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I like reading about life on a sub-tropical island in a place far away from where I live. I read the Tenerife blog a lot more in the winter time than I do in the summer. When the cold rolls in here where we live, I dream a lot about warm waters, sunshine and feeling ocean breezes on my face. I was pretty much flabbergasted by a swimmer's personal view from inside an infinity pool that faced the waters of Tenerife. It looked like the swimming pool connected directly with the water of the secluded bay where the home is located. I have always dreamed of owning a property like that. I like reading travel magazines and travel websites that talk about places you can lease or own in sub-tropical places such as Tenerife. (more…)
Have You Ever Been to Majorca?
I am just curious as to whether or not it is the sort of place where you need to rent a car. My girl and I were looking at planning a short trip down there, say around four or five days. We would skip out of work on Wednesday and miss work Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and the next Monday. We could get down there from the UK rather quickly. However we were looking at this site http://www.carhiremajorcaairport.co and wondering how necessary a car rental would be in this sort of place. Obviously we are pretty much thinking about this as a chance to party for a few days. This would involve a lot of laying in the sun, a lot of dancing to loud music and quite a little bit of alcohol. Obviously the last thing does not mix all that well with motor vehicles. At any rate the place is a pretty small island and there is not so much to see that you could not see with some other person driving.
In fact I suspect it might be better to rent the little motor scooter things. You could get one or two of them and get around just as well, at least so long as it does not rain. Rain seems to be a rather unlikely thing as well. From all that we have read it seems as though you are very likely to get a nearly perfect sunny day if you go to this island. That seems to be one of the main attractions in fact. I guess there are a few archaeological sites and cultural stuff. I am trying to figure out what we shall have time to see and whether or not we shall want to see it. I like to have plans for just in case.
Wondering How Nice of a Vacation I Can Afford
Of course there is a limit to what we can do, just like any other couple we have so much money and we have to make our bills every month. We have the house to pay and we have to make two car payments and all of the insurance. Obviously you have stuff like food and clothes as well. We were checking out some exotic stuff like a week in a Kruger national park safari accommodation. We looked at this Kwambili Safari Lodge and tried to figure out what it would cost to fly over there and spend a week or so in the African bush. It is not like we are really sure that is practical. To start with, getting there must be a huge pain. (more…)
A Car to Drive Around on My Own
When I had to go to Toronto for business, I wasn't sure how I wanted to get around town. Sometimes, I will just take a taxi or hire a driver to get me to my hotel, but I knew that I was going to have a lot of downtime while in Toronto. I decided to look at a car hire in Toronto to see if that would be worth doing. I decided that if I had my own car that I could drive around when I was not in meetings, then I would be able to do some sightseeing.
That is something that I really do enjoy doing, especially when I have as much free time as I will have in Toronto. (more…)
Best Corporate Taxi Services in Mumbai
My company is going to be having regular business meetings located in Mumbai, and I am in the process of trying to figure out a regular transportation method for these meetings. There has been too much disruption, in the past, due to people not being able to get to the meeting on time. There have been a variety of different problems, and too many to list right now. But anyway, I am looking for corporate taxi services in mumbai as I feel that could be the best solution to our problems.
If we could hire corporate taxis for all of the members of the business, who will need to travel across Mumbai, to make it to where the meetings are going to be held, then there would be a lot less of a chance that anyone will be delayed in getting there. (more…)
Great Vacation in New Zealand
It is my 15th wedding anniversary, well not yet, but it is going to be in the near future. Anyway, I am going to try to do something special with my wife, and I want to take her to an exotic foreign country. I have been thinking about it a lot, and the more I think about it, the more I realize that I want to go New Zealand. I am looking at http://greenstonelodge.com which is a website that i had the good fortune to come across in my search for travel information about New Zealand. It looks very quaint and it appears to be just the sort of accommodation that I want to rent when we go to celebrate our wedding anniversary on this trip.
I know that going to New Zealand will be something that my wife will really enjoy and that is one of the main reasons that I am planning this trip. (more…)
I Just Started My New Job
It took me quite some time to catch on, but at long last I have gotten a job as a chauffeur. I have had my license for about three months already and I have just now cashed my first paycheck, at least the first one for driving actually. I got a job driving a nice Lincoln Town car for an employee owned car service at bwi. At first I had to do all the crap jobs. I was going into work in the middle of the morning, after all of the drivers got done for the night. Actually you are usually out driving until rather late at night or even early in the morning it seems. I would clean out the cars, vacuum them out and wash them.
Misty Waters Holiday Park is a Great Family Place
I like it quiet and peaceful on holiday. I like a nice chalet or caravan to have as a home base for our holiday adventures rather than a hotel room. You could offer me the finest hotel room in the world, and I would prefer a caravan or chalet to stay in on our family holiday. Our last holiday was spent at misty waters. This is a beautiful holiday park.
I have a close relative who lives in the United States. He goes on holiday, or vacation as he calls it, to woodland or countryside settings each year. Over there they call chalets cabins. He and his family like to go stay at their favorite cabin. I really never knew what that meant until we visited one year and stayed for a time in a cabin in the mountains. It was beautiful.
Enjoy the Peaceful Beauty of the Finger Lakes at Seneca
To some, thinking of New York mostly conjures up images of our nation's biggest city, but that's just a drop in the bucket when it comes to what you can see in the state of New York. Outside of the hustle and bustle of the city, there are lots of small towns that are so charmingly rural they can relax even the most stressed-out busy-bodies for a little while. One of upstate New York's most idyllic regions is the area known as the Finger Lakes. Whether you're escaping the noise of the city or just trying to explore a new part of the country, you can't go wrong with a visit to the Finger Lakes.
You might be thinking that the tiny populations of the rural towns around the Lakes mean that there's nothing to do there. In fact, there is lots of interesting stuff to see and do around the area. If you don't mind riding around to nearby towns, you can check out some of the local attractions. There is great deal of history to be explored around Lake Seneca. (more…)
Seneca, the Small Town with Rich Culture
Seneca, New York is a small town with population of less, than 3,000 but rich in historical significance. The ideas below will hopefully convince you to visit this unique settlement.
Seneca is located in Ontario County, South of Lake Ontario. The town was named after the Seneca people living in the area. Their name means "People of the Great Hill". There are lots of important sites around the city having significant artifacts related to the Seneca tribe.
The area was part of the purchase of Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham in 1788 in which they purchased the land between Lake Ontario and the Pennsylvania border from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The town was finally organized in 1793.
Seneca Park can provide recreation and a meeting facility for small family or company meetings. (more…)


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I need sound added to my video testimonial. I have two video testimonials, both are ~1:00m long and I need background sound track added to them.
I am not exactly sure what the music needs to sound like and therein lies the difficulty with this project. Will need someone who is creative and has previous experience in "creating" sounds. Basically the background audio needs to fit well with what is on the screen and provide the right "frame of mind" for the audience watching [Sales, uplifting, promotional etc].
The music that exists currently is just a test and is not AT ALL to my liking.
Ask me for the link to the video and I will send it to you to have a look at so you can have a better idea (and to prove you have read the job post :) )
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Center for Minority Veterans (CMV)
Staff Bios
Barbara Ward
Ms. Barbara Ward was appointed as the Director for the Center for Minority Veterans in August 2012. Prior to this appointment, the Governor of California appointed Ms. Ward to the position of Deputy Secretary of Women and Minority Veterans from 2007 through 2011 and as the Bureau Chief of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education from 2005 through 2007. Ms. Ward also served as a member of the Women Veterans Advisory Committee for three years, and was co-chair of the health sub-committee.
As a native of Florida, she attended the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, School of Nursing where she obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree. In 1986, she obtained her Master's Degree in Public Administration, Health Services Management from Golden Gate University, San Francisco. She is a registered nurse with a diverse background in health care administration and state government. Ms. Ward has held several executive level management positions including Regional Director of Field Case Management with Kemper Insurance Company; Vice President of Medical Services with Combined Benefits Insurance Company; Assistant Director of Professional Services with the University of California Davis Medical Center and Quality Assurance Coordinator at Mather Air Force Base Hospital.
Ms. Ward is a Viet Nam Era Veteran who served in the United States Air Force Nurse Corp at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. She is a board member and Vice President of the Health Education Council in Sacramento, California and a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. As a long term educator, she has been an adjunct faculty member at several universities, including Golden Gate University. Ms. Ward was recognized as the Business Woman of the Year by the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority in 2010, and has received special recognition and awards from AMVETS and American Legion for her service to Veterans. She is the former Second Vice President of the National Association of State Women Veteran Coordinators.
Earl S. Newsome, III
Deputy Director
Earl S. Newsome III was assigned as the Deputy Director, Center for Minority Veterans in November 2006. He previously served as a Health System Specialist in the office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management (10N) for two years. Prior to that assignment, he served as Assistant to the Director at the Washington DC VA Medical Center, where he served for nine years. During his assignment at the Washington DC VA Medical Center, he also served as the facility Minority Veterans Program Coordinator during his entire tour.
He received a Baccalaureate Degree in Education from the University of Houston, and a Masters of Arts Degree in Human Resource Management from Pepperdine University. He is also a graduate of the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College. Mr. Newsome is also a graduate of the Leadership VA (LVA) Class of 2008, and a 2010 graduate of the Federal Executive Institute-Leadership for a Democratic Society Course (Class 359).
He served 20 years in the Army Medical Service Corps, and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in February 1995. He served in various medical treatment facilities and staff assignments in the Continental United States (CONUS), Korea, and Germany, including, Executive Officer, Walter Reed Army Medical Center; Assistant Chief, Graduate Medical Education, Office of The Surgeon General (OTSG); Deputy Assistant Dean, Continuing Education, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Medical Planner, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs (HA); Chief Personnel Plans and Mobilization Branch, OTSG, and Assistant Chief, Staff and Faculty Development Division, Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Center and School.
His military decorations include: the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Joint Service Achievement Medal, and the Army Achievement Medal. His other affiliations include Life Member, Disabled American Veterans; Life Member, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated; the Federal Executive Institute Alumni Association, and the Order of Military Medical Merit. In his youth, he attained the rank of Eagle Scout.
Denise Wright
Senior Program Analyst
Ms. Wright joined the Center for Minority Veterans as a Program Analyst on August 2015. She serves as the Program Manager for the Minority Veterans Program Coordinators (MVPC) and the Center's Liaison for the African American Veteran's community. As Program Manager, Ms. Wright manages approximately 300 MVPCs. The MVPCs are appointed by the Directors of their respective facility in each Administration (VHA, VBA, and NCA). Ms. Wright ensures that information is disseminated to the MVPCs regarding issues effecting the minority Veteran population, apprises them of the Center's mission, and assists in resolving issues affecting our minority Veterans through adoption and implementation of policies and programs.
As Liaison for the African American Veteran's community, she is constantly engaged in different events that promote cultural diversity. She also identifies issues that impact African American Veterans. Prior to her employment with the VA, Ms. Wright worked as a Veterans Employment Outreach Program Manager with the Department of State.
As a Veterans Employment Program Manager she served as an expert consultant on veterans employment issues. She was responsible for a full range of administrative and planning duties regarding the Veterans Employment Initiatives targeted to Veterans employment. She collaborated with Veterans service organizations, Transition Assistance Programs staff, career event planners, and social services organizations to increase outreach opportunities to Veterans seeking employment. She interfaced with the Veterans community by providing hands on services to assist Veterans seeking employment in identifying transferrable skills and assessing military occupational qualifications needed for mission critical occupations.
Ms. Wright is retired from the United States Army. She is also a veteran of the first Gulf War. She has received numerous medals to include Kuwait Liberation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Multinational Force and Observers Medal and the Air Assault badge.
Ms. Wright received a Master of Science Degree in Administration from Central Michigan University, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management minoring in Human Resources Management from University of Maryland. She also completed a Human Resource Management Certificate from the University of Maryland University College.
Juanita J. Mullen
Program Analyst
Juanita J. Mullen joined the Center for Minority Veterans and Center for Women Veterans in October 2004. She serves as the American Indian Veterans Liaison for both centers. As Liaison for the American Indian Veteran's community, she is constantly engaged in different events that promote cultural diversity. She also identifies issues that effect American Indian Veterans. She is a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians (Keeper of the Western Door), Cattaraugus Indian Reservation located in western New York.
Ms. Mullen retired from the Air Force in 2000, after 20 years of service. Half of her career was spent serving under Headquarters U.S. Air Forces Europe. She has received numerous medals to include the Air Force Achievement Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, NATO Medal, and the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. Upon retirement, she was hired by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C. She worked as a Self Determination Specialist in Contracts & Grants with the Eastern Regional Office, Education Specialist with the South Eastern States Agency (SESA), and as an Administrative Officer for Budget Management at the Department of Interior.
Ms. Mullen has a Master of Science Degree in Administration from Central Michigan University, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from University of Maryland, and an Associates Degree in Transportation from the Community College of the Air Force in Montgomery, Alabama.
Ronald M. Sagudan
Program Analyst
Mr. Sagudan joined the Center for Minority Veterans as a Program Analyst in April 2007. He serves as the Center's Veteran Liaison for the Asian American /Pacific Islander American Veterans' community. As Liaison for the Asian American/Pacific Islander American veteran's community, he is constantly engaged in different events that promote cultural diversity. He also identifies issues that effect Asian American/Pacific Islander American.
Before coming to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Mr. Sagudan worked for several healthcare organizations prior to joining the Center. These agencies include: Integrated Health Services, Inc., The American Red Cross, and HCIA-Sachs, and Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic. Mr. Sagudan is the son of retired United States Navy Vietnam Veteran, the nephew of Philippines Scout, and grandson was a World War II Filipino Veteran. He has been an active member of several organizations in the Asian American/Pacific Islander community.
Mr. Sagudan has a Bachelors of Science degree in Health Science from Towson State University, and is working on his Graduate Certificate in Health Information Systems at George Mason University.
Dwayne E. Campbell
Program Analyst
Mr. Campbell joined the Center for Minority Veterans (CMV) as a program Analyst in November 2009. He serves as the Center's Veteran Liaison for the Hispanic American Veterans' community. As Liaison for the Hispanic American Veteran's community, he is constantly engaged in different events that promote cultural diversity. He also identifies issues that are unique and affect the Hispanic American Veteran community.
Prior to joining the Center, Mr. Campbell was a Health Insurance Specialist at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Campbell served as CMS&rsuqo; Veterans outreach coordinator, the National Medicare Education Program coordinator and co-coordinator for the Advisory Panel on Medicare Education. He was awarded the CMS Administrator&rsuqo;s Achievement Award for outstanding support during Medicare's Part D first open enrollment campaign.
Mr. Campbell worked as a Staff Officer II in the Office of the Governor, Mississippi Division of Medicaid. In this capacity he assisted the Deputy Executive Director for Administration in developing general Medicaid policies and guidelines that had significant statewide impact. In addition, he served on active duty in the Army for nine years and is a Desert Storm Veteran.
Mr. Campbell earned his Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications at Jackson State University.
D'Andrea "Dee" Jacobs
Program Assistant
D'Andrea "Dee" Jacobs, a Dallas native, joined the VA and Center for Minority Veterans (CMV) as a Program Assistant in May 2016. Prior to joining the Center, she served on active duty in the United States Air Force for 15 years. She enlisted as a computer systems Program Manager and later cross-trained to become a Medical Laboratory Science technician. She supported Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) during her deployment to Ramstein AB, Germany as the non-commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) of the Blood Transshipment Center in 2007. She also served as NCOIC Force Protection, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), in Bagram, Afghanistan in 2013 during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF).
She has received her Associate's in Information Systems Management and Associate's in Clinical Laboratory Science from the Community College of the Air Force in Montgomery, Alabama. She is currently enrolled at the University of Maryland University College, a semester shy of receiving her BA in Social Sciences; minoring in Information Systems Management. She plans to continue her education and receive her Masters of Library Science.
Her military decorations include: Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with 1 Service Star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the NATO Medal.
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When, after cleaning/optimising the database with WP-Optimize, I try to use one of these plugins, they cannot create a new thumbnail relative to the Featured Image like they do normally. If I try on a Featured Image before cleaning database, it works. So I suppose your plugin deleted some important data relative to attachments.
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The plugin: "Categorical Links Page" isn't working on my site.
It's a straighforward plug-in, yet I couldn't find it listed on the 2.1 compatibility list -- either as working or not (I'm running 2.2.3).
Perhaps I have another error on my site?? Can anyone please take a quick look and let me know any problems that might cause it to not work??
The plugin should offer a list of all the posts on my site here: http://growandknow.com/learning/?page_id=12
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Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The nameless narrator of the novel describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of "the Brotherhood", and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be. The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce, and Dostoevsky.
Ellison's classic 1952 novel is about a black man from the South who travels to New York City in the 1930s. He becomes involved with the Communist Party, but is soon disillusioned: the Communists see him not as a person but as a symbol of oppressed humanity, as does the Black Nationalist group he encounters. This inability of a blind and hostile society to value him for himself, rather than as a projection of the ideas of others, is the recurrent theme of the novel, which becomes more and more surreal as the nameless narrator continues his quest for identity. Ultimately, this is an existential statement, permeated with the author's ironic perceptions about the absurdity of human existence.
Author: Ralph Ellison
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary, General
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
- Subgenre: General, Literary
- Publisher: Vintage Books
- Pages: 581
- Language: English
- Release Date: March 1, 1995
- Author: Ralph Ellison
- National Book Award , Fiction , 1953
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Listen boy You need to stop looking at little girls. Does those bouncing tittys remind you of a little girl Boy!
Waterpog: Heard you ex-wife found pictures Boy! 5-8 Year old Girls on your computer Boy! Thats why she Left your sorry ass Boy!
Your sick Boy!
He likes little girls and thats why she left him. She found pictures of 5-8 year olds on his computer.
Your sick Boy!
Still crying Boy? I see that pic of your daughter still jumping up and down boy!
What a freak! You like little girls Boy!
This boy racing 660 ft ? If you cant run 7s in the 1320 then you aint ****.
Stupid f-cking whimps.
yer time is running out boy! Dont hide like a little girl.
I come hunt yer ass down boy.
Where you at Boy! Where that boy at? I want to hear him squeel like a pig!
Got the banjo and lets take a walk boy!
Yer not man enough so just sit there and spank it boy.Come on up and play in the woods with us boy. Think you better shut the yapper while you...
Aint Never been convicted boy! You got a problem with me boy!
We must all be dumb like you !kinda looks that you bubba. Why do ya drag that car up here and race real men.WTF is wrong with you boy
Who are you big mouth? whatcha gunna do to me F888 face.
Where am i at girly girl.
That would be something you were already in with your sawed off pecker.
Is that why she left you? Now the truth comes out...
Your driving a broken buick shut the [email protected]
If you could get you dick out of your boyfriends As-Hole
Hey you freak show is that a picture of your daughter?
Waterfrog your momma was a good lay last night . :rlaugh:


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Smooth, expressive and generous, offering a cascade of ripe black cherry and blackberry, with hints of tarragon and mint around the edges, flowing smoothly into a long finish. Drink now through 2018. 1,500 cases imported. –HS
Tasting Notes
This full-bodied and juicy red offers approachable notes of ripe red and dark fruits along with hints of smoke and graphite.
Technical Notes
The vineyards are located in the Willunga district in the southern end of McLaren Vale and are planted to a mix of clay and heavy grey loam soil over sandstone. A bright and lush wine, 20% of the fruit was vinified in the Amarone method to concentrate flavor. After six weeks, the dried fruit was fermented on its skins for six days, pressed and fermented in oak and stainless steel, the wine was racked just once.


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I Checked the event viewer when I start the internet explorer and this is the error message from event viewer.
Faulting application name: iexplore.exe, version: 10.0.9200.16537, time stamp: 0x5123410e
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With the advent of new therapeutic modalities, the treatment options for oncologists can vary greatly depending upon the aggressiveness of the patient's cancer. Patients may receive no therapy, adjuvant therapy, aggressive adjuvant therapy (taxane based), monoclonal antibody therapy (e.g. Herceptin) or bone marrow transplantation. It is now mandatory to determine accurate prognostic patient profiles at diagnosis and during therapy to determine who would benefit most from a particular therapeutic regimen or to determine who should be shifted into more aggressive therapy. We now have ultra-sensitive methods of tumor cell detection that can determine the presence of minimal residual cancer (MRC) in marrow, stem cell product (SCP) and lymph node to help create these prognostic profiles. The author has conducted a critical review of the literature regarding the type of testing used to detect MRC, the incidence of MRC in marrow, SCP, and lymph node, and the clinical significance of MRC at diagnosis and during therapy.
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Senior fullback Kyle Norberg of Cary-Grove and senior linebacker Ivan Nevarez of Leyden have earned Daily Herald MVP honors for their performances in Week 5 of the high school football season.
Norberg rumbled for 275 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 45-14 victory over Jacobs, while Nevarez had 4 sacks and returned a fumble for a score in the Eagles' key win at Hinsdale South.
Kyle Norberg, Cary-Grove: How's this for setting a tone? Norberg, a 6-foot-2, 212-pound fullback, broke free for a 63-yard touchdown run on his first carry of the game against Jacobs. He topped that on his second attempt, a 74-yard scoring burst. The senior, who doubles as a third-year linebacker, rushed for career highs of 275 yards and 3 touchdowns on 13 carries in Cary-Grove's 45-14 victory to help the state-ranked Trojans improve to 5-0.
Joel Bouagnon, Aurora Christian: As he said after a 41-14 win over St. Francis, Bouagnon finally got to run the rock. The 6-foot-2, 224-pounder carried 17 times for 207 yards, among the top five ground games in Aurora Christian history. The Northern Illinois-bound senior ran for touchdowns of 21 and 34 yards. At linebacker he made a team-high 14 tackles and scored on a fumble return.
John Gemmel, Wheaton Academy: The tough junior back's amazing effort earned a 56-52 Suburban Christian Gold Division win over Walther Lutheran. With the Warriors trailing 52-26 with 5:38 left in the third, Gemmel ran for 4 touchdowns and three 2-point conversions. On the day he carried 32 times for a school-record 291 yards with 6 touchdowns, of 8, 15, 32, 2, 1 and 14 yards.
Jeff McGlade, Fremd: McGlade had no problem with an increased workload as he pounded his way to 162 yards on 28 carries in Fremd's 24-7 win over Barrington. The junior running back scored the Vikings' first 2 touchdowns, including a 55-yard gallop in the first quarter and a 1-yard plunge just before halftime, a drive in which he accounted for 31 of his team's 37 yards.
Kyle Whitman, Grant: A gash on the top of his head required 9 staples to close and threatened to keep him out of the Bulldogs' homecoming game against Vernon Hills. Instead, the quarterback turned in a heady performance. He rushed 16 times for 135 yards, scoring on runs of 28, 20, 7 and 4 yards, as the Bulldogs rolled to a 43-7 win.
Ivan Nevarez, Leyden: The senior linebacker was part of a monster defensive effort that helped Leyden knock off previously undefeated Hinsdale South 17-14 and move into sole possession of first place in the West Suburban Gold. Nevarrez had 10 solo tackes, 4 tackles for loss, a sack and a fumble recovery, which he returned 52 yards for a touchdown.
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Cary Audio Cinema 11a Surround Processor and Model 7.125 Amplifier Video Test Bench
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The initial Cary review sample had no problems with Resolution, but failed our Video Clipping tests. HD digital video is comprised of brightness values from 1 to 254, with 16 to 235 reserved for program material and the rest as headroom. The Cinema 11a barely went above peak white and also did not go below black. This was clearly by design. After explaining why we expect headroom and toeroom to be visible for clean HDMI passthrough, Cary looked into this further and decided to issue a software update to allow the Cinema 11a to pass the valid digital range from 1 to 254. Testing on the follow-up sample with software version 1.06 (now available at www.caryaudio.com) confirms the Cinema 11a now preserves head and toe room in addition full luma and chroma resolution. In other words, pristine, lossless HDMI pass through. —TJN/SCB


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gloves:holes between the fingers help
How do you avoid the holes between the fingers when knitting gloves? Or at least decrease the size of the holes so there isn't so much finishing. What am I doing wrong?
I find the easiest way is to pick up more stitches than called for in the pattern. I then decrease back down to the number in the pattern over the next row or 2.
I've got the same problem, no matter how much stitches I pick up (I tried picking up 2 stitches where there was 1) - there always is a hole... Any good instructions out on the net on this subject? For the ones I find all are along the line of "just wing it" and I kind of want to know exactly what to do... For my way of "just try and see how it looks" isn't working.
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and one of the suggestions is the same as the one that PlantGoddess made!
I use the the tail of my yarn to tighten up the stitches or a catch the stitch where the next stitches are picked up with a locking stitch marker and that keeps it from stretching out. If there is still a hole , I would pick up a few extra stitches and decrease in the first two rounds of the finger. Hope this helps.
I have to remember and try the stitch below thing. I started doing my short rows on heels by knitting or purling in the stitch below then placing that stitch on the left needle next to the stitch that would have been the W&T stitch. To pick up, just k2tog or p2tog.
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1. Heat oven to 375-degrees. Remove wrappers from Hershey's kisses chocolates.
2. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Add lour to butter mixture; blend untilo smooth. Stir in mini baking chips. Mold scant tablespoon dugh around each Hershey's Kiss, covering completely. Shape into balls, place on ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to ire rack. Cool ompletely. Prepare chocolate drizzle and driaale over each cookie.
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I think the picture makes my point perfectly (and does so even better in the color version, which shows the generic green-glass office-park-style windows and taupe pressed concrete facade; unfortunately, I don't have a color copy, but similar buildings in Portland can be seen here and here). The design is blocky, ugly, and out of character with the surrounding buildings. I have no problem with the height of the building - six stories isn't that tall - but I do have a problem with dropping generic Pearl District-style lofts into the north end of Broadway, where they'll be an embarrassing anachronism in 10 or 20 years, when we're kicking ourselves for letting developers model everything in Seattle after Vulcan headquarters . (The brick Dan likes so much is only on the back side, not facing Broadway.)
And what's so bad about a courtyard? The Press Apartments on Pine Street have one, and it hasn't become a "bathroom and bedroom for the homeless." For that matter, what's so awful about the homeless? If you want to live in a city and have forced interactions with strangers - the "hustle and bustle of street life" that attracts Dan to cities like New York- those strangers are going to have to include the homeless.


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NEW YORK -- Every day, it seems, the Yankees plunge deeper into a crisis that has already reached doomsday proportions. The New York Daily News identified the Bombers' current stretch of games against the White Sox, Mets and Red Sox as "The Dirty Dozen" -- the 12 games that not only will make or break their season but also could render Roger Clemens' return meaningless and maybe even cost Joe Torre his job.
Meanwhile, the Mets keep winning games in a steady, somewhat monotonous blur. Fresh off their taking two of three from the Brewers this past weekend, the Mets have the National League's best record and are on a pace to win 103 games. Barring some catastrophic slump or run of injuries, it's almost impossible to think the Mets won't make the playoffs.
But you'd hardly know there's been a baseball coup in New York. The Yankees still generate more back-page headlines, even in a state of decline. For the first time since interleague play began in 1997, it's the Mets, not the Yankees, who'll be in a dominant position during a Subway Series. But that hasn't changed the perception that the Bombers, for better or worse, are the more compelling news story.
Yes, the Mets are aware of the continuing fascination with the Yankees. But they have their own agenda -- specifically, an important series with the Braves next week -- and aren't about to complain.
"Granted, we all know we're playing the Yankees, and it's the greatest thing of all. As a kid, you dream of playing the Yankees, Game 7, I'm on the mound facing Mickey Mantle," said Billy Wagner. "Now playing here ... I don't think we take it personal. There's a possibility we could win 50 in a row and they could lose 50, and they'd get the back page. Look, they've won what, 26 championships? You've earned a little bit."
Of course, it's an entirely different conversation if you ask the Mets who they consider New York's best team, let alone the National League's. When David Wright says "our record speaks for itself," he's talking about a starting rotation that has flourished despite injuries to Pedro Martinez and Orlando Hernandez, and an offense that's second only to the Phillies in runs scored, despite the absences of Moises Alou and Jose Valentin.
The fully stocked roster is, in GM Omar Minaya's estimation, "better than last year's" when the Mets got to within one out of the World Series. Mostly everyone picked the Mets to win the pennant in 2007, but they know there's a fairly wide gap between theory and reality, especially as the Braves' resurrection has been sustained and, apparently, real.
That's why the Mets can't get lost in a swirl of hype over an otherwise meaningless interleague series. While the Yankees will be playing to save their season next week against the Sox, the Mets will have three semi-critical games against the Braves. Obviously, it's too early to think of the standings, but the fact that Braves beat the Mets four out of six times in April hasn't been forgotten at Shea.
Minaya is the first to address the growing reality that, unlike 2006, when his team had finished crushing the East by midseason, a long, difficult fight looms with the Braves.
"That's obviously a better team than last year," said the GM. "With that manager [Bobby Cox] and that bullpen, they're not just playing better, they're just better, period."
Maybe it's healthier for the Mets to sweat during the regular season. Look at what happened to them the first time they were challenged in 2006 -- beaten by a Cardinals team with an inferior record in the League Championship Series, unable to cash in on the home-field advantage in Game 7. Somewhere in the Braves' thought process is the belief that the Mets, for all their talent, still haven't proved they can handle pressure.
To that, however, the Mets can point to last weekend's series against Milwaukee, during which the Brewers had baseball's best record. The Brewers insisted this was no showdown -- "it's just three games out of 162" said manager Ned Yost -- but the Mets admitted they had a larger vision of the series.
"When the best team in baseball comes to town, you don't just hold your own, you want to send a message," said Minaya. "We did that, especially the last game [a 9-1 victory that followed a 12-3 flogging]."
The Mets took two of three, and like Minaya said, finished the series with an exclamation point. Oliver Perez limited the Brewers to just one hit in eight innings, paying one more dividend on Minaya's gamble when he acquired the left-hander last year. Watching Perez and his funky, practically undetectable slider, it's hard to believe this is the same pitcher who was 2-10 with a 6.63 ERA with the Pirates in 2005. But Perez is averaging a strikeout an inning, thanks to the slider that's once again being thrown for strikes.
"[Perez] always had great arm action, great arm speed, his ball was always alive," said a scout. "But he didn't have a consistent release point until now."
Perez is making Minaya look like a prophet, although the GM just laughed when asked for a prediction for the Mets' upcoming series with the Yankees and Braves.
"We just want to win some games," he said.
Smart, safe and under the radar. Sort of like the Mets themselves.
Bob Klapisch is a sports columnist for The Record (N.J.) and a regular contributor to ESPN.com.


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Re: LVNV Complaint - BBB[ Edited ]
03-24-2013 01:00 AM - edited 03-24-2013 01:03 AM
If deleted based on lack of verification of a prior dispute, then any party reporting a collection must first provide the lacking verification of the debt, the CRA must accept that verification, and the CRA must inform you of the reinsertion within 5 days. FCRA 611(a)(5)(B).
Lacking any such notification from the CRA, the process was not followed.
However, a BBB complaint would be third on my list for addressing the issue.
First would be a formal complaint or dispute sent to the CRA, with your supporting documentation of the prior dispute and the deletion as a result of that disptue.
What most likely happened is that when the debt collector reported, they did not notify the CRA that it was a reinsertion that required pre-certification.
The CRA has the records, and can be made aware of the debt collector's failure to have provided the certification of accuracy. At his point, they are most likely unaware that they reinserted without their need compliance with section 611(a)(5)(B).
Second on my list would be a complaint addressed to the FTC, which has compliance authority over the FCRA and FDCPA.
However, prior to doing so, I would want to know who is in violation.... the debt collector for not notifying the CRA that it was a reinsertion, or the CRA for knowing it was a reinsertion and not sending the required notice to the consumer.
BBBs are informal complaints.


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In the process of creating a run of badges to roll out next week. A number of our challenges have very similar names and problem statements, so it's been a bit of a chore to come up with unique visuals for each of them. This guy is my favorite of the robot batch.
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Saturday, July 15, 2000
Warm Southern Ontario night, on the forested banks of the Grand River, down Cambridge way, a place where I have walked many times – but we have driven here. The road ends, and there are picnic tables. "I was here before, when I was 15, and locked out of our house. I slept under the stars," she says. "I came home late, and my father wouldn't let me in." I babble, as usual, about wind and whatever it is we refer to when we say freedom, believing it, believing everything I say, only partially, which, she has pointed out, is desirable. Until this time, this summer, I have, for the most part, wanted to be alone, that is, for 28 years, or thereabout. It is August, gorgeous, and she is leaving for Kingston.
Down the river a few hundred yards, many years before, when I was in grade 4 or 5, I had gone on a winter school trip that has stayed with me, uncharacteristically, as if it happened yesterday. We had had a substitute teacher, a Pollution Probe (remember them?) activist, whose entirely appropriate and innovative teaching practice was a couple decades ahead of its time, and the trip to the sewage treatment plant, which she had arranged, miraculously, the day before, more or less in front of us, leaving the classroom briefly to make, and later to take a phone call, had occurred (a Wednesday, as I recall) during her what I now consider too short a time with us, her week with a bunch of ruddy-faced country kids in a four-room schoolhouse in a village of about 50 people and 15 dogs. Every day she was there we went outside at least once to collect water from the frozen pond, snow from the forest, fallen pine needles, or to practice orienteering, snow shoeing (wherever did she get those?) etc. This was, perhaps, a golden opportunity for her, who must surely have spent most of her substitute hours in city schools, to practice her teaching style freely, with the so-called natural world, or something looking a little like it, anyway, just outside the front door. Perhaps everyone else in the class enjoyed that week of learning like I did, it being a significant break from our regular, David Copperfield reading, recorder playing, pencil and ruler breaking teacher whose armpits were always wet with perspiration. (I remember his name, but not hers, just as I forget everything he ever said, but, amazingly, remember most of what she told us). She had wanted us, no doubt, to appreciate how greatly we effect the world, to understand that not only could joy and knowledge and critical analysis co-exist, but that they must co-exist.
But it was not long after this environmentalist week that the losing of things began, I think, that the world, which had been so immediate, began to recede, to arm's length, then across the road, then farther and farther, until it became like a distant ocean never heard and never seen, the echo of a world that was. And what remained to refer to it at all was the rarest music, infrequent, fleeting, sad, always sad, nothing but sad. Do the pipers play to keep it that way, I wondered, much later. If they stop will it be right here, and broken beyond repair, around us, not hidden at all?
Sunday, July 16, 2000
Whatever people don't believe about us, about each other, I think, is always the most obvious, the most undeniable. If we say, for instance, that a bolt of lightning struck a few feet from us, or that we ducked, in the so-called nick of time, to avoid being hit in the face by an arrow, shot, no doubt, by an aggressive relative, they will refuse to believe us, even if there are other witnesses , especially if there are other witnesses. We are, to them, unbelievable characters.
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On top of this woodland red frizzy morning or sunset that might have been a conflagration of everything but the moment we saw each other this fractious room scrambling for small candies or rubies whatnot strewn path to sidereal guiding sleep until everything echoed kiss me.
It happened and did not happen radial from repose since that precise moment there is one measure love nothing even approaches. Woods parted. Road opening to you. Long ago.
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Creating Nowhere
Oct. 6th, 2014 | 02:13 pm
No need to read all my ramblings if you don't want - the meaty stuff is in italics and has headings. Also, I changed tense quite a bit. I'm fixing it.
Tuesday Sept 16
Pemberton Taxi took me only 700 metres along Blowdown FSR on a very warm Tuesday September 16th - about 29 degrees. After adjusting my 20 kilogram pack and making sure my skin was protected from the sun and adjusting the bear bell so it made noise as I walked along the road, I set out at 1 PM for Blowdown Lake, 13 kilometres away. Halfway and a couple hours up the road, two "Eco Tours" trucks with wagons in tow containing the packs of the people inside the cab drove by. "Is this a sign?" I thought. A couple other trucks were at the parking lot at the end of the 2WD section along with the tour trucks - these had bumper stickers that indicated some semi-official purpose in the park. From the bottom of a steeper section that switched back once before heading straight for Blowdown Pass that marks the actual Western border of Stein Valley Nlaka'Pamux Heritage Park, it took another three hours to reach Blowdown Lake. Initially, as I heard many voices across the water, I wanted to keep going to the pass, but on encountering a truck that had braved the rougher section of the road that was gone a couple hundred metres on, and after talking to the two fellows were gathering their stuff from the cab, I decided to camp on the shore of the lake as they were in spite of the lively tour group at the cabin, who we could hear distinctly. I set up camp and ate hurriedly, chatted briefly with one of the guys camped 60 paces away, and wanting to get an early start so I could beat the group to Blowdown Pass in the morning, went to sleep. No dreams.
Distance 13.9 km.
Wednesday Sept 17
On waking, I walked around the lake and took a few pictures, looked up at the pass, about a kilometre away and a bit over 200 metres up. Made coffee, packed up, and walked back to the path that took the place of the collapse road a little higher up the side of the mountain. The road closer to the pass was still in great condition. Just before reaching the pass, however, maybe 150 metres from it, I could hear voices behind me. The tour group was no more than 600 metres behind, coming up the slope. I picked up the pace as I did not want to be overtaken by them. They were packed for only the day - they'd be going up Gott and Gotcha Peaks, probably, which I had wanted to do, but not with them around. I motored straight through the pass without stopping for photos, and didn't look back until I was a good 800 metres beyond the pass. Sure enough, they reached the pass at just that time, and I took a photo of the last people I'd see for three and a half days.
The meadows just below the alpine were colourful and quiet. So late in the season there were no bugs, and as I descended into the forest, the only sign of any wildlife was a single Grizzly scat. Around noon I rested near the collapsed bridge at the Silver Queen Mine turnoff, where there was a tiny fire-pit and three log seats (more on this later), a blue umbrella, and some pink rope laid out on the ground - marking the trail south to the mine. I thought about going up there instead, but was worried about the group behind. What if they decided to come this way? To Cottonwood Junction.
Lots of photos of various wooden surfaces signed with a black marker conveniently left in the bear proof steel cache. I sign "DF solo Sept 18, 2014" just below "RCMP patrol, Sept 17, 2014 – Smith Drouin."
Distance 13 km.
Thursday Sept 18
Slow getting started on a cool morning, as it had rained and the tent fly needed to dry out a bit. Went through my backpack because something was missing. After an hour I realized the extra batteries for the camera must be sitting on the kitchen table back in Vancouver. Fine. Batteries for the T3i are very good and last 500 or more photos. Nonetheless, it began to feel this hike was not about taking pictures at all, even though I had been saying it was.
It was 12:30 PM before the tent fly was dry enough to pack up, but making my way through the forest was wet going still – really should have put the gaiters on, as the undergrowth was soaking from the rain the night before. And and there were thousands of spider webs to be brushed aside with hiking poles. This section of Cottonwood Creek after the junction leading to the Stein River is known as the most difficult section of the mini-traverse, but I think it was compounded by the fact that the much of the section was burnt five or six years ago. Alternate pushing one's way through (still wet) undergrowth by the water taller than oneself with following a flagged path higher up through blackened forest for three or four kilometres. Occasionally I saw the footprints of the two RCMP officers a day ahead of me.
Somewhere I passed without noticing a rough campsite (probably a ring of stones with three or so stumps to sit on) where Texas Creek meets the Cottonwood. Why was I moving so slow? I wondered.
Up the first of two ascents on the way to where the Cottonwood meets the Stein, through more burnt forest on a vague, dislikable trail partly cairned and partly flagged and partly flashed. It was already late - at least 4 PM. What had I been doing? I decided to ignore the bright blue marking and sidehill for a bit. The view is actually quite good across the valley, and the sound of Cottonwood Falls was loud – no doubt because the trees were all burnt. But of course it was difficult and slow off trail, though I saw footprints where someone had gone before – and eventually it became clear I'd have to stop somewhere up there for the night, with half a litre of water (forgot to fill it by the creek earlier). I chose a small flat area above a 40 metre drop between two debris channels, set up the tent in an area roughly twice its size, ate a small amount and had a gulp of water, and went to sleep to the sound of the river 300 metres below.
Distance - about 5 km.
The First Dream
Walking the alley in an older section of town I see the tortured face of a tiny black woman peering out of a small unglazed window in a wooden door. "Hi. You look a bit sad. Are you okay?" I ask her. The face disappears and immediately a large white woman with a broad face opens the door, and explains that the woman whose face I saw was acting. "She's just playing a role. She's not sad at all." The black woman I'd seen is to the left, hidden by the now open door. I notice in the background to the right there are a bunch of people holding scripts and walking back and forth, apparently memorizing their lines, but also obviously aware of what's happening at the doorway, though they say nothing. Heads bent over their scripts.
Friday Sept 19
I woke about 8 AM thinking that dream was about the mechanics of racism, and ruminated on this while packing up. Only when everything was done and I turned toward the ascent I had to make did I realize that before me was a slope of slightly greater than 60 degrees and a distance of 80 metres back to the trail. (Through binoculars I saw a flag at the crest of the hill a bit further south.) With a 20 kilo pack this is was slow process, and all my senses seemed heightened, even though the dream I'd had was clear in my mind and wouldn't fade as I ascended. Sooner than I thought it would the trail was gained, however, and immediately it descended again, switching back to the base of Unnecessary Knob, the final hump before reaching the Stein. One good thing - the trees on the other side weren't burnt! That, at least, deserved a photo.
I should have eaten then, but didn't. I drank a litre of water from a swiftly running little creek, climbed up the steep section before me, checked out the view from the top, but took no pictures, and then descended the boulder field to Cottonwood Camp, which I reach by 1 PM.
I was halfway through the hike, but the section before me to the trailhead was easy compared to where I'd just hiked. Was I too fast or too slow? By what clock could I judge? The photographs I was taking were becoming more about the landscape and some internal state of mine than about prettiness or beauty. Perhaps this hike was an internal one as much as a test of will or endurance.
Cottonwood Camp was lovely, and a short hike to the falls to the north and to the cable crossing to the south. I intentionally left the camera at camp.
Distance - about 5 km.
The Second Dream
There is a house at the edge of town and five men are living in the top floor. The house had been abandoned. We are all dressed in black (the Black Block?) but there is some internal strife. I can hear the couple downstairs, who appear to be from the business world, going about their lives also in the abandoned house, but up here one guy is ripping off his shirt and challenging another to a fight. No idea what it is about. "Guys, we don't need to do this. No one needs to get hurt," I say, but it is useless, and there is a fight. My son, about 8 years old in the dream, appears suddenly, and I think his ears are hurt, but he points to a fresh cut beneath his right eye.
Saturday, Sept 20
Well, that's about the mechanics of violence among the disenfranchised or dispossessed, I thought.
The next section of the trail was a bit unpleasant at times when near the Stein in thick underbrush, but the forest sections were lovely. I decided I was ahead of schedule and made camp at Ponderosa Creek where, at 5:30 PM, Roy and Sophie from Vancouver shout hello. The have come here from the trailhead in the morning and are tired, but eventually decide to go 2 km to the previous campsite, which is down by the river and beautiful, they tell me. These are the first people I've seen since Wednesday about 11 AM when I looked back toward the hikers at Blowdown Pass. They are actually quite delightful people, and I'll run into them again.
Distance - 8 km.
Sunday, Sept 21
Don't remember any dreams from that night, but in the morning as I made breakfast a memory from high school flooded my mind.
A Memory of High School
At 3 PM on a Friday in spring I hear him call out to me where I'm standing by the high school exit "Pak Pak Pakeeeee!" (It is the mid seventies and there are many Pakistani refugees seeking a place to live in Canada.) I run up to him and push him hard. "What the fuck did you say that for?" He pushes back. "Take off your glasses. I'm going to punch you and I don't want to take your eye out," I say. He says, "what?!?" Adjusts his glasses and then walks away with his friends. I yell behind him, "you're a racist prick!" About a month later, when the high school creative writing publication we started up again comes out, he tells me the poem I wrote for it is good. It is an appology.
I've known for some time that this person has gone into a field not known for activism and change and attempted to make it so, insofar as that is possible, in particular in work with aboriginal organizations. I know the incident in the schoolyard had an effect on me. Surely it affected him too?
These thoughts take me to Lower Crossing (I passed Roy and Sophie's tent at the increadibly well-situated Lean-To Creek at 10 AM – they'd gone back to sleep, they tell me later) a bridge to the south side of the Stein and the biggest campsite yet, and a great site for group camping, where I have an idea.
The Idea
There is a large fire-pit and enough stumps and makeshift benches to seat 20 people. In some ways, I think, the most intimate thing you could tell someone is who the other 19 people at your campfire would be.
That's it, but it strikes me as somehow singularly important.
Also, I'm determined to make it to Loop Camp by dinner, 2 km from the Trailhead. This is 20 km from Ponderosa Creek but pretty moderate. There are beautiful views all along this section of the trail, but I want to be in Lytton to catch a bus to Vancouver Monday.
Roy and Sophie caught up to me around 2 PM after I'd stopped for lunch at Earl's Cabin 3 KM before. Earl's Cabin is another very pretty campsite. They motored on ahead, but an hour and a half later they come up behind me again just above Devil's Staircase camp (in all honestly quite an easy section, especially compared to the boulder field on the south side of Unnecessary Knob). They had gone off trail to see some pictographs. I caught up to them again later at Loop Camp, where I told them I was staying one more night in the park.
Loop Camp was huge and has graffiti, being only 2 km from the trailhead. It is lovely and close to the river, and here I notice that there are no fire-pits – at least I haven't seen one – with only two stumps or makeshift seats. The minimum is three. At Loop Camp itself there are four sites with three seats, and the rest have 5 or more.
Distance - 20 km.
More Idea
Is three a more dynamic and creative number of people, some kind of threshold for change? (I mean so much more than I can immediately make clear.)
Or here, a little table with three seats.
Monday Sept 22
It took me only 3 hours to get to Lytton, and the only interesting thing on the way was the river-powered ferry. In town I ate about 3500 calories in two hours, and then waited 4 hours for the bus to Vancouver at 5 pm. Frank, James and Sticko popped in and out of the park where I sat making notes. In the mid afternoon a 62 year old Quebecois man who had been biking across the country and parts of the USA for 147 days responded to my shouts. Raymond joined me in the shade and told me he is a semi-retired French to English, English to French translator, freelance but also worked for a long time for the Quebec ministry that translates legislation and so forth into English on request. He told me just that morning he was watching mountain goats for half an hour, high
above the road, and had to cross a bridge where he'd seen a brown bear only minutes before. The bear had slowly walked away as Raymond rang his bell a few times from about 100 metres away. I gave him a bag of dried cherries, blueberries and cranberries I'd brought but not eaten. And then I got on the bus to Vancouver, waving goodbye to Sticko who was saying goodbye and waving to everyone.
Distance - 8 km.
Tuesday, Sept 23
I didn't know what to do. All the things I normally did during the day seemed arbitrary and strange. I did make a wonderful carrot fennel soup, though.
Wednesday, Sept 24
The Third Dream
A city of the near future, things seem smooth, things figured out. But what is this huge dark circular object moving to the centre, and crushing things in the way, overpowering everything – heavy, cold, black?
People flee the center, but somehow it seems all important that we all get back there to the center, that leaving the centre will destroy all that has been built. Even as the city crumbles around us, I try to get people to move toward the collapsing center.
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a poem
Jun. 9th, 2014 | 10:31 pm
sun from the south
and a garden full of friends
who lean toward you
they hand you raisons and lemons
envelopes full of wind
scented with saffron and cloves
a procession of longing
the great fires of the world
are a veil between us
as I watch them pursue
the bright gazelle of your words
the one true solid
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A Darkening World
May. 1st, 2014 | 06:15 pm
Whenever I take photographs or videos now, no matter how bright and pleasant the day seems, when I look at them, the don't seem true until they have the look of something destroyed.