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My last Tevis Ride?2002by Chris martin This story is about the 2002 Tevis ride (Western States Trail Ride) and the horse that fell off the cliff on Cal 2 better known as the California Loop, just out of Foresthill.I first rode the Tevis in 1999 and since that time, the ride has kinda taken on a life of its own. This year I started in January, riding different parts of the trail once a week.The horse I have been training and conditioning for four years came up with a reoccurring problem with his right fetlock, fracture of the sesamoid that never really healed. I had some big question marks at that time.I started conditioning rides with the horse (Bo), riding every day and sometimes twice a day. We did quite well on our first 25-mile training ride and then the next week we did a 40-mile training ride. During the last weeks, we were doing about 80 miles a week with our long ride days being on portions of the Tevis trail with our training buddies Jon and Spider. By his 8th week, which was the Tevis week, I was sick with the flu and we did almost no milage, but Bo was looking very fit, a much different horse from the pasture potato that I had started with seven weeks earlier.One week before Tevis I decided that I should buy Bo., just in case something happened, so we worked out a price, just a little more than the price of meat, and the deal was done. Jon and Spider had saved us a spot at RobieJon and I rode on Friday before we vetted in. We rode about 10 miles, Bo looked fine when we got back, still swollen but not lame at all. Jon got Spider a massage and he looked like he really enjoyed it.Ride morning started for me at about 3 a.m., with the ride actually starting at 5:15 a.m. I was kinda worried about having lost about 12 pounds with the flu and not having eaten anything since Sunday (not to mention having liquid coming out each portal). now we were really ready to ride.At about 5 a.m. Jon and I headed for the start line along with 250 other riders. As the trail opened up, we started moving faster and faster, riding with someone beside us and of course someone in front and someone in the rear. Before the ride, I had decided not to let him get over 160 for any length of time during the ride. Jon stopped and we blocked the trail until she got back on, after a couple of attempts, and then we were off again. The finish rate was in the 40th percentile, with 94 riders finishing.Jon and I had pre ridden the rest of the trail from Robinson to Auburn in different chunks during the last several months. The trail was not too bad but very dusty in spots, and they run you down a couple of canyons and back up again, all on single-track trails. Her horse looked fine and she ended up finishing the ride, as we found out later. It was only a 15-minute hold but they had good eats, ice-cold watermelon, lemonade, Coke, etc.From Last Chance, you head down into a canyon with a swinging bridge at the bottom, takes about a 30-minute ride with switch back after switch back. Some people get off their horses and jog down the trail which is single track and rocky in spots, but for the most part you can make good time over this stretch of trail. All of the sudden riders start stacking up on the trail and we’re moving at a snail’s pace. On the way down, we saw the same mule that we had seen at the beginning of the ride (the one that would not go over the bridge) coming back up towards us. The trail to Deadwood is actually more like a road and doesn’t have many rocks so you can pass there.The vet check at Deadwood was good, with lots to eat, and we spent lots of time letting the horses eat. We started this loop in the dark at about 9 p.m. Again, we weren’t too concerned about time as it was just a buckle ride (riding for the finish and not top ten) and trying not to be in the other 50 percent. Bo had light bars on his breast collar so the other riders could see him as we trotted down the trail. On about the third switch back of Cal 2, Bo was trotting fast with Jon and Spider right behind us when I heard some scrambling and then Jon saying, Going down. Two riders were in the corner, apparently coming up the trail as Spider rolled right over the trail in front of them. I sent the other two riders on to get help, let all the other 15 or so riders pass me, and then went back to find Jon. At this point, alone in the darkness and knowing that Spider was dead, the ride did not seem to be very important. He said they knew what had happened and that the sweep riders had already been in contact with Jon and were making plans to get him out. I decided that Jon had probably already been in touch with his wife on one of the radios that the sweep riders had and that he would beat me back to Auburn by a long shot.I pretty much took my time at Francisco’s, watching at least 20 riders pass along down the trail. Soon there were three riders, the drag riders coming from Francisco’s. Bo and I left the drag riders in the dust as we cantered that last two miles into the vet check. Bo had done this section of trail at least three times so he knew it well, but we had never done it in the dark and 60/minute was a real push even for daylight hours on a fresh horse. I could not have been prouder of Bo if he’d had the four years of conditioning instead of his meager six weeks.We walked into the stadium where Bo vetted through, looking very good, I might add, for a horse that just ran and last six miles of a 100-mile ride. I assured her that Spider had to be dead, that there was no way he could have survived that fall, and vowed never to do this ride againBo ate some hay as we were talking and we saw a truck pull into the parking lot. I ran out and could see Jon riding in the back of the trailer with Spider. His right eye was somewhat swollen and he looked like a prize fighter, (the looser).I got Bo and took him over to keep Spider company while we waited for the vet to show up to treat Spider. Jon told us of the rescue while we waited.Jon said that he and two volunteers, and the vet, Jamie Kerr followed the path that Spider had taken off the trail of Cal 2 on his journey down towards the river, with Jon in the lead. The volunteers cut some brush and small trees out of the way so that they could walk Spider down this steep section closer to the river.Dr. Jamie Kerr stayed with Spider, letting him eat the green grasses alongside the river while Jon went downstream to see if they could get to Ford’s Bar. By the time Jon had turned around, Dr. Kerr and the other two had decided that the best way out was the way that Jon had gone, downstream, so they started crossing the river. or the way Dr. Kerr tells it, Spider pulled him up the trail the whole four milesAfter Jamie Kerr returned to the fairgrounds, he made a more comprehensive inspection of Spider and spent some time cleaning out the puncture wound. Jon and his wife rode on the quad they had brought and Peter, their son, rode with me. Jon told me that Spider wanted to look all scarred up like Bo so that’s why he fell down the mountain. Jon and his wife gave us a gift, it was a Manx Kitten, with the name of Tevis, who thinks that she “is the Tevis God”.Three weeks later Bo and Spider were racing on the wonderful trails at Point Reyes, The hard rocky terrain of the Tevis seemed so far away.
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Tantia Construction attracts 318% premiumTantia Construction was trading at Rs 209, a huge premium of 318% over the IPO price of Rs 50.The stock opened at Rs 180. The first 9-months revenue stood at Rs 96.54 crore versus Rs 103.16 crore in FY 2005.Emkay Share and Stock Brokers attracts 11% premiumEmkay Share and Stock Brokers was trading at Rs 133.10 in afternoon trade, a small premium of 10.9% over IPO price of Rs 120.The stock opened at Rs 148. ESSB will upgrade its technology to support its increasing business volumes and scale up the online trading business.For 6-months April-September 2005, ESSB reported a net profit of Rs 6.96 crore on income from operations of Rs 19.49 crore.Yes Bank strengthens on brilliant resultsYes Bank rose 2.48% to Rs 99 on brilliant Q4 results.As many as 1.95 lakh shares were traded on the BSE.The stock has been on a roll since late October 2005. From there, the scrip slipped, rose and again slipped to close at Rs 96.60 on 27 April 2006.Yes Bank has reported a net profit jump of 1,529% to Rs 15.32 crore for Q4 March 2006 as compared to a net profit of Rs 94 lakh in Q4 March 2005.
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BRENTWOOD, TN – Following news that the U.S. Senate Finance Committee announced an investigation into the taxes paid and possible loopholes used by major oil companies, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ed Bryant today said Democrat primary voter Bob Corker should not expect to be held to a different standard than Big Oil.In response to Bryant’s release of his full unadjusted income taxes, Corker only released his adjusted gross income, in an apparent effort to hide from Tennesseans the total amount he earned, the total amount he owed, and the ways in which he avoided paying those taxes with various loopholes and write-offs.In his previous run for the Senate, Corker released more comprehensive tax records, which revealed he used loopholes in the law to avoid paying any income taxes in 1985 and 1989. Corker then went on as Mayor of Chattanooga to raise property taxes, create a brand new hotel/motel tax, and raised fees on businesses and consumers.In the interest of full disclosure for the gas-tax payers, the U.S. Senate has rightfully requested to seelink
I am a lawyer - finally enjoying my job too.97. I recently became a mother - March 6, 2006.96. I often think about my past - highschool and university.87. When I think about that now - I am so proud. We knew alot more than we thought we did.84. I spoke to him July 2004 - the first time in almost 10 years.83. After Piper was born - I had the baby blues and felt very overwhelmed when she finally came home.69. I love my black lab, Molson. They are really missing out on a unique kind of love, loyalty and companionship.66. I hate being wrong - but will admit it when I am.63. I was born in Alberta, Canada and have often thought about moving back there. This is one thing Craig first noticed about me (and I think loves).43. I want my children to love spending time with me. I love to camp.30. I love love love roasting marshmellows and having s’mores.29. I also love eating sunflower seeds.28. I love scrapbooking.20. I love to shop. I love clothing and shoes and all that jazz.18. I love to bake… I especially love to bake at Christmas.17. They say the best years of your life are in high school - although my high school years were fabulous I believe that the best years of my life are happening right now.15. I often find myself looking at Craig and being so overwhelmed with love that I have to hug him or touch him regardless of if it is just our feet meeting under the sheets.13. Craig kisses me and we say I love you before he leaves for work every morning. I love taking pictures. I hate hate hate people that lie. I hate hate hate it when I know they are lying and they just keep on lying. I think education is extremely important. I think that (in todays day and age) when people do not purse an education beyond highschool they are setting themselves up for failure.8. I love driving a 5 speed. We just sold our 5 speed for a van - MAN I MISS IT!5. I am pretty sure that if I would have taken time off from school before obtaining my university degrees, I may never have gone back to school. When I think about spending that much time on a plane I wonder if I ever will see those places.3.
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Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? Yes94% No5.9% Not a scientific survey but 87,377 MSNBC viewers have voted in this poll… MSNBC is not exactly a Liberal organization. America has very grave questions about this war. Why are we there…Really? What are our goals in Iraq?How will we accomplish them..What’s the plan, exactly?How successful have we been so far? How long is this going to take?I would answer those questions with, Goals? What goals?…Plan? What plan?…Success? What success?…and Who the bleep knows? The only way the public will find out is for Congress to have an open and honest discussion about Iraq. One in which some substance bubbles to the top..Not something idiotic like, Liberals just want to cut and run.Well just what, exactly, do the Conservatives want to do? What American goals will be achieved by sacrificing the health and lives of another thousand American warriors? Do you like seeing Cindy Sheehan out and about? Think America will be better off with one thousand more Cindys?Ready to volunteer to be one? That is the question that all of us have to answer regarding war:Is this such a grave threat to the future of our country that my child should die for it?A bill is now in Congress to debate this question….Bart Gordon has signed it…Lincoln Davis has not. Harold Ford Junior has not signed it. Why not? Here is the full list of Tennessee Representatives who do not want Congress to discuss the Iraq war.Bill Jenkins (R-01)John Duncan Jr. (R-02)Zach Wamp (R-03)Lincoln Davis (D-04)Jim Cooper (D-05)Marsha Blackburn (R-07)John Tanner (D-08)Harold Ford Jr. (D-09)Heres the list for the entire country…Call em!Open DebatePeace,Stevelink
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My last Tevis Ride?2002by Chris martin This story is about the 2002 Tevis ride (Western States Trail Ride) and the horse that fell off the cliff on Cal 2 better known as the California Loop, just out of Foresthill.I first rode the Tevis in 1999 and since that time, the ride has kinda taken on a life of its own. This year I started in January, riding different parts of the trail once a week.The horse I have been training and conditioning for four years came up with a reoccurring problem with his right fetlock, fracture of the sesamoid that never really healed. I had some big question marks at that time.I started conditioning rides with the horse (Bo), riding every day and sometimes twice a day. We did quite well on our first 25-mile training ride and then the next week we did a 40-mile training ride. During the last weeks, we were doing about 80 miles a week with our long ride days being on portions of the Tevis trail with our training buddies Jon and Spider. By his 8th week, which was the Tevis week, I was sick with the flu and we did almost no milage, but Bo was looking very fit, a much different horse from the pasture potato that I had started with seven weeks earlier.One week before Tevis I decided that I should buy Bo., just in case something happened, so we worked out a price, just a little more than the price of meat, and the deal was done. Jon and Spider had saved us a spot at RobieJon and I rode on Friday before we vetted in. We rode about 10 miles, Bo looked fine when we got back, still swollen but not lame at all. Jon got Spider a massage and he looked like he really enjoyed it.Ride morning started for me at about 3 a.m., with the ride actually starting at 5:15 a.m. I was kinda worried about having lost about 12 pounds with the flu and not having eaten anything since Sunday (not to mention having liquid coming out each portal). now we were really ready to ride.At about 5 a.m. Jon and I headed for the start line along with 250 other riders. As the trail opened up, we started moving faster and faster, riding with someone beside us and of course someone in front and someone in the rear. Before the ride, I had decided not to let him get over 160 for any length of time during the ride. Jon stopped and we blocked the trail until she got back on, after a couple of attempts, and then we were off again. The finish rate was in the 40th percentile, with 94 riders finishing.Jon and I had pre ridden the rest of the trail from Robinson to Auburn in different chunks during the last several months. The trail was not too bad but very dusty in spots, and they run you down a couple of canyons and back up again, all on single-track trails. Her horse looked fine and she ended up finishing the ride, as we found out later. It was only a 15-minute hold but they had good eats, ice-cold watermelon, lemonade, Coke, etc.From Last Chance, you head down into a canyon with a swinging bridge at the bottom, takes about a 30-minute ride with switch back after switch back. Some people get off their horses and jog down the trail which is single track and rocky in spots, but for the most part you can make good time over this stretch of trail. All of the sudden riders start stacking up on the trail and we’re moving at a snail’s pace. On the way down, we saw the same mule that we had seen at the beginning of the ride (the one that would not go over the bridge) coming back up towards us. The trail to Deadwood is actually more like a road and doesn’t have many rocks so you can pass there.The vet check at Deadwood was good, with lots to eat, and we spent lots of time letting the horses eat. We started this loop in the dark at about 9 p.m. Again, we weren’t too concerned about time as it was just a buckle ride (riding for the finish and not top ten) and trying not to be in the other 50 percent. Bo had light bars on his breast collar so the other riders could see him as we trotted down the trail. On about the third switch back of Cal 2, Bo was trotting fast with Jon and Spider right behind us when I heard some scrambling and then Jon saying, Going down. Two riders were in the corner, apparently coming up the trail as Spider rolled right over the trail in front of them. I sent the other two riders on to get help, let all the other 15 or so riders pass me, and then went back to find Jon. At this point, alone in the darkness and knowing that Spider was dead, the ride did not seem to be very important. He said they knew what had happened and that the sweep riders had already been in contact with Jon and were making plans to get him out. I decided that Jon had probably already been in touch with his wife on one of the radios that the sweep riders had and that he would beat me back to Auburn by a long shot.I pretty much took my time at Francisco’s, watching at least 20 riders pass along down the trail. Soon there were three riders, the drag riders coming from Francisco’s. Bo and I left the drag riders in the dust as we cantered that last two miles into the vet check. Bo had done this section of trail at least three times so he knew it well, but we had never done it in the dark and 60/minute was a real push even for daylight hours on a fresh horse. I could not have been prouder of Bo if he’d had the four years of conditioning instead of his meager six weeks.We walked into the stadium where Bo vetted through, looking very good, I might add, for a horse that just ran and last six miles of a 100-mile ride. I assured her that Spider had to be dead, that there was no way he could have survived that fall, and vowed never to do this ride againBo ate some hay as we were talking and we saw a truck pull into the parking lot. I ran out and could see Jon riding in the back of the trailer with Spider. His right eye was somewhat swollen and he looked like a prize fighter, (the looser).I got Bo and took him over to keep Spider company while we waited for the vet to show up to treat Spider. Jon told us of the rescue while we waited.Jon said that he and two volunteers, and the vet, Jamie Kerr followed the path that Spider had taken off the trail of Cal 2 on his journey down towards the river, with Jon in the lead. The volunteers cut some brush and small trees out of the way so that they could walk Spider down this steep section closer to the river.Dr. Jamie Kerr stayed with Spider, letting him eat the green grasses alongside the river while Jon went downstream to see if they could get to Ford’s Bar. By the time Jon had turned around, Dr. Kerr and the other two had decided that the best way out was the way that Jon had gone, downstream, so they started crossing the river. or the way Dr. Kerr tells it, Spider pulled him up the trail the whole four milesAfter Jamie Kerr returned to the fairgrounds, he made a more comprehensive inspection of Spider and spent some time cleaning out the puncture wound. Jon and his wife rode on the quad they had brought and Peter, their son, rode with me. Jon told me that Spider wanted to look all scarred up like Bo so that’s why he fell down the mountain. Jon and his wife gave us a gift, it was a Manx Kitten, with the name of Tevis, who thinks that she “is the Tevis God”.Three weeks later Bo and Spider were racing on the wonderful trails at Point Reyes, The hard rocky terrain of the Tevis seemed so far away.
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Tantia Construction attracts 318% premiumTantia Construction was trading at Rs 209, a huge premium of 318% over the IPO price of Rs 50.The stock opened at Rs 180. The first 9-months revenue stood at Rs 96.54 crore versus Rs 103.16 crore in FY 2005.Emkay Share and Stock Brokers attracts 11% premiumEmkay Share and Stock Brokers was trading at Rs 133.10 in afternoon trade, a small premium of 10.9% over IPO price of Rs 120.The stock opened at Rs 148. ESSB will upgrade its technology to support its increasing business volumes and scale up the online trading business.For 6-months April-September 2005, ESSB reported a net profit of Rs 6.96 crore on income from operations of Rs 19.49 crore.Yes Bank strengthens on brilliant resultsYes Bank rose 2.48% to Rs 99 on brilliant Q4 results.As many as 1.95 lakh shares were traded on the BSE.The stock has been on a roll since late October 2005. From there, the scrip slipped, rose and again slipped to close at Rs 96.60 on 27 April 2006.Yes Bank has reported a net profit jump of 1,529% to Rs 15.32 crore for Q4 March 2006 as compared to a net profit of Rs 94 lakh in Q4 March 2005.
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BRENTWOOD, TN – Following news that the U.S. Senate Finance Committee announced an investigation into the taxes paid and possible loopholes used by major oil companies, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ed Bryant today said Democrat primary voter Bob Corker should not expect to be held to a different standard than Big Oil.In response to Bryant’s release of his full unadjusted income taxes, Corker only released his adjusted gross income, in an apparent effort to hide from Tennesseans the total amount he earned, the total amount he owed, and the ways in which he avoided paying those taxes with various loopholes and write-offs.In his previous run for the Senate, Corker released more comprehensive tax records, which revealed he used loopholes in the law to avoid paying any income taxes in 1985 and 1989. Corker then went on as Mayor of Chattanooga to raise property taxes, create a brand new hotel/motel tax, and raised fees on businesses and consumers.In the interest of full disclosure for the gas-tax payers, the U.S. Senate has rightfully requested to seelink
I am a lawyer - finally enjoying my job too.97. I recently became a mother - March 6, 2006.96. I often think about my past - highschool and university.87. When I think about that now - I am so proud. We knew alot more than we thought we did.84. I spoke to him July 2004 - the first time in almost 10 years.83. After Piper was born - I had the baby blues and felt very overwhelmed when she finally came home.69. I love my black lab, Molson. They are really missing out on a unique kind of love, loyalty and companionship.66. I hate being wrong - but will admit it when I am.63. I was born in Alberta, Canada and have often thought about moving back there. This is one thing Craig first noticed about me (and I think loves).43. I want my children to love spending time with me. I love to camp.30. I love love love roasting marshmellows and having s’mores.29. I also love eating sunflower seeds.28. I love scrapbooking.20. I love to shop. I love clothing and shoes and all that jazz.18. I love to bake… I especially love to bake at Christmas.17. They say the best years of your life are in high school - although my high school years were fabulous I believe that the best years of my life are happening right now.15. I often find myself looking at Craig and being so overwhelmed with love that I have to hug him or touch him regardless of if it is just our feet meeting under the sheets.13. Craig kisses me and we say I love you before he leaves for work every morning. I love taking pictures. I hate hate hate people that lie. I hate hate hate it when I know they are lying and they just keep on lying. I think education is extremely important. I think that (in todays day and age) when people do not purse an education beyond highschool they are setting themselves up for failure.8. I love driving a 5 speed. We just sold our 5 speed for a van - MAN I MISS IT!5. I am pretty sure that if I would have taken time off from school before obtaining my university degrees, I may never have gone back to school. When I think about spending that much time on a plane I wonder if I ever will see those places.3.
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Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? Yes94% No5.9% Not a scientific survey but 87,377 MSNBC viewers have voted in this poll… MSNBC is not exactly a Liberal organization. America has very grave questions about this war. Why are we there…Really? What are our goals in Iraq?How will we accomplish them..What’s the plan, exactly?How successful have we been so far? How long is this going to take?I would answer those questions with, Goals? What goals?…Plan? What plan?…Success? What success?…and Who the bleep knows? The only way the public will find out is for Congress to have an open and honest discussion about Iraq. One in which some substance bubbles to the top..Not something idiotic like, Liberals just want to cut and run.Well just what, exactly, do the Conservatives want to do? What American goals will be achieved by sacrificing the health and lives of another thousand American warriors? Do you like seeing Cindy Sheehan out and about? Think America will be better off with one thousand more Cindys?Ready to volunteer to be one? That is the question that all of us have to answer regarding war:Is this such a grave threat to the future of our country that my child should die for it?A bill is now in Congress to debate this question….Bart Gordon has signed it…Lincoln Davis has not. Harold Ford Junior has not signed it. Why not? Here is the full list of Tennessee Representatives who do not want Congress to discuss the Iraq war.Bill Jenkins (R-01)John Duncan Jr. (R-02)Zach Wamp (R-03)Lincoln Davis (D-04)Jim Cooper (D-05)Marsha Blackburn (R-07)John Tanner (D-08)Harold Ford Jr. (D-09)Heres the list for the entire country…Call em!Open DebatePeace,Stevelink