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Building on the success of the China-US Joint Research Center for Ecosystem and Environmental Change (JRCEEC), this EcoPartnership is a collaboration among Purdue University's Global Sustainability Initiative (contact: Timothy Filley), the University of Tennessee's (UT) Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (contact: Joe Zhuang), the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (UT-ORNL) Joint Institute for Biological Sciences (JIBS, contact: Gary Sayler) of the US and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) including the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR, contact: Yu Guirui), the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES, contact: Ouyang Zhiyun), and the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE, contact: Han Xingguo). Tim Filley of Purdue University is the US Team Leader. Yu Guirui of the IGSNRR is the Chinese Team Leader. To ensure broader impact we will expand our collaborative network during the course of the EcoPartnership. This collaboration comes under the EcoPartnerships Framework as described in the Memorandum of Understanding between the US Department of State (DoS) and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of the People's Republic of China signed on May 25, 2010.
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- Global Sustainability Initiative, Purdue University
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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is reputed to have said, "Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things. They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to thinks that they can change the world, are the ones who do."
A friend posted this quote to her Facebook page following his untimely death earlier this week, and it blew me away the first time I saw it.
It still gives me goose-bumps every time I re-read it. Partly because I wish I would have said it, but mostly because I believe it. Whole-heartedly.
And as I ponder these words in the context of this week's World Dairy Expo, it give me great joy to realize that that spirit is alive and well in the dairy industry.
Somewhere along the way, virtually every entrepreneur that started the businesses that fill Expo grounds heard "no" or "that can't be done" or "why do you want to do that" countless times as they risked and fought to bring their dream to reality. And they know they will undoubtedly hear those words again and again as they shepherd their businesses forward.
However, to me, dairy farmers personify the tenacity Jobs expressed so eloquently. For you are the ones that many people think are crazy for daring to do what you do, for doing what you believe in and who see things differently than the rest of the population. I am awed by your drive and passion. You inspire me daily, and I thank you for daring to march to your own drummer.
But I think these words resonate especially strongly as I see the next-generation of dairy professionals make their way through Expo. Because the naysayers can be terribly harsh when it comes to young people with dairy dreams.
Don't let anyone dissuade you from your goals. It's chafing to be the square peg in the round hole, to be different, to be considered "crazy" for your dreams. But don't give up. Figure out how to get around "no". Challenge conventional wisdom. It's the only way you can change your world.
My great grandfather was alleged to have said something to the effect that "If people don't think you're crazy for doing things differently than everybody else does them, you're not doing it right."
We could all use a little crazy like that these days.


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Four police officers and a police dispatcher were arrested by Texas Rangers and state troopers Tuesday evening when they raided the Socorro Police Department's substation, officials said Wednesday.
They were identified as Lt. Jose Alvarez, Sgt. Refugio Orta, dispatcher Raul Huerta, Detective Javier Varela and officer Israel Delgado.
Alvarez, Orta, Varela and Delgado are accused of official oppression, but no further details were released. In addition, Varela and Delgado face charges of aggravated perjury and tampering with governmental records.
Huerta, an employee of Socorro since 1998, is accused of delivering of more than 5 pounds of marijuana.
On Tuesday, about 15 state troopers arrived at the police station to make the arrests and execute search warrants. Investigators could be seen carrying out computers and files. The arrests appeared to be part of a lengthy investigation.
Socorro spokesman David Garcia said that city officials began an internal investigation into the officers and dispatcher and that the officials won't take any action until they have the arrest affidavits.
Garcia said the city has plenty of officers and supervisors to handle the safety of residents, Garcia said.
"This is not a department-wide accusation; there are many good officers on duty today," Garcia said Wednesday. "This is not condemning the department. These are five people who are being investigated."
Garcia did not release the number of police officers for security reasons. According to an FBI report, the Socorro Police Department reported in 2011 that it had 27 officers and 12 civilian employees.
The arrests of the officers account for 15 percent of the police officers on the force.
"I'm not surprised by the Rangers' action," said city Rep. Maria Reyes. "Certain members of the police department have allowed (themselves) to be controlled and manipulated by a certain City Council member. I fear this manipulation is widely spread throughout the city, which may be evident by other recent arrests."
Reyes referred to the recent arrests of the town's public works director and another city employee on theft charges.
Reyes will urge the city manager to place an item on the next City Council agenda to take action against all city employees accused of criminal activity, she said.
"I hope this investigation by the Rangers on a few members of the police department do not taint the reputation of the hardworking men and women protecting our community," Reyes said.
Alvarez, who has been in and out of the police department in the past couple of years, was rehired by the city in July 2011 as lieutenant. He took over as the leader of the police department after the Police Chief Jaime Avalos went on medical leave in September 2010. Avalos continues to be absent from the department, and Garcia would not say whether he has been fired or is still employed.
Alvarez was involved in a previous internal investigation in 2008, when he was accused of dereliction of duty and prisoner abuse. He was investigated for allegedly using unnecessary force against Ricardo Landeros during an arrest. A grand jury declined to prosecute.
Most recently Delgado, who was hired as a police officer in 2008, was arrested by deputies in September on suspicion of violating a protective order.
Orta has a longer history of investigations against him.
In the past two years, he allegedly has been involved in controversies, including an incident between city Rep. Jesse Gandara Jr. and Sheriff's Office detectives in March 2011.
At the time, detectives were conducting an investigation into more than 200 driveways being built in Gandara's district as part of a city project paid with certificates of obligation.
Orta was accused of tampering with evidence after he allegedly removed a videotape from the patrol car that recorded Gandara's discussion with the sheriff's detectives and took it home, preventing it from becoming evidence.
The sergeant is also a target of the Sheriff's Office investigation into financial irregularities in Socorro that was made public in July.
According to an affidavit in support of a search warrant, city Rep. Mary Garcia, Gandara and Orta sought airfare reimbursement for a trip to Austin last year.
The affidavit said Gandara and Orta drove there and back and did not fly. It also says that Garcia flew there but returned with Gandara and Orta in a city-owned car.
The affidavit said Gandara and Orta were reimbursed $738 each for airfare and other expenses for the trip. Gandara returned $375. Orta returned $525.
In February, a former Socorro city employee who alleged that she was discriminated against and sexually harassed by Orta settled a lawsuit against the city of Socorro for $150,000.
Also, a former Socorro police lieutenant settled a suit against the city involving Orta for an undisclosed amount. He alleged he was retaliated against for reporting sexual harassment complaints against Orta.
In addition, Orta has been investigated internally several times on suspicion of violating department policies. Orta was hired as sergeant in December 2004.
Detective Varela was hired in 2007.
Aileen B. Flores may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com; 546-6362.


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Dear Members,
Abhidhamma View : The Arahant
[Presented by Dr.Tep Sastri @sariputtadhamma/JTN]
CMA IX, p. 362-363:
Having developed the Path of Arahantship, with the total abandonment of defilements one becomes an
Arahant, a destroyer of the taints, a supreme recipient of offerings in the world.
The five fetters abandoned by the first three paths are called the lower fetters (orambhaagiya-
sa.myojana) because they bind beings to the lower world, the sensuous plane of existence. One who has
eradicated them, the non-returner, no longer returns to the sensuous plane, but he is still bound to
the round of existence by the five higher fetters (uddhambhaagiya-sa.myojana). With the attainment of
the path of Arahantship, these five higher fetters are also eradicated: desire for fine-material
existence, desire for immaterial existence, conceit, restlesness, and ignorance. The fourth path also
destroys the remaining two taints --the taint of attachment to existence and the taint of ignorance
--for which reason the Arahant is called a "destroyer of the taints" (khii.naasava). The path of
Arahantship eradicates, too, the remaining unwholesome cetasikas left unabandoned by the earlier paths:
delusion, shamelessness, fearlessness of wrongdoing, restlessness, conceit, sloth and torpor.
It is amazing to me to know that the lower ariyans (the stream-enterer, the once-returner, the non-
returner) still have "shamelessness" and "fearlessness" of wrongdoing!
Love Buddha's dhamma,


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|Trad, 2 pitches
|YDS: 5.9 French: 5c Ewbanks: 17 UIAA: VI ZA: 17 British: HVS 5a [details]
|Dave Dornan, Dallas Jackson, 1960, FFA: Larry Dalke, ~1965
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|2 Belay Bolts [details]
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By Matt Bauman
Jan 1, 2001
|GREAT route...2nd pitch is STELLAR...lots of fun especially combined with the Rewritten finish....
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Jul 31, 2001
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|This has got to be one of my favorite Eldo pitches. Fun crack climbing and thin face at the upper crux. You can throw in pro every 3 feet if you are scared (it is true that above the crux the pro is only once every 8 feet or so). Wearing a helmet on this route is definitely a good idea as it is directly below the upper pitches of Rewritten.
By Brian Sorden
Aug 24, 2001
|The first and second pitches combine nicely, and are perfect examples of what is Eldo 5.9. The roof above Grandmother's ledge is stellar, protect under the roof and just go. As Matt mentioned, this area is very popular, which comes with two warnings. Bring your helmet, but don't forget your social cap. Due to the volume of traffic under these routes and the loose nature of all the barney on the Red Ledge, be warned; a small rock from that height can be fatal. Watch yourself, watch those around you. It's not called the Red Ledge because of the color of the sandstone.
By Anonymous Coward
Sep 10, 2001
It gets better...a lot better...Why one would climb only the first two pitches, when three incredible ones remain, is beyond me.
From the Red Ledge, Follow the band to the huge tree above Grandmother's Challenge. Directly opposite, begin climbing the face, squeezing left of the EXTREMELY LARGE AND LOOSE BLOCK, up into a wild, overhung crack system. Very awkward climbing, with huge exposure. Awesome. Pull the crux roof (5.9) thru a V slot, head up on easier ground 50 more feet to an obvious belay ledge.
Continue with pitch 4 of Rewritten for one of the most classic linkups in the canyon. -Darren W
By justin dubois
From: Estes Park
Jan 22, 2002
|In my humble opinion, this route is two stars better than the Yellow Spur. The first pitch, when linked, is ... incredible and hard for 5.9. then the upper pitches are exposed and solid for three? pitches. My screams of ecstasy could be heard for miles.
By Tony B
From: Around Boulder, CO
Jan 23, 2002
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Two central thoughts:
1) Yeah, this is a darn fine route. I think it's better than Yellow Spur, or the Center Route, which are the two I hear touted as the best 5.9 around, and frequently so.
2) I don't think it's hard for its grade. Darkness 'Til Dawn, Yellow Spur pin/bolt pitch, Grand Giraffe, Highway of Diamonds, the first pitch of XM, etc... all were 5.9 and all were just as hard, in my opinion. Yes, several of those have been upgraded, but we don't always have to go to the least common denominator. This is just my opinion- I stem through the hard part, so maybe I just have long legs or something, I don't know- I just don't think it's an Eldo 5.10 unless you want to compare it to some mercifully-rated climbes, but in that case, we can say it's harder than Auburn Lane (5.10d) and thus say it's 11a... but that's hardly reasonable. It's certainly a lot easier (like a full grade or two) than Midnight Trundler (originally 5.10a), but you won't catch me saying it's easy 5.8 either. I'm not trying to sandbag anyone, but I think if you are solid on 5.9 you'll probably get the Green Spur on-sight.
By Bryson Slothower
Feb 2, 2002
|I agree. It's a bit tricky but not Eldo 5.10. Stemming is the way to go and once you know the moves well, I doubt anyone would say it's any harder than "Eldo 5.9" Excellent route, combine the pitches and go in the winter to avoid crowds.
By Michael Komarnitsky
Founding Father
From: Seattle, WA
May 8, 2002
|Best 5.9 I've done in a ***LONG*** time.
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
May 15, 2002
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|There are actually two ways to start the crux pitch. Climb straight up the left crack (wide and quite pumpy at the bottom), or step right and climb the right crack until you can step back into the left crack. The second variation is supposedly only 5.8 at the start, I have always gone the first way (5.9 for sure).
By Clint Locks
From: Boulder
Jun 26, 2002
For about three years now, Green Spur has been my nemesis. I've been pretty much poop-scared of it. This morning, however, my buddy Jon and I headed up at 6:30am on a Wednesday...(which avoids the crowds and therefore MOST of the rockfall from the Red Ledge-I like your comment about its namesake, Brian-SCARY! Wearing a helmet even around the base of the climb is a stellar idea.)
We strung P1 and 2 together with minimal rope drag. ('Gotta have a 60m.) Use long slings on the step-over @ the beginning of 2 and again back into the main crack. Bryson's right: stemming IS the way to go and, much to my surprise, 5.9 seems right on. 'Not any harder than Yellow or Flakes. What a great, enjoyable, sustained second pitch! I was surprised, though, at the amount of loose rock, even by Eldo standards. Be careful.
The roof on P3 was really great! We strung 4 & 5 together, ending on Rebuffet's Arete and stepping across to the wall, being careful once again of rope drag.
I'd do this climb again in a heartbeat!!
(Now I think I'll be scared of Grandmother's Challenge!):) Clint
By Jason Carter
From: Monument, CO
Jul 19, 2002
P1 (or the combo of P1&2) - What does the offwidth go at on P1? This is the part avoided by stepping right, going up the finger crack and then stepping back left. It doesn't seem that many people go straight up on P1 through the bulge. It seems hard, I got my arm stuck, got laughed at, then decided to follow the chalk to my right.
Also at the crux of the P1 P2 combo, has anybody ever pulled out onto the face at the roof instead of stepping right out of the crack? That looks like it could be sweet.
- Great challenging route.
FYI - from the eye bolt on the ramp atop P2, at the cave, you can rap down and to your right to another bolted rap station, and then to another and then to the ground - with one 60m rope
By Charles Vernon
From: Tucson, AZ
Jul 19, 2002
|Jason, funny you should ask. When I did this climb about 3 and a half years ago with my brother, he led both of the variations you are asking about! Straight up off the belay is a bit awkward but didn't seem too bad following, it was over quickly. Now, moving out onto the face to the left, before the crux corner, is a different story--I remember feeling rather terrified following! There were a couple overhanging moves, but the holds were positive (although some may have been loose??) and neither of us fell. Since Pat was a neophyte 5.10 leader at the time, and I a neophyte 5.10 climber period, I couldn't imagine that it is much harder than .10-, although there isn't a whole lot of pro. I have pictures of Pat leading this variation (which, btw, he took completely by mistake--I don't know how and I was rather shocked when I got up there following), hopefully I will get off my ass and submit them someday.
By steve dieckhoff
Jul 19, 2002
|Just in case Justin was asking about the face to the right of the crux dihedral... I led this via the 'wide crack avoidance variation' some years ago (BURNING CHROME). It's easily toproped.
By Jason Carter
From: Monument, CO
Jul 19, 2002
|Thanks Charles, sounds exciting - the offwidths really psyche me out - ie. p2 of Werks Up, p3 of Grand Giraffe and now this..ughhh
By Scott Conner
From: Lyons, CO
Jul 23, 2002
Outstanding route!
The Green Spur to Green Slab Direct linkup also makes for a superb outing. Be careful when accessing the base of the Green Slab crux pitch from Grandmothers tree, though. This gully/corner is the top of Darkness till Dawn and has precariously perched blocks of all sizes. I know this is a dead horse but this is a seriously dangerous area and once you know what's above, it's unnerving to be down below.
By Bryson Slothower
Jul 25, 2002
|FYI: There is now a double bolt anchor at the top of the 2nd pitch just above the old eyebolt. Do not use the eyebolt unless it is backed up because it moves in it's hole.....
By Ron Olsen
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 6, 2002
|One of the finest routes in Eldorado. Be sure to do the upper pitches as well.
By Chris Mueller
Sep 30, 2002
|Great route. The crux pitch is nice and strenuous, though I thought the real crux was right off the first belay getting through the offwidth (but that might have just been my technique :) ). This should definitely be done with the 5.9 roof pitch from Grandmother's Ledge. That pitch ranks up there as one of the most fun pitches I've done. If no one is on Rewritten, cut over onto it after the roof and finish with Rebuffet's arete. Otherwise, you can find lots of fun moves by using the left wall of the 'gully' as much as possible (rather than scrambling up the gully).
By Ernie Port
From: Boulder, Colorado
Jul 12, 2003
|Great climb...one note, the step right from under the roof is down low, not up high in the roof. I got up a little too high and had to step down to gain the next face over.
By Ron Olsen
From: Boulder, CO
Sep 21, 2003
As many have noted, this is perhaps the finest 5.9 in Eldorado. I like to go from the ground up through the crux and belay on a good ledge just above. This allows you to watch your partner climb the crux corner and provides a great photo opportunity.
The crux corner can be sewn up as follows: pin, small wired nut, blue Alien in crack on left wall, .75 Camalot at lip of undercling, yellow Alien in horizontal crack, green Alien after step across to the right, medium wired nut just before the belay ledge above the crux.
The third pitch above the Grandmother's Challenge tree is excellent; be careful of loose rock in the first 30 feet.Esthetic, balancy moves up a flake, then a wild traverse right around a roof. Totally fun!
By David Conlin
Oct 9, 2003
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
I have to agree with many of the comments previously submitted.
1. I like this better than Yellow Spur, especially when linking P1&P2, and moving to Rewritten after P3.
2. The crux pitch is STELLAR. I've done it several times, always direct through the offwidth, which isn't so bad (9+). The dihedral above is sustained 5.9 with awesome stems. Above is not runout, unless you make it, which you should if you are comfortable on 5.4 and managed to get through the 5.9 sections.
3. P3 is a one-move wonder, easy up to the roof, pull through (5.9), and cruise.
Suggested link-up: DOUBLE SPUR. One person leads "block" of entire Yellow Spur, rap descent, second then leads "block" of entire Green Spur. Double your pleasure, double classic, ... double spur.
By Shane Zentner
From: Colorado
Oct 20, 2003
|Yellow and Green Aliens protect the arching dihedral. Continue left at the eyebolt and stay with the original route, as it gets good with an airy 5.9 move over a small roof, then up to the arete. Combine the first two pitches. Stemming, finger jamming, and face moves for five good pitches.
By willem
Oct 26, 2003
Good movement, but the rock on P3 is sketchy. The large block needs to be trundled.
Double up on the Camalots, and bring large wires to sew up the first two pitches.
Good line!
By Dave Reeder
Jul 24, 2004
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|The Green Sleeves climb/ variation is worth doing, and the last pitch is really cool.
By Kirill Kireyev
From: Boulder, CO
Oct 1, 2005
|The first (offwidth) crux on P2 is pain in the butt with a backpack - ditch it if you can
By Jason Shatek
Oct 2, 2005
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
|As of 10/2/05 there are two stoppers fixed going through the crux section (both looked pretty good). Thus, going through the crux I used the piton, a fixed stopper, another fixed stopper, and then I stepped across and set a green Alien farther up. I saw people stem through the crux section but I just laid back and it felt really good. For me, getting up the offwidth/crack was the hardest part. I was tired when I got to the piton, I had to rest for a while but after that I thought the climb was fantastic, one move just melted into the next! Definitely a must do! Also, don't forget to wear a helmet in this area, I had a dime-size rock hit my arm and a quarter-size rock hit my helmet. Be safe and please yell "rock" if you kick stuff off!
By KevinCO
From: Loveland, CO
Mar 23, 2006
|This route stands out for several reasons. First, I re-emphasize about the dangers of loose rock from above. I was leading, starting into the offwidth, and sensed a whoosh go past my head. A fraction of a second later, a tremendous WHACK! I called out to Bob, belaying me at the first stance. Fearing the worst, I called out again, but no answer. Someone on the ground called out and Bob answered. He was Ok!, a slightly sore neck and a huge hole in the side of his helmet. Secondly, the offwidth is always a struggle for me...I haven't tried the face variation, but I like the abundant pro in the slot. Thirdly, the dihedral is stellar and always thrilling! Next, the challenging but doable overhang; the length of the route, its position; and attaining the summit of the Tower!!!
By Chris M.
Jul 1, 2006
|BIG rockfall off the G.Spur today! Two guys were climbing and apparently one pulled a LARGE block off, gashing his leg pretty bad. Sounded like a boxcar coming down the cliff. We were on Yellow Spur and my partner saw the rock the size of a bigscreen TV explode off the cliff and continue crashing downhill until almost hitting water at the base of the approach climb. Parkies said they would be investigating stability of the cliff. Kudos to the other climbers who helped get the injured party down, and wishes for a speedy recovery. BE CAREFUL ON THE GREEN SPUR==LOOSE ROCK ABOUNDS!
By Ron Olsen
From: Boulder, CO
Jul 1, 2006
The major areas of danger on the Green Spur:
By grega Albrechtsen
Jul 24, 2006
|Reiterating what Ron stated (kind of).. After getting to Red Ledge just do Rewritten, you'll be much happier. The remaining "Green Spur" pitch(es) aren't really that fun anyway and lots of potential to knock rocks off. If Rewritten is full, there are many other opportunities, too.
By Buff Johnson
Aug 16, 2006
Curse you evil Green Spur!
Talus Food Crack vs. the Green Spur (P1-2)?
By claytown
From: Boulder, CO
Apr 16, 2007
Climbed the Green Spur yesterday and it was awesome fun! Two comments:
1. I highly recommend combining P1 and P2. It will leave you with less than 5 feet on a 60 meter rope. This is the best pitch of the climb.
2. The pitch starting from the tree atop Grandmother's Challenge is incredibly loose rock. I was surprised to find so much rock of such poor quality on a classic route. Be careful. If you pull something off, it will likely go crashing down on those at the base.
Still a great route though. Enjoy!
By Kyle Douglass
From: Golden, Co
Oct 21, 2007
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
|I found the crux of the first pitch (the body crack thing) to be more difficult than the layback roof crux.
By Stich
From: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Nov 3, 2007
"I found the crux of the first pitch (the body crack thing) to be more difficult than the layback roof crux."
Me too, Kyle. I barely redpointed the route today. The arching dihedral above the pin went down smoothly compared to that wide, flared section below. I got my arm all the way in the back of that flare right where it has a little roof thing. Once crammed and jammed in there, placing the cam I wanted above was just a mess. The carabiner kept slipping into the slot, preventing me from clipping it. If I could have kept my hand jam and gotten my body out of there I would have been fine. Gotta be a better way of doing those moves, I know.
By Ron Olsen
From: Boulder, CO
Nov 4, 2007
|An easier variation bypasses the bombay slot and takes the little roof and left-facing corner to the right; it goes at about 5.8. It merges with the straight-up line a bit above the bombay slot. I find it more fun than going up the wide slot. Extend the runners to keep down rope drag and you'll be fine.
By Craig Quincy
Mar 2, 2008
It's been another harsh winter in Boulder, so things that have been solid in the past probably aren't anymore. I thought I'd repost this from the conditions comments to here as a poignant reminder to be careful out there and to note that the third pitch of Green Spur is loose and best avoided.
From July 5th, 2006....
My partner and I went up to climb Yellow Spur, but since it was busy we decided to do the Green Spur instead. We both climb harder than that and have many years of climbing in Eldo under our belts. I probably have 20 days in Eldo so far this year and have done the Green Spur at least twice before. I am a pretty cautious climber and certainly aware of the dangers of loose rock in Eldo. My partner led the first 2 pitches as one pitch and then we moved the belay around the big boulder on the Red Ledge.
I was starting the short corner on the third pitch of the Green Spur and my feet were about 5 feet over the ledge. I didn't have any gear in since there's not really anything worth while to put in there. I was being very careful because the large flakes in the corner that my hands were on were obviously loose. I was stemming between the left wall and a large block in the corner. I was contemplating how to move into the corner above without pulling on anything loose or pulling too hard.
Just then the huge rock my right foot was on gave way. It was about the size of a big screen TV and apparently went all the way to the creek after it fell. I decked about 5 feet on to the belay ledge and for a second I thought "I'm going to be fine". Then a bunch of rock that was behind that rock fell on my leg and that quickly changed to "I think I'm going to die". Next, I felt stupid even though there's nothing I would have done differently because my wife is currently pregnant and I have a 21-month-old daughter. So, I should not be out having climbing accidents.
My partner was a real hero. He quickly assessed my injuries and bandaged up my leg with his T-shirt and some slings. He was smart not to let me look at it because my leg had a 6-inch gash and my muscle was sticking out. We were pretty scared I might bleed a lot or pass out and we weren't sure what the damage was. I could wiggle my toes without pain so we were pretty sure my leg wasn't broken. I was surprise that was all that happened given how much rock came down.
We tandem rappelled off the tree atop Grandmother's Challenge hoping to get to the Darkness til Dawn anchor. Unfortunately you end up hanging in space nowhere near it. We managed to get down a little further and find some slings around a chockstone. We backed that up with a cam and nut and then he lowered me to the ground.
It was nice to be on the ground, but we still had a ways to go to get to the car. Waiting around for SAR didn't seem like a good idea given the bleeding. We put my T-shirt over his T-shirt with some slings to keep the wound as clean as possible. Then to get down to the car, I scooted down on my butt and my partner gave me a fireman's carry.
Finally some people came along and we got some water, tape and an ace bandage from them. With that we were able to bandage up the wound properly. They helped us along and carried our gear down to the road which took about half an hour. Kudos to Tim and the other guys who helped out. I really appreciate their help! Our round trip time car to car was about 2 hours.
Once we got to the hospital they cleaned out the wound and took some X rays. I was very lucky that the rock missed my femur and knee cap (and for that matter head and chest). It was a very sharp rock apparently because my muscle had a clean slice. I got "innumerable" stitches to sew the muscle back in its place and put the layers of skin back together and 11 staples to close it up. I'm on bed rest with pain killers for the next week, but should be back to walking in a couple of weeks and back to normal in 6-8 weeks.
I have been climbing for 18 years and have 2 other accidents to my credit. One was a soloing accident from youthful hubris, the other was decking before the first bolt when a foothold gave way in Boulder Canyon. This was one of the worst and least preventable. We both feel there wasn't much different I could have done except stayed home that day and the rock that gave way is the kind of thing you step on in Eldo all the time. Being safe and careful only gets you so far. Sometimes you're the last person to stand on something dubious. It sucks to be last in that case. When that happens, the most important thing is the partner you're with. I'm glad that my partner had good first aid and rescue skills and the courage and mind to pull off our rescue without a hitch.
By Ron Olsen
From: Boulder, CO
Mar 2, 2008
Loose rock is a fact of life in Eldorado; Green Spur is but one of many examples. Red Ledge has lots of loose rock, as does the chimney on Rewritten and the ledge above the crux dihedral on Over the Hill. Peanuts Wall has lots of loose rock; Heavy Weather is another example.
Rather than avoid it, learn to cope with it. I suggest that climbers wanting to learn how to deal with loose rock climb The Roof Wall, Northumberland Crack, and The Hot Spur. After climbing these lines, you will be well prepared to climb safely past the loose rock on the third pitch of Green Spur.
And wear your helmet when gearing up in the Green Spur, Rewritten, Great Zot area; especially on crowded weekends.
By Craig Quincy
Mar 2, 2008
Ron, I find your suggestion pedantic and a bit hilarious. I'd recommend people strongly discount your advice on clambering across the choss strewn routes of Eldo in the hope of avoiding the chop on other routes in Eldo with loose rock. There's is always a small probability your number is going to come up and some objective hazard is going to ruin your day or end your life. I don't see how your recommendation changes that. Whatever you can learn from climbing loose rock, I suspect you can learn right there on the third pitch of the Green Spur.
The problem with the Green Spur is that it's considered an ultra classic route. In fact, Rossiter gave it top ten status in his guide. While that might be true of the first two pitches, I don't think that's true for the rest of the route and a nice alternative with the Rewritten finish or rapping off exists. So, it may not be worth the additional objective hazard unless, you're specifically after that in which case, I'd recommend the The Rotwand.
Additionally, I agree a helmet is a great idea and picnicking under these routes is not.
By Ron Olsen
From: Boulder, CO
Mar 2, 2008
Dealing with loose rock is a skill every climber needs in his/her repertoire. If not in Eldorado, then in other areas in Colorado and around the world. Rocky Mountain National Park, The Garden of the Gods, El Potrero Chico, the Dolomites, ...
Climbing with sensitivity and awareness is important; testing holds, pulling gently in the right direction, tiptoeing around loose dinner plates. These skills are developed through practice, not avoidance.
By tom selleck
Mar 2, 2008
|Craig, sounds like a scary incident that would've been difficult to avoid even if one had the skills, "sensitivity", vast experience and wisdom of some of the people who post on this site. Climbing is dangerous and there are just some variables beyond our control. It's cool that everything turned out ok for you.
By garrett
Apr 18, 2008
|I think the skills Ron is referring to involves anticipating the complex physics of loose rock and the way it gets dislodged and how gravity affects it once the rock is dislodged, some call this juggling. Clowns and street performers are best equipped to deal with the loose rock in Eldo...and around the world. Which is who you mostly see in Eldo. Once one has gained this important knowkledge, actually, it's a talent that can't really be learned, but is developed from, well, we're not sure if it's nature or nurture, which brings us back to nature and loose rock and being prepared for it. But, all seriousness aside, that spot has been super dangerous for a long time, and it's a good thing I wasn't caught in Craig's situation with my lack of math skills.
By Andy Laakmann
Site Landlord
From: Bend, OR
Oct 15, 2008
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
Climbed Green Spur (all pitches) onto the Rebuffet Arete finish.
Loved the first two pitches of GS, but the rock was crap on the 3rd pitch IMO. Glad to have ticked that pitch, but I won't be back for that pitch. There are huge blocks, integral to the climb, that will fall off that pitch eventually - no matter how much caution is exercised - and someone else is going to get hurt.
Craig glad you're OK and thankfully didn't get more injured.
By Sarge
Oct 25, 2008
|Definitely add the first two pitches together. Lead all the way to the Red Ledge (Eye bolt).
By Chris White
From: Boulder
Oct 30, 2008
Glad You came out alive after all that and great to see you bouldering with your wife the other day in Eldo.
Edit: Dude!!! Thanks for sharing that with us. See you out there!
By Scott Matz
From: Loveland, CO
Oct 6, 2009
|Ron, you're exactly right. I deal with loose rock a lot, spending my after work climbs in the Big Thompson Canyon, trad climbing here take's skill and patience. The third pitch of Green Spur, will slowly deteriorate (the big 900 lb. boulder people lean on, and a few jugs are more than suspect). If the route looks unsafe, be smart and wise. I'd put an S for sketchy on the P3, but it is one of the coolest roofs I've climbed.
By slim
Oct 6, 2009
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|I would argue that it takes skill, and PRODUCES patients!
By AOSR
From: Wherever we park!
Jul 31, 2010
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
|Fantastic climb. Maybe a bit harder than any one pitch on Yellow Spur? Still though, I liked Yellow Spur better.
By Rodger Raubach
Mar 12, 2011
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
|I'd suggest rappelling after "the pitch." The extra climbing above, especially having done Rewritten before isn't worth the added hassle of getting down the "walk off" to the North.
By tooTALLtim
From: Boulder, CO
Jul 2, 2011
You're wrong, Rodger, so wrong :D
The upper pitches are great, only join Rewritten at the very last pitch (if you actually do the route, see description above), and are worth walking off OR rappelling the Dirty Deed chimney.
By NickinCO
From: colorado
Aug 30, 2011
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
Led pitches 1 and 2 as one with a 70m. One of my first clean 5.9 leads. The giant block on the 3rd pitch before pulling the roof is not very secure. I'd hate to be around when that thing goes.
Pitches 3-5 are not to be missed!
By Jon Runge
Oct 25, 2011
|Did this climb back in 1993 with Tim Topf (RIP--a good guy--miss him). Amazing that he didn't climb much and cranked right up the thing. Back to the point: This is one of the best climbs I've done, anywhere. Possibly because it was a surprise, picked it at random out of guidebook cause we had an afternoon to burn. The variety of moves on steep ground makes this route well worth it. Best 5.9 in Eldo? Hell, right up there with best 5.9s anywhere, on par with CPF in The Valley.
By Rodger Raubach
Jan 2, 2012
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
|Perhaps I was a bit jaded in my earlier comments, since I'd already made one descent from the Great Zot that same day. One's opinion can be influenced by being hot, tired, and thirsty. Rebuffat's Ridge is a worthy thing to climb.... However, the very loose rock on the next pitch is not especially enjoyable, so yes I still recommend just climbing the very excellent dihedral pitch. I avoid loose rock whenever possible, but if you love loose crap...go climb on the Rotwand. I've done that, too....
By Rodger Raubach
Feb 25, 2012
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
|As an historical note: the FFA was done by Larry Dalke, ~1965.
By Nick Barczak
May 29, 2012
Not a bad climb. But I wasn't all that impressed. Certainly felt solid for the grade and had a couple cool moves up to and around the roof. Small wires were helpful here. The lower part is awkward, but secure, if you stay true to the left crack. Much easier if you stem between the cracks.
With all the parties above knocking off loose rock on us, we decided to rap off the bolt anchor instead of continue. I haven't climbed in Eldo much, but those upper pitches look like complete choss. This area is not high on my list of places to return to.
By Michael Butts
From: Boulder, Co
Jun 26, 2012
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
|Really fun climbing, Great moves and pretty good gear for the crux. Linked p1 and p2 for a really long pitch. Only brought a 70m rope and rappelled off to the south to catch some anchors for two more rappels to the ground. Not the most ideal way to get down because of loose rocks when you pull the rope. It worked for us.
By Andy Hansen
From: Longmont, Colorado
Jan 21, 2013
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|I was up on this yesterday and the weather/exposure was beautiful. Once again I didn't do the correct beta on this route and ended up making it about as hard as Tagger's P2. Instead of getting to the great horizontal jug below the roof, I traversed at the undercling along marginal crimps. I thought it seemed hard for 5.9. Either way, it's nice to have some small cams/stoppers/RPs for this one. Pretty cool route.
By Paul-B
Mar 8, 2014
Incredible climb. Not sure why the description recommends quitting after 2 pitches. That's a waste in my opinion. Pitch 3 was GREAT, pulling the roof is fun. Exciting exposure, committing moves but relatively easy. You don't get those combinations many places. Finish with Rebuffet's Arete!
I combined the first 2 pitches, recommended unless you have a beginner leader wanting to lead the first short chill pitch. Pitch 2 is stiff! and fun! Save some small cams for the top of the dihedral, I didn't.... Belaying the third pitch can be a challenge, we traversed around the block and belayed by the tree, Eventually the belayer climbed up and belayed on top of the rock. This is much more optimal for rope drag and communication with your belayer.
By Alex Shockley
From: Boulder, CO
Apr 23, 2014
Help! my climbing partner broke his ankle last night at the start of the 2nd pitch, and I had to leave some anchor gear at the top of the first pitch. There was an old nut already stuck in there that we clipped into, then I left another nut and a hex, wiregate biners on all 3, a runner to tie it all off, and a locking biner.
My email address is firstname.lastname@example.com, please give me a shout if you're able to grab it! Feel free to drop it off at the ranger station, or if you live in Boulder I'd be more than happy to come to you to pick it up (and drop off a case of beer of your choice).
And in case anyone is wondering - my climbing partner was totally fine other than the ankle. His last piece of pro held and we were able to get to the ground safely, though he wasn't able to walk and it was ~7:15 by the time we got down so we ended up calling rescue services (see pictures).
BIG shout out to any RMR or BFD people that read this post, they were unbelievably fast and responsive. The fall was at ~6:45pm, we called 911 at ~7:30pm, RMR was there shortly after 8, and we were back in our car and on the way to the hospital by 10:00pm. Thank you!
By Dallas Jackson
Apr 24, 2014
I'm just posting this hoping someone can clear up a question that has been bugging me for a long time.
I've seen the route description several times, but beyond the 5.9 crux of P2, I really don't recognize much of the climb (it's been 54 years since Dave and I did the climb). We belayed right after the crux. So to me that would be the start of P3. I climbed 50 or 60 ft of easy but very loose rock in places*, then made a short, maybe 10 or so ft, traverse across a fairly exposed wall to the left that I used a sling on an army angle to negotiate, and ended up after a few feet on a large ledge (Red Ledge?). The remainder of the climb to the top of the spur was easy climbing - really roped scrambling.
So my question is: is the short left traverse part of the current route or is my memory so poor that I've simply forgotten what that part of the climb was really like?
By Kevin Dahlstrom
From: Fort Worth, TX
Jun 21, 2014
You can get down in 2 raps with a 70m or 3 with a 60m with no shenanigans. From the anchor above the eye bolt, rappel to climber's right being careful not to run the rope across the loose rock. Run the ropes through a small notch on the ramp to your right. About 95' down, you'll see a rap anchor next to a chimney. From there, you can rap to the ground with a 70m - the rope won't quite reach the ground, but you'll reach a small ledge about 8 feet off the ground with an easy scramble down. With a 60m, you'll have to stop at the intermediate anchor (you can't miss it) and make a 3rd rappel.
By mountainhick
From: Black Hawk, CO
May 26, 2017
Obscure variation:
After pitch 3 eases, instead of going for Rebuffat's Arete, run up and belay at the first BIG tree smack dab in the middle of the gully. Traverse from the tree directly left onto the left wall of the gully, and follow a crack system upward, navigating past a bush in the crack then over a ledge or two and some blocky terrain on up over the top. Maybe 5.9.
Not as classic as the arete but worthwhile to me.


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How to raise happy toddlers
Welcome to the happy toddler zone that has everything parents need to know about this oh-so special age group. more
Much has been written about the effects of fish oils and omega 3 fatty acids on the developing brain of children during pregnancy and the first years of life. Research has shown that these essential oils can particularly have a beneficial effect on children with attention deficit disorders but for many parents there is some confusion about the exact benefits, how to ensure the omega 3 is included in their child's diet and when a fish oil supplement is necessary.
Omega 3 fatty acid - also referred to as oil - is a type of polyunsaturated fat and is one of the essential fatty acids that are so important for healthy development. Omega 3 is integral in the development of our eyes and the parts of the brain that are used for learning, reasoning and memory.
As our bodies are unable to make omega 3 fatty acids (with the exception of breast milk), it is vital to the development of our brain that we consume omega 3 fatty acids in our diet.
The best sources of omega 3 fatty acids are oily fish, some seeds and nuts, and vegetable oils. These include:
Other good sources of omega 3 include:
Currently there is no recommended daily intake of omega 3 fatty acids, though continued research into the effects of omega 3 is resulting in a move amongst doctors towards the introduction of a recommended daily dose. In the UK, a daily recommended intake of omega 3 fatty acids has been set and it has resulted in the recommendation that we include at least two portions of fish in our diet each week - with one portion being from an oily fish such as those listed above. This intake does not differentiate between adults and children.
In Australia, the vast majority of children do not routinely have enough fish in their diets (at least two fish meals a week) to receive the necessary fatty acids fish provide. For that reason, may parents now choose to supplement their children's diet with an omega 3 supplement.
Omega 3 supplements for adults and children supply the same essential fatty acids - it is usually only the dosage and the preparation that varies. There are a range of brands of omega 3/ fish oil supplements for children on the market now that come in gel capsules, chews and sprinkles to accommodate your child's ability to take the supplement - as young children often have difficulty swallowing tablets, they may find the chews and sprinkles an easier way to take omega 3.
Because omega 3 and fish oil supplements can be widely varying, if you do choose to give your child an omega 3 supplement, look out for a brand that includes high levels of EPA and DHA - the essential fatty acids in omega 3. Also be sure to choose 'pharmaceutical grade' fish oils and try to pick a brand that ensures that the fish oils are mercury free.
Research has shown that omega 3 fatty acid, along with other essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, is important during the growing years (up to 18 years old) for intellectual development. A lack of these essential fatty acids can have a negative impact on a child's IQ, school abilities and academic performance.
Research shows that:
The positive effects of additional omega 3 in the diets of children who have no learning or behavioural problems, has not been shown. It is not known if additional omega 3 in these children has any beneficial effects.
This article was written by Ella Walsh for Kidspot - Australia's leading website for kids health. Sources include Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne and Child and Youth Health.
Last revised: Monday, 1 June 2009
This article contains general information only and is not intended to replace advice from a qualified health professional.


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The Holy Grails
From the America's Cup to Olympic Medals, Sports Trophies Have Been Kissed, Caressed, Stolen, Smashed, Buried, But Above All, Coveted
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From his shoulder bag he pulled a sledgehammer, shattered the case, and began pounding the cup, smashing it with up to 50 blows in what one club official later called "a frenzy." Chanting Maori slogans, Nathan stripped off his jacket and shirt, revealing a T-shirt bearing Maori emblems. Maintenance men finally tore him away from the cup--but not before severe damage was done.
The cup's bulbous center was flattened like a hubcap. Its spout also was badly bent. Initially, New Zealand's National Radio reported that the cup was "all but destroyed," and a member of the 1995 New Zealand crew that had won it offered some graveyard humor: "We heard we are going to be racing for the America's Plate now."
Although sports trophies have inspired passion for more than a century, the desire has been to possess not destroy them. They are fought for and wept over, kissed and hugged. Hyperbole about them abounds. Just as athletes compete for the trophies, the trophies themselves compete for superlatives: "the oldest" (the America's Cup; the Stanley Cup), "the most valuable" (the Woodlawn Vase; the Borg-Warner Trophy), "the most coveted" (all of them).
From the dawn of organized sports, athletes have received tokens of esteem for their triumphs--from the wreaths of laurel leaves that
crowned the winning competitors at the first Olympic track meet in 776 B.C., to the medals placed around the necks of modern Olympians. Today, even people who pay practically no attention whatsoever to sports have heard of these glittering goblets, bowls, cups, ewers (pitchers), plates, statuettes, medals, rings and, in a few cases, garments that are bestowed upon the best in athletic competition. In order of age (not importance; we're not going there), here are their stories.
Ironically, the oldest of the great sports trophies--the America's Cup--long had the dullest of chronicles. For 132 years it reposed in the same place--the New York Yacht Club, where it rested inside a glass case. It was bolted, through an oak table, to the floor "as if it were a permanent guest. Almost a member," observed The New York Times.
Upstart Yanks aboard the yacht America first won the cup by besting 14 British vessels in a race around Britain's Isle of Wight on August 22, 1851. Queen Victoria was at Cowes, the fabled yachting center, expecting to see one of her subjects' ships cross the finish line first and win what then was known as the Hundred Guinea Cup. (The cup originally cost 100 guineas, or approximately $500 at the time.) Around 4 p.m., a single sail appeared on the horizon. According to legend, the queen inquired: "Who is in first place?" Told it was the America, she is supposed to have asked: "Then who is second?" The purported reply: "Madam, there is no second."
Thereafter, the cup was named for the yacht that had won it, and the New York Yacht Club successfully defended it against all challengers in 24 competitions over a century, beginning in 1870.
In 1983, Australian Alan Bond, a portly tycoon (who later was imprisoned for embezzlement), finally triumphed in his $16 million, 13-year and four-challenge quest for the cup. By employing a revolutionary winged keel on his yacht Australia II, he won the 27-inch-tall, 16-pound sterling silver Victorian cup (technically, it's a ewer) for the Royal Perth Yacht Club. There it resided until 1987, when the United States regained the cup as Dennis Conner's Stars and Stripes beat the Australian defender Kookaburra III in four straight races. That put the cup in the San Diego Yacht Club until 1995, when New Zealand's Black Magic, under the guidance of organizer Peter Blake (who would be knighted for his achievement) and skipper Russell Coutts beat Conner's Young America in five straight races off the coast of San Diego.
The America's Cup was awaiting 2000's competition when it nearly was destroyed by the sledgehammer-wielding Nathan. Evidently it was the hoopla and the cup-related real estate development near native fishing grounds around Auckland's harbor that enraged Nathan, a 27-year-old activist for New Zealand's impoverished Maori tribe.
Astonishingly, for a $250,000 trophy whose 1983 loss prompted editorials nationwide--and whose recapture earned a ticker-tape parade in New York--the near-destruction of the America's Cup elicited extraordinarily scant coverage in the United States. (The New York Times, for instance, buried a five-paragraph Associated Press story about the incident on the bottom of page 15 of its sports section.) "We attribute that to sour grapes," Ewen Campbell, sports editor of the New Zealand Herald in Auckland, says with a chuckle.
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron contacted R. & G. Garrard (now Asprey & Garrard), the London silver company that had created the cup 149 years earlier. The cup was flown to London, where master silversmith Rod Hingston spent three months restoring it. "Not only were the splits and gouges repaired, but old dents and poor maintenance work were cleaned up--so the cup returned to New Zealand...looking better than when it first arrived," wrote Suzanne McFadden, a sports reporter for the New Zealand Herald. Garrard did not charge for the repairs. (They do offer a 17-inch-high replica for about $28,000.)
Nathan, who had a record as a failed bank robber and successful armed bandit, was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison, but he appealed and was freed after only a year in jail. It is hard to say whether he will be among the estimated 100 million television viewers who are expected to watch at least part of the best-of-nine series of races, beginning February 26, that will determine which country will have the honor of hosting--and protecting--the America's Cup.
Yet the cup is not the only trophy associated with these races. The crush of challengers led to the development in 1983 of a special round-robin series designed to determine which group gets the right to race the defender for the cup. Paris-based Louis Vuitton, maker of luxury luggage, handbags and other accessories, underwrote the creation of the Louis Vuitton Cup, awarded to the winning challenger. An 18-inch-high, cone-shaped vase with four supporting buttresses, the Vuitton Cup was made of sterling silver by the celebrated French jeweler Puiforcat.
Like yachting, horse racing--"the sport of kings"--long has offered splendid trophies to those whose well-bred ponies outshine all others.
The Kentucky Derby Trophy, the Preakness's Woodlawn Vase and the Belmont Cup get trotted out and presented each year. Of the three, the Woodlawn Vase is the oldest, most storied and most valuable--although its claim to be the "most valuable trophy in American sports" may not withstand an insurance adjuster's scrutiny. The Maryland Jockey Club, owner of the Woodlawn, had it assessed at $1 million in 1983, but at least two other sports trophies may be worth more. The Indianapolis 500's organizers say their Borg-Warner Trophy--80 pounds of sterling silver compared with the Woodlawn's 29 pounds, 12 ounces of sterling--is worth $1.5 million. And the Hockey Hall of Fame says the Stanley Cup is insured for the same amount.
Nevertheless, you can't put a price on history, and the Woodlawn Vase--made in 1860, first awarded in 1861--has a 32-year head start on the Stanley Cup and 76-year lead on the Borg-Warner. It certainly can justifiably claim (as it does) to be "the oldest continuously contended trophy in the United States."
The vase was among the first sports trophies created by Tiffany & Co., whose artisans wrought it for R. Aitcheson Alexander, organizer of a challenge cup race for the now-defunct Woodlawn Racing Association in Louisville, Kentucky. Its original cost was $1,500--a staggering sum in 1860. A masterpiece of mid-Victorian craftsmanship, it features silver work that would be difficult if not impossible to reproduce today.
The vase was first won by Capt. T. G. Moore's mare, Mollie Jackson, in 1861. Competition for the trophy was suspended during the Civil War, and the Moores, Kentucky natives, buried it with the rest of their family silver to protect it from marauding soldiers, be they the Blue or the Gray. The Moores dug up their silver at war's end and racing for the vase resumed in 1866.
In 1903 and 1904, Thomas C. Clyde won it with the colt Shorthose and decided to keep it indefinitely by not offering it to challengers. Instead, Clyde presented it in 1917 to the Maryland Jockey Club, of which he was a director, where it became the permanent trophy of the Preakness.
The Woodlawn now is housed at the Maryland Historical Society and escorted under guard on the third Saturday in May for the Preakness at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course. There it glitters on the officials' stand in the winner's circle. Half-size, sterling silver reproductions valued at $25,000 and requiring at least eight weeks to make are presented to the owner of the Preakness's winning thoroughbred.
The top trophies in tennis--Wimbledon's Gentlemen's Singles and Ladies' Singles trophies--have avoided the harrowing experiences of other trophies by never having left their original home--the All England Lawn Tennis Club, southwest of London.
The All England Club held its first Gentlemen's Singles competition at Wimbledon in 1877, and the first Ladies' Singles matches were begun in 1884. The redoubtable William Renshaw won the singles title in 1881, 1882 and 1883, allowing him to "retire" the original Gentlemen's trophy. He then claimed three successive championships, from 1884 to 1886, to retire the second trophy. Apparently inspired by Renshaw's growing collection, the All England Club decided to spend 100 guineas to buy a new challenge cup (one actually dated 1883) and decreed that it should "never become the property of the winner." It was not until 1946 that the club even deigned to present its trophies officially to the winners, and another three years before the winners received miniature replicas for themselves. The 18 1/2-inch-high, silver gilt trophy we saw last July 4th being smooched for the sixth time by Pete Sampras is the original 100-guinea cup.
In 1886 the club spent 50 guineas to purchase a silver salver as a trophy for the ladies. (There is a persistent myth that Queen Victoria donated the ladies' trophy to Wimbledon.) Elkington and Co. of Birmingham, England, made the 18 3/4-inch-diameter plate in 1864. It is a copy of an older pewter plate in Paris's Louvre museum--and evidently not the only copy that Elkington made. The All England Club has received many inquiries from people who have identical-looking salvers. Nevertheless, the salver that Lindsay Davenport hoisted this past July 4th is the only one that the club has used as the ladies' trophy, with each winner's name engraved on the plate.
While yachting, horse racing and tennis have elite European origins, hockey is a North American creation--and a true sport of the common man. An English lord, however, created its greatest trophy. At the suggestion of his sons, who were hockey buffs, Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston, Governor General of Canada, in 1892 had an aide in London buy a silver punch bowl, made in Sheffield some two years earlier, for some 10 guineas (about $50 at the time). When suitably engraved with his name, it became the Stanley Cup.
In a twist unique to hockey's everyman spirit, each player on the championship team is entitled to take the cup home for a day. This privilege has led to many curious episodes in the cup's long history. It purportedly has been drop-kicked into a frozen canal, abandoned on a curb, defaced by a coach's kids, used as a peanut dish in a bowling alley, and converted into a flowerpot in a private home.
Today there are three Stanley Cups. The original, battered silver punch bowl, which is 7 1/2 inches high and 11 inches across, was retired permanently to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969. Then there is an exact replica made by a Danish silversmith for ceremonial purposes, copied precisely down to the last scratch and dent. The third is a nickel-based alloy copy affixed atop multiple tiers that add 18 1/4 inches to its height and bear the engraved names of the championship teams and more than 2,000 players and coaches who have had a hand in winning it over the past 106 years. This is the trophy presented on the ice every year to the champions of the National Hockey League. (The NHL took sole control of the cup in 1946.) Each player, as well as team owners and other officials, receives small replicas of the cup--and some of these miniatures have been sold at auction.
"The mini Stanley Cups have become very popular because at $3,000 to $4,000--what they were selling for--they are a bargain," says Joshua Leland Evans, founder and chairman of Leland's, the prominent New York-based sports auction house.
As passionately followed as hockey--but by about two billion more fans--is soccer. Promoters of the sport's top trophy, the World Cup, can reasonably boast that it is "the most sought after of all sporting prizes."
The World Cup competition was the brainchild of Jules Rimet, a French attorney who founded the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in 1921. The first of the quadrennial World Cup tournaments was held in--and won by--Uruguay in 1930. Since then, the men's World Cup has grown into a truly global event, boasting 24 competing national teams and an estimated total television audience (over the course of the five-week competition) of 37 billion, twice the number of viewers who watch the Olympics. (With the U.S. women's World Cup triumph last year, the women's trophy, created in 1991, has begun to accumulate some of its older sibling's colorful cachet.)
The first World Cup trophy originally was called the Coupe du Monde de Football Association. During the Second World War, the Italian vice president of FIFA, Dr. Ottorino Barassi, purportedly hid it in a shoe box beneath his bed to prevent its capture by Allied or Axis soldiers. After the war, the cup was renamed in Rimet's honor. Removed from the safety of Barassi's shoebox, it would have a precarious future.
On March 20, 1966, four months prior to the opening of that year's World Cup competition in Britain, the 12-inch-high, solid gold cup--then insured for $84,000--was stolen from a locked display case in London's Central Hall, Westminster. Scotland Yard got on the case immediately. Some £6,000 in rewards were offered.
A ransom of £15,000 was demanded. A caller warned that if the ransom were not paid, the cup would be "one for the [melting] pot." In just six days, the Yard had its man--Edward Betchley, a 47-year-old dockworker and occasional "fancy goods dealer." The nine-pound cup was discovered two days later by a mongrel dog named Pickles. (We're not making this up.) David Corbett, the dog's owner, was taking Pickles for a stroll in South London when the pooch began sniffing at a parcel wrapped in newspaper and stashed in a yard. Pickles got a silver medal from the National Canine Defense League, a year's supply of dog food and a film contract at double the normal dog rate. Corbett got the reward money. Betchley (who claimed he was just a go-between for a mysterious man he called the Pole) got two years in jail. And England won the World Cup--the only time it has done so.
Four years later, when Brazil won the World Cup for the third time, it "retired" the Rimet trophy to the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Association, in Rio de Janeiro. A new World Cup--the one currently in use--was designed by Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga and presented for the first time in 1974. It is 14 1/5 inches high, solid 18-karat gold, and is insured for $200,000.
When the Rimet trophy was stolen in London, Abrain Tebel of the Brazilian Sports Confederation told the London Times: "It would never have happened in Brazil. Even Brazilian thieves love football and would never commit this sacrilege." He overestimated the soccer fealty of Brazilian crooks. In December 1983, thieves broke into the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Association and made off with the Rimet trophy. It was never recovered--having evidently found its fate in a Rio melting pot.
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The Court ruled that a woman who was injured at a dairy farm while chaperoning a field trip can sue the farm owners.
A lawyer for the injured woman said the case would return for civil trial after being dismissed by a district judge two years ago, according to this article by The Associated Press.
A 1967 law bars lawsuits against landowners who open their property to the public for recreational uses such as hunting, hiking and snowmobiling.
But the Iowa Supreme Court did not believe it conferred immunity to the farm owners in this particular case.
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Darron Thomas threw for 187 yards and two touchdowns before he left with left leg injury and ninth-ranked Oregon survived his absence with a 41-27 victory over No. 18 Arizona State on Saturday night.
It was the second straight game that the Ducks have lost a key player to injury. Running back LaMichael James dislocated his elbow in Oregon's last outing, a 43-15 win over California.
Kenjon Barner, who started in place of James, ran for 171 yards and a touchdown, while freshman De'Anthony Thomas ran for 73 yards and two scores for Oregon (5-1, 3-0 Pac-12).
Brock Osweiler threw for 291 yards and two scores for the Sun Devils (5-2, 3-1), who have lost seven straight to the Ducks.
It was Oregon's 20th straight victory at Autzen Stadium, as well as the Ducks' 15th straight victory over a conference foe.
There was speculation that James might try to play, but he took the field in sweats. The nation's leading rusher hurt his right elbow against Cal on Oct. 6, but this week wouldn't rule himself out against the Sun Devils.
Without James, Oregon had a tough time getting its vaunted running game going against the Sun Devils in the first half, but the Ducks would end up with 327 rushing yards - 269 in the second half.
On the first series of the game, Barner's fumble was recovered to by the Sun Devils, who went on to take the early lead with Osweiler's 20-yard touchdown pass to Gerell Robinson.
Oregon tied it midway through the first quarter when De'Anthony Thomas ran a pitch from Darron Thomas 16 yards for a touchdown.
The Sun Devils went up 14-7 on Osweiler's 26-yard pass to Mike Willie. It looked like Oregon had evened it again when Barner broke away with a 59-yard scoring run, but the TD was called back because of an illegal blocking call.
The Ducks did pull even on Darron Thomas' 28-yard touchdown pass to Lavasier Tuinei. The junior quarterback, who had just connected with Josh Huff on a 45-yard pass, was on the run and looked almost as if he were throwing the ball away - but he caught Tuinei streaking across the back of the end zone.
Linebacker Shelly Lyons intercepted Thomas on the 41-yard line and ran it back to the Oregon 20, putting the Sun Devils in position to score again - but they settled Alex Garoutte's 47-yard field goal to pull back in front 17-14.
It was the 11th interception for Arizona State this season, surpassing last season's total.
Oregon answered when Cliff Harris, who was suspended to start the season after he was cited for speeding on a suspended license this summer, intercepted Osweiler and ran back 50 yards. The Ducks went on to score on Darron Thomas' 16-yard pass to David Paulson and take a 21-17 lead into halftime.
Arizona State retook the lead early in the second half on Cameron Marshall's 4-yard scoring run. But just a few plays later, Sun Devils linebacker Colin Parker fell on Thomas' legs, and the Oregon QB did not get up.
Darron Thomas grimaced as he was attended to by team trainers, but he got up and jogged off the field. He received further treatment on the sidelines before limping off to the locker room.
He was replaced by backup Bryan Bennett, who led the Ducks on a scoring drive that ended with De'Anthony Thomas' 3-yard touchdown run.
The Ducks extended their lead to 35-24 on Barner's 7-yard scoring run. Alejandro Maldonado had a 37-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter.
After Garoutte added a 30-yard field goal for the Sun Devils, Maldonado came back with a 24-yarder for the Ducks to make it 41-27.
Darron Thomas, who has thrown a touchdown pass in 19 straight games, eventually returned to the sidelines with a brace on his left leg.
The Sun Devils have lost 16 straight games to teams ranked in the top 10.The announced crowd was 60,055, the largest ever at Autzen Stadium.


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Hazell Stoudemire, the brother of New York Knicks star Amare Stoudemire, died in a car accident early Monday morning in Florida.
The brother of New York Knicks star Amare Stoudemire died in a car accident early Monday morning in Florida, a team spokesman confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com.
The Florida Highway Patrol issued a report that said Hazell Stoudemire was driving a Cadillac Escalade north on U.S. 27 in Lake Wales, Fla., at a high rate of speed and collided with the rear of a tractor trailer at 1:42 a.m. ET. The report said that the 35-year-old was not wearing a seatbelt and was declared dead at the scene. Police are awaiting test results to see if alcohol was involved in the accident.
The team said that Stoudemire is traveling to Florida to be with his family and will not be with the team for Monday night's game against the Jazz in New York. The team did not know when he will return. Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said Stoudemire can take "whatever time he needs to take" before returning to the team. After Monday night's game at Utah, the Knicks travel to Washington to play the Wizards on Wednesday and return home to host the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.
"I know he's very close to his brother so my heart's out for him," D'Antoni said after the team's shootaround on Monday, adding, "He cherishes his family, he does a great job of maintaining all the relationships. Like I said, this is just a trying moment for him."
D'Antoni has communicated with Stoudemire through text messages but has yet to speak with the star power forward. Reserve Jared Jeffries will start in place of Stoudemire on Monday against Utah.
"My thoughts and prayers and everything's with him," said D'Antoni, who also coached Stoudemire in Phoenix for the first six years of his career. "Whatever time he needs to take, he'll take and we'll get him back as soon as possible."
Amare Stoudemire is a former Mr. Basketball in Florida and went straight to the NBA out of high school. He grew up in the Lake Wales area, which is in central Florida.


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Canon announced Tuesday that it will start producing rear projection televisions this year. Canon, a Japanese camera and office equipment maker, wants a part of the rapidly growing big screen TV market. Along with rear projection TVs, they will also be working with Toshiba, Hitachi, and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd in producing a new type of LCD panel. They plan on offering rear projection TVs on a commercial basis by the end of this year. Rear projection TVs are the second flat-panel TVs that will be offered by Canon, the first being SED TVs which will also be available this year. This comes as good news for the end-user. Bigger variety of TVs to choose from, more competition leads to cheaper prices, and better quality as a result of quality research on the part of TV makers. Be sure to be on the look out next holiday season for these TVs, they are sure to be among many people's wish list.
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Jeff Klaphake has been dairy farming his entire life, and has now turned his passion into a family business.
"It was very important for us when we had a family that our kids would grow up farming," said Klaphake, whose father founded the farm in 1960.
Although the Klaphakes describe their farm as typical, they can almost be considered rare, with less than 2 percent of the United States population involved in farming today, according to the Dairy Farming Today Web site.
Klaphake and his wife, Judy, have three children, two of whom have married farmers, while their son, Joe, works with them on their farm outside Albany.
"It's a corporation between me, Joe and Judy," said Jeff.
At 3:30 a.m. Jeff and Joe begin their day feeding and milking their 260 milk producing cattle. With a total of 300 cattle on their dairy farm, 40 cattle are dry at all times for a 60 day period before they can be milked again for the next 365 days.
While cattle are being tended to, Judy feeds the calves and takes care of paperwork and payroll.
"I like being at home. If I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't be here," said Judy.
Throughout the day, the Klaphakes tend to daily maintenance around the farm, breeding cattle, checking for sick animals and bedding cattle.
Instead of the typical sawdust or wood shaving bedding that can produce bacteria, the cows are bedded in sand, which is cleaned twice a day and changed weekly.
The Klaphakes say that they work hard to ensure their cows are clean and comfortable, including large fans to keep air flow going throughout the barn. Constant air flow reduces dust, odors and any airborne diseases.
"We enjoy working with the cattle," said Jeff.
In the winter months, their work day lasts a typical eight hours, while the summer months require 15 – 18 hours of work per day.
"We work hard to make this work. We strive to do a very good job on our dairy. The dairy cows are what make this work," said Jeff.
Farming 900 acres, the Klaphakes have two full-time and two part-time hired hands to assist with daily duties.
"We value our employees," said Jeff.
The Klaphakes chop and bale their own hay and custom harvest for local farmers, while growing their own alfalfa, corn and other small grains used to feed their cattle. All young stock is raised on the farm, including calves, heifers and 200 steers.
"I enjoy it. I've done it all my life," said Jeff.
Dairy Farming Today says the average cow produces six to seven gallons of milk per day, meaning one cow can produce as much as 2,500 to 3,000 gallons every year.
The 260 cattle at the Klaphake farm generate more than 1,600 gallons per day, so the Klaphakes are responsible for more than 600,000 gallons of America's milk production every year, which is then distributed locally.
The family works closely together and are actively involved in the management of the farm, enjoying the fact that they are able to spend time in making it the success that it is.
"At the end of the day you can see what you have accomplished," said Joe.
Joe plans to continue farming and keep the tradition in the family.


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ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - Investigators in Anderson County have determined the identity of a toddler abandoned at a local home and have arrested her parents.
Anderson County Sheriff's Office spokesman Chad McBride on Saturday identified the girl as 4-year-old Zoe Brown of Marietta, Ga.
McBride said 31-year-lold Alonzo Brown was arrested Saturday, as was the child's mother, 37-year-old Tongela Denise McBride. Both are facing charges of unlawful neglect of a child.
Alonzo Brown was arrested in Anderson County. At a court appearance Saturday, his request for bail was denied.
Tongela McBride was arrested in Georgia and is awaiting extradition to South Carolina;
McBride said the girl is still under foster care. Zoe was left in a stroller Tuesday night on the doorstep of an Anderson home. The homeowner said he didn't recognize the child.
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Superstar Hulk Hogan: "You want to love Hogan, but he gives me every reason not to "
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Hogan ended by saying "whatcha gonna do when TNA and all the Hulkamaniacs become number one wrestling company in the world and run wild on you!" That is how Hogan ended his first promo inside a TNA ring. Hogan is probably the most well known wrestler in the world. Non-wrestling fans know who the man is. A lot of people dub him the greatest of all-time comparisons such as the MJ or Babe Ruth of pro wrestling. He is in that class if you ask me. Hogan was the man in WWF til he left for WCW in the mid 90s. Everyone knows the history of the Monday Night Wars between WWF and WCW. Hogan headlined the first 8 WMs, he was the reason why Mania was successful. He was also the reason why WCW was defeating WWF in the ratings the way they did. Everyone including me want to love Hulk Hogan. However, over the years, he has been giving me every reason to dislike him. Doesn't just have to do with TNA, but it also has to do with his ego. What do I mean by that? Well, that is why I created this blog series to give my opinion on superstar X. Today it is Hulk Hogan. Why I don't like Hulk Hogan: (underlined main topic being discussed in thy paragraph so readers won't have to read the whole thing if they don't wish to.)
Hogan believes he is the reason why Wrestlemania 1 was a success. No, Piper deserves 0 credit for its success nor does any other top territory stars who also was on the card. You know if he doesn't give credit to Piper, you know he doesn't give it to anybody else. I learned about this while watching Piper's WWE DVD years ago.
WM9 Hogan comes in and steals the glory from Yokozuna in less than a minute after Yokozuna won the WWF title for the first time vs Bret Hart in the main event. After that, lost to Yokozuna after a camera spray or flash got in his eyes. Bret claims it was supposed to be Bret vs Hogan while Hogan claims otherwise. A match everyone wanted to see in the main event of Summerslam passing of the torch sorta deal. However, didn't happen obviously.
Goes to WCW, wins the WCW title in his debut match vs Ric Flair only to beat him several times including a retirement match only to have Flair come back months later to face him again. He is the reason for WCW's success, not other guys like Savage, Sting, Nash, Hall and cruiserweights. Him and Bischoff did it before and should be able to do it with TNA. Proving how wrong that so-called fact is. I read Eric Bischoff's book, Eric Bischoff took a shot at critics for those who claim he is Hogan's puppet. Bischoff claims Hogan was trying to talk him into having Sting lose the match at Starrcade 97 because he wasn't in shape. That was the greatest highlight during that great time period. All would have been taken away by Hogan. I'm sure it is true as well since these two are still and have been on good terms since the book has been released. Hogan recently talked about WM6 with Warrior talking about him beating Warrior while being a heel. He wanted to do it, but Vince wouldn't let him? Another top moment away from the history books so he can have all the glory. Title for title Warrior vs Hogan was one of the top main events ever booked in history of Wrestlemania. A passing of the torch type of moment with first clean loss on Hogan's resume would still be spotless if Hogan had his way. However, back to the Hogan turning heel. Everyone from Nash, Hall, and even Bischoff in his book said Hogan was sorta afraid to turn heel because of business perspective. They all said the backup plan was if Hogan wouldn't go through being the 3rd man, Sting would have been that 3rd NWO member. If he was cautious in doing it in 96, you actually believe he wanted to do that when he was facing the Warrior? I don't think so.
Look at the way, Hogan did Goldberg along with Nash ending the streak like that topping it with the "poke of doom". How did that help anyone?
Jake Roberts was scheduled to have a feud with Hogan in mid-late 80s, I believe it was 86 when they had a few promos and matches together. Including the promo in which Jake DDT'd Hogan in which the crowd started chanting "DDT". The reason the feud couldn't continue because it was the wrong reaction from the crowd. Not good for a "business" perspective. I learned about this on Jake's WWE DVD.
I read an interview Hogan had talking about Summerslam 06 about his match with Orton. He just slammed everyone on the card claiming fans weren't into any matches other than his vs Orton. According to Hogan, fans left when Cena was on in the main event. This old fart believe he should finish every single show. He comes back and never puts over younger talent whether it be Orton, HBK, or anybody else. Hogan gets criticized from time to time about not jobbing because he was undefeated for like half of his career. He responds to critics he lost 2 or 3 straight weeks to Billy Kidman. How does that make up for all the years you didn't job?
2002, he did lose to Brock Lesnar on Smackdown making him look strong as ever. According to former writers, Hogan was planned to return at Survivor Series 03 to face Lesnar for the WWE title. The plan for Lesnar was for him to beat Hogan again to make him look even stronger. However, Hogan thought he was going to win back the WWE title and beat Brock at Survivor Series. Couldn't agree on the finish which is why it didn't happen.
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You'd think the man would grow up, but he hasn't. TNA has so much potential, all they need is a push to the next level and he believes he can help TNA get to that level aka on WWE's level. 1st night, Bischoff and Hogan say changes will continue to be made until they are the top wrestling company in the world. TNA is great now and looking back, they were better before Hogan/Bischoff arrived. Look at the division differences: Every TNA X-Division title match is in a triple threat, TNA world champion AJ Styles after retaining the world title against Sting at BFG09 compared to now Bully Ray. If I had told you, Bully Ray would have been the world champion in 2013 in TNA, what would you have told me? Tag division is just flat out terrible....worst tag division in the 3 if you ask me. It was one of thee if not thee best tag team division. Certainly had the best tag team in the business in the start of 2010: Take your choice, MCMG or Beer Money. The problem, I have is what I want to stress the most of what he stated: It is time for the young guys to get their push: In yet, he has WWE guys winning the world title from Anderson, to Jeff Hardy, to RVD, Sting, and now Bully Ray. I praise him for Aries and Roode, but he really hasn't delivered what he has claimed he offered. Hell, he was speaking all that young guys garbage the same show he had the returns of all former stars from Hall, Nash, X-Pac, Jeff Hardy, Nasty Boys, and even Val Venis of all the dudes.
Get criticized for Jeff Hardy being world champion while TNA is going out of the country for Impact tapings. Twitter: Dixie Carter makes the final call. If I were in charge, I'd have Roode have won the belt back from Jeff. You are the one who is helping with creative. I believe Hogan here, but still a lot of garbage they have put on TNA has been horrible. From ruining Abyss character to make him like Eugene and take him off TV to create himself as Abyss's brother? Even had the knockouts title change hands without having a match. A title changed hands via box for goodness sake. Russo was with TNA before Hogan, but took all the garbage for creative doing some questionable things on TNA programming. He left the company, no one is there to take the blame for TNA's bad product now. You know Hogan wouldn't think of some of those horrible things brother. In yet, I believe TNA was better when Russo was running the show over Hogan/Bischoff. From top to bottom in every division. Hell, the Knockouts tag title is never defended on TV anymore. Make promises like TV title will be defended every week only to pretend like that stipulation never existed. The genius booking by TNA have Fortune first join Immortal only to change their minds afterwards because the MEM reform couldn't happen after Booker T and Nash left for WWE. You book D-Lo Brown as a vp aka vice president of the Aces & 8s? Only to change your minds shortly afterward. Now the teases of Fortune and MEM returning to TNA? GENIUS!! How original is that booking?
The Monday Night Wars was a mistake because of DVR. Led TNA to worst ratings in companys history along with them going back to Thursdays at original time. Does TNA not realize that they showed replays of Impacts on Thursdays when the Wars was going on. This is why I chose to watch Raw over TNA during those wars. Not only that, I purchased and watched TNA's Greatest moments DVD. 1st part of the DVD is basically all of Hogan's moments in TNA for like over a half an hour. Ugh!!
That pretty much wraps up this blog. That is why I dislike Hulk Hogan. Do agree or disagree with some of the statements I made in this blog? Do you like or dislike Hulk Hogan? Why or why not? Leave that and more in the comment section below. Thanks for reading!!
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Sadra Medical was founded in 2003 by Amr Salahieh and a small group of leading-edge cardiovascular clinicians. Board members include Salahieh, Leslie Bottorff of Onset Ventures, Juliet Tammenoms Bakker of Pequot Ventures, David Milne of SVLS, and Fred Khosravi, CEO of Access Closure.
Oakwood Medical Investors
Oakwood Medical Investors is a life sciences venture capital firm investing in development stage medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies. Target portfolio companies for Oakwood have an industry "disruptive" technology, have demonstrated proof of concept for their lead product and completed a first round of institutional venture financing. Over the past 16 years, Oakwood's managers have collaborated on more than 35 life sciences related investments in companies across the nation. The firm has offices in St. Louis, Missouri and Cleveland, Ohio.
Boston Scientific Corporation
Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties. For more information, please visit: www.bostonscientific.com.
Pequot Ventures
Pequot Ventures is the direct equity investment arm of Pequot Capital Management, Inc., a leading asset management firm with over $5.5 billion of capital under management. Pequot Ventures was founded in 1996, has over $1.5 billion in capital under management and has invested in over 150 companies in the healthcare and technology sectors.
ONSET Ventures
ONSET Ventures is a 22-year-old venture capital firm specializing in early/seed stage information and medical technology-based startups. Based in Menlo Park, CA, ONSET has pioneered a shirt-sleeves style of active collaboration with entrepreneurs to conceive and develop successful new businesses. The firm has invested in over 100 companies, and has in excess of $700 million under management.
SV Life Sciences
SV Life Sciences Advisors ('SVLS') provides financing to businesses at all stages of development and across the human life sciences sector. These sectors range from biotechnology & pharmaceuticals to medical devices & instruments, to healthcare information technology and services. SV Life Sciences currently advises and manages four funds with capital commitments of over $1.2 billion, which primarily invest amounts of between $1m and $20m in North America and Europe.
Sadra Medical
Amr Salahieh, 408-370-1550
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