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Rivercat on Sydney harbour, heading upstream to Parramatta, via Darling Harbour. It had just departed from the Luna Park (Milson's Point) wharf, having commenced its journey at Circular Quay.
Photographed as it glided past the Blues Point Reserve, near McMahons Point, Sydney.
This is the 'Evonne Goolagong' Rivercat, named in honour of Evonne Goolagong, an indigenous Australian woman, who, at the age of only 19, won the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament, in 1971. She was later known as Evonne Cawley. She was the world No. 1 ranked womens tennis player in the 1970s, winning 14 Grand Slam titles. Amazingly, in 1980, she won Wimbledon again, being the first 'mother' to do so. See:
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Well I don’t know if you managed to get a bet on race before they came under the starters order.....But it’s too late now.....As we have a photo finish between the outright odds on favourite Jazz who came in strongly on the outside rail.....Or is it the 100/1 rank outsider Millie who has put on a late bust to come through the middle to perhaps steal the show from Jazz.....I see that both Halo and Maysie-May think that Millie has it by a whisker as they cheer her on...(I wonder on who they had their money on!!!!).......But I am not so sure.....(Yes I bet the beer fund money on the favourite Jazz).....The question is, did Millie manage to get that right hand paw down before Jazz nose crossed the line.....I don’t think so somehow.....Leaving me to pick up my winning......But maybe you might see it somehow different to that!!!!!......
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This is the lineup for the BYU women's volleyball team, currently ranked #1 in the U.S. We attended a game in the Smith Fieldhouse on a Saturday afternoon right before a football game and the place was still quite full. Everyone loves a winner. They were very impressive as they dominated their competition, St. Mary's, in straight sets.
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"This one is for the football fans out there. When I took this shot at a produce stand the
other day I was thinkin' about the upcoming game between Ole Miss & Alabama. About
how exciting it would be if the Rebels could beat the #1 ranked Crimson Tide. WELL....
it happened, Y'all....on a beautiful fall day in Oxford, Mississippi! yay 1st time since 2003
when Eli Manning was playing for Ole Miss. So glad my grandson (who is a freshman
majoring in sports journalism) was there to witness it!" Go Rebels! :)
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Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo Unicinctus) is an American Native, very common in the deserts of the southwest, into Mexico, then right through the drier areas of South America to Chile. It's a very common Falconry Bird, often the first one people 'practice' with as they can be very tame and not particularly aggressive.
Falcons have been used to hunt for centuries and they play an important part in Nature's Eco-system by removing the weak or injured. They also have been used for years at busy airports to clear the area of small birds that are a threat to incoming and outgoing aircraft and have been used to remove an unwanted pigeon population from London's Trafalgar Square.
John James Audubon gave this bird its English name in honor of his ornithological companion, financial supporter, & friend Edward Harris.
Master Falconer Ray Pena's Falconry Introduction video:
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Darien High's Matthew Minicus makes a diving, sliding catch in the end zone for a touchdown against St. Joseph Saturday afternoon.
In a battle between the state's top 2 teams, No. 1-ranked Darien toppled St. Joseph, 42-14.
University of Western Ontario Mustangs are the No 1 ranked team in Canada in college football and beat Ontario rivals the Ottawa GeeGees 50-17 in the Homecoming Weekend Festival on Saturday September 23/23.
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The crowd at Darrell K. Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium about to watch the #1 ranked Texas Longhorns play #11 Missouri on a spectacular Fall evening in Austin, Texas. The glow of the sky behind the stadium caught my eye. Attendance was 98,383. BTW, that building you see behind the stadium lights is the UT clock tower.
BTW, the Texas Longhorns won 56-31 solidifying their #1 ranking in the nation.
The University of Arizona (also referred to as UA, U of A, or Arizona) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885 (twenty-seven years before the Arizona Territory achieved statehood), and is considered a Public Ivy. UA includes the only medical school in Arizona that grants M.D. degrees. In 2006, total enrollment was 36,805 students. UA is governed by the Arizona Board of Regents.
The University of Arizona was approved by the Arizona Territory''''''''''''''''s Thieving Thirteenth Legislature in 1885. The city of Tucson had hoped to receive the appropriation for the territory''''''''''''''''s mental hospital, which carried a $100,000 allocation instead of the $25,000 allotted to the territory''''''''''''''''s only university (Arizona State University was also chartered in 1885, but at the time it was created as Arizona''''''''''''''''s normal school, and not a university). Tucson''''''''''''''''s contingent of legislators was delayed in reaching Prescott due to flooding on the Salt River and by the time they arrived back-room deals allocating the most desirable territorial institutions had already been made. Tucson was largely disappointed at receiving what was viewed as an inferior prize. With no parties willing to step forth and provide land for the new institution, the citizens of Tucson prepared to return the money to the Territorial Legislature until two gamblers and a saloon keeper decided to donate the land necessary to build the school. Classes met for the first time in 1891 with 32 students in Old Main, the first building constructed on campus, and still in use to this day.[2]
Because there were no high schools in Arizona Territory, the University maintained separate preparatory classes for the first 23 years of operation.
The main campus sits on 380 acres (1.5 km2) in central Tucson, about one mile (1.6 km) northeast of downtown. There are 179 buildings on the main campus. Many of the early buildings, including the Arizona State Museum buildings (one of them the 1927 main library) and Centennial Hall, were designed by Roy Place, a prominent Tucson architect. It was Place''''''''''''''''s use of red brick that set the tone for the red brick facades that are a basic and ubiquitous part of nearly all UA buildings, even those built in recent decades. Indeed, almost every UA building has red brick as a major component of the design, or at the very least, a stylistic accent to harmonize it with the other buildings on campus. [3][4]
The campus is roughly divided into quadrants. The north and south sides of campus are delineated by a grassy expanse called the Mall, which stretches from Old Main eastward to the campus'''''''''''''''' eastern border at Campbell Avenue (a major north-south arterial street). The west and east sides of campus are separated roughly by Highland Avenue and the Student Union Memorial Center (see below).
The science and mathematics buildings tend to be clustered in the southwest quadrant; the intercollegiate athletics facilities to the southeast; the arts and humanities buildings to the northwest (with the dance department being a major exception as its main facilities are far to the east end of campus), with the engineering buildings in the north central area. The optical and space sciences buildings are clustered on the east side of campus near the sports stadiums and the (1976) main library.
Speedway Boulevard, one of Tucson''''''''''''''''s primary east-west arterial streets, traditionally defined the northern boundary of campus but since the 1980s, several university buildings have been constructed north of this street, expanding into a neighborhood traditionally filled with apartment complexes and single-family homes. The University has purchased a handful of these apartment complexes for student housing in recent years. Sixth Street typically defines the southern boundary, with single-family homes (many of which are rented out to students) south of this street.
Park Avenue has traditionally defined the western boundary of campus, and there is a stone wall which runs along a large portion of the east side of the street, leading to the old Main Gate, and into the driveway leading to Old Main.
Along or adjacent to all of these major streets are a wide variety of retail facilities serving the student, faculty and staff population: shops, bookstores, bars, banks, credit unions, coffeehouses and major chain fast-food restaurants such as Burger King and Chick-fil-A. The area near University Boulevard and Park Avenue, near the Main Gate, has long been a major center of such retail activity; many of the shops have been renovated since the late 1990s and a nine-story Marriott hotel was built in this immediate district in 1996.
The oldest campus buildings are located west of Old Main. Most of the buildings east of Old Main date from the 1940s to the 1980s, with a few recent buildings constructed in the years since 1990.
The Student Union Memorial Center, located on the north side of the Mall east of Old Main, was completely reconstructed between 2000 and 2003, replacing a 270,000-square-foot (25,000 m2) structure originally opened in 1951 (with additions in the 1960s). The new $60 million student union has 405,000 square feet (37,600 m2) of space on four levels, including 14 restaurants (including a food court with such national chains as Burger King, Panda Express, Papa John''''''''''''''''s Pizza and Chick-fil-A), a new two-level bookstore (that includes a counter for Clinique merchandise as well as an office supplies section sponsored by Staples with many of the same Staples-branded items found in their regular stores), 23 meeting rooms, eight lounge areas (including one dedicated to the USS Arizona), a computer lab, a U.S. Post Office, a copy center named Fast Copy, and a video arcade.
For current museum hours, fees, and directions see "campus visitor''''''''''''''''s guide" in the external links.
Much of the main campus has been designated an arboretum. Plants from around the world are labeled along a self-guided plant walk. The Krutch Cactus Garden includes the tallest Boojum tree in the state of Arizona.[6] (The university also manages Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, located c. 85 miles (137 km) north of the main campus.)
Two herbaria are located on the University campus and both are referred to as "ARIZ" in the Index Herbariorum
The University of Arizona Herbarium - contains roughly 400,000 specimens of plants.
The Robert L. Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium - contains more than 40,000 specimens of fungi.
The Arizona State Museum is the oldest anthropology museum in the American Southwest.
The Center for Creative Photography features rotating exhibits. The permanent collection includes over 70,000 photos, including many Ansel Adams originals.
University of Arizona Museum of Art.
The Arizona Historical Society is located one block west of campus.
Flandrau Science Center has exhibits, a planetarium, and a public-access telescope.
The University of Arizona Mineral Museum is located inside Flandrau Science Center. The collection dates back to 1892 and contains over 20,000 minerals from around the world, including many examples from Arizona and Mexico.
The University of Arizona Poetry Center
The Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, opened in 2003 (across the Mall from McKale Center) as a 28,600-square-foot (2,660 m2) dedicated performance venue for the UA''''''''''''''''s dance program, one of the most highly regarded university dance departments in the United States. Designed by Gould Evans, a Phoenix-based architectural firm, the theatre was awarded the 2003 Citation Award from the American Institute of Architects, Arizona Chapter. [7]
The football stadium has the Navajo-Pinal-Sierra dormitory in it. The dorm rooms are underneath the seats along the South and East sides of the stadium.
Academics
[edit] Academic subdivisions
The University of Arizona offers 334 fields of study at four levels: bachelor''''''''''''''''s, masters, doctoral, and first professional.
Academic departments and programs are organized into colleges and schools. Typically, schools are largely independent or separately important from their parent college. In addition, not all schools are a part of a college. The university maintains a current list of colleges and schools at <a href="http://www.arizona.edu/index/colleges.php">www.arizona.edu/index/colleges.php</a>. [10]
[edit] Admissions
The UA is considered a &quot;selective&quot; university by U.S. News and World Report.[11] In the fall semester of 2007, the UA matriculated 6,569 freshmen, out of 16,853 freshmen admitted, from an application pool of 21,199 applicants. The average person admitted to the university as a freshman in fall 2007 had a weighted GPA of 3.31 and an average score of 1102 out of 1600 on the SAT admissions test. Sixty-nine of these freshman students were National Merit Scholars.[12]
UA students hail from all states in the U.S. While nearly 72% of students are from Arizona, nearly 10% are from California, followed by a significant student presence from Illinois, Texas, Washington, and New York (2007).[13] The UA has over 2,200 international students representing 122 countries. International students comprise approximately 6% of the total enrollment at UA.[13]
[edit] Academic and research reputation
Among the strongest programs at UA are optical sciences, astronomy, astrophysics, planetary sciences, hydrology, Earth Sciences, hydrogeology, linguistics, philosophy, sociology, architecture and landscape architecture, engineering, and anthropology.
Arizona is classified as a Carnegie Foundation &quot;RU/VH: Research Universities (very high research activity)&quot; university (formerly &quot;Research 1&quot; university).
The university receives more than $500 million USD annually in research funding, generating around two thirds of the research dollars in the Arizona university system.[14] 26th highest in the U.S. (including public and private institutions).[15] The university has an endowment of $466.7 million USD as of 2006(2006 NACUBO Endowment Study).[16]
UA is awarded more NASA grants for space exploration than any other university nationally.[17] The UA was recently awarded over $325 million USD for its Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) to lead NASA''''''''''''''''s 2007-08 mission to Mars to explore the Martian Arctic. The LPL''''''''''''''''s work in the Cassini spacecraft orbit around Saturn is larger than that of any other university globally. The UA laboratory designed and operated the atmospheric radiation investigations and imaging on the probe.[18] The UA operates the HiRISE camera, a part of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The Eller College of Management McGuire Entrepreneurship program is currently the number 1 ranked undergraduate program in the country. This ranking was made by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine.
The Council for Aid to Education ranked the UA 12th among public universities and 24th overall in financial support and gifts.[citation needed] Campaign Arizona, an effort to raise over $1 billion USD for the school, exceeded that goal by $200 million a year earlier than projected.[19]
The National Science Foundation ranks UA 16th among public universities, and 26th among all universities nationwide in research funding.[19]
UA receives more NASA grants annually than the next nine top NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory-funded universities combined.[19]
UA students have been selected as Flinn, Truman, Rhodes, Goldwater, Fulbright, and National Merit scholars.[20]
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, UA is among the top 25 producers of Fulbright awards in the U.S.[19]
[edit] World rankings
Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China): 77th (2008).
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (Cybermetrics Lab, National Research Council of Spain): 18th (2008).
The G-Factor International University Ranking (Peter Hirst): 15th (2006).
Professional Ranking of World Universities (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, France): 35th (2008).
Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan): 37th (2008).
Global University Ranking by Wuhan University (Wuhan University, China): 43rd (2007).
[edit] Notable associations
UA is a member of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, a consortium of institutions pursuing research in astronomy. The association operates observatories and telescopes, notably Kitt Peak National Observatory located just outside of Tucson.
UA is a member of the Association of American Universities, and the sole representative from Arizona to this group.
[edit] Notable rankings
The Eller College of Management''''''''''''''''s programs in Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Management Information Systems, and Marketing are ranked in the nation''''''''''''''''s top 25 by U.S. News &amp; World Report. The Masters in MIS program has been ranked in the top 5 by U.S. News &amp; World Report since the inception of the rankings.[21] It is one of three programs to have this distinction.
The Eller MBA program has ranked among the top 50 programs for 11 straight years by U.S. News &amp; World Report. In 2005 the MBA program was ranked 40th by U.S. News &amp; World Report. Forbes Magazine ranked the Eller MBA program 33rd overall for having the best Return on Investment (ROI), in its fourth biennial rankings of business schools 2005. The MBA program was ranked 24th by The Wall Street Journal''''''''''''''''s 2005 Interactive Regional Ranking.[22]
Out of 30 accredited graduate programs in landscape architecture in the country, DesignIntelligence ranked the College’s School of Landscape Architecture as the No. 1 graduate program in the western region. For 2009 the Undergraduate Program in Architecture was ranked 12th in the nation for all universities, public and private.
The James E. Rogers College of Law was ranked 38th nationally by U.S. News &amp; World Report in 2008.[23]
According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is one of the top-rated research departments in ecology and evolutionary biology in the U.S.
The Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) Department is ranked 18th in the ''''''''''''''''America''''''''''''''''s Best Graduate Schools 2006'''''''''''''''' by US News and World Report.
The analytical chemistry program at UA is ranked 4th nationally by U.S. News &amp; World Report (2006).[22]
The Geosciences program is ranked 7th nationally by U.S. News &amp; World Report in 2006.[22]
The Doctor of Pharmacy program is ranked 4th nationally by U.S. News &amp; World Report in 2005.[22]
The Photography program is ranked 9th nationally, also by U.S. News &amp; World Report in 2008.
The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in Creative Writing at the University of Arizona has ranked in the top ten consistently according to U.S. News &amp; World Report.
In the Philosophical Gourmet rankings of philosophy departments, the graduate program in Philosophy is ranked 13th nationally. The political philosophy program at the University of Arizona is top ranked first in the English speaking world, according to the same report.
Many programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have ranked in the top ten in the U.S. according to Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index: Agricultural Sciences -- No. 1, Agronomy and Crop Sciences -- No. 1, Entomology -- No. 2, Botany and Plant Biology -- No. 4, Nutrition -- No. 10.
In 2005, the Association of Research Libraries, in its &quot;Ranked Lists for Institutions for 2005&quot; (the most recent year available), ranked the UA libraries as the 33rd overall university library in North America (out of 113) based on various statistical measures of quality; this is one rank below the library of Duke University, one rank ahead of that of Northwestern University[24] (both these schools are members, along with the UA, of the Association of American Universities).
As of 2006, the UA''''''''''''''''s library system contains nearly five million volumes.
The Main Library, opened in 1976, serves as the library system''''''''''''''''s reference, periodical, and administrative center; most of the main collections and special collections are housed here as well. The Main Library is located on the southeast quadrant of campus near McKale Center and Arizona Stadium.
In 2002, a $20 million, 100,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) addition, the Integrated Learning Center (ILC), was completed; it is a home base for first-year students (especially those undecided on a major) which features classrooms, auditoriums, a courtyard with an alcove for vending machines, and a greatly expanded computer lab (the Information Commons) with several dozen Gateway and Apple Macintosh G5 workstations (these computers are available for use by the general public (with some restrictions) as well as by UA students, faculty and staff). Much of the ILC was constructed underground, underneath the east end of the Mall; the ILC connects to the basement floor of the Main Library through the Information Commons. As part of the project, additional new office space for the Library was constructed on the existing fifth floor.
The Science and Engineering Library is in a nearby building from the 1960s that houses volumes and periodicals from those fields. The Music Building (on the northwest quadrant of campus where many of the fine arts disciplines are clustered) houses the Fine Arts Library, including reference collections for architecture, music (including sheet music, recordings and listening stations), and photography. There is a small library at the Center for Creative Photography, also in the fine arts complex, devoted to the art and science of photography. The Law Library is in the law building.
The libraries at University of Arizona are expecting a 15 percent budget cut for the 2009 fiscal year. They will begin to explore the possibilities of cutting staff, cutting online modules, and closing some libraries. The biggest threat is the possible closure of 11 libraries. The staff is projected to decline from 180 employees to 155 employees. They also intend to cut face-face instructional program that teaches students in English 101 and 102 how to navigate the library. This will now be taught online.
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Arizona Wildcats
Like many large public universities in the U.S., sports are a major activity on campus, and receive a large operating budget. Arizona''''''''''''''''s athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats, a name derived from a 1914 football game with then California champions Occidental College, where the L.A. Times asserted that, &quot;the Arizona men showed the fight of wildcats.&quot;[25] The University of Arizona participates in the NCAA''''''''''''''''s Division I-A in the Pacific-10 Conference, which it joined in 1978.
[edit] Men''''''''''''''''s basketball
Main article: Arizona Wildcats men''''''''''''''''s basketball
The men''''''''''''''''s basketball team has been one of the nation''''''''''''''''s most successful programs since Lute Olson was hired as head coach in 1983, and is still known as a national powerhouse in Division I men''''''''''''''''s basketball.[26] As of 2009, the team has reached the NCAA Tournament 25 consecutive years, which is the longest active and second-longest streak in NCAA history (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had the longest streak with 27).[27] The Wildcats have reached the Final Four of the NCAA tournament in 1988, 1994, 1997, and 2001. In 1997, Arizona defeated the University of Kentucky, the defending national champions, to win the NCAA National Championship (NCAA Men''''''''''''''''s Division I Basketball Championship) by a score of 84–79 in overtime; Arizona''''''''''''''''s first national championship victory. The 1997 championship team became the first and only in NCAA history to defeat three number-one seeds en route to a national title (Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky -- the North Carolina game being the final game for longtime UNC head coach Dean Smith). Point guard Miles Simon was chosen as 1997 Final Four MVP (Simon was also an assistant coach under Olson from 2005–08). The Cats also boast the third highest winning percentage over the last twenty years. Arizona has won a total of 21 conference championships in its'''''''''''''''' programs history.
The Wildcats play their home games at the McKale Center in Tucson. A number of former Wildcats have gone on to pursue successful professional NBA careers (especially during the Lute Olson era), including Gilbert Arenas, Richard Jefferson, Mike Bibby, Jason Terry, Sean Elliott, Damon Stoudamire, Luke Walton, Hassan Adams, Salim Stoudamire, Andre Iguodala, Channing Frye, Brian Williams (later known as Bison Dele), Sean Rooks, Jud Buechler, Michael Dickerson and Steve Kerr. Kenny Lofton, now best known as a former Major League Baseball star, was a four year letter winner as a Wildcat basketball player (and was on the 1988 Final Four team), before one year on the Arizona baseball team. Another notable former Wildcat basketball player is Eugene Edgerson, who played on the 1997 and 2001 Final Four squads, and is currently one of the primary stars of the Harlem Globetrotters as &quot;Wildkat&quot; Edgerson.
Before Lute Olson''''''''''''''''s hire in 1983, Arizona was the first major Division I school to hire an African American head coach in Fred Snowden, in 1972. After a 25-year tenure as Arizona head coach, Olson announced his retirement from the Arizona basketball program in October 2008. After two seasons of using interim coaches, Arizona named Sean Miller, head coach at Xavier University, as its new head basketball coach in April 2009.
The football team began at The University of Arizona in 1899 under the nickname &quot;Varsity&quot; (a name kept until the 1914 season when the team was deemed the &quot;Wildcats&quot;).[28]
The football team was notably successful in the 1990s, under head coach Dick Tomey; his &quot;Desert Swarm&quot; defense was characterized by tough, hard-nosed tactics. In 1993, the team had its first 10-win season and beat the University of Miami Hurricanes in the Fiesta Bowl by a score of 29–0. It was the bowl game''''''''''''''''s only shutout in its then 23-year history. In 1998, the team posted a school-record 12–1 season and made the Holiday Bowl in which it defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Arizona ended that season ranked 4th nationally in the coaches and API poll. The 1998 Holiday Bowl was televised on ESPN and set the now-surpassed record of being the most watched of any bowl game in that network''''''''''''''''s history (the current record belongs to the 2005 Alamo Bowl between Michigan and Nebraska). The program is led by Mike Stoops, brother of Bob Stoops, the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma.
[edit] Baseball
Main article: Arizona Wildcats baseball
The baseball team had its first season in 1904. The baseball team has captured three national championship titles in 1976, 1980, and 1986, all coached by Jerry Kindall. Arizona baseball teams have appeared in the NCAA National Championship title series a total of six times, including 1956, 1959, 1963, 1976, 1980, and 1986 (College World Series). The team is currently coached by Andy Lopez; aided by Assistant Coach Mark Wasikowski, Assistant Coach Jeff Casper and Volunteer Assistant Coach Keith Francis. Arizona baseball also has a student section named The Hot Corner. Famous UA baseball alums include current Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona, Cleveland Indian Kenny Lofton, Yankee Shelley Duncan, Brewers closer Trevor Hoffman, Diamondbacks third-base coach Chip Hale, former 12-year MLB pitcher and current minor league coach Craig Lefferts, longtime MLB standout J. T. Snow, star MLB pitchers Don Lee, Carl Thomas, Mike Paul, Dan Schneider, Rich Hinton and Ed Vosberg, NY Giants slugger Hank Leiber, Yankee catcher Ron Hassey, and Red Sox coach Brad Mills. Former Angels and Cardinals (among others) pitcher Joe Magrane is also a UA alum.
[edit] Softball
The Arizona softball team is among the top programs in the country and a perennial powerhouse. The softball team has won eight NCAA Women''''''''''''''''s College World Series titles, in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2007 under head coach Mike Candrea (NCAA Softball Championship). Arizona defeated the University of Tennessee in the 2007 National Championship series in Oklahoma City. The team has appeared in the NCAA National Championship in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006, and 2007 (a feat second only to UCLA), and has reached the College World Series 19 of the past 20 years. Coach Candrea, along with former Arizona pitcher Jennie Finch, led the 2004 U.S. Olympic softball team to a gold medal in Athens, Greece. The Wildcat softball team plays at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium.
[edit] Men''''''''''''''''s and women''''''''''''''''s golf
The university''''''''''''''''s golf teams have also been notably successful. The men''''''''''''''''s team won a national championship in 1992 (NCAA Division I Men''''''''''''''''s Golf Championships), while the women''''''''''''''''s team won national championships in 1996 and 2000 (NCAA Women''''''''''''''''s Golf Championship).
A strong athletic rivalry exists between the University of Arizona and Arizona State University located in Tempe. The UA leads the all-time record against ASU in men''''''''''''''''s basketball (138-73), football (44–35–1), and baseball (224–189–1) as of January 2006. The football rivalry game between the schools is known as &quot;The Duel in the Desert.&quot; The trophy awarded after each game, the Territorial Cup, is the nation''''''''''''''''s oldest rivalry trophy, distinguished by the NCAA. Rivalries have also been created with other Pac-10 teams, especially University of California, Los Angeles which has provided a worthy softball rival and was Arizona''''''''''''''''s main basketball rival in the early and mid-1990s.
[edit] Mascot
The University mascot is an anthropomorphized wildcat named Wilbur. The identity of Wilbur is kept secret through the year as the mascot appears only in costume. In 1986, Wilbur married his longtime wildcat girlfriend, Wilma. Together, Wilbur and Wilma appear along with the cheerleading squad at most Wildcat sporting events.[29] Wilbur was originally created by Bob White as a cartoon character in the University''''''''''''''''s humor magazine, Kitty Kat. From 1915 through the 1950s the school mascot was a live bobcat, a species known locally as a wildcat. This succession of live mascots were known by the common name of Rufus Arizona, originally named after Rufus von Kleinsmid, president of the university from 1914 to 1921. 1959 marked the creation of the first incarnated Wilbur, when University student John Paquette and his roommate, Dick Heller, came up with idea of creating a costume for a student to wear. Ed Stuckenhoff was chosen to wear the costume at the homecoming game in 1959 against Texas Tech and since then it has become a long-standing tradition. Wilbur will celebrate his 50th birthday in November 2009.
Officially implemented in 2003, Zona Zoo is the official student section and student ticketing program for the University of Arizona Athletics. The Zona Zoo program is co-owned by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona (ASUA) and Arizona Athletics, the program is run by a team of spirited individuals called the Zona Zoo Crew. Zona Zoo is one of the largest and most spirited student sections in NCAA Division I Athletics.
Notable venues
McKale Center, opened in 1973, is currently used by men''''''''''''''''s and women''''''''''''''''s basketball, women''''''''''''''''s gymnastics, and women''''''''''''''''s volleyball. The official capacity has changed often. The largest crowd to see a game in McKale was 15,176 in 1976 for a game against the University of New Mexico, a main rival during that period. In 2000, the floor in McKale was dubbed Lute Olson Court, for the basketball program''''''''''''''''s winningest coach. During a memorial service in 2001 for Lute''''''''''''''''s wife, Bobbi, who died after a battle with ovarian cancer, the floor was renamed Lute and Bobbi Olson Court. In addition to the playing surface, McKale Center is host to the offices of the UA athletic department. McKale Center is named after J.F. Pop McKale, who was athletic director and coach from 1914 through 1957. Joe Cavaleri (&quot;The Ooh-Aah Man&quot;) made his dramatic and inspiring appearances there.
Arizona Stadium, built in 1928 and last expanded in 1976, seats over 56,000 patrons. It hosts American football games and has also been used for university graduations. The turf is bermuda grass, taken from the local Tucson National Golf Club. Arizona football''''''''''''''''s home record is 258-139-12. The largest crowd ever in Arizona Stadium was 59,920 in 1996 for a game against Arizona State University.
Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium hosts baseball games.
Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium hosts softball games.
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The University of Arizona (also referred to as UA, U of A, or Arizona) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885 (twenty-seven years before the Arizona Territory achieved statehood), and is considered a Public Ivy. UA includes the only medical school in Arizona that grants M.D. degrees. In 2006, total enrollment was 36,805 students. UA is governed by the Arizona Board of Regents.
The University of Arizona was approved by the Arizona Territory''''''''''''''''s Thieving Thirteenth Legislature in 1885. The city of Tucson had hoped to receive the appropriation for the territory''''''''''''''''s mental hospital, which carried a $100,000 allocation instead of the $25,000 allotted to the territory''''''''''''''''s only university (Arizona State University was also chartered in 1885, but at the time it was created as Arizona''''''''''''''''s normal school, and not a university). Tucson''''''''''''''''s contingent of legislators was delayed in reaching Prescott due to flooding on the Salt River and by the time they arrived back-room deals allocating the most desirable territorial institutions had already been made. Tucson was largely disappointed at receiving what was viewed as an inferior prize. With no parties willing to step forth and provide land for the new institution, the citizens of Tucson prepared to return the money to the Territorial Legislature until two gamblers and a saloon keeper decided to donate the land necessary to build the school. Classes met for the first time in 1891 with 32 students in Old Main, the first building constructed on campus, and still in use to this day.[2]
Because there were no high schools in Arizona Territory, the University maintained separate preparatory classes for the first 23 years of operation.
The main campus sits on 380 acres (1.5 km2) in central Tucson, about one mile (1.6 km) northeast of downtown. There are 179 buildings on the main campus. Many of the early buildings, including the Arizona State Museum buildings (one of them the 1927 main library) and Centennial Hall, were designed by Roy Place, a prominent Tucson architect. It was Place''''''''''''''''s use of red brick that set the tone for the red brick facades that are a basic and ubiquitous part of nearly all UA buildings, even those built in recent decades. Indeed, almost every UA building has red brick as a major component of the design, or at the very least, a stylistic accent to harmonize it with the other buildings on campus. [3][4]
The campus is roughly divided into quadrants. The north and south sides of campus are delineated by a grassy expanse called the Mall, which stretches from Old Main eastward to the campus'''''''''''''''' eastern border at Campbell Avenue (a major north-south arterial street). The west and east sides of campus are separated roughly by Highland Avenue and the Student Union Memorial Center (see below).
The science and mathematics buildings tend to be clustered in the southwest quadrant; the intercollegiate athletics facilities to the southeast; the arts and humanities buildings to the northwest (with the dance department being a major exception as its main facilities are far to the east end of campus), with the engineering buildings in the north central area. The optical and space sciences buildings are clustered on the east side of campus near the sports stadiums and the (1976) main library.
Speedway Boulevard, one of Tucson''''''''''''''''s primary east-west arterial streets, traditionally defined the northern boundary of campus but since the 1980s, several university buildings have been constructed north of this street, expanding into a neighborhood traditionally filled with apartment complexes and single-family homes. The University has purchased a handful of these apartment complexes for student housing in recent years. Sixth Street typically defines the southern boundary, with single-family homes (many of which are rented out to students) south of this street.
Park Avenue has traditionally defined the western boundary of campus, and there is a stone wall which runs along a large portion of the east side of the street, leading to the old Main Gate, and into the driveway leading to Old Main.
Along or adjacent to all of these major streets are a wide variety of retail facilities serving the student, faculty and staff population: shops, bookstores, bars, banks, credit unions, coffeehouses and major chain fast-food restaurants such as Burger King and Chick-fil-A. The area near University Boulevard and Park Avenue, near the Main Gate, has long been a major center of such retail activity; many of the shops have been renovated since the late 1990s and a nine-story Marriott hotel was built in this immediate district in 1996.
The oldest campus buildings are located west of Old Main. Most of the buildings east of Old Main date from the 1940s to the 1980s, with a few recent buildings constructed in the years since 1990.
The Student Union Memorial Center, located on the north side of the Mall east of Old Main, was completely reconstructed between 2000 and 2003, replacing a 270,000-square-foot (25,000 m2) structure originally opened in 1951 (with additions in the 1960s). The new $60 million student union has 405,000 square feet (37,600 m2) of space on four levels, including 14 restaurants (including a food court with such national chains as Burger King, Panda Express, Papa John''''''''''''''''s Pizza and Chick-fil-A), a new two-level bookstore (that includes a counter for Clinique merchandise as well as an office supplies section sponsored by Staples with many of the same Staples-branded items found in their regular stores), 23 meeting rooms, eight lounge areas (including one dedicated to the USS Arizona), a computer lab, a U.S. Post Office, a copy center named Fast Copy, and a video arcade.
For current museum hours, fees, and directions see &quot;campus visitor''''''''''''''''s guide&quot; in the external links.
Much of the main campus has been designated an arboretum. Plants from around the world are labeled along a self-guided plant walk. The Krutch Cactus Garden includes the tallest Boojum tree in the state of Arizona.[6] (The university also manages Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, located c. 85 miles (137 km) north of the main campus.)
Two herbaria are located on the University campus and both are referred to as &quot;ARIZ&quot; in the Index Herbariorum
The University of Arizona Herbarium - contains roughly 400,000 specimens of plants.
The Robert L. Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium - contains more than 40,000 specimens of fungi.
The Arizona State Museum is the oldest anthropology museum in the American Southwest.
The Center for Creative Photography features rotating exhibits. The permanent collection includes over 70,000 photos, including many Ansel Adams originals.
University of Arizona Museum of Art.
The Arizona Historical Society is located one block west of campus.
Flandrau Science Center has exhibits, a planetarium, and a public-access telescope.
The University of Arizona Mineral Museum is located inside Flandrau Science Center. The collection dates back to 1892 and contains over 20,000 minerals from around the world, including many examples from Arizona and Mexico.
The University of Arizona Poetry Center
The Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, opened in 2003 (across the Mall from McKale Center) as a 28,600-square-foot (2,660 m2) dedicated performance venue for the UA''''''''''''''''s dance program, one of the most highly regarded university dance departments in the United States. Designed by Gould Evans, a Phoenix-based architectural firm, the theatre was awarded the 2003 Citation Award from the American Institute of Architects, Arizona Chapter. [7]
The football stadium has the Navajo-Pinal-Sierra dormitory in it. The dorm rooms are underneath the seats along the South and East sides of the stadium.
Academics
[edit] Academic subdivisions
The University of Arizona offers 334 fields of study at four levels: bachelor''''''''''''''''s, masters, doctoral, and first professional.
Academic departments and programs are organized into colleges and schools. Typically, schools are largely independent or separately important from their parent college. In addition, not all schools are a part of a college. The university maintains a current list of colleges and schools at <a href="http://www.arizona.edu/index/colleges.php">www.arizona.edu/index/colleges.php</a>. [10]
[edit] Admissions
The UA is considered a &quot;selective&quot; university by U.S. News and World Report.[11] In the fall semester of 2007, the UA matriculated 6,569 freshmen, out of 16,853 freshmen admitted, from an application pool of 21,199 applicants. The average person admitted to the university as a freshman in fall 2007 had a weighted GPA of 3.31 and an average score of 1102 out of 1600 on the SAT admissions test. Sixty-nine of these freshman students were National Merit Scholars.[12]
UA students hail from all states in the U.S. While nearly 72% of students are from Arizona, nearly 10% are from California, followed by a significant student presence from Illinois, Texas, Washington, and New York (2007).[13] The UA has over 2,200 international students representing 122 countries. International students comprise approximately 6% of the total enrollment at UA.[13]
[edit] Academic and research reputation
Among the strongest programs at UA are optical sciences, astronomy, astrophysics, planetary sciences, hydrology, Earth Sciences, hydrogeology, linguistics, philosophy, sociology, architecture and landscape architecture, engineering, and anthropology.
Arizona is classified as a Carnegie Foundation &quot;RU/VH: Research Universities (very high research activity)&quot; university (formerly &quot;Research 1&quot; university).
The university receives more than $500 million USD annually in research funding, generating around two thirds of the research dollars in the Arizona university system.[14] 26th highest in the U.S. (including public and private institutions).[15] The university has an endowment of $466.7 million USD as of 2006(2006 NACUBO Endowment Study).[16]
UA is awarded more NASA grants for space exploration than any other university nationally.[17] The UA was recently awarded over $325 million USD for its Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) to lead NASA''''''''''''''''s 2007-08 mission to Mars to explore the Martian Arctic. The LPL''''''''''''''''s work in the Cassini spacecraft orbit around Saturn is larger than that of any other university globally. The UA laboratory designed and operated the atmospheric radiation investigations and imaging on the probe.[18] The UA operates the HiRISE camera, a part of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The Eller College of Management McGuire Entrepreneurship program is currently the number 1 ranked undergraduate program in the country. This ranking was made by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine.
The Council for Aid to Education ranked the UA 12th among public universities and 24th overall in financial support and gifts.[citation needed] Campaign Arizona, an effort to raise over $1 billion USD for the school, exceeded that goal by $200 million a year earlier than projected.[19]
The National Science Foundation ranks UA 16th among public universities, and 26th among all universities nationwide in research funding.[19]
UA receives more NASA grants annually than the next nine top NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory-funded universities combined.[19]
UA students have been selected as Flinn, Truman, Rhodes, Goldwater, Fulbright, and National Merit scholars.[20]
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, UA is among the top 25 producers of Fulbright awards in the U.S.[19]
[edit] World rankings
Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China): 77th (2008).
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (Cybermetrics Lab, National Research Council of Spain): 18th (2008).
The G-Factor International University Ranking (Peter Hirst): 15th (2006).
Professional Ranking of World Universities (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, France): 35th (2008).
Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan): 37th (2008).
Global University Ranking by Wuhan University (Wuhan University, China): 43rd (2007).
[edit] Notable associations
UA is a member of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, a consortium of institutions pursuing research in astronomy. The association operates observatories and telescopes, notably Kitt Peak National Observatory located just outside of Tucson.
UA is a member of the Association of American Universities, and the sole representative from Arizona to this group.
[edit] Notable rankings
The Eller College of Management''''''''''''''''s programs in Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Management Information Systems, and Marketing are ranked in the nation''''''''''''''''s top 25 by U.S. News &amp; World Report. The Masters in MIS program has been ranked in the top 5 by U.S. News &amp; World Report since the inception of the rankings.[21] It is one of three programs to have this distinction.
The Eller MBA program has ranked among the top 50 programs for 11 straight years by U.S. News &amp; World Report. In 2005 the MBA program was ranked 40th by U.S. News &amp; World Report. Forbes Magazine ranked the Eller MBA program 33rd overall for having the best Return on Investment (ROI), in its fourth biennial rankings of business schools 2005. The MBA program was ranked 24th by The Wall Street Journal''''''''''''''''s 2005 Interactive Regional Ranking.[22]
Out of 30 accredited graduate programs in landscape architecture in the country, DesignIntelligence ranked the College’s School of Landscape Architecture as the No. 1 graduate program in the western region. For 2009 the Undergraduate Program in Architecture was ranked 12th in the nation for all universities, public and private.
The James E. Rogers College of Law was ranked 38th nationally by U.S. News &amp; World Report in 2008.[23]
According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is one of the top-rated research departments in ecology and evolutionary biology in the U.S.
The Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) Department is ranked 18th in the ''''''''''''''''America''''''''''''''''s Best Graduate Schools 2006'''''''''''''''' by US News and World Report.
The analytical chemistry program at UA is ranked 4th nationally by U.S. News &amp; World Report (2006).[22]
The Geosciences program is ranked 7th nationally by U.S. News &amp; World Report in 2006.[22]
The Doctor of Pharmacy program is ranked 4th nationally by U.S. News &amp; World Report in 2005.[22]
The Photography program is ranked 9th nationally, also by U.S. News &amp; World Report in 2008.
The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in Creative Writing at the University of Arizona has ranked in the top ten consistently according to U.S. News &amp; World Report.
In the Philosophical Gourmet rankings of philosophy departments, the graduate program in Philosophy is ranked 13th nationally. The political philosophy program at the University of Arizona is top ranked first in the English speaking world, according to the same report.
Many programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have ranked in the top ten in the U.S. according to Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index: Agricultural Sciences -- No. 1, Agronomy and Crop Sciences -- No. 1, Entomology -- No. 2, Botany and Plant Biology -- No. 4, Nutrition -- No. 10.
In 2005, the Association of Research Libraries, in its &quot;Ranked Lists for Institutions for 2005&quot; (the most recent year available), ranked the UA libraries as the 33rd overall university library in North America (out of 113) based on various statistical measures of quality; this is one rank below the library of Duke University, one rank ahead of that of Northwestern University[24] (both these schools are members, along with the UA, of the Association of American Universities).
As of 2006, the UA''''''''''''''''s library system contains nearly five million volumes.
The Main Library, opened in 1976, serves as the library system''''''''''''''''s reference, periodical, and administrative center; most of the main collections and special collections are housed here as well. The Main Library is located on the southeast quadrant of campus near McKale Center and Arizona Stadium.
In 2002, a $20 million, 100,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) addition, the Integrated Learning Center (ILC), was completed; it is a home base for first-year students (especially those undecided on a major) which features classrooms, auditoriums, a courtyard with an alcove for vending machines, and a greatly expanded computer lab (the Information Commons) with several dozen Gateway and Apple Macintosh G5 workstations (these computers are available for use by the general public (with some restrictions) as well as by UA students, faculty and staff). Much of the ILC was constructed underground, underneath the east end of the Mall; the ILC connects to the basement floor of the Main Library through the Information Commons. As part of the project, additional new office space for the Library was constructed on the existing fifth floor.
The Science and Engineering Library is in a nearby building from the 1960s that houses volumes and periodicals from those fields. The Music Building (on the northwest quadrant of campus where many of the fine arts disciplines are clustered) houses the Fine Arts Library, including reference collections for architecture, music (including sheet music, recordings and listening stations), and photography. There is a small library at the Center for Creative Photography, also in the fine arts complex, devoted to the art and science of photography. The Law Library is in the law building.
The libraries at University of Arizona are expecting a 15 percent budget cut for the 2009 fiscal year. They will begin to explore the possibilities of cutting staff, cutting online modules, and closing some libraries. The biggest threat is the possible closure of 11 libraries. The staff is projected to decline from 180 employees to 155 employees. They also intend to cut face-face instructional program that teaches students in English 101 and 102 how to navigate the library. This will now be taught online.
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Arizona Wildcats
Like many large public universities in the U.S., sports are a major activity on campus, and receive a large operating budget. Arizona''''''''''''''''s athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats, a name derived from a 1914 football game with then California champions Occidental College, where the L.A. Times asserted that, &quot;the Arizona men showed the fight of wildcats.&quot;[25] The University of Arizona participates in the NCAA''''''''''''''''s Division I-A in the Pacific-10 Conference, which it joined in 1978.
[edit] Men''''''''''''''''s basketball
Main article: Arizona Wildcats men''''''''''''''''s basketball
The men''''''''''''''''s basketball team has been one of the nation''''''''''''''''s most successful programs since Lute Olson was hired as head coach in 1983, and is still known as a national powerhouse in Division I men''''''''''''''''s basketball.[26] As of 2009, the team has reached the NCAA Tournament 25 consecutive years, which is the longest active and second-longest streak in NCAA history (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had the longest streak with 27).[27] The Wildcats have reached the Final Four of the NCAA tournament in 1988, 1994, 1997, and 2001. In 1997, Arizona defeated the University of Kentucky, the defending national champions, to win the NCAA National Championship (NCAA Men''''''''''''''''s Division I Basketball Championship) by a score of 84–79 in overtime; Arizona''''''''''''''''s first national championship victory. The 1997 championship team became the first and only in NCAA history to defeat three number-one seeds en route to a national title (Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky -- the North Carolina game being the final game for longtime UNC head coach Dean Smith). Point guard Miles Simon was chosen as 1997 Final Four MVP (Simon was also an assistant coach under Olson from 2005–08). The Cats also boast the third highest winning percentage over the last twenty years. Arizona has won a total of 21 conference championships in its'''''''''''''''' programs history.
The Wildcats play their home games at the McKale Center in Tucson. A number of former Wildcats have gone on to pursue successful professional NBA careers (especially during the Lute Olson era), including Gilbert Arenas, Richard Jefferson, Mike Bibby, Jason Terry, Sean Elliott, Damon Stoudamire, Luke Walton, Hassan Adams, Salim Stoudamire, Andre Iguodala, Channing Frye, Brian Williams (later known as Bison Dele), Sean Rooks, Jud Buechler, Michael Dickerson and Steve Kerr. Kenny Lofton, now best known as a former Major League Baseball star, was a four year letter winner as a Wildcat basketball player (and was on the 1988 Final Four team), before one year on the Arizona baseball team. Another notable former Wildcat basketball player is Eugene Edgerson, who played on the 1997 and 2001 Final Four squads, and is currently one of the primary stars of the Harlem Globetrotters as &quot;Wildkat&quot; Edgerson.
Before Lute Olson''''''''''''''''s hire in 1983, Arizona was the first major Division I school to hire an African American head coach in Fred Snowden, in 1972. After a 25-year tenure as Arizona head coach, Olson announced his retirement from the Arizona basketball program in October 2008. After two seasons of using interim coaches, Arizona named Sean Miller, head coach at Xavier University, as its new head basketball coach in April 2009.
The football team began at The University of Arizona in 1899 under the nickname &quot;Varsity&quot; (a name kept until the 1914 season when the team was deemed the &quot;Wildcats&quot;).[28]
The football team was notably successful in the 1990s, under head coach Dick Tomey; his &quot;Desert Swarm&quot; defense was characterized by tough, hard-nosed tactics. In 1993, the team had its first 10-win season and beat the University of Miami Hurricanes in the Fiesta Bowl by a score of 29–0. It was the bowl game''''''''''''''''s only shutout in its then 23-year history. In 1998, the team posted a school-record 12–1 season and made the Holiday Bowl in which it defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Arizona ended that season ranked 4th nationally in the coaches and API poll. The 1998 Holiday Bowl was televised on ESPN and set the now-surpassed record of being the most watched of any bowl game in that network''''''''''''''''s history (the current record belongs to the 2005 Alamo Bowl between Michigan and Nebraska). The program is led by Mike Stoops, brother of Bob Stoops, the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma.
[edit] Baseball
Main article: Arizona Wildcats baseball
The baseball team had its first season in 1904. The baseball team has captured three national championship titles in 1976, 1980, and 1986, all coached by Jerry Kindall. Arizona baseball teams have appeared in the NCAA National Championship title series a total of six times, including 1956, 1959, 1963, 1976, 1980, and 1986 (College World Series). The team is currently coached by Andy Lopez; aided by Assistant Coach Mark Wasikowski, Assistant Coach Jeff Casper and Volunteer Assistant Coach Keith Francis. Arizona baseball also has a student section named The Hot Corner. Famous UA baseball alums include current Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona, Cleveland Indian Kenny Lofton, Yankee Shelley Duncan, Brewers closer Trevor Hoffman, Diamondbacks third-base coach Chip Hale, former 12-year MLB pitcher and current minor league coach Craig Lefferts, longtime MLB standout J. T. Snow, star MLB pitchers Don Lee, Carl Thomas, Mike Paul, Dan Schneider, Rich Hinton and Ed Vosberg, NY Giants slugger Hank Leiber, Yankee catcher Ron Hassey, and Red Sox coach Brad Mills. Former Angels and Cardinals (among others) pitcher Joe Magrane is also a UA alum.
[edit] Softball
The Arizona softball team is among the top programs in the country and a perennial powerhouse. The softball team has won eight NCAA Women''''''''''''''''s College World Series titles, in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2007 under head coach Mike Candrea (NCAA Softball Championship). Arizona defeated the University of Tennessee in the 2007 National Championship series in Oklahoma City. The team has appeared in the NCAA National Championship in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006, and 2007 (a feat second only to UCLA), and has reached the College World Series 19 of the past 20 years. Coach Candrea, along with former Arizona pitcher Jennie Finch, led the 2004 U.S. Olympic softball team to a gold medal in Athens, Greece. The Wildcat softball team plays at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium.
[edit] Men''''''''''''''''s and women''''''''''''''''s golf
The university''''''''''''''''s golf teams have also been notably successful. The men''''''''''''''''s team won a national championship in 1992 (NCAA Division I Men''''''''''''''''s Golf Championships), while the women''''''''''''''''s team won national championships in 1996 and 2000 (NCAA Women''''''''''''''''s Golf Championship).
A strong athletic rivalry exists between the University of Arizona and Arizona State University located in Tempe. The UA leads the all-time record against ASU in men''''''''''''''''s basketball (138-73), football (44–35–1), and baseball (224–189–1) as of January 2006. The football rivalry game between the schools is known as &quot;The Duel in the Desert.&quot; The trophy awarded after each game, the Territorial Cup, is the nation''''''''''''''''s oldest rivalry trophy, distinguished by the NCAA. Rivalries have also been created with other Pac-10 teams, especially University of California, Los Angeles which has provided a worthy softball rival and was Arizona''''''''''''''''s main basketball rival in the early and mid-1990s.
[edit] Mascot
The University mascot is an anthropomorphized wildcat named Wilbur. The identity of Wilbur is kept secret through the year as the mascot appears only in costume. In 1986, Wilbur married his longtime wildcat girlfriend, Wilma. Together, Wilbur and Wilma appear along with the cheerleading squad at most Wildcat sporting events.[29] Wilbur was originally created by Bob White as a cartoon character in the University''''''''''''''''s humor magazine, Kitty Kat. From 1915 through the 1950s the school mascot was a live bobcat, a species known locally as a wildcat. This succession of live mascots were known by the common name of Rufus Arizona, originally named after Rufus von Kleinsmid, president of the university from 1914 to 1921. 1959 marked the creation of the first incarnated Wilbur, when University student John Paquette and his roommate, Dick Heller, came up with idea of creating a costume for a student to wear. Ed Stuckenhoff was chosen to wear the costume at the homecoming game in 1959 against Texas Tech and since then it has become a long-standing tradition. Wilbur will celebrate his 50th birthday in November 2009.
Officially implemented in 2003, Zona Zoo is the official student section and student ticketing program for the University of Arizona Athletics. The Zona Zoo program is co-owned by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona (ASUA) and Arizona Athletics, the program is run by a team of spirited individuals called the Zona Zoo Crew. Zona Zoo is one of the largest and most spirited student sections in NCAA Division I Athletics.
Notable venues
McKale Center, opened in 1973, is currently used by men''''''''''''''''s and women''''''''''''''''s basketball, women''''''''''''''''s gymnastics, and women''''''''''''''''s volleyball. The official capacity has changed often. The largest crowd to see a game in McKale was 15,176 in 1976 for a game against the University of New Mexico, a main rival during that period. In 2000, the floor in McKale was dubbed Lute Olson Court, for the basketball program''''''''''''''''s winningest coach. During a memorial service in 2001 for Lute''''''''''''''''s wife, Bobbi, who died after a battle with ovarian cancer, the floor was renamed Lute and Bobbi Olson Court. In addition to the playing surface, McKale Center is host to the offices of the UA athletic department. McKale Center is named after J.F. Pop McKale, who was athletic director and coach from 1914 through 1957. Joe Cavaleri (&quot;The Ooh-Aah Man&quot;) made his dramatic and inspiring appearances there.
Arizona Stadium, built in 1928 and last expanded in 1976, seats over 56,000 patrons. It hosts American football games and has also been used for university graduations. The turf is bermuda grass, taken from the local Tucson National Golf Club. Arizona football''''''''''''''''s home record is 258-139-12. The largest crowd ever in Arizona Stadium was 59,920 in 1996 for a game against Arizona State University.
Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium hosts baseball games.
Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium hosts softball games.
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Indiana Hoosiers upsets No. 1 ranked Kentucky on a buzzer beating 3-pointer by Christian Watford on last Saturday. It seemed like the Hooisers win the championship.
学校的篮球队周六最后一秒三分球逆转了排名第一的肯塔基大学，整个体育馆和那个夜晚的沸腾像是得了总冠军一般。而这个曾经辉煌的球队拥有5次NCAA总冠军的荣誉。
ESPN的评论说“Indiana basketball back on the map”
今天的校报头版大字写着“GLORY OF OLD IU”.
September 2, 2016, San Diego, California, USA: No. 23 San Diego State University men's soccer team shortly after beating Akron, then the no. 1 ranked team in the country, 1-0, on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Note the kid on the right.
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Washington DC: #1 rank Maryland Terrapins defeat the #2 ranked Virginia Cavaliers in the inaugural Capitol Lacrosse Classic Tournament at Audi Field in Washington DC. (Michael R. Smith/The Sports Pulse).
Maker: Nicolas Gengel et Adrien Dembour (1799-1887)
Born: France
Active: France
Medium: lithograph - hand colored
Size: 10 3/4 in x 16 in
Location: France
Object No. 2018.0198
Shelf: B-32
Publication: Neue Wahrheit? Kleine Wunder!, Museum Georg Schafer Schweinfurt, 2021, fig 26
Other Collections:
Provenance: Ader Nordmann, Photos a Tous Prix, March 7, 2018, Lot 1
Rank: 277
Notes: This vue d’optique or optical view of the Diorama comes from the Metz studio of Adrien Dembour (1799-1887) and his successor Nicolas Gengel, where over 100 workers were employed. Like the studios nearby in Nancy and Epinal, the Metz shop produced colorful, popular prints of historic sites and urban landmarks. This print is meant to be view with a zograscope. We are calling this a wood engraving, but Dembour devised a relief etching process around 1834, which he called ecktypography. The relief copper plate was inked and printed the same as a woodblock. It is possible this is a metal relief print. (source: Princeton Graphic Arts Collection blog)
This print features Daguerre's Diorama in center. On April 25, 1821 L. J. M. Daguerre and Charles-Marie Bouton made an agreement to establish ‘un monument d’exposition d’effets de peinture (visible pendant le jour) sous la dénomination de Diorama’. By January 3, 1822 they were able to put their signatures as partners to a legal agreement with shareholders to exploit the Diorama. In the following months it was built in Paris behind Place du Château d’Eau (now Place de la Républic) in rue Samson at the corner with rue des Marais. Adjacent was Daguerre’s studio. This part of Paris (Fauberg du Temple, 10th Arrondissement) was a little shabby. A mixture of Army barracks and a scattering of theatres, by the mid-century it was considerably redeveloped. The Diorama opened on 11 July 1822 showing two tableaux: ‘La vallée de Sarnen’ by Daguerre and ‘La Chapelle de la Trinité dans l'Église de Canterbury’ by Bouton. During the first period of the Diorama in Paris from 1822 to 1830 there were shown ten tableau by Daguerre and the same number by Bouton. The Diorama acquired a considerable popular reputation in Paris. By October of 1830 Daguerre had become the sole director, as Bouton withdrew from the partnership and went to London. A letter written by Daguerre on July 1, 1830 suggests, as pointed out by J. M. Eder in his History of Photography, that ‘Daguerre at that period was pressed for money even though he was considered well-to-do’, and there is some other evidence that the Diorama in Paris did not prosper greatly throughout the 1830s. Only three months after the invention of the Daguerreotype was announced at the beginning of 1839, at a time when Arago’s plans to obtain a pension from the government for Daguerre had been unable to make any headway (the administration was in considerable political disarray), the Diorama burnt down. (source: Daguerre and his Diorama in the 1830s by R. Derek Wood)
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The Kentucky football team takes its last undefeated airplane ride. They did a pretty respectable job against the #1 ranked team though, including a touchdown in the last 4 seconds of the game.
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He is so lovable. You might not like the Crimson Tide teams (especially if you are one of the school's rivals) but you to have to have a soft spot for their mascot.
Behind Big Al you can see the visiting Texas A&M players on the sidelines as they upset the #1 ranked Tide 29-24 in Tuscaloosa.
Glorious photo of Mark Hollis as he launches himself during Drake Relays Pole Vault in the Mall.
The Drake Relays Pole Vault in the Mall is an annual indoor pole vault competition held at Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines, Iowa. This year, the top 5 ranked men's and women's vaulters are present, including World No. 1 ranked pole vaulter Jenn Suhr.
Photo by Ben Curtis, student photographer with the Drake Photo Bureau, Office of Marketing & Communications, Drake University.
noma. Copenhagen, Denmark. S. Pellegrino Awards - #1 ranked restaurant in the world. Chef Rene Redzepi. Tasting Menu with Champagne Selections. 6.30.10.
The Drake Relays Pole Vault in the Mall is an annual indoor pole vault competition held at Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines, Iowa. This year, the top 5 ranked men's and women's vaulters are present, including World No. 1 ranked pole vaulter Jenn Suhr.
Before I saw Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and his Aggies play the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, I never heard of him....and neither did a lot of other people in the USA. After Manziel's performance in beating #1 ranked Alabama, the sporting world knew who this kid was. He is only a freshman but he had spectacular numbers for his Texas A&M team who were pretty medicore over the past 15 years until 2012. Even though the Aggies joined the very-tough SEC Conference this year, the team finished #9 in the rankings and a very good part of this success is due to Johnny Manziel.
Tonight in NYC the Heisman Trophy will be presented to the best college football player in the country. Johnny is one of three finalists to win the coveted trophy.
I got to see him play, and if he happens to win the award, this will be the second year in a row I saw a Heisman Trophy winner play in a game that season. Last year I was in Waco, Texas for a Baylor game when they hosted Missouri and saw Robert Griffin III (RG3) lead the Bears to a victory.
Good luck Johhny Football, win one for the Hazboy !!
Japanese Kick boxing no. 1 ranked middleweight Togo Hirakawa (Red) of Ihara Dojo on his way to becoming the new middleweight champion of Japan, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, September 20, 2015.
The heat stage of the 2014 NCAA Rowing Championships went exactly the way the No. 1-ranked Bates College women's rowing team wanted it to on Friday morning, with the Bobcats advancing both of its boats straight through to Saturday's grand finals. (Sarah Crosby/Bates College)
This is Johnny Manziel, the starting quarterback for the Texas A&M Aggies. He is only a freshman but he was off to a good start for the Aggies in their first year as a member of the very tough Southeastern Conference in football. Outside of College Station, Texas he was not too well known until today.
Johnny Manziel became "Johnny Football" after his Aggies upset the #1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. He had a great game and the national TV audience got to see him.
This picture was taken before the game started.......back when he was just Johnny Manziel.
World number 1 ranked rider at the time
Marina Green, San Francisco, rider call ups, stage 2, Amgen Tour of California.
Caroline Wozniacki, the No. 1 ranked tennis player in the world, will be in Mason for the W&S Open in August. / Enquirer file photo
The heat stage of the 2014 NCAA Rowing Championships went exactly the way the No. 1-ranked Bates College women's rowing team wanted it to on Friday morning, with the Bobcats advancing both of its boats straight through to Saturday's grand finals. (Sarah Crosby/Bates College)
How does speeding 1,000 feet downhill on your mountain bike in a dense Oregon forest sound? Thumbs up?
If so, the Alsea Falls Trail System is probably a good spot to add to your extreme sports bucket list. #mypubliclandsroadtrip
Located just outside the southern Willamette Valley, the popular trail system includes several ‘flow’ trails designed in partnership with the International Mountain Bicycling Association and their MTB Project.
It is the No. 1 ranked mountain bike trail system in its area, and is in the Top 10 for Oregon, according to IMBA. In total there are 9.4 miles of trail, half of which are single track. With trail names like “Whistle Punk” and “Sexy Tree,” a good time is all but guaranteed!
Photos by Leslie Kehmeier, Mapping Manager, International Mountain Bicycling Association.
Home: Portland, OR
Birthday: 8/3/1977
Full Name: Mark A. Fretta
Hometown: Portland, Ore.
Resides: Portland, Ore.
College: Holy Cross
Law School: Willamette University
Height: 5-11
Weight: 150
Birthdate: 8/3/77
First Year Elite: 2001
Final 2009 ITU Rank: 46
Final 2009 USAT Rank: 3
Career Highlights
One of two Americans to hold the No. 1 ITU World Ranking (2006)
Elite Triathlon Career: Member of the USAT Project 2012 Team • Finished 2009 as the No. 3 American and No. 46 overall in ITU World Championship Series rankings • Took fourth at the 2009 USAT Elite National Championship • Took 14th at the Washington, D.C., ITU World Championship Series event and grabbed a 24th-place finish at the ITU World Championship Grand Final in Gold Coast, Australian • Was the No. 8 American and 74th overall in the 2008 ITU World Cup Series rankings • Logged a pair of 17th-place finishes in ITU World Cup events - at both Huatulco and Mooloolaba • Placed seventh at the San Francisco Pan American Cup race •
Finished third at ITU Geneva Pan American Cup in 2007 • Finished second at ITU Doha World Cup in 2006 • Ranks as one of only two American male athletes ever to have held the ITU World No. 1 Rank when he held the No. 1 rank in May-June 2006 before suffering a season-ending collar bone fracture (Hunter Kemper finished the year ranked No. 1 in 2005) • Finished 2006 ranked No. 22 overall and third among Americans in the ITU World Cup Series rankings • Participated in the 2002, 2003, and 2005 ITU Elite World Championships • Finished second at the 2006 ITU Doha World Cup in Doha, Qatar • Finished third at the 2003 ITU World Cup in Tongyeong, Korea • At that time, the finish in Korea was the first podium finish for a U.S. man at a World Cup since 2001 • Qualified for the 2002 world championship team by finishing as the third American, seventh overall, at The Monster Challenge: Tri Boston world championship qualifier • Finished as the top American in four ITU points races in 2001, his first season as an elite.
Amateur Triathlon Career: Won his age group at the 2000 sprint national championships • Was the Northwest regional and sprint champion.
Athletic Background: All-state in track and field, cross-country, and swimming in high school • Named a high school all-American in swimming • Collegiate record holder in four swimming events at Holy Cross • Qualified for the NCAA Division I indoor/outdoor track championships in the mile and 1,500.
Personal: Mark A. Fretta • Born Aug. 3, 1977 in Portland, Ore... Says his favorite athlete is three-time Olympian Hunter Kemper, and has several hamsters named after Hunter • His favorite food is pizza and his favorite pre-race meal is a bagel with jelly, Gatorade and a PowerBar • Other favorite athlete is Clyde "The Glide" Drexler • Mark identifies himself as "the best basketball player in the sport of triathlon." • During recovery from a fractured collar bone suffered in 2006, Mark began pursuit of a legal career in law school at Willamette University School of Law.
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (Dutch pronunciation: [kɪm ˈklɛistərs] ( listen); born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 ranked player in singles and in doubles. As of August 16, 2010, Clijsters is ranked World No. 4.
Clijsters has won 38 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles. She won the US Open singles title in 2005 and 2009. She has also won the WTA Tour Championships singles title in 2002 and 2003. In doubles, she's won the French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2003. Clijsters was twice a singles runner-up at the French Open and a one-time runner-up at the Australian Open, also reaching two Wimbledon singles semi-finals. She announced her retirement with immediate effect on 6 May 2007,[1] but almost two years later, on 26 March 2009, she publicly declared her intent to return to the WTA tour for the 2009 summer hard court season.[2] In only her third tournament back, she won her second US Open title, becoming the first unranked player and wildcard to win the tournament, and the first mother to win a major since Evonne Goolagong in 1980.
Rogers cup 2010- Montreal ||| Rogers cup 2009- Toronto ||| Girls set ||| Sport set ||| Interesting 50
Hite Beer and Jinro Soju once again proudly sponsor the UCLA Bruin Women’s Golf Fundraiser Event.
One year later, Hite Beer and Jinro Soju reunited with the UCLA Women’s Golf Team, and helped sponsor the UCLA Bruin 18 Women’s Golf Invitational. From tee time to dinner, team members and guests had the chance to play a relaxing round of shotgun golf, with some refreshing beverages!
The Fundraising Golf Invitational was held on September 17th, 2012 at the Palos Verdes Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.
For years, Hite Beer and Jinro Soju has been supporting the UCLA’s #1 Ranked Women’s Golf team! As the main beverage and gift donation sponsor, Hite Beer and Jinro Soju provided a tasting booth at the golf club and players refreshed and reenergized themselves with samples of Hite ‘D’ Dry Finish Beer, and Hite Max Beer. Of course unlimited Jinro ‘Seok Su’ water was provided for players, as well.
After the rounds of golf, players and guests enjoyed a dinner and award ceremony, silent auction, and gift bags! As gift donation sponsors, Hite Jinro include a Hite cooler bag filled with 2 Hite ‘D’ Beer cans, 2 Hite ‘Dodger Edition’ Beer cans, 2 Max 100% Malt beer cans, 1 Jinro Pack Soju (soju in convenient to-go packs), and a Jinro Soju Cocktail book.
Hite Beer and Jinro Soju were a huge success and ‘hole-in-one’ at the Fundraising Golf Invitational. Until next year, thank you UCLA Bruin Women’s Golf Team!
The heat stage of the 2014 NCAA Rowing Championships went exactly the way the No. 1-ranked Bates College women's rowing team wanted it to on Friday morning, with the Bobcats advancing both of its boats straight through to Saturday's grand finals. (Sarah Crosby/Bates College)
Thou hath given unto us eternal life
In loving memory of
Cecil Charles MARTIN
Born at Madeley, England 28th Dec 1874
Served with Australian Forces
In Sth Africa and in The Great War
Passed on 24th Feb 1921
Herein is our love made perfect
That dwelleth in love dwelleth in God
And God in him for … [ILLEGIBLE]
Block 35 Plot 140
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Aged 47
Occupation: Traveller
Years in NZ: 2 months
Boer war information [1]:
Rank: Private
Service no.: 818
Unit: NSW Imperial Bushmen
[I cannot find any other military records for his Boer War service]
Could not find his WW1 records in Australian Archives website but did find them on ancestry.co.uk
Enlistment:
Service No.: 389719 [1725 written in and crossed out on another form – seems to have been after he was posted to the Labour Employment Co.]
Enlisted at Hampton Court, London, 12 July 1915 and appointed to 2nd King Edwards Horse.
Name: Cecil Charles MARTIN
Address: Ben Buckley, Mudgee N.S.W.
Age: 39 years
Trade/calling: Farmer
Not married.
Height: 5ft 7 ¾
Chest: 40 inches
Distinctive marks: Large pale birth mark on left hip
Previous service: N.S.W. Vols S.A. 1 and half years [New South Wales Imperial Bushmen – 18 months]
N.O.K.: Reginald H MARTIN, Archway House, Kirklington, Staffs. Brother.
Service: Home 12 July 1915 to 1 Jan 1916; France 2 Jan 1916 to 19 Feb 1916; Home 20 Feb 1916 to 9 May 1919.
Character: V Good
Casualty form:
“Marked P.B. at med. Board” – Rouen 16 Feb 1916.
“To England Chr[onic] Rheum[atism] & age 20 Feb 1916
“Transferred to [655th] Labour Corp July 1917
Statement as to disability form: Permanent address given as c/- Mrs J D LEES, Whittlebury Lodge, Towcester, Northampton. Examined
Nominal Roll of officers & soldiers of H.S. employment Co. Dublin who claim that they are entitled to a free passage to an Overseas British Possession or Foreign country.
389719 Pt C Martin, c/- Mrs J D LEES, Whittlebury Lodge, Towcester, North; Dispersal Station: Crystal Palace; Country abroad: Australia
Name of Vessel in which passage to the U.K. was made if joined or enlisted in the UK:
S.S. “Mooltan”, port of arrival London June 27 1915 [documents here state his birth is 1872].
Medals: British War Medal and Victory Medal received by his brother as Cecil was now deceased [25 August 1921]
SOURCES:
Christchurch City Council cemetery database
Ancestry.co.uk [WW1 information]
[1]
www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/pre_first_wo...
noma. Copenhagen, Denmark. S. Pellegrino Awards - #1 ranked restaurant in the world. Chef Rene Redzepi. Tasting Menu with Champagne Selections. 6.30.10.
Thou hath given unto us eternal life
In loving memory of
Cecil Charles MARTIN
Born at Madeley, England 28th Dec 1874
Served with Australian Forces
In Sth Africa and in The Great War
Passed on 24th Feb 1921
Herein is our love made perfect
That dwelleth in love dwelleth in God
And God in him for … [ILLEGIBLE]
Block 35 Plot 140
***************************************************
Aged 47
Occupation: Traveller
Years in NZ: 2 months
Boer war information [1]:
Rank: Private
Service no.: 818
Unit: NSW Imperial Bushmen
[I cannot find any other military records for his Boer War service]
Could not find his WW1 records in Australian Archives website but did find them on ancestry.co.uk
Enlistment:
Service No.: 389719 [1725 written in and crossed out on another form – seems to have been after he was posted to the Labour Employment Co.]
Enlisted at Hampton Court, London, 12 July 1915 and appointed to 2nd King Edwards Horse.
Name: Cecil Charles MARTIN
Address: Ben Buckley, Mudgee N.S.W.
Age: 39 years
Trade/calling: Farmer
Not married.
Height: 5ft 7 ¾
Chest: 40 inches
Distinctive marks: Large pale birth mark on left hip
Previous service: N.S.W. Vols S.A. 1 and half years [New South Wales Imperial Bushmen – 18 months]
N.O.K.: Reginald H MARTIN, Archway House, Kirklington, Staffs. Brother.
Service: Home 12 July 1915 to 1 Jan 1916; France 2 Jan 1916 to 19 Feb 1916; Home 20 Feb 1916 to 9 May 1919.
Character: V Good
Casualty form:
“Marked P.B. at med. Board” – Rouen 16 Feb 1916.
“To England Chr[onic] Rheum[atism] & age 20 Feb 1916
“Transferred to [655th] Labour Corp July 1917
Statement as to disability form: Permanent address given as c/- Mrs J D LEES, Whittlebury Lodge, Towcester, Northampton. Examined
Nominal Roll of officers & soldiers of H.S. employment Co. Dublin who claim that they are entitled to a free passage to an Overseas British Possession or Foreign country.
389719 Pt C Martin, c/- Mrs J D LEES, Whittlebury Lodge, Towcester, North; Dispersal Station: Crystal Palace; Country abroad: Australia
Name of Vessel in which passage to the U.K. was made if joined or enlisted in the UK:
S.S. “Mooltan”, port of arrival London June 27 1915 [documents here state his birth is 1872].
Medals: British War Medal and Victory Medal received by his brother as Cecil was now deceased [25 August 1921]
SOURCES:
Christchurch City Council cemetery database
Ancestry.co.uk [WW1 information]
[1]
www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/pre_first_wo...
How does speeding 1,000 feet downhill on your mountain bike in a dense Oregon forest sound? Thumbs up?
If so, the Alsea Falls Trail System is probably a good spot to add to your extreme sports bucket list. #mypubliclandsroadtrip
Located just outside the southern Willamette Valley, the popular trail system includes several ‘flow’ trails designed in partnership with the International Mountain Bicycling Association and their MTB Project.
It is the No. 1 ranked mountain bike trail system in its area, and is in the Top 10 for Oregon, according to IMBA. In total there are 9.4 miles of trail, half of which are single track. With trail names like “Whistle Punk” and “Sexy Tree,” a good time is all but guaranteed!
Photos by Leslie Kehmeier, Mapping Manager, International Mountain Bicycling Association.
Home: Portland, OR
Birthday: 8/3/1977
Full Name: Mark A. Fretta
Hometown: Portland, Ore.
Resides: Portland, Ore.
College: Holy Cross
Law School: Willamette University
Height: 5-11
Weight: 150
Birthdate: 8/3/77
First Year Elite: 2001
Final 2009 ITU Rank: 46
Final 2009 USAT Rank: 3
Career Highlights
One of two Americans to hold the No. 1 ITU World Ranking (2006)
Elite Triathlon Career: Member of the USAT Project 2012 Team • Finished 2009 as the No. 3 American and No. 46 overall in ITU World Championship Series rankings • Took fourth at the 2009 USAT Elite National Championship • Took 14th at the Washington, D.C., ITU World Championship Series event and grabbed a 24th-place finish at the ITU World Championship Grand Final in Gold Coast, Australian • Was the No. 8 American and 74th overall in the 2008 ITU World Cup Series rankings • Logged a pair of 17th-place finishes in ITU World Cup events - at both Huatulco and Mooloolaba • Placed seventh at the San Francisco Pan American Cup race •
Finished third at ITU Geneva Pan American Cup in 2007 • Finished second at ITU Doha World Cup in 2006 • Ranks as one of only two American male athletes ever to have held the ITU World No. 1 Rank when he held the No. 1 rank in May-June 2006 before suffering a season-ending collar bone fracture (Hunter Kemper finished the year ranked No. 1 in 2005) • Finished 2006 ranked No. 22 overall and third among Americans in the ITU World Cup Series rankings • Participated in the 2002, 2003, and 2005 ITU Elite World Championships • Finished second at the 2006 ITU Doha World Cup in Doha, Qatar • Finished third at the 2003 ITU World Cup in Tongyeong, Korea • At that time, the finish in Korea was the first podium finish for a U.S. man at a World Cup since 2001 • Qualified for the 2002 world championship team by finishing as the third American, seventh overall, at The Monster Challenge: Tri Boston world championship qualifier • Finished as the top American in four ITU points races in 2001, his first season as an elite.
Amateur Triathlon Career: Won his age group at the 2000 sprint national championships • Was the Northwest regional and sprint champion.
Athletic Background: All-state in track and field, cross-country, and swimming in high school • Named a high school all-American in swimming • Collegiate record holder in four swimming events at Holy Cross • Qualified for the NCAA Division I indoor/outdoor track championships in the mile and 1,500.
Personal: Mark A. Fretta • Born Aug. 3, 1977 in Portland, Ore... Says his favorite athlete is three-time Olympian Hunter Kemper, and has several hamsters named after Hunter • His favorite food is pizza and his favorite pre-race meal is a bagel with jelly, Gatorade and a PowerBar • Other favorite athlete is Clyde "The Glide" Drexler • Mark identifies himself as "the best basketball player in the sport of triathlon." • During recovery from a fractured collar bone suffered in 2006, Mark began pursuit of a legal career in law school at Willamette University School of Law.
The 7-2 Aggies (and ranked #15 in the country) must have been happy as they made their way into their locker room with a lead against the #1 ranked Alabama on their home turf. This was one of Texas A&M's biggest games in many years as they were playing in front of a national TV audience and leading the best team in the nation.
They would hang on for a very exciting win for Aggie Nation.
Here is #14 Floyd Raven Sr, #44 Sam Moeller and #27 Brice Dolezal in view
As I stated in my previous picture, Alabama got out to an ugly start against the visiting Aggies, falling behind 20-0 in the first quarter. The Crimson Tide faithful were nervous early, fearing their #1 ranked team in the country might just lose today at Bryant-Denny Stadium for the first time all year.
'Bama did lose; Texas A&M came into Tuscaloosa and beat them 29-24.
Home: Portland, OR
Birthday: 8/3/1977
Full Name: Mark A. Fretta
Hometown: Portland, Ore.
Resides: Portland, Ore.
College: Holy Cross
Law School: Willamette University
Height: 5-11
Weight: 150
Birthdate: 8/3/77
First Year Elite: 2001
Final 2009 ITU Rank: 46
Final 2009 USAT Rank: 3
Career Highlights
One of two Americans to hold the No. 1 ITU World Ranking (2006)
Elite Triathlon Career: Member of the USAT Project 2012 Team • Finished 2009 as the No. 3 American and No. 46 overall in ITU World Championship Series rankings • Took fourth at the 2009 USAT Elite National Championship • Took 14th at the Washington, D.C., ITU World Championship Series event and grabbed a 24th-place finish at the ITU World Championship Grand Final in Gold Coast, Australian • Was the No. 8 American and 74th overall in the 2008 ITU World Cup Series rankings • Logged a pair of 17th-place finishes in ITU World Cup events - at both Huatulco and Mooloolaba • Placed seventh at the San Francisco Pan American Cup race •
Finished third at ITU Geneva Pan American Cup in 2007 • Finished second at ITU Doha World Cup in 2006 • Ranks as one of only two American male athletes ever to have held the ITU World No. 1 Rank when he held the No. 1 rank in May-June 2006 before suffering a season-ending collar bone fracture (Hunter Kemper finished the year ranked No. 1 in 2005) • Finished 2006 ranked No. 22 overall and third among Americans in the ITU World Cup Series rankings • Participated in the 2002, 2003, and 2005 ITU Elite World Championships • Finished second at the 2006 ITU Doha World Cup in Doha, Qatar • Finished third at the 2003 ITU World Cup in Tongyeong, Korea • At that time, the finish in Korea was the first podium finish for a U.S. man at a World Cup since 2001 • Qualified for the 2002 world championship team by finishing as the third American, seventh overall, at The Monster Challenge: Tri Boston world championship qualifier • Finished as the top American in four ITU points races in 2001, his first season as an elite.
Amateur Triathlon Career: Won his age group at the 2000 sprint national championships • Was the Northwest regional and sprint champion.
Athletic Background: All-state in track and field, cross-country, and swimming in high school • Named a high school all-American in swimming • Collegiate record holder in four swimming events at Holy Cross • Qualified for the NCAA Division I indoor/outdoor track championships in the mile and 1,500.
Personal: Mark A. Fretta • Born Aug. 3, 1977 in Portland, Ore... Says his favorite athlete is three-time Olympian Hunter Kemper, and has several hamsters named after Hunter • His favorite food is pizza and his favorite pre-race meal is a bagel with jelly, Gatorade and a PowerBar • Other favorite athlete is Clyde "The Glide" Drexler • Mark identifies himself as "the best basketball player in the sport of triathlon." • During recovery from a fractured collar bone suffered in 2006, Mark began pursuit of a legal career in law school at Willamette University School of Law.
200 lbs of flying fury… shoving the other heavyweight Combot over the steel I-beam.
This is a frame grab from the video I took of the action at the Maker Faire semifinals.
The red-wheeled Sewer Snake is the #1 ranked Heavyweight robot of all time. It is the reigning ComBots Cup champion, and the RoboGames international champion.
Here is the Sewer Snake build report from Team Plumb Crazy.
Congratulations to Texas A&M for their spectacular 2012 year which was pinnacled by their upset win in Tuscaloosa against the #1 ranked Crimson Tide. I rooted for Alabama but I was impressed by the many Aggie fans who came in from Texas (about 10 hours away) to see the game.
To the Alabama fans who think I am to blame for the loss......I'm sorry !!!
Sacred Heart’s Jamaal Waters dunks over Trumbull’s Chris Brown during Monday nights CIAC Division I quarterfinal game. Trumbull stunned No. 1-ranked Sacred Heart, 73-66, to advance to the semi-final round.
You can read the full story in Gametime CT: www.gametimect.com/williams-trumbull-stun-no-1-ranked-sac...
Spotted just after I was asked to leave town following a cursory examination of my documents by an over officious local functionary.
Laid: 7.04.88. Ex- Moskovsky Komsomolets. Sovremenny-16. 675 (1992), 610 (1993), 810 (1994), 610 (1996) 5.2.1993 entered BAL. 19 -26.6.1993 visited Kiel (Germany). 2004-2005 overhaul. 07.2005: took part in BalTops 2005 trainings. 2006 commander: capt 1 rank Sergey Pinchuk. 07.2006, 2007 took part in Naval Parade in Kaliningrad. 12.2006 visited by Sweden delegation. 2007: flagship of BAL, commander capt 1 rank Oleg Gurinov. 09.2007 located in Baltyysk. 07.2008 visited Finland, Sweden, Poland, Danmark. 11.2008 visited by famous Russian movie actor and director Evgeny Grishkovets.