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Living in North Lakeland FL is all about conveniece – with its excellent location, proximity to schools, hospitals, shopping malls, dining and recreation, as well as easy access to major highways and the interstate. Lakeland Florida also provides you with affordable living at its finest. Many people are buying homes in North Lakeland because of its different neighborhoods which have their own distinct characteristics that are as diverse as its residents. Anyone could feel comfortable enough to call North Lakeland their home. We will be providing you with more information on the different neighborhoods and subdivisions in North Lakeland in the next few weeks.
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So the Angels have led for, what, two batters this entire series? They're now just 22 percent likely to win this game.
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Before Howie Kendrick went deep in the fifth, the Yankees had out-homered their opponents 11-0 this postseason. Jered Weaver, the most flyball-prone starter in the American League, has allowed three homers. Unpredictably, two of them were hit by the Yankees only two right-handed hitters. (Weaver has a pretty big platoon split, and usually gets righties out.) He continues to get the Yankees to make horrible, ugly swings against his off-speed stuff, but struggling with walks and longballs and had Darren Oliver warming up behind him as early as the fourth. He's thrown 95 pitches, and 10 of his 14 non-K outs have come in the air.
Like the Yankees, the Angels only scoring comes via solo homer, as well. Before Kendrick put the Angels on the board, Andy Pettitte had wiped three of the Angels' four runners off the basepaths, including a pickoff of Torii Hunter. Angels fans are booing whenever he throws over, which he's done perhaps 15 times or more.
Bobby Abreu is the last hitless Angel -- he's 0 for 11.
Howie Kendrick came into the game a career .426 hitter against the Yankees, a statistical fluke but a fun one. Alex Rodriguez came into the game with four homers in 15 career AB vs Weaver, and he's now slugging 1.167 against him.
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The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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Asset pricing, financial econometrics
Ravi Bansal, Dana Kiku, Ivan Shaliastovich, Amir Yaron, 2013, Volatility, the Macroeconomy, and Asset Prices, Forthcoming in Journal of Finance. Internet Appendix.
Ravi Bansal and Ivan Shaliastovich, 2013, A Long-Run Risks Explanation of Predictability Puzzles in Bond and Currency Markets, The Review of Financial Studies, 26(1): 1—33. Lead Article.
Ravi Bansal and Ivan Shaliastovich, 2011, Learning and Asset-Price Jumps, The Review of Financial Studies, 24(8): 2738—80
Ivan Shaliastovich and George Tauchen, 2011, Pricing of the Time-Change Risks, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 35(6): 843—58
Ravi Bansal and Ivan Shaliastovich, 2010, Confidence Risks and Asset Prices, American Economic Review, papers and proceedings, 100(2): 537—41
Bjørn Eraker and Ivan Shaliastovich, 2008, An Equilibrium Guide to Designing Affine Pricing Models, Mathematical Finance 18(4): 519—43
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Darien Huang and Ivan Shaliastovich, 2014, Volatility-of-Volatility Risk
Gill Segal, Ivan Shaliastovich, Amir Yaron, 2013, Good and Bad Uncertainty: Macroeconomic and Financial Market Implications
Darien Huang and Ivan Shaliastovich, 2012, Risk Adjustment and the Temporal Resolution of
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Bjørn Eraker, Ivan Shaliastovich and Wenyu Wang, 2012, Durable Goods, Inflation Risk and the Equilibrium Asset Prices
Ivan Shaliastovich, 2014, Learning, Confidence and Option Prices
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Who would have thought 30 years ago… I am so very happy to be alive today! Each morning I awake with a fresh anticipation of the new opportunities available unto me! Now, this was not always my attitude towards life; I am an attempted suicide survivor and I completely understand the chains of despair. However, because someone close to me took the time to learn the warning signs of suicide I received the help, which I needed in the nick of time. I encourage each of you to learn the warning signs of suicide and save another! Now if you are considering suicide right now, PLEASE STOP and REACH OUT for help - There are many people who want to help you beyond these thoughts in order to live life deliberately – Please call 1-800-273-8255 "National Suicide Prevention Lifeline" and share your suicidal thoughts. It is important that you LIVE and tell your story to help another!
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The Spring Style Awards
The good deals edition, featuring reasonably priced clothes you actually want to wear
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There is a difference between a bargain and a good deal. A bargain tends to be cheap, found in overstuffed bins or on picked-over racks, and anyone schooled in basic math can spot one. A good deal, though, means that for whatever reason, the value of a prospective purchase its distinctive design, its high quality, its look and feel exceeds the price you're being asked to pay for it, and it takes some training and know-how to know one when you see one. Take this sharply cut double-breasted two-piece from Banana Republic's BR Monogram line. It costs just $700, a miracle of economy that creative director Simon Kneen once attributed to the brand's ability to use its scale to cut deals with Italian textile mills. That translates into luxury cloths at accessible prices, and along with the rest of the good deals in this section, it shows just how far you can make your money, and style, go this spring.
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Wool blazer ($500) and wool trousers ($198) by Banana Republic.
Best Dress Shirt: J. Hilburn
Made-to-measure shirts with tons of fabric and detailing options for less than $160 a pop. $159.
Best Tie: Bloomingdale's house label
Keeping quality up while keeping prices low. Great variety of patterns, too. $70.
Best Dress Shoes: Cole Haan
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Best Briefcase: Jack Spade
The black nylon shell is subtle and sophisticated, and the size is just right for a laptop and papers. Price is right, too. $450.


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May 19, 2006
Wow. I've been busy. Lots to talk about.
As you may have read earlier, I recently started a slow but steady effort to restore the E36 to its former glory. I've paid others to do some work -- like the recent front end repaint -- but I've also started a trend to do more work myself. I personally replaced the fuel pump & sender units, an aging Roundel on the hood, and a cracked and faded air inlet cover, saving myself hundreds in labor and learning something in the process.
For the last several years, I've wrestled with the notion of upgrading the stereo. I mean, the HK was a good system in its day, but this is the age of iPods and satellite radio -- neither of which are compatible with the HK in any form, OEM or aftermarket. The problem is the system really can't be upgraded piecemeal -- it needs a complete overhaul -- and I've never been able to find equipment to my liking or the time to perform the upgrade. However, two problems materialized that forced me to take action this week.
First, over the past couple of years the rotary encoder (volume knob) had started to take on a mind of its own, decreasing volume when I commanded an increase and vice versa. It got so bad in recent weeks that I couldn't really use the stereo. Second, about six months ago the driver's side midrange driver began making crackling noises. It's now so bad as to be virtually unlistenable if the music contains any significant midrange frequencies (female voices, in particular). Since I'm not ready to rip the interior out of the car and upgrade the stereo, I was determined to find a quick, short-term fix.
The solution for the volume knob turned out to be simple -- I bought a new (refurbished, actually) OEM headunit. I chose this route because it was the path of least resistance. A refurbished OEM headunit was only $135+tax with my discount and I didn't need to worry about interoperability problems between the OEM amplifier and an aftermarket headunit. I had planned to install the unit myself this weekend but the new radio had a $500 core charge that I'd have to pay if I couldn't return the old unit to the parts department when I picked up the new unit. For that reason I walked over to my technician and asked if he could perform the swap for me. Always accommodating, he agreed. So now my volume knob reacts as it did when it was new, and as a kicker, the face of the radio notably lacks the shiny "polished" look that occurs from repeated use of the buttons and controls. It looks and works like the day it rolled out of the showroom.
As for the midrange, I took a different approach. I could have bought a single OEM midrange driver to replace the failed unit for $80, but I figured that the passenger-side driver should probably be replaced at the same time because its level of degradation couldn't be far behind that of the driver-side unit. One day last week I was browsing the e46fanatics.com forums and saw mention of a set of replacement midrange drivers ($100) produced specifically for the BMW by Bavarian SoundWerks. The drivers arrived today and look great, but I'll have to wait to replace them because they require removal of both door panels. In preparation for that work I picked up a dozen panel fasteners just in case I broke a few. It turns out that there are several types of door panel fasteners available that will work on this car and I got the best one based on my technician's vast experience in these matters. I'll talk more about that in an upcoming DIY article. Now all I need is some reasonable weather and a few hours to get the job done.
I also have an appointment to bring the car in next week to have several things done:
- OIl Service
- Brake Fluid Flush
- Water Pump
- Thermostat & Housing
- Hoses
- Coolant Flush
- Belts
The oil service and flushes are routine, but the primary driver for all this work is the water pump. I recently became aware that this pump has a very nasty failure mode. Since the fan is connected to a pulley which is connected directly to the water pump, if the water pump bearing fails the fan will move outside of its normal plane of rotation and contact the radiator. That will cause the fan to self destruct and throw shards into the hood, among other things. And the last thing I need right now is dents in my brand-new hood. It's generally considered wise to replace the water pump every 75K-100K miles, and needless to say my vehicle as a few more miles than that.
I had planned to take the time necessary to learn more about how to replace the water pump and other "while we're at it parts" like the thermostat & housing, etc. myself. After all, I'm now officially dangerous -- I have a Bentley Service Manual in my possession. However, when I considered I had a time bomb on my hands and it made little sense for my technician to do some of the work while I repeated tasks such as draining the coolant to perform other work myself, the sane choice was clear -- get my car to the shop ASAP and let my technician handle it all. I mean, why risk my $2700 paint job to save a few hundred in labor? That's a classic case of "penny wise and pound foolish".
Stay tuned for more restoration updates.
Parts $375, Mileage: 127130.
May 20, 2006
I recently began to research detailing techniques I could use not only to restore the the paint of the E36 but preserve the E46's factory finish as well.
If you ask the pros, detailing occurs in several stages:
- Washing
- Claying
- Polishing
- Glazing
- Sealing
- Waxing
Always the skeptic, I thought these multi-stage processes were created by the detailing products companies so they could get rich off of people with more money than brains, but I'm here to tell you that multi-stage detailing works -- extremely well, in fact. I won't go into detail here (that will be covered in an update to my Car Care Tips article), but let me say that I'm sold on the concept, and here's why:
After an investment of about 4 hours I stepped back to look at my handy work and couldn't believe I was looking at the same car. The picture doesn't do the finish justice, but trust me -- it looks great. The polish alone gave the paint a wet-look shine, and the results only got better when I applied the sealant coat (synthetic wax).
May 24, 2006
I took the car in for a major service today. We did a ton of things and I only had one surprise (unfortunately, it was a biggie). First, the things I planned to do:
Oil Service
Nothing much to report here. Just a routine service.
Brake Fluid Flush
BMW specifies brake fluid flushes every two years. I usually grind through a set of brakes in that time and just combine the flush with the brake job, but because the car sat a lot last year while I owned the RSX, I got a bit out of sync and I exceeded the calendar time limit by almost six months. No big deal, really, but the fluid is the lifeblood of the brake system.
Flushing the brake fluid enhances braking performance under extreme conditions (like deer avoidance) and is very cheap insurance against caliper damage, so I figured I'd do it in advance of the next brake job.
Based on what I can see, the fronts probably have around 5K to go, while the rears (with more than 60K on them now) may actually go a bit longer. I would very much like to do the brakes myself this time around because I need to learn more about the process as well as save some coin, but my schedule will have a lot to say about that.
Coolant Flush
I'd flushed my coolant last year, but when you put spend hundreds of dollars on new parts, you don't cheap out on a gallon of coolant and a gallon of distilled water. 'Nuff said.
Water Pump
This is the primary reason why I brought the car in. BMWs have a long history of problematic water pumps. On some units the impellers would just snap. On others, the bearings would fail, sending the fan outside of its normal plane of rotation, causing it to self destruct as it hit the radiator, among other things.
The currently-shipping pumps have what BMW chooses to call a "composite" impeller. When I hear "composite", I think plastic or fiberglass, but I'm here to tell you that even though the impeller looks like a common injection-molded plastic unit, when struck with a finger it rings like a light metal (magnesium or the like). Hopefully this will mean long life. Guess I'll find out.
Thermostat & Housing
This was a "while in Rome" fix. I'd replaced the thermostat once before when the original failed at around 60K miles. Given I now have 128K on the clock, it seemed wise to replace it again. Since we had to remove the thermostat housing (BMW refers to it as a "connection flange") to get to the thermostat, and the flange is made of a hard fibrous plastic (looks a lot like Bakelite) that has been subject to MANY heat cycles, I decided to swap that out for a new part as well.
My technician was out on the day I ordered the parts for this little maintenance binge, so while we originally discussed replacing only the upper and lower radiator hoses, I ordered them all and had them installed today. All coolant hoses are now brand new and ready for another 120K+ miles.
Since the belts must be removed to do the other work and I noticed that the back side of the A/C belt was split in several places I decided to swap those out as well. The belts were done around 45K miles ago, which isn't very long in the grand scheme of things, but I've been told that's a pretty typical life span for serpentine belts.
These units consist of a sealed bearing and a plastic pulley. They each come with a dust cap. The upper tensioner (near the alternator) had lost its cover at some point. While the bearing is sealed, the outer edge of the bearing surface had rusted over. Left alone, I knew it would cause problems, so I decided to replace them both. Note that I chose not to replace the hydraulic cylinder associated with the A/C belt tensioner because my technician said that while the older mechanical variety were a "hot item", the hydraulic units have proven virtually bulletproof.
Fuel Filter
I have to admit I have no idea when this was last replaced. My technician said he remembered replacing it at one of the inspection II's but I don't remember seeing it on any invoice. So the filter on the car had either ~65K or 128K miles on it. Either way, it had been way too long, so it was time to replace it.
Replacing the fuel filter is a relatively simple DIY task that is needlessly complicated by its location under the car. The car must be on jack stands or (wait for it...) on a lift to do it in a reasonable time. Needless to say, this was a bit out of the scope of the work I'd planned but my tech offered to swap it out for me.
Now for the surprise.
I expected a labor bill for around $500 for the installation of the parts I purchased earlier at nearly $350 when I got the call. My service advisor told me that my technician removed the hoses and found the inner surface of the radiator necks deteriorating. He recommended we replace the radiator for obvious reasons and I was not about to doubt him. In fact, I'd considered replacing it as part of this preventative maintenance binge but didn't want to bite off more than I could chew. So, the good news is that I have completely overhauled my cooling system just in time for summer. The obvious downside is it cost me around $1400 to do it.
The funny thing is that the dealer is on my way to work, and between chatting with my technician and ordering the parts, I'd become quite a fixture around there the past couple of weeks. One of the techs asked me if I intended to pay rent. I respectfully declined. :-)
Parts: $685, Labor $675, Total: $1443, Mileage: 128003.
May 25, 2006
Today I managed to finish my quick-fix to the audio system. I would have been done with the job on Sunday when I started it, but I wound up doing a bit more work than originally planned.
First, I had to fix the door panel when the strip of plastic fastener receptacles separated from the top of the panel. I confirmed online and with my technician that this is a common problem as the cars age. It just looks like BMW didn't use the right type of glue or enough of it. I solved the problem by rebonding the receptacle strip to the door panel using common construction adhesive. If you look closely at the image, you can see the glue oozing out from behind the receptacles. The good news is it didn't come apart when I slapped the door panel back on, but only time will tell if it will hold up.
Second, while I had the door panels off I figured take the opportunity to replace the tweeters. A quick trip to Crutchfield's website revealed I could purchase the Polk db1000 1" soft-dome tweeter set for $100 + shipping. While Crutchfield's fitment guide suggested these were "not recommended" for the E36, they don't know what they're talking about. With some very minor modifications to the OEM tweeter mount courtesy of my Dremel plus a bit of hot-melt glue they fit like a glove and I'm really happy with the results. And as luck would have it, I have an old set of Polk 5510 woofers that will fit nicely in the kick panels and complement the tweeters. In fact, installation of the woofers is the next step in the stereo upgrade process.
So how's it sound? The tweeters are actually pretty laid back but they definitely reach higher and are SO much smoother sounding than the OEM units it's not even funny. The BSW midranges are definitely brighter than the OEM units, almost to the point of being obtrusive, but they should do the job until I get around to doing the full stereo upgrade and disconnect them in favor of running a two-way component set.
Details of this fix and my overall upgrade plans will be covered in an upcoming article.
Parts: $220, Labor: $0, Labor Savings: $300 ($200 for door repair, $100 for speaker install). Mileage 128050.


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Long recognized as the pioneer in live-patient, post-graduate dental training, Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI) offers doctors and their teams from around the globe comprehensive learning and a curriculum that inspires life-changing experiences not only in their practices, but in their personal lives.
The ever-expanding LVI curriculum includes Restorative, Occlusal, Ortho, Implant, Endodontic, Laboratory, Practice Management and Team Training courses that are revolutionizing dentistry and the quality of treatment offered to the general public.
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Trama Textiles is a Guatemalan women's weaving cooperative that produces apparel, accessories, and textiles using the ancient craft of backstrap loom weaving.
TRAMA Textiles represents over 400 women, organized into 17 weaving groups, from five regions in Guatemala's western highlands. The co-op was formed in 1988 as a direct result of the devastating Guatemalan Civil War after many members' husbands, fathers, and brothers were killed or "disappeared."
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Vt judge denies new lawyers bid in teacher killingBy LISA RATHKE
The Associated Press | May 22,2013
Patricia Prue appears in court in St. Johnsbury, Vt. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A Vermont judge says a couple charged with killing a popular St. Johnsbury teacher must keep their lawyers. The judge made the ruling Tuesday after Patricia and Allen Prue appeared separately in court in St. Johnsbury and asked for new lawyers. Patricia Prue told the judge that her lawyer, Marc Eagle, doesn't seem to have a defense for her. (AP Photo/Caledonian Record, Michael Beniash)ST. JOHNSBURY — A judge denied separate requests Tuesday for new lawyers for a couple accused of luring a St. Johnsbury teacher from her home last year and sexually assaulting and killing her before dumping her body in the Connecticut River.
Patricia and Allen Prue both said they wanted new lawyers during separate hearings in Vermont Superior Court.
"My lawyer doesn't seem to have a defense for me," Patricia Prue told Judge Mary Miles Teachout.
Her lawyer, Marc Eagle, also requested to be removed from the case, saying he and Prue have been at odds over where the case is headed, but he did not provide details.
In the second hearing, Allen Prue told the judge that he thought his attorney, Dan Maguire, was trying to use his wife against him and failed to keep him informed about the case.
Maguire did not ask to be removed from the case. "I think I can represent him ethically under my responsibilities ... and competently," said Maguire, who asked that his client's trial be moved out of St. Johnsbury.
Teachout did not rule on the request for a change of venue.
She said there wasn't an irretrievable breakdown between Patricia Prue and Eagle. She told Prue that lawyers are still gathering evidence and the fact that there is no defense is not unusual at this time. She also told both Prues they are not entitled to a harmonious relationship with their lawyers, only to effective attorneys who can present an appropriate defense.
The Prues are accused of luring Melissa Jenkins from her Danville home in March 2012 with a ruse about a broken down car and then strangling her and dumping her body in the Connecticut River. Jenkins' vehicle was found idling on a dirt road with her 2-year-old son inside.
Patricia Prue has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder; Allen Prue has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.
Eagle told a judge he was finished with his depositions and would be prepared for an August trial. The state is still waiting for results of testing on a computer hard drive and hair samples. Caledonia County State's Attorney Lisa Warren told the court that Maguire or his investigator could be a potential witness regarding one of the pieces of evidence.
Teachout said it was too soon for the court to act on something that might happen later.
Eric Berry, who is married to Jenkins' cousin and attended the hearing, said the Prues are trying to delay the case.
"It sounds like the evidence is pretty cut and dry," he said. "I just don't see anything changing in this case. They're trying to do everything they can, both of them, to delay the case. Frankly I'm pretty happy here with the ruling this morning."
Patricia Prue could go on trial late this summer. Her husband is expected to go on trial early next year.
Berry noted that seeing the Prues go to trial would not bring Jenkins back.
"I don't know if there ever is going to be true closure in this because there's a little boy that we all care about," he said. "And those people obviously don't. They're just heathens."MORE IN Vermont NewsEPA lauds energy Full StoryWoodlands group Full StoryCar slides into Full Story
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- RICHARD'S POOR ALMANACK: Capt. James Cook discovers and names Christmas Island, Brits develop and test H-bombs there in 1957-58; 100 years ago today, Christmas truce takes hold on Western Front in France, combatants observe the holiday.
- RICHARD'S POOR ALMANACK: Gen. Wm. T. Sherman concludes March to the Sea, secures Savannah, Ga., offers the city as Christmas gift to Pres. Lincoln; N.Y.'s Lincoln Tunnel opens in 1937; first gorilla born in captivity, Colo, celebrates 58th birthday today.
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- RICHARD'S POOR ALMANACK: In 1972, Christmas bombing of North Vietnam ordered by President Richard Nixon, most lethal strikes of the war; in 1989, U.S. invades Panama to depose, arrest and charge Gen. Manuel Noriega with drug trafficking, racketeering.


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Abilities of the Slender ManComments455
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This page gives a detailed list of all of the traits and abilities shown by the Slender Man.
Slender Walking
One of Slender man's most infamous of abilities, Slender Walking, is an ability of the Slender Man that allows it to appear and disappear at will, granting it omnipresent-like movement, allowing it to teleport from one point to another virtually anywhere instantly and often without any physical indication of the teleportation.
The ability is often explained in a variety of forms, and depending on the depiction in that medium, it may be substantially different (i.e., a paranormal explanation rather than a scientific one, or a demonic explanation rather than an alien one, etc.). The theory of Slender Man as a Fourth Dimensional Being is one of a few explanations to try and explain this using the Quantum Theory, but to date, no factual statement has been made that fully determines this explanation.
The ability of the Slender Man to disguise itself is one of its more important traits. The most well-known camouflage is that of the contemporary suit-wearing Slender Man. The most supported theory is that the Slender Man takes the appearance of a member of higher class, rank, or notable social position (a knight, a warrior, or a suited man), in order to gain trust or acceptance from a person, or at the very least to blend in at a distance. This was based on evidence drawn from a 16th century woodcut entitled "Der Ritter," which depicted a knight with elongated limbs believed to be The Slender Man. A variation of this theory is that the Slender Man's appearance varies from person to person slightly, appearing how the individual's mind comprehends it.
It also should be noted that in the early mythos, Slender Man appeared to have a face, but it did not appear on film. This seems to suggest that he can make himself appear to have a face, but that this illusion, while visible to the human eye, does not transfer to film. This is a possible ability he could use to blend in, as a faceless person would stand out a bit and onlookers would start panicking, allowing his target to escape in the ensuing chaos.
In some pictures of the Slender Man in a forest, he can easily blend in with the trees in the background, sometimes using his tentacles like branches.
Mind Control
The loose defnition of "Mind Control" is utilized and assured by many series across the mythos and perpetuated in blogs and video series. Exactly what this mind control entails is extremely loose and very poorly defined, although it is always an inevitable topic when discussing Proxies, a term coined by DarkHarvest00.
As most series state, proxies work on behalf of the Slender Man, who controls their thoughts and feelings, and through that, their actions. Proxies may still have free will, or partially free will, and may or may not know that they are being controlled. They are used to interact with other victims, set traps, or give information to the victims on behalf of the Slender Man. It is debated as to the full independence of proxies, and some suggest that when under its control, proxies act as a collective hive-mind. Examples include the Collective of TribeTwelve. It is assumed in some iterations of the Slender Man that he is capable of puppeteering and controlling the proxies directly; however, such evidence has never actually been shown in a Vlog or Blog, only assumed.
Kate and Charlie Matheson Jr. are examples of in-game proxies, from Slender: The Arrival.
It is important to note that Proxies are not used in the series MarbleHornets, and the major antagonist is The Operator, thus this section has no correlation with that series.
In Slender Rising 2, the player can find a shotgun to defend themselves from the Slender Man in an otherwise lethal situation. If the player has the shotgun equipped and Slender Man isn't around, the player may suddenly find themselves aiming the gun at their head at random, with static appearing in a similar manner to the moments where the player sees the Slender Man. If the player doesn't break free, the player will shoot themselves.
Relationship with ChildrenThe Slender Man has some form of preference with children. In the Original Mythos, its relationship with children is one of its most prominent traits. His exact preference and specification for children is uncertain, but theories exist across spans of every possible assumption, with a few basic but unproven ones being:
- Slender Man wins over the confidence of children, but adults are repulsed by fear.
- Slender Man wins the child over by fear, slowly taking them.
- Slender Man brainwashes the child.
- Slender Man stalks the child until they are alone.
- Children are easier for Slender Man to hunt.
- He gains the child's trust before killing them instantly.
Virtually any explanation could also be put in place, but since no bodies have ever been found in contemporary tales, and classic tales failed to mention specifications over children and their fates, it's uncertain why Slender Man chases children.
Rarely seen in the contemporary mythos, early mythos accounts show the Slender Man's ability to impersonate or mimic the voice and tone of a person, in order to get to a victim. The most common use is voice mimicking, for the purpose of luring a child or victim out of a safe area. He is also able to produce the sound of a child's giggle, perhaps to draw another child in.
Another of its famous abilities, The Slender Man's human-like appearance often disintegrates upon the appearance of its tentacles or limbs (also to be referred to as "tendrils"). While appearing far less in contemporary ARE, the main exception being TribeTwelve, the tentacles played prominent roles in the Original Mythos. The Slender Man's tentacles number into the tens regularly, and it is unknown how many it can spawn, usually from its back or shoulder, though it most commonly spawns about six. The tentacles themselves are used primarily for reaching, grabbing, or overtaking obstacles, and have been shown to be rather powerful. Some Original Mythos stories and images make use of the Slender Man's tentacles for balance, walking/supporting, or climbing, not dissimilar to a spider's legs. This is one of the only other ways the Slender Man has ever been shown to move besides Slenderwalking.
During Chapter 5 of Slender: The Arrival this is one of the ways he will capture Lauren on her way to the Radio Tower, by actually spreading out his tendrils throughout the forest in attempt to block any means of escape.
Selective Visibility
For more information see: Distortion
One of the enduring traits of the Slender Man is selective visibility. The Slender Man potentially has the ability to choose who sees it and when, in many cases. For instance, it can allow only one person to see it, or only the prey, but not anyone else who would be looking at the same place. Often, young children can see it when adults can not, and it is commonly agreed that even when humans can not detect it, it can be seen by cameras, both digital and pre-digital, although there is often distortion when captured digitally.
The only problem with selective visibility is that it makes it nearly impossible to discern who has actually seen Slender Man, and who might be making up tales for attention. While this ability is generally regarded as factual, it has not yet been proven true and the chances of selective visibility ever being proven true are very slim.
Some suggest that animals are receptive to the Slender Man, and that the Slender Man's selective visibility is not effective towards them, and it therefore kills animals that pose a threat to its hunt. This could be an explanation for the appearance of bags filled with animal corpses in early mythos.
Early mythos and some ARGs have strong connections between Slender Man and fire. In the Original Mythos, almost all Slender Man visitations are accompanied by fire, either after or during. He may be able to use pyrokinesis, which is the ability to move or control fire with one's mind. Often, the fire kills witnesses, or destroys evidence of its existence. Photography of the fires often show the Slender Man in or around the fire.
In some cases, the fire is blue and on rare occasions green. It is not known why this change in color occurs or what motive any of the fire has.
A common early trait of the Slender Man was that of body mutilation. A common procedure would be the discovery of a missing person's body impaled on a tree limb, high above the forest floor. Medical evidence would suggest that the person was often alive during the impalement; however, bodily sensation would likely have ceased quickly from blood loss depending on the impalement location. This was often accompanied by the removal of organs, which were then placed into plastic-like bags or sacks of unknown origin, and then replaced back into their original positions in the body. This was usually seemingly done while the victim was alive; however, removal and physical contact with organs would most likely have sent the victim into shock or killed them in seconds, rendering a fast death.
Also, alongside the desecration of victim's bodies was the mutilation or death of animals, usually cats or small animals, but occasionally dogs, for reasons unknown. Often, mutilated animals would be left in plastic sacks or bags, similar to the organs of victims, in the forest or around victim's homes or where they would find them.
Main page: The Sickness
In several series and ARE, characters in contact with or in some form of relationship with the Slender Man may come under sickness. The sickness causes coughing, bleeding from the mouth, nose, or eyes, vomiting, disorientation, potential black outs, and potentially fevers which first appeared in TribeTwelve and can now be seen in MarbleHornets and MLAndersen0. In EverymanHYBRID, the sickness is attributed to Sigma Radiation, which is assumed is released by the Slender Man. This may make it a form of radiation poisoning.
It is important to note that outside of ARE's and ARG's, very little data exists on how the sickness works.
Weather Control
In many of the Slender Man games, the Slender Man often stalks the players in weather or day conditions that cause fear, such as the night, fog, rain, or storm. Also, in Slender, fog grows thicker when the player collects more pages, thus making it more possible that the Slender Man has some degree of control over the weather.
Locations where he is found
Slender Man is most commonly depicted as being found in certain locations, specifically places that are deserted, derelict, cause fear and generally make it rather difficult to avoid him. Slender Man is most commonly found in forests, mostly because, as said above, he can easily blend in with the trees in the background, including using his tentacles as branches, and also due to the fact that forests are quiet and easy to get lost in. Examples of these locations would be Slender: The Eight Pages, Slender: The Arrival, and Slender Rising.
Slender Man may also be found in abandoned or derelict locations, such as graveyards, old houses, ghost towns or mansions. This may be so he can hide behind walls and doors until he ambushes the victim.


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Wonderworld is known for making beautifully designed, eco-friendly toys and furniture that can be cherished for years. Their chairs, benches, stools, toy chests, and tables are made from environmentally-friendly rubber wood, formaldehyde-free glue, non-toxic paints, and solid wood. Known to encourage social skills, their colorful products have been beloved for more than 20 years and include ride-on puffy dragons, rocking caterpillars, and safari-themed furniture.


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Ico Collection gets some hands-on time
Gamespot has gotten its lucky hands on the Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection for PS3, and decided to preview it for you.30
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Ueda: "3D is not essential" to experience ICO and Colossus remakes
Team ICO boss Fumito Ueda has said revisiting ICO and Shadow of the Colossus is something he always wanted to do on PS3, and adding 3D to the HD experience just adds to the experience.3
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It's a blue moon month for me over at The Cultural Gutter, and I get the honor of ushering in All Hallow's Eve, scary sci-fi style. Something Kinda Funky looks at the time Buck Rogers, Wilma, and Twiki faced off against a nefarious Space Count Orlok in the classic Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode, "Space Vampire."
Tag Archives: Vampires
Vampyr: From Carmilla to Carl Dreyer
There is a moment in Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr, a relatively unimportant throw-away couple of seconds, where the nominal hero of the story catches sight of a couple of shadows — shadows with no physical source to cast them — creeping across a field. Either because of the particularly old source material or the specific intention of the director, the film is grainy, hazy, gauzy. And it captures perfectly the prevailing atmosphere of Vampyr and why I love the film so dearly. Ostensibly a vampire film — thus the title — the hypnotic power of the movie flows not from the more visceral terror of bloodsuckers and murderers, but rather it comes from a much vaguer, ethereal place, something to do with ancient beings glimpsed from the corner of the eye, from unnerving mysterious powers, from murky forests and glens that are at once idyllic and unnerving. There is something very pagan about Vampyr that places it, for me, not so much among the famous works of vampire film and fiction, but alongside stories like Arthur Machen's "The White People" and films like The Wicker Man.
Cultural Gutter: Gothic Galactic
My latest article for The Cultural Gutter is now up. In keeping with the season, it's science fiction with the heart of a horror film. Gothic Galactic takes a look at Mario Bava's brief forays into the cosmos, specifically the influential Planet of the Vampires, with special guest appearances by Caltiki and Hercules int he Haunted World.
I can't remember exactly how it was I stumbled across the first in Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series. It was most likely a title dropped in passing by Veronica Belmont on the Sword and Laser podcast, coupled with the book then appearing on a Goodreads list of the best steampunk books. So I guess I take that first sentence back. Apparently, I remember exactly how I first heard of the book. Let's move on, shall we? Anyway, it was a book well worth stumbling onto, and since finishing it, I've become a huge fan of the series and its author. The blend of supernatural shenanigans, romance, adventure, steampunk, and dandy vampires all wrapped up in a Victorian comedy of manners style tale was exactly the sort of breezy — but not unsubstantial — book for which I'd been hoping. Needless to say but here I am about to say it anyway, I was pretty excited to move on to the second book.
I read a lot, but that reading happens only in a few specific genres. Predictable ones if you've read anything on Teleport City — science fiction mostly, with a tiny smattering of fantasy, and a healthy dose of non-fiction ranging from military history, travelogues, and anything where Teddy Roosevelt punches out a rhinoceros and gets malaria while exploring some remote niche of the globe. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, given my fondness for horror films, is that I read almost no horror fiction at all. I don't know why this has traditionally been the case. What I read in the past just didn't click with me. I mean, there was some Clive Barker, sure. Everyone in the eighties read Clive Barker. But the Barker I liked skewed much more toward the fantastic than actual horror — Weaveworld, The Great and Secret Show, Everville, and Imajica.
Vampire vs. Vampire
Hong Kong stuntman-turned-star Lam Ching-Ying made a whole slew of vampire comedies following the success of his turn in 1985's Mr. Vampire, and Vampire vs. Vampire is inarguably one of them. Coming on the heels of two official Mr. Vampire sequels, the film stands out for a couple of reasons, not the least being that it marks Lam's debut as a director. But, to me, the most interesting aspect of Vampire vs. Vampire is the fact that it pits Lam's character against a Dracula-like, Western style vampire — rather than the jiang shi, or hopping vampires, seen in the previous entries — and in doing so sets some choice gothic elements against the series' familiar backdrop of Chinese folk magic.
Mr. Vampire
Old Hong Kong movies use the presence of a Taoist priest as a license to print crazy, despite the real world practice of Taoism's emphasis on quiet contemplation and equilibrium with nature. As these filmmakers would have it, that age old philosophical tradition is all about people shooting cartoon lightning bolts out of their hands, repelling one another with weapon strength, supersonic laughter and, of course, watermelon monsters. In short, exactly the type of religion that might get me to turn my back on my secular ways once and for all.
Vampire Doll
Japan's occasional flirtations with an interest in vampires are, like most things having to do with Japan and Western pop culture, a bizarre mix of revulsion and fascination with the foreign — a dichotomy that is almost certainly (in my eyes) born of the interests of the young simply not lining up with the prejudice of the old (something that is not unique to Japan, or to any culture). One portion of the Japanese population can import and read home-grown vampire fiction as cautionary tales about the corrupting influence of the foreign on Japan, while another portion of the population can read those same tales and simply walk away having enjoyed a fun horror story about strange creatures. The presentation of vampires as symbols for the threat of and infection by the foreign is hardly a uniquely Japanese trait. The very foundation of modern pop culture vampire lore, Bram Stoker's Dracula, is basically a cautionary tale about swarthy Eastern Europeans with weird customs coming to the "more enlightened" west of Europe and Britain to mess things up and steal women.
Dracula, Sovereign of the Damned
As a kid, I was a sporadic comic book reader at best, thanks mostly to growing up pretty far from just about anywhere. Within biking distance, as long as I didn't tell my parents I was riding that far, was a Convenient food mart where my friends and I could exchange our hard earned chore money for the currency of American youth — baseball cards, squirt guns, superballs, and on occasion a comic book. As a monster kid who grew up staying up late and watching the classics on "Memories of Monsters" and the sometimes less-than-classics on WDRB's "Fright Night" featuring The Fearmonger, my favorite comics weren't the superhero fare upon which the industry was built. Instead, I always favored the monster comics like Marvel's Frankenstein and Werewolf By Night. The closest I would come to superheroes was Dr. Strange, who occasionally tooled around in a dune buggy with a green bodybuilder in purple pants, a naked silver guy, and an elf in Speed-O's. Easily my favorite comic above all others, though, was Tomb of Dracula.
Shaitani Dracula
In 1948, French artist Jean Dubuffet coined the term art brut, a phrase which became "outsider art" in 1972 when critic Roger Cardinal imported it into the English language. It referred to works of art created outside the boundaries of general culture. Specifically, it was art created by someone like an inmate in an insane asylum. Over time, the term was applied to a broader audience, but the key element remains that the art is a reflection of a mental state beyond that of even the average crazy guy. This is not the same as an established art movement that is consciously seeking to do something "outside the mainstream." An artist can't rationally decide to make art brut. As Dubuffet himself describes it, art brut can't be created by anyone who functions as part of regular society, even regular art society, and so this form of fierce and feverish creativity remains the sole purview of madmen and terrifying backwoods hillbillies who make sculpture out of cat skins, metal drums, and human skulls.


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2014-15 Cross Country News
December 10, 2014
Bronco Cross Shines at Home, Grows on Road in 2014
Santa Clara cross country made the most of its home races and road trips during the 2014 season, consistently setting personal best marks and rewriting a pair of school records along the way. The Broncos took advantage of a schedule that featured three meets at Sunnyvale's Baylands Park, as well as races in Minnesota and Montana to shine at home and gain experience on the road throughout the fall.
December 4, 2014
Cross Country's Nash, Crook, Greenough Named to WCC All-Academic Team; Nine Broncos Recognized in Conference Honors
The West Coast Conference announced its 2014 Cross Country All-Academic Team on Thursday, and three Santa Clara Broncos have been selected for the team. Senior Amia Nash as well as juniors Bryan Crook and Ryan Greenough were named to their respective WCC All-Academic teams.
November 20, 2014
Cross Country/Track Signs Two to National Letters of Intent
Santa Clara cross country & track has announced the signing of Northern California runners Bevin McCullough and Ross Corey to National Letters of Intent, head coach Felipe Montoro announced today. The pair will join the Broncos as freshman in 2015-16.
November 14, 2014
Cross Country Closes out Fall at NCAA West Region Championships
Santa Clara cross country closed out its fall season at the NCAA West Region Championships Friday at Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif. As a team, the Bronco men finished their 10k race in 17th place and the Bronco women finished their 6k race in 31st place.
November 13, 2014
NCAA West Regionals on Deck for Cross Country Friday
Santa Clara's cross country teams and individual runners will vie for a spot in the NCAA Championship race Friday when they head to the NCAA West Regionals at Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif. The top two teams from the men's and women's sides advance as well as the top four individuals not from a qualifying team, provided they finish in the top 25 runners. This year's national championship race is scheduled for Nov. 22 in Terre Haute, Ind.
November 10, 2014
Reaching Full Stride: Bryan Crook
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara Broncos (SCB) sat down to chat with redshirt junior cross country runner Bryan Crook (BC) to discuss the team's recent success at the West Coast Conference Championships and life as a distance runner.
November 4, 2014
EYEBRONCO: West Coast Conference Rookie Run
Members of Santa Clara's women's golf and cross country teams participated in community service with the Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative (BAWSI) at the WCC Cross Country Championships Sat., Nov. 1, 2014. EYEBRONCO heard from golfers Kyleigh Moreno and Annie Freman as well as cross country runner Amia Nash about their participation with kids in the rookie run. Song: Funkorama - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
November 4, 2014
Watch this Week's Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap
On this week's edition of the Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap, co-hosts Denzel Johnson from the men's basketball team and Nici Gilday from the women's basketball team give a quick update on the latest Bronco sports news. This edition features interviews, highlights, pictures and bloopers that you won't want to miss! EyeBronco first gets an inside look to the Volleyball team's very successful two win weekend. On Thursday night, the team had a huge win over No. 11 BYU in three straight sets. Then they battled through a five set match to beat top-ranked San Diego on Saturday. Volleyball has beaten four top 25 teams this season. It was the first time a West Coast Conference team has swept both BYU and San Diego in the same weekend since BYU joined the league three years ago. Yannick Atanga spoke to Player of the Week Nikki Hess about the weekend. Women's soccer had two games in Buck Shaw this weekend and walked away with two conference wins. They defeated Gonzaga on Friday night, 3-0, behind the goals from Sofia Huerta and Mariana Galvan. Then on Sunday, Huerta was able to score a last minute goal to lift the Broncos over Portland, 1-0. Huerta leads the team with 15 goals on the season. After the Portland match, EyeBronco heard from Huerta and goalkeeper Andi Tostanoski about the final weekends of the season. This Wrap also features EyeBronco interviews over the past week with Kelly Ryan and Kurt Reugg from cross country. They hosted the WCC Championships at Baylands Park on Saturday. The team totaled nine PR runs, including a school record of 23:52 by senior Kurt Ruegg in the men's 8k race. Ruegg finished 16th overall while the team came in 5th. The top five runners on the women's side all set personal best 6k times and placed 7th overall. Lastly, don't forget to watch the bloopers! Go Broncos! #OnAMission
November 3, 2014
Nash Off to a Good Start in Her Senior Year
Senior Amia Nash (AN) has started her season with personal best times in both her 5K and 6K races. Santa Clara Broncos (SCB) caught up with Nash to find out what has attributed to her success and her plans after graduation.
November 2, 2014
Ruegg, Bronco Men Set School Records; Nine Runners PR at WCC Championships
Santa Clara cross country made its final 2014 race at Baylands Park a memorable one Saturday morning by totaling nine PR runs, including a school record 23:52.5 by senior Kurt Ruegg in the men's 8k race of the West Coast Conference Championship. Led by Grayson Murphy, Santa Clara's top five runners on the women's side all set personal best 6k times and Ruegg led a men's side that also had its third, fourth and fifth place runners set personal best 8k times.
October 31, 2014
Cross Country Hosts WCC Championships Saturday
The top teams in West Coast Conference men's and women's cross country will be crowned Saturday at the WCC Championships, held at Santa Clara's home course, Baylands Park in Sunnyvale. It marks the third Bronco race at Baylands this season, following the WCC Preview Meet in September and the team's most recent race, the Bronco Invite in October.
October 30, 2014
EYEBRONCO: Cross Country's Interval Run Training for WCC Championships
Santa Clara Cross Country went to the San Jose Municipal Rose Gardens for some early interval running Wednesday to prepare for this weekend's WCC Championships. Get an inside look at the importance of interval running and what the team is looking forward to about Saturday's meet at Baylands Park.
October 23, 2014
Insatiable Runner Allison Martinez Has Three Races Left
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Allison Martinez (AM) is finishing up her first season on the Santa Clara cross country team. She told Santa Clara Broncos (SCB) that although she has gained plenty of racing experience this year, she is still hungry for more.
October 20, 2014
Noah Westfall: Colorado to California
Freshman cross country runner Noah Westfall (NW) talked to Santa Clara Broncos (SCB) about his transition to college and the season so far. Westfall had a breakout season his senior year in high school and has kept up the pace in his college races.
October 18, 2014
Bronco Men Capture Sixth; Several Runners PR at Bronco Invite
At their second home event of the season, the Santa Clara men's and women's cross country teams continued the trend of progress and improvement with positive results at the Bronco Invite Saturday. A total of five runners set personal best marks between the men's and women's invitationals. Between the four races — men's 8k invitational, men's 8k open, women's 6k invitational, women's 6k open — 22 Broncos ran at meet in Baylands Park.
October 17, 2014
Peter Stephens Races to the Finish Line
Santa Clara Broncos (SCB) spoke with senior Peter Stephens (PS) of the cross country/track team about what he does to prepare for a race and his time here at Santa Clara.
October 16, 2014
Cross Country Faces Competitive Field as Host of Bronco Invitational Saturday
Santa Clara cross country will race against a large, competitive field as hosts of Saturday's Bronco Invitational at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. Four West Coast Conference schools and 29 programs are represented between the large fields for the men's and women's invitationals. The meet begins at 9 am with the men's 8K Invite.
October 8, 2014
Cross Country Eyes Chance to 'Sharpen Up' at SF State Meet Friday
Santa Clara cross country is set to send eight student-athletes — four men and four women — to Friday's San Francisco State Invitational at Speedway Meadow. The Broncos will not score either team in the event, which features a women's 6k and men's 8k run. It marks the second time this season Santa Clara will race in Golden Gate Park, after competing there in the season-opening USF Invitational Aug. 30.
October 6, 2014
Camille Dyer: Pace and Race
Santa Clara Broncos (SCB) chatted with junior Camille Dyer (CD) of the cross country/track team about physical intelligence, competition, and learning from her sport.
October 4, 2014
Women's Cross Country Produces Strong Individual Efforts at Montana Invite
In the second of four straight weekends of competition, Santa Clara women's cross country traveled to Montana for the women's 5k at the Montana Invite Saturday. Freshman Grayson Murphy posted the fastest Bronco time of 18:47.17, good for 22nd place overall.
October 2, 2014
Bronco Women's Cross Heads Northeast for Montana Invite Saturday
Santa Clara women's cross country will race for the second time in as many weekends when it heads northeast for the Montana Invite Sat., Oct. 4. The Broncos join host Montana, Montana State, Eastern Washington, Gonzaga, Santa Clara, College of Idaho and Carroll in the field at the University of Montana Golf Course in Missoula, Mont. It marks the first time since 2011 that the women's team travels outside California, Oregon and Washington for a competition.
September 29, 2014
Kelly Ryan and the Running Mentality
Kelly Ryan (KR) of the cross country/track team talked with Santa Clara Broncos (SCB) about some of her favorite places to race and how she pushes toward her goals.
September 27, 2014
Broncos Gain Valuable Experience at Griak, Stanford Invites
Three different groups of Santa Clara cross country runners competed a little more than 2,000 miles apart Saturday. Santa Clara sent its top men's group to Minnesota's Les Bolstad Golf Course for the Roy Griak Invitational while Bronco men's and women's teams raced at the Stanford Invite just up the road from the Mission campus.
September 26, 2014
Ryan Greenough Bounces Back to Start 2014
Following a season of injuries that kept him out of cross country action in fall 2013, junior Ryan Greenough (RG) has returned and run well in Santa Clara's first two meets of the 2014 season. Greenough spoke with SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCB) about getting healthy, his favorite cross country race and some of the team's meets this season.
September 25, 2014
Cross Country Splits Squad for Griak, Stanford Invites Saturday
Three groups of Bronco cross country runners are set to race in two different cities when the team competes for the third time this season on Sat., Sept. 27. The first men's group travels to the University of Minnesota's Les Bolstad Golf Course for the Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minn. The women's team will join the second group of men's runners close to home at the Stanford Invitational in Stanford, Calif.
September 22, 2014
EYEBRONCO: Cross Country Fall Photo Day
EYEBRONCO reporter David Gentile spoke with Bronco cross country runners Matt Burke, Ryan Greenough, Audrey Hiatt and Kelly Ryan on the team's fall photo day. Check out the video to find out what breakfast food the team rallies around, the variety of training exercises the team does and much more.
September 17, 2014
EYEBRONCO: Cross Country Hosts WCC Preview Meet
At the first of three home meets from Baylands Park in fall 2014, the Santa Clara men's and women's teams took to the course Sat., Sept. 13, in Sunnyvale. The Bronco men finished in second place of eight teams — including placing three runners in the top 10 — and the Bronco women finished in seventh place of 11 teams in the second event of the season. EYEBRONCO caught up with top women's finisher Kelly Ryan and top men's finisher Kurt Ruegg (who placed second overall) to get their take on the day's race.
September 16, 2014
Ruegg Brings Achievements and Wisdom to SCU
Kurt Ruegg (KR) graduated this past year from Harvard, and comes to Santa Clara with a final year of eligibility for cross country/track. Ruegg chatted with Santa Clara Broncos (SCB) about returning to California, learning from mistakes, and goals for this year.
September 13, 2014
Bronco Men Place Second, Ruegg Takes Second Overall at WCC Preview Meet
At the first of three home meets from Baylands Park this fall, the Santa Clara men's and women's teams took to the course Saturday morning in Sunnyvale. The Bronco men finished in second place (of eight teams) and the Bronco women finished in seventh place (of 11 teams) in the second event of the season.
September 10, 2014
Cross Country to Host Saturday's WCC Preview Meet at Baylands Park
Santa Clara Cross Country is set for its second race of the season at Saturday's West Coast Conference Preview Meet. The host Broncos will take to the course at Baylands Park in nearby Sunnyvale for the first of three home meets in 2014.
September 9, 2014
Young, Talented Core of Bronco Runners Ready for 2014 Season
Less than three weeks since the first official practice Aug. 21, Santa Clara's cross country teams have their first meet and preseason training camp under their belts as the 2014 season begins. The Broncos put up good results at the season-opening USF Invitational Aug. 30 and recently returned from training camp Sept. 1-3 in nearby Santa Cruz, Calif.
August 30, 2014
Bronco Cross Runs Well at Season-Opening USF Invitational
At Saturday's season-opening USF invitational, 23 Bronco cross country runners took to Golden Gate Park's Speedway Meadow to begin their 2014 campaign. Ten Bronco women competed against eight teams in the 5k and 13 Bronco men competed against nine teams in the 8k, with each team taking fourth place in its respective race.
August 13, 2014
Sean Roe Looks Forward to Next Year
SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCU) had the opportunity to talk to junior Sean Roe (SR) about the upcoming cross country season and the months leading up to it. While he is going to have to balance work and training this summer, Roe has no doubt that he will show up to the fall season more prepared than ever. Sean gives us a look at the rigorous training schedule and the "family legacy" he hopes to leave behind.
August 11, 2014
Catching Up With Tony Ferrari
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Tony Ferrari (TF), of the Cross Country team at Santa Clara, talks with Santa Clara Broncos (SCB) about his goals for the upcoming season and how he is preparing to accomplish them. He gives insight into his previous experience running at SCU as well as some fun facts about him and the team.
August 6, 2014
Allison Maio Shares Her Experience Running Cross Country
Allison Maio (AM) discusses with Santa Clara Broncos (SCB) her experience running as a Bronco. She gives great input on individual and team goals this coming season as well as a little sneak peek into how she came to her cross country career today.
July 7, 2014
With 16 Teams Posting 3.0 or Better, Broncos Top Mark For 22nd Time in 23 Quarters
Topping 3.0 or better for the 22nd time in 23 quarters with 19 Bronco student-athletes achieving a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) and 16 of the 19 Bronco teams scoring a 3.0 term GPA or higher, Santa Clara University's student-athletes recorded a 3.125 GPA for the Spring 2014 quarter. Santa Clara's cumulative GPA of 3.087 continues to climb for its student-athletes as well.
July 1, 2014
Women's Cross Country Announces Signees
The Santa Clara University women's cross country/track program will welcome seven new Bronco student-athletes to the roster this upcoming fall, consisting of six incoming freshmen, one transfer, and coming from four different states across the western United States.
July 1, 2014
Men's Cross Country Announces Signees
The Santa Clara University men's cross country/track program will welcome six new men to the team in 2014-15. The incoming class consists of two transfers and four freshmen. The signing class covers five states across all regions of the country.
June 19, 2014
Bronco Cross Country Releases 2014 Schedule; Highlight Of The Year Is Hosting WCC Championships
The Bronco men's and women's cross-country teams released their upcoming Fall 2014 schedule on Thursday. The highlight of the season will be when Santa Clara hosts the West Coast Conference Championship in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Nov. 11. They will also host the ninth-annual Bronco Invitational on Oct. 18. The Broncos have a tough schedule ahead of them, as they will be mostly competing on the road this upcoming Fall season.
June 13, 2014
EYEBRONCO: Seniors Show off Graduation Cap Designs
Several Santa Clara seniors stopped by the Leavey Center to snap some photos for media relations in their graduation attire Friday afternoon. EYEBRONCO caught up with the student-athletes to talk about their cap designs (or lack thereof). Check out the creativity in this video!
June 12, 2014
Cross Country's Demaree WCC Post-Graduate Scholarship; Fourth Straight Year A Bronco Has Won the Award
For the fourth straight year a Bronco student-athlete, this year cross country runner Ben Demaree, has received the West Coast Conference Postgraduate scholarship. The 2014 WCC Postgraduate Scholarship recipients were announced at the fifth annual WCC Honors Dinner, held last week in conjunction with the Executive Council and Presidents' Council meetings at Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah. Demaree was named the Male Postgraduate Scholarship winner, while Gonzaga University coxswain Naseeb Bhangal was named the Female Postgraduate Scholarship winner.