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By jove, he's got it!

I don't think anyone is resisting encouraging new posters. I think people are resistant to encouraging new posters at the expense of altering the environment in order to do so. That said, I usually never see the index page anyway. I bookmarked the "Last 25" filter. The only time I hit the index is for research on gear, routes, or fitness/med stuff. I stand by what I've said before: This thing can't be everything to everybody. It's been pretty successful so far. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If someone is so lacking in fortitude that they won't post or read the site because of the spray, there are other places more fitting, like teletubbies.com

I actually agree with Pete...it will be viewed as appeasement. What it says to me is that the Spanish leadership should have paid attention to their people's wishes to begin with. The appeasement issue wouldn't be an issue if Spain had never gotten involved in the first place. Only after sending troops and then withdrawing them does it become an encourgement.

Alex Lowe said I'm a special boy, Alex Lowe said only eat the purple fruit loops... Guess what? That quote was nice, in a kindergarden-cop sorta way the first three times I heard it. Now it's just fucking annoying. It ain't all puppies and lolly-pops and fresh baked fuckin' cookies. The best climber is the one having the most fun? Bullshit Chepe. The best climber is the one on the verge of throwing up breakfast because they're 40ft out on a tied off blade, in an impending storm, past the point of retreat, pulling the hardest moves of their life, and getting some kind of sick satisfaction from the combination of mental and physical anguish involved. Believe that.

Pot'teryx, what gives dude? Northwest Outdoor Guides has now become Cascade Guiding Service http://cascadeguide.com "People of all ages who seek outdoor adventure, whether reaching a moderate summit or attempting Mount Shuksan, have found personal accomplishment exploring this magnificent terrain with Cascade Guiding Services" Have they now? How does that happen when the service isn't yet operating? I also wondered about this one: "For experienced climbers who need someone to show them the classics of the area, or put up harder routes than they can climb on their own. We provide a private guiding service that can be customized to meet your needs." Ropeguns eh?

Ten mile ski yesterday with no gloves on, 38 degrees and sunny baby!

Easy there Is a non-PC night when there's no Pub Club or when you can call a midget a midget? Rudy's gonna be there right?

Pre-formed eh? So you can't pay your tickets, but you can buy the $5000 doll...hmm.

A little history (or is it trad?): Judging from the opinions in this poll, two of the harder "trad" pitches put up in the Valley in the 90's don't look so trad after all. Ron Kauk's celebrated Magic Line, at 5.14b, is probably the hardest pure crack line in the U.S. It is unrepeated, and was lead ON PRE-PLACED GEAR. Randy Leavitt's Book of Hate, a wicked nasty 140ft blank corner at .13d is also unrepeated. It is bolt protected at the bottom, and was lead wearing NEOPRENE GLOVES (which were conspicuously absent in the photos that appeared in print. Hmmm. It's all just varying degrees of style on a continuum. Obviously the best style is onsight free solo. Followed by onsight, naturally protected, all placed on lead. All the way to bolts every 3ft next to a crack climbed bolt to bolt with much hanging after extensive TR rehersal. Who cares really. Dogging routes is good training, but I don't suffer under illusion that it's truly "climbing the pitch". Where your personal standards lie on the continuum is not my concern. Beyotch.

The real question is why would CBS be watching NASCAR? Got a thing for big hair bleached blondes named Tanya who drive camaros and wear gaudy amounts of eye makeup? Mmmm, trailer trash, yummy!

And the faqer STILL hasn't donated any money to keep the site running.

Good to see you hittin' the hillz Distel!

Ok so MESOTHERAPY then: Dr. M. Pistor originated the technique of Mesotherapy in France in 1952. It is commonly practiced in France, where more than 15,000 practitioners utilize Mesotherapy for the care of their patients. Mesotherapy is also practiced in many other countries around the world, including Belgium, Columbia, Argentina, and throughout Europe. Mesotherapy is an interventional natural medicine technique. The technique involves the injection of substances to stimulate the mesoderm for various biological purposes. For instance, if the mesoderm circulation is poor, a vasodilator is used; if excessive inflammation is present, an anti-inflammatory medication is used; or if inflammation/stimulation is needed; a fibroblast proliferating solution is injected. We use natural plant extracts whenever possible; however, traditional pharmacologic agents are sometimes required. Uses for Mesotherapy The compounds injected into the mesoderm during Mesotherapy depend upon the pathophysiology of the disease process. In general, the substances fall into the following classes: vasodilators, anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxants, decontractants (reduce contractures), proteolytic enzymes, biologics (including vitamins, minerals, and plant extracts), vaccines, anti-infectants, hormones, hormone blockers, general medicine physiologics, and anesthetics. Mesotherapy is effective for a multitude of conditions because it helps reverse the physiology of that condition. In rheumatoid arthritis, for example, plant and pharmacologic agents are used to control inflammation; whereas connective tissue stimulators (such as silica, biotin, and proteolytic enzymes) that promote inflammation and healing would be given to the athlete with a ligament tear or degenerated tendon. The pathophysiology is multifactorial in many conditions, therefore, multiple agents are used. Dr. Jacque Le Coz, former president of the French Society of Mesotherapy and Mesotherapist for the French National Sports Teams, has written three books on Mesotherapy, including Mesotherapie et medecine esthetique (Solal Publishing, France), Mesotherapie et traumatologie sportive (Masson Publishing, France), and Mesotherapie en medecine generale. Dr. Le Coz was privileged to become the pupil of the founder of mesotherapy, Dr. M Pistorand. As outlined in Dr. Le Coz's books, Mesotherapy has been shown to be effective for the following conditions: Sports injuries: · Arthropathy · Barre-Lieou Syndrome · Chronic Joint Swelling · Ligament Sprain · Meniscal Tear · Muscle Tear · Muscular Bruises · Overuse Injuries · Periosteitis · Plantar Fasciitis · Shin Splints · Stress Fractures · Tendon Calcifications · Tendon Degeneration · Tendon Strain

Hey Mark, how would you like it if the guv-mint put a pay stall around the toilet in your house and charged you a quarter everytime you wanna shit? Now you already own this toilet, it's in your house. We know you didn't request this, But that's OK because they are providing you with the "service" of a privacy screening. Furthermore, because you already spend $5 for a roll of Charmin, and $15 in magazines to read on the shitter, the $0.25 is a small percentage of your shit-related expenses, so no big deal. Oh, and BTW, all the loggers and miners in the area will be using the shitter in your house free of charge.

Myotherapy: This specialized form of deep muscle massage is said to quickly relieve virtually any sort of muscle-related pain. Examples include strains, sprains, back pain, headache, repetitive motion disorders, fibromyalgia, shoulder pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, sciatica, and temporomandibular joint disorder. Also remedied by myotherapy are many conditions caused by muscle spasms, including certain types of foot and leg pain, incontinence, and abdominal pain. Although mainstream physicians regard myotherapy as a plausible approach to treatment, it has only one major advocate: Bonnie Prudden, the person who originated it. It's also worth remembering that, despite an impressive collection of successful case studies, myotherapy has never been validated through controlled clinical trials. Myotherapy is an offshoot of the trigger point injection therapy developed by Janet Travell, MD, the White House physician under President John F. Kennedy. Travell treated trigger points by injecting them with saline and the anesthetic drug procaine. While working with Desmond Tivy, another physician interested in trigger point injection, Bonnie Prudden found that simply pushing on a trigger point in a patient's stiff neck was sufficient to loosen it up. After similar results with two patients who had a sore elbow and shoulder, respectively, Prudden began refining the technique that was to become myotherapy. Myotherapy is so simple that almost anyone can learn it; therapists usually train patients and family members to do it themselves. The trigger points are easy to find because they're relatively painful. You simply press each muscle with your finger at one-inch intervals until you hit a tender spot. You must then continue the pressure until it becomes painful, releasing it as soon as the pain begins. Once the point has released, simple exercises serve to keep the muscle relaxed. Although myotherapy has never been scientifically validated, it did receive a sort of ad hoc trial over a 5-year period at a General Motors assembly plant. There, the medical director gave myotherapy to 1,000 workers with muscle injuries or other muscle-based pains. He reported a greater than 90 percent success rate, including symptom relief, elimination of lost work time, and reduction of medical costs for x-rays and physical therapy. The majority of patients required only one treatment.

Fejas, because his are usually not typos, but maybe he's an ESL person?

My mom has only voted for a democrat one time, and never for president (it was a House of Rep seat). Voted for Republican presidential candidates in every election since 1972. I'd call that "core constituent". Many months ago she'd had enough of Shrub. Said to me "if he (Bush) sends our troops to one more place, I won't vote for him again". Three days later, we had troops in Liberia. She's voting for Kerry.

My point is we don't know anything about the "choice", or whether it's a choice at all. Clearly a question on the application that says "Would you prefer that your application be processed: A) By U.S. sources and labor, in approximately 12 days, or B) By outsourced foreign labor in approximately 10 days"...now that would be a choice. But is it really a "choice" if the application simply says something to the effect of "if you choose to submit this application, it will be processed by offshore sources", most likely buried in fine print amongst the terms and conditions? I'd like see the application. My take on banning/restricting it: Shouldn't be done. I'm a "less govt" type. Outsourcing isn't going away. Democrats' pie in the sky ideas about restricting outsourcing will probably do more harm than good. "But what about the jobs!" people are screaming. Seems like the coming mass retirement of the boomers will offset alot of the outsourcing. Personally, I don't think the unemployment rate is too high, certainly not in a historical context. The thing that concerns me more thant the rate is the time people spend in an unemployment status. It's taking longer and longer for people to find work. But that's just another reflection of the increasing specialization of our jobs and knowledge bases. Any way you cut it, you can't eat oil. Until we fuck up the environment to the point that our food production suffers, the US will be fine. I'm still voting for Kerry.

Yeah, mad props to Alex. I've used plenty of his free bouldering guides...Yos, HP40, Rocktown, Boat Rock.

Tougher than a two dollar steak

Spring? It's still 3 months till spring!

You wouldn't know your ass from a hole in the ground

Funny Pete, I didn't get the same interpretation. What I read said: "a consumer direct lender, today announced that home equity customers designated to its Indian outsourcing program have the power to decide whether they want to participate before they complete their application. So they are designated to be processed by the outsoucred labor before they even file an app? What does this "decide to participate" mean? Is simply filing an application that says in fine print on page 37 that if you submit the application it will be processed by an outsourced partner...is that "deciding to participate" Is there an option on these applications that clearly allows a choice between domestic and outsourced processing? "Testing shows that 86 percent of the customers designated for the program are choosing to take advantage of the faster processing time associated with it -- the ability to close their home equity loan in ten days versus twelve days" Keep in mind, this is a press release from the company, not a news story. Without knowing how the customer "decides" whether to participate, or what information the customer is provided with re: the outsourcing, these findings mean diddly fuckin squat. 86% eh? What do you figure is the percent of people in any home equity loan situation who get the paperwork, but never file the app for whatever reason?

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Hotter than a whore's ass on nickel night