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Ask the Coach: Aging FastI want to continue distance running as I age, but what can I do to maintain my speed and avoid the shuffle?
—Lee Marvin, Los Angeles, CA
This article appeared in our October 2009 issue.
Recent studies suggest that aging muscles have to be kick started to maintain their ability to react quickly. No, you can't stay as fast as a younger person but you don't have to lose as much as many runners do.
A study published in the June 2009 American College of Sports Medicine journal found the causes of slowing were a decrease in stride length and staying in contact with the ground longer with each step, i.e. the infamous shuffle. The researchers from Finland noted that continuing to train fast helps you stay fast: "The decline in performance in older people is due to a reduction in specific exercise stimulus rather than aging per se."
They suggested doing intervals, which require high-velocity contractions to recruit fast-twitch muscles, and strength training. Coach suggests trying fartlek intervals on trails by alternating one- or two-minute speedy sections with the same time at an easy trot for a couple of miles, or even more structured repeats of half miles or full miles at a pace that feels "comfortably hard."

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After interviewing at seven other universities, Chrismon decided that Claremont's applied focus made it his top choice. "The skill sets I learned prior to going into the doctoral program were crucial to running a small business and understanding negotiation and client management. But it was the critical thinking you learn in the Ph.D. program, the wonderful ideas and theories and constructs that people are trying to research, that you can superimpose on many situations. Suddenly, you bring to the room a perspective that looks for the non-obvious, apparently extraneous variable. The training allows you to be the person in the room that can say, 'Might it not be this?' By using those two things—that vocabulary of ideas combined with the critical thinking—you're the person who makes the difference."
Armed with a solid training in methodology and his lifelong passion for organizational change, Chrismon started the Nofsinger Group in 1994. In his subsequent years of experience, he has become a trusted confidant and advisor to numerous CEOs, board members, and private equity investors. Chrismon has personally worked with more than 200 companies, from start-ups to Fortune 50, focusing on organizational change, individual and team development, and CEO coaching. Chrismon has earned an excellent reputation for his accurate individual and team assessment in selection, promotion, and M&A due diligence. He leads the Nofsinger Group's equity and strategic partnerships.
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Hydro Dam, budgets on Council agenda
The Hydroelectric Dam and more budget data will be discussed by the Fort Dodge City Council Monday.
The council's activity will begin at 5 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S., with a workshop discussion on the dam.
The dam was built in 1916. Since it stopped generating power in 1971, city leaders have repeatedly debated what to do with it. Late last year, engineers reported that the city may someday have to use the Des Moines River as a source of water, a finding which added another element to the ongoing discussions.
City Manager David Fierke is now recommending that the council expand a current contract with McClure Engineering Co. of Fort Dodge and have that firm do two things: estimate how much water may have to be drawn from the river and determine what, if anything, would have to be done to the dam to make withdrawing that much water possible.
The council's regular business meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the Municipal Building. The major item on the agenda is a proposed contract for installing emergency generators that would power the pumps on three of the water wells during a power outage.
Following the business meeting, the council will review the proposed 2013-2014 budgets for the Fort Dodge Regional Airport and the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department.


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The underlying The Grinder engine makes a log file per process in the agent side when it executes a test. So if a test use 2 processes, it will generate 2 log files. These logs a test generate can be very huge(even giga-byte level) depending on the how much the error occurs and how long a test is executed. So we made nGrinder agents limit the size of log file and only passes only one log file per a agent process to controller.
nGrinder 3.1 or prior use The Grinder 3.9.1 as the internal engine. The Grinder 3.9.1 let user choose to use Jython 2.2 or Jython 2.5. As default it uses Jython 2.2. record() is for Jython 2.5 and nGrinder does not ship with this version of Jython. We're planning to support Jython 2.5 soon. If you likely to use Jython 2.5 this time, simply download Jython 2.5 jar file from http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/python/jython/2.5.3/jython-2.5.3.jar and locate it the lib folder in the script list. Check How to use library. If you want to use python library embedded in jython, you should upload jython 2.5.3.jar which you can download from http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/python/jython-standalone/2.5.3/jython-standalone-2.5.3.jar.
From nGrinder 3.1.1 uses Jython 2.5 as a default jython engine. You don't need to upload jython 2.5 by yourself.
nGrinder 3,1 or prior distribute only files having "xml", "txt", "json", "properties" extension as resources. So even you upload "jpg", "png" in resources folder, they are ignored. We'll make it transfer every file in resources folder in nGrinder 3.1.1. Please wait.
From nGrinder 3.1.1, it transfers all files in the resources folder to agents .
nGrinder uses ${user.home}/.ngrinder folder to store and retrieve data. However if you install 32Bit JVM on 64bit JVM. ${user.home} returns ? then it does not work well. Please see http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6972329 . The solution is to install 64bit JVM on 64bit OS.
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That's it! Not, we have cars available for players or see this alum, he'll supply you with wheels. Heck, Les might have had the campus bus in mind.
Tim, when was the last time you purchased a SI mgaizine that didn't have a girl wearing a tiny bikini on the cover? I thought so. When was the last time you have gone to thier website other than to look at the girls in tiny bikini videos? I thought so. SI just isn't what it was 25-30 years ago. ESPN has killed them financially and with readership/viewers.
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Anti-intellectualism and fascism go together like bacon and eggs.
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Tim, Who do you root for?
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He's an Arkie fan.
"The thing I admire about the rat tail is that it takes commitment. It's not like one day you just decide you want one, you have to grow out that bad boy and you have to repeatedly convince the hairdresser to trust you because it's a great idea."
"Fields disputed the credibility of the players quoted in the story. Five of those players were dismissed from Oklahoma State for various reasons."Anyone that played at OSU or is from Stillwater knows those guys [quoted] are not credible," Fields told McMurphy. "If you thought guys were getting paid, why not prominent players instead of backups and third-string guys?"
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Northrop Grumman Receives $70 Million to Modify Global Hawk UAS
The U.S. Air Force issued a contract award of more than $71 million to Northrop Grumman to provide sensors and payload systems upgrades for its fleet of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
(Global Hawk Block 30. Photo, courtesy of Northrop Grumman.)
According to the Department of Defense, the award is an add-on to a previous Lot 10 contract for block load and production acceptance infrastructure.
"This contract modification covers a 22-month period of performance from March 2013 through the end of December 2014, bridging the current Lot 10 contract through completion. It will provide engineering support for the production and final acceptance testing of the Lot 10 aircraft and sensors," said George Guerra, vice president of Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk program.
Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will provide airborne signals intelligence payload (ASIP), multi-platform radar technology sensors and three ASIP retrofits for Global Hawk aircraft purchased in previous lots.
The air force reported a mission-capable rate of nearly 78 percent for Global Hawk UAS operated during fiscal year 2012.
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It is really astonishing that the connotation "ReRAM <-> memristor" is still spooking through the scientific scenery. A scientific justification, i.e., a valid physical model, for the existence of "memristors" is missing so far. Maybe, the whole "memristor" concept is not consistent with fundamentals of physics.
The stochastic nature of the complex resistance switching effects sometimes involves current-voltage characteristics which might remind of the pinched hysteresis loops that are thought to be the fingerprints of "memristors". Such observations, however, are not sufficient to claim that a "memristor" has been found.


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Topic: before_filter and respond_to
I need to prevent access to my whole app except for some actions that respond to a particular format (e.g. xml)
So in my ApplicationController I have (BTW authlogic used here)
before_filter :require_user
To accomplish this task i came up with this solution inside my controller:
before_filter :require_user, :except => [:index]
before_filter(:only => :index) do |controller|
controller.send(:require_user) unless controller.request.format.xml?
repeating this snippet of code for all the action's respond_to formats I need to allow...
how can I DRY out the code?
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quote NovaBlueShinyUmbreonYou could post in the graphics request thread in the Pokelounge!I dunno if anyone ( NathNightmare I guess) is still running this thread but if so...
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GrowthBusters Film Blames Media & Growth Profiteers for Overpopulation
As the world population hits 7 Billion, GrowthBuster's bold new film will hold its world premiere in Washington DC on November 2, 2011. The film, Hooked on Growth, puts the modern "culture of growth", as Dave Gardner, the film's director coins it, under a microscope. Hooked on Growth, offers a look at the plethora of media messaging reinforcing the culture of growth. "We are at a point where we have to choose either a culture of growth or a culture of sustainability," says Dave Gardner.
"The evidence available to us makes it clear the scale of the human enterprise has outgrown our planet," says Gardner. "Yet we ignore that evidence, and we do so with wild abandon. GrowthBusters explores why."
"A 200-year binge of rampant consumption, population and economic growth have led us to believe growth is the path to prosperity and fulfillment," says Gardner. Chris Martenson, author of The Crash Course, remarks in the film, "We happen to have had growth and prosperity coincident for long enough that we've confused them…."
The film calls this a "cultural myth." GrowthBusters lays much of the blame for the myth's persistence on the news media. Society is therefore hit with a constant barrage of language and attitude that reinforces the myth and programs the next generation to buy into it. The film identifies another force reinforcing growth addiction as "growth-pushers." Companies and individuals whose increased wealth depends on market growth, "maintaining the illusion that perpetual growth is possible and desirable," Gardner states. GrowthBusters examines the beliefs and attitudes causing people to ignore evidence that perpetual growth is taking place.
"This could be the most important film ever made," writes Paul Ehrlich, Author of The Population Bomb.
Gardner interviewed psychologists, physicists, ecologists, sociologists and economists to research and create GrowthBusters. It features interviews with experts like former World Bank senior economist Herman Daly and former presidential advisors Gus Speth and Robert Solow.
The film offers a hopeful perspective on a dour subject. It profiles "Growthbusters in Action," groups and individuals pioneering new value systems and ways of life that don't depend on growth.
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Monday: Baked ham, broccoli with cheese, roll, margarine, pineapple upside-down cake.
Tuesday: Beef tips, rice, broccoli, green salad, dressing, wheat roll, margarine, pears.
Wednesday: Frito pie, pinto beans, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, angel food cake.
Thursday: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, wheat roll, margarine, apple cobbler.
Friday: Tuna casserole, wild rice, buttered squash, strawberries, bananas, peaches.


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Third person arraigned on CSC charges
ALPENA – James William Freese Jr. was arraigned in 88th District Court Monday on 12 charges alleging sexual assault on teenagers, including at least one under the age of 13, spanning more than a decade.
His father, James William Freese, 58, and brother, Andrew Joseph Freese, 29, also face similar charges.
The assaults took place in Maple Ridge and Alpena townships from 1990 to 2012.
According to court records, the father and Andrew Freese were arraigned Oct. 28 before 88th Judicial District Court Judge Theodore Johnson.
Based on complaint documents provided by Alpena County Prosecutor Ed Black, James Freese faces five counts, including one alleging he had sex with a girl under 13 years of age in 1990. Freese is related by affinity to at least one victim, and is out on a $100,000 cash surety bond.
A resident of Engadine, he will be back in court for a preliminary hearing 9:30 a.m. Nov. 7. If convicted, the charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 to 15 years in prison. He also must be tested for AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Andrew Freese, of Spring Hill, Fla., faces two charges from September 2002 in which is his accused of assault with intent to commit sexual penetration and criminal sexual assault on a child under 13. He also returns to court Nov. 7 and is out on a $35,000 cash surety bond. He faces 10 to 15 years in prison if convicted, and will be required to undergo testing.
James Freese Jr. of Engadine turned himself in to authorities and remains in custody, an Alpena County Jail officer said Monday, and must come up with $100,000 in cash to bond out.
According to the complaint he allegedly committed criminal sexual conduct on victims under the age of 13 in 1992, 2010 and 2012. Other assaults involved older children, and the prosecutor's office is alleging force was used.
The charges carry terms of two years to life in prison and mandatory testing, if he is convicted. His preliminary hearing will be Nov. 13 before Johnson.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (53 votes).
In short: Well organised race; good use of staggered start times; needs more loos.In full: It turned out to be 1 of the hottest days for a while but i still managed a sub-44 PB.The queue for the loos was rather tedious & i didn't experience the bag storage, but i thought the use of the staggered start was excellent.I started in the group after the elites & so had a clear track in which to achieve my PB.This was much better when compared to the experience at the Nike North vs. South 10k where your time depended on your starting position. The route also seemed to be much better than the Nike 10k as well.Great support around the course, especially at the uphill finishing straight.Date of review: February 18, 2008
In short: Really loved this race, it was my first and I found it really welcoming. The baggage collection was way too slow, we waited for nearly an hour to get our bag!Date of review: September 16, 2007
In short: Pleasant busy fast run, much as you'd expect in LondonIn full: Only grip is not with the race but the baggage drop off!! Seemed and looked secure enough when dropping bag off but what didn't notice was bags weren't stored in any order!! Complete shambles!!Date of review: August 3, 2007
In short: Pleasant run in a good atmosphereIn full: I really enjoyed this race. It was a sticky day and there weren't really enough water stations but that's my only gripe. I thought the staggered start was really good and meant that there wasn't too much congestion. I didn't experience too many problems at baggage collection but could see there were big queues forming by the time I collected my bag.A really nice flat route which on a less humid day would make for PB potential.Date of review: July 19, 2007
In short: Got my newbie friend to do it and he loved it so beginner friendly it was!In full: the atmosphere was brilliant. there were issues with toilets and a massive queue to the baggage area which proved to be 'help yourself to any bag' type of thing but then it was the first of the series so hopefully the organisers will sort it out next year.Date of review: July 19, 2007
In short: Roses are red ( pink really ), Violets are blue, Stars do shine, and we sweat all the way through.In full: As far as I could tell on the morning of the event things for the most part went off smoothly - particularly the staggered starts which bunched runners according to expected finish times, ensuring an orderly get away into the well-designed course. There always is a 'but', and the problem was the runner-unfriendly heat which was exacerbated by the lack of shading over the loop around the Royal Park. Although I didn't observe at first hand the reported carnage at baggage control post-race, I was slightly horrified with the number of mobile toilets we were provided with. It was approximately the same number as at last weekend's Chiquita Bananaman Chase in Regent's Park - this despite the participation in the Capital Run being several times larger. I only just made it out of a loo before the tannoy called out for the orange numbers - of which I was one - to line up. Relief came when I realized this wasn't the final call. One truly astounding thing while the queues were still lengthening, was the gall of a middle-aged European who pushed past a young female teenager and the queue I was in, to slip into one of the limited tardis bogs. Naturally this stoked the outrage of the gathered competitors, especially since she didn't appear to be anything other than a tourist. Then again considering the time she spent inside on a cramped bucket seat, I can only imagine it must have been the call of number two. And I certainly wouldn't have wished for her to drop it into any of the ponds where waterfowl were congregating. Excepting the heat the run was quite pleasant. Running, I certainly didn't feel as uncomfortable as I thought I might upon noticing the heat and learning of the two lonely water stations. Plus I rather liked the touch of the run-through shower at kilometre seven, when a few including myself lingered under the gauze and the refreshing mist. Scenically Hyde Park is really the only big green area in central London where an event of this size can be held. In that sense it possibly might be unfair to compare it to what could be had in say Greenwich Park, but in my estimation it definitely doesn't match up well. And if Liz McColgan can do it while she's heavy, I believe Myleene should give it a go once she's finally shoved her baby out and got Graham to do the diapers. Date of review: July 17, 2007
In short: fantastic day In full: Had a great day one of the best 10k events i have done.Date of review: July 17, 2007
In short: Great day, great atmosphere. Collecting baggage took an hour after I'd finished though and my bag was caked in mud (it was a dry day)In full: Hyde park is always a nice place to run an event and this day was no different. Capital radio put on a good atmosphere that made the day thoroughly enjoyable.Checking in bags was fine. Getting about the place was easy and places you needed to be were easy to find.Although at around the 1 or 2km mark they bottlenecked the flow and forced many runners to slow down.The mist shower feature at the 6km point was a nice touch. the 2 water points were well located so you could get a bottle at 3 points around the course (3, 5 and 7km)The only let down came at the end when you are ushered toward the baggage collection points. It took 40 minutes after joining the queue, which was about 20m long when I joined it, to get to the front to see it was a free-for-all to clamber over other bags in an attempt to find your own. Waterbottles were spilt and the mud was churning up making a mess of the bags that were on the bottom. Anyone with anything breakable in their bags may have been particularly upset. After 20 more minutes of scavenging for my bag I found it caked in mud and clambered out of the tent with my legs now aching to rinse it off with a bottle of water.Hopefully they learned their lesson from this and will improve the service next year.Date of review: July 17, 2007
In short: baggage collection a disasterDate of review: July 17, 2007
In short: nice fast course, being put in wrong starting group didnt help. spent half of race dodging other runnersDate of review: July 17, 2007
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Hot Blonde and Pink Rockabilly Inspired Haircut
A cute retro hair style that suits the younger generation. This hair style is combed up and back away from the face with a part off to the side.It is a long rockabilly cut that certainly gets attention.Her hair is colored midway down with highlights of pink.
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A Catholic newspaper's $300 investment yielded benefits worth nearly $6,800 for groups ranging from Third World missions to new mothers and local homeless people. The Arkansas Catholic reports on the happy results of its Lenten Pay It Forward project here.
$300 becomes $6,773 in Pay It Forward project
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Do you remember my story about the Japanese-German history in Dusseldorf which I shared on the Capella Blog a couple of months ago? Then you might remember that Dusseldorf is the city with the largest Japanese population in Europe. Actually, one fourth of Germany's Japanese population is living in Dusseldorf!
Every year we have celebrate Japanese Day, where visitors and locals alike can learn more about the Japanese culture. The event will take place for the 13th time this year and will be celebrate on May 17th. The event takes place throughout the city, even along the Rhine Promenade. I love to wander along the promenade, tasting different Japanese food specialties, listening to music and watching dance performances, combat demonstrations and even Manga costume contests. At night the event is topped off with a beautiful firework display that lights up the entire city.
This year, the Breidenbacher Hof is getting in on the activities, with a fantastic Japanese amenity. This amenity includes a lot of special Japanese things, prepared by our resident Japanese expert Keiko. The most important part of the amenity is a traditional sleeping kimono, known as the Yukata. Keiko showed me the correct way to wrap it, something I asked her to show you as well:
First of all, you have to slip into the Yukata, of course. Grasp it along the hem with one side in each hand. Fold the right hand side under the left hand side, holding it in place as you fold the right hand side over the left.
Use the obi (belt) to secure everything in place. This is done by placing the belt over your waist (if you are a woman) or relatively low on your hip (if you are a man) and then crossing the obi on the back and tying it in the front over your right hip.
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Top US Ultramarathon Course Records
My list of the current most impressive ultramarathon course records on US turf. My opinion is largely tied to the history of the event. In other words, older races that have seen their share of gifted runners, have a bit more credibility. Also, any race where the course changes significantly from year to year also makes it tougher to pin point a strong record. I will add that my opinion may not be worth anything, but it is, afterall, just my silly opinion.
JFK 50- Eric Clifton's 5:46 from 1994. The fact that hundreds of the top distance runners in the US have failed to break this mark makes it the most impressive current course record I can think of. Clifton, a 2:38 marathoner, simply had the perfect day. Numerous 50 mile champs and sub 2:20 marathoners have tried, but no one else has yet to break the 5:50 barrier at JFK.
*I do, however, predict that Michael Wardian will set a course record in 2011. He's fresh off an impressive course record 5:33 at the Tussey Mountainback 50 Miler. I predict low 5:40's if not something in the high 5:30's, possibly in the 5:38-5:42 range. I also think guys like Geoff Roes, Todd Braje, Matt Woods, and Andy Henshaw have the ability to challenge the record in the future. There are a couple other guys on the bubble like Michael Arnstein, Max King, and Oz Pearlman, but, for now, my money is on Wardian.
*Recently added- Ian Sharman's 12:44 from the 2011 Rocky Raccoon. Sharman crushed Eric Clifton's long standing course record, and handily won over a deep field with Karl Meltzer, Tony Krupicka, Mike Arnstein, Mike Wolfe, Zach Gingerich, and Hal Koerner.
Hardrock- Kyle Skagg's 23:23 in 2008. Nobody else has broken 24 hours. Arguably the toughest official 100 miler in the country. The record isn't very old, and few true elites have run Hardrock, but it is by no means a "soft" record. I think the person who breaks the record will absolutely have to be a high altitude runner, perhaps Kilian Jornet, a healthy Tony Krupicka, or Geoff Roes. Skaggs, afterall, trained an entire summer on the Hardrock course before racing it. Kilian is probably the most realistic challenger considering his UTMB dominance. It does sound like Hardrock legend Karl Meltzer wants to reclaim the course record. But, in which direction?
Leadville- Matt Carpenter's 15:42 in 2005. It would take another high altitude specialist to challenge this. Not even Krupicka, in his best form, came close. This will stand for a while, and more impressively is that Carpenter never really pursued ultras. Recent winning times have been nearly a minute per mile slower.
Badwater- Valmir Nunez 22:51 in 2007. The combination of being able to run in extreme heat and run the equivalent of a 150 mile 24 hour race is mind blowing. 120+ degrees for 135 miles, and a "chilly" 90 degrees at night. I can't think of anyone who could challenge this, though recent happenings suggest Mike Morton could, though I doubt he's interested in the Badwater record, or race. But, you can't ignore that his 163 miles covered during a hot, sandy, Hinson Lake 24 hour suggests he could be the man. His time serving in Afghanistan doesn't hurt either. Could he be the first person to break 22 hours? We also can't rule out former/current champs Oswaldo Lopez and Akos Konya.
Speaking of Mike Morton. His 163 miles on a hot day at the Hinson Lake 24 hour in September was just sick. He ran through crowds of 250+ slower runners(much slower), and nearly matched Scott Jurek's American record for 24 hours. Scott ran a fast, paved, course in ideal conditions (with other fast pace setters). Morton's performance belongs on this list. His Western States course record is also a story of legend. He's been off the radar for nearly a decade, but wow is he back in a big way. He may not race again for a while, but what a come back!
Any Ann Trason course record will probably not get broken any time soon. Though, I suspect someone like Ellie Greenwood has the speed and tenacity to challenge some of them.
Western States: Geoff Roes' 15:07 in 2010. After the results from 2011, this record may not last as long as originally thought. I suspect a sub 15 hour time isn't too far off. But, for now, to have the course record of the oldest 100 mile race, is still pretty impressive.
Promise Land- Clark Zealand's 4:30 from 2002. On the grand scheme of things, Promise Land is probably considered a smaller race. However, over the years some very talented runners have run this event, and nobody has really come near Zealand's time of 4:30. Most years winners have been a solid 15-20 minutes off. In truth, I could see some west coast elites coming out and running 4:20's, but it hasn't happened yet.
*New. Jim O'brien's 1989 17:35 at Angeles Crest. Overlooked this race, mostly because I'm an east coaster. But, sure enough this event has been around 25 years, has had a remarkebly consistent course, and was 2 miles longer during O'brien's CR year. Guys like Jurek, Koerner, and Pacheco haven't really come any closer than 1-2 hours. Jurek wasn't close to O'brien's time, eventhough this overlapped the time he started his amazing 7 year winning streak at Western States. Gives some perspective doesn't it?
Mountain Masochist: Geoff Roes' 6:27 from 2009. Geoff knocked a ridiculous 21 minutes off Dave Mackey's impressive CR. The speed was lacking in the '10 event with a 7:23 winning time, but in most years nobody even comes within 30 minutes of Geoff's time. I'd say Tony Krupicka's White River course record is close to on par, but that course is about 3 miles shorter than the Masochist (53ish mile course).
Okay, I am adding Geoff Roes' 18:30 from the 2009 Wasatch 100. It's an old race with some gnarley climbs. Not quite Hardrock and Leadville type of altitude, but enough to make it rough on the flatlanders. Geoff knocked over an hour off Kyle Skagg's '07 record, and other than Mr.Meltzer, nobody has been within an hour of Geoff, or under 19 hours. Mr. Roes owns 3 of arguably the top 10 most impressive US ultra course records.
Honorable Mention- Maybe these are more impressive. Less impressive. What do you think?
Tom Johnsons 5:33 from the 1994 American River 50, along w/Ann Trason's 6:09 in '93
Tony Krupicka's 6:27 from the 2010 White River 50. Bested Uli Steidl's old CR twice.
Zach Gingerich's 13:23 from the 2010 Umstead 100. Warm day, where he crushed the CR. Nobody else has been under 14 hours, though I suspect another low 13's, or sub 13 may happen soon.
Andy Henshaw's 6:47 from the 2011 Mad City 100k
Dave Mackey's 7:53 at the 2008 Miwok 100k.
*Not a race, but it's worth mentioning Jennifer Pharr Davis' AT overall speed record of 46 days and 11 hours. Completed July 2011.
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- dvroes said...
I am a little biased but Geoff's 18:30 and change at Wasatch deserves a mention. No one has ever come within an hour of his time.
- October 25, 2011 at 4:37 PM
- Mike Bailey said...
Aha! I almost put it on the list. That is a stout course record, especially since Geof and Karl were duking it out that day. That kind of competition usually creates course record times. I do think that for a 31 year old event, it'd be nice to see a bigger group of elites go at it. The 26k climb and moderate altitude, perhaps, scares off the fast flatlanders?
- October 26, 2011 at 8:06 AM
- Tater said...
1989 Jim O'Brien 17.35.48 at AC100. Closest anybody has ever come to that was 2008 Hal Koerner in 18:29.30. That course gets little recognition but it is a BIATCH!
- October 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM
- Michael said...
I think Oswaldo Lopez was frightfully close to breaking the Badwater record this year...The man has run quite a few fast marathons...this is off the top of my head but I believe he ran somewhere @2:40 in Big Sur.
- October 28, 2011 at 1:15 AM
- Michael said...
Oswaldo Lopez seemed to be pretty close to the record Badwater time this year...He's had some fast marathon finishes, this is off the top of my head but I believe he's finished the Big Sur International Marathon a few time @2:40...Pretty fast, why wouldn't he be listed as a guy with a shot at cracking the record this summer...The Man's legit!
- October 28, 2011 at 1:19 AM
- Mike Bailey said...
@Tater. Yes, guess I didn't know my Angeles Crest race history. That's a pretty amazing course record. In fact, I've read the course that year was 2 miles LONGER. Guys like Jurek, Koerner, Pacheco, and AJW haven't really come within 1-2 hours.
@Michael. You're right. It was silly of me to overlook Lopez as a course record contender. Sub 24 at Badwater is crazy enough. Sub 23 takes it to a whole new level. Maybe Lopez is the man? However, I think Akos Konya has a shot too, should he decide to reclaim the title.
- October 28, 2011 at 5:19 AM
- AJW said...
Great post, and I agree on O'Brien's record at AC100. Still one of the great runs of all time on a course that many have attempted. Seems that most are able to match or beat his splits up until Shortcut (Mile 59) and then he blows them away. Would like to see Tony give it a try and he has said as much, as well. He's even been on the course to see what it's about. We'll see.
And, as impressive as Tony's 5:42 at AR is it is not the CR, that is held by Tom Johnson, three time WS100 winner. I think he did a 5:33.
- October 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM
- Mike Bailey said...
AJW, thanks for correcting me! Tony mentioned in his race report that he was chasing Carl Anderson's 5:44. I assumed that was the CR, but I was wrong. Johnson's 5:33 is now on the list.
Speaking of split times, it's interesting how even with more advanced runner tracking technology, runners haven't set more CR's. It's fun to look back and see how fast people were running even in the mid and early 90's.
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The council receives some of its funding through a county-wide senior services millage, Kuznicki said. While the organization wants to continue providing transportation, the cost of keeping its buses on the road is eating into other programs. A separate, transportation-only millage would allow the organization to better fund its in-home services and meal deliveries.
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Rocking the educational boat
The recent OBSERVER articles about test results from schools in both Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties were interesting to say the least, even enlightening in some respects. It was clear that some of the most highly touted schools really have no reason to brag, and other schools often disrespected by local residents don't deserve that either.
I didn't find anything truly surprising in any of the facts and figures presented, but I'm sure others did. I did take notice of the differences in scores along various racial and ethnic divides. Apparently there are certain factors involved than just what's being taught in school and by whom. My, my, surprise, surprise. I guess blaming just the teachers isn't as easy or as fair as many would like to think, and often say.
I'm really curious about these new, tougher and higher standards referred to as one of the reasons for lowered test scores. How much tougher are they? Compared to what? Are they tougher in general or just tougher compared to recent history? Is there a way to compare these standards to what was required, in say, 1965?
I ask this question based on an online article about an eighth grade test from 1912. I dare say most modern students would not pass that test. I only ask about 1965, as the answer was obvious as to that 1912 exam. It does fuel those who often discuss a "dumbing down" of education. There just might be something to that.
In reference to these test results being included as part of the new evaluation process for teachers, I have a few questions there, as well. I've known some fine teachers in my day. Some of those teachers had the toughest kids in their respective classes because they had a handle on them, could deal with them. Now, keeping those kids involved, making them at least meet minimum standards when others routinely threw them out of class ought to count. But my understanding is that the evaluation is based on that test score, not on the fact that perhaps this teacher was the only teacher who managed to at least keep these students engaged. Somehow, that seems to be missing an important part of any evaluation in my opinion.
Are tests results separated by what type of class the student is attending, such as the "advanced" or "enhanced" versions of English and history? I would expect a much higher score from those students than others. My next question based on this issue is, are teachers with nothing but "advanced" students evaluated the same as a teacher with almost all minorities or a teacher in "alternative education" at BOCES? This doesn't seem fair to me. In fact, it would make that evaluation almost useless, don't you think?
Then, I'd have to ask how the make-up of students in any particular class for any particular teacher is made. I'd be more than a bit leery if I was being evaluated, and quite subjectively I might add, by someone who has power to decide to whom I ply my skills to. So, a principal who likes teacher A can fill their class with A/B students, and teacher B, whom the principal doesn't like, gets nothing but ESL and delinquents for students. Please don't say that couldn't or won't happen. I actually know of a case where a suit was filed based on exactly that.
It was also clear in that report that money was not the deciding factor in many cases, as in money to spend per student. Many of the smaller and poorer districts did quite well. The shame of that is that those are the schools being forced to merge due exclusively to lack of funds, not lack of talent or skills. It would appear that the mergers might help financially, but certainly won't have much bearing on how well the students are taught, and that is truly a shame. I'm beginning to think that those throwing bricks at teachers for recreational purposes just might be aiming at the wrong targets.
I know that in Buffalo at least, student attendance was an issue related to the acceptance of teacher evaluations. I have to admit, I'd be quite upset if I was a teacher with classes missing an average of 25 percent and up of what I was teaching and I was being compared to how well students did in classes with perhaps a 5 percent absentee rate, and that was not being factored in to my evaluation. That does seem a bit unfair, doesn't it?
And on top of that, my evaluation is based on test scores of the poorest and lowest-scoring students in the area while my peers in the suburbs are teaching the children of doctors, lawyers and other teachers, with mostly two-parent homes with college educated parents. I would expect the children of poor and uneducated parents, mostly single parents, many with drug issues of their own, to not do as well, wouldn't you? Yet the evaluations are the same, the tests are the same, so just exactly what real life meaning do they have?
Do you suppose that teacher evaluations and tougher "core standards" are political decisions made to address an uproar of complaints from frustrated parents (voters), with little chance of actual success? It would be like race results between a Ferrari and a Volkswagen Beetle; obvious, meaningless and pretty much preordained no matter whom the drivers are.
I have an idea relative to "core standards." All students in math, for example, have to be able to write checks and balance a checkbook, do any math required for simple home repair, measuring angles and such, figure what interest rates will pay them or cost them depending on the situation, budget for groceries and bills, and just about any real world situation they'd run into in normal life, and all by the end of eighth grade.
Core standards for English would ensure that a business letter, a resume or other job application could be accomplished and instructions for any object or task could be read, and read in English. I'd also include writing legibly, and in cursive, to be part of that core standard. At the eighth-grade level, after all those living skills have been absolutely applied and instilled, standard tests should be done to separate the "wheat from the chaff," so to speak, and a two-track system installed wherein not everybody goes to college.
That's what every other industrialized country does and it is why their high schools routinely do better than ours comparatively. I'm sure it won't happen, as parents (voters) demand a "one-size-fits-all" educational system then complain when the obvious results. Ah well, as they say, it is what it is, and I don't see a lot of meaningful change on the horizon.
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Not pink. Mauve.
I'm pretty sure the whole idea was spawned by a Margaret Howell show last year. Regardless, I got it in my head that I had to have this one thing as it would "complete my summer look" or whatever. Lo and behold, on asos.com (like a british urban outfitters) I came across these bad boys:
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Posted on 01/08/2011 6:14:24 PM PST by Mamzelle
Just finished watched Sheriff Dupnik on Fox News. This guy is serious trouble. Please inform yourselves, freepers, and please--if you're from Pima County, contribute your insights.
The moment he started talking, he oozed self-righteousness and pomposity. He kept alluding to "vitriol"--a code word the Progs use to talk about talk radio and conservatives.
The "...never let a good crisis go to waste" from the Soros crowd and their useful idiots continues apace...
HE DID IT AGAIN!! Just now, he used his position to go partisan. Just appalling. Every day, the liberals are worse, and worse.
The left will again use this in an effort to control the first two amendments. Obama is pushing for Internet IDs.No doubt about it. "Net neutrality" means "partisan and jihadist control of the world wide web."
The tragedy in Az sure took this off the news radar huh?
My comment was in reference to the net ID card being off the radar with the mess in Az.
Right, no doubt about it.
Dupnik is looking to take any attention from him. Laughner had been arrested on drug offences. He never should have been able to get a gun under Dupnik's watch. Hence the Democrat blames Palin.
If your post is serious, i believe you should check in with a shrink and get help with this very sick line of thinking; human beings lost their lives here — it's not any old "event" that's eligible for use as a political football, get it? Let's try to be part of the solution, not the problem.
Why wasn't the Sheriff investigating liberal gay extremists? I'll bet money he's 'investigated' his fair share - and then some - of 'right wingers'. He talks like a liberal hater, walks like a liberal hater, and obviously quacks like one.
Did Dupnik dismiss Loughner threat?
Let us be clear: it is not a matter of controversy whether or not Loughner made death threats, or at least it should not be. As was reported by both local sources (via here) and Reuters, Sheriff Dupnik himself revealed that Loughner had made death threats against at least one person who was not Congresswoman Giffords.
Interesting link - thanks...
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Hay Rob porque estás tan hermoso ;-)ReplyDelete
Hrs craving his name on the table how cute thats so nice of him.ReplyDelete
Is been awhile that i seen him wear a beanie his been wearing alot of hats.ReplyDelete
Is he wearing the beanie kristen was wearing at the airport coming home from paris? Or was it his and she just had it with her? Things that make u go hmmmm? LolReplyDelete
He has alot of beanies and kristen has her own.ReplyDelete
does any one know if they are truly back together because we keep seeing him out alone so I begin to doubt about it!ReplyDelete
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Topic: [Fixed] Am I setting up this GIT repo correctly?
Hi all,
This is my maiden attempt in using git - and I am trying to model it according to the client server model, wherein there are multiple developers, pushing and pulling from a common git repo kept on a remote server - say xyz.com
This is how I am doing it...
On xyz.com, inside the codebase dir, initialize a git repo
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- git add .
- git commit -m "Initial import"
Then on my local dev machine
- git clone firstname.lastname@example.com:/path/to/git/repo
- .....make changes....
- git add .
- git commit -m "my changes"
- git push
Now at this stage, when I clone this git repo again from xyz server, I do get the latest code.
However, if on xyz.com, from inside the /path/to/git/repo directory, I run "git status", it shows me uncommited changes.
email@example.com:/path/to/git/repo$ git status
# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
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This is the same file I deleted from my local machine using "git rm -f chrome/content/.file~"
Is this correct?
My best guess is, I'm missing something here.
Please let me know if I need to provide more info about this scenario for the problem to make sense.
Thanks in anticipation...
Oh, BTW - Git rocks!
I soo am loving just _one_ .git directory as compared to multiple .svn directories )
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