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BLUEJAY CAREER: 2010 (Junior) - Played in five matches on the season, seeing the most playing time in the 3-0 win over Cal State Bakersfield (Oct. 16) ... Also saw playing time in the 5-0 win over Loyola Chicago (Aug. 29), 6-2 win over Wyoming (Sept. 17), 3-0 win over UMKC (Sept. 22) and NCAA Tournament match at Minnesota (Nov. 12).
2009 (Sophomore) – Appeared in two matches, both of CU's largest wins of the season ... Played the entire second half of an 8-0 win over South Dakota on Aug. 28 ... Also played 10 minutes against in a 7-0 win over Southern Utah on Oct. 18.
2008 (Freshman) – Made 10 appearances off the bench as a rookie ... Creighton went 7-3-0 in matches she appeared in, including wins in her last five appearances ... Played 18 minutes in her collegiate debut at South Dakota (Aug. 22) ... Played a season-high 69 minutes against Northeastern (Sept. 5) ... Attempted her first shot against Northern Illinois (Sept. 21) and unloaded her only shot on goal of the season at Western Illinois (Oct. 14).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity starter and letterwinner for head coach Ed Dudley ... Earned all-state honorable-mention recognition from the Omaha World-Herald all four seasons ... Named to the Lincoln Journal Star All-Freshman team after her first prep campaign ... Participated in the Nebraska ODP ... Also lettered in basketball ... Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Phillip and Jeanine McKeone ... Born Feb. 11, 1990, in Omaha, Neb. ... One of four children; Emily (24), Michael (19) and Maddlyn (13) ... Nursing major.
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The Dominion Triumphant: A Star Trek Dystopia
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Chapter Five
Planet Terra Prime
M-33 Galaxy
Stardate 57151.9 (September 30, 2380)
Three of the Starfleet vessels that had fled the Milky Way--the U.S.S. Orion, the U.S.S. Majestic, and the U.S.S. Constellation--had already been dismantled and used to create settlements on Terra Prime. Finally, it seemed, refugees who had not signed up to spend their life in space could disembark and get on with their lives.
Admiral Picard and his core group of adviserswhom residents of Terra Prime, in a rare instance of black humor, had dubbed The Federation Councildecided upon arriving in M-33 that ten of the twenty-seven vessels were not fit for further space travel and could successfully be converted into planetary habitats. In addition, seven ships were to be cannibalized for parts in order to refit the remaining fleet.
So when all was said and done, the Starfleet contingent in the M-33 galaxy would stand at ten ships in good condition and one poorly defended planet.
It was not an enviable position.
The population of Terra Prime was ninety-three percent human; while a few non-humans had made the journey out to M-33, the refugees were overwhelmingly of Terran origin. It made sense. As the Dominion had conquered its way through Federation space, only a few species had been targeted for what the Dominion had referred to as special treatment. Klingons, Vulcans, and Humanstheir surrender was to be unconditional and unequivocal. Others were encouraged to seek more favorable terms from the Dominionbut not as part of the United Federation of Planets.
And at first, the Federation had stuck together. Betazed had fallen, and the union stayed strong. Rigel, Bolarus, Risa, Minos, Galor IVall of them fell to the JemHadar onslaught and the worlds of the Federation had stuck together, determined to fight to the end as one.
It was a year and a half into the warwhen the Dominion wiped out QonoS and occupied Vulcanthat the Federation began to splinter and the resolve of its member worlds started to weaken. Planets that had not been part of the Federation for long had seceded and sued for peace. Many of those individuals whose homeworlds had left the Federation also left Starfleet. The Dominion eagerly accepted what amounted to the seceding worlds surrender and placed a token JemHadar garrison where necessary. More force was not needed; at least, not yet. Fear had driven the secessionists into the Dominion, and fear would keep them in line until they could be properly integrated into the new order.
As the war inexorably led to a total Dominion victory, the Federations membership dwindled. By the time the Solar System fell, Earth and Andoria were the only founding members of the Federation still standing.
Unfortunately, that state of affairs had not lasted long.
And so it was that when the fleet that was to initiate Project Longshot had set out for M-33, most souls on board the vessels were human. Their world conquered, their dreams shattered, they embarked on this mission to another galaxy to try againto build another Earth: Terra Prime.
The non-humans in the fleet had not objected. Perhaps one day a new version of their world would flourish in this far-away galaxy, too.
At the head of this new human endeavor was one manJean-Luc Picard. Born and raised on Earth, Picards career in Starfleet had been nothing short of legendary. After a long stint as commander of the U.S.S. Stargazer, Picard had commanded one of the most historic missions in Federation historythat of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701-D. Voyages to this very galaxy and beyond, the first official encounter with the Borg, first contact with the alien race known as Qthere was nothing that ship had not accomplished. Captain Jean-Luc Picard was the calm figure in the center seat, the man who had defused the Klingon Civil War and had saved the Federation from an attack by renegade Borg and Soong-type androids.
When the Enterprise-D had been destroyed in a battle above Veridan III, Picard received another commandthe Sovereign-class U.S.S. Enterprise-E. A year after the new ships maiden voyage, the Borg had attacked Earth. The Enterprise-E had played a crucial role in defeating that incursion, and had also prevented the Borg from altering history during Earths First Contact with the Vulcans by traveling back in time with the Borg to 2063.
Within months of that triumph, the war with the Dominion had begun.
This time, the Federations troubles could not be solved by a single starship. The Enterprise-E was just one ship of many desperately trying to hold back the barbarians at the gate and failing.
In the end, even the legendary vessel that bore such a storied name was presumably just another burning hulk somewhere in the Alpha Quadrant.
And while Admiral Picard had insisted on renaming his flagship the Enterpriseno A, B, C, D, E, or Fhe knew this new Enterprise was something different. It was a beginning, not an end. That was why he had been chosen for Project Longshot by the surviving Starfleet brass. If anyone could make the Federation diaspora to the M-33 galaxy a success, it was Picard.
And as Jean-Luc Picard beamed down to the surface of Terra Prime to attend to an urgent matter, he keenly felt the weight of this new world on his shoulders.
He was flanked by four bodyguards, crisply dressed in what had been Starfleet regulation uniforms and carrying phaser rifles. Perhaps there was little need for such caution millions of miles away from the Dominion, but no one was completely sure what dangers lurked in this particular cosmic neighborhood.
Admiral Picard! The loud, braying voice of James Henderson greeted Picard as he materialized on Terra Prime. His security guards kept their weapons low, but looked on warily.
Mr. Henderson, Picard genially replied, albeit with a bit of effort. Its a pleasure to see you again.
Same, Henderson replied jovially. James Henderson had been a construction engineer on Mars when the Dominion forces had broken through the inner Solar System. Fortunately for him, he found a berth on a refugee ship and had made it out to M-33. Now he was one of the main architects of the new settlements on Terra Prime and a major, completely oblivious pain for Picard.
The two men shook hands. Been a while since youve been dirtside, Admiral, Henderson said with a smile. You must be busy up there in orbit.
An understatement, Picard thought drily. Yes, indeed I am, Mr. Henderson, he replied. So you must understand that when I get an urgent distress call from the surface that apparently only I can handle, I can only hope it was in good faith.
Henderson laughed. Oh, believe me, you will want to see this, and with that Henderson headed down the hill towards a small encampment. If youll follow me, Admiral.
Picard and the four security officers followed Henderson. In the distance, Picard could see the outskirts of the town of New Paris.
The town is thriving, Mr. Henderson, Picard said. It is a testament to your work that so many have chosen to call it home.
Henderson chuckled as he neared the main tent. I dont know how much choice they actually have, Admiral. Human beings werent meant to live in space. We have to have some terra firma beneath our feet eventually, right?
Not all of us, Picard thought. Especially right now. Agreed. So, this urgent matter?
Henderson held up one bony finger and disappeared in the tent for a moment. A few civilian workers milled about, gawking at Picard. The admirals face burned. Celebrity did not suit him.
Henderson came back out holding a large standard-issue Starfleet container. This, Admiral, is the urgent matter. My team and I were out here, scouting out potential sites for a water-treatment plant. Very important to get that kind of thing right. Anyway, we were walking along this riverbed when we picked up something interesting on our tricorders.
Picards curiosity was piqued. What is it, then?
Henderson nodded and set the container down. It was buried a few meters underground, so we were able to get at it pretty quickly.
Picard was now very intrigued. An archeological find on what appeared to be an uninhabited world? What could it possibly be?
Before Henderson could open the container, one of the security officers blocked him and scanned it.
Im not reading any explosives or other dangerous objects, sir, the bodyguard said, But I recommend we have some Starfleet scientists look at this thing first.
Henderson smirked. Please. If it was dangerous, it would have affected me and my team, right? He looked up at Picard. Should I open it?
Your concerns are noted, Ensign, Picard said to the security officer who had made the suggestion to wait. Waiting was not an option, not now. Open it at your convenience, Mr. Henderson.
Henderson pried open the container and reached inside. Here it is, Admiral, he said proudly. One authentic Bajoran orb.
Picard was stunned. Forgetting decorum, he kneeled on the ground to examine the object closer. The orb rested inside a decorative box, adorned with what appeared to be ancient Bajoran text; Picard was careful not to actually touch the orb. This is impossible, he breathed. Is there any way we could have brought this with us somehow?
Henderson shook his head. No. Tricorder readings indicate this thing has been buried down here for well, at least a millennium. Maybe more.
Picard marveled at the hourglass-shaped orb, glistening even in the bright light of the sun. As far as we knew, there were only nine of these, Picard mumbled, mostly to himself. When the war began, the eight orbs that had been taken from Bajor during the Occupation had at the very least been accounted for. The ninth had remained on Bajor, hidden during all of those years. But this Picard shook his head. But this well.
Henderson looked thoughtful. Does this one look familiar to you, Admiral? Is it one of the nine?
Picard, startled, looked up at the architect. No. It is most definitely not one of the nine orbs. If it is, in fact, an authentic artifact of the Bajoran Prophets he trailed off.
Admiral? One of the security officers gently tapped Picard on the shoulder. Are you all right, sir?
Picard snapped out of his reverie and stood up. Yes, Crewman, thank you, he said. Mr. Henderson, this is indeed quite an invaluable find, and I am most thankful you brought this to my attention.
Henderson stood up as well, clearly brimming with pride. Well, dont even worry about it, Admiral, he said jovially. It was my pleasure.
Picard smiled in return, but his thoughts were elsewhere. The orb would be transported to the Enterprise, studied, and then and then, Picard could only guess what could possibly happen next.
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It is simply our miopic perception that leads us to believe that the universe is infinite. There was a time that this very vision was the one that had led mankind to consider that the earth was flat. It was after extreme effort and was only when man learnt to swim the seas with vessels that they realized that the earth was round and that it consisted of unventured continents and seas. This was a time when mankind considered it impossible to cross the sky to reach for the stars. Time moved on and man is currently at at stage where it has crossed the skies and entered into the realm of stars and galaxies. The spaceships are now the vessels that have taken over from the boats that use to swim the seas of the Earth. The spaceships are boats looking at galaxies which are the continents within the sea of the Universe The Universe is as infinite and as round as the Earth.Our space is a sea. Miopic science is currently unable to realize that the space we are travelling on is the sea, the galaxies its continents and if we were to keep travelling we would eventually come back to the same spot in the universe that we started our journey from.Its is only then that we will realise that the Universe is indeed is round and that the galaixies are the continents within the finite Universe. Sura 65:12 "God is He Who created seven Firmaments and of the earth a similar number. … "
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
If I were a Facebook developer
I would have incorporated videoconferencing with the current Facebook Chat. This would make Facebook video conference ready and thus allow friends and family to conference and video chat via Facebook. By developing this I would eradicate the need more people to look for other options like MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger or any other video conference/chat etc outside of their Facebook page. The only thing I would have to know as a developer is which company would like to incorporate video videoconferencing an integral part of the Facebook Chat that is currently provided.
Friday, January 07, 2011
Blasphemous Rumours
So perhaps as I write this I too am subject to being a Blasphemous person. The entire note I am about to write is making be remember the song by Depeche Mode called Blasphemous Rumours.
The lyrics go something like " I don't want to start any Blasphemous Rumours, But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor and when I die I expect to find him laughing"
Unfortunately the note is not about the song, It about the law behind being blasphemous a crime punishable by Death
I remember as a child a parable that was repeated to me time and time again, about a lady who was blasphemous.
It narrated the story of the Prophet Mohammed and his daily interactions with an unruly female neighbour who used to curse him violently and then proceed to dump garbage onto him every day from her perch-top window each time he would ever walk by her house.
One day, the Prophet noticed that the woman was not present to throw garbage outside of her window. In true prophetic kindness, he actually went out of his way to inquire about her well-being and then proceeded to visit this unfriendly neighbor at her bedside inside of her own home when he had found out that she had fallen sick.
Shouldn't this story indeed act as the basis of leniency and kindness toward unfriendly, hostile and blasphemous acts and should this not be the way to react within our collective lives towards those who do not know better.
If death sentence against blasphemous people was to be the norm wouldn't the neighbour in the parable have been hung?
If the Prophet had over looked the silliness to the blasphemous acts, why is the current so called Islamic lawmakers resorting to threats of violence aimed at the silliness of blasphemous acts which in turn are aimed at inciting a provocative response around the world.
I wish every Muslim around the world should take a very deep breath and simply ask themselves one basic question:
"What Would Muhammad Do?"
Thursday, September 09, 2010
What A Fucked Up World We Live In
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Why Free Software
Open your eyes to the World of Free Software.What is Free Software?
"Free software" is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of "free" as in "free speech", not as in "free beer".
Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study and even have the abilty to change and improve the software.
Mr. Stephen Fry introduces you to free software, and reminds you of a very special birthday
Here is a glimpse of how to locate, download and even develop open source software. There are endless possibilities in the world of open source software. You can venture the World of the Free software revolution by going to the Free Software Directory.
For those who are using Windows or Mac OSX you may be surprised if I inform you that many users within these operating system are currently using open source products like Firefox Web Browser or VLC Media Player or perhaps even an open source office productivity suite.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Poem - "Invisible"
She gaped at me, starred and smiled
Her lips luscious with lovely red
I didn't see her vibes for me
Nor did I take much care
Or perhaps I did
But never went and spoke to her
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My wife and I spent 7 nights, 8 days traversing the length of the of the Stein watershed from Lytton, BC to Lilleot Lake.Sept 6-13th, 2010.Day 1 - Lytton Trailhead (0km) to Riverside Camp (14km)We arrived at the trailhead at 1pm and hiked 14km (9 miles) of easy going to the 'Riverside Camp'.At the trailhead with 25 lbs of food (40 lbs total) in my ULA Ohm: The first 60km (37 miles) follows this river to Stein Lake: Using my BushBuddy Ultra:MYOG Cuben Fly:Day 2 - Riverside Camp (14km) to Cotton Wood creek (30km)Today was easy going for the first half and then we got to an area where there was a forest fire last summer. It looks easy in the pictures but there was a ton of fallen logs to crawl over/under which really slowed us down.Forest Fire area:Cottonwood Falls:Day 3 - Cottonwood Creek (30km) to stealth camp @ 45km.Today was really tough going with all the forest fire burn problems. There was huge shrub/weed growth making the trail tough to follow plus tons of trees down. Very slow going in areas especially just past LogJam camp for 3km where the trail was nearly impossible to find.Having rehydrated chili that night:Day 4 - stealth camp (45km) to Stein Lake at 60km.Today we finally got out of the forest fire area and the trail was much better. We made it to Stein Lake early so I caught a few trout.Cable car across the Stein:Lookout back at where we've come from:Stein Lake:Small Rainbow Trout at Stein Lake.Day 5 - Stein Lake (60km) to near Tundra Lake (67km)Today was the start of the second alpine half of the trip. We climbed 4000 feet from Stein Lake to the alpine.Stein Lake below:Things got a lot colder up here with some flurries:Myself taking in the view:Our 'mountaineering' dog Asia:Just before our goal of Tundra Lake we got chased off the ridge by high winds and rain. We descended 500 ft to this bowl below Tundra Peak:Day 6 - near Tundra Lake (67km) to Caltha Lake (73km)We got rain that night with some snow higher up. Thankfully the weather cleared by morning. We didn't cover a lot of distance today, but it was really slow going as we crossed some huge boulder fields.We made it to Tundra Lake after an hour:Looking back at Tundra Lake. It took a long time to hop all those boulders along the left shoreline:Here was the biggest mistake of the trip. After high winds the previous night caused an worrying amount of tent deflection, I opted to camp in this low lying but sheltered area as the winds again seemed high but it didn't look like rain. I mis-estimated the amount of rain that would be need to cause problems.Day 7 - Caltha Lake (73km) to Lizzie Cabin (81km)I woke up in the night to "Dan the tent is collapsing" as a heavy 1" or so of slushy snow was apparently too much for the Fibraplex carbon poles. I knocked of the snow/slush and fell back asleep thinking we would be fine in this low lying area since it was snowing rather than raining.A few hours later I awoke and realized I was actually floating on water on my NeoAir. I was impressed that my tent floor hadn't leaked because we were sitting in several inches of water. The bummer was that most of our clothes and our shoes were totally soaked being in the vestibules. Lesson learned!We had to choose between moving the tent nearby and waiting out the snow/rain storm with mostly soaked clothing/gear, or hiking 8km with large elevation changes at 6500-7500 ft in the snow storm to Lizzie cabin. We opted to make a break for it.6000 ft. Everything of mine was soaked so all I was wearing was soaked shoes, soaked socks, rain pants, soaked underwear, 1/2 soaked montbell down inner and a rain jkt. We had to keep hiking hard to stay warm. 7500 ft. We couldn't see the trail at all at this point with the snowfall so we were relying on spotting the cairns. On a few occasions I was worried I would have to rely on navigating by altimeter and compass in near white out conditions. After 3 hours we finally started descending down to the cabin.Woohoo! We made it to the cabin which is open to the public. There was dry fire wood so we set about warming up and drying our gear:Bannock & Chili for dinner:Day 8 - Lizzie Cabin (81km) to Lilleot Lake FSR (97km)Dry and feeling much better we set off on our last day for the exit.'Shangri-La' boulder field:After a few kms we came out to the old trail head at km 84. The 13 km logging road up to this trailhead washed out in 4 places 8 years ago so we still had to hike down this old logging road which was now not much more than a trail with all the new plant growth. Our goal is that lake way in the distance:Crossing one of the Lizzie Creek washouts near the exit:
Edited by dandydan on 09/15/2010 12:15:01 MDT.
Nice pictures Dan, It's looks cold up there in BC! When does the hiking season end in British Columbia?
Awesome pics. I HATE boulders.The combination of rain, sleet and snow at temps just above and below freezing are the worst. If it was cold enough that just snow fell, you probably would have been just fine in that depression.Re: hiking season. There has been an usual amount of snow in the higher elevations in BC and Alberta. Jasper at 5000ft currently has snow. The pic in my avatar was taken at 10,000 ft just about 3 weeks ago. 5 days prior there was zero snow.
Hey Dan,Thx for the nice trip report and the pictures. Seems like you had a good trip and experienced all the weather that the Stein Valley can drop on you during that time. Too bad that you got soaked.How did you like the boulder fields around Tundra Lake? :)I started to hate them last year, cause there are so many there.Have you been able to see the magnificant and changing colors of that lake?I have been just to Tundra Lake last year, hiking in from Lillooet Lake, we had to fall back due to the forest fire situation. This Summer is definitely quite different than last year. We had 6 hot and sunny days in the end of August.Did you see any bears?@Jay: September is usually nice, but weather can change fast here in the alpine and you can get all 4 season in one day or get heavy rain for hours, especially close to the coast. And it seems that fall is coming really early this year. The leaves are already starting to fall here in Vancouver. The guide book for the Stein Valley says that July till September is the perfect hiking season for the alpine areas.
Edited by sol on 09/15/2010 13:25:48 MDT.
Yeah the hiking season really varies. On Vancouver Island along the low elevation coastal trails (ie. Juan de Fuca, Sunshine Coast Trail, West Coast Trail) you can hike them pretty late. I imagine you could do the JDF any time of the year but at a higher risk of storms blowing in. On YouTube there is a video of someone doing the WCT in Jan or Feb.For higher elevation trails in the mtns the end is probably sept-ish but sometimes you get nice weather into mid-November here in the Whistler area. That gets risky though so you gotta be prepared for anything.We only saw one bear. It was a nice sized black bear in the forest fire burn area. No grizzlies this time. We saw one by the suspension bridge in the spring.
Edited by dandydan on 09/15/2010 19:10:14 MDT.
Here's a few more pics:Tara and I in the forest fire burn area:Cottonwood Falls:Burnt old growth cedars:'Logjam Camp':For dessert one night we had brie heated up over the bushbuddy coals with brown sugar. Delicious!One day I'll get better at taking these 'glowing tent' shots. I need a tripod:The middle of nowhere:Another trout. Too bad I only had 45 min or so to fish. The lake seemed loaded with trout. I caught 3 and had a few more get away. A rainbow 'all the way across the sky!':On the first ridge above Stein Lake:Same ridge:Whoa!Tundra lake is so awesome. Such a deep blue. I wish I had a few more days in the area to explore other places like Elton lake and 5000' meadows. Our dog Asia warming up:Drying everything in the cabin:
Just curious why you didn't have everything sans food inside your tent with you?
Dan,Great trip report. Looks like you and Tara had an amazing time. Quite the shocker I imagine going into day 7 with the weather and the wet kit...good call on pushing through to the cabin.
Thanks Dan, excellent trip report and pics!
That looks like a great trip.
"Just curious why you didn't have everything sans food inside your tent with you?"I should have had more stuff inside the tent with me. Some mistakes were definitely made here and I've been learning from and mulling over this situation to prevent it in the future. Maybe you have some suggestions?Normally I would have had everything in the tent except for food, shoes and water/fuel bottles. I usually sleep with my pack and spare clothes under my feet. In this case though, a lot of our stuff had gotten at least partially wet the previous evening when rain/snow chased us off that ridge to a hasty camp. That previous evening I didn't get my pack cover and rain gear on as quickly as I should have because I was helping my wife and because I was a bit too concerned with just getting the tent setup (mistake #1). The day before this night-time flood, we had almost all of our clothes drying on a clothes line but it was pretty humid out and they were drying slowly. The only dry clothes I had was my down jkt, down pants, 1 underwear and 1 hiking shirt. When it was time to go to bed I took the wet stuff down in case of rain and put the 1/2 dry clothes in a cuben stuff sack that I thought was waterproof. I left this sack in the vestibule (mistake #2). I could have put it in the tent but I didn't think much of it. So yeah, when I woke up the stuff sack was sitting in several inches of water and the clothes were totally saturated because they had been soaked up water, I guess through the seams. The clothes were 100% soaked. Prior to this, a lot of the stuff (ie. hiking pants, gloves, socks) would have been mostly dry.When we set out on our hike I opted not to wear my down pants because I wanted to ensure they stayed dry in case our hike was unsuccessful and we were forced to camp in the cold, snowy conditions. I did wear my montbell inner down jkt but it got somewhat wet because the sleeves keep sneaking out past my rain jkt sleeves and because every time I bend over my rain jkt rides up and the down gets exposed. I was aware of these problems and tried to stay on top of them, but in hours of snow/slush/rain it's a battle that I was slowly losing. Besides really cold, wet hands I was fine for our hike that day. The rain pants didn't provide much insulation but a wind barrier was enough with the heat I was generating. Maybe a synthetic insulating jkt would be better gear choice than down because a jkt is a hard thing to ensure it stays dry.My wife was in a bit better position that I was because I put her 1/2 wet clothes in a different cuben stuff sack in the vestibule and that one did not leak. She had wool gloves, MYOG silnylon rain mitts, wool cap, extra shirt and hiking pants.
Edited by dandydan on 09/16/2010 12:02:48 MDT.
Hi there, first time poster here. Awesome trip report guys!!! Makes me want to hike the Stein even more. I plan on doing it within a couple of years. It loos as though you had a wonderfull trip. Thanks for the TR, it was fun to check out. Have you done any other hikes around BC?
Sorry, I forgot to ask you if that blue tent was your dogs or just more storage space? Thanks in advance.
Great trip report and thanks for sharing your mistakes too. It is an especially good reminder about site selection, something I've made my share of mistakes with in the past too.
Dan, I was fishing in Alaska when you first posted this and missed the whole thing. What a great trip.Maybe if you have time, make a brief post report on what you did right and what you would change, maybe in bullet form.What is your recipe for the Bannock? do you carry fat or oil?You also married way over your head! (what a trooper)
Dan,+1 for >>You also married way over your head! (what a trooper)<<You are a lucky man.I enjoyed the trip report and the awesome pictures.I'll do cold and I'll do wet. But I supremely dislike cold and wet! ;-)I really liked the map pic of "2 Days From any Help" a.k.a. "The Middle of Nowhere".Party On,Newton
Nice TR! Between Cottonwood Falls, old growth, and mountain ridges I'd say you had it all. I'm always amazed at what a difference a low wet spot can make, but like you said...live & learn.
Great trip, thanks for the report and the pictures.The REI quarterdome T2 was my first backpacking tent (I like my room!). I also woke up one morning (in Vermont) on a waterbed! It had rained so hard the night before parts of the campground we were staying in had been evacuated, and the road right outside the campground entrance had washed away.But I stayed dry in that tent. There was probably at least 2 inches of standing water right outside (and underneath!) my tent, but the floor didn't let any of it in! I hope my current shelters prove as waterproof if the need arises!
I guess this thread has risen up from the dead."I forgot to ask you if that blue tent was your dogs or just more storage space?"That's a little tent I whipped up for our dog. She's a bit annoying to sleep with because she's often moving around. She carries this tent in her saddle bags. It's about 6oz."Makes me want to hike the Stein even more. I plan on doing it within a couple of years."This Stein is really awesome. I think it's the remote-ness that makes it so cool. We saw ~2 other groups in 8 days, so you really get the feeling that you're in the middle of nowhere. I'd highly recommend the Stein. They are supposed to clear all the fallen forest fire logs this spring."What is your recipe for the Bannock? do you carry fat or oil?"We used olive oil to make it. I don't recall the recipe. It was a basic bannock recipe I quickly grabbed online. What made it delicious was that we dipped it in garlic power / parsley / olive oil."Maybe if you have time, make a brief post report on what you did right and what you would change, maybe in bullet form."The main mistake was the site selection made that one night, which made us vulnerable to more serious subsequent trouble. Aside from some wet clothes discomfort, it did cause any major trouble but it could have. A serious situation could have resulted from this mistake if a few other things went wrong as well. Had the tent floored leaked (and soaked our sleeping bags) and then if we were unable to navigate through the snow the next day and we were forced to camp in cold conditions with wet sleeping bags then it could have been a serious problem, depending on how cold it got and how long it lasted. I do think we still would have likely been okay though, because we did have dry down pants each and fairly dry down jackets and extra food. Our baselayers were very quick drying as well, so those could have been dried easily in the tent by wearing them for a short period.So the things we did right were:1) Not having all our eggs (insulation) in one basket. Even if our sleeping bags got soaked we still had down jackets and pants.2) Using very quick drying baselayers3) Successfully navigating through difficult trail conditionsI plan on hiking the Stein again this summer. I will likely do it a bit earlier (August) although September is normally a great time to do it. I might do the full traverse again or I might start at Blowdown pass instead of Lytton and hike to the same destination. The trip length would be similar and I would be a little different which is nice. My other big trip planned for this summer is the Cottonwood trail up in Kluane National Park (Yukon).
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Dancing with Shiva. ~ Cassandra Smith
"Our Lord is the dancer, who, like the heat latent in firewood, diffuses his power in mind and matter, and makes them dance in their turn." ~ Kadavul Mamunivar's Tirutavurar Puranam
A few years ago, I went on a field trip to the Denver Art Museum for a summer writing class on spirituality.
We were asked to pick one piece of art in the museum to write about. At this point in time, I knew nothing of eastern philosophy or mythology and barely understood what the term "spirituality" meant. However, I must have had my Buddha-ears open that day because I found myself entranced and captivated by this sculpture:
Of the hundreds of pieces of art in the museum, I stopped in front of the one called "God Shiva (Lord of the Dance)."
Without knowing anything about Hinduism or what this representation of Shiva means, I felt an instantaneous connection to this piece. Something about looking at it pulled at my insides in a way that was oddly familiar and confusing.
As I did my research for the paper, I learned that this popular depiction of Shiva is called Nataraja. Nataraja is the dancing Shiva, which contains beautiful mythological history. Shiva's dancing has followed me since I left the art museum and has now become an integral part of the way I relate to my life.
Last summer, Nataraja again showed up in a class I took called "Dancing, Culture and Religion". The professor Sam Gill explains that understanding the mythology surrounding the dancing Shiva can help us look deeper into our understanding of reality.
I learned that Shiva holds different objects in his hands that represent the five cosmic processes: creation, destruction, preservation, embodiment and release. Gill explained that Shiva's dancing is the "primordial grounding" of the processes, rather than the processes themselves.
In this way, the dancing Shiva is symbolic of the actions of the universe at large, the macrocosmic view of things. Shiva's dance contains the universe and is everything.
But what is the significance of the dancing metaphor? Why must Shiva dance?
Shiva must dance because dancing functions as a symbolic metaphor, offering insight into the structure of ultimate reality. According to Hinduism, the movement of play is itself the governing force of the universe and defines the behavioral motives or essence of the Gods. The Hindu word for this type of play is "lila."
Lila means "play or sport in the sense of diversion, amusement, fun. Lila also connotes effortless, rapid movement" (Gill 2011). Having no true purpose or end goal are also important qualities of this concept of play.
Shiva is often represented as dancing because dancing is a symbolic manifestation of lila. Shiva's dancing is play, the play between one and many, self and other.
The distinction and play between self and other is the human experience of this paradoxical structurality that underlies existence. Sam Gill believes dancing represents this paradox because dancing is at once self and other.
Dancing is an experience of action and interaction between self and other. Gill explains,
"The dancing body makes otherness, minimally in the sense that we can discern something on and of the dancer we refer to as a dance or dancing rather than the person dancing; it is something other."
When we observe dancing, we can tell the difference between the dance and the dancer, but during dancing, the two are inseparable. The dancer is a physical entity dependent on abstract concepts for meaning; the dance is an abstract concept whose meaning creating abilities can only be realized in physical form.
It is by understanding how dancing is at once self and other that we can understand why Shiva must dance. Because Shiva must contain the entirety of the universe within his dance, he must of course be both self and other.
If we follow the Hindu tradition further, realizing that this paradox is also true of ourselves is to attain spiritual wisdom. The imagery of Nataraja points to the capability of humans to embody the essence of the Shiva while dancing, or to embody the self-other paradox in waking life by attaining enlightenment.
I trained in ballet for over 16 years and during all that time, I could not explain to anyone why I wanted to dance. I just had to; there was nothing else. When I dance, I enter a space where I feel like I'm my most true self. Learning the imagery and mythology of Shiva helped explain to me why I felt such a deep connection to dance.
To dance is to be with God.
Sometimes, when I'm dancing, I experience what can be labeled an altered state of consciousness. In this altered state, I fully surrender my self to other. This other I believe I surrender to is spirit. When I improvise, I try to give this spirit every possible option to express itself through myself. My years of dance training give my body endless avenues to go down, endless paths to express what I now experience as Nataraja.
To give into this feeling fully, I believe, is to experience the freeplay of universe in human form. When I take my mind out of conscious control of my body, however, I do not become detached from my bodily experience. On the contrary, I actually gain the ability to experience my physical sensations on a much more complex, interconnected and multidimensional level.
I do not surrender my physical or emotional sensations; rather, I become the fully embodied experience of movement itself.
When engaging in this improvisational type of dancing, I get to feel my self become one with other. The dancing comes out, flows out, like a novelist tuned into a stroke of insight. The dancer, much like the novelist or musician, cannot explain where this creativity came from.
Sam Gill cites Ananda Coomarswami's proclamation that "the deepest significance of the dance is 'felt when it is realized that it takes place within the heart and the self. Everywhere is God. Everywhere is the heart.'"
A poem in Kadavul Mamunivar's Tirutavurar Puranam also expresses this sentiment:
The dancing foot, the sound of tinkling bells,
The songs that are sung and the varying steps
The form assumed by your Dancing Gurupara—
Find out these within yourself, then shall your fetters fall away.
To realize there is no distinction between the perpetual movement of the eternal dance of the universe and yourself, is to embody Nataraja on a human level. This suggests that dancing expresses one of the highest truths possible, the implications of which I think are important.
As I discussed before, our universe is characterized by perpetual movement; the Hindus call it lila. During improvisational or spontaneous dancing moments, perpetual change and a playful acknowledgment that the future is unknown are the only requirements.
Joao Fiadiero (Gehm et al 2007), choreographer and dance theorist, explains how this state of mind extends past just dancing:
"My main concern as an artist is not to avoid chaos, but to learn to survive it, so I can talk about it. And one of the ways to do this is by accepting the inevitability of change and integrating the concept that entropy is just another form of order."
The ability to become comfortable with change is a skill Andrew Cohen believes is also necessary for "Evolutionary Enlightenment." Cohen believes that humans tend to seek security, which likes things to sit still. This tendency then creates tension with the reality that we are always in motion; we are constantly a part of a moving process.
The solution to this tension, according to Cohen, is to make change home. He explains:
"What feels like home is that sense of movement—vertical movement. In the emerging recognition of the evolutionary context that has given rise to our presence on Earth, we become more at home in perpetual movement than comfort and stasis."
Cohen believes that by living for movement and change, we start participating in the evolution of the present moment.
One of dancing's defining characteristics is perpetual movement. To me, this suggests that if Cohen's theories are correct, dancers have a leg up (pardon the pun) on the rest of society when it comes to accepting change and movement. It also suggests that dancing may be able to help people who are resistant to change learn to interpret perpetual movement and constant change as positive experiences.
Learning to live for change is something Cohen believes is necessary for Evolutionary Enlightenment to progress. He believes we need to make a "primordial shift" at the core of ourselves, in which we reorient our lives around change and progressive movement.
I believe dancing can help us to make this shift.
Dancing has the ability to make us more self-aware in diverse and complex ways. Viewing dancing as lila, or play, allows us insight into the paradoxical relationship between self and the cosmos. Through dancing, we learn to use our bodies as an instrument of play, which results in greater self-awareness and spiritual understanding.
When dancing, we embrace the perpetual movement that is a part of our very nature and convey the experience in a physically and emotionally expressive way.
Most importantly, dancing lets us understand and become comfortable with who and what we are.
This article was inspired by a much longer essay I wrote, titled "Dancing, Self and Consciousness." If you'd like to read more on this topic, the entire essay can be found here.
Cohen, Andrew. 2011. Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening. New York: Select Books Inc.
Gehm, Sabine, Pirkko Husemann, and Katharina Von. Wilcke. 2007. Knowledge in Motion: Perspectives of Artistic and Scientific Research in Dance. New Brunwick and London: Transcript.
Gill, Sam. "Dancing as Self-Othering – 3: Merleau-Ponty's 'Flesh Ontology'" VIDEO PODCAST LECTURE.
Gill, Sam. "Dancing as Self-Othering – 4: Understanding Dancing". PDF.
Gill, Sam. "Lila, Nataraja, and Dancing as Play". VIDEO PODCAST LECTURE.
Gill, Sam. "Nataraja Hindu Lord of Dancing". VIDEO PODCAST LECTURE.
Cassandra Smith is an editorial intern at elephant journal. She is a fifth generation Colorado native who believes dance has the potential to liberate human consciousness from its cultural prison. Cassandra formerly trained at Boston Ballet and is currently a senior at University of Colorado Boulder studying journalism, sociology and philosophy. Read her blog at cassandralanesmith.com.
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Thank you!
Wonderful article. Very insightful. Your journey is only beginning. Keep up the wonderful writing.
Thank you so much for reading!
Cassandra, this is awesome. Thank you for including your sources- I will definitely check them out. The power of dance and movement to transform ourselves during the activity is something I am very interested in, and am working to integrate in my classes while still teaching form and technique. I'll look at your website for the rest of this article
Also, I believe I saw the Shiva Rea TedX talk because of an earlier article of yours? After watching that and doing some further Google searches, I found one of her sources "Dancing in the Streets- A History of Collective Joy" by Barbara Ehrenreich. I highly recommend it to those investigating anything to do with dance history, dance and euphoric/ecstatic states, or the relationship between total health (body/mind) and movement.
Thank you again.
Thank you so much! I'm glad to see that this article has reached someone who is also passionate about dance. And thanks for the info on that that Barbara Ehreneich thing; I'm always looking for more information and insight on this stuff!
Thanks for this blog. I enjoyed reading it, and it brought to mind Heinrich Zimmer's writing on Nataraja… http://www.deepyoga.ca/dial_up/pages/yoga_and_dan…
"Shiva, the lord of the Lingam, the consort of Shakti-Devi, also is Nataraja, King of Dancers.
Dancing is an ancient form of magic. The dancer becomes amplified into a being endowed with supra-normal powers. His personality is transformed. Like yoga, the dance induces trance, ecstasy, the experience of the divine, the realization of one's own secret nature, and, finally, mergence into the divine essence. In India consequently the dance has flourished side by side with the terrific austerities of the meditation grove – fasting, breathing exercises, absolute introversion. To work magic, to put enchantments upon others, one has first to put enchantments on oneself. And this is effected as well by the dance as by prayer, fasting and meditation.
Shiva, therefore, the arch-yogi of the gods is necessarily also the master of the dance"… rest at link (from "Philosophies of India")
[…] Nia in its offerings, I decided to check it out. I had heard of Nia. Sort of. I heard it was something about dance, which I love, and something about fitness, which I […]
[…] what school someone went to or how many times they have been in India. Nobody on Earth today knows Shiva personally. Thus, it is all speculation. You have to make choices in this life, and I arm myself […]
[…] were questions that only hit me once I was up there, dancing like that wind-up ballerina in a box, stuck in a twirl forever. That's really what I felt like, a dancing doll, moving with strings attached to my limbs and a […]
[…] the physical motion and presence of the ethereal, calm soul […]
[…] Because I'm dancing every day for the next year and I don't wanna. […]
[…] walk through Shiva's fire every single day, and I choose rebirth. I choose genesis, and a lifetime of beginnings. Om. Namah. […]
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When it comes to biscuits, there's no shame in shortcuts
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There's no shame in taking a shortcut to biscuits — especially if the alternative is no biscuits at all.
Want to know how widespread it is? I recently spent the night at the home of a friend who is a legendary Southern cook. On Sunday morning, I came down to the kitchen to find her with a can of Pillsbury Grands in hand.
She shook it at me and made me promise not to tell. What's to tell? I had no problem with it: There were just two of us. She had gone to the trouble of warming up a lovely dish of thinly sliced country ham and put out two wheels of locally made cheeses.
There was no shame in enjoying that with warm biscuits, even if it took a can to get there.
While we lingered over coffee, we tossed around ideas for all the things you can do with canned biscuits. You can dip them in butter and sugar before baking and use them for shortcake. Flatten them and fold them over diced apples to make turnovers. Press them into mini-muffin tins to make crusts for little party quiches.
You'd be surprised at how many perfectly good pots of chicken and dumplings use canned biscuits. (Very surprised — many disappointed daughters have told me the secret to their mother's great dumplings turned out to be canned biscuits.)
Yes, biscuits from scratch are an art, and one worth mastering. But biscuits from scratch are a tough thing to face before breakfast.
If you really can't bring yourself to peel off the spiral label and pop open a can, you can take other shortcuts. In searching around for this story, I found a biscuit recipe with exactly two ingredients: Self-rising flour and sour cream. It makes biscuits that are crispy outside and soft inside with no more work than boxed biscuit mix and a lot better flavor.
And I've long been a fan of refrigerator biscuits. You stir the dough together and stick it in the refrigerator for up to a week. Anytime you need a few biscuits, you pull out some dough, pat it, cut it and bake it. Instant biscuits — no can.
When it comes to biscuit shortcuts, there's just no reason to be ashamed. It happens in the best kitchens.
Adapted from "Endangered Recipes," by Lari Robling (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2009.) This is a very wet dough, so make sure your hands and work surface are well-floured. A flat scraper, also called a bench knife, is a great way to get the cut biscuits to the pan.
1 cup sour cream
1 cup self-rising flour, plus extra for work surface
PREHEAT oven to 425 degrees. Blend sour cream and flour in a mixing bowl with a fork until it comes together but is still a little rough-looking. Turn dough out on to a well-floured work surface and let stand for a couple of minutes.
PAT or roll dough out with well-floured hands or rolling pin to 3/4-inch thickness. Using a floured 1 1/2- to 3-inch biscuit cutter, cut out 12 to 14 rounds, reworking the dough as little as possible.
PLACE biscuits on cookie sheet that has been greased or sprayed with nonstick spray. Bake in the top third of the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until biscuits are light brown on top. Serve warm.
You can keep the dough in the refrigerator for up to a week.
1 package dry yeast
2 tablespoons warm water, 110 to 115 degrees
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup shortening or lard, chilled
2 cups buttermilk, divided
Melted butter (optional)
DISSOLVE the yeast in warm water and let it stand 5 to 10 minutes.
SIFT the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large mixing bowl. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender or two knives until it looks like coarse crumbs. Add 1 cup buttermilk and stir with a fork until it is mixed in. Add the yeast and the remaining buttermilk and mix thoroughly.
TURN dough out onto a lightly flour work surface and sprinkle with a little more flour if needed to handle it. Knead three or four times, pressing it together and turning over. (It should still be a little sticky.) Put dough in a large, airtight container with a lid and place in refrigerator up to one week.
TAKE the amount of dough needed and place on a floured surface. Roll or pat out to 1/4-inch thick, sprinkling with a little flour if needed. Cut out rounds with a floured biscuit cutter and place in a flat baking sheet. (For higher biscuits, place them tightly together with edges touching; for flatter, crisper biscuits, leave space between them.)
BRUSH tops with melted butter if desired. Bake in a 425-degree oven for 15 minutes, until golden brown on top.
3 (7.5-ounce) cans country-style biscuits (see note)
1/2 cup sugar
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees. Spray or grease a Bundt pan.
OPEN 1 can of biscuits and separate into individual pieces. Combine sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon in a bowl and stir until well-combined.
CUT each biscuit in half and toss in the cinnamon sugar, turning to coat all sides. Pile coated biscuit pieces in the Bundt pan. (Pile the biscuits in an even layer, but don't worry about holes between the pieces.) After the first can, sprinkle half the walnuts over the biscuit pieces and sprinkle with about 1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar.
CONTINUE with second can of biscuits, ending with walnuts and a little cinnamon sugar, then finish with the final can but no walnuts.
PLACE butter and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until melted. Bring to a boil and boil 1 minute. Pour hot syrup evenly around the biscuit pieces in the Bundt pan. Place in oven and bake 40 minutes.
REMOVE from pan and let stand 10 minutes. Run a knife around the outer edges and around the tube in center. Place a plate on top, then invert cake on plate and remove pan. Serve warm. (Can be wrapped in foil and reheated before serving.)
NOTE: If you use the 16-ounce cans of larger biscuits, such as Home-Style Grands, cut each biscuit into quarters instead of halves.
2 tablespoons butter
1 to 1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
1 (10.5-ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1 (16-ounce) bag frozen mixed vegetables
1 (5-biscuit) tube canned biscuits
MELT butter in a Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cut chicken into bite-size cubes, adding to butter as you work. Sprinkle with poultry seasoning and ground pepper. Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring, until chicken is no longer pink.
ADD evaporated milk (including any that has settled to the bottom of the can) and soup to the chicken and stir well. Stir in the frozen vegetables. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally to keep from sticking. Cook about 10 minutes, until slightly thickened.
POUR stew into a large casserole dish. Separate biscuits and place around the top of the casserole with spaces in between. Place in a 350-degree oven and bake 15 to 20 minutes, until biscuits are lightly brown on top and stew is bubbly.
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Kate explains that she has suffered with OCD for many years: "In my 20s I did have really bad OCD - I'd check things continually. I could check the oven 20 times before going to bed and all the sockets had to be turned off. It's like your brain gets stuck in a loop. I do still have a bit of OCD"
Her condition is no fun for her partner Jon and their young son Otis, either: "When I'm in Manchester I do this thing on the phone with Jon every single night, where I go through a check-list of things he needs to do before he goes to bed. I say, 'Have you checked the oven's off? Have you checked you've locked the back door? Is the car locked? Is the intercom on to hear Otis? Is the alarm on?' I do it every night - I've never missed. I have to do it. One time I couldn't get in touch with him and I couldn't get to sleep. Jon indulges me in it. He probably hates it and I don't know whether he's really checked or not, but he says yes! Now when I check things just once I feel I've done really well."
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People on EJ like to theorycraft these "Dream Team" gearsets that 99% of the WoW playerbase will never completely put together. Usually they start doing this when the content that drops the items and the items themselves aren't completely implemented yet. They are understandably concerned with figuring out absolute max performance with best possible gear on a level with that available to the top 100 most-progressed guilds.
Regular players such as me and you see these idiotically-named "Best-In-Slot" castles in the sky and think that anything not on that list then obviously must not be worth spending dkp or karma or rolling on.
If you're one of those 1% of players who can reasonably expect to gather every single item they could possibly want for their mainspec in a specific tier of content before the next content is out – then by all means, follow the "BiS" list crowd and avoid upgrades that could help you but aren't on the list while you're collecting the listed gear, and then possibly be optimal after you're done, just in time for the next raid instance.
Or – you can trust Rawr to figure out what's best for YOU. Right NOW. In YOUR situation. Based on YOUR available gear, YOUR available raidbuffs/debuffs – keeping in mind that Rawr has limitations.
…Such as not being all that for dynamic fight analysis (yet), occasionally not immediately modelling a newly-released item mechanic correctly – or an item mechanic that keeps changing, like Nibelung or Deathbringer's Will. It'll take a bit of time until stuff like that is correctly modelled. And there's bugs. And it's confusing. And it's decidedly NOT newbie- or user-friendly, despite claims to the contrary by the developers.
Final analysis:
Educate yourself on Rawr's model and items. Understand why people on EJ do what they do with these lists. Then make an informed decision taking into account all available data.
Just because it's at the top of the list for your current character, as it presently stands, does not mean it's a BiS item per the lists posted on EJ. It means that that item would give your character the most benefit for what you have set up. If you were to move stats around and drop Hit Rating, that would certainly change what showed as top of the list on various slots as that would change what items give you the most DPS.
– Jothay, Developer
BiS lists are silly. Those items are BiS in those slots IF AND ONLY IF you have all the other items in all the other slots. So really BiS lists are not terribly useful except in very long term gear planning decisions.Rawr will advise you about what the best move for your character is NOW. EJ tends to try to answer the question "What is the best set I can possibly have if I had everything". You can answer that question in Rawr too but it's not as simple. The models may also vary a little but that's neither here nor there and can't be easily quantitatively measured.
– khantal
Q: Did you ever completely fill out your "dream sheet" of gear from any one raid instance or tier of gear before the next raid or next tier was released?
If Yes – then go mess with BiS lists.
If No – then you're with me and 99% of the rest of wow players. Not that Rawr is perfect. It's confusing and unwieldy and a mess if you're on a Mac like me and it's waaaay too hard to figure out how to mess with "Gemming Templates" and whatnot. "Templates"?? Hey – I just wanna play the game, maaaan!
Another alternative is Toskk's Dps Gear Calculator and Askmrrobot.com, but both of those have their own limitations. And SimulationCraft for the extreme computer/math guys. But that's not me.


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Dear Judie:
Last month Dad's (88) doctor said he needed 24-hour caregivers. My husband and I both work full time and can't afford to hire care. We agonized over the decision, but we have to move Dad to a nursing home. How do we evaluate the homes we visit?
Evelyn, Stuart
Dear Evelyn:
A nursing home may not be your first choice, but it may the best option for Dad to receive the care he needs. Use these recommendations to begin your search:
Ask Dad's doctor what type of care he'll need. All nursing homes do not provide the same assistance to residents.
Make appointments with admissions directors at three-to-five nursing homes. Ask family, friends, a social worker, nurse, or Dad's physician for referrals. Often the best recommendations come from friend's whose parents are in nursing homes.
Discuss Dad's requirements (religious needs, special diets, special therapies, Alzheimer's care) with the admissions director. If the nursing home cannot accommodate Dad's needs, don't waste your time on a tour.
Be honest about Dad's finances. The admissions director will want to know how Dad will pay for his care.
If you can't afford to pay when Dad's funds are depleted, do not sign a contract making you responsible for costs.
Location is important; consider the time you will spend traveling when visiting Dad.
Ask yourself these questions:
·How do you walking around the building? Do the surroundings smell clean? Do they make you feel uncomfortable or depressed?
·How do the residents look? Do they appear clean, comfortable, and content?
·What do the rooms look like? Can you make Dad's room comfortable and homey with his possessions?
What kind of quality of life will Dad have in the nursing home you're visiting?
Log on to www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search to check the nursing home's performance on past inspections.
Be honest with yourself; try to understand that you've made every effort to make the best decision. Once Dad's moved in, give yourself and him at least four to six weeks to adjust to the new environment. During that time, get to know the staff, the doctors, and personal care aides so you'll be comfortable asking questions and asking for help.
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Well, the menu looked good and we saw a few things that sparked our interest. The lunch prices were reasonable with burgers starting at eight bucks and quite a few items priced between nine and eighteen dollars. We decided to eat there.
As we were seated I looked at the restaurant and found it hard to believe it was once a Red Robin as everything except the basic layout had changed. The new look was of a trendy restaurant that would feel at home in New York, Chicago or any other big market. It was done up in blues, whites and blacks. There was a sushi bar on one side, a large bar in the back with a lighted top (blue tinted of course), another bar (the old one from the Red Robin days, but redone), high booths on the side and tables in the middle. We were seated and given menus.
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In a per curiam opinion that began and ended with the same expression of deep reluctance, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a key ruling by the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia regarding the admissibility of evidence at trial in E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. Kolon Industries, Inc., No. 12-1260 (April 3, 2014) (unpublished). Noting that the trade secrets trial had lasted seven weeks with the jury deliberating two days before finding for the plaintiff in an amount of $919 million, the Fourth Circuit was clearly pained in deciding to overturn the District Court's decision and remand for a new trial. But the issue on appeal rested on the fundamental question of whether the defendant in that trade secret misappropriation case had been prevented from offering evidence to the jury that would have tended to refute the fundamental precept of the very existence of the trade secret in the first place. In this case, the Fourth Circuit found that the defendant had been denied that right. And through this opinion, the Fourth Circuit provides some guidance, perhaps, as to the admissibility of evidence in trade secrets cases in the future.
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. ("DuPont") sued Kolon Industries, Inc. ("Kolon") under Virginia's Uniform Trade Secrets Act, claiming that Kolon had willfully and maliciously misappropriated 149 DuPont trade secrets concerning DuPont's Kevlar product, a high-strength, para-aramid fiber that is five times stronger than steel. DuPont maintained that Kolon, a South Korean company that produces its own synthetic fibers and had pursued but suspended development of its own para-aramid product, sought out and hired five former DuPont employees to work on and improve Kolon's para-aramid manufacturing technology and resolve quality issues with Kolon's product. DuPont further claimed, and the jury ultimately found, that Kolon, through the hiring of these former employees, knowingly acquired a myriad of DuPont trade secrets concerning Kevlar, involving both technical and business/marketing confidential information."
In a motion in limine filed before trial, DuPont argued that Kolon should be precluded from presenting any argument or evidence at trial that DuPont had disclosed its alleged trade secrets in a prior lawsuit — the Akzo Litigations. DuPont argued that such evidence was not relevant to the proceedings, as the alleged prior disclosure in the Akzo Litigations did not reveal the totality of the trade secrets in the present lawsuit against Kolon. DuPont argued that a trade secret remains a trade secret even if part of the information has been disclosed. A partial disclosure simply does not mean that the totality of the secret has been revealed and therefore, evidence regarding some alleged partial disclosure is irrelevant. The district court agreed, stating: "Kolon ha[d] produced no evidence that any particular trade secret, much less a trade secret that is at issue in this litigation, was disclosed in the litigation between [DuPont] and Akzo, N.V." With this statement, the district court set a seemingly high standard for admissibility on an all or nothing approach. The jury subsequently found for DuPont in the amount of $919 million.
On appeal, Kolon argued that the district court abused its discretion in precluding the introduction of any evidence regarding the Akzo Litigations. According to Kolon, the excluded evidence would have tended to demonstrate that "[a]t least 42 of the trade secrets DuPont has asserted … involve information that was wholly or partially disclosed during the [prior] litigation." By precluding the introduction of such evidence, the District Court, according to Kolon, limited Kolon's ability to challenge a key element of being a protectable trade secret: that the information is not generally known or readily ascertainable by proper means to the public. DuPont, of course, took a different tact, and, mirroring the District Court's language, argued that Kolon had failed to produce any evidence that "any particular trade secret, much less a trade secret that is at issue in this litigation, was disclosed."
After stating that it would only overturn the District Court's evidentiary ruling if it were arbitrary and irrational, the Fourth Circuit reversed the District Court. Apparently, the Court of Appeals simply could not affirm a ruling that would set the bar for admissibility at such a high level:
"The district court's conclusion that 'Kolon has produced no evidence that any particular trade secret, much less a trade secret that is at issue in this litigation, was disclosed in the litigation between the plaintiff and Akzo,' … is simply too stringent for admissibility. Under the circumstances of this case, we think a 'strikingly similar' standard of relevance is enough."
But what exactly does "strikingly similar" mean in this context? The Fourth Circuit added some guidance on this point:
"[T]o show the relevance of the evidence, Kolon simply needed to make a plausible showing that, either directly or circumstantially, one or more elements of DuPont's misappropriation claims, e.g., the reasonableness of its efforts to maintain confidentiality, was less likely true. Equivalently, Kolon simply needed to make a plausible showing that, either directly or circumstantially, one or more elements of its defenses, either to liability or to the quantum of damages, e.g., the reasonableness of its asserted belief that its consultants were not disclosing trade secrets, was more likely true than not true" (emphasis in original).
The Fourth Circuit continued to caution that it was not saying that all evidence in the Akzo Litigations was admissible for purposes of the Kolon trial. Rather, the Court was making it clear that its concerns were directed at the "blanket exclusion" of evidence on the topic by the District Court. The judgment was vacated and remanded to the District Court with instructions to "determine in a more nuanced and particularized manner" what evidence was to be admitted or excluded.
The interesting part of this opinion, although not expressly stated, is that the Court of Appeals was only addressing the issue of admissibility of evidence for the jury to consider, and not the ultimate standard that the jury would use to determine whether the trade secret existed. Indeed, in seeking an en banc review, which was denied, DuPont argued that the elements of the claim are clear and the Fourth Circuit's ruling only would only stand to confuse the jury by bringing ultimately irrelevant information before it. DuPont's argument though missed the mark for the Fourth Circuit. The elements of a trade secret under Virginia's Uniform Act remain the same after this opinion. For example, the information must be the subject of "reasonable" efforts under the circumstances to maintain the secrecy of the information and must derive its value from "not being generally known" or "readily ascertainable by proper means" to be a trade secret. Va. Code 59.1-336 (2013). The Fourth Circuit opinion, of course, changes nothing here. What the Fourth Circuit did, though, was to open the door a bit, to give some latitude to a defendant to convince the judge and jury that the information, whether related to secrecy or value, was actually disclosed either in whole, or in part, sufficiently, that someone could re-engineer the alleged secret. Establishing the trade secret before the jury is not simply a black and white issue, but rather is a healthy shade of gray. And while perhaps a bit challenging, this standard provides some balance between the interest of the defendant in challenging the existence of the trade secret itself and the right of the plaintiff to not have a jury confused with wholly irrelevant matters.
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