Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010
Time: 08:39 PM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 21°
Approach: 19° above WSW
Departure: 14° above S

Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010
Time: 08:14 PM
Duration: 3 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 88°
Approach: 26° above NW
Departure: 19° above SE

Date: Friday, March 19, 2010
Time: 09:25 PM
Duration: Less than 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 18°
Approach: 16° above W
Departure: 18° above W

Date: Friday, March 19, 2010
Time: 07:49 PM
Duration: 5 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 26°
Approach: 10° above NNW
Departure: 10° above E

Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time: 09:00 PM
Duration: 1 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 44°
Approach: 20° above NW
Departure: 44° above NW

Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Time: 08:34 PM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 25°
Approach: 10° above NNW
Departure: 25° above NNE

Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Time: 08:11 PM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 12°
Approach: 10° above N
Departure: 10° above NE

Date: Monday, March 15, 2010
Time: 09:20 PM
Duration: Less than 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 12°
Approach: 10° above NNW
Departure: 12° above NNW

Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010
Time: 08:56 PM
Duration: Less than 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 11°
Approach: 10° above N
Departure: 11° above N

Date: Monday, March 08, 2010
Time: 07:00 PM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 12°
Approach: 10° above NW
Departure: 10° above N

We updated the membership roster and changed the id and password for the Members Only section of the Web site on March 1. You can have the new password e-mailed to you. (If you made an account on this new Web page, its password has not changed.)

It is time to form BRR teams! There will be wonderful team prizes this year! Well, not that wonderful, but we promise that whatever it is, it will have traveled many miles from China. Additionally, bunks and camping at the start will be very reasonalble this year. For more information go to:  BRR Teams | BRR Accommodations and Meal Reservations

Six people completed what Quatro calls the the "Fish Hook 46 miler" - Signal Knob Parking lot to Camp Roosevelt. As he notes, this may be a preview of Camp Roosevelt's new status as a popular drop point at MMT. Results
 
Take Read More for reports during the event.

Setting aside that Thomas Jefferson is probably turning over in his grave that women are at his academical village, the University of Virginia has produced several impressive female members of the VHTRC. One of them, Sophie Speidel, is profiled in the University of Virginia Magazine.

Amy Sproston and Sean Andrish took the top honors at the annual VHTRC awards party held on February 20.

The snow has claimed another victim.  The Hashawha Hills 50km has been cancelled due to heavy snow that makes the trail inaccessible and  parking (for 120 people, anyway) impossible.
 
Entrants in this year's event will receive a credit toward the 2011 entry fee.  Hopefully, the snow will have melted by then.
 
At right is Pam Gowen on the trail in show shoes. For more information, go to the Hashawha Hills 50km page.  Entrants should have received an e-mail. For more pictures of the snow, go to the Flickr site.

Former VHTRC member Ian Torrence won the 1999 and 2000 MMT. Lake many members, he moved out west.  Here is an interesting recent interview of Ian.

Bobby Gill and Justine Morrison were the top VHTRC finishers at the Holiday Lake 50K on Saturday. Bobby was 4th overall in 5:10 and Justine was 11th overall and first female in 5:15. Jack Kurisky was first male master and fifth overall in 5:11, Martha Wright was first female master in 6:21, and Janice Heltibridle was first female supermaster in 6:55. Many VHTRC members were there, no doubt trying to get in a "trail" run after Snowmageddon. Times were slower than usual due to 5+ inches of snow and ice on the course, which is now closer to a true 50K than in years past with more single track. Because of the snow, RD David Horton extended the cut-off time to 9 hours and 244 out of 268 runners finished. Results are here.

Working at a VHTRC event is fun and rewarding. It is also instrumental to the success of our events. Where else can you spend a beautiful day in the woods watching wasted runners puke?  Take "Read More" to see the options.

Rocky Raccoon results. Read the comment from Rob Dolan.

'Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.'

'I know nothing about sex because I was always married.'

'The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.'

'Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.'

'Behind every great fortune there is a crime.'

'Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.'

'The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.'

'Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.'

'There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.'

'By the time I'd grown up, I naturally supposed that I'd be grown up.'

'Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.'

'There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.'

American Rachel Corrie was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003 as it razed homes in a Palestinian camp. On Wednesday, her parents seek answers in an Israeli court.

Three U.S. hikers who were detained in Iran have spoken by phone with their relatives for the first time since authorities jailed them more than seven months ago, the hikers' families said Wednesday.

A California jury recommended Tuesday that a man who once appeared on 'The Dating Game' be executed for the murders of four women and a child.

Catholic bishops in the Netherlands have announced an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by clergy, widening a scandal that already touches countries including the United States, Ireland, Germany and Austria.

A former Ohio doctor was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning his wife with cyanide five years ago. The judge lamented that she could not hand down a stiffer sentence.

The archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, is defending its decision not to re-enroll two children in a Catholic school in Boulder next year because their parents are lesbians.

The body of a missing energy executive was pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Tuesday, four days after he disappeared, police said.

Why would a gay politician vote against gay rights?

Bank of America said Wednesday that it plans to ditch overdraft fees on debit card purchases this summer.

A nearly $140 billion bill to extend unemployment benefits and a host of expiring tax cuts cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday in the Senate on a vote of 66-34.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Tuesday criticized President Obama

David Letterman blackmailer Robert Halderman was 'delighted, happy, relieved' to take a plea deal and avoid a trial, close friend and former colleague Dr. Bob Arnot said today.

Former John Edwards aide Andrew Young appeared in court today over a purported sex tape allegedly made by the one-time presidential hopeful and his mistress, Rielle Hunter.

Election Day 2010 is 8 months away, but here's an update on 10 contests

A look at what goes into the delicate, high-stakes and imperfect effort.

Former Rep. Massa says he groped a male staffer, but said it wasn't sexual.

Taxing junk food may help reduce obesity and improve health, researchers have found.

Dalai Lama says China attempting to annihilate Tibetan Buddhism.

Swedish newspapers publish Prophet Muhammad drawing after plot to murder artist.

Bank of America sued for mistakingly repossessing woman's home and parrot.

Longtime Dodgers center fielder Willie Davis found dead in Burbank home at age 69

Osmonds return to Las Vegas Strip after break following death of Marie's son.

An argument over service gets out of hand at a bridal store in Detroit.

A Florida man is struck by an SUV when he left a hospital to smoke a cigarette.

Witness says the 96-year-old Florida man had been chewed on most of his body.

Late night host pulls the 'American Idol' judge's fiancee from the audience.

JD Salinger's literary executives could release new books, but would they still be relevant?

Alessandra Ambrosio, Coco Rocha and Isabelle Caro are calling attention to the skinny vs. curvy debate.

Rick Seaney was particularly amused at how absurd some of last week's true tales sounded. You know, the bizarre incidents involving fake pilots, mini-controllers and more.

In an exclusive interview on 'Good Morning America' three of Michael Jackson's former bodyguards speak out about his family and financial trouble.

A new pitch for a new consumer watchdog agency features a popular reality-TV star poking fun at her controversial cosmetic surgery procedures.

In a competitive job market, job-seekers need every advantage they can get. Nothing trumps actual experience. One way to get it is through interning, even as an adult.

Your homeowner's and auto insurance coverage could help you save on legal fees, pet injuries and more.

Cesarean births are at an all-time high and fewer women are giving birth vaginally following a cesarean section, spurring the National Institute of Health to reassess current recommendations on birthing practices.

The big cat hybrid loved by Napoleon Dynamite is featured -- along with some other unnatural hybrids.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter write about the power of kindness in their book 'The Difference Goodness Makes.'

TV makers Samsung and Panasonic makers unveil 3-D TVs this week.



Panasonic Corporation - Samsung Group - Television - Sony - Panasonic

Google has developed new software to make searching for programs easier.



Google - Television - Companies - Google Maps - Intellectual Property

Sony to start selling 3-D TVs in June, joining industrywide push.



Sony - Television - Japan - South Korea - Technology

IBM and Stanford University tout way to improve recycled plastic.



IBM - Stanford University - Recycling - Business - Polymer

Tax season is a popular time for identity-theft scams.



Identity theft - Theft - Crime - Fraud - Law

Apple says first iPad tablet to go on sale April 3 in the U.S.



Apple - IPad - Companies - Apple II - Wi-Fi

Teens in the Driver's Seat is a peer-to-peer group that educates young people about the hazards of driving -- driving while talking on a cellphone, driving with a friend in the car, driving while sleepy or at night.



Motorsports - Auto racing - Sports - Kids and Teens - Teen Life

Drivers end up on railroad tracks, stuck in snow after following GPS directions.



Rail transport - Global Positioning System - Business - Geomatics - Earth Sciences

New laser from MIT scientists could make light-speed computing a reality.



Laser - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Business - MIT - Light

Species of frog thought to have been extinct for 30 years has been found again.



Extinction - Frogs and Toads - Biology - Flora and Fauna - Animalia

The Israeli military had to cancel an operation to arrest Palestinian militants in the West Bank several weeks ago after a soldier posted details of the mission on his Facebook page.



West Bank - Israel Defense Forces - Palestinian political violence - Facebook - Middle East

Facebook campaign to name massive number gains momentum online.



Facebook - Social Networking - Online Communities - Math - Games

Roger Ebert's voice reconstructed by Scottish company CereProc from hours of movie commentary after the movie critic's was unable to speak after complications from thyroid cancer.



Roger Ebert - Film criticism - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Cancer

Mayor unofficially renames Topeka 'Google' to lure Internet company to the city.



Google - kansa - Searching - Search Engines - Topeka Kansas

...but not a drop to drink. You'll recall NASA's LCROSS mission last fall, which crashed a spent rocket into the moon's south pole in the hope that it would kick up frozen water there. It was apparently successful. Now, an...



Moon - United States - Earth - Solar System - Water

Michael Mann, a Penn State scientist who appeared prominently in those famously-hacked e-mails from climate researchers last fall, has been cleared on three of four points raised by a university panel investigating him. You'll recall that the e-mails -- more...



Pennsylvania State University - Michael E. Mann - United States - Penn State University - Pennsylvania

Mike Massimino, an astronaut I've known for several years, was in New York yesterday -- and had more questions for me about NASA's future than I did for him. 'I'm trying to ignore all that,' he said. 'But it's hard.......



Barack Obama - NASA - Outsourcing - Business - United States

NASA photo tricks eyes into making you believe that Mars has trees.



Spiral galaxy - Galaxy - Astronomy - Galaxies - Images

Australia's second elephant born at Melbourne zoo.

Strange Spiral Lights Over Northern Norway

Plump skunk named Mr. Bumble tries to lose one-third his weight.

Ringlike solar eclipse was visible across a narrow stretch of Asia and Africa.

Owner wants Guiness Book of Records to recognize Boomer

Scientists find astonishing richness in species in Arctic and Antarctic oceans.

Humpback whale wanders into New York harbor.

Thousands evacuate as the Mayon volcano spews lava and ash.

Backwards-flying, green comet makes its closest approach to Earth today.

A look back at Apple co-founder Jobs and the company he created.

More than 1,000 new species are discovered in the Mekong region.

Pres. Bush protects a huge expanse of the Pacific, leaving a bright blue legacy.

Barrow, Alaska, perched on Artic Ocean, is threatened by climate change.

Check out the hottest tech offerings from this year's Consumer Electronics Show.

Photographer shows effects of climate change on a fragile part of the world.

Researchers spot hundreds of new species of underwater animals.

Hurricane Ike evacuees come to Galveston for the first time since Ike.

Lake has liquid -- but enough to water ski?

Strange explosions may be the force behind dazzling phenomenon.

Conservationists believe the ugly fish should be listed as endangered.

UNESCO has named new sites deemed worthy of preservation.

Messenger spacecraft reveals never-before-seen color images of the Swift Planet.

Boeing to develop half-helicopter, half-blimp.

The world's longest cable-stayed bridge opens in China.

Celebrities practice eco-friendly living by going green.

The gorillas of Virunga National Park are in jeopardy in the Congo.

Freakish frog unleashes hidden claws if threatened.

The competition was tight, but these 10 packed a punch.

Struggling auto industry hopes to drum up interest in Geneva this week.

The Internet company has launched a new ultra high-speed network in the area.



Google - Searching - Search Engines - Ship naming and launching - Companies

Co-founder of BlogHer, Elisa Camahort, explains the citizen reporter blog.



BlogHer - Elisa Camahort - Directories - Twitter - Elisa Camahort Page

NASA will highlight the educational activities planned on the next space shuttle mission during a news briefing at 12 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, March 9.

NASA has exercised a $60 million, one-year extension option for a contract with Science Applications International Corporation of Houston to provide support to safety and mission assurance activities at the agency's Johnson Space Center.

NASA today unveiled an interactive computer simulation that allows virtual explorers of all ages to dock the space shuttle at the International Space Station, experience a virtual trip to Mars or a lunar impact, and explore images of star formations taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA today announced its founding partnership of Launch, an initiative to identify, showcase and support innovative approaches to sustainability challenges through a series of forums.

The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-P, lifted off Thursday aboard a Delta IV rocket at 6:17 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

NASA, in cooperation with local technology firms and sponsors, launches a nationwide series of high school robotics competitions that begin March 5 and 6 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place N.W., in Washington.

NASA's International Space Station Program has won the 2009 Collier Trophy, which is considered the top award in aviation.

Using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have detected ice deposits near the moon's north pole.

Administrator Charles F. Bolden announced Monday leadership changes involving three of the agency's field centers.

Partly sunny. Highs around 70. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds around 5. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds around 5.

Rain. Mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.

Cloudy. Rain likely. Mainly in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Rain. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 90 percent.