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questionable bolting of 'My Precious' - Lower Silvermine
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questionable bolting of 'My Precious' - Lower Silvermine
I'd like to grate some cheese with regard to the bolting of Malcolm Gowan's route 'My Precious' at lower silvermine. I've chatted to a few people about the route and there is a general agreement about the inadequit nature of the bolting. Namely not being able to clip the bolts from good holds and the dodge reach even for tall people to clip the chains. It seems that all the bolts should actually have been placed slightly down from their present positions, to enable ease of clipping. Maybe some sort of pre-bolt inspection should be undertaken by qualitfied/respected individuals in the climbing community.
This is standard procedure, have you not climbed at Hellfire? long clips off small edges with long falls in the loom behind you! Please lets not have any pre-bolt inspections, its hard enough being able to bolt as is. I suggest rather letting the person/bolter know about their super reach capabilities and asking them to bare it in mind for next time? If someone inists on adding bolts then let it be a \"qualified/respected\" person, better still add a chain onto the bolt instead of making another hole in the rock? Err... having not climber the route, do you mind if i ask how tall you are
Dear Thom, you sir are a pathetic wimp!!! Malcolm Gowans is a very accomplished climber with years of bolting experience under his belt, and a qualified montain guide to boot! I was ground support during the bolting of this route and, having inside knowledge of what went into the placement decisions, can assure you that all of the bolts are in their optimal position. To place bolts one through three any where else would have meant putting them into hollow sounding and possibly rotten rock! If we'd put them any lower I bet you would really be snivelling when you pulled a huge lump of stone off into your lap!! Even given the difficulties of finding a decent placement all the bolts are still eminently clippable and protect the climber well, perhaps you need a lesson in footwork?? As for the chains you are supposed to turn the roof first and tough it through the slopers above the chains to reach a decent hold from where the chains are clippable at your waist! Or do you need route finding lessons too?? The only thing you are grating are our nerves, you should be thanking the man for adding what is one of the better routes there, not whining about your inadequacies! I'd like to see your face when (hopefully) you get onto a route at somewhere like Ceuse or the Verdon Gorge where the bolts are several meters apart!
Dear Taller...Please dont suggest retrobolting of routes, especially ones you have not climbed! There is nothing wrong with the placements on this route as my response above esxplains. Also adding a length of chain is a really bad idea as chain is seldom anywhere near the strength required of a climbing anchor and chains carry no guarantee of quality or strength.
I have also climbed Malcoms 'my precious' and myself, my partner and two other climbers that where there also commented on the poor placement of the bolts. If some of them could have been placed about 6 inches lower it would have made all the difference. I have never bolted a climb so take my comments with a pinch of salt, but I am six foot and even for me there was a stretch. The route itself is a great line and I really enjoyed it. My 2 cents worth.
Ok my response to Thom was harsh but it gets my goat that Malcolm put in the effort and expense of creating a cool route and all you lot can do is whine, Jeez Guys!! Once again the bolts were placed in the most suitable position allowed by the hollow sounding and possibly rotten rock. I climbed the route last weekend with a girl who cant be more than five feet tall and she had zero difficulty clipping. If you use proper footwork neither will you!
Yeah what is this? Hack Malcolm's routes year or what? Sickle moon was a bit runout near the top but not that bad. A prime example of what happens when people try to second guess the efforts of the opening party without the experience to do the job, nor with any consultation with the opening party. In this case again Malcolm and myself. Lay off for gods sake! Go bolt your own stuff then we can fun critising your attempts!!
Thanks Greg for your response....not to harsh in my opinion. I'm so sick and tired of all the wingeing about bolt placements, top anchors and the like. Most complaining is from fokes who have done sweet stuff all or precious little developing. The MCSA does not fund all the bolting that is happening.In fact most bolts are sold to private people not MCSA... bolters dig deep to make a route avalible for others to enjoy(or winge about). Bolting is fliping expensive and takes a huge amount of effort. This is not France where bolters are paid. So lets make a bit of effort to show apreciation for what others have given that is: time, effort and cash. Or at least just shut up. Malcolm has bought a hell of a lot of hangers..and therefor is extremly committed to new routing Give it gas Greg!
Thanx Derek and Chalk for your vindication. Not all routes are bolted so that you can toprope every move! We will bolt like that on super easy routes so as beginners can get into the leading thing without getting too scared or hurt (mostly their pride in this case as I or Malcolm would never bolt something unsafely). But dont expect to be molly coddled as you move up the grades. Too many clips destroys the flow and rythymn of a route, if the falls are safe and the climber protected then less is actually more! Mal bolted 'My Precious' in the style that most harder routes are bolted IE Demanding smooth and efficient climbing, consider this route a stepping stone, an indication of what to expect as you graduate to the harder crags. Do this and you will find grace and fluidity in your movement, strength you did not know you possessed, and willpower beyond your wildest dreams! Qualities that will you serve you well when you one day come to repeat Malcolms 'Wicked and Wild' at Hellfire and are heading into crux sections 2,5m above the last bolt, Or head up 'Liquid Sky' at Milner where the clips are all 3-4m apart.
I will admit that the first time I climbed this route I found some of the clips tricky, however: 1. If I had got myself into a better position then the clipping would be much easier. 2. The ideal bolt position for me to clip is different from the next climber, but most importantly - 3. The best overall clipping location for a bolt, that should suit most climbers, might not be safe!!! So, in my humble opinion, when some experienced guys safely bolt a cool route, don't bitch and moan about it just cause you didn't find it easy to clip.
Hi all I join this forum at a late date. So late in fact that I'm sure the heat surrounding "My Precious" has blown off. What follows are some of my thought on the matter. Between June and August this year, I did some climbing in Ith, Germany. It is not uncommon for routes there to have two bolts in a15 meter pitch, and one of those is the top out bolt. Yes, only one bolt to lower off and that's standard practice! I know this has little relevance to Silvermine, a crag that has been developed to encourage nubies into the safe, bolt-clipping sort of sport climbing, but it does put a fresh perspective on the matter. Hee hee With regards to "My precious" I have the following to say. For years the line was much talked about but left untouched. Using the opportunity to add a new line I used, what I believe to be, best of my judgment. The rock quality on most of the slightly over hanging wall is dodgy to say the least. The soft, granular stone has been weakened by water seeping outward from within the crag. Who know how many of the holds will break off in winter? It was so lacking in quality that I almost shelved the idea of putting further time and money into the route. Fortunate or not, I was persuaded otherwise. The route was cleaned of the "loose" holds, top roped once to see where the most logical line would be, top-roped a second time to mark the clips. And top-roped a third time to check that the placements where correct. Please bear two things in mind here, Firstly the rock quality are as I've said extremely poor. This was a major contributing factor in where the bolts would be placed. After all would you rater clip a safe or unsafe bolt? Secondly, when I mark a clip I make sure I can reach it with the bent elbow of the clipping arm. I call this consideration for those who are vertically challenged, my ape index handicap. For those of you who doubt my ability and judgment I say the following ion my defense. I have been climbing for 18 years. Bolting routes since the early nineties. Protected more than forty sport pitches. I believe this racks up to fair amount of experience. In conclusion, should climbers, after reading this and having climbed the route, believe that "My precious" is an un-safe route. Please contact me. I will then deconstruct the route. Malcolm Gowans PS: A line from the "Lord of the rings" comes to mind. \"Is it not a strange fate that we suffer such fear and doubt over so small a thing\"
Firstly, no one is perfect, no matter how much experience you have. I saw a mountain guide on lead with the rope conected to his harness with a screw gate, he thought this was how it should be done, and he had been guiding for as long as I've been breathing and that's bloody long. Secondly, one shouldn't have something to grate when making a comment or voicing your opinion, it just gets everyones back up and the bun fight starts. Thirdly, why do ohs get their nickers in a not and start ranting and raving about money spent, time, energy, vision and no body loves me. Forthly, Melcom seems to have kept nice and cool about it and given a good reason for what he did. Fifthly, why can't climbers just get on and chat and learn and move forward. They seem to be a very sensitive and agressive bunch, ready to pounce on anyone who crosses their way. Even if someone has placed a million bolts there is still room for learning and comments. I do not think anyone goes out and bolts a route to the worst of his ability or to make it a stuff up. So just chill, we are starting to sound like our politicians, ohs.
Malcom I am the world's worst wimp when it comes to doing a route for the first time and I had no problem with the placements of the bolts when doing the the route for the first time. In fact I did not even notice the bolts and believe me if there had been a problem I would defenitely not have flashed the route. My view is well done and my only complaint is that you got the line before I did. I had had my eye on it for some time.
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TORONTO — Upon further review, it's really obvious who came out on top in the Scott-Rolen-for-Troy Glaus trade: us!
Yes, the true winners of this deal were me and my fellow ink-stained wretches here in Toronto. Nothing against Mr. Glaus, who was more than happy to call out A-Rod after the "Mine!" incident last season, and from what I hear was a standup teammate.
As a go-to guy in the clubhouse, though, Glaus was near the bottom of the list. He was shy with the media and came off as standoffish, but not every player is going to warm up to us vultures. We received only a small taste of Rolen on Tuesday night, but the man had us laughing and wasn't above poking fun at himself, his family or his history.
So, at first glance, Rolen seems like a great guy and he definitely seemed happy to be in Toronto (who doesn't look happy during their introductory presser, though?). OK, maybe he just looked happy to be somewhere that wasn't St. Louis. Whatever the case, he said all the right things and took the spotlight off general manager J.P. Ricciardi for once.
As far as the trade goes, it's sounding more and more like this was a move to help accomodate two players' wishes to escape their respective towns and less of a situation where the clubs coveted the others' third baseman. Ricciardi shed light on the fact that Glaus asked to be traded (he liked Toronto, just wanted to get off the FieldTurf) some time around the All-Star break and, knowing Rolen's issues in St. Louis, the Jays asked if the Cards would be interested in a one-for-one swap in December.
What Ricciardi said was initially a long process wrapped up rather quickly over the past week. Rolen said he wasn't even aware of the Jays' offer until the Cardinals came calling, saying Glaus had waived his no-trade clause. After discussing the matter with his family, who apparently will be very noticeable around the Jays, Rolen decided it was a great opportunity.
Rolen was cracking wise from the get-go. When asked for an opening comment, he glanced over at Ricciardi and said, "I do have a tie with me, but I didn't want to show J.P. up." When he was trying on his new Jays jersey, he stopped and grunted, "Ow, my shoulder," gaining the first of many chuckles. Later, when asked about the injury and the subsequent rehab, Rolen grinned wide and spouted, "I can't believe I passed my physical," to an eruption of laughter.
When asked about the artificial surface at the Rogers Centre, Rolen leaned over and peered down to the field and said, "You guys have turf?" He glared mockingly at Ricciardi when the GM started describing him as a "dirtbag," and later Rolen played on that by saying he had to "play baseball and be a dirtbag" with the Jays.
In picking his number — 33 — Rolen mocked the serious manner in which such a trivial decision is for ballplayers. "We educated baseball players, we have these stories, we have these big things we have to put up with, you know these HUGE decisions, like what number am I going to wear? This is a BIG DEAL for us."
This time around, he said he had his wife put all the available digits on a piece of paper and had his 3-year-old daughter, Raine, decide what number daddy was going to wear. His daughter pointed at '33' and said "firty-free. So that's the number I'm going to wear. I'm going to wear firty-free."
Rolen said if there's an RV sitting out by any of the ballparks the Jays are visitiing, it's just his parents, who take in 81 home games and hit the road for more. Meanwhile, he said "me and my family, we're going to tear this place up." So, probably a good thing the Jays have expanded the home clubhouse.
Rolen did steer away from a question about his falling out with Cards manager Tony La Russa ("Huh. I didn't think that was going to come up. That's surprising.). But that didn't stop him from saying there might be plenty of time to "cast stones" down the road. As for Jays skipper John Gibbons, Rolen talked to him on the phone during his physical: "I'm thinking he might be from the South?"
Rolen said he had exchanged text messages with former Jay and current Card Chris Carpenter earlier in the day on Tuesday. The big advice he received was to take his dogs west of the city, because it'd be better than downtown. As for teaming up with David Eckstein again: "He has the little engine that could mentality and rightly so. … It was great playing with David for the two or three years that we got to play together and to win a world championship with him. It'll be nice to stay together and have a familiar face right away."
Of course, the biggest question going forward is about Rolen's left surgery, which he's had three operations on over the past three years. This last one in September was more of a cleanup procedure to clear out some scar tissue. Rolen said his range of motion is back and he's started hitting and fielding with no problems.
Dr. Steve Mirabello examined Rolen and said he was "thrilled to death. He told me I had a completely normal physical, which I haven't had for the last two or three years." Mirabello and Jays head trainer George Poulis are also very familiar with Rolen's personal trainer, Hap Hudson. So, if there was any hint from any party that Rolen was still hurting, Toronto wouldn't have gone forward with this trade.
Rolen admitted that he's not the best judge of his health status, though. He said he feels as strong and healthy as he has in the last three or fours years, but he also told people he was "ready to go" last year while playing injured for four months. He said he'll defer to any orders from the training staff, but is ready to suit up for the first Spring Training game, if allowed.
"I've rehabbed with [Hudson] unfortunately too often on that shoulder. I guess it'd be best for him to say [if I'm healthy]. I sit here all the time and say, 'I'm ready to go. I'm ready to go.' The reality is last year I played four months hurt and kept telling people I was ready to go. So I may not know what the **** I'm talking about."
Rolen said that the main problem last season was in the load of his swing. The limited range of motion, caused by the injury, didn't allow him to bring his hands back as far during the load, leading to the diminished power production. I'm sure we'll be keeping an eye on his hands this spring to see if he can find some of those home runs he's missed out on in recent years.
So, with that, it's still going to take time to see if this trade benefits the Cards or Jays more. One thing it does is solve Toronto's need for a third baseman in light of Glaus' trade request. The Jays understood that Glaus probably wouldn't exercise his '09 player option next winter, when the free-agent crop for the hot corner is thin. Obtaining Rolen gives Toronto a few years to hopefully get prospect Kevin Ahrens close to being big-league ready.
OTHER NOTES: Ricciardi indicated that the Jays still have a few more minor things in the works to potentially upgrade the bench. Basically, it sounds like Toronto is still exploring the trade market to obtain a backup catcher. Ricciardi said talks are ongoing with Alex Rios on a multiyear extension and Toronto is close on a few of its arb-eligible players (Rios, Scutaro, Downs, Frasor, Tallet, Chacin). Teams exchange salary figures with their arb guys on Friday and the hearings, if needed, are from Feb. 1-20.
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The 08 Jays in my opinion are the best group assembled since 1993. Hopefully we have a healthy year, because if we do its guarenteed to be exciting. Hopefully the city responds, I know im going to try and catch as many games as possible this year, although its tough because its a 3 hour drive (on a good day). Hopefully attendance will rise and give Mr. Rogers some incentive to keep the money coming. I know some people dont like J.P. but I really dont think you can call him a bad GM. From what this team was when he started to where they are now, I would say they are substantially better.
I liked Rolen's take on Boston and New York–that there are 162 games to play, not all of them against those 2 teams. We need to beat the teams that we can beat, play better on the road, and win 95-96 games by the end of September. October is a whole different story.
The Jays need to play with more consistency this season. How many times do we see them up 3-0 in a 4 game series only to lose a stinker 4th game then head to TB and promptly lose 2 out of 3? 3-0 start becomes 4-3.
The Jays cannot be taken seriously until they show that they can put together winning streaks longer than 5 games (once over the rotation) or a long winning run like a 15-2 run. This is what propell teams to be playoff condenter. The Jays will always be a pretender until they show some killer instinct in their game. Hopefully Rolen is a good start for the Jays.
If a game is close, and the Jays can consistently come up with a key out/run to tilt the outcome in their favourite, then and only then the Jays can be taken as serious playoff contender. Otherwise, it is wait till 09 again.
Couldn't agree more. In 92, the Jays won 5 games in a row in their last at bat. They found ways to win ball games, and thats what they need to do this year. The need to go 3-0, 3-1 against the bad teams and go .500 against the hardest teams, and they must win at home! (Which they are good at) Teams need to be scared and worried when they see they are traveling to the Rogers Centre. Thats how good teams win championships
James, Cullumc,
While I do agree that a long winning streak is important, I feel that just as (maybe even more) important is that they avoid a long losing streak. That 9 game stretch really made it difficult for them the rest of the season. At the time I was saying that it was over for them (though in hindsight it was premature)
I think if they can avoid losing anything above 5 games they'll be in good shape to make it to the postseason because with a rotation of Halladay, Burnett, Mcgowan and Marcum (insert 5th guy here) taking 3 out of every 5 games shouldn't be difficult with this team.
i'm with you in that hopefully the city does respond. I'm personally trying to get a buddy to go with me to about 10 games this year (i usually attend about 3 to 5.)
I know the Cards had a funeral to attend this week, but they sure sound gloomy about getting Glaus. From the sounds of it, they didn't even bring him in for the press conference. He spoke to reporters in a conference call. We are definitely happier about getting Rolen than they are about getting Glaus.
The bluejays just avoided arbitration with Chacin and Tallet. Both of them are getting one year deal with Chacin getting $750,000 and Tallet getting $640,000. Now Let's just hope they can lock up Rios for a multi year deal.
If anybody can do a deal with Rios, it would be JP. Now, I just hope they can keep Eckstein around for a few years, and maybe stop the revolving door at short until some of our young guys are ready.
Nice to see Downs signed for 3 years-he's been very consistent for us.
I hope they don't extend Eckstein's contract; too many reasons not to. He'll turn 33 in 2 days, and has been losing range over the last couple of years. Maybe this deterioration continues. He's coming off a career year, and likely won't post the same numbers again, so next year if we want him, he'll probably cost the same-or close to it. Signing him now, would be signing him at the top of the range.
Also, I'd like to see how our new batting coach does with JM-never know, maybe he improves a lot; or maybe one of our young guns gets here sooner than expected.
I feel for JP trying to sign Rios. Tiexara, with similar numbers, just got 12.5 million for this year and avoided arbitration. I'd expect Rio's agent is shooting for a number close to that and rising from there. One way or the other it isn't going to be cheap or easy to get this deal done.
sumner i agree with you about not giving Eckstein an extention. As much as I feel that he is a good signing it's because it is only 1 year. To give him 2 or more would be a mistake, I know that you think 1 is a mistake but we'll have to agree to disagree on that.
If Rios does ask for that much on a contract i'd try to get him to bite on a multi year deal on that salary (i'd be willing to go as high as 15)
Rios is the only one left ,why not give him 12,mill per for 7 years I think he is a better player than wells.
Scott Downs got the deal he deserved he was very good for us as for Frasor he is a waste of money but I hope he proves me wrong.
Eckstein will bring a much needed bat at short as much as I like JM he has no bat.
Scott Roland if sound will bring a lot to the table and I don't think Glaus will last the season we were lucky to trade him at all.
It looks like we have a good team this year.
One thing I don't understand is why Debo the Yanks got rid of him after one year when nobody could hit is this another do a friend a favor.
JPs favorite saying when he signs a new player…we really like this guy we have been watchin him for a long time now…LOL He says the same thing every time.
sumner one thing going for the jays in the rios case is that morneau only got 7.5 mill. Rios has been good, but he hasn't put Justin type production just yet.


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John joined Jesse back in 2009 to talk about somehow earning money while getting black-out drunk, and subtle differences between writing for sketch and writing for stand-up. His hilarious new comedy special New in Town is available now on CD and DVD. You can follow him on Twitter @Mulaney.
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On this week's Outshot, Jesse hails the wild-child rock & roll of Jerry Lee Lewis's Live at the Star Club, Hamburg as perhaps the best live album ever recorded. In 1963, at the deepest depths of his career, Lewis went to Germany a man disgraced, and played for a crowd willing to embrace him regardless of his troubles. The result is an historic scorcher of a performance from the man they call "The Killer".
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Summit County Community Notes: 4-4-2013
Continental Divide Land Trust has extended the deadline to purchase tickets for The Phantom Ranch Ball, a "phantom" event that you don't have to attend. The drawing of the winning ticket for the door prize drawing of the original painting of The Phantom Ranch 2013 by Kim Barrick will take place today. Tickets are $25 each and can be obtained from CDLT at (970) 453-3875, email@example.com, or online at http://www.CDLT.org.
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five or six contains texts selected from more than 100 reviews, articles, and catalogue essays published by Liam Gillick since 1989. The book includes some of the formal, social, and ideological concerns that have merged in Gillick's "What if? Scenario."
"What's the scenario? A constantly mutating sequence of possibilities. Add a morsel of difference and the results slip out of control, shift the location for action and everything is different. There is a fundamental gap between societies that base their development on scenarios and those that base their development on planning. It could be argued that the great Cold War divide in socio-economic structuring was rooted in the different kinds of results that you get if you apply either one or the other technique to working out how things might end up in the future. And it is claimed that scenario thinking won. Our vision of the future is dominated by the 'What If? Scenario' rather than the 'When do we Need More Tractors? Plan.'" Liam Gillick
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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
Four baseball players sat at a table in the high school and shifted in their seats as they studied the contracts before them. A small collection of hats was scattered in front of them. Each one was a different color, and each one marked a different destination.
With a collective breath, they snatched up their pens and began to write…
This week kicked off the season for college signings and five locals have already committed to playing sports at the next level.
It usually happens in an intimate setting with the athlete enjoying his or her moment in the spotlight surrounded by family, friends, and coaches. The Blue Knights decided to do it as a group.
"It's very important to us. We think of ourselves as a family, so it's the overall success that matters the most," said Brett Susi. "It's great individually, but the four of us are really close. I'm lucky to play with them. I'm happy for me, but I'm happy for all of us."
All four have expectations to contribute right away. Susi will try to work himself into the NCAA Division I pitching rotation at Central Connecticut State University while he pursues studies in either physical education or communications. He talked to coaches from Quinnipiac College, Western Connecticut State University, and Lafayette College, but settled on the Blue Devils as his first choice.
"It's always been my goal," said Susi. "Central's been in my eyes for a while. I've always wanted that level of competition, and to know that I've achieved it is a really good feeling."
This spring, Ted Shaw will defend Susi when he's on the mound. Next year, they'll be rivals. Shaw will also try to work his way into a Division I lineup as a freshman at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. He plans to study sports management and hopes to contend for an infield position for the Pioneers for a chance to step in the batter's box to face his former teammate.
Shaw said that he wasn't surprised that so many of his teammates will be playing at the next level. It's a credit to the success of the local program.
"Scouts come to see our teams play because they know that we're always good. There's always talent here, and I think it's great to be a part of this," he said. "I've played in a couple of championships, and that was awesome, but this is the next step that all of us need to get to. It's exciting."
Matt DiNello expects to step right onto the varsity field as a freshman pitcher and infielder at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. DiNello received interest from local Division I programs, but decided that the D-II Warriors were a better fit academically as he pursues studies in sports medicine.
"It was always my goal to play college baseball, but to go to a school with good academics and a good sports medicine program that I can get involved in while still getting to play baseball?" he said. "I loved the school, and I knew the coach before. I knew that this was a team that I could come into and battle for a spot. Hopefully, I can make an impact in my first year."
Matt Sirois settled on Norwich University in Vermont. He plans to play for the D-III baseball program but selected the school for its military connections. Norwich is the oldest of six senior military colleges and is recognized as the birthplace of ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps).
"Playing baseball is a bonus," Sirois said. "I applied to Norwich first, and I got accepted before I applied to any other ones. It was my top choice so it saved me the time of applying to other schools. Their third baseman is graduating the year before I come in, so I should be able to play right away."
The four-man signing came one day after Rachel Harvey signed her commitment to play at the University of Maine. This spring will be Harvey's fourth varsity season for the Lady Knight softball team, and that was perfect preparation for the Division I Black Bears. The catcher expects to play right away while she pursues an academic career in speech and language pathology.
"I'm really excited. This is something that I've been working for pretty much my whole life, and it's just surreal that this is happening," she said. "It takes a lot of stress off my shoulders. Now I get to enjoy my senior year, but it also makes me feel good that I made my family proud. All the hard work paid off."
Lady Knight coach John Bores said that coaches liked Harvey's endurance. They liked her arm and her contact at the plate. Bores said that her steadiness behind the plate will be a strength for the Black Bears.
"You've got to have a good catcher that can block the ball, catch the ball, and calm the pitcher down," he said. "She controls the game, and she's been a four-year starter. She caught a little bit her freshman year and played third base. In her sophomore year, she caught a lot. Last year, she was the girl. This year, she'll be the woman."
Southington Athletic Director Eric Swallow said that he expects more college signings in the upcoming weeks, and he said that it's a credit to the entire sports program, coaches, and student-athletes.
"This is really what it's all about. This is the big picture," he said. "High school is a stepping stone. College is another stepping stone. This is a positive reflection on where we've been able to come as an overall program."
Swallow said that it's easy to lose sight of academic accomplishments in the sea of sports statistics, but he pointed out that 'student' comes before 'athlete' in student-athlete. Southington has graduated a number of athletes into the top ranks of collegiate play, and he said that it serves as an inspiration for underclassmen.
"It's not just about playing a sport for 90 days. You've got to make that commitment for more than 300 days," he said. "That means off-season conditioning, hard work in the classroom, and basically putting yourself in a position to have success. That's what it's all about. You can't just hope for it. You've got to work for it."
That's just what these five students have done.
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NEW YORK, March 6 (UPI) -- The blood-soaked, 19th century American epic "Django Unchained" and stuffed-bear comedy "Ted" have each been nominated for seven 2013 MTV Movie Awards.
In the running for Movie of the Year are "Django Unchained," "Silver Linings Playbook," "Ted,"
"The Avengers" and "The Dark Knight Rises."
The nominees for Best Female Performance are Anne Hathaway for "Les Miserables," Mila Kunis for "Ted," Jennifer Lawrence for "Silver Linings Playbook," Emma Watson for "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and Rebel Wilson for "Pitch Perfect."
Shortlisted for Best Male Performance are Ben Affleck for "Argo," Bradley Cooper for "Silver Linings Playbook," Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln," Jamie Foxx for "Django Unchained" and Channing Tatum for "Magic Mike."
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eBay compromise – the largest incident yet?
It seems that compromised password databases are getting bigger and bigger.
The latest one is a report that 145 million user account records (i.e., username, hashed password, some profile information such as date of birth) were exfiltrated from eBay.
(Gotta love that word … exfiltrated.)
I don't know what attack vector was used to compromise this data, other than that the attack was carried out from inside the eBay corporate network, so discussing that will have to wait for another day.
As the scale of these incidents gets larger, new problems arise. For example, eBay (the corporation) has reacted very responsibly here – disclosing what they know and advising users to change their passwords. Users are getting used to these kinds of incidents and are trying to change their passwords. So far, so good.
But there are 145,000,000 users trying to change their passwords, more or less all at the same time. The eBay web site clearly cannot keep up. I tried to change my password, but failed:
- First, it was hard to find the password change screen (but I did find it in the end…)
- Once I found it, I learned that the eBay site requires confirmation that it's a legitimate user (me) making the password change, by sending a code to my personal e-mail or phone.
- But … the system is under such high load that I never got the confirmation e-mail. I tried asking for a text message but the site just refused, complaining about load.
- What about users who registered an e-mail account with eBay years ago, and no longer have that account? I suppose they cannot change their password – at least not without human assistance, which also won't scale to 145,000,000 accounts…
In short, at this scale, remediation is a problem. Maybe I'll try to change my password tonight or tomorrow. Hopefully the storm of password changes will have slowed down by then.
What about users that employ the same password on multiple web sites (i.e., almost everybody)? This incident implies that 100,000,000 or more users are now trying to change their passwords on facebook, reddit, flickr, google, live.com, etc. I bet those sites are slammed too, and perhaps also unable to respond.
All this sounds like a strong argument for federating identity and authentication — but federating to a few large providers (like Google or Microsoft) will concentrate risk. Imagine if Google or Microsoft get compromised, and everybody was using those platforms as federated identity/authentication providers for web sites such as eBay. That would be even worse than the current eBay incident! Moreover, federation creates linkages between accounts on different services, so has the (unintended) effect of diluting privacy.
Ultimately, I think federating to a large number of small providers would be best, because compromise of any one provider would have only modest impact. Unfortunately, we are still very far from such an architecture.
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While it's still being built, London's Shard building has already stolen the prize for being Britain's tallest building. And what better place for a fox with illusions of grandeur, than the 80th floor?
The fox has since been captured and released on the streets of London (which, theoretically, are his home), but I'm sure he'll never forget his daring climb up the 288m building. Nor the tasty scraps which he feasted on whilst up there, left behind by builders.
Not due for completion until mid-2012, the Shard will become Europe's tallest building, and the world's 45th tallest. It doesn't have many more meters to go until it hits its target height of 309m—maybe that'd make for a nice home for an antelope? Mongoose? [BBC]
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Teaching ties Summit High graduates together
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The tens of thousands of tourists that visit and return year after year are a testament to the beauty and appeal of Summit County. But an even greater testament, one that speaks to culture and lifestyle, is the return of natives to their beloved county. Silverthorne Elementary has become an unexpected gathering point for Summit High graduates, four of which are currently employed there as teachers.
"Having roots in the community is important, and the fact that they have wanted to come back to their community and find teaching jobs, … I think that's a really good thing," said Dianna Hulbert, principal at Silverthorne Elementary.
Kelly Ahern, Sara Buhler, Karleigh Schurr and Hannah Thompson were hired as teachers within the past three years and all went through the same hiring process as every teacher within the school district.
"They are all very good teachers and have worked very hard," Hulbert said. "(It) just happened that they were the candidates that we felt would fit with our school culture and on the teams that were looking for teachers. (We) just felt that they were the most qualified candidates, so it worked out for everyone."
Buhler, Schurr and Thompson all graduated from Summit High School in 2005, while Ahern graduated in 2002. Thompson and Buhler then followed in each other's footsteps by attending the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley and obtaining a degree in elementary education. They said they both knew the other was attending the same school, but it wasn't planned together. Neither was their eventual hiring at Silverthorne Elementary.
Schurr attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where she received a B.A. in psychology and her elementary school teaching license. Ahern moved around more, spending two years at Western State College and then transferring to Northern Michigan University where she graduated with a bachelor of science in business entrepreneurship. Next she traveled to the University of Oregon for a master's in education. She's working on her second master's in early childhood special education.
All four teachers were active in high school, particularly in sports. Both Buhler and Schurr played on the tennis team and Ahern competed in soccer, skiing, hockey and cross-country, continuing with cross-country skiing and running in college. Thompson was a part of both the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society.
Buhler spent time student teaching at Silverthorne in 2010 and was hired on as a second-grade teacher. Now she teaches kindergarten. Thompson spent her first year teaching kindergarten in the Cherry Creek school district in Denver. But after a year she realized she wanted to return to Summit County.
"I'm not a city fan," she said. "I like the small town and the snow."
Thompson transferred over to Silverthorne where she spent one year as a special education paraprofessional and now teaches fifth grade. Though originally she had loved kindergarten, she said now she is a convert.
"I loved (kindergarten), but now I love fifth grade," she said. "I like their independence."
Schurr was hired last year as a media paraprofessional and now teaches Spanish classes at all levels throughout the school. Ahern spent some time teaching in Oregon before returning and was hired this year as a pre-school teacher.
"I moved back because I missed the mountains and the snow," Ahern said. "I also wanted to be closer to family."
Each of them has at least one teacher who they remember as being particularly inspirational. For Buhler, it's her mother, Kerry Buhler, who is the principal at Upper Blue Elementary.
"She is the most loving person I know. Everything she does is an inspiration to me," Sara Buhler said. "Hearing her students talk about how much she touched their lives and seeing her interactions with them convinced me that there is nothing more meaningful than being a teacher."
Others mentioned teachers who were particularly caring and kind, who connected with their students and showed compassion in their everyday work.
"It's hard to name just one," Ahern said. "I had so many caring teachers throughout my K-12 experience."
Bolstered by the support of past teachers, they have now gone on to inspire generations of students of their own.
"I chose education as a career because there is no better group of people to inspire like a group of children," Ahern said.
Schurr agrees.
"I love working with children and I felt that this would be a good way to make a difference," she said. "Teaching has also been an opportunity to give back to the school district that helped to shape me into the person I have become."
When asked what the best part of their job is, they all gave the same answer – the kids.
"I love the kids and can't think of anything more worthwhile," said Buhler.
Thompson related a particular moment that stood out for her as a teacher. After working closely with a struggling student, she wrote him a congratulatory note after an achievement.
"His face when he read it and looked up at me, … that's why I do it," she said, "when they finally realize (that) we're really here to help them."
The advantages that these four teachers bring, as teachers and as community members, is invaluable, said Hulbert.
"Teaching is a tough career, so I think just for so many of our graduates to choose teaching says a lot, too," she said. "It's not the easiest thing in the world to do and it's not the best paying job in the world either, but they have compassion for kids and that's what they wanted to do."
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New friends jazz it up
BRAD MERSEREAU '73 and his wife, Janet, hosted their first house concert in June, featuring student musicians and debut compositions. Playing before a small, invited audience in the Mersereaus' music room, were three PSU students who received the couple's William Bradford Mersereau Jr. Endowed Scholarship: (left to right) Matt Hettwer, Mario Sandoval, and Nicole Glover posing with Janet and Brad. The concert "musically affirms all our reasons for establishing the scholarship. They were out of this world," says Mersereau. The jazz students, whose senior year is funded by the scholarship, played compositions by George Colligan, international jazz artist and a PSU music faculty member. Colligan also accompanied them. Mersereau, a pianist, opened the concert playing a piece he composed for Sanya Grace, an audience member.
Best friends visit
THE CAMPUS is so much bigger than the one building, Lincoln Hall, that best friends Peggy Shivers '59 (left) and Barbara Comstock '60 remember. Alumni Director Tom Bull (middle) met them on a recent visit, the first for Shivers since graduation. Elementary education majors, Comstock went on to teach for 29 years, mostly in the Reynolds School District. Shivers taught for a while in Portland and California. Today, she oversees the Shivers Fund, which hosts concerts and celebrations in Colorado Springs in support of African-American history and culture. Comstock continues her decades-long service to Oregon's Democratic Party, which awarded her its Dick Celsi prize for volunteerism this summer.
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BY BECOMING a free, registered member of AlumniNet, the PSU Alumni Association's new web portal, you can search for old friends and leave information so they can find you. On the web at alumni.pdx.edu, AlumniNet includes a secure alumni directory, Alumni Notes, news and upcoming events, subscriptions to alumni networks and groups, and free Alumni Association membership. With this membership comes free borrowing from the PSU Library collection.
Alumni in the news
Ray Anne Kibbey Lockard '69 is retiring as head librarian of Frick Fine Arts Library at University of Pittsburgh. A former PSU librarian, Lockard has spent the past 50 years working in libraries, including the past 27 at Frick.
S. Randy Redfield '72 was selected by the Oregon Arts Commission to exhibit his paintings on wood panels July 9-Sept. 25 in the ceremonial office of the governor of Oregon. The commission considers this a lifetime honor for Oregon artists. Redfield lives and paints in Sisters.
Karen Shepard '82 and Doug Shafer '81 were named top CFOs (certified financial officers) by the Portland Business Journal in May. Shepard is CFO for Bend-based St. Charles Health System, and Shafer '81 is CFO for iovation, Inc., a Portland-based maker of fraud detection software. The journal recognizes five financial executives each year.
Keith Eggener '85 has been appointed the Marion Dean Ross Distinguished Chair in Architectural History at University of Oregon in Eugene.
Cindy Lozeau MBA '88, national sales manager for Lockwood Products, is the newest board member appointed to the PSU Alumni Association.
Mark Jackson '95 was the first alumnus honored at the PSU President's Diversity Awards this past spring. Jackson is co-founder and executive director of REAP (Reaching Empowering All People), a nonprofit that brings business people together with underprivileged school children in five Portland area school districts.
Jennifer Minner MURP '00 graduated this spring with a doctorate in community and regional planning from University of Texas at Austin. This fall she will join the City and Regional Planning Department at Cornell University as an assistant professor.
Matt Johnson '02, MURP '07 is the incoming board president for the PSU Alumni Association. He is a commercial real estate advisor at Cushman & Wakefield.
Abigail Elder MPA '08 is the new director of the Beaverton City Library.
Tracy Puhl '09, owner of GladRags, an eco-friendly menstrual product company, was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Portland Small Business Administration.
Justin Monahan '13 signed a free agent contract with the Hamilton (Ontario) Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Monahan, a West Linn native, was a wide receiver on the PSU football team.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo. – Chanelle Spalding's first home run of the season proved to be the deciding factor as Tech avoided the sweep against the Southeast Missouri Redhawks.
After dropping the first two games against SEMO Saturday, the Golden Eagles were able to respond in the final chapter of their three-game series with some late inning heroics.
The Tech offense remained dormant through the first four innings as SEMO's Shea Cothren nursed a 1-0 Redhawk lead, while allowing just four TTU base runners.
With two outs in the fifth, the Golden Eagles staged a two-run rally as sophomore Chanelle Spalding corked a two-run dinger over the center field fence to put Tech up 2-1.
Sophomore Melody Christian kept the runs coming in the top of the sixth as she hit a two-run single, with two outs, to increase Tech's lead to 4-1.
Junior Holly Thomas, who absorbed the 4-1 loss to SEMO Saturday, regained her form as she went the distance, giving up just one run, while striking out six, to improve to 8-4 on the season.
Cothren took the loss for the Redhawks as she went 4.2 innings, giving up two runs and five walks.
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TOMORROW: The State of the Lehigh Valley
Tomorrow, Renew Lehigh Valley will be partnering with the Lehigh Valley Research Consortium (LVRC) to present the third annual State of the Lehigh Valley: Community Trends at a Glance report at a luncheon event at Iaccoca Hall on Lehigh University's Mountaintop Campus.
The view of the entire Lehigh Valley from the Wood Dining Room will provide an appropriate backdrop as the Lehigh Valley Research Consortium unveils their report of the successes and struggles of the region from the perspective of civic engagement, economic growth, and health, with a special focus on the environment and environmental sustainability. The LVRC brings together faculty members from Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges (LVAIC) institutions with diverse and interdisciplinary expertise to focus on regional topics. These institutions include Cedar Crest College, DeSales University, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Moravian College, and Muhlenberg College, along with affiliate members Northampton Community College and Lehigh Carbon Community College.
Co-presenting the event is Renew Lehigh Valley, which since 2007 has been a nonprofit advocate for smart growth in the Lehigh Valley, revitalizing our core communities, preserving open space, and creating an economically and environmentally sustainable foundation for the region's growth.
This will be an opportunity to discuss the issues that are facing the Lehigh Valley, but an even better opportunity to organize action in planning its future. Forefront in our minds this year will be Envision Lehigh Valley, a public outreach effort designed to engage the citizens of Northampton and Lehigh Counties to create a truly sustainable Lehigh Valley. The project received a three year, $3.4 million Sustainable Communities grant and will conclude at year end 2014. In the span of that time, partnerships throughout the Lehigh Valley will work together to produce comprehensive plans to address economic development, fresh food access, employment and housing balance, as well as transportation.
Highmark Blue Shield is once again the Presenting Sponsor of the event. Thanks go out to our other sponsors Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, Lehigh University's Social Science Research Center, Capital Blue Cross, PPL, St. Luke's University Health Center, Spillman Farmer Architects, Susquehanna Bank, and Just Born, Inc.
Registration and buffet will open at 11:00am with a poster session displaying data about the Lehigh Valley. The event will kick off at 12:00pm with highlights from the State of the Lehigh Valley report, followed by a few leading community members who will speak to their work in relation to the report's findings. Registration is $35 and can be completed right at the event. Don't miss this opportunity to meet with fellow community leaders and take action to address the needs of the Lehigh Valley.
If you're planning on attending the event, be sure to use #SLVR when you tweet about the report and speeches. There will also be an opportunity for community discussion where the audience can provide feedback on the report as well as their ideas and visions for the Lehigh Valley. For more information on the event as well as the EnvisionLV project, head to http://renewlv.com/. If you would like to see the report, it will be published in PDF format at renewlv.com and lehighvalleyresearch.org on March 1st.
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The Power of Nonviolent Movements
In 1982, upwards of one million people gathered on the Great Lawn in New York's Central Park to rally against nuclear weapons while the U.N. held a Special Session on Disarmament. Two days later, 1,600 demonstrators were involved in acts of civil disobedience at the consulates of five countries.
One of the seminal figures of that movement was author Jonathan Schell, whose 1982 book The Fate of the Earth reinvigorated the anti-nuclear movement with its rallying call for a nuclear freeze. Though still very much focused on nuclear disarmament, Schell has begun thinking about another problem that also threatens human civilization: climate change.
I met him at the Brooklyn Bridge March for Climate Leadership, one of 5,000 plus actions that took place on October 24, the 350.org International Day of Climate Action. Not long after that, we sat down for a more formal discussion of climate activism. Drawing from his deep knowledge of nonviolent movements—the focus of his 2003 book The Unconquerable World—he spoke about the power of nonviolent movements and offered tactical suggestions for climate activists.
Bryan Farrell: What has been the impact of the late emergence of the climate justice movement?
Jonathan Schell: The absence of a social movement is a crippling disability when it comes to changes in policy that are on a deep and fundamental level, whether that's changing the economic system, or opposing wars and the whole imperial mindset behind them, or addressing global warming. Historically, it's very hard to find fundamental change in policy that wasn't preceded by a very powerful social movement. So if you don't have that card in your deck, I think it's incredibly difficult to get fundamental change. In terms of public awareness, [the climate justice movement] has been stronger than some of the other movements. Certainly it's been longstanding and there are lots of strong organizations.
Bryan: What do you think of Bill McKibben's group 350, which has created a global movement around a number that defines a stable climate?
Jonathan: They've done better with the number than anyone else has done thus far. That speaks well for it. The specificity has a virtue. It sort of takes you out of a certain fog and establishes a clear benchmark for success. But it has its disadvantages. The number doesn't itself appeal to emotion or spirit. It's not self-explanatory.
Bryan: What did you think of the Brooklyn Bridge March?
Jonathan: There was a lot of emphasis on the pictorial. But I think it's just great that some form of public movement has got going. It's been a missing element for some years and, after all, we're facing the most dire threat there's been since the nuclear threat—which still exists, by the way.
Bryan: Do you think it would have been any more effective if the march had taken place on the lanes of traffic rather than on the pedestrian path?
Jonathan: There have been lots of demonstrations over the years that have disrupted traffic, but that was never the explicit purpose of them. In this case, a disruption of traffic would have an actual purpose, since driving and the combustion of gas is a huge contributor to global warming. There would be a direct and immediate meaning to it that you don't normally have. You've got to relate to what you're protesting.
The Climate Justice Movement Breaks Through :: As the urgency of the crisis grows, so do the world's climate justice movements.
In a way that's not true of almost any other issues. All of us are involved in doing what's wrong. We're all living lives that pollute the atmosphere. The solutions have to be on a global as well as a personal level. Still, it's very much in the spirit of nonviolence to take the suffering on yourself. A hunger strike or an energy strike or a carbon strike would allow people to protest by taking on themselves some of the deprivation that's going to land in spades on future generations.
Bryan: What other avenues of protest do you see as being effective for climate activists?
Jonathan: Boycotts may be one of the tools of the nonviolent arsenal. It would be highly appropriate and perhaps rather effective if people were to organize boycotts of coal and pay a higher price for the alternative. But that assumes what we don't have: a very lively public.
Bryan: Bill McKibben recently characterized the climate movement as "dispersed in a disempowering way–individual actions don't add up to enough." How can a movement overcome this problem?
Jonathan: There's no good answer. I think one of the most mysterious phenomena is the rise of mass public movements. It's easy to say that you have to organize and do this and that, but sometimes you do those things and you get a response and sometimes you don't. For 70 years the Soviet Union continued along and then one day the Solidarity Movement came along and the whole thing was history. What made that moment? Or with the Civil Rights movement, Jim Crow went on for 100 years until Martin Luther King, Jr. and others formed a movement. Then there's the anti-nuclear movement, where suddenly in the 1980's you have a freeze movement. A million people protested in Central Park. But then it faded away. Public engagement just seems to come along in its own way.
Bryan: Are there any nonviolent case studies the climate movement should follow?
Jonathan: The women's rights movement, the civil rights movement, the anti-nuclear movement, Gandhi's movement, the Solidarity movement in Poland. They show you that if you can get a movement going you can win with it. Power is there at your fingertips if you could reach out and summon it up. There's no lack of knowledge about what to do. It's not a secret what these movements have done. Each time there's something a little different and the key is to figure out what that is for this movement. Seeking a nuclear freeze was the right instrument for its movement. History shows you can spectacularly succeed.
Bryan: How does the climate threat compare to the nuclear threat?
Jonathan: They are two of a kind. They're both threats to species, including our own, and mutilations of the Earth, which is all that we have. The difference is really between destroying ourselves instantly [with nuclear war] or doing it more slowly with global warming. It's a threat of a new order of death and magnitude. I think the nuclear danger was an alarm bell for the environment.
Bryan: Is one more solvable than the other?
Jonathan: Both are solvable, but the nuclear danger is more easily solved. It can be gotten rid of without making any sacrifice. It doesn't have the economic dimension that global warming has.
Bryan: What lessons should the climate movement take from other social movements before it?
Jonathan: If you want things to happen you need masses of people to change them. That's the lesson of the last century. But we have not been dipping our bucket in that well. The real energy crisis is the failure to mine the energy that is locked up within each of us. This is the missing ingredient.
How that came to be, I don't know. We've got to begin tapping that kind of energy. Nothing can be solved without it. One of the most frustrating and baffling things about public concern and movements and action is that there's no surefire way to trigger it. You can make your case before the public and they either take it or they don't. But if you're in a time when the general public is lethargic, the whole process is given over to the interests of the powers that be. The main problem is that we haven't succeeded in galvanizing the public will. One huge exception to this was the Obama campaign, because that did tap into public energy. That did have a movement aspect to it. It was something quite new and different. We're used to movements that grow up outside the electoral sphere. This came about within the electoral sphere and had a tremendous power, but it had its sharp limitations as well. It meant staying within the bounds of conventional wisdom. But it does show that it is possible for people to get out and do things.
:: If the nuclear powers wish to be safe from nuclear weapons, they must surrender their own. Jonathan Schell shows how we could negotiate the abolition of nuclear weapons.


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