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The UW–Madison Department of Physics hosted a meeting of the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) this past weekend (Jan 13-15, 2017) at Chamberlin Hall, UW–Madison. This event was one of ten 2017 CUWiP conferences held simultaneously around the US and in Canada.
Over 140 undergraduate students from the Midwest (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa), including students from many of the UW branch campuses, participated. The meeting included presentations from prominent women in physics, opportunities for networking, career advice and support, and a student poster session.
The CUWiP meetings are cosponsored nationally by the American Physical Society, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy. The UW–Madison conference involved other collaborators and supporters, including the Department of Physics, WIPAC, the Graduate School, the College of Letters and Science, the Office of the Provost, and the Brittingham Family Foundation.
The lead organizers were Susan Coppersmith, Robert E. Fassnacht and Vilas Research Professor of Physics; Lisa Everett, Professor of Physics; Laura Fleming, Associate Instrumentation Specialist, Department of Physics; and Pupa Gilbert, Professor of Physics, Chemistry, and Geoscience. The local organizing team also included Dr. Silvia Bravo Gallart, Education and Outreach Specialist at WIPAC; Ms. Megan Madsen, Education and Outreach Coordinator at WIPAC; and Dr. Susan Nossal, Associate Scientist, Department of Physics and Director of the Physics Learning Center, as well as UW-Madison students and staff, including many graduate students in Physics, Medical Physics, Biophysics, Engineering, and Astronomy.
It was a fantastic event that inspired all in attendance.
For more info, please visit the conference website: https://cuwip.physics.wisc.edu.
Writing online Thursday, Dec. 15, in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, a team led by University of Wisconsin–Madison physics Professor Pupa Gilbert describes studies of the physical attributes of nacre in modern and fossil shells showing that the biomineral provides an accurate record of temperature as the material is formed, layer upon layer, in a mollusk.
Research projects statewide, from electronics to optics and medicine, are set to benefit from a new system coming to UW–Madison that will use electron beam lithography (EBL), a specialized technique for creating extremely fine patterns — in some cases more than 5,000 times narrower than the diameter of a human hair.
The Physics Department occasionally sends announcements to undergraduate physics majors about opportunities for those with an interest in physics. Now, those who have not declared a physics major can subscribe to receive such announcements. Those who have declared a major will continue to receive announcements and do not need to self-subscribe.
Assistant Professor Kim Palladino joined the department last year to bolster Wisconsin LZ experiment involvement last year. Prof. Palladino secured the support of the US DOE promptly last year, while she was on research leave at SLAC to lead the construction and commissioning of the LZ test system at SLAC laboratory, with graduate student Shaun Alsum. PSL engineer Jeff Cherwinka serves as the chief engineer of the LZ experiment. Professors Carlsmith and Dasu also participate in this unprecedented search for direct interactions of weakly interacting massive particles with Xenon atoms that make up the LZ.
Prof. Dan McCammon is being awarded a 2016 NASA Exceptional Public Service Achievement Medal in recognition for pioneering work in the study of the celestial diffuse x-ray background and the development of low temperature x-ray spectrometers that have enabled numerous NASA projects.
This award was presented to Dan at the Agency Honor Awards Ceremony, September 14, at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.
Ellen Gould Zweibel has won the American Physical Society's 2016 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics.
The prize citation recognizes Zweibel for "seminal research on the energetics, stability and dynamics of astrophysical plasmas, including those related to stars and galaxies, and for leadership in linking plasma and other astrophysical phenomena."
Walt Wigglesworth, former student/staff shop supervisor (02/20/1995-01/22/2002), and for whom our stockroom is named "Walt Mart," has passed away.
Members of the Department of Physics Board of Visitors Robert Leach, Gregory Piefer, Thomas Dillinger, Lloyd Hackel, and Craig Heberer (left to right) on an imagined trip in the frame of the Badgerloop pod prototype under construction in Chamberlin Hall, 6 May 2016.
Alexander 'AJ' Carver, (BS '06 physics and astronomy-physics), recently became an assistant professor at SolBridge International School of Business, Daejeon, South Korea where he teaches courses in quantitative methods and critical thinking.


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Equality in family life does not mean sameness
RFLASH Salt Lake City, UTSept. 4, 2014 11:18 a.m.
In other words, ignore any woman who feels that she should have more than what men feel she should have? There are a lot of women who feel just fine allowing their husbands to decide who they are and how they fit in, but it certainly doesn't mean that the rest of them should also have to agree! Look at some of the women leaders we have in our country today. Many of them would never have reached where they are today, if they would have allowed the men to decide how far they could reach!
B Man Orem, UTSept. 3, 2014 4:59 p.m.
Great article. Thank you, Dr. Erickson. I think there are many young women growing up who are confused about what they really want out of life. What they hear from the feminists is that they should strive to be "the same" as men (same jobs, same pay, same role in the home, etc.). But it is important to recognize the value of different roles and different skills. That is what really drives the value of diversity.
Furry1993 Ogden, UTAug. 31, 2014 2:25 p.m.
@Ohio-LDS 9:55 a.m. Aug. 29, 2014
"What people want is the same recognition and support for the same work, regardless of whether that work conforms to traditional gender roles. Thus, a parent who brings home a pay check should be honored and supported, regardless of whether they are a father or mother. A parent who nurtures children at home should be honored and supported, regardless of whether they are a father or mother."
Well said. The only addition I would make is to say "father or mother, or both" for each example. People should do what fulfills them, not what gender role dictates require.
Ohio-LDS NE, OHAug. 29, 2014 9:55 a.m.
Another discussion of "sameness" and "happiness" is found in "The Gay Guide to Wedded Bliss" published by The Atlantic (The DN frequently cross-publishes with The Atlantic) In the "Gay Guide" we learn that gay couples do not divide up responsibilities 50/50 and do not view themselves as "same"s, even though the couples do not have traditional roles to guide them. Happiness comes by working out the best distribution of tasks based on the family's needs and the couples' values and abilities. Not surprisingly, such distributions necessarily morph as life throws changes at the family.
The same principles apply to heterosexual families. I know of no one, gay or straight, who wants to be 50/50 "the same" in their marriage. As other comments have said, that is a red-herring. What people want is the same recognition and support for the same work, regardless of whether that work conforms to traditional gender roles. Thus, a parent who brings home a pay check should be honored and supported, regardless of whether they are a father or mother. A parent who nurtures children at home should be honored and supported, regardless of whether they are a father or mother.
Llew40 Sandy, UTAug. 29, 2014 9:20 a.m.
I know this doesn't pertain to the main topic of discussion but I just read a 200+ page dissertation entitled The Experience of Never-married Women in Their Thirties who Desire Marriage and Children (Marcy L. Cole, Institute for Clinical social work, 1999). Makes me wonder how many single women in Utah yearn for a family life of their own but lack of emotionally available men force them to suffer in silence. Why isn't a similar study being done in Utah? With the number of return sister missionaries entering the singles and mid-singles scene such a study would prove very beneficial in the argument for women "having it all."
GZE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAug. 29, 2014 9:13 a.m.
"an assumption developed that men and women should do (and want to do) exactly the same things.
You really think women "want to" scrub toilets and do laundry more than men do? I don't think the author actually spoke to many women.
A Quaker Brooklyn, NYAug. 29, 2014 6:58 a.m.
No two people are the same. But two partners in a lifetime of shared effort, devoted to their own and each other's welfare should be capable and joyful in doing whatever is necessary.
If it means the wife gets a kick out of maintaining the bicycles, or the husband can cuff a pair of trousers during halftime, who cares? Where's the harm?
Modern life is complicated. One of the reasons we developed gender roles "way back when" had to do with the physical demands of agrarian life. The upper-body strength of men was needed for certain tasks that many women couldn't fulfill. Women did their part by doing the other stuff. And the workday was long and brutal.
Today, work and maintaining a home and family is physically easier but has a million working parts. Both parents need to know what's going on with their kids, their kids' toys, school, and friends, know how to work the dozens of appliances and applications, access the several services that come into the home. And, both need to contribute to income.
Rigid gender roles are selfish and unfulfilling.
Owen Heber City, UTAug. 29, 2014 6:35 a.m.
"...the roles of men and women in marriages today look different than they did in the 1950s. That is perhaps most evident in the increased time fathers give to housework and child care."
A completely false statement - the most evident change in marriage roles since the '50s is the increased time mothers are forced to work outside the home to make ends meet. Which demands that fathers do more around the house.
Irony Guy Bountiful, UtahAug. 29, 2014 6:32 a.m.
The entire premise of Prof Erickson's article is a straw man. Who ever advocated "sameness" for women and men? Not the progressive, liberal mind. Enlightened people have advocated the opposite -- that every individual has the right to decide for her/himself what "the pursuit of happiness" consists of. IF one woman wants to manage a home and another wants to manage a corporation, it's her choice.
The liberal values diversity, not "sameness." It's the conservative who values sameness--every woman should fit St Paul's mold -- be silent, submissive, and stay home.


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Star Wars at Spaceport - 20-21 October
Anybody interested in Star Wars, there's an event on at the Spaceport 20-21 October. The guy who played Greedo will be there, as well as a chap who played an admiral (the chap Darth Vader did that choke thing on in the first film ).
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Classic FM signs deal with Liverpool Philharmonic
GCap Media's Classic FM has signed a five-year partnership deal with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and will broadcast a series of special concerts hosted by Katie Derham.
The station's output will include 25 live concerts and a six-part history of the orchestra.
All the concerts will be recorded at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and will be heard on air in Live at the Liverpool Phil on Sunday afternoons at 5pm from the beginning of January 2008
The station will also bring the Liverpool orchestra to the Royal Albert Hall for two special concerts next year, the first of which will feature the world-renowned pianist Lang Lang.
The Liverpool Philharmonic was Classic FM's first arts partner in 2001. Classic FM managing director Darren Henley said the news deal was the stations largest investment in live orchestral music to date.
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Classic FM has struck its biggest live music deal with a series of 25 concerts featuring the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, to be presented by Katie Derham.
New programming will include a six-part history of the orchestra, a monthly programme broadcast from Liverpool on a Sunday night, and weekly reports on the city's cultural life throughout 2008 fronted by the Liverpool Echo arts editor, Joe Riley.
Classic FM will also move its entire output to Liverpool for a 24-hour period at the beginning of next year, with presenters including Simon Bates, Jane Jones, Jamie Crick and Mark Forrest broadcasting live from the city.
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Brillaint news,the Phil keeps going from strength to strength.
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MSN maps seem to have a new map of Liverpool up - looks like it's taken only six months ago maybe, but the construction anoraks will know precisely. Sorry if this has already been announced here, but it's news to me. It's a far better resolution than you get on google earth, who have done Manchester in its highest resolution but not Liverpool (poor show google).
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Excellent link. I don't often check out these map websites, but this is the best I've seen. Quality photography. I reckon it was taken in late May, judging by the abundant foliage and the Cruise Liner Facility in Canada Dry Dock.
What reference points would the forum look at to date it? I was struggling with the new developments, mainly due to the angle of the shots.
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You can download a beta version that lets you do 3D visualisations as you can in google - it's better and more navigable than google earth. Superb!
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Liverpool in pole position to become Shanghais gateway to UK and Europe
Oct 17 2007 by Alistair Houghton, Liverpool Daily Post
TESCOS Liverpool-born chief executive Sir Terry Leahy will be sharing his experience of trading in China at a lecture this month.
Sir Terry, whose company is expanding its hypermarket chain in China, will speak to more than 300 leading busi-ness and political figures at St Georges Hall on Tuesday, October 30.
The Liverpool Shanghai Partnership, one of the events organisers, says Sir Terrys lecture will help build Liverpools reputation as one of Europes most China-friendly cities.
The LSP aims to build business relationships between Liverpool and its Chinese twin city.
Liverpool lags behind other UK and European cities in terms of attracting Chinese investment, but the LSP says Merseyside is in a prime position to become a gateway to Europe for Chinese manufacturers.
LSP chief operating officer Dr Kerry Brown said: Sir Terrys speech is a powerful and compelling recognition of the strength of Liverpools relationship with China and the importance of that to the UK economy.
Our twinning arrangement with Shanghai, in particular, gives us a substantial advantage over other British cities trading with China.
Twinning is taken very seriously in Shanghai and Liverpool is hugely privileged to have the relationship.
Shanghais economy is blazing a trail into the future and Liverpool is in pole position to cash in on the mouth-watering import and export opportunities.
We want to position Liverpool as Shanghais gateway to the UK and Europe. To put the special relationship in context, Shanghai has invested £12bn in St Petersburg in Russia which it shares a similar twinning relationship with.
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which begs the question that given our special relationship with Shanghai how have we already fallen behind other cities....
More leadership incompetence... perhaps?
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Star Wars stars land at Spaceport
The magic of Star Wars has returned to Spaceport in Wirral as stars of the films meet with fans.
The legendary Darth Vadar, Stormtroopers, Clonetroopers and real life stars of the movies will all make an appearance on Saturday and Sunday.
Artefacts and memorabilia from sci-fi films will also be on show.
The event is the first in a new exhibition called Sci-fi at the Movies which will run into Capital of Culture year, 2008.
Stars appearing at the event include Paul Blake, who played Greedo, Rusty Goffe who was a Jawa and Richard Le Parmentier who starred as Admiral Motti.
The exhibition will feature memorabilia from sci-fi films throughout the years including Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Spiderman, Harry Potter and ET.
Councillor Mark Dowd, Chair of Merseytravel, said: "This tribute weekend will be fantastic for Star Wars fans and we are really pleased to have the stars of the films with us.
"It was incredibly popular last year so we've expanded Spaceport to make it bigger and better for visitors."
The exhibition will last for five months.
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Langtree has been named as the preferred developer of the Kingston House site in Liverpool city centre.
The site, which is owned by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), is at the corner of Strand Street and James Street.
The site has been earmarked for a 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sq m) office building of between 10 and 12 storeys once the existing 1960s building has been demolished.
The selection process was run by regeneration agency Liverpool Vision. Martin Lloyd, NWDA head of property, said: A new landmark building in this important location will help to continue the transformation of Liverpool city centre.
Might need a CPO to get it built though.
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Sounds like another person holding out for the money. I hope they level the part of the site they do own. Surely an open area, perhaps with a bit of temporary gravel would look better than what is currently on the site?
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Yup, no doubt whatsoever the owners are after more dosh. If they get CPO'd though, and the Council are successful, they won't get any more than the market value anyway and I imagine the NWDA have gone to the top end of that already. Hopefully they will give in once they realise CPO is to be pursued and just accept the money offered. I can't see the Council losing, providing they and the RDA have done everything properly. They also now have the experience of Lime St.
Great news that this site is to be redeveloped. It looks awful at the moment. Liverpool needs all the modern office space it can get, and adding a nice clean building behind the graces, extending the building line of the strand and bringing people into the area will make a big contribution to the area.
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It's just a pain in the arse that these people are doing this out of greed and delaying progress on a key (tourist) thoroughfare. It is a boarded up staircase FFS. At least the Lime St pair were talking about their shops. Hopefully it can be bulldozed and temporarily landscaped quickly.
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I do hope the owners do act quick on realising a cpo coming their way, and this site can be levelled straight away. Its one of the worst eyesores, and in a promient place, and now disused and all life gone since Coopers left.
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Victorian terraces win heritage status
Oct 23 2007 by Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo
COMMUNITY leaders said more than 1,200 Victorian homes were now safe for future generations after being granted conservation status.
The long-awaited decision puts the Kensington Fields estate on the same footing as the likes of Woolton village and the Canning district of Liverpool city centre.
It means the community, built at the end of the 19th century to provide better housing for slum-dwellers, is safe from any threat of demolition.
Residents and property owners must now follow strict guidelines when renovating their homes to ensure Kensington Fields retains classic features that include the windows and railings.
Liverpool councils dec-ision, due to be rubber-stamped by councillors on Friday, was today welcomed by community leaders.
Bernie Hunt, from Kensington Fields co-operative, said: We have fought for this for years, ever since finding out it is the only complete Victorian estate outside London.
The alarm bells were ringing because a lot of the original fixtures were going missing.
Without conservation status there was a danger that these changes would detract from the estates originality.
We wanted it to keep to those standards, rather than becoming bland.
Central councillor Nick Small said: This is fantastic news and will help bring pride back to the area.
A lot of properties are privately-rented and there were concerns that some landlords are not treating them properly. This will reverse that trend.
The conservation area will cover streets bounded by Kensington, Jubilee Drive, Edge Lane and Hall Lane.
It means the council must approve any demolition or minor works to houses while greater consideration will be given to the design of new buildings.
Cllr Berni Turner, executive member for the environment, said: This will be our 35th conservation area, but none have the character of Kensington Fields, with its Victorian terraced houses.
It is right that we should back the communitys wishes about what they want to see in their neighbourhood.
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KENSINGTON Fields was developed as a result of Victorian by-laws.
They set minimum housing standards for the citys working families who, a generation or two before, had lived in cellars and back-to-back courts in the city centre.
The area, which contained the citys volunteer parade ground and the Mount Vernon Priory, had remained undeveloped as the citys suburbs grew around it.
The terraced housing was laid out during the 1890s.
The presence of the Priory explains why the area had no pubs unusual during a time when a pub on every corner was typical.
The area has a place in the citys pop music history.
In 1955, at the back of his shop in Kensington, Percy Phillips built a small commercial recording studio where, in 1958, the pre-Beatles Quarrymen recorded some of their earliest songs.
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Extra cash for city pavements
Oct 27 2007 by Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo
MORE money has been found to extend a scheme to re-pave city centre streets.
Work is due to start on re-laying footpaths on Whitechapel, between Church Street and Sir Thomas Street, at the end of this month.
But additional cash has been provided by the European Regional Development Fund, Neptune Developments and Merseytravel to increase the amount of work carried out under the £350,000 scheme.
Pavements on the Queen Square side of Old Haymarket and Whitechapel, to the junction with Sir Thomas Street, will now be improved as well.
Work will start in the area outside Dr Duncans pub on Monday and continue until December, when it will be suspended to allow access to the Queen Square car park for Christmas shopping.
It will resume in January and be completed by the end of March.
The scheme is part of the £73m city centre movement strategy to improve roads and public areas.
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Police station saved in the nick of time
Oct 27 2007 by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo
A HISTORIC building has been saved from demolition at the last minute after being given listed status.
Conservation officers stepped in at the eleventh hour to save the old Westminster Road police and fire station in Kirkdale from the bulldozers.
The 122-year-old site was spot-listed by English Heritage on Thursday after nearby residents expressed concern that it could be destroyed.
City officers who visited the site found part of a perimeter wall knocked down and some floorboards removed.
They were able to halt the demolition of the Victorian building, described by English Heritage as a distinctive and well-preserved example of a late 19th century police and fire station complex.
Cllr Berni Turner, executive member for environment and heritage, said: English Heritage noted it was unusual for this type of building to have survived in such a good condition.
Its historically very significant but its only through the prompt action of our conservation team its still standing.
They rode to the rescue as soon as we had confirmation English Heritage had given it grade II listing and have been able to preserve a significant building for the city.
Demolishing a listed building without consent is a criminal offence.
The building was designed in 1885 by Thomas Shelmerdine, the corporation surveyor and cost £10,056.
It was built at a time when Liverpools police force was being decentralised and local, more community based stations were being established.
English Heritage said: It is remarkably unaltered externally and displays a high level of architectural distinction using high quality materials.
English Heritage has also given grade II listing to the Bridewell studios in Prescot Street, another former police station, which in recent years has been an artists studio and was also a location for the filming of Boys From The Black Stuff.
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Fortunately, I've saved a screen shot of my earnings with them, so if they ever remove them, I have proof that they were there. See below. In the 2nd screen shot below, you will see AFF's FAQ saying that they cut checks twice a month with a $50 minimum, so I was due to be paid long ago. Yet no explanation on their end.


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An interesting clock that I didn't notice its movement before on my first visit to Cliffe Castle museum. She is holding the pendulum, the pendulum goes round and round pushing a wire on the base.. I'll put the base on Workshop for you to have a look. Thanks for looking
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tyro (26424) 2014-07-29 14:40
Hello Jasmine,
I absolutely love clocks and love playing around with them, taking them apart and trying to fix them! So this one is really interesting for me.
It took me a little while to work this one out and I had to look at Wikipedia to find this picture because I was wondering how you "read" the time on this clock. Now I understand that the face or dial of the clock is lower down on the marble base! And I presume that the "wire" which the pendulum hits then works an escapement mechanism to regulate the clock. All very clever!
This is another of your fine "interior" shots which you do so very well despite the usually poor light. And here we not only have a fine image of this remarkable timepiece, but we also see an excellent view of the rest of this room reflected in that huge mirror behind the clock.
Gorgeous light and colours, fine composition and excellent details and clarity.
Kind Regards,
nikkitta (17068) 2014-07-29 15:01
Hola Jasmine
An interesting clock, original, as is the capture using the mirror, so creating a double image
Looking for the face, read John and understand how it works
Creative capture, well done
Hi Jasmine
You've carefully chosen the POV to have the weird clock and its reflection, but also the room wall and ceiling in the mirror.
Have a good day
carlo62 (61332) 2014-07-30 0:16
Ciao Jasmine
bella idea, lo specchio crea una bellissima prospettiva e si vedono molto particolari interessanti.
Ottima esposizione, non facile in questi casi.
No_One (4) 2014-07-30 13:07
Hi Jasmine
What an ostentatious piece, and beautiful for it, which is not something I normally feel about such opulence. An intricate and detailed work, and you have portrayed it so spectacularly against this gilt framed mirror. Fascinating spinterior subject, really ll taken.
Best wishes
Royaldevon (48467) 2014-07-30 16:15
Hello Jasmine,
I'm so glad that you included a w/s to show the actual clock from your title. Then it all made sense.
I love how you have used the mirror so that we are able to see the whole of the statue and the ceiling moulds in the reflection. It is a novel way of looking at an interior. You have captured some fine textural details.
We have links with Cliffe Castle. The previous owner of our neighbour's house was a historian and when the top storey of Cliffe Castle was removed, he collected some of the stones and a sculptured griffin and built a castellated wall around his garden with them. I can see the griffin, from my bedroom window!
I hope you don't mind me telling you, you have misspelt Keighley.
Kind regards,
Bev :-)
Oceania (5202) 2014-07-31 7:14
Hi Jasmine,
The reflections of the statue and the ceiling details are great. Also, it's excellent in composition. Thanks for sharing.
holmertz (64548) 2014-07-31 11:52
Hello Jasmine,
A fine sculpture and a very interesting clock. They knew how to create fantastic "machines" even a very long time ago. It's also a cleverly taken photo creating a good sense of depth through the mirror. As so many times before you have used the limited light very well.
Kind regards,
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RICHLAND, Wash. – A Benton County Washington Republican is considering a lawsuit because he is so disgruntled over voters being turned away from overcrowded caucuses. This happened in Kennewick on Saturday. Correspondent Anna King explains.
Ray Swenson is an attorney in Richland. And he's willing to file a lawsuit against his own party if others will join as plaintiffs. The suit would seek to include the votes of those excluded at Saturday's Benton County Republican caucuses.
Swenson and hundreds of others weren't able to cast their votes in the presidential straw poll because of an overwhelming turnout and a bottleneck at the registration desks.
"It felt more like being in Russia during the election for Vladimir Putin, instead of being in America where the government is supposed to be of the people, by the people and for the people," Swenson says.
The chairman of the Benton County Republican party said volunteers followed state GOP rules and had to obey fire codes. Patrick McBurney places blame on Washington's elected leaders for eliminating the state's primary.
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NVIDIA Takes the Stage
Subject: Graphics Cards | February 20, 2006 - 02:26 PM | Jonathan Hung
With ATI generating most of the buzz in recent weeks, NVIDIA has stepped up to deliver some excitement of their own. The biggest news being the demise of the 7800-series cards, and the introduction of 7900-series GTX and GT parts. There's also G80 rumours from X-Bit Labs reporting that the next G80 chip will use 48 pixel shader processors, DirectX 10, and an unknown number of vertex shaders.
It would appear that we can expect a lot more news regarding the 7900 GTX and future plans as CeBit gets under way in Hannover in March.
In the past, NVIDIA has had problems with availbility (as with ATI) of new products, so it will be interesting if NVIDIA can flood the market with sufficient quantities this time around.
"NVIDIA told its partners that it is willing to loan them 7900 GTX SLI systems for the CeBIT show. G71 cards are getting real but we are very anxious to see them in action."
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Injured Peninsula soldier marries his hometown sweetheart
Jeremiah Wright and Ashley Ferguson, both of Port Angeles, share cake following their wedding. Photo by Jessica Wright
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Army Pfc. Jeremy Wright and Ashley Ferguson, both of Port Angeles, married Nov. 27 before a small group of family members and friends in a military ceremony at Fort Sam Houston.
Wright, who left Port Angeles High School in 2007 and later received a GED diploma, is an outpatient at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston recovering from injuries he received when the armored vehicle on which he was riding was overturned by a roadside bomb.
He was the roof gunner on an RG-31 Nyala armored truck in Afghanistan on Aug. 26 when the improvised explosive device, or IED, detonated under the vehicle.
The couple already had plans to marry next year when Wright would have returned from his deployment to Afghanistan had he not been injured.
They moved up the ceremony because Army rules were making it difficult for Ferguson to stay in San Antonio to help Wright with day-to-day tasks, Wright said.
"It's fantastic," Wright said of being married to his hometown sweetheart.
Ferguson, who graduated from Port Angeles High in 2007, has been living in San Antonio to help care for Wright after his discharge from the hospital unit.
He is expected to remain as an outpatient at the medical center for at least a year.
Wright was able to stand — without assistance of a walker or cane — with Ferguson for the ceremony only three months after 11 bones in his arms and legs were broken.
"We waited until I could walk," Wright said.
The wedding was held at the Wounded Warrior and Family Service Center, and the ceremony and small reception were organized by service center staff.
"They take good care of us," he said.
An Army chaplain performed the ceremony.
Wright is the son of Morris Wright and Lisa Bokamper, both of Port Angeles.
Ferguson is the daughter of Mike and Janice Ferguson of Sequim.
They plan to hold a church ceremony on the North Olympic Peninsula and a reception for family and friends in June, when he is released from his daily treatment regimen to visit home on leave, he said.
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US Gives More Healthy Food Choices to Women, Infants and Children on WIC
Some 9 million poor women and young children who receive federal food assistance under the U.S. government's so-called WIC program will have greater access to fruits, vegetables and whole grains under an overhaul of the program unveiled on Friday.
The expansion of allowable foods is the first change to the program in 34 years.
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Minnesota restaurant, resort and hotel owners have launched an 11th hour campaign to try to convince state lawmakers not to increase the minimum wage.
The three trade groups oppose the move to a $9.50 hourly rate and automatic inflationary increases. They also want to be able to pay a lower minimum wage to employees who receive tips.
Dan McElroy, the executive vice president of the Hospitality Minnesota coalition, said during a news conference today that the current House and Senate bills would make the industry less competitive.
"My members are good at what they do. They will adjust," McElroy said. "What's at risk are our team members and the number of hours and the number of jobs we can provide, our guests and the amount that they will pay and the level of service they will get, and our communities and the amount of impact good restaurants can provide in those communities."
Employees who receive tips are not addressed in either bill, and House and Senate negotiators have already agreed on a $9.50 rate.
Research does not support the conclusion that increasing the minimum wage will force employers to cut jobs.
Gov. Mark Dayton, has said that an increase would be good for workers and businesses.
State Sen. Jeff Hayden, DFL-Minneapolis, a member of the minimum wage conference committee, said he thinks the hospitality industry's campaign is too late to make much of a difference.


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'Horribly overrated and miles off the pace' – England fans on Arsenal star Jack Wilshere's performance v Turkey
Jack Wilshere started just one Premier League game this season, but he was named in Roy Hodgson's starting XI for England first pre-Euro 2016 friendly.
The Three Lions took on Turkey at the Etihad Stadium, and they claimed a victory despite a less than convincing performance.
Wilshere lasted 66 minutes of the game before being taken off for Jordan Henderson, after a performance which did little to inspire confidence in his talents.
The Arsenal man managed just one shot, completed only a single dribble and played two key passes in a display which lacked either offensive or defensive focus.
His poor performance was picked up on by the watching supporters, who shared their view on the 24-year-old on social media…


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(Reuters) - Weeks of speculation about Darryl Sutter's future with the Los Angeles Kings finally ended on Friday when the National Hockey League team agreed to a multi-year contract extension with their experienced head coach.
Though Sutter had won the coveted Stanley Cup with the Kings in 2012 and 2014, the team failed to reach the playoffs last season and they were ousted in the first round last month by the San Jose Sharks.
Kings general manager Dean Lombardi did not give financial details of Sutter's new contract, which will begin in the 2016-17 season, but local media estimate it to be worth more than $6 million for two years.
Sutter, the fastest Kings head coach to 100 wins in franchise history (183 games), has posted a 186-112-45 record since joining the LA team for the 2011-12 season.
The 57-year-old coached his 1,200th NHL game on April 4 at Vancouver, becoming the 15th head coach in league history to reach that plateau.
In recent weeks, there had been mounting speculation that Sutter might consider other coaching options or perhaps return to his 3,000-acre farm in Alberta to raise cattle full time but he scotched those rumors in a newspaper interview on Thursday.
"I have no desire to go anywhere else or do any of that," Sutter told the Los Angeles Times. "We'll get it (a contract extension) worked out. That's my plan.
"As coaches, you're trying to get through where you could be next year with your roster. That was more important to me the last two or three weeks than any of my stuff."
Sutter's teams have qualified for the postseason in 14 of his 16 years as a head coach, and his 595 career coaching wins rank 14th all-time.
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EIB funds Bord Gais and AIB as it identifies key projects
THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced €235m of new financing for Bord Gais and AIB and says more is on the way.
The EIB has agreed a new €155m loan for Bord Gais and is backing an innovative €80m "risk sharing" loan deal with AIB targeted at boosting lending to Irish high tech companies, normally seen as too risky for bank loans.
A further €90m loan has already been earmarked for Bord Gais and is set to be formally agreed next year.
A second, bigger, loan to boost AIB's lending to traditional small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is also set to be announced imminently.
The EIB has become an increasingly active lender in Ireland since July when its president Werner Hoyer paid a high profile visit to Dublin.
A high level working group of officials from the Government and the bank has since been established and is being tipped as a model for other bailed out countries badly hit by a lack of credit.
It has identified funding for infrastructure, high-potential start-ups, SMEs and agrifoods as priority areas.
The Government wants the EIB to double to €1bn its lending to Irish borrowers next year, in an effort to replace absent bank lending and stimulate the economy.
"Our message is that we look forward to doing more business here and lending more money to the Irish Government and the Irish private sector," EIB vice president Mihai Tanasescu said in Dublin yesterday.
The new Bord Gais loan is to finance development of six "onshore" windfarms in counties Clare, Kilkenny and Tipperary with a total capacity of 141 megawatts.
Matching funding from the semi-state means the total investment will be €311m, the EIB said yesterday in a statement.
The Bord Gais loan will be taken either as a nine-year facility repaid in one payment or as a 15-year amortising loan.
It's the latest successful debt financing by Bord Gais following last week's €500m bond deal.
The new windfarms, some of which are already close to completion, will come under the hammer next year when Bord Gais is due to sell power generation assets to meet the New Era privatisation targets.
A sale will not affect the terms of the new loans, Bord Gais chief finance officer Michael O'Sullivan said.
The Luxembourg-based EIB has provided more than €1.4bn for energy infrastructure in Ireland in the past five years.
The €80m of funding for AIB will allow the bank to increase lending to "innovate" companies under a structure known as a "risk-sharing instrument". It means the EIB will guarantee 50pc of loans of up to €7.5m that AIB makes to eligible start-ups and SMEs.
It will be targeted at export and innovation-oriented companies seen by the Government as engines of growth, but often viewed by banks as high risk.
EIB vice president Mihai Tanasescu said his bank is pushing to reopen Public Private Partnership (PPP) funding of infrastructure projects, including examining a deal to fund new work on the M11 motorway.
It is already funding refurbishment and new projects for the Department of Education.
The EIB will lend to almost all sectors, in the private or public sector, but will only fund up to 50pc of any project.
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Baseball fans may have heard about the hilarious blooper book Baseball Hall Of Shame: The Best Of Blooperstown, which highlights the funniest gaffes and tales in baseball from 1885 all the way to 2011.
Now the authors of the book are asking fans to help with a brand new collection for the first annual Blooperstown All Star Team. Author/TV producer Bruce Nash and co-author Allan Zullo have announced their plans to include all those wacky baseball moments in a new All Star series.
Fans who have a funny baseball moment can email their submissions to firstname.lastname@example.com to be considered.
Categories include:
- Wildest practical jokes
- Most mind boggling mental miscues
- Wackiest plate appearances
- Outrageous base running boners
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By Kelly Caffarelli, President The Home Depot Foundation
The scene is finally becoming pretty familiar: the owner of a building is surrounded by the architects, engineers and contractors, perhaps a few local politicians, when the plaque on a new green building is unveiled. The local news might report that this is the first [pick a type of building: home, bank, hospital, fire station, etc.] to reach this level of green certification [silver, gold, platinum or whatever] and touts how much lower the utility bills will be and how much healthier the people will be.
There's no doubt about it – high-performing green buildings have come a long way and everyone who has been involved in the process of bringing the dreams and designs to reality has truly accomplished something worthy of applause.
But what happens after the ribbon cutting, when everyone has moved in and the building starts to be worked and lived in and needs maintenance? That's when seemingly simple things – changing light bulbs and air filters or repainting a room – can begin to have a huge impact on the building's green status. If CFLs are replaced with incandescent bulbs…if the dirty filters either aren't changed at all or are swapped for the cheap ones…and if the room is painted with a great new color, but the paint contains VOCs, the building's energy efficiency, cost effectiveness and air quality can be significantly degraded.
That's easy, you say. Homeowners and maintenance staffs can look for information on the internet. Give it a try. Despite all that's been written about environmentally friendly buildings, your search won't get you much except links to lawn maintenance services that promise green grass.
Of course all of this comes down to educating people and making sure they are using and maintaining the building properly. That means teaching everything from turning off the lights when they leave a room, to actually programming the programmable thermostat, to leaving the restrictor valve on the low-flow showerhead. And if people don't listen and learn? Well, they miss out on the economic and health benefits they could have enjoyed. It's tempting to just leave it at that and hope that they will eventually learn.
I think it's more than that one building or one family, though. While people are now building green buildings believing that the benefits will materialize, we'll soon need comprehensive data to prove that those benefits are real and sustainable. If a green building is allowed to go brown, then the utilities will be higher than the models projected, the incidents of asthma among residents won't decline and the extra money that went into making that building green won't look like a very good investment anymore. But the plaque proclaiming the greenness of the building will still be there.
So what do we do?
First, we must understand that when a building is commissioned and certified as green, we have taken a snapshot of the building's birth, not a video of its life, and the building will change over time.
Second, we need to educate the occupants and maintenance staff (including the families living in green homes) about how to keep the building green. That doesn't mean giving them a thick manual they will never read. For many of the green affordable housing initiatives we fund through The Home Depot Foundation, we actually provide hands on training to homeowners and maintenance staffs, including one-on-one sessions and DVDs.
Third, as we monitor and assess the building's performance, we must continually think about how it's being used and what may have changed. The building should be assessed periodically to ensure it is still operating the way it did when the plaque was hung. Only then will the data be meaningful; otherwise the performance will never live up to the promises.
Finally, we must consistently collect and analyze information about the performance of these buildings to demonstrate in a statistically significant way that these green upgrades really do pay for themselves economically, socially and environmentally.
It won't be easy, but getting to where we are today wasn't easy either, and it would be a horrible thing to see a green building go brown.
Kelly Caffarelli has been president of The Home Depot Foundation since 2003. Under her leadership, the Foundation has granted more than $190 million to nonprofit organizations and supported the construction and preservation of more than 95,000 affordable, healthy homes. You can follow her on Twitter @HomeDepotFdn and read her blog at www.homedepotfoundation.org/blog.


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My Digital Camera Is Better Than Yours
Yep, But My Lens Is Better Than Yours
There's been a lot of chatter lately on the Internet about mirror-less vs. mirror cameras, the new Nikon D4 vs. the latest Canon 5D Mark III, iPhones vs. other smart phones, the new technology of the Lytros camera and more. Basically, people expressing their opinions on Twitter, Facebook, blogs, etc., over what camera or form of photographic capture is best. Everyone seems to make valid points along with a lot of great information and bad information, but what many people fail to recognize, no matter what camera you use or prefer, it's ultimately about the photographer's abilities that really matters—besides, the best camera is the one in your hand, not in your camera bag.
In simple terms, it's not necessarily what you shoot with, but whether or not you understand the basic concepts, fundamentals and principles of photography in general—before you even purchase a camera. It's about using the right tool for the right job, but how can you properly choose the "right" tool if you don't know how to "effectively" use it to begin with? Just because you buy a gun, load a bullet and point the barrel forward, doesn't mean you'll hit the target—it takes training, skill and knowledge to hit the bull's eye—the same goes with a digital camera.
As an example, is F/8 the same on all the above cameras? If it is, then why are there so many arguments over what camera is best? Sometimes I wonder if half the people arguing know the difference between an F/stop and a bus stop. Seriously, the first step in becoming a great photographer is comprehending your equipment and in digital photography that means more than just shutter speeds and apertures, it also means understanding white balance, crop factors, lens perspectives and what seems as an infinite amount of ISO's we have today. Obviously the correlation of the latter basics is the key to great photographs, not the brand of equipment that you own.
Personally, I shoot Canon, but I also own Nikon, Olympus and Leica, as I look at the camera body as second to my lenses (glass) and lighting (lifeblood of the image). This is where many photographers fail, they drop $4,000 to $8,000 on "top of the line" name brand camera bodies and buy cheap lenses for them—or inferior glass—because they fail to comprehend simple things like why a 70-200mm F/2.8 lens (notice I didn't name a brand) is ten times better than a 70-200mm F/4 lens.
Ever try and photograph a subject as the sun sets behind them with an F/4 lens, especially if you rely on autofocus? Zip, zip, zip, your zoom lens will act like a "zoom lens" as the focus barrel zooms in and out trying to lock-on, and if you're shooting manual focus, well good luck at having the focus dead-on when it comes to the best fraction of a second to depress that shutter release. Bottom line, the lens aperture value of F/4 is the same on both lenses, but the viewfinder on an F/2.8 lens is twice as bright as a lens at F/4.
But more important than a bright viewfinder when using an F/2.8 lens vs. an F/4 lens, the quality of the glass is better on the F/2.8 lens—that's why it's an F/2.8 lens and not an F/4 lower grade lens. Great glass is one factor that separates most professional photographers from amateurs—because a pro understands you don't risk the possibility of failing to capture a great photograph with inferior glass any more than driving a NASCAR race car with cheap rethread tires.
Sure, some will argue that all you need is a 70-200mm lens with a minimum aperture of F/4 for photographing outdoor sports, landscapes, and macro shooting—in fact it's a great lens for that price for those genres—but I tend to cover all my bases and why would I pay twice for a similar lens? I highly recommend that every photographer just save up and wait for an F/2.8 version to prevent paying twice. I say twice because it's very common, as a new photographer, to purchase the F/4 version first, then later purchase the F/2.8 version—especially with marketing hype.
Oh yes, marketing hype exists, don't believe me, check your shampoo bottle as practically all of them say, "Shampoo, rinse and repeat." When they hook you to buy that shampoo over another brand, it's obviously better than all the other products, so why repeat? Simple, it sells more shampoo and increases the manufacturer's revenue. Marketing hype does exist in the photo industry, especially with camera bodies and lenses. The more you buy, the more they make.
However, if your photography is nothing but landscapes and outdoor sports photography, then stick with the F/4 version, it'll keep your camera bag lighter. My point is use the right tool for the right job while avoiding the marketing hype, but understand the real reason why you chose one tool (lens, camera body) over another.
As an example, I choose the F/2.8 version because it allows my viewfinder to be twice as bright, and with age, it helps, especially with both manual and auto focusing. I shoot a lot of photos during the Golden Hour—I need that brighter viewfinder as the day becomes darker—why end a shoot when you can make it better? I prefer higher-quality glass and better glass is found in a lens with a minimum aperture of F/2.8 vs. F/4. Plus I like the better bokeh for the mood it establishes in my photos, especially at longer focal lengths. The bokeh at F/2.8 is much better than at F/4 in my style of photography. Yes, this probably sounds like personal preferences, but it pertains more to my photographic style and the fact that I prefer great glass for primo photographs.
Understanding "great glass" is just one of many basic concepts, fundamentals, and principles of photography a photographer must comprehend when deciding which tool to use to achieve a predetermined photographic result, and here on LensDiaries.com, you'll find plenty on those three "musts" for better photography. Though you must still shoot, shoot, shoot, not just read—a great photographer must also exercise that creative eye, communicate to their subject and the intended audience, plus comprehend their equipment in order to use it effectively. The best photography comes from training (shooting regularly), skills (creativity, communication, and comprehension) and knowledge (gained through experience by exercising what you learn).
Combine the latter with creativity, communication and comprehension, or what I call the three "C's" of being a great photographer, and you'll propel your photography to a master's level. Mastering photography is not about whether you shoot a Nikon D4 vs. a Canon 5D Mark III or an iPhone vs. a mirror-less camera, as shutter speeds are shutter speeds and F/stops are F/stops; mastering photography comes from understanding the fundamentals, concepts and principles first, and you can find plenty of that knowledge here in this photographic community. With that I close by saying, please don't forget our military troops, their families and friends, for they pay the ultimate sacrifices to protect our freedoms to practice photography as we pretty much please. God Bless them all! Rolando.
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Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II USM or the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM Lens. There is a difference in price…but I am wondering if going with the II is worth it? Your thoughts?
Totally agree with Rolando…a Formula One driver will lap a race-track faster in a family saloon than an average driver in an F1 car…because he's reached a high level of unconscious competence (knows how to use the equipment without thinking about it). Once you achieve this level your mind is freed up to concentrate on seeing, posing, composition, anticipation, interaction with subject, etc. etc.
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For the final six minutes of his exit interview with the Los Angeles Lakers, Steve Nash painfully strained to speak in Spanish with reporters. Still, he struggled, he tried and he refused to stop trying his unique brand of Spanglish until the Spanish speaking reporters ran out of questions.
Those six minutes perfectly describe Nash at age 40 with the Lakers: even if he did not have it in him, he refused to throw in the towel until he had done all he could and everyone else caved.
"I want to just come back and contribute to the club the best I can, hopefully on the court," Nash explained his hopes for his final year with the Lakers. "If not, off the court being a mentor and a great influence and a positive force."
Nash, who is still under contract for another season, believes that he will be back, citing the consistent support Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak ha, provided him since his arrival to the Lakers. Also, Nash was quick to point out that the Lakers were not exactly rich with options as they were involved in a "rebuild."
Although fans of the Lakers may cringe when they hear that word "rebuild," one would have a difficult time arguing against the Canadian, given a record of 27 wins and 55 losses -- bad enough for sixth-worst in the NBA and worst-ever in the history of the LA Lakers.
Throughout the season, a segment of fans called for Nash to retire, and the 40-year-old answered those calls in a documentary film that explained that yes, the money was a part of why he would continue to play.
"In some ways, like with the money comment, I just felt it was an opportunity to be really honest, and backlash be damned," Nash said on Thursday. "It felt right at this stage in my career to be open and to hell with being judged. That is the truth."
Nash was again asked if there were any circumstances where he did not see himself returning to the Lakers, and the soft-spoken point guard replied with unfiltered honesty and reason.
"We fight in the collective bargaining to keep guaranteed contracts," Nash started out. "You know, I broke my leg playing for this team, and my body's never been the same. Frankly, I would be lying if I didn't say that I feel that that's my end of the deal."
Nash's point was valid in that his injury occurred on the job in his second ever game with the Lakers.
Nash continued, "You know, we signed these contracts before (we earned them). Maybe it would be a better business if we got paid for what you actually accomplish, but that's not the business we're in. And frankly, I probably would have made a lot more money if I got paid afterwards instead of before throughout my career."
As usual, the Canadian's reasoning was sound. However, he wanted to explain that he was not only motivated by money. "Competition" and "enjoyment" motivated the best shooter in the history of the NBA.
"It gets convoluted because I love to play the game," Nash said. "If I didn't have any options, and the Lakers said, 'You can come play for us but we can't pay you,' and no one else was offering me a deal, I would still love to play. And I would play for free (but) not when you have three teams offering you money."
After answering difficult questions about money, explaining he would help in any manner asked of him—including mentoring a young point guard—Nash took on the challenge of answering questions in Spanish.
After speaking eloquently on tough topics in English, Nash did not change his attitude when struggling to answer complex questions in Spanish with limited vocabulary.
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A new study from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration drew on a survey of about 250,000 children ages 12 to 17 and found they were far more likely to start using drugs and alcohol during the summer than during other parts of the year.
"Experimentation is something to be concerned about for a number of reasons," said Mylene Krzanowski, executive director of the student assistance program at the Caron Treatment Centers, who has seen the downside of experimentation too many times.
"The adolescent brain is still developing and the use of alcohol or other drugs changes the brain's structure and how it works. This can have negative long- and short-term consequences."
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Anyone doing it / done it before? Any idea what the bike course is like?
I'm guessing pretty non technical?
Anyone doing it / done it before? Any idea what the bike course is like?
I'm guessing pretty non technical?
Yup! I'll be there in garish Hot Chilli Tri club colours. The description of the run....more toughmudder, than trail run....didn't realise I was letting myself in for that!
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I'll be there too. Description of bike course also refers to chicken runs so I'm assuming not all the fire trail I was anticipating...not a bad thing mind but it'll be interesting how it goes!
yip im racing too. most of these off road tri's dont have technical bike courses, but could be different as sam gardener has designed it. im going for test lap tomorrow.
Have you watched the video of the course from last year? Doesn't look too technical - longer this year though. Be up there Sat pm for a test lap as well.
I'll mainly be the big bloke in a 7oaks tri suit towards the front on the swim and going backwards thereafter..................
could you report back on your test lap? Don't think I'll get there. If mainly fire-roady may use the Fargo as a secret weapon, otherwise yeti 5
I did it last year, the bike course was a bit of a joke, shame, as Sam obviously has a massive MTB pedigree! Sure it'll be better this year.
I'm there as well.
My understanding is that the bike route will be pretty straight forward and fast. Hope so, I've been doing time trials on my Niner to prepare.
Sam's a cracking rider but I think the organisers find themselves in the difficult position of trying to attract road triathletes to the off road world who would freak at anything too difficult. Not the same in Europe as I've done races that are proper mountain biking routes ie potential for death or serious injury if you get it wrong!
I was convinced off road triathlons were the future, but the cancellations of the Xtri series events leaves me wondering about what's going to be on offer next year. There will be a "summit" of organisers present this weekend to look at this issue.
I think the organisers find themselves in the difficult position of trying to attract road triathletes to the off road world who would freak at anything too difficult
Tricky for them I guess. I've been tempted by the idea of doing them, but every time I look at an event it seems to be actively promoting the idea that the bike course is non technical.
It was really boggy last year, hope its drier this time.
It's an Xterra event, most of them have proper courses, I think the limitation here is the terrain. There's no elevation whatsoever, so nothing you can really do to make it interesting. It really was 100% double track and fields, with freshly cut grass.
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Watch the weather but as it is, light weight tyres should be fine.
Last year (raced locally as a sprint for a test event) there was a right old boggy stretch and much of the course was slippy (wettest summer innit) but yesterday I was working on a section that skipped the worst bits from last year and went uphill into a wooded section away from the lake. End result is it should be lovely and dry.
Oh, the run will be something else though! More tough mudder than trail 10k! Water jumps, knee high bog stretches, long grass, this race is going to be hard but fun.
On the harder sections of the run and the bike we built some chicken runs as well in case anyone is worried.
so - anyone been out there?
How was it for all then? I thought it was a great event, bike course was pretty good; some testing singletack but plenty of field work - which was OK as nice and hard/dry. Loved the run course - if only my old PE teacher could hear me saying I loved cross country running
On the whole an ok event - not really the big Xterra experience id hoped for though. Swim in the 'big pond' was good, plenty of space and easy to sight. Bike course was ok within the context of a race (rubbish as a stand alone ride) 50% technical and 50% grass motorway. One of the pro's had clip on's on his bike to get more aero! run was probably the most challenging, but again only a few technical bits. all pan flat.
Shame, that was my concern, it was just a low key local event last year, wasn't sure how they were going to step it up. Sounds like the bike course was better, certainly a lot longer.
My family and I were there to do the Sprint Relay event...I did the bike (surprise surprise)with my On-One 29er Rigid,some of the course was alright,apart from the lethal bridge early on(injury magnet if ever I saw one),lucky my wife had a pretty good swim so I didnt get trapped on the singletrack.
Overall we enjoyed it but the event seemed a bit low key...or was it just me?..
I thought it was pretty good. Bit in the bike course for mountain bikers as opposed to the pointy heads, although the leader did come past in an aero helmet!
I'm a hopeless runner so found the run course quite tough. Nearly refused the stream jump, and pinged a calf muscle after about 3 km
finished about mid pack 120th in 3 hrs 07. Mrs M won 45 - 49 category couple of minutes back so is one of 17 women (of 29 starters) who have qualified for world champs in Hawaii! Bonkers. Pretty sure half the women who qualified didn't know what they'd qualified for (and I doubt will enter when they see the comedy $475 entry fee!)
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CHAMPIONS Castle Private A increased their lead, if only slightly, at the Premier Division summit with a full house at home to Winsford Cons A.
After starting the season with a sequence of eight successive wins, the Northwich outfit are 52 points clear of Wharton Cons A in second spot.
The Winsford club were comfortable victors too, dropping only three chalks at the Tin Mission against guests Frodsham Red Lion A who had two winners.
Rudheath A celebrated only a second win of the campaign when beating Shavington, while Comberbach A climbed to third position in the table following a comfortable victory on their own green against Wharton Cons B.
Crewe PO's record in Section One is unblemished, a seventh victory in a row arriving after they – like Castle – scored a full house.
Kelsall A were on the receiving end.
Crosstown A lead the way following an impressive win on their travels to Winsford Cons B, while Meadowbank A lost by only three chalks on a visit to Davenham A.
In Section Two, Moulton RBL A dropped only five marks at home to Middlewich RBL.
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Wharton Rec conceded a single chalk against Hazel Pear B in Section Three to improve their position in the table.
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