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I would like to encrypt data that travels back and forth between the server and client in my Web application. I would use SSL but that requires a certificate along with a dedicated IP address. I have no problem getting a certificate but the dedicated IP requires me to upgrade to a business hosting plan which is $20 a month on my Web host. I have no plans on doing that as I'm sticking with my $20/year shared hosting plan.
So, I would like to implement an alternative to SSL. It does more than SSL does, though. Along with encrypting the data sent back and forth, it also encrypts the rows in the database. I was thinking of doing something like this:
JavaScript Code:
var transfer_key = 'whatever';
function encrypt(data, key) {...}
function decrypt(data, key) {...}
function send_data_to_server(url, data)
$.post(url, {'data' : encrypt(data, transfer_key) }, function(response) {
var decrypted_response = JSON.parse(decrypt(response));
PHP Code:
$data = $_POST['data'];
$transfer_key = 'whatever';
$storage_key = 'whatever2';
function encrypt($data, $key) {...}
function decrypt($data, $key) {...}
databaseQuery('INSERT INTO table VALUES (?)', encrypt($data, $storage_key));
$decrypted_data = decrypt($data, $transfer_key);
$response = processData($decrypted_data);
echo encrypt($transfer_key, $response);
As you can see, the data the client sends to the server is encrypted, and vice versa. And the data in the database is encrypted as well. Now of course, I would never implement the keys like that. I would probably have a second or third key that's randomly generated for each user. So transfer_key could be equal to a constant_key concatenated with a random key, and same goes for storage_key.
Would this be a good alternative to SSL? How can I implement this type of encryption in such a way that it is harder to defeat? Are there any particular weaknesses to this approach?
I'm probably going to find a JS library that takes care of the encryption and use PHP's mcrypt extension for the server-side. I was thinking of Blowfish, maybe AES256, but I'm not sure which one gives me the best ratio of encryption strength to memory consumption.


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This clip works well. I only wish it was metal- I fear the plastic will snap in time. But its a good item and helps to keep my hoses where they need to be.

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Tired Guns
This time the "debate" is desultory and meta.
A few days after last year's massacre at Newtown, Conn., we observed: "Every time one of these horrible shooting sprees occurs, countless voices in the media declaim that (1) we need a debate on gun control, and (2) the other side's views are despicable, stupid and unworthy of consideration." It's happening again, in reaction to Monday's murders at the Washington Navy Yard. But it's strikingly muted by comparison with the post-Newtown frenzy.
True, "President Obama called on Congress on Tuesday to revisit gun control legislation," as the Washington Post reports. But he didn't do it Monday, when he acknowledged the shooting before going on to deliver a hyperpartisan speech on economic policy. Instead:
In an interview with the Spanish-language television network Telemundo, Obama said the country's background check system for gun buyers is so weak it makes the United States vulnerable to mass shootings, such as the one last December that killed 26 small children [sic; actually 20 children and six adults] at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. "You know, I do get concerned that this becomes a ritual that we go through every three, four months, where we have these horrific mass shootings," Obama said in the interview. "Everybody expresses understandable horror. We all embrace the families--and obviously our thoughts and prayers are with those families right now as they're absorbing this incredible loss. And yet we're not willing to take some basic actions."
He sounds so weary and resigned. By contrast, he spat fire on April 17, when the Senate voted down the antigun measures he had been pushing since Newtown.
Antigun extremists are exhausted and demoralized. Newtown filled them with rage, which was understandable, but the direction in which they turned it--against lawful gun owners and defenders of the Second Amendment--was not. The effort to incite a moral panic was largely a failure, and nobody seems to have the energy to try it again.
The Daily Caller reports that Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who wasted no time in trying to revive the antigun effort Monday, is reduced to complaining about pestiferous citizens:
"I'm going to have my hair done this morning and there's somebody outside the salon waiting for me who says, 'Are you going to try and take our guns away again?' With, you know, malevolence. It's that attitude, that, the lack of, I guess, care and concern about the survival of the general public so that somebody can have a house full of weapons."
Feinstein, like Obama, wants to expand federally required background checks as a precondition for lawful gun purchases. Whatever the merits of such a proposal, in itself or as part of a broader antigun agenda, in the context of the Navy Yard shooting it is a non sequitur.
A background-check system did fail here, but it wasn't the system for checking gun buyers. As the Washington Post reports, the killer, Aaron Alexis, had "an all-access pass to a half-dozen military installations, despite a history of arrests for shooting episodes and disorderly conduct":
It is unclear why the Defense Department approved Alexis's security clearance after his 2004 arrest in Seattle for shooting out the tires of a car. Thomas Richards, a spokesman for the Office of Personnel Management, said the office conducted only one security review of Alexis, in 2007, and that it turned up his 2004 arrest in Seattle.
He maintained his clearance despite more recent brushes with the law and a pattern of misconduct that preceded his discharge from the Navy. Alexis was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct in DeKalb County, Ga., in 2008, and after he fired a shot into his apartment ceiling in Texas in 2010.
The Hill reports that the Pentagon released an inspector general report yesterday, which "said convicted felons routinely gain access to military facilities like Washington's Navy Yard":
The IG report specifically found that 52 felons had received unauthorized access to military facilities for 62 to 1,035 days. It said this had placed "military personnel, dependents, civilians, and installations at an increased security risk."
It said many facilities did not have enough funds to properly check the backgrounds of contractors.
The Navy did not "follow federal credentialing standards and DOD contractor vetting requirements and did not provide 7 of the 10 installations visited the appropriate resources and capabilities to conduct required contractor background checks," it said.
You would think a military facility, filled with men under arms, would be a particularly foolish place to carry out a mass shooting. You'd be wrong. As CNSNews.com notes: "Back in 1993, the Clinton administration virtually declared military establishments 'gun-free zones.' " Absent "a credible and specific threat against personnel," servicemen are not permitted to carry loaded firearms on base. The site quotes the father of a serviceman:
"My son was at Marine Barracks--at the Navy Yard yesterday--and they had weapons with them, but they didn't have ammunition. And they said, 'We were trained, and if we had the ammunition, we could've cleared that building.' Only three people had been shot at that time, and they could've stopped the rest of it."
Yet another non sequitur comes from Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor of the New York Times, in a blog post yesterday: "It's been reported that [Alexis] bought his shotgun in Virginia, which is the firearm supermarket of choice on the East Coast." That is where he bought his shotgun, but Rosenthal's own paper reports that the killer was unable to buy an AR-15 rifle "because state law there prohibits the sale of such weapons to out-of-state buyers."
Mediaite.com notes that New York's Daily News--in keeping with its tradition of hysteria and misinformation--splashed the AR-15 across its front page yesterday with the screamingly inaccurate headline "SAME GUN DIFFERENT SLAY." The paper touted a column by the bumptious sometime sportswriter Mike Lupica titled "AR-15 Is the Rifle for the 'Sport' of Hunting Humans." Atop that column now is the following correction:
The FBI's assistant director in charge of the Washington Field Office said Tuesday that gunman Aaron Alexis acted alone in the Navy Yard shooting that killed 12 people and added "we do not have any information" that an AR-15 was used. Mike Lupica's column was written Monday when The Daily News and The Associated Press among many others reported, using reputable law enforcement sources, that the shooter Alexis had used three weapons including an AR-15.
Other than that, the story was accurate.
The curious thing about Rosenthal's blog post is that so far it's the only thing his paper has had to say about the Navy Yard shooting. By contrast, its editorial on Newtown went up no later than 4:47 p.m. the day of the massacre. And that editorial was the start (or perhaps the intensification) of a crusade. Many more editorials followed in the ensuing months. Rage would appear to have given way to ennui.
Piers Morgan initially seemed less defatigable, tweeting up a storm on Monday against the AR-15. But on his CNN show that night, he seemed weary too. The Puffington Host reports that he "brought on three pro-gun advocates to argue with." But "after tangling over statistics and gun control for 10 minutes, he closed out the segment in frustration."
He complained: "We have this debate every time. I want the day to come when we don't have to have this ridiculous debate time and again in America." Well, doesn't Morgan have any creative control over his show? Does he just interview whomever his bookers tell him to? Surely if he'd wanted to do an hour of naught but antigun propaganda--or for that matter an hour about a different topic entirely--it was within his power.
Note too that complaining about the debate is not quite the same thing as engaging in it. National Journal reported Monday that "David Frum was quick to pivot to policy and attack pro-gun advocates." But as a Twitchy.com compilation of his tweets makes clear, he wasn't talking about policy, and his "attack" was a distinctly passive-aggressive one. He sarcastically laid out "a few simple rules of etiquette" to ensure "that we all respect the feelings of America's gun enthusiasts."
Example: "Rule 3: All gun owners are to be complimented as responsible and law-abiding until they personally have hurt themselves or somebody else." That's not a compliment; it's a reasonable presumption, if not a tautology. (Also, it's worth noting that not only "gun enthusiasts" are put off by Frumian pre-emptive contempt. This columnist, for instance, owns no guns, and we don't shoot with sufficient frequency to merit the label "enthusiast." But we like guns and gun people, and we are a U.S. Constitution enthusiast.)
Later in the day, Frum had a brief post at the Daily Beast titled "Let's Not Wait to Talk About Gun Control." In other words, his main point isn't about gun control, it's about talking about gun control. He resents the expectation that he treat his ideological adversaries with respect and that he wait a decent interval before shooting off his mouth on the subject. (But aren't gun-control people supposed to be in favor of waiting periods?)
Frum does make a weak effort at a substantive argument:
As David Hemenway notes in his study Private Guns, Public Health, Americans have experienced similar debates in the recent past. "Cars don't kill people; bad drivers kill people," could have been the slogan of the auto industry when it resisted safety regulation in the 1960s. The garment industry could have argued: "Flammable pajamas don't kill children; careless smokers kill children." And so on. Every accident has many causes, of course, and public safety progresses by addressing each one. To reduce car fatalities, we both installed seat belts and cracked down on drunken driving. Child deaths by fire have been reduced both because pajamas are safer and because adults smoke less.
In reality, anyone who has spent time around guns and gun enthusiasts knows that hypervigilance about safety is the defining characteristic of gun culture. Accidents happen, of course; and it's not impossible to believe that regulatory measures could reduce their incidence. But the antigun extremists are not primarily interested in accident prevention. And of course the Navy Yard shooting was not an accident but the deliberate act of a depraved criminal who was able to multiply the devastation because his victims had been disarmed, and at a military facility no less.
There are fruitful debates to be had about how to prevent mass-shooting atrocities, including by reforming the mental-health system and abolishing "gun-free zones" except in places like airports and courthouses where such bans can be effectively enforced against everyone, not just law-abiding citizens.
Those who are possessed by an irrational hatred of guns and gun owners are unlikely to make much contribution to those debates. But perhaps, having tired themselves out by futilely trying to stir up a panic, they'll withdraw for a while and leave the field to others of a more practical bent.
We Blame George W. Bush
"Obama Blames Boehner for Delay on Immigration Reform"--headline, TheHill.com, Sept. 17
According to Gore, He Was 97
"Dexter Douglass, a Lawyer for Gore in 2000 Recount, Dies at 83"--headline, New York Times, Sept. 18
Bowling for Enron
"Three Strikes and You're, Well, Still Playing the Same Game"--headline, Krugman.blogs.nytimes.com, Sept. 17
Stay Away, Secretary Kerry
"San Juan Capistrano Bans Flip-Flops at Dog Park"--headline, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 18
Life Imitates the Onion--I
- "Actual Expert Too Boring for TV"--headline, Onion, May 4, 2005
- "Guardian Story on Israel and N.S.A. Is Not 'Surprising' Enough to Cover"--headline, New York Times website, Sept. 16, 2013
Life Imitates the Onion--II
- "Maple Syrup Is an Excellent Way to Enhance the Flavor of Pancakes and Waffles / I Thought We Were Going to Talk About the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons"--"Point/Counterpoint" headlines, Onion, March 25, 2010
- "Maple Syrup Reactors Safe, Canadian Prime Minister Reassures"--headline, Onion, May 23, 2011
- "Mystery Maple Syrup-Like Smell in Tristate Region"--headline, WNYW-TV website (New York), Sept. 18, 2013
Life Imitates the Onion--III
- "PASCO, WA—After repeated rounds of indirect questioning, Mike Sado finally figured out the last name of the roommate he has been living with for the past eight months."--Onion, May 2, 2012
- "Ohio State Students Had a Stranger Squatting in Their Basement for More Than a Month Before They Found Him"--headline, BusinessInsider.com, Sept. 17
Clownish Cops' Screw-Up Scuppered the Scrounger's Capture
"Stolen Iowa Copper Sculpture Cut for Scrap"--headline, Associated Press, Sept. 17
Questions Nobody Is Asking
"So Should Nuns Be Allowed to Wear Hijabs?"--headline, Daily Telegraph website (London), Sept. 17
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
"I'd rather wear a veil than a thong. Or suspenders. Or those strange nipple tassel things. Or, in fact, most of those other uncomfy creations devised to satisfy men."--Alison Phillips, Daily Mirror (London), Sept. 18
Question and Answer
"Is It Too Early to Put the Central Heating On?"--headline, BBC website, Sept. 16
"U.N Researchers: Global Warming Clock Is at 'Five Minutes to Midnight' "--headline, Agence France-Presse, Sept. 2
Breaking News From Isaiah 58:7
" 'Strip Church' Ministry Helps Tennessee Exotic Dancers Shed Their Pasts"--headline, FoxNews.com, Sept. 17
Breaking News From 2009
"Obama Distress Signal: President Seeks Help From First-Term A-Team"--headline, TheHill.com, Sept. 18
Pink Hair and Purple Prose
The opening of Thomas Friedman's column today is even more Friedmanesque than usual:
I was at a conference in Bern, Switzerland, last week and struggling with my column. News of Russia's proposal for Syria to surrender its poison gas was just breaking and changing every hour, forcing me to rewrite my column every hour. To clear my head, I went for a walk along the Aare River, on Schifflaube Street. Along the way, I found a small grocery shop and stopped to buy some nectarines.
It reminds us of former senator Bob Graham's incredibly boring diary.
Friedman notes that the store clerk, who has his hair dyed "neon pink," blew a kiss at a young woman who walked by the store outside. "Observing all this joie de vivre," Friedman continues, "I thought to myself: 'Wow, wouldn't it be nice to be a Swiss?' "
Doesn't he know there's no such language?
Friedman goes on to talk about how Barack Obama's hair has grayed over the past 4½ years. This he attributes not to middle age but to the stresses of office. He concludes by approving of the phony Russian Syria deal as a means of relieving the pressure on poor Obama:
Let's really test how far Putin will go with us. I'm skeptical, but it's worth a try. Otherwise, Obama's hair will not just be turned gray by the Middle East these next three years, he'll go bald.
Apparently Friedman is unaware that Putin is practically bald himself.
A Times editorial today is also a classic. It's a denunciation of conservative groups that are urging House Republicans to take a confrontational approach to Obama. Here's the best part:
These groups, all financed with secret and unlimited money, feed on chaos and would like nothing better than to claim credit for pushing Washington into another crisis. Winning an ideological victory is far more important to them than the severe economic effects of a shutdown or, worse, a default, which could shatter the credit markets.
They also have another reason for their attacks: fund-raising.
If they have unlimited money, why do they need to raise funds?
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"3-point defense" should not be defined by opponents' 3P%
by Ken Pomeroy on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Saturday night, somebody noticed that Saint Louis had a horrible defensive 3P%. The first effects of the post-Rick Majerus era, right? Not really. It's because the defense has little control over its opponents' 3P%. As an illustration, let's look at the best and worst "three-point defenses" in previous seasons on December 4th, and examine how they fared the rest of the season.
What I've done is taken both the top 20 and bottom 20 teams in opponents' 3P% as of 12/4 each of the last four seasons, and recorded their three-point defense from December 5th onward. All figures are averages for the 20 teams in each group.


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Helllllllooooo, NYC!
So happy to have finally made the big move. Such a relief from monotonous and narcissist-drenched L.A. More to come! Just getting settled in my new digs.
I've been obsessed with leather recently. Leather, faux leather, I'll take it all! (Yes, I'm a huge animal lover and yes, I am aware of how hypocritical and moronic my statement is.) Leather or faux leather leggings are everywhere and I snagged these babies during a massive sale for $4. Occasionally, I'll have a lapse in sanity and purchase a handbag that's more than my rent–and that honestly brings me greater joy than any relationship ever has (okay, half-truth)–but how can you not fall in love with faux leather that looks and feels like the real deal for only $4?!!
Greg and I are both in genuine leather here and honestly I cannot tell the difference….
It's the little things, folks. You gotta love the little things. 😉
Have you ever stumbled on a photo and your immediate reaction is, "Who in the world is this??" before you realize it's you, say, six years ago?! I was cleaning out my closet and found a number of old head shots from my "previous life" and didn't recognize the girl in the photos at first. Funny how time and life have a way of changing our look…even down to the expression in our eyes…
Went to a showing of The Congress last night with a friend…neither of us really read what the film was about, but we both like Robin Wright and Jon Hamm and figured it was a drama we'd enjoy. Mistake. I'll refrain from posting a Siskel and Ebert and simply say I'll stick to watching House of Cards!
I've never been one of those who enjoys her neighbors…meaning, I like to keep to myself and appreciate it when others do the same. Not to say I'm anti-social or a snob, but when people live in close proximity to one another, I find a little distance is needed to maintain privacy. I definitely love my privacy…But I have to say these two guys, Greg and The Bear, have completely challenged my theory. They're not only fantastic neighbors and genuine people, but they've become my good friends (and a trusted hairstylist! Thanks, Bear!) who make me bust a gut. Genuineness in L.A. is tough to find, let alone right next door, and I feel very blessed.
I had forgotten about this little piece I wrote back in 2011…people kept asking why I was no longer interested in being an actor. It was never published, even though I shopped it around, but I stumbled on it recently and thought I'd "publish" it myself.
A Stranger's Approval
Her name was always Bambi. Or Candy. Or Paradise. Never Grace, Vivian, or Marjorie. Oh, no; Marjorie has the ring of an old maid and the entertainment business is all about availability, youth, and a globular rack. That is, if you went down the "sexy girl" casting route. And lots of beautiful or somewhat pretty and often vapid girls skip along that road. I did.
People have asked why I'm no longer an actor. "What happened to your passion?" they'd say. And I've never had a pat answer. I used to question whether I threw in the towel too quickly or hadn't tried hard enough but upon heartfelt examination, I knew that wasn't true. The truth was that proving myself worthy of a role, over and over, was exceptionally draining, especially when people saw me as a one-note character I'd grown tired of playing. The day in day out repetition…it was exhausting.
If I was required to count the number of hooker and stripper roles I've auditioned for in eight years I couldn't come up with a tally. A guestimate, maybe. Over 200? Probably. Under 300? Possibly, but I'm not sure. Now that I'm no longer in that field, I marvel at the amount of mundane and sexist roles I tried out for (usually in a bikini or clubwear and occasionally topless if the role demanded it; I've never had qualms with showing the goods). I shake my head at all the time I wasted blowing out my long, naturally curly hair to make it sleek…how I tried to get the false lashes glued perfectly to my lash line…the mass amounts of pink gloss I went through to make sure my lips looked their Bambi best (lacquered DSLs were always hot on camera). Or how about making sure my Crisco mug was always adequately powdered? Especially the T-zone. Damn that T-zone! During the summer it took several powderings to leave a barely-matte finish before I was confident enough to set foot in front of the firing squad. And the butterflies…Jesus, I'd have a tsunami of jitterbugs in my stomach before I was scheduled for a casting. Once, I was so frazzled auditioning for the bigwigs at TNT that I completely blew my chances by way of a panic attack. Nothing like a fainting thespian to give her competitors an immediate edge.
Let's say, then, with hair and makeup–and extra time was needed to cover tattoos (unless the part called for Ginger to be especially dirty)–we were at a solid two-and-a-half hours. At least. Every bloody time. Factor in, say, 250 auditions, that was 625 hours—not counting print castings, mind you, just commercials, TV, and film. Well over a month of my life was spent attempting to please some frau casting director who may or may not have thought I was the cat's meow, may or may not have been on the rag, may or may not have been in the mood to meet the seventieth bimbette of the day. The variables were unending and stupefying. All that time I obsessed over my value as a woman only served in giving me a sweat-stained shirt and an empty bottle of Xanax. That was a lot to go through for the approval of a stranger, a one to three minute tryout. And what did I acquire out of those faster-than-you-can-order-Taco-Bell auditions? Occasionally I got the role, and when I booked–man, did I feel fabulous! Mostly, though, I felt nothing but a plethora of anxiety, regret (I should have chanted that last line with more bravado!), and a pit of worthlessness as deep as a lane of 405 rush hour traffic.
No longer am I desperate for a random schmuck's approval. I've refused to allow others control my destiny and decide how pretty or talentless I am for my bread and butter. I don't need it. That suffocating desire for validation has long since vanished. I've happily stepped aside to let the thousands of other girls in Los Angeles grapple for the role of: Busty Brunette, sexy but the kind of girl you can take home to Mom.
And that is why, ladies and gentleman, I am thankful I'm no longer an actor.
New site officially up…many random musings about writing, Los Angeles, and life in general to come. 😉


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Guest list for chef: 70,000 Super Bowl fans
Super Bowl XLVI food facts
40 — number of chefs
300 — gallons of barbecue sauce
4,500 — pounds of hamburger
4,600 — pounds of potato chips
10,000 — pounds of nacho chips
35,000 — pounds of chicken fingers
SOURCE: Centerplate
Click here to view Chef Orlando Morales' recipes for fish tacos and white chocolate bread pudding
Hyperbole and sports go together like chips and beer, so it's only a slight exaggeration to say that Escondido's Orlando Morales will be the busiest person in America on Sunday. And the hungriest.
He said he'll be so focused on feeding the 70,000 people inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl that he won't have time to eat himself.
Morales, 47, is the executive chef overseeing food preparation and personnel for this year's big game.
His main job is handling food, menu and dining operations for the San Diego Chargers and its hospitality partner, Centerplate, at Qualcomm Stadium.
During the Super Bowl week, Centerplate estimates that Morales will help feed almost 288,000 people at 10 venues. And his main day will start in the dark and stretch into Monday morning.
Morales took a break this week to discuss working on a day when about 100 million Americans will be doing anything but in front of their TVs.
Q: Do you remember working your first Super Bowl?
A: The first one I think I lost about half my hair in the process. I went from having a nice hairstyle to not so much afterward. Then whatever I had left over, it got pretty white.
It's very nerve-wracking, and I guess to a point it's good because it helps you stay focused on what we need to get done. The first Super Bowl, I was very, very proud of my staff and the managers and everybody because we were ready to go.
Q: How did you get selected this year?
A: I had done it twice, and with Qualcomm Stadium right now, there is nothing happening. So they said, "Orlando, Why don't your run this event?" But mostly it's because of my experience. I have done two World Series. I have done N.B.A. championships. I have done hockey as well. I've been to the biggest events.
Q: What's your favorite recipe at Qualcomm and at the Super Bowl?
A: At Qualcomm, we love our fish tacos, the ones we do for suites. We do them with fresh mahi mahi and they're phenomenal. You can eat pounds of those things. We marinate the mahi mahi with a little bit of lime juice and tequila overnight. Then the next day we come in and we pan fry the big chunks. We send that to suites with the warm tortillas, the guacamole, the salsa, the lettuce, the crema blanca.
Here in Indiana, we're doing a bunch of stuff for football food. One of the recipes they have is a warm mushroom salad, which is made with a parmesan vinaigrette and oyster mushrooms. We roast them and then toss them up with herbs, garlic, onions, the parmesan vinaigrette. It's so simple but it's just so awesome.
Q: What is Super Bowl day like for you?
A: The day of the event, we come in around 5 a.m. All the chefs go over our plan for the day that we talked about the whole week getting prepared for the event, and then we start cooking. We have so many locations with food going out it's just incredible, so it has to be coordinated real well. Everybody needs to know what time they need to be firing food, where it needs to go, what kind of box. When food is sent out, all the chefs go out to the locations, start garnishing the food, preparing the food, setting up the buffets, cooking for the buffets, make sure we're not missing anything. The logistics are just enormous.


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TxDOT's 90% amnesty gets $767k, 1.25% of outstanding tolls & fees - now to courts
TxDOT's three month-long 90%-amnesty program on outstanding toll penalty fees garnered about 1.25% of scofflaw debt - $767k out of $61.6m. The recovery of unpaid tolls was much higher - $265k out of $3.2m or 8.3%. Recovery of violation fees was $501k out of $58.4m or about 0.9%.
10,580 people who took advantage of the 90% forgiveness program represented just over 7% of about 150,000 people with serious toll and penalty debts.
The program was officially termed a Toll Violation Recovery Program and offered to forgive 90% of outstanding toll penalties in return for:
- payment of the unpaid tolls
- payment of 10% penalty fees
- signing up for a TxTag electronic toll account, and
- remaining in good standing on that account for a year
The partial amnesty program ran from August 30 through December 1.
Interestingly there was a huge rush on the last day of the 92-day long program and even in the final hours.
Reports TxDOT: "The TxTag Customer Service Center (CSC) in North Austin drew large crowds during the final day of the program. Over 26 percent of the 10,580 customers that chose to pay under the program were served by customer service representatives on Monday alone. The TxTag toll-free phone number was over its 150-call capacity for most of the evening before it shut down at 11pm, and customers were served in-person at the customer service center until after 2am Tuesday, despite the center's stated 7pm closing time."
Most of TxDOT's tolling and the toll violations are associated with the new central Texas (Austin area) tollroads - SH130, SH45, Loop 1. They began tolling the 105km (65 miles) in segments as they opened from the fall of 2006 through the spring of 2008. The program also covered Loop 49 in Tyler in far northeast Texas.
Recovery was split about 2 to 1 discounted penalty fees to tolls. See table nearby.
Mark Tomlinson, TxDOT Turnpike Authority Division director is quoted as saying he was "pleased to see so many people trying to do the right thing and pay their tolls Monday."
He said he was proud his staff "went the extra mile to provide great customer service."
The partial amnesty program was an effort to collect before the Turnpike Division of TxDOT takes its first violators to court to collect.
Tomlinson in an official statement said: "We don't like having to take the step of filing in court to collect, but if you choose to use a toll road, paying your tolls is a matter of state law. I believe we've done as much as we can, within the bounds of bond covenants and state law to encourage customers to pay on time or to take care of delinquent bills."
In the new year TxDOT will begin court filings to collect tolls and fees still owed - about $3m in tolls and around $55m in violation fees. They say that non-payers will incur additional fines and court fees of $350 or more on each toll violation.
Once a court filing is made on a customer's account, the TxTag customer service representatives can no longer discuss payment, and the non-payer is in the hands of a judge.
TxDOT is nevertheless urging those who missed the amnesty to avoid the $350 extra and the court filings by calling the customer service center (888 468 9824 7am to 7pm weekdays, Sat 9am to 6pm) to discuss a deal on their outstanding penalty fees.
Spokesman Karen Amacker tells us that by law TxDOT must collect the full toll due, but it has discretion to waive some penalty fees, and from the beginning of tollroads in Central Texas has been willing to waive up to 50% of those due by motorists in return for opening a TxTag account and remaining in good standing for a year.
"We are not going to give discounts of 90% as we did during the recent three month program but we are always willing to discuss waiving some of the penalty fees with customers who show a willingess to pay their past tolls and establish a toll account," Amacker told us.
Most of the unpaid tolls occur in open road and all-electronic toll lanes and at unstaffed ramps, because it is rare for motorists to drive past a toll collector in a cash lane. However in the TxDOT central Texas network (130, 45N, Loop 1) only 10% of tolls are cash. 74% are by transponder (TxTag or other transponders from Dallas and Houston) while 16% are camera or video tolls called "Pay by Mail". There is no cash collected in Tyler on Loop 49.
TxDOT's toll revenues in the last reported fiscal year ending Aug 2008 were $49m, and in fiscal 2009 ending Aug 31 this year, the first year with almost the whole system open were $59m.
The longterm unpaid tolls of $3m therefore relate to about $110m or so in total tolls collected.
BACKGROUND: The toll business is doing well in central Texas. Regional toller CTRMA is well ahead of traffic and revenues forecasts made at the time their 183A toll road was launched - virtually double.
TxDOT's three tollroad network is also doing better than expected by traffic and revenue studies done by Vollmer/URS back in 2002 during the planning phase.
In FY2009, the 12 months ending Aug31, average weekday traffic measured by toll transactions was 224k vs 169k forecast for this year back in 2002. That's a third higher than forecast.
In the same year actual toll revenue was $58.9m v T&R forecasts for the year of $49.7m, 19% ahead.
Interestingly the downtown-Austin oriented Loop-1, and the area-bypass/east-side peripheral 130Toll are pretty much running to forecast in revenue terms, though traffic is higher than expected.
The big surprise success is 45N an east-west connector that hooks into CTRMA's very successful 183A tollroad in the northwest. 45N is running 90k to 100k average weekday transactions v 58k forecast, about 65% over. Toll revenue for FY2009 was $18m v $12.2m forecast for the year. Cash collection on 45N is only 8%. (CTRMA's 183A to which it is connected is cashless.)
The fact that traffic is above forecast much more than revenue is above forecast suggests either that average toll rates or average trip lengths are less than expected or that violations rates are above forecast, so less is being collected per trip. We're still hoping to get some violations data from TxDOT.
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Trade Deficit Snaps Back In January, Larger Than Expected
So much for that December plunge in the US trade deficit, which plunged from $48.6 billion to three year low of $38.5 billion supposedly on a drop in energy imports, but in reality was due to a drop in broad imports as the US economy ground to a halt ahead of the Fiscal Cliff. In January, or after the stop gap measure to allow the economy to continue, things went back to normal, with the US returning to doing what it does best: importing, especially importing expensive energy, and sure enough the deficit spiked promptly back to $44.4 billion - it recent long-term average - as exports were $2.2 billion less than December exports of $186.6 billion while January imports were $4.1 billion more than December imports of $224.8 billion. Immediate result: look for banks to trim 0.2-0.3% GDP points from their Q1 GDP forecasts.
Drilling down some more:
The December to January decrease in exports of goods reflected decreases in industrial supplies and materials ($2.6 billion) and other goods ($1.0 billion). Increases occurred in capital goods ($0.7 billion); foods, feeds, and beverages ($0.4 billion); consumer goods ($0.3 billion); and automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.2 billion).
The December to January increase in imports of goods reflected increases in industrial supplies and materials ($4.0 billion); other goods ($0.7 billion); and capital goods ($0.5 billion). Decreases occurred in consumer goods ($0.9 billion) and automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.7 billion). Foods, feeds, and beverages were virtually unchanged.
The January 2012 to January 2013 increase in exports of goods reflected increases in foods, feeds, and beverages ($1.2 billion); capital goods ($1.1 billion); consumer goods ($1.0 billion); and other goods ($0.3 billion). Decreases occurred in industrial supplies and materials ($0.3 billion) and automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.3 billion).
The January 2012 to January 2013 decrease in imports of goods reflected decreases in industrial supplies and materials ($4.2 billion); automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.3 billion); and foods, feeds, and beverages ($0.2 billion). Increases occurred in consumer goods ($1.4 billion); capital goods ($1.3 billion); and other goods ($0.3 billion).
As for the geographic focus, here is which countries were the biggest January trading partners:
The January figures show surpluses, in billions of dollars, with Hong Kong $2.7 ($4.0 for December), Australia $1.2 ($1.7), Singapore $0.7 ($1.1), and Brazil $0.9 ($1.3). Deficits were recorded, in billions of dollars, with China $27.8 ($24.5), European Union $8.6 ($8.7), OPEC $6.4 ($3.4), Japan $6.1 ($5.7), Canada $4.9 ($3.6), Germany $4.2 ($5.4), Mexico $3.6 ($3.9), Korea $2.1 ($1.1), Venezuela $2.0 ($1.3), Ireland $1.9 ($1.5), Saudi Arabia $1.9 ($1.7), and India $1.5 ($0.5)
And as much as it hurts us to crush idiotic memes, the January data shows that rather than indicative of US "energy independence" leading to a trade surplus, and a soaring USD, any times soon, the December plunge in the deficit was merely a politically-driven fluke.
Source: Census
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Ah yes...our rampant consumption.
This morning, Macro Advisers have already reduced GDP outlook to 1.75% from 2.25% secondary to the Obamaquester. Now they will have to cut GDP projections even more.
Great News! Dow to 16,000! Booyah!
Oil imports have exploded.
The only thing this "country" can do to generate any income, is export gas and diesel like there's no tomorrow.
This number will never change.
The number at the pump however, will continue to change until there are no drivers left.
USA is already a net oil producing...something true for some time now. Foreigners in order to maintain a steady supply of dollars which outside of China have suddenly vanished globally are being forced to sell at a loss. It still might be a while before "gasoline as loss leader" returns to the local Conveniient Store but I can see a day in the very near future where the bulk of the American population ditch the internal combustion engine permanently. The geopolitics of oil gave already swung massively in favor of the USA which produces more oil than Saudi Arabia by far. Once you throw in natural gas, distillates, chemical compounding, industrial base, transportation infrastructure, capital infrastructure, zero bound interest rates, political stability (so far), technology supremacy, the idea of a consumer...etc, etc...it's really hard to see what can go wrong here in the next six months to a year. I do agree growth is slowing...but with Europe in free fall and Japan in Dire Straits those are two very significant trading partners that are kaput right now. That leaves Canada and Mexico which while the USA's most important trading partners going on a couple of decades now do not have very large markets to "tap into." in short "this number does not worry me nearly as much as the plunge in incomes number."
No problem. Bubbble Bernanke and the Fed plan on paying back anything in declining US dollars.
An overnight collaspe of the US dollar should make those that took the US dollars for hard assets look like fools.
That would require one of three things 1) letting those dollar repartriate or 2) letting those printed dollars actually get to the average person or 3) printing faster than everyone else. ALL of which Ben seems to be failing at. With everyone outside the U.S. stuck on their own flavor of fiat I don't see it happening just yet. Once everyone on earth demands a currency backed by something real, maybe. Unfortunately, all governments are actively working to keep that from happening.
Bingo. No one is allowed to take a decisive lead in the race to the bottom.
(To the tune of Anything You Can Do)
Anything you can print, I can print faster...I can print anything faster than you.
"One of the longest and most powerful equity bull markets in history turns 4 years old today. And traders believe there is just one man to thank: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke".
And this news sends the S&P futures tumbling up nearly 4 points.
At what level will it be when we learn later this month that the Q4 2012 GDP actually did fall, and fell more than originally reported back in January, and from a revised gain of 0.1% in February, and when we learn in late April that Q1 2013 GDP fell nearly 1.0%?
Predictions: 1600 for the former, 1650 for the latter.
Damnit Ben, the chinese are printing yaun faster again. You can do better, set those printers to ludicrous speed! < sarc off >
'mericuns back to buying and consuming sh*t we don't need to fuel one deficit with money provided by the debt brotha's entitlement programs which feed the other deficit...(chanting USA, USA!), Idiocracy, anyone?
Trade deficit with China = $27.8 billion - $333 billion annualized. What else u need to know?
I wanna know how much more physical gold China has within its borders than the US has.
Obviously the "recovery" is gaining momentum. All we need now is a jump in first-time claims to demonstrate our "progress".
I love the way they go back and rewicker the numbers when no one is watching. The charade is ending and it won't end well. Grab a chair and hold on tightly. The music is fading-out fast. Lock and Load.
$188 million/hour is for pikers....ramp it to $500 million/hour stawk market fuel and then we'll really be rockin!
this data keeps getting more comical. this looks like a great recovery, lol.
isnt it funny also how the bank stress tests are after hours, wouldnt want to rattle the financials god for bid if something were to go wrong
Exports are going to get even worse with the strong $. The effed up Fed. pumps money into the global economy and causes inflation, so everyone buys the $ to keep their ccys. cheap. Bernanke likes cutting off the head to spite the tail.
Fuck You Bernanke!
More debt and deficits are better. Wall Street and the rating agencies like it.
We are at $16.7 trillion.
Yes we can get debt up to $20 trillion fast.
Wake me up when we have a $25 trillion in debt.
$25 Trillion is a mere three-inch high stack of platinum coins, y'know. :D
The reports that are affecting markets are all lies, No one seems to care and Obama is ok with lying to everyone about everything. What the hell kind of a country do we live in?
@mfltucson, this is part of the plan. lets have the markets go as high as possible so the media can claim how well of a sustained recovery obama has led.
all of us on zh know though, that obama is the biggest fucking piece of shit on the face of the earth and is arguably the worst president of all time.
we also know that this market is a scam and has no reflection on the real economy whatsoever,
i really wish someone knew how to hack the system and crash it to 0, thatd be so hilarious and fucking awesome.
i really wish someone knew how to hack the system and crash it to 0
Oh, they know how to do that...they just need to lure all the sheep in (and they are hedged) before the execute the order. You can't outrun the pre-programmed HFTs.
MFL welcome to the matrix. don't let JCP or walmart get you down, just blips on a robust economic recovery. they have gotten so good they are making that sale to all the eyes wide shut mopes. very sad but nothing will change the elites are running more and more of one's life. adapt and over come should be your motto.
Close your eyes, and plug your ears http://bloomberg.econoday.com/byshoweventfull.asp?fid=456342&cust=bloomberg-us&year=2013&lid=0&prev=/byweek.asp#top
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Summary:Lucy Cullins is a successful but slick and cynical producer at a home-shopping television network, who is desperately in need of some Christmas spirit. When Lucy hires an actor named Nick to play Santa Claus on the network, she gets more than she bargained for. Nick really is Santa Claus, and he faces mandatory retirement after 200 years on the job. Nick must find his replacement by Christmas Eve -- or the world will face dire consequences -- and he sets his sights on Lucy.


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The start of the hill.
Almost at the top!
Chillin' at Santa Teresa County Park.
The start of the hill.
Almost at the top!
Chillin' at Santa Teresa County Park.
The changes from the original build are upgraded cranks (Truvativ Omnium), Easton EA70 46cm shallow drops and a KMC chain. I'm already through the rear tire and after only three months of riding I need a replacement.
What I find is for the type of "fitness" riding I like to do, this truly is the choice bike. It climbs better than any mountain bike I own and descends any non-technical trail just as fast. I am faster on this bike than any of my other trail bikes when considering equal terrain (obviously my full suspension bike does much better on technical downhills).
I do find myself wanting gears, though. There are some climbs that are just not do'able on the singlespeed, so I resort to walking (which I hate). With this kind of climbing geometry, it'd be so awesome to shift up. There is one hill (Coyote Peak in Santa Teresa County Park) that requires an initial walk, but I can clear everything else.
I think if I can go back, I'd build a geared bike. In fact, if I would've listen to my brother, I would've built one cyclocross bike from the beginning instead of having my Surly Pacer AND my SS 'crosser. Oh well...
It's nice to have the variety of bikes that I own - and I do ride them all. However, when you ride only a few, it makes you wonder if all the others are necessary, especially when you've bascially found "The One".
To me, a cyclocross bike is like taking all my favorite attributes of an off-road bike and forming Voltron. And in case you didn't know - Voltron is BADASS.
US National Cyclocross Championships 1976 Sunriver Oregon
"That's chaos, man... if that ain't something..."
"That's chaos..."
I really don't have super high-end stuff, so if you're in the middle of the road like I am - budget-wise - then maybe I might be able to share some of my experiences with you.
I also love to share ride reports, the occasional race report, and shoot iPhone photos (which I post on Instagram under "dionridesbikes"), so I hope you enjoy those, too.
Thanks for browsing my blog!
NOTE: I do not receive free product from any company nor do I get paid by any company for any product I review. Unfortunately, I pay for all the stuff I talk about. So, there are no biases when it comes to my write-ups. I truly hope that I can provide the low-down and dirty skinny on products with true, real-world testing from daily riding. I hope in some way, my ramblings can help you make an informed decision.


text: Wahab Riaz's left-arm fast medium has benefited from Pakistan's chronic poor luck with fast bowlers. With Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif missing more than they play and Umar Gul injury-prone, Riaz came into national reckoning earlier than he might have reasonably expected. His early start was promising though it came in ODIs against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh early in 2008. His first real test came against India in Bangladesh, where after 9.2 expensive overs, he was taken out of the attack for bowling two beamers. But as Pakistan misses its leading bowlers Riaz's brisk pace remains in national contention.


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Mine is always right on the back of my leg. I haven't had as many problems with that this year. Last year the back of my leg was always sliced open. Maybe I am wearing those gears down now. LOL.
Chainrings and calfs don't mix well!! Just tore a 1/4 inch deep 8 CM long gash in my leg this afternoon.....13 stitches later, off the bike for 1 - 2 months, which in Oregon's sunny summers is precious and rainless time to lose.
Originally Posted by MTBPDX
Chainrings and calfs don't mix well!! Just tore a 1/4 inch deep 8 CM long gash in my leg this afternoon.....13 stitches later, off the bike for 1 - 2 months, which in Oregon's sunny summers is precious and rainless time to lose.
Not sure why that little scrape would keep you OTB for 1-2 months! :D
Time to dredge this up and report that I had opted to ride as is no bash guard. Lots of on and off road riding since, and it happened! Of course it didn't happen riding, but when putting it up in the stand :D Very mild.
**it happens
If anyone is still on the fence about getting a bash guard I would STRONGLY recommend it. This happened when I wasn't even on the bike after successfully making it down a fairly complicated run. I was standing with my feet down on either side of my bike trying to turn it around on some loose rocks when it lurched forward.
Initially i thought the pedal had spun around and hit me in the back of the calf.. but no, it was the razor sharp teeth on the outer ring. I was probably about a mile away from any major road. I tied my shirt around my leg and coasted on my bike/hobbled to a trail exit.
And the stitches..
Kill the bike, and live another day ... That's been my motto for decades.
Get the heck away from it, if at all posssible.
Damn trekkyrider
I can feel that through on my monitor.
I feel your pain (literally). Had a very similar cut, but near my ankle. Had to ride home on one leg. Another couple fractions of an inch and the tendon would have been cut. Not fun having sand and grease swabbed out of there with betadine.
Just remembering it makes me want to convert the new bike to 2x. Rarely use the fleshsaw ring anyway
Heal fast and well!
Ha yeah I was worried i'd gotten a tendon or the muscle but fortunately it was just fat tissue. THe most painful part was the intramuscular antibiotic shot. That was like pumping liquid fire into my entire leg.
I haven't missed the large ring. I'm thinking about getting the chain adjusted though because I've been noticing quite a bit of chain slap that occasionally pops the chain into another gear.
Yeah, forgot about the shot part. I had to get six internal stitches and twelve external. Soon after the stitches were out my girlfriend and I had a fight, I got drunk and kicked something which opened the cut:
Since it couldn't be restitched, I had to let it fill in. Wish I could go back 20 years and tell myself not to be such an ass. Please note the small scab, where I got bit again a few weeks ago :madman:
Back on topic, thanks again for the reminder. I think I smell a new order from Race Face coming up. The question is basic black, or blue to match the bike.
I got gashed down my calf too with platforms. I hit the bottom of a drop and my leg ripped right
down the ring when I hit the bottom. Now it's clipless and 2x bash for me. The clipless pedals
seem enough on their own though. I like the bash on the rocks and trees mainly.


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(Yesterday, Australian swimming legend, Daniel Kowalski, announced in Melbourne that he was hanging up his swimsuit and goggles, and ending his career at the age of 27. What a career it has been!
Kowalski won Olympic gold as a member of Australia's 800 meter freestyle relay in 2000 and was a silver medalist in the 1500 in 1996 behind teammate Kieren Perkins. Over the past decade, he won numerous medals at the World Championships, Pan-Pacs, Commonwealth Games and Australian Nationals.
He ends his career as the fourth fastest man in history in the 800m free (7:50.28) behind three other Aussies–Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett and Kieren Perkins; and the fourth fastest man in history in the 1500 meter freestyle (14:53.42), with three sub-15-minute efforts to his credit.
Here, Daniel describes the reason he is saying goodbye to the sport he loves so well, and reflects on his career.
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There comes a time in every person's life when it's time to move on. My time came last week. After years of dealing with chronic shoulder pain, two shoulder reconstructions and endless hours of rehabilitation, I have had enough and decided to hang up the trusty Speedo and go cold turkey on the chlorine fumes.
In recent times I have been troubled by neck pain that is causing loss of feeling in my mouth and severe pins and needles in my hand. I'm passionate about our great sport but not to the point of possibly doing further damage to my body.
I will miss the sport immensely and everything that it represents. I have had an incredible journey that started at the age of six. I can still remember, as a nine-year-old, sitting in my lounge room watching the '84 LA Olympics and knowing: that's what I wanted to do in life.
After an average age group career, I dropped close to one minute off my 1500 time and came third at the Australian Olympic Trials in '92, going 15:15 as a 16 year old. From there it has been one incredible roller coaster ride.
My first team was Pan Pacs in '93 in Kobe, Japan where I won three silver medals — all behind Kieren Perkins — in the 400, 800 and 1500m free. I spent most of my time running around getting autographs from other swimmers; I was in awe the whole time — especially seeing Janet Evans and Jeff Rouse.
Apart from wins at the World Short Course Championships, it's mostly been minor medals for me at the Olympic, World, Pan Pac or Commonwealth level behind Perkins, Grant Hackett or Ian Thorpe or Kiwi Danyon Loader. My personal highlight was the silver behind Perkins in the 1500 in Atlanta. It was an end of a great week and to finish second to a great friend and an absolute legend made it that much more special. It was the race that literally stopped the nation and I was so honoured to be a part of it.
What I will miss most are my teammates at the Miami Swim Club. My coach Denis Cotterell has been amazing, and to train alongside the likes of Grant Hackett, Giaan Rooney, Michael Klim and a host of youngsters has made a very frustrating three-year period a little easier.
The sport has given and taught me lot about who I am. Two non-swimming highlights have been addressing the UN General Assembly in New York City in 1999, delivering a resolution on behalf of the IOC, as well as my role as a UN ambassador visiting refugee camps. Swimming has also provided me with great life skills but, most importantly, it has provided friendships that will last forever.
So much is made of the rivalry between the Australians and the US. For me it was always so hard to buy into. Don't get me wrong: I wanted to be a part of the world's number one swim team. But I never got the whole rivalry thing. I have so many friends in US swimming. Kristy Kowal is one of my closest friends; in Sydney I was cheering for her, muc to the dismay of my teammates. I keep in close contact with Courney Shealy, Nate Dusing ans Ed Moses as well as coaches Eddie Reese and Mike Walker at Texas and Mike Bottom at Cal. Anytime I can help, I will — just as I would any swimmer or coach, whether they be Australian, American or European.
I would love to take part in the dual meets scheduled to begin next year, but it will be in some capacity other than that of competitor. What I do know is that if out sport is going to be "all-world," then it needs to be embraced by the USA, and everyone has to play his or her part to ensure this happens.
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Too slow and jumping around between too many characters describes this whole shows run, not just this season. This season I ended up fast forwarding through a lot of it and still didn't feel like I missed anything by the end of it. There's too many characters and I've not been given one good reason to care about 90 percent of them. Remembering all their names is a whole other thing to. Besides Tyrion, Ned Stark, Arya, Daenerys and her dragons I find that I don't care about anyone else on the show. Jon Snow and Robb Stark are decent supporting characters but nobody else does anything for me . It's just too all over the place and needs to concentrate on just a handful of characters.
The "Red Wedding" episode this season was pretty awesome and should've been the season finale. It was funny seeing all over the internet how people freaked out over that episode. It's like they've never watched anything violent on TV or in movies before.
I do look forward to the inevitable wacking of King Geoffrey and please can we get some more damn White Walkers already. All this build up over winter coming and these creatures who come with it and we barely get anything out of it in three seasons
When the show is at it's best it's tough to beat. It just takes so damn long to get to the good stuff.
Yup, I pretty much agree with you on all your points. I hate almost every character on the show. I know I'm supposed to hate them but I'm not even rooting for anyone; save that Onion Knight guy, Arya, the Hound, Samwise and Hodor. Like when Catherine got hr throat slashed I was like, "yup".
Of all the characters this season I think I had the biggest hate-on for that girl who's marrying Geoffery. I know she's just playing him, but she's just such a moron.
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|From Loveland
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2012
|Great hike for the first day at elevation
|Posted Jun 13, 2012 6:11 pm
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Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2006
|Like everybody else, start @ Loveland etc, etc...next time I'll do it from Lenawee via Black mtn starting in Chihuahua gulch, maybe...
|Posted May 17, 2012 4:49 pm
Date Climbed: Apr 4, 2012
|Nice climb, got my lungs pumping for sure.
|Posted Apr 5, 2012 6:13 pm
|Very Windy
Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2012
|Not much snow up here right now. Only got to the saddle as it was just way too windy.
|Posted Jan 3, 2012 9:30 pm
|Loveland Pass
Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2011
|Second ascent, with Cupid and Sniktau. Nice fall day, chilly but sunny and calm and not too much snow on the trail.
|Posted Oct 19, 2011 10:28 pm
|From da pass
Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2011
|Easy, cold morning tagging Sniktau, "Cupid", Grizzly, UN12,752 and UN12,542.
Only saw one person all day. Very nice!
|Posted Sep 20, 2011 3:05 pm
|High Winds on Grizzly
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2011
|Started up from Loveland Pass TH at 7:30AM. Reached Grizzly via Cupid at 9:17 with crystal skies but 30mph winds all day.
Wanted to do Sniktau but was to weather-beaten, back to the TH at 11:16 with light breeze there. Made the best of it and had a good climb.......Sweet!
|Posted Jun 14, 2011 9:12 am
|Loveland Pass
Date Climbed: May 28, 2011
|CMC BMS routefinding trip. This was my second time on Grizzly. We started around 5AM, went over Cupid and reached Grizzly around 9:15AM. There was some concern about weather (possible PM t'storms) and avalanche danger, but despite some monster cornices on the Divide, we managed to avoid those hazards. The weather cooperated, but it was very windy. We got back to Loveland Pass around 1PM.
|Posted May 28, 2011 6:40 pm
|Pefect day for it
Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2011
|Nice ridge-walk from Loveland Pass. Rewarding views in every direction.
|Posted Apr 23, 2011 3:01 pm
|Matt Lemke
|Easy winter climb from Loveland
Date Climbed: Jan 4, 2010
|A nice day in winter without much wind proved for a nice easy climb.
|Posted Dec 23, 2010 1:59 am
|Loveland Pass Tour
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2010
|Climbed en route to Grays and Torreys from Loveland Pass. Great summit! I wasn't too excited about the climb back up on the return trip. Marauding thunderstorms didn't help either...
|Posted Dec 20, 2010 9:24 pm
|Nice scramble
|Great Ridge from Sniktau to Grizzly, fun scramble to end at summit and fantastic views. Makes for a nice day.
|Posted Sep 8, 2010 12:31 pm
|Via Loveland Pass
Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2010
|Windy day!
|Posted Sep 5, 2010 5:02 pm
Date Climbed: May 30, 2009
|Climbed with Mike - patriarch of the Griswolds.
|Posted Aug 8, 2010 11:40 am
|Steve Larson
|From Loveland Pass
Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2010
|Ran up to do this after getting shut down by bottomless slush down lower. Took longer than I thought. So many ups and downs. Quite windy. Started out in marginal conditions, but the skies cleared ten minutes before the summit. Nice!
|Posted Apr 18, 2010 6:44 pm
|Loveland Pass
Date Climbed: Mar 7, 2010
|Very enjoyable, safe winter climb. The wind was pretty unrelenting. Just me mindfull of the cornices to the west. Many false summits on this one with about 750 ft. (seems like more) elevation gain on the descent.
|Posted Mar 8, 2010 9:37 am
|Pete Castricone
|From Loveland Pass
Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2009
|With a great group from 14ers.com.
|Posted Dec 19, 2009 9:46 am
|it beat me up
Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2007
|I climbed this mountain from Loveland Pass.
The up and down of trying to summit Grizzly can get you, but the view at the top is awesome.
Date climbed is approximate, but I was accompanying my "usual suspects"
|Posted Sep 28, 2009 7:03 pm
|Long Day
Date Climbed: Dec 10, 2005
|Sorry this is so old but was updating my profile and thought I would add this. Long day, started from Loveland pass in the dark at 5:30 AM. Made good time to the ridge to watch the sunrise. Made the summit around 10:00 AM. Descended to the saddle between Torreys and Grizzly and ascended halfway to Torreys. Had to be back in Denver by 5 so we turned around at 11:30 and made our way back. This is the only time I have gotten AMS bad. Threw up twice on the way back to the pass. Not a fun time, beautiful day though.
|Posted Aug 26, 2009 11:50 am
|Grizzly Indeed
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009
|Grizzly Peak was a bit more of an endeavor than expected; however, I probably wouldn't have thought so if it weren't for the fact that it was my son's first peak...he's 17 months old and was carried on my back the entire time. After much debate at the class 3 rock outcrop, we did move on and it turned out to be a little less arduous than it looked...but don't be fooled: it is definitely not for the inexperienced hiker. One false move on the final push and you're going for a ride that may land you in the hospital, or worse. Awesome views and no one else on the summit, although we had to hustle down due to clouds building rapidly over the divide. Gotta love Colorado!
|Posted Aug 9, 2009 3:46 pm