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Among those who shared their personal experience with Betty Ford and her work is Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks, who had given the following statement to CNN: "As far as I'm concerned, Betty Ford saved my life.â€
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//EXCLUSIVE: An intelligence community review has re-affirmed that two classified emails were indeed "top secret" when they hit Hillary Clinton's unsecured personal server despite a challenge to that designation by the State Department, according to two sources familiar with the review.
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There was a lot to like in Japanese men's distance running this year, from national records for 3000 m and 50 km and a sensational Hakone Ekiden win to six men sub-28 to a dozen sub-14 high schoolers to university men breaking 61 minutes in the half marathon to ten men running sub-2:10 marathons a total of eleven times. Yuki Kawauchi (Saitama Pref. Gov't) continued to define his own category, setting a Japanese record with his seventh and eighth career sub-2:10 marathons on the way to totalling thirteen marathons for the year, going sub-2:20 in all of them to break Doug Kurtis' record of twelve. All of it happening with record-setting depth at all levels, a reflection of how much motivation the 2020 Tokyo Olympics bring to the country's runners.
In preparation for Tokyo the Japanese Federation began a move to close ranks by establishing a National Team training program for its top Olympic marathon contenders, a program that in its first year did not produce the results new Federation marathon boss Takeshi Soh and others hoped for. One of Japan's best prospects for coming years, Suguru Osako, moved to Oregon after graduating in March to train full-time with Olympic medalists Mo Farah (U.K.) and Galen Rupp (U.S.A.), but most of the corporate league runners showed a strange ineffectuality overseas. In one string of four major international half marathons in September eleven out of thirteen corporate Japanese men, almost all with 1:01 or 1:02 bests, ran from 1:05 to 1:09, with one running 1:04 and the best just 1:03. Results at marathons like Berlin and Chicago were not much better and there was not a single gold medal at the Asian Games, showing that for all the developing strength at the younger levels and in domestic races there are still serious problems at the top end in translating that into international competitiveness and professionalism.
Not least of which is awareness of the problem. Change doesn't come easy in Japan and it may take another generation getting into power in the corporate leagues and Federation for that kind of problem to be resolved, but if any athletes are going to effect that kind of change it may be some of those below who made the Japanese headlines of 2014. For the second year in a row the list is topped by a university athlete.
1. Kenta Murayama (21, Komazawa Univ.) - 399.9 pts.
5000 m: 13:34.53 - 1st, Golden Games in Nobeoka Heat 1, 5/10/14 - #3 Japanese, 2014
10000 m: 27:49.94 - 4th, Hyogo Relay Carnival Heat 1, 4/20/14 - #3 Japanese, 2014
half-marathon: 1:00:50 - 2nd, Kagawa Marugame Int'l Half Marathon, 2/2/14 - #1 Japanese, 2014, #3 Japanese all-time
Major performances:
2nd, Hakone Ekiden Second Stage (23.2 km), 1/2/14 - 1:08:27
2nd, Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon, 2/2/14 - 1:00:50 - #3 Japanese all-time
56th, World Half Marathon, 3/29/14 - 1:03:52
4th, Hyogo Relay Carnival Grand Prix 10000 m, 4/20/14 - 27:49.94
1st, Golden Games in Nobeoka 5000 m, 5/10/14 - 13:34.53
1st, Kanto Regional University Championships D2 10000 m, 5/16/14 - 29:03.22
4th, National Championships 10000 m, 6/7/14 - 28:39.03
2nd, Hokuren Distance Challenge Abashiri Meet 5000 m, 7/6/14 - 13:39.27
1st, National University Ekiden First Stage (14.6 km), 11/2/14 - 42:58
8th, International Chiba Ekiden First Stage (5.0 km), 11/24/14 - 13:45
Murayama has been one of the most promising young Japanese athletes in recent years even since running sub-29 for 10000 m while in still in high school. While 2013 was a breakthrough year where he stepped up to the top ranks of Japanese distance running 2014 saw him become its best. In February just before his 21st birthday he ran 1:00:50 at the Marugame International Half Marathon, #3 on the all-time Japanese lists and the best-ever by a Japanese-born collegiate. In April he ran 27:49.94, the best of the year by a Japanese collegiate, duplicated that distinction over 5000 m three weeks later with a 13:34.53. A week later he won the D2 10000 m title at the Kanto Regionals meet, his identical twin brother Kota Murayama (Josai Univ., see below for more) winning the D1 title. An illness over the summer knocked him off-course for a few months but in November he was part of one of the most exciting ekiden stages in recent years, a head-to-head battle with Kota and Takashi Ichida (Daito Bunka Univ.) on the First Stage of the National University Men's Ekiden that saw Kenta get the win in a photo-finish with Kota and Ichida just a second behind.
On Jan. 2 Murayama will run the Second Stage at the Hakone Ekiden, hoping to get the course record or at least run the fastest time ever by a Japanese athlete. One month later he will go for the Japanese national record in Marugame, a mark he missed by just 25 seconds last year. After graduating in March he, Kota, Ichida and Ichida's identical twin Hiroshi Ichida (Daito Bunka Univ.) will all join the Asahi Kasei corporate team led by another great twin in Japanese athletics history, Takeshi Soh. Murayama has indicated that he plans to stick to the track for Rio and will then think about the marathon. Whatever else happens, let's hope that the conservative and nationalistic environment at Asahi Kasei doesn't put out the sparks of individuality and fearlessness that set both Murayamas apart from the rest of today's Japanese runners.
2. Tetsuya Yoroizaka (24, Team Asahi Kasei) - 247.5 pts.
5000 m: 13:29.03 - 11th, KBC Nacht, 7/19/14, #2 Japanese, 2014
10000 m: 27:38.99 - 4th, Hachioji Long Distance A-Heat, 11/29/14 - #1 Japanese, 2014, #5 Japanese all-time
Major performances:
1st, New Year Ekiden Third Stage (13.6 km), 1/1/14 - 38:42
5th, Kanaguri Memorial Meet 5000 m, 4/5/14 - 13:54.71
13th, Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational 10000 m, 5/4/14 - 28:05.67
1st, Golden Games in Nobeoka 5000 m G-heat, 5/10/14 - 14:04.22
1st, Setagaya Time Trials 3000 m, 5/30/14 - 8:07.28
9th, National Championships 10000 m, 6/7/14 - 28:44.34
29th, National Championships 5000 m, 6/8/14 - 14:04.36
2nd, Guldensporenmeeting 1500 m, 7/12/14 - 3:42.21
11th, KBC Nacht 5000 m, 7/19/14 - 13:29.03
4th, National Corporate Championships 5000 m, 10/12/14 - 13:47.15
5th, Kyushu Corporate Ekiden Fifth Stage (9.2 km), 11/23/14 - 27:00
4th, Hachioji Long Distance Time Trials 10000 m, 11/29/14 - 27:38.99
Yoroizaka, a graduate of 2014 National High School Ekiden champion Sera H.S. and the fastest-ever Japanese-born collegiate over 10000 m, started the year off well with a win on his New Year Ekiden stage for the Asahi Kasei corporate team. For most of the year he was relatively incognito, his only noteworthy mark a 13:29.03 at July's KBC Nacht 5000 m, the 2nd-best Japanese time of the year, before running the best-ever 10000 m by a Japanese man in a domestic race, 27:38.99 for 4th at November's Hachioji Long Distance Time Trials. With that time Yoroizaka joins the swelling numbers of current Japanese athletes within a few seconds of Toshinari Takaoka's 27:35.09 national record from 2001. It's got to fall sooner or later and Yoroizaka looks like one of the best bets to get there.
3. Masato Kikuchi (24, Team Konica Minolta) - 181.8 pts.
5000 m: 13:35.18 - 6th, Golden Games in Nobeoka Heat 3, 5/10/14 - #7 Japanese, 2014
10000 m: 28:04.25 - 14th, Hachioji Long Distance A-Heat, 11/29/14 - #9 Japanese, 2014
half-marathon: 1:01:17 - 2nd, National Corporate Championships, 2/16/14 - #2 Japanese, 2014
Major performances:
2nd, New Year Ekiden Seventh Stage (15.5 km), 1/1/14 - 47:37
6th, National Men's Ekiden Third Stage (8.5 km), 1/22/14 - 24:00
5th, Marugame International Half Marathon, 2/2/14 - 1:01:50
2nd, National Corporate Half Marathon, 2/16/14 - 1:01:17
18th, World Half Marathon, 3/29/14 - 1:01:23
6th, Hyogo Relay Carnival Asics Challenge 10000 m, 4/19/14 - 28:32.05
8th, Oda Memorial Meet Grand Prix 5000 m, 4/29/14 - 13:38.17
6th, Golden Games in Nobeoka 5000 m C-heat, 5/10/14 - 13:35.18
4th, East Japan Corporate Championships 1500 m, 5/17/14 - 3:47.62
4th, National Championships 5000 m, 6/8/14 - 13:44.43
33rd, Hokuren Distance Challenge Fukagawa Meet 10000 m, 6/25/14 - 29:42.38
1st, Hokuren Distance Challenge Abashiri Meet 1500 m, 7/6/14 - 3:44.21
3rd, Hokuren Distance Challenge Abashiri Meet 5000 m, 7/6/14 - 13:40.40
5th, Guldensorenmeeting 1500 m, 7/12/14 - 3:43.52
10th, Great North Run half marathon, 9/7/14 - 1:04:18
19th, Nittai Univ. Time Trials 5000 m, 9/28/14 - 13:59.86
10th, National Corporate Championships 10000 m, 10/10/14 - 28:43.86
2nd, East Japan Corporate Ekiden First Stage (11.6 km), 11/3/14 - 33:31
14th, Hachioji Long Distance Time Trials 10000 m, 11/29/14 - 28:04.25
Kikuchi raced often this year, everything from 1500 m to the half marathon. On Jan. 1 he anchored the Konica Minolta corporate team to a second-straight New Year Ekiden win. His 1:01:17 runner-up finish at February's National Corporate Half Marathon was the 2nd-fastest of the year by a Japanese man, but his biggest accomplishment was running 1:01:50 two weeks earlier in Marugame before doubling at the Corporate Half time. To say nothing of running 1:01:23 at the Copenhagen World Half Marathon in March, the best time there by an athlete born outside Africa. Despite all this he came up short of any really significant accomplishments, winning only one race, a minor 1500 m in July that was just a warmup for a more serious 5000 m at the same meet.
4. Yuki Sato (28, Team Nissin Shokuhin) - 140.25 pts.
5000 m: 13:34.97 - 6th, Asian Games, 9/27/14 - #5 Japanese, 2014
10000 m: 27:46.59 - 8th, Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, 5/4/14 - #2 Japanese, 2014
Major performances:
4th, New Year Ekiden Fourth Stage (22.0 km), 1/1/14 - 1:04:22
4th, Kanaguri Memorial Meet 5000 m, 4/5/14 - 13:53.63
5th, Nittai Univ. Time Trials 5000 m, 4/13/14 - 13:43.61
8th, Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational 10000 m, 5/4/14 - 27:46.69
3rd, East Japan Corporate Championships 1500 m, 5/17/14 - 3:47.35
8th, East Japan Corporate Championships 5000 m, 5/18/14 - 13:57.85
1st, National Championships 10000 m, 6/7/14 - 28:32.07
2nd, National Championships 5000 m, 6/8/14 - 13:40.99
19th, KBC Nacht 5000 m, 7/19/14 - 13:59.67
6th, Asian Games 5000 m, 9/27/14 - 13:34.97
Sato's year got off to a slow start, injury problems keeping him out of February's Tokyo Marathon and his track season unremarkable except for an unexpected 27:46.69 at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational. In June he won a 4th-straight national title in the 10000 m, for the 3rd-straight year doing it by sitting on the younger Suguru Osako (Team Nissin Shokuhin/Waseda Univ.) until the final 200 m. Each of those 10000 m title has been slower, something Sato seemed aware of as he appeared almost defensive in his victory interview. He doubled back the next day with a 2nd-place finish in the 5000 m, but at the Asian Games he was spent after a season-best 13:34.97 for 6th and did not start in the 10000 m. Since then he has been out of public sight, but he is reportedly in good shape for the New Year Ekiden where his Nissin Shokuhin teammates include fellow Saku Chosei H.S. graduates Osako, Akinobu Murasawa and Keigo Yano. Look for Nissin Shokuhin to have a solid shot at taking down Konica Minolta.
5. Suguru Osako (23, Team Nissin Shokuhin/Waseda Univ.) - 116.25 pts.
5000 m: 13:26.15 - 9th, KBC Nacht, 7/19/14 - #1 Japanese, 2014
10000 m: 28:11.94 - 2nd, Asian Games, 10/2/14 - #10 Japanese, 2014
Major performances:
5th, Hakone Ekiden First Stage (21.4 km), 1/2/14 - 1:02:14
4th, Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational 1500 m, 5/4/14 - 3:43.19
2nd, National Championships 10000 m, 6/7/14 - 28:33.57
2nd, Hokuren Distance Challenge Shibetsu Meet 5000 m, 6/28/14 - 13:42.54
2nd, Runnersworld Track Meeting 3000 m, 7/11/14 - 8:02.11
9th, KBC Nacht 5000 m, 7/19/14 - 13:26.15
7th, Birmingham Grand Prix 2 Miles, 8/24/14 - 8:28.30 - all-time JPN #2
6th, Rieti Meeting 3000 m, 9/7/14 - 7:40.09 - NR
2nd, Asian Games 10000 m, 10/2/14 - 28:11.94
Osako has been in an ambiguous position for the last two years, training on and off with the Nike Oregon Project without being a full member, signing with the Nissin Shokuhin corporate team after his graduation from Waseda University this year but moving to the U.S. to be with the NOP closer to full-time, returning to run with Nissin just for the biggest races like the New Year Ekiden where he will make his debut in 2015. He seemed to come up short of his biggest goals, losing to Sato the same way yet again just a week after tweeting that watching Galen Rupp set a U.S. record at the Prefontaine Classic had shown him the need to change and not keep doing things the same way. In July he ran the best 5000 m of the year by a Japanese man, 13:26.15, following up with an all-time Japanese #2 8:28.30 two-mile in August, a 7:40.09 national record for 3000 m in September, and a silver medal over 10000 m at October's Asian Games. More national records, especially Takaoka's 10000 m mark, can't be far away.
6. Sota Hoshi (26, Team Fujitsu) - 96 pts.
5000 m: 13:38.46 - 6th, Hokuren Distance Challenge Kitami Meet, 7/2/14 - #11 Japanese, 2014
half-marathon: 1:01:18 - 3rd, National Corporate Championships, 2/16/14 - #3 Japanese, 2014
Major performances:
2nd, New Year Ekiden Third Stage (13.6 km), 1/1/14 - 38:46
6th, National Men's Ekiden Seventh Stage (13.0 km), 1/22/14 - 38:03
3rd, National Corporate Half Marathon, 2/16/14 - 1:01:18
53rd, World Half Marathon, 3/29/14 - 1:03:29
10th, Oda Memorial Meet Grand Prix 5000 m, 4/29/14 - 13:48.12
3rd, Golden Games in Nobeoka 10000 m, 5/10/14 - 28:50.53
6th, National Championships 5000 m, 6/8/14 - 13:46.28
25th, Hokuren Distance Challenge Fukagawa Meet 10000 m, 6/25/14 - 29:08.92
2nd, Hokuren Distance Challenge Shibetsu Meet 1500 m, 6/28/14 - 3:49.79
6th, Hokuren Distance Challenge Kitami Meet 5000 m, 7/2/14 - 13:38.46
3rd, East Japan Corporate Ekiden Sixth Stage (10.6 km), 11/3/14 - 30:12
Last year's 5000 m national champion in a photo-finish with Yoroizaka, Komazawa University graduate Hoshi started the year off with a close loss to Yoroizaka at the New Year Ekiden and another near-photo-finish at the National Corporate Half Marathon where he was 3rd behind Kikuchi in 1:01:18, the year's 3rd-best Japanese time. The rest of his year was relatively unremarkable, but a 3rd-place finish on his stage at November's East Japan Corporate Ekiden suggested he is rounding back into good shape in time for the New Year Ekiden. Part of an untouchable quartet at Komazawa with Takuya Fukatsu (Team Asahi Kasei), Yusuke Takabayashi (Team Toyota) and Tsuyoshi Ugachi (Team Konica Minolta), Hoshi was all but forgotten after senior year injuries kept him off the scene for too long. It's long been a pet JRN belief that in the end he will have had the best career of the four, and 2014 was another step toward seeing that become a reality.
7. Kohei Matsumura (28, Team Mitsubishi Juko Nagasaki) - 88 pts.
marathon: 2:08:09 - 8th, Tokyo Marathon, 2/23/14 - #1 Japanese, 2014
Major performances:
14th, New Year Ekiden Fourth Stage (22.0 km), 1/1/14 - 1:05:31
8th, Tokyo Marathon, 2/23/14 - 2:08:09
3rd, Golden Games in Nobeoka 5000 m B-heat, 5/10/14 - 13:48.14
7th, Kyushu Corporate Championships 10000 m, 5/17/14 - 28:38.80
23rd, National Championships 10000 m, 6/7/14 - 28:57.18
20th, Hokuren Distance Challenge Fukagawa Meet 10000 m, 6/25/14 - 28:55.29
2nd, Asian Games Marathon, 10/3/14 - 2:12:39
7th, Kyushu Corporate Ekiden Fifth Stage (9.2 km), 11/23/14 - 27:17
15th, Kumamoto Kosa 10-Miler, 12/7/14 - 46:47
Little-known but making steady progress in the marathon, Matsumura ran the fastest time in the world in 2014 by a non-African when he took 8th at the Tokyo Marathon in 2:08:09. He made a quick recovery and showed stability through track season before turning to October's Asian Games marathon where he took silver in a three-way sprint finish, losing to Kenyan-born Bahraini Ali Hassan Mahboob but beating notable strong finisher Yuki Kawauchi (Saitama Pref. Gov't). Younger than many of the other current-top level Japanese men, Matsumura looks like one of the top contenders for the Rio Olympic team.
8. Yuki Yagi (25, Team Asahi Kasei) - 80.25 pts.
5000 m: 13:37.25 - 2nd, Golden Games in Nobeoka Heat 1, 5/10/14 - #9 Japanese, 2014
half-marathon: 1:01:37 - 5th, National Corporate Championships, 2/16/14 - #4 Japanese, 2014
Major performances:
18th, New Year Ekiden Second Stage (8.3 km), 1/1/14 - 23:20
82nd, Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon, 2/2/14 - 1:05:21
5th, National Corporate Half Marathon, 2/16/14 - 1:01:37
2nd, Kanaguri Memorial Meet 5000 m, 4/5/14 - 13:48.12
8th, Hyogo Relay Carnival Asics Challenge 10000 m, 4/19/14 - 28:42.36
2nd, Golden Games in Nobeoka 5000 m, 5/10/14 - 13:37.25
10th, Kyushu Corporate Championships 10000 m, 5/17/14 - 28:51.84
32nd, Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon, 9/21/14 - 1:09:03
15th, National Corporate Championships 10000 m B-heat, 10/10/14 - 29:35.70
16th, National Corporate Championships 5000 m B-heat, 10/12/14 - 14:17.88
5th, Kyushu Corporate Ekiden Third Stage (10.5 km), 11/23/14 - 30:02
48th, Kumamoto Kosa 10-Miler, 12/7/14 - 47:56
A former star member of Waseda University before heading to the Asahi Kasei corporate team, Yagi was mostly off in 2014 but had a brief window from February through May where he turned in strong half marathon and 5000 m performances that got him onto the year's best lists. With a 1:01:37 best at February's Marugame Half he ran only 1:09:03 for 32nd the Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon in September. By December his condition had still not improved as he was 48th at the Kumamoto Kosa 10-Miler in 47:56. With a massive influx of top-level Hakone talent like the Murayama twins and Ichida twins arriving at Asahi Kasei in April Yagi will need to turn things back around to keep his contract beyond next year.
9. Hiroto Inoue (21, Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 79.2 pts.
5000 m: 13:42.74 - 5th, Hokuren Distance Challenge Abashiri Meet, 7/6/14 - #22 Japanese, 2014
10000 m: 28:19.28 - 1st, Kanto Region University Time Trials A-Heat, 11/23/14 - #16 Japanese, 2014
half-marathon: 1:01:39 - 3rd, Kagawa Marugame Int'l Half Marathon, 2/2/14 - #5 Japanese, 2014
Major performances:
8th, Hakone Ekiden Fifth Stage (23.4 km, 864 m climb), 1/2/14 - 1:21:11
3rd, Marugame International Half Marathon, 2/2/14 - 1:01:39
36th, World Half Marathon, 3/29/14 - 1:02:25
8th, Hyogo Relay Carnival Grand Prix 10000 m, 4/20/14 - 28:23.34
2nd, Kanto Regional University D1 10000 m, 5/16/14 - 28:55.87
1st, Kanto Regional University D1 Half Marathon, 5/25/14 - 1:04:07
20th, National Championships 10000 m, 6/7/14 - 28:54.86
5th, Hokuren Distance Challenge Abashiri Meet 5000 m, 7/6/14 - 13:42.74
13th, National University Championships 10000 m, 9/5/14 - 29:45.88
5th, Hakone Ekiden Yosenkai 20 km, 10/18/14 - 59:25
3rd, National University Ekiden Fourth Stage (14.0 km), 11/2/14 - 41:28
1st, Kanto Region University Time Trials 10000 m, 11/23/14 - 28:19.28
The top Japanese member of Yamanashi Gakuin University, Inoue's 1:01:39 for 3rd in Marugame was lost in the excitement over Kenta Murayama's 1:00:50, but at the World Half Inoue was strong again, running 1:02:25 to Murayama's 1:03:52. In May he lost to Kota Murayama in the Kanto Regionals 10000 m D1 race, 2nd in 28:55.87, but came back to win the D1 half marathon. With two quality runs during ekiden season he ran a 10000 m best of 28:19.28 in late November to put himself into good position for his final Hakone Ekiden.
10. Shinobu Kubota (23, Team Toyota/Komazawa Univ.) - 77 pts.
5000 m: 13:41.14 - 8th, Oda Memorial Meet Heat 1, 4/29/14 - #19 Japanese, 2014
10000 m: 27:54.25 - 8th, Hachioji Long Distance A-Heat, 11/29/14 - #4 Japanese, 2014
Major performances:
2nd, Hakone Ekiden Ninth Stage (23.2 km), 1/3/14 - 1:08:56
11th, National Men's Ekiden Seventh Stage (13.0 km), 1/22/14 - 38:11
9th, Kumanichi 30 km Road Race, 2/16/14 - 1:33:17
9th, Oda Memorial Meet Grand Prix 5000 m, 4/29/14 - 13:41.14
4th, Chubu Corporate Championships 10000 m, 5/11/14 - 28:43.03
8th, National Championships 10000 m, 6/7/14 - 28:44.34
16th, Hokuren Distance Challenge Fukagawa Meet 10000 m, 6/25/14 - 28:47.85
7th, Hokuren Distance Challenge Abashiri Meet 10000 m, 7/6/14 - 28:05.08
1st, Chubu Corporate Ekiden Seventh Stage (13.1 km), 11/16/14 - 38:02
8th, Hachioji Long Distance Time Trials 10000 m, 11/29/14 - 27:54.25
An anchor stage specialist while at Komazawa University, Kubota headed to the Toyota corporate team after graduating in April. Decent through track season as he made the transition to the new environment, he hit ekiden season with an anchor stage win at the Chubu Corporate Ekiden and his first sub-28 with a 27:54.25 at the Hachioji Long Distance Time Trials meet. Having already run a marathon his junior year at Komazawa and a 30 km as a senior look for him to make an early move in that direction while at Toyota.
Honorable Mention Hyuga Endo (16, Gakuho Ishikawa H.S.)
5th, Nittai Univ. Time Trials 5000 m, 12/7/14 - 13:58.93 - #1 all-time Japanese 16-yr-old time
Endo was one of a dozen or so high schoolers to break 14 minutes for 5000 m this year, doing it at the final Nittai Univ. Time Trials meet of the year on Dec. 7. What made it news was that Endo was only 16, running a 36-second PB of 13:58.93 to clock the fastest-ever time by a Japanese 16-year-old. JRN readers picked Endo's run as the Japanese men's distance performance of the year.
Honorable Mention Kota Murayama (21, Josai Univ.)
1st, Kanto Regional University Championships D1 10000 m, 5/16/14 - 28:54.85
2nd, National University Championships 1500 m, 9/5/14 - 3:39.56 - #1 Japanese, 2014, all-time #9 Japanese
5th, Asian Games 5000 m, 9/27/14 - 13:34.57 - #4 Japanese, 2014
1st, Hakone Ekiden Yosenkai 20 km, 10/18/14 - 58:26
2nd, National University Ekiden First Stage (14.6 km) - 42:58
Always in the shadow of his twin Kenta, Kota Murayama stepped out this year with a string of performances that deserve special mention. Alongside Kenta's D2 win at May's Kanto Regionals meet Kota took the D1 title in 28:54.85. In one six-week period in the fall he ran the fastest Japanese 1500 m time of the year, 3:39.56, was the top non-African-born athlete in the Asian Games 5000 m in a PB 13:34.57, and ran the best-ever Japanese time at the Hakone Ekiden 20 km qualifier to win in 58:26. His battle with Kenta and Takashi Ichida (Daito Bunka Univ.) on the First Stage of the National University Ekiden, discussed above, was one of the year's highlights. Kota has been slower to develop than Kenta but looks like he's going at full speed now. Look out for more.
Honorable Mention Yuma Hattori (21, Toyo Univ.)
1st, Kumanichi Road Race 30 km, 2/2/14 - 1:28:52 - CR - collegiate NR, #3 Japanese all-time
One of the top members of 2014 Hakone Ekiden champion Toyo University, the 20-year-old Hattori delivered JRN's pick for Japanese men's performance of the year at February's Kumanichi 30 km with a collegiate record performance 1:28:52, the 3rd-fastest time ever by a Japanese man. Having never even run a half marathon he split 58:52 through 20 km, recording almost identical 5 km splits to the lead group at the simultaneous National Corporate Half Marathon where Kikuchi and Hoshi both went under 1:01:20. Look for Hattori to make an early marathon debut at age 21 at the 2015 Tokyo Marathon.
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†A list of the orthopedic surgeons who contributed data to this registry can be found at www.outcomes.org, along with a list of the members of the Hip and Knee Registry Scientific Advisory Board.
Correspondence to: Frederick A. Anderson, Jr., PhD, Center for Outcomes Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 365 Plantation St, Suite 185, Worcester, MA 01605
Background: The Hip and Knee Registry is an observational database comprising data on practices of US orthopedic surgeons during 1996 to 2001. We examined trends in the use of prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism (VTE) among patients who underwent primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
Methods: Data on 9,327 THA and 13,846 TKA patients were submitted between 1996 and 2001 by 464 orthopedic surgeons from 319 hospitals in 42 of the United States.
Results: During 1996 to 2001, 44% of THA patients and 38% of TKA patients were male, and 93% and 92% were white, respectively. The median age of THA and TKA patients increased from 66 to 68 years and 68 to 69 years, respectively, between 1996 and 2001 (p < 0.001), while the mean length of hospital stay decreased from 4.7 to 3.7 days and 4.5 to 3.7 days, respectively (p < 0.001). Use of spinal or epidural anesthesia increased from 34 to 46% for THA and 43 to 54% for TKA patients (p < 0.001). One or more types of thromboprophylaxis were administered to 99% of patients. The following were the most common types of thromboprophylaxis: elastic stockings (61% and 58%), warfarin (56% and 53%), low-molecular-weight heparin (38% and 40%), and intermittent pneumatic compression (35% and 32%) in THA and TKA patients, respectively. Aspirin was used for thromboprophylaxis in 4% of THA and 7% of TKA patients. One or more type of in-hospital prophylaxis matching the 2001 American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) recommendations were administered to 89% of THA and 91% of TKA patients between 1996 and 2001. During this period, in-hospital use of ACCP prophylaxis recommendations increased from 88 to 94% following THA (p < 0.001). This increase was also observed for prophylaxis administered to TKA patients, although this did not reach statistical significance.
Conclusions: Recent trends in the management of patients undergoing THA and TKA in the United States, including shorter lengths of hospital stay and increased use of spinal/epidural anesthesia, present a challenge to orthopedic surgeons who wish to provide their patients with effective prophylaxis for VTE. Despite these challenges, nearly all surgeons participating in the Hip and Knee Registry are providing types of prophylaxis consistent with evidence-based consensus recommendations. Although there are concerns regarding increased bleeding risk due to the use of anticoagulants in patients receiving spinal/epidural anesthesia, there was a significant increase in the use of spinal/epidural anesthesia between 1996 and 2001. During this same period, the proportion of patients receiving spinal/epidural anesthesia who were also administered anticoagulants as prophylaxis increased significantly.
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We decided we'd get some good food and a room at The Dillard House in Dillard, Ga. The place sits atop a mountain and serves food family style. Good food and a good rest! For folks planning a longer stay, they also have a stable full of horses.
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Neues zum DX10-Benchmark Call of Juarez
Im kürzlich erschienenen DX10-Benchmark konnte die Radeon HD2900 XT die Geforce 8 zum Teil deutlich hinter sich lassen. Dies hat Nvidia offenbar zum Anlass genommen, die technischen Aspekte aus ihrer Sicht zu erläutern und dabei den Entwicklern bei Techland auf die Füße getreten. Diese haben nun ihrerseits ein Statement dazu herausgegeben.
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In this message we would like to comment some disputable information that was recently published by nVidia and that is related to the DirectX 10 benchmark mode in Call of Juarez.
Before the arrival of DirectX 10, previous graphics APIs only allowed automatic Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing (MSAA) resolves to take place in interactive gaming applications. This automatic process always consisted of a straight averaging operation of the samples for each pixel in order to produce the final, anti-aliased image. While this method was adequate for a majority of graphic engines, the use of advanced High Dynamic Range rendering and other techniques such as Deferred Rendering or anti-aliased shadow buffers require programmable control over this operation due to the nature of the mathematical operations involved. I.e. The previous approach using a simple average can be shown to be mathematically and visually incorrect (and in fact it produces glaring artefacts on occasions).
All DirectX 10 graphics hardware which supports MSAA is required to expose a feature called 'shader-assisted MSAA resolves' whereby a pixel shader can be used to access all of the individual samples for every pixel. This allows the graphics engine to introduce a higher quality custom MSAA resolve operation. The DirectX 10 version of 'Call of Juarez' leverages this feature to apply HDR-correct MSAA to its final render, resulting in consistently better anti-aliasing for the whole scene regardless of the wide variations in intensity present in HDR scenes. Microsoft added the feature to DirectX 10 at the request of both hardware vendors and games developers specifically so that we could raise final image quality in this kind of way, and we are proud of the uncompromising approach that we have taken to image quality in the latest version of our game.
"ExtraQuality" is a visual quality setting enabled by default in the DX10 version of Call of Juarez. In benchmark mode, "ExtraQuality" mode does two things. First, it increases shadow generation distance in order to apply shadowing onto a wider range of pixels on the screen, resulting in better quality throughout the benchmark run. Second, it increases the number of particles rendered with the geometry shader in order to produce more realistic-looking results, like for example waterfall, smoke and falling leaves. The attached screenshot illustrates those differences when ExtraQuality is disabled. ExtraQuality is designed as a default setting to reflect the visual improvements made possible by DX10 cards and is not meant to be disabled in any way.
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This will probably seem incomprehensible to most people today, but this insight is simply the foundation of Western Civilization, version 1.0.
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Our bodies matter. We are not souls trapped in biological cages, souls that might find — to their disappointment – that they "got the wrong body" and thus must explore the label "transgender." No, we are our bodies. Any integration of the sexuality into the whole person that ignores the body or settles for being opposed to the body is no integration at all. If the body that I am is male, oriented in its inescapable biology to be fruitful with woman, than my personal integration of body and soul cannot be the embrace of homosexual acts, for in this embrace I leave the body behind. I perform acts that contradict the reality of my body, my personal design and my relation to the physical Cosmos. I welcome a ghostliness that neatly separates the reality of my body from the reality of me, as if I could be a me without my body.Outside of matters involving where people place their genitals, the necessity for integration of the body and soul is usually upheld. An anorexic girl may believe that her normal, healthy body is hideously fat. She may live in the disintegration of soul and body, by which her soul (she) opposes her body by refusing to eat. But it'd be evil to laud this disintegration, this dualistic war by which she lives as a ghost trapped inside the wrong, disgusting, too-fat body. What's truly loving is the encouragement of body-soul integration, by which a person takes on the project of loving the body she is, of being her body, of living in harmony with the biological functioning of her metabolism, her shape, her natural weight, etc.We understand this, but having reduced personality to sexuality, we are no longer comfortable giving the exact same loving encouragment to a man who lives as a disintegrated soul and body, who believes he (a woman) is in radical contradiction with his body (male). It would be the social sin of social sins to look upon this man and say, "You are body, and your project is to become properly integrated with your body, and thus become the self who you are." What he needs is not integration — that medieval fire of red-hot hatred — but a label, and the subsequent social acceptance of that label. Voila, transgenderism, put a "T" in LGB.
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JANESVILLE, Wis. – Visiting Wisconsin for the first time since Gov. Scott Walker survived a hotly-contested recall election, Mitt Romney discovered a fiery crowd of energized Republicans here Monday and declared that he would carry the Midwestern battleground that once was thought to be beyond his reach.
"I'll tell ya, I think President Obama had just put this in his column; he just assumed at the very beginning Wisconsin was going to be his," said Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. "But you know what? We're going to win Wisconsin! We're going to get the White House!"
With the Republicans stepping up their campaign operation in Wisconsin to take advantage of what they see as an opportunity for Romney, Walker, in his debut appearance as a Romney surrogate, tried to transfer the momentum from his June 5recall election to Romney.
"It is my honor to still be the 45th governor of Wisconsin," Walker said to loud cheers, "and it is my honor to be on stage with the man I hope is the 45th president of these United States."
Ryan, who chairs the House Budget Committee, called Romney a leader with "bedrock of principles" and a "moral compass" as he tried to bestow upon Romney the fiscal credibility he enjoys among conservatives.
"In this coming election, we're going to make a choice," Ryan said. "What kind of country do we want to have? What kind of people do we want to be? We want to be free. That's right."
But the mutual love fest here between Romney and his Wisconsin supporters became fodder for the Democrats. Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith issued a statement saying, "Americans can't afford Romney economics" because he would "rubber stamp the Ryan budget."
"Romney's speech today was an exercise in angry and evasive rhetoric," Smith said. "He offered no ideas of how to create jobs now or strengthen the economy, just dishonest attacks against President Obama."
In a sign of how polarizing Ryan may be in the general election campaign, Democratic protesters outside Romney's event were not just chanting, "Romney, go home!," but also, "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Paul Ryan's got to go!"
Inside the event, held in a sweltering factory that manufacturers fabric paint rollers and blankets, Romney said turning around the struggling economy was not as simple as pressing one button. If it were, he said, the administration would have figured that out. And Romney argued that it was he, not Obama, who had the right formula to create more jobs.
Romney also accused Obama of delegating responsibility for jobs to the Democrats in Congress.
"I am going to go into office and push it aside to the Congress and say to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid – well, they won't be leaders at that point anyway – I am not going to push that over to them and say well, you take care of the economy," Romney said.
Before Romney began his remarks here, Dan Sinykin, owner of the factory Monterey Mills, presented the candidate with a big blanket containing the text of the Pledge of Allegiance.
"It's our hope that over the next four months, or four years, as you face one challenge after another, that you just take a moment and wrap yourself in the Pledge of Allegiance. We're confident it will guide you in the right decision," Sinykin said.
But inside the packed factory floor with no air conditioning, on a day when the high was forecast to hit 98 degrees, Romney accepted the blanket and quipped, "Just what we need here this morning!"


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There is no way for Robert to see. He can't find his path. His feet stumble over each other. The scarf is wrapped so tightly around his head that he thinks he's bleeding. Sand beats against his eyelids and he has no way to block it. The goggles are lost.
The water is gone.
The path is hidden.
He does not know what keeps him moving forward except this feeling of being pushed. He can't let himself fall down and give up. He will keep going. He will find it.
He stumbles and tries to breathe and that is his life for nearly sixteen days.
He should be dead, and yet every morning he feels the sun rise, and every evening he feels the sun set. The only way he tells days apart from nights is when the color around him changes from yellow to black.
Every night, he stops to rest for a while. He doesn't sleep. He thinks about where he came from and where he's trying to go. He tries to create a solution in his mind, but always remembers he has no way to fix anything. He's alone and riding the edge of death.
The wind never stops blowing. It will die down for a few moments, but Robert has come to believe that it's just collecting its strength. The wind pushes Robert from side-to-side and often makes him turn away from the direction his feet are taking him. The wind carries the sand and pelts Robert with it.
Before he lost the goggles, it was much easier for Robert to walk in a straight line. He had a compass and was going north. Robert entered the desert and began this journey because he had heard many tales of a group of people who dwelt in a small village in the heart of the desert. The stories said they didn't like the outside world, but if an outsider was strong enough to make it through the desert and find them, they would welcome the outsider as one of their own.
Within one day of entering the desert, Robert tripped and fell hard. The compass disappeared from his hand, his goggles flew off his head, and two bottles of water rolled away. It was impossible to try to find any of the items he lost, so he just kept walking. He tried his best to keep heading north, but he soon learned he couldn't watch the sun. He had to keep his eyes closed nearly all the time. After a few days, he decided to just keep walking in whatever direction the wind pushed him. He believed that if he didn't give up, he would find something.
All of his life Robert had searched for something to bring a greater meaning to his life. Now, at fifty-six-years-old, he feels he's never made the right decisions. He never could find his path. Sometimes, he thinks he was running away from it.
He tries to remember his reflection, and imagines what he must look like now. His skin is leathery, lined by age and sunlight. His beard is short and a mix of brown and grey hairs. He wore cotton clothing from head-to-toe that was white and light brown, but was now filthy. His sandals are dark brown and well made. He also has a satchel strapped across his chest. It used to be full of water and food. Now it had only a few papers and pictures.
Robert cannot remember what day it is or how long he's been in the desert. Time seems to have no meaning to him. In the back of his mind, he knows he is lost. He will never get out of the desert. But he will not lie down and die. He will keep moving until he physically can no longer go on. The desert will have to deliberately kill him. He won't lie down and accept it.
Just before dawn on the sixteenth day, Robert is staggering along in his usual way, when suddenly the sand disappears from beneath him and there is a straight drop. He, of course, does not see it coming. The wind and the sand make him keep his eyes closed almost constantly. If he had been able to see, he would have noticed the enormous trench from a hundred yards away.
Instead, with his eyes closed, he steps out with his right foot and finds no ground to place it on. He falls. He howls. He hits water.
He's in a deep, dirty pool made from digging a hole in the sand. Robert flounders and instinctively tries to find the surface. He doesn't yet know what's happened to him. Once his head comes up, he breathes deeply for the first time in days, and does his best to stay afloat. There is no wind here. It's very calm, and dark, and cool.
His feet can't touch the bottom of the pool, and he can't see which way the shore his. He is weak and desperate, so he starts swimming east, though he doesn't know that. After about seven strokes, his feet hit the bottom. He is greatly relieved and crawls to the shore. He tries to stand and look around, but he is weak. He falls to his knees, and then lies on his back.
He can see the stars. They're beautiful dots of light in the deepest darkness.
Robert closes his eyes. He feels calmer than he's ever felt in his life. He thinks he could sleep now.
A voice breaks the calm. "Why do you fight so hard?"
Robert sits upright and spins around onto his knees. He thinks the darkness around him has gotten blacker. He sees nothing and hears nothing but his breath. He says, "Who's there?" and his shocked by the sound of his voice. It is so hoarse that his words are barely understandable. For some reason he rubs his throat.
"I am."
The voice came from Robert's left. He stands up and squints. The voice was loud and it echoed. He couldn't recognize it. He thought he should.
"Why do you fight it so hard?"
"Fight what?"
Robert crinkled his forehead. He said, "I don't understand," still in his hoarse whisper.
"You walked all this way when you don't even know what you're looking for."
"I'm looking for an experience, something that will change my life, that will change who I am."
"That is not something you search for and find. That is something that finds you."
Robert looked down, and then up at the stars. "Well I grew tired of waiting."
"That wasn't for you to decide."
Robert looked back into the darkness in front of him. "I don't decide when I am tired?"
"No." The voice paused. "It isn't in your hands to decide how long your patience should last. You just have to wait."
"How long will it, the experience, take to find me?" Robert's voice was getting louder because the hoarseness was slowly edging away. Robert didn't notice, though. He wanted an answer. He shifted from one foot to another while he waited. He was about to speak again, but the voice spoke first.
"You cannot measure it. It's impossible to put such a thing into those limits. It will come when it is ready."
Robert squinted into the darkness again as another question came into his mind. "What did you say I was fighting?"
"You are trying to control it, to tell it what to do, to understand it, but all these things you cannot do. Time runs the course of your life. You have to learn to stop struggling against it."
Robert was staring at the stars again. When he looked down, he realized how much blacker his surroundings were. He could barely see his own feet in the sand, and his footsteps from the pool were lost in the darkness. He started to see dots of light in the distance coming forward. "What do I do now?"
"You accept, or you struggle."
Robert didn't know what to say.
"Do you want to go back into the sands and the winds? Do you want to spend the rest of your time searching for an experience when you could be having one?"
Robert again didn't know what to say. He was looking down towards his feet, but he couldn't see them.
"If you go back out into the desert, you will never come out again. Your life will forever be made up of you wandering blindly against the wind and the sand and the sun, with no one to comfort you, and with no one for you to comfort. Time will not exist for you. Every day and every night will be the same. You will be nothing. You can go back out there, to struggle, or you can accept the fact that you cannot always decide what experiences make up your life. You have to learn to understand what I am saying. You cannot control time and the experiences it brings to you. Time will bring to you all that you could ever need and want. If you fight against it, you will not win. You will only be in agony."
"I want to accept…but I don't know how."
"I can show you."
Robert thought, "Yes," but he did not say anything. He felt something, a power, surround his body, and he finally understood what he should do, and what had happened.
Robert loved a woman a long time ago, when he was a young man. He wanted her to be his companion throughout his life, but she didn't want to live his life. There were things she wanted to accomplish for herself, and he wouldn't support her. He was too selfish and short-sighted. He believed everything she wanted was a waste of time, and that there was so much more life to live. She couldn't agree, and they broke each other's hearts.
He'd been with others throughout the years, but he never loved again, and he never had a family. He gave up something he needed in his life, and because of that, he spent his life searching for something to fill the hole his great love left behind.
"You're an old man now, Robert. You need to stop fighting."
"Where do I go now? What do I do?"
"You accept."
"What?" He said it desperately, as loud as his voice would let him.
There was no response because Robert knew the answer. The blackness around him darkened and the far-off lights were brightening.
"When will I die?"
"You've been dead a long time. You just couldn't accept it."
"Why did I fall into that…that pit?"
"You needed to stop wandering. You would have stayed in that wasteland forever. Sometimes people need a push."
"What happens now?"
Robert rubbed his hands together. "I'm frightened of it. I…I…"
"I understand, but you don't need to be scared. You just have to accept it, to trust in the perpetuity of time. It will absorb you, and, together, you will go on forever."
Though quite timid, Robert knew his time had come. He knew he died. He thought the journey would only be a few days in the desert, and he was ill-prepared. One day, he could no longer walk on. He drank the last of his water and fell asleep.
Robert let out a breath and then watched the stars come closer to him. His fear felt close to consuming him.
"Do not be afraid. Time is eternal. You are eternal. Only your life has ended."


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Kingman remains unbeaten and his odds for next year's 2,000 Guineas shortened to 5-1 after he was an easy winner of the Solario Stakes here on Saturday but his second racecourse appearance lacked the breathtaking qualities of the first. He did not pull clear of his three rivals in the way that seemed likely when he hit the front and he looked somewhat uncomfortable on this sun-dried racing surface.
Still, there can be no doubt that he is a significant talent and the two Godolphin runners who trailed him by two lengths at the line are themselves animals of proven worth. When Kingman ranged alongside them at the top of the straight, it was immediately clear that he was going to justify odds of 2-7.
"I was really pleased the way he relaxed," said Teddy Grimthorpe, representing the colt's owner, Khalid Abdullah. "They didn't go a great pace but when he was asked to quicken, he quickened really nicely and that's the most important thing for today. It's part of his long education, really.
"He's sort of learning how to cope with everything. It's good to firm today and I should think he wouldn't want it any harder than that."
James Doyle, riding his first winner since signing as Abdullah's retained jockey, said he was "very pleased" with Kingman. "It was a bit messy early, they didn't go very hard or very fast and he's got a big, long stride. I was half breaking his stride a little bit, early, but he relaxed nicely and I got him into a rhythm and he picked up well."
Asked if Kingman felt like a good horse, Doyle replied: "It's very early stages in his career. But anything that's been put in front of him, he's beaten them. He's got a very good temperament, which is a big plus, he's well balanced and he's got a good turn of foot, so he's shown me all the right qualities to progress."
Kingman's trainer, John Gosden, was absent at an auction in Germany but was able to watch the race and discuss it by telephone soon after, expressing cautious satisfaction. "There was no pace but he showed good acceleration," Gosden said. "He could have done with a truly run race. He's won nicely in hand; it's best not to ask too many questions [at this stage]."
As to what happens now, Grimthorpe feels the Dewhurst at Newmarket on 12 October is the "main option" but Gosden appeared more inclined toward the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère at Longchamp the previous weekend. Either race would count as a significantly greater test than anything Kingman has faced so far.
Doyle later rode a second winner in Rainbow Beauty, trained by Gerard Butler, who will at some stage be disciplined by the British Horseracing Authority for dosing up some of his horses with Sungate, a joint treatment containing an anabolic steroid. Nine of his horses were banned from racing for six months after testing positive for the steroid in February but they are now returning to the track and faring remarkably well.
Collectively, they have raced six times since the ban expired, winning three times and never finishing worse than third. It is a small sample but punters are bound to wonder whether Sungate may have been a factor in their recent performances and interest in the others who tested positive should be intense when we see them.
More than ever, it seems a mistake for the BHA not to have named the 43 horses at other stables in Newmarket which they know have been treated with Sungate, but whose trainers have not been charged with any offence. There is a clear public interest in finding out how those horses perform post-treatment.


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How do craftspeople come up with ideas for their work, develop and make them? As someone who writes about contemporary craft, I'm constantly fascinated by the creative process, so when I was asked by Contemporary British Silversmiths to curate their show in the V&A's Silver Galleries, I knew how I wanted to explore this theme, and encourage craftspeople to make and sell.
Hence Silver Speaks: Idea to Object, an exhibition of specially commissioned works by 18 silversmiths. The display, designed by rising design star Marcin Rusak, contains sketches, drawings, photos, models and the processes used to make the objects as well as the final pieces themselves.
The exhibition demonstrates the complex ideas that lie behind their making and the high level of skills and methods used by contemporary silversmiths, from the traditional to the most cutting edge. These silversmiths love the metal's varied qualities and appearances and what, in their hands, it can be made to express.
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A number of makers are inspired by nature. Abigail Brown's monolithic silver vessel with applied enamel lichens, Boscawen-Un, stems from her lifelong interest in ancient monuments and the lichens and moss that grow on them, while Rauni Higson's Brushstroke platter draws on the wild landscape of Snowdonia.
The Scottish landscape inspires Hazel Thorn's Wrapped Birch fruit bowl/centrepiece, made of fused silver and gilding metal and Hamish Dobbie's Growth Vase with its hexagonal components that echo the geological formations of Fingal's Cave on Staffa.
Water is the key to Nan Nan Liu's sensuous Waves sculpture, and also to Clive Burr's enormous Ice Windows bowl, inspired by childhood memories of the seaside in wintertime.
Collecting found objects while walking through the landscape influences Stuart Cairns's To Make a Thing, strange utensils made from silver and discarded articles, and Cara Murphy's Juxtapose cups, whose found sea-worn brick handles insert, somewhat suggestively, into a succession of silver beakers.
For some silversmiths like Anna Lorenz, it is dense cityscapes and architectural spaces that fuel the imagination to make her Urban candle holder. Kyosun Jung's silver and leather clutch handbag also comes from her research into contemporary architecture, as well as fashion and fabrics, along with the study of the Bokjumeoni, a Korean lucky pouch.
Other pieces look as if they derive from the urban, but are inspired by philosophical or mathematical concepts. Mary Ann Simmons's 12:24, a faceted bowl, is based on her interest in geometry and box making. Rebecca de Quin's Vector, a set of four vessels, looks architectural, but is derived from how she thinks about making and surface decoration.
Other makers look at historical conventions, for example Rajesh Gogna's silver and acrylic Retro-ism Ice Tea for One ice tea set, stems from his interest in how silver "lives" when placed on furniture, while Juliette Bigley's Two Bowls refers to our emotional and physical place in the world. Adi Toch's Soft Vessels on Stilts look like museum displays of ancient clay pots. They quiver on their slender stilts, but each pours beautifully. Angela Cork's Pillow cutlery set originates from her celebration of the handmade, combined with her interest in making cutlery that feels comfortable to hold and is also visually balanced.
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I received this message from a woman who is worried about her piercing:
I got my industrial done back in November....my boyfriend and i were doing a little rough houses and i hit my ear with his knee and when i went in the bathroom to look my bottom hole on the back side was bleeding. The only time i bleed was when i got my piercing 4 months ago. What could this be, and what can i do to stop it???
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March 23rd, 2011
I received an urgent message for help today from a young man who had received a Prince Albert piercing a few days prior. He wrote:
Hi my name is D., I am writing to you because my girlfriend received a VCH from you and highly recommends you. I just received a Prince Albert piercing on Friday March 19, 2011. I stopped bleeding the next day but, yesterday I noticed that I was extremely swollen on my foreskin. It hurts a bit. Not really sure what I should do because the person I went to is currently on vacation. Can you give me any tips on how to make the swelling go down?
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to read my email.
I asked him to send photos, which he did.
Upon seeing the pictures, I advised him to head to the Emergency Room immediately. I recognized the condition called paraphimosis--swelling of the foreskin.In his case it was caused by the foresking being retracted for too long. Sometimes the fluid build-up needs to be drained before the foreskin can be replaced.
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March 16th, 2011
I received a message from a woman who was concerned about her VCH Piercing:
Hi Elayne,
While I was traveling, I recently went to a studio you recommended. The piercer you suggested wasn't at the shop when I went in, but it was the last day I was in in town, so I let one of his co-workers do it.
The piercer used a 14-gauge, 7/16-inch curved barbell. I know it is probably fine, but I'm a little concerned about the placement. The inferior ball is retreating far up the hood, and I have to tug for a bit at the tissue to see it. I'm worried that the ball might become pulled into the wound if I leave it there for the 6 weeks needed to heal--it's a tight fit. Did the piercer go too far up the hood, or use a barbell that's too short? Or is it ok for now? A.
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I just got a message from a woman I pierced a few weeks ago. She was given written and verbal instructions warning her to avoid sharing bodily fluids during the entire healing period. This is a reminder to everyone to FOLLOW ALL OF THE AFTERCARE GUIDELINES FOR THE ENTIRE MINIMUM INITIAL HEALING TIME! For the piercing she got, a VCH, I suggested 4-6 weeks as the minimum initial healing time:
Hey Elayne,
On 2/17, I had a VCH piercing done by you in Philly. The piercing was healing really well and I thought it was healed too soon. I always kept it clean with Provon, but never over-cleaned. The piercing never came into contact with dirty hands and I always used paper tissue to dry. Though, two weeks after I got the piercing, I had unprotected ORAL sex and the piercing may have been slightly abused. I also didn't clean it immediately. Unfortunately, then after it became sore and it swelled. I began doing warm salt water soaks & it helped subdue the swelling. Though it hasn't gotten any better and now I'm worried because there is a yellowish discharge coming from the piercing site. It's very uncomfortable, but I've been dealing with it because I know it's my fault! AND I love the piercing. I really don't want to take it out. Please HELP! K.
Hi K.,
Well, I won't lecture you as I can see that it was a self-punishing experience. You probably need to visit your doctor; you may need antibiotic treatment or some other kind or medication, depending on your diagnosis.
How often are you able to do the saline soaks? You may want to try a few extra each day as that may help with drainage.
Please keep me posted.
When to Stretch a Triangle Piercing
March 7th, 2011
I got a question from a woman I performed a triangle piercing on:
Hello Elayne,
It has almost been 5 weeks since I got my triangle piercing, and everything is healing up fine. I was wondering how much longer I needed to wait until I gauge it up to a 10?
Thanks again so much, so far I really love this piercing!
More Great Feedback
March 5th, 2011
I received a very touching message from a reader whose life was obviously impacted in a positive way from reading my book:
I would like to say that you are truly an inspiration. After buying your book 2 years ago, I realized that I have always felt my body was lacking something... To put it simply, ownership. But also, decoration (because thats always fun)!
Body modification has helped me reclaim my body after sexual assault and depression. I spent most of my childhood and teenage years suffering from anxiety and low self-esteem, and after years of thinking I was less than beautiful, I discovered your book.
I had always fawned over body modification and piercings, but I never thought it was right for me. Then, I read your book. Your book opened up a world that would change me for the better; spiritually, physically, sexually and mentally. Ive slowly begun my journey of changing my body to match my soul. And thanks to the knowledge and expertise of your book, I can do it safely and properly. I dont know where I'd be without it- certainly not as strong and self-confident as I am now! Haha.
And this message from a piercer who found my book useful, in other ways:
Subject: Piercing Bible
Hi Elayne,
I've been piercing for 12 years and I recently received a copy of your book as a present and I must thank YOU!
Despite being in the industry for a good few years I still learned a lot and a lot of what I knew has been confirmed.
What a great resource, especially for anxious clients.
Thanks again.
Short & Sweet
March 3rd, 2011
I got this from a gentleman in Scotland who purchased my book:
Thank you for writing such a fabulous book ~ can't put it down. It is informative and easy read, H.
I bought your book. Wow, I knew it would be very informative, but I wasn't expecting such depth. It is definitely aptly titled. I'm glad I got it.
Thanks for all the info, I'll join the mailing list.
Have a great weekend,
Subject: Book
Hey there Elayne, i just want to say congratulations on such an amazing book. My name is Eden, i am a professional body piercer from New Zealand. So informative, exactly what is needed in the industry, thanks again for the great read and again, well done :-)
I love all of your work and love learning what you have to teach. I was thrilled when I learned you had a facebook page! Thank you for sharing all your insight and knowledge with the world.
I just wanted to say thanks for my vch piercing! I love it so much!


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