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|Trad, 7 pitches, 900', Grade III
|YDS: 5.9 French: 5c Ewbanks: 17 UIAA: VI ZA: 17 British: HVS 5a [details]
|Mark Moore and Lars Holbek, 1977
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|George Bell on Apr 27, 2003
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By Jake Wyatt
From: Longmont, CO
Feb 18, 2004
|I'm surprised to hear (and have mixed feelings about) the new bolted anchors on the route. I suspect that one of the things which kept Ginger Cracks less crowded than Crimson Chrysalis is the fact that the belays were not fixed (and sometimes uncomfortable), and that it would therefore be impossible to bail after the crux pitch without leaving a lot of gear behind. I still doubt that it'll be as crowded as Crimson, given the quality of rock, but the bolted belays seem to change the character of the route.
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Feb 18, 2004
There was much discussion about the bolts on redrockresole.com, but at the moment this site is "temporarily unavailable". Maybe rec.climbing had a discussion about it.
Like I said I do not know who placed these bolts. I hope that they do not get blindly chopped. For all we know, they may have been placed with the blessing of the first ascent team.
By M. Morley
From: Sacramento, CA
Feb 18, 2004
|George, I believe that Jules George, the owner of Red Rock Resole, was killed in a motorcycle accident a while back. She was a J-Tree and later Red Rocks local. Very sad. Not sure if someone else took over the business.
By phil broscovak
Feb 20, 2004
|Mike:I just wanted to take the time to personally thank you for taking on this effort. If you ever need any help don't hesitate to contact me. I love the haunting walls and canyons of the Red Rocks. rerockresole.com was a great database and clearing house of information but with the tragic loss of Jules George things were looking bleak. Thanx again for keepin' keepin' on! Philo
By 10b4me
Mar 28, 2005
|I found Ginger Cracks to be a thoroughly enjoyable route! The bolts don't detract from the route at all, considering the amount of natural gear and the quality of the rock.The newly bolted top pitch variation will no doubt generate some controversy, but we joked about it being the sport climb with the longest approach in RR (do the first 6 pitches of Ginger Cracks)! This route is a great day out, and comes highly recommended. The easy descent is a bonus.
By jedi
Mar 30, 2005
The real start to P1 has a grunty move or two, but not bad really. I thought P2 had some fairly stout moves on suspect (hollow-sounding) rock right off the belay ... P3 I remember as 5.7, and not really a roof so much as stepping over or around an overlap. I barely noticed the crux on P4, it was really sweet and smooth climbing.
NB that you cannot link P4 and P5. My partner hung himself off of tiny sh|t 20' below the huge ledge, and it was up to me to Not Fall on those 20' of loose too-big horizontals.
We went up & over (this was in 2001?), but given the choice today I'd rap after P4 - between the bad rock, grunty 5.5 that followed, and rope-snarling bushes in between raps above, it detracted from the day (and led us into night, as it were).
By Stephen Langley
Apr 3, 2005
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|I think pitch 3 is only 90 feet, not the 150 listed in the description above. Also there are 2 boilts just under the roof in the middle of P2.
By EVonD
From: boulder, co
Apr 4, 2005
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
I'd say the bolted variation out left for the last pitch goes at .6 to .7 and is well bolted. Not sure how it compares to the regular finish since we went left instead. Worthwhile way to finish.
Raps didn't seem bad at all, I wouldn't let getting off stop you from going to the top.
FUN route! Although the comments about suspect rock do ring true, had a couple pop....
By jan
Apr 6, 2005
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
did this one in early march 05, and posted some pics and a little write-up here:
By Jason D. Martin
Apr 15, 2005
The left hand bolted variation at the top of Ginger Cracks is actually the last pitch of Unimpeachable Groping.
If you elect to do the bolted route on the left, the descent is slightly different. Rappel into the notch from the single bolt and then continue down the normal rappel route as it is described in a number of books. Do not try to rappel the entire distance off the single bolt.
By ScottN
Apr 26, 2005
I found this to be a great route, not busy and pretty much in the shade from mid morning to afternoon. I would not characterize the rock on pitch 5 as "bad" but rather as "not as good" as the other pitches, besides it is well protected. We also did the bolted variation (unimpeachable groping) on the last pitch, I thought it was a great finish with nice exposure. The rap off of this pitch is a good looking bolt that was backed up with a good stopper (#5 ?). We double rope rapped to right above the water streak. It is low angle, but ropes pulled okay, and if they were to get stuck it may be 5.2 to go retrieve them. Kick-Ass route, Finish early and do Power Failure next!
Watch for agressive cholla bushes on the descent
By Christa Cline
Oct 20, 2005
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|This is a great route. The crux pitch (#4) was one the most beautiful pitches I have ever done. Pitch 5 is also great, steep and exposed. If it wasn't for the less attractive final two pitches this would be a three star route for me. Definitely worthwhile doing.
By rex parker
From: las vegas n.v
Apr 30, 2007
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|just some advice i dont know who put them their or why but towards the end of the second pitch theirs two bolts under a roof to the left, after the finger chimney, dont stop here trend rightand follow the crack system after the roof to get to the end of the second pitch. so far out of the red rock climbs ive done, as a local, this is my favorite by far . rex
By John Wilder
From: Las Vegas, NV
Oct 12, 2007
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
this is a great route- a total must do for any visitor to Red Rock. the quality of rock is high for the entire route, despite how it looks when you get on it up higher- dont let the short 4th class pitch distract you- the last pitch is great and a wild lead at the grade.
the belays are only bolted until the top of the crux pitch, after that, you're building your own.
i do think that all of the lead bolts save one are unnecessary- why the other three are up there, i have no idea.
great route, absolute must do- certainly a classic at the grade. and, if you're fast, you can also tick off Power Failure, another good route, on the way down!
By Aimee Rose
From: Bend, or
Oct 28, 2009
|Is this climb in the sun or shade (or when does it get shady) during early December? Thanks.
By sqwirll
From: Las Vegas
Oct 28, 2009
We climbed this last Saturday. The route was out of the sun by 9:30 or so. I can't imagine that it would get much sun come December.
Also, I didn't think the rock quality on pitch 5 was bad at all.
By adamgable
From: Laramie, WY
Jan 4, 2010
|Can you hit the rappel route of unimpeachable groping at the top of the 4th class pitch of this route or is it to far out of the way?
By John Wilder
From: Las Vegas, NV
Jan 4, 2010
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|um, yes- you could theoretically rap unimpeachable groping from the top of the 4th class- but given the option, i'd at least climb the last pitch of unimpeachable (if the wide last pitch of Ginger doesn't suit you), then rap Power Failure- four quick raps vs six or more.
By adamgable
From: Laramie, WY
Jan 5, 2010
|John thanks for the beta, the reason i am asking is that i am flying down there for a few days and have the chance to climb in between work and i was thinking it might be a faster rap from there and then be able to hop on unimpeachable groping and kind of link the two to get in the most pitches possible. Kinda jonesin to climb as much as possible because it is about negative ten where i live right now. also if you know of any good linkups in the 10 to 10 + range that can be done in winter i would be psyched to hear about them. thanks
By John Wilder
From: Las Vegas, NV
Jan 6, 2010
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|nah, its not really faster- the power failure raps are super quick and drop you about 150' or so up-gully from the base of Unimpeachable...
By Alasdair
Mar 31, 2010
|There is a set of anchors directly below the anchors at the top of power failure that make rappelling very easy if you have two ropes. This anchor is two good bolts with newly added chains. The anchor is hard to see until you are right at it, but if you keep heading directly down from the top anchor you cant miss it. It means two quick clean raps vs three somewhat sideways raps.
By Lee Jenkins
From: Tucson, Arizona
Apr 5, 2010
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Did this route yesterday. There are indeed 3 'new' bolts on the crux pitch 4. The old 1/4 incher apears to have been chopped. The 1st 2 bolts are ~ 20-30' above the belay and the 3rd is maybe 15-20' higher.
Pitch 5 was fun and yes there are still some 'portable' handholds on it but they are pretty obvious. Just test them 1st then find another if one is suspect. This pitch has many handholds and great gear! The last 'wild' pitch above the 'bottomless' chimney is very cool and pretty well protected. There are a couple of committing moves but they are on great hand holds. Go for it!
By John Wilder
From: Las Vegas, NV
Apr 19, 2010
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|on the rappel, you can make it to the ground with two rappels from the bowl below the notch. make the first rap (two 60m lines needed) to the power failure anchors below, then rap straight down from there. two 60m lines BARELY reach the ground (you could easily downclimb the last 6' or so).
By Eugene Kwan
May 7, 2011
|This route was super fun. It's got some unnecessary bolts, and may be a bit overgraded, but it's really excellent climbing in a stunning location. We went to the top of P5, where we rapped off a bush. Be careful of getting your rope stuck. We were able to move the knot past the edge and still have plenty of rope to get back to the P4 station.
By Arch Richardson
May 21, 2011
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|The first rappel South from the notch to the bowl(slung chockstone) goes with one-60m rope (stretch). The main rappels East below the smiley face require 2 ropes and involve 3 drops if you diagonal over (climbers right) to the Power Failure pitch-2 anchors. We missed the set of anchors described by Alasdair (but still had a hassle-free descent).
By Patrick Kaufer
From: Laguna Hills, CA
Jun 11, 2011
|The FA was done by my now high school IB Math teacher! Way to go Mr. Moore!
By jay houlden
From: Las Vegas, NV
Oct 15, 2011
Rap anchor above black water streaks buried in mud.
A heads up for anyone who is climbing ginger cracks. On Oct 7,2011 I was part of a party of 3 who enjoyed our climb up however on the descent at the bottom of the bowl we could not find the rap anchor. *insert long story here* In the end it had been buried by a mudslide and was not visible. There was a fair amount of scree and lose rock coming down the bowl but I expect that is typical. However the anchors which are essentially on the lip were covered.
It was nice to have cell reception up there but it would have even been nicer if our buddies could have found a note like this telling us to dig. Hopefully no one else experiences this but if they do i hope this helps.
Also note that this rap anchor is the top anchor for Power Failure. If you can find the anchor the rap is an easy 2 raps on double 60m ropes.
By Caleb Padgett
From: Rockville, utah
Oct 16, 2011
|Just climbed this route last week. A new one for me and a recon to evaluate the anchor condition for the power failure raps. There has been a BIG rockfall event which deposited a bunch of rock and carnage in the bowl where the power failure raps begin. We found the bolts and had to excavate them. They were undamaged but there is a bunch of loose rock to walk through getting to them. I was concerned that the bolts are placed in rock that is continually damp from a nearby spring and only 6 inches apart. kinda sketch
By Buster Jesik
Oct 20, 2011
|In regards to the first Rap anchor on power failure... It is still kind buried in mud, but the bolts seem fine and it isn't very hard to find. I moved most of the loose rock from the rock fall out of the way, so it is a bit safer now. Continue to use caution though especially if there is a party above as there is still a good amount of loose rock.
By Patrick Mulligan
Oct 1, 2012
|Bolts on Power failure are fine now and completely clean. They do however look somewhat rusted (hangers are totally fine). Given that they're in an obvious area of run off they see a lot of water.
By jason sartor
Nov 28, 2012
I did this route on Saturday, November 24th, with a friend and had a sweet time. Temps were amazing, climbing was fun, and the darkness that accompanied our rappel was unplanned, though still a good time.
Be advised, however, that because of the above mentioned rockfall somewhere up in the bowl and the resulting scree in the chute that gives you access to the 1st rappel at the top of Power Failure, this makes for a potentially very, very dangerous rockfall situation for anyone climbing Power Failure or rappelling Power Failure ahead of you. There is so much loose rock in that chute that it is very possible that you will send rocks down onto anyone on that route/rappel.
I was considering climbing Power Failure but have decided not to go anywhere near it until conditions above have changed.
Good luck.
By Tyson Waldron
From: Reno, NV
Dec 18, 2012
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
I have to agree with both Jason and Buster. Getting to the anchors at the top of Power Failure was ridiculously sketchy for both myself as well as any parties that could have been climbing Power Failure. My partner was scrambling/down-climbing towards the anchors behind me but I had him stop, as a dislodged rock on his part could have easily sent me on the "E" ticket ride to the base. Even still, I had to walk with cat like reflexes to reach the anchors of Power Failure. The amount of loose rock in this gully above the anchors is pretty terrible. To clarify on the update of the anchors being covered I can confirm with Patrick's post that as of Halloween 2012 they were fully uncovered and visible.
When I get back here I will insist on climbing Ginger Cracks earlier and faster to hopefully have time to clean this descent up... Because this route deserves it as well as what looks like an insanely awesome route in Power Failure. I would certainly not climb, nor recommend anyone climb, Power Failure until this descent is cleaned up.
Perhaps even more sketchy than reaching the anchors of Power Failure was the initial rappel to even begin the approach to the anchors of Power Failure. We had climbed the traditional route, i.e: "P7: Climb the left facing corner, then move right to a weird dihedral above a bottomless chimney. This next section is hard to protect due to the zig-zag nature of the pitch. Stem up and finish the pitch at a notch (5.7, 160')"
This final pitch leaves you hopelessly in a 30 foot tall notch between the top of the alternate route, "The final pitch of Unimpeachable Groping" to your left, and the summit of the mountain on your right. Your only option is to rap off the backside of the route on a chock-stone slung with weathered slings and webbing.
I can't believe nobody has commented on this yet. Maybe everybody goes for the final pitch of impeachable groping, not sure. But for a climb that has bolted anchors on nearly every pitch, it seems like two extra bolts to make a safe rap off the route wouldn't be too much of an issue.
If you climb the original route I've described and not the final pitch of impeachable groping, then be prepared to leave behind a few shoulder length slings and a biner, enough webbing to sling the chockstone, or to just cross your fingers and commit to the weathered tat that is already installed.
We stupidly opted for the latter option, and I regret it to this day. $40 is not worth my life, or my partners, but I let it be on that rap. Thankfully we made down it without issue.
Once you reach the top anchor of Power Failure it is pretty much smooth sailing. The only other note I have is that on the third rap you hit a false ledge that has some rap slings on the bushes, but if you have two 60m ropes you can continue to the true base with plenty of rope to spare. I think this would probably be really obvious in daylight, but we were rapping in total darkness at this point.
Looking back on all this, especially doing it in the dark, made it somewhat of an epic, but I still give this route an absolute 4 star rating. We hiked in looking at 4 parties on C.C., plus a few more waiting at the base, and walked up to Ginger Cracks and had it all to ourselves the entire day. This is an insanely worthy route, and if it didn't have the weird scramble 6th pitch, I'm sure it rival any moderate multi-pitch route in the area... and perhaps it already does.
By smassey
From: CO
Dec 19, 2012
|Storms this past fall have littered the slabs above the power failure raps with debris. Obviously, care is needed. It was sketchy enough prior to that. It is every climbers' responsibility to bring sufficient hardware to repair natural rap stations as needed. $40? 1/2" webbing is like 20 cents/foot. On any route with natural anchors, carry 30' and don't be worried about chopping your dyneema slings. Or leave a cordalette or something. The reason no one has commented on the chockstone rap is that it's pretty standard. It's a trad route - one would think that being prepared for traditional anchors would be a prerequisite to trad climbing. FWIW, the anchors on p.1-4 are retros. No more bolts needed. I'd rather rap off that chockstone than some 3/8x1.5" wedge bolt anyway.
By Cunning Linguist
Dec 22, 2012
^^^That's my boy! The chockstone is safe, the problem is just what Scott said: people taking "consumer" routes for granted and not carrying cord to back up anchors.
Bring some cord, sirs. It's your own responsibility, and if you're not an ASCA donor yet, that might be a good first step after buying some webbing and a knife to cut it.
By Andrew Yasso
From: Las Vegas, NV
Dec 27, 2012
I guided Ginger Cracks in early December, before Tyson G. I found the rappel off the chockstone to be completely suitable for my guest and I and did not find the need to back up the webbing at all. I doubt the webbing weathered considerably in the two weeks between my climb and Tyson's. However, we all have different levels of what is acceptable, and I find myself pretty conservative in this area, seeing as I am making a safety decision for not only my life (which I value considerably) but that of my guest as well. I do not feel the need for an additional rap station.
Additionally, we descended the bowl safely while there was a party of two climbing Power Failure. Yes there was some loose rock, however I didn't find it all that difficult to not knock it off. I believe most of us learned to walk before we climbed 5.9, and as such should know how to navigate such terrain. As we sat at the bottom of the bowl at the fully uncovered rap rings, I believe a grand total of one(1) small pebble was dislodged and I yelled the obligatory "rock!" The two climbers below thanked me, as the pebble bounced harmlessly more than 10 feet to climbers right. We completed our raps, and then proceeded to climb Power Failure ourselves as the party of two rapped through us.
I do not write this to say that there is no danger of rock fall at all, or that an accident couldn't happen. I write this to just say the danger may not be as great as some people may make it out to be. Also, I would like to remind everyone that rock climbing is dangerous, accidents can happen, and you might even die.
By Cunning Linguist
Dec 27, 2012
|Respectable words. Logic must be a virus, a few posters are displaying it these days-pretty unusual in these parts. Thx for the perspective, Yasso.
By Ty Morrison-Heath
From: Bozeman, MT
Mar 14, 2013
|I climbed this on a 70 degree day in March and was surprised how cold I was on route. I ended up climbing in a R1 pullover all day and was glad to have it. To all the posters talking about how dangerous the walk off is for people on Power Failure....really? We walked down without knocking down a single pebble with very few issues. I assume if you are coordinated enough to climb 5.9 you are coordinated enough to walk down the bowl. Watch out for the cactus on your rope throw if you climb the last pitch of Unimpeachable Groping. There were two bolts on top of the Unimpeachable Groping for the rappel. All the rope pulls were reasonably easy and the descent was mellow for a Red Rock climb of this length. I climbed with a rack of doubles of #1 C3's through #3 Camalots, and a single rack of nuts and felt like it was adequate. In a couple of places I would of appreciated one smaller cam. Fun climb with nice belay ledges. If you haven't been to vegas before there are other climbs I'd point you towards but for those of us who have done many of the other classics this was a worthy route.
By Stan Pitcher
From: SLC, UT
Apr 10, 2013
|The rap off the top into the bowl really needs extension - the pull is hard! We were able to downclimb without kicking down any rocks but the party before us knocked off something rather large sounding. Really nice climb - its a shame un-necessary extra bolts have been added to the crux pitch!
By nealg
Sep 24, 2013
Climbed GCs on 9/23/13.
A couple thoughts on route:
a) thought the 5.8 'slot' was the crux
b) the 5.9 'face' section on P.4 was more 5.8 and very chill with 3 bolts for the section.
c) p.6 section (4th class) for us was only ~100ft and approached the anchor below start of p.7 from climber's right
d) we had no idea where the 5.6 left-facing corner was for finish; we just did the ~9-10 bolted left side of P.7 top pitch (brown face withgreen lichen) to the top - felt 5.6-5.7. Very fun finish.
I've done Chrimson Crysallis multiple times; GCs is much better, less crowded, and better climbing.
We brought a few double .25-1.5" cams, singles above this size to 3.5", set of nuts - this felt like plenty.
By Veraun Chipman
Apr 15, 2014
Fun climb, and every pitch is different! Well worth the hike up to the base of Ginger Buttress.
D A N G E R!!! Just after the 5.easy move off the P5 belay as you start the P6 scramble, there is a small duffel-bag sized boulder that is dislodged and should probably be trundled. Be careful not to step on it with someone below you!
By Garret Nuzzo-Jones
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Apr 18, 2014
On the first pitch I started up the crack directly below the tree. Slightly awkward move but not terrible. For some reason I thought the flake to the right of the route was the correct way up. Liebacked that monster flake and had to run it out big time without any large gear. Felt more like a 5.8++ sequence. Not recommended.
Keep going past pitch four. The fifth pitch is fantastic and the fourth class is quick and painless. The views from the top of the buttress into the cirque over Power Failure are amazing.
By Bill Lawry
From: New Mexico
May 8, 2014
Found the rap anchor referred to by Alasdair, the ones that make it two clean raps to get down from the bowl. We easily reached them using double 60's. When rapping down the middle of the water stains, the bolted/chained anchor will be on climber's left.
Also, at the start of P1, I led the rightward wide-ish crack with right side in the crack: 5.7 or 5.8 and protection using the suggested rack was ok.
By bart cubrich 1
Jan 18, 2015
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|Does anyone know if this can be rapped with a single 70m? We did this on 1/14/13, and we used double 70's to rappel (a pain to carry up the route, but all we had). My 70m rope is a bi-color, and it seemed that I never went past the half on rappel. I thought maybe more anchors had been added, but we got down in 3 raps.
By Jan Tarculas
From: Riverside, Ca
Feb 23, 2015
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Lead this on 2/20/15.
Suggested rack:
doubles .4-#3 C4 with a few small pieces. I placed a .2 and .3 x4
I brought a rack of nuts and only really placed 1 just so I can say I used it. So if you don't want to bring extra gear I'd just leave it at home.
Have your cordalette slung into a quad before you start the climb. 4 pitches have bolted belays with the 5th pitch the only one needing an anchor. the scramble pitch can be combined with the last pitch to the top...I opted to do the last pitch of UG that goes left after the scramble.
I would rather do this route than Crimson Crysalis any day. This climb actually involves more crack climbing than CC. I remember only placing 3 pieces of gear on CC and clipping the millions of bolts on that route.
The walk down the bowl to the rap anchors isn't as bad as last time I've been up there from doing Unimpeachable. It's fairly easy to walk to the edge without knocking any rock down, just twinkly toe yourself down.
By fossana
From: leeds, ut
Oct 6, 2015
The rock is solid on P5 despite what you might read. The Unimpeachable Groping last pitch option is generously bolted 5.8.
To avoid any rope pull issues I'd recommend doing a single 60m rope rap from the notch to the bowl and just downclimbing the last bit of 3rd. You can also just downclimb it at ~5.3 (from experience).
By Tim Heid
From: AZ
May 23, 2016
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Really great climb! Did this after Crimson Chrysalis for a nice, moderate day of about 2000' of climbing.
A few notes:
-We linked 1/2 and 3/4 with no issues with an 80m, which made for 2 awesomely fun, 250ish foot pitches and skipped the pitch 3 hanging belay.
-Both my partner and I thought it was way more fun than CC.
-Rack suggestions above were good, even for linking, just add a few extra slings to do so.
-Guidebook P5 was surprisingly awesome! From the description above I didn't think it would be, but it really had loads of fun jamming(as did the rest of the climb..)
We verified rapping with 1 rope down All You Can Eat works. I'll try to be detailed here, but not too confusing...
-After the first rap into the bowl, right were you come off the rap, look climbers right for a very dark, vertical varnished face.
-If you walk almost all the way to that wall(not exposed), then to the lip(exposed but safe) and look down ~10' and right, you'll easily see the first set of anchors on a ledge below. It was easy and safe to get to them from a bit lower in the bowl.
-We used an 80m and did 4 raps straight down. We deviated from the AYCE anchors on the 3rd rap. AYCE anchors were just right, after the roof. Instead we went to a set of anchors at a small stance straight down(def need a full 80m for this). I think the set we used was the top of P1 of Power Failure.
-If you had a 70m you'd have to stay on course of All You Can Eat(climbers right in the dihedral) for the last 2, but you can pretty much always see the next anchors you're going too before you start your rap, with the exception of the very first one from the bowl. A 60m would likely work for this too, but it might be close.
By Alex Chavez
Dec 15, 2016
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Loved this climb! One of my new favorites at the grade in RR.
The bolted sections were not as difficult as I expected them to be. On the other hand, there is 5.8 slot on a lower pitch that is quite challenging! Absolutely beautiful finish if you do the last pitch on the arete to the left (fully bolted, 5-easy).
By Claudine Tobalske
Apr 1, 2017
|Climbed this route on March 29th. Loved it! I thought that P4 (rated 5.9) was easier than P2 (rated 5.8) which had a few tricky moves in a wide slot. The second half of P7 was impossible to protect (unless we missed something?) but easy climbing (a bit heady though!). I'd recommend doing a single rope rap into the bowl; We did a double and got our ropes stuck inside a crack, but were able to free them after scrambling part ways up. Started climbing around 9:30am, got some sun for a while but were in the shade for the upper pitches so it's a good idea to bring something warm to wear.
By Zak Krenzer
From: Auburn, WA
Apr 3, 2017
Great route, fun and varied climbing that just keeps coming. A BD #4 could be used in several places (not needed), we brought a double set of cams .4-#2, Single #3 and Small sizes. I found myself using a lot of the hand sizes and some of the pitches are quite long. Go do this one!
Descent Beta: Make two single rope raps from the summit into the bowl, the second of which is on a ledge below the south side of the summit on a slung block. We made a double rope rap from the summit and had a weird pull followed by a snagged rope. Follow a faint trail to a pair of bolts with rings, make 3 double length raps to the ground, bolts will appear to the climbers right as you descend.
By walmongr
From: Gilbert AZ
Apr 7, 2017
|Fun Route! Thought pitch-4 was the best on the route. didn't find much loose stuff on pitch-5. We did the U.G bolted finish thought this was fun, great exposure looking over your left shoulder as you climb the arete! descent wasn't bad we had dual 60's Rapped to the bowl. Get your knot over the edge on the first RAP from U.G to the bowl. Their is a nice lip for the knot to get stuck on. 3 easy raps down Power Failure BE CAREFUL not to knock ROCKS down Power Failure!!!
By Leslie McG
Apr 30, 2017
|Super curious if other short climbers felt that the opening move of pitch two, coming right off the belay, was almost impossible? t 5'3" my arms were too short to grab anything and my right leg was so extended it was hard to rock onto. That one move was the hardest on the entire climb for me. Thus I agree that pitch 2 is truly the crux pitch of this in your face romp!


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We started with the Truffle Egg Sandwich ($9): organic eggs mixed with mild mushroom tapenade and topped with balsamic greens and tomatoes on a toasted baguette. It's a nice sandwich, but it does suffer from under-seasoning. The balsamic on the salad replaces the salt but overpowers the mushrooms; a little salt would better bring out the flavors. Perhaps more significant was the lack of truffle essence. Had it been billed as a mushroom and egg sandwich, it would actually be very good, but as a truffle egg sandwich, it seemed to be missing an essential ingredient.
A Parmigiano Cheese and Egg Sandwich ($6.50) was filling enough, but unfortunately one of the namesake ingredients was again missing: we found the cheese to be undetectable and the sandwich, therefore, to be unremarkable.
Fortunately, the WORKS Egg Sandwich ($10) turned things around. It was definitely the best breakfast item we tasted. The addition of salty prosciutto made all of the ingredients stand out and the result was rich, savory, and well-balanced.
If you're looking for more egg and less bread, however, you might try something off the omelette menu. We ordered he Pesto Omelette ($8), a nicely cooked, simple omelette, with a light topping of basil pesto. I appreciated that the pesto tasted more of basil and pine nuts than of garlic and olive oil (especially key for a morning meal).
The Mozzarella di Bufala and Prosciutto ($10) was also delicious. The mozzarella tasted of fresh cream; the prosciutto—the same salty strips we tasted on the sandwich—looked beautiful and, again, added balance to the mild eggs and cheese.
We might have stopped there, but it's hard to pass up a Nutella Panino ($5). However I'm afraid this one isn't worth giving into temptation if you are after ample chocolate-hazlenut spread. The Nutella disappears between the thick slices of toast and the sandwich tastes more of bread than of Nutella.
While we found the breakfast selection to be a bit uneven, we would return for the WORKS and, based on the quality of the ingredients, to try lunch—the panini menu looks delicious.
Piccolo Cafe
157 3rd Avenue, New York NY 10003 (map)
About the author: Ashley Muir Bruhn is an editor and freelance writer who values dining partners who will share their sweet so that she can order savory. Ashley and her husband write a travel and lifestyle blog, Hither and Thither.

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This dip is the tops with blanched asparagus. But of course no one else in my household likes asparagus, so we eat it with carrot sticks. And it's still great. Really.
I'm a fan of any and all recipes that help me use up fresh herbs right now. My husband was kind enough to make up some giant raised beds in the spring and now I have more fresh herbs than I'll ever be able to use. Such problems.
Tarragon Dip Recipe
1 cup plain greek yogurt
1/3 cup mayonaise
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh tarragon
3 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Pinch of salt and pepper
Place all the ingredient in a bowl and mix well. Serve with crudities.
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Can supermarkets influence the health of their consumers? If so, should retailers be graded - a kind of sustainability standard for customer health - for their efforts?
The world does need help. It is not as if the consumer's heralded freedom to choose has resulted in healthy outcomes.
A study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and published in The Lancet reported more discouraging news about obesity around the world. In 2010, overweight and obesity were estimated to cause 3.4 million deaths, 3.9% of years of life lost and 3.8% of disability adjusted life years. Worldwide, the study found that proportion of adults with a Body Mass Index of 25 kig/m2 or greater increased from 28.8% in 1980 to 36.9% in 2013. The rate of obesity in developing countries for children and adolescents rose from 8.1% in 1980 to 12.9% in 2013. For adults, the prevalence of obesity exceeded 50% of the men in Tonga, and women in Kuwait —13·9) in girls. In adults, estimated prevalence of obesity exceeded 50% in men in Tonga and in women in Kuwait, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Libya, Qatar, Tonga, and Samoa. A somber warning: "Not only is obesity increasing, but no national success stories have been reported in the past 33 years. Urgent global action and leadership is needed to help countries to more effectively intervene."
And we are not only fat, we are weak too. A study published in Australia indicated that about 25% of parents in that country give up to rants by their children who demand a product every three minutes during shopping trips. Before you bash Aussie parents, the study said that parents in the U.S. give in to "pester power" even more easily than in Australia. A whopping 97% of U.S. parents cave to their kids requests. In Australia, children asked for something to be put in their parents' "trolley" once every three minutes, compared to once every minute in the U.S. Marketers use tactics such as getting the eyes of characters on packaging to look down at kids, using bright lights and other crafty tactics.
Should food retailers be rated by their efforts to reduce obesity? Why the heck not? If we are judging growers by how much water they use, why not grade retailers on the way they merchandise both healthy and unhealthy food? I'm not sure who would put such an index together, but we have a retail candidate at hand who surely would get a superior score.
Noting the statistic that 68% of parents are pestered by their kids for candy or chocolate at checkout, discount grocery Lidl has rolled out a Healthy Checkouts Initiative. Following a successful trial in 2013, the chain said it will remove sweets and chocolates from all checkouts in Lidl's 600 stores, to be replaced by "more nutritious options such as dried fruits and nuts, seeds, fresh fruit and fruit juices."
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At Teaism in DC, the Chai Shake is light on both the wallet and stomach. (It's $3.25, and since we definitely are living in the age of the $5 to $7 milkshake, that's a steal.)
A scoop of cinnamon gelato from the beloved local shop Dolcezza is blended with ice and Teaism's freshly brewed chai. Consistent with the overall vision of a tea-focused and healthy menu (think tea-cured salmon, tuna bentos, and a wide tea selection), the shake manages to offer a wealth of flavors, most prominently cinnamon and cardamom, while maintaining a breezy, sippable consistency. My companion noted that the shake was more icy than creamy, but as the summer heat rises, icy and light is perfectly fine in my book.
Three locations in Washington DC; teaism.com
About the author: Originally from Honolulu, Kathy YL Chan writes A Passion For Food, where she chronicles her eats and travels adventures between Hawai'i, New York and beyond.


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The Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School is adding a ninth grade, making it the first institution in the Chula Vista Elementary School District to step into the high school arena. About 90 students are expected to form the new freshman class when the 2012-13 school year begins July 25.
District officials say the governing board has approved the charter's expansion, the curriculum is set, and teachers and counselors are being hired. All that remains is pinning down an existing campus with room to accommodate the new ninth grade that won't fit at the school's current location on K Street.
Plans are to add a 10th grade in the 2013-14 school year, and 11th and 12th grades in subsequent years. There are future plans to build a new school that will house all the charter's grade levels, from preschool through 12th grade.
The push for a ninth grade earlier this year was parent driven, according to Guillermo Castillo, board president for the Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School.
"It's about giving parents options," he said. "We started as an elementary school. We added a middle school and said, 'Why not continue with high school?' The principal and management team and board are always reaching for the sky in looking for the best ideas and opportunities for students."
The school opened its doors in 1998, becoming the district's first startup charter. According to its website, the school serves a large Latino population where 56 percent of the students are English language learners.
Its dual-language program, a 50/50 Spanish-English model, is intended to eliminate the achievement gap that adversely affects target populations. Recently, lessons in Mandarin were added to the curriculum to better prepare students for the global economy.


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Hi all,
Quite a while ago I read a sutta which gradually compared the merit gained from all kinds of offerings, such as almsfood, building temples and whatnot, to the merit gained from a single day spent in meditation.
Could anyone please point me in the right direction, as I'm having a terrible time trying to find it once again. I remember the conclusion being something like one single moment spent meditating results in an immeasurable amount of merit, with various similes such as a grain of sand compared to the Ganges.
Thanks heaps.


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Gingered Blackberry and Black Plum Shortcakes
We love this combination of dark-hued fruits, but you can swap in other berries, such as raspberries, or stone fruit, such as nectarines or peaches.
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- Yield: Makes 6
Source: Everyday Food, July/August 2007
For the Biscuits
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for work surface
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream
For the Filling
- 4 black plums (1 to 1 1/2 pounds total), halved, pitted, and thinly sliced
- 1 package (5 to 6 ounces) blackberries (about 1 cup)
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1 piece fresh ginger (3 inches), peeled and finely grated
- 1 cup heavy cream
Make the biscuits: Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and 1 tablespoon sugar. Add 1 1/4 cups cream, and mix just until moistened.
Turn dough onto a floured surface, and pat into a 3/4-inch-thick round. Using a 3-inch biscuit cutter, cut 6 rounds (reuse scraps); transfer to a baking sheet. Brush tops with remaining 2 tablespoons cream, and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake until golden, 15 to 20 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Make the filling: In a large bowl, combine plums, blackberries, 1/4 cup sugar, and salt. Squeeze grated ginger over fruit, releasing juice; discard pulp. Toss gently to combine. Let sit at least 15 minutes and up to 1 hour.
Just before serving, in a large bowl, whip cream and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar until soft peaks form.
With a serrated knife, halve biscuits horizontally. Place bottom half of each biscuit, cut side up, on a serving plate; top with fruit, whipped cream, and biscuit tops.


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'Disclosure' is happening all around us
For those who've been tuning into the Openhand material regularly, you'll know that from time to time we're referring to an "Opposing Consciousness", one that has intervened with the natural human evolutionary process and has been essentially controlling society for it's own ends. It's been a difficult subject to talk about openly because of the incredible volume of historical disinformation that's either burying the evidence or else 'spin doctoring' it to present particular sanitised viewpoints. Society does not want us to know the accurate picture, because once full disclosure of what's really going on unfolds in the collective consciousness, it will metaphorically turn how we live our lives 'on its head'. It will have an accelerating effect on human consciousness that could no longer be controlled by the 'powers-that-be'...
Multi dimensional expansion
For me, my view on what's really going on literally exploded around the events of a car crash, during which, my awareness was suddenly expanded into multi-dimensional states. I was able to see and read the deeper meaning behind events and circumstances, how everything was interconnected and had a natural underlying consciousness flow. Furthermore, I could suddenly observe, sense, intuit, feel and simply know, many of the intervening and blocking influences that go on within mind and body.
This multi-dimensional insight has provided the impetus and catalysis to help people who've come to the Openhand work by dissolving away distorting internal blockages and unfolding more authentic aspects of beingness. Our purpose is to help people ascend into who they truly are. But we've had to be intricately careful on the information we've shared about how such limitation happens in the first place, the last thing that would have helped is to have closed skeptical minds early in the process. When I've mistakenly presented too much information too early on, that's been exactly the effect. It has retarded evolution rather than accelerating it. Perhaps that offers a degree of insight into the difficulty of the subject!
But what's beginning to happen now within the work, is that people are opening up much more quickly, they're becoming able to sense and intuit the blocking energy themselves, so they know it's real. Furthermore, the effect of the catalytic-consciousness-activation is taking people directly into past life karma. This is where it gets extremely interesting. Not only does processing karma greatly accelerate our unfolding, but it reveals the various extra terrestrial 'interplays' that have happened throughout human history.
Early advanced civilsations
For example, it begins to reveal advanced civilisations on earth that existed thousands of years before current archeology will acknowledge - it confirms the existence of 'legends' such as Lemuria and Atlantis. People have direct experience of DNA engineering that has downgraded humanity and of implants that currently limit them. 'Star-souls' relive and experience essences of life in other star constellations and recall Ascension processes that have broken such alien limitations before - the intervention of Opposing Consciousness stems right back to the formation of our Galaxy. It is our 'Galatic Karma'.
- Right now is an extremely exciting time to be alive, because with the explosion of human consciousness going on, people all across the world are beginning to challenge the existing view on life and it's happening in so many different areas.
The hidden code
Take for example the Human Genome work. We're reading more and more of the hidden code buried within our DNA. How is it that such sudden and radical changes happened literally over night and within ALL humans? It simply blows apart the currently accepted Darwinian theories of how life evolved on this planet. And why for example does the Human configuration contain many genes that can't be located anywhere else on earth? Why is it that we have literally thousands of genetic 'coding errors' when we're supposed to be so evolved and advanced? We can expect much greater light to emerge on this in the years ahead (Openhand's new project Divinicus to be launched in September 2014 is set to do this).
There's incredible archeological structures that are being found such as Yonaguni off the coast of Japan, sunk during the melting of the last Ice Age some 12,000 years ago. And the pyramids that exist in many locations around the world. How do you cut 200 tonne stone blocks, cut them precisely to fit, and lift them many feet into place? With sticks and strings? It's farcical! What's being revealed in pioneering and ingenious work, is that by reversing the magnetic polarity within the stone molecules through the projection of an harmonic frequency, you can produce a magnetic repulsion effect with the earth's polarity which simply levitates the rocks. Stretches the imagination a touch doesn't it!
And in any case, what were those pyramids actually used for? As burial chambers for the Pharaohs? Are people really supposed to believe that! Why is is that two chambers found in the Great Pyramid at Giza point exactly to Orion and Sirius? And why are people coming forwards with past life experiences from those constellations? In my knowing, the Pyramids hold a vital key to the history of the intervention that's happened and what's currently going on right now.
The lid is lifting off
But as with all our work, we feel it is vital to empower people at the right time and in the right space so that they know the realisations are their own truth and not those of someone else. The lid on human consciousness is now beginning to lift. Powerful inflows of the 'Christ Consciousness' (not to be confused with the religion) are activating evolutionary powers of non judgmental discernment - breaking apart the conditioning and helping souls liberate themselves from limiting behaviours - just as has happened to ascending civilisations through the eons.
- So we're feeling strongly to introduce this new material in the months and years ahead. We can't stop it anyway, as soon as we sit down to meditate with people it simply starts flowing! The timing feels appropriate.
You might feel to begin to investigate some of the key issues yourself, especially around ancient civilisations, early technologies and architecture, the human genome project and alien disclosure. It's starting to emerge in the mainstream now anyway. But I advise proceeding with great care and discernment. Many wild and whacky, deceiving and delusional ideas are abound. And in my observation at least, there are none more distorting than within spiritual circles and communities. That's where this Opposing Consciousness is working hardest, within awakening minds because that's what it fears most. So when you read or hear new material, my advice would be similar to that of the Buddha -
- Believe it only if it truly resonates in your consciousness and activates your own truth. Cast aside speculation. A reality only truly expands you when you know it in your heart.
So here below is an extended thread of comments, views and video to stimulate your thinking.
Related postings on Ancient Alien Theory:
- ET Intervention on Earth...Parts 1,2 and 3
- Healing humanity from the intervention...Removing Energy Implants
- Rise of the Divine Human...Divinicus
we are not alone!14 January, 2012 - 19:35 — Becky
This is a very interesting and brave piece. The concept of ancient (and present) aliens and their interactions with us is something that I have followed for many years, but not really talked about, except to a select few, as I've found that it is a step too far for most people. They're just about ok with prana/energy, chakras, maybe even kundalini, maybe angels, but mention 'aliens' and I know I've lost them and they've relegated me to the realms of 'one of those nutters'. They then disregard anything else I might say, because I'm clearly delusional, and I feel I've undone any progress I've made! I guess it's a matter of feeling the way, and knowing when people are ready to hear things. But sometimes, maybe, you have to just say it anyway and they can take it or leave it.
There is also a lot of conflicting evidence out there and it can be confusing. I try to keep an open mind and not reject people's ideas/experiences outright, just 'keep them on the table' until it is verifiable or otherwise. Who am I to disregard someone's theory or story? Just because I haven't experienced it myself, does not mean it can't happen. Some of the ideas put forward on the episode you posted seem a bit 'out there' at first, but who knows?
Another fascinating series was 'Magical Egypt' with John Anthony West, where he investigated in depth where the Egyptians' knowledge came from:
(this link no longer works - you might like to google John Anthony West - he's quite an expert in the area).
Thank you – I do hope that the 'lid is lifting off'.
Becky x
Aliens14 January, 2012 - 22:41 — Vaso
After you posted the article i started watching the Ancient Alien series. Its so interesting, i watched since the 6th episode. Whats more interesting are the comments on youtube about the series. There are so many arguments about why aliens do exist and the series present many evidence and yet the comments are full of anger about those scientists and about what they are trying to say and many are laughing at them.
Also as i continue watching i get more angry about the governments. They are covering the whole thing up and they have no right to do that.
You said that 'the Pyramids hold a vital key to the history of the intervention that's happened and what's currently going on right now.' Can you say more on this topic?
Another question i have which may sound funny... can an alien be attached to a human body (like an entity can)? I experienced something a few nights ago and im not sure what it was. i was detached from something while i was sleeping and i saw it (im not completely sure if it was that which i was detached from. Im sure i saw it though because i could see my self sleeping too) That thing i saw it didnt look like an entity but like an alien.
Aliens15 January, 2012 - 21:18 — Wendy369
Hi Chris,
Yes, this is a subject that can really test the ego's desire to keep all friends, family and colleagues from phoning for the doc!
Personally, I find the label of 'alien' a tricky one. I read Lloyd Pye's book last week (Everything You Know is Wrong). If I understand correctly, he suggests the current human race is the result of mixing the genes from hominiods from Earth and the visiting alien race (Annunaki from planet Nibiru). So we are now half hominoid, half Annunaki? That means we're half alien, and the Annunaki are our parents on one side of the family?
I was in conversation with a friend last week, telling her about this theory, and she asked, 'But where's God in all this?' I said that I thought it was possible that God is even in the Annunaki, as all living flesh entities could in theory embody a part of the original Divine Source, just as we believe we do.
Do other readers have differing views on this? Is it possible that we are exhibiting feelings of 'racism' but on a much larger scale?
I am aware as I write, that I may be upsetting a few people here. But it can't be a bad thing to spark a bit of debate about this subject. I appreciate that there may be a fair amount of fear concerning alien intentions to feed off our energy and block our spiritual evolution, and we rightly need to learn more abut this. However, perhaps we may also find it useful to explore the possibility that although they come from other planets, they may also share a common link with us, in as much as they may have an identical inner life force from ultimately,from the same divine source.
My own experience with 'aliens', has been mixed. As a small child starting school, I was accompanied in the classroom by three beings. I thought at first that everyone else could see them, then found out it was just me. They seemed friendly enough, they always hovered about by the blackboard (!!) and kept up a constant barrage of intrigued questioning, asking me what the teacher was talking about (we communicated at a psychic level). However, when I was about 13, I used to get 'visitations' at night by beings that just appeared to want to scare me. On one occasion I was even hit by some kind of beam that threw me out of bed. Nasty stuff!
It would be interesting to hear if anyone else has had 'alien' experiences...if you're not to busy calling the white-coated professionals to haul me off, that is!!
Regards, Wendy.
Confused of Berkshire17 January, 2012 - 10:56 — MarkyMark
the points you raise about beings not of this planet (aliens?) are something that seems to be a common 'knowing' for many people, as with the belief of visiting advanced civilisations. The only experience I have of seeing a being that was not physical, but was present was about 30 years ago, and at the time I classed it as a ghost, shows me that there are things 'not of this world'. I used the term ghost as a label for something I had no explanation for.
Since my awakening I have seen a change in my view of things. I have been exposed to some totally new concepts and initially I would dismiss many of them, but as I developed my view would change in terms of I 'felt' some now made sense to me. Other ideas and concepts do not.
I am confused understanding the points around DNA changes. I have no doubt that my purpose is to re-connect my spiritual self with the source. I am more than a physical body and mind, but they are an integral part of my whole in this life. What I am confused about is if our DNA has been altered, what has that done to me and us as a species? What I am trying to say (clumsily) is, if these DNS changes had not happened where would we be in terms of development both intellectually and spiritually? Would it have affected our ability in this form to awaken and to ascend? Mark
I looked into a lot of this a17 January, 2012 - 13:39 — David
I looked into a lot of this a while back. Understanding more on it does have it's benefits, but it's also a bit of a black hole, dark and consuming, easy to lose sight of the light.
There is clearly enough evidence to back up extra terrestrial intervention, no surprise it's being covered up. Well informed ants don't make good workers!
karmic timeline17 January, 2012 - 17:03 — lei
Hi Open, you say..
Essentially they found a way of 'dumping their karma' (ever heard of "time line therapy" in NLP? To me, it is essentially very similar).
Would it be correct to say we (humanity) are their past on the timeline and that's why they're able to dump their karma on us from the forth dimension?
Hi Chris, Thanks.. yeah it is17 January, 2012 - 17:54 — Vaso
Hi Chris,
Thanks.. yeah it is a lot to take in but what you say feels normal (in a strange way) too.
agendas17 January, 2012 - 21:11 — jodeecee
Hello again,
This subject has always been at the core of my beliefs. Organized religion, lies, dumbing of the masses over and over using many horrible created belief systems and fear to continue to control and maintain their cozy place here in the planet for as long as possible. Our awareness is inevitable, perhaps we've even already achieved this before. Now Gaia is ascending, exciting times!
Amusement is key here I believe. One thing I've always amused myself with is writing. A way to express my innermost thoughts and yes, beliefs, using fiction as my forum. My favorite is apocalyptic horror with a satirical twist. Over the years, many if not most of my stories have in some way or another manifested, surprising my family and long time friends.
You mention in a post- "I'd say you can't clone a human without 'inserting' an individual soul - it appears that's what they're trying to achieve." and "Also they're trying to amass minerals, energy and other resources such as Gold,"
One've my tales is about cloning for affordable organs. I won't get into how the production gets underway, but this is the real juice of the story, just wanted to touch on the soulless body. In my story the vessels they use to birth the bodies begin to rapidly deteriorate as the destroy energy manifests in the soulless human form. The heroes in the tale believe that those using these organs are less human, having no morals. The more beast-parts you have the more beast-like you become. For instance why make amends, they have a kidney on the instalment plan, the plantet becomes without compassion, yada-yada-yada. "Bwha-ah-ha-ha-ha"
On another note, the "amassing of minerals." I'm in a relatively mineral rich area, specifically gold. Been sharing with others a lot lately about our experiences over the past year or so. Sounds from the sky (?) coming from all directions, low tone, a rushing or rumbling kind of sound, it's as loud inside the house as outside, drifting in and out for hours. Sounds like a jet hovering low. Any comments?
Thanks again for the safe forum full of love to engage these awkward subjects.
Is karma genetic?19 January, 2012 - 11:31 — someone
I asked this question months ago and got a positive 'answer', I mean it felt right to me.
This thread rather supports it. How can aliens drop their karma on us? Simply: through genes. And now we are to process all their, now our, attachments and misalignments.
And in general, how does the soul pick its physical parents? I guess it's not because it 'likes' them It's because of the genes and consequent journey it will have in the physical body on earth (for example) which will follow the genetic combination and karmic imprint coming from the human history.
This might explain why star people have memories from Lemuria, if the memory is stored in DNA. And as the tip is running on the code, we go through all the 'karmic landscape' and process it all. So that when we process karma we possibly change the DNA structure.
Anybody else get similar info?
Collaboration as evidence19 January, 2012 - 15:52 — someone
Maybe I am taking it too far, but I and I know some other people I know find that many times the interruption from the 4th D can be viewed as help.
So lately I was exploring it...
While many chose to say that we are being 'attacked', manipulated, etc etc by the grid, I must say that lately I explored how much actually I myself am feeding from this 'grid' and the limits of who's actually hooking who bevome very blurred.
Is it not in my power to release the entities, for example? Then who's actually holding them? Them me, I them or we both are collaborating in this?
In this way, when using any intervention as a pointer what, where and why I am holding things, I can actually see it as a collaboration. As I heal my DNA I process this 'mutual' attachment gets released (it's like processing common karma with my ex husband).
I am not sure though how it is working for them though. What do they need to do? How is it working for them?
Chris you say.. At the21 January, 2012 - 00:48 — lei
Chris you say..
At the highest level, the Annunaki act as one soul, which can make things happen much faster.
I find this very interesting.. can you say more about it? they do seem to be highly 'evolved' and very interconnected within their group from what you're saying.
Truth, lie and choice22 January, 2012 - 21:04 — someone
I got the same 'realisation landing' during recent months. These two in particular:
1. "At the highest level, creation happens at the speed of thought. Once a thought is manifest, it then plays out the anomaly through some form of incarnated vehicle. So that any disharmony and distortion can be resolved out."
It seems things are processed and resolved through a dense system. For example, I have to go into the denseness in myself in order to resolve it. The same with any system. It is actually creating a dense experience in order to build the ability to get the 'light' (formless) through the 'form'. This is where the collapse of the duality is happening.
2. " It is where we are all connected, but each with a unique perspective. Yes there is one absolute truth, but it can be viewed in many different and related ways."
I also 'got' that the 'one truth for everybody' is a combination of all the truths and that it is not constant but evolving as the universe is evolving (in the 'eyes' of the self-perceiving universe). The paradox of this 'evolving truth' is that it is in fact eventually disappearing the closer to 'the truth' it gets hhhh
What I mean to say is that this truth exists as long as anomaly exists and as the disturbance is solving itself truth becomes more and more formless, as it can only exist as long as separation exists.
It sounds a bit analytical, but it is actually very feelable And for me when I get to hold this paradox this is when Christ consciousness can flow, because then 'truth' becomes instantaneous and flexible.
The trick is that just as truth has as many forms as the number of fragments experiencing (feeling) it, so does lie. And I think that this is what the part with the choice is about in the dialogue with the architect and also all throughout the movie (like picking one of the pills). The constructive intent of a lie as opposed to a truth is a possibility to make a choice.
About DNA and unplugging - is this why there are on/off periods? Getting clear then going back, then again and again. Because I thought I kind of fell, but maybe this is just part of the adaptation? And through this on/off process it feels like the grief gets more and more intense every time and I feel more and more determined and less proud and the choice is getting less and less artificial (bubble-like). Is it.. normal? hhh
Deep wretchedness23 January, 2012 - 10:33 — Lesley Lord
Hi Open,
I've had a few days where I have been aware of processing a kind of deep, deep, wretchedness that prevents a full expression of joyful beingness. It seemed something ancient that's deeper than anything I've touched before. Now it seems to have landed in my consciousness as being something leftover from the time of the switch from experiencing full at-oneness to being dumbed down.
Like many of these intense but at the same time subtle experiences it can be hard to place what is happening. Thanks for this greatly illuminating thread which helped me understand.
With love,
Who are we.?.21 February, 2012 - 13:17 — falconbrother
What seems obvious to me is that, historically, we really know nothing about our ancient origins. Any recorded history is flawed by the intentions of the writer and the editing that occurred after that. The scientific conclusions that are drawn are proven wrong over time and must be re-considered again and again.
Lloyd Pye's explanation is as good as any. I personally don't see the Ancient Aliens as benevolent. Rather, it seems to me that we were created to work, slave labor. But, perhaps in the process they accidentally gave us great spiritual potential. Darn few people put forth much effort towards spiritual growth and enlightenment.
Buddhism demonstrates to us that we can fall into an ego loop that can keep us delusional for many lives. That is, thinking that we are making spiritual progress when, in fact, it's just another ego trap that will create suffering. But, the Buddha understood that there was this "eight fold" path which included meditation.
I believe that it is meditation that is the key to unlock all the spiritual potential we possess. The more we challenge our own ego, fantasy and self-delusion the closer we get. The less we crave spiritual enlightenment (craving is ego based) and the more we stay on task with meditation, the closer we get.
Lloyd Pye says that when we were created the Ancient Aliens didn't really care that the DNA was all jacked up and that a certain percentage of us would have illness due to genetic imperfection. The casual observer would likely also make similar observations. And, unlike wild animals, we don't kill our weak and generally speaking, it's not just the physically and mentally strong that survive. I guess the question becomes: How close is the soul and the physical body connected? There seems to be conflicting evidence on this issue.
Samadhi Suicide is a process where veteran meditators are engaged in meditation, it gets to be real good to them, and they sit there till they die. It's not that they intend to die, they just get caught up in the ecstasy of the experience. So, it seems to me that they get detached spiritual from physical. I have been completely lost in meditation many times and can understand how this could happen. Meditation is a powerful tool.
I have seen people miraculously healed many times in my life. There is definitely something going on. I can't say that I understand the process of how a person is healed above and beyond the medicine. We were once praying over a woman with cancer. She wiped her hand over the tumor once, it was there. She wiped her hand over it again and it was completely gone. I saw it happen. Altered DNA?
Unlocking human potential seems very important to me. What is a lifetime for anyway? To gain as many toys as possible? I doubt it. I have helped clean out the houses of people who have died before. All the things you treasure mean nothing to the people tossing it in the trash when you die. Now's a good time to evolve.
I look forward to reading the post and thoughts here in the future.
ancient aliens26 February, 2012 - 11:33 — tania
hello to all from Portugal
so glad that you guys share the same beliefs that i always had !!!
i feel deep inside that soon things will change for the best and we will all be together again, and we will be learning such important things with them and we will begin to live life as its supposed to be , here on Gaia
i'm so happy for all my journey, from the beggining with no beliefs at all, with no hope, to today . and everyday i find allways something that validates my beliefs!! and this is another validation !
thank you to all, wish you lot of love, happyness, health and abundance
!26 October, 2012 - 10:13 — Ultreia Cunamo
very useful information..thanks!
life time26 October, 2012 - 23:32 — Ultreia Cunamo
Do we know anything about the life duration of these entities? Not that it really matters, just trying to identify in every detail what we are up "against".
Another disconpuzzling (disturbing+confusing+puzzling) question is: how and why didnt these entities after so many incarnations make it to incarnate as spirits which I translate to the opposite of deception, manipulation and interfering with the natural flow of creational evolvement? Did you say millions or billions of years, Chris?
more thoughts27 October, 2012 - 03:24 — falconbrother
Buencamino, you're running down a deep rabbit hole here. I really enjoyed Chris' reply and read it a few times. Some people think that we humans are caught in the middle of, well, a war of cosmic proportions. Basically, if I understand it, we kinda got the sh!t end of the stick as certain, I guess we can call them star people, began to try to enslave us for their own power trips. I've heard the term reptilian thrown around. There are both benevolent and malevolent forces at work. Yet, in the midst of this we find ourselves on the cusp of a dimensional shift.
So, regardless of what you see, fear not. Feed your brain compassion, joy, and mostly love. Become loving and giving. Don't believe what the power structures tell you that brings stress and fear. Rather, fight back by refusing to march in lock step to the agenda of fear and threat. Become a peacemaker, take the bad and return only good.
To vibrate faster we can't live in fear.
It gets curiouser and curiouser...27 October, 2012 - 09:05 — Ultreia Cunamo
Falconbrother, I do not feel hostility nor resentment towards this consciousness caught up in major crisis. I have asked myself many times what Gandhi would do, knowing that traditional ways of resistance do not apply here for heaps of reasons.
However, when it comes to their human pawns and their evidently violent plans, I must admit that I dont really know on which foot to stand. Are we meant to be passive observers of whatever it is 'powers-that-be' planning for us while we are reintegrating with our souls? Are we manifesting their plans by acknowledging its existence through the pilling up evidence?


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Healthy Ramsey wants stolen-base total to rise
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Cardinals have gotten plenty of praise already for making the first-round choice that they did in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. Without Michael Wacha, the organization may well have been watching the World Series from home last October.
But Wacha wasn't the only player the Cardinals took in that round, which means James Ramsey now has the task of making sure he doesn't become the forgotten one.
Ramsey, taken four spots below Wacha in that Draft class, has been soaking up the experiences of his first big league Spring Training over the last month. Early on, he followed the lead of Jon Jay, a University of Miami product who Ramsey, while playing at Florida State University, heard his head coach talk a lot about.
There have been opportunities to learn from guest coaches as well, including Gold Glove Award-winning outfielder Jim Edmonds and 1985 Most Valuable Player Award winner Willie McGee. It was McGee who took Ramsey into the batting cage to help him work on the technique of bunting down the first-base line. They also talked stolen bases, something Ramsey wants to collect more of this season.
After signing in June 2012, Ramsey went 10-for-12 in stolen base attempts while playing in 56 games. He expected to see that total rise dramatically when he played his first full pro season, but a hamstring injury stalled that area of his game. Ramsey played in 112 games last season, but he attempted only 13 steals. He was successful in nine of them.
"I had a good start to my pro career just getting that confidence to go," Ramsey said. "Then last year, unfortunately, having that hamstring [injury] that I went out with early was something that affected my running all the rest of the season. I just didn't feel like I had as much explosiveness."
That drove Ramsey to dedicate about 30 minutes of prehab work -- proactive exercises to help avoid injury -- before he went into the weight room each day during the offseason. He wants to be aggressive on the basepaths, but he knows that requires an uninhibited body.
"I know that I can run with the best of them," Ramsey said. "Also, I think picking up on the nuances in a game is something that in the Fall League, I got down pretty good. Really, it's a science. And once you don't have to rely on base coaches to give you [the] time [it takes for the pitcher to deliver his pitch] and you can start diagnosing what the catchers are doing, that's important. It's going to be a big part of my game. I'm not going to necessarily steal 100 bases in a Minor League season, but I think I've proven, especially in the Fall League when there were a few times where we needed to win games and get me on second base, I was able to do that.
"A lot of it is confidence-wise, too, and I feel good about where I'm at right now."
Ramsey finds himself trying to distinguish himself among a strong group of advanced Minor League outfielders. With Stephen Piscotty, Oscar Taveras and Randal Grichuk expected to start the season in Triple-A, Ramsey may find himself back in Double-A, only because that's where playing time would be. After starting the year in advanced Class A, Ramsey played the majority of 2013 with Springfield. He finished the season with one game in Triple-A. Combined, Ramsey hit .265/.373/.440. He was then one of the players the Cardinals selected to participate in the Arizona Fall League.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Boogie Beat music and movement
Boogie Beat music and movement is quite a unique concept as our classes, workshops and parties are very active and lively, and incorporate dance themes based on traditional fairy tales and nursery rhymes using all our own music and illustrations.
Beautiful puppets are also used from our Toy Box, to sing songs, both traditional and new. Various large visual props are introduced throughout the session to engage the children and beautiful illustrations are used to enhance their imagination.
Boogie Beat classes are suitable for children 6 months to preschool. We also run weekly workshops within Nurseries/playgroups and Schools (up to Yr 1 and after school clubs) and Birthday Parties too!
"Boogie Beat has proved to be a great experience for both my children. The songs, music and movement have been instrumental in the growth of their confidence." NH
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Undergraduate students from across disciplines participated to experience something new and different at a 3D Print Workshop. For many participating students this was their first opportunity to work with a 3D scanner. Read more about it.
Photography professor Daniel Schlapbach currently has work appearing in three shows (details below). You can also read a recent DCPhotoArtist interview with Professor Schlapbach regarding his recent work here.
Rendering the Spirit
Photoworks Gallery, Glen Echo Park
Glen Echo, MD
Exhibition Dates: March 18 – April 11, 2016
Once Upon A Time: Fairy Tales, Fables and Myths
The Ellington-White Contemporary
Fayetteville, NC
Exhibition Dates: March 24 – April 16, 2016
2nd Annual Allegany National Photography Competition & Exhibition
The Saville Gallery
Cumberland, MD
Exhibition Dates: April 9 – April 30, 2016
Assistant professor of Studio Arts, Jacob Rhoads, recently showed a group of drawings at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA from March 25 to March 30, 2016. More of Professor Rhoads work can be seen on his website, jacobnrhoads.com.
Students in Studio Arts professor Mary Beth Akre's 2D Design class will have their work exhibited as part of the permanent collection at the new Family Resources Center at the Connecticut Children's Hospital. More information on the center can be found here.
Daniel Pinha, Assistant Professor of Theatre, designed the set for the Synetic Theater's production of Alice in Wonderland, running September 30-November 8, 2015. A recent review praised "Pinha's gymnasium-like set design. It is a visual that greets patrons as they enter the theater; a very jumbled underground world. There are hanging rope-like roots in disarray, bits-and-pieces of what are usually out-of-sight, animal paths and burrows melded with untidy, fancifully sculpted objects later put to many a good use. With fog floating in at critical times, overall there is the visual and mental impact of being in a topsy-turvy, confused nether world." More information about the production can be found here.
In September 2015, Studio Arts professor Janet Maher was one of eight women artists and architects who presented their work at "Baltimore Soiree," American Institute of Architects. Additionally in December 2015,she will give a talk about the role photography and digital imaging played in informing her Irish research project that resulted in two scholarly books and several bodies of mixed media studio works. This will take place at "An Gorta Mór," Ireland's Great Hunger Museum, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT.
Studio Arts faculty member Billy Friebele is participating in the DC Public Library Foundation's Maker-in-Residence program. The program is a one-year residency that gives makers, designers, artists and community hobbyists an opportunity to explore, create, and share innovative projects using the library's tools and resources . Billy will create one significant work of art over the course of the residency and will also host talks, teach classes and provide on-site training and guidance for anyone interested in technologies such as robotics, 3D printers, wearable electronics, furniture making and design. Click here for more information regarding the program and events.
Professor Mary Beth Akre of the Studio Arts department is participating in the Landscape show at the Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts. The show runs from September 25 through November 20, 2015.
Photography professor Dan Schlapbach has work featured in two shows for fall of 2015:
"Urban: Beyond the Concrete"
Towson Arts Collective
EBC Arts Center
40 West Chesapeake Avenue
Towson, MD 21204
September 12 - 25, 2015
"After the Storm: Photographs of Post-Katrina New Orleans by Michela Caudill
and Dan Schlapbach"
Notre Dame of Maryland University
Gormley Gallery, Fourier Hall
4701 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
September 8 - October 8, 2015
Gallery Talk: Wednesday, September 30, 12 pm
Reception: Thursday, October 8, 4:30pm - 6:30 pm
Congratulations to Studio Arts professor Janet Maher, whose book Waterbury Irish was recently published by The History Press. The book chronicles the lives and families of Irish immigrants to Waterbury, Connecticut beginning in the early 19th century. Book launch events will take place in October and November of 2015. She will give talks at the Mattatuck Museum and the Silas Bronson Library, and will lead a discussion about the book at John Bale Book Company, Waterbury, CT. More information can be found on her blog, Maher Matters.
Join us in congratulating Professor of Music and Department Chair Ronald Pearl,who had two recent works premiered: Lullaby of Ice and Snow (Encuerdas Ensemble, Winterthur, Switzerland) and Three Roads to the North (TrioConBrio, Stuttgart, Germany).
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Shelley Smith officially takes over as Mountain View High athletic director July 1.
Shelley Smith's official start date is July 1, but he couldn't wait that long to embark on his new job – or jobs – at Mountain View High.
The new athletic director, head football coach and physical education teacher has been hard at work since school let out for the summer.
"I'm here every day," Smith said last week. "I'm getting a head start, because there's a lot to do. It doesn't do any good to wait."
Hired May 6, Smith replaces John Payne and Toure Carter, who resigned as athletic director and football coach, respectively, early in the spring.
Smith said he has nearly assembled his football staff, needing only a skills-position assistant for the frosh-soph squad. He retained three varsity assistants, promoting Bobby Johnson to defensive coordinator (Smith will run the offense).
Smith hired a familiar face as frosh-soph coach. He and Bryan Raisch went to school together and both coached at Saratoga High in recent years. Smith coached running backs and served as defensive coordinator at Saratoga last season. The Saratoga resident has 11 years of coaching experience.
While Smith nearly has all the coaches he needs for football, vacancies remain for other sports at the school. Smith seeks varsity head coaches for cross-country and baseball.
"We have a lot of very good candidates for baseball, but we're in no big hurry – it's a spring sport," he said. "But we need to give more attention to cross-country and find someone soon because it's a fall sport."
Smith's other mission is to get more players out for football. At last week's offseason workouts, Smith said he counted only 65 players – varsity and frosh-soph combined.
"That's not a lot of numbers, but we'll get there," he said. "My goal is to get 120 in the next few years. There's no reason we can't reach that goal at a school this size."
As for the players he does have, Smith had no complaints.
"I love the kids here," he said. "It's a good group."
Smith conceded that turning around the varsity football team – the Spartans went 3-7 last year – "won't happen overnight," but he's hopeful it can be done.
"It's a process," Smith said. "We're planting a lot of seeds right now."
Smith asked all the returning players to fill out a questionnaire, then sat down with many of them "just to talk," he said.


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Editor's Note: Whether you're a bread baker or a pizzamaker (or you want to be), we thought you'd enjoy following Donna Currie as she grows a new sourdough starter. She'll show us every step along the way, but it'll be even more fun if you roll up your sleeves and join her! Today is Day One. In case you missed it, here's Day Zero.
Day 1
Stir together 1/2 ounce flour and 1 ounce water in your container. Cover with plastic wrap and leave out on the counter. That's it. See you tomorrow for Day 2!
My goal with this project was to come up with a method for getting a sourdough starter going that would be easy for anyone. I also didn't want to end up with an excess of starter that would have to be thrown away. So I started with a very small amount. I find that starters seem to work better if they're very wet at the beginning, so I started with 1/2 ounce of flour and 1 ounce of water. That's all.
It's best to measure with a scale, but if you don't have one, don't worry. 1/2 ounce of flour is pretty easy to measure consistently (even though we're breaking all the rules of measuring properly here). Here's how to do it: Use your handy tablespoon measure and dip it into the flour, then press it against the side of the container so that you're compacting it in the process. Move it back and forth a bit to level it, and you'll be close enough to 1/2 ounce for this starter recipe. Add one ounce of water and stir it up.
Cover the jar with plastic wrap and store on the kitchen counter. Do not refrigerate Now, forget about it until tomorrow.
While your just-started starter sits, the enzymes in the flour get to work, and some of the starch in the flour starts converting to sugar. And then the hordes arrive. Bacteria, yeast, and all sorts of critters join the feast...at least for a little while, until all the little beasts battle it out to see who survives. I'm betting on the bread beasties. How about you?
To Start from the Beginning or Skip Ahead...
Day Zero: What You'll Need »
Day 1: A Half-Ounce Flour and an Ounce of Water
Day 2: No Feeding, Just Stirring »
Day 3: Feed Me More Flour! »
Day 4: 100% Hydration »
Day 5: Keep Feeding and Stirring! »
Day 6: Keep Stirring and Feeding! »
Day 7: Feed and Wait »
Day 8: Getting Close! »
Day 9: First Harvest »
Day 10: Second Harvest »
Day 11: Time for Storage »
What Happens If You Neglect Your Sourdough Starter »
About the author: Donna Currie has been cooking for fun and writing for pay since the days when typewritten articles traveled by snail mail. When she combined those talents in a food column for a newspaper in her area, she realized that writing about food is almost as much fun as eating. She launched the blog Cookistry and has now joined the Serious Eats team with a weekly column about baking.


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Birth & Midwifery in Panama
Resources for parents and practitioners
Connect with many more midwives and birth enthusiasts from around the world by joining IAM, the International Alliance of Midwives!
Some of the following sites may not be in English; an online translator may be useful.
Midwifery Today Country Contact*
*To learn what a Country Contact is or to reach any Midwifery Today Country Contact, click here.
Niki Green is a mom, doula, aromatherapist, student of homeopathy (with a specialization in birthing), teacher and co-founder of Fundacion PanaMama (see below). PanaMamas is currently seeking internationally trained midwives to serve its birthing community and welcomes your contact in English to Niki Green or in Spanish to Jimena Mosquera via their website.
- www.panamama.org—Fundacion PanaMama is a non-profit organization formed by two moms who are doulas with a mission of opening the first birthing center in Panama, bringing more options and awareness to mamas—including midwifery. For now in virtual form, PanaMamas community offers birthing moms a plethora of birth-related services including DONA International trained doulas, prenatal workshops, prenatal yoga instruction, prenatal nutrition, home and water birth options, lactation consulting, nutrition and much more! For every four women that PanaMamas refers to a birth-related service or workshop, the service provider will donate 25% of the product or service rendered back to PanaMamas so that one expectant mother of indigenous or otherwise impoverished nature will receive the same service for free.


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Mecum to Auction Norley Café Racer Motorcycle at Indy
Proceeds from Bike Will Benefit Curing Kids Cancer Organization
Marengo, IL – Mecum Auctions will offer a 2011 Norley Café Racer Motorcycle (Lot S120.1) at no reserve on Saturday, May 21, 2011, during the Original Spring Classic Auction at Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Ind.
To create this Norley, Santiago Choppers' owner Alan Bernard built a motorcycle with a 1200cc Harley Sportster engine installed in a Norton frame using the Café Racer style bodywork and accessories. The Norley has 16-inch wheels, a Norton Manx style seat. CR Racing Carburetor, two into one SuperTrapp performance exhaust, Brembo brakes and Beringer hand controls. It weighs less than 380 lbs.
Proceeds from the motorcycle sale will go to Curing Kids Cancer, a non-profit organization founded by Grainne and Clay Owen a year after losing their son Killian to leukemia. Curing Kids Cancer focuses on funding the best cutting edge research treatments available for pediatric cancer. For more information, visit www.curingkidscancer.org.
Mecum, who will sell the bike during a live broadcast of its popular television series, "Mecum Auto Auction: Muscle Cars & More" on Discovery Communications' HD Theater, is proud to continue its relationship with Curing Kids Cancer. During the Kissimmee Auction in January, Mecum raised $45,000 for the organization by selling another custom Café Racer motorcycle.
To see a complete list of consignments for the Original Spring Classic Auction, or to preregister to bid, visit www.mecum.com or call 815.568.8888.
Original Spring Classic Auction
Indiana State Fairgrounds
1202 E. 38th St.
Indianapolis, Ind. 46205
May 17-22, 2011
General Admission: $15
Gates open daily at 8 a.m.
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Tuesday – Sunday at 10 a.m.
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Wednesday 6-9 p.m.
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Slicing across the eastern Plains, Interstate 40 runs just north of two of New Mexico's large wind farms. As dramatic as those stands of spinning turbines might seem, the view from the highway offers little in the way of true perspective.
Gaining an appreciation of their girth—and that quiet rush of physical power—takes pulling off the highway, winding down back roads. Only when standing close beneath a turbine is it possible to understand the immensity of those swinging blades.
A modern turbine's tower is enormous—big enough to house computer equipment and for technicians to climb inside to the nacelle, the square component at the top that houses the gear box, generator and control panels. There at the hub, the three 110-foot-long blades meet. There's also a door for technicians to exit toward the electrical components outside—outside at approximately 265 feet up in the air. And at the very top is an anemometer collecting the data that guides the hub to turn so the blades can best catch the wind.
"It's like a big robot," John Hail Jr. says. Hail got his start in the wind industry at the 80-turbine wind farm in San Jon, NM, east of Tucumcari.
With a background in heavy equipment operations, Hail was working as the director of maintenance at a nursing home when he received a callback from San Jon's wind farm supervisor.
"I'd applied for the job because it was good money—I didn't have a clue about turbines," he says, laughing: "But I guess it was God's direction for me."
Now the director of the Wind Energy Technology Program at Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, Hail doesn't romanticize the life of a wind farm technician: The work is physically demanding, but "we love our jobs, and they pay good money." Work in renewable energy and on wind farms, in particular, he says, is the "next gold rush, the next oil boom."
Hail isn't alone in believing clean energy like wind power could, even should, be New Mexico's biggest economic development opportunity.
Gov. Bill Richardson for many years has declared New Mexico the "clean energy state" and called for the export of electricity generated from renewable sources to large markets such as California.
Sounds good. But behind the hype, talk to any expert about future wind development in the state and it becomes clear there is one major problem:
Transmission lines are already at capacity.


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Packaged salads enjoyed modest sales gains in 2012 — up 1% year over year in mid-July, according to the West Dundee, Ill.-based Nielsen Perishables Group's Dollar Volume Index, but 1% still adds up in a $2 billion-plus category.
Two segments — single-serve and organic — pocketed just about whatever new profits were to be had. And new products continued to come out.
Single-serve salad bowls rose 17% over 2011 figures, and organic increased 13%.
On varieties, tender leaf greens — notably spinach — and specialty salads have the biggest market share at 30%. Spinach blends rose 9% for conventionally grown, more for organic. Romaine salads account for 19%, and iceberg salads, 17%.
Irwindale, Calif.-based Ready Pac Foods Inc. shipped a steady stream of new salads this summer and fall. Four protein-containing salads — pizzeria, taco, harvest and Caesar — launched in September as part of its Disney-themed Cool Cuts retail line.
Five more salads — among them tomato Italiano, garden chef and Southwestern — started shipping for foodservice, also under a Cool Cuts label.
Three organic — and vegetarian — salads joined the Ready Pac Bistro retail line: orange ginger tofu, zesty harvest grains and honey mustard spinach.
The company has also been paying attention to salad kits.
"Until recently, the salad kit segment was experiencing double-digit sales declines," said Tristan Simpson, Ready Pac director of marketing.
To stimulate sales, the company extended its meat offerings beyond chicken and added fresh fruit, such as sliced apples.
Leaf blends
Among other product launchers, Fresh Express sought to refresh its line by adding three mixes. It combined red leaf and green leaf in its Red Leaf blend; spinach and arugula; and red butter with green butter lettuce, dubbed Sweet & Crunchy.
Watsonville, Calif.-based Classic Salads, which grows as well as processes, began shipping shipping Nordic Blend and Nordic Spring in 2.5-pound foodservice bags in September. With four baby lettuces — green leaf, red leaf, tango and lolla rosa — Nordic Blend offers a combination that's proved successful elsewhere.
Private-label salads now amount to 28 cents per dollar of sales, up 3.5 over last year, according to Nielsen.
That share exceeds fresh produce as a whole, which is 20. Ready Pac, Taylor Farms and a variety of processors — including Fresh Express — offer private label.
"It gives retailers the opportunity to create a point of difference from market competitors by offering unique blends of lettuces and recipes that can only be found at their store," Simpson said.
For Salinas, Calif.-based Fresh Express these are not the best of times, but the company seems to have ended a freefall that saw operating income for salads and healthy snacks at parent company Chiquita Brands International drop from $63 million two years ago to $8 million in 2011.
Second quarter operating income was $11 million, up from $4 million last year.


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Fun Thing #1: Thanks to Nate for the Heirloom Tomato Seeds!
Fun Thing #2: BizyMoms Interviews Me About My Blog and the South Beach Diet!
Fun Thing #3: I Can't Wait to Try Chickpea Fries!
Fun Thing #4: Hummus Recipes from Bloggers on ReadersDigest.com!
Fun Thing #5: Cookin' Canuck is Featured on BlogHer.com!
Now it's your turn to share fun things; if you've spotted any this week please share in the comments. If you need just a little more Friday Fun, you can use the label for Five Fun Things on Friday to see fun things I've shared on other Fridays!