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|Head Graphene Prestige Scores
This ain't your daddy's Prestige Midplus! The new Prestige Midplus with Graphene technology is stiffer than its predecessors, giving it a much crisper, more modern feel than the traditional soft, plush Prestige feel we have grown accustomed to. Head also took weight out of the throat and put it in the handle and tip of the frame, making the racquet feel faster and more stable at the same time. However, the Prestige is known for precision and feel, and this latest version certainly has that, too. Our playtesters felt like they could really swing away on all their shots without the ball flying on them. The low-powered response, along with the precision and responsiveness, allowed our team to feel in total command of their shots. The general theme among the playtesters' criticism of the racquet was that it was difficult to generate lots of pace. However, players who like to create most of their own pace will find this update appealing. With its crisper and faster feel, this latest Graphene version of the Prestige Midplus is better suited for the modern game than ever before.
Our playtesters found they could really swing out on their shots with the control-oriented response of the Graphene Prestige Midplus. Jason had to be sure he was taking a full swing on his forehands and backhands because if he didn't, he found himself quickly on defense. He explained, "What I loved was the control and feel. Because it wasn't very powerful I had to find other ways to win points besides using pace, and this racquet allowed me to move my opponents around to open up the court. I was able to hit at smaller windows because of the accuracy. I also have to give this racquet high marks in the touch department. I was winning a higher percentage of points off my drop shots than usual. This isn't a racquet where I could be tentative; I had to constantly remind myself to take full cuts at the ball, otherwise it was landing short and I was scrambling."
Mike felt that the controlled, solid feel really complemented his game from the baseline. He said, "This racquet offered tons of control from both wings. I fell in love as soon as I started hitting with it from the baseline. The solid feel of the racquet, especially when strung with a poly, made me more consistent than I've been in a while. The 18x20 string pattern gave me control, and the 98 square inch headsize allowed me to be more precise. On my forehand I was able to really swing through the ball without being scared that I was going to hit it long. The racquet felt good on my arm and shoulder as well. It was perfect from the baseline for me."
Austin's favorite place to be with this racquet was the baseline, hitting his aggressive two-handed groundstrokes off both sides. He said, "The baseline was where I felt most comfortable with this racquet. The weight and balance were very easy to get acquainted with, and I felt I was hitting well from the moment I hit my first groundstroke. I have an aggressive playing style and the control-oriented 98 square inch head with an 18x20 string pattern allowed me to really swing out and not worry about the ball sailing long. The racquet does have a higher swingweight than I'm used to, but this helped me drive the ball deep through the court. I also noticed the racquet was very flexible, comfortable and extremely easy on the arm."
Chris found the racquet to be crisper and stiffer than the previous version, and easier to swing. He offered, "This racquet was faster than the YOUTEK IG version it replaces, but it had a less substantial feel at contact. The upside was its crisper feel, and I found it very easy to swing. The downside was that it didn't offer the plush response I liked from the previous version. I just never felt as connected to the ball with this version. That being said, I was getting some nice spin on my shots, and I was playing with better consistency than I was with the Graphene Prestige Rev Pro. I preferred the more solid feel of the Graphene Prestige Pro, however, because I could hit a bigger ball with it. The previous Prestige Midplus just felt so sweet from the baseline, and I was never quite able to get there with this updated version."
Our playtest team continued to enjoy the maneuverability, precision and feel from the Graphene Prestige Midplus around the net. Chris was finding success as he ventured into the forecourt, but he found the feel to be a bit "more modern" compared with the Prestiges of the past. He said, "It was nice and easy to get around at net, so I was able to react quickly with this racquet. The response was crisp. It had that hollow feel of a modern racquet, which made the response quite different from the previous version. There was enough punch for me to put volleys away, and I volleyed well with it even when I was deep in the court."
Feeling confident around the net, Austin took advantage of the solid, precise feel of the Graphene Prestige Midplus. He said, "I really enjoyed the control and stability of this racquet at net. I was able to hit both drop volleys and drive the ball through the court with ease. The net is normally one of my weaker points, but I was really able to find the sweetspot and felt much more confident with this racquet at net. Much like from the baseline, the weight kept the racquet stable and volleys felt very solid and crisp."
Mike found the racquet forgiving and easy to maneuver when he was volleying. He offered, "This racquet felt incredible around the net! Placing the ball where I wanted was a piece of cake, and even off-center volleys felt great. The racquet weighs in at 11.7 ounces strung, but it was still maneuverable and made it easy to get down to those pesky low volleys. The Prestige Midplus also absorbs any shock and vibration when defending against bigger hitters. The finesse was there, too."
Jason doesn't consider himself much of a volleyer, but when he came to the net he found this racquet to be a bit unforgiving. He said, "When I venture up to the net I always need as much help as possible from my equipment. This racquet didn't necessarily hurt me, but I don't feel like it helped much, either. The sweetspot is small, and shots that hit outside of it are rather erratic. However, I did like hitting touch and angle volleys."
We didn't find the easiest access to pace with the Graphene Prestige Midplus, but the control and maneuverability it offered allowed most of our team to serve very consistently. Jason enjoyed a boost in his first serve percentage. He said, "I felt like I could hit a consistent serve with this racquet. My feelings for this racquet are kind of middle of the road. I did find it to be pretty low powered with a small sweetspot, but I was making a high percentage of my serves."
Mike was able to focus more on placement rather than power. He found some positive results because of it, explaining, "Control, control, control! There's not much power on serves, but being able to control and place the ball was awesome. I was focusing more on hitting the lines on my serves just because power was lacking. I actually got a few aces from kicking serves out wide. Who doesn't love a few freebies?"
Like the others, Chris found average pace but excellent control on his serves. He said, "I was getting some decent pace on serve with this racquet. Nothing exceptional, but I liked the level of power and control. Again, it was easy to whip it through the contact zone, and that made it easy to find spin. I could not serve quite as hard with this one as I could with the Graphene Prestige Pro, but I was consistent with it and able to find my targets well. I think with a little added weight there'd be even more potential for me to hit bigger serves with this racquet."
Austin struggled to generate enough racquet head speed to make his serves effective. He offered, "This was probably my weakest shot with this racquet. I had a hard time determining why, but I believe that the high swingweight and flexibility may have contributed to my difficulties. The swingweight limited my kick serve. I had trouble bringing the racquet through as quickly as I normally do. The racquet is also very control oriented, and power was very limited. I was having to use a lot of legs to generate power and drive the ball through the court."
The combination of maneuverability and precision allowed the Graphene Prestige Midplus to shine on returns of serve. We found Mike telling his opponents to "bring it on" or "give it your best shot" as he stepped up to the line to return serves. While that may be in jest, he did rave, "The faster the ball came at me, the easier it was to return the serve and change the direction of the ball with this racquet. Since this racquet doesn't offer much power, changing the direction of the ball was key to winning points. The Graphene Prestige Midplus is very stable, and the plow through from the weight of the racquet made it so I didn't have to swing as hard, allowing me to conserve some energy."
"The speed of this racquet worked well on returns," continued Chris, who found he could use virtually any style of return effectively. "I was taking a good crack at anything that looked even remotely juicy. I especially liked going after my forehand return with this racquet. During doubles I was hitting some really nice drive cross court returns, or I could go down the line with impressive pace and accuracy to keep the net guy honest. I also found ample grip from the stringbed to knife some slice returns off my backhand. Block returns were OK, with just enough mass in the racquet to get the job done."
Jason felt like he could really swing out without worrying about the ball sailing long, but at times found his returns dropping a bit short. He exclaimed, "Swing out! Like with my groundstrokes, I had to make sure I took full cuts at the ball. I loved the feel when I was able to do that AND hit the sweetspot. The result was a return with lots of depth and pace. If I didn't take a full swing my returns were landing near the service line."
Austin was able to return aggressively and effectively with the Prestige Midplus. He said, "I felt very comfortable when returning serve due to the 98 square inch head size, which allowed me to find the sweetspot pretty easily. I felt like I was driving the ball deep on my returns, and it almost felt like more of an offensive shot. The racquet was also very stable, and I found that I had few mishits while returning serve."
Chris - "I really like the new look. The red CAP works well with the black paint, and this is the most fun I've seen Head have with the Prestige look since the silver/lime green Prestige of the early 1990s. I returned well with this racquet and found it nice and easy to get around at net."
Jason - "Solid feel with great control. I enjoyed it on the slice and for a consistent serve."
Mike - "The Graphene Prestige Midplus makes it easy for me to be consistent, and the solid, stable feel was nice."
Austin - "I really liked the feel of this racquet from the baseline and at net. The previous version of the Prestige had a very dead feel, but this one was much more lively and felt more solid from the baseline."
Chris - "Perhaps I'm being too much of a traditionalist, but it does not have enough of the Prestige feel for me. The YOUTEK IG Prestige Midplus was my racquet of choice, and I still far prefer that version over this one."
Jason - "The lack of power. It had a small sweetspot and was unforgiving on shots hit outside of it."
Mike - "The lack of power. I wish it offered just a little bit more. I like a little more pop on my serves since I'm a smaller guy."
Austin - "The higher swingweight brought me a little bit of trouble on my serve, which tends to be the strongest part of my game."
Chris - "This was a departure from the traditional Prestige feel. It felt somewhat like a combination of the Graphene Speed Pro and a Radical. There was definitely a more modern feel to the racquet. While Prestige has always meant a solid silky smooth feel, this racquet felt fast, crisp and a little hollow. While I didn't feel the racquet behaved quite like an Extreme Pro 2.0, it definitely is getting some of the feel of a rounder, more open beam racquet."
Jason - "It felt like a cross between the Dunlop Biomimetic 200 and the older Head YOUTEK IG Prestige S racquets."
Mike - "It weighs 11.7 ounces strung, which is a little bit out of my spec range, but I must say I could switch to this racquet. The feel and control it offered was very convincing, and it made me more consistent than I've been in a while. It's definitely worth a demo. This one felt better on my arm and had better feel than the previous version. The weight and balance were very similar."
Austin - "I definitely prefer this racquet to the previous version of the Prestige. It had a very similar feel to the Donnay Pro One 97 18x20."
(Scores are determined by averaging individual play test scores)
|Chris' Scores
|Jason's Scores
|Mike's Scores
|Austin's Scores
Chris: 5.0 all-court player currently using the Wilson Six.One 95S. Chris uses a semi-western forehand grip, has a fast swing style and hits a one-handed backhand.
Jason: 4.0 baseliner with a semi-western forehand and two handed backhand. Currently using a Wilson Steam 99 S.
Mike: 5.0 baseliner with a semi-western forehand and two-handed backhand. His current racquet of choice is a customized Prince Triple Threat Warrior.
Austin: 4.5 lefty baseliner with a two-handed semi-western forehand and a two-handed backhand. Austin currently plays with a Yonex VCORE Tour 97 (310g).
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We've had a number of frosts down to -7º C (20º F). Far too chilly for most plants, but the perennial that keeps flowering is Campanula rotundifolia (harebells). The pretty blue bells are suspended from thin flower stalks, looking ethereal and graceful. Although they appear too delicate for the weather, they are actually extremely hardy flowers. The snow was thick and heavy before it melted, and I'm surprised they didn't get flattened like other plants in the garden.
You can see in the photo above that after the recent snow, I've grown slack with my deadheading. However the Campanula rotundifolia continue to bloom, and actually have a fair number of flowers. Perhaps I will be tromping out in my boots this winter, and brushing the snow aside in order to keep deadheading the spent flowers. ;) They are doing their best, and I don't want to let them down. These hardy perennials have been in bloom since June, with those pretty petals that flare gracefully at the bottom. This link shows how the harebells look in summer.
An honourable mention goes to Helleborus 'Ivory Prince' for faking it by keeping the flowers bracts for so long. 'Ivory Prince' tried to convince me that you don't need petals, stamens or a pistil to be considered a flower. I threw in bonus points for it having started flowering last April, but it still came in second place. Campanula portenschlagiana (Dalmation bellflower) is another runner up for hardiest flower, but it doesn't have as many blooms as in previous years.
There are many foliage plants that still have great looking leaves, but very few perennials want to keep flowering at the end of the season once they've been snowed on, and when the temperatures drop so low. I have a lot of respect for Campanula rotundifolia, and its willingness to continue flowering for so long. Now excuse me while I do some deadheading, if my fingers don't go numb. What is the hardiest flower in your garden?

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"The most important outcome of the Quartz Revolution was that it delivered a vast leap in one's personal, mobile ability to control his own timekeeping. It was the culmination of a centuries-old pursuit, and it was delivered at exactly the period in history when consumers were ready for it and demanding it. None of this was simple or obvious as it was happening," Deaton continues.
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Tatiana Anodina of the USSR predicted a fully automatic system in which controllers would act as supervisors. We don't seem to be moving that way. She also said the future system would be heavily dependent on satellites. Absolutely correct.
MIT professor Robert Simpson said the U.S. could lose its dominance of aviation manufacturing, and its monopoly on commercial air services, to Asian countries. That one remains an interesting prediction.
William Rouse of Search Technology said a computer he named CAL could instantly revamp the entire air traffic flow based on a flood of travelers, such as a sporting event in one city. He also said politicians delayed on their flight could address a banquet crowd from their seats (creating a new hell for fellow travelers). Fortunately those predictions failed, but a speaker late to a speech could combine Skype with onboard wi-fi. (Don't tell them.)
Fred Singer of the U.S. Department of Transportation proposed unmanned supersonic freighters carrying 20-ton payloads at Mach 2 and 3 over the ocean. Command destruct capability, a switch that would blow up errant unmanned aircraft, might be necessary so the flights would be mostly over water. Cargo shippers probably wouldn't like the odds, but unmanned aircraft are here, growing, and they aren't over water.
Paul Muto of NEC Corp. of Japan said aircraft with satellite navigation would be cleared onto minimum time tracks, while aircraft using conventional navigation tools would still use airways. Ground-based navigation aids would be retained only as long as users want to pay for them. Sounds like he was on the right "track," making the part about "paying for them" a little scary. But we have AOPA. He also said, "We will not forsake our controllers. Both pilots and controllers will have their jobs." Good call–so far.
A final thought: What if an unmanned aircraft that has been programmed to go one direction finds itself in conflict with an unmanned control room that wants it to alter course? Would there be a cyber argument leading to overheated circuits?
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Look up the Giordano70 kit. All the 70 series ovens use that core, they simply have different enclosures. A proper Neapolitan vent will not retain more heat, it will actually lead to less heat retention due to a largely uninsulated portion of the oven, especially on an oven that small. Trust me, I have built and owned ovens with and without them. That said I highly doubt fornobravo has used an actual neapolitan vent and instead I am sure they have simply routed stainless pipe back over the oven and to the center with a couple elbows to give the LOOK of a neapolitan vent but not the function of one. Few people in this world even understand how they function.
Knowing their mindset pretty well I would bet there is insulation between the dome and vent on the Forno Bravo oven.
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If you're right, then the datasheet in the link above your post is a blatant lie as it makes the exact opposite claim. I don't think they have done anything in the past that would lead me to believe they are dishonest.
We hear numbers and percentages about the fuel savings of this type of vent but compared to what?An open fire.Where does this data come from.I can only assume they are comparing the current recirculating vent to the same basic oven with the dome insulated but with the vent placed at the center of the dome.
The heat from the dome is said to heat the air in the vent and thus increase draw. I personally feel this is all smoke, mirrors, and a result of results being credited to the wrong source, but I could talk about that for a long time(and have).
Obviously those beautiful ovens made in Italy produce lots of great pizza day in and day out year after year but I think I see a few areas for improvement.Does anyone know when or how long ago the recirculated vent became adopted or accepted as "a better mouse trap".
And I agree with him on this point. That is the major design flaw to a traditional Neapolitan oven, although they claim it is a feature against all scientific logic.
Jeff, when you say is said to heat the air.., youre not talking about Neapolitan oven builders, right? Rather just random folks speculating? If not, Id ask you the same question; which Neapolitan oven builder has put that specific claim in writing?Personally, I dont believe either is the reason. If I had to guess the reason, Id side with the idea of heating the dome above the door from the top and bottom. Wouldnt that inherently be the coolest part of the dome?
This is not the quote from Marco I mentioned, but he says the same thing none the less in post#1 of this thread:http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,1118.msg9910.html#msg9910


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Crostata with Apples, Walnuts and Gorgonzola
- Crust:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons ice water
- Filling:
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 4 small Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick slices
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/3 cup crumbled Gorgonzola
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
For the crust: In a food processor combine the flour, salt, and sugar. Pulse to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the butter is finely chopped and the mixture resembles a coarse meal. Add the mascarpone cheese and lemon juice and pulse a few times. Add the ice water and run the machine just until the mixture is moist and crumbly, but does not form a ball. Do not over mix. Turn the dough out onto a sheet of plastic wrap. Press into a disc, cover, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
For the filling: Place an oven rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Melt the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the apple slices, sugar, and cinnamon. Cook, stirring frequently, until the apples are softened, but not mushy, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice, lemon zest, walnuts, and Gorgonzola.
Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the inside of a 12 by 17-inch baking sheet and place on a work surface. Place the chilled dough on the parchment paper. Roll the dough out into an 11-inch circle, about 1/4-inch thick. Lift the parchment paper and transfer to the baking sheet. Spoon the apple filling into the center of the dough. Spread the filling evenly, leaving a 2-inch border. Fold the dough border over the filling to form an 8-inch round. Pleat the edge of the pastry and pinch to seal any cracks in the dough.
Using a pastry brush, brush the crust with the beaten egg. Bake until the crust is golden, about 25 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis
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Seafood fest starts on water
By BARBARA L. FREDRICKSEN
Published May 12, 2007
NEW PORT RICHEY - The award-winning Cotee River Seafood Festival and Boat Show gets into full swing at 10 a.m. today in Sims Park as the kayak fun paddle takes off from the boat ramp behind the West Pasco Chamber of Commerce, the arts and crafts village opens, the Miss Daisy pontoon boat starts 45-minute tours on the Cotee River, and vendors begin showing off their watercraft throughout Sims Park and around Orange Lake.
A second kayak race, for serious kayakers, starts at Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park, heads toward the mouth of the Cotee River and finishes at Sims Park. Call Salt Springs Alliance at (727) 816-1890 for details.
Except for the kayak races, all this keeps going until 6 p.m. today, and continues from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Today's live music starts on the amphitheater stage at 10:30 a.m, just as the food vendors start selling seafood and festival fare.
Admittance into the big Blues by the River concert starts at 3:30 p.m. ($5 no chair provided, $7 with chair provided), with bluesman Bill "Sauce Boss" Wharton taking the stage at 9 p.m. Wharton is preceded by Corey Harris and the 5 x 5 Band at 7:15 p.m., Julie Black and Angel for Blues at 5:45 p.m. and John Allen & the Cotton Gin Band at 4 p.m.
Also today is the Suncoast Corvette Club's Classic Car Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. along Circle Boulevard by Sims Park. Registration is $15 from 9 a.m. to noon. Winners will be announced at 3:30 p.m.
Sunday features music all day in the Rockin' by the River Concert, featuring Late Night Brass.
Both days have several presentations of the kids' show "Fishing For Laughs" by Curt "The Bassmeister" Strutz (first show at noon).
Admission to the festival is free, but a $2 donation will be solicited to be used as seed money for future events that are also sponsored by Greater New Port Richey Main Street.
Meanwhile, the Richey Suncoast Theatre production of The Music Man continues at 8 p.m. today and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The theater is at 6239 Grand Blvd. Tickets are $15. Box office is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and an hour before each show. Call (727) 842-6777.


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Doris L. Mead
Doris L. "Dorie" Mead, 52, of Christy Road, Fredonia, died unexpectedly, Sunday, January 20, 2013, at her residence.
She was born in Silver Creek on June 16, 1960, the daughter of Robert Frontuto of Forestville and the late Frances (Clark) Frontuto.
Ms. Mead attended Forestville Central School. She worked at The Home Depot in Dunkirk for 8 years and at one time had worked for Wal-Mart in Fredonia. She enjoyed reading.
In addition to her father, she is survived by her daughter, Amanda (Nathaniel) Rogers of Hurley, NY; a brother, Brian (Mary) Frontuto of Gowanda; and a grand-daughter, Emily Rogers.
Besides her mother, she was predeceased by 2 brothers, Joseph D. and Robert W. Frontuto.
There will be no visitation observed. Private services will be at the convenience of family. Arrangements are by Riles & Woolley Funeral Home, Forest-ville. To post condolences go to www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com.


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About the Author: Rob Foley serves in the Consulate Expo Liaison Office at the U.S. Consulate General Shanghai.
The Shanghai World Expo attracts more than 400,000 visitors each day, and the USA Pavilion alone greets in excess of 40,000 guests on an average day. Despite these large numbers, there are many who for various reasons cannot attend -- one group being the young patients of Shanghai Children's Medical Center. It was in the spirit of Expo outreach -- what we call our "Pavilion in the City" program -- that we traveled across Nanpu Bridge into Pudong District to visit children from the internal medicine and cardiology wards of the Jiaotong University-affiliated Children's Medical Center. Our group was comprised of consulate staff, three bilingual American "Student Ambassadors" from the USA Pavilion and even Elmo from Sesame Street Workshop's Expo show.
As the student ambassadors and Elmo traveled from room to room, the smiles on the faces of the young patients was evidence of their joy at getting to meet a big, red, furry friend and interact with American university students, all of whom used their excellent Mandarin to speak with the children and their family members about their lives in America -- home towns, favorite foods and activities -- and also share what brought them to Shanghai to volunteer at the Expo. After visiting the internal medicine ward, we met a group of cardiology patients for a fun exchange with Elmo, presentation of gifts, and a group photo. With music from Sesame Street playing in the background, Elmo and the student ambassadors played with the children and also interacted with parents, nurses, and hospital staff.
Bringing the USA Pavilion for a visit to the Shanghai Children's Medical Center truly embodied the USA Pavilion's theme of community building through bringing people together. Anyone who has spent time in a hospital as a child knows how challenging it can be to be sick and in a place far from home, and so the chance to bring some fun and a sense of play to these children undergoing difficult and prolonged treatments while promoting an understanding of U.S. culture and values was a wonderful thing.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (458 votes).
In short: Marshalls and Hoodie make the pain worthwhileIn full: The only thing that lets this race down is the parking, and we can't blame the organisers for that! The best pre-London race by far. Date of review: March 30, 2010
In short: Well organized and friendly race with a few gentle hills.Date of review: March 30, 2010
In short: Great course, great organisation, great eventIn full: Awesome hoodie, friendly and supportive marshalls, great course. One of my favourite events - will definitely run it again next year.Date of review: March 30, 2010
In short: The Hoodie made it all worthwhile!In full: A hard race for me, as I am not a natural hill runner.....and have to admit by mile 17 had had enough of "undualting scenery" however, the hoodie was calling me and kept me going right up to that final spurt at the end ! Have done Stamford twice and strangly enough found that easier but we are all different....not sure I would put myself through it if I wasn`t doing a spring marathon but then again ask me in a few days time and the answer may be different Thank you to all the marshalls for their excellent work and encouragment, sadly i missed the treats at the end and only found the water station but that was my fault...so pleased with the hoodie all thoughts of anything else went out of the window! Date of review: March 30, 2010
In short: Marshalling masterclassIn full: Superb marshalling all the way around the course – even those charged with the difficult task of controlling the traffic on the narrow bridges offered words of encouragement to the runners.The hoody was a very welcome extra, and judging by the number being worn immediately post-race, very widely popular.Admittedly the last half mile was challenging, but again it was superbly marshalled, and made the best use of the space available to the organisers – there was not any other obvious area to site the finish, or to gain access to it. Plus, there was water, isotonic drink, fresh fruit and jelly babies at the end – what more could you ask for?Pre race toilet facilities and parking are often going to be an issue, but these cannot be considered faults with this event.Bedford Harriers and all of their volunteers should be thoroughly proud of their achievement. Date of review: March 30, 2010
In short: Excellent race and well organised eventIn full: This was my first 20 mile race and was great preperation for London. The atmosphere and weather was really nice as were the marshalls who were very encouraging and supportive.Date of review: March 30, 2010
In short: Well done the Harriers - as usual a brilliantly organised race with excellent marshalling and the best souvenir in thhe region. Date of review: March 30, 2010
In short: Great preparation for LondonIn full: The whole event was overshadowed for me by one rude official( or at least I think she was an official, although she was not dressed accordingly. One of the marshal's directed myself and others to the wrong side of the road, it happens. However this woman spoke to us as if she was speaking to a class of 5 year olds, totally inappropriately. Ruined my day.Date of review: March 30, 2010
In short: Great Race, Great Weather, Great Hoodie!Date of review: March 30, 2010
In short: Great preparation for the London MarathonDate of review: March 30, 2010
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What is Long Term Athlete Development?
Canadians researched the work effort needed to become an olympic or world champion found that more than 10.000 hours of training were needed to become competitive at that level from the age of ten till twenty. Based on the finding a model was developed that describes the different development cycles over those ten years. The Long Term Athlete Development Program was born.
For some sports an earlier specialization is required and the development is different. This is also the case for female athletes. The early preparation for rugby (U10) is very general: running around, throwing stuff, hitting things, what we used to call "Playing" but we now need to totally involved in.
The Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) strategy describes the needed development on elements like:
- tactical
- mental
- physiological / technical
This model is now used by many sports organization across the world. I am into it because of my involvement with the Dutch rugby union. We are setting up talent development centers in the Netherlands and use the model to describe what needs to be done with the players. The National Olympic Committee who is controlling all sports in the Netherlands is helped us to make the model rugby specific. I found a version of the model on the Irish Rugby Union web site, this is the start of our work. The RFU version is more in the details of things, it will start you of with the profiling aspects of the development phases. You can download these models in the free download section.
Why is such a model important?
- It is a sort of baseline to describe the different stages of development.
- It helps us understand the different roles of the coach: for example the Rugby Guide for the youngsters.
- Clubs and club coaches can use it to make their development plan.
- It will be a communication tool between Academy coaches and Club coaches.
I believe in the model but want to make the tactical aspect the priority, placing the Why before the How. I believe we start to focus on technique too soon, we should start with an understanding of the game first. This will motivate players to work on his skills later. In this line of thinking: we also start to fix players in positions much too soon (pigeonholing).
The development stages (for rugby) and the role of the coach are:
|Elementary movement, basics, having FUN (why is that not possible later on?) Multi-skills and Multi-sports approach.
|Learning to train
|Building the basic rugbyplayer: start with the head (give them an understanding of the "Why" before the "How".
|Training to train
|Building the potential rugby specific core skills
|Training to compete
|Optimizing the potential rugby positional and unit skills, continuing development of core skills and position-specific skills.
|Training to win
|Maximizing the potential (where did we heard that before...SAQ?)
Retain, recruit, retrain
|Keep people involved in the sport of rugby for the rest of their lives
Click on the links in the table to learn more on the role of the rugbycoach in the different LTAD Stages.
Relevant topics:
- Check a Canadian website on more background information on the model.
- The Free Download section with the various implementations of the LTAD model.


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Its out of order for Paul to eat toast during an interview because I dont care who it is, i would say, hey, i dont wanna hear you munching in my ear man, give it a rest, and I wouldnt do that and I dont think its right. if yr so blase, about yet another interview, then dont do it. but dont say, yeah i'll do it, then go on national radio in Canada munching down the phone, its rude. simple as that.
NO you, dont stick up for him, he gets paid enough, he can put his toast down for a minute, its disrepectful. I get paid nothing and I wouldnt do something as rude as that to anyone it shows.. yknow, hes not really from our world is he, even down to common respect.


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Shrimp With Lobster Sauce Recipe
Shrimp with lobster sauce is a popular Chinese recipe. Learn how to make this easy and delicious shrimp dish in a savory egg sauce.
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12 ounces raw large shrimp, shelled and deveined
Salt and sugar to taste
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1-inch piece ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine (Shaoxing wine)
3/4 cup store-bought frozen vegetables (peas and carrots)
3 dashes of white pepper
1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
1 egg white, lightly beaten
In a wok, heat up the oil on medium heat. When the oil is hot, add in the ginger and garlic. Stir-fry until aromatic, about 2 minutes.
Transfer the shrimp into the wok and stir-fry until half-cooked or surface turns opaque. Pour in the chicken broth and Chinese cooking wine. Let it boil.
Add the frozen vegetables and stir to combine. Add the white pepper, soy sauce, salt and sugar to taste.
Prepare the cornstarch mixture by adding the cornstarch and water, mix well. When the chicken broth is boiling, gently pour in the cornstarch mixture while stirring.
Bring it back to a boil, swirl the beaten egg and immediately stir 3 times with a pair of chopsticks. When the egg white begins to form into silken threads, quickly turn off the heat.
Dish out to serving plate. Best serve with warm rice.
(All Chinese New Year recipes can be found here.)
Lunar New Year is a few days away and falls on Sunday, February 10 this year. This is the year of Snake and the Chinese, Koreans, and Vietnamese will be celebrating the new year. As a Chinese, there are many taboos that we follow to rid of bad luck, for example: not sweeping the floor on the first day of Chinese New Year because you will be sweeping away all the good luck/fortune in the new year. I remember growing up, I was wondering why our house was so dirty during Chinese New Year, as there were litters and debris from the prayers and firecrackers in our front yard, but my mother and aunt would always say "DO NOT SWEEP THE FLOOR." Such was fond memories of celebrating Chinese New Year in Penang, Malaysia.
Now, let's talk about food. Chinese New Year is all about feasting, eating lots of good food that signifies great fortune, happiness, and prosperity. Shrimp is always a great dish to serve as the Cantonese pronunciation of 虾 sounds like 哈, which means laughter or happiness.
Coincidentally, I received a few requests from my readers how to prepare Shrimp with Lobster Sauce, a very popular Americanized Chinese dish. So, here I share with you my Shrimp with Lobster Sauce recipe, which you can prepare to celebrate Chinese New Year. One thing that I need to clarify is that no lobster is used in this dish. This is pretty much a shrimp dish with a Cantonese-style egg sauce. As to why it's called a lobster sauce, I have no idea. But being a Chinese, I think whoever invented the dish is a smart marketing whiz as it sounds so much more delicious with the word lobster in its name.
I have MANY Chinese/Lunar New Year recipes here on Rasa Malaysia. Please click here to check them out. If you are cooking abalone for your family, you have to start cooking NOW as it takes days. My recipe of braised abalone and sea cucumber is here.
Have a healthy and prosperous Snake Year. Gong Xi Fa Cai!
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Skip to comments.Dana Bash per twitter: Compromise in the works to allow Hagel 51 vote threshold
Posted on 02/14/2013 11:25:15 AM PST by Perdogg
Sources in both parties tell me compromise in the works to delay vote on Hagel, but make it a 51 vote threshold not 60. Deal not done yet— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) February 14, 2013
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Kick it Charlie Brown ... I promise I won't pull the football away!!!! ...
"Compromise" = "Republicans Cave"
Google says: Republic Ace
1. To cave in
2. Loss of principle
3. Roll over
no balls .... Mitch...Senatorial Steer
Of course the Republicans will compromise . . . at the end of the day isn't capitulation their real goal, and all the debate in the meantime is just a bone to the conservative voters who put them into office? We live under the illusion of a two-party system with this kabuki theater in Washington but at the end of the day the Dem and Repub parties are just one establishment party controlled by the ruling class.
And get nothing in return. That is to say, WE get nothing. They get to keep their jobs.
Def: Poli = Many; Tics = blood suckers.
You just got to laugh at the innovative ways the Rinos come up with to cave, LOL.
You know they're going to take the fall, but you never know if it'll be face first or falling on their a$$es.
So after every freaking rule is broken "via compromise" and no laws are enforced so long as the crime is worth over $1 billion, what the heck is left?
Oh yeah. Our country; headed there at head-turning speed.
Thanks Mitch!
Shouldn't that be "Thanks, Venal Mitch"?
Thanks Mitch!
Shouldn't that be "Thanks, Venal Mitch"?
One FReeper accused me of a "baseless slander" of the Republican Senate after I wondered which one(s) would turn at the offer of a juicy committee assignment or pork project.
"None will turn," I was told...
I've been saying for years now, and I mean years, and years, and years we have to pull the chain, and flush the Congressional bowl. Keep pulling that chain until every bit of the self serving crap is cleared from the bowl, and start over with actual representation of the people.
Since the first time I ever wrote that online back at Lucianne.com many moons ago (I'd been saying it since Carter days) the TEA Party happened along, and now we have something, and someone in Sarah Palin, and some others for the hoped for leadership to get behind to push for what we want.
It still looks bleak, but we at least seem to have a direction to persue.
Chuck Hagels nomination for now is in suspension. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has conceded that he does not have 60 votes for cloture Friday. If he does not, he will likely delay Fridays vote rather than lose on a cloture vote. (A loss on cloture would spur an onslaught of speculation regarding Hagels viability.)
I knew I had a good reason to tell that RNC solicitor, "not no, but HELL no" when she called last week wanting some of my money.
And Venal Susan Collins and any other venal RINO voting for cloture!
51? Pubbies will set precedent and will forever rue the day! When will the pubbies ever grow a friggin' spine?
I saw that post. Got a hearty chuckle out of that "None will turn" line.
I'm keeping my tagline until things improve.
So we should stick with this stupid party and not go off and start our own WHY again, exactly???
Cloture = Kabuki
I have never see such a gaggle of geldings as the repubs (puke) in the Senate. They would sooner slice their own limp wrists before daring to take a stand against Obama.
Like Clint Eastwood recently said, "If those people in D.C. don't care, why should we??"
And they wonder why so much apathy exists among voters.
I have yet to see a reason.
How about a compromise where he gets to leave town voluntarily, and not on a rail, and with only feathers and no tar.
Repubs say Hagel will be confirmed after recess so will vote no now. Dems want to make political point Repubs are blocking secdef
Really needs to be a total flushing. Otherwise the ones left behind will all be committee chairs.
In the words of the Joker, "What this town needs is an enema."
registered independent some 35 years. There may be individuals that deserve our allegiance and they may be in the republican party but they are too few for me to be loyal to the entire party.
"Really needs to be a total flushing. Otherwise the ones left behind will all be committee chairs."
YES, that's absolutely correct, and why I've always said the chain has to be pulled multiple times, meaning of course multiple elections, and back to back elections I might add to make certain we get every damned one of them out of office. It will take multiple pulls on that chain because they have different election dates, but get them ALL we must..
Damn them ALL to Hell!............
That's not the definition of a "compromise." That would be a classic case of a "cave." But what would Dana Bash, AKA "Skeletor" know?
Chain the doors on the Capitol and launch an incendiary tear gas cannister in.
I don't think the GOP has the votes to stop Hagel. McConnell won't whip his troops. Their are enough squishy RINOs like Collins happy to go off the reservation to increase "bi-partisan" cred.
It really is night and day compared to how Reid runs things.
Will the Jews allow that? According to Hagel, they run Washington.
Phony republicans playing games.
Thanks Perdogg.
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RNC selects Michigan's Romney McDaniel as chairwoman
Do your homework
Well folks, it is getting here fast.
If you remember, I tried last year to warn everyone in my letter about martial law and about a pending agenda with government law enforcement on its way. It was just a gut feeling back then.
The Defense Authorization Act was passed last year and the pretense was to overt some sort of domestic uprising. Citizens of the U.S.A. can now be held hostage by the government without trial if they are suspected to be a 'threat.'
With the overkill of police force in the city of Boston in the very near past, we are witness to what is coming.
All of this flagrant use of taxpayer dollars and unneeded man power with waste of ammo was set into motion to capture one, and I repeat one, skinny little guy. Thousands of police and military personnel were on site is what we are repeatedly told.
The residents in the town of Waterford and city of Boston were basically held captive in their homes by both local and military police.
They were not terrorized by the one skinny little guy (give me a break here, one member of the special forces could have taken him out. His brother already received the firing squad without trial).
Residents were terrorized by our country's own police force while officers and later the military went door to door looking for the supposed suspect. People's homes were searched without warrants I might add.
The military's authority to do so was spelled out in the Defense Authorization Act. It just made my skin crawl to watch the scenes play out with the support of the news teams and even the president of the United States.
We are told, 'Boston has saved the United States.'
We sure showed them how strong we are, didn't we? But, who is it that we showed? And what did we show them?
Actually, the government showed us.
It is a natural instinct to go indoors when danger is felt. But something is terribly wrong when a guy taking his dog out to do a poop is terrorized by a swat team.
Then a guy's boat is shot up (again overkill) and we are told via Diane Sawyer that the American public should compensate for the loss of the boat.
We are not in a war zone. Even in a war zone there is not such ostentatious display of power.
Once again, here is a reminder. The martial law bill was signed into effect last year giving the president the power to control every agency in the country and put them in lock down when deemed necessary.
Can anyone see how easy it is to control a million people with one little act?
Is the display in Boston a prelude of what the country can expect in the future?
Do your homework and then be very scared.
Monica Kaplewski
Spread Eagle, Wis.


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Fort Collins, COLO – When a supporting act at a concert threatens to be a better act than the headliner, it often makes for an awkward show. After all, they're only supposed to be the support and not the star of the night. For up-and-coming dance music stars Bro Safari
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Post-Election Breakouts to Trade
Active traders along with the longer-term investors have had a wild ride this fall watching these investments slide to multi-month lows. The big question is when will gold and Apple shares bounce?
Here we are again with another election behind us and Barack Obama in the White House. Many think this means four years of the same thing -- printing, Inflation and higher stock prices.
Is this good or bad for Americans, or the world for that matter? I doubt it, but who really knows and who cares? There is nothing anyone can do about it now. So buckle up your seatbelt and focus on trading and investing with major trend both within the United States and abroad using exchange traded funds.
Currently, the broad stock market and commodities are in a full-blown bull market, so the focus should be to buy the dips until proven wrong. Below are some charts showing the important breakout levels for Apple, metals, oil and key indexes like the Russell 2000 .
Be aware that during pullbacks that last more than a month, which is the market has done, some of the biggest drops in price happen just before prices bottom. Scaling into positions is the key to minimal draw downs.
AAPL Stock Chart:
Shares of Apple clearly show the down channel that must be broken before investors start buying again. This stock seems to have big potential for $650 to be reached quickly. If Apple shares rise so will the overall stock market.
GLD Exchange-Traded Fund:
During August and September investors flooded the gold market in anticipation of QE3. Since then gold has been drifting lower with profit taking and because of some slowly strengthening U.S. economic numbers. Gold looks ready for a run to the $1,800 but may stabilize here for a few weeks first.
iShares Silver Trust Exchange Traded Fund (SLV) :
The price of silver moves similar to that of its big yellow sister, gold. While the charts look the same silver is highly volatile and can supercharge your portfolio when metals rally.
United States Oil Fund (USO) :
Crude oil has been correcting for a couple months also and still has a lot of work to do before a new uptrend to be triggered. Currently oil is trading in the middle of its trading range, but once the price breaks above $93 per barrel a good investment fund would be USO.
iShares Russell 2000 Small Cap Index (IWM) :
Small-cap stocks typically lead the broad market in both directions. They are the first to rally and the first to rollover and sell off. The major indexes including the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor's 500 plus the New York Stock Exchange have not formed clean chart patterns, which is why my focus is on the Russell 2000.


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Continuing my coverage of the [IBM Storage Innovation Executive Summit], that occurred May 9 in New York City, this is my fifth in a series of blog posts on this event.
- Smart Archiving
Doug Balog, IBM VP and Business Level Executive for Storage, presented Smart Archiving. Citing research by Jon Toigo, Doug indicated that 40 percent of data on disk should be archived. Sadly, a vast majority of companies continue to use their backups as archives. There is a better way to do archives, to address the needs of four use cases:
- Analytics
- Compliance
- Consolidation
- Preservation
The IBM Information Archive for email, files and eDiscovery offers full text indexing. A well-deployed archive strategy can save up to 60 percent in backup costs, and reduce backup times by 80 percent. IBM offers advanced analytics and visualization for archive data.
An analysis of a global insurance company found that they kept, on average, 120 copies of every email sent. This was the combination of an average of 12 copies of the email, multipled by 10 backups of the email repository.
Banjercito, a bank in Mexico, has a 10-year retention requirement from government regulations.
The new LTFS Library Edition allows Library-based access to files stored on tape cartridges. The new TS3500 Library Connector means that a single system of connected tape libraries can hold up to 2.7 Exabytes (EB) of data.
- Archive Industry Perspectives
Steve Duplessie from Enterprise Strategy Group [ESG] gave his views on the challenges of volume, access and cost. His definition for archive: the long term retention of information on a separate environment for compliance, eDiscovery and business reference purposes. Steve advocates a purpose-built solutiion for archive. There are three major challenges for implementing an archive solution:
- Getting Participation -- Steve feels that key stakeholders have inappropriate expectations of what archive is, or can be.
- Define Tasks -- Steve argues that archive is very much a process-oriented approach, and tasks must fit business process and procedures
- Prepare for Future Content Types -- the frequent change of standard and proprietary data types poses a real challenge for long term retention of data
For example, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority [FINRA] oversee 4,000 brokerage firms, and 600,000 broker/dealers. They have mandated the storing of digital data related to stock trades, and this can include text messages, voice messages, and emails. They continue to expand this definition, so soon this could include tweets on Twitter, for example.
Steve feels there are four key requirements for archive:
- Support for email, such as an email application plug-in
- Off-line access to archived data
- Support for mobile devices, such as smartphones
- Basic search capabilities
Companies are starting to take archive seriously. About 35 percent of firms surveyed have adopted archive, and another 36 percent plan to in the next 12-24 months. Enterprise archive has grown over 200 percent from 2007 to 2009. Steve agrees that not everything needs to be stored on disk. Retention periods greater than six years dictates the need for tape.
Current systems may not meet today's requirements. Data loss and downtime costs have skyrocketed. Data Protection and Retention projects can represent a gold mine of savings, new capabilities can greatly lower costs, allowing companies to shift resources over to revenue generation.
- Big Data, New Physics and Geospatial Super-Food
I would vote this the best session of the day! For all those confused on what the heck "Big Data" means, Jeff has the best explanation. Jeff Jonas is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and the Chief Scientist of Entity Analytics. He had just finished his 17th marathon on Saturday, and his fingers were bandaged.
Jeff had founded the Systems Research and Design (SR&D) company, known for creating NORA (non-obvious relationship awareness) used by Las Vegas casinos to identify fraud. SR&D was acquired by IBM back in 2005. Jeff is focused on sensemaking of streams. He feels many companies are suffering from "Enterprise Amnesia".
"The data must find the data .. and the relevance must find the user."
-- Jeff Jonas
Jeff's metaphor to Big Data is a jigsaw puzzle without the picture on the outside of the box. To demonstrate his point, he presented a pile of jigsaw puzzle pieces and asked four teenagers to put the puzzle together without the advantage of the picture on the box. What he had not told them was that he mixed four different puzzles together, removing out 10 to 20 percent of the pieces from each puzzle. He also added some duplicate pieces from a second identical puzzle, and just to make things fun, included a dozen pieces from a sixth puzzle just to mess with their heads. Within a few hours, the kids had managed to figure out that there were four puzzles, that there were duplicate pieces, and that there were some pieces that did not fit any of the four puzzles.
"You can't squeeze knowledge from a pixel."
-- Jeff Jonas
This approach favors false negatives. New observations reverse out old conceptions. As the picture emerges, this provides added focus on new information. More data can provide better predictions. "Bad" data, including misspelled words and mis-coded categories, was often discarded or corrected on the basis of "Garbage-In, Garbage Out", but can now be useful in a Big Data perspective.
Take for example the 600 billion recordings of the "location data" captured on cell phones every day. With regular triangulation of cell phone towers, the information can pinpoint you within 60 meters, add GPS and this improved to within 20 meters, and add Wi-Fi is further improved to 10 meters. While this data is "de-identified" so as not to identify individual users, the process of re-identification is relatively trivial. Jeff's system is able to predict a person will be next Thursday at 5:35pm with 87 percent accuracy.
Thus, Big Data represents an asset, accumulation of context. Real-time analytics can be a competitive advantage. These streams of data will need persistent storage and massive I/O capabilities. In one example, Jeff processed 4,200 separate sources of information and was able to identify "dead votes". These are votes cast by people that died in years prior, indicating voter fraud.
Jeff's latest project, codenamed G2, will tackle not just people, but everything from proteins to asteroids.
Normally, the worst time slot is the hour after lunch, but these presentations kept people's attention.
technorati tags: IBM, Summit, NYC, Doug Balog, Smart Archive, Information Archive, Banjercito, Steve Duplessie, ESG, , FINRA, Big Data, Jeff Jonas, NORA, SRD, Enterprise Amnesia, cell phone, location data


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B-47 Crash Memorial dedicated
COMFREY – The daughter of a U.S. Air Force officer who died in a B-47 crash in a farm field 50 years ago talked fondly about the reaction she got from Comfrey residents at a memorial dedication Sunday in the city park.
"Wow, I'm just filled with gratitude," said Tammy Maher of California, the daughter of First Lt. Thomas J. Hallgarth.
"Comfrey Mayor Art Lilla sent my mother a beautiful letter 50 years ago. I felt connected to the citizens of Comfrey because of their passion and heart as a young child, since that time and when I came back here this weekend. For many years, my dream was to connect with all these other survivors here and now it's happening. God is so good, giving us comfort. … Thanks to everyone who came here and helped with this. It's a gift to us all," Maher said.
Brown County Veterans Service Officer Greg Peterson, an Air Force retiree, talked about what it was like to lose his best friend in a military aviation crash. He and his children presented Maher and other daughters of the officers with prints including the poem "I Flew" by Col. Brad Becker.
Maher said she knows her children will bring their children and future generations will return to the memorial in the park. The memorial was created by Comfrey artist Doug Callanan and Julia Gustafson of St. Cloud.
Daughters of two of the other three Air Force officers who died in the crash spoke briefly at the ceremony that drew hundreds of people from near and far. Markers with the likenesses of the bomber's crew plus an historical marker were dedicated.
Doves were released. They continued to circle the park as a BT-13 Valiant and another small plane flew over the park for several minutes.
On Feb. 20, 1963, a B-47 jet bomber with a four-man crew crashed three miles northwest of Comfrey while on a high-speed, low-level simulated bombing mission from the 98th Bomber Wing at Lincoln (Neb.) Air Force Base.
The crew finished flying the bombing route over Heron Lake, 45 miles southwest of Comfrey and was climbing back to high altitude when the right outboard engine mount failed. The engine spun around the wing, putting the plane into an uncontrollable, spiraling descent. The crash created a 50-foot wide and 25-foot deep crater, according to crash accounts.
The pilots, Capt. Donald L. Livingston and First Lt. Michael R. Rebmann were able to eject, but they did not survive the below zero temperature and 35 mph winds.
Hallgarth, a navigator, was out of his ejection seat replacing computer amplifiers for the next part of the flight. Instructor Navigator Lt. Col. Lamar Ledbetter, did not have an ejection seat. Neither man was able to escape the aircraft due to extreme "G" forces of the airplane.
U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Bob Cayton said military aviation is much more dangerous than commercial aviation and that there will always be military aviators trained and ready to answer the call to duty.
"People are our most valuable resource. Equipment can always be replaced," Cayton said.
Retired Civil Air Patrol Incident Commander Col. Gerald Quilling said the six-jet engine plane capable of flying at 500 mph, was the first swept wing aircraft.
A piece of the B-47 marks the crash site northwest of Comfrey, just south of 130th Street. Gordan Jones of New Ulm was among dedication-goers who visited the crash site after the event.
"I was a member of the Air Force Military Police, based in Omaha when the crash happened," Jones said. "Early the next morning, we flew to Sioux Falls and rode in a caravan to Comfrey to help patrol the area. The crater was glowing like lava for several days."
Richard (Dick) Wilbrecht of New Ulm, a member of the U.S. Air Force and Minnesota Wing, Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Auxiliary, said he and several local CAP members went to Comfrey as soon as they learned about the crash the day it happened.
"The Brown County Sheriff's Dept. had 'ground zero' secured, but about one square mile of wreckage was not," said Wilbrecht. "We noticed many civilians driving or walking through the site, picking up pieces of wreckage for souvenirs. We immediately told them to leave anything they picked up and exit the scene at once, as it was a classified area."
Wilbrecht said a pool of jet fuel was burning in the bottom of a large hole at the crash site. A nearby debris field was so large, it was almost overwhelming.
"It was hard to imagine a bomber this large could disintegrate into unrecognizable pieces…" Wilbrecht said. "The Air Force, Boeing Aircraft Co. engineers and more CAP personnel arrived later that day. We formed a shoulder-to-shoulder grid search of the area and found the remains of the remaining crew members in a few hours.
Wilbrecht said a farmer who owned the field where the crash happened was plowing his field a few years after the crash and found a jet engine fan blade.
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For the first time ever, young Americans are being offered an exciting opportunity to bring the voice of U.S. youth to the United Nations. This year, the U.S. Department of State is teaming up with the United Nations Association of the USA to send one young citizen to the UN General Assembly in New York as a pilot program entitled the U.S. Youth Observer Program.
That means, if you are age 18 to 25, and have an interest and passion for international affairs, civic engagement, and youth issues, you could qualify for this once in a lifetime chance to see the United Nations in action -- in person. The U.S. Youth Observer will travel to New York, interact with the U.S. delegation and other youth representatives from around the world -- and then report on their experiences to their peers and the rest of the world.
As a young American working for the Department of State, I am really excited about this opportunity. In my current role in the State Department's International Organizations Bureau, I often meet with young people from the United States and around the world, and the interest in the United Nations is great. Their interest makes sense -- young people everywhere are influencing global events to an unprecedented extent. This program hopes to capture some of that interest and encourage Americans to engage in issues and policies that will affect their futures.
Visit www.unausa.org/usyouth to learn more and apply for the opportunity to have your voice heard at the United Nations. Don't forget, applications are due by 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on September 7, 2012!
Update:Selection of the First U.S. Youth Observer at the United Nations General Assembly Announced September 21
Amy in the Kyrgyz Republic writes:
I wish it was open for all international applicants as well.
Amadou in Senegal writes:
That's a great news from US ! I had the opportunity to attend the UN GA High Level meeting on Youth (July 2011) and I was one of the youth speakers. In my speech at the GA Hall, I asked for greater participation of youth in the UN System. amoctad.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-statement-on-twitter.html
As a youth participation advocate, I feel happy to hear that young people from US will be given the opportunity to send youth observer to attend the UN GA ! I hope US will use its leadership to encourage other nations to do so !
Joel K. in Australia writes:
How long has that been established?
Angela in the U.S.A. writes:
My sincerest congratulations of behalf of the US Youth Delegate Initiative! We are delighted to see this program in place and of the great initiative taken to have US youth voices represented at the international stage, and will do our best to spread the word about it!
Azizur Rahman K. in Bangladesh writes:
I am interested to attend the United Nations General Assembly as an observer. let me know the way of attending the assembly. PLEASE HELP.
Zoe Allen B. in Florida writes:
I am planning a trip to Africa in the near future. I'd like to have a way of getting help if I am in danger via the State Departments site. What is available for citizens? I operate a think tank as well as a small consulting practice but know that terrorism is strong in africa. I guess I'm looking for my own 911 link.
Marcus B. in Rwanda writes:
Interesting to find youth in such activism.
Arafath I. in Sri Lanka writes:
What brilliant opportunity for US youth. I highly regard this initiative n wish other countries will learn from this exercise. I dream that I would be offered a opportunity to give my voice and learn from other participants that I could bring to my country.
Advance wishes for all the US candidates.
Patrick in Africa writes:
why not scholarships for african there


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Skip to comments.Pence begins campaign with promise to fight health care reform, climate change legislation
Posted on 06/11/2011 11:53:19 AM PDT by JSDude1
COLUMBUS, Ind. Mike Pence is coming back to Indiana to fight Washington, D.C.
Pence launched his campaign for governor Saturday with a promise to fight health care reform and federal climate change legislation.
Pence also said in prepared remarks that he is running to build on many of the changes set by term-limited Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Pence is vacating his congressional seat to run for governor.
While he has yet to outline any specific proposals, Pence sounded a lot in his campaign kickoff like he has for the last ten years in Washington.
Pence is expected to face Fishers businessman Jim Wallace in the Republican primary next May.
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TOM LoBIANCO Associated Press
First Posted: June 11, 2011 - 1:09 pm
Last Updated: June 11, 2011 - 1:09 pm
I believe Mike Pence is Presidential timber! Couple terms as Gov. and he should make the plunge.
Megadittos to that.
I hope there's someone good to take over his seat. I like Mike Pence a lot & we really need folks like him in Congress right now.
Luke Messner will likely be Pence's replacement in the House. The House seat is in a very conservative district so the dums won't win it. Messner is not as conservative as Pence but still pretty good.
Hoosiers are cautious people, often criticizing federal spending but quietly waiting for their check in the mail.
That's Like Messer. I think he'll pull it off.
Pence is going to make a great governor.
LUKE, not like, Sheesh!
Has Rep. Mike Pence endorsed anybody to replace him, in the House of Representatives seat?
Mike Pence. One of the good guys.
"Hoosiers are cautious people, often criticizing federal spending but quietly waiting for their check in the mail."
I have no problem with people expecting to get a check in the mail as long as everyone else is getting the check. I think its wrong headed to refuse your share of the loot over objections to the practice of looting.
By refusing your share your just making the amoral and destructive act all the more beneficial to the men who support it while leasing the need to remove this evil.
By all means Milk the welfare State of every penny you can, make sure the leftist monkeys get as small a share of the fruits of their thief(via goverment) as possible, while feeling as much of the pain as possible.
If you cannot stop the criminals directly you must make them understand why their criminal activity is undesirable and ultimately self-defeating.
I'd rather Travis Hankins win the seat. He's a real conservative. J.S.
Mike, come back to us! We need you for pres!!
I doubt whether I would call this a very conservative district. There are plenty of imports brought in by the local corporations that are certainly not conservative. And there are plenty of moochers in Columbus.
I'm sure the Usual Suspects will be here soon to tell us just what a terrible RINO Mike is and how we need to vote for one of the Losers who can't get more than 2% of the vote.
In that case, I'm all for global warming. Call me pro global warming and anything I can do to speed it up, I'll do... : )
Pence is great...sad to lose him in the house. He'll make a great governor...
I'm a Bartholomew County native, although I don't live there now. Having grown up there, I wouldn't say its' a liberal area by any stretch. Its' always been pretty reliably Republican, which I know isn't always synonymous with conservative, but still. A Democrat isn't going to win that seat. Not a chance.
I'm another lifelong Bartholomew County native, still here in fact. Agreed, I don't think the natives are liberals, but the transplants, they certainly are.
Hey, numb nut Texan, this Hoosier is not waiting for a check in the mail. Do you know anything about Indiana, or are you just basing your thoughts on Indianapolis, Bloomington and Gary? Have you ever lived here?
You wanna rethink that comment after learning he voted for the debt ceiling? He lost my vote.
Why should I rethink my comment? Anyone with a shred of realism knew the debt ceiling would be raised, no surprises there.
What I find interesting is that the hard core commies in the House voted AGAINST the bill.
While I don't like it, it is very hard to be on the same side as Jan Scankowski and sorts like that.
Yeah, everyone knew it was going to be raised, but someone like him should've stood on his principles. If we keep up the momentum, we're one or two election cycles away from either completely taking over or destroying the Republican party, so his cowtowing to the leadership is just a sign of weakness.
Have you ever considered that he DID stand by his principles?
Sometimes principles can conflict and one must go. It doesn't mean one has rejected his principles. But there are priorities.
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