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Bear Creek Spire Climber's Log
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|ne ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2008
|Posted Mar 16, 2011 1:38 pm
|Just as sweet as people say
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2005
|Great fun. Up the east arete. One of the best views in the Sierra. Want to go back for a winter climb.
|Posted Jan 28, 2011 12:33 pm
Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2010
|...Cannot describe how miserable the approach was. Sugar snow over endless boulder/talus fields.
Only to find a death smattering of frozen confection covering the first pitch. Damn you, shoulder season- bane of my existence.
The End
|Posted Nov 16, 2010 7:50 am
|Princess Buttercup
|NE Ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2010
|A blast of a climb up the ridge with Bob Pickering. Will definitely be back for more!
|Posted Sep 21, 2010 9:49 am
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2010
|This is a really nice peak, I'll be back.
|Posted Sep 14, 2010 1:59 am
|Northeast ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2010
|Simul-climbed the whole route following Mark Thomas. The weather was blustery the previous day and night but fortunately it started to calm down by mid-morning. Very pleasurable climb on a gorgeous peak. And finally climbed the summit block too.
|Posted Aug 25, 2010 7:10 pm
|NE Ridge Simul-Climb
Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2010
|High winds left me and Gordon Ye uncertain about climbing the route, but luckily the winds had eased off by the time we started the route. A great climb, and next time I'll be back for the North Ridge.
|Posted Aug 23, 2010 6:25 am
|via Ulrich
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2008
|Climbed with Sean-a little exposed for my taste level back then, but would be trivial now. Memorable peak and cool summit ridge-started hailing on us, so we bailed off the other side of the mountain with some 4th class downclimbing.
|Posted Aug 16, 2010 12:58 pm
|North Arete
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2010
|I've been wanting to climb BCS ever since I first set eyes on it. Fortunately objectives aligned, and rhyang and I had a fantastic Friday the 13th climb up a beautiful feature. Great climbing, spectacular ridge run, and a great setting.
|Posted Aug 15, 2010 4:40 pm
|nuked off
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2010
|Got nuked off, will definitely be back! Gorgeous mountain
|Posted Jul 27, 2010 12:11 am
|Ulrich's Route
|Climbed BCS back in 03' via the Ulrich's Route, from the west.....
|Posted Jul 22, 2010 7:32 pm
|Ulrich's Route
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010
|great trip
|Posted Jul 20, 2010 2:13 pm
|NE Ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2005
|Posted Sep 8, 2009 7:04 pm
|Shirley Lam
|NE Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2009
|We wanted to do the North Arete again, but woke at 5:30am and thought it was too late of a start to do the climb as a party of 3. We decided to take the NE Ridge instead and ended up at the summit around noon. Since we had plenty of time to spare, we traversed the ridge to Pipsqueak Spire and Dade (4pm) and was back at the car at dusk. We took our time and were little slow, but not bad for being sick!
|Posted Aug 18, 2009 4:02 pm
|Awesome views
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2006
|Spectacular views, and there was onyl one other party on the mountain. Got a late start on the day-climb, so we descended in the dark.
|Posted Aug 5, 2009 2:43 am
|NE Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2008
|Great scramble
|Posted Jul 12, 2009 12:57 am
|NE Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2007
|Climbed Northeast ridge. Led some sections. Fun climb.
|Posted Jun 23, 2009 12:27 pm
|First Winter Ascent of Northeast Ridge with Doug Robinson
Date Climbed: Jan 10, 2003
|Doug and I climbed this route in January 2003, but the exact date is approximate. We approached the mountain on skis, one day for the approach, one day for the climb, and one day for the descent. This was my first real climb. Spectacular memories!
|Posted Mar 1, 2009 12:20 pm
|NE Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2008
|Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden was in my head all day...is that weird?
|Posted Dec 12, 2008 8:40 pm
|Heading for Dade
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2001
|But someone was killed by rockfall in the Hourglass the day before. I had no helmet. Advised by trail builders to take the Cox col and go 'round the back of the crest. At the crest I decided to go for the Spire. Lost it on a hard snow slope coming down from the col and slid down 30 ft. to a rock outcrop. Was going to climb University Peak the next day but the fall sent me to the White Mtns. to hike an easy 12 thousander near the road.
|Posted Nov 2, 2008 2:32 pm


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Middle Palisade Climber's Log
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|Dave S
|East Face
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2007
|Solo climb via East Face - beautiful day in the mountains! Ran into Tomcat and friends along the way.
|Posted Jun 21, 2007 2:08 am
|E Face
|Aug ?, 2001
|Posted Apr 8, 2007 10:45 pm
|mid pal
Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2006
|Using several trip reports, we stayed completely class 3 or lower. A bit loose but great fun.
|Posted Jan 11, 2007 11:25 pm
|NE Face
Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2006
|Solo from camp at Finger Lake. Lived up to all the advertisment - loose rocks down low, fun ledges, awesome summit views, lots of elevation gain. Used Bob Burd's lower entrance chute instead of Secor's - loose crumbly rock, but a straight forward route to find.
|Posted Oct 2, 2006 10:42 pm
|NE Face
Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006
|Climbed with Ryan . Great view north -- Mt Agassiz, which we had climbed the day before, was just peeking through between Mt Sill and North Pal. Pictures
|Posted Sep 5, 2006 3:47 pm
|Re: NE Face
|You know, after looking at pictures of the route, I'm still not sure what the heck Secor was talking about. I understood Bob Burd's instructions, though.
|Posted Sep 7, 2006 3:14 am
|NE Face
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2005
|Fun 3rd class climb with my brother. Camped at the north end of Finger Lake and enjoyed the views.
|Posted Sep 1, 2006 4:51 am
|No crampons or axe needed lately
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
|NE "Face": As of Aug 6, one could travel up the middle moraine and cross over to the "red band" (brown-red?) in summer boots (non-goretex vasque catalysts for me). We crossed about 20' only of high-angle snow, and it readily admitted kick steps.
That chute to the top has plenty of class 3 holds, but is otherwise a shooting gallery for loose rock. If there are more than 2-3 closely-matched people in the party, consider taking helmets. I probably spent 80% of my energy trying NOT to kick up loose rocks; but rocks 1' distant from my boot would let go at the merest suggestion. I ended up climbing down every talus-free rock rib I could find, and we spread laterally across the gully to avoid beaning each other.
I was initially surprised at the number of people who did that trip as a dayhike from the Pine Cr Campground. However, the round trip is about 14-15 miles, with about 6500' elevation gain, half on semi-decent trails. If you start early at the parking lot, it should be "easy" enough.
|Posted Aug 7, 2006 8:01 am
|NE Face
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2006
|Great climbing day - firm snow for crampons from the inlet of Finger Lake all the way up the glacier. Ledges to the face were easy to find. A slushy snowfield covered what I believe to be the "standard" route, up the left branch of the main couloir, and I climbed the right branch of the couloir instead. Good rock and good climbing, but some definite 4th class and some interesting routefinding near the top. Great fun!
|Posted Jul 15, 2006 10:01 pm
|Clyde Route
Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2006
|Climbed the Clyde Rt. on the E. Face: first came 2 MI2 (e.g., feel like 5.6) pitches directly below the central chute (e.g., just N of the rib dividing the glacier) going around the right end of the glacier's high pt. to get onto the bergshrund, then traversed left and up into the steambed cut into the chute. Fun technical work - crampons, axes, & good rock pro. We tried the snow field above but it was shallow with ice beneath so climbed alongside and onto the rib on the left, thus avoiding the 3 avalanches that cut loose from the snowfield later in the morning. After an airy step around the tower on top, we moved up and left to the next rib. Climbing this became progressively harder up to the summit, where at 1:20PM we discovered it was storming over on Winchell/Agassiz. We hustled down and luckily had no lightning, just graupel after we found the easy part of normal route when halfway down (2nd chute left of the main chute when facing the pk.). Altogether an interesting climb in these conditions (2006 is a big snow year in the Sierras).
|Posted Jul 5, 2006 9:37 pm
|NE face
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006
|Still LOTS of snow left. Didn't have a great weekend and fatigue+a huge gap between the glacier and the face, made me turn around. More luck next time I guess.
|Posted Jul 4, 2006 9:34 pm
|Mountain Jim
|Northeast Face
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 1980
|Easier climb than it looks on the approach ... great summit !!!
|Posted Mar 14, 2006 6:51 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Face Date Climbed: Aug-28-05
|Beautiful day hike/climb. The entrance traverse from the top of the glacier was surprisingly easy
|Posted Nov 25, 2005 2:53 pm
|kevin trieu
|Route Climbed: NE Face Date Climbed: October 23 2005
|Went up some class 4 (with ice & snow) at the end of the west glacier that took me 3 hours then tranverse back to the class 3 chute described by Bob Burb. Summited around 2pm with Patrick Bauman Nobody else was on the mountain except two Russian dudes, Igor & Vladamir I think. It was a beautiful cloudless day.
|Posted Oct 24, 2005 6:29 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Face
|With Don Huntress
|Posted Oct 16, 2005 1:45 pm
|Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: August 6, 1988
|Perfect day for a great Peak. A little trouble on the way down finding the cross over.
|Posted Sep 27, 2005 6:49 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: Traverse from Disappointment / NE Face (descent) Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2005
|Done with Matthew as part of the 2005 Sierra Challenge. Not a bad route, but bears little resemblance to Secor's route drawing. Trip Report
|Posted Sep 20, 2005 4:35 pm
|Route Climbed: Northeast Face variation Date Climbed: September 10, 2005
|I soloed this Class 4-5 route pretty much by accident, by traversing too much too the right when attempting NE face. Considerable exposure and quite a bit of summit crest traverse to get to the summit proper... I downclimbed the NE face on the descent, but then didn't traverse back to my starting point and ended up downclimbing to the highest point of the Clyde glacier . Obviously, I am "route-finding challenged". Very fun, very high winds, pretty cold.
|Posted Sep 12, 2005 11:28 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Face Date Climbed: August 3, 2003
|Climbed with Maria. I thought it the route was fun and relatively clean class 3, but some disagree. Don't be fooled by the bogus ducks when you scramble onto the moraine above finger lake. Climb up half way and traverse around to the left and get on the SW facing ramp that heads all the way up the north middle palisade glacier.
|Posted Sep 12, 2005 4:37 am
|Route Climbed: NE Face Date Climbed: September 10, 2005
|climbed with uwjennie from summitpost; good beta made for a good climb. It was very windy at the summit. The hardest part of the climb was coming off the glacier and onto the rock (hard class 4 to maybe mid class 5 moves); this can be by-passed though by climbing the rock band to the south. Will return to this peak later ...
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ZF-3249: Use of fopen with '@' triggers error-handler
The method Zend_Loader::isReadable() uses fopen to check if a file exists and the @-operator to abort its error-messages:
public static function isReadable($filename)
if (!$fh = @fopen($filename, 'r', true)) {
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This only aborts the messages from beeing displayed, the error-handler will be triggert anyway. So if you use your own error-handler, everytime a file is beeing checked with this function and not found (and this may happen very often) a php-notice is thrown and beeing logged into your logfile for example or your database.
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Officials at Pall say the company is building a life sciences center of excellence (COE) at its new Harbourgate site in Portsmouth, U.K. The COE, expected to open in mid-2013, will offer a full suite of capabilities including cell culture, purification, analytical solutions, protein characterization, and microbiological tools, according to a Pall spokesperson. This latest COE will complement recently announced life sciences centers in the Westborough, MA, and Menlo Park, CA, as well as investments previously announced in China, Singapore, and India.
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I'm a big Jets fan but I had a reader contact me today about where can he find a sports bar with a strong Chicago Bears fan base here in Orlando. I did some digging and found that Kiwi's in Altamonte Springs and Friendly Confines in Winter Park and Orlando have quite a number of Bears fans there watching the game. I also have a link to a Bears Fans in Orlando message board:
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Anti-hunger advocates are urging Delawareans to host Share a Second Helping Food Drives now through the end of February.
The Share a Second Helping winter-long giving/awareness campaign launched in December in order to help meet the emergency food needs of Delawareans during the cold winter months. With a campaign goal of 100,000 pounds, the Food Bank of Delaware encourages individuals, businesses, community-based organizations, schools, faith-based organizations and others to host winter-long food drives and fundraisers.
A recent study by the Food Research and Action Council shows that Delaware ranks 12th worst in the nation for food hardship amongst households with children. Witnessing firsthand these increased needs from the community, Delaware 2-1-1 fielded more than 100,000 phone calls from Delawareans in need of human services last year.
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2012 Topps Chrome baseball came out, and it seems to be an improvement over previous seasons. The biggest hits are the Bryce Harper autographed cards, and Yu Darvish autographed rookie cards. There are lots of parallel cards, which is typical in a Topps Chrome release. Retail Blaster boxes, and value packs have special parallels that are orange and purple. Hobby boxes contain the more rare parallel cards, like red refractors and Superfractors. It also seems like one of the things most manufacturers are doing these days is putting sort print variation cards in almost every set. We've come to expect that from Topps but it seems like they're putting these kind of cards in almost every set they make now. The base card variations in Topps Chrome are extremely rare and include some of the top players in the set, making them relatively valuable online.
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2011 Upper Deck Exquisite Football is several weeks/months late - but seems to be worth the wait. There is tons of on-card autograph content to be found here. Aside from the 2011 rookies, there seems to be a tight group of players that Upper Deck used to get signatures for this set. Archie Griffin, Warren Moon, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman and others are featured in several sets.
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My crafty time has definitely been limited this summer (I know I'm not alone!), but I did manage to make some progress this week, especially on some bee blocks.
Star for Kati
I made this bee block for Kati using this pattern from EQuiltPatterns.com. It was definitely a challenge, but I'm happy with the way it turned out.
do. Good Stitches July block
Meg requested Cracker Scraps blocks using Angela's tutorial (a welcome change of pace from the paper-pieced star!)
House block
This house block is on its way to a new home too.
In progress
do. Good Stitches Host Swap
The hosts of the do. Good Stitches circles are having a little swap. I sewed up this Jane Market tote for my partner. I need to make another small item for my partner, and the deadline was...yesterday. Eep!
Happy Drawing quilt
I'm making a Happy Drawing quilt for a friend who is about to have a baby. I have less than 2 weeks until the shower...
Diaper bag for Claire
My little niece has requested a toy diaper bag. Need to get to work on this asap!
Tula Pink Quilt!
I'm excited to make a quilt using The Birds & The Bees. Soon!
Completed tops awaiting quilting:
Postage Stamp quilt
Arcadia Quilt
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The government shutdown is a heated debate among Americans. Republicans blame Democrats because they will not negotiate a budget, and there has not been a set budget since President Obama took office. Democrats put blame on the Republicans because they do not believe they should have to negotiate a budget, and they do not want to because that budget would not include Obamacare.
Ledford students were asked their opinion on this topic. "Who do you blame for the shutdown? Is it the Republicans or Democrats' fault? Is it the fault of many?"
"It is the fault of many. You cannot blame one side. To have good government both parties must work together; therefore, it is the fault of many." — Katie Wilson, senior
"The Republicans are at fault. They see a problem that they deem as inefficient and unconstitutional. This problem they see is causing a disruption when everybody needs to be working together. A house divided cannot stand." — Ty Sanford
"The Democrats are at fault. The House proposed a budget that does not include Obamacare because the Republicans do not think we need to pay for it and could do better things with that money. Democrats won't pas the budget because they say keeping out Obamacare is unconstitutional, when in fact it is better for our country to not have it." — Jacob Beeson, junior
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whats your fav song from the cool? mine is ' the coolest'
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whats your fav song from the cool? mine is ' the coolest'
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The Coolest is my current favorite right now. But Put You On Game has been my absolute favorite since I first heard the album. "And maybe you can grow up to be a stripper. A welfare receiving prostitute and gold digger. You can watch on TV how they should properly depict ya. Your rivers shall flow of liquors, quench your thirst on my elixirs..." The way that part right there flows... niceeeeeee.
The Coolest is the best rap song ever!(*Kanye voice*) Its the most overplayed song on my I-Pod...right under Marvin Gaye's Distant lover.
I honestly can not pick a fav song off that album, cuz I have favs for different reasons on that album. but they are The Die, The Coolest, Fighters & Streets On Fire
The album flows so seamlessly it's hard to pick. It's more like a package deal with all the songs in one. But Dumb It Down from a purely technical/lyrical perspective is ill, not to mention the point it makes.
Put you on fucking game!!! Oh my god, the lyrics are so multi-leveled and deep and the whole 50 bars or whatever all the way through, and the metaphor about The Game and Death...and the production is beastly...
Paris, Tokyo. Only because it's really mellow and it's a track that eases me. Feel good track on the album.
Let's see "Paris Tokyo", "Go Baby", "Put u on Game", " Dumb it Down", "The Die", and "Little Weapon" I have too many favorites


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ZF-5018: HtmlList should insert newline after </li>
The HtmlList View helper now renders all elements on a single line. This gives browsers trouble rendering the items if they are displayed inline using css. All browsers break the lines at odd places.
I will add a Zend_View_Helper_HtmlElement::EOL aftere the opening and closing
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Added a patch for community evaluation. If no objections are commented here I will commit to trunk.
Please review patch.
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We broker 3 testcases and introduced a bug with this fix.
If fixed the testcases and the bug, but I commented the latter fix in the wrong issue, but with a matching comment in svn that leads to the correct comment on the wrong issue.
Still not sure if the bugfix is complete, it solves the issue when testing manually, but I will have to look into that again.
For now, I will commit the fixed test.
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$list = substr($list, 0, strlen($list) - 6)
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} else {
$list .= '' . $this->htmlList($item, $ordered, $attribs, $escape) . '' . self::EOL;
In my previous commit I had omitted the first 5 and did not change it to 6. This may give unexpected results.
This is still broken in 1.7.2
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SHERO.US recognizes role models who are building a better tomorrow for the woman of today and Maya Angelou definitely fits the profile.
That's why we're sending photographer Francie Aufdemorte to cover the free event honoring Angelou tonight at the University of Utah (scroll down for full time and location).
And if you're there, you might just end up in Salt Lake magazine. We'll post the photos on the website and save some for the printed magazine as well.
Unfortunately, Angelou—a world-renowned poet, novelist, filmmaker and civil rights activist— won't be able to make it in person due to health reasons, but four inspirational keynote speaker will take the stage.
Speaker Lineup:
Bridget Cook, bestselling author, speaker and life coach on "High Profile Courage."
Rene Johnson, The Power Zone Coach and Author on "Championing Domestic Violence."
Becky Swanson, Mrs. Wasatch Front, on "Dealing with the Tragic Loss of A Child."
Rebecca Musser, a former FLDS polygamist wife who has testified against the sect in Utah, Arizona and Texas. She was one of 65 wives of Rulon Jeffs and escaped the FLDS in 2002. She will speak on her experiences.
Maya Angelou Honorary SHERO Who's WOO (Women Overcoming Obstacles) Event
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Vegetable Amaranths
Varieties of A. tricolor, the so-called edible or vegetable amaranths, have been used for their leafy greens in Asia for centuries. Leaves of these heat-tolerant varieties make a nice summer substitute for cool-weather greens like spinach, and are tender enough for use raw in salads.
The first vegetable variety to become widely available in America was 'Hinn Choy', also known as tampala or Chinese spinach. Recent introductions include 'Green Leaf', 'Hijau', 'Red Leaf',and 'Merah', also called coleus-leaf amaranth. 'Merah' and 'Red Leaf' have large, crinkly green leaves with vivid purple veins. Less than 3 feet in height, these plants make colorful additions to any edible landscape.
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Once again, conductor Ludovic Morlot has gone off the beaten track and is presenting a concert programme full of contrasts. The parallel between Olivier Messiaen's transcendental world of sound and the eccentricity of Richard Strauss shows some daring. In addition to the performances in Brussels, this concert – which places great emphasis on La Choraline, La Monnaie children's choir – will also be given at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.
The programme for this concert is surprising in terms of its contrasts, in particular between words such as 'Liturgies' and 'Burleske'. What motivated this choice?
The starting point was our collaboration with Renaud Capuçon, artistic director of the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival. Richard Strauss is one of the main themes of the Festival's programme. One therefore expects to hear A Hero's Life or Zarathustra. I tried to present this composer in a somewhat unusual light. His Knight of the Rose and Burleske are interesting, as these works are not often performed. With La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, I wish to create a different programme and explore contrasts: bringing together Richard Strauss and Messiaen in the same concert is in keeping with this idea.
What role do these two composers play in your work?
I love these two composers because of their special style. This is exactly what I am looking for: the exploration of an original approach. Although I sometimes find Strauss' music to be a little 'superficial' – with an overabundance, an exuberant style, a lightness which we find in The Knight of the Rose – it is what makes it so attractive and interesting. I really like Messiaen's works such as Quartet for the End of Time, Twenty Contemplations on the Infant Jesus, etc. Each work by this composer is an experience: one cannot listen to it without being transformed.
Messiaen's music is singular in more than one way. He used terms such as 'sound-colour' and 'stained glass window' effect. Furthermore, faith plays a dominant role in his work. Can you tell us about these two fundamental aspects?
Faith is essential, indeed. But it is crucial to be able to translate it into realistic emotions. This sacred element is found in Jenůfa, which I am conducting for the moment. Fundamental values are evoked, such as truth and beauty, as well as jealousy, which is highlighted in order to condemn it better. The religious dimension in this work transcends these values somewhat. I am convinced that one may appreciate Messiaen's music and identify with it, without necessarily having faith. Nature is also very present in it: the singing birds, the colours associated with sounds, etc. We think of bright orange, the sunset and the light going through stained glass windows.
Music with a mystical inspiration, yet with an earthly rooting... I am thinking of the composer's research on bird songs. What would you like to say to people who will hear this work for the first time?
The size of the orchestra and the orchestration may be surprising. It was the middle of the 20th century, with a string ensemble, a piano, ondes Martenot and a women's chorus. The work is divided into three movements: God's presence in us, God's presence in light and God's presence in everything. This may be interpreted in several ways; we may also interpret 'God' as being that which is most dear to us. It brings to mind an excerpt from the text written by Messiaen himself: 'The yes which sings like an echo of light'. The words go together so well with the music.
Music between heaven and earth.
Yes, quite.
A work composed during World War II. Music of liberation?
That is how I interpret it. The composer takes great musical freedom in a religious subject. It is a true message of hope.
With Strauss, the atmosphere changes. First of all, you are presenting Burleske, an early work, and The Knight of the Rose, which is from the same period as Three Small Liturgies of the Divine Presence. The two works by Strauss are separated by more than half a century. Why this choice?
Above all, as I have mentioned, it is because I feel that these works should be played more often, especially Burleske. I love Strauss' early works; he was only twenty years old when he composed this work. The Knight of the Rose is somewhat different, but we are more interested in the Suite here. I enjoy creating a programme with contrasts, presenting works whose subtle thematic link is perhaps not detectable when one reads the programme, but rather when one hears the music. It is true that presenting Burleske after the Liturgies is almost like thumbing one's nose at it. And with The Knight of the Rose Suite, we end the concert in a more entertaining atmosphere.
For the pianist, Burleske is a very complex work from a technical point of view. How is your collaboration with Bertrand Chamayou?
It is wonderful. I have already played Messiaen with him: Exotic Birds, in a concert in Frankfurt. We also presented a Stravinsky concerto there. Chamayou is a true virtuoso in this repertoire. Burleske requires this skill. Initially, this work was intended for pianist Hans von Bülow, who had refused to work on it, considering it to be too complex and impossible to play. This shows us how much the piano technique has evolved over a century: today, it is not unusual to meet thirty-year-old pianists who are able to excel in this type of work.
You are getting to know La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra. How is your collaboration with the musicians progressing?
I have only been working with the orchestra for one year; this relationship is still very new. One may only claim to have a true influence on an orchestra of this quality after four or five years of working together. But after one year, I have a better idea of the repertoire I wish to explore with the orchestra. For the human and artistic cohesion of the group, it is equally as fundamental for us to perform away from home; this will be the case at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival. This is an extraordinary opportunity.
How have you approached the vocal work in Three Small Liturgies?
At first, I had imagined a collaboration between La Monnaie Women's Choir and La Choraline, the children's choir. But I began to feel that the mix of voices was perhaps not appropriate. I wanted a very pure and uniform sound; I was looking for a sort of naivety in the voices. Chorus master Martino Faggiani, La Choraline conductor Benoît Giaux and I agreed on the idea that the result would be more beautiful if we could obtain this vocal specificity. This is why we have decided to work only with La Choraline.
Is this a challenge?
Yes it is. When performing these liturgies with the voices of young girls, one of the major difficulties is the range. Messiaen's style is very demanding and requires endurance. He composed for a high range: the singers must often reach a high A note, which is very tiring for young girls. This is also why I had initially thought of reinforcing the chorus with women's voices.
Is it also important to be able to give this concert more than once?
Yes, of course. We are lucky to be able to perform twice in Brussels before going to Aix. It is always more satisfying to make a performance grow after several concerts. In this sense, the Knight of the Rose Suite is also a good choice: not only is this work appealing in itself, but the orchestra has already performed the opera. The musicians have an understanding of the work as a whole.
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"(The coffeemaker) is on even when it's not making coffee, and it's using six watts right now," he said when he tested it.
That' s $1.25 a month, even if you don't make any coffee.
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Sure, your A/C and refrigerator run during the night, but they are doing something: They are not considered to be "vampires." So we leave them off this list.
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- A computer in sleep mode: Just 7 watts of power.
- The CFL bulb outside your front door at night: 13 watts, on average.
- Cell phone chargers: Just 4 watts each while in use.
- A bathroom nightlight: 7 watts
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Phyllis Pettit Nassi Mission: Educating Native American populations about cancer and finding high-quality and culturally sensitive medical care. Areas of Operation: Across Utah and 17 other states, including Idaho, New Mexico, Montana, Arizona, Wyoming and Alaska.
Education is power, and Phyllis Pettit Nassi is focused on making the nation's Native American populations as strong as possible.
For the last decade, Nassi—who is enrolled in the Otoe-Missoria Tribe and is a member of the Cherokee Nation—has led the Huntsman Cancer Institute's Native American Outreach Program and taken major steps in educating tribes from Las Vegas to Anchorage about cancer and prevention.
"Native Americans have the poorest cancer survival rate of all races," says Nassi, who spends the better part of her year traveling to far-flung corners of the West to work with tribal communities. "Cancer was not part of our world, and many tribes have no name for it."
That, Nassi says, is exactly the problem. Not knowing about cancer fosters misconceptions and delays diagnoses and treatment. "I [recently] met with a woman with breast cancer, [and] her community has shunned her and [believes] she's contagious," Nassi says, noting these struggles are complicated by limited budgets, access to oncologists and other priorities. "We deal with a lot of myths, so getting people to [take measures] to reduce risk can be difficult."
But Nassi's team of two can't simply begin the education process with pamphlets and PowerPoint presentations.
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Back at home, Nassi and program coordinator Lynne Hall work as liaisons, orchestrating relationships with doctors in the Indian Health Centers and at the institute. It's slow and steady work and requires countless hours lobbying in Washington, D.C., and attending a multitude of conferences. But the more people reached, the broader the impact. "It's not just education and knowledge. It's keeping true to our culture that is going to help us," Nassi says. "If I can change one person, I change a family. That family changes the way that tribe interacts. All it takes is one person."
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Thomas Allison Fritts, 67, of South N.C. Highway 150, died Monday, May 27, 2013, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, following a two week illness.
A memorial service will be 4 p.m. Wednesday at his home, by the Rev. Grant Sharp.
The family will receive friends following the service at the home.
Mr. Fritts was born Jan. 10, 1946, in Davidson County, to Reuben Fritts and Bessie Allison Fritts. He was a motor grader at Morgan Construction and a member of Tyro United Methodist Church. He also had served in the U.S. Army National Guard.
Surviving are his loving wife, Gaynell Gatton Fritts of the home; sons, Cory Allen Fritts of Troutman, and Gil Huff (Elizabeth) of Lexington; daughters, Ronda Huff Johnson (Jon) and Chris Huff Medlin (Mark), all of Statesville; seven grandchildren, Kaitlyn Fritts, Alex Huff, Gavin Young, Tonya Taylor, Dusty, Cody and Jacob Medlin; and a brother, Kenneth Fritts, wife, Joyce of Mt. Gilead.
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WASHINGTON - Alcohol producers have a new treat for teenagers as prom and graduation party season begins. A poll conducted for the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) by Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Inc. shows that "alcopop" beverages (sweet, fruit-flavored, malt-based drinks) appeal more to teenagers than to adults and that teens are more likely to consume them.
New beverages, including Mikes Hard Lemonade, Ricks Spiked Lemonade, Doc Otis Hard Lemonade, Jeds Hard Lemonade, Tequiza, Sublime, and Hoopers Hooch, come in hip, bright, and colorful youth-oriented packaging. The labels resemble non-alcoholic lemonade, fruit punches and soft drinks -- all popular with teens -- though labels do disclose alcohol content. More than 80% of teens say "alcopops" are easy to get if they want them.
At a Washington press conference, George A. Hacker, CSPIs director for alcohol policies said, "Booze merchants formulate the products and the design of their labeling and packaging specifically to appeal to people who dont like the taste of alcohol, which includes teenagers. Alcopops are gateway drugs that ease young people into drinking and pave the way to more traditional alcoholic beverages." Noting governments failure to halt the marketing of "alcopops" by approving their labels, he called for Federal action to protect American children. CSPI released letters it had delivered to Robert Pitofsky, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Bradley Buckles, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF), that called for a crackdown on unfair and misleading marketing practices.
Also speaking at the press conference were U.S. Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY); General Arthur T. Dean (U.S. Army, retired), Chairman and CEO of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA); Sis Wenger, executive director of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA); and Jeannette Noltenius, PhD, for Richard Yoast, PhD, director of the National Program Office for "Reducing Underage Drinking through Coalitions" at the American Medical Association.
By a three to one margin, teens report more familiarity than adults with "alcopops" and 17- and 18-year-olds are more than twice as likely as adults to have tried them. Most teenagers and adults surveyed believe that the new drinks are marketed primarily to people under the legal alcohol purchase age of 21, and nine in 10 teens and 67% of adults think that companies make "alcopops" taste like lemonade to lure young people into trying them.
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"Companies that market starter brews and alcopops," said Hacker, "arent peddling adult drinks. Those alcopop drinks can have serious implications for Americas youth and for alcohol-related problems throughout society." According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, young people who begin drinking before the age of 15 are four times as likely to develop alcohol dependence than those who wait until age 21 to start.
More than 10 million Americans between the ages of 12 and 20 currently drink alcohol. Alcohol kills many more teenagers than all illicit drugs combined. It is a major factor in the four leading causes of death among teens -- motor vehicle crashes, unintentional injuries, homicides, and suicides. According to estimates developed for the U.S. Department of Justice, underage drinking cost the nation some $53 billion in 1996.
Citing the findings of the national polls and two focus groups of teenagers conducted in Westchester County, New York, and Newton, Massachusetts, CSPI delivered letters to the Federal Trade Commission asking it to investigate the marketing of "alcopops" to teens and order labeling changes and reforms at the retail level.
The BATF approves every alcoholic-beverage label. CSPI asked the BATF immediately to: revoke approved labels for several "alcopop" drinks; require revisions in the design of "alcopop" labeling and packaging; and require "alcopop" producers to disclose their marketing plans and submit "alcoholism and underage-drinking impact assessments" to the agency prior to label approval.
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Full SubmissionMobility and accessibility is crucial for poor people in remote mountainous areas to pull themselves out of isolation and poverty. Environment friendly technology, therefore, must be used as leverage for empowerment. This, indeed, was the consensus among the participants at International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD) organised international workshop on Transport in the Mountains held at the Godavari Village Resort in Kathmandu, Nepal in November 2010. The workshop participants agreed to a Statement of Intent and some of them as mentioned below, are mentioned as key recommendations to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), in regard to the transportation in the mountainous areas. It should be an important concern of governments, local governments, UN Agencies and other relevant sectors to ensure the environmental protection of the fragile and active mountains, to minimize the construction of conventional Transport infrastructure (e.g. Roads). The Transport systems, infrastructure, services and means required by and available to poor people living in mountainous ecosystems may challenge our traditional perception of what are suitable and appropriate solutions. The participants have witnessed and commend the level of expertise that Nepal has on complementary technological solutions such as trail bridges, ropeways - including gravity ones - and trails which are essential in areas where access by roads is not economically and environmentally viable. Given the impact that such options can have on the lives and livelihoods of the poor and any technological options promoted should consider the necessary safeguards and maintenance required. Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies dealing with infrastructure, in general, and (rural) roads in particular must synchronize their efforts. Any Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) of a Ministry must clearly define how it interacts with other government bodies also dealing with infrastructure. The current "isle approach" where each institution operates as if the other does not exist affect negatively the effective use of limited public resources and must be avoided. Based on the experiences from developing countries with mountain regions, workshop participants believe that the following Good Governance principles should be introduced: With respect to sustainable road construction: 1. Ensuring quality control of mountain roads by defining and enforcing norms, standards, and technologies. 2. Local communities must be informed, consulted and if possible involved in the planning, construction and maintenance of infrastructure passing their location or vicinity thereof. 3. Enhancing transparency and accountability markedly by introducing Cost Accounting and facilitating access to the accounts by the public through the web and other accessible information means. 4. Keeping Central and Local Governments more efficient by ensuring the safeguarding of natural resources and avoid constructions leading to man-made disasters. 5. Applying the Feasibility Study Approach to include procedures on how to compute the per km capita cost and requirements to adjustments with respect to Geology, Hydrology, Drainage, Resettlement-needs, and replacing (heritage) trails. The respective Ministries are to set the acceptable upper limits on the per capita cost and tolerable limits on the adjustments. 6. Workshop participants acknowledge the tensions between road infrastructure works and environmental protection. Thus it is very important to ensure that Environmental Impact Assessments and mitigation plans for environmental damage and biodiversity loss are comprehensive, well conceived and properly implemented. In view of increasing vehicle imports and the consequent air pollution, a favourable duty system for carbon emissions-free vehicles should be considered. 7. Workshop participants are conscious that the isolation of people living in mountains exacerbates their poverty and the conditions of inequality they face in our societies. Thus, workshop participants endeavor to continue exchanging ideas, identify areas of potential collaboration and promote this important debate at national and international levels. The above extracts were taken from the Statement of Intent (The Godavari Statement of Intent) published at the conclusion of the International Workshop on Mountain Transport held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 21 -27 November, 2010.


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Trail population and more foul weather leaves existing trails under strain
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It's a Coffee Talk Tuesday with no question, just a picture and a situation area Mountain Bikers are in
The Dirty Bismark, one of the few large trails currently opened near Boulder, is seeing most of the area's dirt lovers coming out in numbers that seem far greater than usual. Add on top of that the ground is already pretty saturated with water and recent rains and snows have turned some areas, that under our normal desert like conditions, into sections like shown above, and now may need some type of trail structures to fix the problem. Everyone knows to ride through it, it's been a mainstream plea for over 20 years but many don't. Not in any pictures shown but up on the top side of the Dirty Bismark where it connects with the Koopenberg single track has become double track. It's subjective but I would guess it was not mud related but the single track became too bumpy for trail users so a smoother line was created, and given the softness of the ground and shear numbers of riders on the trail made the creation quick and simple. Boulder Mountain Bike Alliance have been working with the community on Trail Etiquette but what can be done with usage rises and Mother Nature screws with you on unseasonable weather.
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I live near that loop and it
Submitted by Joel White (not verified) on
I live near that loop and it definitely sees a lot of traffic under normal conditions, and much more so now given all the closures. Mountain bikers are better than the photo above, there is no reason to ride around that small mud hole. If you absolutely can't bear the thought of getting your bike muddy (oh the humanity!), then at least get off and carry it don't just ride around it.
As someone who has donated a lot of time to help rebuild trails, stuff like this makes my head hurt. These are easily preventable damages.
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Agreed, Joel - I live in
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Agreed, Joel - I live in South Boulder and ride High Plains fairly frequently - I'm pretty certain I know the exact spot on HP this was taken, and if so, it's an area where there is a persistent spring and I've seen this exact same mess anytime the weather is wet enough to get it flowing, regardless of the open/closed status of other system trails. One of the main issues behind this kind of damage is that the people who do this are not the sorts of riders who are typically engaged in the MTB community (yes there are jerks in any population but they're generally the exception); this is often something you'll see from more casual riders (think college students, folks with the department store type bikes, teenagers, etc...) who don't subscribe to IMBA or BMA and don't understand the impact they cause. I've done enough trail days myself for this to really irritate me, but I guess honestly, what's the best way to combat ignorance? I've tried to be an ambassador in these situations (stopped, tried to explain the "keep the singletrack skinny" philosophy without chiding people or being confrontational) and my overall perception is that in about half these cases they straight out don't get it and don't want to hear it.
and don't get me started about the hikers and equestrians... based on just my experience alone they're far, far worse.
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bad manners overall
Submitted by Not from here (not verified) on
I was out this weekend on this very loop and was just stunned by the lack of overall trail etiquette. I saw people go completely off trail to avoid the mud, riders who had no regard for yielding right of way for anyone climbing, or even hiking for that matter. It's like a bunch of hicks on bikes out there, with no regard for any rules.
All the crap I saw would never fly somewhere where the cycling community is small. We call people on their stupid S*it back home. People who are from here need to start doing what other places do; police ourselves. Make an effort to talk to your riding friends about trail rules. Help a noob get up to speed on the rules also. Its a community effort.
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Police ourselves? Boulder is
Submitted by D. (not verified) on
Police ourselves? Boulder is the capitol or over, uber, nazi-policing. Every kind of nanny state bizzaro.
Buzz off. There is plenty of grass left on every side of just about every trail. I'm happy people are riding. Period.
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On the other hand
Submitted by S (not verified) on
Boulder is also a hotbed of narcissistic self-centered assholes that don't think the rules apply to them.
Points: 16
And this reply is exactly why
Submitted by Not from here (not verified) on
And this reply is exactly why some people suck.so.bad.here. So basically, who cares if you fu*k it up for someone else so as long you get your ride in? Wow, the arrogance and entitlement here makes me want to throw up.
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Is the trail design working for conditions and traffic
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Imagine if everyone did ride through, we can only guess but I would guess there would be a large/deep water hole there which isn't great either even after the water is gone. Maybe this section needs a drainage pipe and and dirt build up. Right?
Until that happens we can ask that everyone rides though it but reality is not everyone will. So what do you do? Accept reality, close the trail or modify to prevent this in the future
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In all the years that I've
Submitted by Joel White (not verified) on
In all the years that I've ridden this trail, I've never seen a mud hole in this location. I agree that we can look at trying to rebuild this section with some water mitigation features, but you also have to remember that it took a group of 30 people and well over 200 hours just to get this trail back open after the flood. If people could ride through instead of creating 30 different routes around it until we can get back to address this issue, then it will take less work to fix when the trail crews get caught up enough to address it.
I rode it last night and went straight through it. Sure I got some mud on my bike and on me, but it was that bad. I will say though that the hole is deeper than you would expect as you ride up to it.
If you aren't going to ride through the middle of it, just pick your bike up and carry it. No reason to ride through a little less mud and create a much wider trail.
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