text:
Posts Tagged 'hallett peak'
Chaos Canyon Loop
The weather forecast was iffy for snow climbing…rain/snow after noon with higher temps. We chose Flattop Mountain to give ourselves some options for choosing a descent after we see the conditions. My guess was for Brian to drop down from the Flattop summit toward Notchtop via the Ptarmigan Glacier into Odessa Gorge and then circle back to Bear Lake via Lake Helene trail to Fern Lake trail to the bottom portion of Flattop Mountain trail. I liked having the option of simply returning via the Flattop trail. Of course, my personal decision would be based on how I felt, the weather conditions, and the condition of the snow.
Brian picked me up at 5:30am and we headed up to Estes Park…for the 3rd weekend in a row. As we drove up, a solid wall of dark clouds blocked our view of the mountains….and even extended down to the tops of the foothills. It was not going to be a nice day. But that was okay; I came for the exercise.
Flattop seen from Hallett. The trail approached from right to left.
The closer to RMNP and the higher we got, the darker the sky became; at the same time, we could tell the temperature was unusually warm.
Hello Spring.
Eventually, we got high enough to reach the cloud bank; we were driving inside a cloud. As we neared the Bear Lake parking lot in RMNP, we could see, to our surprise, that there were blue skies above the cloud bank. Suddenly we realized that we were going to get a lot of sun, at least until the after noon weather arrived.
As we pulled into the parking lot, Hallett Peak looked as beautiful as I have ever seen it. And, once out of Brian's truck, we could tell there was not a bit of wind for the first time in the 2011 season.
The plan for the ascent was to skirt Bear Lake (9450′) which sits at the mouth of Tyndall Gorge, taking the Flattop Mountain Trail for 4.4 miles to the top of Flattop Mountain. The trail ascends the long north slope of Flattop that rises between Tyndall and Odessa Gorge.
We started up around Bear Lake at 7am…the snow was perfectly frozen hard, somehow. My snowshoes were needed to grip the trail, not float on the snow. We made great time. I felt good enough that I took the lead and kept up a fast pace all the way to tree line without a break. It was hot as Summer. At tree line, we stopped to put on sunscreen and admire the solid bank of cloud cover below us. I had only ever seen it once before.
It was a spectacular day: blue sky, warm temp, no wind.
The great views from Hallett Peak. Longs Peak is the big peak pictured; the fog below can be seen to the left.
As we neared Flattop's summit @9am, we decided to keep going to Hallett Peak, 1/2 mile and 500′ of elevation gain away.
Hallett Peak (12,713′) sits on the Continental Divide between Tyndall Gorge (on the north) and Chaos Canyon (on the south).
I arrived first, for a change; Brian had to stop to remove & put away his skis, and I kept going in a fit of competitive furor. I cannot remember the last time I beat Brian to a summit. The Spinning continues to deliver a high level of fitness.
It was only 9:45am, but I decided to eat my lunch. I wasn't hungry as much as I couldn't think when I'd have another chance. It didn't seem fair to have to wait until returning to the car.
Even on Hallett's summit there was no wind. Brian spoke of the conditions being perfect for spray painting….absolutely zero wind. It was truly spectacular.
Joe on top of the world! Not really....Estes Park is buried beneath the fog in the background.
After the obligatory summit photos, I asked Brian how he was planning to descend. He shocked me by saying he was going down Chaos Canyon.
I had zero interest in that Chaos Canyon. But Brian did make a good point when he said we needed to use these perfect days to try new things. I wavered.
I got up and walked toward Otis Peak so I could see the Chaos Canyon and Chaotic Glacier which links the canyon to Flattop.
The glacier looked steep; I thought 'no'….too dangerous without an ice axe. But then I remembered Brian's comment and got back on the fence. I wanted to find a way to agree, but I didn't want to die being stupid.
I moved back to Hallett's summit where Brian and my gear were awaiting my decision. I said that I wanted a closer look before deciding.
A view of Chaotic Glacier from the southern flank of Hallett Peak
We hiked down the southern side of Hallett; I took particular note of how firm the snow was on that side. Once I could see more of Chaotic Glacier, I could see that it was way too steep if the snow was hard. No way. I said out loud that it would be plain stupid for me to descend something that steep with nothing to arrest my slide. Brian gave me hope by offering to let me use one of his ski poles that had a plastic pick extending from the handle.
I agreed to continue to the top of the glacier to see how the snow felt. If the snow was hard, I planned to turn back toward Flattop and descend the way we came up.
Once we reached the glacier at approximately 11am, the snow felt promising. It was soft in spots, sometimes as deep as 6-8 inches; I decided I would descend Chaotic Glacier and then hike out Chaos Canyon to Emerald Lake and back to Bear Lake. I had never descended that way before; it would be an adventure!
A view of the descent into Chaos Canyon
I traded Brian for one of his poles, per his earlier offer. After fiddling around with the two poles, I decided that I would be better served with just the pole with the pick. I figured that if I really needed to self-arrest, I was likely to drop both poles if I was fumbling around with two. Then we walked together down the top of the glacier to reach the part where the slope increased dramatically. Too dramatically. And, the steeper snow was not soft.
Was I really going to do this? Crap.
The angle was terrible, but there were no obstructions below. Even if I lost control, I wouldn't hit anything. At worst, I'd get injured. But I didn't want to get injured.
What was I thinking? Okay, I would do it.
Brian started down and stopped after skiing about 50 feet to wait for me to start down. I sat in the snow and got used to the new pole. I envisioned how I'd use the pick to self arrest and did a practice roll over. The pick was made of plastic and so was made thick so not to break. The thick material didn't want to sink into the snow and so the pick tended to roll to the side when I weighted it. Crap.
I couldn't do it. Could I?
I tried going down face in with both hands on the pole with the pick buried. It was working! I was able to get the toes of my boots into the snow and then reposition the pick lower, and then repeat. As long as the snow didn't become frozen at some point below me, I would live. But now I was committed. And that's when it occurred to me that the pick could break-off at any moment. These poles were 10 years old and made of plastic. If it broke, I was going for a long, fast slide.
But I got lucky. The lower I got, the softer the snow became. I would live…with my parts unbroken.
Brian in a whiteout on Chaotic Glacier
I decided the snow was soft enough to glissade, and so I turned around to begin. Suddenly, I couldn't see anything.
The cloud bank beneath us had rolled up the canyon and now completely obscured our vision. It is not a good idea to start sliding down steep snow without being able to see what I might hit or fall into.
I'd just have to trust that my last view of the glacier, which showed nothing to worry about, was accurate. And, so I started. Down I went….woohoo! And then it was over. I made it.
But now we couldn't see anything about where to go. If we had to rely on simply going downhill, it was going to be a hard escape.
Then I noticed the tracks again. I could follow the tracks. And, if these folks could see where they were going when the hiked out, then the tracks would lead us out.
Down and down, we followed the tracks down Chaos Canyon and past Lake Hayhafa. Visibility as still poor, but I figured we just had to keep following the tracks out toward Dream Lake, which was the only exit from Chaos Canyon, right? Keep reading.
Once past Lake Hayhafa, the terrain looked less and less trail-like. After some distance of plunging through tree branches where sunglasses were necessary as protection from poking, Brian stopped and said, "do you know where we are?"
I said I did not, but indicated that I assumed that the tracks had to lead to Dream Lake. Brian then said, "well, we've been heading right (south) instead of left (north) for a while now….I think we are headed toward Glacier Gorge."
Glacier Gorge! He might as well have said 'The Moon'.
I said I didn't think it was possible to go to Glacier Gorge from Chaos Canyon. Brian said he didn't think so either, but that where he thought we were going, possible or not.
We looked around and couldn't see anything beyond 100 yards. We certainly had no way to see any landmarks to guide us. We were screwed.
Then I remembered that I had brought my smartphone, and that I might be able to figure out where we are…if I could get a satellite signal.
It worked. Of course the screen was almost entirely unreadable in the weird light conditions, and Google Maps is not designed for optimum readability on tiny screens. But I was able to make out that we had indeed been heading SSW, toward Glacier Gorge. I pointed toward Dream Lake and then Bear Lake. Brian didn't think turning north toward Bear Lake would work as there could be cliffs and other obstacles between it and us. We either had to backtrack or continue toward Glacier Gorge and hope we could find a path to join-up with the winter trail next to The Knob.
The Knob seemed to be the easiest choice, but, even if it was successful, we'd have to loop back to Bear Lake. Crap.
For some reason, we stayed with the tracks that had led us to the middle of nowhere, but the tracks did seem to head in approximately the right direction. Heck, either they made it or we'd find their frozen bodies along the way.
Another 30 minutes in and our situation hadn't improved. I decided it was time for another direction check. We were still in the middle of nowhere. And, then I noticed that my battery was about to die. I gave Brian a heading and then we stayed with it until we finally joined up with the well-established trail.
Our approximate route looping from Bear Lake to Flattop to Hallett toward Otis and then down Chaotic Glacier and Chaos Canyon, where we got lost. The line east from Chaos Canyon does not reveal the unpleasant wandering involved in such a bushwack.
We plodded along, happy to know where we were for the first time in a while. By 1:30pm we reached the Bear Lake parking lot. It was over. We had taken 6.5 hours to hike approximately 11 miles while gaining and losing 3200′ plus a 100-250′ needed to wander from Chaos Canyon to the Glacier Gorge Winter trail and back up to Bear Lake.
On the drive home, Brian told me about a tale he heard from a fellow who took a bad fall skiing down Lambs Slide. This fellow used the same poles as Brian, with the plastic picks. When he fell on Lambs Slide, both picks broke off, sending him to serious injury.
It is plain stupidity for me to fail to bring an ice axe when venturing high in the mountains, especially given my apparent inability to refuse an opportunity for adventure. I'll not forget again.
Another great day in RMNP!
See all trip reports
See all RMNP trip reports
Tags:Brian, chaos canyon, chaotic glacier, flattop, hallett peak, RMNP
Posted in mountaineering, Trip Reports | Leave a Comment »
Lost Again on Hallett Peak (Hesse-Ferguson)
I wanted that big, giant roof. You know, that imposing structure jutting out to the right of the Englishman's Route. And, since that roof was on the last of the major routes on my tick list for the 2nd buttress of Hallett Peak: Hesse-Ferguson (5.9).
I HAD to do it.
Brian was game, naturally, but even more so having failed to get past the 3rd pitch on his earlier effort due to route finding difficulties.
"I've never NOT been lost on this rock!"
~ Joe, shouted at no one in particular while on Hallett's 2nd buttress in the vicinity of the Hesse-Ferguson route
On August 29, 1998, we arrived at the Bear Lake parking lot at 5am and, after a brisk 2.5 mile hike in darkness, started climbing at 7am.
The climbing promised to be hard, so I left my food and water at the base to save on weight. It was good to not have a pack weighing me down and trying to pull me off the mountain, but I just didn't think about how long it might be before getting a drink of water. Think 2,000 year old mummy, when I later describe how dehydrated I became on this long, long climb.
Our Climb
1st Pitch (5.6)
I took the first lead and began as for the Love Route, climbing through a pink band of rock left of a big, right-facing dihedral. I continued up a dirty, right facing dihedral to reach a good ledge with a good anchor after ~160′. The entire pitch was very easy with good pro (5.6).
2nd Pitch (5.7)
Brian took the second pitch in which he went straight up the dihedral from the belay ledge to reach a left facing dihedral below a white roof that blocked the way above. Brian climbed to just below the roof where he set an uncomfortable belay.
As I watched, I thought the correct dihedral for Hesse-Ferguson was further to the left, to allow for the roof above us to be defeated to the left (per Rossiter). But the party ahead of us blazed a path past the roof to the right and, I suppose, Brian was still smarting from his recent route-finding challenges. So, with a long day ahead of us, I just had to hope the guys ahead of us knew the way.
3rd Pitch (5.8s)
To my great relief, I turned the white roof to the right rather easily. But, having lost sight of the group ahead, I decided to pick my way left to get to the large left-facing dihedral capped by the big, giant roof, which was, after all, the goal for the day. But that was easier said than done.
To get to the large left-facing dihedral below the big, giant roof, I would have to climb up and over some seriously run-out, slabby, dirty 5.8 rock. Yuck. I proceeded slowly, checking out every hopeful indentation. I got stuck in a spot where I was sure I could get in some protection only to abandon the effort after burning 30 minutes in the attempt. I then found the courage to proceed after spying another 'certain' placement that turned out to be good only for 'psychological' protection (read: almost certainly worthless).
Brian recalls:
"You were stuck forever (it seemed) on that section. When I followed, I could see why: it was thin, slabby, and the only relief that could be seen ahead was thin, slabby, and covered with grass. The one piece of pro that I cleaned was absurd."
After the longest 50-foot climb of my life, I reached the dihedral and safety, at the cost of burning up my reserves of energy and courage for the day. I finished the pitch by ascending the dihedral to near the roof where I set my anchor, leaving the terrible-looking crux for Brian (the best climber on our team).
Note: many years later I figured out that we'd gotten onto the 'Right Dihedral' route that would skip the big, giant roof. It was fortunate that I lost sight of the party who'd led us astray.
4th Pitch (5.9)
With all due excitement, Brian took off to figure out how to escape that big, giant roof…which turned out to be a fiendishly hard trap we'd been so careful to get into.
"From the distant ground, the giant roof appeared to have a hand-jam crack slicing through it along the right wall. But after reaching it, I saw that the hand jam was much larger: more like a bomb-bay chimney – just wide and deep enough that one could scrunch into it and inch toward the roof's edge, with good placements in the narrower crack above and the vast Tyndal gorge below. Turning the roof edge to regain the face was stunning."
I watched with amazement and dread as he crawled up into the bomb-bay chimney and shimmied his body further and further out over Tyndal gorge.
"How was he going to get out of there and onto the face?", was my big question, as I looked at the blank wall below him. He threw down a lay-back to reach past the blank wall and grab the face climbing holds that took him out of my line of sight. It was beautiful.
I followed and found the moves to not be too technical or strenuous, but wildly awkward.
2nd Buttress of Hallett Peak, Hesse-Ferguson route
The next pitch was described as 5.7 serious…it was both. And I was tired. But since it was only 5.7, I figured I could manage.
I started by climbing straight up from the belay, aiming for a small roof. I was able to find pro until I reached the roof, but then the pro ran out. My choices were to continue up over completely run out face climbing to a belay on a flake (official route) or traverse 40 feet, up and right, to join a left facing dihedral on the Culp-Bossier route. The Culp-Bossier route had good pro. As I was completely exhausted and had already burned through my entire supply of courage, it wasn't a hard choice.
I climbed as far as the rope let me, not quite reaching the top of the Culp-Bossier dihedral.
We were off route again, but I was alive. It was a good trade.
When Brian came up, I mentioned that I was tempted to stay on Culp-Bossier, since we knew the route and the day was old. But Brian wanted to get back to Hesse-Ferguson, and it was his lead. So, he traversed left to reach the flake belay atop the run-out section before realizing that the Hesse Ferguson route then moved up and right to a point directly above my belay. We could have just gone straight up to get back on route, but all we lost was a little more time.
After bringing me up to get a full rope, Brian continued climbing up to the base of a white band (face climbing) and belayed on a nice ledge we shared with a couple of guys who insisted they were on Culp-Bossier. I couldn't swear I was actually on Hesse-Ferguson, but I sure I wasn't on Culp-Bossier route, at least not the route I'd climbed twice. But they were nice guys and Halletts can be forgiving for that sort of error, if you're willing to work for it.
My lack of water (and courage) was taking a toll. I was too tired to lead anymore, so I let Brian finish the route. He climbed up the left side of the white band through some small, fun roofs and a shallow right-facing dihedral. It was a great pitch; it started hard (steep with good holds) and then became harder (move under roof without feet) and then ended with a thin, blank traverse to reach the top at 5pm. It had taken 4 hours longer than expected. Ouch!
Since we'd left our packs at the base, there was no reason to stop for a rest. It took us another hour before I could have my first drink of water since 7am. I'll just say that I was seriously dehydrated. Brian went without a drink as long as I did, but he is unnaturally immune to dehydration.
After a long rest, we packed up at got back to the parking lot at 8pm.
What a day! Despite my fatigue, I thought Hesse-Ferguson was a great route: far better than merely a way to climb that big, giant roof. It was a classic Hallett climb.
Hallett Peak, 2nd Buttress
And, now, 14 years later, I'm amazed that that was the last time I did a rock climb on Hallett's 2nd Buttress. At least it was a good one.
"This is my favorite route on Hallett Peak. It is demanding both physically and mentally. The run-outs epitomize what climbing on Hallett Peak is all about, and it has some burly, physical cruxes."
~ Mountain Project (Hallett Peak, Hesse-Ferguson Route)
Tags:Brian, dehydration, hallett peak, RMNP
Posted in Alpine Rock, Rock Climbing, Trip Reports | Leave a Comment »
No Love on Love Route
Brian and I were near the end of a run on the major Hallett Peak rock climbs. The year before we had climbed Northcutt-Carter (5.7), Culp-Bossier (5.8), and this year we had already climbed Jackson-Johnson (5.9). Brian picked the Love Route (5.9) for what would turn out to be our last high peaks preparation for our upcoming attempt on the Casual Route (5.10), Longs Peak.
The weather wasn't perfect, but we'd had great weather luck for many weeks in a row. I figured my luck would continue to hold. I was wrong.
On August 1, 1998, we set off for Hallett Peak a little later than usual. The day before, in a flash of stupidity, I reasoned that if we could do Jackson-Johnson after starting at 8:30am (after a false start), we certainly could climb the Love Route with a 7:30am start (6am sunrise) in the face of poor weather. This would allow for a 4:30am departure from Boulder instead of the normal 3am. One and one-half hours of sleep was the difference between 3.5 hours and 5 hours of sleep. Apparently, I was willing to gamble a lot to exchange a miserable night sleep for a mere bad one.
Brian wanted to be flexible, I suppose, and he didn't argue the point. Perhaps he also looked forward to a few extra winks.
As planned, I felt much better than usual when Brian showed up for the drive to RMNP. And, after hiking to the base of Hallett in the dawn light instead of the pitch dark, the day was officially off to a grand start.
Pitch 1:
To the left of the Cup-Bossier start is the dihedral start to the climb. Rossiter says, "Climb the pink wall 20′ right of the smaller dihedrals and 80′ left of the big dihedral"
A 160 foot 5.6 climb up the grassy, right-facing dihedral leads to the 4th class gully (the big dihedral) that leads to the top of the triangle buttress. We started up the route at 7:15am. I took the 1st pitch to allow us to switch off pitches (not counting the 50-foot 'move the belay' pitch) and leave the crux pitch to Brian.
Pitches 2 & 3:
The 2nd and 3rd pitches were only 4th class. The only interesting event on this section of the climb was Brian's apparent attempt to drop his car keys to the bottom of the buttress. The rock didn't cooperate and snagged them only 50 feet below where Brian was able to collect them.
But the rock was very wet. It is quite common for have wet rock early in the day, but we've been able to rely on the wind to dry off the rock before long. But not this time. Not with overcast skies.
Brian led the 4th pitch up some wet, but good 5.6 rock through the white band for about 160 feet.
The 5th pitch was mine and was very bad…wet and runny. I started up, angling right. I was supposed to stay in a right leading crack for 90 feet then angle left and up. I was in water the entire time, and every time it looked like the route could go left, the path required friction moves over slime. No way.
According to Rossiter's guidebook, there were no routes between Love Route and the Englishman's Route, which was far to the right. But the weakness in the rock and the only safe climbing went right. I had to try something.
I stayed right, picking my higher and higher. But every step was in mud, and every hand hold was in water. And I was unable to find any good pro for long stretches. At one point I was 15 feet over my last good pro before I found a good placement. It was a foregone conclusion that I was not going to get back to the route; I had passed up all changes to traverse back to the line. I was probably screwed. I just hoped I could find a safe belay before running out of rope.
It was turning ugly, but at least the weather had held despite threatening otherwise.
Looking up, I spied a potential belay and could see a line to get there. Thank God.
Just below the ledge, I had to pull up on and then step on two loose hand-sized rocks wedged into a shallow crack.
But I made it. I had 5 feet of rope left.
The ledge turned out not to have much pro or space, but it was a satisfactory belay given that I was out of rope.
As I brought Brian up, he was whining about how far off route I was and how I should be more careful. Yeah, whatever. I was just glad to be alive. I told him we'd be back on route if he'd go up to the lower angle rock and then head left to get below the roof. He said he'd try; what more could I ask.
The upper route topo. Red line is our route. Green line is the true Love Route. Blue line is the Better Than Love route, unknown to us at the time.
He made it. The climbing was moderate, but the pro continued to be scarce. Still, it was another possible path to take when The Love Route was runny and slick. We were back on route.
It turns out that I wasn't the only one to think so.
In the years since our climb of the Love Route, another route emerged into general knowledge between the Love Route and The Englishman's Route. It is called "Better Than Love" and follows the line we used except for continuing to the top while remaining to the right of the Love Route. See Gillett's High Peaks guidebook 2001 version. Apparently the climb was done many years ago; but since it wasn't in my 1997 Rossiter guidebook, it might as well have been classified Top Secret by the US Govenment.
Brian approaching the top of the 3rd pitch
We took a moment to study the 7th and crux pitch. And then it started to rain and hail. Shit.
It was bad. We'd never bailed before but this maelström did not look like the 'take prisoners' kind of storm. But Brian thought he could aid the crux, and since the top was a lot closer than the bottom, we agreed to push on.
It was so slippery. He had to aid the roof then then pulled off a couple unprotected traversing moves in a waterfall to make it. It was well done; one of his more heroic efforts of all time.
When it was my turn to step around the roof, I didn't think I'd make it. But I had a top rope, so I had to try. Sticky rubber is sticky even wet.
I took the last pitch, which was thankfully short and only 5.6. And by the time I reached the top, the rain had gone.
Our perfect record was still intact.
Lucky again.
Tags:Brian, hallett peak, RMNP
Posted in Alpine Rock, Rock Climbing, Trip Reports | 1 Comment »
2 Classic Climbs: Northcutt Carter & Petit Grepon
It was one of those things that gets into your head and you just have to do it. When I first heard of it, I wanted to do all or at least a lot of the 50 climbs listed in the Fifty Classic Climbs Of North America (a climbing guidebook and history) written by Steve Roper & Alan Steck in 1979. Out of all the climbs in North America, the best 50; the ultimate tick list. Since two of them were within my reach as a climber and nearby my house (in Boulder), I wanted to start as soon as possible.
The Colorado Climbs within "The Fifty"
Hallett Peak, Northcutt-Carter Route III 5.7 [1956] (in RMNP; top of my list for a while)
Petit Grepon, South Face III 5.8 [1961](in RMNP; had done once before)
Longs Peak, The Diamond, D1, V 5.11 (in RMNP, but too hard; did "Casual Route" instead)
Crestone Needle, Ellingwood Ledges III 5.7
Brian wasn't crazy about the list (he is too anti-establishment to follow someone else's list), but he did want to do the Petit Grepon and was willing to re-do Northcutt Carter; so, for next two weekends in 1997, we agreed to focus on 2 of the 50 classic climbs: Petit Grepon & Northcutt Carter.
Petit Grepon (August 30)
It probably wasn't the smartest plan, to climb the most popular rock climb in RMNP on the busiest weekend of the year (labor day). I guess we just didn't think of it in time to start the "classic" program earlier and couldn't wait any longer with the changing season. And, the Petit climb is long enough (8 pitches = 5-8 hours, depending on difficulty and avg length of pitch) compared to the daylight hours before the probable rain (7am to somewhere between noon-2pm = 5-7 hours) such that we had to be first on the climb or expect to fail. [Note: learning to climb faster was another option, but it would take too long to get ready.]
Another complication was the planning for the descent. The details we could find on returning to the base of the climb were too vague and included ugly descriptions of a "death gully". So we agreed to escape over "The Gash" as I had done a few years earlier with my CMC rock climbing class, and descend down the Sharkstooth approach. But, this meant we had to carry everything with us on the climb. It is never ideal to carry everything up the rock, but sometimes that is the best or only way to do it; the obvious key is to not bring too much.
The fact that we couldn't get a bivy permit worked well with this detail. We bring very little, start very early, and blast up the trail to be first on the rock. In reality, we figured we'd be tip-toeing past the sleeping climbers to beat them to the rock. It was a great plan.
We hit the trail at 4am and got in line. It was crowded like I had never seen it before in the pre-dawn hours. We put it into high gear and passed everyone and got to the rock ahead first. One group of sleepy climbers tried to pull themselves together quickly as we passed by, but it was too late; we were first on the rock. "I love it when a plan comes together." (Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, A-Team)
Our path up the South Face route (III 5.8) of the Petit Grepon. We descended over "The Gash" which is directly behind the Petit Grepon, between the Sharkstooth and the Saber, from this vantage point.
To make sure we stayed in front, we skipped the initial pitch by scrambling up the west-side talus to reach a ledge which we used to traverse back to the South Face III 5.8 climb.
Still in a race to be first or at least not hold up anyone else, we quickly got ready for the next part of the day. After putting on more clothing (we wouldn't be burning calories like we did on the hike in) including rock shoes and harness, organizing the climbing gear & ropes, and eating a quick breakfast (a couple bits and a swig of water), we packed away everything else we brought into our small packs.
And, then, without another glance back at the climbers jostling for position, we started up.
Traversed right to reach the giant chimney in the center of the face
Exited the "cave" to the left and climbed to a large ledge below another, but smaller chimney
Climbed the chimney, then traverse right to a belay below the right end of a roof
Moved right and then climbed a steep crack, into a left-facing corner with a finger crack (crux), and continued up and right to a ledge on the east side of the Petit Grepon
Climbed up, then right and then left to a small stance on the southeast arete. I believe this spot is called the "Pizza Pan" belay
Climbed a crack above the belay to a ledge, and then up the wall. Belayed on ridgeline
Followed the ridge to the teeny tiny summit
Enjoyed the spectacular views of the world from the sofa-sized summit while resisting an urge to lay flat on the rock
It was incredible; the summit was a 10×30 diving board offering lots of air time before the sudden end. The summit was so small that I had to look at my feet when I stood upright to keep my balance; the ground was outside of my peripheral vision. And the fear of falling off was somehow magnified by this phenomenon. When I sat down, I thought I could feel the rock swaying, which brought on fears of the rock breaking off. It was the coolest place I've ever been, and getting down right away felt important and promised to be interesting.
A profile view of the top 1/3rd of the Petit Grepon from behind. It is a really disconcerting sight that forces you to wonder if it might break off!
We looked around for rap anchors and found a good set on the back side (NE corner). We then scrambled up a deep chimney to the north to reach the Sharkstooth side of "The Gash." From there we descended back down the Sharkstooth approach. Once we reached the the Loch Vale lake, we found the crowds again; the trails were packed elbow to elbow; it was horrific. Welcome to Labor Day weekend at RMNP.
But the weather stayed perfect the entire day: clear skies, warm temperature, no wind, and after 11 hours, we made it back to the parking lot. We got back so early that a Ranger questioned us intently to see if we had done an illegal bivy. All we had to do was point at our tiny packs to prove we didn't do so.
One classic down, and one to go.
Northcutt Carter (September 6)
Then it was time for my test-piece. And I was scared for a number of reasons. At the top of the list, the route was famous for route-finding disasters; a rating of 5.7 was only true if you could stay on route. Undoubtedly, the actual difficulty would be harder. Another was that I had never climbed on Hallett Peak before; I just hadn't worked up the courage yet. If I could overcome my fear and successfully climb Northcutt Carter, if I could pass the test, then I could call myself a real climber. Well, that's how it felt, anyway.
To combat the legendary route-finding difficulty, I studied my copy of Bernard Gillett's High Peaks, 1st edition (the importance of this detail will become clear later) more carefully than ever before. And, of course, I made a photocopy of the topo and route description to remind should I become confused.
Just as the week before, we were planning on climbing a very popular route. And this time, the weather report promised bad weather in the afternoon. We needed to get an early start and move fast to make it. Yet, since the approach was far shorter, we slept in a bit; my alarm didn't go off until 3am.
We hit the trail from the Bear Lake parking lot at just after 5am and took only 30 minutes to reach Emerald Lake. It was still dark so we couldn't see how far we had to go. I thought we might have started too early, but we didn't reach the bottom of Northcutt Carter until 6:45am. And once again, we were the first to arrive; and we didn't waste any time getting started by scrambling up the broken rock to the right of a break in the "white band" to reach the bottom of the climb.
Pitch 1
Brian took the first pitch, and climbed a corner for about 1/2 a rope before moving a bit left and climbing up a slabby rock.
We were swapping pitches, so the 2nd pitch was mine. I took out my topo for a quick refresher; Gillett said, "go straight up a crack, then move a bit right to the belay." Unfortunately, the guide book was wrong! Mr. Gillett was describing what Rossiter calls the "Faux Pas" route…a common mistake on Northcutt-Carter. Of course, I didn't know this until I later bought a copy of Rossiter's book.
As directed by Gillett, I started straight up and then passed a roof. It was pretty hard (turned out to be 5.8), so I figured I did something wrong; the pitch was only rated 5.4.
As I looked up I could see a couple pins with some gear left behind. Booty! I scrambled up to claim it without a thought to why someone would have bailed at that point. And then it started to really get hard. With the rock still a bit wet and the terrain now a bit overhanging, I was in trouble.
I kept making progress, but I was wearing out. I found an unlikely leg jam that I could hang on with no hands. That gave me a life-saving rest.
The rock was overlapping plates of rock like tiles on a roof…the pieces of rock were loose and the downward slope of the rock plates didn't offer much to hold on to. While I struggled to find the right piece of gear, one of the loops on Brian's gearsling broke and sent the two large cams into oblivion.
Running out of gear and strength, I took to hanging on the pro to gather enough strength to make it another few feet. But eventually I made it.
After Brian came up, we both were very confused about the route. We couldn't begin to think of how we got off-route. But since the belay looked right, we decided to push on.
Brian took the third pitch. The rock all looked similar (the reason for the route-finding difficulties for many); following his nose, he took the original line of Northcutt-Carter, which was a bit to the left of the route we were trying to follow. We had to simul-climb a bit so he could reach a good anchor.
I had no idea where the route went. I continued up the line until I got to a good belay stance in an alcove; the route didn't seem to go anywhere from where I was; I hoped that Brian could find the route.
Brian thought he knew where to go and traversed far right to link up with the route. Once at the belay together, we both felt confident we had re-acquired the route. This was the good news; the bad news was that the rain had started.
I continued up toward a chimney and then climbed the chimney. I saw a great belay spot and got to within 3 feet of it when I ran out of rope. I had to jam my foot in a crack for balance while I struggled to find a place for one of the last pieces of gear remaining. I then clipped a long sling to that questionable piece of gear and lowered myself to a sloping ledge where I could find a good placement for my last cam.
My anchor contained 1 good cam, a questionable tricam & my ass on a ledge; I wasn't happy, but I was out of options. I gave the rope 3 tugs and hoped Brian wouldn't fall on the slippery rocks. I sat in the rain wondering how we would get out with our lives.
Brian didn't fall.
Brian slowly crept up the wet rock while I froze in a freezing rain. By the time he reached the top, I was a stiff, wet fool. But since Brian was at the top, we were going to make it…I could just fall up the rest of the way. Retaining a bit of pride, I managed to reach the top without resorting to falling. And once I started to thaw out, my fingers hurt like the devil was eating them.
The descent gully was very hard to find. Brian had been in it once the year before but I had never been on Hallett's north face. We eventually found something awful that Brian was certain was the right gully, and we started down. I didn't believe we were in the right place until climbers descending above us nearly killed us in a rock fall. Eventually we reached the bottom and spent 40 minutes fruitlessly looking for the fallen gear.
After a fruitless search we gave up and hiked out to go eat. We reached the car at 7pm for a 14 hour day, and then went into Estes Park for a Mexican Food celebration. I felt that I had accomplished something important, but that was the end of my obsession with the Classic 50; just too many great things to do close to home. And, while 2 of 50 isn't really a great accomplishment; not finishing the list at all seems to be rather common. According to Wikipedia, no one has ever done all 50; perhaps everyone has too many good things to do nearby home.
That was also the end of my use of Gillett's guidebook; I've used Rossiter's book ever since. I've heard that Gillett fixed that mistake in his 2nd edition, but I wouldn't know for sure as I never bought it; some mistakes are simply unforgivable.
It is worth noting that it was good that we got Northcutt-Carter done when we did. A few years later (I believe 1999), the bottom 2 pitches fell off the face into a pile of rubble at the base of the climb. Northcutt-Carter was dead.
Hallett Peak with "dead" Northcutt-Carter route indicated
Tags:Alpine Rock, Brian, hallett peak, northcutt carter, petit grepon, RMNP
Posted in Alpine Rock, Trip Reports | 5 Comments »


text:
Explore the talents of the hundreds of professionals who make up our team.
We tailor our service offerings to the specific needs and aspirations of our local, regional, national and international client base.
Our lawyers invest in developing their reputations not just as accomplished practitioners, but as important educators on today's most topical and breaking issues.
Client Pay
©2020 Adams and Reese LLP - New Orleans, LA
Adams and Reese
In Memoriam, Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.
Guilford F. "Gif" Thornton Jr.Lynn Morrow
"Sam was truly a visionary. He blazed a trail in the way law firms serve their clients and build their businesses. He always had an eye focused on the future. He touched countless lives and was a trusted counselor to political leaders and captains of industry. He was a man of deep faith and devoted himself to God, his country and his family. We will miss him always, but we are so glad we knew him." - Gif Thornton, Managing Partner
Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend, colleague, philanthropist and leader, Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr. on Friday, January 18, 2019. Sam was "larger than life" and was a powerful influence and inspiration to everyone who knew him personally and professionally. As a long-time trusted advisor and caring mentor, his guidance and contributions will remain as a legacy for us all.
"Sam Bartholomew had a tremendous impact on my life. I admired his strong faith and how he led by example in giving back to the community. He provided the highest level of service-above-self and will be dearly missed."- Lynn Morrow, Partner
Sam was a native of Kingsport, Tennessee where he played football at Dobyns-Bennett High School on two state championship teams. He was recruited by Coach Paul Dietzel to play college football at the United States Military Academy where he became captain of the first Army team to play in Neyland Stadium in 1965.
At West Point, Sam was Cadet Captain, Battalion Commander and assistant football coach in 1966. Sam graduated from West Point, and attended Airborne School and Ranger School. He was commissioned as an Armored Cavalry Officer, serving tours of duty in Europe, Panama and Vietnam. In Vietnam, Sam was a decorated Airborne Ranger Officer serving with the 3/4 Armored Cavalry Squadron (1968-1969). He then attended Vanderbilt Law School, where he was a Law Review editor and graduated in 1973 Order of the Coif and continued to teach there (1974-1984). He served as Chairman of the Vanderbilt Law School Dean's Council and also served on the Law School Alumni Board and several Dean Search Committees.
In 1977, Sam was a founder and served as chairman of Stokes Bartholomew, which quickly became one of Nashville's most well-known and respected law firms. The Firm later merged with Evans and Petree becoming Stokes Bartholomew Evans & Petree, P.A. under Sam's leadership.
In 2005, Sam led his law firm into a regional expansion with the merger of Stokes Bartholomew and Adams and Reese, which today has nearly 300 attorneys. Always with an eye to the future, Sam recalled one of the reasons Stokes Bartholomew was drawn to the law firm of Adams and Reese was due to the longevity of the firm's relationship with their clients. "That was a sign to us that superior client service is as much a cornerstone of Adams and Reese as it is for us at Stokes Bartholomew."
Sam was a trailblazer in business and enjoyed a long, distinguished legal career. His diversified practice encompassed corporate, government relations, economic development, health care and aviation.
Sam was recognized and well-known on local, state and national platforms. In 1984, Sam was appointed by President Reagan to the Board of Directors of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). He served on the Board of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency and was appointed as a Federal Land Commissioner by the U.S. District Court. He also served on the Board of Regions Financial Corporation, and had previously served on corporate boards including SunTrust Bank of Tennessee, Corrections Corporation of America and Union Planters Bank.
Sam was active in state economic development and served as the Director-General of the first Tennessee Trade Mission to France and also served on the Board of the Tennessee European Economic Alliance. He was a Trustee of the Tennessee Technology Foundation, served as a member of the Tennessee Economic Education Council and was Chairman of the Nashville Business Incubation Center. He also served as a board member and general counsel to Tennessee Tomorrow, Inc.
Sam's civic and community endeavors were unsurpassed. He served as the past chairman of numerous organizations, including the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, St. Thomas Hospital Lay Board, Salvation Army Nashville Board, Nashville Rotary Club, West Point Society and the Tennessee U.S. Olympic Committee. He chaired the City of Nashville's "Blue Ribbon" Committee to reset Mayor and Council compensation in 2001. He was the Chamber Committee Chair and the spokesman that opposed and defeated pari-mutuel gambling in Nashville in 1986. Sam was Vice Chairman of the 2000 Billy Graham Crusade in Nashville. He also served as the Tennessee Reagan-Bush Chairman in 1984 and was Co-Chair of U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander's Campaign in 2000.
Sam was a co-author of "God's Role in America," a book about America's Judeo-Christian heritage. He was awarded the Governor's Outstanding Tennessean Award in 1984, and in 1997, he was awarded the Nashville Chamber's "Gold Record" Award for chairing the suite sales for the new Titans stadium and served on the Executive Committee of the TENNFL Committee.
We extend our heartfelt condolences to Sam's wife, Vicki Hurd Bartholomew, and their children, Bo, Anne, Will and Ben. He will be deeply missed, but always with us.
Visitation with the family will be at St. George's Episcopal Church on Thursday, January 24, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon with a memorial service to follow at 12:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests that gifts be made to Abe's Garden, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes or the Sam Bartholomew Vanderbilt Law Scholarship for Veterans.
Mark Surprenant Receives Loyola University New Orleans College of Law's St. Ives Award
Government Relations, State and Local
Former LOGA Communications Director, Jindal Administration Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs Jordan D. Gleason Joins Adams and Reese's Government Relations Team in Baton Rouge
Patrick Dungan Named to Mobile Bay Magazine's 40 Under 40
Bradley A. Waters Named Partner in Charge of Adams and Reese's Houston Office

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Eni 'in touch' with CDP over Saipem
on: September 04, 2015 In: Oil
04 September 2015, News Wires – Italian oil and gas group Eni is in touch with cash-rich state holding Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) as it looks for ways to take the debt of its Saipem unit off its balance sheet, Eni's chairwoman reportedly said on Friday.
"Our aim is to de-consolidate Saipem's debt, we're studying several options," Emma Marcegaglia told reporters on the sidelines of the Ambrosetti business forum.
One of the solutions reported to be under consideration was that CDP, already the key shareholder in Eni, could take a direct stake in Saipem, Reuters reported.
"Let's see. We're just at the beginning, there are several contacts under way," she said when asked about the role CDP could play in relation to Saipem following the leadership appointments of former Goldman Sachs banker Claudio Costamagna and the former chief or BNP Paribas' Italian unit, Fabio Gallia.
(Upstream)


What: All Issues : Environment : Global Warming : H.R. 2754. Fiscal 2004 Energy and Water Appropriations/Vote to Recommit to Committee a Bill Which, In the View of Progressives, Failed to Include Adequate Funding for Renewable Energy Programs.
H.R. 2754. Fiscal 2004 Energy and Water Appropriations/Vote to Recommit to Committee a Bill Which, In the View of Progressives, Failed to Include Adequate Funding for Renewable Energy Programs.
One of the few procedural prerogatives available to opponents of a piece of legislation in the House is the motion to recommit. If successful, the motion sends the legislation back to committee and is usually a deathblow to the bill. During debate on the energy and water appropriations bill-a measure to provide federal funding to the Energy Department and related agencies responsible for energy and water projects-Congressman Hoyer (D-MD) motioned to recommit the bill to committee. Progressives voted in favor of the motion to recommit because, in their view, the bill provided inadequate funding for renewable energy sources. For years, Progressives have advocated for a more dedicated effort on the part of the federal government to develop renewable sources of energy such as solar power, biomass energy, and wind power. The funding which was contained in the appropriations bill, Progressives argued, focused too heavily on nuclear and fossil fuel energy sources and gave short shrift to renewable energy sources. While Progressives voted in favor of Hoyer's motion, Democrats were almost equally divided on the issue and, with opposition from an overwhelming majority of Republicans, the motion to recommit was rejected 99-310.


With its collection of unique shops, NAGORE SQUARE is a delight, allowing the locals and travelers alike to revel in the aromas of sweets and freshly baked bread, indulge in beauty treatments and spa, dine-in at themed-cafes and restaurants or taking your pets for grooming/pet café and pick up tasty treats at the deli on your way home.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the biggest demand is for deli items and other dining experience which cannot be picked up at other local supermarkets. And office workers have been indulging in trips to confectionary shops here on their way home—finding the NAGORE SQUARE atmosphere more agreeable than crowded department stores. There are also coffee bars serving local Penang coffee and restaurants specializing in various unique and scrumptious culinary spread.
Check out the stores in Nagore Square on our web links above categorize as Food & Beverages, Beauty & Wellness, and other services.
So to bring your dreamscape to life come on over to NAGORE SQUARE and indulge in the things that makes your lifestyle complete and satisfying. After all you only live once!


Forgetting the Windows 7 password is a common problem, admin's don't make copies, original password may have been entered that has a transposed character, etc. As long as you have physical access, no Windows 7 box is secure. Period.
For hardware, I have a machine that has an IDE drive dock, so I can easily place any drive into it as an slave drive and use the admin rights from that machine to access all files. I also use a USB SATA drive enclosure that has the same effect.
Vista and Windows 7 allow you to create a password reset disk, which enables you to reset your password without much hassle. The problem with this option is that you have to create the reset disk before the password is lost. Thus if you don't have a password reset disk, this option is not for you. You can find a description of how to create a password reset disk here.
If you configured a new password recently and can still remember the password you used before, then you can restore Windows to a point in time before you changed the password. The Restore function of Windows 7 and Windows Vista will make sure that you don't lose personal data. However, programs that have been installed since the corresponding restore point have to be installed again. All you need for this procedure is a Windows 7 or Windows Vista setup DVD. A detailed description of this method can be found here. If you are uncertain what System Restore is doing with your computer, read this first. This approach doesn't work with Windows XP.
The Sticky Keys trick to restore a forgotten administrator password is reliable, easy to carry out, and does not require third-party software. All you have to do is boot up from a Windows 7 or Windows Vista setup DVD, launch the Windows Recovery Environment (RE), and then replace the sethc.exe file with cmd.exe. You can also use this method for Windows XP, but you have to use a Vista or Windows 7 DVD.
This method is useful if no other user account on this machine has administrator privileges. You also need a Windows setup DVD (Vista or Windows 7). With this DVD you can boot up Windows RE and edit the Registry to offline enable the built-in administrator account. Also read the article about the offline Registry editor if you don't know how to edit the Registry in offline mode. After you enable the built-in Administrator, you can log on with this account without requiring a password and then reset the Windows password of any user account.
The downside of this option is that you have to create a password reset CD first. Then you can boot up with this CD and manipulate the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database. Please note that resetting the password with third-party tools can also cause data loss as described in option 4. Also note that this tool comes without any warranty. However, I've been using it quite a few times and never had any problem with it. The latest version supports Windows Vista and Windows 7. The advantage of this method is that it is quick if you already have the password CD in your tool box. Thus it is useful for admins who have to perform this procedure often. In all other cases I recommend option 4. You can download the tool here.
The Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) is a troubleshooting solution that belongs in every admin's tool box. This great open-source tool allows you to reset the password of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. It works similar to ntpasswd. After you have booted up with the TRK CD, you have to enter the command winpass -u user_name and then follow the instructions. Sometimes setting a new password doesn't work; in this case, just set an empty password.
Especially if your computer doesn't have a CD or DVD drive, you have to create a bootable Windows USB flash drive and then you can use the free Windows password reset tool NTPWEdit. Don't forget to add NTPWEdit to the USB stick before you boot up.
MSDaRT is a toolset from Microsoft that allows you to repair a Windows installation. This tool is only available for Microsoft volume customers, TechNet Plus subscribers, and MSDN subscribers. You can easily recover an admin password with its Locksmith tool.
Many commercial tools are available that allow you to reset the Windows administrator password. Technically, they do the same as the free tools. Some of them might be easier to use or come with better instructions than the free tools. But before you spend money, I recommend trying the other options I described in this article. I don't want to recommend a particular tool here. However, I would prefer a tool where the vendor offers support in case you run into problems. Be careful—there are many black sheep exploiting desperate people by selling overpriced tools.
This might sound like a joke, but in some cases this is the best method and my preferred option once all of the data has been copied. For instance, if you don't want to lose your EFS-encrypted files or stored credentials by resetting your password, but you desperately need the computer, you can just install Windows a second time. You will have access to all the files of the previous installation. Just make sure that you don't overwrite the original Windows installation during the Windows setup. This allows you to boot up the original Windows installation at a later time.


text:
Fishing village, Nova Scotia
The Charms of Atlantic Canada
12-day tailor-made self-drive from £1,745 pp incl. flights
Special offer: Early booking discount – Save up to £130pp
A true driving spectacle of whales, historic towns and epic vistas
Showcase the region's natural splendours on stunningly scenic drives
Spot giant whales on an included bay cruise
Make stops at exciting capitals and historic country towns
Enjoy included entrance to ten national historic sites
Stay in heritage properties throughout
2 Nights Halifax
2 Nights Annapolis Royal
2 Nights Charlottetown
3 Nights Baddeck
1 Night Halifax
The Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island
Whale, Bay of Fundy
Fort Louisbourg, Nova Scotia
Lunenburg Harbour, Nova Scotia
Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island
City | History & culture | Natural world | October holidays | Self-drive | Wildlife
This is an ideal, superb-value introduction to the delights of Atlantic Canada. Impossibly scenic drives skirt lakes, trace coastlines and hop over giant bridges to showcase the region's all-natural beauty. You'll spend your nights in heritage properties, staying in vibrant cities and quaint fishing villages as you enjoy a wealth of excursions. As well as a whale-watching cruise, we've included entrance into ten national historic sites, ranging from centuries-old fortresses to the Anne of Green Gables House.
Day by day itinerary
UK/Halifax
Begin your holiday with VIP airport lounge access before your day flight to Nova Scotia's welcoming capital. Staying in Halifax's most historic hotel, the elegant, early-20th-century Lord Nelson, you'll be ideally poised for exploring the city's myriad charms. To help you get your bearings, we've included entrance into its premier attraction – the Citadel National Historic Site. Perched atop a hill, this 18th-century fort commands stunning views over the entire city. You'll also want to descend to sample Halifax's craft-beer scene, waterfront walks and Victorian public gardens.
Stay: Lord Nelson Hotel (Superior)
Annapolis Royal
Collecting your hire car, you'll set off along on the Lighthouse Route, so called for its spectacular coastal views and famous red-and-white eponyms. You'll soon arrive into Lunenburg, a UNESCO-listed Victorian old town where red-painted houses line pretty marinas and turreted, half-timber buildings peek out from forested hills. Then, continue on to Kejimkujik National Park where we've included entrance to its river-lined hiking trails and petroglyphs – thousand-year-old stone carvings that remember the region's indigenous past. Your final destination is Annapolis Royal where you'll stay in a 19th-century inn full of Victorian charm and surrounded by idyllic gardens.
Stay: Hillsdale House (Superior)
Today, making the short-but-scenic drive along the Digby Neck peninsula, you'll enjoy an included whale-watching experience on the nutrient-rich waters of the Bay of Fundy. After spotting everything from humpbacks to fin backs, you'll have the afternoon free to explore the bay's fishing villages. We've also included admission to Fort Anne, a military stronghold that dates back to the 1600s and Canada's first historic site. Alternatively, strolls through Annapolis Royal's tree-lined streets will bring you among the highest concentration of heritage buildings in Canada. It's the ideal showcase for the region's slower pace of life.
Today sees you hop over to Prince Edward Island aboard the mighty Confederation Bridge – an 8 km-long engineering marvel that crosses the Northumberland Strait. In turn, Wolfville makes for a charming lunch stop, its historic centre set among a tapestry of hills, valleys, rivers and ocean. You'll also enjoy included entrance into the Grand-Pré National Historic Site. This interpretive centre of rolling meadows and villages brings to life the region's turbulent past; its French-Acadian settlers were forcibly deported by the British in the 18th century.
Stay: The Great George (Superior)
Charlottetown is the birthplace of Canada, its Province House having hosted the meetings that led to the country's formal creation in 1867. You'll also know it as the setting for Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables; you can even visit Anne's fictional home. But, there's nothing fictional about its rural idyll, exemplified by the PEI National Park. Here, on the island's north shore, hiking trails lead between pretty beaches and green-fringed bays. As yesterday, you'll spend the night in the Great George Hotel – a collection of suites converted from 17 carefully restored heritage buildings.
As you leave Charlottetown, be sure to make a stop at Orwell Corner. This abandoned village and graveyard has been faithfully restored, giving a real sense of life in the 19th century. Your next included island hop, on the Wood Islands Ferry, will see you cross back to Nova Scotia to make the drive, over the Canso Causeway, to Cape Breton Island. It's a scenic route that continues through the island's mountainous interior and ends with Baddeck. A small slice of Scotland backed by undulating hills, you'll stay right on the picturesque Bras d'Or Lake, enjoying some optional spa relaxation at an 11-acre resort that dates back to 1850.
Stay: Inverary Resort (Superior)
The Cabot Trail
Today, set off on the Cabot Trail to loop around Cape Breton. As one of the world's most scenic drives you'll map cragged coastlines, trace river canyons and gaze up at eagle-plied mountains as you keep your eyes out for Canadian moose. There are also plenty of hiking routes to keep you occupied, with the Skyline Trail among the finest. Here, clifftop paths bring you along a cragged coast, offering the chance of seasonal whale sightings. Further highlights include the Glenora Distillery, the Acadian Cultural Centre and the Music Interpretive Centre, where Celtic ballads live on.
Louisbourg
On your last full day you'll head north to the Louisbourg National Historic Site – the largest living museum in North America. With admission included, it's the chance to step back in time to an 18th-century French garrison town, perhaps taking part in a battle re-enactment or sampling period food from the restaurant. You'll also enjoy entrance into the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site. A museum dedicated to the great inventor, it features full-scale replicas that bring to life his work on everything from aircraft to artificial respiration.
Mapping the shimmering waters, set off on the Bras d'Or Lake Drive as you begin your journey back to Halifax. You'll have some time to stop off at anything you'd missed along the way, with pretty coastal towns making for ideal lunch stops. Then, back in Atlantic Canada's largest city, you'll have some time to visit Keith's Brewery – one of North America's oldest – and the superb Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, which tells the story of the city's seafaring heritage and fateful connection to the Titanic.
Stay: The Lord Nelson (Superior)
Depart for UK
With an evening flight, you'll have some time to explore Halifax further before you drop your car at the airport and board your flight home, travelling overnight.
Any element of this itinerary can be adjusted to suit your needs. Just contact us to find out more.
Accommodation rating: Superior
from £1,745 pp.
Save up to £130 pp.
Early booking discount: Save up to £130 pp.
from £1,745 pp. incl. flights
Complimentary UK airport lounge access
Return international flights
10 nights accommodation, typically 3.5–4 star on a mix of room only and B&B basis
9 days Compact car hire
Bay Ferry Tolls - Wood Islands to Caribou
Brier Island Whale watching tour
Admission to Historic sites
Alexander Graham Bell, Fort Anne, Grand Pre, Halifax Citadel, Fortress of Louisbourg, Kejimkujik, Port Royal
Green Gables House, Prince Edward Island National Park
Ferry between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia
Prices are per person based on two people sharing a twin/double room; prices are subject to availability and possible change; normal booking conditions apply.
Rui Ribeiro
Krishna Ghosh
Tim Tan
Rocky Mountaineer & Celebrity Eclipse Alaska Inside Passage Cruise
14-day tailor-made holiday from £4,360 pp incl. flights
Flash Sale - Free upgrade to Rocky Mountaineer GoldLeaf – Save up to £420pp
With a journey aboard the iconic Rocky Mountaineer and an all-inclusive Celebrity Eclipse cruise, this luxury holiday showcases the beauty and wildlife of the Canadian Rockies and Alaskan wilderness.
Rocky Mountaineer and Calgary Stampede 2022
10-day tailor-made rail journey from £3,530 pp incl. flights
This trip combines the iconic Calgary Stampede with a more sedate journey through the Canadian Rockies from Banff on board the Rocky Mountaineer, finishing your journey in Vancouver.
Rocky Mountaineer Canadian Rockies Getaway Circle
10-day luxury rail journey from £3,420 pp incl. flights
Keep a lookout for a jaw-dropping range of wildlife on a Circle Journey including two routes, a visit to Yoho National Park, and a gondola ride with beautiful views of Banff national park.
Best of Hawaii & the Californian Coast
This tailor-made itinerary will see you discover the verdant mountains and powder-white beaches of Hawaii alongside California's laid-back beach cool.


text:
Additionally, it used 2014 cost of living data from ATTOM Data Solutions.
Mendota isn't the only Central Valley city on the list. Firebaugh placed on the 21st spot, Orange Cove took the 48th spot and Corcoran earned the 30th spot.
According to the list, Mendota had a poverty rate of 49.5 percent. The median home value was $139,000, and only 1.8 percent of its adult residents have a bachelor's degree.
Half of the households earn less than $27,000 a year, putting nearly half of its population below the poverty line.
City Manager Vince DiMaggio discusses Mendota's improved prospects. He was recently rehired by the City Council.
Mendota Mayor Robert Silva said the ranking doesn't paint reality.
While he acknowledged the city has had its tough times, for example, during the drought years and when it had problems with the MS-13 gang, Silva said the town has turned a corner in the right direction.
Last summer, local and federal law enforcement carried out an operation against MS-13 after a decade of its presence in the community.
"Things have changed," he said. "We are moving ahead in a lot of things."
Mendota residents are not leaving, he said, and more houses are being built in the community. "What does that tell you?" he asked. "They see that things are prospering. Things are getting better."
Mendota's Pro Tem Mayor Rolando Castro also disagreed with the city's labeling. "I live here," he said. "If it were that bad, I would have left. I make a living here."
Compared to the neighboring towns, Castro said, Mentoda has seen more economic development gains. "We don't know why we are the ones being picked on," he said.
Castro said the town had issues with MS-13, but the issue is being dealt with, and the youth are doing "really good." In terms of poverty, Castro said, there are teenagers in high school driving new cars.
Many of the city's high school graduates seek higher education at trade schools or community colleges, Castro said. People don't need to attend a four-year college to make a good living, he said.
"I make a pretty good living because I went through a vocational program," he said. "I have two businesses."
Castro said he has been working with newly-elected Rep. TJ Cox, D-Mendota, to bring more resources to the community.
"We need to give them an opportunity as well," he said.
Mendota longtime resident Joseph Riofrio, who served many years as an elected official in the town, also said the ranking is unfair.
"It's not fair because we are an agricultural-based community," he said. "The hardest work imaginable is the lowest paid. They are just not paid enough for the type of work they are doing."
Plus, people are being priced out of the Bay Area because they cant afford housing there, while Mendota has "brand new homes" that people can afford. "People are moving," he said. "They are coming this way."
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors, he said, should be outraged by this ranking, and should say they "value our farming communities and what they provide."
Yesenia Amaro: 559-441-6144, @YeseniaAmaro
Related stories from Fresno Bee
MS-13 terrorized Mendota for nearly a decade. Why didn't help come sooner?
How brutal murders and fear kept a town silent. MS-13 is like no other gang
Fresno County sheriff on the vicious methods used by the MS-13 gang
Yesenia Amaro
Yesenia Amaro covers immigration and diverse communities for The Fresno Bee. She previously worked for the Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia and the Las Vegas Review-Journal in Nevada. She recently received the 2018 Journalistic Integrity award from the CACJ. In 2015, she won the Outstanding Journalist of the Year Award from the Nevada Press Association, and also received the Community Service Award.
Blind Husky pups found on hot rural roadway recovering
In memory of tribal leader Gaylen Lee, remembered for sharing Mono culture
Girl, 15, killed by car in northeast Fresno
He stabbed a man in the heart. Was it jealous rage — or self defense? Jury will now decide
Fridge falls on man's head at Foster Farms plant and kills him, sheriff's office says


text:
An Ironworker Remembers
Bendix Anderson
One World Trade Center Rises Anew
Within a few months, the tallest building in the U.S. will rise at One World Trade Center. At press time, a half-dozen construction cranes towered over the 16-acre site as four towers, World Trade Center One, Two, Three and Four, stretched towards the sky. Thousands of workers crowded onto the site in shifts, performing a complicated dance of Ironworkers, laborers, bricklayers and other trades.
"I look at it and think of the phoenix, up from the ashes," said Robert Ledwith, business manager of Metallic Lathers and Reinforcing Ironworkers Local 46.
Ledwith has a long relationship with the World Trade Center. He helped build the original Twin Towers that were destroyed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Thousands of workers from his union volunteered in the rescue effort, braving toxic dust and debris in the search for survivors. At press time, hundreds of ironworkers from his union are still at work at the site, cutting and bending steel rods to strengthen new concrete columns.
Four decades ago, Ledwith worked as an Ironworker on the foundations and high up on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center as the Twin Towers rose over Manhattan.
When the World Trade Center collapsed, workers in the construction trades across the City put down their tools and rushed to the site. In the days right afterward, workers gathered at their union halls and headed in groups to the smoldering ruin of the World Trade Center. On September 12, ironworkers from Local 46 convinced an MTA bus driver to change his route, traveling back and forth from their union hall at 3rd Avenue and 76th Street to the World Trade Center.
"It was one of those moments when everyone pulled together," said Ledwith. Many of volunteers who worked at the site have since become sick. Ledwith made his workers take whatever precautions they could to avoid breathing in toxins. "I would warn them about the asbestos," he said.
Hope quickly faded that more survivors would be pulled from the rubble. The rescue workers and volunteers left the site and construction managers arrived on the scene, leading teams in what became a massive demolition job. Workers from each specialty removed the wreckage of work done by the same specialty decades before. About 30 members of Local 46 cut tangles of twisted steel rebar that had once reinforced massive concrete floor beams. Ornamental ironworkers from Local 580 pried off metal panels from the exterior walls. Workers from Local 40 removed the huge beams of structural steel from the collapsed walls and stairwells of the Towers.
"For cleaning up the debris, you needed true experts who understood the structural steel," said Ledwith.
The work continued for years while politicians, planners and the owners of the site fought over the shape that new World Trade Center would take, delays that became more painful as the nation slipped into a deep recession. But since the financial collapse of 2008, a project labor agreement with developer Larry Silverstein and a gradually improving market for office space helped secure the funding to speed construction at the site.
At press time, with the 10th anniversary of September 11th just a month away, more than 4,000 workers swarmed over the site. The memorial at the World Trade Center is on schedule to open in time for the anniversary and One World Trade Center is well on the way to its planned height of 1776 feet tall.
"Our blood and our sweat are in those buildings," said Ledwith.
PrevEmployers Must Publicize Worker Rights
DC 9 Political Action Strategy Rewards Members with Steady WorkNext


text:
<?php declare(strict_types=1);

namespace VfacTmdb\Traits;

/**
 * listItems trait
 * @package Tmdb
 * @author Vincent Faliès <vincent@vfac.fr>
 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2017
 */
trait ListItems
{
    /**
     * Page number
     * @var int
     */
    public $page = 1;
    /**
     * Total pages
     * @var int
     */
    public $total_pages = 1;
    /**
     * Total results
     * @var int
     */
    public $total_results = 0;

    /**
     * Get page from result search
     * @return int
     */
    public function getPage() : int
    {
        return $this->page;
    }

    /**
     * Get total page from result search
     * @return int
     */
    public function getTotalPages() : int
    {
        return $this->total_pages;
    }

    /**
     * Get total results from search
     * @return int
     */
    public function getTotalResults() : int
    {
        return $this->total_results;
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
'The Office,' 'Parks and Rec' Ink Cable Deals
The comedy series "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation" have settled on deals that will keep both shows in their current homes on Viacom cable networks through the mid-2020s, The Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed reports.
"'The Office's' exclusive cable run on Comedy Central will continue through 2021, and after that the show will have a non-exclusive deal to air across Viacom networks until 2025," THR reports. "'Parks and Rec,' meanwhile, will remain on Comedy Central through 2024."
Tanya Giles, general manager of Comedy Central, Paramount Network and TV Land, is quoted saying in connection with the announcement: "Keeping the exclusive rights to 'The Office' through 2021 is a coup for Comedy Central and Viacom. Since acquiring it, we've reinvigorated the franchise on linear, drawing big audiences throughout our full day schedule. It's also been a key lead-in to help drive viewers to our own original, acclaimed comedies. We're so excited to keep it on our air that we wouldn't even trade it for an iPod."
THR adds: "Both shows have proven to be valuable properties. 'The Office' was the most-watched show on Netflix in terms of minutes viewed in 2018 with a staggering 52 billion minutes consumed. The UniversalTV comedy will move to Comcast streaming platform Peacock in 2021 in a $500 million megadeal."
Bill Murray Tackles Role in Comedy Series
Hulu Jacks Up Price of Live TV Service


The Cordova Family Resource Center's mission is to promote healthy individual and family relationships throughout the community by providing education, advocacy, and crisis response.
CFRC provides child and client advocacy with police, court, hospital, and social services. CFRC has a 24-hour help line (424-HELP).We have safe homes, crisis intervention and transportation outside of Cordova to a shelter for victims of domestic violence. CFRC provides educational workshops, support groups, parenting classes and supervised visitations. We have Public Assistance fee agents, notary service and can make referrals to other agencies. We have a library and internet computer open to the public. Se habla español.


You are here: Home / Obituaries / Dr. Edward Clarke Beardslee, Ph.D.
Dr. Edward Clarke Beardslee, Ph.D.
Dr. Edward Clarke Beardslee, 71, of Woodcrest Villa, Lancaster, PA (formerly of Wrightsville, PA), died Thursday, February 7, 2013 in the Essa Flory Hospice Center of Hospice and Community Care, Lancaster, PA.
Born April 21, 1941 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Herbert Clarke Beardslee and Gertrude Elizabeth Stouffer Beardslee. He is also preceded in death by his step mother, Rebecca Gontz Beardslee.
Ed is survived by his wife, Marilyn Anne Brubaker Beardslee of 49 years and 2 daughters: Becky B. Jachimowicz, wife of Christopher S. Jachimowicz (Topton, PA) and Lois B. Carlisle (Elizabethtown, PA); 4 grandchildren: David C. Jachimowicz, Audrey A. Jachimowicz, Alan D. Carlisle and Matthew D. Carlisle. Also surviving are a brother, Paul W. Beardslee, husband of Anne (Elkins, W VA) and a sister, Lois I. Weaverling (Chambersburg, PA); nieces and nephews.
Ed graduated from Chambersburg Area High School, Chambersburg, PA (1959), Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, with a B.S. in Mathematics (1963), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, with an M.S. in Mathematics (1966), and The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, with a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education, (1972).
He was employed at Hanover College, Hanover, IN (1966-1969) as an Instructor of Mathematics; at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA (1973-1979) as an Associate Professor of Mathematics Edcation; self employed as an author and consultant in mathematics and computer education (1979-1983); and at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA (1983-2001) as a Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science (1983-1990) and Professor of Elementary & Early Childhood Education –Mathematics (1990-2001).
Ed grew up in Chambersburg and was active in the Trinity Lutheran Church youth programs. He received the Order of the Arrow Award while involved with the Boy Scouts of America. In high school, he enjoyed music and drama activities thus beginning his life-long love for music.
Ed was an author of mathematics textbooks and activity books. He was also an educational computer author and programmer. He conducted workshops for teachers to teach mathematics, calculators and computers using games, activities, and manipulative aids that he had created for grades K-12. He was a consultant and speaker in mathematics and computer education to school districts locally and in the west. He aided in the design of an interactive video based course in mathematics for adult learners in 1988 and also served as a consulting educator, writing calculator activities and making teaching suggestions for a complete elementary math series for grades K-8 published in 1987. He was active in professional mathematics organizations and served on many committees and in leadership roles both in PA and in the Northwest. He received leadership and service awards from the Washington State Mathematics Council (1980), Pa. Council of Teachers of Mathematics (1987), the "Educate for Service Award, Service through Professional Achievement" from the Alumni Association, Elizabethtown College (1991) and was included in the "Who's Who in American Education", Third Edition, 1992-1993.
He loved to travel with his wife and family and visited all 50 states. He also participated in a faculty exchange program with the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland in 1995. In addition, he sang tenor in a number of choruses and choirs, including the York Symphony Chorus and Singers and most recently in the Chancel Choir at Advent Lutheran Church. Family was very important to him and he cherished the time that he could spend with his daughters, their husbands and children.
A memorial service for Ed will be held Friday, February 15 at 11:00 a.m. at Advent Lutheran Church, 1775 E. Market Street, York, PA 17402 (www.Adventyork.org). Ed's pastors, the Rev. Brenda M. Ritterpusch and the Rev. David L. Ritterpusch will officiate. Friends and family will be received from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Owens Hall of the church. Interment will be in Norland Cemetery, 2295 Philadelphia Avenue Chambersburg, PA on Saturday, February 16 at 11 a.m. Friends and family are invited to attend. Pastor Tara Magoon of Trinity Lutheran Church, Chambersburg, PA will officiate. Memorial contributions may be made to Advent Lutheran Church, 1775 E. Market St., York, PA 17402 or Hospice & Community Care (formerly Hospice of Lancaster County), PO Box 4125 , Lancaster, PA 17604-4125.
Offer Condolence for the family of Dr. Edward Clarke Beardslee, Ph.D.
Dear Marilyn, We were saddened to hear of the death of your beloved husband, Ed. All of us who knew him in whatever context will always remember his sense of humor and razor-sharp wit along with his intelligence and brilliant mathematical mind. We pray that you may know God's comfort and peace now and in the days ahead.
Dr. Beardslee was my COBOL professor at Millersville University back in the 80's.
Extending deep and heartfelt sympathies to Ed's family and friends at this difficult time. May the comfort of your memories, the strength of your family and friends and the love of those around you help you through the days ahead.
Marvin and I send our sympathies to Ed's family and friends. Those of us who knew Ed at E-town remember his great sense of humor and especially his beautiful tenor voice. I sang in the college choir with Ed.
I greatly enjoyed working with Ed at Millersville many years ago. He will be greatly missed!
May the memories of Ed's quirky sense of humor and unique laughter fill your hearts so there is no room for sadness.
Ed…we hope that you took a sample of your "infamous collection" with you. Heaven needs your kind of humor.
I am so very sad to learn of Ed's passing. He was such a wonderful person and always so full of life. Now, he will be with his dad, mom, stepdad, and Joe. I am sure he is happy again.
I was so saddened to learn of my colleague and friend's passing. Ed was a wonderful person; we shared so many laughs together over the years. Our classrooms were across the hall from each other, and so we interacted daily for many years. His love of his subject and of teaching was obvious. He strove to reach every student in his courses.
My regrets that I won't be able to attend on Friday, but please know that I will pause in my travels and start to laugh when I think of the many jokes he told me – and the many smiles he brought to all of us who knew him.
While I did not have the pleasure of meeting such an accomplished individual, in getting to know you it is easy to see that he shared his love of knowledge with his children. Sending much warmth and regard your way.
Marilyn, Becky, Lois and family:We were both so much better off and very proud knowing Ed and his stories and his humor and great nature. His bravery in face of the odds he faced was remarkable. We love you All.
So sorry to hear of your father's passing. Your family is in our thoughts and prayers.
We are so sorry to hear about Ed's passing. I'm so glad that we were able to enjoy being with him at our summer picnics. I'll always remember him fondly in that cute hat he wore with the spiked hair. He was such a beautiful person and will surely be missed by many. All our love to you and your family. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
I was saddened to hear about Ed's passing. He was always so enthusiastic and energetic about his work and I enjoyed his company and support during his days in the Math Dept. His laughter and joy for life brightened us all.
To Ed's Family: My deepest sympathies. I was a neighbor and high school classmate of Ed. We rode bikes to school together, while he would coach me on my math homework. I would have never survived Miss Suzie Kreichbaum's trig w/o him!


text:
10 Pizza Quotes That Any Pizza Lover Can Relate To
Pizza has inspired countless internet memes of adoration, while also igniting fierce debate on what the "right way" to eat a slice is. The dish has played a central role in a multitude of movies and cinematic works. And online, there's an entire slice of retail (pardon the pun) devoted to the selling of pizza-themed swag, from tracksuits to bathing suits to bags.
(Heck, the pizza clothing trend was so big that, at one point, celebrities were seen rocking pizza apparel, including the likes of megastars Beyonce and Katy Perry.)
Beyond inspiring the donning of pizza garb, however, the food has also galvanized celebrities, athletes, writers and other renowned persons to speak out, or write, about their unrequited passion for the dish. And often, their musings on the cheesy dish are spot-on and hilarious.
Here are 10 quotes that any pizza lover can relate to:
1. "You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."
Yogi Berra, professional baseball player.
2. "Anyone who says that money cannot buy happiness has clearly never spent their money on pizza."
Andrew W. K., music producer
3. "You can do irrefutably impossible things with the right amount of planning and support from intelligent and hardworking people and pizza."
– Scott Gimple, former showrunner of The Walking Dead
4. "And I don't cook, either. Not as long as they still deliver pizza."
Tiger Woods, professional golfer
5. "There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap."
Kevin James, actor
6. "I would marry pizza but it would just be an elaborate ploy to eat her whole family at the wedding."
Mike Birbiglia, comedian
7. "Pizza makes me think anything is possible."
Henry Rollins, musician and actor
8. "There's very little in my world that a foot massage and a thin-crust, everything-on-it pizza won't set right."
Author G.A. McKevett in her book "A Decadent Way To Die"
9. "I think of dieting, then I eat pizza."
Lara Stone, Dutch supermodel
10. "I love pizza, meaning: Even when I'm in the middle of eating pizza, I wish I were eating pizza."
– Author Jandy Nelson in her book "I'll Give You the Sun"
— Melanie Lawder
Previous: The 5 Best Nonalcoholic Beverages To Drink With Pizza
Next: How is Vegan Pizza Made?
Tags: fun


How did crime scenes ever get linked with Halloween? I think CSI has freaked us out enough to make the eerie association happen. Or it's just all the bloggers like me making crime scene Halloween decorations. No matter how it all started, here is an easy way to dress up a plain cupcake to make crime scene cupcakes.
Find the food coloring, decorating bag, and decorating tip in the craft store. Find the skewers in the supermarket.
Step 1: Prepare your favorite cupcakes according to the recipe and let cool completely.
Step 2: Prepare frosting according to your favorite recipe, or, use store-bought frosting. (TIP: To thicken store-bought frosting so it's easier to pipe, stir in confectioner's sugar until the desired consistency is reached.) Scoop out a few tablespoons of frosting and set aside. Tint the remaining frosting white, fit a decorating bag with the tip, fill with white frosting, and close tightly with a rubber band. Color the reserved frosting red and either fill an empty decorating bag or cover and set aside.
Step 4: To prepare the cupcake toppers, cut strips of yellow paper about 1/2 –inch by 3 1/2 inches. Write "CRIME SCENE" on the strips of paper. Glue the ends around two skewers, and insert into the cupcakes.
Step 5: Working with one cupcake at a time, pipe a swirl of frosting on top of the cupcake and immediately attach several eyes.
These would be perfect for my birthday LOL!
These would make amazing cookies!!!
these are so creative, what a great idea!
oooh, a whole mystery/crime scene party! My kid would be scared out of her wits.


Ethan Allen Dining Room Chairs. Dining Rooms Tropical Room New York By Ethan Allen Inside Chairs Prepare 12. Shop Dining Chairs Kitchen Ethan Allen Intended For Room Idea 0. Shop Dining Sets Ethan Allen With Regard To Room Chairs Ideas 18. Dining Room Cool Ethan Allen Chairs Hostess Within Prepare 3. Outstanding Dining Chair Styles Also Santa Clarita Ethan Allen For Room Chairs Inspirations 6. End Dining Chairs Awesome Ethan Allen Furniture With Intended For Room Designs 16. Fence Awesome Ethan Allen Dining Chair Room Chairs For Sale Pertaining To Design 5.
Shop Dining Room Furniture Sets Ethan Allen Inside Chairs Plan 9. 44 Best Ethan Allen Dining Rooms Images On Pinterest Room Regarding Chairs Plans 15. Amazing Dining Room Chairs Ethan Allen Spurinteractive Within Design 11. Amazing Dining Room Chairs Ethan Allen Spurinteractive With Regard To Decorations 14. Shop Dining Room Furniture Sets Ethan Allen Pertaining To Chairs Inspirations 2.


I was asked to create an interactive infographic on the basic timeline, and aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in Japan on March 11th, 2011. I had free reign to stylize it however I wanted, but including the hard facts of the event.
Being able to condense a long list of facts and make it interesting and informative enough is a task in an of itself (not mentioning the visual stuff yet). It's very important to get the point across in writing as the visuals just reinforces what is written.
It's fairly common to sketch ideas out on paper before designing digitally. But since I come from an animation background, I find it super important to start off with pen and paper. In terms of getting an idea across, it's the fastest and purest form. This stage also lets me find the potential of concepts as well as the limitations of the interactive parts. I'm not a technical guy so it's a good point to set boundaries on what I can achieve realistically for the schedule.
Again, really rough stuff here but I find it's a lot easier to hone in on what the main ideas are. I also like to sketch random things that has nothing to do with anything because it loosens up the mind a bit.
A timeline is a point in time where an event starts, and some time later, it ends. I wanted to incorporate color as a mechanism for time change. I learned this technique in my animation program where movies would use seasons to emphasize big change within the story. Colour, same thing.
In the example to the left, the infographic starts with a scarlet red; ends off with a subtle white. The red represents anger, and confusion when the plant exploded. As the red deflates into less alarming tones and finally into a white, the reader is 'enlightened' by this terrible disaster with some positive, hopefully reassuring facts about the aftermath.
I sketched ideas, embedded color samples to layouts. This is the time where I'm most comfortable with. Having the crucial facts, I can now have some fun jigging and re-jigging to make the almost perfect layout that I want. This step also lets me change up wording a bit for emphasis and really play with colors and tone. I grabbed a couple palettes from COLOURlovers to get a sense of mood for the infographic.
I used Dribbble, Designspiration, and Visual.ly as inspiration mainly for composition and typography.
I pulled these colors directly out of my completed infographic. But exclusively through color, you can see what is meant here. Each slide is a stage in the story. I wanted to indirectly put the reader in that space in hopes they subconsciously experience that moment in time. Even though there isn't 7.1 surround sound or hyper realistic high-res 3D stuff going on, I can still try to make an impact using simple shapes and colors right?
As the method was 'telling a story' for the infographic, the visual style was 'organic'. I chose a variety of semi-japanese-inspired patterns and edited each to tone them down a bit. Almost every image has some sort of texture on it since I'm a big fan of subtle textures. I grabbed a few from Subtle Patterns and slapped them right on there, and right away, my images popped. Cool.
Keeping with the organic style, I knew straight lines aren't going to work out for the composition, so I kept them at a minimal. Even rotating a single line a couple degrees can really offset an entire composition. I tried skewing straight lines a lot near the beginning of the infographic just to enforce the chaos of what was happening during the accident, and gradually, sparingly near the end just to create the illusion of 'order' where things are starting to get sorted out after the disaster.
Everything I do (or think of) derives from a place of humanity. Illustrator is my daily driver for most design-oriented things. But as we all know, no machine can replace the hand. (No sexual innuendos here!) I wanted to create something organic, that felt real, or as real as I can get it to be. But I also didn't want to make something fake, que in skeumorphism. Ah, I had to say it.
So the visual design is done but I was on a time crunch. I had certain ideas of how some of the interactive parts would work. Some were too ambitious for my schedule, some were too technical. I wanted to add a part where users can interact with it, where the user has choice.
I scanned around ye olde internet to find jquery plugins to do exactly what I wanted. I'm a very visual guy so before looking at the underlying code and what the potentials were, I skipped it. BIG MISTAKE. After spending almost a day trying to find the exact code that I wanted, I realized the jquery plugin, Super-Scrollorama has almost, if not, everything I needed. Had I spent the time to look through the code and try to understand it a little more, I wouldn't of spent the day looking for what I needed exactly. But to understand something we're not comfortable with takes time, patience and effort. Jquery plugins are out of my comfort zone for now, however I do learn a lot while I'm tinkering with them.
The faux index.html obviously worked on my browser I was coding in. But what about other browsers, what about older ones? Updated ones? Screen sizes? Mobile? What about Os's; Windows? Mac?


text:
Monitoring Worlds Forests Global Forest Watch
A)Monitoring worlds forests
B)Monitoring worlds forests February 20, 2014 earthtopomaps
C)Monitoring worlds forests By the time we find out about deforestation, it's usually too late to take action.Scientists have been studying forests for centuries, chronicling the vital importance of these ecosystems for human society. But most of us still lack timely and reliable information about where, when, and why forests are disappearing.
This is about to change with the launch of Global Forest Watch an online forest monitoring system created by the World Resources Institute. Google and a group of more than 40 partners. Global Forest Watch uses technologies including. Google Earth Engine and Google Maps Engine to map the world's forests with satellite imagery. Detect changes in forest cover in near-real-time, and make this information freely available to anyone with Internet access.
By accessing the most current and reliable information, everyone can learn what's happening in forests around the world. Now that we have the ability to peer into forests, a number of telling stories are beginning to emerge.
Global forest loss far exceeds forest gain
Legend: Red = tree cover loss • Blue= Tree cover gain
According to data from the University of Maryland and Google. The world lost more than 500 million acres of forest between 2000 and 2012. That's the equivalent of losing 50 soccer fields' worth of forests every minute of every day for the past 13 years! By contrast. Only 0.8 million km2 have regrown, been planted. Or restored during the same period.
The United States' most heavily forested region is made up of production forests
Legend: Pink = tree cover loss • Blue= Tree cover gain
The Southern United States is home to the nation's most heavily forested region. Making up 29 percent of the total U.S. forest land. Interestingly, the majority of this region is "production forests." The mosaic of loss (pink) and gain (blue) in the above map shows how forests throughout this region are used as crops grown and harvested in five-year cycles to produce timber or wood pulp for paper production. F)Monitoring worlds forests
This practice of "intensive forestry" is used all over the world to provide valuable commodities. And bolster regional. And national economies. WRI analysissuggests that if managers of production forests embrace a "multiple ecosystem services strategy". They will be able to generate additional benefits such as biodiversity. Carbon storage. And water filtration.
Forests are protected in Brazil's indigenous territories
Legend: Pink = tree cover loss • Dark green= forest • Light green = Degraded land or pastures
The traditional territory of Brazil's Surui tribe is an island of green surrounded by lands that have been significantly degraded and deforested over the past 10+ years. Indigenous communities often rely on forests for their livelihoods and cultural heritage and therefore have a strong incentive to manage forests sustainably. However, many indigenous communities struggle to protect their lands against encroachment by illegal loggers. Which may be seen in Global Forest Watch using annual data from the University of Maryland and Google, or monthly alerts from Imazon. A Brazilian NGO and GFW partner. G)Monitoring worlds forests
Make Your Own Forest Map
Previously, the data required to make these maps was difficult to obtain and interpret, and most people lacked the resources necessary to access, view, and analyze the the information. With Global Forest Watch, this data is now open to anyone with Internet access. We encourage you to visit Global Forest Watch andmake your own forest map. There are many stories to tell about what is happening to forests around the world—and your stories can lead to action to protect these special and threatened places. What story will you tell? monitoring worlds forests
For more information, check out 9 Maps That Explain the World's Forests.
Posted by Crystal Davis, Director of Global Forest Watch, the World Resources Institute, and Dave Thau, Developer Advocate, Google Earth Engine earthtopomaps
Updated on February 24, 2014 to include link to World Resources Institute blog post. Google and a group of more than 40 partners. H)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. I)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. J)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. K)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. L)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. M)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. O)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. P)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. Q)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. U)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. R)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. S)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. T)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. V)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. W)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. X)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. Y)Google and a group of more than 40 partners. Z)
Format ImagePosted on 29 April 2017 Author earthtopomapsCategories global forest change, global forest watchTags Global Forest, global forest bring, global forest bring worlds, global forest change
Previous Previous post: Maps Street View Maps The best things come in small
Next Next post: Mapping global fishing activity with machine


formed an alliance with Look At Us to provide children with hearing aids and surgical procedures.
Our successes mean that we are helping more families and caring for more children, but we desperately need more monthly donors to keep up. Unleash your healing power and become an MD today.
QUESTION: What is the relationship between the following two groups of items?
ANSWER: The items in group #1 can supply a child in Ghana with the items in group #2.
We don't need a lot, but we DO need a little. The average cost of popcorn at the movies is $8.15. Pass the popcorn please, and become a monthly donor now.
When you sign up, you can pledge any monthly amount, but here are some ideas that cost between $5 and $200 a month.
With a sufficient and predictable monthly cash flow, we will successfully house and nurture children by avoiding the paralysis caused by cash shortages.
100% of your donations feed, shelter, nurture and educate vulnerable children.
Really, 100%. For example, when you make a donation using PayPal, another donor makes another donation to cover the PayPal fee associated with your donation so 100% of your money goes to Ghana.
2015 has been a great year for Ghana Make A Difference, but with your help, 2016 is going to be even better.
Pass the popcorn, and have a HAPPY HOLIDAY season!