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Snow School Information
Find information on ski and snowboard rentals, Snow School meeting points, how to layer your clothing, and how to assess your ability.
General Information
- All lesson participants are required to check in at Snow School, located at the base of the Resort in Guest Services
- Plan to arrive at your lesson meeting area prior to the lesson start time. Allow at least an extra hour if you are renting equipment
- All program participants are required to have a lift ticket or season pass. Lift tickets are not included in the program prices
- Program availability, prices and lesson formats are subject to change
- For advance sales and reservations, credit cards will be charged at the time the order is placed
- All prices noted are listed in Canadian dollars and are subject to applicable taxes
- Children and teens under 19 years of age must wear a helmet while participating in programs
- Equipment: Bring your own or rent the necessary equipment from Revelstoke Mountain Resort Rentals
How to Dress
- Dress in layers
- Wear a thermal base layer
- Outer layers should be well insulated and protect you from both water and wind
- Do not wear jeans!
- Wool and polyester/fleece blends are warmer and drier than cotton
- Socks should be a wool/polyester blend and not be too bulky
- Only wear one pair of socks
- Wear a helmet or warm hat to keep your head warm
- Gloves or mittens are important. A nylon or leather outer shell will help keep your hands dry and warm
- Goggles are your best bet to protect your eyes, but a good pair of sunglasses will do on a sunny day
- Protect yourself from the sun with sun screen in the spring when the temperatures rise
Skier & Rider Ability Level Chart
Level 1: First Timer
You have never ever skied or snowboarded before, and you want us to show you how to get started.
Recommended Program
Level 2: Still a Beginner
You have been out before but only once or twice. It may have been years ago, and starting in the beginner area will put you more at ease while remembering how to control your speed, turn and stop.
Recommended Program
Level 3: Green Runs
You have had some time out and your confidence is growing. The Green Runs are appealing because of their gentle slope, but you know that with a little guidance and some added skill, a Blue run is in your near future.
Level 4: Blue Runs
Control on groomed runs is the name of the game. You avoid bumps and prefer the Blue Runs. Your adventurous side is calling to you to try something different. You feel that with some new skills, you may be able to venture onto a non-groomed run, some trees, a Heli or Cat Day or even a Black Diamond Run.
Level 5: Black and Double Black Diamond Runs
You can get down anything with a Black Diamond, but just getting down isn't your goal - getting down with style, rhythm and speed is. Long vertical with steep terrain is what you crave.
Kids' Ski Ability Chart
Level 1: First Timer
Let's get out on the snow and show you how to go. Equipment familiarization and having fun in the snow while learning how to stop and turn are the focus.
Runs used:
Turtle Creek Beginner Area
Skiers learn to:
- Walk in ski boots
- Slide on flat terrain
- Side step or duck walk up a slope
- Stop consistently
- Ride the Magic Carpet with equipment on
- Acquire a snow plow position
- Straight run in a snow plow on a gentle slope
- Stop with a snow plow on a gentle slope
- Turn in each direction independently
Snowboarders learn to:
- Walk up a slope with one foot in a binding
- Slide down with one foot in a binding
- Straight run on a gentle slope
- Stop consistently
- Balance with both feet strapped in
- Side slip while staying balanced
- Use the Magic Carpet with one foot strapped in
Level 2: Lil' Bits
You're sliding, but stopping and turning aren't your strong points. Gain control so that you can access more of the mountain.
Runs used:
Turtle Creek Beginner Area, The Last Spike from Mid-Mountain.
Skiers learn to:
- Ride the Gondola with equipment unassisted
- Change direction and link turns
- Balance against the edge of your outside ski
- Initiate turns in a snow plow
- Match skis at the end of a turn
- Control speed by completing turns
Snowboarders learn to:
- Ride the Gondola with equipment unassisted
- Traverse the hill with control
- Pendulum down the hill with control
- Maintain balance while on heel edge
- Maintain balance while on toe edge
- Do sliding turns in both directions
- Link turns
- Use turn shape for speed control
Level 3: Spikes
You've mastered the magic carpet and now it's time to play on the long runs. Introduce mountain etiquette while refining the skills needed to ski with control.
Runs used:
The last Spike from the top of the Gondola, Tickle Trunk, Tumbelina, Sunshine
Skiers learn to:
- Match skis at or before the fall line
- Perform long turns
- Perform shorter radius turns
- Manage a small variety of terrain changes
- Improved balance against the edge of the outside ski
- Handle ski poles with hands up in front of the body
- Keep ski poles touching the snow with baskets positioned behind the heel piece of your bindings
Snowboarders learn to:
- Create stability by bending lower joints
- Bend knees at or after the fall line to maintain pressure control
- Perform long turns on green runs
- Perform short turns on green runs
- Perform an "on snow" 180
- Perform an "on snow" 360
- Perform long turns on easier blue runs
Level 4: Cannonballs
Green runs are good but it's time to explore more of the mountain.
Runs used:
The Last Spike from the top of The Stoke Chair, Critical Path when groomed, Upper portion of Snow Rodeo down to the first intersection with The Last Spike, Snow Rodeo from the top of the Revelation Gondola, Hollywood, Ripper Connector, Burn Down, Chopper when groomed, Wooley Bully, Feller Buncher, Lightning Rod, Cannonball, groomed runs from Mid-Mountain.
Skiers learn to:
- Ride a Chair Lift
- Ski blue runs and small moguls
- Use poles for timing and coordination
- Balance against the edge of the outside ski on intermediate terrain
- Use your lower body for turning
- Increase edge angle when needed for enhanced control
- Ski with rhythmical movement patterns
Snowboarders learn to:
- Ride a Chair Lift
- Perform long turns on more difficult blue runs
- Perform short turns on more difficult blue runs
- Ride switch
- Transition from riding regular to switch with ease and vice versa
- Use your knees to initiate turns
- Carve turns on intermediate terrain
- Perform straight airs on smaller natural features
Level 5: Devil's Club
You've got the Blue Runs under control and you are ready to play in the bumps. Use a variety of terrain to develop all mountain skills.
Runs used:
All runs from level 4 including: Hot Sauce, Separate Reality Glades, Chopper, SWF, Clyde's Secret Glades, Devil's Club, Snow Rodeo, Pitch Black, Fast Fred's, Short Shot, Short Final, Aspen Glades, 007 Glades, Meet the Neighbours, Unlimited Assets, Sweet Spot and more.
Skiers learn to:
- Use all joints to adapt to terrain
- Ski smoothly and in control at higher speeds
- Ski the fall line on black runs
- Always keep your skis parallel when on a blue run
- Carve turns on intermediate terrain
- Balance against the edge of the outside ski on advanced terrain
- Use your lower body for turning
- Increase edge angle when needed for enhanced control
- Ski with rhythmical movement patterns
Snowboarders learn to:
- Can use all joints to adapt to terrain
- Create and hold an early edge
- Carve on more difficult blue runs
- Carve on easier black runs
- Perform basic freestyle tricks on smaller natural features
- Perform straight airs on mid to larger sized natural features
- Maintain contact with the snow on varied terrain
- Use your knees to absorb pressure on bumpy terrain
Watch these videos to help identify your level of skiing ability.
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This is an amazing song written by Gwen Stefani. It's off the album Return Of Saturn, which I recommend to anyone who doesn't have it. Fig.1 Intro and Verse chords. E A D G B E E A D G B E E A D G B E x x x 7 2 5 x x x 7 2 6 x x x 7 2 7 I don't know the names of these chords but they're definitely spot on. The Intro, Verses and Chorus is fingerpicked P I M I on the 3 top strings only. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fig.2 Chorus chords. D E G E A D G B E E A D G B E E A D G B E x x x 2 3 2 x x x 1 0 0 x x x 0 3 3 Fingerpick these P I M I as before. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 2. Same as Verse 1. (Fig.1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chorus. Same as Fig.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fig.3 Middle. These 2 chords are strummed and played 4 times. Em C E A D G B E E A D G B E 0 2 2 0 0 0 x 3 2 0 1 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play the chorus until the end of the song. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyrics. Intro - Fig.1 Verse 1 - Fig.1 My divorce from dependence That's when you found me I was still soft And we always were in trouble Odds stacked against us And trouble's what we are Chorus 1 - We get so far Fig.2 And then it just starts rewinding And the same old song We're playing it again Suspension without suspense Verse 2 - Fig.1 Now that I've murdered your inspiration And I forced you off Do you hate me? Do you want revenge? I want to call you But I won't Chorus 2 - Fig.2 Repeat chorus 1 Middle - Fig.3 Oh the pessimistic protection plan Moderation loving I've been hardened by the circumstance We knew this was coming Chorus 3 - Fig.2 Repeat chorus 1 Chorus 4 - We get so far Fig.2 And then it just starts rewinding And the same old song We're playing it again and again Suspension without suspense Intentions without intent But I don't want the love we have to end (G. Stefani)

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SDCC | Mondo to preview 'Iron Giant,' Ninja Turtles toys
The folks at Mondo, the art boutique renowned for its limited-edition screen-printed movie posters, has been branching out, with VHS reissues, apparel, vinyl soundtracks and even a convention. However, they're not stopping there: They're moving into collectible toys, beginning with figures for The Iron Giant, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Alfred Hitchcock, which will be previewed this week at Comic-Con International.
"I am so pumped to announce toys!" Mondo CEO Justin Ishmael said in a statement. "We've been working on this in secrecy for a year and now it's time to let you guys know about it. We'll be focusing on existing properties that we love as well as working with artists to bring their own creations to life. This is a new area for us, but I resist the term 'expansion' since the goal for Mondo has always been to be a place where artists and designers can work to have their visions realized, whether that's through posters, gallery shows, vinyl, apparel or now toys."
A rundown of the toys to be previewed at the Mondo booth (#835) below. Pricing and preorder information will be announced later.
The Iron Giant Collectible Figure
The 16″ tall figure will have over 30 points of articulation, light features, and other fun surprises! Accompanying The Iron Giant will be a Hogarth figure, scraps of metal for him to munch on and a Seafood sign that has a removable "S" to put on his chest. He will also include an interchangeable head and gun attachment, giving a choice of displaying the figure as the regular version, or the "War" version! The figure was designed from the actual CG files used in the film, for ultimate accuracy.
The Iron Giant Bolt Replica
The Iron Giant Bolt is a life-sized replica of the wayward flashing piece of The Iron Giant, as seen in the film. 6″ in length, with a flashing light feature, and authentic details from the film, it's the perfect-sized piece to display at home, and to show that there's always hope in the end.
The First Turtle Vinyl Figure
This vinyl figure is based off of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creator Kevin Eastman's very first drawing of a "Ninja Turtle," which formed the basis of the popular comic. Struggling artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird came up with the Turtles in November 1983 while living in North Hampton, Massachusetts and the spark came from this drawing, which Eastman drew initially as a joke featuring a bi-pedal turtle with nunchucks and a mask. The figure stands 6″ tall, and features a classic black and white paint design, based on the original art!
Lil Mikey Vinyl Figure
This will be Mondo's first toy based on a design from an artist that they work with frequently. Mike Mitchell has a series of pop culture characters called "Just Like Us" and this toy is based on his design in that series for Michelangelo. Turtle fans and people of a particular age will note the accuracy of the real TMNT ice cream on a popsicle stick.
The "Lil Mikey" figure reflects Mondo's goal to have many of its toys based on artist designs in addition to replicas.
"If I had $5 when I was a kid, it was going to be spent on a ninja turtle figure. So much of my childhood was defined by TMNT, I watched every episode, I had the toys, the shirts, the games, the comics. I wish I could say "Lil Mikey" was a dream come true, but I never could have fathomed this happening. I am so extremely excited about this figure, and I can't wait to show it off at SDCC," said artist Mike Mitchell.
HITCHCOCK 1/6 Scale figure
The worlds most famous director is immortalized in this 1/6 scale figure, which features an authentic likeness, his directors chair, clapboard, cigars, as well as props from his most famous films- a butcher knife, a raven, and a seagull! He also features a fine-tailored suit, several interchangeable hands, and a figure stand.
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Team Leader Major Development (P110)
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- Salary
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Charnwood Borough sits within the three cities of Leicester, Nottingham and Derby. One third of the 167,000 population live in the thriving university town of Loughborough, with most of the remaining two thirds within the small towns and villages of the Wolds, the Soar and Wreake Valleys, Charnwood Forest and on the edge of Leicester.
We are looking for a dynamic planning professional who is motivated and organised with significant recent experience of complex major development proposals to lead, manage and develop our Major Development Team.
As well as line management of the team you will be required to deal with a wide range of complex planning and regeneration issues and to develop creative solutions. In particular you will be involved in the planning and delivery of strategic growth in the Borough including sustainable urban extensions, an extension to the existing Loughborough University Science & Enterprise Park, town centre regeneration and the regeneration of the Watermead area of Thurmaston.
You must be a good team player, able to communicate clearly and effectively with a wide variety of people and work to tight deadlines with the minimum of supervision, exercising tact and diplomacy at all times.
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Who, or what, is the winter hipster? For those of us currently enjoying 75° January weather, that question can be somewhat hard to answer. In much the same way that Polar Bears and Black Bears have adapted to their separate climates, so too have Colorado hipsters evolved a style both unique to their own environmental challenges but in line with the overall genus. For more proof, let's check out The Cobrasnake's shots in Denver from Nike Shoe Shine 2012, a party featuring artists' reinterpretations of the Nike snowboard boot.
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Comprehensive Liberal Studies
The Comprehensive Liberal Studies major (CLS) offers students with unusual and varied interests the opportunity to design an individual program of study that closely reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the liberal arts. It is a unique major that, unlike more traditional departmental approaches, allows students to pursue the study of disparate subject areas in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences and mathematics divisions. At the same time, students declaring the CLS also identify and explain a clear intellectual focus that serves to define and unify the major they create.
The CLS major consists of 44 semester hours drawn from courses in the three academic divisions. Over half of these 44 semester hours must be taken at the 300/400 level, and must be spread across at least two of the academic divisions. In addition, a CLS major must adhere to the following guidelines:
- Sixteen semester hours must be taken in each of two academic divisions, while twelve semester hours must be taken in a third academic division.
- At least 24 of the 44 total semester hours in the major must be taken at the 300/400 level. These 24 upper-level hours must be distributed across at least two academic divisions.
- No more than half the semester hours earned in any one division may be drawn from the same discipline or departmentment.
- Only one interdisciplinary course designated INST may be counted in either the Humanities or Social Science groupings, but not in the NS&M group.
- At least one lab science course must be included as part of the major.
- English and foreign language courses serving to satisfy VWU's core general studies requirements are excluded, but courses satisfying general studies Frames of Reference, Writing (other than core English courses), Quantitative, Textual Analysis, Lab Science and SIE requirements may be included.
- A 2.5 grade point average in the courses comprising the CLS is required for graduation.
When formally declaring this major, the student must file a Declaration of Major form with the Office of the Registrar at least two semesters before graduation, summer not counting as a semester. In addition, a contract outlining the plan of study must be worked out in close consultation with an academic advisor, who can be a full-time faculty member from any one of the three academic divisions. This contract consists of a tentative list of courses the student plans to take to complete the proposed program of study. It also includes a student essay declaring the goals and rationale for choosing this type of liberal studies major, and demonstrating an intellectual coherence and unifying theme that will serve to define and give clear direction to the major. Examples of this might include a study of forensic techniques used in criminal investigations as featured in American mystery novels, or the impact of the bacteria-borne Black Death pandemic on European religion and art in the late medieval and early modern periods. Complete contracts must also indicate which courses (whether or not they count toward the CLS) have been or will be taken to fulfill the University's requirements for "Oral Communication Competence" and "Computer Proficiency," and must explain in writing (if not readily apparent) specifically how the indicated courses fulfill these requirements. Contracts will be subject to initial approval by the student's faculty advisor and the director of the Comprehensive Liberal Studies major, both of whom (along with the student) will sign the completed contract. This contract is to be kept on file by the faculty advisor; it is renegotiable if courses listed on the contract become unavailable, but such modifications must be approved by the student, the faculty advisor and the CLS director. See the next section, Comprehensive Liberal Studies—Curricular Emphasis, for teacher licensure information.


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of the green soap in the center of the mold. Tamp the mold on the table to allow
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FIVE: Build layers using this same method, alternating colors
for each layer. So, the next layer will go green-red-green, and the next
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Cupcakes Of The Week! A delightful hidden surprise in every one, you'll be surprised how easy it actually is. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. Here's the recipe:
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'Second Season Syndrome' is a term that is commonly used in football to describe a players second season at a club.
Many players, in recent time, have failed to give the same performances they gave in their first season.
What I want to know is, does second season syndrome really exist, or is it just down to other factors that are completely out of players' hands - such as opponents being more aware of their strengths and, more importantly, their weaknesses?
Take for example Papiss Demba Cissé.
Newcastle United signed the Senegalese striker from SC Freiburg in the 2012 January transfer window. He was subsequently given the famous number nine shirt, which holds an awful lot of history (Alan Shearer).
There was immense pressure on him - yet Cissé flourished. He scored an impressive 13 goals in 14 appearances, one of which was the BBC's Goal of the Season - a curling, swerving effort with the outside of his foot from 37 yards out at a seemingly impossibly angle.
But then the next season, nothing seemed to go right for Cissé.
He scored the same amount of goals in all competitions that he netted in just half a season the year before (13), but this was in an eye-watering 47 appearances. What had happened to the goal-a-game clinical finisher whom we saw arrive on Tyneside? Second season syndrome had well and truly struck. But why?
He was still the same player, so why wasn't he banging in the goals like when he first signed for Newcastle? Well, luck is obviously a huge factor in football, particularly for a striker, as it's all about being in the right place at the right time -instinctively making that darting run into the box or towards the back post.
So maybe his luck simply ran out? Or maybe the managers knew how to stop him this season, as did the defenders and goalkeepers (apart from Petr Čech, who forever had re-occurring nightmares about THAT goal... sorry Petr).
Cissé is a fox-in-the-box, he doesn't have much pace and can't really beat a player, so maybe defenders pushed up and played a high line against Newcastle, and also man-marked Cissé a lot tighter this time around - it's always easier for a striker in their first season since nobody really knows their traits as a player, until they get half a season to study him.
Or maybe the pressure just got to him.
There were understandably a lot of high expectations after such a strong introduction to the Premier League the previous season, and maybe he just couldn't recapture that prolific form under such high pressure from fans and the media.
So perhaps it's not the player's fault at all.
There are so many factors that half the time it could just be down to pure luck. He could get injured or be fatigued from playing in an international tournament over the summer.
Players need time to rest and recoup, they always tend to wane towards the end of a campaign and if they don't get the summer off, international duty could be very tiresome and lead to a sluggish start to the following season's campaign.
Second season syndrome is not always completely the player's fault, there are an awful lot of contributing factors, especially in football.
Better luck next season Cissé!
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Bridge burned: Alex Figueroa gets fresh start, but has parting words for Hurricanes
In case you missed it, here's a recap of Saturday's Hurricanes football scrimmage, which was open to the media.
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Alex Figueroa, the dismissed former UM linebacker, has a new opportunity. He begins classes Monday at Garden City (Kan.) Community College and will join the football team, coach Jeff Sims confirmed to the Post.
Before enrolling, he decided to share his feelings about his former school in a unique way. Last Wednesday afternoon, Figueroa posted a 15-second video on his Instagram account that shows him crouching over a burning Hurricanes flag.
"This is how I feel about this [expletive]," Figueroa said to the camera. "Don't call me Figatron, [expletive]. Don't call me A-Figs. It's Fig. You feel me? I'm not a [expletive] Hurricane. [Expletive], I'm a Broncbuster."
The latter is the Garden City mascot. "Figatron" is a nickname Figueroa earned while at UM for his impressive physique.
Figueroa deleted the video – and his Twitter and Instagram accounts – several hours later, but not before Andrew Ferrelli, a high school student who writes for the website CanesWarning.com, ripped the clip (warning: explicit language) from the Instagram account. Figueroa's account was private, though at the time he posted the video, Figueroa allowed 1,842 different users to view his posts.
Figueroa and linebacker JaWand Blue, both 20, were dismissed from UM last July, after they were arrested and admitted to drugging and raping an underage girl inside a UM dorm. In November, they avoided jail time by agreeing to undergo sex-offender treatment and complete 100 hours of community service.
Figueroa, a three-star recruit from Virginia, was expected to be the Hurricanes' starting strong-side linebacker last fall. Blue was a three-star recruit out of West Boca Raton High who finished last spring as the Hurricanes' backup middle linebacker.
Sims, who was FAU's wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator under Carl Pelini, learned of Figueroa from former FAU wide receiver Lucky Whitehead, a friend who grew up in Manassas, Va., about a half-hour drive from Figueroa's hometown of Stafford. Another player Sims said vouched for Figueroa was Ladarius Gunter, a former UM cornerback who played for Sims at Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College.
Sims said he and his Garden City staff did a thorough check of Figueroa's past and said he was forthright about his situation at UM. He said he wished Figueroa hadn't posted the video, but didn't want to publicly comment further on it — before a reporter informed him of the video's existence, he had not seen it. He said he planned to discuss it with Figueroa as soon as he hung up the phone.
As a junior college coach, Sims said, he has "the opportunity to give players a second chance. From all the accounts I have found, Alex has done the right things. He made a mistake and he's working through that situation. We're trying to give him a chance to get an education and see what he can do with his future."
So there's at least one player on Garden City roster who doesn't like the Hurricanes. Funny thing is, Sims mused, there are a couple more who "would do anything in the world" to play for UM. Wonder if they'll get along.


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Michigan horsemen name 2012 champions
The horsemen's groups for Michigan's Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse and Arabian racing divisions each announced their 2012 champions over the weekend.
The Michigan Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association revealed its divisional winners on its website, while the Great Lakes Quarter Horse Association and the Association of Racing Arabian Breeders (A.R.A.B.) of Michigan handed out its awards on Saturday at a year-end dinner in Wayland, Mich.
Racing in Michigan was held last year at Mount Pleasant Meadows, a mixed-breed track in the middle of the state that hosts all three breeds. Originally used primarily for Quarter Horses and Arabians, Mount Pleasant took over the state's Thoroughbred meet upon the closing of Pinnacle Race Course in 2010.
MTOBA did not select a Horse of the Year, but the divisional winners were led in earnings by champion older male Power of Titus, who won six of 14 starts racing in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia, for earnings of $88,847. The 6-year-old Secret Romeo gelding won two stakes races in 2012, highlighted by an 8 ¼-length victory in the 4-year-olds and up males division of the Michigan Sire Stakes on Sept. 30.
Bred by Michigan by Guy and Deb Russell, Power of Titus was campaigned by owner and trainer Delcor Waite.
The Great Lakes Quarter Horse Association also did not select Horses of the Year among its Chart Book, Michigan-bred, or Paint Horse champions. Because of their small breeding programs, the Quarter Horse and Arabian awards were largely based on performance at Mount Pleasant, and were open to horses bred in any state, unless specifically noted.
Championships from the GLQHA were restricted to horses that had at least three starts at Mount Pleasant in 2012, which explains why multiple Grade 1-winning Quarter Horse Cold Cash 123, who spent his entire campaign in the Southwest, did not receive any awards.
The leading earner among the Chart Book champions, considered the "open division" awards for the Mount Pleasant meet, was top 4-year-old Princess Royal Blew.
The Royal Blue Chew Chew filly was winless in eight starts in 2012, including three at Mount Pleasant, but she banked earnings of $27,717 racing in Michigan and Indiana. The bulk of her earnings came from a runner-up finish in the Blue River Derby Stakes on June 30 at Indiana Downs. Bred in Indiana by owner Coronet Farm, Princess Royal Blew is trained by Carol Rettele.
The GLQHA's Michigan-bred award-winner that banked the most money in 2012 was champion 3-year-old male Jimmy James 123, who won three of 11 starts for earnings of $11,628.
The Ivory James gelding broke his maiden in his first start of the year on May 5, and wrapped up his campaign with a front-running victory in a Speed Index race on Oct. 13. Jimmy James 123 was homebred in Michigan by T Bill Stable—the same connections that bred and raced world champions Cold Cash 123 and I Do One Two Three—and trained by Jay Hall.
Michigan's Paint Horses were led in earnings by champion 3-year-old and up female Uno Machine, who won four of eight starts for $15,020. The 5-year-old Dos Poruno mare has arguably been Michigan's most consistent Paint Horse since her debut in 2010, winning 9 of 15 career starts over three seasons of racing and missing the board only once. Uno Machine was homebred in Michigan by Dave and Shirley Gates, and is also trained by Dave Gates.
A.R.A.B. of Michigan was the only one of the horsemen's groups to designate a Horse of the Year for 2012, bestowing the honor upon DJs Double Trouble.
The five-year-old Double Djeopardy mare won three of six starts for earnings of $10,533, the most among Arabians at Mount Pleasant during the 2012 meet. Her most dominant effort came in an allowance race on September 23, where she led at every point of call and drew off to win by 6 ¾ lengths. She followed that effort with a runner-up finish to Amanda BBF in the Purina Arabian Distaff Stakes on October 6.
Bred in Michigan by owner Leon Silber, DJs Double Trouble is trained by Nicole Holst. She also took home honors as champion 4-year-old female and Michigan-bred female.
A full list of divisional winners from all three breeders' organizations can be found below.
MTOBA Champions
Champion 2-year-old filly: Here She Comes
Fire Blitz-Elegant Trip, by Trippi
Owner: Felicia Campbell
Trainer: Ronald Allen Sr.
Breeder: Campbell Stables (MI)
Champion 2-year-old male: Art I Awesome
Equality-City Talk, by Carson City
Owner: Marion Gorham
Trainer: Robert Gorham
Breeder: Opportunity Lane (MI)
Champion 3-year-old filly: War Play
War Image-Tune Lender, by Banker's Gold
Owner: Felicia Campbell
Trainer: Ronald Allen Sr.
Breeder: Campbell Stable (MI)
Champion 3-year-old male: Moving Style
Meadow Prayer-Stylish Factor, by Native Factor
Owner: Ron Dowdy
Trainer: Shane Spiess
Breeder: Marcia Arnold & James Arnold (MI)
Champion older female: Evil Secret
Secret Romeo-Eve's Trick, by Matchlite
Owner: II B's Thoroughbreds
Trainer: Ronald Allen Sr.
Breeder Patti Dickinson (MI)
Champion older male: Power of Titus
Secret Romeo-C R Emmaus Road, by Rehaan
Owner/Trainer: Delcor Waite
Breeder: Guy D. Russell & Deborah R. Russell (MI)
Broodmare of the Year: C R Emmaus Road
Rehaan-Arbitrage Honey, by Apalachee
Dam of one stakes winner (Power of Titus) and one stakes-placed (Comeflywithanangel).
Owner: Guy D. Russell & Deborah R. Russell
Stallion of the Year: Meadow Prayer
Meadowlake-My Prayer, by Hero's Honor
Sire of 24 starters, including two stakes winners (Moving Style, Prayer Salute) and two stakes-placed (Meadow Wise, Paris Prayer)
Breeder of the Year: Campbell Stables
21 winners; 46 wins; Earnings: $447,333
One stakes winner (Here She Comes); Three stakes-placed (Heres Hope, War Play, Sean Who)
Small Breeder of the Year: Dickinson Farm
4 winners;12 wins; $144,317
Two stakes winners (Bubbicious, Evil Secret); One stakes placed (West Hawk)
Owner of the Year: Felicia Campbell
12 winners; 25 wins; Earnings: $144,317
One Stakes winner (Here She Comes); Two stakes-placed (War Play, Sean Who)
GLQHA Chart Book Champions
Champion 2-year-old female: Request and Achieve
Achievement-Hooked Request, by Hooked on Cash
Owner: David and Shirley Gates
Trainer: David Gates
Breeder: Mark and/or Jill Decker (IN)
Champion 2-year-old male: Im a Money Maker
Planetary-Surely Dash N Tuff, by Timeto Get Tuff
Owner/Breeder: Kim Gates (IN)
Trainer: David Gates
Champion 3-year-old female: Princess Royal Blew
Royal Blue Chew Chew-Kittens Line, by Sun Line
Owner/Breeder: Coronet Farm (IN)
Trainer: Carol Rettele
Champion 3-year-old male: Seiswho
Tres Seis-Precious Debutante, by Heza Fast Man
Owner/Breeder: Walter Harrison (TX)
Trainer: Carol Rettele
Champion aged female: Rise Above the Trees
Oak Tree Special-Dash for Spear It, by Dashing Cleat
Owner/Breeder: David and Tammy Lewis (MI)
Trainer: Anthony Cunningham
GLQHA Michigan-Bred Champions
Champion 3-year-old filly: Lads Concept
Monti's Lad-One Grand Concept, by One Gem
Owner/Trainer/Breeder: Sue Belden (MI)
Champion 3-year-old male: Jimmy James 123
Ivory James-Fanci Ending 123, by Dashing Cleat
Owner/Breeder: T Bill Stables Inc. (MI)
Trainer: Jay Hall
Champion aged female: Rise Above the Trees
Oak Tree Special-Dash for Spear It, by Dashing Cleat
Owner/Breeder: David and Tammy Lewis (MI)
Trainer: Anthony Cunningham
Champion aged male: Justa Toolin
Jody O Toole-Dashing Shady, by Dashing Cleat
Owner/Breeder: Kim Gates (MI)
Trainer: Brad Gates
GLQHA Paint Horse Champions
Champion 3-year-old or older female: Uno Machine
Dos Poruno-Magical Dreams, by Raise a Jet
Owner/Breeder: David and Shirley Gates (MI)
Trainer: David Gates
Champion 3-year-old or older male: Love That Shotgun
Shotgun Windy-Love That Lucy, by Jags Eternal
Owner/Trainer/Breeder: Dar Howard (MI)
GLQHA Champion High Point Trainer: Anthony Cunningham
GLQHA Champion High Point Jockey: Lee Gates
GLQHA Champion High Point Owner: Dave and Shirley Gates
A.R.A.B. of Michigan Champions
Champion 3-year-old male: Here Comes The Boom
Aransas HF-HF Geneva, by Origan
Owner/Trainer: Nicole Holst
Breeder: David Holst (MI)
Champion 4-year-old male: Chndako
Chndaka-Viramika, by Virgule Al Maury
Owner/Breeder: Lapco Arabians (KY)
Trainer: Keven Williams
Champion 4-year-old female: DJs Double Trouble
Double Djeopardy-Biharos Shahara, by Biharo
Owner/Breeder: Leon Silber (MI)
Trainer: Nicole Holst
Champion older male: Wodkka
Wojslaw-Little Princcess, by Monarch AH
Owner/Breeder: Daniel and Everetta Woods (TX)
Trainer: Nicole Holst
Champion older female: Whos My Daddy
Haffir El Rimal-Mellonah, by Mellon
Owner/Trainer: Tammie Briggs
Breeder: Trackside Farm (FL)
Michigan-bred male of the year: Here Comes The Boom
Michigan-bred female of the Year: DJs Double Trouble
Horse of the Year: DJs Double Trouble
Arabian breeder and owner of the year: Dan and Everetta Woods
Arabian jockey of the year: Nate Alcala
Arabian trainer of the year: Nicole Holst


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Victor problem
Our TechnoKat robot does not want to cooperate. I'll try to explain the situation and maybe there is someone out there who has seen similar happenings with their robot.
Our team's electrical guys have not been able to check out the problem yet, so I thought I would let you guys chew on it and give me your opinion.
We recently had a demo in Chicago where I personally blew three Victors within 90 minutes... it was pretty frustrating. It was more like a demo on how to blow a Victor (ok, kids... here comes the magic smoke!). There is a root electrical problem that I cannot find.
Here is what has happened (with some history):
1. The left side drill Victor blew at a previous demo.
2. I replaced the left side Victor, and all was well (this happened before the Chicago demo).
3. Once it started driving in Chicago, the right side drill Victor blew.
4. I replaced that Victor with one that was already on the robot (in a different spot) but not being used.
5. The newly added right side drill Victor blew. This was after it was operated successfully by itself, but it blew when the whole drivetrain was operated.
6. I replaced the right side drill Victor again (this time, stealing from one of the Globe motor Victors).
7. This newly added right side drill Victor blew again, just like the previous Victor.
So... I blew 3 Victors, all in the same place (the right side drill). With that info, you would think that the motor may be bad... but read on, it gets better.
Keep in mind that not only I was working on this, but also Darrel Noble, lead electrical guy from 71 was helping me. We both confirmed each time that we had the wires right before it was turned on.
There are a couple of things that are odd about when this failure happened:
1. When I ONLY drove the right side, by itself, it worked fine.
2. The Victor would blow when I drove both the left and right sides together.
3. When I pulled all of the 40A breakers, except for the 1 that had the blown Victor, I would push the right joystick forward and backward. The robot would not move (since the right Victor was blown, of course), but the far left Victor's light would light up. Darrel thought that it was from the motor acting as a generator, but the motor wasn't moving!
4. Looking back to the last time that the far right Victor blew, it happened when I had the right joystick about 1/2 way and the left at full throttle.
I seriously think that there is some odd electrical leakage between the far right victor and the far left victor. The far left victor is getting some sort of power or signal when the right victor is being told to move. This could lead to the cause of this problem.
My first suspicion is that there is some sort of short in the 40A breaker bar. Somehow, voltage is being leaked between these two Victors. When only one is actuated, they both work fine... but when both are being driven, one of the Victors is fried.
I have not taken a voltmeter to the 40A breaker bar... that is probably my next step.
I'm tired of wasting $115 Victors. We blew 2 at Championships, 1 at a previous demo, and now 3 more, for a grand total of $690. Something is seriously wrong. Help!
Andy B.
Last edited by Andy Baker : 06-11-2003 at 09:22 AM.
Your suspicion of the 40A breaker box sounds like a good place to start. It looks like you've covered most of the rest of the electrical system, and that block is one of the few parts that can't be easily visually inspected. It's possible that there's a defect in your 40A block. I would definitely look at that first, Andy.
If you have checked your wires for any "extra" grounding and everything seems fine - you proally should break out the Mulitmeter. Try to check the PWMs too - see if the computer is freaking out too?
Sorry - I don't know what to make of this problem. When we fry something it's b/c of an "extra" ground that the robot thought it should have.
Hope this can start a huge help thread!
If you want to rule out the 40amp breaker bar, re-wire the speed controllers to the 30 amp breakers on the other breaker panel. The motors will run with the 30 amp breakers, they'll just trip more often.
Your note about the left controller lighting up when no breaker was present is strange. Have you considered swapping out the motors? Or disconnecting the PWM inputs?
Just for more data, what was the robot doing when the Victors blew? Driving along in a straight line? Turning? Is dynamic breaking on? Perhaps sudden speed reversals from one victor cause some huge voltage spike and it's leaking back to the right one, perhaps in reverse polarity? I don't know if thats even possible.
Perhaps replacing the other Victor that's lighting up could solve it.
This is just odd, Victors seem pretty sturdy. So its probably a big voltage spike or some how it's getting reverse polarity.
Do you plan on contacting IF? I suspect they would be very interested to hear about this...
-Andy A.
One or both of your motors may be shorting to frame internally. It's also possible that a motor has a shorted winding. In either case, this would cause momentary shorts as the motor is rotating which would cause high voltage spikes when the rotor moves past the short.
High voltage spikes will certainly kill the IGBT drive in the victors but not right away (it's cumulative damage to the silicon substrate). If so, it's hard to "logically" tell which side is causing the problem.
High voltage and current spikes will also create EMI noise which you also seem to be seeing.
I have never seen this on a FIRST system but I have seen it on larger motor drives we use at work.
I would replace both of the motors.
That's my best scenario...
The only other idea I have is that a wire's dielectric insulation is breaking down (either to chassis or to another wire) between one of the Victors and the motors. However, this is not very likely (we use 300V wire).
Good luck!
My best guess is your MaxiBlock (40A) is defective. Maybe file shavings in there or something. That would easily create the problems you are having. Did you try replacing it at all? Either that or try opening it up.
There must be a short in the system for that to happen.
Last edited by Jnadke : 06-11-2003 at 12:52 PM.
I would look to the motors myself. Not sure how a short in the fuse holder wouldn't either trip the 120A breaker or the 40A itself, and only cause a problem when you are applying a signal to the motor, and the same motor for 3 victors.
Is this possible?
I know this does not exactly fit all the facts, but it may explain some of them and you may think back and revise your telling of the story after you think about this possibility.
Could you possibly have the motors wires such that you have the M- sides of the motors flip-flop (M- from the right Victor is hooked to the wire from the LEFT moto lead and M- from the left Victor is hooked to the wire from the RIGHT motor lead?
How about haveing the M+'s flip-flopped?
In either of these cases you may get some strange results that could blow your Victors depending on the phase of the two chopped motor pulses.
The H-bridge has some diodes to dump the current from the motor when the motor is acting like a generator (say when you let off the joysticks rapidly).
I am thinking that if you have the H bridges confused you may be bypassing some of the protective diodes.
As to why always the right side, could it be that you always were turning the same way during your demo?
I don't know if I am just making this up or if I am on to something, but it you can check it out in any case.
Joe J.
We've had odd shorts on occasion. Don't know if this is what your problem is. But, this is what I would check.
Shorts from the Victor to case (in this case the robot). We've had shorts from the Victor mounting screws to the M+ lead. We now use plastic mounting screws.
We've had shorts from the drill motor drive wires to our cooling shroud and thence to our case.
So, I would recommend to perform an insulation resistance test between M+ and robot case and M- and robot case. I would do this for all speed controllers and relays, just in case you have a really weird ground path.
If you're getting shorted windings in your motors, you can check the no-load current. If that has gotten really big (10 Amps), I would replace the motors. It could be that your motors are drawing a lot more current than they did at the beginning of the season. I doubt if this would cause the problem you're observing. But, it might aggravate another problem which has been present all along but hasn't manifested til now.
You should be able to check for shorts between the ports on the 40A breaker.
Since you've already blown a bunch of speed controllers, I would recommend against swapping parts out before finding the problem. It might be worthwhile to pull the offending motors, speed controllers, etc off the robot and try only those bits. This would remove the possibilty of sneaky ground paths.
Sorry I didn't make it to the Sensor Expo, work and union business has kept me busy the last two weeks.
As you have stated, it is not uncommon for the lights on a Victor to come on when the motor is driven particularly when selected for braking mode. (This occurs even if the breaker is pulled.) Since that is one of the conditions and you are sure that the motor is not being turned then the other motor is the one that is back feeding. I will bet that the motors are cross wired, possibly in the M- leads or there is a high resistance connection from the two Victors back to battery common. I know that there was a lot of gear crud coming out of the transmissions at Nationals and that may have made it's way into anywhere as well.
Did the Victors fail as they were in Houston? i.e. one or more of the 12 power transistors exploding? My feeling is if only one blows it's case off or if three side by side are destroyed, there was something conductive in the controller. If transistors on opposite sides of the controller blow, then there may be short in the wiring or a defective brush assembly. (Remember that the new drills have notoriously bad brush parts and I have seen some where the brush holder(s) move out of alignment and touch the body of the motor bearing housing. If a wiring error caused something to come in on the motor leads, i.e. +12 volts to M- when the motor is directed to drive forward, you might find one or two transistors in a string fail and it would always be the same string.
As a last resort, check the +5 volt line at the RC. It may have failed and is high, causing failure of the PWM input. This is pretty unlikely though, unless a 12 volt source was backfeeding through the PWM cable to the RC. I wish I could have got a look when you were here.
I'm not the electrical guy for my team but, I think I might know the problem that you are having. I would first change all of your pwm inputs to the speed controlers. Then I heard our electrical engineer talking about puting spikes after the speed controlers to prevent large voltage spikes.I would then try that and if that doesn't work just rewire the whole darn thing. P.S. if you wold like to pm our electrical team leader his address is ark 1230
Um as far as I know, spikes, or relays are used simply to turn things on or off, such as the compressor or rotating light, not to control voltage spikes... But I know little about electronics, so I could be wrong
I'm otherwise useless to this thread, but I have to say that it's probably among the best I've read in a long time. I've never seen all the "Really Smart People" get together at once like this.
Last edited by Madison : 06-23-2003 at 02:37 PM.
like i said i'm not the elwectrical guy. I just heard our electrical engineer argueing about it with our electrical team leader. Sorry about that.
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My obsession with cameras goes way back to family vacations when I was 8 years old when my mom bought my sister and me a twin-pack of disposable cameras. I used to wander off in Wal*Mart to the camera aisle and obsess over the next coolest looking camera I just HAD to have, and year after year I would end up with a different camera. The obsession just became more intense once I was in my teens and I began to get more acquainted in the ways of digital photography. I got my first point-and-shoot camera, and not long after that (at the age of 15) I had saved up my babysitting money combined with money from my job at a clothing boutique in downtown Weatherford, TX, and purchased my first DSLR: the Canon Rebel. That's what I started my photography career with. I shot my first wedding with that camera at the age of 16. I taught myself Photoshop, how to shoot all manual, what RAW and JPEG meant, etc. My obsession with beautiful photography remains as strong today as it did back when I was 8 years old, and that love is the driving force behind what I do in this business every day.
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Hallo! Bonjour! Amsterdam anyone? Or Paris? I can take you there now! Well- sort of….
First of all, I would love to clear some smoke that is in the air. I can't believe I have gone this long without posting on my dear lil' blog. But life is life, and life gets busy- ya know? Having the opportunity to study abroad is something I'll be forever grateful for, and is an adventure that has led me to create memories that I will genuinely never forget, like ever. However, traveling can be stressful! It's tough to find a balance between traveling, a social life, my blog, as well as school work. Shocker, I know, but believe it or not studying abroad requires a bit of studying. With the combination of midterms in all of my classes last week as well as constantly being in and out of Prague for travel purposes I guess you could say I haven't really had my "blogging mojo" lately. I'm very hopeful that it will come back in time, once life slows down a bit.
Speaking of midterms, Rob and I took all of our mid-semester tests two weeks ago. We ended the stressful week with a bang though, as we left for Amsterdam the following Tuesday! Rob and I have been to two different countries throughout the course of the past eight days which is pretty crazy when you think about it.
Our small adventure started off in the land of wooden clogs and pancakes- the one and only Amsterdam. After a long waited two and a half months, I was finally reunited with my parents. They came to visit Amsterdam for a week, and we met them there amongst my aunt as well as my brother.
We were in Amsterdam for only four days but they were all jam-packed thanks to the planning and preparation from my super fabulous mom. We spent some days exploring the city but also took a few to check out the areas outside of Amsterdam like Keukenhof and De Zoeker.
Keukenhof is Holland's famous tulip … park? I'm not sure if it's considered a park, but that's the closest thing I can compare it to. It's basically just a giant garden with pathways for people to walk through. Amongst the amazing landscaping and flowers, there are also areas to grab various types of foods and treats. We spent another day in De Zoeker and looked at a ton of windmills. These bad boys are massive and believe it or not, are the means of power for a majority of Holland.
After a farewell to my parents, my brother, Rob and I headed to Paris! Paris is a short train ride from Amsterdam, and I actually loved the city a lot more than I thought I would! I think it is safe to say that we squeezed every bit of Paris out of Paris. Does that make sense?
The three of us make quite the trio and we actually traveled very well together. We were all ambitious to see what the city had to offer and thinking back, we all do a fair share of walking (try like 10 miles a day) without complaining… for the most part.
Taking on the famous elegant city with only a map and little to no wifi, we ended up walking for hours and hours each day. One of my favorite things to do in cities I'm checking out for the first time is to get lost within their streets. While we didn't get lost, we did walk for a majority of the time we spent in the city, which to me, is equally as interesting as getting lost. The highlight of my time in Paris had to be checking out the cities amazing views from a ferris wheel.
At first quite skeptical, my brother and I let Rob's persuasive attitude get the better of us and we decided to take a ride on a ferris wheel in the middle of Paris. I'm still not positive if this is like a permanent thing or if it was just randomly placed by a bunch of carnies trying to make some extra cash. Either way, we surprisingly loved the ride and it was absolutely amazing. We were lucky enough to watch the sunset as we were on the ferris wheel. For a cheap 12 euro, it was definitely worth it.
We spent all of Saturday, Sunday, and Monday exploring the streets of Paris. Out of spontaneity Rob and I decided to cancel our bus home (13-hour bus ride back to Prague, ew) and booked a trip to Disneyland instead! We headed to Disneyland for one short day, but it was amazing and didn't fall short of our expectations. How could it though? It is the happiest place on Earth, right?
My goal for this blog post was to talk about spontaneity but I guess I just got so excited about both Amsterdam and Paris that I totally got side tracked… oops.
Even though this is all coming from a spontaneous trip to Disneyland I guess my point is that life is too short to live in fear. Don't be afraid of straying from your perfectly planned out life goals. We should embrace the perfectly imperfect aspects of life and do things on a whim, do things that make us purely happy and fill us with complete bliss.
Despite being deathly afraid of flying (we're talking mental breakdowns before almost every flight), I still travel the world. I sing so loudly to Bruce Springsteen that I'm sure my whole dorm can hear me, I eat pastries for breakfast in Paris, dance my butt off at pubs in Amsterdam, and have somehow survived two and a half months in Prague without dying.
What most people don't realize is that it's these small little parts of life that add up to something that feels a little bit perfectly imperfect.


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Mitigating factors in meat efficiency
efficiency figures in my last post for raising various types of
meat make some big assumptions that aren't even true in cultures like
ours where most livestock are raised in factory farms, and are even
less true in other parts of the world. For example, the
astonishingly inefficient beef figures are mitigated by the fact that
most cattle, even in the U.S., are raised on pasture with little or no
grain during their youth, and are only moved to feedlots to be fattened
before slaughter. Next, consider that the hides of cows are used
for leather, collagen from connective tissue is used to make glue,
gelatin is eaten and used in plastic, and fats are used in soaps and
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Comment by Wed Feb 13 12:32:17 2013—
When I lived in Olympia, I bought a lamb (for eating) every year from a farm on the next bay. That farm raised a small group of sheep every year, on acerage too wet and steep for year round livestock. They would get in young sheep every springtime, once the ground dried enough, and slaughter them every fall before the winter rains started, and sell them to the townsfolk. That way they were able to preserve their hilly woodlands from erosion during the wet season, and help generate cash for their coffers. My understanding is that there is much land that is not suitable for agriculture but suitable for livestock of various sorts, depending on how it is managed...
I have learned a lot from reading the blog "Throwback At Trapper Creek"* written by a woman who raises beef cattle in the PNW, and who uses a very thoughful method of rotational grazing that is gradually restoring her land to a high level of fertility, while also feeding her livestock.
Comment by Wed Feb 13 12:49:01 2013—
ruminants like cows and sheep pull their weight in areas with lots of non-arable ground.
That's always been why I've never held with the "animal protein is a much less efficient use of land than plant protein!" argument. Animals can be raised on land that can't be productively used to grow crops, thus completely negating the "either/or" dichotomy. The most sustainable form of agriculture is mixed agriculture; industrial plant farming is as unsustainable as industrial animal farming (and as ethically dubious).
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Maggie --- No, that's one of the kids Megan babysits for, but the photo is from a couple of years ago.
Comment by Wed Feb 13 13:22:37 2013—
I really enjoy your book post series. Thanks for reading this stuff so I don't have to [yet].
My husband and I were discussing yesterday's post about beef, etc and came to the same conclusion - that not all factors were being taken into consideration. I'm glad to know that we were right.
Comment by Wed Feb 13 14:04:30 2013—
We also have to expand that "eficiency audit" a little: considering our digestive inefficiencies, it makes more sense to let plants like grass capture the Sun's energy and the ruminants to capture that energy and put it into meat, whch we digest more efficiently than we digest plants.
Secondly, paasture is a more natural use of land than rasising crops, with skads less fossil fuel & chemicals needed to raise animals than plant, not to mention the producer's time.
Third, the calorie/protein ratio of a veg diet is unhealthy: it takes 3200 cal of rice, beans & corn to provide 60gm prot/d, but only 500 cal of beef. The beef also contains many times more of most vit & minerals than plants. (Plants should really only be considered as CHO calorie sources for us.)
And when we consider eliminating the grain feeds from the animals' diet, feed efficiency becomes an useless argument. Grain feeding merely puts more weight on each head, increasing the producer's profit per head, but not significantly changing things for the consummer. One grass-fed cow will give you 1/2 lb of beef to eat every day for 2.5 yrs. Grain fed will give you meat for 2.75 yrs. If you're not selling the meat, you lose money by grain feeding.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Book Blogger Hop - 1/15 - 1/21
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tired - not really. But more on life issues that's preventing me to publish more posts. (me blogging since 2008 - multiply days) last year when i had health issues, saw that lots of old bloggers have retired ;( . . . . glad to see you still there!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh yes. Not retiring from blogging any time soon. Or at least I hope not.Delete
Life does get in the way, though. :)
Thanks for stopping, Kaori King.
Going to stop by your blog.
I love the reading part but do struggle with the writing part at times.ReplyDeleteReplies
Sometimes the writing is difficult, but I love blogging and my book blog friends.Delete
Thanks for stopping, Kathy.
I love blogging to much to even think about giving it up.ReplyDelete
Elizabeth I do have a question for you. Do you think you can tell me how to make a link to my blog post? I have been struggling on how to do it.
Thank you, Theresa
Yes...blogging is such fun.ReplyDelete
Of course I can help you. I will send you an e-mail.
Thanks for stopping, The Truth About Books.
This is my way of connecting with people. I don't have a lot of people in my life to begin with and even fewer who enjoy reading like I do. I can't help but want to connect with other people who enjoy talking about books.ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by earlier and I hope you have a wonderful week!
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Thanks for stopping, Kristine.
At this point I don't see myself growing tired of it either and I would miss all my blogger friends too much!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Thanks for stopping, Katherine.
I agree. It's such a part of our lives now.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Reports that millions of Gauteng traffic fines issued in the last few years would be scrapped may have jumped the gun.
On Friday the High Court in Pretoria ruled in favour of traffic fines management company Fines 4 U and Audi Centre Johannesburg, who took the traffic authorities to court for not following the due process of traffic violation enforcement.
Judge Bill Prinsloo found that the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) failed to dispatch traffic fines per the regulations of the Aarto act, which included requiring registered mail to be used for final infringement notices, and the timelines for the serving of the notices.
Some media reports have suggested that residents of Johannesburg and Pretoria – the only two cities where Aarto has been implemented – could breathe a sigh of relief as the judgement meant millions of traffic fines issued under Aarto since 2008 must be scrapped where authorities didn't comply with the act's conditions.
However, Justice Project South Africa's Howard Dembovsky believes it's too soon for motorists to simply forget about their outstanding fines.
"Whilst this judgment augers well for other people and entities who have suffered similar abuses by the RTIA, the judge did not rule and could not have ruled that all similar representations and affected Aarto infringement notices issued since 2008 must be scrapped," he says.
"It's not a blanket scrapping of fines. This Review Judgment was granted only to Fines 4 U and Audi Centre Johannesburg and was specific to the 415 affected infringement notices."
Ignoring the fines won't make them evaporate, says Dembovsky. However, motorists who feel that the correct procedures weren't followed in the issuing of their traffic fines should exercise their option to go to court and make representation.
"The chances of the processes having been stuck to in every other case are very low. There is no chance that the processes were followed properly in all of the other millions of fines," he says.
Fines4U owner Cornelia van Niekerk agrees, saying that a large percentage of these fines would be affected by the same failures. She has called upon the RTIA to cancel all similarly affected fines without delay.
Still a significant win for the public
Although there has been no mass scrapping of fines, the court case has been a significant win for the public and for the rule of law, says Wayne Duvenage, chairman of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa).
"It means that no enforcement orders may be introduced to block the public from having their vehicle licences renewed unless the traffic management authorities can prove they have followed due process," he says.
"Due process of traffic violation enforcement has not been followed by those in authority, forcing the public to pay for fines while their rights to challenge them has been effectively denied.
"There has been a tendency for our traffic authorities, over time, to circumvent their required legal obligations insofar as traffic fine notification processeses go. This in turn led to traffic fines being converted to enforcement orders, which essentially became a mechanism of extortion, by blocking the vehicle owner's ability to relicence their vehicles – until the fines were paid.
"In doing so, the rights of motorists to enquire about the legitimacy of the fine or to benefit from early settlement discounts had been removed. The motorist was left with two choices; drive an unlicenced vehicle (with added risks), or pay the outstanding traffic fines."
According to Aarto, infringement notices for traffic offences must be handed to you by a traffic officer or, if it's a camera fine, delivered by registered mail. If the infringer doesn't react to this for 32 days a courtesy letter must be issued via registered mail. An enforcement order must be issued (again by registered mail) if infringers fail to comply with the courtesy letter.
If you do not comply with the provisions of an enforcement order within 32 days after issuing thereof, a warrant will be issued and handed to a Sheriff for execution, who may attach your property and your driving licence.
If you feel one of more of those processes were not adhered to, you have reasonable grounds for cancelling your ticket and you may submit a representation (i.e. a sworn statement) via the Aarto website.


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Shockers roll Tide for NIT championship
The players flooded off the Wichita State bench, jumping together near the corner of the floor. Gregg Marshall smiled and pumped his fist. A few thousand fans dressed in yellow stood on their feet, cheering for a championship.
Good luck convincing any of them that they didn't deserve it.
Or that they didn't belong in a more prestigious postseason tournament.
J.T. Durley and Graham Hatch scored 12 points each to lead a balanced offense, and the fourth-seeded Shockers simply overwhelmed top-seeded Alabama 66-57 on Thursday night to win the NIT championship at Madison Square Garden.
Hatch was 4 for 4 from beyond the arc, including back-to-back shots in the closing minutes, as Wichita State (29-8) finished up a remarkable postseason run in style.
"We obviously, as a team, have gone through a roller coaster," Hatch said. "We came back from those disappointments, we pulled together, and it's just magical. It's unbelievable."
After getting left out of the NCAA tournament – and after hardly any critics argued on their behalf – the Shockers left little doubt they should have been selected. They beat Nebraska by 27 points, won at Virginia Tech, beat College of Charleston, then set a school record for wins in a season with a 75-44 romp over Washington State in the semifinals.
They added one more victory against the Crimson Tide.
"Give them credit. They made the plays they needed to make," said Alabama coach Anthony Grant, who plans to return home and watch his former team, VCU, play in the Final Four this weekend. The Rams face Butler on Saturday.
"I'm really proud of what our guys were able to accomplish over the course of the season," Grant said. "We grew, and we learned over the course of the year, and I think as a basketball team we got better, and really as a coach, that's what you want to be able to do."
Tony Mitchell had 13 points and 12 rebounds for Alabama (25-12), though he didn't get much help. Leading scorer JaMychal Green struggled with foul trouble and finished with 12 points, and Trevor Releford and Charvez Davis had 10 each.
"JaMychal is a key player to our team, he's a threat inside," Davis said. "We had to keep playing when he got out. We just didn't make enough plays."
Alabama briefly pulled ahead in the second half on a free throw by Chris Hines with 15:06 left, but Wichita State answered with eight straight points to regain control.
Green went to the bench with his fourth foul during the run, and the lead never fell below five points the rest of the way, even when he finally checked back in.
Any doubt about the outcome was erased when Hatch hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 4:13 remaining that extended the lead to 61-52. On the Shockers' next possession, Hatch set up from the same spot and knocked down another 3-pointer.
The two clutch shots helped him earn the tournament MVP award.
"The ball was in the air forever, literally, it seemed to me," Marshall said of the two 3-pointers. "The ball with its arc, the majestic rotation, and it found the bottom of the net."
Both teams certainly wish they'd made the NCAA tournament, but they took advantage of the chance to keep playing through March. They both brought pep bands and cheerleaders, along with a couple thousand fans, despite visiting arguably the most expensive city in the country.
They were loud throughout, too, with dueling chants of "Go Shockers" and "Roll Tide."
The two teams sure played as if they belonged in the other, more prestigious postseason tournament in the first half. They combined to shoot 50 percent from the field, made all 14 of their combined foul shots and played well enough on defense to force 18 turnovers.
Wichita State managed a 37-34 lead largely because it got the pace going in its favor. The Crimson Tide came in allowing just over 59 points per game, eighth-best in the nation, while the Shockers are 15-0 the past three-plus seasons under Marshall when they score 80 points.
They didn't get there this time. It turned out they didn't need to.
"A special group of guys that deserves everything they have coming," said Marshall, noting his team shot 50 percent for the game. "We're going to play defense and we're going to rebound, and when the ball goes through the basket at that type of clip, we can play with anyone."
They proved that earlier in the year, too.
Wichita State led Connecticut for about 37 minutes at the Maui Invitational, then lost to VCU on a last-second free throw in a Bracketbusters game. The Shockers also lost a tough game to San Diego State, which earned a No. 2 seed to the NCAA tournament.
The Shockers returned four starters from a team that lost in the NIT last season, and were the class of the Missouri Valley much of the year. They wound up losing to eventual champion Indiana State in the league tournament, though, and a down year for the conference hurt their chances of an at-large NCAA tournament bid.
They made the most of their chance to play in the NIT.
"This is what you do it for, these moments," Hatch said with a smile. "We were disappointed in our conference tournament, so to have this opportunity to win such an amazing tournament as the NIT, this atmosphere, I couldn't imagine it."


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Thursday, July 26, 2012
50 Shades of Gray
4 comments:
- Anonymous said...
my friend that is a designer once told me , maybe not her exact words but you should bring the house outside color in to the inside colors. so there you go,the colors ya'll have chosen will be easy to decorate with. when you go to the stores to look for accessories you will find all the merchandise will work with those colors.---signed anonymous j.v.
- July 27, 2012 at 7:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
Sherwin Williams paint is the best paint made, in my opinion. all i , so easy to paint with. my last house paint job was over 10 years old and the day we moved out it looked just like new. good choice !! also if you can get a color wheel to carry around with you if you will choose a color and go directly across the wheel (opposite side) you will find the colors will work well together. strange but it does work, the colors compliment each other j.v.
- July 27, 2012 at 7:54 AM
- Rachel said...
So beautiful!!!!! I can't wait to see that nursery too!!!!
- July 27, 2012 at 8:03 AM
- Gaya said...
OH MY GOSH - the house looks so good - holy moly
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