to sign the summit log since last October!
|Posted May 8, 2006 11:42 pm
|Route Climbed: the long ass one Date Climbed: june 2005
|So I like to think I know the mountains in Colorado pretty well, but stupid mistakes suggest otherwise. After spending nearly a month backpacking along the divide in the Sawatch and climbing everything I came across, maybe I got cocky. The approach from the Colorado Trail was beginning to feel longer than I had anticipated but the valley was stunning and the morning quite pleasant so I just plugged away. At an alpine lake I saw a big red mound of rubble and just decided that would be Antero. On the summit, I realized otherwise. Nonetheless, this mountain is a worthy hike and far more secluded and peaceful than any damned 14'er! This summit log is as much how I did not climb Antero, as how I did climb Cronin. Given the choice, you might want to do the same.
|Posted Dec 3, 2005 6:19 am
|Route Climbed: East Ridge (w/ descent of North Ridge) Date Climbed: 5 Jun 2005
|Camped at the 4wd trailhead at the road junction to Antero & Baldwin Lakes. Left at 6:30 in the morning and reached the South Ridge of Antero after an hour and a half. Spent the next hour working my way to the top of Antero in at times fierce winds, reaching it at 9:00. Glissaded part way back down and hiked over to North Carbonate via the East Ridge in another 2.5 hrs before descending the North Ridge back to my car in 2 more hours in remarkably fine weather. I didn't see anyone all day, although a couple of others had signed the North Carbonate log before I arrived.
|Posted Jun 9, 2005 12:56 am
|Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge from Baldwin Lake Date Climbed: July 27, 1996
|Please see my trip report "Solitude in the Sawatch"
|Posted Feb 7, 2005 5:19 pm
|Larry V
|Route Climbed: southwest ridge, after Grizzly Mountain Date Climbed: May 28, 2004
|Nice weather, beautiful views. Cronin Peak sort of got me started climbing the centennial thirteeners.
|Posted Aug 14, 2004 7:11 pm


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Softball Claims MVC Coaching Staff and Pitcher of the Year Honors
After guiding the Jays to a regular-season Valley crown and 29-17 overall record, CU head coach Brent Vigness garnered his fourth MVC Coach of the Year honor. He has led the Bluejays to seven MVC regular-season titles (1998-2000, 2007-09, 2013), six Valley tournament titles (1999, 2003-05, 2007, 2010) and seven NCAA regional appearances (1999, 2003-05, 2007-08, 2010) during his 20 years in the dugout.
Previously, Vigness claimed MVC Coach of the Year honors in 1998 and guided the MVC Coaching Staffs of the Year in 2007, 2008 and 2013. It marks the third staff honor for assistant coach Abby Johnson and the first coaching laurel for assistant Renae Sinkler – both former MVC Player of the Year winners at Creighton.
Changstrom's MVC Pitcher of the Year honor is the first for the right-handed hurler. She joins former Creighton aces Tara Oltman and Tammy Nielsen who previously claimed the award.
The Lincoln, Neb., native also earned a spot on the All-MVC First Team. It marked her third year-end award from the conference after being named to the All-MVC Second Team in each of her first two seasons.
Changstrom won the pitching triple crown in MVC play in 2013 with 13 wins, 133 strikeouts and a 1.34 ERA. She posted 10 strikeouts or more on 12 different occasions this season. Changstrom ended the regular season leading the Valley in overall games for ERA (1.72), strikeouts (247), opposing batting average (.193) and wins (22). This year she joined Oltman and Nielsen as just the third Bluejay pitcher to record 200 K's in a single season. Changstrom's average of 8.9 strikeouts per 7 innings stands at No. 22 in the NCAA while her strikeout total of 247 ranks No. 18 nationally.
After a record-setting year on offense, senior Amy Baker also earned recognition on the All-MVC First Team. It marked her third time on the top squad in the Valley and fourth end-of-the-year conference honor.
Baker became the career leader in the MVC and Creighton record books with 58 home runs and 167 RBI. A four-time All-MVC Selection, she ranks among the top 10 at CU all-time in batting average, hits, total bases and walks. Baker ended the season leading the Valley in slugging percentage at .799 as well as home runs with 17. She reached base in 37 consecutive games, the most by any Bluejay dating back to 1999. In the latest national rankings compiled by the NCAA she ranks No. 13 in the country for home runs per game (0.37) while her season home run total of 17 is tied for No. 20 in the country.
Creighton junior Blair Lowe also attained an All-MVC First Team selection. It marked her second year-end honor from the Valley after claiming second team recognition last season.
Lowe ended the year tied for fourth in the MVC with eight sacrifice bunts. She is first on the team with eight doubles. Lowe ranks third on the squad with a batting average of .313, 25 runs scored, 41 hits, 16 walks, a .392 on-base percentage, 12 multiple-hit games and five multi-RBI contests. She ranks No. 7 in the MVC with a .364 average with runners on base. Lowe hit two home runs at Indiana State April 13-14 after coming into weekend with one career homer. She posted a .636 average at the plate on 7-of-11 hitting at ISU that also included two doubles.
Sophomore shortstop Liz Dike took home All-MVC Second Team honors it marked her first end-of-the year award from the Valley.
Dike claimed first career MVC Player of the Week honor on May 6. She saw her career-high hitting streak of 11 halted in the final game of the regular season, but not before hitting a pair of homers in the final weekend versus Wichita State to help the Jays secure the MVC regular-season title. Her inside-the-park home run provided the one-run margin for CU in game one. Dike's second homer of the weekend in game two tied it at 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh to spark a CU comeback to clinch the crown. She leads the squad with a .393 batting average, 33 hits, 17 runs, three triples, 54 total bases, four stolen bases along with 34 assists in conference games and has started every league contest at shortstop this year.
Creighton hosts the 2013 MVC Softball Championship beginning Thursday at 11 a.m. at the CU Sports Complex. The Bluejays earned a bye into the semifinals and will play their first opponent at noon Friday.


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A Burglary interrupted by a homeowner firing at the suspects has now led to four arrests. The incident—all caught on surveillance video—occurred early last Monday morning at the Georgetown Extension, Lenoir residence of 72-year old Morris Leon Reaves, that video evidence placing the time
of the home invasion at 12:19am. The video shows three of the four kicking in the front door, brandishing an AK-47 style rifle. With the noise, the homeowner retrieved his own weapon and fired in the direction of the suspects, who then turned and fled to a waiting vehicle, driven by the a woman. Two of the suspects covered their faces with ski masks, but the video led to the identity of the suspects and to the arrests Friday of the four. The teens charged are Dexton Markez Banner, 17, Latif Thomas Banner, 19, 16-year old Maurice Craig Brown, all of Lenoir, and 18-year old Ashley Nicole Bost of Hickory. Each were charged with felonies of First Degree Burglary, Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, Kidnapping, Conspiracy to Commit Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, Conspiracy to commit Burglary, Breaking and Entering to a Motor Vehicle, Larceny after Breaking and Entering, and misdemeanor Assault by Pointing a Gun. Lenoir Police investigators say the four planned the robbery, and had broken into a car outside, stealing a wallet and clothing before moving in on the house. Bonds were set at a half-million dollars for Latif Banner, $251,500 for Maurice Craig Brown, $101,500 for Ashley Nicole Bost, and $50,000 for Dexton Banner. Lenoir Police said the Caldwell Sheriff's Office and Longview Police aided in the investigation and arrests.
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I have two pieces of news for you.
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Second, you better hope I don't find out who you are because if I do I will do my best to see you not only answer to the law for your cowardice, but reimburse me for a windshield plus the aggravation.
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The Indian media has no care about the world cup that is to be defended. Also, Dhoni said he won't be coming at number 3 for all the matches. That gives us some hope.
The Indian media has no care about the world cup that is to be defended. Also, Dhoni said he won't be coming at number 3 for all the matches. That gives us some hope.
Bopara gone early KP in to face the new ball not what England wanted
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Top start from SA, Parnell backing up where he left off against NZ. Lots to like about the young man, Pace, left-arm angle & seems to have a good head on his shoulders.
Pietersen really needs to fire today. I do hope England are competitive.
KP or bust it seems - a 1 man team?
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Both pretenders gone at the sight of a decent bowling attack..
Why would you choose to bat with this lineup? Completely brainless.
Game over.
Knew Wright would disappear at the sight of a decent attack. Lowest powerplay score of the tournament, we'll be lucky to make 100
What a ****ing shock, England provide the first maiden of the tournament to a 5th/6th bowler
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A Birth Doula for Every Mother
by Allie Chee
With excerpts from New Mother
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[Editor's note: This is an excerpt of an article which appears in Midwifery Today, Issue 104, Winter 2012. View other great articles and columns in the table of contents. To read the rest of this article, order your copy of Midwifery Today, Issue 104. The author's follow-up article may be viewed here: A Postpartum Doula for Every Mother]
A majority of women—and our society as a whole—have relinquished pregnancy, childbirth and their postpartum time to the dictates of profit-driven institutions. However, many women are rediscovering that there is more to pregnancy than what we usually hear in literature and in doctors' offices. More and more women are ready to reclaim the magic in motherhood!
A woman wanting a more natural, nurturing and sacred experience into motherhood has many resources available to support her in her goals: doulas, midwives, postpartum doulas, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners, chiropractors, mother's concierge services and more. We will discuss only one of these resources here—one that can be of enormous help during a homebirth or hospital birth: the birth doula.
The Template Birth
If you are not planning your birth—meaning you are using the hospital template that's been prepared for you by institutions, corporations and commercially-funded committees—the odds are extremely high that:
- When you enter the hospital, you will either be placed in a wheelchair or you will walk to a labor room. You will be hooked up to an IV, one or several monitors and denied food and even beverages (other than ice chips, which in many cultures are considered something to avoid in labor).
- Depending on how "progressive" the hospital and staff are, you will be allowed or encouraged to walk around and work in different labor positions to encourage the baby into an optimal position and allow labor to progress, or you will simply be advised to stay flat on your back—which is considered by many in the birthing world to be one of the most painful and least effective ways to labor.
- Around the time you start experiencing stronger contractions and the pain sensations are increasing, hospital staff (strangers) will appear at your door encouraging the use of drugs.
- You will be checked periodically by doctors, residents, nurses and student nurses (more strangers). When you're dilated far enough, they will move you to the delivery room where your doctor, or a stand-in if he or she has been called away to more pressing matters, will stay with you as the baby and the placenta are born.
This is all assuming that you're not put on additional drugs to speed labor (if in their estimation you're taking too long). While 24 hours or longer is a common length of time for a mother to labor—especially with her first baby—many hospitals encourage drugs to speed the process if it passes 12 hours.
Editor's note: Allie Chee's next article, "A Postpartum Doula for Every Mother," will appear in the Spring 2013 issue of Midwifery Today.
- Block, Jennifer. 2007. Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care. Da Capo Press.
Allie Chee is the author of New Mother: Using a Doula, Midwife, Postpartum Doula, Maid, Cook or Nanny to Support Healing Bonding and Growth. She is also a certified TCM nutritionist and a homebirth mom. www.alliechee.com
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Caletha Crawford is a New York-based children's apparel consultant and part-time faculty member at Parsons The New School for Design. She has a unique perspective on the concepts, designs and companies that resonate with retailers and consumers.
I love retail. And no, I don't just mean I love to shop (though hand me a fistful of dollars and set me loose at the makeup counters, and you'll note I'm also a serious believer in retail therapy). I actually have a geeky fascination with the strategies stores use to try to increase traffic, cue shoppers to spend, control inventory flow, select assortments and become a destination.
As a journalist, I spent 10 years covering both wholesale and retail environments, primarily focused on fashion and accessories. My B2B audiences relied on me to enlighten them about how big issues like the economy and technology, as well as smaller choices like lighting and displays would affect their sales. Now I can't go into a store without analyzing the layout, fixtures, music, service and selection. But even with this critical eye, there's one aspect to which I've never given much thought: barcodes.
The closest I come to thinking about barcodes is a vague distrust of the ones on customer loyalty cards. (It's unsettling to think that somewhere out there, someone knows I'm buying ice cream—again!) But my paranoia aside, a little digging revealed the revolutionary effect barcodes have had at retail. When they were first introduced in grocery stores in the 1970s, these codes weren't exactly embraced by the public, initially being labeled a failure by Business Week and allegedly derided as a corporate conspiracy by Phil Donahue. Part of the problem was the estimated $200,000 in start-up costs stores had to pony up for barcode scanners, not to mention the expense to manufacturers who had to adjust their packaging and labeling. But once implemented, barcodes resulted in a 41 percent return on investment for stores through more responsive supply chains and lower operating costs. Further, a 1999 analysis by Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates the U.P.C. represents $17 billion in savings to the grocery industry annually.
What does all this have to do with Microsoft Tag? Loads. Tag is the more robust 2D version of barcode's invaluable but limited 1D technology. Each 1D code can only hold 20 characters worth of information, while Microsoft Tag's 2D implementation stores thousands of characters. Marketers can use Tag to direct customers to mobile sites optimized with videos, product information and special offers. And the best part is, unlike costly barcode scanners, customers come equipped with their own readers—the Tag app on their web-enabled smartphones.
Phones have already become an integral tool in shoppers' buying decisions. A January 2011 survey of 10,000 shoppers by market research firm Foresee Results reveals 56 percent are already using their phones to price shop, 46 percent compare competitors' products and 35 percent search for product specifications. These statistics show an opportunity for Tag because normally once shoppers reach for their mobile devices, the store loses control of the sale. Instead of simply selecting from the retailer's available products, consumers are presented with infinite possibilities on the web, which may ultimately lead them to buy elsewhere. But if a store were to present shoppers with a Tag on in-store signage, they could direct shoppers to their own sites for information that would satisfy their needs.
With Tag, retailers have the opportunity to close the sale by:
Encouraging customers to use their mobile devices in this way helps the store integrate sales channels, provide real-time solutions and close the sale. This week, the Tag blog will focus on specific ways brick-and-mortar retailers can implement many of these features to combat competition from mobile channels, entice shoppers with discounts and use location-based capabilities to provide customized offerings.
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Anderson's Got Talent!
An audience of more than 500 at the Civic Center of Anderson laughed and clapped as 19 performers showed off their singing, dancing and senses of humor on Sunday. The competition was born out of a February show in Williamston, and ticket sales and concessions benefit the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6089 in Anderson. Organizer Samantha Harris said the goal was to make a $5,000 profit.


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HAMMOND Hammond Central School is planning a $1.4 million improvement project geared toward cutting energy costs, increasing efficiency and beefing up security.
The bulk of the improvements will focus on a new 150-kilowatt solar-electric installation project to offset energy costs.
School Superintendent Douglas H. McQueer said Thursday that the school kicked the idea around for a little bit, until it received projected savings data from several solar companies.
The school spent about $38,500 on electricity from July 2011 to June 2012, Mr. McQueer said. The district plans to reduce those costs by at least 6 percent with the new solar-electric power source.
The rate of return is nothing, Mr. McQueer said. We anticipate it will take seven to eight years to pay off.
The project includes the replacement of a damaged blade on the schools windmill. Mr. McQueer anticipates the districts energy bills will rise by about $2,000 this year with its windmill out of commission.
The school also plans to cut energy costs with the purchase of a new outdoor freezer for its food stores.
Our current indoor freezer is almost 30 years old, Mr. McQueer said. It eats electricity. We anticipate saving half our energy costs with the outdoor freezer.
To increase efficiency, the school plans to work with the village and town to install computerized shared fuel tank depots.
In an effort to increase security, the school board plans make the school accessible only through the front door. New locks and a buzzer will be installed at the front door in response to a gunmans attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Mr. McQueer said.
Right now, we are not set up well for lockdown situations, so we have to get to that point where well be set and ready, he said.
A new front parking lot also will be constructed, Mr. McQueer said.
Once the project is approved by residents, the district will apply for state funding and grants through agencies such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
A portion of the schools fund balance will pay the remaining costs. While he is not sure of the amount of funding the school will receive for the project, Mr. McQueer said he does not anticipate the schools portion will be more than $1 million.
We dont plan on going above the 2 percent tax levy limit at this point, he said. Fortunately, we dont have the same concerns as some schools. Were lucky we havent had to dip into our reserves yet. Financially, we are in good shape so long as state aid keeps coming at the same rates.
The school is budgeted to receive about $120,000 more in state aid next year, Mr. McQueer said. The schools fund balance at the beginning of the year was $279,000.
The school also cuts costs by sharing transportation services with Morristown for its daily runs to the St. Lawrence-Lewis Board of Cooperative Educational Services Northwest Technical Center, Ogdensburg, and for school food pickups in Malone.
Theres always major concerns about funding, Mr. McQueer said. Retirement and health care costs are the two biggest things that hurt us. We think were in pretty good shape for at least the next five to seven years.
The $1,403,162 project will be voted on by district residents from 1:30 to 8 p.m. March 12.
Were hoping to be able to begin work on the projects in the fall of this year, Mr. McQueer said. Architects will submit plans to the state Education Department and must wait for the OK before we go to bid. We hope to have many of the projects completed a year from this summer.
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GOUVERNEUR Drivers that were pulled over Wednesday in Gouverneur were not subjected to an alleged political message to increase the villages police force, according to state police.
Members of the community posted more than 175 comments anonymously on the website Topix, some claiming that troopers were ordered to pull over and ticket as many vehicles as they could.
The comments stated that the stops was a message to the understaffed village police force there that state police are tired of having to respond to village complaints, but State Police Capt. Michael J. Girard said is untrue.
The presence of troopers in the village was nothing more than a roving traffic detail that moves from town to town and village to village, Capt. Girard said.
Law enforcement use directed patrols to help detect and deter criminal activities. State police do both roving and stationary details all over the state, Capt. Girard said. The detail last Wednesday happened to take place in the village of Gouverneur where state troopers have been tasked to patrol seven nights a week during the midnight shift. Its not our business to get involved in the politics of a village but it is our job to maintain public safety.
These types of patrols are done on a regular basis, the captain said, and troopers could be in Waddington, Hopkinton or Cranberry Lake in the coming weeks doing similar details.
On Wednesday night, there were 45 traffic tickets issued, Capt. Girard said, along with a felony driving while intoxicated , a felony aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and a vehicle that had marijuana in it.
I was there that night and the last thing I said to them was make sure you have probable cause for anyone that gets pulled over, which I know they would anyways, and I didnt hear any complaining from people, Capt. Girard said.
And although the state police do these roving details, they havent conducted one like this in the village of Gouverneur in the last year, Capt. Girard said, which is why people in the village are reacting the way they are to the troopers presence last week.
Capt. Girard said the controversy over the detail in the village Wednesday is a result of people not being used to seeing a greater state police presence along Route 11 in the village.
Unique to this (detail), that is a post for us, Capt. Girard said. We have the village Gouverneur on the midnight shift, seven nights a week.
That seven night a week patrol that troopers have been tasked with, however, is a direct result of the understaffed village police force, Capt. Girard said, and it has been like that for two years.
The village police department has been short-staffed for some time, and more so in recent months.
On Sept. 4, the village Board of Trustees suspended with pay Officer Steven M. Young, who is also chief of Gouverneur Fire Department, pending the outcome of an investigation by state police. Mr. Young is one of six officers including another who is out on medical leave two patrolmen, a sergeant and Chief Gordon F. Ayen who make up the force.
Prior to Monday, state police have refused to confirm Mr. Young is being investigated. Capt. Girard said the investigation into Mr. Young had nothing to do with Wednesday nights detail but said that concluding the investigation and having that position filled again would help to alleviate the pressures troopers are facing in the village.
Chief Gordon F. Ayen Jr. and Sheriff Kevin M. Wells said they were unaware the state police blanket coverage was planned.
I had no prior information and have had no conversation about it since the detail occurred, Sheriff Wells said in an email. This was a State Police detail only.
Chief Ayen said he had not spoken with anyone from the state police prior to or since Wednesdays detail.
They dont always coordinate, Chief Ayen said. Sometimes they are done from the state. It could be a grant that has been issued and they set aside a times when they conduct the details.
Chief Ayen said there are times when village patrols are not available and outside law enforcement needs to come in and patrol anywhere between 50 to 60 hours a week.
I just think the number of personnel that they had is what alarmed people, Chief Ayen said of the detail. Normally when a detail is going on, I try to involve my people as much as possible, unfortunately I had one patrolman on that night and it is hard to dedicate that time to details when you are responding to other calls and complaints.
Its something out of our control, Capt. Girard said. You cant rush an investigation but I know that Chief Gordy Ayen is doing everything he can do with the resources that he has.
Captain Girard said the accusations that state police have been ordered by Maj. Richard C. Smith to descend on the village and to pull everyone over and issue tickets couldnt be further from the truth.
You have to remember that there were a lot of breaks given that night too. Not everybody got a ticket, Capt. Girard said. So its not true. You get a handful of people that for some reason they dont like law enforcement and they are going to mudsling.
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Read: The Story Of How Glen Sather Cracked A Safe in MSG
In the book "Behind The Moves," Jason Farris spoke with NHL General Managers past and present about how they conduct business and to tell stories about their lives in hockey.
In this story, former Rangers coach and GM Emile Francis talks about an incident including a safe and Glen Sather:
Emile Francis: "[The Rangers] moved into the new Madison Square Garden in February 1968. At the end of they ear, the Philadelphia 76ers were playing against the Knickerbockers…..some burglars came in from in through the Garden roof and down into the Philadelphia [dressing] room and cleaned the players all out. So, the NBA set up a policy that every building that they played in had to have a safe….We were practicing the day before we were going to open the [1968-69] season, and I saw this guy and two [other] guys pushing something. Well, as it turned out, it was a safe….So, now, here we are the next night, and we were going to open [the season]. We had our warmup and I [came into] the medical room and Glen was sitting down there on the floor. [I head a] click, and he opened this safe door up. Just then, our trainer, Frank Paice, Walking in. He said, "Slats, what the hell are you doing? That's not a toy! You're not supposed to be opening safes like that!' Glen said, 'What kind of rinky-dink safe is this?'…The next day, the safe was gone and they got another one.
Glen Sather "They brought in this huge safe and put it in the training room, which was about the same size. So there was no room in the there, and they gave trainer Frank Paice the combination. Frank was trying to undo the lock, and I watched him, memorized the combination and then everybody left. Emile was there, and a guy by the name of Jack Cullen was showing half a dozen executives the big safe that they had put in there that was going to protect everybody's valuables. I said, 'that safe is nothing. I can open that in a second.' Of course, they said, 'Bullshit.'…So ding, ding, ding, and I opened the safe. Well, the safe was gone that afternoon and we got our training room back.
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Posted on February 12, 2008About time we gave you something to listen to. Download yourself a free MP3 of song 'Remnants' in the MUSIC section.
goneblind, the EP. Come Sept 24, in what now seems to be recent tradition for Roadrunner USA (see Sinch, Murderdolls, Stone Sour EP's) we will be releasing a goneblind EP - but only in the USA once again. This release will contain five tracks, tracks which the band had in the bag when they came to Roadrunner. In fact, the only thing we had to do with these tracks, was mastering. True. Track listing will be as follows:
1) "Remnants"
2) "Rescue Me"
3) "Pass On Through"
4) "American Original"
5) "Ameissen"
And now, a bit of a personal note: US Road Crew member DAVE PIEKARSKI from Houston shares the following: Just wanted to pass along a little info on the new RR band goneblind. As you probably know, these guys are from Houston. I know the bass player, Mitch Burman, pretty well. Well, this could be on the main page under news next week - The club the Engine Room, where goneblind is playing, is owned by Mitch Burman, the bass player. A club where may RR acts have played. Such as Spineshank, Dry Kill Logic, Ill Nino, Chimaira and a few other I can't recall off the top of my head. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!! All true, too, mind you. And FYI, off the top Veronica's head (RR US tour dept), 36 Crazyfists, Five Pointe O, Coal Chamber, Machine Head, and Fear Factory have also played there. Touche.
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