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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Jessye Norman School of the Arts is opening its doors, offering you a golden ticket to its first large-scale musical.
"It is a free after-school program for students who may be at an economic disadvantage in the CSRA," said Michael Ray, executive director of the Jessye Norman School.
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"You don't get judged," said 17-year-old Jessye Norman student Tashara Thompkins. "You're not stereotyped by anything. You come and you're you."
"Not only do they teach us stuff, but you can tell them your problems if you have stuff on your mind," said 15-year-old student Logan Salva.
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"Before we would just ask parents and stuff to come. But, now, we have the public," Salva said.
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"We've got a fizzy lifting room," said Gary Dennis, director of Willy Wonka Junior. "There will be a bubble machine, fog machine [and] we're going to have dry ice."
"It feels like we've taken a step ahead from what we used to do," Salva said.
All proceeds from ticket sales go right to the school.
"This is a free program available to every child in the CSRA," Dennis explained. "But it takes money to run."
"This could actually help the school put in like an elevator and get new set pieces and clothes!" Salva said.
And while the children in the chocolate factory struggle to get along, there's one thing everyone here can agree on.
"It's more than just being a part of it," said Baruti Tucker, a teacher at the Jessye Norman School. "I feel like I'm one with the children as the children are one with me. It's ... a family element."
"It's very positive," Thompkins said. "It's more of a family-friendly environment."
"It's like a family here," Salva said. "Just warm people to come to."


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MORAGA -- After nearly a week of sweating out their NCAA tournament fate, the Saint Mary's College men's basketball team got good news right away Sunday.
The Gaels are in -- barely.
Saint Mary's (27-6) was picked to play Middle Tennessee State (28-5) in a "First Four" game in Dayton, Ohio, meaning the Gaels were among the final teams to earn an at-large bid. The Gaels and Blue Raiders, both No. 11 seeds, will square off Tuesday at 6:10 p.m. (PT) at the University of Dayton.
But Saint Mary's starting guard Jorden Page is doubtful against Middle Tennessee, coach Randy Bennett said. Page suffered a knee injury in last Monday's loss to Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference tournament final.
Page's status for the rest of the NCAA tournament is unknown, should the Gaels advance, but his return hasn't been ruled out. Page averages 6.4 points and 19.1 minutes per game.
The Gaels-Blue Raiders winner will face Memphis, the No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region, on Thursday in Auburn Hills, Mich.
While Saint Mary's was relegated to bubble status after falling to the Zags in the conference tournament final, Bennett said he wasn't all that worried about hearing his team's name called Sunday.
"I felt good going into this," Bennett said. "This is the best our numbers have been, other than when you win your conference tournament and you know you're in.
"It would have been a bad sign for our conference (if we didn't get in) ... Honestly, I'm surprised we were seeded as low as we were, but it doesn't matter. We're playing and that's what matters."
The Gaels, who made school history by being selected to the tournament for a second straight year, didn't have to wait long to hear their fate once the selection show began. The Midwest Region was announced first.
Though the Gaels made the tournament for the third time in four years, this trip will be different. They've never been in a play-in game, and they don't know much about Middle Tennessee, which won the Sun Belt's regular-season title before falling in the conference tournament semifinals.
"I've actually heard a lot about them recently because Bruce Bowen on ESPN has been hyping them up a lot," junior Beau Levesque said. "I don't know anything about their game plan, but I know they're going to be a tough matchup."
Middle Tennessee is making its first NCAA appearance since 1989, when it lost to Virgina in the second round. Bennett is familiar with Blue Raiders coach, Kermit Davis, calling him a friend.
"We have to get a good grasp on who these guys are, how they play, who their best players are in a short amount of time," Bennett said. "In the scheme of things, 48 hours is not a long time to get ready for an opponent. This game's going to be more about what we do than what they do. Same for them."
The Gaels had reason to be nervous heading into Sunday, even though they owned an RPI of 30 and their only losses since Dec. 23 came against No. 1 Gonzaga. With just one top-50 RPI win (at home against Creighton), St. Mary had a resume that lacked luster.
Saint Mary's knows what it's like to be passed over by the NCAA selection committee. When the Gaels sat on the bubble in 2009 and 2011, Selection Sunday ended in disappointment.
"I had a TV on in the locker room (before the selection show), and they said we were the last four in, and that makes you a little bit nervous," senior Matthew Dellavedova said. "We're obviously happy we got in, but we're not just excited about that. We're going there to do a job."
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The beaming grin that showed his persistently positive nature was a highlight in every story told about Chen at a candlelight vigil Thursday night at Leland High School, where he graduated in 2012.
Hundreds of students, friends and teachers and parents held candles as they paid tribute to a Chen, a UC Santa Barbara sophomore who was stabbed to death while visiting friends who shared an Isla Vista apartment with Elliot Rodger. Rodger also killed Chen's two friends and three other students, all in their early 20s, before killing himself. An additional 13 people were injured.
"He was my everything," said Chen's mother, Kelly Wang, trying to hold back tears that wouldn't stop. "He was my whole world."
Chen was one of the first three people killed May 23 in the bloody rampage in the small college community.
Chen's father, Junan Chen, told those gathered that his son was in the wrong place at the wrong time. George Chen was visiting his friends, Cheng Yuan "James" Hong, 20, also of San Jose, and Weihan "David" Wang, 20, of Fremont when Rodger began his deadly attacks. The three victims had been friends since the start of their freshman year at UCSB, bonding over a shared interest in computer science and engineering.
Junan Chen said he watched the scene in Isla Vista as it unfolded on the news the night of the killings, but because his son lived in a campus dorm, he figured he was safe from harm.
He called his son anyway, but he didn't pick up, which was out of the ordinary. When Chen's parents called again on Saturday, their son still did not pick up. Though they remained mostly unconcerned, Junan Chen said, when a Santa Barbara sheriff's deputy arrived at their home Saturday night, "things changed forever."
"He was a good boy, a good, good boy," family friend Joseph Lin said. "The family will never, never, never fully recover."
When Junan Chen visited his son's dormitory this week to collect his personal belongings, he found his son's laptop on, a half-completed computer project still on the screen. His son's cell phone was still plugged in, charging. It was as if life had simply been suspended, he added.
Both Junan Chen and his wife offered condolences to Rodger's family, understanding that they were also going through a difficult time. But they said they are determined to be among the last families to suffer through the tragedy of a mass shooting, asking what needed to be done to somehow end the violence.
"I would die 100 times, 1,000 times, if it would keep our kids from getting hurt," Wang said. "I don't want to stand here, talking to you. If my son could come back, I wouldn't have to. Every parent should do something."
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Grants are made for commissioning fees, copying costs and ensemble rehearsal honoraria. Compositions must be written for small ensembles (2 to 10 musicians) performing one to a part, generally without a conductor, and may represent a diverse musical spectrum, including contemporary art music, world music, and works that include electronics.
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It's day one and while the kids are just learning where their classrooms are, the Governor is predicting and expecting success from kindergarten on up.
"The fact that we instilled high expectations at every single grade starting in 2004 and adding a new grade every year has meant we have seen continual improvement," said Governor Jennifer Granholm. "Hope is an example of a school that signals that all kids can learn whether they're coming from a challenged background or not."
Granholm toured Mount Hope Elementary on Tuesday where even if students didn't know her name, they knew she was important. She spoke to the children about studying hard and doing their best each and everyday. They looked at her wide eyed and excitedly one. One student even asked if she was the President. She praised the school's success and high standard for education but said the bar needs to be set higher.
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The studies published in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) including in total 652 patients found that the recombinant protein significantly resolved vitreomacular traction and closed macular holes compared to placebo in patients with vitreomacular adhesion (VMA). A health care practitioner, who treated patients in one of the studies said ocriplasmin could help a significant number of patients at an earlier point in their disease and improve their vision much more than surgery, which is the current standard of care.
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After a long migration northward from the Gulf Coast, a hen pintail has finally arrived on the prairies of North Dakota in late April. She and her mate have established a territory on a shallow wetland in the middle of several square miles of native grassland. She has spent many days feeding and carefully inspecting potential nest locations in the surrounding pasture. Now she is ready to nest. The hen pintail lands at her chosen site, scrapes out a shallow depression in the soil next to a clump of little bluestem grass, and lays her first egg. If she has chosen a good nest site and luck is with her, her eggs will hatch, and she will lead a brood of ducklings to a nearby wetland in three to four weeks.
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Where upland-nesting ducks ultimately nest varies among species. Blue-winged teal, which have a smaller home range than other species, build their nests close to wetlands. Bluewings are also willing to nest in rather sparse cover compared to many other species. In contrast, mallards have large home ranges, and hens sometimes nest more than a mile from their wetland territory. In addition, mallards typically nest in some of the thickest nesting cover available.
Overwater nesters make their nests on floating mats of emergent vegetation like cattails and bulrush. Their preferred nesting sites are semipermanent wetlands with relatively deep water and dense stands of emergent vegetation. Ideally, females select nest sites that provide cover and protection as well as an easy escape route if they have to flee the nest. Once a suitable overwater nest site is located, females create a platform of nesting material on which to safely deposit their eggs.
Redheads and canvasbacks, which largely breeding in the Prairie Pothole Region, typically establish breeding territories on relatively deep, semipermanent wetlands ringed by a thick wall of tall cattails. The bottom third of these six- to eight-foot plants is often underwater. Female redheads and canvasbacks make floating nest bowls by folding cattails down into a cup-shaped raft.
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OAKLAND -- Two prominent civil rights lawyers asked a federal judge Thursday to install a receiver over Oakland's police department with absolute authority to force through still unmet court-ordered reforms and potentially the power to help pick the next chief.
In a much-anticipated 57-page motion, attorneys John Burris and Jim Chanin argued that nearly 10 years after agreeing to judicial monitoring, Oakland's police department remains incapable of policing itself on several fronts -- including conducting thorough Internal Affairs investigations, tracking the actions of its officers and preventing racial profiling.
Without a receiver to ensure compliance, they wrote, Oakland residents, especially minorities, would face "continued civil rights violations, loss of life and injury."
U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson has scheduled a hearing on the motion for Dec. 13.
Mayor Jean Quan refused to comment on the motion late Thursday, saying they needed time to consult with their attorneys.
Michael Rains, who represents Oakland's police union, said the rank-and-file were so frustrated with what they saw as arbitrary discipline from Chief Howard Jordan and department brass that they weren't necessarily opposed to a receiver.
"There has been an absolute lack of meaningful leadership in the department for the last decade," he said. "From the standpoint of (the union), the current chief has been an abysmal failure and a massive disappointment."
The city is expected to vigorously oppose the motion, which would make Oakland the nation's only city to lose substantial authority over its police department. It has until Nov. 8 to respond to the filing.
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The department has been under the eye of a court-appointed federal monitor since a 2003 agreement that settled the Riders' police corruption case.
Burris and Chanin, who represented the plaintiffs in that case, say the monitor, whose powers are limited, has proven unable to get city leaders to fully implement the reforms.
A receiver, they wrote, "would be able to issue enforceable commands to the city and (police)."
"I don't see the receiver micromanaging the department; I see them forcing the department to follow the (settlement agreement)," Chanin said.
Chanin said he didn't think a receiver would be able to break the city's budget by ordering the hiring of more officers or toss out the police union's contract.
Ultimately, it would be up to Judge Henderson to define the receiver's role. Chanin said he thinks the receiver should have input into the chief's job.
"There is a systemic failure," he said. "We want to see the highest levels of the police department held accountable."
Decade of failure
The motion documents what the attorneys say has been a decade of bad faith efforts by multiple police chiefs, city administrators and mayors to fully implement the reforms.
It also argues that rank-and-file officers continue to oppose reform efforts.
Two women gave testimony that officers criticized the court oversight at Citizen Police Academies earlier this year. One said that an officer claimed that Judge Henderson was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army -- a 70s radical group.
The motion references recent blistering reports from the city's own consultant about the botched response to the first Occupy Oakland protest last October and from the court appointed monitor who found that some officers have shot people who were not imminent threats and that investigators are predisposed to justify those shootings.
The attorneys quote Jordan saying that to some degree Internal Affairs "investigators do not want to be the individual who sustains a complaint against a particular measure."
The lack of institutional control, the attorneys write, has contributed to the city paying out more than $31 million in police lawsuit awards since 2001.
While they note that receivership is a "drastic measure," the attorneys wrote that without it, the "organizational dysfunction and lack of leadership will doom the (court-ordered) reforms to failure."
The request for a receiver is the culmination of the 1999 Riders police corruption scandal in which four officers were accused of beating up and framing suspects.
The 2003 agreement settling the lawsuit brought by 119 plaintiffs required Oakland police to accept federal monitoring and implement dozens of reforms. The reforms were supposed to have been completed no later than 2010, but the department has struggled with nine tasks and appeared to lose ground over the past year.
In recent reports, the federal monitor has found that officers resort to pointing their guns without justification almost exclusively at black and Latino residents and that they are failing to document people they stop and detain so that supervisors can identify racial profiling trends.
The monitor also warned that the department could fall out of compliance with other reform tasks if it doesn't take measures to correct mistakes made during the first Occupy Oakland protest last year.


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He came from a faraway galaxy, in search of a decent pint of Guinness. Well, actually, he came from Dublin in a figure hugging red rubber suit, but Zonad, the new genre-busting Irish-made comedy, has turned out to be the funniest film of the year, and it's about to prove it at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York this weekend.
Directed by John Carney, 38, who directed the Oscar-winning sleeper hit "Once" two years ago, and his brother Kieran Carney, 36, Zonad stars Simon Delaney in a breakout role that could easily stand beside the best work of comedy giant John Belushi, the manic Blues Brothers star that Delaney and his brand of physical comedy most resembles.
Looking like a completely insane sequel to The Quiet Man, Zonad is part Carry-On comedy, part 1950's sci-fi potboiler, and part hearty revenge on America for decades of sentimental Oirish fare like The Quiet Man and Darby O'Gill. It's also the most possible fun you can have at the movies, and that's the goal.
The influence of directors as diverse as Mel Brooks, Ed Wood, Tim Burton and John Landis can be seen all over Zonad, but it's also completely it's own thing -- a whacked-out rural Irish 1950s style sci-fi comedy love story.
What's really exciting is that it's also the first of its kind. Part of the fun of Zonad is that you have literally never seen anything quite like it from Ireland before.
When Zonad (played by Delaney) arrives in the little village of Ballymoran (looking like Britney Spears' overweight dad) he's instantly accepted by the friendly locals, who for whatever reason never get around to asking him difficult questions, like where's your spaceship or how come you speak English?
Instead they excitedly welcome him to their community the way they'd welcome anyone, with a stone cold pint of Guinness.
Ballymoran, it's fair to say, is stuck in a bizarre 1950s time warp. People talk and dress like Dwight D. Eisenhower is still president and rock and roll hasn't been invented.
Helping to underline this back to the future theme is the film's outrageous score. There's something jarringly off about using a dramatic Alfred Hitchcock orchestral soundtrack in a quaint little Irish village, and the Carney brothers know it.
The film opens with Zonad passed out on the floor of the Cassidy family's living room. When they find him they don't throw him out. They volunteer to be his hosts in the village.
So far so unlikely. Soon Zonad is a local celebrity, milking everything he can get -- free room and board from the Cassidys, bottomless drinks at the local pub and the adoration of all the town's teenage girls.
Everything is going great for Zonad until a fellow rehab escapee shows up as Bonad! Directors John and Kieran have concocted a lunatic story that goes down like a nice pint of Guinness. But how did it get started?
"It was a very old pub joke between myself and my brother and a few actors we know," John Carney tells the Irish Voice.
"We invited him and imagined what he would do in social situations. Then we realized we had an idea for a film and we cast it with Simon Delaney in a red PVC suit."
Casting Delaney in the starring role is the secret of the film's success. His all-out performance has star making potential, and the Carneys know it.
"I think Simon has international potential because he's so likeable and people don't know what to expect from him. He has a great John Belushi/Oliver Hardy quality to him and he plays very well against his rival in the film David Pearse. The sight of them in their alien costumes just makes people laugh instantly," says John.
The Carneys' original pitch for the film was The Quiet Man via Mel Brooks.
"It's hard to know how it will go down in the U.S. I sometimes think it might go over like Napoleon Dynamite did and then I wonder," says John.
"I have bigger budget projects that I'm writing, but I thought it was important that after Once I didn't go and do a project that I didn't love. I was getting offered projects that were okay. I think it's important for a director to love the project because they're going to be with it for so long."
After the heat of Once, which starred Glen Hansard and Marketa Irgolva – they won the Oscar in 2008 for Best Original Song in 2008 -- it made it easier for the Carney to go to the Irish Film Board and to producers for major funding for the edgy independent movie without having to justify himself as much as he used to.
As he set about writing bigger features to keep projects ticking over, he set to work on Zonad with a vengeance. And with the global recession hitting the film industry, he had the perfect excuse to pursue a small budget film without controversy.
"The actual shooting happened fairly quickly on a small budget, which suited it," says Kieran Carney. "We went with the 1950's style sci-fi alien shows up in a small village Twilight Zone feel because the material just suggested it. A big part of the film was also just childish revenge for the way Ireland is represented in so many American movies."
Don't look to the script for answers about the plot though. Says Kieran, "Why is he there? Why do the villagers accept him as a spaceman? Once you start to answer those sorts of questions the audience starts asking more.
"So we ignored them entirely. We just presented the story and hope people would go with it. A lot of modern films are made quite cynically, and I think that the viewer can tell when they're made from the heart. We made this because we really wanted to."


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New Balance Pushes Military to Wear US-Made Shoes
Posted October 1st, 2013 @ 12:02pm by Ruth Brown, Newser Staff
(NEWSER) – American soldiers should be wearing American shoes. That's the argument behind a new bill that would require all military recruits to wear shoes made in the US. Lobbying hard for the bill? New Balance—which just happens to manufacture all its shoes Stateside and stands to make some $50 million if it passes, Politico reports. Navy recruits already wear New Balance sneakers exclusively, but the new bill would force all branches of the armed services to follow suit. The Army and Air Force currently give their recruits a stipend to purchase their own footwear, allowing soldiers to purchase overseas-made brands Nike.


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Patagonia R1 Hoody
11.5 oz / 326 g
6.8-oz Polartec Power Dry 93% Polyester, 41% Recycled / 7% Spandex
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The R1 Hoody works out very well as a mid layer in…
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The R1 Hoody works out very well as a mid layer in cool weather. This item is a staple in my pack when heading out on backpacking trips where I'll experience cool weather.
- Great mid-layer insulation
- Hood closes up insulate neck and chin
- Doesn't block wind if worn stand-alone
- Zipper has a somewhat awkward angle near the neck
I used to carry a traditional "fleece hoody" on my backpacking trips. I have found it's very helpful to have not just the extra layer, but that the hood provides significant extra comfort. However not only are they surprisingly heavy, but they are very bulky. In an attempt to solve these two issues, I did some research online and discovered the Patagonia R1 Hoody, and ordered it sight unseen.
When I received the hoody, I wondered whether it would really meet my needs. The material feels very light, and is quite thin compared to the traditional fleece hoody. However once I took it on a trip, and used it as a mid layer, my concerns were alleviated.
Mind you, this really is best as a layer. As it's very thin, it's not suitable for use on its own, unless you're exercising heavily (it does breath well), and definitely not on its own in windy weather (wind goes right through it). However as a layer, it seems to do a great job trapping the air, and provides a noticeable warmth, especially with the hood up.
I also discovered an unanticipated use for this hoody. Last summer the effects of the extra heavy snow the preceding winter were manifested in the form of exceptionally heavy mosquitoes. I applied a good coating of spray-on Permethrin before my trips. I found that the light fabric was not overly hot even in warm weather. Yet with the Permethrin applied, it provided an effective barrier for the mosquitoes.
I would recommend the Patagonia R1 Hoody to anyone looking for a very light hoody for calm weather, for use (with Permethrin) as an insect deterrent, and of course as a great mid-layer in cool weather.
The old version zipped along the side of the face…
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $70
The old version zipped along the side of the face so as the zipper wasn't on your nose, my opinion old version is better. 160 lbs. 5'10" medium. The R1 pictured is a small. It is on the tight side, but I love this version and it was a great price.
- Zips along the side of face
- Thumb holes
- Dries quckly
- New version zips up the front of face
Great mid layer, I wear mine over a T-shirt while hiking. When I'm at the summit I'll zip up over the nose, put on my sunglasses and maybe a light down hoody jacket.
This top is really warm. I used it with the Micro…
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: don't remember
This top is really warm. I used it with the Micro Puff Vest in Nepal under my jacket and stayed toasty! Highly recommend it.
- warm
- light
- hood doesn't suffocate when fully zipped
- none
This top is a must have for anyone doing anything outside. It's warm, light weight, and while on the thinner side, don't let that fool you. It's super warm.
I recommend this top!!!!
I would have been using this for cold weather base…
Fabric: polartec power dry
Price Paid: $100
I would have been using this for cold weather base layer for mountain biking. Nice concept, hood too big. Should fit tightly, like a balaclava, but does not. Zips up to bottom of nose for great coverage, but too loose. Zipper seems to stick on the base of the wind flap, right about chin level or lower. Can not reproduce sticking when not wearing it. Weird.
Thumb holes in sleeves great idea but sleeves not quite long enough when using them. Fabric seems very, very flimsy, and seems as if it might rip or shred with the slightest abrasion, or if pulled a bit too hard. (I did not keep it long enough to find out) With a sale price nearly one third off, it still seemed too expensive for what it was. I think Patagonia should make a bit thicker outer layer and keep the hood snugger, and the sleeves longer.
I'll stick to a buff and a soft shell hat, with a quarter zip poly base layer that cost a fraction of this item. Other reviewers seem delighted with it, but I do not agree. There are so many alternatives that do not leave your wallet empty, and fit better.
After an uncomfortable, cold, drafty night on the…
Fabric: Synthetic Fleece
Price Paid: $100
After an uncomfortable, cold, drafty night on the trail in my 35-degree bag, I realized that sometimes my best sleeping bag will not prevent drafts in my ultralight tent from spoiling a good-night's sleep. I thought about turtle necks and warm hats, and balaclavas, and cringed at the thought of overlapping garments. That's when I realized that for sleeping, a snug hoody fleece would be the warmest and most-comfortable. When I got home and searched the web, I was lucky to find the Patagonia R1 Hoody top.
My first test was a camping trip to north Florida over the new year 2010, and so thought my 35-degree bag was all I needed. Needless to say, I didn't expect it to be quite so cold, and boy, was I unpleasantly surprised! Thank goodness I had the hoody!!! With my wool socks, long-johns top & bottom and the R1 hoody, I slept well and was comfortable all night. The hoody stopped drafts from hitting my bare skin and was the margin of warmth that kept me comfortable all night long.
Researching the hoody, I read that the R1 is sized snugly, so purchased my natural size--a large. The fit is perfect. The hood fits snugly around my neck and head, with a comfortable amount of elasticity. Besides sleepware, I found hoody is also extremely versatile, keeping me warm during cool days on the trail. It has replaced my Denali Jacket, relegating it to suburban duty while saving a half pound in weight.
Easily worth the money, the R1 Hoody is my new most-indispensable piece of gear.
Love it!!!
While not exactly a fashion item, the R1 Hoody is…
Fabric: R1 / Polartec® Power Dry®
Price Paid: 75€
While not exactly a fashion item, the R1 Hoody is very nice when it comes to lightweight hiking or climbing in cool or cold conditions. Actually, for the people who rarely bother to bring a second shirt to a trip, this is a gift from heaven. The hood replaces neck gaiter and hat or balaclava, making your kit list a little shorter, the long sleeves that end in thumb loops mean that you can survive with lighter gloves.
This shirt is thin compared to typical fleeces, and warm when compared to base layers. It can be worn either over a base layer or as a baselayer. If my hoody was not the last one in a sale, I might have gone for a bigger size - the fit is really snug and so my only option is to wear it as a baselayer, which I don't mind at all. Only when wet it is not as nice against skin as dedicated base layers, but once sweating stops, it dries off to a comfortable level fast enough. If it gets hot, the long zip is very effective for cooling.
To say something negative, the normal price tag might scare you away. And sad news for all the ladies out there: there is no women's model.
When going on a trip I bring two base layer shirts: a Hawaiian shirt for those lazy days in the sun and looking good in the pub after a day in the mountains, and R1 hoody for all other purposes.
A more thorough review by a well-known gear geek climber can be found here:
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Patagonia R1 Hoody
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Definition of neo-fascist in English:
A member of an organization similar to the Italian Fascist movement of the early 20th century.
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Hazel Pitt Little passed away May 20, 2012, at the age of 99. Funeral services were held Thursday May 24, 2012, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Liberty Ward Chapel, located at French Avenue, in Gridley.
She was the second of four children born to James Melvin and Mary Leota Eskelson Pitt. Born August 22, 1912, in Lake Fork, Utah. Her mother died of the flue epidemic of 1918. Her father remarried Estella Daley who had a small son. Together, they had 11 more children making a total of 16 children. Hazel being the oldest daughter became the second mother of the family as Stella was young and overwhelmed. The family moved to Gridley when Hazel was 16. She married Walter Golden Little in 1934 where they resided and farmed on Block Road, working together, and raising their family. Hazel was active in the community serving in the PTA and Pink Ladies Auxiliary, and serving numerous leadership positions in her church. Her husband passed away in 1989, and Hazel devoted the rest of time and life to her grandchildren, loving and nurturing them. She has remained in Gridley since.
She was preceded in death by an infant daughter Karen, in 1942.
She is survived by her children: Loretta Campbell, of Sacramento, Gary and Brent Little, and Rita Sannar, of Gridley, Craig Little, of Modesto. She leaves a large family of numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
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Don�t you just hate it when someone tries to spare your feelings by telling you what they think you want to hear. I have a relative that did that once. He bought a house for him and his "friend" to live in then told his wife he didn�t own the house. In the end, when they divorced, the wife had to sign the paper work to sell the house that he didn�t own. She knew all along he purchased the house. Wouldn't it have been better for him to be upfront or to try and hide the truth?
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Rich - with no emergencies arising I will hit 2900 miles exactly this year. I had a secret goal of 3K but a few weeks of easy running after Hartford took care of that. I think I ran around 2500 last year. I also think I could run less but with more quality and still perform at the same level I am now (whatever that is ).
I was curious if you had a dr's diagnosis of your heel problem or self diagnosed. That's a mistake a fairly new runner makes (self diagnosis) and sometimes just time off isn't the real cure for a problem.
Next time you email Jim; tell him to get his butt back over to this forum.
The trick to running every day is making sure that you have genuine recovery days. Today was 2.2 miles on dirt as slow as I could go, then a full stretch and core workout at the Y. Spareribs
I was reading an article by Scott Douglass on commonalities among elite runners, and he says one common trait is to run very slowly on recovery days. Here is the article, which has a link to Jack Daniels in it that's also interesting.
I haven't been running much due to a serious chest cold that I just got over. Yesterday I was out on snowshoes for the first time in about 40 years. This morning I tried to run but my left hammy got real sore real fast, so I only ran for 15 min. I can walk OK and push off OK but when I try to lift my left leg up (to climb stairs) it hurts something awful along the back of my hip. I think I'll be out of action for a few days, if not longer.
Ribs, re the running every day, did you catch the segment on one of the national news broadcasts the other day about the guy who has run every day for 40 years? There's apparently a "streak runners" organization, and he is at the top of their charts now. Of course, living in California helps in one way. He gave a mileage total, but I can't recall it (certainly in the many 10s of 1000s of miles).
I had a great run yesterday with a new subgroup from my running club, but back at the campus venue that I know so well. Did 6 miles on a beautiful cold but sunny morning. Most of the group of 8 were 40-something women, so it was pleasant from that standpoint, but they were also faster than my usual weekday pace and I got a good workout keeping up with them (although finishing near the back).
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Thanks Tigger for the article. I began thinking about my range of training speeds. My very very fast training speed gets down to around 6:15 and my ez pace depending on length of run gets as low as 8:45. At either end of the scale I feel I'm at risk of injury. If I run slower it feels like I'm "hitting the brakes" with every step.
As far as the elites are concerned: what they do is not an exact transfer to non elites. He talked about how slow they ran one workout but in the same day they did a hard workout. Most of us aren't doing 2 a day workouts regularly. I certainly agree about warm up and that will be a goal to improve in 2009. In highschool and college we generally ran the entire course for warm up depending on the length of the race but always put in some good quality time getting ready. I've gotten lazy about that.
Hey Ribz. My dw is going to run cowtown. You and the saint might run into her?
Roch - good scenery is always worth the extra effort.
I wonder if Fred will show up to start a new thread, or we continue in Dec into eternity, or we just stop posting as we can't post in Dec anymore?
Raider is boycotting us I guess; saw he posted in another thread. Come make us interesting Raider.
Morning Euph and Jim and JP
Tigger thanks. I posted the link on RA because I am trying to persuade some of them to make a recovery run a real recovery run.
Roch, my brother-in-law Joe (West Point class of '62) lives in California and is way up there on that streak list with over 30 years of not missing a day. These guys know each other and keep track. Clearly, the younger you are if you are up there, the better off you are as the older guys die off.
Ks, let's plan to talk before Cowtown, as I will be there with my wife and we will certainly want to connect with Mrs ccrunner. Are you coming up? Weather today is sensational here, mid-70's. What are you guys getting?
5 easy miles at the dirt track today. Spareribs
Yes, I agree that not all things elites do are transferable to us sloggers. My range is 8 min (5k pace) to 12 min (very slow) per mile. It's funny with slow running. On the TM I notice that my HR drops as I move from 12 min miles to about 10:30 or so. Then it begins to rise again. I take that as a sign that my best easy pace is around 10:30 to 11 min. Any slow and my form prolly begins to suffer, causing HR to rise.
Fresh snow last nite....about 8 inches of powder. Wish I were in good shape so that I could go for a ski.
Two very uncomfortable nights of sleep. I either have a bruised hammy or bursitis. It's surprising how much something like this limits your daily activity. Any time I go to sit, including going for a dump is very difficult. Putting socks on is equally challenging! I feel it's a bit better today, so maybe I can go for a walk or something.
Happy new year to everyone! If Fred doesn't start a new post we can just pull Mr Ribs' trick and keep on posting on this one!
Last night dw ran 5 X 880 yds w/ 440 recovery all sub 4:00. I'm adding 1 per week to see if she can do 10 at sub 4:00 and testing her with the yasso 800 theory. She would need to run a 4:05 at a fall marathon to qualify for Boston. Hoping she can run 4:15 at Cowtown in Feb. She is coming off her best of 4:30 something last Oct. and she just ran a 2:01 1/2marathon.
I ran 11 miles of hills this morning after last nights 5 X 1200. I'm stuck between wanting to try the yasso's or 1 mile repeats so I'm going to split the diff. until I get to 10. Ran all of them at 6:15 to 6:06 per mile pace. I want to run 6:50 -55 at Boston.
Have a safe evening all if you go celebrate somewhere.
Has anyone found Fred yet??? Come out come out where ever you are. Ribs has enticed me to venture into acitve.com and post with you grumpy old guys, and Euphie. I can tell you that I have missed this group, a lot.
I am excited about being back out on the roads, and December was my highest miles in a long time(over a year) with 65 for the month. I hope to do an easy 4 tonight and then an easy 4 tomorrow, one for the old year and one for the new year.
I don't like this reply thing, I can't see what you all have been saying, I can only see Freds first post. Hope I am doing this right. (hope a don't get a zillion emails by posting, I can tell you I am scared of what active has done here)
Happy new year everyone!!!!!
Good runs to all and to all a good night!
Hi Liz,
I'm afraid Raider and Fred may be fulfilling their bucket list?
Hi Liz!
Ks, that plan for your wife sounds good. You can't go much wrong with the Yasso's, as it is a gentle workout with good recovery and you can build as you go.
2.3 slow jog with my dog around the neighborhood. Despite all my setbacks this year with injuries and the heart thing, I logged over 1,000 miles in '08. I hope '09 is a better year for me. Spareribs
Hi KS! Hi Ribs!!
We are getting winds up to 50 mph here now...that ought to make my last run of 08 very interesting. Going out in about an hour...will report when I return
I've seen your picture. You might want to put some rocks in your pockets if you're going to run in 50 mph winds.
KS, that was funny...that avatar is not me...I haven't yet figured out how to do the pic thing here.....
But lucky me, no 50 mph winds, just 23 mph and no rocks needed....but that just let me do an easy breezy 4.1 miles in 49:38 for an avg 12:10 m/m. 32F feels like 13F. There were a few times I wondered where the wind would take me. I piled the clothes on so I could fight this weather head on. I did not have to tie my jacket around my waist, but I did unzip it just a little (no fines for unzipping, right??). Splits: 12:04, 12:39, 11:36 and 12:04
I hope to do another 4 tomorrow...ring out the old with 4, ring in the new with 4. That's the plan. Then a 9 miler this weekend. I am so very happy to be running again.
Good day and good runs everyone
Liz, good to see you running well, good for you...
I took Monday and Tuesday off, so didn't post here. It's an unwritten rule I think...
Anyway, today I spent 45 minutes on the Nordic Track ski machine, gimme 4 miles. No stress to my heel, so life's good.
Enjoy life, this ain't a rehearsal...
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WASHINGTON, W.Va. — Attendance at area gun shows and what people are looking for has not changed since the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn....
@DudeSmith - Are you serious? How are gun shows in any way disrespectful to those victims? Gun shows are simply an open forum to buy guns, ammunition, etc. They are no different than going to a authorized gun dealer and purchasing weapons. I truly feel sympathy for the victims themselves and could not imagine losing one of my children but a knee-jerk reaction will solve nothing. It is not gun shows, gun control reform or anything of that nature that will fix this situation. There are millions of us who purchase guns for our own personal reasons and would never use them in a negative way. Why should we be imposed restrictions for someone elses issues. That would be like saying since alcohol comes in cans and bottles, they will now be removed from convenience stores and only sold in grocery stores. That may sound a little far fetched but the idea is relative. We need to properly punish criminals with extreme prejudice so the next idiot won't decide to do something unthinkable.
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Joe ******* gotta git a gun.....the gun shows are a slap in the face to victims of gun violence. When events such as those in Newtown occur, we must respect that and end gun shows, like it or not. Klan rallies were pretty common until after the civil rights movement.
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Third-string quarterback Chris Hagmaier completed 10 of 18 passes and Antonio Burnette ran for two touchdowns to lead the Bishop O'Dowd High football team to a 16-0 win over host Encinal in the West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division opener for both teams Friday.
It was the second consecutive win for the Dragons (5-1) with Hagmaier at quarterback. The sophomore started the season on the junior varsity but moved up after starter Dominic Miroglio suffered a shoulder injury and backup Kevin King suffered a concussion.
The Dragons again depended upon their defense to set the tone.
Encinal (4-3) finished the night with 104 yards on offense and just eight first downs.
Berkeley 7, Hayward 6: Berkeley recorded its first win of the season, but it wasn't pretty as the Yellowjackets held on for a defensive struggle in the WACC Foothill Division opener for both teams at Sunset Field.
Berkeley's Akil Bordelon had three interceptions and ran for 62 of his 77 yards in the second half as the Yellowjackets (1-4) controlled most of the second half.
Dana Carter gave the Farmers one last chance to pull off the win, picking off an Xavier Williams pass and returning it 36 yards to the Yellowjackets' 17 with 2:05 remaining. The Berkeley defense tightened up, and Hayward's Thompson Pulu was wide right on a 31-yard field-goal attempt.
Carter got Hayward (2-4) on the board with 27 seconds left in the opening quarter with a 5-yard touchdown run. The point-after was blocked, leaving the score 6-0 Hayward.
The Yellowjackets pulled ahead with 2:02 left in the half when Williams scored on a keeper on a fourth-and-goal from the 1.
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Castro Valley 48, San Leandro 39: In a game featuring plenty of offense, the Trojans outlasted the Pirates for the home victory thanks to their dynamic duo of running backs Demareyeh Lane and Robert Taylor.
The pair accounted for all seven of Castro Valley's (3-3, 1-0 WAAC) touchdowns. Lane rushed for 173 yards on 30 carries and scored two touchdowns, and Taylor accounted for 146 yards on the ground and five total touchdowns. He returned a kick 77 yards for a score.
San Leandro (0-6, 0-1 WACC) received a prime opportunity to notch its first victory of the season when its defense forced the Trojans to punt with 2:10 to go. Trailing 41-39, San Leandro needed only a field goal for the victory. But the Pirates' return man muffed the punt, and Taylor put the game on ice with a 38-yard touchdown run.
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The Lancers (5-1) relied on the talents of Joshua Handy and Quinzell Moore for the win in the Shoreline League opener. Moore ran for 91 yards on 14 carries, including a 36-yard touchdown. Handy racked up 85 yards on 17 carries, including a 20-yard scoring run.
Tennyson got on the board first in this defensive struggle, when Handy picked up a fumbled Alameda pitch and ran a short distance to the end zone.
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Johnson's touchdown catch came with 2:20 left in the third quarter, some 21/2 minutes after the Rebels had relinquished the lead for the first time on a 66-yard punt return by Piedmont's William Meredith.
Mosi completed 11 passes for 132 yards, and Johnson had 36 receiving yards on a game-high four catches for the Rebels (2-4).
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- It's a hot afternoon near Soledad, California, sometime during the 1930s. Everyone (or nearly everyone) is poor and scrambling around desperately for work, food, and money.
- We meet Lennie Small and George Milton: two guys who are among the poor and the scrambling.
- These two are dressed nearly identically, but there the similarities end. George is small and smart, Lennie is huge and mentally slow. We can tell from his dialogue and actions that he's got some major problems.
- Lennie drops to his knees and drinks from a pool of dirty water, slurping out of it like a horse. George verbally swats him.
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The Lakers starting lineup will be I think with the addition of Ray Allen the Heat's lineup will be
PG: Steve Nash PG: Dwyane Wade
SG: Kobe Bryant SG: Ray Allen
SF: Metta World Peace SF: LeBron James
PF: Pau Gasol PF: Chris Bosh
C: Dwight Howard C: Udonis Haslem
Here's how the Lakers match up against the Heat and the Lakers look better!!!! What do you think? Are the Lakers the favorite to win the Finals?????
The OKC Thunder will look like this
PG: Russell Westbrook
SG: either Thabo Sefelosia or James Harden
SF: Kevin Durant
PF: Serge Ibaka
C: Kendrick Perkins
The Lakers also got Antwawn Jamison as a good backup. They got Jodie Meeks, a pretty decent SG too.
lakers are favorites cause who is going to guard dwight besides perkins. the lakers are probably going to trade gasol. kobe is going to need to stop hogging cause he now has a true point guard. lakers are probably going to go to the wcf with okc and lose cause i really dont trust mike brown
"I work on my game daily,Because I'm never satisfied,and i'm never going to be" - Tracy McGrady
The Heat are still the favorites because they are the defending champs and they also added Ray Allen.
The Lakers may be favorites but they wont win it. Kobe wont learn in one year how to play with a true point guard kobe was used to getting the ball alot or dishing of to a big man like shaq, bynum, and now dwight. Kobe wont be used to not getting the ball and being able to hold it on the wing as long as he wants. They will end up like a better version of the Knicks: too many stars that they cant mesh enough to win
Good point!!!
i think lakers will work it out but it wont workout 100% i think there go to the nba finals but wont win it if their playing the heat.i think there be like the heat the first year they got lebron.maybe the second year there win it all maybe but dont count out the heat or thunder.
Great players are great leaders.Miamiheatboy
Didnt mean to hate on Kobe he is a great player, i was just making a point
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Over the past years Colorado Mesa University has grown to fill a massive place in our community, and it's not just educating tomorrow's leaders. As it turns out, the university has a massive economic impact on our community as well. Every other year, Colorado Mesa University conducts an economic impact study.
Today, officials released their findings, which might surprise you. In the past decade Colorado Mesa University has doubled its economic impact for the city of Grand Junction, and one of the most important impacts has been on local businesses.
Bryan Miick, part owner of The Bike Shop, said "Every year the college is growing they're getting more and more students and when the students move in they bring in disposable income which they spend on eating out or buying stuff, in our case buying bicycles."
The study shows the growth of CMU will continue to beef up the economy and keep revenue high.
Diane Schwanke, executive director of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, said "When you have an institution that has a direct impact in buying power terms by its students, the institution itself, its faculty, and visitors of 195 million dollars which is huge and it impacts every business in the valley"
The university's growth has made grand junction a regional hub, bringing in health care and education, which are important elements for fueling the economy.
"Majority of the spending has been done locally and which over the past few years we have been facing tougher times and to see that one of our own is helping bring to provide an influx of revenue into our local economy is a huge deal" said Kelly Flenniken of Grand Junction Economic Partnership.
Officials say with the direct and indirect economic impact the university has on the community... it helps create a cushion for local shops.
"Helping our business every fall when 6 or 7 thousand students move in, we definitely see an increase from that, and even over Christmas break it definitely falls off a bit, and when they move back in it picks back up and you notice it" said Bryan Miick of The Bike Shop
Colorado Mesa University President Tim Foster says it's a collective mission that helps bring the boost in our economy.
"People support us in a variety of different ways, the city of Grand Junction, Mesa County, the school district, so it's nice to be able to say it you know it is not just a one way street."
And the ultimate goal is to keep a stable cycle which will keep Grand Junction's gears grinding to have the local economy running at full force for generations.
"To produce a skilled workforce who can stay in our community that can raise good kids who are going to go again and can stay in the community and really be able to contribute to the local economy, sales tax revenue, and all the things that make a city work" said Flenniken
The total economic impact has grown from 144.2 million dollars to 351 million dollars in economic impact over the last 10 years.


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Dear Percy, WOW! We love the $$$$$ for research, we love Darren Carpizo, MD, we love you for this amazing news and we love New Jersey. I know its only research and we could sure use a Million bucks but at least it is something good!
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Thanks for that Percy. I put it over on the FB page as well, and fingers crossed much good will come from this. And thanks Marion for he heads up on the upcoming webconference, I look forward to that.
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