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A friend of mine has recently asked me to help her choose a gown with a mermaid silhouette, something appropriate for her wedding near the beach this summer in Florida. I've got to say, that this was sort of easy for me. Right now the mermaid is in, and is my favorite shape of the moment.
I've managed to find three beautiful dresses that would work perfectly for her. The first, in the upper left corner, is a halter top with an empre bodice by Vera Wang. The second, in the upper right, is a strapless with floral appliques and an organza overlay, by the young British designer Augusta Jones. And the bottom one is another halter top, this one by Amsale.
All three dress convey an attitude that is at once romantic and relaxed. They're fun and flirty and any of the three would be good for my friend's wedding by the sea.
The thing about the mermaid silhouette is that it's very flattering and really shows a girl's curves, and if, like my friend you've got them, why not flaunt them.
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Border Control has been superb and should be unbeaten this campaign.
There will be Kiwi glory at Australian Breeders Crown Finals day tomorrow - it is just a matter of how much and at what odds.
A record 16 New Zealand-trained horses will contest the A$1.6 million ($2 million) meeting at Melton, with another three Kiwi-owned reps who have just been recently transferred to Australian trainers.
With the first or second favourites in five of the 10 races, New Zealand should have its best ABC day ever.
Here is a look at how the New Zealand chances stack up:-
Race two: Bonechip (12): Still immature and on the unruly but meets only an average local bunch. Can win but more realistic First4 chance with Blitzthemcalder from the ace the best trotter in the race.
Race three: Miss Moonlite (11): Can't win on last Friday's semi-final second. Better chance would be the Pukekohe-owned Tiger Tina (7), who looks the danger to hot favourite Bella's Delight. Victor's Delight (Kiwi-owned) is a place chance.
Race four: Cyclone U Bolt (10): Harness Jewels winner who threw away Vic Derby last month by hanging late. Trainer is thrilled with his work this week and while he may have to sit parked to win might be good enough to do so.
Triumphant Monarch (8) is owned in NZ and has an each way chance if he can trail.
Race five: One of the glamour races of the carnival and should be totally dominated by the New Zealanders.
Border Control (3) has been superb for the last three months and should be unbeaten this campaign.
If he leads early should win, if he doesn't still the one to beat.
Franco Nelson (1) will be the big improver on last week's third in the semis and should lead or trail. Clearly biggest danger to favourite.
Bit Of A Legend (12): Monster second last week after early gallop but now on the unruly, which makes this very tough. Will need a hot pace early.
Major Star (10): Improved last week but coming to end of tiring campaign. Place at best.
Race six: Twist And Twirl (10) has been freakish at her best this season and sat parked to win semi last Friday. But this is tougher, especially if Shake It Mama (3) leads as expected. Will need hot pace early to bully way into race later.
Stablemates Cheer The Lady (6) and Our Precious Rose (11) are both good enough to get some money, with Cheer The Lady clearly the better but she raced below her best when third after trailing last Friday.
Race seven: Again four Kiwi hopes but two of them, Texican (1) and Fly Like An Eagle (7) stand out.
Fly Like An Eagle showed great gate speed to lead and trail before beating Texican last week and while he is wider tomorrow, the same scenario could unfold.
Both are good enough to win and the first one to the lead out of the pair will probably be first home.
Let's Elope (3) is a natural early speedster who would be likely to take a trail and is therefore a must for quinellas and trifectas.
Mr Nickel (9) is back with trainer Mark Purdon and won weaker semi-final last Friday. Would need a dramatic early burn to finish over the top of these.
Race nine: Stablemates It's Onlyforyou (3) and Chanelle Bromac (10) fly the flag here and the former deserves to be favourite.
Brutal semifinal win last Friday, has in-form trainer and driver and will simply be too tough for most here. Chanelle Bromac has a tiny place chance if she stays out of the early fireworks.


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Sylvia Plath published The Bell Jar under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas a month prior to her death by suicide. The Bell Jar, her novel, and The Colossus (1960), a book of her poetry, came to life before she ended hers. Plath's successive publications were posthumous. Plath portends her suicide in The Bell Jar, which recounts an earlier suicide attempt. The novel is an autobiographical account of Plath's early life as a college student who is elected to spend the summer in New York as a guest writer for a women's magazine. Her encounters in the city highlight her naïveté and initiate her rebellion against the conventional roles into which women were pressed.
Sylvia Plath's father's death when she was eight years old significantly altered her perception of life. His early departure from her life lead to a one-sided, love-hate relationship with death and her father. In her poem "Daddy," Plath curses her father and blames him for her cynicism regarding men. The Bell Jar and Plath's extremely intense poetry, much of which was published posthumously, earned Plath great stature as a feminist literary figure.
Plath suffered significant challenges during the two and one-half years she spent writing The Bell Jar: a miscarriage, an appendectomy, pregnancy with her second child, separation from her husband (the poet Ted Hughes), depression, and thoughts of suicide. During her third college year, Plath attempted suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills; this is recounted in the novel. She chronicles this event as well as her relationships with men in The Bell Jar. The novel's title is a reference to a central theme of alienation that is so extreme as to be a form of disembodiment. The narrator relates at one point that she feels that she is inside a bell jar (a bell-shaped jar with no bottom that is placed over objects to contain or isolate them). This theme is augmented with descriptions of hospital autopsy rooms, of hideous specimens preserved in jars, and of encounters with grotesque men in New York. Continuing the theme of defamiliarization, Plath writes with witticisms about disturbing events and images. Plath's style in The Bell Jar is honest and strongly emotional. The reader may experience difficulty, however, in engaging in Plath's view of death, which is held to be enchantingly desirous and overwhelmingly dreadful.
Esther Greenwood is in New York City the summer that Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are to be executed (1953). Ecstatic over having won a position as guest editor on the college board for a well-known magazine for young women, she is puzzled that she is not having the time of her life.
On the face of it, she has everything going for her. She is attractive, intelligent, and talented. She is a straight-A student. The magazine arranges concerts, dances, celebrity interviews, fashion shows, and luncheons galore for the twelve college student women who won positions as guest editors. Why is she feeling depressed? Esther's boyfriend Buddy is in a sanatorium recovering from tuberculosis. She is discovering that her feelings for him are lukewarm. She feels free to date other men, but somehow those dates are not turning out as well as she expects.
She and the eleven other young women from colleges across the United States are living in a hotel for women. Doreen, who is cynical and audacious, particularly appeals to Esther. One night on their way to a party, they let themselves be picked up by a disc jockey, Lenny Shepherd. After drinks he asks them to his apartment. After more drinks, Doreen and Lenny dance lasciviously. Esther is disgusted. She leaves Doreen and walks back to the hotel disillusioned with Doreen and later with herself for abandoning Doreen. Doreen is not the only reason Esther is disillusioned. The city glamour she expected manifests itself as a series of shoddy episodes. Behind the glittery surfaces she sees a world of competition, meanness, fakery, and backbreaking work leading to some trivial end.
Esther and the other young women are invited to a "ladies' magazine" luncheon. Beautifully presented crabmeat salad is served, but later they are all violently sick. The crabmeat was tainted. Another event in New York City that was supposed to be wonderful is spoiled.
Another spoiled event for Esther is the work she is assigned at the magazine. She is a perfectionist, an overachiever, and always anxious about deadlines. Stress becomes apparent during a photography session. Esther, told to hold a paper rose and smile (to represent her dream to be a poet), bursts into tears.
Later, however, she lets Doreen talk her into going out on another date. It is another fiasco. Ripping Esther's dress and throwing her in the mud, calling her a slut, the "country-club gentleman" date, Marco, tries to rape her. She escapes and once again flees back to her...
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Our two hour caravan journey from Jordan was on board a Royal Jordanian Embraer jet, our "caravanserai" was the huge, modern and bright Dammam International Airport, and our transport on the two hour trip to Udhailiyah was a Toyota Camry private taxi racing 140 km/h on a six lane divided highway.
It was dark by the time we left the airport, so there could well have been some sand and camels to see, but all we could see once we left the confusing road network around Dammam was the occasional brightly lit oil plant and flaring chimneys.
The infrastructure: The airport was huge for the small number of flights and passengers
The people: Having been in the middle east now for more than two months, the people on the airplane and the airport did not seem to be anything too special, just more extreme. Men in such public places outnumber women at least 20 to 1. About half of the men on the plane and at the airport were wearing thobes and gutra (robes and head gear), the rest wore western clothes. Virtually every woman wears the abaya (long robe), and maybe one in five were wearing the burka (face covering). Interestingly, a young woman in the airplane seat next to Michelle had a baby and was breastfeeding…so, fully covered face but no problem with popping out the boob to feed the baby. Neither Pat nor Michelle wore either an abaya or a scarf, and did not seem to draw unwarranted attention. I did see one other middle eastern looking woman in western clothes.
The compound: Entering Udhailiyah in the dark evening was a bit surreal… all of the lights and flames from the nearby oil plants, and then the gauntlet of security checkpoints into the town
Next stop was a similar checkpoint as we entered the "family compound".
The residential area: It is the morning as I write this, so we can see the neighbourhood a bit. If you have ever been to Palm Springs, then you don't have to come to Udhailiyah. The housing units are all sand coloured two story semi-detached condos, with big American SUVs, sedans and golf carts parked in the driveways. The roads are paved and have curbs and sidewalks, there are good sized palm trees and some kind of grassy lawns. At this time of year the weather is like an early summer day in BC, but of course it gets unbearably hot for much of the year. It does seem very quiet around here as many families are still on holidays. We don't have a sense of how big the place is yet… we are hoping to borrow bicycles to have a good look around
OK, we've been around a bit now. It really seems a bit bizarre to me… a bit like a one of those Disney towns… quiet tree-lined streets with SUVs and golf carts in the driveways, birds chirping, a few crews of Arab and Philippino gardeners and maintainance workers, a garbage truck doing its rounds, an occasional bus cruising through with nobody on it, but very few people on the streets. We have been out and about with the golf cart taking the kids to some of their friends' houses and have driven past the empty parks and playgrounds, rec centres and tennis courts, the golf course, a petrol station, a medical/dental clinic, huge administration building, utilities plants and the little shopping mall. We have run into a dozen or so of the westerners here… parents of the kids friends, friends of J and M, and some of the teachers. Lovely folks, but again, a snapshot of little America with typically American toys and pets. We had a fun evening at the home of a couple from Maryland last night, and there are campfire evenings tonight and tomorrow (New Years) with more American families. It is an interesting experience, and we are enjoying it but it sure ain't the Middle East experience we have been enjoying in Syria and Jordan. That said, apparently there are real Arab towns and farms not far from here which we should have the opportunity to explore… will let you know
For you golfers out there I will attach some photos of the golf course. Again, it is rather surreal. The clubhouse is typical… a pro shop and caf� with wood hues and leather chairs, and shaded windows overlooking the first tee and 18th "green". The catch is, the greens aren't green, they are hard packed sand. Indeed, the whole 18 hole course is one big sand-trap. The fairways have been coloured black somehow… we didn't venture out to see how…hopefully not oil! There really are sand-traps comprising little "pools" of softened sand, and the greens are all hard packed sand. The first tee was some kind of grass, but I think that most of other tees were packed sand. At 10 am this morning, despite it being a weekend and ideal weather (though windy), we didn't see any indication of golfers. We'll see if things look more lively after the holiday season.


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Wonder if anyone more experienced then me with cooking can give some insight on this. Whenever I make something with chicken, more specifically, cut up pieces of chicken breast, every now and then while eating I'll hit a piece that taste HORRIBLE. I have to spit it out. It's hard to explain the taste, it's just very bitter and strong and leaves a bad aftertaste. I've even noticed this with prepared foods, like for example pizza that has chicken on it. Maybe 1 out of 5 pieces will be like this at times. I notice it more with chicken that I cook myself though.
Is it a specific part of the breast that should not be used? Or is it maybe undercooked, or too cooked?
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I will second this one. We had such a great time and I can't wait to do it again. It is so funny how we were like life long friends even though we were meeting for the first time. Really does prove that you can make real friendships over the internet.
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Mine is our trip to Gettysburg. We made so many wonderful memories on that trip.
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A peaceful and laid back holiday park that bases it's emphasis on a community spirit.
A private haven to escape the stress and pressure of everyday life, and only an hour's drive from home
Spring Gardens in St. Asaph, North Wales, is just the place to do that.
There's no sub-letting or renting of caravans, everyone here privately owns their own so there's always a sense of security and also that welcoming feeling every time you drive through the gates.
Gwyn and Haf Williams acquired the park over 10 years ago when it was just a dilapidated touring park. Following the approval of planning permission they have turned it into a lovely 72 pitch static caravan and holiday lodge park of some distinction.
There is a club house on park that opens at weekends for the owners only. Regular owner events are run by Gwyn and Haf, promoting the socialising and community elements of the park.
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My blog today is for all of you who find yourselves losing traction on that resolution you made Jan 1. If you're veering off course or, worse yet, left the track completely, I'm hoping my pep talk today will be just the remedy you need.
First, let me say that it's OK if you're feeling frustrated, because everybody slips and struggles when trying to create change; it's human nature and it happens to the best of us.
Those who veer off course tend to be unforgiving and beat themselves up so badly emotionally that they have little interest and energy left to recover and take the next positive step forward. But here's the reality: You have no chance of changing the past, but you have total control over this moment and the future. So what you decide to do right now will set the stage for what happens later.
You have two distinct choices. You can allow yourself to be defeated by giving up or you can use this most recent disappointment to learn, grow and become stronger.
The truth is that where you find yourself right now is the exact point at which most people give up and fail. You see, it's not the occasional slip or struggle that causes you to fail; it's your reaction to that reality that causes you to fail.
If your current thoughts are about being frustrated and focused on wanting to give up, then that's exactly what you'll end up doing. But if you choose to use this moment and situation as a motivation to refocus and try harder, you can move light years closer to being successful.
It's like that famous line from Frank Sinatra's song "That's Life": "Each time I find myself lying flat on my face I pick myself up and get back in the race."
This is exactly what you must do; you must pick yourself up and get back in this race, because there's an incredible opportunity here for you to get stronger and closer to being that person you want to be if you don't give up.
So I suggest that you reframe this situation, reengage your New Year's resolution and make this moment the new beginning, not the end result. This is one of those significant fork-in-the-road moments, and you can either take the road you've always followed and end this mission in another frustrating failure, or take the road less traveled and embrace a bold new beginning.
I read somewhere once that, when you break it all down, there are only three kinds of people in this world: those who watch things happen, those who make things happen and those who wonder what happened.
I've spent my professional life trying to help people become less like those that watch and wonder and more like those that make things happen.
So what do you say? Are you going to give up on your 2013 goal, or are you ready to hit the restart button and make it happen this year?
I suggest that you make it happen! I know it's both difficult and challenging, but you have the ability to do this and you are definitely worth the effort!
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Ghostlight Records has announced the release of the new CD from the Grammy Award-nominated vocalist Sandy Stewart, and her son Bill Charlap, the world-renowned jazz pianist. Something To Remember will be available on Tuesday, December 4 on iTunes, Amazon and other music retailers. In addition to classic songs by Rodgers & Hart ("Where Or When"), Henry Mancini & Leslie Bricusse ("Two For The Road") and Irving Berlin ("Isn't This A Lovely Day"), the album features rarely-heard gems such as "I Was Telling Him About You" with music by Moose Charlap (the composer of Peter Pan starring Mary Martin, also Bill's father and Sandy's late husband) and "Stars" by noted songwriter Charles Sweeney. The album can be ordered at http://sh-k-boom.com/stewart-charlap_somethingtoremember.shtml.
When the duo previewed the album at a recent engagement at the New York nightclub Feinstein's at Loews Regency, Will Friedwald raved in the Wall Street Journal, "The Stewart-Charlap combination is, eternally, like a master class in interpretation. The team is so subtle, so understated, so specific in their approach that even a clinking glass might break the spell. Ultimately, by the encore Feinstein's has become nothing less than a serenely reverent church of the Great American Songbook."


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In the running community it feels like it's always racing season, BUT traditionally the most races happen in the Spring and Fall. So since it's that time of year again, I thought it would be a good to talk about race etiquette and some tips for the newbie racer!
1. Don't spend too much time at the expo. This is especially if this is your first big long distance race. I know, I know, it's exciting and it gets you excited and pumped up for the big day but more time at the expo means more time for your legs to get tired! It's tempting to shop til you drop as you are lured in with amazing deals and prices, but chances are you can still find those deals after the race online somewhere!
2. Go to the expo early so you aren't standing around in line for ever…see #1.
3. Make sure you eat the same thing for breakfast on race day as you did in training. You don't want any gastrointestinal issues the day of the race. The excitement of the day can already cause issues for some people, so stick with what you know.
Don't decide the morning of that you want to try this amazing chia/flax seed smoothie that you think will give you tremendous energy for the big race. DON'T DO IT.
4. Stay warm at the start— bring a trash bag to protect from the wind or hit your local thrift store for throwaways. A throwaway could be sweatshirt and sweatpants or a bathrobe (my preference)
5. Please line up accordingly at the start line. Faster runners are in front, slower runners in back. The last thing you want is to be in the front and get trampled by a large group of 6 min/milers! That goes for strollers too!
6. Pace yourself, don't go out too fast. It's easy to get caught up in the excitement. Nothing like killing the first half and then crashing and burning at the end.
7. Drink Responsibly. I'm not talking beer after the race, although that IS important too!
I digress….I'm talking water stations though in this case!
- Skip the first table, it is usually super congested. There are typically more than one table, so keep running through and hit the ones in the back.
- Make eye contact or point to the person you want your water from. Many experienced runners have mastered the art of running and drinking from an open cup…newbies…you have NOT! And don't trick yourself into thinking you can. You WILL spill all over yourself.
- It is OK to walk through a water stop.
- Pinch the sides of the cup and drink. You may end up with more water in your mouth this way! Walking through a water station is NOT a bad thing!
- Please use the trash receptacles provided and do not throw your cup on the ground
- Thank the volunteer that gave you water!
8. Walk breaks are ok. Coming to a dead stop in the middle of the course to walk IS.NOT.OK.
Please be courteous and make your way to the side before coming to a complete stop unless you want someone from behind to crash into you. This has happened to me too many times to count. It is one of my pet peeves at a race. If you are a walk/runner stay to the side of the course as you will be stopping suddenly and frequently. It is common courtesy.
9. As I said in #8, walking is ok but do not line up with all of your friends side to side on the race course. It makes it difficult for the people who are still running to get by. No more than 2 abreast! And stay to the side of the course, not the middle.
10. Don't wear your race t-shirt you picked up at the expo on race day. Lots of superstitions go along with this. Wait until your done, then you can brag about it!
11. Food at the finish festival. DO NOT hoard food. There is supposed to be enough for all runners but I've seen people FILL their bags with food after and the slower runners are left with nothing. NOT COOL PEOPLE. NOT COOL. Amy from Mom's Magical Miles got some good photos at a race she participated in…check it out. This is SO disappointing. I'm a middle of the packer and I've experienced this before!
12. Most important, HAVE FUN!! Remember you are not an elite runner, running is supposed to be fun. Train properly, stay injury free and enjoy the ride!12 Race Etiquette tips for the newbie racer via @suzy399 #running #runchat #fitfluential Click To Tweet
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I'm training for a marathon and I'm trying to work out my optimum nutrition strategy. For example, will I take gels, how often, how much water should I drink etc? I had a 16-miler on sunday and used 3 gels. The last few miles were really tough and I don't think I took on enough water either as I was quite dehydrated. It resulted in me having to go lie down when I got home, as I felt pretty bad. Is there a good nutrition strategy where you dont completely run out of energy and don't get a stich either or does each person have to work it out for themselves?
I'm concerned about getting a stich as well if i consume too much en route. Its my first marathon and Ive never run a distance that required me to take on energy/fluids. Also, when you're taking on water, do you stop to drink or drink on the run? A friend of mine suggested stopping as he says he gets a stich if he drinks on the run. But I'm worried, if I stop, it may be difficult to get going again, especially in the last few miles.
Interested re the 3 gels in 16 miles - that does seem a lot to me based on the fact I would have nothing if running 10-13 miles and so I might take one around 10 miles for a 16 miler.
Try and drink little and often whilst on the run. It just needs practise. A lot depends on pace I suppose. If you are doing a 5 hour pace then stopping won't do any harm, if you are running at 3 hour pace then it wil definitely be harder to start and you will be conscious of lost time.
It is really a case of experimentation to find what works best for you. Try also weighing yourself before/after runs to see how much you are dehydrated by (1 litre water = 1 kg ). As for the rest hard to advise without knowing your fitness and pace. Eg I don't use gels etc on anything under 18 miles as I know I won't need it as it is under 2 1/2 hours. I also drink and take gels on the run in a marathon but not always in training but then I know I can do it in a race so you may want to practise.
Training for your first marathon is tough so needing a lie down now and then does happen.
Hmmm. You're training at race pace. Not a good idea. If that's your long run and it's your longest run you should be running about 30-60 seconds slower than your marathon target pace. No wonder you need a lie down.
Where have you plucked 3:45 from?
Slow down and take a gel every 30mins after 1.5 hours.
Fuel-wise for a long run I'll eat a bowl of porridge about an hour before a run and a banana about 30mins before.
Pauline- when is your marathon? If you are struggling to run 16 miles at the moment it might mean you're running too fast... It's all good being comfortable running at well under 9min/mile but you will have to keep it going for 26 miles... Have you done any other, shorter races? It might be a good idea to do a 10k or even better a half marathon before the full one to give you a better idea of what to aim for and make sure you don't go off too fast.
Re fuelling like the others said- it's all very individual and needs testing. I have gels during a marathon (one every 5 miles) and sometimes in training, but not up to 16 miles. I drink water but only when I feel I need it which is not very often as long as it's not boiling hot. I'd rather be slightly dehydrated (nothing wrong with it) than have too much and have to stop for a toilet.
Paulie - I am also training for first marathon (Oct 9 Liverpool)....
I have run several 20 mile long runs now - the first couple I didn't drink water which was a mistake as I felt very lousy afterwards due to dehydration, like a bad hangover - after that I took water with me, bit of a pain to carry, but felt better for it.The idea is to take on small amounts of water, often - so a small mouthful every mile or so.
I haven't been taking on any gels in my training, but will try a couple for my last long run this weekend, to see if they work ok with me. I am going to try SIS Go gels as I have used before on 1/2 marathons. I am planning on taking 4 or 5 along with me on the big day - I am nervous about this wall hitting business. Plan to take every 45 minutes - am hoping to finish in under 3.30.
You need to get up to 20 miles in your long runs at least once - run slow, use gels or jellybabies or whatever if you need to - but you need you need to increase your distance - and take some water, or leave somewhere so you can have along your route....
Im running my first Marathon on October 9th too (Chester)
I will be running 21 miles this weekend and during my previous training runs, i've just plodded along to get my endurance level up. Time for me was not an issue. I have been putting in some quality speed work sessions during the week.
I found sipping water on the move works. I hid a bottle of SIS Electrolyte drink at mile 16 which was the best thing I did, as I was starting to run out of water. The SIS Go Gels are great to use and you don't need water to wash it down unlike other gels. Good Luck!
Im running the Dublin marathon on 31st Oct.
My long run plan is to do 18 miles this weekend, then 20 miles next weekend, then cut back to 15, and then 22 miles as my last long run before my taper. Based on your comments, it seems I need to slow down and take on water frequently in small amounts. I probably won't use gels this weekend, as I don't want another thing to worry about. I'll just concentrate on a steady pace and keeping hydrated and fingers crossed I'll feel ok afterwards!
just noticed a few people have said their first marra is oct 9th, same here! getting excited now
in terms of on the day nutrition you're doing the right thing now, that's testing in training and getting people's advice so you'll get it right i'm sure.
my longest run so far is 20 miles and i've built up to finding that taking 4 gels and water out with me (500 ml) on this run is ideal for me, so...i'm going to take 5 gels with me for the big one and just pick up my water as i go from the stations.
tip - them gels are great but you do need to drink water along the way, even if it's just to make your mouth feel fresher and of course keep you nicely hydrated.
It's the running long distances without needing to go the loo that i need to work on now haha.
There's lots of stuff on the web about taking on carbohydrates on the run. It's dificult to wade through it.
General consensus seems to be that you can't absorb more than around 240calories an hour. So you need to take the gels according to time and the amount of calories they contain (2-3 per hour). Taking additional carbs in sports drink at the same time may well be a waste of money/time/effort and you'll end up with digestive problems as your stomach becomes saturated with sugary stuff.
You can also run into problems drinking too much water. There's some advice earlier about weighing yourself before and after a run but 1litre of water weighs 1kg so you would need some pretty accurate scales to see that. I've not seen any that are repeatable and accurate enough.
Another part of your long run training is to improve your body's ability to burn fat and to store glycogen. So by taking gels on your training runs your body will be burning the gels and not the fat, although you'll be using around 500 cals an hour running and only absorbing 240 so you'll have to burn fat eventually. I'm not exactly sure of the process of glycogen depletion but the more you use the body will adapt and store more. Again I'm not sure whether taking gels will hinder this at all.
Again its not an exact science and there's loads of confusing info around so just do what works for you. Probably for a first timer it's far too involved to matter.
I do most of my long runs with nothing then on the marathon use jelly babies towards the end.
So I had an 18-miler yesterday, and took things quite easy and made sure I was running at a very comfortable steady pace. This turned out to be, as I worked out afterwards, about 9 mins 10 secs per mile. I took on little amounts of water at various points and felt fine throughout.
When I got home, I felt nackered and weak and low on energy so I had a banana, a few jelly babies and about 700ml of water. But about 10 mins later, it all came back up again (sorry if you're eating your lunch!). I didn't feel well at all, still weak, but I tried to eat, but didnt really have an appetite. It was about 2 hours later when I started to feel better and my appetite returned that I had a big meal, and then felt absoultely fine for the rest of the evening.
I'm not sure why this is happening. On the encouraging side, the run itself felt great and I felt I had a lot more to give. It's when I stop running that the problems start. It could be hydration levels. I drank about 300-400ml of water on the run, which doesnt seem a lot to me over 2 hours 45 mins. The problem I have, which prevents me from drinking more, is that I get stiches easily and I could even feel one threatening about mile 16. I can't really think of any other cause. Maybe I need to increase my carb intake, though I felt I had plenty of energy on the run itself and it was only when I got home that I felt wrecked. Has anybody else experienced this?!
Another part of your long run training is to improve your body's ability to burn fat and to store glycogen. So by taking gels on your training runs your body will be burning the gels and not the fat, although you'll be using around 500 cals an hour running and only absorbing 240 so you'll have to burn fat eventually. I'm not exactly sure of the process of glycogen depletion but the more you use the body will adapt and store more. Again I'm not sure whether taking gels will hinder this at all.
You'll probably be burning 1000kcals or more
bannana and jelly babies? nah, get a good recovery drink down you with quality carbs/protein (muscle milk etc)...you need to start the recovery process within 30 mins of your run so a drink like this does the trick cos let's face it the last thing you feel like doing is eating, which is what you're body has just told you by puking up give it an hour or so then you'll be ready to have a good carb infused meal down you, happy days! p.s you're always going to feel a bit rough after your long run but even worse if you don't get a good quality/fast acting recovery drink down your neck!
Going back to mid-race fueling and gels, I have been thinking about race-day nutrition quite a bit recently because I want to make sure that I give myself every opportunity to nail the target time I want in my next marathon in February next year. I had a hard time in London this year, missing my target time by quite a bit. However I think that was more to do with the heat than anything which I found difficult to deal with and which also had an effect on my race nutrition - basically I got really dehydrated and couldn't swallow the gels I usually use (I've written a bit about the gels I use here: http://simonfreeman.co.uk/2011/09/fuel-on-the-run-sis-go-gel/)
So for my next race I am hoping for better conditions but I also think that I am going to need to practice taking gels where there are water stations rather than stubbornly sticking to the schedule that I set myself in advance.
I'm also interested in how people carry their fuel. I start from the championship start at London and I never seem to see anyone carrying gels in a belt or anything in that start pen. What do they do with them? Any thoughts on how to carry gels will be gratefully received!


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Sometimes when people grieve, they don't even know how they feel—so don't pretend you do. This acknowledges that you can be present and supportive for her no matter what, says Nancy Berns, associate professor of sociology at Drake University and author of Closure: The Rush to End Grief and What It Costs Us.
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It makes sense that you would want to highlight how brave someone was in the face of illness, but statements like this imply that when someone dies, it's because they didn't fight hard enough, Nowinski says.
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Forgetting for a moment that your friend might not even believe in heaven, this kind of language doesn't address her feelings of loss, says Dee L. Shepherd-Look, a professor of psychology at California State University, Northridge.
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Will I need a tummy tuck after liposuction? (Photo)
I am thinking of getting liposuction done on my stomach after I lose about 20lbs. Will I need a tummy tuck also. I had a vertical c section when I was 18 so I have the scar. I am 23 now and hate my stomach. I don't want a tummy tuck because im still young and might have more kids in the future.
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Weight loss is most important before liposuction and tummy tuck
Thank you for your question. Congratulations on your decisions to lose weight. It is important to lose as much weight as possible before you undergo liposuction. From the amount of skin and fat on your photograph I would recommend weight loss first, liposuction second, and weight 6 months before having your tummy tuck. To do an extensive liposuction at the same time as a tummy tuck increases the chances or complications. Please find a very experienced board certified plastic surgeon who has an excellent reputation in your community.
Web reference: http://drseckel.com/boston-tummy-tuck/boston-tummy-tuck-how-to-decide-if-you-need-an-abdominoplasty/
Tummy Tuck after Liposuction
You are wise to think about the decision to have a tummy tuck if you are still considering having more children. Liposuction will remove excess fat from your stomach but it will not get rid of any excess skin. In addition, after having children, a tummy tuck also repairs the stomach muscles so that you regain your waistline. Many patients choose to wait until they are close to their ideal weight in addition to waiting until after they have finished having children. The final decision is up to you to decide when you would want to have surgery.
TT vs LIpo
Thank you for the picture.
In my opinion a tummy tuck in combination with liposuction will be needed in order to achieve the results you're looking for, how ever this will require for you to loose weight so the fat mass will be lower and optimize the results.
Dr. Campos
In my opinion a tummy tuck in combination with liposuction will be needed in order to achieve the results you're looking for, how ever this will require for you to loose weight so the fat mass will be lower and optimize the results.
Dr. Campos
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Will I need a tummy tuck after liposuction?
I think that the weight loss followed by surgery is reasonable.
Kenneth Hughes, MD
Los Angeles, California.
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Los Angeles, California.
Web reference: http://www.hughesplasticsurgery.com/Liposuction.php
Will I need a tummy tuck after liposuction?
You need to understand you have excess skin and liposuction will only increase this excess... Best to understand the downside risks better...
Will I need a tummy tuck after liposuction?
I'm sorry but you are neither a candidate for liposuction or TT due to the high volume of intra-abdominal fat. You would simply be wasting your money. You need to get your BMI well under 30 before the surgery would be worth the cost or the risk.
If you reach your goal weight and are stable for 6 months a proper evaluation will help you decide. Visit the smart beauty guide for more information and a surgeon near you.
Family First
Thank you for your pictures. I think your goal of weight loss is good. You could have liposuction but I would recommend that you have a tummy tuck and liposuction after you have completed your family plans.
Earl Stephenson, Jr, MD, DDS, FACS
Earl Stephenson, Jr, MD, DDS, FACS
Tummy tuck not lipo for loose skin
A tummy tuck will remove the scar that you have as well as the excess skin, and liposuction alone may actually look worse. A tummy tuck will not interfere with pregnancy in the future, though it may undo the benefits. Best choice might be to wait until after you have had children.
I concur with your decision to proceed with your cosmetic surgery after you've reached your goal weight. Based on your photos alone, you would likely benefit more from a tummy tuck than just liposuction alone. But a formal physical exam is required to make any recommendations. Please see a board certified plastic surgeon once you've reached your goal weight. Best wishes
Dr. Basu
Houston, TX
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Last night, Carolyn Shea, Jennie Friedman, Alex Sweet, Dustin Opper, Braden Walter, Eric Lindquist, Dominguez Rodriguez, and EB Newlon shared their favorite stories from childhood in the Writing Center!!! Everyone had a great time listening to these memorable classics!
Childhood stories shared included:
Alex Sweet: "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Anderson
Dustin Opper: "John Henry- The Steel Driving Man" – American Folk Hero
Carolyn Shea: "The Frog Prince" and "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" by Brothers Grimm
Braden Walter: "The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams


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May 22, 1977
Fort Worth, TX US
Tarrant County Convention Center
The Song Remains The Same, (The Rover intro) Sick Again, Nobody's Fault But Mine, In My Time of Dying, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Battle of Evermore, Going to California, Black Country Woman, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, White Summer ~ Black Mountainside, Kashmir, (Out On the Tiles intro) Moby Dick, Jimmy Page solo, Achilles Last Stand, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love ~ Rock and Roll, It'll Be Me.
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Bad Company's Mick Ralphs joins the band onstage for the final encore.
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Concert description
The crowd is riotous in this show and it adds a certain amount of chaos and tension to the concert. The band has to restart In My Time Of Dying as they messed up the tempo and Bonham completely ruins the end by playing so far out of time that I couldn't even find the beat by listening to the guitars (Plant: "I'll tell you what we'll do ... we'll start it again"). The concert is basically average, but still pretty good. Achilles is the real blowout; one of the most aggressive versions I have ever heard and very powerful. Stairway sounds really tired and worn out. Robert doesn't do any of his usual ad-libs and he sounds lazy and uninterested on all the vocals. The only part of the piece that sounds lively is the guitar solo and that jam section. The encores are good and It'll Be Me features Mick Ralphs of Bad Company on second guitar ... he shouldn't have bothered getting on stage. Not only does Jimmy make him look foolish with his playing but he gets completely drowned out as well!


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Armed with U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Striking Down Sodomy Laws Nationwide, Today Lambda Legal Helps Defend Virginia Man Against Rogue Sodomy Prosecution
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(Virginia Beach, Virginia, October 29, 2003) - At a hearing in Virginia state court today, Lambda Legal will help defend a man who is charged with solicitation of sodomy despite the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling last summer that clearly struck down all remaining sodomy laws in the nation.
Lambda Legal, which was lead counsel on the U.S. Supreme Court case challenging sodomy laws and argued that case earlier this year, said the Supreme Court's ruling clearly struck down sodomy laws in all 13 states that still had them, including Virginia. Consequently, states cannot continue enforcing those laws or prosecuting people for attempting to violate them, although states can pass or enforce laws prohibiting truly public sex, as long as those laws apply to all people and are enforced equally, Lambda Legal said.
Joel Singson was charged with solicitation to commit sodomy after a discussion with an undercover police officer in the men's room of a store in a Virginia Beach mall, which the officer claims led him to believe Singson requested an act of sodomy. The men were each in adjacent bathroom stalls with the doors closed. After Singson exited a stall, he was taken by two officers to the back of the store, questioned and released. He wasn't charged until several months later.
"This sodomy law is dead, and that means you can't charge someone for attempting to violate it or talking about violating it; there's no law left to violate," said Greg Nevins, Senior Staff Attorney in Lambda Legal's Southern Regional Office and Lambda Legal's lead attorney on the case. "This is a rogue prosecution under a law that no longer exists."
Lambda Legal pointed to a similar case in New York several years ago, where the state's sodomy law had been struck down and the state's highest court later said that, as a result, it was unconstitutional to prosecute people for loitering for the purpose of soliciting sodomy. In today's case, Lambda Legal said the Commonwealth of Virginia is asking the court to over-reach and essentially rewrite the state's laws, when there are already valid laws on the books prohibiting a range of sexual conduct, including indecent exposure and prostitution, that were not invalidated by the Supreme Court's ruling striking down all sodomy laws.
In the Supreme Court case that resulted in all sodomy laws nationwide being struck down, Lambda Legal represented John Lawrence and Tyron Garner, who were arrested in Lawrence's Houston home and jailed overnight after officers responding to a false report from an acquaintance found the men engaged in private, consensual sex. Once convicted, they were forced to pay fines and were considered sex offenders in several states.
The case is Commonwealth of Virginia v. Joel Singson. Norfolk attorney Jennifer Stanton is Lambda Legal's co-counsel in the case.
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered people, and people with HIV or AIDS through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
For more on Lambda Legal's landmark U.S. Supreme Court victory - and its broad long-term impact for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people's equal rights nationwide - go to www.lambdalegal.org/ForgingANewEra.


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Each day we offer a sample of headlines that appeared in the world press along with our comments.
Sweden, Local: "Man Convicted For Kicking Dog To Death"
I guess a man is not the best friend of a dog.
Denmark, Copenhagen Post: 'Assimilated Man Sets Record Straight"
If you are human, I like you. Others, I don't like.
Turkey, Hurriyet: "Barack Obama's Exit"
Hopefully in 2016
Kuwait, Kuwait Times: "No Social Networking At Office"
I guess that means no drink at noon.
Saudi Arabia, Saudi Gazette: "Ban On Domestic Workers"
So, who cleans the house and takes out the garbage??
France, Connexion: "Police Target Souvenir Sellers"
OK, guys, give the cops some free souvenirs!
Netherlands, Dutch News: "Psychiatric Care Works Well In Prison"
Yes, now 99% are going crazy.


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Excerpt: "With their first pick, the 19th overall, I have the Giants selecting an offensive tackle.
Why an Offensive Tackle?
From the outside looking in, depth at this position would appear to be a real concern. Will Beatty is locked in as the left tackle, but on the other side, David Diehl just agreed to a pay cut, a move that likely means the team envisions him as a versatile backup he's become – and it should be noted that in accepting the pay cut from over $4M to $1M, no additional years were added onto Diehl's contract, meaning that come next March, he'll be an unrestricted free agent.
I'll talk about James Brewer in a minute, but I first want to point out that Sean Locklear appears to be unlikely to be back given the seriousness of his knee injury. While the Giants have some intriguing young talent on their roster, the bottom line is that I don't see how they can't address this position a little sooner in the draft than they have in the past.
I do think it makes sense for them to add a veteran to the mix later in the spring if they can't come up with a blue chipper in the draft. But I also think that if a quality tackle is sitting there when their turn comes up to draft, history will repeat itself – the last time the Giants drafted an offensive tackle at 19, they landed Luke Petitgout (yes, I know he came out as a guard, but he played tackle for the majority of his career), who provided them with several quality years at left tackle." Read more...


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I said it before and will say it again that fat prop Cian Healey has no place on a rugby pitch.
Totally agree, not a good avert for rugby at this level.
Get real FB. The guy is a sandwich short of a picnic.
max - so do you know something that the citing team doesn't? you're saying he's quilty with absolutley no proof.
if it's proven - fine, I'll agree with you but until then stop being a dick
and as suspected, Healey had no case to answer as the allegation was unproven.
happy with that max?? let me guess - no.
Stop being a cock FB.
As you well know the panel could not prove either way whether he bit him or not. Therefore guilt or innocence are not proven. If you really believe his arm was pushed into his mouth then go ahead. I will believe he bit him based on my view Cian Healey is a cowardly bastard.
let me ask a question - have you ever played rugby at a high level?? somehow I suspect not
I have played both league and union competitively and union at county level. To be honest I don't thik that makes me anymore qualified to see the guy is coward on the pitch. Guess you are the old school prop who thought it was ok to dish out your own brand of justice. You may think it is the way teh game is but it is simply cowardice.
clearly we have differing opinions on the word cowardice and it's interpretation in the game of rugby
come on - it's a physical game and things go on that should be left go. I don't advocate biting, gouging, spitting, stamping or anything similar but sometimes modern players cry foul without any good reason and they should just suck it up and get on with the game as in this case. even the citing commissioner shouldn't have bothered reporting it as there was no reliable evidence to start with. waste of fucking time all round.
Looks like he's knackered anyway!
I thought that the player he was supposed to have bitten had said he didn't think it was on purpose....
from the BBC
"Healy was cited on the grounds of an "act contrary to good sportsmanship".
New Zealander Hampton, an independent judicial officer appointed by the Australian Rugby Union, concluded it was possible that during the incident, Sheehan's arm "may have come in contact with Healy's mouth and due to the pressure of the tackle it is likely that unavoidable contact between Healy's mouth and Sheehan's arm occurred".
"There is no conclusive video evidence of the incident and post-match it was not possible to distinguish any discernible bite marks outside of the 'regular' marks usually found following a rugby match," Mr Hampton said in his findings.
"I cannot prove on the balance of probabilities that there was a deliberate bite here and the citing complaint is not upheld."
Sheehan, speaking on Australian television as the players came off at half-time, said: "I don't know if it was an accident or on purpose but there it is. We move on."
you should have moved on at the time Sheehan and said nothing - it's made you look like a dick. as does the citing commissioner.
didn't see it.
what does everyone think of the tour so far?
Queensland will be a better barometer.
yep - tomorrow will be a better barometer
and Ryan Grant, the Scottish prop, has now been called into the squad as cover for Gethin Jenkins who's struggling with his calf injury - Geth would be a big loss to the Lions.
EDIT: Healey is definitely out of the tour - "significant ligament damage"
The attrition rate of the tour may well ahve a big bearing on how things go. If the Lions can keep fit, then this should be a succssful tour.
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The attrition rate of the tour may well ahve a big bearing on how things go. If the Lions can keep fit, then this should be a succssful tour.
the good thing however is that the Lions have good cover for a number of positions if injuries increase.
Grant is a decent prop. not in Gethin Jenkins class but he won't let anyone down.


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We haven't spent tons of time on the beach though, as it's very hot. Every
day has been between 30 and 35C, before the 'heat factor'. Today we met Floriez, a lady from Central Valley, which is in the interior near the volcanoes and Lake Arenal. She moved here last year to the coast and is having a hard time adjusting. She says it is between 19 and 27 there. We would probably like that better. It's interesting though, that even the locals are saying how VERY hot it is here now. I don't feel half as much of a wimp now, while I am busy wiping the sweat off my face every 5 minutes. The locals do it too:-) We asked Liz, who owns Cafe del Mar where we had lunch, what it was like in July and August. She says it is the same. We met Liz last week at the grocery store.... she gave us her card and said to come to her cafe... her 10 year old daughter "runs" it with her, and what a serious little sweetheart. She could likely run the place herself! She was running around adjusting tablecloths, moving the signage, filling napkins, and all the while writing in a notebook... presumably what was needed, and checking up on the cook too!
Today when we got back from lunch at Liz's, we were on the deck and another couple of monkeys came through our yard. We don't think these were the white faced ones... they were a bit bigger and only two. White faced usually travel in groups of 15-20. We also saw a large group of toucans close by today... first toucans we've seen. There are loads of birds and butterflies, but t's hard to always see them for the jungle. We've seen bright red birds and bright blue ones, many hummingbirds, and so many kinds of butterflies we can't count them. The howler monkeys also come around every morning although we haven't seen one yet. Really, you should google those guys! They have the loudest voice, and they really do howl, usually just before dawn and then sporadically through the day.
The other day we went back to the swimming pool at Villas Rio Mar where we stayed the first night here. We paid our $10 to go hang out in the pool for the afternoon. Started chatting with Eileen and her daughter Katie who are from Ohio. Eileen has been coming to this same resort for close to 10 years. Katie finally came with her this year, and got to meet the 4 Crazy Texan Sisters and One Husband. They have also been coming to this same resort for ages. We had such a good afternoon with all of them:-) The 4 sisters, Helen, Erna, Dixie and Jessie are what I aspire to be like in 10 years or so! They say many of the staff here have been here for years, which really says something about the resort. They waved at "Flash", as he went by... the story goes that a few years back, they arrived and were at their room, when a young hottie appeared at their door saying he needed to come in their room. None of them knew who he was so there was some resistance. Until he finally managed to explain that he'd been doing some work in their room and had forgotten his flashlight in the bathroom. He's been Flash, ever since, to them:-) He's still Hot, just so you know:-)
Yesterday we found another resort with a pool... Cristal Ballena. It's just about 15 km down the road and up a big hill. It's impossible to see from the road. So many places are... if you only went down the highway you'd say it was amazing here, but once you get off the road, wow! We just decided to go up for a look. It's a beautiful resort hotel with an infinity pool that overlooks the valley and off to the ocean. On the other side are higher mountains yet! We just had a drink and enjoyed the view, and asked if we could pay to come here for an afternoon, as non-hotel guests. It sounds like there is no charge to come here, and Millie, our landlady, told us much the same thing today. There are lots of resorts that welcome the public on a day basis.
It's approaching sunset just now; just a bit after 5PM. By 5:45 the sun will have gone down (usually bright orangish red) and by 6 it will be pitch dark.
Next week we are thinking of taking a 3 day drive up into Central Valley and around the Nicoya Peninsula and then back on the ferry to our area. It's supposed to be amazing up in the valley. Lake Arenal is surrounded by volcanoes and coffee plantations and National Parks. There's loads of natural hot springs there too. We're looking forward to seeing that and taking a break from the heat for a few days.
And on the 22nd, we hope to connect with Jack and Karen from Mortlach, when their cruise ship docks in Limon for the day.
I've been catching up on my IIN classes, finally. Wrote my first test last Sunday and got 97%. It's really nice to be caught up! Tomorrow Clayton will watch the SuperBowl while I do some more studying.
Really, there is never a dull moment around here:-)
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From as long as he could remember, Rory Markas dreamed about broadcasting games for the Angels.
Sitting in the driveway of his home in Chatsworth in the 1960 s, listening to Dick Enberg and Don Drysdale call the Angels' games on the radio in far-off Anaheim, Markas said he and his dad would sit in folding chairs and keep score.
As he played shortstop for the Chatsworth High baseball team in the early 1970 s, then attended Los Angeles Valley College and graduated from Cal State Northridge, sportscasting continued as a goal.
Two months ago, Angels management informed Markas he had been chosen to be the season-long TV voice. He had been doing play-by-play on both TV and radio for the team since 2002, when it won its only World Series title. But this was a stamp of approval that he had arrived.
When the news circulated early Tuesday that Markas had died in his Palmdale home at the age of 54, those who remember him most were not simply shocked, but also sad that his professional dream ended so soon.
"He was at the top of his profession, had finally got all the way up to the top of the mountain, and now ..." said Ann Beebe, the Encino-based producer of USC football and basketball radio broadcasts who has known Markas for 20 years - the last 12 of them working side-by-side as he broadcast Trojans basketball games for KSPN-AM (710) radio.
Beebe said that Markas had planned to drive from Palmdale to Palo Alto to join the USC team and broadcast its game against Stanford tonight, rather than fly with the team on a commercial flight Tuesday afternoon. But paramedics were called to his home late Monday after he was unresponsive.
The official cause of death has not been determined. In November 2008, Markas survived a near-death experience when he underwent emergency brain surgery to alleviate a blood clot. He missed nearly two months of doing USC basketball games but returned in January, and then did the entire 2009 baseball season for the Angels on TV and radio.
"I was just on the phone with him (Monday) talking about the upcoming baseball season," said Mark Gubicza, the former Angels pitcher who lives in Chatsworth and has worked with Markas the past three seasons as the TV analyst. "Then I got the call (Tuesday) that one of my best friends is gone.
"What he went through with the surgery . . . it didn't look good for a while. But he was tough. He was taking his medications and was getting better as the season went on.
"I know he was gung-ho about this coming season."
Always upbeat, enthusiastic and joyful in his call of baseball, basketball or any news assignment, Markas was also on KTTV (Channel 11's) "Good Day L.A.," and he impressed colleagues with his versatility and ability to make the game they were listening to or watching all the more enjoyable, no matter what the score.
"A perfect example of that was last Saturday (when the USC men's basketball team outlasted Arizona State 47-37)," said Beebe. "We had a horrible game to do, so low-scoring, dull, and you didn't think so by listening to him do it." The game was never about him."
Beebe said the last time she talked to Markas was Sunday night, when he informed her about the school-imposed sanctions on the USC basketball team.
"No one could see this coming," she said. "We are in total shock."
Over a 30-plus-year career, most of it based in Southern California, Markas showed how much he could do in all mediums, in all situations, for all occasions.
During a time when he did sports, anchoring at both KNX-AM (1070) and KCBS (Channel 2), Markas was trying his play-by-play career on several fronts.
The Clippers hired him as their radio play-by-play man from 1994-97. That evolved into the start of a 12-season run with USC basketball., most of it with broadcast partner Jim Hefner.
"Rory was one of the great professionals in the business," said Hefner, a former USC assistant coach. "But more importantly, he was one of the nicest, kindest people I've ever been around."
Still, baseball seemed to be his biggest love.
Markas started doing games in the minor leagues, spending nine seasons between Salt Lake City and Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League. The Milwaukee Brewers hired him for radio before taking him on TV from '92-94.
In 2002 - the year that the Angels would win their first World Series title - Markas was hired to join Terry Smith in the radio booth.
After the team continued winning games with a dramatic comeback or a special performance, Markas would start to exclaim, "Just another Halo victory!" on the air, which the team seemed to adopt as a slogan, even printing T-shirts with it to sell in their team store.
Markas' call of the final out of the World Series is also memorable:
"I get choked up," Markas said a season later when recalling that play. "It meant a lot to me to be entrusted to bring those moments to the fans."
Another reason for his emotional response was that his father, who died when Markas was 16, was not there to celebrate it with him.
Over Thanksgiving week, the Angels decided to go fulltime with the Markas-Gubicza broadcast team on TV for Fox Sports Net.
Randy Kerdoon, the KNX-AM (1070) morning sports anchor who went to high school with Markas and worked with him Salt Lake City, said Markas "made his mark on the Angels job. He ran with it."
Bill Seward, the KFWB-AM (1070) afternoon sports anchor out of Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks High who worked with Markas going back to the 1980 s, marveled how he "knew something about everything. And on top of that, he was a genuine nice guy, with a great sense of humor. It's rare you hear someone on the air today and they deliver the goods in person, and he did that."
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said: "Most importantly, Rory was a friend. It hits home. He had a great sense of community and he was a people's person. It's a huge loss for anyone who knew him."
One of the more recent highlights in Markas' career didn't happen at a stadium or arena.
In February 2007, Markas had the honor of doing the presentation speech for Vin Scully at the Radio TV News Association's annual Golden Mike Awards. The group was giving the Dodgers' Hall of Fame broadcaster a lifetime achievement award.
"It's so terribly sad (to hear the news)," Scully said from his home in Hidden Hills. "I remember when he had his surgery (last year) and I called him to try to encourage him, and really, he was the kind of fellow who didn't need encouraging. He was so full of life and a real sweetheart of a guy. Once he got through that, I was thrilled for him.
"He'd been doing such a great job with the Angels. I'm sure he'll be terribly missed."
As for the Golden Mike ceremony two years ago, Scully said he remembered that Markas was "more than generous and I was very touched. It was so typical of him to be so warm and giving. That's the way I'll always think of him."
Funeral services are pending. Markas, who was single, is survived by his mother, Billie, and brothers, Gary and Troy.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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What is a ketubah? A work of fine art that symbolizes the beauty of your marriage
A ketubah is a marriage certificate that uses images and words to express the love and commitment of your marriage vows. While the ketubah has its roots as a Jewish wedding tradition, its beauty has become embraced by couples from all different religions and cultures.
At Modern Ketubah, we specialize in creating beautiful, contemporary fine art ketubahs for all couples, whether Jewish, interfaith, same-sex, or multi-cultural. Everyone can have a Modern Ketubah.
I create my ketubahs from my own fine art abstract nature photography, for a modern, organic style. My ketubah designs are unique, because unlike many others, mine all originated as works of fine art, and are created to the exact standards I use for the art I show in galleries and exhibitions.
Does a ketubah have to look traditional or old-fashioned?
Not at all! Your ketubah can look any way you want. Since your ketubah is a physical symbol of your marriage, like your wedding rings, it should match your own personal idea of spirituality and symbolism. And since your ketubah is a work of art that will hang in your home for the rest of your life, you should choose one that reflect your own artistic tastes and styles.
Can we get an interfaith ketubah?
Yes. I am in an interfaith marriage myself, so I have designed all of my ketubahs specifically for interfaith and multicultural weddings. I created these designs and texts to address the needs of a couple bringing together two families, two backgrounds, two religions. By using symbols from nature, my ketubahs they celebrate your interfaith marriage with images that are meaningful to both of your traditions. For more information, read my article: find the perfect interfaith ketubah for your interfaith wedding.
Can we get a ketubah for our "non-traditional" wedding?
Yes! Every couple is non-traditional in some way. I have worked with couples from all sorts of backgrounds to create a ketubah that is right for them. Since my ketubah designs use images of flowers and nature, they are uniquely universal and appealing to people from all backgrounds. I have customized ketubot for many same-sex couples, vow renewals, non-Jewish couples, anniversaries, and other special celebrations.
What does 'ketubah' mean?
Ketubah (pronounced "keh-TOO-buh") is from the Hebrew word , and literally means "document" or "it is written". Lately it has become commonly used to describe any document or artwork signed by the bride and groom that states their vows to each other. You see all of the different spellings of ketubah (such as ketubot, ketubbah, ketuba, and katuba) because the Hebrew language uses a different alphabet from English, so there is no direct correlation between the letters. "Ketubah" is the most common English spelling. "Ketubot" is the correct plural form of ketubah, but since not everyone is familiar with this, I use the more familiar-sounding "ketubahs" on this website.
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"The ketubah you made for us reminds me of how wonderful the wedding was, and what a wonderful future we have together." — Erin and Harry
To find your perfect ketubah, the first thing to do is to find a ketubah design whose imagery and words calls out to you, that feels special and meaningingful to you:
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