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I have intensities of running during a training program down pat with a mix of lots of slow, low HR recovery runs, LR a bit faster (10-20% of MP), Tempo runs at 1/2M pace, VO2Max at 5K pace, GA slightly slower than MP. However, when it comes to those days marked "X-training" I get confused.
X-Training can be weights or some other strength training (e.g.planks, crunches etc) which I have never done so I'm a newbie on this (I do hills). Or it can be cardio like swimming, biking/spinning, elliptical, etc with the idea of low-impact and using different muscles. My question is, how hard do you do these X-Training sessions as far as HR or %HRMax or %HRR or percieved effort?
It seems that if you do a VO2max HR or percieved effort level during X-training, it might affect the running training adversely. I think of rbbmoose doing his elliptical w/o on max burn for 50 min at like 9 mph. Very intense (at least for my attempts). How would you mix something like that into a typical marathon training?
Steve - I'm certainly no expert, but my x-training is pretty low-key. I take 2 days off running per week (mon and fri, usually) and do a light weights/core workout, maybe 30-40 minutes total workout time, not pushing for HR at all. I actually do 3 sets, and piddle around a little in between, warming up milk for DD, throwing a load of laundry in, etc., so there is NO attempt at HR elevation. But I consider my x-training days sort of a break, an easy day. It is my belief that the combination of 2 days off running/week and consistent (but light) weight-training on those days has helped me remain mostly injury-free. Rest is extremely important. If I x-trained at the same intensity as I run, I'd be burnt out quickly.
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My cross training is usually either my stationary bike at home, or the Stair Master at work. I like the SM because it seems to work my quads more than running, and the ellipticals seem so much like they work the same running muscles. I do keep HR up there and work pretty hard...but that's just a compulsive thing I do. I also do weights either on XT days, or on my Tues/Thurs shorter run days. Friday is always a rest day (well, usually always) cuz it's also "Date Night." !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|border=0!
I treat X-training as a pleasant diversion, a change up, a good way to get more cardio without more asphalt abuse, and of course as a way to improve performance in these "secondary" sports.
As such I vary the effort in X-training as I see fit. Swimming though is really hard to over do. But if I am between a hard interval running w/o and a medium long run, I am not going to hammer for 40 miles on the bike.
This help at all?
That does make sense. From what you all are saying enjoy, give the pounding a break and work on some of those "other" muscles. I guess an elliptical would be more of getting more miles with out additional pounding vs X-training.
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It's nice to see what others do on those Rest/X-train days
Treat the cross training like you would a recovery day of running. The stairmaster and eliptical are the best because they use the muscles closest to running but without the pounding. This will allow you to work harder on your running days when the specificity of the workout is more important.
Hmm... I've been doing it wrong. My cross training days are refereeing hockey (usually 3 to 6 games) or playing volleyball. Both are hard workouts that give me dead legs the next day.
Perch, don't do what I've been doing.
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They waiting for days to get to work, but finally some Fort Gordon soldiers are now working in Hurricane Katrina's hardest hit area, downtown New Orleans. News 12 continues our series of reports on members of the 93rd Signal Brigade.
"I'm a team chief of a ANTSC 93 Delta Van," said Sgt. Tanya Barksbale, 93rd Signal Brigade.
Translation, Sgt. Tanya Barksbale provides a critical satellite link in the heart of Hurricane Katrina's ground zero.
"Basically without communication, nothing can be done in the Army. We allow the infantry men to talk to the commanding general," Barksbale said.
Just yards from the Mississippi River, her satellite beams over the Carnival cruise ship. From a bridge, that's her satellite in the middle with the Iwo Jima ship in the background. President Bush stayed there over the weekend.
"I never realized how big they actually were until I tried to find a satellite right over one," Barksbale said.
Later in the day, another convoy arrives with equipment to turn the satellite signal into usable Internet and teleconference communications. They've waited five days in Baton Rouge and now are setting up the first command center in New Orleans.
"When we left everybody's spirits were high and just ready to come and help," said Sgt. Anthony Tyre, 93rd Signal Brigade.
"We think we're gonna go right in the mission and their company was in Baton Rouge for five days sitting idle. Finally, they got the call so they're excited to get in and provide their services," said Lt. Col. Stephen Middleton, 93rd Signal Brigade.
They do have some down time, time to chow on meals-ready-to-eat. This package was potatoes.
And there's lots of support units here too, maintenance staff and even civilians that connect wiring inside the building.
"We talked about the fury of getting out of Augusta, GA, packing over the Labor Day weekend everybody's adrenaline's pumping," Middleton said.
Working 'above the rest,' these Fort Gordon troops are on the mission at last.
The soldiers in New Orleans set up communications for the commanding general of the 5th Army Unit out of San Antonio. They're one of the units directing the relief effort.


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marco275 wrote:Am I the only person that uses this plugin or with whom it's no longer working?
I can confirm the plugin no longer appears in the menu, but we have not been able to come up with a solution yet.
Now each time I want to shut down my server I have to startup my laptop to acces it with RDT.
So if there's someone who can fix this plugin i would be very greatful.
I posted a pull request that would add a shutdown folder to PMS by default, but we decided to not go that route and leave it a plugin. You could patch your source accordingly and see if it helps.


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Over the years I've tried numerous distributions, and there's been a gradual progression from what were probably the early leaders in the Linux market—RedHat for example—through to the some recent and popular examples, particularly Gentoo and Kubuntu.
The question that has been running through my head recently though is whether this is an issue of favouritism on my part, or whether it is because the distributions I use today really are comparatively better than the distributions I used 4 or 5 years ago.
I was a big Redhat user—I paid for Redhat and support for a number of years, and used it religiously until the Redhat/Fedora split a few years back.
It wasn't the split that caused me to stop using Redhat per se, I just used it as an opportunity to start looking at other alternatives. I tried a number of solutions, including SuSE, CentOS (which is based on the Redhat base), and many others.
Fedora's early versions were, I think some will agree, less polished and reliable than either the Redhat distributions they replaced, or the more recent Fedora solutions. I had numerous problems with Fedora Core 1, 2 and early revisions of 3. That said, I hear bad things about Fedora, particularly in terms of support packages and tools, from some of my associates.
I ultimately settled on Gentoo as my primary solution. My basis for that decision was the source based distribution nature of Gentoo. As someone who uses many different platforms and environments and wants to get the best performance out of each of them, the host-compiled nature of Gentoo provides ideal performance, albeit with a large overhead for the compilation of each package.
Gentoo is great from a server and software development/test environment point of view. I haven't found it such a good solution for the desktop, not because it doesn't handle it well, but because if you want to keep your system up to date, completely recompiling KDE, X and QT can take a couple of days.
That's why I've now settled on Kubuntu as my desktop Linux solution (see this post at ComputerWorld for some of the reasons).
Back to the original point—my dumping and migration away from Redhat and Fedora was driven by problems. But am I doing them a disservice? Do I now only use Gentoo and Kubuntu because they are the latest 'fad' distributions, or because they really are the best for my needs?
I don't think there is an easy answer to that, not without spending a lot more time than I have now. I'd appreciate others opinions though on whether the popularity of certain distributions is due to them really being the best solution available, or whether we are responding to some net-generated hype.
Fads and Faves
I can certainly appreciate your question, Martin. I feel the same way about other potentially useful "fads" that everyone is on about. As someone new to GNU/Linux, I tried to go with what people with more experience recommended, but they only confused me. When I first started, the big thing was Knoppix, and next it was Simply MEPIS. Now, I don't hear anyone talking about Knoppix, or Simply MEPIS--now Ubuntu is touted as the easiest distro. Of all of these, I favor Ubuntu, even if the desktop is a little plain.
I think of at least one example of my pursuing a "fad," or rather going for the glory rather than ease-of-use. When I first got interested in GNU/Linux, I wanted to use Debian, and actually got it installed on my system. I quickly discovered, though, that my interests in using Debian stemmed more from ideological reasons rather than practical. I couldn't get much done at all, and my friends' insistence that I use a simpler distro felt like asking me to put training wheels on my bike.
In a way, I can almost appreciate my Mac friends. At least they know that all (well, most, perhaps) of their fellow Mac-heads are running the same OS. It's a lot different in the GNU/Linux world, which can seem more like the Tower of Babel than the Cathedral.
Ubuntu a "fad"?
I suppose from the desktop user perspective, the idea of (K/)Ubuntu is convenient because of it's popularity; the result being that any problem you are likely to find has already been found by someone else with a solution :). This also speaks to the advantage of good communication with the community when that works well.
Does popularity make it a "fad", though, like the theoretical lemmings that supposodly follow each other off the cliff?! I am not sure if that is true, but I have used Ubuntu, as well as other distributions. I generally use the ones that happen to relate to some specific work I have chosen to do, as I have found most modern distributions to be of extraordinarly high quality these days.
'Easiest' is always relative
The easiest software to learn is always the one you already know.
That's 9/10ths of the problem for anyone switching from any O/S to any other O/S, and from any distribution to any other distribution. And of course, that's why people get so relgious about them. I think the best way to cope with this is to start by acknowledging that it's true: what works for you will be different than what works for someone else, because their background is different.
So, for example, I'm of the Debian "denomination" (or I "speak" Debian, if you prefer). I seriously doubt that my extreme preference for deb-based distros over rpm distros has any real objective basis. I'm just comfortable with "apt-get" and with the Debian mailing lists, and so on. I know where I'm at with Debian, that's all.
So, when I'm considering newer distributions, someone like Ubuntu has an immediate advantage, just because it's deb-based.
Nevertheless, in a pinch, I've used alien to install RPMs (and of course installed stuff from source, though I usually consider it a pain).
I'm not sure they're all 'fads' though. I've been using Debian proper for about 6 years now. I kept asking people "Should I consider switching to a different distro?". But mostly the attitude I got back was, "If you've already figured out Debian, why bother with anything else?" (The hidden assumption being that Debian is 'hard' for newbies, so I've overcome an expensive 'buy-in', so why throw it away. Also, that Debian is a very 'good' distribution in other senses: security, stability, etc.).
OTOH, I get rather irritated by having to either track 'stable', which tends to be way old, or track unstable -- which, despite assurances to the contrary, often gets you into 'deb hell' (if some big packages are broken). There is 'testing', but even that is sometimes a bit out of date. So, the Ubuntu timed release cycle is interesting (OTOH, Debian proper is trying for timed releases, I think).
No matter which you pick, though, there's always going to be pros and cons, so it might just be safer to stick to ones you know (unless and until things get really bad). I think my main motivation with sticking with Debian is that I just don't want to waste time on switching -- because it always takes a lot of time to do that.
It's all a matter of priorities
I hate "configuring", so I use Ubuntu. It does not force me into "configuring" anything before use. If I want to tweak something, it's OK to me to dig into some cryptic configuration files with Vim, but "configuring" instantly bores me.
Imagine, I was a Slackware user for many years. Now, when I am older and I have less spare time (family duties, you know), I consider time spent on "configuring" as time lost. Ubuntu fits my needs perfectly and I don't plan to pursue microseconds with Gentoo. ;)
I avoid the fads
by sticking with Debian -- it is old, it is stable, and seems to be the starting point for a number of the more popular distros (Like Ubuntu and KNOPPIX, according to distrowatch.com).
My priorities balance between stability with popularity, in the belief that ultimately they coincide in the realm of something that is essentially a "sociologically propelled" technology. It just seems like Debian has a depth and breadth and proven track record that none of the others have. But it also continues to have it's historical "old school techie" intimidation factor, which scares lots of people away. I think this is one of the reason Ubuntu is "winning" right now -- because having used both ditros a lot, I feel Ubuntu is for all practical purposes just a Debian installation with a more proverbial "happy faces" at every turn tell me everything is OK. But is it honestly "easier" than Debian? Actually, the modern Debian network installer is mind-blowingly easy if you have a "normal" machine; I plop the CD in old computers that come my way, answer a few dopey questions, and 45 minutes later I've got a flashy Blue Gnome desktop instead of the old Coffee colored Ubuntu one. And configuring/maintaining Debian harder? Well, I don't think so at all. Once someone tells you Debian can be all about Synaptic, Debian for a new user simply becomes a way to pick and install software faster than anyone in their wildest Microsoft of Apple dreams could have ever dreamed.
So why isn't Debian on top?
I think Debian's problem is that nobody took the time to REALLY spell-out the mere 20 or so things you need to know to have a starting point with Debian -- "bearings in the big picture." In that sense, Ubuntu is better because of all the hand-holding in their forums -- which I often consult when I have Debian problems! Which make me wish Ubuntu had been more about "Debian with handholding" instead of pursuing a whole other parallel repackaging with it's Universes, etc. I mean, what was so wrong with the Debian repository packages? Wouldn't it be better to focus on making them stronger and more useable by arguing in their bug/feature pages?
That said, I get the feeling Debian has benefitted from Ubuntu too -- maybe that is why in the last year it seems to be so uncharacteristically (at least in regard to its historical reputation) "undifficult" to manage. Given that in many case the deb packages are interchangeable between distros, it would be extremely easy for a Debian maintainer to look at what is "going right" in an Ubuntu package and implement it in to the corresponding Debian one. Which is a beautiful thing!
But it is interesting -- just interesting -- that Ubuntu seems to now avoid mention of Debian on its pages. When I first started using it, it was pretty up front about being basically a repackaged Debian distro. And I like that because it seemed to choose debian for the reasons I did, and there was a sense (fad?) that this was old dusty Debian's needed spruce-up/wake-up.
But now that most of its newer users have never even heard of Debian, I think Ubuntu is starting to pose as "it's own Daddy." Such is the nature of competition, it doesn't need Debian to get it's own momentum anymore, most of it's new users probably haven't even heard of Debian -- so why advertise for Debian?
But the irony is that unlike most areas of competition, this is perhaps one where nobody would really want Debian to fall off the map; it really does have a combination of depth, breadth, and (if you believe it) "attention to GNU purity" that no other distro can dream about. I think the package maintainers at Ubuntu are always paying close attention to their corresponding package in Debian's Unstable. And to some extent I think debian maintainers are watching the Ubuntu developments too. I just sort of wish they really were working with the same repositories; I guess there are arguments that developments push each other more this way, though.


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SAN RAMON -- Wildlife conservationist Miles Woodruff, a native of San Ramon, has a job that takes him so far off the beaten path that, well, there's usually no path there. And if there is, odds are pretty high he'll find it occupied by an irritable elephant or a 6-foot cobra.
Woodruff, 33, is working alongside a handful of other conservationists -- including famed primatologist Jane Goodall -- in the first project aimed at reintroducing orphaned, wild-born mandrills back into the forests of the Republic of Congo.
The brilliant-faced monkeys are hunted as bush meat not only by hungry forest dwellers, but by armed poachers who carry automatic weapons. Once the adult mandrills are killed, hunters often capture the babies to sell as caged pets.
"When I saw them in cages, I thought 'We need to help these guys get back into the wild,'" recalled Woodruff, who spoke about his work on Saturday at the Dougherty Station Library.
Woodruff met Goodall in 2009 in the Republic of the Congo, where his father worked as an executive for Chevron. He and Goodall discussed the growing field of sustainability before Woodruff returned to the United States. And, that might have been the end of it, but a subsequent near-fatal diving accident forced him to rethink his priorities and recall his conversation with Goodall.
"I was very frustrated by the fact that I was one person in a big world of problems, and she had said that was what she was also, and she had made a substantial change and was just one human ... That inspired me as one human to make a shift."
Woodruff returned to Africa, and began working as a field researcher for the non-governmental group Help Congo, where he worked reintroducing chimpanzees to the wild. When an opening became available at the Jane Goodall Institute, he switched his focus to the brand-new mandrill program at the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Sanctuary in the Republic of Congo. As principal investigator, he works with a team to locate captive mandrills, who most commonly are kept by villagers in small cages their entire life. Once rescued, the mandrills first undergo extensive health screening to make sure they carry no disease. They then are moved to a pre-release enclosure, where they are monitored and receive supplemental food until they learn to forage for themselves.
The program is only five years old, and the first group of eight mandrills was released into the forest a month ago. At least eight more are in the process of preparing for release. New animals continue to arrive at the sanctuary.
The mandrills live only in the countries of Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo. Much about their society is unknown, Woodruff said.
"They're highly hunted," he explained. "They don't leave nests or signs, and they live in some of the densest (forests) on the planet. There's no way to get a good count of how many are out there, but hundreds are coming out of the forest every year as bush meat."
The mandrill's bright red and blue coloring on their face, genital area and under their fur is a result of a spike in hormones that occurs in the presence of sexually receptive females or during a dominance dispute, Woodruff said. Despite serrated teeth that can reach 2 inches in length, the mandrill is primarily a forager, devouring plants and insects. Researchers believe they also will eat larger animals if the opportunity presents itself, but information is scarce. Their size and color makes them a remarkable sight.
"They're roughly the size of a large pit bull; that's their muscularity and height, but they have the head of a lion and four 'hands,' since their feet grip as well," Woodruff said. "They walk on all fours but also climb and leap like a cat.
"I liken them to rainbow-colored saber-tooth pit bulls," he said. "There's nothing else to compare them to."
Reintroducing the mandrills to the forest is more important than the return of a few animals, Woodruff said. Apart from restoring a man-made scarcity of monkeys, the reintroduction team assists the park's eco-guards in locating poachers. Moreover, their studies contribute to knowledge that will help protect multiple species.
"This is the habitat of gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants and leopards," he said. "We have to do studies on the plants and animal life in the area to see how this release impacts them. This is a critical time for conservation; we need to preserve this wildlife because their numbers are getting very low. We have to make it through this critical time to where the numbers are stable and the park systems are stable and capable of protecting them."
Woodruff, now at home in Brentwood, will return to the sanctuary in May. He's working on both his master's degree in sustainable enterprise as well as his PhD in biological anthropology.
"I didn't come into this as a scientist," he said. "The science came later as a result of being there. I see primates who are very closely related to us who don't deserve to be in cages ...These animals are taken inappropriately, illegally sold and deserve a better life and a better chance."
For program details: Visit http://www.janegoodall.org/
or http://www.help-primates.org/an/index.php?SRC=0&DEST=16200.
To donate: Contact Miles Woodruff at www.facebook.com/miles.woodruff,
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com; Twitter: twitter.com/miles_woodruff


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over 300 comments so far. Love it.
I haven't heard the "It takes no talent to speak into a mic" comments since jr high. Very interesting.
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Dude, anyone could rap.
Easy, easy, just kidding.
Good shit Sage.
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"anyone can learn to play three chords"
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Thats pretty dope that he posted i must say. "its my fucking record label... " Tight. I love the logic on that board too, evidently your ok cuz your not rapping about money and hoe's.
Also your still lame cuz somone that has listend to more than one song (probably alotmore than the pro sageites, Damn sage you have like acolytes or something now) decided that even though your mesage is alright, the sound of hiphop still sucks. If people want to learn they should read, obviously not listen to music.
man that stuff is pure comedey.
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all this "you're not punk", "punk is this", "punk isn't that"
i never got into the punk culture but a lot of those kids's posts were funny as hell
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i grew up on br and random epitaph bands. the people in my local scene talking about aesop rock and binary star are what got my into underground rap. how is what sage is doing not the say diy as the punk/hadcore bands out now? ugh
Fri May 30, 2003 4:00 am
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do punk kids talk about their "culture" as much as hip-hop kids?
also, what are the "elements" of punk culture?
i want things much more defined, digestable, quantified, and fed to me.
thank you.
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That rocks.
I have a question though. When producing music how much say is Epitaph going to have in what gets put on the albums?
Fri May 30, 2003 7:21 am
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Seems like theyre trying to promote you by segregating you from the hiphop comunity Sage...
Fri May 30, 2003 7:36 am
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bwahahahaaha they called Sage "approachable MTV R&B Hip-Hop" I don't even know where to start on that comment. Humor, humor, humor.
Fri May 30, 2003 7:52 am
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"Hey whats wrong with diversity. I never heard Sages material but im sure Epitaph wouldnt fuck us over and sign some sorry ass Mc who rapped about bitches , rims and how much money he has."
Sage, I think this is a challenge. your next album should be a collabo project with Master P called "Bitches, Rims and how much Money we got....uhhhhhhhhhhhh, nana nana"
just to piss off those damn punk kids, and to finally get yourself the 5 mics from the Source.
Fri May 30, 2003 8:31 am
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wow...some of those comments are crazy
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I've said this a million times. Speaking as a "punk kid", those kids aren't punk kids, don't take them seriously. To Mr. Self Distrukt, a lot of punks talk about their culture as much if not more than heads. Think about the number of little punk rock/indie record stores that exist, venues that specialize in just DIY music. Every city has them. I'd like to think that being punk rock is more about being open-eyed and critical about everything that gets presented to you as true/appropriate/normal than it does about hanging out on the Epitaph message board complaining about someone who embodies those ideals, nevertheless, I fear I'm in the minority when most of these kids didn't 'come up' in the same era that I did.
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The Eagle County Commissioners spent almost three hours going over concepts for improvements at the county fairgrounds site last Tuesday and decided they needed even more discussion before going forward with a design.
The county hired Populous Inc. in October to draft a concept design for expanding the Eagle River Center at the fairgrounds. The contract is for $29,000 and the project is expected to wrap up in January.
Last week's meeting was scheduled as the conclusion of the planning effort's first phase, with three ideas presented. After considering the concepts, however, commissioners agreed that the best plan would mix and match aspects of all three.
"There's really not a slam dunk with any of these designs right now," Commissioner Jon Stavney said.
Assistant County Manager Rachel Oys scheduled further discussion for the next Eagle County Manager Update meeting.
"We'll look at this some more and get back with you," Stavney told Populous Principal Todd Gralla, who presented the design concepts last week.
The concept design project is likely to save money in the long run. It will help the county get a more specific idea what kind of investment and timeline will be needed to make the fairgrounds profitable.
Even when a design is selected, it won't mean that work will get started right away. Construction will depend on funding.
In its current condition, the Eagle River Center at the fairgrounds only generates income to cover one-third of its operating costs. The commissioners and others would like to change that scenario and make the facility a regional amenity that could attract equine events from around the nation. That goal is anticipated to cost about $3 million.
Further complicating plans at the fairgrounds is a gravel pit and recreation fields that have to be moved some time in the next three to five years. After the current pit next to the fields expires, that property will be reclaimed by the county and the land currently under the ball fields will be mined.
The rodeo grandstands and arena to the east of ERC might be moved as well. That's one of the main problems that came up with the three initial design proposals.
On one hand, the rodeo arena is currently too far away to be of any real use for events at ERC. Relocating it closer could be a key move for attracting better business.
Duane Elkins of Exel Associates Event Management - one of the biggest equine-event organizers in the country - said there are about six large events a year that need two arenas.
"If the rodeo arena is close enough (to ERC) I would consider that location for some of these events," he said. "Without it, though, I wouldn't even look at (ERC)."
On the other hand, the narrow corridor of land between the Interstate and Eagle River presents limited options for moving the rodeo arena close enough to ERC. If it is moved, it might get in the way of barn space that is also needed for big events.
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Spectator parking and access is a critical component as well.
Stavney said they should remember that the rodeo arena is unlikely to be moved in the next 10 years.
"By that time, we'll have more options because we'll have the land where the gravel pit is now," he said. "The main purpose of this exercise is to make sure we don't preclude ourselves from things we'll regret later."
Stavney and commissioners Sara Fisher and Peter Runyon agreed that as far as ERC itself was concerned, a variation of the first design concept was the best idea so far.
In that design, a warmup arena was proposed as an extension off the east end of the existing 245,000,000-square-foot building. A barn with more than 200 stalls would be attached to the south side of the main building.
Commissioners liked the idea of moving the warmup arena to the west end of ERC, where there would also be more space for expanding the barn later.
"If the barn were expanded to the west, that would allow the rodeo arena to be moved farther to the west (than presented in the third concept design) and still be close enough to be utilized for ERC events," Gralla said.
In the second and third concept designs, the proposed location for the rodeo grounds resulted in two smaller barns west of ERC that would have 85 stalls each.
"But then I don't even have 200 stalls to work with," Elkins said.
In the second concept design, the rodeo arena was placed south of ERC. Runyon said the view from the grand stands would be great but was concerned the seats would be too hot in July, which is pretty much the only month of the year when the stands see much use.
Gralla also emphasized the importance of traffic flow.
"On average, there are almost three people for every animal that comes to these events," he said. "If the event is Saturday, they come in between noon and late Friday night, and there is a lot of traffic. They need to be able to pull in and unload their animals into the barn with efficiency. They also basically live there for the weekend, so RV parking and hook-ups need to be close enough."
There are many necessities to fit into a compact area. That is why the plans call for the bike path to be moved away from the river and to parallel the road around ERC instead. A dirt path along the river would remain intact. Fisher didn't like the idea of moving the bike path but acknowledged it might have to be done.
Another consideration commissioners stressed for ERC expansion is the ability to convert the building for other uses. Community events such as the Free Family Fun Fair already utilize it but a floor has to be put down and packed up. It costs thousands of dollars every time the county has to convert the dirt arena floor.
"With the warmup arena, you would be able to leave the floor down on the main arena during the off season and people would have enough space to ride horses year-round," Gralla said.
A related issue with that is the question of separation between the arenas. Runyon asked if a removable wall could work, to allow greater flexibility between the spaces but Gralla didn't endorse the idea.
"For one, you want separation for horse events so you can control the environment," he said. "It would also be a mess if you didn't have a solid partition between the arenas while a floor was on one side - you'd get dust everywhere."
There was no debate that Eagle has a strong natural appeal when it comes to attracting events. For one thing, its central location between Denver and Grand Junction would draw horse events from both sides.
"I would love to have a place to book events between Denver and Grand Junction," Elkins said. "Currently, Denver people never go to Grand Junction and Grand Junction people never go to Denver. They would probably be most of your business."
The mountain surroundings and riverside location are a big plus, too.
"It has beautiful surroundings and people would want to spend time here," Fisher said.
While visiting animal owners spend most of their days near the arena, Elkins said they will go into town for meals and shopping.
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Saturday, 11/11/1995
The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
Set 1: CTBCars Trucks Buses > Mike'sMike's Song > ADITLA Day in the Life > Poor Heart > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, HorseThe Horse > SilentSilent in the Morning, Ya Mar, Stash, Amazing Grace[1], Fee[2] > CDTChalk Dust Torture
Set 2: 2001Also Sprach Zarathustra > BowieDavid Bowie, SuzySuzy Greenberg > Uncle Pen, Fluffhead, Sleeping Monkey > Frankenstein -> Suspicious Minds > HYHUHold Your Head Up, AntelopeRun Like an Antelope
Encore: Acoustic Army, GTBTGood Times Bad Times
[1] Without microphones.
[2] Trey sang verses through megaphone.
· The Lizards tease in Ya Mar
· Heartbreaker tease in Good Times Bad Times
· Black or White tease
Noteworthy Jams: Mike's Song, Weekapaug Groove (highly recommended), Ya Mar, Run Like an Antelope
Average Song Gap: 5.17
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Ya Mar contained Lizards teases from Trey. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. GTBT was preceded by a Black or White tease from Trey and subsequently included Heartbreaker teases.
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3 A Picture of Nectar
3 Junta
2 Rift
1 Billy Breathes
1 Stash
1 Lawn Boy
1 The White Tape
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This show was part of the "1995 Fall Tour."
Set I
Cars, Trucks, Buses gets the show rolling as Page rips this one up and sets the pace for this show.
Mike's Song > A Day in the Life > Poor Heart > Weekapaug Groove combination is a real treat. This Mike's Groove, with Day in the Life And Poor Heart sandwiched between clocks, in at 30 min and contains a deep jam in Mike's with another strong Paug jam.
Ya Mar is played very tight, with Page and Trey both hitting stride in their jam sections, respectively. Plus Lizards teases ta-boot.
Next comes STASH, which IMHO is one of the best versions of the entire '95 Fall Tour, stays Type I, but peaks very strongly and seems to blowing the roof off The Fox for the final three minutes of this one.
If you like this song, def. check out this version.
The Fox is quieted down for an a capella Amazing Grace, followed by a standard Fee and CTD, which is quite the hand-banger, with loud and powerful jamming from the boys. As noted by others, Trey holds his signature high note for a good min., too
Set II
2001 --> Bowie - Usual paring for this time period, but Bowie, which clocks in at 18 minutes, really get out there...from 6:15 - 8:30, the band builds subtle, intensifying tension, then Trey switches on the tremolo effect on his guitar and goes to town as Page layers the effect, with Fishman beating on the drums and turns this jam into one dark beast.
Sleeping Monkey > Frankenstein -> Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up, worth listen for the pairing and the Frankenstein, which rocks, as usual
A strong 15 min Antelope closes out the second set.
8.5/10 - show
Hightlights: Mike's extended Groove, Ya Mar, Stash, Bowie, Antelope
This shows smokes from beginning to end. It's been almost 20 years and this remains one the favorite shows I've seen. Although nothing in the second set seems to be a "recommended version", the sum is definitely greater than the parts.


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From looking at the bread recipe I knew I wasn't going to like having corn chunks in my muffins, so I left the corn kernels out completely. I also decided to add in about a quarter of a cup of finely diced jalapeno peppers to give it a little kick. And I eased up on the bacon a bit because I knew there would be additional bacon in the salad.
I wasn't impressed with the appearance of the muffins. I would have liked to have seen a little more rise out of them. Instead I ended up with a dozen sunken-in muffins. But what they lacked in appearance they made up for in taste once they combined with the other salad ingredients.
1 1/2 cups fat-free sour cream
1 cup reduced fat mayonnaise
1 package ranch dressing mix
Combine above ingredients and set aside.
5-6 cornbread muffins, crumbled
1 can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes
1 1/2 cups diced green pepper
1 cup thinly sliced green onion
2-3 cups shredded 2% sharp cheddar cheese
1 can corn kernels, drained
6-8 slices bacon, cooked crisp, crumbled (I used regular bacon here, but usually use turkey bacon)
In a large bowl layer one half of all the ingredients. Cover with one half of the dressing. Continue layering with the other half of the ingredients. Cover with the rest of the dressing. Garnish with additional green onions and bacon, if desired. Cover and chill for at least two hours before serving. This actually is best made the day before.


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Pope John Paul II had it; so did singer Johnny Cash. Actor Michael J. Fox has it.
It's the brain disorder Parkinson disease, and education is the key to getting a handle on the pain that comes with Parkinson.
"There's no cure," says Joseph Kelley, who has Parkinson.
Joseph loves his hobbies.
"I can still work in my wood shop, cut my own meat...those kinds of things," he says.
But Joseph is in the early stages of Parkinson disease. He'll soon have to give some of his hobbies up, like he did with pistol shooting.
"If you walk on a range and do this with a pistol," Joseph says, shaking his hands, "people get nervous."
Joseph is dealing with his trembling body and the embarrassment.
He understands the disease a bit more than he did when he was first diagnosed 4 years ago.
Joseph's doctor, Dr. Kapil Sethi of MCG, says that's an important step for Parkinson patients.
"And how would they know what their options are unless they do their homework?" Dr. Sethi asks. "So, I think they should read books--lots of patient books available--then lots of Web sites."
Knowledge to help them accept the diagnosis.
Dr. Sethi is the director of MCG's Movement Disorders Clinic. He's seen over 1,000 patients since the clinic opened in 1985. Sethi says many of his patients know very little about Parkinson disease when they arrive.
"And I think it's very important for patients not to be in the closet. It's nothing to be ashamed of; it's not a disease you bring upon yourself," Dr. Sethi says.
Something Joseph knows all too well.
And that's giving him steady hope that a cure may one day be right around the corner.
"It's what it is. You have to accept it. You can't change it. You accommodate for it," Joseph says.
April is Parkinson Awareness Month.
Your chance to learn more about the disease comes this Saturday, April 22, at MCG's 5th annual seminar.
It's from 9am-noon.
Call (706) 721-1991 to register.


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Tottenham Hotspur Message Board
A Yahoo! User Jan 27, 2013 17:49 Flag
Surely not
If it is correct what I heard prior to the kick off against Leeds that Defoe was given the weekend off. Then the Spurs management need to be held accountable. We need 75 chances to score at the best of times let alone giving our top striker time off, without an adequate replacement. This shows a severe lack of depth in our striker department. Obviously we need someone in pronto. Could someone pass this on to Mr. Levy.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Plus the fact, us northerners up here are as hard as nails and just love bad weather---honest, just ask s/babe.
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not_blonde_really not_blonde_really Jan 27, 2013 19:41 Flag
I think that's perfectly reasonable (although Physio Room says he's got a Hip/Thigh injury. AVB says he'll be back for Norwich).
Dempsey's now on 5 goals in the last 5 games (incl 2 just as sub appearances), and Defoe's played virtually every game (according to the Yahoo home page he's our third most used player) and is dropping deeper than he used to, so exerting a lot more energy, so must be knackered. We 'should' be able to beat a team in Leeds' position without needing to be full strength, and Obika should have been enough to be a second striker (perhaps he should have started too?). I felt the main issue up front was that he wasn't getting the right service; Lennon and Bale were kept quiet, and I don't know why Dembele didn't start - he's only recently back from injury and so didn't need the break.
I thought it was a shocking defensive display, I don't know what the matter was with Vertonghen & Caulker but they both seemed to be off the pace, and Friedel was left exposed too many times - he wasn't up to his previous form either, but that's probably to be expected when he's not played much for a while, and it wasn't as bad as the defenders in front of him. I'd be curious to know why Dawson didn't start - has he moved up the pecking order? Or down?


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Six hundred years before cigarettes were sold at Pleasanton's Safeway, much earlier Californians were smoking tobacco in the same area.
UC Davis researchers have found nicotine in ancient pipes excavated from an Ohlone burial site in Pleasanton at the corner of Bernal Road and Highway 680, a discovery that deepens the history of humans' long relationship with tobacco.
The find also sheds new light on the lives of local Native Americans -- suggesting that they were gardeners, nurturing small patches of precious plants, not just restless hunter-gatherers.
"The antiquity of tobacco smoking" among western North American tribes "was, until now, completely unknown," said Shannon Tushingham, a UC Davis archaeology research associate and lead scientist on the project.
"There was something special about this plant," she said. "Now it is used by hundreds of millions of people."
Archaeologists have long known that tobacco played an important role in ancient South and Central American tribal culture. Then it spread into eastern North America 2,000 to 3,000 years ago.
But the history of its introduction and spread into western North America has been as hazy as its smoke.
A sophisticated analysis of residue revealed nicotine in a Pleasanton area pipe was smoked between 1350 and 1400.
Older evidence of nicotine was found in six pipes dating back to 860 discovered during excavations of a village that is part of the homeland of the Tolowa people, near Crescent City on the Northern California coast.
Because tobacco is native to arid deserts but not the coast, its cultivation may have meant the preparation of plots, sowing of seeds and watering, said Tushingham.
The Pleasanton site was discovered during excavation of the 39-acre shopping center in 2011. Archaeologists removed the remains of 187 people from well-prepared graves; another 470 graves were found on adjacent land developed as a housing tract.
The site, in the rich watershed of Alameda Creek, is believed to have been occupied continuously from 1000 until 1650. The remains -- and the pipes -- have since been reburied. Researchers, fearing vandalism, did not disclose their current location.
One pipe was found near the skull of a young man. Pieces of another were found with the cremated remains of a second person.
Both pipes were carefully drilled to create a tubular shape, about 5 inches long. One is sandstone; the other is soapstone, or steatite.
"They were skilled craft workers," said UC Davis archaeologist Jelmer Eerkens, another member of the team. Because the stone is not found on the property, the pipes must have come from elsewhere, he said. These tribes were part of a large trading network.
The early tobacco had a lower nicotine content -- less than 2 percent -- than today's tobacco, which has 4 to 8.5 percent, the researchers said. Tobacco was likely saved for special ceremonies rather than widespread and habitual use.
Sensitive gas chromatography and mass spectrometry tools, made by Santa Clara's Agilent Technologies, identified the chemical "fingerprint" of nicotine.
More chemical analysis may help push the antiquity of tobacco use even earlier, and could help track the spread of the plant through the Americas, the team said.
Contact Lisa M. Krieger at 650-492-4098.


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