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A decade ago, Aspen was a small ski town, and its restaurants had names to match: Guido's Swiss Inn, Hickory House, Jolly Jester and Paddy Bugatti's. But recently, this home to 6,000 year-round residents high in the Colorado Rockies has attracted globe-trotting tourists who expect Aspen to provide the elevated level of food and wine they'd find in, say, St. Moritz and Zermatt, Switzerland. Restaurateurs have adjusted, and today Aspen boasts some of the best restaurants and wine lists in the West.
Visitors will find fine examples of every kind of contemporary dining, from the superb cuisine chef Todd Slossberg is doing at the Century Room at the historic Hotel Jerome to a mountainside restaurant named Krabloonik where guests can go on a dogsled ride then feast exclusively on game.
There's excellent sushi at both Takah Sushi and Kenichi, fine seafood at Pacifica, good steaks at Jimmy's, great bread at Grana Bread Co. in nearby Basalt, and an amazing number of stellar wine lists, eight of which have Wine Spectator awards. If you're starved for a real Italian panino, you'll find none better than those served at the tiny café on the premises of Valbruna, the chic Italian sportswear store. There are the requisite coffee shops serving 20 kinds of coffee, scrumptious muffins and pastries at Paradise Bakery & Café, juicy burgers at Boogie's Diner and a first-rate cheese shop set within the Cooking School of Aspen. And, thanks to the city fathers, fast-food chains such as McDonald's and KFC are kept out of town, probably forever. The closest thing to chain restaurants are Matsuhisa (Nobu Matsuhisa's Japanese restaurants) and an Olives branch at The St. Regis Aspen hotel. Oddly enough, no one in town seems to know how to make even a halfway-decent pizza.
The most popular restaurants at the moment tend to be either French bistros, such as the beloved Cache Cache and the new Rustique, or Italian trattorias such as the foot-of-the-mountain Ajax Tavern and the hip new Gusto. Rustique is a paean by chef-owner Charles Dale (who also runs the sophisticated Renaissance) to the kind of hearty French fare you crave after a winter's day on the slopes or a summer's trek through the mountains -- authoritative steak frites, steaming cassoulet, lusty navarin of lamb, braised short ribs pot-au-feu and what he calls the "Weird Dish of the Night" (always $20), which might be sweetbreads with chanterelle mushrooms, veal tongue with a tangy sauce gribiche, or maybe skate with beets in brown butter. For dessert, the profiteroles in chocolate sauce are not weird, just nonpareil.
Rustique's 200-label wine list is strongest in French regional bottlings, with plenty less than $30. Big-bodied reds such as Cornas, Gigondas, Vacqueyras and Corbières are aligned with sturdy offerings from the Haut-Médoc and St.-Emilion, while the whites from the Côtes du Lubéron and Alsace go splendidly with seafood such as Dale's fillet of rainbow trout in hazelnut butter.
The best new restaurant in high-above-sea-level Aspen is below ground level. This is Mogador, whose chef-owner C. Barclay Dodge has tried what no one else in Aspen has dared -- a completely innovative cuisine based primarily on the flavors of North Africa and the Mediterranean, with dishes such as a tagine of chicken with lemon, olives and a vinaigrette made from eggs and leeks. I have tasted no better dish this year than Dodge's braised pork belly with Medjool dates, a chestnut puree and creamy white beans in a shallot broth.
But the best way to appreciate the talents of this chef -- who cooked in the kitchen of Ferran Adrià, of El Bulli in Rosas, Spain, where 20-course degustations are the rule -- is to avail yourself of the "chef's table." There you'll be served an amazing array of small morsels that he calls "creative tapas," such as a spoonful of poached quail egg in a brittle cage of caramel, an escabèche of Tasmanian sea trout with saffron and a "clock" of 12 fish roes, chopped eggs, onions and other condiments arranged around a plate's circumference.
Dodge adapted a breakfast he enjoyed every day when he was in Africa -- eggs and calamari cooked on a griddle, with squid ink-colored rice and a puree of piquillo peppers. There is a wonderful selection of perfectly ripe cheeses, and desserts are as refined as any in an haute cuisine French restaurant, right down to the exquisite petits fours and chocolates.
Dodge has assembled a wine list that goes splendidly with the flavors on his menu. Impressive names for around $100 to $200 include Baron de la Charrière Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru '99, Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Richard Dinner Vineyard '00, Turley Zinfandel Dogtown Vineyard '00 and Sean H. Thackrey Orion Old Vines California '99. His "Interesting Reds and Whites" list is where you'll find unfamiliar treasures that really stack up to his food, with dozens of selections by the glass -- ideal for the tasting menu. There are also delightful bottles for less than $50, such as Pazo de Señorans Albariño Rias Baixas '01, Aveleda Alvarinho Vinho Verde '00 and Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva Unfiltered '98. The marvelous Clos Erasmus Priorat '99 is available at $160.
Ajax Tavern, which has had a string of high-profile chefs (including Nick Morfogen and Michael Chiarello), is now home to chef Dena Marino, who grew up watching her southern Italian parents make their own sausage, pasta and mozzarella -- traditions she carries on today at this extremely popular, very cozy restaurant adjacent to the Silver Queen gondola at Aspen Mountain. People come tramping into the bustling little dining room in their ski boots and parkas or sit outside on the deck to soak up the warm Colorado sun, even when the temperature is in the 30s.
Marino's fans get teary thinking about her pan-fried gnocchi, which are sometimes cuddled in a lusty, braised oxtail ragù, or her fresh tagliatelle served with a Bolognese-style sauce of venison, pork and porcini mushrooms foraged from the Rockies. Her spaghetti di mare arrabbiata is tossed in an "angry sea" of tomato sauce dotted with chiles. She barbecues baby back ribs and serves them with a Tuscan coleslaw, and trout is treated like saltimbocca, with sage and ham, accompanied by a timbale of risotto and a lemon caper sauce. But no one sits down at Ajax without ordering the truffle and Parmesan fried potatoes, which could carbo-load a downhill racer for a week. Some regulars call ahead to find out when Marino's mozzarella will be finished so that they can enjoy it while it's still warm.
Ajax's wine list, with a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, is rich in Italian and California bottlings. Hearty reds such as Rocking Horse Zinfandel Napa Valley '97, Giacomo Conterno's Dolcetto d'Alba '96 and Rhône Rangers such as Bonny Doon's Le Cigare Volant '97 highly complement Ajax's food, as do bold whites such as Adler Fels Fumé Blanc '96.
The big hit of the past year has been Gusto, a more casual offshoot of the already very casual Campo de Fiori. Gusto's bare tables, open kitchen and enthusiastic manager Sergio Acampora keep guests in an ebullient mood, so that the restaurant's name applies as much to the atmosphere of good cheer as it does to the good taste of the food. It's perfect for people watching, family dinners and late-night espressos and digestivi.
The menu is fairly broad, with antipasti such as grilled calamari and chorizo sausage tossed with arugula and grilled tomatoes, thinly sliced whitefish marinated in a lemon-soy vinaigrette, finished with crispy ginger and chives and a carpaccio of superb Colorado lamb with shaved pecorino cheese. The thick lentil soup is wonderfully flavored with cumin, the pumpkin soup is sprinkled with pumpkin seeds, and a salad of organic greens is topped with smoked sturgeon, Gaeta olives and sweet oranges.
Every pasta I sampled is worth ordering, from a lush ravioli of butternut squash dressed simply in brown butter and sage to a big bowl of spaghetti teeming with Mediterranean clams, mussels and spiced tomato pulp. Skip the anemic pizzas here, but don't miss the puffy hot focaccias, the perfect, crisply roasted baby free-range chicken with preserved lemon and olives or the grilled fish of the day with a gloss of olive oil and lemon.
For a place with such a drop-in ambience, the wine list at Gusto has remarkable depth -- more than 200 labels, including three vintages of Solaia ('90, '97 and '98), more than 25 super Tuscans, 25 large-format bottles (with an 18-liter Fattoria Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve '97 at $6,000), the sumptuous Dessilani Laio '96 dessert wine and a daunting 43 half-bottles such as Jarvis Chardonnay '99 and Gaja Barbaresco '93.
One of the toughest things to do in Aspen restaurants is to keep a good chef from succumbing to the lure of bigger cities or to the cabin fever common in such a small town. No venue has lost more chefs than Aspen's finest hotel, The Little Nell, whose restaurant -- now called Montagna -- has seen half a dozen chefs come and go in as many years, including George Mahaffey (now at Conundrum in Aspen), Keith Luce (owner of Merenda in San Francisco) and Brian Moscatello (now at the red-hot Adega in Denver).
Chef Paul Wade, whose high-altitude cuisine is designed to appeal to the gourmet tourist and the Aspen local, is the current resident at Montagna. Wade came aboard during the 2000 renovation, which rid the restaurant of its previous formality; its bar is now set with rattan bistro chairs, linen walls and white marble tables, and the dining room has yellow- glazed walls, polished wood and tables topped with Frette linens. There is also a beautiful wine room for private dining, with a splendid fireplace and walls of wine bottles from a list bearing a Wine Spectator Grand Award. Sommelier Richard Betts, who seems to be the only man in town who owns a suit and tie, took over a formidable list two years ago and broadened it, adding strong Burgundy and New World segments to make up a cellar with more than 15,000 bottles and 1,000 selections. "This is not a chophouse," says Betts, "but the food is also not overly refined. And I find that at least 60 to 70 percent of the guests want to consult with me on their choice of wines, and that is very gratifying."
Throughout the 60-page list you'll find breadth and depth: seven vintages of Krug Champagne, six Puligny-Montrachets from Michel Colin-Deléger et Fils, seven selections of Corton-Charlemagne, dozens of wines from the Côte de Nuits, an amazing 28 grands crus from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, every premier cru from Bordeaux in various vintages (including 13 Cheval-Blancs), more than a dozen Priorats from Álvaro Palacios, eight Pinot Noirs from Williams Selyem, six vintages of Shafer Hillside Select, a slew of Clarendon Hills varietals from Australia, 16 Vintage Ports and half-bottles of Araujo Eisele Vineyard '98 and Cháteau Haut-Brion in two vintages, including '61. Prices are not generally cheap, but there is a daily, single- page list offering plenty of excellent selections for less than $50.
Montagna's menu features the kind of dishes that give the restaurant its name, such as roasted red deer loin with chestnut salt and onion-red currant jam. But wherever Wade finds the best products, he brings them in and marries them to big flavors -- California caviar with house-cured salmon, fennel pollen and crème fraîche, Sonoma foie gras with a caramelized babà rum cake and banana spring roll, and Rosen Ranch lamb rib-eye with Meyer lemon jam and a toasted pine nut crust.
One can, of course, find tofu and Caesar salads all over Aspen, and people seem to gulp down Fiji water by the gallon. But at the end of a perfect Colorado day, they want to eat heartily and they want to drink good wine. On all counts Aspen delivers both, with a sure dose of international chic and a bonhomie that is still distinctly western.
John Mariani's most recent book, co-authored with his wife, Galina, is The Italian-American Cookbook (Harvard Common Press).
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In 1987, Nintendo players were introduced to Link, a brave hero who had been summoned to the land of Hyrule to find the eight pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom and save the Princess Zelda from the evil Gannon. Players never imagined this magical quest would be the first of many for Link and Zelda ... You must defeat a variety of enemies as you search for the hidden pieces of the Triforce. Once all eight are reassembled, you can enter Gannon's lair, defeat him, and save Zelda. Along the way, Link will pick up different items to help him in his quest, including a boomerang, bow and arrows, a raft, and some bombs. Once Gannon has been defeated, players get the option to start a new quest and play through ha remixed version of the game.
Known to be a notoriously difficult game, the original Zelda defines the very meaning of dungeon-crawling and bears an innate difficulty so unnerving that games deemed "frickin' hard" these days would pale in comparison. It's amazing how people even managed to conquer this game in its entirety back in 1980s without IGN Guides. So maybe you've beaten the game already as a kid, but that was ages ago right? Let this guide jog your memory and knock on the door of nostalgia for you.
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Speed limits along some Utah interstates could move higher for both trucks and four-wheelers as soon as later this spring due to legislation signed into law by Gov. Gary Herbert.
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Drawing Inferences
Most of your courses involve reading texts—course syllabi, handouts, essays, and textbook chapters. Even visual media, such as films, are considered "texts" to be read and understood by the viewer. But not all of the ideas in a text are stated directly. You must often "read between the lines" to interpret what an author is saying. That is, you need to make inferences, and this requires your own participation as much as the author's. To make reasonable inferences, you not only need to carefully observe the details in the text, but you need to contribute your own knowledge and experiences. But how do you know which inferences are "reasonable" and which ones are not? This workshop will help you make reasonable inferences.
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Distinguish between "reasonable inferences" (plausible) and "unreasonable inferences" (contradictory or unfounded)
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I downloaded the Leopard-leotard missionpak. I loved the first mission-the Island looks great. (jungle malden).
However it didin't say in the readme-what do you do with the cutscene files?? When I put them in the addons-the game crashes. I don't know where they go.
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Thin start to crimpy sidepulling. Hope you've got titanium fingertips.
Tenth route from the left end of the Wall of Marching Munchkins. Shares the first bolt with Poppies Will Make Them Sleep, then heads right.
Bolts, chain anchor.
This route is not 10, or even 10+. Compared to all other 10s and 11s at Munchkinland, and other Mt Lemmon classics in the 10+/11- range (Steve's Arete, Arizona Flyaways, Just Do It), this is solid 11-, if not 11. Unless of course I was completely dicking it up, but I was climbing with a couple other competent 5.11 leaders and they agreed. Either way, don't hop on this thinking it would be a good warm-up.
Could be we are all missing a hold but I would agree, it is harder than the rating given.
Good to hear that the consensus is in the 11 zone. I've been on it the last three times out and haven't finished it with less than one fall. I'm not falling on the other tens in the area.
The easiest way to climb this route is to clip the first bolt, touch but not clip the bolt of the climb to the left, and then traverse right to the second clip. The direct approach is significantly harder. Scott provided this beta so it conforms to the "original vision". The route is sustained but there is no single move harder than the crux of Ruby Slippers. Or I could just be misremembering.


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Low-to-Moderate Intensity Interventions in the Home: Parent Training Programs
Based on a body of research that views parenting as playing a key role in children's emotional adjustment, a number of interventions have been designed to reduce children's risk for emotional difficulties by helping parents to increase their positive interactions with their children, to set firm limits on children's negative behaviors, and to reduce their use of harsh parenting practices when the adults become angry or upset (see, e.g., McEvoy & Welker, 2000). These programs vary in approach, intensity, and the location in which they are implemented (e.g., home visiting programs, telephone support, parenting skills workshops). Generally, these programs have shown moderate success (Kazdin, 1987). One concern is that the link between harsh parenting and children's manifestation of behavior problems has been found to hold true for White families but not African American families in some studies, suggesting that interventions must be placed in culturally grounded frameworks (Deater-Deckard & Dodge, 1997). A second concern is that the effects of these programs may be more transitory than long lasting (Corcoran, 2000).
"Multi-Pronged" Home/School Interventions for Children at Moderate Risk
These programs address children's emotional and behavioral difficulties at home and in school. Although more costly to run and targeted at fewer children, these programs are expected to pay off in the long run by reducing the prevalence of costly outcomes such as criminal offenses and dropping-out of school (Kazdin, 1997; McEvoy & Welker, 2000). Results from a number of experimental studies (using randomized designs) suggest remarkable effectiveness of these multipronged programs in reducing children's disruptive behavior. These gains range from modest improvements to strong gains in children's social, emotional, and academic skills (Eddy et al., 2000; Stoolmiller et al., 2000; Webster-Stratton & Taylor, 2001). These programs have also shown effectiveness in reducing the likelihood that children will engage in delinquent behaviors (Stoolmiller et al., 2000) and in being held back a grade or more, than did the less-expensive, lower-intensity, classroom-only interventions described earlier (Vitaro et al., 1999). Some researchers, however, have pointed out that these findings are not sustained over longer periods of time, and that children's high school dropout rates are not significantly affected by the intervention program.
High-Intensity Clinical Interventions for High-Risk Children
A small percentage of young children in poverty struggle with serious emotional and behavioral disturbance. A range of programs are designed to lower the risk of young children's development of serious problems in families struggling with multiple, chronic stressors such as high risk of maltreatment, mental illness, substance abuse, and domestic violence. School-based mental health consultation programs, for example, pair psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists with local school districts in order to identify, assess, and treat young children who are in serious emotional and behavioral trouble. Clinicians from local community mental health organizations observe classrooms, provide teachers with training, and provide child- and family-centered psychotherapy (Cohen & Kaufmann, 2000). As of this writing, no evaluations of school-based consultation programs using randomized trial design could be found; however, the potential for such programs seems promising.
How can we explain the varying levels of effectiveness that have been demonstrated across different types of interventions? Three cautions are offered to explain variation in programmatic success. First, programmatic success is reliant in great measure on the extent to which programs succeed in enlisting families' participation (Brooks-Gunn et al., 2000). Second, it may be unreasonable to expect long-term emotional and behavioral gains on the part of young children if their families continue to face chronic, structural stressors that erode children's psycho-social health. Third, we must recognize that the economic, employment, and policy contexts of high-risk families have changed substantially from the conditions under which many models of interventions were originally designed and implemented over 20 years ago (e.g., Olds et al., 1998). Even given these cautions, however, research clearly demonstrates the importance of children's emotional adjustment to early school success.
This Digest was adapted from "Emotions matter: Making the case for the role of young children's emotional development for early school readiness," by C. Cybele Raver, in the Society for Research in Child Development's Social Policy Report, 16(3), 3-19.
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Cohen, E., & Kaufmann, R. (2000). Early childhood mental health consultation. Washington, DC: Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (1999). Initial impact of the Fast Track prevention trial for conduct problems: II. Classroom effects. JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 67(5), 648-657.
Corcoran, J. (2000). Family interventions with child physical abuse and neglect: A critical review. Children and Youth Services Review, 22(7), 563-591.
Deater-Deckard, K., & Dodge, K. A. (1997). Externalizing problems and discipline revisited: Nonlinear effects and variation by culture, context, and gender. PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRY, 8(3), 161-175.
Eddy, J. M., Reid, J. B., & Fetrow, R. A. (2000). An elementary school-based prevention program targeting modifiable antecedents of youth delinquency and violence: Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT). JOURNAL OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS, 8(3), 165-176.
Hinshaw, S. P. (1992). Externalizing behavior problems and academic underachievement in childhood and adolescence: Causal relationships and underlying mechanisms. PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN, 111(1), 127-155.
Kazdin, A. E. (1987). Treatment of antisocial behavior in children: Current status and future directions. PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN, 102(2), 187-203.
Kupersmidt, J. B., & Coie, J. D. (1990). Preadolescent peer status, aggression, and school adjustment as predictors of externalizing problems in adolescence. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 61(5), 1350-1362. EJ 423 461.
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Ladd, G. W., Kochenderfer, B. J., & Coleman, C. C. (1997). Classroom peer acceptance, friendship, and victimization: Distinct relational systems that contribute uniquely to children's school adjustment. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 68(6), 1181-1197. EJ 556 037.
McClelland, M. M., Morrison, F. J., & Holmes, D. L. (2000). Children at risk for early academic problems: The role of learning-related social skills. EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH QUARTERLY, 15(3), 307-329. EJ 633 373.
McEvoy, A., & Welker, R. (2000). Antisocial behavior, academic failure, and school climate: A critical review. JOURNAL OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS, 8(3), 130-140. EJ 613 025.
Olds, D., Henderson, C. R., Jr., Cole, R., Eckenrode, J., Kitzman, H., Luckey, D., Pettitt, L., Sidora, K., Morris, P., & Powers, J. (1998). Long-term effects of nurse home visitation on children's criminal and antisocial behavior: A 15-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 280(14), 1238-1244.
O'Neil, R., Welsh, M., Parke, R. D., Wang, S., & Strand, C. (1997). A longitudinal assessment of the academic correlates of early peer acceptance and rejection. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, 26(3), 290-303.
Quinn, M. M., Kavale, K. A., Mathur, S. R., Rutherford, R. B., & Forness, S. R. (1999). A meta-analysis of social skills interventions for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. JOURNAL OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS, 7(1), 54-64.
Raver, C. C. (2002). Emotions matter: Making the case for the role of young children's emotional development for early school readiness. SOCIAL POLICY REPORT, 16(3), 3-19.
Raver, C. C., & Zigler, E. F. (1997). Social competence: An untapped dimension in evaluating Head Start's success. EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH QUARTERLY, 12(4), 363-385. EJ 563 068.
Shores, R. E., & Wehby, J. H. (1999). Analyzing the classroom social behavior of students with EBD. JOURNAL OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS, 7(4), 194-199. EJ 599 246.
Stoolmiller, M., Eddy, J. M., & Reid, J. B. (2000). Detecting and describing preventive intervention effects in universal school-based randomized trials targeting delinquent and violent behaviors. JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 68(2), 296-306.
Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., & Tremblay, R. E. (1999). Prevention of school dropout through the reduction of disruptive behaviors and school failure in elementary school. JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, 37(2), 205-226. EJ 598 786.
Webster-Stratton, C., & Taylor, T. (2001). Nipping early risk factors in the bud: Preventing substance abuse, delinquency, and violence in adolescence through interventions targeted at young children. PREVENTION SCIENCE, 2(3), 165-192.
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All Reno Rodeo fans get to watch the events from a safe distance in the stands away from any danger.
But inside the arena it's a whole different story. Crashes aren't that uncommon at the rodeo, and neither are injuries.
"I've seen guys get hit on the back of the head from the hines of the horse," says athletic trainer Dustin Hopfe. "Knocked out."
It's dangerous inside the arena, which is why the rodeo has several athletic trainers who treat 10 to 15 rodeo participants each night.
"We deal with a lot of head injuries, quite a bit," says Hopfe. "In all aspects you can see them in the rough stock events. Especially bareback you see quite bit."
Other common injuries include broken bones, cuts, bruises and pulled muscles. And you don't have to be a rider to feel the direct impact of these animals' brute strength.
"I got kicked by a bucking horse this spring at Red Bluffs," says Bronc Boehnlein. "I got kicked in the middle of the back. Kind of mess up some vertebrae in my back."
Boehnlein doesn't ride a horse or bull in the events, but he's definitely right in the thick of the action. He's a "pick up man"meaning he rounds up the bull or horse after the rider falls off and makes sure everyone is safe.
"We're up and close and personal with 2,000 pounds of bucking horse," he says.
The amazing thing is, many of the riders and pick up men still don't wear helmets. There are options out there though.
"Over the last few years, you've had a lot of innovations in bull riding helmets," says Hopfe. "A lot lighter, and especially in this sport you need a lot of peripheral vision."
But a lot of these cowboys just have too much pride. You won't see them wearing anything but a Western hat in front of thousands of screaming rodeo fans.
"My helmet is a black felt hat," says Boehnlein. "That's a bout as close to a helmet as I'm getting."
Just to give you an idea of how important helmets are, athletic trainers say 50% of all head injuries could be avoided if every single rider wore one.
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Though it has been slightly subsumed by the longer, harder link-up Trolling for Skank, Hunting Humans is a striking, continuous line that pointed out the link-up and long problem potential at the Ghetto (and in the Flatirons) long before most people saw it. Climbed by John "The Vermin" Sherman in 1991, this line starts about halfway between the Underdog Cave and the Anacostia Wall, moving right to left to finish along a series of porcelain crimps (the "Ears") just under the lip of the Underdog Cave. Begin at a knee-high (yes, knee-high!) incut horizontal just left of a rounded boulder abutting the rock. Hand traverse left, then crank way left into a gaston on a creaky flake (this flake used to be much better; in fact, many people now start the problem matched on the flake to avoid the difficult, unpleasant opening move). Match up and continue left and slightly up on shallow dishes, then toss left into the base of a big toilet bowl/hueco. Round the world, then reef straight out the bulge on tiny holds (a kneebar helps), eventually gaining the first of the "Ears." Though this is the crux, it isn't in the slot proper, so a spotter and crash pad help with the landing. Make a series of cross-over moves until you run out of Ears, then hit a horn (with ancient, indigenous rock pipe) at the lip. Step off. This problem was named after the mass murderer who shot up the McDonald's somewhere in Cali in the late '80s. Apparently, before he set off to do his evil deed, he told his wife he was going "hunting humans."
A crashpad, a spotter, a thick T-shirt.
This is a great problem, with cool features and beautiful stone. But how the heck do you do the crux? Meaning, how do you get from the hueco to the ear holds? Seems way hard in my opinion.... Help please!
I figured the kneebar was key, the orange-ish pebble is total crap without. Thanks for the beta, I'll be going up there soon with some pants, and maybe a pad!
"Go high and right for a razor sidepull (keeping the kneebar -- pants help), then hook your left heel on a sub-hueco/flake left of the main hueco ..." Do you keep the kneebar while getting the heel hook, or do you release it? This is a really strange move....
The left heel hook was too sketchy for me, so I just released the knee bar and repositioned my right foot in the hueco, and then grabbed some of the ears. Such a great problem!
"I think taller people can even keep the kneebar and go twice with the right hand -- razor blade, then bump to an ear" I'm 6' 1" and can't quite do it this way, but I have tried a lot ... ! I will go back with a spotter and try the heel hook beta ... Thanks


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But fall will be here before we know it, which means succulent, flavorful summer tomatoes will soon be a distant memory.
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My 2007 Suzuki SV650S - $3,900 Located in Chicagoland, Up for ANY interesting trades.
The bike currently has 14,050 miles on it and runs great. Would make a fantastic first bike, sport tourer, track bike or general purpose street bike. Has been extremely well cared for during the past few years in my care. I have added the following modifications to her:
-Scorpion Exhaust system
-Power Commander - Dyno tuned at Safety First Racing
-Flush mount LED turn signals
-Black clutch/brake levers
-Carbon Fiber end caps
-GIPro ATRE Gear indicator/timing retard eliminator
-K&N air filter - 1k miles ago
-SV1000 snorkel - allows for better airflow than stock SV650S airbox
-velocity stacks - feeds air to cylinders more uniformly which adds to engine longevity
-frame sliders - Protect the engine/frame/bodywork in a tip over
-new shift lever with a folding tip - prevents damage to shift lever in case of a tip over
-new chain and both sprockets (+2 in the rear for slightly better acceleration)
-Carbon Fiber belly pan - Looks very nice on the SV
-Hotbodies Undertail hugger- cleans up the back end A LOT
-Suzuki service manual
Bike was dropped at 15mph due to some gravel on the road, was thoroughly gone through by my dealer, frame slider was replaced and no damage was done to the bike aside from a 2" scratch on the side of the front fairing and minor scraping of the clearcoat, the pictures below will show the damage in detail. The plastic was NOT cracked, just scratched, that will give you an idea of how softly it was laid down.
Will entertain trades for just about anything that is of roughly the same value but just like anything in life, cash is king. This is a fantastic all around bike and not too powerful for a beginner with only 14k miles and well over $1,500 in aftermarket goodies. It will serve you well for years and years, SV650s are known to go 40k miles before needing anything aside from basic maintenance.
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In a March 12 article in the Tulsa World ('Home sweet home: Home school well-protected by Oklahoma Constitution,'), staff writer Nora Froeschle reported that "as Oklahoma turns 100, so does home-schooling in the state, and many people believe it is one of the friendliest -- if not the friendliest -- state in the nation toward home-schoolers."
She's right. When it comes to educational freedom for homeschoolers, Oklahoma is hard to beat. According to the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), "Oklahoma law does not require parents to use certified teachers or state-approved curricula, initiate contact with, register with or seek approval from state or local officials, test their students or permit public school officials to visit or inspect homes. If a parent is teaching his children the basic subjects for at least 180 days, the law requires nothing more."
Indeed, "Oklahoma is the only state with a constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to home school," HSLDA says. Our state constitution directs the legislature to provide for attendance at some public or other school -- "unless other means of education are provided."
During the Oklahoma constitutional convention a century ago, delegate J. S. Buchanan, a Democrat from Norman, suggested that this "other means of education" language be added. Delegate J. A. Baker from Wewoka, another Democrat, agreed: "I think Mr. Buchanan has suggested a solution. A man's own experience sometimes will teach him. I have two little fellows that are not attending a public school because it is too far for them to walk and their mother makes them study four hours a day."
The motion to add the "other means of education" language was seconded by none other than convention president William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, another Democrat.
"People ought to be allowed to use their own discretion as to how to educate their children," Mr. Baker said.
It appears that century-old sentiment still prevails. A 2004 survey by Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates found that 69 percent of Oklahomans "favor the right of parents to home school their children." Only 26 percent oppose.
Nevertheless, some folks argue that homeschoolers should be subject to government regulation. For example, as Harvard-educated attorney Bruce Shortt reminds us, "Oklahoma's crack team of government educators, the folks who spend billions of dollars a year to achieve heretofore unknown levels of semiliteracy and illiteracy among otherwise normal children," periodically take time out from their educational misfeasance to call for regulation of homeschoolers.
But why should the unsuccessful regulate the successful? The U.S. Department of Education's "Nation's Report Card" tells us that 75 percent of Oklahoma's fourth-graders cannot read at grade level, and 71 percent of our fourth-graders are below grade level in math. If anything, Shortt says, "Oklahoma's homeschooling parents should regulate Oklahoma's public school bureaucrats until Oklahoma's public school students academically outperform homeschooled children."
I suspect homeschooling parents are content simply to enjoy their educational freedom. As the state's largest newspaper editorialized in 2002, "The Oklahoman is often critical of ... this state's unwieldy Populist Era constitution.
But today, more than ever, we are grateful for those who provided reasonable, explicit and just protection for parental prerogatives to direct and guide the education of their own children."
Brandon Dutcher
Rude, Crude and Socially Unacceptable
Saturday morning, March 10th, my family and I visited Tulsa to attend the Tulsa Home and Garden show. We had been looking forward to this event for some time since we are remodeling a centennial home.
Upon arriving, my husband let my 13 year old daughter and myself off at the front door while he went to park the car. A nice man was exiting a parking lot right in front of the main entrance and asked if I would like his space.
I thanked him and motioned my husband to the space. My daughter and I were standing there waiting for my husband to turn in when were were accosted by a man, and his wife, in a black Dodge Charger with an OSU plate on the front.
I told them my husband was right behind them but they refused to drive by. There were clear spaces a little further down so it's not as if this horrible couple would have had to walk far. Instead, he drove his car into my leg and frightened my daughter.
The elderly parking security officer (who was also a woman) asked him to leave but he refused. Two police officers came, listened only to the man, didn't even ask if we were okay, then made my family move on since this jerk already had his car halfway into the parking space!
I believe that letting thugs get away with being thugs just reinforces their wrong behavior. There is so much abuse of women, children and the elderly.
I feel confident that this couple would not have been so bold if a man had been standing there instead of a woman and a child. I'm sure most of Tulsa's law enforcement officers are wonderful, considerate people but the two young men that came to the scene were not.
So much for the justice system and so much for the friendly people of Tulsa. Instead of having the wonderful time planned, we had to come home and seek medical attention for my knee.
We drove several hours to attend this event, but the treatment we were subjected to absolutely ruined the day for us. I can now truly understand the saying..."LIFE'S A BED OF ROSES.....BUT WATCH FOR THE PRICKS"
Michele Youngblood
Voice from the Past
Music lovers, I have seen thousands of musicians come and go. I have been playing in Tulsa clubs before some of our current bands were born. I used to sneak into bars to hear the older cats. My generation's talent pool was being raided when we were in our early twenties. That says something about the musicianship that has existed in this town.
Tulsa has now become anytown USA, with indistinctive bands of tired genres. There is a vacuous snobbery regarding covers and originals. Good music is good music, period. Many novices naively state that they will never play covers or play in bars. They deprive themselves of learning what makes a good song, and what works. Original does not automatically mean good. You learn what a good song is by dissecting good songs. Mozart rewrote themes by Bach, and there are few better than he. The Beatles played covers until the end.
My band has twenty years of originals; some work in bars and some don't. When we cover a song, we don't copy the record. We play the song. It comes out sounding like us.
Few bands have four hours of original quality music. That's why some clubs run four bands a night, and no one makes bus fare.
The musicians that endure are those that are aware of their history; that understand it, modify it somewhat and carry it forward. Medicine Show was the most significant band of the nineties. They got it. Hanson gets it too.
Check out the new Cale/Clapton album with Jimmy Karstien, David Teegarden, Walt Richmond and Gary Gilmore. If the Tulsa Sound was something only of the seventies, why is it part of one of the top sellers on the charts this very day? Because good music is timeless. Not bad for a "dead horse."
Jim Downing,
Urban Tulsa music columnist, 1990-1995
Immigration Issues
If the voters in this country think that our political representatives' indulgence in the issue of immigration indicates that they give a darn about security or our ability as individuals to provide a decent lifestyle for our families, let them think again.
We are being made to think that illegal immigration is a real concern and that it is a cause for concern because the job market is being diluted due to the influx of cheap labor. This is the biggest bunch of crud and is just the new divisive issue being introduced to have us going at each others throats. Can you say "Divide and conquer"?
And even as we despair over our jobs going to the Mexicans, the corporate aficionados of these very politicians are busy exporting our jobs in search of slave level salaries overseas. But nothing so far has surpassed the news out of Colorado where harsh laws were recently passed to restrict the employment of undocumented workers.
The new laws, seemingly, have caused the disappearance of agricultural laborers in Colorado and so there is no one left to reap the produce of the Colorado farmers. Without hesitation, the state officials have offered the service of their incarcerated citizens who now will provide an even better deal for the growers. Prisoners will now do the job for a mere 30 cents a day. It seems slavery is back and the new slaves will be garnered from the almost limitless supply of prison inmates around the country. What a deal!
This is shameless and exploitive and, at this present time, very American! We need another Wilberforce.
Colin T. Bent
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Listen to kill me different from nine to noon on the Fox News radio acumen of friends that come they'll feel local station first things first -- recap an entire weekend of NFL football.
I'll do real quick and give you some headlines first off -- -- happy for Rex Ryan.
Listen the jets only beat Tampa and buffalo two teams also.
Rebuilding not known as stalwarts in the upper Echelon but.
They want and -- -- in the NFL are two wins in the NFL and factor in the fact that they play the patriots -- -- three you know and lost by a single point and held them scoreless in the second half that shows you.
They have -- defense ready for prime time if not enough fancy geno Smith has -- OK so far.
Nothing crazy nothing bed.
Nothing -- standing except for that one road to Santonio Holmes.
But I think he's further along -- EG Emanuel as much as Emanuel has done is how exciting is he is and the potential that he obviously has.
I think you know Smith is a little bit of for -- front of the fellow.
Rookie the biggest surprise so far two stalwarts in the NFL Steelers and giants are struggling big time -- -- only three and the giants' case and -- do legitimate chance of posting.
At home.
If I could happen in fact they -- only three now -- only did they lose to the pitches they were shut out by the Panthers leading leading.
Yielding six sacks in the first apple no -- things.
And no secondary.
I thought and no pass rush which crazy about what happened yesterday in the Carolina game is Carolina was able to pressure the giants' Eli Manning.
Without blitzing so therefore he has -- time and there's nobody open because there's nobody extra whose blitzing therefore there's nobody extra who's open.
Meanwhile and finally let's over the him just go 49ers I have just done for the first time since -- Harbaugh took over over there they've lost a game.
After losing game they've exhibited no coming back off losses but at this time -- -- to the colts.
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At -- time -- cap and could very human thirteen of 27 for a 150 yards with a ninety they have found a way to control them somewhere somehow Alex Smith has to be.
Smiling because he lost -- job to the very talented.
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Luxury car maker Audi will create 2012 R8 models exclusively for the U.S. market. The company announced today that 50 Audi R8 vehicles will be produced, Twenty 2012 Exclusive Selection Edition R8 V8 vehicles and 30 2012 Exclusive Selection Edition R8 V10 vehicles will be bound for the USA. The Exclusive Selection Editions will arrive later this month.
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The R8 V10 is equipped with a 5.2-liter FSI V10 that metes out 525 horsepower at 8,000 rpm, with 391 lb.-ft. of torque at 6,500 rpm.
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Commercially, much attention is given to delaying the effects of aging through promotion of moisturizing creams and other anti-aging lotions. Their widespread use is generally based on the consumer's subjective assessment of the skin condition, rather than on objective features of the skin itself. To date only few studies have reported on the association between objective and subjective skin measures. In this study various subjective and objective skin conditions were evaluated and the associations between these measurements were examined for a way to substantiate how certain behaviors and skin care product usage affect skin condition, especially in relation to delay of aging.
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A national audience will get a look at a Houston Texans squad that has performed well this offseason, despite some off field issues. However, the team has struggled to be physical up front and their toughness will be challenge this Monday.
Despite some of the off the field issues regarding cornerback
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Houston was completely unable to stop the run, as former Texans castoff Mike Bell managed to gain 100 yards on just 10 carries.
"I thought we were not very physical in the football game at all," Texans head coach Gary Kubiak stated following the game. "They ran the ball extremely well on us. I think I'm just sitting here looking at 6.2 (yards) a clip and I don't think that we ran the ball well at all. But in all three phases, they were more physical than we were as a team. We started fast but after they answered that first drive I thought they were the most physical team throughout the game."
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The Minnesota Vikings are a team in which the word finesse does not apply, not even in the preseason. Minnesota believes in a run the ball, stop the run philosophy, and that helped make them NFC North champions a season ago.
"This is a great football team we're playing," Kubiak said of the Minnesota Vikings. "So, there'll be nothing false about where we're at. I'm looking forward to the challenge and I want to see our guys respond."
One of the ways the team must respond is certainly on defense, and it starts with stopping the run. The Vikings have the consensus best back in the league in
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"He runs fast and he's a strong guy," Texans defensive captain Demeco Ryans said. "He's definitely one of the top backs in this league."
Peterson faced the Texans defense last November and put up a workmanlike 25 carry, 139-yard performance that included a touchdown run.
The Texans are well aware that they have to be physical if they don't want to be part of a Sportscenter highlight again.
"He is a violent runner," Ryans said of the Pro Bowl running back. "He is a guy you really have to bring it when you're going against him. You can't go over and try to arm tackle him. He's going to run through it. You really have to give him all you have, all you've got when you're going up to tackle."
Although this is just a preseason game and the outcome doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things, a good showing against the "Fighting Favres" would go a long way in restoring the team's confidence entering what could be a make or break season for much of the team, including the head coach.
"Well, we want to win every time we go out," Texans head coach Gary Kubiak said. "It doesn't matter whether it is a preseason game or regular season game. That's our goal. If you're doing it for any other reason, you're making mistakes—but it's important. It's time to play. It's important. Our starters are playing three quarters against their starters and they've got a fine, fine football team. We know that. So it's very important."
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A Chinese couple gets married -- and she's a virgin. On the wedding night, she cowers naked under the bed sheets as her husband undresses. He climbs in next to her and tries to be reassuring: "My darring, I know dis you firs time and you berry flighten. I plomise you, I give you anyting you want, I do anyting you want. What you want?"
"I want numma 69," she replies.
He looks at her very puzzled and says, "You want... Beef with Bloccoli?"
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A big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural Tennessee . He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence.
As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing.
The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and now I'm going to retrieve it."
The old farmer replied, "This is my property, and you are not coming over here."
The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial attorneys in the United States and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own."
The old farmer smiled and sa id, "Apparently, you don't know how we settle disputes in Tennessee . We settle small disagreements with the 'Three Kick Rule.'"
The lawyer asked, "What is the 'Three Kick Rule'?"
The Farmer replied, "Well, because the dispute occurs on my land, I get to go first. I kick you three times and then you kick me three times and so on back and forth until someone gives up."
The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom.
The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the attorney.
His first kick planted the toe of his heavy steel toed work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped! him to his knees.
His second kick to the midriff sent the lawyer's last meal gushing from his mouth.
The lawyer was on all fours when the farmer's third kick to his rear end, sent him face-first into a fresh cow pie.
The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet.
Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, "Okay, you old fart. Now it's my turn."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Nah, I give up. You can have the duck."
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On a train from London to Manchester, an American was telling off the Englishman sitting across from him in the compartment.
'You English are too stuffy. You set yourselves apart too much. Look at me... in me, I have Italian blood, French blood, a little Indian blood, and some Swedish blood. What do you say to that?'
The Englishman said, 'Very sporting of your mother.'
An elderly couple were sitting on their front porch one evening, when the wife, a redhead, picks up her cane and whaps her husband across the shins.
"Damn, woman! What the hell was that for?" he yells.
"That's for 60 years of bad sex," she replies.
A few minutes later, the husband picks up his cane and whaps his wife across the shins.
"Ow!!" she yells. "What the hell was THAT for??"
The husband looks at her and says, "That's for knowing the difference."
A redneck family from the hills was visiting the city and they were in a mall for the first time in their life. The father and son were strolling around while the wife shopped. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again.
The boy asked, "Paw, What's 'at?"
The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, "Son, I dunno. I ain't never seen anything like that in my entire life, I ain't got no idea'r what it is."
While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old lady in a wheel chair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button.
The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small circular numbers above the walls light up sequentially. They continued to watch until it reached the last number and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.
Then the walls opened up again and a gorgeous, voluptuous 24-year-old blonde woman stepped out.
The father, not taking his eyes off the young woman, said quietly to his Son, "Boy, go git yo Momma..."
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A young female teacher was giving an assignment to her 6th grade class one day.
It was a large assignment so she started writing high up on the chalkboard.
Suddenly there was a giggle from one of the boys in the class.
She quickly turned and asked, "What's so funny, Patrick ?"
"I just saw one of your garters!"
"Get out of my classroom," she yells, "I don't want to see you for three days!"
The teacher turns back to the chalkboard.
Realizing she had forgotten to title the assignment, she reaches to the very top of the chalkboard.
Suddenly there is an even louder giggle from another male student.
She quickly turns and asks, "What's so funny, Billy?"
"I just saw BOTH of your garters!"
Again, she yells, "Get out of my classroom! This time the punishment is more severe, I don't want to see you for three weeks!"
Embarrassed and frustrated, she drops the eraser when she turns around again.
So she bends over to pick it up.
This time there is an burst of laughter from another male student.
She quickly turns to see Little Johnny leaving the classroom.
"Where do you think you're going?" she asks.
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Remember my J.K. Rowling post from awhile ago? Well it turns out that she is not writing a prequal serise. It is indeed sad for my fellow Harry Potter fans. I wish she was too. Atleast we have Pottermore to look forward to( it should be starting in a couple of Days!). I found the information on her website. Here is the link to her website. www.jkrowling.com.
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