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Water Map for the H.O Smith Botanic Gardens at
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the terrace to create seating walls. On the surface of the terrace,
the different geologic formations are called out by varying patterns
blasted into the stone. The names of the waterways and the towns
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blasted into the tops of the dressed boulders. All of the local
streams and waterways are depicted with runnels carved 1/4 inch
deep into the stone.
When it is dry, this terrace is a scale map of the geology and
watershed of this area. But when it rains, the runoff from the
roof of the Overlook Pavillion drains onto the maps and flows
along the carved waterways, creating a watershed in miniature.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Just A Little Lie
I was asked to write a story about a lie to read at an event. This is the one I recalled from my childhood. I hope you enjoy it!
I was an unusual child. A bit more worrisome, a bit more sensitive, never quite like everyone else. I always spent a lot of time alone amusing myself like I'm sure everyone did, by playing library with my dolls and stuffed animals.
I was scared of the life size doll who lived in the back of my closet, monsters under my bed and the dark.
I may have been a scardy cat, but I never lied. except the time I peed in a box in my closet when I was four, because, well, why not? After discovering the evidence my mom told me, quite sternly that we had been going to do something special that afternoon, but because of what I had done we weren't She died five years ago having never told me what that special something was. The not knowing still haunts me.
With a history of not lying, and pretty much being a good girl to the enth degree, I set off for my first day of first grade. My outfit had been carefully planned - a smocked, plaid dress, new Mary Janes, ankle socks and a brand new super poofy petticoat that crinkled when I walked. I was a vision of five-year-old splendor.
What I now realize is I was so focused on how adorable my outfit was I failed to realize that once we got to school, me in my super cute outfit, that my Mom would be leaving. Leaving as in, I'd be alone with complete strangers. What was she thinking?!
I'd gone to a private kindergarten, but that was kid's play compared to real school. This was the big time - more kids! Recess! Desks! All day long! Well, I would be walking home for lunch with my brother, but I was essentially being thrown out into the world for up to three hours at a time. I panicked. My brother was long gone into the super secret world known as fifth grade. I was abandoned, alone - except for my teacher and 20 other kids. But for all intents and purposes I was totally alone.
Before class the teacher had us go out on the playground to get some fresh air and get acquainted. Alright, this could be good. A little hopscotch, a little jump rope. I could totally do this. I killed at jump rope.
But the thing was, no one came over to me to ask me to play. I stood there alone, too shy (or as I later discovered many self-help books later) introverted to approach anyone, and no one was seeking me out.
So, in a moment of what I now realize is pretty genius thinking, I did the only thing my five-almost six-year-old brain could think of. I grabbed my eye and started to cry. A teacher came running over, understandably concerned and asked me what was wrong.
"I have a piece of glass in my eye!" I wailed.Where this idea came from I have no idea, but looking back I think, well played little Candy.
Soon I was surrounded by all sorts of teachers, and the principal. What I could not comprehend at the time was that my father was their boss. A newly minted wunderkind superintendent brought in to fix an ailing school system. And here they were - first day of school and they had broken his only daughter. My mother was immediately summoned.
I'm sure on sight my mother knew the truth, but back in her arms everything felt okay once again. We walked home, me still insisting my eye hurt. She played along, rinsing it with some water, putting a warm compress - her answer for everything - on it. I had some graham crackers and thought, okay, day one was done. But no, after lunch she took me back.
I ended up falling in love with my teacher, Miss Kennedy, the prettiest teacher ever. I was not the only one to fall for her however, one month into the school year she got married and left. My father was never able to secure another full time teacher for our class and we ended up with 22 substitutes over the school year. You can rightfully assume I didn't handle all those changes very well, but I never pretended to have glass in my eye again. From that day on I took a far more dignified approach - crying in a stall in the girl's bathroom. A coping strategy I still to this day find quite effective.
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I recently upended my life. On purpose. And now I'm thinking, now what?
I decided last fall to sell my home of 17 years, which, as such a decision will, set forth a cascade of emotions, and more work than I ever could have expected. But now it's over. I've moved and I am feeling a little...lost.
We are not defined by our four walls, but they are the nest that holds us. The launching pad we thrust ourselves out into the world from. When the nest is gone, we lose a little bit of our sense of self.
Freed of a ridiculous amount of financial stress I feel like I can breathe again, And being a good student of years of therapy, and a life coach myself, I am practicing a lot of self-care, a term I must admit makes me cringe just a little. But I am taking care of myself. I joined a gym and go everyday, and am taking yoga three times a week. I am trying hard to put body and soul back together one downward facing dog at a time.
While most of my belongings are in storage while I figure out a longer term plan, I was smart enough to bring pieces of home with me. I am sleeping in my own bed, making bread dough in my Kitchen-Aid mixer, putting my feet up on my coffee table, and of course, snuggling with my cats. I am also living with a man who loves me very much, and whom I love. It's all good. I am supported, loved and healthy. So why do I feel so insecure? At times so scared?
It's because I've stepped out of my comfort zone, and that's always scary. It's the same part of us that stays in a relationship that isn't working because at least it's familiar. Even though I had an almost constant stomach ache over worrying about money, I was in MY house where I felt safe. I'm thinking this is an amended definition of insanity - continuing to do something that is incredibly stressful because to think of doing something else is way too scary.
I truly don't know what's next and it's the most exciting and frightening thing ever. I don't know where I'm living come July, but I have faith that it will all work out. I know it will. I have a writing partner I adore who challenges and inspires me to do more and to dream big.
Maybe that's the big takeaway - allowing myself to dream again. To shake off the shackles of servitude to a piece of property. My children are all grown and successfully living their lives and I can, for the first time since becoming a mom at 21, just think about what I want to do next.
The unknown is kind of a scary place for a control freak. I'm trying to make friends with it, and little by little I am. I have my moments where I miss my home so much it hurts, but when I remember the reality, that it was a very one-sided relationship, it helps. We needed to break up. It was time. And now there's a lot of room for all sorts of new things to bubble to the surface and I can't wait to see what's next. I think.
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
Tweaking (not twerking) a New Version of Yourself
Things have been a little less than wonderful lately, and I haven't exactly been graceful about it. Job and money stress have gotten the best of me. Thankfully I have a saint of a boyfriend who's listened to me, hugged me when I've been crying and not fled.
And, thank goodness I have a writing partner who reminded me of some very important realities. Like telling myself and others that I'm cloaked in failure and a loser were not exactly going to help me, and darn it, aren't true.
My fake sister, is a smart cookie. She pointed out that for each of us our default setting is optimism. We're both people who believe in what we are doing and are hard wired for happiness. I just forgot it for a minute. Okay, more than a minute.
The metaphorical kick in the pants turned it around. Everything is the same - I'm still looking for more work, and my bank account isn't too flush, but what changed is my attitude about it. I remembered that like attracts like and if I want good things that's what I need to focus on. When you're throwing around words like "failure," and "loser," and "broke" they impact your actions and view of the world. It also impacts how the world sees you.
"The Secret" gave kind of a bad rap to the law of attraction, and it's a shame because there is a great deal of truth to it. Think of going through your day with a smile versus a grimace and see what comes your way.
It's not always easy to stay on the path. That's where a good friend/fake sister come in handy. It's easy to get discouraged. Life can be very hard. We can't control everything, but we can control what we say to ourselves and our reaction to adversity. Sure we're going to go through times when we feel like everything is falling apart, we're human. But if we're really lucky we have people around us who love us enough to remind us, it's all okay. And it's only going to get better.
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Everyone Needs A Buddy
writing partner the other day about relationships because, well, we always have to talk before we get down to working.Susan and I are fake sisters in a fake advice column... yeah, it's kind of complicated. I love having a buddy to write with because most of my writing projects and hours are spent alone. It is a joy to have someone wonderful to bounce things off of and inspire me to be better than I am alone.
As we were discussing the book we're working on we knew we wanted a chapter on relationships. She said before she got married someone said to her that marriage should be a sanctuary. "Everyone needs a buddy," she said.
That stuck with me. She's right. We do all need a buddy.
Since my divorce, 15 years ago, I have spent much of that time on my own without a special buddy.For a long time I didn't want anyone, I was all good being alone. I was never all alone, I had my kids, mom, brother, but not a guy. None of the men I dated felt like they were my buddy, that special person who is there for whatever comes up. I didn't always like it, but like Gretchen trying to make "fetch" happen in "Mean Girls," you can't make someone into a buddy if they're not into it.
I should back up here and define what I mean by buddy. In this instance what I mean is that person who's there for you through thick and thin. That person, who when you throw yourself on your bed in tears, the result of a mix of hormones and overwhelm, clutching your cat (this is a purely hypothetical by the way and totally did not happen last night) hugs you, and tells you everything is going to be okay.A buddy.
Having a buddy doesn't fix everything, but it makes life a little bit easier and comfortable. It took me a long time to find someone buddy-worthy, and I like it. He signs up for things like accompanying me to a work-related cocktail party I know he'd rather miss, but he knows I'm shy and hate going alone. A true buddy does that. And I'm his buddy too... I'm in the audience at many events he's playing at and there to listen and give a good bucking up when needed. Buddies.
There's nothing that tells me that I need a husband, or that I need to be a wife, but I do need a buddy. I went without one for a very long time and now that I have it, I see how vital it is. Independence is great. I'm glad I spent a lot of time on my own, but after rescuing myself for many years, it's good to have back up. We all need backup. We all need a buddy.
As we were discussing the book we're working on we knew we wanted a chapter on relationships. She said before she got married someone said to her that marriage should be a sanctuary. "Everyone needs a buddy," she said.
That stuck with me. She's right. We do all need a buddy.
Since my divorce, 15 years ago, I have spent much of that time on my own without a special buddy.For a long time I didn't want anyone, I was all good being alone. I was never all alone, I had my kids, mom, brother, but not a guy. None of the men I dated felt like they were my buddy, that special person who is there for whatever comes up. I didn't always like it, but like Gretchen trying to make "fetch" happen in "Mean Girls," you can't make someone into a buddy if they're not into it.
Having a buddy doesn't fix everything, but it makes life a little bit easier and comfortable. It took me a long time to find someone buddy-worthy, and I like it. He signs up for things like accompanying me to a work-related cocktail party I know he'd rather miss, but he knows I'm shy and hate going alone. A true buddy does that. And I'm his buddy too... I'm in the audience at many events he's playing at and there to listen and give a good bucking up when needed. Buddies.
There's nothing that tells me that I need a husband, or that I need to be a wife, but I do need a buddy. I went without one for a very long time and now that I have it, I see how vital it is. Independence is great. I'm glad I spent a lot of time on my own, but after rescuing myself for many years, it's good to have back up. We all need backup. We all need a buddy.
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Monday, July 22, 2013
On Being a Fatherless Daughter
My father left when I was in second grade. No one said anything, he was just gone. My mother, brother and I moved, she went back to teaching and no one talked about it. I thought he was on a long business trip until one day I heard the word "divorce" when my mom was talking on the phone.
For a while he came to visit, but after a while it stopped. In high school I began to visit him once in a while, but it was never good. He'd drink too much. and he was so critical it was hardly satisfying. My father, in his brief forays into my life was obsessed with what I looked like. As long as I was thin and pretty I was lovable.
When daughters don't have a father they don't have a man who has set the standard for how they should be treated and what to expect from a man. We don't have a yardstick and inner confidence to know what we deserve so we don't always make good choices.
Girls like me who grew up without a father often either build walls and not let anyone in, or so desperate to be loved we settle for much less than we deserve. I have done both.
I married very young because I desperately wanted to create the safety of the family I never had. I worried my husband would leave and held on so tight he had no choice but to leave. And that was when I began to grow up and heal.
When the worst thing you think could happen to you - again - happens and you survive, it is empowering. When I was married I suffered from a debilitating panic disorder, when my marriage ended I got better. I think I thought if I was helpless he wouldn't leave, but he did. I let go of that because I no longer needed it.
I can't say I've been stellar in all my choices in relationships since my divorce. I am a natural born fixer, and a pleaser. It's easy for women like me to tolerate behaviors we shouldn't because it's hard to ask for what we need, because if you're not perfect they will leave. That's hard to say. So I will say it again. I have spent my life worrying that if I'm not perfect I will be left.
But the great thing is, you can heal, you can change, and you can make better choices. After years of not speaking up, of being treated in ways that were not worthy of just how wonderful I am, I made a conscious decision to choose differently. And when I redefined what I wanted and needed, I changed, and I chose differently.
When my father died almost six years ago I had not seen him in 30 years. We exchanged some letters and phone calls in his later years, and I was able to forgive him. That said, I didn't want to see him, and I am at peace with my choice.
I debated long and hard about whether to post this, almost deleted it, but in the end decided that it's important for woman, especially mid-lifers like me, who maybe grew up feeling like alone in this to know, you're not alone. And just because you didn't have a dad doesn't mean you're not lovable or worthy. As soon as you can really get that, and love yourself you will be able to let a man (or woman) get close to you and really love you and not build walls or worry all the time that they're going to leave too, because you will know that you are whole and wonderful. No matter who comes or goes, you are perfectly perfect, just as you are.
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Stop Trying To Be A Manic Pixie Dream Girl And Be Your Own Muse
This morning I read this piece by Laurie Penny about having been a MPDG and had to admit to many of the traits myself. Mostly what stopped me in my tracks was this:
Men grow up expecting to be the hero of their own story. Women grow up expecting to be the supporting actress in somebody else's.
I had to admit to this.This is me. I came of age during the onset of the women's movement, but somehow I still find myself playing small.
See, the thing is, I have a super power. Want to know what it is? I see the potential in people and their dreams. I can see the company they want to start being hugely successful, the book they want to write being a best seller, and the cookies they make - the next Mrs. Field's! This has its upside, I am a great friend and cheerleader. I will back you one-hundred and fifty-percent. My weakness however has been when I do this with men. The more I champion their potential, the less I embrace my own.
This trope has led me to thinking if I loved a man enough he could become everything he is meant to be, he will be successful, be healthy, stop his self-destructive habits and, I had to face this reality - take care of me so i don't have to think about my own potential.
I have spent many years trying to fix men who I thought needed me. Whether it was to become more emotionally available, more open, more loving, to stop using alcohol and drugs to escape their pain...if I was doing my job well, they would be healed. And we would be happy.
But the thing was, like so many women (and men too I am sure) I used them as a distraction from embracing my own power, always a little too afraid to really go after what I wanted and playing way too small for myself, but never for them. They would have the big career, the best-selling books, the muti-million dollar company, not me. It has always been too scary to go after what I want, it was safer to focus on them and their dreams instead of my own.
Now however, I am starting to think, why not me?
My only value isn't in being adorable and loving and working hard to please someone else. My value is far deeper and richer than my face and pleasing nature. At mid-life I feel like I am finally willing to stand up for myself and declare - I want more for myself, and I deserve it. I have worked very hard and it's time for me to take a deep breath and step into the light.
Maybe I will make more than the guy I am with, and that's okay. And maybe I will not let what I want take a back seat to his dreams, and maybe I will finally begin to see my own potential, just like I've always seen everyone elses.
I am learning. I have now picked a guy who doesn't need to be fixed, and encourages me to swing for the fences. He never diminishes my dreams, and I am not making his my own. We are each others cheerleaders and champions, not an excuse to not do what we need to do for ourselves.
Perhaps I am finally ready to step into being the leading lady of my life rather than a supporting character in everyone elses . In some ways it feels a little late and I am angry at myself for it taking so long to stop being scared and giving all my best cheerleading away to others rather than encouraging myself. But better late than never. It could be that the best relationship I could ever dream of is with myself, that person with all the potential I just happened to have forgotten about.
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My first appointment is coming up this Tuesday!! I'll be about 4 weeks and 5 days! I think it's just to get the prenatal appointments established and things like that. It won't even be with my OB/GYN, it'll be with one of the midwives there, then from there I can set up future appointments with my OB. I'm super excited! I'm really glad they are doing this appointment so soon becuase as of right now, I'm not really feeling too pregnant anymore...my boobs aren't all that sore anymore, I don't get quite as nauseous all day anymore...everything is kind of petering off and I just want to go and make sure everything is still good. Hopefully I'm just one of the lucky ones who won't have too much trouble during pregnancy. With my first pregnancy I felt great, so I hope that's the case with this one and that nothing is wrong! I'll update after my first appointment on Tuesday!!
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My 1st appt is on the 28th. They wanted me to come in around 6 weeks. i"m curious to know if any ladies on the board who've had appts between 6-8 weeks have had an ultrasound? I've never had one at my first appointmen (have had 3 pregnancies prior to this one)t but have known many who have. After having 2 mc, I think it would ease my mind to be able to see the baby.


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A majority of home owners chose to install tiles in their bathroom because besides enhancing the look of the bathroom, they are highly durable, sturdy and easy to clean. Decorating the bathroom with tiles in an exquisite manner is just not enough, proper measures should be taken to clean the tiles because a clean and well designed bathroom is known to increase the value of a home. Moreover, if the tiles are left untouched for a longer duration of time, soap and mineral deposits along with grout stains are bound to develop. Cleaning bathroom tiles is an easy job that requires some good cleaners and little effort.
1.Depending upon the severity of the mold or dirt, start with spraying the bathroom cleaner from top to bottom. Wet the tiles and spray the cleaner solution.
2.Scrub the entire area with a kitchen scrub sponge. First try to focus on the surface of the tiles and not the grout. Scrub the tiles in circular motions and also put in a good bit of pressure. The edges of the tiles need to be scrubbed in straight lines. Wash off with warm water.
3.If you can still see deposits around the tile surface, then try to ascertain the source behind the residue, whether it is due to soap deposits, hard water or the iron content of the water. Most of the soaps give way to a milky film, high iron content in water will cause brown stains to develop and hard water is known to cause green stains.
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5.For cleaning the grouts, spray some liquid bleach and leave it for some time and wash off after light scrubbing. You may also use a commercial grout cleaner.


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While many folks are excited about the Nike Air Yeezy 2 release, New Balance fans are hoping to get their hands on a pair of these Ronnie Fieg x New Balance 999 "Steel Blue" sneaks! These kicks take on a premium look with the use of buttery materials. You can look for these to be available at KITH on June 15th.
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- A: Treatment of toenail fungus depends on the severity of the infection. If the infection is mild and limited to a small area of your nail, an antifungal cream or medicated nail polish containing either amorolfine (Loceryl) or ciclopirox (Loprox) can be tried. For infections that cover more of the nail or involve several nails, there are oral antifungal medications available by prescription. These drugs include itraconazole (Sporanox) and terbinafine (Lamisil). Either itraconazole or terbinafine can be taken daily for 12 weeks, or a higher dose of itraconazole can be taken for one week per month for three months. Both itraconazole and terbinafine can cause side effects, and itraconazole interacts with other medications. Please consult with your health care provider, who understands your full medical condition, for more information about the use of these drugs and visit http://www.everydayhealth.com/health-information/toenail-fungus-onychomycosis-treatment.aspx. Michelle McDermott, PharmD
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The charges filed today stem from an October dispute with guards in the gated community where Mayweather lives. Mayweather already faces a September trial on a misdemeanor battery charge from a separate argument with a guard.
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31-year-old Pasquale Mykal Menyhert appeared before a Yuma County judge Thursday afternoon.
Menyhert was arrested last week after the Yuma County Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant on a hotel room where he was staying and was arrested for possession of methamphetamine.
During the search law enforcement officials also found multiple credit cards not belonging to Menyhert, and have connected him to a credit card scheme that officials say has at least 20 victims.
Menyhert was working 42-year-old Laurie Adey, who has also been arrested on credit card fraud.
Adey was a waitress at Parrish's Bar and Grill, where she would steal credit card information from customers before passing it on to Menyhert so that he could make purchases.
Menyhert is facing four felony counts, including falsely using the identity of another, illegal trafficking of ID's, and theft.
The Yuma native is being held on $100,000 cash only bond as prosecutors continue to gather evidence.
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RED OAK - Fred's Steakhouse in downtown Red Oak did not pay its waiters and now parents are upset.
Misty McCuller and other parents of Red Oak football players who were employed there walked into the former Salmon Creek Grille in October demanding payment for their sons' work.
Checks written previously to them bounced, causing new owner Randy Shelly to fire both the manager and assistant manager.
Shelly, who took control of Fred's after a foreclosure on the previous owner, said he is still owed $28,000 and that the former employees, all starters on the recent Red Oak playoff team, are not owed anything else.
'A couple of parents came in and made a scene,' Shelly said. 'They pulled the kids out of working, but we paid the kids two pay periods.'
McCuller's son was paid, but is still owed one more check, his mom said. Shelly described Fred's as having gone broke, but that checks written from the new company's bank account - Citizens National Bank - have not bounced, only the account from the previous owner (Wachovia).
Still, McCuller and other parents said by assuming the liabilities of the old Fred's Steakhouse, money is still owed to the former employees.


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Some collaborations just make too much sense. Odd Future member Domo Genesis and actual rap star Wiz Khalifa are both such stoners that they both released albums called Rolling Papers at roughly the same time. For a minute, there was even a rumor that Odd Future was furious about Wiz for the transgression, but no, Odd Future love Wiz. And now both of those guys are together on a perfectly pleasant new rap song called "Ground Up." Cardo produces. Listen to it below.
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Hockey commentator Ron MacLean put an off day between Stanley Cup final games to good use Thursday, helping to save the life of an apparently suicidal man in Philadelphia.
MacLean helped pull the man out of the Delaware River.
"I'm not the hero, I helped the guy who was," MacLean told ESPN.com.
The Hockey Night in Canada host told the website he was having lunch with broadcast partner Don Cherry when a woman came screaming for help.
MacLean said he grabbed a velvet rope and went with her.
They went down to the river, where another man had already jumped in to try to rescue a man who was in the water.
"The man's throat was all wrapped up in packaging tape and he's all tangled in rope," MacLean said.
"I climbed down on the side of the pier and with my right hand I handed two (hotel) staff people that had by now joined us the velvet rope and we pulled him out of the river. But really, it's the other guy that got him out of the water and saved his life."
MacLean couldn't immediately be reached for comment, but his wife, Cari, confirmed the report when reached at the couple's home in Oakville, Ont.
"There was already a man in the water helping someone who'd try to take his life and I don't know if Ron jumped in, too, but yes, he was part of a team of two who saved someone's life," Cari said.
"That's how Ron spent the afternoon on his day off."
MacLean is in Philadelphia to cover the series between the Flyers and Chicago Blackhawks. He appears regularly with Cherry on the Coach's Corner segment.
Game 4 of the series is scheduled for Friday night.
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Iowa's Arismendy Alcantara fielded the final out, a routine chopper to second, with all the concentration he had remaining after 13 innings.
He didn't want to spoil the game of his life.
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Iowa's Arismendy Alcantara fielded the final out, a routine chopper to second, with all the concentration he had remaining after 13 innings.
He didn't want to spoil the game of his life.
"I said, 'Finally,'" Alcantara said. "I made sure of the catch first, then made the throw."
The play capped a 9-6 victory for the Cubs over the Sky Sox on Saturday in a marathon that saw Alcantara drive in the tying run with an infield single with two outs and two strikes in the ninth, then add a key insurance run with an RBI triple in the 13th.
The second baseman and a key part of the Chicago Cubs' future went 5 for 7 with three RBIs, and he scored the game's final run.
"Five hits in a game for the first time," said the native of the Dominican Republic, who is ranked by Baseball America as the No. 7 prospect in Chicago's system. "It feels pretty good."
The Cubs jumped to a 2-0 lead after three innings before the Sky Sox sprang to life for the first time in this series after being outscored 18-2 in the first two games. The teams exchanged leads in the fourth, five, sixth before, in the seventh, Colorado Springs went ahead on back-to-back home runs from Ben Paulsen and Michael McKenry, two of the five total home runs on a day in which the wind was howling out to left from the right field foul pole.
Manny Corpas worked 11/3 perfect innings in relief and Greg Burke followed with an eighth inning in which he struck out all three batters he faced - Iowa's No. 4, 5 and 6 hitters.
But Burke couldn't close it in the ninth when Logan Watkins led off with a single, Lars Anderson was hit by a pitch and Alcantara's shot to short wasn't handled by Paul Janish.
The offenses, which combined for 32 hits - 16 apiece - then went dormant for the first three extra innings.
The Cubs took the lead when Jonathan Mota singled a 3-1 Rob Scahill pitch up the middle to drive in Watkins with the go-ahead run.
Alcantara then provided insurance with his triple.
"It was a long day," Alcantara said. "When I hit it, I knew it would bring in a run. It was a long day, we had to go.
"It was a crazy day."
Crazy indeed, as the Sky Sox lost despite 15 strikeouts from their pitching staff, five extra base hits and a 4-for-6 performance from McKenry.
Christian Friedrich started for Colorado Springs, as the former No. 1 pick went 52/3 innings, giving up five earned runs and eight hits while striking out five and walking two. He gave up three solo home runs.
The game took 4 hours, 11 minutes to complete.
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HOUSTON (AP) -- Johnny Football has done it again.
Facing another problem that could have derailed his football career, Texas A&M's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel has evaded serious punishment one more time.
Manziel was suspended Wednesday for the first half of the Aggies' season opener against Rice on Saturday for what the school said was an "inadvertent" violation of NCAA rules involving signing autographs.
The quarterback was being investigated for allegedly accepting money for autographs from memorabilia brokers, a violation of NCAA rules that could have led to a much longer suspension. ESPN first reported the allegations against Manziel earlier this month.
The latest problem isn't the first time off-the-field trouble has put Manziel's career in jeopardy.
Manziel was arrested last summer after a bar fight near campus and charged with disorderly conduct, possession of a fake ID and failure to identify himself to police. It was an incident that put him in danger of being suspended from school and left him having to earn the starting job in fall camp.
Manziel admitted this June that he failed to identify himself to police following the altercation. As part of a plea deal, other charges against the 20-year-old, including disorderly conduct, were dismissed, and it looked as though Manziel's trouble was behind him before the latest problems came to light.
The news of Manziel's suspension was the talk of Twitter on Wednesday, with many questioning the length of the suspension. Former NFL and MLB star Deion Sanders was incredulous at the brevity of Manziel's suspension, after Dez Bryant was suspended for an entire season while at Oklahoma State after lying about having dinner with Sanders.
"Can we investigate the investigators? @DezBryant got suspended a season 4 lying about a dinner that wasnt a violation & Manziel gets a half," Sanders tweeted soon after the ruling was made public.
The decision also had a major impact in Las Vegas, where the odds of Manziel's chances of repeating as a Heisman winner and Texas A&M's chances of winning the national championship shifted dramatically. RJ Bell, the founder of sports betting website Pregame.com, said Manziel's chances of winning the Heisman jumped from 12/1 to 6/1, and the team's shot at the title increased from 18/1 to 10/1.
The penalty appears to have brought a quick end to an investigation that could have ruined the seventh-ranked Aggies' season.
The school issued a statement Wednesday saying it declared the Heisman winner ineligible and that the NCAA agreed to reinstate Manziel after he sits out the first half against the underdog Owls.
"I am proud of the way both Coach Sumlin and Johnny handled this situation, with integrity and honesty," Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp said in the statement. "We all take the Aggie Code of Honor very seriously and there is no evidence that either the university or Johnny violated that code."
According to the statement, Texas A&M and the NCAA "confirmed there is no evidence Manziel received money in exchange for autographs based on currently available information and statements by Manziel."
Conditions for reinstatement include Manziel discussing his actions with teammates and A&M revising how it educates student-athletes about signing autographs.
"Student-athletes are often asked for autographs from fans, but unfortunately, some individuals' sole motivation in seeking an autograph is for resale," said Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice president of academic and membership affairs. "It is important that schools are cognizant and educate student-athletes about situations in which there is a strong likelihood that the autograph seeker plans to resell the items."
Manziel likely will be replaced for the opening half by either junior Matt Joeckel or freshman Kenny Hill. Joeckel has thrown only 11 passes in his college career.
Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman last season, setting numerous school and Southeastern Conference records while leading A&M to an 11-2 mark and a victory over No. 1 Alabama in its first season in the SEC.
He followed that with a high-profile offseason of road trips to Las Vegas and the NBA Finals. Manziel got to meet Heat star LeBron James and rapper Drake, and he posted some Tweets that made headlines.
His biggest misstep, however, came during the summer when he departed early from a quarterback camp for high school players run by the Manning family in Louisiana. Manziel said it was a mutual decision after he overslept and missed meetings and activities.
Dat Nguyen, an All-America linebacker at Texas A&M in the 1990s and former assistant coach for the Aggies, lamented Manziel's mistakes, but noted what he's done for the program.