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(Note: Mississippi voters go to the polls today to decide the fate of MS-26, a proposed amendment to the state constitution which will define personhood as something that begins at the moment of conception. If it passes, Mississippi will become the first state in the Union since the infamous Roe v. Wade ruling of 1973 to provide legal protection to unborn babies from the moment of conception.)
The Founders were quite explicit that the very first of the rights God has given to us is the right to life.
It comes to us from the Creator, who is life itself, and who has made us in His image.
The Founders described this right as an "unalienable" right, meaning that it is so attached to us by moral principle that it cannot be rightly taken from us by any earthly power. No man, no government, no abortionist has the moral authority to rob us of this right, which has been given to us by Almighty God.
This is the foundational, fundamental civil and human right, for none of the others have any meaning to someone who is not alive to enjoy them. That is why this is a right that must be protected above all others.
Since 1973, due to the tragic judicial activism of the Roe v. Wade court, 53 million innocent American lives have been snuffed out inside the wombs of their mothers, deprived of their most precious, God-given right.
The shed blood of these infants cries out to God for justice from the red-stained ground, just as the blood of Abel did in his day. We must be sobered by the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said, speaking of the terrible injustice of slavery, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever."
Avenging the national sin of slavery cost us the blood of 600,000 Americans. As Lincoln so eloquently put it, "every drop of blood drawn with the lash (was) paid by another drawn with the sword."
Surely if God "loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword" against that grievous display of man's inhumanity to man, what must we expect from His court in the face of this monstrous massacre of the innocents?
Mississippi voters today have the opportunity to strike a mighty blow in the battle to reclaim the moral vision of the Founding Fathers, a vision of a land in which every human being is welcomed in life and protected in law. May they choose life lest the flickering flame of our liberty be extinguished forever.
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When Daria Morgendorffer made her debut on MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in the mid-'90s, she was a bespectacled, monotone nerd who served up razor-sharp barbs to the duo's vicious taunts of "Diarrhea! Cha cha cha!" For the millions of fans who hung on Beavis and Butt-head's every stoner "huh-huh-huh" chuckle, it was easy to hate on the poor girl — after all, the show catered specifically to an audience of adolescent, heavy-metal-loving, girl-shy geeks.
So when MTV announced it was giving Daria her own show, the idea seemed like the equivalent of other tragic '90s spin-offs like Baywatch Nights or Saved By the Bell: the College Years. But show creator Glenn Eichler managed to pull it off, delivering a sharp, subtly funny satire of what it was like to be a high-school outcast in the years of Clinton, flannel and Lollapalooza. "Many of the issues that we addressed are still issues today," says Eichler. "We're patting ourselves on the back for removing soda machines from cafeterias — well, we did an episode about that! I hope the show didn't just sum up what it was like to be a teenager, but what it was like just to be anyone living in the '90s."
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What took so long to get this show on DVD?
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Was that agonizing?
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You're referring to the online petitions, where thousands of fans lobbied for its release. What's the strangest correspondence you've received from them?
Eichler: Very speculative questions: Did Daria and her boyfriend [Tom Sloane] move to the far east? The fans really, really despised the boyfriend storyline in the last season. But I honestly felt that the most likely way she would meet a guy would be through her friend [Jane Lane], that she wouldn't meet him under normal circumstances. It felt like a fertile area to explore and I stand behind all my decisions.
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April 20 is the counter-culture "holiday" on which lots and lots of people come together to advocate marijuana legalization (or just get high). Should drugs—especially marijuana—be legal? The answer is "yes." Immediately. Without hesitation. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200 seized in a civil asset forfeiture. The war on drugs has been a dismal failure. It's high time to end prohibition. Even if you aren't willing to go whole-hog and legalize all drugs, at the very least we should legalize marijuana.
For the sake of the argument, let's go ahead and assume that everything you've heard about the dangers of drugs is completely true. That probably means that using drugs is a terrible idea. It doesn't mean, however, that the drug war is a good idea.
Prohibition is a textbook example of a policy with negative unintended consequences. Literally: it's an example in the textbook I use in my introductory economics classes (Cowen and Tabarrok, Modern Principles of Economics if you're curious) and in the most popular introductory economics textbook in the world (by N. Gregory Mankiw).The demand curve for drugs is extremely inelastic, meaning that people don't change their drug consumption very much in response to changes in prices. Therefore, vigorous enforcement means higher prices and higher revenues for drug dealers. In fact, I'll defer to Cowen and Tabarrok—page 60 of the first edition, if you're still curious—for a discussion of the basic economic logic:
The more effective prohibition is at raising costs, the greater are drug industry revenues. So, more effective prohibition means that drug sellers have more money to buy guns, pay bribes, fund the dealers, and even research and develop new technologies in drug delivery (like crack cocaine). It's hard to beat an enemy that gets stronger the more you strike against him or her.
People associate the drug trade with crime and violence; indeed, the newspapers occasionally feature stories about drug kingpins doing horrifying things to underlings and competitors. These aren't caused by the drugs themselves but from the fact that they are illegal (which means the market is underground) and addictive (which means demanders aren't very price sensitive).
Those same newspapers will also occasionally feature articles about how this or that major dealer has been taken down or about how this or that quantity of drugs was taken off the streets. Apparently we're to take from this the idea that we're going to "win" the war on drugs. Apparently. It's alleged that this is only a step toward getting "Mister Big," but even if the government gets "Mister Big," it's not going to matter. Apple didn't disappear after Steve Jobs died. Getting "Mr. Big" won't win the drug war. As I pointed out almost a year ago, economist and drug policy expert Jeffrey Miron estimates that we would have a lot less violence without a war on drugs.
At the recent Association of Private Enterprise Education conference, David Henderson from the Naval Postgraduate School pointed out the myriad ways in which government promises to make us safer in fact imperil our safety and security. The drug war is an obvious example: in the name of making us safer and protecting us from drugs, we are actually put in greater danger. Without meaning to, the drug warriors have turned American cities into war zones and eroded the very freedoms we hold dear.
Freedom of contract has been abridged in the name of keeping us "safe" from drugs. Private property is less secure because it can be seized if it is implicated in a drug crime (this also flushes the doctrine of "innocent until proven guilty" out the window). The drug war has been used as a pretext for clamping down on immigration. Not surprisingly, the drug war has turned some of our neighborhoods into war zones. We are warehousing productive young people in prisons at an alarming rate all in the name of a war that cannot be won.
Albert Einstein is reported to have said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. By this definition, the drug war is insane. We are no safer, and we are certainly less free because of concerted efforts to wage war on drugs. It's time to stop the insanity and end prohibition.
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I'm not trying to insult you, but I'm fairly certain you missed the point of legalization. The fact of the matter is that it's not working. With a concept so simple to grasp it seems to have slipped so easily out of your hands. You have to look at the other countries that have moved forward and legalized drugs. No one's opinions change on specific drugs. Only the crime is put to a halt because they have no market now. And it has nothing to do with being unjust, I think the point was that it is unethical. You can't tell someone what not to ingest in their body, especially something as benign as marijuana. And do you know anything about DARE? DARE is a waste of money, and an easy day on the job for a cop. Try to be a little more open minded you might get a little farther.
No one is saying it isn't against the law, what on earth are you blathering on about? Nothing positive has come from the "war on drugs" that's the main point. The second point is that marijuana is harmless, so drugs aren't all bad. Work on your reading comprehension skills.
Most of what you wrote is outright illogical. Firstly, any state can put any words into a law and make something punishable by imprisonment. Like, for example, being a Christian in a communist country. Just and unjust are philosophical and not merely legal terms. Appeal to authority is a texbook fallacy.
The war on drugs wastes incredible amounts of money and puts people in jail who are sometimes mere users of marijuana. I find that appalling. Missing children, murderers, sex slaves, abusers and thieves abound – I'd rather have the police getting them off the streets than arrestubg a 20 year old smoking a joint to relax.
You don't seem to understand the big picture. Yes, illegal drugs are illegal….but is it worth it to have all illegal drugs continue to be illegal? There are pros and cons each decision to make a drug illegal – whether you understand that or not. At one time alcohol was illegal, but now it is not because we decided that the cons outweighed the pros.
It seems like you are saying that nothing should change because everything is exactly perfect right now and all the right decisions have been made.
I recommend you look at the facts of how much money has been spent, how many people have been jailed, how many people have been killed and what we accomplish by doing that.
In both the slavery and sodomy cases you cite, the laws were either specifically overturned by legislation or deemed "un-enforceable" due to privacy violations that would be required to insure compliance.
I would like you to cite the data on D.A.R.E and the "drug consumption increase". Your attempts to insinuate "cause" when most likely "correlation" can only be assigned seems dubious to me.
I don't get the same read from the statement "THEY WOULDNT have jobs now, the unemployment levels would be just that much greater" [sic] as you insinuate that poster has/had. I think it's clear from this statement that they believe the user/abuser wouldn't have a job. Therefore, it follows that the unemployment rate would be higher. I see no recommendation towards incarceration as a means of solving rising unemployment, as you suggest.
Being locked in a cage for using a substance that harms no one but yourself is absolutely unjust. The fact that you seem to have contempt for anyone who disagrees with that based on the 'it's a law' argument' is laughable. I would encourage you to look up the vast collection of ridiculous us and state laws that are still in effect that don't get enforced. just google it.
It also disgusts me that you tout around the blame the victim mentality. "it's your choice…you should've listened to dare" When you say things like that it shows that you really have zero clue what drug addiction is like, how it starts, and you'd rather throw people under the bus than try to understand their problems.
If you want to base what you think is just and unjust around whatever the current U.S. policy is then I would say YOUR life is beyond sad. And you might consider getting an education in the real world and not relying on what your dare officer said in your classroom.
You, sir, are the only sad sad person on here. Get bent, have fun living in fear, and sorry to hear you're so idiotic that you think prohibition is a good thing. Let's add the known facts that your angry self missed out on the last 50 years:
Never killed a single person and is not possible to die from THC consumption.
The first laws about marijuana were ordering farmers to grow crops since it is the most robust and strongest natural fiber on earth.
They essentially outlawed it for the same reason it was considered illegal (ref: "The Union" by National Geographic)
It is a saving grace for people who suffer from a variety of illnesses and disease from Chrone's disease to glaucoma, to chemo patients.
The number of crimes committed under the influence of marijuana since prohibition started is so miniscule that it is dismissed by congress as an actual stat.
It's been around longer than democracy or your fear of anything the feds cram down your throat.
In case you haven't noticed, this land of the free-credit-denial is beyind bankrupt, same as Britain, only thery admit it and don't keep adding debt, and the amount of tax money used to prosecute and house simple non-violent people who happen to have a plant on them is ridiculous. It's also the countries largest cash crop yet still illegal on a federal level. If legalized and regulated like any other substance such as tobacco (142,000 deatsh a year) and alcohol (similar staggering number) would generate an estimated 12 billion, yes billion, dollars of free and clear revenue a year (what recession?)
People like you are what is wrong with this country, you are so ignorant you think you need to be babied and have laws to protect you from YOURSELF since you clearly lack the ability to think for yourself and just buy up whatever you are told to support whichever political agenda is pressing at the time.
All the one-sided facts aside, it's human nature to rebel, if you ban it, people will be drawn to it like we all do as teenagers, but bottom libne:
IT'S YOUR BODY AND YOUR HUMAN RIGHT TO DO WITH IT AS YOU WISH IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR OWN HOME! Don't smoke and drive or operate machinery, use your head, and have a nice day. Oh, and Happy 4/20, Negative Nancy.
It's an unjust law. Yelling that it's "THE LAW" (yes, even if you use all caps) does not make your argument convincing, because this article didn't say that it was unjust enforcement–it said the laws themselves were unjust. You're arguing about something that no one else is talking about, here–whether stupid laws should be followed just because they are laws. Apparently, you believe they should be. That's great. The rest of us are talking about how this law is harmful, stupid and useless and discussing the need for it to be repealed.
Spoken like a true alcoholic!
If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so. – Thomas Jefferson
Though i respect that your entitled to your opinion, I must disagree with you wholeheartedly. Now if you be so kind as to… how you say…fuck off!


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racer.a - Agreed, nice work on the 5K. You should feel good about that! Good luck on your comeback week!
Lawrence - impressive week!! Hey, my wife and I are not making it to NYC this June as we have the past two Junes, but I'd love to run a NYC race (10K, 10-miles, half-marathon?) in early June. Any advice?
station -- I hear ya re: "masters." I've been running since I was a teen, but didn't run a race till I was 44. Feel old and young at the same time. Arunnerd - "Morning stiffness doesn't mean what it used to." LOL!
Thomas - I'm a swim guy in the days after a marathon. Usually a couple days in the pool (plenty of kick board, but lightly), then stairmaster, then maybe another day or two in the pool before running a step. Has worked for me thus far.
Tomorrow will be a swim day for me because I raced my half today. 1:28:01. I'm pretty pleased. Second-fastest time. (My PR is 1:24:04 last fall; not sure how I pulled that off.) Today's goal was to break 1:30. I wasn't sure I was going to do it because I run with a $19.99 ladies stopwatch that lacks GPS, so I need to rely on mile markers. Toward the end, I didn't know where I was because the 11-mile marker, um, blew away!It was RIDICULOUSLY WINDY on the course. It's a little race with only 350 runners. It begins and ends at the city park and takes us out through cornfields (yet-to-be-planted, yikes!) with no protection from the wind. Ugh.Wouldn't you know it ... steady northwest breezes of 25 mph, gusting to 40. It was crazy. And, of course, we run east, then south, then, well, you get the picture. I was surprised I did that well, actually.It was an extremely fast field. Some interesting data/observations:
* The winning time this year was 1:08:25. Last year: 1:12:36.
* 14 runners broke 1:20 this year. Last year, three did.
* I finished 5th in my age group this year. Last year I finished 5th too -- with a 1:32-plus.
* The average pace this year was 1:49:49. Last year: 1:57:48.
* I was in 35th place out of 317 this year, and 32nd place out of 356 last year.
* I saw at least a dozen Boston Marathon jackets today and a couple 2013 finisher's shirts. And I didn't wear mine, nor did my running partner with whom I ran Boston.Now this is just one race, and a tiny one at that. And it's possible that I'm a lousy runner in the wind, and I didn't take advantage of the tail breeze when I had a chance. But ... I have a feeling that not only is Boston 2014 going to be competitive to get into, but that fast runners feel motivated by the tragedy. Thoughts? Anyone else noticed that? I think the lower number of finishers today was affected by the windy, cool weather. But that doesn't explain the high number of stellar performances in this tiny half-marathon. And it wasn't the only show in town. There was a much larger half-marathon today in the northern Twin Cities suburbs. (Results not posted for that yet.)
Anyway, tomorrow will be an off-day from running for me, so my (half-marathon / taper) week:
Monday - swim / weights
Tuesday - 4.0 miles @ 6:25 pace
Wednesday - 4.5 miles @ 7:00 pace
Thursday - 3 miles @ 7:00 pace
Friday - swim
Saturday - 13.1 @ 6:47 pace
SteveinMN: really awesome time, especially in the wind. My sister ran 18 around the lakes in Mpls today and said it was horrible weather! so, way to be hard core! Who knows what is up with all the fast people, did they have fabulous prizes or something? I suppose you roll the dice when you pick a race in the cities, not sure who will show up to which race. Looks like today they all went to New Prague!
PR's all in 2012... 5k-18:50 10k-40:53 HM-1:29:02 M-3:10:05
next up: NYC 2013, Boston 2014
Steve: Great half! Especially in those conditions. I fully agree that Boston will be much harder to get into next year.
racer.a: Very nice work in the 5k.
Arunnerd: I haven't laughed that hard at any post in a long time! Hilarious!
Thomas: I usually take a few days off and then run really slow for a while and not very far. It is generally around the 10 day mark that my legs start to feel like they are mine again.
Hi racer.a, and thanks bump. No, they had an awards ceremony and handed out flowers to top finishers and medals to the top 3 finishers in each division, I guess, but we left beforehand because they were having technical difficulties with the results. No money or usable prizes such as jackets, etc.
FYI, I checked results from the Maple Grove half on the other side of the Twin Cities, and I'm as wrong on my previous post as I am confused.
Unless I'm missing something, I would've won that race (which is twice as large as New Prague) by five minutes, and my running partner by eight! The winner (a woman) clocked in at 1:33:56. Second-place went to a guy at 1:36:45. Previous years, men have won it in the 1:18 range.
Truly, truly odd. Not sure what happened. Maple Grove next year!!
Man, Steve you picked the wrong half. Be careful though, maybe next year lots of people will get the same idea and Maple Grove will be fast while New Prague will be slow. I also got a chuckle from Arrunerd, but I'm only 34, so....
Solid 5k racer.a, good luck for a continued recovery.
Workouts don't make you faster or stronger. Recovering from workouts makes you faster and stronger.
Best Races: Full: 2:52:06 (6/14), Half: 1:22:00.8 (5/14), 10K: 38:09 (3/13), 5K: 17:55 (6/14).
I´m back from my 18.4 K race. Weather was horrible, cold, raining like crazy all the time and very windy. Most of it on a forest track and muddy. I have never participated on a trail but this should come close to it . At the end it was a good race, I finished in 01:18:48 h, for me this is a very good time, I´ve never been faster before. Place 176 out of 2,188 participants and place 24 in my age group. Strange that I made my best race under the worst conditions. Also good: I tried the Kinvara´s the first time in a race and they worked well (ran with Adrenalines before) even though they were totally wet after 1 minute... What counts more for me than time and place: My son was proud of me and the result...So at the end of the day I´m very happy, going now to the sofa and drink a beer. Cheers !
PR: HM 01:26:16 (September 2013); M 03:09:03 (October 2013)
racer - Nice race. Goals for upcoming HM? Thinking new PR?
station42 & steveinminn - Nice races in tough conditions. I hate wind and I no longer run trail races, they make me sore in places that aren't supposed to hurt.
FYI, I stole the line about morning stiffness. It was a great one I read here on RWOL a while back. As a general rule if I say anything witty or profound, I stole it. Stupid stuff, that is all mine.
45+ PRs: 5K-18:36 10K-39:53 HM-1:27:23 FM-3:17:02
station 42 - I feel your pain, obviously. Congrats on your great finish. Love your post about your son. FYI, I run 75% of my runs in Kinvaras and love them. (25% in Virratas -- great training shoe but I don't think it's right for me in races.)ARunnerd - You crack me up.
Wow, lots of activity here the past few days! This is great!
My week:
Mon: 10.0
Tue: 6.0 treadmill
Wed: rest
Thu: 10.0 easy
Fri: 6.0 easy
Sat: 18.0 long run at 8:36p
Sun: 6.2 am at 7:39p + 6.0 pm easy
Six days until the Brooklyn Half Marathon.
Saturday's long run was a little bit of a meltdown and a lot of un-fun. Started at 8:00p and slowed significantly over the last 12 miles, including several 9:00+ miles. But I stuck with it. Followed up with plenty of rest.
I passed 1000 miles for the year (19 weeks). That's 52.8 mpw — a good base, I hope, for future marathon training.
JPride — Thanks for the kind words. Please keep us posted on the upcoming marathon. Your approach sounds very reasonable.
Lawrence — Can't wait for Brooklyn. If the weather cooperates it should be a blast. (Forecasts say 60°s, partly cloudy, 4-8mph wind. Not bad.)
SteveInMinn — 1:28 on a windy day? Excellent! Great job! Weird about the faster runners in one race and not the other. Maybe the fast runners heard you were going to be there and wanted to race you? I bet that's it.
Racer.a — Good luck at your HM next weekend! I looked up the course and it goes through the Denver Zoo — is that right?
Bump, Thomas — Thanks for the information about Boston registration timing. Thomas, that was exactly the information I wasn't finding (in such succinct form). Thanks.
Thomas — Definitely take time off your feet if something isn't right after the marathon. I've done it different ways: took a few weeks off, eased back with 20mpw then 30mpw, and took no break at all. Each worked out fine at the time.
Happy running!
Ran 18 today and oh man, it was pretty ugly. But, I survived and it is in the books, so I am glad. Ankle was a bit sore the first 2 miles, kept stopping to massage, re-tie shoes, etc. then it got hot, stopped at my gym for water at mile 7, at work at mile 13.75. quiet day on the pathway as I only saw 3 runners, 4 bikers & 1 lady on a horse. these were the slowest miles I have ever logged, but was just trying to go by feel and not push it after my 5k yesterday and more speed work this last week in general. felt best towards the end 13+ and sat in a river afterwards (it was bitter cold from snow run-off, but my friend Miller Lite helped me stay in the water longer)
weekly total 46 ( a little high for this week, but taking it easy this next week as HM on Sunday)
SteveinMN, bump, 430, thanks! re:5k
Arunnerd: sadly, there will be no PR for me on Sun, I believe it will be more around 1:33 or so. As much as I would love to PR, I am just not ready yet after this ankle deal.
Patrick: our long runs sound like they were similar, 18 miles and plenty of mine were over 9. oh well. miles logged, right!? yes, the denver half is through the zoo! doesn't look like a super fast course, but the last 3 miles look pretty well downhill! I'll have to look up Brooklyn half, are you thinking PR? what is your Half PR?
station42: nice job on your race, it's great training to race in bad weather. nice work!
have a great week all!
Hey racer.a, good move on a leisurely 18-miler a day after a fast 5K, seems to me. I couldn't envision running a step after my fairly fast half-marathon Sunday. I was more sore than I usually am after halfs, mainly because I didn't log the miles leading up to it I think. So kudos to you ...
Update on my half-marathon epic. Got a Facebook message from my step-sister's husband who ran the Maple Grove race, and he said someone changed an arrow sign on the course and the first 100 runners ran anywhere from 1/2 mile to a mile extra before realizing the error.Who in hades would do that?
steveInnMinn: Congratulations, great race & great result ! Dreaming of this time... A happy and proud son is the best motivation for me. Interesting with the Kinvara´s: I´m an overpronator & heel striker, had originally orthotics, then the Adrenalines (went well) and then tried it with the Mirage and Kinvara. I was(and am still) afraid it wouldn´t work with the Kinvara´s. But nothing bad happens and so I wonder if I can make them to my No. 1 shoe also for a marathon. But am not sure about it.
A Runnerd: I also hate the wind and so I´m glad it went well...Stll feeling the strom in my ears
Patrick25905: Wish you good last days till your half marathon !
Station - welcome. Do I get commission for bring you in here?! Hmmm, 18.4k?! Sounds like an automatic PR!
Or the others will pay commission one day to get rid of me again .
Yes, it ended in an automatic PR. Probably the slowest runner in this group (me) is now having the fastest 18.4 K time
Great stuff on here, both with the running and all the posting.
Arunnerd - I just went back to read that post everyone was laughing at. That is hysterical. I guess I missed it the first time around.
Station - Yes, you now have the fastest 18.4k on the board here! Also, love the post about your son. I feel the same way with my kids - my 5 year old son doesn't care what time I run and I get big hugs from him and my 3 year old daughter after every race! Puts it all in perspective.
RacerA & Patrick - I read about your long runs. I feel that sometimes it is a blessing in disguise when a long run does not go as planned. It teaches us to deal with the pain and the mental aspect of it and I think we become stronger because of it. Yes, the perfect long runs are great and its a great feeling to just glide through 20 milers, but don't discount the benefits of a crappy long run too and that you were able to gut it out.
Patrick - Yes, Brooklyn should be fun, yet crowded. My number is 1500ish which I guess puts me in the 2nd corral. Interesting, I am pretty much always in the first corral, so there probably are some really fast runners and/or the race just go so big. I hear 20,000+ runners. That seems like a lot to be runnign through Prospect Park in the beginning.
SteveinMinn - I think you said you were looking for races in NYC in early June? 6/2 there is a 4 miler in Central Park. 6/8 is the women's 10k. 6/16 is a 5 miler. All in Central Park. Check out NYCRUNS.COM as well. They have a schedule on there and their races are usually smaller. Also, let me know if you want to meet for a run. It would be nice to meet and run with someone on this forum!
My week started with an 11.25 run this morning at 7:57/mile in nice crisp 46 degreee NYC weather. Perfect running weather.
Have a great week everyone. I guess I should get back to work now.
PRs: FM 3:10:55 (May 2014), HM 1:25:21 (October 2013)
Lawrence, Racer.a — Looks like I've got a 2000ish bib number for the Brooklyn Half. / So, I ran the Paris Marathon on April 7, recovered immediately and kept training — weeks of 50, 60, 54, 60, 62 miles since then. My long runs have been atypically unsteady recently, so I'm interested to see how I do. I would be ecstatic to beat the 1:28:21 that I ran this March in the NYC Half. Simply breaking 1:30 would be a big win for me. And that's all I'll talk about expectations; I don't want to jinx anything. (My PR is 1:22:53 at Brooklyn 1999.)
I hope the race doesn't turn out to be a gigantic mess, what with 25,000 runners. The NYC Half turned out to be very well run and really enjoyable (except dodging slow runners in the first two miles, but that's inevitable). So I have to trust NYRR will get it right. I hope.
Lawrence — I know what you mean about the benefits of bad long runs. I agree. Focusing on any positive benefits is also the best way to deal with it mentally. What bugs me is not understanding why some are good and some are bad. Apart from the races, those great gliding long runs are exactly what keeps me really excited about running.
Station42 — Thanks very much! Congratulations to you on a great race. Very cool about your son! What's your next race?
Wow... took a week or so away... and BAAM... this thread is loaded with stuff. Totally can't keep up...! Works been a bit crazy, finishing some work with a non- profit, and coaching baseball... is all catching up with me..>! I'll update the "tracker" as soon as I get a chance.
Station and Thomas... welcome...! Looks like we'll have a super solid support team as many of us go into the summer training cycle.
4:30... great job on the half mary... 1:23? That's nuts! You must be pretty phsyched. Jpride... no regrets! You have an awesome base... I concur with the team's comments here. One side note... I have a good friend... same exact thing happened. He attributed it to salt... he now takes salt tablets.
To everyone else... lots of good discussion... just fun to read... wish I had more time to comment!
My last two weeks (~ 20 mpw each) wrapped up my 8- week "getting my rear in gear" after having not laced up consistently for over 9 months. I had planned to run a 5K on ~ 5/4... but got hit by a baseball on the inside of the leg during a game... just above the ankle that caused me to proceed with caution. Anywho... got in a 5K on Saturday and was pleased. Goal was 18:59 or better... to simply test my fitness level... having not raced at all during the 8 week period.
Sat (5/11) was really muggy (90% humidity) and pretty windy (10-12 mph) on the loop course. Finished with a 19:15, won my first prize $$ placing as 3rd male and 6th overall (super small race... but who's counting? ). Overall, I am pleased because my stomach was going nuts for the first two miles with the humidity and had been on Claritin for pollen allergies... which just makes my stomach do loop-da-loops. Nonetheless... another day... change in weather... I think that 18:30-18:59 is in the cards. Some more work with 800's and I'll register for an 8-10K.
Going to try and stay at 15-20 miles mid- week while ratcheting up my long runs to ~ 15 miles by early June to kick- off the 18-week training cycle for Baystate in October.
Have a great week everyone!
Patrick and Lawrence: good luck at the Brooklyn half! I think the Nathan's Famous at the end on Coney Island might be the best part.
Logged another slow 5 mile recovery run today. 8 days post-first marathon and legs feel about 85% while foot/ankle actually felt better on the run than they do when I walk around. I raced in shoes with over 600 miles on them, I'm guessing that probably has contributed to the foot/ankle pain. Having a little bit of post-marathon blues... the 18 weeks of training, the goal of BQ 3:10, etc was so exciting and to actually hit the goal was a fantastic high. Not sure what to do with all this free time now ha ha... I guess I need another race goal, will take it easy a few weeks re-building the base and then run some local 10Ks/5Ks in June with new PR goals.
Fall 2013 goals: 5K 18:30, HM 1:25:xx, FM 3:03:xx
Current PRs 5K: 19:31 (11/12) 15K: 59:29 (4/13) HM: 1:31:49 (10/12) FM: 3:08:29 (5/13)
Thomas - nice work on the recovery, and the sub-3:10 effort! Got get 'em in the next race. You might need something extra to actually get into Boston! Maybe not, but we'll see ...
SoleMan - welcome back!
Patrick -- good luck on the half! Breaking 1:30 was my goal too this past weekend.
Lawrence - we were in NYC last year on the weekend of the women's 10K. I "ran it" with them, sort of. Actually, I ran against the grain (opposite direction they were going) and then turned around and sort of ran it with them. It's just plain fun to see so many runner peeps in one place. Next year, maybe we'll try and time the trip to coincide with the 5-miler. Just can't make it this year, and I did put my hat in the ring for the NYC Marathon. Yes, when we're out, I'll drop a line. That would be fun. Central Park is such an awesome place to run!
Station -- thanks. I've run two marathons in Kinvaras and love them. First marathon I was pretty nervous to use them, but ended up being a total non-issue.
Lawrence1971: What you say is a good definition for this feeling: "puts it all in perspective"
Patrick25905: Next race will be a half marathon in my hometown. It´s normally quite hot at that date and the course is not made for a PB, but it was the first race I ran: 2009, I registered the day before without having ever trained for it, just having jogged a bit before, and this was the beginning of my running because it was so much fun for me. Four months later I ran my first marathon. So this HM is a "must" for me, also with all my family, friends and colleagues watching... After that I want to make a recovery week and starting then with a Pfitz 18-weeks plan the first time for my third marathon on October 27th in Frankfurt (Germany).
racer.a: Thanks. It´s good that you managed to run the 18k under such ugly conditions. This will help you in your HM for sure.
SoleMan2013: Thanks, Yes it´s great to have a group like this. I will need the support of all of you and hope I can help you as well.
SteveInnMinn: That´s good to hear. I´m still unsecure but they are just fantastic. So the plan is to try it with the Kinvara´s and to forget the heavier support shoes.
Hello 3:10ers,
I've been hanging out in the 3:30 thread so far this year. Just ran 3:09 this past weekend at Providence, so I'd like to jump in here for the rest of the year. I'm signed up for Chicago in the fall. No goal selected for that yet, but I'm sure I'll be looking to do no worse than Providence.
About me: 35, M, married with 2 daughters (8,4). I've been running seriously for a bit more than 2 years. This last cycle was the first time I've been able to do consistent training (18/55), probably due to spending last summer in PT getting some halfway decent leg strength.
I'll start off with a question: 18/55 worked very well for me - I pegged all of my paces around a GMP of 7:30, and ended up at 7:13 in the actual race because a half in training (1:29:02) suggested that my fitness had advanced. For Chicago, I have plenty of time (22 weeks from now), but I'll have the added complication of DW's training schedule - she's running Chicago too! I got the winter to myself, which won't happen again over this next cycle. So I expect it to be harder to stick to a Pftiz schedule as faithfully as I did during the buildup to Providence.
If I had the schedule flexibility, I'd attempt 18/70, but because I won't, I'm thinking of going homebrew and just trying to run as many easy miles as I can while mixing in one LT run per week. I think I have enough speed to better my recent FM time (I haven't run a 5K in about a year, but I've been doing the @ 5K pace Pfitz workouts at 6:05-6:10) to go faster than 3:09 in a full. If I get to 60+ mpw on the homebrew plan, does that leave me with a chance of bettering 3:09 in Chicago this fall, or do you think I need the speedwork?
Dan: Welcome and congrats on the BQ! I'm new here too and it looks like we have a similar story (35, M, married with 2 daughters (3,1) and running for 2 years). I also started Pfitz 18/55 in January with a 3:30 goal and a sub-1:00 15K fitness test in April bumped my goal to sub-3:10 for my May marathon (3:08). From what I understand from others, we should continue to get faster for a few more years assuming we stay injury free. I'd also be curious what the more experienced guys here think. I was planning to start 18/70 in July for Philly marathon in November but my DW signed up for an IM 70.3 so we'll either be alternating waking up at 2:30 to work-out or I may try to create a custom "18/63" by cutting out one of the 18/70 runs each week or just stick with 18/55 again.
Dankelley -- Wow, you look like a natural! Great to have you here. I'm no help on the Pfitz plans. I just sorta do my thing and it seems to work. That being said, I haven't broken 3:10 yet, and you have, so ...
DanKelley, read your RR last night! awesome race, way to lay it all out there and go for it!!! good you are joining the 3:10'ers! although, you may go to sub 3's soon!!
Jpride: have you decided on Colfax?
thomas: bummer about the blues. i believe it happens to the best of us! once you start training for those new PR's you will kick those blues away! boo for the old shoes and the ankle/foot pains, i have done the same thing! i think that is what caused this ankle situation to really flare up initially. i guess we need to buy more shoes, more often! not a bad thing!
soleman: ouch! ouch! the baseball to the leg?! that hurts just to think about! Way to go in your 5k, and $$! that is awesome!
SteveinMN: have you officially registered for Grandma's yet?
I took yesterday off and hit the track today 5 miles including 8*400 paces were 1:34, 1:32, 1:31, 1:30, 1:30, 1:30, 1:27, 1:28. was pretty happy with that. planning 8 or 9 miles easy tomorrow.
racer.a - Nice work on the track; good idea, I need to try that sometime. Yes, I've registered for Grandma's! You're staying with your mom I presume? My wife and I are slumming it at the UW-Superior dorms. How luxurious. Need a one-night stay to get back for the wedding. And actually, it's pretty smooth -- bus picks me up at the front door, etc.
Lots of activity on this thread! Too much for me to respond to everybody, but thanks soleman for the congrats. To those with questions about Pftiz, I say go for the 18/70 if you can. It gave me a 20+ min PR, and also resulted in me putting up a half marathon time that I found shocking four weeks later. The speed work isn't too bad, and while you will probably improve without it just because of the effect of lots of miles, I suspect as relatively new runners (like I was, 4 years of gradually progressing or so) you will see huge fitness and PR gains if you follow the program as written. It is tough to run that much at first but believe me, it becomes addictive. I started 2013 wondering if I was going to be able to break 3:10, now I'm pretty confident that 3:00 is probably going to fall by several minutes for me before the year is over.
BAA is inviting back the 2013 Boston non-finishers to run again in 2014. No word yet on any changes in the size of the field - Runners invited back to finish what they started. I'd assume a lot of the 5,633 are non-runners/charity entrants, maybe half comeback? Hard to speculate
SteveinMN: yes, staying with my parents, just up from the 19 mile mark. We have "marathon central" going on at our house as my Dad and 2 of my sisters are also running the full!
430: saw you guys are staying in "Soup Town", you will have to meet up with Steve!
thomas: i saw the announcement and i think it was a wise decision for the BAA to invite them back. i also think you are right that most were charity runners and maybe half would go back. We had 7 runners from our little town to run Boston this year and one did not finish. he had qualified and is in his 60's. i sure am glad for him that he will be invited back he said he really wanted to go again and didn't know if he could re-qualify speed-wise.
To those with questions about Pftiz, I say go for the 18/70 if you can. It gave me a 20+ min PR, and also resulted in me putting up a half marathon time that I found shocking four weeks later.
Thanks, maybe you gave me the final kick to go for the the 18/70 even though I´m not so sure if I can already do it...
dankelley: Welcome, great to have you here. So you take the 55 plan again with some more miles or do you make something totally different (="homebrew") ?
Tomorrow I´m going to vacation for a week to a much warmer region than I´m now (still so cold here and raining all the time, I can´t stand it any longer...) and I hope I can use this to have some nice longer runs in the sun.
Racer.a: It would be great to meet up with some forumites up there. As we get closer we should iron out the details.
Enjoy that vacation station42.
As for me right now I am pouring on the miles with only 1 day of speed repeats or LT session per week. After some reboot time since the last marathon and some positive indicators of my fitness, I came up with my new goal: Break or equal 2:58:43. That would be 1 hour faster than my first 26.2 in 2009. That is what I really love about running: racing against myself: I want to beat my 2009 self by 1 hour.
racer.a - How cool! Four runners, one house. How many bathrooms?
4:30 - You probably aren't slumming it in the "Soup Town" dorms like my wife and me, huh? I take her to such luxurious places. The trip is sort of quick-in, quick-out for us, and the dorms offer a Friday-night-only option.
thomas - I agree, and was involved in a rather "spirited" conversation on another thread involving someone who didn't agree. Ah well; life's too short.
station42 - Good luck on the training plan, and lucky you going to warm climate! I like warm-weather runs. The pace suffers, but something I like about just shorts and a t-shirt, or just shorts. So liberating.
Planning to sneak in 17 miles this a.m. with a couple RunKeeper buddies. Ta-ta!
SteveinMN: 2 bathrooms! we have thought that we should put up porta-potties in the yard and have runners camp out, also! all weekend my Dad (who will be running his 31st Grandma's Marathon, i believe) will answer the phone, "hello, this is marathon central". good times!
430: absolutely! let's figure it out, maybe the best spot would be immediately following marathon since we will all (hopefully) be finishing around the same time (relatively speaking, of course, mr. go-for-it sub 3!)
I am in Denver now for the Colfax Half Marathon, my bib # is 4472. they do have tracking on the half, with a 6 mile split and finish time. (if anyone is bored tomorrow morning and wants to track, ha ha) I am not quite feeling race ready, after having a few beers last night and not sleeping very well, but only hoping to run around a 1:33. heading to the expo later today to pick up bib. that will get me in the race spirit. that and some water. ha ha
Jpride are you running? let's meet up, if so! i'll P.M. you my number just in case!
thomas: Whoa, didn't realize I had a Doppelganger in the thread already! The 18/63 idea is interesting, I might actually try that out. I feel like 5x/wk is still right for me, and stepping up to 6x is a bit intimidating, even if that extra day is a recovery day. Getting up at 2:30AM sounds like a deal breaker for me, though. I'm going to try running at night after the kids are in bed (~8PM). I've only tried that a handful of times before, and the problem has always been that I can't fall asleep until 3-4 hours after I'm done exercising, but I'm assuming that my body will figure it out once I keep at it for a while. I hope you're right about guys like us continuing to get faster
Regarding Boston 2014: of those 5.5K, approximately 45% are from MA, so I'd assume that (modulo attrition), a good portion of them will be back. The remaining variable here seems to be whether or not the BAA and the communities on the route decide to make the race bigger.
Steve: Assuming the "InMinn" part of your username means what I think it does, I'm nowhere near you, but I'm also on RK as dankelley - feel free to friend me up.
station42: Thanks! I'm not sure what I'll do for a plan yet. I really liked 18/55, so in a vacuum I'd probably try to step up to 18/70, but I'm not sure that'll fit the schedule I'll have available. I ordered the Hanson's book just to get the comparison. The fallback will be to just run opportunistically and and try to get average 60mpw for the ~18 weeks before Chicago.
racer.a: I like your sub3 prediction, I hope it happens I really liked the pattern of training to a GMP, racing a half 4-6 weeks before the full, and adjusting based on that. This time around I'll probably train for 3:05, then see what the half tells me. Good luck with the half tomorrow. And beers are carb-loading, of course. I definitely got into the swing of run-in-the-morning, 2-beers-at-night during the last training cycle
Recovery from last Sunday appears to be going OK - my legs felt OK by Wednesday, but I've been dumb as a bag of hammers all week. I was downright cloudy on Wednesday, and only started to feel normal yesterday. I'll probably go for a light jog today or tomorrow, then ramp back up as I feel OK. Also, I submitted my time from Providence to Chicago for corral placement. Their guide says that < 3:10:59 gets one into the A corral if it's not filled, so I asked for that. I'm not worried about it, but it sure would be nice to be up front to see the real fast folks go bolting off the line.
You all are awesome. I look forward to posting here more.
I'm running Colfax full tomorrow. The recovery from Colorado came along just fine, and my legs dare I say felt pretty good yesterday. I just can't let 1,000mi and an awesome 6mos of training go out the window like that. Not going to light the world on fire tomorrow, just need a steady, solid effort and maybe something around 3:15 on the clock. Starting slow, staying slow, and seeing how it unfolds.
Then I'm taking 2 weeks off (anyone want my Bolder Boulder number? AA wave) and will participate here in my off time : )
Thanks again for everyone posting about me, and I'll be back for more. Best of luck to you all. Run light, well, strong, and happy.
5k: 18:11; 10K: 38:58; HM: 1:27:30; Full: 3:12:00. Looking to drop that last number by about 5 minutes and get to Boston in '15.
racer.a - Good stuff!! That sounds like a lot of fun at your house. Kudos to your dad. That is so cool. I know last year an 86-year-old finished Grandma's in six hours something. The guy right below him was a 24-year-old. Love that. Good luck in the half; I'll look you up!
dankelley - I just tried to "friend" you but it didn't work! I just typed in "dankelley" - no space. Correct?
jpride -- Good luck to you tomorrow too!! Some time off can do a body good. Speaking of which ...I set out on a 17-miler this morning and got through 11.5. I have come down with what appears to be extensor tendonitis. Thoughts / past experiences?
The run started fine and normally. We were doing two 8.5-mile loops. Just at the end of the first loop I felt some discomfort. I loosened up my laces and things were progressing OK and I thought I could run through it. But by Mile 10.5 I knew I'd have to cut the run short. And at Mile 11.5 I had to stop. It's VERY sore right now. I'm noticeably limping. Basically, any pressure I put on the bottom of the front part of my foot results in shooting pain. Grrr.
Probably a combination of overuse, laces tied too tightly, my feet swelling (suddenly summer has descended upon Minnesota and my feet were swelling in my shoes), and one to many runs in my shoes.
FYI, I was in my Kinvaras. I've been using those on longer runs and Virratas on about half of my shorter runs. I've run two marathons in Kinvaras without incident. So I don't think it's "minimalist" shoes per se but you never know.Any thoughts appreciated. I"ll probably post on the injury board too.'
What I think I have: http://www.sportsinjuryclinic..../extensor-tendonitis
racer.a and jpride: Good luck!
+1 Jpride and racer.a, hope you have great races today!
Steve, am I reading that right that pressure on the bottom front part results in shooting pain on the top? I've never had that, but my go to solution for any sudden injury is ice, ibuprofen and a day off. I dread the day that stops working....
Hi 4:30. Yes you read that right -- forefront pressure hurts on top. It's very painful; can barely walk! But I'm only 20 hours into the recovery process, so I know I need to be patient.
Everything I've read points to extensor tendonitis, and everything suggests it's ultimately not serious and I just need to wait it out. Ice, ibuprofen, and time off my feet all are being done! Sounds as if I need to wear shoes around the house too -- which I hate during the spring/summer!Thanks for inquiring. I'll live. But this is going to be more than one day off, for sure. Going to try to swim later today ...
Hiya gang,
Long-time no see. After Boston, I just sort of wanted to hide under a rock for awhile. Things are returning back to normal and DH's injury has completely recovered. I have shifted into shorter race distance mode for the summer season. Since Boston, I had four 5ks and one 10k. Finished first overall in all but one 5k (which was only 5 days after Boston so the legs weren't quite happy about it). These distances hand out some nice prizes for minimal work. Right now, I have no plans for another marathon until at least the next qualifying cycle (fall or winter). I have BQ -20+ mins and I'm 99.9% sure that it will net an entry for 2014. This year's trip to Boston has put a fire under DHs feet and he is going to run a fall race to try to qualify. Looks like we will be headed to Erie, PA in Sept--I will make a great spectator! If anyone is going to Erie, I will keep your beer cold.
Hope everyone's racing and training is on track. Sorry I have been a bad forumite.
A great week here. 55.6 miles:
Mon – 9.1 treadmill at 6:35p (with last 3.0 at 6:00p)
Tue – 11.3 at 7:41p
Wed – 6.0 easy at 8:13p
Thu – 6.0 easy
Fri – rest
Sat – 13.1 Brooklyn Half Marathon at 6:22p
Sun – 10.1 easy at 8:17p
Conditions for the Brooklyn Half were fantastic: 59 degrees, completely overcast, slight breeze. 21,000 finishers but very well organized. The first half of the race was a circuitous route through Prospect Park: I ran in the 6:20–6:40s reserving energy for hills as indicated on the elevation chart — but these turned out to be long, easy inclines. Last half: After the park, I held my pace around 6:10 on the long flat Ocean Parkway. Slight fatigue in mile 12 then a sub-6:00 last mile. Finished at 1:23:37 (16th of 1421 in Male 40-44 group).
6:49 / 6:43 / 6:21 / 6:30 / 6:40 / 6:30 / 6:05 / 6:10 / 6:11 / 6:09 / 6:07 / 6:20 / 5:53 / +0.1m
Completely unexpected, but I'll take it! Now I want to get back to 60+ mpw and soon start an 18-week Pfitz plan in the 70-85 mpw range. That would put me on target for the Chicago Marathon (maybe an earlier marathon if I want to improve my BQ-3).
M: 2:53:42 (Boston 2014) HM: 1:20:57 (NYC Half 2014)
Patrick, congrats on your race! I am super impressed with your paces from the Half. and also a little shy to reveal my slow paces from today, compared to yours!
i was hoping to run around a 1:33 and ran 1:32:04 the course was short and measured 12.98 on my garmin, 13.04 on my sisters' and either way was quite a bit short. i did go out too fast for my current fitness, but i settled into my pace and held on for the race.
4. 7:15
5. 7:13
6. 7:10
7. 7:12
8: 7:11
9. 7:17
10. 7:12
11. 7:05
12. 6:55
13. 6:43
was happy to finish strong and no women passed me on the course. in fact, only one guy passed me. i was in corral A and started at the very back. quickly realized i should have started towards the front. mile markers were off since mile 2 (measured short at 1.86 was mile 2 and every mile thereafter was short)
tried to meet up with Jpride. He finished at 3:22 for the full (way to go!) and we shot each other a couple texts, but never got to meet.
Mon: off
Tues: 5 including speedwork
Wed: 7
Thurs: off
Fri: 6
Sat: 4
Sun: 16 including half marathon
total for the week: 38


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What do you believe is the proper role of the U.S. now in Libya?
Should the United States take a different approach to the Israel-Palestine peace process? If so, what should it be?
Do you believe the policies of the current Israeli government, including policies toward the occupied territories, are fully consistent with U.S. interests? On any matters on which they are not consistent, how do you intend to advance and protect U.S. interests?
How should the U.S. address the "war on drugs in Mexico" and threats from transnational criminal organizations in the Americas?
Is Mexico a threat to our security? In April, President Obama meets with all of his hemispheric colleagues except Cuba at the Summit of the Americas; what should he say to them?
What would you do with captured terrorists—try them in U.S. courts, allow CIA agents to question them, or hold them in Guantanamo Bay?
What do you view as the greatest security threat to the United States, and how do you plan to address it?
What are the principal external threats facing the United States today?
What policies of President Obama would you continue?
America has made regrettable foreign-policy decisions during the past 50 years, from expansion in Vietnam to justifications for Iraq intervention to backing for autocrats from Marcos to Duvalier to Hussein to Mubarak. Why do we believe we are somehow exceptional? Isn't humility a better approach to viewing and presenting our country?
National Journal's National Security Insiders Poll is a periodic survey of defense and foreign-policy experts. They include:
Gordon Adams, Charles Allen, Thad Allen, James Bamford, David Barno, Samuel "Sandy" Berger, David Berteau, Stephen Biddle, Nancy Birdsall, Milt Bearden, Peter Bergen, Kit Bond, Paula Broadwell, Steven Bucci, Nicholas Burns, Dan Byman, James Jay Carafano, Phillip Carter, Michael Chertoff, Frank Cilluffo, James Clad, Richard Clarke, Steve Clemons, Joseph Collins, William Courtney, Roger Cressey, Gregory Dahlberg, Richard Danzig, Andrew Exum, Eric Farnsworth, William Fallon, Jacques Gansler, Daniel Goure, Mike Green, Mark Gunzinger, Jim Harper, Michael Hayden, Pete Hoekstra, Bruce Hoffman, Paul Hughes, Donald Kerrick, Lawrence Korb, Andrew Krepinevich, Charlie Kupchan, W. Patrick Lang, James Lindsay, Trent Lott, Brian McCaffrey, Steven Metz, Franklin Miller, Philip Mudd, John Nagl, Kevin Nealer, Paul Pillar, Stephen Rademaker, Marc Raimondi, Celina Realuyo, Bruce Riedel, Barry Rhoads, Marc Rotenberg, Kori Schake, Mark Schneider, John Scofield, Tammy Schultz, Stephen Sestanovich, Sarah Sewall, Jennifer Sims, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Frances Townsend, Mick Trainor, Suzanne Spaulding, Ted Stroup, Dov Zakheim.
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