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John Gage--Designated Employee Agent
B-400379: Aug 4, 2008
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John Gage-Designated Employee Agent, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees, protests the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) award of a contract to Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Inc. The contract was awarded to Lockheed on July 3, 2008, pursuant to solicitation No. HSTS01-08-HRM010 which was issued by TSA on October 18, 2007; the solicitation sought proposals to provide various human resources services. Gage asserts that the contract constitutes a direct conversion of activities performed by federal employees under Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-76.
We dismiss the protest.
B-400379, John Gage--Designated Employee Agent, August 4, 2008
Matter of: John Gage--Designated Employee Agent
John Gage, Designated Employee Agent, for the protester.
Tony Washington, Esq., and Adeel Ahmed, Esq., Transportation Security Administration, for the agency.
Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Ralph O. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
Pursuant to statutory and regulatory limitations on this Office's jurisdiction to hear protests challenging Transportation Security Administration (TSA) procurements, this Office will not consider a protest challenging a TSA procurement conducted in connection with a solicitation issued prior to
John Gage-Designated Employee Agent, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees, protests the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) award of a contract to Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Inc. The contract was awarded to Lockheed on
In 2001 Congress enacted the Aviation Transportation Security Act, relevant portions of which are set forth at 49 U.S.C. sect. 114 (2004 Supp.), establishing the TSA as a new agency within the Department of Transportation and tasking it with broad transportation security responsibilities. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. sect. 40110(d) (2005 Supp.), TSA procurements were subject to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) acquisition management system and, because the statute also stipulated that procurements under that system are exempt from our bid protest jurisdiction, TSA procurements were not subject to protests filed at our Office pursuant to TSA's organic legislation.[1]
Recent legislation effectively revised this Office's jurisdiction over protests challenging TSA procurements. Specifically, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (CAA), Pub. L. No. 110-161, 121 Stat. 1844, was enacted on
In implementing the CAA's legislative changes, the DHS published a rule providing that TSA acquisitions initiated after
Here, Gage's protest challenges the award of a contract to Lockheed pursuant to a solicitation that was issued by TSA on October 18, 2007--that is, more than 2 months prior to enactment of the CAA and more than 8 months prior to the effective date of that legislation. In pursuing this matter, Gage complains that, in addition to engaging in a direct conversion of activities performed by federal employees, TSA intends to improperly increase the scope of services Lockheed will perform beyond the services contemplated by the solicitation, specifically to include performance of human resource services at DHS headquarters.
We view the protest, including the argument regarding the scope of the services to be performed, as challenging TSA's actions pursuant to the October 18 solicitation and, as such, outside of our jurisdiction. In short, consistent with the legislative provisions of TSA's organic legislation, as subsequently amended by the CAA, along with this Office's announcement that we would begin hearing protests challenging TSA procurements covered by TSA solicitations issued on or after June 23, our protest jurisdiction does not extend to Gage's protest which challenges TSA's contract award pursuant to a solicitation issued prior to June 23.
The protest is dismissed.
Gary L. Kepplinger
General Counsel
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We deny the protest.
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We dismiss the protest in part, and deny it in part.
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We sustain the protest.
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What are children told about Thanksgiving in our nation's government (public) schools? Who or what are they thanking? Ancient fish that evolutionists claim are our grandmothers? "Grandmother Fish is the first book to teach evolution to preschoolers." There is no god in the world of evolution. Are children to thank the molecules that evolved from "goo to you"?
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Robot 6's Four more Fantastic comic deaths to make mainstream headlines. Just a suggestion, but the author's Dark Horse suggestion name checks Whedonesque. More...
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(SPOILER) SlayAlive interview with Scott Allie. A few tidbits about the latest Serenity comic, Riley one-shot, as well as Season 8 & 9. Spoilers for "Serenity: Float Out."
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(SPOILER) Buffy #34 Soliciations. Holy moley, this must be an April Fool's joke. The Jo Chen and Georges Jeanty covers are wonderful, but VERY spoilery if they're the real covers for April's comics. More...
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(SPOILER) Joss talks to Complex Magazine. Joss covers the gamut of his current projects. Spoilery if you are staying away from Dollhouse guest star spoilers.
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Siena Italy points of interest
(49 POI for a 3 days itinerary)
Universally known all over the world for its artistic and architectural heritage, Siena is a pearl in the green Tuscany.
The historical center, Patrimony of the Unesco, still preserve the whole charm of the ancient medieval cities.
The artworks that can be admired inside its boundaries are among the most important testimonies of the history of the art in Italy.
This is only the beginning of the trip, considering that the landscapes that surround Siena are a real heaven for the one who loves the country.
How to choose what to see in Siena?
Here is an itinerary of three days, with actually 49 points of interest of Siena!
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Day 1
Piazza del Campo
unique in the world
The starting point shouldn't be other than Piazza del Campo, the most famous and known of the city.
Its particular form remembers that of a shell, and it is famous all over the world for the Palio.
But also for how well the medieval buildings are preserved.
Palazzo Pubblico and
the political shine in Siena
Art and political power are strongly tied in Siena.
Located in Piazza del Campo, it is the center of the Government of the Nine and the Government of the Twelve, the magistracies that more contributed in the medieval to the shine of the city.
The Civic Museum and
the Room of the World Map
Palazzo Pubblico is also the center of the Civic Museum.
You'll cross the rooms of the city power, all richly decorated by the best painters of the '300.
The most famous is the Room of the World map with the great Maestà by Simone Martini, in which the religious symbols and those of the civil power are intertwined in harmony.
The Room of the Nine
and the "good government."
The function of the Civic Building was that to govern wisely the city.
Therefore, it doesn't surprise that also the artworks that decorate it are in line with this purpose.
The Nine Room, the center of the Magistracy, shows two significant frescos, among the most famous of the whole Italian medieval art.
The Allegories of the Good and the Bad Government, masterpieces by Ambrogio Lorenzetti.
For the bravest
the Tower of Mangia
Like many Italian public buildings, the one of Piazza del Campo has its tower too.
Not any tower, however.
The Tower of Mangia is the third highest in Italy, and with its 88 meters, it has a fantastic view over the city, repaying the work to get there.
More than 400 steps.
Fonte Gaia
art to the service of the city
Things to see in Piazza del Campo, there are at will. And Fonte Gaia is one of them.
A real piece of art.
The monumental fountain was realized in the '300 to bring the water to the center of the city, and it is among the most important artistic beauties of Siena today.
The buildings of Piazza del Campo
The main characteristic of Piazza del Campo is the presence of ancient historical buildings, many of which go back to the '300.
One of the most beautiful is Palazzo Chigi-Zondadari, renewed in the '700.
It is one of the most representatives of Siena, and inside the noble floor, there are vibrant frescos and beautiful furnishing.
The great feast of the Palio
On July 2 and on August 16 you can assist to the Palio, one of the most important in Italy, running in Piazza del Campo.
A great festival that is more than a horserace.
It adds an animated series of events in the days before.
It is one of the most important appointments in the city, and it summons every year thousands of visitors.
Food and wines
at the Campo's market
The market of Siena is an occasion to not lose for whom decides to sojourn here in winter.
With more than 150 benches, in the first week of December, they showcase the most important products of the local gastronomy.
All accompanied by the most classical of Siena's wines, the Chianti.
The masterpiece of Italian Gothic
the Duomo
From Piazza del Campo, walking through via Di Città you'll reach square of the Duomo.
Describing the cathedral in few words is practically impossible.
It is among the maximum masterpieces of Roman-Gothic Italian.
Giovanni Pisano's facade, in white marble, it is only the external face of this masterpiece.
Inside it, it's full of artworks, chapels, altars, frescos, and sculptures.
It is unquestionably one of the most important places to visit in Siena.
A marble Bible under your feet
Between all of the masterpieces that can be admired in the Cathedral, the most famous it is undoubtedly the floor, that can be viewed only from August to October.
It shows the Bible, as well as 56 scenes "to read" one by one.
It was realized by the greatest marble artists of Siena between the '200 and the '800.
Duomo's Museum dell'Opera
Today the aisle of the new cathedral hosts the museum.
With the sculptures of Giovanni Pisano, Donatello.
And the famous Majesty by Duccio of Buoninsegna, a '300 masterpiece.
Together with the most ancient glass door of Italy, by the same author.
From hospital to a museum
the Complex of Saint Maria delle Scale
In front of the Cathedral, there is the monumental complex of Saint Maria delle Scale.
Another of the places to visit in Siena.
The old hospital, one of the most important in Italy, hosts inside beautiful halls as the famous Pellegrinaio, and decorated chapels.
While in the undergrounds you can visit the Archaeological Museum.
Not only art, the power of the merchants
Back on Via Di Città and continuing on Via Banchi di Sopra you can admire the testimonies of another important social class of Siena.
The merchants and the bankers.
The first building to see is the Loggia della Mercanzia with its Renaissance porches.
Palazzo Tolomei and the history of Pia
quoted from Dante
The following building, in the homonym plaza, is Palazzo Tolomei, a very influential banker in the city.
The history of the building is tied up to that of Pia, unlucky noblewoman that was killed by her husband, and how Dante quotes her in his Divine Comedy.
A bank that seems a castle
Palazzo Salimbeni
Direct competitors of the Tolomei, the Salimbeni built their building just beyond.
A bank that, due to its forms, seems like a castle.
This shows how much the families devoted to the change of money were able to do.
Today it is the headquarter of Monte dei Paschi, one of the most ancient Italian banks.
A basilica for the relics of Saint Caterina
Siena is also the country of Saint Caterina, one of the religious more revered in Italy.
The relics of the Saint rest in the church of St. Domenico, reachable from Via della Sapienza.
The building has the austere charm typical of the mendicant orders.
Quench your thirst in Fontebranda
From San Domenico, you can quickly reach Fontebranda, one of the historical fountains in Siena.
It was realized in the '200 and was also quoted by Boccaccio and Dante.
It brings the water in the city with over 25 kilometers of underground plumbings.
Palazzo Benincasa
house sanctuary of Saint Caterina
Fontebranda is not distant from the old building of the Benincasa, native house of Saint Caterina.
Today it hosts a sanctuary with numerous oratories, realized in those that once were the kitchens and the rooms where the religious lived.
The visit can be the worthy conclusion of the first day of this itinerary.
Day 2
Pinacoteca of Siena
The first day has been dedicated to the must-see places, while from the second you can continue digging in the history and the treasures of Siena.
Places of interest like the rich Pinacoteca Nazionale of Via St. Pietro, with the paintings of the greatest masters of the '600.
Science and curiosity in the
Museum of the Fisiocritici
Following toward Porta dell'Arco, you'll reach the Museum of Natural History of the Academy of the Fisiocritici.
With its zoological collections, geological, anatomical, and also some curious finding like the skeleton of a whale.
Among the rare plants of
the Botanic Garden
Adjacent to the Museum of the Fisiocritici, the Botanic Garden could be a pleasant diversion, with rare plants coming from every continent.
Surely, a break that will allow bathing in nature before returning to the artistic beauties of Siena.
Among olive trees and orchards
in the Gardens of the Tolomei
Continuing through Via Mattioli, toward Porta Tufi, you can notice a small door on the left that allows accessing the Gardens of the Tolomei.
It is a slice of countryside within the city boundaries, with olive and fruit trees, in front of a breathtaking landscape.
On the opposite side of the garden, there is the beautiful Via Sant'Agata, among the most picturesque of Siena.
The other face of Palazzo Pubblico
square of the Market
Reaching Piazza del Mercato you can observe again Palazzo Pubblico, but from the opposite side in comparison to Piazza del Campo.
In the center of the square rises the XIX century building called "Tartarugone."
A covered market under which the sellers prepare the benches for the market.
Enchanting panoramas from
the garden of the Pecci
Once, from Piazza del Mercato went out the death row inmates, marching toward Porta della Giustizia (the Door of the Justice.)
Today, that sad route conducts instead to a more enchanting place, the Gardens of the Pecci.
A beautiful cultivated valley today open to the visitors.
Saint Maria dei Servi and
the Madonna with Child
From the gardens continue through Porta Romana and the Basilica of Saint Maria dei Servi.
Inside the church, you can admire the beautiful painting of the Madonna with her Child.
It is a curious work because it was realized by Coppo of Marcovaldo, imprisoned by the Senesi, as the "ransom" to get the liberty.
The synagogue and the old Jewish ghetto
Not far away from the Basilica, passing through Via St. Martino and then through the alleys and the little squares of the ancient Jewish ghetto.
Here the Jewish community was segregated from the '500 to the '700.
Among its roads is located the beautiful synagogue that certainly deserves a visit.
The "Biccherne" painted in the State's Archive
Via San Martin also allows reaching the Loggia of the Pope and Palazzo Piccolomini, beautiful examples of Renaissance architecture.
Inside, the State's Archive is undoubtedly a place to visit in Siena because you can admire the old "biccherne."
They are the covers of the bookkeeping books of the town, painted between the XIII and the XVIII century from the most significant artists that sojourned in the city.
Day 3
The feudal noble and the city, the Castellari
What to see in Siena after having admired its monuments and main museums?
The third day of this itinerary can start with the Castellare of the Ugurgieri.
The only one still intact since the '200, when the great vassals of the countries established themselves in the city becoming, from gentlemen of the war to wealthy merchants and dealers.
This fortitude stays to testify their presence in Siena.
A Palio in honor of the Madonna of Provenzano
Of the two runs of the Palio organized in Piazza del Campo, that of July 2 is devoted to the Madonna of Provenzano, whose church is located not far away from the Castellare of the Ugorgieri.
A beautiful building in Mannerist style protects the sacred image of the Virgen, particularly beloved from the Senesi.
The miracle of the "particole" of St. Francesco
Head toward the church of St. Francesco.
Here you can appreciate one of the neighborhoods less frequented by the tourists, but also among the more characteristic of Siena.
This beautiful Basilica deserves a visit.
Both for the paintings by Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti, and for the "sacred particole "that it hosts, than stole in 1730, find again and now preserved, miraculously intact, until today.
Via Montanini and the noble buildings
The next stop is street Montanini, one of the most stately of Siena.
On which lean out old noble buildings where you can still see the medieval mullioned, the crests of the families, the rests of ancient towers now englobed in the architectures of the following epochs.
Indeed a suggestive angle of the city.
The ancient boundaries and Door Camollia
Continuing you'll meet Porta Camollia, one of the best preserved in the city.
It was built for honoring the place in which, according to the legend, during the foundation of Rome, Romolo sent his commander Camulio to capture his nephews, Senio and Ascanio.
St. Pietro alla Magione
the church of the Templars
On the street Camollia, it is also located the church of St. Pietro, which was the mansion of the Templars and then of the Knights of Malta.
The small sacred building, in Romanesque style, still preserve engraved on one of its walls the cross, symbol of the Templars.
The Gardens of Lizza
From Via Camollia you can reach the Gardens of Lizza.
A great plaza, anciently used for the exercises of the horse soldiers and today among the gardens more appreciated by the Senesi.
Time for pleasant walks and children games.
The great fortitude devoted to the jazz
Rocca Medicea
Dominating the Gardens of Lizza, there is the mighty massive structure of the Rocca Medicea.
Built in the '500 by Cosimo dei Medici.
Today this fortitude entertains "Siena Jazz," the first jazz university in Italy, that forms musicians coming from the whole world.
Siena and its cuisine
This 3 days itinerary among the main places of interest of Siena cannot end without first having eaten in one of the typical taverns of the city.
Here a list of the best ones for tasting the traditional dishes of Tuscany and its best wines.
A cultural heritage of ancient works
One of the characteristics of Siena is also the presence of numerous artisan shops that hand down the traditional jobs of the city.
Visiting the historical center you can admire the Senesi ceramic, the laboratories where the metal, the wood, the glass and the terracotta are worked.
Countryside, the Green Valleys
The harmony of the city spaces with those green it is unique in Siena.
Even inside the city walls, you can find gardens and orchards.
These are the "Green Valleys," areas without buildings since the '300.
Today, they are very popular between the Senesi.
The Walks of Author
The historical center is rich with vivacious initiatives and who wants to discover them can also count on interesting events as the Walks of Author.
A real tour that brings the visitors to the discovery of the most picturesque angles of Siena.
Accompanied by university teachers, musicians, writers, and journalists, often with some famous guest.
Siena for Kids
The smallest can have a good time too.
They can learn a lot visiting the city thanks to Siena for Kids, a program that offers opportunities to the families and their children.
It is about guided visits with animation, games, itineraries.
Organized to tell the city in an amusing way.
An elegant evening to the theater
For whom loves the music, the opera or the prose has at least two possibilities in Siena.
The first one is the Theater dei Rozzi, while the second is the Theater of Rinnovati, both situated in Palazzo Pubblico.
Both the stages offer a rich calendar.
Music and wine for Seven Notes in Seven Nights
Visiting Siena in the winter period, between November and December, it allows the lovers of the music to appreciate one of the most important events of the territory.
Seven Notes in Seven Nights.
It is a festival musical that unites music with the pleasure of the good wine, with tastings of Chianti and other great wines of the Senesi hills.
Chigiana International Festival
Who wants to hear the best instrumentalists, in summer there is another excellent appointment.
The Chigiana International Festival proposed every year in July and August.
Not only Siena, the landscapes of Via Francigena
There are places that, for their beauty, become some real icons, and the Tuscan country is one of these.
That's why Siena and its territory have decided to valorize the ancient Street Francigena, the route that once united Italy to the rest of Europe.
Who loves to walk and still has a few days to spend can take advantage of it and choose one of the tracks that in 120 km unites St. Gimignano to Radicofani.
Away from cars and noises, in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Italy.
To know more read my article on the best trekking paths of Italy.
On the bike in the Senesi countryside
The territory of Siena is crossed by an excellent net of cycle routes, perfect both for standard bikes and for mountain bikes.
Bathe in the landscapes that surround Siena.
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Romantic trips on the Train Nature
Siena also offers the possibility to visit its beautiful countries and the surrounding countries with the Train Nature.
With the puffing vapor locomotives that bring the visitors on the most picturesque railway.
Indeed a different way to appreciate the territory.
The itineraries of the Chianti and the Vin Santo
The art and the culture are the real treasure in Siena.
But it is also true that the vineyards of its territory are a precious contribution to the value of this city.
Who wants to taste some good wine could appreciate an itinerary among the Senesi hills.
Read here to discover the best wineries in Tuscany.
A world of villages to be discovered
Siena is already a stupendous destination, but the old medieval villages that surround it are no less.
Jewels that the whole world envies to Italy, as Monteriggioni or St. Gimignano.
They are at just a few minutes.
It is worth to stay one day more to program a trip on the near villages.
Come to see Siena
Simply because it is a unique place in the world where the time seems to have stopped.
The integrity with which the beautiful historical center has remained unchanged since the '300, is unlike all over the world.
It is complicated not to fall in love with it.
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Muir Valley is a nature preserve and rock climbing area owned and maintained by the Muir Valley organization (formerly known as Friends of Muir Valley or FOMV). Muir is approximately 350 acres in size and walled in by seven miles of majestic sandstone cliffs. The Valley is resplendent in Waterfalls, caves, and stone bottom creeks. Mountain laurel, rhododendron, and many other species of wildflowers and plants grace the Valley floor and hillsides.
We ask for no admission fees. You may freely climb, hike, and enjoy the natural beauty as our guests, but at your own risk. If you are not willing to accept full responsibility for your presence in Muir Valley, then do not enter the property.
Understand also that Muir Valley's owner, Muir Valley LLC, its officers and Board of Director members, and the former owners, Richard and Elizabeth Weber are protected from liability claims by the Kentucky Recreational Use Statute.
Everyone who wishes to come into the Valley to rock climb must first execute a WAIVER on this website. By executing this WAIVER, you are acknowledging that you have read and understand the WARNINGS of dangers that exist within Muir Valley and the list of RULES that you agree to follow. These WARNINGS and RULES are listed below.
Muir Valley – Owners/Managers
Last amended: March 25, 2017
It is important that you carefully read and understand the list of warnings of the hazards and potential dangers, both identified and unknown that may exist in Muir Valley. Your presence in Muir Valley signifies that you have read and fully understand these warnings.
Please notify one of the Muir Valley employees, members of the Muir Valley Board of Directors, or volunteers as soon as reasonably possible of any unusual dangerous condition or hazard that you see or encounter in the Valley. A list of the members of the Muir Valley Board of Directors along with their contact information can be found HERE. This includes, but is not limited to, loose, missing, or worn hardware on the rock climbing routes, loose rocks, and any and all activities by other persons that could be considered to be reckless and an endangerment to the wellbeing of other people in Muir Valley.
If you are not willing to accept full responsibility for your presence in Muir Valley, then do not enter the property.
1. WARNING: It is virtually impossible for us to be aware of every hazard and dangerous condition that may exist in the 350 acres and 7+ miles of cliff line that constitute Muir Valley. It is, therefore, necessary that you acknowledge a general warning that hidden and unknown dangers may exist in Muir Valley that cannot always be specifically identified and warned or guarded against.
2. WARNING: Rock climbing can be a dangerous sport, participation in which can cause permanent paralysis or other serious injury and death to you or to those around you. You should never climb without extensive training by experienced climbers. You should never climb without proper high-quality rock climbing gear. And, you should never climb if you are not willing to accept full responsibility for the consequences of your participation in this dangerous sport.
3. WARNING: The rock in Muir Valley is substantially Corbin Sandstone. This is a very soft, friable sedimentary rock that is laced with pockets, fissures and soft chossy sections. Even the best of hardware permanently affixed to or temporarily placed into this rock can fail unexpectedly and catastrophically due to the poor structural integrity of this rock, possibly causing your injury or death.
4. WARNING: The rock in Muir Valley contains sections that are either loose or that can be easily loosened. These sections can spontaneously fall off a cliff, or they may be inadvertently or purposely pulled off by a climber. In any case, rock fall poses a threat to visitors to Muir Valley and therefore poses a danger to the climber and/or persons below the climber. All persons participating in rock climbing and/or those present in the vicinity of rock cliffs are strongly advised to wear protective headgear designed specifically for a rock climbing environment.
5. WARNING: Never climb inside the many caves in Muir Valley. The ceilings are often flaky and prone to breaking down and falling.
6. WARNING: Hanger brackets have been bolted to, or glued into, the walls of many of the climbing routes in Muir Valley. Additionally, other hardware, such as slings, quickdraws, chains, rings, cable leaders, and permadraws may be attached to hanger brackets. As is traditional with rock climbing route development, this hardware was installed by many different persons. The specific hardware and installation methods are neither approved by nor monitored by us. Nor, is this hardware routinely inspected. NO warranties of safeness of this hardware have been given by the persons who installed it or the owners of Muir Valley. Hanger brackets have been known to pull loose from the rock. And, rock in which hanger brackets have been affixed has been known to fail. If you climb in Muir Valley and rely on any piece of hardware affixed to any rock surface for your personal safety and/or the safety of others with you, you do so at your own risk and with the full knowledge that this hardware may fail catastrophically and without warning.
7. WARNING: Be very careful hiking along the tops of cliffs. Most of the seven plus miles of cliffs range from 50 to over 145 feet high.
8. WARNING: As a nature preserve, Muir Valley has wildlife, including, but not limited to: poisonous insects, such as the northern millipede; venomous snakes, such as copperheads and rattlesnakes; and poisonous plants, such as poison ivy and pokeweed.
If you have any suggestions or questions or wish to report any problems, please feel free to contact the Property Manager (Erik Kloeker) or the Chair of the Muir Valley organization by email: email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
(Last updated March 21, 2017)
Willful disregard of any of the following rules may result in your loss of any privilege to visit Muir Valley.
1. Muir Valley is a privately owned and operated nonprofit Nature Preserve and Rock Climbing Arena. If you need to reach the management for questions,notifications,s or special permissions, you can do so by emailing the the Chair or Vice Chair of the Muir Valley organization: email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
2. You must read and understand the documents "Warnings to Visitors to Muir Valley" and the "Kentucky Recreational Use Statute". Your presence in Muir Valley signifies that you agree that Muir Valley has adequately warned you of hazards that may exist in Muir Valley and that you consider Muir to be in full compliance with the provisions of this statute.
3. You must notify the Muir Valley organization as soon as reasonably possible of any dangerous condition or hazard in the Valley of which you become aware, that is not called out in the Warnings document. At your earliest convenience, please report the issue to one of the Muir Valley staff at the parking lot. If no staff member is available, please email the Property Manager or Chair or of the Muir Valley organization: firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
4. To rock climb in Muir Valley, you must first submit and have accepted the Muir Valley Waiver. You must either fill out and submit this form on line here on this website or do so on a temporary paper waiver, good for three days, available at the kiosk at the main Muir Valley Parking Lot.
5. We encourage youth under the age of 18 to be accompanied by their parent, guardian, or other responsible adult. Prior to their climbing in Muir Valley, climbers under age 18 must have on file with Muir Valley a Muir Valley waiver signed by their parent or legal guardian naming the climber as a covered individual.
6. These activities are permitted in Muir Valley: rock climbing, hiking, trail running, and enjoying nature.
7. These activities are NOT permitted in Muir Valley: inverted rappelling, bungee jumping, free solo rock climbing, rope jumping (taking long intentional falls – sometimes referred to as "victory whippers"), mountain biking, shooting firearms, hunting, trapping, camping, campfires, or operating motorized vehicles.
8. Climbing of a type known as free soloing or highballing, which is done without proper and adequate protection in the form of rope belaying, spotting, or using bouldering pads, is unnecessarily dangerous and not permitted in Muir Valley. The only three forms of rock climbing permitted in Muir Valley are sport climbing, wherein the climber utilizes hanger brackets bolted to the rock faces, for protection, trad climbing, wherein the climber provides and temporarily affixes his/her own passive and active gear to the rock faces for protection, and bouldering, wherein the climber, sans rope, climbs routes that finish close to the ground and uses bouldering pads to provide a safer landing. Aid climbing is not permitted in Muir Valley without written permission by the Muir Valley organization.
9. Do not climb above the anchors or top out on any climb in Muir Valley.
10. Attach quickdraws or carabiners and slings to the anchor system and run your toprope through them, instead of toproping through the anchor hardware affixed to the rock wall. This means: do not run your rope from the belayer up and through the fixed anchor hardware and back down to the climber. This produces unnecessary wear on the anchor hardware and may increase risk to you or climbers who use this hardware subsequent to your use of it.
11. The choice to either rappel or have your belayer lower you after cleaning the top anchors on a route is yours and should be made on what you believe to be the safest method for the particular route you are on. Rappelling, when it is safe to do so, causes much less wear on the fixed gear than being lowered. The Muir Valley organization encourage climbers to limit wear on fixed gear when possible. Worn anchor hardware is a safety concern in itself, and gear is expensive and time-consuming to replace. The Muir Valley organization does not mandate rappelling. There is no expectation by the Muir Valley organization for any climber to rappel on steep overhangs, or routes that are assessed by the climber to be overly challenging to clean on rappel.
12. Unintentional falling is part of responsible rock climbing. Rock climbers are expected to be experienced and skilled in the technique of taking falls, and belayers are expected to be experienced and skilled in safely arresting the falls of the climbers they are belaying.
13. No rock climbing routes of any kind may be put up in Muir Valley without the written permission of the Muir Valley organization. Nor, may hardware of any kind be permanently affixed to any rock in Muir Valley without the written permission of this organization.
14. Practice Leave No Trace ethics, and pack out all your trash, especially non-biodegradable trash and toilet paper. Please do not throw cigarette butts on the ground. And, thank you for carrying out trash left by others!
15. Dogs are NOT permitted in MUIR or left in your car at the parking lot!!
16. Hammocks are not permitted to be put up anywhere in Muir Valley.
17. Harvesting of plants or plant specimens is to be done only with the expressed specific permission of the Muir Valley organization.
18. Please do not damage trees and vegetation. Stay on existing trails. The Valley has been recently lightly logged. In time, the land cut by the more severe logging trails will be restored to its natural state. New footpaths may be established only with prior approval of the Muir Valley organization.
19. Absolutely no digging for relics will be permitted in caves or anywhere else in Muir Valley.
20. Please respect our neighbors' property and privacy. Drive slowly on the approach road. Children are often present. Park only on Muir Valley land in areas designated for parking.
21. Illegal drugs and alcoholic beverages are NOT permitted anywhere in Muir Valley!
22. Muir Valley is open at no admission charge to the public. The Muir Valley organization that owns and manages operation of the Valley, has issued warnings of dangers—known and unknown—that exist there to visitors. These appear above in this web page, at the information at the kiosk at the Muir Valley Shelter House at the main parking lot, and a numerous locations throughout the Valley.
(i.e. Your Clients are Paying Either You or Some Organization Money to be Guided in Rock Climbing)
All guides, either working independently or with guiding companies, must be approved by the Muir Valley Owner—Friends of Muir Valley—prior to guiding here.
All independent guides and guiding companies must have guiding liability insurance in effect and "Additional Insureds Certificates" on file with the Muir Valley owners prior to guiding paying clients in the Valley. These Additional Insured Certificates should list Friends of Muir Valley (FOMV), Officers and Board of Directors of Friends of Muir Valley, and Richard and Elizabeth Weber, Muir Valley's previous owners.
All guides must meet these requirements:
1. Be currently certified by the American Mountain Guide Association (AMGA) at the level of Single Pitch Instructor (SPI) or higher.
2. Be an apprentice guide, who is working toward completion of his training and certification with AMGA and who is working directly for a certified SPI. This apprentice guide, when with a client(s) at the cliffs, must be in sight of and under direct supervision of a certified SPI.
Guides working in Muir Valley must have an up-to-date certification in Wilderness First Aid or, preferably, Wilderness First Responder. Guides must be fully knowledgeable of Muir Valley's Emergency Procedures.
Guides agree to notify the FOMV prior to guiding any clients in Muir Valley, specifying the following:
• Name(s) and contact information of the guides (who must meet the qualifications outlined above),
• Date(s) of guiding in Muir,
• Number of clients in their party,
• And, if more than 4 clients, the wall(s) within Muir to which they plan to take their clients.
The preferred method of notification is by email to email@example.com.
For each guided group both the climber and belayer must wear climbing helmets when climbing, belaying, and when in the immediate area where climbing is taking place.
Guides must be familiar with and ensure that both they are their clients follow the WARNINGS AND RULES published for the general public at Muir Valley. And their clients must sign a Muir Valley WAIVER prior to climbing here, either on this website or by paper waiver available at the kiosk at the main parking lot.
Muir Valley is developed, maintained, and operated by donations and volunteer labor, with the the expenses and labor being paid for by FOMV. Neither the owners, nor any of the other volunteers earn any money from use of Muir Valley. However, rock climbing guide services do use Muir to earn money.
Your clients, by paying your guide fees and by tipping you for your services, usually assume that they are paying you for the complete experience, including providing the location. Please consider either recommending to your clients that they donate for use of the property or by making a donation yourself.


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I can't believe I'm dragging an episode of Friends into this, but the narrative device of using the omniscient voice of the psychiatrist reminded me of Roger the shrink who briefly dated Phoebe, you remember, the one who had everyone's psychological number and soon they couldn't stand him? Our narrator was similarly irritating. I began to wonder if I was getting the real story, which is an odd feeling to have during a novel. Granted, Stella's viewpoint would be somewhat delusional, but Peter Cleave's all-knowing, rather arrogant take on the matter began to grate after a while.
When I was twenty or so, I read a short story by Doris Lessing entitled "To Room Nineteen". I've never been able to read it again. Not because it was poorly written, it wasn't, by a long shot, but because the view into a soul devastated by depression and despair was too much to take (and maybe a little too close for comfort).
There was a point during my reading of Asylum when I was overwhelmed by that exact same feeling; it's the prelude, description, and aftermath of the most tragic event in the whole novel, and do you know what makes it all the more tragic? It's swept aside by the obsession that is the focus of the plot. The most innocent victim of all those mistakes is clearly only a footnote.
I've noticed more than once that reviewers of Asylum refer to the similarity between love and insanity. This is because what we've been led to believe is love, from romance films to pop songs, is sexual love which is only a tiny aspect of love; it is not love itself. The Scottish duo The Proclaimers have it right: "Romantic love rots the brain, no doubt about it --- you're out of your mind!" Stella doesn't love Edgar any more than he loves her. She is obsessed with him, and eventually her own dissatisfaction with her life leads her into the disastrous affair which destroys more lives than her own. The question is not: "Is love like insanity?"; it's "How mentally ill was this woman to begin with, that this was able to go so far and so over the edge?"
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THE WEIGHT OF WATER tells a powerful story of a modern day reporter-photographer, Jean, trying to capture the details of the true-life murders of two Norwegian immigrant women in 1873. She travels with her husband and another couple on a yacht to Smuttynose Island, off the coast of New Hampshire, to investigate the brutal murders. During flashbacks, the role of Maren, the sole survivor of the slayings, in the killings is revealed.
THE WEIGHT OF WATER is a riveting tale, beautifully filmed and cleverly crafted. While occasionally slow, the tide-paced story rises to a climactic ending. Had the story merely juxtaposed early Christians living godly lives against modern characters adrift in an amoral world, the story would have received very high marks indeed. Unfortunately, flashback images of a true-life event blur with speculation, and some modern-day revisionism, which seems to argue that Christianity is repressive and, therefore, dangerous. Thus, the beautiful lives of these devout Christian immigrants are sullied with speculative portrayals of incest, lechery, repressed anger and rage, and a dose of implied homosexual tendencies. Sadly, THE WEIGHT OF WATER is two modern tales of immorality and Christianity's relevance is thrown overboard
(PaPa, RH, O, B, CC, LL, VV, S, Ho, NN, AA, D, MM) Pagan and Christian worldviews juxtaposed in a revisionist manner as present-day reporter researches unsolved murders of 1870s, with ghost seen by drowning woman, wife professes love for husband during storm, Norwegian immigrant characters often reference God and faith, proclaim "Jesus loves me" while being jeered, shown praying, reading their Bible (alone and to others), chaplain reads Psalm 23 aloud to console condemned man, actual murderer seeks forgiveness and confesses, and murderer reminds audience that "In the darkest times, God will offer salvation"; 7 obscenities (including 3 'f-words") and 3 profanities; brutal violence includes numerous flashbacks of murders being committed and bloody scenes, bodies shown with ax wounds and much blood, two women (and one of them pregnant) shown beaten, choked, and struck with ax, other violence includes innocent man being hanged for crimes, sounds of man attacking woman, woman drowning, people in peril and overboard in deadly storm, and repressed rage leads to murder; incest, implied homosexual desires, man tries to seduce married woman and they kiss, sensual massages shown in several scenes, woman touches clothes of fainted woman, sexual encounter overheard through walls, married couple in bed (rear male nudity shown), married couple kiss and begin to undress then get interrupted, two women in bed together (innocent but sexually charged scene), flashback of teenagers in bed (implied incest); nude sunbathing, upper female and rear male nudity shown, women in bikinis, and men in swimsuits; drinking; smoking; and, lying.
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THE WEIGHT OF WATER is a powerful story of a modern day reporter-photographer trying to capture the details of the true-life murders of two women in 1873. Beautiful scenery and a haunting musical score enhance this look at the lives of two women from two very different centuries.
In the present-day portion, Jean, her husband and another couple travel on a small yacht to Smuttynose Island (one of several isolated and rocky islands off the coast of New Hampshire) to investigate the brutal 1873 murders of these Norwegian immigrants. During flashbacks, the audience learns about Maren, the sole survivor of the slayings, and her possible role in the killing.
THE WEIGHT OF WATER opens as the slayings of 1873 are discovered on a small rocky island occupied by only three women. The men of the island are out fishing and return in the morning to find young Maren (Sarah Polley) alive, her nightgown splattered with blood. She tells the men that a German immigrant named Louis, a recent boarder on the island, committed these horrific crimes. Louis is brought to trial, and Maren testifies against him. Louis appears to be a godly man and utters "Jesus loves me" while exclaiming his innocence. The audience is left feeling skeptical of his guilt, but it appears the man will be convicted solely on Maren's testimony.
The movie flash-forwards to the present day and focuses on husband and wife, Thomas and Jean (Sean Penn and Catherine McCormack). They are about to sail, along with Thomas' brother and his girlfriend, to explore this mysterious case. Through speculations and discussions by this group of four, the audience is subjected to witnessing the murders over and over again. While Jean becomes obsessed with research and discovering the truth, the brother's girlfriend (Elizabeth Hurley) makes numerous passes at Thomas, a Pulitzer prize–winning poet. Clearly, Jean and Thomas' marriage is indeed "on the rocks" and at a key turning point in their relationship.
Flashing back to the Norwegian immigrants, Maren's exile to America is revealed. These openly Christian Norwegian people endure hardships and isolation. Their struggle to start new lives has few joys, and they find comfort in the reading of the Holy Scriptures. Maren is thrilled when her brother Evan moves to her home from the old country, but she is terribly disappointed when he also brings his new young wife. Maren, though married, feels increasingly isolated and must wrestle with her own emotions and pain. Louis, a German immigrant who is shown great kindness by Maren's husband, attempts to seduce Maren. Louis may be a lecherous creep, but it is not likely that he is a killer.
The story jumps back and forth, and there are flashbacks within flashbacks as the lives of both time periods' characters become more interesting. These are people who appear real and complex. Even beautiful and successful characters reveal their burdens, and a key to the story is how their private pains impact their lives.
THE WEIGHT OF WATER's title is descriptive of the burdens everyone must carry. Unfortunately, even the Christians in this story are at a loss to know what to do with their pain. As Christian viewers, we understand that our deepest pains and feelings of isolation can be left at the foot of the cross of Christ.
Meanwhile, growing storms in both stories foreshadow impending disaster. Jean identifies with the pains Maren must have felt, and the stories cleverly collide (or possibly overlap) as hard truths are revealed to both characters. In the present story, as in real life, the storm brings out heroism and expressions of love as the frailty of life is revealed. Yet, not all will survive the frenzy of this storm.
THE WEIGHT OF WATER is a riveting tale, beautifully filmed and cleverly crafted by director Kathryn Bigelow. While occasionally slow, the tide-paced story rises to a climactic ending. Had the story merely juxtaposed early Christians living godly lives against modern characters adrift in an amoral world, the story would have received very high marks indeed. Regrettably, flashback images of a true-life event blur with the novel's speculation and some modern-day revisionism which seems to argue that Christianity is repressive and, therefore, dangerous. Thus, the beautiful lives of these devout Christian immigrants are sullied with speculative portrayals of incest, lechery, repressed anger and rage, and a dose of implied homosexual tendencies. Sadly, THE WEIGHT OF WATER is two modern tales of immorality, and Christianity's relevance is thrown overboard.
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