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Community Services for March 3
AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS, a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics and addicts who share experience, strength and hope in order to solve common problems, meet at 7 p.m. Mondays in Rainbow City (email@example.com or 256-442-8697); at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Attalla (email@example.com or 256-442-7056); and at noon Thursdays at Gadsden State Community College (256-438-4045).
SMART SURVIVORS meets at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Day Room 1 in HealthSouth Rehab Hospital, Gadsden. The group is for survivors of heart disease or stroke. Refreshments will be served.
VOLUNTEERS are being sought who are willing to give their time to transport veterans from the Gadsden VA Clinic to the VA Medical Center in Birmingham. For more information on the program, all interested volunteers are encouraged to contact Mike Jones, DAV Hospital Service Coordinator at 205-933-8101, ext, 5477, or Bo Aaron at 256-225-5270 or 256-543-3451.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS has trained consultants available to help people research for information about ancestors. Staff members can help with use of resources available in the Family History Center, 2001 Noccalula Road, Gadsden. The center has access to the FamilySearch Internet site, computers, microfilm readers, online microfilm ordering and other free premium family history research Internet sites. The center is open from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturdays. Call 256-546-0746.
NICHOLS MEMORIAL LIBRARY is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays for anyone interested in family history research. The library contains genealogical information and family files from all areas of Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and other states. Military records and Native American research books are available for research. For information, call Leon Young, 256-547-8477, or Harold Batie, 256-492-2739.
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL offers a bipolar support group open to the public at no charge. The support group meets at 10 a.m. second Monday of each month at Daugette Towers.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets at 7 p.m. daily at 525 W. Grand Ave., Rainbow City (call 866-360-5967); and at noon and 7 p.m. daily at 1109 Baltimore Ave., Albertville; 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and 7 p.m. Saturday 7 p.m. at 609 Washington St., Gadsden.
GADSDEN-ETOWAH COUNTY CHAPTER OF NAMI will meet at 6 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at First United Methodist Church, 115 S. Fifth St., Gadsden. NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness, is a family-to-family support group for individuals and caretakers of individuals with a mental health problem. For information, call Carol Foster, 256-441-4435, or Katherine Hood, 256-328-0834.
DOWNTOWN CELEBRATE RECOVERY at The Gathering meets every Friday at 530 Chestnut St. (Corner of South Sixth and Chestnut streets.) A meal is served at 5:30 p.m. for $3. Large group meets at 6:30 p.m. and small groups meet at 7:30 p.m. Call Steven Brewster, 256-490-0872.
NAMI CONNECTION is a weekly support group that meets each Thursday at the Tyler Center (731 Leighton Ave.) in Anniston. The group meets from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. NAMI Connection is for people living with a mental illness. People will learn from each others' experiences, share coping strategies and offer each other encouragement and understanding. The group is led by two people who live with mental illness themselves and who have been trained to lead the group. NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. For more information, call 256-452-9676.
A SUPPORT GROUP for multiple sclerosis patients meets at 6 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month in the high school building library at CrossPoint Community Church, 2730 Wills Creek Road, Gadsden. The group is for patients and caregivers.
CELEBRATE RECOVERY meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Bellevue United Methodist Church, 209 Mary Lou Circle, near Noccalula Falls, 256-490-2362; Fridays in CrossPoint Community Church, 2730 Wills Creek Road, 256-546-9236, where a meal is served at 5:15 p.m. for $3 and the large group meeting starts at 6:15 p.m.; at 5:45 p.m. Sundays in North Glencoe Baptist Church, 1119 Chastain Blvd., 256-492-1910 or 256-390-5177, Don Colvin; Thursdays at Gadsden Christian Fellowship, 719 Nunnally Ave., Gadsden, where dinner is served at 5:45 p.m. for a cost of $3 and the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m., Wes Gilchrist, 256-312-4439, or Thomas Bragg, 256-591-3873; and at 6:30 p.m. Mondays in East Gadsden Church of God, 105 Elmwood Ave., across from Aldi, 256-546-9732.
A SUPPORT GROUP for substance abuse will meet 5:30 Sundays at Cross T Ranch. Call 256-892-9267 for more information and directions.
WOMEN'S ABUSE RECOVERY GROUP, Beauty for Ashes, meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Bellevue United Methodist Church, 209 Mary Lou Circle. Free child care offered. Call 256-892-9267 or 256-547-0201.
TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY meetings are: Gadsden Chapter No. 380, 10 a.m. Tuesdays, East Gadsden Community Center, 256-878-6526; Chapter No. 255, 6 p.m. Tuesdays, East Gadsden Community Center, 256-547-7889; and Chapter No. 547, 1 p.m. Tuesdays, George Wallace Senior Center in Glencoe, 256-492-4911; Albertville No. 564, 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, First Church of the Nazarene, Boaz, 256-891-3496.
GRIEFSHARE at North Glencoe Baptist Church is held in Trailer 200. For information, call Cathy King, 256-492-3211, or the church, 256-492-1910.
GRIEFSHARE SUPPORT GROUP will meet at 7 p.m. the last Monday of each month at MeadowBrook Baptist conference center. For information, call Van Lockridge, 256-442-3550.
GRIEFSHARE SUPPORT GROUP meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at HarvestField Church, 4533 Rainbow Drive, in Conference Room 303. The group is open to new participants at any time. For information, call Mary Whorton, 256-442-9361.
RIDING FOR RECOVERY, substance abuse recovery using horses at Cross T Ranch, is held at 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. For information and directions, call 256-892-9267.
DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP, facilitated by SouthernCare Hospice, meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 3 p.m. at Gadsden Health & Rehab Center, 1945 Davis Drive, Gadsden, on 800 Hall. For information, call Jane Sims, 256-5566.
"JOURNEY THROUGH THE VALLEY," support group for those who have experienced the recent loss of a loved one, meets from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. first and third Tuesday each month at Lawley Premiere Hospice Care, 101 Church St., Rainbow City
ANTICIPATORY GRIEF/BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP, facilitated by New Beacon Hospice, meets at 1 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at 244 S. Fourth St., Gadsden. For information, call Amy Daugherty, 256-549-5011.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Rainbow City Library. Call 256-442-1748.
BEREAVEMENT MANAGEMENT/GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP, provided by Gadsden Regional Hospice, meets at 2 p.m. every Tuesday in the offices of Gadsden Regional Home Health and Hospice in the Attalla Industrial Park, No. 82 Industrial Blvd. For information, call 256-538-7460.
HOPE SUPPORT GROUP meets at 6 p.m. Tuesdays in Mount Pisgah Baptist Church. Call 256-543-8278 or 256-547-5693.
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, existing or prospective, can register for free one-on-one counseling offered by the Jacksonville State University Small Business Development Center, the Small Business Administration and the Chamber of Gadsden and Etowah County. Appointments are available between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month in the Chamber office. Appointments are required. This is not a seminar. Call 256-543-3472.
PARENTS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS, Gadsden-Anniston chapters, meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month. Call 256-393-9119.
CHRISTIANS AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE, a 12-step program, is at 6 p.m. Mondays for women and 6 p.m. Thursdays for men in Rainbow Church of Christ, 2201 Rainbow Drive. Call 256-547-3731.
NEW BEACON HOSPICE has a program for veterans called Hospice for Heroes designed to identify, assess and respond to the unique needs of veterans and their families. If you are a veteran, hospice staff would love to talk with you about how you can volunteer to work with other veterans in our area. Please come by 244 S. Fourth St., Gadsden, or call 256-549-5011.
AN ALZHEIMER'S SUPPORT GROUP, sponsored by the John H. White Adult Day Care Center and Comfort Care Hospice, meets at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the center, 1315 Gardner St. Call 256-547-7577 or 256-413-9045.
A FAMILY LIFE COUNSELING GROUP sponsored by Charis Ministries meets at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Call the Grace Place, 256-494-1671.
A SUPPORT GROUP FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV OR AIDS and their families or loved ones meets 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays. Call 256-546-4465.
THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER has free exercise on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Line dancing is at 4:30 p.m. Mondays. For information, call 256-549-4740.
GADSDEN HEAD START PROGRAM is accepting pregnant women in its Early Head Start Program. Ongoing training with pregnant mothers and family members will include fetal development, the effects of smoking, alcohol and drugs on the unborn child, body changes and pregnancy, labor and delivery and more. Additional information may be picked up at the Gadsden Head Start Program, 513 Henry St.
THOMPSON COMMUNITY CENTER senior exercise group meets Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 1:30 p.m. For information, call Janet Simmons, 256-549-4738.
MEN, WOMEN AND TEENS are needed for the New Beacon Hospice Volunteer Program. Call Tiffany Hoyt, 256-549-5011 or visit 244 Fourth St. (behind Comcast Cable).
CONSTRUCTION VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED on Wednesdays and Saturdays to help build houses with Gadsden-Etowah Habitat for Humanity. Those interested are asked to email email@example.com or call 256-543-1898. Skilled and unskilled volunteers, groups from churches and businesses are welcome. Volunteers must be at least 16 to work on an active building site. There are needs in carpentry, site preparation, concrete work, painting and more. Those interested are asked to email email@example.com or call 256-543-1898.
CARING PEOPLE ARE NEEDED to become volunteers for Comfort Care Hospice. Call Kim Bradford, 256-547-3050.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED for Horses Offering People Hope, an equine therapy program offered by Footprints of Hope. Both Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association and natural horsemanship volunteers are welcome. All prospective volunteers must be drug free. Call Mary Kay Tortoriello, Cross T Ranch, 256-892-9267 or visit footprintsofhope.com.


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The first episode of tonight's hourlong "Parks and Recreation" block continues where last week's left off, with Ben and Leslie deciding they wanted to get married right now. But will the wedding really be a "close second" to marrying Joe Biden, like Leslie dreams it will be? Will it be better? In the second episode, Leslie's pre-written speech is stolen before an important event. NBC 8:30 p.m. EST.
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Do any of you cook with hominy?
Last year, when I saw a bag of Rancho Gordo hominy at my local butcher shop, I couldn't resist snatching it up. I had never cooked with hominy before and I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it - an impulse buy you could say. Some weeks later I was thumbing through the Ruth Reichl's Gourmet Today cookbook and found her recipe for Pozole, a wonderful Mexican stew packed with chicken, hominy, tomatillos and topped with lime, avocado, radish and cilantro. Bingo! Now my hominy had a purpose.
Well I have to tell you, that pozole was good - irresistibly good - and I knew I wanted to share it with you guys. Finally, here I am.
As you have probably noticed, I tend to favor recipes that are simple and quick to make, not fussing too much with the natural deliciousness of good ingredients. As I am in the thick of recipe testing feedback for my book ( thank you wonderful testers!), one of my favorite compliments is that the recipes are surprisingly easy. This makes me happy. That said, this pozole recipe is kinda time consuming and makes for a ton of dishes, but it's so worth the effort. And when you're done, you have this amazing one-bowl meal that is deeply satisfying and delish!
As a little side note... I wanted to give a shout out to Kimberley Hasselbrink, the talented cook and photographer behind The Year in Food. I got to meet Kimberley in person last week when she graciously invited me for lunch. She cooked up a few really tasty items from her upcoming book to be published by Ten Speed next year. If those bites were any indication, her book will be as delicious as her blog. I cannot wait to cook from it!
If you are going to prepare your own hominy, and not use the canned stuff, allow yourself soaking and cooking time before you get set to make the pozole. I suggest soaking your hominy the night before you want to cook. Then cook the hominy a few hours before getting started on making the rest of your pozole.
INGREDIENTS very slightly adapted from Ruth Reichl's Gourmet Today
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- two 15 ounce cans cooked hominy, or 4 cups home-cooked hominy (8 ounces dry will yield approximately 4 cups)
- 1 large white onion, sliced thin lengthwise
- 6 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
- bay leaf
- salt
- 3 pounds skinless boneless chicken thighs (I'm sure you could also use breast meat, but I don't think the resulting broth would be as flavorful)
- 1/2 cup pepitas
- 1 pound tomatillos, husks removed and rinsed with warm water
- 1 -2 bunches fresh cilantro
- 1 teaspoon dried epazote or dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
Delicious Garnishes:
- avocados, chopped and tossed with salt and lime juice
- radishes, chopped
- small white onion, chopped
- additional chopped cilantro
- lots of limes
- more epazote, or crushed oregano
As I mentioned above, if you are using dried hominy, it needs to be soaked and cooked before you can make the pozole. I followed the instructions on the package.
In a stockpot, bring 8 cups of water to a boil. Add 1/2 sliced onion, 3 cloves garlic, bay, and a teaspoon of salt to the pot. Cover the pot, and simmer for 10 minutes.
Next, add the whole chicken thighs to the pot. Skim off any foam that forms. Simmer very gently, uncovered, for 20 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Use kitchen tongs to remove the chicken and set it on a platter to cool. Strain the broth and set it aside for later. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, shred it with your fingers and set aside.
Grind pepitas in a spice grinder or coffee grinder. ( I think it's brilliant that this recipe uses these ground pepitas for a thickener for the stew.) Set aside.
In a large saucepan, heat 3 cups water with remaining 1/2 onion and tomatillos over high heat. Bring to a boil, then simmer covered for 10 minutes, until veggies are tender. Discard the cooking liquid and place the cooked tomatillos and onions into a standing blender along with 1/4 cup cilantro, 3 more cloves garlic, epazote, and 1.5 teaspoons salt. Blend thoroughly.
Heat canola oil in a large stock pot or dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the pureed veg to the hot pan - be careful as it will be splattery. Cook the sauce uncovered, stirring regularly until it thickens - about 10 minutes. Add the ground pepitas and 1 cup of the broth reserved from cooking the chicken, stir and cook another 5 minutes.
Finally add the shredded chicken, cooked hominy, and 3 cups of reserved broth to the pot. Simmer partially covered for 20 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup chopped cilantro. Season with additional salt to taste - though keep in mind that adding freshly squeeze lime to soup will add a nice punch.
Scoop warm pozole into low bowls and serve with all the wonderful garnishes. Damn, that's good.
serves 6
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Last winter I followed a basic periodized program. Now I want to take things further. I'm clear on the idea of breaking your training up into microcycles and prioritizing them toward either strength or endurance.
Last winter I followed a basic periodized program. Now I want to take things further. I'm clear on the idea of breaking your training up into microcycles and prioritizing them toward either strength or endurance. Most people agree that you shouldn't follow the same program every year. Can you recommend some other structure tips?
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The next step is to lay down the critical relationship between intensity (move /route difficulty) and extent (number of moves/routes/problems) throughout the course of each microcycle. If a microcycle is prioritized toward strength, then you will conduct a training ratio of 2:1 or 3:1 strength-to-endurance workouts and vice versa for an endurance-prioritized microcycle. Whether it is a strength- or an endurance-prioritized microcycle, it should always commence with high-extent/low-intensity work and move toward high-intensity/low-extent work as the phase progresses. In the case of endurance microcycles, for example, you should always start with sets of triple laps on routes at the gym, or up-down-ups and long circuits of 70 to 100 moves. As the weeks progress, move on to double laps on routes and mid-length circuits of 40 to 70 moves, before hitting a climax for the phase on harder single routes and shorter circuits of 20 to 40 moves. This concept is well-known for endurance training but perhaps less commonly practiced when it comes to strength/power.
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An alternative concept to experiment with is to increase the number of training days (or sessions) per week as each phase progresses. For example, the first week may only involve two light sessions; the second week, three sessions; the third week, four sessions; and the fourth week, five sessions. This way your training will move forward in waves, which gather momentum as you develop fitness to train, and the most demanding weeks are always followed by crucial recovery weeks.
This approach can be combined with the previous concept to great effect. However, be sure to allow sufficient time to progress, or you will simply fail to make your targets and be forced to spread the sessions out or ease up.


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Since the team moved to Nationals Park in 2008, Abe Lincoln has been the president to beat, taking 46% of all races through a combination of aggressive tactics and suspicious bursts of speed in the stretch.
But this week, George Washington, having finished second in the standings for three straight years, seems to have received a wake-up call, taking three of four races in similar fashion, with Abe-like bursts of speed.
On Tuesday night at Nationals Park, it was the George and Abe show once again. With Lincoln in the lead, Washington burst past him at the turn.
Abe, desperate to catch up, put on a burst of his own, but couldn't catch the founding father, and fell flat on his face trying.
With the final month of the season looming, it appears notice has been served. If Abe Lincoln wants to continue his dynasty, he's going to have to work for it.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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Petit Verdot is a red grape variety that is traditionally used in Cabernet Sauvignon based blends. It is known for its intense color, vibrant flavors and firm tannin structure making it a good choice for true red wine drinkers.
Petit Verdot has an interesting flavor profile. It can be incredibly perfumed, having aromas of blueberry and violet. Sometimes it has an attractive herbaceous and spice element, giving the variety complexity. The acidity is often prominent and due to the thick skins of the grape, the color is very dense and the tannins are firm. Structural wines with intense flavors can age well in the mid term. Due to its strength of character, Petit Verdot can have a significant impact on a blend, even when used in small proportions.
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Pinot Noir originated in the French region of Burgundy, where it is most renowned and revered. The true character of Pinot Noir is expressed when it is grown in a cool climate. In fact, its early ripening nature makes it able to withstand some of the cooler areas.
Wines made from Pinot Noir are typically lightly colored, with cherry-to-plum red hues. The aroma, which is often highly fragrant, can be composed of cherries, red berries, violets and spice when young, transforming into gamey, leathery, mushroomy characters with age. The palate is light-to-medium bodied with fine silky tannins.
As complexity is a vital attribute of good Pinot Noir, the winemaking process is very detailed. Some winemakers choose to include whole berries in the fermentation to increase the fragrance of the wine. Others allow crushed grapes to macerate prior to fermentation to increase the depth of color and flavor. Some choose to do this after fermentation. Oak is used as an important element in both the sensory and structural aspects of the wine, however due to the delicacy of the variety, care must be taken to ensure that it doesn't dominate the wine. It is not unusual for a single batch of grapes to be processed in different ways to give a range of blending options for the final wine.
The beauty of Syrah is that it can flourish in a range of climates. Syrah can be made into a range of styles, defined by the terroir of the region and the winemakers' artistry. With its soft ripe tannins, black cherry, pepper and spice characters, it can be crafted into wines suitable for immediate consumption.
Substantial plantings in both California as well as Italy. In Italy it is known as Primitivo. It produces full-bodied and richly flavored wines.
White Varieties
The popularity of Chardonnay quickly rose, due to its generous flavors and its ease to grow and make into wine. In fact, it is often called a viticulturalist's dream, as it is early ripening, naturally vigorous and is relatively resistant to disease. Most importantly, it can be grown in a wide range of climatic conditions, leading to a vast array of styles.
The base flavor of Chardonnay is generous, but relatively neutral thus the winemakers' individuality can be expressed through the winemaking techniques used. Oak usage, yeast lees contact and malolactic fermentation are just some of the ways a winemaker can influence the style of Chardonnay.
Chenin Blanc
Chenin Blanc is a classic French variety. The basis of some of the world's greatest and long-living sweet wines.
Gewurztraminer is a spicy, aromatic variety. Its style ranges from the flavorsome and fruity, to fine and delicate.
Pinot Gris
There are many synonyms for Pinot Gris. In Alsace, it is known at Tokay Pinot Gris. In Italy, it is commonly referred to as Pinot Grigio and in Germany it is known as Ruländer or Grauburgunder.
Gris, meaning grey in French, refers to the color of the Pinot Gris grapes. As a result, wines made from Pinot Gris often have a slight coppery hue. They have a delicately perfumed aroma with flavors stretching from fresh pear through to tropical fruits. Pinot Gris is similar to Chardonnay in that it has good palate weight and flavor.
Riesling is an aromatic variety that produces intensely fragrant and flavored wines of exceptional character. Notes of citrus, honeysuckle, blossoms, green apple and mineral are commonly seen. With concurrent high acidity and comparable low alcohol, the wines retain an enviable freshness which many other varieties lack. Oak is not used and the wines are very pure and clean.
Riesling is a variety that is much loved by winemakers and wine connoisseurs due to its intense flavors and its defined palate structure. Riesling is delightful when it is consumed young and fresh. However it is one of the few white wines that has the ability to age.
Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc is a variety with increasing popularity in Australia. Although its plantings are quite small, they are expected to significantly increase over the next ten years. Sauvignon Blanc is used to make fresh, vibrant wine styles with none of the heaviness of Chardonnay or the floral tones of Riesling. Its flavor profile is in harmony with Semillon and consequently these varieties are often blended together.
The flavor spectrum of Sauvignon Blanc is quite diverse. Upon a backbone of herbaceousness lie tropical fruit, passion fruit and gooseberry. Look a little closer and you may see tomato leaf, spice and flint. The stronger styles have elements of asparagus, capsicum and gun smoke. And winemaking can add tones of oak, butter and yeast. They are a feast for the senses, especially during the heat of summer where their defined acidity adds freshness to the palate.
Semillon is a unique minerally, lemony style, which is crisp and lean when young and is made without the influence of oak or malolactic fermentation. However the wine undergoes a transformation with age, evolving into a complex, nutty, honeyed wine of great depth and complexity.
Semillon is often seen blended with Chardonnay, particularly in mass-market wine styles. The freshness of Semillon provides a necessary balance to the often overly rich Chardonnay. It is a blend that has been very successful.
The most distinctive attribute of Viognier is its stone fruit character, most notably that of apricot. It can also show considerable floral and spice tones. In cooler climates you can see citrus whilst in warmer areas there is more honeysuckle. It has good viscosity due to generous alcohol levels and is similar to Chardonnay in that it has a weighty mid-palate and generous flavour, making it a good alternative to this ubiquitous variety.
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Sasha DiGiulian Explains Why We Don't Climb Hard Enough
About a month ago, Sasha DiGiulian sent Rock and Ice her thoughts on the state of affairs of American climbers. American climbers as a group, she wrote, don't climb nearly as hard as Europeans. The news was bitter broth. How could this be? We'll let her answer that in her essay and a follow-up Q/A session.
This article was is featured in Rock and Ice Issue 214/December 2013
Sasha DiGiulian, 21, doesn't need an introduction as America's best female climber (of all time). You know that. Unless you were a castaway for the past three years, you also know that she was the first American woman to climb 5.14d. That she won at Psicobloc, is the reigning Arco world champion and in September became the first female to repeat Alex Huber's 2001 10-pitch Bellavista (5.14b) on the Cima Ovest, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, in the Italian Dolomites. This loose and spicy shiverfest gets a nod even from Mr. Messner. You know as well, after your daily trolls to her website, that she's 5′ 2″, tips the scales at 97 pounds and attends Columbia University.
So, instead of reciting yesterday's fishwrap, let us read what we do not know. About a month ago, Sasha DiGiulian sent Rock and Ice her thoughts on the state of affairs of American climbers. American climbers as a group, she wrote, don't climb nearly as hard as Europeans. The news was bitter broth. How could this be? We'll let her answer that in her essay and a follow-up Q/A session.
I first traveled alone to Europe when I was 16 years old. I went to Spain with a group of climber friends—Andrea and Gabor Szekely, Magnus Midtbø, Felipe Camargo, and Jakob Schubert. Prior to this trip, I had been to Europe to climb, but always with other Americans, and the trips were centered on competition itineraries, with a bit of rock climbing fit in around the events. On this trip I was just going to climb outside, in the Catalunya region of Spain with motivated climbers around my age from different parts of the world (Hungary, Norway, Brazil and Austria). For the first time in my life, I watched 5.14s sent with ease.
Spain opened my eyes to a new level and perspective on climbing. There are basic differences between the climbing scene in Europe and the distinction was rooted in the mentality toward climbing and the base level.
Whether for the warm up or the project, expectations in Europe—Spain, France and Italy, mostly—are higher than in America. At many areas where we climbed, the easiest route at the crag was 5.12. So, that is the warm up. The domingueros (weekend warriors) in their caravans climbed 5.12 or 5.13.
Jensen Walker " src="https://d1vs4ggwgd7mlq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/Article-Images/Online-Features/SashaFeature/SashaDiGiulianBellavista.jpg" />In 2009, six months after my first trip to Spain, I returned to Spain prior to competing in my first World Cup, in Barcelona. While there, I found a project—Botanics (then 5.14a, now 5.13d), that I was really motivated to climb. The route was located in Las Ventanas, one of the main sectors at Rodellar. Las Ventanas offers an incredible concentration of routes of 5.13a to 5.14d lined up across a magnificently steep overarching limestone wall that is dripping with tufas. Botanics included new moves I had never thought of doing before like knee bars through bulging tufa sections and heel-toe jams through
the cruxy roof section. My European friends encouraged me to try the route. The fact that it was a new level of difficulty intimidated me, but it was a classic climb and a new challenge, so I decided the worst that could happen by trying would be falling.
A Russian couple was climbing at Las Ventanas. The two were also in Rodellar to prepare for the World Cup. During the day, they would do hard onsights—my project, for example. Then they would run laps on hard routes for endurance. I had never seen a female climb 5.14, and here was a woman attempting to onsight one. And I was going to be competing against her in two weeks!
In the U.S., there are few areas with such a heavy concentration of hard, beautiful routes all at the same crag, and you often need to drive or fly long distances to climb many difficult routes. Areas that are exceptions include the Red River Gorge, where there are stacks of 5.13s and 5.14s. In Europe, it is also common to find at least one 5.14 at a crag, but in America, 5.14s are still relatively rare.
This leads to the main discrepancy in Europe versus the U.S., which is the bar of expectation. Because climbing 5.13 is more a part of the norm in Europe than in the U.S., European climbers try harder routes, expose themselves to higher grades sooner, and therefore achieve them more often. "Why not try?" is the mentality I learned in Europe.
Whether you succeed at climbing doesn't depend on any teammates. Improving at this sport is an input-output system—the effort you put into climbing directly correlates to success. For the American climbing scene to rise to that next level, we need to take that next fall, and then fall again and again … until we send.
For the American climbing scene to rise to that next level, we need to take that next fall, and then fall again and again … until we send.
RI: Are you saying that the average European climber performs at a higher level than the average U.S. climber?
SD: I think that overall, the entry-level climber in Europe climbs harder graded routes than the entry or weekend climber in the U.S. My point is not that Europeans are necessarily stronger than Americans, but that the average level of climbers in Europe is higher because they try what is beyond their "comfort level," abandoning any personal expectations that may limit trying harder routes. For example, I will never climb a 5.15 if I never try one. I need to find a line that I am passionate about, and expose myself to the movements, to the level of difficulty, and to the possibility of falling a lot of times. Without failure, there is no room for new accomplishments.
RI: Does the European lifestyle contribute to climbing harder?
SD: Perhaps. Sport climbing has deeper roots in Europe than in the U.S. The Spanish lifestyle, for example, is very conducive to the climbing lifestyle. The workers—if you have a job, unemployment is staggeringly high in Spain—have reasonable hours, live close to the rock with world-class climbing, and imbed the outdoor lifestyle into their daily regimens.
RI: If Europeans climb harder than Americans, what explains Chris Sharma? And how do you account for your success? You and Sharma are two of the world's top climbers, and both of you are American.
SD: There is a handful of world-class American climbers; however, all of them have traveled the world to pursue this professional climbing dream. I do not think that in order to climb hard, you need to travel internationally, but you do need to expose yourself to the cutting-edge facets of sport climbing, which happen to be dominant in Europe. Therefore, it is much easier to excel and to push beyond mental and physical boundaries by immersing yourself in environments that have higher concentrations of challenging routes. Also, by traveling through Europe, climbers can learn new styles and techniques from other climbers around the world and diversify their own skill sets.
RI: When European routes graded with the French scale get translated into our YDS system, do the grades tend to become softer? For instance, do more people in Europe climb more 5.14s because a European 5.14 is easier than a U.S. 5.14?
SD: Conversion should not make the route softer—it should not change the grade at all. There are more 5.14s in Europe because there are more people developing routes at that level. There is currently more of a drive to search and find new areas of hard, concentrated sport routes in Europe.
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Jensen Walker" src="https://d1vs4ggwgd7mlq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/Article-Images/Online-Features/SashaFeature/SashaDiGiulianRodellar.jpg" />RI: Does the World Cup circuit, which is almost all in Europe, help fuel the sport there and contribute to people climbing better?
SD: The World Cup circuit is quite separate from the outdoor climbing scene. The climbers in the circuit train on plastic and a lot of the teams have organized support from their federations. Certainly, competition climbing encourages training harder and advancing to new levels in climbing, but I think that competition climbing and outdoor climbing are very different. My point is more focused on the accessibility to harder sport-climbing routes outdoors and the comparison between Europe and the U.S. For example, Europeans have more access to World Cup competitions. The U.S. Climbing Federation provides no financial support to their athletes, who have to fund themselves. When I have competed in World Cups, I go to registration and to the technical meetings, and I warm up in isolation alone as "Team U.S.A." In contrast, a team like Austria has a hired person to go to the technical meeting for the team, arrange the travel and hotel accommodation, and ensure that the competitors are comfortable and ready to compete. That's why I think that more climbers from Austria (in this example) are going to be motivated and prepared to compete in World Cups than climbers in the U.S.
Americans who want to excel in the World Cups need to go and compete in the World Cups. A big part of doing well at these competitions is learning how to do well, and this comes from first-hand experience. Becoming accustomed to variables like the format, holds and setting are all crucial. The athletes crushing the World Cup scene compete routinely in the series, know what it takes to do well, and train accordingly.
RI: There are more climbing-equipment companies in Europe than in the U.S. Does this make a difference?
I think that climbing being included in the 2020 Games could have been fabulous for mainstream publicity. With more exposure, there is a trickle-down effect that augments the community as a whole.
SD: I think that this difference highlights the point that climbing has a richer history in Europe than here. As climbing continues to grow and the sport gains popularity, I foresee climbing companies becoming more profitable, growing, and new outdoor companies forming. Likewise, as climbing gains more popularity in the U.S., I think that the level of climbers will increase, as there is a higher concentration of hard sport-climbing development. A prime example of this is the Red River Gorge, which is a unique U.S. sport-climbing destination due to its vast number of high-quality, difficult sport climbs. Each year, too, there have been new developments in this region. The Red River Gorge is one of my favorite climbing areas in the world.
RI: Are there other sport crags in development that could boost the U.S. to European standards?
SD: Absolutely. I am excited to travel more throughout the Western U.S. and climb in areas like Southwest Utah, Wyoming and California. We have the potential areas. I would like to have more of an influential role in development as well!
RI: You competed in and won the Psicobloc competition in Park City in late July. Psicobloc was the first deep-water soloing contest held in the U.S. Did you find this format more challenging or more unnerving than roped or bouldering competitions?
Zach Mahone " src="https://d1vs4ggwgd7mlq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/Article-Images/Online-Features/SashaFeature/SashaDiGiulianProfile.jpg" />SD: Lately I have been much more motivated to focus outdoors than on competitions, but the Psicobloc was an easy competition to be motivated for. Before Psicobloc I was climbing outdoors in Spain, then South Africa, so unlike in the World Cups, where you need to be focused primarily on training on plastic, for Psicobloc I was able to come from these outdoor environments and do well. This is because the Psicobloc route was more straightforward and similar to real climbing—there were no specific technical sequences that involved maneuvering on unfamiliar volumes or anything like what you experience in World Cups. The climbs were crowd-appealing and sequentially simple, set by the climbing fanatic himself, Dani Andrada. The route was not so hard [reportedly mid-5.13], but strategy and endurance were required as well as strength to just climb. The Psicobloc was the most fun competition I have competed in due to the crowd energy, all my friends being there and competing, and the sheer execution of an incredible idea under the leadership of Chris Sharma.
RI: How did the competitive field of Psicobloc stack up against that at a World Cup?
SD: The competitors at Psicobloc included climbing legends and outdoor superstars. There is not much of a comparison in their skills to those from World Cups because the field was different. The climbers at Psicobloc climb outside primarily. The World Cup competitors are predominantly indoor climbers who train and compete on plastic during the seasons.
RI: Could Psicobloc advance competition climbing in the U.S.?
SD: Certainly. The competition was a big show. The elements of difficulty, speed and "extreme" all contributed to an exhilarating perspective on competition climbing.
RI: Roped competition climbing did not make it to the Olympics. Were you disappointed, and would the Olympics have pushed climbing into another realm?
SD: I think that climbing being included in the 2020 Games could have been fabulous for mainstream publicity. With more exposure, there is a trickle-down effect that augments the community as a whole. When more funds are infused into the sport, professional climbers have more opportunities to aspire to their dreams and to inspire others to chase theirs, too. Also, there is more funding for outdoor development to areas previously inaccessible due to issues including private ownership. That said, just because climbing is not included in the Olympics does not break the future of the sport. There is still incredible growth yearly, and great potential remains. Ultimately, my goal is to inspire people to find their passion—ideally an active outdoor passion like climbing.


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TV Show Recaps - Grey's Anatomy Recap: "Thriller"
Grey's Anatomy scared up some tricks and treats in its Halloween episode! There were zombies, maggots in wounds, fights and even a pseudo-breakup as the doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial honored the spooky holiday. How did everyone celebrate? Let's check out who got the tricks and who got the treats:
-Leah was bitten by a zombie, Stephanie is running into walls after getting Lasik, and Shane starts going crazy when a patient insists on being treated by Heather Brooks. The interns are delightfully a mess.
-Leah hilariously tried to sneak out of Arizona's hotel room after the duo slept together. (That's the exact opposite of seeing leaves.) But after she's bitten by the zombie, she does her best to keep things light with Arizona, even though she's very scared while waiting to get her test results back. Arizona is there to offer her encouraging words. This relationship is growing on me. Send all hate mail to the comments below.
-Emma has called things off with Owen, telling him not to call her until he's actually ready to be in a relationship. Even when he does phone her and accidentally calls her "simple" before hanging up, Emma calls him back, which means that this relationship isn't over yet.
-Meredith and Cristina are still on the outs, but Meredith attempts a slight repair by inviting Cris to their Halloween party, even though it will be full of children. Cristina does stop by, but only to drop off cupcakes before leaving unannounced.
-When Bailey continues to complain about those interns, insisting that they're not ready to do the surgery on Richard, he decides to fire Bailey from his case. He does finally apologize to Meredith for yelling at her earlier this season and asks her to take the case and use it as a teaching opportunity.
-Ben has returned to Seattle Grace and reveals to Bailey that he actually quit his residency in Los Angeles. It turns into an epic fight that ends in disappointment. Could they be next on the relationship chopping block? Mistresses did get renewed for a second season, which could mean that actor Jason George may be needed elsewhere.
-Without her friends and Owen, Cristina ventures out to the bar alone on Halloween where she comes across Shane, who decides to buy her a drink. Oh boy. Do. Not. Let. This. Happen.
What did you think of the Halloween episode?
Grey's Anatomy airs Thursdays at 9/8c on ABC.
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Yawning Lion, Sketch.
My first complete digital painting, done completely in Adobe Photoshop on my Wacom Intuos 3 tablet. Stitched together from photo references of Ronald Weasley's head, body, and wand. Hand is from imagination and my own hand.
Spring 2007.
You are such a talented artist and no matter what your subject is I'm sure the final outcome will be beautiful, but in the past, I think most of your pieces were more about exploration. Through your self portrait concentration I'm sure you learned a lot about figures, composition, and technique. Thanks to that I'm glad to see that you have developed a style of your own. Keep pushing yourself.. I expect to see your paintings in a gallery some day.
05/27/09, 04:50 am
I am always so impressed by your portraits. Whenever I walk into the studio, the first thing that captures my eyes is your new portraits. Each of them has its expression and this tells me a lot about the person you painted (whether she/he is bright, moody...etc.). I always want to paint like you, captured people's facial image right away! You are an amazing artist! Keep painting at Princeton! I would love to see your works in the future.
05/26/09, 04:35 am
It's nice to see the new pieces on your site, the ambitious self portrait with oval mirror and the recent portrait of the girl in yellow. Your portraits have a kind of grit to them that I respond to because they seem on edge. They are empathetic but there is a sense of uncompromising integrity in how you see. That's admirable. The best portraits have that. Look at Goya's painting of King Ferdinand and the Royal Family. And Velazquez' paintings of the court children share your feeling for chiaroscuro, and for the psychology of the pose. Your double portrait is fascinating. And it's fun to see again some of the old ones, the portrait of Ronald Weasley. Some of your pictures of stars (Brad PItt) were interesting and your posters and theater designs capture some of the same mindset. Beware of formula. Let yourself investigate, inquire, and experiment. I like your digital work, your abstractions, and your whimsical things for that reason:the embracing angels and some of your early experiments in painting. But your portraits are really impressive. Let them be interesting to you.
05/26/09, 01:11 am
Your portraits are just so alive with colors and shadows. I saw your recent work hanging on the wall today, and I think you have progressed a lot catching more colors on face and body. Your use of color definitely makes alive paintings. The shadows on each portrait also gives a life to portraits.
05/26/09, 12:11 am
Your portraits are really impressive! My favorite is "Portrait of Sarah"--the colors amaze me; they blend well together and speak to my eyes!!!! Keep up your work! P.S- I love your new portrait of Carter! AWESOME
05/25/09, 04:21 am
Your portraits are always impressive due to the technique and accuracy. It is always obvious who your subject is but what I like about them is that usually by looking at you peices I feel like I can tell they're thinking in a way. Their expressions are always clear and well represented. In Chrissy's she looks relaxed and content while in Suzy's portrait she looks a bit nervous. I also enjoy your self portraits because I personally find it very hard to focus on myself as a subject objectively and you seem to be able to do that. I like how no matter how many times you draw yourself you always seem to make the piece unique and interesting.
11/12/08, 03:54 am
I feel like all of your pieces are amazing. You are obviously skilled and do a great job at capturing images and making your image all about the people or objects in it. But I don't think you've found something that speaks to you. If it speaks to you, then eventually it'll speak to others.
11/12/08, 03:42 am
Alice, you have incredible sense of line and form, as well as a strong sense of color. in the Portrait of Mme Savona, you capture the bone structure and the folds of the clothing quite nicely, focusing on the detail without taking away the mood of the entire drawing. I love the uniqueness of the subjects of your pictures, taking from both your own imagination and the people who are right in front of you.
11/12/08, 02:31 am
i love the drawing you did with colored pencils. it's really fascinating, color-wise, and you have great sense of proportion. your work with portraits is great. you have a really distinct style that shows most in this concentration.
11/12/08, 01:53 am
Your portrait painting is amazing, the colors you pull out of the skin are beautiful. You're really good at making your images seem realistic. I love your work.
11/12/08, 01:46 am
You have such a broad portfolio! It's great to see all the pieces that I see you working on in class, but I really enjoy seeing some of you digital work and independent sketches! I personally like these pieces the best - such as the yawning lion and your imaginary figures. They seem to have the most motivation and therefore the most completion. I just love your brushwork and how many colors you use. Seeing your series of portraits always makes me want to paint from life. I can only imagine how mind blowing your pieces would be if they were completely finished to your high standards!
11/12/08, 01:24 am
The Things I see, I Sketch
The two butterfly's fly with color and the eye is sketched in pencil. The simplicity of this picture brings out a mysterious look in the eye that you have drawn. It is such a beautiful picture and shows your uniqueness of imagination. The shadowing of is very well done.
11/10/08, 02:09 pm
This portfolio is one of two. The skill in drawing and painting is remarkable, indeed exceptional. What you need to work on (and you know this already) is sustaining an idea. Finding ways to renter your pieces is what you hope to do. Your imagination is restless. You start many new works. Sometimes you draw on the computer, sometimes with oil paint, sometimes pencil. The current portrait of Sarah Q. (an oil on canvas) shows that you can follow through. You built the ground color in one session and then in three successive sittings over the course of a few weeks you worked back into the portrait. I commend you for working from life on the portrait, on arranging the sittings, and on the intelligent pictorial decisions. Now the portrait is painted with astonishing authority. But does it say what you wanted to say or does it feel right? Does the portrait reveal to you your intention and can you follow the lead the painting intuits? This is where you left off today. The portrait begins to have a life of its own. Now, I have critiqued a picture not on this site. Images 3 and 4 here have qualities of what is so successful in the portrait of Sarah. Maybe you could post that wonderful portrait.
11/06/08, 01:28 am
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KANSAS CITY, KANSAS—I can summarize my whirlwind 36 hours in Kansas City in two words: bandwidth and barbecue.
I spent all day Wednesday testing a Google fiber connection, attending startup events, seeing Google's "fiber space," meeting entrepreneurs, chatting with a realtor, and interviewing a city official. All of that was washed down, at the end of the day, with a generous helping of delicious burnt ends and ribs at Oklahoma Joe's—and yes, I'm exhausted.
So how fast is Google Fiber? Really fast... and it may be far ahead of its time.
That said, I can't say that I noticed a significant difference in terms of my day-to-day use of the Internet. Even the people in the Kansas City Startup Village (KCSV)—a small strip on the edge of Kansas City, Kansas that was among the first homes to have Google's gigabit connection—agreed with me.
"Right now, we don't do anything that requires fast Internet," admitted Adam Arredondo of LocalRuckus, a new local startup, when I stopped by to learn about their experience.
As many Ars commenters have noted, the rest of the Internet is still really slow in comparison to a gigabit home broadband pipe; there are many other obstacles getting in the way of a full-bore Internet experience. After all, once my Web request leaves the fiber-connected house, makes its way out of the city, and starts talking to the rest of the Internet, there are all kinds of routers, switches, boxes, firewalls, and quality of service (traffic shaping) issues that make it so I can't actually download an album from iTunes in the blink of an eye.
But my brief taste of what promised to be the craziest, fastest Internet for the lowest amount of money may not have been enough. I may have to stay longer next time to really appreciate it.
Another guy in the same work house as Arredondo, Andy Kallenbach (also known as Ars reader "Andreas_kc") of FormZapper, said that what he really notices is the high upload speed.
"The best connections that I get personally are to several of our servers colocated in downtown [Kansas City]," he wrote in a comments thread, echoing what he told me in person. "It is just as good as walking into the data center and jacking in. Our nightly deployments take around 10 seconds now. [The only] bottleneck now being somewhat drive speed."
Other Ars readers have suggested that I'd really start to appreciate it once I spent more time with the connection. Malor, who has a 250MB connection in Chattanooga, commented:
"This is something you need to live with, as opposed to just experience briefly, to start to understand how it matters. The biggest thing is that you never, ever have to think about what you are doing with your connection. It doesn't matter. No matter how crowded either direction is, with that kind of packet throughput, you don't really get latency issues. You don't have the problems with cable modems of saturating the upload link and then seeing your download link hosed. At least, I don't think you ever have that problem; I've never been able to completely saturate my upload, even when it was merely 100Mbps."
Still, I would definitely throw down $70 a month for a 1Gbps connection, happily tossing aside the $30 basic Internet package (20Mbps) that I get from Comcast in Oakland. I think we can all agree that most Americans would definitely enjoy even a small speed bump on the order of 50Mbps to 100Mbps for around the same price as they're paying now.
"We have a lot to do in Kansas City"
When I first arrived on Tuesday afternoon, I ran a test on Google's own speed test page and got 460Mbps down. The two denizens of the Hacker Home (Mike Demarais and Andrew Evans) told me that such speeds were slow—I ran countless tests, ranging from BitTorrent, to multiple Hulu and YouTube streams, to traceroutes. I ran the tests provided by SpeedTest.net and Google fiber speed tool. But there wasn't anything that could really, adequately test what such high speeds mean beyond clicking Google's little "begin test" button.
Many commenters suggested things that I couldn't do, like run a server. (Google's terms of service forbid that.) Accessing Usenet proved a bit difficult, as I didn't want to go to the trouble of setting up a new account and paying for it. I also tried running a Tor bridge relay—but even then my connection only tended to hit around 23.5KBps, far lower than what I would have expected. Later on Wednesday, Kallenbach helped me use Go2PC between two machines in different fiber-enabled houses to send a Linux ISO, and that only topped out at about 2MB per second.
The only real test that I could do on a single machine with minimal hassle was to run a script written by Ars' own Lee Aylward that downloads an Ubuntu ISO from all US-based mirrors (45, in total) at once. When I ran that, I got the best performance I had so far—a whopping 50MB per second—but still far short of what Google should be serving me.
Another thing to keep in mind is that running Fiber over WiFi, of course, slows down the connection noticeably. Google techs who came to visit the Hacker Home Wednesday (we'll get to that later) told me that they regularly see Wi-Fi speeds of around 100Mbps compared to wired speeds of around 800Mbps.
Other readers asked about the Google fiber service (a $120 package) with TV option (the basic option the house has is only $70 a month). The Hacker Home doesn't have a TV and doesn't have that option, so unfortunately I couldn't test it. In fact, what may be a better test than the one I ran would be to record a bunch of TV shows and then run some of these higher-bandwidth and lower-latency tests (games, Skype calls) simultaneously across multiple machines to see how that stresses network performance.
Ben Estes, a local Google fiber technician who was over at the house Wednesday, estimated that "over half" of the approximately 300 homes in Kansas City, Kansas that have the gigabit installed already have gone for the $120-per-month TV option.
He and his colleague Brett Neal came to the Hacker Home to check out why our gigabit connection had fallen to about 40Mbps. After over an hour of inspections, he determined that the electrical power to the house wasn't sufficient and that once he replaced the fiber jack in the house, everything should be fine. (The Hacker Home hadn't been lived in in about two years, and had some issues with not being able to feed enough power to its new residents and all their devices, including the Google Fiber box. An electrician working at the house that same day expanded its capacity from 40 amps to 200 amps.) By the time Estes and Neal left, they were pulling down 900Mbps-plus speeds. Later Wednesday evening my tests were still resulting in speeds in the neighborhood of 400Mbps.
"Right now there's only six of us [technicians]," he said, noting that he and his girlfriend were considering moving to this neighborhood just to get fiber access. "By six months, we should be over 100 [technicians]. We have a lot to do in Kansas City."


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She was known in Mexico and the United States as "La Diva de la Banda," a singer who had sold more than 20 million records of banda music and whose life, loves and losses were well known among her admirers.
On Sunday, family and fans of Mexican-American music superstar and Long Beach native Jenni Rivera were mourning her death, after the wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying her was found in northern Mexico and there were no apparent survivors. Rivera was 43.
Transportation and Communications Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said "everything points toward" it being the U.S.-registered Learjet 25 carrying Rivera and six other people to Toluca, outside Mexico City, from Monterrey, according to the Associated Press.
"There is nothing recognizable, neither material nor human" in the wreckage found in the state of Nuevo Leon, Ruiz Esparza told the Televisa network.
The impact was so powerful that the remains of the plane "are scattered over an area of 250 to 300 meters. It is almost unrecognizable."
No cause was given for the plane's crash, but its wreckage was found near the town of Iturbide in Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental, where the terrain is very rough. It took off from Monterrey before dawn at 3:30 a.m. local time and was reported missing about 10 minutes later.
Born and raised in Long Beach, Rivera was one of the biggest stars of the Mexican regional style known as grupero music, which is influenced by the norteno, cumbia and ranchero styles.
Throughout the day, family and friends gathered at her mother, Rosa Rivera's, house in Lakewood. Shortly after 5 p.m., her father Pedro Rivera and two of her brothers spoke to the media outside to confirm her death.
"It's a huge loss for us to have our daughter in heaven, but we have to accept what God gives us," her father Pedro Rivera said in Spanish.
Brother, Pedro Rivera, Jr. added, "We suffer over how she left us. She went thorugh so much and survived so much, and now to lose her like this."
"We want to say thanks to all the fans," brother Gustavo Rivera added, through tears.
Mexican authorities told the family that the bodies of the victims were unrecognizable and it would take authorities a couple of days to retrieve the bodies from the mountainous terrain where the plane crashed.
"They are in the middle of nowhere," Gustavo Rivera said.
Jenni Rivera grew up on Long Beach's westside – an area she called "the barrio."
Despite her international celebrity, friends and neighbors said Rivera never forgot the people she grew up with.
Roberto Arzate, 45, was a longtime friend and part of the tight-knit neighborhood. His brothers and sisters grew up playing baseball with Rivera and her family. Rivera was the godmother to his one of his sisters. She stayed in touch, giving out concert tickets and inviting the friends to her Encino home.
"It hurts. We grew up in the same neighborhood," he said Sunday, still in shock.
In a 2011 interview with the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Rivera said as a young Mexican American, she straddled two cultures and learned to embrace her roots, which eventually would catapult her to mega-stardom.
"Growing up in Long Beach, I learned to face the world. I also learned that I wanted more for myself and wanted to become something," said Rivera during interview at her $3 million Encino mansion overlooking the San Fernando Valley.
Even before authorities located the downed plane Sunday afternoon, fans from as far as Orange County visited her Encino home as word spread that Rivera was feared dead. Some fans simply parked their cars near the 10,000-square-foot gated house, nestled against the hills which she bought in 2009.
Many said they had grown up on Rivera's banda and norte a music, with lyrics that sometimes criticized men and drug traffickers. Earlier in the day, while her small private jet was still considered missing, some fans speculated that drug traffickers had perhaps captured her plane.
While her music drew many toward her, it was Rivera's story of humble beginnings growing up in Long Beach, as well as her Gloria Gaynor, "I Will Survive"-like attitude toward life, her three marriages, her five children, and her sense of giving back, fans said.
Though fans said they had a hunch her plane had crashed and she had not survived, throughout the day they held on to hope.
"Somehow, we still hope she will be found alive," said Adrian Elizarraras, who along with his wife Dayeni Cervantes, drove to Encino from Anaheim just to see where Rivera lived and to be with other fans.
"My wife has been following her music for a long time," Elizarraras said.
"She's seen her in concert four times."
Carmen Chavez, a housekeeper at a home nearby, said she would see the singer take morning walks. She even stopped Rivera once and asked her in Spanish "Are your really the Jenni?"
"She was well known in the neighborhood," Chavez said. "Many of us can't believe what's happened. They say her plane disappeared, but how can it disappear? To me, drug traffickers sequestered it somehow. They did something."
Israel Vicente said he lives down the street from Rivera, and knew that she frequented restaurants on Ventura Boulevard such as Farfalla.
"I liked her music," Vicente said. "She is known as a Diva, but she's also is a role model to so many people.
"We're really sad about it," added fan Araceli Romero of Encino.
"I'm sad because she was an inspiration to many in the Latino community," said Cesar Carrera, of Woodland Hills. He and his brother Eric Carrera also drove up to the home.
"She not only did a lot for the Latino community, but for many people who were homeless," Eric Carrera added.
Everyone from singers to celebrities to clubs that once hosted Rivera offered condolences to the singer's family on Twitter.
"My heart breaks for the loss of Jenni Rivera & everyone on the plane. My prayers go out to her family. We lost a legend today," wrote Eva Longoria.
Rivera recently won two Billboard Mexican Music Awards: Female Artist of the Year and Banda Album of the Year for "Joyas prestadas: Banda." She has also been nominated various times for Latin Grammys.
The singer, businesswoman and actress had her own reality shows including "I Love Jenni" and "Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis and Raq-C" and her daughter's "Chiquis `n Control."
On Saturday night, Rivera had given a concert before thousands of fans in Monterrey. After the concert she gave a press conference during which she spoke of her emotional state following her recent divorce from former Major League Baseball pitcher Esteban Loaiza, who played for teams including the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers.
"I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other woman," she said Saturday night. "The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up."
The mother of five children and grandmother of two had announced in October that she was divorcing Loaiza after two years of marriage. It was her third marriage.
She was proud to present herself as a Latina woman struggling to give a good life to her children.
"I am the same as the public, as my fans," she told The Associated Press in an interview last March.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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