text: Evans, GW poised to make run at golf title By Tom Bragg September 23, 2012 Story Share Chip Ellis Will Evans and his George Washington teammates compete in the Class AAA Region 3 tournament Monday. When George Washington takes the course today in Lewisburg for the Class AAA Region 3 golf tournament, senior Will Evans will be on the hunt to get in the hunt for an individual state championship.Evans shot a 154 and earned all-state honors at last year's tournament and enters 2012's postseason playing some of the best golf in the state."I didn't play my best game [at last year's state tournament], but I knew if I played well I would have a shot," Evans said. "This year I've made so many improvements. My putting and ball striking have gotten better and I've improved a lot."GW coach B.J. Calabrese said he thinks his star senior has the ability to compete for an individual title this season."I really feel that realistically he's one of the top three players in the state," Calabrese said. "He played real well at the state tournament last year and he's certainly capable of [winning it]. He can put back-to-back days together and put himself in a position to win."Evans, the son of Berry Hills club pro Barry Evans, played well through the spring and summer. He won the Top Flite Junior Tour event at Berry Hills during the summer and has been the top player for the Patriots all season. Calabrese said maintaining a high level of play from early in the calendar year through now is often difficult for young golfers, but Evans has handled it extremely well."You start playing in April and it's very difficult to maintain that level of consistency during that period of time. He's having an excellent senior season," Calabrese said. "He's averaging 35.6 [stokes] per nine holes and has been the medalist at all the major tournaments we played in addition to our regular season matches."Calabrese praised Evans for more than just his individual play. The Patriots have a relatively young roster, and the GW coach said Evans has made it a point to help bring the underclassmen up to speed. "One of the things that's really pleased me the most is not necessarily how he's played, but the leadership he's shown," Calabrese said. "Four of my top eight players are freshmen and sophomores, and Will has been so willing to take on that leadership role and help those young kids progress and learn about course management. He's really stepped up this year. He leads by example on the course, but the things he's done off the course with the younger kids have been amazing."Evans said he has taken the time to play with the younger players to help them better understand a game that can take a lifetime to master."Our team is really deep and we have a lot of talent and good players," Evans said. "With some of them being young, they don't fully understand how to play golf sometimes."GW's hopes rest higher than just an individual title for its top player - the Patriots want to make a run at the Class AAA team title. A year ago they finished tied for third place and Calabrese said his team has the depth to compete with the other tops teams from around West Virginia. "We know that we can play with Wheeling Park, University and Winfield, but doing it for two days is the challenge," he said. "The great thing about this team is our depth. I've got eight kids averaging under 42."Chris Webster, Austin Florence and sophomore Drew Call all average under 40 strokes, and along with Evans are the players Calabrese said would be prominently involved in GW's postseason run."Those four are all very capable players," he said. "Chris, Austin and Drew have had a very good year. Will leads us, but those other guys have played well and continue to improve. That gives us a legitimate shot. When you get to the state tournament you've got to have three players that are going to be in the 70s to have a shot at the team title, and I really feel that we're capable of doing that." Evans said he thinks he and his teammates have the talent and ability to hoist the state championship trophy early in October in Wheeling."It would mean a lot," he said. "I think we have a really good shot if we put some scores together. We're going to have to play solid, but we're definitely capable."nnRegional tournaments in all classes take place today - with Class AA Region 1, which takes place Tuesday, being the lone exception - sending squads from the Kanawha Valley in different directions around the Mountain State.Capital, Riverside and South Charleston join George Washington at the Class AAA Region 3 tournament at the Lewisburg Elks County Club. Joining the trio of Kanawha County teams will be Greenbrier East, Oak Hill, Ripley, Shady Spring and Woodrow Wilson.Hurricane, Nitro, St. Albans and Winfield join Cabell Midland, Huntington, Lincoln County, Logan, Point Pleasant and Spring Valley at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course for the Class AAA Region 4 tournament. Defending state champion Wheeling Park plays in Region 1 at Preston County Club. In Class AA, the Kanawha Valley teams are confined to Region 4 where Poca, Herbert Hoover and Sissonville will compete with Chapmanville, Clay County, Mingo Central, Nicholas County, Scott, Tolsia and Wayne at Big Bend Golf Course.Defending Class A champion Charleston Catholic is also at Big Bend for the small school Region 4 tournament along with Buffalo, Gilmer County, Parkersburg Catholic, St. Joseph's Central, Wahama, Williamstown and Wirt County.Reach Tom Bragg at email@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 4 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent 5 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County Roundup: Herd golfer Simsiriwong wins at Ball State Previous Story Streaks finally end for Martinsburg, Mount View Next Story


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Reston Chorale to Premiere Original Composition
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
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Reston Chorale to Premiere Original
Composition Commemorating Jamestown's Founding
On Saturday, May 19, at 8 p.m., the Reston Chorale — an official Fairfax County Virginia 2007 partner — will premiere an original composition commemorating the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. The concert will be held at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Northern Virginia Community College, 3001 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria.
Tickets are $25 for house seats and $40 for box seats. Tickets can be purchased at www.restonchorale.org or by calling 703-834-0079, TTY 711.
The chorale commissioned internationally renowned composer David Ott to create the choral and orchestral work. "Principal Among Principles," will express life in Virginia through music, narration and accompanying visual displays and thematic tableaux.
For the first half of the concert, the chorale will be joined by guest artists whose performance in music and dance will represent the three main ethnic cultures from which the commonwealth grew — the Native Americans, the Europeans and the Africans.
Ott will guest conduct the chorale at the premiere, accompanied by his orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Northwest Florida. He has composed more than 150 symphonic works, and he ranks among the most prominent composers in the last quarter of the 20th century.
The Reston Chorale is a nonprofit group founded in 1969. The mixed-voice chorus of more than 130 singers was named as an official partner of the Fairfax County Virginia 2007 Community Citizen Planning Committee last year.
The planning committee encourages, promotes and publicizes events taking place in the county that commemorate the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. A listing of 2007 commemorative events taking place in Fairfax County can be found online at www.fxva.com.
Appointed by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, the committee represents the diversity of communities and resources in the county, including the African-American, American Indian, Asian-American and Hispanic communities and representatives from Fort Belvoir, Wolf Trap, George Washington's Mount Vernon and the Fairfax County Convention and Visitors Corporation.
For more information about Fairfax County's 2007 program, contact the Office of Public Affairs at 703-324-3187, TTY 711, or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/opa/va2007. For more information about Jamestown 2007 and the Virginia 2007 program, visit www.americas400thanniversary.org.
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HOUSTON - Shopping online is easier for most people than going to a store, but it also creates an easy way for thieves to steal.
Lara Gaines is a new mom. She has a 7-month-old and thought doing her Christmas shopping on the Internet was the most convenient way to go.
Her convenience turned into a major hassle when a Grinch showed up at her door.
"I was shocked," she said. "I can't believe someone would follow the UPS guy and go up and down the street like it's their own personal shopping store and take everything."
Gaines had five things stolen from her porch on 13th Street in the Heights last week. She's not the only one.
"There was an empty box on my front porch, cut open with nothing in it," she said. "It had my neighbor's address on it."
She then tracked packages she was waiting for and discovered they had been delivered an hour earlier.
Unfortunately, this type of theft is not unusual during the holidays. A year ago, a home security system caught images of two men stealing a box from a front porch. They were later arrested.
The U.S. Postal Service reported about 2,000 package thefts last year.
Gaines got all of her packages replaced and she's not taking any chances in the future.
"It's really sad," Gaines said. "It defeats the purpose, especially being a mom who needs to make things easy. It's frustrating."
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THE outsourcing of probation services "will either work very well or very badly", a senior North Yorkshire Police officer has warned.
National plans will come into force later this year which will see the privatisation of probation work with offenders, with private companies made responsible for overseeing all but the most difficult to handle offenders during sentence.
Under a payments by result scheme, they will receive bonuses for offenders who do not reoffend, but the decision has already proved controversial with members of the National Association of Probation Officers in York walking out in part of a national strike in November.
Deputy Chief Constable Tim Madgwick was speaking at the Safer York Partnership Crime Summit, when he addressed concerns about the changes, and said it was unclear what the new service would look like, and how well the changes to the probation service would work.
He said: "It doesn't help that the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office seem further apart at the moment than they have in years and years.
"Probation provision will cease and we will have suppliers in place in the autumn. They will deal with 75-80 per cent of probation work, the lower level offenders. Those are the ones who generate the highest volume of crime. That will either work very well or very badly."
Mr Madgwick said that regardless of the national changes to the probation service, the key would be for police to work with partner agencies to improve rehabilitation rates.
He said: "Have we effectively rehabilitated enough offenders? No. That is costing this community and country an awful lot of money, and impacting on peoples' lives."
Mr Madgwick said that as well as the probation service, "the CPS is under a huge amount of pressure, and there are further cuts coming down the line", and changes would also have to be made to the way police work, to ensure work more closely with the CPS in order for prosecutions can be made successfully.
He said: "We, as a police service, have to get better at what we do in investigations."


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After the unavoidable hustle and bustle that is Christmas, a simple hearty soup is just the thing to help you find some inner peace before gearing up for New Year's Eve at the end of the week. This soup is easy- just throw everything in the pot and let simmer for an hour. Serve with crusty bread or leftover rolls from Christmas dinner and VOILA! you have a simple, but filling dinner. Sit back, relax and let this soup nourish your frazzled nerves.
Kasha Purifying Soup
- 3 cups Vegetable Stock
- 2/3 cup Lentils
- 2/3 cup Yellow Split Peas
- 1 small Onion, chopped
- 1 Carrot, peeled & chopped
- 1 stalk Celery, chopped
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 1 clove Garlic, peeled & minced
- 3-1/2 cups Water
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
- 1/8 tsp Thyme
- 2/3 cup uncooked Organic Kasha
Wash lentils, split peas and kasha in cold running water and drain. Put them in a 4 quart saucepan. Add all the other ingredients to the saucepan and cook covered over moderately low heat for 1 hour; stirring occasionally, or until lentils, split peas and kasha are soft.
Makes 6 servings.


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Death keeps no calendar
This page is about the saying "Death keeps no calendar"
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In this saying, "Death" is personified as a spiritual being who may call upon us at any time - he has no appointment book. We never know when we will die.
Death (noun) = personification of the force that destroys life | death (noun) = the act of dying; the end of life | calendar (noun) = chart showing the days, weeks and months of each year; diary; datebook
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St. Louis, Brown Shoe Co. will acquire Boston-based Bennett Footwear Group LLC for $205 million in a deal expected to close in May. Bennett brands, including Via Spiga, Franco Sarto and Etienne Aigner, are sold in major department stores and specialty shops. It also operates eight Via Spiga retail stores.
"Bennett Footwear Group is the perfect fit for Brown Shoe Group," said Ron Fromm, chairman and CEO, Brown Shoe.
Brown's senior management will join Brown Shoe and continue to head the Bennett brands.


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More than five years ago, back while political debates still raged on RedsZone, I started a thread, long vanished after the board crashed, about how all of us were ignorant, just on different subjects. I used as an example a man I called "Howard" to illustrate that while I had more formal education than Howard, he was the wiser and better man. I still have part of that post:
"Howard is a carpenter, a farmer, a mechanic, a builder. He knows so much more about those subjects than me, subjects in which I am ignorant. He is much better read in the Bible than me and has been a superb Sunday School teacher and mentor of younger people for a half century. He has infinitely more knowledge about hunting and fishing and nature than I will ever have. He is an excellent father, successfully raising four childen, while I am a work in progress who needs more work. He is a man of compassion and dedication and I admire him greatly."
"Howard" was a real person--Howard "Arbuckle" Thompson. Yesterday he died at age 87. I have just returned from visitation at the local funeral home. I met with his four children, saw his grandkids, and looked at photographs of his life. I knew he had been a paratrooper, but for the first time I saw photos of him in uniform during WWII. His daughter said he never talked about the war much, but he had once mentioned a jump in which numerous paratroopers landed in water and drowned, which made me wonder if he participated in the jumps during D-Day, because that very thing occurred.
Howard was a member of what Tom Brokaw termed "The Greatest Generation." I don't know if that title is accurate, but Howard himself, with probably little more than an elementary school education, was as great man as I have known.
Excuse me this indulgence. While we do post obits here of the famous, I fully realize that no one else here knew of Howard---but he meant more to me, and was a better person, than many of the rich and famous whose passings we note here.


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From Vine to Table - CANCELED
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Kimberly Public Library
Grab your special someone or a group of pals and meet us at the library for a night of wine, food, and fun! Learn about wine, from vine to table, and sample a variety of wine and cheese. Staff from Festival Foods will be providing samples & their expertise. A $5 optional donation is recommended - all donations go to the Friends of the Library to fund library needs. Spend the night learning and socializing while supporting your library!


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In keeping with Georgetown's traditions, the curriculum of the Religion Department emphasizes the study of the Bible, but also includes courses in Christian history and theology, Christian ministry, and non-Western religious and philosophical traditions. Through the General Education courses, the department seeks to introduce students to the biblical texts, and to methods of study that illumine the texts. Majors and minors in the department have the opportunity to extend their exposure to Christian scholarship and to gain experience in ministry through optional supervised practicum.
(B.A. degree) Thirty-three semester hours including REL 231, 233, 235, 237, 301 or 303, 329 or 411, 371 or 373, 450 and nine additional hours in the Religion Department plus allied courses PHI 355 and two courses chosen from HIS 338, MUS 422, and SOC 309. Total hours required: 41.
Twenty-one semester hours including REL 231, 233, 235, 237, 329 or 411 and six additional hours in the Religion Department, at least three of which must be 300 or above.
Note: Two courses of a Biblical language may be counted as one course toward the major or minor. A single course in a Biblical language will not apply on the major or minor. Biblical languages may be applied either toward the major/minor requirement or toward the general education requirement, but may not be applied toward both requirements.
Course Offerings
103-104. Beginning Greek I and II. (3 hours each) Grammar of the Greek New Testament. Odd Falls, Even Springs
111. Introduction to Christian Missions. (3 hours) An examination of the biblical basis for Christian Missions, the scope of Baptist missionary efforts, and modern missionary strategies. Area emphases will depend on the experience of the instructor. Even Springs
203. Greek New Testament. (3 hours) Intermediate level Greek grammar and reading of selected texts. Prerequisites: REL 103, 104 Even Falls
204. Greek New Testament II. (3 hours) Reading of selected texts from all major divisions of the Greek New Testament. Prerequisite: REL 203 Odd Springs
211. Introduction to Christian Ministry. (3 hours) Presentation of biblical, historical, and practical information related to Christian ministry as a career. Designed for those interested in ministry, the course should aid students in making more mature, informed career decisions. Fall
231. New Testament I. (3 hours) A survey of the content of the Gospels; attention to historical setting, basic literary problems, the history and teachings of Jesus, and the nature and interpretation of Gospel literature. Fall and Spring
233. New Testament II. (3 hours) A survey of the content of Acts, the New Testament Epistles, Hebrews, and Revelation. Attention to the historical setting and basic literary problems, the early church in Jerusalem, career and theology of Paul, the institutionalizing of the post-apostolic church and its problems. Fall and Spring
235. Old Testament Law and History. (3 hours) A study of the content, historical and social context, literary structure, and theological value of the Old Testament books Genesis to Esther. Fall and Spring
237. Old Testament Prophecy and Poetry. (3 hours) A study of the content, historical and social context, literary structure, and theological value of the Old Testament prophets, the poetic books, and the book of Daniel. Fall and Spring
301. Indian Religious Philosophies. (3 hours) (See PHI 301.) Odd Springs
303. Eastern Religious Philosophies. (See PHI 303.) Even Springs
311. Introduction to Christian Preaching. (3 hours) A study of the forms of address employed by ministers with particular attention given to the sermon. The student will engage in classroom speaking assignments based upon the study of the theories of preaching and various sermon forms. Prerequisites: COMM 115 or 200; REL 231, 233, 235, or 237. Odd Springs
319. Youth Ministries – Recreation in the Church. (3 hours) A study of youth and their needs as a basis for planning the local church youth program with special attention to the organization, administration and programming of the church camp or retreat. Prerequisite: one course from REL 231, 233, 235, or 237. Even Falls
325. The Johannine Literature. (3 hours) Gospel of John and Epistles of John; attention to literary characteristics and theology. Prerequisite: REL 231, or 233. Even Springs
327. The Revelation. (3 hours) A critical interpretation of the New Testament Book of Revelation based upon the nature of apocalyptic language and literature, historical setting, internal structure, and literary/grammatical/syntactical considerations. Prerequisite: REL 231 or 233. Odd Springs
329. Church History. (3 hours) A survey of the major events, movements, and personalities in the history of Christianity, including Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, and the emergence of Baptists in England in the seventeenth century. About one-third of the course is devoted to developments in Baptist life in the United States, with special focus on the Southern Baptist Convention. Fall
341. Women in the Christian Tradition. (3 hours) An exploration of the involvement of women in the Christian tradition from the time of Jesus to the present. Prerequisite: one course from REL 231, 233, 235, 237, or 329. (Same as WST 341.) Fall
343. Life and Faith of the Baptists. (3 hours) A survey of the history and vitality of the Baptists. Topics include the variety of Baptist groups, church life and style, controversies, institutional expression, and the future of Baptists. Even Springs
360. Internship. (3 hours) Supervised experiences through a cooperative program with a religious worker or an institution as closely related as possible to the type of ministry the student is considering. Fall and Spring
371. Advanced Topics in New Testament Interpretation. (3 hours) A study of individual books or areas within the New Testament with emphasis on topics of current interest in New Testament studies. Prerequisite: REL 231 or 233. Even Falls
373. Advanced Topics in Old Testament Interpretation. (3 hours) A study of individual books or areas within the Old Testament with emphasis on topics of current interest in Old Testament studies. Prerequisite: REL 235 or 237. Odd Falls
375. Tutorial Topics. (3 hours) The study of a specific topic in Religion using the tutorial method adopted from the Oxford humanities classes. Fall and Spring
377. Special Topics in Religion. (3 hours) The study of special areas of religion deemed of value to religion majors and minors. Examples might include Religion in the South, Nineteenth Century Religious Movements, Millennialism, or others. Prerequisite: one course in the department or permission of the instructor. Spring
411. Basic Christian Theology. (3 hours) An examination of the basis, structure and content of Christian theology with a major emphasis on the theological content of the Christian scriptures. Prerequisite: REL 231 or 233. Spring
440. Independent Study. (1, 2, or 3 hours)
450. Seminar. (3 hours) Group study of a specialized area of religion including preparation and defense of a seminar paper. Odd Falls


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Consumers have an ally in fighting stress, and it's as close as their refrigerator. Yogurt, often touted as a key for weight and digestive issues, may be the ideal stress-buster.
The Today Show reports that eating probiotic yogurt may help make brains regular. A study by the University of Cork found that mice fed a diet of Lactobacillus rhamnosus (JB-1) were less likely to be depressed, anxious or stressed.
"A regular diet of probiotics changed the brain chemistry in the mice," the article said. "Probiotics modified how the mice expressed receptors for the neurotransmitter GABA, suggesting that probiotics change neurochemistry."
Read "Stressful day ahead? Grab a yogurt for breakfast."
The Food Network agreed, including yogurt in its top 10 list of stress-reducing foods.
"Work more calcium into your diet with non-fat or low-fat yogurt — a sprinkle of nuts and some fresh fruit will turn it into an ultra-satisfying snack," the Food Network said. The good-for-you part: Yogurt contains probiotics that help create a healthy and calm digestive system.
The Food Network piece also suggested drinking more milk to relieve tense muscles using milk's B-vitamins, protein, vitamin D and calcium. Read more from the Food Network here.


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NORTHVILLE TWP, Mich. - An investigation that started with a car bombing in Northville Township ends with a police chase through two counties and a man shot dead by Michigan State Police.
Northville Township public safety director John Werth says Tuesday in a release that 18-year-old Gabriel Stevenson was confronted by officers after trying to break into the house through a window, reports the AnnArbor.com.
Werth says Stevenson, of Ypsilanti, "lunged at officers with a knife and was fatally shot."
Northville police said they were investigating a suspicious car that had its license plate covered up in the area of 6 Mile and Napier roads at about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday when another car nearby blew up.
Police said they spotted Stevenson in the area and pulled him over.
He refused to answer questions and took off, firing shots at police as he fled.
Michigan State Police joined Northville police in pursuit of the Stevenson, until he crossed over into Salem Township and crashed his pickup truck into a home in the area of 6 Mile and Dixboro roads.
"The subject then left on foot and the troopers were pursing the subject. The suspect then charged one of the troopers with a knife," said MSP Lt. Joel Allen. "One of the troopers fired one round at the subject and that ended the pursuit."
No one was hurt as a result of the car bombing and the three people who were inside the Salem Township home when the suspect crashed into it were also not hurt.
Police haven't said who the car that caught fire belongs to.
MSP said in compliance with department policy, the trooper was placed on administrative leave while the incident remains under investigation.
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Is a cupcake still a cupcake if it's made into a dessert sandwich? Sure! I love these cute cheeseburger cupcakes made by Fat Cat Cakes. They're composed of "yellow cake buns with sesame seeds, buttercream ketchup and mustard, chocolate cookie burger, and Starburst candy '"cheese.'"
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By Scott Hansen
From: Westminster, CO
Jul 31, 2001
|Steve's description is right on. This is a must do route for anyone. The crux moves at the top can be easily protected with a #3-3.5 Camalot. The rest of the route pretty much eats pro anywhere you want it. I would recommend placing a piece of gear in the top of the crack, mid-way up the first pitch, to keep the rope from falling into the crack. Also, if you don't mind a bit of scramblling, a great alternative rap is from the top of 4th of July Crack from a 2 bolt anchor. One double rope rap will put you on the ground and avoids traffic on Walt's Wall.
By Mike Bentley
Sep 7, 2001
|This climb is a good one for sure. You can even play the local's game with your best girl and place as few pieces as possible (usually around 3-4) in one sixty meter pitch. Leave the #3 Camalot at home and do it all with a set of stoppers. Also, a popular free solo under a full moon.
By Robert Stetler
Dec 11, 2001
|This was my first lead back when I didn't have a clue what I was doing (not like I do now either) and I had almost nothing for gear. So what does one do when he has no gear? Climb on my friend. I placed maybe three pieces on P1 and about 4 on P2. It's almost impossible to fall off this route so it doesn't really matter. I think it's just great fun.
By dave elphingstone
Mar 18, 2002
|I have to agree with the set of stoppers and full moon ascent! absolutely outstanding.
By Scott Thompson
Aug 27, 2002
|Great climb. the start looks intimidating, but is really fun and not too hard. just jam and layback the handcrack in the dihedral, smear your left foot, and work your way up. placing gear in that first 10 feet would be incredibly awkward--a local gave me the suggestion to just climb up to where you can get a great rest with your right foot in one of the horizontal breaks in the right-hand wall of the dihedral, with your left foot still smearing--now put in your first piece. I liked the first pitch way better then the second--but thats probably because it started pouring rain once i was right under the OW section--made for a soggy, memorable finish, however! my follower got to swim up the crack (river) on her way up. if that short OW section is not your bag (its not bad at all really, and only a bit of OW moves are needed) you can exit either right or left. right goes either up from the belay past a couple bolts (rating?) or traverses right from main crack, across a low angle slab up to a small L facing dihedral. this sucks as the rope drag is horrendous and the "handcrack" in the corner is just a poorly protected seam. left exit goes left along a horizontal break (10 ft below offwidth slot), making your way up the slabs wherever it is easiest.
By Michael Walker
From: Loveland, CO
Sep 11, 2002
After fleeing a rainsoaked Utah last week, our beaten party pulled off the highway and wham-bam-booey, minutes later our tour was saved from disaster - we were climbing this classic route in the sun. A must do for the start or end to any roadtrip going north. For that matter so is most of Vedauwoo.
Scott's suggestion to cruise the starting layback to rests before placing pro is spot on, and I found a #4 had great character to protect the next couple moves into the stellar handcrack. We had just had a rainstorm pass over as we geared up at the base before the sun came out (rainbow and all) so the opening moves of the slab where intense, but a blindly placed, yet bomber green alien really saved the day in the lowest part of the seam. The super fun roof of the second pitch could be attacked in a number of ways, I found semi-chimney moves to be quite a pleasant change from the quartzite of the Wasatch.
This is a classic and everyone knows it, but luckily you can view the queue from the parking lot. Again, that's the glory of V - you can just cruise to something else if deep; it's all right there.
By Brian Janezich
May 19, 2003
|The first pitch is pretty boring, but the pay off is the second pitch which is also mundane until you hit the overhanging part with the offwidth cleft. Fear not my friend and stem on up and fire it. A great move with decent exposure-can protect with a big hex if you want to leave the big cam at the base. Also, bring along lots of bigger Cams for this place 2 #4's would have been nice to have. I'll be back.
By DanMoore
Jun 1, 2003
I was wondering what othr folks thought of this route's rating. Is it really a 5.7? It felt much like Calypso to me, which is 5.6.
By Unassigned User
Jun 2, 2003
|Maybe the 7- rating comes from those people who actually try and offwidth/crack climb the first pitch . . . . Suckers! :-_
By Ernie Port
From: Boulder, Colorado
Jun 14, 2003
|The beta for P2 is knowing their's a big knob above the OW crack for the right hand. Its bomber, and there's a nice undercling hold down in the crack for the left hand. Hang on and advance those feet. I thought that move was fairly graded at 7-. The start of P1 is a pretty cool layback and and takes #1 & #2 camalots. Fun route!
By Darin Lang
Jun 16, 2003
|There you go, ruining the fun for everyone. The OW on the top is 7-, or harder if you actually try to do OW moves. And if you don't climb the OW/squeeze on the first pitch, you're missing out.
By Ernie Port
From: Boulder, Colorado
Jun 16, 2003
|Good point Darrin, on trying to do the OW moves for more fun at the top. I admit my skills in that area are pretty rusty, and I'll be the first to admit that I'll grab a jug if I know one's there. So my previous comments are for those who may not have the best OW technique, and would rather just avoid the squeeze moves. On P1 its pretty hard not to squeeze up the first 10', but the fun layback is right as you exit the OW start.
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Jul 17, 2003
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|If you have a 60m rope, I can think of no reasonable reason not to do this in one pitch (you need a 60 as the crack is 180 feet or so). It doesn't break up the easy jamming through out and leads to a lot less fuss. Also, belay just above the "roof" with the 9 and 10 hexes and a big nut. Belaying from the tree has waaaay too much rope drag and you'll have difficulty hearing your second. As for the opening section, its been my experience to simply run it out to the hand crack itself as stopping to place gear would be more trouble than its worth.
By Jake Wyatt
From: Longmont, CO
Aug 14, 2003
|Why avoid crack/offwidth-ing the start of the first pitch? It's the best part!
By Barrett Cooper
Aug 28, 2003
|One pitch with a 200' rope was not a problem. Just work out belay signals with the secnd because you are out of sight over the bulge and out of earshot if there is any wind. Also if you are doing it in one pitch watch the rope after the normal first belay ledge, the crack is deep and will eat the rope and give you more drag than you might like on the bulge move.
By Young Fart
Apr 20, 2004
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|This was my first time to the V. This was a great climb for me. I weigh 280 pounds and for me to do that was just great. Everyone should do that one.
By Dustin Bauer
Jun 19, 2004
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
|A must, must do a crack climb that even a face climber like I felt comfortable a wonderful intro to the Voo. A wonderful first lead for a confident climber. I almost do EC every time I go to the Voo. Enjoy!!!
By Tim Silvers
Aug 9, 2004
|Really fun route. Hardest lead I've done so far (I'm working my way up). A #9 hex slotted sideways protects the Offwidth/overhang near the top of P2 perfectly. Have fun!
By Buff Johnson
Jan 23, 2006
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Fun intro to this place, and fun any other time also. Didn't need to tape up, good smooth handcrack. Screwed myself in the crux (what is called the roof of P2) by using a #4 Camalot in the OW; had a pink tri-cam solid before committing, but threw the #4 in anyway & it ended up getting in my way. I wiggled out with a heel-toe (or opposed smears - I can't remember - I was more upset with myself for slotting the #4). Most of this climb is 5.4 to 5.5; except the crux, which they put at the hard part of the climb (I hate it when they do that! - But look on the upper face to the right for a key hold).
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Apr 5, 2006
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|If you go right hand into the final crack section, the crux is 5.9, at least. So be smart, go left handed. If you're really feeling cooky, you can score a really high heel and toe and pretend (however briefly) that you're on Squat.
By Merlin
From: Grand Junction
Sep 28, 2006
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
|Very little 5.7 on this route, maybe 4 or 5 moves. The rest is 5.4-5.6; just don't clip pro over your thigh on the exit, like I did. I think 5.7- is a good rating. In any event, it is a great route.
By climber73
From: Fort Collins, CO
May 12, 2007
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Did this route in 1 pitch with a 60 meter rope. I slid gear up the crack for 10+ feet in a few places to save gear. There is a great belay at the top. The only 5.7 on the route was at the very start and at the small roof... but this was also my first route at Vedauwoo.
By Paul Huebner
From: Portage, WI
Aug 4, 2007
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|This was my 1st lead (7/96) at the Voo. Memorable fun climb! Getting off the ground was the crux for me. I remember placing small cam for upward pull right where I wanted to put my hand. I also remember losing a new #5 nut as it dropped into where the crack opens up on the bottom midway up the 1st pitch. I had nothing that would reach it. Other memory is of watching from under the shelter of bathroom roof -- a guy lead the 1st pitch just as mega thunderstorm moved in from the south (i.e. approach was very visible). By the time he belayed up his significant other, it was really pouring and there was lots of lightning. Unbelievably, instead of rapping off from the 1st belay, he proceeded to do the 2nd pitch. Meanwhile, she's drowning under waterfall that poured down the route the whole time he was struggling to continue up. His buddies below didn't say a word, and we left because it was just too hard to witness. I wonder what she had to say to him if she survived?
By Jason Shatek
Aug 9, 2007
|Paul, it almost sounds like it was me you saw climbing only this was about two weeks ago. For us the storm came from the north cuz we definately didn't see the it coming. The first pitch was awesome! It didn't start raining till I was about 1/2 way up the second pitch. While climbing the second pitch it must have rained an inch in a 1/2 hour (all while drowning my partner Mollie). It made the crux and raps very memorable! After we got down we watched another guy in jeans and smoking do the 1st pitch in about 5 minutes and the second in about 1/2 that. It made my 1st beer very tasty about an hour later!
By JacobD
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Aug 11, 2007
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
|Jason, glad to hear you made it! I think you might have been the group behind us with the dogs. We were kind of worried for you guys when the weather came in.
By Joey Wolfe
Oct 11, 2007
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
|If you have a 70m I'd do this as one pitch, but if you feel the need to sew it up you will probably get crazy rope drag. I did it as one pitch and probably put in 6 pieces and didn't have any trouble with drag. Try not to place pro till high in the beginning. This is a great one to just keep going, in 1 pitch is the way to go!
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Mar 22, 2009
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|After watching the mistake 5 or 6 times, I have to give a bit of beta for the final section. Don't worry, its not onsight blowing. From the nice ledge before the final crux, a lot of people will belay, thinking they'll want more gear in the crux. You don't. You really don't. Rack your stoppers, and a single set of cams from like #1.5 Friend up to #3.5 Friend (like #0.75 to #3 C4s) and put it all on your right side. Whatever you do, do NOT put any gear in the main crack during the crux. It will be in your way and really won't protect you any better than any of the other gear around there. Considering the best way to do the crux, putting gear in the main crack could (and probably would) cause an upside down fall, and you'll sling it long enough that it provides no real benefit over protecting, say, to one side.
By Top Rope Hero
From: Was Estes Park, now homeless
Aug 27, 2009
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
I'm gonna go with DanMoore and call this a 5.6. Eldo's Calypso (a 5.6 that I call 5.7)...yah,that's probably a grade stiffer than Edward's.(Just do your comparison shopping: Send Mother 1,a "5.7+"
and try, if you think you really can, to make the case that they're anything close to the same grade. Let's face it--there's a reason the big, bad V suffers from big, bad re-grading controversy--both up and down. And it's not because subsequent, out-of-state climbers
are any less skilled, any less objective in how they grade climbs.)
To be fair, I'm tall, and I've got monkey arms, so I'm sure that makes a difference on this one; my slightly shorter partners did struggle a bit at the topout. But then I stayed out on the outside while both of them squeezed as much as they could inside the OW roof.
Good times, for sure, this Edward's crack. The crux, actually, probably comes when finding safe passage up to the climb, without an effing carin in sight. (Is there some strange, state prohibition? Run out of rocks, Laramie? How many furlongs must one travel before spying one of these rare, elusive beasts?)
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Aug 27, 2009
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Well, there's the standard way, which is pretty bleedin' apparent, and the route taken by people who parked down at the Turtle Rock Trailhead thinking that since it was closer to the base of the climb, it would be easier. Start from the Gazebo, approach as for Fall Wall, but cut left under Mainstreet and follow the embarrassingly worn trail to the base of the route.
By Chris Chaney
From: Stanton, Kentucky
Jul 25, 2010
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Left side in is the key. We broke it up into two pitches just for fun and I watched my partner leading it that way, so I made sure to clean and stick everything on the right side. Made the finish very enjoyable.
By Rodger Raubach
Sep 16, 2010
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
This may be the Vedauwoo "all time classic" route. There are 3 different finishes to the climb, but the most aesthetic line goes straight up through the big overhang at the top to keep the 5.7+ rating.
The right exit is about 5.5, and the left exit the same. Neither is very well-protected and can be a bit scary for the unwary. I've done all finishes several times, and recommend the direct finish for the most fun.
By Martin Harris
Dec 17, 2010
|It can be done in one long pitch with not too much rope drag so long as you don't place in the first little crux. Just run it to the main crack system and extend everything.
By luke M
Jun 2, 2011
|My thoughts? Epic classic. I, personally, think that the start is the crux, and I wouldn't call it 7-, I'd call it solid 7. Most of the gear beta presented is spot on, and definitely bring a #4 Camalot for the roof, it was made for it (that said plenty of placements for 2 and 3s). Also, don't be intimidated by the roof. There are bomber hands in and above the offwidth, and this can be done with minimal, if any, arm-barring and body camming (offwidth tech). One section I haven't seen mentioned, there is a spot on the main crack of P1 that widens. I'd call it a 5.6 or 5.7 move surmounting it, but there's bomber gear above and below it so no sweat. If doing this climb in 2 pitches, save some hand-sized and small-hand-sized (#1, 2, and 3 Camalot) gear for the P1 anchor. Last, but far from least, I suggest anchoring to the tree and extending your tie-in about 25 ft so that you can sit down above the roof and see your climber and belay from your harness (I'm a Munter man myself, but here a harness belay is appropriate). This reduces drag and eliminates the otherwise substantial communication issue. Cheers.
By jake marlow
From: laramie
Apr 8, 2012
|Climbed this under the full moon this weekend (4/7). I'd say 5.7 with a headlamp and 5.8 if you turn it off. Really the only hard part at night is the start because the moon is blocked by the boulder against the wall. Super fun!!
By NickinCO
From: colorado
Jun 3, 2012
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
|Climbed it yesterday as my first climb at Vedauwoo. Nothing felt harder than 5.6. Did as one pitch with a 70m rope and about 30' of rope left. A 60m would probably make it. Didn't use anything bigger than a #2 either.
By Derek Wehrle
Oct 9, 2013
|Does this route have a bolted belay stance at the halfway ledge? When we did this, we were on a tight time frame and could only do p1, and I built an anchor with a sling over the spike in the crack, and a few pieces. Didn't see any metal but wanted to make sure.
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Oct 9, 2013
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
There are NO BOLTS on Edward's Crack. If you have to bail after the first pitch, downclimb to the big ledge and walk/scramble over to the anchors on the first pitch of Walt's Wall.
You may want a belay for the final move before you're back on the ledge.
By cstebbins024
From: Laramie, WY
Jul 9, 2014
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|I managed to get a #0.5 Black Diamond x4 stuck just before the top crux. If you managed to get it out and feel generous enough to give it back, let me know. Otherwise, congrats on scoring a brand new cam!
By JLV
From: San Francisco, CA
Jul 19, 2014
|Do it in one long pitch. Then rap about 30 feet left. Tied two ropes to rap however there's two rap stations if using one rope.
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Jul 20, 2014
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Jen, just to clarify: is the rap to the climber's right, or to the skier's right? If it's the climber's right, the Walt's Wall rappels are quite a bit further than 30 feet. Look for the rock tunnel, go through it to reach the top of the Walt's Wall slabs, and keep walking until you encounter the bolts. You can do 3 rappels with a 50m rope to get back to the ground. With 2 60m ropes (with rope stretch, tie knots in the end of your rope), you can do it in one, but some care must be taken when pulling to not get caught on the Walt's Wall flakes. I typically have the last person rap to just the top of the first pitch of Walt's Wall, pull the ropes, and rap from there.
By Tom Gnyra
Aug 3, 2015
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
|Simply beautiful. Single rack to #3 Camalot is fine for even the top. Lots of chocks.
By RyanSender
Oct 19, 2016
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|This was my first time to the area. It was a great climb. The start of the route seemed harder than the upper section. Either way, totally worth waiting in line for.
By tkessel
From: Windsor,CO
Nov 13, 2016
rating: 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Such a fun cruiser line! Good gear to be had all the way up.
By Robert Michael
Dec 3, 2016
Led this one this past October. Very fun route. I agree with those saying the start is harder than the supposed crux - the P2 crux. On the first 20', there is a crack within the crack, and it takes gear well. My first piece was essentially blind, but I could see that the second was very good.
After the ledge above the start, the rest is basically a scramble until the P2 crux.
I also agree with those who say not to put a #4 in there, as it will get in the way. I got some good pieces in just below the move and was fine.
Instead of belaying off the tree, I made a gear anchor in the low-angle crack above the P2 crux. That made communication much easier. Wyoming is infamous for its wind, and if you belay from the tree, it is highly likely that you and your partner will not be able to hear each other.
By Ben D.
From: Colorado
Jun 25, 2017
Fun climb. I agree with the others that the crux (for me) was the start. That being said, I tried to climb it like an offwidth, using the hidden crack inside the start like a lieback. Looking back, I would have done a righthand sidepull w/a lefthand pseudo-mante,l working smearing feet up the initial 10-15 feet up to the rest spot (this is what my 2nd did). After that, it's a cruiser to the roof (2nd pitch, route's 2nd crux) at the end. I found it easier to go left in at the 2nd crux (end of P2), wiggle/stem my way up the roof, and pull it using the big, hidden hold on the face (climber's right). Overall, a fun climb, though, the approach doesn't make it re-doable, IMO.
One additional note for CO climbers, others have said that this is on par with Calypso at Eldo. I would say this is much harder than Calypso, more in line with Vershneidung.
By Ben Peterson
Aug 10, 2017
|Just to clarify a few things about the route: the first pitch ends under the obvious overhang. You can do it all in one pitch with a 70m but not a 60m, we tried unknowingly. Doing it in one pitch does have decent rope drag. The rap anchors are not obvious, they are tucked quite low below all the boulders and at the top of the slab that is Walt's Wall Route to climber's right about 30-50 feet from the top of Edward's Crack. It's an awesome climb!
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Aug 11, 2017
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
1) Historically (that is, going by guidebooks that date back to the '70s) the first pitch ends at the obvious ledge at half height.
2) You can do the entire climb on a 60m rope if you belay on gear above the overhang. You can't reach the tree with a 60m, but you don't need to.


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JUPITER, Fla. -- Though he admitted to being hampered by injuries (more than he let on at the time) late in the 2012 season, Carlos Beltran reported to Spring Training having wrapped up an uninhibited workout program over the winter.
After allowing some time for the aches and pains brought on by the wear and tear of a full season, Beltran said he resumed his normal offseason regimen on schedule. On Friday, he described his current condition as "great."
"When you play 162 games, something is going to happen," Beltran said. "Something is going to hurt. I've been through so much. I tell my wife that I don't pay attention to my waist down. If something hurts, I ignore that part. I continue to move forward. It's part of baseball."
Beltran battled minor ailments throughout 2012, including soreness in his knees, forearm discomfort and an injury to his right hand. While each of those kept Beltran out of the lineup for various lengths of time, last year was the first since 2008 that Beltran was able to avoid a stint on the disabled list.
He played in 151 games, hitting .269 with 26 doubles, 32 homers and 97 RBIs.
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TRANSIENT REFUSING TO LEAVE -- Caller in the 1000 block of South State Street reported at 6:36 a.m. Wednesday that a transient was inside the convenience store and refusing to leave. An officer responded and the man left upon request. At 7:55 a.m., the caller reported the man was still there and refusing to leave. The officer responded and arrested the 44-year-old Ukiah man for possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest.
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MINNEAPOLIS - There might be hidden treasures under Ron Brodigan's land, and he's not happy about that at all.
Almost half of the 260 acres near Isabella owned by Brodigan and his son could be subject to drilling based on leases the state awarded last spring to companies that search for valuable minerals.
Under Minnesota law, landowners have little say in the process and don't get a cut of the profits, even if they eventually lose their land.
The state's Executive Council, made up of the governor and other top state officers, voted 5-0 in June to send the leases back to the Department of Natural Resources for more work after Brodigan and other landowners objected.
The council was supposed to revisit the issue at its regular meeting Sept. 7. But Gov. Mark Dayton met Thursday with Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr and Iron Range Resources Commissioner Tony Sertich, and they decided to push the discussion back until a special meeting in October, Dayton spokeswoman Katie Tinucci said.
Tinucci said the Executive Council promised the affected landowners in June that they would get adequate notice of the next meeting when the leases would come up. The delay will allow the state to mail notices to the landowners next week after the date is firmed up, she said.
But Brodigan speculated the DNR just wanted to buy more time so it could decide how to handle the increasingly contentious issue and defeat the landowners. Many landowners were ready to drive down to St. Paul next week for what was expected to be a packed meeting, he said.
It's an often overlooked fact that the state holds the mineral rights under much of the privately owned land in Minnesota and doesn't need a landowner's consent to authorize prospecting or even mining on that property. Ordinary landowners generally can't buy their mineral rights. Usually those go to serious bidders, allowing the state to collect royalties on any significant finds.
It wasn't much of an issue until recently when interest began rising in the billions of dollars' worth of copper, nickel and other nonferrous minerals believed to lie under the forests, lakes, streams and swamps of northeastern Minnesota that may now be economical to mine. Brodigan said he has bought and sold a lot of land in the area over the decades and never thought twice about the mineral rights.
"It's nice country. So far. It's about to change," Brodigan said.
Brodigan, who owns a log-building school and a small resort on Sand Lake in sparsely populated Lake County, said it's been a struggle to get information out of the DNR. He said he finally resorted to filing requests under the state's Data Practices Act to find out what the agency is going to present to the Executive Council. He said he hadn't heard back as of Thursday.
"They hold their information close to the chest," Brodigan said. "They don't want anyone to know anything. They work in the dark."
The DNR awarded the 77 leases covering about 22,000 mostly publicly owned acres to four mining companies in an auction last April, but such leases require approval from the Executive Council, which is comprised of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and state auditor. That's usually a routine process. Last June's meeting was the first time since 1982 that that the council failed to approve a lease package.
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and State Auditor Rebecca Otto declined to comment on the issue this week, while Attorney General Lori Swanson did not respond to a request for comment made through her spokesman.
Larry Kramka, director of the DNR's Division of Land and Minerals, said there are records of 83 people who paid property taxes on the land affected by the leases.
The state charges lease-holders about $1.25 per acre each year. Bidders compete on what they're willing to pay for any ore they eventually mine, Kramka said. Those returns are unpredictable because nobody knows what the exploration companies are going to find, he said.
DNR isn't required to notify landowners that it has sold the mineral rights under their property, but the companies are required to compensate landowners for damages they cause, Kramka said.
Not every lease will lead to drilling on someone's property because sometimes the companies never exercise their rights.
Brodigan said prospectors started drilling a few miles from his home last Saturday under a lease approved in previous years.
"It can be a pretty noisy affair. ... It's a ground-shaking thing," he said.


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Medications That Can Affect Anesthesia
I had lipo suction done and was under a general and I was able to feel almost everything. It was awful. I even asked the nurse for more pain medication. She said she had given me all I could have. Later It was mentioned the medication I take could have had something to do with the anesthesia not taking. I then days later had a breast augmentation and was put completely under this time. Not by the nurse...I did not feel a thing the entire time but after surgery the anesthesiologist told me I would have additional charges because she had to give me double my dose to keep me under. I am going to have another surgery soon and am very concerned with the mediation I take on a daily basis. Can you tell me the drugs that could have this reaction on a patient? Thanks you.
Liposuction is often done with moderate or deep sedation rather than general anesthesia. This means that you may not be unaware of the procedure. Although there may be some discomfort under these circumstances, usually it is minimised by the local anesthesia administered by the surgeon, and additional sedation given as needed. A nurse may have been given a protocol to follow that might limit the amount of sedation she may give. An anesthesiologist will not be restricted by such arbitrary limits, instead the dose will be based on the patient's response. If you need more, you get more.
Charges for sedation or anesthesia are often based on time, or on fixed pricing per procedure, but some hospitals will charge you for each and every item used. So if you're given more anesthesia you get charged more.
The amount of anesthesia or sedation that people require varies widely. Please search the site for other articles that cover this topic. Other medications may affect the doses needed but I cannot guess what you may be taking. A lot of the variation may be due to genetic factors that aren't easily or routinely measured, or even known (yet).
Gareth S Kantor, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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The fake girlfriend was strange enough. But it keeps getting weirder.
A lawyer for the Antelope Valley man accused of perpetrating the hoax on football star Manti Te'o spoke publicly about it for the first time Wednesday, the day before Te'o's interview with Katie Couric aired.
Not only did Ronaiah Tuiasosopo invent "Lennay Kekua," his lawyer told the New York Daily News, he played her on the phone during long and intimate conversations with Te'o.
The paper quoted lawyer Milton Grimes as saying Wednesday, "It was Ronaiah as Lennay."
Grimes compared it to an actor playing a role, the New York Daily News reported.
"Come on, Hollywood does it all the time," Grimes said. "People can do that."
Grimes, whose office is in Los Angeles, did not return a call and email Thursday from the Los Angeles Daily News.
In an interview with Katie Couric broadcast Thursday, Te'o said Tuiasosopo confessed to him after sports website Deadspin broke the story of the hoax Jan. 16.
"He didn't say why," Te'o told Couric. "He explained that he just wanted to help people ... being someone that he wasn't and trying to connect with people on a different level to help them out."
Te'o did not react to Grimes' comments about Tuiasosopo playing the woman on the phone. The interview with Couric was taped before that revelation.
Te'o said he did not help concoct the hoax.
"What I went through was real," he said. "The feeling, the pain, the sorrow, that was all real. That's something I can't fake."
Tuiasosopo still hadn't spoken publicly about his role in the hoax late Thursday. The former Antelope Valley High School football star, whose family lives in Palmdale, was first implicated in the hoax in the Jan. 16 Deadspin report.
Deadspin said Tuiasosopo tricked Te'o, a Notre Dame football star, into believing he was dating a woman named Lennay Kekua who, in reality, did not exist.
The story of the romance and the woman's supposed death from leukemia drew national media attention last year as Te'o competed for the Heisman trophy. (He came in second.)
Kekua's supposed death seemed even more tragic because it came near the same time as the death of Te'o's grandmother.
The grandmother did really die, Deadspin found.
Te'o admitted to Couric that he lied to his father, saying he had met Kekua when he hadn't. He also admitted to lying after a December phone call made it clear the story was fishy. He said he didn't know how to tell the truth when he'd told another story for so long, believing it was true.
For the fictional Kekua's photo, Tuiasosopo used a Facebook photo of a high school classmate, Diane O'Meara, who now lives in Torrance. O'Meara told the "Today" show Tuiasosopo called and apologized to her.
Tuiasosopo is seeing a therapist and plans to tell his side of the story publicly, Grimes told the New York Daily News.
The lawyer said Tuiasosopo, who is a Christian singer and auditioned for the television show "The Voice," did not set out to hurt Te'o.
"This wasn't a prank to make fun," Grimes told the paper. "It was establishing a communication with someone. ... It was a person with a troubled existence trying to reach out and communicate and have a relationship."


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Nats add to bench depth by signing Frandsen
JUPITER, Fla. -- In an effort to improve their bench, the Nationals have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with free-agent infielder/outfielder Kevin Frandsen. The club announced the deal, worth a reported $900,000, on Wednesday.
To make room for Frandsen, Washington voided its previous option on Ross Ohlendorf and placed the pitcher on the 60-day disabled list with a right lumbar strain. Ohlendorf pitched in only two games this spring.
Frandsen, meanwhile, can play all four infield positions and the corner-outfield spots. The last two years, he served as a valuable bench player with the Phillies. His best year for Philadelphia was in 2012, when he hit .338 with two home runs and 14 RBIs in 55 games.
"He has played well the last few years. He can play around the diamond," Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth said.
Manager Matt Williams had said he was looking for a player who could play more than one position, adding that Frandsen will also be the emergency catcher.
"I like options," Williams said. "If we were to look for somebody else, it would be somebody that would give us multiple options, that has the ability to play multiple positions. It's important for your team to have guys that move around, that are experienced in that regard, and [he has] done it."
With Frandsen on the team, this will likely mean that Jeff Kobernus will not be put on the 25-man roster. Kobernus can also play more than one position, but he was hitting .216 going into Thursday's Grapefruit League game against the Mets.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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NEW ORLEANS — Needing to redeem himself in the closing minutes of Sunday's game with the Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints cornerback Jabari Greer came up with the one play he said may have saved his job.
Greer joked that he thought that he was going to be released before breaking up a pass intended for wide receiver Roddy White, capping a goal-line stand with 1:42 remaining that helped secure a 31-27 victory over the previously-undefeated Falcons in a noisy Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
With the Falcons facing a fourth-and-goal from the Saints' 2, Greer drew a bead on White — the Falcons' best receiver — and jumped in front of him to bat down Matt Ryan's pass and preserve their four-point lead.
"I was kind of depressed before that play," said Greer, a nine-year veteran who is regarded as the Saints' top cover corner. "I saw my name on the waiver wire. Being able to go out and make a play for our team, and to celebrate after everything that happened. … Just to win that way is a gift."
It was easy to tell, however, that Greer didn't want the story of the Saints' fourth win in five games to be about him.
He gave up two long passes of 49 yards to White, which led to a Falcons' touchdown on their first possession, and a 52-yarder to Julio Jones that set up a field goal on their previous fourth-quarter drive — allowing the Falcons to slice a 28-17 deficit to one point at 28-27.
"We made something happen," said Greer, "but the real story is the resiliency of this team and the never-say-die attitude."
After the Saints (4-5) extended their lead to four points on a 31-yard field goal by Garrett Hartley with 5:54 remaining, the Falcons, who led 10-0 less than six minutes into the game, looked like they were going to come back.
The Falcons (8-1) marched from their own 20 to the Saints' 10, where Ryan, who was 34-of-52 for 411 yards in leading his team to 454 total yards, hit Harry Douglas for a 9-yard gain to the 1 at the two-minute warning.
At that point, free safety Malcolm Jenkins knocked down a pass intended for tight end Tony Gonzalez, who had 11 catches for 122 yards and touchdowns of 2 and 6 yards, and defensive end Will Smith dropped running back Michael Turner for a 1-yard loss to bring up fourth down.
That's when Ryan scanned the end zone and tried to go to White, who had seven catches for 114 yards.
But this time it didn't work.
"It was a play we saw on film," said Greer. "I was fortunate to be able to make the play. It was something we saw on film study throughout the week."
It was a fitting way to end the day for the NFL's 32nd-ranked defense even though it gave up more than 400 yards for the ninth consecutive game.
"The defense stepped up in some crucial situations today," said Jenkins, who led the Saints with 10 tackles and also broke up three passes. "We made the plays we needed to make when we needed them."
The Saints certainly needed them at the end as the Falcons used their timeouts and got the ball back with 37 seconds to play. But after one completion, Ryan missed on three straight passes to end it.
The ending was certainly better than the beginning for the Saints, who trailed 10-0 with 9:19 to play in the opening quarter.
Drew Brees threw an interception to Falcons cornerback Asante Samuel on their first play, which resulted in a 37-yard Matt Bryant field goal after Ryan drove his team 80 yards to a 1-yard TD pass to tackle Mike Johnson, who had lined up an as extra tight end.
But the Saints bounced back and had touchdown drives of 78, 90, 69 and 81 yards, which were sandwiched around Ryan's 2-yard TD to Gonzalez — which was the 100th of his 16-year career.
Chris Ivory, who had 72 yards on just seven carries, had a highlight-reel 56-yard scoring run to get the Saints on the scoreboard.
He out-ran Samuel to the edge and avoided a would-be tackle by safety Thomas DeCoud near the sideline before cutting back to the middle of the field. There, he stiff-armed cornerback Dunta Robinson at the 15 en route to the end zone.
"He's a beast," Brees said of Ivory, who was inactive for five games and didn't played in two others before getting a chance when Darren Sproles went down with a fractured hand. "On more than one occasion, he stiff-armed somebody, or ran somebody over, or cut back on somebody.
"He's a rare combination of speed and power."
Brees then connected on a 29-yard TD pass to tight end Jimmy Graham to cap a 90-yard drive before Ryan tossed the first of his two scoring passes to Gonzalez to regain the lead at 17-14.
But Brees and the Saints took the lead at halftime when he found Graham, who had seven catches for a career-high 146 yards, for a 14-yard TD with 34 seconds left.
Then, Brees, who got some help from a running game that picked up 148 yards and 5.1 yards per carry, teamed up with Marques Colston for a 7-yard TD to push the lead to 28-17 before the Falcons tried to come back.
But that's where the defense, which also held the Falcons to 46 rushing yards and a 2.6 average on 18 carries, stepped in and saved the day — helping the Saints to their 13th straight win in November going back to 2009.
"It's tough and very frustrating," said White. "We get all the way down there to the 1-yard line and we expect to score. We just didn't get it done, that's the most disappointing thing.
"It's not like they came out here and won a game today. I think we kind of gave it to them. It's nothing they did … it was what we did."
But while White's words rang hollow in the Falcons' locker room, Saints interim coach Joe Vitt knew who to credit.
"It was huge," he said of the goal-line stand. "We made plays when we had to make plays defensively. The two last drives, they had a chance to go in and win .. and everybody kept their poise."


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Tyson Ross remembers watching Mark Kotsay on television. Ross was in high school then. Kotsay was playing for Ross' hometown Oakland Athletics.
Now Ross' teammate on the Padres, Kotsay remembers facing Mariano Rivera, live and in-person, each encounter a tribute to greatness.
"He's the best pitcher I've ever faced," said Kotsay, who over his career is 0-for-7 with two strikeouts against Rivera.
This weekend Ross, Kotsay and Rivera will take the same field when the Yankees make their first-ever visit to Petco Park. Those three players are ages 26, 37 and 43, respectively.
"It's cool that the game bridges the gap between generations," said Ross, who will start the second of a three-game series that begins Friday. "These guys can still do it. That's why they're still in the big leagues."
Of the grizzled veterans Ross referenced, Rivera, in particular, can still do it — still relying, almost exclusively, on that malicious cut fastball, the greatest pitch of the greatest reliever of all time.
He's doing it as well as ever, too, the late movement on the pitch continuing to shatter bats and batters' resolves alike.
Rivera's 1.60 earned-run average is his lowest in five years. His 34 saves are second-most in the majors in this, his final season.
Indeed, Rivera's first trip to Petco Park will also be his last. His farewell tour around the majors resumes Friday, when the Padres will salute the retiring closer in a pregame ceremony. Trevor Hoffman, once the holder of the all-time saves record, will present Rivera, who broke that record, with a retirement gift from the Padres.
The gift is of yet unknown, though it likely won't be a surfboard. Rivera received one from the Athletics when he made his last stop in Oakland.
"I don't know if we can double up," said Padres manager Bud Black, "even though that's sort of what we do."
Arguments about surf supremacy aside, the buzz surrounding Rivera will undoubtedly rule the weekend at Petco Park. He, along with Derek Jeter, remains the face of a franchise that oozes aura.
"I mean, the Yankees are … the Yankees," said Will Venable, who attended Princeton University, about 60 miles from the old Yankee Stadium. "Mariano and Jeter, those guys literally set the standard for big leaguers."
Rivera and Jeter have won five World Series titles, including in 1998, when the Yankees swept Andy Ashby and the Padres.
Ashby, who started Game 2 of that series, is now a Fox Sports San Diego studio analyst for Padres games.
"We don't have the best of memories with the Yankees," Ashby said, "but you know what? Just being there in the World Series with the Yankees was awesome.
"That was a heck of a team. They came in to Jack Murphy (Stadium), they're in the World Series and they wanted to win, same way we did. We just ran into a team that was on fire and a very good ballclub."
The Yankees have since fallen from their championship-winning days. They are hovering just above .500 this season, in fourth place in the American League East. Nine players are floundering on the disabled list, including the likely-to-be-suspended Alex Rodriguez, who may have played his last game in a Yankee uniform.
But as Venable put it, the Yankees are still, after all, the Yankees. And two of their all-time greats remain in uniform.
"Oh, I wouldn't miss that," Jerry Coleman, venerated Padres radio man and former Yankee, said of Rivera's Petco Park introduction and farewell. "We had the same number, you know."
Sometime this weekend, before a sellout crowd in downtown San Diego, Rivera will likely trot out to the mound, that famous "42" emblazoned across his back. He'll throw a cutter, then another, then another. It's a decent bet that no Padres batter will make solid contact.
"I've tried everything against him," Kotsay said. "Nothing's worked.
"I'm just hoping I get a shot at him."
Then again, some hope it never gets to that point.
"I hope I see Mariano in the bullpen, not on the field," Black said with a smile. "I hope I see him shagging batting practice, but I hope we don't see him on the field, unless he just needs to get an inning of work in."


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Top 5 Most Under-Rated Wrestlers in WWE History
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Armed with wrestling DVDs, a cold beer, a passion for writing, and an inability to sleep properly I'm rolling right along with the blog entries.
Since I just wrote a blog on the Most Over-Rated Wrestlers in WWE History...
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I have decided to go to the other end of the spectrum and list some of the more under-rated wrestlers in WWE history.
Like my previous blog I have certain rules: (1) personal lives not taken into account (I know certain guys weren't pushed because they had personal problems, etc.), (2) a title reign does NOT eliminate someone from contention, (3) current superstars are eligible, but can't be currently receiving a significant amount of on-air time (i.e. Zack Ryder DQed), and (4) anyone who worked for the WWE for an extended period of time are eligible, even if they're currently or became famous in TNA.
5. Perry Saturn
In ECW he formed one of the greatest tag-teams ever with Kronos as The Eliminators. In WCW he was involved with some of my personal favorite wrestling feuds with the likes of Kanyon, Raven, Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit. In WWE he....well he didn't do much of anything. Saturn's silent bad-ass character that was so effective in all other promotions suddenly became a liability when he was employed by a company that thrives on verbal diarrhea. In my mind Saturn was a phenomenal talent who delivered every time I saw him in the ring, whether it be as a member of Raven's Flock, Chris Benoit's tag-team partner, or as a member of the Radicalz.
4. Tazz
If you watched him in ECW, chances are that at the time you thought he was over-rated and got sick of him dominating the championship scene. If you didn't see him until his stint in the WWE then you probably never saw what the big deal was. But this is a man who put on great matches with everyone from Sabu to Kurt Angle, from RVD to HHH. He was an in-ring expert with mic skills that could be utilized in any fashion. If you doubt his ability on the mic, contrast his work as the FTW Champion in ECW to his commentary for TNA and then try to tell me that he doesn't have the skills to make any character work. I knwo that he was injured and that his career ended prematurely, but when WWE signed him, they got a star that was already over with a large portion of its audience and failed to utilize him as such.
3. The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith
He had a stint as the Intercontinental Champion when he was allowed to win at SummerSlam and had a run or two as European Champion, but Davey Boy Smith's legacy is somehow tied to his team of The British Bulldogs, which represented a very small portion of a long career. DBS was the Sheamus of 15-20 years ago. He was a fan-favorite, with international appeal. He was brother-in-law to Bret and Owen Hart. He had the body, the charm, the athleticism, and yet the closest he ever came to a title run was finishing second in the 1995 Royal Rumble. For a wrestler of his calibur that's just not enough.
2. Hakushi
Who? Exactly. Hakushi's only claim to fame was a show-stealing performance with the 1-2-3 Kid (Sean Waltman) at SummerSlam 1995. I know he didn't talk, but hell, neither did Sabu, nor does Sin Cara, nor did Kane, nor Yokozuna, etc. This is a Japanese wrestling guru with the Japanese symbol tattoos running the length of his body. If I'm not mistaken he was even paired with Mr. Fuji for a short time. Why was this man not maineventing PPVs against Bret Hart for the WWE Championship on a regular basis? Yokozuna was a silent champion who was dominant because of his size. Maybe I missed something, but could we not build an intriguing storyline around a silent champion who's dominant because of his skill? I don't know how big Hakushi could have been, but I do know that he deserved more than to be booked in matches against Barry Horowitz. Who? Exactly.
1. Lance Storm
"Can I be serious for a second?" Storm is one of my favorite in-ring performers and one of the most under-rated mic men in the history of the business. Whether it be in ECW, WCW, or WWE is silent, straight man routine was pure brilliance. Wait this man doesn't have a gimmick? Okay, that's his gimmick, a man with no gimmick. The no-nonsense ring tactician who was unwilling to exchange witty banter because it was beneath his Canadian sense of professionalism was classic. Ironically, some of his best work could be found in the twilight of WCW's run, when they had all but given up trying to compete with WWE and were merely trying to survive. All I know is that any man who can have that long of a career with the lame-ass half-crab as his finisher has to have some mad skills in and out of the ring.
There's plenty of debate available for this topic and I welcome it all, but I would like to throw in a few wrestlers who are often mentioned who I have not listed:
Matt Hardy: Over-rated entirely. Quality matches are the result of being booked against far superior talent.
Diamond Dallas Page: Mis-used by WWE but his WCW run compensates for it, plus by the time he reached WWE DDP was getting pretty old.
Raven: Great runs in all other promotions, but typically needed to rely on a no-rules format and that can't cut it in the WWE at a main-event level.
I'm sure there's more, so please comment on any and all issues. Good reading everyone.