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I am on the same page! Be glad your dealer offered you a loaner/rental car at all! Mine basically said with out saying "call an attorney" stating it was BMW NA and not the dealer who was responsible. I am considering calling someone to talk class action suit. Does anyone agree?
Perhaps it won't have to go as far as a class action lawsuit. I can only hope that BMWNA will do the right thing, eventually; but the way they have behaved so far is not favorable. I think the more negative publicity we instill, the better, as others have said. There must be other avenues to take. What are the car magazines and online reviews saying? Maybe we could take ads out in Car & Driver, Motor Trend, etc, asking for people with 07 X3 transmission problems to write certified letters to BMWNA. At least that would bring awareness of the problem to the auto world. Am I naiive to think that will do any good?
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Kristin, how did you get involved with the show?
Chenoweth: I knew Sean was doing the show...and [after Pushing Daisies was canceled] I was trying to think of what I wanted to do next. Certainly I always want to come back to Broadway if I can. Everyone expected me to go right into another series, but I'm always looking for ways to challenge myself.... Oh gosh, Sean, what you said just a minute ago just got me [She gets teary-eyed and puts her hand to her heart.]. Anyway, I've always wanted to work with him. I felt like it would be a match. And then [producers] Craig [Zadan] and Neil [Meron] called me and I had a meeting with Rob Ashford. It didn't take much for me to make the decision. I wanted to work with Sean and I wanted to sing this score, and I thought it was certainly a character that I can relate to, more than anyone could remotely understand. Sometimes you fall in love with the wrong person in life, so I wanted to explore that.
Tell us about Rob Ashford's concept for the production.
Hayes: Rob's approaching it as a play with music, as opposed to a musical. The big poster outside in the Dunkin' Donuts color scheme says it's a musical comedy, but the show's very conceptualized. There's this crazy awesome lighting, and this very suggestive use of sets. It's ultra sexy, ultra '60s, ultra chic.
Kristin, you recently did a much-gossiped-about stint as a guest judge on American Idol. Will you be inviting Simon Cowell to the show?
Chenoweth: Sure, he's invited! Randy, too. And Kara will definitely be there! I love me that Kara. It's funny, when they cut [the episode] together, they made it seem as if Simon was rolling his eyes at me.
The Daily News did a whole piece saying how much he hated you.
Chenoweth: What?!? [Laughing] I didn't know that! I don't read those things.
And yet you're the Twitter queen.
Chenoweth: I do love Twitter. But I get into trouble because I Ambien tweet.
Have you ever tweeted something you wanted to take back?
Chenoweth: I don't want to take it back but I was so affected by Haiti—as everyone was—and I tweeted that I was going to adopt a Haitian baby. And by the way, I still might at some point. I was adopted, so I could see me doing that. Anyway, the next day on the red carpet everyone was asking me when my adoption was going to start.
Hayes: People come up to her and are like, "Let me see your baby!"
Chenoweth: It's a little embarrassing. Also, I tweeted I felt fat one day. Every woman has "fat" days! And everybody was like, "Don't tweet that for young girls to see." I thought, Oh my God, take a chill pill. I love food! I just had 21 Rolos and didn't vomit them up!
Now that we know about your eating issues, let's hear what happens when you get drunk.
Hayes: I haven't done that since my college years. I'm not a big drinker anymore.
Chenoweth: Me neither. I never had a drink until college. When I was a freshman, I went to the Lambda Chi Alpha house and they taught me to play quarters and I threw up in the bathtub. I can't even smell tequila to this day. I remember having a voice lesson the next morning, and my teacher saying, [In a Julia Child--like voice] "I believe you're sweating alcohol. You may leave!" Now I never go out.
Not even to gay bars?
Hayes: I can't see Kristin just hanging out in a gay bar. You wouldn't have any hair left! Everybody would want to get a lock.
Chenoweth: Maybe they wouldn't recognize me. A lot of times when I'm walking down the street, people go, "You know who you look like?" And I say, "Kristin Chenoweth." And they say, "No, Cameron Diaz."
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Ohh we love how outspoken Rebecca Ferguson can be at times and last night it seems she really let go, over the recent Zayn Malik drama.
The X Factor runner up of course dated the One Direction star for a few months back in 2011, as they both performed on the show's nationwide tour. We don't know why they split, but it's fair to say that it wasn't an amicable breakup and Becs almost spits fire when she even mentions the hunk's name these days.
She's become the focus of a lot of attention again this week, after Malik was accused of cheating on his now girlfriend Perrie Edwards with an Australian waitress named Courtney 'CJ' Webb.
The mum of two doesn't want to be dragged into all the drama it seems and yesterday she insisted that their relationship had been as brief as 'putting the bin out' and said she isn't concerned with his love life these days.
In a tweet which has now been deleted, the brunette beauty blasted:
"People would love me to care but its two years on and was about as brief as putting the bin out don't bring me into petty drama please.
"I'm in a happy loving relationship… its just boring now…"
She later retweeted a message which read:
"Do yourself a favor! Never worry about haters. Jealousy is just a weird homage inferior people render to your greatness"
Rebecca has never came out and openly admitted that Zayn cheated on her when they dated, but she has dropped a LOT of hints.
She told new! magazine last year that she couldn't seem to find herself a man that was faithful and then in October, when Malik dissed her in a video interview she tweeted her followers saying:
"That wrongen has a cheek even mentioning me ever!!!! Cheating horrible rat!! Fuming!!!"
It seems that Becs' comments and the continual claims regarding Zayn's faithfulness have began to take their toll on his new girlfriend Perrie Edwards.
She's said to be worried that he will stray while on his world tour later this year and a source told heat:
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Feral, a short film by Cape Verdean filmmaker Daniel Sousa, is in the running for the 2014 Academy Awards. The announcement of the 10-film shortlist was revealed this Thursday, November 7, by the Academy of Film Arts and Sciences in the United States of America.
The short film O Ruído do Mar (The Noise of the Sea), by Cape Verdean filmmaker Ana Fernandes, is one of the ten productions chosen by the American Academy of Filmmakers to vie for the Oscar in the respective category. On January 24, the names of the final three
The films selected for the Cinema Festival, which began October 13 on the island of Sal, have begun being screened. The world premier of Olá Vizinho (Hello Neighbor) by Cape Verdean-American filmmaker Claire Andrade-Watkins took place on Friday at the ASA Cinema
This October the island of Sal will host the first edition of its own film festival.
Cape Verdean cinema and cinematic works focusing on Cape Verde will be screened at the National Auditorium in Praia and in the outlying Praia neighborhoods of São Tomé and São Martinho between today, June 7, and Saturday, June 12.
Sonho de Liberdade (Dream of Freedom), a documentary by Júlio Silvão, will be screened at 6:30 pm Saturday and Sunday in the National Assembly auditorium in Praia. The film tells the story of the armed assault of the boat Pérola do Oceano in August of 1970.
Tarrafal: Memórias do Campo de Morte Lenta (Tarrafal: Memories of the Slow Death Camp), a documentary on the Tarrafal prison camp on the island of Santiago, will be screened tonight, April 23, at the main auditorium of the Culturgest Theater in Portuguese capital
The situation of the Cape Verdeans living in São Tomé and Príncipe is worrisome from various points of view, particularly from humanitarian, political and social standpoints. This is the perception of Leão Lopes, who on Friday debuted his documentary The last contract workers in Praia.
Aviso aos navegantes (Warning to navigators), starring legendary Brazilian actor Grande Otelo, will be screened at 6:00 pm Monday, February 1 at the Mindelo Cultural Center (CCM) in Mindelo.
Grizzly Man, a documentary by German filmmaker Werner Herzog, will be screened Thursday, December 3, at theVoz di Povo club in the Casa da Imprensa (in Praia's central Plateau region) at 9:00 pm. The film tells the story of the life and death of bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell.
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Bishop McLaughlin's has replaced one former professional football player with another.
The Hurricanes promoted assistant Craig Moore to head football coach Tuesday, the school announced.
"When I first came over with Coach (Derrick) Alexander, our vision was to build a program, to really get the program to take off…" Moore said. "Now I get the opportunity."
Like his predecessor, Moore has a strong football pedigree. The Immokalee native played collegiately at Mississippi State, got a shot with the San Diego Chargers and spent eight seasons in the Arena Football League. He coached the offensive and defensive lines last season for the Hurricanes.
Bishop McLaughlin received about 100 applications in the last week to replace Alexander, the former Florida State star and first-round pick who will remain on the Hurricanes staff as a consultant. School administrators quickly moved to interview Moore because of his credentials and familiarity with the program.
"By the end of the meeting, it was clear that we didn't need to interview anybody else," dean of students Joe Jasinski said.
Moore, 38, will take over the program immediately and plans to finish his coaching staff soon. He previously served as an assistant at Anclote and works at Land O'Lakes, where he handles disciplinary problems.
Bishop McLaughlin finished 2-8 last season but will return to independent play this fall.


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didnt really take alot of shots. so this is all i got. i kinda like it.
This is a discussion on Thanksgiving Photo within the Member Show-Off & Photography forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; didnt really take alot of shots. so this is all i got. i kinda like it....
didnt really take alot of shots. so this is all i got. i kinda like it.
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You should take some pics of your house/area in Park City. Those would be cool to see.
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i wouldnt put my name on that photo. its nice but your only as good as your worst photo
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the food is in the kitchen.Originally Posted by felo3769
as for the critiqes [sp?] i appreciate it...i aggree this isnt the best pic. but practice makes perfect.
i checked out the new time 101 best photos today. there is some great stuff in there if you get a chance to check it out.
there is also this book about african wildlife. and the cover shot on this book is an amazing shot of a lone elephant throwing dust in its face as it walks, and you can see the dust getting thrown behind its head in the wind. its amazing. ill try and find a picture online of it.
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Utilizing student labor and technology, the Environmental Health and Safety department oversees the computer chemical inventory system, material safety data sheets for chemicals used by the College, computer safety work stations, and manages the circulation of chemicals throughout the Science building, Agriculture building, and in the Technology and Industrial Arts building.


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USC opened Pac-12 Tournament action in Las Vegas against Utah Wednesday night. The Trojans found themselves in a 13-point hole before battling back to pull within a point of the Utes... but the comeback wasn't enough. The Trojans fell 69-66, ending their season.
Jio Fontan scored six points in his final game as a Trojan.
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Choose your own name adventure with names off the beaten path–so if you're looking for some new name direction, here are some perfect choices for your little explorer!
There's a lot of buzz in the baby name world right now around the name Atlas. In 2013 Atlas came in at #789, the most popular that this name has ever been in the United States! Atlas is a word name for a book of maps, as well as the name of a Greek God. Actress Anne Heche used the name Atlas for one of her sons. I expect to see this name rise in the coming years.
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Back in the 1930s and 40s, girls' names ending in the feminissima French suffix "ette" were the cat's pajamas. There were glamorous movie stars named Claudette, Paulette and Jeanette, and lots of little girls dubbed Annette and Nanette. But now a funny thing has happened on the way to the nursery: the final 'e' has disappeared and suddenly 'ett' is one of the hottest endings for boys.
In the recently released list of top names on Nameberry so far this year, there were three two-syllable 'ett' boys in the Top 45—Emmett, Everett and Beckett, while also high up on the national list were Bennett, Garrett and Barrett—and if you throw in the single syllable Jett, Rhett and Brett, and sharing the double 't' Wyatt and Elliott, you've got the makings of a full soccer team.
The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain
Royals are out, television characters are in.
No, that's not it.
Celebrities are out. Family names are in.
As we look back at baby name news from 2013 and ponder what's to come in 2014, it is tempting to wrap it all up in a few sentences. But names are as diverse as the children who wear them.
Baby naming in our age is creative, and we're welcome to find inspiration anywhere, borrowing and reinventing until we find the perfect name.
By Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain–The Nameberry 9
It has been another week filled with bold, even brash names for newborn boys. Girls' names are no less daring, with inspiration coming from the worlds of opera and automobiles.
None of the boys' choices would have been recognizable as given names two hundred or even fifty years ago. The girls' names have more history, but they still feel fresh and surprising in 2013.
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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Still Dating? Kelly Osbourne Hints That They're Not, Only Together Because of 'Twilight,' Oscars 2013 Drama
Rumors remain unclear if Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are really together, but Kelly Osbourne may confirm that the couple actually split, or she's just jealous.
According to The Guardian Express, Osbourne commented that Robsten aren't together anymore, according to sources.
"Yesterday I reported on the talk around the break up, and according to sources, Miss Kelly Osbourne, agreed with the report," Guardian writer Debra Wattes said.
"Is she sending out a wave pool to cause a rift, does she want to date the heartthrob, that is Mr. Robert Pattinson, herself?" the report asked of Osbourne's actions.
No one knows, but Twitter followers that are fans of the on-and-off again couple slammed the star for her negative comments with "nasty come backs."
Recent reports say that the couple is actually still together while 26-year-old Pattinson is in Australia filming his new movie "The Rover" while Stewart, 22, is in L.A.
"He has been working really hard on this movie," a source told omg!. "He's not out partying, there isn't a trial separation. They are doing just fine."
Stewart recently was seen partying with Pattinson's best friend Marcus Foather, and his bandmates Jack Standen, Suzie, and CJ for a birthday celebration of her BFF Scout Taylor Compton in En Sushi in Los Feliz.
A source revealed to the gossip website Perez Hilton, "They were celebrating a friend's birthday and sang Happy Birthday to her. They all shared the hot chocolate cake. Kristen was very nice and sweet. She was wearing a baseball hat. Her friends were also very nice. Kristen has been here before with Robert Pattinson but he has not been here for quite some time."
Perez Hilton said, "Hanging with Rob's bestie?? That doesn't make them sound too broken up!"
It does seem like the pair would still be doing good if Stewart is hanging with close friends of her boyfriend. And just because she arrived without her Edward at the 85th annual Academy Awards on Sunday doesn't really mean anything.
READ: Inside Kristen Stewart Crutches at Oscars 2013: 'Twilight' Actress Stepped on Glass, Looked 'Bored and Disheveled' Presenting Award, Stunned in Strapless Gown, Razzle Awards [VIDEO, PHOTOS]
The media is speculating though if the couple is actually together because they want to be or only to promote the "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" DVD in March.
READ: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Still Together, Hanging With Friends at Birthday Party, May Visit in Australia, 'Twilight' Keeping Them Close?
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Bravo Trial Day 8: Bravo's Cellmate Recounts Murder
GAINESVILLE - The drama continues to unfold. A love triangle turned deadly. It's day 8 of the Pedro Bravo murder trial.
The 20-year-old is blamed for the murder of his high school friend, Christian Aguilar over a young woman-- Erika Friman.
As this trial is coming close to an end, Bravo has the chance to take the stand Thursday.
We may never know what happened exactly on September 20th 2012. The night Aguilar disappeared.
However one witness recounts his side of the story as told to him by the suspect in this case, Pedro Bravo.
Michael Angelo walked into the courtroom in shackles. Angelo was in the same pod as Bravo and even shared a cell with him at the Alachua County Jail.
Angelo has been convicted as a felon nine times; on charges of home-invasion, kidnapping, and more. During long and lonely dark nights in jail, Angelo says that Bravo confessed to him.
"All he did was sit in a room and kind of stare at the ceiling and cry here and there. And i just told him, you probably killed that kid. And what was his response to that? He really didn't answer," Angelo said.
Bravo told him his original plan was to poison Aguilar with a mixture of sleeping pills and pesticides. But if that didn't work, "His back up plan was to have a knife to cut his throat in case it didn't work. And his main plan was to choke him with a moving strap," Angelo said.
According to Angelo's testimony it seems like aguilar tried putting up a fight during his last moments. "Chris tried to open the door one time and that's when he kind of tightened the strap more. I guess putting his body weight against it. He said all chris did was take his gum out of his mouth and drop it on the floorboard," Angelo added.
Angelo says Bravo told him that Aguilar's nose started bleeding and that he used the paint he had in his car for graffiti, to cover up the stain.
Regardless, the defense made it clear that Angelo is getting a deal for testifying in court. They tried to question his character by bringing up his affiliation with gangs.
Angelo went on to explain Aguilars' last 13 minutes of life, as told to him by Bravo. "And it sounded like (gasp, gasp) and that's the reason he held on to the strap as he was driving around cause it freaked him out," Angelo said.
The prosecution will call their last witness to the stand on Thursday. The judge explained to Bravo that he has the choice to testify. He has all of Wednesday night to think about it, before giving his decision Thursday morning.
I will be tweeting live from the courthouse all week long, follow me on Twitter @BecharaReports.
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There are many ways to enjoy Angel Food Cake and this Angel Food Cake French Toast just might be the best one yet. The recipe is exactly what it sounds like: slices of homemade angel food cake are used to make some of the most delicious french toast you've ever eaten. Angel food cake is ideal for making french toast because its light, spongy texture ... Read More »
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Today we launch our new vodcast series, Married to the Job, where we chat to museum staff. In the tradition of museum object and specimen collecting, we ask them to tell us about themselves and their work by showing us something old, new, borrowed and blue.
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To start this off ... come back in time with me for a brief marathon history ......
dudiloo, dudiloo, dudiloo (you gotta imagine wavey lines here ... you know, Wayne's World style ... work with me, people)
Marthon #1
December 2009, St. Jude Memphis Marathon, only goal was to finish = 4:22:01
Marthon #2
February 2011, New Orleans RnR, goal was to PR = 4:23:09
Most fun I've had in a marathon. I stopped to high five and get beads and kiss my husband along the way. It was worth the price of no PR. Plus, it's freaking New Orleans.
Marathon #3
October 2011, St. Louis RnR, goal was under 4:20 = 4:19:56 (just by the skin of my teeth)
Was on pace for a quicker time, but IT band issues kicked in after mile 20 and I stopped to walk several times
Marathon #4
December 2011, St. Jude Memphis Marathon, no goal other than moral support for a slower friend that had been fighting A LOT of injury = 6:20:33
6+ hours is a LONG time to be out there, but I had an amazing time with an amazing friend in a race for an amazing cause ... and I wouldn't trade it for anything
Marathon #5
April 2012, GO! St. Louis Marathon, pacing a girl attempting to get 4:45 = 4:42:30
Marathon #6
April 2012, Illinois Christie Clinic Marathon, goal 4:15 = 4:27:01
2nd marathon in 2 weeks. Shot craps at 18 and fell apart. Was also unaware that a "quad strain" I'd been fighting was actually a femoral stress fracture. But this earned me a spot in the Marthon Maniacs ... so there's that.
As you can see ... for the races where I had really tried (and not bonked), I tended to hover right around that 4:20 mark, plus or minus a minute or two. Frankly ... I'm tired of 4:20.
Now here we are ... 18 months, a stress fracture recovery and one baby later, I came to Marathon #7 ... the MO' Cowbell. It's a medium size race ... about 3000 overall. This was the first year they added the marathon distance, so only about 400 of those were going for the full 26.2. It's a flat course, somewhat scenic for the half, with a miserable out and back on a long boring trail for the full. I knew mentally it'd be tough going in .... but it was close to home and cheap and I could have a support group (fellow RBs and my family) waiting at the finish.
I'd trained well. I'd put in the speedwork and I'd kept up the cross-training and I hadn't had any nagging aches/pains/injuries going in. I had seen some great improvement on my paces ... both training runs and races. I felt like I was more ready for this one than I had been for previous. And I wanted to get away from that 4:20 time.
My A goal was to get under 4:10. My B goal was a PR. But really ... in my mind, I knew that it was either hit that A goal, or it'd be just another run.
Race day
I have a marathon tradition of nail painting ... usually a silly color and something to remind me to keep moving. This year the nails had more meaning (and DD1 joined in too):
These colors were chosen to symbolize two people close to me that were recently diagnosed with cancer ... one is a girl in our running group, the other is the husband of a girl in our running group (who also happens to be a friend of mine from college ... small world). We all know pink symbolizes breast cancer, but I bet you didn't know that light blue symbolizes gastric cancer and black symbolizes melanoma. I wish I didn't know that either.
Race day alarm went off and I immediately checked the weather (for the 422 time):
Pretty perfect temps. No chance of rain. You know what I DIDN'T look at? Winds. Yeah ... I'll remember to check that next time.
Anywho ...
Got to the race about an hour before go time, checked bag, met up with friends, hung around trying to stay warm .. yadda, yadda, yadda. Lined up at the back of the 9 minute corral. The plan was to start conservative, stay conservative for the first 15 or so miles, hang around a 9:30 pace overall and don't fall apart at the end. Simple, right? In the past I've been a bank and bonk type of marathon ... which hasn't ever worked in my favor. I REALLY wanted to stay on the slower side this time and hopefully conserve that energy for the last part of the race. One of my RBs (a sub-4 marathoner and a running coach at one of our LRSs) offered to hang with me to keep me on track, and I accepted. We had the "marathon buddy" agreement though ... I could drop her if I felt good enough to pull ahead and she could drop me if I crashed.
Gun ... or bell ... or alarm ... whatever it was went off and my journey to break the 4:20 +/- a minute or so curse was underway.
RB immediately put the hooks in me in the first couple of miles. I was trying to pull ahead already, getting caught up in the people around me. "CRYSTAL!!!" she yells "get your butt back here". Yep ... I have a hard time containing myself.
The first half of the course is nice. There's some rural areas (a little creepy for those that have seen Children of the Corn a few too many times if you ask me), there's a pumpkin patch, there's some really nice neighborhoods. Not a TON of crowd support, but still enough to not feel so alone. There is a lot of flat, flat, flat ... with just one decent hill around mile 9 ... then some more flat, flat, flat. We were sticking right on pace ... a little less than 9:30 for some miles, a little more for others. Over overall was a little more, but I was fine with that because that was the plan. I felt fantastic, the weather stayed great, and the miles were flying by. At one point (passing the 6mile marker) RB and I had commented that we had no concept that we'd gone that far already. Still felt like we were on 3 or 4. A good sign.
When we hit the one hill of the course, I flew up it feeling strong. I joked about how it was a lot less painful than getting up it the previous year ... when I had run the half 5 months pregnant. People were slowing quite a bit on the hill ... which is the funny thing about such a flat course. You get so used to zero incline that it sneaks up on you. I prefer a rolling course over flat myself ... I think it's actually easier on the legs than the same ol' thing throughout the entire race .... but I digress.
Before I knew it, we were coming into the point ... around 12.5 ... when the halfies pulled off to finish and we headed down the neverending, 4foot wide, packed gravel trail in the trees along the river. We said goodbye to most of our fellow runners (about 2500 got to make that turn that we didn't), said goodbye to interesting scenery, said goodbye to any kind of crowd support. We hit mile 13.1 just under 2:05 - right on target. It was time for the true test to begin.
Immediately RB and I joked that the part of the race looked like a death march. Just a few runners, all pretty much single file, heading in the same direction. Nothing to see but trees and a rare glimpse of the Missouri River ... and a runner or so up ahead. There was a very rare spectator here and there ... who would offer the monotone "heeeeey .... niiiiice joooob", "keeeep up the goooood woooork", "this suuuucks and i'm booooored .........." (ok, maybe not that last one ... but they might as well have). Then there was the water stations every couple of miles, where the monotone cheers were replaced with "watttteeer", "gatooraaaade". At one point early on (and again later) we reached the milestone of miles 13-26 ... which was a junk yard. Exciting, exciting stuff. This is pretty much what I had to stare at for 13+ miles:
At some point in the early parts of this portion of the race, I had made the comment to RB that the peace and quiet of the trail were actually very nice. You know how sometimes you look back at things that you say and just laugh, laugh, laugh. Yeah ... this is one of those times.
Ok .. enough of the boringness of the course, and back to the RR. Miles 13,14, 15+ I was still feeling good. I was feeling myself starting to push the pace a little more and was now consistantly seeing 9:1X and 9:2X on the Garmin. The miles were still flying by pretty quickly. The turn-around point was just before mile 19, and I remember thinking at around 16-ish that I "only" had a few miles until the turn-around and then the trip back would be breezy (ha ... great choice of words), because I'd know that I just had that stretch to go and I'd be done. Clouds were beginning to roll in at this point and we didn't have much sun left. The breeze had picked up a little and it was starting to feel like the temps had dropped a bit. But the breeze wasn't enough to slow us, and we kept trucking along. About mile 18 I was still feeling great (aside from the hips starting to feel tired, but I expect that at this point), still pushing the pace without issue ... but the miles weren't falling off as fast anymore, I was growing tired of the course and I was ready to hit the turn-around and get this thing done.
Then the turn-around ....
Two volunteers were standing next to a couple of cones .... "around this first cone and head on back" they were shouting. Ok, sweet. Time to get this done. I made the turn and BAM ... there's that wind. Right smack into my face at gusts up to 20mph. I think RB and I mumbled the same choice word in unison. Something similar to the scene from A Christmas Story: "Awwwww, fuuuuuuuuudddddgggeee". But, you know, as in the story, we didn't say "fudge".
So ... I was just before mile 19, I had a good sized head wind, the sun was gone, I was getting cold ... but I had about 45 seconds in the "bank" and I was determined to get 'er done. Miles 19 and 20 I was able to fight the wind and hold pace ... and at some points the trees surrounding the trail were thick enough to block said wind, so there was still hope.
Then ... around mile 21 ... I had a visit from an old friend. One I hadn't had any contact with what-so-ever since fall 2011. A felt a little nudge on the outside of my right knee and, out of nowhere, there she was ..... Hellllllooooo IT band.
WTF?!?! How in the does this happen? I had some serious IT issues in 2010, then a few visits in 2011 ... but I'd done PT. I'd cross trained. I'd strengthened what I'd needed to strengthen and rolled what I need to roll. I seriously had not had any issue .... NONE ... not even a little peep .... since the StL RnR marathon in October 2011. You picked a fine time, Lucille. A fine freaking time, indeed.
I decided I was either going to let this damn IT band do me in, or I was going to fight like hell to ignore it. That lasted about 1/4 mile and it chimed in enough to give me that unstable wobbly feeling ... like your knee may just collapse out from under you. I didn't know what to do. Do I just slow my pace for a minute and see if it helps? Do I stop and stretch and hope it fixes the issue, but also hope that I can get moving again at the same pace plus whatever I need to make up the time. Well, turns out the "slow your pace" thing won out ... but not because I chose to do so. My legs just started letting up. I looked down and, for the first time, saw 10:XX on the Garmin. RB was asking what was up, as she notice the drop in speed ... and I muttered something along the lines of "pfffftttt ... mother #@$%% IT band .... ffffssshhh ... god @#$( pain ... son of a @))*** ... I hate running". I told her to go ahead while I dealt with this and I'd catch up later. And she did.
Shortly after that, I got a wave of nauseousness on top of an overwhelming tired feeling ON TOP of the stupid IT issue. I'm now seeing my pace fall deeper and deeper into the 10s, then down deeper into the 11s. The silver lining here ... if you can find one .... the snail crawl started relieving some of the IT pain. I was due for some GU, but the thought made me wanna vomit. I wasn't sure whether to risk the pukes to up the energy, or forget the energy and save the pukes. I finally just choked down a packet of nastiness and waited for the consequence. Much to my surprise, it helped, and I was feeling a little bit of a second wind. Enough to save my race? Nope. Not at all. Not even close.
Not much else to report at this point. I was in the last few miles, my 4:10 dream was long gone, my race had gone to crap. I had put in the work and gotten nothing in return but high winds, gut rot and an unexpected visit from a old stupid freaking injury. At around mile 23 I got to the point where I swore of marathons forever. As in "I'm tired of training and crashing for no reason and this sucks and I'm never ever EVER doing this again". I did catch up to RB around mile 24 ... but not because I had picked up my pace ... but because poor thing was having a bout of gut rot herself, and had to dip off into the trees to avoid embarrassment. It appears my race wasn't the only that had gone to pot. Misery loves company, I guess.
Mile 25 is when I felt like if I didn't get off this trail that I was going to lose my freaking mind. Or stab someone. Or both. I felt so close to the end but all I saw in front of me was more trail. I was seriously beginning to think it'd never end. Like it was some sick joke and we'd all be just trotting along on this neverending trail for all of eternity. I wondered if my family would miss me.
Then ... a glimpse of pure beauty. One of the members of my running crew ... the most WONDERFUL running crew in the entire world ... was standing just passed the 25 marker, waiting to run me in. Seeing her face seriously brought tears to my eyes. "You can still PR" she says ... "you got this". I truly didn't even care at that point. I just cared about seeing my family and the rest of my running crew at the finish ... and about being done with this BS and about whatever ridiculously greasy and disgusting food I was about to devour when I got home. She ran along side of me, told me stories of her awesome half PR (not to brag, but because I had asked) and some story about a lady that would run for days because she didn't know better (I'm sure there's more to that but I don't remember) and about how we were almost there and blah blah. But she kept on talking ... and that's just what I needed.
FINALLY ... after what felt like DAYS ... we left that damn trail and turned onto the street. I could see the finish. And immediately after I saw the finish, I saw a little person in a pink coat standing in the crowd along the side. I knew it was DD1 waiting for her Mommy to come along so she could run her in. About that time, by saviour RB wished me well and pulled away, letting me take it from there. I met up with DD1, grabbed her hand, waved to hubs and DD2 on one side, waved to the rest of my running crew on the other side, and we headed towards the finish line.
Here is the "sea of blue hoodies" ... aka the greatest running group and greatest friends that a girl could ever ask for ... waiting my arrival at the finish:
And me and my biggest fan taking it home:
Official finish time: 4:18:27. No A goal. Not even close. A PR by about a minute and a half ... which really isn't all that significant when we're talking marathons.
The curse of the 4:20, +/- a few, lives on.
To be honest, a felt a bit defeated. For a moment, it was easy to be sad/upset/mad about the whole thing. I had gone into this race feeling more prepared than I had any other ... and I felt like 4 months of training were for nothing. But then I look down and DD1's smiling face as I put my medal around her neck, and I look down at my painted finger nails and remember what the colors represent ... and I can't help but just let it go. In the grand scheme of life, this really is just another run. Plus, how can you be upset when you are a member of "Team Honey Badger" (aka ... the greatest running crew in the world) and you get greated at the finish with the most comfortable hoodie ever and a Blue Moon. And you get to take you picture with a cow:
That's me on the right of Cow. With Cards hat on and beer in hand.
Marathon #7: Complete.
Not what I'd hoped for, but I lived to run another day.
Today I'm a bit sore, but no more than your usual post-marathon, please don't make me walk down the stairs type of soreness. But that IT band ... oh is it still chiming. Enough that my entire knee is a bit stiff. It looks like I have some work to do (again) to get it under wraps.
The day after I'm finding that I have a lot of thoughts, feeling, emotions about this race. A bit of a "where do I go from here" and the wondering what keeps going wrong in the last few miles that prevents me from really improving my times. I have marathon #8 coming up in just 4 short weeks. Do I go for it again? Do I just say to hell with it and drop down to the half to avoid another disappointing race? So many thoughts today and I think it's too soon to start processing them all. Plus, this blog is already long enough ... so I'll save those thoughts/emotions/what now questions for the next one.
Right now, I'll just ride the "eat whatever I want because I ran 26.2 freaking miles" high for another day or so. And milk the post marathon laziness.
Happy Running.


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Accumulated sun damage is no joke, especially among lighter-skinned folks with lighter-colored eyes and hair, although anyone can have this, but the former are far more prone. Sun damage exists at deeper levels of the skin too. You're fortunate to get on this now before it does become much more serious. One way to be scared straight is to see a Visia printout of one's skin which shows what's going on, and will be going on later in life if one doesn't take steps soon to prevent MORE damage. That chemotherapy cream DOES sound heavy-duty - I'm sure your dermatologist had his/her reasons for prescribing. Still, the wearing of a decent facial sunblock IS de rigeur along with a broad-brimmed hat - especially with all the sun you get from hiking. If you don't want to wear sunblock all over, then covering up with tightly-woven fabric is the best thing. Something you can do from the inside although this takes time to take effect and doesn't necessarily replace other sun-protective measures is taking astaxanthin, a very powerful anti-oxidant that has multiple benefits, including that of making skin much more resistant to sun burning and resulting damage, an internal sunscreen if you will. However, it does take several weeks for the astaxanthin to build up in the body to do this, and do do the other stuff that has been suggested for you.
On the topic of facial sunblocks, although they are universally-recommended by dermatologists, in actuality it is not all that easy to find one that one likes. Chemical sunblocks irritate many sensitive skins(I'm one of these), and often purely physical sunblocks are heavy, greasy, and leave a white cast, which depending on one's skin color can leave on looking like Caspar-the-Friendly-Ghost. Often, one has to spend some money to get a decent one, I've found. My HG one right now, although pricey but lasts a long time since I only use it on face and neck is CosMedix Reflect SPF 30 which I wear daily no matter what the weather. It's a physical block, titanium dioxide with anti-oxidants in it, in spray form. At first when I used this I wonder how this could be protective since it felt so light and in spray form besides. But I've been out whole afternoons in reasonably strong sun and gotten no color. Plus it feels very pleasant and hydrating going on the face and doesn't have any toxic stuff in it - a very nice combo of natural and scientific formulation.
Anyhow, best of luck with addressing the sun damage. Let us know how the strong cream treatment is going. Likely while your skin is stressed from this, you will have to use very simple, bland products that are soothing and healing - check with your dermatologist about this, but on the natural side, unrefined shea butter is wonderful.


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The prime minister yesterday claimed voters were "far more interested" in policy issues, such as the economy and public services, as No 10 took the extraordinary decision to publish 29 pages of documents to support its version of discussions concerning where Mr Blair was to stand when the coffin arrived at Westmin ster Hall to lie in state. The pile of notes, memos, timetables and statements underlined how rattled Downing Street is by a row that shows little sign of cooling as Sunday newspapers threaten fresh "revelations" and a spat over protocol is elevated to the status of a mini constitutional crisis.
Mr Blair, apparently fearing publication of a memo written by Black Rod which is said to contradict the No 10 line, has decided to get his defence out first. Downing Street went on the offensive after pollster Philip Gould and Peter Mandelson, the twice-resigned cabinet minister whose PR skills remain valued by the premier, joined the PM and his spinner-in-chief Alastair Campbell late on Wednesday afternoon to discuss tactics.
A member of the committee that meets every morning to discuss how the government will present itself in a favourable light disclosed that discussion has been dominated by the funeral row rather than policy issues.
According to the official, Downing Street's civil service spokesmen - Godric Smith and Tom Kelly - are particularly shaken by the ferocity and sustained nature of the criticism in rightwing newspapers. "When 17,000 people lost their jobs in the post office, we spent the day discussing where Tony Blair was going to stand at the funeral," said the official. "And hardly any one believed us."
The 29 pages issued included five pages in the name of Clare Sumner, the No 10 private secretary whose conversation with Black Rod about the PM's role is said to be disputed by the House of Lords official, Lieutenant General Sir Michael Willcocks.
It is not the first time Ms Sumner, 29, has found herself thrust uncomfortably into the spotlight. In May 2000 a memo she sent to government departments seeking help to brief Mr Blair for question time jousts with William Hague was leaked.
Then she was accused of compromising civil service neutrality by asking civil servants drawing up briefings to concentrate on "the killer fact" and prepare the PM for "elephant traps" laid by the Conservatives.
Now she insists she never tried to secure the premier a more prominent position, or "muscle in" as the Spectator, London Evening Standard and Mail on Sunday put it, on Friday April 5 where the Queen Mother's coffin arrived at Westminster Hall to allow mourners to pay their respects. She confirms that she spoke mobile-to-mobile with Black Rod late morning on Easter Sunday, March 31, Ms Sumner from the New Forest and Black Rod in his car as he returned to London the day after the Queen Mother died.
A two-page memo that day to Mr Blair advises him to be in Westminster Hall at 11.30am on the 5th to "be at the head of a line of MPs" awaiting the coffin with the Speaker of the Commons, lord chancellor and Black Rod meeting the cortege.
But the roots of the explosive dispute are in the conversation that preceded the memo, and the accounts of the only two people involved are at odds.
Ms Sumner admits in a signed three-page statement to the press complaints commission that she discussed with Black Rod the fact that under the internal guidance she had, the PM and Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith would meet the coffin. Her "firm recollection", however, was that his guidance stated it was the Commons Speaker, lord chancellor and himself rather than the PM.
"It would have been inappropriate for me to seek to change the arrangements. I did not do so and this is clearly expressed in Black Rod's own statement," she wrote, later adding: "I said absolutely fine and expressed surprise that people had different guidance, given the event had been planned for such a long time, but not to worry."
According to the Spectator, London Evening Standard and Spectator, Black Rod's recollection of the conversation was very different, with Ms Sumner supposedly more forceful than she cares to admit, and wanting Mr Blair to meet the coffin.
Downing Street points to a statement issued by Black Rod when the controversy first erupted, in which he said: "At no stage was I asked to change the arrangements."
Downing Street mutters darkly that Black Rod changed his line, and forced No 10 to climb down when it was in the right because he effectively switched sides.
But close associates of Black Rod insist it is he who has been consistent, and believed from the Easter Sunday mobile phone chat that Ms Sumner overstepped the mark. "He is a straight-talking chap," said a friend. "He does not suffer fools gladly and is not afraid of saying what he thinks about anything. He thought Downing Street was absolutely barking. He was in no doubt No 10 was trying to fix things."
None of this might matter if Mr Campbell had not pressed the nuclear button and decided to persuade the prime minister to take three of his rightwing media critics to the PCC in the hope of discrediting them.
As calls for Mr Campbell's head mount, the spin doctor is emerging as the biggest loser, with his judgment facing intensive scrutiny.
The PCC was in all likelihood a no-win situtation. As the saga has unfolded, Downing Street and its newspaper foes ignored Denis Healey's advice that, when in a hole, they should stop digging as insults and allegations were hurled, with Labour chairman Charles Clarke on Wednesday declaring war on a "pious" press.
Publication of Black Rod's memo would set off a new round of excavations that could shake the government to its very foundations over a little issue that has grown into a big crisis.


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Without more of a description and/or a pic its hard to say. I have had my for 5yrs (bought with 9 miles on it). Modified since it was about 4 or 5 months old. The only thing I had to replace one it was the transmission, but that was on my list anyways. Every car, be it a honda or a bmw suffers problems. Not every car a manufacturer makes is perfect. Im sorry to hear about your luck, but I wouldnt let it get to you honestly.
I like that ! I'll refrain from bashing "Big Money Wasters"
My car has been to hell and back a couple of times, 195K and 5 years of track abuse (owned since 55K). Still on original trans also. I killed the short block two years ago from towing my race car with it (@137K)
I've owned a couple dozen Subarus over the years and they are definitely some of the most reliably built machines out there. That being said, I've never had one newer than '03, and I know there have been some issues since then, but that's what warranties are for. If the car is going to have a failure due to a flaw, it;s likely to happen long before that expires. Don't fret.
I am interested to hear what the failure turns out to be.
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'The Biggest Loser''s Granny: From Tummy Tuck to the Ranch!
August 27, 2009
Liz Young may be a granny, but that doesn't mean she wants to be a plus-size granny. The 49-year-old salesperson from Chapel Hill, TN, began gaining weight when she gave birth to her first child -- she has three -- and she has never been able to take it off. She even went so far as having a tummy tuck.
Last February, she auditioned for "The Biggest Loser" in Nashville, because, after years of unsuccessful dieting, she feels the show may be her only answer!
ET: What brought you to your 267 pounds?
Liz Young: Putting everybody first. I am a mom, a wife, a grandmother. I am self-employed. Everything is such a priority, but me. I wasn't the priority in my life. One day I woke up and I was fat. It was a shock. I saw a picture of myself and went, "Dang. That is me." I didn't see myself that way. You see your clothes getting bigger and bigger, but I said, "The dryer shrunk those pants," or '"This brand runs small." I wasn't concerned about the sizes until I got into a 3X top. It was like, "Where do you go from 3X?"
Then I had a girlfriend who had a stroke and a heart attack, and they put her on life support. She died. That was a wake up call for me. I was, "I am not going out that way." I have nine grandkids. I am determined that I am going to get this weight off, get healthy and get my whole family healthy. If I am going to go, it is going to be from something I can't control, not a stroke or a heart attack.
ET: So was that your "ah-ha" moment?
Liz Young: My husband had bypass surgery a year ago. That should have been my "ah-ha" moment but it wasn't. He went on the heart healthy diet like the doctor told him to do, but we only did that until he could drive again. He wanted fried chicken and I wouldn't cook it, so he said, "I am going to go get it." So I said, "What the heck? I will cook it." I am a people pleaser. He knows when I come home, this is a lifestyle change. I am from the South. Everything we cook is fried, or slathered in grease.
ET: What do you see as your biggest challenge here?
Liz Young: Everything. Honestly, I am shocked. I thought I would be in better shape. I thought I would be able to hold up to the workouts, but I don't have a clue how I made it through the first day. I have watched the show since day one, and you are sitting at home going, "I could do that." In my mind, I don't know where I got this, but in my mind, I thought they worked them out for 30 minutes and they got a break. (she laughs) Wrong! No break, people. Reality set in on day one.
ET: What is the best advice you received so far on the ranch?
Liz Young: You are going to have to get your fanny up off the couch and get motivated and moving. No matter what you do, it is better than doing nothing. No matter what size you are, there is something you can do. And, you can control what you put in your mouth.
ET: Did you bring a skinny outfit?
Liz Young: No, I didn't because I don't have anything. I am the type of person that, if it doesn't fit, I am getting rid of it. I am looking forward to the day I can shop in any store. I won't have to worry if they carry plus sizes.
ET: What made you decide to audition?
Liz Young: I was sitting on the beach in Mexico in January with my boss. I said, "I need to go on 'The Biggest Loser.'" He said, "Liz, I bet you would be good at that." I didn't know there would be tryouts in February in Nashville. I told my family I was going to go. They said, "You are not going to get on. You are not big enough." I said, "I don't care. I have to go try out." My cousin who is the same size as me, I begged her to come with me. She said, "I only need to lose 40 pounds." I said, "Right out of your butt, girl. You surely don't believe that. You weigh what I do and I know how much I need to lose." But she wouldn't go with me and I tried out on my own. I don't know how I got here!
"The Biggest Loser" premieres Tuesday, September 15 at 8 p.m. on NBC.
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text: I read many posts about how the "New" to Carrying Concealed feel so self conscious about their Gun. Most of the replies are somewhat like "You'll get used to it" "No one notices" "You'll forget its there" and "Give it two weeks", don't seem to apply to me. I have been CC'ing for close to three years now. At home, I do forget if it is on me, but in public, I am always aware. When I get out of my truck I make sure my cover shirt is not caught or hung up on it. Walking around and the wind is blowing I am attentive to if it is being exposed. When reaching for something high, I am aware if cover shirt rises too much. I wear black cover shirts often (to mask outline). When people are close I will try to angle my strong side away. I try and do all this without looking like I have some sort of tourette's or other mental disability.:scruntiny: I watch others to see if they are CC'ing. No positive sightings yet, only bulges and bumps that could be anything. I think I have never been "Made". But I am almost always conscious about it. I may never be cured. Is it just me?:hand5:


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Professor or pinhead? knick-knack or knockout? Stephen Burt on Anne Carson
Is Anne Carson's Nox a knick-knack or a knockout? Maybe something in between? In the London Review of Books, Stephen Burt reviews not only Nox, but also the volume's ecstatic reception:
A memorial to Carson's late brother, Michael, Nox has found as much attention, and as much praise, as any book by any poet in the past couple of years. The praise is disturbing, sometimes wrongheaded, and reflects a category mistake; it also makes a good excuse to look back at the spiky virtues of Carson's work.
Burt invites us on a quick tour of Carson's achievements, detailing her dual allegiances to scholarship and creative writing; classics and contemporaries; books and art. He offers this heartbreaking interpretation of her tone:
Carson's writings show a brusque yet intimate manner with ancient texts, a fractured, anti-mellifluous cadence (especially in her verse), and a sense of discomfort: she seems at home nowhere, not in her own head, or in our time, or in the ancient world. Carson wrote in Economy of the Unlost that Paul Celan 'uses language as if he were always translating': we could say the same thing about her.
Translation lies at the heart of Nox, which explores the death of Carson's brother through the lens of a Catullus poem.
One of the most striking aspect of the book is its format (click here for images). Nox is a book-in-a-box that fans out of its cardboard container like an accordian. Carson fills its pages with smudged words and images that, taken together, provide a portrait of grief. Burt handily contextualizes the book's appearance:
Readers of poetry may be surprised by the format, but regular viewers of artists' books will not be; nor will readers who remember the fanzines of the 1980s and 1990s, the handmade and photocopied, often deliberately amateurish creations that combined their (often very young) authors' music reviews with memoir, essay, slogan, collage, photography. Nox has much older precursors too: 19th and early 20th-century scrapbooks in which readers collected their favourite verse alongside photographs, engravings, postcards and handwritten memories. (You can see examples of these scrapbooks at Mike Chasar's blog, Poetry and Popular Culture, mikechasar.blogspot.com.)
Burt himself seems surprised by the book's critical reception. Rather than the North American avant-garde, he writes, mainstream publications seized on this peculiar work. It was celebrated, he writes,
in such places as the New Yorker, where Meghan O'Rourke called it 'a luminous, big, shivering, discandied, unrepentant, barking web of an elegy, which is why it evokes so effectively the felt chaos and unreality of loss'. New York magazine's Sam Anderson called it 'a literary object – the opposite of an e-reader designed to vanish in your palm', and added: 'The book radiates a kind of holy vibe.'
What could stimulate critics to such adjectival highs? (Discandied?) Suggests Burt, both perceptively and crushingly:
Its rapturous reception testifies – through no fault of her own – to Carson's celebrity, and to the aura her work holds, with its sources and blank spaces. That reception also testifies – again, through no fault of Carson's – to the continuing prestige but diminished actual interest that poetry as such seems to hold these days. For many readers, and not a few editors, Nox and its 'poetry of a kind you're not used to' has turned out to be poetry of the most welcome kind: a work you can admire and interpret simply by opening the box and unfolding the pages; a book of poems you don't even have to read.
To read the full piece, click here (unfortunately, you'll need either a subscription or a kind friend who's willing to let you borrow hers).
Posted in Uncategorized on Thursday, July 14th, 2011 by Harriet Staff.