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It was a nightmare to start this game. For starters, Pop was sick and missed the shoot around. She is definitely not herself and we definitely missed her presence at full speed. It seemed like an all too familiar story when the ladies play in Iowa City. It seemed that Iowa could do no wrong for the first 15 minutes as they shot lights out (over 50%) and ISU couldn't solve the Iowa defense.
Early in the game it was back and forth. The first five minutes showed each team creeping to a one point lead and then the other make a matching move. Suddenly or perhaps I should say slowly, Iowa began to pull away and the Sister's offense was on hold. No one could do anything for ISU except to foul. To make matters worse, it wasn't Iowa's outside game that was killing us. They were scoring in the paint and ISU was fouling them. When Iowa wasn't hitting they were pulling down offensive boards a la West Virginia. Do you think Bluder watched that tape closely? It was looking like a blowout when Iowa reached out to a 22-8 lead and ISU didn't score for nearly 9 minutes.
It almost seemed like a light switch was flipped in the last 5 minutes of the first half. Mansfield came alive and started a comeback for the Twister Sisters. Add to that the surprise play of Zimm. She showed up unlike anytime this year. She was grabbing boards and she hit a quick 5 points to shave the Iowa lead to 22-13. Mansfield scored the next six before Bolt got in on the fun to can a two and all of a sudden the blowout was off. It was Iowa 24-21 and the Sisters were rocking.
The rest of the half was ugly for both sides with turnovers, fouls and missed shots. The greatest blessing for ISU was that Iowa couldn't hit their free throws. They even got some offensive boards and couldn't hit the follow ups until Wahlin got another bucket in the paint to put Iowa up 26-21 at the half. Believe me folks, I felt much better at this point that at any time during this first half. It wasn't pretty. We weren't rebounding like we should and our inside defense wasn't anything to brag about. BUT our determination and resiliency showed and we were in the game. Mansfield finished the first half with 10 points and only 1 assist. After that it was Zimm with those 5 points and Bolte with 4.
The second half started just how we wanted it to. Bolte stole the inbounds pass from Iowa and while Mansfield missed, Slash grabbed the board and Prins was fouled. Two free throws later and it was 26-23. Add to that Mansfield blocked (yes folks blocked) the next Iowa shot and ISU was headed to the offensive end. What I saw at this point was a team that was hustling more than Iowa and being aggressive on the boards. Unfortunately, Prins picked up her third foul, Iowa scored and we were one big person down.
Again it seemed like ISU just went into a funk. We couldn't hit and we turned the ball over. Iowa hit a three that gave them some breathing room at 32-25, but both teams were struggling from the field. The scary part
as it was in the first half
ISU was fouling or at least getting called for it much more than Iowa was. Loz picked up her third foul and went to the bench. No sooner than Cole came in she turned the ball over leading to a fast break layup by Iowa. All of a sudden it was a 10 point lead. Shades of the first half!!.
The rest of this half was just ugliness on both sides. Iowa edged out to a 17 point lead mainly due to a rash of 3 straight turnovers, missed free throws, and lots of missed shots. 12 minutes into the half and ISU had only scored 7 points. Some of this had to be credited to Iowa's defense, but ISU couldn't hit the broad side of the barn when they had the chance. I was wondering if the Sisters had one more run in them. Harris hit a three to help get it to 13 with less that seven left. Unfortunately it didn't get any better as the ladies went on to keep missing, missing, missing. Iowa responded with a brief surge and put the lead up to 18 with some free throws and big three. We weren't getting boards - Iowa was. Ugly people. We simply were not in the game in the second half. Loz was our star for the game with 16 points followed by Bolte with 8. That should say something. What I hoped was a strength - our inside game - again wasn't there. Prins - 2 points, Zimm - 5 points, Pop - 0 points, Big C - 4 points. That, my friends is a recipe for disaster in any Iowa State game. Add to that a grand total of 11 rebounds among the four.
Final Score - Iowa 62-40
Interesting stat of the game - Iowa got off 17 more shots than we did and scored 11 more baskets.
Big stat of the game - Iowa had SIXTEEN offensive rebounds. Adds up to lots of second chance points.
Positive state for ISU - we hit 10 of 12 free throws.
I hate to say "I told you so," but Iowa is everything I feared they would be. They have a balance that our ladies don't have. They had three players in double figures and we had one. Folks this second half was just a good old fashioned butt whooping. If it weren't for what I saw in the Virgin Islands I'd start to wonder if we were a legit top 25 team. The cohesiveness just isn't there right now. I don't want to take anything away from Iowa as they appear to be a very good team. Our ladies have a lot of work to do when faced with the upcoming Big-12 schedule. If our bigs can't get their game going and going soon its going to be a very long season. We'll get our 17-18 wins, but there is potential for so much more. We also have to find another scorer to play off of Bolt and Loz. No one seems to want to grab that baton quite yet.
The upside of all of this is it gives Coach Fennelly a lot to work on during the remainder of the non-conference schedule. Confidence will be step one. Getting the aforementioned cohesiveness will be step two. Step three will be the inside game. These ladies have got to find their game versus being stuck in the sophomore slump.
See you Sunday at Hilton folks.
Not the first time we've been blown out in Carver. Not too worried about it, Iowa had a great night from the way it sounds
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Need a #2 point also.
Thanks acoustimac. I always appreciate reading your posts. Let me start by saying that when I was in the ISU Cyclone Football "Varsity" Marching Band in 1995 we had a little chant that went something like this:
The Hawks bring out the worst in the Cyclones. Anyway, that only made me feel marginally better. The game was awful.
I'm confused because I thought we played MUCH better against #9 ranked Final Four contender West Virginia than we did against Iowa. I agree with you that if it weren't for the tropical tourney wins against quality opponents I would not believe in this team like I do. We could drop out of the Top 25 from a blowout loss like this.
I realize the 2008 loss was just as bad, but that team had five seniors on it and went to the Elite 8 on a mission. After that loss I think BF switched Alison Lacey to the point guard and Heather Ezell to the shooting guard and the rest of the season was magic. THIS team, however, has only one very frustrated senior that gets completely taken out of the game by opposing defense while the other 4 players (all fresh/soph) stand around looking like deer in headlights.
Today we were completely exposed for the fact that Schroll, Poppens, and Cole cannot, do not, and will not shoot the ball. When any of those three had the ball in their hands the defense sagged way off and blocked all passing lanes. We will probably see that all season long unless somebody decides to step up and make them pay for it. (Remember Denae Stuckey's crucial 3-pointer in the corner against Green Bay last year that turned the momentum toward the Sweet 16?)
Poppens threw up bricks every time. Hallie disappeared, there were times I didn't even realize Hallie was on the court in uniform she was so meek and far away from the ball. Prins, I love her, but she got beat bad in the post by smaller less gifted players.
I don't want to rag on the team any more. I feel bad already. They are 18-21 year old student athletes trying their best to balance school during finals week and sports under an intense environment. I love them all and they are all Cyclones.
My biggest fear is that tonight we watched a "changing of the guard" in State of Iowa WBB, knowing the top tier recruiting class Bluder has coming in next year.
I sure hope that is not the case and that once again for the umpteenth time Coach Fen proves all the naysayers wrong and pulls out another remarkable season.
Go Cyclones! BEAT BAYLOR AGAIN and we'll be asking "Who are the Hawkeyes?" !!!!!
Maybe we need to play five guards.
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Originally Posted by Wesley
Maybe we need to play five guards.
I think at times we were close...we just don't have five guards that are ready to play all at the same time. Loz - yes. Schroll - doesn't score consistently but hustles her butt off, Cole -- can't score and is a turnover machine, Harris - potential but hasn't found her shot yet, Dick is now gone and that leaves Arganbright who isn't ready or even close to it yet.
So yes we have five guards, but it wouldn't be pretty having all five out there at the same time.
Tonight was the first time I'd seen either team play. The Hawks looked great, and the Clones definitely looked off, way below my expectations. However, it sounds like you guys did lose an awful lot from last year. The Hawks are a battle-tested team, and have multiple players who can beat you. Printy only had what, like 5 or 6 points, but 10+ assists? Morgan Johnson is playing with MUCH more confidence compared to this time last year, and it shows. Kach went out and had kind of a slow start, but eventually got to doing what she does best.
You guys just seemed to run into a buzzsaw tonight, but I think by mid-January things will start to really click for you. Iowa just had way more experience on the floor tonight, so they're already hitting on all cylinders.
Originally Posted by Row55
Need a #2 point also.
Agreed, Chassidy would be a better 2 guard than point. Wish Whit had stuck around!
Just listened to BF's post grame presser. Brutal. He said Loz and Bolte gave every ounce of energy they had but he could not say the same about one single other player and that he will "obviously be making some major changes." He was very very critical of the ineffectiveness of the 4 talented post players and said he'll consider going to a 4-guard lineup instead. He said they'll have to change the way they practice. Loz said she was unprepared for the "intensity" of the game.
Sounds like practice will be much rougher to get these players ready to play at a higher pace, Need to get more mileage out of the team. These are not intramurals as Dan would say.
Loz outplayed a very salty guard in Wahlin. I was very impressed with her game. Bolte also played very hard. Kach was draped on her with no calls a few times. Iowa, I believe, only had 2 fouls in the first half. Sisters had a great idea when they would clear the lane when guards found Printy guarding them. She's terrible defensively. Shots just wouldn't fall. Got behind and had to change gameplan.
Anna Prins in one dimensional and soft. She looked like she didn't want to play. Hopefully her attitude improves. I would take Morgan Johnson any day and game before her.
Biggest difference is Iowa wanted to win the game and played hard. Kelly Krei is not flashy but she is exactly what the Sisters are missing. She plays every second like it's her last on the court. Some one who is tough will do what it takes to win. She'll bang with the bigs. Shoot the three. Whatever a coach needs, she'll do. Bolte and Loz showed this tonight, but they are not enough.
I wasn't guaranteeing a win tonight but I was very disappointed with the effort some players showed.
Go Cyclones!
On the other hand, a year ago it was a stunned Iowa team walking off the court on the receiving end of a blowout, and Iowa's season turned out OK.
I think Poppens will be fine once she's back to 100%. Christofferson had a freshman night on the road & we know she's better than that. To me Mansfield looks better each time out and as was noted before, outplayed Wahlin. Zimmerman had a nice stretch in the first half, need to see more of that from her.
And Fennelly always has his teams playing their best ball later in the season. More W's are on the way, I'd say.
As bad as that game was, it didn't surprised me. I will be surprised if BF does not have this team playing much better in 3 weeks, he is just a great coach.
I can't think of her name write now, but is the girl from Ames High (Guard) still on the Iowa team? I thought she played some last year.
"Hug It Out."
We'll squeek in the tournament with this team. We have a very weak non-conf schedule (should win the rest) and with the traditional strength of the B12, I think 6-7 wins in conf still gets you in.
That said, Bill needs better athletes. Always has.
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The tennis season for most of the men ended this weekend so you know what that means: bring on the money-making exos!
Bjorn Borg, James Blake, Roger Federer, and John McEnroe arrived in Kuala Lumpur for the Showdown of Champions and attended the pre-match presser today. Last year, Fed + Pete Sampras traveled here during their much-heralded series of exhibition matches.
Call me crazy but doesn't James seem severely out of place here? He must be thinking the same thing. For some reason James and "champion" just don't have the right ring to it. I wish Rafael Nadal, who was the other choice besides the American baller, had made this exo - how incredible would that sight have been?
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PHOTO OP: Champions arrive in Kuala Lumpur for exo - so what's James doing there?
Labels: Bjorn Borg, exhibition match, James Blake, John McEnroe, photo op, Roger Federer, tennis
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- L.A. WomanNovember 17, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Well, guess the other three actual champions need a punching bag. And it'll give James great stories to tell the grandkids one day. I mean, how many players can say they were beaten by Borg, Mcenroe AND Federer all in one week.ReplyDelete
i like james' personality but a champion he is not. they couldn't have found someone who wanted to travel and make money who's actually won a major? a-rod, safin, hewitt even??ReplyDelete
ummmmmm pretty lame of James to pass on TMC and then show up for this exo. WTF!ReplyDelete
johanne: james was hearing this sound..."cha-ching!"ReplyDelete
decision made.
Seriously. Whatever!ReplyDelete
What I also find odd is that he seems the most relaxed and natural in these snaps. Totally out of place and yet he finds a way to look less cheesy and significantly less uncomfortable than the champs. Lookin' good, James!
OMG! Why am I the only person who knows why it's James instead of Rafa???ReplyDelete
Johnny Mac announced this during the US Open. It was either going to be Rafa or James, depending on who won Davis Cup (at the time the contract was signed, James was playing well.Anyone remember the Olympics?) The winner obviously could not go there (he would be preparing for DC), so the loser would participate. As it turns out, even if Rafa & Spain lost, we wouldn't get to see him. *bursts into tears* Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to my therapy appointment an physio for my psychosomatic right knee tendonitis.
Hi Rich. Yeah, Blake seems out of place here and he's not really well-known among the fans in this region. The only person that sell the tickets is Roger. Not even Borg or John. However, it's still great to have him here.ReplyDelete
Blake is scheduled to conduct a tennis clinic tomorrow while Roger will meet the fans. I have no idea what John or Borg will do though.
natch: i definitely didn't hear that one - I missed it. thanks for the update!ReplyDelete
hcfoo: are you going to the exo?
Rich, yes I am. I was given media passes to access to all activities as a tennis blogger.ReplyDelete
Right after this event, I would love to share my experience of how to get invitation to tennis events, photo shoot, smaller tournaments, etc as a blogger. I'm actually trying to apply for one of those smaller Australian ATP tour next year.
By the way, I met few people from the media at the press conference, and they are a HUGE fan of your blog!
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2008 at 6:25 PM
I don't get it. Last week, Fed said he was expecting for "a miracle" in his match against Murray, and his back was supposedly injured, plus the stomach bug, but now he's fit to play the exo? Either he's willing to injure his back even more for cash or he's not as injured as he seemed to be.ReplyDelete
hcfoo: wow - that's so cool! you never know who's reading in the world. i'd love to read about your experience getting inside the tennis world.ReplyDelete
anon: good point though he won't have to give as much physically. he can basically stroll in, do his thing, and leave with loads of cash in his pockets. that'll pay for future doctor's visits.
I remember the Blake was picked because of the Davis cup deal, but why couldn't they call Roddick ? At least he can be called a champion.
At the time the contract was offered and signed, Roddick was playing horribly, while Blake was doing well. Your argument makes sense to me, but they never consult us fans, do they? Personally, I wouldn't have picked either of them. I would have went with Rafa or nothing...but then I'm a wee bit biased. ;)
*waves to Rich* I'm off for more therapy!
I cannot believe they made them take a picture right outside KLCC!! I know the exact place they're standing on!! HAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAH
Sorry to go all crazy Rich.. I studied for 9 years in Malaysia, and I cannot believe they're doing this exo JUST THIS YEAR right after I got home.. Damn.
If I was there though, you'd be sure the photo shoot would need a military protection. Espesh if Rafa's there.
You're not kidding about needing military protection with Rafa's presence - check out what I just read on his website:
babz: you don't need to tell me - his life would seriously be threatened...or his clothing at the very least.ReplyDelete
johanne: thanks for the tip on the rafa story - i'm going to post about it now!
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12 comments:
- Shonni said...
I'm new to your blog and love all your wonderful ideas! I have a little guy with sensory issues and just set up a rice box for him...he loves it!!!
- January 14, 2011 at 10:23 AM
- Kathy said...
Great ideas! In the background of one of your pics I see a "snowflake tree". Did you talk about that already?
- January 14, 2011 at 10:39 AM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
@ Shonni,
Rice boxes and sensory boxes with beans/shredded paper tissue grass are fantastic for kids with sensory issues!! They're lots of fun and we always have them going around here and they're a big hit!!
Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. : )
pink and green mama,
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- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
@ Kathy,
No I haven't posted about the snowflake tree. It's covered in starched, hand-crocheted snowflakes my very talented Aunt Linda made -- we change the decorations for each season/month. : )
pink and green mama,
- January 14, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- Deanna said...
Love the winter box and the cool table to put it in! I'm thinking we need to get out the rice 'n' beans box and mini toys today too...though we don't have such cool animals, so it will be just dinos and LPS as usual. :)
- January 14, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- JDaniel4's Mom said...
I love you reused things in the post. The water and sand table inside made a great sensory table. I love the light table too.
- January 14, 2011 at 3:43 PM
- Rebecca said...
Love the adorable little snowmen in this bin! We just posted our winter bin today too, haha :)
- January 14, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- Marti said...
I love your blog and the great ideas! If I may share, another good light box is an opaque shoe box sized storage container, turned upside down with a touch light inside. Super cheap, and you can store all of your light box stuff easily inside. :) I received this tip from a fellow pediatric therapist.
- January 14, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
@ Marti --
That's genius! I love the idea of using a touch light!!
I was wracking my brain trying to think of a cheap, kid-friendly, but not too hot light source --- this is perfect!
Thank you for sharing!
- January 15, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- Jackie H. said...
Hey, we have a dirty water table that I drug in from the deck, too. It's been sitting in our basement. I've been thinking the basement was too cold for water play but maybe rice would be a good alternative. thanks!
- January 16, 2011 at 3:12 PM
- Stacey said...
Where do you find your little toys for all of these sensory boxes? They're so cute! Also, where do you get the little things to put inside your ABC box with all the tiny drawers?
- March 3, 2011 at 10:59 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
@ Stacey,
I have collected little toys from a large variety of sources over the years. My aunt always sends goodie boxes to the girls with little fun trinkets and toys for various holidays and always did for me too (I saved them over the years) I've picked up some goodies at Michaels craft store (JoAnnes would work too) to get things like little wooden shapes (fence, tree, flag, shape buttons, tiny $1 bin grow animals) We also use stuff from my years of playing Barbies, doll house miniatures, and those fabulous little Tube animals you can find at stores like Michaels (save those weekly 40%-50% off coupons and buy one tube at a time!) They're fantastic for sensory boxes, imaginative play, and ABC box drawers!
Hope this helps, I also get the little shape erasers from my neighbor - his company buys them for something and he brings over goody bags for each of the girls about 3-4 times a year with little shape erasers and mini toys like the mini polar bears and penguins in the winter box!
pink and green mama,
- March 4, 2011 at 11:42 PM
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BINGO !!! The genesis of the Sporster was a Sports model. It was NOT a touring model. It was H-D's answer to the lithe and lively handling Britt and European bikes of the day. Sportsters have gotten bigger, heavier and fatter as of late and size wise are closer to the Big Twin touring models of yesteryear. Park one next to a Pan Head and you will see what I mean.
The genesis of the Sporster was a Sports model. It was NOT a touring model. It was H-D's answer to the lithe and lively handling Britt and European bikes of the day.
A twin would be cool, but I'll stick with a single. A 500cc one lunger gives me the best riding sensation. I've owned a lot of twins, and multi's and I like them all but for some reason the single makes me grin the most
Hmm, a modern RE vertical twin. I would have a hard time not buying it if it were done as well as the C5/G5 designs.
Well - There has been a persistent RUMOUR to that effect ..... and the UCE engine case IS offset about a half a cylinder width at the parting line ..... and 350cc "guts" are already out there to make 700 cc's (Interceptor!) - and finally - the concept isn't wasted on the boys in the Factory - OR Siddatha Lal. Personally, I think that a parallel twin of 700cc's with about 60-65hp in the light Enfield frame couldn't be beat. I'd have one in my garage as soon as they were available! They'd kill Harley on every accord in India - it's an ENFIELD, it's less money, it's less tax - and you KNOW those engineers would design at least 60mpg's right into it ....
Copied from the other thread http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,9528.0.htmldirectly followed by I am hedging my bets that RE will make it a parallel twin. Whatever they call it I want one. Now lets see if they can get it here for less than the cost of a Triumph.
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New Documentary "Fed Up" Shows Skinny Doesn't Necessarily Mean Healthy
There is a new documentary in the works, and it has certainly captured my attention. Executive produced by Katie Couric and directed by Stephanie Soechtig, the film "Fed Up" explores the American obesity epidemic, specifically focusing on sugar. However, the film differentiates itself from other books, movies, television specials that focus on sugar in one big way: In addition to railing on sugar as the cause of obesity, "Fed Up" focuses on the fact that skinny is not a sign of healthy.
It's about time.
I'm so glad that we are finally having a conversation around the fact that someone can thin but still have as much internal body fat as a morbidly obese person. In recent years, emerging research has shown that just because a person is skinny it does not mean that they are healthy. People of average weight can suffer from type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other conditions once thought to be associated with only obese individuals. Weight may not be the driver behind this, but body fat that comes from foods loaded with sugar most certainly is, according to "Fed Up".
The film attacks sugar pretty seriously, even referring to it as the "new tobacco," and blaming the food industry and the government as the biggest pushers of the substance. Fed Up focuses on the importance of not blaming children for the fact that they are obese, but rather the marketing that has pushed our country into a sugar induced epidemic.
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1965 Ford F100 - Lesson LearnedWritten by on October 1, 2008 Bill Fanning's '65 F-100
What are lessons for if we don't learn from them? Mistakes. But when we do learn from them we can say "we've been there and done that," and when faced with the same situation again, hopefully it'll be an easier road. Father and son team Bill and Riley Fanning have been down a few of these aforementioned roads together with their F-100s. When Riley was in high school, they found a '60 F-100 to "learn from" (see the feature following this), and learn they did!
While Bill has always been a die-hard Ford guy, he used all the valuable knowledge gained from the four years spent working on Riley's F-100 to put his '65 Custom Cab together in a mere seven months! Starting with a very clean truck with just a hair over 64,000 on the clock helps speed things up, but there was still plenty of work to do, especially when "detail" was going to be one of the main goals with it.
From the get-go, Bill was determined to work on the truck every week and not let it sit dormant. Bill yanked the 352 big-block in September 2002 and took it to Joyco Machine in Oklahoma City to get bored .040-over. Following the machine work, it was dropped off with Dale Blaylock of Blaylock Automotive in Oklahoma City to be assembled with 9.5:1 pistons, the stock crank, an Edelbrock Performer Plus hydraulic cam, a double-roller timing chain, an MSD billet distributor, and hi-po Ford 390 iron heads. The FE motor was later dressed to the hilt in chrome goodies, including the Ford Racing valve covers and a no-nonsense chrome air cleaner.
During this time, the truck was blown apart piece by piece, including the whole chassis, which was cleaned up, painted, and detailed by Main Street Collision in Woodward, Oklahoma. Bill didn't want to get too crazy with suspension mods, but he did want it to sit right, so DJM dropped Dream Beams were installed by Glen Hoge and Lyman Schwinn at Main Street with stock Ford spindles, which mounted the Master Power 11-inch disc brake kit. They also installed DJM dropped shackles and spring hangers in the rear to get it down to match the lowered nose. Bill rebuilt the stock 9-inch rearend that houses a nice cruising 3.13:1 gearset and rehabbed the stock drum brakes.
Lucky for Bill and the gang at Main Street Collision, the body was actually quite superb to begin with, and in fact, Bill recalls there being only five little dents in the rear bed corner. Nevertheless, Lyman and Glen filled the stake pockets, welded up the factory seams in the body and bed, and filled in the factory toolbox in the side of the bed before Glen shot four coats of Colorado Red basecoat and four coats of clear on the F-100. The inside of the bed and under the hood got a layer of red spray-in bedliner, and the coating under the hood also got shot with clearcoat to help keep it looking good and easy to clean.
Upon reassembly, every bolt, nut, and screw was replaced with its stainless steel equivalent, and new bumpers, door handles, mirrors, headlight buckets, and emblems were had from Obsolete Ford. During this time, Bill made a deal with his UPS driver to stash any parts delivered in the '65 Mustang hibernating in the driveway so his wife, Katheryn, wouldn't get wise to how much Bill was spending. Cat's out of the bag now!
Also from Obsolete Ford was the 80/20 red rayon-nylon loop carpet kit, which was installed before Bill recovered the original bench seat in red cloth. In the stock dash, we find the OEM gauges issued to Custom Cab-optioned F-100s, which are stylish to this very day. A brushed-aluminum ididit tilt steering column was crowned with a matching brushed banjo steering wheel wrapped in red leather from the Wheel Shoppe. A Vintage Air Slimline underdash air conditioning unit keeps the riders cool in the often balmy Oklahoma summers.
We asked Bill the "what would you do differently if you had to do it all over again" question, and he said nothing, thanks to the years of planning and hurdles overcome on Riley's truck. We wouldn't change a thing on this award winner either!
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|Rear suspension:
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|Rear brakes:
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|390 Ford #3162
|Edelbrock Performer Plus
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|Manifold / Induction:
|Edelbrock Performer 428 / Edelbrock Performer 750
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Looks like Apple fixed at least one CalDAV-related bug in Snow Leopard 10.6.4. But there's another one that's been an annoyance hereabouts and I wonder if I could enlist the help of the Zimbra community in getting Apple's to address it.
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- Invite a Mac user (running Snow Leopard) to a meeting.
- Have them accept the meeting with their iPhone (ActiveSync) or ZWC.
- Have them refresh their calendar in iCal and look for the meeting.
What you'd expect: the meeting will show up as a solid colored rectangle, and if you open it the status shows as "Accept".
What you'll see: the meeting shows up as a dotted-line un-colored rectangle, and if you open it, it still has the Maybe/Decline/Accept buttons showing. But the invitee does show with a green checkmark--and clicking the Accept button fixes the display problem without re-notifying the organizer.
The reason this is happening is because of Bug 40833 - CalDav with iCal 10.6 Snow Leopard doesn't respect partstat. And what you can do about it is to log into Bug Reporting - Apple Developer and point Apple to the bug (in your own words or with just a link). It may help to mention bug id 7875337, which is what my report was assigned. If you don't have an Apple developer account, you can create one for free, or you can use Apple - Mac OS X - Feedback instead.
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Total diet approach for good health
The article "Total Diet Approach to Healthy Eating" in the February 2013 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics confirms the adage "Everything in moderation" when it comes to eating for good health.
Depriving yourself of the foods you enjoy and adopting a new dietary pattern of foods that you do not like is putting you on the path to failure. This is why "diets" often do not work if you are trying to become healthier and lose weight.
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—Indulge in chips and pretzels as snacks every once in a while. Substitute high-sodium and sugar snacks for a handful of raw unsalted almonds or walnuts or a fist of fresh fruit.
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June 27, 2008
PIP Program Was Rewarding Summer Job
Greg Slisz '09 - My time spent working in the PIP program over the last eight weeks has been both an educational and rewarding experience. While I will admit that I originally took this position because it sounded like a fun alternative to the dreaded summer job, I can honestly say that not only have I learned a great deal more in these eight weeks than I have in my previous two years of summer employment, but I have also had a great deal more fun researching a topic that I truly found interesting.
For my project, which focused on the Oscar Robertson-led Crispus Attucks basketball team of 1955, I was able to meet a number of very interesting people and see some cool primary documents relating to my topic. I was also able to read some interesting books as well as watch a movie that all pertained to my topic. Every step of this process was extremely informative and enjoyable. My favorite memory of the eight weeks was probably my trip to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, where I was fortunate enough to receive preferential treatment and even receive admittance into the back rooms into which the public is not allowed. I also learned a great deal about interacting with people. As an introvert, I was very nervous going into most of my interviews, but I would also say that these interviews were some of the most rewarding and interesting portions of the past eight weeks.
Ultimately, the most rewarding part of the Present Indiana Program for me has been the movie which I was able to create. It served as a final compilation and culmination of all my work, and through the involved process of making a movie I really began to take a great deal of ownership over the short film. In addition to learning indispensable digital movie-making skills, I also was finally able to appreciate the joy and pride that filmmakers have for their created works. While my movie was short and definitely not on a professional level, it still felt great to be able to take something tangible away from this eight weeks.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with the Present Indiana Program and would strongly recommend the program to other students who are looking for an independent research opportunity as an alternative to a boring summer job.
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June 20, 2008
Nearing the End of a Great Internship
Cody Stipes '11 - With only a short week left in the Present Indiana Internship, the end is near and everyone in the group is vigorously finishing their projects. Thursday night was our final group adventure together as we traveled to Indianapolis to take in an Indians game and, of course, an amazing dinner at Champs Restaurant.
For the last 7 weeks we have been conducting interview, taking pictures, and gathering research and now our interviews are being chopped down into 20-second clips, the photos are being cropped to perfectly fit the screen, and the research is transforming into scripts and notes for us to use during our presentations. It is a very busy time, but the light at the end of the tunnel is becoming increasingly brighter and we all know that our hard work is starting to pay off.
My experience with the Present Indiana Project has been fantastic!
I have learned a plethora of knowledge about my project and Indiana, but most importantly it has taught me invaluable information about my future career as an educator. After talking with more than 20 professionals in the field of education, I have seen what it takes to be an exceptional educator and administrator at some of the best secondary schools in the country.
As the last week of this project draws to a close, my friends and I continue to work endless hours in the Media Center polishing are projects while we prepare to begin making presentations next week. It has been a great time and I can't wait to see how everything turns out!
In photos: Top right, Joel Bustamante, Lijie Ding, Alex Moseman, and Cody Stipes gather around Indians' mascot Rowdy for a photo. Lower left, beautiful Victory Field at night.
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June 16, 2008
Talking With Attucks' Greats
Greg Slisz '10 - I traveled last week to Indianapolis to speak with some of the people involved with the great basketball teams of the early 1950s. On Tuesday, I met with Mr. Cliff Robinson, who served as team manager of the Crispus Attucks basketball team from 1949-1953.
Mr. Robinson recalled with great joy his times at Attucks and his experiences with being around the basketball teams with Indiana basketball legends such as Willie Gardner and Hallie Bryant. He explained to me the importance of Crispus Attucks high school to the black community of Indianapolis and also expressed his reverence for Mr. Ray Crowe, the late Crispus Attucks basketball coach who coached the team from 1950 until 1957.
Mr. Robinson, who also managed Mr. Crowe's basketball teams when Mr. Robinson was in middle school and Mr. Crowe taught in middle school at School 17, said that Mr. Crowe was a true role model before that term was even coined. Mr. Robinson also spoke with pride about later attending St. Joseph's college and hitching a ride home to see the Attucks' historic state championship game victory in 1955.
On Thursday, I spoke with Mr. Sam Milton, a reserve on the 1955 and 1956 Crispus Attucks teams that won state championships. Mr. Milton also had fond memories of Mr. Crowe and also recalled playing with a group of his peers that had great camaraderie and truly enjoyed playing basketball together.
Mr. Milton, who grew up playing middle school basketball with Oscar Robertson, also vividly recalls a key jump shot that he hit at the end of the team's narrow 71-70 semi-state victory over Muncie Central. In Mr. Milton's home, plaques from both of the state championship-winning teams' enshrinement into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame were proudly displayed.
Both Mr. Milton and Mr. Robinson said they felt basketball helped bring their generation together. Although the older generations at the time had a great deal of racism, both men said that most high school players had a mutual respect for each other, regardless of race. The two interviews went great, and the two gentlemen provided a great deal of insight into a time that was much different than today.
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June 12, 2008
Monon Trail One of State's Busiest
Howard W. Hewitt - One of the great things about helping lead the summer Present Indiana Project is working with the students on their projects. Sometimes that work is helping them out or working on something as it might relate to Public Affairs.
Wednesday night I was able to combine the two by shooting some photos for Seth Einterz '11 on the Monon Trail and get a little practice video taping.
Einterz, from Zionsville, is taking a look at Indiana rails to trails, greenways, and bike paths. They go by many titles but the benefits are many fold for Hoosiers.
After shooting a few photos along the trail in Broad Ripple, I turned the video camera on Seth and asked him to talk about his project. So, we now have our first-ever video blog entry. Look for more in coming weeks.
Here is Seth talking about Indiana trails.
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June 10, 2008
Trip to Evansville Put Exports into Perspective
Ding Lijie '11 ("Jackson") - After three hours of an exhausting drive, my associate Sean Huston and I were finally in Evansville to visit Escalade Sports, a company manufacturing and selling sports equipment.
My day started with an interview with Marla Fredrich, the Exports Sales Manager of Escalade. We talked at a Ping-Pong table (which is one of Escalade's best selling products) about the history and current overview of Escalade's export business.
Even though with a history of more than 80 years, Escalade did not start exporting until the last 20 years with their first deal being selling archery to Canada. The business enjoyed a huge increase ever since. As a company of less than 500 staff, Escalade now sells its products to over 75 countries! (Imagine that!) Canada, unsurprisingly, is their largest market followed by Mexico and Central Europe.
Ms. Fredrich showed a lot of passion about her job. She told me about all kinds of interesting stories and challenges during the exporting process: how they try to make their playground facilities to meet different safety standards, how their products once got stuck in at the Russian custom, how they helped a businessman in Azerbaijan grow his business.
Fredrich enjoyed working with people from different cultures and backgrounds and developing personal relationships with them. She said, in some parts of the world (actually almost everywhere outside U.S.), you cannot just sit down to talk about the price and quantity, you need to be partener's friend to do business with him/her. What is more, Fredrich believed doing exports help the company think more open-mindedly about the global market. Even though it is now relatively costly and inefficient compared with domestic market, exporting is definitely worth the time and energy, considering the potential future market and the contribution of exports to the company in cultural aspects.
After meeting with Fredrich, I went around their manufacturing base and took some shots. Unfortunately, most of their manufacturing moved to Mexico, and to make things worse, the factory takes Fridays off. Though not able to talk to some workers there, I was still looked around the empty factory and took some amazing pictures.
Our trip ends with a late lunch at Cheeseburgers in Paradise and another three-hour drive back to Crawfordsville. I had a lot of beneficial information about my project on Indiana Exports and cannot wait to visit more places.
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June 05, 2008
Spending a Day With an Indy Star Photographer
Alex Moseman ' 11 - Today I may have not taken a lot of great photos, but what I learned was priceless. I spent the day with Indianapolis Star photographer, Matt Detrich, who couldn't meet with me last week because he was out of town. He was accepting an award for photographer of the year in the Midwest, no big deal or anything. After talking to Matt for just a few minutes I realized that it wasn't a big deal to him. Maybe that's what makes him so good. I realized as the day went on that he was so good because he just had a passion for telling the news through his pictures.
The day started off with me sitting with some of the other Indy Star photographers as I waited for Matt to get back from an early assignment that he had gone on before I had got to the newspaper. As I sat there I got to talk to some of the other photographers about what they were doing.
I learned some new easy tricks that they use to help make their pictures better in a matter of minutes. When Matt came into the office the first things that struck me was how personable he was, almost immediately I felt comfortable around him. I guess that could be a useful quality in someone who goes around putting a camera in peoples face.
The assignment that he was working on for the day was shooting a lady shopping for groceries for a story about the rising price of food. Matt had the amazing ability to see and anticipate every angle and scene of whatever environment we were in. Even in a place as ordinary as to local Kroger's, Matt found a way to take shots of his subject in an interesting way that told the story of the article.
On the way back to the paper some storm clouds began to appear, and Matt and I both couldn't pass up the opportunity to stop and take some pictures as the storm rolled on overhead. This was probably one of the most surreal moment of the day. There I was on the street corner taking pictures of storm clouds along side one of the best photographers in the country.
When we got back to the paper I talked to Matt about how to be a better photographer. He told me "just be sincere, people can tell when we're lying to them." Nothing hammered that point home more than Matt's actions throughout the day. I can't wait to go back to The Star and meet with some of the other photographers and I am certainly excited to shoot more areas and events.
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Visiting the Home of That Famous Cat
Joel Bustamante ' 11 - After two hours of exhausting road travel, my associate Alex Avtgis and I arrived in the middle of nowhere, lost in back-roads near Muncie, Indiana. It was in the dense cornfields and forest that we encountered the home of America's beloved cartoon cat, Garfield (and his creator, Jim Davis too).
Paws, Inc. is a multi-level office where Davis runs his incredible cartoon empire;merchandising, promotional images, film, licensing, and the daily strip included.
As I waited for my meeting with Ms. Kim Campbell, Public Relations Director of the company, I ventured around the front office and was completely amazed at the plethora of Garfield paraphernalia. The staff welcomed me, and was very helpful in locating interesting pictures and Garfield-related items. Every wall is lined with interesting facts and history about the company; from its inception to the recent launch of the educational website Professor Garfield. Even the coffee tables have Garfield and Odie's images engraved into the base.
When I was able to speak with Ms. Campbell, we were taken to the atrium-the center of the building complete with giant trees, picnic tables, and a kitchen. According to Ms. Campbell, the building also houses a fitness center, for those employees looking to get a quick workout during lunch.
After my extensive interview, Ms. Campbell treated us with a tour of the facility. First, we were taken to "The Showroom," the top of the building outfitted with every bit of Garfield merchandise imaginable. Big cats, little cats, Oreo boxes, movie posters-everything a diehard fan could ever dream for lay in this magical room. The end of the giant room held awards, notably his four Emmy's and National Cartoonist Society honors. Other images included various other prominent cartoonists honoring Garfield, such as Mort Walker's "Beetle Bailey" and Mike Peters' "Mother Goose and Grimm."
With that room finished, we proceeded to the artist studio, where Mr. Davis' art department creates various images for the public. Mr. Davis himself keeps a separate office away from the busy room in order to maintain focus on the strip and other projects.
In this room, several drawing boards lay prominently; each artist has a distinct area in which they work. After this room, the tour was over, and I was given a copy of "Garfield at 25: In Dog Years I'd Be Dead," which chronicles the life story of Mr. Davis and Garfield. Ms. Campbell was also kind enough to give me a small movie poster from the recent live-action film.
With so much happening at this place, it's hard to imagine that it all started with a simple cat drawing and ballooned into such an incredible empire. The best part is the upcoming interview I have with one of the employed artists, in which I'll get a more in-depth look into how the images are created. Easily an amazing day, and a great benefit to my project.
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Memphis, TN (Sports Network) - Jacob Karam and Eric Mathews each threw a
touchdown pass as Memphis head coach Justin Fuente claimed his first win with
a 14-10 triumph over the Rice Owls in Conference USA play at Liberty Bowl
Karam converted 8-of-12 passes for 70 yards for the Tigers (1-4, 1-0 CUSA)
but was sacked four times in the close call. Mathews hit on one of his two
pass attempts for an 11-yard TD to Alan Cross in the third quarter which
proved to be the game winner.
With the victory the Tigers snapped and eight-game slide which was tied for
the second-longest losing streak in the nation coming into the week.
The Owls (1-5, 0-3), losers of four straight now, struggled on offense as
quarterback Taylor McHargue converted 16-of-30 passes for 117 yards and was
sacked two times. The team ran for a total of 104 yards, their 221 yards of
total offense a far cry from the 445.6 ypg the team was generating heading
into the weekend.
Rice put the first points on the board early in the first quarter when Phillip
Gaines scooped up a fumble and carried it 12 yards into the end zone at the
12:59 mark of the period to give the visitors a 7-0 lead. Owls kicker Chris
Boswell made it 10-0 in the second quarter with a successful 36-yard field
The Tigers were awarded a touchdown midway through the third quarter when
Karam threw a pass to the back of the end zone and Keiwone Malone managed to
get his left foot down before sliding out of the end zone. Malone finished
with two catches for 26 yards.
Memphis moved ahead by four points with just over three minutes remaining in
the third when Mathews hooked up with Cross to cap an eight-play, 64-yard
Rice, penalized eight times for 64 yards, converted just 4-of-16 on third down
in the outing.
Prior to tonight, the Tigers last tasted victory with a 33-17 triumph over
Tulane on Oct. 22, 2011.
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Workforce Management: What are some of the newer programs that Abbott has introduced to its employees?
Lesli Marasco: The programs we provide span all generations. We try to think about what employees need and what is distracting them from their work. So it's not just about offering day care. For example, we offer a program for "tween" kids—between sixth and ninth grade—who are too old for camp but too young for work, where they can do community service like visiting animal shelters and nursing homes.
We also offer coaching support to baby boomers who are taking their kids on college visits and going through that whole process. Many of these workers are also dealing with elder care issues, so we provide free access to experts to help them find care and deal with the stress and guilt that come with supporting older parents. Over the past year we have seen an 85 percent increase in employees accessing elder care services.
WM: How do you come up with the ideas for new programs?
Marasco: We survey employees. A few years ago, we did a survey on child care and found that employees were having a hard time finding quality child care. That led to the building of our child care center as well as providing training to outside day care providers.
We also do a lot of targeted surveys. For example, we did one recently at our Worcester, Massachusetts, office and found that they were also having trouble finding care for parents and kids. So we developed a backup care program by which employees can get $50 a day up to six days if their home care falls through.
WM: How does Abbott measure how these programs affect its bottom line?
Marasco: Our CEO, Miles White, always is saying that it's employees leaving that costs money, not offering work/life programs. We get returns every day in terms of employee loyalty and productivity. Our turnover is 7 percent, which is almost unheard of.
WM: But is there accountability around the costs of these programs?
Marasco: The reality is that there isn't too much cost associated with a lot of these programs. Flexibility is probably something that any company can do that has the most impact and gains.
WM: How do you get manager buy-in?
Marasco: It comes from the top, but we also have a lot of resources and tools for both employees and managers to help them understand how these programs are effective. For example, we have a part-time network of employees and we encourage employees and managers to have conversations about how the programs are going and to check in with each other at certain intervals—like three months, six months and a year. That has helped build a lot of success.
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The other day, Nate Silver proposed a $2,000 bet (for charity) with Joe Scarbrough on the outcome of the election. But let's be honest, the New York Times polling guru has WAY more at stake than that. We're talking millions of dollars on his being right that Obama will stomp Romney in the Electoral College.


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EAST POINT, Ga. -- East Point Police are investigating the death of a 15-year-old who was accused of stealing and wrecking a car.
According to a relative who did not want to be named, Miguel Chavaria and his 14-year-old cousin broke into a car in the Lexington Apartments off Washington Road in East Point Thursday night, drove off with the car, then crashed.
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Since plus-size models are in the news today, it seems like a good time to turn our attention toward Crystal Renn's solo editorial in July's Vogue Spain. Mark Seliger lensed Renn wearing looks from Gucci, L'Wren Scott, Prabal Gurung and more styled by Arianne Phillips. It may not be her most compelling work but if you love Crystal as much as we do, it's worth a look.
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Sioux City Man Charged With Murder and Burglary
(Sioux City) -- A Sioux City man is being held on one million dollars bond on charges related to a home invasion early Wednesday that left one man dead and one woman injured.
23 year old James Kroll is charged with 1st degree murder, attempted murder and 1st degree robbery. Court documents say Kroll observed the home and its occupants for several hours before entering through an unsecured window.
Kroll then entered the bedroom of 54 year old Jeffrey Moravek and struck him twice in the head with a crowbar as he slept.
Moravek later died from his injuries at a Sioux City hospital.
Court documents state that Kroll then went to a separate bedroom and twice struck 54 year old Mary Tope in the head with the crowbar as she slept. She is hospitalized at Mercy Medical Center with no condition report being released.
Kroll then prevented help from being called for the victims and left.
Police say Tope's daughter gave them his cellphone number, and he was arrested around 10am in the Leeds area. Police chief Doug young says the victims were both acquainted with Kroll
Kroll is being represented by the public defenders office. His preliminary hearing is set for June 25th.
Powerball Jackpot Ticket Sold in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A ticket sold at a grocery store in Cedar Rapids has matched the Powerball numbers and won someone a jackpot of $241 million.
Iowa Lottery officials say the ticket was sold at a Hy-Vee on Edgewood Road in Cedar Rapids. The person or people holding the ticket have yet to step forward to claim the prize from Wednesday's
The ticket matched the numbers of 7, 10, 14, 33 and 57, plus the Powerball number of 18.
Iowa Lottery Chief Executive Officer Terry Rich says lottery officials encourage jackpot winners to consult financial or legal advisers before claiming such a big prize.
If the ticket holder chooses to take a lump sum payout, the total is $160.3 million before taxes. After taxes, a little more than $112 million.
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These 10 CEOs have given shareholders the biggest bang for the buck over the past six years. Our pay-for-performance ranking looks at overall tenure as well. Amazon.com's founder, Jeff Bezos, is the best boss on our scorecard. He takes an annual salary of $81 thousand and has not had a raise since 1998.
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Marathoners, it's time to Rock 'n' Roll -- all over the world?
Fun spirit of San Diego race has proven contagious
The marathon, in legend: 2,500 years ago a lone runner staggers into Athens, gasps out news of the Greek victory at Marathon, collapses and dies.
The marathon, in the Olympics: a handful of superhuman specimens compete in an excruciating battle of endurance.
The marathon, in San Diego: a sea of humanity — all ages and every conceivable physique — boogies for 26.2 miles, running to live music.
The San Diego Rock 'n Roll Marathon, which will have its 15th running Sunday, is more than a race. It's a revolution, transforming what had been an event for an athletic elite into a long-distance party for the masses. While you can find some world-class runners on this course, most of the 30,000-plus participants move to a different, less-competitive, beat.
"It was the first event where you had no incentive to finish fast," said John "The Penguin" Bingham, a veteran runner and journalist. "There were bands every mile, there were cheerleaders every mile, it was like a 26.2 mile block party. The idea that the clock was ticking was somehow not relevant at all."
This reflects the race's laid-back Southern California roots. But San Diego's Competitor Group, the event's parent company, runs dozens of Rock 'n' Roll Marathons across the country — and, this April, held its first European races in Madrid and Edinburgh. Montreal and Lisbon will follow this September, Dublin in 2013, and Competitor is considering expanding into Asia and Latin America.
While the Rock 'n' Roll has a few critics and endured a financial scandal in 2009, some insist it is destined to conquer the world of distance running.
"I have seen the future of our sport," said Ryan Lamppa, media director for the nonprofit Running USA, "and this is it."
Growing concern
Through most of the 20th century, marathoners were serious athletes who trained hard and expected to pound out 26.2 miles in under three hours. This rare breed focused on classic events — the Boston Marathon, say — where Porta-Potties and water stations were scarce. If they cramped or retched, hey, that's distance running.
Really? Tim Murphy suspected the marathon could use an overhaul. Murphy was president of Elite Racing, a San Diego company that started the Carlsbad 5000 race in 1988 and the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in '98.
"He had a vision," said Bingham, the running journalist. "He thought there was a market out there for something other than running hard for hours and then puking your guts out at the finish."
Tracy Sundlun, who was then Elite's vice president, recalls that veteran marathoners scoffed. "They thought we were nuts," he said.
But right out of the starting gate, this event was different. It was bigger: that inaugural race drew 20,000 entrants, then a record for a new marathon.
It was diverse: the initial field was 50 percent female.
And it dared to be fun. While some racers were intent on recording a good time, most participants were there to have a good time.
"They made the event fun and cool and hip," said Running USA's Lamppa.
The race's atmosphere, while loose and local, appealed to other cities. Under Elite's guidance, Rock 'n' Roll popped up in Nashville, Phoenix, San Jose and Virginia Beach, VA.
In 2008, Elite and several other fitness companies were bought by a New York private equity company. The ever-expanding Rock 'n' Roll empire is still based in San Diego, run by Competitor Group. This year, Competitor will organize 27 of these marathons in North America and three in Europe. Next year, there will be 28 in the U.S. and Canada plus six across the Atlantic.


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Abolish Prostitution Now (Website)
December 10, 2013 International Human Rights Day with other feminist activists I am launching a new movement: Abolish Prostitution Now
By Kathleen Barry, Ph.D.
As long as violence of johns/punters is the criteria for identifying harm of those bought in prostitution, even when, as many do, the definition of violence is extended to include such things as humiliation, the burden for establishing harm of prostitution remains on those bought and will ultimately revert back to the issue of consent. Even in the prostitution of children, it is assumed that because the prostituted human being is a child s/he is harmed. That's it. No additional violence is required to make child prostitution a human rights violation. BUT, the reason a child is harmed is because s/he is not considered as being able to consent due to being a child.
For once and for all, let us remove the issue of the victim's consent in every case of sexual crimes. In calling for global recognition of prostitution as a violation of human rights, we are making a paradigm shift from issues like consent and choice or absence of consent and choice to the fact that prostitution in all of its occurrences violates the human rights of those purchased by the act of making the purchase and the act of the sex engaged by the purchaser.
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The Prostitution Of Sexuality - eBook Available
The Prostitution Of Sexuality now available in eBook in the U.S., U.K., and Australia. Recent laws to abolish prostitution by criminalizing those who buy it not those who sell it started here with this book. Booklist found Kathleen Barry's work "Frightening, provocative, controversial, and much needed are a few words to describe this work of feminist scholarship that's a follow-up to Barry's groundbreaking Female Sexual Slavery." Kindle | Google | Sony | Kobo
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From the U.S. civil rights movement to global liberation of women, my activism is focused on liberation and self-determination which has brought me to my latest book, Unmaking War, Remaking Men. I begin by trying to envision a future of peace and equality as well as freedom from violence and exploitation. I get there by listening carefully and with empathy to women's stories, soldiers' testimonies and victims experiences. Grounding in real life stories with their yearning for freedom and liberation begins the quest for a new kind of future.
The politics of empathy that emerges from Unmaking War, Remaking Men takes us from stories to social structures, from masculinity to the military, from state leadership to governments that violate human rights. In exposing women's inequality and human rights violations of women, as I did in Female Sexual Slavery and Prostitution of Sexuality, we discover new paths to human rights and equality. This is what led me to develop the Convention Against Sexual Exploitation which now serves as a model for state laws which have curtailed prostitution and trafficking in several countries.
Whether it is the network of programs around the world for women and children escaping prostitution or the half-century of campaigns by Susan B. Anthony for women's rights and equality, I am privileged to be part of the global feminist activism that is changing the world. I invite you, if you have not done so already, to be part of the solution by finding the activism that best suits you for unmaking war, remaking men.
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Why is it important to bring economics into your fantasy mapping? Well technically you dont really need it, but without doing the groundwork, you risk anyone with an analytical mind destroying the credibility of the world you build.
You may think that your island nation of Pirates may be able to support some of the best military units on your planet, but how feasible is this within your world, this is where working out the economy behind your nations is important.
Of course, you may explain that in your world, there is magic and money falls from the sky, and this is all well in what is fantasy; perhaps this is not the right document for you. But if you want to be more analytical then read on and you may find a decent way to work out the economy behind your nation.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- With no solution to the government shutdown in sight, Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards is turning to her constituents for advice.
On Monday afternoon, the democratic congresswoman invited three furloughed federal employees from her district to her office on Capitol Hill.
"I feel like I'm being held hostage and I feel like I'm being bullied," said Julia Michaels, who works for the centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
"It's a sense of not counting that bothers me," said Emma Antunes, who works at the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center. "I work for the government because I believe in it."
"You can't sleep at night and you're constantly wondering how are the bills going to be paid?" said Seconda Tyson, whose been an employee at the Environmental Protection Agency since 1989.
One temporary fix that's been tossed around by House republicans is to fund some parts of the government and not others. But all three of the furloughed workers meeting with Congresswoman Edwards told her that the federal agencies they work for are too interconnected for that proposal to work.
"For example, it wouldn't make sense if the NOAA folks went back to work, but the NASA folks didn't go back to work, right?" asked Edwards.
"Right. No projects wouldn't move. Nothing would get done," said Antunes.
Antunes, Michaels, and Tyson say all they want is to go back to work and get a paycheck. Even so, all three had the same advice for the Congresswoman: don't compromise.
"Stick to your ground and don't back down," said Tyson.
"Don't back down and don't negotiate," said Antunes.
"I'm concerned that if you change position, republicans will see a weakness and then where will this all stop?" said Michaels.
"The only thing that I can say is that I'm just going to keep fighting for you," responded Congresswoman Edwards.
Congresswoman Edwards' staff selected those constituents for the Monday meeting. To be fair, WUSA9 reached out to several of her Republican colleagues from Virginia, but all of them declined to participate.


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WASHINGTON – Efforts to make texting while driving a crime in Virginia, similar to laws Maryland and D.C., may be making some headway.
Currently, typing on your smartphone while the behind the wheel in Virginia can get you only a $25 fine and even then its a secondary offense. That means a police officer has to have another reason for pulling a driver over before he can be cited for texting.
But when the General Assembly reconvenes in January there may be five or six bills to change that.
"As more and more accidents start to happen, I think people are realizing just how dangerous this behavior is," says Delegate Scott Surovell, D-Mt Vernon.
Surovell plans to introduce legislation that will give judges more leeway.
"There are many judges in this state who refuse to convict people for reckless driving for texting, if that's the only driving behavior because the General Assembly has said the maximum penalty for that is a $25 fine," he says.
Surovell proposes a reckless driving charge for any accident where it can be proven the driver was texting.
But there is debate on whether to include other types of distracted driving, like adjusting a GPS system or putting on makeup in the legislation and that could complicate efforts to pass any legislation.
The Virginia State Crime Commission will also review the issue on Wednesday.
Texting while driving is banned in both D.C. and Maryland and violations are primary offenses that in certain circumstances can lead to jail time.
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