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Marie Sorry I had a typo on email. I sent you a correct email address. I agree with urun2me. my sweet spot is 2/1 on very long runs. 3/1 on not so hot and humid days. my speed is almost the same running constant or with walk breaks. amazing !!! I have my last long 26 mile run scheduled on Saturday. I plan on running a constant 11:45 training run (weather permitting) starting out 60/30 for 3 miles then 2/1 thru mile 23. If I feel good will switch to 3/1.
Dan What a great long run. you have really kicked up your training a notch. especially keeping your HR in check.
MKay . hope you are Ok. REMEMBER what I suggested "slow and easy" until your body adjust again. your pushing yourself to hard after all you been through. I hope you give your body a chance to recover this time. you'll be glad you did. did you check ou Hammers Recoverite?
Steve hoping collier temps come your way by the weekend.
can't believe we have Phillies fans in the group. I'm a Phillies / Eagles fan transplant.
2012 Races: Tony from Florida
Jan.7,2012 Walt Disney World Half Marathon Orlando FL 02:09:14 PR
Oct 7 2012 Chicago Marathon Chicago Illinois 05:17:43
Feb 10, 2012 Rock N Roll Half Marathon St Petersburg FL
2011 Races:
Started running at 58 ( Nov 23rd 2010)
Half Marathon Results
Oct 31,2011 Fl Halloween Halfathron 02:18:22
Sept 4, 2011 Dodge Rock 'n' Roll Virgina Beach Half Marathon 02:28:20
April 30,2011 Country Music Half Marathon Nashville TN 02:56:02
Ron, I guess in my excitement about my own race I forgot to congratulate you too. I'm a bit younger then you and those 5K times, well they're a goal for me. My mother was from Ohio (Toledo) and apparently I've got lots of relatives in Ohio and Michigan that I've no memories of.
Marie, is there a term for when a guy out sprints you at the finish? Guidoed? Barefoot drills? How did it feel? Waiting for your 10K report.
MKay, having pulled a hamstring (both sides - but mostly right) many times, be careful and do the exercises to strengthen it. They used to encourage you to stretch. I could always touch my palms to the floor (well, not anymore), but that never worked. There was a study (sorry lost location to the eons of time) once that said people with limber/loose hamstrings were more likely to pull them. Stopped stretch after that, haven't had a problem since - but, could be that I'm sprinting less too...
Urun2me, we all have good days and bad days. Focus on the good ones.
Tony, sounds like you're more then ready for your marathon. Once, you've got it under your belt you can try a more challenging one like SF - there are hills here
Dan, sounds like a good training run. I know when I'm training I'm always looking at the watch. Actually when racing I'm trying to make sure I'm not paying attention to the watch.
Was feeling pretty good about my training until my last run. Left achilles felt tight, could feel it for most of my run on Thursday. Lower calf was a bit sensitive and iced things. Yesterday was scheduled rest day and had been considering doing a slower short run since I took Sunday off (day before race). Walked 5 miles instead and then iced the leg a couple of times after. Feels a whole lot better now, so I'll probably do a slow jog to see how it feels and then ice some more.
Run strong!
Thanks for all of your positive vibes and well wishes for my race! I woke Saturday morning to wind and pouring rain, but by race time the rain had moved on. Clouds hung around so the air was thick, but temps were moderate. The course was flat by East Tennessee standards and I felt good. The stars were aligning, so maybe it was going to be a great day for a race. I had a dream of perhaps breaking one hour, but knew that number one goal was to avoid injury while having fun. My daughter and I started toward the back of the pack as we wrongly assumed the race was chip timed from the start, not a gun time! Oh well. We started w/ a comfortable stride and got into a nice rhythn pretty quickly. We felt really good til around mile 4 where the big long hill loomed. I was getting tired and her asthma had kicked in, but neither of us let on to the other. I had told her from the beginning to go on any time she felt like it, but we ran together stride for stride. We ran continuously, except to walk through the water stops. I haven't mastered running and drinking and I knew hydration was important to stave off the headaches that have been bothering me after long or hard runs.
At the 6 mi mark I told Le to go for it if she still had some kick left. She did, and while I tried to keep up, I couldn;t. She "chicked" a guy right at the finish and he cheered her on. I was coming up on one, but needed a few more feet! So I guess I wasn't "guidoded". LOL. She finished official time in 1:01:02 and I crossed at 1:01:11. Mine good enough for 2nd in age group and 475 out of 650 overall. I was happy. Even if the race had been chip timed, we would have missed the hour by about a half a minute. Oh well, still have a goal to reach. This was a new pr for me by a few seconds. ....maybe if we had walked faster through the water stops..... second guessing! Quit it!!!!
I got a nice little marble (fake I'm sure) paper weight trophy for ag award. Le won a door prize of 2 pr of Asics sock and a cpl of $5 gift card! The Eastman Road Race is a big event celebrating 35 yrs. In addition to the 10K, they do a 3K Race and a 3K Walk. Plus kids event on Friday. For a $10...yes only $10..... runners get a technical t shirt (ok, so it was ugly this year), a pair of wicking socks, a free pasta dinner on Friday evening, a nice little expo, and refreshments after the race. They also had some really nice door prizes, too bad we didn't get one of those! A pair of round trip airfares on Delta to anywhere they fly would have been nice!
Feeling good today and ready to get back to running tomorrow.
Take care my mighty master friends!
Marie from Tennessee
Training for Disney 2013 Goofy Challenge.....Yes, I'm certifiably CRAZY!
61 year olds must be out of their minds to run a half marathon followed by a full the next day!
Disney Half Marathon 1/7/2012 2:37:59
Bear Hunt 5K 9/24/11 28:28 pb
Trojan Trek Trail 5K 8/6/11 31:45
Expo 10K 5/28/11 1:01:28,
Expo 10K 5/26/12 1:05:39
Eastman 10K 9/8/2012 1:01:11 pb
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1
Marie, you and Urun made me a Galloway convert way back in spring after one of my earlier injuries. I'm so conservative, I'm running 1:1s but was thinking that solving the medical problems might have given me an opportunity to run faster and just pushed too hard w my speed work. Barefoot runs? I love it!! Gutsy you for sticking it out in that crowd. I know the feeling bc I am the slowest and usually the oldest and that gets me a lot more attention than I like. Seems you've learned to appreciate it.
Great job on your 10k!! That was an awesome, awesome time! Congratulations on winning your AG, also!!
Urun, great to hear you're back on training track! A November 2012 race is good planning. Keep us posted?
Dan, that's some long weekend you have planned and your race is next week? I had the same intervals planned for the Cleveland HM and stuck to the plan for a while. It sounds really good to me.
Tony, it's a sad day in Phantasia these days. Saw the Phils play the Reds last week here ($47 for tenth row home plate seats). Only names I recognized on the roster were Rollins, Howard, Utley, and the pitchers; Ruiz was on the DL. It's a shell of the team it used to be. I suppose I should root for the Reds but they really only hit; their fielding is really spotty and they aren't real likable as players go. Thanks for the advice. I am not a patient person but I don't want to kill any chance I have of racing in October and November so I'm trying to balance. It's a struggle. I like to go big or go somewhere else.
Ray, Good luck with your race!! Hope it's trouble-free and exhilerating! Hamstrings: "could be that I'm sprinting less too..." That's what I'll be saying.
PT said I could walk all I wanted as long as it didn't hurt so yesterday hiked 10 mi w a group. Six hours but I was going to get time on my feet so it was a win! Lots of stops to see where we were. Left leg felt like a prosthetic, like it was alien to my body, but today it doesn't feel any worse. Saw deer, daddy long legs and a box turtle. Used my new Nathan hydration vest and love it! So comfy! But I haven't run in it yet to see if it bounces. Resting today and will try the gym tomorrow. Hopefully will be back pounding the pavement Thursday so I can get a better idea by the end of this week whether I can make the trail race within 4 hrs or not.
Run strong and fierce and enjoy yourselves!
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
Marie, so happy to hear about your 10K! Great time and a great experience.
Ray, thanks for the reminder about good days and bad days. It's just that the good days were in hiding for a few months! Now they're back and I'm determine to keep them around. When I feel a negative thought bubbling up, I push it back and replace it with a positive thought. It worked great on my 13 mile run yesterday.
Mary Kay, you're a trooper! Great job overcoming obstacles and keeping the body in motion.
Have a great week running everyone! It's finally cooling off in south Texas and the humidity has abated. The joy in the run has returned!
Marie Great 10k race over 4 1/2 minutes better than your May race.
Kirsty is awaiting your email she replied to mine today. Goofy training officially starts on Friday.
2012 Races: Tony from Florida
Jan.7,2012 Walt Disney World Half Marathon Orlando FL 02:09:14 PR
Oct 7 2012 Chicago Marathon Chicago Illinois 05:17:43
Feb 10, 2012 Rock N Roll Half Marathon St Petersburg FL
2011 Races:
Started running at 58 ( Nov 23rd 2010)
Half Marathon Results
Oct 31,2011 Fl Halloween Halfathron 02:18:22
Sept 4, 2011 Dodge Rock 'n' Roll Virgina Beach Half Marathon 02:28:20
April 30,2011 Country Music Half Marathon Nashville TN 02:56:02
Tks everyone. Tony,I've emailed her and look forward to hearing from her.
I've tried to post race photos, but everytime I click on the camera icon, it shuts my internet down. grrrrrr!
Marie from Tennessee
Training for Disney 2013 Goofy Challenge.....Yes, I'm certifiably CRAZY!
61 year olds must be out of their minds to run a half marathon followed by a full the next day!
Disney Half Marathon 1/7/2012 2:37:59
Bear Hunt 5K 9/24/11 28:28 pb
Trojan Trek Trail 5K 8/6/11 31:45
Expo 10K 5/28/11 1:01:28,
Expo 10K 5/26/12 1:05:39
Eastman 10K 9/8/2012 1:01:11 pb
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1
Congratulations to all of you on your great race times over the weekend.
We had cooler temps, so I did nine miles Saturday morning at around a 10:00 pace. Weather was ideal for me, around 50 with only a light breeze. Warmer today, so I slowed down for my six-miler. I'll probably do four on Wednesday, then nothing until my Sunday HM.
OK, I'll try to post a picture of our granddaughter.
Wow, it actually worked this time. This was last Wednesday, she was then 10 days old.
Completed in 2012:
The Qualifier HM, Midland MI, May 2012, 2:58, 80+ degrees
Dam to Dam 20K, Des Moines, IA, June 2012, 2:17, PR for this race
Garry Bjorklund HM, Duluth, MN, June 2012, 2:20
Fox Valley HM, St. Charles, IL, 9/16/12, 2:23
Des Moines HM, 10/21/12, 2:19
Tentative plans for 2013:
Wisconsin (Half) Marathon, Kenosha, WI 5/4/2013 (registered)
Dam To Dam 20K, Des Moines, 6/2/2013 (registration opens March 20th)
Grandma's (Half) Marathon, Duluth, MN, 6/22/2013 (if I get picked again in the lottery)
Des Moines HM, 10/20/2013 (registered)
Well, somehow I got kicked off this list and have not been getting any notifications in a while. Every now and then I would think about checking into it, wondering if for some reason this list was closed, but I can only find the link here at work, and work has been busy. This is the first chance I've had to get back and now I have lots of catching up to do! I have no idea why the notifications and messages just suddenly stopped - they didn't even show up in my spam.
ANYWAY, with that said, I am on track for the Chicago Marathon on 10/7! This will be h*ll week for me with the highest mileage of the training, 40 miles this week, with 20 miles being the long run this Saturday. Then, the blessed, very welcome TAPER - ahhhhhhhhh ! ! ! ! I have been very lucky to have no injuries, although my left knee has started to bother me at times. I've been using KT tape for my long runs, but have not figured out how to keep it from peeling off after a few miles. I clean the skin before, use zero stretch on the ends, and rub nicely after applying. I purchased some Ace bandage-type straps and will try to loosely wrap those over the KT tape just to keep it from peeling off, and hope for the best, because while in place it really works!!! I've also been foam rolling and icing. The knee is fine while walking, and even sometimes while running, so I'm pretty sure it's just reacting to the MILES.
My fund raising is right on track and I'm just a few $$ away from my goal, so if I have to I will just add it myself and be done with it. I will be SO EXCITED for this once the 20-miler is out of the way! I did 18 miles two weeks ago and it wasn't bad. I've been experimenting with different fuels and have found Chia Surge gu to be the best for me - decent taste and texture with no stomach issues, and best of all, it keeps me going!
OK back to catch up. Hopefully now that I have posted it will jump start the messages getting through again . . . .
Sue P. (age 57)
Started running January, 2012
First Marathon, Chicago 10/7/12 - 5:53:31
Steve: she is a sweetheart! Pretty as her name! I know you just want to eat her up with kisses and hugs.Tks for sharing her pic w/ us.
Sue, for some reason Active has apparently done away w/ the emial notifications. Bummer! I access the site, by going to coolrunning.com go to forums, then to newbie category, and then scroll down to find the 50 thread. Hope that helps. Good to see you back. We've missed you! Sounds like you are ready for your marathon! Good luck. Can't wait to read a race report!
Marie from Tennessee
Training for Disney 2013 Goofy Challenge.....Yes, I'm certifiably CRAZY!
61 year olds must be out of their minds to run a half marathon followed by a full the next day!
Disney Half Marathon 1/7/2012 2:37:59
Bear Hunt 5K 9/24/11 28:28 pb
Trojan Trek Trail 5K 8/6/11 31:45
Expo 10K 5/28/11 1:01:28,
Expo 10K 5/26/12 1:05:39
Eastman 10K 9/8/2012 1:01:11 pb
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1
Steve Thanks for sharing that great picture. she's BEAUTIFUL That face just says hold me POP.
nice 9 mile run also. what I wouldn't do for a run in with temps in the fifties.
suzeecat They say misery loves company. I'm also running Chicago on Oct 7th. If it makes you feel better I
Will start my last long run (26 miles) on Saturday at 3:30 am. To get a jump on our Florida's heat and humidity. Enjoy your long run as much as you'll enjoy the taper to follow. good Luck.
2012 Races: Tony from Florida
Jan.7,2012 Walt Disney World Half Marathon Orlando FL 02:09:14 PR
Oct 7 2012 Chicago Marathon Chicago Illinois 05:17:43
Feb 10, 2012 Rock N Roll Half Marathon St Petersburg FL
2011 Races:
Started running at 58 ( Nov 23rd 2010)
Half Marathon Results
Oct 31,2011 Fl Halloween Halfathron 02:18:22
Sept 4, 2011 Dodge Rock 'n' Roll Virgina Beach Half Marathon 02:28:20
April 30,2011 Country Music Half Marathon Nashville TN 02:56:02
Well, I've done a "little" catching up and, am I reading correctly that some time in October this will become, or be moved to a site that you have to pay for? Bummer!
I'm so glad and somewhat relieved to read about some others using a 2:1 run/walk ratio. I've been training for a while at that pace and was hoping it would be good enough for the marathon. I just feel that's a place and a pace that I can lock into for the long haul. I may not be quick, but all I want to do is finish and live to tell about it, and I don't want to have to make any excuses! I think it will feel weird at the beginning of the race when I start walking after just two minutes, and I will want to shout "there's a method to my madness"!
These shorter Fall days are really cramping my training style! I have to run 10 miles tonight and will really have to rush to get home and going by 5:30 p.m. in order to finish by 7:30 before it starts to get dark. I really don't like to run in the dark for many reasons. Even though I feel pretty safe on my route, if I can't see the sidewalk I hate to take the chance of tripping and tumbling. I've come this far, it would KILL me to be out of commission SO CLOSE!!!
Sue P. (age 57)
Started running January, 2012
First Marathon, Chicago 10/7/12 - 5:53:31
Sue- I'll be using the 2:1 for most of the HM this weekend; depending on how it goes I'll tweek it a little for the full on 10/21. You are right about the goal-to finish!
Dan-started running 1/29/2011 at age 57
notable 2012 runs:
Crazylegs Classic-Madison-8K--4/28/2012--00:52:14
Roxbury Rural Run--5K--5/5/2012-- 29:32-PR
Haslanger Classic--10K--8/4/2012--1:06:19 PR
WO-ZHA-WA Run--HM--9/15/2012--2:37:45
Honky Tonk Marathon- Wisconsin Dells- 10/21/2012-5:39:09
2013 runs:
Fleet Feet New Year's Day Dash-8K-1/1/2013--54:23
Door County HM- 5/4/2013
Fox Cities HM- 9/22/2013 (60thBD!)
Marie, Congrats on the 10K! Awsome job!
MKay, Sounds like progress. Try not to overdo it (like I'm one to give advice on that )
Steve, If children keep us young, well, we'll be expecting to see some new PRs out of you.
Tony, training in the heat is supposed to be like training at altitude - of course, that assumes you races will be when it's cooler...
Dan, good luck on the HM this weekend.
Suzee, I don't think they're changing the forums/bloggin to pay. I'm pretty sure it's just the training calendars/tracking that's changing to pay.
Urun2me, Amazing what a little cooler weather can do.
Training got bumped around a bit. Taking it semi-easy this week and will redo week 7 next week. Week 8 is taper which should get me close to my 10k race.
Run strong.
HI Everyone -
I am new to this post, new to 50 (August), and new to running. I started running my own version of a C25K, after NEVER running, on 8/6/12. I had been walking about 3 miles 4 times per week for the last three years and needed something more. I am now up to 4 miles 3-4 times per week at about 10.27 mi. I am running my first 5K this sunday. I pushed myself the other morning (Tuesday) and did 5 miles and had terrible right ankle and heel pain after the run. Tried to run on it yesterday and couldnt even push out 3 miles without stopping 3 times. I am impatient and think that maybe I have been trying to do too much too soon?? Any advice on how to create a running schedule that is challaning and builds in progress but at the right pace? Thanks!!
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After having continuously upgraded Volvo trucks to higher and higher GVWs, it was decided to design a really modern light-duty truck with modern components, to expand the annual production of trucks and try to take over market leadership in Scandinavia from the (cheaper) American light-duty trucks.
A light-duty truck that lasted
The resulting LV76-78 series was one of the best light-duty Volvo trucks ever made - at least according to the long service life they enjoyed and the surprisingly large number of trucks of this type which are still preserved in good shape (though one of the reasons why this type of truck did last long was of course because they were used for light-duty transport and could be used for all types of practical transport even in private use or on farms etc.)
The LV76-78 series (the only difference between the three types was in the GVW, the type of suspension and tyre dimension, while even the wheelbase was the same) resembled Volvo cars of the period. The front of the trucks, for instance, was the same as on the Volvo PV653 and PV658 cars, although the fenders were wider due to the bigger tyres needed even for these small trucks.
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After only 14 months on the job, Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Barry Garner has been fired for what he calls "a misunderstanding with a co-worker."
And in an interview with the Mercury News Thursday night, Garner acknowledged that it's the second time in two years the veteran elections director has been forced to resign under such circumstances.
An article published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in October about the Fulton County Elections Board, where Garner had served as Director of Registration and Elections for two years before accepting the Santa Clara County job in November 2011, reported that he'd been accused of sexual harassment there.
On Thursday, that newspaper's ongoing probe into that elections office included Garner's name in a recap of "recent Fulton elections embarrassments." While Garner was lauded for "making major improvements in the department," the story stated that an internal county document revealed that "he had admitted to inappropriate conduct in a sexual harassment investigation."
Reached by telephone at his Morgan Hill home, Garner said he had done nothing wrong as Santa Clara County's elections chief, but that after a talk with County Executive Jeff Smith last week, "we decided to go in different directions."
Smith would only confirm that Garner's last day was Friday, Jan. 25 -- something county officials never mentioned at the time and first hinted at with Thursday's news release announcing the appointment of Garner's interim replacement, a statement that declined to mention him.
"I cannot tell you the details of why he is no longer working for the county because it's a personnel matter," said Smith, who named Shannon Bushey, Assistant Registrar of Voters, to be Interim Registrar, effective immediately.
Smith said Bushey, a 22-year-veteran with the county -- 17 of them with the Registrar of Voters office -- "knows the office backwards and forwards, and we expect she will do a good job with the office."
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Garner's fall from grace stunned many.
The 45-year-old veteran elections official from Georgia was selected to replace former registrar of voters Jesse Durazo, who retired in July 2011, after a nine-year reign marked by a series of mishaps.
Since starting his $150,519 job in December 2011, Garner successfully coordinated last year's primary and general elections with nary a glitch, unlike his predecssor, whose tenure included delayed counting of absentee ballots in 2004; running out of Democrat ballots in the 2008 presidential primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and smudges on the absentee ballots in 2010.
Garner was determined to make changes and improve the reputation of the registrar's office. By last fall, he had developed a new, free mobile app for the iPhone/iPad and Android platforms to help voters access a variety of easy-to-use features on the office's website.
But sources told this newspaper a female employee at the registrar's office reported feeling uncomfortable with Garner's attention in September. He was notified by his colleagues to stop, sources said, but by December, the woman had reported to a manager that Garner had sent her an inappropriate text message.
"It's absolutely 100 percent false," Garner said.
Garner said he could not comment further on what precipitated his departure. He said he had never been accused of inappropriate behavior before Fulton County, which he characterized as an "unfair allegation" by another female employee, "a person I thought was a good friend of mine."
Looking back, he said, he may have said some things in Fulton County that he "should not have said -- it was banter back and forth." But when the woman's division didn't perform well, and he was told to discipline her, he said she filed a sexual harassment complaint against him.
Garner said his boss there told him he would be temporarily suspended but wouldn't lose his job over the matter. However, the county manager disagreed, and both he and Garner decided the workplace had become too toxic for him to continue working there.
Garner said he never mentioned the incident to Smith or other county officials when he was being interviewed for the job here and did not know if his boss had alerted them.
But when the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter contacted him last fall to tell him he would be including the information about the sexual harassment allegation in a story, Garner said he alerted Smith, who he said advised him to talk with Acting County Counsel Lori Pegg.
Garner said Pegg warned him not to engage in any such behavior here, or there would be consequences.
"I'm not perfect by any means," said Garner, who is married with two young children. "But I know I did not violate any county rules or laws. I did not harass anybody."
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I bought this drive for my home office. It was easy to install contrary to what I was afraid of. It has good speed, and plenty of storage space for my needs. Highly recommend this product.
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Review: Jetlev R200 Jetpack
IN THE WEEK or so since I flew the Jetlev R200 hydraulically powered jetpack, people have asked me, "Is it fun?" And I say, Why, yes, it is a jetpack.
This mind-bending piece of equipment, amphibious and aerobatic, slightly ludicrous and respectably hazardous, is a startling encounter with wetter-than-air flight that can be yours for a mere 100 grand (including the lessons that you'll sorely need). Or you can wait for a chance encounter with a Jetlev rental operation, on the beach in Barbados, say.
My advice: Don't drink and Jetlev.
Here's how it works: Aboard what is essentially a Jet-Ski hull, a three-cylinder, 200-horsepower Rotax engine runs a pump that shoots pressurized water (up to 60 pounds per square inch, or 420 pounds of thrust) up a 4-inch-wide, 33-foot length of high-tech fire hose. Here it meets the jetpack's aluminum Y connection, routing hydraulic pressure to two laterally mounted thrusters that can be operated separately—forward and back—with lever arms extending over the operator's shoulders.
A motorcycle-style twist-grip throttle regulates thrust. The flier sits on a small seat and is strapped in with a race-car-style five-point harness. As the jetpack flies, the pump boat simply trails behind it. The company puts the top speed at 30 miles per hour in level flight, with a range of about 80 miles, or three to five hours of operation.
Such parameters—and the fact that the pilot can both lift off and land from a dock, without ever getting his or her feet wet—raise the possibility of the Jetlev as a commuting device. Please close your eyes with me and enjoy the vision of squadrons of hedge-fund managers jetting down the Hudson River from Tarrytown.
Among the things to be scrupulously avoided: accelerating upward so fast that you actually pull the boat out of the water, which starves the pump of water and abruptly clips your water wings. The Jetlev has a maximum altitude of 30 feet (about the length of the hose), which is, believe me, a goodly fall.
There are currently about 100 of these machines in the world, made by Jetlev at a palm-shaded industrial park in Dania Beach, Fla., near Fort Lauderdale. Jetlev's sales office is a pretty little storefront near a marina, with a Maxim calendar model as a receptionist and a salty-as-hell retired ship captain as sales manager.
All in all, pretty standard-issue Florida. Sightseeing note: On the marina channel is Lucy and Desi's old house, a gleaming temple of '50s modernism. You could raze Fort Lauderdale, for all I care, but save that house.
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Autism in the News – Monday, 04.05.10
Holly Robinson Peete Writes Autism Book (MyFOXNY.com)
Actress Holly Robinson Peete and her husband, former NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, have a son who was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. Read more.
Autistic Man, Caregiver Found Safe (Buffalo, N.Y.)
40 year old Michael Donnelly of Buffalo, and 38 year old Antonio were found safe at a West Side church around 11am Monday. Read more.
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Jury selection begins this week for a teenager accused of stabbing and killing a classmate at Lincoln-Sudbury High School. Read more.
Breaking down behaviors for children on autism spectrum (WHYY.org)
When a child is diagnosed with autism, parents often feel like they are racing against time. This developmental disorder affects language, social skills and IQ. The earlier steps are taken, the better the results for the child. One popular intervention – called Applied Behavioral Analysis – has earned the seal of approval from powerful advocacy organizations. Read more.
Run raises more than $7K for autism (The Daily Campus)
UConn's Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity raised over $7,000 for autism spectrum disorders at their Autism Speaks 5k Run/Walk on Saturday. Read more.
Autism bill puts Ky. at forefront (Frankfort, Ky.)
Tucked into the flurry of legislation that passed the General Assembly last week was a landmark autism bill that will mean more Kentucky children with autism spectrum disorders will receive the intensive treatment they need. Read more.


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Some of the most fun I had at the World Fantasy Convention a few years ago involved hanging out with various Australians. They all stood on their heads to adjust to the gravity here, and I just found that tremendously endearing.
A bunch of Aussies are coming to New York City this weekend and then continuing on eventually to the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga, NY. Alas, I'm not going to be able to be there this year (too many work obligations), nor am I going to be able to go to the event at the Australian Consolate to welcome Australian SF writers to the U.S. because it's at nearly the same time at the Interfictions reading at McNally Robinson, alas. (Yes, I said alas at the beginning and end of that sentence. Because I feel much alasness.) But I'm hoping to at least make a brief appearance at the Books of Wonder event on Saturday from 3-5, where Garth Nix, Justine Larbalestier, Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Jonathan Strahan will be collectively and individually wondrous. (And Deborah Biancotti is threatening to teach me how to stand on my head so that when, eventually, I visit her homeland, I will be prepared.)
24 October 2007
The Aussies are Coming!
posted by Matthew Cheney
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The trick is to take the weight largely in your shoulders.ReplyDelete
very sorry I won't get to meet you. If the head balancing thing works out, hope to see you downunder sometime.ReplyDelete
I also feel much alasness. I am torn between going to the Aussie Consulate shindig with Cheryl (because, dude, I've never been inside a consulate before) and going to watch you read and yell "Burlesque Queen!" at you midway through....ReplyDelete
Tough choices, these.
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After watching this year's "Doctor Who" Christmas special, (6 p.m. PST Christmas Day, BBC America), you may never see a familiar holiday icon in the same benign light.
"Doctor Who," a British science fiction children's show, chronicles the travels of a Time Lord who, with a companion or two, travels in a time machine which camouflages itself as a blue British police box. The series was laid to rest in 1989 and had an unsuccessful TV movie in 1995. It was rebooted to great success in 2005. There have been 11 Doctors over the life of the series, the latest being Matt Smith.
In this year's Christmas special, "Doctor Who: The Snowmen," the Doctor, heartsick over losing his last companions, lands in the England of 1892, feeling very "bah humbug" about life in general.
"The Doctor is in a Scrooge-like state, being very depressed, like an old grumpy grandpa," says Jenna-Louise Coleman, 26, who plays Clara, the new companion, "and they meet. Clara takes an interest in him and so begins a new story."
"I think there's nothing like a Christmas special that's set in snowy Victorian England," says Caroline Skinner, co-executive producer of the series. "It gives it a real sense of landscape ... a slightly larger-than-life feeling, and you've got some incredibly scary monsters. There's something gloriously freaky about taking something that you're so used to in life ... to take it and give it an evil 'Doctor Who' twist."
"Doctor Who's" appeal has spanned generations.
—'Doctor Who' is certainly something in the U.K. you kind of grow up with it. It's part of your DNA," Skinner says. "It's just always been there."
Her first hazy memories start with the seventh Doctor, played by Sylvester McCoy in the late 1980s and 1990s, but she and her father watched "loads and loads of Tom Baker (the fourth Doctor, 1974-81) episodes back-to-back" later on.
Coleman didn't grow up with the Doctor. "It was never around when I was growing it. It was the gap (of 16 years when "Doctor Who" was off the air). I missed it in my childhood. When it came back in 2005, I was about 18, so I kinda missed it. I've always been very aware of it."
Coleman hopes to watch all the episodes soon going back as far as the original 1963 ones.
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Celebrated scholar Carla Kaplan's cultural biography, Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance, focuses on white women, collectively called "Miss Anne," who became Harlem Renaissance insiders.
The 1920s in New York City was a time of freedom, experimentation, and passion—with Harlem at the epicenter. White men could go uptown to see jazz and modern dance, but women who embraced black culture too enthusiastically could be ostracized.
Miss Anne in Harlem focuses on six of the unconventional, free-thinking women, some from Manhattan high society, many Jewish, who crossed race lines and defied social conventions to become a part of the culture and heartbeat of Harlem.
Ethnic and gender studies professor Carla Kaplan brings the interracial history of the Harlem Renaissance to life with vivid prose, extensive research, and period photographs.
Winner, Julia Ward Howe Prize
New York Times Notable Book
Publishers Weekly, "Ten Best" Books of 2013
NPR, "Best of 2013"
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"Must Read" Book, Massachusetts Book Awards
New York City in the Jazz Age was host to a pulsating artistic and social revolution. Uptown, an unprecedented explosion in black music, literature, dance, and art sparked the Harlem Renaissance. While the history of this African-American awakening has been widely explored, one chapter remains untold: the story of a group of women collectively dubbed "Miss Anne."
Sexualized and sensationalized in the mainstream press—portrayed as monstrous or insane—Miss Anne was sometimes derided within her chosen community of Harlem as well. While it was socially acceptable for white men to head uptown for "exotic" dancers and "hot" jazz, white women who were enthralled by life on West 125th Street took chances. Miss Anne in Harlem introduces these women—many from New York's wealthiest social echelons—who became patrons of, and romantic participants in, the Harlem Renaissance. They include Barnard College founder Annie Nathan Meyer, Texas heiress Josephine Cogdell Schuyler, British activist Nancy Cunard, philanthropist Charlotte Osgood Mason, educator Lillian E. Wood, and novelist Fannie Hurst—all women of accomplishment and renown in their day. Yet their contributions as hostesses, editors, activists, patrons, writers, friends, and lovers often went unacknowledged and have been lost to history until now.
In a vibrant blend of social history and biography, award-winning writer Carla Kaplan offers a joint portrait of six iconoclastic women who risked ostracism to follow their inclinations—and raised hot-button issues of race, gender, class, and sexuality in the bargain. Returning Miss Anne to her rightful place in the interracial history of the Harlem Renaissance, Kaplan's formidable work remaps the landscape of the 1920s, alters our perception of this historical moment, and brings Miss Anne to vivid life.
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Critical Praise
"Professor Kaplan, a biographer of the writer Zora Neale Hurston, captivatingly illuminates and places in overdue perspective." — New York Times
"In this remarkable work of historical recovery . . . [Kaplan] resurrects Miss Anne as a cultural figure and explores the messy contradictions of her life . . . deeply researched." — New York Times Book Review
"An empathetic and skillful writer, Kaplan . . . shares the previously untold story of a group of notable white women who embraced black culture--and life--in Harlem in the 1920s and '30s. . . . Captivating." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Endlessly fascinating, Miss Anne in Harlem reveals a whole new perspective on the Harlem Renaissance, and Carla Kaplan delivers an essential and absorbing portrait of race and sex in 20th century America." — Gilbert King, author of Devil in the Grove
"With superb, exhaustive research and finely dramatic writing, Carla Kaplan's brilliant Miss Anne in Harlem fills an aching void in our knowledge of the Harlem Renaissance. It also significantly deepens our understanding of American culture in the 1920s and American feminism in general." — Arnold Rampersad, author of The Life of Langston Hughes
"A work of meticulous and far-ranging scholarship, Miss Anne in Harlem matches its characters' shocking and subversive lives with explosive revelations and subtle insights. . . . Kaplan's haunting narrative forces a rethinking of race and gender." — Megan Marshall, author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life and The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism
"[An] utterly fascinating and deeply insightful account. . . . This fine book takes the Misses Anne seriously and goes further, to reveal the workings of interracial networks in one of the most important cultural phenomena in American history." — Nell Irvin Painter, author of The History of White People
"The fact that white women played a pivotal role in creating the Harlem Renaissance was a secret hiding in plain sight, but it took Carla Kaplan's keen eye, rigorous research, and crystal clear prose to reveal it. A surprising, delightful book." — Debby Applegate, author of The Most Famous Man in America
"Carla Kaplan has taken on a dauntingly liminal topic and by force of scholarly rigor and narrative compassion rendered it central to our understanding of an era. Lush, original, and vigorously argued...." — Diane McWhorter, author of Carry Me Home
"Kaplan always writes from inside her characters, and with a novelist's sense of scope—and compassion." — Hilton Als, New Yorker.com
"Kaplan's meticulously documented and intrepid history of Miss Anne encompasses a unique vantage on the complexities of race and gender and a dramatic study in paradox." — Booklist (starred review)
"(Kaplan's) extensive research has given life to a critical period in black American history-and given credit to the white women who, for various reasons, helped the Harlem Renaissance flourish." — NPR.org
"[A] revelatory book. . . . Aside from its significance as cultural history, Miss Anne in Harlem is packed with amazing life stories." — NPR's Fresh Air
"[R]ichly researched, thoughtful new book." — Boston Globe
"In her clear-sighted, empathetic assessment of a half-dozen of these women, Carla Kaplan casts a fresh eye over people and relationships too often reduced to stereotypes." — Daily Beast
"[An] intriguing new book." — Washington Post Book World
"Carla Kaplan has given us and history a great gift." — New York Journal of Books
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To the sound of Sung K. Baek's shrill whistle, a handful of top-level Korean swimmers are back training in South Lake Tahoe's pool and on the area's ski slopes.
"Last year it was the national swimmers," Baek said, standing at the pool's edge during Friday morning's training. "This year it's my club."
Baek runs JOB, the largest swim club in Korea. Typically, six to eight of the national team members come from his club, he said. With the Olympics coming up this summer, he's pushing his team extra hard to be prepared for the country's qualifiers in April.
"This is kind of developing or improving their aerobic functions," Baek said. "Naturally, swimming is an aerobic function, except the 50-meter freestyle, so they need a lot of aerobic base."
This is Baek's second year bringing swimmers to Lake Tahoe. The high-altitude training increases their lung capacity and performance, he said. As cross training, the group goes cross-country skiing or downhill skiing.
"There are many high-altitude places to train," Baek said. "But we need to be able to cross-train. Cross-country skiing is optimal."
It's been a little tough to get out on the trails this year because there's been so little snow, Baek said. But when the group has gotten out, it's been good, he added.
"Spooner was nice," he said. "When it was snowing, it was fantastic."
Of course, this winter has hardly been anything like last year's, when the Koreans first visited South Lake Tahoe.
"Last year, I wasn't sure if this was a swim squad or a ski squad," Baek joked.
Still, the training has proved effective for swimmer Minkyu Park, who was deemed the fastest sprint swimmer in Korea last year.
"It's helped with my fitness, with my endurance," he said. "The very first period or first few months it's hard to breathe, but after that it's okay."
Baek is developing Park to be a better relay swimmer. Two of the other five swimmers visiting South Lake Tahoe, Youin Jung and Jungmin Lee, are just beginning their training for top positions on the country's swim team. They're still teenagers and probably won't compete on the international level for at least a couple years, Baek said.
"I have a lot of younger swimmers at home who are jealous," Baek said. "If you're just starting out, you can't come here."
Baek only brings the best swimmers or those with the most potential to the training camp. This year he brought five swimmers to South Lake Tahoe. He hopes in a couple years he'll have the funding to bring 12.
Though it's just a small group, the team's regimented workouts and graceful strokes draw attention from other pool users.
"It's fun to watch their techniques," said lifeguard Grace Usui. "Sometimes they'll swim with converse on."
The audience can make it awkward for Coach Baek.
"When I get angry, it's hard to yell at them in front of a lot of people," Baek said. "But I do it because I'm their coach."


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CORPUS CHRISTI – Former San Antonio Spurs great and NBA Head Coach Avery Johnson will be the featured speaker at the 2013 Islander Athletic Fund Golf Tournament Dinner and Auction. The event will take place on the evening of Thursday, April 11, at the Omni Hotel.
Individual tickets for the dinner/auction are available for $50, with a table of 10 available for $450. The dinner will be accompanied by a silent auction featuring dozens of items up for bid. The evening begins at 6 p.m. in the Nueces Ballroom of the Omni Hotel. The event is presented by Facility Solutions Group.
Johnson helped lead the Spurs to the 1999 NBA Championship as the team's point guard. The Spurs retired his number in 2007 and he was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. He went on to serve as a head coach in the NBA for both the Dallas Mavericks and Brooklyn Nets.
In his college years at Southern, he totaled 732 assists in just 61 games, and set an NCAA record by averaging 13.3 assists per game in his senior season. He also holds the NCAA single game record with 22 assists, and is the only player in NCAA Division I history to have 20-plus assists in a game more than once, doing so four times during his two years at Southern.
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A 6-year-old went missing from an Aiken County school and was found off school property about half a mile away, running along a busy highway. (WRDW-TV)
News 12 First at Five / Thursday, Jan. 17, 2012
WINDSOR, S.C. (WRDW) -- For Miranda Bowles, taking her 6-year-old son to school has new meaning. Just last week, after dropping her son off at Oakwood-Windsor Elementary School, located just east of Aiken, she got a call no parent ever wants to get.
"I received a call 20 to 30 minutes after I left the school to tell me that my son had exited to the school," Bowles said.
The 6-year-old boy was nowhere to be found. Bowles later found out that he ran toward their home in Windsor along a very busy Charleston Highway, also known as Highway 78.
"There's so many Mack trucks and fast vehicles and everything else that go down this highway," Bowles said.
She says her son may not have been found if it weren't for a man who was driving to work when he saw the small boy running only feet from the highway. The man, Bryan Lindell, called 911.
"We're on the way to work on Highway 78, and we just passed right in front of Oakwood-Windsor Elementary School, and there's a little ol' fella by Highway 78 running down the road. I don't know if he slipped out of the school or whatever, but he's out there all by himself," he explained to the dispatcher in a copy of the recording News 12 obtained from the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.
"He was away from the school far enough to where nobody would have seen him, and he was 5 or 10 feet from the highway," Lindell later said to News 12 in an interview.
The 6-year-old later told his mother and News 12 that he made it all the way to a distinctive sprout of grass along the highway until a guidance counselor from the school came and escorted him back to school property.
If that's true, the child made it 2/3 of a mile from the school doors.
"Anything could have happened. Murder, kidnapping, an accident, anything," his mother said.
She told News 12 that she later transferred her son to another elementary school in Aiken County but only after she had to threaten the school district with legal action.
News 12 also spoke with Oakwood-Windsor Principal Debra McCord. She says the child felt his mother was in danger at home and that's why he left the building. He was bound and determined to leave, McCord says, and he found the perfect opportunity to sneak out unnoticed.
McCord says the school called the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, too, and teachers and administrators were following policy strictly. This was just a freak incident, she says. She adds that it could happen at any other school and that it has happened in other schools in the past.
However, she says, she has talked to teachers, and they're reemphasizing a buddy system to keep this from happening again.
Bowles says that while she greatly respects the teachers and principal of Oakwood-Windsor, she's speaking out to prevent this from happening again, too.


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Not only does Spain have a rich cultural heritage, a majestic blend of topographies, and internationally recognized museums and cathedrals, Spain's universities are world famous for their foreign language centers, making it an ideal country for Spanish language immersion. Spain has something to offer for everyone studying abroad, whether you want to experience the mountainous northern region of Cataluna, the rich beauty of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the south, or the beautiful beaches of the Costa del Sol.
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The coastal areas tend to be more moderate with rain in spring and fall, and heat haze being common in the summer due to the increased moisture in the air. With winter comes increased rainfall and mild temperatures.
Moving inland, the summers become hotter and drier with temperatures reaching into the 100's. The winters are chilly with temperatures just above freezing, but feel colder with the usual wet weather that accompanies the season.
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The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved a filing made by Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri to adjust the fuel and purchased power adjustment charge (FAC) on the bills of its electric customers.
In its filing, Ameren Missouri stated the proposed adjustment to customer rates primarily reflected changes in its fuel and purchased power costs net of off-system sales revenues experienced during the four month period of October 2012 through January 2013.
A residential customer using 1,100 kWh (kilowatt-hours) per month will see the FAC charge increase by approximately $0.96 a month. The change will take effect during the June 2013 billing month.
The fuel adjustment charge was authorized by the Commission for Ameren Missouri in a regular rate case in 2009. The FAC tariff allows the company to pass increases or decreases in its net fuel and purchase power costs to customers outside of a general rate case.
The FAC allows the company to recover most – up to 95 percent – of its costs, but not all, to encourage conservation and prudence in fuel use by the company. Any charges resulting from the fuel adjustment clause must appear in a separate category on customers' bills.
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- Oct 5:
- Oakland A's catcher Stephen Vogt has a night he'll never forget
- Oct 5:
- A's Sonny Gray puts on legendary performance
- Oakland A's top Detroit Tigers on ninth-inning single
- Oakland A's finally get revenge -- sort of -- against Tigers ace Justin Verlander
- Tigers reliever Joaquin Benoit apologizes for comments about World Series
- A's third baseman Josh Donaldson says Tigers' Prince Fielder has got some wheels
- Oakland A's won't hesitate to test wounded Tiger Miguel Cabrera
- A's manager Bob Melvin not watching baseball after a loss
- A's shuffle starting lineup for Game 2 against Detroit Tigers
OAKLAND -- The A's clutched and grabbed and scraped and just kept holding on and on, which all made Game 2 seem like about three or four games at once.
It was just one game, one victory, tying this ALDS 1-1 as the scene shifts to Detroit for Game 3 on Monday.
But every bit of Saturday's 1-0 A's victory felt weighted down and significant in some important and audacious way.
You can't win a playoff series unless you win at least one game like this along the way, and the A's just did.
"Felt like one of those games where it was going to be a battle of attrition," A's manager Bob Melvin said.
"You try not to think of those things, you try to just stay in the moment and not try to think about what happens if you go down 2-nothing.
"But our guys were battling all night, and luckily enough we're even at 1-1 now."
The stars on this night were Sonny Gray, who pitched eight brilliant innings in his playoff debut, and Stephen Vogt, who lined the winning single in the bottom of the ninth.
The stage was a raucous Coliseum, with a sellout crowd that alternately held its breath and erupted and held its breath and finally erupted one last time as the A's emptied from their dugout to celebrate the one and only run of the game.
One massive run, after hours of nothing.
One victory, drenched in tension and drama and ending in thunder.
"There was never any doubt in my mind that we were going to keep putting up zeros," Vogt said, "the way Sonny pitched the ball and bring in (Grant Balfour) in the ninth.
"We felt good about tonight, sticking with the scouting reports. And with the stuff that Sonny had tonight, scouting reports were kind of a moot point."
With the A's already down 1-0 in this series, this game wasn't just about figuring out a way to grind out a victory.
It was about making sure they could take this series beyond the next few days.
Every bit of this game was loaded with consequence -- mostly because it was a matchup between the very great Justin Verlander and the very young Gray.
It was so typical of the A's to put a rookie into that dicey spot, and also to believe that Gray could absolutely deliver in the moment.
And it was so typical of this buoyant season for the A's to get everything they needed, and to keep moving forward.
It turned out to be the first game in postseason history in which both starting pitchers had at least nine strikeouts and no runs allowed.
So, yes, Gray held up his end. More than held it up, he carried the A's, too, just as Verlander carried the Tigers.
On and on the two men pitched -- a duel in the night, with this ALDS set to pivot on the outcome, whenever it came, and whatever it was.
It felt like it might be a duel, it started as a duel, and it went into the night as one of the most passionate pitching clashes you'll ever see.
There was Verlander heaving his 95 mph fastball along with his heart and guts for seven shutout innings.
And, despite his inexperience, Gray kept answering with his own high heat and extended brilliance.
Fists were pumped, and glares were exchanged. Strikeouts happened all over the place. Hardly anybody got on base.
The drama built and built as the zeros went up on the board.
The A's got some action in the late innings, starting with the seventh -- Verlander's final inning -- when they put runners on first and third and the anticipation grew.
With the Coliseum crowd roaring, and the ground shaking, Verlander threw a 98 mph fastball past Vogt on the 10th pitch of the at-bat to finish off the bottom of the seventh.
But, after 117 pitches and 11 strikeouts, that was it for Verlander, who turned it over to the Detroit bullpen.
For his part, Gray threw 111 pitches and went eight shutout innings, giving up only four hits and striking out nine.
"You had two starting pitchers that were electric tonight, and they were going to put up zeros," Melvin said.
It ended when Yoenis Cespedes led off the bottom of the ninth with a single to left, then Seth Smith lined a single to right, giving the A's runners at first and third with no one out.
Josh Reddick was walked intentionally to load the bases, setting up reliever Rick Porcello to face Vogt.
Then Vogt slammed the line drive into the outfield to drive in Cespedes, and it was finally over.
It got the A's back into this series, and that's all they could've hoped for, with all the passion and energy they could manage.
This game was never going to be easy; this series certainly won't be a cakewalk.
But the audacious A's kept it going Saturday, kept pushing, kept punching, and winning.
Read Tim Kawakami's Talking Points blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami. Contact him at email@example.com.


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Roker Apologizes for de Blasio One-Term Insult
Weatherman Al Roker apologized on Friday to Mayor Bill de Blasio for predicting on Twitter that New York City's new chief executive would serve only a single term.
But Mr. Roker said on NBC's "Today" show that he isn't backing off his criticism of the mayor's decision to keep schools open in the midst of Thursday's snowstorm.
"I made a prediction that there would only be one term of his administration — I apologize for that," Mr. Roker said. "Everything else I stand by."
Mr. Roker described the one-term comment as "below the line." Mr. de Blasio, the city's first Democratic mayor in 20 years, was elected in November in a landslide to a four-year term that began New Year's Day.
In a series of tweets on Thursday, Mr. Roker lambasted the mayor for deciding to keep the nation's largest school system open during a powerful Nor'easter.
At a news conference Thursday, when the mayor was asked about Mr. Roker's tweets, he said it was a "different thing to run a city than to give the weather on TV."
Mr. de Blasio defended himself again Friday morning, saying he made the best possible decision based on the information available when he made the call Wednesday night. "We did the right thing," Mr. de Blasio told reporters outside his home Friday morning.
Mr. Roker said he understood that the mayor and school officials like to keep schools open to ensure children receive a hot meal, "but other cities have those issues too, and they closed school."
"It's about safety — safety first for children," Mr. Roker said.
"Parents who can't afford to stay home, I get that too," Mr. Roker said. "But, again, what's more difficult — to know that your kids are going to stay home or have to, all of a sudden, figure out how to get them home when school lets out early?"
Mr. Roker said he is "very passionate" about the weather, but he said he regretted the tweet about the mayor's political future. Mr. Roker was tweeting from Sochi, Russia, as he enjoyed spring-like weather at the site of the Winter Olympic Games.
Savannah Guthrie, the "Today" show's co-anchor, joked on Friday that the International Olympic Committee was adding tweeting to the 2018 Games.
"Yes!" Mr. Roker, replied, raising his fists into the air. "Again, I apologize for the low-blow one."
"All right, Al," said co-anchor Matt Lauer, concluding the segment with a smile.
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WILLIAMSTOWN - Bad hand and all, Williamstown's Eli Gray hit a three-run homer and finished the game with five runs batted in as the Yellowjackets defeated Belpre, 21-7, Tuesday in five innings.
Gray injured his throwing hand last week and felt some discomfort trying to grip the bat but gave his coach the green light that he was ready for action against the Golden Eagles.
"I fell on a set of steps and just hurt my hand," said Gray, who flew out to left field in an attempt to homer in the same inning which resulted in 14 Williamstown batters making a plate appearance and nine runs scoring in the bottom of the third inning.
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Williamstown catcher Josh DeBolt turns to see a sliding Tavian Miller of Belpre Tuesday after taking a relay throw from first baseman Avery Goff in the first inning.
After tagging out Miller, DeBolt shows his glove to the umpire.
Miller looks for the call after the play at the plate. Miller was ruled out and Williamstown rallied from a 5-2 second inning deficit to record a 21-7 victory.
"On that home run, I didn't really feel the pain," Gray continued. "The ball went off the sweet spot of the bat then went over the fence. I thought it was a pop up at first, but it kept on carrying."
All told, Williamstown pounded out 18 hits, including seven for extra base hits. Out of the No. 5 hole in the Yellowjacket batting order, Jake Tracewell went 3-for-3 with a double, three runs scored and one RBI. Teammate Josh DeBolt contributed two doubles and drove in three runs, while Dakota Watson was credited with three RBIs.
Seven Williamstown hitters enjoyed multi-hit games.
"You don't know what kind of pitching you are going to see," Williamstown coach Terry Smith said after his ballclub improved to 10-5.
The momentum sided with Belpre at the outset as the Golden Eagles scored four runs on four hits in the top of the first inning. Alex Perry led off the game with a walk, stole second then scored on Tavian Miller's one-out double.
Cleanup hitter Ryan Epperly followed with a single to right field, but Miller was gunned down at the plate when right fielder Landon Travis hit the cutoff and first baseman Avery Goff threw a strike to catcher Josh DeBolt, who had the plate blocked for the out.
Williamstown was nearly out of the woods, but Dakota McDaniel hit a bases-loaded double with two outs that drove in three runs for a Belpre 4-0 advantage.
The Yellowjacket offense was the recipient of a pair of one-out walks in the bottom of the first inning and both runners eventually scored, first on a balk and then on Jake Tracewell's two-out double.
Belpre tacked on a run in its half of the second inning before Williamstown answered with six runs on four hits in the bottom half of the frame. Josh DeBolt delivered the big blow with an opposite field two-run, two-out double.
A nine-run outburst in the third inning put Williamstown in front 17-5.
Watson eventually settled down as the starter and lasted three innings before giving way to Reece Westfall and Josh Daniell for an inning apiece. The two sophomores and freshman enabled coach Smith to save his rotation for two crucial games this week - starting with a road test today at Ritchie County, followed by Thursday's games at Gilmer County.
"Ritchie and Gilmer are two of the best teams around ... I figured Belpre is non-conference, so we went with our young guys a little bit," Smith said. "Our pitchers were throwing strikes, and Belpre just hit the ball."
Despite falling to 2-9, Belpre received two hits apiece from Epperly, Hayden Plummer and McDaniel. Byers and Epperly accounted for two of the Golden Eagles' four doubles.


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Canada Debates Its Case of Dutch Disease
Originally posted on Canada Real Time.
By David George-Cosh
Ottawa officials have been batting down the prognosis that Canada has a case of "Dutch disease," the economic affliction long associated with the erosion of the Netherlands' manufacturing industry after the discovery of natural gas.
But behind the scenes, Canadian officials also put some thought into what exactly Dutch disease is in the first place, according to documents reviewed by Canada Real Time as part of an Access to Information Act request.
Bank of Canada Gov. Mark Carney and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty have publicly challenged accusations by some analysts and politicians that the country's manufacturing sector is being hollowed out by a northern strain of Dutch disease. The term was first coined by The Economist in 1977 to describe how gas discoveries in the Netherlands boosted the country's currency and weakened that country's non-energy, manufacturing sector.
Several Canadian politicians, including the federal opposition NDP, have accused Alberta's oil-sands development of doing essentially the same thing: boosting the Canadian dollar, which in turn hurts Canadian manufacturers, who export most of their wares. The Dutch disease debate raged in Ottawa–and across Canada–through much of 2012.
But a quieter dialogue over the malady was also taking place in Ottawa—over how to describe Dutch disease in the first place, according to the documents, which included emails between civil-servant officials at Industry Canada and other ministries.
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Mr. Paul Steinhaus was installed as Principal of Martin Luther High School, Northrop June 23. Officiants were Rev. Robert C. Trueblood and Rev. John Bennett. A graduate of Concordia University, Mequon, WI, Steinhaus has been a Lutheran high school teacher for the past 15 years. He most recently taught at N.E.W. Lutheran High School in Green Bay, WI. where he taught Biology, coached volleyball and served as Assistant Principal. He and his wife, Lynn, have three daughters: Marissa, Lydia and Kambria.
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If you left-click or tap the Windows 8.1 Start Button, you'll open the Start Screen and have access to all of your apps. Interestingly, if you have multiple monitors connected to your PC, clicking the Start Button opens the Start Screen on the monitor where you clicked. In other words, you can open the Start Screen on any monitor you want.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's and women's tennis programs raised over $6,000 this weekend through the Mercedes-Benz Dealers Championships Islanders-Am on Saturday. Sixteen doubles teams on both the men's and women's sides competed for the title of the tournament, which was supported through the generous support of Ed Hicks Imports.
"I want to thank all of our participants for making this a tremendously successful event," Director of Tennis Steve Moore said. "Everybody had a wonderful time, and thanks to the generous support of Ed and Charlie Hicks, our two winners received a wonderful prize.
"I hope this is the first year of what will be a tremendously successful annual event for years to come."
The winners – Kevin Liles and Texas Tennis Association officer Katy Rogers – each won an all-expense paid trip for two to Pinehurst, N.C., where they will spend four nights at the Pinehurst Resort and Spa. The winners will then compete in a point-based competition at the event with the chance to win a three-day/two-night VIP trip to the 2012 US Open in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
The tournament was set up in a single-elimination doubles format, with the competing players being paired up with a player from the Islanders Tennis program. However, Islanders would rotate to a different advancing team following every win, ensuring that no participant was able to succeed solely on the ability of their partner.
"The setup was unique in that nobody from our program was matched up with a particular player more than once," Moore said. "I think it also gave our players a chance to interact with some of the leaders of our community, which is great for our program. We're happy that our student-athletes got a chance to be ambassadors for our University and our athletic department."


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Hospitals urge House to scuttle budget
Yesterday, on the eve of the budget vote in the House of Representatives, Steve Ahnen president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association (NHHA), wrote to lawmakers urging them to scuttle the budget, which he warned would adversely affect "the patients and communities we serve" because some of the projected revenue will no materialize and therefore never make its way back to New Hampshire hospitals.
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State abuse law passed after Penn State applies in Frazier case
Published: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 9:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 9:50 p.m.
In the wake of the Penn State scandal involving football coach Jerry Sandusky, Florida passed the strictest law in the nation for failing to report child abuse.
Florida's law requiring mandatory reporting of suspected child sex abuse on schools and universities, considered one of the toughest such laws in the nation, went into effect Oct. 1. Here are some of its provisions.
• Everyone in Florida is a mandated reporter but some people are professionally mandated reporters. For example, social workers, medical and mental health professionals, teachers and other school officials must give their names and occupation or place of business when calling.
• Child abuse by parents, caregivers, any other adults and juvenile sex offenders should be reported to DCF's statewide hotline.
• Failure to report child abuse to DCF is now a third degree felony (previously this was a first degree misdemeanor).
• College and university law enforcement and administrators are required to report known or suspected child abuse occurring on campuses or at events sponsored by their institution. Failure to report may subject the institution to a fine.
• Reports of child abuse should be made to the Florida Department of Children and Families statewide hotline (1-800-96-ABUSE) or through the DCF website.
– SOURCE: Florida Council Against Sexual Violence
Any person — including school officials and employees — who fails to report suspected abuse to a state hotline faces third-degree felony charges, which carry a possible five-year prison sentence and fines up to $5,000.
Before the new law took effect on Oct. 1, reporting was only mandated when the suspected abuser was a parent or caretaker, and the charge for not reporting was a misdemeanor.
"It's a very good law," said Stephen Pennypacker, deputy director of children's legal services for the Florida Department of Children and Families. "And if it stops one Jerry Sandusky it's a great law."
The law is called the "Protection of Vulnerable Persons Act," but not everyone agrees it does enough to prevent abuse or delves into the problem at its core.
In addition, experts say, the failure-to-report law may be difficult to prosecute and at least one published report backs that up.
"It's a very ill-conceived law and it doesn't take any practical steps to address the problem," said Kate Bohl, a law professor at Stetson University who teaches a course on "Children and the Law."
"We are looking at people accusingly but not going to the heart of the problem, and that's educating people as to what the signs are," Bohl said.
This week, the Bradenton Police Department recommended to the state attorney's office that five Manatee County School District employees face a total of 17 criminal charges, including failure to report child abuse, in the case of Manatee High assistant football coach Rod Frazier case.
Frazier is alleged to have inappropriately touched a female student, sent her text messages, told her he loved her and asked for a naked photograph.
Bradenton Police recommended that Frazier, Assistant Superintendent Bob Gagnon, former district investigator Debra Horne and two other district employees face charges that include battery, lying to police and failure to report abuse.
The distribution of those charges is not known and the Herald-Tribune has not been able to identify the other two employees.
"We have a law that attempts to prosecute after harm has been done, which helps very little," Bohl said. "It's a response to political pressure and it does little in reality."
Battery is a misdemeanor and can result in one year in prison.
"How ironic that the coach" accused of the abuse "would face a misdemeanor and the people who failed to report it would face a felony," said Derek Byrd, president of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
The primary architect behind the new law is South Florida resident Lauren Book, who said she was abused as a child by her nanny for six years. She is the founder of an advocacy group called "Lauren's Kids" and travels the state speaking out against abuse.
"The law is very clear, if you suspect it, you report it — period," Book said. "I don't care if it is a principal, or who it is, if you didn't report it, or you knew or had reason to believe and you didn't report it, you are subjected to that third-degree felony."
Bradenton police spent nearly two months investigating Frazier, and interviewed more than 50 students, teachers, employees and administrators.
The state attorney's office will now decide whether to file charges, and that could take a few weeks.
Prosecuting someone for failure to report can be quite difficult, says Bohl, the Stetson professor, and others agree.
"It is very hard to prosecute because unless you have iron-clad evidence," Bohl said. "The person is well within his right to say, 'I didn't have enough information to report.' "
Said Pennypacker: "It isn't the easiest thing to prosecute. It's not like a DUI where you have someone stumbling down, but it's certainly prosecutable."
In 2011, at the height of the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal at Penn State, USA Today reviewed 222 cases of non-reporting across the country, and only 102 people were convicted.
In nearly all of the states that could provide records, the newspaper found that prosecutors typically charged only one or two people a year.
"You'd likely have the proverbial 'he said-she said' case," Byrd said. "That would be a tough case for the state to prove because, in general, what would the motive be for the officials not to report?
"The standard to have someone arrested is just probable cause. The state attorney has a higher standard because they would have to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt."
On Nov. 15, Frazier was put on paid leave pending the outcome of a district investigation, and Horne interviewed six school employees at Manatee High that day.
She was provided information about a girl seen by a teacher sitting in Frazier's lap inside his office at school, the Herald-Tribune has reported.
Another teacher said she saw text messages from Frazier to the girl.
In addition, Horne was given the names of four girls who may have had information about possible inappropriate behavior but never interviewed them, or any of their parents.
No one called police or the state hotline, DCF officials have said.
On Nov. 16, Frazier returned to Manatee High to coach in a football playoff game.
On Jan. 9, a student's mother delivered a letter to Manatee principal Don Sauer alleging that Frazier groped the student and asked her to meet him in a park several times, among other things.
"That would be hard to get around," Byrd said of the letter. "I don't know how you would get around not reporting abuse in that matter."
It was not until a story in the Herald-Tribune on Feb. 7 detailing the letter that the Bradenton police were made aware of the district's investigation and got involved.
Jennifer Dritt, executive director of the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence, said it is not altogether unusual for school employees across the country to not report suspected abuse.
"One reason could be not wanting to ruin a school's reputation," Dritt said, "or it could be because sometimes you're dealing with a successful athletic coach and you want the situation to stop or you don't think it's that serious.
"But when people are charged it's a reminder that this is serious business."
Staff writer Katy Bergen contributed to this story.
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NREL to Hold Workshop on Energy Storage Needs for Material Handling Equipment in Conjunction with ProMat 2011
March 17, 2011
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will hold a workshop focusing on onboard storage performance needs for material handling equipment and other motive fuel cell applications in conjunction with the ProMat 2011 Conference on Monday, March 21 in Chicago. Workshop participants will include equipment developers, manufacturers, end users, and expert stakeholders who will be discussing important performance requirements for material handling equipment and the impacts these requirements will have on onboard energy storage needs.
The information from this workshop will be used by NREL to identify performance needs for onboard energy storage in fuel cell powered material handling equipment. A final report of the project will be published in the fall of 2011.
The workshop is open to the public, but participants must register for free for ProMat 2011 to attend. Limited seating is available, register today. Please contact Chris Ainscough with questions about this workshop.


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Topic: The Stubbs Family
Entry for December 26, 2007
Jim was admitted into the hospital a couple days ago due to some persistent sickness and the inability to eat food and keep it down. The doctor thinks that possibly the cancer has returned although the scans are showing up inconclusive. There is some kind of pressure behind his stomach, it is undermined at this time what it is. It may be adhesions from the chemo/radiation therapy he has received.
He is being scheduled for surgery to remove whatever is behind his stomach, in the next few days when Hopkins has a bed ready. He will be transfered to Hopkins in Baltimore as soon as that happens. He is currently being nourished intravenously.
So, be with us in prayer over Jim that it is something else besides cancer and that it can be mended. And that he is able to eat again soon on his own.
He is positive and Carole is ever supportive and focused on God's great healing and wisdom. We are so thankful her eyesight has improved to the point where she was recently able to get her driver's license back and therefore can drive herself home for some rest between hospital visits.
We will be traveling to Baltimore as soon as we know when he is being transferred. We will keep in touch as we find out more information.
Love, Jamison and Meghan
P.S. for those of you who know Jim and Carole, please feel free to pass along this inforamtion to any friends you think would like to know. Carole is tired and overloaded with preperations for her stay in Baltimore and can't reach everyone at this time but takes great comfort in knowing Jim is covered in prayer.


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Summer Party
4 August 2013
Event at the Cultural Summer 2013
Get to know the Jewish Museum Berlin from its sunny side!
At the big summer party for the whole family, the kids fight against Goliath, jump with the animals on Noah's ark, print their own T-shirts or bake mazzah bread while the grown-ups test their knowledge of Judaism in the quiz "Mazel Tov!" or explore the new academy building designed by Daniel Libeskind on a guided tour.
4 August 2013, 11 am to 6 pm
Museum Garden
admission to the garden program is free of charge
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Louise Gold & The Quarz Orchestra swing with Mad-Men-Sound on the last day of the summer vacation, which ends with the force of the Greek-Israeli-German band Cherry Bandora – in between there is falafel in the plane grove, coffee & cake in a deck chair, waffles and ice cream and much, much more...
The summer party program can be downloded as a pdf-file (in German).