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PRINCETON, N.J. - The Columbia women's swimming and diving team kicked off the start of the 2013 Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships this morning in Princeton's DeNunzio Pool. The Lions competed in four preliminary events, including the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle and the one-meter dive.
Katie Meili showed up big in the 200 IM preliminary, hitting the wall in a program, meet and Ivy League record time of 1:55.47. She broke her own record time of 1:56.73 set in last year's NCAA Championships. Alena Kluge also finished under the two-minute mark in the 200 IM preliminary with a career-best time of 1:59.20. A welcomed Lions battle for the title between two teammates looked to be the story heading into the finals.
Meili returned in the championship heat to claim the Ivy Leauge title in the 200 IM for the second consecutive year. In impressive fashion, the senior broke her record time set earlier in the day, clocking in at an NCAA qualifying time of 1:55.09. Kluge posted another career-best NCAA 'B" cut time of 1:58.73 to grab the runner-up finish.
Kluge and Meili went on to team-up with Kristina Parsons and Salena Huang in the 400 medley relay, as Columbia grabbed its second Ivy League title of the day. The quartet combined for a DeNunzio pool and program record NCAA 'B' cut time of 3:36.87 to capture the win.
In the first day of action, Columbia posted solid showings across the board to finish the day in fourth place with 313 points. The Lions are right on the heels of third place Yale with 324 points. Harvard is second with 412 points and Princeton leads the way through the first six events with 473.5 points.
The foursome of Mikaila Gaffey, Meili, Christina Ray and Lily Morris combined for a third place time in the 200 free relay to add major points for the Lions. Huang claimed a runner-up finish in the 'B' final of the 500 free with a career-best time of 4:50.11 and Aileen Smith was not far behind in third place with a career-best time of 4:50.18. On the boards, Kristin Hehir placed fourth in the championship final with an NCAA qualifying point total of 274.85.
The second day will begin tomorrow at 11 a.m. with preliminaries, and then conclude with finals sessions at 6 p.m. Click the link above to view the full schedule of events.
Adult ticket prices are set for $30 event passes, $4 one-day prelim tickets and $6 one-night finals tickets. Children (under 12) and student prices are $1 one-day prelims and $3 one-night finals tickets.


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Huskers Host Mark Colligan Memorial
Where: Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center)
When: Saturday, Feb. 9 (Noon)
Live Results: Huskers.com
Other Teams: Alabama, North Carolina
The Nebraska track and field team continues its home slate on Saturday, Feb. 9 when it hosts the Mark Colligan Memorial at the Devaney Center Indoor Track. The one-day meet is scheduled to start at Noon, with the field events, while the running events will start at 1:30 p.m.
The Mark Colligan Memorial is named in honor of former track and field Assistant Coach Mark Colligan. In his 20 seasons at Nebraska he coached five individuals to a combined 12 NCAA championships and saw his athletes capture 68 All-America awards. He coached throwers to one American and two collegiate records and 72 Big 12 Championships. Colligan passed away suddenly in June 2011 at the age of 47.
The meet will use NCAA scoring, which means three-team scoring will be used and the top-six finishers in each event will earn points for their team. First place will earn seven points, while the next five finishers will earn 5-4-3-2-1, respectively.
Fans interested in tickets can buy them online at Huskers.com, by calling 1-800-8BIGRED or by visiting the Nebraska Athletic Ticket Office, which is across the street from West Stadium.
Huskers Move Up National Rankings
In the latest set of national rankings, the Nebraska men's track and field team continues to move up nationally.
In this week's USTFCCCA computer rankings, the men vaulted 13 spots to the No. 14 spot nationally. The men also moved up to third in Track and Field News' men's collegiate dual meet rankings. Texas A&M holds the leading spot, while Arkansas is second.
The Husker women are fifth in the latest set of women's dual meet rankings, put together by Track and Field News. LSU is No. 1, while Texas A&M is second, Arkansas is third and Kansas is fourth.
Top Competition Highlights Husker Invite
Some of the nation's best competition was at the Devaney Center last weekend for the 38th annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational. Nebraska came away with six titles on the weekend in the men's and women's long jump, men's 600 meters, men's 800 meters, women's mile special and the men's 4x400 relay.
Huskers Sweep adidas Classic Team Titles
The Nebraska track and field team swept the meet titles at the adidas Classic for the fifth straight year on Jan. 19 at the Devaney Center Indoor Track. Both Husker squads dominated the field, as the women finished with 207 points, while Wichita State finished second with 100 points. The men posted with 205.33 total points; Iowa was second with 111 points. The afternoon was highlighted by numerous personal best performances and 19 event titles for Nebraska, including Jessica Furlan, Janis Leitis and Mara Weekes all winning more than one individual event crown on the day.
Winning Ways
The all-time winningest track and field coach in the history of the Big 12 and the former Big Eight Conference, Nebraska Head Coach Gary Pepin enters his 33rd season at NU during the 2013 track and field season. The longest tenured active coach in Cornhusker athletics, 2013 will be Pepin's 33rd season as head coach of both the Husker men's and women's track teams. Pepin captured 23 Big 12 titles as the Huskers' leader.
In his first 32 seasons at Nebraska, Pepin has coached athletes to 57 NCAA titles, 477 All-America honors and 516 conference titles.
White Leads Huskers, Earns Big Ten Honor
Junior James White made a quick name for himself at the Holiday Inn Invitational during the first weekend of competition, stealing the show and winning the men's high jump with a leap of 7-5 1/4 (2.27), a personal best for him. His jump is the second-best jump in the Big Ten and is fifth all-time in the Nebraska record books. He is the reigning junior college high jump champion after completing the last two years at Central Iowa Community College. White was named the Big Ten Co-Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 14.
Leitis, Griva Honored by Big Ten
Senior Janis Leitis Nebraska was honored by the Big Ten Conference on Monday, Jan. 21 as he was named the league's male field athlete of the week.
Leitis is undefeated in the long jump this season. He ranks first in the conference and is fifth in the nation in the event. He also ranks third in the triple jump in the nation and leads the Big Ten Conference.
Mara Griva was named the Big Ten Female Field Athlete of the Week on Monday after finishing first in the long jump (20-4 ½) and second in the triple jump (42-5 ¼) over the weekend at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational. Both marks rank first in the conference, while her triple jump and long jump efforts are eighth and ninth in the nation, respectively.
Akinmoladun's Stellar Start
Oladapo Akinmoladun opened his 2013 season by recording the second-best time in the Big Ten this season, the 13th-best time in the nation and the ninth-best performance in Husker history with a personal-best-tying time of 7.83, giving him his first event title as a Husker.
Vidlak Climbing Record Books
Nebraska junior Trevor Vidlak recorded the second-best time in Husker history last weekend with a personal-best mark of 14:13.62 in the 5,000 meters. He ranks 12th nationally and is second in the Big Ten Conference. He is also eighth in the Big Ten in the 3,000 meters (8:11.58).
Brinn Continues to Excel
Senior Tommy Brinn improved his season time in the 600 meters to 1:17.95 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite, earning the event title. Brinn's personal-best in the event is 1:17.63, and he is second in the event in the Big Ten Conference. He ranks 13th in the nation in the 800 meters with a time of 1:49.11.
Husker Throwers Set PR's
Chad Wright took home the men's shot put title at the adidas Classic with a throw of 61-6 ¼ (18.75). He improved his personal-best to 61-7 (18.77) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite, moving him to second in the Big Ten and 13th in the nation. Taylor Shapland recorded a personal-best throw of 57-5 (17.50) at the adidas Classic, the 15th-best throw in the Big Ten.
On the women's side, the Huskers continue to impress, as Annie Jackson led the way at the adidas Classic with a huge personal-best throw of 52-5 ½ (15.99) that ranks fifth in the Big Ten. Veronica Grizzle posted a personal-best throw of 51-10 1/2 (15.81) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite and ranks sixth in the Big Ten, while Carlie Pinkelman ranks eighth in the Big Ten with a throw of 50-3 ½ (15.33).
Make in 104
The Nebraska women's track and field team capped its first Big Ten Indoor Championships in style with a 114.50-106 win over defending champion Ohio State last season. The NU women earned the second Big Ten title in school history and the first team title for the track and field program. Nebraska has a total of 104 conference titles as a program.
As an overall program, the Huskers won 51 Big Eight titles during the conference's history from 1974-1996 and Nebraska continued to dominate the conference since moving to the Big 12 in 1997. NU had won a league-high 23 team titles, including the program's historic 100th conference team title in 2007.
The Huskers added their 101st and 102nd titles during the 2009 and 2010 outdoor seasons when they became the first men's team in Big 12 history to win back-to-back team titles at the outdoor conference meet. Nebraska recorded its 103rd conference title in 2011, as the women's team upset four-time defending champion Texas A&M at the indoor championships.
All-America Pipeline
Nebraska has been a staple at the NCAA Indoor Championships as the men's team alone has produced 118 All-America awards. The men's squad has been on quite a roll as they have had at least one athlete earn All-American honors at the past 22 national meets. Since the indoor championships began in 1965, the Huskers have failed to leave with at least one All-America award on just five occasions, including 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1990.
The women's team has been just as good indoors since the national meet started in 1980. Along with three straight national titles from 1982 to 1984, the Huskers have two or more All-Americans at every meet except for 2002 when they failed to earn a honor.
Huskers Name 2013 Captains
The Nebraska track and field team named its 2013 captains earlier this year. Leading the team this season will be Tommy Brinn, Jessica Furlan, Mara Griva, Tim Thompson, Bjorn Barrefors, Morgan Wilken, Chad Wright, Anne Martin, Seth Wiedel and Ellie Grooters.
Among the group of captains the Huskers boast one NCAA Champion, seven All-Americans indoors and outdoors (first-team, second-team and honorable mention) and numerous All-Conference competitors.
Wright Under Consideration for Bowerman Award
Nebraska junior Chad Wright was listed among the names released on the initial Bowerman Watch List by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Wright is one of six who received votes on the initial ballot from the selection committee.
The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009, is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the most outstanding male and female collegiate track & field athletes in the nation. It is named after legendary coach Bill Bowerman. The award takes into consideration the performances during the indoor and outdoor NCAA track and field seasons.
Wright, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, was the 2012 NCAA Discus Champion and is a two-time All-American and All-Big Ten performer. He holds the second-best discus throw in Husker history with a throw of 206-3 (62.88). Wright finished second in the discus at the 2012 Big Ten Outdoor Championships.


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Luther kicked off its spring schedule at the two-day Duhawk Spring Invitational hosted by Loras College. Thirteen teams played on the Par 71, 6830 yard Thunder Hills Country Club in Peosta, Iowa.
The Norse shot a two day total of 606, carding a 308 on day one and 298 on day two. Augsburg College (MN) and University of Dubuque tied for the team title shooting 591. Wartburg was third at 600 and Simpson was fourth at 603.
Elliot Horst paced the Norse shooting rounds of 79-71-150 and finished in a two-way tie for 12th place from the field of 72 golfers. Sam Grotnes, Tobias Kohl and Andrew Peter all shot 152 and finished 17th. Joel Bruns completed the Norse five shooting 159 and finishing 46th. Adam Turner played as an individual and shot 153 good for a tie at 23rd.
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How Can Your Company Use YouTube To Get More Traffic?
Social media is one of the most effective online marketing tools that today's businesses have. In order to be relevant, maintain a strong online presence and have consistent traffic and leads, today's businesses are utilizing all aspects of social media. For the home performance industry, this is especially important as much of the business that comes to these industries is customer-driven.
YouTube is one of the most popular sites for uploading and sharing videos online. Each day, there are millions of users that take advantage of the site, sharing and watching these short clips. Each video leaves room for viewers to comment or 'like' the video, creating more exposure. The more traffic the video receives, the more it is featured on the site, and the better placement it will have in organic search rankings.
So how exactly does YouTube benefit the home performance industry, say, a small A/C and heating company?
Image Branding
Video branding is one of the greatest advantages that can be gained from YouTube. For a small A/C and heating company, the goal is to be viewed as an authority in the field, something that is difficult to accomplish in writing. With a video, companies can show viewers exactly how to execute DIY projects. The company should be branded in the process, such as by having a backdrop that displays the company name or logo.
How-To Videos
Being in the home performance industry, the best types of videos to include on YouTube are how-to videos. YouTube reports that they currently have more than 1,700,000 how-to videos on their site. Why? Because viewers want solutions they can follow along to. In a how-to video, take the time to walk your viewers through each step. When viewers like what they see, they will continue to rely on your videos for accurate, reliable information.
To get decent placement in Google's search rankings, A/C and heating companies often work with a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) service provider to utilize good SEO tactics. Well, YouTube matters when it comes to SEO, and with recent changes to Google's search algorithms, it's more important than ever for service industry providers to employ social media networks. To have good SEO, create a compelling title that is direct and includes popular keywords. This will ultimately drive more traffic to your video.
Obviously, online marketing is the main reason why businesses set up social media accounts in the first place. But to be most relevant, make sure your marketing approach is well organized. An A/C and heating company can share regular videos related to new products, green innovations and DIY projects. Include a call-to-action so that viewers complete the desired action, such as 'liking' your Facebook page, following your Twitter account or subscribing to your YouTube videos.
To further your online marketing approach, be sure that the video is being shared on a variety of platforms. Tweet the video, upload the post to your Facebook page or blog and share it on your personal web site. The more the video is shared, the more traffic it will get. Also, when it's shared on a variety of sites, it reaches different types of people, such as those who may not have Facebook or Twitter accounts.
Being in this industry is not always easy, but companies do have a major advantage when utilizing social media networks like YouTube. Always be sure that your videos are professional, use adequate lighting, and provide useful information. Encourage viewers to leave a comment or visit your website, and always include your company's URL or phone number. With the careful implementation of YouTube, companies can get the traffic and leads they deserve.
Haley Butler represents Eurotech, a Richland, Virginia-based HVAC company. In addition to HVAC, they also excel in radiant heating, and furnace work.
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how can you make a promise like that. really, you either played big time college ball for a school that doesnt get down, or just don't have a clue. Your questions are elementary! It has nothing to do with every player getting money, it goes far beyond that. I played at the D1 level and i can honestly tell you, not every game is situational, but there are plenty of games ive been in where points have been shaved!!
I think you need to look at K St, maryland, indiana and ULL
Off topic. Whats the early buzz on the clemson hoops squad?
There are literally millions and millions of web pages on the internet and yet you end up here every week. If I was boom I would take that as the most sincere form of flattery.
I am not naive enough to say that point shaving hasn't and doesnt take place. All I am saying is that I am 100% certain it isn't happening with the TCU team. I am very close with the program and many of the players. Trust me the things that have happened in their games are strange, but it because of the inexperience and playing stupid. I guess it just ticked me off that people keep saying that about TCU, when they don't really know the truth. It might and probably is happening elsewhere, but I know for a fact that hasn't caused their turnover problems this year. I am done with this argument and good luck to eveyone this weekend.
Also I played D1 ball and this avater is basically a joke becuase how stupid it is. Cheers mates
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Women are rare enough on this forum, let alone ones that can come in from the outside, not play ball and still make an impression. In a private chat with 2D the other night she thought that she might like to come to Shatnerball but was afraid she didn't know anyone and would not have any equipment or player protection if she did.
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The Rockford Register Star on Sunday devoted buckets of ink to a story linking poverty with low achievement scores in Rockford-area public schools. As poverty goes up, school performance goes down, the story concluded.
At the same time, taxpayers' ability to pay more to help the kids who need it most is declining, for the same reason poverty is increasing. And what is that? Too many people are out of work, and Illinois' dismal tax and regulatory climate, caused by state government's inability to ward off looming insolvency, makes it difficult to recruit companies to the Land of Lincoln.
Liberals want to provide more money for education and social services by changing Illinois' income tax from a flat tax to a graduated income tax, where the more you make, the more you send to Uncle Abe. That can happen only if voters pass an amendment to the state constitution, which they are not likely to do.
Meanwhile, the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois has released its yearly fiscal report on state government. The news is not good.
"The report predicts that if the 'temporary' income tax increases imposed in 2011 are allowed to sunset to 2015, which is the current law, the structural deficit will increase steadily until it reaches $14 billion in 2025," said the Decatur Herald & Review in an editorial.
"Even if the current tax rates are extended, the structural deficit would continue and would reach $7 billion by 2025.
The situation will be even worse if the unfunded pension liability issue isn't resolved. The study, in what it claims to be a much more realistic picture, declares that the structural deficit will grow to $16 billion by 2025 if current spending continues, taxes are reduced as scheduled and some sort of pension reform isn't enacted," the editorial said.
I conclude, then, that there won't be more state money for education because the state refuses to stop spending more than it takes in, and because pensions will consume an ever-increasing portion of the state budget, taking money from today's and tomorrow's schoolchildren to pay yesterday's retired teachers.
So, I'm pretty sure that in the future there will be less, not more, state money for K-12 public education in Illinois. There will also be fewer homeowners and businesses to pay property taxes because Illinoisans are moving to states where the cost of living is lower. So, what to do?
First, rather than bribe companies with multimillion-dollar gifts to stay here, state leaders should reduce or eliminate business taxes to attract job-producing companies to the state. We also need to reform workers compensation and streamline environmental regulations. Let's become a right-to-work state while we're at it.
Second, let's promote formation of two-parent families. They are the best antidote to poverty. We hesitate to talk about that because it is now politically incorrect to encourage a lifestyle that is the basis of civilization. We cannot exist as a society with anarchy at home and a bankrupt government.
Because we broke the bank, public education will have to live with less money. One big adjustment that won't cost a thing would be for all teachers and principals to expect the best from their students, despite family or economic status. Don't use the children's poverty as an excuse for their low test scores. It's a cop-out.
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- Dec 10:
- CU Buffs hire San Jose State's Mike MacIntyre to lead football program
- Dec 6:
- Mike Bohn to CU-Boulder faculty leaders: 'We will not cut corners'
- Phil DiStefano: CU Buffs 'not deterred' in search for new football coach
- Butch Jones turns down CU Buffs coaching job
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- Butch Jones undecided on CU Buffs' offer
Changing football coaches at the University of Colorado for the third time in seven years has gone about as smoothly as the recently completed 1-11 season, and it's not over yet.
The adventure has included:
Hiding Cincinnati coach Butch Jones behind a food warmer to prevent his picture being taken by the media
Former Kansas coach Mark Mangino, who never received consideration asking that his name be removed from consideration
Accusations by legendary coach Bill McCartney that race played a part in firing former coach Jon Embree
Awkward press conferences
Stealing the thunder of the basketball program on the day Embree was fired and again Wednesday
Plenty of misinformation and erroneous reports.
To be fair, much of what has unfolded hasn't been within the school's control.
The latest chapter came Wednesday when the Denver Post erroneously reported that Cincinnati coach Butch Jones had accepted CU's job and a five-year contract paying him approximately $2.7 million a year.
Jones was forced to debunk the report when his phone went berzerk during dinner at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Charlotte, N.C. He visited there Wednesday because of a contractual obligation to participate in a press conference to promote the Dec. 27 Belk Bowl in which his current team will play Duke.
"No decision has been made," Jones told the Cincinnati Enquirer. "That's false and erroneous. I'm just trying to make a decision. I'm taking my time and making sure I make the right decision because there's a lot of families at stake."
Colorado officials also said the report was wrong. "The search is still active," CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard said.
Jones is expected to make his decision today, two days after he originally hoped.
Jones received the offer to become the Buffs' 25th head coach in the middle of the day Monday while visiting Chancellor Phil DiStefano's residence in Boulder. He interviewed for the job that day on the suite level at Folsom Field and was hounded throughout his trip by media members.
Jones returned to Cincinnati to consider his options with his family and assistant coaches late Monday night and participated in a different Belk Bowl press conference on campus. Reporters were asked at both bowl related press conferences not to ask Jones questions about his job status, but they asked anyway. He threatened to cut short the first bowl press conference Tuesday because of those questions but was more patient with them Wednesday saying he expected to make a decision "pretty soon."
The uncertainty left frustrated Colorado and Cincinnati fans asking the same question Wednesday night.
Does this guy want the job or not?
There are less than two full weeks left for the college football programs to recruit this month, making coaching stability at both schools all the more important. A NCAA mandated dead period, in which no contact with recruits is allowed, begins on Dec. 17 and runs through Jan. 3. At that point, the new CU coach would have approximately one month to assemble a class that was expected to number 16-18 recruits.
Embree had received oral commitments from 14 recruits before he was fired and his assistants have been doing all they can to keep those players engaged with the program over the past 10 days. It's unclear whether those recruits will remain committed to a new coach or whether the new coach will honor the scholarship offers extended by Embree and his staff.
Jones led the Bearcats to a four-way share of the Big East Conference title this season with a 9-3 record. Cincinnati won a three-way share of the conference title last year when Jones was named Big East Coach of the Year. He has been one of the hottest coaches in the nation the past two years talking to at least six schools about job openings.
In three seasons as coach at Cincinnati, Jones, 44, has produced a 23-14 record with eight of those losses coming in his first season after inheriting the job from current Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly.
If Jones accepts the challenge of rebuilding a CU program that hasn't been to a bowl game since 2007 and hasn't won a bowl game since 2004, he will be the highest paid coach in the history of the school.
CU officials have been studying other possible candidates for the job while waiting for an answer from Jones. San Jose State coach Mike McIntyre and Fresno State coach Tim DeRuyter are two coaches CU likely would be interested in talking to if Jones opts to stay in Cincinnati.


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KCS' Starling outlines infrastructure plans in state of the railroadWritten by Mischa Wanek-Libman, editor
David L. Starling, Kansas City Southern's president and CEO, outlined the state of the railroad in a letter dated Dec. 21 and posted to the KCS website. Starling says the railroad's 125th anniversary year has been a success; something he aims to continue into 2013.
The upcoming year will focus on further developing KCS' cross-border gateway strategy to extend its network reach in order to provide customer solutions beyond markets that it serves directly. Part of this strategy includes extensive investment in infrastructure on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Starling pointed out the highlights of KCS' infrastructure investment:
In the U.S., production gangs installed more than 600,000 ties, including the Gulfport line rehabilitation, and 47 track miles of new rail. Major projects completed include:
• 16 miles of rail installed between Beaumont, Texas and Dequincy, La.;
• Five miles of rail replaced on the Port Neches, Texas line;
• 25 miles of curved rail installed across the system;
• 100,000 ties replaced on the Laredo subdivision;
• 163,000 ties replaced on the Shreveport subdivision;
• Five-year tie cycle program work on the Greenville, New Orleans, Gateway and Artesia subdivisions;
• 67,000 ties replaced on the Meridian Speedway;
• Siding capacity improvements at McElhaney, Mo. and Spear, Texas;
• First bridge replaced in the Sabine River bottoms and start of a second bridge replacement to be completed in second quarter 2013;
• Yard expansions at Artesia, Miss. and Kraft, La.;
• The Gulfport TIGER stimulus project, which over two years included, replacement of 60 miles of rail and 67,500 ties and $12 million in bridge improvements, including five major bridge rehabilitations; and
• Progression of work in the Shreveport Terminal Complex with expected completion in second quarter 2013. Upon completion, KCS will have double main line of uninterrupted 30 mile per hour track through the area.
Next year will be another big year for track, capacity and capital projects tied to new business development. Major projects will include:
• Replacement of 550,000 ties and 20 miles of curved rail across the U.S. network;
• Installation of 150,000 ties on the Heavener and Shreveport subdivisions and significant work on the Beaumont, Greenville, Artesia and Alexandria subdivisions;
• Installation of 90,000 ties between Kansas City, Mo. and Roodhouse, Ill. and another 30,000 ties to rebuild the line to support new grain elevators at Jacksonville, Ill. and Corder, Mo.;
• Replacement of 90,000 ties on the Meridian Speedway over the next two years;
• New siding construction at San Diego, Texas; and
• Completion of the Shreveport Terminal Complex expansion project with additional Centralized Traffic Control.
In Mexico, KCS installed the highest number of ties to date. Projects completed this year, included:
• Installation of 342,780 wood and concrete ties between Monterrey and Nuevo Laredo;
• Upgrade of 26.7 miles of track from 115-pound rail to 136-pound rail between Monterrey and Nuevo Laredo;
• Replacement of 57.8 track miles system-wide of 115-pound rail with 136-pound rail;
• Construction of 29 new turnouts;
• Construction of 12 new culverts on the Tamasopo district;
• Construction of double track from Rojas to Ramos Arizpe and from Sanchez to Nuevo Laredo;
• Sidings extensions at Balsas and San Andres on the Caltzontzin district;
• Reconfiguration of the Benjamin Mendez track;
• Extension of parking at the intermodal facility in Toluca;
• Expansion of the pad and bonded area at Interpuerto;
• Construction of the pad at Salinas Victoria;
• Maintenance of way projects that increased the speed on the Tamasopo district from 24.8 miles to 37.2 miles per hour over 13.6 miles of track; on the Tula district from 37 to 50 miles per hour on eight miles of track and 18 to 25 miles per hour on the Caltzontzin district over 40 miles of track; 18 to 21 miles per hour on 11.1 miles of track; 15 to 21 miles per hour over 5.5 miles of track; and
• Start of construction of three tracks as part of the Sanchez Yard expansion.
In Mexico in 2013, KCS is planning important investments in track, including:
• Continuation of a primary project, the line between Monterrey and Nuevo Laredo, installing 27 track miles with new 136-pound rail and 75,000 concrete ties;
• Replacing 56,000 ties between Corondiro and Lázaro Cárdenas to support 136-pound rail;
• Undercutting 28 miles of track around the network, replacing ballast and changing the rail in 29 crossovers from 115-pound rail to 136-pound rail;
• Installing more than 312,000 ties and a total of 69 miles of rail, both 115-pound rail and 136-pound rail, (including the line from Monterrey to Nuevo Laredo); and
• A second phase of Sanchez yard, including more switch tracks, a north lead, locomotive and car repair tracks as part of the five-year plan for this yard.
Additional sizeable projects will include:
• The extension of the Los Chivos and Corondiro sidings on the Caltzontzin district to 9,800 feet;
• Extension of the Maravatio and Ixtlahuaca sidings to support the projected growth over the Puerta Mexico, TAT and Toluca intermodal facilities;
• Construction of a new wye track at Ahorcado;
• Upgrade at Vanegas Yard;
• Extension of the San Cristobal siding;
• Relocation of the Ruben Jaramillo Yard;
• Expansion of track at Palm Island to build capacity and support incremental volume growth; as well as
• Track and concrete pad upgrades at the Salinas Victoria, San Luis Potosi and Toluca intermodal facilities.
"The Operations department continues to invest smartly ahead of growth in both the U.S. and Mexico. We are consistently impressed by our team's ability to accept and meet new challenges. Our franchise is unique, as are our opportunities, and we continue to develop innovative ways to meet our customers' needs as we progress to becoming the best growth story in North America," said Starling.


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Series starts April 14
Open Prairie United Church of Christ in Princeton is offering a series of programs during April in observance of Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Month.
The church joins college campuses, religious congregations and other organizations throughout the United States in this effort.
Open Prairie's April programs include two Sunday worship services and a Friday night film focused on faith and what it means to be a Christian who is also gay.
The theme for worship service Sunday (April 14) will be "More Light, More Truth, More Bible."
What does the Bible really say?
On Sunday, April 28, the worship service will include personal testimonies and stories from gay Christians and their parents. Sunday worship service at Open Prairie begins at 10:30 a.m.
At 7 p.m. on Friday, April 19, Open Prairie will host a viewing of the film "Through My Eyes."
The 45 minute documentary features interviews with gay and lesbian youth and young adults.
They have grown up in Christian churches and families who fear that being gay results in spiritual death or worse.
The church will host a discussion, fellowship and refreshments following the film showing.
Open Prairie has chosen to focus on what it means to be a Christian and a Christian church in support of GLBT persons of faith.
Many current issues are affecting the GLBT community such as marriage, the possibility of adoption and foster parenting and basic civil rights.
The public is welcome to attend any or all of the free events at the church at 25 E. Marion St., in Princeton (behind the Apollo Theater).
For more information, call the church at (815) 872-5150.


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The fair runs through July 4.
Touting a theme of "Game On!," this year's fair is designed to spotlight classic and nostalgic games and show how these have evolved over the years — from board games and pinball to television, videos and computers — and to demonstrate how technology has enhanced the gaming culture beyond dreams.
Of course, the fair has plenty of food and drink vendors spread across the fairway and the infield track area. And each year, Fair officials spice things up with some very unusual food offerings that, well, can test one's willingness to break the normal gastronomical barriers. This year, among other items, vendors will be selling Krispy Kreme sloppy Joes; deep-fried, bacon-wrapped pickles; chipotle BBQ beef chips; bacon beer; wild boar kabobs; and waffle dogs.
Also new this year is a "Star Trek Exhibition," an interactive, museum-style experience involving one of the largest collections of authentic Star Trek artifacts and information ever put on public display, according to Fair officials.
For those who can't get enough of bacon, foodies will be in hog heaven come Sunday, June 16 during the "Big Bite Bacon Fest," presented by Farmer John. Fair officials said the festival is a fun-filled, walk-around tasting event featuring creative bacon dishes from the best chefs and competitive cooks in the county. Each bacon booth will prepare and serve small plates of savory bacon delights ranging from appetizers to desserts and everything in between. Adult fairgoers can quench their thirst with refreshing bacon-based and bacon-inspired cocktails and brews.
Running throughout the course of the Fair this year will also be a new addition called "The Courage to Remember," a traveling Holocaust exhibit produced by the Museum of Tolerance, the educational arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The exhibit features 200 exclusive photographs that cannot be seen anywhere else in the world, offering unique insight into the Holocaust.
The Fair is again boasting a huge slate of musical entertainment at various venues across the fairgrounds, featuring nationally known entertainers belting out cool tunes ranging from classic rock to country, Latin flavor to modern-day draws. Most entertainment is free with Fair admission. For a complete roundup of artists, venues, dates, times and prices, visit www.sdfair.com/index.-php?fuse-action=concerts.home.
Many of the familiar sights and sounds will greet fairgoers, including the popular AgriFair, the livestock barn and exhibits of animals large and small, put on by members of the 4-H Club who are always available to answer questions. The popular "Turkey Stampede" show, featuring hilarious races pitting turkey against turkey for the prize at the finish line, also returns.
Car shows, daily watermelon seed-spitting and corn-husking contests, a motorcycle ride and competition, a Fire Expo (including a demolition derby with firefighters at the wheel) and plenty more awaits fairgoers, with something on tap for all generations.
For those who are a little more adventurous, there are plenty of rides and games to be discovered in the Fun Zone and thrill rides for those who want to push the adrenaline boundaries even further.
Tickets are $14 for adults and $8 for those 62 and older or between the ages of 6 to 12 (free on Tuesdays). Children 5 and under are admitted free.
Albertson's will host $4 Fair Day on Tuesday, June 18.
The 2013 San Diego County Fair is open every day except Mondays (with the exception being Monday, July 1). The fairgrounds are located at 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. in Del Mar.
For more information, call
(858) 755-1161, or visit www.sdfair.com.
This year's San Diego County Fair will boast an impressive lineup of artists, from seasoned veterans to more modern-day artists. Here are some of the headliners:
Toyota Summer Concert Series
• Emblem 3 — June 13
• Switchfoot — June 14
• Steve Miller Band — June 15
• La Arrolladora Banda El Limon — June 16
• Caifanes — June 18
• Third Day — June 19
• Martina McBride — June 20
• Colbie Caillat — June 21
• Grupo Intocable — June 23
• Bad Company — June 25
• Bridgit Mendler — June 26
• Train — June 27
• Kendrick Lamar — June 28
• Gospel Festival — June 29
• Julion Alvarez — June 30
• "Weird Al" Yankovic — July 1
• Adam Lambert — July 2
• Joan Jett and The Blackhearts —
July 3
• Happy Together Tour 2013 — (The Turtles, Chuck Negron formerly of Three Dog Night, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & The Raiders, Gary Lewis & The Playboys) The Navy Band Southwest also performs, followed by fireworks — July 4
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• John Wait of The Babies — June 13
• Berlin, featuring Terri Nunn on lead vocals — June 18
• Beatles vs. Stones: (tribute) — June 19
• Red — June 20
• Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band — June 25
• Little Texas — June 26
• Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles — June 27
• Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular (tribute) — July 2
• Great White — July 3
• The Motels — July 4
Other concert series worth checking out include those of the Coors Light Rock On Series, Del Mar Arena Shows, Solid Gold Series and Comedy Night at the Fair.
For a complete roundup of entertainment with dates, times and prices, visit www.sdfair.com.


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Cinderella Does the North Node or Why She Runs Away from the Ball
The Moon's Nodes aren't of course planets. But their influence is arguably as important, which is why I've included them in this series. The Moon's North and South Nodes are sensitive points, indicating where the Moon's path around Earth crosses the ecliptic (the belt through which the Sun and planets appear to travel from our perspective on Earth). Western astrology and Vedic astrology view these points differently. I present the Western view.
I like magic formulas. When I learned about the Moon's North Node, I thought I had found one. Here was my key to happiness, fulfillment, and success, where the chart mapped my personal Excalibur. The heavens would sing as I stepped up to claim it, pulling my destiny sword from its stone with miraculous ease. Or so I thought. Once I actually began "doing" my North Node, and as I worked with others attempting the same, I discovered King Arthur's story wasn't the most relevant model. That's when I took a second look at what really happened to Cinderella-in the un-Disneyfied version by the Brothers Grimm[1]. The closer we get to a fairy tale's source text, the stranger its plotline and symbols, making it more like real life, tangled and curious, with loose threads that beg to be pulled. Doing so may just unravel our own archetypal dilemmas.
Grimms' Cinderella (or "Ashputtle") actually goes to three Balls, in a weeklong celebration for the prince. Each night she dashes away, not because a clock strikes twelve or a fairy godmother tells her to; she just wants to go home. How curious. The girl who's always been left behind is escorted to three A-list parties, wearing three priceless designer gowns (gifts from the magic bird above her mother's grave). She dances all night with an adoring prince, who's also the handsomest, most eligible guy in the kingdom. She's the envy of every woman there-and she gets homesick? Keep in mind that "home" for Cinderella means a tattered dress, a mountain of chores, a bed in the kitchen ash pit, with a wicked stepmother and two spoiled stepsisters who berate her endlessly. Running home just doesn't make sense.
Nor does it make sense when a client of mine with a 1st house Scorpio North Node fails her Chiropractic Boards three times in a row. Scorpio is the sign of the healer and Angie is one of the most gifted healers I know. She did well in chiropractic school. Even without that training she could work miracles with her intuitive touch. Angie's Grandmother was a healer. The night before she died, Grandma drove to Angie's house, headed straight for Angie's crib and picked her up, announcing she was passing on the healing gift. But for ten years now, Angie has worked at a modest wage as the receptionist in a chiropractic clinic, answering phones and leading patients to doctors with much less talent than she has. "But I feel like a fraud when I'm healing," she tells me. Her student loans have gone into collection. "Maybe I should get a better paying job in computers," she wonders. This is a gifted healer who won't get her license! Like Cinderella running home to her ash pit, it just doesn't make sense.
Enter the South Node. Directly opposite the North, its house and sign represent the "home" that keeps pulling us back. It's a comfort zone, describing attitudes and talents which, for good or ill, are easy to believe and express. Astrologers often say that South Node energies were developed in a prior life. At the least, they're usually evident in childhood, their expression somehow supported by our early environment. When we're in the South Node, we know who we are. Its instinctive behaviors and beliefs are familiar and safe, though not always positive. The South Node's influence is like Cinderella's two mothers combined: the deceased one and the wicked one. From her birth mother Cinderella is blessed with natural beauty and a loving compliant nature. From her stepmother she gets a bag full of burdens and lousy beliefs about herself. Together they represent her seed capsule-the gifts and limitations Cinderella must break through on the way to reaching her full potential. If she stays in her South Node womb, this precious girl could be sweeping ashes for all eternity.
That's where the North Node comes in. It demands we evolve. Sometimes it whispers, sometime it shouts, but always it points us toward growth. Dutiful Cinderella braves ridicule by admitting she'd like to go to the ball. "You? Are you kidding? You've got nothing to wear and don't know how to dance. We'd be ashamed if you came." says her stepmother. The girl goes sobbing to her ash pit, but the next day asks again. "Please, can I go to the ball with my stepsisters?" The North Node fills us with a temporary audacity-daring us to stretch beyond our customary role. Here we listen to an authority that's higher than family or cultural conditioning, deeper even than personality; lacking a more precise term, I call it "soul." The Nodes are the trajectory of the soul's arrow. The South Node is the bow shooting us into this life; the North is the target our soul hopes we will reach. However difficult or unrealistic this target, we are assured that if we get there, we'll enjoy unprecedented success, more meaningful than any South Node accomplishment.
Let's say you were Shakespeare in a prior life. Maybe you astonish your parents with a precocious vocabulary or even write dozens of plays at five years old. You get plenty validation for your clever rhymes, but over the years an inner voice whispers, "Wouldn't you rather try that?" And "that" will be whatever it was Shakespeare neglected, what he didn't have the time or the courage to try. Between eighteen and nineteen, at your first Node Return, you may stand at a crossroads. You could keep doing what comes naturally or dare to walk that different path. The soul seeks wholeness. At the North Node you're meant to expand your range and achieve new understanding and competence. If you entered life as an adventurous narcissist, the greater adventure could be falling in love and starting a family. If you were a monk in a prior life, the noise of the marketplace and the thrill of competition might be calling you now.
At the North Node there's often a crazy dream that doesn't disappear. No matter how often it's buried, it rises again. Each time Angie gives up on becoming a chiropractor, a few months later she considers taking the Boards again. North Node aspirations aren't always at the top of our minds, but they keep recurring. Yesterday I asked my Scorpio Rising friend, Jack, what he'd like to become and he said "The CEO of a mighty 'green' corporation." But more consistently over the years, I've heard the yearnings of his 3rd house Aquarius North Node. He wants to make a difference, to somehow share his original genius with the world, maybe develop a new concept or scientific invention. That's progressive Aquarius talking. He also wants to write editorials that will change people's minds and save the planet. That's the communication orientation in his 3rd house. Most of all, he hopes to join with a forward-thinking community of likeminded others-a dream which satisfies both the 3rd house and Aquarius North Node energies. He's made efforts in these directions, but success hasn't come easily.
Given the depth of North Node yearnings. we might expect them to be more easily achieved. Yet how does it feel to do something entirely new-something with which you've got no experience and even less confidence? No matter how deep your desire, going in this direction will still feel uncomfortable. Like a cartoon character walking out a fourth story window and suddenly realizing he's walking on air, we often panic in our North Nodes, even when we're enjoying success. Like Cinderella, we're itching to get away from the ball.
Angie gives a free treatment to a doctor who tells her she's the best in the clinic, but two hours later she's convinced herself she couldn't make any money if she went into business with her talents. Her 7th house Taurus South Node tells her it's safer to work for someone else; even if the pay is modest, it's secure. Who knows what she'd have to give up if she had a busy practice anyway? Jack gets a sudden inspiration for a new editorial but declines to write it because, he tells himself, its genius probably won't be understood. His 9th house Leo South Node makes it easier to sketch his far-reaching commentaries in his head than to commit himself to the work of gathering information to support his ideas. Why should he risk rejection by making his ideas concrete?
I like the way astrologer Laurence Hillman describes this pattern.[2] Imagine that life is a college and when you registered, you decided to get a PhD in math. That's the North Node. But you don't enroll in any math classes. Instead you keep taking classes in dance, poetry, music and art. That's the South Node. It's the astrologer's job to remind you where the math class is. This is especially true whenever life loses its luster and begins to feel pointless. Moving in the direction of the North Node can get you back on track. Nothing restores purpose and enthusiasm quite as magically as the North Node.
If the glass slipper fits, wear it!
Three times Cinderella leaves her South Node home for her North Node dance and then goes home again. "Three" is a magic number which, loosely translated into psychological terms, means "doing something long enough to finally get it." But it isn't Cinderella who "gets it." It's the prince. If the prince hadn't gone looking for Cinderella, she might still be cooking, washing dishes, and sleeping in the ashes. But by the third dance, the prince has wised up. Figuring that Cinderella will again run away, he lines the staircase with a sticky substance. That night she flees, but her glass slipper sticks to the staircase. Now all the prince needs to do is find the foot that fits it.
When you're having trouble achieving your North Node, you need to rouse your inner Prince, and you need to leave behind a shoe. The prince is the son of wealthy king and he's certain that Cinderella is the one he wants to marry. He's the part of us that's focused, determined, has powerful resources, and believes in our creative gifts. His desire to marry is a desire to become whole, in a sacred marriage of active and receptive qualities. He sees us, not through the eyes of our limitations, but the way our fairy godmother would have us look, as the radiant vision of potential fulfilled. But he needs a shoe.
The glass slipper is evidence that we really are the beautiful person we mostly hope to become. It is how we convince ourselves that the North Node dream is a risk worth taking. Before we can slip our foot into the shoe, however, we must first enter our South Node hiding place and identify its dysfunctional dynamics. In many versions of the tale, the prince sends his servants to scour the land. In the Grimms' tale, the prince hands the shoe directly to Cinderella's father, who takes it straight to his overjoyed stepdaughters. The first sister cuts off a toe to fit into the shoe; the second cuts off a heel. The prince rides off with each, until the blood and a pair of singing turtledoves reveal them for the frauds they are.
Why does Cinderella's father betray his daughter, giving the shoe to his stepdaughters first? A good way to understand fairy tale symbolism is to read all characters as reflections of a single psyche. The father represents the subconscious authority of past life and family conditioning. He's the dominant and largely unquestioned mindset that routinely sabotages us before the sacred marriage makes us whole. A student once asked the Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche what is it that's reborn when we reincarnate from one life to another. "Well I hate to tell you this," he replied, "but it's mostly your bad habits." The bad habits in our South Node, like the stepsisters, must be "outted," before we can claim our true happiness.
Astrology can help us identify possible self-limiting beliefs in any South Node placement, but nothing nails them better than an individual's history. Remember Angie with the 7th house Taurus South Node? Taurus South Nodes are usually resilient and stubborn. A typical belief is that they have to do everything themselves, using their own resources, since they can't rely on others for help. The 7th house Node is often needy and dependent, and tends to compromise itself via a belief that others are more capable or important. It's challenging to layer self-reliance on top of neediness in a single placement, but Angie's history does it neatly.
Angie was the fourth child and only daughter in a family with three sons. Her mother was exhausted by the time Angie was born, so Angie was enlisted from an early age to help take care of her brothers, since she was the girl. Angie's inner child is still hungry for the nurturing she didn't get. But one of her biggest resentments is that her father put her brothers through college, yet when it came Angie's turn, her father had remarried and was unwilling to help her out. Unlike her brothers, Angie had to take out a loan, which she's never had the resources to repay. As an adult she's still tangled in the net of her South Node beliefs: wanting support but not believing she'll get it, relying on herself but feeling too unimportant to count for anything.
Before a session, I usually ask my clients several diagnostic questions, including one in which I ask them to imagine who they were in the life just prior to this one. I tell them not to think too hard about it, just get in a light, whimsical frame of mind and notice the first picture that comes up. Nine times out of ten this answer is a useful portrait of the trapped beliefs in their South Node. Angie's past life picture was of an orphan sweeping the streets in Paris, a girl who probably died before reaching adulthood. Using this image, we were able to succinctly capture her limiting self-beliefs. With that touchstone, we could start the work on getting past them.
Angie was stuck in certain Taurus messages, but "debt," "resentments," and "powerlessness" are negative Scorpio words (the sign of her North Node). This happens a lot. The keywords from both signs often come up in our nodal dilemmas. Rarely do we make a clean shift from negative expressions of our South Node sign into positive expressions of our North. The energies of both sides of the polarity often need to be rebalanced in some way. Money and support will likely be issues for those with the South Node in either Taurus or Scorpio. Those with the Nodes in Capricorn and Cancer will likely struggle with issues of nurture, authority, and parenting, no matter which is their South Node sign. Those with a South Node in Aries or Libra will likely have significant life issues around relationship.
The need to balance the nodal polarity is of course most pronounced for those with contrasting sign and house placements, like my friend Lisa. Her South Node is in independent Aries in the partnership-oriented 7th house. She alternately longs to live alone and to be with a partner. Her childhood history includes both abuse and support. When friends visit, Lisa greets them as honored guests, making them feel quite special and important. But once the discussion begins, the conversation is all about her. After a few hours, most guests feel absolutely drained. People keep dropping out of her life and she never knows why. Learning how to balance self and other is her biggest life challenge.
Fairy tales can come true
After the stepdaughters are unmasked, the prince asks the father if he has another daughter. "Only a puny kitchen drudge that my dead wife left me. She couldn't possibly be the bride," he replies. Even with awareness, we may be reluctant to let go of our false expectations. How could we be someone important? But there, in front of an audience, we slip our same old ash-covered foot into this fabulous slipper-which means that who we are has been enough all along. We bring our South Node talents to a new venue, where they can shine with new creativity.
Recognizing Cinderella as his beautiful dance partner, the prince cries, "This is my true bride!" We need our moment of recognition. Sometimes this moment is indeed our North Node dream coming true. But just as often, that dream has been a motivator, the carrot on the stick to draw us forward, while the real achievement is something we'd taken for granted or never consciously sought. Our North Node recognition can be the discovery that we've done well in something we never expected.
I had this experience with my business-oriented Capricorn North Node. I was successful in school, always in leadership positions. I graduated from college phi beta kappa, magna cum laude. But after college, I was suddenly intimidated about joining the "real world." One of my astrologer friends calls the domestic, nurture-oriented Cancer South Node the "baby" node, because these people don't like to leave home. I certainly didn't want to stay in my family home, but after leaving the womb of grad school, I went directly into a marriage where I became a housewife-albeit an odd one, since I didn't have kids, didn't cook or clean too well. I stayed at home throughout my twenties, until my marriage broke up.
I got my first real job at 32, in business, starting as an entry level proofreader. I was promoted every couple of years, until I eventually became the vice-president of Operations. I was the top manager (Capricorn) in charge of all the support departments (Cancer) of a multi-million dollar company. I never took a single class in business or management. I would laugh to hear myself talk about contracts, scheduling, and resolving management issues-when I had no idea how I knew these things. It wasn't a past life intuition. I never played "businessman" in grammar school. Rather it was more like everything I'd done, everything I'd been interested in learning, went into my success at this job. But I wouldn't have planned it in a million years.
Happily, we never stop growing. This means we'll get many North Node recognitions in a lifetime. There's never just one. A month before Jack's second node return (this occurs around 37 years old), he received the final rejection letter from the U.S. Patent Office on a new concept he had devised for storing data-one of his 3rd house Aquarius North Node dreams. This appeared like the dismal end of a two-year struggle during which Jack many times bemoaned the lack of support and understanding from family and friends. But at the eleventh hour, a fairy godmother appeared in the guise of a patent attorney who believed in his idea. They appealed. A year later, Jack held his patent certificate in his hands. I've never seen him so happy. He felt like he'd reached a major life milestone. He had. I wish him the same success on his next round of North Node dreams!
1. Grimms'Tales for Young and Old: The Complete Stories, trans Ralph Mannheim, (Doubleday, 1977), pp. 83-89.2. Laurence Hillman (with Donna Spencer) has written a fine book on the Nodes called Alignments, How to Live in Harmony with the Universe (Lantern Books, 2002)
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The Boonville Pirates wrestling team went 2-0 at the state tournament today at Mizzou Arena in Columbia.
Junior Andrew Broyhill won his opening match against Mexico's Sam Fayad 7-2 in the 152-pound weight class. Senior Kyle Cook, meanwhile, recorded a third-period pin against Sumner's Marvin Brown in 5:11.
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Ibeagha currently leads Duke, which improved to 4-5-1 overall and 2-2-1 in the ACC, with five goals for the year. Four of his five tallies have come from set pieces. The Wolfpack falls to 7-5-0 and 0-4-0 in ACC play with its fifth loss in six games.
"[This win] is massive for us," head coach John Kerr said. "We faced a lot of adversity last week in terms of getting ourselves out of that tough week we had. The guys' approach to training was great and the attitude they had was fantastic. The preparation for this game was outstanding so my hat is off to the players."
Duke did well to possess to the ball throughout much of the first half. Poised on the ball, the Blue Devils were able to create opportunities early in the game, but were unable to find that elusive final pass despite three early shots on goal.
The Blue Devils remained patient in looking for the open spaces and midway through the half generated a great opportunity with sophomore Riley Wolfe breaking free on the right side endline. The California native rifled a shot far post that was deflected out for a Duke corner kick.
Mather's first corner kick was put back across the endline by the Wolfpack, giving the rookie center back a second chance. Mathers' second service found the back post where Ibeagha headed it home for the 1-0 lead.
NC State came back with a couple of opportunities in the final 20 minutes, but could not find the back of the net as the Blue Devils kept their opponent off the scoreboard for the 10th time this season.
Ibeagha's goal was the first for the Blue Devils in the first half this season and sent Duke into the locker room with the 1-0 lead.
Much of the first 20 minutes of the second half were played in the midfield with neither team generating great scoring chances. The Blue Devils' defense was outstanding in neutralizing the ACC leading scorer Alex Martinez to just three shots and none on frame.
Duke's best chance came off a Sean Davis corner kick when a Mathers shot was blocked off the line by the Wolfpack. NC State came back with a vengeance in the final 10 minutes and nearly evened the score on a couple of occasions.
Moritz Steidten had the best chance for the Wolfpack as his shot was deflected off the crossbar for a corner kick. Despite being under heavy pressure in the final five minutes, Duke's defense and senior goalkeeper James Belshaw were outstanding in keeping the clean sheet.
Belshaw finished the game with four saves, including a massive one in the final minutes of action, for his second shutout of the season and 16th of his career.
Duke got strong bench play in the game with Alex Sauciuc, Jake Butwin and Matt Slotnick all contributing quality minutes for the Blue Devils. Sauciuc saw 29 minutes of action, playing in a foreign position at striker, while Butwin and Slotnick were able to spell Aguirre and Palodichuk.
"Guys like Alex Sauciuc come and he doesn't play forward, but he doesn't care," Kerr said. "He just wanted to get the job done for the team. We had guys shifting into different positions. We had Jake Butwin coming in, Matt Slotnick gave us some good minutes so we're very pleased with our group."
NC State outshot Duke 15-12 for the game and held a 7-4 edge in corner kicks.
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Halls guard Stetson Moore is good. Oak Ridge guard Jaylin Henderson is better — at least he was on Tuesday night.
Halls guard Stetson Moore is good. Oak Ridge guard Jaylin Henderson is better — at least he was on Tuesday night.
The Wildcats senior guard held the Red Devils District 3-AAA leading scorer to only 18 points while scoring 20 in the 64-63 overtime victory.
Senior guard Rian Hall hit two free throws with 3 seconds left on the clock to give the Wildcats the win. Moore put up a shot with 1.1 seconds left after an Oak Ridge foul at halfcourt. Moore's shot from about 35 feet along the courtside boundary was short.
"There's not many times you can say you 'held' a guy to 18 points," Oak Ridge coach Aaron Green said. "Jaylin did a good job. Stetson is a heck of a scorer.
"(Jaylin) not only did a great job offensively but defensively he made him work.
"I don't think coach (Randy) Moore or I would say we played our best game, but it was a heck of a win," coach Green said. "We made just enough plays to find a way to win."
Oak Ridge (15-3, 7-1 in 3-AAA) began the game exploiting their size against the five-guard lineup of Halls (13-3, 5-2) by hitting Isaac Merian on the block. The junior racked up 17 points in the contest — six in the first quarter.
"We were trying to get it down there to him," Green said. "We wanted to make sure we were attacking the rim and not settling for threes. We have the size advantage on this team."
Oak Ridge pulled out to a nine-point lead with a nifty pass from Hall to Henderson right before halftime but the Red Devils came out of the break with a pair of 3-pointers.
Both teams clamped down on defense hard in the fourth quarter. Both teams had just one field goal for nearly a four minute span in the final eight minutes of regulation.
Tied at 57, Oak Ridge held for a shot to win the game in regulation but Henderson could not shake free for a clean shot at a 3-pointer after a screen.
Moore hit a falling away trey from the corner with 25 seconds left in overtime to take a 63-62 lead.
After Oak Ridge brought the ball up to the halfcourt line and set up a play during a timeout, Hall drove towards the basket and drew the foul.
After going 0-for-2 shooting at the line in the fourth, Hall made both to win.
"That's what a senior point guard is supposed to do," Green said. "That will give him confidence when we get in those situations later in the year."
Hall finished with 10 points for the Wildcats. Kevin Steen chipped in eight.
Taylor Bunch led Halls with 20. Blake Burleigh had nine. Moore had just seven points in the first half.
The boys now stand alone in second place in the district and are just a game back of Powell for the 3-AAA title.
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Prolonged heavy rain and frequent lightning kept city crews busy responding to power outages and flooding Wednesday morning.
City Water, Light and Power announced that the lights went out on some 2,500 customers at the height of morning power outages shortly after 9 a.m. CWLP spokeswoman Amber Sabin said line crews �had all hands on deck� restoring power to scattered areas of the city about 11 a.m. The largest outage areas were in the city�s northwest quadrant, she said.
Sabin said the outages were due to lightning strikes and trees coming in contact with power lines. She said reports of downed power lines in the area did not include CWLP lines. There were 500 customers still without power at 12:45 p.m., and the outage number stood at less than 40 at 4 p.m. Power was restored to all customers by 6 p.m., Sabin said.
Large volumes of storm runoff caused traffic snares throughout the city as water flooded railroad underpasses and clogged storm drains during the morning hours, but Springfield Public Works Director Mark Mahoney said streets were safe for travel by noon.
�We don�t like it when it (the rain) comes down fast; that�s when we have problems,� he said. �Everything�s open right now.�
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Professional jazz and pop musician coming to andover
Ismail Farid, an accomplished professional musician from Singapore, will be performing a free concert at the Music Scene in Andover on Saturday, August 17.
Farid along with his daughter, Eva Farid, and student, Bronte Young will perform the concert in the Music Scene store starting at 5:30 p.m. and lasting 45 minutes to an hour.
Steve Shook, from the Music Scene, said he feels people from Andover and the surrounding area will really enjoy the free concert.
Farid, a professional musician since the age of 20, is looking forward to the concert.
"I think the residents might really like it. It will be something different," he said.
Now living in Winfield, Farid is the Assistant Director of Orchestra with USD 465 in Winfield and assistant to the Southwestern College Youth Symphony.
Farid, along with his daughter and student, will be performing jazz standards, oldies, and some traditional tunes at the performance. He will be on piano and vocals, his daughter Eva will be on violin and Young will be on cello.
Shook and Farid met in April. The two began talking and Shook said he needed another string instructor at the Music Scene.One thing led to another, and Farid has begun instructing one day a week at the Music Scene and the idea of this concert was born.
Classically trained, Farid has been playing the piano six the age of 6. He stopped playing classical at the age of 16 and started play jazz and pop.
"I worked with some really good musicians who were willing to teach me," he said.
He started his professional career as a restaurant pianist.
In Singapore, he worked in restaurants and hotels before making the move to the United States in 2000. He lived for two years in Florida before making his way to Winfield.
The free concert will be performed at Music Scene at 546 North Andover Road. For more information, call 316-440-8684.


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Kendallvue Elementary student Faith Wilkerson picked up a mountain lion skin, staring with wide eyes and paying particular attention to the remnant's slack jaw and curiously smooth coat.
"Whoa. This is so soft," the sixth-grader said at the start of her second day at the Jeffco School District's Windy Peak Outdoor Lab School. "The other ones I felt weren't as soft."
Preceding the lion were a black bear and an elk, the remains of which were tucked haphazardly into large plastic tubs and accompanied by other fascinating remnants — a skull, an antler, hooves and molds of footprints.
In a room filled with life-size dioramas of preserved beasts interacting in cartoon-like food-chain sequences — a fox pursuing a small rodent, and an eagle in turn descending upon the fox — the small group of students furiously digging through boxes of animal parts on Aug. 30 did not seem out of place.
By Sept. 2, the 59 sixth-graders were on a bus home, exhausted from a week of archery, nature walks and astronomy but giddy with stories to share with their families.
It was an educational week that months ago seemed unlikely. Facing daunting reductions in state funding, the Jeffco school board slashed $40 million from the district's budget, cutting, among other things, hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding for the outdoor lab program.
But by May parents and community members had helped raise $625,000 for the Outdoor Lab Foundation, exceeding its goal by $175,000. The school district agreed to contribute a matching grant of $450,000 toward the $900,000 annual operating cost for the Mount Evans and Windy Peak locations.
Nature is the classroom
Contributing to the foundation was an easy decision for many parents, some of whom attended the rite-of-passage program as children.
"You spend a week out here with your classmates," Kristine Turner, the only full-time teacher at Windy Peak, a remote campus 8 miles southeast of Bailey, said as she prepared to lead a group of students on a two-hour forestry hike. "You go back from outdoor lab with this common experience that you can always go back to."
Not only does the week serve as a team-building experience for kids at a transitional age, it also inspires hands-on learners to assume leadership roles and openly demonstrate their knowledge, she said.
"You get kids out here, and they just shine," Turner said.
Students earn science credit during the week, completing workbooks and showing their comprehension of five objectives related to environmental stewardship, positive attitudes, relationships, scientific processes and self-reliance.
A short distance into the hike, Turner quizzes the students on Windy Peak's history. The day before, interns and high school students adorned Old West garb and re-enacted important events in the 205-acre site's past — a time-honored ceremony to welcome the sixth-graders at the beginning of every week.
Turner points to a patch of headstones adjacent to the trail.
"There's a whole family buried there. The kids all died from sickness," student Noah Leonhardt said. "It's sad."
Proceeding to a patch of aspens and evergreens, Turner instructs the students to take out their workbooks, pick a tree, name it and thoroughly describe the plant. The exercise seems aligned more with English than science, and the students work to inscribe the books with the most vivid possible descriptions.
"Do you know the color of a marshmallow, right after it's been toasted?" Turner asked, pointing to a dead tree and insisting that its shade is much more than just "tan."
"I want you guys to use some really colorful vocabulary when you describe your tree," she said.
Noah walks over to a massive spruce, which he names "Aragon."
To help him estimate the tree's height, Turner instructs him to use her 5-foot frame as a reference point. The tree, he said, was approximately "10 Turners tall."
The exercise is a marked contrast from the same lesson in an indoor classroom. Elated, students pull out cameras and photograph their trees.
A physics lesson
"For them, they get to take it home and share it with their family," intern Kassie Gunn said of the outdoor lab experience, as she watched her group of students attempt to pierce hay-filled targets with arrows. "Most of the kids have never even gotten to do this before."
Whether the young students were fully aware of the physics lesson, which explored concepts of kinetic and potential energy, seemed less consequential to them than the excitement of firing arrows — even if only one hit the target.
"This is the combination of everything I love — empowering people and (being in) the out of doors," said Windy Peak principal Robb Gneiser, 42, a relentlessly upbeat former assistant principal at Deer Creek Middle School who started his career as a wildlife biologist in Alaska. "A lot of people tell me I have a dream job, and it is."
The impact the program has on the sixth-graders is obvious, he said. This year at the two lab schools, hundreds of district sixth-graders will enjoy nature, experience new concepts and take a break from the traditional classroom for a week of hands-on learning. Students take in core concepts ranging from geology to astronomy, and each visiting school chooses a handful of special-interest activities, such as photography or wildlife-viewing hikes.
But beyond that, Gneiser, stresses the high school leader program, which is an underappreciated aspect of the outdoor lab, he said. For many of the high school students, the week is their first time assuming a teaching role.
"That empowers the high school leaders. … They're learning to work with small kids," Gneiser said. "It changes their career path. … (For) a lot of people who come up here, it changes their lives."
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• Sixth-graders who attend Outdoor Labs: 7,000
• High school leaders: 800
• Schools participating: 90 elementary schools, two middle schools and 18 high schools throughout the district
• Year Outdoor Lab Schools were founded: 1957
• First year of classes at Windy Peak: 1976
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Jeremy Lin, the wax version, is in good company.
Within earshot of the Los Angeles Lakers point guard at Madame Tussauds San Francisco are waxed sports legends Joe Montana, Muhammad Ali and Tiger Woods.
Lin, who led Palo Alto High to a state boys basketball title in 2006, was present at the unveiling of his wax figure at the famous tourist attraction at Fisherman's Wharf on Thursday.
"It's awesome," said Lin, who turns 26 on Saturday. "It's a little too real. It looks a lot like me."
The wax version of Lin is wearing the purple and gold road uniform of the Lakers, hanging on the rim as if he just put down a one-handed slamdunk. His black shoes are about 3 feet off the ground.
Lin said that when he was contacted about being a candidate for wax, the decision was a no-brainer.
"I definitely wanted to do it," he said. "It's an honor."
Lin posed for the figure for two hours at a hotel in Palo Alto about a year ago, holding his right arm up with one foot resting on a chair.
"I did my best to stay in that pose as long as possible," Lin said. "After 50 minutes, they spun me around. At the end, I couldn't keep my arm up."
While Lin was with the New York Knicks during 2011, he became a surprising starter and an overnight sensation, triggering the Knicks to a winning streak. Interest in Lin grew worldwide and the phenomenom known as "Linsanity" was born. Lin appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, the headline reading, "Against All Odds."
On Oct. 4 of last year, the documentary film, "Linsanity," was released.
"Jeremy Lin is an amazing inspiration for, not only Bay Area children, but for athletes in general," said Adrea Gibbs, general manager of Madame Tussauds. "He has a great following. The film, 'Linsanity,' propelled him to new heights, no pun intended. For us, he's a natural. He's from the Bay Area. We have a focus at Madame Tussauds to bring figures in who have a heartbeat with our city."
Last month Lin was traded by the Houston Rockets to the Lakers, his fourth NBA team. He originally signed with the Golden State Warriors as an undrafted free agent out of Harvard in 2010.
"I'm excited to be in Los Angeles," Lin said. "A fresh start is like a breath of fresh air. It's a chance to be a part of something new."
Lin was born in Torrance, a short drive south of the Staples Center, site of the Lakers' home games.
"It's great to be back in California," Lin said. "Being born in the L.A. area and being raised up here, it's good to be back close to home. I'm not sure how the Lakers jersey will go in the Bay Area, but hopefully it will be all right."
Lin propelled the Palo Alto High team to a 51-47 upset of Mater Dei-Santa Ana in the Division II state championship game at what was then called ARCO Arena in Sacramento in 2006. Little did Lin know eight years later he would be staring at a wax figure look-alike.
"The whole journey has been incredible," Lin said. "I talk with my family about how far we've come in terms of going through life. It's amazing."
Email John Reid at jreid @dailynewsgroup.com; follow him at twitter.com/dailynewsjohn.


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