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Bachelorhood in the Sierra

Once, being a never married, middle-aged male was considered a pretty good gig. Instead of becoming part of the food chain one unfurled the Jolly Roger. Instead of capitulating to the budding need for ritual one slipped a condom on the male/female war zones and ran with the wolves.

Poulsen Peak Commemoration Honors S.V. Pioneer

The celebration included a hike to the top of the peak where a small monument to Poulsen has been erected out of stones and wood. The group gathered around an American flag suspended on a rock outcropping for a group photo and then circled around the monument, holding hands.

July 4th Quiz

In celebrating the Fourth of July, see how many questions you can answer about "the great act that brought a nation to its birth," the American Revolution.

1. By what trade did Patriot Paul Revere make a living?

2. What the signal agreed upon by patriot messengers to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock in Lexington that the British were coming to arrest them?

A Father's Hole in the Head

My father had to be one of the last of the Cavaliers, or gentlemen-soldiers. Not that he ever glorified war, far from it. He was a quiet, well-educated man, with a warm sense of humor whose connections to the world were sentient. But war had been a major part of his life.

Retail Death Spiral: Quality vs Quantity

The reason why it doesn't work is straightforward: Merely piling more people onto an organization with performance problems typically dilutes the quality of what was being offered in the first place. And quality has become a major deciding factor to customers in our competitive world.

OUTDOORS: Plenty to Do

Take your pick:
• Skiing & Boarding. Check the Tahoetopia Webcams. There is great snow on the higher elevations. Ride up in comfort and carve your way down. Then do it again.

• Ice Skating. Squaw and Northstar have excellent rinks and ambiance. Glide and twirl to your heart's content.

SBX Champ, Nate Holland, on Olympic Team

December 16, at the inaugural U.S. Snowboardcross Championships at Mount Hood Meadows, Oregon, the Palisades Tahoe Freeride Team member placed third. This result, on the heels of two World Cup SBX wins, secured Holland a spot on the Olympic team roster at the 2006 Torino Winter Games.

Christmas Flood of 1955: "Storm of Century"

A vigorous jet stream picked up moisture from Hawaii and generated a "Pineapple Express." A series of storms belted the mountains. Ten to 13 inches of precipitation fell in one 3-day period.

Pineapple Express Storm Dumps 42' at Upper Elevations

The storm followed the same pattern as earlier systems this season, namely, a lot of moisture with mostly rain at lake level. If this trend continues, as some forecasters predict, it could produce flooding.

Record-Setting Low Temperatures in Years Past

In the December 1990 Nevada Climate Summary, the now-retired State Climatologist, John James, summed up that month's weather: "At least 16 locations, with between 30 and 113 years of record, set new temperature marks for any month, with 2 to 3 times that many just missing [their] all time lows but es

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