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TRUCKEE, Calif. - The Truckee Donner Land Trust has achieved accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance.
"This effort will pay off in the future as we have better procedures, documentation, transparency, and credibility in the land trust and wider communities," said Land Trust President William Thauvette.
The Truckee Donner Land Trust was founded in 1990 and has protected more than 33,000 acres, ensuring continued recreational access and protecting lands for future generations. Most recently, the Land Trust conserved the Webber Lake/Lacey Meadows and Royal Gorge properties.
The Land Trust was awarded accreditation this February and is one of only 201 land trusts across the country awarded accreditation since the fall of 2008. Accredited land trusts are authorized to display a seal indicating to the public they meet national standards for excellence, uphold the public trust and ensure conservation efforts are permanent. The seal is a mark of distinction in land conservation.
"This round of accreditation decisions represents another significant milestone for the accreditation program; the 201 accredited land trusts account for half of the 20,645,165 acres currently owned in fee or protected by a conservation easement held by a land trust," said Commission Executive Director Tammara Van Ryn. "Accreditation provides the public with an assurance that, at the time of accreditation, land trusts meet high standards for quality and that the results of their conservation work are permanent."
Each accredited land trust submitted extensive documentation and underwent a rigorous review. "Through accreditation land trusts conduct important planning and make their operations more efficient and strategic," said Van Ryn. "Accredited organizations have engaged and trained citizen conservation leaders and improved systems for ensuring that their conservation work is permanent."
The Truckee Donner Land Trust preserves and protects scenic, historic and recreational lands with high natural resource values in the greater Truckee Donner region. Learn more at www.tdlandtrust.org.
About the Land Trust Accreditation Commission
The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., awards the accreditation seal to community institutions that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. The Commission, established in 2006 as an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, is governed by a volunteer board of diverse land conservation and nonprofit management experts from around the country. Learn more at www.landtrustaccreditation.org.
About The Land Trust Alliance
The Land Trust Alliance, of which Truckee Donner Land Trust is a member, is a national conservation group that works to save the places people love by strengthening conservation throughout America. It works to increase the pace and quality of conservation by advocating favorable tax policies, training land trusts in best practices and working to ensure the permanence of conservation in the face of continuing threats. Learn more at www.landtrustalliance.org.


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BERKELEY -- The Berkeley High boys soccer team continued to affirm its position as one of the top teams in the East Bay, and as the top team in the West Alameda County Conference, with a 3-2 league win over visiting Hayward on Wednesday night.
Nigus Solomon scored twice and Calvin Wright scored once for Berkeley, which has won eight straight and is unbeaten in its last 11 contests (9-0-2).
"We're on a roll right now and we hope it continues," Solomon said. "Each goal is really important. The more goals the merrier, and we just want them to keep coming."
Berkeley took leads of 2-0 and 3-1, but the Farmers didn't go away. Esteban Mares scored in the 57th minute to cut Berkeley's lead to 2-1, and Luigi Castillo's header in the 70th minute made it a one-goal game again after Christian Mendoza's free kick deflected off the crossbar.
Berkeley's victory improved its record to 10-1-3 overall and 6-0-1 in league play. Hayward dropped to 9-3-1 and 4-2-1 in the WACC.
"We could have put our head down, but we didn't," Hayward coach Alex Ortega said. "We kept fighting and I'm proud of the boys for that."

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prop 1
1A pole or beam used as a temporary support or to keep something in position: he looked around for a prop to pin the door open
More example sentences
- I've still got the props up supporting the house.
- The entire structure is supported with conventional props and crossbeams.
- Creating an intense heat and light that at once attracts and repels, the hand leans backwards, resting on a prop not unlike the beams used to construct roofs of houses.
1.1A person or thing that is a major source of support or assistance: he found himself becoming the emotional prop of the marriage
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- In a research note, HSBC said a slowing housing market will remove a major prop to consumer spending and weaken the economy.
- Liquor was a major prop of the colonial government, which consciously fashioned customs duties to extract the maximum revenue from the trade.
- A major prop for the dollar has long been the simple fact that oil is priced in dollars.
1.2 Grammar A word used to fill a syntactic role without any specific meaning of its own, for example it in it is raining.
2 (also prop forward) Rugby A forward at either end of the front row of a scrum.
Example sentences
- You can set your clock by the substitution of the tight-head prop forward.
- Al Baxter returns as the starting tighthead prop, pushing Matt Dunning back to the bench.
- Tighthead prop Eddie Andrews was another man who grew in stature as the match wore on.
verb (props, propping, propped)
1 [with object and adverbial of place] Support or keep in position: she propped her chin in the palm of her right hand
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- Her back failed to support her even propped by overstuffed cushions and she slumped, weakness overtaking her.
- I had forced myself to a half-sitting position, propping myself on my un-injured arm, when the pieces clicked.
- Readjusting his position, he propped himself against the log, his whole body relaxing.
hold up, shore up, bolster up, buttress, support, brace, underpin, reinforce, strengthen
archaic underprop
1.1Lean (something) against something else: a jug of milk with a note propped against it she propped the picture up on the mantlepiece
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- He leaned back on one foot and propped his bayonet against the wall.
- Vice propped his bass on the stand and sprinted to the house next door.
- She propped the note on the night stand next to Russell's side of the mattress and returned to the door to gaze out.
1.2Use an object to keep (something) in position: he found that the door was propped open
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- Any office cooled to a temperature lower than 25C or any shop that leaves its door propped open could be fined.
- It was propped open, revealing a slice of tiled floor and fluorescent light.
- Sanura's door was propped open, as it always was, so Rebecca went straight to the illuminated room.
2 [no object] chiefly Australian (Of a horse) come to a dead stop with the forelegs rigid.
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- Kalanisi propped while galloping out and unseated exercise rider Wally Lowsby, who held on to the reins.
- Alerted by Gold was being led off the racetrack when she propped and refused to move.
prop up the bar
- informal Spend a considerable time drinking in a pub: Keith was propping up the bar and waving a £10 note at the landladyMore example sentences
- Local people had been propping up the bar and getting drunk in there for half a millennia.
- We would hanker after a glass of beer and imagine propping up the bar at the Pen-y-Gwryd.
- One couldn't help feeling that the hacks propping up the bar in the Kenmore Hotel come Monday lunchtime were more interested in the seamier side of the cricketer's private life than they were in Scottish angling.
Phrasal verbs
prop someone/thing up
- Support or assist someone or something that would otherwise fail or decline: the government spent £3 billion in an attempt to prop up the poundMore example sentences
support, give support to, bolster (up), shore up, buttress;help, aid, assist, revitalize
- Investing in heritage means enhancing it, not just propping it up.
- First it was a Portuguese colony, then, after independence, its Soviet-style government was propped up by Moscow and Havana and destabilised by South Africa and the United States.
- Standard Life is a pillar on which a lot of financial Scotland is propped up.
Late Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch proppe 'support (for vines)'.
Words that rhyme with propatop, bop, chop, clop, cop, crop, dop, drop, Dunlop, estop, flop, fop, glop, hop, intercrop, knop, kop, lop, mop, op, plop, pop, screw-top, shop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, tiptop, top, underprop, whop
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prop 2
noun(usually props)
1A portable object other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or film.
Example sentences
- The pair's ambition is to make their living producing scenery, costumes and props for museums, theatres, themed bars, film and television.
- It involved actors and local children who had attended workshops beforehand to produce props and costumes.
- Anita's visual interpretation using excellent lights, costumes and props makes this production an enriching experience.
Mid 19th century: abbreviation of property.
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prop 3
An aircraft propeller.
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- The engine went to Sam Thompson, the prop to California Propeller and parts to other contractors.
- In a turboprop aircraft, putting the props in the beta position creates an extraordinary speed brake.
- Most of the aircraft have no logbooks, have run-out engines and props, and need a lot of work.
Early 20th century: abbreviation.
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The charming features of Mademoiselle Fiocre are an example of the talents of Carpeaux, who has left the legacy of a remarkable gallery Second Empire portraits.
In 1870, Eugénie Fiocre, prima ballerina at the Paris Opera, was at the peak of her career and was also the charming star of Coppelia. Carpeaux executed this bust whilst working on one of his major works, Dance, a bas-relief for the facade of the Opera house. The marble, which was exhibited at the Salon of 1870, was admired by the Goncourt brothers.
Rather than portray her as a ballerina, as Degas had done several years previously, Carpeaux depicts Eugénie Fiocre in the manner of his usual models - duchesses, marchionesses and princesses. Her smooth bust emerges from flowing folds of drapery borrowed from the best portraits of the baroque era and is perched on a classical pedestal.
This elegant formula enhances all of Carpeaux's female busts. Here, by paying tribute to the curve of her back, delicate features, pert nose and captivating beauty, he succeeds in capturing what his model would become.
In actual fact, the fate of dancers in the 19th century was not an enviable one: poverty, decline and prostitution awaited them on leaving the Opera. Eugénie Fiocre proved to be a lucky exception: she married well after a career crowned with glory.


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Walpole residents support plan to sell golf course
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Tottenham Hotspur Message Board
Berkshire Yid Berkshire Yid Jul 21, 2012 12:21 Flag
What do you make of this?
From 7msport.com
Porto's Brazilian defender Danilo has criticised Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas for meeting his club-mate Hulk at Brazil's team hotel after they arrived on Tuesday.
'I did not like seeing Villas-Boas at the national team's hotel,' he wrote on Facebook.
'This isn't a market. It's a workplace.
Tottenham are interested in signing Chelsea target Hulk, but Villas-Boas is friends with the attacker so could have visited for other reasons than business.
Tapping up? lets hope so COYS!!!!!!!!!!!Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
ideally llorente, cavani, falcao etc but not realistic really!
realistically i think ba for 7m would make sense.
probably very similar to ade but much cheaper & maybe more hungry.
even if he doesnt play as well as he did for the start of last season, we still need 4 strikers & he would be handy to have as 1 of those.
if ade dropped his wage demands, then id take him.
but i dont think he is worth breaking the bank for.
damiao looks good but always a risk getting a player from south america.
im not saying hulk isnt a good player, but i wouldnt put him that far above damiao,ade,ba etc.
he isnt 20m+ better than those guys.
i think defoe is the goal poacher u need as 1 of your 4 strikers.
than a big target man like mentioned above.
maybe soldado?
Graeme Simkins Graeme Simkins Jul 26, 2012 09:50 Flag
Who would you go for SB?
im not a fan of hulk. very over rated in my opinion.
he would be far too expensive for what we actually get out of him.
ha ha ha...we wouldn't be the only ones would we!
I was wondering what that German-language page on here was talking ab out...all I could see wast Tottenham and Hulk...I got a little tingle in me jeans for a sec ;-)
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Berkshire Yid Berkshire Yid Jul 21, 2012 19:30 Flag
well be prepared to change your shorts if he does suddenly sign Rambro hahahaha


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Police: 8-year-old boy driving car; sister killed
Published: Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 3:57 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 3:57 p.m.
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a 6-year-old girl has died after she and her 8-year-old brother went for a joyride in their mother's car and crashed into a pole.
Sgt. Steve Martos says the girl's brother was behind the wheel when the accident occurred Wednesday evening. He suffered minor injuries.
According to Martos, the children's mother had put them to bed and then couldn't find them in their home a half-hour later.
Martos says the frantic mother went door-to-door in the neighborhood. Meanwhile, the accident had occurred a short distance away.
Martos says both children were still in their pajamas.
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Former Texas Oilman Pursues the World's Largest Wind Power Plant
May 21, 2008
General Electric Company (GE) announced on May 15 that it has received an order for 667 of its 1.5-megawatt (MW) wind turbines from Mesa Power LLP, a company founded by billionaire T. Boone Pickens. Pickens, a former Texas oilman and founder of BP Capital, an energy investment firm, launched Mesa Power to build the world's largest wind power plant, called the Pampa Wind Project. The 4,000-MW facility will be located near Pampa, Texas, which is northeast of Amarillo on the Texas Panhandle, and will stretch to the east, spanning five counties. Mesa Power's current order for wind turbines—the world's largest wind turbine order for a single location—will provide 1,000 MW of wind power capacity for the $2 billion first phase of the project, which will be online by early 2011. Currently, the largest U.S. wind plant has a capacity of 736 MW.
In August 2007, Mesa Power filed documents for the Pampa Wind Project with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and awarded a contract to Burns & McDonnell to provide initial development and conceptual engineering support for the facility. The company plans to complete all four phases of the $10 billion project by 2014. According to GE, an economic impact study has found that the project will generate 1,500 jobs during its construction phase and support about 720 jobs during its operation. While operating, the project is expected to pay local landowners a total of $65.3 million per year to lease their land for wind power production. See the press release from GE and Burns & McDonnell, and for background on T. Boone Pickens, see his Web site.
The Pampa Wind Project will depend heavily on the state's creation of "Competitive Renewable Energy Zones" (CREZs), which will be linked to the grid by new transmission lines. Last year, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas issued an interim final order that designated five CREZs, including the future site of the Pampa Wind Project (designated as the Panhandle "B" wind zone). In response, ERCOT released a study in April that places the cost of the transmission lines at $2.95-$6.38 billion, with the most expensive option providing 3,270 MW of transmission capacity for the Panhandle "B" zone, and the other options falling short of that. The Wind Coalition claims that the proposed improvements would save consumers more than $3 billion in annual energy costs. The PUC is expected to finalize its order soon, thereby authorizing the development of the new transmission lines. See an overview of CREZs from the Texas State Energy Conservation Office, the press releases from The Wind Coalition on the CREZs and the ERCOT report, and the ERCOT press release.


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The digital video recorders that have proliferated in U.S. homes over the past decade may be a boon to TV viewers, giving them the ability to time-shift programs, record multiple shows at the same time and pause live broadcasts. But they're also gluttons for electricity, consuming almost as much power after they've been turned off as when they're on.
They're about to go on a power diet. The Consumer Electronics Association and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association announced an agreement Thursday to switch to significantly more energy-efficient set-top boxes, with the first steps starting next month. Although the agreement is voluntary, 15 top cable, satellite and telephone companies and their set-top box makers that serve more than 90 million U.S. homes have pledged to abide by it.
The trade groups projected that the moves could cut consumers' power bills by $1.5 billion annually once the agreement is fully implemented. Most of the savings will come from new set-tops that meet the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star 3.0 standards; those devices consume about 45% less power than conventional models.
The agreement calls for 90 percent of the set-tops purchased and deployed by pay-TV providers after 2013 to meet Energy Star 3.0, but it doesn't compel them to replace the boxes that are already in consumers' homes. As a result, it will take years to achieve much of the savings envisioned by the deal.
Still, pay-TV providers have agreed to take several steps in the next year to try to cut energy use right away. The cable operators who have signed on, including Comcast and Time Warner, have agreed to download new software to an estimated 10 million DVR-equipped set-tops that will stop their hard drives from spinning when the devices aren't recording -- something the industry calls a "light sleep" mode. Putting a box in "light sleep" cuts its power use by 20 percent to 30 percent, according to the cable industry.
The telephone companies that have endorsed the agreement, including AT&T and Verizon, will offer "light sleep" capabilities next year. And 90 percent of the new receivers deployed by DirecTV and DISH Network in 2013 will have a new feature that cuts their power consumption automatically when not in use.


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Oracle Web Services Manager
By Jiandong Guo-Oracle on Jan 17, 2011
It has been a long time since my last entry for this blog. In the mean time,
I moved from Glassfish org to Oracle's Identity Management org. While I will still
get involved with Metro and the open source community, my main focus will be on the enterprise Web services security, identity and policy management solutions with Oracle Web Services Manager (OWSM). Check out my blog there for more information and offerings of OWSM.


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Baldwin 4100102 Oil Rubbed Bronze 4 Inch Lever Style Brass Door Holder
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Door Stop Collection Lever Style Door Holder - 4 Inch
Taking a time tested design and greatly improving upon it, Baldwin utilizes superior materials and expert craftsmanship to turn this straightforward lever style door holder into something extraordinary. Constructed from solid forged brass, and incorporating a stainless steel hinging pin for added strength as well as unique non-marring rubber tip that grips either floor or carpet, each door holder is as dependable as it is beautiful and at the same time simple enough to be operated by foot. When not in use, a spring catch holds the lever upright, ensuring that your door remains free to open when needed. Match your new door stop to your existing Baldwin hardware with your choice of nineteen quality finishes and create the perfect finishing touch to your home décor.
- Solid Forged Brass Construction
- Arm Length: 4" (102mm)
- Maximum Floor Clearance: 3" (76mm)
- Stainless Steel Hinging Pin for Added Strength
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There are brand names, and then there is Baldwin. Constantly building and re-building upon a time tested legacy of superior design, craftsmanship, functionality and innovation, Baldwin Hardware has delivered modern luxury to discriminating homeowners, architects and designers since 1946. From being the first to forge solid brass door hardware to setting precedence for Lifetime Finishes, Baldwin has been and always will be synonymous with revolutionary technology and unsurpassed quality. Aspire to make your home much more than mere shelter, and relax in the assurance that function and elegance can finally flourish within the same line of fine products—Baldwin can show you how.
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Each of Baldwin's direct customers shall receive any claims and take delivery of any allegedly defective Baldwin products from the consumers and shall communicate and otherwise cooperate in a reasonable manner with Baldwin concerning the administration, processing and remedying of such claims, including, but not limited to, delivering repaired or replacement Baldwin products or, in the appropriate case, purchase price refunds to consumers. Please Note: The limited warranty on all locks or latches is void if used in combination with knobs, levers or trim of other than those manufactured by Baldwin and designated for use with the applicable locks or latches.


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Engage customers and prospects with timely, personalized outbound digital messages
With IBM® eMessage, marketers can extend IBM Campaign capabilities to email and other outbound digital campaigns with the ability to create, preview, test, execute, and track messages. IBM eMessage delivers more effective stand-alone campaigns, as well as integrating these communication channels into cross-channel marketing strategies.
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Denoting an action or event preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important: preliminary talks the discussions were seen as preliminary to the policy paper
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preparatory, introductory, initial, opening, prefatory, precursory;
early, exploratory
noun (plural preliminaries)
1An action or event preceding or preparing for something fuller or more important: the bombardment was resumed as a preliminary to an infantry attack
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prelude, preparation, preparatory measure, preliminary action
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introduction, preamble, opening/prefatory remarks, formalities
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preliminary to
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Hi everyone...I have a goal to make 4:15 marathon next March 11, what speed do you recomend me for tempo, I been running about 25 miles for week, and I already started my training, may best time is 4:50, running speed track is not good for me because I got injury, someone recomende me tempo.
Thank you
I've read a bunch of different thoughts on tempo paces. Some say that running at your marathon pace for 45-90 min is a good tempo run training pace, others have you run somewhere between 10k to 1/2 marathon pace for the same amount of time. Personally I've tried both and prefer to run around my 1/2 marathon pace and then push the last two to three miles up a bit to nearly 10k pace. I also tried to do a race pace race just before my taper which is usually a 1/2 or 30k distance. The McMillan running calculator can help you figure out training paces based on goal race paces and past race times. Good luck and have fun!
Quote from Bob Moawad " You can't make footprints in the sands of time if you are sitting on your butt. And who wants to make buttprints in the sands of time"
2008 - Grandma's marathon - 4:51 2011 - Get in Gear 1/2 marathon - 1:46
2009 - Get in Gear 1/2 marathon - 1:49 2011 - Green Bay marathon - 3:51
2009 - Grandma's marathon - 4:13 2011 - Grandma's marathon - 3:45
2009 - Twin Cities marathon - 4:02 2011 - Minneapolis Pride 5k - 21:31
2010 - Grandma's marathon - 3:58 ya hoo!
2010 - Twin Cities marathhon - 3:55
Tempo runs and pace runs are generally better for marathon training than interval sessions (though intervals still have their place). The McMillan Running Calculator already mentioned is great for figuring paces for tempo and interval runs. (http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm) Try to use a recent half-marathon, 10-mile or 10K to figure your tempo pace. The longer races are better but a 10K will do. Try to work up to the occasional longer tempo runs if you can, where you're doing maybe 6 miles at tempo pace. Do tempo runs no more than once a week. You could also try tempo intervals. Read here for an explanation of the different runs: http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/training4.htm. "Pace runs" are what he calls "Marathon goal pace runs". Basically a medium-long run with the last few miles at your marathon goal pace. Do this no more often than every 3 or 4 weeks. Adjust the total distance of both tempo and pace runs depending on where you are in your training.
Hope this helps.
Len hits on some good points, and I just want to throw in some extra advice.
Tempo pace is scientifically your "lactate threshold" pace, or the pace you can hold for an hour, or about 85-90% of your max heart rate. In competitive runners, the pace is usually somewhere between their 10 mile and half-marathon race pace. But for new runners, it's usually about their 10k pace. Ultimately, it really depends on your current fitness level so my advice is to check out the McMillan calculator or use a heart rate monitor.
Running tempo workouts for a marathon is a great idea - they're one of the most beneficial workouts you can do. But if you haven't been running very long then you should focus on several months of base work that could include a very short tempo, but your focus should be on easy running. I'd throw in some strides and maybe hill sprints to keep your neuromuscular system awake, but your focus is on maintaining easy volume.
Good luck!
- Fitz.
Thank you very much
If you have an injury, stay away from speedwork right now and just do easy aerobic running. You want it to heal.
4:50 to 4:15 is a big jump (12%). THere are things you can do to help you know just if you will be capable of that
or not. If you get to race day and you go out at 4:15 pace, and you only have a 4:40 in you, you will have one
heckuva death march on the back end. Here's a few things:
--first work you aerobic base. Run easy. A pace where you can converse easily. If you have a heart rate monitor,
even better. Just stay below 70% MHR. You'll find that you will get faster at the same heart rate as you build volume.
The easy running will allow you to build your volume much easier. If you add speedwork, you will be cruising for a bruising.
It's the aerobic miles that will bring you the most improvement for the marathon.
--do a regular test of your aerobic fitness. Mark Allen used a simple 8k test where he would run at a heart rate of 180-his age. If the pace of the test was getting better, he knew he was on the right track. If it got worse, something was wrong in his training, or it was time to stop racing. You can make the test one mile or more
--About 5-6 weeks out from the race, then add in some speedwork or tempo, but cut your total volume back. THe tempos can be at marathon heart rate or pace to wake your legs up and get them use to marathon pace. Once or twice a week on non-consecutive days is more than enough. A few tempos at 85-90% MHR, about 20-30minutes, not in the same week, is about as fast as you neeed to go.
--run a 5k or 10k race, but not during the taper. THis will give you an idea of your overall endurance and speed. You can use the McMillan Calculator to help you ascertan weather or not you have the speed for a 4:15. It gives 26:09 for a 4:15 marathon. That is if everything is perfect like your aerobic fitness and endurance, weather, hydration, and pacing. I would say you would have to be able to run more of 25:30 5k or 53:00 10k or better in order to make 4:15. If you try the test Mark Allen used, then you would need about a 11:30 pace or better at 180-age heart rate.
SO, aerobic base first, then a little speed. Test yourself in a tune-up race. Then try to pick a more correct pace based on those race times.
Remember, it is aerobic endurance that will help you realize your potential. Turning your body into a fat-burning, aerobic machine.
Thank for take your time to answer my question
I like tempo runs. The only problem is that they can be a little bit to tough for you. My experience
is that you can always go for a 5K tempo run. That's not so hard for your body.
Have you tried progressive tempo runs. With them you still go a little bit harder but you also get some distance
at the same time and they are softer to your body.
Let's assume your 10K race pace is 4:30/km. A 12K progressive tempo run would be:
4K at 5:30/km speed.
4K at 5:00/km speed
and the final 4K at 4:30 speed.
Good Luck!
Lars Henriksson
Tempo Running can be great for marathon training if you are trying to work on increasing your speed. Tempo runs are similar to Fartlek in that it utilizes a variance of running paces. From my experience, this technique gives me results I can see each week. As part of your running speed training, you will need to extend the time you spend on step 2.
It is recommended that you start out at 5 minutes, and extend that time each week by 1-2 minute intervals.
1. Begin your run at an easy pace for 8 minutes.
2. After 8 minutes, speed up to a difficult but tolerable pace that you can keep for 5 minutes.
3. After 5 minutes, return to your easy pace.
4. Repeat steps 2-3 until you have done the process for one hour.
You can also do lunges, hills, stairs, or Fartlek workouts to increase your speed. Happy running and good luck!!
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The Beat Goes On ranks the 7 best Bruce Springsteen albums
Did your favorite Boss record made the cut?
By Melinda Newman Thursday, Mar 1, 2012 8:27 PM
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(guest)I totally agree with Darkness at #1, but does anyone really think Magic is better than Nebraska? Or the strangely absent The River or Born in the USA? No way.March 1, 2012 at 9:54PM ESTReply to Comment
Justin (guest)The River and The Rising and take off Greetings and MagicMarch 1, 2012 at 10:12PM ESTReply to Comment
melindaAngel and Justin-- I'm not a fan of "Born in the USA." I know that sounds crazy, but it doesn't hold up for me.. .
For me, and I chose the albums for their artistic merit AND if I had to pick seven albums of his off a shelf to play which ones would they be-- "Magic" gave me a jolt of joy and got me totally back into Springsteen after I had lost a little interest. If I had extended the list to 10, I would have included The Rising at No. 8 and possibly The River, but BITUSA would not have made my top 10. I LOVE your thoughts thoughMarch 1, 2012 at 11:03PM ESTReply to Comment
Paul b (guest)Replace Tunnel and Magic with The wild The innocent... And born in the USA , I agree with the rest, always thought the River was overrated( except title track)March 1, 2012 at 11:04PM ESTReply to Comment
melindaPaul-- I don't know if I think the River was overrated, so much as its reach exceeded its grasp. There's a fine single album in there... I like your choices. i've found people either LOVE "Tunnel" to distraction, as I do, or have very little feeling about it at all.March 2, 2012 at 12:38PM EST
velocityknownNebraska is easily my favorite, I do enjoy Born in the USA, but I don't know if you can say it's in his top 7 albums.March 2, 2012 at 11:29AM ESTReply to Comment
(guest)I'm not sure if The River is overrated. I do understand that it had its failures, and that there is an awesome single album hidden away in there, but I kind of like when artists over-reach a little. Not every double album can be Blonde on Blonde or the White Album or Allman Bros at Fillmore East...March 2, 2012 at 1:08PM ESTReply to Comment
weed4504Obviously every list is subjective but there are a few picks I can't agree with.
I think "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ" is still really raw and he hadn't quite figured out where he wanted to take his music yet. He nailed it down with the anthems in "The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle." It has his epics "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)", "Fourth of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)", and "New York Serenade" on it. How can this be ignored?
And while I agree that "The River" may sometimes dance into excess, it's the album of his I find that I listen to the most. It's just pure energy. It's flawed ambition is what keeps me coming back to it. It's rough edges add to it's charm.
And while I love Magic, I think Wrecking Ball may be better. It's early to say that but that's what my instinct tells me after listening to the new album these past few days.
Also, no live album?March 2, 2012 at 1:38PM ESTReply to Comment
melindaWeed-- if you go to the first page of the gallery, there's a link to an essay that explains some of my thinking and why there's no live albums on there (plus the two essential live albums I think every Springsteen fan should have). I hear you on "Shuffle." The very reasons you mention on "Asbury Park" are why I love it-- it's inchoate Bruce and we are in on the development . I love your description of "The River." I love that Bruce has never hidden his ambitionMarch 2, 2012 at 6:14PM EST
jacob (guest)There is a good chance that nobody will ever make a record as perfect as either Nebraska or Darkness.
Each time I listen to those records I hear something new in the music that makes me appreciate it more and more with each listen.March 6, 2012 at 11:53AM ESTReply to Comment
Mark S.Born in the USA over Magic and Live/75-85 over Tracks. Springsteen still haven't released anything worth listening to since Tunnel of Love.March 6, 2012 at 12:53PM ESTReply to Comment
rudeboy (guest)Never been a huge fan of The River either, but The Rising has to be in the top 5 somewhere, no? No problem w Darkness #1 and agree that Born in the USA can be left off as well, but would have left off Human Touch and Magic as well. From 1 to 7 for me: Darkness, Tracks, The Rising, Born to Run, The Wild, the innocent, Nebraska, and GreetingsMarch 6, 2012 at 3:26PM ESTReply to Comment
melindaRUDEBOY... I love this... it's all so subjective and Springsteen's music all speaks to us in different ways. What I also love is that noone disputes "Darkness" at No. 1, even if you wouldn't put it there...Which means we're all really dedicated fans, because you know what the Springsteen dilettantes would put at No. 1... LOL. "Rising" is not in my top 5, though I have great appreciation and love the stuff he performs live from it. I don't have "Human Touch" on my list... I'm hard pressed to find anyone who would, although there are some great individual tracks on there. MARK S: Agree w/ you on Live/75-85's greatness, but I decided not to include any live albums. It's unwieldy how we did this, but if you go back to the top and click on "rest of the post" or something like that, it takes you to an essay that somewhat explains my methodology. ThanksMarch 6, 2012 at 4:16PM EST
apiazza (guest)How do you rank the different chapters of the Bible? They are all classics! Much like Springsteen albums.June 18, 2012 at 8:41PM ESTReply to Comment
Paul Carroll (guest)Hi Melinda - am sure you won't mind an Englishman joining the party, the day after my 12th concert, this time in Manchester. Fantastic as always especially the audience participation and the moving tribute to Clarence. BTW has anyone noticed that he never ever plays anything from ToL? And nothing last night from Magic or WoaD (though the latter is hardly surprising). Anyway, to my top 7. BTR isn't just my favourite BS album, it's my favourite of all time - with Clarence's sax solo on JUngleland topping everything. That's the easy part...
1 Born to Run
2 The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
3 Greetings from Asbury Park
4 The Ghost of Tom Joad
5 Tunnel of Love (re-discovered recently)
6 Seeger Sessions (and produced possibly the most fun filled concert I've seen)
7 Born in the USA
So, a fan for over 30 years (starting with the River on Christmas Day 1981 who incidentally is gradually buying CDs of all the old LPs - only the River to go) who can't find a place for Darkness in his top 7 - it's just too dark for me. Also real fans are not supposed to like BitUSA due to its popularity but let's face it - it's a collection of brilliant songs. Both the River and the Rising suffer from more = less syndrome. Tracks is worth considering for 'Happy' alone Some other comments - WoaD proves that anger and sadness generally create better music; Queen of the Supermarket - wonderful tune, awful lyrics; Wrecking Ball will come to be regarded as a classic; easy to name the worst 3 - Human Touch, Lucky Town and WoaD - though each contains wonderful stuff; and I highly recommend Live at the Main Point 75 which is only just becoming available here - watch out for the early version of what was to become Thunder Road and a sublime 'Incident on 57th Street'.
And my wife still dreams that one day she'll be Dancing in the Dark on stage...June 23, 2012 at 9:11AM ESTReply to Comment
Michael (guest)1. Born To Run
2. The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
3. Darkness on the Edge of Town
4. The River
5. Born in the USA
6. Tunnel of Love
7. The Promise
8. Tracks
9. Magic
10. NebraskaMarch 25, 2013 at 4:41PM ESTReply to Comment
Tyler Froehle (guest)THANK YOU for finally putting Tracks in the top 10! There's 66 songs. If you can find 10 you like, it deserves a top 10 spot.September 22, 2014 at 3:13PM ESTReply to Comment


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AUSTIN (October 25, 2012)—The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday refused to reconsider its ruling that Texas can withhold state women's health care funding from Planned Parenthood clinics
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SAN JOSE -- The first thing you notice about Kyle Crick is how quickly he works.
At times, he'll wait just five seconds between getting the ball back from his catcher and starting his windup, a process that might be even faster if Crick didn't have to wait for opposing hitters to step back into the box.
The fourth inning of his final regular season start on August 29 lasted just four minutes, and Crick cut that to three and a half minutes while pitching a perfect fifth. He was even quicker in the sixth, needing just two and a half minutes to get a fly out, strikeout and grounder to second.
"I like to get out there and get after it," Crick said. "I like to stay at the same pace, the same tempo. I think it helps me throw more strikes."
The Giants are hopeful that Crick, who doesn't turn 21 until November, stays on this pace all the way to the major leagues. The 49th overall pick in the 2011 draft had a 1.57 ERA in 14 regular season starts for the High-A San Jose Giants this season, striking out 95 batters in 682/3 innings. Crick averaged 10.3 strikeouts per nine innings in his first two minor league seasons and upped that to 12.5 this season while also increasing his strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.44).
"He's got big league stuff right now," San Jose pitching coach Mike Couchee said. "He's a big, strong kid and he has stuff that would play anywhere right now. It's just a matter of harnessing it a little bit and getting him a little more efficient in the strike zone. If he does that, he can move very, very fast."
Crick has the kind of pedigree that has come through San Jose before. He is similar in size (6-foot-4, 220 pounds) and background (drafted out of high school) to Matt Cain, who put up similar numbers in San Jose nine years ago. Cain had a 1.86 ERA and 89 strikeouts in 13 starts for San Jose as a 19-year-old, and Crick lists the two-time champion as one of the current big league pitchers he has watched closely, along with Matt Harvey and Clayton Kershaw.
Those around Crick are hesitant to set a timetable for his arrival, and assistant general manager Bobby Evans said Crick has work to do after missing two months early in the season with an oblique injury. The Giants are sending Crick to the Arizona Fall League in part because he is nowhere near reaching his 2012 total of 1111/3 innings.
"I think there's an innings deficit that hurts him a bit," Evans said. "He missed out on a lot of innings because of the injury, but we'll get him additional work. He'll face some pretty good competition, too."
Crick said he's looking forward to seeing some of the game's best prospects, a group he has joined. In Crick, scouts see a budding top-of-the-rotation starter, and the timing couldn't be better for the Giants. Cain and Madison Bumgarner are the only pitchers locked into the long-term rotation, but pitchers like Crick, Clayton Blackburn, Ty Blach and Edwin Escobar lead a wave headed for San Francisco.
The Giants prospect lists next spring will be littered with starting pitchers, and Crick leads the way. He was the organization's top prospect this spring according to Baseball America and ESPN's Keith Law, and was ranked 37th in baseball in Law's midseason rankings despite missing most of the first half.
"He's a tremendous talent and he's really learning the art of pitching," San Jose manager Andy Skeels said. "You're always looking for progression and he's done a nice job of developing this year. I think anytime a pitcher misses a period of time, you're curious to see how he bounces back, and he did a really nice job."
Skeels has been most impressed with the work Crick has done in subtle areas, adjusting his routine between starts, throwing more first pitch strikes and improving at holding runners. The best sign may be the development of a changeup that regularly touched 87-88 mph in his final regular season start, complementing a fastball that has hit 98 mph.
"I don't even know if I really had (a changeup) at the very beginning of the year," Crick said. "To actually throw it for strikes and dominate with it is a pretty good feeling."
Crick was speaking an hour after walking off the mound with 11 strikeouts and his first zero-walk line of the year, another positive sign for a pitcher who also can dominate with a curveball and slider. Crick walked 39 in those 14 regular season starts, but Couchee believes it's an issue that will go away as Crick advances.
"That's one of the discussions we have, that you can pitch at 95 instead of having to throw 97-98," Couchee said. "The 95 mph fastball will play at any level with command, and that's been a big focus of what we're trying to do. It's a balance right now, but there's no doubting the arm."


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The 1913 flood was one of the worst natural disasters to hit the United States. It hit the country at a time when there was no federal disaster plan in place for any flood, let alone one of that magnitude.
The majority of victims were forced to rely on friends and neighbors until relief efforts arrived.
The Red Cross was instrumental in providing support and relief for flood victims during the 1913 flood.
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Photo Courtesy of The American Red Cross.
The American Red Cross has provided relief for flood victims since it was founded in 1881. They have stations such as this set up across the country to provide relief to those in need.
It was a relatively new organization at the time, having been first established on May 21, 1881, according to Melanie Pipkin, a spokeswoman for the American Red Cross.
The Red Cross was stationed in Ohio for five months from March until August after the flood of 1913 in order to provide relief to the victims.
"According to the disaster report, it was the largest relief operation of its kind that the Red Cross had engaged in up to that point," said Pipkin. "The total relief expended was more than $3 million."
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American Red Cross was founded on May 21, 1881.
The Red Cross was on the ground in Ohio for five months from March to August during the 1913 flood.
At that time the 1913 flood in Ohio was the largest relief operation the Red Cross had engaged in.
The total relief expended was more than $3 million.
The Ohio Conservancy Act was passed in February of 1914.
It allowed the formation of agencies to provide comprehensive plans for the control of flooding in communities across Ohio.
There are 20 conservancy districts in the state of Ohio.
Two of the largest are the Miami Conservancy District and the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.
Source: Times research.
The relief efforts provided by the Red Cross included sending social workers, nurses and relief supplies. Providing food, clothing and shelter for those affected was the main concern for the organization, Pipkin said.
Since that event the Red Cross has dealt with a number of disasters nationwide and for the most part the approach has remained constant, she said.
"We continue to do things like send in relief supplies and workers, but the sophistication of our efforts is much different now," said Pipkin. "We have much better technology, transportation and communication today than was available in 1913."
These tools make it easier for the Red Cross to work with the communities affected and also with other agencies.
The experience of having dealt with more disasters also makes responses faster and easier today than it would have been in 1913.
"Being a relatively young organization in 1913 we didn't have the infrastructure or fundraising capabilities we have now," said Pipkin. "At the time of the flood we had 60 chapters. Today there are more than 500 chapters of the Red Cross ready and willing to help across the country."
Relief efforts could likely have been reduced if there was any sort of federal or state emergency plan in place during the 1913 flood.
After the widespread disaster of the 1913 flood the Ohio Conservancy Act was passed.
The act was drafted by Dayton attorney John McMahon and lobbied for the creation of conservancy districts all across the state of Ohio. In February of 1914 the act was passed, and allowed the formation of regional agencies to provide comprehensive plans to control flooding in the community, according to Kurt Rinehart, chief engineer with the Miami Conservancy District.
"There are 20 conservancy districts in Ohio and most are relatively small," said Rinehart. "We are one of the largest, along with the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District."
Rinehart noted that with the increase in technology and the formation of these conservancy districts, that Ohio residents are much less likely to face what those living in 1913 did.
"I think back then it was pretty much communities were on their own," he added. "There wasn't a strong state or federal presence available to help until the cleanup and relief efforts."
At the time of the 1913 flood there were few preventative measures for an influx of that much water, nor procedures of what to do if it did occur.
With no way to prevent those levels of water and very little warning, the devastation that ensued was catastrophic for areas of Ohio near bodies of water.
Today, thanks in part to both federal and state efforts, cities living in areas at risk for floods are more protected.
The Miami Conservancy currently has five dams that were completed in 1922 to prevent flood waters from reaching cities from Piqua down to Hamilton, according to Brenda Gibson, public relations manager for the Miami Conservancy District.
Gibson added that the dams have held water back 1,700 times, but only a few of those would have prevented flooding among the cities.
"These dams are designed to handle the amount of water from the 1913 flood plus an additional 40 percent," said Rinehart. "Thankfully we haven't seen any floods quite like the one in 1913."
Several floods have been prevented by the precautionary measures put in place by the Miami Conservancy District.
"Since 1913 the two worst floods we have experienced have been in 1959 and 2005," he said. "Both of those floods would have allowed significant water into the cities."


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An interesting article surfaced today talking about Linux based systems used in Hollywood, specifically on a new Paramount feature production, The Spiderwick Chronicles directed by Mark Waters.
The article has lots of good screen shots showing software in use, but I guess a little unfortunately many of the applications are proprietary and Blender doesn't get a look in. Still, it's encouraging to know how the Linux OS has penetrated this sphere.


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The war in Afghanistan began on Oct. 7, 2001, less than a month after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
The war in Iraq started a year-and-a-half later on March 23, 2003.
But it wasn't until July of 2007, when Army 1st Lt. Chris Rutherford was killed in action, that the wars seemed real to Marietta resident Kelly Eddy, 44.
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Penny Rutherford at the grave of her son, Army 1st. Lt. Chris Rutherford, in Eastlawn Cemetery.
"It gave a connection that, hey, we are at war and people are dying," said Eddy, who is originally from Dart and knew of the Frontier High School and Marietta College graduate's family, although he was not a personal acquaintance.
Rutherford is one of two Washington County soldiers, and among several more from the region, to die in the wars that began in the wake of the attacks 10 years ago Sunday. When terrorists flew hijacked commercial airliners into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and crashed a fourth in Shanksville, Pa., after passengers fought back, the course of American history was forever altered.
The lives of the families and friends of the soldiers who subsequently gave their lives changed irrevocably as well. And their loss was felt keenly in the communities they called home, even by people who never met them.
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Area soldiers killed in action:
Army Staff Sgt. Roger C. Turner, 37, a Meigs County High School graduate, was killed Feb. 1, 2004, in a mortar attack in Balad, Iraq.
Army Spc. Ernie Sutphin, 21, a Parkersburg native, died March 18, 2004, from injuries sustained a week earlier when a homemade land mine exploded beneath his Humvee on a road near Baghdad.
Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua S. Wilfong, 22, of Walker, W.Va., was killed April 30, 2004, in fighting near Fallujah, Iraq.
Army Spc. Allen Nolan, 38, of Marietta died Sept. 30, 2004, from injuries received 12 days earlier when his military vehicle was struck by an explosive device and his convoy was attacked by small-arms fire in Balad, northwest of Baghdad.
Army Staff Sgt. Curtis A. Mitchell, 28, of McConnelsville, died Dec. 12, 2005, when a makeshift bomb exploded near his tank during combat operations in Baghdad.
Army Spc. Joshua D. Jones, 24, of Pomeroy, was killed Aug. 27, 2006, by a sniper in southwest Baghdad.
Army 1st Lt. Chris Rutherford, 25, of Newport, was killed July 2, 2007, by a roadside bomb that detonated near his vehicle outside Balad.
Army Pfc. Kyle Norris, 22, of Zanesville, died May 23, 2008, in Balad, a day after his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device, about 30 miles south of Baghdad. He was buried at Rainbow Cemetery outside Lowell.
Army Pfc. David Alan Hess, 25, of Parkersburg, died Oct. 10, 2010, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol unit in Afghanistan.
Navy Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Nicholas H. Null, 30, of Washington, W.Va., was killed Aug. 6, 2011, when a helicopter he was aboard crashed in Afghanistan.
For information on all the soldiers killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, visit The Washington Post's Faces of the Fallen at http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/afghanistan/
"I was just ... devastated for their families," said Devola resident Barbara Lada, 67. "I guess it just surprised me to think that it was somebody who lived so close even though I didn't know them personally."
The Valley has also seen several residents wounded in action, from well-known POW Jessica Lynch of Wirt County, W.Va., to Washington County native Army Pfc. Kyle Hockenberry, who lost both legs and an arm in a July explosion in Afghanistan.
The first deaths
The first soldier from the Valley to die in either of the wars was Army Staff Sgt. Roger Turner, a Meigs County High School graduate who enlisted while living briefly in Parkersburg and was killed in Iraq in February 2004. He was followed in March by Army Spc. Ernie Sutphin, a Parkersburg native, and in April by Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Wilfong of Walker, W.Va.
On Sept. 30 of that year, Army Spc. Allen Nolan, 38, of Marietta, a married father of five, became the first Washington County resident to die in the Iraq war. He was wounded in an attack on a convoy in Balad, northwest of Iraq.
"I was sad; I was hurt; I was distraught," Waterford resident Ernie Malec, 38, said this week, recalling the death of Nolan, his co-worker at Broughton Foods. "Allen Nolan was a kind, wonderful man."
A Navy veteran who served toward the end of the first Gulf War, Malec understood the realities of war but said knowing the person who died is different than hearing statistics on the news. It often frustrates him that soldiers' lives are reduced to numbers or brief mentions in media coverage, he said.
To this day, Malec said he thinks of Nolan when discussing matters of faith, which the two did often at work.
He admired Nolan's dedication to his church, family and job.
"When Allen Nolan did something, he did it 100 percent," Malec said. "All of us would like to think we're that way but we're not."
Nolan was also a good soldier, always "watching over his men," said his cousin Randy Nolan, 54, of Marietta.
He'll be remembering Allen Sunday, just like he does the other 364 days of the year.
Randy Nolan keeps a plaque, given to him by an Army officer at Allen's funeral, on a table by his bed.
"I look at it every day," he said.
The most recent area soldier killed in one of the wars was Navy Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Nicholas H. Null, 30, a Parkersburg South High School graduate killed in a helicopter crash that claimed a total of 30 U.S. service members.
Newport resident Herman Thomas, the grandfather of Rutherford, said he watched coverage of Null's death with grim recognition of what his own family went through four years ago.
"The bad part is these (wars) just keep dragging on and you feel for the families yet to come," he said.
A community loss
The return of the fallen soldiers was greeted not just by friends and family but by residents who wanted to honor the sacrifice they made.
More than 600 people attended funeral services for Nolan at Faith Bible Church in Williamstown and more than 150 were on hand for his burial at East Lawn Memorial Park. Volunteers later funded and built an addition onto his family's house.
Rutherford's funeral was held at his alma mater, Frontier High School, with hundreds in attendance. Thousands lined Ohio 7 for the 17-mile drive from the school to East Lawn.
They stood like statues for hours, waiting for the mourners to drive by, holding American flags and saluting. It was a scene repeated in small communities across the nation, as each one lost a hero, or two, or more, to war.
Among those lining Ohio 7 was Marietta resident Heather Berga, now 32, who didn't know Rutherford but felt "it was the right thing to do."
"I may not believe in the war or sometimes why we go to war but I do believe in supporting our soldiers," she said this week.
Berga said she tries to attend benefits for area soldiers who have been wounded or killed whenever she can.
"It helps the families to know ... your community is behind you and we are here and we feel for you," she said.
The reaction from the community to her son's death was "overwhelming," said Rutherford's mother, Penny.
"It was so heartwarming, nothing I would have expected," she said.
Less than a year later, dozens gathered along Ohio 60 as the body of Army Pfc. Kyle Norris was transported to Rainbow Cemetery in Lowell. Norris was a Zanesville resident whose mother, Neva, was born in Marietta, and whose great-grandparents are interred in the same cemetery.
"He told me if anything happened to him he wanted to be buried down there with Grandma and Grandpa," said Norris, 54, who lived in Belle Valley for three years before returning to the Zanesville area.
She never thought she would have to carry out the plan for her young son, she said.
Seeing the people gathered along the route that day brought her to tears, Norris said.
"It took me and my family's breath away to see people that didn't even know Kyle ... stand out and salute him," she said. "It just shows how wonderful people can be."
Lowell resident Brian Wilson, 51, stood along both routes, he said, to honor soldiers who were strangers but who had laid down their lives for his freedom.
"I always have mixed emotions when I hear something like that," he said. "The sorrow that I have because of the loss of life but also the pride I have from being an American."
Remembering today
The 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks mean something a little different to each of the families of the fallen soldiers.
For Neva Norris, the day is linked to her son joining the military. Fifteen years old when the attacks happened, Kyle Norris decided he wanted to work to defend others. Her heart sank when he later told her he would do that by joining the military, because she knew he would likely be going to war.
"He just said, 'Mom, I have to do something; I have to protect you, make sure you're safe and my family and friends,'" she said.
Sept. 11 may not have been the reason Chris Rutherford joined the military but his mother sees the war in Iraq as an outgrowth of America's response to the attacks.
"They wouldn't have gone to war with Iraq if this hadn't happened," Penny Rutherford said.
She and Thomas, her father, said Chris joined the military because of his desire to serve others and better himself.
"Didn't matter where he was, he wanted to be Superman," Thomas laughed.
Malta resident Regina Mitchell lost her son, Army Staff Sgt. Curtis "Tony" Mitchell, in December 2005 when an improvised explosive device went off under his tank - just 36 hours before he was scheduled to leave Iraq.
"I can't change his death," Mitchell said. "I can celebrate his life and remember the good things."


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Beaches featured in a major thematic series of work by Maurice Denis, who had been familiar with the Breton shoreline since his youth. The painter associated the spectacle of nature with the evocation of the feminine.
Contemporaneous with Fauvism, the sunny beach at Perros-Guirec demonstrates the increase in the number of colours in works of this period. The red and yellow stripes of the bathing suits become pure plastic motifs under his brush. The Breton shoreline hemmed with waves is given a Mediterranean feel by the use of dazzling light. Linked to careful study of Cézanne's Bathers, geometric lines dictate the disposition of the figures. For Denis, playful activity pays tribute to the divine nature of creation by virtue of its naivety. By conjuring up the beaches where he spent happy times, the artist found meaning on a human and sacred scale in the beauty of the world.


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5- point plan for getting that consistency
1) Get rid of Downing - see previous thread for explanation
2) Never ever consider playing Lucas and Allen together. They seem to be too similar for the footy Brendan wants to play
3) Following from above, we have to get a so-called 'hard man' in the defensive midfield positon. I believe we are bullied too often here (a la Stoke game). Diame of West Ham would be good, and if its true he's available for 3.5 mil........
4) Give Sterling a break. He's looking a bit out of his depth at the moment
5) Sturridge must start. If you bring him on with 30 minutes to go he's only ever going to get 30 minutes. If you start him, he might just make it to the end of the game i.e get fitter quicker. I think Brendan knows he ballsed up in the United game.
I would be interested to know of everybody's 'point plan' to get us consistency and also beating the top sides which has been a problem (forget how we've played, its the results that matter)Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
A couple of things I believe, and I'll get to them in a second, but have to note in your bullets, it will be nearly impossible to drop both Sterling and Downing, since they are our only true wide players/wingers, especially since Assaidi has had 0 impact and is at ACON, and Suso isn't a winger..
That said, I think their is a basic plan and I'm sure everyone has one of their own, needless to say, and quite ridiculous, for some it will be sacking Rodgers now which would make an IMMEDIATE and OVERWHELMING impact by bringing in..... Well, nobody's suggested a replacement and well, there's nobody out there..
# 1 - I agree, Sturridge has to start. He did vs Mansfield, which was obviously not worth mentioning with Utd, but I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt having been aware of lack of fitness and potential risk, if advised by the physios. If Daniel gets hurt, especially right away, we've flushed 12M down the toilet. But, now, or Norwich, absolutely.
# 2 - Perhaps doing a "Barca" (very poor man's version of course) with 3 strikers or 2 natural, 1 defacto in Suarez (not a bad one I might add) Borini left to cut in, Sturridge center and to interchange, and Suarez right and to interchange. The quicker and more time the 3 of them get to play together, like we saw with quite some success, despite some others with the persistent bashing of Borini despite missing 4 months and actually playing very well in his 15, they will develop a great understanding, and Borini in particular would benefit the most because unlike earlier in the year out wide, he wouldn't be deployed as an attacking winger, but a striker who can cut in, or poach in the box with LS and DS dribbling/creativity.
# 3 Sterling perhaps given a role in the "hole" or 10 spot.. he actually created our goal in the Utd match from that position, and not out wide, picking a short pass to Gerrard whose shot led to the goal.. He'd get a lighter workload, and have more freedom, plus create alot more trouble for a holding mid or cb to mark him, rather than a full back the likes of Evra, Cole, Baines and many others.. He's improving but years away..
# 4 If perhaps actually benching both Downing and Sterling and using the 3 striker system, include Suso in the advanced CAM 10 spot.. That's his natural position, he shined at the Spain U-21s there, and with him picking a pass or dribbling into the box and 3 finishers in front, that could be quite problematic.
# 5 If staying with the similar type formation and not using any of the above, get Lucas fit and start him deep with Gerrard who's bang in form, and IF Allen is also to play, perhaps advance him forward, since he's good on the ball, and a clever player. Right now, they're both unfit and out of form, so to have them both "holding" and both innefective at it, is causing problems.
# 6 Start Gerrard and Henderson in the deep mid. Aside from Gerrard, Jordan has been the most effective and consistent mid of all the lot, and his pace, energy, work rate and improved man on man play, should keep him in there until one of the other 3 displaces him.
# 7 Sack Rodgers and play without a manager..
# 8 As armchair suggested, buy Sneijder, Villa, Cavani, loan Kaka, and if there's a little bit left, buy Torres as well.
# 9 Sack Rodgers
# 10 Sack Rodgers
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Seanicemanreturns Seanicemanreturns Jan 15, 2013 20:28 Flag
How to destroy a perfectly good thread...........you C0CK..!
1. Agreed sell downing
2. Play a consistant team and formation, too much variation here, even if you only gain half points, the sytem will start to embed.
3. Your hard man is simple, get that boy Haggerland or whatever his name is from Fulham, NOW, for a snip as he's on a free in the summer.
4.Sterling is in favour of overload--PLUS he isnt your next Johnny Barnes, should never have been given that huge contract before the end of season, you need to look outside of him for next season to give competition....ie ???fook knows
5.You best players need to start, Sturridge needs to take the weight of his position early, get him involved.
6. Sign Sneider, for an older boy not only will his experience show on the pitch it will rub off on the youngsters and kick LA LA up his anus to get some motivation back........which he needs.
7.Drop Lucas...FFS, think about it he is a fully fledged Brazilian International, an under 21 Brazilian Captain, and what does he actually do??......F All, Henderson needs games
8.Tell your keeper to get some fire in his belly, AKA Grobbs, even Westerveld had more gutts, this guy needs to take control of his defence or fook right off
9. employ seaniceman as manager, he knows best, armchairsofa as my assistant, so i can just beat up on him and tip him out of his chair as and when i get annoyed, and feel like it
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jan 16, 2013 22:50 Flag
You sure you're 40 yrs old? As you talk and act like a 10 yr old kid..
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jan 17, 2013 10:57 Flag
I think FSG cleared wages like Cole, Sahin, Carroll..
To bring in a world class player like Sneijder. Whom I would see as Gerrard's replacement. As Gerrard's legs are going he no longer can make darting runs .
Ayre himself said we could bring in anybody we wanted. So clearly money isn't an issue.
Having Sneijder would show our intent.. Suarez would be excited at such a transfer, therefore he'd be more inclined to stay. We also could attract other top players who otherwise would've dismissed us.
Seanicemanreturns Seanicemanreturns Jan 17, 2013 12:31 Flag
YOU have the intellect of a 10 yr old kid...
You have the grace and manners of a dingo.
Seanicemanreturns Seanicemanreturns Jan 18, 2013 06:10 Flag
....YOU have more false ID's than James Bond..........


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STOCKTON – After parking her car in her garage in the 4000 block of Newton Falls Way at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, a woman was confronted by two men who had walked in – one armed with a gun – and left in the woman's vehicle, the Stockton police reported.
The vehicle was recovered later that night in the 4000 block of North Wilson Way with the keys still in the ignition. The suspects were nowhere to be seen, police reported.
The gunman was described as a black man in his 20s, 5 feet 7 inches and skinny, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and red shorts. His accomplice was described as a black man between 18 and 20 wearing a dark sweatshirt and unknown color shorts.
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