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It's interesting that during the standoff over the federal government "shutdown," liberals never mentioned the people who really have a gigantic gun pointed at our heads. That's us, the taxpayers who are dealing with the toxic fallout from a $17 trillion national debt.
It's also our grandchildren, who at some point will have to pay off loans expected to balloon to $23 trillion within a few years. Notice I did not say "children." The debt is so big there's no way they will be able to pay it off.
You may remember that President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., refused to discuss anything but "clean" spending and debt ceiling bills. By that they meant no attempts to curb spending could be included.
Conservatives who wanted curbs on Obamacare abuses and on government spending were told by Reid that he and the White House would not negotiate "with a gun to our head." The "gun" was the possibility of a government shutdown, which eventually occurred.
Obama, who has a real talent for making the public believe bullies are victims, managed during the half-month shutdown to convince tons of Americans that conservative lawmakers are the bad guys and gals. He liked Reid's "gun to your head" comment so much he had White House aides begin using it.
Stop listening to Obama, Reid and company for a moment and think about the gun pointed at your head.
On a strictly per-person basis, the national debt amounts to about $55,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States. That's bad enough - but many of our neighbors won't be helping pay off the debt. They don't pay federal income taxes.
Around 46 percent of the population doesn't pay income taxes. Some actually get money back from the Internal Revenue Service.
But some of those folks are retirees who already have done their share, it has been pointed out. Others don't pay because they file returns and learn legitimate deductions have reduced their liabilities to zero.
Still, the bottom line is that the $17 trillion - soon to be $23 trillion, remember - will have to be paid back by about 54 percent of Americans. By that gauge, the per-person liability for $17 trillion is a neat $100,000 - or $400,000 for a family of four.
Liberal economists like to tell the rest of us we just don't understand. The national debt really shouldn't be thought of as a personal responsibility, they claim.
Hogwash. The ramifications of government borrowing are complex, but are detrimental to each of us in very real ways. Other people, companies, organizations and even foreign governments are owed a very real $17 trillion. Eventually, after enjoying interest payments for a few decades, they'll want their money back.
During the just-ended year alone, the government paid $415 billion in interest alone on the debt. That's real money - our money - at the rate of about $5,400 for a family of four. Again, remember not everyone pays taxes to support those interest costs.
That $415 billion bought Americans nothing - no government services, no new jobs, nothing except for breathing room to figure out how we're going to live within our means.
And we haven't started doing that. Obama and Reid say that would be negotiating with a gun to their heads.
What about other costs of spending too freely?
Well, every time the Federal Reserve does something to hold down interest rates, it in effect prints new money. The resulting inflation drives up the costs of everything we buy. Eventually, even the Fed won't be able to hold the line on world interest rates, and it'll cost more to borrow money. And by the way, that also will mean the $415 billion national debt interest we paid this year will seem like a fond memory.
Now, here's the thing: After conservative lawmakers bowed to Obama's and Reid's demands, the two no longer could talk about any gun to their heads. But, to my knowledge, they're still not talking about spending discipline.
Meanwhile, the gun stays pointed at our heads.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Mike Myer is executive editor of The Intelligencer and the Wheeling News-Register. He can be reached via e-mail at email@example.com


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PHOENIX — In the lineup Tuesday against the Reds, A's manager Bob Melvin had third baseman Josh Donaldson bat second and shortstop Jed Lowrie bat third. It's been that way much of the spring.
A year ago, Donaldson batted third more than anywhere else in the lineup save sixth, which is where he was early before he became one of the bona fide mashers in the Oakland lineup.
Lowrie spent more time batting third than anywhere else, but he spent more combined time batting second and fourth, and with better results. He was a .269 hitter with seven homers batting third and a .296 hitter with seven homers divided between second and fourth.
Melvin isn't saying the two won't hit elsewhere in the lineup, especially against left-handed pitching, but he likes this setup best.
``The numbers play into it,'' the manager said. ``but there are certain guys who are better at letting Coco run.''
Melvin wants leadoff hitter Coco Crisp to have more opportunity to steal bases, and he says Donaldson offers that.
``Jed is a real hitter in that he sees something and he hits it,' Melvin said. ``J.D. likes to have a man on second base to drive in.''
The manager said it wasn't the overriding reason, although it was clear that it was important. He likes the thought of his switch hitters spread throughout the lineup, so putting the right-handed hitting Donaldson between switch-hitters Crisp and Lowrie works for him.
And doing it this way against right-handed pitchers — the A's have only one possible lefty facing them in the first week of the season, Seattle's James Paxton — means that Melvin can go with alternating hitters in Crisp (switch), Donaldson (right), Lowrie (switch), Yoenis Cespedes (right) and Brandon Moss (left) before getting to back-to-back lefties when Josh Reddick follows Moss.


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Monday, August 2, 2010
Monday Quote Day!
26 comments:
- j.m. neeb said...
These are all great quotes, but I'm particularly drawn to the Ghandi quote you use to kick off this post.
I'll sometimes think about how modern life just doesn't stop. I mean, manufacturing plants run production 24/7. How messed up is that, when you think about it? Humans are not meant to be working when the sun is down.
And the fact that some stores are constantly open... Why? I mean, how did people ever survive without being able to go to a Wal-Mart and buy a bag of Doritos at 2:30 in the morning? (Note: I can think of more practical matters, but still... Stores were not always constantly open and somehow people lived.)
Yes, I think that hospitals and law enforcement probably should be round-the-clock operations. Manufacturing and retail? Not so much.
(Of course, that would entail us -- as a society -- getting used to the idea that life is about so much more than possessions. Unfortunately, I think we are moving further and further away from that basic truth. Quite sad, really.)
- August 2, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- ~Nicole Ducleroir~ said...
These are great! I love the quote by James Scott Bell, and I decided this morning to shoot for 500 words a day -- so those baboons can eat my dust!
Thanks for sharing!
- August 2, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- Matthew Rush said...
Lots of James Scott Bell this morning - which is great because he apparently made a lot of excellent statements. Now I have to go look him up.
- August 2, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Jemi Fraser said...
"Don't be shown up by a babboon" - words to live by!! :)
- August 2, 2010 at 12:49 PM
- Journaling Woman said...
I love these quotes. I think that I must be related to James Scott Bell, his thoughts and humor I share.
- August 2, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- Melissa said...
Excellent, excellent quotes this morning. A lot of James Scott Belll - who knew he has do many awesome quotes? I have no idea how you find all of these every monday but you always seem to pick the best quotes.
- August 2, 2010 at 2:09 PM
- SWK said...
LOVE the baboon quote! And, of course, one should always listen to Madeleine L'Engle. How beautifully she describes her process. Happy Monday! - Stasia
- August 2, 2010 at 2:32 PM
- Shannon said...
Excellent quotes. I love your quote Mondays!
- August 2, 2010 at 3:01 PM
- Saumya said...
I love all of these!!! Haha, I can't even pick a favorite. I like "being inspired every morning at 9 a.m." and especially how fiction writers see everything as an opportunity for a story. So true!! Also, remembering that a rejection of your work is not a rejection of you is so important! It took me a long time to learn that.
- August 2, 2010 at 3:07 PM
- Tahereh said...
lovely, as always. thanks so much for the inspiration!
- August 2, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Laura Marcella said...
J.M.- I love the Gandhi quote, too! I got it from my Mary Engelbreit calendar. I agree with you about the 24/7 stores (though of course hospitals and security makes sense!). I feel so bad for those on the nightshift. I know people who worked that, and it's so dead the entire night. Such a waste of energy and detrimental to our environment to keep a huge store up and running for maybe a dozen people a night!
Nicole- I saw your post today. That's an excellent goal! After awhile those few hundred seem like I nothing and I keep building on it. It's a subtle way to trick myself!
Matthew- Yesss, look him up! I'm pretty sure I got all those quotes from him from his book "The Art of War for Writers." It's excellent!
Jemi- I know! I laugh out loud every time I read that quote. It's so true! If a baboon can do it, we can do it better!
Teresa- He's really great! His writing advice is so practical and inspirational.
Melissa- Thanks! I share the quotes that speak to me most and hope that they inspire, motivate, and encourage my blogger buddies as well! The JSB quotes are from his book "The Art of War for Writers."
Stasia- Oh, I know! L'Engle's quotes are some of my favorites. And the baboon quote should be a classic!
Shannon- Thanks! I'm glad you like them today!
Saumya- I can't ever pick a favorite either, which is why I include at least ten or twelve quotes every week! I'm glad you enjoyed them so much today!
Tahereh- Thanks and you're very welcome!!!
- August 2, 2010 at 4:56 PM
- Jen said...
I'm a strange beast :) I like it!!! I love your weekly posts, always so much fun!
- August 2, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- Jane Kennedy Sutton said...
All great quotes, but the Stephen King one is my favorites on this list.
- August 2, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- Karen Amanda Hooper said...
They mentioned that rejection theory at least ten times at RWA. It's not personal. And you might be getting rejected for reasons that have nothing to do with you or your MS.
Great quotes (as usual)!
- August 2, 2010 at 11:20 PM
- Jody Hedlund said...
LOVE all of these quotes, Laura! They're very inspiring and just what I needed this morning! Thank you!
- August 3, 2010 at 7:24 AM
- Laura Marcella said...
Jen- Strange beast is a synonym for writer, lol!
Jane- I like that one, too! Leave it to Stephen King to say it so bluntly, haha!
Karen- Rejection seems so personal because our writing is so precious to us. But of course it's not personal at all! Definitely something we writers need to remind ourselves daily!
Jody- You're very welcome! I'm glad you liked all the quotes so much!
- August 3, 2010 at 8:55 AM
- Lola Sharp said...
I love your Monday quote day. :)
Happy Tuesday, Laura.
- August 3, 2010 at 12:15 PM
- Talli Roland said...
Love the quotes, as usual! My favourite is the Kipling one. HA!
- August 3, 2010 at 1:03 PM
- Shannon O'Donnell said...
My fave is the Katherine Neville quote! Great, great collection this week! :-)
- August 3, 2010 at 2:37 PM
- L. Diane Wolfe said...
I'd hate to place second next to a babboon!
- August 3, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- Erin MacPherson said...
Hi Laura! I love these quotes... my favorite is the one about being ready at 9am. Anyway, how are your ms's doing? What's going on?
- August 3, 2010 at 4:34 PM
- Dee White said...
I love these quotes, Laura. i really like James Scott Bell's quote on someone telling you that you don't have what it takes to be a writer. It's so true that nobody can make that judgement.
I also really like the quotes about writing every day and 'just writing'. I find that works for me.
Hope your novel plotting is going well, Laura. I was reading your profile. I wanted to be an author since I was eight, too. I performed a poem I'd written (it was pretty bad in hindsight) at school assembly and was hooked ever since.
Hope your writing week is going well:-)
- August 3, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- MT said...
I love your Monday Quotes. They are very encouraging. Thanks for the boost. Have a great week.
- August 3, 2010 at 7:21 PM
- Roxane B. Salonen said...
Laura, having just read "Plot & Structure," these were lovely reminders, along with some I've heard before and a few new ones as well. Great quotes!
- August 4, 2010 at 1:29 AM
- Cat woods said...
My fave:
"Slowly, slowly, I am learning to listen to the book, in the same way I try to listen in prayer. If the book tells me to do something completely unexpected, I heed it; the book is usually right." ~Madeleine L'Engle
This is my approach and I wouldn't want it any other way. While typing my baboon quota for the day, I found out my MC smokes. Ewwww. And I'm not very happy about it.
Can I ground her?
- August 4, 2010 at 8:55 AM
- Laura Marcella said...
Lola- I'm glad you liked it! Hope you're having a great week!
Talli- Heehee, I like that one, too!!!
Shannon- I love that one, too! It's so motivating.
L. Diane- Haha, so would I! So we better make sure we write at least 350 words a day!
Erin- Welcome to Wavy Lines! I'm glad you liked the quotes! Thanks for the comment and I appreciate the follow!
Dee- Lol, all my writings from those days are hilariously bad, too! It's fun to look over our old stuff and see how vastly we've improved!
MT- You're welcome. I'm glad you liked them and I hope you have a inspirational week!
Roxane- I like Plot & Structure, too. James Scott Bell always includes great quotes in his books on writing.
Cat- Good for you for not being shown up by a baboon, lol! That's a bummer about your MC. Show her pics of yucky smoke-filled lungs!
- August 4, 2010 at 11:46 AM


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The first Knitting and Crochet group numbered six. All skill levels are invited and with some more experienced than others, help is available to get started or figure out patterns. The group will meet Oct. 12 and 26 and the first three Fridays in November before taking a holiday break.
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Some of the activities for this coming Saturday include:
United Way Day of Caring in the morning
All Day Quilting class 8 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Sleepy Eye Schools cafeteria
ECFE Babies class 9:30-10:30 a.m. in room 318 at Sleepy Eye Elementary School
ECFE Fall Festival will be 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the Mike and Cheyenne Lax farm
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Things happening the next couple of weeks include:
Early Childhood Screening on Tuesday, Oct. 16 beginning at 8:30 a.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church basement
ECIP Training (Part 1) for day care providers on Monday, Oct. 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m., in the Sleepy Eye Schools cafeteria
"Perfect Wedding" at the Old Log Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 25 (sign up by Oct. 16)
55 Alive Renewal class on Thursday, Nov. 1, 5:30-9:30 p.m.
"Christmas on the Ranch" at the Plymouth Playhouse on Sunday, Nov. 4 (sign up by Oct. 16)
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A number of CPR/First Aid classes offered by the Sleepy Eye Ambulance Service will be held during the month of November. The first is Emergency First Aid on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 6:30-9 p.m. This class meets the day care requirements. To register call 507-794-3116.
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Pro Kinship for Kids is having a fundraiser on Monday, Oct. 29, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Happy Joe's. All are invited to enjoy the buffet with proceeds going to Pro Kinship for activities throughout the county.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Cal's patience with Brittany Boyd has paid off.
Now more mature and controlled after a season of learning on the fly, Boyd, a sophomore, has helped guide Cal to the women's Final Four for the first time in program history. The Bears, a No. 2 seed, play Louisville at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the national semifinals at New Orleans Arena.
"She brought a spark to us, she plays with so much intensity and love for the game," teammate Eliza Pierre said of Boyd. "We needed that."
Boyd arrived at Cal last season with skills that made her electric but a bit reckless on the basketball court. Nifty passing, ball-hawking defense and speed were all traits of the point guard's game.
Though Boyd's flash came along with some unforced turnovers and wild drives to the basket, Bears coach Lindsay Gottlieb was willing to be patient with the homegrown talent, figuring the reward of having Boyd run the offense was greater than the risk.
"I knew that going with a very exciting, dynamic freshman point guard there were going to be some times where you say, 'OK, that's a growth moment,' but a lot more times that you see the spectacular," Gottlieb said. "I wanted to give her that rope and that empowerment to be her and she has continued to stay with us and try to get better every step of the way."
"I grew up in a sense," Boyd said. "I understand the game more."
Gottlieb was well aware of Boyd's potential coming out of high school. The Berkeley High star was the first recruit Gottlieb called to keep on board when she took the Cal job in April of 2011, and Boyd became the Bears' starting point guard almost immediately.
Boyd earned Pac-12 all-freshman honors last season after averaging 10.2 points and 4.8 assists. But her average of 3.9 turnovers per game bothered her, and she vowed to get better.
"I just had to understand when to push, when not to push, when to pass it, who to pass it to," said Boyd, who is averaging one less turnover per game this season. "I just had to settle down. I was so nervous."
Shooting, strength and fitness were her main focuses over the summer.
These days, Boyd plays her best when the lights are the brightest. She was an assist shy of a triple-double in an opening-round win over Fresno State and is averaging 13.8 points and 7.3 assists in the NCAA tournament.
"When she's in the zone, she can be one of the greatest point guards in the game," teammate Layshia Clarendon said.
Boyd, Clarendon and Pierre will be tasked Sunday with slowing down a scorching-hot group of guards. Louisville, a No. 5 seed, reached the Final Four thanks in part to its 64-percent shooting from beyond the arc in its upset over Baylor. The Cardinals then hit eight 3s against Tennessee.
"It's going to be a very physical, very fast-paced game," Boyd said. "Two great backcourts."
Though Boyd grew up going to Cal basketball camps, staying in Berkeley wasn't always her dream.
She originally wanted to follow in the footsteps of her idol, Cappie Pondexter, and play at Rutgers. But a scholarship offer never came.
It's all for the best, Boyd says now.
"Brittany belongs playing at Cal in front of her hometown fans," Gottlieb said.
Cal supporters would surely agree. Especially if she can help them get a couple victories in New Orleans.
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No. 5 Louisville (28-8) vs. No. 2 Cal (32-3), 3:30 p.m., ESPN


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Counterfeit Drugs
The Counterfeit Drug Problem
Imagine taking a medication without knowing if it's the proper strength, if it might be contaminated with foreign substances, or even if it contains any real medicine at all. Unfortunately, these worries are the reality for many people in the world. In the European Union, seizures of counterfeit drugs soared 118% in 2008. Thirty-four million counterfeit pills were confiscated over just two months, including vital medications for treating high cholesterol, osteoporosis, and high blood pressure.
Counterfeit Drugs in the U.S.
In the 1980's, when the U.S. drug supply was open to foreign medicines, many women taking birth control were getting pregnant. After many complaints and investigations, it was discovered that they were taking counterfeit pills of foreign origin. Members of Congress took action to help prevent this from happening again and passed a bill called the Prescription Drug Marketing Act. This bill closed the U.S. drug supply system to help prevent foreign counterfeit drugs from getting in the hands of American patients who rely on safe medicines to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives.
Internet pharmacy sites
Americans have enjoyed the peace of mind of knowing their prescription medications are safe and effective. But a lot has changed since the 1980's, including the introduction of the worldwide web–which has led to an increase in rogue internet pharmacy sites. Unfortunately, criminal networks around the world have become increasingly sophisticated, taking advantage of millions of patients around the globe by selling cheap counterfeit drugs on Internet sites, many of which masquerade as legitimate pharmacies and display the trusted Canadian flag. Rogue online pharmacy sites serve as a clearinghouse of unapproved and dangerous counterfeit drugs that unsuspecting consumers can buy, even without a valid prescription.
Because it is so easy to create a website, there are currently thousands of these illegitimate sites. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy has reviewed more than 10,000 of them with truly frightening results: Only 3 percent of the sites appear to be in compliance with pharmacy laws and practice standards.
Watch this video to learn more about the dangers of Internet pharmacy sites.
Safe Online Buying
A number of red flags should alert consumers that an online pharmacy site isn't legitimate.
Consumers should avoid the following:
- Sites that are located outside of the United States
- Sites that don't indicate any physical address
- Sites that don't have a license by the relevant state board of pharmacy
- Sites without a licensed pharmacist to answer questions
- Sites that do not require a prescription
Consumers who wish to purchase drugs over the Internet should look for websites that have the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) seal. These sites are licensed pharmacies selling FDA-approved medications. The VIPPS accreditation program was started by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy in response to the proliferation of illegitimate sites. To date, more than 30 online pharmacy sites are accredited under this program.
Click here to find a VIPPS-accredited Internet pharmacy.
While the VIPPS program is a major step forward in our fight against counterfeit drugs, the pharmaceutical industry is not willing to rest on its laurels. PhRMA members remain committed to rooting out criminal networks and putting a stop to the global counterfeit medicine trade. PhRMA and America's pharmaceutical industry will continue to work with public and private partners in the fight against this growing epidemic to help protect the safety and integrity of our closed drug supply system.


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Every year, the Montevideo Area Chamber of Commerce receives phone calls wondering what association they have with Premier Maps. This year, Autumn Rittel, executive director, has been giving the same answer as in years past: no association at all.
"I was contacted yesterday by Premier Maps. They said that they were doing maps on behalf of the city and the Chamber, and that the Chamber was really happy with them, which was more than a little surprising, because I'm the president of the Chamber," said Derrick Schiff, president of the Montevideo Area Chamber of Commerce.
Schiff said that the salesman he spoke to claimed to be working with some other Montevideo businesses, but that when he followed up, none of those businesses had heard of Premier Maps.
"If we were ever to work with a company on something like this, we would send an official letter to our members to let them know," Schiff said.
Premier Maps seems to be selling advertising space on their map products, and claiming to be associated with the Montevideo Area Chamber of Commerce as part of their sales pitch, but this is not the case at all. It would appear Montevideo is not the only community dealing with this problem.
The Morning Call, a newspaper in Pennsylvania, reports Premier Maps has made false claims of being associated with the area's tourism association, and area papers. The Morning Call also warned of reports in the area of suspicious charges from Premier Maps. After one businessman simply asked for more information, the paper reported, he received several maps with his company name spelled incorrectly, and later a bill.
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DENVER (AP) -- An attorney has filed dozens of new lawsuits for victims of contaminated cantaloupe from southern Colorado two years ago.
The farm that produced the melons that sickened 147 people in 28 states has gone bankrupt. Attorney Bill Marler filed some 32 lawsuits Wednesday against retailers that sold the melons.
Lawsuits were filed against Wal-Mart, King Soopers, City Market and other grocery stores. Most of the lawsuits were filed in Colorado, but suits are also pending or soon to be filed in 11 other states.
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The male victim murdered in Lincoln County earlier this week was positively identified late Saturday.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said the man killed was 35-year-old Gustavo Barragan Valencia of Mexico.
His body was found in a rural area near Wellston on Wednesday. Lincoln County Sheriff Charlie Dougherty said he was shot "execution-style" and was found with a pillowcase over his head. His hands and ankles also were bound.
Numerous law enforcement agencies are probing this case, which is believed to involve the homicide, as well as many other incidents attributed to a crime spree.
Deputies have been searching for two persons of interest in the case and have said this case is drug and gang-related.
Lincoln County sheriff's officials are calling a press conference Sunday to release more information about the ongoing investigation.
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Anyone who has ever seen Drew Norberg on a volleyball court knows that she is a Division 1-caliber player.
There were moments this season when Norberg seemed to be floating above the net before she would shatter the serenity with her devastating kills. Through sheer grit she willed the Vikings to an improbable state title.
When it came to playing at the next level, it was never a matter of if Norberg would make it, only a matter of where. That where turned out to be Kent, Ohio. The middle blocker has verbally committed to Kent State, a Division I athletic powerhouse and, come this fall, Norberg will be flying on a full-ride scholarship and the realization of her dream to play volleyball at the next level.
"They're athletic department is just really good. All their sports are used to winning, and I want to be around that mentality," Norberg said. "The other girls were awesome, and I just felt comfortable. I already felt like I had been on the team just after two days."
The feeling was mutual. Norberg should be seeing substantial playing time as a freshman.
"I'll probably be starting actually and that was definitely a big reason I chose Kent because I'm not the type of person who's going to be able to watch. I have to be out there," Norberg said.
Norberg's competive spirit and drive to win was something that caught the Kent coaches' attention, she said. Head coach Don Gromala cannot comment on Norberg until her official paperwork goes through in April, but Norberg said it was her athleticism and competitive spirit that got her noticed while she was playing club volleyball.
"(Gromala) could just tell I want to compete," Norberg said, "and he could see me going to play pro after the four years, and that's really what I want."
Kent State will get her there. The coaching staff and current talent on the team all went into Norberg's decision, and in turn Norberg has a chance to help put Kent on the volleyball map.
Gromala took over the Kent State volleyball program this past April. He was assistant coach at Ohio State for four years, and during his last two seasons there, Gromala helped lead the women to the Sweet 16 twice.
It won't happen overnight, but Gromala has big plans for the Kent State volleyball team.
"They've never won a MAC (Mid-America Conference) championship so that's our goal to start building toward that in the next couple years by bringing in some new recruits and just trying to do some things differently with our offense and defense," Gromala said, "but it's a tough conference. Two years ago there were four teams in the NCAA tournament from the MAC."
Norberg is no stranger to tough. She was the key ingredient to a state champion volleyball team that was written off by most. She also pushed her way out of a D 1-A high school and onto the top of the volleyball food chain.
"Get your name out there. Just contact the coach, and contact as many people as you can," Norberg said. "Don't let living in such a small town stop you."


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Molino Glass Mushroom pipes are hand blown out of heavy Pyrex glass and are coloured inside and outside. This Molino glass pipe is more than just a common pipe; it can be stood up vertically to look like a decorative glass ornament. Most people wouldn't realise this is a pipe because of this masterful disguise. Every pipe is hand made and is truly individual. You will own an original work of art.
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January 18, 2006
Every other Tuesday, people are filling Augusta commission chambers to capacity with dozens standing in the aisles and in the hallway. Now, the fire marshal says that has to stop. News 12 is on your side to explain how the city plans to solve the overcrowding problem.
Whether it's asking for a raise, opposing a dragstrip or making changes to the government, hot topics have people packing Augusta commission chambers.
"You're seeing the commission chambers a lot more people in there on a regular basis, now that's an encouraging sign to me," Mayor Deke Copenhaver said.
But Tuesday, the fire marshal put up a sign to stop standing room only crowds by posting this sign.
Right now the commission chamber is only designed to hold 88 people, but at recent meetings 250 people have been showing up.
"Perhaps there was not enough foresight into building that chamber," Mayor Copenhaver said.
The last meeting was so full that the commission had to meet in a courtroom.
"It's scary when you sit here and there's nobody in the seats. With the room packed as it has been, I think it's a great problem. We just need to find a way to accommodate them," said Fred Russell.
City Administrator Fred Russell says money from SPLOST will soon build a new judicial center, which he hopes will free up more space in the municipal building for a new chamber. Until then, he's working on ways for everyone to stay connected.
"Looking at a couple of options of trying to pipe the sound to another location and even do some closed circuit TV," Russell said.
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Hi Guys
In recent days I have had a lot of 'student' architectural plans and laser cutting files for model-making come through the workshop. With these 'laser cutting' files I probably spend 50% of my time cleaning up the files (editing, modifying etc.) and another 50% just getting frustrated with the 'mess' they are usually in - regardless of the continuous tuition students receive from me!
Anyway - one batch of recent/current files I am working on consists of site maps including contours and roads etc...
To the point!
Many QCAD users prefer not to use the command line or even have it showing at all, of course this is a reasonable and personal choice. For me personally I always ' dock' the command line in the right hand side of the QCAD window and will use it often. I would like to share with you an example of when the command line can be a 'real' help in the workflow. The command line will record and log useful current information which we can make good use of.
* Note, I would hope that at some point in the future there would be alternative ways of accessing certain information other than the command line for those who wish to not use it at all. I think a feature request may be added after this
My example
( for info the student is working at scale 1:100 for the model)
In this file all the roads are drawn with polylines and all the road widths vary (they may not look it - but they do and it is vital to represent the exact sizes). In this example I needed to draw in some of the missing roads.
The first thing I need to determine is the road width - using the Information Tools (WI) and the ' Distance Point to Point' (IP) tool.
Distance measured with Point To Point Tool.
This information is logged and showing in the command line.
Now using the Offset tool (OQ) from the polyline tool-set, I can simply copy and paste the distance info from the command line into the Offset distance field and job done
I get a perfect match ready for laser cutting.
* Note - this is just one of many examples of drafting methods where you can get useful info from the command line in QCAD.


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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team split a season-opening doubleheader on Saturday afternoon, taking a 3-0 victory over Nebraska Omaha in game one before falling to the Mavs by a 2-1 final in the nightcap. The win to open the year was also the 100th of head coach Scott Malone's career with the Islanders.
The team is now 1-1 on the year, while UNO is also 1-1 after the split. The two teams will meet again for a doubleheader on Sunday morning beginning at 10 a.m., with the first game being a seven-inning contest and the second a full nine.
Starter Adam Hoelscher pitched masterfully in the first game, giving up just five hits while striking out seven and walking two in nine innings for the first complete game shutout of his career. The junior from Calallen didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning.
The Islanders supplied an early run in the second inning, as Jonathan Gonzales led off the inning with a walk and stole second base. With one out, Kyle Danford singled to center, but Gonzales was thrown out trying to score from second base. After Danford stole second, Dan Sciantarelli reached on an error by the shortstop to move Danford over to third base. Santiago Ruiz then followed with another ball to the shortstop that resulted in an error and a 1-0 lead as Danford scored.
The score would remain the same behind the pitching of Hoelscher until the Islanders added some insurance in the bottom of the eighth. In that inning, Jeramie Marek led off with a double down the left field line, while Stafford Brantley and Brad Porras followed with back-to-back hit-by-pitches to load the bases. That brought Bobby Buckner up, who came up big for the Islanders with a two-RBI single to right field to make it a 3-0 game.
After that, Hoelscher slammed the door on the Mavs in the ninth, finishing a 3-0 shutout for the first win of the year.
In game two, the pitching for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi was staked to an early 1-0 lead after the team scored a run in the bottom of the first. Marek led off the game for the Islanders with a single to center, and then came home to score on the very next at-bat as Brantley doubled to center to score Marek for the early lead.
The pitching for the Islanders held up, as starter Tim Keller tossed five innings, giving up just four hits and two walks while striking out seven batters. Daniel Minor came on in relief and pitched another two innings of shutout ball, striking out four while giving up no hits or walks.
Things turned for the Islanders in the bottom of the eighth, as Nebraska Omaha used three hits and one Islander error to push across two runs off, one earned, off of reliever Jacob Dorris for a 2-1 lead. Phillip Garcia got the Islanders out of a tight spot with the bases loaded, giving up one hit and one walk while striking out the side to limit the damage.
Unfortunately for the Islanders, they were not able to pick up any more runs as they fell by a 2-1 final to split the day.
Both teams will be up bright and early tomorrow, with a 10 a.m. first pitch for both baseball and softball at the Chapman Field complex. The baseball team will again take on UNO in a 7and-9 inning doubleheader, while the softball team will host No. 10 Baylor.
For the baseball team, Trevor Foss will start the first game, with Jake Dziubczynski slated for game two.
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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
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12.15 According to Irving, the glass plates on which the diaries were recorded has been neglected by the Russians. They were in bad condition. Material from the archive was being sold by the Russians. Irving's major concern was to gain access to the diaries before the Germans. If the Germans were to gain access first, Irving was concerned that the diaries would vanish for a considerable period.
12.16 Irving stressed (and Millar) confirmed that there was no agreement with the Russians. On 9 June 1992 Millar spoke to Tarasov, who telephoned the curator of the archive, Bondarev and told him to permit Irving to have access to the plates and to work on them. The arrangement was a verbal one. Millar testified that there was no restriction on access.
12.17 On the first occasion when plates were removed from the archive, Irving agreed that he did not seek permission to do so. He did not tell the Russians what he was intending to do. His concern was to copy the plates before the archive was "sealed", that is, before he lost access to the plates by reason of some action by his German competitors. Irving gave evidence that he had felt that the situation required desperate remedies. He agreed in cross-examination that he acted "illicitly" and felt ashamed about his conduct. Millar disapproved of what he was doing because he (Millar) feared that future access to the diaries might be jeopardised. But there were no means of copying the diaries in the archive. Irving acknowledged that it could have been understood that the plates should not be taken out of the archive. But he felt he was providing a valuable service in making sure that the contents of the diaries would be available to historians. He disagreed that there was any breach of agreement on his part. It was "neither here nor there" to the archivist if he removed the plates.
12.18 On the second occasion when he removed plates from the archive, Irving did so in order to have the plates tested, as his contract with the Sunday Times required him to do. On this occasion he did seek and obtain permission from the Russians to remove the plates. But he did not tell them of his intention to take them out of the country for testing. Again Irving accepted in cross-examination that he had acted "illicitly". But he said that he assumed he had permission to "borrow" the plates. Irving denied any breach of agreement.
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Season 12 Title Calculator
Posted 20 January 2013 - 12:31 AM
Prepare yourself and your team by getting a better understanding of where your team currently stands and where it needs to stand in order to qualify for rewards.
EU, US and RU is supported including 2v2 (for reference), 3v3 and 5v5. For the best results please submit 0-20 teams that have a rank visible in the armory.
Good luck to all those competing for titles.
Click here for FAQ's.
Posted 20 January 2013 - 12:35 AM
Posted 20 January 2013 - 12:36 AM
Q) Why does it say 0 for everything on my BG?
A) This will only happen during the first few hours of release. Situations like this occur because there have been no teams submitted yet for your BG. Submitting any team on your BG, even the rank 1 team, will resolve this.
Q) Can you create one for RBG?
A) Currently the way data is pulled from the armory does not support enough results for a RBG title calculator. This may change in the future.
Q) Can you update it to tell me how much rating I need to get to the next title?
A) On certain BG's, yes. On other BG's, no. Blizzard only allow X amount of teams to be pulled from the armory, meaning that larger BG's do not reveal all of their data. Given this would not work on all BG's, I decided not to add it.
Q) It says 0 glad spots, even though there is a 0 rated team. Why?
A) Blizzard round down with all numbers. Even if there were 1.99 getting Gladiator, that would round down to 1, which is the same as 0. Any time it is a '1', this is reserved for Rank 1. The calculator keeps this in mind.
Q) How accurate is this?
A) It is as accurate as you make it. If you submit a 0-20 team, it will be 99% accurate (the 1% is the off chance they change the way rounding works, but given the way numbers work, this is unlikely). If there is not a 0-20 team submitted for your BG, take it with a pinch of salt.
Q) Why won't my team submit?
A) Probably because it has played all 20 of its games this week. For a team to be allowed entry, it MUST return a rank from the API. This means the season must be 0-20, not week 0-20.
Q) Do you store information about me?
A) The short answer is, yes. When you view the page, your visit is logged to enable me to track visits/refreshes per day to then compare with bandwidth usage and to then see if automatic refreshing is enabled or disabled. If you submit a team that is reject, it is not stored. If you submit a team that is accepted, the previous team is deleted. The only information that is permanently stored, is page visits. This is no different to any other site, however if you do not wish for this information to be stored then I advise you not to visit.
Q) Mobile/I PAD support?
A) I'll port it to HTML5 shortly.
Q) Ingame addon so I don't have to leave the game to get updates?
A) That's actually something I would love to do. To my knowledge, Blizzard does not allow HTTP calls through addons (such to return data), meaning this would currently not be possible. If I'm wrong, feel free to drop me a PM and I'll look into making this into an addon.
Q) Support?
Bug list:
- Rank 1 is currently returned as Cataclysmic Gladiator, instead of Malevolent Gladiator
- Teams that have played more than 20 games this week, but less than 20 games in the season that have been assigned a rank are unable to be submitted.
Posted 20 January 2013 - 12:51 AM
Posted 20 January 2013 - 01:00 AM
i'm sorry
Posted 20 January 2013 - 01:05 AM
btw nice work +rep
Edited by itsrambo23, 20 January 2013 - 01:15 AM.
S - succcess
W - winner
A - alliance4ever
G - gg gd luck next time
Posted 20 January 2013 - 01:20 AM
Edited by Oakenwynd, 20 January 2013 - 01:21 AM.
Posted 20 January 2013 - 01:20 AM
methodman2, on 20 January 2013 - 01:00 AM, said:
i'm sorry
Blazing, whilst I already know you do not know any programming languages, the app is coded using AS3. This means that anyone can decompile the code and check what is inside of it. The PHP side is controlled using an open-source framework and the XML is output here (infact, all AS3 does is pull this information in and make it look pretty. You could quite simply just look at this core XML code and read the title results, meaning no information about your visit would even be stored).
You're welcome to use it or you're free not to use it.
This is here as a helpful tool to those who want it.
The only responses I'll be giving after this point will be for questions/comments relating to the app.
Posted 20 January 2013 - 01:22 AM
Oakenwynd, on 20 January 2013 - 01:20 AM, said:
I just tried submitting that and it worked. Perhaps you had an extra space at the start, or at the end?
Either way, if you refresh you'll see the Glad spots available. I believe it was 4.
Posted 20 January 2013 - 04:13 AM
Starcookie, on 20 January 2013 - 01:20 AM, said:
You're welcome to use it or you're free not to use it.
This is here as a helpful tool to those who want it.
The only responses I'll be giving after this point will be for questions/comments relating to the app.
Why would you code this in flash?
Posted 20 January 2013 - 05:07 AM
Edited by TteSPORTSDoomsen, 20 January 2013 - 05:10 AM.
Posted 20 January 2013 - 03:09 PM
zaeya, on 20 January 2013 - 04:13 AM, said:
AS3 is the language that I'm best in, meaning that I could create it quickly and push it out. It would have taken me longer to do it in pure HTML5/PHP, but it is something I want to adapt it to.
Posted 21 January 2013 - 12:38 AM
Post/PM me if you have any issues submitting teams. The individual title calculator (at the bottom) should also be working correctly.
Good luck!
Posted 21 January 2013 - 01:44 AM
Emberstorm with 3 glad spots.....that seems way way to low
Posted 21 January 2013 - 01:54 AM
Fawxfighter2013, on 21 January 2013 - 01:44 AM, said:
Emberstorm with 3 glad spots.....that seems way way to low
BG9 with only 22 spots or whatever too. Last season it was like 40 before everyone came here. This can't be right?
Posted 21 January 2013 - 02:00 AM
Posted 21 January 2013 - 03:20 AM
Edited by Kriminalac, 24 January 2013 - 09:05 PM.
Posted 21 January 2013 - 03:27 AM
Kriminalac, on 21 January 2013 - 03:20 AM, said:
As sad as it seems, it's correct for the U.S at least. Arena participation is at an all time low, most BG's have had their Gladiator slots cut in half, which is an insane drop off from last seasons, which was already a huge drop off from the seasob before. If this trend continues next season it'll lead to the end of competitive pvp. Luckily I think the super low amount of active teams is due to nobody having alt teams due to stupid gear upgrades. I'd imagine once the 2 week notice goes out, a lot more teams will pop up and glad slots will increase by a few slots.
Posted 21 January 2013 - 03:33 AM
Posted 21 January 2013 - 06:51 AM
Kriminalac, on 21 January 2013 - 03:33 AM, said:
imagine if you were a noob, how likely is it that you even find 1 person to play arena with especially if you lose every game to t2 max gear tanked mmr guys capping each week. How will you get any conquest points honestly.
I've played 2v2 with some players who only random battleground, so that 50 conq/win is quite a grind but they are capped at 1800/week all season. I don't use skype with them, but once they learn to play I form a 3v3. we get on skype and sometimes to my surprize its a girls voice and i grab my dick(jk)
i feel like i'm the only good player who grabs noobs and mentors. irl i train guys so in game i feel it's neccessary too. Thing is every player i pickup from trade channel since season 8 eventually ditches me once they get good in pursuit of glad title.
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It's hard for an established franchise to surprise you, especially one that's more than a decade old. Styles calcify and assumptions are set. We expect a platformer to be a platformer and a racing game to be a racing game.
So it's a surprise that "Halo 4" turns out to be a tear-jerker, of all things. That's like discovering Mike Tyson sewing his own clothing line or Donald Trump volunteering at a soup kitchen. It defies our preconceived notions. Yes, we expect the first-person shooter to have action (there's plenty), explosions (I counted at least 15) and a few one-liners as Master Chief faces certain death. But making fans weepy? That's a hidden talent.
It's an auspicious start for 343 Industries, the new studio in charge of one of gaming's most popular franchises. ("Halo 4" hits stores Tuesday.) The developer gives the series a much-needed revamp in terms of visuals, presentation and story. As part of a new "Reclaimer Trilogy," Master Chief and Cortana return four years, seven months and 10 days after the events of "Halo 3."
They face a new foe who lures them to a Forerunner planet called Requiem. That's where a majority of the campaign takes place as the Chief and Cortana race against time to uncover the antagonist's plans and stop them. Although it seems straightforward, the plot's finer points are convoluted. Players will need to know the mythology to put it together, but the campaign wraps up with an emotional punch that will satisfy fans.
On the gameplay side, "Halo 4" adopts many ideas from "Halo: Reach." The Chief can swap abilities that produce such things as drones or hologram; plus, there are a new set of weapons to master. 343 Industries captures the essence of (former developer) Bungie's stages and improves on it. Players still get those grand-scale battles, corridor gunfights and occasional vehicle excursions, but the developer eliminates the redundant level design. Passageways don't wind down forever. Players won't have to double back and fight a slew of enemies again.
It lowers the shooter fatigue that creeps up in "Halo" games. With Bungie, there was a point when my eyes would glaze over and parts of the game felt like filler, but throughout "Halo 4's" nine-hour campaign, each encounter seemed essential. Although stages rely too much on destroying targets or pressing switches, there's enough variety in terrain, combat and foes to keep the shooter moving along.
A big reason for that is the folks at 343 Industries are just better storytellers than their predecessors. They took risks by putting the Chief in situations where he has to hang off ledges in one scenario or fly a warplane through a "Star Wars"-like bombing run on another. They present the adventure in a much more interactive, cinematic style.
But ultimately, it's the relationship between Master Chief and Cortana that the new team gets right, and that's what carries the game. The bond between the super soldier and artificially intelligent construct is the soul of the series and what sets it apart. Fans are more invested in the Chief and Cortana than any other duo in gaming, and their journey in "Halo 4" will touch players. That's remarkable because so many games try to establish a friendship between characters but so few do it this convincingly. Beyond the campaign, 343 Industries takes its new vision to the multiplayer realm. It finally updates the multiplayer formula by adding a true progression system where players can choose from three types of perks. The more they play, the more armor pieces and abilities players unlock.
But the big change 343 Industries brings is the Spartans Op feature. It's a set of cooperative multiplayer missions that boast some above-average production values. They're narrative driven with their own scenarios, and Microsoft plans on making these missions episodic. They promise that it will essentially be a TV series you can play.
The first few missions are OK, but the developer needs to mix it up more and give players better objectives than seek and destroy or defend. There needs to be more character development if they expect players to stick with it for a season.
It's ambitious, but that can be said for a lot of what 343 Industries is doing. They're aiming for the stars, and fortunately, they have the talent to take players there.
Contact Gieson Cacho at 510-735-7076 or email@example.com. Read his blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/aei.
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Tony Cable, John Kohler, Tad Kardis and Amanda Bloom ran an 11-mile section from Newburg to Rolla in the One Run for Boston Friday.
Runners paid to take part and those funds will go to support the victims of the April Boston Marathon bombings.
The 3,300-mile relay, which crosses 14 states and four time zones, will end in Boston June 30.
The runners were escorted through the area by Phelps County Sheriff's Department and Rolla Police Department patrol cars.
There is a GPS tracking device fitted to the baton carried by the runners, which update its location every 15 minutes, and racers can be tracked online at onerunforboston.org
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SACRAMENTO -- Caltrans systematically squelched serious allegations about the structural safety of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, concluded an investigation commissioned by the state Senate Transportation Committee.
Caltrans managers marginalized dissenters, fired critics, reassigned outspoken engineers and urged those involved to avoid putting details of problems or issues in writing that would have to be disclosed under the state's Public Records Act, the report concluded.
The white paper, titled "The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Basic Reforms for the Future," was based largely on interviews with multiple engineers who worked on the bridge and released Wednesday in advance of the committee's Friday investigatory hearing in Sacramento.
The largest public works project in California history, the $6.4 billion bridge opened Labor Day weekend some 10 years late and at a cost nearly fivefold the original estimate. After factoring construction bond financing costs, the total price-tag will reach $13 billion.
"It is the finding of this investigation that there appears to have been chronic attempts to keep many of the serious safety allegations quiet, put aside and not dealt with in an open, businesslike manner in the public's interest," wrote Roland De Wolk, a veteran journalist and former Bay Area television news producer contracted by the state Senate to produce the report.
In addition, the Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee -- a partnership of Caltrans, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the California Transportation Commission charged with overseeing the project -- was given "extraordinary" exemptions from the state's open government laws that led to a lack of transparency and accountability.
Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, who commissioned the white paper and is holding hearings about the project, expressed anger but not surprise at the findings.
"In my experience, particularly in state government, large agencies are insular and have fear or disregard of the public and the public's representatives," DeSaulnier said. "Now, we are finding out that not only did the bridge cost too much and take too long, but there was a willful attempt to make sure the public didn't know what was going on."
Said bridge spokesman Andrew Gordon on Wednesday, "The Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee is reviewing the report and looks forward to responding to the report and answering the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee's questions on Friday."
Gordon also said that for those who are interested, thousands of pages of public documents related to the construction of the new span are available for review at BayBridgeInfo.org.
Among those quoted in the white paper and scheduled to testify Friday is MACTEC engineer and quality inspector James Merrill, whose international employer was under contract in 2008 to inspect the bridge deck welds' quality at the plant in Shanghai where they were being fabricated.
As has been reported in numerous media outlets over the years, the welds were riddled with hundreds of cracks. Repairs would put the bridge two years behind schedule and ultimately add $100 million to the span's price tag.
But Merrill told De Wolk in his first interview about his work on the bridge that, at the time, Caltrans managers said he was "being too rigorous" in his findings. The state later reorganized its inspection process in China, and when MACTEC's 10-year contract expired, it hired another company.
An independent pre-audit of the firms the state chose to replace MACTEC -- Caltrop and its subcontractor, Alta Vista Solutions -- concluded that the new vendor lacked sufficient qualifications for the work until it hired former MACTEC inspectors, De Wolk wrote.
Merrill also described how he personally inspected and found defective the infamous anchor rods fabricated in Ohio that later snapped in a key seismic stabilizer on the bridge, adding millions more to the price tag and nearly derailing the Labor Day opening.
He said he suggested more testing, but "I got told we weren't doing any testing and stop mentioning it," Merrill told De Wolk.
A 25-year Caltrans engineer, Douglas Coe, corroborated Merrill's account of the weld conflicts in China and is also expected to testify Friday.
Coe and Merrill are quoted in the white paper saying the new bridge is safe but that the decks will require expensive retrofits well before the promised 150-year life span of the bridge.
Caltrans Principal Construction Manager Pete Siegenthaler, Caltrans Toll Bridge Program Manager Tony Anziano and Metropolitan Transportation Commission Executive Director Steve Heminger all disagreed with the two engineers' assessments, telling De Wolk the cracks were repairable and have been fixed.
The 50-page draft report includes a timeline, details of other controversies about the bridge and numerous links to relevant documents online.
It also offers recommendations for legislators based on lessons learned from the bridge, including the establishment of an independent bureau of inquiry to investigate allegations about the safety of public projects.
Contact Lisa Vorderbrueggen at 925-945-4773, firstname.lastname@example.com, ibabuzz.com/politics or Twitter.com/lvorderbrueggen.


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Five Firms To Bid For Valley Ronan (Char-Koosta): Three to five large logging firms will be bidding January 12 on the largest projected cut in the history of the reservation. Oral bids will be taken at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Flathead Agency in Ronan for the 81.3 million board feet of the Valley logging unit south of Dixon. The 36,326 acre unit— 19,380 acres to be cut—will probably be under saw this winter. The unit is expected to take seven years to cut and an additional year to clean up. Acting Flathead Forestry Manager Fred Malroy said seven firms have shown interest in the unit which spreads over the top of the Revais Creek and Valley Creek drainages. He said that at least three of the firms were interested in exporting the timber. The Council decided to place the unit on the oral bid auction block during the November 10 meeting. The mose was made to encourage higher competitive bidding. The tribe is not committed to accept any bid under the oral auction ground rules. Malroy said the unit would be logged with "a bare minimum of clear cutting". He said any clear cuts would be small-— under thirty acres—and would only be in areas where circumstances, such as disease or mistletoe, made it necessary. Malroy said that some 17,000 acreas of timber within the boundaries of the unit would be left intact to provide recreational lands, game ranges and upper water-shed storage. Malroy told Char-Koosta the discrepancy between the prices of stum page on the west coast (see editorial page letter) and the $50 to $60 per thousand board feet minimum bid placed on the Valley unit can be explained in terms of timber quality. Malroy—who is a former forester on the west coast Yakima Reservation —ex-(Continued on next page) Crackinfi^Down On Trespassers Dixon(Char-Koosta):"l can't figure why everybody's private property is sacred except that which belongs to us Indians." That is the way Councilman Fred Whitworth, Arlee, expresses the frustration of the Tribal Council in their effort .to. have non-members respect tribal lands. Whitworth listed a number of instances of what he considered blatant trespass on tribal lands and asked tribal attorney Richard Baenen, of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wilkinson, Cragun and Barker, what the tribe could do to command more respect for their property. Baenen suggested the tribe take a violator to federal court on a civil law suit rather than a criminal violation and have the matter tried on tribal (Continued on next page) Sctlish, Kootenai, Pend #d Orielles Tribes AR-KOOSTA Volume 2 Number 17 New Moon of the Wandering (Jan. I, 197^ PRIC5 ÌSS Jurisdiction Rundown High Court To Pierre Awaits Decision Helena (Char-Koosta): A decision in the controversial repossession case between tribal mem ber Richard Isaac Pierre and the Security State Bank of Poison is pending from the Montana Supreme Court. The state's high bench heard arguments for both sides during a hearing December II. The bank is attempting to uphold a district court decision by Judge E. Gardner Brownlee earlier this year which gave the state courts the authority to hear civil debt cases involving tribal members on the reservation. Pierre contends that Brownlee's decision should be overturned because the concurrent jurisdictional agreement between the state and the tribe does not include civil suit jurisdiction. Pierre's appeal is based on a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a similar case involving Blackfeet Indian Robert Kennedy and a food store chain. Arguing against the tribe and Pierre at the hearing was tribal member and former Tribal Attorney Gene Turnage c Poison. Turnage, a member o1 the law firm of Turnage and McNeil, reiterated some of the argue-ments in Judge Brownlee's decision. Pierre is appealing the district court ruling that authorized the bank to take possession of a I965 Ford pickup truck in lieu of a $250 furniture loan. According to Pierre, who now lives in Arlee, the note on the loan came due last January while he was out of work. He said he asked for an extension but the bank refused and later that month Lake County Sheriffs deputies impounded the truck. (continued on next page) Decide Indian Cases In March Dixon (Char-Koosta): Decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court on two important cases involving state taxes and cigarettes will not be handed down before March, according to tribal attorney Richard Baenen. Baenen, of the tribes Washington law firm of'Wilkinson Cragun and Barker, tbld the Tribal Council that both cases have been placed on the Supreme Court's 1973 calender. He told the council during a strategy session in Dixon December 20 that opening arguments in both cases indicated that chan-(continued on next page) Justice Department Stalling Case Dixon (Char-Koosta): Tribal Attorney Richard Baenen said Department of Justice was "stalling" in its prosecution of a tribal recreational use permit trespass case. Baenen told the Tribal Council during a special meeting Dec. 20 that the U.S. Attorney's office in Billings was persuing the tribe.s case against Harlan F. Pollman, Poison, "reluctantly". He said U.S. Attorney Otis Packwood had to be 'pressured" by Baenen's Washington (continued on next page)
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|Five firms to bid for valley; Cracking down on trespassers; Jurisdiction rundown: Pierre awaits decision; High court to decide Indian cases in March; Justice department stalling case; Trust land transfere is unreasonably hard; Game conviction appealed; New moon of the wandering; Lillus Waylett: He wants to help build stronger tribe; The Value of Timber; Dentist Bartlett leaving; BIA budget slashed by $50 million; Wyoming game charges dropped for Crow man; Six Year old Dale Santos dies in sledding mishap; Tribal tales: "The seven stars"; Espinoza, Hamel, Riding high; 12 new tribal members are enrolled.
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Q: Few lay men or women have been formally canonized. Most saints belonged to religious communities, but people in that state of life make up a tiny percentage of the Church. Doesn't the present situation suggest that only priests and vowed religious can become saints? I don't find this very inspiring.
A: The formal canonization process requires a group of people interested in seeing someone beatified and then canonized. Although some dioceses have promoted the cause of a particular layperson, most often it is religious communities who support the process needed for someone to be investigated, declared venerable, have a miracle authenticated, then be formally beatified, have a second miracle approved and eventually canonized.
At present, most laypeople who are blesseds or saints were either martyrs (Thomas More or Edith Stein, for example) or founded religious congregations (Elizabeth Ann Seton or Margaret of Cortona). On October 21, 2001, Pope John Paul II beatified Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini, the married parents of four children, three of whom entered religious communities. This is a step in the right direction, but we are not there yet!
The Church identifies blesseds and saints not for their benefit but for the Church's sake—to show that holiness is possible in every century, every walk of life, every part of the globe and every circumstance of life. If saints already enjoy eternal life with God, no honor on earth can increase their happiness. In the hymn "Lead Me, Lord," John Becker has Jesus say, "Blessed are those whose hunger only holiness can fill, for I say they shall be satisfied."
There is only one holiness (God's), though there are different ways of reflecting that holiness. Chapter Five of Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church is entitled "The Universal Call to Holiness."
In his 177-page book Married Saints (Alba House, 1-800-343-2522), John Fink describes 24 married saints and their conjugal path to holiness.
For over 1,000 years the Catholic Church has had a feast of All Saints, acknowledging that its list of saints can never account for everyone who is in heaven.
Saints point us to God. In Los Angeles last February, I visited Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral and noticed that John Nava's tapestries (entitled "The Communion of Saints") presented 136 people woven into 25 magnificent banners, all pointing toward the altar and the crucifix behind it.
These saints and blesseds include 124 who are named, plus 12 more infants, children, teens and adults of various ethnic groups. Saints Maria de la Cabeza and her husband, Isidore the Farmworker, are there, part of this "great cloud of witnesses" (see Hebrews 12:1) whom we hope to join at the Eternal Banquet.
Q: While visiting another city recently, I came across St. Andrew Church. Over the main entrance was a saint holding what appears to be an X instead of a cross. What does that symbol represent?
A: That X is actually a cross, frequently called "St. Andrew's Cross." According to tradition, such a cross was used for his crucifixion. St. Andrew's Cross is part of the flag of Great British and many British Commonwealth countries.
If you have ever seen a Mass televised from St. Peter's Basilica, you may have seen a large statue of St. Andrew holding this kind of cross. He is the patron of Greece, Russia and Scotland, and his feast day is November 30.
Because the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople is considered St. Andrew's successor, Pope John Paul II went to Istanbul for this feast in 1979 and has sent delegations to represent him in other years. The ecumenical patriarch, who has come to Rome for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29) in 1987, 1995 and 2004, has sent delegations in other years.
Q: What is the meaning of eucharistic adoration in the Church? I have been attending such adoration in the past year and would like to know about it. It makes me feel good to attend. Does it carry a special blessing?
A: This practice has become more common in recent years, especially linked to prayer for more vocations to priesthood and religious life. Some parishes now have this once a month or even weekly.
In 1973, the Congregation for Divine Worship published an instruction entitled "Forms of Worship of the Eucharist: Exposition, Benediction, Processions, Congresses."
It says: "Prayer before Christ the Lord sacramentally present extends the union with Christ which the faithful have reached in communion. It renews the covenant which in turn moves them to maintain in their lives what they have received by faith and by sacraments. They should try to lead their whole lives with the strength derived from the heavenly food, as they share in the death and resurrection of the Lord.
"Everyone should be concerned with good deeds and with pleasing God so that he or she may imbue the world with the Christian spirit and be a witness of Christ in the midst of human society" (#81).
In his 2003 encyclical Church of the Eucharist, Pope John Paul II writes: "Whenever the Church celebrates the Eucharist, the faithful can in some way relive the experience of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus: 'Their eyes were opened and they recognized him' [Luke 24:31]" (#6).
Later the pope explains that the worship of the Eucharist outside Mass "is of inestimable value for the life of the Church....It is the responsibility of pastors to encourage, also by their personal witness, the practice of Eucharistic adoration, and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in particular, as well as prayer of adoration before Christ present under the Eucharistic species....The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: By not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass, we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace" (#25).
Eucharistic adoration will certainly receive increased attention during the Year of the Eucharist proclaimed by Pope John Paul II from October 2004 through October 2005.
Generations of holy women and men have found that honest, persevering prayer before the Blessed Sacrament has helped them to open their eyes, to accept God's grace more deeply and respond to it with greater generosity.
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does the Church follow in recognizing saints? How do Servants of God and
Venerables differ? Does something special happen to a saint's mortal body?
A: For almost the first millennium of the Church's life, there was no centralized canonization process with investigation of the person's life and miracles attributed to his or her intercession. The local Church recognized as saints holy women and men whose life and death demonstrated great virtue.
The term "Servant of God" now describes someone at the start of the entire process, which begins in the local diocese and eventually moves to the Holy See's Congregation for the Causes of the Saints. A person whose life and writings have been formally investigated can be declared Venerable.
Martyrs do not need a miracle for beatification. For others, after a miracle has been investigated and accepted by separate committees of doctors, theologians and cardinals, the person is approved for beatification.
Technically, that means the person can be honored liturgically in a specific region or within a certain group (for example, a religious community founded by the new blessed). Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, however, is venerated far beyond India or the several religious communities she founded. Another miracle is needed for her canonization.
A person with an unknown grave can be beatified or canonized. There is no grave, for example, for St. Maximilian Kolbe who was murdered at Auschwitz in 1941. If the place of burial is known, there is a "public recognition of the body" before the beatification.
Kenneth Woodward's book Making Saints (Simon and Schuster, 1996, 2nd ed.) explains the canonization process very well. "A saint," he writes, "is always someone through whom we catch a glimpse of what God is like—and of what we are called to be."
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Vail Resorts is not considering a change to its new policy that stopped the practice of grooming runs during operating hours, but that hasn't stopped those upset with the change from talking about it.
Vail Resorts announced its new company-wide policy to stop daytime grooming earlier this season, citing safety concerns for its guests. Beaver Creek Resort spokeswoman Jen Brown said Friday that the company is not going to reconsider the policy. When asked whether any specific incident or accident caused the change, Beaver Creek Chief Operating Officer Doug Lovell said no.
"We have had near-misses for years, and have had near-misses in the past year. It's more of a culmination of experiences over a long period of time," Lovell said.
Vail Mountain spokeswoman Liz Biebl said the resort has heard feedback from guests who are disappointed about the discontinuation of daytime grooming, but assured the snow cats and grooming crews are working as hard as ever.
"This season, our grooming crews have adjusted their schedules and grooming patterns and have increased the number of snowcats we operate to accomplish as much grooming each night as we have in the past, and to groom all of the terrain that we have groomed in the past as frequently as we have groomed it in the past, but we are no longer grooming after 8:30 a.m.," Biebl said via email.
Resorts across the ski industry follow similar practices, according to the National Ski Areas Association.
"Nearly every resort minimizes the amount of grooming they do during open hours due to safety concerns for their guests," said Troy Hawks, spokesman for the association. "This has been the case for years, and we haven't seen any industry shift."
While Vail and Beaver Creek maintain that cat crews are grooming the same amount of acreage, if not more, as they always have, some skiers and boarders argue it's not about the ground covered.
Jeff Miller commented on the Vail Daily's Facebook page that the timing of the grooming is more important than the acreage.
"There's a very good argument to be made that allowing snow to get choppy and unkept by mid-day is considerably less safe than having groomers on the hill during business hours," Miller said. "(Beaver Creek) groomers have a pretty immaculate safety record, so the argument that it's an investment in guest safety seems to not hold up."
A.K. Schleusner, a Vail Resorts employee, commented that grooming continues to be excellent. She admires the company for making changes in the name of safety. Others agreeing with the policy change commented that the naysayers need to "get over it," and that guests should "learn to ski all terrain."
In a search of the term "grooming" on www.vaildaily.com, letters both in favor of and against the new policy pop up. Those in favor commend the resort for taking the extra safety precaution, and many of the opposition letters raise concerns about the safety of ungroomed runs at the end of the day, among other complaints of conditions and service.
In a column in the Vail Daily last month about the grooming policies, Vail Chief Operating Officer Chris Jarnot said that "when guests saw the fleet of cats on the mountain in the morning, their perception was that we were grooming all over the mountain all day long, and this contributed significantly to the overall perception of our commitment to grooming."
Jarnot said the reality was that Vail was only grooming until 10:30 a.m., and at Vail, that grooming mostly included just Ramshorn, Meadows and Eagle's Nest Ridge.
While the feedback and letters have dropped off as the season has progressed and Mother Nature has made overall snow conditions much better, the conversation has continued.
"Conversations overheard on chairlifts and in other venues throughout the area often include this topic," wrote Brad Austin to the Vail Daily on March 9. "Many think that there is a sole financial reason for this change."
Lovell said the financial motivation argument is simply not true. If anything, the resorts are spending more to groom the same amount of acres overnight as they groomed with overnight and morning operating hours combined.
"We did this because of safety reasons," Lovell said.
Those who don't like that explanation might keep complaining and questioning its validity, but the fact remains that Vail Resorts isn't changing back to its old grooming policies anytime soon.
"We expect to continue to innovate and improve the perception and reality of the grooming at Vail and Beaver Creek to provide the best groomed snow available at any mountain in the world, but we feel that the right practice is not to perform grooming on terrain that is open to the public," Biebl said. "It is our plan to maintain this practice moving forward."
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If you keep an eye out, you can get those thorlo experia's at sports authority for buy one get one free
So the last few mornings I have ararnged my patient visits to allow for a morning run vs afternoon like I normally do and I feel great, may have to try to keep this pattern up for the rest of the summer except for days when I have labs to do then it will have to be later (unless I can get phlebotomy on my schedule???) andy way it has been overcast in the morning low 70s so my runs have been good keeping under a 10min mile and trying new routes (ie more hills) due to the fact that road work is going on everywhere and the bridge to "my" trail is closed so Garmin and I are being a little more adventurous.
2009: Opperation Troop Appreciation 5k oct 29:44 (first race), Greensburg Turkey Trot 5k nove 31:09
2010: On Deck for the Cure sprint 1mi 1-4 9:00, Race for Grace 5k 3-20 32:11, Yough River Council 1/2 marathon 4-10 2:16:39 (goal for 1st 1/2 2:25) 3rd in AG, Pittsburgh Komen Race for the Cure 5k 5-9 30:08, Jerry Mahar Jr Parkinsons Awareness 5k 6-5-10 29:28 6th in AG
Las Vegas Rock N Roll Marathon 12-5 5:01:?? FIRST FULL MARATHON (with calf tear)
2011: Race for Grace 5k 3-19 30:56, Alpha Fitness 5k 4-9 28:57 8th in AG, Pittsburgh Half Marathon 5-14 2:17:52, 9/11 Heroes Run 5k 9-11 27:34 (PR) 5th in AG, Pittsburgh ZooZilla 5k 10-2 28:03, Greenburg 5k Turkey Trot 11-24 28:35
NEXT PLANNED EVENT: Race for Grace 5k 3-31-2012, Pittsburgh Marathon 5-6-2012, Great Race 10K 9-30-2012
Hey everyone! I'm new to this chat, but loved the concept and hoping it will inspire me. I started running over a year ago and loved it, I ran 2 marathons, 4 half marathons, a few 10k and 5ks during that time. My times kept getting faster and faster and I ended up losing about 35 lbs during that time! But my life has gotten crazy over the past few months and I've notice myself slowly losing the desire and motivation to get out there on my training runs. I have only gotten out once in the past 2 weeks! So yesterday I stepped out and ran 5 miles at about a 9min pace, it wasn't that fast for me, but it felt amazing! I wanted to share and hopefully get some motivation from the rest of you who are out there on almost a daily basis!
My Last Races:
6/4/11 - Habitat Hustle 5k - 22:34 (PR)
5/15/11 - Colfax Marathon - 4:16:42
3/27/11 - Boulder Spring Half Marathon - 1:50:38
12/12/10 - Tuscon Marathon - 4:05:21 (PR)
12/5/10- Colder Boulder 5k - 22:57
I busted my feet for weeks working up to 11 miles @ 6:54 pace on the 'mill and up to 6.5 miles @ 7:30 pace with generous incline, and then only did a 7:33 pace on last Sunday's half ... frustrated me so badly, I did 3 miles @ 6:33 pace today. In my defense, the half course did have a real 6 mile climb, lol. Well, at least the next RnR half for October in San Jose, CA is absolutely dead flat!
Just Do It!
JasonCR, Tip #1: When a cute girl with a swinging ponytail passes you. Just use her as you pace setter. Keeping up with her is much more fun than a guy. Girls do the opposite by following a slightly faster paced guy. Whatever motivates you do it. Following those swinging ponytails works for me. Lol. Regardless nice time in the half!
Only did 3 yesterday to give my legs and blister a little bit of a break. I've noticed now that I'm doing about 5 miles every day my legs are definitely feeling it more and getting more tired. Guess now that I'm starting to do longer runs (and hopefully my mileage will continue to increase), I'm going to have to start running every other day and doing cross-training on the other days. Definitely don't want to get an injury or burn out, but I wouldn't have thought that 5 miles 5-6 times a week was too much?
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Race Results
6/4/11 - Salvation Army Dash From Disaster 2 Mile Run - 18:55.5
6/25/11 - Tomato Festival 5K - 28:15
7/4/11 - The Great Commission 4 Miler - 37:30 (2nd place in my age group)
7/9/11 - Swinging Bridge 5K - 31:12
7/16/11 - Hit The Bricks 5K - 28:36
8/6/11 - Run For The Son 5K
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My last run was this morning, I'm about 8 weeks new to running, started every other day, 3 days per week. Just started 4 days, actually it's just every other day now so 4 days & 3 days per week alternating. That's new. Today I did a test run to see where I'm at with HR & time. I tend to run too fast outside and needed to slow down a bit, I decided to double my intervals for the day and was happy with the results, lower HR and felt pretty good throughout, for a 5k + distance. I have the stamina to run further at a time, still run walking at this point, and I've feel comfortable up to an hour or so. I feel like my knees though, or all the stuff around them, that's going to take a few months to catch up. It's kind of tough because if I'm not running faster, I feel held back, I just don't want to screw it all up before my legs are actually strong enough to do the whole running distance and speed that know I can do.
Happy with it & patiently training.
Dude, you're too down on yourself. Judging from your times, you've done so well! Keep up the hard work!
2011 runs:
Lace Up Against Breast Cancer (1/2 marathon), Rochester, MN 02/14/2011 1:53:02 (PR)
Red, White and Boom (1/2 marathon), Minneapolis, MN 07/04/2011 2:00:37
Chicago 1/2 Marathon - 15th Annual, Chicago, IL 09/11/2011 2:10:13 (Ran "cold" after 7 weeks of NO running)
2012 Completed runs:
Lace Up Against Breast Cancer 5K, Rochester, MN 02/12/2012 23:04
St. Patrick's Day Human Race 8K, St. Paul, MN 03/18/2012 37:30 (PR)
Fools' Five 8K, Lewiston, MN 04/01/2012 37:33
Stay Out of the Sun Run 5K, Rochester, MN 05/18/2012 22:43 (PR)
Med City Marathon Relay (6.42 miles), Rochester, MN 05/27/2012 50:25
Red, White and Boom 1/2 Marathon (5-mile version), Minneapolis, MN 07/04/2012 37:15 (PR)
Rock & Roll 1/2 Marathon, Chicago, IL 07/22/2012 1:48:57 (PR)
2012 Projected runs
Twin Cities 10-mile (registered via lottery - Yay!)
Ran 6.93 miles this morning. I've ran around 7 miles before but this was my first official LSD. I even brought food with me! Ran through a new neighborhood nearby that I never visited before. Really enjoyed the scenery. Also listened to the Marathon Training Academy podcast along the way. Had a great time!
Completed Races 2012:
Rock and Roll USA Half Marathon, 02:54:26 (1st run POST injury)
Cherry Blossom 10-Miler, 01:49:00
Upcoming Races 2012:
IronGirl Half Marathon, 4/29/12
Frederick Half Marathon, 5/6/12
Atlantic City International Sprint Tri, 09/17/12
Rock and Roll Philly Half Marathon, 09/18/12
Baltimore Half Marathon, 10/13/12
Marine Corps Marathon, 10/28/12
ING NYC Marathon, 11/4/12
Personal Record from 2011:
Teach, Learn, Play 5k, 10/02/11 00:26:57 (PR)
Marine Corps Marathon 10k, 10/30/11 01:05:38 (PR)
Baltimore Half Marathon, 10/15/11, 02:24:15 (PR)
3 miles tomorrow resting today. Can't wait for 1.5 hour hill run on Sunday. Hal is kicking my butt.
Hi, I ran 3.5 this morning and 1.62 in my neighborhood tonight. I bought a used jog stroller for the kiddo and wanted to try it out
I've done treadmill running all week because it's been ridiculously hot and humid in GA with heat indexes between 105-108 for the past several days. I haven't been able to get out in the early mornings so I stuck to the indoors. I've logged about 13 miles this week and will hit the pavement tomorrow for a 4.5 mile run.
Good luck to everyone racing this weekend! Happy and safe running to all.
2015 Highlights:
Saturday's morning run felt really good. I went a bit over 9 miles in less than 2 hours, which is a solid pace for me. Better yet it was over a moderately hilly course instead of the table smooth course I did my last 9-miler. I am really beginning to feel good.
OVER 50 PRs
5K - 31:50 5K La Joya 2011 - Aug 2011
10K - 1:14:30 at Guayaquil Half Marathon - Jul 2011
Half - 2:32:22 at Guayaquil Marathon - Oct 2011
2012 Races
InterAmerican Family Fun Run (5k) 36:04 (Previous Year 39:22)
Emelec 5K 33:16
Upcoming Races
15 June - 5K Ciudad Celeste
22 June 5K por los Ninos
1 July - Guayaquil Half Marathon
5 August - 5K La Joya
2 September - 30K Milagro
7 October - Guayaquil Marathon
18 November - 5K Villa Club
2 December - 5K DM3
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