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Published: Friday, May 15, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
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John Ledford, 87
John Ledford, 87, of Fletcher went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation Center following a lengthy illness.
He was born in Yancey County, a son of the late Walter and Dullie McMahan Ledford and had been a resident of Henderson County for most of his life. Through out his life he was employed as a lumberjack, worked in the cotton mills and was a sharecropping farmer. He was an avid hunter and an accomplished guitar player and singer. He was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Nellie Baker Ledford who died in 2008, two brothers, Floyd and Biss Ledford, and by three sisters, Dora Powers, Etta Nelson and Birt Fleming.
He is survived by his son, Boyd Ledford, with whom he made his home; and two brothers, Alvin Ledford of Fletcher and Edgar Ledford and his wife, Alice, of Fairview.
A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Shepherd Memorial Park. The Revs. Lawrence Rhodes and Roy Waldroup will officiate. An online guest book is available for family and friends by visiting www.thosshepherd.com.
Thos. Shepherd & Son Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements.
Betty Lyda, 64
Betty Edney Lyda, 64, of Hendersonville, now cancer and pain free, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 14, 2009, at her home.
She was a native and lifelong resident of Henderson County and the daughter of the late Fred and Edith Hill Edney.
She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene, loved traveling, word puzzles and her chickens.
She will miss her friends at church and is survived by her loving husband of 44 years, Lewis Lyda; her son, Barry Lyda and wife, Missy, of Williamston, S.C.; her daughter, Angie Craft and husband, James, of Pelzer, S.C.; two brothers, Wade Edney and wife, Sara, and Donald Edney and wife, Janet, all of Fruitland; two sisters, Lilly Edney of Fruitland and Patricia Westbrook and husband, Tim, of Advance; five grandchildren, Brandon, Ben, Austin, Maryedith and Luke; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the First Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Sherman Waters, Rev. Sadie Gentry and the Rev. Carroll Moffitt officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the church and at other times will be at the home.
Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to the First Church of the Nazarene, 111 Washington St., Hendersonville, NC 28739.
Condolence cards may be sent to the family at www.jacksonfuneralservice.com.
Gregory Spicer, 48
Gregory H. Spicer, 48, of East Flat Rock passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at the Elizabeth House.
A native of Henderson County, he was the son of Vera L. Spicer King and the late Boyd W. Spicer.
He was employed with Bayada Nurses Home Care Specialists and was a caregiver for his mother.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by a very special brother, Eric Rodman; numerous cousins, including a special cousin, Jannette Dillon; two dear special aunts and a father-in-law, Julian Davis.
"I know he is happy to be with God, Jesus, daddy, his infant daughter and his wife."
No services are planned. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Four Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care, 571 South Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731. Guests may sign a register book at www.forestlawnhendersonville.com.
Forest Lawn Mortuary is assisting the family with the arrangements.
Derrick Williams, 22
Derrick Bernard "Pooh Pooh" Williams, 22, of Hendersonville died Friday, May 8, 2009, at Pardee Hospital.
He was born in Henderson County, the son of the late Carlton L. Williams-Walker and Loretta "Feakie" Williams of Hendersonville.
He attended Henderson County schools.
He is survived by three brothers, Quativous Hill of Hendersonville, Carlton Williams-Walker Jr. and Quatavious Williams-Walker of Boynton Beach, Fla.; three sisters, Shaquana Williams and Keyuntae Hill of Hendersonville and Barbara Ann Williams-Walker of Lake Worth, Fla.; maternal grandparents, Ola B. Williams and Willie L. Cobb of Hendersonville; paternal grandfather, Alphonzo Walker Sr. of Boynton Beach, Fla.; stepfather, Teffgre Hill of Hendersonville; great-grandparents, George and Melvina Glinton of Lake Worth, Fla.; step-grandparents, Howard Johnson, Melissa Smith and Delores Daugherty of Hendersonville.
A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Contemporary First Baptist Church of Hendersonville. Minister Harold Collins will officiate. Burial will follow in Oakdale Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Wilson Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements.
Conrad Baynard, 67
Conrad Freeman Baynard, 67, died Thursday, May 14, 2009, at his residence.
The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Rosman Baptist Tabernacle. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Saturday at Moore Funeral Home.
Florence Brown, 72
Florence Taylor Brown, 72, of Fort Myers, Fla., died peacefully at home on Monday, May 11, 2009.
A funeral was at 11 a.m. Thursday. The family received friends and loved ones two hours prior to the service at Harvey-Engelhardt Chapel, 1600 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers, Fla.
Interment will follow the services at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens.
Marietta Carney, 86
Marietta Helene Carney, 86, of Hendersonville passed away Saturday, May 9, 2009.
Asheville Mortuary Service is caring for the family.
Jeffery Lyda, 47
Jeffery Allen Lyda, 47, of Hendersonville passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2009.
The arrangements will be announced.
Jackson Funeral Service is assisting the family with the arrangements.
Florence E. Watts
Florence E. Watts, 79, of Flat Rock passed away Thursday, May 14, 2009, at Life Care Center of Hendersonville following a period of declining health.
The arrangements will be announced by Thos. Shepherd & Son Funeral Directors.
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Kill Spill, Pass Bill!
As BP stems flow (for now), Obama asserts, "This disaster should serve as a wake-up call that it's time to move forward on" climate bill.
The 37th day since the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig saw several very dark clouds in the BP oil disaster, as well as a silver lining.
BP undertook a "top kill" maneuver to staunch the river of oil coming from the damaged well. This effort involved shooting drilling muds into the drilling apparatus on the ocean floor to block the oil from escape:
In the top kill maneuver, a 30,000-horsepower engine aboard a ship injected heavy drill liquids through two narrow flow lines into the stack of pipes and other equipment above the well to push the escaping oil and gas back down below the sea floor.
This effort appears to have worked – for now. The New York Times just reported
Engineers appeared to have stemmed the flow of oil, Adm. Thad W. Allen of the Coast Guard, the leader of the government effort, said on Friday morning. But he stressed that the next 12 to 18 hours will be "very critical" in permanently stanching what is already the worst oil spill in United States history.
The success of this effort to plug the hole is critical to the public, economic, and ecological health of the Gulf Coast because experts now believe that much more oil is flooding the Gulf than previously estimated. The federal government's analysis of the oil flow rate through the drill site found that it was two to five times greater than the earlier estimate of 5,000 barrels of oil per day.
USGS Director Dr. Marcia McNutt today announced that the National Incident Command's Flow Rate Technical Group (FRTG) has developed an independent, preliminary estimate of the amount of oil flowing from BP's leaking oil well"¦
Based on three separate methodologies, outlined below, the independent analysis of the Flow Rate Technical Group has determined that the overall best initial estimate for the lower and upper boundaries of flow rates of oil is in the range of 12,000 and 19,000 barrels per day.
This translates to 504,000 to 798,000 gallons of oil per day have flowed from beneath the seabed into the Gulf of Mexico. The flood of oil could total between 18 million to nearly 30 million gallons since the Gulf nightmare began on April 20th. The Exxon Valdez incident spilled over 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound in 1989. The BP oil disaster now has the dubious record as the largest oil debacle in U.S. history.
After the initial explosion, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar launched a quick examination of the BP oil disaster, and to develop recommendations for immediate safety measures. He also declared a thirty day time out in new drilling, although the New York Times determined that "despite moratorium, drilling projects move ahead."
On May 28th, the Department of Interior presented that report to the President. It recommended a longer time out for oil leasing, exploration, and drilling time in deep waters until the completion of the independent investigation led by former Senator Bob Graham and former EPA Administrator William Reilly. During his remarks today, the President announced this six month time out.
Its initial recommendations include aggressive new operating standards and requirements for offshore energy companies, which we will put in place.
Additionally, after reading the report's recommendations with Secretary Salazar and other members of my administration, we're going to be ordering the following the actions.
First, we will suspend the planned exploration of two locations off the coast of Alaska.
Second, we will cancel the pending lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico and the proposed lease sale off the coast of Virginia.
Third, we will continue the existing moratorium and suspend the issuance of new permits to drill new deepwater wells for six months.
And four, we will suspend action on 33 deepwater exploratory wells currently being drilled in the Gulf of Mexico.
This is a welcome reprieve for the northern coast of Alaska because it halts the exploratory wells that Shell was set to drill in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. The Alaska Wilderness League notes that
The Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, the Arctic waters north of Alaska, are sometimes known as America's 'Polar Bear Seas' – and for good reason"¦ These waters are home to the entire population of U.S. polar bears"¦Many of America's most beloved sea animals thrive here, including the endangered bowhead whale, sea otters, walrus, seals and countless birds.
Little is known about the effects of a recently-proposed massive oil and gas program on this fragile ecosystem. The government's Mineral Management Service predicted a 33 to 50 percent likelihood of a large oil spill in the Chukchi Sea alone if drilling proposals were to move forward, while acknowledging that the technology needed to clean up such a spill does not exist.
The report also made the following recommendations (subscription required) to improve safety on rigs.
Among the new safety restrictions Salazar is recommending in a report to Obama are requirements for all blowout preventers to be certified, stronger well control, tougher inspections, and expanded safety and training programs for rig workers.
In addition to describing the Administration's efforts to respond to the oil spill, President Obama once again urged the Senate to pass comprehensive clean energy and global warming legislation:
This economic and environmental tragedy "¦ underscores the urgent need for this nation to develop clean, renewable sources of energy.
The House of Representatives has already passed a bill that would finally jump-start a permanent transition to a clean-energy economy. And there is currently a plan in the Senate, a plan that was developed with ideas from Democrats and Republicans, that would achieve the same goal.
This disaster should serve as a wake-up call that it's time to move forward on this legislation. It's time to accelerate the competition with countries like China who've already realized the future lies in renewable energy. And it's time to seize that future ourselves. So I call on Democrats and Republicans in Congress, working with my administration, to answer this challenge once and for all.
To accomplish this critical goal, President Obama and Senate leaders must role up their sleeves, and pass legislation which would reduce oil use, establish new safety standards for offshore oil drilling, and cut global warming pollution. We don't have much time left.
Guest blogger Daniel J. Weiss is a Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress.
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Let's hope this works. I did read a statement by BP that they will never use this well to produce oil. What a sad situation.
Top Kill is a failure. This morning there was failure at the riser. You can see large chunks rain down on the ROV at around the 1:14 point in this video.
This disaster is more than a wake-up call. I appreciate the efforts now to enforce a deep water moratorium and clean house. The fact that these steps did not occur until after large undersea plumes developed and the pathetic attempt at booming allowed the oil to hit the wetlands is annoying. We are 38 days into this catastrophe. The northern Gulf may not recover for decades.
We have the technology to rapidly transition off oil in our transportation systems. We also have an economic incentive to move toward new systems to create jobs. It is now a question of political will.
Has Alaska worked out the issues of permafrost melt causing
foundation cracks in Fed. buildings that opens paths of methane.
Certainly workers there could order inexpensive gas detectors
for their homes and workplaces.
Med says methane can cause confusion and undue aggression.
There seem to be conflicting reports. Monkeyfister is reporting a fail while the Gray Lady is reporting stemmed for now.
At least Barry dinna overreact, eh?
Anyone spot this…
Oil Spill Might Be Message From God – Ted Turner, CNN
Does anyone know what the long-lasting effects were/are of the Ixtoc 1 blowout in 1979?
That disaster was also located in the gulf, in Mexican waters, by the Mexican oil company Pemex. It sounds like the flow rate was similar to today's Deepwater gusher, but it continued for 10 months until the relief well was finished. Total of 3.3 to 3.5 million barrels into the Gulf. It was the largest accidental oil spill in history, 2nd largest overall (the largest overall was what happened in the Gulf War).
The wiki an other pages have plenty of info about the incident, but I haven't found anything yet about the lasting impacts (ecological or otherwise).
This is soooo dispicable! These people (BP officials) should be in prison! The Earth is not dieing; it's being killed and we know who the killers are! I wish to heck I could do something about it!!!!!
There's a war going on between those who are trying to save the planet (and the living creatures on it!) and the large Corporations who don't give a hoot about anything except money! (Read the books, "Eco-barons", "Blessed Unrest" and even the movie, "Avatar" to glimpse this). In the near future, this war is bound to escalate and intensify and I for one, can't wait!
I read there are huge oil plummes, 10 miles or so long and hundreds of feet deep out in the ocean. I guess basically the Gulf will become one huge dead zone. The people responsible should likewise be in a dead zone– or at least inprisoned!
Doug, it seems the oil swept on the coast and got either removed and/or broke down over the last 3 decades.
This time we have the ocean current and dispersants, most oil inside the water. Now most cannot be removed and will effect not only the coast but the ocean (specialy the foodchain) for a couple of hundred or thousand years.
You would need a huge current filter to prevent the oil/dispersant reaching out further.
In the next nine months, experts and divers including Red Adair were brought in to contain and cap the oil well.[6] An average of approximately ten thousand to thirty thousand barrels per day were discharged into the Gulf until it was finally capped on 23 March 1980, nearly 10 months later.[7] Prevailing currents carried the oil towards the Texas coastline. The US government had two months to prepare booms to protect major inlets. Eventually, in the US, 162 miles (261 km) of beaches and 1421 birds were affected by 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil.[7] Pemex spent $100 million to clean up the spill and avoided paying compensation by asserting sovereign immunity.
During the Ixtoc spill, scientists experimented with spreading fertilizer on the slick to encourage bacteria that break down the oil. That may not be a good idea near the Louisiana coast, which already has too much algae because of fertilizer runoff from the Mississippi River, said Terry Hazen, an oil spill cleanup expert at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The algae created a "dead zone" of low oxygen levels in the Gulf.
In August 1979, balls of sticky tar began washing up on the hotel beaches of South Padre Island in Texas. Crews scraped them up with construction equipment and giant vacuum cleaners, and the Coast Guard stretched a net across the Port Mansfield inlet to catch submerged tar balls.
The Ixtoc spill wiped out fishing along the Mexican coast for nearly two years, said fisherman Agapito Quintana Gomez, 73.
Reaching under a boat behind the offices of the Miguel Aleman Fisherman's Cooperative in Coatzacoalcos, Quintana pulled out what looked like a lump of rubber: hardened sludge from a more recent oil spill. Inside, it was glossy black and smelled like especially pungent tar. "This stuff is poison," Quintana said. "It's going to go everywhere. We saw this happen in '79."
Not sure if it's been brought up on CP, but there's been another BP oil spill in Alaska which seems to have go unnoticed which Greg Palast writes about: Smart Pig: BP's OTHER Spill this Week
"On Tuesday, Pump Station 9, at Delta Junction on the 800-mile pipeline, busted. Thousands of barrels began spewing an explosive cocktail of hydrocarbons after "procedures weren't properly implemented" by BP operators, say state inspectors "Procedures weren't properly implemented" is, it seems, BP's company motto.
Few Americans know that BP owns the controlling stake in the trans-Alaska pipeline; but, unlike with the Deepwater Horizon, BP keeps its Limey name off the Big Pipe.
How does BP get away with it? The same way the Godfather got away with it: bad things happen to folks who blow the whistle. BP has a habit of hunting down and destroying the careers of those who warn of pipeline problems.
In one case, BP's CEO of Alaskan operations hired a former CIA expert to break into the home of a whistleblower, Chuck Hamel, who had complained of conditions at the pipe's tanker facility. BP tapped his phone calls with a US congressman and ran a surveillance and smear campaign against him. When caught, a US federal judge said BP's acts were "reminiscent of Nazi Germany."
This was not an isolated case. Captain James Woodle, once in charge of the pipe's Valdez terminus, was blackmailed into resigning the post when he complained of disastrous conditions there. The weapon used on Woodle was a file of faked evidence of marital infidelity. Nice guys, eh?…"
I'll just add that Greg Palast is one of those journalists nobody on any side of the political fence really likes. He's thorough beyond thorough (an ex-auditor no less) and has regularly contributed to the UK's Newsnight programme with big scoops and stories.
The top kill seems to be having some trouble. Now that they have access to the flow though, I wonder if some angioplasty might work? If an automobile airbag were slipped down past the flow of oil and then deployed the way balloons are used to clear arteries it might be possible to form a plug that would hold.
Hmmm. The "normal" dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico are due to fertilizers, and probably not extremely rich in organics. But the dispersed-oil dead zones will be full of… dispersed oil.
From wiki:
Hydrogen sulfide (or hydrogen sulphide) is the chemical compound with the formula H2S. It is a colorless, very poisonous, flammable gas with the characteristic foul odor of rotten eggs. It often results from the bacterial breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen, …
There is a theory that several of the great extinction events that have occurred in Earth's history have been due to H2S releases resulting from very low oxygen levels in the oceans, most likely due to high temps resulting from extremely high C02 levels, 1000ppm+, for thousands of years.
Obviously this is a much smaller timescale, so hopefully a vibrant ecosystem of H2s-producing bacteria won't develop in these plumes.
Singapore oil spill spreads to Malaysian waters
Some of the 2,000 tonnes of crude oil which spilled into the Singapore Strait following the collision of two tankers on Monday has spread to Malaysian waters.
Efforts to contain the spill have failed. The oil slick reached Tanjung Ayam in Pengerang yesterday.
Could someone explain to me why there is so many oil spilled recently?
When ships collide is one thing but it seems methane is becoming more and more unstable.
It looks like we'll have to wait through the week-end to find out whether the well is well and truly stoppered. According to Reuters, Tony Hayward says, "We've wrestled it to the ground but we haven't put a bullet in its head yet."
Maybe if you put your boot on its throat…
I fear this oil volcano will run till it's empty, for lack of ability &/or imagination to stop it.
If so, we will get a lesson in the geography of ocean currents. Atlantic coast oiled, the Gulf Stream conveying surface oil to coasts, dispersant/oil plumes flowing along the braided ocean circulation (temperature, salinity gradients), and droplets of toxic goo adhering to everything solid enough to impact them, a persistent, poisoned stew. All this a gold mine for whatever learns to eat it (bacteria > jelly fish > people ?).
My advice, continue attempts to cap well. Angioplasty balloon interesting. Stop using dispersants. Study and get good at predicting where plume will reach surface, surround 'target' with fleet of dredges, suck up the oil, clean it and sell it. Ask for input from various fishing communities & scientists.
Put a boom line outside the dredges. Consider something like a bubble net outside the booms to warn away fish, turtles, mammals.
Get ideas from kindergarten kids, and 10 yr/olds. Form teams of high school kids to poll younger kids. Have a doctoral candidate watch all this and help make it function. Get experienced, respected faculty advisors involved.
In this is a crisis, we need to harvest our best imagination.
If an automobile airbag were slipped down past the flow of oil and then deployed the way balloons are used to clear arteries it might be possible to form a plug that would hold.
Here's a number to think about. 13,000. Pounds. per. Square. Inch. pressure.
No matter what BP says (or their various mouthpieces, or dump talkiing heads, one way to know that the well is actually temporarily cemented would be the moving off of all the pumping boats that are on station now (something like 3 or 4, plus I think the remotely operated vehicles (ROVs might have their own smaller command boats). Or that might finally be the signal that BP has finally reached the part of the plan that says kiss your ass goodbye (til August).
Right now the constant pumping of mud is holding the oil and gas back but driller type folks seem to be saying that there are reasons why this approach can't be continued for the incredibly long time it would take to drill the two relief wells. (That can't be speeded up is the short version on that.) The second half re depth is harder, then they have to go horizontally or I guess diagonally down and intercept DWH well.
The only slightly good news is while they are pumping the mud, some people watching the video night and day who claim to know drilling stuff thing that BP might not be using dispersents at the moment, let's hope so, although with all that shipping nearby they might have to because too much oil on the suface would be a fire hazard.
I have zero confidence in any of BP's mentioned fall back plans for the interim. Partly because some of them sound like they could have been done weeks ago and frankly I am getting more and more convinced by the minute that BP (and govt enablers) are simply doing stuff to be seen to be doing stuff now. Which is what we are all yelling.
BP seems to have been criminally negligent from start to finish, and so duplicity at this point just follows night/day logically.
What we need is an administrative (or legislative or judicial, I don't care) decision that neither BP nor anyone else can "develop" this lease block (thus this tract's access to whatever oil is left down there) ever. Ever. If we or the powers that be are going to continue to allow BP to have all the say, or any say at all, this ought to help orient Tony Hayward's et al's thinking towards limiting their liability, stock price fall, reputation trashing etc etc. i.e. CAP THE WELL for good. Forget the reservoir. Otherwise his fiduciary duty (ugh ugh ugh) is always going to surely be to weigh both halves of the equation and try to have it both ways.
Sorry if this is a dummer than hell comment, I'm exhausted.
Finally people are pointing out what I've been saying: BP had to be lying about the flow rate. It's 15 or 20 times their original estimate and they must have known it. Or else they are so freaking incompetent that they knew less basics physics than a master plumber. In which case, they shouldn't be allowed to change the pipe under my sink, much less drill 3 miles into the earth from a base of a mile below the sea.
There's a case to be made for incompetence. They changed plans at the last minute, when they had a challenging engineering project. They saved money by reducing a crew from 6 guys to 3, adding 1 back when the 3 couldn't handle the work. They changed to a cheaper material. Saving ~$100,000 in salaries, ? on the material. It sounds like bean counters were in charge of the decisions, not engineers.
I hope a full investigation is made of this affair and some strong new guidelines be put in. Maybe a case can be made for criminal negligence.
Yes, a little reenforcement of the membrane would be needed…. Wire mesh maybe…? Kevlar or carbon fiber cloth might form the membrane….
The silver lining in this environmental disaster is that for once Americans are starting to question our dependence and addiction to oil
The oil spill is changing a lot of minds. In California both Republican candidates for governor have switch from "Drill, Baby, Drill" to putting a stop to further offshore drilling. Even ultra consevative Pozner is feeling the heat as the worst enviormental disaster in US history starts to wash on shore.
The once pro drilling Republican governor Arnold (what's his last name) now supports and ban on offshore oil drilling
And polls of Americans in general now show that suppport for offshore drilling has plunged by 20 points just in the last 3 weeks.
My guess is that the disasterous effects of this spill are just starting to be felt and even if they plug the leak, the millions of gallons of oil will soon make their way onshore.
As for me, I was a fence sitter. But the scope of this disaster and the fact that it was caused by human error, poor decision making and equipment failure have convinced me that no technology can save us from another disaster like this
The most heart rendering video showed an oil covered seabird trying to peck it's way into the hull of a small boat. It then disappeared under the water.
Let's get off the oil bandwagon once and for all. We are just polluting our own environment and killing our own wildlife. There are much safer and cleaner forms of energy that need to be developed.
The age of the combustion engine is coming to a close and we all need to move on into the 21st century

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Congratulations, you beat your goal by the whole minute , very nice
Nice aj01 looks like your ready for the big one...I mean one mile, but aren't those invitational. USA National Masters Indoor Championship, May 27, Boston, MA. Take a look
Remind me to not line up next to you at my next 5k! Good work, now the question is, can you get rid of that extra few second and get below 19 :-)
Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run.
- Jumbo Elliot
Smile, it confuses people.
Way to go AJ! That didn't take long.
I ran in a very strange 5k on Saturday. They told us in the reg. form that the race would not be offcially timed, but place awards would still be given. I wasn't sure why, but I figured I would go by my watch time. Well, we found out after that race that it was 3.17 miles long instead of 3.1. I'm disappointed because my 21:16 would probably have been about 25-30 seconds less and I would be within 60 seconds of breaking 20. oh well. My next race is June 12 so I'm going to push hard for next 3 weeks and hopefully break 20 then.
I started near the front but not right at the line. If it was chip timed, I probably would've gained a couple seconds. Seriously, I think I can gain a little more but I want to focus on durability for a little bit. I'm probably going to try another in July but I'm not sure I'll push it. I'm really pleased with where I'm at now.. for now. Thanks everybody. Keep at it.
I'm in. Haven't run a 5K under 20 for a while, so it's a good goal for me (I'm 48).
Here's a link to a post a wrote about my plan to get there:
Boston Marathon Finisher
Albany (NY) Times Union Runners Blog
20:09 , 20:03.....nuff said
Nice job. 19's are only a few ticks away.
AJ...Congrats!!! Beat the Goal!!! Awesome!
Grid-Rider....Almost man!! gosh, only a couple seconds! cripes!! You'll get it on the next one!!
Ran a 22:54 5k this morning. Which was encouraging since my goal was to beat 23 minutes. My best time last year was 22:43....so it would have been nice to beat that. And my PR is 22:17....would have really been nice to beat that. Next time for sure!!! Congrats everyone!! Sounds like everyone is improving!!
Hey Guys,
I'm an ex college sprinter and have decided to start training for 5k's. My problem is my body mass. Not an easy effort to travel distances with it all but I am trying. I ran 3.2 miles on Monday to the gym and ran it in 23:44. After finishing strength training in the gym, I ran back home another 3.2 miles in 25:30. Next step is getting myself on the track and nailing down some 1000's and 800's. I am determined to get under 20 min.
I was at the Adidas Grand Prix in New York last weekend and watched the women run a 15:01.00 for 5000 meter. UNBELIEVABLE. It was truly inspiring...much like this thread.
I love watching YouTube WR's , I can relate to what they're thinking and feeling, but not their training. Next time I start with the line under my chin.
Well, I posted a 20:42 at my 5k this past Saturday. I'm getting closer!
Hey Grid-rider,
If you like watching world records on you tube...check out the women's 400 meter world record of 47.60 set by Marita Koch in 1983. She took women's quarter mile running 50 years into the future. Although men's running is pretty incredible I prefer watching women as they have this grace and elegance to power and strength whether its at the 400m sprint or a Marathon.
Hi everyone!
Great post! I have to wait to join the club though...I won't be turning 30 until September haha. I'm a 29 year old female and just ran a PR of 18:00 a couple of weekends ago ...yeah that's right, no seconds... just 18 mins flat! Talk about annoying! One more second and I could have been in the seventeens! I'm running another 5K on Saturday, so maybe I can do it then. It's supposed to be hot though, and I know there's a small hill on the course...so we shall see
Good luck to everyone!
Oikoik that picture was dated with the Adidas socks...she passed the next lane with less than 10 strides
Nate's bringing it ...hopefully were getting more efficient and not expending more energy. I want to try ,"not sitting down" on the run and find some power in the hips
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This is who Pac WILL NOT fight next.
Bob Arum wont put Pac in there with Jessie Vargas. Everyone trashes Vargas because he doesnt have a ton of power or killer instinct. But the kid is a very crafty boxer who can use both hands, fights smart and will give Pac fits. He was losing to Lopez untill he started ad******g and landing some crushing body shots and took the fight back.
The goal is to find someone who will make Pac look good and after Pac getting ktfo, you dont know how he will respond in there. Vargas is not that guy.
Rios wont be next either because thats too risky. Bob can still use Pac and wants to build Rios up and hopefully turn him into a star later on, but taking Pac out right now would be the end of Pac. Too soon now that Pac had decided to take a nap in front of billions of people.
Since Top Rank has mentioned the possible opponents, id put my money on Senchenko? or Humberto. Humberto is probably the front-runner. Dude has no power and prefers to s****. Perfect choice to make Pac look great and avoid another narcoleptic episode.
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- 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cold butter
- 1⁄2 cup flaked coconut
- 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3⁄4 cup cold butter
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- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
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Delicious coffee cake! I had to check, recheck, and check again, and yes, it's true: there is no sugar in the batter recipe, just vanilla yogurt for sweetness! But, when you put all the layers together, the combo is amazing. Have also made this using finely chopped nuts in place of coconut: that version was great too! I personally prefer to use the 9" springform pan - I just like the slices better that way! Thank you so much for sharing!


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the higher it is before that happens the better - shorts have one day left after today before its all over for them -in two more weeks then they have to pay dividend - seems like a very bad short to me
And the mind game is already working!
shorting this makes no sense
time to cover shorts and go long while you still have profits or small losses
Well, if that's true, then things are better than I thought. Huge volume, in the green and no buyback? I like....
exactly people think its being bought back now its not will be shortly though and then shorts are screwed thats why they are starting to panic
They increased the buyback, but still had $10B from the previous repurchase authorization. No idea if they are using that today or not.
not allowed for 48 hrs whether or not they still have 10 billion left or not
Mr Cook has more to worry about (GOOGLE) he knows what happened when msft took the lead. It is hard to play catch up, it is harder to think when behind, new products this fall may not come soon enough.
Behind? You are confused. They are the leader. Nice try. Those rumors about iPhones and iPad slowdowns. Yeah, lies.
iPhone #1. iPad #1.
seems like other devices were on the market long before ipod and iphone, so your premise doesn't make sense
apple just needs to keep doing what it has been doing they sold 57 million ipads and iphones this quarter vs 45 million last year almost 30% more i do not care what google does only what apple is doing they have by far the most loyal customers and best ecosystem in the world
Begins on Monday.
google Rule10b-18. No such rule as what you stated. pls #$%$
read rule do not see where it applies does not address whether or not company has to wait 48 hrs after announcement
How does it benefit Apple and therefore its stockholders to have to buy at high prices, The lower the share price the more shares they can buy. Let the price fall first then buy up.
no thank you it will benefit the shareholders by driving price up and putting higher and higher floor under it


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By Reginald Rogers/ParaglideOctober 1, 2010
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Business leaders from throughout the state of North Carolina traveled to the Fayetteville-Fort Bragg area Thursday as part of a program used to inform, develop and engage them in issues facing the state.
Leadership North Carolina, similar to the local program, Leadership Fayetteville, focused on the Cumberland County area and brought 35 leaders from several businesses throughout the region to Fort Bragg for a day of fun and educational awareness.
The event began Sept. 22, with a tour of the Fort Bragg recycle facility, followed by a historical tour of the post. The first day ended with a visit to the United Services Organization.
The next day's events began with a tour of the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in downtown Fayetteville, during which participants had an opportunity to learn about the history of the U.S. Army paratrooper and their counterparts who don the coveted Green Beret.
The tour of the museum was of special interest to one of the Leadership North Carolina participants as his company is a supplier of Army parachutes.
John Oswald III, president and chief executive officer of Mills Manufacturing Corporation in Asheville, N.C., said he enjoyed the entire experience that Leadership North Carolina provided.
"It was great visiting the museum," Oswald said. "It makes you proud of our company and what we do to support these guys. You don't even have to be in the industry to be proud."
Oswald's company makes products like the T-10 parachutes that are used by the 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers.
He said he was looking for a deeper understanding and appreciation for what the Fort Bragg Soldiers do for the country. He said that includes the impact that they have on America.
"They do a lot and I don't ever want to take it for granted. It's more than we are aware and may want to admit. I just want to make sure we support them for what they do, whether it's me and my company, or just me," Oswald said.
Following the visit to the ASOM, the group visited the Corregidor Courts/Bougainville Neighborhood Center, where they were given a "before and after" tour of renovated Family quarters.
Members of the group said they were impressed with the level of refinement given to the newer project, especially after seeing a yet-to-be renovated home.
After lunch at the 82nd Airborne Division Special Troops Battalion dining facility, the tour led them to the 34-foot jump tower, where they observed and participated in simulated airborne operations. Every member jumped from the tower, some even repeated the feat.
"The tour has been amazing. I've not had the chance to be on Fort Bragg before," explained Cathy Lowery-Graham, who works as the county extension director at N.C. Cooperative Extension in the Scotland County office. "It's very important for us, Leadership North Carolina, to come out and understand all facets of North Carolina and the military is very important to our state.
I know that with the (Base Closure and Realignment Commission) decision will bring an influx of thousands of people into the area and that could impact the region as well," Graham said. "We need to have understanding as to how we can be helpful here as part of our leadership responsibilities."
The tour then took the visitors to the parachute packing facility, or "pack shed" as it is commonly called on Fort Bragg. There, they had an opportunity to see the Soldiers as they packed parachutes for later use. They also visited the virtual combat convoy trainer, the simulator used to train the Soldiers for combat.
Leadership North Carolina events consist of six, two-day, monthly sessions, which are open to all citizens in the state. According to the organization's fact sheet, a successful applicant is one who is committed, motivated and is interested in serving the state. He or she must have demonstrated voluntary leadership in community affairs; possess a desire and willingness to seek key volunteer and/or appointed leadership roles; and have an occupational commitment to remain in the state, with a long-term commitment to playing a personal role in helping to shape North Carolina's future.
"This is our alumni tour," explained Katie-Rose Darby, who headed the Leadership North Carolina group, during its visit to the post. "This is the event in which we invite all of our alumni to come out and join us as we learn all about our state and its leaders. It makes perfect sense to come out here and meet our most exemplary leaders."
Later during the day, the visiting leaders had an opportunity to present commemorative U.S. flags to several wounded warriors assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion.
The day's events ended with dinner at the Mash House in Fayetteville, hosted by Joanne Chavonne, wife of Fayetteville mayor, Tony Chavonne.
The next day's events included a tour of Pope Air Force Base Graham, a Pembroke, N.C. native, said she was pleased with the tour and the planned events and activities.
"It's been a wonderful experience. In talking to some of our military personnel has been an eye-opening experience," she said. "I'm just so very proud that the military has such a presence here in this area."


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Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (PSTI IT) gained to the highest level since Feb. 1, advancing 10 percent to 11.24 shekels. The developer of cell-therapy products entered an exclusive license agreement with United Therapeutics Corp. to develop a cell-based product to treat pulmonary hypertension.
Priortech Ltd. (PRTC IT) rose 4.6 percent to 29.59 shekels, the highest since May 11. The maker of printed circuit boards said its Access unit has signed an agreement in principle to get $30 million in financing from Walden International and another investor.
Rabintex Industries Ltd. (RABN IT) surged the most since March 13, increasing 15 percent to 0.323 shekel. The maker of protective materials used by the military said a unit won a tender from Lockheed Martin Corp. that may be worth $7 million.
Separately, Rabintex said it's unable to make a 1.1 million-shekel ($318,000) payment to holders of its Series Aleph bonds on time and is working to find a solution so the payment can be made within 30 days of the June 30 due date.
Ravad Ltd. (RAVD IT) retreated to the lowest since Dec. 20, dropping 2.6 percent to 7.793 shekels. Adgar Investments & Development Ltd. (ADGR IT) said talks to buy the real-estate developer ended without reaching an agreement. Adgar gained 0.2 percent to 4.681 shekels.


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WIMBLEDON, England — A day after Rafael Nadal's stunning exit at Wimbledon, the only other men who have won the tournament since 2003 — six-time champion Roger Federer and defending champion Novak Djokovic — found themselves trailing far-less-accomplished opponents, too.
Here we go again?
Not quite.
Federer sure came close to following Nadal out the door, though. The owner of a record 16 major trophies, and a quarterfinalist or better at 32 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, the third-seeded Federer dropped the first two sets against 29th-seeded Julien Benneteau of France, then was two points away from losing six times, before coming all the way back to pull out a 4-6, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-6 (6), 6-1 victory in the third round.
"Oh, my God, it was brutal," Federer said. "The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you. ... You don't have, obviously, many lives left out there. You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there."
He should know.
This was the eighth time in Federer's illustrious career that he overcame a two-set hole, including against 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in the French Open quarterfinals 3 1/2 weeks ago.
"Mentally, he's a rock. He's two sets down and he doesn't show anything. And after that, if your level is a little bit lower — right here, right now, he takes the opportunity," said Benneteau, whose cramping thighs were massaged by a trainer during two final-set changeovers. "At the beginning of the third set, I was not as good as I was in the first two sets, and in 5 minutes, it's 4-0."
Actually, that took about 10 minutes. Still, it hardly was the last key moment. With Federer serving while down 6-5 in the fourth set, Benneteau hit a forehand winner to get to 15-30, putting him two points from the upset. Federer hit a forehand winner that made it 30-all, still two points away for Benneteau. The game had two deuces, too — each one placing Benneteau that close again. But Federer held there, the crowd roaring with each point he won.
"I appreciate their support for so many years out here," Federer said. "Tonight was special."
In the tiebreaker, Federer was two points from being gone at 5-all, then 6-all. But on the latter, a nine-stroke exchange ended with Benneteau netting a backhand. That gave Federer his second set point — he already had wasted three others in the second set — and a powerful forehand forced a Benneteau forehand error. Federer jogged to his chair, showered with a standing ovation.
That was the beginning of the end for Benneteau, and it allowed Federer to avoid the sort of surprise that befell the second-seeded Nadal, whose five-set loss Thursday night to the 100th-ranked and previously unknown Lukas Rosol was still reverberating around the All England Club.
"You cannot take for granted anybody. You can't underestimate any opponent. I don't think Rafa did," said the top-seeded Djokovic, who faced Nadal in each of the previous four Grand Slam finals, winning at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open, before losing at the French Open.
"It's Wimbledon. Everybody wants to come up with their best game, especially when you're playing one of the top players, one of the favorites," Djokovic added. "You have nothing to lose."
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Excellent news @Aahan.
I have this vision of Yoast sitting at his machine, with a damp towel wrapped around his head, coding hard. I'm going to go make a donation to at least cover a pizza and some energy drinks right now :)
Excellent news @Aahan.
I have this vision of Yoast sitting at his machine, with a damp towel wrapped around his head, coding hard. I'm going to go make a donation to at least cover a pizza and some energy drinks right now :)
@All good news! News SEO is now officially plugin (not a module like before), and you can download the latest version from GitHub right away — https://github.com/jdevalk/Google-News-Sitemap
PS: Thank you Joost!
@Aahan have you actually got this 'new' plugin working yet. I have just installed it, along with the latest update of WordPress SEO, and its still not working. Can't see anything about News sitemaps in any of the admin page for WordPress SEO??
After realising some breaking news earlier today wasn't showing in Google News, I realised that the news section had gone from the admin panel. I've installed the new plugin but have no options for it within the WordPress SEO settings. My site depends on Google News for much of its daily traffic so it's important we get this plugin sorted! :) Looking forward to hearing the latest.
OK, I had the same problem but got it working.
It is to do with a flag not being set; AFAICT if the 'enablexmlnewssitemap' option flag isn't set then the sitemap plugin isn't loaded, and the place where you turn this option on is tucked away in the sitemap plugin, so you have a Catch-22 situation.
The solution is to edit the news sitemap plugin file, comment out a line to force the plugin to load, then go and enable news sitemaps on the XML sitemaps page of the main seo plugin. Then you just uncomment the line in the plugin again and you're all set.
The part to comment out is this, in wpseo-news/wpseo-news.php :
if ( !isset( $options['enablexmlnewssitemap'] ) || !$options['enablexmlnewssitemap'] )
@All Just got to my PC and tested this, yes, there seems to be a problem. Joost is currently looking into it, checking if he's committed the right code. I guess we can expect fixes soon :)
@Aahan - great updates. Thnx.
@mpclark this worked for me. Thanks for the tip.
Good to hear this is getting fixed. The changes suggested are beyond my capability & as am in no hurry, i will just wait for the updated plug-ins. Thx
Okay everyone, you can get WordPress SEO News from the official repository now: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo-news/
I've just installed it, and it seems to work. No issues so far :)
PS Don't forget to delete the wordpress-seo-modules directory in
@Aahan Thanks for the update. Have installed the version from the repository and is working fine.
I've installed it too, but I've got to manually click on 'Include in site newsmap' in the SEO settings box under every article - anyone else having this issue?
@caspararemi I have no way to test it right now (not until tomorrow), but yeah, it looks like yet another problem :D For the time being head here: http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo-news
actually, that has always been the case. I never minded it since some articles might not be for Google News so you've got the choice.
but if you are creating a New post and hit under Posts/New, it usually ticks off for the Google News sitemap inclusion.
just so glad to have this back and be able to use the latest version of WordPress SEO. Thanks Aahan for all your updates!
Thanks Aahan, sometimes keeping track of the forum AND developing at the same time just doesn't work, so thanks for keeping everyone up to date.
@casparemi: that shouldn't be true if you've set the post type to be included in the google news sitemap?
Hi Joost,
I can confirm these issues from my test blog:
Just in case you want to see my settings, here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/imn1n.png (Plz note that it's my test blog)
- Also, I see that the timestamps in Google's own sitemaps use their timezone i.e not UTC. Is there any reason why WP SEO sitemaps doesn't respect my WordPress site's timezone settings?
Hope this gets Joost's attention — I see that he's active right now :P
How to show unlimited url ?
or how to show a multiple sitemap?
I have set the post-type to be included in the google news sitemap followed @Aahan settings, but it still usually ticks off for the Google News sitemap inclusion.
Is the News Sitemap actually working for people? It refuses to include posts that I mark for inclusion as noted here.
You still have to check the "Include in News Sitemap:" on every post to get it included into google news. This ever going to be fixed?
I have a problem with this news XML plugin, as well. The plugin generated a news XML feed, but it's empty. I have opted to include posts in the news xml, and when I go to posts, they are checked to be included in the feed, by default. However, the XML sitemap is empty.
I would like it populated with all my old posts. Maybe I'm not understanding how this works, and it's only supposed to contain timely, new posts and not archives. Am I doing something wrong?
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Example - if you have a Windows security patch that was released earlier in the year and you installed it. Then, if another security patch came out to SUPERCEDE that original one...would the server/computer show both patches as being installed or just the latest one?
I imagine it would be both...?


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