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Tour 15
Bluefield/Tazewell/Lebanon/Appalachia/Big Stone Gap/Jonesville; 149.2 m. US 19, State 64. Asphal paved roadbed.
Norfolk and Western Ry. parallels route between Bluefield and Norton; Louisville and Nashville R.R. between Norton and Jonesville. Accommodations only in larger towns.
This route winds through the mountains of southwest Virginia, a rugged country with vast coalfields, bluegrass pastures, and fertile farmlands. Mining communities huddle in the valleys; coal dust smears the hillsides; handsome big breasted cattle graze in the clearings. This area, Virginia's last frontier, was not settled till the end of the eighteenth century. Before good roads and industrial developments brought the east and west together, the mountain folk held tenaciously to individualism, feuds, moonshining, old customs and forms of speech. Now, however, Southwest Virginia has transferred its attention from family to political feuds and has enough Republicans to make elections lively and to assure its citizens a good share of State offices.US 19 crosses the Virginia Line at Bluefield, W.Va. (see West Virginia Guide), into BLUEFIELD, 0 m. (2600 alt., 3,906 pop.), its twin, with which it unites to form a city Of 23,245 persons, Physically inseparable despite civic independence, the towns share the advantages accruing from the presence of fertile land near by and from coal operations in the Poca\-hontas field. Bluefield is at the junction with US 21\_52. I. Left from Bluefield on State 85 to BLUEFIELD COLLEGE, 2 m., a coeducational junior college housed in several red brick buildings on a large campus. The school was established in 102o by the Baptist General Association of Virginia. 2. Right from Bluefield on State 85 to FALLS MILLS, 3.9 m. (300 POP.), 3traddling the Bluestone River. Here General John Toland's troops camped in 1863 on their flight from Wytheville (see Tour 5). POCAHONTAS, 9.8 m. (2,5oo alt., 2,800 POP.), with nondescript frame houses be side huge black shafts, is the focal point of the great Pocahontas semibituminous coal fields. The town sprang into existence around the first mine in the field with the com\-ing of the Norfolk & Western Railroad in 1882. A blacksmith disco~ered this field, used the coal for his forge, and allowed neighbors to dig enough for their homes. His frugal wife, fearing the supply would be exhausted, advised against such wanton gen\-erosity. Today there are 17 large areas of operation in this field. These operations have an unusual feature. An 18 mile tunnel, supported by huge beams, has been driven along a coal seam to Dry Fork, West Virginia, and drains an area of approximately 12,ooo acres. This outlet for water in mines saves a pumping cost of thousands of dollars annually.
At 10. 1 m. on US 19 is a junction with County 655.
Right here to County 644, 7.4 m., and R. to pass into fertile Abb's Valley, named for Absolom Looney, who discovered it in 1763.
On County 644 at 12.2 m. is the MOORE HOMESTEAD (L), a rambling frame farmhouse near the site of a cabin built by Captain James Moore in 1772. The Moore family's troubles with Indians began in 1784, when their 18 year old son James was captured. In the summer of 1786, a party Of 47 Indians swept down on the cabin and killed Captain Moore, a son, a daughter, and a sick man whose name history failed to record. Mrs.Moore, four children, and a girl visiting the family, Martha Evans, were taken captive. Mrs.Moore and two of the children were killed; while Martha Evans and Mary Moore were sold to a French Canadian family living near the place where James was held captive. The three were finally released, and James Moore returned to Abb's Valley and built a house on the site of his father's cabin.At 16.9 m. on US ig is a junction with County 645.
Left here to the SITE OF A BOONE CAWN FORT (L), 0.5 m., built by Daniel Boone and several companions on a hunting expedition in 1767/68. A brick farmhouse now occupies the spot. Here later Henry Harman,jr., built the log house in which Tazewell County was organized and where the first court was held.DIAL ROCK, a prominent crag beyond the house, was so named because its shadow is supposed to tell the time of day. Beyond it (R) is BucKHoRN, a grotesque summit resembling the horns of goats. By a junction with State 61 at 17.7 m. is the PEERY HOUSE (L), a large frame building, in which Thomas Dunn English was a guest in 1843 when hewrote,'Do You RememberSweet Alice, Ben Bolt.'Captain W.E.Peery, a Confederate veteran, introduced purebred cattle to Clinch Valley. Also at this intersection is (R) the SITE OF WYNNE'S FORT, now replaced by a frame house. William Wynne, a Friend, settled here in 1772. The Indians never attacked the fort, perhaps because the peace loving Quaker placed no garrison here. Near this junction was Rocky Dell, the home of Samuel Tynes, whose daughter Molly, pretty and blond, made a daring 40\_mile ride over the mountains in July 1863 to warn the countryside that General Toland was marching toward Wytheville. Having called her news at every farmhouse along the way, she reached Wytheville in time for a company of old men and boys to gather and resist the raiders (see Tour 5)> Molly Mary Elizabeth formally later married her soldier-sweetheart, William D. Davidson, who became a member of the West Virginia Legislature. Left State 61 to State 78, 4.4 m,, and R. 5.6 m. to the gap giving entrance to BURKE'S GARDEN, a broad oval basin (3,2oo alt.), walled in by ridges that rise about i,ooo feet above it. Beside Garden Creek in the gap is a primitive grist mill operated for the benefit of the farmers on the fertile lands round about. Substantial homes stand amid bluegrass pastures where cattle graze. At 7.1 m., toward the center of the plateau where the road crosses the Creek, is a tumbledown springhouse (R), near the site of the house built by James Burke, who discovered these lands in 1749 and settled here. In 1756, when Indian fighters led by Andrew Lewis (see Tour 5b) camped near this spot, potatoes were growing in profusion near Burke's abandoned home. Thereafter the plateau was known as Burke's Garden. In 1774 there was a frontier fortification here called Burke's Fort. In 1781 the wife and children of Thomas Ingles of Burke's Garden were captured by Indians. Ingles and a party of friends rescued Mrs.Ingles, but the children were killed (see Tour 5).
TAZEWELL, 19.5 m. (2,373 alt., 1,211 pop.), is the seat of Tazewell County and financial capital of this agricultural and coal mining region. The substantial homes on the several hills offer convincing evidence of prosperity. After the formation of Tazewell County in 1799, two cOmmuruties had champions in the contest for the seat of government. Those favoring Tazewell argued that here were the prime essentials of a frontier town \_a grist mill and a blacksmith shop. A skull and fist fight settled the controversy. First called Tazewell Courthouse, then Jeffersonville, the town of Tazewell was incorporated in 1866.
The TAZEWELL COURTHOUSE, a severely plain stuccoed building with a large square central unit, a high columned portico, and flanking wings, replaced one destroyed by fire in the 183o's. Tazewell County was formed from parts of Russell and Wythe Counties and named for Henry Tazewell, United States senator from 1794 until 1799.Stone foundations mark the SITE OF WITTEN'S MILL, built about 1800, by Thomas Witten,jr. This 'tub mill' was a nucleus around which Tazewell grew. A flatroofed, two-story office building, 20 Main Street, stands on the site of a log house that was first an inn, then the home of John Warfield Johnston, United States Senator (1870-83), and father of George Ben Johnston (1853-1900), physician and pioneer in Virginia medical education, who was born in a second Johnston home in Tazewell. Dr.johnston was an early disciple of Lister. He is credited with the first antiseptic operation performed in Virginia. Tazewell County is the birthplace and home of George C. Peery, governor of Virginia from 1934 to 1938 Right from Tazewell on State 81, crossing the railroad tracks, to NORTH TAZEWELL, I m. (6oo pop.), first called 'Kelly,' and now a small commercial center around a railroad station. At 22.2 m. on US 19 is a junction with State 88.
Left from US io on this hardsurfaced road and up a slight grade through PLUM CREEK GAP. When the road was opened here over rough and inaccessible terrain, a judge told the road builders, 'You have put a road where God Almighty never intended one to be placed.'At 22.5 m. on US 19 is a junction with State 8r.
Left here at 0.3 m. a rounded peak is seen rising in the wide gap on top of the mountain (L), about a mile from the highway. This peak, BATTLE KNOB, was named for a bloody fight between the Cherokee and the Shawnee, who carried on perpetual strife for these hunting lands. The Cherokee fortified themselves on Battle Knob and were able to withstand the attacks of a much larger force of Shawnee. When their ammunition was exhausted during the battle, a runner obtained a fresh supply at Witten's Fort (see below) and thus was made possible victory for the smaller force.At 6 m. on State 81 is the village of LIBERTY; L. here on County 6o8, 0.4 M., to a lane (L), leading to the SITE OF LOST MILL. In a depression 8o feet deep are a bulging darn, the water wheel foundation, old timbers, and various pieces of machinery. Power was transmitted to the mill by some mechanical arrangement. At MAIDEN SPRING (L), 8.7 m. on State 81, a remarkable flow of water gushes from the base of a cliff. Above the spring, at 8.9 m. on State 81, is a junction with County 6oo; in the field (R) at this junction is the SITE OF MAIDEN SPRING FORT, built by Reese Bowen, who moved his family here about 1772.
In 1776, when the Indians of the Ohio River Valley came east along the Big Sandy River and terrorized the settlements west of Maiden Spring, Bowen and the other men of the neighborhood went to meet them, leaving their families here. Late one afternoon, Mrs.Bowen, rounding up the cows for the night milking, at the foot of Short Mountain came on imprints of mocassins. Believing that she was being watched, Mrs.Bowen walked calmly home and told the women to dress in men's clothing and take turns at sentry duty outside. Only she, however, and a Negro slave woman dared to carry out the proposal. One carrying a musket and the other a stick shaped like a gun, they guarded the fort all night and apparently succeeded in giving the impression that the fort was well manned; at least there was no attack.The present BOWEN HOUSE was built in 1838 on the hill above the old site. It incorporates two rooms of Reese Bowen's cabins. Reconstructed FORT WITTEN (L), 24 m., marks the site of the first settlement in this part of the Clinch Valley. About 1767 Thomas Witten settled here on a tract called Big Crab Apple Orchard and built such a garrisoned house as was customary on the frontier. At 35.4 m. is a junction with State 84.
Right here to CEDAR BLUFF, 3.5 m. (590 pop.), home of the Cedar Bluff Woolen Mills. Except after fires in 18o8 and 1022, the mill has operated continuously since 1832. Beautifully patterned coverlets are woven here.just north of RICHLANDS, 5.8 m. (1,926 alt., 1,355 pop.), a coal miners'town, is a large brickmaking plant. Kentuckians, driving their cattle to the Lynchburg market, gave the place its name because of the excellent pastures they found here. At RAVEN, 9.9 m., State 84 turns north from Clinch Valley to GRUNDY, 39 M. (1,065 alt., &5 pop.), seat and principal settlement of Buchanan County. The buildings of the mountain town stand close together at the fork of the Levisa and Slate Rivers, hemmed in by steep slopes that rise almost from the rivers' edge. The BUCHANAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, a three story building of stone, has a tall square clock tower at one corner. Buchanan County, wholly within the Cumberland Mountains, was formed in 1858 from parts of Tazewell and Russell counties and named for President James Buchanan. At 43.8 m. the highway passes near the SITE OF FORT CHRISTIAN, erected in 1774 by Daniel Smith, surveyor and captain of a military company, stationed in the upper Clinch Valley. At 52.1 m. is a junction with State 8o.
Left here to the SrTE OF ELK GARDEN FORT (R), 0.9 m. The large brick house just beyond was the home of Henry Carter Stuart, governor of Virginia from 1914 to 1918.LEBANON, 59.1 m. (2, 13 1 alt., 56o pop.), seat of Russell County, caps a rounded hill beside Cedar Creek. Lebanon, so named because of the cedars in the neighborhood, grew up after the county seat was moved here from Dickensonville in 1816.
The RUSSELL COUNTY COURTHOUSE, is a two story brick building with a high Ionic portico, salvaged from the first courthouse which was completed in 1818 and burned in 1872. A clock tower rises from the center of its roof. Russell County was formed from Washington in 1786 and named for General William Russell, member of the House of Delegates from Washington County who introduced the bill providing for the creation of the new county. The original Russell County was a vast territory, from which six other Virginia counties and a part of West Virginia were eventually taken.
At 60.1 m. is a junction with State 64; straight ahead on State 64 from this point.
DICKENSONVILLE, 69.6 m., a crossroads settlement of several houses, was the first seat of Russell County. When Henry Dickenson, hoping to have an important town bearing his name, offered to build a courthouse for the county, his offer was accepted; his courthouse, built of hewed logs, was 20 feet square, 'furnished with proper seats and a bar.' At 70.8 m. is a junction with State 64; R. here on State 64
On the hill (R) at 75.7 m., above a junction with County 615, is the SITE OF RUSSELL'S FORT, built in 1774 by William Russell, Indian fighter and officer in the Revolution, who was actively engaged in the protection of the frontier in the 1770's. In the latter part of his life Russell married Elizabeth Henry Campbell, sister of Patrick Henry and widow of General William Campbell (see Tour 5). ST.PAUL, 81 m. (1,486 alt., 7 16 pop.), is a railroad junction and a lively shopping center that grew up near the old Wheeler's Ford on the Clinch River. Here, in the 1770's, was Moore's Fort. In the 18go's a promotion company, anticipating the construction of a railroad, acquired land on both sides of the river and proposed to establish twin cities, to be named St.Paul and Minneapolis. The company paid Sioc, to the postmaster of another St.Paul, in Carroll County, for the exclusive use of the name, and laid out streets; but the project was abandoned when the financing of the railroad failed. It was not until the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway was built in 1904 that St.Paul began to grow.In 179o, Baron Fran\'a7ois Pierre de Tubeuf, a French political exile, traded houses in London to one Richard Smith for 55,000 acres of land in this neighborhood. The next year Tubeuf arrived with his wife, a son, and servants, and among other supplies, a pair of specially made boots designed as a protection against snakes. In 1794 two visitors killed Tubeuf, his wife, and all the servants except one maid, who escaped but was drowned during her flight. Alexandre de Tubeuf, the son, was left for dead but recovered. The house was stripped of its valuables and burned by the brigands. Later the men were captured and placed in the Abingdon jail, from which they freed themselves. In St.Paul is a junction with State 70; L. here on State 70.
At VIRGINIA CITY, 83.5 m., local coal was first made into coke.
COEBURN, 94.4 m. (1,983 alt., 785 pop.), is a railroad junction and mining center by the Guest River. The settlement, first called Guest's Station, was incorporated in 1894 and supposedly named for an engineer named Coe and a judge named Burn.
NORTON, 105.4 m. (2,138 alt., 3,077 pop.), trade and shipping center in a region of large coal mining operations, is hemmed in by steep slopes. It spreads out along one principal street, which parallels the railroad tracks. First called Prince's Flats for William Prince, who settled here in 1787, the town changed its name in the 1890's. Norton is so close to a coal seam that it is possible for families to dig their winter's supply of fuel from the cellars of their homes. In June, when rhododendron covers the neighboring hills with its beauty, Norton sponsors a Rhododendron festival. Scenes of Indian and festival pioneer days are reenacted; 'King Coal' reigns; and the usual 'princesses' are in evidence. I. Right from Norton on US 23 to WISE, 4.5 m. (2,474 alt., 1,112 POP.), seat of Wise County, and shopping center for mountain folk and miners. The early settlement here was called Big Glades, then Gladeville. The WISE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, a large winged brick building, built in 1865 and added to in 1897 and 1915, supplanted a log structure built in T858 and burned by Federal troops in 1864. Behind the courthouse was the whipping post used during the first years of the county. In 189 2 a scaffold was erected here on which seven men were hanged for murder, one of whom was Talt Hall, notorious bad man of the Cumberlands. Wise County was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott, and Russell Counties and named for Henry A. Wise, then governor of Virginia. Before the I 8oo's, when railroads began to steam their way through the narrow valleys, the mountain folk of Wise County were governed largely by the code of the hills. Rugged individualists, they settled their difficulties without recourse to the law, made and sold their'mountain dew,'and viewed all'furriners , with suspicion. POUND, 15.9 m. (218 pop.), is a scattered village named for a pounding mill built here in 1815 by James Mullins. Here in 1935 Edith Maxwell, a young school teacher, was Charged with killing her father when she struck him as he sought to punish her for staying out late at night. The code of the hills, as interpreted in the newsrooms, furnished a basis for many sensational stories. Edith Maxwell was convicted, retried, and sentenced to serve 20 years. Right from Pound 11.5 m. on State 5o to CLINTWOOD (800, pop.), seat of Dickenson County. This was the settlement of Holly Creek before the establishment of the county government here in 1882.
The DICKENSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, a tall two story brick building with wings, a clock cupola, and a two story portico, was erected soon after 188o. Dickenson was formed from parts of Wise, Buchanan, and Russell Counties and named for W.J.Dickenson, a member of the Virginia general assembly at the time. The present Dickenson County area, in the Sandy River Valley and called the 'Basin of the Sandy,' was not settled until after 1816 when 'Fighting Dick' Colley built a cabin at Sand Lick. Before the settlements were made, however, the Sandy Valley had long been hunting grounds for the white men, as was evidenced by two trees that bore the legends 'D. Boone 176-,' the other'D.Boone 1771.' On State 59, at 35 m., by the mouth of the McClure River, is HAYSI (500 POP.), serving as a trading point for a large territory in both Dickenson and Buchanan Counties. It was named for Charles M. Hayter and a Mr.Sypher, partners in a small store here. Left from Haysi, 8 m. on State 8o, to the BREAKS OF SANDY (L), a series of rapids in the gap cut through the Cumberland Mountains by the Big Sandy River on its way to join the Ohio River at Ashland, Ky. West of Pound, US 23 climbs through Pound Gap in the Cumberland Mountains, the country of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. In the hollows of this slope John Fox, Jr., found the characters for his book, which portrayed the life of the Cumberland Mountain people. The Wright and Mullens families were among the prototypes of Fox's characters. 'Devil' John Wright, a patriarch who was married three times and was the father Of 37 children, was 'Jud Tolliver' of the story. 'Devil John' spent his last years in a cabin that stood about half way up the slope. just left of the place where the highway crosses the crest of the mountain, stood, until a few years ago, the huge evergreen known to mountain folk as the Lonesome Pine. Until the end of the nineteenth century the long mountain rifle took its toll here. In 1892 Ira Mullens, his wife, a daughter, and a friend, riding in a wagon, were shot from ambush in this pass. Mullens' small son rolled off the wagon and escaped. The women's breasts were slashed away and the Nlullens' possessions were looted. Marshall Taylor, physician, minister, and Federal marshal, and Calvin and Henon Fleming were accused of the crime. Calvin Fleming was killed and Henon wounded in a gun battle with officers; Henon Fleming was brought to trial and acquitted. Dr. Taylor had himself crated and secretly shipped by freight to Bluefield, W.Va., but he was captured, convicted of murder, and hanged. On the scaffold he preached a sermon and predicted his resurrection in three days. His family waited five days before burying the body. At the CREST, 20.5 m., US 23 crosses the Kentucky Line, I mile east of Jenkins, Ky. (see Kentucky Guide).
2. Left from Norton, State 73 passes through BENGE'S GAP, named for a halfbreed Indian leader who used it for raids into the neighboring valleys. At BENGE's ROCK, I m., a large boulder (R), Benge was ambushed and killed in 11794 as he and his party returned from a raid along the Clinch and Holston Rivers. The highway climbs the mountain to an unmarked dirt road, 4.1 m.; R. here 1.1 m. HIGH KNOB, from which many square miles of territory are visible. APPALACHIA, 116.6 m. (1,900 alt., 3,595 pop.), is a mining town at a junction with three railroads. Right from Appalachia on State 67, which follows Looney Creek and winds up Black Mountain, to the crest, 8.8 m., providing an extensive view of the Cumberlands. State 67 crosses the Kentucky Line 9 miles east of Cumberland,Ky. (see Kentucky Guide). BIG STONE GAP, 120 m. (1,455 alt., 3,9o8 pop.), built compactly about a business district on two crossing streets, is at the southern end of the pass cut through Stone Mountain by the Powell River. The town's substantial activity is dependent on mining in the neighborhood. Because the town site was at the gap and the junction of three forks of the river, it was a strategic spot when three railroads came into the coal fields in the 1890's. The settlement here, first called Three Forks, then Imboden, was chartered as Mineral City in 1882 and assumed its present name in 1888. The HOME OF JOHN Fox,JR., 746 Shawnee St., is a low shingled cottage, still occupied by members of the Fox family. Here lived the author who gave the world its first, though somewhat idealized, story of life in these mountains. From 1894 until 1913 a dozen romances of the hills followed each other in quick succession. The first two were only mildly successful, but Hell for Sartin (1896) received National attention. The whole country then wept over the plight of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1903), read breathlessly Christmas Eve on Lonesome (1904), fell in love with'June' and fought with the Tollivers in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, then sang the geographically inaccurate song, 'In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, on the Trail of the Lonesome PineIn 1908 Fox married Fritzi Scheff , a winsome light opera star in her heyday. As Mademoiselle Modiste, she had set young and old to singing 'Kiss Me Again' and had dazzled the world with jewels, gowns, pompadour, wasp waist, and sprightly charm. She had divorced her Baron von Bardeleben and married Fox after a courtship of less than 24 hours. When she followed the new husband to Big Stone Gap, she arrived with, servants and with trunks that aging natives now declare to have been 8o in number. Perhaps Fritzi Scheff was disappointed to find the hills not as romantic as they had been portrayed; at any rate, she soon departed. The FEDERAL ART GALLERY, the first of its kind in the State, opened in the Big Stone Gap Elementary School on March 4, 1936.
PENNINGTON GAP, 141.2 m. (I,460 alt., 1,553 pop.), is the trade center of a prosperous trucking country. Right from Pennington Gap on State 66 to NIGGER HEAD ROCK, 3 m., an immense rock jutting out from the mountain, which has the profile of a head, neck, and shoulders. JONESVILLE, 149.2 M. (384 POP.) (see Tour 7), is at a junction with US 58.


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Clues still being sought in death of college teen more than 36 years ago
By BRYAN FITZGERALD Special To The Times Union Published: 12:00 a.m., Monday, January 3, 2011
COBLESKILL — The life of Katherine Kolodziej is divided into three cardboard boxes.
Her last name is written on each in black marker. Two are at the State Police barracks in Rotterdam, the other at their station in Cobleskill.
Inside are photos of the 17-year-old blonde, blue-eyed Long Island native smiling for her class picture, along with her public records and letters she received from her mother.
So is Kolodziej's autopsy report, thousands of leads and interviews relating to her brutal murder and crime scene photographs of her body laid out on a stone wall in a field in Richmondville in November 1974.
Kolodziej's parents have been dead for several years. She was an only child.
The only calls police receive about the status of her case are twice-yearly inquiries from a former college classmate of Kolodziej's who lives in Florida.
If the State Police were to stop investigating Kolodziej's death tomorrow, it's likely not many would notice. But two law officers — a veteran State Police investigator and the only still-active police officer who worked the case when Kolodziej died — are renewing the hunt for her killer.
"I still think this case can be solved," State Police Investigator Tom Cioffi says, "I really do."
Around 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 2, 1974, Kolodziej left The Vault, a popular college bar on the corner of Grand Street and Main Street in Cobleskill, to make the one-mile walk back to campus alone. She was never seen alive again. Her body was found 26 days later on Thanksgiving, barefoot and naked from the waist down and carefully placed on a stone wall in the hills of nearby Richmondville.
She had been stabbed in the back seven times with two different weapons.
The investigation into Kolodziej's murder has now lasted more than twice as long as her life.
Cioffi, a State Police investigator for 10 years, was given her case two months ago after the officer who was handling it stepped down.
A Schoharie County native, Cioffi remembers the Kolodziej case from his days at Richmondville High School.
Cioffi recently collaborated with the only remaining active police officer from day one of the investigation, Schoharie County Sheriff Anthony Desmond.
"All law enforcement officers have one case that stands out in their career, which they want solved. The Kolodziej case is mine," Desmond says.
Next week, Cioffi and Desmond will appear on a local talk radio show to discuss the case for the second time in three months.
Desmond still talks about the case with old colleagues, swapping theories about suspects and motives as if it were that day in the fall of 1974 when her body was found.
While Desmond and the State Police were forming a search party in the area, a group of hunters approached them and said they had found a blue woman's shoe on the side of McDonald Road in Richmondville.
Police found another shoe up the road, and then discovered Kolodziej's body about 100 yards away.
Investigators interviewed the entire SUNY Cobleskill student body. They also talked to Volkswagen Beetle owners in the area — somebody reported seeing someone matching Kolodziej's description getting into a yellow one after she left the bar — and anybody who had a connection to the murder of any young woman in the Northeast.
Convicted serial killers Theodore "Ted" Bundy and Lewis Lent were questioned about the case.
Donald Sigsbee and John William Hopkins, both of whom were convicted in the murders of young women in central New York, were considered prime suspects. Police could never tie either of them to the area at the time of the murder.
"It's one of those cases where everybody who's investigated it" has their own top suspect, Cioffi said.
Cioffi says State Police still receive about a half dozen tips a year. He would like to be able to retrace her last steps, but all investigators know is that she left the bar alone and may have gotten into the Volkswagen.
Kolodziej would be 53 years old today. She was just two months into her first semester of college when she was killed.
Police say her killer, if alive, is now likely 50 to 70 years old.
Ask people in the town about the Kolodziej case and some of them remember hearing something about a young college student found murdered in the woods decades ago.
But most of them shake their heads, having forgotten about it long ago.
"I still hope that somebody, sometime, somewhere will come up and say 'I've lived with this as long as I can and I can't take it anymore,'" Desmond says.
Homes have replaced many acres of forest in the hills of Richmondville since Kolodziej's death.
The stone wall where her killer carefully placed her on her back is still intact, surrounded by brush that has slowly thickened over the years.
"At some point, no one may remember," Desmond said.
Reach Bryan Fitzgerald at 454-5452 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Cold-case-but-not-forgotten-933328.php#ixzz1AUxaC6DW
Kathy's parents are gone, but Kathy is not forgotten. The article, above shows the hard work and dedication of the detectives who have worked this case for many years. Kathy's case may never be solved, but her mother and father are now with her.
If anyone has any information, please contact NY State Police BCI Investigator Tom Cioffi.


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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2012: On the day of their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy disappears. There are signs of struggle in the house and Nick quickly becomes the prime suspect. It doesn't help that Nick hasn't been completely honest with the police and, as Amy's case drags out for weeks, more and more vilifying evidence appears against him. Nick, however, maintains his innocence. Told from alternating points of view between Nick and Amy, Gillian Flynn creates an untrustworthy world that changes chapter-to-chapter. Calling Gone Girl a psychological thriller is an understatement. As revelation after revelation unfolds, it becomes clear that the truth does not exist in the middle of Nick and Amy's points of view; in fact, the truth is far more dark, more twisted, and more creepy than you can imagine. Gone Girl is masterfully plotted from start to finish and the suspense doesn't waver for one page. It's one of those books you will feel the need to discuss immediately after finishing because the ending doesn't just come; it punches you in the gut. --Caley Anderson
You might say I specialize in difficult characters. Damaged, disturbed, or downright nasty. Personally, I love each and every one of the misfits, losers, and outcasts in my three novels. My supporting characters are meth tweakers, truck-stop strippers, backwoods grifters ...
But it's my narrators who are the real challenge.
In Sharp Objects, Camille Preaker is a mediocre journalist fresh from a stay at a psychiatric hospital. She's an alcoholic. She's got impulse issues. She's also incredibly lonely. Her best friend is her boss. When she returns to her hometown to investigate a child murder, she parks down the street from her mother's house "so as to seem less obtrusive." She has no sense of whom to trust, and this leads to disaster.
Camille is cut off from the world but would rather not be. In Dark Places, narrator Libby Day is aggressively lonely. She cultivates her isolation. She lives off a trust fund established for her as a child when her family was massacred; she isn't particularly grateful for it. She's a liar, a manipulator, a kleptomaniac. "I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ," she warns. "Draw a picture of my soul and it'd be a scribble with fangs." If Camille is overly grateful when people want to befriend her, Libby's first instinct is to kick them in their shins.
In those first two novels, I explored the geography of loneliness--and the devastation it can lead to. With Gone Girl, I wanted to go the opposite direction: what happens when two people intertwine their lives completely.I wanted to explore the geography of intimacy--and the devastation it can lead to. Marriage gone toxic.
Gone Girl opens on the occasion of Amy and Nick Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. (How romantic.) Amy disappears under very disturbing circumstances. (Less romantic.) Nick and Amy Dunne were the golden couple when they first began their courtship. Soul mates. They could complete each other's sentences, guess each other's reactions. They could push each other's buttons. They are smart, charming, gorgeous, and also narcissistic, selfish, and cruel.
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What inspired you to pursue fashion?
My mother was a theatre actress, she was super stylish and I was always backstage playing with her costumes. But, my first job was dubbing for some movies and a TV series like 'ÄėPipi Longstocking'Äô at 7 years old. My brother was interested in photography so I began reading fashion magazines and taking pictures.
Now I never leave the house without a camera. ¬†I used to shoot with a very old manual Minolta, then a point-and-shoot Ricoh 28mm non-digital, now I'Äôm using a Lumix GF1.¬† I've always been very inspired by Daido Moriyama'Äôs photographs.¬†I would love to publish a photography and style book– I hope to always work on great projects combining art and fashion.
How do you creatively approach getting dressed?
Improvisation is so important! It's not just about how I feel that day, it's experimental, impulsive and (I think) intuitive. I have a very eclectic style, so I like to mix my feelings with colors, periods and themes. I'm not sure how people plan the night before.
Whose style has influenced your own?
Charlotte Rampling in old Newton photos, Monica Vitti in Antonioni movies, and Veruschka– I love the scene in Blow-Up and the iconic YSL Rive Gauche Safari image always stands out in my mind.
What do you feel best when wearing?
Dresses! I love wearing them at any length; long, short, knee-length. A mannish elegance can be very femme too, but I am one for dresses.
I cherish this YSL for Dior pink embroidered dress from 1969. It's so incredible that it was exhibited in London! A very close friend of mine gave it to me when I opened up my vintage boutique.
Do you focus on any specific designers or time periods when collecting vintage?
I would be very happy with a retrospective of YSL in my wardrobe, and I especially love the 70s and 80s.  When I saw the exhibition 2 years ago at the Grand Palais I had this feeling that it's all been done, there's nothing much left to do. I also collect a lot of Art Deco Bijoux. I search everywhere but find the best vintage in New York, Miami, Paris, and London.
Where do you find to be the most visually inspiring place?
Down in the south of Turkey there is a small place called Bozburun.¬† The energy and scenery are magical– I always go to the Bozburun Yacht Club and a wonderful fish restaurant called Orfoz.
Always make time for…
No matter how busy I am I create time for myself to practice yoga and go to the gym. I also make sure to go to art and design fairs, there is endless inspiration and energy, Art Basel for example.


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George Soros has still got it. Rather, he has gotten it back.
Soros's Quantum Endowment Fund made the strongest gains out of any other hedge fund in 2013, according to a tally by LCH Investments that published Monday. Including the gains after that date, the Soros fund takes the crown as the top-performing manager in terms of net profit since inception from Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Pure Alpha, who swiped it back in 2011, says LCH. John Paulson's Paulson & Co. hedge fund came in at number 4.
According to the Financial Times, the Quantum fund raked in $5.5 billion in 2013, the best return for the $28.6 billion fund since 2009, when investors were rewarded with a 29% return after Soros nailed a call on the end of the global financial crisis. Soros announced his retirement at the end of 2011.
Of 20 top managers, $55.4 billion net of fees was made for investors in 2013, with those who invested in equities coming out ahead -- 70% of total gains in 2013 were made from stocks. As far as how that compares with previous years, the top 20 managers made net profits of $199 billion in the five years to Dec. 31, far beyond the $28 billion lost in 2008. Rick Sopher, chairman of LCH Investments, said so far in 2014, the best managers "have also been able to protect on the downside."
"All except for a few of the top 20 have very carefully controlled their asset size, and nine of them have generated more in gains for their investors than they currently have in assets under management," said Sopher, in a press release.
Of course, anecdotal evidence shows hedge funds did not have such an amazing year comparatively in 2013. The Hennessee Hedge Fund index rose 12.86% in 2013, which is well short of the 29.6% seen over the course of 2013. One theory there is that the "hedge" of being a hedge fund didn't work so well as stocks just saw a few mild and brief pullbacks in 2013. This year so far has seen one sharp pullback.
Here's a list of the top 20 managers by net gains since inception to Dec. 31, 2013, according to LCM:
- Quantum Endowment, George Soros, $5.5 billion (net gains in 2013)
- Bridgewater Pure Alpha, Ray Dalio, $2.4 billion
- Baupost, Seth Klarman, $4 billion
- Paulson & Co., John Paulson, $2.6 billion
- Appaloosa, David Tepper, $4.2 billion
- Lone Pine, Steve Mandel, $5.2 billion
- Brevan Howard Fund, Alan Howard, $500 million
- Farallon, Tom Steyer, $3 billion
- Viking, Andreas Halvorsen, $4.5 billion
- Moore Capital, Louis Moore Bacon, $2.5 billion
-- Barbara Kollmeyer writes for MarketWatch. Follow her: @bkollmeyer
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With half the school year under her belt, Royal Live Oaks Academy Executive Director Karen Wicks looks forward to expanding.
For the 2013-14 school year, RLOA will enroll 50 additional students as it adds the ninth grade. "As a first-year charter school, we've had some growing pains, but I'm pleased with the progress and it's very exciting to see," Wicks said.
The ninth grade will be a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics program featuring some virtual teaching along with the project-based curriculum.
Wicks plans to renovate the old West Hardeeville High School campus in order to add two classrooms and anticipates that project will be finished by the end of the summer.
The goal is to relocate the cafeteria and a music room to the renovated building which would free two classrooms, Wicks said. The charter school created a 500-recipe cookbook as a way to raise $15,000 for the needed renovations. Students added not only recipes, but also their artwork to the book.
"The children are very involved and we're excited to be adding more learning activities," Wicks said. This month begins a busy time for students and teachers at RLOA because the school plans to add three clubs along with the chess club already established. Every Friday afternoon, students can participate in the sports club which includes soccer, baseball, golf and lacrosse. A karate instructor will also offer lessons.
RLOA's arts and music enrichment programs are in the works through an audition selection. Students have submitted artwork to the Savannah College of Art and Design to be judged. The SCAD faculty members will select who becomes members of the RLOA arts club.
With hopes of putting on a musical in May, the music club will include about 25 students who are interested in singing or being a part of the band. As warm weather approaches, the school plans to host a spring fling for the fifth- through eighth-grade students and take field trips to the Coastal Discovery Museum. Since RLOA is a project-based learning school, Wicks wants students to learn but also have fun.
Fourth-grade student Isabella Couch wanted to begin an online newspaper for the school as a new project for her class. Through Assistant Director Joyce Gerald's advanced English language arts class, a group of 17 fourth- and fifth-graders have created a virtual newspaper as a way to provide more information to their families.
"It's a problem solving class; they're given scenarios and they have to think about a solution. Isabella wanted a newspaper, so we brainstormed how we could have one and they decided to put it on the web," Gerald said.
With an iPad, creative minds and PowerPoint, the students have become journalists. The online newspaper also features a museum of students' artwork. Currently, the class is learning how to conduct interviews and write teacher biographies.
"They're learning how to use critical thinking skills through the interviews. It's a challenge for them, but it is very interesting to see what they come up with," Gerald said.
As the students finish the first year at the charter school, Wicks said her proudest moment so far was the 100th day celebration on Feb. 7. Since the students were learning how to write, revise, edit and publish, they decided to write appreciation cards to Wicks and the RLOA staff.
"It was a heart-warming feeling to know how they felt about us, especially when we have to discipline some, but they recognize that the school is for them. It was a proud moment."
Charter school adds 9th grade
With half the school year under her belt, Royal Live Oaks Academy Executive Director Karen Wicks looks forward to expanding.


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The Green Moms Carnival this month is about spring and all it encompasses - from cleaning to gardening to renewal of the spirit. Seeing as we woke up to snow on the ground again today in Colorado, I've not been doing any gardening yet (not outside at least) and my spirit is feeling far from renewed.
The only spring-like activity I have taken part in has been the daunting task of spring cleaning. All the dusty baseboards and smudged windows sat quietly by through the winter while I was curled up on the couch, under a blanket, with a good book, knowing I couldn't neglect them forever. I pretended not to see the cobwebs forming on our vaulted ceilings, for fear I'd actually have to get out the ladder to dust. And it's been way too long since my shower grout has had a date with the old toothbrush hiding under the sink.
Knowing how fickle Mother Nature can be, I succumbed last weekend to the (nonexistent) pressure, thinking maybe she was waiting for me to clean my house before sending spring to our neck of the woods. And clean I did - from top to bottom.
Having three children under 5 at home (including a potty training 2 year old) makes for a messy bathroom, to say the least. I don't buy or use any chemical-laden cleaning products - or any of the so-called "natural" cleaners either, for that matter. For the bathroom I use my core product - vinegar - and some essential oils that have disinfectant properties to them.
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4 drops of cinnamon oil (more if desired)
According to famed French researcher, Dr. Jean C. Lapraz, cinnamon oil is "anti-bacterial and anti-viral, killing those germs we generally believe require chemical antibiotics to overpower."
Grapefruit and other citrus oils are also good to use in the bathroom. I often use the citrus scents in the spring and summer time and save the cinnamon for fall and winter.
In the kitchen and dining area I use a similar spray cleaner, but cut back on the amount of vinegar.
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Rosemary, Thyme, Clove and many other herbs used in cooking also kill germs, so they're great to use in your kitchen spray. Of course, I also like lemon or grapefruit in the summer months, which can be used all over the house.
While spring cleaning I like to throw open the curtains that have been closed all winter, to hold in heat, and let in some sunlight and fresh air. That alone chases away much of the musty winter scent, but it's always nice to freshen the air with something other than commercial air fresheners that are dangerous to inhale.
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For this, you can really experiment with scents that you like. I received a premixed bottle of the above and, despite seeming like an odd combination, found it to be quite lovely. This can be sprayed around a room just as you would an aerosol or Febreeze-type version.
Finally, the hardwood floors. Mopping is such a pain - physically and figuratively - but there is no reason to use those stinky commercial products. My floor cleaner consists mostly of water with just a dash of Dr. Bronner's liquid castile soap added in. For bathroom floors I may add some borax, but the floors in the main rooms usually don't need more than a good mop with hot soapy water.
I find it much more pleasant to clean using natural products - no watery eyes, burning lungs or headaches, just simple ingredients for a simple family.
By the way, if you see Mother Nature, could you let her know that my house is clean and I'm waiting here (not so) patiently for spring to arrive? I fear she might have forgotten us this year.


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Someone recently remarked to me that you can think of hardware as software that's developed really slowly. While the software space has been going wild over cloud computing it's been pretty quiet on the hardware side of the equation. But, that's going to change as we see a new class of server hardware that helps businesses take advantage of the power and density savings possible through new CPU architectures and software stacks.
As an illustration IDC reported on the server market recently and it shows the start of the next wave of change. As you'd expect the general server market is pretty poor, growing at just 2.7%. But, blade servers which are commonly used for Web workloads is growing at 7%. Finally, the hyperdense form-factor is growing at 29% – which is an astounding amount.
In some ways the drivers for this change are just the continuation of a long-running story where everything is (has?) moved into a Web infrastructure set-up which enables the horizontal scaling of services. Implicitly this favours buying a lot of cheaper systems and building in redundancy at the software level. But the Cloud accelerates this trend further since it's stateless and you no longer care about the specifics of the hardware layer in the same way.
The challenge for infrastructure managers is that continually adding more servers means you're incurring ongoing costs for electricity, space and management. So anything that can drive better performance per watt in a denser arrangement is interesting. As you can see from the diagram below the expected growth in this space is really significant.
At a CPU architecture level ARM chips have been getting more powerful and this year they're going to enter into the mix for servers. The first reason for this is that they're relatively low-power which means lower running costs. Since they're low power they also give off less heat so another advantage is they can be put into a 'hyperdense' arrangement that also saves money in terms of space. You'll see systems this year from both Dell and HP (see Moonshot). It's pretty astounding to think that the same chip that's powering your phone could be powering Facebook!
If we're truly going to get the benefit from the new hyperdense form-factor then the software layer will also need to reflect the capabilities of these systems. So for Ubuntu we're continuing our work on ARM and recently announced the availability of 12.04 LTS as an ARM server – the first commercial Linux to come to the platform. We're also exploring how these hardware systems unique strengths are expressed and how this impacts the software stack. For example if you've got a few hundred systems in a half-rack then the problem of managing those systems is far more significant – so service orchestration (such as Juju) is really critical. It's exciting times in this space and a really interesting project.
If you're interested in a quick summary of ARM server check out this Prezi by Victor Palau.
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Trump stated that the U.S. should admit more immigrants from Norway. In a recent meeting with the leader of Norway he announced the sale of F52 fighter jets, planes that only exist in a video game. However, the main problem with his statement is that very few people from Norway WANT to immigrate to the U.S.
I'm reminded of the time Lyndon Johnson misread the name of the RS-71 as SR-71 during a speech, whereupon the Pentagon renamed the spy plane (on the fly, as it were) to Johnson's version. Today, of course, our Fearless Leader would change its name to TRUMP FIGHTER 1 and try to charge the government for the use of his name.


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By Chad Waller, Director of Communications and Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Akela Jones of Oklahoma Baptist has been named NAIA National Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week and Julie Oosterhouse of Cornerstone (Mich.) has been tabbed as the NAIA National Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Jones and Oosterhouse were selected based on their performances from Feb. 4 - 10.
Jones, a freshman from Barbados, is the second different Bison to win this award in 2013, joining Jura Levy. Jones broke school records and hit the No. 1 NAIA national marks this year in both the high jump and long jump at the Oklahoma Baptist Bison Invitational on Feb. 9. Her leap of 1.78 meters (5-10) in the high jump and mark of 6.23 meters (20-5 ¼) in the long jump won first-place honors. The event was her first participation of the 2013 season.
Oosterhouse, a sophomore from Byron Center, Mich., recorded four automatic national qualifying performances at the NCAA Division II Grand Valley State University (Mich.) Big Meet on Feb. 8 - 9. In the 800-meters, her time of 2:12.95 broke her own school record set last season and moved her to fourth on the NAIA performance list - she took sixth overall against 27 other competitors. Oosterhouse finished the 600-meter run in 1:36.87 to place fifth overall. She contributed in the 800-meter leg of the distance medley relay that took 11th overall (12:20.99) and now currently sits No. 2 nationally. Oosterhouse ended the meet running the second leg on the 4x400 relay (3:58.80), which was good for seventh overall.
The final Athlete of the Week announcement will be on Feb. 20. For the complete Athlete of the Week calendar, click here.
Track Nominees: Mikayla Garrard, Southern Oregon; Jura Levy, Oklahoma Baptist; Stephanie Uher, Dakota State (S.D.); Jasmine Sibert, College of Idaho; Skyler Barger, Culver-Stockton (Mo.); Aspen Frey, McPherson (Kan.); Adella King, Indiana Tech; Shelby Garrigus, Central Methodist (Mo.); Darcy Mascotti, Cumberlands (Ky.); Madeline Emme, William Woods (Mo.); Kristen Garwood, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); Breanna Newton, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); Whitney Dooley, Midland (Neb.); Jenna Higgins, Mount Mercy (Iowa); Rachel Jerrils, Davenport (Mich.); Joanna Sowers, Northwest (Wash.); Linsie Michels, Concordia (Ore.); Henrietta Carey, Taylor (Ind.); Kortney Ellingboe, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Ana Richter, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Angel Gaesser, Indiana Wesleyan; Annie Hills, Loyola (La.); Sarah Niermeir, Missouri Valley; Neeia Cooperwood, Morningside (Iowa); Kate O'Halloran, Oklahoma City; Kaycee Harris, Tennessee Wesleyan; Sarah Jerotich, Wayland Baptist (Texas); Kristina Kendrick, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Christine Sheppard, Southwestern (Kan.); Jessica Stockton, Bryan (Tenn.); Jessa Sughroue, Doane (Neb.); Megan Molumby, Westminster (Utah).
Field Nominees: Lenzey Stidham, Siena Heights (Mich.); Meaghan Foster, William Penn (Iowa); Arryana Barton, McPherson (Kan.); Jeslyn Zimmerly, Indiana Tech; Stephanie Atkinson, Central Methodist (Mo.); Jennifer Sturgeon, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); Callie Walker, Midland (Neb.); Gabriella Dixson, Concordia (Ore.); Liz Luke, Taylor (Ind.); Ashleigh Nalty, Missouri Baptist; Stephanie Wilson, Indiana Wesleyan; Chelsea Morland, Benedictine (Kan.); Reta Woodard, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Allycia Myers, Doane (Neb.); Allison Rodgers, Eastern Oregon; Tara Cockerill, Briar Cliff (Iowa); Marisa Arneson, Carroll (Mont.).
2013 Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week (Field, Track)
Week 1: Gabriella Dixson, Concordia (Ore.), Jura Levy, Oklahoma Baptist
Week 2: Reta Woodard, Embry-Riddle (Fla.), Adella King, Indiana Tech
Week 3: Reta Woodard, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Hillary Holt, College of Idaho
Week 4: Larissa Wilden, Mount Mercy (Iowa); Jura Levy, Oklahoma Baptist
Week 5: Akela Jones, Oklahoma Baptist; Julie Oosterhouse, Cornerstone (Mich.)


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Hagara and Steinacher head for Naples
Austrians Roman Hagara and Hans-Peter Steinacher, double Olympic Gold medalists in the Tornado catamaran, have entered the upcoming America's Cup World Series Naples, taking place over 16-21 April.
The duo will sail under the banner HS Racing and race under the US flag in partnership with Oracle Team USA.
HS Racing is one of nine crews entered in the regatta, which will also feature America's Cup World Series leader Oracle Team USA, second-placed Luna Rossa Piranha, third-placed Artemis Racing White, J.P. Morgan BAR, Energy Team, Emirates Team New Zealand, Luna Rossa Swordfish and China Team.
"It is a dream come true for us," said Hagara, 46, whose aim, along with tactician Steinacher and their crew is a top placing at the final event of the 2012-13 AC World Series season.
HS Racing's crew also includes French trimmer Herve Cunningham, Australian bowman Graeme Spence and floater David Swete from New Zealand.
"We trained on the AC45 back in February in San Francisco and felt very good from the start," said Steinacher, 44. "The boat is extremely difficult to handle in strong winds and it develops unbelievable forces, but we are happy to take on the challenge."
Hagara and Steinacher were Gold medalists at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympics. They are also the Sports Directors for the Red Bull Youth America's Cup, scheduled to take place over 1-4 September in San Francisco.
"It's great to have Roman and Hans-Peter involved," said Oracle Team USA USA CEO Russell Coutts. "They aim to be serious competitors and this is a great platform to launch their America's Cup aspirations."
Familiar names are lining up for the final AC World Series event, with sailors such as Dean Barker of Emirates Team New Zealand, Francesco Bruni and Chris Draper of Luna Rossa, Yann Guichard of Energy Team and Tom Slingsby of Oracle Team USA scheduled to compete.
Sweden's Artemis Racing will be helmed by 23-year-old Charlie Ekberg, Sweden's top 49er sailor and skipper of Artemis Racing/Swedish Youth Challenge for the Red Bull Youth America's Cup. The Naples event will also feature the return of Mitch Booth to the helm of China Team, while Ben Ainslie will skipper his J.P. Morgan BAR.
Team Korea, previously an America's Cup World Series participant and Louis Vuitton Cup entrant, has withdrawn from further competition in the 34th America's Cup. In a letter to the Golden Gate Yacht Club, the team indicated it has plans to enter the 35th America's Cup.
Last year's AC World Series Naples drew crowds estimated at 500,000, who were there in part to catch the debut of Luna Rossa Challenge 2013. Draper led his Luna Rossa Piranha crew to a thrilling win in the final fleet race. The victory kicked off celebrations among the tens of thousands of Italian America's Cup fans lining the Naples waterfront to catch a glimpse of their heroes.
The conditions were as varied as any venue on the AC World Series. The fleet race finale was held in light wind and turned into a drifter at the finish. That occurred just two days after big wind and waves saw the AC45s powered up and leaping from the wave tops.


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Harry Wendelstedt, a retired 33-year Major League Baseball umpire who also nurtured a new generation of the game's arbiters for more than 30 years, died Friday at a hospital in Daytona Beach, Fla. He was 73 and had brain cancer.
Wendelstedt, who officiated more than 4,500 games, worked five World Series — two as crew chief — as well as seven National League Championship Series and four All-Star Games.
Former Dodger Manager Tom Lasorda is among those leading the campaign for Wendelstedt's election into baseball's Hall of Fame.
Paul Runge, like Wendelstedt a former veteran umpire crew chief, said that in addition to being "one of the premier umpires in the game," Wendelstedt left a more powerful legacy by devoting his efforts to teaching the craft at his Ormond Beach, Fla.-based Wendelstedt Umpire School.
The school boasts 14 active major league umpires on its current list of advisors.
Among the students who passed through Wendelstedt's school was Runge's son, Brian, a major league umpire.
"Harry spent his whole life helping and creating umpires," the elder Runge said. "It's amazing when you think about the number of people Harry's school influenced — guys working college, high school, Little League, sand lot games."
Wendelstedt was born July 27, 1938, in Baltimore, started umpiring minor league games in 1962 and reached the major league level in 1966.
His biggest mark in Los Angeles came as Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale preserved what became a then-record-breaking string of 58 2/3 scoreless innings.
On the night of May 31, 1968, Drysdale was in danger of finishing one inning short of a fifth consecutive shutout when the rival San Francisco Giants loaded the bases in the ninth with no outs and sent catcher Dick Dietz to the plate.
Drysdale threw an inside pitch that hit Dietz on the left elbow, which should have caused a run to score and stopped the big right-hander's pursuit of Hall of Famer Walter Johnson's record 56-plus innings of shutout ball.
Wendelstedt, however, called the pitch ball three and wouldn't let Dietz take first base, the third-year ump ruling that the batter made no attempt to evade the pitch.
Times columnist Jim Murray wrote, "The Giants, to a man, behaved as if Wendelstedt had just dropped a match into a baby carriage."
Giants Manager Herman Franks was so upset at Wendelstedt's decision to enforce the rule that he told The Times: "It was the worst call I've ever seen. If Drysdale breaks the record now, he and Wendelstedt should share it. Hell, put Wendelstedt's name on the trophy first."
Drysdale's record was ultimately broken by Dodger pitcher Orel Hershiser in 1988 — when Wendelstedt was still umpiring.
That year, in the National League Championship Series, crew chief Wendelstedt confiscated the glove of Dodgers reliever Jay Howell after plate umpire Joe West found it had pine tar on it.
Said West on Friday: "Harry first put on the glove and said, 'It's not too bad,' which caused [Dodger] catcher Rick Dempsey to agree, 'Yeah, it's not too bad,' with Lasorda running around a nervous wreck, knowing his closer was going to get kicked out."
"I said, 'Harry, you have that school in Florida … ,' and the next thing I knew he was kicking Howell out of the game. He took the glove right to Commissioner Bart Giamatti, handed it to him in the front row, like, 'Here it is, boss.' "
It was fitting that Wendelstedt was involved in Drysdale's record, since the umpire was well known for having a pitching-friendly wide strike zone.
Wendelstedt, who retired in 1998, tied a record by calling balls and strikes for five no-hitters.
He displayed signature moves, flailing his right arm upward on swinging strikeouts and delivering a so-called "chain saw" move in calling a third strike.
"We were all a little bit more individuals back then," Paul Runge said. "Everyone had a style, was more charismatic."
"The way Harry handled situations and his consistency is what stood out," Runge said. "From the first to the ninth inning, every day, it's hard to be so consistent. It was a job, but he loved going out there."
Wendelstedt is survived by his son, Hunter, an MLB umpire since 1999, and his daughter, Amy.


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Sparklines are new to Microsoft Excel 2010 and Reporting Services 2008 R2. In this post I will outline the steps required to create sparklines in an existing PowerPivot workbook. Sparklines provide you with the ability to create a trending graph inline with your data. So how do create these Sparklines.
Let's assume that you already have a PowerPivot workbook that contains data. In this example I will be using the AdventureWorks2008 database. I have imported the following tables: DimDate, DimSalesTerritory and FactInternetSales. I am also assuming that you have already created a Pivot Table that resembles the following:
My columns in the Pivot Table are the CalendarYear from the DimDate table, the rows are the SalesTerritoryCountry from the DimSalesTerritoryTable and the SalesAmount from the FactInternetSales table is the value.
Now that I have the Pivot Table created, I decided that I would like to see a graphical depiction of the sales for each country over each year inline with the data. To accomplish this you can use sparklines. To create the sparkline, click the tab labeled Insert and click the icon labeled Line in the sparkline section of the ribbon. See the following:
When you click the icon the following dialogue box will appear:
In the textbox labeled Date Range you must specify the values that you want to trend. In my sheet I selected all the data for every country for every year, excluding the column labeled Grand Total. Similar to the following image:
In the above diagram note that all the data within the dashed lines are selected as the Data Range for my sparklines. Next you must specify where you want to place the sparklines or the Location Range. Select the empty columns to the left of the Grand Total column. Ensure that you select the same number of rows that selected for the Data Range. See the following image:
Click on the button labeled OK on the Create Sparklines dialogue box and now you have the sparklines. Your speadsheet should resemble the following:
Now you not only have data, but you can quickly see how the data is trending for each country. As always if you have any questions or comments please feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Talk to you soon,
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.....Over the years, bodies have been fished out of Wolf Lake. In 1997 a skull was found on the shoreline, but the accompanying body parts were missing. That same year, the bullet-riddled body of a notorious street gang leader's son was found by a fisherman. In 1996, two women were found shot, stabbed and floating in Wolf Lake.
Still, people find the lake oddly appealing....
The body of Emmett Fissinger Sr., an Oak Lawn resident who disappeared a week ago in Wolf Lake while he was sailing with his son, was recovered Friday. Hammond police Sgt. Paul Walker said a truck driver northbound on the Indiana Toll Road spotted the body.
Fissinger, 62, drowned May 22 after he fell from a catamaran while sailing with his son, Emmett Jr.
Body of Berwyn man recovered in Wolf Lake
By Rick Jervis and Brett McNeil, Tribune staff reporters | June 26, 2003
Police and volunteer divers, aided by a cadaver-sniffing police dog, found the body of a Berwyn man Wednesday who disappeared 24 hours earlier under the murky surface of Wolf Lake in front of his son and horrified friends. Divers recovered the body of Sidney Brooks, 29, of 1324 S. Lombard Ave. near the lake bottom in about 13 feet of water some 100 yards offshore, said Sgt. Tom Torsell, an officer with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Brooks was on an 18-foot powerboat with neighbors and his son, Sidney Jr., when he jumped into the water for a swim about 2 p.m. Tuesday, Torsell said.
The body of a Calumet Park man was found in Wolf Lake this morning near Chicago's border with northwest Indiana.
The body of Winston Thompson, 63, of the 12600 block of South Loomis Street in Calumet Park, was found shortly before 7 a.m. in the lake near 130th Street and Avenue O in the Hegewisch neighborhood, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said.
On April 14, 1996, halfway across the nation, a Cook County, Ill., prostitute was picked up off a street and driven to the Wolf Lake area straddling the Hammond, Ind., and Chicago border. Sometime during the ordeal Laura Uylaki was shot twice in the head with a .38-caliber revolver, and afterward her killer threw her nude body into Wolf Lake where it was later found on the Chicago side of the lake. Police theorized that the killer had taken the victim's clothing and other items to hamper their efforts in identifying her. However, police in Illinois did not connect the murder with those in California.
An 11-year-old boy from East Chicago, Ind. who drowned after swimming out to an island in Wolf Lake, has been identified authorities say.
The child was identified by the Lake County, Ind. coroner's office as Antwain Hall, 11, of the 4000 block of Olcott Avenue in East Chicago, Ind.
His body showed no visible signs of trauma and Antwain's death was the result of an apparent drowning, a coroner's office spokeswoman said this morning. An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday, she said.
the point is... don't let this little lake fool you.
Found in Wolf Lake....
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and guess how may people are killed/dumped and or drowned in lake michigan each year. the totals are staggering! almost every nw in the summer down here around mc.
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No mattress is completely and utterly perfect, but the full lull mattress gets pretty close. The memory foam lull mattress is a fantastic place to start for anyone frustrated and anxiety-ridden over their current (and underwhelming) mattress, and want to upgrade on a budget. What is this mattress all about?
An Introduction
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Are There Any Cons?
The full lull mattress is not flawless. Any good review elaborates on the features that keep the product from being the best purchase possible. Though the lull mattress does a lot right and the price is favorable, to say the least, it does come with a few mild concerns. Firstly, the mattress has a "new smell" that can actually be distracting. It is not like a new car smell, which anyone in their right mind would say is ideal (and could stay as long as possible). A new mattress smell, for those unfamiliar, is slightly dank and chemical-based. It is not ideal. Fortunately, it does fade away in a short period of time, though for the first few weeks, it could be an annoyance.
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The provider is also a rather new company, and their longevity in the industry is not quite established. This could play out in a few ways. Will the warranty withstand the test of time? Does the company have an infrastructure to support customer complaint contacts or general customer service? These things remain to be fully known, and only the passing of time can determine if the company has what it takes to compete.
Overall, it is a powerful first swing. For a new company, the lull mattress knocks it just about out of the park. Be sure to look online at this page for further details about this product, and more, while shopping around for that next great mattress.


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MOSCOW, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin took his plea against a military strike in Syria over chemical weapons use to the U.S. public, arguing for caution.
"The potential strike by the United States against Syria, despite strong opposition from many countries and major political and religious leaders, including the pope, will result in more innocent victims and escalation, potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syria's borders," Putin said in a commentary in The New York Times Wednesday.
"A strike would increase violence and unleash a new wave of terrorism. It could undermine multilateral efforts to resolve the Iranian nuclear problem and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and further destabilize the Middle East and North Africa. It could throw the entire system of international law and order out of balance," he wrote.
Syria was experiencing an "armed conflict" between President Bashar Assad's regime and opposition forces, not a "battle for democracy," Putin said in his commentary.
"There are few champions of democracy in Syria," he wrote. "But there are more than enough al-Qaida fighters and extremists of all stripes battling the government," noting that the U.S. State Department has designated several as terrorist organizations.
"From the outset, Russia has advocated peaceful dialogue enabling Syrians to develop a compromise plan for their own future," Putin said. "We are not protecting the Syrian government, but international law. We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos."
"No one doubts" that poison gas was used in Syria, Putin wrote, "But there is every reason to believe it was used not by the Syrian Army, but by opposition forces, to provoke intervention by their powerful foreign patrons, who would be siding with the fundamentalists."
"Reports that militants are preparing another attack -- this time against Israel -- cannot be ignored," Putin said.
The diplomatic solution proposed by Russia Monday calls for Assad to turn over his chemical weapons stockpile to international control and destroy it. President Obama says evidence indicated that forces loyal to Assad gassed hundreds of Syrians Aug. 21 in an attack on Damascus suburbs.
Putin also chided Obama for considering a limited military strike as a response, although Obama said the strike would be delayed so this diplomatic option could be explored.
"It is alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States," Putin said.
He said he welcomed Obama's decision to put off a military strike and discuss the Russian-backed plan.
"If we can avoid force against Syria, this will improve the atmosphere in international affairs and strengthen mutual trust," Putin said. "It will be our shared success and open the door to cooperation on other critical issues."
Putin said he studied Obama's televised speech Tuesday and disagreed with Obama's remarks that U.S. policy is what makes America exceptional.
"It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation," Putin said. "There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal."