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Skip to comments.Miss Alabama Katherine Webb 'moving to NYC to pursue modelling career and may appear
Posted on 01/21/2013 12:32:55 PM PST by Perdogg
Former Miss Alabama Katherine Webb is moving to New York and may appear in an upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars, it emerged today.
What should have been a mere 15 minutes of fame after ESPN commentator Brent Musburger momentarily fell in love with her as she watched her quarterback boyfriend play in the BSC Championships, has now turned into what could well be a promising career for the 23-year-old.
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Is there a show called "I wanna be a Celebutard?"
I bet within five years that she's on the Today Show.
That relationship is over.
And may appear....
And may appear....
And may appear on Dancing With The Stars.
Hottie Ping!
To be on of off the Hottie Ping List please FReepmail me.
Doomed from the start ... methinks.
I thought we had rules around here...
I'd wager playboy is more likely than the Today Show
Or maybe Fox News. Fox has a few former beauty queens, one more would not bother me.
corruption incoming
she'll be used up and tossed out with last nights pizza. most likely disease ridden and/or drug addled.
not the best choice. then again, intelligence is not the basis of her qualifications
She is just a little skinny to me but she will probably do OK as a model. She sort of has that look.
What could possibly go wrong?
At one time Jessica Simpson was considered Picture Perfect too.
You're just a pregnancy and a donut addiction away, honey.
Without QB boyfriend AJ and the over-admiring Brent Mushyburger she wouldn't be leaving ole Alabamie behind so fast.
Oh good - now she can trade up and date Tim Tebow. :)
"That relationship is over."
If so, then he just had a close call.
True. He's better off.
She sounds like a level headed person to me. Her sister is currently in attendence at Auburn.
Katherine was born in Montgomery, Alabama. She attended middle school and high school in Columbus, Georgia and graduated from Northside High School in 2007. She later attended Auburn University and graduated in May 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and Administration. She was active in her community and participated in events held by the Women's Philanthropy Board at Auburn and also was active in various community service projects around the area. She currently works at Chick-fil-a in Columbus, GA as a Training Director and also works as a professional model serving clients in New York, Miami and Atlanta.
In 2013 Katherine hit the media spotlight as the girlfriend of University of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron.
At least she's a "real" girlfriend.
"Id wager playboy is more likely than the Today Show"
I'm not so sure about that. She's attractive but far from beautiful and/or perfectly shaped but maybe that's what airbrushing is for. Don't know what Musburger was talking about.
Every picture in playboy is airbrushed. She makes many of the playboy models look like the scuz bags they are.
For example in what world is Drew Barrymore playmate material?
The jealousy on this thread is pathetic. Several posters want to tear down this woman while knowing nothing about her. That behavior is typical of the MSM.
It was the mid 80's and my best friend was a freshman at Auburn. I decided to visit him in late August. I'm from Long Island. Talk about a fish out of water.
Well, let me tell you, I never met more beautiful young ladies in my life!
The Alabama girls were charming, classy, refined, gorgeous, & delightful! I was used to the stuck up, snobby, childish boobs Long Island offered.
It was a true eye opener for me.
I married a girl from Oklahoma who was a real beauty. After two years I got transferred to Dothan, Alabama.
I can recall my wife several times telling me how surprised she was at the local girls. She said they all dressed in the latest fashions. I didn't mention it to her but there were a lot of gorgeous ones too. In fact there was a married girl in our Sunday School class who was about as pretty as it is possible to be.
Mother Rucker tends to attract a lot of pretty girls....all trying to marry an army helicopter pilot.
Playboy USED to be very very fussy about who made it into the magazine. Things have probably changed dramatically over the 35 years or so since I worked there. This was before Guccioni and Flynt changed the nature of the magazine and its shoots.
The girls then were actually sweet and very much the wholesome 'girl next door' type from small town America who happened to be striking and very well built. Some airbrushing was done but not to the extent you seem to think.
As to Barrymore, she's a celebrity. This Ms Alabama is becoming one and I hope it doesn't destroy her as fame sometimes does. Who knows, you may soon see her on the cover of Playboy or Penthouse (if that's still published). Will you then think of her as a scuz bag?
Any person who is associated with an 86 yr old man who marries 25 yr old after 25 yr old all while living with multiple other prostitutes who take turns sleeping with him is a scuzbag.
"The jealousy on this thread is pathetic. Several posters want to tear down this woman while knowing nothing about her. That behavior is typical of the MSM"
LOL jealousy, she's tearing herself down.
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Fasching fun starts Friday; Bockfest rocks on Saturday
NEW ULM – Fasching festivities begin at 1 p.m. Friday when Herbie Hedge Hog, Gertie the Goose and other local characters plan to get New Ulm Mayor Bob Beussman out of his office.
Props for the events include a large, decorated volleyball net for the mayor in which to catch Herbie who forgot to return to his German Park home after last Saturday's Narren pajama party and is running loose in City Hall.
Here the plot thickens. It involves Beussman's wife Cheryl and Herbie, who must return to his Goosetown hiding place so spring can come.
The mayor, Narren and rest of the entourage will tour downtown throughout the afternoon.
On Saturday, The Concord Singers plus the Heiderscheidt and Wendinger bands will entertain at Turner Hall from noon to 11 p.m. A costume ball with prizes begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door.
For those who prefer to celebrate outdoor with thousands of fellow revelers, Bockfest takes place at the August Schell Brewery.
The fest offers music with the Bockfest Boys, dancing, food and drink. Because the Saturday afternoon forecast high temperature is 37 degrees, the weather should not be a problem.
For those who don't already have them, $10 admission tickets will be available Saturday at the gate at the end of South Washington Street. Identification is required for the 21-plus event set for 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Phone and internet orders are not available.
Schell's owner Ted Marti said Bockfest will be much like its 2012 event.
"We sold a few more advance tickets this year, which should help the gates run smoothly," Marti said. "We've got about 100 porta-potties coming in. That includes eight VIP porta-potties with their own keys, which we featured in our New Ulm promotion. People with access to those won't have to wait in line."
Bockfest food choices include brats, landjaegers, sauerkraut and pretzels. Beer choices are Schell's Bock, Light and Schmaltz' Alt.
As usual, Marti expects a huge crowd Saturday at the brewery.
"There will be lots of buses – some with people from all over the country and some foreign countries," Marti said. "We always seem to luck out with the weather. It sounds like we may do that again."
Bockfest Boys band member Scott Sparlin of New Ulm said the group will have a few surprises for festers.
"We've got some new songs and some (audience) participation events," Sparlin said. "I think it will be pleasing to everyone."
As in the past, it's always better to arrive at Bockfest early than late. Event capacity is 6,000 people.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — The last time Kentucky was here at AT&T Stadium, its 67-62 loss to Baylor on Dec. 6 set off panic attacks in Big Blue Nation. At Florida, which lost to UConn just a few days earlier, fans were far more concerned about whether football coach Will Muschamp was going to be fired.
Though Florida and Kentucky are two of the sport's premiere programs, both winning national titles within the past decade, they illustrate the divide at this Final Four between a football-centric school that excels at basketball and a program whose fan base burns with hoops intensity 365 days a year.
SCOUTING REPORT : Coaches weigh in on Final Four
While John Calipari complained this season that Kentucky was the "most overanalyzed team in the history of the game," Billy Donovan's fans may or may not know when or against whom the Gators play their next game. While Kentucky fans took over Indianapolis last weekend for their Elite Eight game against Michigan, Florida fans were outnumbered in Memphis by Dayton supporters.
That doesn't make either approach good or bad. But one of the reasons Donovan and Calipari have been so successful at their current schools is that they've embraced the nature of their program, and to a large extent, their fan bases.
While Calipari excels in being the center of attention, not just in the state of Kentucky but in all of college basketball, Donovan has never worried about his program being overshadowed by Florida football.
BREAKDOWN: What you need t know about Florida-UConn
BREAKDOWN: What you need to know about Wisconsin-Florida
In fact, it could even be seen as an advantage, particularly in November and December as his team's identity is being formed.
"I'm pretty much just trying to evaluate my team and coach (them)," Donovan said. "We all can get distracted on different things. If football season is going on, that doesn't have any impact on me and what I'm doing. I'm going to try to be locked in to figure out how can we get better in the weight room, individual instruction, coaching, what we need to do."
That isn't always easy when scrutiny surrounds a program the way it does at Kentucky, where each win or loss is a referendum on Calipari's philosophy of building a program and each player gets constantly evaluated against his recruiting ranking.
Though Calipari always has had a gift for shaping narratives around his team, he's spent an inordinate amount of time this season fighting the suggestion that Kentucky was underperforming.
In the end, Calipari's faith was rewarded with a run to the Final Four, but it didn't make the criticism in January and February any less intense.
"It took us four months," Calipari said. "So now they've got it. They're young; it takes time. You cannot skip steps. We all want to skip steps. We all want freshmen to be sophomores and juniors. They're not. It just takes time. There were people saying, 'Well, Cal's not having any fun.' I was having a ball with this team. Now, I had to be really aggressive. I had to raise the standard and say this is not what's acceptable. But I always believed in the team."
Over the years, Donovan has had the luxury of being celebrating when he's competing for championships and largely ignored when things weren't going well with his teams, especially during the two-year stretch in 2008-09 when he was going to the NIT and the Florida football team was competing for national titles.
Having a fan base that won't go crazy at the first sign of trouble is certainly helpful when Donovan puts together a schedule like he did this season, playing early road games at Wisconsin and UConn, both of which Florida lost.
"I think when you play in those situations, you learn about yourself," Donovan said. "That early in the season, we're all trying to get to know our team better, to see how we respond against high-level competition. You're also trying to get somewhat prepared for your league play because you know you're going to go into some difficult places to play. I thought those games were really helpful to our team moving forward."
Though Calipari has the same philosophy of using early season games to learn about his team, he has systematically tried to alter the schedule to include more neutral-site games and move away from home-and-home series except for the annual meeting with Louisville.
But that certainly didn't help when Kentucky lost to Baylor here in December and a narrative started to form that the Wildcats weren't living up to expectations.
"It's Kentucky. It's what you buy into," Calipari said. "If you want to coach at Kentucky or play at Kentucky, you (know) there are some guys with agendas. It's that program. It's part of it."


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The Baby and the Bathwater
Here is my last week contribution to Nancy Gibbs essay for Time magazine. The subject was about the debate over an amendment to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood. You can read more about it there: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2056716,00.html
I have to say I'm always amazed by all the violence in the abortion debate in United States; although I can hear every camp arguments and other beliefs, I still don't understand how a great country like this one can fight the freedom of choice.
I came up fast with different ideas, in general we have a day for skecthes and final, but this more graphic approach got the go. The idea is not brilliant as their book,(Gop 100.com), but I guess I can still pay tribute to Thomas Fuchs and Felix Sockwell for this concept.


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PwP Moved to Portland
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Wow, it feels like it has been forever since my last blog post! Well I'm not dead and haven't lost interest in blogging. My husband got a new job, and we moved to Portland, OR. The past month has been crazy, but we are really starting to settle into our new home. My nails and cuticles are in bad shape from the move, but I am woking on rehabbing them. I have also picked-up a few polishes since we arrived here just before midnight on April 21st. I am looking forward to blogging again, and having fun with nail polish. Portland is a beautiful place, and hopefully it will provide a lot of inspiration! We have a yard now, and I am looking forward to trying my hand at some gardening. It is likely that I will start wearing my nails a bit shorter so I can better tend to my flowers and veggies. I will need to work on getting a photo tent though, because one thing it will likely not provide is a lot of sunny days for outdoor photo shoots. Anyway, it is so good to be back!


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2 arrested in Northampton County bank robbery
Man and woman in custody in connection with holdup of Wells Fargo Bank in Palmer Twp.
PALMER TWP., Pa. - Two people are in custody following a bank robbery in Northampton County.
The robbery happened around 12:30 Wednesday afternoon at the Wells Fargo at 3840 Freemansburg Avenue in Palmer Township.
Police say two people were taken into custody on a street corner not far from the bank.
Police were on the lookout for a green sedan with a male driver, and a male and female riders and the car had fled south on Stones Crossing Road.
An investigation showed that the male suspect gave the teller a handwritten note asking for money from the top drawer, in three different denominations.
No weapons were displayed, police said, and the robber left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money.
While investigators were on the scene, about an hour later, a resident near the bank called to report two suspicious people - a man and a woman - standing on the corner of Fleetwood Drive and Stones Crossing Road.
The two were taken into custody, as the man - identified as 23-year-old Joseph Misero of 612 Center St., Ashland,Schuylkill Co. -matched the description of the robber, police said.
While in custody, police said Misero admitted he committed the robbery. Officers also found the handwritten note and some of the cash from the bank when they searched Misero.
The woman was identified as 31-year-old Beth Marsteller, 1236 Washington St, Easton.
Police said before Wednesday's incident, both Misero and Marsteller were involved in stealing money from the back room of the A-Plus Sunoco mini mart on Freemansburg Ave. in Palmer Twp. earlier this month.
Palmer Twp. police had active arrest warrants out for the two in connection with the A-Plus thefts.
Misero was charged with robbery, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, terroristic threates, possession of a controlled substance (heroin), and related charges.
Martseller faces charges of criminal conspiracy to possess a controlled substance (heroin), possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance (heroin).
Police said the unidentified driver of the green car, as well as Marsteller, were not involved and had no knowledge of the actual bank robbery.
Both Misero and Marsteller were taken to the Northampton County Prison.
Marsteller is being held on $50,000 bail, Her preliminary hearing is set for March 7.
Misero;s bail was set at $500,000 and his preliminary hearing is also set for March 7.
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This man has a problem, and this problem has been assailing him since, er, about April 1970. That's a long time to fight against yourself and your legacy. Paul McCartney was still 27 years old when the Beatles finally went their separate, bitter ways. Paul hasn't been helped by critics who go on and on about how this new work (pick an album, any album) simply does not match up to his greatest work- when he was a Beatle. Well, duh.
This piece is not intended to be a review of the new album- there are good reviews out there already- but it is an attempt to examine where McCartney the artist is at, as they say, in 2013.
Critics can be many things- they can be intuitive, insightful, even perspicacious (look it up, if ye must). They can also, unfortunately, be vindictive, nasty, but worst of all, just plain ignorant. Much of Paul's work has been panned, some with some justification. However, this is the man who part-invented the pop music as the art-form we know now, ubiquitous, sometimes great, often risible. This legacy alone assures him his spot at Rock Music's Last Supper, maybe even in the Birthday Boy position. This critic would argue that his output has been, on the whole, miraculous, if you like, or love, MUSIC. This is where many critics get stuck in their own too-smart treacle- Paul is a musician, with music pretty much coming out of every pore. There are other rock artists, such as Bowie, Dylan, Springsteen, who are, or can be, brilliant writers: Born to Run is one of the genre's most amazing songs; Dylan's lyrics pretty much crap all over most of Macca's, with a few exceptions; and the genius Bowie's output has hardly been flawless, though his high points were wonderful and ground-breaking. The Rolling Stones, as Lennon said long ago, took what the Beatles were doing and replicated it on their next album. My point? These great artists do not possess an ounce of McCartney's musicality. Even his dodgiest work- the less-than-stellar A or B- sides, like Once Upon a Long Ago, or A Love For You, even the weird rarity Robber's Ball, or all of 'Ram', feature melodies our man can make up in his sleep. And this preternatural ability is also his greatest failing- after all, you're a multi-millionaire with little and everything to still prove, you HAVE to carry on, so you end up writing silly, frivolous, sentimental odes to family and love. Paul said " what's wrong with that" but the critics said "a lot, Paul".
He made truly great albums, though. His first solo album, though a Heath Robinson, sometimes clunky affair, still featured Maybe I'm Amazed (and Kreen Akrore!); Band on the Run, is, rightfully a classic with the awesome, and underrated, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five; Wings Wild Life is lazy but Dear Friend is on there- and the list goes on. Some good, some not so, some great.
So, the NEW album? The fight goes on, but our man's gloves are shiny and polished. He is off the ropes with certainly his best offering this century, and quite possibly the best since his best seventies work. There is spontaneity in New, a weird energy unusual in a man in his eighth decade. Well, the Beatles reinvented a lot of things, so why can Paul not re-examine the notion of old age?
The feel of New is Ram -like, a little McCartney II- like, a little smattering of the, for want of a better description, hippy sensibility that has fuelled much of his best work. Another thing the critics don't always get- they concentrate on the mawkish singles instead of critically (get it?) examining the inherent eccentricity of a large percentage of the body of work. Monkberry Moon Delight, 1985, Morse Moose, anything on Electric Arguments, could have been written by nobody else. The demonised Press to Play, though below-par, is inventive and weird. Ram is quite simply one of the best rock/pop/weird Macca albums ever made, and contains songwriting of the type you simply do not hear these days. Show me the current equal of the majestic Back Seat of my Car....
It is undeniable that Paul's voice has taken a battering in recent years. I saw him in Dublin in 2003, and, though it stood up well, the cracks were clearly audible. Received wisdom might suggest that he should take a break from live work to re-energise the vocal chords but time is not on his side in this regard. He's still in the ring for as long as he can stand the punches- he may even offer up a knock-out or two himself before, inevitably, the bell must toll.


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As trail running has grown in popularity, podcasts have proliferated. Contrary to their name, they do not require an iPod to enjoy—you can listen directly online or download them to your computer, mobile device or MP3 player.
We've rounded up a few of our favorites here—you can also search for or browse other podcasts through online podcast directories or in the iTunes store.
Trail runners Scotty Sandow and Eric Schranz cohost this irreverent podcast about trail running, good beer and quirky personali- ties in the trail community, from the elite to everyday athletes. Their wealth of episodes include interviews with many big-name runners: Meghan Arbogast, Scott Jurek, Anton Krupicka, Ellie Greenwood and Max King, to name a few—as well as a collection of other colorful characters: nutritionist Sunny Blende, filmmaker J.B. Benna, trail legend Gordy Ainsleigh and fruitarian ultrarunner Michael Arnstein.
Trail Runner Nation
With knowledge and advice from a variety of notable sources and top athletes, hosts Don Freeman, Scott Warr and Faith Goss cover
topics ranging from race nutrition to pacing strategy to mental focus. Recent episodes include interviews with elite ultrarunner Nikki Kimball, iRunFar.com editor-in-chief Bryon Powell and renowned endurance-racing guru Dr. Phil Maffetone.
Running the Narrow Path
For five years, host Krister has been taking his podcast listeners on runs with him along the roads and trails of Sweden—literally recording his episodes while run- ning. He promises no training tips or expertise, musing instead on the nature around him and the simple joys of running. Set to the tune of footfalls and baaing sheep, this podcast is sure to invoke a sense of serenity.
Endurance Planet
Though not exclusively devoted to trail running, the Endurance Planet podcast interviews leading authorities on endurance training and nutrition, including coach Lucho (a.k.a. Tim Waggoner), nutritionist Ben Greenfield and personal trainer Tony Federico. Recent episodes have included discussions of chia seeds, fatty oils and nitrates, the merits of the Paleo Diet for endurance athletes and tips on creative winter speed work.
Talk Ultra
Ian Corless jam packs every episode of his ultrarunning-focused podcast with different segments—interviews, trail-running news, upcoming race info, blog highlights, a self-explanatory section called "Talk Training" and regular appear- ances by Karl Meltzer. Recent episodes have included an update on Joe Grant's preparation for his attempt at the 350-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational and a chat with Internationl Skyrunning Foundation Executive Director Lauri van Houten.
Running Stupid
Since 2008, ultrarunner and Inside Trail race series co-director Ken Michal has been doing his entertaining podcast on running long—from "the folks who know endurance ... the back of the pack." Episodes have ranged from an ultra- podcast (i.e. a two-part episode) about Michal's experience at the Pigtails Challenge 200-miler in Kent, Washington, to a crew report from those who helped Ellie Greenwood break Ann Trason's 18-year record at Western States, in 2012. It's hard not to smile when you hear Michal's trademark chuckle.


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As if your mailbox wasn't already full of enough spam, now MP3 spam is making a come back. The trend first started popping up in 2007 when spammers started using MP3 files as attachments on emails.
According to Symantec, new forms of MP3 spam have now been spotted in the wild. These emails contain no message, and no subject body, they just have an MP3 attachment with a heavily distorted 5 second message recorded in a female voice that promotes a meds domain. Some of the random .mp3 file names that have been associated with this series of spam include milsoppy.mp3, enwomb.mp3 and realiser.mp3.
Trend Micro, another major antivirus firm has reported other MP3 spam that is pushing Viagra and other sexual enhancement pills. The MP3's message encourages users to visit a web page that points to Canadian pharmacy sites.
Symantec's Samir Patil blogged that, "Old trends never die, they just resurface from time to time. Case in point, spammed messages that have .MP3 file attachments, which were last seen two years ago, made their presence felt once again today."
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I just finished having a cup of Keemun and man it was really nice! The gan was "chocolatish" with a slight sweet tone, intense pine-like smell mixed with subtle smokish aroma.
I am impressed. Gan is still in my tongue and I can now feel a woody aftertaste with something else that I can't describe right nowI need to drink this tea more often to pick up all its subtleties, and certainly use a better brewing vessel. Very interesting tea.
Next, on my list is the acclaimed Pure Gold variety of Dian hong (Yunnan). Surely it will also surprise me.
The problem is how on earth I am going to afford all the teaware required for all these goodies, lol. I guess I will stick to mugs until I can afford more expensive gear. Anyway my tea mug with infuser is doing a decent job so far.
Would a thick type of Gaiwan done a better justice to the Keemun I just had?
Anyway, back to the topic. What are the most popular black teas amongst teachatters?


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LTAD, Michael Jackson and the CAVB
Symbolically I start this blog as I am flying over Olympia, Greece, one of my favorite places to visit and be inspired in the world. We are about 90 minutes into our 11.5 hour flight home from an African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) Symposium just finished yesterday in Cairo, Egypt. I am across the row from Carl McGown and we both are intently watching the late Michael Jackson – "The Man" as they all call him, rehearsing and performing in the movie "This is It." The complexity of the choreography, from sets to lighting and musical, even sounds arrangements, and shooting the background films which would have played in the 3-D version of "Thriller" is just astounding – and it is all expert performers learning motor programs. Even in props the staff talks about talking with scientists from all over the world about pushing the boundaries of building props around the human body.
The director talks so specifically it is wonderful, from a motor learning point of view. The number of hours of deliberate practice learning his craft showing, as he sings Jackson 5 songs like "I'll Be There" with film of him performing the same song over 40 years before. It is not just the famous 10,000 hours to be an expert as shared by Ericsson's research, I bet it is more like 100,000 hours for "The Man." The staff talks to each other with feedforward, about that which needs to be done, rarely about the mistakes. Watching the hundreds of best dancers from all over the world, get narrowed to the top twenty women and men, is like a high speed national team tryout and final selection process all in one.
MJ says to the musical director, "I want it the way I wrote it" and the director responds back"I love to have Michael Jackson here, he knows his songs, his tempos, his keys," then he hears "You gotta let it simmer, just bathe in the moonlight…." and they both know what simmer means, just like we know what tempo means or the options of a "Bic" are on the national team. "Michael is a perfectionist, you can't fool Michael as he knows his records so well"….and when errors happen, MJ responds, "That's why we have rehearsal…."
The lead guitarist performs in lighted steam vents and while running and gets told by MJ, "hit that high note as it is your time to shine" or MJ sings from a cherry picker, challenging these experts to a new level of success. At this "Church of rock and roll" as they call it, MJ asks the performers to "Give me your endurance and patience and this is an adventure – give your all, and I thank you for your cooperation…."
Carl is "The Man" for USA Volleyball when it comes to learning motor skills faster. Lucky were the 115 coaches from over 30 nations, from Poland or Austria (no less than Franz Klammer's former coach) and India, to all over the African continent to get to spend four days learning from him. Doug Beal did his usual great teaching of how we have won gold medals in three Olympics and what the future of the sport is likely to be. Bill Neville, Rob Browning and I shared other insights on all levels from drill creation, scoring, and design, to beach, youth and Paralympic options.
We visited this cradle of civilization at the request of Dr. El Wani, FIVB Vice President, who along with his CAVB staff staged an excellent event. The Heliopolis Sports Club we trained at is larger than my college alma mater's entire campus. I pulled my kids out of school for 6 days, so they could join me in our non-clinic time, seeing the amazing pyramids, Suez Canal, and National Museum, floating the Nile River, riding camels, browsing 1,200 year old shops visiting another nation's school and training with another nation's volleyball program and watching the Egypt Cup semifinals in the same gym just five days before the USA Sitting Women's team won the gold in the World Cup. We also did not go hungry on these sojourns, as they really know how to eat too.
Personally, three things stood out –
1. The vast number of satellite dishes on top of every building.
2. The green lights of thousands of mosques in just one city.
3. The expert skill every driver had in driving with no lanes, inches away from a pack of fellow speeding cars or trucks, flying in a formation tighter than the US Navy's Blue Angels or US Air Force Thunderbirds, with only a horn honk to signal intentions. In a car full of coaches who know motor learning, the Egyptian driver's skill, and lack of anger, was marveled at and discussed on every ride.
One of those things we shared at this Symposium was information on Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) which our neighbors to the north in Canada have done a great job in building. Fred Sturm, 1992 and 96 Olympic Men's coach, could not join us but shared his summary of LTAD first presented at the Peak Performers Symposium in Europe. I will share my notes and thoughts on some of the pertinent points for all growing the game here:
First, it is about "Opportunities to Respond" getting the thousands of hours to practice (and we had a USAV Banner in the Sports Club court which said "Contacts per Hour") and secondly, we must know that motor learning and talent development research has found that "Initial Ability has nothing to do with final ability."
It's not only about the hours, it is about effort, focused and deliberate, sport specific practice, designed specifically to improve performance. This at times may not be much fun, but you must be mindful in your training, and Fred quoted Mathan Milleiem, who stated "If you only practice with your body, no amount of time is enough."
It is also important to note that an EXPERT coach is the difference. A coach who is using best teaching and learning methods and who can apply the concepts of deliberate play and deliberate practice in the optimal, appropriate context. An expert coach uses training activities that produce the most amount of transfer. These coaches, just like athletes, need deliberate practice hours to establish a deep domain of specific knowledge.
From a National team success point of view, and related High Performance program, It is about having a large group of aspiring champions and keeping them in your system as long as possible….I think it is important to say again, that research shows initial ability has nothing to do with final ability. For every MJ, there are millions of performers around the world who have not reached a high level. At the end of this month I get to spend time with Dan Coyle author of The Talent Code. He has written regarding talent that even being a prodigy, a "talented" youth, does not have any correlation to being a talent in much later years. For every Tiger Woods, and several hundred PGA golfers, you have TENS of millions of golfers who are part of that "large group."
"This is It" ends with the song "Man in the Mirror." "I'm starting with the man in the mirror, I'm asking him to change his ways….it you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself then make that change…" I hope you all continue to grow and change based on the newest science and information we share, and also reach out to grow the sport – as we challenged the coaches of CAVB to return with their new found knowledge to their respective nations, and not just use it, but teach it and share it, for that which you teach, you learn. We ask that each of you take time to share things you have learned from USA Volleyball programming, with parents, players and fellow coaches. We are all lucky that people like Carl, Doug, Bill and Rob do the same as much as they can, to make this world a better place…
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HOT SPRINGS, S.D. – James "Jim" Eckstein, 70, of Hot Springs, S.D., formerly of Hector, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at the VA Hospital in Hot Springs.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 18, at St. John's Catholic Church in Hector. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by the Carl O. Potter American Legion Post 135 of Hector, and the Fairfax Honor Guard.
Visitation will be Friday from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in Hector.
Funeral arrangements are with the Hughes-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Hector.
Memorials are preferred.
James Leonard Eckstein was born Jan. 3, 1943, in Sleepy Eye, to Anton and Laura (Schiller) Eckstein.
He served United States Navy from Nov. 16, 1964, until Nov. 18, 1968, and received various medals, including three bronze stars.
Jim is survived by his wife, Jan Eckstein, of Hot Springs; stepsons: Dan Madden and Scott Madden, both of Worland, Wyo.; a stepdaughter, Bridget Paich of Douglas, Wyo.; eight stepgrandchildren; a brother, Melvin Eckstein of Fairfax, and a sister, Gladys Portner of New Ulm.


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12-hour rescue attempt unsuccessful in industrial accident
MILTON, Wis. - The body of an United Ethanol employee was recovered late Friday after the man became trapped in a grain bin at the facility.
A Milton Police Department statement said responders recovered the body of Jared Guell, 27, of Janesville, shortly after 11 p.m. Friday.
The missing worker was last seen working near the grain bin at the facility at 1250 Chicago St. in Milton. The man was reported missing at 10:20 a.m., according to police.
More than 16 emergency crews attempted to rescue Guell over 12 hours, according to the statement.
"There are no words to describe the sadness I feel about the events that have happened today," Mike Opdahl, manager of ethanol operations for United Ethanol, said in a statement.
Opdahl said employees train to prevent accidents. Milton police and officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration plan to investigate.
Guell was an employee at the company for seven years and is survived by his wife and young son.
"Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers as we work with emergency services to piece together today's activities, and most importantly, as we mourn the loss of this beloved family member, our fellow employee and friend," Opdahl said.
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Nvidia Corp., a leading supplier of graphics processing units (GPUs), plans to ensure maximum performance of discrete graphics processors for notebooks by unifying their drivers with desktop graphics solutions. The decision will ensure up-to-date feature set and optimizations, but may not be the best solution for custom mobile PCs.
For many years notebook manufacturers did not allow graphics hardware vendors to release independent driver updates. Unfortunately, most notebook manufacturers only provided one driver version at launch and never updated them. The reason for that was pretty simple: similar graphics processors inside different notebooks featured different clock-speeds, different cooling sub-systems and manufacturers were reluctant to update them so that not to cause any instabilities. But while the issues were avoided, playing latest video games on mobile computers was hardly possible since all of them required driver tweaks.
In order to ease the situation, Nvidia startied working with top gaming notebook manufacturers and from 2006 to 2008 the company released notebook driver updates for a select group of gaming notebooks. In 2008 the GPU designer announced the Verde driver program for notebook PCs, which offered driver support for all notebook PCs from the low-end to the high-end and supported most notebook manufacturers as well as all of their customizations.
Since sales of notebooks are exceeding shipments of desktops, it is crucial for Nvidia and other designers of graphics chips to ensure maximum quality of experience onto mobile personal computers. As a result, Nvidia announced Tuesday plans to unify driver development for desktops and laptops, which means that owners of mobile computers will get the same experience on their systems on the same day with notebook owners.
"Today, we are excited to announce that going forward each driver release for Windows Vista and Windows 7 desktop PCs will go out with an equivalent Verde notebook driver. These Verde drivers will support all notebook platforms, including Optimus notebooks. The next driver release is coming in May," said Chris Daniel, a spokesperson for Nvidia.
While the decision to unify drivers for desktop and laptop graphics sub-systems is very logical and is positive for the end-user, there are still a lot of custom notebook designs on the market, for which certain tweaks may cause instabilities. As a result, users of notebooks should still be cautious with updates.
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For those of you that haven't seen my post in the "Other" forum, me and my wife are new converts to loose leaf tea and have purchased a bunch of different samplers. We are trying at least one new tea a day and rating them from 1 to 5 (5 being the best).
In this thread I will talk about the rooibos teas we have tried so far.
Rooibos - We thought this had almost no flavor at all which was dissapointing since it have a great aroma. One we won't be getting again.
Rating: 1
Rooibos Vanilla - The first rooibos that we tried, surprisingly good considering I'm not a huge fan of all things vanilla. Great aroma and an enticing flavor; one we'll probably stock for normal consumption.
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Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
versão On-line ISSN 2411-9717
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J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. vol.114 no.3 Johannesburg Mar. 2014
R.C.A. MinnittI, *; W. Assibey-BonsuII
ISchool of Mining Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
IIGroup Consultant, Geostatistics and Evaluation, Gold Fields Limited, Perth. Australia
Daniel Gerhardus ("Danie") Krige, whose name is world-renowned in the field of mineral resource estimation and evaluation, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, 23 March 2013; he was 93 years old. The funeral at Constantia Kloof Dutch Reformed Church on 28 March was attended by more than 200 family members, friends and colleagues from industry and universities, with eulogies by Oscar Steffen, Richard Minrtitt and Winfred Assibey-Bonsu. Such was the renown of Daniel Krige that his death is recorded together with that of Margaret Thatcher in Wikipedia (Deaths in April, 2013).
Born in Bothaville, Free State, on the 26 August 1919, Daniel G. Krige grew up in Krugersdorp, matriculating from Monument High School in Krugersdorp in 1934 at the age of 15. He graduated with a BSc(Eng) degree in mining engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand at the end of 1938 (aged 19). In 1938 he joined Anglo Transvaal where he worked on a number of gold mines until 1943, gaining a wide range of valuable practical experience in surveying, sampling and ore valuation. He then joined the Government Mining Engineer1 s Department where he worked for eight years before returning to industry as Group Financial Engineer of the Anglovaal Group. He held this post until 1981, after which he spent 10 years as Professor of Mineral Economics at the Witwatersrand University. He remained a registered Professional Engineer although his activity as a consultant naturally diminished.
His contributions were recognised by the Witwatersrand University through the award of the DSc(Eng) degree in 1963 and a DIngfHC) degree in 1981 by the University of Pretoria. He received further honorary doctorates from the University of South Africa in April 1996 and from the Moscow State Mining University in September 1997. He received many merit awards from the SA Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, including two gold medals in 1966 and 1980 and two silver medals in 1979 and 1993. In 1984 he received the Institute's highest award, the Brigadier Stokes platinum medal. He was awarded the William Krumbein medal from the International Association of Mathematical Geology in 1984, the Gold Medal for Scientific and Technical Achievements from the Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns in 1982, the Distinguished Achievement Award from the APCOM International Council in 1989 and in the same year the Percy Fox Foundation Award in South Africa. In 1987 he received from the American Society of Mining Engineers one of its highest awards, the Daniel Jackling Award, and in 1988 he was made a 'Distinguished Member'; in both cases he was the first, and to date, the only South African to receive these honours. In 1992 the University of Antofagasta in Chile also honoured him with a special award. The South African State President awarded him with the Order for Meritorious Service Class 1, Gold in 1989. In 1998 The Royal Society of South Africa awarded him the John F. Herschel Medal for outstanding contributions to science in South Africa.
In February 2010 his distinguished contributions to engineering were acknowledged by the United States National Academy of Engineering (ΝΑΕ) and he was elected a Foreign Associate, Section 11, Earth Resources engineering. Danie was the first South African to ever receive this award from the ΝΑΕ. In December 2010 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Witwatersrand, and in 2011 he was awarded the Order of the Baobab (Kremetart Silwer), by President Jacob Zuma.
During his period in government service Danie Krige handled several of the post-war lease applications in the Free State and Klerksdorp goldfields. The fact that decisions on new gold mines of critical importance to the State and the economy as a whole were being taken on a limited number of drillholes, without any scientific analysis of the risks of failure, stimulated him to start basic research into ore evaluation. His approach was based on the application of mathematical statistics to these problems, an approach of which very little was known worldwide at that stage but which had already been initiated in South Africa by Herbert Sichel via the lognormat frequency distribution model. Jn Krige's 1951 paper, published in the Journal of the Chemical, Metallurgical ana Mining Society of South Africa, he covered the statistical explanation of the conditional biases in ore block valuations and stimulated the use by several gold mines of regression corrections for routine ore reserve valuations, a technique which, in effect, was the first use on an elementary basis of what is now known as kriging. This paper introduced, inter alia, the basic geostatistical concepts of 'support.' 'spatial structure,' 'selective mining units' and 'grade-tonnage curves.'
As the Anglovaal Group's Financial Engineer, he was responsible for the Croup's ore evaluation, mine surveying, financial analyses of mining projects and negotiations, share valuations and technical computing facilities. During the early 1960s he implemented geostatistical kriging procedures on the two large gold mines of the Group. This was the first routine application of the kriging of ore reserves in the world. Apart from ore evaluation, his career led to significant contributions in the fields of investment and financial analysis and mining taxation. This is evidenced by his contributions to the establishments of the original South African uranium contracts, and by a substantial number of local and overseas publications in his field. These include the publication in 1955, in Afrikaans, of what was probably one of the first papers on risk analysis for new mining investments.
As Professor of Mineral Economics in the Mining Engineering Department of the University of the Witwatersrand he was responsible mainly for postgraduate courses in geostatistics and mining economics and supervised many masters and doctoral theses. After retirement from the university he continued his research, lecturing and publication activities and remained active as a consultant in the valuation of resources and reserves of mineral deposits and financial analysis for several of the Mining Houses and various local international mining and consulting companies. He presented courses in geostatistics and/or lectured at local universities (Pretoria, UNISA, RAU and Rhodes) and overseas (Australia, Germany, Taiwan, Chile, Russia and China). He has participated in, and contributed to, many international mining congresses in South Africa, the USA, Canada, Germany, Spain, Chile, Colombia, Slovenia, Australia, the UK, Russia, France and China; in several cases as the keynote speaker.
Krige's work led directly, or contributed largely, to the following:
1. His recognition worldwide in mining circles as the principal pioneer in modem statistical methods of ore evaluation, or geostatistics as it is now called.
2. Since the early 1960s his surname has been used to describe the geostatistical techniques of 'kriging.' The term was coined by Georges Matheron and is now applied worldwide mainly in the fields of exploration and ore evaluation, but the environmental, petroleum, hydrology, agriculture and other disciplines.
3. The teaching of geostatistics in graduate and postgraduate mining engineering and other courses at universities worldwide.
4. The establishment of the now world-renowned French school of ore evaluation in Fontainebleau, Le Centre de Gêostatistique de l'Ecole des Mines de Paris.
Danie Krige published some 90 technical papers both locally and overseas, including Russia. His early research papers that had stimulated interest in several mining circles overseas were republished in French in 1955, resulting in a major research effort by French mining engineers in this field. A 1951 paper, based on his MSc(Eng.) thesis submitted to the Department of Mining Engineering to the University of the Witwatersrand, expounded his pioneering work in geostatistics in more detail. His 1978 publication was the first Monograph (Geostatistics) in the monograph series of the SA Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
A complete record of all Krige's publications is available on a CD disc from the SA Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. They are presented under the following headings:
1. Original basic concepts and developments
2. Routine block kriging on mines
3. Geostatistical techniques, Simple kriging versus Ordinary kriging. Conditional biases
4. Bayesian approach
5. Valuation of new mines from drillholes
6. Reference works
7. Reviews
8. Economic and Financial.
As a Professional Engineer, Danie Krige served for many years on the mining committee of the Engineering Council of South Africa. For an extensive period he was honorary treasurer on the Coundl of the SA Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and became an honorary life member. He was also a mining engineering member of the Income Tax Special Court, a founder member of the Internationa! Association for Mathematical Geology and of the Geostatistical Association of Southern Africa, a founder-member and honorary life Fellow of the Statistical Association, an honorary life member of the Institute of Mine Surveyors of South Africa and a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa. He also served as a director of several mining companies, as well as for the South African Development Trust, the Lebowa Development Corporation, and the Lebowa Mineral Trust.
Danie served on the sub-committee of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council which investigated State Aid for marginal gold mines in 1967/8. He designed the State Aid formula which assisted a large number of gold mines to survive the period of low gold prices. This scheme significantly contributed to the stabilisation and growth of (he gold mining industry and the economy as a whole during a difficult time. He also served for many years on various committees of the Chamber of Mines. In 1974 he was a Chamber-nominated member of the Government-Chamber mining mission to Iran which investigated aspects of a closer co-operation on mining matters. More recently, he served as a member of the Marais Committee on mining taxation and on the Melamet Commission of Enquiry into further State aid for the ERPM gold mine; he was also an observer for the State on this mine's Management Committee and Board of Directors until early 1994. He was also a member of the SAMREC Working Committee which developed the South African Code for reporting of Mineral Resources and Reserves as published in 2000.
He was South Africa's representative on the International APCOM Council from its inception and initiated the arrangements for the Symposia held in South Africa in 1972 and in 1987, and he assisted in the preparation of this Symposium in Cape Town in 2003. He served as Chairman of the International Council, the first non-USA member to be elected to this position, from 1990 to 1993.
The outstanding feature of Danie Krige's contributions was his focus on, and dedication to, the basic tenets of geostatistics and the use, wherever practical, of large databases to undertake practical follow-up studies. This style of approach to statistical and geostatistical research became apparent in his initial 1950/2 work and consistently underpinned his research. His rigorous practice of verifying new geostatistical techniques using large data sets, allowed him to test and audit their applicability and interrogate alternative approaches. His high standards of research contributed significantly to the advancement of the sdence of geostatistics and provided many fruitful avenues for future research. His lastíngcontributions are a tribute to a lifetime of dedication and he was a worthy leader and an example to all who practice and research in the field of geostatistics.
Thoughts from an interview he gave to Richard Minnitt during 2012
With his weight of achievement and a life of distinguished contributions to science and engineering behind him, Professor Danie Krige was a devout Christian who also recognised and acknowledged that he had been the recipient of gifts of grace from the Creator. He drew attention to six sped he areas in which he could identify the grace of the Almighty at work in his life and career. The first was a tribute to his parents for the practical application of a godly lifestyle, the establishment of a firm foundation, and a life philosophy that was modelled by them in every area of life. An example of this was that even with the limited resources of a pastor, his parents saw to it that seven of the nine siblings received a tertiary education.
The second of the gifts of grace that Danie acknowledged was the support he had received from his two spouses. He was happily married for 45 years to his first wife (until her death), and for 20 years to Ansie, his second wife.
The third gift of grace was the way in which his career developed, and the various turns in direction that it took as his research unfolded. Having graduated from Wits he was employed in the sampling and survey departments of the Anglovaal Group. In the interview Danie stated that the most important event of his career occurred when an extensive prospecting programme of deep drilling was launched to determine the extent and value of the extensions of the Witwatersrand gold deposits westwards to Klerksdorp and the Orange Free State. Mining companies involved in exploration applied to the Government Mining Engineer for mining leases which led to the opening up of the new goldfields. The GME enrolled additional Mining Engineers to handle this work and he was one of the lucky ones to be chosen. Danie was involved full time in collecting, analysing, and using statistical modelling of the data to determine the underlying patterns of the gold distribution in the widening fields. These patterns proved to be adaptable to modern statistical programmes and these were in turn developed to yield improved grade estimation procedures. This work was successfully submitted for a Master"s thesis at the University of the Witwatersrand and a technical paper that was published here and overseas, raised interest. A French team under Professor Georges Matheron in Paris translated the publication and republished it in French. Professor Matheron insisted for the worldwide acceptance of the term KRIG1NG for this new valuation method, a term for a practice that is now accepted internationally.
The fourth gift of grace was that when Danie returned to work at Anglovaal, they began to apply these advanced methods of valuation on their mines. Comparisoas with later follow-up values demonstrated the advantages of the new methods. Following the clear demonstration of the validity of the new methods, Anglovaal fully supported the application of Danie's methods on their mines, as well as the publication of these findings, both locally and internationally, particularly at international conferences. In addition. Wits University awarded Danie a DSc(Eng) degree in recognition of this work. This led to the award of two Honorary Doctorate degrees in South Africa, from the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa (UNISA), and a third from the Moscow State University, in addition to numerous other awards both locally and overseas.
The fifth gift of grace Danie acknowledged was that on retirement from Anglovaal at the age of 60, he accepted the unexpected opportunity of taking up the chair of Professor of Mine Economics at Wits University, which he occupied for the next 10 years. This enabled him to teach and undertake extensive consulting work for mining companies both locally and internationally, and was, in his opinion, a great blessing.
The final gift of grace that Danie recognised was that after his retirement from Wits University he was able to undertake extensive national and international consulting work which he believed kept him occupied and young for the following 20 years. Danie also acknowledged, with deep gratitude, that while the opportunities presented themselves to him, his was the responsibility to make good use of them, and that without these gifts of grace his life's work would not have been possible.
This paper which was first published in August 2013 is republished with the permission of the Royal Society of South Africa, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2013.826748.
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DOT should seek truth on rail corridor
Passionate debate at times leads to emotion that can become the story and overshadow the important points and counterpoints that need to be considered. The rail-trail debate ongoing in the Adirondack region has brought out the best and the worst of these characteristics. The New York State Department of Transportation will have the difficult task to plow through and separate fact from fiction, set aside the emotion and seek the truth for consideration by government agencies that may review the unit management plan for this transportation corridor.
In previous commentary, I presented financial data on the cost of maintaining trails similar to that proposed by the Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates, and actual economic data for some example trail communities to illustrate that the projected revenues for existing rail trails seem to be out of reach for a majority of the affected population. These are clear examples to contradict the possible understatements and exaggerations by ARTA commentary authors, who envision low-cost or free trail conversion and huge region-wide revenue speculation.
Special-interest trail advocates frequently blast the Adirondack Scenic Railroad for receiving taxpayer funds as reimbursement for maintenance services performed on the rail corridor; yet no mention is made of taxpayer funds disbursed to snowmobile clubs for grooming trails, reported in December to have been in excess of $1.3 million. This should be considered by readers and the NYSDOT in the context of the debate.
ARTA and the Rails to Trails Conservancy, both beneficiaries of ARTA director Lee Keet's family foundation, teamed up to produce a questionable economic impact analysis that violates key principles methodology as defined by Texas A&M Professor John L. Crompton in his article "Economic Impact Studies: Instruments for Political Shenanigans?" While text is used to make statements that omit local trail users in the ARTA proposal, all the numeric values presented in a chart of example trails clearly adds local user dollars to total sales revenue. Whether by accident or other intent, this can mislead the reader and key government representatives with exaggerated economic impact results.
There are other statements in ARTA documents I have found to be questionable. As an example, the Ghost Town Trail, well known by this author, is incorrectly noted in the ARTA detailed proposal as beginning in Ebensburg, Pa., more than 70 miles east of Pittsburgh. This trail is referenced to illustrate existing trails that do not have an urban connection, in conjunction with projected economic impact statements. Omitted is the distance from Pittsburgh to the closest trail access point for the Ghost Town Trail. Using Ebensburg as a reference point, the trail heads WEST to Black Lick, Pa., actually located 46 miles east of downtown Pittsburgh. The midpoint of the trail is Dilltown, Pa., 52 miles east of Pittsburgh. Other possible urban connections that may have been the intended reference point are Altoona (25.57 miles) and Johnstown (22.98 miles); however, these do not fit the context. A MapQuest search for driving directions between Pittsburgh and towns noted above can clear up this inaccuracy.
An item not appearing in the detailed submittals by ARTA, nor addressed by the multitude of editorial commentary on both sides of the debate, is the lack of cellphone service to large areas of the subject railroad corridor, especially north of Big Moose. To this author, the omission of contingency proposals to provide for trail user safety is an unusual oversight when related parties know of this situation. The following is a position statement by the Adirondack Council from 2005, an organization that includes at least one director in common with ARTA: "While wireless coverage is important in population centers and along road corridors, the Council does not believe that wireless coverage in Forest Preserve areas is necessary, and therefore construction of new towers on those constitutionally protected lands would be inappropriate."
This should be of great concern to NYSDOT and other responsible agencies: how to safely manage thousands of trail users, invited by those who envision a world-class rail trail, and allow them to venture mile after mile into remote wilderness areas with no modern means of calling for help in the case of a mishap. Is this not also the area where several environmental and wildlife groups have called for reintroducing wolves and cougars? If sections of the rail corridor revert to the Bob Marshall Great Wilderness once the tracks are removed, how would rescue personnel learn of an emergency? Would motorized rescue vehicles be permitted to respond?
The existing rail corridor crosses numerous bridges and culverts, navigates along high embankments and along the water's edge for many miles on a narrow right of way. This is fine for the guidance of a steel-flanged wheel on a rail but not good at all for bikers, walkers and snowmobilers that certainly will get into trouble. A subject of controversy, there are newspaper accounts of accidents in similar areas of the Adirondack Park that resulted in deaths in recent years because rescue attempts were delayed, partially due to the inability for the victims to call for help. For those who propose to attract a multitude of genuine visitors to a remote recreational trail, the visitor perception of personal safety while passing through the Park is very important.
The time is drawing near for a decision on the fate of this rail corridor. Society in the modern age of media reporting is subject to complex spin and the tactic of repeating an ideal frequently enough to conceal truth. Responsible New York government agencies need to investigate each point, seek accuracy and inject common sense. Consider also the thousands of petition signatures and local business support that have been attained for trail support and determine if the methods were reputable. The NYSDOT should not make a decision on an existing transportation asset until confident of the truth.
James Falcsik lives in Irwin, Pa.


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Valley residents begin planning future
Spruced up neighborhoods with good lighting and attractive parks would be a good start in revitalizing the valley, residents suggested at a brainstorming meeting Monday.
The City of Minot, working with its consultants, held the first of a series of Riverfront and Center project meetings at Roosevelt Park Zoo for residents living east of Eighth Street Northwest. A similar meeting will be held for the western portion of the valley tonight at 6:30 p.m. in St. Mark's Lutheran Church.
Monday's meeting provided a chance for residents to gather with neighbors to discuss the future of their areas. One of the key issues to come to the forefront was reviving once flooded parks, including Roosevelt Park, and developing new parks, trails and recreational green spaces.
The Erik Ramstad neighborhood came out strongly for turning the former site of a middle school into a park.
"A good landscape artist could make that a jewel of Minot. This could emerge as a major park," said Bob Miller, resident and city council member. "This is a park waiting to happen. It would be an asset to the entire community."
Another major concern is the number of flooded homes and vehicles that remain abandoned and sidewalks that are in disrepair.
John Slack, a landscape designer with Stantec, the city's consultant, reported after meeting with residents of the Perkett School area that aesthetics are important.
"Just general cleanup," he said of the goal of the neighborhood. "It's been described as a ghetto."
Monday's meeting was held for residents in the eastern portion of the valley, but residents in the western portion also were welcome if they were unable to attend tonight.
Other concerns included drainage around the fairgrounds and Holiday Inn, traffic on 16h Street and Fourth Avenue Northwest and the need for better neighborhood lighting in some areas.
The City of Minot is looking for neighborhood volunteers to take the lead as the city continues a series of planning sessions focusing on the downtown and six mostly residential areas in the core of the city. Five meetings are scheduled during the course of this year.
Residents interested in representing their neighborhoods can send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com with their contact information.
The city received a $387,500 planning grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration to conduct the planning. Updates on the Riverfront and Center project will be available on the website at (www.minotnd.org).


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Hellbender Encounter
In 15 years of wading streams, I've never seen a hellbender or even met anyone who claims to have seen one. It's easy to be incredulous that they even populate our streams. How could a two-foot long lizard escape notice in the crystal clear waters we fish?
Yesterday, I got up close and personal with one when it emerged from under a rock and attempted to devour a ten inch brown I'd just released. I was fishing the North Mills Delayed Harvest water in Pisgah Forest of NC. It's a nice freestone stream, heavily fished, and hardly a remote wilderness. I was fishing one of the larger pools from the upper parking area right beside a stack of metal culvert pipe stacked on the bank. I had just caught a nice ten inch brown on a pheasant tail dropper at the back of the pool.
I photographed the fish in my hand and released him into the pool. I looked down to straighten my gear, and when I looked up I saw my fish sideways and struggling on the bottom at the back of the pool. It was being swallowed by something. I waded out and took this picture.
In the bottom right, you can see that about 7 inches of trout is in the salamander, and just the head is left out. He's almost perfectly camo'ed with the rocks. His head is flat and wide. The hellbender was still on the bottom and obviously working on his meal. I decided to see if I could get the lizard to release the trout. I grasped the salamander by the back of his slippery, keel shaped tail and started to lift him. I'd estimate that he was about two feet long and weighed about two pounds. I got him about half way out of the water.
At that point, he let the fish slip back out of his mouth, and acted like he might want to taste my hand instead. I let him go and he settled back to the bottom. I watched him for a bit until he decided he'd had enough and flicked his tail. In one motion he was gone. The fishing was excellent by the way. It's the first day this year that I've had fish consistently rise to the dry fly. Sorry about my large pic sizes. I'll try to resize.
Those are some amazing pictures. I would have screamed like a little girl if that thing swam out in front of me and ate the fish. Glad you had a great day on the water, too bad the brown trout couldn't say the same.
great story and pics
That is a great story Slipstream, thanks for sharing it. The pics were great. I have never been fortunate (or after seeing those pics unfortunate) enough to see a hellbender while hiking or fishing in our streams.
Stories like this are eventually going to convince me to carry a camera.
Great story. Thanks for sharing it with us. Just wondering if you reported it on the site (http://www.hellbenders.org/) I think they do a bit of research on the creatures.
hellbender info
They are around; especially numerous in the Hiwassee (I once met a U. of Arkansas PHD studying them there). Mostly nocturnal, crayfish is about their favorite food. 18" to 2 ft is about the norm when I see 'em. Seems like a Prehistoric kind of species.
Neat encounter you had there. It is awesome that you got to witness something like that in person. Chances are very slim that i will ever get to see a hellbender while fishing, especially one eating my catch.
I'll wet my waders if a two pound salamander ever sneaks up on me from under a rock I'm fishing.
"I've got to stop wishin, I've got to go fishin"
That is awesome....
That is really cool. I wish I had been there to have seen that. The picture where it is swallowing the brown is insane. It appears the ground is swallowing the trout and not a creature. Their camo is amazing.
There is no telling how many I have stepped over or have stood beside while fishing the Hiwassee and never new they were there.
Thanks for sharing!
You can't depend on your judgement when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain
My dad had a little hellbender encounter on the Hiwassee several years back. He was fishing and felt something scratching around on his leg and thought he'd stepped down onto a submerged stick. Dad reached down to pull the protruding end of the "stick" out of his pants leg and ended up instead with the tail of what he later said was about a 16 inch helbender. The thing had been clawing its way up his pant leg, probably thinking it was a safe haven of some sort. I've never seen a 60 year old man move that fast across the water. I was rolling and gave him all kinds of grief over it until he later showed me what one looked like. (They have a mounted one at the Sugarlands visitor center). I immediately understood, and from that point forward I never cracked on him about it again.
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About the Author: Jane Morse serves in the Bureau of International Information Programs.
A picture is worth a thousand words, but how do you shoot a photo that describes democracy?
That's the challenge in the Democracy Photo Challenge, a public-private contest launched July 7.
The photo contest runs from July 7 to July 28, 2010. An independent jury will announce 36 finalists on August 19, and the public will select 12 winners during a global online vote from August 19 - August 26. The winners will be announced on the United Nations' (UN) International Day of Democracy, September 15, with the winning photographs exhibited at the UN in New York -- and later, other venues.
Phil Borges is one of the jury co-chairs for the Democracy Photo Challenge. Himself a documentary photographer and founder of the nonprofit Bridges to Understanding, Borges said the contest is "the ideal marriage of individual self-expression and global dialogue. Photography gives the world an opportunity to see the human condition through the eyes of another. Social media gives the world the power to talk about it."
The other two co-chairs are Willis Hartshorn, Ehrenkranz director of the International Center of Photography, and Louie Psihoyos, Academy Award-winning documentary director (The Cove), photographer and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society.
Photo entries will be judged on their effectiveness in illustrating what "Democracy is" (60 percent), technical qualities such as lighting, focus and composition (20 percent) and level of artistic creativity (20 percent).
"The best photos get to the heart of an issue instantly," according to Psihoyos. "A single image can make an activist of someone who has no cause and shed light on issues that are lurking in the shadows."
The photo contest is an offshoot of the enormously successful Democracy Video Challenge contest, which has attracted over 1,600 submissions from 111 countries since its launch in 2008. In January 2010, more than 1,400 people worldwide participated in the Democracy Is Twitter Contest.
The Democracy is… contests are an effort by a unique public-private partnership to engage citizens around the world in a global conversation about democracy.
People around the world can track updates and join the real-time democracy conversation online at: www.facebook.com/democracychallenge and www.twitter.com/demvidchallenge.
Democracy is… partners and participating organizations include: The Annenberg Space for Photography, Bridges to Understanding, the Center for International Private Enterprise, Getty Images, International Center of Photography, the International Republican Institute, the International Youth Foundation, the Motion Picture Association of America,NBC Universal, National Democratic Institute, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, One Economy, the Recording Industry Association of America, TakingITGlobal, University of Southern California (USC), USC's Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, the U.S. Department of State, and YouTube.


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Acherontia lachesis
Acherontia lachesis is a large (up to 13 cm wingspan) Sphingid moth found in India and much of the Oriental region, one of the three species of Death's-head Hawkmoth, also known as the Bee Robber. It is nocturnal, and very fond of honey; they can mimic the scent of honey bees so that they can enter a hive unharmed to get honey. Their tongue, which is stout and very strong, enables them to pierce the wax cells and suck the honey out. This species occurs throughout almost the entire Oriental region, from India, Pakistan and Nepal to the Philippines, and from southern Japan and the southern Russian Far East to Indonesia, where it attacks colonies of several different honey bee species. It has recently become established on the Hawaiian Islands.[1]
Eggs are laid on a variety of hostplants, belonging to the families Solanaceae, Verbenaceae, Fabaceae, Oleaceae, and Bignoniaceae, among others. Mature larvae can attain 125mm long, and occur in green, yellow, and brownish grey color forms (most commonly grey), with oblique body stripes and a prickly tail horn that is curled at the extreme tip. When molested the caterpillar throws the head and anterior segments of the body from side to side, at the same time making a rapidly repeated clicking noise, which appears to be produced by the mandibles. The larva pupates by pushing its head into the earth, burying itself, and making an ovoid chamber about 15cm below the surface in which it sheds its skin.
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This is part two of a two-part blog in which readers submitted their aviation heroes–the ones who inspired them to learn to fly or continue their flight training when things got rocky. The first installment can be found here (or cut and paste this URL: http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=1690 ).
Dwayne King. The director of Kingdom Air Corps ( http://kingdomaircorps.eaglebusinessweb.com ) is a missionary pilot who was one of the first to make such a flight to Provideniya in Far East Russia. His organization prepares student pilots and mechanics for missions. Many of the students are from LeTourneau University's aviation program, where he has been on the faculty. Suggested by Matt F.
Charles A. Lindbergh's solo nonstop flight from Long Island to Paris in 1927 catapulted him to fame. (Some believe the Lindy Hop was named for him, but that's not the case; it originated before Lindbergh made his flight, and while some called it "the Lindbergh Hop," that didn't last.) Lindbergh went on to promote the development of commercial aviation and air mail services. Sadly, Lindbergh's fame was almost eclipsed by the tragic kidnapping and murder of his infant son. Lindbergh was suggested by Don Eck, who says his hero's flight across the Atlantic was "absolute proof that 'navigation' isn't simply spelled G-P-S, V-O-R, I-L-S, or A-D-F, and also that it is possible to get to your intended destination to get to the radio."
Robin Olds was one of the pioneer jet pilots of the U.S. Air Force. As a "triple Ace," he had a combined total of 16 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. Aviation historians consider Olds the best wing commander of the Vietnam War, citing his air-fighting skills and his reputation as a combat leader.
The Millionaires' Unit: Alyson Booher thoughtfully provided a link to a trailer for a documentary ( www.millionairesunit.org ) on these World War I pilots–a group of Yale University students formed in 1916 who privately funded an air militia that became the nation's first air coast guard patrol unit.
William "Billy" Mitchell, considered the father of the U.S. Air Force. By the end of World War I he commanded all U.S. air combat units in France. After the war, he advocated increased investment in air power. He is the only person for whom a type of U.S. military aircraft is named–that would be the North American B-25 Mitchell. Suggested by Randall Tilley.
Dick and Burt Rutan. Suggested by Jill (no last name), who called them "the modern-day Wright brothers," the Rutans formed an aircraft company, and Elbert "Burt" Rutan designed the Voyager–the first airplane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. Richard "Dick" Rutan was the one who made that record-setting flight with co-pilot Jenna Yeager. Burt Rutan also designed the sub-orbital SpaceShipOne and the experimental VariEze and Long-EZ.
"Sky King." This 1940s and 1950s radio and television series was suggested by Flight Training Contributing Editor Greg Brown. "We desperately need a sequel!" he says of the show, which featured an Arizona rancher and pilot who captured criminals and spies and found lost hikers. His airplane was portrayed by first a Cessna T-50 and, later, a Cessna 310B, and it was called Songbird.
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Suggested by Darrell O'Sullivan, "Smithy" was an Australian pilot who made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia in 1928, as well as the first nonstop crossing of the Australia mainland, the first flights between Australia and New Zealand, and the first eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the United States.
The Tuskegee Airmen. A little-known chapter of aviation history for decades, the Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American pilots in the U.S. armed forces. Before 1940, African Americans were barred from flying in the U.S. military. While films and television typically focus on the pilots, "Tuskegee Airmen" actually refers to all who were involved in the Army Airs Corps program at Tuskegee Field in Alabama to train African Americans to fly and maintain combat aircraft–pilots, navigators, bombardiers, maintenance and support staff, and instructors. The pilots formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 447th bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Corps. Suggested by Denis Gagnon, Chris Mullins, and Steven Warren.
Chuck Yeager was a test pilot who was the first to break the sound barrier in October 1947, flying the Bell X-1 at Mach 1. He became synonymous with the term "the right stuff" when he was featured in Tom Wolfe's book of the same name and its movie adaptation.
Honorable mention: When I published Part 1 of this blog, some readers were stricken to learn that no one had mentioned Bob Hoover and Scott Crossfield. So here they are, and deservedly so.
- Search on YouTube for "Bob Hoover pours ice tea" and watch what happens. If you've never seen or read anything about Hoover, this will likely show you more than words could ever say what a great pilot can do. Jimmy Doolittle (remember, he performed the outside loop that had thwarted other hapless pilots) called Hoover "the greatest stick-and-rudder man who ever lived."
- Crossfield was a test pilot alongside Chuck Yeager, and in fact became the first person to fly at twice the speed of sound in 1953. He, too, was featured in Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff and the film adaptation.
I've barely scratched the surface of these remarkable people's aviation accomplishments, so I urge you to research them yourself. If you have not found an aviation inspiration, surely this group is a great place to start.—Jill W. Tallman


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In the first link there is a mention of, "And no, it wasn't from Ray's Pizzeria (the real one, on Seventh Avenue)"I'm assuming they are referring to the Famous Original Ray's Pizza on 7th Avenue in the Theater District, which was opened in 1964....or five years after Ray's Pizza opened on Prince Street in 1959 (the actual first "Ray's" incarnation). Although many are perhaps most familiar with Famous Ray's (11th & 6th in Greenwich Village).The Ray's confusion is always humoring to see.
Norma, the mozzarella used on the first pizzas in NYC was fior-di-latte (fresh mozzarella), made by local persons in the neighborhood, if not by the pizzeria itself. In fact, Slomon does mention that when fresh mozzarella wasn't available from the local purveyor of Lombardi's, they had to obtain curd and make it fresh themselves. I have a couple of newspaper articles from the 40s which also cite fresh mozzarella being used on pizzas at the time.Keep in mind there were no distribution networks for pizza stores back then, as pizza didn't really become more widespread, in fact even known by much of the general public, until the late 40s and 50s.The first instance of mozzarella di bufala being used that I know about was by Domenico DeMarco at DiFara pizza, which opened up in 1964 and from all accounts used bufala from the start.Looking forward to reading your article links Norma, thanks --K
Hey Norma,Just a bit off topic, but:97 Orchard: by Jane Ziegelman was a great read. An interesting social history that both my wife and I enjoyed it. Check it out if you haven't already...
Mike,We talked a little bit about it here.I still dont really know,it was a NY thing growing up.http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,13624.0.html
I saw that post before. But is it really because of Dean Martin and his song?


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A number of teams were courting Catalanotto, who said he believed he would end up in Cleveland. But Catalanotto requested that his agent call the other suitors one last time, and he and the Rangers were able to strike a deal. "It [Texas] was more attractive because I've been here before," Catalanotto said. "I knew the situation.... Money being equal, I'd rather be here."
http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/nwsltr/ ... a3b53.html
The Rangers reaction? Within three days of Thomas' decision to go to Toronto, they had horned in on Cleveland's talks with Frank Catalanotto and had a three-year, $13 million deal in place.
This one came out of nowhere. Didn't realize the Indians were interested.
Ho hum. Yet another FA that turns us down. Alou and Catalanotto.....and the Sheffield deal being nixed because of the Padres. Shapiro and Co just can't close these deals. Very concerning.


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britt wrote:Last week Magokorodo added six Seigan and Deishi matcha chawans to its shops on Trocadero and Ebay. I ordered two by Seigan. I never cared much for his work until about a year ago. I thought it was too sloppy before, but now Mr. Seigan offers "neater" looking products as well. He also seems to have become very diversified in the various styles he works with. When I mentioned this to Hidehisa of Magokorodo, he agreed that Mr. Seigan has learned very much and is incorporating that knowlege into his current products with much success.
Seigan Blue Chawan:
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Seigan Shinsen Porcelain Glazed Chawan:
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britt wrote:Mr. Usaji wrote:There's Japanese oolong? And Japanese black tea? Is there a distinct Japanese style of black/oolong tea or are they just like the Chinese versions?
Yes, both exist and are available to Western consumers. Yuuki-cha has loose-leaf Japanese oolong and Japanese black tea. These are grown and processed in Japan, unlike some I've seen where the tea is grown in China or Taiwan and then purchased and processed by a Japanese company.
Much of what the Japanese do so well originated in China but they have added some unique Japanese character to it. These teas are not unlike those from China or Taiwan in taste, but there is still something unique about them. There are also the high quality and safety standards typical of Japanese products to consider. These same standards are not always found in similar products from mainland China.
I like both the Japanese oolong and black tea that I've purchased from Yuuki-cha. I have already purchased more black tea from them, and will add some more oolong when I place my next order. The black tea is more expensive, but it ranks right up at the top with the best Taiwanese black teas I've ever tried. Both seem very suitable to brewing in the small Gyokko kyusu. A 4 ounce pine bark one with the metal screen filter is available at Yuuki-cha for $40. I would not brew these two teas in the same unglazed kyusu that I brew sencha in. They both also work well with a porcelain gaiwan, although the leaf is very small.
Victoria wrote: Ohh I was eyeing that Seigan Shinsen Porcelain Glazed Chawan.
It is a beauty! Love that glaze. I almost gave you some
serious competition! Congrats!
Love your new avie!
Mr. Usaji wrote:I've also seen Yamamotoyama oolong teabags in stores, but I would be surprised if the tea in them was from Japan.
Chip wrote:Britt, why not show your wares? Here is a lovely blue porcelain of Britt's by Seigan. OOOPS, won't post.
Ohhhh (I just saw), you will have to resize them in your PB to post the images. Please do 500 pixels wide seems ideal!
britt wrote:Chip wrote:Britt, why not show your wares? Here is a lovely blue porcelain of Britt's by Seigan. OOOPS, won't post.
Ohhhh (I just saw), you will have to resize them in your PB to post the images. Please do 500 pixels wide seems ideal!
Thanks for the dimensions but I just resized all images to a maximum of 500 pixels wide and they still won't post. I get a message for each image that reads "it was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image."
Geekgirl wrote:Wow, that's beautiful. Seigan? Well, blow me down. Seriously, that is a huge departure from his previous style, very nice.


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Updated on Feb. 7 at 9:50 p.m.
PRINCETON, N.J.—For the men's basketball team, it looked like another one of those nights. The Lions fell behind by three possessions early on and entered the break down 33-25, having shot only 33 percent in the first half.
The team came out with new life in the second half, and the game came down to the wire.
With the Tigers leading by two with about 35 seconds left, sophomore guard Maodo Lo missed a jumper, but junior forward Alex Rosenberg was quick to react to the rebound and secured a jump ball in Columbia's favor. Off the inbounds, junior guard Meiko Lyles drained a three to put Columbia up, 53-52.
"It felt good when it left my hand," Lyles said. "The whole team believed."
First-year forward Luke Petrasek followed up that key play with another. He blocked guard T.J. Bray's hook shot with 11 seconds left, and Columbia (14-8, 3-2 Ivy) prevailed over Princeton (12-6, 0-4 Ivy), 53-52.
"We got some shots, but most importantly, we got some stops," Rosenberg said. "We talk about it every day in practice. One stop."
The Lions came out of the break and went on a 17-7 run in the first five-and-a-half minutes. Threes from Lo and sophomore guard Grant Mullins tied the game at 37, eliciting a roar from the Columbia bench, and a layup from junior center Cory Osetkowski a little later put Columbia ahead, 42-40.
"At halftime, we knew we had to come out with a little more attention," Lyles said.
With the Light Blue on the defensive end, Mullins fell and stayed on the floor. Columbia eventually got the ball back and Mullins was able to walk off the court under his own power, but did not return to the game.
The Lions lost focus defensively for a pair of possessions and surrendered back-to-back easy layups to fall behind by two. They left first-year forward Spencer Weisz open for a three on their next trip down the floor, but he missed.
The teams traded miss after miss, scoring only eight points in six minutes. Bray finally knocked down a three from the corner with a little over six minutes to go to put the Tigers up 47-44. After Rosenberg converted a three-point play to tie the game, first-year forward Steven Cook knocked down another corner three to restore Princeton's lead—setting the stage for Petrasek's rebound and Lyles' shot for Columbia's first win at Princeton since 1993.
"Really, once the ball goes up, I really do think that stuff goes away for the most part," head coach Kyle Smith said. "We need to focus on what we can control, and that's all we can control."
Columbia plays tomorrow at Penn.
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Correction: A previous version of this article stated that first-year forward Luke Petrasek pulled down the rebound on Princeton's final shot. It was junior forward Alex Rosenberg. Spectator regrets the error.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (83 votes).
In short: a suprisingly hilly , but quick paced raceIn full: perfect weather, not many runners and a challenging hilly route through very scenic villages and woodlands.3 very well placed water stations and plenty of marshalls and spectators cheering us on along the way. I got a PB for 10M and also beat my PB for 10k and 12k so all in all....a very enjoyable (but fast and hilly...)outing.Definately a must for next year.Date of review: July 29, 2006
In short: Undulating? A euphemism for hilly.....In full: Undulating is an interesting descroption of this course. Admittedly, I do most of my training along the Thames path, but I would describe Woodstock as hilly. Funny how some courses appear to be only up-hill! Beautiful scenery and kindly, encouraging stewards made up for the hills. I also managed a chatting PB in managing to talk to my friend - uninterrupted by hills - for 1hr 58 minutes! I would do this again as it is great training for the NY Marathon.Date of review: September 23, 2005
In short: Not for beginnersIn full: No water left when I finished the raceDate of review: September 21, 2005
In short: Excellent in every wayDate of review: September 21, 2005
In short: Excellent challenge with hills throughout.In full: Nice to have a traffic-free race through the gardens of Blenheim palace. Be careful of the "Slow Pheasants Crossing"; definately a race to come back to.Date of review: September 20, 2005
In short: Scenic place to runIn full: apart from the hill after 1 mile the rest of the course if pretty flat. mind you the hill does go on a bit and when you hit it the third time you do feel it.Date of review: September 19, 2005
In short: nice location, very smoothly organised, three laps meant the hills began to become uncomfortably familiar...Date of review: September 19, 2005
In short: A fantastic race - the scenery is awe-inspiring. Great organisation and marshalls - thanks.Date of review: September 18, 2005
In short: a awesome race.tough but fun.v well organized.a must for all standard of runners.Date of review: September 18, 2005
In short: Challenging, beautiful, traffic-free course plus non-standard distance - Unique & highy recomendedDate of review: September 18, 2005
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