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"Bridging The Gap Between Medicine and Fitness"
-Travis Hyer, Founder Power-Up!
If you are not familiar with Muay Thai, it's the national sport of Thailand, and one of the most effective stand up fighting systems in the world. Participants of Muay Thai are incredibly fit and develop strong, athletic bodies. This system of martial arts uses powerful strikes with the hands, elbows, knees and feet. This is why Muay Thai is known as "The Art of 8 Limbs."
The origin of Muay Thai, as a fighting style, is thought to have developed for centuries as tribes migrated south from the steppes of China through Vietnam, Laos, Burma, and Cambodia. The major tribes of that period, one of which was the (Tai) Siamese, fought fiercely to survive as they moved south and encountered other smaller tribes in what is now northern and central Thailand, and as far south as Malaysia. Through training, loss of life, military tactics, and hand-to-hand combat, technique and tactics were honed to a razors edge, and the rudimentary elements of a "fighting-style" began to take root.
Older soldiers and fathers taught their students and sons the offensive and defensive tactics and techniques, proper posture and position, and skills to enhance awareness. Those students and sons went on to teach their children, and the roots and permanent structure of an "effective fighting-style" began to strengthen. Proper technique and power strikes were a vital element in war that requires hand-to-hand skills. Each strike and movement is meant to deliever a debilitating and crushing blow, and enable the fighter to move on to the next opponent quickly without leaving himself exposed to an attack.
It would seem that the evolution of the most-effective hand-to-hand form of combat evolved in a rather Darwin-like manner demanding survival of the fittest: those who fought well.......lived and taught others before falling themselves.
The Thai were on constant guard against attack from neighboring countries, including Burma and Cambodia. Enemies for centuries, the Burmese and Thai fought several wars wreaking destruction on both countries. Muay Thai was primarily a part of the Thai culture during this period and was a mandatory training as part of the Thai military of that time. The military continued to train soldiers for centuries in the art of Muay Thai: defining, and refining the skills, tactics, and techniques with the wars against the Burmese, Cambodians, and other invaders.
Young Thai men returning from a tour of duty with the military soon engaged in matches for sport and fun in villages and towns. Each province, town, and village would support a local fighter who showed some promise and skill. Older warriors, survivors of many battles and engagements of the enemy, became Muay Thai instructors and teachers [ Kroo Muay]. The love of the sport, and a need for the defense of the kingdom made Muay Thai a part of the Thai culture for the next 500 years as generation after generation passed the skills on to the next.
Today, the evolution of Muay Thai is finally reaping rewards and recognition. Muay Thai was recently accepted as an Olympic sport, and it is becoming quite popular in many countries throughout the world. Professional fighters in martial arts, K-1, and submission fighting all agree, Muay Thai is an essential part of being an all-around skilled fighter and having stand-up fighting skills. Muay Thai will continue to grow in popularity as new training camps and gyms open around the world.
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Dive deep into the wine world and pedal around the foothills of the Andes. Cousiño Macul winery happens to be world-famous and our vinicultural playground on this 2 hour outing. Pedal 45 minutes through a vineyard so old that the city has grown up and around it. Then walk amongst the barrels of the family's personal wine collection, aka 100 year old bodega. Take a selfie in front of this majestic french cellar. Stories and wine worth savoring is the theme of this tour. Put this on your screensaver or instagram for friends to envy you: riding a green bike, while on vacation, in the middle of a vineyard, with the Andes towering over you.
Why take THIS tour, Why THIS tour with La Bicicleta Verde? There is an oasis inside Santiago, and it is this family-owned vineyard called Cousiño Macul. You can go there with 44 other tourists on a tourist bus… or be more green, local and have a lot more fun by doing it on a bike with La Bicicleta Verde. This 2 hour adventure is carried out within Santiago city limits and thus easily accessible by the city's metro. You'll learn the wine making process both past and present. No better way to escape the city for a few hours and breathe in this fresh grapeful air!
Why cycle with us? We give you access inside the winery that no one else has. We are the ONLY bike tour allowed inside CousiñoMacul Vineyard. We chose it because (1) it's centrally located and therefore more cost-friendly since you can arrive by metro, and (2) because being family-owned is important to us… and to them! The green gurus (aka your local guides) know everything from seed to grape to the water of god's! BTW: We have fine-tuned this tour inside grape heaven since we designed the experience in 2012, so our promise is that this tour gets better with each harvest. Our wine gurus are bilingual, love wine and do not pass out generic, scripted tour info! If you're still not convinced by this tour that's ok, we got maaaad references. Check us out on TripAdvisor.
Who should NOT take this tour? Our list of people who hate our tours states clearly in #3 that hard-core cyclists will be unhappy with our 4-5 km route. This tour is about 45-60 minutes of extremely gentle riding. If you wear bike shorts to this outing, you will be disappointed. Also people looking for the cheapest deal, #6 on our list, should take a big bus tour for half the price. We charge a price to make bike tours viable over the long term for our city, the staff and the vineyard. Demanding customers are not good for the company's longevity nor for the fun part of the job. 3 of our managers started their internship with us and decided to make a career out of this. Don't treat us like Walmart.
Check out our sustainability policy here.
Tour Details
Start TimeBetween 9 - 3 (Subject to Avalibility/ Closed on Sunday)
Price$145 USD (Ask for a discount with groups over 5)
Duration2 hours
AvailabilityThe Vineyard is open from Mondays - Saturday (closed on Sundays)
StartViña Cousino Macul. You get there by metro + taxi. Bikes are waiting at the vineyard! We can arrange pick up for an extra charge with private tours
Distance4-5 km by bicycle
DifficultyRelaxed, but be confident on your bike
ChildrenAvailable for children ages 2 and up - please request with anticipation
Group sizeIf you are more than 10 people we will give you another guide to help out with numbers
What to BringCash for a taxi (around $3,000 clp each way) comfy clothes, sunscreen
InclusionsWater, helmet, bilingual guide, your green machine and 4 tastings
Not includedInsurance
Tour Itinerary
Meet Your Guide at the Vineyard
Meet your green T-shirted guide at the vineyard, where we will give you a bottle of water, wine glass to put in your basket, and a green bike. Santiago's hidden treasure nestled between the Andes is then ready for us to pedal right through the middle of it! One of our customers was so amazed he wrote on TripAdvisor that he "couldn't believe that there could be a vineyard so close to the city" (Claire, Sydney).
Cousiño Macul
1st 60 minutes: After weaving our way through the 80 year old vines, we stop to talk about how Cousiño Macul was born, including the grapes, and what is special about this family-owned vineyard. Our guide sneaks a bottle out of the bodega so we can enjoy a tasting between the vines. We will 'salud' below the sunlight and learn how to smell, taste, and enjoy the wine! Once the glasses are empty we are only a light peddle away from the wine cellar. You won't be disappointed by this 1874 cellar built by french architects. Don Luis Causiño and Dona Isidora Goyenchea hired them especially for this historical construction. While the century-old residence is on the property, we respect the 6th generation family. We stick to biking through their yard (vineyard) instead of exploring their personal and private home.
4 Tastings of Wine
Next 60 minutes: 100 year old authentic wooden barrels tower over us as we walk through the winery. Your guru will take you through the french made cellar discussing the process. Onward we go, seeing equipment used to make wine from the 20s and 30s. A super relaxing morning/ afternoon will be had with 4 tastings of wine. Ask any questions and we'll do a super job at answering them (especially if they are about wine).
Don't forget to check out the wine shop at the end for some affordable vino to take home… or just drink.
PS: We'll arrange a taxi to drop you off right at the metro when you are finished with your wine… Cheers to that!
Mjmelchiori: The wines were amazing and the views of the surrounding area amazing! I highly recommend taking a tour with this company...
Paula S.: I would highly recommend this tour to anyone looking to have a good time and learn something new in the process...
Claire D.: This a great way to spend a few hours in Santiago. We had a good sized group for the bike & wine tour of about 9 people...

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Following their midweek triumph over Ormiston, Hawick Royal Albert hit the winning trail again with a five-goal blast, writes John Slorance.
The Teries set the pace from the start, and with 10 minutes gone, opened the scoring through Craig Robertson's well-struck shot after he was set up by a flicked pass from giant striker Alieu Faye.
With Craigroyston on the back foot, the Albert continued to push forward and Blake Wales and Robert Boyd both were close to scoring within minutes of each other.
Craigie then showed what they had to offer, with a nice move that ended in Greg Tulloch hitting an angled shot into the side netting.
In the 39th minute, the Albert added to their tally when Faye made an immaculate job of putting away a penalty after Wales had been downed in the box by Oliver Fleming.
Two minutes later, Faye switched from goalscorer to goalmaker with a slick back-heeled pass into the path of Wales, who curled his shot into the net via the post.
Craigroyston got the second half off to a flying start with an excellent goal from Tulloch.
Royalists took this early setback in their stride, however, and in the 61st minute notched a fourth.
Cameron Macfarlane dented the Craigroyston defence with a jinking run, before passing to Wales, and the young midfielder polished off a great move with a spot-on finish.
Four minutes later, Craigroyston's Mark Torrance was given his marching orders for upending Wales with a reckless challenge.
The city side then had their best spell of the game which brought about a strike from O'Rourke that went close.
Hawick began to find their feet again after this, and eight minutes from time, went nap.
On collecting a Macfarlane cutback, Ryan Stevenson blasted a shot into the net.
Commenting on his side's victory, Albert assistant manager Dean Robertson said: "I was pleased with our win as we played well and scored five goals. We lost two sloppy goals, though, and I wasn't pleased about that.
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Boy is this woman interesting, we have received several emails in on her over recent months. Crazy part is she doesn't even have a criminal record, but boy oh she should according to our sources.
If you had been out in the local bar scene say from 2008-2014 you know Dani most likely. Hell when the mugshot came in 2 of our Admins knew her not by name just by look from the bar life. If you didn't get involved with Dani GOOD JOB! You most likely saved yourself a ton of headache.
Too bad one man didn't learn that until it was too late, and guess what!?!? Yep he got her pregnant… The question here becomes can a child change a woman and make her per say "grow up"? Well she has been off the radar of everyone recently so maybe it did…
One email that came in said "This crazy ass bar whore needs to be in McFarland's!!!!!" Naturally this caught our attention so we had a little conversation with this person. She went on how one of her friends use to date Dani and it was a never ending nightmare. Dani allegedly ran the guy over with a car, beat his ass multiple times, would break up with him only to crawl back begging for him to take her back hours later, tried to poison him when cooking for him, and much more. DAMN!!!!
Another person wrote in saying "I witnessed Dani and her ex get into an argument, he refused to put his hands on her but she beat the living fuck out of him. He finally ended up pushing her out of his way and she screamed to call the cops. When he walked out of the room his face was swollen and bleeding like crazy and she complained of a red mark on her ass from hitting the floor. The bitch needs meds for sure!"
We spoke to one of her exs who wished to stay anonymous, he confirmed a lot of what was being accused against her. When asked why he stayed with her through the constant verbal and physical abuse his answer was "Simple crazy bitches got the best ass bro".
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As further proof that Smackdown has become an empty capsule of a show (aside from the awesome weekly Ziggler match), the DirecTV guide summery for this past Friday's episode was "Seth Rollins explains his actions, Bray Wyatt returns." Meaning, of course, that Rollins would explain the reasons for betraying The Shield and Bray would come back after losing the Payback Last Man Standing match. Having only been off TV for one RAW, mind you.
So what happened? Rollins came out and said nothing. Claiming he didn't owe anyone any explanations. And then Bray appeared - pre-taped on the Titantron. So when did Rollins really explain himself? When did Bray actually return? RAW. Because those events were too big for Smackdown. Which means that Smackdown has become, at long last, the show that's not important enough for things to happen on. Not even Ambrose's "spiders all over my brain" pre-promo warm up routine.
Now, given that the MITB match will be for the vacated WWE World title (more on that in a few meandering paragraphs), some folks out in the twitter-verse have been wondering if they'll re-split the belts. If both title belts are to hang above the ring again, like they did back at TLC, then could we be heading to a reversal of the unification? Who knows? What I do know is that, as much as I was against the unification, it'd be a jackass move to undo it so quickly. And have the WWE World Heavyweight title live for less time than the Unified Championship did.
Though there are upsides. Maybe it'd give me a reason to pay attention to Smackdown again. Maybe the WWE wouldn't have to freak out whenever their one champion got injured - so much so that they draw out vacating the belts with a storyline because they have no other top champ. Which then makes PPVs problematic when an injured champ can't defend their belt. Granted, these were all reasons why I didn't want the belts unified in the first place. But since they never even took the time to turn the championship into one belt, maybe this is all reversible after all. It would mean of course that the only two guys to hold the WWE WHC were Orton and Bryan.
Anyhow, Rollins came out last night on RAW to give his side of the story. It was a bit flimsy as far as heel explanations go, of course. Fairly empty. No one's buying that Rollins only ever thought of Ambrose and Reigns as business partners. Especially when he was the one who so desperately cared about mending their internal wounds this past winter and thwarted their breakup. It was amusing to hear Cole actually play up the "architect" epithet though. Rollins is now being ret-conned into the guy who put The Shield together in the first place. Don't remember that ever being an actual bullet point the announcers discussed. They just seemed to call him the "architect" arbitrarily.
Of course, Rollins now not being part of The Shield means that he no longer has to look like he just walked out of a torrential rainstorm. One where sardine oil falls from the sky instead of water. No, he got to come out all clean cut, dry, and in a suit. On Smackdown, Rollins actually came out with Triple H too. And then aided Orton in the end during Orton's match with Big Show. So we got more of a sense that Rollins perhaps was the new third member of Evolution.
It didn't quite seem that way on RAW last night however. Evolution didn't seem to be a thing anymore at all. And so it was as if Evolution had, in fact, been destroyed at Payback and that Triple H's revenge was to destroy The Shield in return. Which, if he's not joining Evolution, makes Rollins' betrayal even emptier.
People do seem to love hating the guy though. Which is pretty refreshing. Good old fashioned angry granny heat. He's gotten under people's skin so badly that Ambrose now holds his mic like he's a Dickensian street orphan clutching a bowl of miso soup. No, Dean. Bad Dean! Do not drink that microphone!
I do still think that this is the best thing Rollins could have done for his own singles career. In fact, he should have mentioned that. He should have gotten real about it. About how everyone expected big things from Ambrose and Reigns in the future and that he'd become an afterthought.
It still remains to be seen though - will The Shield take on a third member? And will Rollins actually form a gang with Hunter and Randy? Also, should I head down to Arlington this weekend and buy a $12 ticket to TNA's Slammiversary? The answers are "not sure," "not sure," and "no way, Game of Thrones finale!" Valar SerPounceus!
Speaking of GoT, Reigns (of Castamere) threw out a "Game of Thrones" reference while talking about Triple H. Which made me realize that the "You Win or You Die" quote/tagline from the show/books would make a great wrestling shirt. A tad hyperbolic, but it could work. And if they gave it to Big Show it could be "You Win or You Cry."
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We arrive at Oak Flat on Sunday afternoon, November 30th.
As usual, I take advantage of stores and services that are available en route to a new camp. In this case, Bridget and I stop at the Wal-Mart in Claypool, Arizona (near Globe). Then we head west on Route 60. Also as usual, I'm excited about a new camp!
This is a big copper mining area.
Route 60 is called the Gila Pinal Scenic Highway. I guess it got that title due to the big mountains of boulders on both sides, or maybe the rocky cliffs that the road slices through, or maybe the humongous holes in the ground due to mining operations.
We climb to a summit named "Top of the World" where a tiny, tumble-down town sits and can't be more than 6,000 feet if it's a foot. I give the town credit for putting a positive slant on what they have.
On the other side of the mountain, we descend.
Of course, what else would we do? Fly?
Anyway . . . .
We soon arrive at the turn for Tonto National Forest's hidden gem, Oak Flat Campground.
Uh-oh. This does not look promising.
Okay, let's pause here for a moment of reflection.
I want to talk about camps. There are camps and then there are camps. Know what I mean?
There are what I think of as "glamour camps." These are in campgrounds or boondocks where the scenery pops your eyes out. I've shown you lots of them over the past 3+ years. Our camp in 2013 near the Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, is an example.
Our front door view of Lone Peak
Then there are camps that are small in scope, but big on atmosphere. Cozy camps. Pretty camps. An example is the camp we made along the Tieton River in Washington in 2013.
A peaceful place for morning coffee
Sometimes a camp is desirable because it's convenient. Any beauty found there is a bonus. I call those Handy-Dandy Camps. Quartz Flat along Interstate 90 near Superior, Montana, is a good example.
It was a long drive that hot day in 2013. The crew is worn out.
Those are the three categories of camps: Eye-popping Scenic, Cozy-Pretty, and Handy-Dandy.
In what category shall we place Oak Flat Campground?
Oak Flat Campground is . . . er . . . rustic. Let's face it. The campground is old and has seen better days. To be blunt and maybe unfair — I'm giving you my first impression — it has an atmosphere of Shanty Town. Tarps are big here. Radios, too. Also groups of large, barking dogs, apparently the result of neglecting to spay/neuter. Campsites look tired and worn.
For those reasons, I choose to camp outside of the campground in a large, flat clearing.
I wouldn't say this camp is Eye-Popping Scenic.
I like that I found a site away from boulders (rattlesnake homes) and the campground.
Can't say it fits in the Cozy-Pretty category.
The site is spacious for Bridget's wanderings though. (Photo taken at dusk.)
I guess it fits best in the Handy-Dandy category.
Even though there's a mountain between here and Globe where the auto body shop is located, the drive is less than 30 minutes.
Speaking of the body shop . . .
Cobre Valley Motors Body Shop, Globe, Arizona
The Imperfect Tow Vehicle remains imperfect as I type this. Whereas the first replacement door (silver) turned out to have rust, the second replacement door (red) turns out to be dented on the inside.
I say to Duane, "What is it with the colored doors? I drive around and see all these Chevy Express vans and every one of them is white."
He chuckles at this.
"I think that rusty door came from the East somewhere."
"Gee, you'd think the salvage yard would look at the door before sending it," I remark.
Oh well. As with anything involving a chain of people, all it takes to lower quality (or to cause delay) is one weak link. It's okay. I can wait and return when the time is right.
Maybe there's a reason for the delay . . .
Like seeing spectacular sunrises from our camp outside Oak Flat.
Every camp has something to make it memorable! (No photo enhancement)
NOTE: The money reports (see header) for the months of May, June, and July of 2014 are posted!
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G-20 Resources
Click here to access the new resource, The G20 and Africa Monitor.
Click here to watch SAIIA Online Briefing: G-20 2013: Overview
Click here to watch SAIIA Online Briefing: G-20 2013: What to Expect
Click here to watch SAIIA Online Briefing: G-20 2013: Labour20
Click here to watch SAIIA Online Briefing: G-20 2013: Youth20
Click here to watch SAIIA Online Briefing: G-20 2013: Civil20
Read Peter Draper's article: What are the prospects for success at the G-20?
Click here to access all G-20 resources on the GEGAfrica website
- Date: 29 August 2013
- Time: 11:00 -13:00
- Venue: SAIIA Hall, Jan Smuts House, East Campus, Wits University. (Map and Directions)
- Organisers: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the GEG-Africa Project
- Owen Willcox: Director of International Finance and International and Regional Economic Policy at the National Treasury
- Peter Draper: Senior Research Fellow at the South Africa Institute of International Affairs (@peterdraper5)
- Marianne Buenaventura Goldman: Governance Advisor at Oxfam (@oxfaminsa)
- Moderator: Catherine Grant Makokera: Head of the Economic Diplomacy Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs (@cathgmak)
Click here for more photos on the GEGAfrica Facebook page.
Event Background:
The need for a more effective global economic governance system has gained traction over the last two decades. The complexity of this system has also necessitated better co-ordination at an international level. The Group of 20 (G-20) was formally established in September 1999 in the wake of the Asian financial crisis between 1997 and 1999. Its primary aim was to facilitate discussion and debate at the top decision-making levels.
As stated in his paper, "The G-20 and Africa: A Critical Assessment", Prof. Danny Bradlow sees the G-20 as "crisis manager", "orchestrator" and "communicator" of the current global economic governance system. And although its communiques are not binding, the G-20 has become a crucial forum to seek common understanding on, and a common approach to, particular issues of global importance.
South Africa is the only African country represented at the G-20 and is eligible to participate in all meetings and working groups. The country is not the formal representative of all African countries but there are expectations for it to pay attention to the concerns and interests of the rest of the continent, within the G-20.
What will South Africa's agenda be when heads of state meet in St. Petersburg, Russia on 5 and 6 September 2013? This special SAIIA media briefing will give you the information you need to understand the politics of G-20, the complexity of club diplomacy and what South Africa's priorities are within the G-20.
Quick Facts on the G-20
G20 members represent almost:
1. 90% of global GDP.
2. 80% of international global-trade.
3. Two-thirds of the world's population lives in G-20 member countries.
4. 84% of all fossil fuel emissions are produced by G-20 countries.
Who is the G-20:
The G-20 brings together finance ministers and central bank governors (and since 2008, heads of state) from 19 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Number 20 is the European Union, represented by the President of the European Council and by Head of the European Central Bank
G-20 Meetings with Heads of State since inception:
- Washington D.C., United States in November 2008
- London, United Kingdom in April 2009
- Pittsburgh, United States in September 2009
- Toronto, Canada in June 2010
- Seoul, Republic of Korea in November 2010
- Cannes, France in November 2011
- Los Cabos, Mexico in June 2012
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Mark Catlin believes the first marker has been laid in the potential development of Fratton Park.
Pompey have acquired a 30-year-plus lease on the former Beneficial Foundation building in Anson Road.
It was for a six-figure sum and there has been no borrowing involved in the purchase of the propertyMark Catlin
Adjacent to the North Stand car park, the agreement creates land opportunity should the Blues opt to redevelop their ground.
It is unconnected to ongoing negotiations for Michael Eisner's takeover.
And chief executive Catlin believes the six-figure Anson Road land deal is crucial.
He said: 'Whatever the outcome of the voting on the Michael Eisner offer of investment, the club carries on regardless and this is a vitally-important strategic acquisition of land adjacent to our current footprint.
'We have not got anything specifically planned for this at the moment, but in the short term it gives us immediate breathing space.
'Should the club take the route to stay at Fratton Park in the mid to long term, it will give us a lot more opportunity in the scope of what we can do at the stadium.
'It was for a six-figure sum and there has been no borrowing involved in the purchase of the property.'
Pompey have still to decide how the premises will be used in the short term.
Catlin added: 'We previously rented part of it when we came out of administration, with our Academy staff based there before moving to Roko.
'In the short term we are reviewing a number of options for the property, which includes using it as it currently is, possibly expanding into a car parking space or redevelopment of that building in isolation.
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Presentation to:
WV Expo 2008 – Charleston Civic Center
Jonathan Bennett PE – Chief Engineer Earth Support Division March 20, 2008
GeoStructures GeoStructures' Earth Support Division focuses on the engineering and construction of ground anchors and anchored structures.
Tieback Walls
Soil Nailing
Tieback Wall
Soil Nailing
Jon Bennett - Speaker Bio Chief Engineer – GeoStructures Earth Support Division (formerly TerraTech) BS Civil Engineering (Structures) – West Virginia Institute of Technology MS Civil Engineering (Structures) – West Virginia University MEM Engineering & Technology Management – George Washington University Professional Engineer in WV, VA, MD, and PA Professional background in Structural and Foundation Engineering with CH2M Hill and the Parsons Corporation prior to joining TerraTech in 1993. y g g g 15 years involvement in the design, construction and management of design-build specialty geotechnical construction projects throughout the mid Atlantic region of the United States. g y Chairman of the DFI Tiebacks and Soil Nailing Committee. Heavily involved in industry development efforts for Tieback Walls, Soil Nailing, and Micropiles through DFI, ADSC, and ASCE GEO Institute. Involved in AASHTO specification development for anchored walls and micropiles with T15 Committee. Stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
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A Ground Anchor is a structural element installed in a grout-filled hole in g soil or rock that is used to transmit an applied tensile force into the ground. Ground Anchors can be installed vertically, horizontally, or in inclined positions. A minimum inclination of 10 degrees below horizontal is desirable in d to ll i order t allow f ll grouting of th ground anchor h l full ti f the d h hole. Ground Anchors derive their load capacity from the bond stresses between the grout body and surrounding soil or rock. Hence, the load capacity of a ground anchor is the lesser of tendon strength or grout bond strength strength. Grouted Ground Anchors used to offer lateral support are often referred to as "Tiebacks". Soil Nails, Micropiles, and Tiedowns are also forms of Ground Anchors.
Components • • • • • Anchorage Tendon Bonded Length Unbonded (Free) Length Corrosion Protection (for Permanent Applications)
Strand Tendon
Bar Tendon
Picture courtesy of Lang Tendons y g
Picture courtesy of Dywidag Systems International ( y y g y (DSI) )
SCOPE • Materials / Corrosion Protection • Tendon Design •G t–G Grout Ground B d G id li d Bond Guidelines • Handling and Installation • Testing and Acceptance g p
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Definitions Applications pp Components Types and Facing Options Construction Procedures / Sequence Design Background Testing T ti Case History
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As the name implies, Tieback Walls use "Tiebacks" or Ground Anchors for p , lateral support. Tieback Wall construction typically is done from the top down. This is a departure from conventional retaining wall construction wherein the retained material i removed, th wall i constructed, and th th retained material t i l is d the ll is t t d d then the t i d t i l is put back behind the wall. Unlike conventional retaining wall construction, tieback wall construction does not substantially disturb the material or structures that the wall is retaining or supporting. Tieback Walls are often used to provide excavation support for the construction of conventional retaining walls. Using a permanent facing for the tieback wall often is more economical than constructing a conventional retaining wall. Because of the unique top-down construction approach, Tieback Walls can often be used where conventional retaining walls cannot be constructed or are not an economically feasible option.
Applications • Permanent Earth Retention p y pp • Temporary Excavation Support • Slope Stabilization / Landslide Stabilization or Repair • Repair or Rehabilitation of Existing Retaining Walls • Tieback Bridge Abutments • In-situ Hazardous Material Containment
1. Soldier Piles 2. Lagging 3. Tiebacks (Ground Anchors) 4. Wales or Through-Beam Connections 5. 5 Permanent Facing System (if required)
1. Soldier Piles 2. Lagging 3. Tiebacks (Ground Anchors) 4. Wales or Through-Beam Connections 5. 5 Permanent Facing System (if required)
Types • Temporary Excavation Support p y pp • Permanent Earth Retention w/ CIP or Shotcrete • Permanent Earth retention w/ Segmental Precast Facing
Precast Facing vs. CIP or Shotcrete Facing
Superior Drainage System Free-draining material and unrestricted outlet path for effective flow management. Minimum Schedule Impact Panels can be manufactured prior to or concurrently with pile installation. Rapid, productive installation. Precision Alignment Adjustable connections allow alignment to be adjusted independent of pile alignment. Interlocking panel joints maintain alignment. High Quality Control Plant manufactured. No Hot or cold weather placement concerns. Superior Appearance Plant manufactured. Panel geometry easily accommodates form liners for a variety of finishes.
Other Precast Facing Architectural Finishes
Construction Sequence
Excavation Support Construction Sequence
1. Install soldier piles (by drilling or driving). 2. Excavate in safe lifts not to exceed five feet each and install lagging to 2 feet b l f t below tieback grade. ti b k d 3. Install tiebacks. Allow 72 hour minimum grout cure time prior to testing. 4. Test tiebacks in accordance with PTI – Recommendations for Prestressed Rock and Soil Anchors. Lock off tiebacks at specified load. 5. Continue excavation and lagging in accordance with Step 2 above to either 2 feet below tieback grade or construction subgrade, whichever comes first. g g
Excavation Support Construction Sequence
Soldier Pile Installation
• • • Drilled and Set HP Section Driven HP Section Drilled Pipe
Lagging Installation
• • • Install Piles and Excavate in Safe Lifts not to Exceed 5' in Soil. Install Lagging Boards on Exposed Soil Face. Repeat Excavation Lift and Board Installation as Required.
Tieback Installation
• • • Position Drill and Drill Hole for Ground Anchor. Insert Anchor in Drilled Hole and Tremie Grout. Post Grout as Required to Increase Bond Capacity.
Permanent Wall Construction Sequence (Precast)
1. Install soldier piles (drilling generally used for permanent walls). 2. Excavate in safe lifts not to exceed five feet each and install lagging to 2 feet b l f t below tieback grade. ti b k d 3. Install tiebacks. Allow 72 hour minimum grout cure time prior to testing. 4. Test tiebacks in accordance with PTI – Recommendations for Prestressed Rock and Soil Anchors. Lock off tiebacks at specified load. 5. Continue excavation and lagging in accordance with Step 2 above to either 2 feet below tieback grade or construction subgrade, whichever comes first. g g 6. Place filter fabric over timber lagging and install concrete leveling pad. 7. Layout and attach panel connections to soldier piles. 8. Set bottom course of precast facing panels, install drain pipe, and place drainage stone to top of precast course. 9. Install remaining precast facing panels and place drainage stone with each corresponding lift.
Permanent Wall Construction Sequence (Precast)
Design Background
In 1939, Karl Terzaghi published the paper "A Fundamental Fallacy in Earth Pressure Computations" where he y p recognized that the earth pressure distributions for braced or anchored cuts do not correspond to the traditional equivalent fluid pressure (triangular) diagrams derived from Rankine and Coulomb earth pressure theory theory. The later works of Karl Terzaghi and Ralph Peck (1967) form the framework for earth pressure diagrams used in the design of modern braced and anchored cuts These works cuts. along with others since that time and actual field testing consistently point away from the classic triangular earth pressure diagram and toward a rectangular or trapezoidal apparent earth pressure distribution. The most recent and definitive work in the design of Tieback walls with regard to apparent lateral earth pressure is the FHWA Geotechnical Engineering Circular N 4 "G G t h i lE i i Ci l No. "Ground d Anchors and Anchored Structures" (1999) which recommends a trapezoidal earth pressure diagram.
Karl Terzaghi
Ralph Peck
Design Background
Tieback Testing
Ground Anchors are tested to verify load capacity. • Tiebacks / Tiedowns • Soil Nails • Micropiles in Tension • Micropiles in Compression
Ground Anchor Testing
• All "tieback" anchors are tested to verify load capacit erif capacity. • Tiebacks have an unbonded length or free stressing length to transfer the anchor load outside of the retained soil theoretical failure wedge as opposed to Soil Nails being fully bonded along their length. • A sample of soil nails (typically 5%) are tested to verify bond transfer capacity assumptions used in the soil nail wall design. • That is an important distinction when differentiating between tieback testing and soil nail testing. • For this section, we are focusing on testing of "tieback" anchors.
Tieback Anchor Behavior
Load M Movement
Elastic Material
Load M Movement t
Plastic Material
Both the Post Tensioning Institute and AASHTO have published Ground Anchor Testing Specifications. The testing procedures are virtually identical with the AASHTO version being an adaptation of the PTI guidelines.
Proof / Performance Testing
• Incremental loading and unloading to a ma im m test load of 1 33DL nloading maximum 1.33DL. • The first two or three anchors shall be Performance Tested and a minimum of 2% thereafter. The remaining anchors shall be proof tested. • Performance test utilizes cyclic loading in order to differentiate elastic movement from residual movement at each test increment. • In both types of tests, the maximum test load is held for a short term creep test to ensure the anchor will have acceptable long term creep behavior. behavior • If the PTI Service Load design methodology is used, then a production anchor can be tested without increasing the bar size. If a maximum test l d of greater than 1 33DL i used, the b must b d i load f h 1.33DL is d h bar be designed f d for the maximum test load instead of the design service load.
Proof T t Procedure P f Test P d AL 0.25DL 0.50DL 0.75DL 1.00DL 1.20DL 1.33DL Max Test Load ( 0 minute hold) 33 a es oad (10 u e o d) AL (optional) Adjust to Lock-Off Load
Performance Test Procedure
AL 0.25DL AL 0.25DL 0.50DL AL 0.25DL 0.50DL 0.75DL AL 0.25DL 0.50DL 0.75DL 1.00DL AL 0.25DL 0.50DL 0.75DL 1.00DL 1.20DL AL 0.25DL 0.50DL 0.75DL 1.00DL 1.20DL 1.33DL Max Test Load (10 min hold) AL Adjust to lock-off load
Acceptance Criteria
• Creep · Shall not exceed 0 040 inches at the maximum Test Load during 0.040 the load hold period of 1 to 10 minutes. · If that value is exceeded, then the load hold period shall be extended to 60 minutes and the total creep movement b d d i d h l between 6 and 60 minutes shall not exceed 0.080 inches. • Movement · Residual movement – no absolute criteria · Minimum Apparent Free Tendon Length >= 0.80 (Lu + Lj) · Maximum Apparent Free Tendon Length <= Lu + Lj + 0.5Lb • Lock-Off Load · Within 5% of designated Lock-off load as verified by lift-off.
Proof Testing
• Determines whether the anchor has sufficient load capacity. • That the apparent free tendon length has been satisfactorily pp g y established. • That the creep rate stabilizes within specified limits.
Performance Testing
• Determines whether the anchor has sufficient load capacity. • That the apparent free tendon length has been satisfactorily established. • The magnitude of residual movement at each load increment. • That the creep rate stabilizes within specified limits.
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Definitions Applications pp Components Types and Facing Options Construction Procedures / Sequence Design Nail Testing N il T ti Case History
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Soil Nailing uses an array of grouted g g y g ground anchors or "Soil Nails" to improve the strength characteristics of a soil mass. This improvement in strength properties causes the soil to be self supporting and stable against lateral movement. Shotcrete i t i ll Sh t t is typically used as a facing in order t contain th retained soil. d f i i d to t i the t i d il Like Tieback Wall construction, Soil Nailing is generally performed from the top down and as such offers many of the advantages that Tieback Wall construction does in addition to others others. Soil nailing does not require the installation of vertical pile elements nor does it require toe embedment. Because of this, it can be more economical than Tieback Walls in situations where it is appropriate. Because of the way in which Soil Nailing is installed, it is more sensitive to site soil conditions than Tieback Walls and may not be appropriate under certain circumstances.
Applications • Permanent Earth Retention p y pp • Temporary Excavation Support • Slope Stabilization • Repair or Rehabilitation of Existing Retaining Walls
Components p
1. Shotcrete Facing System 2. Soil Nails 3. Permanent Facing System (if required)
Types • Temporary Excavation Support p y pp • Permanent Earth Retention w/ CIP or Shotcrete • Permanent Earth retention w/ Segmental Precast Facing
Design Considerations
Because Soil Nailing is primarily a form of ground improvement, it is generally looked at in terms of soil-structure interaction as opposed to being designed strictly as a force resisting structure. Th f Therefore, the d i of a soil nailing system i approached as a slope or soil h design f il ili is h d l il mass stability problem. There are a number of methodologies used for the analysis and design of Soil Nailing systems. - Two part wedge limit equilibrium analysis – The Krantz Method - University of California Davis limit equilibrium model – The Davis Method - Modified Davis Method -L Log-spiral surface i l di b di stiffness – Th Ki i l f including bending tiff The Kinematical M th d ti l Method - Methods outlined in FHWA Research Projects – Slope Stability / Soil-Structure Interaction SOFTWARE - GoldNAIL by Golder Associates (Circular Slip Circles) - SNAIL by Caltrans (Bi-Linear Wedge Analysis) - General Slope Stability Programs modified to consider the effects of Soil Nails Similar results are obtained from all of these methods for normal design conditions that are vertical walls without slope surcharge. Some of the software on the market (i.e. GoldNAIL) tends to be quite conservative in terms of nail lengths and nail bond stresses required.
Design Guidelines and Specifications
The FHWA took the lead in the 1990's in developing design guidelines for Soil Nail Walls through a number of Demonstration Projects. In 1996, FHWA produced the Manual for Design and Construction Monitoring of Soil Nail Walls with Golder Associates based on Demonstration Project 103. This document introduced the program GoldNAIL for the design of soil nail walls. GoldNAIL remains one of two dominant computer programs for soil nail wall design. In 2003, FHWA superseded the previous manual with Geotechnical Engineering Circular 7 – Soil Nail Walls. This document was developed by GeoSyntec Consultants and included CalTrans SNAIL in the software lineup. There is considerable debate in the industry regarding the nail testing procedures included i GEC 7 and requests h di th il t ti d i l d d in GEC-7 d t have b been made t d to change those requirements. It is recommended to use the testing rpocedures included in the 1996 manual. Later in 2008, it is expected that the Deep Foundations Institute will publish its Guide Specification for Temporary and Permanent Soil Nail Walls that will include provisions for using hollow bar (self drilling) soil nails. This specification was developed by the DFI Tiebacks and Soil Nailing Committee with input from consultants and design-builders throughout the United States. It is more of an industry consensus document than the previous specifications included in the FHWA publications.
Soil Nail Testing
• In soil nail str ct re design we are more concerned with bond transfer structure design, e ith values along the nail than the overall pullout capacity. • Tiebacks have an unbonded length or free stressing length to transfer the anchor load outside of the retained soil theoretical failure wedge as opposed to Soil Nails being fully bonded along their length. • All "tieback" anchors are tested to verify load capacity. However, due to tieback the relatively large number and low capacity of soil nails on a typical job, a sample of soil nails (typically 5%) are tested to verify bond transfer capacity assumptions used in the soil nail wall design. • Because we are not testing all of the nails, we use a higher test load (1.5DL vs. 1.33DL) to offset the reduction in number of tests. • S with soil nailing, we are talking about b d value verification So, i h il ili lki b bond l ifi i testing and sampled proof testing to a higher test load.
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Underpinning is the addition of support to an existing foundation A foundation foundation. may require underpinning in order to transfer building loads to a lower elevation and permit adjacent excavation or to increase load carrying capacity. Normally, underpinning involves both vertical and lateral support. This process typically requires h d excavation of vertical shafts ( it ) b l i hand ti f ti l h ft (pits) below th existing f ti the i ti footings. The pits are then filled with concrete thus creating new foundation elements for the building or structure.
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Definition History & Development Materials Installation Equipment Structural Configurations Typical Capacity Ranges Applications Design d Construction S D i and C t ti Specifications ifi ti Design Comparison Testing Q&A
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A Micropile is generally defined in the industry as a reinforced small p g y y diameter (less than or equal to 12") drilled and grouted replacement pile. A "replacement" pile refers to a foundation pile where soil or rock is removed during the installation process as opposed to a displacement pile that di l th t displaces soil as it i i t ll d il is installed. Micropiles can be installed at angles and are able to resist both axial and lateral loads. Micropiles develop their axial capacity primarily through the bond between grout and soil or rock in the bonded zone of the pile. Because of this, micropiles provide both tension and compression resistance thus making them useful in a variety of applications. They are installed using much of the same drilling and grouting equipment that is used for tiebacks and soil nailing. Because of specialized installation methods, micropiles can be used in soil and rock conditions where the use of conventional deep foundation systems are not a reasonable alternative (such as in Karst topography or lowheadroom conditions).
History & Development
Which came first? The Wheel or the Pile?
History & Development
• • • • • • • • • 1950's – Post WWII Europe – Dr. Fernando Lizzi – Root Piles Rapid Emergence in US following FHWA Research 1997 FHWA Micropile State of Practice Document Mi il St t f P ti D t 2000 FHWA Micropile Guidelines 2003 DFI Guide Specification 2005 NHI / FHWA Micropile Reference Manual 2006 IBC Micropile Section Adoption 2007 FHWA LRFD Design Specification Adoption Currently estimated to be $300M US market
Materials • Pipe Casing (typically mill secondary oilfield casing) g • Solid or Hollow Reinforcing Bars • Neat Cement Grout
Use essentially the same or similar equipment used for installation of drilled and grouted ground anchors.
Typical Capacity Ranges • Over 500 Tons in rock ( g ) • 20 to 200 Tons in soil (settlement more significant) • In rock, structural capacity often governs • Most micropile lengths are less than 100 feet • Buckling is typically not an issue • Cost range from $50 to $200 / LF
Applications • Foundation Piles pp g • Foundation Support through Sinkholes or Difficult Soils • Foundation Underpinning • Slope Stabilization • Earth Retention (A-Frame & Reticulated Structures)
Design and Construction Specifications • 1997 FHWA Micropile Guidelines p p • 2003 DFI Micropile Guide Specification • 2005 FHWA / NHI Micropile Reference Manual • 2006 International Building Code • 2007 AASHTO LRFD Design Specification • Forthcoming AASHTO Construction Specification
GeoStructures can provide a recommended specification for Micropile g Design and Construction.
Design Comparison
• FHWA Design Criteria
– Compression: – Tension: Pa = 0.40fc'Ag + 0.47FyAb Pa = 0.55FyAb
• DFI / IBC Design Criteria
– Compression: – Tension: Pa = 0.33fc'Ag + 0.40FyAb Pa = 0.60FyAb
• Imposed Limitations
– FHWA Compression: – DFI Compression: – IBC Compression: – IBC Compression: Fy = 87 ksi max (strain compatibility Fy = 87 ksi max (strain compatibility Fy = 80 ksi max 0.40FyAb >= 0.40Pa ) )
• • • • Generally based on ASTM D1143 Quick Test The older FHWA specifications prescribed testing to 2.5 X Service Design Load Newer publications recommend 2.0 X DL. Terratech recommends 2.0 DL in most cases. Tension t ti is generally considered t b conservative T i testing i ll id d to be ti compared to compression testing because it neglects any end bearing and is often more economical for checking capacity. However tension test results will not give representative movement results for compression case. Compression testing requires anchors to hold down testing apparatus adding to cost but gives representative results for compression loading. Some proposed testing procedures incorporate anchor testing procedures (cycles) but AASHTO is leaning toward testing just like other foundation piles.
• 1000k Maximum Test Load, Berryville, VA (0.5" total movement)
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|Dangerspouse Rides Again
Garage - Track
Mar. 23, 2004 - 5:24 p.m.
Silk Purses
I want to be Arthur. One of my favorite lines in that movie happened inside the first five minutes. Arthur has just picked up a hooker from a streetcorner in Manhattan, from the back of his cheauffer driven Rolls. Sunk deep in the Connolly leather seats, swirling a Baccarat tumbler of Scotch, she asks what he does for a living.
"I race cars...I play tennis...and I fondle women. But I do have weekends off, and I'm my own boss."
Personally, I could live without the tennis. (It's not my racket, ho ho ho! *sigh*) But pretty much everything else there fits the job description I'm after.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for a new gig. At least I wasn't up until yesterday. But after this morning's show, I'm not sure I have a choice.
Has this ever happened to you?
You're on air at the nation's largest all-news radio station, doing live 90 second segments every 10 minutes. The anchor, Paul, is full of serious news, with a voice to match. You wait patiently, miles away in your little studio for him to throw it to you. Your script is ready, your headphones are on, and you hear the intro sounder. The timbre of Paul's voice is a perfect blend of urgency and concern as he says "Let's go now to our own Dangerspouse with this live update. Danger?"
That's your cue.
You take a deep breath, open your mic, and something like 2 million people in the greater New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan area hear:
Well has it?
It happened to ME, last night.
It was probably the loudest fart I'd ever summoned in my entire life, on or off the air. I could hear it clear as a filthy bell in my headphones, as if I'd clipped a shirtfront microphone to my buttcrack hair. I was caught so off guard that I didn't even try to pinch the flow shut until it was all over and I was left with that marvelous feeling of intestinal void. And that not-so-marvelous feeling of impending doom.
The next thing I heard in my headphones was:
Paul sounded exactly like Ed McMann when he laughed.
At this point the format was completely fucked, but I did my best to continue on as if someone had not just played a sound effect of the Death Star exploding at the beginning of my report. When I threw it back to Paul, he'd only barely regained his composure and had to take long pauses for air between every sentence to keep from losing it again.
That was some fart.
And it smelled like...a football.
A new cowgrain leather Wilson NFL-Pro football. There was no mistaking it.
Well, they say you are what you eat....
At the end of last week we had what I hope was our last gasp of Old Man Winter. Two snowstorms back to back, spaced three days apart, had dumped one last 8 inch blanket on us.
And the locals went out of their fucking minds.
Seriously, people were so frantic to buy bread that once all the Wonder Sponges were gone they raided the "Nature's Colon Whole Grain Hut" downtown for wheat to grind into their own flour. Cows were drained to the point where they collapsed into two dimensions, as panicked mothers demanded MORE MILK!! for the upcoming atmospheric holocaust. You couldn't drive by an open store because people were parking on two lane highways rather than risk precious seconds looking for a spot in the lot.
So I didn't bother to shop. The hell with that scene.
The one thing that NewWifey(tm) trusts me with is The Kitchen. Even SHE has to recognise that years of professional spatula slinging have given me a slight advantage in that realm, although she does it with a grimace when pressed. And so far I haven't disappointed. I keep a larder stocked with staples, and 3 or 4 times a week I bolster it with what's fresh that day at the market. We hardly ever go out to eat anymore because she says 'why bother paying lots of money for food that's not as good?' (Except sushi. I leave raw fish theatrics to the slanty eyed pros. Their tiny little fingers are just superior. I can't fight genetics.)
So I wasn't worried when last Monday I couldn't wedge my way into the A&P parking lot for milk and bread.
By Thursday it was a little annoying making crepes with water (not milk) and having nothing to fill them with.
By Saturday I was even out of staples, and began longing for Homer's dinner of a piecrust filled with cloves and Tom Collins mix.
I'm telling you, I was out of flour, bread, milk, sugar, eggs, rice, pasta, salt, onions and butter. I had a packet of Spanish LaMancha Cream Saffron and a 1 litre bottle of Nuoc Mon (Vietnamese Fish Sauce) left. And I wasn't going to waste $6 jillion/ounce saffron on NewWifey(tm). Maybe I could make meatballs from dust bunnies and Nuoc Mon and convince her it was all the rage in Nouvelle Cuisine bistros.
And don't forget we have kids to feed too: the dog and cat. Thankfully, we buy our Alpo Kids' Chow at one of those bulk shoppers club, so there was no fear of the little moochers suffering.
And no, despite where you think this may be going, I didn't resort to dog food.
I resorted to Hickory Smoked Pigs Ears.
I was rooting around in the back of my flour cabinet hoping to turn up SOMETHING that could be mixed with water and fried, when my hand bumped into a box we'd purchased two years ago and promptly lost. It was a box of Pigs Ears Dog Treats ("Basted!") that we'd hoped would lure the dog away from his usual snack spot - the cat's litter box. But he had no interest. Unlike the juicy, luscious recycled tuna treats, the pigs ears were dried and hard, and reeked of Hickory wood. Dogs do not eat wood in the wild, and that trait carries over into captivity. Somebody should tell the dog treat people to make their canine snacks taste like cat poop. They'll make a fortune.
Anyway, the dog's discriminating taste buds were about to save us.
Did you ever cook with dried mushrooms? In the jar/packet/back of the fridge where they fell and dessicated four Thanksgivings ago, they are hard and inedible looking. Yeah, you can grate them for an excellent topping on some savory dishes (oooh - write that one down, honey!!) but the traditional way to make them toothsome is by soaking them in water for a while. You have the added bonus of flavored mushroom stock left in the bowl, too, when the little fungi are plumped.
I looked at the pigs ears. They were...hard and inedible looking.
I had plenty of water.
Five hours later I had eight plumped lobes and a bowlfull of pig ear stock. Brilliant! I felt very primal.
I had it all figured out before I started. I cut the ears into thin strips, like linguini, then simmered them in a pot of more water until really soft. That took about an hour. Then in went the "stock", a very few precious saffron strands and a half cup of Nuoc Mon.
Voila! "Silk Purse Soup"!
Of course, I presented it as "Southeast Asian Variety Meat Stew". NewWifey(tm) didn't have a clue. We emptied the entire tureen.
The next morning I showed up for work as usual. As usual, I drank a thermos of Generic Hazelnut Decaff while doing my show prep before going on. (I'm one of the few on-air people I know who doesn't mainline caffein). My stomach was gurgling a bit more than usual, but I attributed it to the 3 year old non-dairy creamers I was forced to pry off the crusted shelves of the station fridge for my coffee, since I was out of heavy cream at home. A half hour later I relieved the jock in my studio and settled onto the ricketty metal stool.
Ten minutes later I opened my mike for my first report, and that's when my unintentional anal announcement of my previous night's dinner was made. The metal stool (huh huh..."stool") certainly added to the resonance, but really, it was gilding the audible lilly. You could have heard that colonatura through a warehouse of Thermopedic SpaceFoam mattresses. And let me tell you, once the farting commenced there was no staunching it. In order to keep any more nether blasts from being heard on the air ("foul air on-air from hot air". I like it.) I extended my mic boom as far as it would go, then stood with my butt out the studio door while I leaned as far forward as I could inside. It worked, but I lost a lot of friends on the producers' desk that night.
And as I said, there was also the smell. I had to explain to the NEXT jock, who took over after my shift, why the studio smelled like the NY Jets had dropped by for a pickup game.
I finally stopped at the store on my way home from work this morning, for the first time in just over a week. $438 dollars of staples and fresh produce, plus meats and fish of various species.
And another box of Pigs Ears.
Because you never know when it's gonna snow again....
EDIT: I've just noticed that ever since I started keeping an on-line diary, my alimentary tract has taken front and center stage many, many times. I have no idea why. I never suffered gastronomic hysterics like those suffered the past 6 months. Why the change? Have any of you been similarly affected? Really, I used to be the model of solemn decorum at functions requiring restraint and class. Now, though...well, I won't get into my embarassing funeral story now. That poor rabbi. Gassed again. Oh well, I'm gonna go shove a Tic Tac up there and see if that helps. G'night kids! Pull my finger....


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Monday, November 24, 2014
The New Little Horse Canyon
A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to go hiking up Little Horse Canyon in the North Snake Range in Nevada. We could see new drainage channels heading to the east. They flowed right over the Gandy Road, which is still in poor shape. Whole trees were carried across the road.
We could see why when we got down into the bottom of the canyon. Places thirty feet high were scoured.
some of the rocky banks continue to collapse.
We kept gawking as we walked along, finding debris in trees far above our heads. It would have been so amazing to see this flood. It actually wasn't just one flood event, but at least four.
When we rounded one corner, we could see that the streambed ahead was fifty feet lower. What had happened here?
It turned out the stream had cut down to bedrock and washed everything off it.
On the left side of the photo below, you can make out the old stream channel, which had been cutting through the limestone. It was only a couple feet wide. Now the stream bed is tens of feet wide. It will be so interesting to see what grows back in this area.
The raging creek snapped trees off at their base.
We don't get a whole lot of flash floods in this area, they're more common to the south. But this summer was definitely the time for them. Fortunately very few people live in this area, so although the amount of land moved was immense, the damage done to infrastructure was minimal.
As we left the canyon, we reached the debris flow, where the water slowed down and debris fell out of the current. Trees littered the bench as far as we could see.
It was a really cool hike, and I hope I can visit some of the other places that were flooded this summer. There's something about seeing massive landscape transformations that puts me in my place. Ha!
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I don't talk about things other than nails on here so as not to bore all of you, but today I'll give you a glimpse into the ever-exciting life of Emily. As some of you have have seen on my Instagram, I went to a tennis match on Sunday! I used to go to school and live in Newport, Rhode Island but some stuff went down and I moved back home. Every year, I go back for the Campbell's Hall of Fame Classic tournament that takes place each July. I bought tickets to the final months and months ago, hoping to see my FAVORITE player, John Isner. He didn't disappoint; he made it to the final and won, too! It was a great day spent with my best friend. We spent the morning walking around downtown Newport and shopping, and spent the afternoon watching some quality tennis.
The final was John Isner vs. Lleyton Hewitt. Hewitt is a former world #1 so it was amazing to see this match-up. If you're a tennis fan, too, you'll share my excitement over the next few pictures!!
John Isner is 6'7": he towers over everybody.
Ok, ok; I'll spare you the rest and show you my nails now ;-)
Colors Used: China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise, OPI Alpine Snow, Sinful Colors White Nail Striping Polish, Nina Ultra Pro Solar Flare
I like how this came out! Nice and simple, just the way I like it. I used Alpine Snow under the neon yellow to make it opaque and bright which was a good idea. Without the white, vnl shows even with like, 100 coats. Yuck. Although I like the shade of Turned Up Turquoise, I hated the formula. Eh. Just too streaky to use and too hard to make look good. I like polishes that look good on their own, you don't have to try your hardest to get it to look good on the nail. But hey, that's just me.
I want to think of more tennis-inspired nail art to try... it's definitely one of the lesser appreciated sports and I'd like to feature it more on my blog. :-)


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This year, I'm actually fairly happy with the readout on my bathroom scale. But it's January 1st, and I am still going to start a diet: a paper diet. Because over the years I've accumulated so much paper that I can no longer walk through my home office comfortably.
It's everywhere: There are piles on my desk, stacks on the counter and storage boxes on the floor. The closet, cupboards, cubbyholes and filing cabinet are all bursting with paper. Filing never seems to make my priority list, and finding what I need when I need it takes far too long.
Getting my work done in a space full of clutter is such a chore that I often opt to work at Starbucks, my satellite office, where I can concentrate without all the visual distraction that surrounds me when I'm seated at my own desk.
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Manga Monthly: Wild And Crazy Manga Heading Your Way
Nov 14, 2017
by Carrie Wood
Welcome back to another round of Manga Monthly, your best resource to learn about the manga highlights in this month's PREVIEWS catalog! November is absolutely jam-packed with some of the best new – and returning – series out there, so be sure to preorder your favorites at your local comic shop soon!
First up is the eternal fan favorite, Sailor Moon, seeing a brand-new reprinting from Kodansha with Sailor Moon: Eternal Edition (NOV171742)! This is absolutely the definitive edition of one of the most important and influential manga series of all-time, and features a brand-ne cover illustration by series creator Naoko Takeuchi!
Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon! Experience the Sailor Moon manga as never before in these extra-long editions!
Just in time for the holidays, Kodansha will also be releasing a beautiful boxed set of A Silent Voice (NOV171744), a beautiful story about coming of age and forgiveness that was just recently turned into an animated feature film. This emotional drama is one of the most critically-acclaimed manga of the decade, earning an Eisner nomination and accolades from teachers and the American Library Association. Years ago, Shoya Ishida led his peers in tormenting a hearing-impaired classmate, Shoko Nishimiya. When she transfers schools, Shoya finds he has gone from bully to bullied, and is left completely alone. Now Shoya struggles to redeem himself in Shoko's eyes and to face the classmates who turned on him. This edition not only includes all seven volumes of the manga, but also contains a double-sided poster as well!
For those who are fans of the long-running anime and manga series Berserk, you can soon pick up the Berserk Official Guidebook (NOV170052) from Dark Horse Comics. Profusely illustrated and including never-before-seen art (including an eight-page color section) and author notes by Kentaro Miura, the Official Guidebook is a comprehensive tour through the epic adventure, shocking horror, and graveyard humor that can be only Berserk!
Seven Seas Entertainment will debuting a brand-new, modern sequel to the horror manga classic Devilman when they release Devilman vs Hades (NOV171868)! With the world destroyed after the summoning of Devilman, his human host Akira Fudo finds himself a tenant of Hell. Seeking the soul of his lost love Miki, Akira comes betweens a man's search for vengeance and earns the ire of Hades. To save Miki and survive life after death, Akira will need to let his true demon out as Devilman faces off against the Devil himself!
Seven Seas will also see a quirky new series with the arrival of Yokai Girls (NOV171888)! Nishizuru Yakki has always considered himself a fairly normal guy - he's graduated from school, works a part-time job, and has never had a girlfriend. Yet he does have one unusual ability: he can see yokai spirits! He usually copes with these ghostly visions by ignoring them, until he meets a mysterious young woman named Rokka. Now his normal days have taken a notably abnormal turn, as Yakki finds himself the sole defender of some sexy supernatural yokai!
The Blue Bomber is heading to a brand-new series from Udon Entertainment with classic stories from artist Hitoshi Ariga, now available for the first time in color, with the arrival of Mega Man Mastermix (NOV171997)! In a world where humans and robots live and work together, six powerful robots have suddenly turned against their programming and set their sights on causing chaos and destruction! Only one heroic robot stands in their path - Mega Man, the greatest creation of Dr. Light!
The RWBY animated series took off and quickly became a fan-favorite and the subject of a whole lot of impressive cosplay at conventions around the world. Now, Viz Media is bringing the RWBY manga (NOV172052) to the west with the first volume, arriving in January.
This book features never-before-seen adventures of Team RWBY featuring Ruby, Weiss, Blake & Yang before academy and before they were teammates. Plus, a Team JNPR battle featuring a much-younger Jaune!
The first volume of Fire Punch (NOV172057) will also be headed our way soon, thanks to the folks at Viz! Orphaned siblings Agni and Luna, like the Ice Witch who cursed their world, are two of the "blessed," humans who hold special abilities. However, not all who are blessed are friendly, and after another of their kind attacks him and decimates his village, Agni fights to survive, vowing revenge.
Ryogo Narita hit superstardom with his series Durarara!!, but before his characters were casually throwing vending machines around, he had success with another series – Baccano (NOV172099)!
The first volume of this wild romp of a manga heads our way soon thanks to Yen Press, and follows the exploits of Firo Prochainezo, a member of the Camorra, an Italian criminal syndicate distinct from the mafia. A member of the relatively small Martillo family, Firo's nevertheless got big ambitions and is determined to make his mark. But while the Martillos may not be the biggest bad guys on the block, they've got some distinct advantages working in their favor. Does Firo have what it takes to become a made man? Let the crazy ruckus begin!
That wraps it up for this month's edition of Manga Monthly, but keep your eyes peeled next month for another great roundup of the best manga out of Japan!


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The knee-jerk argument that a parent has a "constitutional right" to drink alcohol seems to appear on my event horizon about once every other month. Most commonly, this is an affirmative assertion heard from opposing party as part of a custodial dispute.
As of today's date, alcohol is legally obtainable and legally ingested by many people in our country. Many of them are parents who drink moderately and who have never harmed their children as a result of imbibing. Ironically, the moderate drinkers are often the first ones to volunteer to give up drinking if that's what it takes to make the court, or the mediator, or the other side, happy.
Today, in this column, I am talking about the hardened drinkers, those who drink to excess and deem it their "right" to do so, regardless of the effect this habit - this addiction - has on the people around them. Adults may choose to stay around them or not; children don't have a choice. But they need not be trapped in an abusive situation.
On August 5, 2015, in In Re Joshua A., the 1st Appellate Division of the California Court of Appeal, 4th District, upheld a lower court's ruling which took a child trapped in just such a circumstance from the child's mom and placed that child in foster care. Mom wasn't always a bad mom; but she was bad when she drank alcohol, and she wouldn't stop drinking.
The facts of the case indicate that Mom had a history of scratching and pinching her child whenever she got drunk. Of course, the court used the term "intoxicated." Health & Human Services (aka CPS) had been notified of such abusive behavior on seven prior occasions and investigated each one. At one point, the child was taken from Mom but she was given reunification services, appeared to gain some sobriety, and the child was returned to her.
Alas, she didn't learn. And her behavior escalated to further physical abuse of her child whenever she was intoxicated. And now she's lost her child yet again. The child, now a 13-year-old boy, has been placed with a "non-relative extended family member."
Based on my own experience with litigants who cherish their state of perennial intoxication, I have no doubt Mom told her "free attorney" that she had a "constitutional right" to drink alcohol. And so she does. However, her child also has a more pressing constitutional right to safety, defined as freedom from harm, in his own home.
In my time in the courts, and in my life experience, I have never seen alcohol, or any other addictive substance, make anyone's life better. But I've seen it destroy families and permanently damage children, both physically and emotionally.
Don't just "Think before you drink." Think about YOUR CHILD before you drink.


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The last several months have been rough for us all. Three deadly hurricanes devastated cities, including Houston. The president keeps threatening to start a nuclear war. We just had the worst mass shooting in American history. Tom Petty passed on to that great gig in the sky.
So how about some good news for a change? One of Houston's most legendary and treasured artists, Christian Kidd of The Hates, just had his cancer declared to be in remission! His wife, Alexis, announced the good news on Facebook on Sept. 23.
"It's so weird to look at the calendar and see that it's only been six months since cancer became my intimate friend. I've still got some healing to do, but it's so good to enjoy some of the simple things again — eating breakfast, going for short rides on my scooter with my sweetheart, playing my guitar," says Kidd.
The diagnosis of Stage 3 squamous cell carcinoma came shortly after the shoulder surgery that left him unable to work or play guitar until it healed, putting The Hates on a hiatus. That hiatus continued once a tumor was discovered under his tongue, and that the cancer had spread to a lymph node.
Kidd was treated with targeted radiation and eventually surgery. The surgery resulted in him being unable to eat or swallow without aspiration, and a feeding tube was inserted for nutrition. He finally healed enough to eat again last month.
"We did not expect such positive results, so any potential celebration involving any of the many, many, many foods he has fantasized about over the last few months was thrown out of the window when we passed someone in the radiology waiting room who was munching down on McDonald's," says Alexis. "It just smelled so good! We both just kind of looked at each other and laughed and then we made a beeline over to the McD's on the ground floor of the hospital."
Houston rallied to the aid of Kidd after his diagnosis in order to help him with his various bills and expenses while unable to work, paying it forward for the many times The Hates have donated their time and talent in benefit concerts for other musicians over their long career. Houston Press writer David Ensminger organized the Rock For Light concert at Rudyard's in May. David Garrick also organized a concert series dubbed Houston Benefit Week. Artists like Kyle Hubbard, Hallowbody, No Love Less, U.Y.U.S., and the All-Star Punk Squad, Allison Gibson, and Melissa Bransfield Waters all participated.
"This whole experience has been humbling in many ways, and I'm grateful for all of the support we've gotten along the way from so many," says Kidd.
Kidd still have quite a bit of healing ahead of him. He is scheduled to have his feeding tube removed soon, and there's a meeting with an oncologist later this month to discuss the best ways to make sure his cancer stays beat. He's in good spirits, though, and attended the recent Depeche Mode concert.
The Hates were founded in 1978, and are a true punk legend. Kidd himself has remained the only constant, leading a rotation of tremendous musicians over the course of his career. Now in his 60s, he has outlived not only most bands but also many of the iconic venues that hosted them over the years. With his ever-changing Day Glo mohawk and distinctive series of scooters, he's been a Montrose fixture his entire life.
He has also contributed greatly to furthering music in Houston outside of his own playing. Kidd is a guest lecturer on '70s music at the University of Houston, and has previously hosted radio shows. In 2013 he published a memoir, Just a Houston Punk, that was a series of snapshots about his journey through the changing music scenes of the city and the evolution of punk rock.
But have no fear. This is not the end of the story, and Kidd has no intention of stopping. The surgeries on his shoulders and mouth have knocked down, but not out. He says The Hates will return to the stage early in 2018 after having been absent for nearly a year. After the time we've all had lately, it's nice to see a scary story have a happy ending, and for one of the greats to beat the odds to sing for us again.
The GoFundMe page benefitting Kidd is still active if you would like to donate. Or hey, buy his book. It's really good.


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So.. Where the hell have I been?
Well. Lets just say I got a few "Bad Habits" this past year. My last post was April 1st 2010. Right about that time I joined a band. We're called "Bad Habits". Our first practice together as a group was April 12th 2010. And things have been crazy since then.
My initial thoughts were that maybe by November or December we'd be playing a gig here or there. By late July we were in a studio practicing hard for our first gig coming on Aug 5th. We got to set up in the studio and record our full show through the same mixing board that Radiohead recorded Creep on. How surreal is that. All before we had even played out first live show.
Well, we hit that first gig running and haven't really looked back. By the time the end of December rolled around we had played more gigs than we ever thought we would and played an original song live on CBC radio. On top of that, we were set to go into record a demo on Jan 2nd. Now the recordings we made live off the floor that day are fully mixed and off to the local radio stations. Original songs on the radio before we hit our first birthday is beyond anything I could have hoped for with this band. It's all a bit surreal. We're gearing up to record a full album sometime this year. So far that's going really well. Fingers are crossed on that.
On top of that I've still been animating. I've done some freelance jobs here and there, but the band has eaten up all of my free time. So no blog for me :).
I've embedded our demo recordings in a player on the sidebar below. Check them out.
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It seems like just yesterday when I was on half.com purchasing my first copy of Richard Dawkins The Greatest Show on Earth. However, it was a lot longer.
In September I purchased this book. It is supposed to be one of the most compelling arguments, to date, in favor of the theory of Evolution. Of course, the number one most compelling argument ever put forth was Darwins Origin of Species. But I just had to read Dawkins book. I had read Dawkins work before, a book many atheists hold as their bible, called, The God Delusion. It puts forth the argument for atheism. But after a long waiting period, it became apparent that I wasn't going to receive the book. The seller wrote to me telling me she sent it, but after the standard waiting period no book came. She promptly refunded me my money and shipping and handling. $18.99.
This worked out in my favor, since I found a new copy of the book on half.com for less than $18. My only hope is that this copy arrives in my hands soon.
I finished reading the dangerous world of butterflies, and the diamond of darkhold.
I am currently reading Will They Ever Trust Us Again by Michael Moore. It is a compelling argument against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, straight from the soldiers and their families. This book is really an accumulation of letters sent to Michael Moore from soldiers who are against the war.
What surprised me was the right wing propaganda that is so rampant in todays armed forces. The way it is described, it sounds like a breeding ground for republicans. It is also pretty sad, since the armed forces attracts so many underprivileged young people looking for opportunity, but unaware that they are signing their life away.
Overall, it is one of those books that should be read, while seeing movies like Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Zeitgeist.
But until The greatest story on earth comes, I will have to find something else to read.