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Mondaily already?
Good Morning Masters,
Long (Buddha's Birthday) weekend is finished and now so is this Monday workday (thankful that the our Agency President is leaving for his biz trip to UAE, Dubai tomorrow and I no longer have to write or rewrite his presentation slides or the English script that goes with it [3 times I was up in his office modifying/changing/slicing it up ] - Also relieved it not me that is accompanying him on said biz trip.
Enjoyed the weekend with family and took a couple rest days on Saturday and Sunday. Today, it was over to Kolon Sporex Health Club at 6:00AM for a workout. Tried out the New Lunar Glides and served me well there on the TM for 1.5 miles in 17:16 (11:06/mile pace) - followed that up with 40 minute total body weight workout. Good sweat and good start to the week.
elizabethnyc => Good morning and thanks for starting us off today. Have a good one.
All the Masters to follow - have a fine Monday as well! Time to get home for some dinner.
Hi eliz and pud, Hi to masters coming up!
Made it out this morning for a muggy and warm 5.3. Feeling a little bit better and taking that as a sign that the running will be back to normal soon.
Last week of school here, can I hear a WOOHOO. This has been a long, interesting school year.
Outa here, now....have a great monday all!
Morning all,
Grey and dreary today. Looks like a lot of that coming up this week. We need the rain, so no worries.
I had bootcamp this morning, which included circuits with lots of squats, pushups, crunches, step ups, planks, etc., and 1.5 miles of running between the circuits. Thankfully the pouring rain held off until I got home. I'll hit the gym after work for something cardio, whether more running or maybe some elliptical.
Pudov, glad to see your recovery coming along nicely and you able to get out there for a run! Nice job.
Liney, great job getting out there for your run this morning. And here's a WOOHOO for you! :-)
Hi all to follow!
Good morning Masters! This morning I am going to get my run in in an attempt to beat the heat. This evening I have Pilates.
Have a great day Masters!
Elizabeth: Thanks for starting us! Nice work at bootcamp!
Gregory: Good to see that Recovery Train chugging right along! Way to stay patient!
Liney: Nice to hear that you think your running is getting back to normal! Way to do the early morning 5.3!
Charlie Pro: How are things with you? You are missed!
Good morning Masters! Sunday: 12 miles 2:10:49 - 10:54 avg. pace - easy. Hilly trail [pushed the hills]. Between the late start, hills and heat my morning run left me draggin'. Posted my mileage early to resist the urge to jog a few recovery miles last night. Coupled with my rest day to start the week I'm hoping to duplicate my running these past two weeks. Make it a great day!
Hey y'all, 8.47 this morning, many of them with a quick tri guy. We kept the pace comfortable and were able to talk during the run. Very humid this morning, switch appears to have been flipped to "summer." Low 70s for temps.
TonyM, DS#1 is 22 (23 is mid-Sept). He also seemed to be slightly more verbal yesterday.
Liz, glad bootcamp went well. Have a good second workout later.
Pudov, good to hear about the recovery continuing.
Liney, happy last week of school! And nice run this morning.
Moth, nice 12 yesterday. Nice pace, especially for a trail run.
Good morning Masters. Rainy day here (we needed it badly) so I will use my SRD. When the "streak" reaches 4 days, I know it's time to rest! Doc appointment, various errands, and some work will fill the day.
Pudov - nice job continuing the recovery. Too funny about the boss. Another OT game last night (2OT). couldn't even stay awake for the ending.......
Liney - nice work this morning. One week?? Nice!
Elizabeth - nice work at bootcamp.
Tony - Good morning!
Moth - the heat will do that. Hope you bounce back quickly.
Falcon - nice 8.47 (what , no thousandths??) Temps did the quick change here too.
Later Masters.....
In Austin for a conference. Today's schedule is insane. Starts at 7:30, goes until around 11pm. Ran 8 yesterday in a single workout split between their indoor track and the TM. Track was 13 laps to a mile, felt like a gerbil. 35 minutes recovery early this morning on the TM. Tomorrow's later start should let me run the hills outside.
4.2 into office--- tough run, I really didn't want to do it. But feel so good that I did.
Ride home, Run 30 continuous with G tonight.
Have a SUPER day Masters.
Hi Masters! It's been a few days since I've been online. It's been busy. I'm 54 today and I'm feeling it. No run this AM but I'll try at lunch.
I did the Free to Breathe 10K yesterday and was seven seconds slower than last year (53:07 this year, 53:00 last year) but did take third place in my AG (same as last year). I thought I had second by the results but apparently the results I looked at didn't have one guy listed. The person who got first in the AG did a 44:10. Best overall was 41 something.
It was warm (73-77), humid (75-80%), and windy (15-20 mph), unlike last year so I should be happy with my result I guess. My wife and kids did the 5K and my wife ended up around 45 minutes, daughter was a little slower, and my son was around 37 minutes, which I was proud of all of them.
I wasn't as impressed with the organization of the race this year compared to last year. I probably wouldn't do it again next year if it wasn't for a good cause (lung cancer). My result was preliminary and I still haven't seen my official times. Last year they had them posted on the website the same afternoon.
I'll try to go back and catch up on the last few days of personals, and apologies if I don't get a chance to respond back to them.
elizabeth- thanks for starting! Good run and XT at the boot camp!
Pudov- good TM run and XT!
Linney- good 5.3 miler!
Tony- hope the heat and humidity isn't like it is down here!
MothAudio- good twelve!
Falconfixer- good 8.5 miler!
Opus- have a good rest day!
Wolfgate- Good eight! I use to run on an indoor track like that at the Dallas Athletic Club, but it was over a basketball court where a lot of Dallas Mavs players (including Jason Kidd way back when) and a lot of the Dallas Cowboys (circa 1993-96) played pickup games. It was entertaining to watch while I was running.
Shout outs to BOSNPM, mysol, George21, dfbourg, tcoplen, Marshrunner, LCruns, rcl, DAW, tww, jbyram, jeepster, and my other Master friends today!
Have good runs and good rests today!
We are running out on the beach tonight something tempoish most likely in the rain (not on the beach).
George: Nice 10K, you had a higher mileage week last week, you starting your build-up?
FF: Good for DS#1! Nice 8.47
E: Morning, nice job with bootcamp.
Pudov: Nice start to the week.
Liney: Nice 5.3, the end is near enjoy your time off.
Tony M: Have a good run
Opus: Have a good rest day.
Wolfgate: Enjoy Austin! Nice 8, heat and hills this time of year in Austin.
FIF: Nice 4.2, I guess you are doing it back home latter?
EIB: Happy B-day! Nice job on your 10K! Great job to the entire family, makes the races so much better!
BOS- Nope- left bike at office Friday, so it is here to ride home, then run with G tonight. Then tomorrow I ride in and run home. I will get 6.5/ p/day all week. That will take me over 35 for the week, that's a start. Then G's plan starts mileage in 2 weeks, so I will quickly get into 40, and 50 mpw. My runnign is so comfortable right now, so I am just smiling and runnign. I would really like to run the Feb 2014 50 miler called Iron Horse.
Tony- my DS (son) just turned 18. I also have 2 girls 21, and 15.
FF- oh gotcha, so my 2 mile save the streak day is "really" a SRD... gotcha. I have noticed the more people that I tell of streaking, the more grief I have to deal with, so I have sorta buttoned my lip about it! haha How long do you have Falcon? I hit day 20 today. Not a big deal, but it is definatley the first time in my life I have run more than 4 days in a row. IT IS REALLY GOOD ISN'T IT! I'm telling ya!
Good morning everybody
SE Regional Master Track @Raleigh NC State U Race Report
Since the meet was a 2 day event I'll do a 2 part report. Friday I get to NC State in the first thing you do for the Pentathlon after check in is have your discus and javelin weighed and measured. The official tells me my javelin isn't balanced and can't be used. It's seems to be leaning towards the tail end, which I had noticed the last 2 times I practiced that it was having trouble landing on the point. I asked a competitor if I could use his and he said sure.
1st event the Long Jump- always a wild card event where you need good speed, vertical lift and worry about getting your steps down. My first jump a complete scratch as my steps weren't even close. I moved a foot back checked my steps on the other end of the runway and than on my 2nd jump hit 5.30m and the last was 5.28 I was 3" behind the board on that one. There was a 30 year old competing but I'm pretty sure my 5.30 was the longest jump.
2nd event Javelin- I went to the officials to ask if I could use my javelin for practice and they said no it had to stay impounded until after the Pen was over. I asked if they had a meet javelin and they did so I used that. I scratched my first throw just barely crossing the line but my 2nd throw was a PR of 38.2m my 3rd wasn't to good. I told one of my competitors that I'll take this one home and they can keep mine.
3rd event 200M- One guy in my age group had dropped out during the long jump so I only had one more guy in there was a 30 year old. I got a pretty good start in@ around 50m went into my float in the 30 year old gaped me pretty good coming off the turn picked it up and started catching him almost getting him. I needed another 10-15m to pass him. It was a PR of 25.87
4th event discus- My 1st throw a pr of 25.2m. Now this is just a normal throw I would do in practice all the time but I would always fall a little short so I was happy to hit my throw. My 2nd throw was shorter when the official comes over to me and says you can't use this discus because it has a to nicked up. They had this discus where the hammer throw was. There was sand out to about 23m and then grass well there was a concrete strip at the end of the sand and my discus hit that and damaged it. They said I could use a meet discus which since I don't throw it far anyway I didn't mine. Meanwhile I turned the discus over to the officials who grinded and smoothed it out. Last throw new discus, not good very short, oh well I had a pr with the 1st throw so I couldn't complain.
Last event 1500M- I rule this event as I've never lost regardless of age group. It was very hot and we were all very tired. I wasn't sure what I could do. It was 87-88* and normally I would have already trained and been ready for this but this heat just came up this past week. My hottest training day was 75* so this was quite a difference. I had to get motivated because I knew if I could just run a descent time I would break my Pentathlon record. I ran a PR of 4:42 with second place being the 30 year old who I believe ran 5:28. I lapped 4 people. I was definitely surprised with the heat and how tired I was feeling that I could run this time.
Total score 3126 which beat my State record by 54 pts and achieved All American
I remained calm with the javelin situation and scratching my 1st LJ. I went into this event not expecting a PR just trying to establish a solid performance. Nothing was that surprising except the javelin did feel better than mine and I thought I could throw it further. The 4:42 I knew I could do but the heat had taken a lot out of me so I was surprised at the time.
Will give day 2 report later.
BOSNPM- have a good beach run!
flyinfree- good streak!
fittestover40- congratulations!
Shout outs to illinidave, n8simmons, gship, goomba, and anyone else I missed earlier!
Fit40- how cool!!! loved reading the first part. But- you stole their javelin? tsk tsk
Dfb: Wanted to post this last week but didn't get to it. Some people really get parenting and it appears you are one of those people. You are teaching your kids a valuable lesson and it will pay dividends when they are adults and have their own families. If there were more parents like you I would have seen a lot less of those distressed kids in my office every day when I was working. Salute to you!
Elb: Happy Birthday, young man.
Fit40- how cool!!! loved reading the first part. But- you stole their javelin? tsk tsk
No I took my javelin back with me, but that one did feel good. They suggested I get some weighted tape like the kind used on golf clubs to put on the spot where the tip mounts to the rod. But of course it can't be off balance to the front either so it has to be perfect. I have one more Pentathlon in a couple of weeks and than I'll be turning 50 which means I get to use a smaller 700g javelin. Looking forward to that.
Fit40- where is the next one? I think I am going to google and see if I can;t find one around here. I think TJ (my son) and I would like to go as spectators.
Whew, hot and humid here today. I followed up yesterday's HM with 13.2 miles today. If I use yesterdays starting time and todays finish time I have a 28 hour, 47 minute, 12 second marathon. Does this count, or do all the miles have to be done in the same day?
I intended to run today at a 10:00-10:30 pace, but keep daydreaming about the race and would speed up thinking about it. I ended up at a 9:47 pace which is waaaay too fast.
Thanks to all for the kind comments. I can't tell you how much fun it was to race with DD. This was the culmination of last year's Father's Day present from her and without exception the best I've ever had.
George, to answer your question, yes. Monday is long(er) run day.
tony, terrific job on the race. I am continually impressed with what you off road guys do for fun.
Liney, while I was racing with DD2, DW was babysitting DGS for DD1 for three days up in Michigan. I was looking for the word when she came home and it occurred to me "smitten" is exactly what she is, too.
Opus, yes, I'm an official Illinois grad. 1973, just a few years after your friends. Holy , that was 40 years ago!
Pudov, and how many years is this for Gautama? I remember attending one of his birthday parties, but I've lost count since then.
Moth, have a good well deserved day off.
EIB, nice 10K for you. What a great family event. Congratulations.
fittest, so much to comment on but I'm mostly impressed with a 4:42 1500. Wow!
Good runs to all and Hi to all I missed.
Happy Monday everyone. Rest day for me. Ran 3.5 very easy track miles last night which gave me 7 days straight. Haven't done that in forever. Probably should have taken the day off, but, well, you know.
RCl - congrats on the 19:06. I agree about the short races. I haven't run a 5k in years. Too scared I guess.
Tony - Great job and placement on the trail race. I thought you trail guys didn't wear Garmins? Did you bark through the race and did they have donuts at the end?
Fittest - congrats on the track/field competition, especially the 1500, and the state record and All American! I have no idea what is good when it comes to the field events or sprints. How does one rebalance a javelin?
Dave - great job to you and dd on the HM and meeting your goal. Having some gas left over is a good sign. I find cutting grass afterwards good for recovery. That is a great picture.
Falcon - Great job on that tough HM. 3rd overall is fantastic. Any lingering effects from Boston? I would think with your mileage the answer would be no. Also, congrats to DS for getting on that bike. Nice 8.5 this morning.
George - great pace on the long run Saturday.
Liz - thanks for starting us off. Rain here all week too. Sounds like a tough workout this morning. That is one way to start the week. I decided to sleep.
Pudov - The comeback continues. I new shoes too! Rangers down 2-0 now. Ugh.
Liney - how is the baby doing? Nice 5.3 this morning.
Moth - impressive doubles lately and 12 yesterday.
Opus - enjoy the SRD.
Wolf - that is one long day, especially at a conference. Key = lots of coffee. Nice 8 yesterday. How is Audrey swimming going?
FF - typical, right? Don't feel like running, but do it anyway and glad you did. Many times those runs turn out to be the best ones. Way to get out there.
EIB - Happy Birthday. Congrats on the 3rd AG award and great job on the race in the heat and wind. Congrats to DW and the kids too.
BOS - Enjoy the beach run in the rain tonight.
goomba - agreed, but Drake is making me look bad in the father department. : -)
EIB - Happy birthday!
Falcon - great job on the HM!
mysol - 7 days is good. I find 4-5 seems to be my limit, though I am sure I'd power through it and be just fine to do more.
Wolfgate - enjoy Austin. Love that place. It was a much smaller city when I lived there in the 80s. Took my DS all over the city on the bike trails. Hopefully the work schedule won't be so bad you can't get out around Town Lake.
Illini - it's all in your mind. Maybe say 4 decades, as that sounds like a smaller number?
Fittest - nice report. Saw an article in the Raleigh paper about a 90 year old running the steeplechase!! OPK, "running" may be subjective in some people's minds, but hurdles are still hurdles that must be cleared, and the water is still water that has to be traversed. Pretty impressive! Did you see him?
Happy Monday Masters,
Almost opted out this AM due severe apathy to several consecutive days with little to no sleep but once I got the shoes on and out the door I felt much better. Ended up with 5.5 @ 8:30.
TonyM: Nice work @ the 15K. I'm starting to favor the trail races over the road too. I guess that's one plus for running at this location. even the road runs are like trail runs!
Moth: Really rackin up the miles! I can take a couple doubles a week but not the way you do them.
Opus: Nice 6 yesterday. Been there once or twice myself......
Liney: Good work as you continue to rebuild.
Flyin: 20 days now? The idea of a streak appeals to my OCD side but I've learned that I require rest days.
IlliniDave: HM with DD sounds like fun. One of my favorite races was a local Jingle Bell Jog back in GA that Clan Simmons ran together. was DW's first 5K.
BOSN: The rocks in the pics arent really that bad to run on since they are fairly uniform. What hurts is when you catch that lone rock just chillin.....lol Enjoy the beach run.
Falcon: Cool about DS taking to the bike. Might be on to something.
tww: Punny intended or not.
Pudov: At least the boss realizes his limitations and has someone QC his work. we get some pretty curriuos signs posted around here. I'll have to post some pics.
EIB: Happy B-Day and congrats on the AG bling!
Fittest: Nice work at the meet. Congrats on the PR!
Check back later.
Fittest - nice report. Saw an article in the Raleigh paper about a 90 year old running the steeplechase!! OPK, "running" may be subjective in some people's minds, but hurdles are still hurdles that must be cleared, and the water is still water that has to be traversed. Pretty impressive! Did you see him?
I didn't see the steeple this year but I believe I saw him at 88. It wasn't pretty and I'm surprised he might still be doing it. He can't jump any of the hurdles so he climbs over them which is alright but the water jump doesn't give you room on the other side so he kinda of just falls into the water. I really thought he was going to get hurt, it looked very dangerous. God bless him for hanging in there!
Last fall@ my USA T&F Lev 1 Coaching class the teacher talked about the steeple saying if you can't break 10 minutes you shouldn't do it because it's to dangerous. I chuckled thinking well I guess no masters should do it because you can count on 1 hand how many are capable of breaking 10.
It's something I've thought about. I can handle the hurdles fine but the water jump looks risky for the knees and ankles so I've passed.
Thanks for the comments
It was 67 degrees with 90% humidity when I left and 73 with 86% humidity when I got back. It feels nice and cool when you are just standing there, but the humidity makes itself felt when you start running. I did 11 miles.
n8: Where are you located? Way to get out and run, even though you didn't feel like it!
mysol: Seven days in a row is about my limit. I usually only go 5 or so in a row. No I didn't bark. They had cake at the end instead of donuts. When I turned a piece down the lady volunteer ask me why. I told her I was saving my calories for a couple of jelly donuts.
Dave: Pretty sweet follow up! I guess that means 13.3 tomorrow?
fittest: Pretty studly!!!
ElB: Nice 10K! If you only slow down a second a mile per year it'll be pretty gracious aging!
Flyin: Way to get your run in when you didn't want to!
Moth: Nice run on Sunday!
Opus: Enjoy your SRD!
Falcon: Nice running today!
Wolfgate: You are at a conference where they actually have meetings?
goomba: Good afternoon to you sir!
BOSNPM: Have a great beach run! I love to run on the beach in the early morning into the sunrise!
Wolfman: What's up with you?
Opus: Just read the story about the steeple chase. Looks ugly but the guy is 90! Still impressive if you ask me.
TonyM: I'm @ Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Pretty well developed place but still plenty of dirt to be found. (I didn't say they were nice trails......)
6:39am.......7 miles in 57:36........8:13 pace.
N8.........Nice 5.5.....I was trying to find another way to say my memory was jogged but could not.....so I had to go with the pun....I did not realize you were in Afghanistan....my fault for being a skimmer for the last several months.
Falcon.......Well done on the 8.47 with the tri guy.
Tony.....Nice job on the 67 dgree humid 11 spot.
NB4........Thoughts of you on my 7th and final mile today.....Mattingly will be fired in the next week......not a moment too soon in my book.....he may have been a great player but he is a lousy leader.
Mysolitude.......Enjoy your rest day.
Dave.......that is a long marathon but in fairness to you.....by my calculations you went 26.3 miles....so I think that extra .1 really cost you.
EIB.......Happy 54th birthday........nice job on the third AG in your 10k second year ina row.
Woflgate.....A very long day for you today.......nice job on the split 8 miler yeaterday.
Opus.......Enjoy your rainy rest day......usually when my streaks reach 8 years I consider a rest day and then bannish the thought from my head......of course on a few of the streaks events out of my control sent me to the DL shy of 8 years......
Liz.......Nicely done on the bootcamp workout today.
Liney......Glad to hear your feeling better and well done on the muggy 5.3 miler.
Bosnpm.......Enjoy the tempo 8 miler tonight.
Fittest........It seems you are having a good meet.
Pudov........Good to see that your return is going well......you will only get stronger and faster.
Snuck out at lunch and got in a mile swim--no stops (so the goggles weren't filling with water! 38:43, painfully slow for anyone who knows what they are doing in the water.....but that's not me so I'll take it!
tww, well done sir! Very quick last two miles.
N8, funny how that works; once you get out there things seem to get better. Reminds of the Ray Green 2 mile rule; go for two miles and if you aren't feeling better it's ok to bag it! (my translation). As for DS, we take the victories where we can. If he even tries to interact with us (let alone anyone else in the world) it's a major win. Thanks.
TonyM, thanks. Sounds like we've got about the same weather today. My clothes were soaked after the run this morning. Great job getting in 11!
Fittest, very interesting report and congratulations! As for steeplechase man, God Bless him! I hope I'm still anywhere near that active....heck, based on longevity of the males in my family, I hope I'm still breathing!
Opus, thank you sir! That race did remind me of the old Aviano half marathon (in the early 90s). The course did take you up to the Chrome Dome--on an even steeper trail--then back down that road; then there was a second climb (paved and trail) that came out on via Piancavallo some distance up and you ran back to the base from there. There was an aid station at the 1 km to go mark....couldn't get water, it was all alcohol. I didn't know this and grabbed a clear liquid.....sambucca! The other stuff turned out to be assorted grapas! Too funny, my head was spinning by the time I got back to the base.
Mysol, thanks and nice work on the track last night. No real lingering affects from Boston, and it would be hard to prove since I've done a few hilly (and one flat) 5ks since as well. That course was mentally draining the last 3.1 miles though. And thanks about DS, DW and I were very excited about it.
Illinidave, wow! Great follow up half marathon to your half marathon! Not sure you can call it a 28 hour marathon, but I like the thinking outside of the box! As for today's pace, if you didn't feel it and you aren't overly sore tomorrow and Wednesday then maybe it wasn't way too fast for you.
FiF, yep, that's how I look at it. My streak (as of this morning) is at 1947 days. I'm not as fast as tww nor do I do as many miles (he's a freakin' machine!) but I'm happy with it. The last few years I've managed over 3k miles and while I'd like the paces to be faster, I think they are in the 8:10-8:15 per mile range (on average). As for the reaction of other folks, I chalk it up to them meaning well. You've got some ambitious goals and pretty soon you'll start getting similar comments (if you haven't already) about your mileage....which will be even more impressive in conjunction with your streak. And nice job running in to work today. Have a safe, enjoyable ride home.
goomba, good to hear from you. How have you been?
EIB, Boun Compleanno! And congratulations on a great race yesterday! I've got to think you'd have beaten last year's time if the weather had been similar and you can't control that. Great job on the AG placement as well!
BOSNPM, Thank you sir! And have a good run tonight. As long as there is no lightning, I love group track runs in the rain, it's like Chariots of Fire.....without the beach!
Wolfgate, that is a crazy schedule! Is it a bunch of seminars or "mandatory fun" in the evenings? Our Y indoor track is that 13 laps to a mile also....I'll use it to warm up for the treadmill.
George, nice running yesterday!
FlyinFree.......Good to see you continue your streak.......as Falcon will tell you the thing abouts streaks is that at a certain point you forget about them.......a new day starts and you run.....in fact I have never set out to be a "Streak runner"......and I did not even know their was such a thing until I was a runner for about 19 years (14 years ago) and I had already run several multi year streaks......my MO has always been to just run because I enjoy it and I want to do it each day and I have always had a minimum daily average that gives me my fix...usually no less then 8.2 miles day.....2 miles for me would feel like I did not run at all but that is fine for others...we all have our own way of running.....or should have.......for me there was never any logic in taking a day off because others said that is what your supposed to do......running is personal and others cannot fit their mold onto you so when they give you grief about running everyday...zone them out......34 years into this gig if others tried to tell me how to run it would draw a chuckle from me.....Wednesday I will post my current streak that hits a year and the other 5 "retired" streaks.
wow! Thanks tww and FF. Yeah, I cut my mileage way down as I started this. My streak is a result of learning what a "streaker" was, and it just seemed like the next thing to do. I was really impressed by how you responded in my thread about running "every day." You and that chick kitra or something like that.
I really love "the run" too
lol- 1947- but who's counting! hehe R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
RCL- sorry to hear you weren't to happy with your 5K Sat. You can get that speed back.
Falcon-3rd OA nice job in the half.
Tony- 15K sounds a little short for you, but I guess if I can run a 200M you can run a 15K. I hate those steep downhills to, sounds like a tough course.
Illini- Nice half up there in Cleveland with your daughter. Great picture, nice legs and hers aren't to bad too!
FiF, LOL! I'm actually not counting. tww told me at some point you'd forget about them. For me it was about 2 weeks prior to the end of my first year. Unfortunately, by then I had found an excel command that would give you the number of days between two dates. I had to plug in today's date on that file to get the number. About the only time I check it anymore is if I'm asked about it.
tww, I thought a year was coming up soon. Here's one for you:
Thanks Falconfixer! Out of curiosity I looked at the 5K finishers in my AG and based on my 5K split time, I would have smoked the 1st place runner by a minute or more. I was holding back on the first half of the 10K and all out I probably would have shaved a minute off of that.
I almost tried to change from the 10K to 5K yesterday before the race but decided not to.
Oh well...woulda, coulda, shoulda.
I am curious to see what I could do in a 5K though. I'm looking at a couple over Memorial Day weekend with interest.
Good swim!
Thanks n8simmons, Tony, goomba, Opus, mysol, and everyone else!
Congratulations HB! And it's good to hear from you!
EIB, Don't torture yourself! You had a good race in tough weather...it's not like it's been hot for a month. Would you have been faster in the 5k than your split? Yes you would have been. At some level your brain knows it's shorter so it tolerates more stress to the system. I'd have stayed with the 10k as well,,,,,well, if possible I'd have tried to do both. :-)
TWW - too funny. One of these days I'll have to give a streak a try and see how things work. Like you said, I won't run a mile just to keep one going, but I also understand why that works for some folks, physically and mentally. I used to run a a lot of 3 milers for training, but now won't even go out unless I know I can get 4-5 miles in, preferably more. But that is just what works for me. Since I haven't tried everyday running in a long time, it may be time to try again.
Falcon - that sounds quite hilly at Aviano. I think a swig of grappa would have ended the day for me!
Fittest - glad the guy didn't get hurt falling off of hurdles!
Love the support I'm getting from mature runners.
Thanks for posting Harbor, I can relate to 140, and it being 20 times longer! I was sorta freaked out on day 7!
for me- the title of "Streaker" means a lot. 366 days of at least a single mile run continuous! I have my other calve reserved for a streaker tattoo. I think that would be cool.
Edit to add- 30 min recovery.... total of 7 run/ 11 bike. good day, let's eat!


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The Stanford Achievement Test Series, usually referred to simply as the "SAT 9" or "SAT 10" (where the number reflects the series being used), is one of the leading standardized achievement tests utilized by school districts in the United States for assessing children from kindergarten through high school; it is used to measure academic knowledge of elementary and secondary school students. The test is available in 13 levels that roughly correspond to the year in school. Each level of the test is broken into subtests or strands covering various subjects such as reading comprehension, mathematical problem solving, and science.
The tests include three types of questions: multiple choice, short answer, and extended response. Besides requiring a written answer of five or six sentences, the extended response may also require the student to graph, illustrate or show work. Such answers are usually included within the areas of science or mathematics.
Test scores can be reported in several different formats that measure performance in different ways, including a developmental scale, norm-based scores that compare a student's performance with that of a representative sample of students across the United States, and achievement-to-ability comparisons with scores from the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test. One type of report indicates the grade level of a student who, if answering those same questions, would have gotten the same percentage of questions correct as the real student. For example, if a 5th grade student scores a 6 in Science, it means that an average 6th grader would get about the same percentage of questions right as that particular 5th grade student.
Dating from its origin in 1926, the test is now in its tenth incarnation, or "Series". Although in many states it is being replaced by state-created tests (mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), it is not equivalent to most of these tests, in that the Stanford series are more comprehensive in scope than the newer assessments. The SAT 10 is currently published by Pearson plc, who acquired Harcourt Assessment on January 30, 2008.
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I remember an odd thing a woman told me the day I was diagnosed with breast cancer: "Losing your hair is the worst part!" Wow, I muttered to myself, she must not be in touch with reality. Dying seemed to me to be...
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My Visit with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
A couple weeks ago I got a phone call that said, "Can you be at UCI at 2 today to see the Dalai Lama? I have 10th row seats!"
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Chemo Fairies Rock!
Everyone undergoing chemotherapy should have a "chemo fairy." I did, and his name was Franco. Franco did everything I wanted, exactly how I wanted, without being asked or told during my chemotherapy marathon. In fact,...
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Before I underwent lumpectomy in 2002, I wish I had known that... my cancer would return 6 years later.
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I imagine the family of Elizabeth Edwards feels tremendously sad about their loss. But even though I never met her, her passing seems especially difficult for all of us who have had breast cancer.
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I have a friend who was diagnosed yesterday with breast cancer. For me, it brings up so many of the emotions I know so well.
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PHILADELPHIA -On a day that saw the stands filled with alums, and with the team wearing yellow socks, armbands and headbands to support a stricken former player, the University of Pennsylvania field hockey team put forth an effort worthy of the cause Sunday afternoon against Brown.
The drama was maybe a bit more than anyone was asking for.
That said, it was all smiles on the Quaker bench when the game was over. In the 11th minute of overtime, Penn took a penalty corner and Sarah Hasson fired a shot that was stopped by Brown goalkeeper Shannon McSweeney. The ball ricocheted to Julie Tahan, who was able to collect it and fire toward goal before McSweeney could recover. That gave Penn a 2-1 win.
With the win, Penn improved to 9-7 overall and assured itself of a winning record for the first time since 2006. (The Quakers wrap up the season next Saturday at Princeton.) In addition, the Quakers improved to 3-3 in Ivy League play and are tied for third place with Columbia and Cornell.
The result was a just one. Penn outshot Brown, 25-4, including a staggering 8-0 in overtime as the Quakers peppered McSweeney (18 saves) off of its three penalty corners in the extra session. The Red and Blue had 15 corners in the game, compared to just one for Brown.
Penn had a nice chance to open the scoring when Tahan found Amelia Cohen open in front of an open goal, but Cohen's one-timer went wide left. Just seconds after that, Brown had its first big opportunity when Meghan O'Donnell outraced the Penn defense and had a 1-on-1 with Carly Sokach. Sokach was able to thwart the effort.
Penn -- which outshot Brown, 11-1, in the first half -- finally broke through with just over seven minutes left before the halftime break. Tahan used a nice individual effort to get free and then played a ball into the circle,where Hasson re-directedit past McSweeney's left.
Brown had a great chance to tie it about eight minutes into the second half, when Mandy Epstein was called for a foul deep in Penn territory on O'Donnell. Epstein was given a yellow card and a 10-minute penalty, and the Bears were given a penalty stroke. Sokach was equal to the effort, though, moving to her right and using her blocker to stop Kelsey Grossman. Penn then staved off the 10-minute, man-down situation.
Shortly after the teams were back at even strength, though, the Bears broke through. Off a penalty corner, Clayton Christus moved the ball back across the goalmouth to Alexis Miller. Miller fired a one-timer that beat Sokach to her right and tied the game at 1-1.
Penn got yet another 10-minute yellow with just under 10 minutes to play in regulation, this time Hitti called for the foul. Shorthanded for the second time, Penn was again able to hold Brown off, getting the game to overtime and setting the stage for Tahan's heroics.
In her final home game wearing the Red and Blue (along with Epstein and Kyle deSandes-Moyer), Hasson took nine shots and put seven of them on goal. Emily Corcoran had six shots, five on goal, while Tahan and Hitti had three shots that were on target.
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On the forums in my old server (Asura) there was a classified page on the forum created by Stormico. Well, I moved to Remora in June 2005 along with my 2 mules.
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That one's just 'sort' so it feels kind of short. But things like that that aren't in the stdlib are definitely good! Robby On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 9:04 PM, <engineer at alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > What about a "sort a list," or is that too academic? > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: plt-dev-bounces at list.cs.brown.edu [mailto:plt-dev- >> bounces at list.cs.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Flatt >> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:55 PM >> To: plt-dev at list.cs.brown.edu >> Subject: Re: [plt-dev] Racket web page >> >> Thanks for all the feedback! See below for a status update, and take a >> quick look at the revised page: >> >> http://www.cs.utah.edu/~mflatt/tmp/r/www/ >> >> >> I'm disappointed that we're getting so few 7-line program suggestions. >> Please suggest more. >> >> The main guideline for a good example is that it should demonstrate >> something that a programmer already wants to do. While I appreciate >> Guillaume's suggestion, I don't think that "use functional hash tables" >> is on many wish lists. In contrast, I think of "traverse a directory >> tree", "create a web server", "create a GUI", and "produce documents" >> as more concrete tasks that are easier for programmers to appreciate. >> >> That's just a guideline, and the "write static types" and "handle >> infinite lists" examples are a bit indirect by that standard --- but >> they're also language details that certain communities latch onto, >> which is why think those work anyway. >> >> In any case, we need more good examples, and we especially need easy >> examples like the first few. >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> Things fixed: >> >> * The bad intro text at the top left has been removed. >> >> * The Javascript bug that caused clicking the arrows to scroll >> the page is now fixed. >> >> * The code is colorized and hyperlinked. >> >> * The initial example is likely to be simpler, since only the first >> three are candidates to the initial example. (The examples are >> always in the same order; only the starting position changes.) >> >> * The "?" panel explains the current example. >> >> * "Grow your Mind" => "Grow your Skills" >> >> Things not yet fixed: >> >> * We don't yet have good intro text for the top left. >> >> * The links still mostly go to documentation. (Unfortunately, I don't >> see that changing before the release.) >> >> * Some text changes are still needed on pages other the front page. >> >> The were also some style suggestions that we'll consider further, >> including an auto-advance for the slideshow. >> >> _________________________________________________ >> For list-related administrative tasks: >> http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev >
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honestly, a lot of the time, the person calling someone else a kook is the kook. u guys have been commenting on this all day and im and i was out getting pitted like theres no tommorow. and i went out and champed it out, didnt really hurt a lot until the end. what ever that guy said to put on helped too.
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Panel Discussion: Statement by Ambassador Thoms on "Train, Act, Protect: A new standard in child protection training for military peacekeepers"
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my great pleasure to welcome you in the German Mission. I am very grateful to our very distinguished panelists for being here with us today to share their expertise. My special thanks go to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations - our partner in today's event, and Ms Leanne Smith, Chief of DPKO's Policy and Best Practices Service for moderating our discussion.
In all armed conflicts around the globe, children are the ones most affected, and those who have to suffer the most from wars started by adults. Every year, thousands of children are killed, injured or abused in armed conflicts. Many more lose their parents or other close relatives and are exposed to traumatizing situations. They are deprived of their childhood, their education and their fundamental rights. And while carrying this heavy burden they face the task of rebuilding their country after the conflict.
Over the past years, the international community has fought to make child protection an integral part of UN peacekeeping efforts. Three out of four peacekeepers serve in missions with a child protection mandate. But what exactly can peacekeepers do to prevent and respond to grave violations against children? What are the responsibilities of commanders? And what should peacekeepers do when confronted with armed child soldiers? These are some of the questions we will discuss today.
We have seen in the past that mainstreaming child protection measures into pre-deployment and in-mission training has led to significant improvements on the ground. For example, in the DRC and in Sudan, more than 1800 children associated with armed groups were demobilized.
Today, we are happy to present to you the new specialized training modules on child protection for peacekeepers. The modules were developed by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in close cooperation with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, UNICEF, Save the Children, and the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative. Workshops funded by Austria, Canada, Italy, Luxembourg, the United States and my own country, Germany, gave further valuable input. Last but not least, pilot courses hosted by Malaysia and Uruguay were excellent opportunities to test the material on the ground.
These new training modules will enable UN peacekeepers to better address children's needs and concerns in situations of conflict and to help preventing recruitment and exploitation of children by armed actors. Our hope is that the training material will be widely used by the UN as well as by troop contributing countries in order to ensure that the protection of children in armed conflict is part and parcel of UN peacekeeping missions and that all peacekeepers are sensitized to this issue, which they will - in many cases - encounter in the field. Given the large number of personnel deployed to peacekeeping missions, adequate training and education for all of them can have a great impact on the situation and future of children in situations of armed conflict.
Therefore – please spread the word about this training material and encourage your colleagues to incorporate it into the preparation courses for UN peacekeepers. Together we can make sure that the international community meets its obligations towards building a better life for all children.
I thank you very much and I look forward to the discussion today."


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In Burgundy, bien sûr! We went in steaming hot pursuit of the finest version of France's classic beef stew, one spoonful at a time
THE CLASSIC FRENCH beef stew is back en vogue.
Boeuf bourguignon—the dark, rich, deeply flavorful concoction of beef that's been slow-simmered in red wine until just shy of falling-apart tender—was showered with love in the 1960s, when it was a regular on the dinner-party circuit. In recent years, as several high-end chefs have opened casual bistros, the rustic dish has resurfaced on restaurant menus across the U.S. It's also causing a stir in its homeland, where stellar tradition-bound versions share the spotlight with...


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For a financial journalist, one of the major challenges of the past couple of years has been to convey the scale of the numbers we are dealing with on a daily basis. What is a billion dollars? How many penny sweets can you buy with it? Pints of milk? And we know a trillion is bigger, but how much bigger?
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Well meaning helpers were asked to stay away as the search for a teenager who jumped from a Torpoint ferry resumed today.
Some fifty staff were involved in the search for missing Jordan Cobb this morning. Jordan was seen to jump from the Torpoint Ferry at around 9.15 pm on New Year's Eve.
The coordinated search involving 50 members of staff from the Coastguard and Devon & Cornwall and Ministry of Defence (MOD) Police included both sides of the river and the dockyard taking advice from the force Lost Person Search Manager (LPSM).
The public were asked to keep away from the foreshore.
A police spokesman said that people have been onto the beach and out in boats and although they understand their willingness to help, it is not a safe environment and could hamper the coordinated search that is taking place.
MOD will search the dockyard and searches will go as far as the citadel. On the Cornish side, the search will go from Mt Edgecumbe to Millbrook, including the St John's and HMS Raleigh areas.
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One of the leading indicators of the diseased nature of our political system is the dramatic militarization of and the increasingly brazen acts of inhumanity carried out by those calling themselves "law enforcement." We've moved into another era of popular resistance to the existing power structures unseen since the late 1960s. Police are transitioning from the task of the last 40 years–satisfying the racist demands of the power structure by locking-up non-whites for non-crimes–back to the job of cracking down on political dissent and disobedience.
One thing authoritarian thugs will absolutely not countenance is being called out for their thuggery. It's a rare, brave, and disciplined soul who would even dare to challenge a uniformed police officer–a state agent with the power to do literally anything to any "normal" without repercussions.
One such hero is Austin's own Antonio Buehler, who attempted to intervene–not physically, apparently he wasn't suicidal–while cops assaulted a 100 pound woman (pictured) at a gas station early on New Year's day.
I leave it to you to review the facts of the case, should you be disinclined to accept my opinion. As far as I can tell, Antonio, who was probably the only sober person in Austin at that point in time, did nothing illegal and certainly nothing wrong (and yes, those are largely unrelated categories). His ongoing entanglement with the "justice" system since that night is entirely due to his failure to submit and obey. It's also a highlight reel for modern american "police work."
Antonio is facing 10 years in prison for "felony harassment of a public servant." You see, one officer took a couple minutes off from abusing the young woman to shove Antonio around. When Antonio put his hands in the air and backed away, refusing to engage the officer physically, the cop dragged him to the ground and arrested him. He was accused him of 1. charging the "officer" and 2. spitting in this face.
Historically, Anthony Buehler would be at the whim of the "justice" system and would join the legion of other previously free people about whom some bullshit charge was ginned up for the purpose of putting them in cages for large parts of their lives.
Unfortunately for brazen, legalized thuggery, the 21st century has seen a proliferation of recording devices, and there was somebody across the street videoing the entire encounter. Also unfortunately for those who would lock up a stranger for 10 years just because they want to: Antonio is a pretty industrious fellow. Beside finding the person who recorded the event, he also found other witnesses who were willing to testify to his innocence.
Additionally, he's actively pursued getting the dashboard camera footage released. As per usual, when they contain evidence of officer misconduct–which is most of the time--the footage is sequestered
while "under review" by some internal investigatory arm with a 100% track record of clearing officers of their crimes. I'm surprised they even admit the cameras were on and functioning and that no one "lost" the recording media.
Despite all this (and 2000+ signatures on a petition to investigate his assailants , and 6000+ members of the related facebook page), the state is moving forward with its attempt to put Antonio in a cage. It's reasonably likely, despite being clearly in the right at every point in the encounter, he'll go to prison. It's almost certainly the case that, despite committing a series of crimes–and being awful, cretinous human beings to boot–the police involved will continue to roam the streets, abusing people and putting them in cages.
It's important to focus the mind on the reality that this style of injustice happens to dozens or hundreds of people every single day. Anyone who faces law enforcement without witnesses is entirely at their mercy. Anybody who has already been a victim of the "justice" system (i.e, with a record), or who can't martial the tremendous amount of mental and material resources to defend oneself against the state is going to prison.
Antonio Buehler happens to be very capable, courageous and motivated, and he had witnesses with recording devices–even he might go to prison.
Along those lines, another important point: do not fuck with Antonio Buehler. Since being attacked, he has started an organization, The Peaceful Streets Project that is distributing video devices to activists in an attempt to provide evidentiary protection to other victims of the police. The group is collecting stories from victims of Austin police, is holding "know your rights" trainings, and is organizing a Police Accountability Summit on July 14.
I'm hoping that his case is high-profile enough that they can't cage him. As I noted at the start of the post, the state's "justice" system is transitioning from caging undeclared political prisoners to overt and active dissidents. If the process can be stopped or slowed, it will be through efforts like Peaceful Streets Project and people of honor like Antonio Buehler.


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The Most Important People on The Internet: Volume 36
Welcome to the 36th installment of The Most Important People on The Internet – God, these features grow up so fast, don't they? – featuring a smattering of your comments hand-picked by Photo Boy and myself, so you can click a roof over our heads, and maybe a Ukrainian hooker or five. No pressure. On that note, a special salute to Dreg who really went to town on the Weston Cage karate post and came up with a move for practically every single photo. It's the kind of dedication we should probably have, but in our defense, we're exposed to hazardous work conditions, and count ourselves lucky to survive each day with our souls intact. I can still hear her ass flubbering…
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Today I just got my first smoker (Brinkman Pitmaster Delux). I've been charcoal grilling for a long time now and I am even a year round griller in the Pacific Northwest! Today I got my first smoker and am planning on doing ribs this weekend.
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Set in New Hampshire post Civil War, a young widowed mother is determined to carry on with the rearing of her three children in spite of the hardships that come about as a result of the loss of their father in the War. Things look pretty bleak nearing the Thanksgiving Holiday and the children, wishing to have a nice Thanksgiving Day dinner for their mom decide, without their mothers knowledge, to turn to their estranged but wealthy Grandmother for help in making their wish come true. This holiday film is based upon Louisa Mae Alcott's book of the same title. Stars Jacqueline Bisset. Not Rated (90 minutes).


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BISBEE, Ariz. - For the last 20 years, they have descended on the sun-bleached desert lands in southeastern Arizona near the Mexican border.
Longtime locals say they damage irrigation lines, tread on land without permission, alienate merchants and contribute to a sense of unease that didn't use to exist.
But lately these complaints are aimed not so much at people arriving illegally from Mexico as they are at the federal forces sent to stop them.
Residents say the deployment of hundreds of agents - armed, uniformed and omnipresent - and millions of dollars in new infrastructure have created a military-like occupation in their once-sleepy hamlets.
They point to sprawling new facilities that dominate the scrubby landscape, such as the upgraded U.S. Border Patrol station in Naco and a fortified border fence that lights up like an airport runway lost among the yuccas. Some grumble that the federal agents are paid well above the county average while spurning the areas they patrol to live in a suburbanized town nearly 25 miles away.
Others here welcome the buildup, and even argue that it should be enhanced, especially in light of the slaying two years ago of border agent Brian Terry during a shootout with bandits. But many chafe at what they contend is an unacceptable cost to property, nature and their desert way of life.
"I've lived here all my life. This is all I know. I thought we were better off before the Border Patrol invaded us," said Annette Walton, 53, as she served coffee and burgers to regulars at her diner, Our Place Cafe in South Bisbee. "We were not invaded by the illegals. We were invaded by Border Patrol."
Innkeeper Jami Knudsvig is put off by the "ominous and eerie" way the border fence near her home is illuminated at night, its green-tinged lights pulsing in rhythm.
"They're like Christmas lights. Just bigger," she said. "Who are we keeping out? Are we keeping us in?"
Dan Oldfield, who has lived in the area for more than 30 years, calls the security presence excessive and "a constant nuisance."
Oldfield said he has never felt unsafe, even when his home was burglarized in the 1990s by people he suspects were border crossers.
"Nothing was taken," he said. "They went through the refrigerator, looking for something to eat."
A tree-maintenance contractor, Oldfield said he doesn't understand how the agents fill their days, noting that illegal border crossings in the area have plummeted in recent years.
Gary Widner, the Border Patrol deputy agent in charge of the Naco station, says the agents keep illegal crossings and related crime down.
"It's because we're here. That's why they've slowed down," Widner said. "If you have no presence in the area, they'll exploit it."
In the 1960s, Naco, Mexico, and Naco, Ariz., were essentially one small town.
Anna Marie Salomon, a teenager at the time, said she and others knew the 20 or so immigration officials on both sides of the old port of entry. Most lived in the community, with family on both sides of the border.
Crossing the boundary "was like going from your living room to your bedroom," Salomon said.
Even in the late 1990s, only about 50 agents patrolled the region out of the Naco station, 12 miles south of Bisbee.
But between 2000 and 2003, the Naco station led the nation in human and drug smuggling arrests, Widner said, citing Department of Homeland Security statistics. The region saw more armed home invasions and other related crimes.
By 2005, an estimated 400 Border Patrol agents had been deployed in Cochise County to secure 30 miles of international boundary. The border fence was fortified, checkpoints sprang up and the National Guard arrived for support.
From California to Texas, the Border Patrol ranks doubled to 18,500, the agency said.
Crime and apprehensions fell sharply in the entire Tucson sector, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In Tucson, violent crime decreased by 27 percent, despite population growth in the last decade.
"The quality of life for these folks has gone up pretty significantly," Widner said. "They're not having to worry about the groups coming on their yard or being scared by armed invasions."
While some agents grew up locally, the assignment is "an eye-opener" for those from urban areas, said Steven Passement, a Tucson-based U.S. Border Patrol community liaison.
The agents are trained in ranching etiquette, taught to respect open pastures that probably are a rancher's private land and livelihood, he said.
Still, property damage is inevitable when agents chase smugglers.
"It's going to happen. Our guys are out there working," Passement said.
Officials say they've made an effort to forge partnerships with residents, calling them essential to border security.
"They are some of our best sources of information," Widner said.
Now, officials say, some of America's safest communities are along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Dawn Birdsong, who has five acres a few miles north of the border, isn't convinced. She points to a collection of more than two dozen tattered hats that decorate her chain-link fence. The agents who patrol the area are "all we have," said Birdsong, who favors deployment of the U.S. military.
"Get them down here and secure our border," she said. "This is escalating. I think there is going to be a war."


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HOUSTON - A Houston mother is one step closer to seeing her son for the first time in eight years.
Auboni Champion-Morin said she never gave up hope that her child would be found alive.
Miguel Morin was 8 months old when he disappeared with a woman, who his mother considered a friend and who was the child's godmother.
Krystle Rochelle Tanner was supposed to watch Miguel for only one night, but they disappeared in November of 2004.
The distraught mother said she called police and did everything to find her baby.
"I prayed every night that he was safe, loved and he would come home one day," said Champion-Morin.
Houston police investigated the case for two years, but it hit a dead end. The case was closed in 2006.
Earlier this week, investigators with the St. Augustine County Sheriff's Office received a phone call from Tanner's sister. She told them Miguel was alive and living in Houston.
Tanner has been booked into jail without bond. She isn't cooperating, according to investigators. She has been charged with felony kidnapping.
Champion-Morin is making plans to be reunited with her son, but she has to take a DNA test to prove she is his mother.
A Children's Protective Services spokeswoman said they will consider counseling and other services to help the mother and Miguel, who is now 8 years old, to become reunited with a minimum amount of stress and confusion for the child.
"Right now, I'm just really anxious to see him, but I know there is a lot of legal stuff I have to do," said Champion-Morin. "I want to hold him in my arms and let him know who I am. I hope he can feel the same thing I feel for him."
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Lt Richard Willis, 321stBG,447thBS, KIA 20 Oct. 1944
1944 — Italy
Richard L Willis ( 19092674) entered the Service of his Country from Los Angeles, Calif. He entered at Oxnard, Ca directly into the Army Air Corp as an Aviation Cadet on 2 June 1942 as a Private. Richard had completed one year of college, was working in production of industrian chemicals and was still single at enlistment.
After he was a Commissioned Pilot, he was then sent over to the Mediterranean Theatre where he was assigned to the 321st Bomb Group, the 447th Bomb Squadron, B-25 Mitchells for Combat Action. He arrived on 7 July, 1944 and was KIA over the Target on 20 Oct. 1944. (Galliate Road Bridge)
Richard was the Pilot in the #43-3403, The "INCENDIARY BLONDE" The bravery of the Pilot and Co-Pilot was exemplary as they held the ship long enough for all of the rest of the crew to get out. The Pilot Lt Willis and Co-Pilot Lt Harvey were KIA in their B-25 Ship.
The Bombardier Lt Edmund Harvey, not able to get out, was also KIA. (We have BOTH a RTD and a KIA, Lt. Harvey will be researched soon)
Of the Crew, Wentz, Mabbutt and Abbondanza survived. Wentz and Abbondanza were captured and made POW (RTD) but get away. . . and Mabbutt evaded and was returned to his unit 3 months later.
MORE to come from William's great-nephew Ryan Leverton. 5 Feb. 2013 :) Thank YOU Ryan!
Barbi Ennis Connolly firstname.lastname@example.com 321st Bomnb Group Historian and the "321st BG History Team"; John T Fitzgerald, Patti Johnson and Barbi Connolly.


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Abamu Degio
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Abamu Degio with her portrait by Chris Rainier, featured in the December 2010 National Geographic article about Koro.
Harvested Oranges
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Returning with harvested oranges near Bana 3km / Yangse, East Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh.
Salu Badi
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Salu Badi, a Koro priest, performing a ritual in front of a sokrou ngin (spirit house), Pichong village, East Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Video still.
Boar Jaws
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Salu Badi displays boar jaws used as priestly items.
Spirit House
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A sokrou ngin (spirit house) in Bana 3km / Yangse, East Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh
David Harrison and Anthony Degio
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David Harrison interviews Koro speaker Anthony Degio in Bana 3km/Yangse, East Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh
Listening to a Koro language story
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Anthony Degio (left) listens to playback of a Koro language story, with David Harrison, Takpa Yame, and Greg Anderson.
Anthony Degio and Katya Yame
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Anthony Degio and Katya Yame, Koro speakers, look over a photo of Katya in The Last Speakers by David Harrison.
Bridge to Pichong Village
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Bridge to Pichong village, East Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh
Kameng River Valley
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The Kameng River Valley, near Bana 3km / Yangse
Expedition Team
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Left to right: Opino Gomango, Sange Degio, Anthony Degio, David Harrison, Greg Anderson, Ganesh Murmu, and Jeremy Fahringer in Kadeyõ village, East Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh
Enduring Voices team interviewing Bugun speakers
Photograph by Opino Gomango
Members of the Enduring Voices team (left to right: Jeremy Fahringer, Ganesh Murmu, Greg Anderson, David Harrison) interview Bugun speakers Kombeng Katiram Maspu and Kirang Norbu Maspu in Rama Bao village.
Fox skins
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Jeremy Fahringer (left) films while Bugun speakers Kombeng Katiram Maspu and Kirang Norbu Maspu show flying fox skins to Greg Anderson in Rama Bao village.
Traditional Hand Loom
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A traditional hand loom and mobile phone in Chug village, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh
Chug speaker
Photograph by K. David Harrison
Chug speaker Tsering Khandu (left) teaches Chug words to Greg Anderson and Ganesh Murmu in Chug village.
Chug village
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A typical scene in Chug village: stone houses, bamboo fences, and prayer flags.
Enduring Voices Team Interviews Dorji Khandu Thongdok
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Greg Anderson and David Harrison interviews Dorji Khandu Thongdok and Lamu Norbu in Thungri village, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh.
Sherdukpen House
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Interior of a traditional Sherdukpen house (yam), with cooking area and pots, in Thungri village
Dorji Khandu Thongdok
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Mr. Dorji Khandu Thongdok, gambura of Thungri village
Ceremonial bowl
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A Sherdukpen ceremonial bowl with animals representing the calendar months in Thungri village.
Lamu Norbu and Jeremy Fahringer
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Lamu Norbu, a speaker of Sherdukpen, watches video playback with Jeremy Fahringer of his interview about Sherdukpen language attitudes
Photograph by Jeremy Fahringer
Sherdukpen speaker Lamu Norbu (left) with his family at Thungri village
Sipping Tea
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Opino Gomango, Ganesh Murmu, Greg Anderson, and Jeremy Fahringer in Chug village
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Florence, Ala. (March 6, 2008) – The Saint Leo softball team (11-4) split a doubleheader with the Number One ranked Alabama-Huntsville Chargers (25-2) Thursday afternoon at Cox Creek Park. After falling in the first game 4-0, the Lions were down to their final out in the second game when designated player Tatiana Casis (Jr., Port St. Lucie, Fla.) delivered a clutch hit to put the Lions up 2-1, a lead the team would not relinquish. Saint Leo scored an insurance run and walked away with a 3-1 triumph.
In the first game, the combination of shaky defense and lack of timely hitting cost the Lions victory. Saint Leo picked up seven hits in the opening game, including three hits from starting catcher Amanda Patrick (Fr., Tampa, Fla.), who went a perfect 3-for-3. The Chargers collected three hits against tough luck loser Ashley Urbanik (Jr., Riverview, Fla.). She pitched six innings, giving up four runs (two earned), walked four, and hit three batters.
Saint Leo had two runners thrown out at second base attempting to stretch singles into doubles and one thrown out at home when a runner attempted to score from second base on a base hit.
Kiki VonHolt (Sr., New Port Richey, Fla.) threw a complete game two-hit gem in the second game. VonHolt (4-1), gave up a first inning run on a sacrifice fly. After the first two batters reached safely in the game, she allowed only one other runner the rest of the way. The defense backed up VonHolt by playing errorless ball and making several outstanding plays in the field.
April Slate (Sr., Land O'Lakes, Fla.) led off the seventh inning with a single. After the next two batters were retired, the Lions' hopes would rest on Urbanik, who would keep the inning alive by working the pitcher for a free pass. Casis followed and hit a towering fly ball to left field which fell at the base of the fence for a triple, scoring both runners. The Lions would add an insurance run as Monique Dominguez (Sr., LaPuente, Calif.) reached on a Charger error scoring Casis from third for the final run of the inning. VonHolt closed out the game by retiring the side in order. The Lions would send the Chargers home with their second loss of the season.
The Lions play again Saturday, March 8 against host North Alabama in a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. EST.


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While I have no desire to apply in any state with a preference point system, my pay grade is not enough for me to buy landowner tags annually and then head up to BC and shoot a bighorn as well. So I will begrudgingly deal with the mini monopolies sticking it to the non residents. And categorically you can't trust the government to ever do the right thing, but what are the alternatives? I'd be happy if EVERY state did away with preference point systems and went to a pure lottery on all tags.
I'm not relying on them to get afield though, OTC opportunities exist for deer, elk and antelope if you know where to look and are willing to take up bow hunting.


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Chatfield native finds many rewards coaching Special Olympians at World Games in South Korea
By Gretchen Mensink Lovejoy
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 2:38 AM
Brandon Undeberg, a 1998 graduate of Chatfield High School and son of residents Richard and Connie Undeberg, stands at the top of one of the runs at the Special Olympics World Games in South Korea. Undeberg coached several athletes at the World Games, held at the end of January.
Sue By, at right, a coach from New Hampshire, and Brandon Undeberg enjoy lunch in the snow of South Korea while taking a break from coaching Special Olympians at the World Games in South Korea.
Brandon Undeberg's athletes skied with Seoul.
And oh, it was something special.
Undeberg, a native of Chatfield, 1998 graduate of Chatfield High School and son of residents Richard and Connie Undeberg, coached Special Olympics athletes on the Alpine skiing slopes at the World Games, where more than 2,300 athletes from 110 countries came to give it their all.
"I left Cody, Wyoming, on Jan. 24, and we went to Pyeong Chang, South Korea, for the Special Olympics World Games," he said. "I found out late last summer that I had been selected to coach there."
Undeberg is currently living in Cody and works as a middle school art teacher. He shared that how he became interested in skiing "is in itself, a long story" and that his graduation from bunny hill rider to Special Olympics coach was one of the most valuable experiences he'd chosen.
"I had skied Welch Village and Frontenac a few times in high school, enough to know that I liked it, but the costs made it inconsistent at best," he said. "In college, my roommate dearly wanted to become a ski instructor, but he didn't have a car. Somehow, he talked me into the week of training and testing to become a ski instructor. I didn't take it too seriously, as I'd only skied a half dozen times, but out of the 100 or so applicants, I got chosen to be an instructor."
Undeberg explained he spent the next five years as a ski instructor and took every opportunity he could to improve his own skiing.
"As instructors, we were required to attend lessons ourselves, as well as encouraged to work on our Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) certification," he said.
He became involved with Special Olympics in a similar fashion. "My first year in Cody, I was asked to help with Special Olympics cross-country skiing. I had a blast doing it, but didn't help again for a few years," he explained. "Five years ago, I filled in for the Alpine team twice when they needed a hand, and once for the cross-country team. The next year, I took over leadership of the Alpine team in Cody. The year after that I took over the head coaching role for our winter team, and I've been doing it ever since."
Undeberg said that the athletes themselves are what inspire him to come back, year after year. "Initially, I did it because a friend asked me to help, but it was extremely rewarding helping the athletes and now I can't see myself not doing it," he added.
Coaching Special Olympics athletes in Alpine skiing is very different for each athlete, he said. "With our beginner skiers, you're concentrating on safety when they first start skiing, awareness of other skiers, safe places to stop, et cetera."
The program basically starts out with the glide event, which is basically a small slope on which skiers glide down the hill and stop safely. They then move up to the novice event in which they are expected to be able to turn and stop using the wedge Christie.
"For all the race events, beyond the glide competition, the athletes have to navigate gates," Undeberg continued. "Super G, giant slalom and slalom events are set up for the competitors. So ultimately, you're training them to be able to navigate that course. For the intermediate skiers, you're working on transition from a wedge Christie into parallel skiing and ultimately carving their turns so they can advance themselves."
He added, "Some of the more advanced racers ski very well. You'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between them and anyone else on the ski slopes. So for them, you work on the technical aspects of skiing."
Coaching involves actually skiing, which Undeberg certainly doesn't mind.
"We're always skiing with the athletes here in Cody. I try to keep the ratio of athletes to coaches at a maximum of four to one. This makes it easier to give individualized instruction, as well as monitor any issues that may come up with cold hands and feet and safe stopping zones," he explained. "The state of Wyoming recommends eight practices for athletes before competitions. We do our best to hit this with all our athletes, though usually they get about six four-hour sessions. In order to qualify for World Games, the athletes had to get a gold medal in their state or country events the previous year."
While at the World Games, Undeberg explained that the coaches work together to keep track of their athletes. There were 44 athletes from the United States and each coach served as a "home coach" for four athletes.
"We were responsible for making sure they had all their paperwork in and we gave out information, answered any questions families of those athletes had," he said. "When I left Wyoming, I was in 'state' mode, meaning that I took responsibility for the two Alpine skiers, the cross-country skier and the snowshoe athlete from Wyoming. When we arrived in Los Angeles, we transitioned into 'home coach' mode. When we got to Seoul, we stayed pretty much in 'home coach' mode until we got onto the snow."
It was then that the coaches switched to "sport coach" mode Undeberg explained. "Once again we each had four athletes on snow. As a team, we decided to keep our intermediate skiers together as a larger group, and all six coaches and 23 athletes stayed together as a group. The novice and advanced groups pretty much did the same."
Competition at the World Games put athletes in different divisions according to age and accomplishment. Athletes are broken down into groups by age, first, and then each age group competes against a group of athletes of the same approximate age. Undeberg related, "Each age group is further divisioned by time, so similar ability athletes within an age group compete for places. They had up to eight athletes in each group."
He added that athletes get medals for first, second or third, or ribbons for the rest. Not everyone gets a medal.
"Many of our athletes got medals, but not all of them," he said. "It's a tight competition because you're competing against the best in the world."
Undeberg shared that it is remarkable to see what these athletes can do, and will do for someone who genuinely cares about them. "I believe I truly get more from these athletes than I give them," he said. "The experience is something I can't really explain, other than to say it's like having a classroom full of extremely happy, excited kids who are all eager to learn, and you're teaching them something you love to do. I'd encourage anyone who loves to teach to give it a try - they won't be disappointed."
He observed, "These athletes celebrate together, cheer each other on, and encourage each other when they fall. They know they're competing with each other, but they'll cheer their hearts out for their competition. It's the true definition of sportsmanship...professional athletes everywhere could learn a lot from these athletes."
After the medals and ribbons were handed out, the entourage had the opportunity to tour the sights of the region.
Undeberg said, "We did get to tour an international school in Seoul, a U.S. military base, and a Korean village depicting early life in Korea. All of them were great experiences. It was a lot packed into a short amount of time, but it was all very interesting."
He continued, "Every athlete and coach made the trip special. I'll remember all the coaches and athletes for the time spent together, adversities overcome and the laughs we shared. It's the most rewarding thing I've ever done."
Special Olympics does an amazing job of giving opportunities to athletes who would otherwise not have the opportunity to do them, Undeberg pointed out. "I would encourage anyone who doesn't know anything about Special Olympics to check out www.specialolympicsteamusa.org. There are some amazing stories on there about athletes, their families and their coaches."
He thanked someone he loves for the chance to take the "most rewarding" trip to Seoul. "My wife, Jessica, and I started dating after coaching Special Olympics together, so it will always hold a special place in my heart for helping me find her," Undeberg concluded. "She also works at Cody Middle School as a sixth grade science teacher, so she had to work and take care of the kids - we have a beautiful son and daughter, Russell and Remington, - and my wife is amazing for allowing me to go on a 16-day trip while she stayed home with our kids."
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Nathan Camarena of Chon Joins the Meinl Cymbal Family
Meinl Cymbals is pleased to welcome Nathan Camarena of Chon to its family of cymbal artists. Nathan and Chon are a part of the newest wave of instrumental bands who play ethereal-jazz-tinged metal. Their music combines exciting syncopated riffs and rhythms along with pleasant textures to form songs that you can listen to again and again.
With one album under their belt, Newborn Sun, and a new EP on the way, called Woohoo!, Nathan and Chon are gearing up to hit the road as the opening act for one of the coolest tours to hit the US so far this year - Animals As Leaders, After the Burial, Navene K, and Chon - where every drummer on the tour is a Meinl Cymbal artist.
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