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True to its title, Mike Leigh's new film Topsy-Turvy does indeed turn one's expectations upside down. What's this: the writer-director acclaimed for such rigorously developed, and socially trenchant, British dramas as High Hopes, Naked, and Secrets & Lies, doing a period film? And one about such a seemingly frivolous subject as comic opera composers Gilbert and Sullivan? Leigh, whose cinema would seem to be the antithesis of the overstuffed world of Merchant Ivory and Masterpiece Theatre, has always taken on contemporary topics and characters, and roots his scripts in lengthy improvisations with his actors. He believes in an organic approach to story and performance, a process which affects everyone down to the production and costume designers. How can this method accommodate historical figures like Gilbert and Sullivan, about whom so much is known, and the story of the creation of The Mikado, which follows a well documented path?
"He approached it in almost the same way as he approaches all his films," says production designer Eve Stewart, who has worked on all Leigh's movies since Naked, in 1993. "The designer doesn't actually have anything to do at first, doesn't have a clue. Because they haven't worked anything out yet, you don't know what you're doing until the last possible moment, and then it's run in a dash." Costume designer Lindy Hemming, whose film collaboration with Leigh goes back to the early 80s, says, "On a normal Mike Leigh project, you can't really do anything apart from know the general world of it, until the actors start giving you a clue as to what their characters might be."
But there were some key differences on Topsy-Turvy, which was the centerpiece attraction at the 1999 New York Film Festival, and which USA Films released at the end of the year. "We had a subject to really research as designers," says Hemming. "We went to libraries and did all the normal costume research, applying a much deeper sociological aspect to it than we would normally, because we knew exactly the framework of Gilbert and Sullivan's lives. At the same time, the actors--Jim Broadbent, who plays Gilbert, and Allan Corduner, who plays Sullivan--were doing the same thing."
In addition, says Stewart, "It was a given that we'd be doing the operettas. There are lots of original drawings and prints existing from the Savoy Theatre and the D'Oyly Carte Company, so we got all those together, and started from there." The operas--Princess Ida, The Sorcerer, and chief among them, The Mikado--were staged at London's Richmond Theatre, a Victorian-era house designed by the same architect as the Savoy, where the pieces were originally performed.
But when it came to the characters' homes, and even to backstage areas of the theatre, "You're very actor-led," the designer adds. "As soon as they develop their character in rehearsal with Mike, you then have actor interviews, where you ask them to describe their character's environment. What sorts of things do they enjoy? What's their favorite color? I of course come armed with visual references, and then we build it up. It can be tricky, and sometimes annoying, because quite often the actors are not very visual. But it gives you clues." Says Hemming, "Mike always makes it clear to you that the input he requires is your input. He didn't want a slavish recreation. He wants the actors and the designers to build up the characters from inside themselves."
The film is set in 1884 and 1885. The 13-year partnership between librettist William Schwenck Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan has hit a period of doldrums with the premiere of Princess Ida, which does not match the success of such earlier efforts as HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance. The sickly, cultivated Sullivan has tired of his collaborator's stubborn reliance on "topsy-turvy" scenarios, and longs to compose more serious music. After a lengthy impasse, Gilbert finds himself inspired by an exhibition of a transported Japanese village in London, and quickly comes up with The Mikado libretto, which also catches Sullivan's fancy. The remainder of the film concentrates on the opera's D'Oyly Carte production, immersing the viewer in every detail from actor rehearsals (Gilbert is considered a pioneering stage director) to costume creation. Herein lies the secret to Leigh's enthusiasm for the subject: in addition to his movie work, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (as well as the Camberwell and Central Art Schools, and London Film School) and has had a long association with and abiding affection for the theatre.
So do the designers. "I started working in the theatre with Mike," says Hemming. "I've done quite a few plays with him, but I guess the one everyone's heard of the most is Abigail's Party. After he and I separately started to do films, he asked me to do Meantime, with all those young guys who are now famous, like Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, and Alfred Molina." The costume designer, whose other credits include Four Weddings and a Funeral, Little Voice, and the James Bond movies GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The World Is Not Enough, has since done everyLeigh film with the exception of Secrets & Lies. "I couldn't do it because I was asked to do a Bond film," she says. "He said, 'You can't pass that up.' "
Stewart's history with the director is shorter. "I did a piece of theatre for him when I was really young," she says. "And then I did a lot of interior design and architecture--theatrical interiors for shops, which escalated into doing hotels, and some stately homes for the National Trust. About six years ago, I ran into Mike in Safeway, and he said, 'Would you like to art-direct a film?' I thought, 'Oh, that sounds good. It must be like arranging pots or something.' The movie was Naked: What a break! Now I just do film. I think you need to be really young and need no sleep at all to be in theatre."
Yet what excited the designers about working on Topsy-Turvy was the degree to which they could apply theatrical techniques to their work on it. In addition to the color chart which Stewart creates at the beginning of every film, she also built a Savoy Theatre model that appears on camera in the movie. "I had to hang three shows at once while we were filming, because we kept swapping about," she says. "So they all had to be rigged and hanging. We had bits of drawings on wacky bits of paper from the original productions of The Mikado, Princess Ida, and The Sorcerer, and made models of all of them, and one of the theatre, to make sure that the settings could all slot in and out. My training in theatre helped me know how that could work."
For Hemming's part, "In researching the designs of Wilhelm [the D'Oyly Carte costume designer] and other productions of the period, we were able to find out the way he interpreted ideas of Japan, and also what the design sensibilities of 1885 were. That's how we arrived at the stage costumes. I mean, not that you can recreate the original, because the fabrics don't exist, and you never really know the exact colors people used. But Eve and I each employed people who had the right feeling for painting flowers on fans or appliqueing things."
"We had a lady painting the flowers and leaves on fans for weeks and weeks," concurs Stewart, who oversaw everything from set construction to dressing and props. "What was great was being able to call on traditional scenic artists; even they were really keen to get into the spirit of things. They painted the stage sets with original pigments and rabbit's eyes, where you boil down rabbit bones to a gluey substance that makes the pigment stick to the canvas. Modern latex paint has a very white base to it, and we wanted those pure, luminous kind of mad colors. We also supplied the makeup artist, Christine Blundell, with rabbit's feet to put the makeup on, which is how they used to do it. Mike wanted to be really true to the operas, because they've been a bit schmaltzified. He wanted to make sure you saw the amazing color and textures, and got a feel of what it was like to go from a mud-filled old alley into this brilliant environment. He had Japanese people who do Kabuki and who are actually very experienced in that period of Japanese culture come talk to us. It was a brilliant marriage of disciplines."
"We had a workshop through which all kinds of people came and went," says Hemming, who adds that previously, workshops were unheard of on a Mike Leigh film. "It was a big crew: silkscreeners, fabric painters, embroiderers; people who work in fashion, theatre, and film. The embroiderers and beaders tended to come from fashion, because they're the only people who can afford to have that done, usually. The fabric painters and printers came mostly from film and a bit from theatre. We had all nationalities of people working as well. And Christine Blundell had a great team, most especially Trefor Proud, who designed the theatrical makeup and did the face painting exactly in period. All the wigs had proper canvas fronts. It was massive; at one time, in the Richmond Theatre, there were 100 principals in one day. In addition to the stage costumes, there were all the people in the audience dressed in evening wear, and all the poorer people up in the gallery."
As close as it may be to the Savoy, the Richmond Theatre auditorium came in for some "handmade" revamping. "We had to reupholster the seats and do the walls, and then take it back to how it was," says Stewart. "It's traditional to have red theatre seats in Great Britain, but in a tiny snip from a newspaper, it said that the Savoy's were blue. So all those seats were recovered." As for the wallpaper, "We actually printed our own." That goes for all of the Topsy-Turvy interiors, not just the theatre. "You see the same old wallpapers all the time, and they're all repro," Stewart explains. "The colors are very different now. So I had these amazing women who usually design with me come in, and we taught ourselves to flock and print wallpaper. We developed a kind of cottage industry with it. I had a department of only about 12 people; we worked like dogs. But Mike works harder than anyone else. And since he went to art school, he's very in touch with it all, very visual."
Seeing the film, which is almost entirely composed of interior sets, one may come to appreciate the scope of the wallpapering task alone. Stewart diligently researched photographs of buildings all down the Strand from the Savoy, and pasted them up in her office, so that "You could actually walk down the street with your fingers. That way, the actors knew, when they were doing the dressing room scenes, where the pubs were, and where they could go for dinner." Very little of the exterior street life made its way into the movie, however. This was partly an economic, and partly an aesthetic, choice. "We kept thinking, 'Can we go outside?' " the designer recalls. "And we did have some big exteriors lined up. But as the film progressed, Mike felt that it should reflect the claustrophobia of that world. When you work in theatre, you rarely see daylight. You work so many hours, and you go from home to work and back again. When you're inside, there are very few windows, it feels very airless. There's the pressure of work, and the closeness of the community making the show. The escapism comes from the stage scenery, which becomes like an exterior set, and which gives you an incredible feast of color."
Outside the theatre, the two primary settings to be created were Gilbert and Sullivan's homes. "Gilbert's house was particularly well documented in a Victorian magazine, because he moved into the first house in London with central heating and a telephone," says Stewart. "There again, we couldn't find the fabrics, so we printed them by hand to make sure they were right. We had furniture made to match, in the East End of London by an old sofa maker." Gilbert was known for his collection of exotica, and his study, while dressed and painted with a cool palette, is liberally decorated with African sculptures, a Japanese sword, and the like. "Victorian London was full of horrific bits of dead animals and things, and originally we had elephants' feet used as inkwells and things," she says. "But Jim Broadbent felt Gilbert would be much more progressive, that he would be moving into the arts and crafts movement that was just then emerging."
"We knew Gilbert came from an extremely conservative background, but there was a dynamic in him to try to escape it," says Hemming. "But he did live very conservatively; he was quite a country gentleman. His costume materials were tweeds and tartans and heavier wools, and quite worn for the most part. We didn't think he'd spend money changing his clothes, and I didn't want his tailoring to be very good, because I think Jim is one of those actors who physically transforms himself."
Corduner's Sullivan, on the other hand, is placed in a more opulent environment by Stewart--colorful in a "calmer" way than the theatre scenes, she says--and dressed with a dandier touch by Hemming. "He was very interested in the Orient, and his flat was full of allusions to the Far East and India," says the costume designer. "We tried to give his costumes a hedonistic edge. He wears very soft cashmeres and soggy wools, Indian dressing gowns and embroidered things that he picks up during his travels."
As on any Mike Leigh film, the level of detail in Topsy-Turvy is very deep. "I filled every cupboard with period things, just in case the actors open it when they're improvising," says Stewart. "It works all the way down to what they carry around in their pockets." Timothy Spall, for example, plays Richard Temple, the rotund D'Oyly Carte lead baritone cast as the title character in The Mikado. "At one point, he says he gets the train every morning from Brighton to come to rehearsal, so we researched and printed out tickets that would have been used from Brighton to London and stuffed his pockets with them. If Mike comes on set with the actors when it's dressed and finished, they snoop about and pick things up and say, 'Where's this from?' You have to be ready with the accurate answer: 'His Auntie Mabel gave it to him,' or 'He bought it when he was singing in Italy.' "
Typically, costume and set elements begin to be introduced in the advanced stages of rehearsal. On Topsy-Turvy, "We had a longer lead-time than usual," says Stewart. "But when push came to shove, they would still say, 'Next week, we're doing a rehearsal room.' So we raced around trying to grab things out of shops and hire houses. Luckily, in London there's a huge existing ground level of Victoriana." Hemming adds, "What you do is build each person a wardrobe, and if it isn't used, there's no recrimination on the costume designer, because it almost definitely has been used in rehearsals. And should the scene not come to the screen, your costume will have played a part in the writing of the character anyway."
The costume designer provides a lovely example of how the collaborative effort works on a Mike Leigh set. Appropriately enough, it involves a pair of Mikado costume-fitting scenes in Topsy-Turvy, one with the men and one with the women, both concerning controversies over the absence of corsets. "Alison Steadman, who plays Madame Leon, the female costumier, and Jonathan Aris, who plays Wilhelm, each came separately and spent time in the costume department," says Hemming. "We talked about the research and clothes of the period and the whole issue of corsets. I had read somewhere that there was a scandal in London when The Mikado went on, because people said, how could women appear in unstructured clothes without corsets? So I proposed to Alison that the obi, or cummerbund, could be construed as a corset." Sure enough, Madame Leon can be heard in the film selling an outraged actress just such a line.
The male version of this scene has more to do with vanity. "An assistant's research found that male opera singers wore corsets quite a lot," says the designer. In a sequence directly following Madame Leon's struggle with her temperamental Little Maid, Wilhelm is seen tangling with an obstreperous tenor, who wouldn't think of appearing onstage ungirdled. "So we had two groups, both having something to say about corsets," says Hemming," and neither knew what the other was up to. I wasn't allowed to tell."
"It's all interwoven how you come up with it," says Stewart. "We pass bits of information back and forth, and Mike pulls it all together." Hemming says that because she's worked with the filmmaker for so long, she tends to approach all her projects in his way. But Topsy-Turvy was special even by Leigh's standards. "Because of the method of doing it, and the privilege of having a workshop and access to the actors for such a long time, it was an experience you almost wouldn't get in a lifetime," says Hemming. "It was a good year."


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MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on the decreasing size of the unauthorized immigrant population, a ruling against immigration provisions in an Oklahoma law, the rise in detained immigrants with criminal convictions, and more.
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Oh, San Francisco. If you're gay, chances are you've either been to San Francisco or plan to sometime in your life. It is Gay Mecca after all. Honestly, do we really even need to have a gay guide for San Francisco? You're bound to have a friend or five in the City, right? In case you're unaware though, San Francisco has long been known as being a hotbed of homosexual haunts.Read More »


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The undead were spotted alive in downtown Port Clinton
Main Street Port Clinton invited zombies to take over downtown. Saturday night from 7:30-11:30 p.m. the zombie crawl included eight bars: Mr. Ed's, Rosie's Bar & Grill, Slater's Madison Street Pub, McCarthy's Irish Pub, Bait House River Bar, Kokomo Bay, Mango Mama's and Papa Jimmy's. The first 100 zombies that signed up got a t-shirt. As of Saturday night, over 150 tickets were sold with more being sold throughout the evening.


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East Lyme — State and local police were still searching late Friday for a suspect in what was reported as an armed robbery at a gas station off Route 161.
Police responded to the area of 262 Flanders Road, the location of the Niantic Mobil, shortly after 4 p.m.
State police had not released details about the incident as of late Friday.
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It's been a while since I've been excited about any variation of VW's Golf, but the latest Golf R revealed at the 2013 International Motor Show in Frankfurt has captured my attention.
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The 2012 Volkswagen Golf R is a blast to drive on curvy roads, but can also handle the everyday routine, offering solid, if not cutting-edge, cabin tech features.
The 2012 Porsche Cayman R is an excellent car for fast driving on winding roads, but in daily use it can prove a little uncomfortable.
The 2012 Nissan GT-R is a dedicated sports car, a high-tech weapon for the track, and entirely suitable for winding public roads. But it is not the most practical for day-to-day driving.
The 2010 Nissan GT-R is an outstanding car for the track or sport driving, but its rough ride makes it tough to live with on a daily basis, and the next model year should see significant improvements.
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If you want a high-quality audio recorder that fits in your pocket, the Edirol R-09HR can't be beat.
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The 2009 Nissan GT-R is a technical tour de force, with evidence of brilliance throughout. We would have a hard time with the GT-R as an everyday driver, but it offers fun and exhilaration at heart-stopping levels.
The 2012 Volvo C30 R-Design, enhanced by the Polestar power upgrade, offers excellent driving performance. Solid cabin electronics are marred by a confused interface.
The 2012 Volvo S60 R-Design does little to justify its extra cost over the standard S60, but otherwise makes for a comfortable, premium sedan with modern tech amenities.
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At Least 1,400 Children Sexually Exploited in One English Town. How Could This Possibly Happen?
As the New York Times reported Monday, between 1997 and 2013, in the northern English town of Rotherham, "at least 1,400 children, some as young as 11, were groomed for sexual exploitation while the authorities looked the other way." The findings of an independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham released last week declared:
It is hard to describe the appalling nature of the abuse that child victims suffered. They were raped by multiple perpetrators, trafficked to other towns and cities in the north of England, abducted, beaten, and intimidated. There were examples of children who had been doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, threatened with guns, made to witness brutally violent rapes and threatened they would be next if they told anyone. Girls as young as 11 were raped by large numbers of male perpetrators.
These "appalling" acts, occurring on an unimaginable scale, went on for 16 years, and, as the report notes, "continues to this day." How could this possibly happen?
The most obvious issue is that law enforcement made little effort to address the problem. The report notes that "Police gave no priority to [child sexual exploitation], regarding many child victims with contempt and failing to act on their abuse as a crime." It chronicles in mind-numbing detail the various investigations and task forces that achieved nothing. Indeed, the scope of the abuse—1,400 children represents .5 percent of Rotherham's population—seems to have brought a kind of impunity: An earlier report on the grooming ring "was effectively suppressed because some senior officers disbelieved the data it contained." If you want to get away with rape, raping hundreds of children is apparently a good way to do so.
"Don't Take Nude Selfies," Shrug It Off, and Other Gross Advice for Hacked Celebs
On Sunday, dozens of nude photographs of female celebrities—including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and Kirsten Dunst—were leaked online. The hacking and nonconsensual publication of these photos—which were kept privately by the women themselves and shared only with partners and friends of their choosing, if with anyone at all—is both a criminal act and a widespread attack on female sexual agency. According to initial reporting by BuzzFeed and Deadspin, those responsible have publicized these images in a bid to fortify their own hacker status, earn Bitcoins, or propose trades for more nude photographs of other women's bodies. The act is the digital equivalent of approaching a woman on the street, pulling down her shirt, snapping a photo, and passing it around.
Kirsten Gillibrand Should Not Name Her Harassers
Whenever a woman tells her story of sexual harassment, there are those who set to work trying to blame her—for everything from what she wore when she was harassed, to her failure to punch the harasser in the nose. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand revealed this week that she has been subjected to sexist comments about her body from her male colleagues, and, with a distressing inevitability, the discussion quickly became about how she, individually, should be doing more to stop this harassment. Gillibrand owes it to us to name names, the argument goes, lest she court accusations that she's lying, and also in order to bring those men to justice.
Kay Steiger at Talking Points Memo chronicled the concern trolling on Twitter, coming largely from Nick Confessore of the New York Times and Alex Burns of Politico. "Shouldn't Gillibrand name these Senate guys who fat-shamed her," Confessore tweeted. "Doesn't she kind of have a responsibility to name them?"
Republicans Court Female Voters By Carefully Explaining That Women Are Wrong
Yesterday, Politico published a leaked report commissioned by two Republican lobbying groups on how the party can better attract female voters. The report, based on a recent poll of 800 female registered voters as well as a series of focus groups, is titled "Republicans and Women Voters: Huge Challenges, Real Opportunities." The central challenge facing the Republican party is that women—particularly single women and women who have graduated from college—are "barely receptive" to its policies, and are likely to consider the party "intolerant," "lacking in compassion," and "stuck in the past."
Here's where the "real opportunity" comes in: If only the Republicans could explain to these women that they are wrong, their votes would come flooding in. The report says that it is a "lack of understanding" between women and Republicans that "closes many minds to Republican policy solutions." Republicans can attract the female vote by attacking the Democratic claim that GOP policies do not promote "fairness" for women and dealing "honestly with any disagreement on abortion" before moving on to "other issues."
Managers Tell Women in Tech They Are "Abrasive" and Need to "Step Back" to "Let Others Shine"
Kieran Snyder had heard about women in the tech word being judged more harshly than their male colleagues for the same traits and wanted to know "how often this perception of female abrasiveness undermines women's careers." So she asked a group of men and women in tech to share their performance reviews with her, without telling them what the study was for. "The question I wanted to answer was: Did review tone or content differ based on the employee's gender," Snyder writes in Fortune. It turns out that not only did gender matter, it appears to have mattered a lot, enough to shock even me, a jaded feminist.
Angelina and Brad Finally Wed. Will Billy Bob Thornton Ever Find Happiness?
Finding out that your ex got married is never fun. Especially if you are Billy Bob Thornton.
Poor Billy Bob. News broke this morning that Thornton's ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, finally married her longtime partner Brad Pitt in a secret Saturday ceremony at a Provence chateau. How is Thornton holding up? Probably poorly, as he braces for another day of "how are you holding up" looks from his friends. Because if celebrity tabloids have taught us anything over the past decade, it's that Jolie and Pitt's happiness is inversely related to Billy Bob Thornton's sense of self-worth. The wedding will only remind Thornton that he used to be married to somebody really pretty, but now she is married to somebody equally pretty—somebody far prettier than Billy Bob Thornton will ever be—and now every personal and professional accomplishment Thornton achieves will be forever dwarfed by the expansiveness of Brad and Angelina's love for one another.
Kirsten Gillibrand, You Don't Need to Make Excuses for Your Sexist Colleagues. There Is No Excuse.
In promoting her new memoir Off the Sidelines, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand spoke with People about the way that some of her male colleagues, during her time as a representative and a senator, made comments about her body—some even touching it. People writes:
In Off the Sidelines, Gillibrand, 47, shares a sobering incident in the congressional gym, where an older, male colleague told her, "Good thing you're working out, because you wouldn't want to get porky!" On another occasion, she writes, after she dropped 50 lbs. one of her fellow Senate members approached her, squeezed her stomach, and said, "Don't lose too much weight now. I like my girls chubby!"
The People interview is short, but the New York Post filled it in with some more examples from the book, like the time a congressman told Gillibrand, "You know, Kirsten, you're even pretty when you're fat."
It's not just boorish politicians. Once, a labor leader decided to give her advice on her appearance. "When I first met you in 2006 you were beautiful, a breath of fresh air. To win [the special], you need to be beautiful again," he said.
Spanish Mayor Accuses Women of Framing Men for Rape. Citizens Respond With Bras.
Ashifa Kassam of the Guardian reports that the city of Valladolid in Spain was covered in bras earlier this week, hung by protesters who are demanding the resignation of their mayor, Francisco Javier León de la Riva. Riva recently went on a Spanish radio show and mistook it for Reddit. "I have qualms about getting into an elevator," said the conservative mayor. "Imagine you get into an elevator and there is a girl who is out to get you, she enters with you, tears off her bra or skirt and flees shouting that you have tried to assault her. Beware this sort of thing."
During the same interview, he also said, "you can't have a police officer in every park" and therefore "at six in the morning a young woman should be careful of where she goes."
What If Men Weren't Allowed on Facebook?
The internet is an egalitarian wonderland where women are free to voice their opinions, dodge rape GIFs, meet new people, field rape threats, forge communities, and get asked to show strangers their boobs. What would happen if men weren't allowed in?
Women.com, a new social network exclusively for women, is currently testing that premise. Launched by former Facebook employee Susan Johnson, Women.com—now in an invite-only Beta stage—is a social network that encourages women to pose questions to the community (current queries range from "How do I get paid what I'm worth?" to "Bra or no bra?"), upvote the most relevant answers, and, if all goes according to plan, engage in the type of real talk that doesn't surface on massive social networks like Facebook or masculine-aligned comment-driven platforms like Fark.
So far, the site feels a little like a Yahoo! Answers stocked with a diverse crew of smart women—the top answer to one user's question about whether she should pursue a relationship with her married boss is, in its entirety, "NO"—and speaking as a person who has typed personal questions into Google's abyss on more than one occasion, I can understand the appeal. With a little more firepower—I'd like to see Laverne Cox weigh in on the question of how parents can teach their daughters that they're worthy, for example, or reps from the Tech LadyMafia on the issue of how to deal with inappropriate sexual behavior from VCs—it has the opportunity to transcend that guilty-pleasure atmosphere and evolve into a necessary resource. (Johnson says that Quora-style expertise identifiers for contributors are currently in the works.)
I talked with Johnson about what women talk about when Facebook isn't watching, how a community can get big without going negative, and why the site has the potential to make a boatload of cash. Our interview has been condensed and edited.
Slate: What are women talking about on Women.com that you don't see them talking about on sites like Facebook?
In Australia, Moms Are the Default Parent
The state of American child care is pretty abysmal. Day care is not well-regulated, the quality is often poor, and it's expensive: In 35 states and Washington, D.C., it costs more than a year's in-state college tuition. We are the only wealthy nation that does not guarantee paid vacation or sick days, so when a snow day or a fever keeps a child out of school, it can mean a career setback for many parents. And for working parents with low-wage jobs, things are even worse.
We point to other countries—often ones in Europe—as models of how to do child care right. But is it really so much easier to be a working parent in Paris than it is in Peoria? We asked working moms and dads from all over the world to tell us their child care experiences. Here is the second in our occasional series, from a mother in Sydney, Australia.
Name: Karen Beilharz
Age: 36
Country: Australia
Occupation: I write, edit and self-publish, mostly comics.
Partner's occupation: Freelance web developer
Children: 2 girls, ages 4 years and 6 months.
Hi Karen, what are your work hours?
I work whenever I get a chance (which is usually when my children are asleep). My husband works mostly normal business hours, but occasionally evenings and on the weekend too.
Who takes care of your kids while you work?
Our four-year-old is in child care two days a week, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Her session can go from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. but we usually drop her off around 9/9:30 a.m. Where we live—in Sydney's Inner West—it's very hard to get a permanent day-long day care spot. When I was attending ante-natal classes for my first child at the local hospital, one of the women in charge of the classes said that the town planners of Sydney assumed that everyone would move out further west to buy a house; they never thought that couples would choose to live closer to the city and start their families here. As a result, the Inner West is exploding with families with young children, to the point where educators are warning that there may not be enough places in local schools in a couple of years. And of course it means that child care can be hard to find, with many people placing their children on multiple waiting lists.


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Indiana State Police say they arrested a Vincennes man early Saturday morning for driving while intoxicated after he drove off the roadway and struck a telephone pole on S.R. 61.
According to troopers, 33-year-old Richard Kerner was driving northbound on S.R. 61 near C.R. 125 South when his vehicle left the roadway on the right and crashed into a telephone pole.
Troopers say Kerner was unconscious and taken to Jasper Memorial Hospital for injuries to his face and leg.
During the investigation it was later determined that Kerner had a BAC of .17%. After being treated for his injuries, he was released and taken to the Pike County Jail where he is currently being held on bond.
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Mayweather signs 6 fight deal w/showtime: Announces Guerrero as May 4th opponent, R.I.P. HBO
Mayweather signs 6 fight deal w/showtime: Announces Guerrero as May 4th opponent, R.I.P. HBO
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Money May vs. Guerrero!
What are your unofficial predcitions?
I think Guerrero will try to make it as rough and ugly as possible, but he will eventually fall behind - as everyone - and allow Floyd to capitalize on his mistakes. I don't think The Ghost will break down though. He seems to be very strong-willed so I expect him to fight for the whole 3 minutes of every round. Floyd might get hit early on before he adjusts as he did in the Judah fight. I don't see a KO though. Floyd ain't gonna leave his throne just yet.
I expect Floyd to be defensively minded and picking his shots while frustrating Guerrero with defense on the ropes as I think Robert will try to bully him there.
All in all...I feel the same way as I always do when Floyd announces his opponent - unsure. Hell, I was worried that JMM will get him (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Not gonna happen though...
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I don't mean to sound like am out of a Rocky movie, but Guerrero seems to bring something to the table most of his recent opponents aside from Cotto hasn't, and that's hunger. Guerrero seems to believe his own fantasy that he will be champion that day, I guess believing anything otherwise with an opponent like Mayweather is pointless.
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The Browns have been assigned OT Oniel Cousins, after he was placed on waivers by the Ravens on Aug. 27.
Cousins, a 2008 third-round pick by the Ravens, was battling for the starting ORT job in preseason before moving to right guard. Once the team picked up free agents Bryant McKinnie and Mark LeVoir, it deemed Cousins expendable.
Cousins started four games in three seasons with the Ravens.
The way we see it
The Browns are looking for veteran OL depth with starting OLG Eric Steinbach sidelined with a back injury. Cousins was a big disappointment in Baltimore, but he was playing out of position at tackle.
He's more of a guard, and if he's inserted between Pro Bowl OLT Joe Thomas and Pro Bowl C Alex Mack, he might be serviceable.


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The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off in Las Vegas next Tuesday, and gadget makers are getting ready to show off their latest tech products for the coming year.
Every year, a few big product trends emerge. In 2011, it was all about Android tablets; in 2010, 3D televisions and e-readers dominated the show; and in 2009, netbooks were a big topic. So what does 2012 promise? Here's a look at five CES trends that people are already talking about.
[ Learn about consumerization of IT in person March 4-6, 2012, at IDG's CITE conference in San Francisco. | Get expert advice about planning and implementing your BYOD strategy with InfoWorld's 29-page "Mobile and BYOD Deep Dive" PDF special report. | Keep up on key mobile developments and insights with the Mobilize newsletter. ]
Organic Light Emitting Diode displays promise more vivid colors, faster response times, and smaller device footprints compared to LCD/LED TVs, but the technology has yet to break into the television market. That may be about to change at CES 2012, as LG announced Monday it plans to show what it calls the world's largest OLED HDTV.
LG's new TV has a 55-inch display and 0.16-inch depth; weighs 16.5 pounds; and promises a response time that is less than 0.0001 millisecond (the average LCD has a response time between 5 and 2 milliseconds). OLEDs were also a hot topic for CES 2009.
Intel introduced the concept of Ultrabooks -- laptops with slim designs, solid-state drives, and longer battery life -- in May. Since then we've seen a number of these laptops come out, including the Lenovo IdeaPad U300s, Acer Aspire S3, and Toshiba Portege Z835.
But the real onslaught of these MacBook Air competitors is expected at CES, with as many as 30 to 50 Ultrabooks making their debut in Las Vegas. Intel's president and CEO Paul Otellini is delivering a keynote address at CES next Tuesday when he may discuss the forthcoming Ivy Bridge Core processors, the miniaturized successor to 2011's Sandy Bridge chips that are at the heart of current Ultrabooks.
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Get ready for blazing fast smartphones loaded with quad-core processors, such as Nvidia's Tegra 3 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4.


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London Stansted has monitored, reported on and managed noise issues since the early 1990's and has well established procedures and practises. In many cases the airport has gone beyond the requirements of best practise and legal requirement to help mitigate and reduce the noise impact of aircraft operations.
Going forwards, we will continue to manage aircraft noise in a pro-active way and we will take further appropriate actions to reduce and mitigate aircraft noise in the local community.
Our Noise Action Plan
In developing the next stage of our noise strategy, London Stansted has produced a five-year Noise Action Plan which was formally adopted by the Secretary of State for Transport in June 2011. In building the plan, we actively consulted stakeholders and the community over a 16 week period and listened to the responses submitted. As a result of that consultation, over 20 new actions have been published that London Stansted is committed to introduce over the lifetime of this five-year action plan.
View our five-year Noise Action Plan (2.6MB PDF)
Draft Aviation Policy Framework
The Government launched a scoping exercise in March 2011 towards developing a new sustainable policy framework for UK aviation. Over 600 organisations and individuals responded and the Government are currently consulting on their Draft Aviation Policy Framework with the aim of finalising this framework by March 2013.
London Stansted has responded to this draft framework consultation ensuring that its work and aspirations on continuing to mitigate and reduce aircraft noise are reflected.
Night noise consultation
It is anticipated that the UK Government will open a public consultation into night noise towards the end of 2012. London Stansted will actively participate in this consultation.
Navigation trials
In recent years, London Stansted has worked proactively with airlines to trial new navigational techniques with the aim of improving the accuracy of departing aircraft track-keeping within the airport's Noise Preferential Routes (NPRs). As new technology become available to the industry, we will continue to progress such trials with our airlines. We will also continue to lobby the wider industry to make the airspace changes needed that will allow airlines to maximise the benefits such technological advancements offer.
Tomorrow's technology
The design of airframes and engines has improved significantly since the first jets started flying. And those first jets have all been phased out and replaced by newer, quieter planes.
Airframe design improvements have focused on reducing the amount of friction and turbulence that occurs as the air passes over an aircraft's wings and fuselage, which is what causes the noise. For example, today's Boeing 737s use 'advanced-technology winglets' on the end of the wings, which reduce aerodynamic drag and therefore noise.
Airbus also developed a new way of reducing engine fan noise, which is being used in the new A380, and has also developed software which can work out the quietest way to take off or land, based on how much noise a specific plane journey is making on the ground.
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By Ken de la Bastide
The Herald Bulletin
---- — ANDERSON – After several decades being housed in the Madison County Government Center, the offices of the Madison County Council of Governments will be moving next spring.
The Board of County Commissioners has plans to move the Council of Governments (COG) offices to the former Triple-L youth facility near the intersection of Mounds and Rangeline roads.
Dan Dykes, county administrator, said the commissioners purchased the two former Triple-L buildings and 3.75 acres last May for $125,000.
The county sold the property several years ago to Triple-L for $1 and was given the first opportunity to purchase the buildings and property, he said.
At the time it was purchased, Dykes said, the county was looking at opening a women's work release center. There were 90 women incarcerated in the Madison County Jail. He said the judges have done a good job of holding down the inmate population.
Dykes said the current plan is to use one of the two buildings for a work release center for 24 women.
Bids to remodel the two buildings came in at $250,000 for each facility. The commissioners will discuss the bids at their Jan. 7 meeting.
"We're still looking at a women's work release center," Dyke said.
Previously the Madison County Purdue Extension office was relocated from the third floor of the government center to the Oakwood building on the property. Dykes said that move was to provide more space for the Madison County Prosecutor's Office.
The county has allocated $65,000 in food and beverage tax revenues to remodel one of the buildings for the COG office, Dykes said. The remodeling work is expected to begin in March.
Dykes said the commissioners intend to locate the Madison County Emergency Management Agency offices from County Road 600 North to the former COG offices and to create a conference room with some of the space.
The Human Resources Department will move from the commissioners' office on the first floor of the government center to another office area on the same floor near the Treasurer's Office.
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Bonaire Celebration(s) by Shrakes-Bouchers - about 5 years ago
"Taken in Bonaire, June 09. We had lots to celebrate, so documented it on our CustomInk shirts: Grandma & Grandpa celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary; Grandma turned 80 years old; one college graduation; two high school graduations; straight A's; 12th wedding anniversary; and Father's Day. Each day we celebrated a different event and the honoree received their CustomInk shirt. We decorated the shirts with clever CustomInk graphics to commemorate the windsurfing, diving & snorkeling for which Bonaire is so famous. It was easy to find each other in our sun yellow shirts!"


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It's easy to think you know Pennsylvania. You might live in one of the big cities, and think the rest of the state is a vast countryside. Or you might live in a rural area and think that most of the state is like your county, with the exception of the cities. However, the diversity of our state can surprise you. read more | pafrombelow.info
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation of Natural Resources, there are 23 different geographical regions in the state. Pennsylvania is a large state, with regions that vary from the rolling hills of Lancaster County to the inclined plane of western PA. Most residents have heard of Centralia, the mine town that has been on fire for over fifty years. Fewer have heard of the geological formation called the "Whaleback" found in the same region.
Many areas of the state are as densely populated as any big city. Perry County just installed its first traffic light , while Philadelphia has two of the three deadliest intersections in the nation. Community celebrations reflect the diverse cultures present in the same state. Northwest Pennsylvania hosts an annual Chainsaw Carving Competition in Elk County, while Philadelphia has its Mummer's Parade, Puerto Rican Day Parade and Juneteenth Celebration, among very many others.
For over a century, Pennsylvania has been home to a few large industries that have fueled the state's growth—particularly coal, steel, textiles, and agriculture. In fact, the first US oil well was in Titusville, PA, drilled in 1859. The times of Coal Barons and Molly Maguires have passed, and de-industrialization has taken a heavy toll on the state. Along with the rest of the country and much of the world, Pennsylvania's unemployment has gone up, hovering around 10 percent.
In recent years, the state's desperation for new businesses and industry has been reflected in policy changes. In 2004, the state legalized casinos. There are now nine casinos up and running and another five pending approval, though not without resistance. Despite these and other new businesses expanding, Wal-Mart remains the state's largest private employer.
Change is, as always, brewing. This is where Pennsylvania from Below comes in. Despite our cultural and geographical diversity, certain issues affect us all as residents, and these issues will not change without motivation. This winter, we are investigating four issues happening in our state. Our hope is that we can raise both awareness of and networking opportunities for people affected by these issues.
The Keystone Opportunity Zone program has been created by politicians to bait new industry. with the promise of tax breaks. The state selects the zones and then encourages companies to move in and build with the benefit of paying no state or local taxes for 10 years. The first KOZ properties were designated over ten years ago, and the program is still in operation. How has this program worked? Has it delivered on its goals?
If you've read any local news in the past year, then you are aware that the state is about to be "fracked" by gas drilling companies. As residents of a state long-tied to fossil fuel extraction in the forms of coal and oil, what do we stand to gain from natural gas drilling? More importantly, at what cost?
Often mentioned, but not easily understood is the issue of immigration into the state. People from many other countries have been seeking and finding employment in this state. Besides the same old rhetoric, what do we really know about immigration? PA has put itself on the map in recent years over racial tension. What makes people choose PA as a destination? How do immigrants end up here? What is a typical immigrant experience like after arriving? How does immigration can affect small towns?
Finally, nearly everyone across the state has in some way dealt with unemployment, be it themselves, family or friends. This problem has only been worsened by recent economic trends, especially in areas like Cameron County. This rural community in north-central PA has an unemployment rate that has remained upwards of 17 percent over the past year, making it the state's most unemployed county. What events led to this, and how does a small county feel the effects?
Stay tuned. On May 1st, PA from Below will release a newspaper exploring all these issues. It will be available for free online and in print throughout the state. To get copies, see those articles and more, you can join us at www.pafrombelow.info
Been thinking of visiting Pennsylvania for a while and I must admit it that this article has provided a very good introduction to the state! Thanks a lot!
to the newspaper on may 1!
Nice article, diversity over a same state can be really astonishing on a big country.
Everyone is not familiar with their state always Until they know everything about it through maps or road trips.
I really love to read articles that have good information and ideas to share to each reader. I hope to read more from you guys and continue that good work that is really inspiring to us.


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Amuse - I think that my too long taper during Rotterdam affected me on race day when I felt rested, but stale and was struggling to run a pace that came so easily during training... Interesting that slow and fast twitch runners require different tapers, as I never thought of the taper in that manner. But since we are all a combination of fast and slow, although I am more slow, we would need to manage both rest and (marathon) speed in the last week... who ever said running was simple!
Never read the article on tension, but interesting. I always argue with the wife that a certain tension in my muscles is nice for running, and she argues that my muscles are too tight and I need massages to relax them. There is some balance required, and will try to keep a look out for that.
As mentioned earlier, Gold Coast for me is also largely a marathon lesson. Something went wrong in Rotterdam during or before the race, and need to figure out what before my next serious effort..
I read the article - actually I'm sure I've read it when amuse has posted it before - with interest. I probably exist in a semi-permanent state of relatively low tension, being a slow-twitcher who sucks at shorter races.
I very carefully ran 5 this morning and would rate discomfort from the hamstring at no more than 1-2/10. So that is very promising. Might try a few miles at MP next week (Wednesday most likely) but otherwise not going to push it.
M 2:47:57 I HM 1:21:24 I 10K 37:41 www.runnerrachel.blogspot.com
Rach, RIHK - Good luck with the run in to Gold Coast
Bit of a shakey week for me ... during my MLR on Wednesday my Achilles, which had been a little sore, got quite a bit worse. I had to alter my foot strike in an attempt to protect it from further strain ... In any case, I ended up taking 2 days off as Injury Prevention Days "IPD" (new term?). So I bailed on the 6 recovery and 12 MLR on Friday. Not so bad now .. I ran Sat&Sun and the heel is still a little sensitive to the touch but I'll have to monitor it carefully.
My week:
M - 6 Easy recovery
T - 8 w/ Strides
T - Off - IPD (Cycled 12mi + 2xHockey Games back to back)
F - Off - IPD(Weights)
S - 6 Easy
S - 9 @13kph@1% + 5@6:06 MP (15.8kph@1%) .. on the TM
Total = 46
Sunday was supposed to be 8 at MP but I just didn't have it. As an excuse the gym was crazy hot (not as hot as the 95 outside), but just couldn't gut out the extra 3 miles.
Jws - i like the IPD and instead of running you do BtB ice hockey! hope the Achilles heals soon But the Sunday session seemed solid.
The week started ok, but got worse with work and ended up working on saturday (!) and had to bail on my run planned. Still 75m for the week w Thursday 3x20min at 2:45MP and Sunday a 19m long run w 90min @ 95% of 2:45MP. Last week I did 90min at 90%, so there is some progression there. Also the 95% felt as if there was some gas left in the tank for real MP, which is probably the purpose of the exercise. Let's see in gold coast, but actually more looking out for the holiday (work is tough right now)!
Tomorrow a mandatory 8m recovery jog and then rest of the week shorter snappy 5m runs to keep loose...
Weekly Results 24.06.2013 - 30.06.2013 [Week 12 Berlin Marathon Training] 24.06.2013 Rest25.06.2013 15.15 KM in 5:1226.06.2013 16.22 KM in 5:58 ***Hilly Trail Run***27.06.2013 15.18 KM in 4:5428.06.2013 16.72 KM in 5:0729.06.2013 15.22 KM in 4:4630.06.2013 15.13 KM in 4:58Total Run 93.65 KM, 58.06 Miles, 5:10 Average PaceHighest Monthly Mileage June 2013 ever achieved 376.02 Miles
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rachel: I'm glad you seem to have avoided catastrophe (i.e. a day off)
jwskilly: best not to force the issue at this point. Let's hope the heel cooperates.
RiHK: I'm looking forward to your race. I like your approach.
I have completed my initial 12-week base session, this week putting in 74 miles. The progression was as follows: 32, 46, 51, 52, 50, 55, 58, 54, 63, 62, 65, 74.
This consisted mostly of easy running, lots of runs averaging between 7:45-8:15/mi, which is slower than I used to run in the past. However, it felt 'normal' and easy, eventually. Each week I would have a long run, often 15 miles, but the last few weeks it has been about 18. Occasionally I would do a mid-week MLR. I would do a moderate progression run on a weekly basis, usually a hilly 8-miler that would (eventually) reach 6:00/mi. I ran hill sprints a couple of times weekly, but at low volume. Last week I ran a fartlek that was basically a 9x200m workout with splits topping out at 4:22/mi pace.
I'd like to bring the mileage up a bit more, but the purpose of this particular session was to lay the foundation so I could tolerate some more training and absorb its effects. I'll begin a 5-week speed session that folds in ladders, tempos, and sprint work. On Thursday I'm entered in a 15k that I view as a progressive tempo workout. We'll see how it goes -- I don't have the fitness to bring my 'A' game, so I will hope to ease into it, and perhaps race the last 5k.
Weekly Miles:
Monday 8.19 @ 7:25
Tuesday 10.30 @ 7:15
Wednesday AM 13.13 w/5 x 1K w/200m jog recoveries (3:33, 3:32, 3:29, 3:28, 3:24) + 4 x 200m w/200m jog recoveries (35.7, 35.7, 35.7, 34.5) (6:48 avg entire run) PM 8.08 @ 7:36
Thursday 8.09 @ 7:36
Friday 8.08 @ 7:21
Saturday 21.73 @ 7:07 over really hilly course
Sunday AM 14.14 @ 7:14 PM 9.42 @ 7:25
Total Miles 101.15
Total Monthly Miles 407
dkgg - nice month!
amuse - as we all know, the earth might stop turning if I break my streak, so really I'm just doing my civic duty to keep everything in order. Good to see your training progressing well - I hope the 15K goes to plan.
58 miles for me last week, 383 on the month and 2214 YTD.
My leg feels back to normal; this morning's 7 miler was back at my usual easy paces too. So I still have hope for the weekend!
dkgg: Beast! l don't know how you do some of those doubles. I'd be in the hospital.
rachel: back to normal sounds perfect. Well done.
Last Wednesday I was hating life on that double after speedwork in the morning and it was hot and really humid that night. I was cooked on Thursday. \
I didn't plan on the double last night as was a couple mile shy of 400 for the month so I was just going out for an easy 3 and I ended up feeling really good and relaxed so I figured I might as well go for 100 for the week as well. I felt it though on this mornings run.
rachel - Glad the hammy is healing quickly. Sounds like you will be ready to roll.
RIHK - I love the unorthodox approach to the taper. That is some serious work one week out. Maybe your busy work did you a favor by cutting out some of your mileage though? lol
IRR - I can't even get on the track here. It is pad locked. I don't mind doing mile repeats on the road but I like the track for anything shorter. We are having MN weather here today...it is 75F @ noon!
jws - Darn achilles! That nasty tendon is showing up a lot around here. Hopefully you are staying ahead of it.
Amuse - Looks like a good foundation. Good luck with the 15k. I have never raced that distance though I think I would like it. Thanks for the article. It makes a lot of sense. I feel like I detune very quickly which is why I switched to a steep two week taper for the marathon a few years ago. I felt like I lost a lot of fitness in the 2 weeks I sat before St Jude last fall. On the other hand I probably tune up somewhat more quickly as well.
dkgg - Great week and month!
T: 9.6 w/ 4 x 1 mile - 800 jogs (5:28, 5:23, 5:25, 5:25) rest period ranged from 3:58-4:05
S: 15.3 @ 7:15 w/ last 4.25 @ 6:26
Week: 57.6
Month: 225.3
Pretty good week. Feeling like the fitness is coming around. Thursday's session was done on the road in the morning though it was still 83/73. Felt much better than the 3 x 1 mile session 4 weeks earlier. Racing a 4 miler on Thu. Might have a shot at a PR (it is a soft one). Can't wait to race again! The first mile travels from downtown St Louis down the bluff to the MS river so it should be blazes fast. Made the transition from Wave Precision 12s to 13s and they seem real nice. A little flashy though.
Rachel - settling in Gold Coast and the weather is ok so far. It is cool and not humid, especially compared w HK. It is a little windy and might get somewhat warmer / sunny by 9-10, but we should be close to finishing then.
TN - I had a short cycle following my April marathon, recovery / injury, and training, so there is hardly any residual fatigue (or so I feel). I am also trying not get stale over my shorter taper... Let's see if it works! The most inconventional part of the taper still has to start w amusement parks and rainforests in the next 3 days ;-)
DKG - I was shaking my head at that brutal weekend... Good effort!
Amuse - good luck w that 15k... I like those ones, as they are a great tempo distance so you get something out of It in any case. That basis sounds very solid for the phase speed phase. What comes after... Specific speed / endurance?
tn - enjoy the 4 mile race! Your mile repeats make me look like a slug.
riHK - welcome to Australia! I did the same taper for Boston 2012: 5 days at DisneyWorld where I probably walked 10 miles a day at the parks. Not to mention how I twisted my ankle in the wave pool at Typhoon Lagoon.....such are the perils of running tourism I guess! Almost as bad as 2 nights before my debut marathon (NYC 2010) when I walked 44 blocks home after dinner...
Taper, taper, taper....eat, eat, eat......
Well I survived my fitness test and entry level police exam for my job interview yesterday with flying colors. I reached top scores by % and in my group for the 1.5 mile run and 300 meter dash. I also was one of the top scorers in my group for sit ups and pushups in a minute. I did pathetic in the bench press and only bench pressed 125 pounds. I weigh 158 so that will hurt me score wise.
I forgot how hard it is to do 300 meter run. They didn't allow us to "warm" up for the 1.5 mile and the 300 meter run. The entire 300 meters my hamstring was screaming at me but I managed a 45.1 on the gravel road. I finished the 1.5 mile run in 8:24. I'm happy with the times since other than this last week I havent ran in 3 weeks due to my achilles. My achilles didn't seem to hate me much during the runs and this morning so hopefully I didn't set myself back much.
PRs 2013 Goals
10K: 34:30 Bellin Run 2009 33:30
Half Marathon: 1:15:46 Oshkosh 2012 1:13:30 Marathon: 2:53:37 Boston 2013 2:45:00 (Whistlestop)
Goal race isn't 'till December, so I have some time to kill before getting into the specific stuff. By August I suspect my training will look like fairly typical marathoner stuff.
tn_weather: You would kill a 15k. You pretty much kill everything.
jdarrow86: Glad you made it through the tests in one piece!
tn_weather- Good luck in the 4 miler! Good to see your fitness coming around.
PRs: Mile-4:48, 5k-16:19, 10k-34:09, HM-1:15:06
Last Race: 16:36 5,000m Summer Nights Track Series 6/25/14
Next Race:
RIHK & rachel - Good luck this weekend! That wx should feel great to you RIHK.
jdarrow - Congrats on the interview. I could bench like 85 lbs. Good news about the achilles.
Amuse - How did the 15k go?
wayne - Good to hear from you. How goes the reconstruction?
21:44 - a minor PR of 4 seconds. This was right in line where I thought my fitness was at. Bolted from the start with a group of 6 but the pace was a little too hot so I backed off a bit going through the mainly downhill mile 1 in 5:12. The downhill was steep! Too steep really to take advantage...felt like I would fly out of control. Mile 2 had a decent hill back up the bluff..5:41. Caught one of the guys blown out the back of the group so moved up to 6 by mile 3...5:29. Buckled down as much as possible on mile 4 since I knew I was a few seconds behind PR pace. Mile 4...5:22. 6th OA...1st master.
Rachel & RIHK - Best of luck this weekend! Ga Yauh! (as they say over here)
Tn - Nice 4miler and PR
jdarrow - Nice work on the interview as well.
I already ran my spring marathon. Ran 2:39:05 @ Lincoln Nebraska. Jumping in to read what others are doing. I'll do a midwest marathon in October or November. Goal of 2:38:30.
Sub 2:40 ... Awesome ... Congrats on your PR.
tn_weather: 57:09. Though the plan was to take it in three 5k stages (something like 6:12/mi for the first, then 6:05, then 5:50s) I didn't have any feel for those paces, which wasn't surprising since I haven't done any tempos yet. I was out in 5:55 and knew I needed to dial back. The rest of the 'race' was a steady effort, and I didn't feel like I could hit it any harder at the end. I think it was a good start, but it's a little weird, too. This is closer to MP than 10k, so I have a lot of fitness to build.
Great running to nab a PR in that 4-miler!
Good luck to Rachel and RIHK this weekend.
Thanks for the well wishes. The holiday is going well... The marathon prep ok I guess... Reasonably rested, but don't feel invincible like I did in previous efforts... But let's assume the training stuck somewhere and that 2:45 is still possible, even though I will settle for any properly run race independent of time! Similar as Rachel my taper has now returned to the rest, eat stage... and drink yucky energy drinks for carb loading. But beautiful place to run... Rachel lucky to be living here.
JDarrow - congrats on the job application. does passing the test mean you get the job, or this is just phase 1?
TN / Amuse - Congrats on those results, which seem very solid (to me) even more so since you are still on the come back / non-peak training phase.
Rachel - guess you are not online here, but hope to see you tomorrow at the start or shortly after the race!
Thanks everyone for the good luck wishes - I have no idea how it's going to play out tomorrow, as usually I'll run mostly by feel and hopefully that will get me the result I'd prefer.
riHK - look for me at the start, bib will say "GLASSON" and I'll be wearing a stupid Australian uniform. Blah, where is my lucky pink?
RiHK and Rachel -- good luck to you both!
Good Luck RIHK and Rachel. Have a great race. Kill it!
2:20PM PST/5:20 PM EST = 7:20AM Sunday at Gold Coast, so underway:
Last: Sporting Life 10K; DxA2 Half; Missoula Marathon, 7/13 3:52 (BQ-18)
Next: CIM, with some tune-up races (10K and Half before)
Oh now you're just messing with my head!
Go RiHK, Rachel, and itstonz!!!
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She's through the half in 1:23:09.
10 1:12:59 (2014) 13.1 1:35:55 (2013) 26.2 3:23:31 (2013)
Last: Steamworks Half 6/7 1:36:28 | Next: Imogene Pass Run 9/6
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...and he's just behind in 1:23:30 ...
Rachel 35k 2:19:10 --> finish 2:49:21
RIHK 2:20:20 --> finish 2:51:27
Rachel in 2:49:22.
Ah crap, the timezone difference screwed up my prerace well wishes to those guys. But good to see solid results for both!
Up next, TCM
We are living in the past.
Nice race although I slowed down massively in the last 7km... Was on 2:48 still, albeit slowing, till 35km... Lost 1.5min on a 2:48pace only in the last 2km (1.5min on 35-40), which was partly due to wind/sun but mostly because I slowed down due to a twitch in my hams Kicking in at 38km. Had the same twitch, the kind of twitch before you cramp up, in Rotterdam, and really slowed to not cramp. So need to get that fixed / strengthened finally. I lacked endurance as well as those 4.5wks injured set me back more than I thought. Should have pushed it just south of 2:50 though...
But enjoyable race and really pretty and flat. It is a bit hot in the last hour, but whatever, beautiful race. I executed my race plan well till 30-35km, so had some learning from that. No regrets and lots of beer now...
Ran w Rachel for 5km or so and then trailed her... She shuffles fast! Without the headwind and sun, she might have pr-ed, but she did great amongst here Aussie peers. Great meeting another forumite.
No PR for me - despite being on track for a big one until the 35K mark at least - those final 7km were pretty tough. I knew I was slowing a bit after 20 miles but felt I'd be able to push through....then right at mile 23 we turned and BOOM, nasty headwind. I pretty much went into survival mode and was just trying to keep the pace under 7:00. Passed a couple of girls though, so that was good - finished in 2:49:21 for 10th female and 1st AG.
riHK found me in the Elite area before the start, then I caught up to him just before the 10K and we ran together for a bit, which was nice. Saw him at the turn and after the finish, too. Nice to meet you riHK!
Sorry to hear about the headwind -- the last 7 km of a marathon are tough enough without it! Well done to both of you. Rachel, your strength really shows in your ability to hold on despite the wind. RiHK, I'll be interested in your analysis, since you intended this as a learning experience.
Great that another couple of forumites got to meet in person as well. Cool stuff.
My week that was...
Mon: 6 @ 7:08
Tues: off
Wed: 10 w/ 6x1000 2 mins rest (3:15, 16, 16, 14, 13, 12) + 4x200 (31, 30, 30, 30)
Thurs: 11 @ 6:53
Fri: 6 @ 6:46
Sat: 14 @ 7:03
Sun: 8 w/ 7x400 avg 74's
55 total.
Today was supposed to be 10x400, but had to pull up after tweaking my right hamstring. It doesn't appear serious, no pain during my cool down, but a little sore right now. So I'll be keeping on eye on it over the next couple of days. The workout on Thursday wasn't meant to be super fast, and it wasn't. I wanted to keep the rest short and try and run a realistic 5k pace. I saved the fast running for the 200's.
Like a lot of you, I'm dealing with the first real heat of the summer. No fun at all, but getting by. Another two weeks of short fast stuff before my 5k, then back to slogging out the miles getting ready for TCM.
Monday 7.17 @ 7:34
Tuesday 10.02 @ 6:59
Wednesday 15.12 with 6 Tempo at 6:00 avg (6:45 entire run)
Thursday AM 15.11 @ 7:11 PM 6.04 @ 7:44 Weights
Friday 10.07 @ 7:12
Saturday 20.01 with 5 @ MP 6:07 avg (target 6:13) (6:56 entire run)
Sunday AM 14.24 @ 7:24 PM 7:15 @ 7:26 Weights
Total Miles 102.93
The heat and humidity is getting old this week. Another good week and I have average just over 100 MPW for the last 3 weeks. I am starting to get tired and will cut back to mid 80's this next week to consolidate gains.
Rachel & RIHK ... Nice work. Congrats! RIHK ... I'll buy you a beer or two for your debreif back in HK.
My week
M - 6 Easy
T - 9 w/ 4@HMP (16.2kph@1%)
T - 5 + Hockey
Total = 60.5