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Jun 1, 2010 at 7:29 pm #1259693
Several months ago, there was an interest in Southern California BPL hikers getting together for a trip. Going on a group trip is something I have never done. But in the spirit of the BPL community, I offered to plan a trip that I had done last year. I wanted to limit it to 4 people max.
Craig Wisner "signed up" for the trip right away. No one else from BPL asked to join. Two guys who work with my wife also wanted to go, but at the end, they bailed.
The planned trip was:
Day 1: The desert floor in Palm Springs to the Summit of Mt. San Jacinto, then 1 mile down to Little Round Valley.
Day 2: Little Round Valley to Cedar Springs.
Day 3: Cedar Springs to Palm Springs where we left our vehicles.
The trip was planned in January, but due to a record snowfall, I decided to change it a little bit at the last moment. There was still so much snow on the ground that summiting Mt. San Jacinto might require an ice axe and crampons, extra gear I did not want to carry on such a long trip. So Craig and I agreed to skip the summit, shortening the trip by about 7 miles.
I also was not sure about hiking with someone I did not know personally. It seemed to me that personality could make or break a trip. Also, I am almost twice Craig's age, and he is in great physical shape, running 50K races as a hobby. My concern was that I would hold him back, possibly causing strife. Lastly, based on posts on BPL, we seemed diametrically opposites in regard to our politics and our view of the world.
But as we kept in contact via email during our planning for several months, I began to feel that he might be a good fit as a hiking partner.
On Saturday May 29 we met at the Palm Springs Art Museum at 4:45 AM. After greetings and such, we hit the trail at 5:00 AM. The planned hike for the day would be to hike up to Long Valley (the area of the Palm Springs Tram), and then on to Wellman Divide for a night camp. Camping in the State San Jacinto Wilderness is only permitted in specific campgrounds, but snow camping is permitted outside of the designated areas.
It was a beautiful morning as we headed up the trail and the sun started to rise. We took our time and we stopped many times as I pointed out geographic points in the Coachella Valley below. The high temperature for Palm Springs was predicted to be in the 90's, but as we gained altitude we maybe had a high of around 80-85 degrees F.
The hike to Long Valley is 11 miles with an elevation gain of 8,000 feet. This is known as the Desert Skyline Trail. It is not an official trail, and the government agencies and Riverside County Rescue Unit do not like the trail, because the majority of rescues and deaths in the San Jacinto's occur on this trail. From Long Valley, it is another 3 miles to Wellman Divide, and 2 of those miles would be in snow. This 2nd section is a 1,000-foot elevation gain from the Tram Area. We both wore racing flats, instead of boots or trail runners, and we carried plastic bags, in case we would need waterproofing for our feet in the snow. As it turned out, we never used the plastic bags.
During the strenuous Skyline hike, we had a great time discussing all kinds of topics and getting to know each other. I brought a camera, but was enjoying myself so much, that stopping to take pictures would have been a distraction. So I don't have many pictures to share. Sometimes a camera becomes a heavy burden for the mind.
The "8 miles to Go Rock"
The "No Water Warning Rock"
The "You Might Die Sign"
The last mile of the Skyline Trail is STEEP, and I needed to rest several times during this last section to catch my breath. Craig was extremely patient with me, and we made fairly good time, finishing the trail in about 8 hours. At about the 9-mile mark, I landed heavily on a pointed rock, and it felt like I had bruised the ball of my left foot. I mentioned it to Craig, and told him that it was bothering me, and wanted to stop to check it out, once we topped out near the Tram. Craig had forgotten his lip balm, so we agreed to take a break below the Tram station. I would check out my injury, and Craig would hike up to the Tram Station and purchase some balm. As we walked, it felt like I might have damaged the sole of my shoe, and it could have cracked open, causing the split to pinch my foot. Once we got near the Tram, I stopped at the Ranger Station to refill one of my water bottles. I had finished the last of my 4 liters when we got to the Tram Area. So while Craig was getting his balm, I inspected the shoe, and it was okay. I figured it was just a bruise, and did not look at my foot. Craig filled one bottle with water, as we would fill the rest of them at Round Valley, which would be about a mile from the area we would stop for the night.
About a mile from Long Valley, most of the trail was covered with snow all the way to Round Valley. We stopped in Round Valley to fill our water bottles for dinner, breakfast and drinking water for the next morning. Craig added drops to his and I used tablets. The water was ice cold, coming out of a piped spring. While we stopped, two groups of hikers arrived, all carrying humongous packs.
We now had one mile to go, with a 500-foot elevation gain. No trail, all snow. At the top, in a saddle, we found a wonderful dry campsite among all the snow, tucked inside a ring of boulders and surrounded by trees. Day one was now completed, 14 miles of some very hard hiking, gaining 9,000 feet in elevation. The sun beamed down on us until it set, and surprisingly also beamed down on us in the morning when we got up. We quickly set up camp and cooked dinner. I had a Mountain House Spaghetti dinner, and was jealous of Craig's Ramon noodles with fresh spinach and mushrooms. We celebrated the first day with a little whiskey Craig provided. During the night, the wind probably dropped the temperature down into the 30F's but were we warm and comfy. Craig in his Western Mountaineering SummerLite, and me in my Nunatak Arc Specialist. During the night we were entertained by a full moon and of course a star filled sky. We slept on plastic sheets and pads. No shelter to hide our view of the world.
Craig is a get up and go without breakfast kind of guy, preferring to eat cold food on the go. But he was fine waiting for me to cook my oatmeal and coffee for breakfast. We both have a similar backpacking styles, and can pack up and leave in the morning in a matter of minutes. Before we left, I inspected my left foot, and the entire ball of my foot was one huge blister. Craig used to be an EMT, and is very knowledgeable. We determined it was not a friction blister, but caused by trauma, and had grown during the previous day's impact and continued hiking. Since the blister was into the folds of my toes, I felt it was best to leave it and not lance it. So we hit the trail.
It took a few minutes to traverse some snow and boulders to find the trail down through Wellman Cienega and it was snow free for maybe ½ mile. But as we descended the route became all snow for about a mile or more. Our racing flats worked perfect, and Craig led the way kicking steps in the steep sections. The coolness of the snow soothed my foot, and I was able to keep a steady pace. We met a few hikers along the trail.
Craig finding the trail and leading the way.
Umm… where's the trail?
Somewhere down there is Saddle Junction.
Once we got near Saddle Junction (3 miles into our hike), we saw the largest pack I have ever seen, and strapped to the top was a huge bag of dog food. The owner was not around. There was no snow at Saddle Junction (8,500 feet).
As we hiked a wide trail side-by-side, we resolved most of the world's problems, and we missed our junction. My fault. I have been on this trail many times. When I finally realized we probably were on the wrong trail, and we turned around, it was a 6-mile round trip mistake!! So we turned around and headed back. I felt so bad, and kept apologizing, but Craig would hear nothing of the kind. On the way back, we passed the owner of the huge pack with dog food and his SAINT BERNARD dog. Wow, what a huge animal.
We got to a meadow in Little Tahquitz Valley around noon, and filled our water bottles, as it would be 15 miles to our next water source, and would be hiking many miles in the hot sun, when we dropped down to the Desert Divide section of the PCT. We had done 9 miles in 5 hours, including a slow-down over the snow.
As we headed out, we soon encountered several miles of no trail but snow, some of it up to 4 feet deep, and at only 8,000 feet elevation. Craig again led the way, and set the pace, kicking steps where we needed them on the steeper slopes. We finally cleared the snow and started down towards the Desert Divide and dry trail. My foot started to hurt, and we stopped for water, a check of the map, and a plan for the rest of the day. If I could not make it to Cedar Spring, we could take a one-mile detour to Apache Spring for water. But we would have enough water even if we had to camp before our next source. I felt I could make all the way to Cedar Spring, but knowing the trail, told Craig we might not get there until 8 or 9 PM. So, that being resolved, we enjoyed the view of South Peak, Spliter Peak, Anstell Rock and Apache peak; while snacking on Cliff Bars, junk food and enjoying our cold water. Most PCT hikers do this section from south to north, and often do not get to appreciate the view we would have for the few hours.
While we were soaking in the view, a group of hikers approached. The last hiker was Glen from Gossamer Gear. I had met him a year ago on the same trail. Amazingly, he recognized me and even remembered my name. The guy must have a photographic memory. After a brief conversation of trail conditions they were heading towards, Craig and I got up and resumed our hike. Even with my sore foot, I was able to go non-stop with an occasional stop for water and a snack. We had a wonderful time, other than the parts of the trail on the east side of the divide that are high desert and the sun that beat down on us. Amazingly, we would hike in high desert for a while, then traverse up to pine trees; over and over.
Once we passed the Apache Spring turn-off, we descended towards Fobes Saddle, a trail section that is mostly shade. We got to the Saddle around 6 PM, and my foot was rather sore, but not enough to stop me. I know the blister had popped, as there was no longer a hump on the ball of my foot. At Fobes Saddle, we met a couple of guys with large packs, who were setting up camp in the scrub oak clearing that is often used as a cache on the PCT. They were on a multi-day trip, with conventional heavy gear. Of course a talk about equipment ensued, and they were in disbelief when we told them each of our complete kits weighed less than one of their empty packs. I let one of them lift my pack, and then shocked them when we told them we were going on to Cedar Springs (5 miles away) that day. We quickly climbed the seemingly endless switchbacks out of the saddle, leaving the desert for a cool pine forest high above the desert to the west, and Garner Valley to the east. We saw some people stealth camping in the forest, as we approached the ridgeline of a manzanita forest. This section of the trail is mostly rocks, and I slowed as I tried to avoid as many rocks and stones as possible. We soon got to the Cedar Spring turn off, and descended the mile down to the spring. It is amazing that we were dropping down in elevation from high desert and into a lush forest of incense cedar. It was now 9:00 PM. I was almost out of water, and while Craig set up his site for the night, I filled my water bottles. For dinner I had one my favorites, Mountain House Lasagna with meat sauce. But what really looked good was the bean burrito Craig built for himself. We chatted for a while, and contemplated what our mileage for the day was. It was 26.5, as I determined later from the mileage markers on our Harrison Map. It was much warmer than the previous night, as our camp was at 6,400 feet elevation, more than 3,000 feet lower than the first night's camp.
The next morning was a quick cup of coffee, and a couple of Cliff bars. Craig filled his bottles at the spring, and we started the last leg at 6:30 AM, which would be a 12.7 mile hike, and a 5,500 foot elevation drop. As we crossed Garnet Ridge into the West Fork of Palm Canyon, the temperature rose quickly. Traveling with no shade at all, the temperature was right around 100F when we arrived at the Agua Caliente Indian Trading post at around 11:30 AM. Craig got the Coca Cola he had been craving for 3 days, and I feasted on a Popsicle. From there we hiked about 4 miles in the heat of the day. Once we got into the business section of Palm Springs, we decided to take a bus the last two miles. No use hiking through the city, and Craig had a 100 mile drive back home, with the possibility of holiday traffic. The bus had a much-welcomed air conditioning system, and we were quickly near the starting point of our hike. Craig treated me to a Starbucks Frappacino, and we hiked the last two blocks to our vehicles. And that was our Excellent Adventure, with an Excellent Hiking Partner.
Nick's gear list:
1. GG LT4 Trekking Poles
2. Food
3. Quilt
4. Spare clothes
5. Worn Cloths
6. Caldera Cone, Stove, Lexan Spoon
7. GG NightLight Torso Pad
8. Saucony Shay Racing Flats
9. Trowel (required by regulations
10. First Aid Kit
11. Personal Items Kit
12. Fuel Bottle
13. Tilley Hat
14. GG Murmur Pack
15. Maui Jim Bifocal Sunglasses
16. Camera
17. Micro Light and Whistle
18. Timex Watch
19. Map
20. Plastic Bag Water Socks
21. GG Polycro Ground Sheet
22. 2 L Platy
23. 1 L Platy (2 ea)
Pack Base Weight: 3 lbs 14.8 oz
Consumables: 12 lbs 7.3 oz
Pack Weight (Total): 16 lbs 6.0 oz
Worn: 3 lbs 8.4 oz
Total (FSO): 19l bs 14.4 oz
Itemized Gear List
Backpacking Light UL 60 Balaclava 1.9 oz
Cuben Sack for Down Jacket, glvoes, baclava 0.2 oz
Montbell Extremely Light Down Jacket 6.1 oz
Montbell U.L. Windpants 2.3 oz
Montbell U.L. Windshirt 2.7 oz
Plastic Bags for feet in wet snow 0.4 oz
Smartwool Merino Wool Glove Liners 1.5 oz
Smartwool Socks 2.7 oz
Caldera Cone, Stove, & F Keg (complete w fuel bottle) 3.8 oz
Cuben Food Sack 0.3 oz
Lexan Spoon 0.3 oz
Nalgene Coffee Conatiner 0.5 oz
Platypus 1 liter water sack 1.8 oz
Platypus 2 liter water sack 1.3 oz
Map 3.0 oz
Gossamer Gear Murmur Pack (w/o foam in straps & mods) 6.8 oz
Cuben Sack for Quilt 0.2 oz
Gossamer Gear NightLight foam pad (torso length) 4.5 oz
Gossamer Gear Polycryo Ground Cloth (40" X 96") 1.7 oz
Nunatak Arc Specialist (Med/.8oz Pertex Quantum) 15.0 oz
Driver License, ATM Card, Cash 0.4 oz
First Aid Kit: 1st Aid Ointment (2 ea) .1 oz
First Aid Kit: 1st Aid Towelettes 0.1 oz
First Aid Kit: 2" X 2" gauze (2 ea) 0.1 oz
First Aid Kit: Cuben sack 0.1 oz
First Aid Kit: Leuko Tape 0.1 oz
First Aid Kit: Medium Bandaids (4 ea) 0.2 oz
First Aid Kit: vial w/7 Advil 0.3 oz
Personal Kit: 12 micropur tablets 0.3 oz
Personal Kit: Cuben sack 0.1 oz
Personal Kit: Derma-Safe folding knife 0.3 oz
Personal Kit: Dr. Bronner's soap in mini-dropper bottle 0.4 oz
Personal Kit: Duct Tape 0.3 oz
Personal Kit: Finger Toothbrush 0.05 oz
Personal Kit: mini BIC Lighter 0.3 oz
Personal Kit: Thread, needle, etc. 0.1 oz
Personal Kit: Toilet paper (blue shop towels) 0.4 oz
Trowel – plastic (required by regulations) 2.0 oz
Alcohol Fuel 4.0 oz
Beef Jerky 2.5 oz
Cliff Bars 2.5 oz
Fig Newton Cookies 11.3 oz
Goldfish Crackers 6.5 oz
Gorp 15.4 oz
Instant Coffee 0.4 oz
Mountain House Lasagna (repackaged) 5.2 oz
Mountain House Spaghetti & Meat Sauce (repackaged) 4.8 oz
Oatmeal (2 breakfast @ 2 packets ea; repackaged) 6.7 oz
Power Bars 11.9 oz
Water (4 liters) 136 oz
Ex Officio Boxer Briefs 2.6 oz
Rail Riders Eco Mesh shirt (L) 7.5 oz
RailRiders EcoMesh Pants (M) 12.0 oz
Saucony Shay XC Flats 14.4 oz
Tilley AirFlow Hat 3.6 oz
Wright Socks 1.6 oz
Bandana 0.9 oz
Book of matches 0.1 oz
Cannon SD1200 IS Digital Camera (carried in shirt pocket) 4.9 oz
Fox 40 micro whistle (on Spectra cord lanyard) 0.2 oz
Gossamer Gear LightTrek 4 Trekking Poles (pr) 6.8 oz
Maui Jim Ho'okipa MauiReaders Sunglasses 0.6 oz
Timex Expedition Watch 1.2 ozJun 1, 2010 at 7:58 pm #1615897
David LutzMember
@davidlutzLocale: Bay Area
Excellent trip report!
That's obviously an extraordinary place to hike.
Craig and I have very mildly bumped into it here a couple of times (I think we might actually be from different planets), but I'm sure we could take a walk together.
Nice work!Jun 1, 2010 at 8:15 pm #1615906
Tom CaldwellBPL Member
@coldspringLocale: Ozarks
Great!Jun 1, 2010 at 8:17 pm #1615907
Craig is actually laid back and easy going. Not the same person who posts here :)
I could not have picked a better partner.Jun 1, 2010 at 8:18 pm #1615908
DougBPL Member
"Craig is actually laid back and easy going. Not the same person who posts here :)"
So you're saying he's an instigator…… ;-)Jun 1, 2010 at 9:33 pm #1615936
Ken T.BPL Member
Fabulous report Nick. Amazing how backpacking with someone so different from yourself actually works. Was just talking with a guy at work today from Palm Desert about how much we miss it down there. Way overdue for a desert hike.Jun 1, 2010 at 9:40 pm #1615938
David W.BPL Member
@davidpcvsamoaLocale: East Bay, CA
Great report! Thank you for sharing.Jun 1, 2010 at 9:52 pm #1615939
Joshua BillingsBPL Member
@joshuaLocale: Santa Cruz,Ca
just don't talk bad about bikers to him.Jun 1, 2010 at 10:32 pm #1615946
W I S N E R !BPL Member
Thanks for doing this writeup Nick, it was a good trip indeed. I highly recommend this loop to anyone in SoCal. One third of the trip is nearly indistinguishable from the Sierra. It's pretty amazing to see so many climate zones in a weekend; wild to be stabbing yourself on yuccas in the morning and slogging through 3 feet of snow that afternoon.
Nick's a tough hombre, it's not an easy trip. I'm impressed that he did it solo last year.
As for politics:
Well, if things keep getting worse, there might be a chance of Nick and I forming a temporary alliance to take down the government.
Problem is, if we're successful, we'll probably have to kill each other during the reformation. One tactical lesson I learned this weekend: I certainly won't attempt to fight him in the desert, he's far better adapted to heat.
But hey, all that nonsense aside…Walking in the mountains: all of us here have that bond and that's plenty enough to share.Jun 7, 2010 at 5:25 pm #1617691
Tom ClarkBPL Member
@tomclarkLocale: East Coast
Nice report. I was wondering how you got sub 4 lbs, then noticed that there was no shelter listed. Did Craig carry the shelter, or did you assume there would be no precipitation?Jun 7, 2010 at 5:49 pm #1617700
No shelter carried. Zero chance of percipitation. Last year I had about the same weight with a poncho/tarp on the same trip. The difference this year were some luxury items I took, which included:
GG NightLight Torso pad instead of a trimmed GG 3/8" foam pad. (+1.9 oz)
MontBell wind pants, in case it got extra cold at night, or if we had to sleep on snow. (+2.3 oz)
BPL Cocoon Baclava instead of RO PS50 Watch Cap. (+1.1 oz)
Plastic bags for slushy snow, which were not needed. (+0.4 oz)
Blue shop towels for TP, instead of plain toilet paper. This was an experiment. Also was good first aid when Craig decided to engage in a sword fight with a Yucca, and hit a vein in his arm. That was really cool. (+.2 oz)
A map. Wanted Craig to see our route, and I took a wrong turn with it anyway. (+3.0 oz)
A couple extra items in FAK, and Personal Kit (~1.0 oz).
Sometimes, a guy needs those extra luxury items, especially at my age. :)Jun 7, 2010 at 7:07 pm #1617725
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Great trip!Jun 7, 2010 at 7:44 pm #1617736
Tom KirchnerBPL Member
@ouzelLocale: Pacific Northwest/Sierra
"But hey, all that nonsense aside…Walking in the mountains: all of us here have that bond and that's plenty enough to share."
Sounds like a pretty good preamble to the constitution for that new government.Jun 7, 2010 at 8:06 pm #1617745
"Sounds like a pretty good preamble to the constitution for that new government."
Maybe. Haven't seen Craig post in awhile. Maybe he took up my suggestion to read Atlas Shrugged… that would keep most people busy for a couple weeks.
All kidding aside, hiking together in the mountains does accentuate our common bond. Everything else does seem insignificant in those special places.Jun 8, 2010 at 1:00 pm #1617950
Steven ThompsonBPL Member
@stevetLocale: Northeast
Nick, I enjoyed the write up. I have also found myself enjoying the companionship of someone with vastly different political perspective.
What I think makes it work is the common bond and love we share for the wild place. And from this the mutual respect that enables us to actually listen to one another and engage in a discussion/debate that enlightens rather than divides.
Maybe all that is needed to move our country forward is for us to hike together 'cuz once we really comprehend how connected we are the divisive issues become secondary.
A debate among friends truly enlighens.
Thanks for the trip report.Jun 12, 2010 at 5:05 pm #1619430
W I S N E R !BPL Member
Here are a few photos from the trip shot with a Holga 120N. Fun, unpredictable little backpacking camera, as it's pretty light. I wasn't overly impressed with this roll, but have had some great ones in the past.
These were from negatives scanned on a flatbed at home (poor quality, as I don't have a negative scanner). I'm still playing with actual printing in darkroom with a few of these.
Bent Tree
A morning collage: triple exposure from my sleeping bag…you can just see my fingers holding the cookpot.
View from campsite 1
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Excellent. Great writeup, great commentary. Rad little pics Craig.
Ive never hiked with people that were alot like myself, so i know what you mean about the wilderness as a bridge between languages, cultures, politics, etc. I have enjoyed all kinds of personalities on the trail. Maybe some of our leaders in gubment and over seas could use a good long hike together to work things out.
I missed out on this trip, would have jumped at the chance, but I couldnt have kept up anyway. Working on that. Theres been alot of talk about a Socal BPLers hike but I too have had trouble making it happen. Hope to meet some of you soon.
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The end of the Second World War brought a period of great prosperity for the Western World. It was the time of suburban housing, of two cars for every family, of a refrigerator in the kitchen, and of air travel which was not any more a privilege for the rich. It was the time of plastics, of antibiotics, of television, and of the first computers. Those were also the years of the start of the exploration of space. The first Sputnik satellite was launched in 1957. Only 12 years later, in 1969, a man set foot for the first time on the Moon.
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Andrew Pulsiper wins Distinguished Student Award
Rexburg, Idaho - One of the Madison High School senior's favorite activities in high school has been dancing with the Idaho Ballroom Academy.
"I really like dancing because it keeps me active," Andrew said. "I have never really been involved in soccer or football or basketball or other sports, so doing dance is kind of fun because I like to perform, but it also keeps me active physically so it keeps me in shape."
The real thrill for Andrew comes with performing on stage.
"It's kind of exhilarating because you're doing something most people haven't seen done before when they come to watch, so you're able to do something different."
Dance is only one of a host of extracurricular activities Andrew fills his time with.
"I do student government, senior class, debate, speech, orchestra, dance," Andrew said.
Andrew has taken 10 Advanced Placement and Honors classes in high school, and still maintains a 4.21 GPA.
"They're a lot more fun because they're filled with students who are there to take a difficult class, so the discussions are more interesting and more in depth," Andrew said.
Andrew recommends focusing on academics, but also being highly involved in activities.
"I think keeping yourself busy with things other than school makes school more fun, because it's not monotonous, because there are other fun things you can do and you meet a lot of other people, and make some new friendships and learn some new skills," Andrew said.


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GUEST COLUMN: Thanksgiving can be deadly
Thanksgiving is historically one of the year's deadliest holidays on Minnesota roads, mandating special attention by officers. Special saturations and high visibility enforcement will focus on and around Thanksgiving eve, an active time for impaired driving and related incidents. In Minnesota during the Thanksgiving travel period (Wednesday – Sunday), 2008–2010, 16 motorists were killed and 1,834 motorists were arrested for DWI. Of the 16 deaths, six were alcohol-related and seven were unbelted occupants.
In addition to impaired driving, the enforcement effort will include focus on the state's seat belt law — drivers and all passengers in any seat must be belted or in the correct child restraint to avoid being stopped and ticketed. Each year, around 75 percent of drinking drivers killed also are not belted.
"Sadly, some families will have an empty seat at their holiday table," State Patrol Lt. Joe Dwyer said. "Enforcing seat belt laws and arresting impaired drivers are preventive measures we take to ensure safety on Minnesota roads."
Troopers, deputies and officers statewide are reminding motorists to travel safely during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and ask motorists to follow this traffic safety recipe to ensure safe Thanksgiving travel:
Buckle up.
Plan for enough travel time to avoid the urge to speed — the posted speed is the limit.
Pay attention. Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel periods.
If you plan on drinking, plan for a safe and sober ride home.
The DWI enforcement and education effort is funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is a component of the state's Toward Zero Deaths traffic safety program. A primary vision of the TZD program is to create a safe driving culture in Minnesota in which motorists support a goal of zero road fatalities by practicing and promoting safe and smart driving behavior. TZD focuses on the application of four strategic areas to reduce crashes — education, enforcement, engineering and emergency trauma response.
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"Technically I have pretty good idea what's causing it" - Ehm, I guess my phrasing wasn't very exact. It should've been like: I know this is pretty typical behavior for amplifiers, but I'd like to know if it's normal for the Z-4. ^^;
My guess is that it's because the operating voltage of the amplifier is dropped to zero immediately when powering off, and this, for some reason, causes the woofer to get a "burst of unstable voltage"(what? : D) as the capacitors* in the power source and amplifier are emptied suddenly. It would probably be audible from the main speakers too, but they're uncapable of producing that low sounds loud enough.
In most separate amplifiers this behavior is eliminated by designing the thing in a way, that prevents this behavior. tehee~ >_>'
Aaand the reason why I think it's 50 Hz - well, in addition that it sounds like it -, is because the mains current we get from wall outlet is 50 Hz Alternating Current. Oh and around here we have 230 V voltage in mains, so maybe the power source has a little design flaw compared to the US model?
*In case you don't know what a capacitor is, think it like this: Imagine an empty bucket. Now when we plug power in it(yes, we plug power in the bucket), it fills up and works as a reserve. If the subwoofer's amplifier happens to be under heavy use, it can take large amounts of power suddenly and that power is then drawn from the capacitor(s), or bucket(s) that are part of the power supply inside the Z-4's subwoofer case. In other words, the capacitors in power supply help the current sent to the amplifier to be stable.
There are other uses for capacitors too, but I think and hope, that this explanation was fitting in this case.
***By the way, I'm pretty sure that the sound quality has improved a bit now after using the speakers for a while, or "burning them in". And overall, now after having listened them more, I think the mids are pretty nicely audible especially if the Bass level is turned at ~1/3th or a little more instead at half(or more : o).


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Wide load spotted on Arthurs Pass on its way to Greymouth. (Snapped by Emma)
An expensive night out - and that was just the taxi ride
"Over Valentine's weekend my wife and I decided to enjoy another fabulous weekend on Waiheke," writes Bob. "We decided to get a cab to Te Whau bay (6.5km trip) where we had rented a romantic cottage. The taxi driver from [a local taxi outfit] was very happy to take us and was extremely pleasant on our short trip - there was good reason for her to be so happy ... the fare was $80! The driver then said that since we were 'almost locals' she would give us a discount. In the end we were charged $70 plus $2 for credit card - $11 per km! We then used [another local taxi company] for the return journey to the ferry and were charged $40."
Son of a gun, it's another Ruger
The popularity in the US of naming children after guns (Colt, Remington, Ruger, Gunner, Beretta) is on the up. "In 2002, only 194 babies were named Colt, while in 2012 there were 955. Just 185 babies were given the name Remington in 2002, but by 2012 the number had jumped to 666.
Perhaps the most surprising of all, however, is a jump in the name Ruger (America's leading firearm manufacturer) from just 23 in 2002 to 118 in 2012. This name [Ruger] is more evidence of parents' increasing interest in naming children after firearms," writes Laura Wattenberg, creator of BabyNameWizard.com. "Colt, Remington, and Gauge have all soared, and Gunner is much more common than the traditional name Gunnar." (Source: kottke.org)
Labrador keen to join the wolf pack
During the weekend Dave Miller was watching a fascinating documentary about the wolf packs in Yellowstone National Park. "My golden retriever Buddy was quite animated. Just when the wolves started howling it was all too much for him and from a sitting position on the floor he launched himself and landed on all fours on my desk, just missing my laptop."
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Good read #1: A tremendous opening paragraph in a story by Caitlin Flanagan in The Atlantic magazine about the dark culture of US fraternities..."One warm spring night in 2011, a young man named Travis Hughes stood on the back deck of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house at Marshall University, in West Virginia, and was struck by what seemed to him-under the influence of powerful inebriants, not least among them the clear ether of youth itself-to be an excellent idea: he would shove a bottle rocket up his ass and blast it into the sweet night air. And perhaps it was an excellent idea. What was not an excellent idea, however, was to misjudge the relative tightness of a 20-year-old sphincter and the propulsive reliability of a 20-cent bottle rocket. What followed ignition was not the bright report of a successful blastoff, but the muffled thud of fire in the hole." Read the full story here...
Blame social media: Stupid 21-year-old drives around Philadelphia, pretending to gun strangers down with a pellet gun and filming their reactions for Instagram...
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Palm Springs Man is in the Dog House
Man who thought he adopted a neutered dog, gets a surprise
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A Palm Springs man is literally In the dog house, living with 20 four-legged friends, after adopting one dog from the City of Palm Springs Animal Shelter. Now a possible oversight is multiplying by the litter.
Richard Rutgard adopted King Kong, 2 years ago. He was told the St. Bernard mix was neutered and brought him home to live with two female dogs, Ginger and Daisy. One thing lead to another and 8 months ago, what was once three's company turned into a union that produced 16 pouncing puppies. Rutgard says, "They're so amazingly nice and kind and sweet."
Two of the puppies died. Last weekend one of his dogs was injured and animal control picked her up. When Rutgard went to get the dog, he was cited. He tells us, "It says I have an illegal kennel and I have two months to get rid of the dogs. I'm allowed to have only three dogs in Palm Springs."
The person who cited him is the same person who adopted King Kong out, saying he was neutered. Rutgard says, "When he was issuing a citation, telling me I have to give them up in two months, he didn't even suggest bringing them in there. They spent $10 million on the most beautiful building."
Now he wants to have all 14 pups fixed, but says it's a major expense and he'd like the animal shelter to help out. He says, "I'd like to have them pay. It's like child support for the rest of the puppies lives."
In the meantime, Ginger, the lab mix is expecting even more puppies. Rutgard says, "She's pregnant now. The vet says she can have up to 14 more puppies."
Rutgard has one big question for the shelter. "Why did they sell me a dog that wasn't neutered?"
Palm Springs Animal Control issued this statement: "We have taken administrative action and filed with the City Attorney's office for further review. We are looking into whether this is a dog that's slipped through the cracks, but we need access to scan his chip. We are working to correct this."
When we asked him why he didn't just take the dogs back , he says he loves them.
Rutgard says, "I feel safe, secure and I'm happy. It's very therapeutic for a person."


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Danielle Cameron remembers her friends showing up laden with presents for her 10th birthday at the L&P cafe in Paeroa.
But all she really wanted was to see her mum, Sara, who had organised the party but had not been seen or heard from for two days.
Her grandmother Eileen Marbeck tried comforting her by saying she was probably at a friend's home and not far away.
"She will come, don't worry," she said assuringly. But Sara Niethe never returned.
Yesterday the man long suspected by Ms Niethe's family as her killer, Mark Pakenham, was sentenced in the High Court at Hamilton on a charge of manslaughter.
Pakenham had earlier admitted he provided the Kerepehi mother of three with an "accidental" overdose of methamphetamine.
His sentencing - more than a decade after Ms Niethe disappeared on March 30, 2003 - almost closed the book on years of denials from the 50-year-old and heartache for Miss Cameron, her older brother Dion, younger sister Simone and Ms Marbeck.
But the mystery of where her body is still remains.
The court yesterday heard how Pakenham's "memory loss" had hindered him assisting police in their search for Ms Niethe's body despite an earlier admission to an associate in 2009 that he knew where she was.
During the same conversation Pakenham admitted to giving Ms Niethe a "shot of meth".
"She'd never been blasted before and it f***ed her," Pakenham was recorded saying. He told the friend Ms Niethe's death was not "a nice way to go".
But he only admitted the situation once police replayed him the recordings two years later.
Miss Cameron, 20 and pregnant with her first child (a boy due in three weeks) said her family had never made a direct plea for Pakenham to show some compassion and reveal her whereabouts - and instead prayed for a change in his heart.
"I don't see the point in him not telling us now, it's not like he's losing anything ... I just think it's bull****," she told the Weekend Herald shortly before his sentencing.
"I just want him to tell us where mum is and that is pretty much it. I just want to know where she is - I don't want to know about the circumstances of her death."
But despite victim impact statements from Ms Niethe's oldest child, Dion Chamberlain, and Ms Marbeck's brother Lee, detailing how their lives have been tormented by their loss, Pakenham would not reveal where Ms Niethe's body is.
His lawyer, Paul Mabey QC said the shock and trauma of her death had possibly led to him forgetting.
Justice Timothy Brewers said he accepted Pakenham was under the influence of drugs and in shock when he hid Ms Niethe's body but said he composed himself enough to return her sunglasses, phone and cigarettes to Ms Niethe's youngest daughter the next day.
"... you still did not tell the family or the authorities."
He denounced Pakenham's decision not to render assistance to Ms Niethe, and it would never be known if he could have saved her life.
"You saw her die and did nothing to help her."
He also denounced Pakenham's violent offending against women and the fact he continues to "conceal" the body and the car.
As he sentenced the 50-year-old to 6 years and 7 months in prison on the charge of manslaughter and two separate counts of injuring with intent on matters relating to other women in incidents dating back to the early 1990s, there were gasps of disbelief from Ms Niethe's family and friends.
Ms Niethe's best friend, Rachel Mains, said Pakenham didn't care and her friend was "alone in the dark, somewhere".
She doubted the methamphetamine-taking was consensual and spoke of a phone call she received from Ms Niethe a month before she went missing.
"She rung me up because she was upset because he had injected her and she didn't do P ... ," she said.
Ms Mains said Pakenham's reasons for not revealing where her body is were clearly sinister and motivated by a desire to protect himself.
"He fears that when we find her that she is battered and it will prove that he murdered her ... he probably did something really bad to Sara, I don't even believe it was an OD," she said.
Cop's regret over mystery
The man who spent a decade seeking justice for Sara Niethe and her family says he's gutted the whereabouts of her body may never be known.
Former Detective Sergeant Glen Tinsley, who headed the inquiry into Ms Niethe's disappearance, was hoping Mark Pakenham's sentencing would have provided a fulfilling exit from the force after a three-decade police career.
But Pakenham's sentencing date was delayed - as Pakenham sought a restorative justice session with the Niethe family - and Mr Tinsley, who retired from the police in June, has since started work as a private investigator.
Mr Tinsley said not finding Ms Niethe's body and Pakenham not revealing where it was remained one of his biggest regrets as a police officer.
"Clearly I'm gutted that we haven't been able to locate Sara. It's something that is going to bug me for a long time, or bug me forever if she's not located. I've invested 10 years of my life into this and I really feel for that family."
Mr Tinsley said Pakenham was always of interest to police as he was the last person to see Ms Niethe alive.
Mr Tinsley said law changes in 2005 and evidence from former associates had helped police.
" [Pakenham's] former partner was very co-operative, she helped us greatly knowing that she was terminally ill," he said.James Ihaka


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This is the exact situation impeachment was meant for. Let's hurry up, says Matthew Yglesias.
Here's why the White House is getting very worried about Kushner and the Russia probe, says Vox's Dara Lind.
Current high valuations of many assets are forcing investors to look for new solutions.
Donald Trump will find that Europe is increasingly confident on its politics and economy.
The billionaire said we all must strive to fight inequity to make the world a better place, and technology can help that.
Amid all the Russia controversy, Trump and the GOP Congress can get it done.
For Trump's Saudi Arabia visit to succeed, here's what the president needs to do, says Jake Novak.
The debate over what an infrastructure modernization package should look like is heating up in Washington, says the head of the Chamber of Commerce.
The $1.9 billion merger deal between Steward and IASIS is a reminder of the biggest reason for health care cost increases, says Jake Novak.
It's time to figure out exactly what Mike Pence's economic views are – in case he becomes president, Rob Cox writes on Breakingviews.
These former FCC and DOJ officials say the US should block the Sprint and T-Mobile merger. Here's why.
Retail isn't dying, it's evolving, says Robert K. Futterman. Here's how retailers are learning to survive.
The vice president could be complicit in the lies propagated by the Trump administration, says Prof. Allan Lichtman.
Investors usually have a good reason for being bullish on a stock when they buy it. But few investors ask: What am I betting against?
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I'm going to retire this blog as it is no longer in regular use. I will be converting it into static pages and will keep it online as an archive of my a good part of my life but it won't be active anymore. If you want to keep up with me personally I suggest Facebook or Twitter. I also plan on occationally using my Tumblr account but there isn't anything there yet. There will eventually be a programming focused blog on my github page but there also is nothing there yet.
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Call of Duty 4 Benchmarks
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare runs on a proprietary game engine that Infinity Ward based off of the tried-and-true Q3 structure. This engine offers features such as true world-dynamic lighting, HDR lighting effects, dynamic shadows and depth of field. "Bullet Penetration" is calculated by the Infinity Ward COD4 game engine, taking into account things such as surface type and entity thickness. Certain objects, such as cars, and some buildings are destructible. This makes distinguishing cover from concealment important, as the meager protection provided by things such as wooden fences and thin walls does not fully shield players from harm as it does in many other games released during the same time period. Bullet speed and stopping power are decreased after penetrating an object, and this decrease is calculated realistically depending on the thickness and surface of the object penetrated.
This version of the game also makes use of a dynamic physics engine, a feature which was not implemented in previous Call of Duty titles for Windows PC's. The new in-game death animations are a combination of pre-set static animations combined with ragdoll physics. Infinity Ward's use of the well-debugged Quake 3 engine along with new dynamic physics implementation allows Call of Duty 4 to be playable by a wide range of computer hardware systems. The performance may be scaled for low-end graphic cards up to 4x Anti-Aliasing and 16x Tri-linear anisotropic texture filtering.
Before I discuss the results, I would like to take a moment to mention my general opinion on Fraps software when it comes to game performance benchmarking. If you're not familiar with the software, Fraps (derived from Frames per second) is a benchmarking, screen capture, and real-time video capture utility for DirectX and OpenGL applications. Some reviewers use this software to measure video game performance on their Windows system, as well as record gaming footage. My opinion is that it offers a valid third-party non-bias alternative to in-game benchmarking tools; but there is one caveat: it's not perfect. Because the user must manually begin the test, the starting point may vary from position to position and therefore skew the results.
In my testing with Fraps v2.9.4 build 7039, I used the cut-scene intro to the coup d'etat scene when Al Asad takes over control. First I allowed the level to load and let the scene begin for a few moments, then I would use the escape key to bring up the menu and choose the restart level option, I would immediately press F11 to begin recording the benchmark data. This scene is nearly four minutes long, but I configured Fraps to record the first 180 seconds of it to remain consistent. Once the scene would end, I would repeat the restart process for a total of five tests. So within a 2 millisecond starting point margin, all benchmark results are comparable which is probably as good as it can possibly get with this tool.
In our frame rate results, all five of the collected test scores were within 0.5 FPS of one-another and then averaged for the chart you see above. Call of Duty 4 showed some small degree of difference in graphics performance at the lower resolution of 1280x1024, but it tapered out thereafter for both the 1680x1050 and 1920x1200 resolutions.
There were three distinct groups of results: the lower high-end consisting of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 and XFX GeForce GTX 260, the mid high-end consisting of the GeForce 9800 GX2 and ZOTAC GeForce GTX 280 AMP! Edition, and then the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 occupying the upper high-end. The CrossFireX set of Radeon 4850's were not included in this benchmark because of driver issues.
Call of Duty 4 put a reasonable amount of strain on the Radeon HD 4870 and GeForce GTX 260 video cards, but they both did very well for themselves during our tests. Since the maximum anti-aliasing available in COD4 is 4x, there won't be any problem with the Radeon 4800-series limit of 8x AA.
Previously the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 280 AMP! Edition was the fastest graphics card on the planet at 1920x1200 resolution, however the Radeon HD 4870 X2 outperforms it by 25%. Seems like we've got a new king, and he's way ahead of the other heirs to the throne.
In our next section, we shall see if the performance-demanding video game Crysis will help strengthen this position.


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The Amazing Yarra River Kayak Event
A fun team work experience kayaking down the Yarra River in the city of Melbourne. Part race, part problems solving, part creative and lots of fun. There will be cryptic clues, "fast forwards" – skip a check point, bonus points like sketching the city skyline or naming all the bridges, you cross under, in sequence.
Teams will be established at the start and could be in 2's, 4's or 6's. Team names are created and basic kayaking skills session is conducted before the event commences. All participants will be in double kayaks. Team scheming and plotting is encouraged.
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Situated in Lake Bluff, this motel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Lambs Farm, Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. James Lovell Federal Health Care Center is 3.1 mi (4.9 km) away.
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This motel features a garden, free self parking, and free WiFi in public areas.
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All 13 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, flat-screen TVs with satellite channels, and conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves. Showers, ironing boards, and desks are among the other amenities that guests will find. Limited housekeeping is available.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Sunset Motel features a garden. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Total number of rooms - 13
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Garden
- Free self parking
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- Free Wi-Fi
- Refrigerator
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
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- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- Microwave
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- Limited housekeeping
- Private bathroom
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- Shower only
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- Desk
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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Britain has one of the best climates in the world for growing apples of the highest quality. This collection contains some of the most highly regarded varieties. Grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock, the crowns are easily reached to prune, spray and pick your delicious fruit. The varieties in this collection are not self-fertile but will act as suitable pollinators for one another. Root wrap plants supplied. Height and spread: 2.5m (8') Rootstock: M9.
Estimated time to cropping once planted: 2 years.
Estimated time to best yields: 5 years.
Collection comprises 1 tree each of:
Apple 'Braeburn' - This well known dessert variety earns its popularity by being easy to grow, early to crop from a young age, and having excellent storage potential.
Apple 'Bramley's Seedling' - The most famous cooking apple of all, producing large fruits with a sharp acidic flavour that are ideal for making delicious pies and crumbles.
Apple 'Cox's Orange Pippin' - Regarded to be the finest tasting dessert apple, the rich aromatic flavour and crisp, juicy texture set this apple apart from other varieties.
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Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.
Fruit trees do not suffer weed competition well. Keep weeds and grass clear from within a 30cm radius of base of the tree. In spring, while the ground is moist, apply a mulch of well rotted manure or garden compost around the base of the tree, taking care not to mound it up against the stem. This will help to retain moisture throughout the summer. Feed and water apple trees during particularly dry periods.
Pruning apple trees begins immediately after planting. Remove the central stem to just above the highest side branch. For the following 3 years, prune only the tips of the remaining main branches by one third in winter. Aim for about six main branches which will form the frame of your tree, with fruiting sub branches growing off of them. From the fourth year, some sub branches can be pruned out at the union where they join the main branch, to allow new sub branches to take their place.
In order to produce the best quality, largest apples, the fruits should be thinned in July leaving two apples remaining per cluster.
Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes etc are delivered at the appropriate time for planting and will be stated on the product page or in your order acknowledgement page and email.
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By Taija Seppala 14-04-2015
These arrived about a month and a half ago and I planted them promptly according to instructions. I was a little nervous at first because it felt like planting sticks at that point but nope, now spring is in full blast and all three seem to have settled in perfectly. All have lovely little leaves, seem healthy as ever and one of the trees is even flowering. I might get an apple or two in the first summer!
Thank you for your review and for taking the time to share your wonderful comments. I hope we can continue to be of service.
By Alison Phipps 07-04-2014
When I ordered this, the description implied that it would be all three varieties on one tree. Imagine my surprise when three trees arrived! Each tree is very small, between 1m and 1.5m. Considering the price charged (even with a discount) I was expecting bigger plants. I do not think, I will be getting a crop in only two years!
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c# terminal program, create character and weapon
Budget $10-30 USD
Hi, trying to understand c# better and I want a experienced programmer's viewpoint,
Create a Weapon class with an attack int member variable and one additional primitive type member variable of your choosing.
Create a Character class that contains member variables for a name string, base attack int, health int, equipped weapon Weapon, and two additional primitive type members of your choosing.
All member variables in the Character and Weapon classes will have properties associated with each of them.
In Program, have one static Character object that will act as a single main character that starts off empty.
The Main() method in Program will provide the user with a choice of creating a new Character, modify the current Character, creating a new Weapon and set it as the static Character's equipped weapon, display information about the static Character object, and exit.
The application will only close when the window is closed or when the user selects the exit option and the user can select these options in any order any number of times.


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Runners around the country have selected Bibs as the go-to app for marathon events, helping it surpass 10,000 downloads within months of launch. Learn why founder Patrick McLain and his team worked with Corona SDK to develop their chart-topping app.
Please share a bit of background on Bibs.
With this in mind, I decided to gather a team and build my own app called Bibs. This project has been an eight month-long journey, with eight amazing team members that work on design, development and testing.
You developed Bibs using Corona SDK. What has been your experience working with the platform?
The nice thing about Corona is that it shares the biggest benefit of web programming: instant gratification. As you learn the process, you can see results in front of you with a few keystrokes. The Lua programming language is also a breeze to learn and on top of that, Corona boasts an amazing community in the forum and meetup groups worldwide.
Without Corona SDK, Bibs wouldn't exist today.
Please share your development process, from idea to market.
I reached out to my local Corona SDK Meetup group in San Diego where I met developer Mario Roberti. I showed him my work, told him about my goals for the project, and asked if he wanted to participate – he happily agreed to join.
At that point, we started to develop our core product. About a month later, I moved back to San Francisco and started reaching out to my tech friends. We found a database guy, a designer, a marketing person, and a few other folks to jump onboard. These next four months were pure gold.
Sounds like you've tapped a great market! What's been Bibs' success in the App Store?
That's wonderful to hear. Do you recommend Corona SDK for business app development?
Through our development process, we built extensive libraries that can be applied to a wide set of projects – we just need to build once, and can reuse them for other projects. Most "business" customers only require a few sets of features. They want customization, they want to display data, and they want to interact with their customers – all of this is possible with Corona SDK.


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Female City College student punches attacker. He runs away.
There's an app for that
Mike Madriaga 12:40 p.m., May 25
Some residents of the 5100 block of Savannah Street were woken up at 4:00 a.m. on August 15 to a humming sound and the sound of a severe rainstorm. I went out to stand on the sidewalk and found it wasn't raining at all. The water that was flooding my porch was coming down the sidewalk from a broken water main. My neighbor Jeff called the water department, but they already knew about it. While I quickly showered and washed dishes, Jeff went to talk to the crew of men who had come out to deal with the problem. But a policeman shined a light in his face as if to say, "What do you want? Go away."
The water was ultimately shut off at 5:06 a.m. At 8:15 a.m. I awoke again and found a crew working to fix the broken pipe. Mike, a contractor hired by the city to help with cleanup and personal property damage assessments, told me the water should be turned on by tonight. A truck with water to fill up our buckets will be along later. While assessing the damage to the contents of one neighbor's garage, Mike pointed to another neighbor's house and told me that person had his living room flooded.
You people deserve EVERYTHING you get. America's Finest City? Really? Karma's a bitch,ain't it?
Yeah, PistolPete, like San Diego is the only city in the country with cast iron pipes. This is an old city. Things like this happen and you know what? The City stepped up quickly and helped us all out. Besides, even the newer iron pipes have a life expectancy. Wherever it is you live, you might go through the same experience some day. Here's hoping you get YOUR living room flooded. You deserve it.
I've had basements,living rooms and kitchens flooded. It wasn't because of old pipes though. It was because I lived in a part of Illinois that floods now and then. What I didn't do however is tell tourists that Gurnee,Ill was America's Finest City. Eventually I moved to Wisconsin and when I got tired of their bulls--t,I moved here. Now I'm tired of your bulls--t and will be moving in the next couple of years. Maybe Miami. Much better than Sandy Eggo. Prettier too. And they have a sports team that brings local pride. Can't say that about the Chargeless now,can you? Didn't think so. S--tty sports,crime,coruption,greed,wild fires,earthquakes,landslides,infrastructure failing. Boy. For America's Finest City,you sure got your problems. You can re-bury your head in the sand now,karengina......
Leave now, PistolPete. And I don't just mean leave this city, I mean leave the planet.
Sorry to hear about all the flooding Karen. I hope it all worked out okay.
Just ignore Pistol. He comes into threads, shoots his mouth off, to try to get reactions. As my mom would say "just ignore him." Sometimes he's funny, though. So I give the dude a pass.
It's true Josh. Cocky people are the first ones I laugh at when disaster strikes. Call me the Karma,karma,karma,karma chameleon...
we would all really apprecite it if you would hurry up and move pete. because Miami is soooo perfect no crime, corruption, or greed there. You? you live here too, or did you forget? and the one main thing in common with all these sh***y cities, is YOU. I'm sure the dolphins love to you as a fan GO CHARGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO @ tinastar. You're obviously too stupid to to get the point I'm trying to make so I'll just say"Goooooo Packers!".
I got your point.I just didn't think it was a good one. Figures you'd be a cheese head.
Being cocky and then wondering why karma bites you in the a$$ isn't a good point? Like Barney Frank once said"Lady? What planet have you been living on?" Now granted because I don't know you,I can't say for certain whether or not you're a transplant like me. Most likely,you're not. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that if you're a native Sandy Eggan,you're also proud to live in"America's Finest City"as well and have told others. When I first moved out here,that's mostly what I heard from the natives. It was the way I could tell the difference between a transplant like myself and a native. The natives proudly boasted"Welcome to America's Finest City". The transplants said"Welcome".
Hey, fumber. I'm just curious, are you really a total moron or have I heard wrong? Half-moron, perhaps? Everyone says you're a moron, but I thought I might give you a chance to clarify it...
Hey, fumber. I'm just curious, are you really a total moron or have I heard wrong? Half-moron, perhaps?
Here, I'll take this one.
Fumbler is 100% total moron. He can't help it, he was born that way. I am thankful Fred has become the object of his fantasys, which means no time left for me. Yahoo!


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England suffered a cricketing choke of epic proportions to lose yet another global final.
Not even a reduction to a Twenty20 thrash instead of a full 50-over match thanks to rain could prevent a fifth final defeat as England threw away a winning position to fall short by five runs.
With 20 needed from 16 balls and with six wickets in hand, blind panic took over as Eoin Morgan and then Ravi Bopara sparked a hair-brained collapse to hand the trophy to India.
Indian seam bowler Ishant Sharma had just been pulled for six and was struggling to hit the cut strip in the 18th over, yet somehow he sparked a glorious turnaround for the game's world champions.
Morgan chipped him to mid-wicket and Bopara pulled him to square leg, leaving two new batsmen to deal with the spinning Ravi's, Jadeja and Ashwin.
It was all too much as they swung and missed, or ran themselves out in two overs of supremely naïve cricket as India turned the screw tighter and tighter until the choke was complete.
Birmingham became Bombay for the day as home advantage became a tour of torture in front of a partisan Indian crowd who cheered their team to victory on a pitch tailor-made for their spinners.
A Champions Trophy final reduced to a Twenty20 thrash due to the seemingly never ending rain in the Midlands was decided by 11 overs of spin that England failed to cope with.
The rain had almost ended the contest before it began as successive showers kept the groundsmen busy, and even when play started at 4.20pm it was soon halted again as another deluge arrived after six overs.
It might have been terminal had the ICC not made a rare common sense decision to extend the playing hours by 60 minutes and provide just enough leeway for the final rain cloud to pass.
The crowd stayed and they were rewarded for their patience even though the man they booed throughout almost ruined their day.
It was an Englishman of Indian heritage, Bopara, who set them on their way
with three huge wickets, but really it was his runs they needed.
He and Morgan had turned the game clearly in England's favour after the top order came unstuck with a partnership of 64 from 55 balls, but then they bottled it.
India played much the smarter cricket and were brilliantly led by MS Dhoni who marshalled his field and his bowlers like an all-knowing general who just needed the merest crack to break England down.
There was a lucky wicket when Ian Bell was given out stumped even though replays appeared to show his foot to be down as the bails came off, but that apart India simply held their nerve better than England.
They initially struggled with the bat as Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad set the tone before Bopara ripped the stuffing out of India's innings by getting rid of Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina and dangerman Dhoni.
At 66-5 India were in all sorts of bother and looked miles away from even setting a competitive total let alone a winning one.
The fact they did stemmed from their captain in waiting Virat Kohli who's 43 from 34 balls gave his team some belief and something to play for.
Man-of-the-match Jadeja blasted 33 not out at the death to lift the total to 129-7, but even then England were still firm favourites to lift the trophy.
Chasing 130 in 20 overs should be simple enough, but when the pitch is as dry and spinner friendly as Edgbaston is then nothing is easy.


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SA520 to RV082 VPN
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We've been testing an SA520 as a possible replacement for the RV082 but we have hundreds of RV082's around N America and several that we maintain VPN connections to for various purposes. We've been unable, as yet, to establish a site-to-site VPN connection from our SA520 running 1.1.3 to an RV082 running 22.214.171.124. The SA is the initiator. I've copied and pasted the PSK, changed the IKE policy to AES-128 matching the RV082, the RV complains about the connection saying:
No acceptable Oakley Transform, No Proposal chosen. Please check your SA or preshared key setting
I fear the problem is the RV is expeting AES-128 as the Phase2 Encryption policy but that's not an option on the SA. Has anyone been able to get an SA5xx to connect to an RV0x2 via site-to-site VPN? Given the same QVPN client is supposed to work for both products surely the site-to-site VPN should work too. Thanks...


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* UPDATE Skyfire has temporarily closed the Alpha testing, rendering the leaked version useless. If anyone notices any other changes please let me know. *
My buddy Danny (aka @buzzedword) let me know that the Skyfire mobile browser for BlackBerry has been leaked!
This is an early Alpha (v22.214.171.12404) of the Skyfire browser so be prepared for some bugs and other issues. Install at your own risk and only if you are comfortable with using unofficial software.
Here are some of Danny's findings:
- its dominantly web based, the "enter url" function has autocomplete which im assuming comes from Skyfire's servers
- you're assigned a unique skyfire ID, and you can create an account on the skyfire homepage, presumably for bookmark and RSS sync– the homepage has a very Digg-like feel to it
- flash is supported as well as javascript, but flash functionality breaks down when you hit version 10
- it appears that the browser has its own independant audio controller because of options in the menu, but i can't confirm volume buttons, none of my shortcut keys work
- it doesn't work well with the storm at all but it does install
- its definitely optimized for trackball, the mouse has a kind of crosshair around it that if you click down will zoom to that portion of the page
- overall its pretty quick, they render the webpage on their servers and you download what they render
If you want to give this Alpha version of Skyfire for BlackBerry a try click here from your BlackBerry Browser to install it. Before installing the Skyfire app I highly recommend you backup your BlackBerry's data. I've included some helpful guides below.


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She has been a priest for 25 years
No, that headline is not a mistake. "She" is the Rev. Ana Langerak, who was ordained a priest 25 years ago in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America but who now serves St. Matthew/San Mateo Episcopal Church in Hyattsville, Md. (ELCA is in communion with the Episcopal church, and they share clergy.)


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Ukraine rejects Putin's offer of gas discounts
AP Thursday, June 12, 2014, 1:47 pm TWN
MOSCOW -- Russia on Wednesday offered to restore the discounted gas price it granted Ukraine under the ousted pro-Russian president, but Ukraine demanded an even better deal and called for arbitration to settle the dispute.
Speaking in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia was offering the discount as a "partnership deal." Russia's energy minister, Alexander Novak, specified the price offered as $385 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas.
"We believe that our offer is more than in a partnership spirit, aimed to support the Ukrainian economy at a rather difficult time," Putin said in televised remarks. "But if our offers are rejected it means we will enter another stage. This is not our choice. We do not want it."
Russia and Ukraine have been locked for months in a dispute over the price of Russian gas supplies and Ukraine's debt for previous deliveries. Moscow has threatened to turn off the tap if Ukraine fails to settle the multibillion-dollar debt, but has repeatedly pushed back the deadline after Ukraine paid off part of the sum.
European Union-brokered talks between the two countries in Brussels on Wednesday failed to reach a compromise over the price.
The bruising gas dispute comes amid continuing fighting in eastern Ukraine, where government forces have battled pro-Russian rebels for two months. The insurgents have pushed for joining Russia following Moscow's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in March, but Putin has ignored their appeal in an apparent bid to avoid another round of crippling Western sanctions.
Putin also seemed eager to avoid cutting off gas to Ukraine, a move that would likely disrupt shipments to European customers via pipelines crossing Ukrainian territory.
He emphasized Wednesday that the latest offer would restore the price Ukraine had under pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych.
In December, Russia offered Ukraine an even lower price of $268 as it sought to give a financial lifeline to Yanukovych, who was facing massive protests triggered by his decision to ditch a pact with the European Union and opt for closer ties with Moscow.
After Yanukovych was chased from power in February, Russia denounced his ouster as a "coup" and annulled all gas discounts, bringing the price back to $485 per 1,000 cubic meters, in line with a 2009 contract.
Ukraine has refused to pay for Russian gas, calling the price politically motivated and demanding that Moscow lower it.
Ukraine's Energy Minister Yuri Prodan told reporters after the talks in Brussels that the price discount offered by Russia isn't enough and demanded an even lower price. He said the Ukrainian government now believes that arbitration is the best option to solve the dispute.
Prodan, however, added that Ukraine is open to talks to hammer out a temporary price while arbitration is proceeding.
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Denis Hayes, the founder of Earth Day speaks to the thousands gathered for the Climate Rally held at the National Mall in Washington DC, a free concert for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. April 25, 2010. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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RIC Nursing Simulation Lab Receives National Accreditation
RI College School of Nursing Students learn to think critically by caring for complex simulated patients in a safe setting. Students are expected to complete preparation work prior to coming to the simulation. They are expected to act professionally, and adhere to safety principles at all times. Safety for patients and providers is the focus of our simulation center.


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Thanks for the info! I did go look at the Singer yesterday, did not purchase, seemed to have little glitches or maybe a little too touchy for me.
Okay I will keep my eyes open for a Singer 15-91, hopefully there will be a day I venture into FM.
Love the pic of the black horse! I own a 24yr old bay qtr/pt mare, I have had her since conception.
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NEW YORK - Clippers center Chris Kaman went negative in a suddenly very public campaign to be selected as a reserve for the Western Conference All-Star team.
He said after the Clippers' game Thursday in Denver he didn't believe the Lakers' Pau Gasol deserved to be on the team because he hasn't played enough games.
Kaman went on to say he believed he deserved to be selected instead of Gasol and Andrew Bynum, the Lakers' 7-footers. Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy backed Kaman.
"I don't think Gasol should be in it at all," Kaman said when he was asked if he would be disappointed if Gasol, who is the Lakers' starting power forward, moved to backup center for the All-Star game.
"He's only played, like, 20 games (actually 26) this year. I think there should be a number of games you should play.
"I think you should have to play, like, 80 percent of the games. It shouldn't be 50 percent over a guy who plays 90 percent and who has better numbers. Not just me. Zach Randolph, a power forward, he has better numbers (than Gasol).
"But he's not on the Lakers."
Kaman said of Bynum, who is averaging 15.4 points and 8.4 rebounds in 41 games: "I'd be disappointed if they put Pau Gasol in front of me. If they put Bynum (ahead), it would be disappointing, but it would be easier to accept."
For the record, Gasol is averaging 16.9 points and a team-leading 10.9 rebounds; Kaman is averaging 20.4 points and 9.2 rebounds in 38 games. Randolph of the Memphis Grizzlies is averaging 20.8 points and 11.5 rebounds in 41 games.
"I guess he's the highest scorer for centers in the NBA," Bynum said of Kaman when relayed his comments. "I would never say anything like that. It's just whoever gets it, you know? It's not something I would do, but people do what they do."
It's unusual for a player to speak about his All-Star qualifications.
A different tact
The Lakers called off their scheduled shootaround on the morning after their loss Thursday to the Cavaliers in Cleveland. They watched video at their hotel and then fashioned a bounce-back performance with a victory Friday over the New York Knicks.
"I think (New York) is distracting," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said.
"There is an element that is distracting. We didn't go out today. We stayed in our hotel and watched video and minded our Ps and Qs. - (They discussed) some minor details."
Jackson acknowledged some recent dissatisfaction with the team's offense.
"We've talked about that consistently over the last two or three weeks," he said. "We've had people taking shots from positions they probably shouldn't take shots. We're not executing quite the way we should be executing."
Relief effort
Former President Bill Clinton appeared at halftime to appeal for fans around the country to donate to the relief effort for victims of the Haiti earthquake. Clinton and former President George W. Bush have teamed to bring aid to the island nation.
Fans can go to www.ClintonBushHaitiFund.org to donate or text Quake to 20222 to donate $10. Standard text rates apply.
Gasol was one of 10 NBA players who donated $1,000 for every point he scored Friday. He finished with 20 points.