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Call for Articles for the December 2008 Issue
Deadline Thursday, November 13
The November issue of the Creek has "sold out" in record time. (View
it here) It is time to start putting together the next issue.
Rock Creek Free Press Wins Project Censored Award
First I wanted to let you know that the Rock Creek Free Press has
been recognized
by Project Censored for our coverage of one of the year's 25 most censored
stories: "Japan Questions 9/11 and the Global War on Terror".
Since the very first issue, the Creek has covered the stories the
corporate press won't touch including many of the stories highlighted by Project
Censored. I want to thank each of you for helping to make it possible. With
your help we will continue to provide the historical context and political analysis
of the news that can't be found in any other publication. And we put it in print
on the streets in the Capitol City, where it counts.
I invite you to submit an article… it doesn't have to be long (1000-2000 words
is ideal).
The deadline for article submission is 11/13/2007 (it is a week earlier than
usual because of the holidays.) Thank you in advance for you contribution to
"the Creek".
Matt Sullivan
P.S. If you didn't receive your copy of the Creek in the mail, respond
with your mailing address so we can get you on the distribution list.
Censored 2009 is also available at the Project Censored bookstore.
Source URL: http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/y-2009
# 24 Japan Questions 9/11 and the Global War on Terror in Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009
Rense.com and Rock Creek Free Press, January 14, 2008… Continue reading
By Peter Phillips
The Barack Obama administration is continuing the neo-conservative agenda of US military domination of the world–albeit with perhaps a kinder-gentler face. While overt torture is now forbidden for the CIA and Pentagon, and symbolic gestures like the closing of the Guantánamo prison are in evidence, a unilateral military dominance policy, expanding military budget, and wars of occupation and aggression will likely continue unabated.
The military expansionists from within the Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, G. W. Bush administrations put into place solid support for increased military spending. Clinton's model of supporting the US military industrial complex held steady defense spending and increased foreign weapons sales from 16% of global orders to over 63% by the end of his administration.
The neo-conservatives, who dominated the most recent Bush administration, amplified this trend of increased military spending. The neo-cons laid out their agenda for military global dominance in the 2000 Project for a New American Century (PNAC) report Rebuilding America's Defenses . The report called for the protection of the American Homeland, the ability to wage simultaneous theater wars, to perform global constabulary roles, and to control space and cyberspace. The report claimed that in order to maintain a Pax Americana , potential rivals–such as China, Iran, Iraq, and North Korea–needed to be held in check. This military global dominance agenda required forward deployment of US forces worldwide and increasing defense/war spending well into the 21st century. The result was a doubling of the US military budget to… Continue reading
by Mickey S. Huff and Paul W. Rea
They say goldfish have no memory
I guess their lives are much like mine
and the little plastic castle
is a surprise every time
and it's hard to say if they're happy
but they don't seem much to mind.
–Ani DiFranco, Little Plastic Castles
For the past eight years, American culture has seen an outburst of media-driven mythmaking. Corporate mainstream media organizations, the pundits they sponsor, and politicians from both major parties have formed a new contextual chorus singing the same refrain: "On September 11th, 2001, everything changed." From cable TV to AM radio, from the blogosphere to the town-hall meeting, Americans repeatedly hear that "this is a post-9/11 world."
Although there is some truth to this platitude of pivotal change, independently minded citizens may also wonder whether such mass media messages have become self-fulfilling prophecies. This provides an interesting point of debate about what has or has not changed in America since 9/11.
This chapter concerns itself with the ongoing phenomena of media mythmaking and how, like many Americans surmised just after 9/11, everything has not changed. 1 Corporate mainstream media have resurrected powerful myths from America's past to shape public perception in the present. Through the prism of 9/11, one can see how the corporate mass media are in fact doing more mythmaking than news reporting. Here, the authors will examine central historic American myths the corporate media and even much of the alternative independent media have extended into the… Continue reading
By Peter Phillips
The corporate media in the United States are ignoring valid news stories, based on university quality research. It appears that certain topics are simply forbidden inside the mainstream corporate media today. To openly cover these news stories would stir up questions regarding "inconvenient truths" that many in the US power structure want to avoid.
For example, current research indicates that public schools in the United States are more segregated today than they have been in more than four decades. According to a new Civil Rights report, published at the University of California, Los Angeles, schools in the US are 44 percent non-white, and minorities are rapidly emerging as the majority of public school students in the US. Latinos and blacks, the two largest minority groups, attend schools more segregated today than during the civil rights movement forty years ago. Millions of non-white students are locked into "dropout factory" high schools, where huge percentages do not graduate. The most severe segregation in public schools occurs in the Western states, including California–not in the South, as many people believe. Most non-white schools are segregated by poverty as well as race. Schools in low-income communities remain highly unequal in terms of funding, qualified teachers, and curriculum.
Other taboo stories include civilian death rates in Iraq and questions on 9/11. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and a professional survey company in Great Britain, Opinion Research Business (ORB) report that the United States is directly responsible for over one million Iraqi… Continue reading
The 2009 5th Annual 9/11 Film Festival will be held Wednesday and Thursday, September 9th & 10th, 2009
at the Grand Lake Theater
For up-to-date information, please see http://communitycurrency.org/filmfestival2009.html (or
Tickets are $10 for each day and are now available. They may be purchased
at locations in the Bay Area (full list below, at end of this story), at the door, or via email here: Email tickets.
Wednesday Evening, 9/9/2009, we will be holding the World Premiere of
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup
with film maker – Dylan Avery
and special guests
Richard Gage, founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth
artist/author Janette McKinlay (who wrote Fortunate: A Personal Diary of 9/11)
David Ray Griffin, Theologian, author
Bonnie Faulkner, host of KPFA's Guns and Butter will be the mistress of ceremonies.
Thursday films will begin at noon, 9/10/2009. We will be premiering
with film maker Eric Nadler.
Eric Nadler is an author, TV producer and filmmaker. He has written
for Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Harpers and the New Republic and his films
have been been featured on PBS, the Sundance Channel and Court TV in the United
States and broadcast internationally. He has produced several PBS Frontline
programs, including BCCI- Bank of Crooks and Criminals and The Secret Arming… Continue reading
Will be archived here after the broadcasts by Friday.
Wednesday & Thursday Evening – LIVE From Oakland
Live Radio Broadcast — Keynote Speakers from the 911 Truth Film Festival
Will be archived here after the broadcasts by Friday.
Dylan Avery answers questions from the audience LIVE
Wednesday, Sept 9 at 9:20 pm Pacific — 12:20 am Eastern — 04:20 GMT
Q & A with Dylan Avery right after the West Coast Premiere of his new film, Loose Change, An American Coup. On Google alone, the preceding versions of "Loose Change" have been viewed nearly 125 million times. On YouTube the film has a combined viewership of over 30 million worldwide. More than two million copies of the DVD have been sold, and thousands more have been given away. The original "Loose Change" film has been translated into twenty-six languages and has spawned a truth movement around the world. The initial film had a budget of $2,000. This latest version, "Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup", has an estimated budget of $1,000,000. "Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup" is available exclusively on DVD September 22, 2009.
Dr. David Ray Griffin speaks LIVE & answers questions from the audience.
Thursday, Sept 10 at 7:50 pm Pacific — 10:50 pm Eastern — 02:50 GMT
Introduced by Peter Phillips, a founder of Project Censored. David Ray Griffin has 2 new books which have just been released — The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7-Why the Final Official Report… Continue reading
Two weeks ago America's media, led by the Washington Times and quickly followed by particularly vitriolic television personalities, blasted Obama-appointed "Green Jobs" Advisor Van Jones for various personal positions and actions taken over the course of his life as an activist. Chief among them was his name being counted among signatories (Van Jones has subsequently denied that he ever signed the 2004 Statement) to a Statement issued by 911truth.org in 2004 asking for answers to 9/11-related questions, signed by 150 other "notable Americans" and 9/11 victims' family members. The ensuing blood bath did not involve Jones' positions on "Green" issues, for which he had been hired to advise – nor did the "Truther" feeding frenzy ever ONCE involve mention of the 12 questions listed on that Statement, questions which remain unanswered now . Readers of 911truth.org are aware of this media side-show, which eventually led to Jones' resignation on 9/12, and no doubt read the statement we issued to the press in response to their calls:
As the eighth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, what doesn't make sense to us is that media outlets choose to impugn the character of the signatories rather than carry out your responsibility as watchdogs to call attention to the as yet unanswered questions raised in the 2004 statement. Five years later, we challenge you to finally print those same unanswered questions and pursue their answers with the same vigor with which you pursue the signatories.
Now, similar "news" coverage is attacking Golden Globe winning actor… Continue reading
By Peter Phillips
November 22, 2009
Police are arresting and attacking student protesters on University of California (UC) campuses again. "Why did he beat me I wasn't doing anything," screamed a young Cal Berkeley women student over KPFA radio on Friday evening November 20. Students are protesting the 32% increase in tuition imposed by the UC regents in a time of severe state deficits. The Board of Regents claims that they have no choice. Students will now have to pay over $10,000 in tuition annually for a public university education that was free only a few decades ago.
The corporate media spins the tuition protests as if we are all suffering during the recession. For example, the San Diego Union Tribune November 20 writes, "These students need a course in Reality 101. And the reality is that there is virtually no segment of American society that is not straining with the economic recession. With UC facing a $535 million budget gap due to state cuts, the regents have to confront reality and make tough choices. So should students."
Yet, the reality is something quite different. Our current budget crisis in California and the rest of the country has been artificially created by cutting taxes on the wealthiest people and corporations. The corporate elites in the US, the top 1% who own close to half the wealth, are the beneficiaries of massive tax cuts over the past few decades. While at the same time working people are paying more through increased sales and use taxes and higher public college tuition.…Continue reading
Top Censored Stories of 2009/2010
December 31, 2009
The latest edition of Project Censored's research, the Top 25 censored news stories that didn't make the news, and more accounts of media democracy in action will be available by October 1st, this fall, for Media Accountability Day. Order your copy today! Or, make a generous tax-deductible donation of $100 or more to the Media Freedom Foundation/Project… Continue reading
By Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff
New research in the journal American Behavioral Scientist (Sage publications, February 2010) addresses the concept of "State Crimes Against Democracy" (SCAD). Professor Lance deHaven-Smith from Florida State University writes that SCADs involve highlevel government officials, often in combination with private interests, that engage in covert activities for political advantages and power. Proven SCADs since World War II include McCarthyism (fabrication of evidence of a communist infiltration), Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (President Johnson and Robert McNamara falsely claimed North Vietnam attacked a US ship), burglary of the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist in effort to discredit Ellsberg, the Watergate break-in, Iran-Contra, Florida's 2000 Election (felon disenfranchisement program), and fixed intelligence on WMDs to justify the Iraq War. 1
Other suspected SCADs include the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald, the shooting of George Wallace, the October Surprise near the end of the Carter presidency, military grade anthrax mailed to Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy, Martin Luther King's assassination, and the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 on September 11, 2001. The proven SCADs have a long trail of congressional hearings, public records, and academic research establishing the truth of the activities. The suspected SCADs listed above have substantial evidence of covert actions with countervailing deniability that tend to leave the facts in dispute. 2
The term "conspiracy theory" is often used to denigrate and discredit inquiry into the veracity of suspected SCADs. Labeling SCAD research as "conspiracy theory" is an effective method of… Continue reading
SPS versus "W" in Court Hearings in Calgary
By Carol Brouillet
March 7, 2010
DailyCensored.org from Project Censored
Dacajaweiah, John Boncore, or Splitting the Sky, is not a man of few words. If you read his hefty 653-page autobiography, it is very clear that he has lived an extraordinary life and has survived more than his share of violence, to find deep within himself a well of energy and spirit enabling him to not only endure hardships, but to serve his people and the land in the timeless struggle against oppression and tyranny. From the Attica Rebellion to Gustafen Lake to Calgary in 2009, when he attempted a citizen's arrest of George W. Bush, "Dac" has consciously taken a leadership role to politically challenge the powerful forces that dominate the North American continent. Brutally arrested for his action, he earned his "day in court" to voice not only his defense, but "to highlight the hypocrisy and criminality of the Canadian government for allowing Bush into Canada, and to firmly establish the legal defense of 'civil resistance', the duty of citizens to act when our governments and their agents are derelict in their duty. This will be very useful in the future to rein these criminals in."
Prior to Bush's visit, the group Lawyers Against the War asked Canadian officials to bar entry or try Bush for his suspected crimes since Canadian Law prohibits "people suspected of any involvement in torture or other war crimes and crimes against humanity from entering… Continue reading
Final Event in the Series for Spring 2010 — An evening with Project Censored:
Media Democracy in Action
Please join the co-editors of Censored 2010 for a public talk and
Truth Emergency International: Censorship, Propaganda, and American Empire
Peter Phillips, President, Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored
Mickey Huff, Director, Project Censored/Media Freedom Foundation
Thursday, April 22nd, 7 P.M.
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists,
1924 Cedar at Bonita, Berkeley, CA
Doors at 6:30 P.M., lecture and discussion at 7 P.M. followed by a book signing
by the authors.
Event is a fundraiser, $5-$20, sliding scale, no one turned away for lack
of funds, wheelchair accessible.
Co-sponsors include Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored, ANSWER, World
Can't Wait, MECA, RCP, BFUU Social Justice Committee
The series is a fund raiser in support of Flashpoints Radio, and the Media
Freedom Foundation/Project Censored Investigative Reporting Fund.
Event will be Live Videocast by NoLiesRadio
Thursday, April 22: 7pm PDT, 10pm EDT, 02:00 GMT
HERE TO WATCH. (Presentation will be archived after the broadcast at
THE EMPIRE, POWER, AND PROPAGANDA LECTURE SERIES: An evening
with Project Censored.
Please join the co-editors of Censored 2010, Peter Phillips and Mickey
Huff, for a public talk and discussion on the ongoing Truth Emergency and media
censorship in the US.
If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, please support these
speakers by… Continue reading
Probe Beneath the Surface of the Obama Era at the "Understanding Deep Politics" Conference in Santa Cruz, May 14-16
By Byron Belitsos
May 4, 2010
Some say it began with the invasion of Iraq. Others, with the inauguration of George W. Bush for his second term. Many point to the day of 9/11. But those in the know–including ten distinguished speakers headlining the "Understanding Deep Politics" Conference in Santa Cruz this May 14-16–trace the era of deep politics further back: Some to JFK's assassination; others, to the aftermath of World War II. And a few speakers in Santa Cruz will stretch us back to Hitler, Lenin, Weishaupt, or Machiavelli, from there to ancient secret societies, and even back to the dawn of human governance itself–in the belief that conscious political deception is an inescapable feature of human nature. But all agree on the general definition of deep politics: It refers to government in which two dimensions of action always coexist: Overt and covert, or benign and utterly ruthless.
We can trace it forward too; by now we know that the ways of deceptive government did not end with the ascent of Obama. As with the Bush era, the overt side of American politics still refers to government actions thinly covered in the mainstream press; on this level of action, we know that Obama signed the largest military budget in history, expanded the war in Afghanistan, bailed out banks, and "reformed" health care; but on the covert side of the equation, most don't realize–given how the corporate media and Obama's benign rhetoric is busy distracting us–that the new president has carried forward virtually all of the discredited Bush-era War or Terror policies.…Continue reading
Revealing the Hidden Forces Behind World Events and Offering Creative
Santa Cruz, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2010 — Organizers of the May
14-16 Santa Cruz "Understanding Deep Politics" conference have announced
a three-day summit of engaged scholars and activist leaders to shed new light
on the corrupt forces driving current events, expose the corporate media's complicity,
and craft tenable strategies of response.
According to "Understanding Deep Politics" coordinator Gabriel Day,
"We believe the most powerful catalyst for positive social change would
be a widespread understanding of deep politics and a corresponding outpouring
of courageous activism addressing the real roots of our crises. We think that
all participants will emerge from this weekend considerably smarter, better
networked, and more hopefully prepared for the great challenges we face."
EVENT: "Understanding Deep Politics" Conference
WHEN: Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7 PM (Registration from 3 PM, Social
hour: 5 PM) through Sun, May 16th, 6 PM
WHERE: University Inn and Conference Center, 611 Ocean Street,
Santa Cruz, CA
ADMISSION: $25-$110 (including Student and Senior discounts)
SPEAKERS / SOLUTION SESSION PANELISTS (alphabetically)
Ellen Brown – attorney/forensic economist focused on the
crimes of the Federal Reserve
Ian Crane – former oil executive, now writing/lecturing on
geo-political webs of domination
David Ray Griffin – eminent philosophy professor with 30 books
and many 9/11 classics
Annie Machon – former MI-5 Security Service intelligence officer
and whistle-blower
Jim Marrs – award-winning investigative journalist and NY Times
bestselling author
Michael Parenti – renowned progressive… Continue reading
by Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff
DailyCensored.com World News
"There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth."
— Charles Dickens
We face what appears to be a military industrial media empire so powerful and complex that truth is mostly absent or reported in disconnected segments with little historical context. A case in point: The London Times reported on June 5, 2010, that American troops are now operating in 75 countries. Has President Obama secretly sanctioned a huge increase in the number of US Special Forces carrying out search-and-destroy missions against al-Qaeda around the world? If so, this increase is far in excess of special-forces operations under the Bush administration and reflects how aggressively Obama is pursuing al-Qaeda behind his public rhetoric of global engagement and diplomacy. Somehow this information didn't make it into the US media.
The US, in cooperation with NATO, is building global occupation forces for the control of international resources in support of Trilateralist–US, Europe, Japan–corporate profits. A New York Times report on the availability of a trillion dollars in mineral wealth in Afghanistan, on top of the need for an oil/gas pipeline from the Caspian Sea, suggests other reasons for U.S objectives in the region.
Jim Lobe of Inter Press Service writes on June 15, 2010, "The timing of the publication of a major New York Times story on the vast untapped mineral wealth that lies beneath Afghanistan's soil is raising major questions about the intent of the Pentagon … Blake Hounshell, managing editor at Foreign Policy magazine, says that the US Geological Service (USGS) already published a comprehensive inventory of Afghanistan's non-oil mineral resources on the Internet in 2007, as did the British Geological Survey.…Continue reading
This year's 9/11 Film Festival will be held in three venues over four days and will have a total of five different programs. The film festival runs from September 9th through September 12th and is being held in theaters in Oakland San Francisco and San Leandro, CA.
The 2010 9/11 Film Festival opens Thursday, September 9th at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland with a nine hour program. It then moves over to San Francisco's intimate VIZ Cinema in Japantown for a Friday night double feature and filmmaker Q&A. On Saturday, September 11th the film festival continues with two all day programs, one at the VIZ Cinema and the other at The Historic Bal Theatre in San Leandro. The festival closes with an afternoon program at the VIZ Cinema on Sunday.
Highlights of this year's festival include the world premiere of the film Hypothesis, the North American premiere of the film War Promises and presentations by Prof. Peter Phillips and Prof. Mickey Huff of Project Censored, physics professor David Chandler, and author and filmmaker Servando Gonzalez.
The film festival also features the San Francisco premiere of several international films, including Zero: An Investigation into 9/11, 9/11 False Flag and War Promises.
Last year's festival was a two day event held at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland.
The 9/11 Film Festival is produced by the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance
and is co-sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Guardian, The… Continue reading
September 21, 2010
by John Bursill
years new Project Censored book, Censored 2011, has been released including
numerous stories and references to the 9/11 cover up. Dr. Peter Phillips and
Mickey Huff explain in this interview that they have been censored by so called
"alternative" left wing publications because of their refusal to drop
9/11 truth content!
From the show notes: "Censored 2011″ with Dr. Peter Phillips and
Dr. Mickey Huff. We discuss the new Project Censored book and some of the most censored
news stories of the past year. –END–
Listen Here: Guns
and Butter: Project Censored 2011
Please buy the new book and help fight media censorship! Project
Censored 2011
Thanks again for another wonderful interview by Bonnie and her team at Guns
and Butter KPFA
See Project Censored.org for a list of the Top
Censored Stories each year going back to 1976. You can join
their mailing list here.
Censored 2011- New Book Release on 9/15
Censored Notebook
Project Censored's "Censored 2011: The Top Censored Stories of
2009-2010″ is now available for order here! This year's volume is truly Media Democracy in Action. Not only does it cover the most under-reported stories the corporate media ignore, but
this year's Censored Deja Vu, Junk Food News and News Abuse, Signs of
Health, and FAIR's 10th anniversary of Fear and Favor in the News Room.
A full Truth Emergency section debuts this year for "Censored 2011″ to
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Cheltenham Town: 'Magnificent' staff earn Yates' praise
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PROUD Mark Yates heaped praise on Cheltenham Town's players and backroom staff after they defeated Burton Albion 1-0 to move level on points with second placed Port Vale on Saturday.
A month, potentially pivotal to their promotion hopes, has started with FA Cup first round progress and a stirring performance at leaders Gillingham – where they drew 0-0 – followed by a fourth home win in succession.
Yates told his players they had earned themselves an enjoyable Saturday night and Sunday off, but they will be back in training today to begin preparations for their trip to Rotherham United in five days' time.
"It was a very hard fought and thoroughly deserved win and our first half performance was excellent," Yates said.
"Three defeats in 17 League games this season shows what a good start to the season we've had.
"The players work tremendously hard when we ask them to and everyone deserves a massive pat on the back at the end of a really tough week.
"We've kept three clean sheets, come away with four points in the League and also progressed in the FA Cup so everyone deserves credit.
"My staff and players can enjoy their Saturday night and then we'll be back in on Monday to work again.
"We won't take our foot off the gas at all, but I'd just like to praise my staff and players because they've been magnificent."
Yates said Saturday's victory was particularly sweet for former Burton man Russ Penn, who was his manager's choice for man of the match after a typically energetic midfield performance.
"Russ was absolutely outstanding and that's the best I've seen him play for quite a while," he said.
"A goal is around the corner for him and I really fancied him to score against his old club and his performance deserved it.
"If he finished off all his chances he probably wouldn't be here. The lads love him, he is brilliant around the place and we won it for him really, and Shaun Harrad against their old club."
The winner was scored by front man Chris Zebroski and Yates said it was richly deserved after some selfless performances leading the line on his own.
"You could see with the celebration how much it meant to the players and they all jumped on top of Zebs," Yates said.
"It's for the effort and workrate he puts in and he's a real handful. We have some very good players here and he's one of them."
Midfielder Lawson D'Ath is unlikely to be fit to play any further part during his initial one month loan spell at Cheltenham from Reading.
He is back with the Premier League club receiving treatment for a knee injury picked up in the FA Cup first round win over Yate Town, but Yates said he would be keen to welcome him back for a further loan spell when he regains full fitness.
"We didn't take Lawson on a whim or for one or two games," Yates said. "We like him and we like what he's about so when he's fit, we'll talk to Reading about getting him back."
D'Ath was expecting his scan results today which will reveal the exact extent of the damage.
â The Robins Trust will hold its annual general meeting in the Robins Nest bar on Thursday evening (7pm).
It will be followed by a fans' forum with Cheltenham Town manager Mark Yates and chairman Paul Baker.

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AFTER a 14-year search the Hubble Space Telescope has found two tiny moons orbiting Uranus only previously seen by a planetary probe. The find supports a theory that the moonsone inside Uranus's main ring and one outsideact as "shepherds", keeping the ring from dispersing.
The Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered the moons, named Cordelia and Ophelia, as it whizzed passed the planet in January 1986. But researchers could not get a precise fix on their orbits. Even though astronomers immediately began training their telescopes on Uranus, light from the main ring blotted out the moons.
However, Philip Nicholson of Cornell University in New York State and Richard French of Wellesley College in Massachusetts began analysing images of Uranus from a range of different telescopes. They watched the ring pass in front of distant stars and spotted what looked like ripples produced by the moons, prompting the theory that the moons were ...
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Archive for
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Flora & Fauna
Highest altitude for rattlesnakes?
I thought the altitude range for rattlers is up to 6000' or so.
Well, yesterday I came across this beauty on Sugarloaf Mt. at approx. 9300'.
I almost stepped on it, because it didn't rattle until I got within 3 ft or so plus I wasn't paying as much attention not expecting it up this high.
How high up have you encountered these serpents?
I've never seen a rattler in the mountains but thanks for the reminder to keep my eyes open for them.
Early morning in the pine trees just above the ski hut heading up the scree field on Baldy Bowl. He wasn't moving as it was still fairly cold out at that time of morning. I was between 8,600 & 8,700 feet, I've also run into one on the Bear Canyon Trail at about 6,300 feet but it's much hotter over there so I wasn't that surprised, those switchbacks get a bunch of sunlight.
And one more at 3,300 feet in the San Gabriel River and Fish Fork confluence, he was between me and the only way though some major boulders and a "$hitload" of poison oak, I coaxed him into moving, he looked less intimidating than the OAK so I waited while he moved
didn't want to have to wade through the Oak, I hate that stuff, I'm a magnet for it.
Seen 'em on top of Mt. Islip and Throop Peak. Well above 8000 ft.
I've never seen one above 10,000' although I doubt that's definitive.
I used to let my dog off leash above 6,000' for this very reason, until hiking one day at Mt. Waterman and having the ski lift maintenance guy say they saw them all the time up there. (Not in the winter of course)
My highest encounter was at Vincent Gap on the way to Bighorn Mine. But I haven't seen many snakes at all. Definitely if there is habitat (rodents), and it gets above 70 degrees, there's no reason for them not to be around.
John G
I ran into one near the top of Register Ridge. Very early in the morning, very chilly. It wasn't moving, just solar charging.
John G
It wasn't moving, just solar charging.
@ 4100'
Tom S
Until about 3 years, I had never seen any above 5500'. Since then, most of the ones I've seen were in the high country (always the Pacific species like the 2 above, the most toxic and assertive species found here). I think that it is somehow related to the unprecedented amount of acreage burned in the lower elevations in recent years in So. Calif. And the number of snakes in general (mostly non-rattler) that I've seen in 2011 far outstrips any past year. I don't bother to try to photograph gopher snakes any more, I see so many.
Gopher snake in the grass Buck Creek Los Padres National Forest. These guys will sometimes hang around for a couple minutes and pose for the camera.
Longnosed snake Solstice Canyon
John G
I ran into one near the top of Register Ridge. Very early in the morning, very chilly. It wasn't moving, just solar charging.
I did Baldy via Register Ridge today. I saw a rattlesnake before the falls -- no big surprise at 6000'. However, as I approached the intersection of the Register Ridge use trail (actually, more of a highway these days), some hikers had spotted a rattlesnake a bit uphill, along the Backbone Trail. They had scared it into the brush by the time I arrived, so no picture.
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Please don't ever let me forget what it's like to meet a five year old fresh from a night of sleep.
The cheeks swathed in pink. The hair mussed and smelling of apple shampoo. The eyes open, artless and tinted darker with sleep still hanging on.
Please don't let me forget how there is still the slight puff of toddlerhood on a warm face. Or how it feels to have short and plump little arms fold around me, how it feels to get the tiniest scratch on my back from nubbin fingers.
I know what is coming, the good and the harder. How we totter at the edge of the heart realm. There will be beautiful moments filled with love notes and tears and adventure. There will be harder moments filled with rushed words and trying to meet in the middle. I'll holler with pride at ball games and call my husband in tears over bad choices. I know all of this, half of me already in that world.
Right now? I need to grasp so tightly how it feels to know the slight pudge of a still young belly's deadweight against me. How it feels to kiss a soft neck and know that all of this child can still fold up in my lap with rounded knees and stumpy little toes.
I relish what will come and that is why right now I need written all over my heart the way soft and full brown eyelashes just barely rest over rosy cheeks under full and wiry bedhead.


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Just in time for the holiday travel season, Southwest Airlines is the latest company to get F.A.A. approval to ease electronics rules for passengers. Passengers may use certain electronic devices in "airplane mode" during taxiing, takeoff and landing. Each airline has to prove to the F.A.A that devices are safe to use on the plane. Jetblue, U.S. Airways, Delta, American and United Airlines have already made the change.
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Singer Chris Brown's troubles just keep getting worse. A judge has ordered him to spend the next 90 days in a court-approved treatment facility. He will be allowed to leave to perform three days of community service each week. Brown was arrested on a sidewalk near the White House just last month after allegedly punching a man. According to his probation report, he was kicked out of rehab shortly after that incident, for "acting violently."
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The father of actress Brittany Murphy wants the investigation of his daughter's 2009 death re-opened. Angelo Bertolotti told Good Morning America that his daughter was poisoned and that he has the lab reports to prove it. The report shows heavy metals were discovered in Murphy's hair samples. He's been suspicious of the L.A. coroner's determination that she died from a combination of pneumonia, iron deficiency, and medications.
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President Obama awarded 16 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Wednesday. "We celebrate imagination and education and occasional rebellion, and we refuse to set limits on what we can do or who we can be," he said. It's the highest civilian honor a person can receive. Former President Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey were among the honorees. It was also the 50th anniversary of the award which was started by President John F. Kennedy.
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New for 2013 is our Sounds of Weekends. With these breaks not only do we feature headline acts on Friday and Saturday nights performing different songs from a range of eras, but you also get comfortable accommodation, full traditional cooked breakfast and /or continental breakfast and in the evening you will be treated to a three course evening meal before the star act performs.
The 60s
Started with JFK being elected at President of the US, Elvis hit the UK music scene. Doctor Who was first seen on Television in 1963, followed shortly after with Thunderbirds in 1965 and the Beatles making it big time. 1966 saw England win the world cup. Dads Army was setup in 1968 and man landed on the moon in 1969 along with Concorde taking off.
The 70s
Saw the Beatles split and go their own ways. In 1970 a farmer turned a field into Glastonbury Music Festival. As for toys the Sindy doll entered with a makeover and the card game Uno started. Glam Rock started with stars like Sweet, Garry Glitter, T-Rex, David Bowie and Slade. In 1974 Lego was finally named Toy Of The Year. During 1976 Starsky and Hutch were first seen on Television along with TISWAS and not forgetting Grease in the cinemas.
The 80s
Saw John Lennon got shot, and the Rubik's Cube was shown at Toy Fairs all around the world. The 80s also saw New Romantics on the music scene. As for films in 1982 we could watch ET and in 1983 Michael Jackson released thriller with a 15 minute long music video to accompany it starting Zombies and Werewolves. In 1985 we could all catch a glimpse of Back to the Future and on Television watch the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.
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The 2012 FIFA European Championships got off to a rousing start late last week with group play. Poland's Robert Lewandowski got things started with the first goal of the tournament. The celebration of over 100,000 people in Warsaw's central square was not to be missed.
While MLS has only one player in the mix this year--LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane is the captain of Ireland--there are a number of players who Portland fans may have come across via recent international friendlies with the Timbers. Will it help you pick your side? Who knows, but take a look:
Joe Hart for Manchester City at UP - Photo: Craig Mitchelldyer
Roy Hodgson - The current England manager most recently was the head man for West Bromwich Albion when they came through Portland in 2011 and helped lead them to a 3-2 win. Euro 2012 marks Hodgson's first tournament with the Three Lions
Joe Hart - The current England starter in net was also the starting goalkeeper in Manchester City's 3-0 win over the USL-era Timbers in 2010 at the University of Portland.
Joleon Lescott - Part of the Manchester City travel roster in 2010, Lescott came on in the second half against the Timbers at UP. More recently, he started and scored England's only goal in their opening Euro 2012 1-1 draw with France on Monday.
Gregory van der Wiel - The young Dutch defender came to Portland last season as part of Ajax's U.S. trip and played the full 90 picking up an assist in their 2-0 exhibition win over the Timbers. Van der Wiel also started in Holland's 1-1 draw with Denmark last week.
Simon Cox - Though English-born, Cox qualifies for Ireland from his grandmother's side. The West Bromwich Albion striker came on as a second half sub against the Timbers last July. He was also a 62nd minute addition for Ireland in their 3-1 loss to Croatia.
Shay Given - Part of the travel roster with Manchester City in 2010 when they played the USL-era Timbers at University of Portland, Given was held out of the match. He is currently the starting goalkeeper for the Irish and leads the squad witn 123 caps.
Jonas Olsson - Another member of the West Brom squad who played here last season, the veteran Olsson was an unused sub in Sweden's 2-1 loss to Ukraine earlier today.
Looking to learn more about the Euros? Check out KickTV's coverage of the tournament. Former U.S. international and MLS defender Jimmy Conrad has been traveling about Poland and Ukraine taking in the sites, training, and the matches. It's a must watch if you want to get a feel for the pure fun that is the European tournament. As a sampler, take a look at his talking his way into the Spain-Italy match on Sunday:
With today's acquisition of Danny Mwanga from the Philadelphia Union in exchange for Jorge Perlaza, much has been made of Mwanga's Rose City roots. Originally born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwanga and his family fled the Congolese civil war in 2006 to settle in Northeast Portland whereupon he starred for Jefferson High School (53 goals in nine games) and later for Oregon State University (Pac-10 Player and Freshman of the Year in 2009).
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Stephen Alexander of the Portland Tribune did a nice profile of Mwanga and the story of his journey to the United States when the then-Union forward came to take on the Timbers last season:
Mwanga was born into the bloodshed and sorrow of the Second Congo War. The war claimed the life of his father and forced his mother to flee the country, leaving Mwanga and his three older sisters behind. As a boy, Mwanga played soccer in the streets after school to forget some of the pain. A daring escape in June 2006 reunited Mwanga and his sisters with their mother in Northeast Portland.
It's a good read. Check it out here.
Searching through our own PortlandTimbers.com archives, last season Terry Horstman spoke with Mwanga's former Oregon State Beavers coach Steve Simmons as well as John Bain--president of Mwanga's youth team and adidas Timbers Alliance club, Westside Timbers. Bain is also a current Timbers alumni ambassador.
"He's really humble, he really appreciates everybody, and he's a really genuine and nice person." Westside [Timbers] President and Timbers Ring of Honor inductee John Bain said. "I don't think we've seen the surface of how good he's going to be."
At that same match in Portland last season, 400 of Mwanga's family and friends from the Westside team were in attendance. It's another great read.
The influence that Westside had on Mwanga is unmistakeable. In an article MLSsoccer.com did on Mwanga's homecoming, they talked about the role youth coach Monty Hawkins had on the young forward:
From teaching him how to drive to helping him find out where to go to school, Hawkins filled a very large void in the teenager's life. "He helped me a lot and is a big part of my family," Mwanga said.
Check out the full article here.
Timbers fans in Oregon, do you remember Mwanga's youth in Portland? Share your stories and memories in the comments below.
Two second-half goals, first by Timbers forward Kris Boyd and then from Whitecaps striker Darren Mattocks, led to a 1-1 draw between the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps on an evening that had it all: intense rain, hail and lightning, not to mention an action-packed final 45 minutes.
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Soccer history isn't always dealing with obscure fith division teams from some pastoral English countryside. No. Rather there's a long American--and even Oregonian--slant to what we know as The Beautiful Game.
Jan. 20, 1914, Lincolln High School Boys Soccer Team
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George Fosty, president and a founder of the Society of North American Historians and Researchers, has written a lovingly researched post online that charts the history of soccer in Oregon all the way back to the 19th century. The early guises of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club—now known simply as the Multnomah Athletic Club (MAC) and its quest to build a stadium that eventually becomes JELD-WEN Field, intra-Oregon collegiate rivalries, road trips to Seattle, a Cameron Cup, the inception of the womens game, hoodlums, hoodwinks, and eventual creation of the Portland Timbers are all mentioned in his piece, Knee-Knockers: Celebrating 120-Years Of Oregon Soccer. Fosty explains his love of Portland and sets up its founding in the Oregon Territory as the precursor to a long soccer history:
The city of Portland, the largest city in Oregon, was incorporated in 1851. At the time of incorporation Portland boasted a population of 821, of which 653 were men, 164 women, and 4 were identified as "free colored." By 1885, the population would stand at 17,500. Fifteen years later, the city would register 90,426. By 1910, it would boast 207,214. During these years, Portland would distinguish itself as one of the most forward thinking cities in North America. A visionary approach that often split over into the realm of sports, among which included the game of soccer.
While much of those early years are difficult to research and may be built around more conjecture than fact, it's an interesting read into the nascent stages of Oregon soccer. Read the whole thing here.
Hungry for more history? Check out Portland-based historian and occasional PortlandTimbers.com contributor Michael Orr's new book that expands upon the creation of the NASL-era Timbers in his new book The 1975 Portland Timbers: The Birth of Soccer City USA. Well researched with interviews from many of the original Timbers such as current MLS-era soccer ambassadors John Bain and Mick Hoban, the book is a unique snapshot of a key era of Portland soccer history.
Still wanting more history? The excellent soccer blog Free Beer Movement blog took the recent Lionel Messi achievement of scoring 72 goals over the course of a first division season—including all cup tournaments—to delve into how that broke a record once held by an American soccer player, Archie Stark.
With players like Pele (66 for Santos in 1958) and Mueller in the rear-view mirror for global scoring tallies who could have Messi blown by to set yet another record?
An American, of course.
Yes. Someone from the United States of America.
Buried in a host of articles celebrating Messi's accomplishment (many omitting any mention of it at all) was the name Archie Stark.
Read up on this great piece of American soccer history here.
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Time to Say Goodbye? Ryan Murphy Says the Glee Cast Will Graduate This Season
It looks like the cast of Glee is moving on sooner rather than later. Ryan Murphy told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show Friday morning that the New Directions high school seniors will graduate in 2012.
"This next [season] will be their senior year, and then that [they] will graduate. We didn't want to have a show where they were in high school for eight years," he said. "We really wanted to be true to that experience."
That means new kids will be "folded" into the mix next season, though don't expect the winner of the Glee project to replace Lea Michele (Rachel) just yet. "There's a couple rumors floating around, that half the cast is go to be replaced by the winner of The Glee Project, which is not true," Murphy said.
As for who will stay behind, it's simple: the adults. He says that Matthew Morrison (Mr. Schuester) and Jane Lynch (Sue) are "the male and female lynchpins of the series."
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To the amateur investor, buying and selling shares can be a baffling, terrifying, and sometimes, expensive game. It can also be exciting, fun, and very profitable. All you need is some practical guidance, a sensible strategy, and a little confidence. In First Steps in Shares, Peter Temple gives you the practical tools to start investing successfully. Starting with an explanation of how share markets work, and some simple ways of analysing company accounts and share price movements, the book also goes on to cover the mechanics of share dealing. He looks at whether share investing is right for y
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Based on prudent long-term principles, this book has been specially prepared to help and guide those with a substantial sum to invest, or those with a continuous surplus income who are considering investing in quoted securities.
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In this heartwarming, family oriented adventure, an Anglo-Paiute Indian teen, Johnny B. Falcon, angry at his life's misfortunes runs away from his oppressive home at the Moapa Indian Reservation, desperate to find a normal life. "I feel like I'm the last jagged piece of a jigsaw puzzle lost forever." With his poor self-image, Johnny hops a cattle truck with his adventures taking him through Nevada to Las Vegas, Dayspring and beyond. He meets a beautiful girl, Lisa, but all seems lost when Johnny has to learn life's lessons the hard way, breaks the law and is sent to reform
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This is a series of forty inspirational stories using Biblical principals to teach lessons for life. These are stories of hope, inspiration, and encouragement. It is perfectly formatted for quick, easy reads at momentary intervals, or for an hour's respite from a hectic schedule. It will serve to encourage the reader who needs a boost of inspiration or a moment of reflection. This little book will make an excellent gift for any occasion and will be a welcome and helpful addition to any library.
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In this beautifully written, vividly rendered memoir, John Haney, Gourmet magazine's copy chief, describes his family's day-to-day struggles, from the twilight of Queen Victoria's reign to the dawn of the third millennium, in London's least affluent working-class enclaves and suburbs, including a place called the Isle of Dogs–and reflects on how his family's affection for the past and the food they loved kept them together. In crossing the Atlantic–and with it the class barrier–John is left with deep feelings of displacement and nostalgia for his Cockney roots. As he eats in so
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|Shahbaz Bhatti 1968-2011
There is one shred of hope to emerge from this story. Shahbaz Bhatti provides us with a real life example of extreme courage. In January Batti filmed this video and asked it to be sent to the BBC in the event of his assassination. This is some of what he said in it:
"The forces of violence, militant organisations, the Taliban and al-Qaeda; they want to impose their radical philosophy in Pakistan. And whoever stands against their radical philosophy, they threaten them. When I'm leading this campaign against the Sharia Laws, for the abolishment of blasphemy laws, I'm speaking for the oppressed..." He continued "...I'm ready to die for a cause, I'm living for my community and suffering people and I will die to defend their rights. So these threats and these warnings cannot change my opinion and principles. I would prefer to die and follow my principles and for the justice of my community rather than to compromise on these threats."
These are the words of a very brave human being. That there are people like him should provide us with the solace of at least a glimmer of hope.
Bhatti was the only Christian in the Pakistani cabinet. To some extent his actions were probably motivated by his Christian beliefs. It is a shame that it took one fallacy to attack another greater one, but nonetheless the actions of Bhatti are to be highly commended.
The British Foreign Secretary William Hague called the actions of the murderers "cowardly" but he is grossly mistaken. The men who have killed Salman Taseer and Shahbaz Bhatti are afraid of nothing. When they die, they believe they will receive an eternal reward. They will kill anyone because of their faith and they will die trying. Whilst these disgusting creatures are protected by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a nation that still refuses to amend the blasphemy laws, there will be no freedom of speech, conscience, or expression in that part of the world. We need more brave men and women to make a stand. The Taliban have their numbers, let's hope we do too.


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In 1781, the city of Los Angeles was founded. The first 44 people to settle there chose the name "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula" which means "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on of the River Porciúncula."
Now the entertainment capital of the world, Los Angeles is home to the tourist attraction "The Walk of Fame," which has 2,482 stars and counting.
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There's always one sport that doesn't get any love. As one of the four major sports, hockey comes in last. Some people don't want to see hockey on their television when they could be watching football or basketball.
People! Come on! Do you know how exciting the Stanley Cup Playoffs are? Unlike the other professional leagues, only eight teams of the possible 30 make it to the postseason!
You don't even have to be a hockey fan to have a good time watching grown men throw each other into the glass, then gracefully skate away just in time to score a vicious goal.
Hockey has its celebrities, its drama queens and its bullies, just like any other sport. Look at Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby. If you want a good rivalry, one that always makes the Winter Classic that much more interesting, there you go.
Like always, the NHL playoffs and the NBA playoffs overlap. In 2011, Kobe Bryant's twisted ankle took up more time on SportsCenter than the exciting matchups that made it to Game 7. This is what is wrong with today. If everyone knows Kobe is going to be okay and that it was only a sprain, then why are viewers subjected to mindless hours of ankle watch? Wouldn't you rather be watching recaps from overtimes in Games 6 and 7?
If a series going to the last game does not interest you, maybe you're a sucker for the underdogs and the Cinderellas. Turn on your television; the Los Angeles Kings just ousted the Western Conference one seed, the Vancouver Canucks, 4-1. Who would have ever thought hockey could get popular in LA?
Hockey is non-stop action. It's not like football where after a hard hit the whistle is blown and you wait another two minutes for the game to resume. In hockey you get thrown into the glass and you have just seconds to get back up.
Just like you need to get back up once you've been knocked down, you need to be ready for the next game. There are multiple games going on in one night and teams play several times a week; the first round is chaos.
Not only are the eighth seeded Kings making some noise, but several series are knotted as well. The two seeded Boston Bruins of the Eastern Conference are having trouble with the seventh seeded Washington Capitals. Three of the six previously played games, as of Sunday, have gone into overtime.
There is no way you can predict what is going to happen when it comes to hockey playoffs.
So why do you shun the sport, casting it aside? You probably have at least one friend who is watching the playoffs tonight. Give them a call and see if you can watch with him or her. It is not a hard sport to follow, and you'll easily develop your favorite players and team.
And of course, who doesn't love a good playoff beard? By the time the Boston Bruins won the cup in 2011, their goalie Tim Thomas had one extreme beard going on. Guess you'll have to wait to see who'll be the last one to shave.
Until then, go watch some hockey. Time to get off the ice, see you all in August.
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From her early days as a television host at a local Tennessee news station, Mariah knew that to effectively tell a story, it needs be sold to the right audience. Well, as the mastermind and producer behind the successful reality series Married to Medicine, the proof is certainly in the pudding. Blending beauty and brains, this strong determined woman can light a room. Whether she's busy blogging or cooking an Indian-Soul food meal, this busy mother of two never neglects to add a sassy twist to everything she does. And to top it off, Mariah is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Jewel and Jem, the children's pajama and decor company she runs with her sister Lake. Spearheading marketing efforts for the launch of the brand into Macy's department stores, she combines creativity with a keen business sense. Her unique touch knows no bounds. Enjoying an interracial marriage to Dr. Aydin Huq, a native of Bangladesh, she experiences all that life has to offer while staying true to her own heritage. The couple is also launching Cinnamon Girl Diet & Nutrition, a line of doctor-formulated dietary supplements, protein bars and shakes that aid in decreasing obesity in minority women. The line will be sold worldwide, available in the U.S. and the Middle East. The powerhouse couple is very excited for the future, with plans to expand their "Blackadeshi" family and have more children. They enjoy traveling and doing work at the family foundation in Bangladesh.
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Setting out to name the top 35 players in the history of the sport in the United States is no easy feat, especially when you are talking about a list that combines both beach and indoor accomplishments and men and women alike.
But we did it, thanks to the help of a panel of current and former players and coaches, industry executives, media members and VBM readers.
The results prove the U.S. has a heck of a history when it comes to both indoor and beach volleyball success. You'll see some all-time great names on the list and some names that are still making their mark in this sport. Of particular note is the meteoric rise of Olympic beach gold medalist Phil Dalhausser. How high will he go the next time one of these lists is compiled?
So without further ado, here is our list of the top 35 U.S. volleyball players of all-time. Also make sure to click through the photo gallery to see some great vintage, and recent, photos of our top 35 selections.
Whenever there's a list to be done, this guy tops it. Three-time Olympic gold medalist. The Babe Ruth of the sport.
Two Olympic gold medals to her credit and will be in search of a third right around the corner.
Closing in on $2 million in career earnings. One of only two women in the world to have 100 career pro beach victories (May-Treanor is the other).
Second in the world all-time in career beach victories (139). Played in a record 416 tournaments.
A standout at Stanford, Tom has gone on to a prosperous professional career, has made three U.S. indoor Olympic appearances, including winning a silver medal in 2008.
2008 Olympic beach gold medalist is currently regarded as the most dominant men's beach player in the world.
One of the all-time greats in women's pro beach history. A three-time beach Olympian, McPeak won a bronze medal at the 2004 Games.
Starred at USC and with the U.S. Men's Olympic Team. Inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998. A two-time Olympic gold medalist and a three-time Olympic medal-winner.
One of the beach game's best, Stoklos was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998. He won 122 tournaments on the beach and amassed nearly $1.9 million in career earnings.
A three-time Olympian who was part of U.S. teams that took second in 1984 and third in 1992.
The controversial Steffes won a beach gold medal with Karch Kiraly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He walked away from the game with 110 career wins and nearly $2.6 million in career earnings.
The late Hyman helped the 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic Team win a silver medal on its home soil.
A UCLA graduate, Masakayan played in the 1988 indoor Olympics for the U.S. and then went on to enjoy a prosperous professional beach career (47 wins).
One of the greatest in the history of the men's indoor game, Ball has played in four Olympics for the U.S., helping the 2008 team win the gold medal in Beijing.
Like Ball, Scott-Arruda, an NCAA champion at Long Beach State, has played in four indoor Olympics and was part of the 2008 U.S. women's team that won a silver medal.
Youngs has played in three Olympics for the U.S. She was a member of the 1996 women's indoor team and then won a bronze medal on the beach in 2004 with Holly McPeak. She finished tied for fifth with Nicole Branagh in 2008.
A 2008 beach Olympic gold medalist, Rogers ranks fourth in the world in all-time international wins (22) and is approaching $2 million in career earnings.
A 2004 Volleyball Hall of Fame inductee, Kirby at one time held the women's pro beach record for victories (67) until Holly McPeak surpassed her.
A Pepperdine alum, Stork was a member of both the 2008 and 1992 U.S. Men's Olympic teams that won gold and bronze medals respectively. Played in three Olympics.
Still considered the best setter in the history of women's volleyball, Green was a member of the 1980 and 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic teams, helping the 1984 team win a silver medal. Trained six All-American setters, including Misty May-Treanor, as an assistant coach at Long Beach State.
An NCAA champion at Pepperdine, Ctvrtlik played in three indoor Olympics, helping the U.S. to a gold medal in 1998 and a bronze in 2002.
Crockett was another key member of the 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic Team that won the silver medal in Los Angeles. Also was part of the 1980 team that did not compete due to the boycott of the Moscow Olympics. A 1984 Sports Illustrated piece labeled her the world's best athlete at the time.
Dodd and partner Mike Whitmarsh won the silver medal in beach at the 2006 Olympics in Atlanta. Finished his beach career with 75 career wins and over $1.75 million in career earnings.
Powers won an NCAA championship as a player at USC and then won a gold medal as part of the 1984 U.S. Men's Olympic Team. Went on to enjoy a successful beach career.
Dvorak was a member of the 1984 U.S. Men's Olympic Team that won the gold medal. He was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Kemner, who played collegiately at Arizona, was a member of three U.S. Women's Olympic teams. Kemner helped the 1992 team win a bronze medal in Barcelona.
Selznick is regarded as one of the most dominant indoor players in the history of the game. The FIVB named him one of the top two American players of the 20th century (with Karch Kiraly). A 1988 Volleyball Hall of Fame member, Selznick was a member of the 1960 and 1966 U.S. teams that won world championships.
The son of Hall of Famer Jon Stanley, Clay Stanley has played in two Olympics for the U.S. (2004 and 2008), helping the men win gold in Beijing. The Stanleys are the first father-son U.S. Olympians in USA Volleyball history.
A 1992 inductee into the Volleyball Hall of Fame, Von Hagen played in 54 beach tournaments from 1966 to 1972 and never finished lower than third. He finished his beach career with 62 wins.
A Long Beach State alum, Cross-Battle played in a record four indoor Olympics for the U.S. (1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004). She helped the 1992 team win a bronze medal.
Hanley ranks ninth all-time in career women's pro beach wins with 46. Hanley won pro beach titles in four different decades. Played in the 1996 beach Olympics with Barbra Fontana.
Considered one of the all-time greats in women's volleyball, Peppler was a 1990 inductee into the Volleyball Hall of Fame. A four-time USBVA Open Division MVP. Played in the 1964 indoor Olympics.
After playing at USC, Hovland enjoyed major success on the pro beach circuit. He ranks 10th all-time in the men's game in career wins with 60 and ranks 14th in career earnings with over $1 million.
A 1989 Volleyball Hall of Fame pick, Gregory ranks seventh all-time in career women's beach wins with 50. The only coach in the history of the UC-Santa Barbara women's program, Gregory was a 16-time adult nationals All-American selection.
From the famed Sato volleyball family, Eric Sato was a member of the 1988 (gold medal) and 1992 (bronze medal) U.S. Men's Olympic teams.
Originally published in December/January 2012
Great! I would put Gary Sato above Eric, but that is just because we played at Samohi together. Where is Wilt Chamberlain,? He was a beach partner of mine for awhile!
Unfortunately US Indoor V-ball has fallen in world prominence due to the the "Club System" and it's elimination of minorities. I love the National Sports leaders coined phrase "The World is catching up to us", which is simply not true. When we reduce our pool of talent by not allowing minorities to participate because they cannot afford club dues (plus their are no clubs in the ghettos!) We eliminate a vast amount of potentially great athletes from playing volleyball. Wilt and I used to discuss this fact but trying to change an established system is not easy.
John, you make a great point about minority participation in volleyball. In Illinois, the IHSA rules bar a high school coach (or anyone involved with that HS, from working with more than 3 of his or her own players at a time, during the off season. The players that can afford to, pay $2000-$3500 per year to get club training, while those who cannot, are effectively locked out of the club volleyball system, which is the primary means of getting recruited to the next level. In many cases, and in many locations, the only person who might be able to offer off season training for free is already working with the HS during the HS season, and is therefore precluded from helping provide a lower cost, or free club experience. We complain (or maybe some don't) about lack of minority participation, yet we create rules and regulations that make it impossible for many to even consider playing.
Was Ronnie Lang considered? He and Selznick were wonderful beach partners.
I agree John and Mike! I am a volleyball coach at East St Louis Sr High School in Illinois and I also coach a 15's group for H2 in St Louis. The amount of minority participation is extremely low and the quote you priced for participation is spot on! I'm not sure what we can do, but we have some extremely talented players on both of our teams. They just don't get adequate exposure. If anyone has any ideas on what we can do or at least try for the sake of the program; I'm all ears!
I think you need to consider Jeff Nygaard -http://www.volleyball1on1.com/jeff-nygaard/ 2 NCAA MVP (First Player in men's NCAA College History to ever receive this honor!), one of the youngest guys to ever play on the national men's indoor team, Olympian 2 indoor, once beach, only Karch has done this for men as far as I know. On top of this he changed the way the sport was played and was the first guys to run the Bic in college. Top 35 Pic!
2003 AVP Most Valuable Player
No Bryan Ivie - 2 time POY? No Brent Hilliard - all time NCAA Kill leader??
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Wildlife Management Areas in Africa require changes to become sustainableJeremy Hance
March 29, 2010
To date there are 16 pilot WMAs in Tanzania, encompassing 135 villages. However, there are a number of challenges facing WMAs, including loss of wildlife habitat and overconsumption of resources.
Elephants in Tanzania. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler.
Game hunting by tourists and subsistence hunting of some species are allowed in the WMAs, yet, especially in dense areas these allowances need better monitoring to ensure sustainability. In addition, governments must ensure that tourist hunting provides direct revenue for the local communities and isn't just funneled back to the government.
According to the paper, WMAs can be successful in their dual role if they implement frequent monitoring of wildlife, conservation promotion and outreach programs within the communities, and low capacity building to ensure the sustainable-use of natural resources. As an example, the paper points to successful beekeeping in the WMAs of Uyumbu and Ipole, a program which provides additional income without hurting the environment.
Finally, the study recommends that the formation process for WMAs is simplified. As it is, the complexity of establishing a WMA makes the process slow and cumbersome: some communities have had to wait up to 10 years for WMA status.
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Pity the poor F1 driver in the run-up to a Grand Prix. Felipe Massa must know what the inside of every Ferrari dealer on the planet looks like by now, but fair play to him, that big goofy smile of his rarely slips. Even if he's surely wondering whether he'll still be driving for the Scuderia next year.
We caught up with him ahead of this Sunday's British GP at Silverstone at the opening of Ferrari's swanky new London Atelier, a shiny space at the back of the five-star Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge. Ferrari already has one of these in Maranello, and plans to open more in its biggest markets.
Confronted by paint swatches, bits of leather and an options book the size of Tokyo's telephone book, the plan is to get Ferrari owners to 'personalise' their new cars. And it works. Apparently, London dealer HR Owen hasn't delivered a 458 Italia worth less than £200,000 yet (list price £169,000), and there's one in the UK that cost its proud owner a whopping £270,000. Yes, 101 grand on options. Sheesh.
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He's a nice guy, is Felipe, and we'd like to see him on form again, if only to put panto villain Alonso back in his box. AND so that we can hear more of his comedy exchanges with his Mancunian race engineer and all-round good guy, Rob Smedley. Massa smiles when I mention that their radio comms have provided endless entertainment for a good portion of British F1 fans. 'The way we work together is quite deep,' he admits, 'and we are great friends outside of work. I hope we can have a great weekend, for Ferrari but also for Rob because he's from here.'
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This is a great article describing an experiment by a young non-Muslim White woman who is a student at the University of Kentucky and is a columnist for the university's newspaper. Cassidy Herrington decided to temporarily wear the hijab every day to see what reactions she would get from the community.
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