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The miracle of life can wreak havoc on women's workouts. Experts say running styles can change dramatically after giving birth -- resulting in more injuries and less benefit.
Suited up with sensors Liz Hrodey hits the treadmill to get her pre-pregnancy running form back.
"I ran all through high school, all through college and post-college," she said.
Two pregnancies changed her body.
"I never felt right. I had a lot of injuries. I felt wobbly. I literally zig-zagged down the roads."
Hrodey came to the mom running clinic to find out what was going on. Three stations in three hours help moms pinpoint what they're doing wrong. Clinic Director Bryan Heiderscheit says the problems in form lead to back, buttock and thigh pains as well as hamstring and Achilles injuries.
"It's not as if we're not seeing this in other individuals, but it's much more consistent in women following pregnancy," Heidersheit said.
Abdominal muscles weakened by pregnancy that affect the pelvic bones are a major issue. Liz was given exercises specifically designed for her to strengthen them.
Heidersheit says there are things every mom can do to improve their running. First, don't expect to pick up where you left off before you were pregnant. He says six weeks after birth, start slowly and gradually build up.
"You can expect some level of mild aches and pains along the way, but they should be short-lived, a couple of days."
Next, shorten your stride.
"You can reduce the load the body's incurring with running by just shortening your stride by about 5 or 10-percent."
To do that, Heidersheit says figure out your current steps per minute by counting the number of times your right foot hits the ground while running 30 seconds and multiply it by four. Then, add five to ten-percent more steps.
Use a metronome to make sure you're running at your new stride. Hrodey says it took her a while to get the hang of it, "but it's definitely worth all your energy," she said.
Since figuring out her problems, she's run multiple half-marathons and just finished her first full marathon.
"It feels great. It's a natural high to get out here and run," she added.
Heidersheit says it's also important for moms to avoid bouncing while they're running. If you notice your eyes moving a lot, work on stabilizing them. It can decrease bouncing, which can lessen the load on your body while running.
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did anybody try to get the capinfo during the monte carlo analysis? I have done a simulation from ADE, I can see the capacitance variation in spectre output file(logfile), there is a captab output in each iteration, but why I can just get the nominal simulation results when i perform a simulation from command "spectre input.scs" where I modify the info statement in the netlist ( capInfo info what=captab where=file file="%C:r.info.what" save=all threshold=0 detail=node sort=name), there is only the capacitance of the nominal transient simulation in the file "input.info.what" . where am i wrong?
The problem is that your info statement is not within the surrounding montecarlo analysis. You can't do that because there's no hook to do it. Even if you could, it would overwrite it at each point (you could use %A in the filename, and make sure you have "save family data" turned on, which would probably get around that).
So I think you'll need to file an enhancement request, or run the simulation from spectre command line yourself with an edited netlist - or turn off all the analyses in ADE and put the analyses, including the monte carlo, in an include file.


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That might begin to change with the new MKC. Yes, the MKC does share a chassis with the Ford Escape, along with its base engine, a 240 hp 2.0-liter Ecoboost. But the optional powerplant, a 2.3-liter Ecoboost with 275 hp doesn't come in any other Ford vehicle—yet.
The MKC is loaded with luxury features too, like lane keep assist and two separate parking systems. And for challenging roads, there's an adjustable damper system too. The technical equipment, luxury features and power levels of the MKC are certainly competitive, especially considering its starting price under $35,000. However to our eye, the exterior design of the MKC just doesn't move the bar far enough away from the Escape.
The Subaru Legacy turns 25 this year, and to celebrate Subaru has created a concept to show the future design direction for the next-gen sedan and the company overall. And you know what? We like it. That's probably because this is one concept that doesn't look all that outlandish. Borrowing cues from the Subaru Viziv concept that debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in March, the Legacy concept's nose, with its hexagonal grille and new headlights, looks like a mashup using Ford, Cadillac, and Lexus design elements, but somehow it works. Meanwhile, prominent fender flares and sharp character lines give the car a more aggressive look. Subaru says the next-gen Legacy will remain AWD with a focus on providing more interior space and an upgraded interior. Sounds good to us.
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BERKELEY – Predictability has given way to an anything-can-happen world in the NCAA women's Final Four.
Top-ranked Baylor is out. So is Stanford. UConn and Notre Dame remain, but don't seem quite as almighty as Brittney Griner and her Baylor teammates did before getting eliminated in the Sweet 16.
A notion that once seemed far-fetched is now drastically more realistic: Can Cal win its first NCAA championship?
"The way things are falling, anything is possible now," said Villanova coach Harry Perretta, whose Wildcats play in the Big East with UConn, Louisville and Notre Dame. "This tournament for the women is one of the best that I've seen because of the upsets. I don't remember the last time we didn't have almost all No. 1 seeds."
The way the tournament has played out has to be a confidence-booster for a No. 2 seed Cal team playing in its first Final Four.
"Why not?" senior guard Layshia Clarendon said. "That's been our thing this whole year. Why not us? Why not the Cal Bears? There's all this hype around how we've made it this far. We're not backing down to anyone now. We came here to win. That's what we've wanted the entire year."
No. 5 seeded Louisville, the team that stunned Baylor and then eliminated another perennial power in Tennessee, awaits Cal in the semifinals, beginning at 3:36 p.m. (PDT) Sunday.
The other side of the bracket played out as expected – No. 1 seeds Notre Dame and UConn will face off for the fourth time this season immediately following the Cal game at roughly 5:30 p.m. (PDT). The winner will be favored in the championship game against the Bears or Cardinals.
And though UConn is playing in a record sixth straight Final Four and Notre Dame has been in the last two finals, Baylor's loss signaled that the powers in the women's game aren't invincible.
"Baylor was this big monster and a No. 5 seed knocked them off," Cal guard Mikayla Lyles said. "On that level, it was just a celebration for women's basketball. The matchups are different now, there's excitement around it in a different way."
Clarendon said the Bears would love to get another shot at Notre Dame, which ended Cal's season in the second round of last year's NCAA Tournament. The Bears' confidence against the country's elite teams grew after beating a top-five Stanford squad in January.
"The win at Stanford was a seminal moment," Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. "There is a difference to believing you can and knowing that you can. We have been in these situations where we've had to beat these giants of women's college basketball and I think now they feel like, why not us?"
So can Cal win it all? Other coaches think the Bears have a legitimate shot.
"Most definitely," said Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, who has won two NCAA titles. "Every team at this point has strengths and weaknesses. That makes it very exciting."
The Bears have the ingredients that lead to titles, added VanDerveer, a Naismith Hall of Fame coach.
"They rebound the heck out of the ball," she said. "And they have a great leader and competitor in Clarendon. A lot of the tournament is about guard play. They have some really good guards."
Perretta, the Villanova coach, said Cal matches up well against Louisville but would find it a steeper challenge should the Bears advance to face either UConn or Notre Dame.
But Georgia coach Andy Landers likes the possibilities for the winner of the Cal-Louisville game – the so-called undercard matchup Sunday.
Landers said the winner of the Big East showdown between Notre Dame and Connecticut might suffer from a letdown in the finale Tuesday night.
"Either of those teams will be very much relieved to have won," said Landers, who has led five teams to the Final Four in a 38-year career. "The greatest challenge that Cal has is Louisville. Because if they don't win it's over. The tournament isn't about beating everybody else."
Landers suggested Cal's biggest obstacle to a national championship is managing the experience as first-time participants.
"It can become very distracting," he said. "As a new coach if you haven't experienced that, you can find yourself trying to accommodate things."


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In this new production, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang have been called upon to help solve an epic mystery. A trouble-making ghost is haunting a local theatre and Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Scooby-Doo are on their way in the Mystery Machine to crack the case.
"Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries" features big musical numbers including the evergreen Scooby-Doo theme song, "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?," alongside original groovy tunes including "Round Every Corner" and "We're Mystery Inc."
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"Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries" can be seen at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Ticket prices for adults are $75 for a special VIP ticket and reserved tickets will be $49.50, $36.50, $30.50, $24.50 and $19.50. Tickets are available at the Akron Civic Theatre Box Office, by calling (330) 253-2488 or online at www.akroncivic.com.


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Distilling the Magic of Content Marketing #cmworld
Marcus Sheridan, aka @TheSalesLion, sells in-ground fiberglass pools. He also happens to be an instinctive content marketer who dispenses with theory and goes straight to tactics that work. His presentation kicked off the second day of Content Marketing World 2012 with raw truth and unbridled energy.
Marcus started out emphasizing the absolute requirement that we think about how our customers behave. Where do they turn when they're looking for information? Google. And what questions do they Google? A prospect's questions usually follow a pattern:
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- Reviews – They want credible reviews.
In sales, Marcus noted, we don't hear questions, we hear our answers. As marketers, this translates into publishing what we want our market to hear.
The questions customers ask should be at the center of your approach to content creation. As your teams to tell you what the questions they hear every day from customers? Turn those questions into titles of blog posts and get going, says Marcus. Within 30 minutes of mining your organization for questions, you'll come up with dozens and dozens of ideas for blog posts and other content.
The golden rule of content marketing, according to Marcus, is "They ask, you answer." People who are good listeners never run out of content. There's a dearth of content that actually answers consumers' questions.
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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
One of the coolest things about SQLblog--aside from our bloggers, of course--is the roller feature. Here we aggregate posts from many of the best external blog sites, and give them to you in one convenient place/feed. I've personally used this feature as my main source of SQL Server news, and haven't even turned on my blog reader software for several months.
That said, Peter and I first populated the roller's feeds over a year ago, and things have changed since then. I just went through and removed all of the blogs that hadn't had a post in over a year, in addition to blogs that are mirrors of content that you can get from the main SQLblog feed--for instance, Louis Davidson runs an external blog and already mirrors his SQL Server-related posts to SQLblog. No reason to also carry them in the external feed. So I'm sorry Louis, but your Spaces blog has been removed from our roller. Nothing personal!
Now that I've done the cleanup, I need your help. What blogs are we not aggregating, that we should? Please leave me a comment and let me know what we've missed. We're looking for quality in addition to activity. A brand new blog with three posts won't get added--yet. But I'll certainly watch it. And a blog with 20 posts a day but only one or two a month that are technical will also not get added. I don't want to water down the roller or decrease the signal:noise ratio. I also want to keep things up to date, so dead blogs with no recent posts won't be considered.
Since this is SQLblog I am mainly interested in adding SQL Server blogs, but I may be open to other related areas--ADO.NET, general database and/or data architecture, data warehousing, etc. Anything that will add value to a SQL Server professional's reading list.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
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Euan Garden's BLOG
Well, I like my own blog, but I am probably biased...
I really enjoy Craig Freedman's blog http://blogs.msdn.com/craigfr/rss.xml
I'm equally as biased as Glenn,
Hi Adam,
Consider adding Louis' blog back in. He only crossposts the technical stuff, but I enjoy his less technical posts as well.
On the other hand, there are some blogs that were in the roller up until now that hardly ever have any SQL related content. You're probably going to ask me what they are, but I don't know. I often recognise them after clicking a link in the roller, but I don't take notes. If you wish, I'll post details when I stumble across them again (or maybe I should say IF I stumble across them again - maybe you already cleaned them out yourself....)
Best, Hugo
A couple more
Steve McConnell's blog
Jeff Altwood (Coding Horror)
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life
The Old New Thing (Raymond Chen)
Eric Gunnerson's C# Compendium
That is it ......for now
And of course Scott Guthrie's blog
Check out the LINQ posts, good stuff!
Why not I submit my own ones http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/Bloggers.aspx to share my knowledge over there.
A very interesting blog in French about SQL Server and the Microsoft BI Platform.
my blog : http://omrphoto.free.fr/omrbi
And they are many others french blogs like :
Greg Linwood's Blog
Tony Rogerson's ramblings on SQL Server
Dimant DataBase Solutions
Matija Lah's blog
Thanks for the suggestions so far! I'll read through them and see which ones we should include.
A few comments on what we have so far: A) Please actually look at the roller BEFORE making a suggestion--I see a few blogs listed that we already have. B) English only, sorry. We're an English-language site and anyway I can't possibly rate the content on a blog I can't read.
You are missing my blog imho :-)
or http://dis4ea.blogspot.com
OK, I went through and added some of these blogs, as well as a couple of others I found on my own...
Glenn: I'd be happy to add you, but your general signal:noise ratio for SQL Server-oriented material is a bit too low. Can you create a separate feed for just your technical stuff (if you want to be rolled in to our roller) and send it my way?
Denis: thanks for all of the .NET blogs but I think they're too .NET and not enough data.
WesleyB: I will check out your blog next :)
Any more suggestions? There must be more good blogs out there!
I personally follow up on most of the MSDN blogs that are related to SQL Server.
I've got a few of them on my list on http://sqlug.be/blogs/wesleyb/default.aspx. I have more in my feed aggregator if you like.
Chad Boyd has a great Sql blog on MSDN...and he's becoming VERY well known in the DC Metro area (as I've heard from fellow DB-folks in the area) for his local work with Sql user groups, code camps, etc...his hits on Sql topics from developer, to admin, to everything in between, and he also gets things OS/system related that impact Sql (like his posting on 3gb/pae/awe which is great)
Ooops...link to his blog would probably help :-)...
I have been doing this samething for over a year now and have over 300 feeds..
It started out just for personel use, but it is open for anyone to read!
I am in the process of redesigning the site so things wil be changing, check it out.
Check out http://vadivel.blogspot.com
Its mostly filled with SQL content.
My blog is filled with sql server content. I'm shocked, shocked that it's not mentioned:)
And I can assure readers that they will not find similar content anywhere else.
After all how many people talk about a relational database and actually 'show' one!
There are those that do not like to hear what I have to say about their favorite database. This is, of course, a childish reaction that cuts off debate instead of fostering it. I would think the profession needs more courage to confront issues and less blind
loyalty. We are actually all interested in the same thing, to further the profession of database/application development. Patience as a virtue is highly overrated:)
(Why should I hide?:) What a relational database is and what sql server isn't. Once you understand relational you will have even a better understanding of what sql server and sql is all about. It is absurd that database professionals know next to nothing about the so-called foundation of their profession.
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Fresh repower with brand new 2015 Honda 225's!. I love the way multihull designs can be adapted to very specific purposes and excel beyond expectation. The design spec here called for a cat built to catch marlin on ultralight tackle in the Bay of Islands, NZ. After 4 years of meticulous construction, the result - a foil-assisted trailerable 33' aluminum pilothouse that can cruise at 28 knots getting 3 mpg with a range of nearly 1000 miles at cruise! Top speed so far is 46 mph with 4 fishermen and tackle aboard. This is a fishing Mercedes. She goes by other power boats like they are standing still - especially when the going gets rough. She will run in the high 30's in surprisingly choppy conditions. The Bladerunner even has snorkeled engines so that she can back down into a sea at speed to keep a fish from spooling off. After few years fishing in New Zealand, she was packed in a container and shipped to Seattle. Now the result is the best fishing platform in the Northwest - possibly the world. She's got everything you need to bring in the salmon, halibut, ling cod, crab, shrimp. . . with the speed, toughness and sea-kindly performance to get you on the fish and back when everyone else is still at the dock. With her high efficiency and speed she also doubles as an excellent inter island (or inside passage) commuter. This rare, proven, professionally built Bladerunner catamaran could be the fishing platform of your dreams. Call before she is gone.
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Engine(s) Total Power: 225 HP
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Year Built: 2015
Engine Model: 225
Engine Type: Outboard
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Location: Port
Engine Hours: 20
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You can board over the side on the Bladerunner 33 as always but you can also board from the stern. The Fighting Platform serves dual duty as a boarding platform with a tilt-down security gate that becomes the boarding ladder. Climb right up between the engines when the boat is on the trailer. Climb right up out of the water after a dive. Lock the ladder in the up position and the platform is very secure aft with high rails at each side. Snorkeled twin Honda 225s at each side. What a place to fight a fish!
Alright, stride off the Fighting Platform and you are aboard into the long cockpit. A circulating livebait tank is to port beneath one of two Scotty High Performance electric downriggers. The other downrigger is to starboard above the tackle lockers. The cockpit's anti-slip surface provides sure footing around a large central fish cooler. Beneath the cockpit is tankage for 330 gallons of fuel. This cat cruises at 28 knots getting 3 miles to the gallon. The tankage enables nearly 1000 miles of range - incredible for a 33' fast pilothouse. Behind the pilothouse is hefty electric pot-puller, another cooler, and more storage along with a deck washdown. The sleek pilothouse roofline extends aft of the targa arch protecting the pilothouse entry and providing a mounting point for an array of poles. The headroom is surprisingly good. It is about 6'3" as you pass beneath the roofline and then nearly 6'6" within the pilothouse itself. Above on the targa and roof are RADAR, dual spotlights, pole holders, and fold down antennae. The roof is painted safety orange (as are the bottoms of the hulls) for high visibility.
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There is a beam-to-beam bunk in the not so peaked fore-peak. This is a large space with ample sleeping space for 2 adults. The electric windlass and ground tackle are accessed through an overhead hatch and controlled with a foot switch within. There is an aggressive Manson anchor at the bow with rode tailing lockers at each side.
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April showers may be known to bring May flowers, but for states desperate for rain, the lack of April showers brought nothing but dust storms, wildfires and more drought.
According to the latest Drought Monitor report, about half of the country – primarily to the west of the Mississippi – is still battling against intense drought:
- Texas & the Southern Plains: Less than 10 percent of the Lone Star State is free from any drought, and with 38 percent of the state in extreme or worse drought, conditions are now the worst in nearly a year. Forecasts are expecting another hot summer, which will likely send reservoirs even lower. The best chances for rainfall will came later this fall or even winter when a developing El Nino pattern could steer more rainfall to the state. Oklahoma is another state battling drought, with 39 percent in extreme or exceptional drought.
- Kansas and the Corn Belt: Just when Kansans started to get comfortable in believing the drought was over, the weather pattern turned fairly dry. Just five months ago, 6 percent of the state was in extreme drought. Today, that number has jumped to 25 percent. The drought combined with high wind earlier in the week to churn out dust storms that created zero-visibility conditions across central parts of the state. Weather service meteorologist Jeff Hutton explains in an Associated Press report that this is "what happens when you get drought, a lack of vegetation and you have wind." Varying degrees of drought also touch Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri
- California and the West: The worst of the country's drought remains centered in California, where 96 percent of the state is in severe to exceptional drought. Record heat and the drought kicked off California's wildfire season. Drought is already pushing water resources to their limits, and according to Business Insider, California is facing what could be an "extremely cruel and dry summer." The drought has send some ranchers to send their cattle to Texas. Up to 100,000 California cattle have left the Golden State for Texas pastures. The National Weather Service shows portions of California are more than 12 inches below normal precipitation for the year to date.


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You also need 8 Kiwifruit slices, about 1/2 inch thick. (This was 2 kiwifruit.)
Slice up a generous amount of fresh basil leaves to make basil chiffonade.
Drizzle the vinaigrette over the stacks of tomato, mozzarella, and kiwifruit, season with salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste, and sprinkle the basil over. Buon appetito!
Caprese Salad with Red and Green Tomatoes and Kiwifruit
(Makes 4 first course servings or 2 salad servings, recipe created by Kalyn with inspiration from many Caprese salads she's enjoyed through the years!)
8 slices of fresh vine-ripened tomato (I used a mixture of red and green tomatoes, but any good-flavored tomatoes will work)
2 kiwifruit, peeled and cut into 8 slices
1/2 lb. fresh mozzarella, cut into 8 slices about 3/8 inch thick
generous handful of fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced into basil chiffonade
2 T good-quality extra virgin olive oil
1 T good-quality white balsamic vinegar or sherry vinegar (or use any light colored vinegar with a good flavor)
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste (I used sea salt)
Drizzle vinaigrette over the stacks of tomato, mozzarella, and kiwifruit, then season to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper. Sprinkle with thinly sliced fresh basil chiffonade and serve immediately.
South Beach Diet Suggestions:
The addition of fruit makes this salad Phase Two for the South Beach Diet, although one kiwifruit only has 10 carbs, so I wouldn't worry that much about eating it!
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When the Tour of California returns to Marin in May, it seems likely they'll follow the same route they have in the past — heading up Highway 1 from Sausalito to Point Reyes, then hitting Marshall and Tomales before turning inland to Santa Rosa. But, locals are hoping this time the race will add some of the classic climbs every Marin cyclist rides.
"They missed out by not incorporating Mt. Tam (in the past) and I'd like to see them include it in the route," said Matt Adams, a Fairfax resident and the president of Mike's Bikes, which has two Marin stores.
"Selfishly, I'd like to see them go over Panoramic," said Chris Hobbs, a Corte Madera resident, bike racer and board director of the Marin County Bike Coalition.
Hobbs acknowledged, though, that there are multiple perspectives the race organizers have to consider. From a spectators' point-of-view, it's best to watch the cyclists on a big hill, where the steep climbs slow the riders down enough to actually be seen. For the racers, a mix of stages is important. Every day can't end with a mountaintop finish. For the organizers, it's important to consider the logistics and sponsors.
A large sponsor of the Tour of California is the California Travel and Tourism Commission, which hopes to show off the state with TV shots of bike racers rolling through vineyards and along the coast. Marin certainly can provide some of that. A route that goes up Mt. Tam, along Ridegcrest and descends to Stinson Beach before going out Highway 1 would serve up plenty of breath-taking landscapes, Hobbs said.
"This will be the most beautiful stage of the Tour of California and will dramatically showcase a great part of California," said Alison Tetrick, a Mill Valley-based professional cyclist. Tetrick would also like to see the route climb up Mt. Tam.
The Tour of California, which will run from May 12-19, hasn't yet finalized its exact route. What has been announced are the host cities where each day will start and stop, as well as the general direction of the race. This year, for the first time ever, the tour will go from south to north, ending in Santa Rosa.
That means Marin will be featured in the last stage, when the cyclists travel from San Francisco to Santa Rosa. The last time the riders came through Marin was in 2009 when the race left Sausalito and headed over the bridge into the city. The three years before that, the peloton traveled down Highway 1 through Marin.
In 2013, race organizers have confirmed the riders will go over the Golden Gate Bridge (obviously) and through Sausalito. Other than that, a spokesperson said, they have people on the ground right now looking at different routes.
The day before the race comes through Marin, it will finish the stage on top of Mt. Diablo in the East Bay. Because that climb will probably determine the final race standings, it's likely that the last day through Marin won't be too hilly and will culminate with a sprint around Santa Rosa.
Hobbs has one other crazy idea, though: the riders could use the Marin bike infrastructure, like the Mill Valley-Sausalito bike path and the Cal Park Tunnel.
"That would be kind of cool if they went through the tunnel," Hobbs said.
Though that's probably not going to happen, using popular routes would help connect with local cyclists. And, riding through some Marin towns would not only bring out crowds, but would also be a nod to the county's passionate biking community.
"Recognizing Fairfax as the cycling mecca it is would be very cool. And then the route north from there has the riders using roads that we all ride every day and that's one of the great things about our sport," Adams said.
Bear Development
Marin has gotten another junior development team, headed by some well-known local coaches and riders. Julia Violich, who has coached the Redwood, Branson, and Marin Academy high school mountain bike teams and previously served as the assistant director for the Whole Athlete development team, has started her own squad. Violich joined up with Stu Bone this fall to expand the Bear development team and add a girls team.
The Bear team is made up of 15 junior male riders and five female juniors, mostly from Marin, who will ride cyclocross, mountain and road year-round. The team recently signed a deal with Trek bikes and with local sponsors, like City Cycles.
Ride Inside for Charity
A number of Marin cyclists and triathletes will participate in the second annual Challenged Athletes Foundation Bay Area Cycle Challenge on Feb. 2 from 2 to 6 p.m. The challenge is a four-hour indoor cycle-thon at VeloSF to raise money for the foundation. The Challenged Athletes Foundations helps disabled athletes achieve their athletic goals.
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Stage 1: May 12 — Escondido
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Stage 4: May 15 — Santa Clarita to Santa Barbara
Stage 5: May 16 — Santa Barbara to Avila Beach
Stage 6: May 17 — San Jose (Individual Time Trial)
Stage 7: May 18 — Livermore to Mt. Diablo
Stage 8: May 19 — San Francisco to Santa Rosa (route goes through Marin)
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Anquan Boldin is the type of receiver you need in the Super Bowl. Somebody you can trust in a big spot.
Quarterbacks trust him. Coaches trust him. Even his hometown trusts him.
— Super Bowl XLVII: Battle of brothers | How Vegas views it
In Pahokee, Fla., the high school stadium is already named after Boldin. That is a lofty honor for a 32-year-old. Especially when you consider that Pahokee has produced plenty of NFL players, including Hall of Famer Rickey Jackson and Andre Waters.
Yet, Boldin's name is on the stadium. Partly, it's a matter of trust.
"I hate to be morbid, but stadiums are usually named after people who are deceased, or older," said Blaze Thompson, the Pahokee High football coach. "Even a few people in town were a little worried about it. I mean, stuff happens, But people in the community came forward and said he deserved it.
"If past behavior is any indication of the future, he's a great guy, and he'll continue to be a great guy. Anquan is back here quite often. Giving out turkeys during Thanksgiving. Buying Toys R Us gift cards for kids. Buying helmets and shoulder pads. Paying for players to go to summer camps. Just his donations to football-related stuff in this town would probably exceed $100,000. He's that type of guy. Even when he was a kid, he always had focus, always had a vision of where he was going."
Look for Joe Flacco to trust Boldin in Super Bowl XLVII. Flacco-to-Boldin has become the go-to connection in the Baltimore Ravens' offense. With 16 postseason catches, Boldin leads all receivers in yards (276) and touchdowns (three) during the playoffs. In the AFC championship game against the New England Patriots, Boldin's two touchdowns helped blow open the game in the second half, as the Ravens rolled to a 28-13 victory. If Boldin has that same kind of game against the 49ers, his vise grip hands might finally grab the Lombardi Trophy.
— Super Bowl XLVII: Ravens vs. 49ers, Feb. 3, New Orleans
This is not Boldin's first Super Bowl, and he has proved he can handle the pressure. Boldin had eight catches for 84 yards playing for the Arizona Cardinals four years ago in a 27-23 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII. Boldin remembers walking off the field, confetti falling, Steelers celebrating, not knowing if he would get another Super Bowl chance.
This time, Boldin plans on leaving a winner.
"It's definitely a blessing for me,'' he said Sunday night. "You look at guys who go their whole career and never make it to the Super Bowl. For me, I've got another shot. And I'm looking to finish it off this time."
Boldin has never relied on speed, and he slipped to the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft after running a 4.7 40-yard dash at that year's Scouting Combine. But scouts underestimated Boldin's smarts and strength. Running precise patterns at 6-1, 223 pounds, Boldin often outmuscles or outmaneuvers defensive backs when the ball comes his way. He did it against the Patriots. He is capable of doing it against the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII.
Nobody questions Boldin's toughness either. He took one of the nastiest hits you will ever see in 2008 while playing for the Cardinals—a violent helmet-to-helmet shot from Eric Smith of the New York Jets that left Boldin on a stretcher and requiring surgery. Boldin had a broken sinus membrane, and it took seven plates and 40 screws to fix it. Three weeks later, Boldin was back on the field.
The 49ers are one of the league's most physical teams, but intimidation tactics don't work against Boldin. Ask the Patriots.
The Patriots "did some things early, chipping things," Boldin said. "I don't know if they know it or not, but the Ravens are a physical team. That's just the way we play, like it or not, offensively and defensively. So if you think you're going to come in here and throw us around, you've got another thing coming."
The Ravens have a lot going for them heading into the Super Bowl. A hot quarterback in Flacco, a hot play caller in Jim Caldwell and deep threats in Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones that the 49ers have to respect. That should give Boldin operating room in the middle of the field and in the red zone, where he does most of his damage.
There has been much talk about Ray Lewis wanting to end his career with a Super Bowl ring, but the Ravens have a host of veterans desperate for a ring. Boldin is one of them. This is Boldin's 10th season. He went past the 10,000-yard receiving mark this season, and he has been to three Pro Bowls.
Winning the Super Bowl is the only major accomplishment missing from Boldin's resume. He is playing like someone determined to change that. Playing like someone the Ravens can trust in a big game.


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I thought it'd be nice to have a thread for all the thoughts that ask for short/long-term changes based on single games. See a lot of those here and I feel like they don't all deserve their own thread.
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I thought it'd be nice to have a thread for all the thoughts that ask for short/long-term changes based on single games. See a lot of those here and I feel like they don't all deserve their own thread.
Carmel HS Class of 2011
We should ban threads like this!
Just a hunch here...I don't think it could all fit under just one thread!
Trade the whole team. Fire Vogel, hire Master Splinter to be the new coach.
"As a bearded man, i was very disappointed in Love. I am gathering other bearded men to discuss the status of Kevin Love's beard. I am motioning that it must be shaved."
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"George's athleticism is bananas!" - Marc J. Spears
Where do i know Master Splinter from???
Proud owner of 'Dutch Pacers'
Bench both Granger and Handsbrough. they are killing our offense
"George's athleticism is bananas!" - Marc J. Spears
Well... we lost to the 76ers. 6-60, here we come :/
Carmel HS Class of 2011
Well, I think after the Sixers game we can all agree on the following:
1) Vogel needs to be ****-canned, and the whole coaching staff needs to be replaced (except for Dan Burke, of course)
2) Paul George is a complete and utter bust, perhaps on a historic scale
3) A.J. Price will never hit a three again in his career, which is really not saying much, since his career should be over by March
4) David West is too old to play basketball, maybe too old to live unassisted as well
5) Tyler Hansbrough, rewarded with an elbow to the eye for dropping two dimes on the evening, will never pass the ball again. Not in practice, not in games, not while teaching kids during summer camp, not during shoot-around. Never.
6) Roy Hibbert might be okay
This just in: Sky officially falling!
Hibbert is the next Shaq
We have a team of backups. Not a single one of our players would start on a contender in this league. The Granger era will be one where we are one and done for 5 straight years because we have no real star player. Just never going to be enough talent to get by Miami, Chicago and now New York....or wherever the best players in the league take their talents...
The last one should be. ROY HIBBERT WILL BE A HALL OF FAME CENTER! HE'S THE ONLY GOOD PLAYER ON THE TEAM
Why can't this team hit two foot shots?!?!!?!
So many missed opportunities this game.
If you say anything negative about any player at any point in time, you're a bad fan and stupid and clearly don't know what you're talking about. This team is great and flawless, as are its players.
You know nothing says team in crisis/time to panic like a ten point loss on the road to a team that currently ranks top 5 in both offense and defense without 2 of your best 6 players.
Time to blow up the whole team and coaching staff. We need a total rebuild.
Definitely! A young team losing on the road when two of their best players are out for the entire game and another out for most of the 4th! Unacceptable!
Danny Granger getting traded today, he didn't have food poisoning, team had to have him stay home and they couldn't play Lou cause of trade.
Okafor, Gordon for Danny, Lou and 2012 pick.
We would be 9-0 if not for the refs, with the possibility that we might not have pulled out the Miami game. Still.... it should be an 8-1 start.
I nominate this as thread of the year.
I beat the Sixers by 10 on my Xbox last night, but the Pacers lose by 10!! Coincidence? I think not!! Damn you David Stern!!
Rise up Pacer Nation!!!
Who's watching out for our team? So a guy who looks a lot like Doug Collins delivers Kung Pow Chicken to Danny Granger before the game and Danny get's sick???
Forget the single bullet, something else needs to be exposed on the History Channel.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
SF spot is cursed. And I'm not joking.
Who knows how to break a curse, cause we need to get on that and quick.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.


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The cause of a Pontiac house fire was being investigated after firefighters doused the flames Tuesday morning.
But Tisha Wortlow, neighbor of the people living at 22 Eddy Court, said she saw a younger white man in his 20s leaving the house just 10� minutes before the blaze started.
Wortlow, who just moved in to the house across from the home where the fire started, said she was cleaning when she knew something was wrong.
"I went in the house and started moving trash out," she said. "Next thing you know, I walked out and saw a whole cloud burst of smoke."
The Waterford Regional Fire Department sent three fire engines, a ladder equipped truck and a rescue crew to the home, which sits near Howard and Perry Street.
Steve Bridger, captain of the Waterford Regional Fire Department, said there was heavy fire upon the unit's arrival, and smoke coming out of the attic and second story.
"Right inside the door, there appeared to be a couch and a mattress that was on fire," Bridger said. "There was no extension into the second story or the attic."
He added that his crew made a "quick knockdown" of the fire at the residence.
No one was in the house during the fire, and no one was injured, said Bridger.
The captain said as of 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, the cause of the fire was undetermined.
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"In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure." -- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
The market has been anticipating a fiscal-cliff deal for weeks now, and it's growing more confident as President Obama and House Speaker Boehner exchange new proposals. The market has been a little hesitant, but it's never had any major doubts that a deal would be made. The only real issue was timing, and it now looks as though a deal could come before the Christmas holiday.
The mood had already been positive, and it's now being helped further as banks and homebuilders gain upside momentum. A couple of key analysts comments bullishly on banks Monday, and we're now seeing clear breakouts in Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C) and several others.
Another thing helping the mood is that Apple (AAPL) reversed sharply after bouncing off support at $500. The longer-term chart still looks quite problematic, but the bottom-fishers are jumping in and pushing it up a bit more in the early going Tuesday.
The bulls have a nice confluence of positives kicking in. On a seasonal basis, the market is in the best time of the year. There are plenty of underinvested longs who need relative performance, the uncertainty of the fiscal cliff is being resolved and money seems to be rotating from bonds into equities. Further, the European problems have been put on hold -- and we don't have to think about earnings for a couple more weeks.
The bears are arguing that the market is pricing in all the good news right now, and that this will set up the market for a sell-the-news reaction when the fiscal cliff deal is announced. They're counting on the likelihood that it won't be a clean deal, and that key issues -- such as entitlement reform -- will be kicked down the road.
I believe the bears are underestimating how happy market players will be to have this fiscal-cliff uncertainty resolved to even a partial degree. The market has been handcuffed by this news for weeks, and there will be great relief if it can move on, even if the deal isn't perfect.
The biggest challenge I see right now is finding good long exposure to add. Stocks are a little extended, and the rally from the last few weeks hasn't created many good setups. Money is flowing into banks right now, but there hasn't been any major leadership recently. Typically we see some key big-caps are leading the way, but even some names that have been doing well lately -- such as Google (GOOG) and Amazon (AMZN) -- don't have particularly strong momentum. We only saw about 140 new stocks making highs Monday, which is rather light for a market that has been uptrending for weeks.
All that matters right now is that the bulls are becoming more positive and are gaining momentum. Market players are looking for buys, and positive seasonality is helping as well. As I've been saying for a while now, this is not a market you want to short.
I'll be looking for buys and will try to put more money to work. Once the anticipated fiscal-cliff deal is announced, we'll need to reassess, but at the moment the focus of the market is to be long before the news hits.


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Kaman's look that of a winner for L.A.
By Joe Stevens, Staff writer
Donning long blond wigs and fake beards, a handful of fans came to a recent Clipper game calling themselves "The Kamaniacs" and emulating their new hero Chris Kaman. The fans cheered every time Kaman touched the ball and had such an outrageous look to mimic him that it could be reasonable to make this conclusion: Not only has Kaman arrived in the NBA this season, but with hair that hasn't been cut in two years and a scraggly beard in perpetual need of a trim, some fans even view him as a cult figure.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Kaman said. "I'm not in any cult. I don't know anybody that's in any cult."
What he does know, however, is what it takes to average 11.4 points and 9.4 rebounds in the NBA. In his third professional season, Kaman already has emerged as one of the top centers in the league.
He might simply look like an oddball or a throwback to the 1970s or a man not too concerned with grooming. But as he deals with attention deficit disorder and as he yearns to hunt and work on muscle cars, it is obvious that there is much more to the Clipper center than his out-of-the-ordinary appearance.
And if you ask him, his look is not out of the ordinary, and neither is he.
"I'm not like a wild, Ted Nugent psycho," Kaman said. "I'm not crazy. I don't like heavy metal. I don't enjoy drinking. I'm not a big drug guy. I've never done drugs."
Kaman is a 7-footer who has the ability to use both power and finesse to score and defend. When he faces 7-foot-6 Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets tonight at Staples Center, if Houston has the advantage at center, it may not be that significant.
Sure, Yao was voted as the starting center for the Western Conference All-Star team and is among the elite players in the league. But Kaman is an All-Star in the making. At least, that's what his teammate Elton Brand says.
Actually, Brand is upset that Kaman was not selected to the squad this season.
"Kaman I don't understand. Who's playing better than him right now?" Brand said. "At least he'll have more years to come to be an All-Star, but I really can't name any center, especially in the West, that's playing better than he is."
The Clippers have a lot of reasons why they stand at 30-19, more games above .500 than any other team in Clipper history. Kaman is one of those reasons.
With Brand making the All-Star squad and Kaman among the league's top centers, coach Mike Dunleavy says the duo gives the Clippers the best inside game of any NBA team.
A few statistics support that. Both Brand and Kaman are in the top 10 in field-goal percentage and rebounding. As a team, the Clippers lead the NBA in both rebounding and blocks.
Though Kaman has made huge strides with consistency, compared to his first two seasons, Dunleavy says he's not the least bit surprised.
"I've said all along and everybody from Day 1 when I've said this has looked at me like I'm out of my mind that this guy is like the white Tim Duncan," Dunleavy said. "Not right away. He's not ready for that. But three, four years down the road, I said, that's what I see. He's quick, athletic, very skilled fundamentally. There's nothing that he won't be able to do."
Kaman's success has been far from overnight. He was a work in progress his first two years and a living exhibit of inconsistency. Dunleavy says the center's insatiable work ethic is what has keyed his development.
The 23-year-old from Grand Rapids, Mich., credits his parents for that work ethic. Leroy and Pam Kaman, who have been married 28 years, raised Chris as a Christian and instilled blue-collar, Midwestern values.
Leroy worked 25 years as a city employee in Wyoming, Mich., a suburb of Grand Rapids and had duties that including plowing roads and painting fire hydrants. Pam is a teacher's aide in a kindergarten class.
By applying those values to his basketball game, he's been able to advance past being just another player with potential to a borderline All-Star.
"My whole life, my parents gave me the Christian background," Kaman said. "Smoking, drinking, drugs, all of that was wrong. They raised me the right way."
In Grand Rapids, Kaman picked up hobbies and a style that isn't common in the NBA. While his teammates enjoy hip-hop, he's into country music.
While some players in the NBA wear jewelry and fancy suits, he prefers hooded sweatshirts and says he doesn't own a suit. He prefers working on cars, driving his 1972 Chevy Chevelle and hunting as opposed to going to clubs or doing anything flashy that is common among his pro basketball peers.
In his home in Redondo Beach, three of his friends from back home live with him and act as his chef and assistants.
Grand Rapids is a manufacturing town whose businesses have been hit in recent years by layoffs and cutbacks. In fact, Kaman's high school, Tri-Unity Christian School, had 200 students when he graduated in 2000. Now, the school has 120 students.
One thing that Kaman learned growing up was not to take anything for granted. That's one reason why, even though he signed an $11.2 million contract when the Clippers made him the sixth overall pick in the 2003 NBA, his personality has not changed.
"The nice thing about Chris is that he really does have a kind heart," said Mark Keeler, Kaman's coach at Tri-Unity. "He does care. When he was here, he cared. He cared about his teammates. He cared about his classmates, cared about his teachers. To see what he has accomplished doesn't surprise me at all because of who he is with his character and work ethic."
Part of that caring manifested itself shortly after he signed with his agent, Rob Pelinka. With huge NBA paychecks on the horizon, his agent lent him $50,000, and he turned into some type of strange 7-foot charity.
"I just gave it away to everybody friends, family," Kaman said. "After a week and a half, it was all gone, and my accountant was like, 'What the heck did you do with all of that money?" Right then, he knew I couldn't have a checkbook. So I haven't had a checkbook since. I don't have a credit card either. I just have a bank card, and the most I can spend in a day is $2,000."
Throughout his life, Kaman has battled ADD, a neurological condition that hinders concentration. In high school, the battle was its fiercest.
"I was a troublemaker," he said. "I was ADD. I was out of control. It wasn't criminal stuff, but stupid little things, that I didn't mean to do, but I did."
When Keeler coached Kaman as a junior, he had a stretch in which he just couldn't get through to the center. Kaman was on Ritalin, always feeling tired and losing weight. Eventually, he switched from Ritalin to Adderall, and that made a huge difference.
Ultimately, the switch helped him get on a path to landing a scholarship at Central Michigan.
His mom, Pam, however, wasn't always sure her that would happen.
"He was a handful," Pam said. "I used to wonder would would happen with him. He was difficult as a child, very difficult. I didn't know if he would end up in jail or what. He always had a great heart and good intentions, but he was so impulsive that he did things he shouldn't do."
Chris was diagnosed with ADD at 2, and problems persisted practically from birth. When he was 4, he locked a babysitter out of the house and stayed inside, trying to cook.
"We always wanted Chris to be successful, but didn't know how it would work out," Pam said.
What would he have done, if it hadn't been for basketball?
"I wouldn't have gone to school," he said. "I didn't care about school. It's probably bad to say that. I went to class and did my work, but it wasn't what I liked doing. I'd rather be outside, messing around outside."
At Central Michigan and with the Clippers, he has not taken medication for ADD, but that does not mean the struggle with the disorder is done.
Shortly after Kaman was drafted, Dunleavy wasn't pleased with his progress, but soon had an epiphany.
"At one point, he just wasn't doing great, and I was wondering why we drafted him," Dunleavy said. "I got frustrated, and I took my jacket off and went on the court and started doing things, saying, 'Can you do this? Or what about this?" He kept doing what I was doing, and at that point, I got it."
Dunleavy's discovery that Kaman was a visual learner opened the doors for the coach and his staff to get through to him.
Throughout this season, fans like "The Kamaniacs" could be having their own epiphanies, seeing that Kaman has become more than just another high Clipper draft pick with potential.
It might be easy to make fun of him because of his wild look or offbeat demeanor, but opponents certainly aren't laughing when they face him.
"If you look at how I've played since I got in the league, it's been a steady incline," Kaman said. "It's not like it's been going down. I've been trying to make myself better every year. I think I'm just getting more opportunities, and I'm getting older. It's not like I have a lot of years, but each year, comes more experience, you know?"
And more fans.