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Labor MPs thinking of returning to Beazley should remember his record, writes Shaun Carney.
At the outset of the Second World War, Winston Churchill described Russia as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Could not the same words apply to the perplexing determination of at least a few federal Labor MPs to reinstate Kim Beazley as the party's leader?
Even if the chief criticisms of Simon Crean's leadership - that he cannot hold a candle to John Howard; that he is unpopular with the electorate; and that he has not been able to explain what Labor stands for - are embraced, the question remains: why Beazley?
According to one of his footsoldiers, Con Sciacca, Beazley is a changed man from the one who led the ALP from March 1996 to November 2001. Sciacca says Beazley has a new-found determination. It is a potent observation because it goes to the heart of the political and electoral problems Beazley suffered as leader. And it shows that even on the say-so of his friends, Beazley needs to be a different person if he is to have any chance of doing better than he did during his previous stint at the top of the Labor tree. The reasons for this are clear.
As leader, Beazley communicated poorly, dithered on policy and was comprehensively outsmarted by Howard. If the mark of a successful leader is to leave his party in better shape than when he found it, then Beazley was not a successful leader.
In his press conference yesterday, Beazley was determined to stress how close he had come to winning the 1998 and 2001 elections. It is true that he took over in 1996 after a landslide defeat and that on his watch Labor made a net gain of seats in the Parliament.
But it is also true that Beazley as leader allowed Labor to drift, especially after the 1998 election. In what would become emblematic of his leadership, he made no effort in his second term as opposition leader to freshen up the front bench; he simply sat back and took the calls from the three faction leaders. They decided who formed his front bench.
He told his caucus that they could expect to surf in on a wave of anti-GST sentiment. He hitched his star to the Knowledge Nation package of policies, but at the first taste of criticism from the Government, he went back into hiding.
And then he killed his credibility with a large slab of Labor voters and other Australians with liberal sentiments when he supported the storming of the Tampa by the Australian military.
Taken together, Beazley's timid and sometimes slothful approach on these issues left his party in despair. Since then, Labor's rank and file has been embarrassed about itself and has felt, correctly, that it is in danger of losing its relevance to the Greens.
When people say they don't know what Labor stands for, they are applying a critique to Kim Beazley's Labor Party, much more than to Simon Crean's leadership. For proof of this, look no further than the 2001 election campaign.
Prior to the campaign, which was called in October of that year, Labor's research showed that voters were unclear about Beazley. What did be believe? What were his policies, his philosophies? Thus Labor was forced to run a series of advertisements in which Beazley uttered bromides about such things as better service delivery and then declared to the camera "this is what I stand for".
Given that Beazley has now begun his pitch to regain the Labor leadership on the basis that he is certain he can beat Howard (although Howard has already beaten him twice) a few things need to be noted about those ads.
When Beazley made them, he had been a member of parliament for 21 years. For 13 of those 21 years he had been a minister and for a short period he had also been deputy prime minister. He had been leading the Labor Party for five-and-a-half years. After all that time, he finally got around to saying what he stood for, and only because the research told him he had to.
The whole process reached a cringe-inducing denouement on the day of Labor's official campaign launch. Beazley began his address with an uneasy, quasi-parody of the opening lines from Gough Whitlam's 1972 campaign speech, "men and women of Australia", and followed up with a squeaky, embarrassed chortle, suggesting that even he didn't take himself seriously.
Beazley continued: "Today I offer myself as prime minister of this great country. I want the job!" The emptiness of Beazley's ambition was laid bare. He wanted the prime ministership because, well, he was supposed to.
Indeed, what is so confounding about Beazley's renewed interest in the Labor leadership is that it signals a remarkable turnaround in his plans. Only six months ago, Crean asked Beazley, who went to the back bench after the 2001 election, to take on a shadow ministry. Beazley turned it down on the grounds that he was not even sure he would be renominating for his seat at the next election.
By this stage, the campaign against Crean, driven by the head office of the New South Wales branch of the ALP and right wing elements in Brisbane, was well under way; anonymous Labor MPs have been quoted in the media sniping about Crean since the day he was elected Labor leader.
As little as six months ago, there were no solid plans to reinstall Beazley by the plotters, who referred to themselves, accurately, as the ABC group - Anyone But Crean. They reeled out others, most notably Wayne Swan and Kevin Rudd, as possible replacements but both names failed to gain traction.
Finally, they settled on Beazley. Howard is ecstatic at this turn of events. He told his party room last week that Labor's failure to move to the next generation of leaders means it will be easier to defeat at the next election.
It is difficult to overstate just how dysfunctional Labor has become, but the recent developments of the anti-Crean campaign encapsulate the sickness to a degree. When Beazley first emerged as a possible challenger in April, he said Crean could decide his own future.
The ABC group gave background to the media: Crean needed to respond well to the budget; he had to get a bounce in the polls. These were the criteria laid down by Crean's opponents. He met them. Crean's budget-in reply, which offered solid policies on Medicare and the environment, was well received. The post-budget ACNielsen poll published in The Age showed Labor with 49 per cent of the vote.
The Newspoll taken last week showed the same figure, which represented a 3 per cent swing to Labor in the previous fortnight. A Morgan poll taken this week showed Labor at 53 per cent. Crean met the criteria dictated by his opponents, but the challenge has gone ahead anyway.
At the 2001 election, Labor, led by Beazley, won 48.97 per cent of the vote. And yet, yesterday Beazley claimed with a straight face that Labor had gone backwards since he had stood down as leader - a statement that was a neat fit with the chicanery that has crippled the Labor Party for 19 months.
Shaun Carney is an associate editor of The Age.
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B.Y.: I've just finished an article for National Review the actual magazine about the headwinds McCain faces. I was going to look at three, and then I started to list them. I stopped at ten. New Gallup numbers out today show that George W. Bush's job approval rating remains at 25 percent, while his disapproval rating has ticked up to 71 percent. How hard is it to succeed a two-term president of your own party who is at 25-71? We don't know because it's never been done.
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It would seem that a couple of years ago some college kids decided to play a practical joke with the college's lawns. On a weekend they went out and used weed killer in specific spots to create some "artwork" that was clearly not approved by the college administrators.
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Last night Apple announced that its Beats 1 web radio station would be the exclusive outlet for MTV to announce the Video Music Award nominees this year. The reveal was scheduled for 7 AM Pacific time this morning, but many users are finding themselves unable to tune in.
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A new report from Quartz today offers some details on Apple's content negotiations for a much rumored revamped Apple TV. Most of the report echoes what we've heard several times in the past– Apple is apparently talking with HBO, Disney, MTV and others about a new TV service. According to Quartz, it could include a pay TV service that would see Apple "essentially becoming a cable company itself," as well as the release of a "full-fledged television set":
One alternative being considered is that Apple could essentially become a cable company itself. Under that scenario, sources say, Apple would launch what is formally known as a virtual multichannel video programming distributor. Apple is still interested in striking deals with cable companies that would allow people to plug their cable lines into the back of the TV set, bypassing a cable box, sources say. But at least two years of negotiations haven't progressed very far.
Sources say Apple has concluded that it doesn't need all, even most, content providers on board before it can release a TV set that people would buy. It just needs enough good programming to distinguish the new product, which will try to simplify the experience of connecting internet video to the TV.
The report doesn't offer up any details that we didn't hear around this same time last year (and the year before that), but it appears Apple could be closer to reaching the deals it needs to launch the next-generation of Apple TV. Earlier today we reported that former Hulu SVP Pete Distad has now officially started his new role at Apple as Product Marketing VP and is thought to be leading Apple executives through negotiations with cable and media companies. expand full story
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MTV is rolling out a huge update to its iOS app today that brings a ton of new content to both the iPhone and iPad. The previous MTV WatchWith app appears to be rebranded to simply "MTV" and now offers a ton of full episodes from the network's most popular series, on-demand video, & a brand new second screen experience.
As for full episodes, MTV has signed up nine cable providers so far: AT&T U-verse, Bright House Networks, Cablevision (Optimum), DIRECTV, Hawaiian Telecom, RCN, Suddenlink, Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS. Subscribing to one of these cable providers will be necessary to access the full episodes, but MTV notes it is "working hard to get all TV providers to participate."
Other content, such as on-demand video, won't require you to sign in. Available through on-demand is sneak peeks, after shows, bonus clips and exclusive, original content for MTV series, but also great content from MTV News, MTV Style, MTV Geek, HTV Hive, HTV Other, and live coverage of the MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Video Awards: expand full story
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Rust - Limited Center Caps - Remove/Replace?
I was out washing my 2011 Limited this weekend and noticed a tiny amount of RUST forming along the perimeter of the center cap on my wheels. I also noticed a bit of a rusty stain on the alloy wheels themselves.
Not my wheels, but similar issue.
These caps are simply chrome plated pieces, correct? Or maybe the rust/stain is coming from behind (hubs/rotors)?
How to remove these caps? Not really room to inset a screwdriver in the gap. How about safely removing the rusty stain without affecting the wheel finish?
Note: The finish on my 2000 and 2004 JGC alloy wheels totally failed and flaked over time - I surely want to avoid a similar situation on my 2011!
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This is exactly my fear. The alloy clearcoat has failed on these rims in this same area:
Again, not my wheels...yet...
I need to clear this up ASAP.
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The cap should just push out from the rear unless it has corroded in place.
It will only get worse... once you get it cleaned up, you might want to look at ProtectaClear wheel
Re: Rust - Limited Center Caps - Remove/Replace?
I'd also like to know if someone has figured out a solution. This is beginning to happen to my '11 Laredo X... Is this a "bumper to bumper" warranty issue???
Re: Rust - Limited Center Caps - Remove/Replace?
With minimal corrosion like shown in the image above, I am leaning toward NOT refinishing the the whole wheel - yet. I think the best we can hope is to LIMIT the progression of this clearcoat failure and corrosion. Both my prior Jeeps did start off small but did eventually progress to affect the WHOLE wheel.
I am thinking trying to limit water/salt/brake dust infiltration will help slow this down. To this end, I plan to:
1. Scrub the area with a strong detergent and stiff brush (not sandpaper or dremel).
2. Once clean and dry, apply a clearcoat touch-up using a pen like this: Amazon.com: Dupont-Pro-Fusion Color Car Clear Coat Scratch Repair Stick Touch Up Pen For All Paint Colours: Automotive
3. Allow to dry, then apply good quality wax to the whole wheel, treating it like a normal painted surface, especially in the affected area.
4. Pay closer attention to these areas when washing the vehicle...
Any thoughts on this process??
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Sounds like a good process. Let me know how it works out. With winter right around the corner, I'm looking to "solve" this problem too.
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It looks like rust staining. The wheel is alloy and the cap is plastic so not much to rust except for steel cir-clip that holds the cap in place. If it is that, you will need to replace it or if there is enough metal left, treat it with rust converter.
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My 20" rims and caps are currently spotless- to keep them that way I am hoping to have enough money to purchase winter rims and tires and remove/clean/protect, and store the nice rims for the nasty winter ahead.
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Wouldn't this be covered under warranty? Don't they warrant against rust for a certain amount of time or is that only on certain components? I recently noticed what I think is rust behind my gas cap for instance.
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What's covered under Chrysler Group LLC's Warranties
2.2 Corrosion Warranty
A. Who Is Covered?
You are covered if you are a purchaser for use of the
B. Whats Covered
This warranty covers the cost of all parts and labor
needed to repair or replace any sheet metal panels that
get holes from rust or other corrosion. If a hole occurs
because of something other than corrosion, this warranty
does not apply. Cosmetic or surface corrosion resulting,
for example, from stone chips or scratches in the
paint is not covered. For more details on what isnt
covered by this warranty, see 3.5.
C. How Long It Lasts
The Corrosion Warranty starts when your Basic Limited
Warranty begins under 2.1(E).
This warranty has two time-and-mileage limits:
For sheet metal panels, the limit is 36 months, with no
mileage limit.
For an outer-body sheet metal panel one that isfinish-painted and that someone can see when walking
around the vehicle the limits are 5 years or
100,000 miles on the odometer, whichever occurs
3.5 Certain Kinds of Corrosion Not Covered
Your warranties dont cover the following:
corrosion caused by accident, damage, abuse, or
vehicle alteration;
surface corrosion caused by such things as industrial
fallout, sand, salt, hail, ocean spray, and stones;
corrosion caused by the extensive or abnormal transport
of caustic materials like chemicals, acids, and
fertilizers; and
corrosion of special bodies, body conversions, or
equipment that was not on your vehicle when it left
the manufacturing plant or was not supplied by
Re: Rust - Limited Center Caps - Remove/Replace?
Could the "rust" be coming from the rotor hub itself and working it's way out.
If water gets in there, I'm sure it does, then it will forum a rust soup.
That might eat at the finish of the wheel.
The wheel and cap I don't think will have "Iron" rust.
Any place water can collect, needs a drain to get rid of it quick and allow it to dry.
I wonder if putting a fine notches in the cap might be worth it.
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text: So my '65 chevy has been making a loud clicking noise, and i wanted see what you guys thought it maigh be. it's coming from the driver side of the engine, and my mom said it might be the valve lifter. And if it is how easy would it be to fix, or how much? I also have trouble starting it again after it runs for a while, even after driving it for about ten minutes+, it won't start until sometimes hours later. The alternator is almost new, and I got a rebuilt starter then it began this. Could it be the starter? My parents think it's the wires, so i'm going to replace them, but I don't know if that will help, because it does start again without the wires being touched. I have full power to everything else, the starter just won't even crank.


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David Ogden Stiers was born in Peoria, Illinois, moved with his family to Eugene, Oregon during high school and began his acting career in Northern California, acting in the Actor's Workshop and California Shakespeare Festival. He later moved to New York, where he studied drama at Juilliard, and joined the Houseman Acting Company at its outset. He often lends his voice to animated films, with Lilo & Stitch (2002) being his 25th theatrically-released Disney animated film. He is also an avid fan of classical music, and has conducted many orchestras, including the Yaquina Chamber Orchestra in Newport, Oregon, where he is the principal guest conductor.
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David Ogden Stiers began his career in San Francisco at the Actors' Workshop and went on to work with John Houseman's Acting Company in New York on such productions as The Beggar's Opera, Measure for Measure, The Hostage and the hit musical The Magic Show. His other theatre work includes performances with the Committee Revue and Theatre, the California Shakespeare Festival (where he played leads in the classics) and at the Pasadena Playhouse in Love Letters with Meredith Baxter. In addition to his long-running role in M*A*S*H (1972), Stiers' work on television also includes the mini-series North and South (1985) and North and South, Book II (1986), The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984) and roles in such productions as Anatomy of an Illness (1984), The Bad Seed (1985), J. Edgar Hoover (1987), The Final Days (1989), Father Damien: The Leper Priest (1980) and Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986).
His screen credits include The Accidental Tourist (1988), The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), Creator (1985), Harry's War (1981), Magic (1978) and Oh, God! (1977).
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Christina Aguilera shows off dramatic weight loss in hot black dress
Christina Aguilera
The US singer is taking a season off as a judge on The Voice, but still made an appearance at the show's Season 4 premiere screening at the TCL Chinese Theater last night.
Christina, 32, wore a little black dress for the event, which was cinched in at her waist to display her shrinking frame.
The star completed her look with a sky-high pair of Louboutins, an impressive tan and significantly less make-up than usual.
During her days as a top-selling pop star in the early 2000s, Christina was super-slim and would show off her toned body at every opportunity.
But last year Christina revealed that she felt pressure from her record label to stay slim.
Executives were reportedly worried that Christina's career would suffer back in 2002 when she started to gain weight.
Christina told Billboard magazine: "During the promotion of my album Stripped, I got tired of being a skinny, white girl. I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.
"The next time my label saw me, I was heavier, darker and full of piercings! Let me tell you, that wasn't an easy pill for them to swallow."
But Christina's always been feisty and the Beautiful singer told them they just had to deal with her changing shape.
She continued: "I told them, 'You are working with a fat girl. Know it now and get over it.' They need a reminder sometimes that I don't belong to them.
"It's my body. My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money anymore - my body is just not on the table that way anymore."
Once Christina's music career faded, she grew even curvier and her fluctuating weight became hot topic for the tabloids.
Despite insisting she's comfortable with her curves, it looks like the mum-of-one was keen to shed some weight.
But it wasn't her figure that Christina wanted to talk about last night - instead she decided to address rumours that she will return to The Voice for the next series.
She told reporters: "I can't say anything right now. I can only do what feels right for me in the moment, and this is why I love the show, and why I'm coming back in support."


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Gordon McKay Morrison, 51, of Bristol
Mr. Gordon McKay Morrison, age 51, of William Street, Bristol, died suddenly Thursday, November 1, 2012 at the Rhode Island Hospital, Providence. Born in Providence, and a lifelong Bristol resident, he was the son of Carolyn Ruth (Miranda) Morrison of Bristol and the late Gordon McKay Morrison.
Gordon was a self-employed woodworker in Bristol, a graduate of Bristol High School Class of 1979. He loved woodworking and sailing.
Besides his mother he will be sadly missed by his daughter, Sara Morrison, his sister, Laurie Ann Morrison, both of Bristol, his companion Meredith Miller of Wakefield and his beloved dog Sophie.
Funeral services from the Sansone Funeral Home, 192 Wood Street, Bristol are Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 10 a.m. with a Graveside Service at 11 a.m. in St. Mary's Cemetery, Chestnut Street, Bristol.
Visiting hours are Friday, November 9, 2012 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to International Yacht Restoration School 449 Thames Street, Newport, RI 02840.
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Yesterday while hanging out waiting for race start I overheard a common phrase, and it struck a chord with me. Someone asked "So, are you running the full or half today". "Just the half", the other person replied. Just the half. A fraction of a race really, for those that aren't up to running the full, is what seems to be implied. I've heard the phrase many times before, but for whatever reason it irritated me yesterday. The 'half' is a great race distance but it needs a new name. It shouldn't be considered 'half' of anything, but considered a proper race distance in its own right. It's 13.1m/21.1k for goodness sake, and that race distance deserves a more respectful name. Thoughts?
"Just The Half"
Unless you make them all 20ks and don't put them on as an after thought in conjunction with a marathon to rake in more dollars people are going to say "just the half". Who the hell cares. Anyone who thinks they are more (or less) than someone else because of the distance or speed which they run is silly.
RkR, good point about the promotion and associated marketing of the half with the marathon distance. I think what got me about that conversation I overheard yesterday was the woman's voice. She had an apologetic tone that just struck a chord with me for some reason.
How about a 26.2K and call it a metric marathon. The cycling world did this with incredible success with the metric century.
Huh, you know, all the half marathons I have run (except one) have been either the only or the major event. The only half I ran that was concurrent with a marathon also had a 25K and 50K trail race the day before - so one might be running "just the marathon" as opposed to the double of 50K plus marathon! Anyway, maybe because of this I have never viewed the half as anything other than a solid race in its own right.
I have seen the designation 'pikermi' used for a half marathon, though not locally.
Call it double 10K if that makes you feel better!
So? I've run "just the 5K" because is was an auxiliary race with a HM as the main race.
Yawn. I suggest you re-evaluate how you feel about the situation rather than how others communicate about it.
Most of the runners I run across are fairly cordial and encouraging of other runners. A few have a tendency to look down on the recreational runners. I tend to ignore the latter.
It's never bothered me until this past weekend, and I ran the full. I just felt bad for the woman who sounded like she was short-selling her race a bit because it was "only" a half.
hillcrusher - thanks for that link. I figured I wouldn't be the first to bring up the issue, but didn't recall seeing a thread discussing the topic. Sounds like the term 'pikermi' Ilana mentioned is already out there, although I'd never heard of it. I'll skip the therapy sessions for now though!
I must say, after running my 4th half a couple weeks ago, and 4th full this past weekend, I'm really starting love the half distance (or should I say pikermi) :-)
I hear you renns, it is unfortunate someone would feel bad about doing a half marathon as if that makes her less a runner. Just think how all those middle distance guys must feel, just imagine doing all that work and not even being a real runner.
People have unfortunately been conditioned to think that a marathon is the gold standard of racing. It is probably why so many people decide to do a marathon without proper training. Nearly every time someone new finds out I'm a runner the first thing they ask is if I do marathons, as if this will give them an indication of whether or not I'm a REAL runner. I tell them I have, but I don't any more and leave it at that. No point in trying to explain that the distance you are racing has pretty much nothing to do with how hard you train or how serious you take your running.
I've most definitely used the phrase "just the half". And not once was it out of embarrassment or because I thought it was a lesser accomplishment. And it was NEVER directed at another runner, only in referring to me. But having run multiple marathons; I know what it takes to adequately prepare, and at least in my case, it's a lot more than double the training effort than for a ½.
I run a ½ every March (it will number 8 next March) that has a marathon and ½ marathon. If someone asked me if I was running the marathon, I would say 'just the half'. And that would be out of respect for those taking on the full 26.2.
I love the half distance. And I don't worry about the name because non-runners really have no understanding (are you running the 5k marathon….) and other runners absolutely know what a challenge it can be to race a half all out.
A lot of runners are snobs.
I have not run a race since 2007 and I know a lot of runners
look down their nose at non racers.
No runner should ever be ashamed of the distance he or she races. I was a sprinter in high school, and our long distance teammates used to say we were lazy for running short distances. Now that I've run a half, I can assure you sprinters have far more heart that most people give them credit for. It only takes 400 meters to blast through your glycogen stores if you're running at top speed. Sprinters flirt with The Wall more often that people think.
A runner is a runner regardless of speed or distance.
I guess I use the phrase "just the half". I don't really think about it, but I suppose it's because I'm comfortable with that distance and I don't feel like it's a big deal anymore (which if funny, because I'm still very new), so I tend to think of it as "just 13.1, no biggie, go out and go hard". That's not intended to be a shot at anyone, and I certainly don't feel bad about running a half.
Am I the only one who finds that the shorter the distance is the harder the race - and training - is? The 1/2 is a great race and a hell of a workout - if you race it!
Luckily in my crowd of friends, they don't really know the difference in a full and half....to them, anything more than a mile makes me Super Woman!
I like my friends...
Am I the only one who finds that the shorter the distance is the harder the race - and training - is? The 1/2 is a great race and a hell of a workout - if you race it!
Many regard the mile as the hardest distance to race all out.
For some running the half, race day will be the longest distance they have ever run. For them it is all about the distance, and for them I can understand the perspective of "just the half".
Others run greater than 13.1 miles two or three times a week in training. For these runners its more about the time, and I can understand them finding "just the half" frustrating.
I would guess the woman overheard by the OP is in the former category. As others have said, she was only talking about herself, and surely did not mean to minimize the efforts of anyone else.
Am I the only one who finds that the shorter the distance is the harder the race - and training - is? The 1/2 is a great race and a hell of a workout - if you race it!
+1 It's a great race, and a great workout. Plus, recovery afterwards is fairly quick. Not sure I agree on the training side though.
In the finish chute this past weekend I found myself cursing the marathon distance, and dreaming of the next 1/2!
I feel like a real runner as long as I can run >1.5 miles fast enough. 1.5 miles is the distance used in our military test and I have not used anything else as my test of fitness. Long distance is just for training.
I feel like a real runner as long as I can run >1.5 miles fast enough. 1.5 miles is the distance used in our military test and I have not used anything else as my test of fitness. Long distance is just for training.
The military fitness standards make me giggle a little.
I've heard so many people refer to it as "just the half" - kind of odd as most full marathons that I've run have a half in conjunction and at least 3/4 of the participants are running "just the half", so regardless, they are in good company.
I also agree that racing a half is WAY harder / more stressful than running a full.
Really, running is running and the distance / speed doesn't make one person less of a runner.
I also agree that racing a half is WAY harder / more stressful than running a full.<<br />
Im not so sure about this. I " raced " my first full last sunday. It was easier than racing a half up until mile 20 but after that there is no way a half is WAY harder. Its a different hard, not so much aerobically but your legs are spent.
Once you run weekly mileage that includes 2 runs a week over the half distance then the distance itself seems relatively easy but racing a half is still a great challenge.
Anyone who runs well and/or at least trains seriously knows that a well run half marathon can be far more impressive than a marathon completion. I jumped to the marathon distance really quickly, and I know that anyone around here should consider my recent 1:54 HM a lot better than my first 5:24 full marathon.
Honestly, if I hadn't already signed up for my first full marathon prior to racing my first half marathon, I would probably just stick to that distance. Its a much more manageable race distance, and if you get bad weather (like I did on my mid 80 degree 100% humidity first full marathon) you can just race another soon.
I've gotten used to non-runners looking down on the shorter race distances. Most of them think running a 4 minute mile ("It's only a mile.") is far less of an accomplishment than running a 4 hour marathon. I find the ignorance of the general public rather amusing.
I can't understand runners adopting a similar mentality when they should know better.
My legs are way more trashed than any half ive run.
I found that during my marathon I felt pretty good and never really hurt like I do in shorter races, but after my marathon I slept for 16 hours and couldn't walk down stairs. That never happened after a half.
I ran the Detroit 1/2 a couple weeks back, and was running the next day. Now I did race that one at around MP, but that's still no easy run. My full this past Sunday took far more out of me. I took Monday off, ran 5k recovery yesterday, and will likely take today off as well before returning to daily runs.
I found that during my marathon I felt pretty good and never really hurt like I do in shorter races, but after my marathon I slept for 16 hours and couldn't walk down stairs. That never happened after a half.
Totally agree. Recovering from a max effort 1/2 is so much easier than recovery from a hard run full marathon. You know you are gonna suffer for several days after the full. With the half you take a day off and can ease back into running again.
Also I find that running a 21 km training run is relatively "normal" and something I can actually look forward to - but I don't look forward to a 32+km training run. Kinda of a mental block mindset once going beyond the 21km distance? I guess the bottom line is the more miles you run/wk the easier it becomes.
I think once people have run a marathon or two then the half feels like just a half. I can do half marathons up where I live. There are 4 up here between June and end of September. I have done 3 of the 4 because one was on a really hot day in July so I chose a 5k race instead. I have a hard time justifying travelling to go to a HM because there are 4 up here. But I did travel 500 miles for a HM last weekend with my family because I told my uncle I would run a marathon with him when he is ready. He is not ready but wanted to do a half so I travelled to do a half marathon with him. Because I was not doing the marathon I also signed up to do the 5k race the day before. The marathon departed 15 minutes before the half. While we were waiting to go I was talking to people around me and mentioned I did the marathon last year and they asked why I wasn't doing the marathon again. I said because I was running with my uncle and because I ran the 5k the day before. To which my uncle said I was insane. I do feel like a half is just a half because it is easy for me to do now. It was not an easy race for me last year or the year before. I feel I need a bigger challenge than the half during a weekend away so tacking on a 5k race makes it a full on crazy weekend for me.
It's all about perception. tackling a HM for the first time is a huge deal. Tackling it for the 10th time not as much since I no longer get nervous and instead can focus on the magic of raceday to help me achieve my time goals.
i think the half is such a great race distance, the full is really slightly absurd. the half is always the more popular event when both races are combined at the races i have run in.
outside of these races a half marathon sounds bad ass to commonfolk,
nobody should be ashamed of any distance they are racing, unless maybe they trained for the full and decided to run the half at the last minute
I did the 50 in a race that also had a 100 mile option.
I said I was 'just doing the 50.'
I'm usually less nervous at the starting line of a marathon than a half because I know it will likely be pretty easy most of the way, but lets not kid ourselves. racing a half marathon is easier than a "full" marathon.
Also, your fast half time may be impressive in its own right, but unless you won the race, a decent marathon performance will be required to impress the folks in the office. Yes, a very small part of my motivation to run marathons comes from that weird feeling of peer pressure, but it hasn't stopped me from racing shorter distances. I'm glad it hasn't stopped the rest of you either!
... a decent marathon performance will be required to impress the folks in the office....
Any marathon finish will impress most folks in the office. It doesn't have to be decent, but an indecent one will attract more attention.
The folks in my office have no idea how far a marathon, half marathon, 10k or a 5k is. Anytime I tell them for any of those distances will be totally meaningless to them. I think the next time someone in the office asks me if I do marathons I'm going to tell them "No, I prefer to stick to 26.2 mile races."
I meant the other runners at the office. And given how popular 'thons are, many people will at least compare your time to the race that their friend or relative ran recently (they always ask your time, but are never interested in where you placed). I guess I'm lucky to be at a workplace with fairly active people!
Being part of a running community greatly skews your perspective. Last year about .1% of the population ran a marathon. That's only 1 out of every 1000 people.


text: How to Position Yourself for a Career in Medical Fitness By Daniel J. Green Connecting the dots is really quite simple: 1.4 billion people age 20 years or older are overweight, with approximately 500 million of them obese (World Health Organization, 2014). Excess body weight is associated with an increased likelihood to develop heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, breathing problems, musculoskeletal disabilities and certain forms of cancer (endometrial, breast and colon) [National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2012]. It is also associated with reduced life expectancy and early mortality [American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), 2014]. The only known prevention of obesity involves proper nutrition and regular exercise. Health and fitness professionals are uniquely qualified to develop safe and effective exercise programs that can directly impact an individual's present and future health. So why is there such a tremendous disconnect between doctors and well-qualified fitness professionals? Many doctors tell their patients, "You should try to lose some weight" or "You might want to start taking short walks a few days a week," but there is no real guidance and very few people follow through on such vague suggestions. Meanwhile, there are thousands of fitness professionals qualified to help these individuals adopt safe, effective and ongoing fitness programs that will not only change, but very possibly save, their lives. This gap, while seemingly obvious, has proven to be a real chasm in terms of the development of practical, proven means of bringing fitness to those who need it most. Fortunately, there are innovative health and fitness professionals all over the country who are bridging that gap. According to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), approximately 20 percent of the U.S. population is made up of "health club consumers." Greg Degnan, M.D., medical director of ACAC Fitness & Wellness Centers, home to 38,000 members throughout Pennsylvania and Virginia, points out that, assuming another 20 percent are simply too unhealthy or frail to exercise in that environment, this leaves 60 percent of all Americans as an untapped market. About 16 years ago, Dr. Degnan was challenged by Phil Wendel, founder of the ACAC Fitness & Wellness Centers, to find an innovative means of reaching these individuals. Armed with the knowledge that fitness is a key part of medicine and that traditional direct-to-consumer marketing is not effective in reaching this audience, Dr. Degnan and his colleagues developed a model based on having a team of sales reps visit doctors' offices to establish rapport and build a referral base. Dr. Degnan says that sales pitch was essentially, "You prescribe the exercise, and we can be the pharmacy to fill that prescription." Continuity of Care Damon Rouse, M.P.T., O.C.S., founder and director of Asheville Family Fitness, Physical Therapy and Spine Center in Asheville, N.C., started his hybrid physical therapy clinic/fitness center as a way to fill his own exercise prescriptions. After having several former patients return to his office after re-injuring themselves while working out at local fitness facilities or simply unhappy with their options, Rouse developed a business model that allows for true continuity of care and a mission of providing lifelong wellness. All Asheville Family Fitness members, whether they are former clinic patients or walk-ins looking to work out in a traditional gym, undergo a movement assessment and are placed along a four-level continuum based on the ACE Integrated Fitness Training® (ACE IFT®) Model. The idea, says Rouse, is to "provide members with strategies to start from the right place." Ongoing education, injury-risk reduction and safe progression are the hallmarks of the facility. The business model, Rouse says, "allows a higher level of supervision and an increased ability to communicate the benefits of exercise as a form of preventive medicine." Tricia Strong Thompson, ACE Certified Personal Trainer and Fitness Manager at Asheville Family Fitness, agrees with Rouse that the availability of higher-level knowledge is a tremendous benefit not only to her clients, but also to her own abilities as a personal trainer. "The availability of 'instant referrals' is an amazing tool, especially when working with someone who is a former physical therapy patient. Someone tweaks an injury or feels excessive soreness from the previous day's workout and I can just walk down the hallway to get some expert advice." From the perspective of a fitness professional, another upside over working in a traditional gym is that Tricia feels that her skill development and education are constantly evolving. Add that to the inherent reward of seeing previously injured clients embrace true, lifelong wellness and you have the recipe for a successful and happy career. Medical Fitness on a Grand Scale According to Michael Mantell, Ph.D., Senior Fitness Consultant for Behavioral Sciences at ACE, the "optimal fitness center" of tomorrow will feature fully connected prevention-focused care provided by health-fitness professionals working collaboratively and respectfully of each other's expertise. This is exactly what is happening at ACAC Fitness & Wellness Centers, as well as at The Summit Medical Fitness Center in Kalispell, Mt.—two facilities that have taken the medical fitness model and expanded it exponentially. The ACAC Fitness and Wellness Centers have seen 28,000 individuals complete their 60-day Physician Referred Exercise Program® (or P.R.E.P.®), approximately 40 percent of whom have transitioned to a full membership. Dr. Degnan encourages you to stop and think about those numbers for a moment: "These are people who the fitness industry has traditionally been completely unable to reach"—part of that 60 percent he mentioned earlier. "We do this by creating an inexpensive, non-intimidating and safe programming model that emphasizes lifelong wellness." Brad Roy, Ph.D., is the executive director of The Summit Medical Fitness Center, a non-profit agency affiliated with Kalispell Regional Medical Center. There is a tremendous amount of crossover between the "medical" and "fitness" components of the facility, with a physician advisory committee made up of individuals representing psychology, cardiology, family medicine, orthopedics and several other specialties providing medical oversight. This creates the ultimate environment of integrated care. Imagine a patient being told she has prediabetes being instantly referred to a fitness professional specializing in weight loss, as well as a registered dietitian and diabetes educator—all in the same building. The benefit for the patient, says Dr. Roy, is that "they receive coaching to help them create a wellness vision. Over time, we address the desired clinical outcomes, but that is secondary at the outset. The key is to facilitate patient engagement in their own healthcare." In addition, preventing readmission to the hospital is the focus of the entire staff. In other words, the goal is to get patients healthy and then keep them that way. Positioning Yourself for a Career in Medical Fitness One of the hallmarks of these facilities is the diversity of their staffs. In addition to its team of physical therapists, Asheville Family Fitness boasts a fitness staff with a wide range of skills and qualifications that includes personal trainers, an aquatics instructor, a health coach, a holistic health coach, a tai chi instructor, a yoga instructor, a massage therapist and an acupuncturist—all working together to provide coordinated care to all members, whether they came through the physical therapy wing or not. Damon Rouse, Brad Roy and Greg Degnan were each asked about what they look for when hiring fitness professionals. The following is a summary of their advice for breaking into this expanding niche of the fitness industry. Fitness professionals should gain exposure to the medical and rehabilitation environment by shadowing a physical therapist or serving as an intern, urges Rouse. "This will allow you to differentiate yourself and tap into the market," he says. In addition, it's a great way to see first-hand what types of injuries require referral, and to ask questions about what types of referrals are most appropriate in different situations. A multidisciplinary staff is essential when you're working with a client base that includes everyone from elite athletes to clients coping with fibromyalgia and other severely limiting conditions, explains Dr. Roy. "Health coaching is key for the medical-fitness population as follow-through and consistency is a real focus." Most of the fitness staff at The Summit have a bachelor's level degree or higher, and Dr. Roy requires that all employees have a certification accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). (Note: This includes all ACE certifications.) He also recommends that anyone hoping to work in a medical fitness facility develop a strong background in facilitating behavior change. Dr. Degnan believes we are entering a "true era of preventive medicine," where fitness professionals will be optimally positioned to address the obesity epidemic by keeping people from becoming obese in the first place. He goes on to say that new hires must have more than just a basic personal trainer certification and should differentiate themselves through specialized continuing education and advanced certifications. Senior training, pre- and postnatal fitness, nutrition and health coaching are especially pertinent to medical-fitness clients. "Choose something that interests you and sets you apart," suggests Dr. Degnan, "but most importantly, express a willingness to maintain ongoing education and development." The key, says Dr. Mantell, is to be differentiated by way of demonstrated expertise through the ACE Health Coach certification and alignment with lifestyle medicine and medical fitness associations, focused physician groups and other health-oriented facilities. Dr. Mantell recommends you "introduce yourself to local medical practices, bariatric surgery groups, pediatric and geriatric practices, schools and workplaces as an expert in promoting optimal health through lifestyle wellness." Conclusion The hallway that links the physical therapy clinic to the fitness facility at Asheville Family Fitness is the literal manifestation of the metaphorical bridge between medicine and fitness, where you might see a group of high school athletes on their way to a level 4 performance-training session move aside to allow a man in a knee brace to side-step past, an elastic band around his ankles, or an elderly women tandem walk down the hallway while holding onto the railing for support. Better yet, you might see former patients making their way from the medicine side of the bridge to become independent gym members focused on long-term health and exercising as a form of preventive medicine. References American College of Sports Medicine (2014). ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (9th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. National Institutes of Health (2012). What Are Overweight and Obesity? http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/obe/obe_whatare.html World Health Organization (2014). Obesity and Overweight. www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/ Daniel J. Green is an editorial consultant and freelance writer based in Asheville, N.C. In addition to his consulting work with organizations including the American Council on Exercise, International Association of Fire Fighters and Agriculture Future of America, Daniel has written feature articles for local publications in Western North Carolina (WNC), including WNC Parent and WNC Magazine.


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Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for the treatment of co-occurring depression and substance use : current evidence and directions for future research
Hides, Leanne, Samet, Sharon, & Lubman, Dan I. (2010) Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for the treatment of co-occurring depression and substance use : current evidence and directions for future research. Drug and Alcohol Review, 29(5), pp. 508-517.
Issues and Approach: The high rates of co-occurring depression and substance use, and the negative impact of this on illness course and outcomes have been well established. Despite this, few clinical trials have examined the efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). This paper systematically reviews these clinical trials, with an aim of providing recommendations for how future research can develop a more robust evidence base for the treatment of these common comorbidities. Leading electronic databases, including PubMed (ISI) and PsychINFO (CSA), were searched for peer-reviewed journal articles using CBT for the treatment of co-occurring depression and substance use. Of the 55 articles identified, 12 met inclusion criteria and were included in the review. ---------- Key Findings: There is only a limited evidence for the effectiveness of CBT either alone or in combination with antidepressant medication for the treatment of co-occurring depression and substance use. While there is support for the efficacy of CBT over no treatment control conditions, there is little evidence that CBT is more efficacious than other psychotherapies. There is, however, consistent evidence of improvements in both depression and substance use outcomes, regardless of the type of treatment provided and there is growing evidence that that the effects of CBT are durable and increase over time during follow up. ---------- Conclusions. Rather than declaring the 'dodo bird verdict' that CBT and all other psychotherapies are equally efficacious, it would be more beneficial to develop more potent forms of CBT by identifying variables that mediate treatment outcomes.
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The study, published last November in the journal AIDS, HIV-tested 239 men who claimed to have been exclusively oral in the past six months; all were found to be HIV negative, even though one-third said they took semen in their mouths, one-quarter said they swallowed, and over a fifth reported giving uncovered head to partners they knew were positive. These results echo a recent Spanish finding of zero HIV infections after 19,000 reported acts of oral sex between 137 mixed-status couples. That's a bounty of blowjobs - did people just get lucky every time? No way, according to Klausner, who says saliva likely helps inhibit HIV.
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Police in Tokyo, Japan, are on the hunt for a runaway. The escapee is neither armed nor dangerous, and has a weakness for fish. The Tokyo Sea Life Park announced that a 1-year-old Humboldt penguin got out of its water home at the zoo on March 4. The penguin's escape was a success at first, until a director of a neighboring zoo spotted the bird bathing in the Old Edogawa River. The official emailed a photo to the penguin's keepers at Tokyo Sea Life Park, who quickly realized they were missing one of their 135 penguins. The runaway's gender is unknown.
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Zoo officials say the two-foot-tall bird didn't fly out of the zoo because penguins can't fly, but the details surrounding its escape are fuzzy. It's likely that it scaled a rock wall more than twice its size. "Sometimes wildlife have an 'explosive' power when frightened by something. Maybe it ran up the rock after being surprised," zoo official Takashi Sugino told reporters. Or maybe it simply thought the fish would be tastier on the other side!
The penguin's escape has sparked a widespread hunt and the zoo is now appealing for the public's help in tracking down the bird. Officials warn the public against attempting to capture it. "We apologize for causing trouble to local residents," a notice posted at the zoo says. "Although the penguin will unlikely harm human beings, please contact our aquarium if you spot it, without trying to capture or chase it."
Since the escape, the park has received news of eight sightings of the penguin. But the search continues. "We are optimistic about catching it," Sugino said. "We believe it is still in our neighborhood and that it has found a particular place to sleep."


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Rebels unleashed a massive and coordinated assault on a pair of military bases and the governor's office in the southern city of Karbala today, killing six Iraqi police officers, six soldiers in the US-led occupation force and one civilian, officials said.
Four of the dead soldiers were from Bulgaria and two from Thailand.
Attackers detonated four suicide car bombs and fired mortar shells and grenades, wounding at least 37 other coalition soldiers, including five Americans, US Army Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt said in Baghdad. About 135 Iraqi civilians and police officers were also wounded, said Ali al-Arzawi, deputy director of Karbala General Hospital.
In other attacks in the country today, rebels detonated three homemade bombs that set aflame a fuel depot and injured six American soldiers.
Still, military officials said the number of attacks had decreased significantly. Kimmitt told a news conference that attacks had gone down from about 50 a day in mid-September to an average of about 15 a day that had spiked to 18 in the space of two hours on Christmas Day.
He said this was a "technique to terrorise the people of Baghdad and of Iraq".
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, current president of the US-chosen Governing Council, told reporters today there was "nothing heroic about lobbing an RPG" (rocket-propelled grenade).
"It was a coordinated, massive attack planned on a big scale and intended to do much harm," Polish Major General Andrzej Tyszkiewicz said from his headquarters at Camp Babylon, east of Karbala. Tyszkiewicz called the sophisticated ambush the most serious attack suffered by coalition forces in the south-central part of Iraq, where Poland commands a multinational force of 9,500 soldiers, including 2,400 Poles.
He said three of the car bombers were shot before they could drive the explosive-packed vehicles into the bases, both Bulgarian, or the damage could have been much more severe. The fourth bomb exploded in front of the regional governor's office.
Tyszkiewicz did not identify those killed and wounded by nationality.
But Bulgaria's Deputy Defence Minister Ilko Dimitrov said four Bulgarian soldiers were killed and 27 wounded as a car bomb exploded at one of the Bulgarian camps. Thai government spokesman Jakkrapob Penkae said two Thais were killed. A senior Thai army official told The Associated Press that the two were on guard duty at a military base checkpoint when the car rammed into the wall of the camp.
Dimitrov said about 485 Bulgarian troops in the area were being evacuated because their bases had been destroyed and the Defence Ministry had lost communication with them.
Two men were detained for the car bomb that blew up in front the governor's office, said Lieutenant Colonel Tom Evans, deputy commander of the US Army's 18th Military Police Brigade.
A reporter saw three bombed-out cars on the street, which was sealed off by US troops. A policeman at the scene said he saw two rockets explode in the street in front of the governor's office.
At Karbala General Hospital, crying people crowded the corridors in search of missing family members.
Mohamed Jassim, 50, was about to enter the governor's office when the bomb blew. "I was knocked out on the floor by the explosion," he said, nursing an injured hand. "I accuse (Saddam Hussein's) Baathists and Saddam's supporters of conducting this operation," Jassim said. "Only they can do such criminal acts, targeting civilians."
Al-Arzawi said the Iraqi death toll included six police officers and a woman who lived next to one of the military bases.
The Polish general said rapid response forces and 10 helicopters had been deployed to hunt the attackers.
Around 5pm today a bomb was found and defused outside Karbala's human rights organisation, its director Seyed Hussein Ibrahimi said.
Yesterday, four US troops were killed in bomb blasts and a mortar attack and another died in a traffic accident, bringing the death toll for coalition forces in Iraq this week to 15.
In the northern city of Mosul today, witnesses said rebels fired from a car on a US convoy, and soldiers pursued the attackers and shot dead four of them. The military did not confirm that report.
Also in Mosul, an Iraqi lawyer working on a project funded by the US-led coalition was assassinated today. Adil Hadidi was shot dead as he walked out of his house, according to a neighbour, Firas Kamal.
Yesterday, gunmen in Mosul killed a Sunni Muslim tribal leader who backed the coalition. Anti-US guerrillas have targeted Iraqi police and other officials who cooperate with the US-led occupation authorities.
Also yesterday, three insurgents opened fire on a police station in Ramadi, 100km west of Baghdad. One officer and one of the attackers were killed in an ensuing gunfight, police Colonel Ziad Khalil said. The other rebels escaped.
Air Force Captain Patricia Teran-Matthews, a US military spokeswoman, said five soldiers were injured when a US convoy hit a "daisy chain" of two homemade roadside bombs in Baghdad today, and another soldier was hurt in a similar roadside blast at Habaniyah, west of the capital.
Another bomb exploded at a fuel depot near Latifiyah, south of Baghdad, causing no injuries but igniting a big fire, she said.
Meanwhile, Iraqis continued to show hatred for Saddam, who was captured two weeks ago, as hundreds stoned a bronze bust of the former dictator in Baghdad's al-Sadr slum yesterday. Previously called Saddam City, it is home to about two million of Iraq's majority Shi'ite Muslim sect who had been cruelly repressed during Saddam's regime.
"Iraqis want to show their rejection and contempt of Saddam ... Today, Saddam was tried and punished symbolically," Sheik Qassim Ahmed said at the scene.
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