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I have done some exercise with AX 2009 AIF training material.
There is a chapter 2 where a Document is created using AIFWizard. It' started creating Query and then the document with Wizard.
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Film Review – Water Paper Time – Helen Hiebert's Explorations in Paper
Film by Gretchen Hogue
Music by Kell Black
Snowy mountain air, bold, strong coffee, bright red poppies, chocolate pudding, and unexpected kindness. Also, spaghetti marinara. These are just a few of the great and tiny pleasures of life. I would add to that list the exquisite sensation of utterly new thoughts finding their way into my mind. Helen Hiebert's work, in her film Water Paper Time, is for me is one of those experiences.
I had no idea paper could do these things – could be this way.
While it would be technically correct to say that Helen, a paper artist for the last 16 years, creates handmade paper sheets and sculptures from smashed plant bits, what is more true is that she is a paper midwife. She is the Pulp Whisperer. In her film Water Paper Time, Helen creates sentient, papery living beings with her bare hands. Into her freshly handmade sheets she embeds copper wires, string, nails, or other materials which introduce tension as the paper dries, and as it does, it arches, curls, twists, balloons, folds, unfurls, pauses, lurches, and splits apart. From what she says, the magical part happens after she leaves the paper babies alone in the womb of her studio and when she comes back, poof! Amazement awaits! It's as if she's found a whole new tooth fairy most of us have never heard of.
I have secretly suspected for years that inanimate objects have private lives and relationships. Chairs and couches talk about us when we're gone. Forks and lamps – what do they do when no one is eating or reading? Do they wait? Do they covertly meet in the bathroom while we are at work? It could happen in the world of magic, and their experiences with each other could be hidden from us largely because we are not so observant. Helen's work has pushed me over that cliff. She has convinced me that objects that seem static and 'devoid of life' may simply be hiding their potential; perhaps they are shy and speak softly. But this wonderful artist seems to hear perfectly the conversations between the materials she uses, even if they themselves have never met. Lucky for us, the hidden world is made plain in her care, and it is a sensuous world of curves, wrinkles, grooves, valleys, and, don't ask me how, longing. Paper feels longing, you say? Well. I didn't know either, but evidently it's been there all along. Each piece is its own person – surprising, unpredictable, and with its own secrets.
Helen opens Water Paper Time with a story of children who have never seen, touched, or written on paper. What? Really? I had never thought of that either. All my life, I've had the privilege of having paper in my life. I've printed my photographs on paper, and my writing on paper; I've drawn on it, painted it, inked, glued, crumpled, torn, kept, discarded it, folded it up around gifts, and made my own. I've cried over pieces of paper and laughed over others. But I had no idea paper could be alive, could do what Helen so lovingly coaxes it to do. Now I know. This film introduced me to the secret life of paper.
The visual aesthetic of the film contributes to the magic and wonder in her work. At first, as a photographer and book artist, I wasn't sure I'd like the visual style of the film: when the paper is doing its thing, the film is an old-fashioned home movie, shot on my dad's ancient, whirring movie camera. I could almost feel my brother poke my little kid leg while we watch the family swimming clips again. As the paper protagonist grows up, passing from plant to pulp to sheet to sculpture, the images become dreamy, filmy, moody, grainy, and blurry, adorned with a light leak here and there. This stylistic choice makes perfect sense, and I am a child again watching a sweet, private family moment on screen. The filmy style is beautifully imperfect, nostalgic, playful, and wondrous.
At 16 minutes long, the sounds of Water Paper Time are also deeply pleasurable, a real human being touching real things with real hands. She plucks plants from water, her hands squeezing and pounding stringy pulp, water dripping or gushing, spinning or falling. We hear every drop. We are there with her. I found my hands squeezing when she did, squishing and stirring right along with her, laying wire on wet paper, watching it dry in its magical way, pinning it in draped white sheets to a clothesline, enjoying the little breeze on the back porch with her.
Helen Hiebert's shares with us the earthy, natural and sensuous experience of life on our exquisite earth as expressed through paper, water, and time, and where she goes with them is pure beauty and charm. Her work with paper is truly inspired.
– Anjani Millet, ©2015
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Five Other Classic Books By the Late Maurice Sendak
A sad day in children's literature and the world of fantastic illustrations. On May 8th, Maurice Sendak passed at the age of 83. Sendak was of course most well-known for his award-winning story, Where the Wild Things Are, and, of course, The Night Kitchen. He was fondly remembered by Tom Hanks who co-produced the film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are and had perhaps the greatest sentiment for him: "Maurice Sendak was the fabulously cranky old man, the maker of the Wild Rumpus, who delighted in scaring the kids on the block — and they loved him for it. I think a late supper is awaiting him and it is still hot."
But, Sendak was far more than just a one-trick pony. In fact, he authored and/or illustrated some 300 different books! Sadly, many of them are not nearly as famous as Wild Things and Night Kitchen, but they are still pure Sendak. Here are five that should be far more recognized than they are.
- Higglety Pigglety Pop! (1967)
Interesting Facts:
The story and film are centered around fictional adventures had by Sendak's actual dog, Jennie.
The short film was released as a companion piece to the Blu-Ray release of Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are
Though the film is primarily live-action with some stop motion, there were so many locations that were used in the book that the dog had to be performed with mostly puppetry.
- The Animal Family (1965)
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The main characters are a man, a boy, a mermaid, a lynx and a bear who are all brought together but, through imagination, create their own identities.
This story, though only illustrated by Sendak, has not only won a Newberry Honor, but is also regarded as a classic for adults as well.
- Seven Little Monsters (1977)
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The book spawned a 39-episode Canadian Children's Television Workshop program that actually was created by Sendak himself.
The story features seven monsters, each named 1 through 7, and six people and pets. Each monster has its own personality, behavior and abilities.
The band Bare Naked Ladies performs the theme song, bringing their total TV themes to 2, counting The Big Bang Theory.
- Outside Over There (1981)
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Aside from Little Bear, this is likely Sendak's next most famous book after Where the Wild Things Are and The Night Kitchen.
The book's story -- concerning a girl, Ida, who must rescue her sister from kidnapping Goblins -- was directly influenced by the Lindberg Baby kidnapping that occurred when Maurice was around 4. He has said he has very vivid memories of mother weeping over her lost child.
The 1986 film Labyrinth was inspired by the book. The closing credits state "Jim Henson acknowledges his debt to the works of Maurice Sendak."
- The Little Bear Series (1957-1968)
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The Little Bear stories debuted in 1957 and initially just concerned a bear child and his mother. They gradually became more involved as the books progressed and new characters were added.
Though there were only five books originally, they have since gone on to spawn a TV series and a full-length feature.
The woodland in which the characters live seems to be very similar to an area like the one on Little House on the Prairie, but with slightly more modern items.


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One ACC programs continues to be in the driver's seat for Columbia (S.C.) Spring Valley offensive lineman Kyle Fischer.
"From the schools that have offered me, N.C. State is my favorite," Fischer said. "I like the football program and the college."
The 6-foot-6, 280-pounder attended the Wolfpack spring game and had a good time.
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"I loved it," he said.
Dick Portee is recruiting Fischer for the Pack.
Despite N.C. State being in front early, don't expect Fischer, who also holds offers from Vanderbilt and East Carolina, to make a decision any time soon.
"I'm going to try to wait to keep my options open," he said.
Just this week, coaches from Virginia, Virginia Tech and Miami (Fla.) all stopped by Spring Valley High to check out Fischer and several of his teammates.
Fischer projects as an offensive tackle at the next level.
"I'm aggressive off the ball," he said. "I also know my plays and can read what the defense is doing."
Fischer plans to attend the Clemson NIKE Camp on May 21 and that is the only camp he has planned at this time.
Robbie Caldwell is recruiting Fischer for Vandy. Phil Petty is his East Carolina recruiter-of-record.


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iPhone 5 sits with Kim Kardashian and Gangnam Style on top of Bing's most searched list
It's nearing the end of the year, which means – among other things – search engines start throwing out their stats from 2012. And guess what topped Bing's most searched list this year. Well, it was Kim Kardashian, but Apple's iPhone 5 is sitting pretty in the number 2 spot.
One thing the iPhone did top was the consumer electronics list, beating 'Samsung Galaxy S3' by two places.
Other searches to top the table were; (predictably) PSY's 'Gangnam Style', the beyond weird Korean music video that took YouTube by storm, and Facebook, showing that not everyone has moved to Twitter. Yet.
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When practice fields across the land filled in August with players prepping for the upcoming new school year, a lending CUSO had already hit the field with a team of its own.
Credit Union Student Choice has only been in business for three years, but the turnkey provider of college student lending services already is handling around 15,000 loans a year.
The Washington CUSO-run by Callahan & Associates senior managers and owned by about 40 credit unions-has only about a dozen full-time employees but counts on several partners to make the peak lending season work for the more than 160 credit unions it serves.
"We do about 90% of our volume in a two-week period, about 80% of it in eight weeks. To be able to handle that we actually have about 130 people working for us at our peak," said Jon Jeffreys, CUSC's president and an architect of the program from its inception.
That team comprises CUSC's people, of course, along with PSCU Financial Services of St. Petersburg, Fla., Credit Union Direct Corp. of Ontario, Calif., and Finivation, a New York City software specialist led by credit union and community bank veteran technologist Brian Bodell.
California-based CUDL provides the automated lending platform. Call center and other support services come from PSCU, primarily from its Phoenix and suburban Detroit locations, and Finivation provides the tech support and software needed to cyber glue that infrastructure together.
Jen Franta, a relationship manager at PSCU's Total Member Care call center operations in Detroit, said her organization uses dedicated agents for the CUSC program, increasing the staffing for peak volume times and assigning them to other clients at other times.
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Andrei Arshavin: Life Should be like FootballSeptember 8, 2009
Top footballer Andrei Arshavin is the latest high profile celebrity to back the Council of Europe's "Speak out against Discrimination" campaign.
"I want everyone to support the campaign against discrimination," the 28-year-old Arsenal and Russia midfielder declared.
"Football gives every player the opportunity to express his or her talent and contribute to the team, regardless of race, religion, or social origin," he added. "It is also a sport which gives every player the chance to compete on the basis of ability. This is how life should be."
Arshavin's endorsement is a timely boost for the Council of Europe's Moscow campaign, which will be launched officially on Sept. 16.
It also cements Arsenal's reputation as a club active in the fight against bigotry and prejudice. Arshavin's club manager Arsene Wenger has also supported the Council of Europe's campaign.
"I believe everybody who loves football should just enjoy how great the players are and nothing else," Wenger said last June.
Footballer turned activist Lilian Thuram, Montpellier rugby lock Mamuka Gorgodze, 2009 Eurovision winner Alexander Rybak, and a host of other sporting and cultural celebrities have also given public backing to the 47-country campaign.
The Council of Europe, the region's oldest and largest assembly of nations, is focusing attention on Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and anti-gypsyism in Europe.
The organization believes the media can play a lead role in the promotion of dialogue in a multi-ethnic and multi-faith environment. The campaign also encourages the media to adopt fairer recruitment policies, which would allow more ethnic minorities to enter the profession.
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Salary Structure of the Nigerian Army – How Much Nigerian Soldiers Are Paid Most people think Nigerian Army officers are poorly paid while some think the opposite but it is very rear to come accross the correct figure of their salary scale . That is why we are officially exposing this comprehensive information regarding Nigerian Army Salary Structure 2016/2017 in oder to reveal how much Nigerian Soldiers are being paid per month or monthly. Putting on The Nigerian Army uniform is of great prestige and respect but you can't eat respect because it is all about the money . This article is created to reveal the complete Nigerian army salary structure and how much the different ranks in the Nigerian army are paid monthly . Needful to say, the job of The Nigerian Army is to defend the country against any form of oppression or against any sort of external aggression . Their duty is to uphold and support the interest of its citizens and country. We want to list out the updated Nigerian Army Salary Structure for 2016/2017. This Nigerian Army Salary Structure is classified into Non-Commissioned and Commissioned. Nigerian Army Salary Structure For Commissioned Officers →Second Lieutenant – N120,000 →Lieutenant – N180,000 →Captain – N220,000 →Major – N300,000 →Lt. Colonel – N350,000 →Colonel – N550,000 →Brigadier General – N750,000 →Major General – N950,000 →Lt. General – N1 million →General – N1.5 million Nigerian Army Salary Structure For Non-Commissioned Officers →Private Soldier – N48,000 – N49,000 →Lance Corporal – N54,000 – N55,000 →Corporal – N58,000 →Sergeant – N63,000 →Staff Sergeant – N68,000 →Warrant Officer – N80,000 →Master Warrant Officer – N90,000 You will be very glad that you now know the recent Nigerian Army Salary Structure 2016/2017 . I recommend that you read Nigerian Army Ranks.
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Ségou, town, south-central Mali, western Africa. It extends for more than 4 miles (6 km) along the right bank of the Niger River. A historic town, it was the first capital of the Bambara kingdom, which flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1861 the kingdom collapsed when the leader of the Tukulor jihad (holy war), al-Hājj ʿUmar, seized Ségou. Ségou is in a densely populated region and has always been an important trading centre. A textile factory at Ségou, built by the Chinese, has proved to be one of Mali's most successful industrial undertakings. Ségou is the headquarters of the Office du Niger, an extensive irrigation system begun in 1932. The region in which Ségou is situated is important agriculturally because of the efforts of the Office du Niger. Irrigated rice cultivation in the region has been expanded, and other crops include cotton, sugar, millet, peanuts (groundnuts), cassava, and beans. Livestock raising is also important. Pop. (1998) 105,305; (2009) 130,690.
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Acute cholangitis
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- Nezam H Afdhal, MD, FRCPI
Nezam H Afdhal, MD, FRCPI
- Senior Physician in Hepatology
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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- Editor-in-Chief — Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Section Editor — General Hepatology; Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Disease
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Acute cholangitis is a clinical syndrome characterized by fever, jaundice, and abdominal pain that develops as a result of stasis and infection in the biliary tract. It is also referred to as ascending cholangitis. Cholangitis was first described by Charcot as a serious and life-threatening illness; however, it is now recognized that the severity can range from mild to life-threatening [1].
This topic will review the clinical features, diagnosis, and management of acute cholangitis. The approach to patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, the management of common bile duct stones, and the endoscopic management of malignant biliary obstructions are discussed in detail elsewhere. (See "Primary sclerosing cholangitis in adults: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis" and "Primary sclerosing cholangitis in adults: Management" and "Endoscopic management of bile duct stones: Standard techniques and mechanical lithotripsy" and "Endoscopic stenting for malignant pancreaticobiliary obstruction".)
Acute cholangitis is caused primarily by bacterial infection in a patient with biliary obstruction. The organisms typically ascend from the duodenum; hematogenous spread from the portal vein is a rare source of infection [2].
The most important predisposing factor for acute cholangitis is biliary obstruction and stasis. The most common causes of biliary obstruction in patients with acute cholangitis without bile duct stents are biliary calculi (28 to 70 percent), benign stenosis (5 to 28 percent), and malignancy (10 to 57 percent) [3]. In addition, acute cholangitis is a common complication of stent placement for malignant biliary obstruction (18 percent in one series) [4].
Mechanism of bacterial entry into the biliary tract — Bacteria are able to enter the biliary tract when the normal barrier mechanisms are disrupted. This may result in translocation of bacteria from the portal system or duodenum into the biliary tree.To continue reading this article, you must log in with your personal, hospital, or group practice subscription. For more information on subscription options, click below on the option that best describes you:
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has anybody good tipps? We start around 10.November from San Francisco and want to travel some NP go to Las Vegas and other nice places of the area. But we just have around 10 days time.
We would also love to visit the WAVE. Is that possible? We must win the lottery for that? how to get one of this permits? anybody has good informations?
All information is welcome.
We travel with our almost 1 year old baby, and she has already a lot of travel experience, take a look:
thanks for your answers
Ana + Peter + Julia
our email: [email protected], thanks
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You are to late for the lottery for the wave. You could show up and be lucky enough to get 3 of the 10 tickets that way. In no circumstance would I hike that with a baby though. Not that tough of a hike, but route finding is critical. There is a large number of people who are unable to locate it on there first attempt if they don't have a GPS.
I would stick to just one state. You can't do California in 10 days.
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Where is the place to show up? and at what time is to show up there?
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BLM - Kanab Field Office
318 North 100 East
Kanab, Utah 84741
Phone: (435) 644-4600
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I looked at some of your photos. I didn't see any that really required hiking of this magnitude. Be aware that this hike offers no shade. This is a serious hike! Expect it to take most of your day. There are really 2 wave locations and several other sights to see along the way. You really need to do your homework on this hike.
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Info on permits is here: http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/arolrsmain/paria/coyote_buttes/permits.html
For a walk-up permit, it depends on exactly which day you are there since from the above site it seems in mid-November they move the site to Kanab. Here's the relevant info from the above site:
How do I obtain a walk-in permit?
If you missed the lottery or are just in the Southern Utah/Northern Arizona area, you can obtain a walk-in permit at the Paria Ranger Contact Station from mid-March to mid-November, seven days a week. The Paria Contact Station is open from 8:30 a,m, to 4:15 p.m. MST (Utah).
From mid-November to mid-March, permits for Coyote Buttes North or Coyote Buttes South can be obtained at the BLM Kanab Field Office, five days a week. The Kanab Field Office is open from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Kanab Field Ooffice issues permits for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday on the previous Friday. The Kanab Field Ooffice will issue permits for holidays the last work day prior to the holiday. Walk-in permits are valid for the next-day.
It's a bit hard to find the office in Kanab as it's not on the main road, you'll have to ask someone or give them a call.
I've gotten walk-in permits several times, including in winter from the Kanab office, and usually had no problems scoring (ie there were fewer than 10 people trying for the 10 permits), even in the spring when it was peak tourist season. A couple of times in winter we were the only ones asking for permits and had the place to ourselves, so I'm guessing you should be OK in November, especially if you have two days to try for.
Note that the road to the parking lot is pretty much impossible to drive if it's raining or has rained recently, and if it's dry there are still a couple of dips that require care in a standard rental car.
Kid would be OK if you have a back-pack type child carrier. There is no standard trail, you have to scramble across slanted rocks in a couple of places to hike in, if you're good for that it should be OK.
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If you can get a Wave permit that would be wonderful. You do need to plan to be at the office the day before you hike though so you'd be 2 days in the area. As has been mentioned be sure to find out what day they change from the Paria station closer to the trailhead to the Kanab location for the walk in lottery since you will be coming later in the year.
There are plenty of other hikes in the area if you don't get the wave. You could ask at the ranger station for suggestions and road conditions.
Otherwise 10 days is not really a lot of time to spend in the area since you'll be needing to get back to SF and want to visit LV as well. Plus, though unlikely, it is always possible to have snowy conditions that time of year (we had our first snow just yesterday in Utah). I would not recommend driving if it is snowing, so some flexibility might be needed.
You should be able to see Great Basin NV, Bryce, Zion and Grand Canyon south rim NPs and maybe include some time in Page for Antelope canyon and Horseshoe Bend.
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The Wave is a beautiful place, but it's also very rugged and isolated. My husband and I hiked to it in May, 5 years ago. My best advice, should you be able to get a permit, is to have a GPS which leaves breadcrumbs (your trail in) to help you find your way back out.
The "trail" is mostly unmarked and a great deal of it is through loose sand and over slick rock which can make finding the trail difficult. (On the map the BLM gave us it shows the route as a dashed red line and says, that it is a route, not a trail.) The first turn, where the route to the Wave splits from the Buckskin Gulch trail is easy to miss if you aren't paying close attention.
Some of the landmarks you use to help you when going in, look different when you're approaching them from the opposite direction going back out. Others require that you check behind you since they are at the end of the trail as you go in. This is why I think you need to have a good hand-held GPS which has kept track of how you came in. It makes getting back out easier. Make sure it has good batteries. You wouldn't want it to fail and lose your data.
Considering that you're starting in San Francisco, and want to visit Las Vegas, ten days isn't a great deal of time, especially if you have to dedicate 2 or 3 to the area around the Wave. (Although you could get lucky and get a same-day permit for the Wave if all of the ones from the day before weren't issued.) I'd advise sitting down with a good map and a list of things you want to do/places you want to go and plotting a route. Then you may well need to start cutting some things to make it a feasible plan.
On the BLM website (link given in previous posts) there's a great deal of useful information - including ways to contact them via e-mail or telephone. In my opinion, it would be wise for you to visit their website and learn all you can in order to make an informed decision as to whether or not this hike is one you and your wife should take with your young daughter.
It's certainly doable for a couple of fit people, especially since you would be going in a cooler time. But good hydration is still a must. Be sure you have the means to carry sufficient liquids for the 3 of you. But mainly, you need to be well prepared in every way. Unless things have changed, your cell phone won't work and you may or may not see anyone else. If you have a problem you have to be prepared to resolve it on your own.
None of this is meant to scare you. I just feel you need to know what you'll be facing should you try to do this hike. I've never heard of a hiker who got into trouble on a trail because they had learned everything they could about it ahead of time. I can't say the same about those who didn't know what they were getting into.
As others have mentioned, there are a great number of beautiful places to see and interesting things to do nearby. A search here in the forums will turn up a lot of good information about them. Or, if you have a question about a specific site, a separate post would get you plenty of help.
Safe travels and enjoy your visit.
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I know this is none of my business - but this does not sound like something to be done with such a young infant. Suppose one of you were to have a minor problem- sprain an ankle or whatever. How in the world would you handle that? One adult has to care for/carry the infant -so the other would have to be able to make it on their own despite the type of minor injury that can easily happen anywhere.
If it were just the two of you fine. But I don't think this is sensible with an infant.
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Thanks a lot for all the answers.
Does anybody has GPS data for that area?
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Unfortunately I've lost the rest of the navigational instructions given us by the BLM. All I have left is the map and it doesn't have the GPS co-ordinates on it. The only advantage to having the data ahead of time is that you could pre-load it into your GPS. But that doesn't take long. If you get a permit, you'll receive everything you need from the BLM.
Even if I had the data, I'm not sure I'd post it. The BLM tries very hard to balance the right of the public to see something as awesome as the Wave, with the need to protect it from the inevitable damage that would occur from over-visitation. Although the GPS data can be found if one looks for it, I see no reason to put it out there on the internet in one more place.
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I'm curious about your hiking experience? Have you been to the US before? Have you done any high desert hikes in winter enviroment before? I doubt weather would be an issue, but anything is possible.
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The good news is that you really don't read about people getting rescued from the Wave. From Zion and Canyonlands, yes. The Wave, nope. Buckskin Gulch can get hairy in flash floods.
Lots of people here (Utah) take young kids into the wilderness. That is not a dealbreaker. If you look at the statistics--my kids are more at risk when I drive them to school every day than when I take them hiking.
I would say that given your time constraints and the time of year, you will want to focus on Zion. If you go to Bryce, be prepared for colder weather. The Grand Canyon is awesome if you have never been before. There is a lot to do in/around Kanab actually.
You can search my user name for trip reports on taking kids to Zion.
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OK-- are you flying into San Francisco? And are you flying out 10 days later -- where from? SFO or another airport??
10 days -- in Nov -- w/ an infant . . . You simply do not have time for all that. Even if the Wave was a good idea, which it isn't IMO.
And if you are flying in, and IF Vegas, the Wave, Zion, Bryce are important to you, flying to San Francisco doesn't make a lot of sense.
If on the other hand you live in the Bay area and are driving round trip in 10 days - that will be a real slog. Just SF to Las Vegas is a 10+ hour drive, and you'd have to do it twice.
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20 people or less are allowed to visit the wave. 2-3 million people a year visit Zion. So where did you think you would read about those rescues?
My point is, with a 10 month old and all the pictures that I saw posted from their- I didn't see any that involved hiking, much less wilderness hiking without a trail.
You might want to search Escalante National Monument Rescue, Paria Wilderness Rescue, Vermillion Cliffs rescue. You will find rescues. A lot of these involve water, which you won't encounter on The Wave.
The first two rangers I talked to several years ago about this hike both told me they didn't find The Wave on their first attempt.
If you are experienced and in moderate shape I am sure it would not be a problem. The way the OP was asking the question and from the pictures it seemed like there was very little experience, if any.
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spiro: as a Utah local & as someone tied to the rescue community, I read about this stuff in the local paper & hear about it at social gatherings. I just got back from a week backpacking, most of it off trail. It's not impossible. Yes, you can get lost anywhere, which is why you have to be prepared. I know lots of people who have done the wave & they don't have harrowing tales to tell. If someone is in decent shape & does their homework, the wave is fine. I would do the wave over the narrows in a heartbeat--if safety was the main issue.
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thanks for your answers
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Just so you know, cell phone service is pretty spotty in this area on or near the highway around the WAVE area. I'm sure it's worse the farther away you get from the road. If you go, make sure some one knows your itinerary.
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I second Utahtea's suggestion that someone knows your itinerary and would add to that, they should know about what time you expect to be back from your hike.
When we went, we were staying at a Bed & Breakfast west of Page. Our host asked that we give him a time when we expected to return.
He said several months before, he'd had a guest who hiked to the Wave alone. The man didn't return on time, nor had he come back an hour later. At that point, the owner of the B & B called the BLM rangers and reported the man over due. They found his car at the trailhead and saw that he had signed the log book with his time going in, but there was no time coming out. So they went looking for him.
Long story short - the man had slipped on the slick rock on his way back, knocked himself out, and was lying there injured when they found him. He was sunburned and a little dehydrated, but recovered fully. It could have been worse for him if he hadn't been found that quickly.
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I think you may save some time on this trip if you don't start from SFO. It's easier to start from Las Vegas or even Los Angeles. You may be able to find a cheap flight or even change your starting point.
November can be the start of snowfalls so you may want to stick with Zion, Page, Grand Canyon.
Haven't done the Wave but I'd be cautious with an infant and no related experience...travel isn't the same as hiking an unmarked slickrock trail.
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PS substituting Monument Valley for the Wave may be a good compromise.
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thanks for your answers and tips
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"The good news is that you really don't read about people getting rescued from the Wave"
"spiro: as a Utah local & as someone tied to the rescue community, I read about this stuff in the local paper & hear about it at social gatherings"
Click on the post August 7, 2011
This Site have the best info I have found about The Wave
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spiro--yes, the article noted that this was the FIRST fatality there. And the guy was walking around in the dark without proper lighting???? One of the first rules of walking outside (my yound kids know this): If you get lost, hug a tree and stay there. Compare that to people in the Narrows who get overtaken by flooding or the group that died in Antelope Canyon some years ago--flash flooding. Again, I'll take the Wave anyday.
As for getting lost--that's half the fun! As Mark Twain said, an adventure is when half the time you are wishing you were home safe in bed.
I just got back from bushwhacking/route finding in the Grand Canyon. It was hard but it was fun. Depends on what people are comfortable with.
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Comfortable with and experienced with. Again, my point is taking a 10 month old on a hike, when I assume they have little experience based on the questions they asked and the photos I saw, doesn't seem wise. Not to mention they only have 10 days and this is a destination that is going to up 2 of them to get the walk in permit.
I assume that this family is not from the US. I would guess Germany. For some reason, The Wave and Monument Valley attracts a far higher percentage of German and European travelers than say Yellowstone or something.
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Hi, last week I did the WAVE and it was amazing.
Unfortunally the baby was a little bit sick so we decided in last moment we dont take her.
With the weather conditions that day it would have been no problem to take her, it was a nice "walk". We will go to that fantastic area again, but then for sure baby can walk on her own.
Spiro..: Why I need experience of being in US before I can do that? Yes I have been several times in New York and Miami I was always thinking the rest I can do when I am old.
But now I have enough experience to do it again, or?
Greetings from Guatemala
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Lots of nice pictures! Why don't you do a trip report and let us know how you worked out your 10 days? Where did you see the bear in the waterfall? Yosemite?
Glad you had a good trip.
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Anaundpeter - Fantastic photos! Thanks for posting them. We have wanted to hike The Wave for years but still have not. It does look wonderful. I'm glad you had such a good trip.
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thanks for the replies
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I think the wave permit list would have already been full when you began to think about hiking there. Did you just do the walkup and managed to get a permit? How many people were there wanting one?
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There have been so many people maybe like 30, when we came there were already 10 cars parking.
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So a lot of people were turned away then?
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Yes, the small room of the paria station was really full. I was thinking it doesnt make sence to wait for the lotterie...but it did
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Just thought you might want to know 2 people died while hiking The Wave this week. I would assume because of heat.
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Here's an article -
It's very sad. They were 69 and 70 years old. They won the morning's lottery to hike. They hiked in the middle of a severe heat wave that is the cause for other deaths, including ones in Las Vegas. The worst possible combination of factors.
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It is a 3 mile (4.8 km) one way hike with minor elevation changes. There is a trail except on sandstone, then follow rock cairns. ALWAYS, look backwards for land marks for your return trip.
NEVER take a baby on a remote country hike - there is no 911 response team there.
If you have a high clearance vehicle there are spectacular hoodoos/spires across the road from the ranger station. One is a short walk.
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This hike is still on my Must Do list. Vagabond, sounds like you have some experience with it. I even debated about doing it this December, but might be a bit risky with the weather.
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Statistically, I would think this would be the most deadly hike in America over the past 3 years. 3 deaths per every 18,000 hikers.
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I saw that article. Sad. So easy to not realize you are becoming dehydrated/disoriented. I expect there will be a report with more details, eg did they make it there and succumb on the way back?
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I hiked to the Wave in January 2012. Although it was only in the 40s, between heat reflecting from the rocks and workng up some energy from hiking, I was pretty comfortable hiking. I could just imagine how horribly hot it must he during the summer. I would love to hike there again but no way would I go there during the summer.
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The road to these is close to the Ranger station where you need to pick up your Wave Permit.
You know there are two Waves areas? The second, Big Wave, requires 4-wheel drive due to sand. Most people to don't go there. The Big Wave is huge, but not as compact as the more popular small Wave. Shorter walk.
Back to Toadstools. High Clearance Vehicle required. Directions are slightly confusing so here is the location
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I did see this news in the Salt Lake paper. It was uber hot, they got dehydrated. This is why the desert is dangerous and you can never have too much water with you. (yes, you can drink too much but you can't have too much) Unfortunately, deaths like this happen with regularity in desert areas. I think people just have no idea how dehydrated you can get. We had one of the hottest Junes on record here. I was drinking 1.5 GALLONS of water a day just because the heat sucked any moisture right out of you--it was 104 degrees and that was in Salt Lake. Down south would be even hotter and DRYER. Its not the heat, its the lack of humidity. Very sad outcome for these poor people.
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Lack of Humidity is a good thing when it is hot. The more humid it is the higher the heat index and more dangerous it is.
I own sanitation company(garbage/trash). What is unusual, is this is the mildest summer we have ever had. We have only had 2 days reach 100. The past 3 days have only been high 80's.
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Lack of humidity actually can fool you into not understanding how dehydrated you are since your sweat will evaporate away without your realizing it. When you are dripping with sweat you kind of remember you need to put some of that water back in. Also it isn't just hydration, but electrolyte balance that is important. Remember you sweat out salt as well and need to replace it with salty snacks.
Very, very sad about the couple. Makes me wonder if they will adjust the lottery on extra hot days.
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I don't get the idea of how the lottery could have caused this. I keep reading it everywhere. Lets say the couple had actually been able to get a reservation(whatever you want to call it) 3 months in advance in what I call the first lottery. I bet they still would have gone in about any condition. This is similar to those in a slot canyon knowing that it might rain. Or lighting on Halfdome, Longs Peak, Grand Tetons, etc. People take risk that aren't in their favor. (Since I am in Oklahoma for the past 45 years and experience one of only a handful of F5's to hit the state-Storm Chasing has never made any sense to me either. We all know when they are coming in the days we now live in. I don't see why there are 50-100 "professional chasers" and hundreds of others out trying to get a photo or recognition. I don't think they are actually doing very many people a service). I might be tempted to do the same, but everyone is just getting way to close. When you start measuring your distance in feet instead of mile, just crazy.
I totally disagree about humidity. A quick google didn't lead me to any dangers related to High Temperature and Low Humidity(plenty of fire danger though under those conditions). Higher humidty is much more dangerous because you sweat more and it is leaving your body faster. The evaporation process at lower humidity actually cools your body. Yes, you should drink. I am out in high temps and high humidity every day. We drink 3 or 4 parts of water to 1 part of gatorade or powerade. Frankly, we think Powerade is better and we try to avoid the G2 or substitute sugar stuff. We have nothing to base that on other than the way we feel. This is on a Garbage truck with no AC at temps usually 95-105 in the hot part of the day. Almost always, you can add 10 degrees to indicate the heat index.
I like what accuweather has now. That call it the REALFEEL. This takes into account Temp, Humidity, Wind Speed, Clouds, Sun angle, etc.
I still don't understand Relative Humidity, Absolute Humidity, and Specific Humidty.
A person just has to know their limits. This was what I was trying to make my point about in my very first post here years ago. Bottom line 3 people have been killed in the past 3 years on what is probably the most regulated hike in US. I was trying to make the point that I don't think it was the right thing to take a toddler on this hike. I should add that it seemed the OP didn't know much at all about the hike nor had any experience. That was my concern.
You can say this about many things. Kayaking, Hiking, etc. Don't start out on something that is difficult. Work your way into it.
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The hike itself isn't that strenuous. As long as you don't get lost and you do the hike when it is cool and you carry plenty of water. I know lots of people who take their kids on all sorts of backcountry adventures. I didn't and still don't. It's not a risk I am willing to take. But lots of people do. And, in reality, anybody is more likely to get injured/die in a car crash driving to the hike (or to work for that matter) than they are to get injured/die hiking. It's just that the hiking ones make the news.
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<<Higher humidty is much more dangerous because you sweat more and it is leaving your body faster. The evaporation process at lower humidity actually cools your body. >>
Not sure where you have heard that, but it is not what I have heard. You may feel cooler in low humidity, but the danger is that you don't realize you are still sweating and losing hydration, so you don't replace it. Heat stroke deaths happen in the dry heat every year
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I googled "is low humidity dangerous"
Heres what I got:
It is dangerous in the winter
It is dangerous to your piano and guitar
It can dry out your nose or throat
It poses a higher fire danger
I then googled "is high humidity dangerous"
Everything indicates that high humidity and heat is dangerous to your body.
I'm not debating that either can certainly be bad. I'm saying that the higher the humidity the worse it is. I think 103 with a humidity of 80% is worse than 108 degrees with 20% humidity. It's very rare where I live for it not to be high humidity. All of these Moisture Wicking shirts that are now available are surely a blessing. The faster you get the sweat off the faster you cool. Yes, replenish replenish replenish.
I think I misworded my statement. Higher humidity makes it harder for sweat to leave your body. At lower humidity the evaporation process is more effective.
I also googled Heat Related Deaths. It seems that Arizona does indeed have the highest incident rate. So perhaps I'm totally wrong in my way of thinking. The 2 things that I got on that website were the fact that most people also have cardio problems that have heat related illnesses and that heat related health issues normally happen during heat waves. I think it would also be safe to assume that Arizona is one of the warmer places for the entire summer. Where I live it is typically hot mid-June through end of August.
I just know what I've seen on local media here for years about high humidity and heat. I guess someone living in Arizona hears about low humidity and heat. I'm sure the media outlets in either area play up either for all it's worth.
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<<I just know what I've seen on local media here for years about high humidity and heat. I guess someone living in Arizona hears about low humidity and heat. I'm sure the media outlets in either area play up either for all it's worth.>>
That is most likely true. You can die in dry humidity just as often as high humidity if your body temperature goes too high and becomes unregulated.
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Just read that another death happened recently at The Wave. That's 3 people within 30 days and 4 within the past year or so. Statistically, that's super high.
Back to the original OP. Heat wouldn't have been a factor in November. However, taking a toddler on a hike like this(still what I considered the OP to have very little hiking experience-not to mention what are the odds of getting a permit). I'm glad the OP left toddler behind and made it out fine from the wave.
This is still a hike that I plan on doing. But, with any hike, be smart and know what you are getting yourself into. The OP was not exhibiting that, IMOP.
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The latest death happened this past Monday.
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See today's Salt Lake Tribune, there was an article on all of this. The BLM is considering some additional safety measures. I honestly hope they don't increase cell coverage--that only encourages people to rely on cell phones when they shouldn't. Trail markers, if small, would be helpful. But these people started this hike at 8am. Should have started at 6 am. When I have hiked out of the Grand Canyon in April, we start at 5:30 am--that's on the trail! It has been so hot here. And the difference with humid heat is that the water is not sucked out of you the way it is in the desert. This woman had a gallon of water with her. In 100 degree heat, I would have had 2 gallons and started at 6am. The hike isn't the issue--it's the heat. And people truly underestimate the desert.
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The couple got lost as well and spent more time than they'd planned hiking ito the hottest part of the day. I'm sure the stress of being lost was also a factor. They say her legs gave out (?) but there's no mention of whether they ran out of water...very sad.
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They were from Arizona so you would think they know about heat...
So very sad.
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InSandy--I can't tell if they were from AZ or Colorado?? Either way, I thought the same thing as you. Very sad--they have very young children.
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The article that I read stated that they were from Mesa AZ so they were familiar with a hot desert environment.
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That just seems odd then--I wonder if she had some underlying medical issue or was on a medication that made the heat more impactful. Still so sad.
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Haha, you are still talking about our baby going to wave...there was no really need to take her there, but also it would have been no problem to take her. It was an easy walk. Next time she will walk by herself.
I just wonder about that there is still talks about that.
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I'm new to this forum. On another (water gardening) forum we got to discussing the policy on prohibited plants like Water Hyacinths, Water Lettuce, etc. I know stores are prohibited sales but does this apply to trade? On the other forum we came to the conclusion that it's legal provided you don't release into wild. But I'm not sure what the rules on those things are here. I couldn't find anything in rules list in the trade section. I want to be safe than sorry. I don't want to get my self the trader or this community in trouble.
Trade of Prohibited plants?
Welcome - glad to have you here!
I do think some trade things like water hyacinths and water lettuce in the prohibited areas and others do not. I think it comes down to whether one feels comfortable with it or not. I know some of our Florida members do have water hyacinth and seem to know where to get them.
I'm a Florida member. I got my water hyacinths from the irrigation canal that flows 500 feet away from my house. I keep them in a plastic bucket and, as a matter of fact, they are in bloom right now. Somebody was commenting on them just yesterday. The blooms are very attractive. I have read somewhere that they had been introduced here because of that.
Water hyacinths, as most everyone knows, are notorious invasives. Mine reproduce like crazy. When I have too many, I remove them from the water's surface and let them dry out on the cement slab in full sun. They survive for about 5 to 7 days out of the water. When they are crispy dry, I burn them.
Florida is stuck with water hyacinths choking waterways, canals and every freshwater body imaginable. The damage has been done in the late 1800s. It is, for all intents and purposes, irreparable. I would not ship water hyacinths to anyone; no matter how much the other party pleaded. For me, it's a question of personal ethics; not a legal technicality. I even cut off their bloom stalks, so the plant doesn't produce seeds that could be eaten by birds and transferred back into our environment.
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I buy my WH at the nursery and white pricey $4.99 per plant.
Thanks. That's awesome. I've wanted Water Hyacinths and lettuce for a while. I used to have duckweed but shockingly they died. Duckweed is also a noxious plant.
I used to own a very pretty little floating plant: salvinia auriculata.
That stuff reproduced at light speed rates. I swear it produced plantets in the ziploc bag I used to carry it home. I haven't seen any in a long while. I got it at auction from an aquarium society where I was a member. All in all, I think it cost me $1. When it came home, I had maybe a cupfull - no more than that. I dropped that into the pond and within a month, it had spread to cover the whole surface. How's that for an aggressive invasive. It wasn't on any list of noxious and/or invasive plants in Canada and I had no idea how prolific it was. Left to its own devices, it looked like a green carpet was floating at the surface of the water. I used to "harvest" it with a rake and throw it into the compost bin. Thankfully, our Canadian winter took care of that problem for me.
Salvinia is also on the list of Texas prohibited plants.
Among my list of floating plants
Water Hyacinth
Water Lettuce
Floating sensitive plant.
I know alot but Duckweed and Azolla make good fish food. Water Hyacinth and lettuce are good filters. Frogbit is good for my smaller ponds to shallow for water lilier. Frogbit looks like miniature water lilies.
Sensitive plants are just fun to play with.
Water hyacinths are beautiful when blooming. I had them in my contained koi pond and loved them. Last year when we have unusually cold (and below freezing) temps, I lost all of them. Probably the reason they aren't a concern in the northern states. I'm trying to score a few more for my pond, my koi used their long roots to spawn on...but it started out so dry here, that I haven't seen them this year. The main thing is to be responsible, if you contain it...fine. If you don't want it anymore, kill it.
We get pretty bad winters here in Texas. Not sure why they're prohibited. Some winters we have could whipe out a whole pond of them. Oh well. I'll hopefully have some by next year.
Fountain man,
I found two online stores that did not prohibit sales of water hyacinth to TX. In my smallish pond it does not do terribly well and I think its the temps. I have a small multihead clump right now. Cant say about how well water lettuce does as that one seems to be harder to get down here.
If you have plants now then you do not need to buy because it will multiply.
They don't over winter here and I don't bring them in.
I was told they won't overwinter here either. Guess I'll put a couple in a bucket and bring them inside for the winter. If not theres plenty floating around in our lakes even tho they aren't supposed to be there.
I'm planning on a day to go to Oklahoma and buy some. Thanks guys.
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Im seeing 9.5ft at the peak of the NE windswell
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Mar 17, 2009, 01:29 AM #2
you mean you want big surf and clean conditions in florida?
Lets not get carried away here
However, next week is showing some real potential.... keep an eye on it.
Don't you think it looks pretty good thurs thru sunday, when the wind isn't too strong?
I'm ready to chuck tail, fins out, round house, gouge etc.
What do you think nigga?
I think there will be a few periods when the onshore winds are super low and the waves will be pumping
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ya, onshore wind dont look too strong through Friday. Then into the weekend, the winds definitely look to pick up a notch.
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go do somthing else buddy ...your a kook!
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ok, so not they we know that everyone is a kook, I suggest getting on the early morn session tomorrow morn, the winds are going to be light.
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nato "no longer meets the needs of today's world," Spiegel continued. "The last decade has witnessed a striking displacement of power, away from the United States but also away from the West as a whole. The current implosion of the Western-led financial system has only expedited this shift."
Dutch political scientist Peter van Ham says that "nato's instruments have become blunt and outdated in the light of today's non-traditional security challenges and techniques. … Whereas not too long ago the main question was how the European Union could use nato's military tools … the debate is now how should nato draw upon the resources of the European Union …."
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For years Washington had opposed―and actively blocked―European efforts to strengthen its military defense components on the grounds that it undermined nato. But this attitude seems to have softened in the past decade. At the nato summit in Bucharest last year both nato and U.S. officials publicly encouraged the Europeans to pick up the pace of defense planning, a request that implied the United States is no longer willing to provide security for Europeans in a world order with so many other priorities.
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fabulous service. I have purchased 3 pairs of varifocals over the years and not one problem. The frame of my current pair broke after 2 1/2 years. I posted them back on Thursday 27th Aug. and were back with me Sat. 29th Aug!!. Brand new frames replaced free of charge. Brilliant. I try to convince all the mugs that pay High St opticians ludicrous amounts of money to buy from spex4less. Save pounds don't be conned again. No I am not a relative or anything to do with the business! just a very… Read Full Review
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The reasons I like Spex4less: 1. Friendly and helpful 2. All the main names as well as quality 'cheapies' 3. My specs fell on a hard surface and broke (my fault) As they were still under guarantee Spex4less managed to get a new pair from the suppliers! 4. In the meantime they delivered a new pair to keep me going in 36 hours. Good quality and inexpensive. 5 Superb quality of lenses with free coatings. Quite chuffed! … Read Full Review
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