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Diary of a cyclo-cross racer: Richard Mitchelson's fourth race of the season...
Rich headed to Ally Pally at the weekend for Rapha's final SuperCross cyclo-cross race
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As soon as the entries opened online I was there, typing in my details like a loon. Last year's Rapha Supercross was one of the hardest races of the calendar but the most awesome at the same time. The course is tough but the amount of people that turn out to cheer us on and the festival atmosphere lifts you and makes it really worth the kicking you get. A couple of days after racing I'm still sore but every ache and pain brings back memories of the cheering/jeering people and the fun that was had. I guess it's worth it for that moment of local cyclo-cross mid pack mud plugging glory.
Luckily this year me and my wife stayed as local as you get, as my wife's sister lives within flobbing distance of the course. So on Saturday we headed up from Brighton and I settled in for a chilled out night of good food, chat, tv and roaring fires. I felt a little nervy as I knew the next day was gonna hurt, but I was relaxed and most importantly looking forward to it. My legs had started to feel better after the cold left my system and I knew that I could've done a bit more training, but life sometimes deals you these cards, and I'm not one to dwell what could have been, just make sure you away from the race knowing you've raced as hard as you can on the day. No regrets.
A quality breakfast and the car packed and within five minutes I was strolling through the trade village to the sign on. I had my routine down from previous races so I knew exactly when I needed that gel, put things in the pits and get on the course for a warm up and then to the start. It was a cold day, the previous nights rain [see muddy hell videos] had left London damp, but not sodden. Perfect cyclo-cross conditions.
The fresh wind meant I was never going to over heat and I stayed relaxed and caught up with old friends and new ones, including road.cc's own Dave Arthur [who raced like a pro in the same race as me later.] Some people knew me from this blog and from twitter and strode up and introduced themselves, that's the great thing about cycling I guess, you always have something in common with someone and as long as they're a friendly face I'll happily stand and talk the hind legs off any type of donkey. My wife was due to join us with my sister in-law and her husband a bit later, so I knew I'd have quite a big cheer squad come race time.
The race was my first ever race on my new wheels. The Strada Major Toms had been sorted out for me by Jonathan at Strada a month or so before, and the Velocity rims laced with Sapim spokes on Hope hubs are brilliantly light, stiff and responsive. I gave my bike to a mate to hold onto while I pinned on his number and I got some very encouraging noises back about the weight etc... you know how riders are... *lift a couple of times* *eye brows raise* sometimes followed by the phrase "ooooooohh very nice." If I'm honest that's never happened to me before, so for this guy, a usual top 15 finisher to say this gave me some confidence.
The process was really tailored to my needs, weight and riding style. Quality. I was also riding out on some Challenge Grifo tubs for the first time, people had told me that this was what 'cross was all about and it would really help my confidence and handling, especially in the mucky stuff. They were right, even riding on second hand jobs like I was the difference was really marked.
Having picked up a digital pressure gauge [another tip] I was able to accurately bring the pressure down to 25psi and it was like riding on a very grippy rubber magic carpet, the bike floated and I was able to get more speed and carry it through the corners. By having this confidence my cornering has improved because I'm not always worried my tyres are to hard and that the bike will disappear under me. So I was set. Everything was ready. I headed out on my warm up lap.
The weight of the bike was noticeable straight away on the large amount of climbing on the Alexandra Palace course, steep uphill sections made way for off camber muddy sections and even muddier descents. The lower part of the course was the faster for me, and as I set off on another half lap warm up I really started to enjoy myself and feel like this could be a good.... BANG...
Coming down through the woods to the start/finish straight I must have turned a bit sharp and I stacked it. Luckily I wasn't going too quick at the time and no harm was done to the bike, my kit or helmet. But it did hurt, and my side is smarting from a little dose of road rash and bruising. I laid on the ground and checked I was okay, nothing broken. I picked myself up and got out the way of the others. It turned out the corner was going to be the nemesis of a lot of riders that day and soon the corner was adjusted to make it a little wider so you could ride on more of the grass. The confidence I'd built had taken a real bashing and as I gave my warm kit to my wife I knew I was going to need to race more smart when that corner came round again.
Unlike last year where the start was a bit of a free for all, this year guys were gridded. I'm use to it, so was in a pretty good spot once we could move forward. The field of Seniors in my race was much smaller than I'm used to as we were racing as just seniors. Normally we have Vets, Women and Juniors to race and so as I looked round all I could see were the big hitters from my London League races and some other pretty handy looking lads from other leagues. I checked my gear, clipped in and waited.
We all got off cleanly but then a guy must have pulled his foot out and instead of riding into the back of him I had to put the brake on. I was quickly round him and onto the steep paved section. More riders had issues I think choosing the wrong gear and were unclipping, a moment passed and I was round them and away.
After racing last year I knew that if you race beyond your limit to soon you go backwards on the last two laps. I pushed hard but held a little in reserve. Each lap the amount of mud and climbing took its toll and I was pleased with the pace I set out at. The earlier crash also knocked my speed but as the race progressed my laps seemed to get quicker and quicker even as the course cut up more and more.
I spotted a rider I knew [and who's pretty handy on the road] and latched onto his wheel, it was a good move, he was waiting for me to come through but i knew I was in a good place and going at a pace I could maintain. We stuck together for a lap or more and gave me time to get used to the course, and forget about the earlier stack. I was back in the race and I was ready to push.
I noticed he was slowing and I made my move, he pushed to stick with me but after a couple of digs I was on my own. I had no idea if it'd stick but I was gonna give it my all to get away and pick off more riders. As the race passed half way I noticed the riders who'd gone off to hard were dropping back, each lap I felt like I was picking them off one at a time. The tubs allowing me to corner well and maintain speed where others were slamming on the brakes and crashing.
The overall winner, and all round legend of off road riding Nick Craig lapped me twice... he was motoring and I mean MOTORING. I think he could've stopped for a brew, had a rub down, changed kit, had his dinner and then finished ahead of me. But it was inspiring to see how fast you can really go with years of experience and legs of steel.
The course was getting slick and I was learning to brake with confidence on the off camber descents, drifting my rear wheel out where I had to and staying well clear of the front brake to stop the bike throwing me off. The final lap bell rang out and it was time to empty the tank. My legs hurt and my lungs rasped but with each section done I told myself I don't need to race that section again and to push on harder. It felt like my quickest lap, and as I dropped onto the start/finish straight for the final time I hit the drops and sprinted as hard as I could, much to the appreciation of the large crowd cheering me on. I was done. I slowly got my breath back, and one of the brilliant volunteers took the electronic timing chip from my fork [something new for me, and which makes results instant and accurate... nice]
Rapha SuperCross was a brilliantly organised, fun event with a top quality course and field of riders. It's the highlight of my 'cross season because the noise and atmosphere is like nothing I've come across in local grass-roots racing. I can't wait to do it again. This year I was 54th out of 78 riders. With that field, on that day, on that course I'm pretty pleased with the result. It was tough going, but I'd not have it any other way. I want to thank all the people that made it so awesome, who gave up there own time to make this event so great. See you next year! I'll be back!
My next race is Stanmer Park in Brighton. See you on the start line.
Richard Mitchelson
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Thanks to Elli Mitchelson, Gemma Atkinson and Oscar Scarsbrook for the photos
Nice write up Rich.
I too stacked it on the same corner in the fun race, but fortunately neither me or the bike had any damage.
By the final lap of the fun race the foam wall was so high the juniors were pretty much disappearing in it, and putting it at the top of one of the sketchier descents was pretty cruel!
It was my second ever CX race, the first being Muddy Hell the evening before. It certainly won't be my last.
If you've never raced CX I'd really recommend diving in and giving it a go. The crowds were great, the other racers were super-friendly and the whole thing has a "we're all in this together, idiots that we are," vibe to it.
posted by thereandbackagain [159 posts]
31st October 2012 - 18:53
posted by richmitch [51 posts]
31st October 2012 - 19:05
Sounds like it was a good day out then. Being so far north in Scotland, I can never get to CX races. So just punish my legs on my own
posted by Gkam84 [9317 posts]
1st November 2012 - 10:27
Enjoyed your article Rich. Yes it was a great day out, very well organised by the Rapha crowd.
Only my second CX race and managed 57th out of 78 in the Vets/Women. My first race I blew up after 15 mins and 2 laps in conditions that were WW1 like. That taught me a lot.
Loved the Ally Pally course as it has a bit of everything. Put in a lot of training and prerode the course the 2 mornings prior to race day which gave me confidence.
Happy to have finished and now want to improve my placings. Enjoyed experiencing where my Mud 2 tires worked and where they didn't. Again lots to learn on that front.
Nick Craig was totally awesome. He was like a train and really great to watch.
I'll be back next year.
posted by berniemaupin [13 posts]
1st November 2012 - 18:05
Thanks for the comments all. Really pleased you liked it, and had a great race bernie.
posted by richmitch [51 posts]
1st November 2012 - 18:50


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Dec. 9, 11:11 pm: This is about to get very interesting for the Mets…
Remember what I wrote Friday, when I said: "The Mets would like to trade R.A. Dickey or Jon Niese for a young, promising, impact bat to put in the outfield. … The Rangers prefer Dickey, while the Royals and Blue Jays are more interested in Niese. … My best guess is that if Greinke signs with the Dodgers, there is a decent chance Dickey gets sent to Texas for a deal including prospect Mike Olt."
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Dec. 9, 11:17 pm: The Mets are looking for Olt and 24-year-old OF Leonys Martin from the Rangers in a deal for Dickey, according to John Harper of the Daily News.
This is close to what I outlined early last week at the Winter Meetings, when I reported, "The Mets are asking for at least two top prospects, including your team's best hitting prospect."
Olt and Martin are considered the second and third best hitting prospect with the Rangers, behind SS Jurickson Profar.
If the Mets get offered the type of bats they're looking for, I think they'll pull the trigger. However, as I said last week, "If a logical, impact trade doesn't present itself, Sandy Alderson is more than willing to give Dickey a two-year extension, keep Niese and move forward in just the free agent market."
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Dec. 9, 11:21 pm: Also, for those wondering why the Mets didn't get Myers, remember, late last week, both ESPN New York and I reported the Royals wanted Niese and Zack Wheeler in a deal for Myers, which I assume would have looked a lot like tonight's deal with Tampa.
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LISBON Rep. William L. Owens, D-Plattsburgh, is pushing legislation enabling international students to stay at public schools for more than a year.
The congressmans efforts come as the Lisbon Central School District moves forward with a plan to open to international students.
Lisbon Superintendent Erin E. Woods said she is not familiar with the legislation but supports allowing international students to attend for more than a year.
At this point, the school is looking to bring two to three students to the district next year, charging $10,000 for tuition and $5,000 for room and board.
But the school is able to offer international students only one year of study. If it were a private institution, it would be able to keep students in the district longer, according to a statement from Mr. Owens.
Mr. Owenss bill would give districts such as Lisbon the same ability private schools already have.
I think it would probably make it more inviting for international students, Ms. Woods said, especially international students who want to attend university in the United States.
In a statement, Mr. Owens said, This bill levels the playing field to ensure that our public schools can compete fairly with private and parochial schools for foreign exchange students.
The program would be attractive for international students who want to get an American high school diploma, Ms. Woods said.
It would be much more beneficial for them and for our district, she said.
She added that by the time international students have to leave when their one-year stay is up, they are often just starting to get acclimated to the area and the district.
It would be really nice, especially for those students who have a positive experience ... for them to stay longer, she said.
Mr. Owens introduced his bill Friday.
Lisbon is accepting applications from international students looking to study at the district for one year. The program is geared for students who want to attend college in the United States.
Were getting all our ducks in a row, Ms. Woods said. Later this spring well be reviewing applications.
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Maine 1st District Rep. Chellie Pingree says she's very disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down a key provision of the landmark law.
Maine 1st District Rep. Chellie Pingree is denouncing today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
The court voted 5 to 4 to reject the requirement that some states and localities get federal approval before changing voting laws. In its decision, the court said the law no longer reflects progress that's been made in the nation since it was enacted a half century ago.
Pingree, a Democrat, says she's very disappointed by the ruling. "Congress has to authorize the Voting Rights Act repeatedly over the years, and the last time was '06 when the Republicans controlled the Senate," she says. "But they still voted 98 to 0 in the Senate, and by a hugh margin in the House to reauthorize it because we need to protect voting rights. Voting discrimination still exists and this decision is a real set-back to voting rights."
Civil rights activists also denounced the ruling. The Reverend Al Sharpton says it's a devastating blow to African Americans, who he says "are now at the mercy of state governments.''
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Just because your bank account statement has more charges from Topshop than Tom Ford, doesn't mean your wardrobe has to suffer. Just follow our oh-so sneaky tips. For example, do you know which type of pumps look the most expensive (but aren't) or how to upgrade your jackets for a few bucks? No? Read on!
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1. Replace cheap plastic buttons on a coat or blazer to make it look more upscale.
Celtic Knot Buttons ($4/3 buttons)
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2. It's hard to do quality embellishment inexpensively, so opt for a simple bag without too much hardware.
Free People Slouchy Vegan Tote ($68)
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3. Lower-priced pumps look more posh in faux suede than faux leather.
Charles by Charles David Sway II Suede Pump ($100) in Plum Suede
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4. Invest in a steamer—wrinkled clothes are a quick way look inexpensive.
Conair Extreme Steam Handheld Garment Steamer ($28) in Blue
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5. Purchase a slip. Inexpensive clothing usually isn't lined, so the addition of a slip will prevent any wardrobe malfunctions and also help your garment fit and flow more elegantly.
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6. Keep fabric in mind. Tweed, cotton, and linen often look expensive, even if they're not.
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11. Coddle your footwear. Even if your heels are inexpensive, take them to a cobbler for a cleaning and to get heel caps replaced. Nothing looks worse than worn-down shoes.
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In his season opening game, Michael St. Croix had a goal and an assist as he looks to put up a repeat performance of the 105 points that he put up during the 11-12 season.
At WHL From Above, CJ lists the top 25 players to watch for this coming season and ranks St. Croix 16th.
He writes "The kid can flat out score. He proved that last year. That will definitely continue this year as the Oil Kings are poised for another run at the Memorial Cup after winning the WHL title last season."
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Out of filial duty and a sense of adventure, Reda, a young French man, agrees to accompany his elderly Moroccan father on the hajj -- the pilgrimage to Mecca. It is an obligatory trip for every good Muslim who can afford it. The only catch: the journey from France to Saudi Arabia will be by car. Initially, Reda doesn't understand why his father doesn't simply take a plane and be done with it. His father responds that the pilgrimage should be as arduous a journey as possible to show the believer's faith. And, so it proves to be. Along the way the father and son will cross national borders, seas, even continents, but no distance is greater than the one they cross to come to terms with each other.
Cast: Kamel Belghazi, Mohamed Majd, Ghina Ognianova, Jacky Nercessian, Nicolas Cazalé, Nicolas Cazalé
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Gomes played for the Artland Dragons of the Basketball Bundesliga in Germany last season.
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Beavers conclude spring ball with 84-play scrimmage
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State football team closed its spring practice season with an extravaganza of fun Friday evening at Reser Stadium. The Beavers hosted their annual spring game, including an autograph session, a DJ providing tunes throughout the day and concluding with an 84-play scrimmage.
Returning starting quarterbacks Sean Mannion and Cody Vaz directed one drive apiece before giving way to their less experienced teammates. Mannion completed eight of 11 passes for 67 and one interception by starting safety Ryan Murphy. Vaz was 4-for-6 for 59 yards and led the offense to a touchdown on his only drive.
Redshirt freshman Brent VanderVeen received the bulk of the playing time completing 15 of 27 passes for 153 yards and one touchdown. The youngster showed glimpses of brilliance including avoiding disaster on one play when he mishandled the ball fumbling but recovering and using his athleticism to roll to his right before heaving a pass to Dustin Stanton for a 35-yard gain. Two plays later VanderVeen connected with Micah Hatfield for a touchdown from 21-yards out.
Several inexperienced defenders made big plays with redshirt freshman Tyler Hasty and junior Malcolm Marable recording interceptions, sophomore Joel Skotte forced a fumble that Hasty pounced on and sophomores Lavonte Barnett, Brandon Bennett-Jackson and Jaswha James and redshirt freshman Caleb Saulo were credited with sacks.
Special teams coach Bruce Read called on a pair of inexperienced kickers sophomore Riley Harper and true freshman Garrett Owens to handle field goal duties. Harper hit two out of three from 37-yards while Owens connected once.
You can watch the full spring game via replay on the Pac-12 Networks Oregon on the following dates: April 27 (8 a.m.), April 28 (4 a.m.), April 29 (4 a.m.), April 30 (6 a.m.), May 1 (11 a.m.), and May 2 (3 a.m. & 7 p.m.). The game is available nationally on the Pac-12 Networks at the same times and dates, except for the following changes – it does not air May 1 and on May 2 it is at 5 p.m.
The Beavers open fall camp Aug. 5 in preparation for a six-game home slate that starts Aug. 31 with back-to-back home games against Eastern Washington followed by a visit from Hawai'i.
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Riley Harper, 37-yard field goal
Micah Hatfield 21-yard pass from Brent VanderVeen
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Terron Ward 1-yard rush
Garrett Owens, 37-yard field goal
RUSHING (No-Yds-TD)
Chris Brown 21-43; Terron Ward 6-28-1; Brent VanderVeen, 3-0; Richie Harrington, 2-(-12).
PASSING (Att-Comp-Int-Yds-TD)
Brent VanderVeen, 27-15-0-153-1; Sean Mannion, 11-8-1-67-0; Cody Vaz, 6-4-0-59-0; Richie Harrington, 9-2-2-15-0.
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Brandin Cooks, 4-38; Chris Brown, 4-34; Blair Cavanaugh, 4-12; Micah Hatfield, 3-32-1; Hayden Craig, 3-32; Terron Ward, 3-28; Malik Gilmore, 2-22; Dustin Stanton, 1-35; Kellen Clute, 1-27; Obum Gwacham, 1-25; Connor Hamlett, 1-5, Michael Balfour, 1-4; Stevie Coury, 1-4.
Lavonte Barnett, 1; Brandon Bennett-Jackson, 1; Caleb Saulo, 1; Jaswha James, 1.
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Children's Hospital Colorado achieved its goals for disaster recovery and physician collaboration with Cisco solutions.
A private, not-for-profit pediatric healthcare network, Children's Hospital Colorado provides comprehensive pediatric care at its main campus in Aurora, Colorado and 16 regional locations. More than 1000 pediatric specialists and 3600 full-time employees care for children at all stages of growth.
Until 2007, Children's Hospital Colorado operated from a single facility. By 2012, the hospital had expanded its Network of Care to 16 locations with more than 150 specialty clinics. "We're working to improve access to healthcare by operating smaller regional clinics that are closer to patient's homes for specialty care services and by introducing telemedicine," says Andrew Blackmon, Director of Infrastructure and Technology Services for Children's Hospital Colorado.
Improving access to healthcare would require bolstering the unified communications infrastructure and collaboration capabilities:
● Disaster recovery: "In healthcare, the communications system is the first point of contact with patients and their families and also a life safety system for critically ill patients," says Blackmon. "To eliminate any single points of failure, the hospital's Unified Communications team wanted to distribute the Cisco Unified Communications Manager cluster across two locations, giving each location its own SIP trunk connection to the service provider."
● Helping enable distributed clinical teams to collaborate with an in-person experience, but without travel time and costs: The hospital's cancer and blood specialists, for example, work in three different clinics. When they traveled to a different clinic for team meetings, their clinics could not see patients for at least half a day. High-definition videoconferencing would avoid inconvenience to patients, loss of revenue, travel time, and costs.
● Providing an excellent caller experience: Children's Hospital Colorado has approximately 75 contact center queues, including appointment scheduling, food services, financial services, IT helpdesk, nurse triage lines, physician on-call paging, and a nurse advice line for after-hours calls. Approximately 450 clinicians and staff answer these calls. "We needed a contact center solution that could continue operating during disasters, scale as the hospital continues to grow, and intelligently route calls to enhance customer service," Blackmon says.
The impetus for change arrived in 2010, when Children's began constructing a new facility in Colorado Springs to provide outpatient services for patients with cardiology needs or cancer and blood disorders. Unless the hospital changed its voice architecture, the new facility would need several of its own Primary Rate Interface (PRI) lines because it resides in a different area code than the other facilities. And if these PRIs went down, parents of the young patients might not be able to reach a physician during health emergencies. "To avoid putting patient care at risk, we needed an ultra-reliable voice architecture that would bring Colorado Springs local phone numbers to our main locations in Denver and Aurora," Blackmon says. These locations have backup generators and an extended uninterruptable power supply not usually available in outpatient facilities.
Colorado Children's Hospital achieved its goals for disaster recovery and enhanced collaboration by implementing a Cisco® Unified Communications solution with Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking. As one of the first healthcare organizations in the United States to connect to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) using SIP trunking, the hospital decided to reduce risk by engaging Cisco Services to provide an onsite engineer for two weeks. "Our unified communications infrastructure is too critical to take chances or cut corners," says Blackmon. "Cisco Services has significant experience with SIP trunking and addressed our concerns about disaster recovery, E-911, T38 faxing, and quality of service in a SIP environment."
Resilient Communications Services
To provide disaster recovery capabilities, the hospital implemented redundant Cisco Unified Communications Manager servers and CUBEs in two data centers, in Denver and Aurora. The CUBEs terminate the SIP trunks to the service provider. If the circuit in one data center fails, new inbound and outbound calls automatically failover to the other location's circuit.
The first facility to connect to the new architecture is the new 500-phone building in Colorado Springs, which opened in June 2012. Although the facility has a different area code than the main campus, it can still share the redundant SIP trunk architecture (see Technical Implementation). The Cisco Unified Communications infrastructure has "operated flawlessly," says Blackmon. In 2013, the hospital will begin to port the 10,000 main campus phone numbers over to the SIP trunks.
Helping Enable Remote Collaboration with Cisco TelePresence Systems
Clinicians and administrators in any location can now collaborate with an in-person experience using approximately 100 Cisco TelePresence® endpoints. Even the hospital's young patients enjoy the Cisco TelePresence experience when they can interact with Santa face-to-face using Cisco Jabber™ Video for TelePresence on a wireless PC, brought to their rooms on a mobile cart during the holiday season.
Simplifying Customer Care with Intelligent Contact Center
To help callers quickly reach the right department, the IT team set up more than 75 contact center queues using Cisco Unified Contact Center Express. When parents call their child's pediatrician after hours, the physician's answering service connects the caller to a nurse who can answer questions and give advice. "Nurses are in high demand, and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express helps us attract and retain top talent in any state by giving them the option to work from home," Blackmon says. Nurses receive a Cisco softphone or Cisco Unified IP Phone, Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Router (ISR), Business Internet circuit, and VPN connection.
Helping Enable Mobile Staff
Approximately 1600 mobile clinicians and staff use Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phones 7925 to place and receive calls from any facility. This capability makes them easier to reach than if they had to walk to a desktop phone and check voicemail. The wireless phones are also integrated with the hospital's two nurse call solutions (Intego and Rauland Responder5), which provide notifications when a patient presses a button to request assistance. Nurses can remain in direct contact with their patients even in intensive care units using their wireless IP phones. "Integrating our existing hospital nurse-call and patient-monitoring systems with Cisco Unified Communications enhances the clinician's awareness of the patient's conditions, helping to improve the quality of care," Blackmon says.
Children's Hospital Colorado Improved Patient Safety with Highly Reliable Communications Services
The new voice architecture provides the foundation for a robust disaster recovery solution serving all Children's Hospital Colorado locations. Blackmon estimates that the SIP-based disaster recovery solution lowered monthly telecommunications service charges by about half compared to adding redundant ISDN PRI connections to the secondary data center. "We would have chosen the SIP solution even if it had cost more, because as a healthcare provider, our primary objective is to make sure that patients and their parents can reach us and we can reach them, at all times," he says.
Children's Hospital Colorado Increased Quality of Care with Telemedicine
With Cisco TelePresence technology, clinicians can now collaborate with colleagues in other locations to discuss patient care and review images as if they were in the same room. For example, a partner hospital in Billings, Montana, which does not have a pediatric neurosurgeon, used to always transport any child with a head injury by helicopter to Children's Hospital Colorado. Now the attending physician can connect with a pediatric neurosurgeon at Children's to discuss the injury and make an informed decision about the need for transport. "We've reduced the number of emergency patient transfers from our partner hospital in Montana by 60 percent by using Cisco TelePresence for physician collaboration," says Blackmon. "This significantly lowers transportation costs, improves patient outcomes, and saves parents the anguish of a 12-hour drive to reach a specialist."
Clinicians also use Cisco TelePresence sessions for departmental meetings, avoiding an up to eight-hour round trip. Rather than closing clinics while they attend meetings, physicians can collaborate with their peers from their office, and then get right back to seeing patients.
Creating a Local Presence in New Communities
With SIP trunking, Children's Hospital Colorado can now provide local phone numbers for clinics outside the Denver area code without the expense of purchasing a private branch exchange (PBX) system and local circuits. The service provider routes the calls over the SIP trunk to the hospital with 10-digit dialing, which allows the SIP trunk to terminate phone numbers from multiple area codes. "The main benefit of SIP and CUBE in our environment is its scalability, both in terms of call capacity and geographic coverage of LATAs [local access transport areas]," Blackmon says.
Next Steps
The next step is to simplify the IT infrastructure by upgrading to the latest version of Cisco Unified Communications Manager. The new version supports Cisco TelePresence endpoints without requiring a separate gatekeeper and can also be implemented as a virtual server on the hospital's existing Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®). The Cisco UCS operates both Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware and hosts Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and numerous other applications. "The Cisco UCS accelerates application performance because of its high RAM, considerable number of core processors, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet interconnects," Blackmon says. "Migrating SQL Server virtual machines from one physical server to another physical server used to take 30 minutes, and now takes less than 70 seconds on Cisco UCS."
Technical Implementation
Disaster Recovery Architecture
The traditional disaster recovery solution is bringing multiple backup ISDN PRI circuits to a secondary location to act as standby. To take this approach, Children's would have had to pay for enough backup circuits to support the total inbound and outbound call volume of all sites. And if the primary circuits or site went down, the IT department would need to ask the service provider to migrate the trunk group to the backup ISDN PRI circuits, a process that could take up to four hours.
"Using SIP trunking enables us to deliver the same block of DID [direct-inward-dial] numbers into both data centers," Blackmon says. "If one data center or SIP circuit goes down, new inbound and outbound calls failover to the other circuit and location nearly instantaneously, without any manual intervention. The SIP architecture provides far better disaster recovery capabilities than ISDN PRI circuits." What's more, because voice traffic arrives at the enterprise network over IP instead of traditional T1 circuits, Children's Hospital Colorado can take advantage of the redundancy already built into the campus data network.
"The network already includes redundant devices at the distribution and core layers, as well as fault-tolerant devices deployed end-to-end," says Todd Zatorski, Manager of Network Infrastructure Services for Children's Hospital Colorado. "Once the voice packet enters the network, it has many redundant paths to the end device, providing the high-availability needed in healthcare environments."
For even more resiliency, Children's implemented Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) on the new facility's Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR). In the unlikely event that both WAN links fail, Cisco Unified SRST automatically takes over the main functions of Cisco Unified Communications Manager, helping to make sure that employees and patients can continue to make and receive calls without interruption. When the WAN link is restored, phones automatically reconnect to Cisco Unified Communications Manager in the main enterprise data centers without effort from the IT team.
Support for Multiple Area Codes
The SIP trunking solution also helped enable Children's Hospital Colorado to deliver Southern Colorado area code numbers into the Denver metro-area data centers, which is not possible with traditional ISDN PRI service. The IT team deployed a Cisco 3945E Integrated Service Router with CUBE for SIP trunking termination. The service provider can send multiple area codes through the SIP trunks to CUBE, which routes the calls to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager cluster. The alternative, using a traditional phone service delivered over PRI lines, would have required local voice gateways in Colorado Springs for all inbound and outbound calling. "Adding local voice gateways would have done nothing to advance our disaster recovery capabilities, and would have actually added an additional single point of failure into the building's communications architecture," Blackmon says.
"By routing inbound calls over one SIP trunk and outbound calls on the redundant SIP trunk, we can load balance across both circuits, increasing capacity compared to having one trunk sit idle until a failure occurs," says Chris Maier-Walford, Unified Communications Engineer for Children's Hospital Colorado.
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GOUVERNEUR Community gardens to feed the hungry are sprouting throughout St. Lawrence County.
The Gouverneur Neighborhood Center is in the planning stages of starting a garden.
The food we produce would go to our pantry, Director Peggy J. Cronk said. Our clients could help grow the food.
Mrs. Cronk said she got the idea from neighborhood centers in Massena and Ogdensburg that are also involved in gardening.
The Massena Neighborhood Center has had a garden for several years, including fruit trees, that has been cared for by Alcoa employees and other volunteers.
The Ogdensburg Neighborhood Center partnered with the garden club of the Boys and Girls Club, which planted and harvested a plot near Fort de la Presentation.
We did it for the kids to get out and for them to learn working as a team, said Patti M. Conger, director of the neighborhood center. We will be doing it again.
Most of the fresh vegetables distributed by the neighborhood center are local, and often are brought in as surplus by gardeners and farmers or from state correctional facilities, Mrs. Conger said.
We did not go without fresh produce this year, she said.
Mrs. Cronk has approached the village for a gardening spot to help feed the 80 to 100 households that use the Gouverneur Neighborhood Center pantry.
The village Board of Trustees is considering either a location at Harry L. Mills Memorial Park or a spot near the sewage treatment facility, Trustee Charles W. Newvine said. Teachers at East Side Elementary School also are trying to start a garden, Mrs. Cronk said.
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Society's Obsession with Fabricated Characters and All Things Cute
CuteXdoom is a mod for the PC game Unreal Tournament 2003 that explores society's obsession with fabricated characters and all things cute, or kawaii. The goal of CuteXdoom is to become a member of the toy worshipping Yumi-Co cult and gain access to their temple by collecting enough toys to present as an offering to the robotic panda guru. (This sort of exploration of society's addiction to cuteness reminds me of Satoshi Kon's compelling anime series Paranoia Agent, which can be seen in the U.S. on [adult swim].) Anyway anime referencing aside, CuteXdoom was created by Yumi-Co, a collective of game designers, illustrators, sound artists and coders that was founded by Anita Fontaine. She worked as the art director and designer for this project and currently works for the Mobile Digital Commons Network in Canada. She is also participating in the Toytakeova exhibit this fall in Australia. I really could go on and on, but I'll end it with this last plug: also check out some of the locative media projects she's worked on: Ghost Garden and Global Heart Rate. [blogged by Carol T Chung on Cool Hunting]
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Tread Softly or Else
Dustbunnies, by Stijn Schiffeleers and Hendrik Leper from Boutique Vizique, is a colony of seven shapes that contain two kinds of sensors, a RF-communication system, two microcontrollers, a big battery, speakers and a motor. When there's no human around, they collect dust, hair, flakes of skin and dirt and murmur to each other in a mysterious language. But if you walk into their territory, they become quiet and pretend to be dead.
The only way to observe them in that first state is to be motionless yourself. Touching a dustbunny will cause different reactions. If they like the way you treat them they will make an amusing sound according to the movement you cause. But the Dustbunnies can also become angry. If you mistreat one of them, all dustbunnies will start screaming. The whole group will show their dislike.
For those interested in dirt and art, the dustbunnies will be at the UCI Beal Center (University of California, Irvine) from Oct. 4 till Dec. 10. [blogged by Regine on we-make-money-not]
Node Thy Neighbor
Neighbornodes are group message boards on wireless nodes, placed in residential areas and open to the public. These nodes transmit signal for around 300 feet, so everyone within that range has access to the board and can read and post to it. This means that with a Neighbornode you can broadcast a message to roughly everyone whose apartment window is within 300 feet of yours (and has line of sight), and they can broadcast messages back to you. Boards are only accessible from computers that go through the local node.
Additionally, Neighbornodes are linked together, making up a node network to enable the passing of news and information on a street-by-street basis throughout the wider community. With access to your local Neighbornode, you can post messages to your local group board, as well as forward messages to other nodes in your vicinity. These other nodes can in turn forward messages to your node, resulting in a network of neighborhood message boards. [blogged by Samuel Rose on Smart Mobs]
Blue Screen of Death as Comic Relief
Need I say more? ReBlogged from DeadPr0grammer's Café:
Came by this beauty of a BSOD today. It's not like it's a rarity to see one on this type of a display, but still.
There are whole galleries of this stuff, and, you know, if I were a person developing MS-powered billboards, I would change the color of BSOD text/background to black to spare Microsoft public embracement.


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Frances M. Kane
PAWTUCKET - Frances M (Goff) Kane, 68, of Pawtucket, RI passed away on Monday, March 25, 2013.
She was the daughter of the late Francis Goff, the late Miriam (Parker) Sainsbury and step-daughter to the late Norman Sainsbury. She is the sister of Olive Laramee, the late David Goff, and the late Phyllis Lemire.
She is survived by Michael K Kane to whom she married on December 7, 1963. She is also survived by her three loving children, son Michael K Kane Jr. and wife Amy of Bristol, RI, daughter Lori (Kane) Mobley and husband Kevin of S. Attleboro, MA, and daughter Karen Kane Taylor and husband Brian of Pawtucket. Her grandchildren Michael J Kane, Samantha Kane, Alexandra Jarl, Kevin Mobley, Eric Mobley, Maggie Mobley and Morgan Kane and one great granddaughter, Taylor Kane.
Frances worked for many years at Murdock Webbing in Central Falls and most recently at My Kids & Co. Inc. Day Care in Pawtucket. Frances was known and loved by all whom new her for her kind heart and generous spirit. She enjoyed her gardening and spending time outdoors. She prized the time she spent with the daughter of her heart Kerry Caulfield of Ocean City, New Jersey and her lifelong friend Claire Costa of Cumberland RI.
A service for Mrs. Kane will be on Tuesday, April 2, at 11:00 am in the Manning-Heffern Funeral Home, 68 Broadway, Pawtucket. Her calling hours will be Tuesday morning from 9-11 am in the funeral home prior to the service. Burial will be private. For online condolences please visit
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To prepare for the Voodoo Experience in New Orleans this weekend, we're digging up some of the best sets from 2011 to stream, starting with a New Orleans great.
Set to embark on a short U.S. tour in September, British band Twin Atlantic is giving away a free EP of live tracks. Click through to check 'em out.
Urban Nomad sits down for an interview with New Orleans hip-hop producer Mannie Fresh at VooDoo Music Experience.
Check out the latest music video from Scotland's Twin Atlantic for "Make a Beast of Myself," available on their latest album, "Free."
Check out the latest video from Scotland's Twin Atlantic for "Time for You to Stand Up," off their debut album, "Free."
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North Country 2, So. Burlington 1
SOUTH BURLINGTON–Kody Halikas netted the game winner in the second half, breaking a 1-1 tie and giving the Falcons (2-6-1) the win over the Rebels (3-5-1).
South Burlington got on the board first in what coach James McKenny described as an awful half of soccer for North Country.
"It was like a Jekyll and Hyde kind of game for us," said McKenny. "The first half the guys were not really into it, but they came out in the second half with a much better effort."
In the second, Ryan Paul let loose a left-footed bomb from thirty feet out to tie things at one apiece.
Minutes later, Halikas got the game winner on a ball from thirty-five feet out on a shot that McKenny couldn't tell if it was a a shot, or if Kody was just trying to get the ball into the box.
Either way it went in and North Country held on for the 2-1 win.
Logan Fortier was tremendous in the game, stopping seventeen shots in the contest.
Next up will be the MMU Cougars on Friday afternoon at 4:00 as part of the homecoming festivities at North Country this weekend.
Lake Region 5, Enosburg 1
ENOSBURG FALLS - After falling behind early, Lake Region regrouped and struck back for a 5-1 victory against Enosburg in boys soccer action Tuesday.
The Rangers (7-2) were propelled with a pair of goals from juniors Josh Thibault and Alex Beauregard, and a solo tally from Anthony Wright, also a junior. Wright added a trio of helpers while Shaquille Urie added two.
"It wasn't a pretty thing, but it was effective," said Evans. "I'm proud of them, they were down on the road, and scrapped back and really took it to (Enosburg)."
Lake Region's seventh win of the season gives them a firm grip on third place in the Division II boys soccer standings, behind undefeated Burr and Burton (7-0) and Montpelier (8-0).
UCA 3, Trinity Baptist 3 2OT
WILLISTON– Ji Kim had his second straight hat-trick as United Christian and Trinity Baptist played to a 3-3 draw on Tuesday.
Trinity had defeated UCA 3-0 in their previous match, so the draw is great example of the tenacity that the Crusaders have show this season.
The tie moves the Crusaders to 4-3-1 while Trinity stands at 1-1-1.
UCA will square off against Craftsbury today in Craftsbury at 4:00.
North Country 0, St. Johnsbury 0
ST. JOHNSBURY–After soundly beating the Hilltoppers the first time they played, the Falcons had visions of win number three in their heads as they met the Academy for game number two.
St. J had different ideas, and while thoroughly outplayed by North Country, they managed to escape the game with the draw.
"We dominated them throughout the whole game, but we just couldn't score" said coach NCU Chantelle Bouchard.
The Falcons (2-6-2) had seven shots on net while St. J (0-8-1) fired 3 at Danielle Gabucci.
Playing well for NCU on Tuesday were Mara Spates, Mariah Roberts, Brittany Verge and Gubucci said Bouchard.
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The Cold Case Unit was organized in the Fall of 2009 to combine the experience of the Attorney General's Office, the Major Crime Unit, and a city detective. The Unit is staffed with a prosecutor and three detectives who will focus on reviewing unsolved homicides, unresolved suspicious deaths, and missing person cases in which foul play is suspected in the person's disappearance. About the Unit …
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Carrie Moss, age 14, went missing on July 25, 1989 after she had gone to visit friends in Goffstown, NH.
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On February 9, 2004 Maura Murray's vehicle was reported to have been involved in a single-car accident along Route 112 in Haverhill, NH.
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So I made this painting of the FSM, all done in acrylic as a surrealist project for my art class. It took about 44+ hours to do and was about 20% of my semester grade. Sorry the scan's kinda funny looking, I'm going to take another picture of it in daylight and send it to Bobby later on.
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Heather R. Zartarian engaged to Kevin P. Caswell
Mark and Beverly Zartarian of Warwick are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Rose Zartarian, to Kevin Paul Caswell, son of Judy McDuff and Jeff Caswell, both of Warwick.
The future bride is a graduate of Toll Gate High School and the University of Rhode Island. She is employed with the Smithfield School Department as a kindergarten teacher.
The future groom is a graduate of Bishop Feehan High School and the University of Rhode Island. He is a senior business analyst at URI.
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