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Emirati woman smashes soccer 'hotstepping' Guinness record
By Jay Croft, CNN
Updated 1848 GMT (0248 HKT) August 1, 2020
Areej Al Hammadi
(CNN) Areej Al Hammadi, a young woman from the United Arab Emirates, has shattered the Guinness World Record for soccer ball "hotstepping," completing 86 repetitions of the ball control trick in a minute.
The previous record?
A mere 56, set in March in the United Kingdom.
"It's an amazing feeling to break a Guinness World Records title!" she said in a tweet. A video along with the tweet shows her fancy footwork as she accomplished her goal. "It's a proud moment an achievement for me, for my name to be on there, for my country, and for women around the world. I'm really happy."
"It's an amazing feeling to break a Guinness World Records title!"
Areej Al Hammadi has set a new record for 'most football 'hotstepper' ball control tricks in one minute'#GWRDayhttps://t.co/oOZgZEjR25 pic.twitter.com/wK1f5P8CZQ
— GuinnessWorldRecords (@GWR) July 29, 2020
Al Hammadi "took the challenge... within a residential area in Mirdif, Dubai, on a concrete ground outdoors, using a FIFA approved football," the Guinness organization said in a statement.
"I wanted to do something special," Al Hammadi said. "I managed to break the record following a week of practice but wanted to raise the bar on this record title to keep it, at least for a while."
She also plays for the UAE National Football Team.

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Having Dutch Lady Milk reminds me of my childhood memories whereby I'd happily consumed milk every morning. Without the doubt, I've been consuming Dutch Lady ever since young and until now it's still my No.1 choice!
Apart from that, it cures my recent developed lactose intolerance problem.
Recently I've been taken up 7 Days Breakfast Challenge with Dutch Lady Milk, which I humbly accepted without hesitation. Partly is because I'm adamant to have a refreshing start day at work, to be back to having milk while I kick-start my day and most importantly to have a healthier breakfast meal.
Another thing is I'm attracted to the picture above lol. Isn't that wonderful to enjoy milk early in the morning with your family?
Attached with a lovely card and ribbon.
and breakfast box courtesy from Dutch Lady Malaysia! Thank you!!
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I bought the most ridiculous apron at Walmart the other day. It was hanging forlornly on a hook by itself among the dishtowels and oven mitts and pot holders in the kitchen isle. It's aqua with rows of multi-colored, poisonous looking cupcakes festooned across every inch of it. The package said it was "adjustable," which basically means it comes with about three yards of a ribbon-like string you can slide the apron up and down on to put it higher or lower on your chest, and then use the rest to wrap three or four times around your waist to secure the apron. I bought it because I'm supposed to paint every day for the three weeks before I go to Taos, New Mexico, for another process painting workshop in September.
I never bought myself an apron before for this purpose. The other workshops I've taken have required no such shielding and protection of my clothes. I don't usually get paint on myself, whether I'm painting pictures or the walls of a room. Yes, I get the paint on the walls, the floor, my hands, in my hair, but so far not on my clothes. I suppose if I took nice outfits to wear while I was painting that would guarantee I slopped myself, but even then I think I might emerge unscathed from days of painting. I'm taking what's called a "Master Class" this time, so I got the suggested apron. I'm going not only to paint for a week, but to learn how to teach others this technique I've so grown to love.
I discovered an interesting thing about myself taking these workshops. This is the first year I've picked up a paintbrush for I don't know how long. I've framed some of my "art" and hung it around my house so I can sit with it and appreciate the stuff I've done. This is a dire sin according to the method I've learned. You aren't supposed to frame your work. You're supposed to keep it hidden, even from yourself, maybe in a bag under your bed. You're not supposed to paint for "product" or even appreciation. The point is the process, not the product.
I finally showed my stuff to a friend (another sin) and she told me I was an idiot to keep it hidden. "You can sell this stuff, Chris, get it framed." So I did. Not to sell it, but to see it. I actually like the stuff that I had formerly held in disdain. Most of my art looks like a five year old did it.
"These paintings are very happy," a very wise, astute older friend said when he and some other people came over for lunch one day. Yes, I might have to agree now that I look at them again and again. Even the ones I know came from a darker place in me share a certain light, or joy, among the bright colors. I want to access that happy place in myself again. She clamors to get out. Too much death and loss and change has colored the last several years of my life. Is it possible the irrepressible little girl who always wanted to be an artist is coming to the fore again? I hope so.
I paint imaginary creatures and spaces and landscapes that have always filled my head for as long as I can remember. I judged myself as weird because other people just couldn't get where I was coming from, or told me the stuff was not good just because it didn't look real. What, after all, is real? What we see in front of our noses? Read any article about witnesses to a crime scene and each person, watching exactly the same thing, will relay a different story. Doesn't that mean that none of us shares the exact same reality? The tree I look at outside my window is not going to be the same tree you see looking out that same window.
When I was a little girl my father gave me some great advice. I had had a terrible nightmare and woke up crying. I couldn't get back to sleep. My father came and sat on the edge of my bed. "What was so scary about the dream?" my father asked me.
"A terrible monster was chasing me!" I remember saying.
My father looked at me for a minute. "Well, maybe now that you're awake you can make friends with the monster," my father said. "Do you like picnics?" he asked.
"Why don't you use your imagination and invite the monster to come and sit with you and have a picnic together. Maybe if you sat and ate some good food together you could be friends. It wouldn't be so scary anymore if it was your friend, would it?" he asked. I didn't quite think this was going to work, but I was willing to give it a shot. Truth is, it did take the fear down a few notches and I was able to go to sleep again.
I think that's what I do with my painting. The things that come out to be painted have been transformed. They are brightly colored and multi-faceted, even if they are bugs and birds and monsters and things that nightmares are made of.
I had never quite thought of it that way before. When my heart clenches with some emotion as the brush slides across the paper, as long as I keep moving, it really does pass. For me when I am painting, the Universe, as that wise lady said, really is benevolent.
Chris, I love your paintings. They are so spontaneous, bright, and liberating. I think you need to paint the child and monster picnic, I could so clearly see it as a painting, what a great memory to commemorate.
I love this! What a sweet memory of your father helping you get back to sleep. Unfortunately, we don't get to hear many of those kinds of stories. Glad you bought the apron, that mean's you are gearing up for this next class! Also happy that you are re-thinking the framing and hanging of those beautiful pieces sitting in your basement.
Yes, I am rethinking lots of things these days. Paintings, no matter what kind, just don't belong in lawn size garbage bags in anyone's basement, do they? Cupcake apron, here I come!
Chris, I really like this article. Thank you for sharing yourself with us. This helps all of us expand.


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import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.EqualsVerifier;
import org.junit.Test;

/**
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public class SpecialityTest {

    @Test
    public void testEquals() {
        EqualsVerifier.forClass(Speciality.class)
                .usingGetClass()
                .withIgnoredFields("abbreviation", "name", "groups")
                .verify();
    }
}

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This month is all about spring awakening and fresh starts. The relationship you have with yourself needs time and care, too! This week's topic is self-care, crystals and meditation that can aid you in finding peace of mind, body, and spirit. Take these tips as the first step in a balanced, self-loving life!
Self-compassion practice is a way to relate to ourselves in a more kind and caring way. It allows us to recognize the power we all have within us to soothe and comfort ourselves in times of perceived failure, shame, or disappointment rather than rely on external sources of reassurance and acceptance. Self-compassion is an antidote to the cycle of self-criticism and shame we so often find ourselves playing over and over in our minds.
Crystals all carry different energies to provide healing to different chakras. Meditating with crystals or just placing them in the area of the chakra that needs healing is said to help with healing and banishing negative energy from that chakra. Placing crystals in areas where they can absorb sunlight is said to help them charge their healing properties, as well as letting the crystals sit out during certain moon phases. People use crystals directly on their body, in intention mantras, and many other ways such as carrying them around daily for good luck.
What crystals are best for you? Click here for a full guide.
Meditation is a great way to find peace of mind and body. Meditation can be as simple as spending 5-10 minutes practicing deep breathing in a quiet space. Find a place you feel comfortable and begin pacing your breathing. A good way to "clear your mind" while doing this is to internally say "breathe in, breathe out" and allowing oxygen to pass in through your nose and out through your mouth. This way of mindfulness is the first step to a relaxing meditation. For more tips on how to begin meditation as a beginning, click the following link: MindWorks.org.
Self care and self love can be easier and closer than you think. Directly across the hall from KiSSandMaKeUp is YogaPerk! YOGAPERK welcomes you to be part of our supportive yoga community to grow and progress your practice and become a healthier you in mind, body and soul.
At YOGAPERK they focus on personal growth, progression, alignment and breath in the asanas (poses) as well as yoga teachings to create a fun and nurturing practice. Gentle, beginners, all levels, power and advanced yoga classes are taught in a warm, industrial style studio by experienced and knowledgeable instructors who teach in their own unique style.
An event specifically related to crystals is taught by Gina and it is called Pranayama & Crystal Healing. It is a three part series where Gina teaches you about the benefits of different types of crystals and how they can be used in meditation. Pranayama is the yoga practice of controlling your breath, which is the source of prana, or life force. Also connect deeper to ourselves through yoga nidra, where your body becomes completely relaxed. If you're curious about crystals, would like to slow down and relax, or connect with yourself on a deeper level I highly recommend this class.


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Le temple Saint-Ruf est un lieu de culte protestant situé 2 rue Saint-James à Valence (Drôme). La paroisse est membre de l'Église protestante unie de France.

Ancienne église catholique, placée originellement sous le vocable de Saint-Jacme (forme occitane de Jacques), devenu Saint-James, puis église abbatiale de l'abbaye Saint-Ruf de Valence. Elle est affectée en 1806 au culte des églises réformées.

Histoire
La construction de l'église Saint-James remonte à 1100. Elle passe en possession des chanoines de l'abbaye Saint-Ruf d'Avignon, qui en font leur prieuré, sous l'évêque Bernard. Toutefois, au moment de bâtir une véritable abbaye, on choisit le site de l'Épervière, situé au sud de Valence, au bord du Rhône et entourée par les canaux de la ville. Toute la zone est cultivée, des moulins établis sur les canaux et un péage sur le Rhône.

L'abbaye est souvent victime des crues du Rhône et d'une insécurité qui pousse parfois les chanoines à se réfugier dans le prieuré Saint-James, au cœur de la ville.

Cet état subsiste jusqu'aux guerres de religion, où le baron des Adrets ravage la ville et fait abattre toutes les églises. L'abbaye de l'Épervière ne se relève pas de ses ruines. Des restes de cette première abbaye, qui passait pour totalement disparue, ont été retrouvés en 2009 : près une maison en ruine, on a mis au jour les fondations d'une église de 70 mètres de long sur 17 de large. À partir du , les chanoines reconstruisent l'abbaye autour du prieuré Saint-James. On relève l'église sur les bases de l'ancienne, dans l'architecture baroque du temps. On élève une nouvelle façade. L'intérieur est doté d'un décor en stuc pour la nef, en stuc et marbres pour le chœur, restauré en 1994-1995.

À la Révolution, elle devient magasin à blé, salle électorale, enfin le temple de la Raison et de l'Être suprême. Dans l'abside est placé depuis 1800 un monument où est conservé le cœur du général Jean-Étienne Championnet. En 1805, le clocher qui menaçait ruine est démoli.

Un décret impérial de 1806 attribue la chapelle au culte protestant, qui y est toujours célébré. Le temple a été doté d'un orgue en 1896, renouvelé entre 1977 et 1981.

Le philosophe Paul Ricœur naît en 1913 à Valence dans une famille protestante, et est baptisé au temple Saint-Ruf.

Architecture
L'église n'est visible extérieurement que par sa façade classique, rue Saint-James, et une partie du mur nord, où l'on peut voir encastrée l'épitaphe d'un chanoine : Arnaudus Bonum Vinum (Arnaud Bon Vin), chanoine de Saint-Ruf. Elle est occidentée, l'autel se trouvant à l'ouest, l'entrée à l'est.

Façade
La façade, encadrée par deux pilastres aux chapiteaux saillants, comprend un portail en plein cintré lui-même entre deux pilastres, surmonté d'un fronton triangulaire sans ornements. En partie supérieure, délimitée par une corniche, se trouvent deux fenêtres en plein cintré encadrant un oculus.

Nef et chœur
Passé un petit vestibule, on entre dans une nef unique, voûtée en berceau sur doubleaux reposant sur des pilastres. La nef comporte cinq travées : la première, plus longue, est divisée entre le vestibule d'entrée et une tribune contenant un orgue accessible par un escalier hélicoïdal ; la dernière travée, elle aussi plus longue que les travées centrales, percée d'une lanterne polygonale, forme le chœur, suivie d'une abside semi-circulaire voûtée en cul-de-four, éclairée par trois fenêtres en plein cintre. Au centre de l'abside le monument en forme de pyramide porte une inscription rappelant la présence dans l'urne placée devant, du cœur du général Championnet.

Les murs de la nef et du chœur sont décorés d'arcades en plein cintre avec des ornements en stuc. Le chœur est habillé de plaques de marbre, la voûte de l'abside a des ornements dorés.

Orgue
L'orgue installé en 1896 par le facteur Joseph Merklin nécessite l'agrandissement de la tribune avec des éléments métalliques. Il comporte un clavier, un pédalier et 8 jeux. Bien que donnant toute satisfaction, il s'avère avec le temps insuffisant et en 1977 on décide de sa rénovation. Ce sont les facteurs lyonnais Micolle, Simon et David qui réalisent le nouvel instrument de 16 jeux de 1980 à 1981. En 1988, l'entretien en est confié à Michel Jurine.

Notes et références

Annexes

Liens externes

Articles connexes
Vieux Valence • Parc Saint-Ruf
Abbaye Saint-Ruf de Valence

Vieux Valence
Édifice religieux dans la Drôme
Bâtiment à Valence (Drôme)
SaintRuf
Monument historique à Valence (Drôme)
SaintRuf
SaintRuf Temple

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Lost 1st sim card, new sim card won't work after online activation!!!
I lost my 1st SIM card and activated a new one but nothing is working now. I tried to renter the activation code online and i got the following error message "This code is not valid. Please try again." To make sure the phone problem is not coming from the phone, inserted it in another unlocked iPhone then an unlocked Samsung Galaxy but nothing, not service.
Contact Fizz with your SIM card number , they will resolved your problem quickly.
Wait for 30sec for a little chat Buble to appear in the right corner !
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Best to contact support so you don't lose your original plan.
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Q: How to convert deprecated IMongoQuery to a FilterDefinitionBuilder I've got a Visual Studio C# project that's using the MongoDB driver v2.0, and I am attempting to update it to use driver v2.3.0.
There's a section of code which builds a list of IMongoQuery entries based on the presence of various search fields, e.g.
var queryList = new List<IMongoQuery>();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(searchField1))
  queryList.Add(Query.Matches(sKey1, searchField1));
...
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(searchFieldN))
  queryList.Add(Query.Matches(sKeyN, searchFieldN));

How do I convert this to the new FilterDefinitionBuilder syntax?  I don't see a similar Add() method in its interface.
UPDATE:
Here's what I'm currently doing, and it is UGLY!  Please let me know if there's a better way to do this.
var builder = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter;
FilterDefinition<BsonDocument> filter = null;

// do this for each search field
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(searchField1))
{
  if (filter == null)
    filter = builder.Eq(sKey1, searchField1);
  else
    filter = filter & builder.Eq(sKey1, searchField1);
}

A: I know long time passed but just in case anyone else comes here looking for a solution, here is 2.3.12 compatible way
//create a filter definition builder
var fdefb = new FilterDefinitionBuilder<BsonDocument>(); //or FilterDefinitionBuilder<TModel>
//create a list of Filter Definitions
var queryList = new List<FilterDefinition<BsonDocument>>(); //or List<FilterDefinition<TModel>>

// do this for each search field
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(searchField1))
{
   if (filter == null)
       filter = fdefb.Eq(sKey1, BsonValue.Create(searchField1));
   else
       filter &= fdefb.Eq(sKey1, BsonValue.Create(searchField1));
}

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The 259th Largest Accounting Firm Is Paying For Unlicensed Staff to Pursue a Master's at the 87th Best Online Business School Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Partner Banned; Salary Predictions; Public Accountants Have Had It | 1.23.23 Local Accounting Firm Baffled That Desperate Laid Off People Don't Want to Work There Friday Footnotes: EY Can't Hire Tech; John Doe Sues the PCAOB; Auditors Can't Find Torpedoes and Missiles | 1.20.03 The Largest Accounting Firm in Kentucky Thinks a Tower Will Win the Talent War
ANR June 13, 2012
Accounting News Roundup: Dimon's Day on the Hill; Senate Bill Gives IRS Budget a Boost; Latest in Nortel Fraud Trial | 06.13.12
by Caleb Newquist
Dimon to Fault Controls on Risk [WSJ]
In his first trip to Capitol Hill since J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. disclosed that trading blunders have cost it at least $2 billion, Chief Executive Officer James Dimon is expected to blame a combination of overconfidence, poor judgment and faulty risk controls. Mr. Dimon, scheduled to appear before the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday morning, intends to apologize for the miscues—a stark departure from his normal shoot-from-the-hip demeanor. But Mr. Dimon will push back on any implication that the incident is lastingly detrimental to the largest U.S. bank by assets. In fact, the New York company expects its second quarter to be "solidly profitable" despite the losses, Mr. Dimon said in an early copy of his prepared remarks. "We will not make light of these losses, but they should be put into perspective," Mr. Dimon is expected to say. "We will lose some of our shareholders' money—and for that, we feel terrible—but no client, customer or taxpayer money was impacted by this incident."
Senate panel sets increase in IRS funds [WaPo]
The Internal Revenue Service would receive additional money for taxpayer services and tax law enforcement, and several financial regulatory agencies would gain funding increases to help them enforce Wall Street reforms, under a spending bill approved Tuesday by a Senate panel. Approved by the Appropriations subcommittee on financial services and general government, the bill would provide $12.5 billion for the IRS in fiscal 2013, which starts in October, an increase of 6 percent from the 2012 level but still 2 percent below the White House request. "Resources provided will allow the IRS to meet an increasing demand for services and to make improvements that will permit taxpayers to access automated self-service applications including refund inquires, freeing staff to handle more complex tax law inquiries," the bill summary says.
Sen. Graham: GOP should break with Norquist tax pledge for grand bargain [The Hill]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Tuesday he believed Republicans should consider eliminating loopholes in the tax code even if they aren't replaced by additional tax cuts, a move that would break with an anti-tax pledge many GOP lawmakers have signed with activist Grover Norquist. "When you eliminate a deduction, it's OK with me to use some of that money to get us out of debt. That's where I disagree with the pledge," Graham told ABC News. The South Carolina senator said while he believed some of the money from closing deductions should go to lowering tax rates, he also believed the increased revenues could be used to help pay down the federal debt. "I just think that makes a lot of sense. And if I'm willing to do that as a Republican, I've crossed a rubicon," said Graham.
Nortel executives clashed over accounting entries [Globe and Mail]
Nortel Networks Corp. controller Michael Gollogly was prepared to resign after he found out his boss had booked three accounting entries, without consultation, that had the effect of transforming a small loss to a profit in the second quarter of 2003, an Ontario court heard Tuesday. The fraud trial of three former Nortel executives – including Mr. Gollogly and former chief financial officer Douglas Beatty – heard testimony from a Nortel auditor, Donald Hathway. He said Mr. Gollogly called him at home on a Sunday in July, 2003, to tell him he was upset to discover Mr. Beatty had made three entries totalling $20-million (U.S.) while Mr. Gollogly was out of the office the previous Friday. Mr. Hathway, then the lead audit partner from Deloitte & Touche overseeing the Nortel audit, said he met the next day with Mr. Gollogly at Nortel's head office in Brampton, Ont. He testified that Mr. Gollogly told him "he was going to see Mr. Beatty and demand these entries be reversed and if they wouldn't be reversed, he was prepared to resign."
Accountant accused of creating fake employee to steal from company [WSB]
Police are looking for a former accountant of Peach State Roofing in Gwinnett County accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the company before she was fired. Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Jake Smith says 37-year-old Summer Payne was told earlier this year she would be fired after failing to pay $100,000 in state taxes on the company's behalf. When she was kept on for several more weeks to train her replacement, Smith says she created a fake employee named "Pedro Perez" and deposited those paychecks into her own account.
Local Woman Says Border Patrol Agent Attacked Her [10News]
The woman, who was only identified as "Jenny", said she was beaten by Border Patrol agent Kellie Lamb Helwig while she was leaving a Cirque du Solei performance on May 27. "Next thing I knew, she punches me on my left temple," said Jenny, who is a military doctor. "I didn't feel the other two hits. She hit me on the right side of my jaw and the left side of my jaw." Jenny said Helwig was waiting for her after the show was over. She said she had exchanged words with Helwig and another Border Patrol agent, Gerald Joseph Torello, during the performance. According to a report by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, several other people say they saw Helwig performing fellatio on Torello. "Her head and her hands were moving up and down rhythmically," said Jenny. "I could only assume that there was some sort of sex act being performed."
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Deloitte on Microtransactions; More EY Split Roadblocks; Have You Become Irritable? | 11.28.22
Happy Monday! Here's some stuff that's going on. Several US audit firms told the Financial Times that they had elevated some or all of their crypto-related clients to the status of "high risk", triggering a more thorough audit that will take longer and lead to higher bills; some clients could ultimately be dropped altogether. KPMG […]
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package com.dremio.exec.sql;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;

import com.dremio.BaseTestQuery;
import com.dremio.config.DremioConfig;
import com.dremio.test.TemporarySystemProperties;

public class TestAlterTableSetOption extends BaseTestQuery {

  @Rule
  public TemporarySystemProperties properties = new TemporarySystemProperties();

  @Before
  public void setup() {
    properties.set(DremioConfig.LEGACY_STORE_VIEWS_ENABLED, "true");
  }

  @Test
  public void oldCmd() throws Exception {
    errorMsgTestHelper("ALTER TABLE tbl ENABLE HIVE VARCHAR COMPATIBILITY", "Encountered \"ENABLE HIVE\"");
  }

  @Test
  public void badSql() {
    String[] queries = {
        "ALTER SESSION tbl SET hive.parquet.enforce_varchar_width = ON",
    };
    for (String q : queries) {
      errorMsgTestHelper(q, "Failure parsing the query");
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testOnNonTable() throws Exception {
    // sys table
    errorMsgTestHelper("ALTER TABLE INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CATALOGS set INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CATALOG_NAME = 34",
        "Source [INFORMATION_SCHEMA] doesn't support modifying options");
  }

}


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Fall Marathon Season 2016: Where the Pros Are Competing
Sad the Olympics are over? Never fear, plenty of action is still in store over the coming weeks.
By Erin Strout
Tobias Schwarz / Reuters
The post-Olympic blues are real. Thank goodness marathon season is upon us, bringing a fresh round of international competition to spectate and enjoy.
Many top U.S. runners are slated to compete in the World Marathon Majors against a few of the fastest athletes around the globe. Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein takes another stab in New York, where American record holder Molly Huddle will debut at the distance. Luke Puskedra is scheduled to run Chicago, perhaps avenging that fourth-place finish at the Olympic Trials.
Kara Goucher, his counterpart in that fourth-place position (one away from making the Olympic team), won't be competing in a marathon this fall, but hopes to be toeing the line in the spring.
Below are the highlights to come in the fall marathon racing season.
Where: Berlin, Germany
Who's Racing: Berlin is where the elites go to run fast. Dennis Kimetto set the world record here in 2014 with a time of 2:02:57. In fact the men's world record has been broken in Berlin seven times. This year Kenya's Wilson Kipsang, one of the former world-record holders (a 2:03:23 set in 2013), will compete again six others who have personal best times faster than 2:06. Those athletes include Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and the fastest man on the start list, Emmanuel Mutai, who ran 2:03:13 at this race in 2014 for second place. Tsegaye Mekonnen, an Ethiopian who clocked a 2:04:32 in Dubai when he was just 18 years old (he is 21 now) will also compete.
The women's field is not quite as deep as the men's, but features Aberu Kebede of Ethiopia, who has won Berlin twice and has a personal best of 2:20.30. Others to watch include Amane Beriso, Birhane Dibaba, and Ruti Aga, all from Ethiopia. Beriso took second in January in Dubai with a 2:20:48.
The race has not announced any Americans in the elite field, but Nick Arciniaga, who placed 10th in February at the marathon trials, is set to compete, he said.
When: October 9, 2016
Where: Chicago
Who's Racing: It's another fast, flat course on the World Marathon Majors circuit and this year's edition could be a quick one. Kimetto, the world record holder, was on the starting list, but organizers announced on Thursday, Sept. 22, that he has dropped out due to injury. Dickson Chumba from Kenya is still slated to start—he took his third victory in Chicago last year and will be joined by Tsegaye Kebede from Ethiopia, the 2012 Chicago Marathon champion. Watch out for Stephen Sambu of Kenya, the 8K world-record holder who is making his debut at the distance.
American men to watch include Luke Puskedra who was fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials in February, one spot away from making Team USA. He was the first American with a personal best of 2:10:24 in Chicago last year. Diego Estrada attempted his 26.2-mile debut at the trials, but didn't finish the race there. He is slated to race in Chicago and hopes it will be his foray into competing at the distance. Estrada competed in the 2012 Olympic 10,000-meters for Mexico (he now competes for the U.S.).
Florence Kiplagat from Kenya is back to defend her title. She's the world record holder in the half marathon (1:05:09) and has a marathon best of 2:19:44, which she set in 2011 in Berlin. Kiplagat will face Atsede Baysa from Ethiopia, who won the 2016 Boston Marathon in April and was the 2010 and 2012 Chicago champion as well.
American Serena Burla is scheduled to compete as well. She has a personal best of 2:28:01 and raced the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in 2012 and 2016. Tera Moody and Sarah Crouch are also on the start list.
When: November 6, 2016
Where: New York
Who's Racing: If you're looking for U.S. talent this fall, New York City Marathon has it in abundance. Molly Huddle, who just set the 10,000-meter American record at the Olympics in August (30:13.17), will make a much-anticipated debut at the distance, as will Kim Conley, a two-time 5,000-meter Olympian. Dathan Ritzenhein will race on the men's side and seems poised for a comeback of sorts after the two-time Olympian dropped out of the marathon trials in February—he just placed second at the Great North Run half marathon in 1:00:12, the second-fastest of his career.
Ritzenhein's quest for the podium will be challenging. Stanley Biwott will be back to defend his title. The Kenyan dropped out of the Rio Olympic marathon at halfway, but his credentials are formidable—twice runner up in London and a half marathon best of 58:56. Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia will also compete—he is a two time Boston champion. As will Ghirmay Ghebreslassie of Eritrea, who was the gold medalist at the 2015 IAAF World Championships marathon at age 19.
Other American men to look for:
Abdi Abdirahman, four-time Olympian
Christo Landry, 2016 U.S. half marathon and 25K champion
Matt Llano, sixth at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
Tyler Pennel, fifth at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
Ryan Vail, comes with a personal best of 2:10:57 set at the 2014 London Marathon
Huddle and Conley will also run with some of the world's fastest in their first marathon. Mary Keitany, who has won New York twice in two years, is back. She's the second-fastest woman in history with a 2:18:37 career best. Keitany is also a mother of two. Joyce Chepkirui of Kenya, who Huddle beat by eight hundredths of a second at the 2016 NYC Half in March, is competing, as is Gladys Cherono, another Kenyan who has a 2:19:25 to her name. The 2015 New York runner-up, Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia, is also back.
Other American women to look for:
Janet Bawcom, 2012 10,000 meter Olympian
Neely Gracy, first American at the 2016 Boston Marathon (her debut at the distance)
Sara Hall, ran her personal best of 2:30:06 at the 2016 London Marathon
Kellyn Taylor, at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials she placed fourth in the 10,000 meters and sixth in the marathon
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect changes to the Chicago Marathon's elite field.
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VP Bank Group restructures Group Executive Management
With effect from 1 January 2016, the VP Bank Group Board of Directors is adjusting the organisational structure and functions performed within Group Executive Management in response to economic and regulatory changes. Martin C. Beinhoff has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer.
VP Bank Group is adjusting its organisational and management structure by consolidating functions within Group Executive Management. This action plan has been adopted on the basis of the Group's strategy and medium-term goals up to 2020. It also reflects new structural and organisational requirements following the merger with Centrum Bank as well as economic and regulatory changes. For example, Basel III requires a risk management function that is separate from operating units to prevent potential conflicts of interest in day-to-day business operations. The low-key restructuring initiated by the Board of Directors, reinforced by a clearly demarcated focus on clients and sales, will help deliver profitable and qualitative growth in the Group's target markets as well as added value for clients.
The Chief Operating Officer organisational unit will be created with effect from 1 January 2016 alongside the existing "Chief Executive Officer", "Client Business" and "Chief Financial Officer & Banking Services" organisational units. The VP Bank Group Board of Directors has appointed Martin C. Beinhoff (45) as Chief Operating Officer and head of the organisational unit, subject to approval by the Financial Market Authority (FMA) Liechtenstein. The 45-year-old German-Swiss dual national has extensive experience within the banking industry, most recently as a member of the Executive Board of Management of Saxo Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., where he worked for seven years. Prior to this, he was Head of the Financial Services M&A team at KPMG and a management consultant for The Boston Consulting Group, focusing predominantly on the financial sector. He holds a degree (lic. oec.) from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and is a US-Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Financial Risk Manager (FRM). Martin C. Beinhoff takes up his new role at VP Bank on 1 November 2015.
New division of functions
As the fourth member of the expanded Group Executive Management, the Chief Operating Officer will be responsible for Group Information Technology, Group Treasury & Execution and Group Operations. This new alignment will also entail consolidation of key support functions and rigorous optimisation of processes. It also reflects the increased levels of digitisation and growing importance of IT-based processes and solutions both in the intermediaries business and private banking.
As Head of the Chief Financial Officer organisational unit, Siegbert Näscher will be focusing on implementing and managing finance strategy across the Group with a view to consolidating the Group's financial profile and future planning processes. He will continue to be responsible for Group Finance and Group Risk while performing his new role as Group Chief Risk Officer in line with Basel III requirements.
The restructuring measure will have limited impact on the "Chief Executive Officer" and "Client Business" organisational units, with Chief Executive Officer Alfred W. Moeckli continuing to oversee Business Development, Human Resources, Communications & Marketing and Legal, Compliance & Tax across the Group. As Head of "Client Business", Christoph Mauchle will continue to be responsible for the Private Banking and Intermediaries segments, VP Fund Solutions, Group Investment, Product & Market Management and the international locations of VP Bank Group.
New board committees in line with Basel III
The Financial Market Authority (FMA), the Liechtenstein regulator, has designated VP Bank as a systemically important bank. It has thus recommended that VP Bank separate its Audit & Risk Management Committee into two committees in compliance with Basel III requirements. The Board of Directors has therefore established an Audit Committee, to be chaired by Michael Riesen, and a Risk Committee, to be chaired by Dr Daniel H. Sigg, with effect from 1 November 2015.
Systematic focus reduces complexity
For Fredy Vogt, Chairman of the Board of Directors of VP Bank Group, improving the organisational and management structure is key to driving profitable growth, as outlined in the 2020 strategy: "Martin C. Beinhoff is a recognised expert in his field, and we are delighted to have him on board as Chief Operating Officer of VP Bank Group. His banking expertise, combined with a management structure more clearly focused on current and future needs, will enable us to respond to market dynamics and exploit resulting opportunities more consistently."
Chief Executive Officer Alfred W. Moeckli adds: "By consolidating the core functions and processes within the newly created "Chief Operating Officer" organisational unit, we will be able to reduce complexity and to cut costs."
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Magnificent City Instrumentals
RJD2 :: Magnificent City Instrumentals
InstrumentalReview
First things first, mad props go out to writer Tom Doggett, who covered the original "Magnificent City" release by Aceyalone & RJD2 for this website. Homeboy's currently on a summer long trip to South America for both the cultural experience (always good to broaden your viewpoint beyond the narrow confines of the United States) and the humanitarian work he can do. When he comes back this fall be sure to give it up to the D-oh-double-G-E-double-T for everything he's done as a contributor, and just for being a hella cool cat in general.
Second you're probably wondering why "Magnificent City Instrumentals" justified a seperate review, especially given that Mr. Doggett already gave RJD2 a 9 out of 10 for the production work the last time around. Feel free to take your pick from any of the following reasons:
Flash is one lazy motherfucker
Flash is really riding RJD2's dick
Flash just enjoys talking about Flash in the third person
Flash is FUCKING CRAZY
There's probably a little bit of truth to all of them, but the reason that sticks out most in my mind is simply because Decon Media decided to release this album to stores. More often than not instrumental albums are the exclusive purview of the DJ, distributed to them as white labels or unofficial "for promotional use only" CD's so they can do blends during radio shows and/or make mixtapes. The fact that they would go to the trouble of releasing an instrumental version of "Magnificent City," relabel it as an RJD2 album and distribute it nationally is the story in and of itself. There's no question RJD2 is a genius – we've consistantly stated so on this website in review after review and he's yet to produce or release anything that proved this thesis wrong. Decon clearly thinks so too. They feel that the reputation RJD2 has at this point is so strong that they can repackage an already good Aceyalone album as "Beats from RJD2" and it will sell to both hip-hop fans and lovers of good music in general.
They're right. "Magnificent City Instrumentals" is worth owning even if you bought this album and feel you already heard his beats the first time. I did too, but stripped of Aceyalone's lyrics there are subtle nuances I couldn't possibly have picked up the first time. There's some funky freestling at the end of "Mooore" that I completely overlooked. It's amazing how good the swinging jazz and horny horns of "All for U" are when presented on their own. Doggett talked about sleigh bells when covering "Caged Bird" but instead of being a backdrop to the rap they suddenly came blazing to the forefront on this CD. Fucking SLEIGH BELLS. Only RJD2 would think of using an element like that on a hip-hop track, and God damn it they fucking work. Every producer with the same cliched West coast funk, Dirty South bounce and New York grit should listen to this shit and take notes. The creativity displayed in the short, static laced and sublimely sweet "A Sunday Mystery" is better than four out of five beats on any recent rap album – take your pick. Try not to let your neck snap or toes tap during "Junior" and you will FAIL – it's impossible to resist the snappy drums and layered melodies which build to short and incredibly beautiful flute and singing samples. TOO DOPE.
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Throughout all of this, I've been deeply impressed and saddened, to the point of tears, by the tireless bravery displayed by the New York City Fire Department. They've taken such a heavy loss, and they are - along with the volunteers and EMS workers - the true heroes during what must be our city's darkest hour. In general I've always much preferred firemen to the police; as a career path firefighting tends not to attract the bullies, thugs, sadists and swindlers that swarm into the NYPD. Firefighters are not there to wield power, enforce laws, kill or control people, but simply to put out fires and save lives. They rock.
Besides, a water hose is much more phallic and sexual than a smoking pistol in my opinion. And it won't kill you ... it just gets you all wet.
I've been hearing a lot of talk about "bombing Afghanistan back to the Stone Age." Ronn Owens, on KGO Talk Radio today, allowed that this would mean killing innocent people, people who had nothing to do with this atrocity, but "we're at war, we have to accept collateral damage. What else can we do?" Minutes later I heard some TV pundit discussing whether we "have the belly to do what must be done."
And I thought about the issues being raised especially hard because I am from Afghanistan, and even though I've lived here for 35 years I've never lost track of what's going on there. So I want to tell anyone who will listen how it all looks from where I'm standing. I speak as one who hates the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden.
There is no doubt in my mind that these people were responsible for the atrocity in New York.
I agree that something must be done about those monsters.
But the Taliban and Bin Laden are NOT Afghanistan. They're not even the government of Afghanistan. The Taliban are a cult of ignorant psychotics who took over Afghanistan in 1997. Bin Laden is a political criminal with a plan.
When you think Taliban, think Nazis. When you think Bin Laden, think Hitler.
And when you think "the people of Afghanistan" think "the Jews in the concentration camps."
It's not only that the Afghan people had nothing to do with this atrocity. They were the first victims of the perpetrators. They would exult if someone would come in there, take out the Taliban and clear out the rats' nest of international thugs holed up in their country.
Some say, why don't the Afghans rise up and overthrow the Taliban? The answer is, they're starved, exhausted, hurt, incapacitated, suffering. A few years ago, the United Nations estimated that there are 500,000 disabled orphans in Afghanistan--a country with no economy, no food. There are millions of widows. And the Taliban has been burying these widows alive in mass graves. The soil is littered with land mines, the farms were all destroyed by the Soviets. These are a few of the reasons why the Afghan people have not overthrown the Taliban.
We come now to the question of bombing Afghanistan back to the Stone Age. Trouble is, that's been done. The Soviets took care of it already. Make the Afghans suffer? They're already suffering. Level their houses? Done. Turn their schools into piles of rubble? Done. Eradicate their hospitals? Done. Destroy their infrastructure? Cut them off from medicine and health care? Too late. Someone already did all that.
New bombs would only stir the rubble of earlier bombs. Would they at least get the Taliban? Not likely. In today's Afghanistan, only the Taliban eat, only they have the means to move around. They'd slip away and hide.
So what else is there? What can be done, then? Let me now speak with true fear and trembling. The only way to get Bin Laden is to go in there with ground troops. When people speak of "having the belly to do what needs to be done" they're thinking in terms of having the belly to kill as many as needed. Having the belly to overcome any moral qualms about killing innocent people. Let's pull our heads out of the sand. What's actually on the table is Americans dying. And not just because some Americans would die fighting their way through Afghanistan to Bin Laden's hideout.
It's much bigger than that folks. Because to get any troops to Afghanistan, we'd have to go through Pakistan. Would they let us? Not likely. The conquest of Pakistan would have to be first. Will other Muslim nations just stand by? You see where I'm going. We're flirting with a world war between Islam and the West.
And guess what? - That's Bin Laden's program. That's exactly what he wants. That's why he did this. Read his speeches and statements. It's all right there. He really believes Islam would beat the West. It might seem ridiculous, but he figures if he can polarize the world into Islam and the West, he's got a billion soldiers. If the West wreaks a holocaust in those lands, that's a billion people with nothing left to lose, that's even better from Bin Laden's point of view.
He's probably wrong, in the end the West would win, whatever that would mean, but the war would last for years and millions would die, not just theirs but ours. Who has the belly for that?
Bin Laden does. Anyone else?
Thankfully, I am hearing many voices of reason such as Mr. Ansary's these days. Perhaps this is due to the facility of newer and world-wide communication technologies such as the internet.
I just wish I had more faith in the leaders of this country, and believed that they had the willingness, or even ability, to listen to those voices. I don't.
I couldn't agree MORE with your post. Not only about the FDNY's hoses (as those who know me will attest) but also about their bravery.
I think it really hit home when there was a serious fire one night in the building across 14th Street from Jackie 60, as we were doing our weekly set-up. Not only were the firemen rescuing the people who lived there at the time, but one pulled out a mother cat and her litter of kittens and began giving mouth-to-mouth to each and every one. Bravery, pure and simple.
Lest one find me pompous, I am aware that these are the mumblings of a creature of the 60's. It shattered the harmony of the day and reminded me of something Nostra Domas said, "Out of the sky two metal birds would fly into two large statues in a new city." It's was like knocking twice on the door of unhappiness.
I would humbly suggest before we begin to make policy we do a bit of research on the long history of U.S./Talaban relations. It's is true that this today is very much different from that yesterday and rant if we must, rage if we must, but let us be still in our actions until the dust has cleared from our eyes.
Just like getting a second opinion for a medical operation, one's first impulse may not be the wisest one.
There is such a thing as a transcendent dimension. Christ spoke of it often especially when he said, "Let him without sin cast the first stone."
Ask yourself what really gives me security.
Security when those on whom we depended for security prove to have been unable to supply it.
When I hear talk of war, especially a "long and protracted war", Vietnam springs to mind and vast armies of body bags.
A cartoon character of the 60's called Pogo spoke to it best, "We have met the enemy and it is us."
Let us remember that a tree is judged by the fruit it produces and so it is with nations.
produced by Master Steelow and Father Todd.
It was held Saturdays at the Limelight.
a fundraiser to benefit the American Red Cross.
their and everyone else's efforts.
(Hey kids feel free to post the whole thank-you list in the topic you started for this event in NYC Events. This is primarily a discussion topic and it is huge already!
Sorry, Empress, I just recopied the Steelo e-mail without the usual pruning.
though the thought of Todd at the front line of any disaster is truly mind-boggling...Glad he decided to "help in the best way he knew" !
Thank you for forwarding that post Chi. It's nice to finally have someone reporting the fact that the Taliban does not represent the entire people of Afghanistan, but rather a tiny few who relish the diminished rights of women and the extinction of homosexuals. Reading that post made me think that in the best of worlds a great response for the US would be to go into Afghanistan and instead of hunting down Osama, bringing in relief to its impoverished people, setting up schools, providing major medical support to help the true population become stronger so that they themselves could fight back against the Taliban. If anyone saw the TV special "Behind The Veil" a couple of Sundays ago, you saw that the people of Afghanistan look like they already have one foot in the grave. Destroying the whole country would just turn all of them against us. Perhaps I'm only dreaming.
Today I am attempting to just GET BACK TO IT, including restoring the shattered bookings calendar now re-shattered by those who have fled town, are afraid to come to town, or are just too sad to perform.
Just when Gina Germaine helped orient me to the fact that an entire week has been lifted from the calendar - thank goddess for her Deep-South practicality - "no, mama, it's the 27th you are talking about..the 20th is two days from now.." my last remaining phone keeps going dead after two minutes. Now it doesn't seem to be working at all.
Oh, did I mention that both websites AND their associated email have been down since this morning? If you are wondering why the boards look so crappy take a look in the Welcome and Help forum for the whole sad story.
I am ready to get back to work, but I'm not sure the Fates are approving. Time will tell.
Vent over. Thanks for listening.
I have found it helpful that on my other virtual community there is now a topic called Post-attack NY - I think people were afraid to start one till they knew if there would be anything left of NY. I also find it incredibly painful to keep reading my first post of that day, or Jade's eloquent and simple "Hope everyone slept late this morning.." post that preceded it, every time I want to catch up.
It's the equivalent of the endless footage of the crash on TV, and I have to change the station.
So I'm going to freeze this topic and archive it permanently as a record of this extraordinary coming together that we had, our first true tragedy together, and one of epic proportions.
Therefore I'm asking you to continue the conversations in a few new topics scattered throughout. This is no longer one conversation, but several. It makes us all feel better and shows us once more how this most unique gift of communication was given to us just before we were to need it most.
I have heard over and over how many people were reassured to come on the boards that first day that phones were dead, dialup was dead, but the web still humming, cable modem the only lifeline out, and in.
They were watching their beloved city be torn apart - many miles from home or quite close by, but they could count each person as they posted, or hear what it sounded, smelled and felt like on the street. So many people have mentioned this in email lately, especially our friends on the left coast, and those abroad.
Practical info should still be left in the "Practical Info Only" topic.
For life in NY post-attack - from hopeful signs, re-openings, etc. as well as those who have fled.
For all political discussions of the aftermath of attacks both locally and globally, links to thought-provoking articles, etc.
I'm leaving the village signpost up in the Versailles Room for another few days, then archiving it to the Vault. I also urge you to start a topic IF you feel it hasn't been covered by one of these, but please use discretion - people were starting topics at the drop of a hat for a while there and it only fragments the conversation.
I was there once, Once like you. I reveled in my immortality-- much like you.
Safety, community-- No -- in our hollow protestations -- we cannot save the world.
We cannot right this ship.
Still here. I'm now flying airplanes. The towers gone, the community gone.
Yet, still I'm here. In the nightclub at the end of the world.


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Q: Mathematica returns an empty plot for the real part of the eigenvalues I have a 3*3 matrix. Using Mathematica I have found the eigenvalues in terms of "K". The problem arises when I'm plotting the real part of eigenvalues against "k" (k is a positive number ranging from 0.02 to 0.05). Can someone guide me, why I'm getting empty?

(*Here is my Matrix*)

J1 = {{-v^2 - w^2 - F - D1*k^2, -2*u*v, -2*u*w}, {v^2,
    2*u*v - (F + k1) - D2*k^2, 0}, {w^2, 0,
    2*u*w - (F + k2) - D3*k^2}};

(*I have defined the eigen values as the function of the following \
parameters*)
{λ4[F_, D1_, D2_, D3_, k1_, k2_, u_, v_,
    w_], λ5[F_, D1_, D2_, D3_, k1_, k2_, u_, v_,
    w_], λ6[F_, D1_, D2_, D3_, k1_, k2_, u_, v_, w_]} =
  Eigenvalues[J1];

(*Here are the numerical values of the parameters*)
{λ4[0.025,
    290, 61.443, 11, 0.0043, 0.046, 0.381, 0.0767, 0.186], λ5[
   0.025, 290, 61.443, 11, 0.0043, 0.046, 0.381, 0.0767,
   0.186], λ6[0.025, 290, 61.443, 11, 0.0043, 0.046, 0.381,
   0.0767, 0.186]};

(*Plotting the real part of the eigen values against k*)
Plot[{Re[λ1], Re[λ2], Re[λ3]}, {k, 0.01, 0.05},
 PlotStyle -> {{Thick, Red}, {Thick, Blue}}, Frame -> True,
 FrameLabel -> {Style["k", 18], Style["Re(λ)", 18]}]

A: Is this what you want?
 {np1 = \[Lambda]4[0.025, 290, 61.443, 11, 0.0043, 0.046, 0.381,
       0.0767, 0.186],
     np2 = \[Lambda]5[0.025, 290, 61.443, 11, 0.0043, 0.046, 0.381,
       0.0767, 0.186],
     np3 = \[Lambda]6[0.025, 290, 61.443, 11, 0.0043, 0.046, 0.381,
       0.0767, 0.186]}

and then
    Plot[{Re[np1], Re[np2], Re[np3]}, {k, 0.01, 0.05}, PlotStyle -> {{Thick, Red}, {Thick, Blue}}, Frame -> True, FrameLabel -> {Style["k", 18], Style["Re(\[Lambda])", 18]}]


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South Platte River
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South Platte River[1]
South Platte River in Douglas County, Colorado,
Wašíŋ Wakpá (Lakota)
⁃ location
Confluence of South Fork and Middle Fork
⁃ coordinates
Confluence with North Platte River
⁃ elevation
439 mi (707 km)[2]
⁃ average
174 cu ft/s (4.9 m3/s)
Basin features
Platte—Missouri—Mississippi
Discharge range
0 to 4,640 cu ft/s (0 to 131 m3/s)[3]
The South Platte River in Platte Canyon, Colorado
South Platte River in Denver, Colorado
Kayakers in Eleven Mile Canyon
The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River. Flowing through the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska, it is itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/Mountain West. Its drainage basin includes much of the eastern flank of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado; much of the populated region known as the Colorado Front Range and Eastern Plains; and a portion of southeastern Wyoming in the vicinity of the city of Cheyenne. It joins the North Platte River in western Nebraska to form the Platte, which then flows across Nebraska to the Missouri. The river serves as the principal source of water for eastern Colorado. In its valley along the foothills in Colorado, it has permitted agriculture in an area of the Colorado Piedmont and Great Plains that is otherwise arid.
3 Dams
4 Fly fishing overview
The river is formed in Park County, Colorado, southwest of Denver in the South Park grassland basin by the confluence of the South Fork and Middle Fork, approximately 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Fairplay. Both forks rise along the eastern flank of the Mosquito Range, on the western side of South Park, which is drained by the tributaries at the headwaters of the river. From South Park, it passes through 50 miles (80 km) of the Platte Canyon and its lower section, Waterton Canyon. Here, it is joined by the North Fork before emerging from the foothills southwest of the Denver suburb of Littleton. At Littleton, the river is impounded to form Chatfield Reservoir, a major source of drinking water for the Denver Metropolitan Area.
The river flows north through central Denver, which was founded along its banks at its confluence with Cherry Creek. The valley through Denver is highly industrialized, serving generally as the route for both the railroad lines, as well as Interstate 25. On the north side of Denver it is joined somewhat inconspicuously by Clear Creek, which descends from the mountains to the west in a canyon that was the cradle of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. North of Denver it flows through the agricultural heartland of the Piedmont (a shale region that was formed through erosion by the ancestor of the river following the creation of the Rockies). It flows directly past the communities of Brighton and Fort Lupton, and is joined in succession by Saint Vrain Creek, the Little Thompson River, the Big Thompson River, and the Cache la Poudre River, which it receives just east of Greeley.
East of Greeley it turns eastward, flowing across the Colorado Eastern Plains, past Fort Morgan and Brush, where it turns northeastward. It continues past Sterling, and runs into Nebraska between Julesburg, Colorado and Big Springs, Nebraska. In Nebraska, it passes south of Ogallala and joins the North Platte River near the city of North Platte.
The South Platte River through Denver is on the U.S. EPA's list of impaired waterbodies for pathogen impairment, with E. coli as the representative pathogen species. Other water issues involve the appearance of the New Zealand Mud Snail and of the Zebra Mussel.
The South Platte was originally called Niinéniiniicíihéhe by the native Arapaho people who lived on its banks. The early Spanish explorers called it the Rio Chato (calm river). In 1702, it was named the Rio Jesus Maria by Captain Jose Lopez, the Tewa Irish scout and Captain of War of the New Mexico Indian Auxiliaries who was ordered by the Viceroy of New Spain to search the Tierra Incognita for a French incursion into New Mexico.[4] The South Platte River also served as a vital water source in Colorado. Long before the city of Denver was created many travelers came to the South Platte River to escape the arid Great Plains. These people could survive the heat but not without the vital water source that the South Platte River gave them. Buckets and wells sufficed as a water system for a while but eventually the Denver Water System was created.[5]
Dams[edit]
In an arid region of the United States, the South Platte is marked with several dams. The first notable water impoundment on the South Platte is Antero Reservoir. "Antero" is derived from the Spanish word "first,"[6] as it was the first dam on the South Platte River near the river's origin.
The next dam is Spinney Mountain Reservoir. At capacity Spinney Mountain covers 2,500 acres (10 km2). A bottom release dam, Spinney releases to the east of the inlet.
Two miles below Spinney Mountain Reservoir, the river enters Eleven Mile Reservoir, with a capacity of 97,000 acre feet (120,000,000 m3). The Eleven Mile Reservoir Dam drains into Eleven Mile Canyon, which runs through Forest Service land. Under the reservoir are three former Colorado towns, Howbert, Idlewild, and Freshwater Station, which were submerged to meet the water needs of Denver.[7]
From Eleven Mile Canyon, the South Platte runs northeast to Cheesman Reservoir, named for Denver water pioneer Walter S. Cheesman. At its completion in 1905, the dam was the world's tallest, at 221 feet (67 m) above the streambed. The reservoir and related facilities were purchased in November 1918 by the Denver Water Board. Cheesman was the first reservoir of Denver's mountain storage facilities and has been designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Cheesman Reservoir feeds Cheesman Canyon. Six miles below Cheesman Reservoir is the town of Deckers; there, the river bends north for approximately 17 miles (27 km) to the confluence with the North Fork of the South Platte.
In the late 1980s, a proposal was put forth for the Two Forks Dam, which would have created a reservoir flooding the entire section from the North Fork confluence to the town of Deckers. In 1990 the Environmental Protection Agency vetoed the permit, calling the project an "environmental catastrophe."
From the confluence, the river flows towards Denver and enters Strontia Springs Reservoir.
Below Strontia Springs the South Platte runs through Waterton Canyon before entering Chatfield Reservoir. Chatfield marks the seventh and final dam on the South Platte until it merges with the North Platte.
Fly fishing overview[edit]
The South Platte River is a Gold Medal Western trout river on the Eastern Slope of Colorado. The river is well known for its wild trophy population of Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout. As a result of the close proximity to Denver, the river sees thousands of fly fishing enthusiasts each year. With seven dams on the river, the South Platte is considered a tailwater fishery. Most of these dams are bottom released which allow for both stable water temperatures throughout the year, and year-round fly fishing. Popular fly fishing stretches of the river include Waterton Canyon, Deckers, Cheesman Canyon and the Dream Stream.
List of rivers of Colorado
List of rivers of Nebraska
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South Platte River Trail Scenic and Historic Byway, a 19-mile byway in Sedgwick County, Colorado
South Platte Trail, the historic trail along the South Platte River, from northwestern Colorado to the Denver area
^ "South Platte River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 25, 2011
^ Water Data Report, Colorado 2003, from Water Resources Data Colorado Water Year 2003, USGS.
^ Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State. Nebraska State Historical Society. p. 46.
^ Denver Water History Archived 2016-09-03 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed June 23, 2014.
^ "Antero Reservoir | Denver Water". www.denverwater.org. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
^ Laura King Van Dusen, "Forty-Six Years in Howbert: 1887-1933: Former Ranching, Railroading Community Covered by Eleven-Mile Reservoir", Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2013), ISBN 978-1-62619-161-7, pp. 97-104.
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Sahayog, a MBA student group involves itself in community services. The Business Management, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology Management and MMS students form the core group of this initiative. Sahayog inculcates a sense of social responsibility among the student community in SIESCOMS. This is done by organizing events in the college such as clothes donation, blood donation, environment awareness, fund raising programs, talks by social entrepreneurs, visits to NGOs and the like on a regular basis. It provides a platform to students to give back to the society. Sahayog also organizes debates, discussions and competitions on social issues to enable students to understand the realities existing in our society and to reflect on it.
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All players are on the ice this morning, including Malkin and ZAR, who are both in regular jerseys (not wearing no-contact jerseys).
Observations would seem to be Malkin back in, ZAR still out, and Schultz still out.
And from the land of blender, blender on the counter.....Bjugstad, who should be a center, and can play RW.....is playing LW.
I can't really comment on ZAR since he is coming back from injury, but Wilson over Blueger.
Hornqvist on the 4th line RW.
For the love of God Sully, stop with the **** lines all over the place.
FLPensFan wrote: All players are on the ice this morning, including Malkin and ZAR, who are both in regular jerseys (not wearing no-contact jerseys).
Horny on the 4th line. That's an expensive 4th liner!
Get Horny on the top 6 and leave him there please.
Malkin back is great news.
I think I heard on the FAN that Kessel is off the 1st PP, but I may have been hearing things as I was multi-tasking.
Cow_Master66 wrote: I think I heard on the FAN that Kessel is off the 1st PP, but I may have been hearing things as I was multi-tasking.
He was off the first PP unit in practice.
Crosby, Malkin, Hornqvist were the first 3, Kessel, Bjugstad, Guentzel were second unit I believe.
Pettersson and Letang were first unit D, and Maatta-Riikola was 2nd unit D, but, then the d pairs switched to the other units.
Seems the line blender has bled its way on the PP now.
Confirmed by Sullivan as tonight's starter.
Malkin probable according to Sullivan, game time decision. ZAR and Schultz confirmed out.
Oh....hold the phone....I owe Mike Sullivan a huge apology. He is not playing Blugstad on the LW. Bjugstad will be on the RW.
.....and Kessel will be the LW on that line with Malkin.
Why don't we just play Casey DeSmith as our 3rd line center. Dress Jacques Martin as a bottom pairing d-man.....this is just asinine at this point where Sullivan is putting players.
FLPensFan wrote: Why don't we just play Casey DeSmith as our 3rd line center.
Jarry is a proven scorer, what does he need to do to get a shot at 3C?
So it's Kessel being moved to LW? That ought to piss Phil off royally, being switched to his off wing at the same time as being taken off the 1PP. I guess my eyes have deceived my that Malkin has been a leader in PP turnovers, since he is staying on the top unit. Even though moving Malkin would make some sense, as both he and Crosby prefer the same half wall position.
And I guess Bjugstad was traded for to play top 6 RW, not C, and that McCann was their intended 3C all along?
Maestro wrote: Blueger should be playing.
I agree completely. He's shown the desire and is even producing right now when few others are. I'm starting to lose faith in HCMS. I used to think he was great at adjusting to take advantage of other teams. Now, it feels like the Disco Dan era of "get to your game" nonsense. I don't know, but things sure seem STALE.
FLPensFan wrote: Oh....hold the phone....I owe Mike Sullivan a huge apology. He is not playing Blugstad on the LW. Bjugstad will be on the RW.
Sullivan seems to have hit the panic button. Phil at LW???? WHY? Blueger blenched? This will be an interesting game to say the least.
Martin might be an improvement over Johnson though so that move would actually be worth a shot. Let Johnson stand behind the bench in a suit.
These lines, both offense and defense, are just nonsensical.
KG wrote: Horny on the 4th line. That's an expensive 4th liner!
Believe me. Horny has the personality where he will prove he needs to be in the top 6. He hasn't scored in a while and Sully is pushing his button. Let's let Sully do his thing and see how it works.
If he hasn't been playing like a top 6 recently, why do you want him there?
Read to day that Blueger had played against Carter Hart twice this season in the AHL and scored on him in both games. So, yeah, bench him.
I've been losing respect for Sullivan over the last while, but seeing today's lines is taking the cake. I just sit here puzzled as to how these knowledgeable, experienced hockey guys can make the decisions and signings that Sullivan and Rutherford have made lately.
Falling in love with Cullen and Wilson is a disgrace. Wake up, open your eyes and see these guys for what they're worth. Blueger has done everything he can do this year to earn a spot, including the geezer of a GM talking him up. He comes up, doesn't look one bit out of place, has 2 goals and an assist in 6 games in 4th line duty and he gets scratched. Absolutely zero excuse for this when he's competing against the likes of Wilson and Cullen.
Did the GM and coach even have any sort of plan in place when making this Florida trade? I immediately envisioned Bjugstad as the 3rd line centre when guys like Sheahan and Brassard get shipped out. Nah, instead he's played all over the place and they're making McCann the 3C? I like the addition of McCann, but maybe as the 4C or on the wing and maybe on the 3rd in times of need. I'd like to say I trust the coaching staff, but how the F can you?
They just took a 351 goal scoring RW and moved him to his off wing. Why?
They're breaking up their best D pairing in order to try to get Jack Johnson going. Jack Johnson, a guy that hasn't been good anywhere in his career, ever. When amateur hockey minds can see this in both numbers and by watching, you have to lose a LOT of faith in this coaching staff. This was a terrible signing by the GM, there's no way around it, but it's amplified by the fact that Sullivan and staff keep elevating him instead of demoting him. Sullivan could easily cut his ice, shelter him, or even scratch him, but it's not happening. They are actually trying to utilize him in the top 4. It's embarrassing when a guy like Ruhwedel is rotting away for months at a time and can't even get a sniff. It's disgraceful that this organization top to bottom keeps letting this continue. Own up to your mistake!
Now I read that the Pens have traded for Siebenaler? Hopefully that's to shore up the AHL because a guy like Prow is getting the call because Johnson is being traded? Who knows what to think.
Now we're taking one of our best PP guys off the PP because Sully's PP design is set up to turn pucks over and always has? How is this Kessel's fault?
It's a downright joke the way things are going now. Sure people will say, "they know more than you". Really? Because their ridiculous decisions are resulting in nothing but loss after loss.
Owchar76 wrote: I've been losing respect for Sullivan over the last while, but seeing today's lines is taking the cake. I just sit here puzzled as to how these knowledgeable, experienced hockey guys can make the decisions and signings that Sullivan and Rutherford have made lately.
Owchar76 wrote: They just took a 351 goal scoring RW and moved him to his off wing. Why?
Welcome back Evgeni! No pressure or anything, just fix Phil and your team.
penny lane wrote: Welcome back Evgeni! No pressure or anything, just fix Phil and your team.


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